1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
6i3 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
Subscribers and readers are continually 
expressing their approval of this depart¬ 
ment. We are, besides, beginning to get 
a great many inquiries for articles that 
have appeared here from people who are 
neither readers nor subscribers, but who 
have evidently heard of it through friends 
who arc readers. This we are glad to 
furnish when the inquiry is accompanied 
by postage, as it usually is. We do 
not refuse the information, even where 
the non-subscriber neglects the postage, 
but as the inquiries are increasing this 
should be furnished. We are often asked 
to send bill for the service. This we 
never do, though a remittance for a sub¬ 
scription is always welcome. Heretofore 
a few advertisers expressed approval of 
the work, but we had no general expres¬ 
sion from them on the subject. To learn 
their feeling, we sent them a copy of 
July 6, and asked them how they felt in 
regard to the subject of refusing fake ad¬ 
vertising and showing up rogues. We 
find by the responses that the best adver¬ 
tisers approve with just as much empha¬ 
sis as the farmers. They naturally appre¬ 
ciate good company in business, and have 
no wish to be associated with fakers and 
cheats. Some of them go so far as to ex¬ 
press a desire to co-operate with us in 
any way they can to influence other farm 
papers to exclude them also. Here is 
just what some of them say: 
In relation to fake advertisers we can say 
tc you that we are with you very heartily in 
your war on this class of people. It is the 
large number of fakes that are continually 
advertised through the papers that damages 
legitimate advertising more than any other 
one thing. We have always been rather sus¬ 
picious of the Ostrander advertisements, and 
have not seen any account of this person's 
business until we read it in your paper. All 
reputable papers ought to guard their col¬ 
umns very carefully to see that fake adver¬ 
tisements' are not inserted. While it will 
bring a little income temporarily to the pa¬ 
per, yet in the long run. it discourages legi¬ 
timate advertising more than the profit aris¬ 
ing from the fakes. We are with you in 
tills war and hope you will get after the 
fakers good and hard. 
SURE HATCH INCUBATOR CO. 
Fremont, Neb. 
The writer personally thinks that the 
“Publisher's Desk" column is almost the 
most important part of tlie paper, as his 
knowledge of it dates back to its inception. 
While tlie other parts of the paper are in a 
greater or less degree treated of in other 
papers, (lie publisher's column is unique, and 
practically stands alone in its field. 
THE MAXWELL & FITCH CO. 
Rome, N. Y. 
I have been a reader of The R. N.-Y. for 
some years, and shall continue to lie a sub¬ 
scriber as long as the paper holds “high” the 
banner of “common honesty.” I want your 
help in the matter of enclosed circular of 
the Pacific Wireless Telegraph Company. 
Are those stocks worthy of investment, or 
are they frauds? c. t. h. 
New York. 
This is a California company. The 
authorized stock is $5,000,000, in shares 
of $10 each at par. These are quoted in 
the circular for $6. There is nothing in 
the circular to show how much stock has 
been issued or what price was paid for it; 
nor what is equally important, what the 
present net assets of the property are, if it 
has any. It is our standing advice not 
to invest money in the stock' - or other 
paper securities of companies he actual 
assets of which you know nothing and 
the business of which is uncertain and 
prospective. 
Hartman & Carson Company, 47 
Thompson avenue, Washington Market, 
New York city, were referred to some 
weeks ago as commission merchants 
whom we could not recommend. The 
place is now reported closed, on account 
of financial difficulties. They are said to 
be owing considerable. 
I would be gratified if you will inform 
me what lias become of F. B. Mills' ginseng 
plantation situate at Rose Hill. N. V. I sub¬ 
scribed for some of I lie stock, but cannot 
hear from him now. If it is broken I would 
like to know It. Mills will not answer me. 
Tennessee. a. a. y. 
This correspondent undoubtedly refers 
to the Consolidated Ginseng Company of 
America, which was capitalized for $2,- 
000,000. Wc believe the company is still 
in existence, but our information is that 
it pays no dividends. The only tangible 
assets that we have been able to find are 
a few acres planted to ginseng roots. 
