1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
421 
PUBLISHER'S DESK. tims. You would be surprised to know 
* bow successful some of these schemes are 
Will Governor Hughes win in his fight 
with the friends of corruption and graft¬ 
ers? Well, that depends—it depends on 
the farmers of the State of New York. 
The men who defeated him in his first 
round with the grafters’ representatives in 
the State Senate, are there as representa¬ 
tives of farming districts. Some of them 
were elected on the Republican ticket; 
some on the Democratic ballot. If the 
farmers stand by such men, they can defy 
Governor Hughes. If the farmers treat 
them as they treated Wadsworth in New 
York and Dryden in New Jersey, then the 
Governor will have his way for honest 
government. The great mass of farmers 
of this country have never yet failed to 
line up on the side of honesty and 
decency, when opposed by graft and cor¬ 
ruption. We simply believe they will 
maintain their traditions in this case. 
The following letter closed an incident 
that gave us some satisfaction: 
Mr. II. has returned ray $65. I owe the 
recovery of this money to The R. N.-Y. 
If It had not been for you, I would have lost 
it. I had been at work on him for two 
months before I wrote you about it, and could 
get nothing out of him. As long as I can 
raise a dollar, the mail carrier will have 
something to do. j. f. 
Va. 
This farmer had bargained for a heifer 
and sent his check for it. The heifer did 
not show up. For two months lie tried 
to find out why, and finally wrote us. 
The man who then had the money was 
not an advertiser with us. We had re¬ 
fused his advertising even when paid for 
in advance. We took up the complaint, 
however, and after some weeks’ corre¬ 
spondence succeeded in getting a refund 
of the money. This could not have been 
recovered by law. The man is execution 
proof. Courts and lawyers have no ter¬ 
rors for him; but the searchlight of The 
R. N.-Y. was more than he cared to face. 
I wish to thank you for stirring up the 
— Publishing Co. They sent hack the 
balance of my money, which I don't believe 
they would have done but for you, inasmuch 
as they paid no attention to .ne. If I am 
Indebted to you for your trouble would he 
glad to remit to you. c. B. b. 
New Jersey. 
This was a case where a cheap book 
publishing house took a man’s order and 
money, sent the books they happened to 
have and paid no attention to his com¬ 
plaints and demands for the balance of 
the order or the return of the money. 
They are probably used to such com¬ 
plaints, and know from experience that 
the correspondent would tire of it after 
a while, and they would hear no more 
from him. Such concerns usually adopt 
an air of injured innocence when ap¬ 
proached by The R. N-Y., but if they 
wish to continue in business, fix up the 
complaint. Of course, some complaints 
are due to oversight or mistakes by good 
and responsible houses, but there is lit¬ 
tle difficulty in distinguishing these from 
the shysters. Of course, this subscriber 
—for the promoters. One of them that 
went to pieces in Chicago last year—the 
Cash Buyers Union—actually gathered 
in over $4,000,000 and then went broke. 
Of course, the promoter got all the cash. 
He was afterwards arrested for fraud, 
of which there could be no doubt, but his 
ill-gotten gains will probably buy him im¬ 
munity if the skill of his lawyers did not 
keep him within technical legal limits. 
The meanest kind of robbery isjhe legal 
robbery. Our advice is to leave these 
co-operative fakers alone. Why hand 
them $10 for the privilege of dealing with 
them, assuming their scheme to be sincere, 
which it is not, when you can buy better 
goods for less money from established re¬ 
liable houses? 
A Pennsylvania subscriber sends us the 
following clipping from a local paper, 
and asks us if it is not a fraud concern, 
designed to trap country girls: 
Free Scholarships in Nurse Training. 
The Philadelphia School for Nurses has 
purchased large properties at 2210-25 Chest¬ 
nut street, Philadelphia, and will extend the 
benefits of the Free Course in Nursing to 
young women of every rural community and 
of the small towns and cities throughout (lie 
entire country, August 16, ’06. The course 
is two years, but may be shortened to 18 
months by six months’ reading and study at 
home. The school provides room, hoard, 
nurse uniforms, gives full instruction and 
pays the student’s fare home at the end of 
that course. A special short course is pro¬ 
vided for those who can not spend two years 
in the study, hut who wish to quickly prepare 
themselves for self-support. The object of 
those who are providing the funds for this 
work is to ultimately extend the benefit of 
skilled nursing to every village and township 
in the land. Nearly 200 Free Scholarships 
will be available this year. 
