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S?>c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 27, lids 
Crops and Farm Notes 
Country-wide Produce Conditions 
AKMY Kf:QrmEMEXTS HEAVY. 
Exported honvy Govormnont purchases 
are a feature of interest. From one-quar¬ 
ter to one-tliird canned stock of corn, 
tomatoes, etc., is likely to be wanted, akso 
larRc amounts of dried peaches and ap¬ 
ples ; in the case of i»eaches i)erliaps one- 
lialf the dried product. These j)urchases 
are made on the basis of cost plus a rea¬ 
sonable profit. I'tirchases on account of 
the Allies are included. This heavy buy- 
in^r should helj) to steady the general 
market. 
FRUIT. 
Fruit for canning has been scarce and 
high, and one result may be a more ex¬ 
tensive demand for apples. As now seems 
likely, there are enough of them, and not 
too great a scarcity of barrels and freight 
cars. Apples are coming along much 
faster than usual so early in the season. 
Southern shippers are reported getting 
about .$2 per bushel at shipping points, 
which seems relatively favorable compared 
with .$1.85 to $2.50 for Georgia peaches, 
and $2 for Arkansas peaches. These sec¬ 
tions are still shipping quite heavily and 
Texas is likely to round out about 1,.500 
carloads by the close of the .season. _ 
POTATOES AND ONIONS FAIRLY STEADY. 
Army requirements for August include 
.about '.500.000 bushels of potatoes and 
17,000 bags of onions. Unfortunately 
these orders are secured mostly by deal¬ 
ers. because of rather unfortunate exjieri- 
ence with private shipjiers who could not 
or would not fill tlieir contracts when the 
market price went up after the contract 
had been made. Cofiperatlon of growers 
seems to be needed to secure a larger 
share of orders directly from the Govern- 
iiient. The potato market has ranged 
around .$4 to .$5.50 i)er bbl. recently for best 
Eastern wliite stock in the large consum¬ 
ing markets. A consider.able list of North¬ 
ern States are beginning to ship early 
jiotatoes and volume has been liberal at 
about 500 cars per day this month. _Long 
Island potatoes started at about $5. and 
New .Jersey stock a little below that fig¬ 
ure. New onions from the South Atlantic 
States are replacing southwestern onions, 
.and selling at $1.50 to $2 per KX) lbs. in 
large Northern markets. Onions are still 
coming from the Southwest in rather light 
volume. 
MELONS LOWER. 
Melons are a leading feature of the 
market, coming in very heavy volume, 
equal to that of potatoes at times. The de¬ 
mand has taken care of supplies, but at 
one-third lower ]uaces compared with the 
high points of the season. Muskmelons 
too are in liberal supply from the South¬ 
west. Geoi'gia muskmelons are about 
done, hut Delaware stock is almost due. 
Tomato supplies h.ave been moderate and 
prices (piite firm. New .Jersey stock sold 
from $2 to $.8 per bushel-box some time 
.after receipts became liberal. Tennessee 
stock is still coming, but in declining vol¬ 
ume. G. B. F. 
Fuller Bros, have a 3,000-bbl. orchard; 
will have about one-third of a crop: 1.. A. 
Bragger, a large fruit grower, about a 
quarter to a third; other large fruit 
growers report the same. This will hold 
good with pears, peaches, plums and 
cherries. Many fine apple trees were 
winter-killed ; in some cases whole peach 
orchards were destroyed, some badly dam¬ 
aged. while in some instances a few were 
not harmed. Thm-e is an occasional apple 
orchard with a full crop. Wheat is look¬ 
ing well where the ground was properly 
prei)ared and the seed not over-treated. 
It is now heading and is looking fine. A 
large acreage. Oats present a fine ap- 
))earance; large aci'eage. Corn, a good 
stand and jn fine shai)e ; largely increased 
acreage. Old corn, $1.85; wheat, $2.10. 
