1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
485 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
This is a bit of confidence to R. N.-Y. 
readers. It is uttered in a whisper, and 
you can be sure the proof will never be 
ead in the editorial rooms. If in con¬ 
sequence this department is omitted from 
the next issue or so, you will know that 
the publisher is laid up for repairs. 
Chicago, May 31, 1907. 
Dear Mr. Dillon : 
For fear that the editor will be so 
modest as not to tell you, let me say that 
he is now Dr. Collingwood, LL.D. Now 
let’s see his picture in Ttik R. N.-Y. 
HOWARD EVARTS WEED. 
Many old readers knows that the 
editor is a graduate of the Michigan 
Agricultural College, taking the degree 
of B. Sc. at graduation. The college held 
its fiftieth anniversary last-week and con¬ 
ferred the honorary degree of LL.D. on 
Editor Collingwood in recognition of his 
services to the agriculture of the country. 
President Roosevelt, who was on the plat¬ 
form at the time the degree was conferred, 
emphasized this service and the honor by 
a personal tribute. It is ofily the boldest of 
us in the office who dared to salute him 
with the new title on his return, but at 
long distance you will be perfectly safe to 
write it Dr. Collingwood. 
Continue to punch the A. .T. C. C. in the 
short ribs. They need it. As long as you 
continue to champion the rights of the masses 
you can count on me as a subscriber. 
Virginia. n. J. w. 
I think every honest Jersey breeder should 
add his name to the roll in favor of clearing 
up the case under discussion for it is a 
groat injury to the Jersey as a breed to have 
such a discussion hanging over it. I have 
an occasional animal to sell, and I want 
public sentiment in favor of clean, clear, open 
honesty, not a doubtful proposition. 
Massachusetts. e. w. m. 
The above two letters are respectfully 
submitted for the information of the 
A. J. C. C. Every honest Jersey breeder 
will appreciate what this Massachusetts 
breeder says, but Jersey breeders cannot 
feel that they have done their full duty 
until they have made the A. J. C. C. feel 
their thumb in the region of the short rib, 
as our Virginia friend suggests. Elimi¬ 
nate what has been said to distract at¬ 
tention from the real facts and you have 
this: At least one cow sold by Dawley 
to Rogers as a registered cow is unhesitat¬ 
ingly condemned, and she cannot be trans¬ 
ferred, nor her progeny registered. The 
papers do not fit her. Everybody knows 
that Rogers paid more for her as a regis¬ 
tered cow than she is worth unregistered. 
All cattle men admit that the accuracy 
of registry depends on the integrity of 
the breeder who first registers her. The 
A. J. C. C. cut this pedigree value out 
of the cow, yet solemnly resolved that 
Dawley did no wrong. But it is in the 
case of the dark cow with rings in her 
nose that the A. J. C. C. must appear as 
a willing dupe to Mr. Dawley’s persua¬ 
sions. Mr. Dawley identified this cow to 
the investigating committee as Matilda 
Naiad. We have in this office a letter 
from Mr. Dawley in which he calls her 
Dotshome Queen Carey 193277. Further¬ 
more, Dawley’s certificate of transfer says 
Dotshome Queen Carey was farrow when 
sold, yet this cow dropped a calf in 14 
days after the sale. This evidence 
is at the disposal of the A. J. C. *C. 
Dawley was either mistaken or wilfully 
lied in one or the other of these identifica¬ 
tions. The A. J. C, C. can have the proof 
if it wants it. Mr. Rogers paid for one 
admittedly bogus pedigree; how many of 
the same kind have been paid for by other 
farmers? In its effort to protect a mem¬ 
ber of this close corporation the A. J. C. C. 
has cast a suspicion on its entire records, 
which must, if permitted to remain, work 
to the detriment of every man who owns 
a registered Jersey cow. Jersey breed¬ 
ers have shown their honesty and sense of 
justice in insisting on a clearing up of this 
case, and approved of the course taken 
by The R. N.-Y.; but if the Jersey cattle 
business is to maintain in the future the 
confidence it has enjoyed in the past this 
case must be cleared up. Suspicion of the 
buying public is not an asset that pays 
dividends. 
