American Agriculturist, April 14,1923 
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REAL ESTATE 
FOR SALE—110 acres; good buildings ; or¬ 
chard neverfailing water, gas fuei, two-thirds 
improved, one-third good timber, terms reason¬ 
able. M. J. McKISSICK, Fertig, Venango Co., 
Pa. __ 
FOR SALE—110-acre farm, with stock and 
tools, cheap for cash, excellent soil, immediate 
possession. Box 303, AMERICAN AGRICUL¬ 
TURIST, 461 Fourth Ave., New York City. 
50-ACRE FARM, all complete, stock and 
tools, .$6,400, half down; cows, horses, pigs, 
chickens and ducks. JOHN TODACK, R. F. D. 
1, Port Crane, N. Y. 
HORSES 
FOR SALE—One pair Belgian colts, weight 
2 800, kind and gentle, been handled single and 
double. THURMAN GROFF, Route No, 6, 
Fort Plain, N. Y. 
FOR SALE — Caniaze bred colts; broke 
double; one single, also shepherd dogs, want 
Wyandotte fowl. O. BEEBE, Lebanon, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Pair work horses weighing 
twenty-six hundred. In good condition. 
JAMES N. FETTBRLY, Mossena, N. Y. 
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. Percheron 
stallion, iron gray, seven-years old, trade for 
mare. C. L. BRUMLEY, Randall, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—3 horses ; 2 cows; 2 hogs ; 12 
sheep: 20 hens. Reasonable prices, call. 
LLOYD PERKINS, Jay, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Pair young mules, kind,. well 
broke, single or double, good workers, write 
MR. CHRISTY, Ripley, N. Y. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
MOLINE UNIVERSAL, Model “D” Tractor 
Outfit, new, with 2 bottom plows ; truck and ex¬ 
tra rims, complete; also general ordinance 14- 
28 horse-power tractor, used for demonstrator 
only, special prices for quick sales, also new 
Racine thresher, engine gang plow; fodder 
cutter; new victory milker units, etc. 
HAYSSEN, Seneca Palls, N. Y. 
SEDGWICK HAND POWER INVALID OR 
FREIGHT ELEVATOR COMPLETE. Six hun¬ 
dred pound capacity, in good condition. A 
bargain. Price on application. SIDNEY 
CROWNSE, Altamount, N. Y. 
5 AND 6 FOOT STEP-LADDERS, with 
truss rod under each step, folding shelf, made 
of basswood, light and handy. Price, $2.25 
and $2.50 each. R. E. CARPENTER, R. 3, 
Mannsville, N. Y". 
PRINTING—^Letterheads, billheads, en¬ 
velopes, circulars. Write requirements. Sam¬ 
ples free. FRANKLIN PRESS, B-28, Mil¬ 
ford, New Hampshire. 
LATEST STYLE SANITARY MILK TICK¬ 
ETS save money and time. Free delivery. 
Send for samples. TRAVERS BROTHERS, 
Dept. A, Gardner, Mass. ' 
ELECTRIC PLANT 32-VOLT ENGINE, gen¬ 
erator batteries used 16 months, 225 electric 
power washer, $50. H. VAN KUREN, Rum- 
merfield. Pa. 
ALFALFA, mixed and timothy hay. Have 
seven cars, shipped subject inspection. W. 
A, WITHROW, Route Four, Syracuse. New 
York. 
FOR SALE, International Harvester Com¬ 
pany tractor 12-25 H. P. in first-class condi¬ 
tion. D. E. PAGE, Perry, N. Y. 
STRAWBERRY TICKETS. I print them. 
Write for samples. VENABLE, the printer. 
Upper Fairmount, Md. 
BEST EXTENSION LADDERS made 23 
cents per foot. Freight paid. A. L. FERRIS, 
Interlaken, N. Y. 
Milk tickets a specialty. Samples free. 
bonds press. Middletown. N. Y. 
UNLEACHED—Ashes. 
Peterborough, Ontario. 
