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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
November  17,  1923 
TRAPPERS 
&  FUR  BUYERS 
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NAME  TO 
GEO.  I.F0X  Inc. 
Get  New  York  Price  List 
If  you  want  more  money  for  furs  than  anybody 
else  will  pay,  you  must  get  the  Geo.  I.  Fox— New 
York  guaranteed  price  list.  It  is  the  shipping  guide 
to  better  prices— thousands  of  wise  trappers  and  fur 
buyers  all  over  U.  S.  and  Canada  know  this.^ 
Ship  to  FOX — New  York  City 
The  World’s  Largest  Fur  Market 
Fox  pays  more  for  furs  because  New  York  City 
is  the  world’s  greatest  and  highest  fur  market. 
American  and  foreign  manufacturers  buy 
direct  from  us  at  top  prices.  No  middlemen 
or  dealers  ever  make  a  profit  on  your  furs  when 
Fox  buys  them.  You  get  the  benefit. 
Mr.  Fox  grades  every  shipment  himself  /wll* 
and  pays  all  he  can  to  make  friends  and 
boosters.  That  is  why  “A  Fox  Shipper  r  . 
Never  Changes”.  Write  now  for  New  A  eo.i. 
York  market  reports,  Fox  -  New  York  10„£,x*:”c‘ 
Guaranteed  Price  List  and  shipping  tags  «  v‘ 
-all  FREE.  It  means  more  money  for  Now  York £,ty 
you-use  coupon  or  send  post  card.  y^P^ork  PrTce  List,  show 
me  how  to  get  more 
GEO.  I.  FOX,  INC.  money  for  m,f«„. 
Raw  Fur  Merchants  Name. 
190  We»t  25th  St.,  „ 
..  „  ,  Av  Town _ 
New  York  City 
State - R.F.D. 
A  SQUARE 
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FURS 
Our  price  lists 
don’t  show  the 
highest  prices, 
but  our  cheeks 
sent  in  exchange 
for  furs  have  more 
than  satisfied 
hundreds  in  the 
last  thirteen 
years,  Get  up  a 
sample  shipment, 
send  it  in  to  us,  the  check  you'll  receive 
will  make  you  another  one  of  our  depend¬ 
able  regulars.  If  you  are  not  satisfied, 
return  the  check  and  your  furs  will  be 
shipped  back  to  you,  charges  paid  both 
ways.  A  square  deal  is  yours  for  the 
trying  — all  to  gain  and  nothing  to  lose. 
In  the  meantime 
F REE  for  the  asking — our  price  lists, 
shipping  tags,  instructions  and  a  list  of 
our  satisfied  trapper  friends.  Your  name 
and  address  on  a  postal  card  will  do. 
SOL  WARENOFF  &  CO.  Inc. 
159  West  25th  St.  New  York 
A  Wise  Old  Trapper 
IN  the  State  of  Ohio  there  lived  a  bunch  of  boys 
who  had  this  trapping  business  down  to  a  science. 
They  each  sent  for  separate  price  lists  every  year 
and  then  sent  ali  their  furs  to  the  house  giving  the 
best  quotations.  After  five  years  they  decided  they 
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 
car  to  town.  Tom  said  lie  made  the  price  of  his 
swell  outfit  shipping  pelts.  He  told  how  he  got 
wise  to  those  funny  prices  and  found  it  was  better 
to  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  lie  promised  and  some¬ 
times  just  a  little  better.  Ohas.  Porter  now  lias 
five  wise  trappers  in  that  section  instead  of  one. 
Don’t  Take  a 
Chance  with  your 
FURS 
end  us  your  name 
and  address.  Get 
our  Price  Bulletins, 
Shipping  Tags  and 
full  particulars. 
Do  it  right  now. 
This  means  real 
dollars  to  you.  so 
don’t  put  it  off. 
Write  today. 
Y our  furs  mean  real  dollars  to  you. 