If it was not for The R. N.-Y. I would 
never have seen that $15, Thanking you for 
your trouble and wishing you success with 
your (rood work and the greatest agricultural 
weekly, I remain, Yours very truly, 
Iowa. a. w. v. 
The above letter is from a farmer who 
bought a reliable machine through an 
agent who sold for a responsible firm. 
The farmer sent $5 advance payment, but 
the machine came with a sight draft for 
$15 in excess of the balance. Thinking 
this an error, he paid the draft and was 
unable to get another word out of the 
agent. The agent also ignored our letters 
for a time, but when he understood that 
we were not to be trilled with, he settled. 
The extra $10, it developed, was a regu¬ 
lar charge for crating, but the agent had 
contracted to deliver free on board. The 
time was when a farmer under such cir¬ 
cumstances would have no redress. 
Will you kindlv inform me if the De King 
Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, is all 
right, and would I be safe in doing business 
with them? a. t. C. 
New Jersey. 
This is one of the fake cream sep¬ 
arators, sometimes called a three-minute 
churn. We have repeatedly advised to 
leave it alone. We repeat that advice 
now. 
T enclose you an advertisement of a New 
York company offering a treatment for obesity 
or fatness, and I would like very much to 
know something of their reputation for scpiare 
dealing or reliability. h. 
Michigan. 
We have no faith in these obesity cures 
whatever. Most of them have mineral 
agencies, which are detrimental, and many 
have pokeberry extracts, which destroy 
the stomach. The only good feature of 
them is the hygienic directions, including 
diet, which accompany them generally; 
but these regulations can be followed 
without the expensive and dangerous 
medicines. 
I see you give so much information through 
your paper about frauds that I thought I 
would better write you before I sent the 
Globe Association any money. They send 
out a large catalogue, and they certainly 
quote very low prices. I enclose their cir¬ 
cular letter, and if you can advise me about 
them I shall feel better about sending to 
them with your endorsement than I do now. 
I do not quite like the tone of the circular; 
think they offer too much. J. B. w. 
Massachusetts. 
We don’t see how anyone could read 
the letter without feeling a suspicion. In 
the first place, you pay $2.50 to become a 
member before you can buy goods of this 
house. Why in the name of goodness pay 
for a privilege that so many others are 
urging you to accept without pay? The 
argument, of course, is that you buy 
cheaper. The membership dodge is sim¬ 
ply the old scheme to induce you to part 
with money for goods which under ordi¬ 
nary conditions would not appeal to you. 
This company was at one time under diffi¬ 
culties with the Post Office Department, 
and the business was suspended, but the 
matter was fixed up and the business re¬ 
sumed. We will guarantee to duplicate 
any article, of equal quality, at the price 
you pay as a member for goods of any 
house requiring you to pay a membership 
fee. 
Accept my sincere thanks for the stand you 
have taken in the Jersey registration affair 
and in the corrupt political schemes, affairs, 
etc., and for all your efforts in the interests 
of clean, honest business and government. 
Every honest man should uphold and advance 
■principles of integrity and right. Again 
commending your attitude and wishing you 
merited success. J. b. m. 
Maryland. 
We hope you agree with the gentleman 
who wrote the above. It was accom¬ 
panied by a prompt remittance for his re¬ 
newal. If you have no time to write, just 
send the renewal and we will assume your 
“me too.” j. j. d. 
