834 
Countrywide Produce Conditions 
I'OTATO MOVEMENT VEKY HEAVY 
The heavy and still inereasiug volume 
of the new potato movement is the fea¬ 
ture of the recent week, the volume 
greatly exceeding even the liberal move¬ 
ment of this time last year. Virginia, the 
last and largest of the Southern shipping 
sections, is getting into full swing and 
becomes the principal shipper during the 
la.st of June and the first of .July. New 
Jersey, the first Nortlnun shipping sec¬ 
tion, begins about .Tuly 1. Heaviest vol¬ 
ume of potato shipment does not <ome 
until about the third week of October, 
when for a short time last year move¬ 
ment approached 1,000 cars per day. 
High point of Southern potato shipments, 
however, is due about this time, but the 
figures are likely to be quite moderate on 
account of the reduced yield and acreage 
in Virginia this .sea.son. There are still 
a few hundred cars of old potatoes com¬ 
ing each week, but old stock is ne.irly 
(lone except for Michigan and Maine. 
Old and new together are, coming about 
700 cars per daj’, and that is likel.v to be 
near the top for the pr<‘sent. Prices are 
inclined to sag off, ranging ^o.oO to .$4 
per bbl. at Southern shipping points, and 
$4 to ,$5.75 at Northern wholesale mar¬ 
kets. Old jiotatoes are closing the sea¬ 
son at considerably above recent low 
points, mostly $1.50 to $2 in leading mar¬ 
kets. Ileports of ai’ea planted in various 
Northern States show GO to 95 per cent 
of area planted in the same States last 
year. 
SOUTHERN ONIO.NS NEARLY DONE 
Onions are also doing better than a few 
w'eeks ago. The Texas season is nearly 
over, and supplies are light. The last of 
the Texas croi> is bringing growers nearly 
.$1 per crate, and Northern markets quote 
SI to ,$1.75, with rather slow demand. 
California stock is now moving quite lib¬ 
erally, and selling somewhat above most 
Texas onions. Acreage planted in North¬ 
ern vStates is reported as considerably less 
than last year. 
niGTT PRICES FOR FRUIT 
Sti-awberries are scarce and high, sell¬ 
ing much above the prices for the past 
two years. Past year 200 to 200 cais 
per day were coming during the last of 
.Tune, but at present the movement is 
less than 75 cars per day. mostly from 
the Northern sections, besides large home¬ 
grown .supplies which do not figure in the 
general carlot movement. General whole¬ 
sale prices for good berries range from 15 
to 85c in leading markets. Tomatoes 
from Missis.sippi and adjoining States are 
in good supply and range from ,$1.25 to 
$2 per four-basket carrier in Northern 
markets. Tennessee shijiments are begin¬ 
ning. Peaches from Georgia fiml ready 
sale in Northern markets, around .$5 per 
carrier, and the grocers net about $2 or 
a little le.s.s. 
B'/ic RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—An admis.sion that 1,800 
“war affidavits” were distributed indis¬ 
criminately to all men of draft age who 
asked for them was made .Tune 18 by 
William E. Van Amburgh, treasurer of 
the Watch Tower Bible and Tract So¬ 
ciety. in the Government’s case against 
nine followers of the late Pastor Bussell, 
in the Federal Court, Brooklyn. These 
allidavits were filled out by the applicants 
and presented to local draft boards all 
over the United States in the attempt to 
evade military service. Van Amburgh 
testified. Fre(i H. Robinson, a defendant, 
admitted he had written letters to drafted 
men advising them to resist even non- 
combatant service. 
Fire caused b.v two explosions of un¬ 
determined origin at Pittsburgh, Pa., 
.Tune 14. destroyed three floors of the build¬ 
ing occupied by the Metropolitan Store. 
Fifth avenue, in the heart of the business 
district. The loss is estimated at .$150,- 
000 . 
Martin Plunkett. Socialist candidate 
for Governor and secretary in Connecti¬ 
cut of that party, was arrested at his 
place of business in Wallingford. .Tune 14, 
on a charge of violating the espionage act. 
A truckload of papers, pamphlets and 
other socialistic matter was seized later in 
his office. Plunkett was held by United 
States Commissioner Wright in $1,000 
for hearing June 22. 
Approximivtely 188.000 gsillons of oil 
were destroyed .Tune 14 by a fire which 
followed the derailment of a fmght train 
on the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Bear 
Creek .Tunction, Pa. 
