1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
5i7 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
Some time ago we exposed the methods 
of the Harlem Produce Company, of 328 
East 125th street, New York, as operated 
by one R. B. Baker with an alias, and 
cautioned our people not to send them 
produce, if they expected pay for it. As 
a result complaint was made to the police 
department and some arrests have been 
made. Henry Rosenblatt, one of the 
gang, is in the lockup, and three others 
have left town suddenly. It is estimated 
that this gang, operating under different 
names, have secured about $100,000 worth 
of produce from farmers and others for 
which they have never paid one cent. The 
goods came to them in great quantities, 
because they promised higher prices than 
the market would warrant, or reliable 
merchants would quote. The goods were 
always sold to the city trade promptly 
and at ridiculously low prices. The money 
went into their pockets, and the shipper 
got nothing—not even a reply to his com¬ 
plaints, all of which emphasizes our oft- 
repeated caution not to ship goods to any 
concern unless you know you are reason¬ 
ably sure to get your money for it. It is 
a sad reflection on the business methods 
of farmers that a gang of rogues' can 
get $100,000 worth of farm produce in six 
months without paying a cent for it. We 
doubt, however, if any of The R. N.-Y. 
readers got caught. 
Do not confuse the California Fruit 
Growers’ Exchange, which is a reputable 
and reliable company, with the California 
Fruit Growers’ Association, which is one 
of those peculiar companies organized by 
promoters for the benefit of the said pro¬ 
moters. This latter company has officers 
in Los Angeles, Cal., and New York City. 
If you write them they will tell you won¬ 
derful stories of the profits to be made 
in growing oranges in California. One 
O. J. Watkins seems to be the whole 
company. He bought some sagebrush 
land at $20 an acre. Those who assume 
to know say that only about one-tenth of 
the land is fairly productive; one-quar¬ 
ter of it might grow oranges and the re¬ 
mainder is worthless. Mr. Watkins has 
organized companies before; but none of • 
them is now doing business, and it is said 
he has served terms in the service of sev¬ 
eral States on free board and lodging. His 
advertisements are very rosy; your profits 
are all figured out until they run so high 
the promoter fears you may be skeptical, 
and leaves the rest to your imagination, 
but the payments for land he wants in 
hard cash. They will agree to give you 
a position at $2.50 a day, but those who 
have gone on soon found that this feature 
of the scheme was as deceptive as the 
prospective profits in fruit growing. 
In the January 5 Issue of The It. N.-Y. 
a reader asks about the Chicago-New York Air 
Line Railroad, and you speak of it as “a rail¬ 
road on paper.” Day before yesterday the 
company went into a receiver’s hands. Now 
you also spoke of the stock being in the 
hands of a Boston brokerage house, and soon 
after that paper was out, a friend of mine 
told me of a relative of his, a Boston man, 
who had already made $50,000 selling stock 
for that company, and how he was going to 
take his family to Europe for the Summer, 
etc., etc. Now, I wonder how many farmers 
and poor widows and other hard-working peo¬ 
ple helped to make up that fifty thousand. 
Illinois. e. s. w. 
The above letter from a western woman 
is so clear and forcible that we give it 
in full. You would better cut it out and 
read it over every time you are tempted 
to put money into bargain paper stocks. 
There is one other feature of these fakes 
that farmers will some day consider. We 
refer to the papers which carry the ad¬ 
vertisement. The publishers of such 
papers are, if anything, more guilty of 
fraud and deception than the promoters, 
because readers naturally have some con¬ 
fidence in the paper they take, and the 
publisher who knowingly betrays that 
confidence by conspiring with a faker to 
rob them of hard-earned money is a big¬ 
ger rogue than the promoter. Both in¬ 
terests are selfish. But the promoter owes 
no allegiance to his victim. The pub¬ 
lisher, who conspires with him for a part 
of the loot, betrays the trust of his pa¬ 
trons and his friends. 
What do you know of the Veterinary 
Science Association, London, Canada? 
Pennsylvania. c. b. d. 
These people had a fake proposition 
some years ago, and we refused their ad¬ 
vertising on that account. At that time 
they made a pretense of hiring men to 
establish and manage branch houses, but 
they first required him to sell a certain 
amount of goods or canvass on commis¬ 
sion. They offered the manager’s posi¬ 
tion to every man who applied on these 
terms. Of course, the branch house and 
manager’s inducement was a fake, to in¬ 
duce people to take up the canvassing 
work. The scheme is old and is resorted 
to by quite a good many fake houses. We 
are refusing such advertising almost 
every week. 
