American Agriculturist, April 7,1923 
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Among the Farmers 
Northern New York and County Notes 
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O UT of 370 girls enrolled in junior 
extension work in Jefferson County, 
315, attended Home Makers’ Day at 
Watertown last week. This was de¬ 
clared by State leaders to be the first 
gathering of its kind ever held in 
the State. 
The St. Lawrence County Farm Bu¬ 
reau is working hard to start the “ac¬ 
credited herd” work on a county-wide 
basis in the near future. Many of the 
members of the Board of Supervisors 
are personally behind the movement. 
The Gouverneur Limestone Co. has 
just completed the installation of new 
equipment for grinding limestone for 
agricultural purposes. Many parts of 
these counties can greatly increase 
their production per man on the farms 
by using more lime. 
Winter Long and Severe 
Winter has been keeping up, and a 
blizzard twice in one week recently 
filled the roads as full as they have 
been at any time this winter, even the 
railroad having to operate plows to 
keep traffic moving. There has been a 
great deal of sickness during the last 
winter, whole families being ill at one 
time with grippe. With the growing 
scarcity of country doctors and the 
hard traveling, it has been a serious 
situation ifi many sections, cases being 
reported of one farmer on a road tak¬ 
ing medicine from the doctor to the 
different families along the way, as 
the doctor could not get nearly around. 
Maple men are getting ready for the 
tapping which experienced weather 
men say should come in two weeks, or 
about the 25th. Indications now are 
for a good flow. There is a division 
in the feelings of the men regarding 
the Maple Products Association. Some 
are not going to stick by, while others 
are planning to carry on to the last and 
put the association on its feet. 
With a third of the milk poolers in 
Franklin, St. Lawrence, Lewis and Jef¬ 
ferson counties withdrawn, speculation 
is rife as to what developments the fu¬ 
ture will bring forth. The greater 
share of the withdrawals have come 
from cheese territory. The directors 
have expressed themselves as being 
somewhat surprised at the small num¬ 
bers of Class I men who pulled out. 
Plans to carry out a country theater 
at the county fair in September were 
discussed by the Jefferson County Po¬ 
mona last week. A committee from the 
Grange and Home Bureau will com¬ 
plete arrangements in cooperation with 
the fair association officials. Local 
granges will put on exhibits at the fair 
this year for the second time.—W. 1. R. 
Lewis County Notes 
The farmers in this section have been 
busily engaged in hauling home mill 
feeds, to tide them over the spell of bad 
roads that occurs every spring, when 
the frost is coming out of the ground, 
while others who have sugar bushes to 
tap are getting their utensils in order 
that they may be able to get the first 
run of sap, which is apt to come no^v 
most any time in this latitude. Every¬ 
thing points to a successful season for 
the sugar-makers this year. There is 
an abundance of frost in the ground, 
but, of course, it is rather early to pre¬ 
dict with certainty as to what the sea¬ 
son will be, as the weather we have 
after the season starts usually governs 
the amount of sap obtained. 
Over 1,000 farmers here in Lewis 
and Jefferson counties cancelled their 
contracts with the Dairymen’s League 
Cooperative Association during the pe¬ 
riod which closed on March 1. This 
will, of course, weaken their strength 
somewhat here in the North Country, 
but I understand the new contracts 
made during the past year almost equal 
the withdrawals, so they are not losing 
so much ground after all. 
They don’t appear to be having as 
many farmer meetings hereabouts as 
in other years and don’t know why, un¬ 
less the dairymen feel so sure of them¬ 
selves that it is not necessary.. The 
price of milk delivered at the Sheffield 
Farms plant located here is $2.43 per 
hundred for March, which is the flat 
rate with the usual differentials for 
butterfat, which seems to be a. fair 
price for this season of the year. 
Hired help is now being engaged for 
the coming season, and farmers are 
experiencing some difficulty in securing 
enough men to meet their needs, as the 
industries are all booming and offering 
higher wagers than farmers can afford 
to pay.— Charles L. Stiles. 
Washington Co.—The farmers who 
have the help are cutting and market¬ 
ing the wood, prices about $8 a cord. 
No produce going to market. Very 
few potatoes in farmers’ hands. Pros¬ 
pects for farmers getting help this 
coming season are very poor. Those 
willing to work on the farm are ask¬ 
ing $50 a month with board, room and 
washing. Many auctions are being 
held. Several farms will remain idle 
this coming season.—H. C. C. 
The snow has been so deep that farm¬ 
ers have not been able to do much. 
Ice houses are well filled, but quality 
is poor. Saw mills are not running 
much, so it is almost impossible to 
get sawdust to cover the ice. Sev¬ 
eral farms have been sold for good 
prices. More would like to sell, but 
buyers are few. Farm help is al¬ 
most opt of reach. Hay, $14 to 16; 
rye straw, $20 to $21; rye, 75c a bush¬ 
el; oats, 70c; hay at auction, $8 to $12 
in the barn. Horses are selling slowly. 
Cows from $40 to $90 at auction. Very 
little demand for young cattle.—F. P. P. 
COUNTY NOTES 
Schenectady Co.— The unusual amount 
of snow this winter has made it im¬ 
possible for farmers to market much 
of their produce. Milk and mail car¬ 
riers have had a hard time of it. 
Many farmers are complaining about 
low water in cisterns on account of 
so little thawing. There is but little 
frost in the ground. Eggs are bring¬ 
ing about 40c, butter is rather scarce 
bringing 50c at the stores. Not much 
sales for cows, especially old ones. 
Very few auction sales this winter. 
—S. W. C. 
Cortland Co.—During the first week 
of March the weather was considerably 
milder than February’s weather. How¬ 
ever, farmers have not been able to get 
out a great deal, due to the extremely 
bad roads. The following prices pre¬ 
vail: potatoes, 50c a bushel; eggs, 38c; 
poultry, 25c; good maple wood sells fast 
at $5 a cord. Farmers have completed 
their ice harvest—the quality was good. 
—G. A. B. 
Ontario Co.—February was an old- 
fashioned winter month. The ther¬ 
mometer dropped below zero many 
times, even to-day some roads are filled 
with snow. The farmers are not very 
enthusiastic. The prices of farm produce 
are low, taxes are higher than ever 
and hired help is a serious problem. 
Many auctions are being held and 
property is selling low. Hay, $16; 
potatoes, 45c; corn, 45c; butter, 40c; 
eggs, 38c; red marrow, kidney and 
pea beans, $7 per cwt.; wheat, $1.25; 
barley, 60c; buckwheat, $1.50 a hun¬ 
dred.—E. P. Brizzee. 
The Valley of the Giants 
{Continued from page 322) 
“Oh, the usual amount of wind. 
Colonel. Nobody knows what to make 
of that outfit.” 
Pennington studied the end of his 
cigar a moment. “Well, I don’t know 
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he admitted presently. “I’ve been wait¬ 
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“They certainly are a deliberate 
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ing just how much Pennington knew. 
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