American Agriculturist, October 6,1923 
243 
Every man who milks cows for a liv¬ 
ing knows that prepotency, ability to 
“breed on,” is one of the best reasons 
for Holsteins. 
HOLSTEIN PREPOTENCY MEANS! 
Influence of 2,000 years of Breed • 
tng for Great Size and Ruggedness 
combined with highest yield - Strong 
Healthy Calves - Assured improve * 
ment in grading up common cows 
with Holstein bulla . 
Let us tell you about Holsteins 
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The Holatein-Friesian Association of Amerlcs 
230 East Ohio Street, Chicago, IlL 
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Amazing invention in table lamps— 
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gasoline or kerosene (coal-oil). No 
chimneys to clean, no soot, no smoke, r 
odor, simple, safe—easy to operate. Lights 
with match. 20 times brighter light than 
'vick lamps at one-half cost. Greatest 
Improvement in home and farm light-| 
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LET US TAN 
YOUR HIDE. 
Horse or Cow hide. Cal? or other s^ins 
with hair or fur on, and make them 
Into coats (for men and women).robes, 
rug’s or gdoves w hen so ordered: or w e 
<*an make \ our hides into Oak Tanned 
Harness or Slaughter Sole or Belt Leath¬ 
er j your calfskins Into Shoe Leather. 
Colors, Gun Metal, Mahogany, Russet or 
lighter shade. Calfskins tanned in the 
lighter shades of shoe leather, also 
make elegant stand and table covers; 
great for birthday, wedding* and holi¬ 
day gifts. 
LET US FIX YOUR 
WORN FURS 
freshen, repair and reshape them if. 
needed, Furs are very light weight,* 
therefore it would cost but little to send them in to us 
by Parcel Post and get our estimate of cost; then we 
will hold them aside awaiting- your decision, if you say 
“go ahead," very well; we will do so and hold them 
free of storage until you want them. If you say “no,” 
we will return them post-paid. 
Our illustrated catalog and style book combined gives 
a lot of useful information. It tells how to take off 
and care for hides, About our cate dyeing proceaa on 
cow and horse hides, calf and fur skins. About dressing 
fine fur skins and making them into neckpieces, mutts 
and garments. About taxidermy and Head Mounting.’ 
The Crosby Frisian Fur Company, 
571 Lyell Ave., Rochester. N. Y. 
BARREN COWSJXS 
CONTAGIOUS ABORTION 
Prevent this by using ABORNO. 
Easily administered by hypodermic syr¬ 
inge. Kills abortion germs quickly with¬ 
out harming cow. Writefor booklet with 
letters from users and full details 
of Money-Back Guarantee. 
-ABORNO LABORATORY 
11 Jeff St. Lancaster, Wis. 
MINERAL!* 
.COMPOUND 
_ FOR 
ivwwtiy 
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53.25 Box guaranteed to give satisfaction or money 
back. Sl.io Box Sufficient for ordinary cases. 
MINERAL REMEDY CO. 451 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Chewing, four pounds $1.40; 
LEAF TOBACCO 
pounds $1.00, fifteen $3.00. Pay when received. Pipe and 
recipe free, united tobacco growers, paducah, ky. 
\X7 A lMTCTY Carloads of Dry Sunflower Stalks 
® V /AIN 1 sjtLJ for cash F. O B. your Station. 
State lowest price. 
CONSTANT LE PUC. CHATSWORTH, N. J. 
spring high point, but have averaged 
fairly stable as between the different 
months thereafter. The demand for 
them usually is excellent during the 
fall. Starting in September, roasters 
decline until December and January, 
which are the low months. Fowls reach 
their peak in March, April and May, 
when they are laying heavily and are 
kept back on the farms. December is 
the low point as young chickens are 
plentiful then, but prices in other 
months show much stability. 
Avoid Glutted Markets 
In view of the normal downward 
trend during the fall months, it would 
seem advisable to sell well-finished 
spring chickens in late September and 
October instead of glutting the market 
in the early winter when the peak of 
receipts normally arrives. At this 
time, packers are storing the surplus 
of dressed poultry and will attempt to 
keep quotations for both live and 
dressed stock on the lowest possible 
level. Greater weight may be obtained 
by holding the poultry until late in 
the season, but against this must be 
weighed the lower price, and the change 
from broiler to fryer or roaster prices, 
to say nothing of the labor and feed 
involved. Spring roosters are classi¬ 
fied as “stags” beginning around the 
first of the year and sell at a lower 
price. 
Marketing the Leghorn 
Leghorns, which are in a class by 
themselves as producers of fine white 
eggs, have long been discriminated 
against in the poultry market all along 
the line from shipper to consumer. The 
discount may be as much as six to 
eight cents a pound. Since the breed 
is small and does not yield readily to 
fattening, those of the usual broiler 
size are older than the more meaty 
breeds and their large combs make the 
consumer think they are older than they 
really are. They often dress out dark 
also. The best way of handling them 
appears to be to sell the surplus roost¬ 
ers as squab broilers weighing from 
three-fourths to one and a fourth 
pounds. Up to that weight they grow 
well, hut become too “scrappy” there¬ 
after. The main demand is for fat 
yellow-skinned birds such as are pro¬ 
duced by the general purpose breeds 
which predominate in farm poultry 
flocks. Strangely enough, European 
consumers are partial to white-skinned 
birds. 
