1907 . 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
The daily papers are full of stories of 
the wonderful things that are going to 
be accomplished by farmers’ organiza¬ 
tions promoted by politicians and schem¬ 
ers of one sort or another. The general 
plan of all of them is to promote some 
selfish personal interest and get the 
farmer to pay for the job as it develops. 
Where farmers organize themselves, as 
in the case of the Grange, the cotton 
growers of the South and the Dairymen’s 
Association of Wisconsin, they promote 
the interests of their members; but we 
have yet to know of an organization of 
farmers by outside influences that ever 
met with anything but expense, disap¬ 
pointment and disaster to those farmers 
who linked their fortunes with it. The 
promoter always has an ax to grind, ' 
and the farmer is useful simply in turn¬ 
ing the grindstone. If anyone enjoys 
the work and wants to do it we have no 
objection. This information is for the 
benefit of those who want to know. 
It is reported that the Calfette Milk¬ 
ing Machine Company of Buffalo, N. Y., 
has failed and the affairs of the com¬ 
pany are in the hands of the court pend¬ 
ing bankruptcy proceedings. 
I shipped, March. 2, about 250 pounds of 
evaporated raspberries to —- —, commission, 
merchants. West Washington Market, New 
York. I have not received return of money for 
them, they claiming that there is no demand 
for them, which according to quotations in 
The 14. N.-Y. seems to me unreasonable. 
Will you kindly see them about it? u. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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much attached to it. Keep on with your 
showing up of the fakes; I am sure the people 
will stand by you. p. b. l. 
Massachusetts. 
This company has not been heard of 
in business circles since 1904, when it 
ceased to pay dividends and was report¬ 
ed a failure. The officers of the com¬ 
pany report that they lost money and 
say the business was crushed by large 
competing concerns; but they do not ex¬ 
plain how the company came to pay divi¬ 
dends while the business was a failure. 
Some concerns pay dividends out of the 
money paid for stock. In other words, 
you pay 100 cents on the dollar, and they 
pay you back two per cent dividends or 
more in the hope that you will buy more 
stock or induce your friends to do so. 
When the concern goes up you have the 
dividends and the balance in experience. 
The scheme is unlawful, of course, and 
once in a while the promoter goes to 
jail for it, but not often. We arc not 
so much concerned about the past, but 
we do want to caution our people against 
these bogus investments in the future. 
Owing to the complete destruction of our 
apple and peach crop by the freezing weather, 
we had concluded to cut down expenses by 
stopping your paper with others, hut we find 
so many good things in The R. N.-Y. that 
we don’t like to give it up. In last week's 
issue we find an article on the raising of 
Alfalfa that we consider of more value than 
the subscription to your paper, so vou will 
please remew our subscription. Enclosed find 
one dollar greenback. j. d. e 
Missouri. 
NEW ZEALAND EGG CRATES. 
The New Zealand Poultry Journal 
prints among others, the picture shown 
herewith. These and other egg holders 
SQUAB BREEDING HOMERS 
No. I 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 If MATED 88 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. 
are offered for sale. The wires are fixed 
so that they clasp the egg like fingers, and 
We find this shipment of dried rasp¬ 
berries was sent to a commission house 
which deals principally in poultry prod¬ 
ucts and probably has no trade in dried 
fruits. Men who want dried fruits go to 
houses making a specialty of that line, 
just as poultry men go to this house for 
supplies. The result is that the dried 
raspberries lay in the storehouse for 
nearly four months without a customer. 
We frequently have complaints arising 
from this source. Of course this com¬ 
mission house should turn the shipment 
over to a house which has a trade in 
dried fruits, but in that case the shipper 
would have two commissions to pay, all 
of which goes to show that if you want 
prompt sales and best possible returns 
you should ship produce to a responsible 
house making a specialty of that line. 
No one goes to a drug store for a suit 
of clothes. The man looking for tur¬ 
keys cannot be induced to buy dried fruit 
or any other fruit product. Farmers 
have been lectured to death about pro¬ 
duction, a subject which many of them 
know more about than the lecturers, but 
they have had little information about 
marketing, the details of which are not 
familiar to them. 
Is the United States I’heasantry of Pough¬ 
keepsie, ’ N. Y„ a reliable concern? I have 
written to them for prices of eggs and it 
does not look all right to me. hence as one 
of the Rural family, I send you this inquiry 
before sending the money. f. m. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
This man sent us letters some time 
ago from customers who expressed sat¬ 
isfaction with their purchases; but we 
had complaints, and failing to get him 
to settle we returned the money our¬ 
selves, and refused to carry any more ad¬ 
vertising for him. We could not recom¬ 
mend the concern to our people. 
Can you kindly tell of an Insurance com¬ 
pany licensed to do business in New York, 
that makes a specialty of live stock insur¬ 
ance? A local stock company wishes to in¬ 
sure a Belgian stallion, and our local agents 
can only get insurance against fire and lightn¬ 
ing. J. R. w. 
