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Countrywide Situation 
WHY PRICES DIFFER—SOUTHERN TRUCKING 
OUTLOOK UNSETTLED-GENERAL PRICE 
AND COST CONDITIONS. 
A Maine potato grower inquires why 
the cheapest potatoes in the country are 
Maine Green Mountains, one of the best 
lines grown, and raised right in New 
England. In November. Maine Green 
.Mountains ranged 50 to 60c per 100 lbs., 
f. o. b. Northern Maine shipping points, 
while in Western New York the usual 
round white stock of that region brought 
80 to 90c. 
BASIS OF POTATO PRICES 
The difference is accounted for chiefly 
by a freight rate about. 20c higher from 
the Maine point than from Western New 
York. The Maine potatoes were quoted 
in bulk, while the New York potatoes 
were bagged, and the cost of the sack, 
added to the difference in freight, is 
pretty nearly equal to the difference in 
price at shipping points. Still, the Maine 
potato seems to be the better purchase, 
because it sells usually about 15c per 100 
lbs. higher than the ordinary run of stock 
in the city markets, on account of its 
higher quality. Because of this high city 
price it seems, after all allowances are 
made, that the Maine growers should be 
receiving a little more than they get now 
to place them on equality with other 
Eastern sections. 
Potatoes bring about the same to farm¬ 
ers in Wisconsin and Minnesota as in 
Maine, but are higher in the "West be- 
sause the yields of most Western States 
and of Western Canada were reduced by 
drought. The lower Pacific coast region 
is taking many potatoes from the Rocky 
Mountain shipping sections. Some go the 
opposite direction, entering Western Can¬ 
ada, which has been supplied usually by 
the eastern provinces. The customs tariff 
is 20c per bushel into Canada, but 30c 
into the United States, and the Canadian 
growers are complaining of the difference. 
About the potato, market in general, 
there is little that is new. Potatoes hold 
about, the same in price. This is the 
tiime of year when the market, usually 
strengthens a little after the digging 
season. The city price is remarkably 
uniform throughout the country. A range 
of $1 to $1.25 per 100 lbs. covers the big 
markets from New York to St. Louis. 
Most seasons the difference would be 
nearer 50c than 25c, but the drought in 
the West and the heavy yields in the 
East tend to even up the price. Potato 
rot, resulting from late blight, is causing 
damage to a serious extent in some sec¬ 
tions. The loss in Wisconsin is placed 
at 16 per cent. Accordingly the price 
outlook improves a little. 
TRUCK CROPS DELAYED 
Southern potato growers have not been 
buying many Northern grown seed pota¬ 
toes this season. Southern producing sec¬ 
tions depend so heavily on seed stock 
from Maine, New Brunswick and Michi¬ 
gan. that the demand is usually consid¬ 
ered sure indication of the probable acre¬ 
age. Southern growers above the Florida 
and Texas line made but little money last 
season. 
Even Florida is planting a reduced 
acreage. The situation lessens demand 
for Northern seed, but indicates a better 
Spring and Summer market for table 
stock. It is too soon to say whether 
there is to be a general reduction in 
truck crop acreage in the South. Some 
of the Florida estimates look that way, 
but storms and floods had a great deal 
to do with it. Some of the crops nearly 
destroyed were replanted, but they will 
be late, which means a better outlook for 
Northern celery in storage and for early 
Winter hothouse lettuce and tomatoes. 
Florida celery shipments will not be very 
active before February, nor lettuce and 
tomatoes until January and February. 
GENERAL PRICE OUTLOOK 
Live stock is being marketed heavily 
to cut down the feed cost. Prices lately 
have held as well as could be expected. 
Tompared with a year ago, hogs and 
calves are a little higher, and cattle and 
lambs a little lower. Wool stays high, 
with best grades 65c. Cotton is 10c- low¬ 
er than last year, but the yield is enough 
larger to make up and there will be less 
encouragement to the fast growing com¬ 
petition in other parts of the world. But¬ 
ter production is moderate and will prob¬ 
ably stay rather light unless the prices of 
butter and feed change enough to stimu¬ 
late liberal feeding. Stock in cold storage 
is twice as great as a year ago and will 
tend to hold the market steady for the 
present, but the price trend seems rather 
up than down. Imports are not likely to 
become important, because the markets 
of Europe are fully as good as ours just 
now. Cheese prices are well sustained 
lately, although 3 to 4c lower than at the 
end of 1923. Demand seems better than 
supply and the conditions suggest any 
change should be upward. Poultry sup¬ 
plies and storage stocks continue liberal. 