GEORGE STEVENS, 
Herein is a live new literature, 
when the man who owns the 
farm, lives on it and works it, 
shall write with direct experi¬ 
ence and a full heart, giving us 
an artistic product. 
THE COW 
BY 
JARED VAN WAGENEN, Jr. 
Price of Illustrated Edition, ^1.50 
For sale at all bookstores or from 
s 
The Macmillan Company 
64-66 Fifth Avenue, New York 
homespun tobacco 
|moking_5 lbs., $1.25; 10 
•■ARIviers’ union 
Chewing—5 lbs., $1.25; 10 
lbs., $2.50; 20 lbs., $4.50. 
lbs., $2.00; 20 lbs., $3..50. 
MAYFIELD, KY. 
White Diarrhea 
How Much Is A Bunch? 
Marketing Problems That Farmers Have To Face 
I N most business buying and selling 
is done on a basis of a measured 
quantity.. This can hardly be said of 
the bunch crops—radishes, beets, car¬ 
rots ^nd the like. On some markets, 
custom has fairly well established cer¬ 
tain counts, sometimes varying with the 
season. Beets may start at three per 
bunch and later be increased to four 
or more, the size of the roots increasing 
at the same time. Incidentally, quality 
is likely to diminish and the skillful 
buyer is willing to accept smaller roots 
which show evidence of rapid growth. 
Trouble arises when the market begins 
to be over-supplied. The less skill¬ 
ful salesmen tend to tempt the trade, 
not by cutting the price per dozen, but 
by increasing the size of the bunches. 
It is not long until the situation is 
hopelessly tangled and a purchase vir¬ 
tually become a matter of “this many 
for so much.” Just how the problem 
can be solved is a question. A strong 
organization would be able to accom¬ 
plish something but market gardeners 
are hard to organize because they com¬ 
pete so directly with each other. It 
would be very difficult to establish legal 
standards, because it would be hard to 
draw specifications that would hold 
water. Who has an idea as to the way 
out?— Paul Work. 
MAEKET FOE BEOWN EGGS 
Will you please give me some advice relative 
to a market for brown eggs? Are there any 
cities where brown eggs are much in demand? 
Please send me the names of commission mer¬ 
chants in such cities.—F. A. Conbro, Forest- 
ville, N. Y. 
Of late the New York market has 
been especially good for brown eggs. 
During the second week in March, the 
New York quotations on brown eggs, 
were higher than those for whites of 
the same quality, a thing which has not 
happened in years. Usually Boston 
shows some preference for brown eggs 
over whites. The discrimination against 
brown eggs in the New York market 
has been gradually disappearing in the 
last few months. 
Under separate cover we are sending 
you a list of the licensed and bonded 
commission merchants which farmers 
may obtain by writing the Department 
of Farms and Markets, either at 
Albany, N. Y. or 90 West Broadway, 
New York City.—H. H. J. 
SELLING POTATOES 
COOPEEATIVELY 
I have a lot of potatoes on hand for which 
I have no sale. A number of us farmers cau 
easily get a carload together and ship if only 
we had a market for them. We would greatly 
appreciate it if you would Inform us of one or 
two receiving houses.— Andrew GriebeLj 
Lucinda, Pa. 
The most convenient market to you, 
of any size, would be Pittsburgh, and 
the following produce dealers may un¬ 
doubtedly he able to handle your crop. 
The men mentioned, handle potatoes 
and are well rated in the wholesale 
produce trade: Chester Frazell, Penn¬ 
sylvania Produce Yards; C. C. Spencer, 
1810 Pike Street; Free Bros. Co., 42-44 
18th Street. 
Before you ship it would be best 
that you write to each of these three 
firms, giving them an idea of the 
number of you men who will make up 
a car of white potatoes. Ask them 
when they would like your car to arrive. 
Then in a cooperative way, you can load 
your car and forward them on consign¬ 
ment. Under the date of writing the 
Pittsburgh market is better than the 
New York City market. Furthermore, 
you will save freight by shipping to 
Pittsburgh.—H. H. J. 
