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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 21 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I want to thank you for your kindness 
in getting my note of Stevens & Simpson, 
the commission men, of 2(52 Washington 
street. New York. Check of $35.35 re¬ 
ceived O. K. Will you kindly send me 
about 25 of your small envelopes? (10 
weeks trial for 10 cents), for I want to 
place them among my farmer friends, for I 
think The It. N.-Y. ought to be in every 
farmer’s home. It is what I call a first- 
class paper. w. h. s. 
New York. 
This was a case where a farmer had 
shipped apples to the commission house, 
and after waiting several months for 
the returns accepted a note which was 
not paid when presented at maturity. 
We collected it after some delays, and 
forwarded the remittance to the ship¬ 
per. The little envelopes, of course, 
went back quick. We make no charge 
for any such service; but we are glad 
to have those who feel they are speci¬ 
ally benefited to help make the paper 
known to their neighbors. 
Please inform me as to ihe reliability of 
the Bellevue Medical Institute, 21 La Salle 
street, Chicago. They furnished me with 
a private address and when I wrote them 
the letter was returned by the post office 
marked “Fraudulent.” it. w. 
Tennessee. 
When the post office authorities re¬ 
turn a letter marked fraudulent it is 
pretty safe to destroy the address. 
Don’t follow up such concerns. There 
are any number of good houses which 
are glad to have your trade and to give 
fair value for your money. 
the complaints on one ground or an¬ 
other have been frequent. We refused 
the advertising a long time since. 
Promises will go no longer as an excuse 
for shipping goods that have been paid 
for in advance. The sooner this fact 
is realized the better it will be for the 
tradesman as well as for the farmer. 
I enclose a letter from the National 
Publishing Co., 32 Union Square, N. Y. It 
is in answer to a letter I sent them about 
one year ago answering a puzzle I saw in 
some trashy paper. I go shy on such 
things, being warned by The It. N.-Y. 
Delaware. a, s. e. 
These people must be getting very 
active. We have several letters on the 
same subject. It is the old dodge. You 
answer a puzzle advertisement. In time 
you are told you won a prize. Every 
one who answers gets the same printed 
letter telling them the answer was cor¬ 
rect; and you have only to send some 
money for boxing, packing, etc., and the 
prize will be sent you. In this case 
you are to send $1.36. Nothing is said 
about the expressage which you would 
have to pay later, if anything is sent 
you. Later on your name and address 
will probably be sold to some other con¬ 
cern, and you will get a similar propo¬ 
sition from them. Of course, the scheme 
is to get you to buy something under 
the pretense of giving you a prize that 
you would not buy otherwise. We never 
saw anything sent out in reply to such 
orders that we would pay the express- 
age _ on alone, to say nothing of the 
original remittance. The puzzle and 
prize feature is a fake. They simply 
want to sell you something for $1.36, 
and you can feel sure that they make 
a good profit on the deal. 
I enclose a letter I have just received. 
It is different from any I have seen before. 
What do you think of it? e. n. w. 
Connecticut. 
Here is a paragraph from this three 
page letter from a Chicago broker: 
When an order is received for an invest¬ 
ment offered by me, that pays more than 
eight per cent ( 8 %), previous to the de¬ 
livery of the certificate, it goes to the hank 
and there stamped on its face the amount of 
interest or dividends that are guaranteed 
and the time for which the guarantee is to 
be maintained by the bank. It's as simple 
as the certifying of a check. 
Certainly that is as simple as the cer¬ 
tifying of a check; but different none 
the less. Does anybody suppose that 
the bank would do this unless they 
were amply secured for the interest or 
had an interest in the sale of the secur¬ 
ities either directly or indirectly through 
its officers. Now suppose you pay $100 
for a share of the stock and are guar¬ 
anteed eight per cent for five years, 
you get back $8 a year or $40 in all 
at the end of the five years. The bank 
has no further responsibility and the 
company fails or through bonds and 
other indebtedness, bad or dishonest 
manageifient, there is no money to pay 
dividends, and the stock has no value. 
