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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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135-ACRE EQUIPPED FARM BARGAIN 
Crops and Farm Notes 
The Outlook for Apples 
I could say “I told yon so!” since what 
I did say has come true, lint there would 
he little satisfaction in that, since it was 
not a matter of prophecy, nor display of 
mental acumen, but a thing so patent that 
it always seemed to me as if every man 
must see it and act upon it. 
I have always been a lover of fine ap¬ 
ples, and years ago saw what I believed 
was a great future for this “King of 
Fruits.” But a dozen years ago I began 
to get “cold feet.” I saw whole farms 
turned into orchards. Every paper I took 
up, lay as well as agricultural, preached 
the gospel of apples, and yet more apples. 
I came to the conclusion that this was all 
commercial propaganda, having its source 
in nurserymen who had trees to sell, and 
in a feeble sort of way T tried to stop the 
tide a bit by a “go slow” campaign, and 
by advocating the planting of high quality 
apples only, in order greatly to increase 
the number of apple users. But as there 
was no other peep than mine to he heard 
in the land. I began to fear that I wasn’t 
so smart after all, especially as the great 
and learned ones joined in the shout for 
more apples. I thought if our university 
professors, who are paid large salaries for 
teaching the young agricultural idea how 
to shoot, and the old idea how not to get 
kicked over after he has shot—if they see 
fair weather and clear sailing ahead for 
our apple cart—pardon the mixed meta¬ 
phor—Why it ill becomes one like me to 
set up as a calamity howler. 
But just see what we are up against 
now, and only a paltry three or four mil¬ 
lion-barrel increase—the market busted 
from Dan to Bersheba! A man was at 
the house last night and said he had that 
day lost .$00 on just 20 barrels. So far 
our people have been giving fancy apples 
away, and often paying the receiver from 
$1 to $4 a barrel for taking them oft" their 
hands. 
And how about the future? Why, in 
this little 6x8 township in Northern Dut¬ 
chess. we had in 1896, when every tree 
was loaded, 250.000 barrels. This year, 
with apples on only about one-third of 
the trees, we will have as many or more. 
And for every native tree in 189G there 
are now 50 from four to eight years old. 
In 10 years’ time there will be from six 
to 10 barrels where there is one today. 
And what does Mr. Bley say of the Vir¬ 
ginias? He said about two years ago 
that on a basis of present yield and the 
new plantings, in 10 or 12 years, either 
Virginia or West Virginia would produce 
more apples than all the New England 
States and New York put together! Some 
apples! And jVet the professors in two of 
the biggest universities of the two biggest 
States of the union say that in 1930 there 
will be an apple famine. I can see the 
famine all right! 
And don’t say that nine-tenths of the 
trees planted won’t amount to anything: 
that the bugs and the pollywogs will eat 
’em up! There are only two orchards 
that T know of that are not looking tine 
—one belongs to a widow past three score 
and ten, and the other to a man “doing 
time.” The horticultural sky appears 
leaden and gloomy. What, remedial meas¬ 
ures are there, if any? But that is too 
much of a subject to be “touched upon” at 
present. HARVEY LOSEE. 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
Country-wide Produce Situation 
HEAVY SUPPLIES TEND TO FORCE PRICES 
DOWNWARD IN MOST LINES OF FRUITS 
AND VEGETABLES 
The selling end will be the larger part 
of the problem this season. Leading mar¬ 
ket lines of vegetables, potatoes, cabbage, 
onions and sweet potatoes, and the lead¬ 
ing long-season fruits, apples, pears and 
oranges, are maturing a great yield of 
generally fine appearance and quality. 
Compared with last season potatoes 
are, roughly. 15 per cent larger crop, cab¬ 
bage 66, onions 22, apples 30, pears 5 
and oranges 22. Last year’s crop was 
short in most of these lines, hut the pro- 
duction this year is higher, compared even 
with the average yield. 
