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cows, .$S0 to $100; horses. $200 
to $250. Pigs six weeks old $10 u pair. 
95 cents bushel; corn, $1.90; hay, 
$o.^; coal, $2.45 ton at mine; milk, 13 
cents quart. A. H. 
Alleghany Co., Pa. 
Coo<l milch cows. $100 to $120 each, 
scarce; common stock, $30, $40 and $50 
per head. Milk, 8c quart; butter. 40 to 
50c; eggs, ,50 to 0.5c. Oats, per bushel, 
80 to OOC; corn, $2.50 per 100 pounds at 
mills; at auction 10 to 20 cents more on 
time. Apple.s, $1.,50 to $2.00 per bushel; 
no crop. Hay. $22; .straw, ,$8 to $12. 
Puckwheat. $3..50 to $4 per 100 pounds. 
Erie Co., N. Y. j. c. w. 
The following are prices for farm prod¬ 
ucts: Milk, delivered in the village. 7c 
q t; butter. 42c to 45c; eggs, 50c to 5,^. 
1 he storekeeper claims he has a hard 
time to get OOe per doz. for them. Po- 
tatoe.s, ,$1.2;) to $1.;)0 per bu. Yearly 
every cellar has some frt>zeu, and in a 
great many cellars everything was h’ozen. 
Buckwheat flour, $7 per 1(H> l»s; meal. 
Sc per lb. F. L,w. 
Ulster Co., N. Y. 
Our fuel supply h:is been running so 
low that we have been forced to cut wood 
to help out in heating greenhouses, and 
we will have to continue to do it for 
some time to come unless our people who 
regularly supply our coal are allowed to 
get a car off occasionally. 3'he (Joveru- 
nient on the whole is not gaining any¬ 
thing on the deal, as it is costing Tloover 
more to feed our men with their wood¬ 
cutting appetites than it is saving Gar¬ 
field to divert our coal. M'e were for¬ 
tunate to locate a lot of fine timber bor¬ 
dering a creek only about a mile from 
our home, our section not being a wooded 
one. fl'he first tree we cut was an ojik 
and made nine large two-horse sled loads 
of wood, cut to four and five-foot length.s. 
We threw it straight across the creek 
and it never crackcnl the ice, nor did the 
blowing up of the trunk with dynamite 
have any effect on the ice. We al.so have 
had a man heli)iug a man at the big 
Iloltwood dam on the Sus<iuehanna to 
get a car of seasoned wood shipped to our 
station, as the green wood does not bum 
as freely a.s we could wish. The river 
has two feet of ice. and more in some 
()laces, with four feet of snow on the level 
over the mountains throughout the entire 
wiitershed. I am afraid there will be 
serious conditions many places if a warm 
rain ends this M'inter. Farmers here are 
delivering their tobacco crops and re¬ 
ceiving from $250 to, in some instances, 
over $400 per acre, whi(di makes a fair 
return from an acre of land that a few 
years ago could be purchased for $150 
to $200. E. j. w. 
Lancaster Co., I’a. 
.Everything seems more or less scarce 
and prices high. Work horses, from $125 
to $2,50: cows, $75 to $L50; beef cattle, 
5c to 10c per lb. on foot; fat hogs. 20c 
to 22c per lb., dressed; ve.al calves, 12c 
to 14c per lb., live. 8heep are very 
scarce. Live chickens, 22c per lb.; ducks, 
22c, live; geese, $2..50 apiece, live; tur¬ 
keys, 30c per lb., live; fresh eggs. 55c; 
country butter, 50o per lb.; milk, 7c" 
wholesale, retail 12c; cream, 40c per qt.; 
cheese, 30c. Wheat, Government price; 
corn, .$1.50 per bu.; oats, 80c; Timothy 
hay. $25; barley, 80c per bu.; potatoes. 
$1.20 per bu.; onions, domestic, $3.50 
per sack ; carrots, $1.50 per bu.; turnips, 
$1 ; cabbage, 3c i)er lb.; mixed apples, 
per bu. . 1 . u. 
Centre Co., I’a. 
We have a great many auctions in 
M indhitm County, Conn. At recent sales 
last Spring’s calves sold at $40 to .$-14..50 
each; good hay, .$14 per ton, in mow; 
hens, one coop, $1.72i/{; each ; next coop, 
$1.98 each; 70 bu. Flint corn on cob, 
$1..55 bu., 70 tbs. to bu. At a large Ayr¬ 
shire sale the best cow sold for $100; at 
a black and white sale the best cow sold 
for .$150, and I understand the same man 
purchased both cows, just to ascertain 
which was the better of the two. Horses 
are quite, i-easonable; 2-year-old colt. 
$40: old horses, .$;50, $G;5. ,$7;5 each ; set 
double harness, without collars or bridles, 
$38; another set of old double harness, 
complete, .$‘29. Bacon, 50c lb.; case eggs, 
():5e doz.; cornmeal for table use, 8c lb.; 
frosted potatoes, $1.;50 bu. f w. av. 
