February  19,  18!6< 
wants  to  advertise  in  our  paper,  and  that 
he  is  not.,  and  will  not.  advertise  in  any 
publications  for  some  time  to  come.  We 
are  aware  that  he  never  advertised  in 
Tins  It.  N.-Y.  llis  advertising  would  not 
have  been  accepted  if  offered.  We  com¬ 
mend  the  decision  to  discontinue  adver¬ 
tising  if  the  best  result  he  can  promise 
is  the  record  that  comes  to  this  office. 
This  Mr.  Ignnt.z  concludes  by  saying: 
“It  is  immaterial  to  his  magesty  what 
nasty  stuff  you  choke  down  ycur  readers, 
or  what  lies  you  brew  to  irritate  him  and 
please  your  happy  deluded  readers.  “His 
magesty”  is  Mr.  Dodge.  The  "nasty 
stuff”  and  “lies”  is  a  record  of  non-de- 
livery  and  non-payment  We  trust  Mr. 
Dodge  will  be  so  irritated  that  he  will 
adjust  these  complaints,  and  we  know 
our  readers  are  glad  to  have  the  history 
for  their  protection. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
The  number  of  letters  we  are  receiving 
from  subscribers  who  withhold  their 
name  makes  it  necessary  once  more  to 
advise  our  readers  that  no  attention  will 
be  given  to  such  communications.  Again, 
some  are  negligent  and  fail  either  to  sign 
their  name  or  give  their  address.  Sub- 
cribers  who  fail  to  receive  reply  to  their 
inquiries  may  safely  conclude  the  above 
to  he  the  explanation,  and  we  would  sug¬ 
gest  that  the  inquiry  be  repeated. 
ines 
W  We  are  making  special  inducements  to  early 
f  buyers  during  January  and  February  that  will 
W  enable  you  to  make  a  bigger  saving  in  the  purchase 
W  of  an  American  Beauty  Buggy  or  an  Economy  Engine 
M  than  you  can  make  at  any  other  time  of  the  year. 
W  Don’t  buy  a  buggy  or  engine  until  you  have  seen  this  ^ 
'  special  proposition,  as  it  means  a  big  saving  to  you. 
If  you  are  interested  in  a  Gasoline  Engine,  write  for  our 
special  January  and  February  Engine  Proposition  No.  66RS0. 
If  you  are  interested  in  Buggies,  write  for  our  special  Janu¬ 
ary  and  February  offer  on  American  Beauty  Buggies  No.  OCR  SO. 
W.  D.  Speeee  of  Absecon,  N.  J.,  car¬ 
ried  an  advertisement  in  one  of  our  local 
papers  for  some  time  asking  for  ship¬ 
ments  of  all  kind  of  farm  produce,  but 
especially  soliciting  eggs.  He  agreed  to 
pay  best  Philadelphia  prices  as  quoted 
in  the  “Record.”  I  shipped  him  one  case 
for  which  he  promptly  paid.  I  shipped 
him  another  case,  but  he  1ms  not  yet  paid 
for  it.  Some  of  my  letters  he  has  an¬ 
swered  and  others  he  has  not.  Quo  time 
he  promised  to  pay  in  two  weeks,  but  I 
have  never  heard  from  him  since  writing 
me  this.  He  has  never  disputed  as  to 
quality  or  price  of  eggs,  simply  put  me 
off  from  time  to  time,  always  going  to 
pay  in  the  near  future,  hut  never  has  done 
so.  He  gets  out  a  letter  head  reading: 
"Calystia-Mount  Poultry,  Egg,  Truck  & 
Hog  Farm.  W.  D.  Speeee,  Prop.”  I 
made  draft  through  his  bank,  but  he  paid 
no  attention.  I  would  appreciate  it  very 
much  if  you  make  an  effort  to  collect  this 
amount  for  me.  v.  R.  A. 
Delaware. 
