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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 25, 1910 
^Ihere is a 
JOHN^DEERE 
SYRACUSE PLOW 
ior Your Farm 
No matter what your soil conditions are or 
what is the “lay” of your land, there is a John 
Deere Syracuse Plow that you can use to 
best advantage. 
For 50 years John Deere Syracuse Plows have 
been built in the East for the East. 
Every plowing condition that exists on eastern 
farms has been closely studied and a plow 
has been developed to meet that condition. 
Every type of plow has fully demonstrated its 
success in years of use. 
If you haven’t yet made a John Deere Syra¬ 
cuse Plow an important part of your farming 
equipment, it will be easy to select the one 
especially adapted for thorough seed bed mak¬ 
ing and long life on your farm. 
Ask your John Deere dealer to show you the different 
types that he has in stock. And ask us to send you a 
folder describing the full line of John Deere Syracuse 
Walking Plows. 
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DEALERS GIVE BOTH 
Shearing Machines 
for flocks up to 300 use Stewart No. 9 Ball 
Hearing Machine, hand operated, ?14.00. For 
locks up to 3000 use Stewart Little Wonder, two 
jorse power engine, high tension magneto, two 
lower shearing machiues and power sharpener— 
tl50. For larger floeks there are as many power 
shearing units to operate on line shaft as needed. 
<50 per maehine complete. Send for catalog. 
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Dept. 141, 12th St. and Central Ave., Chicago. Ill. 
Get the ORIGINAL 
“An Imitation 
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When you invest in a manure spreader 
you are buying an implement that ought to 
be the most profitable machine on your farm. It will 
be, if you profit by the experience of others and choose 
the machine that has stood th test of time. Buy the 
Original, the machine which revolutionized old-fashioned 
methods, which has always been the leader in quality, in sales | 
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Lowdown, light draft. Loads and pulls without undue strain on] 
man or team. Has solid bottom with chain conveyors. Pulverizes t 
' thoroughly and spreads evenly. E to 7 ft. wide. Spreads from 3 to 15 loads per 
acre, at your option, by merely shifting a lever., 
We have found your Spread¬ 
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light team, weighing only 
about 2000, handles it on 
practically all the farms. 
The evenness and strength of 
the growth after top-dressing 
with your machine, shows it 
is a tool no farmer can afford 
to be without if he wants 
results. J. H. McCLUER. 
Two years ago I bought one 
of your spreaders, last year I 
got a second one. 
A good Manure Spreader is 
one of the best paying tools a 
man can have on a farm. We 
spread lime as well as ma¬ 
nure with our NEW IDEA 
Spreaders. Would not think 
of running my farms without 
them. A. S. WELCH 
I have used your NEW IDEA 
Spreader for five years Am 
so well pleased with the work 
; t does, that I would not have 
any other. Has cost me only 
-30c for repairs and that was; 
caused by my own neglect 
P I. WORTHINGTON 
Original letters on file. 
A J (tresses upon request. 
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Drives with h^svy sprocket chain—no gears. 
See the ‘‘New Idea” at.your dealer’s. Don’t 
wait for him to see you as he Is probably short 
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buy regrets by taking some other machine. 
If you don’t know who sells the “New Idea,’ 
write us and we will give you his name. 
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( 2 ) 
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SPREADER SPECIALISTS. COLDWATER, OHIO 
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Crops and Farm News 
4/^95 JhncJiLcxrn, 
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IU SEPARATOR 
On Trial.' Easy running, easily 
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and easy monthly payment offer. Address 
AMERICAN SEPARATOR CO., Box5075 Bainbridge, N.Y. 
This is a milk section, and the farm¬ 
ers are now holding their milk in the 
present strike. Cows are selling from 
$150 to $180. Apples, Baldwins, $5 to 
$6.50 net. Oats, 80c bu.; rye, $1.50; po¬ 
tatoes, $1.50. Eggs, 72c doz. Grain 
went in the Winter in fine condition, and 
the ground is covered with snow, giving 
the grain good protection. w. R. M. 
Sussex Co., N. J. 
Corn on cob, $1.80 per 70 lbs.; shelled, 
$1.90 per bu. Ilay, $10 to $30 per ton. 
Oats, SOc per bu. Ben Davis apples, 
$4.75 to $5.35 per bbl. W. M. R. 
Columbia Co., N. Y. 
Farm land is fairly good. Staple 
crops are high in price; nearly every 
farmer has a few steers or feeders, and 
we receive 19 to 20c per lb., dressed. 
Hogs, 20c per lb., dressed; four-weeks- 
old pigs sell at $8 a pair. No. 1 hay, 
$28; straw, $10. n. O. H. 
Dauphin Co., Pa. 
