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PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I am a patron of the International Milk 
Products Company, Cooperstown, Otsego, 
County, N. Y. It is the intention of this 
company to name on or about March 20 
of this year contract prices which they will 
pay for milk delivered to their various- 
stations during April, May, June, July, 
August and September. Will you advise 
as to their standing and reliability? 
Otsego Co., N. Y. SUBSCRIBER. 
This _ is a corporation organized un¬ 
der the laws of the State of New York 
with an authorized capital stock of $500, - 
000, of which $100,000 is preferred and 
the balance common stock. They have 
taken over the business of several 
creamery companies and other allied 
concerns in the States of New York and 
Pennsylvania. The statements submit¬ 
ted by the company are so complicated 
by the ratings and standing of these 
other companies, the stock of which it 
controls, that it is difficult from the 
statement or from other sources to get 
any tangible expression of the real net 
assets of the company. The company, 
however, seems to be doing a fair busi¬ 
ness, and as far as heard from is meet¬ 
ing its obligations. It has apparently 
so far maintained a good credit, but it 
• seems difficult to define its responsibility 
in any definite way. It would seem on 
the showing that producers could safely 
enter a contract for the delivery of 
milk with a protecting clause that bills 
be met promptly in 30 days. This is a 
comparatively new corporation and 
seems to be organized on lines that 
promise success, but the interests seem 
to be complicated, and while it is estab¬ 
lishing itself or trying out the plan, pro¬ 
ducers should take reasonable precau¬ 
tions to protect their interests by insist¬ 
ing on prompt and regular settlements. 
Can you tell me anything of the Con¬ 
tinental Graphite Company adjoining the 
Pennsylvania Graphite Company? The 
officers of the company are rich and in¬ 
fluential men of Philadelphia and vicinity, 
advertised by Ostrander; also lots at 
Lincoln, N. J.. A friend has $100 in Na¬ 
tional Graphite Co., and Ostrander, 437 
Fifth avenue, N. Y.. offers stock in either 
of the above for the investment. 
Pennsylvania. d. c. s. 
Ostrander’s game of satisfying his 
deluded customers by trading one 
worthless stock for another worthless 
stock is not at all new. It is an old 
dodge of his class of operators. The 
rich and influential men who lend the 
use of their names to Ostrander schemes 
ought to be ashamed of themselves. We 
recently looked up a lot at Lincoln sold 
by Ostrander for $135, but no one at 
the place would say it was worth $15, 
and there was no market for it at any 
price. It does not make much differ¬ 
ence what this man does in the way of 
changing one for the other. His $100 
is lost now unless he can bring suit 
against Ostrander for misrepresentation 
and fraud, and recover his money in 
that way. 
I enclose a bill from the Farmers’ Insti¬ 
tute Bulletin, Fayetteville, New York, of 
which I would like your opinion. I have 
not subscribed for the Bulletin and do not 
know how they got my name, and suppos¬ 
ing it was being sent out by State funds, I 
had thought nothing about it. Is it 
straight or is it Dawleyism? s. p. s. 
New Y'ork. 
The bill referred to is from October 
1, 1900, to February 20, 1908, and the 
amount $3.62. There is some interest¬ 
ing history back of this paper. As this 
correspondent rightly thought, the paper 
was first sent out at the expense of the 
State. Our recollection is that it was 
so distributed for two years by Mr. 
Dawley. We have not made a complete 
examination of the bills, but in looking 
up some other matters recently at the 
State Comptroller’s office we found the 
following charges against the State by 
Mr. Dawley for sending out the bul¬ 
letins : 
Feb. 18, 1S98.$400 
March 1, 1898 . 300 
January 20, 1899 . 300 
April 2, 1899 .’_ 300 
August 20, 1899 . 300 
This makes a total of $1,600 paid by 
the State for the publishing and dis¬ 
tribution of this paper. In the year 
1900, however, Mr. Dawley organized a 
publishing company, and sold some of 
the stock to institute workers, Agricul¬ 
tural Department employees and others, 
and he put the Bulletin into the com¬ 
pany as a personal asset, for which he 
took $4,000 worth of the stock in the 
company. The company, however, was 
not a success and failed. We believe 
Mr. Dawley got possession of it after 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
March 28, 
the failure, and has since disposed of 
part or whole of the plant. This in¬ 
quirer probably got the paper when it 
was distributed at State expense, and 
was simply billed for it after it be¬ 
came private property without his 
knowledge or consent. There is some 
advantage in getting a paper started at 
State expense. It usually costs money 
to establish a publication, and if it is 
on a paying basis at the end of two 
years, as it should be, the hardest 
of the undertaking is then over. 
