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Crops and Farm Notes 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
POTATOES AND CABBAGE STILL GAINING, 
BUT ONIONS AND APPLES RATHER 
DULL AND DRAGGY. 
Another jump in potatoes and cabbage 
was the market feature the first week of 
the new year. Both these important lines 
passed the turn of the calendar in a 
strong and confident way. Demand is as 
good as ■ could be reasonably expected at 
this comparatively hign level of values, 
and the supply in sight IS limited. Pota¬ 
toes turned out a little better than ex¬ 
pected in the East. But the shortage in the 
! West has produced surprising conditions, 
j as shown by the leap of 50c per cwt. in 
the Idaho potato country the last week 
of the year, when growers in that former 
home of cheap potatoes were getting the 
highest shipping point prices anywhere, 
at $3.50 to $3.75 per 100 lbs., sacked, 
while Maine shippers, fairly close to the 
largest markets, were receiving less than 
$3. Most of the States are shipping a 
| little more liberally now in response to 
the rising prices, but the weather has 
been too severe to permit active move¬ 
ment of stocks, if available. 
STEADY MOVEMENT DESIRABLE. 
The principal danger is that too many 
potatoes will be left until near the end 
of the season, at whieh time the markets 
| can take only a moderate amount of old 
! stock at a fair price. If prices continue 
j high (they are now about $1 higher than 
they were a year ago) the early Spring 
movement is likely to be active. Mean¬ 
while those shippers who are keeping the 
heater cars moving are on the safe side. 
Maine continues to ship at a tremendous 
rate. 500 to GOO cars per week, almost 
one-third the total movement. Canadian 
shipments to this country have been fall¬ 
ing off the past few weeks. The total for 
this season amounts to not more than 
one car to 40 or 50 cars of the home- 
grown supply. 
SPECIAL PRICES FOR REPUTATION. 
buyers are reported not taking hold. They 
had weather far below zero in that usually 
quite mild climate. A good deal of stock 
was frozen, and some has been coming to 
Eastern markets in uncertain condition. 
Extra fancy grade of standard varieties 
has been selling at auction and otherwise 
in leading markets at $2 to $3.25 for 
Romes, Jonathans, Winesaps, etc. West¬ 
ern growers, that is, those in Washington 
and Oregon, where the bulk of the choice 
box stuff is grown this season, were t'm-- 
tunate in having a wonderful crop in 
quality as well as quantity. In the best 
sections it is reported grading about 00 
per cent extra fancy, while the Colorado 
crop ran about 50 per cent best grade. 
The Colorado growers cleaned up early, 
shipping about half their crop in carlots 
bulk. The Northwestern crop was mostly 
boxed, and with freezing and all, its com¬ 
plete disposal is still a problem. G. B. F. 
Retail Apple Sales 
I have looked in vain in your adver¬ 
tising columns to find some one adver¬ 
tising apples either by the barrel or box. 
They are selling here for fx-om 60c to $1 
per dozen, so I am writing to ask if you 
can imt me in touch with some house 
that will ship single barrel lots to me at 
Ft. Myers, as we have many friends who 
would be glad to share expense with us. 
Ft. Myers. Fla. E. T. P. 
With the present express service few 
reputable fruit growers will take the re¬ 
sponsibility of shipping single packages 
for long distances. We have in years 
past sent boxes and barrels of apples 
as far north as Canada and as far south 
as Florida. The business was rarely sat¬ 
isfactory. aud since the Government un¬ 
dertook to run the express business such 
small shipments have been very much of 
a nuisance. In our own case we find 
the service so bad that we gave up all 
such shipments. Apples are scarce this 
yeai\ and most growers have found ready 
sale close at home. It has been no ob¬ 
ject to ship to a distance and run the 
great risk of complaint on account of very 
poor express service. 
CONTENTS 
A notable feature of the markets in 
recent years is the premium on choice 
table stock. Thus the Western russet 
varieties have been selling above $4 in 
Chicago, when good white stock brought 
not over $3 50. Even among similar 
varieties there is a considerable range in 
pi’ice. Ohios from the Red River Valley 
in Northwestern Minnesota sell often 25c 
higher than Ohios and similar varieties 
from other soils or sections. Pennsyl¬ 
vania white stock sells higher in some 
markets than stock from Western New 
York, and potatoes from Long Island find 
a special line of demand at a price above 
the average market. The reputation 
originally gained by a few skilled growers, 
aided by suitable soil and by careful 
grading and packing, has added thousands 
of dollars to tin- incomes of large groups 
of growers. When Idaho Russets grown 
thousands of miles from the large cities 
net their producers 50c more at the sta¬ 
tion than is received net for the product 
of famous Eastern potato sections, the 
fact is interesting, to say the least. 
