Countrywide Produce Situation 
POTATOES SLUMP ANI) OTHER LINES TEND 
TO LOWER PRICES 
Most of the fruits and vegetables are 
sharing the slump which commodities in 
general have been going through lately. 
The movement may be the lii-st stage of 
retreat from inflated war time levels. 
Potato prices, having been relatively 
highest of all, have suffered most. Val¬ 
ues have been cut in two within a. month. 
At the end of July the average whole¬ 
sale prices in eleven large cities were not 
far from $7 per barrel, which may be 
compared with prices about double that 
figure earlier in the season and with an 
average price level of about $0 a year 
ago. At one time this Spring prices 
ranged three times those which prevailed 
in corresponding time in 1919. Now the 
difference between the two seasons is 
comparatively slight. There is no special 
reason why potatoes should sell higher 
this year. The crop seems to be making 
out for the decrease in acres by a better 
yield per acre. There is no potato failure 
in the West this year. Indications are 
for more bushels of total production than 
last year. 
The first Northern potatoes were from 
tlie light land section of Minnesota where 
growers are getting about $3 per cwt. 
The early crop is beginning to move from 
other Northern sections. The midseason 
market is being supplied by the Virginia, 
Maryland and New Jersey sections with 
some from the Southwest, and the present 
supply is about one-third heavier than a 
year ago. 
Plainly the price had to come down, 
apart from the general depression which 
lias brought so many lines below last 
year’s figures. Onions were first in the 
procession and they dropped from the 
luxury class down to the bargain counter 
and the street peddler’s cart, showing 
actual net loss for the midseason crop, 
which lias been selling for a long time a 
little below $1 per bushel in city mar¬ 
kets. The late drop is of more moderate 
size, or about as usual, and ought to do 
better in the market. Cabbage has been 
slumping very much like onions. Early 
apples started at $4 per bushel for the 
best and some are still bringing that price 
in Western markets, but the level in 
Eastern cities has been only about .$2 
for choice fruit. Low grade apples are 
cheap at 50c to $1 pin 1 bushel in most 
cities. The same in general may be said 
of inferior peaches which constitute the 
bulk of the Southern crop. Peaeh prices 
have held up pretty well for what little 
good stock is offered but most of the sup¬ 
plies are small, spotted or poorly colored. 
Much fruit will be shipped in bas¬ 
kets and other special packages this 
year, as well as in bulk. New barrels at 
$1.50 will hardly be used for cheap fruit. 
More and more fruit is being marketed 
by motor truck and for such shipments a 
fiat box package is convenient. The 
Eastern apple crop is developing well and 
may be one of the largest for many years. 
Competing fruits also will be abundant. 
Accordingly the price level may bo ex- 
S icted to fall below that of last year. 
erries and small fruits are bringing 
prices like those of last year and the 
crops are large. 
Melons dropped about like onions and 
potatoes. They started at record-break- 
iing prices and kept there for some time, 
but worked down fast in midseason and 
are now considerably lower than last sea¬ 
son. The crop is the largest in recent 
years. They are selling in the big cities 
at $150 to $300 per car of about 1,000 
medium sized melons, that will be from 
30,000 to 40,000 cars shipped mostly from 
the South and West - . This places the 
melon next in volume to potatoes and 
apples, but the value per car is not so 
great. Cantaloupes till fewer cars than 
melons but they are worth $1,000 per 
ear if good. Although considered a cool¬ 
ing fruit they reach their best only in 110 
degrees of glaring sunshine like that of 
the Imperial Valley and other ex-deserts 
of the irrigated Southwest. 
Garden produce of all kinds this season 
is coming to market in 10 to 12 per cent 
greater volume compared with last sea¬ 
son. It looks like a pretty good year for 
production but prices are not holding up 
so strongly as in some recent years. The 
lateness of the Spring lias been caught up 
by many crops. Rainfall has been suffi¬ 
cient in most sections but many of the 
nights are too cool for the tender crops, 
some of which were planted late and need 
fast growing weather to escape frost' 
dangers. q. b. f. 