In accordance with the above provision, 
three free scholarships in the two years’ 
course have been assigned to Venango County. 
A class is forming to begin April 30, 1907. 
Applicants must be over 18 years of age and 
adapted to the profession of nursing. The 
young women readers of this paper who de¬ 
sire lo avail themselves of this opening 
should communicate with the school at once 
by letter. 
No. There is nothing wrong, but ev¬ 
erything good about this School. It is 
a charitable institution, officered and 
backed by some of the best people in 
Philadelphia. It is supported by a large 
endowment and voluntary contribution by 
charitable people. We usually find so 
much grounds for suspicions against con¬ 
cerns that propose to give so much for 
nothing, that we are glad to be able to 
endorse a real charity of this kind. The 
R. N-Y. appreciates the compliment paid 
it by this subscriber. She had no con- 
lidcnce in her local paper in which she 
read the advertisement, but came to The 
R N-Y. for advice. The experience is 
one of daily occurrence. From all over 
the country we get daily inquiries about 
one scheme or another. If publishers 
would eliminate the fakes, readers would 
reward their sincerity with confidence 
in the things of merit which they adver¬ 
tise. 
I wish to congratulate you on the stand 
you have taken on several matters: Wads¬ 
worth, Dryden. Seedless apple, A. J. C. C. 
and others. Keep at 'em. a. c. d. 
is not indebted to us for anything. His 
subscription is paid in advance, and it is 
just as much our duty to look after his 
interests as it is the duty of his hired man 
to milk his cows or feed his pigs. 
I am sending you a page from the “Prac¬ 
tical Co-operator" with advertisement of the 
“Consumers’ Supply Co.,'’ of Lansing, Mich. 
Will you tell me what you know of this com¬ 
pany? Your work on the J. C. C. kept 
me a subscriber. 
Vermont. 
c. s. A. 
r \ his company was organized some 
years ago, and large advertisements were 
placed in the farm papers. The R. N.-Y. 
respectfully, but firmly declined. Stock 
was sold to farmers and others at $10 a 
share. This entitled the holder to buy 
from their catalogue five per cent cheaper 
than any one else; and he became an 
agent to get his neighbors to become 
members. For every new member you 
induced to pay $10 you got one. On 
the goods you get others to buy you get 
a commission, etc. Well, it ran for a time, 
and then went all to smash, just as all 
the schemes of the kind have done in the 
past, and as they must do in the future. 
Of course, those who invested lost all 
they put in. Now the old scheme is re¬ 
vived, and the same thing is being done 
all over again with a new lot of vic- 
The above little paragraph on a letter 
renewing a subscription is a fair, but mod¬ 
est sample of thousands that we have 
filed during the last six months, but it is 
much milder than the majority of them. 
Graft is the stain that is hardest to wash 
out of our political and business fabrics, 
but backed by the farmers of the country, 
we_ would take tlie contract to make both 
as immaculate as a bridal veil. j. j. d. 
Big Profits in Capons 
Caponizing is oasy—soon 
learned. Complete outfit with 
free instructions postpaid 
$2.50. Capon book free. 
GEO. P. PILLING & SON, 
2233 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
[CAPON 
TOOLS 
LIKE MOTHER 
HEN 
Only Adjustable 
Suspension Poul¬ 
try lirooder made. 
Thousands in use. 
Heated by warm 
water. Temperature always uniform. Warm 
water tank above chicks with loose flannel oov- 
i ering under which chicks hover. Warmth equally 
spread and chicks do not crowd. No under- 
_ heat to burn their feet. No steps or bridge to 
climb. No lamp fumes or burntoir to breathe. 
_ w* Should lamp go out the warm wuter would 
keep the chloks alive all night. Lamp above chicks, has safety burner, 
adjusted in height as chicks grow. Send for Catalog 107. 
Automatic Hatching Co., Detroit,Mich. 
HATCH CHICKSTHATLIVE 
Quality in Incubators makes the differ¬ 
ence between Profit and Loss. Begin¬ 
ners and Experts Use and Recommend 
CYPHERS INGUBATORS 
They write their experiences in our 260- 
page book—“Howto Make Money With 
Poultry & Incubators.” It's free. Write. 
