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73/>e RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 24, 1917. 
Fireproof 
concrete 
garage 
Build a fireproof garage 
That automobile of yours should be away from the 
barn—gasoline and hay are a dangerous combination. Build 
a garage that will give your car and your buildings the greatest 
fire protection—a concrete garage. It earns low insurance 
rates and will rid you of oiksoaked wooden floors that rot your 
tires. It requires neither painting nor repairing and will give 
you a lifetime of service at a surprisingly low first cost. 
A one-car concrete garage lo feet by 20 feet requires only 
80 bags of Atlas Cement, 7 cubic yards of sand, 14 cubic yards 
of stone, and 360 feet of lumber for forms. You and your 
farm help can build it — or any contractor can do it for you. 
How to build a garage 
Complete information on concrete garage construction is contained in 
the Atlas Garage Book. Ask your dealer for this and for the Atla 
Farm Book which tells how to build chicken houses, feeding floors, 
watering troughs and other permanent farm improvements. Or mail 
the coupon and we will send these books free. 
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Crops Euid Farm Notes 
Hay is selling at $15 por ton. For 
Spring cows, .$50; $00 to $125 for fresh 
cows; mostly grade TIolsteins. Potatoes, 
$1..50 per bu.; eggs. (!0e.: cornmeal, $2.10 
per 100; bran, $1.00; oats, 58c per bu. 
Flster Co., N. Y. n. B. L. 
Good grade dairy cows from $85 to 
$100 each. Butter 40c per lb.; milk 
.$2.18 per cwt.; eggs 50c per doz. Po¬ 
tatoes $1.50 per bu.; oats 00c per bu. 
Hay $12 per ton. There is very little 
fruit and garden crops raised here for 
market. F. W. 
Dickinson Center, N. Y". 
The month past has been quite cold at 
times. The amount of snow' was small, 
but the sleighing has been very good and 
a large amount of work has been done on 
it. Stock of all kinds are doing well, 
and are very high in price; not much 
being fattened. A large quantity of ice 
has been harvested. Grange work is being 
well cared for. The County Co-opera¬ 
tive Society had its election of officei'S 
and declared a dividend of G per cent. 
The fruit meetings held at Rochester 
were both well attended by peonie from 
this county. There has been great ex¬ 
citement over the price of cabbage; some 
have received $80 per ton. Red beans 
seem to be dull and no market. Wheat 
is quite well exposed to the weather, and 
is very small. Oats, 65c; corn, $1.15; 
wheat, ,$1.80; rye, $1.32; barley, ,$1.10; 
Middlings, .$40 per ton; bran, $.34 per 
ton; mixed hay, $8; Timothy, $10; po¬ 
tatoes, $2; fowls, 19c; beef, 8c; lambs, 
1.3c; veal, 14c; pork, 8i/^c; dressed pork, 
15e ; butter. .32c; eggs, 42c. e. t. b. 
Ontario Co., N. Y. 
Wheat, $1.75 bu.; oats, GOc bu.; buck¬ 
wheat, .$2.75 per cwt.; cabbage, $90 a 
ton ; potatoes, .$2 bu.; hay, $12 ton ; milch 
cows, .$75 to $100; veal calves, 1.3c lb.; 
hogs, live, 9c; dressed. 15c; hens, 15c; 
eggs, best white, .50c doz.; butter, 42c. 
Milk is sold at the prevailing League 
prices. c. L. M. 
Cayuga Co., N. Y. 
Cows, new milkers, .$70 to $100 each; 
fresh in March and April, $40 to .$70. 
Beef cattle, not any raised in this local¬ 
ity. Butter, ,35 to 40c per lb.; potatoes, 
$1.75 per bu.; wheat, $1.50; oats, 65c; 
beans, $5 to ,$G per bu, G. w. 
Monroe Co., N. Y. 
Potatoes, $1.85; corn, $1.10; wheat, 
$1.80; pork, whole hogs, 15c lb.; cabbage, 
5e per lb.; eggs, 52c per doz. and scarce; 
butter, 48c; milk, 9c per qt.; apples, .$1 
bu., and quite plenty; lard, 22c; hay. $18 
per ton. Cows from $65 to $120 as to 
kind and quality. Chickens, dressed, 25c 
per lb. J. A. B. 
Clinton Co., Pa. 