Mr.  Speeee  ignores  this  account  as 
well  as  some  others  that  came  to  us.  He 
represented  to  the  Post  Office  Depart¬ 
ment  that  the  business  complained  of  had 
been  discontinued,  and  as  there  was  not 
enough  evidence  to  warrant  issuance  of  a 
fraud  order,  they  advised  against  prose¬ 
cution.  At  the  same  time  we  want  our 
people  to  have  this  record  for  their  pro¬ 
tection.  It  would  behoove  local  papers  to 
look  into  the  standing  of  their  patrons 
before  inserting  their  advertising. 
Shipped  From  a  City  Near  You. 
We  carry  six  styles  of  American  Beauty  Buggies  and  a 
full  line  of  Engines,  Trucks,  Saw  Rigs,  Grinders  and 
Puraping  Outfits  in  fifteen  different  cities  and  we 
ship  from  the  one  nearest  you.  A 
Blm  ^  This  special  proposition  M 
jfejK  good  during  Janu-  M 
arjr  an<^  Fehru-  W 
Wtl\  ary  onIy*  f 
BMH  w“,e  for  “  / 
=.1  IjlNfJ  today.  M 
Will  you  write  Mrs.  R.  E.  Smith.  357 
E.  29th  St.,  New  York,  and  see  if  you 
can  get  a  remittance  from  her?  This  is 
for  two  dozen  eggs  and  two  pounds  of 
butter  sent  her  by  parcel  post  some  time 
ago.  F.  E.  w. 
New  York. 
Mrs.  Smith  has  moved  and  left  no  ad¬ 
dress.  This  is  another  party  who  sup¬ 
plied  her  table  at  the  farmer’s  expense. 
People  of  this  type  are  to  be  avoided. 
I  T*  d  QUICKLY 
>ows  Fertilizers  EVENLY 
Sows  broadcast  or  in  rows  all  kinds  of  ■ 
commercial  fertilizers— nitrate,  phosphate,  I 
guano,  lime,  ashes,  etc.  Distributes  it  fasti 
and  evenly  in  amoimtsfromotieliundred  to  I 
several  thousand  pounds  per  acre.  Simple  I 
and  strong.  Gauge  is  easily  and  quickly  set.  I 
Last  Spring  I  purchased  some  stock, 
both  chicks  and  eggs  to  the  amount  of  $6, 
from  . .  who  advertised  in  your 
paper.  The  eggs  did  not  hatch,  and  when 
I  reported  to  him,  he  said  he  would  send 
some  chicks  .'it  reduced  price,  so  1  let.  him. 
These  chicks  grew  to  maturity,  when  they 
died,  one  by  one,  some  even  after  begin¬ 
ning  to  lay.  There  was  absolutely  no 
cause  for  sickness  or  death,  as  they  had 
lots  of  range  arid  I  never  had  a  sick  fowl 
before.  They  simply  lacked  vitality,  it 
seems  to  me.  The  two  I  have  left  are, 
of  course,  very  hardy,  but  are  not  phe¬ 
nomenal  layers.  Ts  there  any  hope  of  col¬ 
lecting  for  the  chickens  that  died,  or 
does  one  run  such  a  deplorable  risk  iu 
ordering  from  egg  contest  birds,  ns  these 
were,  and  is  m.v  luck  the  usual  luck? 
Should  he  grateful  if  you  would  advise 
me  as  to  any  course  which  might  be  pur¬ 
sued.  z.  R.  c. 
Connecticut 
We  are  printing  the  above  letter  as  an 
example  of  the  sweet  unreasonableness  of 
poultrymen.  In  the  first  place,  the  poul- 
tryman  selling  the  eggs  may  not  have 
been  in  any  way  to  blame  for  their  fail¬ 
ure  to  hatch.  Those  ordering  eggs  for 
hatching  must  realize  they  are  assuming 
a  risk  and  the  fact  that  the  eggs  fail  to 
hatch  is  not  in  itself  any  reflection  ou 
the  breeder  selling  them.  Strictly  fresh 
and  fertile  eggs  when  shipped  by  express 
companies  or  parcel  post,  may  fail  to 
hatch  and  even  fail  to  show  vitality  when 
they  reach  the  end  of  the  journey.  No 
doubt  this  subscriber  is  sincere  in  his  con¬ 
viction  that  the  seller  of  the  chickens  was 
responsible  in  some  way  for  their  dying 
several  months  after  delivery,  but  to  hold 
the  seller  responsible  under  such  circum¬ 
stances  is  out  of  the  question.  The  chicks 
may  have  died  from  any  one  of  a  number 
of  causes  for  which  the  breeder  was  in  no 
way  responsible.  When  there  is  any  evi¬ 
dence  of  unfair  dealing  on  the  part  of 
breeders,  wo  arc  very  glad  to  investigate 
such  cases  and  expose  the  evil-doer,  hut 
readers  should  judge  others  as  they  would 
want  to  be  judged,  and  they  must  not  ex¬ 
pect  Tin:  Rural  New-Yorker  to  sup¬ 
port  them  in  unreasonable  contentions. 