I have received your paper for about three 
months free for some reason. Enclosed find 
?1 : send me the paper, I like it. w. e. b. 
New York. 
This is a case where a mutual friend 
sent a subscription 10 weeks for 10 cents 
and evidently paid for it ‘himself. We 
always have the record of the sender. We 
have it in this case, but do not publish 
these details for obvious reasons. It 
would, however, be furnished to the par¬ 
ties interested if requested. We refer to 
it to show again how the 10 weeks’ sub¬ 
scriptions work. “I like it” is sometimes 
expressed in different words, but they all 
mean the same, and the dollar comes for 
a renewal after an intelligent and up-to- 
date farmer has read the paper for ten 
weeks. It is for this reason that wc keep 
asking you to send in these 10-week or¬ 
ders. This is a good time to do it. We 
hope soon to have the new press in oper¬ 
ation, and we shall need more names to 
keep it busy. _ j. j. d. 
CHICKS COMING OFF COLOR. 
I have had some complaints from pur¬ 
chasers of eggs relative to chicks coming at 
first slightly olT color, but they write later 
that it disappears and comes clear white. 
As to reversion, in all made breeds the orig¬ 
inal types will crop out; that is, of course, 
lessened by careful selections of breeding 
stock. Feathered shanks, single combs, etc., 
will occasionally crop out in Wyandottes. 
These reversions should not be as frequent 
in older breeds. In some strains of White 
Wyandottes, the chicks when first hatched 
are smutty white, sometimes nearly blue or 
black, but when fully feathered the plumage 
will he white though such birds often show 
“ticks,” or an occasional black feather in 
plumage. Of the newer breeds those less 
than 10 -years in breeding may not come 
more than 50 per cent true; 10 to 18 years 
75 to 90 per cent true; 18 to 25 years, 90 to 
100 per cent. Some of my customers prefer 
birds with an occasional “tick” or black 
feather, and in ordering birds ask that I ship 
them, claiming the plumage is much whiter 
than those without, while others object to the 
birds and claim they are not purebred, but 
from my experience I must agree with the 
former. I have had single comb chicks come 
from my strain and when matured showed a 
much whiter plumage than any of the double 
comb fowls from the same hatch. 
New York. m. m. farhell. 
A Ram for Irrigation. 
A. 8. K., Jackson, 'Venn .—Can you tell me 
how I may use a ram ? I want to water 
about one-lhird acre of celery and garden. 
I have a small running stream close to bor¬ 
der of garden, with hanks six or seven feet 
high. Said stream has hut little fall, and 
is all quicksand at the bottom. I built 
a small dam with plank, hut the first heavy 
shower washed it all out. This stream only 
runs about: 50 gallons per minute in dry 
time, hut with a heavy shower it rises into 
a small river. I only want to lift water 
about seven or eight foot. Is there any way 
we may use a ram under the circumstances? 
The information given is too limited to 
make it possible to give very safe ad¬ 
vice regarding the advisability of trying to 
install a ram for the irrigation of celery 
under the conditions named. As the time 
when the water will be needed most is 
likely to be when the stream is lowest, 
and supp'ying but about 50 gallons per 
minute, it is clear that a hydraulic ram 
could not be expected to supply any con¬ 
siderable volume of water, probably not 
more than seven to ten gallons per min¬ 
ute, unless the water can be accumulated 
in some volume back af the dam, which 
would he necessary to provide the head 
needed to work the ram. For the short 
lift, which would here be necessary, there 
are forms of pumps which could be in¬ 
stalled so as to be worked either by horse 
power or even by a man, so as to supply 
much more water than coidd be expected 
from the use of a ram under the circum¬ 
stances named, and if the area to be irri¬ 
gated is not larger than that stated, it 
would he much the cheapest to install a 
hand pump capable of throwing a three- 
inch stream, providing a temporary dam 
to accumulate the necessary amount of 
water when needed. f. h. king. 
Doctor: “Have you consulted anyone 
else?” Patient: “I went to see a chem¬ 
ist and he told me-” Doctor (inter¬ 
rupting), “Don’t tell me that you asked 
advice of a ch'emist. No one except a 
lunatic would take the advice of a chem¬ 
ist.” Patient: “I was about to say that 
he told me to come to you.”—Cardiff 
Times. 
