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erativp Dairying.” Some of the co-opera¬ 
tive efforts of Vermont dairymen, notably 
the men in Richmond County, who built 
and are now operating a co-operative milk 
plant and creamery -were dwelt upon. 
Wednesday evening the annual ban¬ 
quet was held at Hotel Garde. About 
two hundred were in attendance and all 
enjoyed a good time. The after dinner 
speeches were especially good and came 
from such men as, the Master of the 
State Grange, the Commissioner of Do¬ 
mestic Animals, Professors Cooley of 
Rhode Island and Story of Vermont, 
President Staples of the Connecticut Po- 
mological Society and Richard Dodge. 
Vice-President of the Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion. 
Thursday the following officers were 
elected : 
President—C. B. Pomeroy, Williman- 
tic ; vice-president—Richard E. Dodge. 
Washington Depot; treasurer—R. E. 
Buell. Wallingford; secretary—.1. G. 
SchAvink. .Tr., jleriden. 
The speaker of the morning was Pro¬ 
fessor William At, Esten of the Connec¬ 
ticut Agricultural College, who pre¬ 
sented the results of another year of his 
work in “Farming with Bacteria.” 
In the afternoon. Professor White pre¬ 
sented the results of experimental work 
carried on at the Storrs Station on the 
subject of “Contagious Abortion.” These 
results are now in bulletin form and the 
bulletin w'ill be ready soon. 
The next speaker was Dr. W. G. Ben¬ 
ner, In.spector in chai-ge of New England 
for the United States Department of 
Agriculture. Ilis subject Was “The Con¬ 
trol and Eradication of Tuberculosis.” He 
Avas folloAved by .1. M. Whittlesey. Com¬ 
missioner of Domestic Animals of Con¬ 
necticut, Avho discussed “The Present Sit¬ 
uation on ^ruberculosis in Connecticut.” 
A milk, cream and butter shoAV Avas 
held in connection Avith the , coin-ention. 
Due to labor conditions and bad trans¬ 
portation facilities.' the shoAV Avas not as 
large as usual, there being about 15 en¬ 
tries of milk and cream and 25 of butter. 
The butter Avas scored by Prof. .Tudkins. 
After the scoring Avas finished the exhi¬ 
bitors Avere called in and a judging de¬ 
monstration given. The faults in the 
butter were explained. 
The various dairy supply houses had 
exhibits in the basement of the hall and 
this place Avas Avell filled at all times. 
When it isi considered that the dairy 
farmer is hard hit by the labor shortage, 
the attendance while not up to some for¬ 
mer yeai’s, Avas good and the intere.st 
seemed good. The recent fixing of a fair 
l>rice for milk has done much to stimulate 
(his interest. _ ii. F. j. 
Ohio Farm Notes 
I tinderstand Congi*essman Snyder of 
N(‘av York has introduced in Congress an 
amendment to the draft laAV AAdiich would 
exempt skilled farm labor. The amend¬ 
ment reads in i)art as follows: A man 
opei’ating .50 acres of land be alloAved one 
son or helper exempted; one operating 
100 acres or more. tAvo sons or helpers 
<'.xemptcd, and pi'ovides that those Avho 
have been taken to the training camps 
be returned ])rovided they Avill labor on 
the farm. The dairy interests, in regard 
to butt<‘r, milk and cream, are becoming 
alarmed in this territory, Avhich is one 
of the most advanced in any pai’t of the 
T'^nited States. This territory leads the 
Avhole T’nited States in the production 
of milk at the lowest possible cost; also, 
it produces some of the Avorld’s champion 
coAVs. A short time ago Butler and 
Knox township, Columbiana County. 
Ohio, produced more butter, cream, cheese 
and milk than the remainder of the 
county, but in the last year dairy coavs 
have gone very fast to the butcher’s 
block. The high cost of feed and scarcity 
of farm labor caused by the draft of 
skilled farm labor are practically driving 
the dairy interests from this section. 
