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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
June 21, 1919 
A Wise Investment 
Yj'VERY time Biddy cackles you are three 
^ cents ahead. Invest that three cents in 
kerosene with which to operate a’ ii-H. P. 
International kerosene' engine and you have 
the power of twelve men under your direction 
for an hour — all for the price of an egg. To 
get useful power at a reasonable cost buy an 
International Kerosene Engine 
This sturdy, dependable engine will pay for 
itself over again during a year. Let it pump 
water, saw wood.i run the sheller, washing 
machine, feed cutter, in fact do all the odd 
chores about the farm. Its shoulders are 
stronger and broader than yours and it does 
not get tired. 
All three sizes of International kerosene en¬ 
gines, i£, 3 and 6-H. P., operate success¬ 
fully and economically on kerosene (coal oil) 
or gasoline. This means that the engine is 
properly designed, that the mixer, ignition 
system, oiling system, air and gas system are 
all made right. 
See an International dealer. - There is on§ 
located near you, or write the address below Vi 
and get full information. 
International Harvester Company 
of America, Inc. /fTh 
Chicago USA \ t| l/ 
16 % ACID PHOSPHATE 
STRAIGHT CAR LOADS 
Also Nitrate of Soda, Potash 
and 
Mixed Fertilizers 
Largest shippers in middle west 
Write us for prices 
EGBERT CHEMICAL CO., CANTON, OHIO, Dept. R 
VEGETABLE PLANTS 
OAUMt'I.OWEK, CABBAGE, TOMATO, PEPPER, EGO, BRITS- 
SEI.S SPROUTS, BEET, CELERY, KALE, LETTUCE, SWEET 
POTATO, ONION. PARSLEY, ASPARAGUS, KHUKARB PLANTS. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
For August and Fall planting. Runner and Pot-grown 
plants that will Lear fruit next Bummer. Also RASPBER¬ 
RY, BUCK BERRY. GOOSEBERRY, CURRANT, GRAPE PLANTS, 
FRUIT and ORN AMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS. Catalogue free. 
HARRY L. SQUIRES - Good Ground, New York 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
We have ten of the best kinds selected out of a hun¬ 
dred—Early, Midseason and Late. A Iso CABBAGE. CEL¬ 
ERY, TOMATO. PEPPER. SWEET POTATO PLANTS in season. 
Send for onr 1919 price list. Caleb Hoggs & Son. 
ROMANCE SEED AND PLANT FARM. Cheswolil, Delaware 
TRANSPLANTED BERRY PLANTS 
Ready in May, June and July. All leading \ arieties. The 
New Everbearing strawberries “ Nevcrfail,” indorsed by 
M. Crawford. The New Everbearing raspberry, ‘"Erskiiie 
Park,” The New “ Honey Sweet ” Black Cap raspberry 
and hundreds of other varieties. Write for Catalogue. Ad¬ 
dress L. J. P armer, "The Strawberry Man," Pulaski, N.Y. 
The Farmer His 
Own Builder 
By H. Armstrong Roberts 
A practical and 
handy book of all 
kinds of building 
information fro m 
concrete to carpen¬ 
try. Price $1-50. 
For sale by 
THE 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30th St.. N. Y. 
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> Tested and Trusted Over a Century 
\ Bolgiano’s “Gold” Brand 
•CLOVER SEED 
> Red Clover, Sapling Clover, Alsyke, Alfalfa, 
t Crimson Clover,White Clover.Clover and Grass 
N Mixture, Japan Clover, Sweet Clover, Timothy, 
K Kentucky Blue Grass, Red Top, Dwarf Essex 
p Rape, Spring Vetches, Winter Vetches, Millets, 
► Sudan Grass, Rye Grass, Permanent Pasturage, 
► Seed Corn, Cow Peas, Soy Beans, Field Peas, 
► Seed Grains, Milo Maize, Sorghums, Seed Po- 
> tatoes. Seed Oats, Onion Sets, Etc. 
