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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
January  6,  1023 
3 ‘/i  equivalent  to  "28  7'/i  equivalent  to 
3V,  •  «  "20  2V, 
3  •  *14  2  ,  * 
7V,  •  71  1W 
In  ll^^-Tkloads  only;  use  No#  Shot .  _ 
STANDARD  LOADS  of 
POWDERS 
DUPONT  (Bulk) 
SMOKELESS 
Kind  of  Game 
17  GAUGE 
DRAMS 
OZ 
SHOT 
16  GAUGE 
DRAMS 
OZ 
SHOT 
70  GAUGE 
DRAMS 
OZ 
SHOT 
SHOT 
SIZES 
ALL  GAUGES 
Turkey 
Geese 
3H 
I'Ve 
T3/* 
l 
TV, 
Vs 
* 
7  &  4 
Brant 
Large  Ducks 
3V, 
t-v. 
2* 
1 
T/, 
% 
4-m  flight 
6  <T-rr  deceri 
Medium  Ducks 
Grouse 
Pralne  Chicken 
3* 
1-V* 
7  V, 
1 
2*4 
V, 
6 
Squirrels 
Rabbits 
3 
1 
m 
1 
2*4 
6 
Small  Ducks 
Pheasants 
Pigeons 
Doves 
3*4 
H* 
7  V, 
I 
7*4 
b 
7V, 
Quail 
Snipe 
Woodcock 
Shore  Birds 
3 
1 
•  r 
H* 
TV, 
1 
2*4 
v. 
8 
Reed  Birds 
3 
1 
7H 
l 
7>4 
L 
10 
Trapshooting 
3 
1  *4 
7W 
l 
7*4 
V, 
7V, 
BALUa  11  1  MLiensei 
If  BALLISTITE  ( dense )  Powder  Is  desired  order  by  grams. 
A  comparison  follows  of  Bulk  and  Dense  Loads  • 
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GRAINS 
70 
16 
16 
14 
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Dealers  everywhere  carry  these  standard  loads  of 
duPont  Powders,  because  they  have  found  that  a 
great  majority  of  their  customers  demand  them. 
Du  Pont  makes  powder — not  shells. 
Du  Pont  Powders  are  loaded  in  every 
brand  of  shell.  The  name"DU  PONT” 
or  "BALLISTITE”,  printed  on  the  car¬ 
ton  and  the  top  shot  wad,  tells  you 
what  powder  you  are  shooting.  Specify 
the  powder  when  you  buy  the  shell. 
E.  I.  DU  PONT  DE  NEMOURS  &.  CO..  Inc. 
Wilmington,  Delaware 
We  do  not  feel  it  necessary  to 
“sell”  any  man  on  the  quality  of 
du  Pont  Powders.  We  do  wish 
to  point  out  that,  to  get  du  Pont 
safety,  accuracy  and  reliability, 
you  must  find  the  name  Du  Pont 
or  Ballistite  on  the  top  shot  wad. 
SHOOT  DUPONT  POWDERS 
MM 
NEcE&*WN 
GRAIN  DRILLS 
With  Finger  Fertilizer  Feed 
Prices  f.o.b.  Phelps,  N.  Y. 
9-Hoe  Drill . $105.00 
11 -Hoe  Drill .  120.00 
Other  sizes  same  proportion. 
Buy  a  NEEDHAM  CROWN  and  bank  the  difference.  The 
lowest  price  yet  given  on  the  best  line  of  grain  drills. 
Save  money  on  the  purchasing  price,  and  enjoy  owning 
one  of  the  iinest  seeding  machines  in  America.  No  crack¬ 
ing  or  bunching  of  grain.  The  newest  and  most  talked 
of  Grain  Drill  on  the  market.  Lowest  cost.  Easy  to  set. 
Thoroughly  guaranteed. 
See  your  Dealer,  and  write  us  for  catalog. 
CROWN  MFG.  CO.,  Box  1 1 2,  PHELPS,  N.Y. 
Free  Catalog  ,In  colors  explains 
a  how  you  can  save 
money  on  Farm  Truck  or  Road 
Wagons,  also  steel  or  wood  wheels  to  fit 
any  running 
gear.  Send  for 
it  today. 
Electric  Wheel  Co. 
48  Elm  St., Quincy, 
■  •  HAKE  k  DOLLAR  AN  flODR.  SELL  MESDET8 
fluents  a  patent  patch  for  instantly  mendingleaks 
•’o''*'  in  all  utensil  s.  Sample  package  free. 
