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E.  W.  ROSS  Ensilage  Cotter  and  Silo  CO.  _ 
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Savins*  FACTS ! 
L-IERE  is  a  high-grade,  medium- 
priced  silo  which  can  easily  be 
erected,  by  one  man,  in  spare  time. 
It  is  acid-proof,  rust-proof, 
fire-proof.  It  is  air-tight  and  practically 
freeze-proof.  And  it  is  the  silo  for 
lifetime  service! 
The  ROSS 
IN-DE-STRUCTO 
Galvanized  C II  A 
Metal  OlLU 
Rosa  quality  has  meant  dependable 
quality — for  more  than  70  years.  Ross 
Silos — and  Ross  Ensilage  Cutters — are  giv¬ 
ing  100%  satisfaction  in  every  corn-grow¬ 
ing  section  of  the  United 
States.  With 'he“In-de- 
str-uct-o"  Silo,  made 
of  Special  “In-de-str- 
uct-o'*  Metal,  heavily 
galvanized,  you  can 
positively  depend  upon 
perfect  milage  al¬ 
ways —  bright,  sweet, 
and  clean,  end  99% 
Food  Value.  _  There's 
no  spoilage  with  a  Ross 
—and  no  necessity  for 
repairs  of  any  kind. 
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E.  W.  ROSS  Ensilage 
Cutter  and  Silo  CO. 
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Strainer 
A.  Strainer  Funnel. 
B.  Sterilized  cotton  through  which 
milk  MUST  GO. 
C.  Coarse  wire  screen  ring  for  clamp¬ 
ing  cotton  pad  to  bottom  of 
funnel. 
D.  Wire  clamp. 
When  you  buy  the  Dr.  Clark  Purity 
Milk  Strainer,  you  are  on  absolutely 
safe  ground.  For  we  guarantee  our 
Dr.  Clark  to  remove  every  last  bit 
of  sediment  from  milk,  no  matter 
how  fine  it  may  be,  and  no  other 
strainer  will.  Make  us  prove  it. 
The  10-quart  size  is  ample  for  ordinary 
herds  with  no  more  than  two  persons  milk¬ 
ing.  The  18-quart  size  is  ample  for  large 
herds,  with  several  persons  milking,  or 
using  a  milking  machine. 
Simple,  durable,  inexpensive.  No  cloths. 
No  fine  wire  gauze  to  wear  out.  But  a 
mighty  good  strainer  which  gets  all  the 
sediment  without  fuss  or  waste  of  time. 
If  your  dealer  can’t  supply  you,  write 
PURITY  STAMPING  CO. 
Battle  Creek,  Mich. 
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The  Rural  New-Yorker  and  you’ll  get 
a  quick  reply  and  a  “square  deal.”  See 
guarantee  editorial  page.  :  :  : 
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Countrywide  Produce  Situation 
ROUGH  BEGINNING  OF  CROP  SEASON- 
PLENTY  OF  SOUTHERN  PRODUCE  LEFT 
- WHY  CABBAGE  WAS  SCARCE — FOLLOW¬ 
ING  CROP  AND  MARKET  NEWS. 
One  cold  spell  after  another  marks  the 
progress  of  what  began  as  a  treacherous 
season.  The  mid-April  freeze  is  reported 
to  have  affected  the  peach  outlook  as  far 
north  as  Western  New  York,  although 
the  peach  crop  is  one  that  will  stand  a 
lot  of  mild  “killings.”  Southern  truck 
crops,  too,  always  make  a  strong  come¬ 
back  after  freezes  which  seem  like  general 
ruin. 
PLENTY  OF  PRODUCE  COMING 
The  actual  shipments  of  Southern 
fruits  and  vegetables  this  season  thus  far 
have  been  greater  than  in  early  1922. 
The  markets  have  received  one-third  more 
Southern  lettuce,  celery  and  spinach,  and 
three  times  as  many  strawberries,  and 
20  per  Cent  more  of  mixed  early  vege¬ 
tables,  such  as  bunch  beets,  carrots,  tur¬ 
nips  and  peppers,  and  the  like,  and  about 
the  same  quantity  as  last  year  of  early 
tomatoes  and  cauliflower.  The  only 
early  shortage  was  in  Florida  and  Texas 
potatoes  and  in  Texas  onions. 
