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News From Among New York Farmers, 
* Apple Growers Organize For Fruit Show — May Pool Price Announced 
R epresentatives of fruit grow¬ 
ers’ associations and horticultural 
societies of the Eastern States, met in 
New York yesterday and completed a 
permanent organization for the big 
Apple Exposition and Fruit Show to be 
held in Grand Central Palace, New 
York City, next fall. New York State, 
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, 
New Hampshire, Maryland, North Car¬ 
olina and Pennsylvania have already 
arranged to participate in a huge cam¬ 
paign to advertise Eastern apples and 
other fruit. Governor Smith just re¬ 
cently signed a bill passed by the last 
Legislature appropriating $10,000 to as¬ 
sist the New York fruit growers in the 
educational features of the proposed 
Exposition. 
The reports of the committees of 
representatives of agricultural depart¬ 
ments, colleges of agriculture and fruit 
growers from other States were that 
in all the States mentioned, the growers 
were enthusiastic over the plan for 
bringing all the Eastern apple-growing 
States together in one big commercial 
exposition. It will not be a fancy fruit 
show of prize plates of apples, but a 
practical exhibit of commercial pack¬ 
ages, which will show the city con¬ 
sumer and the city buyer what Eastern 
orchards have to offer. 
The direction of the Exposition was 
placed by the delegates in the hands 
of a committee with the following per¬ 
manent officers: Thomas E. Cross, 
Lagrangeville, N. Y., Chairman; A. W. 
Lombard, Massachusetts State Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, Vice Chairman; 
H. C. C. Miles, Connecticut Pomologi- 
cal Society, Secretary; H. A. Albyn, 
Bennington, Vt., Treasurer. In addi¬ 
tion to these there are chairmen for 
each of the following States: New 
Hampshire, C. H. Barker; Vermont, C. 
L. Witherell; Massachusetts, Leslie R. 
Smith; Connecticut, C. L, Gold; New 
York, Charles G. Porter; Maryland, I. 
S. Rossell; North Carolina, C. 0. Mat¬ 
thews. 
Representatives of the following or¬ 
ganizations, in addition to those al¬ 
ready mentioned, were at the meeting: 
Western New York Fruit Growers’ Co¬ 
operative Packing Association, Hudson 
Valley Fruit Growers’ Cooperative As¬ 
sociation, Clintondale, New York; Fruit 
Growers’ Association, New York State 
Horticultural Society, the New York 
State Department of Farms and Mar¬ 
kets, The New York Agricultural Ex¬ 
periment Station, Berks County Fruit 
Association of Reading, Pa.; and The 
New Jersey Horticultural Society. 
The headquarters of the Fruit Show 
have been established at Room 1102, 
Grand Central Palace, New York.— H. 
H. Jones. 
MAY pool PEICE 52 CENTS 
BETTEK THAN IN 1922 
Accordi'ng to an announcement made 
by the Dairymen’s League Cooperative 
Association to-day, the net pool price 
which its members will receive for May 
milk is $1.82. This is the base pool 
price for one hundred pounds of milk 
testing 3 per cent butter fat at the 
201-210 mile zone. The price which 
individual poolers will receive in each 
case will vary according to the butter 
fat and freight differentials. 
This price is fifty-two cents higher 
than the pool price for May a year ago. 
One of the principal reasons for this, 
according to officials of the association, 
is the fact, that during recent months 
a larger proportion of the milk of the 
association has been marketed in the 
three higher classifications, that is, as 
fluid milk, sweet cream, condensed and 
evaporated milk and ice cream. The 
league is now receiving the full mar¬ 
ket prices for its manufactured prod- 
ucts_ as a result of the extensive ad¬ 
vertising and sales campaign carried on 
for the past three months. 
During May, 90 per cent of the milk 
which went through the league plants 
was sold in Classes 1, 2 and 3. It is 
interesting to compare the figures for 
May a year ago when the league plants 
marketed in these higher classifications 
only 57 per cent of the total quantity 
which they handled during the month. 
The association announced the total 
gross sales for the month of April $6,- 
385,769.10 of which it received for fluid 
milk sold to dealers $4,666,680.97. The 
sales from plants operated by the as¬ 
sociation amounted to $1,719,088.13. 
BOARD OF CONTROL OF GENEVA 
STATION HOLDS LAST MEETING 
ALVAH H. PULVER 
The final meeting of the board of con¬ 
trol of the New York State Experiment 
Station, before the transference of the 
management to the State College of 
Agriculture at Ithaca, was held at 
Geneva on June 12. The board took 
favorable action on appointments to 
several new positions created by the 
last Legislature, filling the vacancies on 
the staff. An appropriation was made 
by the Legislature for special investi¬ 
gations with fruit in the Hudson River 
Valley and three new positions were 
created to make possible the carrying 
on of this work. 
E. V. Shear, Cornell graduate, has 
been appointed associate in research 
in plant pathology and will begin work 
on disease pi;oblems in the Hudson 
River territory at an early date. Dr. 
F. H. Lathrop, formerly connected with 
the station, but more recently engaged 
in research wbrk on the insecticidal 
properties of sulphur for the Crop Pro¬ 
tection Institute, has been appointed as¬ 
sociate in research in entomology and 
will soon undertake investigations of 
insect problems peculiar to the Hudson 
River Valley. 
COUNTY NOTES FROM AMONG 
NEW YORK FARMERS 
Steuben Co.—Dogs still present a 
menace to sheep growers through this 
section. Early this month Griff Jack 
of Canisteo, lost 23 head which was the 
third disastrous raid made by dogs 
within a very short time. In addition 
to the animals destroyed, Mr. Jack has 
several animals on his hands that are 
seriously injured. The loss to the 
county will amount approximately to 
$1,500, although that sum does not 
cover Mr. Jack’s loss, for pra'ctically 
the entire herd was destroyed. 
