41-4 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 2, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Farmers who are tempted to invest 
their savings in stocks or other secur¬ 
ities of publishing concerns promising 
big profits will do well to take a lesson 
from the following experience: 
l'leaso read and advise me what to do 
about investment therein described. Mrs. 
M. D. Mackay and I put all our savings in 
this G. L. Richards Co., and have had noth¬ 
ing in return but promises. Now they will 
not answer our letters, and we are very 
anxious and uneasy, as its loss will mean 
ruin to us, as we are getting old and this 
is the savings of a lifetime, and in this 
poor section it is hard to make a living, 
much less lay by anything. Had we then 
been subscribers to The R. N.-Y. we doubt¬ 
less would have been better posted, and 
would have consulted with you before in¬ 
vesting. but we were not, and did not know 
where to go for advice. h. m. 
In reply to the above we were obliged 
lo tell the corespondent that we feared 
his money was badly invested, and re¬ 
ceived the following reply: 
We certainly appreciate your kind favor 
regarding Geo. L. Richards Co. I know 
those so swindled usually get scant sym- 
1 atliy. People do not realize the tempta¬ 
tion to so invest by middle-aged people 
who think they see a sure way to provide 
better for their old age. We had been tak¬ 
ing Mr. Richards’ magazine, “The Boston 
Brown Book,’’ afterward changed to “Mod¬ 
ern Women,’ for a good many years, and 
had learned to trust the man. Even now 
it is hard to believe him a swindler. Any- 
lliing you can do for us or suggest will be 
so much appreciated. We are ignorant of 
method of procedure and lost as to what 
to do. h. M. 
Virginia. 
The circulars and correspondence 
leading up to this investment are plausi¬ 
ble, and we can see how convincing they 
would he to confiding people. They 
were addressed in endearing terms, and 
made to feel that they were being treat¬ 
ed as friends, and that the investment 
would surely bring them big dividends 
and he a protection against old age. The 
letters are really pathetic in their ad¬ 
vice and sympathy. So blinded were 
the investors in the scheme that they 
invested every dollar they had saved, 
and in sending the remittance stated 
the difficulty they would be in until the 
dividend was received. When they be¬ 
gan to inquire about dividends later 
they were told that Mr. Richards had 
been called to Europe, and this story 
was repeated for nearly a year. The 
company is now in the hands of a re¬ 
ceiver, and the principal asset is a claim 
against another company controlled by 
the same Richards, and also in the 
hands of a receiver. There is not the 
faintest prospects of these good people 
ever getting a cent of their money back, 
and there are many others in the same 
condition. The story is simply given 
for the lesson and caution it may teach 
when similar propositions are presented 
to you. The proposition had all the ear¬ 
marks of a swindle from the start, but 
no one could say positively that it was 
until the facts came out after the 
failure. 
On page 138, issue of February 15, 
we had this inquiry: 
Irving W. Street, of Utica, N. Y., is of¬ 
fering some shares on real estate in Long 
Island City at $100 a share, under the 
name of the “Skillman Ave. Co.” lie 
claims that this tract of land they have 
got hold of is going to double in value in 
two years. Any information that you can 
give me will be thankfully received. 
New York. j. s. D. 
Mr. Street thinks what we said in 
reply to this inquiry did not do his com¬ 
pany justice, and wanted us to look 
into the matter further. We find that 
his company was organized to purchase 
131 lots in an undeveloped section of 
Long Island City. The purchase was 
made from another promoting company, 
which sold it subject to a mortgage, 
and took some stock in the new com¬ 
pany as part payment. Mr. Street says 
the intention of the company is not to 
develop the property, but to hold it for 
an advance in price and sell in whole 
or in sections just as it is, and he thinks 
he ought not to be classed with Long 
Island promoters generally. Granting 
all that he says, we yet would not 
recommend his stock as an investment 
for farmers. The lots will undoubtedly 
increase in value, but there is evidently 
enough margin between the actual value 
of the lots at the present time and the 
stock of the company to allow for a 
liberal commission in the sale of the 
stock. This, however, is legitimate 
enough; but no matter how good Mr. 
