1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
833 
PUBLISHERS DESK. 
A Texas subscriber sends us this. If 
this is not roasted enough to suit the 
average taste, we will do it to a turn 
next time: 
There has been a patent right swindle 
operating in this county selling rights to a 
George ii. Smith adjustable bridle bit. and 
promoted by J. W. Fret we II of Nashville, 
Tenn. Dozens of young boys are being fleeced, 
while old men do not escape. Of course 
they will go from here to another State, and 
you may save many dollars to people of 
other States if you will roast them good and 
brown. J. t?. F. 
Texas. 
We have had occasion before to refer 
to the conduct of J. A. Bennett Sons Co., 
Gouverneur, N. Y. Last February Mrs. IT. 
M. Davis, Peekskill, N. Y., sent them a 
remittance of $5 for a brooder, the re¬ 
mainder to be paid on-delivery. She has 
not been able to get either the brooder 
or the return of the money. They have 
acknowledged the money, and have stated 
that the brooder was shipped, but inquiry 
at both express and freight offices shows 
that no shipment was made. A corre¬ 
spondent at Gouverneur writes as follows : 
From all that I can learn of this firm 
they are thoroughly bad. and wholly irre¬ 
sponsible. I am told that they change the 
name of their firm often and go into bank¬ 
ruptcy as occasion requires, and resort to 
all snide methods of evading their obliga¬ 
tions. They have no credit here, I am in¬ 
formed. although they make and ship a 
good many brooders. If you have acquired 
the science of squeezing blood from a turnip, 
you may cause them to disgorge, or to send 
a brooder for use in 1906, to Mrs. Davis. 
Turnip blood is rather a pale liquid, and 
from past experience we do not expect 
to extract much of it from this concern. 
We simply want to put it out of their 
power to impose further on R. N.-Y. 
readers. 
Our next issue will be our Thanks¬ 
giving number. It will have a cover of 
heavy white super-calendered paper with 
an artistic full page illustration on the 
first page, and the whole will be printed 
in colors. It will be a handsome paper 
and one in which you will feel a special 
interest and a pardonable pride. But the 
best part of it will be in the text. We 
have been at work on it for several weeks. 
We have spared no pain to get for it 
the very best thought and brains in the 
county, and we have prepared to brighten 
it up with a profusion of striking and 
original illustrations. 
This will be our first issue of the 
100,000 copies that we have been so 
anxious to reach. Our regular list is 
yet short of this limit. We will have 
some copies for distribution as samples. 
If you have any friends to whom you 
would like to send a sample send us the 
names and addresses and copies will be 
mailed promptly. Or if you send any 
10-weeks’ trial orders for 10 cents, we 
will see that they get a copy of this 
issue, provided you send before the issue 
is exhausted. 
You have an interest in the appearance 
of your farm paper. It represents your 
industry. If it is clean and fearless and 
honest it reflects your appreciation of 
these qualities. The business and pro¬ 
fessional men of the country look to the 
agricultural paper as an index of farm 
life, and farm conditions. We want 1 he 
R. N.-Y. in appearance as well as in spirit 
to represent the best in farm homes, and 
in farm enterprise. Nothing less will 
merit the patronage of the superior class 
of farmers which it represents. 
A “SUMMER BOARDER” FARM. 