Hay, mixed Timothy and clover, $32 
to $34 per ton. Corn on cob, 90c to $1 
per bu.; potatoes, $1.00 to $1.75; butter, 
50 to 00c per lb. Milk, 12 to 14c qt., de¬ 
livered ; eggs, 00c; pork, dressed. 22c; 
beef, dressed, 19c. These are the princi¬ 
pal products of this vicinity. Farmers 
here are- not very large producers, the 
farms being more or less hilly and diffi¬ 
cult to work. There are no middlemen 
in this vicinity. Small mining and rail¬ 
road towns consume all the local pro¬ 
ducts they can get from the farmers at 
these prices, as the prices for these pro¬ 
ducts are much higher when bought 
through company stores or meat market. 
Quite a few farmers do local hauling and 
take out pit posts; some work in the 
mines during Winter mouths. Taken all 
in all, I should say present prices are a 
little more favorable than in the past, 
even considering the high cost of com¬ 
modities that a farmer has to buy; but, 
at the same time, I do not know of any 
farmer in this vicinity who is making 
more than a decent living, and they all 
work long hours. A. A. C. 
Clarion Co., Pa. 
Southwestern Iowa suffered from 
drought during the last six months of 
1917 and nine months of 191S. Hogs and 
cattle were sold off and corn and oats 
are shipped in from other parts of the 
State, and from South Dakota to feed 
what is left. We are feeding corn brought 
in through the County Farm Bureau, 
costing $1.45 per bu., oats 78c and Al¬ 
falfa hay $31 per ton. We filled our silos 
with green stalks without ears; the cows 
like it. but it takes lots for a feed. Oats 
were a good crop, but not enough planted ; 
land that would have been sown to wheat 
in the Fall of 1917 if it had rained was 
planted to corn later and failed, which 
made the third corn failure for me in 47 
years on this farm. J. s. 
Adams Co., Ia. 
The farmers derive the principal part 
of their revenue from the sale of milk, 
which is in a muddled condition at pres¬ 
ent. Some keep city folks in the Sum¬ 
mer. to the detriment of their farming. 
There is more grain and hay fed than is 
raised here, cows being from $75 to $150 
each. Horses in plenty, withjnany poor 
ones; good workers worth $150 to $200. 
Good dressed hogs, 23c per lb.; beef. 18 
to 20c per lb. Eggs, 05; butter, 70c. 
Very little made except now. Potatoes, 
$1.50 per bu. Apples, $1 per bu. Hay 
in the barn, $27 a ton, and scarce at that; 
rather short crop; about 75 per cent. Po¬ 
tatoes, 70 per cent of a crop, with small 
acreage. Help is scarce; they want $3 a 
day and board. The outlook for the farm¬ 
ers is not very good, unless the League 
prices can be maintained on milk ; feed is 
very high, and often one cannot get the 
feed he wants. We are having very good 
sleighing, with zero weather, which all 
are improving doing their necessary haul¬ 
ing. c. I. 
Sullivan Co., N. Y. 
Potatoes, first-class, $1.70 bu.; cab¬ 
bage. $1.50 to $2 per bbl.; white turnips, 
$1.50 bbl.; carrots, $1.50 to $2 bbl. We 
have quite some dairies around here and 
are selling our milk at 9c per qt.. whole¬ 
sale. The potatoes raised in Middlesex 
County are considered very good, with a 
fair crop last year. Potatoes and cab¬ 
bage are the main crops. The Winter 
wheat in this section looks good, and 
qnite a good deal is planted. Our wheat 
crop of 1918 was about 35 bu. per acre, 
and we get $2.25 per bu. Corn grows 
here at 75 bu. per acre. There is no 
market for cows now. Most of the farm¬ 
ers grind the corn for cow feed. We ex¬ 
pect 1919 to be a good year for farmers 
owing to the scarce stock on hand at pres¬ 
ent. I just sold 100 tons first-class Tim¬ 
othy hay at $32 per ton (press hay). 
Middlesex Co., N. J. w. L. K. 
A teacher was telling her class little 
stories in natural history, and she asked 
if anyone could tell her what a ground¬ 
hog was. Up went a little hand waving 
frantically. “Well, Tommy, you may tell 
us what a ground-hog is.” “Please, ma’am, 
it’s a sausage.”—Credit Lost. 
FOOD PRODUCTION 
MUST BE INCREASED 
The horse is a vital factor 
in such accomplishment. His 
efficiency is measured by the 
degree of fitness for constant 
use. 
Stuffed Collar Pads 
Are the only guarantee against 
bruised, galled and chafed 
shoulders. They are better 
than other kinds, being soft, 
springy and absorbent. They 
make possible the continued use of 
a horse collar long after its worn 
condition would otherwise compel 
its discontinuance. 
New Patented Hook Attachment 
(Found only on pads made by u») 
Consists of wire staple with felt 
washer. It gives hook a firmer 
hold and prevents pulling off, even 
though fabric is weakened by long 
usage. The greatest improvement 
since we invented the hook. Ask 
your dealer for Tapatco Booklet. 
Thirty-Seven Year* Making Pads 
Look For the Felt Washer 
SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE 
The American Pad & Textile Co., 
Greenfield, Ohio 
Canadian Branch Chatham, Ontario 
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BUYERS in New York are asking for all kinds of 
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Make immediate re¬ 
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44-50 W. 28thSt. 
New York 
