ssor. 
777 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
This is from a prominent member of a 
country agricultural and horticultural so¬ 
ciety : 
I enclose you $1 for a new subscriber 
(another dollar to help fight the Dawley 
suit). Send the paper to inclosed address. 
Wishing you success in your legal suit, as 
well as your horticultural work, I remain, 
very truly yours J. V. c. 
New York. 
This is from a well-known and popular 
pastor of a prominent church. It accom¬ 
panied a list of names: 
I hope these may help the good work. 
I admire your stand most heartily in the 
Dawley and Rogers matter. d. p. m. 
New York. 
The above are given simply as an inti¬ 
mation of the kind of letters we are re¬ 
ceiving, and the class of men who send 
them. 
Can you give me the address of the rubber 
boot company that was advertised in Tub 
I t. N.-Y. last Winter, as I want to send for 
a pair of boots? G. M. D. 
New Jersey. 
Yes. They are the Rubberhide Co., Es¬ 
sex Building, Boston, Mass.; Wm. H. 
Walker & Co., 83 South Pearl Street, 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
Will you kindly inform*me as to the stand¬ 
ing and reliability of the Railway Educa¬ 
tional Association of 227 Monroe Street, 
Brooklyn. N. Y. E. L. H. 
Alabama. 
Some time ago we looked carefully into 
this matter; and we were told by the rail¬ 
road officials that the claims made by the 
school that it could place its students were 
unfounded. The railroad managers did 
not even know of its existence. Practical 
railroad men also tell us that any instruc¬ 
tion by mail would be of little value or 
benefit to an applicant. The way to learn 
railroading seems to be to railroad. 
Can vou toll me if the Atlas Coal Co.. 220 
Broadway, New York, is reliable? They 
claim to be a real estate and investment 
company. J. a. m. 
Our understanding is that this company 
is organized to do a soft coal business, 
and not real estate and investments. It 
has a satisfactory rating, and if in need 
of coal would not hesitate to place an 
order with them, but when it came to 
real estate or investments we would want 
to be shown. 
Please advise me as to the standing of the 
Blair Remedy Co., of Chicago. Are they 
reliable? Will they do as they say? IIow 
about their Ko-Ti-Osh remedy—is it any 
good ? A. E. E. 
Maryland. 
It is a good thing to leave alone. That 
is the only good we know of it. 
What do you know about the enclosed let¬ 
ter? It does not read right to me. 
Wisconsin. F. c. 
Following is the essential part of the 
letter referred to: 
You can own one of these lots, size 25x100 
by joining us in advertising this property, 
which is four minutes’ walk from the rail¬ 
road station on the Long Island railroad. 
Our plan is to lintercst a few selected 
persons in various localities so that it can 
be shown on our files that a number of bona 
fide lot owners have received deeds when the 
property is placed on the market. 
FIDELITY REAL ESTATE & IMPROVEMENT CO. 
New York. 
Certainly the letter does not read right. 
It is an appeal to your cupidity. On their 
own statement they want the use of your 
name to induce some one else to part with 
his money; and before you got possession 
of the lots you would besides be obliged 
to pay all they are worth. The man who 
wants to use you to hoodwink sojne one 
else is pretty sure to have no great re¬ 
gard for your personal interests. In fact, 
schemes of this kind are not worked so 
much to fool the other fellow as they 
are to hoodwink the customer in hand. 
Would you let me know if C. G. Lloydt, 
dealer in'purebred dogs, etc., Sayre, Brad¬ 
ford Co„ Ta., is reliable? Please answer 
as soon as possible. N. d. 
New York. 
No. He is not reliable. His real name 
is Landis. Leave him alone. The pub¬ 
lishers who are carrying his advertisement 
since the discovery of his real name and 
methods must be hard up for business or 
woefully ignorant of affairs. 
Will you let me know the standing of the 
National Publishing Co., of 32 Union Square, 
N. Y„ as my little girl answered a puzzle and 
received a notice that it was right, but to 
send $1.30 for her premium? I send this as 
I am a reader of The It. N.-Y., and thought 
you could give me advice about it. 
Pennsylvania. ,T. H. n. 
This is the old scheme that was worked 
with great success some years ago. The 
puzzle is made very easy. Of course, 
everyone answers correctly. Then you 
are told you are entitled to a prize, but 
you must send some money to pay for 
packing, etc. But the money is really 
very much more than the premiums are 
worth. Some years ago we knew one 
concern that was selling 40-cent watches 
in this way for $1.39, and the watch 
was sent by express, so that the receiver 
had to pay expressage also, and the ex¬ 
press company probably paid a rebate to 
the concern besides. The watch was de¬ 
scribed as a first-class gold watch. It was 
of course the cheapest thing that could be 
made in a clock movement, and absolute¬ 
ly worthless. This was only a fair sam¬ 
ple of the goods sold in this way. The 
puzzle and premium scheme is simply 
resorted to in order to induce you to 
buy what you would not consider for a 
moment in a straight proposition where | 
the article was offered for the money. 
