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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 4, 
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. 
The notes are now nearly a year over¬ 
due, but Mr. Wells has not been able to 
- get his money for them. We have suc¬ 
ceeded no better. Yet the concern goes 
right on soliciting consignments of 
goods from farmers, and actually suc¬ 
ceeds in getting them. This is a case 
that farmers ought to take up them¬ 
selves. We have had several complaints 
from other shippers. You may find 
yourself a creditor to them or another 
concern like them if such things are 
permitted to go on. If they ask you for 
consignments of goods write them, that 
you would first like to see their over¬ 
due notes paid to other shippers. Then 
your neighbors ought to hear about it. 
Tell them. Speak of it in the Grange 
and at every meeting or gathering of 
farmers you attend. It would be a par¬ 
donable encroachment on the Sabbath, 
even to speak of it on the way home 
from church. Producers must act to 
protect themselves in such matters. 
Think of the assurance of a concern 
that asks you to ship them your goods 
on credit, when a fellow farmer has not 
been paid for goods sent them more 
than a year ago. 
In reference to the suggestions about 
small investments made last week, we 
want only to know how much need there 
is among our people for small invest¬ 
ments. We could not yet say definitely 
that we could undertake the handling 
of them; and of course, those who send 
us the information will be in no way 
bound to make the investment, if we do 
undertake it. We would simply give 
those who write first the first oppor¬ 
tunity, provided we succeed in formulat¬ 
ing a satisfactory plan. What we wish 
to find out is whether there is broad 
enough a necessity for it to justify the 
departure. 
Several years ago quite a few people 
In this neighborhood invested money in the 
stock of the Inman Mining Company, whose 
offices are, or were, at 518 Walnut street, 
Philadelphia. Pa., with mines somewhere 
in Idaho. This company secured four or 
five thousand dollars here. The stock 
holders have only heard from them once, 
that being when a call was made for more 
money. Can you give me any information 
about these people? j. a. v. 
West Virginia. 
We have been unable to locate them 
at the address given, but learn on in¬ 
quiry that they have been out of busi¬ 
ness for some years. Old victims prob¬ 
ably did not respond to the call for 
more money, but the same men may now 
be working the same game with other 
companies. 
If you know anything about the Am¬ 
sterdam Diamond Company. Buffalo, N. Y., 
I would consider it a great favor if you 
would advise me about them. Some of my 
acquaintances have invested. c. c. M. 
Pennsylvania. 
We are sorry for this man’s acquain¬ 
tances. The people connected with this 
scheme have been in similar ones which 
failed. In fact this company took up 
some contracts of a defunct concern. 
The profits of the company are said to 
depend on the broken contracts of its 
customers. That is, they are supposed 
to buy on installment payments, and 
when a payment lapses, the customer 
loses all he paid in. Any business run 
on that principle is a good thing to 
avoid. The advice would apply to both 
purchaser and investor. 
I enclose $1. You will find my name on 
your 10-weeks’ trial list. After reading 
three issues of your paper this money talks 
for me, and expresses my opinion of the 
paper. j. b. s. 
New York. 
We print that letter as another en¬ 
couragement to those who take the 
trouble to send in those 10-week sub¬ 
scription orders. This man did not wait 
for the 10 issues. Three satisfied him, 
and as he well says, his dollar for a 
year’s renewal speaks his approval. 
When you send a 10-weeks’ order for 
an intelligent, progressive farmer you 
are pretty sure to have secured a per¬ 
manent new subscriber. If the above 
letter were an isolated case, it would 
mean little; but in indicating as it does 
the sentiments of thousands it means 
much. 
Can you tell me anything about this men¬ 
tal healing and also the reliability of Mr. 
Whipple? C. p. 
Washington. 
The above inquiry comes with a 
pamphlet advertising a course of in¬ 
structions on scientific mental healing. 
This mental healing is a very simple 
science If you are sick, just convince 
yourself that you are well and you will 
not need a doctor. If you have a pain 
and can convince yourself that there is 
no pain, then “mental healing” has 
taken the place of medicine. Mr. Whip¬ 
ple will tell you how to do this—for 
a fee, only $100 in classes, and so on 
up to $500 (payable in advance) for 
private instruction. Diploma to make 
you sure you can turn the trick for 
$25 extra. It is hard to be serious 
with such a proposition, and yet people 
do bite at it. Parents have become so 
infatuated with the teaching that they 
have relied on it to cure sick children; 
and by neglecting to call a doctor al¬ 
lowed the children to die without medi¬ 
cal treatment. 
In the Spring of this year the Reliance 
Nursery Company, of Geneva. X. Y.. agreed 
to fill an order for trees and asparagus at 
a very low price, and also pay freight. 
I sent" them the order, enclosing the money. 
The trees were not shipped until I had 
written several times. Then finally the 
notice came that they had been shipped. 
When I went to the freight station the 
freight had not been paid, on opening the 
bundle. I found some of the trees merely 
dried whips—trees that were dead before 
they were shipped; two apricot trees espe¬ 
cially specified and paid extra price for 
were of the smallest variety, and the 
asparagus plants were not in the bundle at 
all. I have written them twice, but they 
give me no answer. It is my impression I 
first noticed their advertisement in The It. 
