Buffalo Markets 
The changes for a week are small. 
Winter is no longer the fierce proposition 
it has been since November, but it is 
slow to yield, and there are extreme days 
enough to keep the producers of truck to 
bring it in liberally, and the Southern 
gardens are still suffering from cold. So 
the Spring slackening is postponed again. 
It may not come in much force. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS. 
Butter, firm. Creamery. 64 to 71c; 
dairy, 52 to 63c; crocks, 46 to 60c; com¬ 
mon, 40 to 42c; oleomargarine, 2S to 
38c. Cheese, quiet. Daisies, 30 to 32c; 
flats, 30 to 31c; longhorns, 32 to 35c; 
Swiss, 40 to 60c. Eggs, strong.^ White 
hennery, 50 to 53c: candled, 46 to 48c 
storage, 43 to 44 c. 
rOULTKY—RABBITS. 
Poultry, dressed, firm. Turkey, 53 to 
57c; capon. 42 to 54c; fowl. 33 to 42c; 
chickens, 32 to 40c ; roosters, 28 to 29c. 
Live poultry—Fowl, 36 to 42c; chickens, 
35 to 37c; roosters, 25 to 28c; ducks. 40 
to 42c; geese, 20 to 25c. Rabbits, quiet. 
Jacks, pair, S5c to $1; cottontails, 30 
to 50c. 
APPLES—POTATOES. 
Apples, firm. Reds, bu., $1.75 to $3; 
greens, $1.50 to $2.75; special Kings 
and Sovs.. bbl., $8.50 to $9; Western, 
box, $2.75 to $3.50. Potatoes, easy. 
Whites, bu., $2.90 to $3 ; sweets. Jersey, 
hamper. $2.50 to $3.75; Bermudas, bbl., 
$14.50 to $17. 
BEANS—ONIONS. 
Beans, easy. Kidneys, cwt., $12.50 to 
$13; marrows, $11 to $12; pea and 
medium, $8 to $8 50. Onions, quiet. 
Yellow, cwt.. $4.50 to $6.25: home¬ 
grown. bu.. $2.50 to $4; Spanish, crate, 
$1.25 to $1.50. 
FANCY AND SOUTHERN FRUITS. 
Strawberries, higher; qt., 80 to 90c; 
cranberries, scarce; bbl.. $4 to $5; 
oranges, quiet; box, $4.75 to $8; lemons, 
$5 50 to $6 ; grapefruit. $4 to $5 ; Malaga 
grapes, keg, $9 to $15; bananas, steady ; 
bunch, $4 to $7.50. 
VEGETABLES. 
Vegetables, mostly weak. Cabbage, old, 
cwt., $4 to $5; Florida, hamper. $2.50 to 
$3; carrots, bu.. $2 to $3; parsnips, $2.50 
to $3.25; spinach. $2 to $2.25; white tur¬ 
nips. $2.50 to $2.75: cauliflower, crate. 
$2.50 to $3: celery, bunch, $1.25 to $1.50; 
Florida, crate, $3 to $3.50; cucumbers, 
dor,.. $2.50 to $3 ; lettuce, hothouse, box. 
50 to 75c; Florida, hamper, $2 to $3; 
endive. Louisiana, crate. $7 to $S; toma¬ 
toes, Mexican, box. $2.50 to $3; rutaba¬ 
gas, bbl., $2.75 to $3.25. 
SWEETS. 
Honey, quiet. No. 1. lb.. 39 to 40c; 
No. 2. 35 to 36c. New maple sugar 
scarce; 30 to 35c; new maple syrup. 
$1.75 to $2. 
FEED. 
Ilay, dull, $33 to $38; clover mix, $32 
to $35 wheat bran, higher; ton. carlots. 
$54.50; middlings, $56.50; red dog. 
$68.50; cottonseed meal, $73.50; oilmen!. 
$70; hominy. $65; gluten. $74.25: oat 
feed. $36; rye middlings, $55. j. w. c. 
Boston Markets 
Putter 
Best creamery. 66 to 67c; medium to 
good. 55 to 62c; storage, 58 to 63c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby, 54 to 55c: gathered, best, 
47 to 49c; common to good, 41 to 45c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, 35 to 38c; roosters, 22 to 
25c; fowls, 42 to 43c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best, 50 to 52c: fair to good. 
40 to 45c*; fowls. 30 to 40c; chickens, 
best. 38 to 40c; fair to good. 30 to 35c: 
ducks. 35 to 38c; geese, 28 to 30c; squabs, 
doz., $6 to $12. 
APPI.ES 
Greening, $4 to $5 50; Baldwin, $5.50 
to $7; Ben Davis, $3 to $4.50. 
POTATOES 
Maine Green Mountain. 100 lbs.. $5 to 
$5.25; sweet potatoes, bu., $2.50 to $2.75. 
Vegetables 
Cabbage, bbl.. $4 to $4.50; lettuce, bu. 
box. $2.50 to $3.50: radishes, bu.. $1.75 
to $2; squash, ton. $90 to $100; onions. 