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Farm Help Wanted 
WANTED —Single men to milk and work in Ik 
or over 300 registered llolsteins; must ho gt 
ary hand milkers; wages from $05 to $TO ; 
month with board; steady employment, w 
cnancos for advancement; state ago and exp 
huice in first letter. WINTERTHUR FAKA 
Winterthur, Del. 
MILKERS, $70 a month; $1 more each month 
up to $75, with board and single room to your¬ 
self; experienced farm hands, $65, with hoard 
and room. WOOD BROOK FARMS, Metuchen, 
N. J. 
WANTED—Single men and women as attendants 
in State Institution for Feeble-minded; salary 
$50 per month and maintenance for men; $45 
month and maintenance for women, with oppor¬ 
tunity for advancement. Apply, stating age, to 
SUPERINTENDENT, Letchworth Village, 
Thiells, Rockland Co., N. Y. 
WANTED—Seamstress, executive ability, quick 
with needle; able to make at least three boys’ 
shirts per day; good salary. COUNTY TRUANT 
SCHOOL, Lawrence, Mass. 
DAIRYMAN WANTED—Outfit 500 bottles milk 
and cream daily; best families; single men 
preferred, but married man, if with small fam¬ 
ily, could lie accommodated. Apply to J. L. 
HOPE, Florham Farms, Madison, N. J. 
ON SMALL place in country, Protestant woman, 
past middle age, slightly elderly, as company 
of elderly woman; light housekeeping for two; 
plain cooks, old-fashioned, and no washing; a 
woman who appreciates a homo more than high 
wages, yet wnges will be right. Write, stating 
particulars and wages required, BOX 95, West 
Mansfield, Mass. 
WANTED—Competent herdsman, married, to 
take charge of herd of Guernseys; location 
Greene Co., N. Y.; must be competent to con¬ 
duct advanced registry tests. ADVERTISER 
7252, care Rural New-Yorker. 
- - ) 
WANTED—Dry hand milkers for certified dairy; 
15 cows; no outside work; $65 and board. 
RARITAN VALLEY FARMS, Somerville, N. J. 
EXPERIENCED market gardener farmer for 
small farm in Duxbury, Mass.; position open 
at once or any time between now and March 1; 
melons, small fruits and vegetables; responsible 
man with unquestionable references as to char¬ 
acter, ability and disposition; state wages want¬ 
ed, with comfortable living quarters, milk and 
vegetables. Address, with references, JOHN 0. 
RUNKLE, Duxbnry, Mass. 
WANTED—Good dry-hand milker; barn work 
only; herd purebred Guernseys, doing testing. 
Address F. W. DUROC, Herdsman, Fairydale 
Fnrm, Pawling, N. Y. 
WANTED—Herdsman for good Holstein herd of 
30 cows; Universal milking machines used; 
must be clean and neat; give salary expected, 
references, age, nationality, whether married or 
single, and when at liberty, in first letter. Ad¬ 
dress COLVER FAUM.S, Colver, Cambria Co., 
Pa.; Box 326. 
WANTED—Married man for general farmer on 
up-to-date, modern dairy farm, with fine build¬ 
ings and equipment: wife to board a few men; 
completely furnished house, with modern con¬ 
veniences; everything found; state wages and 
particulars. ADVERTISER 7256, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN for large modern plant; good 
buildings and equipment; state wages and full 
particulars in first letter. ADVERTISER 7255, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
LADY desires another experienced in mushroom 
growing as partner. ADVERTISER 7263, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
IIERDSMAN wanted to care for 25 llolsteins; 
must be married and willing to work under 
superintendent. F. MARQUARDT, Morris Plains, 
N. J. 
iWANTED—Experienced fanner; will supply 
house and usual privileges; give age, wages, 
nationality, number in family; permanent posi¬ 
tion. Address DRAWER P. Norwalk. Conn. 
