Country-wide Produce Situation 
Totato stocks decrease RAPIDLY—PRICES 
OF MOST FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
STILL TEND DO' ARD 
The rapid shrinkage of potato stocks 
(he first part of the season, as indicated 
by recent official reports, i nrobably due 
to rot, feeding to cattle and the rejection 
of Xo. 12 stock. Last Spring any sort of 
poloto was worth shipping. This season 
only Xo. Is are wanted, and it must be 
a real first at that. Receivers are only 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
AILING ANIMALS 
Answered by Dr. A. S. AlexancP 
too glad of an excuse for turning down 
a carlot that is not up to gTade whenever 
the market has been going down since 
purchase, and that has been the case 
most of the time this .season. Evidently 
there are Xo. Is enough to supply carlot 
shipments at the usual volume until new 
stock again occupies the market. There 
is hope of a long season for old stock. 
Southern acreage seems to be at least 25 
per cent short and in many sections 
poorly fertilized on account of high cost 
of materials. If weather is favorable old 
stock may sell freely throughout .Tune. 
Tf the markets will take a little over 
2.000 cars a week, average for the next 
15 weeks, most of the available old stock 
will have been sold, provided only the 
best stock is shipped. If prices should 
advance enough to tempt shipments of 
No. 2s from nearby sections the market 
irwglit end the season poorly. 
The average monthly prices for a long 
term of years will show that the ten¬ 
dency is slightly upward from December 
to March, but the average gain is hardly 
more»tban enough to offset shrinkage and 
cost of handling. .Some years—1020 for 
instance—the Winter advance has been 
far above the average. Most of the gain 
in the last part of the season goes to 
dealers, because they study the probabili¬ 
ties more thoroughly and ,buy an unusu¬ 
ally large share of the stock in such sea¬ 
sons. .but leave it mostly in the hands of 
the growers when the prospects do not 
seem so good. They usually get the best 
of it. because it is part of their business 
to study the situation and assume risks. 
Growers can profit by the exceptional 
years only through study of the crop and 
market situation. Otherwise the only 
way to average a safe return is to sell 
part in the Fall and part at various times 
later in the season. In this way the 
average selling price over a'series of. say 
10 years, will .be above the average cost 
of production. Any other way is some¬ 
thing of a gamble, except for the few 
who make a business of studying the 
market, and even these will lose some¬ 
times._ But being right more than half 
the time is very different from being 
wrong more than half the time, and that 
is what the average farmer is likely to 
do in his tendency each season to follow 
the crowd or to avoid whatever crops or 
practices caused the loss of the previous 
year and to overdo whatever paid him a 
profit. Just now the Western potato 
markets seem to *be picking up a little, 
but the East shows no improvement. The 
general carlot range in the country is 50 
to 00 cents, and for large lots in the 
cities $1 to $1.35 per 100 lbs. 
Reduction in acreage is the order of 
(he day. Some of the early truck crops, 
like eggplant and peppers, were planted 
so lightly in the South that the supply 
fell short of demand in Northern mar¬ 
kets, but there was too much celery, let¬ 
tuce and spinach planted. Shippers, in¬ 
stead of receiving checks for carlots of 
these crops, sometimes were out of pocket 
to the extent, of the freight bills. South¬ 
ern cabbage is too low for profit, on ac¬ 
count of the rather large acreage and the 
heavy supplies of old cabbage in the 
North. 
Texas onions will be on the market the 
last of March, owing to the early season 
in.the South. They will meet heavy sup¬ 
plies of the early Northern crop, and the 
onion price outlook seems dubious for 
that period. Fortunately the Texas onion 
.acreage is reduced nearly one-fifth com¬ 
pared with the heavy plantings a year 
ago. Southern potato acreage is reduced 
by about the same per cent in the early 
shipping sections, which is probably for¬ 
tunate for all concerned. 
WATCHING THE MIDSEASON STATES 
The outlook will be clearer as the sea¬ 
son advances northward, reaching the 
area from Virginia westward, a section 
which felt the first force of the price de¬ 
cline last season. The effect on acreage 
in these midseason States should be some 
indication of the probable attitude of 
Northern farmers. There is talk of re¬ 
duction now almost everywhere, but an 
early Spring, with cheaper labor, fer¬ 
tilizer and seeds, may affect the plans. 
It is hard to take a gloomy view of the 
season's outlook on a warm Spring morn¬ 
ing. 
MUCH CABBAGE IN STORAGE 
Eastern markets show a better tone for 
onions.^ fancy lots recovering to $1.50 in 
New York City, but not much stock of¬ 
fered in leading markets sells far above 
SI. Cabbage is doing no better. Southern 
growers find it does not pay them to ship 
much cabbage, spinach, lettuce and such 
crops this season, and considerable stock 
has gone to waste. Cabbage stored in the 
North was about 30 per cent more than 
last season. Shipments have been only 
a little heavier than a year ago. and 
probably there is plenty of stock left un¬ 
less the situation in the South .should 
force the market to depend more than 
usual on old stock. g. b. f. 
