1022 
July  22,  1916, 
T>’he  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
listing  of  their  farms.  The  real  estate 
agent  that  asks  an  advance  fee  for  the 
selling  of  property  on  any  pretext  is  a 
fake  and  a  fraud. 
early  Summer  months.  “N.  II.  B.”  is 
unquestionably  sincere  in  his  conten¬ 
tions  that  the  eggs  were  not  fresh  or 
fertile  when  shipped.  On  the  other  hand, 
the  poultr.vman  selling  the  eggs  appears 
to  he  equally  sincere  and  honest  in  his 
contentions  that  the  eggs  were  fresh  and 
fertile.  The  purchaser  is  unable  to  show 
any  evidence  to  the  contrary,  except 
that  he  failed  to  get.  a  hatch  and  in  his 
disappointment  and  loss  he  jumps  to  the 
conclusion  that  the  seller  of  the  eggs  is 
dishonest  and  even  accuses  Tme  Ili'RAT. 
New  Yorker  of  bad  faith  in  our  “guar¬ 
antee  of  advertisers,”  and  cancels 
his  subscription.  After  reflection  and 
upon  applying  his  cool  judgment  to 
the  case,  the  subscriber  will  probably 
acknowledge  that  any  one  <>f  several 
things  might  have  happened  to  the  eggs 
in  transit  which  might  he  responsible  for 
their  failing  to  hatch.  We  are  discussing 
this  case  because  we  want  to  make  it 
entirely  clear  to  our  subscribers  that 
they  are  assuming  a  risk  when  ordering 
eggs  for  hatching  from  a  distance,  and 
because  such  eggs  fail  to  hatch  the  seller 
of  them  is  not  necessarily  dishonest. 
Kggs  may  he  perfectly  fresh  and  fertile 
when  starting  on  a  journey,  but  there 
cau  be  no  assurance  that  the  eggs  will 
hatch,  even  when  shipped  a  short  dis¬ 
tance,  and  the  risk  becomes  greater  as 
the  distance  increases  and  a  number  of 
handlings  necessary.  The  seller  of  the 
eggs  in  this  case  refused  to  replace  the 
eggs.  lie  contends  he  furnished  fresh 
and  fertile  eggs  and  his  responsibility 
ceased  when  he  delivered  them  to  the 
express  company.  In  order  to  avoid  any 
unpleasant  controversy  of  this  kind,  the 
buyer  and  tidier  of  eggs  for  hatching 
should  hove  o  definite  'understanding  in 
advance  as  to  just  what  responsihilty  the 
seller  of  the  eggs  asnmes  when  the  eggs 
fail  to  hatch  or  prove  infertile  upon  test 
after  delivery.  We  stand  squarely  behind 
our  guarantee  of  advertisers  in  every 
particular  and  will  make  good  to  any 
subscriber  loss  through  dishouesty  of  any 
advertisers,  but  we  cannot  accept  as  evi¬ 
dence  of  dishonesty  the  fact  that,  eggs 
fail  to  hatch  after  they  have  been 
handled  by  the  employees  of  express  com¬ 
panies  or  when  shipped  by  parcel  post. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
I  saw  in  The  Household  Guest,  141 
West  Ohio  Street.  Chicago,  an  advertise¬ 
ment  of  the  most  simple  looking  self¬ 
heating  flat  iron  I  have  ever  s'-on  and 
sold  by  the  Peerless  Mfg.  Co.  27<S  Peer¬ 
less  Building,  Cincinnati,  the  .Time  num¬ 
ber  gives  it.  The  ad,  I  enclose  is  cut 
from  the  May  number.  We  always  think 
The  Rural,  New  Yorker  knows  who 
are  reliable  and  who  are  not.  Do  you 
know  anything  about  these  people?  Are 
they  reliable?  Is  the  iron  what  they 
represent  it  to  be?  HRS.  w.  a.  b. 
Maine. 
We  do  not  know  the  concern  inquired 
about  nor  do  we  find  any  such  concern 
listed  in  our  commercial  agency  hook. 