COLLETTE  MFC..  CO„  liept.  108,  Amsterdam,  N.Y, 
Is  Best  Proof  of 
WITTE  Log  Saw 
_ Superiority _ 
Steadier  Power- Faster  Cutting 
When 
You  Buy  a 
WITTE  You  Get  the 
Beat  and  Only  Log  Saw  I  Make 
Read  What  They  Say: 
“After  seeing  three  makes  I  bought  a  WITTE. 
“Sawed  fifty  18-inch  trees  in  fi' 
ONE  RIG  ONLY- 
PRICED  RIGHT— 
'*  (Cal.) 
ve  hours.”  (Iowa.) 
Bigger  the  timber  —  better  she  works.”  (Can.) 
Wouldn’t  sell  for  double  the  price.”  (Idaho.) 
Outfit  works  to  perfection  on  fir.”  (Wash.) 
“Log  and  Tree  Saw  do  per¬ 
fect  work.”  (Nev.) 
“My  15  year  old  daughter 
starts  it.”  (Mo.) 
‘ ‘ E  veryone  says  ‘Best  they’ve 
seen’.”  (Can.) 
“No  limit  to  the  amount  of 
work.”  (Kan.) 
“Beats  anything  that  I  ever 
saw.”  (Ia.) 
“Startson  first  whirl. ”(Cal.) 
‘‘Runs  fine  on  kerosene.” 
CWash.) 
It’s  Practical  —  Durable  —  Big 
Capacity  —  Easy  to  Operate. 
Engine  speed  properly  timed  with 
drive  gear  for  steady  running  and  fast  cut¬ 
ting.  Arm  Swing  motion— Semi-SteelSaw 
Levers.  New  WITTE  Throttling  Governor 
Engine.  Uses  Kerosene,  Distillate  or  Gasoline. 
Increase  or  decrease  power  at 
New  will  from  600  to  700  R.  P.  M. 
SwEF°Jt  More  Power  Than  Needed 
Saw  cuts  even  and  clean  without 
excessive  vibration.  When  used 
as  Tree  Saw,  only  1  rig  to  handle. 
No  time  lost  moving  or  setting. 
Positive  lever  control— Steel  axles 
Reversible  wheels— Built  for  hard 
work.  Only  Log  Saw  sold  on  Lifetime 
Guarantee.  Cash  or  Terms.  Write  xx  „ 
_ _ 1891  Oakland  Ave.,  KANSAS  CITY,  MO. 
WITTE  ENGINE  WORKS, 
Beef  Production  in  the  East 
(Continued  from  Page  24) 
The  Hereford  Breeders’  Association 
arranged  for  their  Eastern  Congress  to 
be  held  at  Wilmington,  Delaware,  this 
year,  and  the  interest  that  was  mani¬ 
fested  in  beef  production  at  that  time 
measures  the  possibilities  of  growing 
more  beef  in  our  Eastern  States.  It  will 
cost  more  to  grow  silage  and  corn  in  the 
East  than  it  will  in  the  West,  and  any 
system  of  live  stock  production  will  re¬ 
quire  more  Winter  feeding  and  conse¬ 
quently  more  expensive  gains.  The  aver¬ 
age  farm  profit  can  scarcely  compare 
with  that  existing  in  the  corn  belt,  al¬ 
though  one  ought  at  least  to  get  a  new 
dollar  for  an  old  one  in  the  operation  and 
at  the  same  time  make  advantageous  use 
of  his  meadows  and  pastures.  I  share 
the  belief  that  the  bulk  of  our  prime  beef 
must  come  from  the  corn  belt. 
Countrywide  Produce  Situation 
TOTAL  VALUE  OF  MANY  CROPS  AHEAD  OF 
LAST  SEASON - WHY  NORTHEAST  WAS 
BLUEST  SPOT  —  VEGETABLE  MARKETS 
CLOSE  THE  YEAR  WITH  STRONG  TONE. 
All  the  grain  crops  and  most  of  the 
special  crops  were  worth  more  at  the  end 
of  the  year  than  those  of  last  season.  In 
some  eases  the  gain  was  owing  to  larger 
yield,  and  in  others  the  price  was  higher. 
All  the  exceptions  to  the  rule  of  higher 
value  were  fruits  and  vegetables.  The 
greatest  potato  crop  on  record.  41,000.000 
bushels,  averaged  a  value  of  less  than  60c 
per  bushel,  and  is  worth  only  as  much  as 
the  moderate-sized  crop  of  last  year  and 
not  much  over  half  the  boom  year  crop  of 
1921.  The  big  crops  of  cabbage,  onions, 
apples  and  sweet  potatoes  are  not  worth 
so  much  as  the  lighter  crops  preceding. 
It  appears  that  so  far  as  concerns  the 
fruits  and  vegetables  the  farmers  are 
justified  in  their  usual  complaint,  ‘'The 
more  we  raise  the  less  we  get  for  it.” 
