'THE RURAL REW-VORKER 
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PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Here arc two letters from different 
States which came in to-day’s mail: 
Enclosed find check for $2 renewal for 
two years. I do not want my paper dis¬ 
continued until I see the end of the Daw- 
ley-Rogers matter. We are pleased with the 
way you stick to the subject; you are, evi¬ 
dently, close upon the heels of an official 
who has used his position to defraud in¬ 
nocent purchasers. I will stick to you as 
long as you stick to your present method of 
dealing with swindlers and fakers. Your 
Hope Farm Notes and the Publisher's Desk 
are good enough for me. d. w. i. 
Connecticut. 
For the stand you are taking iu the 
Jersey cattle case, I send two years instead 
of one. mrs. h. s. 
Illinois. 
As you read the above letters did you 
stop to think what those extra dollars 
were sent for? You have read in this 
column the offers of other men to send 
from $1 to $100 to help us out in the 
Dawley suits, if we needed it. This 
money is not sent by some and offered 
in larger amounts by others, just as a 
donation to the editor or the publisher. 
It is a contribution to support a vital 
principle. Any man or set of men, be 
they rich or poor, high or low, who un¬ 
dertake to fight down a moral principle 
in the face of the American farmer, are 
doomed in advance to inglorious defeat. 
Our mail in this subject represents every 
conceivable class of citizens covering the 
full breadth and length of the country. 
The busy attorney comes with offers of 
his professional service free; the min¬ 
ister with moral approval; the merchant 
comes with the farmer with proffer of 
cash assistance, all with approval and 
encouragement. It had been the most 
edifying experience that we have ever 
been through. It has been doubly so be¬ 
cause we fully realize that it is not the 
man but the principle that these good 
people wish to support and emphasize. 
Our subscription returns for Decem¬ 
ber were 14.2 per cent in advance of the 
same month last year. The circulation 
of the paper is, however, a little more 
than 15 per cent greater, so that the 
actual returns were no more in propor¬ 
tion. These two .years’ renewals are en¬ 
tirely voluntary. We do not ask it; but 
from those who approve the paper’s 
work, we do ask a prompt renewal for 
the coming year. If farmers want a 
paper published in their interests and 
for no one else, they must make it by 
their support. Let each one do his part, 
and the task will be easy. Your share 
now is one dollar for the next year’s 
subscription. 
Do you know anything about the Double 
F.agle Gold Mining Co., which is represented 
by F. C. Vincent, the company's fiscal 
agent, who has his office at 435-441 Gibral¬ 
tar Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. ? w. G. H. 
Pennsylvania. 
This is another of those stock propo¬ 
sitions that are always safe to leave 
alone. Suppose a man went into your 
neighborhood and bought 100 acres of 
uncultivated land for $1,000, and organ¬ 
ized a company to take it over for 
$100,000 worth of stock. He could fig¬ 
ure up the profits on 100 acres of straw¬ 
berries and make out a fine profit on 
paper; but how many shares would you 
take at par? He might go on and issue 
$50,000 worth of bonds, and give a share 
of stock at a bonus with a $100 bond; 
but would you take the bonds? This 
may sound extravagant, but it is not one 
bit more extravagant than many of the 
stock schemes which we are called upon 
to investigate. We hope the time will 
come when our people will turn them 
all down without a second thought. 
To-day an agent of the National Protec¬ 
tive Legion, Waverly, N. Y., solicited me to 
become a member. He said that for the 
past five years a dividend of not less than 
$250 had been paid, and this was likely to 
continue. When asked how they could af¬ 
ford to do this, he brought out an insur¬ 
ance report showing that three million dol¬ 
lars of insurance had dropped out. lie said 
some farmers paid up, but I wanted to 
consult Thb R. N.-Y. E. W. 
New Jersey. 
