1448 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Crops and Farm News 
Up-State Faria Notes 
Echoes from the Fair. —The cow- 
judging contest arranged for the fair by 
the State Department of Farms and Mar¬ 
kets was a practical and popular feature. 
Over 7.000 guesses were registered during 
the week, not only real dairymen but lead¬ 
ing State officials, including Governor 
Smith, and agricultural experts from the 
various colleges testing their skill at 
placing the nine dairy cows opposite the 
right milk production record. These 
records were the various cows’ actual pro¬ 
duction for the year, and ranged from 
4,000 pounds of milk to over 20.000 lbs., 
including yields all along between these 
two extremes of production. The best 
guessers were to receive $1,000 in prizes, 
the three best prizes being three valuable 
pure-bred bull calves. The new dairy 
drinks sold at the fair were very popular, 
the “Milkmaids” selling over 1,000 quarts 
pint servings in less than an hour during 
rush seasons. The big 3%-ton cheese 
made by II. A. Rees, of I.owville; ..re¬ 
quiring the equivalent of the milk from 
3.508 cows for one day to make it, was 
an interesting feature. It was cut by 
the I.ieutenant-Governor and was sold in 
pound cartons which carried the photo¬ 
graph of the seven farmerette daughters 
of N. Strife, also of Lowville. These 
capable damsels, there being no son in the 
family, take tlie entire care of a herd of 
60 cows.- The $150 prize pumpkin was 
grown by .T. H. West & Son. of Rochester, 
and measured ten feet five inches around. 
The biggest squash was grown in Ohio. 
The largest ear of corn was grown on the 
farm of G. W. Austin of Eagle Bridge ; 
the second largest, by D. E. Nichols of 
Marcellus. The corn-shelling contest was 
a lively one. and resulted in a tie between 
r\ N. Suttle. of Clockville, and I). E. 
Nicholas, of Marcellus, with third place 
to S. E. Burgdorf, of Seneca Falls 
County Honors in Cattle. —The 
generous awards offered by the Fair Com¬ 
mission for County exhibits of live stock 
brought out some fine exhibits by various 
counties either under the management of 
the farm bureaus, or the Granges and 
breeders’ associations. Otsego won the 
Sweepstakes for the collection of the high¬ 
est type of animals. 45 in number. That 
county also won the blue ribbon on IIol- 
steins, and second place in Ayrshires and 
Guernseys. Guernsey first honors went 
to Onondaga County, whose breeders also 
won third honors in Holsteins. Dutchess 
County won first in Jerseys, Chautauqua 
second, and Otsego third. Steuben County 
took first in Ayrshires and Otsego third. 
The county premium for sheep was 
awarded to Otsego, as herd after herd 
from that county carried off the first 
honors in sheep. 
Crop Progress and Outlets. —Only 
two carloads of dry beans were shipped 
from State points last week, and one the 
week previous. In that time 36 carloads 
from Japan were released in Pacific 
ports. A total of 7.566 cars marks the 
production of the country this season to 
date, while Japanese imports have 
reached a total of 3.545 cars. This is 
causing a decline in bean production in 
our State, as growers have already to 
contend with unfavorable seasons or 
plant disease. The State growers cannot 
compete with foreign products, owing to 
labor and other conditions, and they want 
protection from this unjust competition. 
California and Michigan are the leading 
bean States. Western New York coun¬ 
ties are rotating with other crops, be¬ 
lieving continued production of beans a 
mistake. Central and eastern counties 
have recently taken up the crop with 
unexpected success. Lima bean growers 
are having trouble with a new green 
worm, which strips the leav»s. Lettuce 
shipments are still heavy. 135 cars mov¬ 
ing last week. Celery dropped to three 
cars. Prospects are for a high market 
for late celery. Cabbage shipments 
jumped in one week from eight cars to 
29. at $40 to $45 a ton, and this is far 
under last year's figures. Nearly 350 
cars had been shipped year ago. There 
are 5.000 acres less planted than last 
year. Tomato shipments are behind last 
year's. The bulk of the up-Xtate acreage 
if; under control of the canneries, a few 
companies featuring tomatoes for the first 
time this year. Over 200 cars of peas 
have cleared State points. At this time 
last year 88 cars had been shipped. Can¬ 
neries have dropped their prices one cent 
a pound. Apple forwardings have been 
about 45 cars weekly. Higher prices are 
predicted for the late apple crop. Even 
cider apples are bringing $2 per cwt. at 
the mills. Secretary Gillett of the State 
Horticultural Society says the apple crop 
is but 26 per cent of normal and *38 per 
cent of last year’s crop, or 21 per cent 
of normal in Western counties. English 
negotiators have been in the grape fields 
working up plans for sending grapes to 
English markets. Advance men firmly 
believe this can be done successfully with 
suitable varieties, despite unsatisfactory 
experiments made years ago. Michigan 
shipped .300 cars of grapes this year, 
against 300 last year. State grapes will 
average about $125 a ton, and despite 
prohibition the crop is expected to have 
a fixed future better than the past. 
