The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
681 
Crops and Farm News 
This is a Winter dairy section. Cows 
have come through the Winter in good 
shape, "but many farmers are short of hay 
and silage and are turning out to pasture 
earlier than is good for the pastures. 
More cows have been sold the past Winter 
than usual. About the same number of 
calves being raised as last year. Grass 
has come through the Winter in good 
shape and is looking well, but a little 
late. Farmers are pleased with the May 
price of milk, and are more hopeful for 
the future than they were two months 
ago. The new way of fixing the price is 
proving better than expected so far. Glu¬ 
ten is $60 per ton and scarce; other feeds 
in proportion. Potatoes, $1.25 per bu. 
and about all sold. Eggs, 42 to 45c; 
cows from $100 up; farmers all short of 
ice. w. c. k. 
Tioga Co., N. Y. 
Bordlen’f! milk condensery has been 
closed. Milk at retail, 12c per qt. Po¬ 
tatoes, $1.25; new potatoes, 15c per lb. 
Uocf, No. 1, 14 and 15c, live; dressed, 
22 and 23c; pork, 17 to 18c, live; 24 to 
25c dressed. Hay, $28 to $34 per ton. 
Oats, 75c bu. Butter, 02c, wholesale. 
Wheat, $2.55 bu. o. H. B. 
Jackson Co., Mich. 
The farmers are now receiving from $2.50 
to $2.75 per bu. for their wheat; $1.50 to 
$1.05 per bu. for their corn, and from $30 
to $35 per ton for their hay. Fowls, 40 
to 45c per lb.; eggs, 42 to 45c; butter, 50 
to 00c per lb. ; milk, 7*4c per qt.; po¬ 
tatoes, $1 to $1.25 per bu. Sweet po¬ 
tatoes are all sold; farmers got as high as 
$3 per bu. with hamper basket. My 
neighbor killed seven pigs May 2 and got 
$22 per cwt.. I am a dealer in fertilizers, 
machinery and farmers’ supplies, which, 
of course, are high. Take a riding plow 
which sold three years ago for $40; now 
it is $80, and other machinery about the 
same. Mowing machines that sold for 
$45 are now $80, and, as to labor, that is 
high and scarce here. The farmers who 
hire day help have to pay from $2 to 
$2.50 per day and are lucky to find them, 
and the monthly hands get from $40 to 
$60 per month with board, so you see if 
the farmer does not get good prices for 
products he cannot make a living. There 
will not be so many acres of tomatoes put 
in as usual. The contract price set by 
the canneries is $18 per ton at factory, 
and $16.50 per ton at loading points 
where they have to be shipped to the can- 
house or carted by auto truck. Potatoes 
are about the same as last year for acre¬ 
age. I think there are going to be more 
beans, onions, peppers, etc., put in this 
year than last. C. H. W. 
Salem Co., N. J. 
I notice reference in P. N.-Y. to aphis 
having stood freezing weather, but since 
that time reports may have been received 
of the much colder weather they stood 
the last severe cold spell we had. It 
dropped to within 12 degrees of zero, and 
expected to find the aphis all cleaned 
off, the peaches badly injured, and aside 
from that expected no loss, but it turned 
out rather differently, as the aphis and 
the peach buds came through in fine 
shape. The apples were badly injured, 
even Spy and William’s Early lted, which 
start late, and were still quite behind 
other varieties, showed serious injury, 
while Yellow Transparent, further ad¬ 
vanced, seems in fine condition. Much 
seems to depend on the variety. On the 
lower levels where the buds were nearly 
open or even fully out, as with some 
peaches, they are almost a total loss. 
Sweet cherries severely injured on the 
bills, as well as in the valley, but sour 
varieties as far as noticed are all right. 
Cold storms since the freeze have cleaned 
off the aphis, excepting a few stragglers, 
for the most part, but still enough left 
for “seed.” Season here is slightly be¬ 
hind the average. Here on the hill not 
a single bloom in sight yet, though 
peaches just show pink. 
ISAAC C. KOO.EKS. 
Livingston Co., N. Y. 
In this community general farming is 
carried on, with fruit growing. Crops 
were good last year, and all were disposed 
of to good advantage except buckwheat, 
there being hundreds of bushels in fann¬ 
ers’ hands which they are unable to dispose 
of at a fair price. It is being ground into 
feed for stock. Winter grain looks good. 
Fruit prospects never were better until 
yesterday (April 26) a cold wave struck 
us. and the ground is frozen an inch at 
this writing. It is generally conceded 
that the peach crop is ruined. A large 
number of farms are changing hands this 
Spring, more than were ever known to 
change in any one Spring. A large num¬ 
ber of back-to-the-landers are trying it. 
Farm help is scarce and impossible to get 
at any price. Butterfat, 62c; eggs, 35c; 
oats, S5c; corn, $1.80; wheat, $2.40; rye, 
$1.40; potatoes, 75c per bu.; apples, $2. 
Cows, from $50 up to $150, as to quality 
and kind. Small horses, $150; large, 
$300. Hay, $30 per ton; straw, $15. 
Chickens, 25c per lb., live weight. The 
farmers have this Spring’s work well in 
hand, and the prospects seem fair for this 
year. W. A. 
Lycoming Co., Pa. 
I’ll tell you WHY it's the best 
for your home” 
‘TJ! 
IHERE is only one way to buy cows and 
the way they 
lighting plants — by 
stand the tests. 
“Some cows with very pretty names eat their 
heads off, as you know, and give so little milk 
that at the end of the year you’re out of 
pocket for their keep. 
“We bought our Colt Lighting and Cooking 
Plant just before you were married, seven 
years ago. Before I bought it, I inquired of 
three of my neighbors what it cost them, first 
cost and up-keep—just as you’re asking me 
now—and you’re right about the matter of 
up-keep—it’s mighty important. 
“In seven years we haven’t spent a cent for 
repairs. That’s point number one. 
“As near as I can figure, it costs about a third 
less a year to run than most of our neighbors 
spend on other lighting plants. Point num¬ 
ber two. 
“Now another thing: you saw what a good 
3 er we had last night. That supper was 
ed on a gas stove, the same gas that 
lights the house and barns. Folks who live 
in the city can’t beat that for comfort. Cau 
you think of any other country lighting plant 
that will do your cooking as well as light the 
house. 
“While you’re about it, ask your wife how it 
would seem in summer not to have a hot fire 
in the kitchen range all day—and to have a 
handy Carbide Gas Sad Iron for ironing days. 
“As for the light itself, the light from the 
Carbide Lighting 
OLT 
Tf?A. 
and Cooking Plant 
MARK 
makes every other look pale as candle light. 
It’s the prettiest and most powerful white 
light you ever saw. 
1 lie I lant stands in the corner of the cellar, or in 
the cow burn, and takes up no more lloor space than 
a couple ol apple barrels. 
Its operation is absolutely noiseless, and there are no 
butteries, dynamo or engine to get out of order. 
“On an average of once a month, I put in a little Car¬ 
bide which looks like crushed stone, and add some 
plain water. 
“That’s six points in all—six mighty good reasons 
why the Colt Lighting and Cooking Plant is the best 
for your home.” 
Write us for the names anti addresses of neighbors 
whose experience will instantly convince you of their 
entire satisfaction with the Colt plants. 
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