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For kner  Alfalfa  Cultivator 
February  5,  191G, 
sary  money  to  secure  it.  And  those  who 
are  not  particular  about  their  methods 
of  getting  money  may  become  better 
citizens  without  the  education. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
I  am  inclosing  two  advertisements  of 
learning  to  play  a  piano  at  home.  I  am 
thinking  of  taking  a  course  hi  music; 
would  you  consider  these  houses  honest 
people  to  deal  with?  We  live  in  a  rural 
district;  it  would  be  more  convenient  to 
take  a  home  course  than  to  drive  some 
distance  to  a  teacher.  These  advertise¬ 
ments  are  from  the  “Toledo  Weekly 
Blade,”  Toledo,  Ohio.  c.  M.  D. 
Npw  York. 
The  two  advertisements  enclosed  prom¬ 
ising  to  teach  music  at  home  are  Easy 
Method  Music  Co.  Chicago,  Ill.,  and 
Numerical  Method  Music  Co.,  Detroit, 
Mich.  Both  advertisements  assure  you 
that  by  their  method  you  can  learn  to 
play  the  piano  in  a  few  hours,  which  is 
of  course,  absurd.  The  musical  author¬ 
ities  agree  that  it  is  not  practical  to 
teach  music  by  mail.  An  Anti-Fake 
stamp  on  the  publications  carrying  such 
deceptive  advertising  may  do  them  good, 
and  if  they  nersist  refuse  to  let  their 
papers  into  your  homes. 
1  have  been  taking  your  paper  for 
some  time  and  think  it  one  of  the  best 
and  cleanest  farm  papers  we  have,  and 
practical  in  all  ways.  Can  you  get  any 
•  nswer  from  this  National  Humane  Rem¬ 
edy  Co.,  or  let  others  know  what  they  do 
on  their  guarantee?  I  wont  to  the  drug¬ 
store  for  something  to  remove  a  lump 
on  a  yearling  colt’s  leg.  They  said  this 
Blisterolp  was  something  new,  but  it  was 
fully  guaranteed,  and  the  Humane  Rem¬ 
edy  Co.  said  in  this  letter  they  would 
guarantee  it  to  remove  the  lump.  Blis¬ 
terolp  did  not  remove  the  enlargement.  I 
followed  direction  and  then  waited  quite 
a  while,  thinking  the  lump  might  leave, 
hut  it  did  not.  I  wrote  them  a  couple  of 
times  and  had  the  doctor  here  write,  and 
we  never  received  any  answer  at  all.  I 
enclose  circular  showing  their  guarantee. 
Indiana.  w.  L.  it. 
In  a  letter  to  the  subscriber,  the  Na¬ 
tional  Humane  Remedy  Company  state 
Biisterole  is  guaranteed  absolutely,  and 
is  sold  with  a  money-back  guarantee. 
The  guarantee,  however,  is  evidently 
merely  a  bait  to  make  sales,  for  the 
company  not  only  neglects  to  carry  out 
their  agreement,  but  they  ignore  us  as 
completely  as  they  did  the  purchaser. 
We  were  unable  to  bring  them  to  a  real¬ 
ization  of  their  obligations,  and  give  this 
experience  for  the  guidance  of  others  who 
may  he  tempted  to  spend  their  money 
for  Blisterole. 
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I  certainly  admire  the  way  you  keep 
fake  advertising  out  of  your  paper.  I 
bought  a  stallion  last;  Spring  from  the 
Adirondack  Farms  Co.  I  did  not  think 
of  dealing  with  them  until  after  I  had 
read  their  advertisement  in  your  paper. 
I  have  no  reason  to  regret  the  transac¬ 
tion.  Now  can  you  tell  me  anything 
about  Visio,  a  guaranteed  cure  for  moon 
blindness,  advertised  in  the  "Breeders’ 
Gazette”?  g.  ii.  s. 
New  York. 
This  cure  (?)  for  moon  blindness  is 
put  out  by  the  Visio  Remedy  Association, 
Chicago,  Ill.  Several  years  ago  this  ad¬ 
vertising  appeared  in  a  few  issues  of  The 
R.  N.-Y.  Complaints  promptly  came  in 
from  readers  that  the  product  did  not  ac¬ 
complish  what  was  claimed  for  it,  and 
the  advertisement  was  discontinued  by 
us  at  once.  The  best  veterinary  author¬ 
ities  advise  us  that  there  is  nothing  in 
this  remedy  that  could  reasonably  be  ex¬ 
pected  either  to  benefit  any  case  of  moon 
blindness  or  cure  it. 
