1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
24 i 
Bring Up 
The Chicks 
Btrong and healthy there is nothing like 
Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a. Chicks 
very frequently become exhausted from 
a rapid growth of feathers, which ^char¬ 
acterized by debility, general ill condi¬ 
tion andleg weakness. The digestive ton¬ 
ics of Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a work 
wonders in these cases. It strengthens 
every organ, makes pullets lay earlier. 
We guarantee that if Pan-a-ce-a is lied 
once a day, beginning when the chicks 
are less than a week old and continued 
until they are well feathered, there will 
beino loss from gapes or other diseases. 
DR. HESS 
POULTRY 
PAN-A-CE-A 
is formulated by Dr. Hess (M.P..P.V.S.) 
Costs but a penny aday for 30 to 60 fowls. 
1$ lbs. 85c, mall or | 
express 40c 
5 lbs. 60c < 
18 lbs. * 1.25 
25 lb. pall $2.50. ' 
Except In Canada 
and extreme 
West and Sooth. 
Sold on aWritten Guarantee 
Send 2 cents for Dr. Hess 48 page Poultry 
Book,free. 
DR. HESS & CLARK, 
Ashland, Ohio. 
TT7i en getting the hen sprinkle both hen 
and nest with Instant Lome Killer. 
A. L1NDSTR0M 
Breeder of S ILVER 
LACED WYANDOTTES 
AND SINGLE COMB 
WHITE LEGHORNS. Eggs from Prize Winners at 
MADISON SQUARE and NEWARK SHOWS, 1905. 
Per Setting, 13 Eggs, $2. 
MORRIS PLAINS, = - NEW .JERSEY 
St Of'If From Roso aiul Single 
WbUUlk CUiU. O comb Buff Leghorns. 
Rose and S. C. and R. P. Buff Orpingtons, Barred P. 
Rocks, White Wyandottes, Improved Chester White 
Pigs. D. J. KENEPP, McVeytown, Pa. 
A few choice White Holland Turkeys. Both sexes 
at reasonable prices. 
A. W. SPINK; • Rodman, .Teff. Co.. N. Y. 
VERY HEN’S A MINT 
She’ll coin a mint of money when she 
can get the right kind of food. Cut 
Alfalfa Huy is the green food the hen 
needs to make eggs in the winter, when 
eggs are like golden nuggets. It pays to 
feed it. We sell everything the poultry-raiser 
needs to make money. Write for free catalog. 
Harvey Seed Co., 88 Elllcott St., Buffalo, N. Y. 
V aliev View Poultry Farm, Belleville, Pa. Bronze ami Wild 
Tnrkeys. Leading varieties of Poultry. Prices low. Cat.free. 
ONLY FINE BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
on my place. Eggs, $1.00 for 15. or $4.00 for 100. 
E. W. JENKINS, Dover. Delaware. 
Partridge Plymouth Rocks 
MADISON SQUARE WINNERS. Eggs, 13. $2. 
Riverside Farm, Weston, N, .J. 
Standard-bred Poultry White Wyandottes. 
Rhode Island Beds, Barred llocks. Choice Matings, 
Eggs at farmers’pricee. Fairview Farm, Shrewsbury, 
Pa. 
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PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
Subscribers in different parts of the 
country are writing us inquiring about 
the reliability of a well-known real estate 
agent of Philadelphia, Pa., and asking 
our reasons for discontinuing his adver¬ 
tising. They send telegrams which they 
have received from him, which read as 
follows: 
“Prospects exceptional if listed at once. 
IVill you accept proposition?” 
We were asked if this agent really sells 
any farms or whether his energies are ex¬ 
hausted in the efforts to get an advance 
fee from those who want to sell. One 
man from New York writes as follows: 
My personal experience is this: Some 
time ago I wrote Mr. - for his plan 
for selling property. I told him what I had 
to sell, and he told me his price and plan. 
I did not list with him. A few months ago 
he again solicited the business. I replied 
to his letter, giving my reason for not listing 
with him. About six months later I received 
a long letter from him assuring me of his 
ability to sell my property at a price some¬ 
what" higher ttian that I had mentioned and 
assuring me that he wanted to make a spe¬ 
cial effort on this along with other properties 
in this locality. The assurances were strong, 
but I did not list with him. A week later I 
received a telegram stating that the prospect 
of an immediate sale was unusually good if 
the property were listed at once. I hit ! 
