Evening journal., 1901-12-07

this city this morning got seventy
cents bushel for It, the highest price
for years
Down-State farmers are busy just
now shipping holly and other ever
green's for the Christmas trade. Owing
to the excellent condition or the Cor
mer, evergreen farmers are realizing
good profits from its sale The ever
green is selling from 81 to $3.50 n box,
while wreaths are bringing from eight
to ten cents.
Farmers of New Castle county, and,
in fact, throughout the State, are kill
ing their porkers during the present
cold weather, and prize hogs are nu-
mefous i'm Brandywine hundred. Some
of the farmers are thinking of holding
raffles.
Milk dealers throughout the city re-
port a scarcity of milk, and several
dairies were forced to close as a cOnse-
quence one Saturday afternoon recent
liy. The shortage in the supply Is due
partly to the fall pasturage which was
scant, owing TO the drought of last
summer The rise In the price OF corn
also is affecting the supply owing to
the fact that cows are being given but
little grain.
Chickens and turkeys are being Ship
| ped In large numbers for the holiday
market, and poultry raisers report fair
prices.
The talk of forming q trust among
down-State farmers to control the price
of fruit. vegetables. etc, is being re-
vived i'm Sussex. and IL is probable that
some action may be taken in the
early spring.
The prices of horses and especially
Those suited for all-1ound farm work
is steadily on the increase. Farmers of
Sussex are buying the majority of their
lhorses i'm Baltimore, the markets of
that city being the cheapest
Butchers of Kent and Sussex counties
4 report a great scarcity Of cattle in their
u respective sections. and they are forced
TO send to this city and Philadelphia
pound has risen considerably.
4 Now is the time TO consider the
mating of your fowls the whole
month can be profitably spent in con-
sidering the males and females thai
can be mated with the greatest assur-
ance of success.
The incubators should be at work
producing the chicks for early spring
broilers. Keep a record of your ma
chine: mark down the temperature
{ each day, and make note of the time
each tray of eggs is aired each day
so as to try to settle the question how
4 long the eggs should be aired.
Your hens should be through thei
moult by this time and laying. /
properly housed and fed, the egg yiel'
! should be on the increase. Your hen
should soon be at their best; if not
it is an evidence of inefficient man
agement-yOur fault. and not the hens
Begin now to plan for early spring
Z chicks The early hatched pulletl
produce the profitable eggs for Sep
tember and October Plan for TIT
purchase of an incubator: if you in
. tend having one, get il as soon as pos
= sible. so as to practice the manage
: ment with a few eggs prior to placing
it in active use. In this way you will
= be an experienced handler by the tim
= real business should begin.
:. II you must buy any new stock 70
y your yards, attend to it at once, --
% prices grow stronger each day as IN
winter advance Now is the very bes
/ time to obtain a selection of the best
= as stocks I'm the hands of breeders be
II gin to decrease, prices advance. Blu
early and often as needed. and alway
select the very best. for it will prov
n to be the cheapest in the end. Qualit
: will be me ruling power of the future
" poor quality must make way for
, well-selected few Of quality.
All kinds OF tive stock has had
i boom the past year. Beef, pork. pOu
m try and eggs are all in good deman
IN at paying prices This must. from tn
+ nature of things. continue for son
m time at least Through all this II
a. best quality has sold for the highei
n price and at no time has the mark
ne been overcrowded with the bettl
grades. There is always a good d