JL'iihC RUKAL NEW-YORKER 
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Crops and Farm Notes 
Aroostook County, Me., Crops 
The potato market in this section is 
strong, the prices are from $1.65 to $1.80 
per barrel, with a fairly good demand, the 
offering not large. Show and cold weath¬ 
er ..has made its appearance, making it 
difficult for farmers to haul to market; 
more snow is needed to haul by sleds. 
Although the yield is below last year, the 
average being about 85 to 1)0 barrels per 
acre, not as bad as reported earlier in the 
season; the quality is extra good, very 
little rot reported in this section. Prac¬ 
tically no corn raised in this section, and 
not m.an.v silos. TW "apple crop very 
light, 'in some orchards but few barrels 
were raised, quality poor. The hay crop 
fairly good, but below last year's crop, 
quality good, -.} Oat crop aboye-vthe. average 
and housed in fine condition; more oats 
were sown this year than hithertofore. 
Wheat was sown this year, which is un¬ 
usual in this section, and good crops were 
secured by farmers, who had never 'tfiken 
up this product previously. Gardens, with 
small fruits, did not mature well, what 
little raised brought good returns. This 
has been a successful year for poultry 
raisers. Eggs at all times at the local 
markets were in good demand. Not many 
geese were raised, more turkeys and ducks 
to be seen than in previous years; no no¬ 
ticeable increase in horse raising, but a 
few heavy horses raised. A marked in¬ 
crease in sheep raising is noticeable in 
this section, as in previous years. Prac¬ 
tically no dairy farming done to any ex¬ 
tent, few purebreds, Ilolsteins and Jer¬ 
seys predominate. Dairy farming is sadly 
neglected in this section, although pas¬ 
tures have been at their best this rear. 
No Alfalfa, cow peas, fodder corn, or mil¬ 
let grown to speak of. All the starch fac¬ 
tories closed, or those who have not shut 
down are doing no grinding worth men¬ 
tioning. w. II. II. 
Dec. 1. Potatoes $1 per bushel; ap¬ 
ples $1; beans $1.25. Milk per 100 lbs. 
for six months beginning Oct. 1 : Oct. 
$1.75: Nov. $1.85; Dec. $1.85; Jan. 
$1.75: Feb. $1.65; March $1.60. With 
10 cents per 100 pounds milk testing 
over 3.8% fat. Feed high. s. s. B. 
Clinton, N. Y. 
Dec. 2. The following prices prevail 
here at present: Ilay $1G-$18.50 per ton; 
wheat $1.05 per bu.; oats 50; corn 70; 
potatoes 65; milk $1.75 per 100 lbs. 
Calves $10.50 per cwt.; hogs, live. $10. 
Chickens, live, l!-15c per lb.; eggs 40c. 
Creamery butter 40c. Apples plenty, but 
no sale. W. J. P. 
Chatham, Pa. 
Current prices to farmers are higher 
than ever at this time of the year, ex¬ 
cepting milk, which is 3%c qt. at cream¬ 
ery. Butter 82c; eggs 44c; potatoes 80c 
bu.; apples $2 bbl.; poultry 14c to 16c 
lb.; turkeys 28c lb.; pork, heavy, 10c lb.; 
light 11c lb. A. s. I*. 
Belvidere, N. J. 
Eggs 45-50e; butter 33-35c; chickens, 
live, 17c; dressed 20; turkeys 25; pota¬ 
toes $1; apples 75c to $1.25; cabbage 5c 
per head; turnips 25c bu.: cows, common 
$25-$30; good dairy $6O-$90; farrow $20- 
$30; calves 8c per lb.; fat heifers and 
bulls 4% -5c lb. J. s. B. 
Castle Creek, N. Y. 
Veal calves 9c per lb. to ship. Other 
stock is very quiet—very few sales on 
fresh cows, none shipped from here. Ilay 
baled $16 per ton to ship. Oats 40c per 
bu. We ship milk to C. .Tetter, New 
York City, and are getting $160 per hun¬ 
dred for pasteurized milk. Butter, cream¬ 
ery, 35c lb.; eggs, fresh laid, 36c. Po¬ 
tatoes 75c per bu. Fruit is scarce. Ap¬ 
ples are shipped in here for $3 per bar¬ 
rel, seconds. No first grade being shipped 
in. Carloads of loose apples $1 per bu., 
I think just as they are picked up loose 
in the orchard. w. G. G. 
Castorland, N. Y. 
Nov. 20. Out here in Southwest Ne¬ 
braska we are having very fine pleasant 
weather, with a little frost on some morn¬ 
ings, but dry and favorable weather for 
farm work. The principal work on farms 
at present is corn husking which is now 
in full swing. Yields as high as 75 bush¬ 
els per acre are reported, the average be¬ 
ing around 50 bushels. Contrary to ex¬ 
pectation the corn is mostly sound and 
marketable, the dry warm weather with 
a few heavy freezes in October having 
ripened it up in fine shape. Already 
thousands of bushels are being shelled 
and marketed at 46c. At this price it 
seems possible to feed it to hogs at a 
profit. Cholera is reported in portions 
of this county and has taken 110 head 
out of one herd of 120. Perhaps because 
so many farmers have been vaccinating 
their hogs cholera has not prevailed here 
for a year past, so far as known. Warm 
weather and two fine rains has brought 
Fall wheat out in fine style and the crop 
will go into Winter in fine condition. 
