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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 4, 1010 
Farmers are receiving good prices for 
their products in this locality, as most is 
sold at retail. Farms here are small as 
a rule and practically but. a small propor¬ 
tion of produce is sold through the mid¬ 
dleman. Crops were good this year with 
the exception of buckwheat. Butter. 50 
to 65c per lb.; eggs, 65 to 80c; potatoes, 
$1.50 per bbl.; cabbage, 6 to 8c per head ; 
beans, marrowfat, 18c per lb.; chickens, 
42c per lb., dressed; 40c* alive; hogs. 22c 
dressed; buckwheat flour, $7 to $8 per 
100 lbs. w. C. R. 
Ulster Co., N. Y. 
From July 29 to August 14. Cobblers 
brought from 83.50 to $4. an average of 
about $3.65. We began digging Giants 
on August 15 and finished on October 24. 
They sold from $3.25. which was the low¬ 
est, to $3.60 a barrel of 165 lbs. which 
was the net price at the station. We sold 
Green Mountains to the local market here 
for $4. and seconds at $2 per bbl. At 
present they are a little lower. Corn 
from the field we sold for $1.35 
and from the crib at $1.50 per bushel of 
72 lbs. I am selling loose hay at the 
barn for $25 per ton. In the nearby 
towns it is selling baled as high as $40. 
Rye straw is about $18 per ton baled. 
There is no wheat on hand. It was sold 
for $2.20 and rye at $1.75 and $2 per bu. 
Apples were a short crop and very high. 
Sweet potatoes were also high, retailing 
in town for $1 a peach basket. Turnips, 
cabbage and onions have been very cheap. 
Our farmers are getting 8c a quart for 
milk, but many are going out of business 
on account of the high prices of mill feed 
and also the trouble to get help. _ Eggs 
are 75c a dozen. Poultry of all kinds is 
very high. At a sale near here last week 
cows 'brought from $135 to $195. Hogs 
have brought 26c a lb., dressed, but now 
are a little lower. Good heavy farm 
horses sell for $600 a pair. Mules are 
out of sight. We have had fine weather 
this Fall, but work is behind on account 
of scarcity of men. The labor problem 
is making us sit down and do some hard 
thinking, and we have not solved it yet. 
Men are getting from $3 to $4 a day and 
they do not make eight hours. We have 
had them drift along this last Summer 
and ask $60 a month and board. Per¬ 
haps if we should take the advice of our 
city cousins, we could run our farms in 
great shape. We use tractors, trucks and 
up-to-date machinery, but still there is a 
great deal of work which must be done 
by hand. C. A. J. 
Monmouth Co., N. J. 
The dairy outlook is a little brighter 
since the price of December milk has been 
given, but many auctions have taken en¬ 
tire dairies and much young stock has 
been sold. Hay is plenty, but silage corn 
was frosted before it could be cut, and 
farmers in this place were obliged to fill 
their silos alone for the want of help. 
Cows are from $40 to $150 for prime; 
dealers have been plenty, but feed so high 
but little is left for the dairyman. Help 
is the farmers’ great need, and if the 
To Insure 
Having Fertilizer Next 
Spring, Put It In Your Barn Right Now 
T HE demand for fertilizer this year far exceeds pro¬ 
duction. It is necessary to operate factories contin¬ 
uously and to ship every day from now until Spring. 
With labor scarce—traffic congested— 
those who do not order their fertilizer 
now may not be able to secure it. Under 
the present unusual conditions, a year’s 
business cannot be squeezed into a few 
weeks. Fertilizer must move steadily 
from our factories to the farm. There 
will be little or no improvement this sea¬ 
son in labor and transportation condi¬ 
tions because of the armistice. 
Order your fertilizer now, so that the 
dealer can bunch his orders and make up 
capacity carloads. When the fertilizers arrive haul them 
to the farm. Few dealers have enough storage space. Co¬ 
operate with the dealer. Keep the fertilizer supply mov¬ 
ing, and insure your supply for the Spring. 
Fertilizers 
Fertilizers pay better this year than ever. They bring 
back from $5 to $9 for every dollar invested. Is there any 
other investment so safe that pays so high a rate of in¬ 
terest? 
The things that govern the value of 
your farm are its fertility—its producing 
power. By using V-C Fertilizers you 
bring more fertility to your farm, enabl¬ 
ing you to ship bigger crops and more 
live stock to market, without bankrupting 
your land’s fertility. It’s the cheapest 
way to get a better farm—you do not 
have to move, buy more machinery or 
hire more labor. You simply buy fertility 
by the ton, instead of land by the acre. 
Don’t delay ordering. This year you can obtain V-C 
Fertilizers containing all the potash your soil may need. 
Write us for the names of V-C dealers near you. 
VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL COMPANY 
New York City 
Baltimore, Md. 
Cincinnati, Ohio 
Fort Wayne, Ind. 
Shreveport, La. 
Richmond. Va. 
Norfolk, Va. 
Alexandria, Va. 
Durham, N. C. 
Winston-Salem, N. C. 
