982 
August 18, 1917. 
TShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
The R. N.-Y. on the Firing Line 
A few weeks ago an old reader in 
Nova Scotia wrote us of a nephew on 
active service in France. He had written 
home, unharmed, after taking an active 
part in a famous battle, where the Cana¬ 
dian forces had especially dstinguished 
themselves, and he had a special request 
to make of the friends at home. He felt 
that in the stress of active service he was 
rather losing touch with his chief inter¬ 
est in life, which is fruit growing, and 
he was eager to see his old friend. The 
R. X.-Y. Since then The R. N.-Y. has 
been visiting the machine gun section 
of a Canadian battalion. Private Elder- 
kin 933312, whose picture is here given, 
An R. N.-Y. Reader “Somewhere in France.’* 
Fig. 437 
has since been "gassed,” but is now out 
of hospital and on duty, and we may 
hope that The R. X.-Y. lias renewed 
his old interest in those arts of peace 
that form the foundation of enduring na¬ 
tional life. 
Rut it is not the soldier on the firing 
line alone who is working for his coun¬ 
try these days. In every part of the 
world women are giving the work of 
their hands, as well as precious lives. 
Our X'ova Scotia correspondent •writes: 
“We are now beginning anew the work 
we carried on last year—the making of 
.iams, jellies and canned fruit for the sol¬ 
diers in hospital. Last year a neighbor 
of mine, Mrs. Archibald, with a son at 
the front, put up with her own hands, and 
practically unassisted, 1500 quarts. She 
is a widow of modest mean.s, and began 
at her own expense, but the sugar is now 
contributed by one or two societies, such 
as Daughters of the Empire, and there 
are private contributions of sugar and 
fruit by friends. As we all grow fruit 
that is easyt but the sugar is going to 
be a drain on her this year, though we 
can get it fo,r 814 c. for that purpose. 
“One of the features of our interest in 
our boys abroad is the godmother scheme 
—each one of us has a young lad in the 
trenches to whom we are to write, send 
socks or other little gifts, as a godmother 
might.” 
Boston Produce Markets 
VEGETARLE TRADE SEASONABLY QUIET, 
BUT DEMAND CONSIDERED FAIR. 
Dealers are inclined to find fault with 
trade at present, owing to slackness to 
demand, compared with the rush in 
Spring and early Summer, when the pub¬ 
lic took hold vigorously after a Winter 
of scarcity and extreme prices. “We have 
not much to complain of since trade usu¬ 
ally falls off .somewhat at this time of 
year,” commented Gustin and Saunders. 
“Stuff is moving fairly well, perhaps a 
little better than usual when we com- 
Itai-e with August trade of the past few 
years, and prices have been coming back 
since dry weather reduced the output. 
We quote, beets .35c doz. and .$1 cut off; 
carrots, 40c and $3 cut off. Cukes have 
wide range and quality at .$3 to $4.50 
box; corn, native, $1 to $1.25; a little 
yellow corn is coming at $1.50; peas, 
$1.50; squash, oOc; onion.s, .$1 to $1.25; 
lettuce, 75c to $1. String beans are 
scarce and much higher at $1.25 to $2, 
top price being for round green beans 
without string; shell beans are mostly 
I»oor in color, bflt those with good bright 
stripe bring $2 box; others $1.50; cauli¬ 
flower, $1.50; peppers, $1.25. Native 
tomatoes continue in light supply at $3 
to $4 box. Cabbages are doing better at 
$1.25 bbl.” I. Locke & Co. ob.serve: 
“Trade is considered i-ather quiet all 
along the line. Summer hotel business 
is not what it ought to be. Dry weather 
affects quantity and quality of produce 
from high land where there is no irriga¬ 
tion. The trade thinks it sees a begin¬ 
ning of the end of extreme war condi¬ 
tions. and we hope .so, at least. N'obody is 
satisfied in times of uncertain and ex¬ 
tremely high prices. The producer often 
sells long before the top is reached, but 
he complains of new competition attract¬ 
ed by reports of high returns, and these 
beginners are sending in a lot of poor 
stuff. .Some of the new potato growers 
on fertilizer and light land will not get 
enough to pay for high cost of seed and 
labor, owing to poor culture, drouth and 
in.sects. Native potatoes are selling at 
$1.2,5 a bushel already. Low prices are 
better for dealers. Our trade is largely 
with hotel keepers and I’estaurant.s. We 
found high prices made big bills that 
were hard to collect, and there was a dis¬ 
position to find fault with the produce and 
a general feeling of discontent. There 
was no money in potatoes for middle¬ 
men last winter; they hardly ftn-oke 
even. _ It pays better to sell 2 bags for 
$7 with a profit of 50c a bag than one 
bag at the same profit.” 