He was very prompt in acknowledging his re¬ 
ceipt of the check. I have since then heard 
nothing from the worthy gentleman. If this 
were all I should certainly not report it. but 
I find that this is the method lie seems to be 
taking to secure business in general. I know 
of a number of people here who have had it 
put to them in the same way. The telegram 
seems to do the work ! 
A correspondent from Illinois writes 
as follows: 
I have a farm to sell, and wrote Mr. 
-, stating price and number of acres. 
In reply I received a letter from him giving 
most positive assurances of being able to sell 
at my price, provided I listed at once, by 
paying him a retaining fee of $15. The next 
day I received a telegram from him, which 
I enclose. All this before receiving a full 
description of my property. I wrote him 
that I was not willing to pay anyone for not 
selling my land, but if lie would agree to 
sell within a reasonable time or refund the 
$15 I might consider his offer. lie refused 
to do this. 
A Long Island reader writes as fol¬ 
lows : 
I have received circulars and a telegram 
from Mr. -, of Philadelphia. Pa., stat¬ 
ing that he can sell my property at my price. 
Will you kindly tell me whether lie is relia¬ 
ble? He wants an advance fee of $20. Have 
you refused his advertising for any reason? 
I do not see it in The It. N.Y. 
According to commercial ratings he is 
entirely responsible for any definite con¬ 
tracts that he makes. But it does not 
appear that be makes any agreement bind¬ 
ing him to sell the listed property. There 
is nothing in the telegram to bind him 
to sell it. It does not even state that he 
has a definite customer for it, though the 
man who receives it may conclude that 
he has. Our attention was first called to 
these telegrams in December last, and we 
promptly discontinued all of this agent’s 
advertising, and returned his subsequent 
orders. 
This agent has been in this business 
for a long time. He had a little ad¬ 
vertisement to sell farms in The R. N.-Y. 
years ago, but when he first began to 
charge for listing property for sale, we 
took it out and refused his business for 
several years. His advertising continued 
during this time in all the other larger 
papers, and he finally guaranteed us that 
he would give our subscribers advertising 
of their property to cover the advance fee 
he charged them. Under this guarantee 
we accepted his business. He has contin¬ 
ued to be a large advertiser, using daily, 
weekly and monthly publications, includ¬ 
ing magazines. His work ought to put 
him in communication with a great many 
purchasers of real estate as well as those 
who desire to sell. 
But it seems that he insists on an ad¬ 
vance fee before listing the pronerty at 
all. He does not agree to sell the prop¬ 
erty in consideration of the fee. He may 
say that he thinks he can sell it; or that 
he feels sure he can sell it, but he does 
not bind himself to sell it. 
We have had many inquiries of late 
about this business, and read a great 
many of the letters and telegrams that he 
sent our readers. After carefully read¬ 
ing these we did not feel that we wanted 
to carry his advertising. We do not, 
however, wish to be understood as re¬ 
flecting in any way on the responsibility 
or integrity of the agent. We simply 
will not carry the advertising of any 
agent, no matter what his financial rat¬ 
ing may be, who charges an advance fee 
for listing property for sale, and who 
sends telegrams urging the payment of 
the fee and intimating that a purchaser is 
in sight for a particular property, when 
nothing follows the listing of the prop¬ 
erty and payment of the fee to justify the 
impression created by the telegram. 
ACROSS COUNTRY. 
The signs of the times point to an enor¬ 
mous increase of intelligent public interest 
in health: to a new generation with purer, 
stronger blood and therefore more active, 
braver brains and 
body. No phys¬ 
ically robust, 
healthy person 
ever succumbed 
to grip, consump¬ 
tion, malaria or 
any other germ 
disease. But with 
a weakened sys¬ 
tem we all have 
to fight the germs 
of disease. 
Our blood is 
•ften in a fer¬ 
tile condition 
for the 
growth of 
bacteria— 
the germs 
of disease 
our stom¬ 
ach is disordered 
or our liver is tor¬ 
pid—in either case 
our blood does not 
get the proper 
nourishment. A 
torpid liver means 
a stagnation of 
the blood and an 
accumulation of 
poisons which 
furnishes a weak 
spot for bacteria to enter. 