Can’t you see that you are out just $60 
besides the interest on it from the time 
of first payment? Don’t get caught on 
guaranteed interest on stocks. What 
good is the guarantee of a bankrupt? 
Cot some firm who makes steel garden 
rakes lo make tlie end teeth in the shape 
of a thin blade. Then when you are rak¬ 
ing and an obstinate weed won’t rake out, 
a blow from the rake cuts It off. Please 
consider it. f. c. c. 
Maine. 
We submitted the above proposition 
to some experienced gardeners. The 
consensus of opinion is that the cutting 
blade would be an advantage; but that 
it is doubtful if a manufacturer could 
sell enough to make it pay to make the 
special rakes. Innovations of this kind 
have often been attempted, but a lim¬ 
ited number of people use them. They 
usually go back to the regular make, 
but we submit the proposition to a large 
maker of garden tools for considera¬ 
tion. 
About three years ago I ordered from 
Reliance Nursery Co., Geneva, N. Y., nur¬ 
sery stock, all to be first-class. When it 
came it was the poorest stuff I ever saw. 
I sent a complaint to you and to them. 
They finally agreed to replace the stock 
and asked me to send a list' of the trees. 
1 have sent it now for the second time and 
the promises to x’eplace are all I get. The 
last one was for Spring of 1907. I expect 
if I would write to them I would get an¬ 
other promise for the Spring of 1908. I 
have found that all they want is the 
money and they have all they ever will get 
from me. a. W. 
Indiana. 
I enclose circular of the Sterling Deben¬ 
ture Corporation at Brunswick Building, 
New York, who propose to manufacture 
linen and claim they now have a mill in 
operation at Gardner. Mass. As a patron 
and reader of The It. N.-Y. I would like 
your views regarding the standing and hon¬ 
est dealing of this Sterling Debenture Cor¬ 
poration and especially as to their Oxford 
Linen Mills at Gardner, Mass. J. Ii. r. 
We continue to receive many in¬ 
quiries about the propositions sent out 
by the Sterling Debenture Corporation 
for the promotion and sale of Telepost 
Co. stocks and other securities. We 
went into this carefully some time ago, 
and taking into consideration all the 
promoters say about it, and even ac¬ 
knowledging the possibility of success 
in establishing the company and its busi¬ 
ness finally, it is not at the present 
time such an investment as we would 
recommend to farmers or any one 
else. The Oxford Mills proposition 
was discussed in our issue of January 
4, page 13, and the conclusion reached 
from careful inquiry that the concern 
is not in a position to command ex¬ 
tended credit, and no assets were found 
that would justify an investment in its 
stocks. 
A good friend asks us to publish 
this: 
To the readers of The R. N.-Y.: In ap¬ 
preciation of the great effort The R. N.-Y. 
is making to help the farmer in every way 
possible, standing up for truth and square 
dealing, sparing no money nor pains in so 
doing, therefore we hereby agree each one of 
us to get at least one new subscriber for 
The R. N.-Y. and as many as we possibly 
can. j. c. THIEK. 
• Fredonia, N. Y. 
The sentiment just suits us and we 
gladly give it space. Mr. Thier says 
it is not nearly as strong as he would 
like to put it, but it seems to express 
an honest and sincere conviction on 
his part, and sincerity is always strong 
and eloquent no matter how expressed. 
We hope a full 100 thousand farmers 
will endorse the resolution and make 
good.. That would just double our sub¬ 
scription list, and give the new press 
about all it would want to do. 
J. J. d. 
DELLE brand 
PREPARED OYSTER 
SHELL for Poultry. (Catalogue Free). 
LOUIS GREBB, - Baltimore, Md. 
PfjflQ $1 per 15; $2 per 40, from thoroughbred 
luuu Brahmas, Rocks,Wyaudottes,Reds and Leg¬ 
horns; 13 var.; cat. S. K. Mohr, Coopersburg, Pa. 
