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SB»c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 6, 1917. 
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1917 
Farmers cannot control the rainfall, but they can conserve it by 
good cultivation. They cannot prevent the ravages of insect pests, 
but they can minimize them by good insecticides. They can select 
their seed more carefully. They can in many cases grow two crops in 
place of one. They can back up this good work with the best of plant 
food, namely 
Bradley’s 
STANDARD 
Fertilizers 
**The World^s Best by Every Test 
9 9 
E very business farmer will 
increase his production very 
largely, this season. He 
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purpose than Bradley’s Fertilizer. 
Fertilizers have always paid. 
They will pay better than ever 
this year. 
Bradley’s Fertilizers 
Agents and Dealers wanted. Ask for Prices and Terms. 
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Pure Qualities. Wonderful values. Profits divided with 
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R. CONSOLIDATEO GAS ENGINE CO., 202 Fulton Street, New York City 
Giving Crops a Vigorous Start 
All young plants need sufficient soluble nitrogen to get a vigorous, rapid start. That’s 
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THE ROGERS & HUBBARD CO., Dept. A. Middletown, Conn. 
"We have a Fertilizer that fits each crop you grow.” 
FERTILIZERS 
Boston Produce Markets 
(Continued from page 6.) 
mand for No. 2’s at .$1.10 per bag. Po¬ 
tato receipts are of fair amount, but 
hauling in the country is light, and ship¬ 
pers cannot get cars easily. About 60 
per cent, of the Northern Maine crop 
is reported shipped. The rest are most¬ 
ly in hands of growers, and these talk 
confidently and do not seem anxious to 
sell. Plans for next season’s planting 
vary, some complaining of high prices of 
labor and fertilizers. But the lai'ger 
growers have money and are more will¬ 
ing to take a chance. Potatoes are now 
coming from Prince Edward Island once 
more, but they are a mixed lot and sell 
low’er than Aroostook potatoes. So do 
many of those from Northern New York, 
being of darker color.” 
VEGETABLES AT FIRII PRICES. 
Evidence of short supply is seen in 
the general firmness of prices at this high 
level, and there are some advances. 
Squash of standard grade can hardly be 
bought for less than $80 per ton or 
about $4 per bbl. Some small ones sold 
at __$8.25. Cabbages have ranged from 
$,’?.50 to $4.50 and seem inclined to set¬ 
tle nearer the higher price. Some deal¬ 
ers have advanced onions to $4.50 bag. 
Other vegetables are about as last quo¬ 
ted^ Beets $2 box; carrots $1.50 to 
$1.75; radishes .$2; cucumbers, choice, 
$8.50; parsnips $1.25 to $1.50; turnips 
$1.25; parsley $1.50 per box; mush¬ 
rooms 30 to 45c per lb.; tomatoes 30c 
per lb. Some dealers seem inclined to 
think that the next crop season may see 
lower prices. “For one thing,” said a 
Clinton Street veteran, "we are not like¬ 
ly to have right away another season of 
floods and drought. Then there is the 
chance of men leaving the war factor¬ 
ies and coming back to help the farm¬ 
ers. Anyhow prices can’t stay high for¬ 
ever.” 
BUTTER IX LIGHT RECEIPT. 
The price of butter has tended high¬ 
er at limes, arrivals being moderate, and 
those mostly of medium quality, or below 
extra. Quotations seem inclined to steady 
at last week’s level; ,39c for extras; 3S'c 
for firsts, and 35 to 36c for lower 
grades. Storage butter is 36 to 37i/^c. 
Kegarding the prospect for the new year, 
I. S. Ballou said: “If we should get 
lieaco, prices might hold up for a time, 
but later we might see a big change when 
we get the full effect of the new tariff 
and the increased competition which it 
permits. If war demand continues, we 
look for high prices. Fanners cannot 
increase production much until they cau 
get help.” 
EGO MARKET UXSETTLED. 
The egg situation has been variable 
like the weather, but receijits, especially 
nearbys, have averaged light, and deal¬ 
ers complain of* a large proportion of 
pullet eggs. Price of nearby hennery 
fell below 60c, then jumped above, then 
down to 55c again. AVeather influence 
contests natural tendency toward increase 
of production. Said a large receiver: 
“The market is up and down like a 
feather in the breeze, and the situation 
is likely to be governed considerably by 
the weather for the next six mouths.”' 
AVestern prime firsts are 48 to 50c, but 
some AA'estern eggs come badly damaged 
by freezing. Storage eggs hold at 33 to 
35e. Some lots of very small pullets’ 
eggs, nearbys, sold at 40c. Dealers say 
these should be packed separately and 
marked. 
POULTRY IX STE^VOY' DEMAXD. 
The poultry market is quiet and steady 
except that turkeys have sagged off a lit¬ 
tle since the special demand for the holi¬ 
days ceased. But they are still fully as 
high as last quoted, Northern and Eastern 
ranging from 30 to 35c for good to choice, 
and choice AA’estern from 30 to 32. Says 
S. L. Burr A Co.: “The market is gowl, 
although turkeys are down 2c from the 
lleceinber high point. Good chickens are 
26 to 28e, geese and ducks, 18 to 22c; 
fowls. 18 to 24c; pigeons,* $1.25 to $1.50; 
squabs. $2 to $4.50 doz. Young guimxis 
are $1.25 to $1.50 pair; old, 50 to 75c. 
Guineas are selling to clubs and the like 
as a substitute for grouse. They should 
be bled only, not picked nor dressed. AA’e 
look for a good Aviuter’s demand for poul¬ 
try, and believe the public will take it at 
high prices so long as they are making 
money.” Live fowls and chickens sell at 
19 to ‘iOc. A few live turkeys from A'ir- 
ginia were offered at '250. 
