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August  5,  1916. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
In  the  current  issue  of  Tin:  R.  N.-Y. 
we  rend  the  latest  news  you  have  of  J. 
j.  Looker  and  tlie  Cornell  Co.,  niuJ  we 
gladly  send  you  our  latest.  About  the 
20th  of  May  last  this  Looker  called  at 
the  farm  of  our  nearby  ueigllbor  and 
tried  hia  blandishments  on  the  farmer 
and  his  wife.  Asked  what,  they  wanted 
for  their  farm  and  being  told  the  price 
was  .$8,000  he  told  them  they  were  wrong 
to  ask  for  so  little,  as  he  was  listing 
farms  for  wealthy  people  who  desired 
them  for  Summer  residences;  that  he 
could  easily  get  $10,000  fur  the  farm  and 
that  he  would  guarantee  a  sale  within  a 
year,  hut  when  he  divulged  his  plan  of 
$25  listing  fee.  the  farmer  stepped  to  the 
’phone  and  called  up  his  lawyer  (in 
Dover,  live  miles  away)  asking  him  if  he 
knew  anything  of  tliis  < . .  The 
lawyer  answered,  “Have  nothing  to  do 
with  it."  Instantly  Mr.  Looker  was 
upon  his  feet,  suavely  requesting  the  op¬ 
portunity  of  a  word  with  the  lawyer  and 
so  cut  off  the  further  information  that 
the  farmer  may  have  obtained.  He  then 
proceeded  to  expatiate  to  the  lawyer  on 
the  greatness  of  the  company  iticornor- 
ated  in  Delaware,  etc.,  etc.  But  these 
farmers  told  Mr.  Looker  that  there  are 
plenty  of  real  estate  firms  in  OUc  home 
towns  who  ask  no  fee  until  a  sale  is 
made.  So  Mr.  Looker  was  obliged  to 
“look”  further  than  our  immediate 
neighborhood  for  “easy  money.”  IV hen 
the  neighbor's  wife  told  us  of  the  inci¬ 
dent,  we  looked  up  the  copy  of  Tub  It. 
N.-Y.  that  had  “Looker”  in  “Publisher’s 
Desk”  and  showed  them  how  fortunate 
they  were  in  escaping  the  net  which 
Looker  had  spread  for  them.  The  clip¬ 
ping  from  a  Dover  paper  will  furnish  the 
finale.  We  think  that  the  “prominent 
agricultural  paper”  mentioned  was  Tim 
It.  V-Y.  “Publisher’s  Desk.”  Long  may 
it  flourish.  M.  A.  c. 
Delaware. 
The  clipping  from  the  local  paper  ran 
as  follows : 
Swindler  Skips  Out 
A  man  who  gave  his  name  as  ,T.  .T, 
Looker,  and  said  that  he  represented.  I>. 
It.  Cornell  Company,  of  (treat  Barring¬ 
ton,  Mass.,  has  been  working  in  this 
vicinity  for  several  days  soliciting  farm¬ 
ers  to  list  their  property  with  his  firm 
for  sale,  and  charging  them  $25  for  the 
service.  Becoming  suspicious  of  the 
agent.,  a  resident  of  Kent  County  ap¬ 
pealed  to  a  prominent  agricultural  .maga¬ 
zine  for  information  and  was  informed 
that  the  stranger  was  a  swindler.  L.v  the 
time  the  news  circulated,  however,  Look¬ 
er  had  left  for  parts  unknown. 
C.  P.  Bratnoher,  appointed  July  30th, 
as  receiver  for  the  Minneapolis.  St.  Paul, 
Rochester  and  Duluth  Electric  Traction 
company,  commonly  known  as  the  “Dan 
Patch”  line,  has  begun  an  investigation 
of  the  company’s  liabilities  and  resources. 
