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Crops and Farm Notes 
Up-State Farm Notes 
Top-dressing of Pastures. —Tomp¬ 
kins County farmers need to increase the 
[production of their pastures. A few co¬ 
operated with the Farm Bureau this year 
in making tests of the results of the use 
of lime and of acid phosphate on pastures, 
with such good results that there is a 
demand for more such demonstrations next 
year. The Bureau has ordered a full car- 
of lime to be divided among demonstrators 
in two-ton lots. Small areas are meas¬ 
ured and staked, in the pastures where 
soil conditions are equal, and lime is 
added to one. phosphate to another, and 
both are added to a third, to see how 
these areas compared with untreated 
areas. ' 
Oswego County Activities.— There 
are 0.000 farmers in this county, and a 
100 per cent membership of the harm 
Bureau among them is the aim of a cam¬ 
paign now in full swing. The annual 
session of the Farm and Home Bureau 
will occur this week, with a fine program. 
Dr. Ruby Green Smith will talk on the 
facts disclosed by a recent farm home 
survey of the county. Among the speak¬ 
ers on the women's program will also be 
found the editors of the modern house¬ 
hold departments of Good Housekeeping 
land the Delineator. This county is a 
[leader in farm organizations of a prac¬ 
tical character. Twenty thousand dollars 
will be realized by the potato growers of 
the county who grew GOO bu. to the acre 
of superior seed stock this year. _ The 
average yield of the three varieties of 
corn shown to be best suited to this 
county this year, viz.. Hall’s Golden Nug¬ 
get, Cornell No. 11 and Luce’s Favorite, 
was about 19 tons of green weight to the 
acre. 
Real Estate Changes —The number 
of transfers of real estate in Cortland and 
Onondaga counties has been doubled this 
year as compared to those of last year. 
In Cortland County in the 10 months 
ending October 31 this year, no less than 
3.140 transfers were made, as against 
1.420 of the 12 months of last year. It 
is to be regretted that many of these sales 
were made to Western buyers, or those 
from the South, or the cities, who have 
not understood our conditions nor the 
methods that should he used here for best 
success, and the experiences of such buy¬ 
ers have not been what they expected. 
There’are good opportunities here for men 
who are willing to work and to conform 
to our conditions. They cannot turn our 
domesticated cattle and horses out. to rus¬ 
tle for themselves all Winter, in storms 
and rain, and expect to have them sur¬ 
vive, much less to be a profit to their 
owners. They cannot plow three inches 
deep and harrow it once and expect a 
crop with no further attention. The 
neighbors of the large numbers of new 
“back-to-the-landers” have a big respon¬ 
sibility in guiding the newcomers* away 
from these unnecessary mistakes, and in 
showing a cordial friendliness that shall 
prevent their giving up the game and 
going hack, discouraged and homesick. 
We should make friends at once with the 
whole fimily and assure them of our good 
will. As these people have been looking 
over the country with the idea of locating 
here they have brought home the fact that 
the spirit of a neighborhood, whether it 
is sociable, with plenty of activities to 
hold the interest, has much to do with 
making a farm a desirable investment. 
Sheep Men Protest Wool Policy.— 
The Onondaga County Sheep Growers’ 
Association this week sent a resolution 
to Congressman Magee protesting the 
Federal Government’s policy of importing 
raw wool free of tariff. The action was 
unanimous, and the growers believe such 
a policy would not tend to lower the 
present high cost of living. If wool is 
brought in free it will cut the price here 
HO per cent, and the sheep raising in¬ 
dustry would no longer return a profit 
and would languish. They also called for 
the labelling of each garment with the 
per cent of virgin wool it contains. At 
present, from $2.40 to $4.00 worth of new 
wool is used in each high-class suit of 
clothes, a gain of only $2 to the cost of 
the suit in the past three years, due to 
the cost of the wool. Other items in its 
making should he blamed for the high 
cost—not the price of the wool to the 
"rower. Rather than to shut out the 
business of wool growing here let Con¬ 
gress get busy with the profiteering on 
wool after it leaves the farmers’ hands. 
This profiteering can and will continue 
to operate with the imported wool, and 
the consumer will not be benefited by its 
introduction, whi’e he will suffer from 
the loss of the mutton and lamb food 
supply. 
Market Notes. —-Cabbage is .SI5 at 
the cars, $50 for red cabbage. Much is 
being put into storage by dealers in Cort¬ 
land County. Eggs sold for $1.00 per 
dozen on the Syracuse public market this 
week. Grocers are paying 75c for eggs. 
Veal has drooped v to 13c, and farmers are 
offering to give away young calves rather 
H'-m to fatten them. Many are being 
killed, as no one will take them, for dairy¬ 
men cannot, afford to fet'd them. First- 
class dairy cows sell at $200 to $225. 
and are considered a gamble at that, as 
the loss of a teat puts a cow into the 
beef class, where she will not bring over 
$00 to $70. Old cows are very cheap 
and hard to dispose of. Pork has dropped 
nearly as badly as veal. Hay is $20 a 
ton for mixed varieties. Good Timothy 
is not much if any higher. 
Small Notes of Interest. —Chautau¬ 
qua County farmers, men and women, 
are pledging not to work over eight hours 
per day. beginning January 1. and they 
are endeavoring to spread the movement. 