This is a sort of a fraternal benefit 
corporation. Members pay $3 initiation 
fee and $2 monthly for five years. They 
make no guarantee of dividend; and at 
the end of the five years, they may pay 
a dividend or not just as they please 
or as conditions warrant. The scheme 
has speculative elements in it. As long 
as new members keep coming in, it goes 
on well enough, but when there is a lull 
in new memberships and $3 fees, and 
old ones begin to expire, and draw their 
dividends, the weakness of the scheme 
is apparent. There has been some criti¬ 
cism of the plan from insurance de¬ 
partments in different States; and al¬ 
together it is such an undertaking that 
we could not recommend to our people. 
The Mutual Reserve Life Insurance 
company seems not to have profited per¬ 
manently by the technicality reported 
some weeks ago, as it is now in trouble, 
and there has been talk of having a 
receiver appointed for it. It will be 
remembered that a poor woman paid I 
premiums on a policy in this company 
for years, but when sickness came a 
payment was passed for a few days, 
and a new application was demanded. 
In the meantime the insured died, and 
the company refused payment on the 
policy. It was the main dependence of 
the family, and the home was lost. We 
have had much insight into the mis¬ 
management of life insurance funds, but 
tliere does not seem to be much change 
in the methods. The influences that man¬ 
ipulated them before are in control of 
them yet. With all the crimes revealed, 
not one of the big rogues has been 
brought to court to answer for his 
crimes. 
Can’t you take a day or two to get 
up a club of subscriptions for The R. 
X.-Y. in your neighborhood? We will 
pay for your time. Write about it. 
J. J. d. 
CLIMAX 
is the name 
of the incu¬ 
bators and 
B rooder s 
which have 
brought suc¬ 
cess to hundreds of poultrymen be¬ 
cause they are the best. 
Built of the best material and will do their 
work superior to nature. Sold on a positive 
guarantee. Send for catalogue and trial offer 
CLIMAX INCUBATOR & BROODER CO. 
Box 210,Castorland, N. Y. 
.15 
Buys the Best 
820-EGG 
Incubator 
eve* 1 made 
Freight Prepaid East of Rockies 
Double cases all over;best 
copper tank; nursery; self- 
regulating. Beat 100 chick hot-water Brooder, 84.35. 
Both ordered together, 811.00. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed. Nomaehinesat any priceare better. Write for 
our book today or Bend price now and save waiting. 
Belle City Incubator Co., Box 48, Racine, Wis. 
\a 7J K'-ffJf I B •JL-ied ifc^C.etail 
. - -<5 r. : y \ the profits out 
ik '- of poultry by using 
the Guaranteed Beat— 
Av*-** - Cyphers Incubators and Brooders. 
The Highest Standard for Poultrymen 
Beginners, Experts and Agricultural Experiment 
StationB use ami recommend Cyphers labor-saving, 
patented, sell-ventrlating, Belt-regulating ma¬ 
chines, Our 
Free 212-Page Book Tells Why 
Write for this most practical, illustrated, big, free 
catalog, which will show you how you can succeed 
best, with poultry raising and Howto Mako Money 
With Poultry and Incubators. Address nearest 
oflice. CYPHERS INCUBATOR CO. 
Bulfalo, New York, Boston, Chicago, Kansas City 
Oakland, CaL, London, Eng. 
Profits from poultry— 
hints and helps that will 
mean dollars to you—all 
about Victor Incubators 
and Brooders—our guar¬ 
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freight—why our ma¬ 
chines produce 90 p e r 
cent hatches or better— 
all told in our new book 
“Incubator Whys.” 
Write for free copy 
and let us know wheth¬ 
er interested in large 
or small machines.' 
Geo. Erie! Co. Quincy, 111, 
we will ship, 
freight paid, 
a 100-egg special-style “United” Incu¬ 
bator to any point east of the Mississippi 
River for $12.50—freight to Riv¬ 
er allowed on orders west. 
This Is a high-grad< 
machine with all the 
latest improvements, 
and is snipped com¬ 
plete, ready to run. 
send money today, 
or writs for free 
Catalog hg 
United Incubator & 
Poultry Supply Mfg. Co., 
26-28 Vasey Street, 
Hew York City 
iff 
The Cornell Book of Poultry^ 
Information.— It will tell 
yon nil about Standard 
Cornell Chick Machin¬ 
ery aside from giving valu¬ 
able suggestions.’It is mailed 
FREE for the asking. Ask 
for it to-day. 
