864 
Iht  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
June  10,  1023 
S.  C.  W.  Leghorns.  Barred  Rock.  Red  and  Broil¬ 
ers.  8c  and  up  100  percent  delivery  guaranteed. 
F.  B.  LEISTER  -  McAlisterville,  Pa. 
BABY  CHICKS 
S.  C.  W.  Leghorns,  Barred  Rock,  Red  and  Broilers, 
Special  prices  on  large  lots.  Safe  delivery 
guaranteed.  C.  P.  Leister,  McAlisterville,  Pa. 
S.  C.  White  Leghorns. . .  1  Oc  each 
i  8.  C.  Brown  Leghorns. . .  1  Oc  each 
Barred  R.  Rocks .  12c  each 
Mixed,  8c.  Prepaid.  Safe  arrival  and  satisfaction  guar¬ 
anteed.  Circular.  THE  CTCtONE  HATCHERY,  Mlllerxtown,  I'h. 
CHICKS 
CHICKS  10c  Each 
B.  Rock,  1  Ic.  Catalog  Free.  Guar,  satisfaction. 
Seibert  Bros.  Box  R  Elizabethtown,  Pa. 
r’UirifC  s-  c.  Buff,  $12—100.  White  and  Brown  Leg- 
UniljIVO  horns,  *10—100.  Rocks  $12—100.  W. Rocks, 
*14—100.  Reds,  $13— 100.  Mixed.  $0—100.  Send  in  your  or¬ 
der.  Cir.  Free.  JACOB  NIEMOM1,  MoAlhtervlile,  Pa.  80s  2 
CHICKS  From  Hea\>))  Laying  Flocks 
Barred  Rocks.  12c  ;  Reds,  13c,  and  Mixed,  8c.  .100% 
guaranteed.  Circular  free.  B.  W.  AMEY,  Cocolamus.  Pa. 
BIDV  Barron  S,  C.  W.  Leghorns,  Barred 
*  ®  *  Rock,  R.  I.  Reds.  Big,  sturdy,  hardy 
A|j|fivc  chicks,  bred  for  egg  production,  at  lUc 
vnll/IVd  each.  Discount  on  large  orders.  Hatches 
every  week.  Satisfaction  guaranteed.  Catalogue 
free.  C.  M.  Longenecker,  Box  50,  Elizabethtown,  Pa. 
from  pure-bred,  selected-heavy 
laying,  free-ranged  hens.  Pre 
paid  parcel  post.  100  percent 
live  arrival  guaranteed.  Free  circular  and 
price  list  on  request.  Get  it. 
ROSELAWN  POULTRY  FARM  &  HATCHERY 
Ottaville,  Pennsylvania 
White  Wyandotte,  R.  I.  Red,  Barred  Rock 
yearling  hens  laying,  fine  utility  fowls,  32.50  each. 
RIVEROALE  P0U1TRY  FARM  Box  265  Rivertlale,  N.  J. 
Chicks 
9c  and  up.  R.  C.  White  Leghorns,  Barred 
Rock*,  and  mixed.  Circular  mailed  on  request. 
BrooUlde  Farm  M  cAlI*terville,  I'a. 
Bal ay  Clyix  Vo  and  Up 
Get  Johnson’s  reduced  prices  on  chicks  for  June,  July, 
August  and  September.  Grand  catalogue  and  price  list 
free.  JOHNSON'S  HATCHERY,  Ickesburg,  Pa. 
CHICKS 
100%  Guar.  Order  from 
WM.  NACE 
(  8.  C.  'V.  and  Brown  Leghorns, 
<  10c.  Barred  Rocks,  12c; 
1  Reds,  14e  and  Mixed,  8c. 
this  adv.  or  write  for  circular. 
McAlisterville,  Pa. 
CHICK  S- White  Leghorns 
Leghorns,  9e 5  White  Rocks,  12c;  Reds,  18c;  Broilers, 
8c.  Free  Circular.  FRANK  BLUM,  Uashin^lon,  Ohio 
r,IIir,I/C[  Hock*,  Wyandotte*.  Leghorn*,  An- 
conuM.  Get  our  June  Prices  Cat¬ 
alog.  Reference.  RELIABLE  HATCHERY,  McAlisterville.  Pa.  Box  6 
I  ariro  Fine  Poultry,  Turkeys,  Geese.  Rucks, 
LalcoOlUkK  Guinea*,  Ilaiituin*,  Pigeon*,  Collie*. 
