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HOW SOON 
MAY YOU EXPECT 
RESULTS ? 
Marl-Lime is the most acces¬ 
sible (soluble) form of Carbon¬ 
ate of Lime. Every test known 
to science proves this. 
Because of its solubility it acts 
quicker than ground lime rock. 
So fine is the texture of Cale¬ 
donia Marl-Lime that it brings 
results the first season—not two 
or three seasons off. 
And quick results are what 
you want._ 
A proper application of Cale¬ 
donia Marl-Lime counteracts soil 
acidity and increases crop yields in 
the least possible time—in many 
instances from 100 to 500%. 
Send for prices, guaranteed an¬ 
alysis and literature. 
Agents wanted in 
unoccupied territories 
CALEDONIA MARL BRANCH 
International Agricultural Corporation 
M8 Marine Bank Bldg., BuffaJo.N. Y. 
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Grass 
is the most 
Important single crop 
in the Eastern States. Every 
farmer raising grass should reach 
the heart of the grass problem. 
Cornell Experiment Sta¬ 
tion has increased average hay 
yields one to one and one-half 
tons per acre by top dressing with 
suitable fertilizers. 
An application of 560 
pounds every Spring showed a 
gain of $8 per acre over cost of 
fertilizer each year and $16 per 
acre on the succeeding corn crop. 
Other States from Maine 
to Virginia have made extensive 
tests top-dressing grass lands with 
fertilizer and all report excellent 
increases in yields and profits. 
At the heart of the grass 
problem is the need of an 
abundant supply of 
Plant food. 
Write for our 
new grass 
bulletin. 
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MANUFACTURERS' 
561 WALDEN AVE. 
OUTLET CO. 
BUFFALO, N. 
Y. 
Winner Opening 
Silo Roof 
Gives 6 to 9 feet more silo 
space and 15 to 40 tons 
more silage worth up to 
$160 each year. Deliver^ 
prices quoted. Special dis¬ 
count to March buyers. 
Act quickly. Write to day. 
Silo Specialty Mfg. Co., 
237 19tb Sh Clinton. Iowa. 
Notes from Department of 
Foods and Markets 
204 Franklin Street, New York City 
February 15, 1917 
(Continued from page 383.) 
Dressed Poultry. —Receipts light 
with good demand. Fowls selling 23c to 
24c. Roasting chickens 25e to 26e. 
Broilers 28c to 30c. Ducks 25c. Geese 
21c. Turkeys 31c to 34c. 
Live Calves. —Under heavy receipts, 
market declined 2c to 3c. Fancy calves 
13c to 13i/^c; good to prime 12i/^c to 
1.3c; common liy^c to 12c; buttermilks 
7c to 8c; yearlings 7c to 7t/^c. 
Dressed Calves and LAirns.—The 
receipts of dressed calves are heavy. 
Market declined. Fancy white meated 
calves 17c to ISc; good to prime 16c to 
17c; common loi^'C to 16c; buttermilks 
lie to 12c; hothouse lambs • .$8 to .$10 
each. 
Live Lambs and Sheep. —Live lambs 
lower than last week $14.50 to $14.60 
per cwt.; old ewes 7%e to 9c. 
Roasting Pigs and Dressed Pork.— 
Market firm, prices unchanged. Roast¬ 
ing pigs, 10 to 15 pounds each, 20c to 
21c; 15 to 20 pounds each, 18c to 20c; 
25 to .35 pounds each, 17e to 18c; light 
pigs, 40 to 60 pounds each, 17c to 18c; 
medium hogs, 80 to 100 pounds each, 16c 
to 161/^c; dressed hogs, 100 to 150 
pounds, l5e to 15i/^c; 150 to 200 pounds 
and over, 14c to 15c. 
N. B.—How to properly dress roast¬ 
ing pigs: Great care should be used in 
scalding; the skin is so tender that if 
the water is too hot it cooks them and 
spoils the appearance of the stock. 
Open the belly just enough to take out 
all the entrails, including the liver; 
drag the hind legs up as close as possi¬ 
ble and run a strong skewer through each 
foot and the belly; then bring the fore 
legs down and secure them in the .same 
way as the hind legs. It is necessary to 
do this before the meat is “set.” Pack 
them carefully in barrels or 'boxes, and 
see that they are kept clean. 