Two Aveeks ago there was shipped from 
Knox township, Columbiana County, (>.5 
head of as good cows as Avere ever in the 
State to Chicago, sold for beef. .January 
28 three carloads were shipped by Bert 
Lyder. of Li.sbon, and several loads have 
been sent to the market from Columbiana, 
and nothing added to take their place. 
A great number of dairymen are selling 
their herds and quitting the business on 
account of their sons and skilled labor 
being drafted. I think the aforesaid 
amendment and Congressman Snyder 
should have support in trying to keep 
our Government from making the mistake 
that our British Allies did in the first 
year of this war. J. c. s. 
Mahoning Co., O. 
Buffalo Markets 
Th(‘ terrible AVinter is still having its 
effects on the produce movement, but a 
second light thuAV has uoav folloAved the 
fonner one. so that the open-stall dealers 
are back to their places again and busi- 
ne.ss is much more brisk. The courage of 
the market people is remarkable. They 
are bringing in a host of green products 
and selling them at reasonable prices. 
Lettuce is_ plenty at 5 cents a good-sized 
head, retail; caulifloAver is 15 cents up; 
vegetable oyster is S cents a bunch and 
most other green stuff of that class goes 
for 10 cents a small measure. 
Potatoes caught it Avorst. They not 
only froze badly, but the movement has 
been so light that prices Avent up to .$1.50 
per bushel, Avholesale, at the loAvest, for 
best grades, with Jersey sweets about the 
same per hamper. The potatoes come out 
of theii* Winter holes looking as if just 
dug. The quality is better than the ap¬ 
pearance. Apples are not advenced. the 
top price is ,$0.,50 for grade A Kings, 
doAvn to $4.25 for Ben I)avis. Western 
box apple.s are $2.10 for Rome Beauty ; 
,$2.20 for .Jonathan. $2.2,5 for AVinesaps. 
and $2.75 for 8pitz, best grades. 
There are a feAV straAvberries in at 00 
to 75c per quart, wholesale, and retailing 
at 75c. Demand for them and tin* loAver 
grade apples is light. Oranges are .$5.50 
to $0.5(1; lemons, ,$0..50 to .$7..50; grape 
fruit, $.1.50 to $4.50 per box; and 
bananas $1.75 to ,$.1.50 per bunch, all de¬ 
mand being steady to firm. 
IIonTe-grown onions .ore $1.50 to $2 per 
bushel; Avestern. $1 to .$1.75. Avith Span¬ 
ish out of market; quiet. Beans are still 
steady at $0 up per bushel. There is a 
big supply of nuts in and prices are dull, 
though much higher than formerly, at $2 
for Avalnuts, $1.25 for butternuts and .$.”) 
for hickories per bushel. 
Green A-egetables are strong from bet¬ 
ter demand, at $1.25 for beets. $1 for 
carrots. $1.2,5 for parsnips, $1.25 for 
purple-top turnips, all per bushel: $4 
per 100 pounds for cabbage. $4 to .$5 for 
squash, DAvarf celery is 40c to $1 per 
bunch, or $4.50 per California crate: let¬ 
tuce, 10 to 50c for home groAvn or endive. ! 
per box; $1.50 to .$2 per J^'lnrida ham- I 
per; radishes, 28 to .10c: shallots. 40 to ' 
,50c; i>ar.sley. 40 to 00c; A’egetable oyster. 
70 to 80c. all per dozen bunches : yelloAv 
turnips. $1.80 per barrel. A feAV hot- ! 
house cucumbers sell at $1.75 to .$2.25 per 
dozen and tomatoes, .$1.75 to $2 per 10- 
pound basket. 
Butter and cheese are steady, but eggs 
are beginning to come doAvn 'pr<4ty fast 
at the first sign of 8in-ing. C’reamery 
butter limit is 54c for prints. .51c for 
tubs. 47c for storage; dairies are .52c fof 
fancy. 44 to 47c for fair. .18 to 48c for 
crocks and 14 to ,10e for poor; 28 to 10c \ 
for oleomargine. Cheese is 20c for fanc.v 
domestic, 20 to 28 for good to choice. 10 
to_ 12c for limburger. Eggs suffer in 
price from big receipts from California, 
being 50 to 02c for AA’hite hennery. 52 to. 
