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April 3, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKEB 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Has a farmer any right that a rail¬ 
road company is bound to respect? 
That is a proposition we recently as¬ 
sumed to test. The answer was: “Yes, 
if you fight for it.” The test came 
over a case where a farmer at Hud¬ 
son. N. Y., was charged freight on 
7,200 pounds for 6,000 pounds of feed. 
The overcharge was $1.20. The farmer 
made demand for the overcharge. The 
railroad company took its time about 
investigating, and then wrote that the 
charge was proper, and that the farmer 
was not entitled to any refund and 
none would be made. The papers 
were then sent to The R. N.-Y., the 
farmer saying he did not care so much 
for the $1.20 as he did for the satis¬ 
faction of making the company return 
what did not belong to them. In just 
24 days the railroad company reversed 
its decision and refunded the $1.20. 
The amount was not worth the fight 
hut the principle was. It may not pay 
one farmer to put up a fight for such 
an amount, but it benefits every 
farmer in the land to have him do 
so. 
I received yours with money order, and 
thank you very much. I don’t see how 
you pet it out of them so soon, as I had a 
lawyer write lo them about it six months 
ago and they paid no aTtention to it. You 
are certainly O. K. and may figure on me 
as a subscriber for life. Will also inclose 
you a list of names of 10 weeks for 10 
cents subscribers to whom you may send 
the paper with my compliments, f. e. u. 
New York. 
This was a case where a shipment 
of eggs had been lost in October, 1907. 
The express company made one ex¬ 
cuse after another, and finally neglected 
to reply to his letters at all. We got 
the complaint February 25, and sent 
the farmer his remittance on March 
9. It is seldom, however, that set¬ 
tlements are made so promptly. 
I notice in your paper the experience of 
.T. B. Leonard, of Chilliowie, Va„ with the 
Temple Pump Company, Chicago, Ill., and 
wish to state that I have had almost a 
similar experience with the same parties. 
In the Summer of 1907 I bought a nine 
horse power Master Workman from them. 
I secured the best mechanic I could get to 
put the engine down and start it up for 
me, but with all his experience with ma¬ 
chinery he could get but little work out 
of it. After losing time enough and hav¬ 
ing other vexations working with it to 
have hired an engine and paid double the 
price I would have had to pay, I managed 
to cut my crop of silage. Last Fall I 
started in with it again, but after working 
with it for some days and accomplishing 
nothing, I hired an International engine 
and had no more trouble. I wrote to these 
people time and again, and they always 
replied that they made the best engine on 
the market and that the fault was entirely 
with me and not with the engine. I pro¬ 
posed to them that I would lose 20 per 
cent on the purchase price of the engine 
and prepay freight if they would take it 
back, but they paid no attention to this • 
part of my letter. It is the most unsatis¬ 
factory piece of machinery I have ever 
had any experience with. The only con¬ 
solation' that I get out of the investment 
is that I have kept one of my countrymen 
out of a similar trouble. lie was about to 
close a bargain for one of these engines, 
but hearing I had one of them, before doing 
so he wrote to me. I advised him to let 
it alone, which he did. I am glad you 
are bringing this matter to the attention 
of your readers. f. e. williams, m. d. 
Virginia. 
No comment of ours can strengthen 
so intelligent a statement as the above. 
The Temple Pump Co. guarantee their 
engines indefinitely, and say their re¬ 
sponsibility begins when they have the 
buyer’s money; but they make in¬ 
ducements to get the remittance in ad¬ 
vance, and when the engine fails to 
work they then say the failure is due 
to carelessness or ignorance on the 
part of the operator. But when we 
offered to pay the expense if they would 
send a man to run Mr. Leonard’s en¬ 
gine and do the work they guaranteed 
it to do they declined the proposi¬ 
tion. On the evidence of their letters 
alone, we think Mr. Leonard could re¬ 
cover damages, as well as the original 
price of the engine, but a Virginia 
farmer cannot well afford to go to 
Illinois to prosecute a case of this kind 
in the courts. We are getting other 
letters from farmers who accepted the 
company’s guarantee of the engine to 
do the work specified or. money re¬ 
funded. only to find that they had no 
redress short of a lawsuit in a distant 
State. It is up to the Temple Pump 
company to make good their boasted 
promises, and put thiese engines to 
work, or return the money paid for 
them. When they do one or the other 
The R. N.-Y. will give them credit 
for so doing. 
