1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
453 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
What a flimsy excuse of the A. .T. C. C. 
Investigating committee losing their report. 
It is worse than stupid. G. t. p. 
New York. 
The above is from one of the best- 
known farmers of this State and a man 
of national reputation as a teacher of 
agricultural subjects. The honest men of 
every rank are speaking out their minds 
in indignant protest against the conduct 
of the A. J. C. C. in this whole affair, and 
yet one-tenth part of the shame and scan¬ 
dal of it has not yet been told to the 
public, though this executive committee 
has had the information. The whole sick¬ 
ening story of this unfortunate case must 
yet come out. This executive committee 
in the meantime is putting the A. J. C. C. 
in the position of an apologist, and a 
protector for substitution and deception 
in the registry of Jersey cattle. 
A New York City concern is sending 
out circulars for the sale of Nevada Cham¬ 
pion Mining Company stock. Wonderful 
things are promised as to what this stock 
is going to be worth in the future. Just 
put it down on your list as one of the 
things to leave alone. Such schemes are 
not investments. They are gambles, and 
the dice are always loaded. 
On November 22. I shipped to .T. C. West- 
cott, 10(5 Murray street, New York City, two 
veal calves and have not been able to get 
return of money for them. Can you do any¬ 
thing with him? C. E. s. 
New York. 
We fear we shall not be able to do any¬ 
thing in this case. We called on Mr. 
Westcott several times, and he made 
promises which he never kept. He simply 
rents desk room from another concern, 
and has no responsibility whatever. Why 
any farmer should fatten calves and ship 
them to such irresponsible parties is more 
than we can understand. Of course the 
secret in most cases is that these fellows 
promise a little more than the market 
price, and of course more than responsible 
houses can or will promise. It seems hard 
to scold a man after he has already lost 
his calves, but it seems that some strong 
word of warning is necessary to protect 
shippers from these irresponsible commis¬ 
sion men. The only protection is to ship 
only to responsible houses. 
Will you kindly inform mo if the Sacra¬ 
mento Valley Improvement Co., 407 Victoria 
Bldg., St. Louis, Mo., is O. K.? Their “ad.” 
was in the April 25 issue of - & --, 
which guarantees its “ads”,” but I wanted 
information from you also. f. c. f. 
New Hampshire. 
This is a corporation with authorized 
capital of $150,000. The object is to de¬ 
velop some California lands, plant them 
with grapes, and sell the land in two-acre 
lots to small investors. The two acres 
are to cost $600, which may be paid for 
in $10 monthly installments after the first 
payment of $20 down. For this they 
claim your profits the first year will be 
$100, the second year $300 to $400, and 
after that $600 per year. We simply don’t 
believe anything of the kind, and further¬ 
more we don’t believe that the promoters 
of the scheme believe any such thing 
themselves. If they did, you could not 
buy the property for less than ten times 
what they ask for it- These people would 
have you believe that they took all this 
work upon themselves, bought the land, 
prepared it, planted it with grapes, cared 
for it for five years, allowing you in the 
meantime to pay for it in small monthly 
installments. Thqy do all the work for 
five years, and at the end of that time 
your annual income is to be equal to the 
whole investment, while your previous 
annual income exceeded the payments. 
I his is entirely too generous. It is too 
good. If we believed it we would go 
out of the _ publishing business and take 
the whole job at once. Notwithstanding 
the guarantee of the paper that runs the 
advertising, we cannot advise the in¬ 
vestment. 
.fil? ..^ rm known as the Harlem Produce 
t o., 328-330 East 125th street, a thoroughly 
reliable company? It is backed by It. B. 
Baker. Please let me know if it would be 
safe to send them a shipment if they quoted 
me good prices P. O. B. my station, c. f. d. 
New York. 
