©ic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Crops and Farm News 
(Joed young horses that are all right 
and weigh from 12(X) to 1400 are worth 
$200 to $250. Good young cows. No. 1, 
$S0 to $100. At one sale here not long 
ago one cow sold for $11G. No sheep 
raised here. Hogs are very scarce here, 
as the farmers sell all their milk to the 
coiidensery. The price for the last three 
months has been $2.08 for P. milk. Ap¬ 
ples about 75c per bu. Eggs oOc. Po¬ 
tatoes about $2 or $2.50. Cheese a frac¬ 
tion above 25c wholesale. F. jr. .s. 
Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. 
Conditions in Gaston County have been 
unusual this Winter. The temperature 
registered six above zero. Tlie truckers 
suffered very heavily, cabbage, onions 
and other Winter vegetables were killed 
as well as many of the berry vines, this 
being the first time in a number of years 
that such things have been killed. The 
gardeners, however, could not be outdone 
and are already planting early varieties 
of vegetables, and are preparing to plant 
largely to supply their home needs and 
also to have a surplus to place on the 
market. We have found the Winter 
legumes to be of great value as a soil im¬ 
prover as well as furnishing a green 
pa.sture during the Winter months, the 
mo.st successful being clovers and vetch. 
The time is fast passing when you can 
go through this section of the country 
during the Winter months and see the 
gi-ound uncovered. I have noticed the 
general conditions of the farmer who al¬ 
lows his ground to stand idle from Sep¬ 
tember until March, and the on(> who 
after harvesting in September plants his 
ground to some legume such as mentioned 
above; the latter shows outward signs of 
prosperity, while the former allows his 
ground to wash away and his various 
bill to increase. As a trucking section 
near a good market and possibilities of 
the dairy businc.s.s, which go hand In 
hand, this part of the State is unex¬ 
celled, and the people have recently 
awakened to this. The next few j-ears 
will no doubt prove this by placing their 
goods on the market in fir.st class condi¬ 
tion. The world depends on the far¬ 
mers for supplie.s, and they should de¬ 
liver the right kind of goods. A. c. T. 
Gaston Co., N. C. 
Buyers here on March .2, shipping to 
Buffalo, paid 5^ to Gc for beef cattle 
on foot, cows; pigs 12c live; chickens 
20c, live. Eggs are 30c, but until w’ith- 
in one week they have brought 40 and 
50c here at the stores. Many people 
here ship their eggs to New York City, 
some to Buffalo. Butter 40 to 42c. 
Milk sells for from ,$2.25 to .$2.G0 per 
cwt. at condensery, according to test. 
Potatoes were a light crop here la.st year, 
it is not a real potato raising place at 
any time, yet more are generally raised 
than con.sunu'd. They were selling from 
$1 to ,$1.50. in the Pall before freezing 
w’eather, but now’ they bring from .$2.50 
to ,$2.75 by the wagonload, but it is 
too cold yet to handle them. In .Tames- 
tqwn, N. Y., they sell at retail for OOc 
and $1 per peck for the best. I don’t 
think you could sell large amounts in 
the cities here now, for all are predicting 
very much lower prices as soon as freez¬ 
ing W’eather is over. Apples are from 
50c to 70c, according to quality, per bu. 
We are on the line of the Erie R. R., 
about halfw’ay from New’ York City to 
Chicago, about four miles from New 
York State line. The county seat is 22 
miles south. Prices run about the same 
there, but the retail prices of meat, but¬ 
ter and eggs in .Tame.stow’n and Warren 
are higher than here. Butter has been 
selling nil Winter for 50(! and eggs ,50 
and GOc to customers; chickens 25c per 
lb., dressed. Pork chops 25e per lb., 
ham ,30c. We are near a small village 
with a good general store; they retail 
pork in Winter. We get nice pork fresh 
for 18c; ham, fresh, 20c; sugar-cured 
ham 25c; bacon 25c. Hay is selling at 
$8 to $10 at the barns; straw’ about $14 
per ton. Some hay is being pressed for 
shipment. Board costs about $1 per 
da.v. Milk 7c per qt., but in .Tamestow’ii, 
Corry and Warren, it sells for 10c per 
qt. Beans sell for 15c per lb. retail; 
cabbage scarce. Grain runs as follows 
at retail at the mill here: Corn and cob 
meal $2.25; bran $2; w’heat middlings 
$2.25; old ju-ocess oil meal $2.50; cot¬ 
tonseed ,$2.25; gluten $2.25. Dairying 
is the _ chief pursuit here. As we go 
south in the lower part of the county 
the oil busine.ss is carried on. Milch 
COW’S sell for from $45 to $100 per head. 
Holstein and .Jersey are the leading 
breeds, yet .some fine Durhams are kept 
I.. I), ir. 
Warren Co.. Pa. 
Butcher cattle, live, SV» to 10c per lb.; 
beef cattle, dressed, 13” to 14c: v-al 
calves, live, 0 to 12c; dressed 14 to IGc. 
Lambs, live 11 to 12c; sheej), liv»'. G to 
9c. Butter 40 to 45c; lard IS to 20c;' 
eggs .35 to 40c. Chickens, live, ISc; 
dressed 22c. Potatoes $2.50 to .$.3 per 
bu. Wheat $1.85 to $1.90 per bu.; 
buckwheat .$2 to $2.10 i)er cwt.; corn 
'$^19 to ,$1.15; rye in small lots .$1.10 
$1.15. Hay $16 to $18; straw $10 to 
$12. Above prices are for net cash— 
no commission or other charges to be de¬ 
ducted. j. 15 . I. 
Huntingdon Co., Pa. 
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