1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
4i7 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
We find the following paragraph in one 
of the city papers: 
Waldo E. Barnes, Jr., of No. 1832 Broad 
Street, Providence, advertised extensively in 
the farm journals for butter, eggs, hay and 
other country products, lie would pay more 
than Ihe market, prices for these commodities, 
he said, just to get a good line of customers. 
The good line responded liberally from New 
York State and throughout New England, 
some farmers sending him produce to the 
value of .$400. In a few instances he paid 
the high prices for first consignments, and 
then gave his note for 90 days for the bal¬ 
ance. When the notes were not. redeemed 
the Postoffiee Department was asked to help 
collect the moneys due. This was too much 
of a task for even the sleuths of the inspec- 
tor’s office, but they were able to cut off Mr. 
Barnes' letters at the postoffice. 
Readers will remember that we refused 
Mr. Barnes' advertising, and have cau¬ 
tioned our people against him, several 
times. We like to head these fellows off 
before they do the damage. 
Another Providence, R. I., concern that 
wants to make people rich hv writing let¬ 
ters for them at $25 per thousand, is the 
Crown Supply Co., but you must send $1 
in advance to get paper and other alleged 
supplies. If you send your dollar, and 
never hear from it again, you can charge 
it up to experience. We think we have 
cautioned our people against the "work at 
home” concerns no less than a hundred 
times. They all want money in advance 
for something that you would not pay for 
except under the pretence of paying for 
work, which they never do. They are the 
meanest frauds we know, because they 
prey on the misfortunes of invalids and 
cripples, who can ill afford the loss. 
A letter from a Colorado subscriber this 
week asks about a stock investment 
scheme advertised by a Philadelphia 
agent. This correspondent forwards a 
three-page letter and an eight-page circu¬ 
lar, all filled with assurances of the value 
of the stock, and arguments why the 
farmer should send his money for the 
stock. The only information given is that 
the company is stocked for $500,000 and 
the par shares $50 each. The purchaser of 
this stock is allowed to pay $5 down and 
$5 monthly until the whole $50 is paid in. 
There is no table of assets and liabilities, 
not a figure to show how much property 
is actually behind the $500,000 of paper 
stock. The agent indorses the scheme. 
He urges you to buy the stock with all the 
persuasion of words at his command, but 
there is not a line or a word in bis letter 
or circular that would hold him respon¬ 
sible for the value of the investment. We 
don’t care what any man’s wealth may be, 
or what his reputation is, our standing 
advice is never to buy any stock in the 
company he promotes until you have 
found out what the assets and liabilities 
of the company are. If there be -m ex¬ 
cess of assets, the difference is Lie net 
value of the business. But when this is 
satisfactory it is not always safe to invest 
in the stock, for reasons which are appar¬ 
ent enough. Promoters often predict fab¬ 
ulous dividends which never materialize 
afterwards. Besides, if there is any stock 
in Philadelphia or anywhere else capable 
of paying 17 per cent or 10 per cent or 
eight per cent annual dividend, there is 
any amount of money right at home ready 
and anxious to take it up, and the reasons 
given for not selling the stock at home 
are not entirely convincing. 
Last week we refused an order for sev¬ 
eral thousand dollars’ worth of advertis¬ 
ing for a perfectly legitimate and responsi¬ 
ble firm which has incorporated and wants 
to sell its stock to country investors. The 
work is being promoted by a responsible 
firm, and the advertising is placed by a 
first-class house. Why did we refuse it? 
Well, first, because we do not think it wise 
for farmers to invest their earnings in 
schemes of this kind. There is too much 
risk and too much uncertainty. A more 
conservative investment is wiser for haref- 
earned money, especially when you are re 
moved from any influence in the buiness 
and know nothing about it or its manage¬ 
ment. Four per cent that we are sure of 
in a strong savings bank or trust company 
is a better investment than promises of 
bigger things from a promotor. Of course 
there are a few cases where the gambler 
wins, and if anyone wants to take the 
.chance alter knowing the facts, we have 
no right to object. 
Here is a letter that has been on my 
desk since January. We said last year 
that if the new Crimson Rambler rose 
was once established in your grounds you 
would not part with it for a $5 bill. Now 
our readers are telling us that we were 
right. 
As no snow is on the ground, I had to look 
at my Philadelphia Rambler, and to my sur¬ 
prise, found it looking the same as it did 
last July, only without its green leaves. 
When 1 planted the rose I would not give 
three cents for it, but my brother said that 
all good things come in small packages. This 
gave me courage, and I planted it the best 
I knew how, and now you can’t buy it for $5. 
My rose measured 4 '/< inches last Spring, and 
after seven months' growth the largest vine 
measured 53 Inches. I hope “The Business 
lien" will make the same growth in my poul¬ 
try yard as the rose did in the garden. 