But few publishers are in a 
position to saddle this expense on the 
State, and in this Mr. Dawley has had 
advantage over publishers generally who 
have had ambitions to become publish¬ 
ers, but just why he should be entitled 
to the $4,000 worth of stock issued for 
it instead of the State does not appear 
from any records we have been able to 
find. The attention of Governor Hughes 
has been called to this transaction 
among some others of an official char¬ 
acter. An investigation was promised, 
but results have not yet been made pub 
lie. Under all the circumstances we do 
not consider the bill referred to a legiti¬ 
mate one, though the new publisher 
probably bought the account as a legi¬ 
timate asset and presented it in good 
faith. 
I shipped December 16, 1907, eight one- 
bushel kegs of Lady apples to G. Furman & 
Co., corner West and Gansevoort Sts., and 
sent freight bill the same day in a letter. 
I have not received returns nor heard a 
word about the fruit. The fruit was very 
nice, A No. 1: it was shipped by freight. 
About four weeks after the shipment I 
sent them a postal asking about returns, 
and about two weeks later I sent them an¬ 
other postal. I have not received my re¬ 
turns for the fruit yet, nor an answer or 
a word in any way. I have shipped them 
dressed poultry and veals in a small way 
for a number of years and have always 
got quick returns. I consider them hon¬ 
est but I think there is something wrong 
some way. f. p. s. 
New York. 
We wrote to G. Furman & Co. in ref¬ 
erence to the shipment, and received a 
reply simply inclosing a copy of a letter 
they had sent the shipper. Here it is: 
Enclosed you will find a letter we just re¬ 
ceived from The Rural New-Yorker, No. 
409 Pearl Street, City. We cannot under¬ 
stand why you have communicated with 
the above named. Had you shipped your 
Lady apples at the proper time, which 
would have been about December 1. we could 
have sold them at a good price: but. as it 
is, we received them here December 24, 
the day before Christmas: there was no 
market for them then and there has not 
been any since, and we would be only too 
glad if you would pay the freight and send 
and get them. We also would thank you 
very much if you would communicate di¬ 
rect with us concerning any business in the 
future. Yours respectfully, 
G. FURMAN & CO. 
That strikes us like a piece of cool 
impudence. They received these apples 
in December, and neglected to acknowl¬ 
edge their receipt, or to answer two in¬ 
quiries from the shipper about them. 
Lady apples are a specialty, and if the 
apples are good and in good condition 
there is a market for them. A conscien¬ 
tious concern might be expected to turn 
such a shipment over to some house 
which could handle it to the advantage 
of the shipper. Furman & Co. may get 
some satisfaction out of their caustic let¬ 
ter, but it is hardly intended to inspire 
confidence or trade. 
Kindly say whether the People’s Cream 
Separator is a separator or a very common 
device for raising cream by surrounding the 
milk with very cold, or ice water. In all 
the thousands of words in the circulars 
water is not once named, so it seems to me 
to be a wonderful invention, or a very con¬ 
temptible fake, needing to be noticed under 
the Publisher’s Desk. Very sincerely de¬ 
siring light, I am, b. t. p. 
New Y’ork. 
This is the Kansas City, Mo., fake 
that we have shown up several times. 
It is simply a tin can for holding milk, 
and a cheap affair at that. It does not 
have the merit of surrounding the milk 
with ice water, which would hasten the 
separation, but there is no profit in dis¬ 
cussing the fake. The only safe way 
is to leave it alone. 