Most  farm  products  are  still  selling 
higher  than  a  few  months  ago.  The  chief 
exception  is  cotton,  which  jumped  a  little 
too  far  and  slipped  back  again  to  below 
30c.  Also  such  lines  as  butter  and  eggs, 
which  usually  go  down  in  the  Spring.  The 
general  average  of  farm  prices  has  gained 
slowly  but  steadily  for  three  months  past. 
The  rise  seems  to  be  a  part  of  the  general 
price  advance  that  always  occurs  during 
times  of  business  activity.  The  farmer 
is  getting  more  and  paying  more,  but 
gaining  just  a  little  in  net  prosperity. 
He  still  is  worse  off  than  before  the  war, 
but  he  is  going  in  the  right  direction,  and 
likely  to  have  a  good  year  if  the  weather 
is  right  and  the  growers  do  not  overplant. 
don’t  overplant 
Potatoes  may  be  plentiful  again.  Farm¬ 
ers  have  plenty  of  seed  stock  left,  and  it 
is  hard  to  keep  from  planting  it  freely. 
Southern  potatoes  started  high,  and  the 
price  kept  up  because  of  lighter  planting 
and  the  frost  damage.  The  usual' advice 
of  those  who  are  familiar  with  the  early 
outlook  the  country  over  is  to  plant  pota¬ 
toes  about  as  usual,  but  no  more.  The 
chances  seem  to  be  in  favor  of  high  prices 
for  the  Northern  Crop,  as  compared  with 
last  season,  but  there  are  no  clear  indica¬ 
tions  and  will  not  be  until  the  first  re¬ 
ports  in  June  or  July. 
THE  CABBAGE  DOLLAR 
The  old  cabbage  season  ended  without 
any  blaze  of  glory,  but  respectably  at 
about  $40  per  ton  average  in  the  city 
markets.  The  consumer  paid  just  about 
double  that  price.  It  appears  that  the 
producers  in  one  of  the  big  shipping  and 
storage  sections,  say  in  Western  New 
York  or  Wisconsin,  received  about  25c 
out  of  every  dollar  that  the  consumer  paid 
for  cabbage.  City  dealers  and  city  ex¬ 
penses  at  50c,  and  the  country  dealers 
and  the  railroads  25c.  Those  growers 
who  sold  through  co-operative  associations 
did  a  little  better,  but  not  very  much.  It 
is  the  city  costs  that  take  the  heaviest 
toll. 
The  grower  who  peddled  out  his  cab¬ 
bage  during  the  Fall  and  Winter  received 
all  of  the  retail  dollar,  but  used  a  great 
deal  of  time,  and  probably  lost  much 
from  decay  and  from  bad  bills.  If  he  fig¬ 
ures  everything  into  the  account  he  will 
probably  conclude  that  it  is  worth  about 
half  the  receipts  to  peddle  the  produce 
from  house  to  bouse.  But  this  means  fair 
pay  for  horse  and  man  during  the  dull 
season,  and  the  plan  is  all  very  well  for  a 
small  crop.  The  grower  with  many  acres 
must  ask  for  help  from  the  dealers. 
There  was  a  decrease  in  early  Southern 
cabbage,  but  it  came  from  late  planting 
rather  than  from  freezing.  Most  of  the 
Southern  cabbage  shipped  in  the  early 
Spring  comes  from  Florida  and  Texas. 
The  growers  in  these  great  cabbage  States 
were  hard  hit  last  season  when  prices 
went  so  low  that  the  crop  often  did  not 
pay  for  shipping.  The  cabbage  crop  and 
most  other  crops  in  the  far  South  are 
grown  on  credit  or  loans,  but  in  many 
sections  the  growers  could  not  raise  the 
means  to  grow  cabbage  this  season  be¬ 
cause  of  their  heavy  losses  and  debts  hold¬ 
ing  over  from  last  year,  and  they  had  lost 
some  of  their  courage,  anyhow.-  But  cab¬ 
bage  is  a  crop  which  is  quickly  increased 
in  the  South,  as  there  are  always  plenty 
of  plants  in  some  of  the  seed  beds.  Crop 
and  market  news  travels  by  radio  nowa¬ 
days.  When  the  growers  a  little  further 
north  heard  of  the  shortage  in  the  far 
South  and  noted  the  high  prices,  they 
started^  setting  plants  in  Alabama,  Mis¬ 
sissippi  and  South  Carolina,  and  now 
plenty  of  cabbage  is  being  shipped. 
