Oic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
583 
to market in a t\vo-ho”se (30()0-lb.) i 
wagon twice a week jobbing and retail- . 
ing. taking part of two dr ,s, or a three- 
horse load to commission house, going 
and retnr ling the IS miles in 12 hours, 
day or n’ght. Sugar corn brought us 
.$1.50 to '2 per 100 last season. Milk 
sells for LV 2 C. per qt.. or 5c. when freight 
is deducted. ' 5lost of us at this station 
ship last night’s and this morning’s 
milk on the 6:15 a. m. train, requiring 
men and employer to be up and at it 
by 4 a. n., that the milk may be coolei, 
which makes dairy farming almost 
drudgery and not big profits. 
Bucks Co., Pa. j. G. ir. 
Farm product prices var.’ greatly from 
month to month; at presen dairy butter 
sells for 40 to 42c.; ordii ary milk, $2 
to .$2.1C per 40-qt. can. Good, milch 
cows, $7 ) to $80. Live ve.il calves, 10 
to lie. par lb. Hogs, live, 10c. per lb.; 
dressed, i > tn 15c. Potatoes. .$2 to .$2.50 
per bu. Ai'ples, .$2 to $2.5C per barrel. 
Eggs, 28 to ,30e. w. M. B. 
Susquehanna Co., Pa. 
Grain prices paid by dealer April 6 : 
Wheat, $1.95 for (50 lbs.; rye, $1.45 for 
GO lbs.; corn, $1.18 for .5(1 lbs.; oats, 75c 
for 32 lbs.; potatoes, $2 for 60 lbs. 
Milk, $2.07 per cwt. Milk to test 4% 
fat. Milk bought by shipping station and 
goes to Philadelphia. Butter, 44c. No 
fruit or garden crops .sold at present. 
Cows from $50 to $1*22. Horses, young 
and sound. $12.5 to $225. 
Berks Co., Pa. AV. k. t. 
This has been a hard Winter for farm¬ 
ers. In this section of the county snow 
has been deep all Winter, with numerous 
blizzards. Farm products have been high 
all Winter; potato crop about the aver¬ 
age ; not much of a potato section. The 
crop was sold on the low market, some 
held a few bushels, and got the top mar¬ 
ket price; went .vS high as $3 per bushel; 
now .$2.50. Farmers are paying high for 
seed potatoes. IIay crop good, best for 
years past; market has dropped some¬ 
what recently; loose hay $8 to $12 per 
ton; pressed, $1.3 per ton. Apple crop 
light, not much attention paid to care of 
same. No. _1 apples are quoted $4 per 
barrel. Dairying is carried on exten¬ 
sively in sections of this county. IIol- 
steins and .Jerseys predominate; milk is 
sold to creameries, according to test. 
New milch cows are in good demand, 
and bring from $75 to .$!()(). Oat crop 
good in this ’ season, and housed in fine 
condition, are quoted 3*2 lbs., 82c. Small 
fruit crop very light; prices high, which 
$1150 
F. o. b. 
Racine 
Mitchell Junior—a 40 h. p. Six 
120-inch Wheelbase 
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$1460 
F. o. b. 
Racine 
7-Passenger—48 Horsepower 
127-inch Wheelbase 
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John W. Bate’s Way 
Of Building a Lifetime Car 
Sheep and Dogs 
The entire farming community is in¬ 
terested in the fate of the bills introduced 
early in the legislative session at Al¬ 
bany, intended to encourage the sheep 
industry of the State. It is well to state 
right here that there is no desire on the 
part of the framers of this legislation 
to work any injustice to dog owners or 
to the dogs themselves. 
The bill. Senate No. 233, introduced 
.Tanuai'.v 24th last, was the result of 
much labor on the part of many meu in¬ 
terested in the agricultural well-being of 
the State; it was believed that aBer 
several years of agitation at last there 
was a chance for the enactment of a 
real law which would protect the flocks 
of the State from the ravages of dogs— 
one that while recognizing that dogs were 
property, would at the same time provide 
for their restraint by owners, as in the 
case of farm stock. The proposed bill 
was given wide circulation among the 
farmers of the State, who, almost to a 
man, signified their approval of its terms 
in general—though some belicA'ed the 
fees exacted to be rather high. A joint 
agricultural committee hearing on the 
bill was held February 27, in the Sen¬ 
ate chamber, which was largely attend¬ 
ed. Dog owners from the cities and 
members of humane societies were pres¬ 
ent in opposition to the bill, but their 
“arguments” were chiefly statements as 
to the faithful qualities of dogs in gen¬ 
eral and of their fears that cruel and 
unwarranted killings of dogs might fol¬ 
low the enactment of the bill into law. 