100 lbs.. $5 to $6.25: tomatoes, hothouse, 
lb., 40 to 45c; turnips, cwt.. $2.50 to $3. 
Crop N*otes 
T attended a sale of farm property the 
other day, the owner having sold his farm 
for $300 per acre. This farm is slightly 
rolling, except a small portion that is 
rather hilly, and some stone; the rest of 
farm is free from stone ; new buildings and 
of good size and quality. It is on main- 
traveled road, 3% miles from small towns 
on Mississippi River, and railroad town 
or 1,000 inhabitants. Several other 
farms have been sold for from $200 to 
$3.00, most at $200 to $250 per acre. 
Cows, fair quality, at this sale, brought 
$<0 to $85; horses, $90 to $190. Hay, 
|v“”PW ton; corn, $1.50 per bu.; oats. 
$1 0.. per bu. Farm machinery brought 
near prices of new machines. One of the 
neighbors pays $100 per month for hired 
man; another. $90 per month; some high¬ 
er, although these are the ruling prices. 
Jackson Co., Ia. n. d. 
* s , a continuation of the Western 
INe . w . York fruit section. Orchards are 
not looking as well as before the war. bn' 
The RURAL. NEW.YORKER 
655 
prospects for fruit appear above the av¬ 
erage this season. Crawford type of 
peach buds, about 50 per cent killed, but 
Elberta are 80 per cent alive. Public 
works and manufacturing are killing off 
farming here. The farm-trained hired 
man of a few years ago is fast becoming 
an extinct product, and the farmers can 
only, in consequence, curtail their opera¬ 
tions. ii. s. 
Lincoln Co., Ont. 
Winter here has been very hard on 
wheat sown last Fall, as there has been 
very little snow to protect it from some 
very hard freezes. Farmers are much 
behind with their plowing for corn and 
oat sowing, as there has not been any 
plow weather since early in December. 
Horses, slow sale; cattle and hogs bring¬ 
ing good prices. Corn. $2 per bu. ; wheat, 
$2.75 per bu.; Irish potatoes, $1.75 per 
bu.; eggs, 50c per doz.; butter, 40c per 
lb.; hens, 30c per lb.; white bran, $8 per 
bu.; Whip-poor-will or Clay peas, $6 per 
bu. w. H. 
Grainger Co., Tenn. 
February was an old-fashioned Winter 
month; there have not been many days 
without snow. We have also had very 
high winds; our roads are very badly 
drifted, making it hard for the mail car- 
iers. We have also had some exception¬ 
ally cold weather; it certainly has been 
fine for the iceman, tock of all kinds is 
doing well, better than the price, espe¬ 
cially on fat cattle. There are many 
auctions, and a large amount of changes 
in real estate, which is bringing high 
prices. The outlook for farming is not 
very auspicious, on account of labor, 
prices of farm products, and the way the 
U. S. Government serves the farmer. It 
is a long road that has no end. Farmers 
are talking of curtailing production, and 
then the consumer will know what the 
cost of living means. Our county "was 
well represented in the delegation at the 
hearing of the daylight law at Albany— 
ihe Grange, Civic League and Farm Bu¬ 
reau. The county has formed a Con¬ 
ners’ League to raise the price so we can 
make it pay to raise their stock. The 
canning company is putting up a fight 
against it. e. t. b. 
Ontario Co., N. Y. 
If ever the early tomato growers get 
a good price for their product, it should 
be this season. They will earn it, and 
no mistake. Plants were started in early 
February, and it has been one succession 
of cold and snow and storms ever since. 
To this add the fact that a large part of 
the growers have no definite prospect of 
help for getting these plants to the field 
after they are grown, and you have a 
faint idea of the sleepless night tending 
fires and days of work and worrv that 
tomato growers are now going through. 
The help situation is worse here than I 
have ever known it. But I guess it is 
the same the country over, so perhaps we 
had just better stop thinking about it and 
do the very best we can with things as 
they are. trucker, jr. 
Gloucester Co., N. J. 
Our market is Albany or New York. 
Hay costs us to press and deliver to Ra- 
vena about $8 per ton ; we get about $25 
for it. Grain is fed mostly on the farm. 
Buckwheat was $1.25 per bu.; oats, 90c; 
corn, $1.70; rye, $1.50; potatoes rotted 
badly and are high. We have a Dairy¬ 
men’s League here; send our milk to 
Albany. January price was .085c per 
qt.. delivered, for 3.6 per cent milk. 
Calves sell for 18c, live; hogs, 18c; beef, 
13c; eggs. 55c; butter, 60c: wool. 68c. 
Farm conditions are very good if we only 
had help; no help to be had at any price. 
I paid a man last year 870 and board per 
month. I have no help for this year; 
cannot find any help at any price. ‘ The 
man I had has gone to Albany; works 
eight hours at $5 per day. That is where 
most of our help is, in the cities; shorter 
hours and more pay. The result is my 
farm will not be worked next year very 
much—only what we can do ourselves. 