O  w  Free  Trial  "  --Ji-J*'- 
Sul' i vet  y^ur  »£PTW*I.  It’*  another  proof  of  Elkhart 
quality  and  the  naviriir  nuton  you  by  our  factory  to  user  plan. 
Will  you  state  whether  L.  P.  Gunson 
&  Co.,  seed  growers  and  importers,  are 
responsible?  Their  address  is  Rochester, 
N.  Y.  c.  L.  R. 
Delaware. 
Our  information  is  that  the  L.  P.  Gun- 
son  C’o.  is  financially  responsible  and  we 
wish  to  revise  to  this  extent  a  report 
from  Iowa  which  appeared  in  this  de¬ 
partment  some  time  ago.  This  has  no 
bearing  on  the  matter  of  the  methods  of 
the  concern  in  selling  seeds  or  the  re¬ 
ports  from  farmers  who  have  not  found 
the  seeds  as  represented,  except  that 
when  judgment  is  obtained  for  damages, 
it  should  he  possible  to  realize  on  judg¬ 
ments  so  obtained. 
STEVENS 
Fertilizer  Sower 
RIEMER’S 
WOOD  SOLE 
Bucklo  Shoes,  $2.50 
High  Boots,  -  4-00 
I  have  been  interested  for  a  long  time 
in  the  splendid  work  you  have  been  doing 
for  the  farmer — especially  that  which  is 
enumerated  under  the  head  of  “Publish¬ 
er’s  Desk.”  On  September  20  my  son 
sent  an  order  for  ginseng  and  golden  seal 
(plants  and  roots)  amounting  to  .$”5.07, 
to  Clifts.  Dodge,  Albany,  Wis.  lie  ac¬ 
knowledged  receipt  of  order  and  money, 
and  promised  immediate  shipment.  About 
three  weeks  later  he  sent  a  much  larger 
amount  of  both  ginseng  and  golden  seal 
seed  than  I  had  ordered.  I  kept  all  I 
could  possibly  use  ami  returned  the  rest. 
What  I  kept  amounted  to  $10.15.  At  the 
time  Mr.  Dodge  sent  the  seed  he  wrote 
me  that  he  was  all  out  of  ginseng  plants, 
but  that  the  golden  seal  plants  would  fol¬ 
low  at  once.  When  they  didn't  come 
after  I  had  waited  several  days.  I  wrote 
again.  He  answered,  promising  immedi¬ 
ate  shipment.  Since  that  time  I  have 
written  repeatedly  hut.  have  failed  in  get¬ 
ting  a  reply.  If  you  can  get;  a  refund 
from  Mr.  Dodge  I  should  appreciate  it. 
Michigan.  w.  a.  k. 
This  is  not  the  first  complaint  wo  have 
had  against  Mr.  Dodge,  and  the  Wiscon¬ 
sin  Gin-Seal  Go.  About  every  year  a  new 
one  comes  in,  and  we  have  been  unable  to 
get  adjustment,  but  Mr.  Dodge  and  his 
attorney  write  voluminous  letters,  ex¬ 
plaining  why  he  cannot  pay.  The  last 
one  from  Albany  is  from  I.  B.  Ignaiz, 
who  fails  to  explain  his  connection  with 
Mr.  Dodge  and  his  affairs,  hut  lie  states 
Mr.  Dodge  does  uot,  never  did,  and  never 
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