It  will  require  a  week  or  10  days  to  com¬ 
plete  this  investigation  says  Mr,  Brat- 
nober.  I  Util  this  report  has  been  made 
and  passed  on  by  the  omul  no  plans  re¬ 
garding  future  action  for  the  road  can  be 
attempted.  Mr.  Bratnoher  was  appoint¬ 
ed  by  .lodge  Booth,  in  the  United  States 
district  court,  who  granted  an  applica¬ 
tion  for  an  equitable  receivership  of  the 
road.  The  actiou,  it  is  said,  coming  as 
it  did  just  eight  days  after  the  death  of 
M.  W.  Savage,  founder  of  the  line  and 
president  and  treasurer  of  the  company, 
was  taken  because  of  the  large  number 
of  interested  parties  connected  with  the 
road  and  the  fact  that  there  was  no  one 
in  a  position  to  succeed  Mr.  Savage  in 
handling  the  road. — Minneapolis  Daily. 
The  “Dan  Patch”  road  was  reported 
in  financial  difficulties  last  Summer  w  hen 
a  $750,000  bond  issue,  secured  by  a  first 
mortgage  on  all  its  property,  was  sold  to 
n  Wall  St.  house.  This  deal  apparently 
tided  over  tlie  troubles  for  the  time 
which,  with  the  death  of  Mr.  Savage, 
broke  out  afresh  and  made  necessary  the 
receivership  proceedings. 
It  is  reported  that  bondholders  have 
formed  a  protective  committee  and  a  simi¬ 
lar  committee  of  stockholders  is  contem¬ 
plated.  We  understand  that  the  collapse 
of  the  "Dan  Patch”  road  does  not  affect 
the  other  Savage  enterprises.  Six  years 
ago  Tiik  It.  N.-Y.  advised  its  subscribers 
against  investing  their  savings  in  this 
venture.  We  afterward  announced  that 
none  of  the  advertising  of  the  Savage 
enterprises  would  he  accepted  because  of 
the  investment  schemes.  If  the  advice 
was  heeded,  as  we  feel  sure  it  was,  many 
of  our  people  have  been  saved  from  a 
heavy  financial  loss,  and  perhaps  ruin. 
Enclosed  please  find  a  letter  which  is 
in  answer  to  my  advertising  for  work  ns 
pouitryWan,  Possibly  this  is  another 
scheme  to  swindle  people.  It  certainly 
sounds  suspicious,  especially  when  an  in¬ 
crease  of  $20  per  month  is  promised  be¬ 
fore  anything  is  known  of  my  ability. 
Maine.  P.  it. 
The  letter  enclosed  is  signed  by  Chas, 
Kabisoh  of  1540  71st  Street,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  offering  a  salaried  position  with  a 
•Uhe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
leading  commercial  poultry  farm  on  con¬ 
dition  that  “P.  M."  subscribe  to  75 
shares  of  the  stock  in  the  corporation  at 
$10  per  share.  The  letter  does  not  state 
the  name  of  the  poultry  farm  in  question. 
We  think,  however,  the  subscriber’s  sus¬ 
picious  are  fully  justified.  Positions  of¬ 
fered  on  condition  that  a  subscription  he 
made  to  the  stock  of  the  concern,  have, 
in  our  experience,  proved  to  be  merely  a 
scheme  to  sell  slock,  and  after  the  money 
was  paid  for  the  stock,  the  position  van¬ 
ished.  <)u  general  principles  we  advise 
our  readers  to  beware  of  such  positions 
offered  with  a  stock-sailing  string  to 
them. 
Since  I  wrote  I  have  heard  from  the 
Oetgen  Co..  Savannah,  (in.,  sending  me 
the  check  of  $l.ti!>  for  those  four  crates 
of  vegetables  but  did  not  say  anything 
about  tlie  no-good-checlc  of  $2.22  for  pre¬ 
vious  Shipment.  I  presume  you  worked 
for  mo  on  this  matter  and  thanks  deep¬ 
ly,  but  these  sales  accounts  are  just  made 
up,  because  1  shipped  the  fancy  toma¬ 
toes  selling  at  $2.50  up  as  1  wrote  you. 
