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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 19, 1921 
Bigger Potato Crops 
at Lowest Cost Per Acre 
CUREKA Potato Machines do the work of many hands 
in a fraction of the time. They insure bigger yields 
through economical methods of cutting, planting, culti¬ 
vating, spraying and digging. 
One day less in labor and 25 bushels more, per acre, can mean the 
difference between working for nothing or a handsome profit. 
You can depend on these trustworthy, tried and successful labor 
savers and crop increasers. 
Potato Machines 
Potato Cutter —Cuts seed in uniform, approved sizes. 
Adjustable Operates with both hands free for feeding. 
Potato Planter —Increases yield by uniform planting, 
applies fertilizer < if desired) and covers. One man and 
team operates i or two row sizes. A sturdy, successful 
machine that should be in every grower's equipment, 
whether A or 400 acres are planted. 
Riding Mulcher—A sure crop increases Breaks crust 
mulches soil and kills weeds when potato crop is young 
and tender. Three sizes: 8, 10 and 12 feet do the work 
quickly. This machine with or without seeding attach¬ 
ment has many uses in spring, summer and fall. 
Traction Sprayer— Does the biggest, most important 
job in potato growing. Insures the crop, increases the 
yield. Sizes 4 or 6 rows. 60 to 100 gal tanks. Many 
styles of booms. 
Potato Digger— Famous for getting all the potatoes, 
separating and standing hard use. With or without 
engine attachment or tractor attachment. 
All these machines in stock near you 
Write for complete Catalog 
Eureka Mower Co. 
Box 1102 Utica, N. Y. 
POTATO CUTTER 
POTATO 
P l A N T F k 
11 R u K A PiD.NG MULCHER 
I EJREhA TRACTION SPRAYER 
EUREKA POTATO DIGGER 
Its Automatic Features 
Make Flowing Easier 
T HE John Deere-Syracuse Two-Way Plow does a good job of 
plowing on hillsides, in the nooks and corners of irregular fields, 
’ and around stones and other pbstructions. There is a reason. Its 
automatic control feature specially adapt it to difficult working 
conditions. Its ease of handling insures good work, always. 
•JOHN DEERE 
SYRACUSE T ^LOW AY 
BUILT IN THE EAST FOR THE EAST 
The Patent Auto Foot Frame Shift 
enables the operator to regulate the 
width of the furrow perfectly. When 
plowing around curves or on hillsides, 
a uniform furrow slice may be main¬ 
tained at all times. 
An Automatic Shifting Hitch throws 
the evener clevis in line with the 
working plow, with no action required 
on the part of the operator. 
The Automatic Power Lift on the 
Syracuse Two-Way Plow is easy to 
operate and reliable. A flight pressure 
of the foot is all that is necessary, arc 
the forward movement of the horses 
raises the plow. # 
Your John Deere dealer will be glad to show you the John Deere Syracuse 
Two-Way Plow. Write us for a folder describir 1 fully. Address John 
Deere, Moline, Illinois, and ask for Package ST-^ 37. 
JOHNMJEERE 
THE TRADE MARK OF QUALITY MADE FAMOUS BY GOOD IMPLEMENTS 
A Primer of Economics 
By John J. Dillon 
Part XVI 
When the local co-operative society has 
assembled the products of its members, 
graded and packed them, and supplied 
the local demand, it must find an outlet 
for the bulk of the product in distant 
markets. There are other markets avail¬ 
able for New York State products, but 
New York City, as the biggest and best 
market, is the most available. 1'p to the 
time of making shipments the local asso¬ 
ciation handles the business efficiently 
and economically : but it is not in a po¬ 
sition to follow the goods to distant tuar 
ikets and sell them. The local manager 
in the shipping season has enough to do 
at home. For these reasons the local 
associations organize a selling agency or 
exchange to sell all the products, to de¬ 
velop the demand for them, and to col¬ 
lect and return the money for them t * * j 
the local association. In the best organi-. | 
zations the marketing work is conducted 
under the direction of one business man- 
lager. lie must face the competition and 
opposition of intrenched middlemen of 
the metropolitan market, but with right 
sources of information, pluck and backing 
from the local organizations he will suc¬ 
ceed. Selling food in New York City is 
an easy job. if you can get to the people 
who want it. The dealers like to make it 
appear that they control buyers, and no 
lone can reach certain customers but them¬ 
selves. That is pure fiction. When they 
have prime goods they can sell to the best 
trade and get good prices: but it is the 
goods, not tlu'ir superior talent, that com¬ 
mand the buyer and the price. Their ad¬ 
vantage is in keeping the producer and 
his organization out of tin* city market. 
