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April 10, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Last week in correspondence with a 
New York City business man I ex¬ 
plained to him why a certain business 
proposition failed to interest farmers. 
A very good article that might have 
found favor on a straight business 
proposition was advertised as if it were 
a fake, under the mistaken impression 
that fake methods appealed to the 
farmer. The business man, who was 
reared a farmer’s boy, made this reply: 
You are exactly right. Most people seem 
to think the farmer a fool, and go at him 
with the idea that they must, pursue gold- 
brick methods if they intend to sell him 
anything. I firmly believe that less gold 
bricks are sold to farmers than to almost 
any other class of business or professional 
men in existence, and I have yet to meet 
the man who has anything whatever in his 
safe who hasn't at least one gold brick. 
New York. G. b. 
That simply confirms what has al¬ 
ready been repeated in this column. It 
is my observation from both city and 
country experience that the city person 
is faked three times to the once for the 
farmer. I have seen city adults swal¬ 
low fakes at sight that a 10-year-old 
farm boy would call a joke. Farmers 
get caught occasionally—too often; but 
the bulk of the gold bricks are sold in 
the city to city people. 
What do you know about the Frost Baker 
Company, Syracuse, N. Y., formerly Water- 
town. N. Y.? I ordered three bread tins 
from them at State Fair last Fall. They 
have never been sent, and I can get no re¬ 
ply from them. m. e. h. 
New York. 
We can get no reply from them and 
the amount is not large enough to 
place for collection. It will probably 
save trouble to leave them alone. 
Having read what you have published 
about the Everbearing strawberry I would 
say the first I ever‘knew of it was in 1802, 
when a Mr. Horner, near Medaryville, Ind., 
gave us some plants from his bed in the 
garden. lie said they were a French va¬ 
riety. The berry is pointed and small. I 
saw them growing wild in Michigan more 
than 30 years ago. It was said they bear 
fruit until October, but they are so small 
it does not pay to cultivate them. o. t>. 
Ohio. 
Yet this is the plant some seed men 
are advertising as a high-priced nov¬ 
elty in some of the farm papers which 
guarantee the character of their adver¬ 
tising columns. The seedsman and 
the publisher must confess either to ig¬ 
norance or as accomplices in a fake 
scheme to bleed the uninformed 
grower. The ignorance plea will do 
for some of the magazines, but the 
farm papers ought to be ashamed of 
themselves. 
Would you consider it a good investment 
to buy $50 worth of stock in either “The 
Woman’s World” (George II. Currier, pub¬ 
lisher), Chicago, or Pearson's Magazine, 
New York City? c. l. w. 
New York. 
No; we would not consider either of 
these a good investment. When publi¬ 
cations are on a good, sound, stable 
and paying basis their stocks are not 
hawked around the country for sale. 
Nine years ago G. A. Toadvine, White 
Haven, Md., ordered seeds from me to the 
value of $9.75. I shipped the seeds, but 
found later that not a cent could be col¬ 
lected from him. Now after nine years he 
has the face to send me a similar order, 
showing he is still up to the same tricks. 
Delaware. E. G. Packard. 
If Mr. Packard would refer to page 
533, The R. N.-Y., July 6, 1907, he 
would find that Mr .Toadvine’s methods 
of getting credit are on record. It 
is really too bad that more subscrib¬ 
ers do not keep an index of these 
records. It would save many a dollar. 
It would also save much correspon¬ 
dence. Every day we are asked about 
the standing of some concern whose 
methods have already been condemned. 
Many other readers make an index list 
from week to week, and these are 
making a most valuable reference. 
Can you tell me, without putting your¬ 
selves to too much trouble, whether Charles 
R. Fish & Co., Worcester, Mass., seedsmen, 
Is a reliable firm to have dealings with? 
I look forward to your paper each week. 
It is worth the money if anything ever was. 
Massachusetts. n. h. m. 
