1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
953 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
Merry Christmas! 
We wish every member of every family 
in The R. N.-Y. circle, rich and poor, 
high and low, young or old, strong or 
weak, in health or in sickness, peace and 
comfort and happiness at this recurrence 
of the Christmas season. We wish all 
material success and prosperity. If it were 
in our power we would have fullness and 
plenty in every home of the land. We 
would have equal opportunity for every¬ 
one, and a just share of the fruits of his 
labor for all. We would have no one en¬ 
joying the fruits of another’s labor against 
the laborer’s consent. In short we would 
have equal opportunities for all and spe¬ 
cial privileges to none. We may—T think 
we will— reach this condition later; but 
under our present social and economic 
conditions we fall short of the full meas¬ 
ure of justice we owe to one another. 
But in the intellectual and spiritual facul¬ 
ties each one of us is the custodian of his 
own rewards. In this realm the poor, un¬ 
fortunate and ill can find his own consola¬ 
tions and his own rewards and happiness, 
i liese arc the most satisfying of life’s re¬ 
wards, and it is in this sense especially 
that we wish you one and all a merry and 
happy Yuletide. 
This is the special season of subscrip¬ 
tion renewals. This office will probably 
receive 40,000 renewals at least tins month. 
They are coming in in increased numbers 
now every day. We are prepared with 
increased help and improved facilities to 
handle every day’s mail before the office 
closes for the day. Accompanying these 
renewals are hundreds of letters including 
orders for new subscriptions for the com¬ 
ing year, and actually thousands for the 
10-weeks orders. Following is a sample 
of these letters, no different from hun¬ 
dreds of others, but selected because it is 
first at hand: 
Herewith enclosed I send two dollars, one 
to renew my subscription and a new one, 
which is for —— — -, Deerfield, Ill. 
This subscription was induced by the new 
“Brown’s Seedling” grape mentioned in pres¬ 
ent issue. Wish you to begin with this issue 
so that he may see the cut of the fruit and 
what you have to say of it. I have done 
what everyone can do, namely, sent one new 
subscriber, and I am sure t have done him 
a favor that will be worth more than a 
dollar to him before the year is out, prob* 
ably many times* over. Will try to get a 
few more subscribers, because there is a real 
inducement in your offer which will make 
men listen and act, if anything can nave 
that effect. I have several in mind. 
Illinois. w. z. 
Wc commend this work heartily to our 
friends. .One new subscription with one 
extra dollar from every one of the old 
subscribers would practically double the 
power and strength of The R. N.-Y. for 
the good of the farm. If any subscription 
you send is not entirely satisfactory we 
will cheerfully return the whole dollar 
after three months’ trial. 
We have several lc Af ers asking for in¬ 
structions about planting and caring for 
the grape. To all we would say that de¬ 
tailed instructions will be given just before 
these grapes are sent out in early Spring. 
Not only this, but next season, careful il¬ 
lustrated directions will be given for culti¬ 
vating, pruning and training the vine, so 
as to get best possible results for every¬ 
one. 
A fraud order was issued by the Post¬ 
master General December 8 against the 
Appleby & Wood Company and J. Ran¬ 
dolph Appleby, doing business at Leonia, 
N. J. Appleby and the firm named were 
engaged in the business of selling land in 
the State of New Jersey. E. O. Ellis, of 
New York, complained that he purchased 
of Appleby a tract in southern Jersey that 
was “barren and worthless, consisting 
only of white sand.” although Appleby 
had furnished him with maps showing the 
land to be open and cut through with 
streets and avenues. The postal authori¬ 
ties made an investigation, with the result 
that Appleby and his company have been 
excluded from the use of the mails. 
We have this inquiry this week: 
I would he pleased if you would state 
in your paper whether you have any special 
reasons for refusing the advertisements of 
the American School of Music. Chicago. 
A RECENT SUBSCRIBER. 
An Ohio subscriber was encouraged to 
believe that she would receive a large 
monthly royalty on a piece of her com¬ 
position if she would pay in advance the 
cost of printing the piece and of setting 
it to music. She never got a cent, and, 
of course, could get no satisfaction from 
the publishers. They got their money 
for the printing, and what seemed to us a 
big price at that. To be sure they guaran¬ 
teed nothing, but at the same time in¬ 
duced her to pay $25 for printing under 
the assurance that the piece had merit 
that would make it a quick seller. The 
R. N.-Y. will not stand behind proposi¬ 
tions of this kind. j. J. D. 
VARIOUS POULTRY QUESTIONS. 
1. In what respects are the so-called liquid 
lice killers superior to plain kerosene oil? 
