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March 6, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
The day after Washington’s Birthday 
was the biggest subscription day that 
The R. N.-Y. ever had in all its his¬ 
tory. Our hearty thanks to those who 
contributed to that much appreciated 
result. 
The State of New York spends up¬ 
wards of $1,000,000 annually to teach 
farmers how to grow more and better 
products. What, think you, would be 
the result if for one year this sum were 
used in an honest effort to see that he 
got a fair share of the proceeds in 
the markets ? 
When the produce of the land leaves 
the farmer’s hands for the city mar¬ 
ket, it is handled directly or indirectly 
by the freight agent, the conductor, 
the engineer, the fireman, the brake- 
man, the truckman, the porter, the 
commission merchant, the retail mer¬ 
chant, the delivery boy, and, finally, 
the cook and the maid before 
it reaches the consumer’s table. And 
every man, woman and child that has 
a direct or contributing hand in the 
work, receives more in proportion to 
the time and labor devoted to it than 
the original producer—the farmer. Is 
there any one to dispute or to defend 
such a condition of facts? 
Could you inform me as to the reliability 
of the Lake Erie Seed Company, of Buffalo, 
N. Y.? J. D. w. 
Michigan. 
The R. N.-Y. has absolutely no con¬ 
fidence in the men behind this concern. 
They were the promoters of the old 
American Farm Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., 
of unsavory fame, which collected thou¬ 
sands of dollars from farmers in all 
parts of the country on their alleged 
scheme of branch houses. The com¬ 
pany was driven out of Ohio, convicted 
of fraud in the courts of Pennsylvania, 
and indictments were issued against 
its officers in some of the Western 
States. It sued The R. N.-Y. for over 
$100,000 alleged libel for exposing its 
schemes, and finally failed. 
George M. Rogers was recently sen¬ 
tenced in the United States District 
Court at Boston to one year in the 
House of Correction for using the 
mails in a scheme to defraud. Rogers 
operated the Rogers Silverware Co., 
in New York City, and advertised 
prizes in various competitions. Every 
one entering the competition was 
obliged to make a remittance, and this 
was appropriated by Rogers person¬ 
ally. Of course, no one ever won a 
prize, but that did not prevent Rogers 
from advertising the winners extensive¬ 
ly. The R. N.-Y. refused the adver¬ 
tising and cautioned readers against 
the scheme, so that it is hoped that 
none of our people lost anything 
through it. 
Is E. E. Cooley, Frenchtown, N. J., re¬ 
liable? He is in small chicken business. 
Massachusetts. d. Y. 
Reports on Mr. Cooley would indi¬ 
cate that remittance sent him in ad¬ 
vance would be attended with greater 
risk than it is wise to assume. 
I am one of your subscribers and want to 
nslc if you know anything of the company 
or firm called the Chicago Mail Order Co.? 
About four years ago I ordered §14 wortB 
of goods from them and when the goods 
came they were not what I ordered and 
were so old they were all full of holes. 
They were so rolten I could not wear them 
so 1 lost the $14 clear. Not long since 1 
received their catalogue and noticed they 
had some very good offers seemingly, so I 
sent them another order for a cashmere 
waist. I had to write them a second letter 
before it came, and when it did come it 
was very cheap cotton and at least three 
numbers smaller than I ordered 
West Virginia. mbs. e. m. n. 
We think this subscriber a little at 
fault in the second case. We have at 
times given a concern the benefit of a 
doubt, but have usually regretted it, but 
we have long since learned not to give 
them a second chance after the first 
proved a disappointment. There is just 
one lesson from the above experience. 
If you do not know a house do not be 
tempted by apparently liberal offers. To 
meet competition good houses—except 
in cases of monopoly—are compelled to 
make prices about right for the quality 
of goods sold, and when a new and 
smaller concern makes a tempting offer, 
you can be reasonably sure that the 
goods are inferior. You always stand 
the best chance of getting the worth of 
your money from a responsible house. 
I should very much like The R. N.-Y.’s 
opinion as to the Debenture Corporation of 
New York. I enclose its advertisement. 
A’ermont. t. s. 
if farmers take our advice they will 
have nothing to do with any debentures. 
For the most part they are little more 
than, a receipt for money, and usually 
THE RUBtJS-Ii NEW-YORKER 
have very little real value behind them. 