Just now we are having many inquiries 
about the above. The circular sent out 
in September says they are sending pre¬ 
miums to those who entered the contest 
during the past year. The letters have 
been examined, your answer was correct, 
you will receive a silver table set of seven 
pieces; but you must first send $1.30 for 
subscription, cost, boxing, packing, etc. 
You are instructed to send it through an 
express company. It does not require 
any great knowledge of business affairs 
to know that no concern is going to give 
away premiums or prizes in this general 
manner unless they are getting full value 
in dollars and cents for them. It is 
probably to meet the requirements of the 
Post Office Department that they so 
frankly admit the $1.30 is among other 
things for cost. The scheme is so old 
and so transparent that few informed 
adults will be deceived by it or similar 
propositions; but young people and others 
less wary need a word of caution. Some 
concerns which have worked this scheme 
in the past forget to send any premium at 
all after they get the money; and those 
who do get something invariably pay 
more expressage than they would be will¬ 
ing to pay for the goods. 
I see that you have been getting after the 
Crystal Spring Farm, of W'estboro, Mass. Per¬ 
haps I can give you a few points that will 
be useful. II. W. Rutland does all the busi¬ 
ness. E. F. Rutland is his wife. The farm 
and all stock and tools are in her name. He 
was up in court a number of times last 
Spring, and although a number got judgment 
against him, there is nothing that they <;an 
get hold of. The only way to stop him will 
be to get the Post Office Department after 
him. He does not advertise as Crystal Spring 
Farm now. I think that last Winter and 
Spring he was advertising as the Ilopkinton 
Live Stock Company, and received his mail 
at Hopkinton, Mass. As that seems to have 
played out, too, he is now advertising as the 
Franklin Live Stock Company, and goes to 
Franklin, Mass., after his mail. Most likely 
he will change towns again by Fall. He is 
not raising any stock himself, but buys any¬ 
thing he can get to fill his orders. He has 
been doing a fake business for four or five 
years, first one thing and then another. 
I should think William It- Palmer would have 
a good case for the Post Office Department at 
Washington to look after. a. s. a. 
Massachusetts. 
We have already had considerable to 
say about the above case, but we give 
space to this letter because it shows up 
the general plan under which so many of 
the fakers and rogues work. There are 
usually two accomplices to these frauds— 
the paper that carries the advertisement 
and the U. S. mail that carries their 
letters and circulars. It is, however, dif¬ 
ficult for the Government to get exact in¬ 
formation to convict them. In order to 
do so the complainant must keep not only 
the letters and circulars, but the envelope 
as well with the post mark. The envelope 
is seldom kept, and proof of the use of 
the mails is lost in that way. 
I have been sending in trial subscriptions 
recently, and one man, when I asked if he 
was a subscriber to your paper replied that 
he was not, and offered a dime for the 
trial. As I was doing the paying I asked him 
to consider my dime as a loan, provided he 
became a regular, and pay the dime for a 
trial for some one else, making a dime do 
more than ten cents would. Of course this 
is something like the endless chain, but I 
tell them if they do not care to become a 
subscriber my dime pays them for their 
trouble in reading the paper. A. D. f. 
Nebraska. 
Modesty forbids our asking our friends 
to act on this suggestion. We feel free 
to ask a service now and then that you 
can perform without expense to you, but 
we cannot ask anyone to pay cash out of 
his pocket even in such small amounts, 
and yet we know that good friends are 
doing this very thing every day. But the 
endless chain idea is a good one. This 
friend pays for the first one. He prom¬ 
ises, if he likes the paper, to invest the 
1.0 cents to pay for some one else, and 
having him promise to do the same for 
some one else, each one exacting the prom¬ 
ise that he pay for another and require 
the same promise. We would be interest¬ 
ed to know how far a chain of that kind 
would extend if once started. This might 
be told if the first would start with num¬ 
ber one and each succeeding one give the 
next higher number. The chain would 
then trace itself from one to another. 
Just think of the result of a 10-cent in¬ 
vestment on this plan. It is a fact that 
many of the brightest and best original 
suggestions we get for every department 
of the paper comes from the friends back 
on the farm. J. j. D. 
MINERAL 
HEAVE 
REMEDY 
NEGLECT 
Will Ruin 
YourHorse 1 
Send today for 
only 
PERMANENT 
SAFE 
CERTAIN' 
$3 PACKAGE 
will cure any case or 
money refunded. 
