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THE RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
May 16. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
The Country Gentleman has written 
a subscriber as follows: 
A spirit of petty jealousy prompted the 
publishers of The Rural New-Yorker to 
decline lo accept orders from us for their 
publication.' Accordingly, we will forward 
your order for this publication to t lie 
Crowley Subscription Agency, P. O. Sta¬ 
tion T., New York City. You may write 
to the publishers of The It oral that the 
subscription was forwarded through Crow¬ 
ley, not mentioning our names in the 
matter. lutheb tucker & sox. 
For more than two years we pleaded 
with Mr. Tucker to send any order 
be - had for us direct as we did for him, 
and avoid the annoyance and con¬ 
fusion. to lour subscribers and our¬ 
selves. He persisted in -refusing to do 
so. You can judge where the “petty 
jealousy” comes in. But now read his 
letter, which follows, to the agency: 
Crowley Subscription Agency. 
Itear Sir:—The enclosed order and letter 
will explain itself. We trust that you can 
clear this order for us. We do not know 
whether you have been instructed by The 
Rural to aec.ept no orders from us for 
their periodical, but if you have had such 
instructions this is practically a direct or¬ 
der from the subscriber, for you will note 
we have written him that we have for¬ 
warded his order to you. and have re¬ 
quested him that if there Is any difficulty 
and if he is compelled to write to the pub¬ 
lishers of The Rural to tell them that the 
subscriptions were sent through you. I 
hope you can accommodate us by clearing 
this order, and remain, with thanks for 
many favors, 
Very truly yours, 
GILBERT M. TUCKER, JR., 
Circulation Manager. 
Mr. Tucker is fond of using the 
verb “to lie” when applied to others, 
but he evidently thinks it perfectly 
proper for bim to inspire others to 
lie. Neither the agent nor the sub¬ 
scriber followed the suggestion. On 
the contrary, the correspondence was 
promptly sent to us It seems to put 
the Ananias saddle on the right horse. 
We again repeat that we cannot an¬ 
swer inquiries here for people who do 
not sign their names to their requests. 
Frank S. Tapscott. 9 First street, New 
York City, said to be once connected, di¬ 
rectly or indirectly, with (lip Black Ball 
line of Liverpool packets, and residence al 
7Gth Street, Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
The record of this inquiry will show 
now mean some men can be when 
they have a chance. Mr. Tapscott 
shipped the remains of his aunt to a 
farmer in Albany County, who had a 
Islight acquaintance with the family, 
with a request to the farmer to have the 
remains interred in a local cemetery, 
and send him the bill. With a corpse 
on his hands there was little left to do 
but comply with the request. Mr. 
Tapscott pays no attention to the bill. 
He is no longer in business at the 
New York address and he is evidently 
too slippery a proposition to follow 
up for the amount involved. 
I want to express to you my sincere ap¬ 
preciation of tlie stand of your journal in 
excluding from your columns the advertise¬ 
ment of the Ontario Veterinary Corre¬ 
spondence School at London, Ontario, Can¬ 
ada. The many in my own State, and in 
other States, who have parted with from 
$12.50 to $40 for one of their diplomas, 
which are absolutely worthless, is simply 
astounding. There is not a State in our 
Union where those diplomas have a stand¬ 
ing. and it is well for those engaged in 
animal industry that they do not. for such 
men, with a little knowledge, become the 
most dangerous pretenders to the welfare 
of the live stock of our land. 
Pennsylvania. w. Horace hoskins. 
We can say little to add emphasis to 
the above, except to explain that Dr. 
Hoskins is secretary-treasurer of the 
Pennsylvania State Board of Veterin¬ 
ary Medical Examiners, and is abun¬ 
dantly qualified to speak with authority 
on the subject. 
My expcriencce with the Canada Mills 
Company. Greenville. Mich., is that they 
are frauds. Use my name if you like. 
Adams, Mass. scott jenks. 
Every time we run down a crook for 
beating one farmer, we find he has 
done the same thing with other farm¬ 
ers. 'I'he thing to remember is that it 
might have been you. 
Can you toll me anything about the In¬ 
dependent Harvester Company of Plano, 
Ill.? They are making some machines that 
I would like to buy, hut cannot without I 
buy a share in the concern, costing $100. 
Now. I don’t mind buying the share if the 
concern is all right, as the* stock is non¬ 
assessable. It is a co-operative concern. 
A large number of men here, also at an 
adjoining town, have bought stock in it, 
and their machines look good. What Is 
your opinion? Would you advise taking 
the chances on the stock in order to get 
tlie machines? c. L. w. 
