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American Agriculturist, January 13, 19 
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Oversupply Hits Milk Price 
Eastern Farm News From and For the Farmers 
B oth the dealers’ and the producers’ 
milk organizations report large in¬ 
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farmers to take better care of their 
cows and to feed them more grain. 
This has materially increased the sup¬ 
ply. Many cows, of course, freshen 
also at this time of the year. The mar¬ 
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the form of cream is badly over-sup¬ 
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has been obliged to reduce its Class 2 
price from $2.90 per cwt. to $2.70. 
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AGRICULTUEAL MEETINGS 
The 36th annual convention of the 
New York State Association of County 
Agricultural Fair Societies will be held 
in the New Court House at Albany, 
N. Y., Thursday, January 18, 1923, 
with morning and afternoon sessions. 
In the evening the annual dinner will 
be held in the Hotel Hampton. 
The following speakers are on the 
program: Commissioner of Farms and 
Markets, Berne E. Pyrke; Dr. E. E. 
Bates of Cornell University; Nat S. 
Green, Fair Editor of the Billboard; 
W. J. Vandebilt, Superintendent of 
Rain Department of the Hartford Fire 
Insurance Company. Round Table dis¬ 
cussions on questions pertaining to fair 
management will follow the regular 
speech^es. Prominent speakers will be 
present at the dinner. President Bots- 
ford will give an illustrated lecture on 
“The Wonderland, Alaska.” 
New York Agricultural Society Holds 
Annual Meeting 
The 91st annual meeting of the New 
York State Agricultural Society will 
take place in the Assembly Chamber 
and Assembly Parlors at the State 
Capitol, Albany, N. Y., on January 
16 and 17. This is the oldest agricul¬ 
tural society in the State, and was es¬ 
tablished in 1832. It is, in fact, the 
direct successor of the first agricultural 
association, organized in New York 
in 1791. 
The program embraces discussion of 
the most important problems now af¬ 
fecting agricultural progress. The sub¬ 
ject of rural education will be taken up 
and the report of the Committee of 21. 
The matter of farm finance, marketing 
and distribution, of interest alike to 
producer and consumer, have a promi¬ 
nent place on the program. The sub¬ 
ject of radio and its farm use and 
value will be taken up, and part of the 
program will be broadcasted. 
WESTERN NEW YORK NOTES 
Forwarding statistics show that 
more celery has cleared western New 
Yoi’k to date than at the same time last 
year, leaving less in cold storage, as 
the acreage was not far different from 
that of 1921. Over 170,000 crates are 
reported as being held in Wayne Coun¬ 
ty, One year ago the county holdings 
at this time were in excess of 200,000 
crates. Wayne County easily leads the 
Empire State in celery production. 
In Orleans County the Farm Bureau 
has gone on record as in favor of a 
dog quarantine. The bureau recom¬ 
mends to the State Department of 
Farms and Markets that all canines 
be confined to the premises between the 
hours of sunset and one hour after 
sunrise daily for the next year, and 
that State Troopers be assigned to the 
work of enforcing such quarantine. 
The havoc of dogs among sheep flocks, 
of the county calls the growep into a 
united demand for some relief from 
the menace. 
One of the largest transactions in 
muck realty has recently been recorded 
in the purchase of a 500-acre tract 
near Savannah by Jacob H. Snyder of 
Sodus. Mr. Snyder has had much expe¬ 
rience in this type of farming, at pres¬ 
ent owning one of the best celery farms 
in this part of the State. 
Much satisfaction was caused _ in 
Steuben County this fall by the placing 
there of the Federal Potato Inspection 
Service, in charge of Robert Bier of 
Washington and H. S. Duncan of 
Sodus. When 700 cars had been in¬ 
spected the shippers were so pleased 
with the service that it was openly 
advocated that the service should be 
extended. 
Trappers hereabout ^ report that not 
in years have fur-bearing animals been 
more plentiful than they are this sea¬ 
son. The swamps and streams are said 
to contain many muskrats and an oc¬ 
casional mink, while skunks are report¬ 
ed to be very plentiful.— Alva H. 
PULVER. 
Wyoming Co.—On account of the mild 
weather we had this past fall, farmers 
were able to clear up their out door 
work fairly well. The excellent late 
pastures we had seems to have lessened 
the demand for hay. At present there 
is little or no market for potatoes now 
quoted at 40 to 45 cents a bushel. Coal 
is very scarce and high-priced. Farm¬ 
ers are drawing green wood for $5 and 
$6 per cord. There is a fair demand for 
fresh cows and near springers. Dealers 
are paying 45 cents for dairy butter 
and 60 cents for strictly fresh eggs.— 
L. M. F. 
Ontario Co.—The month of December 
was very pleasant with a small amount 
of cold weather. Stock is doing well, 
a few head of stock cattle being fat¬ 
tened. Very few hogs or lambs are 
being fed. Farmers are troubled in 
getting enough coal to keep them going. 
The grange work in the county is in a 
prosperous condition. Farm produce is 
low in comparison with manufactured 
goods.—E. T. B. 
Chautauqua Co. — Farm Institute 
meetings have been held throughout the 
county. Attendance has been fair and 
interest has been keen. Many farmers 
are talking of selling their cows and 
going into the poultry business. Dai^- 
men are voicing much dissatisfaction 
with the milk situation. Prices realized 
at the coniiensaries are less than cheese 
factory prices and requirements are 
much stricter,—H. A. Norman. 
Genesee Co.—^Wells and springs that 
have never been known to fail this 
summer have gone dry. . The situation 
is very bad especially for those who are 
feeding lambs and live stock. Small 
streams have been down to bed rock for 
a long time, and creeks have been run¬ 
ning at dry summer level. During the 
last week in December many farmers 
are drawing water a considerable dis¬ 
tance in many cases from farm creeks, 
—W. H. 
Allegany Co.—Milk is the big topic 
of discussion now-a-days. It is impos¬ 
sible to say just which way it is going. 
There are a lot of potatoes being sold 
at from 45 to 50 cents a bushel. Not 
much hay is being sold; it is now bring¬ 
ing around $15 a ton. Beans are 
bringing $8 to $10 per cwt.—T. E. B. 
ALONG THE MOHAWK AND THE 
HUDSON 
Montgomery Co.—Fairo Bureau and 
Farmers Institute meetings are being 
held. Milk prices are generally satis¬ 
factory, No hay is moving to market 
as there is practically no demand and 
prices are extremely low. Buckwheat 
is now selling at $1.90 a cwt. With the 
price of milk feeds, buckwheat should 
bring no less than $2. Milk seems^ to 
he the only product that is bringing 
ready money regularly. As a result 
only milkers are bringing a good price. 
Strippers and old cows are way down, 
bringing as low as $10 to $15 depend¬ 
ing on size. During the middle of 
December veals and Bob calves were in 
active demand. Eggs are now selling 
at 60 cents a dozen. Beef, 10 to 12 
cents, pork, 12 to 14 cents. Subscribers 
appreciate the improvement in the ed¬ 
itorial department of the American 
Agriculturist. The acquisition of Mr. 
Eastman and Jared Van Wagenen are 
valuable assets. The efforts of Dean 
Cook have long been acknowledged the 
bulwark of the paper, his letters beam¬ 
ing with practical information. We 
consider the Agriculturist a valuable 
paper in every household.—G. P. Van 
Valkenburg. 
Washington Co.—The first real bliz¬ 
zard reached here on December 29. 
Many roads drifted, fully stopping milk 
teams and the U. S. Mail. Things are 
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