2. What points should you look to in choos¬ 
ing good Barred Rock hens or cocks from a 
(lock? !i. Where is the beef scrap marked 
B. B. B. to be bought? Is that conceded by 
poultrymen to be the best? 4. What is the 
best feed for fattening fowls for market? 
5. In Mr. Cosgrove's article, page 881, he 
speaks of line breeding. What is it? What 
is the best way to build up a flock say of 
Barred Rocks? y. h. k. 
Long Island. 
1. In that they kill the lice, which kero¬ 
sene does not always do. I have put a 
few drops of kerosene on a bunch of lice 
and seen some of them crawl an inch or 
two, or clear out of the greased spot; 
whether they afterward died I did not 
wait to see. But all the liquid lice killers 
I have used will kill them instantaneously. 
2. Evenly barred plumage, entirely free 
from white or black feathers; clean yellow 
legs and beak, comb of medium size even¬ 
ly cut, ear lobes red without any white 
spots on them; up to the standard weight; 
symmetrical build conforming to the 
pictures of P. Rocks, of which the en¬ 
quirer must have seen many; freedom 
from wrytail, roachback or crooked breast¬ 
bone. Mating Barred Rocks to produce 
good results in the progeny is not an easy 
matter. Cocks and hens may be nicely 
barred, but if both are dark, the pullets 
from that mating may come jet black. I 
have had them do so. Breeders generally 
make two matings, one to produce pullets, 
and another to produce cockerels. 8. “B. 
B. B.”—boiled beef and bone—used to be 
made by I). W. Romainc, New York. 
Price was $2.25 per 100 lbs. It is beef, 
calf, and sheep heads cooked, dried and 
ground while sweet and fresh. 4. Oat¬ 
meal and cornmcal mixed with milk. 
Regular poultry fatteners who make a 
business of fattening, mix it thin enough 
to pump through a tube into the fowl’s 
mouth. 5. “Line breeding” is using blood 
of the same strain. It is in great or less 
degree “inbreeding,” according to how 
closely related the males may be to the 
females. The “best way to build up a 
(lock of Barred Rocks” would be to get 
an experienced breeder to mate up your 
fowls, or to buy some properly mated 
and ask him to explain why. It requires 
a good eye for color and considerable 
knowledge of the breed to mate Barred 
Rocks for best results, geo. a. cosgrove. 
Beneficial to elderly people 
who suffer from dryness of 
mouth and throat, in boxes only. 
VIRGINIA FARMS 
I, 
$10 and Up per Acre. 
In “THE GREEN FIELDS OF VIRGINIA" 
,’ou can grow better crops and raise finer stock at 
.ess oxpense than elsewhere. You can buy a 
COMPLETE FARM FOR $500 
with comfortable, now three-room cottage, and 2. r > 
acres for vegetables, fruit and poultry, ( lose to large 
eastern markets. Excellent church, school, ana social 
advantages. Abundance of water and grass; snort 
mild winters; cheap land and labor; and excellent 
shipping facilities make this section very attractive 
to homoseekers aud investors. , ... 
Write for our beautiful agricultural pamphlet, 
lists of farms, excursion rates, etc. 
Ft H. LaBAUME, 
Aorl & Indl Agt 
Norfolk * Western fty. 
E I. Roanoke, Ya. 
Good business sense tells you that 
every cow should return a fair per¬ 
cent of profit over cost of keeping^ 
To pay you a good profit tlip organs of 
digestion must convert the largest pos¬ 
sible percentage of the food into bone, 
muscle, milk fat, etc. 
If every cow, horse, sheep or pig, re¬ 
ceives small doses of Dr. Hess Stock 
Food twice a day with the grain rations, 
they will pay a larger profit than is 
otherwise possible. Sucli medical au¬ 
thorities as Professors Winslow, 
Quitman and Finlay Dun endorse the 
bitter tonics contained in Dr. Hess Stock 
Food for improving the digestion, also 
iron as a blood builder aud nitrates for 
eliminating poisonous material from the 
system. 
D B HESS 
STOCK FOOD 
the prescript ion o f Dr. Hess ( M. D. ,D. V.S.) 
containsltheiabove ingredients and it is 
Sold on a Written Guarantee 
Except in Canids 
and extreme 
Went ami South. 
100 lbs $5.00 25 lb pail $1.60 
Smaller quantities at a slight 
advance. 
Where Dr. Hess Stock Food differs in par¬ 
ticular is in the dose—it’s small and fed but 
twice a day, wliich proves it hasthe most diges¬ 
tive strength to the pound. Our Government 
recognizes Dr. Hess Stock Food as a medicinal 
tonic and this paper is back of the guarantee. 
If your dealer cannot supply you, we will. 
DR. HESS & CLARK, Ashland, Ohio. 