HAVENS 
(umkrn 
Two Profit Earners for Poultrymen 
Only Healthy fowls Pay; Sick fowls mean Loss. 
KUST^S Havens Climax Powder 
cures sick fowls and keeps well fowls healthy. The only 
reliable cure for chicken-cholera, turkey-cholera, gapes 
etc. Five sizes, 25c. 5fic, $1.00 etc. at dealers. 
BUST'S Cice-Killing Powder 
destroys and keeps away vermin. Does not affect eggs. 
Prices: 5 oz. box 10c; 16 oz. box 25c; 48 oz. box 50c; 112 oz. 
box $1.00 at dealers. Booklet and egg-record free. YVm. 
Bust & Sons, Est. 1854. Dept. P.New Brunswick, N.J. 
W±T$ 
f WOODLANDS FARM * 
Wo 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 LA.YER.S 
One half of these, largely Leghorns, will bo offered in this Sale, at about one-half their actual 
value, as we hatched an unusually Targe 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 stoca, 
at moderate prices: bred for oggs by trap nest system, 835 trap nests being in use. Prices: Females, 
$1.50 to $2,00 each; Males, $3.00 to $5.00. per 13. Per loo. 
f Single Comb White Leghorns, $2.00 $8.00 
HATi'iimi' White Wyandottes, 2.50 10.00 
l Barred Plymouth Hocks, 2.00 8.00 
Send for Free Illustrated Catalogue. 
LEE T. HALLOCK, Proprietor, 
Per 1,000. 
$ 00.0 > 
80.< O 
00.00 
IONA, New Jersey 
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. Mated pens of five matureu pullets 
and one line bred cockerel, $15, Leghorns, Yearling 
breeders in pens of ten selected hens and one line 
bred cockerel, $15. Choice Pekin Ducks, $12 per pen 
of six. Largest plant in the vicinity of New York City. 
Incubators, 10,000 eggs capacity. Agents, Cyphers' 
Incubators and Brooders, 
pOB SALE CHEAP—400 cockerels from selected 
matings. Barred and White Rocks, Brown and 
Whito Leghorns. Also 100 S. C. White Leghorns 2 
year liens from special matings. Must sell to make 
room. G. A. SABINE, Robinson, A. A. County, Md. 
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, Houtliold, Huff,ilk Co., N.Y, 
ENTERPRISE POULTRY YARDS, 
STOCK AND EGGS. 
BLACK ORPINGTON 
WHITE LEGHORN 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM 
\Y • Plymouth Hocks mid YV. Hoi hind Turkeys, 
kk 
FUMA 
■ ■ kills Prairie Dogs, 
' ^ Woodchucks,Gophers, 
and Grain Insects. 
“The wheels of the 
gods grind slow but 
exceedingly small.” So the weevil, but you can stop 
thelrgrdnd Q^bOIl BiSUlpfiideVrl doing! 
EDWARD R. TAYLOR, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
RRflKFN MM FS-Wo offer an exceptional 
DnUI\LI1 OUUMLO trade in good, clean, fresh 
broken cookies of the same high quality that has made 
our products famous. Sold in boxes of 30 to35 lbs. at 
$1.50 per box, f. o. b. Worcester. Check or money 
order must accompany order. 
New England Biscuit Co., Worcester, Mass. 
METAL ROOFING 
Btraliflit to you at real factory prices. Put oM 
tho kind of roof that wears. Ours Id puaraiw 
teed. 1 f it Isn’t tho best you cau buy any wbera 
don tpay for it. Genuino Charcoal Iron. Doubla 
refined Puddled Iron and Steel. It interested 
write for free metal goods catalogue. R31 
The United Factories C’o, Cleveland, l/hlo* 
pARMKRS, it pays to raise squabs; get high prices 
1 for your grain by feeding it to homer squab 
breeders; write us tor prices; send us 10 cents in 
stamps for our book; it tolls how. Address 
PRESTON PIGEON FARM, Morton, Pa. 
