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April 28, 1917. 
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The New Wicks Bill 
Last week Senator Wicks succeeded in 
sliding his new bill along to third reading; 
but the protests against the rapid advance 
of it were so insistent be was obliged to 
put it back in general rules. It will now 
h.ave to be discussed and roll called on it. 
We yet predict its defe:it. Wore than 
one-half the Senate must despise a sham. 
As long as there is a doubt the fight 
against it should go on. 
The Towner Milk Bill 
The Towner milk bill was reported out 
of the committee last week, and at this 
storage men seem confident and are tak¬ 
ing all the eggs they can get. Dealers ap- 
jiear glad to talk with anybody who has 
fresh stock to ship, and some are iiaying 
more than market price for desirable lots. 
It is a big, broad Spring egg market, sug¬ 
gesting a promise of future values that 
may tend to cheek the selling of laying 
stock reported in some localities. “Fresli 
eggs will he To cents by Thanksgiving 
time,” predicted one enthusiastic rale.s- 
man. l>nt tlie more c:iutions dealers re¬ 
fuse to talk of future prices, as depending 
on conditions of a kind which none of 
them have seen before. Some of them 
observe that demand will fall off greatly 
if eggs should become ladatively higher 
than meat. “The imblic is turning to 
eggs because the price of meats is ]iro- 
hibitory for the majority of families.” de¬ 
clared a receiver. It remains to he seen 
whether consumption will remain ahead 
of receipts as the price advances with the 
Cutting Potato Seed in the Field. 
Fig. 245 
writing is in general rules. It will prob¬ 
ably l>e discussed and voted on by the 
time this is in read<‘rs’ hands. Tliis hill 
draws the line hetweeu^vested .interests 
and the rights of plain people comprising 
both producers and consumers. Tlie roll 
call will show the side every Senator 
takes. The A’ote next November will 
show how the people feel towards the 
Senators who vote against measures to 
secure economic distribution of milk. 
Cutting the Potato Seed 
The picture at Fig. 245 shows the hired 
man trying to do his duty in the present 
crisis. He is not at the front with a rifle 
or bayonet, but he is at home in the po¬ 
tato field, cutting seed ready for the 
planter. Probably a knife in his hand 
curving up the seed is as useful at this 
time as the sword or bayonet in the hand 
of a soldier, who is trying to carve up his 
fellow men. 
All over the land farmers are rising to 
their task of feeding this country and our 
allies in Europe. It is a little late iii th.o 
year to do the best work, but our folks 
will do their duty. Most people seem to 
cut the seed iu the baru or uuder shelter 
before they haul it to the field for plant¬ 
ing, but there arc many others who work 
about as is shown in tliis picture. A 
wagon-load of potatoes will be hauled out 
to the field, and there they are cut into 
baskets all ready for dropping either by 
hand or with the planter. In some sec¬ 
tions that we know this work is done 
very .skilfully by women, who, through 
practice, have learned to do it just ex¬ 
actly right. 
In these days of high-priced seed a good 
potato cutter is of great service, and (! 0 uld 
save the farmer cousidei-able money by 
economical cutting. We would like to tell 
our people bow to cut potato seed, hut 
beyond a few general rules it is hard to 
give useful advice. This is one of the 
jobs which require practical demoustra- 
tion, knife iu hand. 
Boston Produce Markets 
EGGS IN BRISK DEMAND WITH PRICE TREND 
UPWARD. 
The situation has continued strongly iu 
sellers’ favor. Demand is active both for 
regular trade and for storage, while re¬ 
ceipts are moderate for the time of year. 
Last week, arrivals were only two-thirds 
those of the corresponding week last year. 
Nearby eggs are 38c. Western eggs 
packed for storage are fully 37c, but the 
season. Said flreen & Co.: ‘‘The quality 
of receipts lias been very fine, and there 
is no surplus. Ueceiiits of all eggs have 
been .39,000 cases so far this week against 
38,(K)0 same time last year. The differ¬ 
ence is in the more active demand. Duck 
eggs are 40c and in sufficient demand.” 
SHIPPING EGGS IN CASES. 
Most of the eggs come to the city in 30- 
doz. cases made of light, thin stock. These 
are not usually returned to the shipper, 
but are sold by the retailers for whatever 
they can get. ranging from three to ten 
cents, according to condition and the de¬ 
mand, Dealers do not favor the use of 
old cases of this kind, hut some of them 
find their way back to market, more or 
less out of condition. There is a differ¬ 
ence of opinion regarding the use of the 
light commercial egg case compared with 
the more suhst nitial cases built of heavy 
stock, fitted with hinges and snap fi-sten- 
ing, and returnable at an express charge 
of ten cents. “I would -not take the re¬ 
turnable cases as a gift, if I were a ship¬ 
per,” :isserted one dealer. ‘‘The case be¬ 
comes battered, the fillers are used over and 
over and get musty and broken, and the 
whole effect is bad.” Ou tlie other hand 
a receiver who handles many kinds of 
cases, said: “It pays to use strong 
cases. Trainmen sometimes stand on the 
light case and bend it. The top layer is 
smashed iu, and the pressure may pass 
the break to the lower hiyers. Express 
companies are supposed to pay for break¬ 
age, hut they are very slow to take up 
chr'ms. We have about ninety pending 
with one of the companies which is noto- 
riou.sly slow in this respect, and some of 
the claims have been in over a year. We 
advise shippers to use two of the paste¬ 
board flats between the layers. Don’t 
pack the sides. 'I'he fillers are made to 
leave room at the sides. If packed tight 
there is no room to allow for sudden 
shocks. Do not fill in to make the eggs 
tight, but fill the case full, using excelsior 
at top and bottom, hut nothing at the 
sides nor among the eggs. This applies to 
eggs for hatching, but these are not 
usually packed full cases. All the fillers 
should be put in, however, giving fullness 
and extra margin for shock or pressure. 
The top filler should be empty, if any are, 
as more of the breakage is ou top. Tlu’ 
heavy, returnable cases do away with 
some of the danger. Certain kinds of 
cases are poorly made, especially tliose 
with thick cleats under the cover, jin'ssitig 
down on the contents.” 
BUTTER AND CIIEE.SE IN FIRM POSITION. 
Dealers are wondering whether butter 
is to follow the egg market in declining 
to make the usual seasonable drop iu 
values. Receipts ought to be increasing 
now, but they are not, and dealers explain 
it by the lateness of the season and by 
the demand for other milk products. 
There is also talk of decreased milk pro¬ 
duction. P. M. Ziegler, who is not a pro¬ 
duce dealer, but who is in close contact 
with the farmers in connection with a 
trade in dairy supplies, said: “In one 
dairy town of Northern New York, the 
largest producer w^is advertising his cows 
for sale and there were posters aniiounc- 
ing_ coming sales of 21 dairy herds ii. the 
vicinity. I find a great (leal of selling 
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