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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 17, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
December 18 I subscribed for The K. 
N.-Y. through “The Country Gentleman,'’ 
as has been my custom for some time. I 
don't know whether I am entitled to the 
book, “Nell Beverly, Farmer,” or not. 
New Jersey. JOHN dawes. 
The above was written last Christ¬ 
mas Day. We have been trying ever, 
since to get the remittance for Mr. 
Dawes, but so far have failed. It is 
only a repetition of the experience we 
are having right along, and because of 
this petty and deliberate annoyance to 
our subscribers, we must again an¬ 
nounce that “The Country Gentlepian” 
and its agents have no authority to 
represent The R. N.-Y., or to accept 
money for it, and hereby forbid them 
to do so. No further subscriptions will 
be accepted from them under any cir¬ 
cumstances. 
Can you help me to get back $40 which 
I sent io a firm styling themselves “United 
Tailors, Inc., Owen T. Moses, president, 
296-298-300 North Carpenter street, Chi¬ 
cago, 111.” On December 1 last I sent them 
an order for a suit of clothes and an 
overcoat, and my check for $40. On the 
fourth of the same month they wrote me 
stating that they had received my order 
and the $40 and they would ship me the 
goods as soon as possible. Since then I 
can get no satisfaction from them. 
Indiana. x. J- w. 
We could get no response from Mr. 
Moses until we got our attorney after 
him. Then he said he would ship the 
clothes, but he didn’t. We then wrote 
again, but our letter was returned by 
the Post Office lyarked “Fraudulent.” 
This indicates that fraud orders have 
been entered against him, and he can 
no longer use the mails. He had no 
rating to begin with, and the remittance 
will probably be charged to experience. 
There are others working the same 
game in the clothing line. Look out 
for them. 
Last week the Sterling Debenture 
Corporation, 225 Fifth avenue., New 
York, applied for an injunction against 
the Standard Debenture Corporation of 
the same address, to prevent the latter 
from the use of the words “Debenture 
Corporation” in its name. The argu¬ 
ment was that confusion resulted. Tt 
will be remembered that Edward Norblett 
is treasurer of the defendant company 
and The R.-Y. some weeks ago cor¬ 
rected the previous statement that he 
was connected with the plaintiff com¬ 
pany. Well, each told in court what it 
thought of the other. It would make 
interesting reading; but would not pro¬ 
mote any sales of stock for either. Af¬ 
ter hearing the mutual incriminations, 
Justice Gerard said: 
“It is clear that the plaintiff corporation 
sends out literature offering to sell stock 
on the instalment plan. This literalure 
permits no customer to purchase more 
than $1,000 worth of its stock, but why 
it acts with such naive self-abnegation does 
not appear.” 
“But it does appear,” adds the Justice 
in conclusion, “that the stocks the plain¬ 
tiff is selling on the instalment plan are 
stocks of the Telepost Company and the 
Oxford Linen Mills. The Oxford Linen 
Company manufactures linen, according to 
‘Prof. Mudge,’ while the Telepost Company, 
officered by a family named Sellers, has a 
marvellous system of telegraphing, all 
based on a capital of $18,000,000, $10 
shares of which are being sold on the in¬ 
stalment plan, subject to the thoughtful 
provision of the management that no per¬ 
son is allowed to purchase more than 
$1,000 worth. The allegations made by the 
plaintiff and the defendant as to the busi¬ 
ness carried on by them remind one of the 
fable of the conversation between the pot 
and the kettle. The motion for a temporary 
injunction is denied.” 
We scarcely need repeat our advice 
to farmers to leave these stocks alone. 
“In purchasing a ‘Master Workman’ you 
purchase from a company which guaran¬ 
tees protection to every buyer. Your in¬ 
terest and success is the company's.” 