Kye and barley looking well; hay a big 
crop, and at least three weeks earlier 
than usual. Nothing doing in poultry; 
eggs, .82c. Milk either sent to the cream¬ 
ery or skimmed at home and butterfat 
sold. Price of butter fat, 44e. Tomatoes, 
$20 per ton. Cucumbers, $2 per cwt., 
vat run. Cows sell readily from $50 to 
.$120. according to quality and grade. 
Hogs are somewhat lower at this writing, 
and but few being shipped; about 15e, 
live weight, as against 18c a few weeks 
ago. The prices in Arlington township 
are always very close to Chicago quota¬ 
tions. so you see there are no such words 
as a 35-cent dollar in our vocabulary. 
Our shipping points are Lawrence and 
Bangor. We can sell at our doors more 
than we can raise at good prices. This 
report will probably hold good for Imwer 
Michigan, and perhaps the whole State. 
Van Buren Co., Mich. c. F. F. 
This is not an agricultural section, 
though practically all of the people farm 
enough for their own living, and also sell 
some of the following: Potatoes now 
bringing $1 a bu. ; butter. 40 to 45c; 
eggs, 4()c doz. ; veal calves. 20c per lb.; 
milk, 10c a qt.; milch cows, .$90 to $100; 
old hens, dressed, .85 to .88c lb.; live 
hens, $1.25 to .$1..50; hay, $10 to $12; 
beans, 15 to ISe per lb. Last year we 
W(M-e visited by an early frost which 
ruined a large ))er cent of our crops. This 
year, so far. everything looks well. It 
'has been great growing weather, and 
farmers who have their crops in find 
them doing well. We are as well as the 
rest of our country, feeling the draft, 
which has taken about all of the young 
f.arm laborers. Our main crops are oats. 
Hint corn, potatoes and buckwheat, also 
variety of vegetables sold to the many 
Summer people who fill this Summer re- 
.sort every year. .i. R. 
Essex Co., N. Y. 
Potatoes 75c per bu. at stores, $1 at 
houses. Veals. 21c hog-dressed. Hay, 
.$29; oats. $1 per bu.; butter. 42c per lb.; 
milk, $1.05 per cwt. for .Tune; beans. $8 
per bu.: eggs. .84 to .85c. The leading 
products in our county are hay, potatoes, 
dairying and grain. The acreage in all 
staple crops is increased this year ex¬ 
cept potatoes. Gats, barley and corn look 
fairly well. Farmers feel very uncertain 
at the outlook for prices this Fall ; also 
there will be trouble to get good helj) to 
harvest what has been put in. R. w. G. 
I'hemung Co., N. Y. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOIMESTTC.—.July 1.1 lightning struck 
a large naval observation balloon sta¬ 
tioned 700 feet above Gravesend Bay. 
near New York, and set it on fire. An 
explosion and spectacular blaze followed. 
No observers wei-e in tlie balloon at the 
time. 
Baseball was classed as a non-essential 
productive occupation by the Brighton 
local draft board at Boston .Inly 14 in 
deciding a test case brought by .John 
Pai'ker Henry, catcher for the Boston 
National I.eague baseball team, against 
I’rovost ^lai’shal Gemu’al Crowder's 
“work or figlif rules. The board found 
that the amount of relief from war strain 
furnished by the game was overestimated 
by the registrant in his afiidavit, and that 
baseball's financial contributiqn to the 
war was no larger materially than the 
voluntary sacrifices of “many millions of 
citizens.” 
Hamilton Knickerbocker, pyromaniac, 
of Stanford, convicted of two arson of¬ 
fences in Dutchess County, N. Y.. .July 
15, began a thirty-two-year sentence, 
which, according to Sing Sing officials, is 
one of the longe.st “bits” at this prison in 
several years. Knickerbocker confes.sed to 
h.aving burned the barns of .John Parma- 
lee and of Sheriff Elmer Conklin in 
I’leasant Valley, who brought him to 
l)rison. He added to these the firing of 
a house in Pine I’lains in which Mr. and 
Mrs. George Voshburgh were burned to 
death. This crime Avas never proved 
against him. His counsel made the plea 
that Knickerbocker had a mania for set¬ 
ting fires. 