The farmers present argued for the pas¬ 
sage of the bill in no uncertain tones. 
Clark Allis, a farmer, told of the re¬ 
duction of his flock—once the largest in 
Orleans county—to 150 head, by reason 
of ravages of dogs; of finding 36 sheep 
killed by dogs in a single night. Edward 
Van Alstyne, of Kiuderhook, told of 
finding (54 .sheep killed by dogs in one 
foray, and many others were prepared to 
continue the citation of similar instances 
had time permitted. At the conclusion 
of the hearing those favoring the bill de¬ 
parted assured that the measure would 
shortly be placed on the statute books 
after but slight amendment. 
Two weeks later the friends of the 
bill were astounded by the appearance 
of a new bill in the Senate in place of 
the one they had approved. The new 
bill bore no resemblance to the first 
measure, save in the single item that 
the original bill number was retained; 
the substance of the bill was entirely 
different; the very title was changed, 
and the sections of the law sought to 
be amended were different sections. 
The new bill, since its appearance, has 
already been amended and repiiiited 
twice or three times, and is now known 
as Senate No. 1.525. It is but fair to 
say that with its latest amendments the 
objections to its enactment—provided 
the fir.st bill cannot be passed—are les¬ 
sened. as it would be some improvement 
over the present dog law. 
However, in the Assembly friends of 
the original bill have not been idle, and 
an amended bill. Assembly No. 2049, has 
been prepared and favorably reported by 
the agricultural committee, and is now 
in order of .second reading in the l.ower 
Ilouse. This bill is a virtual I’eturn to 
the original measure, but does not apply 
to any of the cities of the State—thus 
appeasing the humane societies who 
feared the loss of certain revenues they 
have heretofore enjoyed. Under the As¬ 
sembly bill the execution of the law will 
be a function to the town and county 
authorities; the fees and penalties are 
retained at home, and do not go into 
the State treasury as is the case under 
the Senate bill. No now positions are 
created by the Assembly bill, while the 
Senate bill calls for three new officials 
at annual salaries of $1,500 each, and 
other employes, as needed in the execu¬ 
tion of the law 1 ) 3 ’ the State Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture, who is charged 
with its enforcement. 
The Assembl 3 ' bill. No. 2049. is the 
bill the farmers should advocate and 
urge their representatives to enact. If 
every flock owner of the State, some 25,- 
000 in number, will at once Avrite his 
Senator and member of Assembly ask¬ 
ing for the enactment into law of the 
Grant bill No. 2049, there is .still hope 
for a sheep bill’s becoming law under 
which the golden days of the shi'cp in¬ 
dustry Avill return to New Yoi’k State. 
The lower end of Bucks County, Pa., 
is farmed by owners and renters who 
grow i)roduce for I’hiladelphia consum¬ 
ers. I’otatoes, sweet corn, beans, toma¬ 
toes, cabbage, mostly supplying stores, 
some family trnde. I’otatoes sold for $1 
per bu., then .$ 2 . then ,$3 to $3.50, now 
$2.75 to $3. One farmer has bought a 
car of seed ))otatoes at $.3 per bu. Some 
sales were made at $2.7,5 on the track. 
No very large dairies near here, though 
one or two farm<>rs have 40 head each, 
mostly 10 to 20 cows in their herds. 
Drdinary coavs sell for $60 to $70 at 
public sa-les, but the Avuleawake farm¬ 
ers are buying 20 -qt. milkers when they 
can and then must pay $100 per cow. 
Eg<re 33c. wholesale, 3Sc. retail. Pigs are 
selling $4 to $6 each, six Aveeks old. The 
Berkshire hog is grgowiug in favor. Al¬ 
most every farm has an apple orchard 
on it. Some haA’e peach and pear or¬ 
chards, but not special fruit growers. 
Market trucks are being used more and 
more, but the old-fashioned of us grow 
such fruit and vegetables as Ave can haul 
We urge you to see hoAv John 
W. Bate thinks a great car should 
be built. 
