Countrywide Produce Situation 
803 
MARKETINTEREST JUST NOW CENTERS ON 
THREE SUBJECTS: THE PRICE OF 
FOTATOES, THE CLEAN-UP OF 
APPLE STOCKS AND THE OUT¬ 
LOOK FOR THE COMING 
SEASON 
Will potatoes go on down as the end 
of the season approaches? The opinion 
of those who have studied the situation 
seems to be about equally divided. It is 
contended that shipments have been ham¬ 
pered by the severe Winter conditions 
and that the supply will be increased 
greatly by the last of the month, when 
most of the Northern potato sections will 
liave been thawed out and when in most 
localities potatoes can be shipped in com¬ 
mon unprotected cars. It is argued, too. 
that the season will be short for the sale 
of old stock before Southern potatoes 
arrive in any quantity. 
Canadian potatoes are coming in con¬ 
siderable quantities—about 4.000 cars 
for the season thus far. or about two and 
one-half million bushels, equal possibly 
to the carlot supplies for the whole coun¬ 
try for two weeks. According to reports 
from cities along the border, the Cana¬ 
dian holders have quite a stock in their 
cellars that they would like to sell at 
present prices. There are a few thou¬ 
sand bushels of potatoes from Europe 
offered for sale, but the quality is poor 
and the quantity not sufficient to affect 
the general market. Even the Canadian 
potatoes are not well graded, usually not 
equal to first-class home-grown potatoes 
and market reputation. 
niGTI PRICES MAY HOLD 
On the other hand, there is much to be 
said to justify the high price of potatoes. 
The stocks on hand apparently are not 
over three-fourths that of the middle of 
April a year ago. The Far West had 
no surplus this year. The lake region 
has been shipping fast and appears fairly 
well cleared up. Maine is still shipping 
a heavy volume and New York is shipping 
quite liberally, also the holders in these 
two States ought to be doing very well 
this season. Inquiries for shipments have 
been reaching them from all over the 
country. It is hard to see how the mar¬ 
ket can be over supplied from the East, 
although there may be unexpected quan¬ 
tities in Northern Minnesota and Wis¬ 
consin ; however, the present rate of ship¬ 
ments from that section does not support 
the view. 
As for Southern potatoes, they are 
mostly later than usual, and will leave the 
Northern markets fairly open for old 
potatoes for a month or more. Accord¬ 
ing to the market price of Bermuda Beds 
at $20 per barrel, new potatoes will be 
a luxury for quite a while. 
Old potatoes at $0 to $7 per 100 lbs. 
look high, but while consumers are paid 
high wages they will have what they 
want. Transportation difficulties and 
freight embargoes are responsible for the 
extreme prices reached in some of the 
larger cities recently. Southern growers 
find their plans for increase of potato 
acreage and other truck crops badly ham¬ 
pered by shortage and high cost of fer¬ 
tilizer, seed and labor. 
APPLE HOLDERS GUESSING 
The second point of discussion, the 
apple clean-up. is unsettled. Dealers have 
been pointing to the large stock of West¬ 
ern apples in storage and asking when 
the market price is coming down. But 
prices hold quite well, although a great 
deal of inferior stock has been sacrificed 
at less than cost at auction sales in large 
cities. Western apple growers who sold 
early realized a golden dream, but the 
buyers, no doubt, had nightmares at times 
last Winter. They fell over one another 
to secure the fruit at $2 to $3 per box. 
sometimes more. The size of the crop in 
that section was beyond all estimates. 
I’his surplus was stored in barns, school- 
houses and churches, or under any kind 
of shelter. The unusual freeze in October 
damaged a great deal of the stock, and 
there was a big shrinkage when repacked 
m late Winter and early Spring. Ever 
since early Winter the buyers have been 
trying to figure how to get out and not 
incur too much loss. The market has 
held up well on account of the rather 
light crop in the East and Middle West 
and the small percentage of fancy stock, 
ait the situation will need careful hand¬ 
ling to dispose of the rest of the Western 
apples without a slump in the market. 
Already there is some talk about the 
next crop. Early prospects are always 
deceptive, but at least there is a bloom 
in the most Southern apple sections, and 
there are said to be plentv of fruit buds 
in orchards further North. The back¬ 
ward season is favorable to fruit pros- 
pocts thus far. but considerable winter- 
fA g of peaches is reported. The frost 
o April .) killed a great many blossoms 
i n li „ 011 ill western strawberry section, 
n the Southeast, Florida and Louisiana 
id ry growers have beeu reported re- 
V;.‘ VI ^ fl hout $1,000 gross receipts per 
aue in many instances. 