Horses, young, $150 to ,$250; well 
matched teams, $500 to .$600; old horses, 
$50 to $100; fat cattle, 7 to 9c on foot; 
cows, $50 to $80; veal calves, 13 to 14c 
hog dressed; poultry, old, 13c; young, 15c 
live; hogs up to 125 lbs., 14c dressed; 
hogs, heavy. 12c; wheat, .$1.65 bu.; rye, 
$1 bu.; buckwheat, $2.60 per 100 lbs., 
very scarce; oats, 60 to 65c per 32 lbs.; 
butter, 35 to 40c; eggs, 40 to 45e. Hay, 
loose, $12. E. B. \v. 
Indiana Co., Pa. 
Hggs, 45c; butter, .38c. Potatoes seem 
plenty enough but farmers are holding 
them. I sold 18 bu. at $1.60. They re¬ 
tail at 50c peck. Onions sold for cash at 
4c lb.; cabbage, 4c lb.; carrots, $1.25 bu. 
Ai)ples, plenty, 80c bu. for good Winter. 
They retail in stores at $1 bu. Hay sells 
to consumers $15, $16, baled; loose, $14 
all delivered. Straw brings $10 per ton, 
baled. Wheat was good crop all ex¬ 
changed for flour, 34 lbs. of flour for bu. 
wheat. B. S. 
Elk Co., Pa. 
Prices on all farm produce is high. A 
general .scarcity of help may tend to les¬ 
sen production. Very few of the cen¬ 
tralized township high school boys want 
to keei) on overalls and go back to the 
farm. 3'he farmers who stick get the 
credit or blame for boosting the prices. 
Almost any sort of a cow brings from 
$40 to .$80 if fresh, H'olsteins generally 
higher. They seem the predominant 
breed now. Milk for .January $2.10 per 
cwt.; butter 42 to 45c; eggs 45 to 50c; 
good young draft horses sell from $300 
to $400 a team; shotes 40 to 60 lbs. $8 
to $14 per pair. Wheat $1.60 bu.; corn 
$1 to .$1.10; oats 65c. Grain ruled by 
prices in the large markets, though by 
a good margin to millers and shippers. 
Flour $10 per bbl.; potatoes, per bu. 
of 60 lbs., $1.60 to $2, according to 
grade. Beans, yellow eye, marrow and 
pea. 25c a qt. Apples plentiful and trade 
rather dull, but fancy sprayed fruit, 
such as Staymau, Spy and Rome Beauty, 
$1 per bu. Cider 20c per gal. Veget.i- 
bles in light supply and prices rule very 
steady. B. L. Y. 
Center Co., Pa. 
Timothy hay (loose), 95c per 1(K) lbs.; 
wheat straw (baled), .$10.50 per ton 
(farm sale) ; steers (nearby). 9c to l^y^e 
on the hoof; (dressed), lH/^c, hind quar¬ 
ter, 17c.; calve.s, prime, ll^c on the 
hoof, 12c to 17c dressed; Iamb. 21c dress¬ 
ed ; pork, 14c to 14V^c dressed; chickens, 
5-lb. fancy. 28c to 30c wholesale; 32 to 
,35e retail; white potatoes, Pennsylvania, 
.$2 to .$2.15 per bushel wholesale; .$2.25 
to .$2.40 per bushel retail; State of Maine 
seed potatoes, .$6.75 per sack. G. w. L. 
Montgomery Co., Pa. 
Butter, 34c; eggs, 34c; chickens, 1.3c 
lb.; onions, $1 bu.; potatoes, ,$1..30 per 
bu.; apples, 75c to $1 per bu.; lard, 15c 
lb.; ham, 18 to 20c lb.; dressed hogs, $12 
100 lbs.; beef, $12; wheat. $1.60 bu.; 
oats, 45c; rye. $1; corn, 90c. We pay 
for bran. $1.60 per 1(X) lbs.; middlings, 
.$1.70; mixed chop, $1.80; rye chop, .$2 ; 
dairy feed, $1.60; flour, $7.60 per bbl; 
milk, $2.10 per KH) lbs. 
Snyder Co., Pa. 
This has been a very successful season 
for farmers in this county, potatoes being 
the principal produce raised. Another 
good season like this one and few mort¬ 
gages would be found unpaid. Prices 
have been up and down the past few 
weeks, tlie highest price recorded up to 
the present time of writing is $5.25 por 
barrel, the average price the past few 
days is $5 per barrel, with good pros¬ 
pects of going higher. It is estimated 
that 6,000,(X)0 bushels are left in the 
county for shipment. Oat crop very good 
and housed in fine condition; more oats 
planted this season than in previous 
years; quoted, .32 lbs., 72c. Hay crop 
extra good; farmers are getting $14 to 
.$16 per ton, according to grade. Dairy¬ 
ing is but a side issue with most farm¬ 
ers ; there has been a tendency to go in 
for purebred stock; a large increase of 
this stock is very noticeable, due no 
doubt to the prosperity in this county at 
the present time, (’ows, .$50 to $100, ac¬ 
cording to age and appearance. No corn 
raised here to speak of. Apple crop light, 
mostly for home consumption. No small 
fruits made a specialty of; little raised 
for home use. There is a movement 
among the farmers to raise more sheep 
and quite an increase of this stock can be 
seen. Horse raising is on the increase. 
