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The RURAL NEW. YORKER 
October 2.°,, 1020 
An engineer 
dare not say 
‘My watch was wrong 
Having the correct 
time is vital with the 
engineer. Catastrophes 
thrive on trains that are 
late. Railroad men 
must be able to rely on 
the watches they carry. 
The Hamilton Watch 
is wonderfully accurate 
and truly dependable. 
That is why it has be¬ 
come by far the most 
popular watch in use on 
American railroads. 
Engineer F. J. Mink of the New York 
Central Lines, is known as “The Chief' 
on the New York-Albany run, because 
he’s handled a throttle for thirty-one 
years. For ten years he doove the 
Twentieth Century Limited on his di¬ 
vision, with the Hamilton he carries, and 
established an enviable record for run¬ 
ning on schedule. 
amilton 
‘ The Watch of Railroad Accuracy 
Like other progressive men, you’ve often wanted an 
accurate watch. Why not get one—a Hamilton? It would 
help save you time, be a constant convenience and source 
of pride, and would last you a lifetime. 
There are 22 different Hamilton models to choose from 
with prices ranging from $40 to $200. Movements alone, 
$22 (in Canada $27.00) and up. Let your jeweler show 
you some of the many Hamiltons today. 
Send for “The Timekeeper”—an interesting little book 
about the manufacture of fine watches. The various 
Hamiltons are illustrated a :d prices given. 
HAMILTON WATCH COMPANY 
Lancaster , Pennsylvania 
ALLSIZEFARMS 
good soil for potatoes, grain, trucking; good houses 
and buildings; located in Middlesex, Monmouth, 
Mercer counties, the potato belt of New Jersey. 
CLIFFORD G. BROWN, Cranbury Station, Middlesex Co., N. J. 
AGENTS WANTED 
Active, reliable, on salary, to take subscriptions 
for Rural. New-Yorkkk in Schuyler and 
Chemung Counties, N. Y. 
Prefer men who have horse or auto. 
Add ress ••— 
JOHN G. COOPER, 2W. State St., OLE AN. N.Y. or 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W 30th Street New York City 
For orchard, garden find lawn, irrown in the lanct'Ht 
nurHcry in New York State, bucked by the punitive 
guarantee of a linn lltf yearn old. Sold at 
cost, piiia one profit onlV. Fall Planting 
is advisable uny year )>ut especially so 
this year as nursery men are having great 
trouble in aecuring needling from Fithcc 
r*. and nursery stock will be at a premium 
for the next few yeara. Send for 
Free Illustrated Catalog, 
We prepay transportation chargea on 
all orders lor over |7.60. 
Maloney Bros. & Wells Co., 66 West St. 
Dansville, N. Y. Dansvillt'B J'innr., 
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GOOD NOW FOR 
Fall Plowed Ground Pasture Improvement 
Top Dressing Meadows 
MICHIGAN PULVERIZED LIMESTONE 
FALL PLOWING: The earlier you apply Michigan 
Limestone the better. The roads are now good for haul¬ 
ing and you are not in the rush of Spring work. 
PASTURE IMPROVEMENT: Michigan Limestone 
applied now with some acid phosphate or manure and 
seed, will make the pasture far more profitable next sum¬ 
mer. A great many farmers are finding this out 
TOP DRESSING MEADOWS: An application of 
Michigan Limestone to old meadows in the Fall usually 
increases the following hay crop enough to pay the cost of 
the liming several times over. 
Prompt shipments sure this fall 
MICHIGAN LIMESTONE & CHEMICAL COMPANY, Inc. 
BUFFALO, N. Y. 
Largest Agricultural Limestone Mill in the country 
Capacity 1800 tons per day 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
MOVEMENT OF PRODUCE REACHES THE 
SEASON’S ITETOITT RUT PRICES SHOW 
TENDENCY TO RECOVER IN MOST 
LINES 
After two months of moderate activity, 
the shipments of fruits and vegetables 
took a spurt forward in late September 
and early October, reaching a volume one- 
third greater than for the corresponding 
time last season. This renewed activity 
brought the earlot movement for the sea¬ 
son just about even with the shipment of 
last season for the same period. With 
an average of nearly 4.000 cars per day 
of the twenty, or so, leading fruits and 
vegetables, the season must he close to its 
height. The date is a little later than 
usual owing to the long growing season. 
With the arrival of the first killing frost, 
extending as far south as Nebraska, 
farmers were reminded that marketing 
must Ik; done promptly. Potato vines had 
been green up to that time even in the 
North T.ake region, and much of the 
crop was too soft, and immature for ship¬ 
ment. Prices were not high enough to 
tempt farmers to dig early, and such 
work was put off for other farm activities. 