VEALS WELL SOLD UF. 
The supply of choice veals is light and 
price is easily held at 17c. some higher. 
Supply of Eastern lambs is about equal 
to demand, the price holds steady around 
14c. Good yearlings are 11 to 12c. 
AA'cstern beef is 15c for best, and young 
cow beef, 10c. 
LIVE STOCK AT FIRM PRICES. 
Hog prices are working up a little in 
Brighton market, selling mostly at lO^c. 
Sheep are 5 to 7c; lambs, 10 to lOi^c; 
calves, 10 to 12i/4e. Fat steers and oxen 
range from 8 to 9c for good to choice, 
and 6% to for coarse and thin stock. 
Cows range mostly from 4i/4 to 6i/^c. 
Milch cows are mostly poor to fair, at 
$40 to $60, but choice to fancy ones range 
up to $125, one dealer who specializes on 
fancy, large milkers, going even higher. 
Total rocipts of stock in December were 
rather light. 
HAY TRADE \’ERY DULL. 
A’ery little demand appears for loiv 
grade hay and the stock accumulates. 
Dealers are quoting old prices, but are 
reported sometimes cutting lower to re¬ 
duce stocks. There is call for Alfalfa 
hay. which at $16 to $22 per ton is con¬ 
sidered by some buyers a partial substi¬ 
tute for grain. No. 1 Timothy, .$21.50; 
No. 2. $16 to $17; No. 3, $14; stock hay, 
$12 to $13; coarse Eastern, $15 to $20; 
swale, $11 to $12.50; rye straw, $12.50. 
MILL FEEDS UXSETTLED. 
Some feeds are higher and some lower 
than last quoted. Meal at around $2.10 
has maintained its decline from extreme 
high levels. Bran sacked is $30.50 per 
ton; hominy’feed. $42;.gluten, $40; mid¬ 
dlings, $31 to $36; cottonseed. $4.3.50 to 
$46.50; linseed, $50. Said .1. E. Soper & 
Co.: “After a decline there has been a 
recovery of $2 per ton on bran. $1.50 on 
middlings and 50c on mixed feed. But 
cotton.seed went 50c lower. The ^market 
is unsettled and sensitive to war news 
and w'e are liable to sharp advances and 
declines. AA’^e are advising dealers not to 
buy speculatively, but to buy 50 per cent, 
more than usual on account of car short¬ 
age. .jvhich is partly responsible for some 
of the advances. Feeders also can hardly 
be advised to buy far ahead of neecs in 
this kind of market. There are no feed 
bargains now; prices have been all ad¬ 
justed relatively by this time.” G. B. F. 
Legal Questions 
Rights of Tenants in Common 
There are several legatees (four) to an 
undivided tract of land. A has bought 
three interests or shares, and B has a 
mortgage or lien on one interest or share. 
Cau B sell the land as a whole to get his 
money, or can he only sell the undivided 
interest on which he has a claim, or how 
will he proceed to collect his claim? 
AYrginia. t. e. f. 
B cannot sell the land as a whole. All 
he can sell is his interest, which is a 
mortgage on an undivided one-fourth of 
the property. If the owner of this in¬ 
terest does not keep up the payments on 
the mortgage, there appears to be no 
reason why B could not foreclose as in 
any other case, and so collect, and he 
would then own an individual one-fourth 
interest. Qr he could make a sale of the 
mortgage or deal -with it practically the 
same as with any other mortgage. Pos¬ 
sibly A and the ow’ner of the fourth in¬ 
terest could partition the estate between 
them so that each would have a separate 
part. 
Moving Heavy Machinery Across Road 
My son runs a thrashing engine. Some 
farmers wlio live across the State road 
wanted their grain thi-ashed, but the 
State road building company will not let 
him cross the State road with his engine. 
It is the only way he can get there. The 
road is open for traffic. The wcuht of 
the engine is nine tons. It has regula¬ 
tion lugs in back and two-inch band in 
front. The road building company have 
been at it for two years building five 
miles of road. Can they keep the road 
that long for heavy traffic? c. B. 
New York. 
I know of no authority by which State 
road contractors can arbitrarily refuse 
your sou i)ennission to cross the highway. 
If they are afraid it will break their 
newly completed road let your son put 
down heavy plank or rails of some kind 
to run it across. Demand to know under 
what authority they are acting and then 
notify them in writing that you wish to 
cross, and if they refuse permission that 
you will hold them liable for the damage 
done and begin suit for damages immedi¬ 
ately in tile nearest justice’s court if they 
continue their refusal, and you do not care 
to attempt to cross in the face of their 
refusal. 
Subpoena Matters 
1. Can persons get their cost if they 
demand it in a State or United States 
.trial in court? 2. Does the U. S. mar¬ 
shal have to bring the subpoena paper 
to the person that is to be subpoenaed 
and read to me, or can the subpoena pa¬ 
per be sent to me by some other person? 
3. Can the U. S. marshal compel a per¬ 
son to go three or four miles to meet him 
at a railroad station. a. s. 
Ohio. 
1. If by cost you mean the witness 
fees you can get them by application at 
the United States Attorney’s office after 
j'ou have testified by presenting your 
subpoena ticket at the office. You will 
probably have no trouble about this, 
2. The marshal does not have to read 
the subpoena to you, but it must be left 
with you. The subpoena is also good if 
servecl by some other person than the U. 
S. marshal, although he generally serves 
the papers on behalf of the Government. 
The other side may subpoena you just 
as readily. 
3. Neither the marshal nor anyone else 
cau compel a witness to meet him for 
the purpose of being subpoenaed. He 
must come to you and give you the sub¬ 
poena personally. 