Apples. —Apple market a little lower 
with moderate receipts. Fancy Baldwins 
.$5.50 to $6.25 per barrel. Fancy Green¬ 
ings $6.50; Baldwins, “A” grade, .$4 to 
$5.50; “B” and ungraded .$3.50 to $4; 
fancy New York State Greenings $5 to 
$6.50; “A” grade .$4 to .$6; “B” and un¬ 
graded $3 to .$4; Northern Spy $4 to $6; 
McIntosh .$5 to $7; Spitzenburg $4 to 
.$6; Ben Davis .$2.75 to .$.3.75; Twenty 
Ounce $3 to $5; Wolf River $3.50 to $5; 
King $3.50 to .$5; Snow .$4 .to $5. 
Potatoes and Vegetables. — Tine con¬ 
dition of the vegetable market is very 
unsettled, due to the boycotting and re¬ 
cent food riots which seriously affected 
potatoes and onions. State potatoes in 
light supply selling from $7.50 to $8.25 
per 165-pound bag. Long Island, per 
barrel, $8.50 to $9. Maine, 165-pound 
bag, $8 to $8.50. Bermuda, second crop, 
barrel, .$8 to $9. Onions—Red and yel- 
lo7y $6 to $8 100-pouud hag. Spanish 
onions $8 to $10 per case. Ca'bbage—• 
New York State, per ton, $125 to $150; 
Long Island, barrel, $6 to $7.75; Florida, 
basket, .$2 to $3. Carrots—State, 100 
pounds, $2 to $4. Beans—Market high¬ 
er with brisk demand. Marrow, 100 
pounds, $12.25 to $13; pea $12.50 to 
.$13 ; red kidney $12.50 to $13; red mar¬ 
row $10 to $11; yellow eye .$9.50 to 
$10.50. 
Honey and Maple Syrup. —No. 1 
Clover comb honey, pound. 15c to 16c. 
Lower grades 14c to 1.5c; extracted 
buckwheat iu good demaud and scarce. 
Will bring 7c to 8c pound. Maple syrup 
in good demand .selling $1 to .$1.25 per 
gallon. 
Hides. —No. 1 calf .skins 50c; No. 2 
48c; hob .skins $2 to .$2.2.5 each; heavy 
kips .$6 to $7 each. Cow hides. No. 1, 
20c; ordinary, 16c to 18c. Horse hides 
$4 to .$8 each. 
Fresh cows are bringing from $70 to 
.$80. Butter, 32e; milk, 7c qt. Eggs, 
40c; old hens, 20c; corn, $1 bu. j. j. ii. 
York Co., Pa. 
At an auction recently grade Holstein 
cows sold for from $75 to ,$1(X) each, reg¬ 
istered stock from $45 for calves to $180 
for cows; hay, $9 per ton iu barn ; $5 for 
stock hay. Butter retails from 40 to 48e; 
eggs, 40e. Dressed pork, $15 per lb. for 
light, from 1(X) lbs. to 200 lbs. Potatoes, 
$1.65 to $2, wholesale, per bu.; onions, 10c 
per lb., wholesale; chickens, 20c; fowls, 
15c live weight. Native beef, good, 12c 
per lb., side. Hay very plenty here and 
not much sale for it. Milk, 8c per qt. re¬ 
tail. Good apples, 75c per bu.; feed at 
store averages .$2.15 per 100 lbs. \v. o. b. 
Madison Co., N. Y. 
Butter, 38 to 40c per lb.; eggs, 40c ; po¬ 
tatoes, $1.60 to $1.80 per bu.; apples, 75c 
to $1 per bu.; hay. $12 per ton iu barn; 
fresh cows, $75 to $100; bob calv.^s, $3 to 
$5 ; veals, dressed, 16 to 18c lb.; beef hides, 
20e per lb.; dairy skins, $2.50 to $2.75; 
fowls and chickens, 20c to 22c; dressed 
pigs, 12 to 13c; live hogs, 8 to 9c; dressed 
beef, 10 to 12e. We have to pay as fol¬ 
lows for feeds; oil meal, ,$2.(50 per cwt.; 
com meal, $2.40; gluten feed, $2.10; beet 
pulp, $2.10; bran, $2.10; middlings 
(Standard), $2.10; oats, $2.35. E. e. t. 
Delaware Co., N. Y, 
Like People—Each Plant 
Has It’s Own Appetite 
W HAT’S “foo<i to one is poison to another.” One hungers for 
phosphoric acid—another for potash — another shouts W 
nitrogen—another for decayed animal refuse eind so on.^ 
Years of successful crop growing — years of 
keen observation of money-making crops where 
Hubbard’s fertilizers have been applied have 
taught us the science of a “balanced ration” 
for each special crop. 