HIGH COSTS—LOW PRICES 
ganizations are urging growers to unite 
and advertise the abundance and high 
quality of the leading crops. This is one 
good way to make demand respond to 
supply. Advertisements urging families 
to put in a Winter supply this Fall would 
help distribution, because the lack of 
storage buying is one of the bad features 
of the situation. The more early buying 
from consumers, the better for all con¬ 
cerned. 
APPLES SELLING SLOWLY 
Regarding the sale of the apple crop, 
one purpose is to assess the growers 5 
cents per barrel for advertising. Cer¬ 
tainly something is needed to give con¬ 
fidence to apple buyers and start the 
active Fall movement. Picking the main 
crop is ready to begin in leading sections, 
but much less than the usual percentage 
of the crop is under contract. Actual 
sales for advanced delivery have ranged 
$4 to $6 per barrel in Virginia. West 
Virginia and Western New York, the 
price varying according to variety and 
conditions of sale, hut some sales have 
been reported close to $3 in New York 
and New England producing sections, the 
price including the barrel, which at 
present cost would leave only a small 
sum for the growers. The range of sales 
is lower than last year, but not far from 
the range in 1918. The chief difference 
is that buying seems more backward and 
slower than in 1918. The renewal of the 
export trade in the late 1918 season came 
to the rescue of the apple crop that year, 
and apples put in storage in the Fall 
season showed a good profit in Spring. 
This season the export market seems to 
be the most definite hope for improve¬ 
ment. Sales in London and Liverpool 
markets show a good profit for apples 
bought here at prevailing prices. Best 
stock has been selling around $15 per 
barrel in English cities, which should net 
$10 to American shippers, compared with 
an average range in American markets of 
•$•> to $7 for the mid-season varieties. 
Northwestern apples are bringing pro¬ 
ducers mostly $2 to $2.75 per box. ac¬ 
cording to variety and locality. These 
are selling in English markets at double 
these figures, and shipments have been 
made direct by both from the Pacific 
Coast at less than $1.50 for freight. 
POTATOES LOWER 
The price of potatoes continues to move 
downward as the height of the harvest 
season approaches. Growers are receiv¬ 
ing from 70c to $1 per bushel in various 
parts of the country, and from $1.40 to 
a little over $2 for 100 pounds, while 
prices in city markets range from $1.85 
to $2.75 for 100 pounds. Carlot ship¬ 
ments are not especially heavy for this 
time of year. Eastern growers do not 
seem in a hurry to market the crop at 
present prices, and are apparently hoping 
for some improvement in the situation 
after the height of the digging and ship¬ 
ping season is over. 
CHEAP ONIONS AND CABBAGE 
Onions are very low when compared 
with the extreme figures reached the mid¬ 
dle of last Winter, and are not high com¬ 
pared even with prices before the war. 
Western growers are receiving for the 
best quality stock only from $1 to $1.50 
per 100 pounds, including sacks. Eastern 
markets are higher than Western, and 
Eastern growers of the best stock have 
been getting $1.75 to $2. Cabbage is a 
crop which is causing the producers a 
good deal of worry. At $7 to $9 or less 
per ton at the shipping station it hardly 
shows a profit, even with a crop of 10 
tons per acre, and some growers are 
already beginning to feed their crop to 
cattle. The later crop, suitable for long 
keening, may he expected to do consid¬ 
erably better than the early crop, but 
high prices are hardly to he expected. 
Prices of $20 to $25 per ton in some city 
markets indicate that the conditions are 
more favorable in some consuming sec¬ 
tions than in the producing territory. 
Unfortunately much of the late crop is 
maturing comparatively early this year. 
G. B. F. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
October 2 , 1920 
Subscribed Exc hange 
Othef Advertisements of Subscribers* 
Exchange will be found on page 1563. 