Reading, Pa. u. b. 
We have no comment to make on the 
following letter. It speaks amply and 
ably for itself. Yes, sir, we are proud 
of such letters: 
i enclose $1 money order for renewal to 
your valuable paper, which has found a place 
in the Knowles family for nearly half a cen¬ 
tury. Among the 10 different periodicals 
taken in our house I would sooner drop any 
other one than The R. N.-Y. 
Michigan. l. u. knowi.es. 
Here is one from to-day’s mail: 
I received the hook, “The Rusiness lien," 
last week. It is a dandy. 1 wish we had 
more papers in the United Slates like The 
II. N.-Y. Then there would not be so many 
fake advertisements in the papers. I will do 
all I can for The R. N.-Y. 
Ohio. 
GEORGE POPP, JR. 
We print this because we want you to 
see what people are saying about “The 
Business Hen.” If you have not yet se¬ 
cured one, we do not want you to forget 
it or miss it. We will send it back the 
day your renewal is received. When you 
get it show it to your neighbor and tell 
him how he can get it. 
TAR ON A TIN ROOF. 
On page 350, W. A. II, asks, regarding tar 
for tin roof. YVe are using it on all our tin 
roofs, while it is fresh we sprinkle on what 
dry sand it will hold. YY’e put tarred paper 
on one side of the roof of a henhouse about 
10 years ago, then applied tar and sand, and 
it looks to be good for 10 years more. 
New Y T ork. k. p. t. 
For 25 years I have been putting on tin 
roofing in preference to shingles and In that 
period have never met a tinner but con¬ 
demned use of tar in any form as covering. 
Sooner or later, they all say, tar will crack 
and ruin the roof. Raw oil and metallic 
paint wears off but never cracks. One pound 
of red lead to the gallon of oil and metallic 
is strongly recommended. Red lead alone is 
better but more costly. I have used tar roof¬ 
ing extensively but do not commend it for 
permanent roofs; it is worthless on the south 
side where the sun strikes. r. s. l. 
District of Columbia. 
I advise not to put tar on a tin roof. 
Twenty-five years ago [ put a new tin roof 
over a plastic slate roof (ground slate mixed 
with tar). This slate roof gave out in three 
years. The tin was put in direct contact 
with this plastic slate and in five years was 
completely eaten through, some sheets being 
entirely gone. This was all removed, and 
slate was put on, which is still there, and 
not a dollar has been laid out on it In the 
last 25 years. The tin could be torn like 
paper, it was so badly rusted and eaten on 
the under side. r. m. w. 
New Y'ork. 
I would advise not to use tar on tin roof. 
Most of the tar at present is from the so- 
called chemical works and is a by-product of 
charcoal. It is not lit to use on anything, 
the acid in it will eat up anything it comes 
in contact with. Any roof paint is better 
and much cheaper in the end even at four 
times the price of tar. I can get all the tar 
I want free of cost at chemical works here 
hut would not use it. I have had experience 
in using it on tin roofs to my sorrow. Buy 
oxide of iron and mix with pure linseed oil. 
This is the cheapest and best roof paint. 
YY’hite lead can be mixed with it or some 
other color if so desired. a. c. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
THE SWINGING STEEL STANCHION 
KEEPS COWS CLEAN. 
Cheapest, Strongest and Best. The 
only Stanchion having guide to protect loose 
arm when open and insure its coming into 
place and locking. Sold at wholesale in 
unoccupied territory. Write to-day. 
I ■ R. & H. J. Weleher, Newark, N.Y. 
Satisfaction 
is tile first re- 
uisite, price 
the next For 
both try 
Arrow Brand Asphalt Ready Roofing 
No trouble, no repairs. Proof against heat, cold, 
rain and sun Sand or gravel surfaced. Send for 
samples, booklet and prices. 
Asphalt Ready Rnofing Co., 80 Pine Strept, New York, 
POULTRY PAYS 
When 
Pineland Incubators 
When Hatch them 
Pineland Brooders 
When Rear them 
Fidelity Food Feeds them 
Send for Concise Catalog. 
PINELAND INCUBATOR AND BROODER 00. 
B«x 0 l>. Jameabnrg, N. J. 
Lousy Hens 
Lice are often fatal to poultry and 
even when not they will so fret a hen 
that her vitality will be wasted—her 
egg production curtailed and her 
weight diminished. Many supposed 
cases of cholera among poultry are 
really cases of lice. 
INSTANT 
Louse Killer 
la sure, quick death to these pests while 
non-poisonous to the fowls. It is a powder 
Bold In cans with perforated top, conveni¬ 
ent for sprinkling on roosts, nests, etc. It 
also kills bugs on cucumber, squash and 
melon vines, worms on cabbages, slugs on 
rosebushes. Instant Louse Killer Is the 
original powder louse killer, put up In 
round cans with perforated top. Be sure 
of the word “ Instant ” on the can—it has 
twenty-five imitations. 