Potatoes and apples, the two leading 
items of produce shipments are moving 
actively and in about equal volumes. 
There is also a tremendous movement of 
grapes from California and considerable 
I quantities from Michigan and New York 
I State. Demand seems to he good not¬ 
withstanding the heavy offerings at New 
York and other markets, but prices have 
suffered somewhat in comparison with 
earlier quotations. 
The movement of onions nearly doubled 
early in October, and there were heavy 
shipments of cabbage, sweet potatoes, 
pears, and miscellaneous fruits and veg¬ 
etables. 
WATCH MARKETS CLOSELY 
Producers are somewhat puzzled 
whether to accept the prevailing low 
prices or to hold the crop. In view of 
the heavy production exceeding a one 
hundred per cent crop for nearly all lead¬ 
ing lines, it would be venturesome ad¬ 
vice to suggest any general withholding 
from shipment. It must be recalled, not¬ 
withstanding the decline of an average 
of 15 per cent, in farm products compared 
with a year ago. that prices are still about 
one-third higher than the average of ten 
years past. If is true that the cost this 
season has been out. of proportion to the 
present price, hut it is equally true that 
withholding too large a share of the 
present crop would tend to prices still 
lower toward the end of the season. It. 
appeal's that the only safe policy would 
he to keep on selling whenever the market 
shows temporary improvement. Such im¬ 
provement often takes place during the 
month or two preceding the year-end 
holidays when shipments begin to fall 
off and demand is at the height of activity, 
and also at times during the Winter. 
During the last week of September and 
the first week of October, potato prices 
in Chicago recovered from low point of 
$1.50 to $1.00 per 100 pounds to a range 
of $1.80 to $'2. Eastern markets had not 
reached such low points but made good 
recoveries in many markets and in New 
York reaching a top of $3 in some cities. 
Plainly the advance might not hold long 
in view of the increasing shipments, hut 
such times afford an opportunity especial¬ 
ly for the nearby shippers and those who 
can reach the market promptly. 
PULL WEAK APPLE TONE 
Apple prices have no more than held 
their own in producing sections, and even 
the prices quoted often are not so high 
as they seem because of the high cost of 
containers. The general range in pro¬ 
ducing sections is $3.25 to $4.25 for such 
standard kinds ns Ben Davis, Yorks, 
Greenings, and Baldwins, and $1 to $1.50 
must come out for the barrel. Sales 
orchard run and tree run are somewhat 
lower. An average of numerous ([nota¬ 
tions in western New York State indi¬ 
cates that growers are getting hardly 
more than $1 per hundred pounds for the 
actual fruit packed A-2Vi grade. The 
range is anywhere from 75c to $1.50 for 
hulk fruit and about the same for barrel 
stock after deducting the cost, of the 
barrel. The range in city markets for 
standard varieties, including late Fall 
kinds, and also early sales of Winter 
kinds, has averaged in the various cities 
not fur from $5 per barrel. 
EXPORT DEMAND LIMITED 
The export markets have averaged 
shippers a little better than domestic 
markets for good stock. Sales the second 
week ill October in London. Liverpool 
and Glasgow ranged mostly $8 to $11 for 
such kinds as Yorks. Ben Davis. Bald¬ 
wins and Kings. Expenses would be 
from $1 to $5, netting shippers from $4 
to $6.50. Supplies are very heavy in 
British markets, and the trend of prices 
seems to be downward. On account of 
the large surplus available in this country 
and in Canada Micro is considerable dan¬ 
ger of over-supolying the foreign markets, 
which are likely to carry heavy stocks 
of home-grown apples as late as the first, 
week in November. The British “Apple 
Day,” late in October, may temporarily 
belli th<‘ markets. The price restriction 
goes on again the middle of November, 
and the limit of 60 shillings will, tend to 
restrict the possible returns of shipments, 
with the present value of shilling at not 
over 17 cents. 
ONIONS SLIGHTLY BETTER 
Nothing very encouraging can be said 
about the onion situation, owing to th,> 
heavy supplies coming forward, but some 
of the city markets have shown consider¬ 
able price improvement, and the general 
average is about $1.50 per 100 pounds 
while growers the country over are g ( .i' 
ting from 00 cents up. Cabbage has ad¬ 
vanced somewhat, from the low points in 
most sections, and ranges $14 to $18 p ( . r 
ton in the city markets. Producers in 
distant sections stopped shipping when 
prices were at the lowest, but the volume 
of movement, is now heavy again, reach 
ing close to 1.000 cars per week. Ship 
meats for the whole season have been 
nearly 50 per cent greater than for Iasi 
season. 