Our place is getting to be quite a Summer 
resort. There are several quite large board¬ 
ing houses and many farmhouses where a 
few boarders come from the city each Sum¬ 
mer. Wo have a farm of 160 acres; can cul¬ 
tivate about 40; the rest of it is pasture or 
mountain woodland, mostly chestnut. We 
raise four or five acres of corn, about as much 
oats, one or two acres of rye, for straw and 
for rye bread and about two acres of pota¬ 
toes. Also buckwheat for cakes in the Win¬ 
ter. We have a good garden, plenty of sweet 
corn, for ourselves; have strawberries for 
ourselves; have sold them sometimes. We 
have plenty of other berries for our own 
use. That means a boarding house where 
there are usually 15 or 20 through .Tune, 
July and August. This year I have had my 
first crop of peaches from 175 trees planted 
five years since, just after I had taken the 
short Winter course at Missouri Agricultural 
College. Have sold about 60 baskets, and 
used nearly half as many more. Some of the 
peaches were very fine; others were small on 
account of the dry weather. Almost all of 
the trees are very strong and healthy and 
growing well; have been cultivated every 
year. First I had potatoes between the trees, 
then strawberries, giving considerable culti¬ 
vation. We have an Aermotor that pumps 
water from a drilled well 80 feet deep. Un¬ 
like the one at Hope Farm, our tank is 
underground. The well was drilled near the 
top of a hill back of the house, so the water 
runs to the third story. We have a hot 
water heater for the house that is very satis¬ 
factory. Have kept the rooms at 80 degrees 
when the thermometer registered 15 or 20 
degrees below zero outside with a good wind 
blowing. I think our heater is easier to 
manage too, than some steam heaters in the 
place. The underground tank near the wind¬ 
mill has been very satisfactory, water is 
quite cool in Summer and does not freeze in 
Winter. The pipe to the house was not deep 
enough at first and did freeze. We had to 
dig up a short piece of it two or three times, 
then in a very cold time it stopped again. I 
dug for two days, much of the time in a slow 
cold rain, found the pipe frozen under 2Vi 
feet of dirt but got it started at last. Then 
1 covered it with horse manure until warm 
weather about a month later—when we dug 
it all up again and put it all down from 3 
to 4 feet deep. It didn’t freeze last Winter. 
Newfoundland, N. J. h. s. e. 
He: “A marvellous discovery, my 
dear lady! That life can be produced in 
sterilized bouillon by the action of rad¬ 
ium. What trains of thought it gives 
rise to! Why, this may have happened 
in this world of ours, millions of years 
ago!” She: “Er—yes, of course! I un¬ 
derstand that there might have been rad¬ 
ium then, but—er—where did they get the 
beef tea?”—Punch. 
SUGAR-BEET 
INDUSTRY 
IN 
NEBRASKA 
AND 
COLORADO 
is attracting the attention of capitalists 
and farmers along the 
UNION PACIFIC 
From beets averaging 15 to 25 tons to 
the acre, the factory can extract 14 per 
cent granulated sugar, or 280 pounds to 
the ton of beets. 
For full information 
about the 
Famous Platie Valley, 
Its entire length traversed by 
the Union Pacific. 
Inquire of 
E. L. LOMAX, C. P. & T. A. # 
Omaha, Nebraska. 
(DEAL ALUMINUM LEG BAND 
To Mark Chickens 
CHEAPEST AND BEST 
12 for 15c.,25—S0c.. 60—50e., 100—76c. 
Frank Myers, Mfr., Box 57. Freeport. III. 
DR. DAVID 
ROBERTS 
CATTLE 
SPECIALIST 
OFFERS THESE BOOKS FREE 
No. 1. Abortion In Cows. No. 2. 
Barren Cows. No. 3. Retained 
Afterbirth. No. 4. Scours In 
Calves. No. 5 How to make your 
OWN STOCK FOOD at home. 
Dr. David Roberts, Cottle Specialist 
431 Grand Ave.,Waukesha,Wls. 
PISO S CURE FOR 
CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS 
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. 
Use in time. Sold by druggists. 
CONSUMPTION 
The most economical 
siding and 
ROOFING. 
Extra strong felt, extra saturation, 
slate colored, no tar, does not taint rain 
water; spark, cinders, heat and cold 
proof. Don’t take an imitation. Get the 
genuine. Send for Free Sample and 
name of nearest dealer. Book of poultry 
and farm building plans sent for 2c stamp. 
F. W. BIRD & SON. Makers. 
Established 1817 . 
|, East Walpole Mass. Chicago, III. 
, ^ -iginatora of roofing kitfrea in 0 vary roll . 
No More Blind Horses 
Moon blindness and other 
sore eyes, BARRY CO,,IowaCity. Iowa, have sure cure 
SEND US 
A COW, 
fiiteer, Bull or Horse hide, 
Calf skin, Dog skin, or any 
other kind of hide or skin,and 
let us tan it with the hair on, 
soft, light, odorless and moth¬ 
proof, for robe, rug, coat or 
gloves. 
1 first get our Catalogue giving 
j oA .our shipping tags and 
in us to avoid mistakes. 