Stock  and  eggs.  Catalog.  PIONEER  farms.  Telford,  Fa. 
TirmilV’C  SUPERIOR 
lirrAlll  oducklings 
Mammoth  Pekin,  Giant  Rouen  and  Indian  Runner 
Ducklings  at  $35  per  100;  $160  per  BOO ;  $300  per  1,000. 
Parcel  Post  Prepaid.  Safe  arrival  guaranteed. 
THREE  MOS.OLD  DUCKLINGS,  $1 .50  Each 
BREEDING  Drakes&  Ducks,  1  Yr.  Old,  $2.50  Each 
ALDHAM  POULTRY  FARM,  R.  34.  Phoenixville.  Pa. 
DAY-OLD-DUCKLINGS  { 
From  selected  and  properly  mated  stock.  The  kind 
that  live  and  grow.  WAYNE  COUNTY  DUCK  FARM 
AND  HATCHERY  CO„  Clyde,  N.  Y. 
Beautiful  Gold  Back  .Mammoth  Bronze  Turkey 
Eggs  for  Hatching.  Selected  from  our  best  yards. 
THOMAS  B.EILY  -  Plymouth,  Mass. 
BREEDERS  AND  EGGS 
Chickens,  Ducks,  Geese,  Turkeys.  Catalogue  Free. 
Satisfaction  Guaranteed. 
H.  A.  SOUDER  Box  29  Sellersvllle,  Pa. 
Pf^j  DUCKLINGS 
Hatching  Eggs 
Price  List  Free 
PARDEE  *  PEKINS,lilip,h  r. 
HATCHING^GGS  PEKIN  sings 
BEAUANDOT  DUCK  RANCH,  Sag  Harbor,  Long  blind.  N.  r. 
Mayroyd  Poultry  Farm 
BREEDERS  OF  SINGLE  COMB  WHITE  LEGHORNS  AND  BARRED 
PLYMOUTH  ROCKS  "  THAT  LAY  AND  PAY.” 
PULLETS,  HEIMS,  COCKS,  COCKERELS 
NEW  DORP  HEIGHTS  Box  B  Staten  Island,  N.Y. 
^LEGHORN  CHIXp*7oo 
Bank  Ref.  Circular.  Geo.  Cullen,  Elkview,  Pa. 
MARCH  PULLETS 
WHITE  LEGHORNS 
Splendid  free  range  stock.  Guaranteed  layers. 
•  1.50  each.  Arthur  G.  Abrecht,  Farmingdale,  N.  J. 
HAMPTON'S  Black  LEGHORN  CHICKS 
Get  my  free  circular  before  you  order  chicks.  Tells  why 
the  SLACK  LEGHORN  is  the  greatest  layer  and  most  profit¬ 
able  breed  on  earth.  Write  today. 
A.  E.  HAMPTON  Box  R  PITTSTOWN,  N.  J. 
IJ  A  DV  r'Uirire  From  Davis  Strain  of  Certified 
D/iDI  S.  C.W.LEG  HORNS 
For  16  years  have  culled  and  bred  for  size,  vigor 
and  heavy  egg  production.  Strong  chicks  which 
develop  into  prolific  layers  of  large  white  eggs.  Pa¬ 
rent  stock  250  to  315-egg  strain.  No  better  chicks. 
Write  for  prices,  ARCHER  W  DAVIS  Mt  Sinai  I.  I  ,  N  Y. 
OELLULO I D  LEG  BANDS 
Cull  your  flock;  band  good  layers;  eliminate  loafers  that 
ate  your  profits.  Green,  Black,  Yellow,  Pink.  Sixty 
cents  hundred,  postpaid.  Mention  breed  of  fowl. 
COLONIAL  ART  CO.  -  Westfield,  Mass. 