Cyphers Incubator Co. Buffalo, New York, 
Boston, Chicago, Kaosaa City and Oakland, Cal. 
Too 
Rapid 
Feathering 
A. 
KL & 
Spring chickens often show positive 
weakness as the result of too rapid 
feathering. This checks the develop¬ 
ment of the chick, and may result in 
loss. Ifyou begin (he care of the young 
brood by giving daily a little of 
DR. HESS 
POULTRY 
PAN-A-GE-A 
In the morning find these difficulties will 
be avoided. It contains bitter tonics to 
increase digestion, iron to make blood, 
and nitrates to help the fowl to throw 
off poisons from the system. By increas¬ 
ing digestion you increase growth and 
egg production, as all development de¬ 
pends absolutely upon the digestion. 
Besides this it has a principle peculiar 
only to itself—it has the power of de¬ 
stroying the little germs of disease, 
cleansing and purifying the system 
generally. Poultry Pan-a-ce-a is the pre¬ 
scription of Dr. Hess (M. D., D. V. S.). 
It makes eggs in abundance when given 
to laying hens, and hastens the fatten¬ 
ing of market stock. Endorsed by lead¬ 
ing poultry associations in United States 
and Canada. Costs but a penny a 
day for 30 hens, and Is sold on a 
written guarantee. 
1 1-2 lbs. 
express 
5 lbs. 60c; 
25 lb. pall: 
| Except in Canada 
and extreme 
West and South. 
Send 2 c postage for Dr. Hess 48 -page 
Poultry Book, FREE. 
DR. HESS &. CLARK, 
Ashland, Ohio 
1 Instant Louse Killer Kills Uce. 
BANNER 
VERMIN 
LICE AND 
POWDER 
A cheap, effective dis¬ 
infectant and remedy, 
Lin powder form to be 
’ dusted on. Perfectly 
harmless. 5 oz. 15e. 1 lb. 40c (postpaid) 
I 31bs.50o. 6 X lbs.$1.00. (f.o.b.N. Y.City) 
Excelsior Wire and Poultry Supply Co.. 
Sept. HG 26-28 Vesey St., New Ybfk City. 
217 EGGS pcr_ hen from my Barred Hocks in 1906. My 
Krks, 75c. per 13 
HKDS are equally pood layers. Cash with order. 
$2.25 per 50. W. A. BUCK, Naples, N. Y. 
B l FF, Wh. Leghorns, Kgga 7f>c. per 15, $1.25 per 30; 8. C. K. I. 
lied Eggs 90c. per 15, $ 1 .50 per :, 0 ; Mottled Ancona Kggs, $1.25 
per 15, $2.00 per 30; Clr. free. JOHN A. IKITII, qiiakertonn, I’a. 
B 
TIFF ORPINGTON EGGS—15 
5. Pekin Ducks Eggs, 11 , $1 
males, $5; females, $4. 
$1: 45, $2.50; 100, 
„„ . . Collie Puppies, 
W. A. Lotliers, Peru Lack, Pa. 
—Rarred Plymouth Rocks, bred 
for 10 years trom selected Prize Win- 
ning Stoek : tested layers; 240 eggs 
per lien. Eggs 650 per 12; $4 per 100. 
JAS. SINSABAUGH, Pine Bush, Orange Oo.,N.Y. 
B AH RED AND WHITE ROCKS, ROSE COMB 
Khode Island Reds, Single Comb White Leg¬ 
horns, 15 Eggs, $1.00; 50 for $1.75; 100 for $5.00, from 
vigorous farm raised stock. 
FRED. B. KEENEY, Laceyvllle, Penn. 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM 
W. Plymouth Rocks and W. Holland Turkeys. 
lyi API.E VILLA POULTItY YARDS can fill orders front all varl- 
etles, Andalusians, ltocks, Wysudottea, Mlnorcas, Leghorns, 
Ilamhurgs, Spanish, Anronas, Javas. W. G. Mosher,Sylvanla,Pa. 
EGGS— Buff Turkey, Toulouse Geese, Pekin Ducks 
and S. C. Buff Leghorns exclusively from stock 
scoring 90 to 96 points. Chas. Cain, Chandlersville, O. 