W. E. Cook, of Massachusetts, placed 
an order with this firm for nursery 
stock in 1905. The agent guaranteed 
the stock in writing on the face of the 
order. The trees died, but Fish & Co. 
refused to make good. They insisted 
that the agent had no authority to guar¬ 
antee the stock. We think Mr. Cook 
could have recovered in a court suit; 
but it would cost him more than it 
would come to, and he wisely dropped 
the case Following _ our report of the 
case, a New Hampshire farmer reported 
that he bought nursery stock with a 
guarantee from Charles R. Fish, him¬ 
self, but he refused to make good for 
the lost stock. After the case was 
placed in a lawyer’s hands, they sent 
about one-fourth of the lost trees, but 
the new supply was reported to be 
small culls, and the farmer said he 
would have been better off if he had never 
planted them. There were at the time, 
also, some other complaints from other 
growers. The firm has a satisfactory 
financial rating, but few farmers are in 
a position to enforce agreements in 
the courts with a firm doing business 
outside of their own county—and few 
care to undertake it even when favor¬ 
ably located. 
On page 250 I notice a letter from G. S. 
Cole regarding a shipment of cheese made 
to the Wisconsin Dairy Farms Company. 
139-41 South Water street, Chicago. If I 
am not greatly mistaken you will hear 
from more regarding the same company. It 
seems to be their misfortune always to get 
shipments of cheese in poor condition, and 
such cheese they invariably dispose of to 
some county or State institution which does 
not pay oftener than quarterly, but in 
some instances where the shipper needs the 
money they will send a check less five or 
more per cent discount. We have from 
this place a claim pending with said com¬ 
pany and if Mr. Cole lias commenced suit 
I wish him all success, and if need be he 
can furnish proof that said company is un¬ 
satisfactory, to put it mildly. p. a. 
Michigan. 
Sooner or later some general pro¬ 
vision must be made for the protection 
of country shippers to the large city 
markets. This might be accomplished 
through an organized effort of farmers 
themselves; but it could be best done 
by the States or the National Agricul¬ 
tural Department in the case of inter¬ 
state shipments. The writer of the 
above is a prominent member of the 
Michigan Grange. He has an opportu¬ 
nity here to initiate a movement, the 
benefit of which to farmers can hardly 
be over-estimated. The “uplift” commis¬ 
sion has suggested an investigation of 
this subject, the necessity of which has 
been brought to the Commissioner’s 
attention through The R. N.-Y. and 
we hope to see the Grange and other 
farm organizations take a hand in the 
work. In the meantime all that can 
be done is to ship with care, and avoid 
those houses which do not treat ship¬ 
pers fairly. 
Will you please state what you know 
about Kalos Mfg. Co.. New York, Brooklyn, 
and 8 and 9 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. 
They advertise for people to do artistic 
work at home. w. s. u. 
Massachusetts. 
We have said so much about “work- 
at-homes” fakes, and said it so often, 
that we begin to feel we have exhausted 
the subject, but it seems that the al¬ 
lurements in one form or another ap¬ 
peal to people. Of course, no concern 
wants you to do any artistic work at 
your home that they are willing to 
pay for, or that they ever would vay 
for. They want you to buy something 
that they could not sell you except 
for the promise of work at home. No 
matter what the allurements, you must 
first send a remittance. If you want 
to test the sincerity of any of these 
concerns offer to deposit the money 
with a bank or your postmaster as an 
evidence of good faith that you will 
do your part, the money to be returned 
to yon when the work is done and 
delivered, and the concern to take its 
pay out of the amount due you for 
work. Of course, they will never do 
it, because what they are after is the 
cash, but they would do it if the work 
were their object, as they invariably try 
to make you believe. 
Some time ago a man visited me and 
wanted me to buy stock in the Hudson 
River Grocery and Produce Company. In¬ 
closed find letter just received. It seemed 
to me that he told a little too large a 
story, and made me suspicious. If it is 
O. K„ it should be a saving to producers. 
If a swindle, it should be exposed. 
New York. g. d. b. 
The letter simply says they are now 
ready to receive produce and that 
farmers should subscribe for stock and 
send a check, as well as produce. We 
find nothing that would justify farmers 
in putting their money into this stock. 