Cornell Incubator Mfg* Co. 
B)X,B 1 Ithaca,N.Y. 
BONNIE BRAE Pekin Ducks,MndisonSq. blue 
ribbon winners, American 
POULTRY FARM breed: also pure breed Japan- 
n . ,, ,, ese Ducks ami their eggs for 
iSew Rochelle, N.Y. sa i e . Write your wants. 
BARRED ROCKS, 
Brown Leghorns, R. I. 
Reds, bred to lay strains; 
at one-half price. Collie Pups the intelligent kind, 
females cheap. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
Van Alstyne’s R. I. REDS— A few cocks and 
' ccekerels from laying strain to dispose of at $2 to 
$5. Edw. Van Alstyne & Son, Kinderhook, N. Y. 
Quarter (WILD) and full stock Bronze Turkeys, 
mated. Positively not related. Toulouse Geese, Pekinn, and 
Wyandottes. Catalogue. BERT. McCONNELL, IJgonier, Ind. 
KEAN’S WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
Fine large cockerels at $2.00 each, three for $5,00. 
Also choice 31. Pekin Drakes at same price. Sat¬ 
isfaction guaranteed to every purchaser. 
E. FRANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
BLACK ORPINGTONS, 
WHITE LEGHORNS. 
GUARANTEE SATIS FACTION. 
ENTERPRISE POULTRY YARDS 
No. 39, Ridgefield, Conn. 
STURTEVANT ROUP CUREi&^sSfe 
free. Write THE F. 0. STDRTEVANT CO., Hartford, Conn. 
HEN’S TEETH AND EGGS ARE SCARCE.— Feed 
Maka-shel SilicaPoultryGrit,Nature’s egg producer. 
Semi 50c. for 100 pound hag, or ask your feed dealer. 
Edge Hill Silica Rock Co., New Brunswick, N.J. 
Hatch Chickens by 
Steam with the 
EXCELSIOR INCUBATOR 
Or WOODEN HEN 
Simple, perfect, self-regulating. 
Uateh every fertile egg. Lowest 
priced first-class hatchers made. 
«EO. U. 8TA1IL, Quincy, 111. 
’ Bend for free | 
Catalogue. 
A Free Book About 
Incubators 
n 
We issue the best book ever written on 
incubators—written by a man who has 
spent 26 years in perfecting them—by the 
man who made the Racine. It tells facts 
tiiat you must know to get the right incu¬ 
bator. Don’t buy without reading it. for 
the book is free. We Pay the Freight. 
Racine Hatcher Co., Box 87, Racine, Wls. 
Warehouses: Buffalo, Detroit, Kansas City, St. Paul. 
M. B. Turkeys c 
HENS WILL LAY 
twice the eggs, more fertile, produce better” 
hatches, heavier fowls, earlier broilers and 
bigger profits if fed green cut bone, rich in 
protein and all other egg elements. 
latest model 
■TflfglXaV w> BONE COTTER 
Sonton 10 Day. Free Trial. No money 
In advance. Never clogs. Cuts fast, easy and 
fine. Cat'lg free. 
*. W. Mann Co., Box 15 Milford, Mas*. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS. 
A few good Cockerels left from Heavy Laying 
Strain, $2 up. All stock sold on approval. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 5th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y’ 
Barred Rock 
Cockerels 
E. D. WITHROW, Dublin, Va. 
White Holland Turkeys for Sale 
MISS MARY H. SPINK, Rodman, Jeff. Co., N.Y’. 
R.l. REDS, BARRED ROCKS, W. LEGHORNS 
W. WYANDOTTES, TOULOUSE GEESE 
STOCK FOR SALE. 
Maplei-ixg Poultry Yards, Box 20, Pulaski, N. Y. 
