Early Lettuce Market 
(Continued from i*ige .831) 
Sales to jobbers in northern consuming 
markets followed n corresponding range 
opening December 2, 1018, at $2.50 to $8 
per 1 14-bu. hamper and advancing to 
$4.75 to .$<> at the close of the active sea¬ 
son early in March, 1010. The 1017-1018 
general range of jbbbing sales was from 
$1.50 to $8 December 0 down to $1.85 to 
$1.05 February 11. and back again in the 
range of $1 to $5 near the end of March, 
101S. 
California lettuce was officially re¬ 
ported in the producing section for the 
1018-1010 season only. The active ship¬ 
ping season opened about the middle of 
December at the range of $1.05 to $2 per 
crate. The market weakened slightly the 
last of December with the range $1.00 
to $2. but recovered early in March to 
the range of $5.5(1 to $5, then receded 
toward the end of the season reaching 
th<‘ low point, of $1.25 to $1.50 at the 
end of April for somewhat inferior stock 
from the Los Angeles- section. The range 
of .jobbing prices opened November 25 at 
$5.50. declined to $2.75 to $8.50 the first 
week in 1 lecember. advanced to $5 to 
$0.50 the last of January and closed the 
Inst of April at $2.50 to $8. The lower 
range toward the close of the season was 
owing chiefly to the presence of much 
inferior stock. The range during the 
1017-1918 season began at $2.50 to $8 
per crate early in December. 1017, ad¬ 
vanced to $2.50 to $8 the third week in 
January, declined to $1.50 t<> $2.25 the 
second week in March, but recovered to 
$2 to $2.50 the following week, which 
closed the active season. 
A Trip to Florida 
Taking a sleeping car at 8:85 p. m. in 
New York, one wakes in Ttichmond, Va. 
From there south for nearly a thousand 
miles, with the exception of a few hills in 
North Carolina, is one flat sandy expanse 
.as far as the eye can see on both sides of 
the train, covered more or less with pine 
trees. In the Carolinas there were hun¬ 
dreds of acres where small stakes support¬ 
ed peanut vines “drying” out in the rain. 
For it rained when we left New York and 
continued to rain all the way to Florida. 
In South Carolina we saw the first cot- 
tonlield; the plants were only three to 
four feet high, with tufts of tin* white cot¬ 
ton still clinging to the bolls. It must be 
a backaching jobe to bend over all day 
picking the cotton out of the bolls. We 
passed a plantation of several hundred 
acres of camphor trees. The leaves and 
young twigs are crushed and boiled to ex¬ 
tract the camphor gum of commerce. In 
the turpentine country, which extends 
from North Carolina to Florida, we passed 
many miles where practically every tree 
in sight was slashed for turpentine. This 
is done by cutting off a slab about six 
inches wide and three to live feet long 
from the body of the tree, then, with an 
upward stroke of the ax at the bottom of 
the out a \ -shaped cut is made into which 
the flanges of a tin trough are inserted, 
and the turpentine gum drips slowly into 
a clay bowl on the ground. We passed a 
big distillery where this was being dis¬ 
tilled into commercial turpentine and 
resin. 
In Florida we saw the first orange 
grove, and nature has few more beautiful 
sights. The dark green foliage contrasts 
with the red or yellow globes scattered 
over the trees, and to one who views it 
for the first, time the* effect is delightful. 
Almost as soon as Florida is reached the 
soil changes from the brownish sand of 
the North to a clear white sand which 
looks to a Northern man as being perfect¬ 
ly hopeless as a crop producer. Yet the 
thrifty-looking orange trees, the big pine 
and live oak trees, growing in that white 
sand—without a particle of what he 
would call “soil” iu it—confound all his 
ideas and traditions as to fertility. The 
long gray Spanish moss hanging down 
from the limbs of the trees three to five 
feet seems to find its most genial host in 
the live oaks. After passing thousands of 
young pine trees with no sign of the moss 
on them, I concluded that the pine refused 
to be host for the parasitic plant, but 
later I found the old columnar pines 
swamped with the moss. It is said that 
ultimately it kilhx the trees bv smothering 
them. 
