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Crops and Farm News 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
ACTIVE, ADVANCING MARKETS FOR POTA¬ 
TOES AND CABBAGE. 
Shipments of fruits and vegetables are 
10 to lf> per cent, heavier than last year 
at this time, yet tie' heavy supplies seem 
to be well absorbed in most markets and 
prices have—tended upward more or less 
in the majojrity of produce lines. 
The recent behavior of the three most 
important lines of Northern vegetables 
has been very nearly alike. First came 
the February jump in onions, which dou¬ 
bled in value almost over night, owing 
to hurried buying by dealers who sud¬ 
denly realized that supplies of hard stock 
were becoming scarce. Then potato 
prices began to harden gradually and soon 
advanced, rising fast during the latter 
part of March and first of April. The 
reason was the rapid cleaning up in the 
visible shipping supplies in the West and 
North and the prospect of only light 
competition for the early Southern area. 
POTATOES CLEANING UP, BUT STILL ACTIVE 
Shipments of Northern potatoes so far 
have been about 4.000 cars heavier than 
last season to corresponding date, not¬ 
withstanding the lighter crop this sea¬ 
son. The conclusion that the crop is 
cleaning up and earlier and faster this 
season is supported by estimates- from 
various sources, showing that apparently 
at least 20 per cent less stock is available 
than a year ago. It must be remembered 
of course that fairly good prices will 
bring out a great deal of stock from re¬ 
mote sections that would not risk con¬ 
signment on a very low market. Western 
growers are getting $1.25 to $1.50 per 
cwt., which is high enough to move most 
of the available stock under present con¬ 
ditions of ample car supply and favorable 
weather. 
Eastern stock has not advanced so 
much as Western lately; in fact. Western 
prices to growers have been as high as 
Eastern at. times. City wholesale prices 
have ranged $1.90 to $2.25 in the West 
and $2 to $2.45 per cwt. in the East. 
STEADY ONION MARKET. 
Onions -have no more than held their 
own lately at $3 to $4 per cwt. Texas 
onions are beginning to be offered in a 
few markets at prices which do not sug¬ 
gest much danger to the general market. 
Conditions look favorable for the few 
Southern growers who had courage to 
plant again after the losses and hard 
luck of last year. 
CABBAGE HIGHER. 
Prices of old cabbage took another of 
those sudden upward leaps for which the 
fashion w is set -by apples and onions a 
while ago. Some city markets quoted 
above $80 per ton- bulk wholesale, but 
there is not much old cabbage left that 
is good for long keeping. 
APPLES NEARLY DONE. 
The small remains of the apple crop 
are closing out gradually at recent whole¬ 
sale prices of $9 to $11 for best stock of 
standard varieties, mostly from cold stor¬ 
age. The total apple shipments have been 
only a little below last year, but New 
York and Washington growers have gath¬ 
ered the lion’s share of the returns this 
season. G. b. f. 
The farmers received for oats 68c per 
bn.; buckwheat, $5 per cwt.; potatoes, 
90c to $1; hay. baled, $20; any kind of 
sound apples, 2c per lb. Good sheep, from 
$12 to $18. About 43140 per doz. for 
eggs by the crate. Good cows, all the way 
from $60 to $140. according to breeding 
and condition. Butter, 60c per lb. I 
traveled over this town 14 years as asses¬ 
sor. and I never saw tin 1 farmers feel so 
good as they do now ; never had such good 
crops and never got such prices. People 
begin to see that, the old farms are not as 
bad as they might be. People have to 
raise more of their living and their old 
brush pastures have to be cut for fuel. 
Goal, $11 per ton here now. Never was 
as good a time for the young man to buy 
a farm as now. I ran buy 1,000 acres of 
land within two miles of the State School 
of Agriculture at Alfred for $12,000, have 
it all join, but not in one square piece. 
This land 40 years ago sold for $35 per 
acre. This land will raise two tons of 
hay per acre, 30 bn. of buckwheat and 50 
bu. of oats per acre. The farmers struck 
for $4.01 for their milk in January; all 
the milk taken in at Alfred Station goes 
West and is condensed and made into 
cheese. 1 do not think a farmer in the 
town could make 100 lbs. of milk for $5. 
Why could you not make this milk in 
warm weather on this cheap land? 1 keep 
about 200 hens; sold $704 worth of eggs 
from them last year year. 11 . l\ 8. 
Allegany Co., N. Y. 
We have had a very mild Winter in 
central Maine. There was just enough 
snow for sleighing and business generally 
until about March 8. Since that time 
it lias been wheels and mud. Many are 
short of hay, but dairymen mostly think 
it better to buy hay than to_ sell their 
cows. Price of good hay $15 in barn. 
Potato growers are taking a gloomy view 
of the future and the acreage will be 
greatly reduced. Some of the largest 
growers will not plant any for sale this 
year if present intentions are followed. 