Paul Max Ivubong, 22. a registered 
German enemy alien, in w’hose room at 
St. Louis, Mo., was found a map of the 
United States with all the important rail¬ 
road bridges marked in red ink, admitted 
.Tune 14 to the police that he entered an 
express car and opened two suit cases 
being expressed to army officers in Wash¬ 
ington for the purpose of getting informa¬ 
tion for the German government He 
was employed by Wells. Fargo (& Co. as 
seal clerk and had access to the cars as 
well as knowledge of what each contained. 
Detectives who searched his room also 
found maps on which were indicated the 
location of army cantonments, munitions 
plants and ship yards. Kubong denied he 
is a German agent. 
A jury in the Brooklyn Supreme Court 
awmrded $17,500 .Tune 17 to Fannie Ciam- 
brelli. who lost a toe in a Coney Island 
crowd last Summer when a car of the 
Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Com¬ 
pany struck her. Complications devel- 
o|)ed. s(*veral operations were performed 
and others will be necf'ssary. 
More than 400 aliens, the majority of 
them Russians and Austrians, who ar¬ 
rived at Windsor, Canada, June 18. it is 
said, to make a demonstration in favor of 
John Rerehuda. uiub'r arrest on a charge 
of inciting draft resistance, were rounded 
u|) l)y the police. On being searched 100 
of them were found to be without, draft 
registration certificates and were placed 
under arrest. .Many of the Russians 
.searched were found to be in possession 
of I’.olshevik and I. W. W. propanguda 
iterature. 
The first arrest growing out of the in¬ 
vestigation which the Department of 
.Tustice is making into the conspirac.v con¬ 
cerning Government contracts tvas made 
.Tune Is in New York City. Agents of 
the Department of .Tustice took into cus¬ 
tody there First Lieutenant .Tames C. 
Staley of the Quartermaster Corps. It 
is alleged Lieutenant Staley accept'd 
money from representatives of the 'I'nie 
h'it Waterjiroof (’ompany. 810 Broadway, 
whose jdant he had iust inspected. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The Massa- 
chu.M'tts Society for the Rromotion of 
Agriculture.offers $250 in prizes for the 
best acre of flint corn produced in Massa¬ 
chusetts in 1918. The best acre is de¬ 
scribed as the one that is produced at the 
least cost per bushel. The prizes are 
$100, $75, .$.50 and $25. Farmers who 
wish to enter must do so by July 1. and 
all reports must be in by November 30. 
An accurate account must be kept of all 
expenses after the farmer enters the con¬ 
test. All expenses previous to (uiteriug 
the conte.st must be estimated. The rec¬ 
ords will be kept for an entire field, the 
best acre of which may be clmsen for the 
contest, and .all the figures will be calcu¬ 
lated on th(‘ acre basis. Farmers wishing 
infoi'ination al)out this can secure it by 
writing their Farm Bureau office. 
Modification of railroad embargoes 
where necessary to facilitate the move¬ 
ment of wool, particularly to Philadel- 
idiia, Baltis.ioie. New York and New’ Eng¬ 
land manufacturing centers, was an¬ 
nounced June 18 by the Railroad Admin¬ 
istration. The wool cli]>jung season is 
just closing and the regional railroacl di¬ 
rectors are authorizecl to make such 
changes in existing orders as may be 
necessary to insure prompt movement of 
the product. All raw wool has bi'cn taken 
over by the Government, and any surplus 
after needs of the army and navy have 
been met w'ill be allotted to manufactur¬ 
ers for civilian trade. 
Farmers are urged by the United States 
Department of Agriculture to idace or¬ 
ders at once for fertilizer neeeb'd for Fall 
wheat. It is very impoi'tant, according 
to W. W. Mein, assistant to the Secre¬ 
tary o( Agriculture, in charge of the 
licensing of fertilizer concern.^ under the 
food-control act, that dealers and manu- 
factiireT’s know farmers’ needs as soon as 
possible. So that oi'dei’s can b(' combined 
and car space used to the best advantage. 
Transportation difficulties require that 
freight cars be loaded to their rated ca¬ 
pacity. Delay in ordering, it is said, may 
result in a repetition of last Spring’s e.\'- 
perience, when many farmers failed to 
receive their mixed fertilizer and acid 
phosphate until after planting time. 
G. I. Christie, former State Director 
of Agricultural Extension Work in Indi¬ 
ana, who recently undertook supervision 
of Farm« Labor Activities of the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, has been designated 
to represent the department on the newly 
established War Labor Policies Board. 