There will be plenty of idle farms in the 
country, because there is no help to work 
them. I am worried about this problem ; 
if this continues for a few years there 
will surely be a shortage of food, and 
what will become of the people then if 
there is no food for them? What few 
hired men there are want more wages 
than the farmer can pay for the price he 
gets for his produce, and the taxes are 
higher every year, and will be higher still. 
For the farmer who has the help, the 
outlook is very good if he does not pay 
help all he can make from the farm. The 
hired man gets more than the farmer at 
the end of the year. The crops last year 
were very good in this section, taking all 
kinds together. f. S. 
Greene Co., N. Y. 
The following is an authentic report as 
to the Schenectady and Albany markets; 
Apples, first grade, $7.50 to $8.50, varie¬ 
ties. Baldwins and Ben Davis; seconds, 
$5 to $6,251; cabbage, 5c per lb.; pota¬ 
toes. $8 per bbl. These are the staple 
articles on the market now, and the main 
products of this locality. The present 
outlook for farmers in this community is 
very bright for the coming year, and ap¬ 
ples and all kinds of produce will un¬ 
doubtedly bring good prices. Prospects 
are bright for exceedingly large truck 
gardening crops, apples, etc. L. E. T. 
Albany Co., N. Y. 
Things do not look encouraging for the 
farmer. Our milk for January 5 to Feb¬ 
ruary 12 netted $2.01 at cheese factory. 
Last Fall we did what we see the league 
is talking of doing soon. We cut out 
most of the Western grain, and so do not 
feel that we are as large losers as we 
would have been if we had been feeding 
$70 grain to make $2 milk. Talk is 
cheap, but I can see only one thing for 
the farmer to do, and that is to produce 
less until he can get a living price. 
Either send some of the cows to the 
butcher or feed less grain. We have 
hired a man for the sugar season at $80 
per month. After that we shall install 
a milking machine and do what we can 
ourselves. l. e. b. 
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. 
Mr. Spillane, of Flint, writes 
100 Lbs. 
unicorn 
dairy ratio* 
trade 
mash 
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS 
PROTEIN 24% FAT 4 -5% 
CARBOHYDRATES 50 % FIBRE t0% 
NPD. BY 
CHAPIN 
HAMMOND, 
40 
Here are four good records made by 
cows in the Spillane herd during the 
past three years: 
Lbs. 
Butter 
Lbs. 
Milk 
Flint Bertjusca Pauline 
7 days 
33.11 
723.40 
4 yrs. 6 mo. old 
30 days 
135.63 
3016.80 
60 days 
263.77 
6649.90 
90 days 
388.61 
8386.70 
306 days 
1007.76 
21419.00 
Lillio Green Hengerveld 
7 days 
32.19 
747.50 
7 years old 
306 days 
831.43 
19021.60 
Johan Pauline De Kol 
7 days 
30.39 
650.30 
6 yrs. old 
Flint Paulino 
7 days 
30.31 
761.10 
7 yrs. old 
80 days 
109.09 
8175.10 
ELMCREST STOCK FARMS 
PUREBRED HOLSTE1N-FRIESIANS 
Flint, Mich., Jan. 24, 1920. 
Mr. R. W. Chapin, Pres., 
Chapin & Co., 
Chicago, Ill. 
Dear Sir 
You understand that we use Unicorn, not because we 
do not feel capable of compounding a ration that will suit our cows 
as well, but for the reason that we realize that we cannot hope 
to secure materials of the same choice quality that you can obtain 
if you care to take the trouble. 
We have not the facilities for mixing the feeds prop¬ 
erly after we get them together and consequently would have to 
weigh out and mix for each cow; also experience has taught us 
to open each sack of Unicorn with just as much confidence as to 
what we will find therein, and what it will do, as we would feel 
if we had sacked it ourselves. 
It is honest, it is dependable and it is absolutely uni¬ 
form. You doubtless are aware of these things, hut it may give 
you some satisfaction to know that others are aware of them too. 
On some occasions when our local dealer has run out 
of stock, we have had to use some other feed. This is almost 
invariably followed by a drop in milk production of three or four 
pounds per day, which we get back as soon as we give them 
Unicorn again. 
I am frequently called upon to help some beginner 
start his testing work, and in recommending feeds for his use 
always advise Unicorn if they can get it. I know that it is safe 
for them to use, much more so than a fee^l in which they had 
tried to mix materials like bran and oats with others like cotton¬ 
seed and gluten, using a shovel. 
We have six cows on yearly test and two more soon 
to start. All are eating Unicorn both in testing and getting 
ready for test. We will let you know later how they come out. 
We trust you will feel at liberty to call on us at any 
time for any service we may be able to render your company. 
Our records are open to you and your representatives at all 
times, and if we are able to assist any other users of your feed, 
or if any claim that they are not getting the results that they 
should, we will be glad to show them how, if you will refer them 
to us. 
Yours very truly, 
G. L. SPILLANE & SON. 
By H. G. Spillane. 
Chapin & Co., Chicago 
We use no oat-hulls or low-grade materials. 