Eggs receipts and holdings are light, and 
the outlook excellent now and for the 
coming yeai*. Pullets about ready to lay 
seem very good stock to hold, even though 
grain is high. G. B. F. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
Jan. 5-Feb. 26, 1925—Poultry and gen¬ 
eral farming short courses. State Institute 
of Applied Agriculture, Farmingdale, 
l ong Island. 
Jan. 6-9, 1925—Seventh annual union 
agricultural meeting, Stare Armory, Wor¬ 
cester, Mass. The Massachusetts Dairy¬ 
men’s Association, annual meeting, will 
be held at this union meeting, Jan. S. 
Jan. 9-12, 1925—Vermont State Poul¬ 
try Association, twenty-eighth annual ex¬ 
hibition, St. Albans, Vt. B. P. Greene, 
secretary. St. Albans, Yt. 
Jan. 13-16, 1925—New Jersey Agricul¬ 
tural Week, State Board of Agriculture, 
annual meeting, and New- Jersey Farm 
Products Exposition, Trenton, N. J. 
Jan. 13-19, 1925—National Poultry 
Show, Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill. 
Jan. 19-21, 1925—Tractor school, State 
Institute of Applied Agriculture, Farm¬ 
ingdale, Long Island. 
Jan. 20-22, 1925—Pennsylvania State 
Horticultural Association, Harrisburg, 
Pa. 
Jan. 21-25, 1925—Poultry Show, Madi¬ 
son Square Garden, New York. 
Feb. 3-5, 1925—Idaho State Seed 
Show, Boise, Idaho. 
Wool Notes 
Recent business at Boston is reported 
at: Fine strictly combing, 69 to 70c; 
fine clothing, 57 to 58c; half blood 
strictly combing, 60 to 67c; half blood 
clothing, 57c; three-eighths blood strict¬ 
ly combing, 69 to 70c; three-eighths 
clothing, 58c; one-fourth blood strictly 
combing. 69 to 70c; one-fourth blood 
clothing, 58 to 59c. 
Retail Prices at New York 
Milk, Grade A, bottled, qt.$0.18 
Grade B, bottled, qt.15 
Grade B, bottled, pt.10 
Grade B, loose, qt.10 
Certified, qt.28 
Certified, pt.17 
Buttermilk, qt.10 
Cream, heavy, l/, pt.29 
Butter, best .$0.58® .59 
Cheese .34 @ .38 
Eggs, best, doz.85® .90 
Gathered .50® .75 
Fow-ls .40® .45 
Roasting chickens .50® .55 
Ducks, lb, .35® .40 
Turkeys, lb.50® .60 
Potatoes, lb.02® .03 
String beans, lb.15® .20 
Onions, lb.05® .08 
Lettuce, head .10® .20 
Cabbage, lb.05® .06 
Cucumbers, each .15® .20 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
Apples.—Baldwin, bbl.. $3 to $5; 
Greenings, $2.50 to $4 ; King, $3 to $5. 
Butter.—Extra creamery, 43 to 43 1 />c: 
firsts, 38 to 42c; seconds, 35 to 37c. 
C’hepse.—Fresh extra, 23 to 23*/>c; 
first, 22 to 2214c. 
Eggs.—Hennery, brown extras, 71 to 
72c; white and mixed, 67 to 6Sc; West¬ 
ern, extra firsts, 62 to 64c; Western, sec¬ 
onds, 45 to 54c; storage, 40 to 41c. 
Various Fruits. — Cranberries, balf- 
bbl., $7 to $8; oranges, box, $2.50 to 
$5.25; grapefruit, box, $2.50 to $4. 
Hay and Straw.-—Hay, No. 1 Timothv, 
$28 to $29.50; No. 2, $25 to $26.50; No. 
3, $18 to $20; clover mixed, $22 to $25 ; 
swale, $16 to $18. Straw—Rve, $21 to 
$22; oat, $13 to $15 ; wheat, $12 to $13. 
Potatoes.—Maine, 100-lb. bag, $1.10 to 
$1.15. 
Live Poultry.—Fowls, 25 to 27c; chick¬ 
ens, 25 to 27c. 