Bolgiano’s “Gold” Brand Seeds 
i are Carefully Selected, Re-cleaned 
> of Highest Purity and Germination 
if BOLGIANO’S ‘GOLD’ GUARANTEE 
f Anyone who purchases Bolgiano's “Gold” 
’ Brand Seeds and upon examination finds 
J them in any respect unsatisfactory can 
[ immediately return them and money 
’ that has been paid for same will be re¬ 
refunded. We will also pay the freight 
J both ways. _____ 
* Catalog and Samples Mailed to Your 
* Address—FREE 
k Name Varieties in which You are Inter* 
J ested. We will pay freight if you mention 
k this Paper. 
► Bolgiano’s Seed Store 
| Address Dept. 140 BALTIMORE, MD. 
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Soy Bean Seed 
$5 a bushel—Haberlamlt— the all-purpose variety- 
good for soil— GOOD FOR STOCK-GOOD FOR YOU. 
40 cents rebate on return of seed hag. 
M. V. LANIIM ANN, Cranbury, N. J. 
or 10. N. Muln St., Iltclilstown, N. J. 
Vegetable Plants potato! ONION and 
CI LERY. 50c. per 100; 300 for S1; t>00, SI .75 PEPPERS, 
20c. per dozen. CABBAGE. 000, S1.25: $2 l>er 1.000. Post¬ 
paid. Circular free. W. S. Ford* Son, Hautly, Delaware 
CABBAGE PLANTS £ R A U L \ d „Ta s S 
ami other varieties. $1.50 per 1.000: $12.50 per 
10.1)00. TOMATO PLANTS— Best kinds, *2 per 1,000. 
CAULIFLOWER, EGG PLANTS AND PEPPERS— *4 per 1,000. 
CELERY —Leading varieties, !*1.2G per 1,000. Send 
for list. ■ J. C. SCIIMIDT, Bristol, Pa. 
JUDGING FARM ANIMALS, by C. S. 
Plumb; $2.25. A Practical Manual on this 
subject. For sale by Rural New-Yorker 
VEGETABLE PLANTS 
Plants of all kinds, grown from selected seed. Get 
onr price on plants sent by Parrel Post Prepaid. Also 
special price on large orders. C. E. FIELD, Sewell, N. J. 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
SUPPLIES INCREASE AND PRICES SLANT 
DOWNWARD. 
The usual Summer decline has ap¬ 
peared, and for the usual result. Most 
sections are now producing a large part 
of their own supplies, while more and 
more is being shipped from outside. Car- 
lot movement of leading fruits and vege¬ 
tables is nearly 1,500 per day. A few 
weeks ago it was not over 1,000 cars 
daily. 
many Lines weaken. 
The heavy arrivals, Southern, Western 
and nearby, caused more or less market 
weakness. Potatoes, cabbage and onions 
sagged off considerably. Even fruit, as 
represented by strawberries and peaches, 
has sold somewhat lower under the vig¬ 
orous and growing competition of the 
great melon crop of the South and South¬ 
west. But the declines are not extreme 
in most cases. Good stuff still sells high 
in most markets. The price ranges are 
very wide, because the active markets 
have called out much poor stock that 
would not sell at any price in other sea¬ 
sons. New York City has been a weak 
spot, with markets for some lines utterly 
demoralized at times. The great city is 
either the best or the worst of markets; 
and it changes from one to the other 
sometimes in a few days. 
BERRIES A GOOD MONEY CROP. 
In June, strawberries are one of the 
leading money crops in most sections. 
They have brought wonderful prices, with 
demand even for the small berries at the 
end of the season and from old plantings. 
Carlot stock of choice grades from all 
sections has sold mostly between 20 and 
.‘15c, prices formerly commanded only by 
fancy nearby stock. The strawberry crop 
was really quite a large one, exceeding all 
estimates in the Southwest, and the 
scarcity of other fruit helped the prices. 
FRUIT PROSPECTS FAIR. 
Peaches are following the strawberry 
crop closely, the earlier varieties over¬ 
lapping. The crop is again large in the 
South and is fair in the North, where it 
was a failure last year. Prediction for 
the whole country should be about 50 per 
cent ahead of last season. It is pretty 
good in the Northeast so far as can be 
seen now, also fair in Tennessee and 
West Virginia, but light in the Middle 
West. 
