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Colors, Gun Metal, Mahogany, Kusset or 
lighter shade. Calfskins tanned in the 
lighter shades of shoe leather, also 
make elegant stand and table covers; 
great for birthday, wedding and holi¬ 
day gifts. 
LET US FIX YOUR 
WORN FURS 
freshen, repair and reshape them if. 
needed. Furs are very light weight,« 
therefore it would cost but little to send them in to us 
by Parcel Post and get our estimate of cost; then we 
will hold them aside awaiting your decision. If you say 
"go ahead,” very well; we will do so and hold them 
free of storage until you want them. If you say “no,” 
we will return them post-paid. 
Our Illustrated catalog and style book combined gives 
a lot of useful information. It tells how to take off 
and care for hides. About our safe dyeing process on 
cow and horse hides, calf and fur skins. About dressing 
fine fur skins and making them into neckpieces, mulls 
and garments. About taxidermy and Head Mounting. 
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571 Lyell Ave„ Rochester, N. Y. 
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ABORNO LABORATORY 
11 Jeff Street, Lancaster, WIs. 
$800 Gets 155-Acre Farm 
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for §3500, only $800 needed. Immediate possession. 
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dog well — how to care for him 
tYhen sick. Result of 85 years’ experi¬ 
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H. CLAY GLOVER, V. S. 
129 Waet 24th St, New York 
SKUNK 
We pay highest cash prices for all 
Staple furs—Skunk, Mink; Muskrat, 
Raccoon, Red Fox. Fancy furs a 
specialty, including Silver and 
Cross Fox, Fisher, Marten, etc. Est. 
1870. Our continued prompt returns 
and liberal policy are now bringing us shipments from 
all North America, Alaska to Mexico. Send for free 
Price List. Address 
M. J. JEWETT & SONS, REDWOOD, N. Y., Dept. 9 
NATURAL LEAF TOBACCO *8 
lbs.,$1.25; 101bs., $2.00. 
I&V when received , pipe and recipe free 
FARMERS TOBACCO UNION, Dl, PADUCAH, KY. 
American Agriculturist, December 22, 1923 
News From Among the Farmers 
League Announces November Pool Price $2.43 — Washington News 
T HE Dairymen’s League Cooperative Asso¬ 
ciation announces the gross pool price for 
November milk is $2.43. From this price there 
will be deducted 10 cents for expenses, leaving 
a net pool price of $2.33. Of this amount the 
Association will borrow 10 cents per 100 
pounds on certificates of indebtedness leaving 
a net cash price to farmers of $2.23. 
The net pool price of $2.33 is one cent per 
hundred better than the price received for 
milk in October. This is rather unusual in 
view of the fact that during November a price 
reduction of 65 cents per 100 pounds was 
made by the League. The officials of the 
League state that the increase in price is due 
to the fact that when the price was decreased, 
the amount of business increased tremendously. 
Furthermore the fact that the League is han¬ 
dling all surplus in its manufacturing depart¬ 
ments, also helped to keep the price to the 
farmers up. 
BRADFUTE REELECTED 
PRESIDENT A. F. B. F. 
A T the annual meeting of the American 
. Farm Bureau Federation, which was 
held in Chicago, December 10, 11 and 12, 
O. E. Bradfute of Xenia, Ohio, was reelected 
president. A more detailed report of the 
Federation meeting will be given in next week’s 
issue of American Agriculturist. 
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON 
INCE the new Congress opened its session 
on December 4th, it has been very busy 
trying to organize itself and in listening to the 
messages from the President and reports from 
other national officers. In both the House and 
the Senate controversies have developed be¬ 
tween the progressives and conservatives of the 
Republican party which delayed real work. 
In the House, the progressives held up the 
election of Speaker Gillette and the organiza¬ 
tion of the House until they could get assur¬ 
ances that the rules would be so revised as to 
give more opportunity for consideration of 
proi'Xfssive measures. In the Senate, the fight 
developed over the reappointment of Senator 
Cummings as chairman of the Inter-State 
Commerce Commission. 
During the early days of the session, the 
President sent over two thousand appoint¬ 
ments to important government positions to the 
Senate for confirmation. The most important 
of these was the appointment of Frank B. D. 
Kellogg, of Minnesota, as Ambassador to Great 
Britain. After a sharp debate, this appoint¬ 
ment was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 
75 to 9, the opposition coming chiefly from 
progressive Republicans. 
