Country-wide Produce Situation 
APPLES AND SOME LINES OF VEGETABLES 
SELLING BETTER, BUT RESERVE 
STOCKS VERY LARGE 
Every little gain in prices starts a flood 
of new supplies, and down go the prices 
again. There is still a great deal of 
produce in the shipping sections. More 
than usual is held by the growers, not 
because they wish to speculate, but for 
the reason that nobody would buy. The 
cold storage facilities were taken up long 
ago in most sections and the holders are 
putting away the rest of the produce as 
best they can. The stuff is low enough in. 
the country, but every one that handles 
it on the way to the consumer wants .$5 
or more per day. In some localities, for 
instance, one can go into an orchard and 
buy apples at 50 cents per bushel by sup¬ 
plying the package and transportation, 
while in the nearby city the consumer is 
paying 50 cents to $1.25 per peck. 
IMPROVED MARKET TONE 
Without doubt the market tone has 
improved this month. There is more con¬ 
fident buying at shipping points and a 
little more strength in prices in country 
and city. For instance, top price for bulk 
apples at Eastern shipping points was 
$1.25 per 100 lbs.; now it is $1.50. City 
prices still range $4.25 to $5 for such 
kinds as Yorks and Baldwins, but the 
supply is gradually clearing away and 
the situation improving. Onions can be 
sold quite readily at $1.25 per 100 lbs., 
f. o. h., at shipping points, where a few 
weeks ago there was little buying, even 
at slightly lower figures. City markets 
continue dull and saggy with an average 
not much over $1.50 for choice stock. 
Potatoes have climbed about 50 cents per 
100 lbs. from the low points in the West, 
but have not gained as much in the East, 
although the market has been active. 
SLOW CABBAGE MARKETS 
Cabbage has failed to show even the 
slight improvement noted in the other 
lines in producing sections, although some 
city markets moved up to $2 to $5 per 
ton recently. In the country the supply 
is so large that the market continues dull 
at about stock feeding prices. 
APPLES MAY DO BETTER 
The situation looks better for apples 
than for some other lines. The amount 
in cold storage November 1 was actually 
less than last season’s storage. Carlot 
shipments have been much greater than 
iV year ago. There were more Eastern 
sipples shipped, but not so many from 
the West. No doubt the scarcity of bar¬ 
rels, the high cost of freight and the car 
shortage all helped to keep back the 
movement. _ It means that the long-keep¬ 
ing stock right for the late markets is not 
large in proportion to the crop produced. 
It may mean that prices will hold up well 
the coming Winter and Spring. The buy¬ 
ing power of the public is not so good as 
a year ago. but is still very fair. The ex¬ 
port market has flattened out consider¬ 
ably, although shipments are still heavy 
both from the United States and Canada 
Returns reported November 15 showed 
about the same nets for the best lots of 
Baldwins and similar varieties as if the 
stock had been sold in domestic markets, 
but some previous returns had been at 
much lower prices. 
PREMIUM ON CHOICE POTATOES 
The market situation may be much the 
same with vegetables as with apples, but 
unfortunately no definite storage informa¬ 
tion can be had. It is believed there are 
large supplies still owned by producers. 
Potato producers are getting $1.15 to 
$1.75; lowest in the East and in Maine, 
and highest in the Great Lakes region and 
the Atlantic States. There is almost as 
much difference in varieties as in sections. 
Thus the product of certain localities in 
Pennsylvania brings the growers 50 to 60 
cents more per 100 lbs. than prices paid 
elsewhere in the State, owing to the re¬ 
putation of the stock. In Long Island, 
N. Y„ in the Red River Valley, Minne¬ 
sota. and in Idaho, Colorado and Cali¬ 
fornia are potato districts which grow 
choice varieties selling at u considerable 
premium over the general run of stock. 
City wholesale prices of potatoes range 
$2.10 to. $2.65 per 100 lbs., which is 
about midway between the lowest and 
highest points of the season and 50 to 75 
cents lower than in November last year. 
