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American Agriculturist, September 6, 1924 
Pennsylvania Farm News 
Berkshire Breeders Will Exhibit at Chicago 
J N keeping with the program out¬ 
lined at their annual meeting at 
Harrisburg last January, the Pennsyl¬ 
vania Berkshire Breeders’ Association has 
made much progress thus far during 1924. 
The 1923 car-load of Pennsylvania 
Berkshire barrows, furnished by over 60 
different breeders, made an enviable 
record at the 1923 Chicago International 
Livestock Show. The car-load was 
entered in the class weighing from £00 
to 225 pounds and won second prize in 
one of the largest contests that has ever 
been held at Chicago. When the load of 
barrows were sold, they brought fifty cents 
per hundred more than the load placed 
first, and the Berkshires sold for $10.25, 
or just one dollar less per cwt. than the 
grand champion load of the show. 
This record the Pennsylvania Berk¬ 
shire men hope to better at Chicago next 
December. Forty-eight breeders have 
donated eighty outstanding March and 
April barrows to be fitted at the Penn¬ 
sylvania State College under the direc¬ 
tion of the college herdsman, Guy 
Stearns, who fitted the last Pennsylvania 
car. Mr. Grimes, in charge of swine 
work at the college, says the barrows are 
a better lot than last year. The car-load 
this year shows better than ever the re¬ 
sults of community swine-breeding work 
and proper selection of breeding stock in 
the uniformity and type of individuals. 
This project, the major part of the 
Pennsylvania Berkshire Breeders’ pro¬ 
gram for 1923, will mean much to 
promote Pennsylvania’s most popular 
breed of hogs. The men who have 
donated the car-load and made the under¬ 
taking possible deserve much credit. 
Dr. Havner and Mr. Madison of the 
swine extension department at the col¬ 
lege have done much toward the success 
of the car in their selection of the barrows 
and with their management through 
the feeding and showing. 
The following Berkshire breeders have 
donated barrows to the 1924 Pennsyl¬ 
vania car-load. 
Consigner 
Address 
J. C. Cowan. 
M. Earle Moore. 
Fred A. Moore . 
Alex Cooper . 
T. P. Smith. 
James H. Marshall.... 
A. M. Wilson. 
W. A. Haag. 
C. R. Jordan . 
J. G. Schwab. 
D. W.Bish. 
Alpha Hazelett. 
0. W. Minnich. 
A.W.Bish. 
A. A. Neville . 
Byron Anthony . 
Jack Neale. 
T. J. Stevenson. 
D. H. Doverspike 
Joe Rhodes . 
Hollis Greene.. 
J. W. Weigle. 
G. E. Tanger. 
I. T. Zook. 
H. S. Wagner. 
Laurel Looks Farms... 
Penhurst Farm. 
Geo. Neff. 
C. L. Wilkinson. 
Woodbrooke Farm . 
M. M. Bender... ... 
Mrs. H. S. Nolt . 
C. F. Hess. . . 
Sycamore Farms. 
R. M. Altman. 
J. M. Hindman. 
S. S. Yocom. 
I. Yocom.. . 
C. S. Adams. 
Palmyra Quarry Farms 
W. F. Rischel. 
Dus Dippe... 
H. S. Catchiil. 
Harry Brinton.. 
A. B. C. Williams . . . 
Elmbrook Farm...... 
.. .Brookville. 
.. .Reynoldsville. 
.. .Reynoldsville. 
... Reynoldsville. 
.. .Falls Creek. 
.. Brockwayville. 
,. .Allens Mills. 
.., Oliveburg. 
... Oliveburg. 
. Punxsutawney. 
... Frostburg. 
... Punxsutawney. 
.. .North Point. 
.. .Porter. 
.. .North Point. 
.. .North Point. 
.. .Punxsutawney. 
... Reynoldsville. 
... Punxsutawney 
.. Cloe, Penna. 
... Reynoldsville. 
.. .Gardeers. 
. .York Springs. 
... Belleville. 
... Carlisle. 
. .. Pottstown. 
.. Narberth. 
. Doylestown. 
. . Rushland. 
.. .Southampton. 
.. Landisville. 
... Columbia. 
... Lititz. 
.. Douglasville. 
... Sligo. 
. . .Corsica. 
.. Douglasville. 
. Douglasville. 
. .Reading. 
.. Palmyra. 
.. Center Hall. 
. .Stillwater. 
. Peachbottom. 
.. Hanover. 
. . .York Springs. 
Benn^zette. 
