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Organized  Co-operation 
A  NEW  BOOK 
By  JOHN  J.  DILLON 
This  book  is  written  in  three 
parts. 
PART  ONE.— The  Develop¬ 
ment  of  the  Agricultural  Indus¬ 
try.  In  five  chapters. 
PART  TWO.  —  Fundamental 
Principles  and  Adaptable  Forms 
of  Co-operative  Organization.  In 
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PART  THREE.  —  Application 
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This  is  a  new  treatment  of  the 
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It  has  been  mostly  propaganda 
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The  Rural  New-Yorker,  333  West  30th  St.,  New  York 
Countrywide  Produce  Situation 
PEAK  OF  SUPPLY  FORCES  PRICES  DOWN  AS 
USUAL — STILL  HIGHER  THAN  IN  1922 — 
WESTERN  APPLE  PACK  IN  THE  EAST - 
HOW  TO  SELL  POTATOES 
Most  fruits  and  vegetables  have  tended 
downward  the  past  two  months.  This 
was  to  be  expected.  Summer  prices  were 
high  because  drought  and  other  bad  con¬ 
ditions  made  the  early  crop  short.  But 
the  late  crops  were  generally  fair  to  good. 
The  markets  were  supplied  more  and 
more  liberally  week  by  week,  reaching 
the  climax  near  the  middle  of  October, 
when  produce  was  moving  at  the  rate  of 
about  5,000  cars  a  day,  as  compared  with 
some  3,000  cars  usual  average  for  the 
year.  Such  price  declines  are  nothing  un¬ 
usual  for  this  time  of  year.  The  question 
is,  how  far  will  recovery  go  when  ship¬ 
ments  fall  off  and  the  demand  increases 
because  of  colder  weather  or  the  coming 
holiday  season. 
ARE  PRICES  LOW? 
Prices  of  fruits  and  vegetables  still  av¬ 
erage  better  than  a  year  ago.  Potatoes 
are  50c  per  100  lbs.  higher  than  in  1922 
in  Eastern  cities,  but  not  much  higher  in 
the  West.  Apples  are  about  the  same  in 
the  East,  but  higher  in  the  West.  Cab¬ 
bage,  $10  per  ton  higher.  Onions  are 
twice  as  high.  Sweet  potatoes  are  irreg¬ 
ular.  but  higher  in  most  markets.  Grapes 
about  the  same.  Pears  and  peaches  high¬ 
er.  The  price  differences  between  the 
two  seasons  are  about  what  would  be  ex¬ 
pected,  comparing  the  size  of  the  crop  3  • 
all  of  these  except  apples  are  considerably 
lighter  than  in  1922.  Prices  are  low  this 
year,  compared  with  cost  of  raising,  but 
are  not  disastrous,  like  many  of  last  sea¬ 
son’s  figures,  and  all  ought  to  do  bettir 
after  this  month. 
Apples  look  the  most  doubtful.  Daily 
shipments  have  often  exceeded  1,000  cars. 
The  'States  of  Washington,  Virginia  and 
West  Virginia  sometimes  ship  half  the 
daily  total.  New  York,  the  great  Eastern 
apple  State,  has  hardly  begun.  Sales 
seem  hard  to  make  in  country  or  city. 
APPLES  ENOUGH 
Certainly  there  will  be  apples  enough, 
but.  consumers  are  using  them  liberally 
and  the  export  situation  looks  favorable. 
The  apples  so  far  sent  to  market  look 
well  and  would  move  easily  except  for 
the  large  quantities  offered.  City  prices 
range  close  to  $1  per  bu.,  and  $3  to  $5  or 
more  per  bbl.,  according  to  variety  and 
location.  A  new  feature  is  the  offering  of 
quite  a  number  of  cars  of  Virginia  Jona¬ 
than,  Grimes  and  Delicious  in  regular 
Western  box  pack.  They  are  acknowl¬ 
edged  not  graded  quite  so  well  as  standard 
Northwest  packs,  and  not  so  fine  in  finish 
and  general  appearance,  but  they  have  the 
flavor  and  are  selling  at  $2.50  to  $3.50; 
close  to  the  price  of  best  'Western  box  ap¬ 
ples  in  New  York.  Pittsburgh  and  Wash¬ 
ington.  It  is  the  first  real  attempt  to 
meet  Western  competition  on  its  own 
terms,  and  it  suggests  that  Easterners 
have  been  too  much  afraid  of  the  West. 