1. lb. 25c ( Except in.Canada 
_ „ _ J and extreme 
3 lbs. 60c (West and South. 
If your dealer cannot supply you we 
will forward 1 lb. by mail or express, 
prepaid, for 35 cents. 
Sold on a Written Guarantee 
Manufactured by 
DR, HESS & CLARK 
Ashland, CPbio 
HATCH EVERY ECC USED 
Will it do it? Ask our patrons. 
Mrs. W. F. Graham, K. F. D. No. 1, New 
Hartford, la.; Mrs. Krlo Brack, Havensville, 
Kan. Send for FREE catalogue, giving those 
30 DAYS’ TRIAL. 
Buckeye Incubator Co. 
Box 23, Springfield, Ohio. 
R0-«Kg «Ii», 
•1.00 and *5.00 
t I O - 80 For * 
I mm 200 Egg 
^INCUBATOR 
Perfect in construction and 
action. Hatches every fertile 
egg. Write for catalog to*daj. 
QEO. H. STAHL, Quincy, III. 
Orpingtons, Buff, Black, White. 
Why not have the very best obtainable? First cost 
may be a little more, but you get i he stock and blood 
from the grandest winning strain in America, and 
from the largest Orpington breeder. Send for forty 
page Illustrated Orpington catalogue, also Mating 
List describing thirty-two breeding yards and prices 
of eggs. The blood from the largest winners at New 
York the past three years aie in toese yards. 
Box 78, WILLOW BROOK FARM, Berlin, Conn. 
PEKIN DUCKS AND 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
Apr! I hatched Ducks, $1.50 to $2.50 each. Duck Eggs 
80 centfsand $1.15 for 11; and $6 and $8 per hundred. 
Leghorns are the real egg machines. Eggs for hatch¬ 
ings. 81) cents and tl for thirteen; and $5 and $0 per 
hundred. Largest plant vicinity New Yoik City, 
8C pens, 2.UU0 layers. Cut of same in Cyphers cata¬ 
logue. Agent Cyphers incubators, brooders, etc. 
Correspondence invited. 
BONNIE BRAE, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
COD c 11 C at 60cents per setting. 
tUUd Tun OALt Selected. 75 cents 
Choice fine laying strains. W. Wyandottes, Barred 
P. Rocks, R. I. Reds, S. C. YV. Leghorns. 
O. LINDEMARK, L. Box 93, Gt. Barrington, Mass. 
WHITE ORPINGTONS, 
BUFF ORPINGTONS, ERMINE FAVEROLLES, 
SALMON FAVEROLLES. 
Send for list of winnings, also copy of "What is a 
Faverollel” They are free. 
J. H. SYMONDS, 
Importer and Breeder, Metuchen, New Jersey. 
Reliable Hatching Eggs, any number. Barred Rocks, 
It Brown, W. and B. Leghorns, W. and B. Wyan¬ 
dottes, U.C. Beds. McCain Co , B., Delaware, N.J. 
? P \A/ | pnunPNR f° r Hatching. 
Oi Ui 111 LLUnUnilO $1.50 per 15; $6 per 100. 
FRED KEYERLEBER, Box 71. Euclid. Ohio. 
WRIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
(Duston Strain) Eggs, 75 cts. per 15; $4 per 100. 
Grandview Farm, Stanfordvllle, N. Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from mature birds. We have been 
breeding "Business Leghorns" for 10 years. Send for 
circular and prices. White & Rice, Yorktown, N. Y. 
Finely Bred Last Year Pullets jy 
Birds I have been breeding from this season, Single 
Comb, White and Brown Leghorns, Black Minorcas, 
White Wyandottes, YY^hite and Barred Plymouth 
Rocks. LOCUST FARM, Eatontown, New Jersey. 
BUSINESS WHITE LEGHORNS 
and unsurpassed in beauty. Eggs that Hatch. 
Incubator Chicks $12.50 per 3 00 
HILANDALE FARM, Brooklyn, Ohio. R.F.D. 2. 
nfilll triii/ 1000000000 
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ft POULTRY LINE—Fencing, Feed, Incu-X 
ftbators. Livestock, Brooders—anything—X 
ft it's our business. Call or let us send youX 
Qour Illustrated Catalogue—it’s free for the X 
ft asking—it's worth having. X 
©Excelsior Wire <t Poultry Supply Co.,X 
O Dept. H.G. 26 & 28 Vesey Street. New York City. Q 
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Rose Comb W. Leghorns 
Prize Winners at the best shows. Eggs$lforl5; $3 
for 50; $5 for 100. L. C.HILLS, Delaware, Ohio • 
WHITE WYANDOTTES EXCLUSIVELY ! 