They can and they do succeed in this 
when the producer comes alone or in 
feeble associations. A strong co-opera¬ 
tive organization can defy them. Hun¬ 
gry millions stretch their hands in the 
city three times a day for food. Many 
do not count the cost. They want the 
best. They are willing to pay for it. 
They do pay for if. but the producer does 
not get the benefit, lie comes collectively 
through his co-operative salesman to get 
if, and if he has the right salesman there 
is nothing under the sun surer than that 
he will get it. . 
The most fatal mistake the co-operative 
salesman eau make it to make alliances 
with dealers. To do so is to contribute 
to his own sure defeat. No satisfactory 
dual arrangement with them is possible. 
They are as a whole by no means super¬ 
men. but they do know the business in 
which they are engaged as now conducted. 
They are not burdened with vision or 
ideals. They want no changes. They 
look for nothing better or worse than (hey 
have. They dread changes. They will 
intake concessions and spend money and 
pay out money to protect the system as 
, it is; but they will make no voluntary 
alliance with co-operation that will re¬ 
duce the profits they take from food as it 
passes through their hands, or that prom¬ 
ises to lessen the breach between the 
producer and consumer. For one reason 
or another the co-operative manager may 
be encouraged by the system for a time, 
but the moment he puts himself in their 
hands his ultimate defeat is certain and 
sure. The lamb and the lion lie down in 
peace only when the lamb is inside the 
lion. The head of a co-operative ex¬ 
change is no place for the innocent, the 
weak or the vain, lie will be courted 
and wined and dined. If he has weak 
points they will find them. They will 
flatter alike his merits or his faults. They 
will aid social vanity or political am¬ 
bition. They will praise his charity or 
encourage his avarice. Once committed 
or compromised, lie is a ball of putty in 
their hands. To work independent <>f the 
trust system is. therefore, the only per¬ 
manent hope for co-operation, and w 
have encouragement in the records that 
have been made. Denmark has been 
made great and prosperous through her 
well-organized system of co-operative sell¬ 
ing. The cranberry growers have made 
a quiet but conspicuous success in the 
New York market through the courage 
aud co-operative spirit of one of the ablest 
produce salesmen in the country. The 
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FERTILIZERS 
We Recommend for 
Potatoes, General Trucking, Gardening 
Croxton Brand 
4-8-5 and 4-8-2 Mixtures 
We also sell Raw Materials, carloads er 
less than carloads, as follows: 
NITRATE OF SODA 
SULPHATE OF AMMONIA AND 
PHOSPHATE 
BLOOD AND TANKAGE 
BONE MEAL 
MURIATE OF POTASH 
SULPHATE OF POTASH 
Address Dept. F 
N. i. FERTILIZER & CHEMICAL CO. 
Factory Croxton, Jersey City, N. J. 
Office, 60 Trinity Place, New York 
COUNTRY Ate you seeking information on anj sub- 
d a ft it c •’ ect ,hat h!is to fio with country tile': We 
D U U n o specialize in books on the farm, the 
flower, fruit, or vegetable garden, trees, shrubs, 
landscape gardening, plants under glass, soils, fer¬ 
tilizers. plant diseases, insect pests, garden archi¬ 
tecture. birds, bees, poultry, cattle, ontdoor spoils, 
etc. From thousands of books we have selecte d 
the 70tl best. Send stamp for our new catalog No. 
A T DE IA MARE CO . Inc . 448a W 37th St . New York City 
10,000 Bushels 
heavy weight No. 9 and Rural 
New-Yorker potatoes from hill 
selected stock, inspected and cer¬ 
tified by College of Agriculture 
and New York State Potato Ass’n. 
Prices reasonable. Address:— 
Ontario County Certified Seed 
Growers Cooperative Ass’n, 
R. C. BUTTON, Manager 
Canandaigua, N. Y. 