The store to which farmers are di¬ 
rected to ship goods on February 26 
was vacant at the time and we found it 
closed on a recent visit. It is located 
well up town. The concern has, as yet 
at least, no established financial rating, 
and until this is furnished they have 
no basis for asking credit shipments. 
Later we have seen correspondence 
from them in which they say the com¬ 
pany is a co-operative concern, and 
you would have to become a stock¬ 
holder before they could handle your 
goods. Much stress is laid on the fact 
that the treasurer is under bond for 
the funds in his possession, but this 
does not prevent him from paying big 
salaries and expenses to promoters and 
officers, which may be sanctioned by 
the directors. In short, we find noth¬ 
ing in it that would justify a farmer in 
investing in it, and our advice to the 
many inquiries now being received is 
to let the scheme severely alone. 
J. J. D. 
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, 0, 7. and 8 feet, any length at 33 cents per foot. 
Write for general Stock and Hog Trough Circular. 
HERTZLER & ZOOK CO., - BeUeviUe, Pa. 
Best Quality White Leghorn 
Baby Chicks, $10per 100. Eggs for hatching. WARE- 
HILL POULTRY FARM, Fulton, N. Y. R. D. 7. 
S. C. WHITE lEGHORNS"wnJ 0 to®“prtl!el' 
CHAS. J. LISK. West Coxsackie, N. Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Eggs for Hatching from 700 mature birds. Bred for 
vigor ana egg production. Write for prices. 
WHITE & KICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
DUFF, Wli. leghorns, Eggs 75c. per 15, $1.25 per 30 :S.C. R. I. 
D Red, Mottled Ancona Eggs, 90c. per 15, $l.;>0 per 30. Cata¬ 
logue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
Guaranteed 80 Per Gent Fertile. 
S. C. White Leghorn Eggs, 15 for $2.00. 
WOODLANDS FARM, Box D, IONA, N. J. 
IA/HITE LEGHORNS, WyckofT Strain; Rhode 
" Island Reds; choice matings; 15 eggs, $1; 50. $3; 
100, $5. Also Homer Pigeons. 3 pair, $3. 
B. K. LAWLIN, WyckofT, N. J. 
Q C. BROWN LEGHORN EGGS. 30for$1.00. 
Oi $3.00 per 100. Good stock. Address 
H. A. THATCHER, Perulack. Pa. 
U C —$5.00 per 100 R. C. Brown Leghorn. 
^ Large, up to date stock; exclusive 
farm range. Extra choice matings, $2.00 for 15. 
F. R. BUSHNELL. Chatham. N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATES. C. 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. ZIS1MER, Weedsport. N. Y. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS. 
The Breed that Pays is the Breed that Lays 
WINTER EGGS 
Average egg yield 1st Jan., 40 per cent., Feb. 26th, 
65 to 70 per cent. 700 breeders and layers. Eggs 
$1.00 per 15, $3X0 per 50, $5.00 per HO. 
GEO. FROST, 
Pineliurst Poultry Farm, Levanna, 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. 
250 acres of fertile land devoted to S.C.W. Leghorns. 
WHITE LEGHORNS r.MirSb'fvS 
and PEKIN DUCKS. WhRe r R S ockl a Wh d tte a Wy <1 
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, $6.00 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. 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM, 
New Rochelle, N. Y. 
OINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND ltEDS- 
0 Blue ribbon winners. Eggs 10 and 15 cents each, 
Dr. W. R. FISHER, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania. 
DAVIS S. C. R. 1. REDS 
200 egg strains. Greatest Winter Layers known. 
Large Brown Eggs, $5.00 T>er 100; Special 
Matings, $1.50 per 13; $10 per 100. Circular. 
DAVIS POULTRY FARM, Berlin, Mass. 
R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
EGGS FOR'HATCHING 
Mating List will he Sent on Request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 Fifth St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
VAN ALSTYNE’S S. AND R. C. R. 1. REDS. 
Eggs for hatching. Breeding Cockerels. Baby 
chicks 15^ each. Bred for vigor and egg production. 