FOR SALE - 5 nff w J a,ulotte E ^ ,s - ?5c. fori5 ; 
run OMLC $4.00 for 100 . OBLAS. I. MILLER 
R. F. D. No. 1. Hudson, N. Y. 
\A7nght’s White Wyandottes-Prize winners, 
TT (Duston’s). Eggs $4.00 per 100. Baby chicks 
$10 per 100. Grandview Farm, Stanfordviile, N. Y. 
PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES—Beauty, util- 
■ ity. 13 Eggs, $2.00, 13 prizes on 12 birds at 
one show: a few hens for sale. Oakwood Poultry 
Farm, O. H. Leavitt, Prop., Manchester, N.H.; lit. 0. 
COGS FOR HATCHING, *1,15; *1.75,30; $.".25,60; *5,1< 
W. 1\ Bocks, S. C. Huff Orpingtons, 8. C. W. Leghori 
B. C. B. I. Beds. From vigorous farm raised stork. Satlsfi 
tiou guaranteed. FBKD B. KKENEY, LaceyvIIle, X’a. B. D. : 
ABSOLUTELY STAY - WHITE WY.-‘ 
t} DOTTE EGGS, 15, $1; 100. $5. Guarai 
/5 per cent fertile, and satisfied customers 
\V. E. SHOEMAKER, Laceyville, P 
This house conducted a satisfac¬ 
tory trade with growers some years 
ago; but for the past couple of years 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Cornell University 
(EXPERIMENT STATION) 
GASOLINE 
BROODER HEATER 
Does the work of four 
kerosene lamp heated 
brooders, with'less cost 
for fuel and one-quarter 
the labor. Raises bet- 
ter, healthier chicks 
because the air in the house and hover is 
always pure. Heater is simple—runs for 
days without attention—no soot, no lamps 
to trim. With the heater we furnish free 
complete set of plans for building the fa¬ 
mous “A” type brooder house as above, and 
tell how to attach heater to it and how to 
operate. Trap Nests, Dry Feed Hoppers, 
etc., a specialty. Write for free catafog. 
TBEMAN, KING & CO u 
Dept. A. Ithaca, N. Y., U. S. A. 
CLIMAX 
is the name 
of the incu¬ 
bators and 
Brooders 
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 - 111 - Castorland, N. Y. 
INCUBATOR 
For a short time 
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-grade 
machine with all the 
latest improvements, 
and is shipped com- 
§ lete, ready to run. 
end money today, i 
or write for free 
Catalog ho ■ {n i^r^r^g jf 
United Incubator & 
Poultry Supply Mfg. Co., 
26-28 Vesey Street, 
New York City 
BIGGER POULTRY PROFITS 
Our new 128-page Poultry Book teaches 
the inexperienced and gives the expert 
many valuable hints. Tells why 
-SUCCESSFUL” k N N C o U BROODERS 
are best. Offers 14 varieties of fine birds 
and eggs at low prices. Catalogue free. 
Booklet on “Proper Care of Chicks, 
Ducks, Geeseand Turkeys,” 10cents. 
Poultrypaper 1 year 10 cents. 
DES MOINES INCUBATOR CO., 189 Second SI.. On Woln«, It j 
"iff A '" 
The Cornell Hook of Poultry^, 
Information.— It will tell 
- you all 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 Incubalor Mfg. Co. 
I! ,x,B-4 Ithaca,N.Y. 
Join Success 
with Poultry 
Why fail with Poultry when beginner*, Experts 
and Agricultural Stations use and recommend 
Cyphers Incubators and Brooders? 
Insure yourself vrith our Money-Back Guarantee 
—Write nearest office for and docido by our free 
illustrated book ,How to Make Money With 
Poultry and Incubators— 
CYPHERS INCUBATOR CO., 
puftalo, New York, Boston, Chicago, Kansas 
City, Oakland, Cal., and London, Eng. 
212-Pajje 
FREE Boole 
REIDER’S FINE 
Poultry Catalogue 
for 1908 is larger and better than ever. 
Tells all about pure-bred poultry and 
Illustrates 60 varieties. Contains 10 
beautiful cliromos of leading breeds— 
pretty enough to frame. Tellsof best Louse 
Killer, how to enre diseases, make money. 
