SEE  THE  STUDEBAKER  DEALER 
June  17,  1916, 
public  with  the  idea  that  they  are  going 
to  get  something  for  nothing.  The  re¬ 
sult  is  that  those  who  bite  on  such 
schemes  get  the  "nothing”  in  return  for 
whatever  money  they  part.  with. 
T I  lien  you  write  advertisers  mention 
The  Rural  New-Yorker  and  you'll  get 
a  quick  reply  and  a  "square  deal.”’  See 
guarantee  editorial  page. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
I  sold  to  the  Susquehanna  Valley 
Kennels,  Tunkhaunoek,  Pa.,  nine  gilts 
and  one  hoar  for  their  note  of  $155  at 
two  months.  Some  time  after  this  I  had 
an  inquiry  from  these  people  for  another 
boar,  and  bought  them  one  from  a  man 
at  this  place,  and  shipped  it  on  the  prom¬ 
ise  that  they  would  remit  as  soon  as  I 
sent  them  the  bill.  1  charged  them  $18 
for  the  boar,  and  they  had  sold  him  to 
B.  M,  Bowser,  2  s?  Cooper  Avenue, 
Johnstown,  Pa.,  for  $30  and  had  received 
payment.  A  few  days  after  shipment  of 
this  hoar  the  tirip  wired  me  to  recall 
note,  and  after  a  delay  of  about  a  week 
sent  me  a  cheek  for  $24  and  note  for 
$150.  I  discounted  the  note  and  cashed 
the  check,  which  came  back  to  me  pro¬ 
tested.  and  which  I  had  to  pay.  T  in¬ 
structed  my  hank  to  recall  the  note  on  the. 
day  it  was  due  to  save  the  protest,  and 
they  did  so.  The  firm  has  absolutely  re¬ 
fused  to  pay  me.  1  trust  you  may  be 
able  to  help  me  out,  /  J.  I.  it. 
Pennsylvania. 
We  have  had  previous  complaints  about 
the  dealings  of  this  Susquehanna  Valley 
Kennels  the  proprietor  of  which  seems 
to  be  0.  B.  B.  Landis.  This  is  the  same 
Landis  who  operated  at  Reading,  Pa., 
some  years  ago.  Our  records  show  a 
number  of  complaints  against  him  under 
the  name  of  Mt.  Penn  Kennels.  Another 
illustration  that  leopards  rarely  change 
their  spots.  Susquehanna  Valley  Ken¬ 
nels  have  made  ns  several  promises  of 
settlement  with  .T.  I.  II..  none  of  which 
has  'been  kept.  We  shall  do  what  we  can 
to  compel  Settlement,  but  in  the  meantime 
we  are  publishing  this  history  of  the 
transaction  for  the  guidance  of  other 
subscribers. 
What5s  Your  Notion 
of  GOOD  Threshing 
Do  you  know  anything  of  M.  .T.  Harri¬ 
son,  24  Glenway  St.,  Dorchester,  Mass.? 
lie  has  had  five  30-lb.  tubs  of  our  butter 
since  last  June;  said  when  he  found  a 
market  for  it  he  would  send  us  a  check. 
It  was  line  butter.  He  has  not  answered 
letter  in  regard  to  it  nor  sent  the  money. 
Wo  sent  him  several  large  shipments,-  some 
salted  and  some  unsalted,  hut.  this  150 
pounds  he  has  not  paid  for.  1  wish  you 
would  look  him  up  and  see  if  that  is  his 
“cut”  to  pay  for  enough  so  as  to  get  the 
confidence  and  then  refuse  to  pay.  I 
cannot  get  along  without  The  It.  N\-Y. 
Vermont.  C.  J.  H. 
M.  J.  Harrison  has  absolutely  no  fin¬ 
ancial  responsibility,  and  the  transaction 
will  have  to  be  charged  up  to  profit  and 
loss.  It  is  quite  easy  for  some  people  to 
make  a  living  by  soliciting  shipments 
and  neglecting  to  pay  for  them,  but  one 
or  two  experiences  of  the  kind  will  teach 
a  farmer  the  necessity  of  insisting  upon 
references. 
