1b< RURAL N C W -YORKER 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER. 
Best prints, 82 to 83e; tub, fancy, 74 
to 75c; good to choice, G2 to 71c; packing 
stock, 47 to 49e. 
EGGS. 
Best, nearby, 82 to 84c; gathered, good 
to choice, 70 to 75c; lower grades, 55 
to 65c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls, 32 to 37c; roosters, 21 to 22c; 
ducks, 34 to 42c; geese, 24 to 20c; tur¬ 
keys. 45 to 48c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, best. 00 to 02c; common to 
good. 50 to 57c : fowls, 28 to 35c; roosters, 
25c; broilers. 38 to 45c; ducks, 30 to 
40c: geese, 27 to 32c. 
POTATOES. 
Pennsylvania. 100 lbs.. $3.55 to $3.75; 
New York. $3.25 to $3.40; sweet potatoes, 
bbl., $2.75 to $4:50. 
VEGETABLES. 
Cabbage, ton. $05 to $100: onions, 100 
lbs. $5 to $0; picklers. $2.75. 
FRUITS; 
Apples, bbl.. $4 to.'#; box. $2 to $3.50; 
cranberries, bbl.. $6.50;to. $9. 
IIAY AXD STRAW. 
Hay. No. 1. Timothy. $34; No. 2. $31 
to $32 : No. 3. $27 to $28: clover mixed. 
$27 to $32. Straw, rye. $14 to $16; oat 
and wheat, $12.50 to $14. 
Coming Farmers' Meetings 
Indiana Corn Growers’ Association, an¬ 
nual meeting. La Fayette. Ind.. .Tan. 14. 
Indiana State Dairy Association, an¬ 
nual meeting. Purdue University, La 
Fayette: Ind.. Jan. 15-10. 
Indiana Live Stock Breeders' Associa¬ 
tion. annual meeting, La Fayette, Ind.. 
Jan. 15. 
Indiana Sheep Breeders’ and Feeders’ 
Association, annual meeting. La Fayette, 
Ind.. .Tan. 10. 
Indiana Angus Breeders’ Association, 
annual meeting. La Fayette. Ind.. .Tan. 15. 
Indiana Shorthorn Breeders’ Associa¬ 
tion. annual meeting. La Fayette. Ind.. 
Jan. 15. 
Indiana Guernsey Breeders' Associa¬ 
tion. annual meeting, I.a Fayette. Ind¬ 
ian. 10. 
Indiana ITolstein-Friesian Association, 
La Fayette. Ind.. Jan. 10. 
Indiana Jersey Cattle Club, annual 
meeting. La Fayette. Ind.. Jan. 10. 
Winter Course State School of Agrieul- i 
ture. Coblcskill, N. Y.. Jan. 5-Feb. 27. 
1920. 
Winter Courses. Ohio State College, 
Columbus. Jan. 5-Feb. 27. 1920. 
Peninsula Horticultural Society, thirty- 
fourth annual meeting. Chester town, Mi¬ 
lan. 0-8. 1920. 
Vermont State Poultry Association, an¬ 
nual show, St. Albans, .Tan. 6-9, 1920; 
B. P. Greene, secretary. 
New York State Horticultural Society. 
Rochester. Jan. 14-10. 1920. 
Agricultural Week. Trenton, N. J- 
Jan. 12-17. 1920. 
Massachusetts Union Farmers meet¬ 
ing. Horticultural Hall, Boston, Jan. 
19-23. 1920. 
Farm Products Show, Harrisburg, Pa., 
Jan. 20-23. 1920. 
Agricultural Week, Harrisburg. Pa¬ 
lau.' 20-23. 
Madison Square Garden Poultry Show, 
New York. Jan. 20-24. 1920. 
New York State Agricultural Society. 
Albany. Jan. 21-22. 1920. 
Farmers’ Week. Ohio State University. 
Columbus, Jan 26-30. 
Ohio State Horticultural Society, fifty- 
third annual meeting, Jan. 27-28. 1920. 
Ohio State University; Columbus; score I 
tary. R. B. Cruickshank. Columbus. 
Farmers’ Week. Michigan Agricultural 
College. Fast Lansing, Mich- Feb. 2-0. 
1920. 
New York State Grange, annual meet- 1 
inir. Rochester, Feb. 9-12. 1920. 
Connecticut Farmers’ Week, agricul¬ 
tural and industrial < xhibit. State Ar¬ 
mory. Hartford. Feb. 9-14. 1920. 
Farmers’ Week. New York State Col¬ 
lege of Agriculture. Ithaca. N. Y., Feb. 
9 13. 1920. 
Connecticut Bornological Society, an¬ 
nual meeting. Hartford, Feb. 12-13, 
1920. 
Fresh Air and Heating 
1 ,si'c* so many advertisements of one- 
pipe furnaces that T want to observe 
whether fresh air circulates or whether 
(as I can see nothing to preventl the 
same air goes round and round, filling the 
lungs with contaminated or breathed air. I 
Air is more important than food, and n ■ 
breathed air is more dangerous than a 
meal made of filth. E. W. 
Laurel Grove, Md. 
T am obliged to agree with you that any 
hot-air furnace that returns ’ the once- 
warmed and perhaps breathed air to the 
living rooms is far from an ideal instal¬ 
lation. All furnaces do this, however, un¬ 
less they take their supply of air entirely 
from out of doors, and few do. While 
this is theoretically all wrong, it is not 
quite as bad in practice as it looks, for 
the reason that most old dwellings are far 
from being airtight about doors, windows. 
He. and a large supply of fresh air is 
constantly finding its way into the oeeu- 
nii'd rooms: enough probably for tin* aver- 
mre H/.ed family. M. B. I>. 
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