“Shall I sell my potatoes now*?” asks 
a Now York State farmer. There are 
65.000.000 bushels more than last year, 
and not so many have been marketed as 
last year at the end of November. These 
extra millions must he sold between now 
and May. Any such rise as that of last 
season seems out *>f the question, and a 
Spring slump is quite possiblee.. Any¬ 
how, two years out. of three, the man 
who sells any produce at a fair offer, 
without long storage, is better off. The 
exceptions are usually the short crop 
years, which 1020 surely is not. There 
is always a chance that something will 
happen to give a temporary market at 
high prices. Growers who are located 
nearby can seize such openings, but the 
distant shipper cannot. There is also a 
possibility that something may happen to 
change the whole situation. Thus the 
cabbage problem looks a little different 
since the freeze in mid-November, and 
what is left of the long-keeping cabbage 
may soon do better than seemed possible 
a week earlier. The long-keeping sup¬ 
plies of some other vegetables may have 
been somewhat reduced at the same time, 
as the crops were left unharvested here 
and there because of a lack of buyers or 
a scarcity of labor. But growers who de¬ 
pend on such happenings take long 
chances on long crop year. 
The abundance of potatoes, onions and 
cabbage lias side-tracked the market for 
root crops. Beets and carrots are hard to 
sell in large lots at $12 and $15 per r 0 u 
in the country. Turnips, as is usual in 
good potato years, are very hard-to sell. 
Field beans are low in price, although the 
crop is much less than in recent seasons. 
A grower in New Mexico reports 3!4 
cents per pound is tbi best offer he can 
get. Eastern prices are better, but low 
enough, although the yield was good. 
G. B. F. 
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Farm Help Wanted 
FARM HAND, capable of doing all kinds of farm 
work, wanted on large milk farm, equipped 
with all modern machinery, Including milking 
machines; married man preferred: comfortable 
house and usual privileges; good opportunity for 
active man not afraid of work: give full'par¬ 
ticulars, references and wages expected. 
ADVERTISER 801,", care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Single men and women as attendants 
in State Institution for Feeble-minded; salary 
S-"0 per month and maintenance for both men 
and women, with opportunities for advancement. 
Apply, stating age. to SUPERINTENDENT, 
Letchworth Village, Thiells, Rockland Co., X. Y. 
M PERIXTEXDEXT, without children, for gen¬ 
tleman’s country place. Huntington, Long 
Island: cottage, electric light and coal furnished; 
must be able to supervise flower garden, vege¬ 
table garden, fruit trees, small farm, cows and 
chickens, and willing to work himself; must 
board from one to two men who live over 
stable; give full particulars and references. 
M. L. MeKENNA, GO Wall Street, Room 2303, 
New York City. 
v . » 
YOU NCI MAN, farm bred, chance to work into 
good position on big fruit and poultrv farm; 
good home and surroundings. WHEELER 
WELDAY, Smithfield, O. 
POSITION as manager, commercial orchard; 
experienced in all branches; on salary and 
commission basis; can furnish best of refer¬ 
ences; open after December the first. ADVER¬ 
TISER 8010, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POSITION wanted as teamster; American, sin¬ 
gle. 24 years; steady, capable; 10 years’ farm 
experience. C. BRYANT, Little Valley, N. Y. 
WANTED—Position as superintendent of large 
commercial orchard or manager of country 
estate; 47 years of age; married; three hoys, 
20, 18, 16 years old; thoroughly experienced in 
orchard and nursery work, general and truck 
farming; thoroughly capable of taking complete 
charge; desire position with party who will 
appreciate ability, practical experience, neat¬ 
ness and conscientiousness; 12 vears at one 
place. Address ADVERTISER 8013, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
POSITION WANTED—American, married, fore¬ 
man on dairy farm; experienced: understands 
farm machinery, handling of' men; honest, re¬ 
liable; can give best references; please state 
full particulars in first letter. ADVERTISER 
8014, care Rural New-Yorker. 
