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PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
I  enclose  a  slip  from  tbe  Wilkes-Barre 
Record  concerning  Clias.  L.  Beitler.  of 
whom  I  believe  I  have  read  in  your  col¬ 
umn  on  fakes.  I  might  add  that  one  note 
in  that  column  saved  me  about  $400  a  few 
years  ago.  G.  R.  P. 
Pennsylvania. 
The  item  regarding  Beitler,  alias  Lan¬ 
dis,  follows : 
Having  been  informed  that  a  warrant 
had  been  sworn  out  fox*  his  arrest  at  the 
instance  of  a  Michigan  man  who  eh.  rgcd 
him  with  obtaining  money  under  false 
pretenses,  Charles  L.  Beitler,  also  known 
as  C.  I  a  B.  Landis,  has  departed  from 
Tunkhannock  where  he  had  engaged  in 
breeding  live  stock  since  the  Spring  of 
1914,  according  to  Wyoming  County  offi¬ 
cials.  Beitler  conducted  the  business  un¬ 
der  the  name  of  the  Susquehanna  Valley 
Kennels  and  ’  advertised  extensively  in 
catalogs  throughout,  the  country  ns  a 
breeder  of  dogs,  chickens  and  all  kinds  of 
Jive  ’Stock.  He  came  to  Tunkhannock 
from  Berks  County,  it  was  said.  Many 
dogs  were  shipped  to  him  and  distributed 
by  him  to  purchasers.  TIis  business 
methods,  Tunkhannock  officials  say,  did 
uot  meet  with  general  approval,  hut  the 
Michigan  resident  has  been  the  first  to 
take  action  against  him. 
This  is  the  same  Landis  who  swindled 
a  number  of  our  readers  and  his  methods 
have  been  repeatedly  exposed  in  this  col¬ 
umn.  No  doubt  Landis  will  turn  up  in 
some  new  locality  in  the  near  future  and 
continue  liis  old  game.  Tin*  amount  Pub¬ 
lisher’s  Desk  department  has  saved  this 
subscriber  would  pay  his  subscription 
just  400  years. 
I  received  your  letter  several  days  ago, 
enclosing  the  check  from  the - ex¬ 
press  company  in  settlement  of  the  claims 
for  that  shipment  to  - .  You 
have  certainly  been  thorough  in  this 
case,  and  I  thank  you  for  secur¬ 
ing  this  adjustment,  though  it  was 
something  of  a  surprise.  You  may  be 
certain  that  we  will  never  be  without 
Thk  R.  N.  Y.  hereafter.  Yon  have  al¬ 
ready  saved  us  much  more  than  the  price 
of  our  subscription,  and  more  than  that 
is  the  satisfaction  of  securing  fair  treat¬ 
ment.  Furthermore  your  piper  is,  as  one 
subscriber  put  it,  “an  insurance  policy.” 
I  answer  my  advertisements  from  your 
columns.  Besides  this,  it.  is  a  most  effi¬ 
cient  and  reliable  source  of  information 
and  advice.  There  are  some  differences  of 
opinion  between  us,  but  that  is  something 
impossible  to  avoid,  and  for  which  allow¬ 
ance  must  always  ho  made.  And  you  are 
certainly  working  for  the  interest  and 
advancement  of  the  farmer,  both  as  indi¬ 
vidual  and  class.  Your  tight  for  a  solu¬ 
tion  of  the  market  problem  is  sufficient 
evidence  of  this,  aside  from  everything 
else.  And  you  have  proved  to  me  person¬ 
ally  that  your  pledge  of  a  “square  deal” 
is  trustworthy  and  sincere. 
Michigan.  mks.  j.  v.  ec. 
Tt  is  encouraging  to  receive  such  words 
of  approval.  It  is  our  highest  ambition 
to  merit  these  expressions  of  confidence 
from  subscribers.  We  are  not  always 
successful  in  the  battles  waged  in  behalf 
of  farmers,  but  our  best  efforts  are  put 
forth  in  every  case. 
Crops  and  Farm  News 
There  is  a  big  hay  crop,  oyer  one-third 
more  than  last  year.  Oats  are  about  one 
half  crop.  I  do  not  think  potatoes  will 
he  more  than  half  of  a  good  crop.  Pas¬ 
tures  are  all  dried  up.  Farmers  are 
feeding  their  green  feed  now,  such  as  mil¬ 
let  and  corn,  oats  and  peas.  1  am  milk¬ 
ing  three  cows;  in  June  I  got  from  88  to 
93  lbs.  per  day,  this  morning  55  lbs.  The 
average  price  per  100  for  milk  to  our 
factory  is  around  $1.50,  not  very  satis¬ 
factory.  No  apples.  n.  l.  w. 
