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T1IE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
We have had some letters from sub¬ 
scribers who did not get their index this 
year for the 1905 volume. We yet have a 
small supply, and will be glad to mail one 
to any subscriber who has preserved his 
files for the year and wishes to have it. 
Last week we had a letter from a sub¬ 
scriber who said he would not renew his 
subscription this year because he did not 
get “The Business Hen” we promised him 
last year, and he thought we would be no 
more likely to send “The Farmer’s Gar¬ 
den.” We hope The R. N.-Y. has few 
readers who question its motives to this 
extent, but this was a new subscriber last 
year, and no doubt has had some unpleas¬ 
ant experiences with some of the cheap 
papers that make a practice of faking the 
public. However, the complaint was made 
in good faith, and the writer felt he had a 
genuine grievance. He really had. He had 
been told he would get the book and didn’t 
get it. His error was that he kept still 
and nursed his grievance instead of writ¬ 
ing us about it. We looked it up and found 
that the book had been sent, but it was 
no doubt lost in the mail. Occasionally 
one goes wrong, for one reason or an¬ 
other. Sometimes it is the fault of our 
clerks in writing the address. More 
often it is for other causes. At most there 
are few such cases. Of course, we sent 
another. If you should have had a simi¬ 
lar experience just let us know. We are 
always glad to correct errors, but it is 
hardly fair to hold us responsible for mis¬ 
takes that never come to our attention. 
Here is an inquiry that is just in: 
I am told that The — —• advertises — 
—. Not seeing the “ad" in The R. N.-Y. 
leads me to question its utility and other 
features concerning it. As a subscriber and 
a personal friend, permit me to ask your 
opinion'of the firm. h. g. w. 
New York. 
This is simply a type of letters we are 
receiving in every mail. It seems that 
we are getting more of them now than 
ever before. They show two things. 
First, as we already know from other 
sources, that there are many firms adver¬ 
tising for both country and city trade 
which do not give the public value for 
their money, and many others that are 
out and out fakes. These rogues adver¬ 
tise now more for city and town victims 
than for country trade, because there are 
practically no restrictions on their use of 
magazines and daily papers, and besides 
the average city person is more likely to 
bite than country people. We know that 
this has not been the general impression; 
but it is our conviction, founded on care¬ 
ful study and observation. The reason 
seems to be that the country man has 
less vanity and less avarice than his city 
cousin, and these are the two human qual¬ 
ities that form the stock in trade of both 
the faker and the rogue. The other fact 
shown by these letters is that readers 
are learning to inquire into the standing 
of houses before patronizing them. If the 
advertisement is in The R. N.-Y. there is 
something back of it. If it is not, it 
may be equally good; but there is no as¬ 
surance of that fact until inquiry is made. 
Sometimes there is a little delay in look¬ 
ing up the facts; but we are always glad 
to give the information. In seven cases 
put of 10 we are obliged to render un¬ 
favorable reports. 
It has been noted that we get some 
bright and kindly letters from the Far 
West. Here is one: 
Enclosed please find $1 P. O. money order 
for renewal of subscription to The R. N.-Y. 
I have been absent from home. Don’t stop 
Jt: must have it in our business. It is 
like our Hood River apples; once taken al- 
wa J’ s wanted. In these strenuous times of 
graft and boodle sweeping us wheresoever it 
seems good, it is wholesome and restful to 
read your paper. It smacks of honesty. It 
stands as a guardian and protector' from 
boodlers. Ct F . 
Oregon. 
In the budget this morning New Eng¬ 
land holds her own. Listen to this: 
I wish I could do business on a large 
s ^ le to as good advantage as The R. N.-Y. 
affords. An investment of one dollar immed¬ 
iately brings in return a book worth the 
money, and this is followed by 52 weekly div¬ 
idends aggregating considerably more value 
tnan the original investment. This comes 
pretty near conclusively disproving the old 
saw that one can’t eat his cake and have it 
too. “The Farmer's Garden" is practical, 
valuable, helpful and concise. It is easily 
worth the dollar, thus really making the 
paper free. That's what I call making a 
good investment. w. h. m. 
Connecticut. 
Now this from New York: 
“The Farmer's Garden” is .- book for any¬ 
one who has a piece of grout ’ large enough 
to grow a hill of beans, and is alone worth 
the subscription price and more. The R. 