Dressed Poultry.—Fowls, 26 to 32c; 
broilers, 36 to 38c; ducklings, 25 to 29c; 
old roosters, 17 to 21c. 
Vegetables.—String beans, bu., $3 to 
$7.50; cabbage, bbl., $1 to $1.50; lettuce, 
box, 25 to 50c; radishes, box, $1.50 to 
$2; spinach, bbl., $2.50 to $3.50; squash, 
Hubbard, bbl., 75c to $1.50; tomatoes, 
hothouse, lb., 25 to 30c. 
N. J. Grain and Feed Prices 
(Supplied by New Jersey State Department of 
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets.) 
The following quotations show approx¬ 
imate cost of feed per ton and grain per 
bushel in carlots, sight draft basis, deliv¬ 
ered on tracks at the various stations 
given below. The quotations are based 
on sales for transit and nearby shipments 
Dee. 15, 1924, according to the United 
States Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
co-operating. Feed all in 100-lb. sacks. 
Figures are for Belvidere, Washington, 
Milford, Ilighbridge, Flemington, French- 
town, Passaic, Ilackettstow-n, Lebanon, 
Belle Meade, Califon, Newton, Braneh- 
ville, Sussex, Lafayette, Hopewell, New 
Brunswick, Mt. Holly, Dover, Paterson, 
Morristown, Elizabeth, Somerville, Tren¬ 
ton. Newark, Perth Amboy and Mont¬ 
clair : 
No. 2 white oats ... 
No. 3. white oats .. 
No. 2 yellow corn . . 
No. 3 yellow corn .. 
Spring bran . 
Hard W. W. bran . 
Standard middlings 
Red-dog flour . 
White hominy . 
Yellow- hominy . 
Ground oats . 
Dry brewers’ grains 
Flour middlings ... 
36% cottonseed meal 
43% cottonseed meal 
34% linseed meal .. 
Per bu. 
.$0.70i/ 8 
.65 % 
. 1.441/s 
. 1.411/ 8 
Per ton 
.$38.40 
. 38.90 
. 39.90 
. 49.90 
. 52.90 
. 51.65 
. 46.40 
44.40 
. 44.40 
. 44.15 
. 48.65 
. 50.15 
Milkmen Ilea Fiske’s Loose Leaf Route Book. Write for 
mil RIIICII UoC description. P. BAKER FfSKE. Attleboro, Mess. 
GUERNSEYS 
TEN CENT MILK 
Would you like to produce milk which will 
bring you from 10 to 11 cents per quart, in 
cans, at your Farm Station? Breeders of 
registered Guernseys or Guernsey grades 
are receiving this price. The market for 
Guernsey milk is growing each day. One 
way to start is to purchase a young Guern¬ 
sey bull and raise your own high-grade 
Herd. We can supply you. Federal Accredited Herd. 
GEORGE N. BARRIE, Chestnut Hill, Mass. 
Guernsey BullCalf$ff D 
2 mos. old, well grown, nicely marked, clean nose; 
sired by Falcon’s Galore, son of Falcon’s Proud War¬ 
rior, out of a very good cow not yet tested. For im¬ 
mediate sale we will price this calf at $~ft, exp. prepaid. 
BROOK LANDS FARM. South Road. Poughkeepsie. N.Y. 
Bull Calves at Bargain Prices 
We offer Farmers and Breeders of Guernseys an op¬ 
portunity to secure exceptionally bred, healthy 
bulls, from a clean, Tuberculin Tested Herd at rea¬ 
sonable prices. King of the May—Dolly Dimple- 
Golden Secret, and Glenwood breeding out of A. K. 
dams or dams that will be tested. Write for saieslist 
and Pedigrees. dairy FARMS. K S. I?d SI., Fkila., fs 
I Offer Four Registered Guernsey Cows 
6 yearlings and calves near a year old and 3 unusu¬ 
ally good bulls from A. R. cows. Accredited herd. 
Very reasonable prices. W. Robert Dunlop, Elbridge, N.Y. 
LONICERA FARMS GUERNSEYS 
Bull calves, various ages, priced to suit your purse. 
A. R. breeding. .Send for list. 
H. M. LEINBACH Berks Co. Douglassville, Pa. 
TARBELL FARMS GUERNSEYS 
Bull calves and bulls of serviceable age. A. 11. breeding. 
Prices very reasonable. Write for pedigrees. 