An agent of the Globe Association of 
Chicago, Ill., induced me to sign my name 
to a list of others he had secured here in 
the first part of December. I was to have 
silverware as a premium, to be delivered 
by January 10. He never came until Feb¬ 
ruary 22, and I refused to receive it as he 
did not do as he agreed. I was also to 
get a large catalogue but got only a small 
one. A number of my neighbors have re¬ 
fused to accept the premium or to pay for 
the five years’ membership, which is $2.50. 
Some have accepted their goods, but they 
are not as represented in some cases. They 
have sent the goods back and demanded 
their money back together with freight 
charges from Chicago, but have not heard 
a thing from them as yet. This agent 
said any time after the first order we 
could get 100 pounds sugar for $1.75 with¬ 
out taking a larger order. Now we find 
out different. We have to buy a whole 
lot of stuff much of which we never would 
need in order to get the sugar at $1.75 per 
hundred. The agent has sued one of my 
neighbors for the membership. I told him 
to stand suit and I would stand half the 
cost. Do you think the agent has a 
chance to win? e. r. c. 
New York. 
This man simply repeats much of 
the experience that comes from other 
sections. You cannot buy sugar for 
$1.75 per hundred. They pretend you 
can, but to get it you must buy a lot 
of other stuff, and pay enough for it 
to make up the regular price for the 
grade of sugar jgju get. The $2.50 for 
membership is to help pay the agent. 
Any bill of goods you buy of them 
can be duplicated in the same quality 
from perfectly responsible houses which 
charge no membership. One farmer 
ordered sugar and got more than half 
in broken rice. We do not believe 
the agent intends to try that suit. We 
do not believe he would get a jury 
in any county of this State to give him 
a verdict if he did. We think the suit 
a bluff to scare others into paying the 
fee. The best way is to keep clear of 
such schemes, but when you get in 
and discover trickery, make your neigh¬ 
borhood uncomfortable for the schemer. 
On December 29, 1908, I shipped one case 
of eggs to Osmcr W. Roper, of Ilrookdale, 
N. .1. He ordered the eggs shipped to 
Bloomfield, N. J., as that was his nearest 
express office. He agreed to pay two cents 
above highest quotations for same, which 
at that time would be 30 dozen at 42 cents, 
$12.60. a. j. t. 
New York. 
We have been unable to get any re¬ 
sponse from Mr. Roper about this ac¬ 
count and have placed it with our at¬ 
torneys for collection. In the mean¬ 
time other shippers will probably sug¬ 
gest that he would better send cash 
in advance for future shipemnts. 
I shipped the Egg Producers’ Company, 
1249 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., a 
case of eggs on February 26. He promised 
check by return mail. At end of a week 
I wrote for it and got statement and 
check March 8. They say eggs sold for 
22 cents. The market price was 26 cents 
the day they received the eggs, and I re¬ 
ceived 26 cents for another case sent the 
same time to another firm. The eggs were 
exactly alike. They also charge me for 
four dozen broken. I have shipped eggs 
for 10 years and never had any broken 
eggs reported before. I will send them 
no more. f. d. b. 
New Y’ork. 
Last week we reported three com¬ 
plaints from shippers who were charged 
for broken eggs. As we said then, 
receiving broken eggs seems to be get¬ 
ting to be a habit with these people. 
Another shipper reports a return of 19 
cents for fresh fancy white eggs, which 
they classed as mixed. After looking 
up the rating of the Egg Producers 1 
Co. we accepted their advertisement,' as 
they are located where they should have 
a good demand for fresh eggs, and | 
we hoped shippers might find in them 
a good market for eggs. But the ex¬ 
perience of these shippers does not jus¬ 
tify our expectations. The advertising 
has been discontinued and it will not 
appear again. We think our people can 
consign eggs to houses which will have 
less experience with broken eggs, and 
who will come at least as near the 
market price for returns. No matter j 
what their rating, we want commission 
houses to understand that The R. N.- 
Y. is not a good place to advertise, 
if they are going to make returns below 
the market and especially if they fall 
into the habit of making returns of 
broken eggs. 