CAPONS FOR BROODING CHICKS 
Did the Hope Farm man ever try giving 
his incubator chicks to capons? Capons will 
hover chicks as affectionately as the best 
old mother hen he has, and carry from one- 
third to half as many more chicks. They 
will cluck, scratch and fight for their brood, 
and never wean them until the chicks quit of 
their own accord. When the first brood is 
old enough put capon in a coop with a new 
brood and in another part of the yard, and 
the capon will as readily care for the new 
brood as he did his first. Whetn your incu¬ 
bator chicks are about old enough to take 
out of the machine, about dark get a box two 
feet square, about eight Inches deep, or deep 
enough so that the capon cannot stand up 
when inside with cover over top of box: take 
capon by the feet and whirl him around 
about 45 or 50 times which makes him dizzy; 
Immediately put him iin the box with four or 
five little chicks under him and cover box, 
making it dark, and allow capon to sit there 
all night. Next morning push cover back 
slightly, to let in light and drop in a little 
feed. If capon tries to call his chicks and 
feed them he is all right. Than you can give 
him 30 or 40 chicks in box, and leave him 
all the first dav and following night with 
entire brood and the following morning can 
move capon and chicks to coop in yard. In 
a day of two he will begin to cluck to his 
brood, and will ever afterwards care for 
chicks as affectionately as any old hen. 
Sometimes a capon when starting them with 
broods will peck at the chicks and not hover 
them ; in case he does, swing him again as 
before and try him again. When you have 
become accustomed to raising chicks with in¬ 
cubator and capon you will never' again set 
another hen. I never have any chicken mites 
in my houses, and the only remedy I ever use 
is to whitewash my chicken houses about 
twice every Summer, and keep the houses 
clean. I have long since concluded the brood¬ 
ers are a failure with the small chicken rais¬ 
er—they are all right if the plant is large 
enough to justify continual watching. 
Louisiana. c. N. iiamner. 
Brooding Little Chicks. —'Not long since 
I noticed mention of “bowel trouble” among 
brooder chicks; so allow me to offer a few 
suggestions. No doubt the trouble is caused 
by being too cold or a sudden change in tem¬ 
perature, which produces indigestion. Too 
much heat produces paralysis and cripples. 
It really requires more experience to run a 
brooder successfully than an incubator, as one 
has no thermostat to assist him. Not 
knowing the style of your brooder I can only 
guess at the objectionable features in same; 
viz., having a warm and cold room on same 
floor. The stronger push the weaker to the 
wall always, and in case there is a cold 
corner the results are disastrous. Our home 
made brooders, with a capacity of 75 or a 
few more, and made at a cost not to exceed 
$2.25 each, care for their occupants nicelv. 
The entire floor space is evenly heated by hot 
air. Begin the brood at 85 or 90 degrees F., 
and gradually reduce to 70 as the chicks 
become feathered. The position of them in 
the brooder will tell an experienced man if 
the lamps are right, neither too hot nor too 
cold. Given proper heat and only dry feed 
no such trouble should appear in any flock. 
Mine are indoor brooders. They may not vary 
with the changes in the weather ‘so quickly 
as outdoor brooders. My first hatch had no 
lamp after they were five or six weeks old 
ibis year; just the ainimal heat held in by 
hover and brooder. h. w. h. 
Freehold, N. Y. 
KRESO-DIP 
FOR 
SPRING DIPPING 
AND 
Hand Dressing All Stock. 
PUTS AN ENI> TO 
LICE, TICKS, MITES, 
FLEAS, MANGE, SCAB, 
RINGWORM, ALL 
SKIN DISEASES. 
Don’t waste time and money on inferior dips. 
-USE- 
S< 
NON-CARBOLIC. STANDARDIZED. 
Prepared in our own laboratories. Ask your 
druggist for Kreso Dip. Write us for free 
booklets telling how to use on alt live stock. 
PARKE, DAVIS & CO. 
DETROIT, MICHIGAN. 
Branches: New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Boston, BaltL 
more, New Orleans, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Minneap¬ 
olis, 'leniphis; London, Kng.; Mont eal, Que.; Sydney, 
N.S.W.;St. Petersburg, Russia; Bombay, India; 
Tokio, Japan; Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
WnEN you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal." See guarantee, page 8. 
SQUAB 
BREEDING HOMERS AT ™c ES 
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. 