Tax Reduction in Foreground 
A topic that is receiving the greatest atten¬ 
tion both in Congress and out is the question 
of reduction of taxes, as proposed by Secretary 
of the Treasury Mellon, and advocated in the 
President’s message. There seems to be an 
overwhelming amount of sentiment through¬ 
out the nation for this reduction. But the 
President has made it plain that the reduction 
could not be made and at the same time pay 
the soldiers’ bonus. There are many who will 
oppose the reduction because they are in favor 
of paying the bonus. 
Senator Curtis of Kansas, prominent on the 
Republican side of the Finance Committee, 
has already introduced the Soldiers’ Bonus 
Bill into the Senate. This is practically the 
same bill that was passed by Congress last 
year and vetoed by the President. The allow¬ 
ance is one dollar a day for home service and 
one dollar and a quarter a day for overseas 
service, the allowance for home service not to 
exceed $500 and overseas not to exceed $625. 
Immigration Question Up 
Secretary of Labor Davis in his annua, re¬ 
port asked Congress, among other things, to 
give the Labor Department greater authority 
and facilities to better working conditions 
generally; to make appropriations for improve¬ 
ment of the immigration stations at New York, 
Boston, Seattle and San Francisco; and to 
enact a complete new alien code, providing for 
selection of immigrants abroad, for the exclu¬ 
sion of all non-naturalizable aliens, for the 
penalizing of unlawful entrance of immigrants, 
and for the enlarging of the work of naturaliza¬ 
tion and Americanization. He also renews his 
recommendation for constitutional amend¬ 
ment empowering Congress to pass child 
labor legislation. 
Watch American Agriculturist columns 
every week for a summary of the more impor¬ 
tant doings in Washington with particular 
reference to news that affects farmers’ interests. 
NEW YORK HOLSTEIN MEET¬ 
ING AND SALE JANUARY 8-10 
HE annual meeting of the New York State 
Holstein Friesian Association will be held 
Tuesday, January 8, at the Yates Hotel, 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
The Fourth Annual Sale of the New York 
State Holstein Friesian Association will be 
held on the two days following the meeting, 
January 9 and 10. Approximately 127 head 
of black and whites will be put under the 
hammer at that time. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
CHANGES MEETING DATES 
HE eastern meeting of the New York State 
Horticultural Society will be held in 
Poughkeepsie on February 27, 28 and 29, 1924. 
The annual meeting at Rochester will be 
held as previously announced in American 
A CHRISTMAS “DOLLAR 
MAKER” 
HE little girl of the family 
wanted Santa to bring her a 
“doll house” but I did not have the 
dollar or more to buy, so I made the 
house and also a barn for the small 
boy from National Biscuit Company 
boxes. Any grocer has them to give 
away. The house was painted white 
and the barn red and both roofed 
with remnants of roofing we had on 
hand which was painted green. 
I papered the rooms in the house 
and stained the floors and some of 
the cardboard furniture I made, with 
a small can of oak varnish stain. 
Tiny pieces of lace for curtains and 
squares of green for shades, remnants 
for rugs, made it look much like a 
real home. The cook stove and a box 
of furniture cost twenty cents. I 
fixed tiny stalls in the barn and 
bought a large family of animals for 
forty cents. Every article I bought 
came from the five and ten cent 
store and totaled seventy cents. 
The finished articles were even 
better than those you can buy, and 
the cost was very much less. I felt 
that my time had been well spent 
when I saw the delight of the two 
kiddies on Christmas morning.— 
Mrs. E. R. A., New York. 
Agriculturist, on January 15, 16, 17 and 18. 
According to R. P. McPherson, Secretary of 
the society, on January 16 the members of the 
society will be asked to vote on the following 
changes of the articles of the constitution to 
read: 
Officers of the society shall consist of 
president, four vice-presidents, and a secretary- 
treasurer, all of whom shall be elected an¬ 
nually by ballot; also an executive committee 
of six members shall be elected, two for each 
of 1, 2 and 3 years respectively, and therefore 
they shall be annually elected, two members to 
serve for a term of three years. 
NEW YORK COUNTY NOTES 
Oneida County.—Farmers are busy getting 
fire wood. Some are even plowing. The mild 
weather has been extremely favorable for 
farm work. We had plenty of rain within the 
past few weeks. It has been much needed. 
The Potato market is quiet! Prices are now 
$1 a bushel. The market for milch cows has 
also been quiet this fall and early winter. 
Many herds of cattle have been tested for T. B. 
and many head have been condemned. J. 
Kaslen Cheese Company is paying $2.75 for 
November and December milk. Pork 12 cents, 
young pigs $2.50 each, fresh eggs 90 cents a 
dozen, hay $10 to 12 in the barn.—E. N. A. 