Also Manufacturers of Dr. Hess Poultry 
Pan-a-ce-a and Instant Louse Killer. 
Racine 
Incubator 
The simple, sure, dependable kind. Used by 
thousands of successful poultrymen and women 
Our free Incubator -- 
Book tells about them 
—tells how to make 
poultry pay. 25 years 
experience. Don’t buy 
until you read it. Ware- 
houses: Buffalo, Kansas 
City, St. Paul. Address _ 
Racine Hatcher Co., Box 87,Bad ne, Wig 
’ Send for free | 
Catalogue- 
Hatch Chickens by 
Steam with the 
EXCELSIOR INCUBATOR 
Or WOODEN HEN 
Simple, perfect, self-regulating. 
Hatch every fertile egg. Lowest 
S rieed tirst-elass hatchers made. 
fKO. II. STAHL, Quincy, 111. 
I*lahe Your 
Hen» Pay 
BlRger Profit* by ROttln* Blsfcur Hatchet ** 
and hatch Chicks that Live. Beginner*, a* well 
a* expert*, do thia with the Latest Pattern 
OYPHTRQ Incubators 
** 1 ■ and Brooders wlth th „ lr p. Unt .d 
Improvement* possessed by no other*. 00 days' free trial with Money 
Back Guaranty. Got ‘244 page Guide to Poultry Profit FREE to you. 
CYPHERS INCUBATOR COMPANY, BUFFALO, , 
New York, Boeton, Chicago, Oakland, California, Kaueas City. 
EARLY CHICKS PAY BIG 
Hatched in January, Feb¬ 
ruary and March, they make 
bigprotits. Hatch them in a 
BANTA INCUBATOR 
Heat uniform, case tight, 
, ventilation gives strong 
chicks, regulator reliable. Ten 
minutes work daily. New cata- 
BanU-BendsrMIg. Co Dept. 46. Ligonler.lnd. 
"ITT 
mm 
OiKOionto 6t fiooo-LBitsr iHPBovr mini:, 
OusssNTttD iouNO-Ptnrcn mncMtiiS A ftn 108 
Ego Sizt Lots wen; ri6 Ceo Size. *i6i° each; 
Regular Pmctha" —•ret?.Rust Opcoutuhoy. 
Smnoano Mutchihs At Less Isas Cost IoMukc. 
No Cisco la a Oh Tumi. Sino Cash With Onota At Ottct. 
StNO For RtGui.AH Incubator DaouOM—S oftw Catalog 
CORNELL INCUBATOR CO. Ithaca ny 
When you write advertisers mention The 
I t. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal." See guarantee, page 8. 
rnn Qll (J— Duroc .Jersey Red Sows bred 
lUH OALC for 1st of April farrow, also some 
choice Fall Pigs Sired by Inter-State Chief, First Prize 
and Sweepstake Hoar, W. Va. State Fair. These are 
money makers, buy one of those sows or some fine 
pigs. J. H. LEWIS & SON, Cameron, W. Va. 
Poultry Supplies 
We keep everything 
in the Poultry JLine 
, ^v/a-Fv\\\NV%W —Fencing, Feed, In- 
« cubators, Live Stock, 
Brooders—anything— 
it’s our business. Call or let us send 
you our Illustrated Catalog It’s free. I 
Excelsior Wire & Poultry Supply Co., 
Dept. HQ, 26-28 Vesey St„ New York. 
S HORT POULTRY COUKSES-RhOPK ISLAND 
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 
Vi Weeks’ Course for Men— Begins Jan. 3, 1907; 
Ends March28,1907. New Course for Women — Be¬ 
gins April 8, 1907; Ends June 8, 1907. Apply at Once. 
Address Howard Edwards, Pres., Kingston, It. I. 
EGGS ALL WINTER, if you feed Eaton’s Perfec¬ 
tion Masli Mixture, will increase profits, Ask your 
dealer, or write it. I). EATON GRAIN AND FEED 
00,. Norwich, N. Y. Mention tills paper. 
POULTRY & PIGEON 
SO 
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for every need in onr line including famous 
KEYSTONE FOODS. Prices right. 
Send for Booklet and Souvenir— FRKE 
TAYLOR BROS., Dept. M, Camden, N. J 
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FOR SALE. 
A few more very tine White Holland Turkeys. 
MARY H. SPINK. Rodman, N. Y. 
Cockerels, 150 R. C. R. I. Reds. Partridge Wyan- 
dottes. Best strains bred separately. Elegant birds 
$2.00 up. May return my expense. Sinclair Smith, 
602 5th St.. Brooklyn., N. Y. Farm, Southold, N. Y. 