No; it would not be safe to make the 
shipment. Of course he will quote you 
good prices. What difference does it 
make to him what prices he quotes, since 
he need not pay for them ? The real 
name of this R. B. Baker is said to be 
Thomas McDonough, who has had fraud 
orders issued against his mail because he 
solicited consignments of goods and never 
paid for them. Not able to use the U. S. 
mails, he now solicits goods in person, 
and of course offers better prices than the 
merchants who expect to pay for them. 
On or about July 1, 1906, I ordered a 
portable greenhouse of The Chas. II. Manley 
Co., St. Johns, Mich., remitting for same 
when ordering. After some delay I received 
the framework for house, but glass for 
same has never been shipped. Recent let¬ 
ters addressed to this firm have been re¬ 
turned with advice that this firm has moved 
without leaving address. I would be pleased 
to learn through your valuable paper, of 
this company’s whereabouts. l. r. b. 
New York. 
So far we have been unable to locate 
Mr. Manley. But his whereabouts is of 
little importance to creditors. The won¬ 
der is that this customer got anything 
for his money. In doing so he fared 
better than others who send money to Mr. 
Manley. We have been showing him up 
at frequent intervals for the past two 
years or more. When we next hear of 
him, he will no doubt be plying the old 
trade under a new name. 
When other papers were running full- 
page advertisements for the sale of stock 
of the Chicago-New York Electric Air 
Line Railroad Co., we were advising our 
people to let it alone. Now comes advice 
that the company have been sued for an 
accounting, alleging mismanagement and 
misappropriation of funds, and asking for 
a receiver. It is asserted that two-thirds 
of the amount collected on stock sales has 
been spent for expenses other than build¬ 
ing the road. Little progress has been 
made towards the construction of the 
road, and the prospects for stockholders 
are anything but encouraging. The clause 
in their certificates to the effect that they 
can use their stock in payment of trans¬ 
portation will hardly help them in the 
probable event that the road is not built. 
The stock certainly is not an attractive 
investment for farmers. 
Please find enclosed $1. You need not ever 
take me off your book, unless vou hear from me 
stating so. We can’t tell what will happen, 
but I think you ■can count me as a life sub¬ 
scriber; for when a man. will look for the 
farmers these times as you do, the farmers 
ought to stay by him. Keep poking at the 
thief and the good class of farmers will poke 
your paper along for you. a. a. c. 
New York. 
We cannot help but conclude from the 
thousands of letters received like the 
above that the work done by The R. 
N.-Y. is approved and appreciated by the 
plain farmers of the country, and yet 
there are thousands of farmers who do 
not have the benefit of it. There are eycn 
some farmers who are content to read a 
fake paper with a farm title that is pub¬ 
lished to exploit the farmers generally be¬ 
cause it is sent him at a nominal price, or 
possibly entirely free. As we have said 
so many times, you cannot expect support 
of your interests from a paper that you 
do not support yourself. Some one sup- 
ports. it, and if fake advertisers or cor¬ 
rupt interests support it, they are going to 
get the benefit of it in one way or an¬ 
other. If you believe with the farmer 
quoted above that The R. N.-Y. is stand¬ 
ing by your interests, then you should see 
that it will pay you to support it by a 
prompt renewal of your own subscrip¬ 
tion and in recommending it to others. 
_ J- J- d. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a "quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8 . 
■TGGS *1 per 16j $2 per 40; from thoroughbred Brah- 
io f? 11 .!’ K ° cl f s -, Wyandottes, Reds and Leghorns 
~ varieties. Catalogue. 8 . K Mohr, Ooopersburg, Pa! 
W/HITE AND PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE EGGS 
from Prize Winners, $2.00 and 111.00 per 15. White 
}l?? I i^ < 2ffe S T 0rl * y *6 00 and $10.00 per 100. LAUDER- 
n 'v E W kowdonville, Albany Co., 
N. 1 ■ Walter McEw an, Prop. W. H. Seik, Mgr. 
-Barred Plymouth Hocks, bred 
for 10 years trom selected Prize Win¬ 
ning Stock; tested layers; 240 eggs 
EGGS 
per 
per 13; $4 per 100. 
lien. Eggs 650 pei __ ___ 
JAS. SINSABAUGH, Pine Bush, Orange Oo.,N. Y. 