E GGS $1 per 15; $2 per 40; from thoroughbred Brah¬ 
mas, ltocks, Wyandottes, Reds and Leghorns, 
12 varieties. Catalogue. S. K. Mohr, Coopersburg, Pa. 
Dvby CHICKS—Choice White Leghorns reasonable, eir- 
tt cuiar free, FRANK EDSON, I.e Roy,New York. 
W HITE COCHIN BANTAM-Eggs from winners 
at Danbury and New York, $2.00 per 11. 
AWEE BANTAM YARD, Ridgefield, Conn. 
pupACAMTC—Pheasant breeding pays l,t)00 percent, better than 
chickens. Most beautiful birds. Kasily raised. 
Also Quail, Swans. Peacocks, Wild Turkeys. Zoological stock. 
Bantams, standard poultry 90c. setting. Catalogue, 100 pages, 
900 illustrations, colored picture6, exchanges. How to breed 
Pheasants, 25c. N. WICKS, Arlington, N. Y. 
SQUAB BREEDING HOMERS &TSfflK5S 
in largo or small lots; birds in prime working con¬ 
dition; write us for prices. Send 10<5 in stamps for 
onr book, it tells how to raise and market Squabs. 
PRESTON-PIGEON FARM Morton, Pa. 
mated HOMER PIGEONS T 
FIRST-CLASS ___ __ 
' SALE. 
Consult your interest before purchasing breeding 
stock by writing Win. O. Smith for prices and other 
particulars. WM. O. SMITH, Germantown, N. Y. 
BLACK ORPINGTONS 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
STOCK ANI) EGGS. 
-lune hatched Leghorns will develop before, winter. 
•Inly Orpingtons will develop in spite of winter. 
Our eggs are from strong, healthy, standard stock, 
hatching well, and a majority of pullets. 
ENTE RPRISE POULTRY YARDS, Ridgefield, Conn. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING ff.SUtof'iK 
Best quality, properly mated, satisfaction guar- 
an teed, from Hun Cochins, White Langshans, Barred, 
Buff and White Plymouth Rocks, White, Buff and 
Blk Wyandottes, K. C. R. I. Reds, Rose and Single 
< omb Brown Leghorns, Rose and Single Comb White 
Leghorns, Black Leghorns, Buff Leghorns, Silver 
Duckwing Leghorns, Aneonas, White and Black 
Minorcas, Houdans. Snmatras. Golden Seabrights 
and Light Brahma Bantams: Pheasants, Pea Fowl, 
Swans, Quail, Water Fowl, Pigeons, Pet Stock, &c. 
My large Illustrated Catalogue free. 
OTSELIC FARMS, W.A.SMiTH.Prop.,Whitney’sPoint.N.Y 
BONNIE BRAE 
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. Sl.vty- 
flve ribbons and two silver cups won at the last 
Poughkeepsie, Danbury .Walden and Madison Square 
Garden Shows. Eggs for hatching now reaay in any 
quantity at $6 to $8 per 100, $1.50 and $2.00 per sitting. 
Eighty per cent, fertility guaranteed. Send for free 
circular. Choice breeding cockerels and PekinDucks 
still on band in any quantity. Largest plant in vicin- 
ty of NewYork City. Incubators 10,000 eggs capacity 
DARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK, R. I. RED AND 
“WHITE LEGHORN EGGS, from the best strains 
b 1 the country. $1 per sitting; $5 per hundred. 
GEORGE HOWARD, Jr., South Bound Brook, N.J 
DARRED, BUFF AND WHITE PLYMOUTH 
HOCKS, White Wyandottes, White Minorcas, 
White Leghorns, Mammoth Pekin Ducks; $3.1)6 each, 
$7.50 for trio. $ 12 .’ll) for breeding pen. Catalogue free, 
EDWARD G. NOONAN. Proprietor East Donegal 
Poultry Yards, Marietta, Pennsylvania. 
DARRED and WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCK 
Eggs for hatching,from fancier’s matings at far¬ 
mers’prices; 15 for $ 1 . 00 ; 100 for $5.00. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Sam’l C. Jayne, R. D. 37, Laceyville, Pa. 
