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Feeding  Dairy  Calf 
Will  you  advise  what  to  feed  a  five- 
months-old  calf  besides  hay.  this  Winter? 
We  have  been  giving  ground  corn  and 
oats.  What  quantity  of  feed  should  be 
given  ?  w.  T.  c. 
New  York. 
For  a  dairy  calf  five  months  old  a  mix¬ 
ture  consisting  of  25  lbs.  middlings,  20 
lbs.  oats.  15  lbs.  cornmeal.  5  lbs.  oilmeal. 
is  proposed.  When  the  calf  is  a  year  old 
a  mixture  consisting  of  three  parts  of 
bran,  three  parts  of  cornmeal.  three  parts 
of  oats,  and  one  part  of  linseed  meal,  can 
be  substituted.  If  this  grain  is  fed  in 
conjunction  with  clover  or  Alfalfa  hay 
the  calf  will  grow  daily  and  develop  a 
framework  which  will  be  satisfactory. 
Oats  alone,  while  providing  a  fairly  sat¬ 
isfactory  feed,  will  not  enable  the  calf  to 
grow  as  rapidly  as  if  fed  the  combination 
of  feeds  proposed.  f.  c.  M. 
Countrywide  Produce  Situation 
TOO  MUCH  WHEAT - MOST  OTHER  PRO¬ 
DUCTS  IX  FAIR  MARKET  POSITION — 
OXIOXS  AXD  POTATOES  AT  TURNING 
POINT. 
The  jvheat  belt  is  about  the  only  really 
blue  section  left.  When  wheat  costs 
$1.25  to  produce  and  it  sells  for  consider¬ 
ably  less  than  $1,  then  the  farmer  has  to 
figure  his  labor  and  the  use  of  his  land 
at  less  than  the  going  price,  in  order  to 
square  his  accounts.  The  world’s  wheat 
crop  is  S  per  cent  larger  than  last  season 
and  the  wheat  buying  nations  are  feeling 
poor.  Also  they  have  generally  good 
crops  at  home.  That  is  the  situation  for 
wheat.  Corn  is  a  good  crop  and  in  a 
better  market  position.  In  live  stock, 
the  slightly  upward  slant  of  prices  gives 
hope.  The  late  rains  helped  pastures, 
fodder  crops  and  second  crop  hay.  Most 
farm  crops,  after  all,  are  as  heavy  as 
could  be  sold  at  a  living  price. 
CONDITIONS  FAIRLY  GOOD 
Apples  are  large,  plentiful  and  good. 
If  the  growers  can  net  $1  per  bu.  they 
need  not  complain.  Two  rather  good 
fruit  years  in  succession  have  placed 
many  an  orchard  enterprise  on  its  feet 
again.  Altogether,  it  is  about  an  average 
farm  year,  taking  one  region  with  an¬ 
other.  General  statements  overlook  ex¬ 
ceptions.  On  many  farms  and  in  some 
farming  regions  the  situation  is  still 
very  unsatisfactory. 
Crop  conditions  this  year  are  the  best 
on  the  Pacific  coast,  where  nearly  every¬ 
thing  did  well,  yielding  from  5  to  15  per 
cent  above  the  average.  The  unlucky 
States  are  in  the  Central  and  Eastern 
parts,  where  drought  caught  them  in 
mid-season.  Georgia  fared  worst,  having 
boll  weevil  and  several  kinds  of  bad 
weather,  but  New  Jersey,  Mississippi, 
Kansas,  Oklahoma,  Arkansas  and  North 
Dakota  are  from  one-fifth  to  one-sixth  be¬ 
low  their  usual  crop  average.  For  the 
whole  country,  the  crop  condition  in  Sep¬ 
tember  was  a  little  below  average. 
POTATOES  AND  ONIONS 
seem  the  most  interesting  of  the  crops 
now,  because  their  position  is  changing 
and  unsettled.  Potatoes  showed  quite  a 
gain  in  condition  in  late  Summer,  but  in 
September  it  was  not  clear  whether  the 
rains  helped  more  than  the  frosts  hin¬ 
dered.  taking  the  crop  as  a  whole.  Ship¬ 
ments  have  been  very  heavy  the  past  few 
weeks  and  the  price  has  been  coming 
down  fast,  although  still  about  the  level 
of  last  season.  Buying  for  storage  may 
be  counted  on  to  take  up  much  of  the 
surplus  if  prices  go  much  lower.  There 
are  potatoes  enough  just  about  to  meet 
the  country’s  needs,  according  to  present 
expectations.  Any  great  change  from 
these  indications,  when  results  are 
known,  will  affect  the  price  situation 
notably,  because  comparatively  a  few 
more  or  a  few  less  would  mean  surplus  or 
shortage.  Potatoes  and  onions  both  are 
in  a  position  where  the  price  will  not  be 
settled  until  it  appears  whether  the  crop 
corresponds  with  the  present  expecta¬ 
tions.  A  slight  change  in  the  crop  situ¬ 
ation  might  send  onions  down  or  pota¬ 
toes  up. 
The  price  of  potatoes  is  much  higher 
in  the  East  than  in  the  ’West.  The 
largest  crops  are  in  Minnesota  and  ad¬ 
joining  States,  which  always  seek  West¬ 
ern  markets  first.  The  price  in  produc¬ 
ing  sections  ranges  from  about  75c  per 
100  lbs.  in  the  Far  West,  to  $1.50  in 
some  Eastern  shipping  sections.  The  av¬ 
erage  is  10  to  50c  higher  than  a  year  ago 
Onions  sprang  a  surprise  in  showing  poor 
condition  in  the  mid-West  in  early  Fall, 
and  it  looks  like  the  usual  odd  year 
shortage  after  all.  But  some  sections  not 
usually  raising  any  onions,  especially  the 
Rocky  Mountain  section  and  the  North¬ 
west,  have  good  crops  this  year. 
Altogether  potatoes  and  onions  both 
are  hard  to  size  up  closely.  According  to 
all  precedent  in  short  crop  years,  potatoes 
ought  to  go  higher  in  the  Winter.  That 
is,  they  ought  to  begin  to  advance  after 
the  digging  season  is  over.  Onions  seem 
high,  even  for  a  short  crop,  as  compared 
with  other  years,  and  probably  it  is  just 
as  well  to  let  the  storage  buyers  have 
them  and  allow  them  to  take  the  risk, 
which  is  about  50-50,  gain  or  loss,  as  the 
seasons  go.-  G.  B.  F. 
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