Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-09

BgUoVW the averages, ' are re-
<szssszssssslEs4 shown by figures
made public to-day
by the State Department of Agricui-
ture.
The average price of horses range
from $92 in Green county to S142 in
northampton and $141 in SchuvIkilI.
Among the counties where the highest
averages are obtained are Allegheny,
carbon, Lycoming, and Schuyllxill at
Sl4O; Philadelphia at s13S: Mexican
and Warren at $135 and Lancaster at
SlS4. Low price averages are found
in Greene, S92; Adams mad Fulton.
$40; Franklin, 500; Juniata, $105;
Mifilin, $107.
Mules are highest in Philadelphia
at S154 and lowest in Greene at $100.
some OF the higher averages are found
IN northampton, Delaware, Lehigh,
Lancaster, Carbon, Montour, Schuyl-
Kill and Westmoreland. The lowest
averages for mules are in Greene, Ad-
ans, Franklin and Union.
Bucks, Philadelphia and Montgom-
cry counties. where there are dairy
farms with pure bred cattle in many
places carry off the highest prices
at $40 and $72; Forest is lowest at
$500. Fifty-five counties show an
increase of from one to eight per
cent in the number of milch cows
over the number of year ago.
The figures show that despite the
rapid increase in the number of auto
mobiles in the rural districts, forty
four counties of the State show an in
crease in farm horses over the figures
of last year at this time. There is also
a steady increase in the number of
mules.
In order to protect the farmer
against deception in the purchase of
no an, ,I
lime, paint, oil and putty, the De-
partment of Agriculture has brought
fourteen prosecutions against deal
ers selling products under false guar
antee, without registration and for
adulteration. Among the counties
where prosecutions have been brought
are Westmoreland, Blair, Erie, Alle-
gheny, for food stuff adulteration; I;
Wayne and Delaware, linseed oil ad-
liberation; Fulton and Philadelphia,
selling fertilizer without registration;
Bucks and Luzerne, fertilizer below
lawful standard; Susquehanna and
Schuylkil1, fertilizers with false nitro
gen guarantees.
Secretary of Agriculture Charles e.
Patton has subdivided the State into
subdistricts and agents have been
placed in each of these districts for
the watching of violations.
After Fake CompOunderS - An
nouncement was made this morning
by the Department of Agriculture that
fake canning compounds have made
their appearance in some of the west
ern counties of the State and the
ANALYSIS by the chemists of the Dairy
and Food Division of the department
show that the compounds in most in
stances consist entirely of boric acid.
Prosecutions will be started within
a short time, it was declared by Dairy
and Food Commissioner Foust
Automobile license applications will
have to be accompanied by certified
checks within the near future, if the
practice of paying for licenses with
checks which banks refuse to honor is
continued announced State Highway
Commissioner Cunningham this morn
ing after reVolling the license of three
dealers who paid for their tags with
checks which were returned to the
department.
To Improve Baltimore Pike.-State
Highway Commissioner Cunningham
to-day announced that he had decided
that the department would construct
State highway route No. 131, from
Wawa to the Maryland State line, by
way of Nottingham. The commits
sioner has been considering the ad-
visibility of constructing this road to
Maryland by two routes: One over
State highway route $50, by way of
Chrome and the other the original
Baltimore pike route, by way of Not
tingham. After hearing advocates of
both sides in public hearing and Civ
ing the subject careful thought, Com
missioner Cunningham decided that
the greatest good to the greatest num-
ber could be served by constructing
the road through Nottingham.
Freeing Toll Roads.-State High
way Commissioner Cunningham took
two important steps in the direction
of freeing toll roads in the eastern
part of Pennsylvania yesterday; first,
when he opened negotiations with the
Lancaster Avenue Improvement Com
pany, in Philadelphia. for the pur-
chase of that portion of the Lancaster
pike running from City Line, PhiIa-
delphia, at Overlook, to Paoli, on
which he requested that price be sub
mitted to the department and, sec
ondly, by assuring a delegation of
twenty-five citizens from Quakertown,
Perkasie, Souderton, Line Lexington.
Doylestown and Amber that he would
open negotiations with the officials of
the four turnpike companies on the
Old Bethlehem pike from Philadel-
phia to Allentown with a view of the
ultimate purchase of this highway
The delegation from the Bethlehem
pike section called by appointment,
stating that they represented $4,000
residents of Bucks and Montgomery
counties living on or near the Bethle-
hem pike. The delegation was headed
by DR.. j. p. Pursell, of Perkasie.
Meet at Erie.-No ruling as to what
is to constitute a daily wage under
the workmen's compensation law was
made yesterday at the regular ses-
sion of the State Workmen's Compen-
sation Board. Members of the board
said they had the matter under con-
sideration to be taken up at Erie,
February II.
Properties Condemned. - Eleven
condemnation proceedings were
started yesterday by the Capitol Park
Extension Commission, which has
nearly completed its charge of ac-
quiring the several acres of proposed
park land. The largest property con-
cerned is that owned by Mrs. Annie
r. Shellenberger, comprising the
State street markethouse and the Ma
tional Hotel. Other properties taken
by the commission under the right of
eminent domain are: Nos. SIG State