/ Your Wite Will \ 
Like Water Lilies 
Some day, when she's not around, plant a 
few Water Lilies in that old pond—you'll 
enjoy it later when she marvels at the 
fragrant and many-colored flowers. Our 
catalog gives descriptions, prices and full 
instructions; send for it today. 
Independence Nurseries 
Box R, Independence, Ohio 
TREES 8 PLANTS THAT GROW 
-Trustworthy i 
iTrees U Plants i 
A Guarantee Worth While. 
Express Prepaid 
For over 60 years we have sup¬ 
plied nursery stock to people 
who know and appreciate the 
best. Write for Catalogue now. 
PETER BOHLENDER k SONS 
Spring Hill Nurseries. Box 33 
Tippscawos Gty, (Miami County) Obio. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Millions of pure bred plants at wholesale prices, Guaran 
teed to please von. or money refunded. Amanda. Dig 
.lot*. Itiihaeh. |)r. Burrell. Font. Dunlap. *6.00 per thou¬ 
sand. t'hesapeak. Kellogs Prize, Premier, I.npton. Nio 
Oli liter. W.00 per th onsand. < 'ol lion i ns Early, Elate, 110.00 
per thousand Klondvke. Missionary. M OO per thousand. 
EVER-BEARING VARIETIES. Progressive, Su|)«rb. Peer¬ 
less. Ideal. lOK. Minnisota. Jft.00 |ier thousand, order Iroin 
tliis patter, or send postal for free oil a. log. Deduct fifty 
cents per thousand when ordering five thousand or more. 
E.W..JOHNSON & CO., R-4, Salisbury. Md. 
PROTECT EARLY CABBAGE 
From the Cabbage Maggot 
For 11 >oar« growers have been raising larger, 
firmer heads and insuring practically 100 per cent, 
crops by using 
A B. C PLANT PROTECTORS 
Special tar felt pads which anybody can slip on the 
stem directly after planting to prevent the maggot 
fly from laying it a eggs. 
Rig growers say they can’t grow cabbage and cauli¬ 
flower without them. Write for copies of their 
letters. Full information and wholesale price. 
PLANT PROTECTOR COMPANY 
10 Commercial Street Rocbeater, N. Y. 
GRAPE VINES 
Gooseberries Currants 
Raspberries Strawberries 
Best varieties. Well-rooted and vigorous plants- 
Catalogue, sent to you free. Write for it today- 
T. S. HUBBARD CO.. Box 20. Fredonia. N. Y. 
•^GRAPEVINES 
69 varieties Also 8mall Fruits. Tress, etc. Best rooted 
stock Genuine, cheap. 2 sample vines mailed for 2 -to. I>«£- 
s :‘( ..-..li,,,.o»». t twtsKOEBCH.BoxF Fredonia, N.Y 
SENATOR WILSON 
I he Greatest STRAWBERRY on the Market 
25 plains *2.50. Dunlap—100, $3. Mar-hall—100. 
$3.50. Send today. Circular free. 
O R GOTTWOLD. Sayville. New Y ork 
iTRAWBFRRY PLANTS For Sale 
I0LESALE AND RETAIL PROGRESSIVE. KELLOGG'S 
PREMIER.CHESAPEAKE,LUPTON 
ESAPEAKE. $6.50: KELLOGG’S PREMIER. $6: GAN- 
’ |$4: PROGRESSIVE, $7: BIG JOE, $5 50; LUPTON, 
50 AROMA $4: KLONDYKE and MISSIONARY, $3.75 
,i)i>.|. varieties. Also liasplierry and Dewberry plants 
end A-pnragtis mots. Descriptive catalog Free. 
STRAWBERRY Plants 
to-n ime. (let my prices 
Catalogue free. M. S. 
26 Best June and Everbearing 
Varieties. OuarmtOMi true 
before buying and save money. 
|>|; YOU, K .K. !>., Smllabury, ltd. 
STRAWBERRY. Blackberry and Raspberry Plants 
Fruit trees. Rhubarb and Asparagus roots. Sweet 
potai ‘ seed. • '.itaiogiie free. MICHAEL M. B0RG0, Vineland, N. J 
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ANTED—.*0 Bii*liel*» Largrc Yielding: 8ccd Oat*. 
RL. CLARKSON - Tivoli-on-Hudson. N. Y 