TRUCK GROWERS HESITATE 
the general outlook fo 
hn T\ so ? ns ^at growers ever 
em,ui ? Phinning an increase, bu 
•lccminf 0t e°+l ( Ul n0t ( *° as 0X PC< 
y't . of the weather or the s! 
Wages <0St of . 8U PPlie8 and 
hiVW A, S T‘‘ K(>< ‘ tl0,ls are 25 p 
age ft ye ?. r ', Xt m ' llir ‘‘ 
for ,i'., . v as ca Prtal to pay $4 
wmk y ft. 01 ' v n a , farm an<1 S' 10 ft 
•uiolW^°° OI< inK ' ’ there is pro* 
another season of high prices for , 
Pie RURAL NEW-YORKER 
if wages in the industries continue high 
enough to enable consumers to buy liber¬ 
ally. There is no special indication at 
present that business may not continue 
active until Fall at least. g. b. f. 
Supreme on Seed Bed 
^=3 
T HE Bates Steel Mule 
does its work fast in all 
soils and under all condi¬ 
tions, but on seed bed work 
it is supreme. 
The broad surface of the 
Crawlers distributes the 
weight of the tractor so it 
does not pack and the twen¬ 
ty-four cleats constantly 
gripping the ground give it 
the traction to pull its load 
at a fast speed. 
Bates Crawler Shoes have 
hardened steel parts and are 
100% oversize—that’s why 
they last for years. 
The front wheels make easy 
steering and comfortable 
riding. 
THE TYLER TRACTOR CO.. 
Brewer, Maine, 
FARM POWER MACHINERY CO.. 
256 Court St., Rochester, N.Y. 
Bates Machine & Tractor Co, 
Establithed 1883 
Joliet : : Illinois 
The most efficient Tractor in America 
The Champion Mouse Catcher 
I do not know whether this will he of 
interest to The B. N.-Y. or not, but the 
sight was so surprising and wonderful 
that I wonder whether others have ever 
had a cat to beat it. I have a black cat 
with white under his neck. Last Wednes¬ 
day a* I went out of the door I saw a 
pile of large field mice all upon my 
stoop. T counted them and there were 52 
in all. The funny thing about it was, the 
cat was sitting there and looking at them 
as if watching over them, and when the 
oat saw me he started to rub up against 
my leg. as cats usually do, as if very 
proud of what he had done. That was 
52 on Wednesday, Thursday eight, and 
Friday 14. all on the stoop, or 74 mice 
in three days, which is a pretty good rec¬ 
ord for a cat. lias any other cat ever 
done a stunt like this? L. M. 
Hopewell, N. J. 
So far as we know that is the record 
for killing mice. The Jersey cat is the 
champion until someone comes forward 
with a better performance. In his way 
this cat ranks with the great trottiug 
and running horses and the cows with 
millc and butter records. He is a useful 
farm hand. 
Subscribers' Exchange 
Other Advertisments of Subscribed 
Exhange will be found on page 807. 
FOR SALE—271racre fruit, track and grain 
farm: good buildings: fine water; convenient 
to railroad, school, churches; price $32 per acre 
if sold at once. Address owner, W. G. PIDINGS, 
Lincoln, Del. 
FOR SALE—180-acrc dairy farm, 17 miles from 
Syracuse, 1’4 miles from village and cream¬ 
ery; 100 tillage, 70 pasture; creek watered; 10 
woodlot and sugar bush: large barn, henhouse, 
garage, granary: 10-room house; water; 13 cat¬ 
tle. 4 horses. 50 hens; machinery, tools; hay, 
grain, potatoes; $7,000; terms. C. A. FLEXON, 
Fnbins, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Fine level G3-aere farm; 10-room 
house, barn, chicken house, young team, sows, 
sheep, pig, chickens; 1'; miles from Edinboro 
Normal School and trolley: 20 miles from Eric. 
F. B. FAIRCHILD, R. F. D. 3, Edinboro, Pa. 
FOR SALE—Farm of 27 acres for $",300 if sold 
within 30 days: two miles from Saratoga 
Springs, on State road: full particulars by mail. 
BOX 72, Saratoga Spring, N. Y. 
WANTED—Farm to rent, with option of buying. 
or will buy at once if sold for small first pay¬ 
ment and terms: 35 acres or more: Eastern or 
Southeastern Pennsylvania preferred. ADVER¬ 
TISER 0866, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—To buy. 50 to 75-acre farm, princi¬ 
pally fruit, apples and grapes; vielnty of 
Hudson or Rliiliebeek preferred. ADVERTISER 
6808, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—183-acre farm, in Lancaster Co., 
Pa.; 120 acres under cultivation; 32 acres 
meadow; 31 acres heavy timber, white oak. 
poplar, black walnut: immediate possession if 
desired. For full information address LOCK 
BOX 13, Elizabethtown, Pa. 
