^he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Country Wide Produce Conditions f 
A JUJIPIXG BEAN >rAKKKT 
With the Government pullins the 
strings, the Western beau market took 
several (juick jvimps and has scarcely 
steadied itself yet. First, the Quarter¬ 
master General bought all the Asiatic 
pink and red beans in the Pacific Coast 
markets. Then the Navy people com¬ 
mandeered all the white beans in Cali¬ 
fornia. Wany of the beans will go to the 
army in France. These colored beans 
were taken because they were cheap at 
the price, and the Western white stock 
because less damaged by weather than 
were the East<'rn beans this season. 
Holders of oth.er field beans Ix'gan to i 
wonder how they would come out. The 
government is not likely to buy more 
beans for the jiresent, but the market po¬ 
sition is stronger for both colored and 
white beans. Colorado speckled beans are 
.$2 per cwt. higher than the low point of 
$6 a few weeks ago, and all leading bean i 
markets have been showing a stronger 
tone. Eastern white beans are being sold 
in large lots bulk at .$11.25 to .$12 per 
cwt. The weak point is the weather dam¬ 
age that happened to so much of the crop. 
A SICK POTATO MARKET. 
Potatoes have continued discouragiugly 
weak, selling below cost of production in 
some places. Growers in many parts of 
the West are not getting more than 45 
cents per bushel at the farm. Blaine and 
Western war garden growers are getting 
somewhat more, say 75 to f)() cents, but 
claims are made that stich jirices do not 
pay the cost. An official statement made 
about a year ago placed the av(>rage cost 
at 75 cents a bushel, then. On that basis 
the average skilled grower may be bi'oak- 
ing even, but all markets look we.ak even 
now. In llarch, 1!)15, the growers were 
getting as low as 15 to .‘>0 cents per bu., 
so it is not safe to say the worst is over. 
It looks as if the markets would be glut¬ 
ted if cars could be h.ad. City wholesale 
prices are sagging off somewhat, ranging 
mo.stly .$2 to .$2..")() per cwt. in the large 
cities, but ret.iil prices have held a good 
deal higher than they ought to. and that ; 
is one cause of the trouble. The i)ublic 
will not use up the biggest crop on record 
and pay .50 cents a peck. 
ARE THERE TOO MANY ONIONS? 
The onion crop was a fairly big one. 
Taking the i-eported shipment from the 
estimatt'd crop would leave nearly as 
many (Uiions on hand now as the whole 
crop of the y(>ar before. That is, over 
10,000 carloads not shipi)ed. P.ut tlu're 
is a big shrinkage and loss to come out. 
An unofficial estimate phu.M's the stock 
yet to be shipi)ed at S.OOO cars, and an¬ 
other at 5.(K)0 cars. lOven at the lower 
figures, no wonder the market has been 
slow all Winrer Yet the crop was not 
so large as in one or two recent years. 
Growers now are getting from ,$1.50 to 
.$2.25 per cwt. in the shipi)ing .section, and 
the city wholesale price range is ,$2 to 
.$2.50. or about one-half the price at this 
time last year. 
CABBAGE WEAKENS A MTTLE 
The humlrc'd.s of carloads of new cab¬ 
bage (aiming e\'ery week from the South 
are taking the edge off the market for old 
cabbage, and tlie markets are not quite so 
I'obust as they were. It looks as though 
most of the old cabbage had been sold 
anyhow. Over 100.000 tons went into 
kraut. Cabbage is about .$50 a ton in the 
country and .$(50 to .$70 in the large cities. 
APPI.es IKIING WEIX. 
Not much need be said about apples. 
Not many are left in the East outside of 
cold storage, and the price is firm all 
along the line. Ileally choice stocks of 
leading kinds ought to bring about .$5 
per barrel, and some are higlier. West¬ 
ern boxed apples of the best kinds and 
grade bring $2 to .$3. g. b. f. 
Philadelphia Markets 
PUTTER 
Western tub creamei-y, 50 to 52; lower 
grades, 45 to 47 ; fancy prints, 55 to 51). 
EGGS 
Western best, (5.‘> to 04 ; gathered, com¬ 
mon to good, .52 to 00; nearby fancy, 05 
to 07. 
ON ANY FARM 
T/iroshir^ Beans in ZOyow/r^ 
1 
jSpreadin^ Manure in Illinois 
(3'uItJv^h‘n^ Gorn in Iowa 
MOLINE 
UNIVERSAL TBACdUD 
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Moiuin^ in Gali/ornia 
Loading May in Wisconsin 
JDi^in^ Motatoes in MJorida 
Y OU can make more money with the Moline- 
Universal than with any other .tractor 
^ because it can be kept at productive work 
more days a year—no matter how large or 
^rnall your farm or what crops you grow. 
This is because the Moline-Universal is built to 
fit the farm and every operation on the farm. It 
is not limited tora few operations, nor to certain 
classes of work. The Moline-Universal will do 
anything any other tractor will do and in ad- 
'dition an infinite variety of work impossible for 
'any other tractor. With the Moline-Universal 
one man can plow, harrow, plant, cultivate, 
'mow, harvest and handle all the belt jobs on any 
'average farm. You can find work for it every 
'day in the year. 
' By equipping it with a rear carrying truck, 
the Moline-Universal is converted into a four- 
wheel unit, to which any implement on the 
farm may be attached in the ordinary way. 