HATCH CHICKS THAT LIVE 
Quality in Incubators makes the differ¬ 
ence between Profit and Loss. Begin¬ 
ners and Experts Use and Recommend 
CYPHERS INCUBATORS 
They write their experiences in our 260- 
page book—“How to Make Money With 
Poultry & Incubators.” It's fret. Write. 
Cyphers Incubator Co. Buffalo, Now York, 
Bouton, Chicago, Kansas City and Oakland, Cal. 
Big Profits in Capons 
Caponizing is easy—soon 
learned. Comploto outfit with 
free instructions postpaid 
$2.50. Capon book free. 
0E0. P. PILLING & SON, 
2233 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
[CAPONl 
TOOLS * 1 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair, 1004-05. Trios, $5; Eggs 
for hatching. $1 for 15: $5 per 100. Catalogue free. 
C. H. ZIMMER, 11. I). 41. Weedspoi-6, N.Y. 
BANNER 
VERMIN 
LICE AND 
POWDER 
/VT" A cheap, effective dls- 
i ivfOs^ infectantand remedy, 
'““—o' powder form to be 
■Mm? dusted on. Perfectly 
harmless. 5 oz.lSc. 1 lb. 40c (postpaid) 
Ulbs. 50c. 6% lbs.$1.00. (f. o. b.N. Y. City) 
Excelsior Wire and Poultry Supply Co.. 
[ Dept. HG 26-28 Vesey St., New York City! 
R 
OSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN cockerels and pullets for sale, 
very best strain. I. C. H v \\ KIN8, Bullville. New York. 
Wanted-PULLETS. 
25 Black Minorcas, 50 Buff Wyandottes, 25 B. Leg¬ 
horns, 25 Barred Plymouth Rocks, 25 Golden Wyan- 
dottos. CHESTER CREST. Mount Vernon. N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORN AND WHITE 
WYANDOTTE EGGS. 
GUARANTEED TO HATCH. Send for (.Catalogue C. 
MARLELING POULTRY YARDS. Pulaski, N. Y. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY, STOCK & EGGS 
East Donegal Poultry Yards, Marietta, Penn. 
STRICTLY PURE ALL 
White Lead Paint 
MADE FRESH TO ORDER 
Two Full Gallons Free to Try. Sold on Time. 
Purity Guaranteed. Freight Prepaid. 
individual 
factory 
I am the Paintman 
I make Paint to order—for the 
user. 
I sell it direct from factory—at 
prices. 
I ship it in special extra size cans—guaran¬ 
teed to contain full measure of paint. 
These cans are dated the day the paint is 
made— your- guarantee that it is absolutely 
fresh when you get it. 
Out of any six-gallon order or over you may 
use 2 gallons on your buildings. 
Then stand off and look at it 
^test it in any way you like. 
If it is satisfactoiy—use the 
balance. 
If it is not satisfactory—re¬ 
turn the balance—I’ll refund all 
of your money—pay the trans¬ 
portation charges both ways— 
and the test shan’t cost you a 
penny. 
That’s my way of selling my 
Made-to-Order Paint. 
I’m the only paintmaker in 
the United States selling it that 
way. 
I’m the only paintmaker in 
the United States making paint to order. 
My paint will please you—it’s got to please 
you. You are the judge—and if it doesn’t it 
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There can’t be—because it’s made from the 
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My O. L. Chase Strictly Pure White Lead 
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/ Challenge 
the World 
on my 
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Dutch Process White Lead—strictly pure, 
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Drier, and the necessary tinting colors and 
nothing else. 
This paint stands the tests of any chemist— 
this I guarantee under $100.00 cash forfeit. 
I will give that sum of money to any chem¬ 
ist who will find any adulteration in this paint. 
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of Honor Brand. 
It meets all of the require¬ 
ments of the State Pure Paint 
Laws and more. 
I challenge the world on this 
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soon as made that you may get 
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buildings—it’s assuredly the 
best paint in the world to buy. 
I want to tell you more about 
my Made-to-Order paint propo¬ 
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Om Lm PHASE, The Paintman , Deptm 45, St. Louis , Mo. 