I like the way you are exposing the crooks 
and frauds of all kinds and sorts in your 
paper. Through it I saved a friend $1.25. 
About two years ago his wife got a letter 
telling her she won a diamond ring, and if 
she sent $1.25 for packing and mailing, she 
would receive it. He came to me and asked 
me what he should do about it. The same 
week you exposed the same concern, telling 
how they worked the people: they didn’t get 
his money, but he sent 10 cents to The 
R. N.-Y. for 10 weeks, and now he is a regu¬ 
lar reader. But deeds go further than words, 
so I enclose you 10 cents for your paper for 
10 weeks for another neighbor. lie thought 
he had a good thing when he sent $2.50 to 
the Globe Association of Chicago. When I 
showed him what you said about them he said 
the next money he threw away he would 
throw at The R. N.-Y. Yours for success 
for the best paper published for the farmer 
in the United States. p. k. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
If all of our readers took the same in¬ 
terest in The R. N.-Y. and their neigh¬ 
bors that this Pennsylvania friend does 
we would soon have all the new press 
could do to turn out papers for its regu¬ 
lar subscribers. The 10 weeks for 10 
cents order gives an opportunity to get 
acquainted with the service; but we go 
further than that. If a farmer sends a 
dollar either direct himself or through 
his neighbor and feels at any time after¬ 
wards that he is not getting the value of 
his money in 52 issues of the paper, we 
will return his full dollar. j. j. d. 
VARIATIONS IN POULTRY. 
Many amateurs in the poultry business 
are greatly troubled at times by the varia¬ 
tion in color of the down on young 
chicks, and think they have been swindled 
because the chicks do not come uniform 
in color when first hatched. I know I 
was very much disturbed myself when I 
first began raising White Wyandottes, and 
paid a good price for eggs supposedly 
from first-class stock, to see the chicks 
come some yellow, some with dark heads, 
some a bluish slate color, etc., and I wrote 
the breeder asking him about it. His re¬ 
ply was “Don’t be alarmed; you will find 
the feathers will be white when they fea¬ 
ther out, and the slate-colored ones will 
be your whitest males.” I found it to be 
true; after the chicks had got their fea¬ 
thers they were white enough. 
Years ago, when I was breeding Black 
Leghorns, I remember being savagely as¬ 
sailed by a man to whom I had sold eggs 
because the chicks came out half white. 
In his ignorance he thought he had been 
grossly cheated,' and without waiting to 
inquire sent me a very abusive letter. I 
wrote him requesting him not to get ex¬ 
cited, for as he grew in knowledge of 
the business he would learn that the 
chicks of all black fowls, no matter what 
the variety, always were part white when 
first hatched, but as the down disappears 
and the feathers begin to grow he would 
see that they were black enough. Now, 
as to the American breeds, we must not 
forget that they are made breeds; that is, 
they are the result of certain crosses, and 
that there is a tendency in nature to re¬ 
vert back to original types. Plence we 
must expect more or less variation, and 
this variation is more likely to show in 
the young chick than in the mature fowl. 
Occasionally a new breed is produced 
from a “sport.” I recall an instance 
where a friend of mine was breeding 
French fowls named Crevecoeurs. They 
were jet black and had been bred black 
for perhaps a hundred years; but he had 
a cockerel and a pullet from these black 
birds that were pure white. It is quite 
possible that as this pair did not have any 
of the black coloring pigment in their 
blood, their progeny might always be pure 
white. The white-crested White Polish 
fowls are “sports” of the Black Polish, 
and doubtless there are others with which 
I am not acquainted. White Wyandottes 
vary as to a degree of whiteness, and, 
strange to say, the whitest birds are the 
surest to have black feathers in them. 
The partly black or gray “ticking” is very 
seldom seen in the yellowish white birds. 
The effort to breed small combs on the 
males is partly—if not wholly— responsi¬ 
ble for the occasional single combs that 
appear, though if a single comb was used 
in the original it may be a reverting back. 
If not more than five or six per cent show 
single combs I think there is no cause to 
complain. I often hear fowls spoken of 
as being “pure blooded,” but invariably it 
is an amateur who uses the expression; 
the experienced breeder seldom uses it. 
The introduction of new blood into a 
flock by purchase of males or by eggs 
brings in a problem which requires at 
least two generations of fowls to say 
whether it has been beneficial or not, and 
many of the best breeders do not risk it, 
but breed from the same strain continu¬ 
ously by what is called “line breeding.” 