Aug.  28.  Potatoes,  owing  to  the  wet 
weather  in  the  Spring,  arc  lute  looking 
at:  the  present  time,  the  early  ones  are 
of  good  size  and  quality,  only  a  few  in 
the  hill  selling  from  $t  to  $1.20  bu. 
Corn  here  is  very  poor  owing  to  the  wet 
weather;  not  much  planted  nnd  Unit  was 
washed  very  badly  by  floods  and  so  much 
rain.  Hay  is  a  big  crop;  bad  good  weath¬ 
er  for  haying.  Nearly  everyone,  is  late 
getting  through  haying.  Help  is  very 
scarce  here;  men  are  asking  from  $2.50 
to  $3.50  a  day.  Butterfat  sold  at.  the 
creamery  for  July,  29  and  30  cents  a  lb. 
Eggs  at  the  grocery  28c.  Hogs,  live,  are 
selling  for  S^e;  dressed  hogs  12c. 
Cameron,  N.  Y.  w.  f,  ii. 
Aug.  31.  The  hay  crop  is  the  largest 
ever.  I  have  inquired  of  oldest  residents 
in  the  central  part  of  Otsego  County,  and 
they  all  say  they  never  saw  the  hay  crop 
as  good.  The  weather  has  been  favorable 
for  securing  the  crop  in  good  condition. 
There  is  quite  a  lot  of  hay  to  cut  yet. 
Apples  are  a  fair  crop,  but  there  seems  to 
be  a  better  crop  of  early  sorts  than  of 
Winter  varieties.  Corn  in  the  early  part 
of  the  season  promised  a  failure  on  ac¬ 
count  of  too  much  rain,  but  after  the 
change  in  weather  il  bus  grow u  very  nice¬ 
ly,  and  silage  corn  will  be  a  full  crop. 
Many  fields  of  State  corn  will  ripen,  but 
not  all.  j.  b.  a. 
Garrattsville,  N.  Y. 
Aug.  29.  Potatoes  are  very  poor  here, 
partly  on  account  of  the  weather  being 
so  had  in  June  that  the  farmers  were  un¬ 
able  to  get  the  crops  in  and  partly  on 
account  of  the  drought,  which  commenced 
in  July  and  is  still  unbroken.  Hay  was 
a  big  crop  and  was  harvested  in  fine 
sbapi  ;  practically  no  rain  to  bleach  and 
color  hay  all  through  haying.  Corn  is 
very  streaked ;  on  the  gravel  and  dry 
lands  thei*e  is  some  very  good  corn  and 
on  clay  and  springy  land  it  is  very  poor. 
Cows  arc  drying  up  very  fast,  and  un¬ 
less  we  get  rain  soon  the  dairy  product 
will  be  very  light.  On  a  whole  it  is  not 
an  average  year  for  any  farmer  in  this 
locality.  j.  p.  i\ 
Frewsburg,  N.  Y. 
The  apple  and  potato  crop  in  this  lo¬ 
cality  is  good.  The  hay  crop  was  extra 
large,  and  it  was  mainly  cured  in  good 
condition.  Dairying  is  rather  poor,  as 
it  has  been  very  dry.  Only  silo  corn 
is  raised  and  that  is  looking  fine. 
East  Freetown,  N.  Yr.  F.  n.  s. 
Unlike  the  seaboard  regions,  we  have 
had  a  very  dry  Summer  nud  both  crops 
and  ground  are  calling  for  rain.  Har¬ 
vesting  was  much  expedited  by  the  fine 
harvest  weather,  and  all  the  crops  were 
gathered  in  good  season  and  in  good  con¬ 
dition  throughout  Western  Pennsylvania. 
The  great  Spi'ing  rains  enabled  the  crops 
to  endure  the  Slimmer  drought  and  the 
harvest  has  been  an  abundant  one. 
Prices  hid  fair  to  be  remunerative;  wheat 
$1.20;  rye  90c;  oats  45c;  potatoes 
$1.40  a  bushel;  apples  $1;  butter  35c; 
eggs  22c:  comb  honey  22e  a  pound  and 
scarce.  Farm  stock  is  scarce,  and  high  in 
price,  but  the  great  number  of  automo¬ 
biles  has  hurt  the  price  of  horses. 
Some  attention  has  been  paid  here  to 
scientific  fruit  growing.  Almost  all  the 
orchards  are  sprayed  more  or  less,  and 
new  orchards  have  been  planted.  Apples 
are  a  fine  crop,  and  practically  worm  less. 
The  usual  second  brood  of  the  Codling 
worms,  due  about  this  time,  does  not 
seem  to  appear;  possibly  because  the 
first  brood  was  so  late,  at  least  two  weeks 
later  than  usual.  The  Fall  web-worm, 
red-humped  worm,  and  walnut  caterpillar 
have  all  beep  numerous  and  destructive. 
