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Crops cind Farm Notes 
Butter .34c per lb.; eggs 40c; chickens 
1.3c per lb. Onions .$1 per bu.; pota¬ 
toes .$1..30 per bu. of (iO lbs. Dried ap- 
Iiles .30 i)cr lb. Lard 1.3c per lb.; ham 
ISc pi'r lb.; shoulder 14c. Bacon 12 to 
1.3c. Wheat $1..30 per bu.; oats 45c; 
rye .$1; corn. old. 90c; new 70c. Our 
milk is all shipped to Philadelphia at 
.$2.10 per cwt. for December. There is 
not a great deal of milk sold here as 
most farmers make butter. Bran $1.60 
per cwt.; middlings $1.70; commercial 
dairy feeds from $1.75 to $2 per cwt.; 
gluten $2.10 per cwt.; cotton.sj>ed meal 
$5,3 per ton; linseed meal .$55. Some 
grade Ilolsteins have been sold for $100 
but most of our milch cows are sold at 
from $45 to $"5. Some colts are raised 
iji this section, selling for about $100 
for two and three-year-olds, when they 
La.o size and action. Fat hogs are 
selling for 12c for 2.30 lbs. and over; 
13c for smaller. Fat bulls 5%c and 6c 
per lb., live weight; fat steers and heif¬ 
ers from 6%c to 7c per lb. There are 
some ajiples grown in this county which 
sold at 75c to $1 per bu., as to quality 
aud variety. There is practically no 
trucking done here as our nearest mar¬ 
ket. Sunhury, is 16 miles distant, and 
is always oversupplied by nearby truck¬ 
ers. Our nearby towns supply them¬ 
selves in their own gardens. .i. w. P. 
Snyder ('o., I’a. 
Cows at sales bring from .$2,3 to .$75 
for grades. jirici’S vary on account of size, 
age and being fresh milch. I’ork l.?c; 
good cow beef 9 to 10cchickens 22c; 
ducks 23c; eggs, fresh, .35 to 60c; huD 
ter. fresh, 40c; oats GOc; potatoes $l.io 
to $2 per bu.; apples 75c to $1 per bu.; 
cabbage ,$50 per ton; hay $S at barn. 
Milk 41/2 to SYaC pov qt. delivered to 
Erie; it costs one-half cent to .ship to 
Erie, leaving 4 to 5c at farm. Milk is 
the main product here which all goes 
to Eric. A had season, wet till the lir.st 
of .Tuly aud dry until the first of Oc¬ 
tober, hardlv any rain from the first of 
.Tulv till October. Oats were about two- 
thirds of a crop, 25 bu. per acre. Hay 
was good, but coarse; wheat poor; po¬ 
tatoes from 30 to 150 bu. per acre, av¬ 
erage about 60 bu. Another reason for 
high prices is that the young men are 
nearly all going to the cities to work 
on account of higher wages; probably 
one-fourth of the farmers have gone too. 
A good many farms are not farmed at 
all. maybe cut some of the best hay and 
that is' all. Our county population has 
shrunk anyway one-fourth in the last 
two years, and probably more now. 
These reasons, poor crops, small farm 
population and the European demand on 
account of the war has caused prices to 
rise ill proportion to wages and manu- 
hictured stuff. K- r. M. 
Erie Co., Pa. 
Milch cows $70 to $80; hoof cows 9 
to 10c Ih.: calves 10 to 14c: ):ork 10 to 
15c. Butter .36 to 40c. Apples 50 to 
75e hu. Cabbage .$40 per ton. Oats 60c 
bu. Buckwheat $2 per cwt. Eggs 4ic. 
Fowls 14 to 15c Ih. Corn .$2.05 per 
cwt. s. 
Bradford Co., Pa. 
Dairv butter 38c; milk n%c per qt.; 
good dairy cows $80 to ,$90; live poul¬ 
try 14c. Apples $2.50 per hhl.; oats 
62e; wheat .$1.45; buckwheat $2.50 per 
cwt.: rve $1; corn $1; wheat bran 32c; 
gluten ',$41; oil meal $48: cotton.seed 
meal $49; clover hay $10; Timothy $13. 
SVyoming Co., I’a. t'. !'• 
Farmers are busy getting up their 
wood supply for the year. Cows are 
mostly dry with the exception of a few 
Winter dairie.s. .and the milk is taken to 
the milk stations. Creameries are near¬ 
ly all closed for the AViliter. A num¬ 
ber of farmers’ institutes are held 
through Clinton County during Decem¬ 
ber. All produce remains very high. 