Last week the Temple Pump Com¬ 
pany, of Chicago, Ill., headed a full- 
page advertisement in a farm paper 
which circulates in New York State, 
and which guarantees the reliability of 
its advertisers with the lines which we 
quote above. Now J. B. Leonard, Chil- 
howie, Va., bought one of these en¬ 
gines and sent a check in advance for 
it. He had the full and positive guar¬ 
antee from them in letters that it. would 
do certain definite work, and if Yiot, 
they would refund the money less 
freight one way. The engine never did 
the work. It required packing when 
received in one cylinder. After follow¬ 
ing their instructions, and making num¬ 
erous attempts to get it to work, Mr. 
Leonard returned it and requested his 
money. Instead they repaired the en¬ 
gine and returned it with a bill for the 
repairs. Mr. Leonard refuses to ac¬ 
cept it, and it remains at the depot. 
They refuse to return his money, and 
refused our suggestion to send a man 
to put it to work, with assurance that 
this expense would be paid by Mr. 
Leonard, provided he succeeded in mak¬ 
ing it do satisfactory work. All of 
these facts were known to the publisher 
when he accepted the advertisement and 
published it. He knew well enough that 
the object of the company was to over¬ 
come if possible, the effect of Mr. 
Leonard’s experience. 
We can now refer him to others who 
have had similar experience. In the 
face of these facts what apology has 
a publisher of a farm paper to offer for 
permitting the Temple Pump Company 
to say that they guarantee protection to 
every buyer? We can refer any farmer 
to several buyers who have the engine, 
which is no earthly use to them, but 
they have no protection. We would 
like very much to have this paper or 
the Temple Pump Company tell us ex¬ 
actly what they mean by protection. 
We have not mentioned the paper. We 
give it another chance to redeem itself. 
But we give notice now to farm papers 
who pretend to guarantee their adver¬ 
tisers and who continue this advertis¬ 
ing that they must show what protec¬ 
tion these farmers have and secure for 
them justice, or stop the advertising. 
Unless they do one or the other their 
guarantee is a delusion and a snare. 
Since writing you in regard to the case 
of eggs, Die express people have decided 
to pay the claim, $7.80, in full. I told 
the express agent I had handed the claim 
in to you, and I got word to come and 
receive my money t lie same day. ii. J. v. 
Pennsylvania. 
It is getting a little easier to bring 
express companies to the point of set¬ 
tlement than it was when we first be¬ 
gan to call their attention to lost ship¬ 
ments. If the proof of loss is con¬ 
clusive, they will settle simply because 
they know there is no alternative when 
The R. N.-Y. takes up the case. But 
without the proof, it is a waste of time 
to put in a complaint. Farmers ought 
to have a little index letter file, and 
keep all letters and receipts where they 
can lay their hands on them. They cost 
only about 25 cents at any stationery 
store. 
I see you have settled some accounts 
with J. J. Pitts, of Cleveland. I shipped 
them a car of 108 barrels of apples on 
February 14, IPOS. I have had $125 on 
them; can get no 1 statement or settlement. 
They will not answer a letter, w. w. j. 
New York. 
This simply confirms our regular ex¬ 
perience. A concern that abuses the 
trust of one shipper is pretty sure to 
give other shippers cause to regret the 
trust in them. It is this rule that makes 
the ajiuse of one farmer the concern 
of all farmers. Make such concerns 
feel your disapproval of their methods. 
It is reported that Henry Petrie, milk 
dealer, of 563 Grand street, New York 
City, has suspended payment. He had 
a shipping station at Oneida, N. Y., for 
the last two years, and it is reported 
that he owes farmers of that section 
about $1,500, bills having run about 
six weeks. It is also thought that he 
has similar stations in other sections. 
The time is yet coming when farmers 
will require these concerns who handle 
their produce to show responsibility for 
the payments before they get the goods. 
This is simply a precaution that busi¬ 
ness men practice every day, and the 
farmer must get into the way of regard¬ 
ing himself as a business man. 