¥  More  Bales! 
'Bigger  /  Profits) 
Bale  your  own  hay,  bale  your  neighbors’ 
hay.  There's  money  in  it— big  money 
is  THE 
WHOLE 
.STORY 
I  Solid  steel  construction.  Sandwich  Gas  and 
Oil  Engine,  with  magneto,  mounted  on  same 
truck  furnishes  power.  All  designed  and 
built  in  our  own  plant, superior  to  assembled 
machine/!.  IToavy  steel  chain  trut  smisaion  (no  bolt 
to  slip).  Simple  pelf  feeder  and  block  dropper 
Turn?,  out  a  continuous  stream  Of  solid  salable 
,  bale*.  Starts  or  stops  instantly.  Heat  press  for 
I  alfalfa.  H<>r*«  and  belt  power  presses  eiao. 
i  “Ton*  Tell.'*  Our  Sunk  Sunl  free.  Your  guide  I 
I  to  big  profits.  Pictures  and  describes  those  J 
great  presses.  Write  vl 
W  S/tStnWICH  MFC.  CO,  508  Center  St,  *»nSwic>.  IH. 
All  designed  and 
machine/!.  ITcavy  steel  chain  trannmirision  (no  belt 
to  slip).  Simple  pelf  feeder  and  block  dropper 
Turns  out  a  continuous  Ktrenm  of  solid  salable 
Beat  press  for 
The  Red  River  Special 
With 
rHE  BIG  CYLINDER 
Power,  weight  and  momentum.  The  Strong¬ 
est  and  largest  design  that  is  used. 
THE  MAN  BEHIND  THE  GUN 
Our  patented  device  that  separates  most  of 
the  grain  right  at  the  Big  Cylinder. 
EHE  BEATING  SHAKERS 
That  BEAT  the  straw  from  the  under  side 
and  knock  out  every  kernel  of  grain  that  is  in  it. 
THE  ADJUSTABLE  CHAFFER 
4  hat  cleans  the  grain  as  it  should  be  cleaned, 
ready  for  market. 
THE  N.  &  S.  WIND  STACKER 
That  gets  rid  of  all  of  the  straw,  but  none  of 
the  grain.  This  is  a  special  feature, 
peculiar  to  the  make. 
Many  of  your  own  neighbors  have  written  to 
toll  us  their  opinion  of  the  Red  River  Special 
and  the  work  that  it  has  done  for  them.  The 
Home  Edition  of  our  threshing  paper  contains 
their  letters.  Send  for  a  copy.  Ask  for  the 
Bie  Catalog  as  well  when  you  write.  We'll  be 
glad  to  send  you  one. 
coupi.rn  up 
SHORT 
CAN  START  OR 
STOP  INSTANTLY! 
Enclosed  you  will  find  n  few  circu¬ 
lars  from  Wheeler  &  Co.,  Inc,  Chicago, 
sent  t<»  me  a  fmv  days  ago.  Wish  you 
would  look  them  over  and  tell  me  what 
you  think  of  them.  Are  they  a  sound 
firm  to  deal  with?  D.  S.  O. 
New  York. 
The  literature  of  Wheeler  &  Co.  for¬ 
warded  by  the  subscriber  represents  that 
it  is  the  desire  of  this  company  to  se¬ 
cure  country  people  to  knit  hosiery  at 
home,  and  that  as  high  as  $20  per  week 
can  he  easily  earned  in  the  work. 
Wheeler  <Jc  Co.  agree  to  sell  the  hosiery 
on  the  basis  of  7%  commission.  The 
whole  plan  is  similar  to  the  work-at-home 
schemes  which  we  have  so  often  warned 
our  people  against  in  this  Department. 