INCORPORATED 
V-C SALES OFFICES: 
Charleston, S. C. 
Columbia, S. C. 
Atlanta, Ga. 
Columbus, Ga. 
Savannah, Ga. 
Gainesville, Fla. 
Jacksonville, Fla. 
Sanford, Fla. 
Birmingham, Ala. 
Montgomery, Ala. 
Mobile, Ala. 
Memphis, Tenn. 
Mt. Pleasant, Tonn. 
Crops and Farm News 
Wheat, $2.20; oats, 70c; hay, $20 to 
$22 per ton; potatoes, from $1.30 to 
$1.75 per bu.; Alsike seed. $15 bu.; but¬ 
ter. 60c at store; eggs, 65 to 75e; cows, 
$100 to $150; calves, 17c; pork, $22 to 
$24 per 100 lbs., dressed. -Leading pro¬ 
ducts are wheat, oats and potatoes, which 
were a very good crop this year, hay 
being a small crop. Some peas raised 
for canning factory, which tvas a good 
crop this year, yielded from 4.000 to 4,600 
lbs. per acre; received $60 per ton, de¬ 
livered to factory. Cabbage, $15 per ton. 
Apples, from SOc to $1.50 per bu.; pears, 
$1 to $3 bu. G. H. B. 
Erie Co., N. Y. 
We have only Winter crops of root 
vegetables left, such as carrots, $2 to 
$2.50 per bbl.; parsnips, $2; round beets, 
$2; long beets, $1.75; black radish. $3; 
horseradish, $200 per ton ; turnips, $1.50 
to $2.50; potatoes, $4 to $4.50; celery, 
$1.50 to $2 doz.; eggs, $1 to $1.25, retail. 
Farm conditions are good, being close (15 
miles) to New York and Newark and 
other large cities and towns, everything 
sells. Wages are high, but roads are 
fine; manure is easy to obtain ; plenty of 
help of all ages, but higher in price. All 
farmers have auto trucks, costing from 
$2,000 to $5,000. There has been a ten¬ 
dency in the Fall to sell everything before 
cold weather came, on account of loss last 
Winter from frost, so that not over two- 
thirds of the usual supply has been stored. 
Also there has been a loss of one-fourth 
from warm weather conditions, vegetables 
not keeping, etc. G. s. H. 
Essex Co., N. J. 
The leading products in our district 
here are corn, hay, potatoes, tomatoes 
and sweet potatoes. Corn, $1.25 per bu.; 
mixed hay, $26 to $28 per ton; potatoes, 
85c per % bu. basket; tomatoes for can¬ 
ning. $25 per ton ; sweet potatoes, $1.35 
per % bu. basket, in Philadelphia mar¬ 
ket ; Alfalfa hay, $30 per ton; farm work 
practically done; crops very good this 
season. Prospects for next season, we 
think, very good. Feed prices have de¬ 
clined a little. Fertilizer and manure 
prices have advanced over last year; all 
stored crops have begun to move. Con¬ 
tracts for farm produce for coming season 
have not been made. H. c. I. 
Gloucester Co., N. J. 
eight-hour plan is to be put on farms and 
the high wages for labor continued, the 
farmer will feel be cannot bear the bur¬ 
den of long hours, and will only raise the 
crops or keep the cows he and his family 
can tend. 2. M. M. 
Broome Co., N. Y. 
Eggs, 55c; butter, 55c. ll'ogs, 17c; fat 
cattle, 12c per lb.; chickens, 25c; tur¬ 
keys. SOc. Potatoes, $1.25 per bu.; corn, 
$1.75; apples, SOc; oats, 90c; rye, $2; 
buckwheat, $1.25; wheat. $2. Wheat 
crop is looking well. Good horses, $100; 
average cows, $60. Fat lambs sold for 
15c per lb.; good ewes, $15 per head. 
Fulton Co., Pa. S. M. J. 
Following are about _ prevailing prices 
which farmers are getting for their pro¬ 
duce in the Rochester, N. Y., market: 
Wheat, $2,15 to $2.20; oats, 83 to 84c; 
potatoes, $1 loading stations; $1.15 to 
$1.25 on market; corn, $1.70 to $1.75 
per 56 lbs.; rye, $1.60 to $1.70 per 60 
lbs.; hav, $2S to $30 per ton; dressed 
hogs, $22 to $22.50 per 100 lbs.; strictly 
fresh eggs, from nearby farms, 90c to 
$1; cheese, at retail, 33 to 40c per lb.; 
apples, good No. 1 stock, $1 to $1.50 per 
bu.; butter, from nearby farms, 55 to 60c 
per lb. c. T. 
Milk. 3 per cent, per cwt., $3.94; but¬ 
ter, per lb.. 60c. Play, $2S to $30. Oats, 
per bu., S5c to $1; pork, per cwt., $20 
to $23; fowls, per lb., 22c; eggs, 70c; 
honey, extracted, 25c; comb, 30 to 35c; 
potatoes, $1 to $1.25; wheat, $2.25. 
