RURAL NEW-YORKER 
267 
We live in the center of a mining dis¬ 
trict, and practically all products are sold 
direct to consumer. The potato crop was 
a complete failure in this county. Corn, 
$2.50 per bu.; oats, 90c; wheat, $2; hay, 
$35 ton; dressed pork, 22 to 25c lb.; 
beef, by the quarter, 18 to 24c lb.; butter, 
75 to 80c;; apples, $2 bu.; chickens, live, 
30 to 35c lb.; turkeys sold during the 
holidays from 60c to $1 per lb., dressed. 
There was about the usual acreage of 
wheat sown last Pall, and I never saw it 
look better than it does at this time. The 
farmers have sold most of their surplus 
products. Some have quite a bit of 
plowing done, "s we have had tine 
weather for three weeks. 1 believe the 
farmers in this county have had a profit¬ 
able year. H. a. g. 
Washington Co., Pa. 
Good Holstein cows sold at a recent 
public sale for from $125 to $160; heifers 
two years old, first calf, from $70 to 
$100. Fresh milk, 12c; skim-milk, 9c qt. 
at retail from the. farmers’ wagons. Those 
who ship milk to nearby towns receive 
SVj. to Sl^c per qt.; this is sold by the 
dealers for 14c qt. Butter. 75c lb.;* but¬ 
termilk. 6c qt.; eggs, 75c. Potatoes, 
$1.50 to $1.80 bu.; best apples, Spv, King 
and Baldwins, 80c pk.; bu., $2.20; sec¬ 
onds. 40 to 60c pk. Cabbage, 5 to 10c per 
head, according to size. Carrots and beets, 
40c jik. (food mixed and Timothy hay, 
$40 per ton. Oats, 90c; wheat. $2.10; 
corn, $2 per bu. We sell mostly direct to 
the consumers in the coal mining towns, 
and the prices we receive depend largely 
on the quality of the products and the 
ability and carefulness of the salesman. 
I find that it pays to grade carefully and 
give honest weight and measure, and can 
always sell more than we can produce at 
top-notch prices. We have received $2 
per bu. for potatoes with a strong demand 
until just recently, while others went beg¬ 
ging for a market at $1.30 to $1.60. 
Some are advertising potatoes for sale in 
the daily papers at present, .Tan. 27. for 
$1.50 per bu.. while we still have a good 
demand at $1.80 without advertising. We 
have bought mixed dairy feed at the car 
through our Grange purchasing agent for 
from $58 to $65 per ton ; hog feeds, $60 
to $65 ton; horse feeds, $55 to $60 ton. 
Bread flour, $11.25 and $11.50 per bbl. 
Acid phosphate, 10 per cent, $25; 2-10-0 
grain and grass fertilizer, $37 per ton. 
Farm labor was scarce on account of quite 
a number of the farmers’ sons being in 
the draft, but by redoubled efforts and the 
good late Fall weather the crops were all 
harvested in good condition. All kinds 
of grain are more plentiful than last year 
at this time. Wheat yielded 2S bu to* the 
acre; oats averaged 50 bu to the acre, 
and potatoes averaged about 100 bu., and 
the holdings of potatoes in the farmers’ 
cellars are far less than a year ago at 
this time. Hay was not as heavy a crop 
in 1918 as in 1917, but the quality is bet¬ 
ter on account of better weather at har¬ 
vest time. There was considerable Fall 
plowing done, and the weather still con¬ 
tinues mild. The robins are with us all 
Winter, which is something very unusual. 
The influenza has taken a heavy toll in 
our towns and quite a number in the 
country, but seems to be checked some 
now. j. h. K. 
Schuylkill Co., Pa. 
Dressed beef, 16 to 18c. as to age and 
condition. Pork, heavy, 20c; light, 23c. 
Potatoes, $1.25; apples, $1; chickens. 20c 
live weight. ITay. f. o. b. here, $26; buck¬ 
wheat (grain), $3.50. Sales are slow. 
Conditions and prices were much better 
last week. Farmers are buying dealers 
fertilizer, 16 per cent acid, $29; 2-10, 
$42. There is a larger acreage of Win¬ 
ter wheat in this territory than ever be¬ 
fore, and same looks good. Most farmers 
are debating whether to buy clover seed 
now or wait till needed. D. a. 
Jefferson Co., Pa. 
The Dairymen’s League stood solid dur¬ 
ing the recent milk strike. The Tioga 
County Farm Bureau has 1,720 members. 
E. R. Zimmer has been engaged as man¬ 
ager for another year, with an increase 
in salary from $2,200 to $2,400. Mild 
Winter for the past month; no ice has 
been harvested yet. There is plenty of 
butter on the market, buyers only paying 
Limestone is selling from $5 to $6.50 per 
ton, in sacks. There are a great many 
farms lying idle. w. B. 
Tioga Co., N. Y. 
Buckwheat is a drug ou the market; 
cannot sell it at any price, although the 
best crop was raised that has been har¬ 
vested for years. There are thousands of 
bushels in this section which the farmers 
are storing, trying to dispose of at almost 
any price. Oat market is very slow ; sell 
at about 68 or 70c per bb. Wheat, about 
$2.20, but cannot sell it at the mills. 
Hay is slow, about $18 per ton. The 
business outlook for farmers in this coun¬ 
ty seems very slow at the present time, 
for after the crops are raised they are a 
drug on the market. b. c. 
Erie Co., Pa. 
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