Price paid by dealers at railroad station 
J)0c per bu. ” One large grower says that 
because of the high price of fertilizer and 
labor he cannot raise potatoes for less 
than $1.25 per bu. There seems to be a 
disposition to hatch a great many chick¬ 
ens, and the. result may be a very low 
price for eggs and a high price for pota¬ 
toes one year hence. Price of eggs 40<* 
at local stores. Owing to shortage of 
hay, price of cattle fell off considerably 
the iirst part of the Winter, but there 
seems to be a recovery now. The old hay 
will be pretty much all cleaned out by 
May 10, and another short crop will he 
bad for the farmers of Maine. Grain 
continues high. Corumeal, $3*per 100 
lbs.gluten. $3.25: cottonseed meal. 
$3.35; middlings, $2.75; mixed feed. 
$2.65; bran, $2.60. Large piles of wood 
have been got out and prepared for the 
stoves and a great deal of lumber is in 
the local yards. How about the wisdom 
of the contemplated cut down in potato 
acreage and the expansion of the poultry 
industry? A little advice right now may 
prove to be worth many thousands <>f 
dollars to the farmers of Maine. It seems 
that many people have very good hind¬ 
sight, but their range of vision into the 
future is very limited. At this writing 
Winter has doubled on his track and 
April finds the ground white again, but 
not snow enough for good sleighing, ex¬ 
cept, in fields and ditches. R. w. it. 
Waldo Go., Maine. 
The principal products are milk, eggs 
and rye; also sell some* hay and-straw. 
Eggs are bringing about. 38 to 42c. Rye 
is selling around $1.55. Milk for April. 
$2.88 per cwt. Dairy cows are bringing 
from $75 to $100. Butter, 45 to 50c. 
No. 1 hay. $25; rye straw, $14. Spring 
pigs are selling from $5 to $7 apiece. 
Poultry is selling for 25 to 30c per lb.; 
laying fowls, from $1.50 to $2. Farms 
are selling from $20 to $25 an acre. 
Columbia Co., N. Y. w. G. w. 
The farmers here have some beans on 
hand, a few of which have just been dis¬ 
posed of to the United States Grain Cor¬ 
poration through the Michigan Bean Job¬ 
bers’ Association at $8 per 100 lbs. on a 
choice hand-picked basis. The 40.000 lbs. 
which went from this county were shipped 
from the Benzie County Farmers’ Co¬ 
operative Association, and it is only that 
this association is a member of the Mich¬ 
igan Potato Growers’ Exchange that we 
were able to sell this small amount on the 
Government order. The balance of Nn- 
beans helddiy this co-operative association 
were sold yesterday at $6 25 to the farm¬ 
ers on a choice hand-picked basis. The 
farmers are still holding some potatoes 
here. but. there is practically 110 sale for 
them. Hay is dicing bought at the pres¬ 
ent time from local dealers. Should be 
home grown. Most of the silage is fed. 
The county is in the midst of a Farm Bu¬ 
reau organization and a growing interest 
is shown in the work. Cream is selling 
for 56c per lb. butter fat. Eggs, 30c per 
dOZ. JAMES L. KRAKER. 
v County Agricultural Agent. 
Benzie Co., Mich. 
Prospects for Maple Products 
I have read that the Government is go¬ 
ing to place a price on maple sugar of 35c 
and syrup $2. $2.25 and $2.50 a gallon. 
There have been casks sent to this section 
from Vermont holding 50 gallons fur¬ 
nished free to persons wanting them, in¬ 
to fill them. The Vermont firm pays $,1.65 
a gallon of the first grade, and one 1 ( 111 st 
sign a contract not to sell to any other 
parties. My people thought it would lie 
a pretty good idea, as they would be easily 
filled and got out of the way, but 1 have a 
good many local customers, as well as 
those from distant cities. Can you advise 
as to the Government’s plan in regard to 
the maple sugar and syrup? 
Mt. Vision, N. Y. MRS. 8. E. J. 
The Government has not fixed the price 
of maple sugar, or attempted to interfere 
with the maple industry in any manner. 
Neither will it attempt to do so. In fact, 
I have a letter from the Food Commis¬ 
sion to the effect that it will be the policy 
of the Government to foster and encour¬ 
age the industry by all practicable meth¬ 
ods. 
Here in Vermont the price of good 
maple sugar, the present season, runs 
from 20 to 30c a pound and is mostly 
sold to the grocers. Fancy grade sells 
for 30c, and extra fancy for 85c or more; 
and is mostly sold to private customers, 
some of it being shipped to long distances. 
Multiply these figures by eight, add 20c 
for package, and the result is the propor¬ 
tionate price of maple syrup of Corre¬ 
sponding grades. The poor stuff is all sold 
to the syrup companies, who add from three 
to four times its weight of granulated 
sugar, re-melt it, and work it off on the 
public as a blend or as genuine maple 
syrup if they have not the fear of the 
Pure Food law in their hearts. They 
greatly prefer the low grades for the rea¬ 
son that they will go farther in making 
the blends. It costs a great deal more to 
make a faucy product than a low grade, 
since in the former case two men will be 
needed all the time at each evaporator, 
and in the latter case one man can do both 
the gathering and the boiling. Which 
grade will return the greatest net. profit 
is a local question that does not admit of 
discussion. Only this, don’t make a high 
grade if you internl to sell to the syrup 
companies. 0. 0 . ormsbek. 