Hay $17 per ton; beef 11 to 12c per lb.; 
corn $2.50 per cwt: hides 22c per lb.; 
potatoes $1.40 per hu.; eggs 50c; but¬ 
ter 40e per lb. n. T- J- 
Clinton Co., N. Y. 
Eggs .36c; liens 15c: butter 25c; dried 
apples 4c; molasses 50c per gal.; white 
beans $8 per bu.; potatoes $1.50 per hu.; 
wheat .$1.7.3; corn $1.10; flour .$5 per 
cwt.; fat hogs on foot 8 to 9c; lard ISe; 
cattle 5 to 8c; milch cows $40 vo $75. 
No demand for horse stock. Corn crop 
in this section was extra good. Wheat 
and oats sown in Fall are looking well. 
Grainger Co., Teuu. w. ir. 
Deacon skins $.3.25 each; beef hides, 
per 11)., 24c; dressed beef, jicr quarter, 
14c per lb.; potatoes, bu.. $1.25 to $1.50; 
butter, lb.. 40 to 42c; milk at Sheffields, 
league price; hutterfat at Cold Spring 
Creanierv. per lb.. 60c; buckwheat, per 
bu., $1.50 to $1.75; eggs 60c apples, per 
hhl., $1.50 to .$2. Many farmers com¬ 
plaining concerning high cost of feeds 
for dairy, horses and hogs. Owing to 
high cost of dairy feeds very little Win¬ 
ter milk is being produced. E. M. 
Delaware Co., N. Y. 
Cows from ,$50 to $100; fat cattle not 
inanv sold hut sell at about 6c on foot; 
fat hogs 12 and 13c per lb.; chickens 
14 to 16c per lb. Hay. good, $16 per 
ton; straw $8 to $10. Potatoes $1.50; 
apples 80c to $1 per bu. Beets $1 per 
bu.; cabbage .3c per lb. Butter 38c per 
lb.; eggs 40 to 45c The above prices 
for produce direct to the consumer. 
Indiana Co., Pa. .t. w. 
I’igs 12c per lb.; calves, alive, 11 to 
12c; eggs, nevvlaid, .30c. Milk retails 
for 8c per qt. Potatoes $4 per hhl. 
Cabbage $1.75 per hhl. Farmers are 
asking from $60 to $100 for dairy cows. 
All kinds of apples $2; chickens, dressed, 
25c per lb. C. E. 
Westchester Co., N. Y. 
Cattle, live, 6 to 7c; dressed 12c; 
hogs, live 8 to 9c; dressed 12 to 1.3c; 
hotter 35c per lb.; milk 8c per qt.; eggs 
45c per doz.; poultry, live, 13c; dressed 
16 to 18c. Potatoes $1.50 per hu.; ap¬ 
ples 50 to 75c per bu.; cabbage 4c per 
lb. Wheat $1.50 per bu.; corn $1.15; 
buckwheat $2.50 per cwt.; onions $1.50 
per bu.; beans 60c per bu.; wool, un¬ 
washed. 35c per lb; washed 40c. Hay 
$14 per ton; straw .$9.50. M. P. L. 
Armstrong Co., Pa. 
l^ie following are dealers’ prices: 
Beef cattle 6i/^ to 7c; calvc.s or veal 
10c; hogs 11c; milk 6 to 7c qt. Milch 
cows ,$50 to $100. Butter .35c: eggs 
38c; apples $3 to $4 hhl.: potatoes 
$1..30 bu.; poultry 15c lb. The apples 
were all sold in the orchards at $2 to 
.$2.25 jier hhl.; growers furnished _ bar¬ 
rels and packed. .Tonathan, Grimc.s, 
Stayman. Delicious, Black T'wig. were 
mainly sold at $3 per hhl. The potato 
crop was very poor in this county aud 
also in the nearby counties. J. G. P. 
Franklin Co., Pa. 
Dairying is the most popular work 
here. Good milch cows from $75 to 
.$100; veal calves 9c; dressed hogs 13c. 
Milk retails 12c qt., wholesale 2.3c gal. 
No beef cattle raised. No corn for sale; 
almost all goes in silos. Oats 6^^c: 
wheat $1.45; potatoes poor crop, none 
for sale. Apples also a failure. Cab¬ 
bage 5c lb.; chickens 18c lb. live; eggs 
,30c; hay. hales, $18 delivered. 
