1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
76i 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
I seat Geo. W. Wilson, 1952 Saratoga 
St., Harrisburg, Pa., $17.50 for two female 
dogs in whelp. AfLer a long wait he wrote 
he had sent another, but he was not sure it 
was bred. It was sick when received. I re¬ 
turned it, but it died on the road before it 
reached him. lie will do nothing about it, 
nor will he send me the other. The dog sent, 
besides being sick, was not the one ordered, 
was not in whelp, and he did not send pedi¬ 
gree as promised. Can you do anything to 
help me get my money back? l. e. b. 
Virginia. 
We are afraid we can do nothing for 
this correspondent. We wrote Mr. Wil¬ 
son, but he pays no more attention to 
ours letters than he did to the others. He 
probably picked up the first dog he could 
get hold of and shipped it. If an adver¬ 
tiser has any responsibility or any regard 
for his reputation, we can usually effect 
an adjustment of such complaints, but 
some men are so hardened in rascality 
that there is no possible way to make 
them disgorge after they have once poc¬ 
keted the cash. As a rule such rogues 
part with the money as soon as received, 
and have no means of returning it, if 
they would, but they have no such inten¬ 
tion. If you ever buy dogs, keep Mr. 
Wilson’s address as one not to order 
from. 
As you always take a poor man’s side when 
he is in the right I would like to get some 
information about the Barcus & ITalan Co., 
Ill 5th avenue. Two years ago they were 
selling stock in a company, and when they 
had a lot of poor men's money they dropped 
the company, and I cannot get any satisfac¬ 
tion. I know at least 10 poor men who put 
their money in this stock, and when prom¬ 
ised seven per cent they drew this money 
out of the bank to buy this stock, and have 
not heard another word from Barcus & 
Halan since they bought it. The company 
was the Marine Safety Appliance Co., and 
was organized in Maine for $1,000,000; $100 
a share. Any information you can give about 
them will be greatly appreciated. 
New York. j. t. l. 
Of course, you will hear nothing from 
such concerns after they have your 
money. Their sole and only interest in 
you is to transfer your money from 
your pocketbook to theirs, and that job 
finished they only drop your letters into 
the waste basket. They are busy after 
other victims and cannot spare time even 
to make apologies to you. The stock 
never had any value, and we have been 
unable to find any trace of it now. After 
all these experiences one would think 
that people with a little hard-earned 
money would insist on knowing some¬ 
thing of the business before they put 
their money into it. There is just one 
safe rule, put circulars and letters about 
get-rich-quick schemes and enormous 
profits into the fire as soon as you get 
them. The promise of big profits is the 
best evidence that they are fakes. 
Would you, for the benefit of your readers 
and the sick and suffering, look up the Ameri¬ 
can Health Association of New York and 
Clifton. N. J., telephone 733 Tassaic? Tell 
us if there is anything in their lava fertiliz¬ 
ers, their polarpathy treatment of diseases 
in man and plants.' Many like the writer 
have tried many school systems and treat¬ 
ments with no permanent help. a. t. a. 
North Carolina. 
We have had other inquiries about this 
concern. They propose to cure everything 
in the way disease in man and plants. 
Of course, it is a fake to say their “Lava” 
will cure all diseases of plants and fruit 
trees. At best it can be nothing more 
than a cheap fertilizer and we are free 
to assume that the human treatment is of 
no greater efficiency. Those who leave 
their goods alone will have nothing to 
regret. 
paper < 
iddress 
year to my neighbor, name and address in 
closed. I called his attention to your edi¬ 
torial on soluble oils for San .Tos 6 scale in 
the current issue. He was struck with it, 
and the general make-up of the paper, and 
wants his name on the roll. We folks here 
In Virginia are mightily interested in the 
San Jos 6 scale evil, and its remedies. I take 
many agricultural and fruit papers, but some¬ 
how I have the notion that I get the informa¬ 
tion I want from The Rural New-Yobkeu. 
Virginia. j. t. s. 
The above is given as a sample of many 
letters that we are getting daily. Good 
friends who send an occasional name in 
this way hardly realize how they count 
up in the aggregate. While we realize 
that most of this work is done out of 
good feeling for the paper and with no 
consideration of the reward, yet we have 
selected a list of articles that we are 
always flad to send as recompense for this 
work. We select the reward in pref¬ 
erence to cash, because we are able to get 
the goods for this purpose at a close 
wholesale price, and are able in that way 
to give much more value than we could 
afford to do in cash. A subscriber in New 
York State sent in a list of 10 10-weeks, 
and two yearly subscriptions this morn¬ 
ing, and selected as a reward a hand¬ 
some ladies’ hand bag and a box of sta¬ 
tionery. The goods are already in the 
mail on their way to her. We have a list 
of these rewards,- and we should be glad 
to mail it to anyone who requests it. 