N.-Y. speaks for itself. There is not a dead 
column in it. I even enjoy reading the ad¬ 
vertisements, because I know what stands be¬ 
hind them. The It. N.-Y. and the quality 
of paper and general “get up” are not ex¬ 
celled by any other agricultural paper, and 
if equaled by any I don't come in contact 
with them. J. R. w. 
New York. 
And this from the South: 
I consider The R. N.-Y. the very best farm 
paper in the country, and I have seen a great 
many of the so-called “best” papers for the 
farmer. For the wideawake, up-to-date farm¬ 
er, there is none, in my opinion, that comes 
up to the standard of The It. N.-Y. 
North Carolina. e. k. w. 
Ohio holds her own, too: 
The R. N.-Y is eminently all right. Not a 
single copy reaches me that T do not consider 
worth the price of subscription. I find more 
of an instructive nature, to me, at least, 
in it than in four other farm papers which 
I get, put together. w. e. e. 
Ohio. 
We confess a degree of pride in a day’s 
mail that brings us letters from this scope 
of territory and these expressions of sen¬ 
timent and confidence. “The Farmer’s 
Garden” is going out every day as fast as 
the renewals come in. Yours will go 
back the day we hear from you. Don’t 
forget your neighbor’s, either. Send his 
order for a year’s subscription, and he 
will get one of the books, too. We feel 
especially grateful to the friends who are 
sending in the 10 weeks for 10 cents new 
trial subscriptions. More came in Janu¬ 
ary than ever before in one month. We 
have room for more. 
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Standard 
Steel Posts 
ARE TO BE DRIVEN. 
Are 1-3 cheaper than wood posts, 
and will last forever. Thous¬ 
ands are in use and thousands 
sold for Immediate delivery. 
Write for circular, price list 
and reference to 
J. H. DOWNS, 
335 Broadway, N. Y. City. 
TELEPHONES 
FOR FARMERS’ LINES 
Buy from the manufacturer. Build 
your own lines. Bookof instructions 
for iUc.in Stamps. Write nearest oltiee. 
THE NORTH ELECTRIC CO. 
153 St. Clair St.,Cleveland, O. 
140 Maine St., Dallas, Texas. 
No Smoke House. Smoke meat with 
KRAUSER’S LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE. 
Madefrom hickory wood. Glvesdeliciousflavor. 
Cheaper, cleaner than old way. Send for cir¬ 
cular. E. Krauser <fc Bro., Milton. Pa. 
T he PRINT SHOP at the “Sign of the Dragon," 
Drawer HG. Cohocton. N. Y.. does farm printing 
—the better sort. Stock cuts. Catalogue free. 
.80 For 
200 Egg 
•12 
INCUBATOR 
Perfect in construction and 
action. Hatches every fertile 
egg. Write for catalog to-day. 
GEO. H. STAHL, Quincy, 111. 
G ITMi INCUBATORS 
EiITB AND BROODER8 
Time tested and proven success; thousands In 
use; sold direct to you at wholesale prices. You 
I get the maker’s guarantee and save the middle¬ 
man's profits. The Removable Chick Trayt 
and Nursery —a feature no other has—explained in ■ 
catalog. It'i free. Write for it today. 
Gam Incubator Co., Box424, Trotwood, 0. 
$4 88 
UP 
LEARN 
HOW 
BEES 
EARN 
T HEY’LL work hard for you. 
There’s money in the hive. 
We help you to get it out. 
Gleanings m Bee-Cnlture 
shows how. Tolls how to buy, 
rear and handle bees, and en¬ 
joy it. Free copy waits here 
for you. Send for it. Now’s 
the time. (6 months’trial. 25c.) 
Money back if not satisfied. 
The A. I. Root Company, 
Medina, Ohio 
The Natural 
Incubator 
Is the incubator of right air con- ^ 
ditions—Natural because it most 
nearly approaches Nature’s way. No poison¬ 
ous gases to stifle chicks. Walls of hard glazed 
compressed paper board, (such as is used for 
car-wheels) making the lightest, strongest, most 
durable incubator in the world. Walls CAN¬ 
NOT WARP. CRACK NOR SPLIT, as all oth¬ 
ers do. Compound heater; perfect regulator; 
no supplied moisture required. 
WE PAY THE FREIGHT 
to all points east of the Mississippi. Don't buy 
an incubator until you get out Free Catalog. 
Perpetual Hen Co., Msoufse- Incubators & Brooders, 
2 1 Eschar St., tu«r«of Trenton, N.J. 
Boy’s Terrible Eczema. 
