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the rural new»yorker 
March 27, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Could you inform mo whether the Money 
and Stamp Brokerage Company, 150 Nas¬ 
sau St., New York, is reliable? b. a. p. 
Canada. 
We cannot. They have no rating 
and say the only reference they can 
give is that they are so busy they can¬ 
not till orders at present. If this will 
be a satisfactory excuse for not filling 
your order, they seem to be willing 
to accept it. 
Judging by the complaints from 
numerous subscribers, Park & Pollard 
Co., Boston, Mass., commission mer¬ 
chants, do not give the satisfaction ex¬ 
pected of them from shippers of farm 
produce. The complaints are that set¬ 
tlements are unduly delayed, and when 
made prices are much below the market 
quotations for the grade of goods 
shipped. 
pany, of Chicago, wrote J. B. Leonard, 
of Chilhowie, Va., as follows: 
We would recommend a six horse-power 
engine to run your grinding mill, which 
will grind from 15 to 20 bushels per hour 
of tine meal. The 1*4 ton of dry fodder 
requires very little power. We guarantee 
our engines indefinitely. ... A guar¬ 
antee from the Temple Pump Company 
can he strictly depended upon. No 
buyer takes any risk in purchasing an en¬ 
gine from this company on the cash with 
order basis, as we guarantee engine as rep¬ 
resented or return of money. 
In another letter before the engine 
was bought they write this : 
If the engine fails to do as we represent, 
we will refund money on return of engine, 
less freight. Please bear in mind that our 
responsibility commences after the engine 
is_ paid for - and it continues indefinitely. 
We are true to our customers who trust 
us. Some manufacturers feel that their 
responsibility ceases after the engine is 
paid for. This is our 52d year and were 
we to pursue such a policy, the existence 
of the concern would be short lived. 
Will you tell me whether William Kauf¬ 
man, commission merchant, 326 Greenwich 
St., New York, is a reliable firm for me to 
ship my eggs to? F. J. e. 
New York. 
Our only experience with Mr. Kauf¬ 
man has been an effort to collect for a 
case of eggs shipped him by Leonard 
B. Smith, on July 28, 1908, by the 
United States Express Company. The 
express company show a copy of a re¬ 
ceipt by Kaufman for the shipment. He 
refuses to believe the receipt is genu¬ 
ine, and also refuses to go to the ex¬ 
press office and identify the receipt. 
The express company refuses to take 
the receipt to him, and there you are. 
Mr. Smith is left to whistle for his 
money. The R. N.-Y. has, however, 
secured an assignment of the claim, and 
has instructed attorneys to sue both 
the express company and William Kauf¬ 
man for the value of the shipment. We 
may not get the money, but we will 
see, anyway, - whether or not a farmer 
has any redress in such a case. The 
above inquirer can form his own con¬ 
clusions as to the wisdom of shipping 
his eggs to Mr. Kaufman. 
Can you tell mo where I can get any in¬ 
formation regarding co-operative stores in 
this country? If you know the location or 
address of any of‘them will you give it to 
me? 'v. l. c. 
New York. 
We know of no such stores in this 
country run on good faith, except a 
limited number that have one time and 
another been operated by the Grange, 
in a limited way. 1 he co-operative 
schemes that we have known most 
about because of the publicity given 
them, have been fakes, and usually fail 
after the promoters have worked them 
to the finish. If anyone knows of a 
co-operative store that has stood the 
test of time we should be glad to know 
about it. 
Please inquire into the honesty and re¬ 
liability of the St. Johns Development 
Company, 1201 Merchants Loan and Trust 
Building. Chicago, Ill.. lion. George YV. 
Deen. secretarv and treasurer. They claim 
to have 300 farms in St. Johns Park, 
Florida, in 10, 20 and 40-acre tracts, for 
sale at rock-bottom prices. a. c. t. 
Ohio. 
We know something of this section 
of Florida, as some of our staff own 
a small acreage in the section, but for 
northern men who wish to keep out of 
trouble, we advise them to leave the 
proposition alone. 
I congratulate you on The R. N.-Y. of 
March 6. It is a dandy paper; contains a 
lot of things that I wanted to know about. 
