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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 7, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
We have the following notes signed by the pro¬ 
duce commission firm, Stevens & Simpson & Co., 
262 Washington Street, New York, for collection : 
$47.81, dated April 25, 1907, and due in 90 days. 
$25.25 dated July 1. 1907, and due July 30, 1907. 
$25.25, dated July 1, 1907, and due July 16, 1907. 
The notes were issued to Allen B. Wells, 
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., for produce shipped and 
sold on commission. 
In further reference to Pecos Land 
& Irrigation Co., of Barstow, Texas, 
we have the following information 
from one of the best informed sources 
of the State on such matters: 
There is considerable land in that locality 
which is badly poisoned with “alkali.” and 
I do not think that prospective buyers ought 
to purchase there without seeing the land 
and being well acquainted with the condi¬ 
tions ; or sending some one there to make 
the necessary purchase for him. It would 
be better to go down below Pecos into the 
Toyat Valley, a district free from alkali 
and with better water, and buy land there. 
We think this caution not to buy land 
without seeing it or having it selected 
by a trusted representative good advice 
in every case. Here is a man quite 
well acquainted with the territory in 
a general way, yet he would not him¬ 
self feel qualified to buy the lands or 
invest in them without an inspection of 
them. Yet you, hundreds or even thou¬ 
sands of miles away, are expected to 
put your money into them blindly. 
Fraud orders have been issued by 
the Postmaster General against the 
Rogers Silverware Co., 114 Fifth Avenue, 
New York, with branches in Boston, 
Mass.; Worcester, Mass.; Newark, N. 
J., and 25 East Fourteenth Street, New 
York City. We refused the advertising 
of thss concern something over a year 
ago, and later cautioned our people 
against their methods. Papers that ac¬ 
cepted the advertising will hardly make 
any reference now to the fraud orders. 
Do you know anything about the Fairview 
Seed Farm of Syracuse, N. T.? Last Spring 
I was induced to send to them for Pride of 
the North seed corn. After waiting about 
a month and writing two or three times I 
got some kind of coni that looked as if it 
had been filled out of a car of western corn. 
As planting season was on I had no time to 
send elsewhere, so planted it. It grew from 
10 to 12 feet high and the ears average 
about seven feet from the ground. We had 
121 days from planting until frost this 
Fall, but not a ripe ear in the field. I 
have been cheated clean out of a crop. 
Pennsylvania. c. c. b. 
This is one of the F. B. Mills con¬ 
cerns. Many farmers will remember 
their ginseng experience, and the com¬ 
plaints of other subscribers in regard 
to seeds previously published. In buy¬ 
ing seeds of any kind it is always best 
to patronize some house of good repu¬ 
tation and unquestioned standing. 
I write to tell you that the publishers 
of “Success Magazine” wrote me ( a year 
or so ago), that Ostrander guaranteed that 
no subscriber of “Success” would lose money 
by patronizing him—that he would make 
it good if they did. On this agreement they 
inserted his advertisements. They will 
doubtless tell you the same, and there may 
be a chance to get the lost money for your 
New Jersey reader. I hope so. a. t. c. 
New Y'ork. 
This letter comes in response to the 
complaint of a New Jersey reader who 
reported loss through Ostrander’s ad¬ 
vertisement in “Success” and other 
magazines. We advise those who put 
their “Dollars in Dirt” to ask “Success” 
to see that it is returned to them. We 
would be glad to know how many get it. 
Will you tell me about reliability of the 
American Home Supply Company, 121-127 
Plymouth Place, Chicago, Ill.? They have 
written me and want me to be their 
agent. Are they safe? f. a. s. 
" Connecticut. 