We spent the Winter in Orlando, which 
is on the central ridge of the State about 
50 miles from the east coast, and about 
twice that distance from the (Julf of Mex¬ 
ico. The word “ridge" is deceiving, as the 
country around Orlando is flat as a barn 
floor. Toward the north there are a few 
low hills, but to the eastward clear to the 
Atlantic Ocean was one long flat. There 
are 16 lakes within tin- city limits, not 
duck ponds, hut lakes from a half mile 
to nearly two miles in circumference. The 
streets are paved with brick and shaded 
with big live oaks, and this is a perpetual 
shade, for the trees are always in full 
foliage, never bare, the young leaves grow¬ 
ing while the old are falling. An orange 
tree also is always in full leaf, never a 
bare branch showing. Orange trees blos¬ 
som twice a year, the main blossoming 
being about the first of March. A second 
lighter blossoming takes place in June, 
and the tree carries both crops of fruit 
at the same time. Oranges are not picked 
from the trees as we pick apples; the 
wood is very tough, and the stem would 
pull out. leaving a tender spot on the 
orange where decay would enter, so they 
are clipped from the trees with a small 
tool. Oranges that fall from the trees are 
not sent to market, except to be made 
into marmalade or jam, and if a picker 
drops an orange he is not allowed to pick 
it. up. The reason is that some of the 
juice cells may be broken: then the juice 
will sour and spoil the orange. The 
trees have to be sprayed, trimmed, culti¬ 
vated and fertilized just as much as trees 
do here, and much more fertilizer used in 
that sand than in our good soil in the 
North. 
In another article I will tell of some of 
the handicaps the agriculturist encounters 
in the South. geo. A. cosgkove. „ 
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176 Second Avenue N. Y. City 
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Copy must roach us not later than Friday mornins 
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Farm Help Wanted 
WANTED First-dn-s farm hand; first-class 
dairyman. SCI 1 WEN K BROTHERS. South¬ 
ampton. 1.. 1., X. Y. 
WANTED—Strong, willing boy. or mother and 
soil, by couple without children, on modern 
poultry farm, for general work: small wages, 
but good home. BOX 26, Morristown, N. J. 
WANTED—Middle-aged woman for housework 
in modern country home; no washing. A. E. 
BUYERS. Williamsville, N. Y. 
WANTED—Men and women attendants in a 
State institution for the feeble-minded; salary 
$45 a month for men and $30 for women, with 
maintenance. State nge when applying. Apply 
to SUPERINTENDENT, Lctchworth Village, 
Thiells, N. Y. 
WANTED—An all around farm hand; must be 
single, sober and reliable, good with team and 
a good milker; stafp wages. Address ADVER¬ 
TISER 5522, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—First-class herdsman for small herd 
of purebred ITolstelns; this is a good place for 
the right man; state age. married or single, and 
wages wanted. SUNNYSIDE FARM, Westwood, 
N. J. 
WANTED—Trustworthy, middle-aged, American 
Protestant woman who is fond of children, to 
aid in housework on farm on Long Island, ninety 
miles from New York; family, two adults and 
four children, between ages two and eleven: no 
washing required, but must help with mending, 
plain sewing and eare of children; will lie treat¬ 
ed as one of the family; only persons desiring 
permanent employment need apply; wages. $30 
per month. ADVERTISER 5458, eare Rural New- 
Yorker. 
HERDSMAN WANTED—Single man. experienced 
with purebred cattle, ou up-to-date farm on 
main Worcester trolley road. SIBLEY FARMS, 
Spencer, Mass. 
WANTED—Young married man, strong and am¬ 
bitious, ns farmhand; $70 per month; free 
rent. KRETSCUMAR BROS., West Nyack, 
N. Y. 
WANTED—Man anil wife for farm work; new 
five-room and bath cottage to themselves: no 
objection to children: 50 miles north of New 
York. Address ADVERTISER 5517, eare Rural 
New-York>T. 
