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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
March 13, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I would like to know if the Imperial 
Shield Company, St. Louis, Mo., is reliable. 
Would you send them $1 for material to 
work with? f. h. 
New York. 
No, we would not send them any¬ 
thing. It is one of the work-at-home 
fakes. They induce you to buy their 
material on the pretense that they are 
to give you work at home making the 
shields. Do not send money to any 
house making such pretenses. 
I offered to settle with J. .T. Pitts & Co., 
of Cleveland, O., for the 24 barrels of 
apples sold them at $3 each over a year 
ago for $50. On December 29 I received 
$25 in payment, and on February 4 I re¬ 
ceived another $25, so the matter is closed. 
We give The It. N.-Y. full credit for the 
settlement. Put us down as subscribers to 
The It. N.-Y. for life. p. b. 
New York. 
We are glad that The R. N.-Y. has 
been some help to this shipper in get¬ 
ting his money, though after a 
year’s delay. We also give Pitts & Co. 
credit for the settlement, but you will 
remember that a Michigan subscriber 
shipped them potatoes in car lot that 
he was unable to get settlement for. 
We will gladly credit them when the 
shipper advises us that he has received 
his money. But it is a safe policy to 
ship produce to houses of known re¬ 
sponsibility. 
I received your second check from the 
express company for the last crate of eggs, 
which they lost in transportation, and I 
thank you heartily for your trouble and 
success. I shall distribute the little en¬ 
velopes and hope to increase your subscrib¬ 
ers here. B. m. b. 
Virginia. 
The above was in reply to a check 
sent for a crate of eggs that was 
shipped April 20, 1907, practically two 
years ago, and for which the shipper 
had never been able to get any sat¬ 
isfaction. Another shipment lost for 
the same shipper June last, we recov¬ 
ered for her some weeks ago. Without 
legal proof of your loss, it is idle to ap¬ 
peal to express companies. If your evi¬ 
dence is complete they will settle— 
when they find that there is no escape. 
Max Kassoff and his son Philip, com¬ 
mission men, at 43 Jay street, were ar¬ 
rested recently on the charge of using the 
mails lo promote a scheme to defraud ship¬ 
pers of eggs, butter, maple sugar and other 
produce. United States Commissioner 
Shields held them for examination in $1,000 
and $2,500 bail respectively. It is alleged 
that the business amounted to an average 
of $300 a day and that the scheme con¬ 
sisted of Inducing shippers to make ship¬ 
ments which were sold without proper re¬ 
turn to the consignors. Complaints have 
been coming in against the Kassoffs since 
November, 1007, from practically every 
State in the Union. The complaint on which 
they were arraigned is made in the name 
of E. C. Lockwood, a commission merchant 
of Hurley, N. Y. The post office inspectors 
have been working on the case about three 
weeks.—New York Sun. 
In our issue of February 1, 1908, 
more than a year ago, we cautioned 
readers against this concern, and we 
repeated the warning at five different 
times since. The Government fre¬ 
quently makes such arrests and cuts 
off the fraud, but usually only after 
many people have suffered losses. We 
think our people are better protected by 
a more timely warning. As now 
authorized Government officials cannot 
act as promptly as we are able to do. 
If the State would use some of the 
money it spends to tell farmers how 
to produce to help them get a square, 
deal in the markets we think the in¬ 
vestment would be worth more to the 
farmer. 
I enclose literature received from the 
Fortune Colony. I would appreciate your 
opinion of it. J. K. S. 
Pennsylvania. 
Tho Fortune Colony seems to be 
Richard Wightman, who signs himself 
president, and who has also the agency to 
sell a certain class of bonds for the 
American Real Estate Company, of 
New York. The Fortune Colony has 
no corporate existence, and it is not 
clear why Mr. Wightman should as¬ 
sume the title of president, except it 
be that he is the whole thing. This 
is the class of debenture bonds to 
which we have repeatedly referred. 
They are not a lien on real estate, but 
simply evidence of indebtedness of the 
company, with promises to pay at cer¬ 
tain fixed times with interest. They are 
practically the same as a promissory note 
of the company. If the company remains 
solvent and successful the bonds or notes 
would, of course, be good. If, for any 
reason, the company failed the real es¬ 
tate could be, and probably would be, 
sold to satisfy the mortgages, and these 
bonds would have no share in the pro¬ 
ceeds until after the mortgage, taxes, 
interest and expenses of the action 
were all paid. The company has real 
estate in New York City and suburbs, 
which it values at about $11,000,000. 
On this they report mortgages of nearly 
$2,000,000. On these debenture bonds 
and certificates they report an indebt¬ 
edness of over $8,000,000, so that ac¬ 
cepting their own valuation of the prop¬ 
erty, the mortgages and these bonds 
would leave a small margin represented 
in the stock of the company. Debenture 
bonds are not considered a desirable 
form of security, and we would not 
recommend them for the investment of 
farmers’ savings. 