BUCKWHEAT HONEY in C0-lb. cans, 20c ncr 
lb. ; in 10-lb. pails, 23c, f. o. b.; quality fine' 
G. IV. BELDEN, Berkshire, R. D. 1, N. Y 
FOR SALE—Empire milking machine; nearlv 
new; four single units; complete with n„S 
$ 21 ) 0 . 00 . A. M. HONE, Lyons Fails , N. y! P ’ 
FOR SALE—Steam boiler, 8 horsepower* fino 
condition, $125; also steam Babcock tester lit. 
tie lIs cd. $30, and Tycas recording thermometer 
price $,)0. A. M. HONE, Lyons Falls, N. Y ' 
HONEY—Choice clover extracted, 00 lbs. Sin no 
,, b.; sample, 25c coin. j. 0 ’nicies' 
Belleville, N. Y. 
PFRE Vermont maple syrup, .$3.00 per gallon- 
sugar in live and ten-pound pails, 45 cents ne^ 
pound. W. IL WARREN, North Pomfrot, Vt! 
AVOCADOS, 10-lb. package postpaid up to 4ii, 
zone, $3; 5th zone and beyond, $3.50 or O o' 
D. $2.50 and postage. GEO. W. KOSEL, grower' 
Redland, Fla. s*uwer, 
HOMEMADE 
- ndy, 12 different kinds by nnr- 
col post. 65c per pound; fifth zone aiid lie 
yond, 75c. JOSEPH FEIBELMANN 934 V 
Wyoming At., Scranton, Pa. 
WANTED—Mammoth incubator; 1.200 to 0 too 
capacity; must he in good condition e” n 
TAYLOR, Middletown. N? J. " 
S') 1 ' 15- ? 0 ,! 1 ,' 1 ’ - ^Y itto K as engine. $100; 25 
■K --In. shafting, 4 hangers, 5 pullevs, $ 50 - 
45 ft. of 6-in. and 35 ft. of 3-in. leather beltim? 
$40: No. 10% Quaker City grinding “ill $3V 
75-<|t. Afton Farm feed mixer, $30: clover cutter’ 
Smalleys, $15; bone mill, F. W. Mann for 
power, $35; Gould rotary pump, hand and power 
$12; hot water heating plant. 300 ft. radiation' 
for 100-ft. long brooder house, all complete $ 50 ' 
Ail these machines in first-class condition’ 
L. W. WASHBURN, Hillsboro. Del. ’ 
I OR SALE—One Ampriean Cream Separator in 
first-class; used very little, good for 10 cows- 
price $15.00; twelve 10-stall .Trucks self feeders 
for poultry or pigeons; will hold each % bn 
grain and none can be wasted; cost when" new 
$0.00 each; price each $3.00 or $30.00 for the 
twelve. Address HOLLYWOOD POULTRY 
FARM, Mnrdella Springs. Md. 
GT A\ A JELLY AND CHEESE—From grower 
and maker; postpaid, % lb., 25c; % lb., 45c- 
1 doz. % lb., $4.50. Price list of other sizes 
and other products free. MRS. GEORGE W 
KOSEL. Redland, Fla. 
WANTED—Cider apples, in small quantities or 
carload lots. JOHN F. W1LKENS, Peekskill. 
N. Y. Telephone Peekskill 21-F-4. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, OCTOBER 2, 1920 
FARM TOPICS 
Advice to a Back-to-thc-Lander. 1531 
Future of Wheat Growing. 1532 
Hope Farm Notes . 1544 
Day by Day on New York Farm. 1560 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Outlook for Beef and Milk. 1533 
Thriftless Cow . 1554 
Feeding Jersey Heifers. 1554 
Weeds in Silage. 1554 
Feeding Cows on Pasture. 1556 
Feeding Cows on Test. . 1556 
A Florida Feeding Question. 1553 
HORTICULTURE 
New England Garden Notes. 1533 
Notes from a Maryland Garden...1535 
WOMAN AND HOME 
Work of Woman’s Land Army. 1536 
Boys and Girls. 1543 
Thoughts of a Plain Farm Woman. 1550 
A Husband and a Woodpile... 1551 
“Yes. That’s My Wife”. 1551 
Pastoral Parson . 1552 
Home Dressmaker . 1552 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Tools for Handling Hides. 
Two Uses for An Engine. 
A Question About Registering Cars.... 
Blower for Sawdust. 
Traveling in Alaska. 
Trials of a Kite... 