Team Work. —We’re here to help you get all the cash crop 
value out of your land—to assist you in building up your 
land to a higher value each season. Write us your problems. 
Free Booklet .—Our booklet on “Soil 
Fertility” is mighty good reading—send 
for it as well as our 1917 Memo Book. 
THE ROGERS HUBBARD CO. 
Dept. A :: Middletown, Conn. 
It’s Time to Lime 
Ume properly applied, increases the fertility of your land—produces 
bigger and better crops. Use Solvay Pulverized Limestone this spring, 
and the soil will respond to it almost at 
once. It releases the dormant plant 
food in the soil, and quickly turns 
all vegetable mould into humus. 
Non-caustic —safe and easy to 
handle. Pure grade—high quality. 1«IME5T0NE> 
Finely pulverized. The best paying form of lime for farm lands. 
Get this FREE Booklet 
The SOLVAY’’ Booklet mves the facts about the value of lime to 
xarmers-^tells what form of lime is best, and how to use it. You will 
nno the information timely, interesting and reiiable. Copy sent postpaid 
upon request* Mail your post^ today. 
THE SOLVAY PROCESS CO.. 501 Milton Ave., Syracuse, N. Y. 
UME FEEDS 
CROPS 
This is the Year to 
HOME-MIX 
YOUR FERTILIZER! 
by liberating the fertility already In your soil. 
The HERTZLER & ZOOK Low-Down 
Lime Spreader saves lime and labor too. 
Spreads lime, fertilizer and ashes so evenly 
none is wasted. Positive force feed smashes 
lumps. Lever adjustment gives instant con¬ 
trol of feed for heavier application to the poor 
spots. Write for catalog and special offer. 
$24 and up Capacity, 150 to 4,000 lbs. 
HERTZLER 
Box C 
Belleville, Pa, 
G 
ZOOK COMPANY 
ORoWNI 
Ul M E 
SOWER 
The most practical ma¬ 
chine for distributing 
Lime, Fertilizer, Wood 
Ashes, Salt, Plaster, 
etc. Feed instantly 
changed—just move a 
•ever! Frame of hard 
maple, well braced — 
wood or steel wheels. Hopper 8 ft. long 
capacity 10 bushels. No gears to break. 
We also make Grain Drills, 
Traction Sprayers, Wheel¬ 
barrow Grass Seeders _ 
and Lime Sowers. 
Writ* for catalog to day! 
Crown Mfg. Co. 
12 Wayne Street 
Phelps, N. Y. 
Don’t pay freight on useless filler. 
Write for Free information and prices 
NITRATE of SODA 
ACID PHOSPHATE 
TANKAGE, BONE, BLOOD 
INSECTICIDES and FUNGICIDES 
Freight congestion—Order early 
NITRATE AGENCIES COMPANY 
106 Pearl Street, New York City 
[ORE 
lONEY 
for tenant more 
money for owner, in our 
Active Fertilizers. 
Just ask nearest office for 
booklet. Agents wanted. 
The AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL 
CHEMICAL COMPANY 
New York, Baltimore, Buffalo, 
Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, 
Cincinnati, Cleveland, etc. 
.Make yonr own Fenilizer at small cost witli 
Wilson’s Phosphate Mills 
From 1 to 'to H. r. Send for catalogue. 
WILSON BROS. Sole Mfrs., Easton, Pa. 
THE FREDERICK COUNTY LIME AND 
FERTILIZER SPREADER 
Economy is the word. Yes, the 
old reliable Frederick County 
Combination Lime andFer- 
tilizer Spreader is the most 
economical spreader to buy for 
spreading lime in any form, 
ground limestone or com¬ 
mercial fertilizers. The number 
of years, wear and satisfaction 
you get is the true measure of 
value. Year after year the 
Frederick County Spreader will spread your expensive 
fertilizers the correct way. The special features such as spider- 
chain-force-feed and automatic gear clutch for throwing spreader in and out Of gear from 
seat, will save your lime and fertilizers. Comes equipped with acre measure, indicator, 
screen and lid. A good, strong, durable spreader sold at an exceedingly low price. We will sa ve you 
money on a spreader. Write us today, we make thousands of spreaders and make them well. 
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FOR THE 
ASKING. Write 
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The WOODSBORO LIME SPREADER CO., Dept. 0 20, Baltimore, Md. 