Perhaps  only  a  little  more  experience  is 
needed  'both  in  growing  and  packing. 
Georgia  growers  have  been  shipping  De¬ 
licious  in  the  same  kind  of  pack,  hut 
these  apples  are  not  so  good  in  appear¬ 
ance  and  bring  only  $2.25.  The  pack  is 
of  no  advantage  unless  the  apples  are 
well  colored,  and  all  alike  in  the  box,  and 
enough  boxes  to  make  a  position  in  the 
market. 
SELLING  POTATOES 
Looking  through  the  new  government 
bulletin  on  “Marketing  Potatoes,”  the 
most  striking  features  ate  the  emphasis 
on  careful  planning  from  start  to  finish, 
on  the  use  of  crop  and  market  informa¬ 
tion,  on  good  grading  and  packing,  and 
on  the  search  for  new  ideas  from  other 
growers. 
The  grower  is  warned  against  planting 
heavily  just  because  prices  were  high  the 
year  before,  the  charts  showing  that  high 
prices  seldom  come  two  years  in  succes¬ 
sion.  It  is  advised  to  plant  lightly  after 
high  prices  and  not  to  lose  courage  after 
a  year  of  heavy  production  and  very  low 
prices.  The  growers  should  grow  the 
leading  market  potato  of  the  region.  He 
should  sort  and  grade  the  crop  well,  espe¬ 
cially  if  shipped  to  distant  markets.  No 
use  paying  freight  on  stuff  that  will  be 
thrown  out  before  weighing. 
When  to  sell,  depends  on  many  condi¬ 
tions  which  the  shipper  can  learn  from 
crop  and  ^market  reports  after  reading 
them  persistently.  Much  of  the  informa¬ 
tion  comes  by  radio  now.  It  is  reported 
there  are  140,000  radio  ’phone  sets  in 
the  country  districts,  which  means  that 
many  farmers  get  the  market  news  as 
soon  as  anybody.  Growers  are  not  ad¬ 
vised  to  take  the  risk  of  holding  the  crop, 
unless  the  total  production  is  very  short, 
not  far  above  three  bushels  per  inhab¬ 
itant,  while  if  it  is  four  bushels  or  more, 
quick  selling  is  always  best.  In  a  year 
like  the  present  one,  when  the  yield  is 
only  moderately  short,  the  advice  of  the 
bulletin  would  he  to  play  safe  by  selling 
some  potatoes  early,  some  in  midseason 
and  some  in  Spring. 
The  feature  of  the  October  crop  report 
was  another  gain  of  about  12.000,000  bu. 
in  the  estimated  potato  crop,  owing  chief¬ 
ly  to  partial  recovery  of  New  York, 
Maine  and  other  Eastern  States  from  the 
effects  of  Summer  drought.  The  crop 
now  promises  to  be  well  up  to  average, 
with  no  boom  in  prices  to  be  looked  for. 
The  apple  crop  showed  some  decreases  in 
New  York  and  gains  in  the  Northwest, 
but  no  great  change  in  total  estimated 
market  production.  g.  b.  f. 
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A  Wise  Old  Trapper 
IN  the  State  of  Ohio  there  lived  a  bunch  of  boy* 
who  had  this  trapping  business  down  to  a  science. 
They  each  sent  for  separate  price  lists  every  year 
and  then  sent  all  their  furs  to  the  house  giving  the 
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weren't  so  dreadfully  wise  because  they  didn't  have 
enough  profits  to  make  their  efforts  worth  while. 
One  day  they  met  Tom  McMillan  driving  a  new 
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wise  to  those  funny  prices  and  found  it  was  better 
lo  deal  with  Chas.  Porter,  because  he  always  knew 
in  advance  just  what  he  was  sure  of  getting.  He 
said  that  Porter  never  offered  $5  for  a  $3  pelt,  but 
he  always  paid  the  $3  which  he  promised  and  some¬ 
times  just  a  little  better.  Chas.  Porter  now  has 
five  wise  trappers  in  that  section  instead  of  one. 
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126  West27th  Street,  NewYork 
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