Policies in regard to industrial relations 
that are common concern of the vari¬ 
ous departments and, other independent 
administrative agencies of the Govern¬ 
ment are formulated and executed by the 
boai’d. 
E. S. Brigham, Agricultural Commis¬ 
sioner for Vermont, has issued a State¬ 
ment about the maple sugar crop in that 
State. It seems that the production of 
sugar per ti’ee averaged 2.26 pounds, but 
as nearly half a million trees w’ere tapped 
there was a total of 12.000.4.80 pounds of 
sugar for the State. Mr. Hoover suggests 
a sugar consumption of 26 pounds per 
capita. This would mean for Vermont 
12.800.000 pounds, and thus Vermont 
comes very close to going over the top in 
sw’eetening Vermonters. This will not 
mean, of course, that it is not necessary 
to import w’liite sugar into the State. The 
maple product goes all over the woidd. and 
forms a basis for an exchange, white 
sugar being brought in as the maple goes 
out. The price for sugar this year runs 
to 22 cents a pound against 15.8 cents last 
year. The price of Syrup this Spring 
averaged $1.88 against $1.37 last year, 
so that the maple sugar crop represents 
a tw'o million dollar industry. In spite 
of labor shortage and various other handi¬ 
caps, the Vermont farmers made a suc¬ 
cessful campaign against the maple trees 
and won out. 
OBITUARY.—The death is announced 
of Frank N. _Meyer, agricultural explorer 
for the Ttnited States Department of 
Agriculture, w'ho had passed most of the 
last 16 years in Siberia, Turkestan and 
China in the interests of science and 
W’ho had introduced many new Oriental 
plants to the Western world. Word has 
reached the Bureau of Plant Industry, 
with w’hich he was connected, that his 
body has been found in the Yangtze River 
80 mih's from Wu Hu. China. On .Tune 
2, a week before it was recovered, he dis¬ 
appeared from a river steamboat plying 
between Hankow and Nankin. No fur¬ 
ther details have, been received. Hun¬ 
dreds of species and varieties of plants 
Dr. Meyer discovered in Asia and intro¬ 
duced here are growing today in the 
United States. He won distinction as a 
botanist through the discovery of the ex¬ 
istence in China of a true species of 
hickory. Among his professional suc¬ 
cesses were the discoveries of the home 
of the chestnut bark disease and the ex¬ 
istence of a blight n'sistant species of 
chestnut. The R. N.-Y. has often re¬ 
ferred to Dr. Meyer’s new introductions, 
whicli included fruits, cereals and other 
plants of interest to agriculture. 
WASHINGTON.—In response to an 
apix'al by Secretary Lane that plans be 
made for reclaiming arid, swamp ami 
cut-over lands for returning soldiers. 
Senator Sterling of South Dakota intro¬ 
duced .Tune 14 a resolution appropriating 
$1,0(K),0()0 for a survey of the laml. 
Reducing Chairman Creel’s estimates 
by about one-third, the House .Tune 17 
included in the sundry civil budget a 
lump sum of $1.2.50.000 for expenses of 
the Committee on Public Information for 
the next fiscal year. Mr. Creel requested 
an allowance of .$2,098,000 in his recent 
appearance before the appriations com¬ 
mittee. 
No objection to any legislation that 
may be introduced in Congre.ss extending 
the draft ages to take in men from 18 to 
45 years of age will be interposed by the 
War Department. Secretary Baker said 
.Tune 18. He indicated this extension of 
draft ages is bound to come, and that it 
is only a question of judgment whether 
the present age limits of 21 to 31 should 
be increased now or later. 
Farmers in this section produce hay, 
rye, oats and potatoes. A few .ssell milk 
and cream; a few pigs. Hay, $18; r.ve 
straw. $12, delivered at car; pigs. ^7. 
six weeks old. Potatoes. $1; milk. 4c: 
creamery butterfat. 49c. Rye, $2; no 
oats or corn on sale. Cows. $80 to 
$100; calves. 15c per lb. Hay and rye 
promise good. Apples not very plenty; 
not apple year. Apples sold last year 
at $2 per bbl. Corn rather behind, ow¬ 
ing to cold weather. Otherwise crops 
looking good. j. c. 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
There has been too much rain to look 
for very much gi’ain. and the ice last 
Winter nearly ruined the older mead¬ 
ows. New seeding fair. Eggs. 33 to 
45e per doz. Wheat, $2.25 to $3 per bn. 
Butter. 50c per lb.; cheese selling at 
22c per Ih.; oats. $1 per bu. Gardens 
are better than last year at this time, 
hot far from good. Hay is selling from 
$12 to .$14 per ton. Farm helj) vei-y 
sea roe. c. w. 