COR SALE— White Wyandotte cockerels$1.50each. 
* Three M. Pekin ducks and drake $5.00. Honest 
quality. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address 
E. FRANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
M 
AMMOTH TOULOUSE Geese and Wh. Hol¬ 
land Turkeys for sale. Email, It. 2, Bucyrus.O. 
Economical Dairy Feed. 
Wo offer Corn Protegran—Corn Distillers’ Grains 
for shipment January to June. Guaranteed Analysis; 
33# Protein, 14# Fat. Write for samples and prices. 
The Dewey Bros. Co., P.O. Box656, Blaiu hester, (). 
90 
Var's Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats, 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. GO p. book. 10c. 
Rates free. J.A. BERGKY, Box8, Telford,Pa. 
M APLE VILLA POri/TKY YAHUS can fill orders from all vari¬ 
eties, AihIaIuhIaiim, Bocks, Wyandotte*, Minorcan, Leghorn*, 
HamburgH, Spaulnh, Anemias, Javan. W. (}. Mosher, Sylvanla,Pa. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair, 1904 05. Trios. $5; Eggs 
for hatching, $1 for 15: $5 per 100. Catalogue free. 
C. II ZIMMER, It. D. 41, Weed sport, X. Y. 
JLOUSE GEESE—Finest stock—reasonable 
prices. GEORGE E. BRIGGS, Lebanon, Conn. 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM 
\\ . Plymouth Rocks und W. Holland Turkeys 
R ( >SE COM B Brown Leghorn Cockerels. Best strain. 
Price reasonable. 1. 0. Hawkins, Bullville, N. Y. 
I IGHT BRAHMAS, prize stock. A few good birds. 
C. GORDON, R. F. D. 1, Spfakers, N. Y. 
ROSE COMB BLACK MINOBCAS 
Cockerels, price$1.50each. J. K. Loser, Einora.N.Y. 
C1X RIBBONS on White H. turkeys St. Louis Ex- 
position; stock akin, others not. P. ducks, White 
Rocks. Mrs. Morton W. Fordice, Russellville, Ind. 
Bonnie Brae Poultry Farm, 
Breeders of Blue Ribbon, Single and Rose Comb 
White Leghorns’and mammoth Pekin Ducks. Stock 
and Eggs for sale at reasonable prices. Largest 
plant in the vicinity of New York City. Incubators 
10,000 Eggs capacity. 
B.YKHKI) ROCKS and S. C. Brown Leghorns, 
M our Famous Egg-producing strains; Pullets lay 
at 131 days. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
DAUBED, BUFF AND WHITE PLYMOUTH 
ROCKS, White Wyandottes, White Minorcas, 
White Leghorns. Mammoth Pekin Ducks; $3.00 each, 
$7.50 for trio, $12.00 for breeding pen. Catalogue free. 
EDWARD G. NOONAN, Proprietor East Donegal 
Poultry Yards, Marietta, Pennsylvania. 
BUFF TURKEYS—Uhio State Fair Winners. 
HARRY PROUTY, Cumberland, Ohio. 
West Main St., 
New Kocliolle, N. Y. 
SQUABS 
are raised in one monthr^Jf^l 
bring big prices. Money 
makers for poultrymen, 
farmers, women. 
Send for onr Free Book and learn this, 
rich industry. Correspondence invited,*’’'! 
^•.Plymouth Rock Squab Co., *^7 
' '335 Howard St... Melrose, Mass. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eigiit mos.Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose, Pa. 
FPDRETQ Raised in small lots are strong and 
IkllllCilO healthy. Warranted good rat and 
rabbit hunters. Descriptive circular and price list 
free. Shady Lawn Ferret Farm, New London, Ohio 
C PORTING DOGS, Cattle, Sheep. 
** Swine, Pigeons, Ferrets and 
Rabbits. Ten cents Fifty-six page 
illustrated catalogue. C. G. Lloydt, 
Dept. K, Sayre, Pa. 
You Can Get More Eggs 
And Save Feed Bills. 
G REEN BONE fedraw gives fowls value of grain: is rich in protein and 
the food they need to take the other elements that make more eggs, 
place of bugs and worms It has fertile eggs, livelier chicks, earlier 
more than four times the egg making broilers, heavier fowls. Cut it with 
MANN’S 
Model Bone Cutter 
Turns easily; cuts rapidly; never clogs: automatically adjusts itself to any one’s 
strength. Cuts all bone with ail adhering meat and gristle. 
Ton n-ive IVpp Trial Weask no money uutil you try the .nacldne. Ilnotsatis- 
fied. return at our expense. Write lur catalogue. 
F. W. MANN CO„ Box 15. Mlllord, Mass. 