In  this  ease  the  object  of  Wheeler  A  Co. 
is  to  sell  the  knitting  machine  and  the 
yarn  for  the  making  of  the  hosiery,  and 
like  the  other  work-at-home  schemes, 
when  this  is  accomplished  the  party  pur¬ 
chasing  the  machine  and  material  finds 
the  market  for  the  goods  vanish  into  air. 
If  is  always  easy  for  concerns  of  this 
kind  to  make  excuses  that  the  goods  were 
not  properly  made,  etc,  as  a  reason  for 
avoiding  their  agreement.  Like  all  the 
other  work-at-home  schemes  that  we  have 
ever  had  an  opportunity  to  investigate, 
this  one  of  manufacturing  hosiery  at 
home  is  a  delusion  and  a  snare,  the  prim¬ 
ary  purpose  of  it  being  to  sell  knitting 
T  ,  , ,  «r  t—  O  .1  /x  machines  to  the  unsuspecting  public. 
I  sent  to  P.  J.  Keenan.  South  Orange, 
N.  J,  potatoes  valued  at  $45. $2.  These 
potatoes  were  not  sent  on  commission, 
but  were  sold  at  these  figures.  lie  gave 
cheek  for  $45.82.  which  went  to  protest. 
Received  another  check  a  month  later  for 
$45,82,  and  protest,  fees  $1,111.  altogether 
$47.43.  The  second  check  was  returned 
as  no  good.  Will  you  try  to  collect  this? 
New  Jersey,  Jt.  n. 
Mr.  Keenan  promised  ns  to  pay  this 
account  with  certified  check,  claiming 
there  was  a  misunderstanding  at  his 
bank.  As  he  did  not  send  the  remittance 
our  attorney  took  it  up  and  entered 
judgment.  Keenan  then  gave  him  a 
check,  but  this  was  protested,  and  it  is 
now  impossible  to  execute  the  judgment, 
and  it  has  been  returned  unsatisfied.  Re¬ 
port  is  that  Keenan  kept,  going  as  long 
as  he  was  aide,  but  lias  gone  under,  and 
there  is  no  way  of  getting  the  money  for 
our  people.  It.  seems  easy  for  some  peo¬ 
ple  to  keep  going  on  other  people’s 
money. 
GREAT  WINDROW 
Free  Book. 
The  New  GREENWOOD  LIME  and 
FERTILIZER  DISTRIBUTER 
GRH1^?D 
1  am  enclosing  a  hill  for  collection, 
amounting  to  $4.88  against  F.  V.  Young, 
30(5  Fifth  Ave,  New  York  and  Black 
Rock  Ave.,  Unionport,  Bronx,  N.  Y.  I 
have  mailed  this  party  eggs  to  his  home 
and  business  address  until  date  of  last 
shipment,  when  1  received  word  not  to 
mail  any  mure  eggs.  1  have  enclosed  bill 
in  each  lot  mailed,  but  never  was  paid. 
I  have  soul  two  bills  by  mail  since  then, 
and  these  were  never  answered  nor  re¬ 
turned.  Will  you  help  me  out  of  this? 
New  Jersey,  o.  n. 
Another  case  of  supplying  food  for  the 
table  at  the  expense  of  the  farmer.  Do 
not  send  even  a  small  bill  of  goods  if 
references  are  not  supplied.  Mr.  Young 
promised  to  send  a  check  as  soon  as 
business  picked  up.  As  the  matter  end¬ 
ed  there  it  is  assumed  business  did  not 
pick  up,  Which  is  the  usual  outcome  of 
transactions  of  the  kind. 
TOP  FEED-NO  RUSTING  NO  CLOGGING 
We-  kCu.minU-e  this  machine  to  spread,  accurate  ly  and  tKyrttivt-t*,  10*: 
to  M,f.oo  ll»s.  nr i’  Br»»-.  «ny  granular  material,  whether  damp,  ary, 
llcavy,  or  light,  with  special  equipment  we  will  distribute  cor- 
l»mu,  coar.se  ground  lime  stone,  etc.  Write  for  booklet  R  to 
GREENWOOD  MFG.  CO.,  LAWRENCE,  MASS. 