Why  sell  them  to  some  fellow  who 
offers  you  $1.25  when  you  know 
blame  well  you  are  lucky  to  get 
fifty  cents.  Ask  the  wise  trapper 
who  knows.  Once  a  Chas.  Porter 
shipper  and  you  will  always  be 
one.  You  know  in  advance  that 
we  give  a  square  deal  and  every 
shipment  brings  sure  money. 
CHARLES  S.  PORTER,  INC. 
126  West27th  Street,  New  York 
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WE  ARE  ALWAYS  READY 
WITH  OUR  CASH 
to  pay  highest  market  prices  for  all  raw 
furs.  We  charge  no  commission  and 
pay  all  transportation  charges.  Our 
assortment  is  known  as  the  most  just 
and  liberal.  Send  for  free  price  list. 
L.  RABINO WITZ 
121  West  29th  St.  New  York 
direct  from  Factory 
The  whole  line  of  famous  Peerless  Fence; 
Barb  Wire — Ste»l  Poets— Gates— Roofing  and 
Paints  are  now  being:  sold  direct  from  factory 
at  405  lower  prices.  Write  for  free  catalog— 
get  oar  NEW  low  prices  before  you  buy .  2 
PEERLESS  WIRE  &.  FENCE  CO. 
Dept.43°2  Cleveland,  Ohio 
TRAPPERS 
Your  Mink,  Coon,  Rats  and  Foxes  will 
bring  good  prices  this  season.  Good  grad¬ 
ing  is  more  important,  however,  than  good 
prices.  You  can  get  both  and  have  your 
shipment  held  separate  if  you  ship  to 
JAS.  P.  ELLIS 
34-36  MILL  STREET 
MIDDLETOWN  NEW  YORK 
Reliable  Quotations  Sent  Free 
We  pay  highest  cash  prices 
for  all  staple  furs— Skunk, 
Mink,  Muskrat,  Raccoon,  lied 
Fox.  Fancy  furs  a  specialty, 
including  Silver  and  Cross 
Fox,  Fisher,  Marten,  etc.  Est. 
1870.  Our  continued  prompt  returns  and  liberal  policy 
are  now  bringing  us  shipments  from  all  North  America, 
Alaska  to  Mexico.  Send  for  free  Price  List.  Address 
M.  J.  JEWETT  &  SONS,  REDWOOD,  N  Y,  Dept  29 
Countrywide  Produce  Situation 
EASTERN  APPLE  GROWERS  IN  GOOD  POSI¬ 
TION  ;  STRONG  POINTS  OF  THE  NORTH¬ 
WEST  ;  GOOD  DEMAND  FOR  CULL  APPLES  ; 
POTATOES  DULL ;  CABBAGE  AND  ONIONS 
HIGHER. 
The  owners  of  eastern  apple  orchards 
seem  in  many  ways  fully  as  well  off  as 
the  western  orchardists  this  season.  The 
best  grades  of  standard  varieties  sell 
around  $1  per  bushel  at  shipping  points 
in  both  sections,  but  the  market  for  low 
grades  and  culls  is  better  in  the  East 
where  the  producers  often  reckon  on  pay¬ 
ing  the  harvest  expenses  from  sales  of 
cider  apples  and  other  poor  stock,  which 
mostly  goes  to  waste  in  the  Northwest. 
The  cost  of  packing  is  less  in  the  East. 
The  Westerner’s  offset  comes  from  his 
knowledge  that  all  profits  come  from  the 
good  apples.  Accordingly  he  cultivates, 
sprays  and  thins  with  a  thoroughness  not 
at  all  common  in  the  East.  He  reduces 
the  production  of  culls  to  the  lowest 
quantity  and  spares  no  expense  to  im¬ 
prove  the  finish  of  the  crop.  His  aver¬ 
age  cost  of  production  per  acre  is  from 
two  to  three  times  that  reported  for  the 
five  apple  leading  counties  of  Western 
New  York.  He  pays  less  for  fertilizers, 
but  far  more  for  labor.  His  reward  is 
seen  in  a  good  crop  nearly  every  year 
and  an  average  yield  per  acre  in  Wash¬ 
ington  and  Oregon  from  10  to  100  per 
cent  greater  than  in  the  principal  eastern 
apple  regions. 