Community Mail Box. 
Hard Knocks, But No Knocker. 
Working School Children in New York. 
Direct Trade with Farmers. 
Agriculture and Politics. 
Softening Hard Water. 
Sterilizing and Bleaching Syrup. 
Cleaning Contaminated Cistern.. 
Washing Fluid . 
Eggs in Water Glass... 
Discolored Vinegar . 
Removing Skunk Odor . 
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; c mile from village and R. R. 15 acres timber, sugar 
b'ush and evaporator. Good set of buildings, running 
water. 16 head cattle e* registered) team, tools and crops 
included, for #7.800. Serious illness, reason for selling. 
Write for complete list of farms for sale. 
MANIIKVILLE HEAL ESTA TE AGKXCY, Inc . Oepl. I, Olcau, N. Y 
Piny STATIONERY PRINTED for Poultryimn, Stockmen. 
Pan etc It paya to make your letters look buBincaalik©. 
• CC ■ 1 111 Samples printed Envelopes and Letter llcada for any 
business, postpaid, free. R. N. Howie, Printer, Beebe Plain.Vt. 
For Sale— Fruit and Dairy FARMS 
Free list. HARRY VAIL. New Milford, Orange Co., N. Y. 
SAFETY RAZOR BLADES RESHARPENED 
Now process. Single edge, 2ef double. 3c. each. Gillette’s 
Specialty. New York Edge Co., glen Cove, New York 
HAKE A DOLLAIl AN IIOUII. SEIL M ENPET8 
a patent patch for instantly mending leaks 
in all utensils. Sample package free. 
COLLETTE MFG. CO.. Iicpt. Ills, Amsterdam. N.Y. 
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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30th St. New York City 
The cost per acre of raising and hand¬ 
ling these crops has been greater, no 
doubt, than ever before. Some of the 
crops show actual not loss at prevailing 
prices, notwithstanding a heavy yield. If 
nothing happen« to the product before 
Winter there should be a surplus equal 
to the most active demand that can be 
developed. The liberal supplies will re¬ 
quire careful study and continuous mar¬ 
keting to dispose of them at prices at all 
fair to growers. The good quality of most 
of the produce will be in its favor, al¬ 
though some lines may include more or 
less overgrown and watery stock, on ac¬ 
count of prevailing weather conditions. 
Probably, as usual, the supplies will seem 
excessive at the height of the harvest sea¬ 
son. all the more so this year, because 
storage buyers have difficulty in raising 
money to pay for the stock and its 
storage. 
TO STIMULATE DEMAND 
It is wise to realize now that prices 
may run low unless more than ordinary 
effort is made to sell. Dealers seem to 
be awake to the possibilities and many 
large concerns appear to be systematically 
working up the smaller markers to secure 
orders. Pome of the . 0 : ; ! t 
National Swine Show and Exposition, 
Des Moines, Iowa, October 4-9. 
Annual Fair. Danbury Agricultural So¬ 
ciety, Danbury. Conn.. October 4-9. 
National Dairy Show. Chicago, Ill., 
October 7-16. 
Farmers’ Week. Morrisville Agricul¬ 
tural School. Morrisville, N. Y., October 
12-16. 
Louisiana State Fair and National Jer¬ 
sey Cattle Show, Shreveport, La., Octo¬ 
ber 28-November 7. 
New England Fruit Show, Hartford. 
Conn.. November 5-9. 
National Grange, Boston, Mass., No¬ 
vember 8-18 
American Roval Dive Stock Show, Kan¬ 
sas City. Mo.. November 13-20. 
Dutchess County. N. Y., Poultry and 
Pet Stock Association, Poughkeepsie, N. 
Y.. November 17-20. 
Ohio A pule Show and American Porno- 
logical Society, Columbus, O., December 
1-3. 
International Live Stock Exposition. 
Chicago, Ill.. November 27-Degpiber 4. 
Seventh Annual Farmers’ Exposition, 
Toledo. Ohio. December 2-10. 
National Western Stock Show, Denver, 
Colo., January 22-29. 
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