Street’s intentions may be, corporations 
change hands, and live after the orig¬ 
inal promoters are dead, and the small 
investors may find themselves tied up 
to a different class of partners. We 
said at the time and we repeat now 
that we do not believe any lands on Long 
Island will double in value in two 
years; and if Mr. Street and his asso¬ 
ciates believed it would he would not 
let you or me have the stock at par. If 
investors know each other and trust 
each other, and keep a controlling inter¬ 
est to themselves, they may hold such 
property for a time, and make a rea¬ 
sonable profit after paying interest, 
taxes, <. tc.; but the net profits are sel¬ 
dom big, especially in a cheap neighbor¬ 
hood like this, and we would never 
recommend shares of such stock to 
small investors. 
Your favor of April 4 at band, with 
check enclosed. Many thanks. We would 
have lost that $0 if you had not taken the 
matter up for us. We hope to be able to 
pay you in part by getting new friends for 
The It. N. Y. Thanking you again we 
are b. b. 
New York. 
The above was recently received from 
a subscriber to whom we sent a check 
for $6, which we secured from a con¬ 
cern that failed to fill an order which 
had been paid for in advance. We 
secured it only after threatening to pub¬ 
lish a history of the case. The nature 
of many of these settlements is such 
that we do not think it wise or best to 
refer to them. We have just secured the 
following settlements: $125 returned 
to a Maryland farmer because of a mis¬ 
take in shipment of an animal, which 
was not as described at time of sale; 
$3 worth of seeds for an Indiana 
farmer from a perfectly responsible 
house about which there was some mis¬ 
take; $24.36 returned to a Massa¬ 
chusetts farmer for shortage in a car¬ 
load of goods; $5.25 returned from a 
medicine house which guaranteed a 
cure, hut which was not inclined to 
keep its contract; and the payment of a 
protested check for a Pennsylvania 
farmer, for which he had been unable 
to get any accounting. It all goes to 
show the extent of outrages practiced 
on country people by concerns at a dis¬ 
tance who know that the victims have 
no redress at law. They get attentive 
only when they find that their schemes 
are to be shown up or their crooked 
deals exposed. Of course, there is the 
exception of oversight, and honest dif¬ 
ferences, and even carelessness, many 
of which do not disturb some very re¬ 
sponsible concerns until the matters are 
brought to their attention with some 
emphasis. 
R. H. Brennan, president of the North 
American Music Company and a song 
writer, pleaded guilty recently before 
Judge Chatfield in the United States 
Circuit Court, New York, of promoting 
a scheme to defraud song writers by 
circulars promising extravagant royal¬ 
ties. Upon promise to discontinue the 
circulars Brennan was fined $250 and 
allowed to go. This is one of the 
schemes we have repeatedly warned 
our people against. 
I am greatly pleased with The R. N.-Y’., 
although a former subscriber to The Coun¬ 
try Gentleman and a member of the Ameri¬ 
can Jersey Cattle Club. a. k. j. 
New York. 
No class of farmers have been more 
prompt in their endorsement of our 
position in the cattle case than the Jer¬ 
sey breeders. They know that safe¬ 
guards to registry records are essential 
to the breeding industry generally, and 
they fully appreciate the special in¬ 
fluence this case has on the Jersey busi¬ 
ness. 
I can’t do without the paper, for it is 
sudden death to rogues and frauds. I 
have been taking a great National agri¬ 
cultural paper for 15 years, and have not 
seen so much fraud exposed or been warned 
of hot irons in all that time by that jour¬ 
nal, as by The R. N.-Y. in two years. It 
is ahead of all papers for farmers in this 
country. You now have the Governor com¬ 
ing your way. Long life and prosperity to 
The R.- N.-Y. s. l. f. 
West Virginia. 
We hope that our people will soon 
become warned against frauds and 
rogues, and that we can devote more of 
this department to other subjects. We 
have many other things that we would 
prefer to discuss, but so long as the 
frauds keep bobbing up and making 
effective appeals to our people, just so 
long must be shown up the trick in 
their schemes. j. j. d 
“BULLETIN No. 30” 
SENT FREE “HOWTO KEEP AWAY 
CHICKEN-LICE & MITES,” by only 
ONE APPLICATION A YEAR 
Successfully used upward of 30 years 
Carbolineum Wood Preserving Co., 
351 W. Broadway, New York, N.Y. 
Pfllll TRYMPM - 8611 ' 1 for our new 36-page Plus- 
• UUL I II I ITILIl trated poultry catalogue. Abso- 
utely free. East Donegal PoultryYards,Marietta,Pa. 