$1 PACKAGE 
cures ordinary cases. 
Postpaid on receipt of 
price. Agents Wanted. 
Writ© for descriptive booklet. 
Mineral Heave Remedy Go., 461 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. 
p$ sokbine 
Removes Bursal Enlargements, 
Thickened Tissues, Infiltrated 
Parts, and any Puff or Swelling, 
Cures Lameness, Allays Pain 
without laying the horse up. Does not 
blister, stain or remove the hair. #2.00 a 
bottle, delivered. Pamphlet 1-C free. 
ABSORBING, ,JR„ for mankind, #1.00 
reduces _ _. 
Allays pain. Book free. Genuine mfd. only by 
W. F.Y0UNG, P.D.F. 88 Monmouth St, Springfield.Mass. 
Quinn's Ointment 
^Uoes for the horse what no other remedy can do.' 
There’s not a curb, splint, spavin, windpuff or bunch 
that it will not remove. Sure and speedy. Thous¬ 
ands of horse owners use it—Quinn’s alone. They 
regard it as the unfailing remedy. 
PRICE $1.00 PER BOTTLE. 
At all druggists or sent by mail. Testimonials free. 
W. B. Eddy ft Co., Whitehall, New York. 
«« 
SAVE-THE-HORSE” SPAVIN CURE 
cures these 
Trade Mark 
Permanently Cures Splint, Wind- 
puff, Sho© Boil, injured Tendons^ 
and all LatnonpHH. No scar or loss 
of hair. Horse works as usual, 
a bottle, with written binding 
•PH guarantee or contract. Sene _ 
J for copy, booklet and letters Sfwm. RihgbotC.CuiiS. Tmwuow 
from business men and trainers - - — ■ ■ 
on every kind of case. All Dealers or Express paid. 
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y. 
Summer’s Worm Powders 
Sheep, Horses & Hogs 
l f. V Fed to millions of animals 
\ •fN*—every year. Powders never 
i -_■■ \ / fail to remove worms and 
1 (Tv ■ ‘ prevent further attacks. 
In popular use 25 years. 
Price 8 lb. Pek. 50 cent*. ? lb. Pck. #1.00. 
Send for FREE catalogue of Stockmen’s Supplies. 
Cyril Francklyn, 73 Beaver St,, New York City 
Don’t Stop 
to ask your neighbor to help lift a 
heavy load, stretch your wire fence, 
lift your injured or sick animals, 
butcher, or lift wagon-boxes—use a 
Burr Self-Locking Tackle Block 
and save your time and the labor of 
two or three men. Capacity 600 to 
6000 pounds. jAsk dealer or write 
Burr Mfg. Co. l70Viaduct, Cleveland, O. 
Many A Man 
bas been detered from buying an Ensilage and 
Fodder Cutter because 
his power was not heavy 
enough to 
run one. 
Outs 4 
different 
Length,. 
Any length 
of elevator de¬ 
sired, safety fly 
wheel, safety 
treadle lover. 
Gale-Baldwin and Baldwin 
ENSILAGE AND DRY FODDER CUTTERS 
WITH OR WITHOUT TRAVELING FEED TABLE 
Require less power than any similar machine made. 
They cut faster, feed easier, last longer and have this 
additional advantage of REQUIRING LESS POWER. 
Don'bbuy a cutter until you get our free catalogue and 
prices. W. will save you money. 
The BELCHER & TAILOR A.T.C0„Box 75, Chicopee Falls.Maw. 
BANNER 
VERMIN 
LICE AND 
POWDER 
A cheap, effective dis¬ 
infectant and remedy, 
l in powder form to be 
‘ dusted on. Perfectly 
harmless. 5 oz. 15e. 1 lb. 40c (postpaid) 
i 3lbs. 50c. 6X lbs.$1.00. (f.o.b.N. Y. City) 
Kxcelsior'Wire and Poultry Supply Co., 
Dept. HG 26-28 Vesey St., New York City. 
COD Cl AI C— T' ox ami Coon Hounds, Rabbit 
rUll OALL Dogs: all ages. Send stamp. 
P. L. YAKNELL,. SHltEVE, OHIO. 
EAP HEN FOOD 
Is green bone fresh cut. Rich 1 n protein and 
all other egg elements. Its egg producing 
value is four times that of grain. The eggs 
are more fertile, chicks more vigorous, fowls 
heavier. This makes green bone cheap food. 
Mann’s Latest Model Bone Cutter. 
Cuts all bone, meat and gristle. Never clogs. 10 DAYS 
FREE TRIAL. No money in advance. Cat’lgfree. 