40 Eggs, $2; 100 for $4. Also breeding stock at right 
prices. E. FRANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, New York. 
ftEKIN DUCK EGGS 
FOR HATCHING, PURE WHITE DUCKS 
F 13 EGGS, $1.25; 26, $2; 100, $6 
H John H. Gamber, R. F. D„ No. 1 Lancaster, Pa. 
M s ruuitry, Pig.uus, Parrots, Dogs, Cats, 
la II Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book. 10c. 
W Rates free. J. A. BEBGEY, Box 8,Telford,Pa, 
CfilSC Single Comb White Leghorn Eggs. Healthy 
CUUw selected stock. Free range. $1 per 15; $4 
per 100. D. F. ARNOLD, Burlington Flats, N. Y. 
S, C. BROWN LEGHORNS 
od Hens. Have been breeding Brown Leghorns for 
fourteen years. Eggs, $1 per 15, or $4 per 1U0. J. A. 
BUSH, R, No. 10, Lockport, Niagara Co., New York. 
pJGGS for hatching. $1 for fifteen; $3 for 50; $5 for 
•*-< 100. Stock as good as the best; each variety kept 
on a separate farm, with free and unlimited range. 
Eggs carefully packed; orders promptly filled. White 
Wyandottes; Buff and White Plymouth Rocks: R. C. 
Brown, Ro'.* and Single Comb YVhite Leghorns; 
Anconas; Black and YVhite Minorcas. 
Otselic Farms, YVhitney's Point, N. Y. 
tJLJHITE WYANDOTTE®, 400 layers, bred for 
Ww laying and market qualities for 8 years. Plenty 
of eggs $1.50 per 15; $5 per 100; $45 per 1000. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. E. H. DeMAR, Bryantville, Mass. 
Water mIqOQ for preserving eggs. Endorsed 
iiQlCl UI Quo by agricultural papers. Gallon can. 
$1. Middlesex (’’hem. Works, Middletown, Ct. 
F^LLSWORTH’S Choice White YY’yandottes, 15 
EL eggs $2. Henry W. Ellsworth. Portland, Conn. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
won two first premiums at New York State Fair. 1904. 
Trios, $5: Eggs, $1 per 15; $5 per 100. Catalogue free. 
ZIMMER BROS.. K. D. 41. YVeedsport, N. Y. 
Cox’s Barred Rocks SJX'YSa 
Ringlet strain, farm raised, satisfaction guaranteed. 
Eggs$1 per 15. J. YV. COX, New Wilmington, Pa. 
S. C. R. I. KEI>8, farm raised Eggs from best pen, 
$1 per fifteen. C. L. TURNER, Becket, Mass. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS, Light Brahmas. Bar- 
IW red & White ltocks.White andSilverWyandottes; 
hardy, prolific, farm bred, pure stock. For BIRDS, 
moderate prices, or EGGS to HATCH, 6c. each, write 
WALTER SHERMAN, 25 Boulevard, Newport, K. I. 
BUFF, White Leghorns. Eggs 75c per 15. $1.25 per 30, 
$2 per 60. Clr. free. JOHN A. BOTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
PAPER INCURATOR 
TESTED =«= SUCCESSFUL 
15 0 Egg Capacity. 
Weight , 80 Pounds. 
PRACTICAL — GUARANTEED 
Our Brooders operate on same principles as the Incubator 
(Tons of Living Air.) 
This Incubator is a Wondor, and the Leader of all Incubators. Does not 
require an expert to operate. Made of PAPER- the world's best known 
Non-Conductor. As strong and durable as YVood. 
Will heat up in any outside shed in zero weather in one hour, and will 
use from 58 to 75 per cent less oil than any other incubator on the market. 
No even temperature necessary; any temperature between 95 and 106 dees., 
like the lien's, will secure a 90 to 100 per cent, hatch of fertile eggs. Our 
Regulator is tons of air, and an even heat is not necessary. Our Brooders 
—on the market for the past seven years—have demonstrated to the most 
exacting that they can raise in them 95 to 100 per cent, of chicks. Chicks 
grow fast and are strong and healthy. 
Our Customers' Reports verify every statement made. Send stamp for 
"1905 Price-List and Customers' Reports” or 15c. in stamps or money for 
a 96-page catalogue. "The Hen’s Secrets and Nature’s Laws.” 
A hen is no air-tight box, and has no bake-oven heat, there are tons of 
living air all over the hen and eggs. THE PERPETUAL HEN INC. 
AND HROODEK WORKS. Trenton, New .Jersey. 
jay-PIe»«# mention Rural New-Yorker when writing. (Robt, N. Oliphant. Prop.) 