Jersey 
Black  Giants 
JUNE  11  and  18  DELIVERY 
CHICKS 
$25.00  per  100 
13.00  per  50 
7.00  per  25 
There  are  none  better  at  any 
Erice.  They  are  not  show  birds, 
ut  breed  for  their  size  chicks 
from  above  delivery,  and  capo- 
nized  eight  to  ten  weeks  later 
will  weigh  from  eight  to  twelve 
pounds  in  the  fall. 
We  guarantee  safe  delivery 
1200  miles.  Check  or  money- 
order  must  be  sent  with  order; 
cannot  ship  C.  O.  D.  One  year 
old  Hens  and  Cockerels,  $6.00 
each,  6  hens  and  cockerel  $30.00. 
PEDR1CK  POULTRY  FARMS 
Flemington,  N.  J. 
Jersey  Black  Giant  EGGS^'^l* 
of  June.  Sent  parcel  post  prepaid— insured.  $3  25 
per  setting  15;  3  settings,  $9.  Upham  strain.  9  to  10- 
lb.  cockerels,  $5.  JACOB  WELSH,  Fairmount,  Califon,  N.  J. 
3TERSEYZE3  LAC  KGrl  ANTS 
America’s  Premier  heavy-weight  Fowl.  Fast  grow¬ 
ers;  Heavy  layers;  Yellow  skin.  Free  descriptive 
Catalog  and  Price  List.  CM.  PAGE  S  SONS.  Box  199  Belmor.  H.  J. 
■ - I - 
Jersey  Black  Giant  PULLETS 
10  weeks  old.  Rig,  healthy  birds,  83. 
BLAUVELT  -  Mata  wan,  N.  J. 
300  Jersey  Black  Giants  $2.50  to  $5.  Also  breeding 
stock.  O.  E.  LOWER  Y,  Vineland,  N.  *T,  Rox  83,  11.  8 
Jersey  Black  Giant  Eggs  — 100,  prepaid.  Fertility 
guaranteed  Lewis  Compton  Bias  Creek,  N.  J. 
PARKS’  Bred-to-Lay 
Barred  Plymouth  Rocks 
Lead  the  World  as  Layers. 
Bred  for  EGGS  since  1889. 
Records  up  to  325  eggs  a  year. 
Continuous  records  up  to  148 
eggs  in  148  days.  Pulletslay¬ 
ing  at  113  and  114  days.  Out- 
layed  over  2600  birds  in  five 
Mo.  Laying  Contests. 
BLUE  RIBBON  WINNERS  at  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
Philadelphia.  Pa.,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  Dayton,  O., 
Washington,  D.  C.,  etc.  Beal  Money  Makers. 
Mrs.  Miller’s  flock  averaged  210  eggs,  net  profit  $8.09 
per  hen;  Mrs.  Wunch  sold  over  $157  worth  of  eggs; 
Mr.  Wilson  over  $2601  Air.  Carr,  Indian  Head,  Md., 
made  over  $800  from  flock  of  53  hens. 
Kggs  and  Chicks  at  Half  Price 
16-Page  Cir.  Free.  Large  General  80-Page  Catalog,  25c. 
Member  Int.  Chick  Assp. 
J.  W.  PARKS,  Box  Y,  ALTOONA,  PA. 
YAMA  FARMS 
S.  C.  Black  Minorcas  and  Barred  Rocks 
Minorcas  lay  the  largest  clialk-white  hen  eggs  known. 
The  size  of  the  birds  make  them  more  desirable  for  the 
table  than  any  Mediterranean.  Hens  weigh  7  and  8  lbs. 
Red  comb  and  wattles,  long  bodied,  greenish  black 
plumage.  Standard  bred  Barred  Rocks.  Exhibition 
Minorca  and  Rock  eggs,  35.00  a  setting  ;  Utility  $2.00 
a  setting  or  in  100  lots,  Minorcas  $1  0.00  ;  Barrec  Rocks 
$8.00.  Minorca  chicks  22c;  Barred  Rocks  $17.00  a 
hundred.  Address,  POULTRY  DEPT,  of  YAMA  FARMS, 
Edward  B.  Taylor,  Supt.  Napanoch,  Ulster  Co.,  N.Y. 