Garden  crops  are  abundant,  as  tomatoes 
and  cabbage.  A  family  in  Sharon  has 
been  poisoned  by  cabbage  that  was 
sprayed  with  Paris  green  for  Worms.  A 
neighbor  lost  30  hives  of  bees  because 
fruit  growers  around  him  unlawfully 
sprayed  their  orchards  in  the  blooming 
period.  The  Wilmington  Grange  has  just 
held  a  pleasant  picnic.  The  Pulaski  fair 
on  August  22,  23  and  24  was  interesting, 
instructive  and  well  attended.  A  great 
storm  on  Tuesday,  Aug.  22,  extended 
At  Walton,  Ky.,  lives  Chas.  L.  Griffith,  a 
banker  and  farmer,  actively  interested  in  the 
Richmond  Alfalfa  Club.  This  Club  bought 
a  Jeffrey  LI MEPULVER  and  ground  their 
own  limestone  in  order  to  give  their  soils  a 
tfrncrou*  Supply  at  little  coit.  Mr.  Griffith  c*yn:  "I  pul¬ 
verized  150  tons  in  7'A  daysman  expense  of  about  34c per 
am.”  We  receive  many  such  repat?  from  owners  of 
Uhe  jeffreul  jmePulveR 
Reduces  60  lb.  rock  to  du»t — or  crunfie?  rock  for  roadorcon- 
crete  work  to  any  size  dcnircd.  Crushes  limestone  ledyes  In¬ 
to  finely  pulverized  limestone  worth  from  81.50  to  82. 50  a  ton. 
Built  in  sizes  to  suit  engines  from  8  b.  p.  to  30  b.  p.  Capaci¬ 
ty  10  to  70  tons  per  day.  Write  for  catalog  and  FREE  Trial 
Offer,  and  try  tbs  machine  on  your  farm.  (30) 
THE  JEFFREY  MANUFACTURING  CO. 
26J  First  Avenue  Columbus.  Ohio 
V  Bush  and  Bog  Plow 
^rdoes  away  with  the  bushknif  e, 
rgrubhoe  and  shovel — it’s  belter,  V 
quicker  and  cheaper.  The  forged 
sharp  Cutaway  disks  penetrate  deep,  cut- 
ting  roots,  turf  and  trash  and  pulverising  w 
the  soil.  Splendid  for  deep  tillage.  2  1 
horse  and  4  horse.  Reversible.  If  your  ] 
dealer  ha? pnt thefesrw/rr* CuitxliMiy  write 
to  us  direct.  Be  sure  to  write  us  tor  our 
new  book,  "The  Soil  and  Its  Tillage.” 
Get  your  copy  mow.  j 
THE  CUTAWAY  HARROW  COMPANY  L 
Maker  of  the.  original  jj 
CL  A  Rif  disk  harrows  and  plows  M 
.  395  Main  St.,  Higganum,  Conn,  Jf 
96  Exquisite 
Wall  Paper 
1  sold  live  poultry  to  Richard  L.  Davis, 
IS  Liberty  street.  Morristown,  N.  J.,  and 
he  paid  for  the  first  lot  and  ordered  me 
to  send  him  a.  few  birds.  I  drove  to  the 
next  town  and  paid  $5  for  some  pure¬ 
bred  stock  and  sent  same  to  Mr,  Davis.  I 
have  written  him  many  times,  asking  him 
to  remit.  I  also  made  draft,  hut  it  was 
not  paid.  He  knew  that  I  had  paid  out 
for  the  birds  and  you  will  see  his  letter 
saying  he  would  send  me  $6.  but  I  have 
received  nothing  from  him  and  have  been 
unable  to  get  any  reply  from  him. 
Connecticut.  j.  g.  r. 
Mr,  Davis  promised  several  times  to 
pay  this  small  amount,  but  he  has  neg¬ 
lected  to  keep  his  word.  We  can  only  use 
the  history  for  the  protection  of  others. 
Write  Ds  ft  postal  todaj 
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iuvc  aeon  them.  Bonutlfy  your  anllrn  horns  nnd  <io  it  at  umall  coat. 
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Advance  Engine 
On  May  31st  1  shipped  one  crate  of 
eggs  to  F.  Croninger,  7613  Frunkstown 
Ave.,  East  End,  Pittsburgh.  Pa.,  at  23c. 
per  dozen  to  he  paid  for  as  designated  in 
this  letter  ns  follows: 
“Your  letter  of  the  17th  iust.,  received 
and  contents  carefully  noted.  I  am  pay¬ 
ing  23c.  for  strictly  fresh  eggs  this  week. 
