RURAL NEW.YORKER 
1503 
Countrywide Situation 
POULTRY IN GOOD DEMAND, HEAVY SUPPLY 
SELLING OFF LIVE STOCK—WORLD-WIDE 
INTEREST IN DAIRYING —•' CROPS AND 
FARM INCOME—A POPULAR NEW ONION. 
Turkeys have been selling better than 
last season. At about the height of the 
pre-holiday market they brought in East¬ 
ern cities 30 to 40c per lb. wholesale, 
dressed weight, and 25 to 30c live weight. 
In Texas, now the leading source of sup¬ 
ply, good turkeys were selling at the pack¬ 
ing stations at 14 to ISc, live weight. 
Receipts at city markets are moderate to 
heavy, and stocks in cold storage were 
larger than last season. Only the good 
demand kept the price fairly steady. Cold 
storage stocks of all poultry are heavier 
than last season. 
The November slump in live stock of 
nearly all kinds seemed to be a result of 
the rise in grain. Stockmen sold because 
they did not feel like using any more 
high-priced feed than they had to. These 
clean-up times mean shortage of live 
stock later. 
WORLD-WIDE DAIRYING 
Interest in dairying is world wide, and 
most regions show a tendency to increase 
their production of butter. The far south 
lands, Argentina, New Zealand and Aus¬ 
tralia, have come forward rapidly since 
the war. They produce about two-fifths 
of Europe’s imports, but the producing 
countries of Europe, which almost drop¬ 
ped out during the war, are at last com¬ 
ing back, notably Russia, which used to 
rank next to Denmark as an exporter of 
butter. A more favorable side of the but¬ 
ter outlook, from the market point of 
view, is the gradual recovery of buying 
from Germany, which was formerly a 
prime butter market. The general con¬ 
clusion is that the world’s surplus blitter 
supply is likely to increase. The United 
States is not much of an exporter, but is 
interested in the probabilities of a foreign 
surplus ready to meet our tariff wall 
whenever our price goes high enough. 
THE FARMER’S INCOME 
Maine had about the best crops this 
season, and Washington, at the other cor¬ 
ner of the country, had the worst, owing 
chiefly to drought, for in most of the 
country, especially the South and Far 
West, the yields were cut by dry weather, 
frosts and the various other freaks of the 
season. The combined showing for the 
United States, whether considered by 
States or by crops, is a little below aver¬ 
age for the past five years. Potatoes and 
small grains were well above the average, 
also most Eastern fruits. Apples were a 
little below average, cotton, corn, rice, 
peanuts, tobacco, beans, grapes, sweet po¬ 
tatoes were considerably below. 
Taking into account both the yield and 
the price, farmers as a class will have 
only a slightly larger income than last 
year. So much attention has been given 
to the price of grain and cotton that most 
people fail to reckon the low yield or low 
prices for many of the 20 or so must im¬ 
portant crops. 
THE POPULAR JAP ONION 
The increasing popularity of the Jap¬ 
anese or Ebenezer onion is resulting in a 
considerable number of inquiries. If GOO 
cars of this variety have been shipped 
from the Connecticut Valley this season, 
it appears that this onion comprises 
about one-fourth of the crop of the valley. 
The Japanese onion really has no connec¬ 
tion with Japan, but was offered by one 
of the seedsmen under that name “for 
want of a better name.” It resembles 
somewhat the Spanish type of onion, and 
is also something like the old, flat, crack¬ 
er onion. According to its many friends, 
it will grow to large size quickly from 
seeds, produces sometimes 600 to 800 bu. 
per acre, reaches the market before the 
seed-grown crops, and sell higher than 
the common Globe and Danvers onion. 
Besides all that, it keeps well, they 
claim, and has a good, mild flavor. The 
increase of this variety is the feature of 
the Eastern onion region. Otherwise the 
Eastern farmers seem inclined to cut 
their onion acreage in favor of lettuce, 
celery, root crops and small fruits. 
The West is showing more interest in 
the onion crop. Only three or four years 
ago Colorado and Washington each ship¬ 
ped 200 carloads or so. Now they ship 
over 1,000 cars each and, with Idaho, 
supply from almost new onion territory 
about as many onions as the Connecticut 
Valley. 
Another Western development is the 
little boom in the Spanish Denia or Val¬ 
encia onion in New Mexico. They can 
obtain tremendous yields of this large 
mild onion on the irrigated land of the 
Southwest, but they are only beginning 
to raise the crop for sale and are not yet 
sure of a profitable market. These onions 
would compete with Winter imports from 
'Spain and perhaps shut them out of 
Western markets with the aid of the tar¬ 
iff. They would also compete somewhat 
with Northern main-crop onions. 
G. B. F. 
Traffic Cops “Hey, you! Is that 
your car?” “Well, officer, since you ask 
me, considering the fact that I still have 
50 payments to make, owe three repair 
bills and haven’t settled for the new tire, 
I really don’t think it is.”—Associated 
Automotive Journal and Garage Dealer. 
‘Watershed’ 
Waterproof Cloth Overshoe 
All the protection of an all rubber 
overshoe plus the warmth of a cloth 
top. A sheet of pure gum rubber be¬ 
tween the wool fleece inner lining and 
the cashmerette outer fabric makes 
‘Watershed’ waterproof to very top. Just 
the overshoe to wear when going to 
town and for light outdoor work. Not Cashm ' 
quite as heavy as the ‘Nebraska’ de- E ofRu 
scribed below, but it stands the hard- Fnctk 
est service and wears long. The 
famous Converse extension White ***»■ 
Tire Sole and “Stubgard” toe and A t 
heel protect against snagged or ^4 
scuffed uppers. There is only one m 
All Rubber Overshoe 
Rugged strength and solid 
comfort built right into every 
pair of ‘Nebraska’ overshoes. 
Extra warm wool lining, and 
a gusset reinforced against 
chafing of buckles. Heavy ex¬ 
tension sole similar to the sole 
on ‘Watershed’. No work too 
hard, too strenuous for ‘Neb¬ 
raska’ yet they are light, easy, 
always comfortable on the 
feet and give longest service. 
ggjiix When the snow is 
mk deep wear ‘Nebraska* 
over our ‘Warmfut’ 
WKZm&S cold-proof gaiter. 
The White Top Band 
and the Big ( C on the 
White Tire Sole protect 
you against imitations! 
Ask Your Dealer 
to show you the ‘Watershed’ and the 
‘Nebraska’. Find out also about the 
other Big ‘C’ Line leaders, the ‘Ruff 
Shod’ boot, ‘Warmfut’ gaiter and the 
‘Caboose’ work rubber. Rubber foot¬ 
wear for the women folks, too and 
for the youngsters. If your dealer is 
out of the shoe you want he will 
quickly get it from our nearest office. 
Send for circular and give 
your dealer’s name. 
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