But this introduces a subject too large to 
consider now. I may have something to 
say about it at another time. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
GAS FOR INCUBATORS. 
Can acetylene or illuminating gas be used 
successfully for heating brooders and incu¬ 
bators? 
We have fitted up quite a number of 
incubators with gas burners. So far as 
we know they were satisfied with them. 
There is no reason why they shouldn’t do 
good work with gas, gasoline or acetylene 
with the proper kind of burner and fa¬ 
cilities for getting the gas. 
PINELANg INCUBATOR AND BROODER CO. 
Natural gas is used very successfully. 
We have a great many customers who 
are operating their incubators with it. To¬ 
day we have an order from a Kentucky 
man, who told us in shipping his machine 
not to send him a kerosene lamp, as he 
was going to use natural gas. We have 
no knowledge of parties usifig the acety¬ 
lene gas. While it would perhaps do the 
work, it would be much more expensive 
than kerosene. 
SURE HATCH INCUBATOR CO. 
We have experimented here at the of¬ 
fice with both acetylene and ordinary city 
illuminating gas. The acetylene gas did 
not give very good results. We find it 
is more expensive than the city gas and 
presume it is due to the fact that acety¬ 
lene is more for lighting purposes. We 
understand that the manufacturers of 
acetylene gas generators claim they can 
give more candle power for the stated 
expense than can be secured by manufac¬ 
tured gas such as is used here in the city 
and also that which is made from gaso¬ 
line. There seems, however, to be less 
heat in proportion to the candle power in 
acetylene gas than in the other gas. Nat¬ 
ural gas is splendid for heating incubators 
or brooders in that it is generally steady 
and of course in places where it can be 
secured is cheap. There are several large 
duck farms in Pennsylvania which use 
natural gas exclusively for heating the in¬ 
cubators and in some cases for heating 
brooders. We are operating incubators 
here in the store with city gas and find 
it very satisfactory. 
CYPHERS INCUBATOR CO. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
It. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
SQUAB BREEDING HOMERS 
No.l Mated Homers, 
in large or small lots; birds in prime working con¬ 
dition ; write us for prices. Send 100 in stamps for 
our book, it tells how to raise and market Squabs. 
PRESTON PIGEON FARM. Morton, Pa. 
first-class unMCD DIDCMIC for 
MATED numcif rlUCUIlOSALE. 
Consult your interest before purchasing breeding 
stock by writing Wm. O. Smith for prices and other 
particulars. WM. O. SMITH. Germantown, N. Y. 
BANNER LICE AND 
VERMIN POWDER 
VyV VT’RV^l A cheap, effective dis- 
infectantand remedy, 
l \ln powder form to be 
' dusted on. Perfectly ] 
harmless. 5 oz. 15c. 1 lb. 40c (postpaid) 
31bs. 50c. 6)4 lbs.$l.00. (f.o.b.N. Y.City) 
Excelsior Wire and Poultry Supply Co., , 
Dept. HG 26-28 Vesey St., New York City! 
KAP0N 
TOOLS 
Big Profits in Capons 
Caponizing is easy—soon 
learned. Complete outfit with 
free instructions postpaid 
$2.50. Capon book free. 
GEO. P. PILLING & SON, 
2233 Arch St., Philadelphia, Fa. 
Make Money With Fowls 
Beginners, Broiler Raisers, £gg Farmers, 
and Experiment Stations Use and Rec¬ 
ommend 
YPHERS INCUBATORS 
I* REE 260-Page Book—"Howto 
Make Money with Poultry & Incubators." 
Cyphers Incubator Co., Buffalo, N.Y. 
BRANCHES: Nor York, Bouton, ChiCRO, 
Kaneae City, Oakland, Cal., and London, Eng. 
DEKIN DUCKS.-Eggs, $1 for 13. A few good 
r birds. C. GORDON, R. F. D. 1, Sprakers, N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORN AND WHITE 
WYANDOTTE EGGS. 
GUARANTEED TO HATCH. Send for Catalogue C. 
MAPLELiNQ POULTRY YARDS, Pulaski, N. Y. 