STURDY  CHICKS  Jsunec12‘V9‘ l  eg¬ 
horns,  11c:  Barred  Rocks,  S.  C.  Reds,  White  Wy- 
andottes,  14c.  Order  from  this  adv.  Sent  Prepaid. 
Full  count.  SUNNY  SIDE  POULTRY  FARM.  Copper  Hill,  N.  J. 
CHICKS  Laying  Strain  BarredRocks 
13c;  mixed,  10c.  100%  delivery  guaranteed.  Parcel 
Post  prepaid  pamph.  R.  J.  EHRISMAN,  McAlisterville, Pa. 
rapnested  Barred  Rooks.  8  wks. Chicks,  Stock.  Cir¬ 
culars  free.  ARTHUR  L.  SEARLES,  Box  N.  Milford, Ne  w  llamp.hii. 
S.  G.  W.  LEGHORN  PULLETS 
We  are  offering  for  sale  8-10  weeks  old  Single  Comb 
White  Leghorn  Pullets  at  $1.26  each.  In  lots  of 
50  or  more  $1.16  each.  These  pullets  are  all  milk- 
fed,  healthy  and  vigorous.  They  are  nearly  all 
raised  from  certified  stock  and  are  exactly  the 
same  as  we  will  use  in  our  own  pens.  Remember, 
in  these  pullets  you  get  the  benefit  of  our  20  years  of 
line-breeding  for  size  and  egg  production.  Some  are 
ready  for  i  mmediate  delivery.  Order  direct  from  this 
ad.  No  circulars.  V  CORNERS  POULTRY  FARM, 
L.  J.  WEED  &  SON,  Props.,  Ballston  Spa,  N.  Y. 
Idyldell  Farm  Standard  Quality  Chicks 
WOLCOTT,  NEW  YORK 
May  Chicks  all  sold.  June  Chicks,  Barred 
Ilocks,  Rhode  Island  Reds,  Anconas,  $16.00  per 
100;  Black  Minorcas,  White  Wvandottes,  $18.00 
per  100;  White,  Brown  and  Black  Leghorns, 
$14.00  per  100 ;  Indian  Runner  Ducklings,  $25,00  per  100. 
We  hatch  all  chicks  from  extra  heavy,  bred-to-lay  stock. 
100#  live  delivery  guaranteed.  Order  direct  from  this 
ad.  and  save  delay.  Orders  booked  with  25#  deposit. 
Yearling  liens,  $1.00,  $1.25  and  $1.50  each. 
SCHWEGLER’S  “THOR-O-BRED”  BABY  chicks 
LIVE  AND  GROW  BIG 
Order  direct  from  this  ad.  Ask  for  onr  free  chick  book. 
While,  Brown,  Buff  Leghorns  . 
Barred  Rox,  R.  I.  Reds,  Anconas 
White  Wyandettes  A  Whlta  Rox... 
Black  Minorca* . 
Buff  Orpington* . 
F.  A.  SCHWEGLER, 
Per  500 
.  $62  GO 
.  70.00 
.  77.60 
.  82.50 
.  87.60 
207  Northampton  Street, 
Per  I  00  Per  50  Per  26 
$13.00  $7.00  $3.75 
14.50  7  75  4.00 
16.00  8.50  4  50 
17.00  9.00  4.76 
18  00  8.60  5.00 
BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 
The  Henyard 
Cooked  Beans  for  Poultry 
Is  it  advisable  to  feed  beans  (cooked) 
in  limited  quantities  to  laying  hens?  .  If 
so  what  proportion  may  be  advantag¬ 
eously  fed  ?  i.  N.  v. 
Newfield,  N.  Y. 
Beans  appear  to  be  little  fed  to  poultry, 
being  usually  reserved  for  humans,  hogs 
and  sheep.  They  contain  nearly  twice 
the  amount  of  crude  protein  of  corn  and 
I  know  of  no  reason  why  they  should  not 
be  suitable  food  for  hens.  If  I  had  some 
to  dispose  of  through  my  flock,  I  should 
feed  them  in  limited  quantity  with  the 
other  foods,  trying  them  out  in  the  pro¬ 
portion  of  perhaps  from  one-third  to  one- 
half  the  amount  of  cornmeal  that  I  would 
otherwise  use.  It  may  be  that  they  can 
be  fed  in  unlimited  quantity,  but,  hav¬ 
ing  had  no  experience  with  them,  and 
knowing  nothing  of  that  of  others,  I 
cannot  advise  definitely.  M.  B.  D. 