FARM—Near Kingston: stocked, fruited, equip¬ 
ped: 50 acres, none better, all level; large 
buildings, first-class condition: depot, store, 
school 5 minutes’ walk; $15,000; terms. OSCAR 
ADDIS, 028 Broadway, Kingston, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—23’4-acre farm: 10-room house, 
Kewanee water system, bath, beat: new barn; 
small lake; on Tarvia State road; value $15,000: 
commute in hour to New York: exchange for 
larger farm considered. ADVERTISER 6S85, 
care Rural-New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Two good farms in Orange Co., 
N. Y.: one of 181 acres and one lO 1 ; acres; 
finely located. Inquire of G. N. LANDS, Mont¬ 
gomery, N. Y. 
EXCEPTIONAL cash bargain in 00-aere farm; 
Cape May County, New Jersey; immediate 
possession; ideal location: near resorts. For 
further information address L. COMPTON, Dias 
Creek, N. J. 
30-ACRE FARM: 20 tillable: lots of fruit; State 
road: mail, grain, groceries delivered; 2 miles 
to R. R.: 8 good buildings: produce sold at door: 
brook, well, spring: sacrificed at $1,700. RAY 
STEVENS, Schuylerville, N. Y. 
LOCUST HILL FARM FOR SALE—Orange Coun¬ 
ty’s best: 217 acres; mile from church, school, 
stores, railroad; 2 , 4 miles front large town: 
borders Wallkill River at its widest and best 
point; 17 acres woodland; upland; heavy sandy 
loam; rest loam with clay subsoil; apple orchard, 
ice pond; 70 registered Jerseys, fi horses: all 
necessary tools, machinery: two silos, engines, 
wagons, sleighs, tractor, truck, etc.: main resi¬ 
dence eleven rooms, hath, two large halls, pan¬ 
tries. etc.: running water, gas lights, largo 
porches, furnace; beautiful shaded lawns; four 
tenant houses, one six rooms, furnace, gas; 
large cow barn, milking machine, horse barn, 
carriage sheds, tool sheds, workshop, garage, 
another large barn, milk house, two icehouses 
and several other outbuildings; everything 
equipped: just the place for the all-around, up- 
to-date home or as a beautiful country home; 
have had potatoes at rate of 400 bu. per acre; 
best markets in State nearby: $50,000; terms. 
Apply W. T. SCHMEELK, Wallkill. N. Y. 
FARM WANTED—Advertiser will buy for cash 
a well-developed, productive and well watered 
farm, on good roads, near good school and where 
produce can lie readily and favorably marketed: 
would want from 90 to about 125 acres of stone 
free, level or moderately rolling (not hilly) 
tillable land of good soil and all capable of 
being worked with modern machinery: would 
also like some woodland; will not consider New 
England, but prefer Eastern and Southern Penn¬ 
sylvania. Northern Delaware. Northern Mary¬ 
land or Northern Virginia: would consider South¬ 
eastern New Turk or Central and Southern New 
Jersey; do not want to lie close to a large city: 
price must be attractively cheap; replies must 
fully describe farm, its buildings, kind of soil, 
its location and must also state kind of roads, 
distance from school, railroad station and town; 
also state tax rate per hundred dollars of valu¬ 
ation: no replies will be considered that do not 
give all information herein asked for. Address 
ADVERTISER 0877, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Lease on small Vermont dairy farm 
near village: give full description and terms. 
Address ADBERTISER GS59, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
FOR SALE—80-acre truck and dairy farm, lo¬ 
cated 150 yards from Branchville railroad 
station: 10-room house; also large barn and 
other outbuildings; spring water piped to house 
and barn; reason for selling, dissolving part¬ 
nership: to he sold with or without stock and 
tools. For further information inquire of J. D. 
GUARDE, Branchville. Conn. 
FOR SALE—Small lQ-acre farm in Grottoes, Va. 
MRS. STEERE, R. 2, Port .Republic, Va. 
53-ACRE FARM: 50 mile view of Hudson; 10- 
room house, modern improvements; new barn; 
bungalow (cost $2,000); garage: 600 chickens. 
2 line cows, horse, farm tools; 1.0(H) fruit trees; 
spraying machine (cost $350); all kinds berries; 
500 asparagus plants; 2 miles from Catskill. I 
mile from Athens, on State road: price $10,000. 
ADVERTISER 6880, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Substantial 9-room country home on 
Lake Musconeteung: forty-five miles out on 
Lackawanna; built and always occupied bv 
present owner; in perfect repair; large highly 
cultivated garden, small fruits, asparngns bed: 
fishing, boating and bathing; death of wife 
causes owner to offer at less than first cost of 
construction; should bo seen to bo appreciated. 