WHITF WYANDOTTE BABY CHICKS, 10 
'» 111 I L cents each. Eggs for Hatching. $4 per 
100. FOREST HILL FARM, Burnwood, New York. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY, STOCK &, EGGS 
East Donegal, Poultry Yards, Marietta, Penn. 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM 
\V. Plymouth Hocks and W. Holland Turkeys. 
lA/HITE AND PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE EGGS 
•* from Prize Winners, $2.00 and $3.00 per 15. White 
Wyandottes only $6.00 and $10.00 per 100. LAUDER¬ 
DALE POULTRY FARM. Loudonville, Albany Co., 
N. Y. Walter McEwan, Prop. W. H. Seik, Mgr. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING; Barred Plymouth 
Rocks, from First-Prize Winning Fowls of 10 years 
selection; free range; Fertile Eggs, with 90 per cent 
fertility guaranteed; 65 cents per 13: $4.00 per 100. 
JAS. SINSABAUGH, Pine Bush, Orange Co., N. Y. 
R. C. Rhode Island Reds. 
NO BETTER STOCK. NO BETTER EGGS. 
February chicks for early shows. All stock sold on 
approval. Sinclair Smith, Box 153, Southold, Suffolk Co., N.Y, 
75 
Barred Rock and Brown Leghorn Hehs 
cheap. Bred to lay strains. Nolson’s, Grove City, 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. H. ZIMMER, R. D. 41. Weedsport, N. Y. 
S O WHITE LEGHORNS EXCLUSIVELY. 
■ Ui Healthy stock bred for heavy laying. Free 
range. Eggs for hatching, $1 per 15; $4 per hundred. 
D. F. ARNOLD, Burlington Flats, N. Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from 500 mature hens, selected 
from over 1,500 birds bred for egg production. Write 
for prices. WHITE & BICE. Yorktown. N. Y. 
BLACK ORPINGTONS 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
STOCK AND EGGS. 
June hatched Leghorns will develop before winter. 
July Orpingtons will develop in spite of winter. 
Our eggs are from strong, healthy, standard stock, 
hatching well, and a majority of pullets. 
ENTERPRISE POULTRY YARDS, Ridgefield, Conn. 
BONNIE BRAE 
POULTRY FARM 
New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Breeders of strictly high 
class Single and Rose Comb 
White Leghorns, White 
Wyandottes, White and 
Barred Plymouth Rocks 
and Pekin Ducks. Sixty- 
five ribbons and two silver cups won at the last 
Poughkeepsie, Danbury, Walden and Madison Square 
Garden Shows. Eggs for hatching in any quantity 
at $6.00 per 100; $1.50 per sitting. Eighty per cent, 
fertility guaranteed. Mammoth Pekin Duck Eggs, 
$8.00 per 100. 
Largest Plant in the Vicinity of New York City 
Incubators 10,000 Eggs Capacity. 
HAVENS 
(imPmn 
Two Profit Earners for Poultrymen 
Only Healthy fowls Pay; Sick fowls mean Loss. 
RUST’S Havens Climax Powder 
cures sick fowls and keeps well fowls healthy. The only 
reliable cure for chicken-cholera, turkey-chqftera, gapea 
etc. Five sizes, 25c. 50c, $1.00 etc. at dealers. 
RUST’S LIce-Killing Powder 
destroys and keeps away vermin. Does not affect eggs. 
Prices: 5 oz. box 10c; 16 oz. box 25c; 48 oz.box 50c; 112oz. 
box $1.00 at dealers. Booklet and egg-record free. Wm. 
Rust & Sons, Est. 1854. Dept. P .New Brunswick, N. J. 
VIST'S 
* 
WOODLANDS FARM 
We will hold our Third Annual Sale of S. C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes and B. Plymouth 
Rocks, beginning May 1st. Woodlands Farm, the largest Poultry Plant in America, now has on hand 
0,000 
One half of these, largely Leghorns, will be offered in this Sale, at about one-half their actual 
value, as we hatched an unusually large number of chicks this season and must make room for them. 
This is an opportunity never before offered the public to secure strictly high class foundation stock, 
at moderate prices: bred for eggs by trap nest system, 835 trap nests being in use. Prices: Females, 
$1.50 to $2,00 each; Males, $3.00 to $5.00. 
EGGS FOR / HP™ 1 * W h *t e Leghorns, 
LEE T. 
Per 13. 
$3.00 
>, ...te Wyandottes, 3.50 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, 3.00 
Send for Free Illustrated Catalogue. 
HALLOCK, Proprietor, ... 
HATCHING 
{ 
Per 100. 
$ 8.00 
10.00 
8.00 
Per 1,000. 
$60.00 
80.00 
60.00 
IONA, New Jersey 