I IGHT BltAHMAS, Cockerels: Pekin Ducks. 
^ Eggs, $1 per 15. C. Gordon, Sprakers, N. Y. 
■fArriglit’s White Wyandottes—Prize winners, 
T,r (Dnston’s). Eggs $4.00 per 100. Baby chicks 
$10 per 100. Grandview Farm, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
GAPES! 
GAPES! 
If you are troubled with gapes be sure to send for 
my free booklet “GAPES, THEIR ORIGIN AND 
CURE.” It tells you all about the dreaded disease 
and a never-failing cure. J. S. KLOC K, Urban, Pa. 
American Poultry Farm,Collins,Huron Co,,0. 
Standard Bred IW. Wyandottes, R. I. Reds, Light 
Brahmas, W. Rocks. Eggs $1.00 per 15, $5.00 per 100. 
—NEW LOW DOWN— 
AMERICAN CREAM 
SEPARATOR 
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 
profits. 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¬ 
arator compares with It in 
^ I close skimming, case of 
£ cleaning, easy running, slm- 
^ 1 plieity. strength or quality. 
Our own (the manufactur¬ 
er’s) guarantee protects you 
on every AMERICAN ma¬ 
chine. We can ship Im¬ 
mediately. Write for our 
great offer and handsome 
free catalogue on our new waist high model. Address, 
AMERICAN SEPARATOR CO • Bainbridge, N. Y. 
HAVE1 YOU SEEN OUR LATEST 
IMPROVED 1908 MODEL ECONOMY 
CREAM SEPARATOR ? Built on the 
low down order, easy running, simple 
beyond comparison. Skims to a trace. 
The easiest running, closest skimmers, 
strongest and by far the best cream 
separators ever made. Prices so low 
they scream for attention. Look 
in one of our latest Big Catalogues 
for cream separators. If you haven't 
a Big Book borrow your neighbor’s; 
otherwise before buying a cream sepa¬ 
rator anywhere at any price, on a 
postal card addressed to us. simply say. 
Mall me your latest and greatest 
Cream Separator Offer. ADDRESS, 
SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., CHICAGO 
My Single Comb RHODE ISLAND REDS 
won ribbons this year at Scranton, Easton, 
Philadelphia. Eggs for hatching IS vents each. 
DOCTOR W. R. FISHER, Swiftwater, Pa. 
R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
Mating list, giving description of all pens,sen ton re¬ 
quest. SINCLAIR SMITH.U - " ‘ " ~ . 
,6025th St..Brooklyn,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 Alstyne & Son, Kinderhook, N. Y. 
QOLDEN llOl) POULTRY YARD — 
Pure Bred Buff Plymouth Rock eggs for sale 
at 75c. per setting of 15; $4 per 100. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Howard Sutton, Fairmount, N. J. 
C/J/5C FROM PRIZE WINNERS— B. P. 
^^^^ Rocks (Ringlet strain).and R. O.R.I. 
Reds. Eggs $1 per 15. J.W.Oox, NewWilmington.Pa. 
MAMMOTH PEKIN QUCKS^fi?^ 
Reds and S. C. White Leghorns, 15, $1;*100, $5. 
GEO. W. DkRIDDER, Ballston Spa, N. Y. 
TIIRKFY FRRQ-M.B.& W. H., $2 per 11 ; $16 per 
lUriALI LuuO loo. Narragansett, $3 per 11 . 
S. DURIGG & SON, Armstrongs Mills, Ohio. 
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS 
ROCK HOLLAND FARM,Stone Ridjje.N. V. 
AVild&Manimoth BRONZE TURKEY'S 
and leading varieties of Poultry. We make a specialty of Tur¬ 
key Kggs for hatching. Trices low. Handsome Catalog free. 
VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, R.No.1 1 .Belleville,Pa. 
£GGS — Nelson’s famous 250 egg strains of Barred 
Rocks and Brown l.eghorns, $1 per 15. Also 
Collie Pups. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
BLACK ORPINGTONS, 
WHITE LEGHORNS. 
GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. 
ENTERPRISE POULTRY YARDS 
No. 39, Ridgefield, Conn. 