It is reported that the White 
Cross Milk Company, of New York 
City, are soliciting sales of their 
stock to farmers under the rep¬ 
resentations that Thomas Darling¬ 
ton, president of the Board of Health, 
of New York, is the virtual head 
of the concern, and that he is to be¬ 
come the acknowledged president of 
the company after May first next. Mr. 
Darlington, however, denies any inter¬ 
est in the company. This company was 
organized about a year ago with au¬ 
thorized capital of $10,000,000, it is 
said, and $6,000,000 of this amount was 
issued in consideration of licenses to 
sell products controlled under patents 
by a New Jersey corporation, if there 
is any good inducement in the stocks of 
companies organized for millions, and 
largely issued for patents or licenses 
under them, as an investment for farm¬ 
ers, we fail to appreciate the induce¬ 
ments'. Milk producers have had such a 
hard struggle with the New York deal¬ 
ers, they are ready to turn to almost 
any scheme that promises relief. The 
conditions have made them easy victims 
of schemers in the past, and no doubt 
the future as well as the present will 
afford them new opportunities to invest 
their savings in alluring, not to say 
fake, schemes. 
Tfio book, “Nell Beverly, Farmer.” was 
received March 26 in perfect condition. 
Many thanks. It certainly ought to he in 
every family. It is a hook well worth twice 
its cost. A moral can be drawn from it 
for all honorable vocations. H. G. D. 
New York. 
That is the way every one writes 
about the book. If you have not re¬ 
ceived yours yet, just send your renewal 
to-day, and to-morrow it will be in the 
mail on its way to you. j. j. d. 
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. 
[ We ship 
quick 
from St. 
Paul, Buf¬ 
falo, Kansas 
| City or Racine 
.55 Buys 
the Best 
140-Egg 
Irvcviba-tor ever Na.de 
Freight Prepaid 
Double cases all over; best 
copper tank: nursery,self-regu- 
„ lating. Best 140-chick hot-water 
Brooder, $4.50. Ordered together $11.50. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. No machines at any price are better. 
Write for book today or send price aud save waiting. 
Beile^hjMnctJb^oi^o^l3oj^4^^^Racine^Wis. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
and PEKIN DUCKS. 
We are breeders of Single 
ana Hose Comb White 
Leghorns, Barred and 
White Rocks, 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 100. Eggs from good utility 
stock. $1.50 per setting, $0.00 and $8.00 per 100. Eggs 
from Imperial Peklns, $1.50 for 10. $s.0U per 100; and 
Japanese breed, $2.50 for 10, $15.00 per 10<i. Largest 
plant in viciniiy 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 Koclielle, 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. 
W HITE PLYMOUTHS-exclusively trap-nested, 
bred to lay. Eggs from best, pens$2 for 15; incu¬ 
bator eggs $0 per 100. A. 8. BRIAN, Mt.Kisco, N. Y; 
R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
Mating List will he Sent on Bequest. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 002 Fifth St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
VAN ALSTYNE’S S. AND R. C. R. I. REDS. 
Eggs for hatching. Breeding Cockerels. Baby 
chicks 150 each. Bred for vigor and egg production. 
EDW. VAN ALSTYNI5 & SON, 
Box 178, Kinderhook, N. Y. 
DAVIS S. C. R. I. 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, Berlin, Mass. 
KEAN’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Are Bred lor Large Size,Heavy Egg Production and Vigor. 
Kggs 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. 
BARRED P. ROCK EGGS WHICH HATCH, 
from 125 pullets of Cowell's 200-Egg Strain and 65 
of Sherman’s Large Strain. $1.50 for 35, $3 for 45, 
$5 for 100, shipped from Washington, I). (’. 
W. A. SHERMAN, Vienna, Va. 
REMOVAL SALE 
At about half value. White Wyandotte Cockerels, 
White Leghorns, White Rock and It. I. Red 
Pullets, until April 30. MAPLE COVE POULTRY 
YARDS, R. 24, Athens, Pa. 
E ggs for hatchtng-only the best. 
Silver laced. Partridge and White Wyandottes, 
Barred Rocks, Black Orpingtons; prices $1.00 for 15. 