Poultry raising has increased and good 
prices have prevailed for fowls and eggs; 
fowls, 25c lb. dressed; eggs, 48 to 55c 
doz.; blitter, dairy, 40c per lb.; creamery, 
45c. w. H. B. 
Aroostook County, Maine. 
The principal farm products for this 
county are corn, beef cattle and hogs. 
Mules are a specialized side product in 
this section. Farmers are paying ,$1.90 
per cwt. for middlings, 5 per cent, less 
in ton lots. Wheat bran $1.60 per cwt., 
5 per cent, less in ton lots. Very re¬ 
cently a carload of wheat bran was pur¬ 
chased here at $1.48 per cwt. f. o. b. 
Omaha, Nebr. Buyers in this locality 
are paying from 7 to 9c for hogs at the 
present time, 7c for calves, from 7 to 
lOc for beef, according to quality, 4 and 
5c for bulls, 3 to 4c for old cow.s. Local 
dealers are paying from 30 to .35c for 
country butter. The local creamery is 
paying 40c per lb for butterfat in cream, 
Randolph Co., Mo. J. M. 
Flour ,$9 per bbl. wholesale; bran 
$1.50 per 100 lbs.; mill run .$1.60; corn 
90c per bu.; wheat $1.60; butter 35c lb. 
retail; milk from 5 to 10c jier <it.; po¬ 
tatoes, Irish, 50c up; sweets .35c. Hogs, 
live weight 9 to 9^c; dressed 12c. 
Dairy cows usually run from $50 to 
about $80 for grades. Horses, from 
1,000 to 1,200 lbs., *$75 to $150. Prairie 
ha.v .$10 to $12; 33mothy $14 to $16. 
At auction 15 head coarse sheep sold 
for $12.50 per head. The whole flock, 
60, averaged over ,$10 per head. Corn 
poor crop; exceedingly dry this past 
season. Over 100 cars of strawberries 
shipped from this station last sea.son. 
Also have a canning factory here for 
canning tomatoes. Crop very poor last 
year. w. ii. g. 
Newton Co., Mo. 
Brices in this county run about as fol¬ 
lows: Corn, 84c; wheat. $1.65; hay, 
.$14; potatoes, $1.60 per bu.; rye^$1.2(); 
bran, $.34 per ton; middlings, $.35 ; lard, 
15c per lb. Milk, $2.15 per cwt., at sta¬ 
tion ; butter, 40c; eggs, 40c; chickens, 
young or old, 13c; live hogs, 9c; cattle 
sell at good prices. E. s. 
Berkeley Co., AV. A'a. 
Hay, baled, $17.50; straw $12; corn 
$1..35; bran, 100 lbs., $1.75; middlings, 
white $2; red dog, about $2.20; cotton¬ 
seed ,$2; butter 40 to 45c; eggs 40. 
This is an oil and coal field. A great 
amount of flour, grain and feed is 
shipped in. n. E. A. 
Marion Co., W. A’^a. 
Ewrything scarce and high. Hay $15 to 
$16 loose; baled about $.3 higher; corn 
fodder 6 to 7c per bundle; corn $1.50 per 
bbl.; corn, oats and barley $1.90 per 100 
lbs.; cornmeal ,$2.25; bran $1.70; white 
middlings $2.20; red dog middling.s 
$1.90. Cows are selling from $60 to 
$100; horse.s, slow sale at this time. 
Potatoes $1.60 to $2; apples $2.25 bbl.; 
eggs, fresh, 45 to 50c doz.; butter 40c; 
milk 9 and 10c qt. Flour $9 to $10.50 
bbl.; wheat $1.75 bu.. Hogs, dressed, 
12e; veal calves 8i/4 to 9c live; chickens, 
dressed. 22 to 28c; lard 18 to 20c by 
the 50-lb. can. A’^ery little Fall plowing 
was done in this section. All crops 
were light, so the farmers are gaining 
very little benefit of the hgih prices. 
Allegany Co., Md. ii. c. g. 