A FIRST-CLASS housekeeper and good cook is 
open for a position December 15; American 
widow: no encumbrances; state full particulars 
first letter; New York State preferred; city or 
country. Address ADVERTISER 8017, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
HOLLAND-AMERICAN. married, no children. 
wants position as superintendent or foreman; 
11 years of experience; familiar with registered 
stock; state wages and conditions; first-class 
references. L. MEI.SERT, care L. Bol. London- 
ville, N. Y. 
WORKING foreman or caretaker of estate or 
farm, elderly couple’s farm or widow’s farm 
or estate, by experienced farmer. 36 years old, 
Protestant, with one boy seven years: no wife; 
temperate; no tobacco; good hand with cattle, 
horses, pigs, poultry, bees, machinery: handy 
with tools: make blitter; any first-class job 
considered anywhere that offers good home for 
man and boy: references: give particulars, etc. 
MR. MORRIS, care of Eujean Clark, Pomona 
Avenue. Yonkers. X. Y. 
WANTED—Executive position on large farm, 
ranch or estate; twenty years’ experience all 
details general farming and orcharding; modern 
methods; get results from men, teams, machin¬ 
ery; personal references; married; small family. 
WILLIAM McGANN, 121 Garden Street, Pough¬ 
keepsie, X. Y. 
SINGLE MAN, agricultural college graduate, 
3-4 years’ experience, desires position on mar¬ 
ket gardening farm in Massachusetts as fore¬ 
man and opportunity to buy place on easv 
terms; best of references. 208 GROVE STREET, 
Melrose, Mass. 
WANTED—Position: American; married man; 
all lines truck and farm work; four years’ 
experience buying and selling to city trade, and 
all farm carpentry work; best references. Fur¬ 
ther particulars address THOMAS J. WIL¬ 
LIAMS, R. A., Dover, Del. 
WANTED—Trained working orchard man to 
manage and superintend 300-acre orchard; 
6.000 apple trees, eight to nine years old; ample 
ground under cultivation to duplicate present 
number of trees: very attractive terms can be 
arranged with man capable of handling this 
proposition: good location and climate: railroad 
station adjoining farm. Address, giving full 
particulars. C. KITCHEN, 90S Broadway, Mc¬ 
Kees Rocks, Pa. 
WANTED — A middle-aged woman to assist 
mother with housework and children; all 
modern conveniences and good home; state 
wages and particulars in first letter. BELT,- 
MORE POULTRY FARM, Bellmore, L. I„ X. Y. 
WANTED—Middle-aged man to help on farm. 
help milk: good home, board, washing, $35 per 
month: position year around to right man. 
ADVERTISER S012, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Useful man, with wife, who can 
hoard two or three men; free house, coal and 
light, with other privileges; house furnished: no 
children; good position for the right couple: 
only those with best reference need applv. 
SAXDAXOXA PHEASANTRY, Millbrook, N. Y. 
" ANTED—Good dry-hand milker, for barn work 
only; prefer experienced test cow milker: herd 
purebred Guernseys; good wages and living 
accommodations. F. W. DUROC, Herdsman, 
Fair.vdale Farm, Pawling. N. Y. 
WANTED—General houseworker; two adults 
and two children; modem conveniences; state 
age. wages expected, etc., in first letter. Ad¬ 
dress F. J. LOVELAND, New City, N. Y. 
WANTED—A handy man as carpenter and some 
knowledge mechanical work on private place. 
AD\ ERTISER 8019, care Rural New-Yorker. 
Situations Wanted 
EXPERIENCED farmer-gardener desires position 
on gentleman’s place: American: married: no 
children: first-class references. ADVERTISER 
7962, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POl LTUYMAX, single, open for position; thor¬ 
oughly experienced in Winter production:' can 
manage plant successfully ADVERTISER 7986, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
W ANTED—Position as working farmer or estate 
superintendent: purebred stock enthusiast; 
successful practical experience; opportunity for 
development essential: moderate salary to start; 
American; college graduate: married’: 31 years 
of age. ADVERTISER 7995, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
POSITION wanted on general farm by married 
man with four children; experienced with 
team and tractor, but slow milker: good refer 
cnees: separate house essential; Dutchess Countv 
preferred. ADVERTISER 7994, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
MANAGER desires position on a high-class dairv 
farm or estate; married.; small family; Amer¬ 
ican: middle-age; . ■ollege trained: life exper¬ 
ience A. R. ivor.t a id breeding high-class dairv 
cattle a specialty. Address ADVERTISER 
S004, care Rural New-Yorker. 