On  the  opposite  side  of  the  full  page 
advertisement  of  this  company  appears 
the  advertisement  of  the  publishers  of 
Household  Guest-  offering  “12  apple  trees 
FREE.”  also  a  “Boy  Scout  Electric 
Lantern  FREE.”  Other  advertisements 
on  this  page  are  as  follows:  A  Patent 
Medicine  Quark  offering  FREE  10-da.vs 
treatment” ;  “Post  Card  Capa  era 
FREE  “Get  Rid  of  Fat,  FREE  trial”  ; 
work -at-home  fakes;  fortune  telling  and 
dream  hooks;  matrimonial  advertise¬ 
ments.  etc.  It  would  be  difficult  to 
imagine  a  better  (collection  of  fake 
advertisements  than  are  represented  on 
this  page.  As  with  individuals,  it  is 
only  fair  to  judge  advertisements  by  the 
company  in  which  they  are  found.  Our 
experience  is  that  self-heating  irons  of 
this  type  are  more  or  less  a  delusion  and 
we  should  consider  the  character  of  the 
publication  in  which  this  advertisement 
is  found  as  good  reason  for  questioning 
the  claims  made  for  this  particular  self- 
See  how  thousands 
of  farmers  cut  feeding 
.  costln  half,  save  1-6  to 
\  1-4  power  cost,  and  1-2 
\  labor  costof  silo-filling 
j  and  pntbcttcrfe.fi  and 
•1  greater  tonnage  in 
)  their  silos  in  less  tirna 
J  tS'UlOVM  botOtopoSBibla. 
Smalley 
Silo  Filler 
C!u»oX°r  f.itttftiintf  cat!  I*,  ahoop*  tio  iff-  and  po'olLry.  Jjimdles 
burn,  »lrm*  and  oirtiofAr+vt  itxtn#  or  vnji ur » *4/ <*> for  0 f  itu  hay 
Sell  ‘WT  Ho.  I  p*Ti*n-J  mill  for  famltnir.  Mako 
enmhinatvan  fe«ia  trcnT  clover#  nco  .  rtaw,  boati  pea 
vr*rt.  06M  Bad  ryo.  or  dvled  COtmfUUf.  r.*r.fcr!ti  r  IftOO  to 
27U0  lh«.  ppr  h<T3f.  Rs-ouUInff attachment  Ott  Junior  XCltf  r  mkea 
GUO  to  BOO  pound u  of  nmfrl  per  fcvur  with  fi  to  *  ll,  J*.  rnjflnes. 
Powcrftfl*  whirling;  bcyeNedge  Maries  like  a 
m<nr«»r»  Jin*  evoft  and  Uniform.  Hptt«r  iuIxito  ami  irreator 
tonnnir*  In  th*  «*l".  Grip  Hook  Feed  Table  feuda  automatically. 
ftxp«nr<e  of  two  oi  three  man  «b*p<*r»d»mr  on  mx».  Blower 
fcnlit  independent  of  cotter  eo  ion  iiMiiune*  or  faa 
RpouJ  without  ehuncinir  xveed  of  knife  npaft.  f*Ht»oted  low- 
en**od,  on^pofloy#  chain  drivesaro*  1-G  to  1-1  pow«*r  coat#  cuts 
otit  tmts«c«MBixry  rtaruu  belt.  Kx  rerun  on  table  on  hopper make* 
f utter,  cioonor  Job. 
Send  for  the  FREE  Book  Now 
SMALLEY  MFC.  CO.,  Dept.  20  Manitowoc,  Wia. 
Junior  Mill — Capacity ,E0( 
to  800  lbs.  meal  per  hour. 
6  to  8  H.P. Engine, 
SMALLEY  SILO  FILLERS 
Sold  by  HARDER  MFC.  CO.  -  Cobleskill,  N.  Y. 