The apple crop from early indications 
will have more box stock Imt less barrel 
fruit than last year. The Northwest has 
prospects of a good crop, but in the East 
the market will not have the big supplies 
of Baldwins which were their main sup¬ 
port last year. Other leading varieties 
promise well. Pears promise well. Cher¬ 
ries are an uneven crop this year, but 
ought to meet good markets, as not many 
were used last season. Peaches are bring¬ 
ing Southern growers around $1.50 per 
bu. and reach about double that figure 
for best stock on reaching Northern mar¬ 
kets. 
MELONS START HIGH. 
Watermelons at top prices in New 
Y'ork reached $1,000 per car, or about 
$1 each. This is well above last year’s 
highest. The melon crop seems to be a 
third larger than last year, but the acre¬ 
age was unusually small in 3918. Canta¬ 
loupes are a big erop, too, most, of them 
in California. They started about 25c 
each, wholesale, hut came down to about 
15c. 
NEW POTATOES IN MODERATE SUPPLY. 
Old potatoes have actually been shipped 
more freely than last year, the volume 
being 25 per cent heavier, hut quality of 
old ’stock has been poor lately and prices 
could not hold up, now that fair amounts 
♦of the new crop are available. Eastern 
markets quote $1.70 to $2.50 per 100 lbs. 
and Western $1.70 to $2.25. New pota¬ 
toes average about $9 per bbl. in the 
North, but sold at $12 in Boston at one 
time. Stock is moving quite freely from 
Virginia now, as well as from States 
further south. G. B. F. 
Up-State Farm Notes 
Canned Goods to Remain High.—A t 
a meeting in Syracuse recently the New 
York State Canners’ Association prophe¬ 
sied that canned goods would continue 
much higher than before the war for 
several contributory reasons. Coming 
prohibition was given as one cause, as 
the increased demand of soda fountains 
for fruits and fruit juices assures high 
prices for canned goods of this nature. 
The meeting discussed arrangements for 
entering into a publicity campaign ad¬ 
vertising greater use of all sorts of 
canned foods. 
An Impetus to Help Problem. —The 
third “farmers’ day” at the State Em¬ 
ployment Bureau at Syracuse was a suc¬ 
cess, nearly 25 farmers of Central New 
York counties securing prospective em¬ 
ployees. Over 20 were cared for the first 
special day for farmers, and nearly as 
many on the second. The plan will be 
continued each Friday through the Sum¬ 
mer, when men seeking work and farmers 
needing help can confer with each other, 
to the benefit of both. This is the first 
employment bureau iu the State to try 
this plan, which promises to be a suc¬ 
cess. 
Milk for Children.—T he people of 
Syracuse have raised a fund of $1,400 
for milk for the poorer children of the 
city’s schools, the milk to be continued 
to them through vacation also, if pos¬ 
sible. The contributions still continue, 
the largest donation to date being $700 by 
the Netherland Dairy Company. Hereto¬ 
fore milk had been given in three schools 
of the city with such sueceess that a 
larger distribution was decided upon, an 
effort worthy of wide imitation. The 
Home Bureau of Cortland is making ex¬ 
periments, though on a much smaller 
scale, in giving milk to poor children, a 
quart a day each, faking weights and 
measurements monthly. In schools where 
this has been done invariably the chil¬ 
dren’s improved physical condition was 
marked, and their scholarship vastly ben¬ 
efited. The weak point has always been 
that usually teachers who are already 
overworked have had to assume the add¬ 
ed burden of preparing sandwiches, or 
other accompaniments for the milk, and 
sooner or later would be forced to drop 
the work, as it. demanded too much time. 
In Johnson City, or Endicott, the famous 
employer of thousands whose liberality 
to his employees is widely known, made 
this possible in the schools of the city, 
and insured its success by hiring a teach¬ 
er especially fitted for the work, to super¬ 
vise the lunches and to give special at¬ 
tention to sub-normal children. The pub¬ 
lic everywhere is awakening to the need 
of feeding its children better, one simple 
improvement in this line being the de¬ 
mand for warm lunches to be served to 
pupils of rural schools. 