BONNIE BRAE For Sale— Lot of May 
C batched Single Comb 
POULTRY FARM. ^' hite Leghorn pullets 
nan .. T, 1 and cockerels at $1.00 
NfiW nOC IP P N Y each. Also Madison Sq, 
lien nUWICIIC, 11. I, ribbon winners in Single 
and Rose Comb T\ bite Leghorns, Barred and White 
Rocks, White Wyandottes, American breed Pekin 
ducks and pure breed Pekin ducks from Japan. 
Write your wants. 
PDIII TRYMFN- Sen,] for our new 36-page il’lns- 
• UUL I II I lilLll trated poultry catalogue. Abso¬ 
lutely free. East Donegal Poultry Yards,Marietta, Pa 
EMPIRE STATE S. C, WHITE LEGHORNS, 
winners at N. Y. State Fair. Cockerels and pullets 
5 mos. old, from heavy layers, $1.00 each. Catalog 
free. C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport, New York. 
REST TOULOUSE GEESE, PEKIN DUCKS, White 
** Holland Turkeys, Pearl (iuiueas and White Wyandotte 
Cockerels for sale. E. SCIIIEBKK, Bueyrus. Ohio. 
WOODLANDS FARM. 
Record Laying' Strains of White Wyandottes, 
Barred and White Plymouth Rocks and S. C. 
White Leghorns - 835 Trap Nests. 
Bred for largo, symmetrical size, vigorous eonsti- 
tution and prolific laying, combined with all the 
standard requirements. Address 
L. T. HA BLOCK, Proprietor, Iona, New Jersey. 
Greatest Bargain of 1908 
—TMs 230-Egg 
ROYAL $ 
INCUBATOR 
Freight Prepaid 
Yes. just as we say above— Freight Prepaid to anywhere east of Mts- 
this . 
Satisfaction 
or Money Bade 
slssippl Riverat this Special Limited Time Bargain Price. Actatonce. 
Cut out this and mail with SlS.oO. We'll ship promptly. Then try t 
30 Days on a hatch—If not satisfactory your money back. Remember—this is onr regular 818 No. 3 Breeder's 
Favorite 230-Egg Itoyal—worth 822. Guaranteed durability—best ventilation and hatching qualities. Wi 
refer you to publishers of any farm paper—or Iowa Nat. Bank or Mechanics’ Savings Bank of Des Moines 
FEJ17ip Handsome Catalogue of Incubators, brooders, poultry supplies, poultry foods, 
eggs for hatching and standard bred poultry from our own farm. Write noW for it. 
Book on "Proper Care and Feeding of Young Chicks, Ducks and Turkeys,” 10c. 50c Standard Poultry Paper 1 year, 10c 
ROYAL INCUBATOR COMPANY, DRAWER 208, DES MOINES, IOWA 
StBB 
How do you manage your poultry business ? Are you content 
to gather a moderate supply of eggs iu springtime ■when prices 
are low, or do you aim to get your greatest number during the 
winter months when prices are up and “eggs are eggs?” The 
way to succeed with hens is to do what others don't do. When 
your neighbors’ hens are on strike, then see that yours “get busy.” 
If you will begin now to feed Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a 
your hens will not stop laying at all. Of course the moulting 
season is an “off time,” but even then Poultry Pan-a-ce-a will 
make a few eggs, and if you continue to give it regularly, you will 
get an abundance all through the cold winter days when others 
get none. 
is the prescription of Dr. Hess (M. D., D. V. S.) and is composed of 
elements which assist digestion, make good blood and cleanse the 
system of clogging poisonous matter. It is also a germicide and 
prevents poultry diseases. It has the unqualified endorsement of 
poultrymen in the United States and Canada, hastens the growth 
of young chicks and helps fatten old or market fowls. A penny’s 
worth a day is sufficient for 30 hens. 
■I Sold on a written guarantee. 
I * •'//X 
1 1-2 lbs. 25c.; mail or express 40c.; 
— 5 lbs. 60c; 12 lbs. $1.25; J 
25 lb. pail $2.50. 
Except in Canada and 
extreme West and South. 
Send 2 cents for Dr. Hess 48 -pagee—^ 
Poultry Book free. ^ ~v 
k/m DR. HESS &, CLARK, Mg''? J .^3 
Ashland, Ohio. 
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