Mouth and Eyes Covered With Crusts— 
Hands Pinned Down—Mirac¬ 
ulous Cure by Cuticura. 
“When my little boy was six months 
old he had eczema. The sores extended 
so quickly over the whole body that we at 
once called in the doctor. We then went 
to another doctor, but he could not help 
him, and in our despair we went to a 
third one. Matters became so bad that 
he had regular holes in his cheeks, large 
enough to put a finger into. The food 
had to be given with a spoon, for his 
mouth was covered with crusts as thick 
as a finger, and whenever he opened the 
mouth they began to bleed and suppurate, 
as did also his eyes. Hands, arms, chest 
and back, in short, the whole body, was 
covered over and over. We had no rest 
by day or night. Whenever he was laid 
in his bed we had to pin his hands down, 
otherwise he would scratch his face, and 
make an open sore. I think his face must 
have itched most fearfully. 
“We finally thought nothing could help, 
and I had made tip my mind to send my 
wife with the child to Europe, hoping that 
the sea air might cure him, otherwise he 
was to be put under good medical care 
there. But, Lord be blessed, matters came 
differently, and we soon saw a iniracle. A 
friend of ours spoke about Cuticura. We 
made a trial with Cuticura Soap, Oint¬ 
ment and Resolvent, and within ten days 
or two weeks we noticed a decided im¬ 
provement. Just as quickly as the sick¬ 
ness had appeared it also began to disap¬ 
pear, and within ten weeks the child was 
absolutely well, and his skin was smooth 
and white as never before. F. Hohrath, 
President of the C. L. Hohrath Company, 
Manufacturers of Silk Ribbons. 4 to 20 
Rink Alley, South Bethlehem, Pa., June 
5 , 1905 ”_ 
$1. PER MONTH 
to f2. per month rents any incubator. 
Rent pays for it. Wo Pay tho Freight. 
40 Days Trial a L sa ” e prices. Buy 
- - # plans and parts and 
build one. Prices, ready to use; 50 egg 
$5.00; 100 egg 19; 200 egg $12.75. Brood¬ 
ers, $3.50 up. Guaranteed. Catalog free. 
BUCKEYE INCUBATOR CO., Box 23, Springfield, O, 
SHOEMAKER’S 
BOOK on 
POULTRY 
and Almanac for 1906 contains 224 pages,with 
many tine colored plates of fowls true to life. 
It tells all about chickens, their care, diseases 
and remedies. All aboutInenhatorsand howto 
operate them. All about poultry houses and 
how to build them. It’s really an encyclopaedia 
ofchickendom. You need it. Price onlyiaets. 
C.C.S1IOEMAKER, Box 487, FREEPORT,ILL. 
BEST ONE-YET 
That’s what you get when you buy a 
CLIMAX INCUBATOR 
8oId on 60 days’ Free Trial. New cat¬ 
alog tells about “Climax” Incuba¬ 
tors and Brooders. It's free. 
The Climax Incubator and Brooder Co., 
1 Box 207, Castorland, N, Y. 
RACTICAL- 
POULTRY 
RAISERS and 
Leading poultry experts say the 
many improvements in the new 
1906 Pattern 
Standard Cyphers Incubator 
make it worthy the name "The Perfect 
Hatcher.” Sold on 90 days trial, to prove that in 
convenience of operation; in economy of oil; in 
certainty of results; in large hatches and espe¬ 
cially in strong and healthy chicks, it has never 
been equalled. Our new catalogue tells why. 
A poultry guide, 228 pages, (8x11) seven practi¬ 
cal chapters, 500 illustrations, free if you men¬ 
tion this paper and send addresses of two per¬ 
sons interested in poultry. 
Address nearest office. 
Cyphers Incubator Co., Buffalo. N. Y. 
Chicago, Boston, New York, Kansas City or San Francisco. 
Hog Cholera is not 
only cured, but pre¬ 
vented by the use of 
Pratts Hog Cholera 
Cure. A word to the 
wise swine raiser is 
enough. 
WORMS 
v are now in season. They are quickly 
eradicated by 
Summers’ 
Worm Powders 
Thirty Years' Popularity; Dead Shot 
every time; Largest Sale. 7-lb. pkg., 
$1.00; 3-lb. pkg., 50c. Of all Druggists or 
OYBILi FRANKLIN, 
72 Beaver St., New York. 
Illustrated Catalogue of 
Stockmen's Supplies Free. 