I’O T'LT R Y M A N —Married, no children, for farm 
in Madison. X. J.: must be thoroughly experi¬ 
enced with Mammoth incubators and understand 
ail breeds of chicks and various diseases of 
chickens; live wire only wanted; good salary to 
right man, who is not afraid of long hours. 
Address MaeNIFF HORTICULTURAL CO., Inc., 
5 2 Vesey st., New York. 
WANTED—Gardener; general knowledge of hor¬ 
ticulture; good position to right man. Apply 
BARROW MFG. CO., 524 Broadway, New York 
City. 
■ WANTED—Working farm foreman, willing to 
follow instructions and discharge duties faith¬ 
fully and Intelligently during owner’s absence; 
300-acre dairy and general stock and crop farm; 
grade Holstein cattle; married man, 28-34 years 
old: life ex|terienee on farm and two or more years 
Cornell training preferred; farm must be run on 
1 paying basis and only sober reliable man consld- 
|ered: state age. weight, nationality, experience, 
salary expected and when ready for work in 
first letter. ADVERTISER 5523, care Rural 
WANTED—Man and wife to work for an Amer¬ 
ican family and share in profit sales of poul¬ 
try. with board, room and salary; man for 
general farm work and woman for housekeeper; 
must he neat and good plain cook: both must be 
good, willing workers; no shirkers need apply; 
no capital required. G. W. ANDREW, Nauga¬ 
tuck. Conn. 
WANTED—At once, experienced man to take 
charge of dairy farm: must be excellent milker 
and understand "are of thoroughbred stock, and 
also capable teamster: this is exceptional open¬ 
ing for right man. as owner is away for months 
:it time, and capable man will have entire 
charge; buildings are all modern: seven-room 
bungalow, completely furnished, furnace heat, 
hot and cold water, open plumbing; salary $75 
monthly; fuel, milk and garden furnished: please 
do not apply unless you can qualify as above; 
give full particulars first letter . II. C. TAY¬ 
LOR. Mansfield, Mass. 
WANTED—Woman or girl for general house¬ 
work on farm with all modern conveniences; 
two and infant in family; no farm help boarded; 
day worker in four days a week to assist in 
work. MRS. N. F. SMITH, Hudson, N. Y. 
WANTED—An experienced up-to-date farm man¬ 
ager on 200-aere farm: man must be capable of 
hnniDing help and thoroughly familiar with all 
classes of up-to-date farming. SPRING BROOK 
FARM, Putnam, Conn. 
POULTRY WOMAN—Must be thoroughly ex¬ 
perienced in brooding baby chicks by coal- 
burning brooders; also understand proper rations 
and mixing: good salary to thoroughly experi¬ 
enced woman: commercial farm, located at 
Madison. N. J.. 23 miles from New York: state 
full particulars and reply by letter only. 
POULTRY WOMAN. Care The MaoNiff Horti- 
j cultural Co., Inc., 54 Vesey St., N. Y. City. 
| WANTED—On general dairy farm, hoy or young 
man; experience not so much us one that 
would care for a good home preferably to high 
wages; state particulars and wages wanted in 
first letter. M. S. CYTOWIC, Walton. X. Y. 
WANTED—Single man for farm work: state 
age. experience ami wages wanted; do not 
apply unless you are a steaify worker. M. F. 
GOULD, Cassadaga, N. Y. 
WANTED—By June 1st. herdsman, married, for 
registered Jerseys doing IL of M. work under 
farm conditions; must be a good butter-maker 
and ealf raiser: modern house; good wages; one 
who can get results will be paid accordingly; 
must be aide to keep ordinary records; perma¬ 
nent position; farm splendidly situated. THE 
MANAGER, Hermitage. Centrevllle, Md. 
Situations Wanted 
POUI.TRYMAN. married, wants position on ex¬ 
hibition or utility poultry farm; 10 years’ ex¬ 
perience; good references; sober, willing: re¬ 
turned soldier: late manager of first-class plant. 
GWYTHEIl, Stat. B., B. F. D. 1. Columbus, O. 