Iowa. 
Do you remember the harvester plant 
that was built at Springfield, Ohio, a 
few years ago, and stock sold to farm¬ 
ers on the same plan ? Tt worked very 
well for a time—for the promoters. 
They sold the stock. The farmers 
bought and paid the cash. Other 
money was borrowed on bonds. Einal- 
ly there were judgments, receivers, and 1 
sheriff's sales. Of course, the stock¬ 
holders lost everything. But we think 
few, if any, R. N.-Y. subscribers lost, 
because they had a timely warning to 
keep out of it. It is our understand¬ 
ing that the man who engineered the 
Springfield, O., job is now the princi¬ 
pal promoter of the Plano, Ill., plant. 
Certainly the plans are the same; and 
to our mind, the prospects are the 
same. There is nothing about 
the proposition as we find it that would 
recommend it as an investment. Out- 
judgment is that every dollar you in¬ 
vest in the stock is a dollar lost. The 
first attempt was to place the stock 
with implement dealers, and sell the 
goods through them. That plan failed, 
and now the plan is to sell the stock 
to farmers. It is said that the solici¬ 
tors receive liberal commissions for 
selling the stock. It looks to us as if 
the business was more in the line of 
selling stock than of making and sell¬ 
ing harvesters. We would not advise 
a purchase of such stock under any 
circumstances. 
New York Central Realty Company. Six 
per cent gold bonds. 
They are not bonds to secure pay¬ 
ment of real estate loans. They are 
simply notes of the company, or de¬ 
bentures, and not considered good form 
of security. 
Radium Spray Company, 98 John street, 
New York City. Stocks of the company. 
For once and all, let us advise to 
leave such propositions alone. 
Thq Fortune Colony, New York City. 
Bonds. 
This is simply an agency for the sale 
of notes or debentures of the Ameri¬ 
can Real Estate Company, hut they call 
them bonds. We do not consider "them 
a wise investment. 
American Farm Lands Association, Chi¬ 
cago, ill. Texas lauds at $20 an acre. 
Most Valuable Stock Living Today Raised On 
Schumacher Calf Meal 
Future Head <>l' Herd of The Stevens Brothers—Hastings Uo„ Liverpool, N. V. 
The accompanying photograph shows King Pontiac Champion, as he appeared last July at live 
months old. Schumacher Calf Meal has entered largely into his daily rations with what success 
may be judged from his weight today at just past eleven months old, which is 900 lbs. His owners 
say that in their judgment he is worth the most money of any Holstein bull of his age living. 
First prize calves at the leading state and county fairs last fall, including champion bull and 
champion heifer Holstein-Friesian at the New York state fair, were raised on Schumacher calf 
meal. These calves competed and won over thirty of the greatest herds at the greatest exhibitof 
dairy stock ever gotten together in the world. Such noted breeders as Wing R. Smith. Syracuse, 
N. Y., E. A. Vandevort, Sidney, N. Y., The Stevens Bros.—Hastings Co., Laeonn, N. Y.. Horace L. 
Bronson, Cortland. N. Y., C. L. Sisson. Almond, N. Y., and A. W. Hillis, Worcester, N. Y., were 
among the winners. “Taft and Sherman,’’ the celebrated twin calves exhibited at the Ohio State 
Fair by A. G. Byers, Secretary and Treasurer, Ohio Holstein-Friesian Association. Westerville, 
Ohio. Thousands of other noted breeders have found it a great result producer. It is the most 
economical, most nutritious, highly digestible, perfectly balanced calf meal ever offered to the 
feeding public. When you consider that the cost of feeding this splendid product is only one-third 
the cost of raising calves by the ordinary method of whole milk and grain, no one from the smallest 
farmer to the greatest breeder can afford to overlook the advantages of feeding this exceptional 
meal. Write us if your dealer does not have it, and we will see that you are supplied. Address 
*n?e Quaker Oats Company, Chicago, ill. 
BUTTERCUPS 
t breeS w Record—300 Eggs Per Year 
CIRCULARS AND PRICES SENT WITH PLEASURE 
J. S. BUMARESQ, (Cato’s Hall), EASTON, MI). 
Land promoters usually pick up lands 
at about $3 to $5 per acre, and then 
offer to sell small farms for $20 an 
acre. Never buy these farms without 
first visiting them. Then you will not 
buy. 
Max Investment Co., 40 West 33d street, 
New York. 
We find no rating for this company,! 
and our experience with other invest-; 
ment companies suggests caution. 
Can you toll me anything about (lie Mona- 
ton Realty Co.. Times Building, New York? 