Beekeepers’ Interests. —The Gov- 
erment honey bee report for May 1 says 
that New York State’s Winter loss of 
colonies this year was only 5 per cent, as 
compared to 2.3 per cent in 3937-18, and 
to a three-year average of 14.3 per cent. 
The number of working colonies was 130 
per cent, as compared to May 1 last year. 
The condition of colonies was 300 per 
cent, as compared to 81 per cent of the 
year before, and to 94 per cent on a pre¬ 
vious four-year average. The condition of 
honey plants was 96 per cent, as com¬ 
pared to 96 per cent of the year before, 
and to 95 per cent for a previous four- 
year average. This seems very promising 
to beekeepers. The Beekeepers’ Associa¬ 
tion of Cortland County last week held 
its annual picnic at the farm of M.'II. 
Fairbank of Homer, with 75 present. 
After a splendid dinner the officers for the 
coming year were elected, with John 
Atkins of Cortland as president, and 
Bruce Cottrell of Homer as secretary. 
Local beekeepers told of their manage¬ 
ment. of colonies, and the control of 
American and European foul brood. The 
two latter diseases have caused more 
damage to the industry than all others 
put together, and may be completely con¬ 
trolled by introducing vigorous queens. 
A sales committee was selected, composed 
of M. II. Fairbanks, Homer; Ellis N. 
Reed. Cortland, and Brown Cogsball, 
Grotoh. The colonies of Mr. Fairbanks 
were inspected with much interest and 
profit by the visitors. 
“Havoc with the Mails.” —Under 
this title a motion picture film, arranged 
by the Syracuse Post-Standard, has been 
shown in that city to Federal postoffice 
inspectors and officials and to postmas¬ 
ters, and will be sent free to be shown 
in other localities where its telling in¬ 
dictment on rural mail service can he 
used with effect. The work of revision 
of the Postmaster General’s orders is go¬ 
ing on. and it remains to be seen whether 
the service is as good as revised as it 
was before the changes were made. The 
high-handed methods used do not tend to 
give the general public as liberal an at¬ 
titude as it would have had under nor¬ 
mal conditions. A telling incident in the 
matter of efficiency of the postal service 
was shown at Ithaca this week, when the 
failure to dispatch mail held up the Gov¬ 
ernment’s crop reports. John B. Shep¬ 
ard. field agent for the Bureau of Crop 
Estimates, personally took a bag of first- 
class mail to the Ithaca postoffice May 
27. It. contained 1,000 inquiries ad¬ 
dressed to the farmers of the State, sealed 
in official envelopes, subject to first con¬ 
sideration. On June 3, having received 
no replies, he made inquiry at the office 
and was told that the office had been busy 
with matter of a circular nature, and had 
neglected the first-class matter for this 
purpose. The result is that Washington 
will not get its information in time for 
the State’s June 1 estimates to be in¬ 
cluded iu the Federal report. 
Dairy Cow Notes. —The market for 
dairy cows is the best ever known. Buy¬ 
ers are picking up cows freshening soon 
at $150 to $185, even old cows bringing 
more than cows iu their prime have pre¬ 
viously. Promising yearlings and two- 
year-olds coming fresh with the year 
bring $65 to $75 each. 
Small Notes of Interest. —Twenty- 
five thousand young red cedars, spruce 
and red pine trees have been set out by 
the superintendent of the Cortland City 
waterworks on a 130-acre tract west of 
that city. Municipalities throughout the 
State are planting trees on their water¬ 
works lands. The first steel barge to 
pass through the barge canal reached 
Sylvan Beach this week. It is 21 ft. 
wide and 150 ft. long. M. G. F. 
“You depend on the wisdom of the 
plain people.” “Yes,” replied Senator 
Sorghum ; “but while the plain people 
out my way are getting their wisdom. I 
want to be on hand as much as possible, 
as their instructor.”—Washington Star. 