T am reading “Nell Beverly, Farmer,” 
with great interest. It is much better 
than the “best of the six best sellers.” You 
certainly could not have given a better 
premium than this book. j. k. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
There is an impartial opinion of our 
new book. You will get the force of 
his estimate of the book when we tell 
you that the six books referred to as 
the “best sellers” cost $1.50 in cloth 
binding. This correspondent is evi¬ 
dently a reader, as he is familiar with 
the most popular books, and he calls 
“Nell Beverly, Farmer,” better than 
any of them. You get it in paper, 
postage prepaid, without costing you a 
cent, the day after we receive your 
subscription. If you want it in cloth 
binding, 25 cents extra will bring it 
to you. Our friends who get this book 
—and all of our friends will get it— 
should tell their neighbors about it, and 
also tell them how to get it. It is 
a book that you can read with interest 
and profit once every year for the 
next 10 years, and the oftener you 
read it the more its sound principles 
and touching pathos will appeal to you. 
It is a book that will live. J. J. D. 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or fine granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers of 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est. 1844. 
R.MacKELLER’s Sons Co.,Peekskill,N. Y. 
PINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS- 
U Blue ribbon winners. Eggs 10 and 15cents each, 
Dr. W. R. FISHER, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS. 
The Breed that Pays is the Breed that Lays 
WINTER EGGS 
Average egg yield 1st Jan . 40 percent., Feb. 26th, 
65 to 70 per cent. 700 breeders and layers. Eggs 
$1.00 per 15, $3.00 per 50, $5.00 per 100. 
GEO. FROST, 
Pineliurst Poultry Farm, Levanna, N.Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORHS. 
Eggs for Hatching from 700 mature birds. Bred for 
vigor and egg production. Write for prices. 
WHITE & RICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
DCn RARY Chicks 15c each, $15 per 100. Book 
ncu DMD 1 orders now. World s Best R. I. 
Reds. Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit winners. 
Stock, eggs. Cornish Farms, Edwardsburg, Mich. 
The Celebrated Hungarian and English Partridges and 
1 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. Wiaz & mapkensen. 
Dept. 10, Phcasnntry A (lame Park, Yardley, I'u. 
VAN ALSTYNE’S S. AND R. C. R. 1. REDS. 
Eggs for hatching. Breeding Cockerels. Baby 
chicks 150 each. Bred for vigor and egg production. 
EDW. VAN ALSTVNE & SON, 
Box 178, Kinderhook, N. Y. 
Jfl BRKKDs BEST POULTRY—Eggs or stock. 
t rU Write your wants. I will save you money. Big enta- 
og 10c. JOHN E. HEATWOLE, Box A Harrisonburg, Va. 
RRONZE TURKIC YS-Stock and Eggs in sea 
son. Poplar Lawn Farms, Lockport, N. Y. 
^1.00 per 15, $2.00 per 40. From Thoroughbred 
L. Brahmas, Hocks, Wyandottes. Beds, Leghorns, S. Ham- 
urge. 14 varieties. Catalogue. S. K. MOIIR* Coopersburg, Fn. 
Cine Strain White Wyandot ten—Eggs for batching 
i 75c. per 15. $4.00 per 100. Free range. FRANK M. 
BRIWA, 441 Warren St., Hudson, Columbia Co., N. Y. 
COR SALE—White Wyandotte Eggs to hatch. 
1 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'¬ 
ll Eggs $4.00 per 100: Baby Chicks $10.00 per 100. 
GRAND VIEW FARM, Staufordville, N. Y. 
IAI1LD and RRONZE TURKEY EGGS For 
¥1 Sale. Eggs for Hatching. Pure bred chickens 
and eggs. Prices low. Handsome catalog free. Sat¬ 
isfaction. Valley View Poultry Farm, U. 1, Belleville, Pa. 
RIANTSTRAIN RRONZE TURKEY EGGS 
U— $3.00 per 10. B. C. R.I. lied Eggs. $1.00 per 15. 
Choice Shropshire Sheep. Write H. J. VAN DYKE, 
Gettysburg, Pa. 
11/ n DflPl/C — Bred for Beauty and Utility. 
VV. 1. llUlmO Pullets, $2.00 to $3.00; Eggs $1.00 per 
13 and $3.00 per 15. Bred to lay S. C. H. I. Reds. Eggs 
$1.00 per 13. M. L. RICE, Ashburnham, Mass. 
S. C. WHITE LF.GHORNS-»J or fo n c » 
CHAS. J. LISK. West Coxsackie, N. Y. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY—Best 20 varieties. 
1 Good stock, Eggs 15 $1.00; 40, $2.00. Catalogue. 
H. K. MOHR, Route 3, Quakertown, Pa. 
Q C. BROWN LEGHORN COCKERELS CHEAP. 