FRUITS STILL IN LIGHT SUPPLY. 
Shortage continues in all kinds of ber¬ 
ries, with prices decidedly higher than 
usual and demand as ac-tive. Blueberries 
range from 18 to 23e qt; blackberries. 15 
to 20c; urrants, 10 to 12c; gooseberries, 
12 to lOc: native raspberries are scai-ce 
at 15 to lOe per small box. “E.arly ap¬ 
ples are .$2 to $2.50 per bu..” said'Hall 
& Cole. “We sold some pretty small 
ones this morning at $5.75 per bbl.; some 
larger ones from New 5"oi-k State in 
bushel baskets bring .$2..50—Williams, 
Duchess and Gravenstein. They use cor¬ 
rugated strawboard over the apples and 
then slats. The fruit comes well this 
way, without bruising or shrinkage, and 
the method is especially suited •to soft- 
meated apples like Duchess and Astrak¬ 
han. Growers in coiTCspondence with 
us appear surprised at the light set of 
fruit compared with the early prospects, 
and we are looking for a light yield of 
M’Snter apples in most parts of New 
England.” Regarding the fruit yield, a 
representative of the State Board of Ag¬ 
riculture commented: “The set of ap¬ 
ples .seems to be very moderate, but per¬ 
haps not more so than usual on the off 
year for Baldwins. There is a time every 
year when it seems to the grower that he 
is not going to h.ave many apples. If we 
get rain soon, the fruit will increase in 
size and make a better showing. It is 
likely to be free from soot and scab, as 
compared to last year. Peaches seem to 
be a large crop this year in New Eng¬ 
land ; al.so some kinds of plums; other 
orchard fruits will probably be in lighter 
supply.” 
BUTTER IN FIRM POSITION. 
Moderate receipts and active demand 
have placed the butter market in a 
stronger position, and most dealers ex¬ 
press confidence in the outlook. Prices 
are firm on all grades, with 40%c quoted 
for Northern Creamery tub extras. Firsts 
are 30i^c, seconds .38 to S8%e, and dairy 
first to extra 37 to ST^^c. Charles H. 
Stone & Co. said ; “The market is up 1 
cent in sympathy with other market.s, and 
owing to the shortage of .strictly fine but¬ 
ter from all sections. The hot dry weath¬ 
er cau.sed a shrinkage aiuLpoor quality of 
cream and butter. Some shipments usu¬ 
ally grading extra are no better than 
firsts. The market tone has been firm, 
since the associated storage warehouses 
repoi’ted 02,720.000 lbs. stored August 1, 
compared with 70.800,000 on August 1 
of Last year. There was a shortage Au¬ 
gust 1 of 17.140.000 lbs. again.st a short¬ 
age of 7,900,000 lb.s. .Tuly 1. The ex¬ 
pectation of some dealers that the .Tuly 
shortage will be made up has by no 
means been realized, but instead the 
shortage has been growing lai-ger each 
month. This .situation gives the market 
a strong trend. Consumption percentage 
varies in some ]ocalitie.s', some reporting 
as much used as last year, and others not 
75% of last year. Exports during Au¬ 
gust of la.s-t year,'26,501,000 lbs., and in 
August, 1915, they -w^ez-e 18,000,000 lbs. 
Owing to the regulation of food prices it 
is not likely much will be sent over this 
year, and the scarcity of steamer refrig¬ 
erating space is more pronounced, both 
from the State and from Canada. Some 
Canadi.an low grade butter has been ship¬ 
ped without refrigerating space. The 
warehouses in the East are full of meats 
and produce and not much more butter 
can be stored here. Cheese has advanced 
con.sidez-ably in the We.st and is up %c 
in Canton, N. Y., and the rise is reflect¬ 
ed in this market. Packers are the large 
holders, most of it bought at a higher i, 
lewel of prices; the small retailers taking 
25 to 50 boxes at a time have not pur¬ 
chased, expecting more cheese receipts 
and lower prices, but in view of the 
stronger market we are expecting small 
buyers to be more active the next two or 
three months. Americans are not a 
chee.se-eating people. With half as much 
again of cheese in storage this year, it 
seems doubtful whether these large hold¬ 
ings show a large profit.” According to 
I. H. Ballou, “The butter market is 
strong because of a shortage, which is 
increasing. Very little choice butter is 
coming. Dry, hot weather affects the 
output and diverts part of the milk and 
cream in other directions. If the .scarcity 
continues, as seems likely, continued 
strength of the market may be looked for 
the rest of the season.” According to 
Goldsmith, Wall & Co., “Creamery re¬ 
ceipts are falling off because of drouth 
and the demand for moi’e cream and milk. 
(Continued on page 995) 
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