American Agriculturist, February 23, 1924 
Among the Farmers 
New York Grange Fights Daylight Saving 
Hi* New York State Grange, at its it out a while longer. Very few farms are 
annual meeting, which was recently changing hands this season either by lease 
held in Buffalo, passed a resolution en 
dorsing the work of the Empire State 
Anti-Daylight Saving Association. The 
resolution was as follows: 
WHEREAS, the annual practice of 
advancing the clocks one hour, for 
a period of five months in the year, in 
various cities and municipalities of the 
Empire State, imposes upon the rurai 
population great financial and economic 
losses, endless confusion, and hardship 
to citizens of our State in various lines 
of business and industry, and 
WHEREAS, Dr. Nobler, of the New 
York City Dept, of Health, has declared 
it harmful to children, Therefore be it 
RESOLVED, that the New York State 
Grange, in session at the Hotel Statler, 
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 5th to the 8th, 1924, 
add its endorsement and support to the 
movement of the Empire State Anti- 
Daylight Saving Association for the 
repeal of Chapter 70, Laws of 1921, and 
the introduction and passage of a law 
to restore Eastern Standard time to the 
entire State of New York. 
or through sale. The Seymore Farms 
were recently sold at auction to settle the 
estate of the late William Seymore whose 
farm is just on the outskirts of the village 
of Stillwater. Anson Collins, of Mechan- 
icsville, bought the place for $12,000. The 
buildings on the farm, which consists of 
about 100 acres, are very fine. 
Radio is becoming about as indispensa¬ 
ble to farmers as telephones.—E. S. 
Rodgers. 
Dutchess County.—We are now get¬ 
ting the first sleighing of the winter. 
Cows are selling at low prices. The situa¬ 
tion now makes it very evident that we 
dairymen have got to take care of the 
surplus milk—it won’t do to dump it on 
the market. Potatoes are bringing $1.50 
a bushel, butter 00c a pound, stock feeds 
are very high, too high in fact. Live 
poultry is 25c to 30c a pound, dressed pork 
12c a pound, hay $25 to $30 a ton. Calves 
are in good demand. Ice houses have been 
filled with 10- to 12-inch fee. It is re¬ 
ported that a State road will be built this 
coming summer to run from Millbrook to 
Hopewell Junction. It is what we need 
and want; the sooner the better, for the 
NEW YORK COUNTY NOTES 
St. Lawrence County.—The Champion roads are Ver -V bad.—P. W. 
Creamery located at Chipman recently - 
published its 41st annual report. The 
Creamery was opened in 1883 with 2G 
patrons. It has been in operation under 
the same management and at the present 
time has over 200 patrons. During 1823 
NEW JERSEY FIGHTING 
HIGHER TAXES 
A RILL is before the Legislature of 
.i r' i j, , , „„ „ - A New Jersey, known as the Mathis 
the Creamery handled 1,851,906 pounds Senate Bm> pr i viding for an a p propria . 
of cream. The average once for butter tion o{ $130 ,000 for a channel to the in- 
land waterway between Manahawkin 
Bay and Beachhaven. Although friends 
of the measure are pushing the bill as hard 
as possible, its opponents are working 
equally as hard and arguing that with all 
which recently gave birth to twin calves, the high taxes at present this is no time 
One of the calves was perfect in every for spending such large sums of public 
detail, while the other has two heads with money, 
a normal body. The dam is a small five- 
year-old Ayrshire. Mr. Sizeland is doing 
his best to raise the freak. 
Tioga County.— Milk prices have gone 
to smash and the farmers feel pretty 
cream. The average price for butter 
was $.5698 and the average net price of 
fat was $.6141.— Thomas F. Rutherford. 
St. Lawrence County.—Edward Size- 
land, whose farm is about a mile and 
a quarter from Heuvelton, has a cow 
New Jersey County Notes 
Salem County.—At our farmers’ meet¬ 
ings that we have been holding to discuss 
crop problems we find that there seems to 
much down on their luck as feed prices be a general feeling that prices of ferti- 
have turned upwards, making it hard 
figuring to come out even.—C. A. B. 
Chautauqua County.—We have had 
little or no snow this winter except in 
places where the snow drifted which made 
traveling bad. Our roads have been kept 
open fairly well and little trouble has 
been experienced in traveling. Ice is 
about 10 inches thick and the harvest 
has commenced.—P. S. S. 
In the Hudson Valley 
Saratoga County.—February 2 ushered 
in the first bit of real winter of the season. 
Automobiles have been in uninterrupted 
use even on the dirt roads all winter, up 
to now. The new snow plows purchased 
by the town were given their first real 
test and work during the first week of the 
month. 
State and county taxes are slightly 
lower this year compared with last year. 
A very fine quality of ice is being har¬ 
vested at the present time. 
Local dealers are paying 45c a dozen for 
eggs. There is little or no home demand 
for poultry. Traveling buyers are the 
only ones who are relieving farmers of 
their poultry stock. 
New milch cows are bringing high 
prices, but beef cattle are almost a drug 
on the market. Veal calves are bringing 
9c a pound in this section. Butter prices 
hold about the same range, bringing 50c 
a pound wholesale. Feeds of all kinds are 
high. 
. A great deal of wood has been consumed 
as fuel this winter hereabouts, due to the 
high costs and poor quality of coal. 
While farmers are very dissatisfied with 
prices paid for farm products, and with 
the general condition outlook for agricul¬ 
ture, nevertheless the tendency in this 
section seems to be to hold on and to stick 
lizers and feeds are getting to be higher, 
this year than last year, at least in this 
section. For instance, lima and all other 
beans and peas are about twice as high. 
On the other hand our prospects are not 
any rosier and it is quite evident that 
another hard year faces the farmer and 
more so on account of the shortage of help. 
On account of this handicap farmers will 
undoubtedly cut some of their acreage and 
guide themselves according to the help 
available in their own family.—B. 
Mercer County.—Up to the first week 
in February we had hardly enough snow 
to cover the ground. In fact there has 
been a great deal of winter work done in 
eastern Mercer County. Fruit growers 
are busy trimming trees, cleaning fence 
rows and turning brush to get rid of scale 
insects and caterpillars. The second week 
in Februarv finds us with good sleighing. 
—Mrs. J. E. H. 
Hunterdon County.—Up to the first 
week in February we have had most 
unusual weather. Up to the second farm¬ 
ers were hauling out manure and getting 
ready for spring work. We have not had 
a great deal of ice. Streams have been 
open all the while. Creameries have been 
shipping ice from Bear Creek. The freight 
is $2.80 a ton. Very little live stock mov¬ 
ing at the present time as the drop in milk 
prices has put a great loss on the farmer. 
There are a great many farms in this sec¬ 
tion for sale or rent. Taxes are the most 
grievous burden for the time. No farm 
help can be had at the present time.— 
J. R. F. 
I have enjoyed your paper for years. 
Good advice on every page. Best wishes 
for its future.—W. D. Ragan, Gtenfield, 
N. Y. 
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