1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
51 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
A subscriber in Saratoga County, New 
York, sends us a letter from Waldo E. 
Barnes, Jr., Providence, R. I., ordering a 
shipment of hay. The correspondent says 
he saw the advertisement in another paper, 
and asks if Mr. Barnes is O. K. Most 
decidedly he is not. Mr. Barnes offered 
us his advertising some time ago. We 
looked up his standing, and our informa¬ 
tion was that Mr. Barnes has no credit 
at home, and never pays for anything 
when he can help it. lie solicits ship¬ 
ments of produce from New England and 
New York farmers. The goods are turned 
over to purchasers, but he forgets to pay 
the shipper. Of course his advertising 
was promptly refused by The R. N.-Y, 
but he finds space easily enough to get 
in other papers that reach country people. 
Better keep his name and address for 
future reference, but keep in sight of your 
goods until you have a firm clutch on his 
cash—not check. 
Speaking of mistakes, a New England 
subscriber writes us as follows: 
I see in Publisher's Desk that one sub¬ 
scriber gives you fits because lie did not re¬ 
ceive the rose. That letter reminds me of an 
incident tbat happened right here in my own 
town. There are two men here whose names 
are alike, except the first letter of the last 
name. One was a subscriber to Tiie It. N.-Y. 
When you gave out the Ruby Queen rose the 
plant was put into the postofliee box of the 
man not a subscriber, and his wife set the 
rose out and has much pleasure with it. This 
I know to lie a fact, but to the best of my 
knowledge there were no corrections made. 
New Hampshire. o. s. 
This is simply an instance showing how 
an error may occur without our being re¬ 
sponsible for it. We are receiving many 
letters from old subscribers explaining er¬ 
rors and oversights. The R. N.-Y. never 
yet lacked defenders when there was need 
for them. 
Here is a sample of another class of 
letters which has the true ring of force 
and intelligence back of it: 
Enclosed please find tfl for the good old 
I!. N.-Y. for another year. There are too 
many good things in it: to miss. I like it for 
its noble defense of the farmer's interests. 
You can’t hit the wire fence fraud and other 
swindlers too hard for me. a. w. C. 
Ohio. 
Occasionally we receive a letter from 
a subscriber who praises The R. N.-Y. 
highly, but points to some particular fea¬ 
ture that he does not like and concludes 
by saying that unless we change this to 
suit his views we can stop the paper. To 
such good people we want to say that 
their position seems just a bit uncharita¬ 
ble, not to say selfish. We invite fair 
criticism. We are glad to have the strong 
and the weak points of the paper reported 
to us as the reader sees them. We have 
our own ideals of what a farm paper ought 
to be; yet we have never made an issue of 
The R. N.-Y. that comes up to the ideal. 
Under the conditions that we have to meet 
we are simply doing the best we know how 
to approach it. We are glad to have you 
speak out your mind, whether it be praise 
or disapproval. The latter, while perhaps 
less pleasant, is really more valuable if 
fair; but you should bear in mind that we 
cannot make a paper exactly to suit every 
individual—we are not even able to make 
one to suit ourselves; and if you were in 
our place you might find sufficient reason 
for doing as we have done. If such peo¬ 
ple -find so much in the paper to approve 
is it not fair to assume that it is doing a 
fair amount of good service, which more 
than compensates for the features which 
they do not like? It is true that we are 
all more critical of a high quality of goods 
or service than of inferior grades; and 
perhaps most of us are more exacting in 
the deportment of our own children than 
we would be with others; but we would 
hardly refuse to ride behind a spirited, 
well-bred horse simply because he had a 
white foot we did not like; and for myself, 
I never can have much sympathy with the 
righteous parent who turns an erring child 
out of doors to reform him. 
Tell us of any features that do not 
please you; and suggest improvement, if 
you will. We will come as near to it as 
we can, as we recognize your right and 
your interest, but let the renewal of your 
subscription come right along with it, as 
an assurance of your sincerity and inter¬ 
est in the cause as a whole. As a fitting 
conclusion to these remarks we append 
a welcome note: 
Happy New Year to The R. N.-Y. Yon 
have been coming to my home for over 30 
years. Please come right along. Enclosed 
I send money order for .$1 to defray your ex¬ 
penses. You are paid for coming to March 25 
next. Bring along “The Business Hen.’’ 