V ANTED—Position by experienced woman on 
poultry plant. For particulars address MISS 
M. GROTH, 215 Cleveland Avenue, Highland 
Park, New Brunswick, N. J. 
WANTED—Position as housekeeper by -a com¬ 
petent American lady in an American’s home 
with modern improvements: country preferred. 
ADVERTISER 8006, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FARM MANAGER—College training; life ex¬ 
perience all lines farming and dairying; thor¬ 
oughly conversant with all kinds farm machin¬ 
ery, tractors, gasoline engines, etc.: commer¬ 
cial proposition preferred. ADVERTISER 8007, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
GENERAL houseworker, with child three years 
old. wishes position in the country. ADVER¬ 
TISER S009, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WORKING farm manager desires position; pri¬ 
vate estate or commercial farming; life ex¬ 
perience purebred stock, farm crops, poultry, 
orchard work, upkeep of modern estate, etc*.: 
American, with. small family; executive and 
progressive; desire a position where conscien¬ 
tious work and results will be appreciated; per¬ 
sonal references. ADVERTISER 8021, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
FOR RENT—110-acre dairy farm, near Trenton, 
X. J. ADVERTISER 7897, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
BUY FROM OWNER — 68 acres: productive 
farm 145 acres large timber): good markets 
and shipping facilities: long growing season; 
mild Winters. CHARLES KARISCH. Salisbury, 
Md. 
ST PERB^ Washington Co.. X. Y.. home and 
farm; 86 acres: with dairv. stock and tools; 
$16,000. Address ADVERTISER 7815, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Fully equipped dairy; 25c quart; 
demand exeeeds supply; paying proposition: 
at bargain; other business J. B. I.ITTLE, San¬ 
ford, Fla. 
FARM to let on shares: 100 acres tillable land; 
can keep 30 cows; good roomy buildings; well 
watered: 20 minutes to haul milk: '4 mile to 
church and school. W. S. ROWLEY, Seward, 
X. Y. 
WANTED—To rent poultry plant, 20 or 30 acres, 
about 1.000 capacity, expectation buying. AD¬ 
VERTISER 7991, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Ten acres: good seven-room house, 
barn, two large poultry houses, lawn, shade, 
orchards, grapes, berries, asparagus, garden, 
meadow, pasture and woodland; mile from sta¬ 
tion: business center: town conveniences avail¬ 
able: $6,500; part cash. JOSEPH GILLUM, 
Ridgefield, Conn. 
POULTRY-FRUIT FARM: electrically lighted; 
capacity 1,500: seven acres; six-room bunga 
low: $7,500; birds extra. E. BIGELOW, Bel- 
mar, N. J. 
FOR SALE—Eastern New York farm: one mile 
from station: 230 acres, good land: seven acres 
timber and large orchard; eight-room house and 
all necessary barns and other buildings; large 
silo; 30 head Holstein cows, five horses. Price 
and other information on application to ADVER¬ 
TISER 8003, care Rural ,New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Farm. 235 acres: about 125 cleared; 
estimated nearly 400,000 feet lumber, besides 
crop and wood, stock and tools; well located: 
good buildings, fruit, water, road: excellent 
chance. THOMAS McLAURY. Deposit, X. Y. 
TO RENT on shares—Profitable dairy and 
chicken farm, with complete equipment, tools 
and stock: located in Connecticut. ADVER¬ 
TISER 8000, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—43-acre farm: fully equipped; two 
houses; one very large brick house, very suit¬ 
able for Summer boarding; also five-room cot¬ 
tage: gas. bath, furnace heat: excellent condi¬ 
tion; $14,000: half cash. FRANK LEEB, Leeb- 
aere Farm, Mt. Marion, Ulster Co., N, Y. 