PlIULTKYMAN, single. 89; thoroughly experi¬ 
enced in the care of poultry, incubation and 
raising chicks; could manage a private or com¬ 
mercial poultry plant. Address JOHN ,T. 
FLAHERTY, 113 South Avenue. Poughkeepsie, 
POT'LTRYM AN, with 14 years’ experience. 
wants position ns working manager on large 
plant or estate; can grow strong healthy chicks 
and produce Winter eggs; managed one plant 12 
years; American: married. ADVERTISER 5515, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
GARDENER. Norwegian. 30. married, no chil¬ 
dren. having years experience in all branches 
of garden work, poultry and general farming, 
employed at present, wishes position on private 
place or camp: best references: state full par¬ 
ticulars in first, letter. ADVERTISER 5509, rare 
Rural New-Yorker. 
EXPERIENCED shepherd desires position; qual¬ 
ified to handle and take full charge of sheep. 
ADVERTISER 5524. care Rural New-Yorker. 
MAN, 28. would like position on poultry farm, to 
learn business. ADVERTISER 5520, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
FIRST-CLASS cowman. French, single, wants 
position on private place. JOE DUS0CH, 02 
Charlton Street. Newark. N. J. 
WANTED—Position ns assistant or working 
foreman on modern fruit or general farm; ex¬ 
perienced; reference; American (24); preparatory 
school education: wages $50 a month with board 
aud room. Address ADVERTISER 5528, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN—Single; two years’ experience; 
commercial or private estate; returned over¬ 
seas duty. ADVERTISER 5527, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
POS IT ION WANTED—Ga rdener-ea retaker; ma r- 
ried man; two children; strictly temperate: 
understands flowers, vegetables, stock, ordinary 
repairs: $75 month, house. BOX 330, Hunting- 
ton Station, L. I„ N. Y. 
HERDSMAN-DA IRYMAN—Five years’ reference: 
four years’ experience A. R. work; good calf 
raiser; Scotchman; 27 years old; married: no 
children: steady worker: no boozer; state wages, 
etc., in first letter. WILLIAM AULD, Box 34. 
R. D. 3. Williamstown, Vt. 
POULTRYMAN. single, eight years’ experience. 
college graduate, desires position on private 
estate or commercial plant; thoroughly with in¬ 
cubating. brooding and care of layers; no booze 
nor tobacco: state wages, etc. ADVERTISER 
5529, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Situation on practical stock farm. 
swine preferred: experience desired: wage 
secondary: age 22: single: discharged soldier. 
Address J. I,. B., 49 Niehol Ave., New Bruns¬ 
wick, N. J. 
DAIRYMAN, single. 40, wants position on pri¬ 
vate place: good butter-maker and ealf man: 
five years’ references. ADVERTISER 5530, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
YOUNG MAN. American. 25, husky and experi¬ 
enced, wishes position in connection with the 
raising of dairy or stock farm crops; wages $50. 
ADVERTISER 5525, care Rural New-Yorker. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
FOR SALE—157-acre farm, 6 miles county seat, 
10,000 population: all good land: some bottom: 
$40; easy terms: improvements. OWNER, Box 
135, Harrogate, Tenn. 
SEVENTY-FIVE-ACRE poultry farm, beautifully 
located on Seneca Lake, near Watkins Glen, 
two miles from Pa. R.R.: new, large barns and 
outbuildings; two good houses. 7 and 11 rooms: 
running hot and cold water: steam heated: mod¬ 
ern houses for 1,500 hens: colony system for 
3,000 chicks: CnndVe incubator; stocked with 
vigorous, high-producing White Leghorns: best 
equipment: in operation 5 years; good reason for 
selling. F. E. UPSON. Dundee. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—78-acre farm: very fertile: good 
buildings: 1% miles from Hawlev, It. D. and 
telephone. FRED SCHUTZ. Hawley, Pa. 
