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American Agriculturist, February 9, 1924 
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COLONY 
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Injunction Against League 
Forbidden to Purchase Empire Company Plants 
A S AMERICAN Agriculturist goes to press and after our editorial page was 
L closed we learn that Justice William F. Haggerty, sitting in the Supreme 
Court in Brooklyn, on January 31st issued a temporary injunction forbidding 
the League from purchasing the property of the Empire State Dairy Company. 
The injunction was granted to F. W. Fisk & Company of Manhattan, who had 
the sole agency for the Empire State Dairy Company in the sale of condensed and 
evaporated milk. They claim that they had an agreement with the company 
to handle its milk distribution in the city for ten years and alleged that a clause 
in the contract specifically protected them from losing their sales agency in the 
event the Empire Company was sold. 
Another complication in the mix-up was the announcement of the League, 
issued at just about the same time that Justice Haggerty granted the injunction, 
that the League had sold the plants located inside New York City and good will 
just purchased from the Empire State Dairy Company to the Borden’s Farm 
Products Company. 
President Slocum issued a statement 
on this last transaction to the effect 
that the League had decided that it did 
not want to compete with the other 
large milk distributing companies in 
this city and therefore had entered into 
an agreement with the Borden Com¬ 
pany for them to take over the city 
distributing plants of the Empire 
Company. It is understood that this 
agreement was made before the injunc¬ 
tion restraining papers were served on 
League officials. 
The temporary injunction stipulates 
that the Empire State Dairy Company 
officials should not dispose of the dairies 
and distributing plants for a period of 
five years beginning with the day on 
which the Empire Company’s contract 
with Fisk and Company was signed in 
1922. The injunction also restrains 
the Dairymen’s League Cooperative 
Association from taking over the 
property for a similar period. 
The temporary injunction will be 
argued on Monday, February 4th. 
Watch the next issue of AMERICAN 
Agriculturist for complete news and 
editorial comment upon this transac¬ 
tion, which is of so far-reaching im¬ 
portance as to materially affect the 
interests of every dairyman both in 
and out of the Cooperative Association. 
NEW YORK COUNTY NOTES 
Nassau County — We have had the 
most unusual weather, almost as mild as 
spring. The night of January 16 we 
had a terrible wind and rainstorm and it 
looked as though winter was coming 
with a bang. But next morning the 
sun was out bright and it was like a 
spring day.—C. E. V. 
In Western New York 
Chautauqua County—The weather has 
been mild so far this winter and the 
snow, although considerable has fallen, 
has not stayed long. Poultrymen and 
grape growers seem to be doing fairly 
well. Dairymen are in better shape than 
they were a year ago. Hay is bringing 
from $17 to $22 per ton at the barn. 
Many farmers who have a local market 
for butter seem to be doing well. Farm¬ 
ers responding well in Farm Bureau 
membership campaign.—J. C. C. 
Chautauqua County — The coldest 
weather we have had thus far has been 10 
degrees above zero. We have had beauti¬ 
ful sleighing. Eggs 45c. a dozen, potatoes 
$1 a bushel, milk 10 to 12c a quart, butter 
55c a pound. Dressed pork 10c per lb, 
poultry live weight 25c per pound.— 
Mrs. C. L. B. 
Steuben County— January was a very 
blustery month. Not a great deal of 
work was accomplished. Ice is about 
twelve inches thick now on ponds in this 
section of northern Steuben County and 
the ground is frozen quite hard. The 
potato market has been very sensitive, 
varying from 70 to 80c a bushel. After a 
few days of rough weather they advanced 
in price. When it gets a little warmer, 
the price goes down again. Auctions are 
very numerous. There will be many 
vacant farms this summer. A great deal 
of wood is being cut and sold for $3.50 
a cord, stove length. Coal is hard to get. 
Roads are in fair condition for hauling. 
Taxes are extremely high. There is a 
great deal of repairing needed on build¬ 
ings that remains undone on account of 
the high cost of labor.—C. H. E. 
Steuben County— Here in southern 
Steuben little or no snow had fallen, up 
to last week in January. In fact it has 
been no more than sufficient to whiten 
the ground. However, we have had many 
severe gales. Stock is wintering well. 
After going through many months of a 
shortage of water supply, streams and 
springs are now well filled. Many 
potatoes are still unsold. The price 
varies from 70c to $1 a bushel, the latter 
being the retail price. Apples are bringing 
from $1.25 to 1.50, hay $17 to 81, eggs 
35 to 40c.—H. I. D. 
In the North Country 
Washington County—No sleighing, no 
ice to date, January 22. Farmers are 
busy with chores, cutting wood and log¬ 
ging. No one is planning any building. 
Some hay is being sold for $16 to 20 a ton 
F.O.B. Truckers are offering $1.75 a 
bushel for potatoes. Little or no market 
for rye or straw. Supervisors have voted 
to hire a veterinarian to test the cows of 
the county. Few farms are being sold, 
there are more for sale. No hired help 
available.— F. P. P. 
Essex County—After about two weeks 
of sleighing, snow has mostly disap¬ 
peared at this writing, January 21. 
We have had a few days of zero weather. 
Cattle are wintering well. December 
butterfat price at the Crown Point Co¬ 
operative Creamery was 50c a pound. 
Eggs are now 50c a dozen. Potatoes are 
bringing $1 a bushel. Many farmers are 
chopping wood and are preparing to put 
up ice. Lack of snow has been hindering 
teaming.—M. E. B. 
Jefferson County —The prices of farm 
produce have come down some. Eggs 
are now 60 to 65e a dozen, live poultry 
from 15 to 17c, turkeys 25c, breeding 
stock in good demand. Wood is selling 
for $5 to $6 a cord. Many farms changed 
hands on January 1. Good tenants are 
very scarce. Farm labor is also scarce 
as farmers can not compete with wages 
paid by state road contractors and mills. 
Machinery is being used more for labor 
saving.—Mrs. J. D. 
ALBANY AND STATE NEWS 
l 
R ECENT conferences between Gover¬ 
nor Smith and Republican leaders in 
the legislature have resulted in agreement 
for cooperation in the passing of many of 
the leading non-partisan measures up for 
consideration. Such agreement will do 
much to shorten the legislative session 
and put through the bills which nearly 
everyone agrees should be passed. 
The project to deepen the channel of 
the Hudson River from New York City 
to Albany has been approved by United 
States engineers and there is considerable 
likelihood that appropriations will be 
made to deepen the channel so that 
Albany will become a real seaport. 
William H. Anderson, superintendent 
of the New York Anti-Saloon League, was 
found guilty by a jury in a New Y 7 ork 
court on January 29th of forgery in the 
third degree. Anderson will be sentenced 
on February 8th, and his sentence for this 
crime can be from one to five years. The 
indictment upon which he was convicted 
charged him with altering with intent to 
defraud the accounts and books of 
account belonging to the Anti-Saloon 
League, in which he was an officer and 
employee, and with making false entries 
in such accounts and books. 
Empire 1 
Oats 
Do especially well in New 
York State, even on poor soil 
T he empire oat came to 
our attention in 1920 when we 
saw it at the experimental grounds 
of the New York State College of 
Agriculture. Our first trial sowing 
in 1922 gave a yield of 54 bushels 
to the acre. Our 1923 plantings 
gave a yield of from 60 to 85 
bushels per acre. As for quality 
we have never seen anything bet¬ 
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