We have had a great many inquiries 
about this concern. We are informed 
that their company sells memberships 
in the Globe Association of the same 
city, but that there is no other combina¬ 
tion of interests. Our own conviction 
is that this is combination enough. The 
membership fee is simply a scheme to 
get you to pay agents and other ex¬ 
penses, and to encourage trade for goods 
that you would not give the concern on 
the merit of the goods alone. There is 
no reason why you should pay for the 
privilege of buying goods that you may 
not want, when other houses are anxious 
to sell you without an initiation fee. 
It is the old scheme of a blind pool, 
the success of which always depends on 
the amount of dust the promoters are 
able to throw into the eyes of the 
public. 
On August 6 I sent the Winfield Beech 
Co., Brookfield Farms, C. L. Allen, secre¬ 
tary and treasurer, Salem, N. Y„ a money 
order for $6.70, one dollar beiDg previously 
sent, for chickens 13 weeks old, same to be 
shipped by August 10. I have written sev¬ 
eral limes, but can get no reply and no 
chicks. Can you do anything for me in this 
matter? They advertise in a great many 
papers. l. g. j. 
Virginia. 
Mr. Allen does not advertise in The 
R. N.-Y. We have known him before. 
He is a lawyer by profession, and has 
claimed to own some farm and other 
property at Arlington, Vt., and it is 
stated that he does own some property 
at Sandgate, Vt. It is reported that he 
recently gave up the chicken business 
at Salem, N. Y., and that the business 
has been discontinued. It is also re¬ 
ported that a large part of the chicks 
he offered were hatched outside, but 
that he did claim to hatch some him¬ 
self. We have made repeated demands 
for the return of this remittance, but 
our last letter was refused at the post- 
office and returned. This indicates that 
Mr. Allen has probably gone out of the 
chicken business for good. He would 
hardly refuse to consider a complaint 
of this kind if he expected to continue 
to look for farm trade, unless he thinks 
he can find victims enough outside of 
the hearing of The R. N.-Y. Our in¬ 
formation is that there is property 
enough in his name in Vermont to sat¬ 
isfy a judgment for this amount, and 
we hope the customer will proceed to 
place the claim in judgment, but it is 
rather an expensive undertaking for a 
farmer in Virginia to attempt to collect 
$7.50 in Vermont from a resident of 
New York State. We think it is about 
three years ago that we referred to Mr. 
Allen’s methods in another complaint. 
I have finally received pay for that case 
of eggs from the express company, which 
I never would have got only through your 
kindness in taking up the matter for me. 
If you will send me some samples I will 
try to get you some new subscribers. I 
thank you, and if you will send bill for 
collecting I will remit. w. H. B. 
New York. 
Even express companies sometimes 
settle for a farmer’s shipment when 
they find The R. N.-Y. is on their 
trail. It never does any good to write 
the express companies once or twice 
and then get tired and drop the subject. 
It usually requires steady pounding for 
weeks, or even months. We send no 
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have said before, we regard this as part 
of the service that a farm paper owes 
its subscribers; but we gladly send the 
dozen samples. We will accept all of 
this kind of appreciation any of our 
friends can show us. If you will take 
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will use all the power you put into it 
to support your interests, to champion 
your just causes, and to get justice for 
you. 
Will you advise me as to your opinion 
of the reliability of the Bishop Creek Gold 
Co.’s stock? H. F. 
Florida. 
This is a mine in course of develop¬ 
ment . The company is capitalized at 
$5,000,000. Little seems to be known in 
this section of the value of the min¬ 
eral lands of the company. It is not a 
form of investment that we would 
recommend to farmers. 
Mr. Watkins returned the .$2.50.- Will 
renew subscription to best farm paper in 
America or any\ other country. 
Washington. J. G. w. 
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It took about six months to get this 
remittance returned to our Washington 
friend from his California correspon¬ 
dent. Here is a farmer, in the State of 
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strangest of all, our demands were 
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more than a year after he had parted 
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but we see no reason why a farmer 
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cern that got his $2.50 on the promise 
to send him an equivalent of it. If 
compelling such concerns to disgorge 
in large or small amounts is yellow 
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