That is the kind of a paper that's giving 
us the “uplift” we want. That one issue 
Is worth the nrice of a year’s subscription. 
And what a wide field it covers iti a help¬ 
ful, practical and dependable way ! I dis¬ 
like to lay myself open to the suspicion of 
dealing in taffy, and I haven't the reputa¬ 
tion of being very sweet or tender, but 
when I do “meet up” with something that 
satisfies me I do like to say so. Heaven 
knows I kick hard enough about the things 
I do not like. w. H. m. 
Connecticut. 
We indulge ourselves with this one 
letter in reference to the special num¬ 
ber of March 6. While it is only one 
of many of the same tone, this seems 
to leave little to be said in approval. 
When we saw the first copy complete 
improvements occurred to us. We are, 
seldom satisfied with a single issue, yet 
we like to know that our friends ap¬ 
preciate the efforts made to give them 
something really useful and helpful. 
Do you think the Co-operative Fruit As¬ 
sociation, or the Buena Vista Transporta¬ 
tion Company, of 42 Broadway, New York, 
offer a safe proposition for investment ? R. 
The co-operative land and transporta¬ 
tion schemes that we have ever known 
are all organized for one purpose only, 
viz.: to make money for the promoters. 
The fruits of the co-operation are all for 
the benefit of the promoter; the other 
fellow co-operates in paying the bills. 
If people will put their earnings into 
such things we cannot help them. Once 
in the money is gone forever. But 
we warn you in advance. 
In reply to his inquiry for price on a 
gasoline engine the Temple Pump Com¬ 
And again this: 
In purchasing an engine from this com¬ 
pany you lake no risk either for the pres¬ 
ent or for the future. 
Our six-horse-power will run a 14-inch 
stone mill to full capacity. This mill 
handles 20 to 25 bushels of fine table meal 
per hour. Foi Ibis size of engine you 
should get a 28 or 30-inch saw. 
On these representations and guaran¬ 
tees, the engine was purchased for $227; 
and remittance made in advance. The 
engine arrived in April without the 
promised instructions for setting up and 
operating. The directions were asked 
for by letter and forwarded. By the 
latter part of June it was mounted and 
an effort made to operate it. It is a 
two-cylinder engine. It ran tolerably 
well in one cylinder, but would not go 
at all in the other. Mr. Leonard re¬ 
ported this to the company. They 
wrote that there was a short circuit 
on that side, and directed him to pack 
the insulated stem. This was done, 
yet it would not go. This was reported, 
the engine in the meantime standing 
still while letters were on the way’back 
and forth from Virginia to Chicago. 
Then they told him how to test for 
a leak between valve chest and cylinder, 
and directed how to pack to overcome 
this. The leak was found and packed. 
After this Mr. Leonard writes; 
I fooled along with it. Sometimes it 
would start up after cranking a dozen 
times or more. Oftener after a half day 
of attempting to start it, I would have to 
give it up without getting a single explo¬ 
sion. I then wrote (he company to take 
back the engine and refund mv money. 
They replied that I must not ‘think of 
doing so. as I had a very dependable en¬ 
gine, and I must study it carefully and 
would soon have* It going. I tried ' again 
but it came to a dead standstill and would 
not fire a shot. 
To his next complaint they said the 
trouble was due to water in the gaso¬ 
line. They also suggested that there 
might be a water leak in the engine, 
and, in fact, suggested almost anything 
and everything thaf could possibly cause 
a gas engine to fail to work, and 
admitted that Mr. Leonard wrote clearly 
and intelligently. When he again in¬ 
sisted on the return of the engine they 
first refused and then instructed him to 
return it marked for repairs as that 
would “reduce the freight.” They 
would examine it and report to him. 
If defective, they would repair it or 
send another. He returned it, and 
wrote that he wanted no more to do with 
it. Under no circumstances would he 
accept it or another like it, and de¬ 
manded his money less freight, as guar¬ 
anteed ; but they returned the engine 
with a draft for repairs. This he re¬ 
fused and the engine is at the depot 
yet. They write now that the only 
trouble was from his ignorance and 
carelessness and threaten him with 
prosecution for blackmail. 
