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tShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 10, I917 
BARNS and SILOS 
Our Specialties 
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We have been manufacturinK silos for 12 
years. We can »;ive you low prices on earlv 
orders and one of the best silos on the market. 
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and wholesale prices 
ENTERPRISE LUMBER & SILO CO. 
North Tonawanda New York 
Save Agents Profits 
DIRICO and STANDARD Silos have 
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Sure anchorage. Money back guarantee 
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STEVENS TANK & TOWER CO. 
AUBURN. MAINE 
8 X 16 ft. 
19 1 
'^ARUNDEL SILO ^73 
O UR 1917 Arundel 
Silo, built of 2-inch 
pine, creo-dipped, is ever¬ 
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All other sizes as low 
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THE BALTIMORE CO., Baltimore, Md. 
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THE INDIANA SILO 
Fifty thousand are now in 
use on the finest farms in 
America. 
If you are going to buy a silo 
—this satisfactory service ren¬ 
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of special interest to you. 
The cost of all materials il 
advancing like the price of 
wheat and corn. 
Why not save money by 
contracting for your silo 
now. It undoubtedly will cost you more 
next spring or summer. 
Let us send you our proposition—to con¬ 
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Wo still have openings for a limit¬ 
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INDIANA SILO CO. 
518 Union Building. ANDERSON, INDIANA 
518 Exchange Bldg.. KANSAS CITY. MO. 
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GOOD to the 
last FORKFUL 
Sila^re that is perfectly preserved; good 
from center to outer circumference 
and from top to bottom; good in win¬ 
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UNADIUA SILOS 
They have a door opening that is con¬ 
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warpable doors fasten at any point and 
open at ensilage level to save back¬ 
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ladder from which all hoops are tightened. Cypress 
roofs fitted w-ith folding doors and metal 
ventilator. Steel cable anchors hold silo 
immovable. Writeforcat- 
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and agency offers. 
UNADILLA 
SILO CO. 
Box C 
Unadilla, N.Y. 
Dorit blame youi’ Cows- 
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It show's the way to make 
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reinTwAL(SILOS 
T Hb throe walls of Craino patented elloa 
insure strength and |>ermanency. 
^ bey make silos frost proof, water 
tight, and air tight, because of a superior 
method of construction. 
No Iron hoops to tighten or get loose, 
(.traine silos provide insurance against wind 
and weather—because of three distinct walls 
—each rendering a scientific, specific ser¬ 
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absolute guarantee. Learn why Crainc silos 
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winter discount and agency proposition. 
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Scott Lumber Co. 
Box 1 IS NORWICH, N. Y. 
EBtahlished 185S 
TO( 
k Feed i 
ISilage’J 
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Salem,Ohio 
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SILOS 
strongest built, simplest to put up and easiest operated 
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ADVANCE ENGINE 
Reasonable first cost, re¬ 
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H. M. H. Tractors with 
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Send for our Catalog giving full 
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Vitrified Tile Silo 
Reinforced with Twisted Steel 
Biuld a Stronger, Better Looking Silo 
H ere is the quality construction in the durable silo material. Twisted reinforc¬ 
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upkeep expense. Steel rods get a tight grip in the cement—can’t slip. A twisted 
steel rod between every row of blocks and up both sides of continuous doorway. 
Blocks made from best quality clay—all are uniform in shade and are set with thin 
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J. M. Preston Company, Dept. 329, Lansing, Michigan 
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Milk News 
Milk Producers Aim Higher 
The reorganized New England Milk 
Producers’ A.ssociatiou starts out with 
one proiniueut plank in its platform; the 
demand for Winter's prices for Sum¬ 
mer’s milk at Boston. This would amount 
to an advance of about one cent a quart. 
The producers consider the price very 
reasonable, since, they assert, it docs not 
even fully offset recent advances in cost 
oi grain. 
