American Agriculturist, March 1, 1924 
Farm News from Penn¬ 
sylvania 
Oliver D. Schock 
T OBACCO growers in Tioga county 
have organized as follows: President, 
Harry Smith, Tioga; Vice-President, 
Nate Kettle, Tioga; Treasurer, A. G. 
Bower; Secretary, _ C. A. Beiver, Law- 
renceville. Executive Committee: Harry 
Tobey, Steuben County, N. Y.; Charles 
Lugg, Nelson; George Osgood, I'awrence- 
ville; W. K. Hughes, Tioga; Jesse Claren¬ 
don, Tioga; Samuel Wells, Lambs’ 
Creek. Planning experimental culture, 
marketing and especially standardizing, 
received consideration. 
The large and modern rebuilt barn at 
the State institution for feeble-minded, 
situated at Spring City, Chester County, 
was destroyed by an incendiary fire, caus¬ 
ing a loss of $25,000. 
According to the local seedsmen, there 
is an increased demand for red and alsike 
clover seed as well as timothy and alfalfa. 
The planting of alfalfa is becoming more 
extensive. Demand for and prices of seed 
wheat, corn and oats are fairly firm. 
Representatives of the Allegany Agricul¬ 
tural Fair Association were making a tre¬ 
mendous effort to eliminate all question¬ 
able shows and gambling devices from the 
so-called midway of this season's animal 
fairs. A committee will censor and decide 
as to which features may be acceptable. 
This movement is strictly in line with the 
American Agriculturist’s stand for 
clean fairs. 
Central Pennsylvania Notes 
J. N. Glover 
The recent cold snap made seven-inch 
ice, which was stored the past several 
days. League farmers filled fi. A. Cook’s 
ice house for their haulers’ use on the 31st. 
Hay and straw are the best sellers today 
and both are scarcer than usual. Much 
wheat has been marketed lately at $1.10 
but there is no ready market for corn 
about .70 per bushel. Fat stock and bo¬ 
logna cows are slow sale, as we usually 
have buyers from the coal regions for such 
stock this time of the year. Western 
horses are being offered by local dealers at 
public sale, before the farm sales, which 
begin the latter part of February. 
In Western Pennsylvania 
P. M. McCullough 
Up to the first of January, we had a 
very mild winter but since then it 
has been pretty severe with the tempera¬ 
ture going below zero on several occasions. 
Fodder is keeping badly. Feed is scarce 
and high. Hay is bringing from $25 to 
30 a ton in the mow'. Wheat is $1.15, 
ear corn 50c, oats, 65c, buckwheat 90c, 
butter 55c, eggs 50c, hogs 10 to 12c. 
Dressed beeves are selling at 10c for 
forequarter and 12c for hinds. Horse 
hides are bringing $3, beef hides from $4 
to $6 depending on size and quality. 
Many farmers will have to buy feed long 
before spring and there is very little to 
sell at home. Dairy cows are rather low 
at present, but it is likely that prices will 
improve when springtime comes around. 
Horses have brought very poor prices at 
recent sales, especially the poorer quality. 
Very few colts are being raised, the reason 
being given that farmers claim that it 
doesn’t pay them to raise colts. The 
tables may turn in a few years in this line 
and good heavy drafters may be had at a 
premium. 
Many farmers are working in the mills or 
railroads or are finding other employment 
so as to help meet expenses. Taxes are 
by far too high at the present time and 
we are hoping in the future that they will 
be a little lower. 
Farmers are using a lot of lime 
these days but not near as much as they 
should on account of high freight rates. 
The same holds true with acid phosphate. 
Farmers in this section have been on the 
average fairly w'ell off with some making a 
downright failure. The majority of them 
will stick, how r ever, and hope for better 
times and an evening-up which they feel 
is sure to come sooner or later. 
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