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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  8,  1923 
FROM  A  KODAK  NEGATIVE 
Kodak  on  the  Farm 
While  there  are  always  pictures  for  fun,  you  will 
especially  appreciate  the  practical  purpose  Kodak  serves 
on  the  farm. 
For  example,  pictures  like  the  illustration  above  are 
selling  photographs.  In  correspondence  and  advertising 
you  need  them,  as  picture  records  you  want  them.  The 
Autographic  Kodak  gives  them,  the  easiest  way — and 
complete  even  to  date  and  title. 
Just  press  the  button 
and  write  in  the  slot. 
Autographic  Kodaks  $6.5°  UP 
At  your  dealer  s 
Eastman  Kodak  Company,  Rochester,  N.Y. 
Cleans  ^31 
"  Transmissions, 
Farm  machinery, 
Farm  tools,  etc. 
RED  SEAL  Lye  is  the  cheapest  and  most  effective 
cleanser  for  general  use  around  the  garage  andotherfarm- 
buildings.  A  dilute  solution  removes  radiator- scale, 
cleans  transmissions,  differentials,  etc.,  in  fact,  any  part 
gummed  with  grease  or  oil.  (Do  not  use  on  aluminum,)* 
RED  SEAL  Lye  has  a  hundred  uses  on  a  farm; 
softens  water,  makes  soap,  tree- 
sprays,  sheep  -  dips,  insecticides, 
etc.,  sweetens  swill  for  hogs,  and 
cleans  drain -pipes.  Write  for 
booklet  of  uses.  Full  directions 
each  can.  Be  sure  and 
buy  only  the  genuine 
RED  SEAL  Lye. 
in 
P.  C.  Tomson  &  Co. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
extra 
High  test 
granulated 
'  SlFTlNGTOPCAN 
felt.  j! 
Countrywide  Produce  Situation 
HARD  SLEDDING  FOB  WESTERN  POTATO 
GROWERS  — NOT  SO  BAD  IN  THE  EAST — • 
CABBAGE  AND  ONIONS  IN  FAIR  MARKET 
POSITION. 
Potato  markets  have  been  sagging  off 
a  little  at  a  time  for  a  month  or  so.  Large 
lots  sell  below  $1  per  100  lbs.  in  the  large 
cities  of  the  Middle  West,  and  from  $1.25 
to  $1*50  in  the  East.  The  price  paid  to 
farmers  at  country  railroad  shipping- 
points  rangeg  from  10c  per  bn.  in  the  Far 
West  h>  about  50c  in  various  sections  of 
the  Eastern  States.  Even  the  low  figure 
reported  for  the  West  does  not  tell  the 
whole  story.  Potatoes  in  the  Rocky 
Mountain  section  are  sold  in  bags  which 
cost  the  farmer  almost  half  the  price  he 
reecives  for  the  potatoes.  lie  has  to 
grade  them,  put  them  up  in  the  sacks, 
and  cart,  them  over  Winter  roads  for 
many  miles.  Why  does  he  take  the  trouble 
to  sell  the  potatoes  at  this  price?  Prob¬ 
ably  because  he  has  little  else  to  do  at 
this  time  of  year,  and  every  dollar  is 
needed  to  help  keep  his  head  above  water. 
IIARO  SLEDDING 
Many  farmers  in  the  specialized  potato 
districts  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  section 
and  the  Central  Northwest  were  depend¬ 
ing  on  potatoes  as  a  main  reliance  for 
cash  returns.  The  only  favorable  side  of 
a  bad  situation  in  such  sections  is  that 
farmers  grew  the  crop  without  fertilizers 
and  have  no  big  bills  of  that  kind  to  pay. 
The  “Hardscrabble  Farms”  at  present  are 
often  located  elsewhere  than  on  the  tough, 
rocky  lands  of  Eastern  hill  sections.  The 
owner  of  an  Eastern  hill  farm  is  not 
necessarily  in  distress  because  of  the  low 
price  of  potatoes.  Very  likely  he  has  a 
isizable  milk  check  coming  in  every  week, 
and  probably  an  occasional  veal  calf  to 
sell  and  some  eggs  and  butter.  Even  his 
potatoes  bring  him  some  cash  when  he 
is  near  enough  to  a  town  to  be  able  to 
reach  the  consumer  direct.  He  takes  in  a 
lead  of  potatoes,  onions,  cabbage,  apples, 
eggs  and  the  like,  peddles  them  out  during 
the  day  and  drives  back  to  the  music  of 
the  welcome  jingle  in  his  pockets.  The 
small  general  farmer  seldom  makes  any 
great  surplus,  but  his  business  is  far 
'safer  in  times  of  depression. 
