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THE R.U R-A.I> NEW-YOKKER 
October 24, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Small Gasoline Traction Engines. 
W. Ii. V., Nampa, Idaho. —Docs any manu¬ 
facturer make a gasoline traction outfit as 
small as the one H. B. Kean made and used, 
page 646? I should think that size of out¬ 
fit would soon become popular among farm¬ 
ers ; the size used out here is entirely too 
large and expensive for a small farmer to 
use or buy. 
Ans. —The smallest power we know of- 
for a gasoline traction is 10-horse. 
While Mr. Kean’s motor works a 
stronger power will be better. With it 
you could drag two plows or one plow 
followed by a harrow. 
Gasoline Engines in Cold Weather. 
Being interested in gasoline engines, 
and having a good deal of experience 
with them, I would like to give those of 
your readers who own engines and have 
trouble starting them in cold weather, 
the benefits of a little knack I learned 
by experience several years ago. I sim¬ 
ply turn the wheels over so the next 
revolution will give a spark, and then 
inject a few squirts of gasoline into 
the cylinder with a common oiler; in my 
engine I remove the tube igniter to get 
an opening into the cylinder, to inject 
the gasoline; after screwing the tube in 
again I turn the wheels; the spark 
ignites the vapor, and off she goes. I 
have started engines in this way when 
owners couldn’t start them with three 
men at the wheels on a cold morning. 
Idaho. w. b. v. 
R. N.-Y.—This method is in use by 
some operators. There is no objection 
to it on the score of safety, as if an 
excessive amount of gasoline were used 
the result would be that the mixture 
would not explode, as it would be too 
rich, not having the proper proportion 
of air. ________ 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Eggs. —From 14 to 38 cents is a vride 
range in the price of eggs, but this difference 
is noted at present, 14 cents being for what 
are known as dirties, and 38 for fancy 
white. Both of these prices are extreme. 
Average grades run from 25 to 30 cents. 
Storage stock is working out on a basis of 
19 to 21 cents. 
Ambebgris is a product seci’eted by 
the digestive organs of a sick whale. As 
the market for it is never fully supplied, 
it is evident that the special form of 
cetacean illness resulting in the secretion 
of ambergris is not a common complaint. 
The price paid runs from $200 to $500 per 
pound, and it is used solely as a base for 
high-grade perfumes, having the power of 
holding in solution the various essential oils 
used in the blended perfumes, making the 
odor lasting. 
Comparative Prices. —Will you give the 
prices on farm produce, including grain, 
wool, butter, milk, poultry, eggs, fruit, etc., 
during or at some specified time, say Octo¬ 
ber 1, 1896 and 1908, choosing some one of 
your State markets?” h. s. e. 
Iowa. 
Here are the comparative prices in New 
York markets. They show some sharp con¬ 
trasts. It will be remembered that 1895 
and 1896 were a period of decidedly hard 
times. 
1896 
1908 
GRAIN, Wheat, bn— 
60 
@ 
69 
1.04 
@ 1 
.08 
Rye, bu. 
36 
@ 
46 
75 
@ 
77 
Corn, bu. 
25 
@ 
28 
78 
@ 
80 
Oats, bu. 
Barley, bu. 
21 
@ 
29 
55 
@ 
62 
26 
28 
58 
@ 
60 
BUTTER, Creamery... 
12^ @ 
15 Hi 
22 
@ 
28 
State Dairy. 
11 
@ 
14 
18 
@ 
25 
Factory. 
07 
@ 
07 ^ 
18 
@ 
19 
CHEESE, Full Cream. 
EGGS, Fancy, doz. 
08« @ 
09 
13 
@ 
14 
21 
@ 
22 
35 
@ 
37 
Average Grades.... 
14 
@ 
18 
25 
@ 
30 
APPLES, bbl. 
1.00 
(ft 
1.75 
1.50 
@ 3 
.50 
PEACHES, bu. 
1.25 
@ : 
1.75 
1.00 
@ 2 
.00 
PEARS, Bartlett, bbl. 
3.00 
@ i 
5.00 
2.50 
@ 5 
i.OO 
HAY, Ton.12.00 
@16.00 11.00 
@16 
i.oo 
WOOL. 
15 
@ 
20 
15 
@ 
20 
MILK, qt. 
02 Hs 
03« 
CALVES, Dressed. 
05 
@ 
09 
09 
@ 
12 
PORK. 
04 
@ 
06 
09 
@ 
10 
TURKEY8, lb. 
12 
@ 
14 
15 
@ 
20 
CHICKENS. 
12 
@ 
16 
16 
@ 
22 
POTATOES, bbl. 
1.00 
@ : 
1.25 
1.75 
@ 2 
.60 
Potatoes. —The market continues prac¬ 
tically without change. The nearby Jersey 
crop is turning out very light On the farm 
where the writer lives one patch, the plant¬ 
ing of three barrels of seed, yielded seven 
barrels of marketable potatoes, but too small 
to bring top price. This piece was on good 
soil and well cared for, but was hit by a 
15-day drought at the most critical time, 
when the tubers were setting. A potato 
yam from Kansas says that it is now a 
violation of the law to sell potatoes in that 
State without cleaning off the dirt. One 
grocery firm is said to have bought a lot of 
potatoes weighing 385 pounds gross, which 
yielded a net of 180 pounds tubers, there 
being 205 pounds of dirt and sacks. The 
dealers are now said to be screening the 
potatoes the same as coal. This sounds 
strange to growers on Long Island, N. Y., 
where potatoes roll out from the digger with 
practically no soil clinging to them. 