Sick Sheep 
What is wrong with my sheep? I have 
a small flock of 27 head. These have been 
in barn since October. One of the largest 
ewes is sick, unable to walk, and I no¬ 
ticed two more are getting the disease. 
I he one that is down has a rattling noise 
in her throat. I am under the impression 
they have lung fever. They all have a 
fairly good appetite. Have been feeding 
timothy hay. I watered them by putting 
a tub in the pen and carried the water in 
the tub. h. b. 
Maryland. 
Sheep to keep healthy must be made to 
take active exercise out of doors every 
day. Many of the most successful shep¬ 
herds make their ewes in lamb walk three 
or four miles every day to get their hay, 
which is scattered over the surface of a 
distaut field. Timothy hav is unsuitable 
for sheep. Clover or Alfalfa is better, 
and to each sheep give two pounds of 
roots or silage daily to keep the bowels 
active.. Constipation is deadly and is as¬ 
sociated with disease of the liver, which 
leads to self-poisoning (auto-intoxica- 
tion). The sheep that are down cannot 
lie saved and should be slaughtered and 
the meat used if they are in good flesh 
and no serious disease, such as pneumo- | 
nia. is found present. Feed and manage 
the other sheep as we have suggested. 
LNSI RPASSF.D for pecans or live stock; 400 
acres, slightly rolling, in black belt of Cen¬ 
tral Alabama; could be divided into small tracts; 
abundance of lime, potash and phosphorus in 
soil; clovers grown easily; a small grove of 
large native pecan trees on land; small recent 
Plantings on adjoining properties, and extensive 
plantings contemplated: four fine families front 
North within radius of one mile; three miles 
from railroad. S. E. PORTER, Uniontown, 
Ala.; R. D. No. 1. 
409 
HOMES WANTED—We will eo-operate with anv 
responsible family, in placing, tvuit them, a 
suitable Catholic child, between 7 and 12 years 
of age; our experience and your willingness will 
produce the right results. Address PLACING 
OT l’ BUREAU, 417 Broome St.. New York. 
WANTED—100 bn. buckwheat. 
& BROS., Hightstown, N. J. 
B. H. REED 
70 ACRES bordering Connecticut Valley: 20 
acres young bearing orchard; acre raspberries; 
10-room house: running water; 2 large barns; 
henhouse; extensive buildings; slate-roofed, ex¬ 
cellent condition: readily accessible; bargain 
HOWARD SAFFORD. Putney. Vt. g 
HONEY—Choice clover extracted. 00 lbs. $12 
f. o. b.: 10 lbs. $2.70; 5 lbs.. $1.45; 10 lbs.' 
amber. $1.85, postpaid, 3d zone. J. C. HICKS’ 
Belleville, N. Y. • 
FARM to rent: $10 2/3 a month; two hours from 
Boston, in Peterboro, N. II.; good house, 8 
rooms; staldes for 5 horses, 25 cows, 20 calves. 
20 pigs, 700 hens; 50 acres for potatoes 00 
acres mowing; 50 acres pasture; 300 apple 
trees. AJT-ite EDWARD E. AYRES, 24 Princeton 
St., Lynchburg, Va. 
WANTED—-Small acreage to rent by couple, for¬ 
merly from country: Westchester of Putnam 
County; terms moderate. F. JAMES, 413 Union 
St., Brooklvn, N. Y. 
POT LTRY and fruit farm, 10 acres, half' culti¬ 
vated: balance large wood; 7-roont house; 
earn laying houses tor ,>00 hens; brooder and 
colony houses, all in good order; fruit of all 
kinds: located on stone road. Central Jersey; 
price and terms rigid, or will trade for a small¬ 
er village place. ADVERTISER S407, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
Feeding Frozen Roots 
Please advise regarding feeding of 
frozen carrots and mangels to cows and 
horses. c. t. 
Massachusetts. 
Frozen roots are unfit food for any ani¬ 
mal. If they must be used they might be 
improved by cooking and could then be 
fed to hogs as a part ration with plenty 
of other sound feed. 
I'OR SALE—Farm. Di'tj acres; part fruit and 
strawberries; eight-room house, all improve¬ 
ments; on State road; good condition; V. mile 
from trolley. ADVERTISER 851G, care‘Rural 
New-Yorker. 
1OL SAI.E lo close an estate, 196-acre farm* 
Central Michigan's best soil; in high state of 
cultivation, for general crops j two sets of huild- 
ings W. S. WILSON, Administrator, Belding, 
Mich. h 
Obstructed Teats 
I have two very good cows that are 
hard milkera I have beard that their 
teats could he lanced, as there is a spe¬ 
cial lance made for the purpose. Would 
you kindly let me know about this? 