3il — uproots  grass  and  weeds — destroys 
clover  root  weevil — leaves  dirt  mulch  and 
conserves  moisture  without  cutting  or  injuring 
the  alfalfa.  It  will 
nv  Put  New  Life  and  Vigor 
*nto  °ld meadows,  pastures  and  hide- 
bound  wheat  fields.  Write  for  catalog 
andfree  book  "Modern  SoilTillage.” 
I  shipped  four  eases  of  eggs  to  Peck 
and  Merry  of  the  Elmaru  Farms.  All- 
ston.  Mass.  In  spite  of  several  letters  I 
can  not  get  payment  for  the  eggs  nor 
receive  any  information  about  them.  I 
had.  however,  a  cheek  for  one  case 
shipped  between  those  two  shipments  ori 
June  22.  Could  yon  try  to  collect  money? 
Returns  were  to  be  27c  per  dozen.  I 
started  shipping  to  Elmaru  Farms  last 
November  and  had  always  prompt  re¬ 
turns  the  week  following  shipment  until 
about  eight  weeks  ago.  I*,  j. 
Connecticut. 
Peek  &  Merry  make  no  attempt  to  ad¬ 
just  this  account,  and  investigation  re¬ 
veals  that  Mr.  Peck  is  no  longer  con- 
neeted  with  the  concern  and  Mr.  Merry 
is  conducting  it  from  a  barn  with  no 
visible  assets.  They  advertise  a  pre¬ 
mium  over  regular  market  prices  for 
eggs,  and  it  is  wise  to  get  a  rating  on 
Concerns  making  this  offer  before  deal¬ 
ing  with  them.  Our  reader  is  obliged  to 
charge  over  $30  to  experience  in  this  case. 
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Being  a  subscriber  to  your  paper,  I 
sec  you  help  others  in  securing  money 
which  unreliable  concerns  have  beaten 
them  out  of.  Would  you  do  what  you 
can  for  me  in  securing  $17.90  which  I 
sent  the  Double  Service  Tire  and  Ruh- 
ber  Co.  of  Akron.  Ohio,  for  two  tires 
about  the  15th  of  November?  I  cannot 
ret  either  the  tires  or  my  money  back. 
They  claimed  to  sell  the  same  kind  as  the 
Double  Tread  Tire  Co.  of  New  York.  I 
have  written  them,  and  they  always 
promise  to  ship,  blit  never  do  so.  Please 
do  what  you  can  for  ine.  I  don’t  want 
the  tires  now  if  I  can  get  my  money,  or 
part  of  R.  c.  B.  B. 
Pennsylvania. 
IV o  presented  the  above  complaint  to 
the  Double  Service  Tire  &  Rubber  Co. 
of  Akron.  Ohio,  and  we  receive  a  reply 
from  the  firm  referring  us  to  a  firm  of 
attorneys.  We  are  unable  to  understand 
why  any  business  house  cannot  adjust 
a  complaint,  similar  to  the  above,  with¬ 
out  the  services  of  a  firm  of  attorneys, 
and  we  will  leave  our  readers  to  draw 
their  own  conclusions  from  the  facts. 
Make  Your 
0/  Waste  Acres 
Produce 
Owing  to  my  age  172  years)  I  am  lia¬ 
ble  to  have  some  infirmities  and  though 
for  a  Civil  War  veteran,  think  I  am 
pretty  well  preserved  and  quite  free  from 
anything  brought  on  by  intemperance, 
yet  there  are  other  ways  for  persons  to 
contract,  ailments  tlitat  cause  anxiety, 
rheumatic  troubles,  catarrh,  etc.  Of  late 
I  saw  an  advertisement  in  some  periodi¬ 
cal  relating  to  an  instrument  called  an 
Autopoise.  I  wrote  to  the  company  for 
literature,  which  was  duly  forwarded 
and  contents  noted.  Being  rather  skep¬ 
tical  I  wrote  to  the  firm  again,  asking 
for  a  description  of  the  wonderful  in¬ 
strument.  and  later  received  letter  No.  2 
from  them.  Being  a  subscriber- to  The 
R.  N.-Y.,  often  reading  the’  letters  of 
those  to  whom  you  have  rendered  so  much 
good  assistance,  I  venture  t.o  send  the 
above  mentioned  correspondence  regard¬ 
ing  the  Autopoise  to  you  for  your  en¬ 
dorsement  if  you  can  vouch  for  the  in¬ 
tegrity,  or  not — as  thp  case  may  be.  I 
want  to  know  if  your  opinion  of  the  con¬ 
cern  is  favorable  enough  to  say  that  you 
think  them  reliable.  If  they  are  I  would 
like  to  try  out  the  instrument  in  my 
case.  -  A.  b.  c. 
