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Used Motor Trucks 
for Sale 
$425 to $2750 
Seriously now—can you afford 
horse hauling when motor 
trucks cost so little? 
Used Truck Department 
Ihickard Motor Car 
Company of New York 
239-241 West 56th Street 
New York City 
Telephone: Circle 8366 
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Ancient Fanning 
Herodotus, in the year 450 
B. C., said that good cultiva¬ 
tion yielded two-hundredfold 
in the Valley of the Euphrates. 
Even in that land of Eden, 
poor cultivation yielded but 
fiftyfold. 
In 1898, the average Wheat yield 
per acre in New York State was 
21.2 bushels; in 1907, 17.3 bushels 
per acre; in 1912, but 16 bushels. 
European yields are more than 
double. 
Isn't it time for, our farmers to 
get down to business methods? 
Home Mixed Fertilixers will help. 
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WILLIAM S. MYERS, Director 
25 Madison Avenue, Kew York 
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ROSE FARM AGENCY, 626 Security Bldg., Binghamton, N. Y. 
Challenges Competition 
for Economical Work! 
U NDER reasonable conditions 
pulling three 14" plows set 8 
inches deep. THE HUBER 
LIGHT FOUR easily turns an acre 
an hour on a gallon and a half of gaso¬ 
line. It is in the 5,000 lb. class and 
does not pack the ground or stall in 
soft earth. 
Makes its furrows as straight as a 
surveyor’s line. Steers itself when 
plowing. And such power! A steady 
stream of energy from a 4-cylinder 
motor, transmitted direct to the 
drive. Does not overheat in extreme 
weather. Self-lubricating anti-friction 
bearings. It turns in a _6-foot radius 
and is mounted on its powerful 
frame so as to adjust itself to the 
roughest fields. 
12 h. p. at the draw-bar with a 
road speed from 2H to 4 miles per 
hour. 25 h. p. at the belt, operating 
separator, silo filler, saw, pump, dy¬ 
namo, shredder, sheller, baler and 
other farm machinery. Built for 
lifetime service. 
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Established more than forty years 
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acre: no taxes on improvements, personal prop¬ 
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schools, roads, telephones. Kxcellent climate— 
crops and livestock prove it. Special home- 
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farmer needs S^^protertion grain. The 
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POTATO VALUES STRONG. 
Those are strenuous day.s in the potato 
markets. It appears that the buyers who 
hesitated to stock up during the recent 
decline, lost an opportunity. But still 
tho.se who were reluctant then, seem to 
be holding off now rather than go into an 
excited market at above the $2 mark, 
which was once the limit assigned by most 
of the prophets in the trade. Even at 
that level the market seemed pretty 
strong, and country holders are reported 
still firm in their views. Said a promi¬ 
nent market official: “If the consumer 
wishes to see the real cause of high prices, 
he should go home and look in his mirror. 
Potatoes in full quantity are not a neces¬ 
sity. The world got along pretty well 
without them until a few centuries ago. 
Apiilcs, turnips, flour, are cheeaper foods. 
Rut if he calls for a full ration of pota¬ 
toes when there are not enough of them, 
he must expect to pay well for taking 
some other mans share.” The question 
remains whether the public will take the 
limited supply at these prices. Boston 
stores have been retailing at 05c per peck. 
Or will the public eat fewer potatoes and 
thus force lower prices? R. R. McLatchey 
quotes at .$2.05 to .$2.10 in bulk at the 
yards, “but .some are asking ,$2.1.5. The _ 
prospect suggests even higher prices. 
Suitable cars are as scarce as ever. Some 
shippers wasted the heated cars by load¬ 
ing with turnips. They come better in an 
ordinary car.” At the office of the Far¬ 
mers’ Union of Maine, Manager Abbott 
quoted $2.05 to $2.10. “The market '.s 
strong,” he said, “and offerings light. Cars 
are short and potatoes are short. The 
West has not many potatoes, and Maine 
has to .ship there as well as to Eastern 
markets. The su'rplus of Canadian pota¬ 
toes ajipears too small to affect prices, al¬ 
though there is a stray car of them now 
and then.” The rather excited state i>f 
the market is shown by the wide range of 
quotations for stock in 2-bu. bags, from $4 
to $4.50, according to various dealers. 