FOR SALE—Poultry farm: about 15 acres; 
equipped for capacity of 4.000 hens: 6,000-egg 
Candee incubator, brooder houses, laying houses, 
etc.; large, splendidly built residence; V, mile 
from town of 3,500; located’ on site of Du Pont 
Boulevard; six miles from Delaware Bay and 20 
miles from Delaware Breakwater on Atlantic 
Ocean; sot in apple trees; a big bargain. THE 
DELAWARE EGG FARM, Milford, Del. 
FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM—95 acres; good 
buildings: spring water in house; acetylene 
gas; $o.()(io: ooo acres fine orchard and grass 
land: well located: well watered; small house: 
$15 per acre. W. H. ADKINS, Swoope, Va. 
WANTED—In New York. South Jersey or Con¬ 
necticut. a cheap farm or piece farm land; 
some wood: describe everything; cash price; no 
agents. JAMES CORWIN, 1920 Anthony Ave.. 
New York City. 
FARM of eighty-seven acres, situated in Fairfax 
County. Virginia, six miles from Washington. 
D. C.. on good road, ami one mile from two elec¬ 
tric lines; eight acres of woodland; remainder in 
high state of cultivation: barn and outbuildings 
in good condition: gasoline engine, two wells, 
brick house, ten rooms, two baths. Terms. $10.- 
000 cash; balance of payments can be arranged 
with owner, MRS. YALE RICE, Falls Church. 
Virginia. 
OWNER having other business will sell paving 
dairy and hay farm: 215 acres; most excellent 
location: building capacity 40 cows; all live 
stock and personal property Included ready for 
business; 15 registered Holsteius. balance grades; 
price. $16,000. P. O. BOX 24, Deposit, N. Y. 
CUCUMBER LAND—Good sandy loam prairie. 
close largest Government aviation field, near 
Arcadia. Florida; profitable for buyer. JOHN 
E. STRAYER. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 
FOR SALE—Five-acre florist's establishment; 
house, barn, chicken house, shed, two-green- 
houses and farm implements. Inquire JULIUS 
LEXER. 657 Willowbrook Road. Port Richmond. 
Staten Island. N. Y. 
FARM to let, with tools; 
ture: suitable gardening 
markets; good buildings. 
N. Y. 
50 acres tillable; pas- 
potatoes. grain: good 
W. WELLS, Ravena. 
Miscellaneous 
WANTED—norse lawnmower. dirt scraper, small 
forge, anvil. MARSH BARBER, East Aurora. 
N. Y. 
BAI.ER: practically new: will sell at a sacrifice. 
LOUIS T.EISERSON, Inc., 102 Madison Ave., 
New York. 
WANTED—Dairy boiler, in first-class condition; 
state price and condition. SUNNYSIDE 
FARM, Westwood. N. J. 
NEW Janies Cow Barn Equipment For Sale—IS 
stanchions, partitions and water buckets com¬ 
plete: bull, cow and calf pens; only one stanchion 
and pens been used; No. 90 Ohio corn cutter and 
blower, been used once; corn harvester. Write 
to or inspect at APPLE D’Olt FARM, Nobscot. 
Mass. 
FOR SALE—Iron Age Planter aud Digger; bought 
191S and only used on four acres: perfect con¬ 
dition: $125 each, or both for $240. E. G. 
O’REILLY, Meadowbrook Farm, R. F. I). No. 4. 
Bridgeport, Conn. 
FOR SAT.E—8-16 Mogul tractor with 14-iih bot¬ 
tom Oliver plows, $600. HAROLD E. VAN 
ALSTYNE Schodack Ldg., N. Y. 
WANTED—Hay. a good No. 2 hay, in carlots; 
describe the same in letter and quote price f. 
o. b. HARVEY MOORE, R. F. D. No. 2, Nauga¬ 
tuck. Conn. 
FOR SALE—Johnston 20-20 four-horse disc har¬ 
row; good condition; $40. FRANK E. 
RUPERT, Seneca. N. Y. 
ONE double-tread bull power. Harder make; 
practically new; cost $125; will sell for half 
cost. RICHARD D. DE FOREST, Amsterdam, 