I  can  use  from  five  to  10  cases  a  week.  I 
pay  express  on  all  shipments.  I  have 
been  receiving  some  very  fine  stock  at  this 
price.  If  you  see  your  way  clear  to  ship 
at  this  price,  do  so  as  soon  as  possible.  I 
will  send  you  a  check  for  each  shipment.” 
T  have  writ  toil  him  several  times  re¬ 
garding  it,  hut  fail  to  get  a  reply.  If  you 
can  succeed  in  getting  it,  I  would  he  glad 
to  have  you  do  so.  i.  l.  c. 
Pennsylvania. 
Another  instance  of  the  result  from 
trusting  the  alluring  offers  made  by  un¬ 
known  parties.  Mr.  Croninger  bas 
moved  and  left  no  trace  of  his  where¬ 
abouts.  Letters  of  this  kind  should  be 
subjected  to  the  strictest  investigation, 
and  if  financial  responsibility  is  not  es¬ 
tablished  do  not  ship.  Better  lose  the 
prospect  of  a  few  cents  advance  than  the 
entire  value  of  your  shipments. 
I  have  your  letter  accompanied  by 
check  to  reimburse  me  for  loss.  This  is 
not  the  first  time  l  have  had  in  my  pos¬ 
session  substantial  proof  that  The  R. 
N.-Y,  does  more  for  its  subscribers  than 
any  other  farm  paper.  In  fact  it  is  the 
only  une  that  really  lives  up  to  its  word 
Will  you,  through  your  Publisher’s 
Desk  department,  try  to  bring  to  time 
the  Western  Tire  Co.  of  America  at  Cin¬ 
cinnati?  I  purchased  a  live  from  them 
which  was  to  have  been  a  first  quality 
tire,  and  I  paid  a  first  quality  price. 
They  sent  the  tire  which  was  a  second 
and  it  ran  just  75  miles  and  then  went 
to  pieces.  They  guaranteed  3.500  miles. 
After  writiu?  them  two  or  three  times 
they  sa;d  for  $6  extra  they  would  send 
a  new  tire.  I  don’t  propose  to  be  held 
up  in  any  such  fashion  and  so  informed 
tlje  company,  but  they  refused  to  answer 
my  several  letters  sent  since.  Can  you 
help  me  out?  w.  m.  b, 
Ohio. 
We  took  the  matter  of  this  transaction 
up  with  the  Western  Tire  Co.  of  America, 
Cincinnati,  in  behalf  of  the  subscriber. 
With  rather  bad  grace  the  concern  prom¬ 
ised  to  send  a  new  tire  without  charge. 
Insteal  of  receiving  a  new  tire  the  sub¬ 
scriber  reports  that  he  received  a  made- 
over  “second”  and  expresses  doubt  that 
it  will  give  him  much  if  any  service. 
'The  transaction  would  seem  to  place  the 
Western  Tire  Co.  of  America  in  the 
“gip”  class.  On  its  letter-head  the  firm 
leads  the  automobile  owners  to  believe 
that  they  can  save  30  to  50%  on  their 
tire  purchases.  The  experience  of  the 
subscriber  in  question  would  indicate  that 
instead  of  30  to  50%  saving  his  tire 
mileage  on  this  purchase  will  cost  him  30 
Reasonable  first  cost,  reliability 
and  lone  life  ate  combined  in 
this  engine.  H.  M.  H.  Tractors 
with  Advance  Engines  are  well 
suited  for  farm  work. 
Suml  for  our  Catalog  giving  full  Infor- 
(nation  on  both  Tractors  and  Engines. 
HENRY,  MILLARD  &  HENRY  CO;.  York.  Pa 
FOX  IOC  A  area  DUE  BUILDINGS,  tiuOD  DAIRY,  and  all 
SALE—  1  3  J  Mt/ICa  fanning  implements;  well  located ; 
improved  road;  very  desirable;  near  three  railroad 
.nations;  a  bargain.  M.  0.  BLAKESLEC  Cazenovia,  N.  Y 
BOOKS  WORTH 
r . BUYING . . 
Animal  Breeding.  Shaw . 
Breeding  Farm  Animals,  Marshall 
Principles  of  Breeding,  Davenport 
Cheeese  Making  Decker . . 
Business  of  Dairying,  Lane . 
Clean  Milk,  Winslow . 
Dairy  Chemistry,  Snyder . 
Dairy  Farming,  Michels . 
Handbook  for  Dairymen,  Woll... 
Milk  and  Its  Products,  Wing . 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
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1  best  Ohio  clay,  thoroughly  hard  burned.  Don’t  have  to  dig  ’em  up 
to  be  replaced  every  few  years.  Write  for  prices.  Sold  in  carload 
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