VEGETAHLES AT FHOf PRICES. 
Demand for vegetables continues fairly 
good when the high prices are taken into 
aecount. Many of the peddlers no longer 
carry such lines as cabbages, onions and 
squash, because they say they cannot sell 
enough of them to warrant a wholesale 
purchase. But the stores having a well- 
to-do class of trade are keeping the supply 
light. Cabbages are scarce at close to $0 
l)er hhl.. while onions are up to $7.50 per 
100-11). bag. Beets, turnips, carrots, pars- 
nilts hold as last quoted. There is talk of 
higher prices coming for turnips, since 
most of the usual shipping points seem 
nearly done. The frosts in the far South 
have helped the demand for hothouse stuff. 
Tomatoes are .30c per lb.; fancy cucum¬ 
bers, .$S to $0 per box ; riidishes, $2 ; let¬ 
tuce, 50c to $1 ; parsley, $2 to .$2.50 per 
box, 
THE ROX I’RORI.EM. 
It’s a cold frost that doesn't help warm 
somebody. Not only do the Northern hot¬ 
house gardeners reckon on a Southern 
freeze as their one chanec for big profits, 
but there are others whose thoughts run 
in the same direction. “The box question 
bothers us at this time of year,” remarked 
a large dealer on North Market street. 
“M"e have as many emi)ty boxes as any 
concern in the city, and they get in our 
way. The shipper is allowed 8c for a 
second-hand market box. The buyer gives 
ns an empty in exchange and they pile up 
until somebody wants them. There ai-e 
buyers who will pay 7c any time, but we 
can get 8c when they are scarce. It is 
something of a speculation. If there is a 
freeze in the South, our lettuce growers 
are likelv to ship to New York, perhaps 
5.00() boxes will go in one night and there 
is a big demand for empties.” There are 
concerns which make a business of buy¬ 
ing empty boxes in poor condition and 
patching them with a few nails and cleats 
of lathing over the corners. These re¬ 
paired boxes sell at 8c, compared with 12 
to 15c for new ones, but the new ones are 
preferred for some lines of choice produce. 
FRUIT SELLING SLOWLY. 
“With everything high, something had 
to take the brunt of it,” said a Faneiiil 
Market receiver, “and the lot fell upon 
apples and cranberries. They won’t buy 
them as they should, at any price. If 
they have only money enough for meat 
and vegetables they let the fruit go ne¬ 
glected. I do not quote apples lower this 
week, hut we all find them hard to sell, 
and the situation doesn’t look as good 
as it did before the first of the year el¬ 
even a couple of weeks ago. The cran¬ 
berry market went all to pieces. Good 
berries can be had for .$4 a barrel and 
still we can’t sell them. This morning 
I asked a baker to take 20 barrels and 
told him to name the price himself, but 
he ivouklu’t touch them. Said sugar, 
lard, fiour and everything else was so 
high there was no profit in the pies. He 
would pay $3 a barrel for good large 
Baldwin apples a little off in color; that 
is the kind the bakers buy, but they 
won’t take rubbish.” Another dealer 
told of a carload of cranberries sold for 
$2.50 to $3 per bbl. that cost the owner 
$7.25 on the Cape. After they began to 
deeav he had to let them go and that 
was 'the most he could get. The range for 
good berries is mostly $4 to $5, but 
sales are so light holders are wondering 
wihat will be the outcome as the season 
advances. With apples, there is no trou¬ 
ble selling the bright colored fruit, ^but 
the dingy stuff goes slowly at .$2.25 to 
.$.3, compared with $3 to $5 for large, 
bright, well graded stock of the standard 
Winter varieties. 
BUTTER MARKET QUIET. 
Conditions remain about the same with 
dairy products, except that butter receipts 
show a tendency to increase, and cheese 
is again in demand for export. Said 
Chapin & Adams: “The market is 
strong at 38c for creamery extras. Trade 
on lower grades remains dull. There is 
a strong market on chee.se owing to buy¬ 
ing for export.” “Receipts are .showing 
.some increase,” reports I. H. Ballou & 
Co. “The worst feature is that the high 
prices have driven many people to oleo 
and butterine, and a pile of butter sub¬ 
stitute is being used. There is not so 
much butter on hand as there was a 
year ago. and we were short then. In 
that way the situation is strong. There 
is not so much in storage by 20,000 tons. 