'THOROUGHBRED POITUTRY-Best 20varie- 
* ties. Good stock. Fresh eggs, 15, $ 1 ; 40, $ 2 . 
Catalogue. Henry K. Mohr, Rt. 3, Quakertown, Pa. 
MAPLE VILLA POULTRY YARDS. Breeder of all varieties 
1,1 of Fancy Poultry and Water Fowls. Guarantee 
satisfaction. W. G. Mosher, Sylvania, Pa. 
DUFF ORPINGTONS - Eggs $1.00 per 13. 
D U. R. WOOSTER, Lysauder, N. Y. 
E xcelsior poultry 7 farm-s.c.r.i. Reds, 
S.C.W. Leghorns; Eggs for hatching $1 per 15, $5 
per 100. CH. J l K(lK.\SEN A SONS, Box 48, Mortendyke, N. j 
A Chatham Incubator and Brooder, new, for sale, 
elieap. Address Mrs. J. Crane, Gage P.O., N. Y. 
I OUGHT TO SEND FOR 
OUR FREE 
^CATALOGUE 
We will save you money on Incubators, Brooders 
Supplies. Write today. United Incubator & Poultry 
Supply Mfg. Co., Dept. HG, 26-28 Vesey St., N, Y 
212-PAGE POULTRY BOOK 
No poultry raiser can afford to miss reading our 
212-Page Free Catalog—illustrated with hundreds of 
pictures which help you to Make Money Witli Poul¬ 
try and Incubators. It is the latest news—always 
on practical discoveries and about Cyphers World’s 
Leading Incubators and Brooders. Write nearest office. 
CYPHERS INCUBATOR CO.. BUFFALO, N. Y. 
New York; Soaton;Chlrugo: Kansas City; Oakland. Cat; London, Eng. 
rSHEISQlUMLMII 
Bright, shining, sharp. Increases diges¬ 
tion. Lime and minerals make bone and 
egg-shell. Send 50c for 100 lb. bag. 
Booklet “Hen-Dyspepsia” and big sam¬ 
ple free so you test it for yourself. 
EDGE HILL SILICA ROCK CO., 
Box J , New Brunswick, N. J. 
Pol/in Piinl/e Breeders of high-class Single 
iCnlll Ultimo and Rose Comb White Leg- 
• i ? n< * horns. White Wyandottes, Wh. 
WhUP PO'hfimQ and Barred Plymouth Rocks, 
llllllG LGgllUl 110 Q em ,j ne Japanese bred and Im¬ 
perial Pekin Ducks. Blue ribbon winners, Madison 
Square Garden, 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; $6.00 per 
100, in any quantity. All clear 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 persetting of 10. 
Eighty pens, 2,000 layers. Cypher’s authorized 
agent for this section. BONNIE BRAE 
POULTRY FARM, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Dead Chicks 
Does each morning’s 
visit to the hennery 
6how a dead chick here 
and there—more to-day 
than yesterday ? It’s the 
lice — and now is the 
time to work if you wish to save 
even a fraction of your promising 
brood. Ask your dealer for a can of 
INSTANT 
LOUSE KILLER 
Dust it over each mother 
hen and each individual 
chick and you wiil find no 
more dead chicks from lice. 
Instant Louse Killer, for¬ 
mulated by Dr. Hess 
(M. D., D. V. S.) also de¬ 
stroys lice on horses, cattle, ticks on 
sheep, bugs on melon, squash and 
cucumber vines, slugs on rose bushes, 
and is besides a valuable disinfectant 
and deodorizer. It couk \ in shaker- 
top cans and may be used winter and 
summer alike. Look for the word 
“Instant” on the can, as there are 
many imitations. 
Sold on a written guarantee* 
1 lb. 25c. ) 
3 lbs. 60c. j 
Except in Canada 
and extreme 
West and South. 
If your dealer cannot, supply you, 
we will forward 1 lb. by mail 
or express, prepaid, for 36c. 
MANUFACTURF.D by 
DR. HESS & CLARK, 
Ashland, Ohio. 
‘NS .t 
RARY 25,000 Rhode Island Red 
DHDI unibivo baby 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 100 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 FA RMS, Edwardsburg, Midi 
CT'WU'F 1 S&R have produced more winners than 
4000 any other two breeders. Stock 
line bred from Prize Winners. Eggs, $5 per 12 , 
$10 per 36. 80£ fertility guaranteed. 8 . C. Wh. & 
Br. Leghorns, S. & R. C. Keds, Wh. & Bar. Rocks, 
Buff, Blk. & Wh. Orpingtons, Wh. & Buff Wyan¬ 
dottes, Blk. Minorcas, Lt. Brahmas, Blk. & Wh. 