I have one of their contracts for 10 shares 
of its stock on which I have paid $100. 
Is It worth anything? I want to sell it. 
Massachusetts. j. n. w. 
We asked the president of the com¬ 
pany if he would redeem this contract 
for what had been paid on it, or for 
any other amount, and he replied that 
lie would not. The company has an 
authorized capital stock of $1,000,000. 
and we should judge the sale of the 
stock was a profitable business for the 
promoters. Our correspondent might 
as well have burned his $100. Rogues 
get money through the sale of stocks 
and bonds easier and safer than safe 
robbers and pickpockets, and to our 
mind the methods are more contempt¬ 
ible. To make it still worse the rogues 
are usually respectable members of so¬ 
ciety, because their stealings allow 
them to live in luxury. j. j. d. 
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Guaranteed to skim closer 
than any separator in the 
world. Sold direct from the 
factory. We are the oldest 
exclusive manufacturers of 
hand separators in America. 
You save all agents', dealers' 
and even mail order house 
protlts. We have the most 
liberal 30 DAYS’ TRIAL, 
freight prepaid offer. Write 
for it today. Our new 
low down, waist high 
separator is the finest, 
highest quality machine on 
the market: no other sep¬ 
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close skimming, ease of 
cleaning, easy running, sim¬ 
plicity. strength or quality. 
Our own (the manufactur¬ 
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every AMERICAN ma- 
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Simplest and best milk coi 
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flows through the cooler. Prolongs 
1 sweetness of milk 2J, to J,8 hours Ion 
than other cooling methods. Cools 
\ milk to within two degrees of 
\ temperature of the medium used 
year* on the market. Sent 
trial. Write for catalogue. 
Champion Milk Cooler C 
11th Street, Cortland, N. Y. 
W ILD and BRONZE TURKEY EGGS For 
Sale. Eggs for Hatching. Pure bred chickens 
and eggs. Prices low. Handsome catalog free. Sat¬ 
isfaction. Valley View Poultry Kami, li. 1, Itellerllle, Pn. 
Best Quality 
Baby Chicks $10 
HILL POl’LTR 
White Leghorn 
per 100. Eggs for hatching. WARE- 
Y FARM, Fulton, N. Y. R. I). 7. 
| We ship 
quick 
from St. 
Paul.Buf- 
Ifalo, Kansas 
| City or Kacine 
■55 Buys 
the Best 
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Freight Prepaid 
Double cases all over; best 
copper tank: nursery,self-regu¬ 
lating. Best 140-chick hot-water 
Brooder, *1.50. Ordered together *il.50. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. No machines at any price are better, 
write for book today or send price aud save waiting. 
BeM^CItjMncubato^COyJBox^^^^RacIneAjns. 
Protect Your Chicks 
They have the snug, 
warm, dry quarters in 
tills Sanitary Brood Coop 
that keeps off the dreaded 
roup and makes them 
Safe from Rats, 
Mink, Weasel, Lice 
* and Mites 
All galvanized iron and steel. No other brooder 
anything like it. Exclusive pattern made and sold 
only by us. Adds 100 per cent to profits, keeps 
down cost and expense of poultry raising. Shipped 
knock-down. Easily stored. 
Write for free booklet today fully describing this 
coop-, also our Metal Feed Coops. Combination 
’Trap. Layingand Sitting Nests, Non-Freezing Drink¬ 
ing Fountain, Egg Carrier and Medicated Charcoal. 
Dcs Moines Incubator Co., 260 Third St., Des Moines, la. 
G iant strain bronze turkey eggs 
—$3.00 per 10. B. C. R.I. Bed Eggs. $1.00 per 15. 
Choice Shropshire Sheep. Write H. J. VAN DYKE, 
Gettysburg, Fa. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
I Winners at N. Y. State Fair; heavy layers; Trios, 
$5. Eggs for hatching. $1 for 15, $5 for 100. Cata- 
i log free. C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport. N. Y. 
$1.00 per 15, $2.00 per 40. From Thoroughbred 
Brahmas, Kooks, Wyandottes. Rods, Leghorns, S. Ham- 
burgs. 11 varieties. Catalogue. S. K. MOIIR, C'oopersburg, Pa. 
W RIGHT’S White Wyandotte Winners— 
Eggs $1.00 per 100: Baby Chicks $10.00 per 100. 
GRAND VIEW FARM, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
T URKEY EGGS—B. Red; Narragansett; yd.l,$4 
per 11; yd. 2, $3 per 11; M. B.&W. H.,yd. 1, $3 per 11; 
yd. 2. $2peril. S. Durigg& Son,Armstrongs Mills,O. 