Only 10 c postpaid. Send to-day for a copy. 
B. II. GKEIDKR, Khccms, I’a. 
Buys the Best 
120-EGG 
Incubator 
ever made 
Freight Prepaid East ol Rockies 
Double cases all over;best 
copper tank; nursery; self¬ 
regulating. Best 100 chick liot-water Brooder, $1.35. 
Both ordered together, 811.00. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed. Nomaehinesat any priceare better. Write for 
our book today or send price now and save waiting. 
Belle City Incubator Co., Box 48, Racine, Wis. 
125 Egg Incubator gif 
and Brooder ^ Oil 
If ordered together 
- -‘send 
and pay 
both for 
freight 
water, copper tanks, double 
walls, double glass doors. Our 
free catalog describes them. 
Wisconsin Incubator Co., 
Box 15, Racine, Wis. 
White Plymouth Rocks 
Fishel Strain. Eggs for hatching. $1.00 and $1.50 
per 15. E. U. ENGLE, Marietta, Fa. 
Pplfin niirlfC Breeders of liigh-olass Single 
rcnill UUuno an d Rose Comb White Beg¬ 
un • . i horns. White Wyandottes, Wh. 
Wh TP Pffhnm<! and Barred Plymouth Rocks, 
If IIIIC Le&HUIIIb Gennine j apanese bred and Jnl . 
perial Pekin Ducks. Blue ribbon winners, Madison 
Square Garden, l December, 1907. Hen eggs from 
prize matings, our very best Stock. $3.00 for 13; 
$15.00 per 100. High-class fertility stock, specially 
bred to produce fertile eggs. $1.50 for 13; $0.00 per 
100, in any quantity. All clear eggs replaced free 
if returned express prepaid. Imperial Pekin Duck 
1? fiM >lfi In — A A n .. —. 1 A A ft AA 1 \ t\ 
agent for this section. BONNIE 11HAE 
POULTRY FARM, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
BUSINESS BARRED 
PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
The breed that lays. Eg'gs for Hatching. 
15 for $1,75: 
Breeding stock $3,50 per head 
FANCIERS STOCK FARMS. 
P. O. Box 171, Long" Branch, N. J. 
WOODLANDS FARM. 
Record Laying' Strains of White Wyandottes, 
Barred and White Plymouth Rocks and S. C. 
White Leghorns - 835 Trap Nests. 
Bred for large, symmetrical size, vigorous consti¬ 
tution and prolific laying, combined with all the 
Standard requirements. Address 
L. T. HALLOOK, Proprietor, Iona, New Jersey. 
BLACK ORPINGTONS, 
WHITE LEGHORNS. 
GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. 
ENTERPRISE POULTRY YARDS 
No. 39, Ridgefield, Conn. 
BABY CHICKS and eggs afterFeb.l5th. Order 
UHU I wniUlVO 3 to 6 weeks ahead. Can ship 
L>00 miles. R.I. Reds, Orpingtons, Minorcns, Rocks, 
Leghorns. Cincinnati,Indianapolis,Chicago,Toledo 
winners. CORNISH FARMS, Edwardsburg.Mich. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LE6H0RNS-MSI! 
lent layers, $1.60 per 30 eggs; $2.25 per 50. and $1.00 
- T'LE, RT "- 
per 100. PETER O.LITT 
.D. No.l, Home, Pa. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
from fancy matings. S. C. White Leghorn., 8. C. Brown I.og- 
horns and Barred Plymouth Jtocks. *t.oo per setting; *3.on per 
50; *5.00 per 100 eggs. Baby chicks 15c each. Birds for sale at 
reasonable prices. G. A. SABINE, Robinson, A. A. Co.,Maryland 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN EGGS 
for hatching in any quantity, $L per setting, $5 per 
100. I sold one party last year for incubation over 
$100 worth. H. L. BROWN, Orchard i 'ale Fruit 
Farm, Carlton, Orleans Co., N. Y. 
