Thr RURAL NEW-YORKER 
15Z 5 
Crops and Farm Notes 
Things in Crawford County. Pa., are 
going nicely. The corn crop is on the 
average extra good, considering the late 
planting. The oat crop turned out very 
poorly. No frosts in this locality as yet. 
No apples; F. K. w. 
Crawford Co., Pa. 
These apples are doing well for us in 
our 10-year-old orchard: Transparent, 
Duchess, Wolf River, McIntosh, Stay man. 
Transparent is a specialist’s apple. Don’t 
plant it unless you will have time in July 
and early August for thinning and two 
pickings. The others, following in order, 
make three months of apple harvest. Stay- 
man is certainly a great Winter apple 
here; hears early, large as Baldwin, good 
color, highest quality, keeps till April, and 
the tree is of good habit, very hardy and 
productive. Who has fruited Pride of the 
Hudson for market? c. ECKERSON. 
Ulster Co., N. Y. 
Apple Market Situation 
The Northwestern boxed apple crop is 
the largest on record and of excellent 
average grade. The Eastern barrel apple 
crop is the lightest in recent years aud in¬ 
cludes much low-grade stock. Prices 
started 25c to 50c higher than last year 
for box apples, and $1 to $2 higher for 
best barrel stock. Export demand is 
likely to be active, but Canada’s large 
crop will supply a very considerable sur¬ 
plus for shipment to Europe and to our 
own markets. A tariff of 10c; per bu. 
on imports to this country may not prove 
a serious barrier when apple prices are 
high. At present, prices in leading Cana¬ 
dian cities are nearly as high as in the 
leading markets of this country. Demand 
for apples in leading markets has been 
fairly active. 
The commercial crop, including the 
product of large orchards but not includ¬ 
ing large amount of fruit produced in 
small farm and home orchards, is about 
one-third of Ike total production. It is 
reported chiefly from 41 States, of which 
32 ship mostly barrel apples, and nine, 
chiefly in the Northwest, ship box apples. 
The box crop has increased in recent 
years, while the barrel crop has no niore 
than held its own. In 1916, the estimated 
commercial barrel crop was 19,102,000 
barrels, as reported by the Bureau of 
Crop Estimates, and the box erop_17.- 
871,000 boxes, equal to about 5,957.000 
barrels. This year, the barrel crop is 
12.S5O.O0O barrels, while the box crop is 
30.675,000 boxes, equivalent to more than 
10.04)6,000 barrels. 
The barrel crop reached a high point 
of production in 1896. and again in 1914 
and 1916; the present barrel crop is the 
lowest in recent years. The box apple 
crop has increased greatly each year, ex¬ 
cel)! 1917, and the present estimated crop 
is the largest. As the box apple section 
is in the extreme Northwest and ltockj 
Mountain States, the center of heaviest 
commercial apple production has been 
moving westward. In 1916 aud 1917 
Washington was by far the heaviest ship¬ 
ping State. New York recovered lirsr 
place in 1918, but probably it will be led 
by Washington this season, the estimated 
commercial crop being over double that 
of New York. In 1916 New York was 
approaehed in output by West Virginia, 
which shipped 8.100 cars, compared with 
10,210 from New York. In 191.7 Illinois 
shipped 5,544 cars, compared with 5.867 
from New York. Virginia also approached 
the volume of New York shipments in 
1917 with 4,589 cars. 
The following table gives the estimated 
commercial yield this year ami tin* crop of 
three previous years, expressed in bar¬ 
rels. thousands (000) being omitted from! 
the commercial crop, often foreshadow 
in a general way values reached for the 
late kinds. Hales of late varieties in 
early Fall are chiefly for future delivery 
and indicate buyers’ ideas of the prob¬ 
able course of the market rather 'than 
actual market conditions at the time. 
West Virginia Yorks were selling for 
future delivery in mid-September at $6- 
.$6.50 per barrel, f. o. b., shipping points 
in producing sections. A few sales in 
consuming markets of poorly colored 
stock ranged $4.50-$4.75, which may be 
compared with sales at corresponding 
time last year, ranging $4-$4.50 f. o. b. 
shipping points, and $4-$5 in consum¬ 
ing markets. Early sales of Winter kinds 
in New Ynrk State producing sections 
were reported at. $4-$5.50 orchard run, 
compared with $4-$4.50 quoted at corre¬ 
sponding time last year for A 2 1 /-, leading 
Winter varieties. A few sales of New 
York Greenings in New York City ami 
Philadelphia in mid-September this sea¬ 
son ranged $6-$7. 
New York State Fall varieties, chiefly 
Wealthies A 2*4, have sold this season 
at $6.50 f. o. b. and $7-$S in consuming 
markets, compared with $4.50-$5 f. o. b. 
and $4.25-$7 in consuming markets a 
year ago, and with $4-$5.75 in consuming 
markets in 1917, aud $2.75-$5.25 in mid- 
September, 1916. The leading Canadian 
wholesale market range at that time was 
$6-$7.50 per barrel for Wealthies and 
Oldenburgs, compared with $3.50-$4.50 a 
year ago. A few sales of Maryland Yorks 
aml_ Baldwins, fair quality, ranged $5- 
$5.50 per barrel in leading consuming 
markets. 
Various Business Notes 
Wages now paid textile workers in 
Belgium for 54-hour week are: Cotton 
weaving, 12 to 2Se per hour; cotton 
spinners (men). 23 to 28c; (women), 12 
to 16c; bleachers and dyers, 18c; linen 
hacklem, 14 to 19c; garment workers. 19c. 