Nuts. —Chestnuts started at very high 
figures, $12 per bushel, but soon dropped 
to $3. For the past week the supply has 
been lighter and market a little improved 
with sales running from $4 to $5 for wild 
nuts. Cultivated nuts sell a little lower. 
There is a prejudice against the large 
chestnuts by those unfamiliar with the best 
of large varieties. They get some of the 
inferior European giants, with insipid flesh 
and bitter inner skin, and assume that all 
large ones are of this quality. A taste of 
Paragon, slightly wilted, changes their opin¬ 
ion. The best grades of wild chestnuts at 
retail bring 25 cents per pound, or at the 
rate of $15 per bushel. These are care¬ 
fully assorted, with practically all culls and 
wormy nuts thrown out. One way of sort¬ 
ing is to throw a bag full into a tub of 
water. The false and most of the wormy 
nuts rise to the top and are skimmed off. 
The others are then drained on a wire 
screen and quickly gone over by band. 
w. w. H. 
The automobile halted before the 
general store of the village. The 
owner-chauffeur alighted and accosted 
k 
LOW 
to the 
Cheap Lands 
Plan to go on one of these days— 
r Nov. 3d & 17th, Dec. 1st & 15th' 
The trip will not costmuch. These special 
low-fare tickets over the Rock Island- 
Frisco-C. & E. I. Lines will allow you to go 
one way and return another, without extra 
cost. You will see more of the Southwest 
than you could in any other way, and can 
better decide where to locate. 
Ask the ticket agent to sell you a ticket 
over the Rock Island-Frisco-C. & E. I. 
Lines, either through Chicago, St. Louis, 
Kansas City, St. Joseph, Memphis or Bir¬ 
mingham. 
If you will tell me where you want to go, 
I will tell you the cost of a ticket and 
send you a map-schedule. 
I will also send you some Interesting 
books about the Southwest. They will in¬ 
form you of opportunities waiting for you 
there, and will open your eyes to new pos¬ 
sibilities. Write for free copies today. 
JOHN SEBASTIAN, Pass. Traffic Mgr. 
1914 LaSalle Station, Chicago 
1914 Frisco Building, St. Louis 
How to Keep Farm Accounts 
Particulars Free. Steiner & Co., Toledo, Ohio 
0,000 WILDER CURRANT BUSHES, 30,000 
RUBY RASPBERRY PLANTS FOR SALE. 
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J. F. WYGANT, Marlboro, New York. 
Farm Earnings 
are easily increased by the use 
of this economical and valu¬ 
able addition to feed room or 
dairy. Costs little, wears for 
years and useful every day. 
“ Farmer’s 
Favorite 
Feed Cooker and Boiler j 
Makes more productive stock feeding. For heat¬ 
ing water, sterilizing milk cans, rendering lard, 
boiling sap, canning fruit, and other uses of far¬ 
mers,poultrymen,stock raisers,fruit growers,etc. 
LEWIS MFC. CO., Box C, Cortland, N. Y. 
DULL RAZOR 
Not if you use “HONEINE.” Rub a little on 
your strop once in a while, and know the pleasure 
of a real smooth shave. Money back if it doi s not 
sharpen the dullest razor better and quicker than 
anything you have ever tried; honing Included, 
will not injure strop or razor. Price 10 cents post- 
£ aid, stamps or silver. NICOLL-BKO iVN CO., 
>ept. I), 273 E. 140th Street, New York. 
NOW:- 
Order your Fruit Trees now while 
The Nurseries have a full stock to select 
from, either for fall or spring shipment. 
Call’s Nurseries, Perry, Ohio, have a 
large stock of the finest fruit trees, and 
always at reasonable prices. They deal 
direct with the farmers and guarantee 
satisfaction. Ask them for Price-list. 
WANTED.—Alfalfa Hay, 
NOW and later. Quote delivered. 
R. F. SHANNON, Sewickley, All’y Co., Penn. 
'THE ENORMOUS YIELD of 50,000 quarts of 
* Strawberries now growing by my system on 
one acre, Send for CHA RT. 
KEVITT’S PLANT FARM. Athenia, N. J. 
a drowsy clerk. “I want a linen dus¬ 
ter,” he said. *T am very sorry,” said 
the clerk, “but we are just out of linen 
dusters. I can let you have a nice 
feather duster.”—Credit Lost. 
We offer the FINEST and LARGEST assortment of 
Nursery Stock we have ever handled. All the best varieties 
| of FRUITS and ORNAMENTALS that are healthy and 
native grown, f Also have a fine line of selected large stock in 
ORNAMENTALS and FRUITS which will give results at once and snre to live. Let us give yon a price 
on your wants before ordering elsewhere. UWe do LANDSCAPE GARDENING in all its brandies. 
fWrite to-day for onr FREE illustrated catalogue. T. J. DWYER & CO., Box 1, Cornwall, N. Y. 
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