Blackhead;  Laying  Ration 
1.  Will  you  describe  blackhead  in  tur¬ 
keys,  and  can  it  be  distinguished  from 
cholera?  2.  Will  you  give  me  a  good  lay¬ 
ing  ration  for  hens  that  are  just  allowed 
to  go  wherever  they  wish?  I  have  mostly 
White  ’Wyandottes.  I  feed  in  the  morn¬ 
ing  a  commercial  mash,  leaving  out  the 
beef  scrap,  mixed  with  semi-solid  butter¬ 
milk  until  it  is  crumbly.  At  night  whole 
corn  or  corn  and  oats,  whichever  I  have. 
The  hens  lay,  and  the  eggs  average  quite 
large,  much  larger  than  the  general  run 
of  eggs.  I  always  get  eggs  in  Winter, 
even  when  most  farmers  do  not.  I  do 
not  have  any  trouble  with  the  hens  going 
off  their  feed.  Is  this  a  good  way  to  feed? 
Is  it  economical?  How  much  mash  ought 
a  dozen  hens  to  have?  My  idea  is  to  get 
a  proper  ration  for  hens  that  do  not  re¬ 
ceive  any  extra  care.  c.  I.  P. 
1.  “Blackhead”  in  turkeys  shows  itself 
from  two  weeks  to  several  months  of  age, 
the  first  thing  noted  usually  being  symp¬ 
toms  of  weakness.  The  affected  poults 
drag  behind  their  fellows,  travel  with  a 
peculiar  trot,  stopping  often  to  rest,  then, 
as  the  disease  progresses,  droop  their 
wings,  exhibit  lack  of  appetite,  show 
more  or  less  diarrhoea,  and,  perhaps,  a 
dark  discoloration  of  the  head,  though 
this  latter  symptom  is  not  characteristic 
of  this  disease  alone.  If  picked  up,  they 
are  found  to  be  emaciated,  and  an  au¬ 
topsy  will  disclose  an  enlarged  liver,  per¬ 
haps  with  spots  upon  it,  and  diseased 
blind  pouches  of  the  intestines  filled  with 
cheesy  matter.  The  diarrhoea  may  cause 
you  to  call  the  trouble  cholera,  hut  it  isn’t. 
2.  I  think  that  you  will  get  as  good  re¬ 
sults  by  feeding  a  moist  mash,  as  you  are 
doing,  in  the  morning,  and  all  the  grain 
that  the  hens  will  eat  the  last  thing  at 
night,  as  by  keeping  a  dry  mash  always 
before  them.  Your  hens  having  free 
range  of  the  farm  will  pick  up  a  great 
deal  for  themselves  through  the  day,  but 
not  enough  for  best  egg  production  if 
compelled  to  depend  upon  their  foraging. 
Your  commercial  mash  is  probably  good, 
but  you  can  make  your  own  by  mixing 
cornmeal,  ground  oats,  wheat  bran  and 
middlings  in  equal  parts,  by  weight,  and 
using  skim  or  semi-solid  buttermilk  with 
it.  The  hens  should  have  all  that  they 
will  quicklv  clean  up  at  both  feedings. 
M.  B.  D. 
White  Diarrhoea 
This  year  we  are  hatching  our  own 
chickens  in  a  250-egg  incubator ;  had 
oue  hatch  off  April  1.  135  very  strong, 
sturdy-looking  chicks.  Now  they  are  two 
weeks  old;  we  have  30  chicks  left.  All 
died  with  white  diarrhoea.  What  causes 
white  diarrhoea?  Last  year  we  fed  a  pre¬ 
pared  buttermilk  mash  that  came  with 
the  chickens.  This  year  we  fed  boiled 
eggs  and  oatmeal  for  a  week,  then  a 
mash  of  bran,  cornmeal.  fine  cracked  corn, 
with  just  a  pinch  of  beef  scrap,  and  once 
a  day  gave  a  baby  chick  feed.  AVe  have 
four  hens  with  these  chicks.  c.  w. 