BEST TIME TO MAEKET 
BEOILEES 
Will you please give me some information 
relative to. raising broilers for the Thanks¬ 
giving and Christmas trade? Can you tell me 
whether there is much demand for them at 
that time? Also what the usual price is?— 
11. S. Hazen, Mercer, Pa. 
The best periods in which to sell 
broilers are between the first of Feb¬ 
ruary and the middle or last of April, 
the month of June, and especially just 
befope July 4. 
Last year there was a very heavy 
supply of all kinds of poultry from the 
west, including broilers and young 
chickens from the first of October on, 
the prices were lower between Thanks¬ 
giving and Christmas, than at almost 
any other time during the year. There 
is no special demand for broilers at 
Thanksgiving time and but little extra 
demand at Christmas. There is a little 
more at New Yeai^’s. We would advise 
you to try to produce broilers for the 
Fourth of July market, or for the early 
spring market. Last year at Christ¬ 
mas time broilers and young chickens 
brought from 16 to 21c, colored, 20 to 
21c, Leghorns, 16 to 18c.—H. H. J. 
GEADING EGGS FOE BEST PEICES 
Will you please give me some information 
about grading my eggs? I ship about five 
cases a week from my own hens and I have 
not been able to learn much about grading 
them. I have the Cornell Reading Course bul¬ 
letin on marketing eggs, but I don’t know* 
how the different grades, as outlined by Cor¬ 
nell,' are quoted in the market reports. Mine 
are all white eggs of Hennery quality and so 
far I have made two grades of them, over and 
under 2 ounces. Would it pay me to candle 
my eggs? Where can I get new flats, fillers 
and cushions and is there any advantage in 
using new cases? Where can one buy new 
knocked down cases? Second-hand cases cost 
me 19 %c landed here by getting 200 at 
once.—F. W. Sly, Woodhull, N. Y. 
In the issue of the American Agri¬ 
culturist of January 27, there was an 
article which answers most of your 
questions relative to the meaning of 
the grade terms used in the wholesale 
egg trade. It is doubtful whether it 
would pay you to candle your eggs at 
this time of the year especially. Cand# 
ling is more necessary where you are 
troubled with blood spots, or interior 
defects or when eggs are collected from 
a variety of uncertain sources. Where 
the quality is strictly fresh and the 
eggs are promptly gathered and for¬ 
warded, it is not always worth while to 
candle. 
Assorting eggs as to size and color 
is always desirable. Prompt shipment 
is essential. 
The firm of Potter & McAuliffe, at 
Whitney Point, N. Y., can give you 
quotations on new cases, knocked down 
and on new flats and fillers. The cus¬ 
tomary charges for good sound, second 
hand cases, shipped from New York 
City, is 10 cents each, F. 0. B. New 
York. If you use only clean, strong 
cases, and see that they are properly 
nailed and strapped as required by the 
express company, you probably get 
nearly as good results as shipping in 
new cases, but we would urge you to 
use only fresh flats and fillers.—H. H. J. 
Is the American Home 
Slipping ? 
{Continued from page 330) 
sening their opportunity to make their 
own home. 
It is because I feel sa strongly that 
every effort must be made to empha¬ 
size the importance of the home and 
home-making, I am an enthusiastic 
supporter of the Home Bureaus. I 
feel that they are doing much to dig¬ 
nify the greatest and most worth-while 
profession in the world in bringing to 
women a better appreciation of their 
fundamental job. They should be bet¬ 
ter understood and used. 
Next week, or in an early number of 
American Agriculturist, if the editor 
will allow me, I shall tell you what the 
Home Bureaus are and what they are 
trying to do, as I see it from a map’s 
standpoint. In the meantime I chal¬ 
lenge all the feminine curiosity in 
American Agriculturist’s 125,000 homes 
to guess who I am. Anyway, you can 
relieve your feelings by writing me 
care of the Agriculturist, and the 
editor will give me your letters. 
Another troublesome little express 
claim for broken eggs was recently set¬ 
tled by the American Agriculturist in 
behalf of Mr. Anaus Jensen of Gorham, 
N. Y. A reliable New York commis¬ 
sion house made an affidavit that the 
eggs were received badly broken, and 
upon filing a claim the express com¬ 
pany settled without more delay. 