We cture and sell direct 
to uoi .alloway and other fur 
coats 1 .. ues. Frices given in 
catalog. We buy raw furs but no 
ginseng. Ask for raw fur price list. 
THE CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY, 
116 Mill Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
The Saving 
in posts, 
boards, 
_ rails. 
IstaploR nnd labor makos the fir. t 
[cost of I*i»go i'oul try JPence less 
p than that of common nettings, to 
say nothing of the betterserviee it 
will give nnd the longer time It 
will last. Write for particulars. 
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO. 
Box 765 Adrian, Mich. 
SECURE THE AGENCY 
i 
r 
PE5T 
FR 
BEST 
CHEAPEST 
for the Frost Fence and Steel Gates, containing more 
weight, strength and three times the wearing qualities 
found in other makes. They will give your customers 
entiro satisfaction and ropentorders will come without 
asking. The Frost Wire Fence Co., Cleveland, O. 
HEAVIEST FENCE MADEj 
AllNo. 9 Steel Wire. Well Galvanized. Weighs j 
K more than most fences. 1 6 to H5e per rod 
delivered. We sell all kinds offence wireat 
wholesale prices. Write for fence book show¬ 
ing llOstyles. The Brown Fence and. 
Wire Co., Cleveland, Ohio . ^ 
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THE PAYING HEN 
is the laying hen. Feed her^reen cut bone and 
get twice the eggs, more fertile, better * tches, 
heavier fowls, ear 1 icr broi lers and bigger profits. 
Mann’s Latest Modul B ne Cutt - 
cuts all bone, meat and gris f e—never clog 9 . 
1 O Days Free Trial. No money t advanc 
Return at our expense if not satisfied. Cat’Ij fr e. 
F. W. MANN CO., Box 15 Milford, :A* as. 
COOK YOUR FEED and SAVE 
Half the Cost—with the ^ 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Dumping Caldron. Empties its 
kettle in one minute. The simplest 
nnd best arrangement for cooking 
food for stock. Also make Dairy and 
Laundry Stoves, Water and Stoam 
Jacket Kettles, Hog Scalders, Cal¬ 
drons, etc. Send for circulars. 
D. It. SPERRY & GO.. Batavia, Ill. 
INDRUROID 
ROOFING 
Requires no Coating- or 
Paint. 
Acid, and Alkali Proof. 
Elastic and Pliable 
Always. 
Strong- and Tough. 
Absolutely Waterproof. 
Climatic Changes Do Not 
Affect It. 
Prac ’cally Fire Proof. 
Can Be Used on Steep or 
Flat Surfaces. 
Any Workman Can Put 
It On. 
No Odor. 
Will not Shrink or Crack 
Light in Weight. 
Does not Taint Water. 
Write for sanv "is, prices and 
circulars. 
H. F. WATSON CO. 
ERIE, PA. 
Chicago, Boston. 
Mention R.N.-Y. 
O 1 A I Very nico pure bred 
r \I K OALEiWHITK HOLLAND 
TURKEYS. Especially fine young toms. MARY H. 
SPINK, Rodman, Jefferson Co., New York. 
FOR SALE 
300 choice Buff and Barred P. Rocks 
and White and Partridge Wyan- 
dottes. Insnection solicited. Prices reasonable. 
R A DPPH BUFF and WHITE PLYMOUTH 
D/\I\IyC.U, Rocks, White Wyandottes, White 
Minorcas, Brown Leghorns and Mammoth Pekin 
Ducks, $3.01) each; $7.50 for tr>o. EDWARD G. 
NOONAN. Marietta, Lancaster County, Penna. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Four promising young Cockerels for $5.00. Over 
1,000 to select from. Send for circular. 
WHITE & RICE. Yorktown. N. Y. 
R OSE Comb B. Leghorns exclusively ; pure bred 
cockerels at reasonable prices, thrifty and farm 
range. I. C. HAWKINS, Chester, N. Y. 
VA/BIPliT’Q WHITE WYANDOTTE Choice 
Wnlunl O Cockerels. Duston Strain. $1.25each. 