Beans,  cotton,  tobacco  and  some  of  the 
grains,  on  the  contrary,  are  larger  in 
yield  and  also  higher  in  price  than  last 
year.  These  are  carry-over  crops,  and 
the  better  market  is  a  result  of  the  thor¬ 
ough  cleaning  up  of  old  stock  following 
the  short  crop  of  1921.  They  are  feeling 
the  effect  of  the  1921  shortage  rather 
than  of  this  season’s  greater  yield.  Some 
of  these,  notably  cotton  and  grain,  are 
helped  by  the  export  demand. 
Looking  at  the  crop  values  by  sections 
shows  one  reason  why  the  Northeast  is 
the  bluest  part  of  the  country  this  sea¬ 
son.  It  is  because  their  usually  best  cash 
crops — the  fruits  and  vegetables — are 
selling  so  low  in  proportion  to  the  cost 
of  production  that  the  increased  yield  is 
no  offset.  The  grain  growing  West  is 
getting  more  dollars  and  sometimes  more 
bushels,  too.  The  South  for  its  cotton 
will  receive  almost  half  a  billion  dollars 
more  than  last  year  which,  together  with 
more  money  for  tobacco,  corn  and  pea¬ 
nuts,  will  bring  the  Southern  farmer  out 
of  the  hole  and  into  the  daylight.  The 
South  seems  prosperous  by  comparison 
with  the  depths  of  1921.  The  West  is 
merely  a  little  less  gloomy,  but  the  East 
is  feeling  almost  as  bad  as  did  the  South 
two  years  ago. 
Some  of  the  most  important  cash  crops 
have  been  selling  better  the  past  week  or 
so.  The  average  gain  of  about  10c  per 
100  lbs.  in  the  city  potato  markets  was 
chiefly  a  result  of  the  weather,  which  has 
interfered  with  hauling  and  shipping  all 
through  the  potato  region.  This  is  shown 
by  the  fact  that  the  country  prices  did 
not  advance  as  in  the  cities.  With  cab¬ 
bage  and  onions  the  continued  strength 
of  the  market  may  be  owing  partly  to  a 
real  shortage  of  storage  stock.  Cabbage 
touched  ,$82  per  ton  and  onions  $3.50  per 
100  lbs.  in  some  of  the  big  cities,  and  the 
country  shipping  points  prices  are  strong 
also.  G.  B.  F. 
Below  are  some  of  the  prices  paid  for 
farm  produce  in  this  section  of  Franklin 
County:  Potatoes,  45c;  butter,  45  and 
50e ;  eggs,  55  and  60c;  dressed  poultry, 
25e  lb.;  pork,  12  and  14c;  beef,  7  and 
8c,  fattened.  Milk  cows  around  $50. 
Hay  is  high,  as  there  is  not  enough  raised 
here  for  the  loeal  demand.  Most  farmers 
who  have  woodlots  are  cutting  and  selling 
wood ;  price  about  $10  per  cord  on  the 
ears  here,  or  from  $12  to  $14  hauled  to 
Malone,  a  distance  of  10  miles.  Very 
few  farms  made  enough  money  to  pay 
expenses.  A  few  are  leaving  the  farm  to 
go  to  town.  Our  main  crop  here  is  pota¬ 
toes,  those  selling  at  45c.  *and  a  light 
crop.  A  farmer  is  lucky  to  get  enough 
from  the  entire  crop  to  pay  for  fertilizer 
and  spraying  material.  There  is  some 
snow  up  here — hardly  enough  for  sleigh¬ 
ing.  F.  H.  B. 
Franklin  Co..  N.  Y. 
Sour  Crop 
I  would  like  to  know  why  my  poultry 
is  dying  off  this  year.  They  have  some 
kind  of  stuff  like  water  leaking  out  of 
their  bills.  Some  stand  around  for  a 
while  and  do  not  eat.  and  die  in  a  few 
days.  J-  N- 
Hadley.  Mass. 
Your  description  of  the  trouble  is  not 
sufficiently  complete  to  enable  me  to  say 
just  what  the  trouble  is,  hut  the  water 
running  from  the  mouth  suggests,  “sour 
crop”  from  eating  some  indigestible  or 
poisonous  food.  Give  each  sick  fowl  a 
dose  of  physic,  such  as  castor  oil.  about 
two  good  teaspoons  to  each  fowl,  and  then 
see  to  it  that  the  flock  is  not  getting 
musty  or  spoiled  food  of  any  kind,  or  has 
not  found  some  decayed  carcass  or  other 
poisonous  stuff  about  the  premises. 