WITTE 
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(In  Continuous  Business  Since  1848) 
BUILDERS  EXCLUSIVELY  OF 
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You  can't  buy  any  pond  engine  at  a  ■ 
lower  price.  You  can't  buy  a  brllrr 
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This  Warranted 
■  full-sized  hardwood  and  steel 
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Box  17  Easton,  Pa. 
I  am  sending  the  enclosed  literature  in 
the  interests  of  the  Anti-Fake  Flub,  al¬ 
though  I  am  not  sure  that  it  is  a  fake, 
but  in  my  immediate  vicinity  four  of  us 
received  similar  enclosures  concerning 
this  half  barrel  of  paint.  w.  E.  H. 
No\V  York. 
The  letter  enclosed  by  this  subscriber 
is  from  the  Progress  Paint  Co.  of  Cleve¬ 
land.  O.,  representing  that  the  firm  has 
a  half  barrel  of  paint  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  subscriber,  and  in  order  to  save 
freight  charges  in  reshipping.  111*'  sub¬ 
scriber  is  offered  the  half  barrel  of  paint 
at  a  “bargain.”  We  have  received  a 
half  dozen  of  those  letters  from  different 
points  within  the  last  week  or  two.  The 
story  is  therefore  evidently  “fake”  and 
is  sufficient  to  brand  the  company  as  un¬ 
worthy  of  the  confidence  of  the  farming 
public.  Paint  nr  other  products  having 
so  little  merit  that  it  is  necessary  to  re¬ 
sort  to  deceptions  of  this  kind  in  order 
to  sell  them,  must  be  a  bad  bargain  at 
any  price. 
75  years  of  lionvst  tliffc&h'T  build- 
mJ  iog  |tpv.;  ■»»■»,  ft  frvr  a*-,  a  r.„i  ion.-il  r<f- 
pwLitlan— ci  (hrmthur  every 
iH-etl.  They  life  v:tppl*.-  auj  tuLmtotit’uJ  »rt  can-,tfUcMnn  and 
lip r.t  iii  weijrttt  No  i*w.  rrp.nr  bill*  l}r»y*K  itiutic*  to 
stay."  Ttte  io>i  n  low  but  tbuV  yield  ft  !••>:  u-turn  In  ibmioy 
snv  tig.  Th-y  Jmndli-  ry.-,  whvftr,  bnrluy,  bcunB, 
pens  and  erraah  mciuI.  Thqy  clo  lh«  work  quickly  ami  ck-anly. 
Before  buying  u  thter.hcT  Send  JTor  our  Catnbqf—  U’fi  free. 
Free  Catalog  in  colors  explains 
*  .  .5  bow  you  can  save 
money  on  Farm  Truck  or  Road 
Wagons,  also  atoul  or  wood  wheels  to  fit 
any  i  n  nn  i  tie;  /!  » 
gc.-u\  Scad  for  zfXvJL. 
Electric  Wheel  _ 
48  Elm  Sl.,Qu,(iei,lll.  'L.yy 
A.  W.  CRAY’S  SONS 
14  South  St.  Middletown  Springs,  Vt. 
^  HAS  BEEN  CONTINUOUSLY  MAKING 
WAGONS— BUGGIES— HARNESS 
FOR  EVERY  FARM  USE  SINCE  1852 
“How  things  do  turn  out.”  The  en¬ 
closed  is  the  final  chapter  of  the  ease  of 
the  American  Adjustment  Oompitty  vs. 
m.vself.  It  cost  me  just  a  two-epnt  stamp 
to  lot  them  know  I  was  not  going  to  fall 
for  the  50  cents.  If  you  fed  inclined 
you  may  publish  a  portion  or  all  of  the 
card  in  The  It.  N.-Y..  and  let  the  folks 
know  what  sort  of  fakers  they  arc,  be¬ 
cause  I  miss  my  guess  if  they  are  not 
pulling  lots  of  50-cent  pieces  from  the 
rural  folks.  jt.  T.  it. 