WANTED—For small plant, thoroughly prac¬ 
tical poultryman with sufficient knowledge 
general farming, fruit and duties in dairy 
house, separating and bottling only small quan¬ 
tity daily, to devote part of time to that 
branch; no need apply unless understands poul¬ 
try from A to Z, incubation, raising young 
chicks, feeding, breeding and mating; wages 
$100 per mouth, and if work satisfactory bonus 
$60 paid every six mouths; also share in profits 
of general farm with the other help; living quar¬ 
ters over garage, two large room, kitchen, din¬ 
ing room, hath room, hot water heat in Winter; 
light and fuel and other privileges; highest 
references required, and satisfactory reasons for 
leaving last position; here’s a fine opportunity 
for the right man, but must he absolutely com¬ 
petent to do work named. BOX 332, Pleasant- 
ville, N. Y. 
WANTED—Stable boss for 30-horse stable; must 
be able to shoe these horses and repair farm 
machinery; $85 a month, with house, cow, pigs, 
chickens and other privileges; also a few team¬ 
sters wanted (single). Address STTPT. MOOR¬ 
LAND FARM, Great Meadows. N. J. 
WANTED—Good mill hand, first-class butter and 
creamery man, farm hands, milkers for De- 
Laval milking machines; good positions for the 
right kind of men on one of the largest and 
foremost commercial farms In New York State; 
good wages with fine board and lodging to single 
men and good houses to married men. Address 
WIIEATF1ELD FARMS, R. F. D. 14, La Salle, 
N. Y. 
WANTED—By September 1st or before, by a 
family of four. In the country, 39 miles from 
New York City, two women, Protestant, be¬ 
tween the ages of 25 and 45: one for cooking 
and housework, good plain cook and baker; the 
other for laundry and housework; pleasant single 
bedrooms, with bath and sitting room for help; 
good wages; must have women who like the 
country and are used to It; personal references 
required; write particulars and wages desired; 
personal Interviews will he arranged. MRS. 0. 
V. HUFFMAN, Bedford Hills, N. Y. 
HOUSEKEEPER wanted on small farm In N. Y. 
State; state age, nationality and wages 
wanted. ADVERTISER 7205, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WANTED—Working housekeeper on farm near 
Ossining, N. Y„ for owner and couple of farm 
hands; must be good plain cook; all conveniences 
in house. ADVERTISER 7268, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
DAIRYMAN wanted to take charge small herd 
of Guernseys; private estate; cleanliness and 
good butter-maker essential; wages $75.00 per 
month and board. PERCY E. HICKS, Uumson, 
N. J. 
WANTED—Couple for truant school; good 
farmer and milker; wife good cook; no chil¬ 
dren; state wages expected, giving references, 
in first letter. SUPERINTENDENT, County 
Training School Lawrence, Mass. 
FARM HAND—No experience necessary, but 
must be able to drive team; strong and will¬ 
ing; good wages and hoard. E. A. BENNETT, 
Manasquau, N. J. 
WANTED—Couple; man farmer gardener; wife 
good plain eook and houseworker; family or 
three; permanent. Apply TOM F. BARRY, 
Offyonda Farms, Lambertvillc, N. J. 
GOOD OPPORTUNITY foi- middle-aged Protest¬ 
ant woman on small fruit farm, family two, no 
children, to assist my housekeeper in plain cook¬ 
ing and experienced in canning fruit and vege¬ 
tables; good home and wages for right person. 
BEAUPEL FARM, 149 Locust Avenue, Tuckahoe, 
N. Y. ’Phone Scarsdale 557. 
WANTED—Farmer, this Autumn, by large school 
near New York, to have complete charge of 
farm operations; wife to have charge, with help, 
of new farmhouse; large acreage of good land; 
thirty milkers, tuberculin tested; Protestant 
preferred; excellent school; reply fully, giving 
position with present and past employers, size 
of family, age, religion, salary desired; present 
employer will not be communicated with without 
permission. ADVERTISER 7270, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
SINGLE MAN, also a married man, wanted at 
once on Western New York fruit farm; state 
age, weight, past work and price. ADVER¬ 
TISER 7272, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Dairyman, single; must be good dry 
hand milker, neat, clean and capable to assist 
with barn records; modem ham; wages seventy 
dollars month, room and board; give reference 
in first letter. PROVIDENCE FARM, G. H. 