Ditching More Profitable Than 
T F, a c h i N cl —President Jacob Gould 
Xehurman of Cornell says the United 
States pays its ditch diggers more than 
ts colle"' i nstructors, and its trainmen 
and mechanics more than its professors. 
He is helping in a campaign to get 
a $5,000,060 endowment to increase the 
salaries of Cornell’s faculties. With the 
average cost of living increased 70 per 
cent Cornell salaries remain the same. 
Small Items of Interest. —The lead¬ 
ing dairy boards failed to set. a price for 
cheese this week, as demand was poor. 
Plymouth set a price of 27*4 cents. Four 
barge canal boats loaded with Argentine 
corn arrived in Osewgo this week, 40,000 
bushels, for a starch company. The com¬ 
pany has used South American corn be¬ 
fore, the supply being delivered by train. 
As the result of manipulation, massage 
and exercise, directed by the State’s 
orthopedic surgeon, there will he practi¬ 
cally no helpless cripples in the section 
which centers in Syracuse as the result 
of the 1916 epidemic of infantile paraly¬ 
sis. Wonderful progress has been made 
in the 25 cases under weekly treatment, 
the mothers being warned to carry out 
the methods advised. M. G. F. 
feountrywide Produce Situation 
SOME INDICATIONS UNFAVORABLE, RUT 
VALUES HOLD FAIRLY WELL. 
Market interest is still mainly in 
apples, potatoes, cabbage and onior.s, 
which make tip more than half the carlot 
movement, and the rest of the market 
often follows their lead. 
FOREIGN MARKET DISAPPOINTING. 
The surprise of the month so far is the 
comparatively low price obtained for 
American apples in British markets. At 
present it appears that England will not 
receive many American apples. The 
trouble lies partly in the fact that an 
English shilling is now worth only about 
20 cents, compared with 24 cents at the 
former usual rate of exchange. This low 
rate results in a lower net when turned 
into American money. The British apple 
crop may be short, but there is a good 
deal of other fruit offered, and all prices 
have been cut heavily by a price smash¬ 
ing campaign like the one conducted in 
this country. Apple shipments from 
Canada helped depress the foreign mar¬ 
kets; likewise the markets of Boston and 
a few other cities. A tariff of about 30 
cents per barrel does not keep out many 
apples when they will bring an average 
of $7 per barrel in our large cities. It 
is true that apples are nearly as high 
in Montreal and Toronto as in the aver¬ 
age American cities, but the Ontario 
crop, being light, and rather poor, the 
large Canadian cities are being supplied 
liberally from Nova Scotia. Home de¬ 
mand is limited and a large part of the 
Nova Scotia surplus will go to Europe 
and this country. On the whole, the 
markets of the United States are holding 
up very well, having even reached new 
top prices in New York, approaching $9 
for best red Fall varieties. 
BUYERS HESITATE. 
Business is a little slow in Eastern 
producing sections. Buyers seem afraid 
to take on large stocks in view of the 
comparatively high level reached. The 
fairly good yield of Fall apples makes 
the fruit seem more abundant than it 
really is. When Fall apples are out of 
the way the light crop of Eastern Winter 
fruit will seem more evident. A great 
deal of Eastern stock is sold in bushel 
baskets at $2 to $2.50. Boxed apple 
stock has reached Eastern markets from 
the Northwest. It brings from $2 to 
$3.25 for top grades for such varieties 
as Jonathan and Stayman. The fancy 
Western boxed apples and the choicest 
Eastern and Middle Western barreled 
stock are bringing about the same prices 
for the same weight of apples, but it looks 
as though fancy grades of Eastern bar¬ 
reled apples would be in light, supply. 
RATHER SHORT CROP OF VEGETABLES. 