0 ■ Bred to lay strains. Nelson Bros., Grove City, Pa 
Q C. BROWN LEGHORN EGGS. 30for$1.00. 
Ui $3.00 per 100. Good stock. Address 
U. A. THATCHER, Perulack, Pa. 
noultrymen—Send 10c. for our 1909 Catalog, chock full of useful 
1 information. Describes and illustrates 85 varieties. Yon can’t 
afford to be without it. Fast Donegal Poultry Yards,Marietta,Pa* 
DUFF ORPINGTON EGGS for hatching, great 
D laying strain. Pen headed by a Blue Ribbon 
Cockerel. $l.u0 per setting of 13. Address 
G. H. CARRIER, Glastonbury, Conn. 
Toulouse and White Chinese Goose Eggs 30 cents each. K. I. 
1 Red, White. Wyandotte, Buff and Black Orpington, Silver 
Gray Dorking, $1.50 for 16. ZELL A WILSON, Chundlcrvlllc, O. 
DAVIS S. C. R. 1. REDS 
200 egg strains. Greatest Winter Layers known. 
Large Brown Eggs, $5.00 per 100; Special 
Matings, $1.50 per 13; $10 per 100. Circular. 
DAVIS POULTRY FARM, Rerlin, Mass. 
D A R (2 A1 M One Choice S. C. E. I Red Cock and 8 
DflnuAIII Hens. $10; 1 K.C.R.I. Red Cockerel and 
3 Hens, $5; 1 Buff Orpington Cockerel and 4 Pullets, 
$6; order direct. Florence Hill, Chandlersvllle, O. 
UfHITE WYANDOTTES— Excellent laying 
II strain. Eggs $1.00 for 15. Address 
STEPHAN KARL, Milford, Conn. 
TVARRKD PLYMOUTH ROCKS—Silver Cup and Blue Ribbon 
13 Winners; utility combined, White Brazilian Duck Eggs 
from selected matings, $2 setting: $10 per 100; 80# hatch; 
guaranteed. Also grand breeding males, LLOYD M, HAL- 
LENBECK, Poultry Judge Expert, Catskill Station, N.Y, 
QTAY WHITE WYANDOTTES—Guarantee satis- 
O faction and eggs 75 per cent fertile. 15 $1.00, 100 $5.00. 
W. E. SHOEMAKER, Laceyville, Pa. 
IAIHITE PLYMOUTHS-exclusively trap-nested, 
¥¥ bredtolay. Eggs from bestpens$2for 15; incu¬ 
bator eggs $6per 100. A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N. Y; 
MI HITE LEGHORNS, Wyckoff Strain; Rhode 
•” Island Reds; choice matings; 15 eggs, $1; 60, $3; 
100, $5. Also Homer Pigeons. 3 pair, $3. 
B. K. LAWLIN, Wyckoff, N. J. 
INDIAN Runner Duck Eggs from 200-Egg Strain. 
White Fantail Pigeons. C. Gordon, Sprakers, N. Y. 
CHICK SAVING COOP 
Keep chicks warm and dry and 
Isavethem from Rats, Weasels. 
Lice and Mites in the all metal 
Sanitary Brood Coop. Exclu¬ 
sive pattern, made only by us. 
Adds 100% to profits. Knocks off 
50% from cost of poultry raising. 
Easily taken apart and stored. 
Send for Free Circular and prices. 
Do Moines Incubator Co., 260Third St., Des Moines, lows 
Greider’s 
Book 
On Poultry 
Concise, practical. How 
to make money with poul¬ 
try: information as to , 
buildings, treat¬ 
ment or diseases, 
etc. Fifteen at-1 
tractive chromos ; 
sixty prominent varieties. 10c postpaid. 
Fine, pure-bred stock and eggs at low 
prices. GREIDER’S GERMICIDE—a 
sure preventive and an excellent disin¬ 
fectant. B, H. GREIDER, Rheums, Pa. 
KEYSTONE FOODS FOR POULTRY 
Nourishing, clean; fowls and chicks I 
thrive on them. We carry a big line of I 
all poultry and pigeon supplies. Book-! 
let and unique souvenir FREE. Write I 
now before they’re all gone. 
TnyiorBros., Dept.M.CnmcIcn.N.J.I 
CAST IRON HOG AND POULTRY TROUGHS 
from factory to Stockman and Farmer: no profit to 
divy up; capacity about 2 gallons per foot, in lengths of 
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 feet, any length at 33 cents per foot. 