EDW. VAN ALSTYNE & SON, 
Box 178, Kinderliook, N. Y. 
CGGS— Barred Rocks, Brown Leghorns, 15 for $1. 
L Bred to lay strains. Nelson Bros., Grove City,Pa. 
FARM RAISED BARRED ROCKS 
Eggs for hatching $1.00 per 15. 
D. W. SOUTHARD. -:- Gilboa, N. Y. 
BARRED P. ROCK EGGS WHICH HATCH, 
from 125 pullets of Gowell’s 200-Egg Strain and 65 
of Sherman’s Large Strain. $1.50 for 15, $3 for 45, 
$5 for 100. shipped from Washington, D. C. 
W. A. SHERMAN, -:- Vienna, Va. 
ID IIITE PLYMOUTHS-exelusively trap-nested, 
W» bred to lay. Eggs from best pens$2 for 15; incu¬ 
bator eggs $0per 100. A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N. Y; 
\kl D D HP FQ— Bred for Beauty and Utility. 
Hill nulmo 1 "ullets. $2.00 to $3.00; Eggs $1.00 per 
13 and $3.00 per 15. Bred to lay S. C. R. I. Reds. Eggs 
$1.00 per 13. M. L. RICE, Ashburnham, Mass. 
T> ARKED PLYMOUTH HOCKS—Silver Cup and Blue Ribbon 
-D 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. 
DKIZE WINNING STRAINS— Barred Rocks, White 
1 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, Riverdale, N. J. 
AKA-SHEL SOLUBLE GRIT 
Bright, sharp, shining. Increase digestion. 
Makes bone and egg-shell. Ask dealer or 
send $1.00 for two 100 lb. bags f.o.b. cars. 
Order today. Booklet ** Hen Dyspepsia ” 
and sample of Maka-siiei, FREE on request. 
EDGE HIDE SILICA ROCK CO., 
Box J, New Brunswick. N. J. 
■55 Buys 
the Best 
140-Egg 
I rvc vj b;v tor ever Na.de 
Freight Prepaid 
Double cases all over; best 
copper tank: nursery,self-regu- 
latlng. Best 140-chlck hot-water 
I Brooder, $4.50. Ordered together $11.50. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. No machines at any price are better. 
Write for book today or send price and save waiting. 
JJelJe^itjMnctibjto^COj^^Vx^t^^^acIne^WiBj 
| We ship 
quick 
from St. 
Paul.Buf- 
" falo, Kansas 
| City or Racine 
(25 Egg Incubator 
and Brooder 
[If ordered together we 
J send both for $10 
jand pay freight. Well 
made, hot water, copper tanks, 
double walls, double glass doors. 
Free catalog describes them. 
Wisconsin Incubator Co., 
Box 80, Racine, Wis. 
’09 SQUAB BOOK FREE 
Plymouth Rock Squabs are largest, most 
We were FIRST ; our birds and 
revolutionized the industry. 
Send for our 1909 Free 
Book, telling "How to Make 
Money Breeding Squabs." 
PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB CO. 
335 Howard St. Melrose, Mass. 
CHARCOAL FOR POULTRY^;!ns f ^nrw c to 
get better result from your poultry, by feeding Indian 
Brand Charcoal. Very valuable.’ Write to-day. 
THOMAS BROS. CO., 826 Allen Street, rilll.ADKbl’IUA 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or fine granulated, also pow¬ 
dered. Buy direct from largest manufactu rers of Char¬ 
coal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Estn Wished 1844. 
E.MacKELLAR’s Sons Co.,Peekskill,N. Y- 
F ine St ruin White Wyandottes —Eggs for hatching 
75c. per 15, $4.00 per 100. Free range. FRANK M. 
BRIWA, 441 Warren St., Hudson, Columbia Co., N. Y. 
W RIGHT’S White Wyandotte Winners— 
Eggs $4.00 per 100: Baby Chicks $10.00 per 100. 
GRAND VIEW FARM, Stanfordviile, N. Y. 