Eggs 40c. to 50c.; not enough coming 
in for local demand. Stores sell at same 
price they pay the farmers. Northern 
potatoe.s, GOc. pk., $2.20 bu. No home¬ 
grown potatoes to be had; the soil and 
climate here suit the late crop. Most 
farmers prefer to sell tobacco and buy 
potatoes—or do without. .Sweet potatoes, 
$1.25 bu.; corn, ,$2 bu.; hay, $2G for 
baled pea-hay to .$37 for Northern. (8ame 
comment as for potatoes.) Hens, 20c, 
live; cattle, G to 8c. for scrubs; hogs, 15c. 
live, to 20 to 23c. dressed. Though nat¬ 
urally a good cattle section but little 
attention is paid to this industry, tobacco 
growing having demoralized nearly every 
other branch of farming. Hog raising is 
getting more attention ; and there are sev¬ 
eral small lots of fine stock. No cholera 
in this section. The Winter, so far, the 
most .severe since 1857. Cabbage left in 
field to head up during Winter are badly 
damaged, or entirely spoiled. Beets and 
Chinese radish in my garden are all right 
where dirt was pulled up to the crowns 
on December 1, but those iirotruding 
above the ground are spoiled. F. A. B. 
Forson Co., N. C. 
Country Wide Produce Marktes 
POTATOES IX WEAK POSITIOxX. 
The experience of many potato growers 
in marketing the crop may be summed in 
the sentence: “At first they wouldn’t sell 
and then they couldn’t.” Weather and 
transportation are the main obstacles. 
The big buyers hesitate becau.se of the 
uncertainties, the long journey to market 
in such a Winter as we have been through 
in the North. Growers will not assume 
these risks, but insi-st on spot cash. In 
most producing sections there i.s a great 
lack of empty cars. Wisconsin alone re¬ 
ported orders that would fill 1.000 pro¬ 
tected cars if they could be had. In 
Aroostook County, Main*, a few hundred 
more are wanted, and in Colorado, Idaho 
and Oregon thovisands of additional cars 
could be filled with stock ordered. The 
situation appean*d most serious in the 
sections more remote from the fl)ig mar¬ 
kets. and much less trouble is reported 
from the Middle States, btit complaint is 
made that it sometimes takes a month to 
niove potatoes to New York from stations 
in the same State. 
Farmers everywhere seem willing to 
sell and a big movement to market is 
expected as soon as conditions permit. 
Bapid distribution is needed to take care 
of the large stocks on hand before .lune, 
when the main Southern crop begins to 
control the markets. 
Potato prices are holding quite w'ell in 
most markets, although ()regon growers 
sold them as low as 90 cents per hundred¬ 
weight, including sack, last Aveek and the 
growers’ prices range all the Avay up to 
.$2..50 j)er hundredweight for No. 1 sacked 
stock in Western New York. In the 
large cities the Avholesale range is gen¬ 
erally $2.2;5 to $.3.; lowest in the North- 
Avest and highest East and South. 
O.MOX.S MOVIXO AGAIN. 
IToldei's of onions are also more Avilling 
to let go than they were a few AV'eeks 
ago, ^ind they are not asking so much 
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tion were $3 per 100 pounds then, now 
they are about $2.50. 
In Massachusetts and New York, 
probably in the Middle West also, much 
poorly stored stock was frozen or partly 
frozen. The army cantonments are buy¬ 
ing a good many on contract bids at 
around ,$2 to $2.25 per hundredAveight. 
Whole.sale prices in big cities ha\e about 
the same general range as potatoes, .$2.25 
to ,$3 per 100 pounds. Demand appea^^i 
sloAV almost everyAvhere. 
BEANS DUr.E. 
Field b<*ans are another crop Avhich is 
dragging a good deal. ('om{»laints among 
growers are common from East, West 
and South, and the usual story is that 
buyers cannot be found at any* price, 
especially for colored beans and un¬ 
popular or little knoAA’n varieties. Grow¬ 
ers are getting about $11 to $11..50 per 
hundredweight for white kinds in the 
East and lake region. Avhile Western pink 
and speckled beans bring i)rodueers about 
$7 per hundredAveight. White beans range 
from $13 to $1,5 per hundr»HlAveight in the 
large citie.s. 
CABBAGES FIB.Al. 
Nothing new has developed in the cab¬ 
bage markets lately. It looks as if most 
of the Northern crop ha<l gone forward, 
but the Southern crop is beginning t<» 
cut quite a figure in the receipts. Grow¬ 
ers are getting $45 per ton in Western 
New York and in Southern Michigan. 
•In the^ large cities the range is mostly 
.$3 to $4 per hundredAveight and as high 
as $5 in some places. 
APPLES DOING WELL. 