CABBAGE  SUPPLY  LIMITED 
The  outlook  is  good  for  what  is  left  of 
the  cabbage  holdings.  According  to  re¬ 
port  there  is  no  great  surplus  left  in  either 
New  York  or  Wisconsin,  the  two  princi¬ 
pal  States  shipping  stored  cabbage.  Prob¬ 
ably  there  will  be  very  little  more  shipped 
from  Wisconsin  after  March  1,  and  only 
a  few  hundred  carloads  seem  to  be  left 
in  New  York.  Other  States  are  only 
scattered  shippers  at  this  time  of  year. 
The  storage  business  has  become  highly 
specialized  in  the  two  States  mentioned. 
The  business  owes  its  development  to  the 
introduction  of  the  hard-headed,^  long- 
keeping  Danish  varieties,  like  the"  Ball- 
head.  The  other  type  of  cabbage  will 
keep  in  first-class  condition  until  Spring 
without  much  waste  in  trimming.  The 
storage  houses  are  owned  by  local  whole¬ 
sale  vegetable  dealers  or  city  dealers. 
The  cabbage  is  bought  from  the  farmers 
at  the  lower  price  ruling  in  the  Fall 
months.  It  is  stored  in  large,  barn-like 
packing-houses,  on  shelves  with  plenty 
of  ventilation  around  the  sides  and  over 
the  top  and  not  more  than  three  or  four 
tiers  of  cabbage  on  each  shelf.  Ventila- 
tion  is  carefully  attended  to.  and  the  tem¬ 
perature  kept  not  far  below  or  above 
freezing  point.  Smaller  lots  of  cabbage 
are  kept  successfully  in  cool  cellars 
equipped  with  shelving  and  ventilation. 
The  storage  of  cabbage  has  proved  very 
profitable  about  every  other  season  for 
some  time  past.  It  would  hardly  pay 
growers  to  put  up  regular  storehouses  for 
cabbage  because  the  short  season  of  use 
would  not  repay  the  cost  and  risk.  A 
few  large  commercial  growers  attempt  to 
store  the  cabbage.  There  is  no  reason 
why  a  small  grower  should  not  store  late 
cabbage  in  the  right  kind  of  a  cellar. 
Cabbage  can  be  kept  fairly  well  in  the 
open,  field  for  some  months,  but  there  is 
too  much  waste  in  keeping  it  until  Spring 
except  under  the  best  conditions. 
ONIONS  IN  FAIR  POSITION 
The  onion  market  has  shown  some 
weakness,  notwithstanding  the  limited 
supply  available  in  the  principal  produc¬ 
ing  sections.  Foreign  onions  are  subject 
to  a.  tariff  of  lc  a  pound,  but  they  have 
been  coming  to  this  country  at  an  unex¬ 
pectedly  heavy  rate,  sometimes  100  cars 
or  more  in  a  week.  Spanish  onions  are 
landed  usually  at  New  York.  They  are 
large,  mild  stock  and  go  to  a  somewhat 
distinct  class  of  buyers,  mostly  of  foreign 
descent ;  but  the  effect  is  to  weaken  some¬ 
what  the  price  of  domestic  stock.  Hol¬ 
land  also  has  been  shipping  a  few  onions, 
and  Egyptian  exporters  are  making  in¬ 
quiries  regarding  the  opening  for  large 
consignments,  Texas  Bermuda  onions 
will  not  become  very  important  until  late 
in  March  or  perhaps  not  until  April.  The 
crop  down  there  seems  to  be  about  the 
same  size  as  that  of  last  season.  Accord¬ 
ing  to  estimates  made  by  dealers  and  the 
Government  figures,  it  appears  that  there 
remain  from  3.000  to  4.000  cars  of  onions 
to  be  sold.  This  amount  of  stock  could 
be  disposed  of  easily  during  the  rest  of 
the  season  at  the  present  rate  of  ship¬ 
ment.  even  allowing  for  some  reduction 
under  competition  of  Southern  onioiis  late 
in  the  season.  It  seems  that  domestic 
onions  ought  to  hold  at  about  the  present 
price  of  $2.50  to  $3  per  100  lbs.  for  best 
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