Is  there  anything  I  could  do  better  than 
this  sale?  If  there  is  I  hope  you  will 
settle  it  up  for  me  with  the  other  no-good 
cheek.  Y.  II. 
Florida. 
Tlie  Oetgen  Co.,  City  Market  Bldg., 
Savannah,  (la.,  neglect  to  make  good  the 
two  checks  referred  to.  When  sending 
goods  to  Georgia  markets,  it  will  be  well 
to  pass  them  by. 
1  am  enclosing  a  certificate  of  the  Cost 
Reducing  Home  Supply  Corporation,  80 
Fifth  Avenue,  New  York,  which  T  do  not 
need  in  my  business.  Maybe  TriK  R.  N.- 
Y.  would  like  to  say  a  warn!  about  it. 
New  York.  A.  3.  S. 
By  paying  n  fee  of  85  cash  you  get  a 
purchasing  privilege  with  this  company 
up  to  $100,  and  for  a  period  of  one  year 
may  buy  merchandise  from  them.  The 
fee  is  for  purchasing  privilege  only,  and 
in  no  event  will  it  be  refunded  or  re¬ 
bated.  Why  one  should  pay  a  fee  for  the 
privilege  of  purchasing  from  any  com¬ 
pany  is  not  stated  and  remains  a  mys¬ 
tery.  The  main  object  is  to  induce  you 
to  send  $5  in  advance.  The  character 
and  value  of  the  goods  is  an  after  con¬ 
sideration.  We  have  paid  our  respects 
to  similar  propositions,  and  refer  to  this 
one  merely  to  prevent  new  readers  from 
swallowing  the  bait. 
O.  E.  Broderick  of  Rosemary  Poultry 
Farm,  Frenehtown.  N.  .T.,  sent  me  a  cir¬ 
cular  letter  last  Winter  offering  day-old 
chirks  for  sale.  April  1st  1  wrote  and 
asked  him  how  soon  he  could  deliver  100 
It,  1.  Red  chicks  to  which  T  received  the 
answer  that  he  had  n  hatch  coming  on 
May  3.  1  sent  him  $15  and  asked  him  to 
send  100  til  irks  on  May  1.  In  the 
World  for  May  7th  Broderick  advertised 
R.  T.  Red  chicks,  hatch  May  10  for  $12 
per  hundred.  On  May  12  1  received  by 
express  a  box  containing  !X>  chicks  of 
which  eight  were  dead,  six  died  within 
one  bom  after  being  received  and  four 
were  so  crippled  that  (hey  could  not 
move,  which  I  think  was  caused  by  pack¬ 
ing  the  chicks  in  a  box  which  was  far  too 
small  for  accommodating  such  a  number. 
Today  there  are  00  live  chicks  left.  In 
the  circular  mentioned  is  printed  the 
following:  “Our  guarantee  is  a  personal 
obligation  from  ns  to  you  and  will  be 
fully  met.  We  guarantee  to  deliver  full 
count  of  live  chicks  or  replace  dead  ones 
or  refund  purchase  price.”  I  wrote  to 
Broderick  and  asked  him  to  make  good 
liis  guarantee  and  also  refund  $•”,.  the 
difference  in  price  of  chicks  hatched  on 
May  3  and  on  May  10.  He  has  not  an¬ 
swered  me  yet  and  I  suppose  ho  docs  not 
intend  to.  r.  it.  p. 
New  York. 
We  took  this  complaint  up  with  Mr. 