Jefferson Co., N. Y. R. H. c. 
There will not be as many cows kept 
this Winter as usual, on account of a 
short bay crop. Farmers are selling quite 
a good many cows around here. Fall 
cows sell from $60 to $100. Spring cows, 
$40 to $50. The dairy business will be 
lighter the coming season. E. I. c. 
Delaware Co., N. Y. 
The dairymen in this locality are keep¬ 
ing their usual number of cows and are 
well supplied with hay and silage. I do 
not know of any cows for sale in this local¬ 
ity. Farmers seem to be quite satisfied 
with conditions at present. A. s. 
Delaware Co., N. Y. 
I think there will be as many cows kept 
in this locality as usual this Winter, and 
there seems to be plenty of hay and silage. 
Cows bring anywhere from $60 to. $100. .1 
do not see any reason why the dairy busi¬ 
ness for the coming season should he any¬ 
thing but good. II, C. Y. 
Chenango Co., N. Y. 
Franklin County farmers are largely 
interested in the dairy business. The 
price paid producers for December milk 
at stations in the 150-mile zone is 
$4.06 per 100 lbs. The Franklin County 
Farm Bureau Association w y as in session 
December 3 at Malone, with three prom¬ 
inent speakers in attendance, Hon. C. S. 
Wilson, New York State Commissioner of 
Agriculture; Dr. G. F. Warren of the 
State College of Agriculture, and Prof. J. 
Coryll, Assistant Director of Farm Bu¬ 
reaus for New York State. Hay sells 
for around $30 a ton. Potatoes, 85c per 
bu.; eggs. 55c; dressed chickens, 32c per 
lb.; dressed pork, 24c per lb.; butter, 65c 
per lb. Straw, $14 a ton. H. T. J. 
Franklin Co., N. Y. 
Harmonizing the Daylight-Saving Plan 
During the past year you have pub¬ 
lished several communications from far¬ 
mers opposing the “daylight saving law,” 
and giving some very excellent reasons 
sustaining their contention that it is not 
a desirable ruling for farmers. As. the 
owner of a practical farm, I am entirely 
of the opinion that it is not wise to start 
the working day an hour earlier, ending 
it. necessarily, one hour earlier, but as 
the arrangement so greatly benefits all 
other industries, especially being, of in¬ 
estimable value to workers in cities and 
towns, it seems the greatest pity that 
farmers, as a class, should oppose the 
law, when their objections to it can be 
so easily overcome, the remedy being 
simplicity itself. My men work nine 
hours, seven A. M. to five P. M., so when 
the law went into effect I made a new 
contract, engaging them from eight A. M. 
to six P. M. No one’s rights were inter¬ 
fered with and the plan worked harmon¬ 
iously. Personally. I hope the daylight 
saving law will be put in operation again 
next year. nielson t. Parker. 
Ulster Co., N. Y. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
Ohio State University, Columbus, O., 
eight weeks’ Winter course, begins Jan. 6. 
Wisconsin Cheese Makers’ Association, 
Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wis., Jau. 8-10, 
1919. 
New York State Federation of Agri¬ 
culture, annual meeting, Rochester, N. 
Y., week of Jau. 13, 1919. 
New Jersey State Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion. annual meeting, Trenton, N. J., Jan. 
14-17, 1919. 
Boston, Mass.—Poultry Show, Jan 14-' 
18, 1919. 
Western New York Horticultural So¬ 
ciety aud New York State Fruit Growers’ 
Association, joint meeting, Rochester, N. 
Y., Jan. 15-17, 1919. 
Third Annual New Jersey Agricultural 
Convention, Trenton, Jan. 13-17, 1919. 
New Jersey State Poultry Association, 
annual meeting and exhibition, the Arm¬ 
ory, Trenton, N. J., Jan 13-17, 1919. 
Jan 1S-26—National Western Stock- 
Show, Denver, Colo. 
Farmers’ Week, Hartford, Conn., Jan. 
20-24, 1919. 
Madison Square Garden, New York— 
Poultry Show, Jan 24-28. 
Connecticut Dairymen’s Association, 
Connecticut Sheep Breeders’ Assoeiation. 
Connecticut Poultrymen’s Association, 
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 21-22, 1919. 
New York State Breeders’ Association, 
Buffalo, N. Y„ Jan 29-31, 1919. H. B. 
Harpending, president, Dundee, N. Y. 
Connecticut Pomological Society, Con¬ 
necticut Vegetable Growers’ Association, 
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 23-24, 1919. 
Massachusetts Dairymen’s Association, 
annual meeting, Horticutural Hall, Bos¬ 
ton. week of Feb. 10, 1919. 
Feb. 8-15. — California International 
Live Stock Show, San Francisco, Cal. 
Omaha Inter-State Land Show, Munic¬ 
ipal Auditorium, Omaha, Neb., Feb. 12- 
22. 1919. 
Meeting of the Massachusetts State 
Vegetable Growers’ Association, to be 
held in Horticultural Hall, Boston, Feb. 
32, 1919. 