In Western New York 
Wyoming Co.—The officers and 
directors of the Wyoming County Agri¬ 
cultural Society ai’e planning to give 
tickets for the first day of the fair io 
each teacher and child of school age 
in the county. This day will be known 
as school day. The association has 
made especial effort to interest boys 
and _ girls in junior project work in 
making the exhibit this year one of the 
best ever held. At the Perry Fair, 
which is also in Wyoming (bounty, all 
children of 12 years of age will be 
admitted free of charge. The annual 
cattle show and field day of the Pa¬ 
vilion and Wyoming Better Cattle 
Club, will be held on Quinlan Field at 
Pavilion, on Saturday, July 14. A 
judging contest will be held for the 
boys of the different school districts. 
Crops are doing well though they were 
a little late in getting started. Fruit 
seems to have set fairly well. Late 
cherries and apples are best, but there 
will not be probably, as large a crop 
as last year.— Mrs. L. F. Fenner. 
Chautauqua Co.—This section has 
been suffering from a serious drouth. 
We have only had one good rain since 
May 8. The nights have been very 
cool and low places have suffered from 
frost. Corn looks worse this season 
than it has in years. All crops are 
suffering from want of rain. If we 
get a wet spell soon we will have a 
fair hay crop, otherwise it will be a 
failure. This season the condensery is 
paying better prices than cheese fac¬ 
tories. The non-poolers are a little in 
the lead. Farmers are not feeding 
cattle grain but soon will be forced to 
as pastures are getting short.—A. J, 
Norman. 
f 
Genesee Co.—The weather during 
the middle of June was a great deal 
better than during the first week when 
it was so rainy that it wa^ impossible 
for farmers to work in the fields. 
Farmei’s are particularly hard hit this 
year with the scarcity of help and the 
general backward season. Wheat is 
selling for $1.30 a bushel, potatoes 80 
cents, beans $6, hay $9 a ton, live 
poultry 26 cents a pound, dressed 30 
cents, live calves 9 cents, dressed 12 
cents, dairy butter 36 cents, creamery 
butter 48 cents. Eggs are 26 cents. 
Several farms are lying idle this sum¬ 
mer in this section. No one wants to 
work them for men can get larger 
wages in the factories.—J. C. 
, In the Northern Country , 
St. Lawrence Co.—The weather has 
been cold and wet. We have had frosts 
on several different nights. Consid¬ 
erable land is under water. The out¬ 
look is quite poor for any kind of crops 
in this section. Hay only looks fair. 
Milk is bringing a fair price. Eggs are 
terribly low, only 27 cents.—H. S. H. 
Essex Co.—Old potatoes become very 
scarce this spring and command as 
high as $2 per bushel in this section. 
This spring is a late one but the 
weather has been favorable for getting 
in the crops. Meadows are looking 
fairly good. A good rain on June 7 
and 8 helped all the crops. Veal 9 
cents, eggs 20 to 25 cents. Not much 
call for cows. Hired help very scarce. 
—M. E. Burdick. 
In the Hudson Valley 
Saratoga Co.—Crops are about all in. 
The season is late and notwithstanding 
recent rains, the ground seems quite 
dry. The fruit outlook is fairly good. 
Worms have done much damage to the 
apple trees, especially in the younger 
orchards. Orchadists are hard at work 
■"ppairing the damage done to young 
fruiu trees last winter by the mites. 
About 60 per cent of the young trees 
were girdled. Farmers have planted 
only about 50 per cent average crop, 
putting in only what they can care for 
without additional help. Cows are 
doing well. Butter brings 45 cents a 
pound wholesale, spring pigs $5 a pair, 
veal 9 to 10 cents. Eggs 28 cents.—E. 
S. Rogers. 
Sullivan Co.—The season in this 
section is about three weeks behind 
last year. It has been unusually cold. 
Tent caterpillars are very numerous. 
Many farmers are not satisfied with the 
milk situation. Some have sold their 
cows. It is impossible to get help. No 
building being done. This is a great 
section for summer boarders, but very 
few cottages have been rented for the 
season to date. Dairy butter 50 cents, 
eggs 25 cents. Old potatoes $1.50 per 
bushel.— Mrs. C. F. Milk. 
M. C. Burritt and Dr. Chandler 
Leave College 
{Continued from page 538) 
natural advantages which the soil and 
climate of California afford for the 
prosecution of his researches. He ex¬ 
pects to devote his entire time to pomo- 
logical research. 
“To Vice-Director Burritt must go 
much of the credit for the rapid de¬ 
velopment and sound organization of' 
the agricultural extension service as we 
now have it. He came to the College 
when the idea of the farm bureau as a 
resident educational service for farmers 
was just beginning to take shape, and 
his influence has been predominant in 
the development of this movement to 
its present high efficiency, including 
now the three-fold organization of 
county agricultural, home demonstra¬ 
tion, and boys’ and girls’ club agents. 
Since 1917 he has been primarily re¬ 
sponsible for the direction of all phases 
of the extension service, which has be¬ 
come one of the largest and most 
immediately useful functions of th^ 
College. For many years Professoir 
Burritt has desired to return to the 
home farm, the ownership of which he 
has retained. After more than a decade 
of excellent public service his anticipa¬ 
tions are now to be fulfilled. A man of 
vigor and decision, actively and in¬ 
tensely devoted to every sound mojYe- 
ment which looks toward the impivve- 
ment of the status of farmers, he will 
inevitably continue to be largely useful 
in many of the farmers’ organizations.” 