The California Lima bean crop has 
been seriously damaged by rain. 
* 
The Krupp gun works in Germany are 
now making locomotives. 
Copper is quoted at New York at 22 1 & 
to 23 per Jh.;. quicksilver, $1.40 per 
lb.; aluminum, 39c per lb., for ingots. 
* 
In 1918 New Zealand did an import 
business of $5,412,140 with Japan, mainly 
silk and cotton goods, toys, china and 
earl hen ware. 
*(: 
New sauerkraut is in strong demand. 
Future sales of 45-gallon casks at Chi¬ 
cago are quoted at $16.50. and New York, 
$13.75. 
During the war freight rates from New 
York to Argentine points ran up to $112 
per ton. Reductions have now been made 
to $17. 
Eleven crop-reporting agencies give the 
decline in cotton crop conditions from 
August to date running from 5.4 to 9.1 
per cent. 
Wages of officers and crew on coal- 
bnrning vessels of about 15,004) tons aver¬ 
age $5 per day. The daily food cost for 
crew of 162 men on one vessel examined 
cost $170. 
* 
Sales of surplus army goods have aver¬ 
aged about $7,000,04)0 per week for five 
weeks. Something over $200,000,000 in 
value yet remain. 
The town of Nitre, W. Va., built by 
the Government for the manufacture of 
explosives during the war, at a cost of 
$70,000,000, is for sale. The highest bid 
received thus far is $5,800,000. 
* 
It is tsaid that three-fourths of the 
tomato canning factories in South Jersey 
have not run for lack of supplies. li< 
cent quotations on raw stock there are 
reported at $85 per ton. 
* 
Textile mill machinery is in strong de¬ 
mand, 7.000.4)00 spindles being on order 
for the next two years. Equipment, for 
eottou mills now costs nearly three times 
.is much ii^ five years ago. 
The Census Bureau gives the following 
export and domestic use of cotton for six 
years ending July 
31: 
Exports 
Stocks 
1919 . 
5.677,270 
3,978,522 
1918. 
4.476.124 
3,890,105 
1917. 
5.739.009 
3,173,832 
1916. 
0.191,110 
3,403,250 
1 d 1* 1, . • • . • • • 
8.544.563 
4,324.899 
1914. 
8.914,839 
1,647.830 
r. 
S. Consumption 
I.inters 
.1919 . 
5.767.519 
455.337 
1918. 
6.566,489 
1,118,840 
1917. 
6,788.505 
809,702 
191.fi* .. . 
6.397.613 
880,910 
1915. 
.'>.597.362 
411.845 
1914. 
307.325 
Treatment of Rope 
For 100 to 150 ft. rope take one peck 
of wood ashes (a little more is no harm), 
l’ut rope aud ashes in a kettle and water 
enough to cover the rope. Now’ boil until 
you are satisfied the rope is thoroughly 
saturated (two hours no harm). Then 
hang the bunch up to dry—it is now stiff 
as a wire cable. When thoroughly dried 
open it out. on the ground, clean off the 
ashes and it is ready to use. The rope 
will be as soft and pliable as a towstring 
and will last longer for the treatment 
Only once in 45 years have we failed t<> 
have a rope ready to go in the pulleys 
when wanted. Jas. s. WHITAKER. 
New York. 
“WitAT did Columbus (trove by stand¬ 
ing an egg ou end:"’ ’‘That eggs in his 
day were cheap enough to be handled care¬ 
lessly."—Washington Star. 
the figures: 
1919 
1918 
1917 
1916 
Alabama. . 
10 
26 
24 
19 
Arkansas.. 
052 
241 
402 
245 
Connecticut 
113 
108 
100 
104 
Delaware.. 
205 
186 
105 
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O « 
Georgia. .. 
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117 
120 
97 
Illinois. . .. 
750 
837 
1.554 
566 
Indiana.... 
107 
200 
434 
262 
Iowa. 
203 
101 
250 
114) 
Kansas. ... 
448 
331 > 
650 
500 
Kentucky.. 
94 
108 
143 
l.M 
Maine. 
585 
226 
400 
425 
Maryland.. 
231 
315 
256 
217 
Mass’ch’tts 
290 
304) 
225 
300 
Michigan. . 
805 
1.495 
515 
1.414 
Minnesota. 
01 
44> 
50 
42 
Missouri.. 
1,054 
735 
1,128 
♦575 
Nebraska.. 
215 
61 
225 
142 
N. H’mpshirt 
> 140 
122 
120 
102 
New Jersey 
520 
514 
408 
373 
New York. 2.303 
5,954) 
2,308 
0.930 
N. Carolina 
84) 
184 
200 
218 
Ohio. 
347 
94)2 
532 
721 
Oklahoma. 
38 
17 
54 
27 
P’sylvania. 
683 
1.116 
911 
1.397 
Rhode Isl.. 
24 
20 
11 
13 
S. 1 >akota. 
4 
«> 
•> 
5 
5 
Tennessee. 
122 
2141 
150 
147 
Texas_ 
34 
11 
23 
20 
Vermont. . . 
207 
105 
135 
340 
Virginia. .. 
1,541 
1.766 
1,650 
1,995 
W. Virginia 
664 
1.092 
702 
1.271 
Wisconsin. 
129 
114 
124 
105 
Total... 1 
2,840 
17,621 
13,914 
19,102 
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