Along the Southern Tier 
Broome County.—Some sections of the 
County of Broome have determined to keep 
their roads open on their own charges this 
coming winter—a commendable undertaking 
and one other localities might well enter upon. 
A good deal of hay has moved out of this part 
of the country in the past two months, mostly 
at around $15 to $16 net to the farmer. Some 
are sanguine that the price will be better and 
are holding their hay back. The likelihood is 
for a higher price. Potatoes are mostly sold 
out, the prevailing price being around $1. The 
farm bureau reports more than 700 members 
for 1923-4, with about the same number for 
the home bureau. Open weather has made 
it possible for farmers to do a good deal more 
plowing this fall than usual. Some are still at 
this work. In spite of the rains we have had, 
some wells are still dry. The fall has not been 
heavy at any time. Cows are still picking 
around on pasture at this writing, December 
11 th. About as much hay and grain are 
needed, however, as if the snow were a foot deep. 
Henry H. Dayton, one of the oldest farmers of 
this part of the country, aged ninety-four, 
died Thanksgiving Day at his home in the 
town of Maine.—E. L. V. 
Steuben County.—We are having excellent 
weather for this time of the year, early Decem¬ 
ber. Threshing is over with. To summarize 
the work and results of the season: hay was a 
light crop. Grain, except buckwheat, turned 
out nearly normal in yield. Corn was a poor 
crop. The potato crop was normal but with 
labor where it has been for the past few years, 
the profit potatoes produced is small. Potatoes 
are now bringing 55 cents per bushel, butter 
55 cents per lb., live chickens 15 cents per lb. 
hay $12 a ton loose, new milch cows $75 to 
$ 100 . 
NEW JERSEY COUNTY NOTES 
Mercer County.—Eugene P. Drake, a Mercer 
County calf club boy, has been awarded the 
American Agriculturist $200 scholarship 
for New Jersey. Mercer County folks are 
pleased and are offering Eugene congratula¬ 
tions, who has worked faithfully for his calf 
club. Corn husking is over. The crop turned 
out well. The Mercer County Board of 
Agriculture fall meeting and dinner was held 
on December 11 at the William Fleming 
School. There were good speakers and music. 
—Mrs. J. E. H. 
PENNSYLVANIA FARM NEWS 
In spite of the dry weather which prevailed 
last spring, eastern Pennsylvania potato 
growers harvested an unusually fine crop. 
One grower in Luzerne County states that 
one of his fields yielded over 500 bushels per, 
acre. Some potatoes are being shipped from 1 
Berks and Lehigh counties. However, those 
farmers who have ample storage facilities are 
holding their crop in anticipation of higher 
prices. 
Prevailing prices of farm land are inducing 
prospective buyers from distant points, accord¬ 
ing to latest reports. Several transfers of 
property have already been made. The near¬ 
ness of eastern Pennsylvania farms to city and 
the anthracite coal 'field markets is the induce¬ 
ment. However, 'in many cases sales were 
made at prices considerably below the original 
cost of the buildings and fences—the land 
being virtually a gift. 
The wild rhododendron plants, which have 
been so common in the Pocono Mountains, 
have been practically wiped out. Commercial 
interests have been digging these plants for 
suburban landscape work. There is a large, 
demand for the hardy ferns that are also 
common to this part of the mountains. 
Cumberland County. — Up to the middle of 
December we have had most unusual weather. 
It has been extremely mild, much more so 
than this time last year. We have had con¬ 
siderable rain. There is more corn to husk 
than for several years past. The corn crop is 
turning out good, the fodder is very heavy to 
handle. At some public sales corn has gone 
to a price ranging from 8 to 13 cents a sheaf. 
The high price is due to the scarcity of hay. 
Both timothy and alfalfa are high in price. 
Much is being packed and stored for higher 
prices and it looks as though they will get it. 
We had no snow thus far, although on several 
occasions we had several frosts. The ground 
was frozen slightly once but not very deep.— 
J. B. K. 
Crawford County.—November weather was 
excellent. The first week in December finds 
some corn to be husked. Plowing is finished.* 
Cows are being tested for T. B. Quite a 
number in some herds have yielded to the test. 
Eggs are 70 cents a doz., butter 50 cents to 
60 cents a lb., live hogs 7 cents a lb., potatoes 
$1 a bushel, apples $1.25 to $1.50, horses are 
selling at very low prices. No cattle moving 
until the test is completed. Water is low. 
Many springs and wells are still dry. j 