160-ACRE FARM—Sixty of this is silt deposit, 
several feet deep, without a particle of grit: 
needs no fertilizer; the balance is muck and 
sandy loam of the very best quality: the north 
line is a running stream: the buildings are in¬ 
sured for S14.S00: this is one of the very best 
iu South Jersey; I have grown over 200 bushels 
ear corn, 414 tons Timothy hay, 250 bushels of 
strawberries of the finest quality and 400 bushels 
of potatoes per acre: this is the real lettuce and 
celery land. ADVERTISER 8011, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
SMALL CASH will buy a property of three 
acres, with water privilege; six-room house 
and two barns: one mile from trolley. B. GAS- 
PARINO, Mystic, Conn. 
FOR SALE—South Jersey farm; 300 acres; 
dairy, grain and truck; excellent location; on 
good road; one hour from Philadelphia and 
Wilmington; wharf on farm; new buildings; 
land high and dry; with or without stock. Ad¬ 
dress ADVERTISER 8008, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
——-—-_ 
WANTED—Hustler; man who understands rais¬ 
ing truck; 50 acres good ground; finest mar¬ 
kets in Jersey; comfortable six-room cottage; 
adequate outbuildings; new windmill; share 
basis; to a party making good will give five- 
year lease; preference to large family; must 
have small capital. WYNDAMERE'FARM. R. 
I, Box 106, Belmar, N. J. 
WILL share or rent my up-to-date new brick 
poultry plant, consisting of 750 Rhode Island 
White and Leghorns, early Spring pullets, com¬ 
mencing to lay; or will sell birds separately. 
CORWIN, 96 Grand Street, New York City. 
FOR RENT—On shares. 125-aere farm, with 
implements and stock: registered Guernseys; 
wholesale milk; hogs and cash crops: house with' 
conveniences; schools one mile; station quarter 
mile; must be good cow man and practical 
farmer: Protestant; state experience, nation¬ 
ality. age, family and give references. H. 
BORDEN, Mickleton, N. J. 
I-ARM WANTED—Experienced farmer wants to 
rent small farm, or will consider position as 
working foreman: best references. W. 8. CLAY, 
88 Reechwood Avenue, Bogota, N. J. 
FOR SALE—$6,000: one-half acre: eight-room 
house: all conveniences; city water; garage. 
D. H. COBB. Owner, Vineland, N. J. 
WANTED—Fruit and poultry farm: New York 
or New Jersey preferred; state price and all 
particulars in first letter. FRANK HERBERT, 
110 Bright Street, Jersey City, N. J. 
- - - ---- : 
FOR SALE—Good farm: 7214 acres: Madison 
Co.. X. Y.: good buildings: good woodlot and 
water; $3,000; one-half cash: will sell equip¬ 
ment if desired. ADVERTISER 8016, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
FARM FOR SALE—Near Princeton, midway 
between New York and Philadelphia, on Lin¬ 
coln Highway; sixty-one acres: good buildings; 
well adapted for dairying; half mile from R. 
R. station, school and churches. GEORGE A. 
HOUGH, 26 Broadway, New York. 
iow.u uii mui h, 
. **» s,*.**^, huh aim IBJUUIJ' 
farm: oysters and fishing: fine climate; good 
land and buildings; price $6,000; terms. E. L. 
SELTZER. Marion Station, Md. 
FOR SALE—Beautiful home along the Hudson; 
river view: one mile to village: V 2 mile to 
station; 12-room house surrounded with ever¬ 
greens and white birches: abundance of fruit’ 
price $7,000: terms. ADVERTISER 8018, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
190-ACRE homestead dairy farm: huildings in 
excellent condition: 180-ft. barn; eighteen- 
room house; additional set farm buildings; 
eight miles from Trenton. New Jersey. Id- 
dress BOX 67, Crosswicks, X. J. 