The R. N.-Y. took the position that 
since they guaranteed the engine, they 
must demonstrate that it would do the 
work as promised by sending a man 
to run the engine. If he succeeded 
in operating it Mr. Leonard was to pav 
his expenses. If he failed, they were 
to bear the expenses, remove the en¬ 
gine and refund the purchase price. They 
also refused this proposition and ac¬ 
cused The R. N.-Y. of prejudice, and 
made some statements about blackmail 
that we will refer to later. For the 
present we would like to know how 
farmers generally would interpret such 
a guarantee, and what they would ex¬ 
pect under the circumstances. 
I would like to know about the New 
Era Gold Extraction Company, 52 Broad¬ 
way, New York, operating the New Era 
Dredge and Shovel system. r. r. 
The less you know about gold mining 
propositions the better it will be for 
you. Many of them are organized, not 
to mine gold, but to sell stock, which 
costs only the expense of printing, and 
is seldom worth the price of the paper 
on which it is printed. Leave them 
alone. j. j. d. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
It. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
and PEKIN DUCKS, wim^Rock^, a white a wy d 
andoites; also Imperial 
and genuine Japanese breed of IVkin 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 101). Eggs from good utility 
stock. $1.50 per setting, $6.00 and $8.00 per 100. Eggs 
from Imperial Peklns, $1.50 for 10, $8. Oil per 100; and 
Japanese breed, $2 60 for 10, $15.00 per 100. Largest 
plant in vicinity of New York City. Incubators, 
10,000 eggs capacity: 2,000 layers. Stock for sale. 
Send for circular. Correspondence invited. 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM, 
New Rochelle, N. Y. 
THOROBRED POULTRY PAYS 
(If you have the right kind) 
Our big, vigorous. White Leghorns lay more 
eggs, at less cost for feed and care. Our Eggs 
hatch strong chicks that live and grow faster 
than others. (Cost less to raise.) 
90 Per Cent. Fertility Guaranteed. 
MOUNT PLEASANT FARM 
Box Y. Havre de Grace, Md. 
250acrosof fertile land devoted to S.C.W.Leghorns. 
R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
Mating List will be Sent on Request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 002 Fifth St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
on BIG BARRED n „r) IB OF COWELL’S 
tu P. ROCK CKLS.“ /,t/ 200-EGG STRAIN 
*2.00 and *3.00. Eggs in any number from free 
range stock. The oldest flock in the world. 
W. A. SHERMAN, - - Vienna, Va. 
Shipping point, Washington, D. C. 
The Celebrated Hungarian and English Partridges and 
1 Pheasants, capercailzies, black game, wild turkeys, 
quails, rabbits, deer, etc. for stocking purposes. 
I ancy pheasants, peafowl, cranes.storks,ornament¬ 
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A FTFR YFAR<s of experimenting, I am firmly of 
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and meat. By mating and crossing I have pro¬ 
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comb only. Send me $2.01) for 15 eggs. 
RYERSON W. JENNINGS, Oresco, Penna. 
BAnGiYIN SALE 
W. ROCK, R. 1. REDS. 
Line bred, trap nested stock. 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards, K. 24, Athens, Pa. 
FRR F~®' C ' W,lit0 Leghorn Pullets, Mch. 
IUII OdL_ and Apr. hatch. Heavy laying strain. 
Bred to standard. $1.50. Eggs for hatching $5.00 per 
100. Ridgewood Poultry Farm, Ridgewood, N. J. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair; heavy layers; Trios, 
$5. Eggs for hatching. $1 for 15, $5 for 100. Cata¬ 
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Woodlands Farm 
Breeding Stock. Eggs forHatchlng from our famous 
trap-nested stock. Circular free. Box D, Iona. N. J 
RED RARY thicks 15e each. $15 per 100. Book 
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S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Eggs forHatcbing from 700 mature birds. Bred for 
vigor and egg production. Write for prices. 
