The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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So Much Milk! 
Just as foolish to 
waste milk one way as 
another — and there 
most certainly is a milk 
loss when a cow ha,s 
any form of udder or 
teat discomfort. Any 
chap, sore, scratch, 
hardened or inflamed 
condition of the udder 
or teats should be looked 
after at once. 
the grestheoling ointment penetrates, 
Boothes aixJ heals such troubles 
promptly. Very reliable and effective 
in reducing Caked Uag and in treating 
Bunches and Cow Pox. Restores nor* 
mol tissues and healthy circulation. 
Big 10-ounce packago »t reduced 
priceoi 60c —attsed dealers, general 
_ stores, druggists. 
via 1 Useful bootl.t. "Dairy 
Wrinkles.” fees 
Dairy Association 
Company, Inc. 
Lyndonvin*. Vt. 
Country-wide Produce Situation 
SHOUT CROP, BUT ACTIVE MARKET SEASON 
FOR POTATOES. OTHER VEGETABLES 
CLEANING UP AT HIGH PRICES. 
APPLES NOT DOING SO WELL 
Plainly it iw to he a big potato market 
year, despite the crop shortage. Over 
150.000 carloads have heeu shipped al¬ 
ready. There may be more potatoes still 
to come than might scorn likely at first 
thought. Much of the shortage is in 
States using most of their own crops, or 
which do not ship many potatoes iate in 
the season, while several of the late-ship¬ 
ping States that have big crops usually 
ship more than half of them in carloads, 
lienee, there will be quite a heavy move¬ 
ment yet from such regions as Northern 
Maine, Western New York, the Great 
Lakes region, and the Ilocky Mountain 
States; perhaps 40.000 cars if these late 
States ship the usual percentage of their 
crops, as they will do if prices stay fairly 
attractive. There is really uo reason to 
look for u scarcity of potatoes, because 
a sizable surplus in the sections mentioned 
will count tor a great deal. Prices al¬ 
ready have had quite a rise from the low¬ 
est. The surplus should go off easily 
enough at these prices or better. The 
reserve probably is not mueh over 2.000 
cars per week until the first of June, a 
very moderate supply if shipped evenly 
instead of flooding the market now. with 
nothing to ship at the end of the season. 
Growers are receiving from (U)e to over 
$1 per bu„ according to locality. This 
price is not likely to be exceeded so long 
as offerings continue in liberal quantities. 
City markets average about $2 per 100 
lbs. Eastern cities have remained com¬ 
paratively steady in price throughout, 
while Chicago and the producing sections 
went down rather low. but have recovered 
sharply during the past month. All that 
farmers have to do is to sell more pota¬ 
toes whenever the prices are looking at¬ 
tractive, hut hold them back on the de¬ 
clines, and then the situation should work 
out nicely. 
Onions are easier still as a selling prob¬ 
lem. The stocks (ire so limited that they 
go fast enough at any reasonable price. 
There is a point at which consumers re¬ 
fuse to buy even the few ooumls used by 
average families. The dealers found such 
a paint of resistance in the Spring of 
1917. They asked $15 per bag toward 
the end, but nobody would buy. Probably 
the buying power or disposition is not so 
strong now as in 1917. 
Cabbage is weakening under compe¬ 
tition with quite a lot of new Southern 
stuff. Southern growers knew the short¬ 
age of the Northern crop as soon as most 
of the growers knew it themselves, and 
they were planning the next onion and 
cabbage crops before the Northern crop 
had been harvested. They have not in¬ 
creased their acreage as much as might 
have been expected, but were discouraged 
somewhat by the losses of last season, 
which have not been forgotten or recov¬ 
ered from. Considerable Texas and Flor¬ 
ida cabbage is being received already. 
The average price of best old cabbage is 
about $500 per ton in the cities, and the 
new stuff sells Hear $00. Onions sell 
around $7 per 100 lbs. iu Connecticut 
Valley, and are beginning to realize the 
dreams of their holders. 
Apples are not doing so well as they 
were. Poor keeping quality is the main 
drawback. Holders may feel that the 
price will be higher in the Spring,* but 
with the fruit becoming soft, they must 
sell novv on a slow market. Hence many 
of them accept 50c per bbl. less than they 
hoped to get. The average price is still 
about $7.50 per bbl. for the best apples 
of standard kinds, hut. more apples than 
formerly arc being sold below $7. Apples 
that are doing well in storage seem to be 
held with confidence. 
G. b. F. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
January 3-Februnry 24, 1022—New 
York State School of Agriculture. Coble- 
skill. short courses in agriculture, home¬ 
making, ice-cream making. 
January 0-2$—Short courses in agri- 
cull are, Columbia University, New York 
City. 
January 23-28 — Pennsylvania Farm 
Products Week, Harrisburg, Pa. 
January 25-20—Madison Square Gar¬ 
den Poultry Show*. New York. I'. Lin¬ 
coln Orr, secretary. Orr Mills, N. Y. 
January 30 - February 3 — Farmers’ 
Week, Ohio State College, Columbus, O. 
February 2-4 — New Haven County 
Poultry Club, annual show. Armory. New 
Haven, Conn. E. A. Todd, secretary, 
Itpom 310, Federal Building, New Ha¬ 
ven, Conn. 
February 6—G.-L.-F. annual meeting, 
Binghamton, N. Y. 
February 7-10—>New* York State 
Grange, auuual meeting, Binghamton. 
N. Y. 
February 13-1$ Cornell Farmers’ 
Week, New York State College of Agri¬ 
culture, Ithaca. N. A'. 
February 10—New York Federation of 
Horticultural Societies and Floral Clubs, 
Cornell University, Ithaca. N. Y. 
February 22-24—Eastern meeting. New 
York State Horticultural Society, Pough¬ 
keepsie. N. Y. 
March 13-19—Ninth annual Interna¬ 
tional Flower Show. New York City. 
March 25-Aut'il 1—Fifth National 
Flower Show, Cleveland, O. 
May 2S-30— Southern Seedsmen’s As¬ 
sociation, annual meeting, New Orleans, 
La. 
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