Suppose you bought a farm, and got 
a big first mortgage on it. Then, by 
paying a bonus induced some one to 
take a second mortgage. Your equity 
would then be small. But you could 
organize a company and capitalize the 
equity for $100,000; you could then go 
on and issue gold debenture bonds for 
$50,000 more. As the money came in 
you could contract with yourself to do 
the plowing and planting at a fancy 
price, and by the time the bonds were 
all sold, you could have the money all 
paid out—to yourself—for plowing and 
cultivating or other services, including 
a yearly salary of $25,000 for manage¬ 
ment. In time the farm would be sold 
to pay the mortgages, and the gold 
debenture bondholders would have some 
nicely printed certificates for orna¬ 
mental purposes. But, you say, the 
[bonds are usually guaranteed! Cer¬ 
tainly ! Guaranteed by a company that 
may later be bankrupt. You may think 
this exaggerated but we say to you that 
most of the fake stocks and bonds of¬ 
fered you have actually less property 
behind them. 
On May 29 I shipped the Wisconsin Dairy 
Farms Company. 139-141 South Water 
street, Chicago, Ill., 97 cheeses on a speci¬ 
fied price of lO 1 /^ cents per pound f. o. b. 
Oswego, N. Y. On arrival they notified me 
that the cheese was soft on account of 
beat, but they would put them in cold 
storage at no expense to me. They said 
they could not pay 10% cents for' them, 
but would sell them on my account. After 
that they wrote me several times that they 
had not yet been sold. In the meantime 
cheese had advanced a cent a pound, and 
on August 24 they wrote they had closed 
out my cheese at nine cents. They said 
they had sold to a State institution which 
paid quarterly, and as soon as they got 
the money they would pay me. I waited 
three months and then wrote them but can 
get no reply. I have been in the business 
for 15 years, and the cheese was as nice a 
lot as I ever shipped. It may have become 
soft, but that is no reason why they 
should not pay the proceeds. If you can do 
anything for me I shall appreciate it. 
New York. c. s. coi.h. 
We have not been able to do much 
in this case. In reply to our letter 
the sellers said they sold it to a State 
institution. In another letter they said 
they were unable to give the name of 
the institution to which it went. When 
they last wrote us the cheese had been 
sold about six months, yet they re¬ 
fused to pay the account unless we 
made an allowance for the settlement, 
which we refused to do. We under¬ 
stand Mr. Cole has now brought suit 
to collect the account. We do not find 
the concern rated in commercial refer¬ 
ences, and they admit that they are 
operating on a small margin. The ex¬ 
perience is simply given for what it 
is worth for the benefit of shippers. 
Few dairymen, we think, would like 
to ship goods and allow 10 per cent 
at the end of nine months to get the 
money for them. j. j. d. 
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The United Factories Company 
Dept. P 31 , Cleveland, Ohio 
NOTICE, 
. Onr attention has been called to some attempts at 
imitating our swinging stanchions, which are pro¬ 
tected by United States Letters Patent Nos. 481,987 
and 798,936. We have notified such infringers of 
our rights, and until very recently they have always 
been respected and the imitations of our manufac¬ 
ture have ceased. The Swift & Bates Specialty 
Manufacturing Co., of Cuba, N. Y„ however, have 
persisted in their manufacture in spite of our 
warnings, and we have entered suit against that 
company for infringement of our rights. All per¬ 
sons are warned against purchasing any stanchions 
from that company, or others, which embody the 
inventions protected by the said Letters Patent, 
since in so doing they will subject themselves to 
infringement suits, and we will hold them liable 
for all damages suffered by us by reason of such 
infringements. 
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If You Keep Poultry For Profit 
KEEP THE BEST 
Buy your stock of 
S. B. & E. W. TWINING, Box 2 R, Yardley, Pa. 
THEY HAVE BRED 
UTILITY BIRDS F0R ™* TY ¥EA * s 
Their efforts have crowned them with 
SUCCESS 
Write for their 1909 Booklet. It is sent free. 
S LAY. WHITE WYANDOTTES— Guarantee satis¬ 
faction and eggs 75 per cent fertile. 15 $1.00, 100 $5.00. 