New  York. 
Your  heavy  losses  from  white  diarrhoea 
indicate  that  you  have  the  true  bacillary 
type  of  the  disease  in  your  flock,  and  that 
it  will  probably  continue  until  you  get 
rid  of  the  carriers  that  keep  it  in  exist¬ 
ence.  This  disease  is  conveyed  to  the 
chicks,  not  only  by  contact  and  through 
food  and  water,  but  by  germs  contained 
in  the  eggs  from  infected  hens  and  trans¬ 
mitted  to  the  chicks  hatched  from  them. 
If  you  are  baching  from  the  survivors  of 
last  year’s  flock,  you  are  probably  hatch¬ 
ing  infected  chicks  from  the  carriers  of 
the  disease  among  those  survivors.  In¬ 
fected  chicks  that  live  to  grow  up  may 
carry  the  germs  for  years  and  become 
the  source  of  continued  infection.  When 
such  heavy  losses  from  white  diarrhoea 
occur  in  several  flocks  upon  the  same 
farm,  it  is  probably  best  to  dispose  of  all 
the  stock,  young  and  old.  thoroughly 
clean  up  and  disinfect  quarters  and  uten¬ 
sils  and  start  again  with  stock  from  r 
flock  known  to  be  free  from  the  trouble. 
There  is  no  cure  for  true  white  diarrhoea, 
but  it  should  he  prevented  by  avoiding 
the  source  of  infection.  Not  all  “white 
diarrhoeas”  are  of  the  bacillary  type, 
caused  by  a  disease  germ ;  some  are  due 
to  improper  brooding,  feeding,  etc. 
Chicks  will  do  better  in  flocks  of  not 
more  than  300,  though  experienced  poul- 
trymen  may  succeed  wflth  a  greater  num¬ 
ber  together.  White  oak  tea  would  be 
an  astringent,  possibly  of  some  use  in 
simple  diarrhoea,  but  not  a  cure  for  true 
white  diarrhoea.  M.  B.  D. 
Injury  to  Oviduct 
I  am  keeping  63  pullets,  Leghorns  and 
Wyandottes.  Yesterday  I  found  one  of 
the  Leghorns  with  feathers  about  vent 
soaked  with  blood  and  some  of  the  organs 
protruding.  As  she  was  very  weak,  I 
killed  her.  This  evening  I  found  one  of 
the  Wyandottes  in  about  the  same  con¬ 
dition,  except  she  was  dead.  I  am  feed¬ 
ing  scratch  in  litter  morning  and  evening, 
sprouted  oats  at  noon,  about  what  they 
clean  up  in  10  minutes.  Mash,  grit  and 
shells  before  them  at  all  times.  They 
have  been  laying  better  than  60  per  cent 
since  December  15.  They  have  been  eat¬ 
ing  about  four  times  as  much  scratch  as 
mash.  c.  C.  D. 
Orange,  N.  J. 
This  is  an  accident  of  frequent  occur¬ 
rence  in  flocks  of  pullets  that  are  laying 
heavily,  and  I  know  of  no  practicable 
way  of  preventing  it.  The  oviduct  becomes 
inflamed  and  everted,  perhaps  due  in  con¬ 
siderable  measure  to  efforts  to  expel  an 
overly  large  egg.  and  the  injury  to  the 
parts  may  soon  cause  death  or  bring 
about  an  attack  on  the  injured  bird  by 
other  members  of  the  flock,  with  killing 
by  them.  If  the  bird  is  found  before 
death,'  the  protruding  parts  may  be 
cleaned  in  warm  water,  oiled  and  re¬ 
placed.  A  dose  of  Epsom  salts  (one  tea- 
spoonful,  dissolved  in  a  little  water,  may 
help  to  relieve  the  congestion  and  inflam¬ 
mation  and  promote  recovery.  Heavy 
feeding  and  close  confinement  undoubtedly 
tend  to  bring  this  trouble  on,  but  there 
is  also  very  likely  a  constitutional  weak¬ 
ness  upon  the  part  of  the  bird  which 
renders  her  unable  to  stand  up  under 
modern  forcing  methods  of  egg  produc¬ 
tion.  If  the  condition  becomes  common 
in  the  flock,  the  use  of  Epsom  salts  as 
a  physic,  1  lb.  to  each  100  fowls,  dis¬ 
solved  in  all  the  water  that  the  birds  will 
drink  during  the  day,  should  be  of  benefit. 