Write for general Stock and Hog Trough Circular. 
HERTZLER & ZOOK CO., - Belleville, Ea. 
IT fl C -$5.00 per 100 II. C. Brown Leghorn. 
■*“ / '”**“*Large, up to date stock: exclusive 
farm range. Extra choice matings, $2.10 for 15. 
F. K. BUfeHNELL. Chatham, N. Y. 
Eggs for Hateliilift—$2.00 for 16 White and 
Barred Rocks, K. C. White and Brown Leghorns, 
8. C. White and Black Leghorns, American Domi¬ 
niques and Anconas. Also ail varieties of orna¬ 
mental birds for sale. THE OTSELIC FARMS, 
Whitney’s Point, New York. 
Poultry—Pigeons, Pheasants, Guinea Fowl, Pea 
Fowl, Swan. Also eggs for batching. Write for 
prices. THE UNITED CO., 2(1 Vesey St., New Vork. 
Incubators—Brooders. A complete line of 
Poultry and Dog supplies. Write for catalogue. 
THE UNITED CO., 2(1 Vesey St., New York. 
R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
Mating List will he Sent on Request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 002 Fifth St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
?fl BIG BARRED 1A OF GOWELL’S 
iu P.ROCK CKLS. u,ll/ 200-EGG STRAIN 
#2.00 and $3.00. Eggs in any number from free 
range stock. The oldest flock in the world. 
W. A. SHEIIMAN, - - Vienna. Va. 
Shipping point, Washington, D. C. 
HOLDEN ROD POULTRY YARD Pure Buff Rock Eggs 
U for hatching. 76c. per setting, $1.00 per hundred. 
Stock farm raised. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Address 
HOWARD SUTTON, Fairmount, N. J. 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS - Pure Fishel Strain. KgKs from 
II texted layers $1 per 15, $5 per 100 (live dollars). 75 per cent, 
fertility guaranteed. ISAAC C. Cl.AKK, Penn Van, N. Y. 
P RIZE WINNING ST R AI N S— Barred Rocks, White 
Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, both combs; White 
and Brown Leghorns, single combs; Light and Dark 
Brahmas; eggs, $1.00, 16, $5.uo, 100. Address 
F. M.PRESCOTT, ltiverdale, N. J. 
B l’KF, Wh. Leghorns, Eggs 75c. per 15, $1.25 per 30 ;S.C. R. I. 
Red, Mottled Ancona Eggs, 90c. per 15, $1.1,0 per 30. Cata¬ 
logue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
FOR Q AI F Black Mammoth Spanish Jack, 10H 
lUn OHLL hands high; very tine sire of draft 
mules; 30 Poland China Sows, sired by the greatest 
Champions in the world: safe in pig to great Boars 
of breed. M. V. COWDREY, Mt. Oreb. Ohio. 1 
EMPIRE STATES, C. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
Winners at N. Y. Slate Fair; heavy layers; Trios, 
$5. Eggs for hatching, $1 for 15, $5 for 100. Cata¬ 
log free. C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport. 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.) 
00 Per Cent. Fertility Guaranteed. 
MOUNT PLEASANT FARM 
Box Y, Havre de Grace, Md, 
250 acres of fertile land devoted to S.C.W.Leghorns. 
Guaranteed 80 Per Gent Fertile. 
S. C. White Leghorn Eggs, 15 for $2.00. 
WOODLANDS FA KM, Box D, IONA, N. J. 
White Wyandotte Specials. 
Elegant Cockerels, $3.00 to $5.00 each. 
White Leghorn Pullets, $1.40 each 
for orders received before March 30th. 
Maple Cove Poultry Yard, R.24, Alliens, Pa, 
A merican Pet Stock Company, Collins, O. 
All varieties Standard Bred Poultry and Dogs. 
Stock always for sale. Eggs for Hatcliing a Spec¬ 
ialty. Bronze Turkeys. Cockerels of all Varieties. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
and PEKIN DUCKS, White* Rocks ^Wb'ite : Wy d 
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 100. Eggs from good utility 
stock. $1.50 per setting, $0.00 and $8.00 per 100. Eggs 
from Imperial Pekins. $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 for sale. 
Send for circular. Correspondence invited. 
HONNIF BRAK POULTRY FAR3I, 
New Rochelle, N. Y. 
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. 