Whenever the producers get down to 
strict accounting, it looks doubtful 
whether any of them are making real 
money on milk under present conditions. 
For instance, the Claremont Cow-testing 
Association, in a typical milk-shipping 
.section, Sullivan County. N. II.. finds 
that even for its 290 best cows yielding 
an average of 5864 pounds of milk year- 
l.v, the cost Avas 4.2 cents per quart or 
35.6 cents per Sk^-qt. can. If the milk 
from the choice cows is costing over four 
cents a quart, what is to be figured for 
the average cows of this section yielding 
only a little more than half as much'f 
Plainly, if the figures be as.sumed fairly 
correct, a great many Boston .shippers 
are getting next to nothing fur their la¬ 
bor, fodder, etc. ‘‘Keep only choice coavs 
and thus get the milk cost back, at least.” 
The advice looks good, but the choice 
COAVS sell for $100 or more, and there ai'e 
not enough to go around. Shifting the 
best cows from one producer to another 
Avill not raise the average: that is a 
matter of many years’ breeding, feeding 
and Aveeding, as the milk contractors 
AV'ell knoAV Avhen they make tht> sugges¬ 
tion. The problem hinges on the condi¬ 
tions which must be met right uoav by the 
actual producers. The cost items of the 
NeAV Ilainpshire produc*ers are as fol¬ 
lows : Deed .$60.53, labor $32.33, deliv¬ 
ery of milk $6.42, housing $9.05, depre¬ 
ciation $8.83, bedding .$4. bull 3.79, 
taxes and interest $4.55, ice, coal, etc.. 
$2.17, veterinarian service, medicine S7c. 
tools, etc., .$5.3, coAv tester’s f<*e $1.50. 
Total $134.57, offset by $15 for manure 
and $3 for calf, leaving $116.17 net cost 
of 5864 pounds. F’caa' producers can be 
bone.st to them.selves and cliarge less, 
Avhile in some localities the f(‘ed and la¬ 
bor items under prevailing conditions 
Avonld be much larger. Tlie (l('mand for 
Winter’s price this .Summer is in vieAV of 
cost conditions and the extreme prices 
reached by so many other food commodi¬ 
ties. The a.ssociatiou put the problem in 
another form in the re.solntion jia.ssed at 
its meeting, Feb. 22: “T'he high cost of 
living it attributed to the failure to en¬ 
courage adequately the sources of the 
production of food.” Consumers are 
paying high prices, and yet the average 
milk farmer is selling beloAV real cost. 
The association now includes nearly 400 
local units. It is especially strong in 
the three Northern States, is still some¬ 
what incomplete in Massachmsetts, and 
in Connecticut and Rhode I-sland has not 
yet been able to absorb the large mar¬ 
ket organizations in those States. Offi¬ 
cers of the central association arc these: 
President, Frank IV. Clark, Willi.ston, 
Yt.; vice-president, Frank S. Adauns. 
Bowdoiuham, Me.; secretary, Richard 
Pattee, Laconia, N. II.; treasurer 1*1. T. 
Wilcox, Littleton, N. IL; auditors, .1. 
A. Ness, Auburn, Me., F. E. Clark, An¬ 
niston, Conn. G. R. F. 
The Ayrshire for Allegany Co., N. Y, 
I liaA'e oAvned Jerseys. Ilolsteins and 
Ayrshires. There are tAvo fa’cts for the 
dairy farmer to consider Avheu choosing 
a 'breed to keep. One is the coav that is 
best adapted to his farm, the other is 
the coav that will produce the most milk 
for the amount of feed consumed. I 
think on the average Allegany County 
farm the pastures are rough and hilly, a 
great many never having been plowed. 
If a COAV is to live and give a good floAV 
of milk on such pasture, she must be 
active and hardy, Avith lots of energy. 
The Ayrshire is noted for these points. 