The hay crop is large and hay compara¬ 
tively’ cheap. This has strengthened the 
prices of stocker cattle. Last Spring’s 
common calves are selling at sales from 
$20 to $30 per head, probably around 7c 
a pound. The number of cattle on farms 
seems to be increasing. Sheep in num¬ 
bers are not plenty here, although quite 
a few small flocks of Shropsliires are 
starting up, and more would be profitable. 
Prices for horses are a little dull just 
now, but good mules are high. Not much 
change in prices of cows, $60 to $100. 
Live hogs around $6 per hundred; wheat 
probably about 85c; oats 35c; corn 46c; 
Alfalfa and prairie hay, $6 to $7 ; pota¬ 
toes 70c; eggs 30c; butter 28c. Tur¬ 
keys are conspicuous by their absence, 
but Thanksgiving geese and ducks are 
ll%c a pound alive. H. M. it. 
Fairbury, Neb. 
Nov. 24. Farmers are not quite 
through husking corn. Many have mar¬ 
keted their corn right out of the fields; 
prices have ranged from 50 to 55 cents 
per bushel. Many public sales are being 
held as is usually .the case at this season 
of the year. While farm stock is not 
selling quite so well as last year, it is 
bringing fair prices. Some have com¬ 
menced butchering their hogs. Pork 
brings $9 per hundred. I log cholera has 
prevailed in some neighborhoods. Those 
who are through housing their crops are 
busy chopping and hauling their Winter 
wood. The bulk of the firewood at the 
present tinle is sawed up in stove wood 
length with gasoline engines. Stock is 
still out on pastures and doing well. Pas¬ 
tures have remained good later .than usual 
this Fall. Long fodder appears to be 
plentiful and is selling for three cents 
per bundle. Farm lands which appeared 
to be at a standstill a few months ago, 
are now moving at a lively rate. A num¬ 
ber of splendid farms have lately been 
sold in this section at high prices. Fruit 
farms appear to be in tin' greatest de¬ 
mand. Kent County is to have her sec¬ 
ond annual corn show in December. The 
show promises to be bigger and better 
than last year. An exhibit of corn grown 
by the boys who were enrolled in the agri¬ 
cultural club last Spring will be included 
in this year’s show. Some recent show¬ 
ers have greatly improved the looks of 
Fall-sown wheat. Much of the past sea¬ 
son's wheat crop still remains in the 
farmers’ hands, which is due to its being 
thrashed out damp and heated in the 
bins, now it will not grade so the grain 
dealers or millers can handle it for flour. 
Large quantities have been ground up for 
feed. c. li. 
Dover, Del. 
Nov. 24. Butter, 28c.; eggs, 38c.; 
potatoes, 75c. bu.; wheat. $1.05; corn, 
65; oats. 40; rye, SO; hogs, 10c. lb., 
dressed ; cattle, fat, 8c. on the hoof. Ap¬ 
ples, 80c. bu. ; onions, 60; pears, GO; tur¬ 
keys, 22c. lb., live weight; chickens, 12c. 
live weight. w. E. K. 
Bethel, Pa. 
Nov. 20. Wheat $1.08; corn 70; oats 
42; rye 85; bran, per ton, $23.50; mid¬ 
dlings $25. Potatoes, per bu.. 65; ap¬ 
ples 85 to $1. Beef and pork retailed IS 
to 24; hay, per ton, $16 to $18; draft 
horses $150 to $225; milch cows $60 to 
$100; beef steers and Stockers $6.50 to 
$8 per cwt. Butter 30; milk, per qt., 7c; 
eggs, per doz.. 40. Fat hogs, per cwt., 
$9 to $10; turkeys, per lb., 20 to 25; 
chickens 12 to 14. a. m. 
Akron, Pa. 
Prices in our locality are: Milch cows 
$40 to $60; beef cattle, 5 to 8 cts.; hogs, 
5*4 to 6%; dairy butter, 28; eggs 25; 
chickens 10; coni 70 to 75; oats 40 to 
45; potatoes 50; onions $1. There is not 
much truck fanning in this neighborhood. 
Bagley, Wis. W. E. T. 
Nov. 22. These are the prices the 
farmer receives for his products. Milk 
at the railroad 4c per qt.; potatoes 80c 
bu.; apples 50 to 65; auction prices on 
heifers, one year old, $26; two years old, 
$38 to $40; cows to freshen in the Spring 
$48. Butter 30c; eggsMOc ; dressed pork 
11c; live veal 10c; chickens 12 to 14c. 
Ariel, Pa. a. m. l. 
Nov. 22. Cows are selling here from 
$40 to $50. Ilay $15 per ton; potatoes 
75c per bu;; oats 50. Eggs 86c per doz.; 
butter 80c lb. Dressed hogs 10c per lb.; 
cornmeal $1.55 per cwt. w. c. 
Camden, N. Y. 
Nov. 29. Apples, $1.25 per barrel (not 
sorted) ; potatoes, $1 to $1.10 per bu.; 
butter, 30c. to 85c.; pork, 11c. to 15c., 
whole hog; beef, 6c. to 7c. lb., quarter; 
eggs, 35c. K. b. 
Chichester, N. Y. 
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