1913. 
THE RURAE NEW-YORKEH 
383 
BUSINESS 
AN OLEO ADVERTISING TRICK. 
I enclose an advertisement from the 
"Trenton True American” wbieb is abont 
as slick a piece of literature as is often 
seen. Of course the stuiT advertised is 
oleomargarine, but probably most of those 
who buy it imagine they are getting but¬ 
ter. Why is it that the oleo men are so 
ashamed of their product? P. s. w. 
Hopewell, N. J. 
II. N.-Y.—The evident scheme of the 
oleo men is to go just as far as they dare 
Cold Wave Sends 
Butler Higher 
,60c. Before the Close of Winter 
It U op U> tbo Working Poeplo whrther they want to pay this prior. 
pet us wit e over 10©. to 15c.-a pound on your Bmtcr bl'J. 
! Wisconsin 
Creamery 
28 c . a lb # 
tfroaTi fro nr .burn to cohsunirr. 
Equnr to tho finest June Butter In tnat*\ 
We sell direct to the people; we do not Mil dealers. Out price, 2te» tel 
all. 
In making the people think oleo is butter. 
This advertisement is a good illustration 
of the way they do it. Notice how care¬ 
ful they are not to mention oleo or to say 
that this is butter, yet a little study will 
show anyone what they are up to. This 
is only one seheme of dozens which the 
oleo people work, all the time claiming that 
they want to sell oleo for just what it is! 
Farmers and Retailers. 
Enclosed you will find the advertisement 
of one of Hartford's leading grocers (J. P. 
Guilford), which I cut out of to-night’s 
Hartford Times. I thought you might like 
The State Pomological Society 
Will'll*vo k BiMmMlcent oxhibtf of fruit at Foot Guard Hall Wednesday and 
Thursday'of this day and evening. Admbwlon la fro© and they want- 
as many of the public to attend as possible. Bo sure to go and seo what Con¬ 
necticut U growing in the way of fruit. You will bo surprised, interested and 
delighted, so go this evening, lo-murrow morning or afternoon. Some of tho 
lx*>t .specimens will bo found pn .sale at our store after She show to over. No 
fruit grown anywhere has the flavor of Connecticut grown fruit. 
CITY HALL GROCERY, 42 STATE ST. 
to see it, as it is the first time such a 
thing has happened in Hartford as far as I 
know, J. P. k. 
Glastonbury, Conn. 
R. N.-Y.—This is the first time we have 
noticed such a thing. It is a good sign 
when city business men begin to realize 
that farmers meetings offer a good place 
to attract business. 
California Fruit. 
The following statement shows what was 
received for 94 boxes of high-class Cali¬ 
fornia oranges this season. This fruit 
was shipped to Wichita, Kans., and was 
packed by a good fruit company: 
2S boxes @ $1.75.$49.00 
17 boxes @ 2.00. 34.00 
49 boxes @ 1.75 . 85.75 
$168.75 
Packing and selling at .47%. $44.65 
Freight, etc.79.06 
$123.71 $123.71 
$45.04 
This makes the net returns on 94 boxes, 
about 48 cents a box. This fruit was well 
handled and probably sold as well as it 
could be. The promoters who are trying 
to sell orange groves would not be likely 
to use these exact figures. 
Direct Dealing with Farmers. 
I was much interested in yonr article 
on page 163 on Florida oranges and parcel 
post. I' would like to get four or five 
boxes of oranges at my home at such a 
price as will save me money and make 
some for Mr. Kimball. This orange inci¬ 
dent serves as one illustration of what 
your paper would be able to accomplish 
in lessening the cost of living, and I think 
farmers throughout New England, as well 
as other places, where your paper goes, 
should be encouraged to state what they 
will put their fruit and produce on board 
the ears for, so that the ultimate con¬ 
sumer can make direct communication with 
them and thus save the enormous charge 
of the middleman. Thus, for instance, I 
would buy iu Winter four or five barrels 
of Baldwin apples direct from a farmer, 
if the distance from my home is not too 
remote. The same is true of squash, po¬ 
tatoes, onions and any produce, in fact 
that can be kept for several months’ time. 