New York. 
We do not know of any company now 
that insures live stock, except against 
fire and lightning. There used to be a 
company or two which made a business 
of general insurance for live stock, but 
they have failed or gone out of business. 
If any one knows of such a company 
now we would be glad to know about it. 
Do you know anything of the Springfield 
Beaumont Oil Company? For a while they 
paid two per cent a month, but for several 
years I have heard nothing from them. I 
wrote the treasurer asking him if it was a 
thing of the past or what had become of it. 
He never answered. Although this is my 
first year with The R. N.-Y.. I have become 
We are glad to know that this western 
farmer gets his money’s worth out of 
The R. N.-Y. It is not unusual to hear 
from subscribers who say they get the 
value of a year’s subscription out of a 
single issue. The expense of getting out 
a paper like The R. N.-Y. has increased 
greatly during the last year or so. Help 
of all kinds, rent and general expenses 
have greatly increased, and the advance 
on paper and printing alone for one year 
runs into thousands of dollars. All this 
would make it simply impossible to get 
out such a paper and keep it up to its 
present standard if the paper had a small 
circulation A dollar is not much for 
each one; but it makes such a paper pos¬ 
sible 'when nearly one hundred thousand 
send on the dollar. If the publisher were 
ambitious to make money rather than 
build up a strong and useful paper, many 
features could be cheapened and large 
savings made; but our concern is to 
make the best possible paper within the 
limits of its income. This policy we be¬ 
lieve cannot fail to make The R. N.-Y., 
through its subscribers, the strongest and 
most powerful influence for the interests 
of agriculture 'in the world. This is a 
busy time to talk to you about subscrip¬ 
tions, but it is a busy and exacting time 
for us, too. Our rent has already more 
than doubled to make room for the new 
press soon to be delivered. Then there 
are power and motors and extras of un¬ 
told numbers to be provided. These are 
all expensive and demand prompt cash. 
Wo think you will be interested in these 
things because they tend to the better¬ 
ment of your paper. We are not going 
to shift the responsibility of these things 
to you. We assume it all. Your share 
will be only to send in your renewal 
promptly when the notice of expiration 
reaches you. If you all do this, even in 
this busy season, the work here will go 
on in your interest, and we will try to 
give you each one value equal to that 
acknowledged by our western friend. 
_ J- J. D. 
Caller : "What’s the matter, old man! 
Has anything happened?” Host (groan¬ 
ing) : “Oh, nothing—only when I was 
called upon at the club for my maiden 
speech last night I began, ‘As I was sit¬ 
ting on my thought a seat struck me,’ and 
spoiled everything!’ ”—Lippincott’s. 
A New Yorker in Belgium entered a 
humble cafe, on whose window was writ¬ 
ten “English spoke.” A Flemish woman 
was mopping the floor, and painful cleanli¬ 
ness was everywhere. M. le Proprietaire 
advanced to meet his guest with, ‘Will 
Monsieur be good and go outside and 
scratch his feet?”—Good Housekeeping. 
hold it securely in place. It is certainly 
something of a novelty to have a dozen 
eggs hanging on the wall. 
Loss in Barreled Manure. 
W. R. T., Rhinebeck, N. Y .—I have some 
barnyard manure thoroughly rotted; in fact 
it is in a salvy condition like lard or liver. 
If I take this manure and put it in good 
barrels that are nearly watertight and cover 
the barrels so that no water can get into the 
manure, leaving the manure exposed to the 
air in about six months this manure will 
come out in fine physical condition, very 
much like moist sawdust, each particle 
separate from the other. Has this manure 
lost any of its fertility? 
Ans. —There would probably be but lit¬ 
tle loss from such treatment. The only 
loss likely to occur would be that of 
ammonia caused by fermentation. There 
would be no loss of either potash or 
phosphoric acid. If the temperature rose 
too high, so that the manure fermented, 
there might be a slight loss. In case of 
this heating a small quantity of liquid 
manure could be poured on top. 
Test for Nitrate of Soda. 
J. M., Plainfield, N. J .—I had occasion to 
send my boy to the store for two pounds ni¬ 
trate of soda, just to experiment on some 
gooseberry bushes, but when the boy came 
back he brought what looks to me what I 
have been using for muriate of potash. Un¬ 
fortunately they are out of potash, so they 
say, and what I formerly got from them is 
in the ground. Is there any test which will 
enable a beginner to tell which is which? 
Ans.—A test which usually works with 
satisfaction is to take one teaspoonful, or a 
small tablespoonful of nitrate and put it 
on a small thoroughly clean shovel, and 
then put the same over an ordinary fire, 
with the bottom of the shovel directly 
upon or very close to the fire. If the 
mass melts readily in all probability it 
is nitrate of soda. If it does not melt it 
is some other salt. If it crackles without 
fusing or melting it is probably common 
salt. It would be wise, of course, to send 
a sample to the experiment station of the 
State in which the sample may bave been 
purchased. william s. myers. 
PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUABS 
"-c largest and most prolific. We were first; 
our birds and methods revolutionized tljo 
industry and are widely copied. First 
send for our FREE HOOK, 
“How to Make Money 
with Squabs.” 
PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB CO. 
335 Howard St. Melrose, Mass. 
FIVE MINUTE TALK 
SENT FREE “HOW TO KEEP AWAY 
CHICKEN-LICE AND MITES,”by only 
ONE APPLICATION A YEAR 
Successfully used upward of 30 years 
Carbolineum Wood Preserving Co., 
351 W. Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
BANNER LICE AND 
VERMIN POWDER 
% A cheap, effective dis- 
l^rA\lY(\Nl infectantand remedy, 
in powder form to be 
dusted on. Perfectly 
harmless. 5 oz. I5c. 1 lb. 40c (postpaid) 
3 lbs. 50c. 6X lbs.$1.00. (f.o.b.N. Y. City) 
Excelsior Wire and Poultry Supply Co.. 
Dept. HG 26-28 Vesey St„ New York City. 
POULTRY COMFORT 
means poultry profit. Keep 
your fowls healthy and free 
from lice with 
Rust's Lice-Killlng Powder 
Prices: 10c, 25c, 50c, and $1.00 
at dealers. Valuable booklet and 
egg-record free. 
Wm. Rust & Sons, (Established 1854) 
Dept. P, New Brunswick, N.J. 
DEKIN DUCKS.— Eggs, $1 for 13. A few good 
birds. C. GORDON, R. F. D. 1, Sprakers, N. Y. 
COR, THE BALANCE OF THE SEASON, 
R, o LR®d and White Leghorn Eggs; setting, 500; 
Ducks Eggs; setting, 750. 
, N. 
100, $3.00. Indian Runner ncei,i 
Maple Avexue Poui/tby Yards, Brookton 
Y. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY, STOCK & EGGS 
East Donegal Poultry Yards, Marietta, Penn. 
COGS FOR HATCHING; Barred Plymouth 
^ Rocks, from First-Prize Winning Fowls of 10 years 
selection; free range; Fertile Eggs, with 90 percent 
fertility guaranteed; 65 cents per 13; $4.00 per 100. 
JAS. SIN&ABAUGH, Pine Bush, (Grange Co., N. Y. 
F fl H Q A I C—Buff and Partridge Plymouth Rocks, 
I Un OnLL Buff Wyandottes, Buff Leghorns, R.C. 
R. I. Reds, Rose and Single Comb Buff Orpingtons, 
$10 for 1 cock and 6 hens. This chance comes but 
once in a lifetime to get some good breeding stock 
cheap. Rowland G. Buffinton, Somerset, Mass. 
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HITE AND PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE EGGS 
from Prize Winners, $2.00 and $3.00 per 15. White 
VVyandottes only $6.00 and $10.00 per 100. LAUDER¬ 
DALE POULTRY FARM, Loudonville, Albany Co., 
N. Y. Walter McEvvan, Prop. W. H. Seik, Mgr. 
R0CK-H0LLAND FARM “T^Vork”' 
H. Plymouth Bucks and W. Holland Turkeys. 
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., K.I, 
Barred Roek and Brown Leghorn Hens 
cheap. Bred to lay strains. Nelson’s, Grove City, Pa. 
75 
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, 14. I). 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
S B 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 & RICE, Yorktown. 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. 
BONNIE BRAE Breeders of strictly high 
POULTRY FARM White Eeghorns?* 50 White 
New Rochelle, N.Y. &ed 0t pTymo«h ite Rocks 
„ , , . .and Pekin Ducks. Sixty- 
hve ribbons and two silver cups won at the last 
Poughkeepsie, Danbury, Walden and Madison Square 
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. 
* WOODLANDS FARM 
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valnoas largely Leghorns, will be offered in this Sale, at about one-half their actual 
This ’is an oDDortunitv never hi* lar ge number of chicks this season and must make room for them, 
at moderate Micas? bred fore^lht ? ffered tbe P ubhc Q t ° secure strictly high class foundation stock, 
$1.50 to $2 00 each?Males $3 00 « Li trap n6St system ’ 830 trap nests belng 1,1 « se - Brices: Females, 
$1.50 to $2,00 each; Males, $3.00 to $5.00. 
EGGS FOR f tomb White Leghorns, 
Per 13. 
-Y-- ;****WI V.VSIIUUIS, $3.(10 
White yandottes, 3.50 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, 3.00 
i___ „ Send f or Free Illustrated Catalogue. 
HALLOCK, Proprietor. ... 
HATCHING 
{ 
Per 100. 
$ 8.00 
10.00 
8,00 
Per 1,000. 
$60.01) 
80.00 
60.00 
IONA, New Jersey 