It  seems  then  that  his  main  advantage 
results  from  more  thorough  cpre,  which 
leads  to  a  better  average  yield  of  the  best 
grades.  Otherwise,  he  is  hampered  Dy 
distance  from  market  and  by  lack  of  a 
market  for  the  culls.  His  better  methods 
of  packing  and  selling  would  not  net  him 
any  more  per  acre  than  eastern  growers 
receive  except  for  his  larger  and  better 
yield.  Ilis  cost  of  production  per  bushel 
is  higher,  but  the  yield  usually  more 
than  pays  the  difference.  No  need  for  a 
skilled  oi’chardist  to  go  East  to  apply 
the  lesson.  It  will  work  out  about  the 
same  anywhere.  The  writer  has  seen 
only  three  or  four  eastern  orchards  where 
Western  thoroughness  was  practiced  to 
the  limit.  These  orchards  gave  a  good 
crop  at  least  two  yeai-s  in  three  and  the 
fruit  sold  at  prices  unheard  of  in  the 
regular  market  quotations  and  usually 
higher  than  any  Western  fruit.  Iu  the 
words  of  the  newspaper  advertisements, 
such  orchards  “must  be  seen  to  be  ap¬ 
preciated.”  especially  when  full  of  a 
large  crop  in  an  off  year  and  the  apples 
having  that  bright  waxy  “Western”  fin¬ 
ish  and  no  stings. 
MARKET  FOR  CULLS 
But  speaking  of  low  gx-ade  fruit,  the  de¬ 
mand  for  such  stock  is  active  in  Eastern 
cities.  Cider  is  a  popular  drink  and 
there  is  a  new  class  of  stores  and  stands 
which  specialize  in  apple  and  orange  juice 
made  on  the  premises.  They  use  sound 
number  twos  and  pay  sometimes  double 
the  price  of  common  cider  stock.  The 
general  market  is  slow  and  dull  with  no 
special  change  in  prices.  Much  stock 
was  expected  in  September  and  October. 
Movement  to  cold  storage  became  active 
in  October. 
POTATOES  DULL 
The  potato  situation  is  about  the  same 
ns  with  apples.  Markets  are  fully  sup¬ 
plied  and  prices  no  more  than  steady. 
Growers  get  anywhere  from  50c  per  100 
lbs.  in  the  West  to  about  three  times  as 
much  in  the  Middle  Atlantic  States. 
Sweet  potatoes  sold  well  the  first  of  the 
season  but  now  they  are  in  heavy  supply 
and  scarcely  higher  than  other  potatoes 
in  eastern  markets. 
Cabbage  and  onions  moved  up  a  little 
in  eastern  cities  about  the  first  of  the 
month  in  response  to  the  generally  active 
demand.  Shipments  of  fruits  and  vege¬ 
tables  are  deei-easiiig  fast,  but  the  cities 
have  plenty  for  the  holiday  markets. 
Grain,  hay  and  feed  have  lost  some  of 
their  recent  price  gains  but  cotton  sells 
above  30c  right  along.  The  butter  and 
cheese  markets  are  dull  and  unsettled. 
G.  B.  F. 
Hens  Shake  Head;  Selecting  Breeders 
1.  I  have  a  flock  of  S.  C.  R.  I.  Reds, 
yearling  hens,  that  I  intended  to  keep  fox- 
breeding  next  Spring.  They  are  good- 
looking  birds,  good  eaters,  good  workers 
and  good  layers.  Some  people  told  me 
that  they  were  not  healthy  because  they 
shake  their  heads  too  much.  It  is  true 
that  they  shake  their  heads,  and  they  have 
been  doing  so  ever  since  they  were  chicks. 
Is  that  a  sickness?  If  so.  how  can  it  be 
cured?  If  cured,  can  they  be  used  for 
breeding?  2.  Will  you  give  points  on 
picking  a  R.  I.  Red  cockerel  to  breed  from 
for  eggs?  n.b. 
Massachusetts. 