GRAND VIEW FARM, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
M APLE VILLA POULTRY YARDS. -Breeder 
of thoroughbred stock. Barred, Buff and White 
Rocks, R. < h and S. C. W., B, and Buff Leghorns; W. 
and B. Minorcas: Golden, Silver, Buff and W. Wyan¬ 
dottes; R. C. and S. C. Blue Andalusians. Hamburgs, 
Aneonas. W. G. MOSHER, Sylvania, Penna. 
II A« Var s Poultry. Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
UII Kcrrets. etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book, 10c. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Won two first premiums at New York State Fair, 1904. 
Cockerels and pullets, five months old, $1 each. Cata¬ 
logue free. C. H. ZIMMER, R.D.41, Weedsport, N.Y. 
YOUNG MEN WANTED — To learn the 
Veterinary Profession. Catalogue sent 
free. Address VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. L. L. Conkey. Prim 
5,000 FERRETS. These animals 
exterminate Rats, drive ont Rabbits. 
Prices and Circular FREE. 
Samuel Farnsworth, Middletown, O. 
FOR SALE 
MALE AND FE¬ 
MALE ELK at 
The Michigan School for the Deaf, Flint, Michigan. 
$ I 0-80 For 
I ^ 200 Egg 
CINCUBATOR 
Perfect in construction nnd 
action. Hatches every fertile 
egg. Write for catalog to-day. 
GEO. If. STAHL, Quincy, HI. 
POULTRY 
OOOOOOOOO 
We keep ev- 
_ __ _ __ erything in the! 
POULTRY LINE— Fencing, Feed, Incu-J 
bators. Live Stock, Brooders—anything—J 
it’s our business. Call or let us send you! 
our Illustrated Catalogue—it’s free for thej 
asking—it's worth having. 
Excelsior Wire & Poultry Supply Co.,< 
0 l)op H. G. 26 & 28 Voscy Street. New York City. 
QQQQQQQQQGQQQQQQQQQQQGQQQi 
R egistered angora goats—P airs or 
trios. REGISTERED RAMBOUILLET RAMS. 
Write for prices and information. 
MELROSE STOCK FARM, Cincinnatus, N. Y. 
THIS COOKER 
makes feed go twice as far, 
cooks all kinds of feed, serves a 
dozen other farm purposes. The 
Farmers’ Favorite 
Is made to last; heaviest strong¬ 
est low-priced cooker made. 
Model service in sugar and ap¬ 
ple butter making, butchering, 
etc. Write for circular and prices today 
L.R. Lewis. 12 Main St. Cortland, N.Y 
5 % Paid for 12 Years 
Assets 
$1,750,000 
Surph’s and Profits 
SS150,000 
THR Industrial is a strong, progress- 
1 ivo, carefully managed savings in¬ 
stitution, undei New York Hanking 
Dept, supervision, with an excellent 
reputation for reliability and prompt 
dealing, which handles savings from 
all over the country,Including those 
of prominent clergymen,professional 
and business men—and during 1 % 
years has never paid less than 
Let us show you how we can handle 
your money to better advantage than 
most oth«*r banking institutions. 
We will pay 5# PER YEAR 
Earnings reckoned for every day your 
money la left with us. Write for 
particulars. 
Industrial Savings and 
Loan Co., 
6 TIMES BLOO., BROADWAY,NKW YORC.. 
FOR SALE. 
SHROPSHIRE LAMBS, RAMS AND EWES, 
good ones, 810 each. Address, 
IRA H. HASBROUCK, Box 987, Kingston, N. Y. 
CHESTER WHITES AND CHESHIRES. 
Choice young boars and sows bred from mature 
prize winning stock. ED. S. HILL, Freevilie, N. Y. 
Derkshire pigs $5 up, pairs not related. 9 Shropshire 
ewes cheap. W. II. turkeys,B.Orpington cockerels 
B.R.hens and cockerels,collie pups. Bothers,Lack,Pa. 
hYVC171TCEY0C02 
WORMS 
, are now in season. They are quickly 
eradicated by 
Summers’ 
Worm Powders 
Thirty Years’ Popularity; 
every time; Largest Sale. 
- 5fc. 
Dead Shot 
7-lb. pkg., 
Of all Druggists or 
$1.00; 3-lb. pkg, 
F. S. BURCH 6 CO. 
177 Illinois Street, Chicago, III. 
Illustrated Catalogue of 
Stockmen's Supplies Free. 