Address E. S. BALDWIN, 152 Market Street. 
Paterson, N. J. 
Miscellaneous 
FOR SALE—Standard Cyphers’ 240 incubator, 
$20; Cyphers’ 390, $30; Cyphers’ outdoor 
brooders. $15: all in good order. GEO. 
HENSCHEN, Washington, N. J. 
EUREKA potato planter for sale; perfect con¬ 
dition; make offer if interested. A. H. ARM¬ 
STRONG, R. D. 1, Schenectady, N. Y. 
FOR SAT.E — Waterloo Boy tractor; new. 
WILLIAM SNELL, R. F. D. 3, Stroudsburg, 
Pa. 
WANTED—Drill seeder: also reaper and binder. 
BOX (55, Riverdale, New Jersey. 
CLOVER HONEY—Warranted pure: 12 pounds, 
$4.50: postage paid, third zone. LONG¬ 
FELLOW BROS., Hnllowell, Maine. 
FOR SALE—Roderick Lean 32 18-inoh disc 
tractor harrow: used but one season; $75.00. 
HARVEY HEAD, Paris Station, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—25 h.p. floor gas engine in good 
working order; $375. O. E. RIDER, Red 
Hook, N. Y. 
240-EGG Prairie State incubator, practically 
new, $30. WHEELER J. WELD AY, Smith- 
field, O. 
PITRE Madison County evaporated maple svmp, 
$3 gal., guaranteed. LOREN S. WESTCOXT. 
Erieville, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—International sanitary hovers: 6 
second-hand. $5.no each; 2 new, $7.50 each. 
WILLIAM II. PAUSIL, Monmouth Junction, 
N. J. 
•- - ■ — - ■ ■ ■ ■, , . .. 4 
BEAN POLES FOR SALE—12-foot cedar poles; 
in lots of 25, 15 cents each: in lots of 100, 
12 cents each: f. o. b. Orangeburg. BROAD- 
ACRES DAIRY FARMS, Orangeburg, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—10 K. W. Peerless Generator and 
an E13 Philadelphia electric storage battery; 
will be sold reasonable. I. A. CASSEL, Har- 
le.vsville, Pa. 
WANTED—One 390 Prairie State incubator; 
must be in perfect order. WALTER CONSER, 
Elk Ridge, Md. 
FOR SALE—Pennsylvania Special grain thrasher; 
used one week. ROLLIN’ HULETT, St. Marys, 
Pa. 
FOR SALE—Bargain—Practically uew 1 h. p. 
Kewanoe gasoline engine water pumping out¬ 
fit, complete with pump gearing, spark coils, 
automatic stopping device, compact unit; 
mounted on standard single base: seen running 
any time: accept $150. Also brand-new Western 
Electric honso lighting outfit: suitable also 
dairy or farm lighting: generator 500 watt, 
automatic regulator, switchboard and extra 
storage batteries; complete; never used; accept 
$150 quick sale. Selling to install Delco com¬ 
bined water-light system. WM. J. HARRIS. 
Room 1802, 215 Fourth Avenue, New York. 
FOR SALE—5-horse Caldwell gasoline engine, 
worn very little. R. S. BEADLE, LeRoy, N. Y. 
CHOCOLATES—Pure honey centers; healthful 
and delicious: 1-lb. box, 65c; 2-lb., $1.25. up 
to fourth zone; money with order. “ENDION," 
Naples. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—J. I. Case Enioar, two-bottom 14- 
In. power lift engine plow; used little; price, 
$100; Forkner light draft 5-section 16-foot har¬ 
row. cheap. BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, Rushford, 
N. Y. 
PURE MAPLE SYRUP, finest qualitv, $3.00 per 
gallon. RANSOM FARM, Geneva,' 0. 
WANTED—Two-horse corn planter; also seed 
drill: give make, condition and price. 0. B. 
MUNSON. Arlington, Va. 
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WANTED—To purchase, second-hand canning 
and evaporating machinery. Address ADVER¬ 
TISER 6794, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—One 8-ft. John Deere tractor. 
double disc, slightly used, $125; one 7%-ft. 
Clark Cutaway tractor disc, slightly used. $150: 
two New Clark Cutaway tractor, discs, 7% and 
8 ft.. $175 each; one 10-20 Case Tractor, used, 
in good running order, $500; one 9-18 Case 
traetor, completely overhauled. $750. HAS¬ 
KELL BROS. CORP, Youngstown. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—One Wideawake grain separator, 
eqnipped with self-feeder and wind stacker; 
nsed two short seasons; paint as bright as new; 
price $400. SIDNEY B. SIMMONS, Sterling Sta¬ 
tion, Cayuga Co., N. Y. 
