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SPECIFICATIONS 
Engine—2 H. P. Holley Carburetor 
Water-cooled Pulley—5' diam. x 6" face 
Berling Magneto Weight—1800 lbs. 
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It will pull an 8' plow 
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489 Walden Avenue, Buffalo, New York 
American Agriculturist, August 23, 1924 
Among the Farmers 
Rain Breaks Long Dry Spell—County Notes 
r THE rain of August 12th, which was 
1 quite general along the north Atlantic 
seaboard, saved farmers millions of dol¬ 
lars. According to Alva Agee, secretary 
of the New Jersey Board of Agriculture, 
farmers of that State were benefited to 
the extent of a million and a half dollars. 
The previous dry spell was beginning to 
show decided evidence of crop damage 
and if the condition continued it was 
very likely that loss would be heavy. 
As a matter of fact, the loss to farmers 
of Nassau County, Long Island, will 
reach, it is estimated, close to a half mil¬ 
lion dollars, to say nothing of Suffolk 
County. The rain came too late to save 
the Long Island potato crop. Late 
potatoes will suffer the dreaded “second 
growth.” However, the rains were of 
untold benefit to corn, cauliflower, Brussels 
sprouts and other late crops. However, 
in spite of the fact that corn will be helped 
to some extent, nevertheless the crop will 
not be up to normal. Some Nassau 
County fanners estimated only a quarter 
crop of sweet corn, one of the big cash 
drops of the county. The drouth suf¬ 
fered by Long Inland this year has been 
unusual and cannot help but be responsi¬ 
ble for enormous losses. 
in the county it is very light. Oats and 
barley are looking fine.—J. H. 
Eastern Pennsylvania Notes 
Oliver D. Schock 
1LTARVEST of a phenomenal crop of 
A alfalfa hay was followed by a 
season of drought which was disastrous 
to the plants, and anticipations of a 
large second cutting were quickly dispelled. 
Lancaster county tobacco is maturing 
rapidly and some growers cut some of 
the earlier planted patches this week. 
It is claimed that its quality will be very 
good. There is every expectation that 
tobacco will command remunerative 
prices this season. 
New York County Notes 
Saratoga County—A much-needed rain 
has visited this section during the first 
week in August and it did a lot of 
good especially to corn and potatoes. 
A good crop of hay has been harvested. 
In spite of the shortage of farm help 
harvest is being accomplished. Oats are 
not making a good crop. Corn and pota¬ 
toes are doing well. Potato bugs are 
giving but little trouble this season. 
Small fruits have yielded plentifully and 
have brought good prices. Cows" have 
milked well but milk prices are not satis¬ 
factory. Eggs are bringing 34c a dozen 
with a strong trend upward in price. 
Hay is bringing a good price. There 
seems to be a demand for farms near the 
village at fairly good prices.—E. S. R. 
Broome County—The season is still 
backward, crops are looking fine. Many 
farmers are still haying during the first 
week in August. Few early potatoes are 
on the market selling anywhere from 30 
to 35c a peck, which is the lowest price 
in years for early potatoes. The yield 
is good. Oats look fine. Many have 
been cut for hay, while some are nearly 
ready to cut for grain. Corn is backward, 
but looks good. There is an abundance 
of fruit.— Mrs. L. K. C. 
Rain Needed in Suffolk 
Suffolk County—The severe dry spell 
was broken on the 12th by an "all-day 
rain just in time to save such late crops 
as cabbage, cauliflower, turnips, etc. 
It did not help potatoes, in fact it will 
injure them. Some late potatoes are 
about ready to harvest. The yield in 
Huntington township is way below that 
of any previous year in the last decade.— 
E. S. S. 
Montgomery County — Spring grains, 
although they were sown late, promise 
to be a good crop. Corn is backward in 
growth. The acreage is below that of 
last year. Potatoes are making good 
growth and promise well. Haying season 
was two weeks late this year and even 
at this writing, August 9, much is still 
to be gathered.. A large acreage will 
not be mown owing to scarcity of help. 
Milch cows and beef cattle are low in 
price. Eggs 30c a dozen, butter 50c a 
pound, broilers 35c live weight, veal 9c 
a pound live weight. The apple crop 
will be light and quality poor.—G. P. 
Van V. 
Genesee County—We had lots of 
rain during the month of June and July 
which is responsible for a good crop of 
hay. The “flv” got into wheat pretty 
badly and it went down. In most places 
Central Pennsylvania Notes 
J. N. Glover 
AUHrH the good rain on the 12 th, 
* » corn, plowing, pasture and potatoes 
were very much helped, as the soil was 
too dry to do good work at plowing 
stubbles for wheat. 
Oats are nearly all cut and much of 
the crop has been stored. They are long 
in the stalk and handle as though they 
will yield well. Wheat is being threshed 
and yields from 15 to 25 bushels per 
acre with plenty of straw to make 35 
bushels. 
Early potatoes are being dug and the 
crop is not big, but the stalks of late 
ones look well. Early mown fields of 
clover have made a good second growth 
which will be cut for hay or for seed, if 
the heads are filled. 
iNot many cows are changing hands 
at present, as milk is too low and pasture 
too short to add more cows to the herd. 
leed dealers or manufacturers have 
plenty of agents in the country selling 
ieeds, and it may be a good time for one 
to buy his necessary feeds now. 
Pennsylvania County Notes 
Crawford County.—Wheat all cut, 
most of it in barns. Threshing has 
started. Crop turning out well. Having 
is not all over yet. It is making a good 
crop and it will all be needed as silos will 
not be full. Oats are turning mostly 
making a heavy growth of straw. We 
have had a good crop of campers and 
tourists this year.—J. F. S. 
Tioga County.—Most farmers have 
finished _ their haying. Oats look fine, 
nearly ripe enough to cut. Recent rains 
have made buckwheat and late potatoes 
look like a big crop. Early potatoes 
look extra good. Early apples are very 
poor, very wormy. The corn crop is 
very uneven on the average and will 
make a poor crop.—W. C. G. 
Cumberland County.—We have been 
having very dry and cool weather. 
During the first week in August corn has 
been showing extreme want of rain to 
say nothing of potatoes and garden vege¬ 
tables. Harvest is about over altho some 
oats are still out. The oats crop was the 
biggest in this section in several years. 
Some wheat being threshed but the yield 
is poor in general. Hay made a heavy 
crop, some has been selling at $10 a ton 
delivered. Apples are a failure through 
here. Wheat $1.25, corn $1.10, oats 55c, 
eggs 27c, butter 40 to 50c.—J. B. K. 
Mercer County, N. J. 
Mercer County.—Up to the second 
week in August the weather was very hot 
and dry and crops need rain badly. 
Promised showers seemed to have skirted 
around Mercer Comity. Corn is coming 
along nicely. The fields were very un¬ 
even but till lately due to the cold spring. 
Good peach crop in view with fair early 
yield. Harvest, which was generally 
very good, is about over and potatoes 
look fine. Sale of pure bred Holstein and 
Guernsey bulls brought fair prices and 
will do much to improve herds of Mercer 
County.— Mrs. J. H. H. 