New  York. 
The  Autopoise  device,  manufactured  by 
the  Autopoise  Company,  Philadelphia, 
I’a..  brings  to  mind  the  famous  Oxydon- 
or,  although  it  differs  from  it  in  that  it 
supplies  the  system  with  oxygen  without 
submersion  in  ice  or  cold  water.  If 
agrees  with  it  in  that  it  claims  to  “make 
short  Aork”  of  pneumonia,  typhoid  fever 
and  diphtheria,  not  to  mention  other  ills. 
We  eouid  not  endorse  any  contrivance 
<  f  the  kind.  On  the  other  hand  wo  urge 
our  renders  to  keep  their  $25  or  $M5  and 
follow  the  regular  rules  of  health,  and 
rely  upon  the  advice  of  a  competent  phy¬ 
sician.  If  this  Autopoise  device  could 
cure,  or  even  relieve  rheumatism,  the 
manufacturers  could  not  put  them  on  the 
market  fast  enough  to  supply  the  legiti¬ 
mate  medical  profession. 
Clear  that  idle  land.  Re¬ 
move  the  stumps  and 
boulders.  Straighten  the 
crooked  creeks.  Improve 
your  soil.  Increase  your 
crops  and  the  value  of 
your  farm.  Remove  the 
handicaps  that  hinder  your 
work  and  profits. 
For  Large  or  Small  Growers,  1  or  2  rows 
Opens  furrow,  drops  seed  any  <11,  lance  or  depth 
required,  puts  on  fertilizer  (it  wanted),  covers  up, 
marks  next  row.  Accurate,  automatic,  and  de¬ 
pendable.  Operated  by  qne  man.  Furrow  Is  opened 
direclly  under  axle  and  seed  I »  dropped  in  plain 
sight  of  operator.  Made  ot  steel  and  malleable 
iron,  assuring  long  liie  and  few  repairs.  In  stock 
near  you. 
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mfoh'.T. 
Bast  September  a  scheme  quite  similar 
to  that  described  by  B.  ,1.  W.,  page  20, 
was  worked  here  in  Maine.  A  young 
man  was  offering  the  “Woman’s  World,” 
"Household  Guest”  and  "Missouri  Maga¬ 
zine.”  all  for  49  cents,  and  some  free 
patterns  included  in  the  offer.  Each 
subscription  counted  for  a  certain  num¬ 
ber  of  votes,  and  if  he  could  secure 
enough  votes  he  tvould  be  entitled  to  a 
free  scholarship  at  the  University  of 
Maine.  I  declined  to  bite  at  the  allur¬ 
ing  bait,  although  he  begged  me  to  do  so, 
assuring  me  that  if  I  subscribed  my  next 
neighbor  would  surely  follow  my  exam¬ 
ple,  and  if  I  did  not  he.  would  probably 
lose  her  votes  too,  and  wouldn’t  I  be 
willing  to  help  him  to  an  education.  Be¬ 
lieving  it  to  be  a  fake  scheme  I  refused 
to  be  persuaded,  though  he  secured  a 
good  number  of  subscribers  in  this  vicin¬ 
ity,  some  of  whom  have  only  received  a 
part  of  the  magazines  promised  them. 
Judging  from  some  that  I  have  seen  they 
are  fortunate  not  to  have  such  trashy 
reading  and  worse  advertising  coming 
into  their  homes.  As  for  the  free  pat¬ 
terns.  they  are  free  provided  a  person 
wishes  to  pay  for  them  by  sending  25 
cents  for  “Household  Guest”  for  another 
year.  Whether  the  young  man  secured 
his  scholarship  or  not  I  am  unable  to 
say.  mbs.  J.  w.  b. 
Maine. 
We  agree  entirely  with  the  sentiments 
of  the.  above  subscriber  regarding  the 
“trashy”  reading  that  is  made  a  vehicle 
to  carry  fake  and  fraudulent  advertis¬ 
ing  into  country  homes.  Deserving  young 
men  seeking  an  education  can  always 
find  legitimate  means  of  earning  neees- 
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