COH THE BALANCE OF THE SEASON, 
1 R. I. Red and White Leghorn Eggs; setting, 500; 
100, $3.00. Indian Runner Ducks Eggs; setting, 750 
Maple Avenue Poultry Yards, Brookton, 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. 
RANKIN STRAIN 
MAMMOUTH IMPERIAL PEKIN DUCKS EGGS 
$1.00 per 15; $6.00 per 100. 
C. J. STAFFORD, Cortland, New York. 
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 & RICE, Yorktown.N. Y. 
1,000 CHOICE FEKRETS for the 
Spring trade. Perfect workers. They clear out 
rats, hunt rabbits. 48 p. illus’d book, 6c. Cir. price 
lief frae. g, FARNSWORTH, Middletown, Ohio. 
SQUAB 
BREEDING HOMERS No. 1 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. 
1 ^iateIj SS HOMER PIGEONS SALE. 
Consult your interest before purchasing breeding 
stock by writing Wm. O. Smith for prices and other 
particulars. WM. O. SMITH, Germantown, N. Y. 
MflNFY IN ^nilAR^~ Tryit - Pure Homers, guar- 
IVIUliLl 111 OyUADO anteed, mated and ready to 
MARYLAND S 
air. Write us. 
AB COMPANY, TOWSON, MD 
pai 
QU 
BANNER 
VERMIN 
LICE AND 
POWDER 
\HT’ A cheap, effective dis- 
l -L\IVNVxl infectantand remedy, 
I m n ' ^ win powder form to be 
’ dusted on. Perfectly 
, harmless. 5 oz. 15c. 1 lb. 40c (postpaid) 
3 lbs. 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. 
O NCE A YEAR LICE PAINT will keep 
houses, brooders, etc., free from mites if used 
once a year; 50c. gal. Woodsdale Poultry Plant, 
Summit, R. I. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Greatest layers on earth. Hardy, 
Prolific, Farm-bred Birds from the 
original Tripp-Macomber stock for 
sale at moderate prices. 
WALTER SHERMAN. 
25 Boulevard, Newport, R. I, 
I have also Buff, Golden, White 
and Silver Wyandottes; White, 
Barred, Buff and Black Rocks; 
Brown, White and Buff Leghorns; 
Black Minorcas and Javas, Light Brahmas, 
to Hatch” from all above kinds, at 10c. each. 
“Eggs 
OlT CISliC P er hen from my Barred Rocks in 1906. My 
fcl I kUUO REDS are equally good layers. Cash with order. 
Eggs, 75c. per 13 ; *2.25 per 50. W. A. BUCK, Naples, N. Y. 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM Tewyork. 15 ' 
W. Plymouth Rocks and VV. Holland Turkeys. 
M APLE VILLA POULTRY YARDS can till nrdera from all vari- 
eties, Andalusians, Rocks, Wyandottes. Minorcas, Leghorns, 
Hamhiirgs, Spanish, Anconas, Javas. W. G. Moslier,Sylvania,l*a. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY, STOCK & EGGS 
East Donegal Poultry Yards, Marietta, Penn. 
BARRED Plymouth Rock Eggs for sale. Special 
uniuikv mating $1.00 per sitting. Colony mating 
$3.00 per 100. C. A. HERSHEY, R.D.5, Gettysburg,Pa 
WHITE 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 descrip¬ 
tive catalogue. E. FRANKLIN KEAN,Stanley,N.Y. 
BONNIE BRAE 
POULTRY FARM 
New Rochelle, N. Y. 
BLACK ORPINGTONS 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
STOCK ANI) 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. 