Harris, Manager, Anacostia, D. C. 
FARMER—Married man; care for small farm 
and garden; be generally useful; four-room, 
bath, steam heated, electric lighted apartment 
free; also any vegetables, etc., raised in quan¬ 
tity; permanent position for right man. Ad¬ 
dress, giving age, experience, references, salary 
expected, to J. S. MASTERMAN, Brewster, 
N. Y. 
Situations Wanted 
POULTRYMAN, married, children, wants posi¬ 
tion as manager on duck farm; life experience; 
10 years with last employer. ADVERTISER 
7230, care Rural New-Yorker. 
MARRIED MAN, without children, desires posi¬ 
tion as herdsman; has had college training and 
experience; state particulars and salary in first 
letter; good references. ADVERTISER 7229, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
FARM MANAGER open for position; expert on 
certified milk and handling of cattle, including 
A. R. O. work; thoroughly familiar with all 
lines of farm machinery and crop raising; un¬ 
usual ability in handling men; cash security fur¬ 
nished where accounts are handled by manager; 
references gladly furnished upon request from 
men who know; nothing but a man's size propo¬ 
sition considered. Address ADVERTISER 7227, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as caretaker on private es¬ 
tate; small neat family; experienced all around 
man; available October 1st. ADVERTISER 
7232, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—A position as farm manager; life 
experience in all branches of farming; ten 
years’ experience in managing farms; expert 
dairyman and in A. R. O. work; course in agri¬ 
culture and stock raising; open for a position 
any time between now and October 1; best of 
references: send full particulars in first letter. 
ADVERTISER 7244, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POSITION WANTED—Estate manager or head 
gardener, at present employed, wishes to make 
a change; have practical experience growing 
flowers, fruits and vegetables both under glass 
and outside; construction work, farming and 
general estate work; A-l reference; married. 
ADVERTISER 7250, care Rural New-Yorker. 
AGRICULTURE—Agricultural school graduate, 
practical experience, desires position with an 
institution; age 23; single; best references. AD¬ 
VERTISER 7258, care Rural New-Yorker. 
HERDSMAN open for position; experience in 
feeding, stock raising and veterinary work; 
best references as to my ability and character. 
ADVERTISER 7257, care Rural New-Yorker, 
I DESIRE position as shepherd after August 1; 
references from present employer. ADVER¬ 
TISER 7259, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FARM MANAGER (married) wishes position; 
last employer says “I know of no one who 
has more knowledge or is more familiar with 
the practical and technical matters connected 
with farm work and the live stock industry.” 
If interested, address with particulars, LEWIS 
DAYTON. Broadalbtn, N. Y. 
POULTRYMAN. thoroughly experienced, practi¬ 
cal, Cornell trained, single, wishes position on 
poultry farm; reference. PAUL WEINER, Box 
612, Hlcksville, L. I., N. Y. 
YOUNG MAN, 26. single, American, desires to 
run tractor; New York chauffeur’s license; 
auto mechanic; IVj years’ experience on farms 
working with horses. FRED METZ, 313 East 
89th Street, New York. 
POSITION WANTED as working farm manager 
by single young man; understand the growing 
of farm crops, care of apple and peaeh orchards; 
understand and experienced in the management 
of dairy and animal husbandry ami poultry hus¬ 
bandry: agricultural school graduate; am de¬ 
sirous to get iu touch with an owner who will 
appreciate an industrious and conscientious 
worker; nothing but first-class proposition con¬ 
sidered: can furnish best of reference and ex¬ 
pect reference furnished me; available Septem¬ 
ber first. ADVERTISER 7269, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as farm manager; fifteen 
years’ experience; good references. Address 
ERNEST MARTIN. Athens, N, Y. 
