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PUT A WITTE ON YOUR . 
PUCE FOR ONLY $5.69 
Now Easier Than Ever to Own a Witte 
Throttling Governor Engine. 
The Famous Standard Witte Can Be Had 
Now for Only $5.69 A Month—Low 
Price Sets Record. 
New York Farm News 
Western County Fruit Notes'by M. C. Burritt 
American Agriculturist, November 1, 1924 
With the need for cheap, dependable 
power more pressing than ever before, 
farmers everywhere will be glad to 
learn of the new low-price plan just 
announced by Ed. H. Witte, world-fa¬ 
mous engine manufacturer for 42 years. 
Now onty $5.69 a month for a short 
time buys the standard Witte Throt¬ 
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with the celebrated waterproof WICO 
Magneto. In spite of this low price, 
which sets a record, the engine has 
nearly 40 new improvements, including 
a new device that makes starting easy 
at even 40 degrees below zero. 
Long regarded as the cheapest and most 
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develops 50% extra power on either kerosene, 
gasoline, distillate or gas. Operation on full 
load figures under 2c an hour. Trouble-proof 
and so simple that the women folks can op¬ 
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than 150,000 WITTES are in daily use. 
To introduce this remarkable engine to a 
million new users, Mr. Witte will send it any¬ 
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Every reader of this paper who is interested 
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today for a free copy of a remarkable new, 
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THWENTY OUNCE, King and Rhode 
A Island Greening, were pretty well 
cleaned up last week. With exceptions 
the pack of “A'’ grade fruit was disap¬ 
pointing. In fact, in many cases the tree 
run pick was below expectation, especially 
in the case of Twenty Ounce, the fruit 
seemed to be all on the outside of the 
tree, and absent in the centers and tops. 
The market continues strong on all these 
varieties except Greening, which has 
weakened slightly. Hubbardsons are also 
mostly picked and quite a number of 
growers have started Baldwins. 
Kieffer pear harvest is in full swing this 
week. Except in orchards badly affected 
by psylla, the fruits are large and clean 
and pack up well. The crop is not large 
but seems to be exceeding estimates. The 
going price appears to be a cent and 
half a pound, package furnished. This is 
being paid by local dealers and the coop¬ 
eratives alike. So it is a race to see which 
can pack most cheaply and efficiently. 
In the cooperative the grower gets the 
dealers’ profit, if he makes one, or as¬ 
sumes his loss if he has it. 
About one week or ten days more will 
see the fruit pretty well off the trees. 
been found to speak to rural people of 
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useful as well as the beautiful on the farm. 
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Meetings will be held in the Hiawatha 
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of this wonderful opportunity and attend 
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Official delegates from each county 
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The officers want especially to announce 
that every home-maker of the State is 
cordially invited to attend these inspiring 
and helpful discussions, whether a member 
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Crop Notes—Wheat Sown Late 
Never have I seen wheat sown later 
than this year, or so much wheat sown so 
late. The greater part of the acreage, 
probably 75 per cent., went in on time 
as I have previously reported, but a large 
number of fields were sown from October 
10 to October 18, and a number of farmers 
intend to sow yet this week. What will 
the harvest be? Everything depends on 
the weather from now on through the 
spring. With a late fall to give the young 
plants a little start, a continuous covering 
of snow during the winter, and without 
excessive freezing in the spring and these 
late-sown crops may come through sur¬ 
prisingly well. But the chances are 
against them and for a large percentage 
abandonment and lower yields next year. 
Few Potatoes Dug Yet 
The last fields of beans are being gath¬ 
ered this week. A large number of corn¬ 
fields are still uncut, although appreciable 
progress has been made during the last 
week. As far as my observation goes, not 
a single field of potatoes has been dug in 
this part of the country yet. Although 
the vines were killed with frost two weeks 
ago cabbage are beginning to move, the 
first cars being loaded out this week at 
$6, a discouragingly low price. 
In general there is let-up in the rush to 
harvest crop before the freeze-up, but 
good progress is being made. Farmers 
are doing the greater part of the work 
themselves, and with regular help, refusing 
to pay the $5 a day, $4 and board, de¬ 
manded by transient helpers, except 
where they are driven to it. The need for 
the utmost economy is still keenly felt. 
The answer is lots of hard work, long 
hours and a late finish, with some possible 
losses.—M. C. Burritt. 
Short Winter Courses to Open 
Next Week at Ithaca 
T HE short winter courses of the New 
York State College of Agriculture at 
Ithaca will open November 5, with regis¬ 
tration at the office of the secretary of the 
college. Six courses are open to students 
wishing to take the work: general agricul¬ 
ture, dairy industry, poultry husbandry, 
fruit-growing, flower-growing, and vege¬ 
table gardening. There is a special com¬ 
bination of Vegetable growing and fruit 
culture. 
A student may register in only one 
course; and a practice that has been fol¬ 
lowed in past years is to take the general 
agricultural work one winter and then 
come back to specialize in the line that ap¬ 
peals to the particular person the follow¬ 
ing year. 
_ Advices from the different departments 
giving the specialized courses indicate 
that there is a likelihood of their being 
crowded this winter, and that it would be 
wise for prospective students to send in 
their applications early. Full informa¬ 
tion about the winter courses may be ob¬ 
tained by writing the secretary of the 
college of agriculture at Ithaca. He will 
send to anyone interested a copy of the 
winter course announcement, which gives 
a list of the various subjects offered, as 
well as information about the cost of living 
in Ithaca and the total expense liable to be 
incurred during the three months’ stay. 
Tuition is free to all residents of New 
York State, though students from out of 
the State must pay $25. 
Farm Women to Meet in Syra¬ 
cuse, November 5-7 
'T'HE annual meeting of the New York 
State Federation of Home Bureaus will 
be held at the Onondaga Hotel in Syra¬ 
cuse on November 5 to 7, inclusive. One 
day will be given to county reports, with 
full time for discussion. In accordance 
with recommendations made at this meet¬ 
ing a year ago, “the session will be a longer 
one than last year’s in order to attend 
properly to the great variety of interests 
embraced in the State-wide program, and, 
as advised, there will be one inspirational 
session in the form of a banquet. T his 
will be held the first evening. 
On the second day, a joint meeting will 
be held with the Farm Bureau Federa¬ 
tion. Dr. Liberty Hyde Bailey and Mrs. 
Anna Botsford Comstock will be the chief 
speakers at this meeting, and two more 
popular or beloved leaders could not have 
Moravia Team Best at Morrisville 
Judging Contest 
T HE Moravia High School, Moravia, 
N. Y., had almost everything their 
own way at the Annual Judging Contest 
held at the State School of Agriculture, 
Morrisville, N. Y., on October 7, 1924. 
The Moravia team proved to be high 
scoring team and won the Silver Trophy 
Cup donated by the Madison County 
Holstein-Friesian Association. This cup, 
which must be won three times to obtain 
permanent possession, has never been won 
twice by the same school. The highest 
scoring individual was not a member of 
the winning team, however. Merwin 
Robbins, a member of the team repre¬ 
senting the Pulaski High School, made 
the highest score. The Pulaski High 
School team placed second in the contest. 
The registered Holstein-Friesian bull 
calf was won by Clifford Wilcox of 
Moravia High School. This calf aroused 
a great deal of interest among the boys 
and we wish we had had a calf for 
each boy. Clifford couldn’t bear to leave 
the calf behind when he went home after 
the contest. The calf, four boys and their 
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