Breeders of strictly high 
class Single and Rose (V>mb 
White Leghorns, White 
Wyandottes, White and 
Barred Plymouth Rocks 
and Pekin Ducks. Sixty- 
five ribbons and two silver enps 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. 
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. 
WHITE LEGHORN AND WHITE 
WYANDOTTE EGGS. 
GUARANTEED TO HATCH. Send for Catalogue C. 
MAPLELING POULTRY YARDS, Pulaski, N. Y 
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 tree. 
C. H. ZIMMER, R. D. 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
Daby CHICKS— Choice White Leghorns reasonable, cir- 
cular free, FRANK EDSON, Le Roy, New York. 
DOSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN layers for salo; 
11 eggs for hatching ; $1.00 per 15, $4.00 per 100. 
Very best strain. I. 0. HAWKINS, Bullville, N. Y. 
E stablished I888. — 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; or little chicks, 
$15 per 100. ELM FOULTIIY YARDS, Box Y, Hartford, Conn. 
B UFF, Wh. Leghorns, Kkk» 75c. pei-15, $1.25 per 30; S. C. R. I. 
Bed Ki;gs90c.per 15, $1.50 per SO; Mottled Ancona Eggs, $1.25 
per 15, $ 2.00 per 30; Cir. free. JOHN A. ltOTH, qnakertown, Tn. 
Make Money With Fowls 
Beginners, Broiler Raisers, Egg Farmers, 
and Experiment Stations Use and Reo 
■ in mend 
CYPHERS INCUBATORS 
Send for FREE 260-Page Book—“Howto 
Make Money with Poultry & Incubators." 
Cyphers Incubator Co., Buffalo, N.Y. 
BRANCHES: New York, Boston, Chicago, 
Kansas City, Oakland, Col., and London, Eng. 
** 
WOODLANDS FARM 
* 
* 
We wilj 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 
6,000 LAYERS 
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 f Comb White Leghorns, 
LEE T. 
Per 13. 
, . r „ $3. O 
White Wyandottes, 2.50 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, 2.00 
Send for Free Illustrated Catalogue. 
HALLOCK, Proprietor. - 
HATCHING 
Per 100. 
$ 8.00 
10.00 
8.00 
Per 1,000. 
$ 00 . 01 ) 
80.(10 
00.00 
IONA, New Jersey 
Why 
Poultry Die 
IV 
' .“ft 
An enormous amount of money is lost 
to poultrymen through simple neglect. 
Hens die for want ot a proper tonic to pre¬ 
vent indigestion or ward off disease. All 
fowls, especially those in confinement, need a corrective 
or tonic—something to assist digestion, and compel 
a healthy activity of each organ. 
HESS 
PoiHry PAH-A-CE-A 
is such a tonic. It contains iron for the blood, and ni¬ 
trates to eliminate poisonous matter from the system. 
Poultry Pan-a-ce-a is not a stimulant; it acts in a natural 
manner, compelling the organs of digestion to convert the 
largest possible amount of food into bone, muscle, feathers, 
eggs, etc. Hence, it makes the hen healthy and prolific. 
Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a has high medicinal proper¬ 
ties, being a cure for gapes, cholera, roup, indigestion, etc., 
and by its special germicidal principle, it destroys the cause 
of nearly all poultry disease. It is the prescription of Dr. 
Hess (M.D., D. V. S.)and is endorsed by the leading poultry 
associations in United States and Canada. Sold on a writ¬ 
ten guarantee. It costs but a penny a day for 30 fowls. 
1 1-2 lbs. 25c, Mall or Express 40c) Except in Canada 
5 lbs. 60c, 12 lbs. $1.25 > and Extreme 
25 lb. pail $2.50 ) West and South. 
Send 2 cents for Dr. Hess 48 -page Poultry Book lree. 
OR. HESS & CLARK, Ashland, Ohio. 
Instant Louse Killer Kills Lice. 