M.  B.  D. 
Countrywide  Produce  Situation 
OLD  POTATOES  LOW  ;  PLENTY  OF  STRAW¬ 
BERRIES  ;  INS  AND  OUTS  OF  SELLING 
BY  AUCTION/  THE  CORN  BELT  FLOUR¬ 
ISHING. 
The  potato  situation  is  drawing  to  a 
close  without  excitement.  The  price  holds 
at^  about  $1  to  $1.25  per  100  lbs.  in 
Western  cities  and  somewhat  more  in 
the  East.  There  is  still  plenty  of  stock 
left  in  the  North  Central  States  but  the 
public  is  not  buying  liberally.  Quality  of 
old  potatoes  is  nothing  extra  at  this  "sea¬ 
son  to  those  who  have  had  a  taste  from 
the  new  crop.  To  be  sure,  the  price  of 
new  potatoes  is  four  times  the  price  of 
old  stock,  but  what  care  the  city  work¬ 
men  at  $10  to  $15  per  day — while  it  lasts. 
FRUIT  MARKETS  QUIET 
The  apple  market  has  simmered  down, 
too,  and  most  of  the  interest  is  in  the 
next  crop  which  promises  well  so  far  for 
an  off  year. 
The  markets  are  full  of  strawberries 
from  the  Middle  and  LTpper  South.  Too 
much  rain  caused  soft  berries  and  much 
decay,  and  the  sales  prices,  as  the  aver¬ 
age  runs,  will  hardly  suit  the  shippers. 
Some  fruit  ranges  10  to  20  cents  and 
poor  stuff  from  3  cents  up. 
SELLING  FRUIT  BY  AUCTION 
The  sale  of  fruit  by  auction  is  gaining 
in  favor.  Its  volume  has  doubled  in  the 
past  five  years.  This  plan  is  employed 
regularly  in  only  a  dozen  or  so  of  the 
large  city  markets,  all  of  them  east  of 
the  Mississippi.  It  seems  to  appeal 
chiefly  to  distant  shippers,  like  the  Cali¬ 
fornia  fruit  men  or  the  banana  importers. 
It  has  been  tried  occasionally  for  East¬ 
ern  fruits  and  vegetables  without  much 
success.  The  trouble  is  that  the  Eastern 
packs  are  so  little  known  and  so  ir¬ 
regular  that  they  cannot  he  sold  by  sam¬ 
ple.  There  is  no  time  at  an  auction  to 
weigh  and  dig  into  every  package.  The 
main  advantages  claimed  are  first  that 
a  prompt  cash  sale  is  sure  at  some  price 
for  any  amount  of  stock,  and,  second,  the 
price  is  a  matter  of  public  record  and 
the  shipper  knows  what  was  paid.  The 
cost  is  a  little  less  for  selling,  hut  as  the 
average  auction  price  is  often  below  the 
regular  market  it  is  a  question  whether 
the  shipper  gets  more  by  selling  at  auc¬ 
tion.  He  usually  employs  a  broker  or 
other  agent  to  look  after  his  interests  at 
the  auction  and  that  means  more  expense. 
CENTRAL  WEST  FLOURISHING 
More  or  less  sympathy  has  been  lav¬ 
ished  on  the  farmers  of  the  corn  belt  for 
the  past  two  years,  but  some  items  re¬ 
ported  lately  show  at  least  quite  a  hang¬ 
over  from  times  of  greater  prosperity. 
Thus  in  1922  Indiana  farmers  owned 
110,000  automobiles,  or  at  least  one  to 
every  second  farm.  In  Iowa  three  out 
of  four  farmers  owned  automobiles  an  1 
in  all  the  Midwestern  States  there  is 
quite  a  percentage  of  electrical  equip¬ 
ment,  heating  plants  and  many  varieties 
of  modern  household  appliances  scarcely 
ever  seen  in  country  districts  10  years 
ago.  G.  B.  T. 
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