Give  Your 
Silage 
a  Mold- 
Proof  Cut 
formation  you  can  concerning  the  (.  oey 
Motor  Company,  of  W abash  Avenue, 
Chicago.  Ill.  For  some  time  past  I  have 
received  through  the  mails  some  liter¬ 
ature,  application  blanks,  etc.,  to  sub¬ 
scribe  for  stock  in  the  company.  Any 
information  you  can  give  concerning 
same  as  for  investment  will  he  very 
thankfully  received.  J.  A.  W. 
New  Jersey. 
This  is  one  of  the  concerns  selling 
what  is  called  a  correspondence  course  or 
instructions  for  operating,  repairing  and  November  we  listed  their  butte 
selling  automobiles.  The  concern  has  no  0  c(,nmll  Company.  ti.Hr  Jwal 
established  financial  responsibility  that  Looker  agreeing  to  return  our  $20  t.mm 
we  are  able  to  discover.  The  stock  sell-  if  farm  was  not  sold  in  two  years,  but  lie  ‘  tie  grass 
ing  feature  of  the  business  has  all  the  was  sure  he  Could  sell  it  the  first  year  these  pans s 
.  .  j.  ,  .j.,.,,  n„,i  to  some  rich  man  and  we  would  get  ,,  V  e 
elements  of  a  get -rich-quick  scheme  and  ^  ™wn  JIp  wfflg  a  smootll  talker.  Boxbury  f 
the  business  on  which  the  concern  is  please  see  if  you  can  collect  the  *01  the  big 
based,  that  of  selling  literature  ou  auto-  $20  for  me?  ‘  G.  M.  rr.  father  * 
mobiles,  put  out  in  correspondence  course  New  York.  planting  a 
form,  we  regard  as  an  “easy  money  ’  TVre  have  frequently  referred  to  the  usual  time. 
scheme  which  cannot  stand  the  light,  of  swindling  operations  of  the  D.  B.  Cornell 
publicity.  A  staple  business  cannot  be  0f  Great  Barrington,  Mass.,  and 
formed  on  such  a  basis.  Such  schemes  especially  this  agent  J.  J.  Looker.  The 
can  only  catch  suckers  for  a  time  and  receipt  given  by  Looker  to  this  sub- 
then  disappear.  scriber  reads:  “Received  $20  for  listing 
and  advertising  property.  The  same 
About  May  1,  I  ordered  a  setting  of  to  be  credited  when  property  is  sold  or 
12  Narragansett  turkey  eggs  at  $3.25  withdrawn.  We  don’t  charge  any  com- 
°f;  ~  "  •  They  came  in  due  time,  m;sg;ou  for  soiling  your  property  unless 
delivered  by  express  aud  nine  were  “  .  *  •  1  1  ■ 
idaced  under  a  Barred  Rock  lien.  3  the  sale  is  made  by  us  or  thru  our 
marked  and  placed  under  a  turkey  with  advertising.  D.  B.  Cornell,  By  .T.  J. 
15  of  her  own  eggs.  When  the  time  was  Jj00ker.”  At  the  bottom  of  the  receipt 
op  T  had  13  good  turkeys  from  onr  eggs  .  written  in  the  same  baud  as  the 
aud  everv  Narragansett  egg  was  Liquin, 
not  even  started  to  hatch.  I  had  used  signature  of  .T.  .T.  Looker  the  following 
every  care  with  the  Narragansett  eggs  words:  “If  not  sold  in  2  years  from 
because  I  was  very  anxious  to  get  datP  ltloney  is  returnable.”  We  have 
ttUTi£*JSil  tPJS  L\vo“  »•*  "W««i  „„  rr.  b 
not  have  complained  if  it  had  been  a  for  tlm  refund  of  the  money  of  this  sub- 
small  hatch  but  could  hardly  stand  losing  scriber.  hut  the  Cornell  Co.  repudiate 
everything.  I  wrote  him  and  just  re-  the  COU(jitious  of  the  receipt  given  by 
ceived  bis  reply.  I  asked  either  another  ,,  .  -  t. 