CABBAGE BOOM STILL ON. 
While the remaining stock of cabbage 
is evidently light, it is coming out a little 
more freely at prices of $70 to $100 per 
ton, bulk, for the best stock. New York 
State is shipping about three-fourths of 
the carlot supply. The only feature point¬ 
ing to possibly lower prices is the steady 
increase of shipments from the large acre¬ 
age in the South. The best Southern 
cabbage is selling at about the same price 
as best old Northern stock, hut there is 
much cheaper stock from both sections. 
A difference of $25 per ton between the 
best hard-headed stock anl the softer, less 
compact cabbage offers a hint to growers 
mi the desirability of good plants of the 
best commercial varieties. 
ONIONS MOVING SLOWLY. 
There are signs that onions are hard 
to sell at these prices. The two great 
markets, New York and Chicago, have 
been weak and draggy and lower than 
the rest, which is sometimes a bad indica¬ 
tion for the others. Country shipping 
points are holding well at $G for best 
stock, but not much is being sold, and 
the big city markets range anywhere from 
$5 to $6.50 per 100 lbs. Much Western 
stock has been frozen more or less, which 
makes everybody a little afraid to buy 
freely, and thus weakens the genex-al 
situation. 
EASTERN AND WESTERN APPLES. 
The Eastern apple crop seems to have 
passed mostly out of the growers’ posses¬ 
sion, and the greater part has been mar¬ 
keted or put in cold storage. The amount 
of barreled stock thus stored is about the 
same as last year. There is little activity 
in producing sections, but those who have 
apples seem ready to sell, and the tone is 
rather weak. The big Northwestern crop 
is the doubtful market feature. Quite a 
arge fraction of it is still in common 
storage in Washington md Oregon, and 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, JAN. 10, 1920 
FARM TOPICS 
How to Load Packed Manure.40 
Chemical Fertilizers and Soil Improvement.. 40 
Packing Down the Silage. 40 
The Drainage of Wet Spots.41, 42 
More About Antiquity of Corn. 42 
Number of Corn Rows.43 
National Grange Meeting—Part II. 53 
Hope Farm Notes.56, 57 
Crops and Farm Notes.70 
The Ohio Thrashers’ Convention.70 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Plan for Sanitary Milk house..._.41 
Another Report of a Milk Committee..49 
Use of Borrowed Milk Cans...49 
The Milk Business.49 
Swiss Boys and a Bull.62 
Corn Chop for Steers. 62 
Grain for Dairy Cows.62 
Winter Rations for Cattle.62 
Ration for Freshening Cows. 64 
Ration for Holsteins. 64 
Dairy Ration with Buckwheat. 64 
Ration for Cows. 64 
Another Dairy Ration. 64 
The Milch Goat—Part 1.65 
Raising a Boar. 66 
Questions About Hay Feeding. 66 
Ration for Young Pigs. 66 
Carrots for Hogs. 66 
Some Delaware Poland Chinas. 66 
Pasture and Barn Nates. 68 
Hog Cholera . . 98 
THE HENYARD 
Big Things from Baekyar’s. 
The Rocks and the Reds. 
Dry Mash: Value of Wheat. 
Crossed Bills . 
Lighting Henhouse . 
Ear Corn for Hons. 
Rye for Hens and Pigs. 
Mice in Henhouse. 
Leg Weakness . 
HORTICULTURE 
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Earlv Bearing of Standard Apple Varieties.39. 40 
Grafting Tomatoes; Use of Formalin. 40 
Cull Apples in the Barrel. 40 
Lilies for House and Garden. 42 
Hardy Fruits for Central New York. 43 
Garden Notes from New England. 44 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 47 
Retail Apples Sales. 48 
Grafting Cherries . 52 
Cherries for Cold Sections. 52 
Gas Heater for Greenhouse. 5/ 
The Trade in Christmas Greens. 70 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day- .... 
Old Dyes of New England. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Embroidery Designs . 
More About Farm Parasites 
Bohemian Toast. 
Ham and Cheese Toast.... 
Honey Almond Cakes. 
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MISCELLANEOUS 
Cutting Brush Along Highway. 
Life in the Wilderness... 
Half Way Back to Land. 
Countrywide Produce . 
Keeping Roads Open... • • 
Comments from a Pennsylvania Woman.. 
Concentrated Cider ... 
Bees in Box Hives......... 
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