I have noticed ^when Ave had IIoLsteius 
and Ayrshires running together the Hol- 
steius Avould lie doAvu by the fence wait¬ 
ing for us to bring them something to 
eat, Avhile the Ayrshires Avere out in the 
pasture busy every minute. 
Although the Ayrshires can be win¬ 
tered in good shape on hay and straw 
they respond quickly to good feed and 
care, giving a steady floAV of milk test¬ 
ing Avell in butterfat. There has been a 
good demand for Ayi'shires here the past 
Summer, good individuals bringing a nice 
price. The word Ayrshire means the 
perfect cow and poor man’s coav. For 
beauty, dairy type and best shaped ud¬ 
der she cannot be beaten. I think I can 
honestly say that the Ayrshire is first 
in the show ring, first for economical 
production of milk, and the coming coAiV 
in New York State. reed ciiamplin. 
Cold weather with very little snoAV. Ice 
harvest mostly done. Hay, $10, $12 per 
ton ; biickAvheat, $2.60 per CAvt. ; potatoes, 
$2 per bu.; veal, 13%c lb., alive. Milk 
League price; League is in good standing 
in county. Farmers are building a large 
cooperative building at Wysox, and are 
doing a good business in feed, fertilizer, 
etc. Farmers are working together better 
than ever before. Lump lime, $3.85 per 
ton. n. D. AV. 
Bradford Co.. Pa. 
CoAvs, .$80 to .$100; milk at station. .$•* 
per cAvt.; butter. 4.3c; eggs. 45c ; chickens 
and foAvls, 18c per lb.; pork, dressed, $15 
per CAvt.; A^eal. $11 and $12 per cwt. • 
not much beef; potatoes, $6.10 per 180 
lbs.; cabbage, 5c per lb.; carrots, $1.20 
bu.; turnips, .$1.‘20; onions, $4.50. Hay 
.$8 to $10 per ton ; oats. 76c per bu.; rye’ 
$1.35 bu.; straAv, baled. $8 ton ; wood. '$5 
per cord delivered. h. t. b. 
Washington Co., N. 1’. 
ers and coavs, 6 to 8e per lb.; veal calves, 
10 to 12c per lb.; bogs, 10 to 12c per lb. • 
milk. 3.5 test. $2 per cwt.; butter. 35c 
per lb.; eggs, 38e; apples, 50c to $1 per 
bu.; potatoes, $1.75 per bu.; cabbage. 
$100 per ton ; .sheep (stock CAves), $10 per 
head ; liay. $10 per ton at barn ; oats. 56c 
per bu. (,‘12 lbs.) ; wheat. $1.65 per 
biKshel; corn, $1.12 per bushel; buek- 
Avheat, .$1.,80 per CAVt.; horses (chunks 
and drafts). ,$125 to $250; light drivinsr 
horses. $125 to $150. f. b. 
CraAvford Co., Pa. 
Good COAVS .iust sold at auction for $58 • 
sheep, $13 a head. Veal, 14c, bog 
dre.s.sed; bog.s, 14c per lb.; pigs, four 
Aveeks old, $4 each. Potatoes from $1.5o 
to .$2 per bu.; turnips, 75c; beans. 10c 
per lb.; onions, $3 per bu.; apples all th(‘ 
Avay from $1.50 to $3 per barrel. Buck¬ 
wheat. 3c per lb.; hay from $12 to $18; 
butter, 40c per Ib.; liens^ $1 each ; eggs 
40^ F. H. 
DelaAvare Co., N. Y. 