BULLS EYE 1IENNEKY, I Tonbridge, Montgomery Uo., Pa. 
T URKEY EGGS—B. Red; Narragansett; yd.l,$4 
per 11; yd.2, $3 peril; M. B.&W. II,,yd. 1, $3per 11; 
yd. 2. $2per 11. S. Durigg&Son,Armstrongs Mills,O. 
WHITE WYANDOTTE EGGS 
per 100. 
to Hatch. Price 
$1.00 per 15. $5.00 
L. MACBETH, Hudson, X. V. 
BUFF WYANDOTTES. 
Living Pictures. Unexcelled Utility Strain. 
A. F. WENNINGHOFF, Fort Wayne, Ind. 
FARM RAISED BARRED ROCKS 
Eggs for hatching $1.00 per 15. 
D. W. SOUTHARD, -:- Gilboa, N. Y. 
S INGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND KEDS- 
Blue ribbon winners. Eggs 10 and 15 cents each, 
De. W. R. FISHER, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania. 
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, Riverdale, N. J. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Eggs for Hatching from 700 mature birds. Bred for 
vigor and egg production. Write for prices. 
WHITE & RICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
Reds. Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit winners. 
Stock, eggs. Cornish Farms, Edwardsburg, Mich. 
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 sit 33 cents per foot. 
Write for general Stock and liog Trough Circular. 
HERTZLEE & ZOOK CO., - Belleville, Pa. 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or fine granulated, also pow¬ 
dered. Buy direct from largest, manufacturers of Char¬ 
coal Products. Ask for prices and samples, kstabllshed 184 I. 
R.MacKELLAR’s Sons Co.,Peekskill,N.Y. 
How to get 
Eggs,when 
most in de¬ 
mand. 
Send a Postal to=day, for it. 
T. A.. MYERS, 
Dept. 8. Box 695. York, Pa. 
Greider’s 
Book 
On Poultry 
Concise, practical. How , 
to make money with poul- 
try; information as to , 
buildings, treat¬ 
ment of diseases, 
etc. Fifteen at¬ 
tractive chromos; 
sixty prominent varieties. 10c postpaid. 
Fine, pure-bred stock and eggs at low 
prices. OltEIDEK’S GERMICIDE—a 
sure preventive and an excellent disin -j 
fectant. B. H. GREiDER, Rhooms, Pa. 
W p Rnpi^- ,5rod for 1 - - -.. 
■ 1 i itUulvO Pullets, $2.00 to $3.00; F.ggs $1.00 tar 
13 and $3.00 per 15. Bred to lay S. C. R. 1 Reds. Eggs 
$1.00 pcr'13. M. L. RICE, Ashburnham, Mass. 
Best Quality White Leghorn 
Baby Chicks. $10 per 100. Eggs for hatching. WARE- 
1L1LL POULTRY FARM, Fulton, N.Y. R. D. 7. 
P onltrymon—Send toe. for our 19n9 Catalog, chock full of useful 
Information. Describes and Illustrates Sf. varieties. You can't 
afford lo be without it. Hast Donegal Poultry Yards,Marietta,Pa. 
Rrnn7P TlirlfPW Stock and Eggs in Season 
U1U114C 1 UlKCyh. (. A DKI,L KAYNElt,Lock|)ort,N. Y 
The Celebrated Hungarian and English Partridges and 
I Pheasants, capercailzies, black game, wild turkeys, 
quails, rabbits, deer, etc. for stocking purposes. 
1' ancy pheasants, peafowl, cranes,storks,ornament¬ 
al geese and ducks, foxes, squirrels, ferrets, and 
all kinds of birds and animals. Wl\z a mackensen, 
bept. 10, Plieasantry A- dame Part, Yardley, Pa, 
fiOLDEN ROD POULTRY YARD Pure Buff Kock Eggs 
U lor hatching. 75c. per setting, $4.00 per hundred, 
btock farm raised. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Address 
HOWARD SUTTON, Fail-mount, N. J. 