W. E. SHOEMAKER, Laceyville, Pa. 
B LOOD HOUNDS AND COLLIE PUPPIES—Green River 
Kennels. Chas. Stewart Davison. 60 Wall St., N.Y.City. 
F OR SALK—Indian Runner Drakes, $1.00 each. Also a few 
ducks and for hatching. Pure Bred B I*. Rock Eggs. 
\V. T. EASTON, Delaware, Ohio, Bt. No. 5. 
EXHIBITION BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, 
L silver Cup and Blue Kibbou Winners, Utility Combined, eggs 
80$ hatch guaranteed, from exhibition matings, $2 per Betting, 
$6 per 60, $10 per 100; Utility, $1 per setting, $6 per 100. Vig¬ 
orous Breeding Cockerels $2 to $5; 25 pullets $35. 1 trio Half 
Wild and Bronze Tut keys $15. LLOYD M. HALLKNBKCK, 
Legalized Expert Poultry Judge, Catskill Station, New York. 
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RIGHT’S White Wyandotte Winners— 
Eggs $4.00 per 100; Baby Chicks $10.00 per 100. 
GRAND VIEW FARM, Staufordviile, N. Y. 
B UFF, Wh. Leghorns, Eggs 75c. per 15, $1.25 per 30 ;S.C. K. I. 
Ked, Mottled Ancona Egga, 90c. per 15, $1.50 per 30. Cata¬ 
logue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
B ARRED ROCKS' from my 175 egg strain. 
Large, healthy, vigorous stock. Good shape and 
color. Eggs $1.50 per J5; $8.00 per 100. ‘‘The Four 
Acres,” A. L. VREELAND, Prop., Nutley, N. J. 
W HITE WYANDOTTES—Excellent laying 
strain. Eggs $1.00 for 15. Address 
STEPHAN KARL, Milford, Conn. 
P oultry men—Send 10c. for our 1909 Catalog, chock full of useful 
information. Describes and illustrates 35 varieties. You can’t 
afford to be without it. Ease Donegal Poultry Yards,Marietta,Fa* 
T 
HOROUGHBRED POULTRY— Best 20 varieties. 
Good stock, Eggs 15 $1.00; 40, $2.00. Catalogue. 
li. K. MOHR, Route 3, Quakertown, Pa. 
B ARKED ROCKS, BROWN LEGHORNS. Cheap, 
bred to lay strains. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
Afl BREEDS BEST POULTRY— Eggs or stock. 
“U Write your wants. I will save you money. Big cata¬ 
log 10c. JOHN E. HEATWOLE, Box A, Harrisonburg, Va. 
E GGS $ 1.00 per 15, $2.00 per 40. From Thoroughbred 
Brahmas, Hocks, Wyaudoltes, Beds, Leghorns, S. Ham- 
urge. 14 varieties. Catalogue. S. K. MOllIC, foopcr&burg, I’a. 
G iant strain bronze turkey eggs 
-$3.00 per 10. R. C. R.I. Ked Eggs. $1.00 per 15. 
Choice Shropshire Sheep. Write H. J. VAN DYKE, 
Gettysburg, Pa. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Eggs forHatching from 700 mature birds. Bred for 
vigor ana egg production. Write for prices. 
WHITE & LICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
A MERICAN PET STOCK CO„ Collins, Ohio. Standard- 
Bred Golden, Silver and White WyandottesiHamburgs, 
Leghorns, Bronze Turkeys, Scotch Collie, Scotch Terrier 
and Irish Terrier Dogs. Choice Stock and Eggs. 
T he Celebrated Hungarian and English Partridges and 
Pheasants, capercailzies, black game, wild turkeys, 
quails, rabbits, deer, etc. for stocking purposes. 
Fancy pheasants, peafowl cranes.storks,ornament¬ 
al geese and ducks, foxes squirrels, ferrets, and 
all kinds of birds and animals, wenz & iuackense.v. 
Dept. 10, Pheasnntry & Game Patk, Tardier, Pa. 
enp 0 A I C — S. C. White Leghorn Pullets, Mch. 
rUfl OHLL and Apr. hatch. Heavy laying strain. 