Cattle bring a Avide range of prices 
Holstein coavs, fresh, $80 to $100; fresh 
COAVS, fresh, 
$60 to $70; yearling Ilolsteins, $50 to 
$60. Milk is the only dairy product made 
in this section and shipped to New York 
City at Borden’s prices. A few peaches 
and apples are groAvn here, but usually 
all .sold in local markets and peddled by 
the raiser in Poughkeepsie and other 
larger villages. A foAV straAvberries are 
raised for home use; nearly every family 
has a small patch. Nearly CA’ery family 
raises vegetables, except a fcAV potatoe.s, 
^ price last Fall 
($l.o0 per bnsbcl) ; some farmer.s are 
holding 1(X) bushels or more; have been 
offered $1.75 per bu. Milk is the product 
of_ farmers all around here. Very fcAv 
raise enough grain for their stock. A few 
oats (perhaps Avbeat or rye) also is raised 
and usually a crop of corn. Nearly every 
farmer has a silo. Fgav sheep and pigs 
are raised, principally for home use. 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. a. g. s. 
Apples, $1.20 to $1.40 per bu ; potatoivs. 
$1.3 d to $2; ccru, .$1; wheat, $1.80; cali- 
bage, 5c per lb.; turnips, $1; sbotes, $5 to 
$9.50, weighing 30 lbs. up to 75 lbs.; 
dressed bogs, 1.3c per lb. Coavs sell at 
auction from $50 to $75 and $90. F. s. AV. 
liuncaster C..., Pa, 
Eggs, 40 and 42c; potatoes, $1.75 and 
$2; butter, 40 and 42c; salt pork, 23c; 
bay, $10 and $12 ton; coavs, $50 to $100. 
Sullivan Co., N. Y, a\'. s. 
Dairy coavs from $65 to $130; beef 
cows, from $45 to $60; bob calve.s. from 
to $6; butter, 38c per lb. Dairy feed, 
$47 per ton. Farmers are not feeding 
any grain cf any kind except silage and 
other rough feed. Potatoes, not many 
sold, one farmer asks $2.50 per bu. ; oats, 
65c; rye, $1.40; rye straAV, $9; bay, from 
$9 to $16, as to quality. Hired labor asks 
from $25 to $35 per mouth Avitb board 
and Avashiug. av. b. d. 
Columbia Co., N. Y. 
This is a locality where there are many 
public sales at the present time and live 
stock is very high in price. Horses bring 
from $60 to $200; cows, $65 to $150, and 
are nothing fancy at that. Butcher cow.s 
6c per lb.; fat bulls, 8 and 9c per Ib.; 
bogs, dressed, 15c.; potatoes, Avholesale, 
$2.50 per bu.; onions, $2 per bu. Butter, 
40c; eggs, 39c; apples, $1.25 per bu. 
Chickens, 20e per lb.; turkeys, 40 to 45c 
lb.; geese, 20c; wheat, $1.75 per bu,: 
corn, $1.05; oats 65c. Hay, $15 and $16 
loose, baled, $18 and $19 ; straw, $8; corn 
fodder, 3c per bundle. l. s. 
Berks Co., Pa. 
Coavs sell at auction for from $80 to 
$90; horses as to size and ag . large, 
about $225; not so high as last year; 
smaller, $75 to $150; sheep, from $10 to 
$12; bogs, brood sows, $40 to $50; others 
as to size, all very high. Oats at auction, 
80c to 90c bu,, and corn. 60e to 80c a crate. 
On the market wheat, $1.75 bu.; barley, 
$1.10 bu.; beans, red, $6.35 bu.; buck¬ 
wheat, $3.25 per 100 lbs; corn, none sold 
here; oats, 60c bu. Fowls; 20c lb., live; 
hogs, 15e lb. dressed; 12e lb. on foot, beef 
by quarter, 12c to 14c lb. Butter, 32c lb.; 
eggs, 40c; milk, 7c qt.; potatoes, $2 to 
$2.50 bu. Farm help very scarce, Avages 
$30 to $40 month for single men for seven 
to nine months ; married men, $400 a year 
wutb bouse and other privileges. Cabbage 
sold from the field last Fall for $35 ton for 
domestic and $41 for Danish ; carrots, $21 
per ton; table beets, $16 per ton. We do 
not grow other garden produce for sale 
here. a. b. h. 
Ontario Co., N. Y. 