BARRED Plymouth Rock Eggs for sale. Special 
mating $1.00 per sitting. Colony mating 
$3.00 per 100. C. A. HEKSHEY, R.D.5, Gettysburg,Pa 
R. C. Rhode Island Reds. 
Eggs, $1.50 to $5 per 15; $6 to $15 per 100. Mating List 
sent on request. A few fine Cockerels left, $2 np. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Single Comb Rhode Island 
Try a few settings and be convinced and raise some 
prize winners besides. Eggs from prize winning stock 
and satisfaction guaranteed. Eggs. $1.00 per setting 
of 15. J. F. KELLOGG, Avon, N. Y. 
Van Alstyne’s R. I. Reds. 
Eggs for hatching from selected pens. $1.50 to $3.00 
per setting. $ 6.00 per hundred. 
EDW. VAN ALSTYNE & SON, Kinderhook, N. Y. 
Ofl ^ I —Reds, ltccks, Wyandottes, Leg- 
£U LUUO Oli horns, Minorcas. AIbo, Pigeons 
and Hares. Thirty varieties of Eggs. List Free. 
A. L. BE KG BY, Telford, Penn. 
EMPIRE STATE S, C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. State Fair, 1904-05. Trios, $5; Eggs 
for hatching, $1 for 15; $5 per 100. Catalogue free. 
C. H. ZIMMER, R. I). 41. Weedsport, N. Y. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS, p ” ,ebrea 
PETEK l. LITTLE, Home 
10 per 
, Pa., 
and ex- 
R.D. No. 1. 
Wright's White Wyandotte Eggs.- d ? r *f o $ ?; 0 s 0 
per 15; $4.00 pe • 100 . Mammoth Pekin Duck Eggs, $1 00 
per 11. GRAND VIEW FARM, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORN AND WHITE 
WYANDOTTE EGGS. 
GUARANTEED TO HATCH. Send for Catalogue C. 
MAPLELING POULTRY YARDS, Pulaski, N. Y 
UIHITIU WYANDOTTES-Eggs. $1.25 per 15; $2.50 
** per 50; $40 per 1,000. Also fine breeding stock at 
$ 6.00 per trio; choice pens of ten hens and cock, 
properly mated, $15.00. Guaranteed to please. Also 
PEKIN DUCK eggs, $1.00 per 11. Send for descrit 
S. FRANKLIN KEAN.F 
tive catalogue. E 
.Stanley 
scrip- 
,N.Y. 
1 WHITE 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. 
WHITE WYANDOTTE EGGS— Duston direct; Satisfaction 
"guaranteed; $3.50 per 100 . Baby chicks. Pekin Duck 
Eggs, 7,0c 1 per 11 . M. McMULLEN, Stanfordville,N.Y. 
S O WHITE LEGHORNS EXCLUSIVELY. 
1 U 1 Healthy stock bred for heavy laying. Free 
range. Eggs for hatching, $1 per 15; « 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 & KICE, Yorktown. N. Y. 
S. G. White & Brown Leghorns 
MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCKS 
Prize winners wherever shown. Unexcelled for 
introducing new blood or as foundation stock. Eggs 
from my special matings, $1.50 per 15; $2.50 per 30; 
$6 per 100. Satisfaction guaranteed or money hack 
IRA L. LETTS, Moravia, N.Y. 
E stablished 1888. - bred for pleasure and profit. 
Barred, White, Buff Rocks: White, Buff Wyan¬ 
dottes ; White, Brown Leghorns, Rhode island 
Reds, Minorcas, Brahmas, Orpingtons. Eggs, high 
quality exhibition, $5 per setting; Trap-nested Lay¬ 
ing Bred, $2 per setting, $8 per 100 . Catalogue. 
ELM POULTRY YARDS, Box Y, Hartford, Conn. 
SS 
«K 
WOODLANDS FARM 
* 
We wil] 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 
6, OOO 
One half of these, largely Leghorns, will be offered in this Sale, at about one-half their actual 
value, as wo 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- An ■*' 
Males, $3.00 to $5.00. 
EGGS EOR f Single Comb White Leghorns, 
HATCHING > White Wyandottes, 
LEE T. 
Per 13. 
___, $ 2.00 
White Wyandottes, 2.50 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, 2.00 
Send for Free Illustrated Catalogue. 
HALLOCK, Proprietor, ... 
Ter 100. 
$ 8.00 
10.00 
8.00 
Per 1,000. 
$60.00 
80.00 
60.00 
IONA, New Jersey 