Langslians. Elm Poultry Yards. B.V, Hartford.Ct. 
S. C, BROWN LEGHORNS 
ed Hens. Have been breeding Brown Leghorns for 
fourteen years. Eggs, $1 per 15, or$5per 100. J.A. 
BUSH, R. No. 10, Lockport, Niagara Co. New York. 
DOSE COMB BR. LEGHORN EGGS for hatching 
from selected matings of excellent laving strain. 
$1 for 15, $5 per 100. A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
S. C. Brown and Blanchard strain S. C. White 
Leghorn pullets, farm raised, prolific layers, 
$1 each : Eggs $1 per setting. HIGHLAND 
POULTRY FARMS, R. D. 79, Chicora, Pa. 
S. C. White LEGHORNS Exclusively. 
Eggs from selected stock bred to lay. $1 per 15; 
$5 per 100. Satisfaction guaranteed. D. F. 
ARNOLD, Burlington Flats, N. Y. R. F. D. No. 2. 
S. C. W, LEGHORNS k.X.SLSS: 
selected and bred for egg production. Prices on 
application. WHITE & RICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
B UFF, Wh. Leghorns, Kegs 75c. per 15, SI. 25 per 30 : S. C. It. I. 
Red Kggs 90c. peris, $1.50 per 30: Mottled Ancona Kggs,$1.00 
per 15, $1.76 per 30; cat. tree. JOHN A. KOTH, Quakertown,Fa, 
A FEW large, vigorous, farm-raised Barred Ply- 
' 1 mouth Rock and S. C. Brown Leghorn Cock¬ 
erels. Just the birds for utility and crossing, 
$3.(H) fancy breeders; our best stock $5.00 each. 
Grove Hill Poultry Yards, Box 804, Waltham, Mass. 
S. G. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Get our free Catalog. Eggs $1.25 per 15; $5 100; 
$40 1000. WOODBINE FARM. Hartstown, Pa. 
EMPIRE STATES. C, WHITE LEGHORNS, 
winners at N. Y. State Pair; Trios, $5.00. Eggs for 
hatching from heavy layers, $1.00 for 15, $5.00 for 
100. Catalog free. C. H. Zimmer, Weed sport, N. Y. 
Cfip C A I C—Buff Wyandotte Eggs. 75c. for 15; 
rUn wHLC $4.00 for 100. (’HAS. I. MILLER, 
R. F. D. No. 1. Hudson, N. Y. 
KEAN’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
are bred for large size, heavy egg production and 
vigor. Eggs for hatching $5.00 per 100. Also choice 
breeding stock for stile Address 
E. F. KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
COGS FOI! HATCHING, II, 15; $1.75, 30; $3.25, 60; $5,100, 
W. I*. Rock8, S. C. Bufl* Orpingtons, S. C. W. Leghorns. 
R. C. R. I. Reds. From vigorous farm raised stock. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. FRED li. KKENEY, Laceyville,Pa. K. I). 37. 
CCflC $1 per 15; $3 per 40, from thoroughbred 
LuUO Brahmas, Rocks,Wyandottes.Redsand Leg¬ 
horns; 13 var.; cat. S. K. Mohr, Coopersburg, Pa. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
Rose Comb R. I. Reds; most successful prize¬ 
winning strains. Heavy winter layers. The cold 
Jan., ’07 our 250 hens and pullets laid 238 doz. We 
have found them best paying breed. Eggs $1.00 per 
15; $5.00 per 100. From selected pens $2.00 per 15. 
Cir. J. I. Parent & Bro., Ballston Spa,N.Y.R.F.D.2 
S C. 1IUEF MINORCAS, originated by me; 
■ well up to standard requirements; golden buff 
in color; prolific layers of largest white eggs; 
make money by handling this grand, new variety. 
Eggs $10 for 13. S. C. White Minorcas, blue ribbon 
winners. Eggs $2.50 for 13. J. V. BOSS, 
105 Equitable Building, Baltimore, Md. 