Pennsylvania. 
The  enclosed  with  the  subscriber’s  let¬ 
ter  is  a  printed  card  of  Up-To-Date 
Farming,  alleging  that  the  notice  from 
the  collection  agency  attempting  to  col¬ 
lect  50  cents  on  J.  A.  Everitt’s  fake  free 
seed  offer  was  all  “a  mistake  and  very 
much  regretted."  Perhaps  Event t  has 
seen  that  the  scheme  was  a  “mistake’’  hut 
not  in  the  sense  he  is  trying  to  make  it 
appear.  We  have  known  other  publish¬ 
ers  explain  away  questionable  methods 
by  this  same  “mistake”  excuse.  The  free 
seeds  or  free  plants,  picture  guessing  con¬ 
tests,  etc.,  resorted  to  by  publishers  of 
cheap  papers  are  all  designed  to  fool  the 
What  have  you  to  say  regarding  the 
enclosed  contract  of  the  Realty  Service 
Publishing  Company  of  Newark,  N.  J.? 
The  clause  in  fine  print  looks  suspicions 
to  me.  v.  r. 
New  Jersey. 
The  clause  in  fine  print  referred  to 
provides  that  in  consideration  of  the  pay¬ 
ment  of  $10  the  Realty  Service  Publish¬ 
ing  Company  agrees  to  furnish  photo¬ 
graphs,  engravings  of  property,  and  pub¬ 
lish  the  photo  reproduction  and  descrip¬ 
tion  of  the  property  in  the  monthly  mag¬ 
azine  “Realty  In  Word  &  Picture.” 
This  book  is  supposed  to  be  distributed 
among  real  estate  agents  in  Greater  New 
York  and  sections  of  New  York  adjacent 
to  New  York  City.  The  Realty  Service 
Publishing  Co.  make  no  claim  to  being 
real  estate  agents  or  of  being  in  position 
to  sell  property.  The  contract  and  plan, 
however,  have  many  of  the  features  of  the 
old  Ostrander  scheme  for  getting  listing 
fees  from  those  having  property  to  sell. 
The  one  great  con¬ 
vincing  engine 
value.  Fairbanks  - 
Morse  quality — ser¬ 
vice — ;  dependability 
— at  a  popular  price, 
tells  the  story. 
More  Than  Rated 
Power  and  a  Won¬ 
der  At  The  Price 
Simple— Light  Weight— Substantial  —  Fool-proof  Construction— Gun  Barrel  Cylinder  Bore — 
Leak-proof  Compression  —  Complete  with  Built-in  Magneto.  Quick  starting  even  in  cold 
fuel  cost  —  low  maintenance  See  the  “Z”  and  You’ll  Buy  It 
cost.  Long,  efficient,  ecunom*  Go  to  your  local  dealer#  Seelhe^Z/*  Compare  it  on  merit — by  any  stand* 
ical  power  service/1  ard— point  by  ix>int.  You'll  sell  yourself  on  this  wonderful  engine  value# 
B  U  S  LT-  I  N  IS;  p. 
MAGNETO  All  F.  0.  B.  Factory 
EJi'cctiue  April  20, 1019 
ENGINE 
FAIRBANKS,  MORSE  &  CO.,  Chicago 
Important  Coaler  Service:  When  yon  buy  an  engine  from  your 
dealer  y«u  deal  with  a  local  representative  of  the  Manufuctorern.  Ha 
etiaroa  tin  ir  rcHuonaibility.  lie  stand?!  behind  the  engine lio  Bella.  He'a 
rcflnonnihto  to  you.  He'd  at  your  aervicoto  see  that,  you  are  /miialied, 
And  ho’s  as  near  you  as  your  telephone  any  time  you  want  him 
All  Fairbanks-Morae  dealers  sell 
“Z"  engines  on  a  zone  carload 
low  freight  basis.  If  you  don't 
know  the  local  dealer  write  us. 