To enrich the blood and increase the 
red blood corpuscles, Dr. Pierce years ago 
found a vegetable compound, which he 
called Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discov¬ 
ery, that would quickly cure the bad symp¬ 
toms by increasing the red blood corpus¬ 
cles and thereby feeding the nerves on rich 
blood. This "Medical Discovery ” also acts 
upon the digestion and assimilation of food, 
so that the blood gets its proper elements 
from the products of digestion. Feed the 
lungs, stomach and heart on rich red blood 
and you have surely a healthy body which 
will throw off the germs of disease which 
lurk everywhere. Get as near nature’s 
way as you can. A medicine made entirely 
from botanical extracts and which does not 
contain alcohol is the safest. Dr. Pierce’s 
Golden Medical Discovery contains neither 
alcohol nor narcotics. 
More and Stronger Chicks 
can be hatched i n the Standard 
CYPHERS 
INCUBATORS 
than In any other, or your tncnej back. Semi your 
name and the addresses of two friends who keep poul¬ 
try, for Free Copy ofcomplcto Catalog and Poultry- 
men’s Guide, 212 pages (9x11) 500 l Ilustrations. 
Mention this paper, addressing nearest office. 
Cyphers Incubator Co., Buffalo. Boston, 
Chicago, Now York, Kansas City or San Francisco. 
THE “GEM” MONEY MAKER 
hatches chickens at a lively rate— live i 
chickens too—that live and grow 
into money. Our catalogue tells of 
“l»em” features no other Incubator | 
has. Write for copy — It is tree. 
OEM INCUBATOR CO. 
Box 424 _ Dayton, Ohio 
PRAIRIE STATE 
INCUBATORSAND BROODERS 
acknowledged by experts to be the 
most profitable machines made. 
1 Winners of 385 First Prizes. Write 
tor free catalog with proof and val¬ 
uable information for beginners. 
Prairie State Incubator Co, 
Box 406, Homer City, Pa. 
IT IS A FACT 
that poultry pays a larger profit 
for the money invested than any 
other business; that anybody may 
make a success of it without long 
T training or previous experience; 
that the Rename Incubators and Brooders will give 
the best results in all cases. Our20th Century Poultry 
Boob tells just why, and a hundred other things you 
should know. We mail the book for 10 cents. Write 
to-day. We have 115 yards of thoroughbred poultry. 
RELIABLE INCUBATOR & BROODER C0„ BmB- 101 Quincy, III. 
60 DAYS FREE TRIAL 
That’s the way we sell the Success 
Incubator. Wo give you an oppor¬ 
tunity of taking off two hatches 
and thoroughly trying machine. 
Send it back if not satisfactory. 
Send for free, illustrated catalog. 
AMERICAN BROODER CO. 
Box 48 , Racine, Wl*. 
$4.50 
THIS IS THE LIMIT. 
For a 50-Egg Hot Water, 
Self-regulating Incubator. 
Guaranteed to hatch every hatchable egg. 
$3 for 50-chick brooder. Only $7.50 
for complete outfit. 30 days’ 
trial. Send for FREE catalogue. 
No agent's 
prolits to pay. 
Buckeye Incubator Co. 
Box 23. Springfield, Ohio. 
KALAMAZOO 
hatches more and stronger chicks than any other 
incubator. Least oil and least attention 
of any. Best of all, it’s an 
INCUBATOR 
SOLD ON TIME 
Not a cent of cost to start poultry raising. We 
arrange payments to suit you. the machine 
will pay for itself. Ask for our great offer. 
Kalamazoo Brooders will raise your chicks. 
Write to-day for full particulars. 
REED MFG. CO., 
527 Main Street, Kalamazoo, Mich, 
tells how to make money 
—How to raise young chicks 
for early springmarkets when 
prices are high. How to make 
a profit on clucks. How to 
feed for heavy fowls. How 
to make hens lay. Why not 
get an adequate return from 
poultry? Why not try modern 
methods this year? 