G.  B.  F. 
Wool  Notes 
The  market  on  raw  wool  is  quiet,  but 
price  outlook  firm.  Recent  business  is 
reported  at:  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania 
fine  delaine,  56  to  58c ;  half-blood,  55  to 
56c;  three-eighths  blood.  52  to  53c;  quar¬ 
ter  blood.  50  to  51c.  Michigan  and  New 
York  delaine,  55c ;  half-blood.  53  to  54c ; 
three-eighths  blood.  54  to  55c;  quarter 
blood.  52c.  New  England,  half-blood.  50 
to  52c :  three-eighths  blood,  55  to  56c ; 
quarter-blood,  50  to  51c.  Texas  scoured. 
$1.25  to  $1.42;  Territory,  half-blood, 
combing,  $1.30  to  $1.32. 
The  Farmer 
above  all  others  should  keep  his  buildings  well 
painted.  The  Reason:  His  products  are  food¬ 
stuffs,  and  most  people  prefer  to  eat  clean  food, 
or,  like  to  think  they  are  eating  that  which  has 
been  produced  and  handled  under  sanitary  con¬ 
ditions.  Now  the  power  of  suggestion  is  very 
strong,  and  to  see  a  well-painted,  neat  appear¬ 
ing  set  of  farm  buildings  is  bound  to  start  a 
healthy  hunger  for  a  real  farm  dinner;  this  in 
turn  will  mean  many  sales  of  produce  for  the 
owner — business  that  never  would  stop  at  the 
door  of  the  run-down,  rusty,  rotting  and  smelly 
farm  buildings  frequently  seen.  The  Farmer 
who  is  a  user  of 
American  Seal 
Paints  and  Specialties 
is  the  one  who  is  getting  the  business  and  the  top- 
notch  prices  for  his  products.  Any  user  of  “American 
Seal”  knows  he  has  a  paint  which  is  no  new  and  untried 
experiment.  For  71  years  this  Company  has  been 
making  absolutely  unbeatable  paints — you  will  know 
them  by  the  registered  trade  mark  “Seal.”  Be  sure  to 
get  it  on  the  can  or  package.  Our  dealer  nearest  you 
will  gladly  supply  Color  Cards  and  full  information 
regarding  our  products  for  use  on  your  work  this 
Spring.  If  you  have  no  dealer  write  direct  to  the 
manufacturer. 
The  Wm.  Connors  Paint  Mfg.  Co. 
Farm  Service  Dept.  Troy,  N.  Y. 
Fence  Prices  Lower 
Sold  Direct  from  Factory 
Wonderful  money  saving 
opportunity  for  fence  buyers.  Fa- , 
mous  Peerless  Fence  now  selling  for  as  low  as  17c  i 
rod— lowest  prices  ever  quoted  on  Peerless  fence. , 
P|>p  ST  Write  today  for  104-page  catalog  giv- 
ing  low  direct  from  factory  prices  on 
Fence,  Gates,  Barb  Wire,  Steel  Posts, 
Roofing  and  Paints.  Since  Peerless’  big 
factories  opened  their  doors  direct  to 
farmers  it  means  a  clear  saving  of  40%. 
Write  for  catalog  today. 
PEERLESS  WIRE  &  PENCE  CO. 
O.pt.  4308  CLEVELAND,  OHIO  a 
Factories  at 
Cleveland,  O.,  Adrian,  Mich.,  Memphis.Tann. 
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Clanship.  Made  also  in  four  larger  sizes  up  I 
No.  5  1*2  shown  here  ;  sold  on 
30  DAYS'  FREE  TRIAL 
and  on  a  plan  whereby  they  earn  their  own 
cost  and  more  by  what  they  save.  Postal 
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CRAINE  SILO  CO. 
Box  160 
Norwich,  New  York 
BEFORE  you  buy  a  silo,  send 
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Crasco,  steel  rodded  Silos. 
They  are  the  result  of  many  years 
of  silo  building.  Made  of  strong, 
selected  tongue  and  grooved 
stock. 
Craine  bail  hinged  refrigerator  doors 
insure  tight  closing  and  easy  open¬ 
ing.  Craine  door  front  ladder  built  for 
convenience. 
Made  by  builders 
of  famous  Craine 
Triple  Wall  Silos 
for  those  who  want 
a  single  wall  silo  at 
lower  cost. 