FARM MANAGER with broad farming and pure¬ 
bred stock breeding experience opeu for posi¬ 
tion: a very successful breeder; have developed 
well-known stock farms: progressive; _can or¬ 
ganize; good executive; married; age 35 years; 
Witli English and American training: highest 
references. Address ADVERTISER 7271, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
j Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
WANTED for a 460-acre proposition—Horticul¬ 
turist that thoroughly understands the enro 
of newly planted trees; give references and full 
particulars. W. K. SCHM1CK, Hamburg, Pa. 
FOR SALE—Farm: suitable for fruit and truck; 
40 acres tillable; 15 in fruit: home, two 
tenant houses, good barns; near city of 30,000; 
good shipping facilities. ADVERTISER 7231, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—One hundred and thirty-six acres; 
Columbia County; thirteen-room house; main 
road; eleetrleitv. windmill, orchard; all build¬ 
ings in first-class repair and recently painted; 
price $10,000; stock and tools at Inventory. 
ADVERTISER 7228, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Good productive farm; 124 acres; 
good water; timber; good 9-room bouse, hard¬ 
wood floors, sun parlor on south side; 3 barns, 
hen house, granary; 3 miles from D. & H. U. 
R. and State road; young bearing orchard, 100 
trees—cherry, plum, pear, apple; 10 cows, team, 
tools; all for $5,000; one-half cash. JESSE 
ORONKITE, Milford, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Fruit farm; 115 acres; 60 acres 
fruit; all in good condition; large crop this 
year, all of standard varieties; located in Hud¬ 
son River fruit belt. FRANK DERRICK, West 
Coxsaekie, N. Y. 
FOR IMMEDIATE SALE—A productive Dela¬ 
ware River Valley farm of 440 acres under 
high state of cultivation; finest dairy section in 
the world: 18-room house; hot and cold water; 
house and buildings electric lighted; 140 acres of 
fine loam flats; fine, well-watered pasture of 210 
acres; lumber and wood on property; tractor, 
plows, harrows, wagons, sleighs, 4 horses, 18 
pigs, 75 cows—Guernseys and Holsteins; cuts 
150 tons hay; large acreage now in corn; largo 
barn, outbuildings, garage, silo, etc. ADVER¬ 
TISER 7239, care Rural New-Yorker. 
ATTRACTIVE country home, six rooms and 
bath, furnace and water, barn, garage and 
several outbuildings, 32 acres rich land, along 
road and river front at Mountain View, N. J., 
22 miles from New York City; profitable stock 
and truck farm; large yearly income; will sell 
at sacrifice or will rent to responsible party. 
MRS. II. W. COBB, Ridgewood, N. J. 
AT ANY TIME be fore the next Spring season 
the owner of a fine farm, exceptionally well 
located and in high state of cultivation, will 
entertain a proposition from an ambitious and 
efficient young farmer looking to eventual in¬ 
terest in property and settlement for life. 
ADVERTISER 7260, care Rural New-Yorker. 
NEW HAMPSHIRE farm bargain—75 acres; 
about 50 acres clear land; good seven-room 
house; water piped from spring; big barn, and 
long shed connecting all buildings; price $1,700; 
write for full particulars. ADVERTISER 6261, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
ICO ACRES; $7,500; $3,000 down; easily keeps 20 
cows; 35 acres of the finest river flat; deep 
loam soil; balance pasture and timber; prosperous 
community in Delaware Co.; spring watered; 
fine large house; basement barn; other buildings; 
for quick sale will include 20 bead of stock and 
farm machinery; one mile from railroad town. 
If you mean business write ADVERTISER 7262, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
MAKE YOUR HOME in the Onondaga Limestone 
Soil Country; New York’s best farming and 
Alfalfa section; beautiful country, ready mar¬ 
kets, good roads, wide diversity of crops, good 
neighbors; dandy dairy and Alfalfa farm, be¬ 
tween Auburn and Syracuse, bordering main 
highway through State; 100 acres; 85 tillable, 
15 watered pasture; excellent house; pleasant 
yard and location; fair barns; highly productive 
soil; fruit; excellent gravel bed. For particu¬ 
lars, price and terms address ADVERTISER 
7264, care Rural New-Yorker. 