The three leading vegetable crops— 
potatoes, onions and cabbage—seem to be 
growing less week by week. All these 
crops are falling far short of early indi¬ 
cations. Potatoes are at least six per 
cent below the 10-year average crop. The 
crop is likely not only to be below that 
of recent years, but shorter than any 
crop since that of 1916. Onion holders 
seem to feel the strength of the situation, 
and while there is no great activity the 
market creeps upward a little week by 
week and ranges $3 to $4 for desirable 
stock by the cwt. in leading cities. It is 
reported that some California stock has 
been shipped to New York State and 
stored to be sold later in (lie season. 
California yellow onions bring $2.50 per 
100 lbs. in producing sections, and if 
brought to New York would stand the 
holder at $3.50 whim taken out of stor¬ 
age. Cabbage is evidently to be in very 
moderate supply. Recent, damage in New 
York and Eastern producing sections has 
been caused by blights, while the shortage 
in the West by reason of drouth is more 
and more evident. Cabbage growers in 
the Southern States are already figuring 
on the scarcity of Northern cabbage next 
Spring, and will probably be prepared to 
October 4, 1919 
make very heavy shipments at that time. 
Apparently the crop will not be much 
more than three-fifths that of last year 
and not more than three-fourths that of 
1917. Late hard cabbage is selling at 
$30 to $35 per ton in New York State 
shipping sections. Prices are lower in 
the West, reaching only $16 in Colorado 
producing sections. City markets range 
from $40 to $50 per ton in bulk. 
The supply of cranberries is likely to 
he much more abundant than last season, 
but there is still time for hard frost to 
do considerable damage to this crop in 
plantings which cannot be easily flooded. 
Pears are reported a good crop in West¬ 
ern New York and are bringing about $3 
per bushel to producers. Acreage of 
celery shows some reduction from recent 
years, the decrease this season being 
chiefly in Michigan. Strawberry growers 
along the Eastern shore of Maryland and 
Virginia are reported planting many new 
beds and increase may be 25 per cent. 
The pack of tomatoes is but little more 
than one-half of that of last year. A 
light yield and a sale of Government 
canned stock probably accounts for the 
shortage. g. b. f. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
National Dairy Show, Chicago, Ill., 
Oct. 6-12. W. F. Skinner, manager, 910 
Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 
National Poultry, Butter and Egg As¬ 
sociation. Cleveland, ()., Oct. 13-14. W. 
T. Soibels, manager, 20S N. Wells St., 
Chicago, Ill. 
Minnesota Creamery Operators’ and 
Managers’ Association, Ryan Hotel, St. 
Paul, Minn.. Oct. 28-30. Henry Sand- 
holt, secretary, St. Paul, Minn. 
Iowa Ruttermakers’ Association, Du¬ 
buque, la.. Nov. 5-6. A. W. Rudniek, sec¬ 
retary. Ames. Ia. 
New England Fruit Show, with Rhode 
Island Fruit Growers’ Association, Elks 
Auditorium, Providence, R. I.. Nov. lO-TT 
National Grange, annual meeting, 
Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 12. 
Greater Arizona State Fair, Phoenix, 
Ariz., Dec. 3-8. 
New Jersey State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety. annual meeting, Atlantic City, Dec. 
1-3. 
Virginia State Horticultural Society, 
annual meeting, Roanoke. Dec. 2-4. 
Virginia State Corn Growers, annual 
convention and exhibit, Roanoke, Va., 
Dec. 2-4. 
National Farmers’ Exposition and Ohio 
Apple Show, Terminal Auditorium, To¬ 
ledo, (>., Dec. 4-32. 
Peninsula Horticultural Society, thirty- 
fourth annual meeting, Chestertown, Mil., 
Jan. 6-8, 3920. 
STYLE PLUS CLOTHES 
They h ave the 
winning points ! 
Styleplus hive correct style. All wool-fabrics. 
Guaranteed quality. Smart suits and overcoats 
—both in great variety. Styleplus values are 
always exceptional. The prices are known and 
moderate. “The sleeve ticket tells the price.” 
Don’t buy clothes before you see them. Buy 
them in a store. Try them on first. This insures 
your satisfaction. 
Buy more clothes than usual. Prices are sure 
to be higher next season. 
Sold by one leading clothing-merchant in most cities and 
towns. Write us (Dept. V ) for name of local dealer. 
HENRY SONNERORN & CO., Inc. 
Founded 1H49 Baltimore, Md. 