Eallupville, N. Y. • f. h. 
PROTECTING PIPES AT WATER 
TANKS . 
From our experience the most practical 
way of protecting pipes against frost from 
an elevated tank in a tower is to put a six 
or eight -inch boxing around the pipe, and 
then leave a dead-air space, and then put a 
larger box 10 or 12 inches square around on 
the outside. Some also in addition to this 
wrap the pipes with hair-felt paper, and also 
in some cases only one box is used, having a 
larger box, and filling with sawdust or tan 
hark, but the objection to this is that after 
tlie sawdust or tan bark has been used for 
a time it will pack and drop down, leaving 
(lie space at the top of the pipe near the 
tank, where it is liable to freeze. 
SMITH & POMEROY WIND MILL CO. 
Kalamazoo, Mich. 
While it would be much better to use min¬ 
eral wool felt for the purpose of protecting 
pipes and tanks from frost, very few farmers 
would care to purchase it for this purpose. 
In consequence we have thought that straw 
rope tightly twisted and closely packed would 
answer the purpose. From pump to tank we 
would advise wrapping the pipe with a straw 
rope about two inches thick, and binding this 
with twine to hold in place; then with 
strips of heavy cloth or canvas about four 
inches wide wrap outside of straw rope. 
This will hold the rope firmly in place. 
Then make a double compartment box with 
one-inch air space to place around outside of 
covered pipe, leaving one side of the box 
to put on after box is placed ill position. 
After the box is placed in position fasten 
this cover on with screws. The other part 
of the box can be nailed together. It must 
be borne in mind that the straw rope must 
be tightly twisted and firmly packed around 
the pipe. For protecting the tank make a 
wooden box either round or square, as the 
case may require, and till in between tank and 
Inside of box with four to six inches of 
straw packed in tightly. The bottom and 
top must be protected In the same way, by 
putting a false bottom underneath the tank 
and filling the space four to six inches l>e- 
tween the top and bottom, and this space 
packed full of straw. \Ye believe that this 
will answer the purpose in all cases where the 
temperature is not too low. 
Racine, \Vis s. freeman & sons. 
The secret of protection from frost is in 
well-built walls around the pipe, which cause 
dead-air spaces. First of all a rough box 
is made around the pipe, and if this is thor¬ 
oughly covered and protected with building 
paper, it is better than to use lumber only. 
Then again on the outer boxes we advise the 
use of building paper between the two layers 
of boards. If these instructions are care¬ 
fully observed in the construction of the 
frost boxes, the pipe is then in a position 
whereby, witli the use of ordinary intelli¬ 
gence, it can he kept from freezing. If a cir¬ 
culation of water is maintained during cold 
weather. This, however, is by far the most 
important feature of all, for it matters not 
how thoroughly and well built the frost box 
is, if the circulation of water is not kept up,, 
it would freeze in spite of everything that 
could be done. If a circulation of water is 
kept up, there need be no danger from freez¬ 
ing. \Ve have a tank, the pipe from which is 
protected in this manner, and it has been in 
operation for about 20 years. During that 
period it has frozen up several times, hut in 
every instance it lias been due to negligence, 
because care was not taken to keep the water 
in circulation. We now make a practice during 
cold weather, of drawing off a foot or two of 
water every day. The windmill replaces this 
with water of a higher temperature direct 
from the well, and by this means the temper¬ 
ature of the water in the tank is maintained 
at a point above freezing. But we cannot 
impress too strongly upon your readers, the 
fact that it is not sufficient simply to make 
a frost box and then leave it to take care of 
itself. It must receive the same intelligent 
attention that any other luxury receives to 
make it successful. This is the great point 
to keep in mind. We do not at all advise 
the use of so-called “frost-proof casings” 
which are wrapped around the pipe, as they 
cause sweating and rot, and make a very un¬ 
satisfactory job. 
WIND ENGINE AND PUMP CO. 
Batavia. Ill. 