Export demand is light at these prices. 
Cheese is really higher than butter; at 
24c it should compare with butter at .50c 
according to the u.sual market ratio. 5'et 
the public complains much more about 
the butter price than the price of 
cheese.” 
EGG RECEIPTS MODERATE. 
Arrivals of eggs are not large for the 
time of year, only about one-half the.se 
of the corresponding time la.st year, and 
prices so far have shown only moderate 
declines. Weather has checked the usual 
late Winter increase, and the local mar¬ 
kets take a good share of the eggs when¬ 
ever price has dropped a little. Near¬ 
by now sell a shade below 50c and prime 
Western at about 45c. Storage eggs that 
are of best grade bring 37 to 40e. The 
high price of these is generally expected 
to start a liberal buying of eggs in 
April for next year’s storage, and this 
buying, if it takes place, should do min h 
to sustain values in the Spring market. 
For the present the egg market contin¬ 
ues a weather problem with the usu.-il 
tendency to increase cheeked or favored 
by the kind of season that arrives. 
LIVE FOWLS IN LIGHT SUPPLY. 
For a few weeks past the strongest 
market feature has been live |)oultry, es¬ 
pecially fowls which now bring 2c for 
good looking birds of the medium and 
large breeds. Few chicks are giKsl 
enough to sell above 20 to 21c, and live 
ducks are 18 to 20c. The higher prices 
for fowl are beginning to draw more ship¬ 
ments, hut at this season there are com- 
liaratively few to be culled out. Dressed 
Eastern fowls ai e 20 to 25c; bi-oilers 20 
to 28c; chickens IS to 20c; ducks 20 to 
23c; .squabs $2 to $5 per dozen. 
VEAL SELLING WELL. 
Fresh meats of all kinds have been 
in good demand. Veals continue in light 
supply and choice lots have sold up to 
20c. Eastern Fall lamb brings 17 to 
ISc, and good yearlings 15 to 10c. Hogs 
remain at 12i^c to 14c; Western beef 
at 15, and good cow beef at 10 cents. 
LIVE STOCK IN RKISK DEMAND. 
Arrivals of live stock have been nither 
light at Brighton and Watertown and 
sales are readily made at firm prices. 
Choice beef cattle bring !) to and 
lower grades 6% to SV^c. Good cows 
sell mostly around 7c and canning stock 
at about 5c. Good calves hold at 11^ 
to 12c and others 10 to 11c. Best hogs 
are 11 to ll^^c; .sheep 8 to 10c; and 
lambs 10 to 12c. The supply of milch 
cows has been smaller of late but prices 
show little change. Fancy, heavy milk¬ 
ers sell easily at $100 or better, while 
poor to fair grades are hard to move at 
$40 and upward. G. K. F. 
Things Doing in Orleans County, Vt. 
Last year a Farmers’ Exchange was or¬ 
ganized to take care of the buying and 
selling done by the county association, as 
the amount of business was more than 
the county agent could attend to, in con¬ 
nection with his other work. At the an¬ 
nual meeting it was found that $0.3.000 
worth of business had been done, with an 
average saving to the members of $40 
each. Individuals estimated saving .$50 
and $100 each. I’liey purchased 2..390 
tons of grain, 44.3 tons of chemicals, 390 
tons of lime and .$4,000 worth of .seeds. 
The meeting voted to incorporate the or¬ 
ganization. Shares of stock are to be 
sold at $5 each, making the purchaser a 
life member in the association. The man¬ 
ager of the association, Louis A. Ilazen, is 
now taking orders throughout the county 
for lime, chemicals and garden and field 
seeds. The seeds purcased last year, be¬ 
sides being somewhat cheaper in price 
than those sold locally, were of much 
purer and better quality. In spite of the 
high price a good amount of fertilizer 
chemicals is being sold, also much lime. 
Some work was done last year along the 
line of co-operative selling, and more will 
be done this j'ear. One of the county 
papers devotes a page monthly to the do¬ 
ings of the county association and to the 
exchange, giving reports of cow test asso¬ 
ciation and lists of cows for sale, and 
other pertinent matter. J. w. m. 