58c for state and storage. 
Poultry is strong, farmers Avith laying 
stock holding it. live runs close to 
dre.ssed i)rices. at 14 to 18c for dressed 
turkey. 28 to 14e for foAvl. or chicken. 
24 to 25c for old roosters. .10 to .14c for 
ducks and 24 to 20c for geese. Jtabbits 
are 50 to 00c for cotton tails and 0.5c to 
$1 for jacks per pair. Hay still runs 
high at ,$27 to .$.12 for Timothy grades. 
Avith straAv out of marked. .t. av. c. 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NR-W-YORKER, 
FEBRUARY 23, 1918 
FARM TOPICS 
Farming in Eastern Maryland.271, 272 
The Price of Entire Wheat Flour. 272 
Maple Sugar and Food Conservation. 272 
Legal Toll for Millers. 272 
Beans on Upland; Spring AWTieat. 274 
Eradicating Wild Mustard. 274 
A Little Pumpkin Story. 274 
Liquid Smoke . 274 
A Labor-saving Sled. 275 
The Plow Discussed. 275 
A One-man Snow Plow.275 
N. Y. State Grange in Annual Session. .276, 278 
Value of Sheep Manure. 278 
Frosted Potatoes . 282 
Crop Notes . 282 
Hope Farm Notes. 284 
Hand-power Bean Sorter. 286 
Farmer and Miller. 289 
A Satisfied Hired Man. 295 
Hay and Pasture on Poor Soil. 295 
Talk to Mountain Farmers. 298 
Invasion of Foreign Germs.300 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Beef Making on Eastern Farms. 271 
Protect the Co-operative Creameries. 289 
A Choice Southdown. 292 
Dogs. vs. Sheep. 292 
A Dairyman’s Accident. 292 
Lice on Cattle. 294 
Warts . 294 
Pigs Coughing . 294 
Lameness; Fleas . 294 
Meeting of Connecticut Dairymen. 296 
Fighting Sows . 300 
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THE HENYARD 
Egg-laying Contest . 302 
Fowls Lose Neck Feathers. 302 
Selecting the Laying Hen. 303 
Substitutes for Meat Scraps. 303 
Poor Laying . 303 
Damp Henhouse . 303 
Preventing Frozen Wattles. 304 
The Black Giant Poultry. 304 
Feeding Young Chicks.304 
Table Scraps and Poultry. 304 
Coal Shortage and Incubators. 304 
Ailing Hens . 304 
HORTICULTURE 
Which Are the Fruit Buds?. 272 
A Greenhouse in the Corn Belt.273, 274 
Hotbed Avith a Lamp. 2’i'9 
A Few Critical Notes. 280 
Western New Horticultural Society—Part 
III. 283 
Growing of Mushrooms. 284 
Large Nursery Trees. 284 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 285 
Witloof and Endive. 285 
Growing Cabbage Seed. 286 
Two-story Bird’s Nest. 287 
Sprangly Horseradish . 28'i' 
Best Market Cabbage. 287 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 290 
Seen in New York Shops. 290 
Housewives and Food Administration. 290 
The Rural Paterns. 290 
Dishwashing Helps .290, 291 
Farm Women and Food Conservation. 291 
Embroidery Designs . 291 
War Cake . 291 
MISSCELLANEOUS 
The Maple Sugar Outlook.273 
The Wood Fuel Situation. 280 
Market for Horseflesh. 280 
Mending a Leaky Tank..-. 281 
Concrete Without Stone. 281 
Time to Banish Booze.’ ’, 282 
Trapping Foxes .....’!! 285 
Farmers Are Waking Up. 289 
Distribution System is Wrong.289 
The Land Bank .j 289 
Dog Law and Draft.]. 289 
Icehouses with Cold Storage.’ 298 
Publisher’s Desk . 306 
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