E GGS—Barred Rocks, Brown Leghorns, 15 for $1. 
Bred to lay strains. Nelson Bros., Grove City,Pa. 
A merican Ret 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. 
GOLDEN ROD POULTRY YARD Pure Buff Rock Eggs 
U for hatching. 75c. per setting. $4.00 per hundred. 
Stock farm raised. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Address 
HOWARD SUTTON, Fairmount, N. J. 
BREEDING STOCK~=EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
We have made a marked reduction in 
our prices, for balance of season. 
WOODLANDS FARM, Inc., Box D, Iona, N. J. 
pinCO Can Be Cured ! Use a REX GAI’E 
UAiLO WORM EXTRACTOR and Save all 
your chicks this year. Safe, Quick, Thorough, 
Sure. Guaranteed to do it satisfactorily or 
money refunded. Write for booklet. Address 
J. S. KLOCK, Box 17, Urban, Pa. 
THOROBRED POULTRY PAYS 
(If you have the right kind) 
Our big, vigorous. White Leghorns lay more 
eggs, at less cost for feed aud 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 
and PEKIN DUCKS. 
We are breeders of Single 
and Bose Comb White 
Leghorns, Barred a n d 
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, $41.00 and $8.00 per 100. Eggs 
from Imperial Bekins, $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. 
S INGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND REI)S- 
Blue ribbon winners. Eggs 10 and 15 cents each, 
Dr. W. R. FISHER, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania. 
BUFF ORPINGTON EGGS FOR SETTING 
Pen bended by a Blue Ribbon Cockerel; price $1.00 
per setting of 13. G. H. Carrier, Glastonbury, Conn. 
P R I /, E \\ I N NIN G ST RAIN S—Barred Bocks, White 
Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, botli 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. 
DAD V Chicks 15c each, $15 per 100. Book 
uhu I orders now. World's Best R. I. 
Reds. Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit winners. 
Stock,eggs. Cornish Farms, Edwardsbnrg, Mich. 
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. 
HA VIS POULTRY FARM, Berlin, Mass. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORIMS. 
Eggs forHatehing from 700 mature birds. Bred for 
vigor ana egg production. Write for prices. 
WHITE & RICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
Mating List will be Sent on Request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 002 Fifth St., Brooklyn, N.Y- 
W P. ROCKS exclusively, trap-nested, bred to 
i lay. Eggs for hatching, balance of season $1 
for 15; $5 per 100. A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
Rrnn'/P Tiirlrpire Stock and Eggs in Season 
D1U11ZP lUincya. aDKLL K A YNElt,Lockport,N. V 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS-fee%n c ra 
CHAS. J. LISK. West Coxsackie, N. Y. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY—Best 20 varieties. 
I Good stock. Eggs 15 $1.00; 40, $2.00. Catalogue. 
H. K. MOHR, Route 3, Quaker town, Pa. 
S t. Lawrence Strain White and Columbian Wyandottes, 
Northroup Strain It. C. R. Minorca**, bred for their extra 
laying qualities. Satisfaction. A.N.i’owell, Brasher Falls,N.Y. 
P oultry men—Semi lOo. forour 19<*9 Catalog, chock full ofimeful 
information. Describes ami illustrates 35 varieties. You can’t 
afford to be without it. East Donegal Poultry Yards,Marietta,Pa* 
MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCKSrJo.ITf c! 
Reds and S. C. White Leghorns, 15. $1; IOO, S>5. 
GEO. W. DeRIDDEK, Ballston Spa, N. Y. 
VAN ALSTYNE’S R. & S. COMB R. I. REDS— Eggs for hatch¬ 
ing from stock bred for vigor and egg production. 
Edw. Van Alstyne & Son, Kiudernook, N. Y. 
V. P. R0CKSi’u rcd for Be,,uty 
and $2.00 per 15. 
1.00 per 13. 
_ _. and Utility. 
lifts, $2.00 to $3.00; Eggs $1.00 per 
Bred to lay S. C. R. I. Reds. Eggs 
M. L. RICE. Ashbumham. Mass. 
B ITKF, WO. Leghorns, Eggs 7f.c. per 15, $1.25 per 30 :S. C. It. I. 
■ Ceil, Mottled Ancona Eggs, 90c. per 15, $1.50 per 30. Cata¬ 
logue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
T he Celebrated Hungarian and English Partridges and 
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 
nil kinds of birds and animals. MT V/. X MACKENSE.n, 
I Dept, in, IMteasantry Se Game Pailt, Yurdlej, l*a. 