Pawtucket, R. I. j. l. j. 
R. N.-Y.—Some such plan will one day 
he worked out. It will take some time to 
develop such a trade, and shippers must be 
very careful about the quality of their 
goods. It will not do for them to say 
“anything is good enough.”' Only the 
finest produce should ever be shipped iu 
that way. 
Tobacco is raised quite extensively all 
through this section of the country. An 
average crop will yield about 1500 pounds 
to au acre, and will bring anywhere from 
10 to 15 cents a pound. Below are prices 
the farmers are getting for produce at re¬ 
tail prices. Eggs, 25 to 30 cents per 
dozen ; chickens, dressed, 24 to 25 : Alfalfa 
hay, $14 to $16; Timothy, $15 to $16; po¬ 
tatoes, 65 to 75 ; apples, 45 to 85 ; turnius, 
35 to 40; Winter squash, three to four 
cents per pound; butter, 30 to 32 per 
pound; onions, 50 cents per bushel; beans, 
$2.50 per bushel; pork, 10% to 11 per 
pound. E. W. c. 
Baldwiusville, N. Y. 
February 24.—Apples on farm, 50 cents; 
at Binghamton, 75; potatoes on farm, 50; 
Binghamton, 60; hay at farm. $12 a ton; 
Binghamton, 16 miles away, $20. Eggs at 
farm, 18: beef, $9 to $10 per 100 pounds 
dressed at farms; butter, 30; lambs, 15 
cents at Binghamton. C. S. G. 
Apalachin, N, Y. 
DIARY OF A “ BACK-TO-THE-LANDER.” 
Maple Sugar Making. 
March 15, to-day, I tapped about 75 
maple trees. These trees range in size from 
five to 12 inches; too small but they are 
the largest ones I have. The maple does 
not seem to do well here for some reason. 
They grow very slowly, and when they 
reach the size of perhaps seven or eight 
inches in diameter they begin to die; any¬ 
way, as I see it, they are not particularly 
valuable, so I intend to get all out of them 
I can, and when they begin to show signs 
of dying they will be cut for fuel. Their 
place will be occupied by Red oak, pine or 
basswood: the latter does well here and 
makes a rapid growth, as does the oak. 
There is but very little pine on the farm, 
but since I have learned the secret, I have 
done considerable transplanting both in the 
wood and in the open with entire success. 
As to my sugar operations I suppose there 
are men in Vermont who would think my 
method somewhat old fashioned. I bore 
holes with a five-eighths bit. My spouts 
were made of small sumach trees cut in 
lengths of about 10 inches, which were 
split in half to within three inches of the 
end. and the pith removed. For pails 
my wife and I raked up everything about 
the kitchen and cellar that would hold a 
quart or more. True, I can get the latest 
thing in sap spouts and enough bright 
shining tin pails for $10 or $12 plus freight 
charges, but I don't happen to have the 
$10. not even the plus. I shall boil the 
sap in an open iron kettle until quite 
sweet, then take it to the house, where 
ray wife finishes the operation on the kitch¬ 
en range. 
March 27. This is the first good “sap 
day" we have had in some time. Sap is 
running nicely. I have been pruning and 
grafting plum trees to-day, when I was 
not gathering sap. Some of my “pails” 
hold only a quart, such as coffee 'cans, and 
they require frequent attention. In graft¬ 
ing I use melted wax which I apply with 
a brush. I find this method much quicker 
and easier, and I find that I can do a 
much better job. I have designed a simple 
arrangement for keeping my wax melted 
which consists of a square tin can about 
seven inches square and about 10 inches 
high. About four inches from the bottom 
of the can I punched some holes in the 
sides, which permit the gas and smoke to 
escape from the small hand lamp which 
I place. in the bottom. Five inches from 
the bottom I nailed cleats to the inner 
sides, and on these cleats I placed a tight- 
fitting square of sheet iron, on which I 
place my can and brush. 