Remarkable Experience of Mrs. 
C. M. Bradshaw in Prevent¬ 
ing White Diarrhea 
The following letter will no doubt be 
of utmost interest to poultry raisers 
who have had serious losses from White 
Diarrhea. We will let Mrs. Bradshaw 
tell of her experience in her own words: 
“Gentlemen: I see reports of so 
many losing their little chicks with 
White Diarrhea, so thought I would 
tell my experience. I used to lose a 
great many from this cause, tried 
many remedies and was about dis¬ 
couraged. As a last resort I sent to 
the Walker Remedy Co., Dept. 437, 
Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko White 
Diarrhea Remedy. I used two 60c 
packages, raised 300 White Wyandot- 
tes and never lost one or had one sick 
after giving the medicine and my chick¬ 
ens are larger and healthier than ever 
before. I have found this company 
thoroughly reliable and always get the 
remedy by return mail.—Mrs. C. M. 
Bradshaw, Beaconsfield, Iowa.” 
Cause of White Diarrhea 
White Diarrhea is caused by the Bac¬ 
illus Bacterium Pullorum. This germ 
is transmitted to the baby chick 
through the yolk of the newly hatched 
egg. Readers are warned to beware 
of White Diarrhea. Don’t wait until 
it kills half your chicks. Take the 
“stitch in time that saves nine.” Re¬ 
member there is scarcely a hatch with¬ 
out some infected chicks. Don’t let 
these few infect your entire flock. Pre¬ 
vent it. Give Walko in all drinking 
water for the first two weeks and you 
won’t lose one chick where you lost 
hundreds before. These letters prove it: 
Never Lost a Single Chick 
Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek, 
Ind., writes: “I have lost my share of 
chicks from White Diarrhea. Finally 
I sent for two packages of Walko. I 
raised over 500 chicks and I never lost 
a single chick from White Diarrhea. 
Walko not only prevents White Diar¬ 
rhea, but it gives the chicks strength 
and vigor; they develop quicker and 
feather earlier.” 
Never Lost One After First Dose 
Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shennandoah, 
Iowa, writes: “My first incubator 
chicks, when but a few days old, began 
to die by the dozens with White Diar¬ 
rhea. I tried different remedies and 
was about discouraged with the chick¬ 
en business. Finally, I sent to the 
Walker Remedy Co., Waterloo, Iowa, 
for a box of their Walko White Diar¬ 
rhea Remedy. It’s just the only thing 
for this terrible disease. We raised 
700 thrifty, healthy chicks and never 
lost a single chick after the first dose.” 
You Run No Risk 
We will send Walko White Diar¬ 
rhea Remedy entirely at our risk 
—postage prepaid—so you can see for 
yourself what a wonder-working rem¬ 
edy it is for White Diarrhea in baby 
chicks. So you can prove—as thou¬ 
sands have proven—-that it will stop 
your losses and double, treble, even 
quadruple your profits. Send 50c for 
package of Walko—give it in all drink¬ 
ing water for the first two weeks and 
watch results. You’ll find you won’t 
lose one chick where you lost hundreds 
before. It’s a positive fact. We guar¬ 
antee it. The Leavitt & Johnson Na¬ 
tional Bank, the oldest and strongest 
bank in Waterloo, Iowa, stands back 
of this guarantee. You run no risk. 
If you don’t find it the greatest little 
chick saver you ever used, your money 
will be instantly refunded. 
WALKER REMEDY CO., Dept. 437 
Waterloo, Iowa 
Send me the [ ] 50e regular size (or [ ] $1 
economical large size) package of Walko White 
Diarrhea Remedy to try at your risk. Send it 
on your positive guarantee to instantly refund 
my money if not satisfied in every way. 1 am 
enclosing 50c (or $1.00). (P. O. money order, 
check or currency acceptable.) 
Name. . . 
Town.......... 
State... R. F. D.■ 
Mark (X) in square indicating size package 
wanted. Large package contains nearly three 
times as much as small. No war tax. 
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