Bred to standard, $1.50. Eggs for hatching$5.00 per 
100. Ridgewood Poultry Farm, Ridgewood, N. J. 
R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
Mating List will beSent on Request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 Fifth St„ Brooklyn, N.Y. 
W ATSON’S STRAIN OF K. C. RHODE 
ISLAND RED, the greatest of all winter 
layers Cockerels and eggs for hatching from this 
great strain. U. and S. O. White Orpington Cock¬ 
erels. Circular free. Send ten cents for sure cure 
for roup. IHA WATSON, Fredonia, N. Y. 
C OOK’S Strain Black Orpington Eggs, $8.00 
per 100; Seaman’s Rhode Island Reds, $7.00 per 
100. Few Elegant Orpingtons For Sale. DORO 
POULTRY YARD, 1691 E.48th St., Brooklyn, X. Y. 
UAH AISTYNES S. & R.C.R.I. REDS.— Eggs for hatching 
T $0 and $8 per 100: $1.50 and $2 per setting. Breeding 
ckls. $2 to $5. Edw.Van Alstyne & Son.Kinderhook.N.Y. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Standard of Merit Barred Rocks. Eggs $1.25 
and $3.00 per 15eggs. Standard of Merit Mammoth 
White Pekiu Ducks. Eggs $1.25 per 10 eggs. 
FAIR AVON POULTRY YARDS 
Lock Box 34 8. Easton, MARYLAND. 
Woodlands Farm 
Breeding Stock. Eggs forHatching from our famous 
trap-nested stock. Circular free. Box D, Iona, N. J 
EMPIRE STATE S. G. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair; heavy layers; Trios, 
$5. Eggs for hatching. $1 for 15, $5 for 100. Cata¬ 
log free. C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport. N. V. 
W HITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS- Pure Fixhel Strain. 
Kgg» from tested layers $1 per 15, $0 per 100. 75 per cent, 
fertility guaranteed. ISAAC C. CLARK, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
B 
ronze Turkey a— Vigorous breeding stock for farmers 
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THORGBRED POULTRY PAYS 
(If you have the right kind) 
Our big, vigorous. White Leghorns lay more 
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hatch strong chicks that live and grow faster 
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99 Per Cent. Fertility Guaranteed. 
MOUNT PLEASANT FARM 
Box Y, Havre de Grace, Md. 
250 acres of fertile land devoted to S.C.W.Leghorns. 
WHITE LEGHORNS S5"S£r»mS , w”JlS 
and PEKIN DUCKS. White Hocks, White Wy- 
andottes; also Imperial 
and genuine Japanese breed of Pekin Ducks and 
Bronze Turkeys. We offer eggs of the above kinds 
of chickens from superior prize matings for $3 00 
per setting, $15.00 per 10U. Eggs from good utility 
stock. $1.50 per setting, $6.00 and $8.00 per 100. Eggs 
from Imperial I’eklns, $1.50 for 10, $8.00 per 100; and 
Japanese breed, $2 50 for 10, $15.00 per 100. Largest 
plant in vicinity of New York City. Incubators, 
10,000 eggs capacity 2,000 layers. Stock lor sale. 
Send for circular. Correspondence invited. 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM, 
New Rochelle, N. Y. 
W ILD and BRONZE TURKEYS For Sale. 
Eggs for Hatching. Pure bred chickens and 
eggs. Prices low. Handsome catalog free. Satis¬ 
faction. Valley View Poultry Farm, It. 1, Belleville, Pa. 
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that does not bear the Insurance 
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CYPHERS INCUBATOR COMPANY, BUFFALO, N. Y. 
Boston, Mass.; New York City; Chtcage, 111.: Kansas 
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F 
OR SALE—White Wyandotte Eggs to hatch. 
Prices—$1 25 per 15, $2.50 per 50, $5.00 per 100. 
E. F. KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
RRONZE TURKEYS— Stock and Eggs in sea- 
son. Poplar Lawn Farms, Loekport, N. V. 
5 Trios Mammoth Bronze Turkeys and 
100 bushels Improved Golden Dent Gourd Seed 
Corn. EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, Pa. 
Summer’s Worm Powders 
For 
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Fed to millions of animals 
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In popular use 25 years. 
Price 81b. Pck. 50 cents. 7 lb. Pek. $1.00. 
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125 Egg Incubator and Brooder 
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