Appreciating the great stand you 
have taken in the interest of the farmers 
I concluded a few days ago when in the 
city I would try to extend your circula¬ 
tion on the 10-weeks proposition. I asked 
12 men of my acquaintance and 10 gave 
me the 10 cents. I must say that your 
firm stand in the Dawley case meets not 
only my hearty approval but of all your 
readers in my section. If all our papers 
here were as outspoken and fearless as 
yours in exposing and condemning wrong 
doing not only by individuals but by offi¬ 
cials our country would hear less of in¬ 
dictments of defaulters in our courts. I 
am glad that your fearless paper will con¬ 
tinue to make “the cows fit the papers” 
and compel your Governor to look into the 
matter. Every official to have the respect 
and confidence of the people ought to avoid 
even the appearance of evil. w. d. l. 
Georgia. 
This is the kind of approval that 
helps. About 80 per cent of the 10- 
weeks orders renew for a year, so we 
hope to have at least eight regular read¬ 
ers out of that order. We simply com¬ 
mend this way of expressing approval 
of the work. j. j. d. 
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Square Garden, I 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 dear eggs replaced free 
if returned express prepaid. Imperial Pekin Duck 
Eggs $1.50 per setting, $8 00 per 100, $75.00 per 1,000; 
Japanese breed, $15.00 per 100; $3.00 per setting of 10. 
Eighty pens, 2,000 layers. Cypher's authorized 
agent for this section. BONNIE BKAE 
POULTRY FARM, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
BUSINESS BARRED 
PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
The breed that lays. Eggs for Hatching. 
15 for $(.75 
Breeding' stock $3.50 per head 
FANCIERS STOCK FARMS, 
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'ARM, Hartstown, Pa. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNSiLTeS 
lent layers, $1.00 per 30 eggs; $2.25 per 50, and $4.00 
per 100. PETER O. LITTLE, R.D. No.l, Home, Pa. 
BLACK ORPINGTONS, 
WHITE LEGHORNS. 
GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. 
ENTERPRISE POULTRY YARDS 
No. 39, Ridgefield, Conn. 
B KLUE BRAND PREPARED OYSTER 
SHELL for Poultry. (Catalogue Free). 
LOUIS GREBB, - Baltimore, Md. 
Oak Grove PoultryYards—BarredW.Buff P.Rocks.S.C.W. 
Leghorns. Eggs from utility stock $1 pr 15,$1.75pr 30, 
$5prl00; Exhibition matings$3 pr 15, $5pr 30. Stock 
for sale. Mrs. R. P. Hines, Rockville, Md. R. No. 6. 
CAR CAI C—Buff Wyandotte Eggs, 75c. for 15; 
run OHLL $4.00 for 100. CHAS. I. MILLER, 
R. F. D. No. 1. Hudson, N. Y. 
'THOROUGHBRED POULTRY-Best 20 varie- 
* ties. Good stock. Fresh eggs, 15, $1; 40, $2. 
Catalogue. Henry K. Mohr, Rt. 3, Quakertown, Pa. 
P ARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES— Beauty, util¬ 
ity. 13 Eggs, $2.00, 13 pdzes on 12 birds at 
one show; a few hens for sale. Oakwood Poultry 
Farm, O. H. Leavitt, Prop., Manchester, N.H.; Rt. 0. 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns exclusively 12 
years. Unequalled laying strain. Hatching Eggs, 
15, $1; 100. $5. William Schluer, Jamesport, N. Y. 
V an Alstyne’s S.C.R.I. REDS— Eggs for hatch¬ 
ing $6 per 100. Send stamp for catalog of breed¬ 
ing pens. E. Van Aistyne & Son, Kinderhook, N. Y. 
SQUAB BREEDERS ATTENTION 
In order to change my fancy, I offer my remain¬ 
ing stock of young Antwerp Homers at $1 per pair. 
Only 100 pairs left. RED CROSS PIGEONERY 
2002 Jackson Street, Anderson, Indiana. 
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L Plymouth Rock Squabs are largest, most 
^prolific. We were FIRST ; our birds and 
Methods revolutionized the industry. 