F. W. MANN CO., Box 15, MILFORD, MASS. 
INCUBATOR WHYS 
Our new book telling "Whys’’ 
of poultry profits and why 
our incubator uniformly 
successful, will be sent you 
free on request. We pay freight 
and guarantee our machines. 
quincy, m: 
II Q If you want your chickens to be profitable feed them 
plenty of cut green bone-—it’s a oheap feed- 
fine, fat birds. 
Grind It in this Standard Bone A 
Cutter and feed it fresh for 
beat result*. This 98.80 Cut* 
CHICKEN m » ke » iot 4° f «Kgi 
VlllVIlbll Grind it in this & 
MONEY 
ter ^ustirhat you want fortbe^ 
farm. W rite today tor free trial plan and price* of other 
fllzei—all mado and guaranteed by a responsible concern^ 
Standard Bone Cutter Co., Milford, Mass. 
Make Money With Fowls 
Beginners, Broiler Raisers, Egg Farmers, 
and Experiment Stations Use and Rec¬ 
ommend 
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, Cal., and London, Eng. 
Jiust'a Egg Producer— keeps 
hens laying steadily all winter. 
Prices 14c to 25c per lb. at dealers. 
Rust's Egg Record and valuable 
booklet free. Write today. 
WILLIAM RUST & 80N8, { 
Dept. P, Mew Brunswick, H.J.. 
rOLLIK PUPPIES— Females $4.00, Shropshire 
^ Rams $12.00. Berkshire Pigs $5.00 to $8.00 each. All 
standard bred. W. A. LOTHERS, Peru Lack, Pa. 
rOLLIE PUPS ANI) WHITE ANI) 
W FERRETS. NELSON BROS., Grov 
BROWN 
Grove City, Pa. 
HEN’S TEETH AND EGGS ARE SCARCE —Fee^l 
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. 
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. Klorenee Blackford, Chandlersvllle, 0. 
PULLETS WANTED. 
Any number, any variety, anywhere. 
Write for Prices. 
THE PARK & POLLARD CO., 
123 Friend Street, Boston, Mass. 
PPDDCTC - Raise!in small lots; are strongand 
rCnnC I O 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 
10 000 FEN RETS from selected breeders. 
Per¬ 
fect workers. They exterminate rats, 
drive out rabbits. 48 p. Ulus’d book and price 
list free. s> KAltNSWOltTlI, Middletonn, Ohio. 
MAPLE VILLA POULTRY YARDS to fill orders 
from all leading varieties of poultry and water fowls. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. W. G. Mosher, Sylvania, Pa. 
Thoroughbred S.C.W. Minorca Cockerels 
For Sale. Verv best strain. 
A. C. OSTRANDER, - Pine Bush, N. Y. 
C HOICE R. C. Brown Leghorn cockerels farm 
raised. A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, New York. 
R.l, REDS, BARRED ROCKS, W. LEGHORNS, 
W, WYANDOTTES, TOULOUSE GEESE 
STOCK FOR SALE. 
Mapleling Poultry Yards, Box 20, Pulaski, N. Y. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY, STOCK & EGGS 
East Donegal Poultry Yards, Marietta, Penn. 
B ARRED Rocks, Brown Leghorns, Toulouse Geese, 
at half price. Write NELSON’S, Grove City, Pa. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS. 
300 Selected Cockerels. Fine show birds and breed¬ 
ers. All stock sold on approval, $2 to $50 each. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 002 5tli Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
winners at N. Y. State Fair. Cockerels and pullets 
5 mos. old, from heavy layers, $1.00 each. Catalog 
free. C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport, New York. 
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. 
Ws GUARANTEE SATISFACTION on any accepted order. 
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. 
BONNIE BRAE 
POULTRY FARM 
New Rochelle, N. Y. 
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 
0,000 
One half of these, largely Leghorns, will he offered in this Sale, at about one-half their actual 
value, as we hatched an unusually Targe number of chicks this season and must make room tor 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 m use. Prices: remales, 
1.50 to $2,00 each; Males, $3.00 to $5.00. 
Single Comb White Leghorns, 
Per 13. 
$ 2.00 
2.50 
’lymouth Rocks, 2.00 
Send for Frkk Illustrated Catalogue. 
LEE T. HALLOCK, Proprietor,_-_-_- 
nv.r .0 xrrxre f Single Comb White 
hItchiyJ' White Wyandottes, 
HAltMlMx | Barred Plymouth lt< 
Per 100. 
$ 8 . 01 ) 
10.00 
8.00 
Per 1,000. 
$(50.0 > 
80.GO 
(50.00 
IONA, New Jersey 