Massachusetts. a. b. w. 
The instrument you refer to is a teat 
bistoury or teat slitter, and may be used 
with good results to enlarge the milk duct 
when it is partially closed or obstructed 
with warty growths. Before using such 
an instrument, however, it would be well 
to try the effects of sterilized dilators, 
such as are used by veterinarians. One 
of the glove-stretcher pattern is prefer¬ 
able. and farmers, often have had good 
results by simply inserting a fresh, clean 
clove in the duct between milkings. It 
should be smeared with carbolized vase¬ 
line before use. A teat plug of hard rub¬ 
ber or metal is of ooui’se better for this 
purpose. e should, however, advise you 
to have a qualified veterinarian examine 
the cases and decide what treatment 
would be preferable. 
BARGAIN tor quick sale; 72 acres; Madison Co.; 
good buildings: water; wood; $3,000; half 
cash. ADVERTISER 8507, care Rural New- 
l orker. 
1 OR SALE—Two Maryland farms: about 125 
acres tillable land and 25 to 50 acres woodland 
in each; no swamp; properties located on tribu- 
tar.v of Chesapeake Day and within easy access 
or railroad; convenient distance from Philadel¬ 
phia and Baltimore. ADVERTISER 8310 care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED In upper Westchester or lower Put¬ 
nam counties, a small farm, with fair cottage 
or house and barn, by refined, responsible couple 
without children: must lie on or near stone road 
and have good drinking water and shade; dis¬ 
tance. back . from railroad and acreage im¬ 
material; wish to rent with purchase option: 
will take excellent care of property. - Please 
write price, rent ng terms and other particulars 
to ADY ERTISER 8518, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR BALE—One 4.200-egg Hall mammoth jncu- 
lintor; A No. 1 condition; price $275. \V II 
REDDER, Tivoli, N. Y. 
-» 
TOR SALE—One 18-in. Munson feed grinder- 
line shaft with clutch pulley, elevators etc * 
good as new; price $200. DUANE P. SPRAKEli’ 
Sharon Springs, N. Y. 
EXTRACTED CLOVER HONEY, f. o. b. our sta¬ 
tion. 00-lb. can, $12; 10-lb. pail. $2.35; buck- 
wheat honey, 00-lb. can, $10: delivered in 3d 
postal zone. 10 lhs. clover, $2.75; 10 lbs, buck¬ 
wheat, $2.00; 5 His. either, $1.50; very attract¬ 
ive prices on large lots. RAY C. WILCOX 
Odessa, X. V'. ’ 
WANTED—Good, used, one-man stump puller; 
complete; state price. LEMBKE, Leeds. X. Y. 
ET-Mangel beets for cow feed. BEECH- 
YY OOD FARM, Cresskill, N. J. 
STATE light amber honey, part clover, good 
Cf/Vh 01 ' • delivered to 4th zone; 
GO-ib. can, $11, here. I. STRING HAM, Glen 
FOR SALE—Martin fifth wheel trailer; 1 ton; 
rubber fired roller bearing wheels; 12-ft bodv 
will guarantee; price $75. HARRY F Bl" vdeV 
Seaford, Del. ' 
I-OR SALE—-Mogul traction engine, 8-10 horse¬ 
power. in good running condition, with two 
plows: price $250. CHERRY LANE FARM 
Basking Ridge, N. J. 
CHOICE ALFALFA—Buy now. IRVING HAW 
KINS. General Delivery, Syracuse. N. Y. 
I HE LEST nuts are peanuts, bought raw and 
roasted as needed from grower to you. post¬ 
paid. 5 Ill'S, lies! Jumbos. $1.00: 25 lbs., $4.75; 
o0 lhs.. $9.00; In* freight, at your cost, 15c 111 ! 
J. B. JONES, Elberon. Va. 
FOR SAEE—Alfalfa hay; carload lots. A A 
MOORE. Wampsville, N. Y. 
SALE—Good improved 30-acre farm; good 
buildings and Inration; apple and pear or- 
ehards. ALMON CHASE. Sterling, N. Y. 
..84-At RE 1-ARM—2->0 tillable; remainder woods 
and pasture; fair buildings; water abundant* 
good location; settle estate. ELMER FULLER 
Locke, N. V’. 
WANTED 1* arm. 30 to at) acres, for poultry 
and berries; good buildings; on main road; 
near markets; some fruit; east, of Hudson 
River; rent for term with option of buying; 
state location, condition and terms; purchase of 
stock and equipment considered. ADVERTISER 
8533, care Rural New-Yorker. 
PI RE Y erniont maple syrup, $2.50 tier gallon* 
, 'V;'!}!?, s ngar. $3.00 per 10-lh. pail. ROBERT 
Ql.l \ El., ( raiglea Farm, South Ryogate, Vt. 