E.  O.  Broderick,  proprietor  of  Rosemary 
Poultry  Farm,  and  the  subscriber  re¬ 
ceived  a  prompt  adjustment  of  18  baby 
chicks  to  take  the  place  of  those  that 
were  dead,  etc.  Mr.  Broderick,  however, 
disputes  the  subscriber's  contention  that 
he  is  entitled  to  a  $3  refund  because  of 
the  fact  that  he  had  reduced  the  price 
from  $15  per  hundred  to  $12  per  hun¬ 
dred  previous  to  the  time  shipment  was 
made.  Had  Mr.  Broderick  tilled  the  or¬ 
der  on  the  date  specified  we  should  re¬ 
gard  that  he  were  justified  in  charging 
the  price  agreed  upon.  The  order,  how¬ 
ever,  was  held  until  Mr.  Broderick’s  pub¬ 
lished  prices  were  reduced  to  $12  per 
hundred  and  we  therefore  feel  that,  the 
subscriber  is  justly  entitled  to  the  $3  re¬ 
fund  demanded.  The  above  is  a  fair 
statement  of  both  sides  of  the  controversy 
and  the  poultry  public  can  draw  their 
own  conclusions  as  to  whether  or  not 
the  seller  of  the  chicks  lhas  taken  an  un¬ 
fair  advantage  of  the  purchaser  or  wheth¬ 
er  the  purchaser  is  unreasonable  in  his 
demand  for  a  refund. 
TRIPL#WALLC||n 
frost-proofOilu 
Tln-ee  walls,  instead  of  flip  usual  one.  make 
tliis  silo  air  liRlit,  frost  and  water  proof ; 
Preserves  silane  perfectly.  Ifenimrs  no 
JtuopH.  Costs  no  more  than  single  wall  silos. 
Moat,  durable.  (iuarahtccd.  Many  aatiafiorf  WUrTH. 
Semi  postal  for  cntnloff,  Aotim  Agvfit*  w  opfeii. 
\V.  L.  Scott  Lumber  Co., 
Box  HO  Norwich,  N.  Y. 
Keeps  all  your  ensilage  ewei  ' , 
fresh  anti  clean.  Unavoidable 
loss  reduced  to  about.  1  c,  due  to 
no  leakage  or  evaporation. 
THE  PERMANENT  SILO 
can’t  blow  down,  buckle,  twist 
or  collapse.  Stands  mrld  even 
when  empty.  Kin-proof,  storm¬ 
proof.  Capacity  Increased  any 
time  by  adibnr  to  height.  Guar¬ 
anteed  a  train  mkipt  aclda.  Wo 
also  make  the  Rosa  Wood  Silo. 
Write  for  free  catalog. 
A  O  It  NTS  W  ANT  ED. 
THE  E.  W.  ROSS  CO. 
Box 31 3  BprljiuBeld,  Ohio. 
Get  our  proposition  before  you  buy.  Our  aim : 
— Simplicity  and  Durability.  The  Anchor 
Silo  meets  every  requirement.  Our  prices 
speak  for  themselves.  IV rite  for  cat.  showing 
different  styles  we  manufacture .  Agents  Wanted 
ANCHOR  SILO  MANUFACTURING  CO 
N.  Tonawanda,  N.  Y. 
CLIMAX 
ENSILAGE 
CUTTER 
not  only  tills  silos  ijuioklv  but  with  least  powrt 
The  Inward  Shear  ' 
cot  from  the  outer  edge  toward  the  main 
shaft  ttlirre  I'itiillir  pit-net- 1*  krroMleht. 
Writs  for  FSEE  Catalog 
Stork-  eftf-netl  in  all  Wf  i  u  tin  for  trims 
ilifTrrenl  walvr*  fur  of  or.irral  ilLtrlhu 
quick  Hhiinnonl..  tor  *.r  it-alur. 
Nome  territory  oprn/vr  Live  ApcnC* 
Warsaw- Wilkinson 
Company 
104  Hifihl.ind, 
Warsaw,  N.  V. 
Fills  160-Ton  Silo  in  10  Hours 
Cutting  capacity  counts  at  silo  filling  time,  when  hired 
men  and  teams  must  be  kept  busy.  There  must  be  no 
lost  time  on  account  of  the  ensilage  cutter. 