Send for our 1908 Free 
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PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB CO. 
335 Howard St. Melrose,Mass. 
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farms where * II. 
farms where 
Model Incuba¬ 
WOODLANDS FARM. 
Record Laying" Strains of White Wyandottes, 
Barred and White Plymouth Rocks and S. C. 
White Leghorns - 835 Trap Nests. 
Bred for large, symmetrical size, vigorous consti¬ 
tution and prolific laying, combined with all the 
standard requirements. Address 
L. T. HALLOOK, Proprietor, Iona, New Jersey. 
T5ARRED and WHITE PLYMOUTH 
ROCKS. Fanciers stock at fanners’prices. 
Eggs, 15 for$l; 50 for $2.75: 100 lor $5. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Sam’l C. Jayne, R.D. Laceyvilie, Pa. 
rnno on fnr s. C. Brown Leghorns. 
Ml l.\ Chester White Pigs, 
LWWW $5. H. A. Thatcher, Perulack, Pa. 
17 FfifiR 7Rr Prize Winning S.C. Brown Leg- 
I 1 LUUO Iwbi horns. Great layers. Free range. 
1 ■ Large birds. Colony Poultry Farm,Shermansville,Pa. 
JgGGS— Nelson’s famous 250 egg strains of Barred 
Rocks and Brown Leghorns, $1 per 15. Also 
Collie Pups. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
ERRC CflR U ATPUIWG White Wyandotte.,Barred Ply- 
LUUO rUFl IlH 1 unmu mouth Rocks, Buff Wyandottes, 
S. C. White and Brown Leghorns, White Plymouth ltoeks Single 
Comb Rhode Island Reds,$l per setting. 7Sf fertility guaran teed 
Day old chicks, 15c each. A. A. VAN WIE, Schenectady, N. Y 
CfifiC $1 per 15: $2 per 40, from thoroughbred 
lu Uvt Brahmas, Rocks, Wyandottes,Reds and Leg¬ 
horns; 13 var.; cat. S. K. Mohr, Coopersburg, Pa. 
ABSOLUTELY STAY - WHITE WYAN- 
** DOTTE EGGS, 15, $1; 100, $5. Guarantee 
75 per cent fertile, and satisfied customers. 
W. E. SHOEMAKER, Laceyvilie, Pa. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
from fancy matings. S. C. White Leghorns, S. C. Brown Leg¬ 
horns and Barred Plymouth Hocks. $1.00 per setting; $3.00 per 
60; $5.00 per 100 eggs. Baby chicks 15c each. Birds for sale at 
reasonable prices. G. A. SABINE, Robinson, A. A. Co.,Maryland 
GOLDEN ROD POULTRY YARD — 
Pure Bred Buff Plymouth Rock eggs for sale 
at 75c. per setting of 15; $4 per 100. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Howard Sutton, Fail-mount, N. J. 
pGGS FOR HATCHING, $1,15; $1.75, 30; $3.25, 60; $5,100, 
W. P. Rocks, S. C. Buff Orpingtons, S. C. W. Leghorns. 
R. C. R. I. Reds. From vigorous farm raised stock. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. FRED B. KEENEY, Laceyvilie, Pa. R. D. 37. 
BUFF, Wh. Leghorns, F.ggs 75c. per 15, $1.25 per 30 ; S. C. R. I. 
D Red Eggs 90c. per 15, $1.60 per 30: Mottled Ancona Eggs,$1.00 
per 15, $1.75 per 30; cat. tree. JOHN A. KOT1I, (juakertonn,Pa. 
^/right’s White Wyandottes— Prize winners, 
(Duston’s). Eggs $4.00 per 100. Baby chicks 
$10 per 100. Grandview Farm, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
OROOKSIDE POULTRY FARM - Stock 
° bred for beauty and utility. R. C. R. Island 
Reds, $1.50 per 15; $6 per 100; S. C. White Leghorns, 
$1 per 15, $5 per 100: R. C. White Minorcas $2 per 13. 