Field beans will he about four-fifths the 
volume of the average crops of recent 
yea re. Production in the Far West has 
fallen off greatly. The yield per acre is 
good, especially in the East, but quality 
is somewhat affected by rust and blight. 
Prices are comparatively low. and crop 
will hardly he satisfactory in proceeds to 
growers. 
NEXT SEASON IN SOUTH 
Southern truck growers are beginning 
operations for the coming season. They 
received good price*? last Winter and 
Spring, and seem inclined to put in large 
acreages of the crops which paid them 
well, unmindful oL the declining markets 
which have upset the calculations of the 
Northern farmers. u. n. f. 
Here are the price's we are getting for 
our products in the market ; not more 
than half what it cost to raise most of it: 
Wheat, bu.. $2.20; corn. $1.15; oats, 
65c; rye, $1.65; potatoes. 75c; apples. 
50c; onions, 75c; tomatoes, 50c; butter, 
lb., 50c; eggs, doz., 60c; chickens, per 
lb., 20 to 28c; fat; cattle, lb., 10 to 11c; 
hogs, lb., 14 to 15c. Wheat a poor crop; 
rye poor; oats, good; potatoes, apples 
and corn good. Last Spring all vou 
heard was to plant; food was scarce, imd 
wo did. What they wanted was to get 
it for nothing; hut we will fix them next 
Spring. If they have not brought their 
prices down with ours we will starve them 
down, for we can stand it as long as they 
can. c, s , 
Franklin Go., Pa. 
Lehigh County’s leading product, is po¬ 
tatoes, which are a bumper crop. We are 
experiencing some trouble from blight; 
quite a. few potatoes rot. Our market 
was quiet, the last- two weeks. Prices 
range from 50 to 70c per bu. to the 
The yield per acre is between 
200 and 300 bu. Some even report more 
per acre. Wheat. $2.20 per bu.; rye. 
81.7.).; corn, $1.40. Apples are more 
plentiful this reason, with many going to 
waste on account of labor shortage. 
Farmers are experiencing a severe labor 
shortage; some offer as high as $4 per 
day for potato pickers. The quality of 
onr potatoes is fair, only some are found 
to be hollow on the inside, due to the 
continual wet weather all Summer, which 
gave them an excellent opportunity to 
grow. The eastern part of the county 
raises much corn, which looks to he an 
excellent crop. Farmers are disgusted 
with the potato price, but all hope for 
a better outlook later on, as potatoes at. 
this time can hardly he raised for the 
small price received. My personal idea 
is that we will receive fair prices for our 
crops .after the movement starts. 
Lehigh Co., Pa. n. c. H. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
Louisiana State Fair and National Jer¬ 
sey Cattle Show, Shreveport, La., Octo¬ 
ber 28-November 7. 
New England Fruit Show, Hartford, 
Conn., November 5-0. 
Maryland Agricultural Society, annual 
meeting, Salisbury. Md.. November 0-11. 
Annual Farm and Ilome Week, New 
York State School of Agriculture, Alfred, 
N. Y., November 10-12. 
National Grange, annual convention, 
Boston. Mass.. November 10-10. 
American Royal Live Stock Show, 
Kansas City. Mo., November 13-20. 
Tenth Indiana Anplo Show, Women’s 
Building. State J'air Grounds, Indian¬ 
apolis, November 15-20. 
Wisconsin Potato Growers’ Association, 
Potato Exposition. Milwaukee Auditor¬ 
ium, Milwaukee, Wis.. November 15-20. 
Dutchess County. N. Y., Poultry and 
Pet Stock Association, Poughkeepsie, N. 
Y.. November 17-20. 
Nortli Bergen Comity, N. ,T.. Poultry 
Association Show, Westwood, N. .L. No¬ 
vember 25-27. 
International Live Stock Exposition, 
Chicago. Ill., November 27-Dceember 4. 
Ohio Apple Show and American Pomo- 
logical Society, Columbus, Ohio, Decem¬ 
ber 1-3. t . 
Seventh Annual Farmers’ Exposition, 
Toledo, Ohio. December 2-10. 
Illinois State Horticultural Society, 
sixty-fifth annual convention, Blooming¬ 
ton, Ill.. December 15-17. 
Vermont State Poultry Show, B. 1 • 
Greene, secretary, St. Albans, Vt., Janu¬ 
ary 4-5-0-7, 1021. _ ^ 
National Western Stock Show, Denver, 
Colo., January 22-29. 