Do you remember the little things that 
gave us so much pleasure when we were 
young? With what zest did we sit down to 
the table after our play was over and eat the 
mush and milk our mother put before us. 
But as we get older it takes more to give 
us pleasure. Mush and milk no longer 
tastes good to us, and our digestion may be 
impaired. The best advice we can give to 
such a person is to tone up the stomach with 
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It 
is nature’s most valuable and health-giving 
agent—made without the use of alcohol. It 
contains roots, herbs and barks, and is the 
concentration of nature’s vitality as found 
in the fields and woods. This remedy has 
a history which speaks well for it because 
it was given to the public by Dr. R. V. 
Pierce, founder of the Invalids’ Hotel and 
Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y., nearly 
forty years ago, and has since been sold by 
druggists in ever increasing quantities. 
Some medicines, tonics or compounds, en¬ 
joy a large sale for a few years, then disap¬ 
pear from the public attention, but Dr. 
Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery has 
proved such a reliable blood remedy and 
tonic that it often enjoys the confidence of 
several generations in a family, and its in¬ 
creased sales year by year coming from the 
recommendations of those who have tried 
it, prove its lasting merit, so that every 
bottle bears the stamp of public approval. 
Every other blood-maker and tonic for the 
stomach that we know of contains alcohol, 
but Dr. Pierce guarantees that no alcohol 
is contained in Lie "Medical Discovery.” 
The Fearless Railway 
Horse Powers 
run easier and yield moro power than any other. 
Suited to Cutting, Hawing,Pumping, Thresh¬ 
ing —all farm uses. Also Threshers, Engines, 
Cutters, Saw Machines, Round Silos, etc. Cat* 
jaloguo free. 
T1AKDKK MFG. CO., Coblesklll, !f. T. 
TELEPHONIES 
FOR FARMERS A SPECIALTY 
WE GUARANTEE OUR MAKE 
SEND POSTAL FOR PRICES. 
STANDARD TELEPHONE & ELECTRIC CO., 
MILWAUKEE, WIS. 
Never 
Jumps 
TheTrack 
it cannot bo I 
pushed.hooked 
or blown off 
and It doesn’t 
bind or run 
hard on account of warping of door or siding. 
“The best hanger on earth” is the 
FLEXIBLE DOUBLE TREAD 
BARN DOOR HANGER. 
I Its double set of hangers runs on both sides of Inverted T rail, 
I whloh Is flexible on the wall—accommodates itself to all Inequali¬ 
ties. Absolute center draft. Carrier wheels are roller bearing. 
Always true and easy running, never out of order. We mako a 
specialty of Hay Tools and field and farm hardware appliances. 
Ask for our catalogue. 
LOUDEN MACHINERY CO., 39 Bro*dw*y, Fairfield, la. 
Sawing Outfit $13.25 
\Wo are sellinp; this first-class Tilting Table Saw Frame 
^for only 913.25. Thousands <»f them are now 
in use. This machine will save you con¬ 
siderable money. Perfect construc¬ 
tion, made right or left-handed Wo 
'absolutely guaranteo this Sawing Outfit 
satisfactory in every detail. We ship 
on approval. Send $1.00 as a guar¬ 
antee of good faith. If not entirely 
satisfactory when received, leave it 
with freight agent and we will re¬ 
fund you your $1.00 and pay the freight both ways. Wo 
have 8 other kinds of sawing machines, including Drag Sawing 
Outfit, and we have saws, belting, etc., in fact, wo are head¬ 
quarters for Sawing Machines; have a larger line than any 
other firm and our prices are the loweftt. We save you money 
on everything you buy, and wo give you the same guarantee on 
werything wo sell. Send for our new catalogue No. 80. It’s 
Free, and full of choice bargains, for wo sell you anything 
you use at almost factory cost. 
Cash Supply & aifg. Co., 571 Lawrenee Sq., Kalamazoo, Mich. 
Instead of 4 
$25 upward, with¬ 
drawable on 30 
days’ notice. 
Investments bear earn 
lngs from day received 
to day withdrawn. 
Supervised by New York 
Hanking Department. 