I should suppose that circulars of this 
North American Investment Company, New 
Ilaven, Conn., were being sent to many 
farmers and it may require investigation, 
which they cannot give it. c. S. D. 
Massachusetts. 
This company claims to have some 
sort of a patent on a metal railroad tie 
to take the place of wood ties. But 
most important of all, it has some 
stock for sale, and big promises of 
future valu^are thrown in as a bonus. 
The authorized capital is $10,000,000, 
but no statement of assets is given 
formally, which leaves the suspicion 
that the assets are principally, if not 
entirely, the patents referred to. We 
doubt if any reader of The R. N.-Y. 
would pftt his money into stocks with¬ 
out a clear understanding of the prop¬ 
erty which the stock represents This 
company also promises to sell patents 
and other things, if you pay a fee for 
the service—in advance. 
“Nell Beverly, Farmer,” The R. N.-Y.’s 
new story told so many things about “Nell” 
that fitted my own experience that in many 
passages I felt that my own case was being 
described. I like the details of it. It is 
not a book that one wants to lay aside and 
forget. I like to read it over and over. 
When there is a question of what to read 
I always think of “Nell Beverly,” and read 
it again. I. B. 
New York. 
That is just what we felt about this 
story from the start—that people would 
read it more than once. It is something 
that grows on one. The more one 
reads it the better he likes it. Our 
first edition is going fast. We never 
before published a book that was re¬ 
ceived with so much praise, nor that 
went out in such large quantities. We 
have them all wrapped, ready for your 
address and the mail. The day we get 
your renewal, one is addressed to you, 
and it is in the mail to you that night. 
We want one in every one of The 
R. N.-Y. family homes. If a single 
member of the family is not pleased 
and delighted with it after reading, we 
will refund the remittance. Send your 
renewal to-day, and see the book come 
bounding back to you. The subscrip¬ 
tion will be advanced one year from 
present date of label. j. j. d. 
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get better result from your poultry, by feeding Indian 
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200 egg strains. Greatest Winter Layers known. 
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BERLIN, .... MASS. 
AFTFR YFAJK of experimenting, I am firmly of 
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I Good stock, Eggs 15 S1.00; 40, S2.00. Catalogue. 
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FOR SALE: 
!—S. C. White Leghorn Pullets, Mch. 
■ and Apr. hatch. Heavy laying strain. 
Bred to standard. $1.50. Eggs for hatching$5.00 per 
100. Ridgewood Poultry Farm, Ridgewood, N. J. 
\/AN ALSTYNE S S. & R.C.R.I. REDS.— Ere* for hatching 
f $6 and $8 per 100: SI.50 and $2 per setting. Breeding 
ckls. §2 to $5. Edw.Yan Alstvne & Son,Kinderliook,N. Y. 
W RIGHT’S White Wyandotte Winners— 
Eggs $1.00 per 100; Baby Chicks $10.00 per 100. 
GRAND VIEW FARM, Stanfordviile, N. Y. 
B PFF, Wh. Leghorns, Eggs 75c. per 15. $1.25 per 30 :S. C. 11. I. 
Red, Mottled Ancona Eggs, 90c. per 15, $1.60 per 30. Cata¬ 
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W HITK WYANDOTTES—Excellent laying 
strain. Eggs $1.00 for 15. Address 
STEPHAN KARL, Mill'ord, Conn. 
SAVE YOUR CHICKS 
Why let your chicks die with that dreaded disease 
Gapes when you can cure and prevent it by using 
U. R. FISHEL’S GAPE REMEDY 
Tested on our farm for yesrs and in the hands of 
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KEEP THE BEST 
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THEY HAVE BRED UTILITY BIRDS FOR THIRTY YEARS 
Their efforts have crowned them with 
SUCCESS 
Write for their 1909 Booklet. It is sent free. 
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They have the snug, 
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335 Howard St. Melrose. Mass. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
We are breeders of Single 
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and PEKIN DUCKS. White Hocks, White Wy- 
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Bronze Turkeys. We offer eggs of the above kinds 
of chickens from superior prize matings for $3 00 
per setting, $15.00 per 100. Eggs from good utility 
stock. $1.50 per setting, $0.00 and $8.00 per 100. Kggs 
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10,000 eggs capacity: 2,000 layers. Stock for sale. 
Send for circular. Correspondence invited. 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM, 
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THOROBRED POULTRY PAYS 
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Our big, vigorous. White Leghorns lay more 
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Winners at N. Y. State Fair; heavy layers; Trios, 
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R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
KGGS FOR HATCHING 
Mating List will he Sent on Request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 Fifth St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
Woodlands Farm 
Breeding Stock. Eggs forHatchlug from our famous 
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WHITE & RICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
5 Trios Mammoth Bronze Turkeys and 
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W ILD and BRONZE TURKEYS For Sale. 
Eggs for Hatching. Pure bred chickens aud 
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Gettysburg, Pa. 
WHITE HOLLAHD TURKEYS, 
Trios left. Fine ones, laying season here, must go. 
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Large, healthy, vigorous stock. Good shape and 
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