March 39. In my collection of sap re¬ 
taining utensils there are about 15 glass 
fruit jars which my wife permitted me to 
take on my promise to be very careful of 
them. I have taken care to empty them 
every night, but last night the sap ran 
nearly all night and toward morning it 
turned cold and froze. This morning I 
found them all “busted,” and if my wife 
was not “mad” she gave a pretty good imi¬ 
tation. 
April 5. I have been transplanting trees 
all day. It is my intention to set quite 
a grove to the west and north of the 
house for a wind-break. The pines will be 
surrounded with a row or two of Norway 
spruce. 
April 8. As it was rainy to-day and 
there was no sap to boll, my wife and I 
papered a bedroom. In the afternoon, 
among other odd jobs, I finished selecting 
my seed beans. I take great pains with 
this task, which requires a great many 
of my spare moments for its completion, 
and particularly the red kidney bean, which 
I find are somewhat inclined to be “sporty.” 
To pass inspection they must be uniform 
in size, color, and shape. Some of them 
will show by their blunt ehoppod-off ap¬ 
pearing ends that they grew in a well 
filled pod. With those I am not so par¬ 
ticular as to their other qualifications. I 
have been selecting my seed in this way 
but three years, and already I can see a 
marked improvement. 
April 10. To-day I gathered my sap 
sprouts together, tied them iu a bundle and 
put them away; collected the make-believe 
pails, which my wife will sort over, and 
those which are worth it. she will clean 
and,put away for use next year. We 
may he able to get regular pails next year, 
and then we may not, who knows? We 
boiled 12 gallons of syrup, made 15 pounds 
of sugar, and while the snow lasted in the 
wood we had ‘stick chops.” I>id you ever 
eat stick chops? If I had a farm with a 
maple tree on it which I wanted to sell, 
I would tap that tree and invite a man 
from tho city who had never eaten stick 
chops. I wonid make some for hint, and 
if he did not buy the farm with the maple 
tree on it. I should conclude there was 
something wrong with his taste. We all 
have soft spots in our stomachs. It may 
he for chicken pot-pie, old-fashioned waf- 
lles with maple sugar, or it may be for 
baked apples. I suppose we all have our 
dislikes, too, as to things edible. But I 
have yet to find the man who will shy at 
stick chops. A man may oat stick chops 
nntil his stomach rebels, but as soon as 
the rebellion is over, be is ready for more. 
Schoharie, N. Y. a. j. h. 
At recent public sales in this vicinity 
draft horses have been bringing $175 to 
$225: driving horses, smalt demand. $75 
to $109; good large cows as high as $80; 
medium, $45 to $60. Sows with pigs. $35 
to $45. Bred sows, $27 to $38; sbotes 
bring good prices according to size. Corn. 
64 and 65 : the elevators, however, are pay¬ 
ing only 45 cents, not much selling and 
limited amount of corn on hand. Oats. 30; 
hay, baled, $10 to $12: straw, $4; plenty 
of roughage and cheap. l. t. 
Grant County, Ind. 
Steers, six to seven cents per pound; 
cows, five cents per pound: milch cows, 
$35 to $75; hogs, S; calves, 9; wheat, $1; 
corn, 50; rye, 60; oats. 35. Hay, Timothy, 
$16; clover. $13; Alfalfa, $15 ;straw, $8; 
potatoes, 70; butter, 30. Milk, wholesale, 
16, retail. 2S cents a gallon. T. M. G. 
Cleves, O. 
Hay, the best, $10 a ton; good mixed 
clover. $7 a ton : oats, 32 cents a bushel; 
corn 55 ; barley sold for 45 last Fall. Good 
milkers $50 and up: butter from 27-38 
ceuts a pound. Cattle for market four to 
five cents a pound. Potatoes 25 to 27 
cents. u. p. 
Rue Lake, Wis. 
Small Fields Too 
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will plow fenced fields of 
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Some farmers use the 
OilPull on three-acre 
patches. 
It’s all in laying out the 
land and planning the work. 
Our Plow Data-Book, 
No. 338, has all the informa¬ 
tion you need for laying out 
fields and caring for them. 
What can be done with a tractor 
is explained in our OilPull Data- 
Book, No. 352. Write for both 
books. 
Ask for the name 
of our nearest dealer. 
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