HATCH CHICKS AT HOME 
Our big 128 page poultry and in¬ 
cubator book shows you how, 
| MILLER'S 
IDEAL INCUBATORS 
make sure and easy work. Sold 
at positively the lowest prices. 
We let you prove their superi¬ 
ority. Write today for freebook. 
J. W. MILLER CO., Box 
The Quincy l " eu6,lor ' 
YOU WANT,, 
Because it la easy to oper»te, being self 
regulating, self moistening and self venti¬ 
lating. The ventilation Is positbre. Noth¬ 
ing left to ehance. Economical In the use 
of oil. 
90 DAYS TRIAL. 
Don’tfall to Investigate the Quincy. It’e 
different from others and our offer Is 
the most liberal. Prices low. Send'for 
Free Catalogue* It will help make move 
poultry profit. 
QUINCY INCUBATOR CO., Box 39, QUINCY. ILL. 
Make Your Own Brooders 
with tho Universal Hover and a 
Piano Box 
any form of Colony 
< House, or small poul* 
' try building. 
5 Free Books on Artlflcisl 
Poultry Production 
1st—Standard Incuba¬ 
tor. 2nd—An Incubator for beginners. 3rd— 
Universal Hover and Colony Brooders. 4th— 
P eeding and rearing chicks. 5th—What users 
are doing. Other books to follow. Get on our 
list and get them as fast as published. 
Prairie Stale Incubator Co., 406 Main St., Homer City, Pa. 
IT’S A CORKER 
_ he Keystone Incubator— cork lined, 
double walls, adjustable egg trays, 
safety lamp, heat and ventilation 
under perfect control. Easy to 
operate. Big, healthy hat ches. It’s a 
corker every way. Catalog free. The 
Diehl-Schilling Co., Box 605, Easton, Pa. 
I 
PINELAND 
INCUBATORS 
HATCH GREATEST NUMBER 
OF FINEST CHICKS. 
BROODERS 
HAVE NEVER BEEN EQUA LED 
FIDELITY FOOD 
FOR FOWLS AND CHICKS. 
Used everywhere by practical poultrymen and 
specialists fanciers with unfailing success. Insures 
perfect health and promotes rapid growth, 
Concise Catalogue from 
PINELAND INCUBATOR & BROODER CO., 
Box D.D., Jamesburg, N. J., U. S. A. 
40, 60 or 90 Days Trial on 
Old Trusty” 
The Easy Machine to Operate. 
You run no risk. Five year guar 
antee. Strongest hatches—less 
care—less oil—most profit. Don’t 
pay two prices. Thousands sold.We 
sell direct. Big 1906 Book Free. 
M. M. Johnson Co.. Clay Center, Neb. 
A Free Book About 
Incubators 
For your own sake don’tbuy an incubator 
until you read our book. It is written by 
the man who knows most about incubating 
—a man who devoted 24 years to the prob¬ 
lem. Ittellsvitalfactstnatyoumust 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 important. 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, Wig. 
Warehouses: Buffalo, Kansas City, St. PauL 
Let Me Tell You the Special Price 
On This Genuine 1906 
Chatham Incubator 
It’s this way: 
We make more In¬ 
cubators than any 
other concern any¬ 
where. 
Our two factories— 
equipped with the 
best labor-Baving, 
wood - working ma¬ 
chinery to be had,fin¬ 
ish six to seven hun¬ 
dred i ncu batorsa day. 
We buy lumber in 
immense quantities. 
AI1 this means high 
grade Incubators at 
low cost. 
And we are now after the trade with a machine 
of upstairs quality at a downstairs price. 
We want to tell you about it—and surprise you. 
We wont you to get our cutalog, pick out your 
Incubator and let us astonish you with the price. 
We will also tell you our liberal selling plan. 
And of the 84 days FREE trial. 
You can hatch four times to prove the machine 
Is all we say. If it isn’t, send it back at our cost. 
A five year ironclad guarantee goes with every 
Incubator we sell. 
We couldn’t do this with a cheap Incubator. 
Only Chatham Incubators will stand it. 
And they will outlast the guarantee. 
For they have steel and brass regulator*—the 
best and costliest—good for a hundred years. 
No cheap, leaky wafer regulators for us. 
We ship direct to you from nearest warehouse— 
we have 20 in leading cities. 
Ask for FKEE catalog today. It will please yon. 
THE MANSON CAMPBELL CO., Ltd. 
236 Wesson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 