MONEY IN SQUABS-S; m p a "«SS3" , rS<ij"" r ' 
to 
anteed, mated and ready 
work. $1.50 per pair. Write us. 
MARYLAND SQUAB COMPANY, TOWSON, MD 
FIJ MATED 88 HOMER PIGEONS salb. 
Consult your interest before purchasing breeding 
stock by writing Wm. O. Smith for prices ami other 
particulars. WM. O. SMITH, Germantown, N. Y. 
HATED HOMERS $1.15 PER PAIR. 
We actually guarantee mating of every pair. 
Want customers to raise young stock for us from our 
breeders. Trial order solicited. Delaware Squab 
Farm Company, Bridgeville, Delaware. 
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 
R. C. Rhode Island Reds. 
NO BETTER STOCK. NO BETTER EGGS. 
February chicks for early shows. All stock sold on 
approval. Sinclair Smith, Box 168, Soulhold, Suffolk Co., N. V. 
B UFF, Wh. Leghorn*, Kkkh 75c. per 15, $1.25 per 30; S. C. K. I. 
Red Kk£h 90c. per 15, $1.50 per 30; Mottled Ancona Eggs, $1.25 
per 15, $2.00 per 30; Clr. freo. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Fa. 
U/HITE AND PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE EGGS 
from Prize Winners, $2.00 and $3.00 per 15. White 
Wyandottes only *0.00 and $10.00 per 100. LAUDER¬ 
DALE POULTRY FARM, Loudonville, Albany Co., 
N. Y. Walter McEwan, Prop. W. H. Skik, Mgr. 
pGGS 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. 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM 
75 
STONE RIDGE, 
„ NEW YORK. 
W.Plymouth Rocks anti W. Holland Turkeys. 
Barred Rock and Brown Leghorn Hens 
cheap. Bred to lay strains. Nelson’s, Grove City, Fn. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY, STOCK & EGGS 
East Donegal Poultry Yards, Marietta, Penn. 
WHITE LEGHORN AND WHITE 
WYANDOTTE EGGS. 
GUARANTEED TO HATCH. Send for Catalogue C. 
MAPLEL1NG POULTRY YARDS, Pulaski. 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 POULTRY YARDS, llox Y, Hartford, Conn. 
COR THE BALANCE OE THE SEASON, 
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. 
S n WHITE LEGHORNS EXCLUSIVELY. 
i III Healthy stock bred for heavy laying. Free 
range. Eggs for hatching, $1 per 15; $4 per hundred. 
D. F. ARNOLD, Burlington Flats, 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 free. 
C. H. ZIMMER, R. I). 41, Weedsport, 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 & KICK, 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. 
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 $6.90 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. 
BONNIE BRAE 
POULTRY FARM 
New Rochelle, N. Y. 
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 free. Write. 
Cyphers Incubator Co. Buffalo, New York, 
Boston, Chicago, Kaunas City and Oakland, Cal. 
BANNER 
VERMIN 
LICE AND 
POWDER 
A cheap, effective dis- 
i infectantand remedy, 
^ Ain powder form to be 
'dusted on. Perfectly 
I harmless. 5 oz. 15c. 1 lb. 40c (postpaid) 
31bs,50c. 6K lbs.$1.00, (f.o.b.N. Y. City) 
Excelsior Wire and Poultry Supply Co,, 
Dept.HG 26-28 Vesey St„ New York City. 
** 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 
6,000 
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 
H 
LEE T. 
Per 13. 
Leghorns, $3.00 
2.50 
Rocks, 2.00 
Send for Free Illustrated Catalogue. 
HALLOCK, Proprietor, ... 
GGS FOR f ftejfl® Vv ,nb w h 4 Ue 
a White Wyandottes, 
A1LHING | Barred Plymouth K« 
Per 100. 
$ 8.00 
10.00 
8.00 
Per 1,000. 
$ 00 . 01 ) 
80.00 
60.00 
IONA, New Jersey 
