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ALONG THE SOUTHERN TIER 
Broome Co.—The Farm Bureau under 
the direction of Jasper Eastman is 
more than usually active this winter, 
its work covering all parts of the 
county. The meetings held so far 
have been well attended. 
The decision of Referee Merwin at 
Utica last week, establishing the legal¬ 
ity of co-operative marketing of milk, 
as determined in the case of Barnes 
vs. the Bordens Milk Products Co., is 
being received with a great deal of 
satisfaction by the dairymen of the 
League Association, Inc., of this vicin¬ 
ity. This decision will have a marked 
effect, it is believed, upon the number 
who will take advantage of the Feb¬ 
ruary withdrawal period to become 
non-poolers. The defection will be 
slight in Broome and adjoining counties. 
Efforts are being made by the differ¬ 
ent milk men of Binghamton to prevent 
the promiscuous use of bottles. The 
movement was started by the Clover- 
dale Creamery Co., which brought suit 
against another dealer for accepting 
from consumers and using Cloverdale 
bottles without warrant. In the courts 
this case was decided favorably to the 
plaintiff, and now all dealers ar vigor¬ 
ously trying to recover bottles belong¬ 
ing to them. They appeal to consumers 
to return empty bottles promptly, stat¬ 
ing that every bottle means six cents. 
Ice, ten inches thick, is being harvest¬ 
ed from the ponds and still places of 
creeks in Broome County. 
Farmers who have not good wells 
are having trouble to get water for 
their stock. There has been no thaw 
for weeks sufficient to replenish the 
usual water courses. Snow now stands 
about a foot and a half deep. 
A new $235,000 school building is 
about to be erected at West Endicott. 
This is a fast-growing part of the origi¬ 
nal village of Endicott, where the En¬ 
dicott-Johnson people are building new 
shops.—E. L. V. 
Mr. Van Wagenen’s article and our 
editorial on the Country Church prob¬ 
lem struck a responsive cord in the 
hearts of farm people. Over 100 letters 
on this subject have already been re¬ 
ceived, with more coming every day. 
You may look forward'with an-ticipa- 
tion to the publishing of the best of 
these letters in a late February issue 
of American Agriculturist. 
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Xmerican Agriculturist, February 3,1923 
butter, 45 cents, eggs, 40 cents a dozen. 
—E. T. Brizzee 
Wyoming Co.—Tax time brought out 
the fact that many farmers have not 
sold their crops, or if they have sold 
them prices are too low to meet ex¬ 
penses. Potatoes are moving slowly 
at 45 cents, eggs 50 to 55 cents, butter 
45 to 55 cents. .1 think the farmers are 
generally feeling a little better about 
the milk situation. Although the 
League is not gaining in membership, 
the old members seem to feel much bet¬ 
ter satisfied than they did two months 
ago.—L. M. F. 
IN THE HUDSON VALLEY 
Saratoga Co.—The outdoor work has 
been greatly retarded by the unusual 
amount of snow. Country roads are 
badly drifted and in many localities 
they are impassable. Very little ice 
has been harvested as yet. Local deal¬ 
ers are paying 55 cents for butter, 55 
cents for eggs. Good cows are in strong 
demand at very satisactory prices. The 
snow has been so deep that farmers 
have had difficulty in cutting wood. The 
help problem looms large and serious 
as the spring draws near.—E. S. 
Rodgers. 
Greene Co.—Heavy snows have 
stopped work in the woods and have 
also delayed mails. Last season’s 
apple crop was large but most of the 
fruit was sold for low prices except 
where orchards were sprayed. It js 
very evident here that farmers will 
have to spray if they are to get good 
prices. Not much call for cows; beef, 
10 cents, dressed pork, 10 to 14 cents, 
hay, $10 to $12, butter, 50 cents, eggs, 
45 cents. Farm help is very scarce at 
$2 a day. We can look for lower pro¬ 
duction next year as a result of scarcity 
of help. In our section a large number 
of city people are buying farms that 
do not produce crops. These estates 
are keeping wages up.—J. A. 
Jared Van 
Wagenen, Jr/s 
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Mr. Van Wagenen, Jr. is a real 
farmer, the fourth generation 
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