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PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Tho cut in milk prices to the producer 
has been more general—$1.81 for R, cov¬ 
ering a large amount of business, and 10 
cents less for C grade- This means 3% 
and 314 to shippers who get the full price. 
* 
Egg prices are practically the same as 
last week, though nearer a decline, judg¬ 
ing from the general tone of trade. Re¬ 
ceipts have been heavier than were ex¬ 
pected. Rome fancy white eggs whole¬ 
sale at 38 cents, but they must be large 
to do this; 35 is nearer the limit for most 
shipments, and 30 for brown. 
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The better grades of butter advanced 
two cents during the week. Business in 
medium and low quality is very dull. 
The dairy butter now arriving is showing 
a poor average quality, considerable going 
at 20 to 21 cents, while packing stock 
runs as low as 10. The best storage 
creamery brings 27, and best fresh 28!4. 
There were launched during 19.13, 
1,881 merchant vessels, with 2,651,000 
tonnage, a net increased of 800.000 over 
previous years. 
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Norway ships large quantities of salt 
mackerel to this country, last year’s out¬ 
put being 41,7<X) barrels, worth approxi¬ 
mately $500,000. 
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Argentina is sending from 10.000 to 
25,000 quarters of beef to the United 
States weekly, in addition to an average 
of 10.000 carcasses of mutton. 
Textile mills at Fall River, Maes., 
capitalized at $30,600,000, and operating 
3.200,000 spindles, show a net surplus 
for tlie year of $586,377. Of these 38 
corporations, the stock has sold recently 
at from 100 to 175, the remainder run¬ 
ning from 60 to par. 
St. John, New Brunswick, lias a large 
shipping business, and the Dominion 
Government is to spend $3,000,000 in 
dock and harbor improvements. This 
will use 14,500,000 feet of timber, in ad¬ 
dition to concrete for surface of the 
wharves. The sub-strueture of the 
wharves must be very deep, as they must 
extend 30 feet below low water and pro¬ 
vide fur a tide rise of at least 20 feet. 
The wool market iu the East continues 
very tirm, with prices tending upward. 
Manufacturers are showing a decided 
interest especially in medium and fine do¬ 
mestic wools. Recent reported prices are: 
Ohio half blood combings, 23% to 24; 
quarter blood, 22% to 23; XX, 26 to 27. 
Canada’s first large shipment of free wool 
(50,000 pounds) passed through the port 
of Ogdensburg, N. Y., February 6. bound 
for New York. 
« 
The practice of branding Bou Davis 
apples "Red Roman” or some other name 
than the right one appears to be increas¬ 
ing in the East, and with the sanction 
of experienced and reputable fruit grow¬ 
ers. The excuse given is that the variety 
has been criticised so much that the ap¬ 
ple's w ill not sell for what they are worth 
unless labelled differently. This may be 
true in a small minority of cases, but 
they are exceptions. The rule is that 
the man who buys Ben Davis knows what 
it is as soon as he sees it and pays as 
much for it uuder one name as another- 
Au attempt to dispose of it under a false 
name is sure to result in dissatisfaction 
to the buyer, and is really au injury to 
the business, although it may not appear 
so to those who see only part of the trans¬ 
action. The Ben Davis is in a elass by 
itself, profitable for late keeping and long 
distance shipment, fairly good when 
properly baked, but never a dessert va¬ 
riety, no matter what fancy name is 
hitched to it. \V. W. H. 
Western Reserve Holstein Breeders 
met February 2. 1914, at the pleasant 
home of E. L. Taylor and wife of Burton. 
The following officers were elected for 
the year: President, C. II. Ford, Burton. 
O.; first vice-president, L- G. Richards. 
Burton: second vice-president. George 
Hodges, Newbury; third vice-president. 
Howard Newcomb. Burton; fourth vice- 
president, N. E. Shallower. Burton ; 
secretary, B. .T. Shallower. Burton; cor 
responding secretary, Rev. George E. 
Merrill. Burton ; treasurer, E. E. Taylor. ! 
Two new directors were elected. A. S. | 
Boswell. Russell, and C. F. Harrison. 
Middlelield. Date of meeting, which lias 
been first Monday of every other month, 
was changed to the first Friday, which 
would be more convenient for the ladies, 
who contribute no little enthusiasm to 
these helpful meetings. Then followed a 
talk on Holsteins, which would cause 
even the sheep man to want to own one 
of the black and white beauties that have 
placed Geauga County in the eyes of the 
world, owning as they do four out of 
six of the world’s greatest cows, besides 
scores of fine cattle whticli find ready 
sale at owner’s door. 
MRS. JAMES LAMPMAN. 
IMMIGRANT LABOR BUREAU. 
This bureau, maintained by the Ger¬ 
man Society of the City of New York, 
and the Irish Emigrant Society, is a free 
market for immigrant labor open to all 
employers throughout the United States. 
Its headquarters have recently been 
moved from Pier 1. North River, to 15 
Pearl street. Supt. \Y. AY. Meara makes 
the following statement about the 
bureau’s work : 
1. AA’hile maintained by the societies 
named above, immigrants of all nation¬ 
alities are equally privileged in the 
bureau; and due attention is given to an 
employer’s preference iu this respect. 
2. This office charges no fees or com¬ 
mission of any sort to employer or im¬ 
migrant. 
3. Land speculators are excluded from 
the privilege of the bureau and all propo¬ 
sitions looking to the sale or leasing of 
land to immigrants will be rejected. 
4. Employers applying at this office 
must furnish satisfactory references. 
Agents must be duly authorized by their 
principals and lie well recommended. 
5. This office does not make contracts 
for immigrants with the employer; it 
does not fix the amount of wages nor the 
time of service, nor prescribe any other 
condition of the contract; it leaves all 
these matters to lie settled by the volun¬ 
tary agreement of the parties immediately 
interested, and asists them only by giv¬ 
ing needful information and advice. 
6. Employers must in all cases provide 
for the transportation of the employee to 
their respective places of destination. 
If the means sufficient to pay travelling 
expenses are remitted to this office with 
the request to send hired help to the ap¬ 
plicant. we shall see that the employee 
is properly started on his journey. 
Due diligence will be used to execute 
such requests; but employers are made 
aware that delay may unavoidably oc¬ 
cur—either through increased demand 
advancing wages beyond rate fixed by 
employer—-the falling of supply—or diffi¬ 
culty of securing suitable persons with 
sufficient baggage to protect the employer 
against loss of travelling expenses. 
In such application employers should 1 
state distinctly the description of labor I 
required, the nationality preferred and 
the rate of wages proposed. 
Remittance to this office should be | 
made in national currency, Post Office 
order or checks on a New York city bank. 
7. To secure the arrival of employees, 
we shall, where it is possible, have their 
baggage checked through to destination, 
and the checks sent by mail or express 
to the employer. When through check¬ 
ing of the baggage is not feasible it will 
be forwarded by express. 
Pulping Beets for Hens. 
I believe that poultry would eat more 
green feed in the form of mangel wurzel 
beets, if the beets were grated and fed to 
them in stone crocks, and with a desire to 
do this, I have been looking for informa¬ 
tion in the farm and poultry papers for 
some machine suitable for grating tip 
beets, turnips, and other such vegetables 
for poultry feed. The only ones I have 
seen cut the vegetables in too large pieces. 
It seems to me they should be grated up 
about as fine as the dry beet pulp comes. 
Do you know whether any such machine 
is made? If so, I should be glad to learn 
of it. K. M. P. 
Connecticut. 
R. N.-Y'.—Who can tell us where to 
find a ‘‘beet pulper” such as are made 
iu Europe? 
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