In general, chicken prices do not re¬ 
spond so strongly to the holiday trade 
as do other classes of poultry for 
which the demand is more partial. 
Also, extremely large receipts of 
chickens at those seasons largely offset 
any increase which does occur in the 
demand. One advantage of selling di¬ 
rect to consumers is that the producer 
can sell the year round and is in bet¬ 
ter position to average his returns. 
Capon production offers excellent 
possibilities for enterprising farmers 
as the market for them is never over¬ 
loaded. They should be made to weigh 
at least seven pounds. The best time 
to market them is in January or Feb¬ 
ruary, just after the turkey season, and 
they sell on about the same price level 
as turkeys. 
Holidays Affect Best Market Days 
The best market days in the large 
cities as a rule are from Tuesday to 
Friday, inclusive. In the case of an ap¬ 
proaching feast day, however, there is 
a demand every day in the week. Jew¬ 
ish holidays, of which there is a series 
along in September and October, and 
again during the spring, create a spe¬ 
cial demand for fat, live poultry, which 
is then slaughtered according to certain 
Jewish regulations. The exact time ofi 
these holidays varies from year to 
year. If the producer wishes to strike 
this market, his poultry should arrive 
two or three days before the holiday." 
Another question involved in market¬ 
ing this year’s surplus is whether poul¬ 
try production generally should be ex¬ 
panded further. The increase in the 
last few years has been more rapid 
than the increase in the demand. The 
saturation point of the egg and poultry 
market has not been reached and mod¬ 
erately lower prices could prevail be¬ 
fore production would be at a loss. But, 
for the good of all, it is probably de¬ 
sirable to slow down the process of ex¬ 
pansion to a rate more nearly equal 
to the annual increase in the consum¬ 
ing population. 
% 
$85,265 a day for taxes 
Railroads, of course, should pay a proper amount of 
taxes, but it must be remembered that whatever they 
pay must be passed on to the public through rates.— 
Congressional Joint Commission on Agriculture. 
New York Central Lines paid taxes last year averag¬ 
ing $85,265 a day. an increase of 221% as compared 
with 1910. For the year the tax bill was $31,121,832, 
an amount considerably greater than the total divi¬ 
dends paid to the stockholders. 
For the railroads of the entire country the increase 
in taxes as compared with dividends since 1913 has 
been as follows: 
1913 1922 v 
Taxes $127,725,809 $301,003,227 
Dividends $322,300,406 $271,576,000 
Taxes are a part of the cost of railroad operation, 
which must be provided for in freight and passenger 
rates, just as are expenditures for wages, coal and • 
materials. New York Central Lines pay more than 
one-tenth of the railroad taxes of the country. 
NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES 
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AND THE NEW YORK CENTRAL AND SUBSIDIARY LINES 
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OIL LIGHT BEATS 
ELECTRIC OR GAS 
BURNS 94% AIR 
A new oil lamp that gives an amaz¬ 
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better than gas or electricity, has been 
tested by the U. S. Government and 35 
leading universities and found to be su¬ 
perior to 10 ordinary -oil lamps. It 
burns without odor, smoke or noise — 
no pumping up, is simple, clean, safe. 
Burns 94% air and 6% common kero¬ 
sene (coal oil). 
The inventor, R. M. Johnson, 642 N. 
Broad St., Philadelphia, is offering to 
send a lamp on 10 days’ FREE trial, or 
even to give one FREE to the first user 
in each locality who will help him in¬ 
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particulars. Also ask him to explain 
how you can get the agency, and with¬ 
out experience or money make $250 to 
$500 per month. 
free-Co/iAeijs Poultry Book 
80 pages chock full of information about the feeding and 
rearing of chicks, colling of hens, etc. Tells how to keep 
chickens healthy and how to make them pay. Whether 
a beginner or a professional, Conkey’s Book is worth 
dollars to yon. Sent for 6 cents in stamps to pay postage. 
THE C. E. CONKEY CO. 6576 Braadnay. Cleveland, Obit 
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Wax Crayons, Nail 
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Penholder. 6 Pens. 
Chamois Penwiper, 
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. , . ..._ - - — Eraser. Ink Essence i 
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Bands, 30 Transfer Pictures. Outfit is yours, postpaid for 
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KRAG SPORTER caliber 30/40 
with 22 inch barrel; five shot with 
military sight for 2000 yards. Weight 7%lbs, In 
fine order. Special price $11.85. Ball Cartridges 
$2.50 per 100. 372 page Military catalog 50 cents. 
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