G iant strain bronze turkey eggs 
—$3.00 per 10. R. C. 11.1. Red Eggs. $1.00 per 15. 
Choice Shropshire Sheep. Write H. J. VAN DYKE, 
Gettysburg, Pa. 
W ILD and BRONZE TURKEY EGGS For 
Sale. Eggs for Hatching. Pure bred chickens 
and eggs. Prices low. Handsome catalog free. Sat¬ 
isfaction. ' alley View Poultry Farm, It. 1, Belleville, Pa. 
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¬ 
log free. O. II. ZIMMER, Weedsport. N. Y. 
A merican l’et 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. 
O —$5.C0 per 100 R. C. Brown Leghorn. 
IVVaVaij Large, up to date stock; exclusive 
farm range. Extra choice matings, $2.00 for 15. 
F. U. BU8HNELL. Chatham, N. Y. 
B UFF, Wh. Leghorns, Ek&h 75c. per 15, $1.25 per 30 ;S. C. R. I. 
Re<l, Mottled An con a KggB, 90c. per 15, $1.50 per 30. Cata¬ 
logue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
T lie Farmer’s Fowl—ROSE COMB REDS. 
Best winter layers on earth. Eggs $1 per 15; $5 
per 100. THOS. WILDER. Richland, R. No. 1, N. Y. 
INDIAN Runner Duck Eggs from 200-Egg Strain. 
White Fantail Pigeons. G. Gordon, Sprakers, N Y. 
E GGS—Barred Rocks, Brown Leghorns, 15 for $1. 
Bred to lay strains. Nelson Bros., Grove City,Pa. 
E GGS $1.00 per lu, $2.00 per 40. From Thoroughbred 
Brahmas, Hocks, Wyandottes. Beds, Leghorns, 8 . lluui- 
burgs. 14 varieties. Catalogue. 8. K. 91OHII, Poopersburg, P„. 
rnn C*| C— A few choice Buff Wyandotte 
lUn 0H l-L eggs for sale. 75 cents for 15; $4.00 for 
100 eggs. Clias. I. Miller, It.F.D. No. 1. Hudson,N.Y. 
Guaranteed 80 Per Cent Fertile. 
S. G. White Leghorn Eggs, 15 for $2.00. 
WOODLANDS EARM, Box D, IONA, N. J. 
B arred Rocks and Reds, both combs. Selected 
eggs $1.00 per 15. Curwin Maurer, DubliD, Pa. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
CHAS. J. LISK. West Ooxsackie, N. Y. 
T HE LAYING STB AIN BUKF WYANDOTTES—Eggs $1.50 per 
setting, $5 per 100. Lawrence Esselstyn, Clave rack, N. Y 
T horoughbred poultry—B est 20 varieties. 
Good stock, Eggs 15 SI.00; 40, $2.00. Catalogue. 
II. K. MOHR, Route 3, Quakertown, Pa. 
FINE ORPINGTONS"whko 10 “SI °S£i „ B K: 
Rev. J. D. GRAHAM. Lyonsville, Mass. 
4(1 BREEDS REST POULTRY— Eggs or stock. 
H-U Write your wants. T will save you money. Big eata- 
og 10c. JOHN E. HEATWOLE, Box A, Harrisonburg, Va. 
B arred Plymouth rocks—E ggs for 
hatching, $5 00 per 100. Best pens, $2.00 per 
setting. CLARK FARM, Boonton, N. J. 
W HITE PLYMOUTHS-exelusively trap-nested 
bred to lay. Eggs from best pens $2 for 15; incu- 
liator eggs $0 per 100. A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N.Y. 
WHITE WYANDOTTE EGGS B.S8 
per 100. L. MACBETH, Hudson, N. Y. 
R hode Island Whites—Excellent layers, $1.00 
for 15. GEO. BOWDISH, Esperance, N. Y. 