B UFF, Wh. Leghorns, Eggs 75c. per 15, *1.25 per 30 : S. C. it. I. 
lied Eggs 90c. per 15, *1.50 per 30: Mottled Ancona Eggs,*1.00 
per IS, *1.75 per 30: cat, tree. JOHN K. KOT1I, qnakertown.Pa. 
Davis’ S. C. R. I. Reds 
HEAVY layers and prizewinners, good size, shape, 
color: farm raised; won 30 regular prizes season 
1908, large brown eggs, fresh, fertile, $5 per 100, 
special matings $10 per 100. 200 egg strain; cir. free. 
DAVIS’ POULTRY FARM, Berlin, Mass. 
B utt Orpingtons Single Comb, 15 eggs *1.00. 45 *2.50. Berk¬ 
shire Sows, 3 1-2 mos. old, and service Boar. Prices right. 
Stock guaranteed. W. A. LOTHEItS, Peru Lack, Pa. 
i u 
(Wyckolt ©train), the world s Best layers. Eggs 
from carefully mated matured stock $1.00 per 15, 
$1.75 per 30. Clarence Lane, Boiceville, N. Y. 
My Comb RHODE ISLAND REDS 
„w,°n ribbons this year at Scranton, Easton, 
I hiladelphta. Eggs for hatching 12 cents each. 
DOCTOR W. R. FISHER, Swiftwater, Pa. 
QOLDEN ROD POULTRY YARD— 
Bure Bred Buff Plymouth Rock eggs for sale 
at 75c. per setting of 15: $4 per 100. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. How ard Sutton, Fairmount, N. J. 
URGE TOULOUSE GEESE, 
W. Wyandotte Cockerels, $1.50, $2 and $3. Eggs in’, 
$1; Pearl Guineas, Too. E. Scliieber, Bucyrns, Ohio 
“THE BREED THAT LAYS IS THE BREED THAT PAYS.” 
Pure Bred Single Comb White Leghorns. Best 
layers. Eggs for Hatching and Stock for sale. 
M ute us before placing your order elsewhere. 
White Leghorn Poultry Yards Co., Route 14, Waterville, N. Y. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY-Best 20 varie- 
* ties. Good stock. Fresh eggs, 15, $1; 40, $2 
C atalogue. Henry K. Mohr, Rt. 3, Quakertown, Pa. 
R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
Matinglist. giving description of all pens.senton re¬ 
quest. SINCLAIR SMITH,0025th St.,Brooklyn,N.Y 
B ROOKSIDE POULTRY FARM - Stock 
bred for beauty and utility. R. C, R. Island 
Reds, $1.50 per 15; $i; per 100; S. C. White Leghorns, 
$1 per 15, $5 per 100: Ii. C. White Minorcas $2 per 13. 
C. E, SLATER, Union, N.Y. 
V an Alstyne’s S.C.R.I. REDS-Eggs for hatch¬ 
ing $0 per 100. Send stamp for catalog of breed¬ 
ing pens. E. Van Alstyne & Son, Kinderhook, N. Y. 
UOI.LYROOD POULTRY EARM-Eggsand 
Stock. Write for catalogue. Baby chicks and 
ducklings. F. T. Herbert, prop., Wyoming, l)el. 
S, C, W, LEGHORNS 
selected and bred for egg production. Prices on 
application. WHITE & RICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
winners at N. Y. State Fair; Trios, $5.00. Eggs for 
hatching from heavy layers, $1.00 for 15, $5.00 for 
100. Catalog free. C. H. Zimmer, Weedsport, N. Y. 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns exclusively 12 
years. Unequalled laying strain. Hatching Eggs, 
15, $1; 100. $5. William Schluer, Jamesport, N. Y. 
Manokin White Leghorns Satisfy 
Bred 13 years from best laying flocks in America. 
Stock and eggs at Farmer’s Prices. 
R. B. PUSEY', Princess Anne, Md. 
SQUAB BREEDERS ATTENTION 
In order to change my fancy, I offer my remain¬ 
ing stock of young Antwerp Homers at $1 per pair 
Only 100 pairs left. RED CROSS PIGEONEKY 
2002 Jackson Street, Anderson, Indiana. 