WANTED—-Farm. 50 to 100 acres: near church, 
school, village; Dutchess or Columbia Coun¬ 
ties, X. Y.. preferred. ADVERTISER 8020, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
Miscellaneous 
WANTED—Cider apples in small quantities or 
carload lots. JOHN F. WILKEXS, Peekskill, 
a. Y. Telephone Peekskill 21-F-4. 
HONEY CHOCOLATE—Pure honey centers; 
healthful and delicious: improved and at¬ 
tractive pack, but same fine qualitv; $1.00 a 
pound; money with order. “ENDION.” Naples. 
N. Y. 
I OR SALE—One new E. & B. Holmes regular 
size apple barrel staver jointer: also a 3 h.p. 
U C. H. upright gasoline engine, nearly new; 
also one 35-light Pilot acetylene lighting plant 
and fixtures: all complete and in good order. 
JOSEPH S. WILFORD, Elba, X. Y. 
HONEY—Clover-extracted, f. o. b. mv station. 
60-lb. can, $13.50: 10-lb. pails in lots of four 
or more. $2.50 each: 5-lb. pails in like lots, $1.35 
each; by mail prepaid, 10 lbs. in 2d zone. $2.75: 
3d zone. 83: o lbs.. $1.75: special prices on or¬ 
ders for 100 lbs. or more: see other adv. for 
buckwheat honey. RAY C. WILCOX. Odessa, 
HONEY—Ruckwheat-extracted, 60-lb. can. $11; 
10-lb. pails, $2.35 each in lots of four or 
more, f. o.'b. my station; by mail, prepaid. 10 
lbs.. $2.60 in 2d zone; 3d zone, $2.85. RAY C 
WILCOX, Odessa, N. Y. 
APPLES FOR SALE—2,000 barrels famous Hud¬ 
son River Valley apples in bushel hampers. 
IV. -bushel boxes or barrels; graded to suit: in 
any quantity: would deliver in truck load lots. 
V. B. DEMAREST. Rhinebeck. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Pine Tree milker, consisting two 
double units: used very little: going out dairy 
business: first check $250 takes it. L. R. MEAD 
Box 61, Haleottville, N. Y. 
WANTED—Beehives, bees and bee ’’fixings.” 
LLOYD W. SMITH, Madison, N. J. 
WANTED—Large size Prairie State and Buffalo 
incubators. NELSON’S, Grove City, Pa. 
WANTED—Ten tons mangels for poultry feed¬ 
ing. CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL COL¬ 
LEGE, Storrs, Conn. R. I. Longley, Treasurer. 
SWEET BUTTER, fresh every Friday, eightv 
cents a pound: for family use. CHICHES¬ 
TER, Mahopac, Putnam Co., N. Y. 
WANTED—Carrots for live stock. BOX 32, 
West Haverstraw, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Two cars second cutting Alfalfa 
hay, in large, loose bales; good qualitv. W. 
A. WITHROW, Route 4, Syracuse, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Carload of New York State apples, 
consisting of 600 bushel baskets. 200 bushels 
McIntosh, rest Greening, Baldwins, York Im¬ 
perial. Spy. King and Twenty Ounce. DANIEL 
H. WILLIAMS, Houghton, N. Y. 
WANTED—Gasoline power sprayer, ou truck; 
capacity tank 100 gallons: give full details 
and price. GEORGE ZOELLER. East Park 
Avenue, Vinelaud, N. J. 
SURE POP white rice corn, year old. shelled: 
25 lbs. parcel post to 5tli zone, $3.00: bag 
lots, special low price to trade; f. o. b. here; 
new crop on ear. 150-lb. lots at o'Ae f. o. b. 
here. W. HALBERT, Oxford, N. Y. 
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FOR SALE—2.400-egg capacity Hall Mammoth 
hot water incubator: run three seasons: A-l 
condition. HARRY SMITH. Montgomery, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—12 h.p. Huber steam tractor, in 
stood condition : w ill load on car for the first 
$400 received. WYALUS1NG HAY CO., Wya- 
lusing, Pa. 