Why not learn about incuba¬ 
tors and brooders from a firm 
who have been in business since 
i 867 ,and who know how to make 
satisfactory machines? Write us 
for the book today. It is free. 
GEO. ERTEL CO„ 
Quincy, Ill. 
60,000 Sure Hatch Incubators 
.Working satisfactorily night and day. 
jNo “race suicide" in the poultry 
world while Sure Hatches are 
busy. Hatch every fertile tgg. Lead 
because of exclusive patented feat¬ 
ures. $100,000 , 5-year guarantee . 
Price of 120-egg machine, -g g 
freight prepaid east of 111 
f the Rocky Mountains 
60 days* trial. Catalog free. Addresa 
’BURK HATCH INCUBATOR CO., 
Bax 4411, Clay Center, Neb, Box 14411, Indianapolis, lai* 
i 
a I A.80 For 
I & 200 Egg 
GINCUBATOR 
Perfect in construction and 
action. Hatches every fertile 
egg. Write for catalog to-day. 
GEO. H. STAHL, Quincy, III. 
IS? ORMAS 
Incubators 
& Brooders 
Low 
In price. Fully guaranteed. 
Send for free catalogue. 
BANTA MFG. CO., LIGONIER, INDIANA. FritCitilof 
GREIDER’S FINE CATALOGUE 
of Standard bred poultry for 1905, printed in colors, 
fine chrome, suitable for framing, illustrates and 
describes 60 varieties. Gives reasonable prices for 
stock and eggs, tells all about poultry, their dis¬ 
eases, lice, etc. TIiIa book only lOcettla. 
B, H. CREIDER. RHEEMS, PA. 
Make your own Fertilizer at small cost with 
Wilson’s Phosphate Mills 
' From 1 to 40 H. P. Send for catalogue. 
WILSON’ BUOS.,Sole Bfrs., Dept. X K>atoo,P*. 
A Free Book About 
Incubators 
For your own sake don’t buy an incubator 
until you read our book. It is written by 
the man who knows most about incubating 
—a man who devoted 23 years to the prob¬ 
lem. Ittellsvitalfactsthatyoumust know 
to buy wisely—facts you would not think of. 
It tells of Racine Incubators and Brooders, 
of course, but whether you buy ours or 
another, the facts are i mportant. The man 
who writes the book made the Racine Incu¬ 
bator. When you learn what he knows you 
will want his machine, we think. The book 
is free—write today for it. Remember, We 
Pay the Freight. Address 
Racine Hatcher Co., Box 87 , Racine, Wis. 
Warehouses: Buffalo, Kansas City, St. Paul. 
Gleanings in Bee Culture 
^ teaches you about bees, how to handle ^ 
them for honey and protit. Send for free 
copy. Read it. Then you'll want to subscribe. 
6month’striai25f. Don’tdelay butdoittoday 
A. I. ROOT COMPANY, MEDINA, OHIO. 
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THE N ORTH WESTERN LINE. 
One of the most interesting series of 
articles on the subject of the great rail¬ 
ways of the country that has appeared 
recently is that from the pen of Frank II. 
Spearman recently published in the Satur¬ 
day Evening I’ost, and which has since 
been printed in book form by Scribners. 
The chapter descriptive of the Chicago & 
North-Western Ry. has been published by 
the passenger department of that line in 
pamphlet form for general distribution and 
will lie sent to any address on receipt of 
2c. for postage. W. B. Ivniskern, I\ T. M., 
Chicago. 
WANTED! AN ACTIVE POULTRYMAN 
For an ambitious hustler who has a large acquaintance among the poultrymen in the 
county in which he lives we have a good opening, one that will pay a neat income. 
Secretaries of Poultry Associations preferred. 
Address: 
THE H-O COMPANY, 
Feed Dep’t. BUFFALO, N. Y. 
WANTED— Every poultrvman 
to send for book “ Poultry Feeds 
and Feeding.” IT’S FREE. 
SIX VARIETIES 
$5 for 152, $10 for 36. This strain has pro¬ 
duced Prize Winners all over the country. 
$52 tor 153, $8 for 100. Guaranteed to hatch 
great egg producers, 
ELM POULTRY YARDS, Box Y, Hartford, Conn. 