setting  or  money  back,  but  he  only  offers  Looker  aud  stands  on  the  contract 
another  setting  at  half  price.  Now  I  the  subscriber  signed  in  listing  the  prop- 
wanted  Narragansett  turkeys  very  badly  erty.  This  agent  Looker  has  been  worlt- 
this  Spring  hut  lolt  I  couldn  t  spare  the  j  this  same  swindling  scheme  for  a 
money  to  risk  on  eggs.  Had  my  eye  on 
an  ad-  in  another  farm  paper  for  some  good  many  years  hack  and  apparently 
time,  but  they  did  not  guarantee  their  with  the  approval  of  the  Cornell  Company, 
ads.,  so  1  hesitated,  and  when  this  man  M’e  ]ast  heard  of  him  operating  from 
advertised  in  The  Rural  N^v- Yorker  y.  inia  If  the  cage  were  taken  to 
I  felt  perfectly  safe  and  sent  the  money.  ,  .  .  ..  .  ,  . 
Now  the  money  is  gone  with  nothing  to  court  there  can  be  no  question  but  justice 
show  for  it,  and  I  cannot  aud  will  not  would  he.  done  the  subscriber,  but  the 
send  more  after  it.  W  ould  be  glad  for  expense  of  attorneys’  fees,  etc,  for  pro- 
anotber  setting,  even  though  the  six  oi  sec(,ting  the  case  would  no  doubt  amount 
more  weeks  delay  would  make  quite  a  *  b  „  ..  .  .  .. 
difference  in  value  of  the  stock  hatched,  to  four  or  five  times  the  amount  of  the 
but  have  not  any  more  money  to  send  on  claim  itself  and  no  farmer  feels  justified 
such  u  proposal.  Have  bought  eggs  a  jn  go;ng  to  this  expense.  If  such  a  trans- 
number  of  times  from  your  advertisers;  .  ,  ,  fll.  ,n. lilo 
also  sold  eggs  for  nine  years,  with  no  a<“tion  took  place  through  the  mails. 
trouble  but  once;  that  was  over  eggs  it  would  be  subject  to  prosecution  for 
advertised  in  another  paper  and  finally  fraud.  The  transaction  and  the  receipt 
the  postal  authorities  made  the  man  re-  given  tlie  subscriber  bear  evidence  of 
turn  my  money.  ’Phis  is  my  first  trouble  *  ...  .  .  ,,  f  T  , 
with  any  of  the  R.  N.  Y.  ads.  What  deliberate  swindle  on  the  part  of  Looker 
will  you  do  for  me?  N.  m  B.  acting  as  agent,  for  the  D.  B.  Cornell  Co. 
New  York.  of  Great  Barrington,  Mass.  Farmers 
The  above  is  quite  typical  of  many  will  do  well  to  remember  the  name  of 
controversies  over  eggs  for  hatching  Looker  and  Cornell  when  approached  by 
which  come  to  us  during  the  Spring  and  an  unknown  real  estate  agent  for  the 
Silvers 'Ohio 
The  Logical  Silo  Filler 
M.okes  ctean-Bist,  uniform  silaarc— reieoseg 
all  silnue  juices— packs  solidly— ferments 
cvnrtlv- expels  nil  air.  "Sflverized  Silage"  xV; 
brings  bin  vest  mil yield  from  dairy  cows-  §SS 
puis  weight  on  fatetock.  Write  for  booalct  ^ 
on  ‘'faiverizod  Silage,"  showing  proof.  ^ 
Ibu-ked  by  62  years'  cianafactunnii  expe- 
Hence.  Unboatnbla  featur-3— direct  drive. 
faction  reverse,  antomatic  beater  feed.  ^ 
Used  by  leading  fanner.-,  and  Experiment  ^ 
Stations  everywhere.  Lot’s  refer  you  t<>  ySS 
owners.  BOOKS  FREE— Catalog  and  book- 
let  on  "SilVf'rJzed  Silage. '*  Writ#  today.  ^ 
THE  SILVER  MFG.  CO.,  364  Broadway.  Salem.  0.  x| 
Get  our  proposition  beforejmu  buy.  Our  aim: 
— Simplicity  and  Durability.  The  Anchor 
Silo  meets  every  requirement.  Our  prices 
speak  for  themselves.  If  rite  fur  cat.  showing 
different  styles  we  manufacture .  Agents  Wanted 
ANCHOR  SILO  MANUFACTURING  CO. 