CattaraugTis Co., N. T. 
June 29, 1018 
VEGETABLE PLANTS 
Cabbaoe, Cauliflower. Pepper, Tomato, Brussels Sprouts, 
Beet, Celery, Epo, Kale, Onion, Parsley, Sv/tet Potato, 
Rhubarb, Asparagus. Horseradish plants. AIm) Aster, 
Geranium and other flowering plants. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
ftnd runner plants that will bear fruit next summer. Also Rasp* 
berry. Blackberry, Gooseberry, Currant, Grape plants. 
Fruit Trees, Shrubs for fall plantinjp. Catalo^^ue free. 
HAKRY L. SQUIRES, Good Ground, N. Y. 
CABBAGE, CELERY 
and CAULIFLOWER 
PLANTS 
2.000.000 CABBAGE Pianl« in 
all varieties—$1.50 per 1.000; 5.0C0, 
$6.50; 10,000. $12.00. Re-rooted 
$1.75 per 1,000. 
300.000 CAULIFLOWER PlanU 
(Henaerson'sSnowhall) $2.75 perl.000; 
Re-rooted $4.00 per 1,000. List Free. 
Paul F. Btchellt, Bai 422, Morristown, N.J. 
AenapatfllC ROOTS, HORSERADISH SETS. CABBAGE, 
Msnaidsus beets, onion plants, lettuce, toma. 
TOES. EGG PLANTS. PEPPERS and CAULIFLOWER PLANTS. 
Send for Price List. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, I’a. 
RED SKIN POTATO SEED 
store Tomato plant*, $1.60 1,0(K». Cabbage and Cauli¬ 
flower plants. Price list free. U. S. BOKGO, Tlo.lnnd, x. J. 
Pakkaira DlanLw—Two Million. Danish and Domostic. 
baOOagB rianis ASHM JEAD, WlUlamson, N. Y. 
ecl CDV Dl AUTC G0LDEH,8EbFBbEACHIXe, UIIITE 
WtLtnl rLNn IO PEUUE and aURT PASCAL. 300 for 
$1,Post paid. Catalogue free. W.S. FORO • SON, H.rlly.D.I. ware 
Sjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin: 
I Your Neighbor! 
I Needs The Rural | 
I New-Yorker | 
= If he is not a reader get E 
E his subscription—If he is = 
E a subscriber get his re- E 
E newal. Liberal terms to E 
E agents—Write to E 
“ Tepartment “L” ZZ 
I The Rural New-Yorker | 
E 333 West 30th Street E 
= 12 New York City 5 
iflllllllllllllllllllilliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitin 
SAFE« 
tythin^ ^ 
but Rats and Mice - 
It’s 
DEAT 
I RATZEND 
i» not a trap.’ 
It attracts rats 
from a distance. 
They go in—go out 
again and die at a distance. 
Y OU wouldn’t dare put rat poison around where the children might 
find it; or where chicks or the live stock or where birds, etc., could 
get at it. Then how can you get rid of rats and field mice ? A 
trap won’t do the trick. It gets one rat and then scares other rats away. 
X 4<s 
R^ENri’ 
is a fragrant rat destroying food, 
put where nobody can get it out 
and where nothing larger than rats 
and mice can get at it. 
Nor could anything else as 
small as a rat eat it. The food is 
hardened. It takes the teeth of a 
rat or mouse to gnaw it off, and 
they can’t get a large enough piece 
to carry away. 
Rats destroy $ 1,000,000,000 
of foodstuffs and property annually. 
A single rat destroys from $5 to 
$8 worth each year. A single 
“ Ratzend ” costs $3 and will put 
an end to from 600 to 800 rats 
and a larger number of field mice. 
Thh $3.00 investment means a 
profit of from $2.00 to $5.00 if 
you only killed one rat. 
Send $3.00 for one “Ratzend.” 
Use it and test it in every way. 
Count the dead rats and mice. 
Make it prove itself. 
If ordered in half dozen lots we 
will be glad to supply them to you 
at the wholesale price of $15.00 
per half dozen. 
Material and labor are so scarce 
that we cannot produce “Ratzend” 
in large enough quantities to stock 
them in retail stores as yet. How¬ 
ever, we can supply yon direct. 
Send $3>00 today by check, money-ord^r, or the cash itself 
for your first Ratzend ** or write for further information 
J. W. WATSON, 25 Oakwood Avenue, Orange, N. J. 