Westmoreland Co., Pa. ii. F. w. 
Potatoes, wholesale. $1.7.3 hu.; retail 
$2 to $2.40. Beans 11c lb.; retail 16 to 
ITc. Apiiles. No. 1. $2.25 hhl.; retail 
.$2..30 to $3; culls $1.2.3; retail .$1..30 to 
.$2. Beets 8.3e; retail $1 to $1.20. Car¬ 
rots .^'5c; retail $1 to $1.20. Turnips 
8.3e: retail $1.2,3 to $1.50; Onions, last 
Fall. $1.25; present $2.50 to ,$3. Cab¬ 
bage $40 ton. .$2.,30 to $.3.50 hhl. Cows 
$50 to $75; hogs, drc.s.sed. 1.3c lb.; retail 
16 to 2.3o. Beef, dreased, 10c to 13c; re¬ 
tail 10 to 35c. Milk 5e qt.; retail ,8c. 
Cream 40c qt.; retail ,30e. Butter, 
creamery. 40i4c lb.; retail 48e. Eggs, 
fresh. 50 to 5.3c; retail .3,3 to 60c. Fowls, 
dro.ssed. 18 to 20c: retail 25 to 28c. 
Ducks 28e; .sipiahs .$.3 doz. There are 
few ducks and siiuahs raised in this 
section. .T. w. P. 
E.s.sex Co.. N. Y. 
Winter waited till the farmers wore 
ready for it this year; farmers have done 
husking corn. Corn was a poor crop, 
hut of good qiialit.v. A great deal of 
Fall plowing was done. Wheat goes into 
Winter in good condition. IMany farmers 
butchered earlier this year than usual on 
account of high jirici'S of corn. Corn 
$1.18 per cwt.; wheat ■$1-72 iier hu.; 
oats sic per hu.; hogs $9.25 per ewt. 
Eggs 40c; cream 40c. o. K. b. 
Napoleon, O. 
Mixed feed $1.90 jier cwt.; corn at 
.80c: hay at $15; wheat $1.70; fat hogs 
1214c dressed. Butter 25c: eggs 40c; 
wago.s low; stock of all kinds high. 
Chicks 11c. Potatoes $2.25 retail; cab¬ 
bage 5c per 11).; apples .$5 per hhl.. No. 
2 stock. I.. J. K. 
Creal Springs, Ill. 
At a public sale Dec. 14 cows sold from 
$.39 to .$55 for a registered .Tersey : work 
horses from $75 to $150. Hay. .$12 per 
ton : oats. 73c. Average prices to far¬ 
mers ; Milch cows from $50 to $85. hard 
to buy except from dealers. I just bought 
a 1.1.30-11). six-year-old mare for .$207.50. 
At Lake Wyold Creamery we get New 
York League i)rice. a long haul. We 
were on strike all of November; we have 
a New Y"ork man here at i)resent organ¬ 
izing for the League. All are coming in. 
We started a vocational school here, and 
we get our milk tested there. The test¬ 
ing was what started the strike. Pota¬ 
toes. $1.40 to $1.60; apples. $1..30 to .$2 
per hhl. Butter at stores. 35c in trade ; 
eggs, 40c. Chickens, 16c; jiork, 11 to 
12i/4c- Veal mostly sold as hobs. Less 
surplus milk if fanners would keep calf 
till four weeks old. We pay for feed, $2 
for gluten ; $1.75 for bran; $1.90 for 
middlings; 68c for oats. $2.25 per 100 for 
corn, the same for rye; ,$2.25 per 100 for 
buckwheat; flour, $11..30 per hhl. Far¬ 
mers are doing fairly well, getting more 
autos each year. Not so much farm re¬ 
pair done as should he ; all are after the 
dollar and then the auto. With our vo¬ 
cational school we think we can raise our 
hoys to lie better fanners. E. G. s. 
Wyoming Co.. Pa. 
Potatoes $1.25 per bu.; apples 80c to 
$1; parsnips 75c; onions $1.50. Beans, 
soup. 9i/4e per lb.: Lima 7c per lb. 
Eggs 37c”: sausage 15c per lb.; pudding 
13c. Cabbage $3 per cwt.; turnips 8()c 
per bu. C. E. s. 
Lurgau, Pa. 
January 13, 1917. 
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