N.  Tonawanda,  N.  Y. 
fn-de-str-uct-o 
ROSSMetalSILO 
Keepa  all  your  ensilage  sweet, 
fretth  and  clean.  Una  voidable 
loss  reduced  to  about  l  f,  due  to 
no  leakage  Or  evaporation. 
THE  PERMANENT  SILO 
can’t  blow  down,  buckle,  twist 
or  collapse.  Stands  rl^td  even 
when  empty.  Fireproof,  storm¬ 
proof.  Capacity  increased  any 
time  by  adding  to  helgbt.  Guar¬ 
antee  i  against  silage  acids.  We 
also  make  the  Koss  Wood  Silo. 
Write  for  free  catalog. 
AGENTS  WANTED. 
THE  E.  W.  ROSS  CO. 
Box 313  Springfield,  Ohio. 
HE  FRONT  vi i at GavE 
GRIFFIN  SILO  FAME 
Continuous  Ol««m  Poor  Front.  Per¬ 
manent  Steel  Ladder  Attached. 
>  Size  8x20  ....  $80.00 
lOxiii  .  .  .  .  Hlt.OO 
•'12x20  .  .  .  .  H9. 00 
Other  Sizes  in  proportion  Dis¬ 
counts  to  Agents. 
GRIFFIN  LUMBER  CO 
HUDSON  FALLS.  N.  Y 
C,URNSjkoU' 
LARGE 
FREE  MU  I  1 
CATALOG  Hliill  * 
BOX  1 1 
rYes,  the  Blizzard  is  easy  running. 
Mr.  Goo.  All,  of  Spencer,  Iowa,  couldn’t  get  a 
10  or  12  II.  1’.  engine,  ordinarily  used  fora  No.  15 
Blizzard,  and  tilled  his  14 x  36  silo  in  3  days  with 
las  G  ll.p,  uugine,  and  says  “it  worked  fine.” 
“My  4  TT.  P,  gasolene  engine  fur¬ 
nished  suniclent  power  to  run  tho  No.  9 
Blizzard  to  perfection."  R  J.M< >NUOK, 
liurllnst-ju  Plate,  N.  Y. 
"Tho  Btlxr.ard  No.lt  (Pled  our  12 x XI  ft. 
pilo  with  eaw,  usiue  8  H.P.  twolvDC  e.n 
glne.  We  were  told  before  starting  that 
we  did  not  have  power  enough,  but  actual 
work  diMiiouutruUHl  that  ««  had  a  great 
plenty."  J.  C.  MILHA  M. 
Waukeahu,  Wia. 
Ensilage  Cutter 
Herman  Fooler,  of  Ooouoinowoe,  Win.,  writes;  **f  run 
the  No.  t:<  IhlxxaKl  with  my  8  H.P.  enitue,  aud  have  all 
the  power  I  want.  My  alio  is  40  feet  big U. 
In  addition  to  light  running,  you  will  Ibid  the  Blizzard 
has  unlimited  elevating  ability]  lx  simple,  aure  and  de¬ 
pendable:  a  glutton  for  work;  mat.**  even-cut  allage; 
costa  Very  little  for  repairs;  stays  lu  the  harness  tor 
years.  WRITE  for  catalog  and  full  information. 
The  Jos.  Dick  Mfg.  Co. Box  canton,  om. 
Sold  mounted  or  unmounted 
Write  us  states  of 
silo,  eoRine.  etc.,  for 
advice  and  booklets. 