SMITHVILLE FLATS Chenango Co. New York 
In jerseys In 
ForSale R Se«ey ed Bulls, Cows, Heifers & Calves 
carrying the most popular blood lines. Send me your in¬ 
quiries. 1). A. €UItTI8 • Jamestown, N.Y. 
HOLSTEINS 
For Sale-Car Load of Registered Holsteins 
and a car load of Jerseys, registered and grades. All 
fully accredited. Freshened Nov. and Dec. 
FRED M. BENNETT, Amsterdam, N.Y. R. 0 6 Tel. 129F22 
MISCELLANEOUS 
FOR SALE 
One Registered T.B.Tested Brown Swiss Bull 
Two years old. A tine individual. 
A. V. VAUGHAN Churchville, N.Y. 
FORSALE—SHORTHORN HERD BULL 2 yrs old; 
dam’s record, 11664 lbs. M; 4.48 lbs, B. P. Cows and young 
stock. Write your wants. PRINCES MAY,827 GraySl.,Elmira.N.Y. 
1VLi 1 Is.ing SliortHoriis 
Our cow, “ Dairy Maid,” has just made a new Shorthorn 
milk record for the U. S. A., 19,066 lbs. We Invite inqui¬ 
ries. Wnlgrove Herd \l anhlngtonvllle, N. Y. 
Don’t Pay Exorbitant Prices milch cows 
100 Federal Tested and Accredited cows for sale. Or wil. 
buy samedtreet from farmerson reasonable commission 
Telephone at once, my expense. JOHN F. BENJAMIN, Barr«.Vt 
Dogs-Cats and Kittens 
Shetland Ponies H A s R eb T r i“L B ,o 0S 
Weanlings ready. Oldest herd in biggest Shetland 
Producing County in U. S. 
FERRETS 
Formic F0R killing RATS and 
FBI IBIb other gam e. Prices 
for males—$4; females—$4.oO. 
Pair—$7.50. Yearling fe¬ 
males, $ 6 . Will ship C. O. D. 
Instructive book free. 
W. A- PECK New London, Ohio 
Either color or sex. Sin¬ 
gles, pairs or dozen lots, 
i. Booklet, lO cents. 
C. H. EEEFElt & CO. Greenwich, Ohio 
SHEEP 
ForSale—Reg. Hampshire Down Ram Lambs 
We have a few extra fine individuals to offer. Prices. 
K. K. KIDOUT Ophir Farm Purchase, N.Y. 
Reg. Hampshire Bre eding Ewes M \w%^HAS 8 ,.A,I : r. P p. a 
Reg. Shropshire Rams A JZZ e ? 
GOATS 
Wanted-Young GOATS S&Sffii 
Let know price delivered to Lodi, N. J. 
G. Palumbo 4 Garibaldi Ave. Lo«li, N. J. 
For Sale-One Reg. Toggenburg Goat oid°Bu<?k‘ 
Will sell reasonable. 0.SWENSON, li«x 208, Cornwall, N. y. 
QUALITY TOGGENBURG BUCKS D ,r,;l%7r?„ h r 
8. J. 8IIARPL.ES Centre Square, Pa. 
DOGS 
Fox Hounds 
FOR SALE. 
W. M. Kirkpatrick 
Lexington, Virginia 
American Foxhound 
Reg. Male. 2 yr«. Shaken, 3 foxes 
Ainslie Lawrence, St. Alban*, Vt. 
PoHitrrooH Po,lce Dog Pups from country’s best blood. 
rcUlglCgu Reasonable. W. Janda, Huntington, L. I., >.Y. 
Tri-Color and White Male Collie Puppies, $6 Each. 
■ Mr. Fred Geodfellow - Gilboa, N.Y. 
German Shepherd Pups 
Beautiful Prize-Winning Eskimos intelligence. 
J. F. I.M IIOL K, Rose Lawn and Walnut Heights Kennels, Glasshoro, N. J. 
P edigreed Collie Pups. Thehanasome and Intelligent 
kind. Also Fox Terriers. NELSON BROS., drove City, Pa. 
BEAGLE PUPS For Sale 
9-mos.-old Airedales and Fox Hounds. All eligible. 
Price reasonable. C. CALKINS, Harris, N.Y. 