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WANTED—A first-class 60-aere farm, rent or 
buy, within 30 miles of Philadelphia. FRED 
J. GOEKELER, Box 70, R. R. No. 1. Mt. Holly, 
N. J. 
TO FARM BUYERS—Write to us for particulars 
in regard to a very desirable farm in Broome 
County, on good road, near this city, and we 
will send you diagram and full information. 
MeKINNEY & CO., Binghamton, N. Y. 
TO BUY OR LEASE—A small house, conven¬ 
iently located, having some outbuildings, on a 
fair-sized plot; all in good condition; for a vil¬ 
lage or town home. Particulars to ADVER¬ 
TISER 7266, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—To rent, farm and house: on lake 
preferred. G. J. DOYLE, 4002 Chichester 
Avenue, Woodhaven, N. Y. 
POULTRY FARM for sale; capacity fifteen 
hundred; large modern barn: new garage. 
LYMAN REED, West Winfield, N. Y. 
NEW YORK CITY within 48 miles; choice 68- 
aere general farm, between Peekskill and 
Lake Maliopac; extra good seven-room house; 
two barns; two wells; abundant spring-watered 
pasture; eight acres timber; three miles to ship¬ 
ping point; Summer resort market and four 
lakes nearby; bargain at $7,500. Full particu¬ 
lars from OWNER, 400 Convent Avenue, New 
York City. 
FOR SALE—65 acres good trucking laud; apple. 
peach and other orchards in fine shape; good 
meadow pasture; fine 8-room house; large barn 
and stable; cheap: easy terms; photo furnished 
if returned. Apply M. E. ELLIS, Route 4. Sea- 
ford, Del. 
FOR SALE—Poultry farm; 1.000 capacity; fruit 
all kinds; pasture; trucking; 50 acres, high 
state cultivation; 40 timber; 10-room modern 
house, bath, toilet, laundry tubs, garage, car¬ 
riage, implements, sheep sheds, water piped 
barn, poultry house. 3 h.p. engine; buildings 
new. EVA GARLOCK, “Star Route,” Indian 
nead, Charles Co., Md. 
WANTED—Firm, somewhere around Washing¬ 
ton or Baltimore, or in the northern part of 
Virginia. FRED L. HUNT, Box 158, Katonab, 
Miscellaneous 
FOR SALE—Missouri grain drill, 11 single disc, 
with fertilizer and grass seed attachment; 
$75. ROGER II. MALLERY, Owego, N. Y. 
WANTED—Mammoth incubator, 6 to 10,000 egg 
capacity; must be in good condition. ED¬ 
WARD C. BROWN, Stockton, R. D. 2 New 
Jersey. 
FOR SALE—Sandwich steam bay press, in first- 
class condition. M. O. WYCKOFF, Freeville, 
N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Large hand baling press; strong; 
excellent condition; $50.00. H. H. SHANK, 
Coekeysville, Md. 
FOR SALE—Double-unit Perfection Milker; 
complete, with engine; perfect condition; $200. 
P. O. BOX 324, Newark Valley. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Canning plant; capacity, 3.000 cans 
daily; $145. ORA HOOKE, Albany, Ind. 
CIDER PRESS and grater for sale. H. MOR¬ 
GAN, Amenia, N. Y. 
WANTED—Six-inch cement tile mold. HAROLD 
CURTISS, R. F. D. No. 4, Bridgeport, Conn. 
FOR SALE—Three new circular saws, from 
30 to 36 in.; $6 each. ROBERT CORWIN, 
96 Grand St., New York City. 
FOR SALE—Roller process mill, almost new; 
other feed mill machinery, half price; owner 
died. H. MORGAN, Amenia, N. Y. 
WANTED—Used honey extractor for Tatngstroth 
frames. DONALD GRANT, Amsterdam. N. Y. 
WANTED—Immediately, bean harvester, power 
cider press and apple grater; new or used. 
ADVERTISER 7267, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—A Deering ecru binder, in good con¬ 
dition. Address FRIESIAN MODEL FARM, 
Westever, Md. 