Every day owners are doing seemingly impos¬ 
sible things with the Moline-Universal and 
'adapting it to special work. You can do the 
'same. If for no other reason than the fact that 
the Moline-Universal will do more and better 
Work and can be kept busier on any farm 
than any other tractor, it is your ^‘best buv." 
A Real One-Man Outfit. 
But the greatest advantage of the 
Moline-Universal is that one man 
controls both tractor and implement 
in all operations, ^ou sit on the seat 
of the implement, where you must 
sit in order to do good work, ■ and 
control the entire outfit. This means 
that you can farm more land than 
was ever before possible, with either 
horses or tractor. If there ever was 
The Moline Line Includes: 
Corn Planters, Cotton 
Planters, Cultivators, Corn 
Binders. Crain Binders, 
Crain Drills, Harrows, Hay 
Loaders, Hay Rakes, Lime 
Sowers, Listers. Manure 
Spreaders, Mowers. Plows, 
(chilled and steel). Reapers, 
Scales, Seeders, Stalk Cut¬ 
ters, T ractors. Farm T rucks. 
Wagons and Stephens 
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Address Department 19 
a time wh^.it was necessary to increase a man*8 
individual efforts^ that time is now, 
E. B, Jacobs of Carthage, Mo., says: “My son with the 
Moline-Univcrsal Tractor has performed the work of six 
^rscs and two men in the same length of time,’* 
Harry Cook of Davenport, Iowa, a Moline-Universal 
owner, says: “I was able to do all my work alone, even 
harvesting, something 1 never did before,'* 
Astonishing Pulling Power 
The wonderful versatility and one-man control 
of the Moline-Universal are due to its two-wheel 
construction.,. It attaches direct to the implement 
and forms one compact unit. Its astonishing 
pulling power is the result of placing all the weight 
on the two big drive wheels—all of it goes into 
the pull. There is no dead weight to carry 
around. That’s why the Moline-Universal, weigh¬ 
ing only 2850 pounds, can pull as much as 
tractors weighing from 1500 to 2000 pounds 
more; does not pack the soil and requires the 
least amount of fuel for operation; turns in a 
I 6-ft. circle and backs as readily as it goes forward. 
And remember when you buy a Moline- 
Universal you have a tractor that is the crowning 
achievement in a half century of manufacturing 
experience, built by a company of unquestioned- 
integrily who have a world wide repu* 
tation as makers of the very highest grade 
of farm implements. With such backing 
as your guarantee of service, the Moline- 
Universal is ready to solve your farm help 
problem as it has done for thousands of' 
farmers in all parts of the world. 
, Your Tractor is Ready 
Act notu—let the Moline-Universal help 
you this spring. Write for name of your 
nearest Moline dealer and free booklet 
“Tractor Farming” showing actual photo¬ 
graphs of the Moline-Universal doing ail 
sorts of farm work, also letters from owners. 
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and dairy farming. It grows the largest variety 
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\. RICHARDS, Commissioner, Room 87, South¬ 
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SICK STOCK 
LIVE POULTRY 
• Chickt'iis, 2.S to 32; old roo.stcr.'^, 24 to 
2(5; .voting i-oostors, 27 to 28; ducks, 28 to 
34; goeso, 25 to 28. 
DRESSED POULTRY' 
Fowls, 30 to 3(5; hi-oilors. f;inc.v, 3(5 to 
38: roasters, 32 to .35; caiions, 3(5 to 30; 
ttirkt'.vs, 33 to 40; ducks, 2S to 32 ; geese, 
25 to 28. 
FRUITS 
-Vi'ples, 15‘tldwni, hhl., .$3.50 to .$(»; 
WaiK's;!]). ,$4 to .$(5; lien Davis, .$3.25 to 
.$4.7.5; Sp.v. .$3.50 to $.5..5(); Greening, 
.$4.50 to .$(>..50. ('raubori'ie.s. hbl., .$13 to 
.$18. Strawberries, qt., .35 to 50. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes. 100 lbs.. $1.00 to $2.25; 
sweet potatoes, bu., .$1 to .$1.50; eueum- 
bers, bu., .$3 to $5; kale, bbl., $1.50 to 
.$2; string beans, bu., $2 to .$(5.50; green 
peas, bu., $3 to $5; cabbiige, ton. .$60 to 
$70; onions, 100 lbs., $1 to $1.75; mush¬ 
rooms, lb., 30 to 55. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Ilay—No. 1 Timothy. 31 to .$.32; No. 2, 
$29 to $30; No. .3. .$2(5 to $27; clover 
mixed, .$24.50 to .$28.50. Hti-aw—Rye, 
.$16 to $17; wheat and oat, $15 to $15.50. 
lat thousands of farmers 
gone from the U. S. to 
homesteads or buy land in West¬ 
ern Canada. Canada’s invitation to every in¬ 
dustrious worker to settle in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta is es¬ 
pecially attractive. She wants farmers to make money and happy, prosperous 
homes for themselves by helping her raise immense wheat crops to feed the world. 
You Can Get a Homestead of 160 Acres FREE 
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and churches, markets convenient, climate excellent. Write for literature and 
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301 E. Genesee St. 
Syraense, N. Y. 
Canadian Government Agent. 
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Sheep, Dogs and other animals, sent 
free. Humphreys* Homeopathic Vet¬ 
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