MONEY now drawing 4 p. c. 
can lx* safely reinvested 
through this Company atp. c. 
—Increasing the Income 2.1 per 
cent. Conservative Investors 
will appreciate a plan affording 
all the security ami profit with¬ 
out the annoyance of individual 
mortgage loans. 
Description of methods,names 
of many patrons, an dull desired 
information on request. 
Assets, . @1,700.000 
Surplus and Profits, 
@ 100,000 
Industrial Sa vinos A LoanCo. 
1134 Broadway, Nkw York. 
The WAGON to BUY. 
Properly con¬ 
structed. Saves 
lal»or, auuoy- 
ance and expense of repairs. 
STEEL WHEELS £’a'g t o a n l > 
Your address on a postal will bring you free catalog. 
The Geneva Metal Wheel Co., 
Box 17, Geneva, Ohio. 
WE LEAD THE WORLD 
We are the largest manufac¬ 
turers of Grooved and Plain 
Tire Steel Farm Wagon 
Wheels in America. We 
guarantee our patent 
Grooved Tire Wheels to 
be the best made by anybody 
anywhere. Write us. 
HAVANA METAL WHEEL CO. 
BOX 1 7 HAVANA. ILL 
TELEPHONES 
FOR FARMERS’ LINES 
Build your own lines. Inexpensive 
and simple. We will fell you how. 
Book of Instructions Froo. C N 302 
THE NORTH ELECTRIC CO. 
152 St. Clair St. Cleveland, Ohio. 
GAIN ACRES 
by clearing that stumpy pi; 
of laud THE IIEUCU1 
Jstump Puller pulls any stump. 
r^Saves time, labor and money. 
Catalog FREE. Hercules Mfg. Co., Dept.P.S. Ceniervlllo.la 
iece 
LEa 
Brooks’ Sure Cure 
Brooks' Appliance. New FOR 
discovery. Wonderful. No 
obnoxious springs or pads. 
Automatic Air Cushions. 
Binds and draws the broken 
Dart* together as you would 
a broken limb. No salves, i 
No lymphol. No lies. Dur-I 
able, cheap. Pat. Sept. 10,’01.1 
SENT ON TRIAL. 
CATALOGUE FREE- L _ 
BB00K8 APPLIANCE CO.. Box 965, MARSHALL, MICH. 
Our latest pattern 
Pitless Seale. 
(Patents Pending.; 
BRANCH, DAYTON, OHIO. 
You Can Save From $30 to $50 
... BY BUYING OCR... 
“KNODIG” 
No Pit to Dig. 8 Inches Over All. Steel Frame. 
This Scale is complete when it leaves our factory, with 
Z the exception of door planks. Write for free catalogue. 
National Pitless Scale Co., Dept. Z., Kansas City, Mo. 
Nee Exhibit Pure Bred Live Ntock Record Bldg., Chleugo. 
DAI I |||||2 1 AUR you want a plow that turns a 
**"UUillU I., ri H U smooth furrow up or down. You 
to work equally well on the level. The 
Syracuse Combination Plow 
leads every other. The type which other plow makers pattern after 
imitated butnever equaled. Steel moldboard, separate shin 
piece, cast landside, chilled or steel shares, right or left 
hand, with round or flat coulters. Demand unprece¬ 
dented. It’sthe plow that’s next to perfection for all-around 
work. Ask year dealer to show you or write us for de¬ 
scriptive catalogue. 
Syracuse Chilled Plow Co., Syracuse, N. Y* 
THE $50,000,000 WORLD’S FAIR 
Wo have the entire Exposition and offer for immediate delivery all the vast quantity of material used 
in its construction and equipment. 
100,000,000 Feet of Highly Seasoned Lumber 
* SEND US YOUR LUMBER BILL FOR OUR ESTIMATE 
SAVE FROM 30 TO 40 PER CENT. Also Sash, Door*, Hoofing of all kinds, Pipe of all kinds, Wire Fenc¬ 
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items. ASK FOR OUR CATALOGUE NO. 57. We purchased every Exposition of modern days. 
CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO., Exposition Grounds, St. Louis, Mo. 