Montclair, East Orange and Caldwell 
Boroughs were placed back in the “wet” 
column of New .Ter.sey .Tuly 1(5. when 
Chief Justice Gummere held that the re¬ 
cent local option elections were void. 
The Chief Justice ruled that the soldiers 
from these cities, who were in canton¬ 
ments, had been deprived of the right of 
voting—“one of the greatest American 
pi'ivileges of the American people.” It 
was held that the Secretary of State had 
failed to send out ballots to all the sol¬ 
diers. and had also failed to officially 
notify them of the elections. 
WASHINGTON.—A new sort of vul¬ 
ture attempting to fatten himself on the 
misfortunes of Avar Avas uncovered in the 
House .Tuly 15 by Representatives Mc- 
Clintic (Okla.) and Knutson (Minn.). 
ScA'eral lawyers in Washington, according 
to the proof these members of the House 
put into the Coiif/ressional Record, are 
obtaining the names and addresses of the 
Avives, mothers and other relatives of sol¬ 
diers Avho fall at the front and are send¬ 
ing them contracts to be signed. Avhereby 
the laAvyers Avill receive 29 per cent of 
any money due the dead soldiers from the 
government, proAudiiig that the attorneys 
collect the money for the relatives of the 
soldiers. Collection of the money due the 
soldiers is not made through lawyers. 
When the War Department reports each 
case the relative named by the soldier 
when he enters the army is given a gov¬ 
ernment check immediately. 
Belgium .Tuly 10 obtained a new credit 
of $1,680,900. This made total loans to 
Belgium by the T’nited States Goveum- 
nient $1.8.8,480.000. and total loans to all I 
Allies ,$6,208,270,090. 
The movement among pi'ivate citizens 
for finding jobs for cri])pled soldiers is 
emphatically disapproved by the War 
Department. Surgeon General Gorgas 
declared .Tuly 16 that the rehabilitation 
of the crippled men Avill be doin' thor¬ 
oughly by the government, and that the 
slightest intimation that a criiipled- sol¬ 
dier is an object of 'charity is to be dis¬ 
couraged. Recently Caiitain Archibald 
Roosevelt asked his father. Colonel Roose- 
A^elt. to find a job for one of his top ser¬ 
geants who returned from France, having 
lost a hand, and the request attracted 
much publicity. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—On July 10 
ther(' was established by the Division of 
Trafiic of the United States Railroad 
Administration a dejiartment to be known 
as the Agricultural Section. Avhose par¬ 
ticular duty will lie to look after the rela¬ 
tions betAveeu the railroads and the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture, in order to give 
all possible assistance to the general 
agricultural development of our country. 
Mr. .T. L. Edwards, of Atlanta, Ga., Avho 
has had long experience in agricultural 
development Avork, has been appointed 
manager. 
At the forty-third annual meeting of 
the American Association of Nurserymen 
.at Chicago, .Tune 26-28. the following of¬ 
ficers Avere elected for the ensuing year: 
President, .T. R. Mayhew. Waxahachie, 
Tex.; vice-president. .T. Edward Moon. 
Morrisville, Pa.; treasurer. J. W. Hill. 
Des IMoines, Iowa. ExecutiA’e committee, 
C. C. Mayhew. Sherman, Tex.: (T. R. 
Burr, Manchester, (^onn. f^hicago Avas 
selected as the next meeting })lace. 
The Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 
lege_ has eight of its staff in National 
service. Prof. F. A. Waugh, head of the 
division, is a captain in the Sanitary 
Corps, Division of Physical Reconstruc¬ 
tion ; Prof. F. A. C. Smith of the depart¬ 
ment of landscape gardening is a lieuten¬ 
ant in the Division of Personnel stationed 
in Florida; I’rof. A. G. Hecht, head of 
the department of fioriculture is in an 
officers’ training camp at Camp Sherman, 
().: C. E. Wildon. assistant in floriculture, 
is in a training cami) in Yirginia ; R. A. 
Yan M('ter of the pomology department is 
at Camp Devens, Mass. ; E. G. Wood of 
the pomology department enlisted early 
and is in France; W. C. Pauley of the 
landscai)e gai'dening department is in an 
officers' training camp in Ohio; Gilbert 
TVatts, foreman in market gardening, has 
enlisted in the NaA’y. 
The Market Gardeners of Massachu¬ 
setts are specially invited to a fu'ld day 
at the Market Garden Field Station at 
Lexington on August 19. The Market 
Gai’den Field Station is a farm of 12 
acres under the administration of the 
iMassachusetts Agricultural College, a part 
of the equipment of the Department of 
Market Gardening. It was purchased in 
December, 1!)16, and obtaiiu'd the en¬ 
thusiastic sui)i)ort of the Boston IVIarket 
Gardeners’ Association. It is to be used 
for experimental and demonstration Avork 
for market gardeners. If August 19 is 
stormy, the meeting Avill be postponed to 
August 17. 
Over 200 farmers in Noav York State 
applied to the Federal farm loan system 
during June for loans aggregating over 
$700,900. These requests Avere made 
through the several national farm loan 
associations throughout the State. The 
amount of loans actually granted to New 
Y'ork State farmers during .Tune by the 
Federal I.and Bank of Springfield Avas 
.$566,490. Ix)ans have noAv been paid 
through this system to Noaa’' Y"ork farmers 
to the amount of $1,496,949 out of the 
$.8,852,009 loans made through this sys¬ 
tem in the first district. Avhich includes 
New York. New .Jersey and New England. 
The.se loans noAv bear .5(4% interest, but 
Avhen money becomes easy again these 
farm borrowers m.iy have a chance to re¬ 
fund at the tin'll loAver rate. During 
.Tune two national farm loan associations 
Avere organizc'd in New York St.'ite, and 
the one in Y'ates county, at Penn Yan, 
Avas chartered by the Federal farm loan 
board. This brings up the number of 
such local branches of the land bank ac¬ 
tually chartered in Ncav York to 27. and 
46 organized, comjiared to 15 and 10 re¬ 
spectively in Ncav .Tersey. Out of the 
$45,090,009 of Federal farm loan bonds, 
bearing 'fi'ee of tax, sold thi.s 
Spring, a very large proportion Avas taken 
by investors in New York, I’ennsylvania 
and Ncav England, among Avhom were 
many farmers. 
DONTWnCFOinKWH 
With food scarce and prices high, it is 
criminal to let rats, birds and weather de¬ 
stroy your corn. For very little money you 
oan secure perfedt protedlion with a Martin 
Steel Crib. No fear of damage or loss 
when your corn is stored behind the per¬ 
forated steel walls of a Martin. 
Made in many sizes from 20 to 600 bar¬ 
rel capacity. Proteds the corn and prevents 
spoiling. The patented ventilating system 
keeps a perfect circulation of air through the 
corn at all times, helping it to cure properly. 
The first cost is the total cost, as a Martin 
needs no repairs. It 
Avill last a lifetime. 
Easily erected. AA'rite to¬ 
day for illustrated folder 
telling all about the Martin 
Crib and hoAV it will make 
money for you. State how 
much corn you store. 
Agents wanted in open 
territory. 
Address 901 Keyset 
Thai s what is done 
in making GrapC^NutS 
food — barley and 
other grains are 
used with wheat. 
This adds to food 
value and flavor, 
and the sum total 
requires less wheat. 