FOR SALE—Several rolls of heavy lies! grade 
red and green rooting; several rolls of heavy 
3-ply smooth: at a big sacrifice if bought at 
Iinoe; need room: 1 will pay freight. REV. S. 
I. SMITH, lot E. Fourth St., Corning, N. Y. 
MAFLE SYRUP. $2.50 per gallon. J. SKEL- 
LIE, Worcester, N. Y. 
KILSIIN stump puller. No. 15; root hook. No. 
4h; all in good condition. F. E. TI BRITO'S 
Brunswick, O. 
HULL your own corn—It is delicious; home- 
grown, selected ears, yellow Hint corn, all 
shelled, four pounds for $1 to tin* fifth zone 
postpaid: simple directions for hulling C p 
CHANDLER, New Gloucester, Me. 
DO YOU NEED FARM HELP ? 
We have many able-bodied young men, with 
and without experience, who wish to work on 
farms. If you need a good, steady man. write 
for an order blank. Ours is a philanthropic 
organization, and we make no charge to em¬ 
ployer or employee. 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
176 Socond Avenue New Yurk City 
Subscribers* Exch ange 
Other Advertisements of Subscribers* 
Exchange will be found on page 415 . 
FOR SALE—Three farms, near Somerville; all in 
good condition. No. 1—90 acres excellent 
trucking soil, on river, right in town. No. 2— 
85 acres. No. 3—175 acres: both dairy and 
general farming: buildings good. C. DRYSDALE 
BLACK. Somerville, N. J. 
TO LET—On shares, a large dairy farm at 
Warren. Conn. Address BENJAMIN E. CAR¬ 
TER, Waterville, Me. 
WANT to lease modern poultry farm for term 
of years; 20 years’ experience. D. C. COLE. 
Three Bridges, N. J. 
FOR SALE—Sightly country home; 90 acres; all 
kinds of fruit, berries and nuts; two brooks, 
spring: 11-room house: outbuildings; secluded, 
yet convenient and not lonesome. BOX 03 
Lebanon, X. J. 
HAY E .$2..>00 and services; will consider part¬ 
nership or purchase of some good sound busi¬ 
ness in country town; must stand rigid investi¬ 
gation: no schemes or inventions considered 
ADVERTISER 8535, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—5’o-acre truck farm, in high state 
cultivation, fully equipped, specializing on 
celery, lettuce, etc.; located at Plant City. 
Florida: best cash f. o. b. platform in State: 
price $0,500 cash; $7,500 on terms; small farm 
j/FK r i“ ( ‘J 10 '’-■ _. Y .. taken in part payment. 
OWNER. Box 757, Plant City, Fla. 
FOR SALE -23L*-acre farm: modernized 10-room 
house; new barn; on State road; hour out; 
good soil: fruit and woodlot; exchange consid¬ 
ered. ADVERTISER 8524. care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
by dozen or 
BOX 53, 
FOR SALE—Guaranteed fresh eggs, 
crate* parcel post or express. 
Rbinebeck, N. Y. 
WANTED—Cyphers incubators; slate size and 
price. G. W. HERRON , Nicholson, Pa. 
WANTED—A double unit, in good condition, for 
Empire milking machine. HUGH K. MOORE 
Research Laboratory, Berlin, N. II. 
HONEY—Extracted, white clover, basswood- 
thick, rich, delicious; in 5. 10 and 00-lb. cans; 
parcel post or express; sample 10 cents, to be 
deducted from first order. W. II. MAYS 
Goshen, Ind. 
HONEY—Clover-basswood honey of finest qual¬ 
ity; color very light; excellent body and a 
flavin* surpassed by none; 60-lb. cans, $12.00; 
this honey guaranteed to please or money re¬ 
funded. LONGFELLOW BROS.. Hallowell, Me. 
$400 DOWN—44-acre poultry farm; poultry 
plant accommodating 1,000 head; large barn, 
good condition: dwelling burned; 10 acres wood, 
3 Alfalfa: running water; right on improved 
road: railroad, village two miles; price low. 
GEORGE GOODELLE, Geneva, N, Y. 
WANTED TO KENT—Poultry farm; house must 
nave heat and gas: within 25 miles of Cam 
den, X. J.: preferably with option to buy. 234 
N. 04th STREET, Philadelphia, Pa. 
I OR SALE—Small farm; good buildings and 
land: some wood: particulars if interested: no 
agents. EDW. J. COVERDALE, Houston, Del. 
JAPANESE walnuts, 5 lbs. for $1.00. postpaid. 
EMIL KLEIN. East Moriches, N. Y. 
Miscellaneous 
CHOCOLATES—Pure honey centers; healthful 
and delicious; $1 per pound; money with or¬ 
der. “EXDION,” Naples, N. Y. 
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