Would you like to see it? j. j. d. 
CONGO 
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* 
Congo Roofing 
is proof against decay because 
there is nothing in it that 
can rot. 
It L proof against water be¬ 
cause it contains nothing 
which is soluble in water. 
It is proo against heat be¬ 
cause there is nothing in it 
which even the tropical sun 
can soften. 
It is proof against cold be- 
Icause there is nothing in it 
[which even the climate of' 
Alaska can freeze. 
It is proof against leaks be¬ 
cause it is so pliable that any¬ 
body can lay it right, fitting it 
tightly and snugly around the 
chimneys and vail ys. 
It is proof against dissatis¬ 
faction because it is made to 
endure, and people who once 
buy it, buy it always. 
Sample Free on request. 
BUCHANAN=F0STER COMPANY, 
532 West End Trust Building, 
PHILADELPHIA 
CHICAGO and SAN FRANCISCO. 
10,000 f E . RRET ,s from selected bre< 
’ feet workers. They extern 
•eeders. Per- 
hey exterminate rats, 
drive out rabbits. 48 p. Jllus’d book and price 
list free. 
S. KAUN8WORTII, Middletonn, Okii 
CCPpCTC—Raise.! in small lots; are strong and 
I dirtC I W healthy; warranted good rat and 
rabbit hunters. Also, a few choice Fox Terrier Pups. 
For descriptive circular and price list, write 
SHADY LAWN FERRET FARM, New London,Ohio 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY, STOCK & EGGS 
East Donegal Poultry Yards, Marietta, Penn. 
Rhode Island Reds B. C. 
.100 selected Cockerels. Fine Show Birds and Breeders. 
All stock sold on approval. Right of return at my 
expense. Sinclair Smith, Box 153, Southold, Suffolk Co., N.Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
winners at N. Y. State Fair. Cockerels and pullets 
5 inos. old, from heavy layers, $1.00 each. Catalog 
free. C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport, New York. 
C HOICE R. C. Brown Leghorn cockerels farm 
raised. A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, New York. 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorn Cockerels 
for sale. Very best Strain. 
I. C. HAWKINS, Bnllville, New York. 
F OR SALE—Buff' & Wh. Holland Turkeys, Elephant 
strain, $5 pair; Mam. Pekin Ducks, $2 pair: Toulouse 
Geese. $5 pair; Black Orpington Cockerels, Cook’s 
strain, $2 each and up. Florence Blackford, Cbandlersvllle, O. 
PULLETS WANTED. 
Any number, any variety, anywhere. 
Write for Prices. 
THE PARK & POLLARD CO., 
123 Friend Street, Boston, Mass. 
HEN’S TEETH AND EGGS ARE SCARCE.— Feed 
Mikashel-Silica Poultry Grit, Nature’s egg producer. 
Send 50c. for 100 pound bag, or ask your feed dealer 
Edge Hill Silica Rock Co., New Brunswick, N. J. 
B ARRED Rocks, Brown Leghorns, Toulouse Geese, 
at half price. Write NELSON’S, Grove City, Pa. 
BONNIE BRAE 
POULTRY FARM 
New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Special Bargains in Pekin 
Ducks for October and No¬ 
vember. Mated pens of five 
ducks and drake $8.00, two 
pens $15.00, selected breed¬ 
ers or matured young ones. 
Also Single and Rose Comb White Leghorns, Barred 
and White Rocks and White Wyandottes. 1,000 
pullets for sale. Cockerels in any number. Sixty-five 
ribbons and two silver cups at the last Poughkeepsie, 
Danbury. Walden and Madison Square Garden 
Shows. Largest plant in vicinity of New York City. 
Catalogue Free. 