Genesee County potato growers formed 
an association and have grown the 
heaviest yield in six years. They are get¬ 
ting $1.00 to_$1.25 per bu. The biggest 
yields ran 150 to 250 bu. to the acre. 
One hundred and four people were killed 
by autos in the State during the month 
of October. The Ilousel Packing Com¬ 
pany. from 35 acres of tomatoes, put up 
$22,000 worth of canned goods at Holley. 
Schenectady County has elected a woman 
Assemblyman, Mrs. Elizabeth Van Rens¬ 
selaer Gillette, a physician and a Demo¬ 
crat. She defeated the man who was 
elected to this position last year. 
M. g. f. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
Poultry short course. New Jersey Agri¬ 
cultural College, New Brunswick, Nov. 
17-Feb. 20. 
New York State Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion, annual meeting, Agricultural Ex¬ 
periment Station. Geneva. Nov. 18-20. 
Maine Fruit Show, Maine Livestock 
Breeders’ Association, Maine Seed Im¬ 
provement Association, Maine Dairymen’s 
Association, Maine Sheep and ' Wool 
Growers’ Association, annual .meetings, 
Bangor, Nov. 1S-22. 
Tri-State Farm Products Show, Cin¬ 
cinnati, Ohio, Nov. 29-Dec. 0. 
Percheron Society of America, annual 
meeting of stockholders. Congress Hotel, 
Chicago, Ill., Dec. 1. 
Inter-State Milk Producers’ Associa¬ 
tion. annual meeting. Continental Hotel, 
Philadelphia. Dec. 1-2: secretary R. W. 
Balderston. Kennett Square. Pa. 
New Jersey State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety. annual meeting, Atlantic City, 
Dec. 1-3. 
Virginia State Horticultural Society, 
annual meeting, Roanoke. Doe. 2-4. 
.Virginia State Corn Growers, annual 
convention and exhibit, Roanoke, Va„ 
Dec 2-4. 
Michigan State Horticultural Society, 
annual meeting, Detroit, Dec. 2-5; Geo. 
R. Law, Bangor, Mich., secretary. 
Missouri State Poultry Show, Marshall, 
Mo., Dec. 2-0. 
Greater Arizona State Fair, Phoenix. 
Ariz., Dec. 3-8. 
National Farmers’ Exposition and Ohio 
Apple Show. Terminal Auditorium, To¬ 
ledo. O.. Doc. 4-12. 
Ohio State Grange, annual meeting, 
Columbus. Dec. 9-12. 
Pennsylvania State Grange, annual 
meeting, Pittsburgh. Dec. 9-12. 
Michigan State Grange, annual meet¬ 
ing Saginaw. Dec. 9-12. 
Ohio A pole Show. State Universitv, 
Columbus, Dec. 11-13. 
American Pomological Society. St. 
Louis. Mo.. Dec. 30-31 and Jan. 1. 1920; 
secretary, E. L. Lake. 2033 Park Road 
N. W.. Washington. D. C. 
Winter courses. Ohio State College, Co¬ 
lumbus. Jan. 5-Fob. 27. 1920. 
Peninsula Horticultural Society, thirty- 
fourth annual meeting, Ches'ertown, Md., 
Jan. 6-8. 1920. 
Vermont State Poultry Association, an¬ 
nual show, St. Albans, Jan. 0-0. 1020. B. 
P. Greene, secretary. 
New York State Horticultural Society, 
Rochester. Jan. 13-15, 1920. 
Agricultural Week, Trenton, N. .T., 
Jan. 12-17. 1920. 
Ea'-m Products Show, Harrisburg, Pa., 
Jan. 20-23. 1020. 
New York State Agricultural Society, 
Albany. .Tan. 21-22. 1020. 
Ohio State Horticultural Society, fifty- 
third annual meeting. Jan. 28-29. Ohio 
State T T niv«'rsity. Columbus; secretary, 
R B. Cmioksbank. Columbus 
New York St«G' Grange, annual meet¬ 
ing, Rochester. Feb. 9-12. 1920. 
Philadelphia Market* 
BUTTER 
Best prints. 70 to 77c; tub creamery, 
host. 72 to 73c; common to good, 05 to 
08c; packing stock. 40 to 48c. 
EGGS 
Choice candled, 7G to 7Sc; gathered, 
host, 6S to 09c; common to good, 50 to 
00c. 
FRUITS 
Annies, bu. bkt., 81.00 to $2 25; hbl., 
$3 50 to $8.50; pears, Kieffer, bu., $1.50 
to $2.25; grapes. 4-lh. bkt., 25 to 30c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potato market firm. Potatoes. 100 lbs., 
$2.00 to $2.95; %-bu. bkt., 00c to $1.15. 
Sweet potatoes, bhl . $2 to $4.25. Cab¬ 
bage, ton. $20 to $35. Onions, 100 lbs., 
$4 to $4.75. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls. 32 to 37c; chickens. 25 to 32c; 
ducks. 30 to 34c; turkeys, 35 to 40c; 
roosters, 21 to 22c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls 30 to 39c; chickens, 30 to 33c; 
ducks, 35 to 40c; squabs, doz„ $7.50 to 
$9.25. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. No. 1, Timothy. $33; No. 2, $28 
to $31 ; No. 3, $24 to $28; clover mixed, 
$20 to $30. 
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