Not man.v apples are coming to mar¬ 
ket noAv. More than half the total ship¬ 
ments are of boxed apples, and the out¬ 
look seems pretty good for barrel stock. 
Lack of sugar is still a draAA’back in some 
sections, but the fruit is now in goo<l eat¬ 
ing condition. Prices have held very 
finn. ranging $4 to .$G per barrel for 
choice stock of standard Winter varieties 
in leading city markets. 
GKNEIt.U, PKODUOE CONDITIONS. 
Movement of nearly all lines of far i 
produce continues sluggish. Potatoc*. 
onions and beans all seem to be a proble i 
in the minds of holders, ami they are a I 
in a A\ eak position because of the larg • 
stocks on hand. A good deal of pressu" * 
is being brought upon the Food Admii. 
istration to do more toAvard increasii< ; 
the use of the.se three products. Exports 
are not helping much Avith potatoes, not 
more than one or tAvo per cent of the 
crop, and mostly to West Indies. et«*. 
I’erhaps a way will be found to export 
more beans and onions. g. b. F. 
These Seven Cows 
Kept for One Year on the Product of One Acre at the 
Total Cost for Seed of Less than 1^2.00 
This is hardly believable. Keeping seven 
cows for a whole year on the product of 
one acre goes a long way in reducing the 
cost of milk. On one acre of land in the 
State of Michigan, Rom’ Eureka Eniila^e 
Corn produced in one year, 70 tons and 800 
lbs. of the best quality of sweet ensilage. 
Figuring at the rate of 50 lbs per day, this 
would be sufficient to feed seven cows for one year 
with enough left over for 261 feeds. That acre won 
our $50.00 in gold for the heaviest yield. 
Every bag of Ross’ Eureka Com bears cur trade 
mark: a man holding a stalk of corn. Don’t buy seed 
corn of any dealer simply because he calls it Eureka 
corn. There are several varieties that are being sold 
nder the name of Eureka which are not Ross’ Eureka, 
and therefore not the genuine product which 
We believe that this 
record can be broken, 
and for that reason Ave 
offer $100.00 in gold to 
the first person break¬ 
ing' this record, using 
Ross’, Eureka En- 
silags Corn, 
holds the above record. We have adopted the distinctive 
trade mark for your protection. 
If you plant cheap corn you must expect to reap 
accordingly. We have been selling our corn for nearly 
^ years, and we know before we ship that it will grow 
if given a fair chance. Some of our customers nave 
said that it will grow if planted in a mud puddle! Our 
seed for 1918 will germinate as near 100% as possible. 
This is the year you want to look out for Western 
Dent varieties. Growers report that the extreme cold 
weather in December has practically ruined the entire 
crop for seed purposes and that only 30% to 60% will 
germinate. You cannot afford to take chances with 
that kind of seed. Our Eureka Corn is well matured, 
and is sure to produce a bumper crop. Eureka Corn 
will cost you no more than inferior kinds. Why take 
the chance ? 
Ross’ Lureka Corn 
good AS AN INSURANCE POLICY TO THE FARMER, Itgrows where 
other kinds fail, and the yield is tremendous. We have been told by our customers 
that some stalks have measured as high as 22 feet. The average is 14 to 17 feet. 
IF YOU WANT CORN FOR GRAIN 
(and you should never try to groAV 
forage and grain in the same field), 
plant the Sheffield Flint Corn, intro¬ 
duced by us in 1911 under the name 
of Sheffield World Prize Flint Corn. 
This corn Avon the first prize for 
heaviest yield per acre at the first New 
England Show held in Worcester, in 
1910. The yield was 123.8 bushels of 
cnb dry com from one acre of land. 
This is a safe variety to plant where 
early frosts are expected, orin local¬ 
ities where the season islshort. 
In order to encourage the pro¬ 
duction of more and better corn for 
ourselves. WE OFFER THIS YEAR $25.00 AS 
THE SECOND PRIZE, and $5 00 AS 
THE THIRD PRIZE, for the best trace of 25 ears of Sheffield 
Corn. Further particulars iu regard to it will be found in our 
1918 catalogue. 
These— Rom’ Eureka Com and Sheffield Flint Com—are only 
two of our specialties. We handle a complete line of Farm Seeds, 
such as Oats. Rye. Barley. Wheat. Buckwheat. Cow Peas, Vetch. 
Soy Bean^ Field Peas, Essex Rape, and all varieties of Field and 
Ensilage Corn, also Grass Seeds and Worcester Timothy 99.50^ 
pure. We can furnish Alfalfa, both Grim and Northwestern 
Grown, Sudan Grass and other forage crops. 
Our 120 page catalogue will be mailed free if you mention this 
paper. Seventy-two pages of this book are devoted to descriptions 
and prices of seeds, and the balance to Agricultural Implements. 
Fertihzers, etc. Send postal today. Address 
ROSS BROTHERS COMPANY 
67 Front Street, Worcester, Mass. 