C. E, SLITER, Union, N. Y. 
Buff Orpingtons Single Comb, 15 eggs $1.00. 45 $2.50. Berk- 
D shire Sows, 3 1-2 mos. old, and service Boar. Prices right. 
Stock guaranteed. W. A. LOTHERS, Peru Lack, Pa. 
tors and Brooders are used. If you are 
not making big money on your chick¬ 
ens, write for my book. It tells how. 
MODEL INCUBATOR CO., 
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CCOTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Oirc. SILAS DECKER, Montrose,Pa. 
My Single Comb RHODE ISLAND REDS 
won ribbons this year at Scranton, Easton, 
Philadelphia. Eggs for hatching 12 cents each. 
DOCTOR W. R. FISHER, Swiftwater, Pa. 
S. G. W, LEGHORNS from 600 mature hens, 
selected and bred for egg production. Prices on 
application. WHITE & RICE, Yorktown. N. Y. 
UAPLE VILLA POU? TRY YARDS. Breeder of all varieties 
m of Fancy Poultry and Water Fowls. Guarantee 
satisfaction. W. G. Mosher, Sylvania, Pa. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
100. Quality guaranteed. Curwin Maurer,Dublin,Pa. 
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. 
White Plymouth Rocks 
Fishel Strain. Eggs for hatching. $1.00 and $1.50 
per 15. E. B. ENGLE, Marietta, Pa. 
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. 
KEAN’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Eggs for hatching. $5.00 per 100. Descriptive 
catalogue free. Also PIGS FOR SALE from 
registered O. I. C. and Chester White swine. 
E. FRANKLIN KEAN. - Stanley, N. Y. 
D ARY Mllftir? 25,000 Rhode Island Red 
DHDI UniblYO haoy chicks at 150 each, $15 
per 100. No better stock; own CHICAGO KING, 
the best Red in the world. 10,000 Barred Rocks, 
Black Minorcas, and Leghorn chicks at 10<? each, 
$10 per 100. Buff Orpington chicks 250 each. Other 
varieties, exhibition stock, eggs for hatching. Ship 
chicks safely 1500 miles. Order now for April & May 
delivery. CORNISH FARMS, Edwardsburg, Mich. 
S A R I DCnC- The business breed. Best 
■ U. n» ncuo i ayers . Large size. Grand 
red color. Get my egg circular and list of winnings 
free. Eggs, best utility stock, SfG.OO per 100. 
H. P. DEMING, Robertsville, Conn. 
S. C. White LEGHORNS Exclusively. 
Eggs from selected stock bred to lay. $1 per 15; 
$5 per 100. Satisfaction guaranteed. 1). F. 
ARNOLD, Burlington Flats, N. Y. R. F. D. No. 2. 
EGGS for batching, twenty cents each, from 
matings which produced prize win¬ 
ners in 1907. Fertility guaranteed. All birds are 
the celebrated Monroe strain, renowned for egg 
production,size and vigor. S.C.Black Minorcas, 
S. C. White Leghorns and White Wyan¬ 
dottes. Address OTTO S. HOLM, Poultry 
Supt. Drynoch Farm, Leonardville, New Jersey. 
Four Young White HOLLAND 
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IUITIO SALE. Rodman, - New York 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
R. I. Reds, White Wyandottes, Leghorns, Rocks. 
Pekin Ducks. Catalogue free. MAPLE COVE 
POULTRY YARDS, R. D. 24, Athens, Pa. 
Davis* S. C. R. I. Reds 
HEAVY layers and prize winners, 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. 
R. G. RHODE ISLAND REDS. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
Matinglist, giving description of all pens.senton re¬ 
quest. SINCLAIR SMITH,6025th St.,Brooklyn,N.Y 
Giant Strain Bronze Turkey Eggs, 
$3 per 10. W.Wyandotte and R.I.Red eggs,$l per 15. 
Stock bred for utility. H.J.VanDyke,Gettysburg,Pa 
LARGE TOULOUSE GEESE, 
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$1; Pearl Guineas, 75c. E. Schieber, Bucyrus, Ohio 
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