B UFF ORPINGTON EGGS for hatching, great 
laying strain. Pen headed by a Blue Itibbon 
Cockerel. $1.00 per setting of 13. Address 
G. H. CARRIER, Glastonbury, Conn. 
KEAN’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Are Bred for Large Size,Heavy Egg Production and Vigor. 
Eggs 15, $1.25; 50, $2.50; 500, $22.50. Breeding stock 
$5.00 per trio, $7.50 for 5 hens and cockerel. A 
“Square Deal” to all guaranteed. Address 
E. FRANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY-Best 20 varieties. 
I Good stock, Eggs 15 SI.00; 40, S2.00. Catalogue. 
H. K. MOHR, Route 3, Quakertown, Pa, 
P onltrynirn—Send 10c. fur our 19i>9 Catalog, chock full of useful 
information. Describes anil illustratca 35 varieties. You can't 
a (ford to be without it. Hast Donegal Poultry Yards,Marietta,I's* 
BREEDS REST PtH I.TRY—Eggs or stock. 
Write your wants. I will save you money. Big cata- 
og 10c. JOHN E. HEATWOLE, Box A, Harrisonburg, Va. 
GOLDEN ROD POULTRY YARD Pure Buff Rock Eggs 
U for batching. 75c. per setting, $4.00 per hundred. 
Stock farm raised. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Address 
HOWARD SUTTON, Fairmount, N. J. 
A merican Pet Stock Company, Collins, O. 
All varieties Standard Bred Poultry and Dogs. 
Stock always for sale. Eggs for Hatching a Spec¬ 
ialty. Bronze Turkeys. Cockerels of all Varieties. 
RED RARY Chicks 15c each, $15 per 100. Book 
■ iki* IIHH I orders now. World’s Best R. I. 
Reds. Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit winners. 
Stock, eggs. Cornish Farms, Edwardsburg, Mich. 
INDIAN Runner Duck Eggs from 200-Egg Strain. 
White Fantail Pigeons. C. Gordon, Sprakers, N Y. 
T oulouse and Whito Chinese Goose Kggs 30 cents each. It. I. 
Red, White, Wyandotte, Huff and ltlack Orpington, Silver 
Gray Dorking, $1.50 for 15. ZELI.A WILSON, Cliandlersvllle, O. 
W II.I) and BRONZE TURKEY EGGS For 
Sale. Eggs for Hatching. Pure tired chickens 
and eggs. Prices low. Handsome catalog free. Sat¬ 
isfaction. Valley View Poultry Farm, It. 1, bclleillle, Pn. 
G iant strain bronze turkey eggs 
-$3.00 per 10. R. C. R.I. Red Eggs. $1.00 per 15. 
Choice Shropshire Sheep. Write H. J. VAN DYKE, 
Gettysburg, Pa. 
T URKEY EGGS— B. Red; Narragansett; yd.l, $4 
peril; yd. 2, $3 peril; M. B.&W. H.,yd. 1, $3 peril; 
yd. 2. $2per 11. S. Durigg& Son, Armstrongs Mills,O. 
E ggs for hatching-only the best. 
Silver laced. Partridge and White VVyandottes, 
Barred Rocks, Black Orpingtons: prices $1.00 for 15. 
BULLS EYE HENNERY, Iroubridge, Montgomery CJo*$ Pa. 
BUFF WYANDOTTES. 
Living Pictures. Unexcelled Utility Strain. 
A. F. WKNNINGHOFF, Fort Wayne, Ind. 
WHITE WYANDOTTE EGGS So 8 
per 100. L. MACBETH, Hudson, N. Y. 
R I. REDS and W. LEGHORNS. Special 
l circular. Patterson Bros., Pattersonville.N.Y. 
E GGS $1.00 per 15, $2,410 per 40. Prom Thoroughbred ——--—■■ 
brahmas, ltocka, Wyandottes. Reds, Leghorns, S. Ham- THE LAYING STRAIN Itl If WYANDOTTES—Eggs $1.50 per 
burgs. 14 varieties. Catalogue. 8. K. MOIIK, (’oopersburg, Pn. I setting, $5 per 100. Lawrence Esselstyn, ('laverack, 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. 