October 18th has been set aside for 
the Berkshire Field Day at the Pennsyl¬ 
vania State College. The State Associa¬ 
tion will make an effort to have a real 
gathering of the Berkshire crowd to 
inspect the car-load at that time.—J. 
P- Winslow. 
Eastern Pennsylvania 
Oliver D. Schock 
P i IE annual picnic of farmers of tl 
1 Susquehanna Valley, between Sui 
bury and Selinsgrove, grows in magnituc 
and attendance yearly, and this ye; 
proved no exception. Judge Miller < 
Susquehanna county, vice-president of 
the Dairymen’s League and chief counsel, 
was the principal speaker. 
The drought of the past three weeks 
has offset the growth of many crops in a 
serious degree. Corn and potatoes, as 
well as pasturage, are affected by the 
dry weather. Apples show a sharp 
decline in the estimated yield, due to 
the heavy drop of immature fruit. 
The Kutztown, Berks County, Agricul¬ 
tural Fair, one of the oldest organizations 
of its kind, attracted a large attendance. 
The farm and garden exhibits were 
splendid, but late varieties of fruit still 
lack color and size. 
Shartlesville Grange members united in 
purchasing the fall supply of commercial 
fertilizers. They cooperate whenever any 
considerable quantity of farm supplies are 
necessary to supply their membership. 
Russet varieties of potatoes far eclipsed 
nearly if not every other popular variety 
in point of hardiness and productiveness. 
Many varieties suffered from an attack of 
early blight. 
Poultry is again proving to be a valu¬ 
able adjunct of farm production. Dressed 
poultry (old) sells at 40 to 55c per pound; 
spring chickens, dressed, 50c to $1.75 per 
head; eggs 40 to 50c per dozen. Young 
ducks are in special demand. 
State authorities have decreed in 
unmistakable language that county fair 
managers will not be paid any appropria¬ 
tions by the Commonwealth unless the 
amusement features on the fair grounds 
are properly regulated. Gambling, im¬ 
moral shows, sale of alcoholic drinks, etc., 
must be prohibited. It is but proper to 
add that there has been a very material 
improvement along this line within recent 
years throughout Pennsylvania, and 
agricultural fairs stand updn a higher 
educational plane than ever before. 
Regardless of “blue-sky laws,” ques¬ 
tionable oil and stock investment schemes 
are again being largely exploited in 
farming districts through the medium of 
literature forwarded by mail. Some of 
our agricultural counties have been 
especially vulnerable and as a result, 
invested largely but not always well. 
Grange picnics are popular in many 
localities, attracting large crowds. John 
G. McSparran, Master of the State 
Grange, is elated with the growth of 
the membership and is in continual 
demand as a speaker at these rural 
gatherings. 
Central Pennsylvania Notes 
J. N. Glover 
T HE farms of the Frederick estate in 
East Buffalo Township, Union Coun¬ 
ty, were sold on the 16th. The home farm 
of 82 acres was bought by Charles 
Frederick, the present tenant, for $8200; 
and the 89-acre farm was bought by 
John M. Erdley for $89 an acre. They 
are both good farms and the former is 
along the State road and near a school. 
The Arbogast farm of 42 acres in 
Buffalo Township was bid to $3800 at 
public sale on the 23rd, but not sold, as 
they want four thousand for it and it was 
appraised at $4500. 
The showers have put the soil in good 
condition for plowing and harrowing in 
preparation for wheat seeding. Warmer 
weather is helping corn to mature and 
make ears. * ’ 
Some rural schools opened on the 25th 
of August for the eight-month term. The 
encampment and picnic at Centre Hall 
next week promises to have a large 
exhibit of implements and a good 
attendance. At the tri-county farmers’ 
picnic at Rolling Green there were;! 0,000 
persons present, and the display of farm 
machinery was very good. 
Honey will not be so plentiful this fall 
as bees have not done as well at storing 
honey as usual. Prices: wheat, $1.20; 
corn, $1.15; oats, .55; potatoes, $1; eggs, 
.30; butter, .42; chickens, .22; veal calves, 
. 10 . 
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March 3, 1924, 
Wolverine Shoe & Tanning Corp. 
Rockford, Michigan 
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I bought them in Tipton, Mo., and 
want to know if there is any place 
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catalog. 
Yours truly, 
PAUL MERRIOTT 
Star Route, Versailles, Mo. 
1,000Miles Wfear 
and They A Iways Stay Soft 
—the Secret Is in Our Leather 
In every mail we receive let¬ 
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They use the same 
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We’ll send you a catalog and the 
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Wolverine Shoe & 
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Formerly Michigan ShoemakerB 
Rockford, Michigan 
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I Dept. 91 , Rockford, Michigan 
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