M.  L.  McCullough  of  Sunny  Hill  Stork  Farm.  Fayette,  Mo.  writes: 
"  Last  y  ear  \v  lieu  our  I'.ipc-c  tilled  our  123-ton  silo  in  5)  hours,  we  were 
delighted;  hut  tliis  year  w  c  lillecl  ntir  160-ton  silo  in  10  hours.” 
“Filled  9  silos  with  my  J'apcc  ami  never  had  to  stop  once  on 
account  of  tlie  cutter.  1  have  never  seen  its  equal,”  says  W.  M. 
McIntyre,  Cottageville,  W.  Va.,  and  R.  E.  Corry,  Cedarville,  Ohio, 
was  really  disappointed  because  he  couldn't  choke  his  Papec 
or  clog  the  blow  pipe.  Be  says:  "Wc  think  it  positively  impos¬ 
sible  to  choke  it."  The 
.nsilage  Cutter 
has  nothing  but  a  simple  blow  pipe  to  put  up  or  take  down,  so  it’s 
always  ready  tor  business,  and  the  feed  table  is  the  right  height  to  feed 
with  comfort.  A  small  gas  engine  is  all  that  is  necessary  to  operate 
ihe  Paper,  elevating  silage  to  tlie  height  of  any  silo.  “The  Papec 
..  n,  , .  Cutter  does  better  than  1  expect- 
Papec  Mactiine  to.  _  ed,”  says  T.  F.  Garner,  King- 
Box  10  vvood.W.  Va.‘  ’  t  filled  my  60-ton 
Shortsville,  .  .  IlMB  V*.  silo  with  a  4  II.  P.  gasoline  en- 
N.  Y.  l  gine,  I  think  the 
_ _ Papec  the  best  cut- 
«• ••i-****-" 
Send  at  once  for  1916 
Papec  Catalog 
How  do  You  Fill  Your  Silo? 
CORN— always  a  wonderful  crop — is  more  of 
a  king  each  year.  That  is  not  to  be  wondered 
at  since  ensilage  is  proving  so  cheap  and  economical 
a  feed.  More  and  more  we  realize  the  extra  profits  in 
the  all-year-’round  use  of  green  fodder. 
In  the  same  proportion  International  ensilage  cutters 
Lave  grown  popular.  Here  are  some  International  big  points. 
There’s  the  famous  special  concave  knife,  with  inward  shear 
cut,  cutting  at  outer  edge  first,  hence  the  greatest  volume  is  cut 
near  the  shaft  with  least  power.  The  handy  knife  grinder  that 
is  always  on  the  machine  grinds  one  of  tlie  two  sets  of  knives 
while  the  other  is  working.  It's  a  water  stone,  leaving  the  tem- 
Eer  in  the  kuives.  Perfect  adjustment  of  knife  blades  to  cutter 
ar  can  always  be  maintained,  saving  power  and  doing  good 
work.  Heavy  channel  steel  frame,  trussed,  hot  riveted,  so  that 
working  parts  can’t  get  out  of  line.  Self-feed  keeps  cutting 
always  even;  silage  may  be  cut  in  various  lengths.  Blower  pipe 
is  adjustable  to  any  angle;  silage  may  be  delivered  to  a  silo  of 
any  height.  Full  equipment  of  safety  devices. 
These  features  make  the  International  tlie  best  to  buy.  See  the 
dealer  who  sells  them.  Write  to  us  for  the  interesting  booklet, 
“A  Silo  for  Every  Farm,” 
International  Harvester  Company  of  America 
(Incorporated) 
CHICAGO  USA 
Champion  Deering  McCormick  Milwaukee  Osborne  Plano 
When  you  write  advertisers  mention  The  /{.  N.-Y.  and  you’ll  get  a 
quick  reply  and  a  “ square  deal.”  See  guarantee  editorial  page. 