The malted barley 
in Grape^Nuts also 
helps digest other 
foods. 
For an economical, 
nourishing and 
delicious food, 
•try 
ALFALFA 
AMERICAN NORTHERN GROWN 
For fifteen years our advice concerning the seeding 
and care of Alfalfa meadows, and our seed for sowing 
them, have been standard—the best that was to bo 
had. The catalog tells how, and prices the seed, 
not Turkestan, “Dwarf Alfalfa,” which we refuse to 
handle, but the best of American grown seed, in* 
cjuding usually Moiitana, Idaho, and the great 
‘Dakota 30,” which rivals the Grimm itself. 
A| pal pA Next to Hansen's Siberian, 
HLiHLiH the greatest variety grown 
in America. We have the genuine; also limited 
amounts of the Siberian. 
Sample and prices on request. 
WiNO Seed Co., Box^SS Mechanicsburg, O. 
The House of Quality and Moderate Prices. 
FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 
Hardy Dakota Grown 
ALFALFA 
For .Augv.st Seedino 
NEAV Loav Prices good until .Sept. 1st, 1918, if ordered 
Irom tiiis ad. 
The Famous Registered: 
Disco 28 Alfalfa . . • . 28c. per lb. 
Disco 38 Alfalfa • - • • 26c. per lb. 
Disco Pedigreed Grimm ... 48c. lb. 
Disco Pedigreed Baltic ... 48c. lb. 
These ARfe Guaranteed Seeds 
Over 99H1& pure. Order today and ask for seed book. 
DAKOTA IMPROVED SEED CO., 807 Lawler St., MITCHELL, So. Dak. 
SEED WHEAT 
The Ohio State Experiment Station has recently 
oi iginatod ;» now variety of Gladden AVheat. This 
Avheat is a single plant selection from the Gypsy 
ami outyiolds its parent besides having many other 
good qualities. 
pnoCU Dye a new variety originated by Alichigan 
nuotn rill- Experiment Station has been heavily 
outyiehiing almost .all other varieties of winter rye. 
We also offer a moderate quantity of exceptionally 
pure Poole Wheat. Write for prices. 
Wing Seed Co., Box 723, Mechanicsburg, Ohio 
Strawberry Plants 
For August and Fall planting. Pot-grown and runner 
plants that will bear fruit next suiiiiner. Also IMS I'111: It- 
UY, IlI.ACIillERUY.tiOOSEIiEKKV. Cl IIIM.NT, GIUI'E I'l.AMS, 
MiriT TREES. SlIIU BS for fall planting. CAIlllAtiE, CACl.l- 
FhOWER, I’El'I’Elt,VEGETABLE I'LA.Vl'S, CELERY. BRUSSELS 
Sl'ROlTS, PARSLEY, ASPARAGUS, RIIURARR, ASTER plants, 
ready now. Catalogue free. Harry L. Squires. Good Ground. N.Y. 
CELERY PLANTS 'Sf?-"",’;. 
and Giant Pascal. 10n-4Oo; 300 for SSI; 500 for 
$1.50. Postpaid. VV. S. FORD & SON, Hartly, Delaware 
Dcnaracxilc nuuio, nunocnauion ociD, LHmJHUC. 
BEETS. ONION PLANTS. LETTUCE, TOMA, 
TOES, EGG PLANTS, PEPPERS and CAULIFLOWER PLANTS. 
Send for I'rice List. J, C. Sciimitlt, Bristol, Pa. 
Standard Apple BARRELS 
Prompt shipment. Kobt. Gillies, Medina, N. Y', 
S WEET CLOVER. The great land Imildei'. Sow it now. 
White Scarified. ?1S J!u. «. BLOOMINGOALE, Scliencctady.N f 
Two Excellent Vegetable 
Books 
By R. L Watts 
Vegetable Gardening .... 
$1.75 
Vegetable Forcing. 
. 2.00 
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333 W. 30th St., New York 