Mr. Bate, the great efficiency 
expert, has spent 14 years on the 
Mitchell. This model factory— 
covering 45 acres — was built 
and equipped by him. 
He has aimed to build this 
single type at the lowest factory 
cost. His methods will save us 
on this year’s output at least 
$4,000,000. And he puts that 
saving into extras, to give you 
a better car. 
The Extras 
The latest Mitchells have 
31 extra features — 
24 per cent added luxury— 
100 per cent over-strength. 
The 31 extras are features 
which most cars omit. Things 
like a power tire pump, ball¬ 
bearing steering gear, dash¬ 
board engine primer, etc. 
The added luxury is paid foi 
by savings in our new body 
plant. We have added 24 per 
cent this year to finish, uphol¬ 
stery and trimmings, to make 
this the beauty car. 
The vast over-strength means 
a lifetime car. In the past three 
years we have doubled our mar¬ 
gins of safety. 
Over 440 parts are built of 
toughened steel. All safety 
parts are oversize. Parts which 
get a major strain are built of 
Chrome-Vanadium. 
Several Mitchells have already 
run over 200,000 miles—over 40 
years of ordinary service. In the 
past two years, not a single Bate 
spring has broken. 
TWO SIZES 
a roomy, T-passencer Six, 
■*•’■*■■*■ *''“-*-*^'*'* with 127-inch wheelbase and 
a highly-developed 48-horsepower motor. 
Price SI460, f. o. b. Racine 
Mitchell JunioriJ/rsS 
lines, with 120-inch wheelbase and a 40-horse¬ 
power motor—5i-inch smaller bore. 
Price SI ISO, f. o. b. Racine 
Also six styles of enclosed and convertible 
bodies. Also new Club Roadster. 
made up for short crop. T’oiilti^v raising 
is Ciirried ou in sections of this comity, 
and some good show stock can be seen 
frequently; prices have been high all 
Winter. Eggs htive dropped recently, are 
quoted 32e per doz.; fowls. 20 to 22c per 
lb,; chickens, 25 to 27o per lb.; butter, 
38c per lb.; ctibbage. 10c })er lb.; squash, 
6 c per lb.; carrots. $1.25 p'r bn.; onions, 
$9 per btig; beans. a’cIIou eyes. $8 per 
bu.; pc:. beans. $7.50 per bn.; cracked 
corn, .$1.25; bran. .$2.()5; mixed feed, 
$2.15; brown middlings, $’2.05; gluten 
meal. $2.25 per cwt.; cottonseed meal, 
$2.40 per CAvt. av. ii. b. 
Hancock Co., ^le. 
Cows from $60 to $ 10 t); veal. 12c. per 
lb.; pork, Ih'e. 12 c.; hens. live. 18 to 
20c.; eggs, brown, 27c., Avhit(>. ,32c. Hay 
No, 1. $12 per ton ; has' No. 2, $10. But¬ 
ter, around 40e per lb.; potatoes, $‘2.50 
per bu.; apples, not mau 3 ’ this year, 50 
to 75c. c. A. 
Cayupa Co., N. Y. 
Eggs, 24c; butter, 35;‘; cheese, 28c; 
maple S 3 rnp, $1.25 to $1.50 per gal., 
.sugar, l()c; hogs. 16e; drcs.-ed; A-eal, 16c; 
potatoes, $’2 to $2.50. Many silos being 
built, L. c. K. 
Crawford Co., Pa. 
None Like Them 
You will find no other car like 
Mitchells. Most of our extras 
are found in Mitchells only. 
John W. Bate’s methods are 
used in this factory alone. Our 
body designs are exclusive. 
Go see what these things mean 
to you. See the extra features, 
extra beauty, extra strength. 
See if you want a fine car with¬ 
out them. If you do not know 
the nearest Mitchell dealer, ask 
us for his name. 
The $1150 Model 
Mitchell Junior is almost like 
the Mitchell, but a little smaller. 
But even this size is roomy and 
powerful. The wheelbase is 
120 inches. 
See which size you want, and 
which style of body. All are 
Bate-built cars. And each one 
offers at least 20 per cent extra 
value. 
MITCHELL MOTORS COMPANY, Inc. 
Racine, Wis., U. S. A. 