SWINE 
PIOSFOR SALE 
Where you get pigs—will make large Hogs. You 
can get from 1 to 200 pigs at the right price. Pigs, 
8 weeks old, #4 each, and 8 to 10 weeks old, W4.SO 
each. All quality stock. Berkshire and Chester 
cross or Chester and Yorkshire cross. Barrows or 
sows. No charges for crating. These prices are F. 
O. B. Woburn, Mass., or tel. 0080, Woburn, Mass. 
WALTER LUX 388 Salom St. Woburn, Mass. 
Berkshires of Size and Quality Inland wtSdpi^ 
at farmer’s price. Our herd won this Fall 14 Champion 
ships and 34 first prizes at a Eastern and Southern Fail's. 
RICHARD E. YVATS Lebanon, N. J. 
Large Type Berkshire s-Boars 
Gilts bred or open. Reliable stock; priced reason¬ 
able. W. H. EVERY, Manchester, Michigan 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
Sows and gilts bred for Spring litters. Service boars. 
Pigs all ages Grand Champion breeding. 
H. C. S H. B. HARPENDING Box 15 Dundee. N. Y 
Pnlanri Pkinao You"? Boars, Sows Bred and Boar pigs 
r llldllU-ullllldo for sale—The very best breeding, \\ me 
for prices. G. 8. HALL Fnrmdale, Ohio 
TYI TWRillo Excellent Type ami Breeding. 
-LA 4J JlvV_/V jij— OUTS Mature Stock. Young Pigs. 
Elmwood Farms P. O. Ilox 15 Bradford, N.Y. 
X3UROCS 
Orion and Sensation Breed¬ 
ing. All ages for sale. 
F. M, Patting ton & Son Merritield, N. Y. 
from Champion 
Bloodlines. 
Chester White Pigs 
10 wks. to 10 mos. old, including service boars and 
bred sows. Come see them and select for yourself. 
EDWARD WALTER Box 66 R West Chester, Pa. 
0 1 A ’« Choice Registered pigs, $JO each. Big Type. 
. I. U. 0 Thrifty, well bred stock. Satisfaction Guar¬ 
anteed. R. HILL Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
Registered O. I. C. and Chester W hlje nif'Q 
• • Eugene P. Rogers Wayvllle, N. V. * IvJO 
DOGS 
Pedigreed Airedale PUPS 
Guaranteed to please you. SIO and up 
CHAIILEIS MAYOH Vineland, N. ,1. 
Airedale Terriers of Rank 
Hero Is Enviable Superiority 
Kor Protection And Safety. 
I)r. KNOX I5ox 50 JDaubury, Conn. 
Four champions lu 
ee. Females, $10* 
Mentor, Ohio 
Reg. Airedale Pups p 5 !?°gV 
Mrs. F. H. Nowyear 
English SPRINGER SPANIELS 
Fine rollicking fellows. Thebestof comrades. Good 
with children. Gan be trained to bunt anything. 
Forestville, N.Y. 
Iren. 
Hr. E. 1). PUTNAM 
THE INTELLIGENT STOCK DOG 
I HAVE I jiip - n i p„ nn j oc , out of my best Police Matrons 
a Llllel Ul rup|JICo and English sheep dog. Price, 
$10 euch. GEO. RAUCH, Calskill Mountain Stock Farm, Freehold, M.T 
L ako Shore Kennels, Himrod, N. Y., offers few good fox 
hounds, from Twenty dollars up. Also rabbit bounds 
Pnnnioo farm raised, pedigreed, the unusual 
V-4UIIIU X U[J[Jlco kind. Descriptive, illustrated circu¬ 
lar free* CLOVKll>'OOK COLLI !■; I*’Altai, ChttinborMhiirg, I’n. 
COLLIE PUPPIES and Grown Dogs 
Finest Quality. Bred for Brains and Beauty. Registered. 
Priced Low. SHERMAN BOWDEN FARM, Mansfield,Ohio 
Ufhlte Oollle l*ups. Pedigreed. 2 months old, $1 ft up. 
™ Chotola Konnels • Rock Crook, Ohio 
bUESTRIDGE POLICE 00GS are in big demand. There’s a rea- 
*< son—A quality and service that is hard to beat. Asktlie 
man who owns one. WE 8 TIUOGE KENNELS,Du.n.I,on,Conn. 
Scotch Shepard Pups iT a °u h •°6 < ! 
Females, #3. F. A. SWEET Smyrna, N. y! 
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