BANNER LICE AND 
VERMIN POWDER 
A cheap, effective dis¬ 
infectant and remedy, 
l in powder form to be 
' dusted on. Perfectly 
harmless. 5 oz.15c. 1 lb. 40c (postpaid) 
3lbs. 50c. 6R lbs.$1.00. (f. o. b.N. Y. City) 
Excelsior-Wire and Poultry Supply Co., 
1 Dept. HG 26-28 Vesey St„ New York City. 
HENS WILL 
twice the eggs, more fertile, produce better 
hatches, heavier fowls, earlier broilers and 
bigger profits if fed green cut bone, rich in 
protein and all other egg elements, 
MANN’Q latest model 
llimin w BONE CUTTER 
Sent on 10 Days Free Trial. No money 
in advance. Never clogs. Cuts fast, easy and 
fine. Catlg free. 
9 . W, Mann Co., B«x 15, Milford, Maas. 
For Farm Buildings 
When the proprietors of Bellemeade Farm roofed % 
their big buildings (one of which is shown above), 
they chose Amatite. Why? First—Because Amatite costs less 
than other roofings. Second—Because Amatite has a mineral 
surface that never needs paint. 
Most other kinds of ready roofing need to be painted regularly, 
and to re-paint all the roofs of Bellemeade Farm every year or 
two would have called for a huge expenditure of labor and money. 
Weren’t the Bellemeade people sensible in selecting Amatite? 
Even if your roofs are not as large as these, the economy of 
using Amatite is just as great in proportion. 
Amatite is easy to lay, requiring no skill or tools 
Nails and cement are free with every roll. 
Sample free on request. Send for it Address nearest office 
BARRETT MANUFACTURING COMPANY 
New York Chicago Philadelphia Cleveland 
Cincinnati Minneapolis. Boston St. Louis 
Needs 
no 
Paint 
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U°- c TOjC * HOPPPJ 
Where yon want it— 
When you want it— 
No smoke—no smell—no trouble. 
Often you want heat in a hurry 
in some room in the house the fur¬ 
nace does not reach. It’s so easy to 
pick up and carry a 
PERFECTION Oil Heater 
(Equipped with Smokeless Device) 
to the room you want to heat—suitable lor any room in the 
house. It has a real smokeless device absolutely preventing 
smoke or smell—turn the wick as high as you can or 
as low as you like—brass font holds 4 quarts of oil 
that gives out glowing heat lor 9 hours. Fin¬ 
ished in japan and nickel—an ornament 
anywhere. Every heater warranted. 
j&xyou 
The 
amp 
is the lamp ior the student or ' 
reader. It gives a brilliant, steady light 
that makes study a pleasure. Made oi brass, nickel plated and equipped 
with the latest improved central draft burner. Every lamp warranted. 
If you cannot obtain the Perfection Oil Heater or Rayo Lamp from 
your dealer write to our nearest agency for descriptive circular. 
Standard Oil Co. of New Yorlt 
(1 neorporated) 
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ENTERPRISE POULTRY YARDS, 
No. 39, Ridgefield, Conn. 
BLACK ORPINGTONS, 
WHITE LEGHORNS. 
With utility and fancy demand increasing we are 
still beyond our Winter quarters capacity, and will 
sell at last year’s prices to reduce stock. 
We GUARANTEE SATISFACTION on any accepted order. 
Rust’s Egg Producer— keeps 
hens laying steadily all winter. 
Prices 14c to 25o P er lb. at dealers. 
Rust s Egg Record and valuable 
booklet free. Write today. 
WILLIAM RUST & SONS, 
Jwpt, P, New Brunswick. N. J. 
** WOODLANDS FARM ; 
Rocks 9 Winnhi Sale of S C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes and B. Plymouth 
Locks, beginning May 1st. Woodlands Farm, the largest Poultry Plant in America, now has on hand 
3,000 LAYERS 
val.S n ee wL^wJS 1 ^? 0, largely Leghorns, will be offered in this Sale, at about one-half their actual 
m[ . w ’.' is we hatched an unusually largo number of chicks this season and must make room for them 
1 lus is an opportunity never before offered the public to secure strictly high class foundation stone’ 
— system, 835 trap nests beWVtT 
$1.50 to $2,00 each; Males, $2.00 to $5.00 
EGGS FOR f V on,b White Leghorns, 
HATCHING 1 White Wyandottes, 
Per 13. 
$2,110 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, 2.00 
_ __ „ Send fob Free Illustrated Catalogue. 
LEE T. HALLOCK, Proprietor. . 
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Per 100. 
$ 8.00 
10.00 
8.00 
Per 1,000. 
$ 00 . 0.1 
80.110 
00.00 
IONA. New Jersey 
