"American Agriculturist, March 22, 1924 
AMONG THE FARMERS 
OF NEW YORK 
W E have had quite a run of good 
sleighing here around Geneva. How¬ 
ever, the third of March finds us with 
warmer weather. The snow is melting 
and getting thin in spots. Farmers are 
hauling out manure and wood, getting 
ready for spring in general. Auctions are 
quite numerous these days. Some things 
are selling quite low. Hay and grain are 
bringing good prices.—H. D. S. 
February made up for what the rest rtf 
the winter lacked. During the last week 
of that month the mercury dropped to 4° 
below zero at Canandaigua. We have had 
enough snow to give us a good run of 
sleighing. In fact the roads have been 
blocked enough in some places to stop the 
mails. Several farmers in this section are 
going out of business. Auctions are more 
numerous than usual. Wheat is now 
bringing $1.10; barley, 70c; oats, 60c; 
corn, 94c; potatoes, 80c; butter, 40c per 
lb.; eggs, 40c; fowls, 27c; veal, 12}^c; 
lamb, 12c; pork, 6c; beef, 10c; red kidney 
beans, $6.00 per hundred. The granges 
are very active and doing good work.— 
E. T. B. 
Along the Southern Tier 
T HE price of milk to producers supply¬ 
ing the Binghamton market has 
been fixed at six cents a quart for the 
month of March. A reduction of one 
cent per quart has been made to con¬ 
sumers, who now pay 13 cents for Grade 
B milk, pastuerized. 
The Universal Can plant at Hillcrest, 
near Binghamton, after a period of in¬ 
action lasting about two years, has been 
reopened and is now producing 100,000 
tin containers for evaporated and con¬ 
densed milk daily, with a capacity of 
600,000. This factory was originally 
built by the Hires Can Co., but is now 
owned by the Nestle’s Food people. 
Ice cream is also made at this plant, the 
brand “Every-day Ice Cream” having 
been adopted. One hundred and thirty 
hands are at present employed at this 
factory. It is also announced that 
icd-making machinery is being installed 
and will shortly be put into operation. 
At this writing farmers are getting 
their maple sugar making utensils ready 
for the next thaw, but as yet no trees 
have been tapped. Many, if not most 
of the sugar makers of Cortland County, 
are members of the pooling association, 
which is extending the sphere of its 
operations considerably this year. 
Several towns of Broome County are 
planning new highways this year, the 
total estimates at present for the total 
cost of construction being placed at 
$ 100 , 000 . 
Hay and straw are still moving out, 
the former at a price around $22 and the 
latter $16 per ton, baled. Some alfalfa 
is being shipped in by the local dairy 
and stockmen. 
The tuberculosis eradication campaign 
is going on steadily. Farmers are slow 
in replacing cows which are condemned, 
on account of the unsettled milk condi¬ 
tions.—E. L. Vincent. 
In the North Country 
T^EBRUARY as a month was colder 
* than normal and enabled everyone 
to put up sufficient ice for next summer’s 
use. Heavy snowfalls coupled with the 
cold made traveling difficult, blocked 
practically all the bus lines, and caused 
the railroads trouble for a few days. 
Milk shipments were delayed at different 
times—partly by milk trains not being 
able to hold to their schedules and partly 
by farmers being unable to get the milk 
to the stations. 
The bulk of the hay for market has been 
sold by the farmers but there is quite a 
bit still in the hands of the dealers. 
Some farmers who ran short due to light 
crop or to selling short will have to buy. 
I'he price has ranged between $15.00 and 
$18.00. . With eggs coming on the 
markets hi constantly increasing numbers 
the price has dropped off very materially. 
Old timers are planning on a big run of 
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