1.  Whether  or  not  this  shaking  of  the 
heads  indicates  sickness  depends  upon  the 
cause  of  the  shaking.  If  it  has  been  no¬ 
ticed  since  the  birds  were  chicks  and  no 
other  evidence  of  disease  has  appeared.  I 
think  it  unlikely  that  there  is  anything 
seriously  wrong  with  the  flock. 
2.  Select  a  male  from  trap-nested  hens 
showing  a  200-egg  yearly  record,  or  bet¬ 
ter.  and  in  addition,  one  that  displays 
vigor  and  vitality  by  his  cai*riage  and  ac¬ 
tions,  is  of  the  R.  I.  Red  type,  the  staxid- 
ard  weight  of  7%  lbs.  for  cockerels,  and 
shows  good  body  capacity  by  width  and 
length  of  back,  length  from  center  of  back 
to  fx-ont  of  keel  bone,  and  long  nderuline. 
given  by  length  of  keel.  M.  B,  D. 
'“A. 
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that’s 
better 
nolo  ” 
OF  COURSE  it  is.  One  applica¬ 
tion  of  Gombault’s  Balsam 
quickly  relieves  the  most  stub¬ 
born  pain.  A  second  use  and 
you’re  well  again,  feeling  sound 
as  a  dollar. 
If  you  have  a  lame  back,  stiff 
neck,  cut,  bruises,  strain  or 
sprain,  sore  throat,  bronchial 
cold,  muscular  or  inflammatory 
rheumatism,  sciatica  or  lum¬ 
bago,  get  a  bottle  of  Gom¬ 
bault’s  Balsam  today — it  will 
drive  out  the  pain  in  a  hurry. 
Safe,  healing,  antiseptic — this 
remarkable  remedy  has  been 
the  favorite  in  many  households 
for  a  full  forty  years.  Un¬ 
equalled  for  external  applica¬ 
tion. 
People  who  have  used  Gom¬ 
bault’s  Balsam  are  never  with¬ 
out  it.  There’s  no  need  to  suf¬ 
fer  if  you  have  it  handy. 
Sold  by  druggists  everywhere 
for  $1.50  per  bottle,  or  sent  by 
parcel  post  direct  upon  receipt 
of  price. 
GOOD  FOR  ANIMALS,  TOO 
Gombault’s  Balsam  is  a  safe, 
reliable  and  effective  remedy  for 
most  horse  troubles.  Keeps 
your  horses  sound  and  working. 
The  Lawrence-Williams  Com¬ 
pany,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Sole 
Distributors  for  the  United 
States  and  Canada. 
GOMBAULTS 
BALSAM 
7he  Imported  Liniment 
HEALING  and  ANTISEPTIC 
What  Better  Proof 
Do  You  Want? 
A.  Strainer  Funnel. 
D.  Sterilized  cotton  through  which 
milk  MUST  go. 
C.  Coarse  wire  screen  ringforclamp- 
ing  cotton  pan  to  bottom  of 
funnel. 
D.  Wire  Clamp. 
THAT’S  ALL 
You’ll  admit  that  our  Dr.  Clark  Purity  Milk 
Strainer  must  be  A-l  in  every  respect  to 
have  such  big  people  use  it  as  Borden, 
Van  Camp,  Sheffield  Farms  Co.,  Carnation 
Milk  Co.,  Mohawk  Milk  Co. 
More  than  ten  million  quarts  of  milk  are 
strained  daily  through  the  Dr.  Clark,  be¬ 
cause  it  will  remove  every  last  bit  of  sedi¬ 
ment  from  milk — and  no  other  strainer  will. 
We  guarantee  it — oh  your  herd  or  any  other. 
Insures  absolutely  clean  milk  at  about  one 
cent  a  day — milk  that  brings  the  top  market 
price.  10-qt.  and  18-qt.  sizes.  Lasts  a  life¬ 
time.  If  your  dealer  can’t  supply  you,  write 
PURITY  STAMPING  CO., 
Dept.  A  243  Champion  St., 
Battle  Creek,  Mich. 
For  $1  postpaid.  Edmonds’  Poultry 
Account  Book.  The  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  333  W.  30th  St.,  New  York 
