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r American Agriculturist, April 5,19^4 
New York Farm News 
Farmers Looking- Forward to a Better Year 
T HIS is the time of year that farmers 
are getting themselves busy. The 
weather has been favorable for starting 
spring work. Up to this time many farm¬ 
ers have been taking their fruit and vege¬ 
tables to the Rochester market, which 
has been good throughout the winter 
compared to other cities. At the present 
time there is a slump in prices of farm 
produce, which is again a hard blow in 
such time as this when farmers need 
ready cash. 
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The apple market has become dull. 
Good “A” grade sell for 75c to $1.00 per 
bushel, other grades 40c to 60c. Many 
are taken from storage on the market. 
There are quite heavy holdings as yet 
in storage and with the lateness of the 
season there is an eagerness on the part 
of holders to dispose of their fruit before 
warm weather arrives. 
The potato market has also declined, 
selling from the farmer's wagon at 75 to 
85c per bushel with light demand, other 
vegetables ditto. 
* * * 
Eggs have declined 35 to 40c. There 
are heavy shipments of western eggs ar¬ 
riving, causing the market to be over¬ 
loaded at the present time. Poultrymen 
are becoming discouraged. The demand 
for baby chicks has fallen off on account 
of the dullness of the market. Many 
plans have been suggested to help the 
farmer but all will fail as long as there is 
no demand for his produce. 
* * * 
There are still hopes the coming season 
will bring the grower more money for his 
fruit and vegetables. 
Your valuable paper comes to us 
weekly with new thoughts and ideas 
spurring us on to better things ahead.— 
J. J. Hallauer. 
In Central New York 
T HE cabbage and potato association 
sign-up is progressing in Chenango 
County. There are hardly enough po¬ 
tatoes grown in the county to warrant 
the formation of an association. How¬ 
ever, there are six towns at least where 
cabbages are grown and these are almost 
certain to become poolers in consider¬ 
able numbers in the cabbage association. 
The Earlville canvass is pretty well com¬ 
pleted and Bainbridge is well under way. 
Others are following on. The chief ar¬ 
gument that seems to obstruct is that 
the association is expected to start on 
fifty per cent, of the acreage signed up. 
In the case of cabbage at least it is likely 
that considerably over fifty per cent, will 
belong to the association. The contract 
is for five years. 
* * * 
It is reported that hay may be some¬ 
what short this spring in this vicinity. 
That may not mean that there is not 
enough for all but that farmers scattered 
about occasionally will be obliged to 
buy of neighbors. Not very much hay 
has been shipped out although there 
have been a few sales. This brings us 
to the contributory topic, that of hay not 
harvested last summer. I suppose that 
our town folks will say that there is an¬ 
other evidence of the shiftless farmer. 
Indeed, I heard something of the sort last 
summer when it was said that there was 
no excuse for not completing haying in 
good order. However, it was lack of help 
at wages that were impossible that left the 
hay unharvested. It would not bring 
enough to pay the cost of harvesting at 
usual wages. It was very properly 
left in some cases to keep up the soil 
fertility. In the case of insufficient supply 
to carry the stock through the question 
is different. One can not say whether 
something different should have been 
done or not. 
In a few cases corn was grown to feed 
a* fodder and it is helping out greatly. 
I see no reason why, with favorable 
weather conditions, we may not have 
enough hay another year. It depends 
on the weather. In some places it is re¬ 
ported that so much plowing has been 
done that there is danger of hay shortage. 
I can not see it so here. Labor is too 
difficult to find to make excessive crop¬ 
ping possible and the price of it is be¬ 
yond ability to pay as a rule. I am look¬ 
ing for a few less cows to be kept. We 
look for farming to be similar to last year 
but there seems to be danger of some¬ 
what lower milk prices than in 1923. 
Some say that this is impossible but I 
guess not that. Wish it were improbable 
but I fear not. Right now milk produc¬ 
tion is very low. High feeds is one rea¬ 
son.—H. H. Lyon. 
In the “ North Country” 
O N the 22d of March, the roads, with 
the exception of the main State 
roads which have been opened by the 
bus men with the assistance of farmers 
and others who are anxious to use them, 
are still closed to auto traffic. The 
weather has remained too cold for the 
snow to melt to any appreciable extent, 
due to the north winds that have pre¬ 
vailed. With the beginning of spring 
weather to-day the maple producers are 
starting their tapping. A few have al¬ 
ready tapped some trees and in favor¬ 
able situations report a very high grade 
syrup. 
s * * * 
The question of milk supply receives 
much discussion. This is being made 
more keen by the advertising of Shef¬ 
fields throughout the northern territory 
for more milk, and the statements of 
Dairymen’s League officials and other 
dealers that there is plenty of milk. 
The League is planning to start distri¬ 
bution of milk in the city of Watertown 
through one of the local distributors. In 
Gouverneur action has been taken 
through which only milk from tuber¬ 
culin tested cows will be sold in the vil¬ 
lage in a short time. At Ogdensburg the 
city board of health are completing ar¬ 
rangements for a closer and better inspec¬ 
tion of the milk supply and its sources, 
while at Lowville the women’s club has 
taken up the question of more careful 
selection of milk sources. 
Sheffields are constructing a new milk 
station at Lafargeville and will compete 
with the League plant at that village 
according to reports. 
Holstein-Friesian breeders of Jefferson 
County are very much interested in the 
State record recently made by Neva 
Pontiac Fairmont Lyons of 1035.88 
pounds of butter and 25,554 pounds of 
milk at 2 years of age. This heifer was 
bred by Joseph Mount at Three Mile 
Bay and was developed by G. N. Smith 
of Watertown. 
* * * 
The deep snow has caused consider¬ 
able damage to young fruit trees ac¬ 
cording to reports received at the North¬ 
ern New York office of the State Con¬ 
servation Commission. Rabbits are to 
blame for part and mice for the rest. 
The short open season for beaver has 
resulted in many of them being taken. 
Trappers from different sections flocked 
into the sections where they could be 
taken. 
Cattle feeding and selection is receiv¬ 
ing much attention these days. Pro¬ 
fessor Stimson of the State College of 
Agriculture has been in Jefferson, Lewis 
and St. Lawrence Counties talking along 
these lines at various Farm Bureau and 
Grange meetings. He is advocating the 
growth of more legumes and mixed grains 
on the average dairy farm as the basis of 
more economical production.—W. I. 
Roe. 
We all think the American Agricul¬ 
turist a fine paper. The whole family 
enjoy reading it.—C. D. Cooley, Clymer, 
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