WHITE & BICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
COR SALK—White Wyandotte Eggs to hatch, 
f Prices—$1 25 per 15, $2.50 per 50, $5.00 per 100. 
E. F KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
lA/RIGHT’S Wliite Wyandotte Winners— 
I* Eggs $4.00 per 100; Baby Chicks $10.00 per 100. 
GRAND VIEW FARM, Stanfordviile, N. Y. 
COGS $1.00 per 15, $2.00 per TO. From Thoroughbred 
L brahmas, Rocl:s, Wyandottes. Reds, Leghorns, S. llam- 
urgs. 14 varieties. Catalogue. S. K. 31 011 It, Ooopershurg, l’a. 
BARRED ROCKS, BROWN LEGHORNS. Cheap, 
U bred to lay strains. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Fa. 
1/ AH AISTYNE S S. & R.C.R.I. REDS.—Eggs for hatching 
I $0 and S8 per K)0: $1.5o and $2 per setting. Breeding 
ekls. $2 to $5. Edw.Van Alstyue & Son,Kinderhook,N.Y. 
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1 CO., Cleveland, Ohio.—All varieties of Standard 
Bred Poultry. We Breed for Eggs and Vigor. 
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1A/ILD and BRONZE TURKEYS Eor Sale. 
* Eggs for Hatching. Pure bred chickens and 
eggs Prices low. Handsome catalog free. Satis¬ 
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RIANT STRAIN BRONZE TURKEYEGGS 
U —$3.00 per 10. K. C. K.I. Bed Eggs. $1.00 per 15. 
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SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS. 
The Breed (hat Pays is the Breed that Lays 
WINTER EGGS 
Average egg yield 1st Jan , 40 per cent., Feb. 26tb, 
t>5 to 70 per cent. 700 breeders and layers. Eggs 
$1.00 per 15, $3.00 per 60, $5.00 per 100. 
GEO. FKOST, 
I’ineliurst Poultry Farm, Levanna, N. Y. 
L ARGE, STRONG. FARM RAISED Barred 
Plymouth Rock cockerels, especially well adapt 
ed to uti'ity purposes, $3.50; fancy breeders $5 each. 
Grove Hill Poultry Yards, Box 411, Waltham, Mass. 
B uff ORPINGTON EGGS for hatching, great 
laying strain. Pen beaded by a Blue Ribbon 
Cockerel. $l.uO per setting of 13. Address 
G. H. CARRIER, Glastonbury, Conn. 
Pure Bred White Holland Turkey Eggs. 
Stamp. MRS. E. J. RIDER, Rodman, New York. 
F ine Strain White Wynndottes— Eggs for hatching 
75c. per 15, $1.00 per 100. Free range. FRANK M. 
BRIWA, ill Warren St., Hudson, Columbia Co., N. Y. 
P RIZE WINNING STRAINS —Barred Rocks, White 
Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, both combs; White 
and Brown Leghorns, single combs: Light and Dark 
Brahmas; eggs, $1.00, 15, $5.00, 100. Address 
F. M. PRESCOTT, Hiverdale, N. J. 
S. and R, C, R, I. REDS' B & f 0 ; c ?- s S!™: 
ORCHARD HOME FARM, Kinderhook, N. Y. 
W HITE WYANDOTTES—Excellent laying 
strain. Eggs $1.00 for 15. Address 
STEPHAN KARL, Milford, Conn. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY— Best 20 varieties. 
I Good stock, Eggs 15 $1.00; 10, $2.00. Catalogue. 
H. K. MOHR, Route 3, Quakertown, Pa. 
B UFF, Wh. Leghorns, Eggs 75c. per 15, $1.25 per 30 ;S.C. R. I. 
Red, Mottled Ancona Eggs, 90c. per 15, $1.50 per 30. Cata¬ 
logue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
If You Keep Poultry For Profit 
KEEP THE BEST 
Buy your stock of 
S. B. & E. W. TWINING, Box 2 B, Yardley, Pa. 
THEY HAVE BRED UTILITY BIRDS FOR THIRTY YEARS 
Their efforts have crowned them with 
SUCCESS 
Write for their 1909 Booklet. It is sent free. 