N.-Y. However, I don’t wish or expect The 
It. N.-Y. to “make good,’’ but I do wish you 
to warn otiters of the methods of this Re¬ 
liance Nursery Company. c. e. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
The above letter expresses so well the 
numerous complaints against the Re¬ 
liance Nursery Company we give it just 
as our subscriber wrote it. We have re¬ 
ceived so many complaints covering ex¬ 
actly similar charges that there can be 
no doubt about their indifferent treat¬ 
ment of growers. This subscriber is, 
however, in error in the impression that 
he saw the advertisement in The 
R. N.-Y. Since we became convinced 
of their methods some years ago, we 
have persistently refused their advertis¬ 
ing, and have published several cautions 
against their methods. They could not 
get a line of advertising space in The 
R. N.-Y. for any amount of money. 
Do not get the impression that we re¬ 
port every inquiry received in this de¬ 
partment. We answer an average of 
a dozen letter a day on similar subjects, 
by mail. We do this either because the 
inquirer requires prompt reply, or be¬ 
cause the nature of the inquiry is such 
that it would not interest our people 
generally. Again, some cases require 
treatment which ought not be published. 
We have many inquiries about the 
standing and responsibility of business 
houses. Some of the houses are first 
class. We answer these promptly by 
letter. Others are not strong, finan¬ 
cially, but have a good reputation for 
fair dealing, and are safe to deal with 
on that ground. This is confidential in¬ 
formation, and could not well be pub¬ 
lished and do justice to all concerned. 
It is only those who make an unenviable 
record that we discuss here. 
Will you kindly advise what you think 
of Mines Company of America as an in¬ 
vestment? I understand it is paying a 
dividend of 24 per cent a year on par of 
$1. It is now quoted at $1.50, at which 
price it would net 10 per cent. f. s. 
New York. 
Put this down as a rule. Any stock 
that earns and pays 24 per cent cannot 
be bought for $1.50 on its face value. 
Sometimes a dividend is paid on stocks 
to induce sales. When stocks have real¬ 
ly no value in themselves and cost only 
the expense of printing the certificates, 
the promoters can well afford to pay 
back part of the money in dividends 
provided the scheme induces further 
sales, which it usually does. Don’t accept 
these statements or even let payments 
of dividends influence you in the pur¬ 
chase of stocks. It is safest to leave 
them alone entirely; but if you must 
have them, then know the value of the 
property behind them before you buy a 
fraction of the property. You do buy a 
fraction of a property when you buy 
stock in it. If you bought a partnership 
in a store, you would want to know 
how much goods in the store and how 
much trade it has. You would not take 
a mortgage on a farm until you had in¬ 
quired into the value of the farm. If 
3’ou do not take stock in mines until 
you know the value of the mines, you 
will not invest in them in a hurry. 
I bought a crate of eggs last week and 
found the top layer covered with Rurae 
New-Yorkers, which I have read with a 
great deal of interest. On your editorial 
page 024 I see an introductory offer of 
10 weeks for 10 cents. I enclose a check 
for $1.10, for which send me your paper 
one year and 10 weeks. a. c. K. 
New York. 
The above note comes from the city 
of Albany, and from a man who evi¬ 
dently knows a good thing when he sees 
it. The circulation of The R. N.-Y. 
has been more than doubled in five or 
six years simply by the voluntary sub¬ 
scriptions of farmers who have had a 
chance to see it and know it. Here is 
another note from an older friend: 
Can’t get along without The It. N.-Y.; 
must have one honest paper in the house 
that we can rely upon. w. e. 
New York. 
We promise you a paper that you can 
rely upon within human limitations. We 
may make mistakes; but if we discover 
them, we will be frank to admit the 
error and make reparation for any in¬ 
jury done. We would let io guilty 
men go free rather than raise even 
a breath of suspicion against one 
innocent, upright man; but we are not 
going to let any false sympathy in¬ 
terfere with our duty to brand a thief 
when we catch him with the goods. 
_ J. J- D. 
“BIG WINGS” ON CHICKS. 
On page 513 I noticed C. B. has 
trouble with over-growing wing feath¬ 
ers in chickens. We had this same 
trouble with Brown Leghorns and Black 
Minorcas last year, and lost a great 
many chicks from it. After trying 
change of feeds without seeming to im¬ 
prove matters, we tried trimming their 
wing feathers, which proved satisfac¬ 
tory. Do not wait till chicks commence 
to droop, but as soon as the wings com¬ 
mence to shoot out clip them off. This 
year I keep nothing but Black Lang- 
shans, which are not troubled with this 
disease. I feed no ground feed or 
mashes to young chicks. My last hatch 
came off the last week in April. I have 
not had a chick die this season after 
they were twenty-four hours old, and 
those that died then were cripples. The 
nearest to ground feed that I have fed 
is cracked corn. I am now feeding a 
mixture—wheat, buckwheat, oats and 
cracked corn, a little beef scrap and 
grit. The wing clipping saved our 
chicks, and all it costs is a little time. 
Collinwood, Ohio. g. w. b. 
This trouble is not big wings, but 
sick chickens. In their natural state 
the chick without wings was an easy 
prey to its enemies, and so nature said 
for the wings to grow as long as the 
chick had life, or there would be no 
chick. Some people get cause and re¬ 
sult sadly mixed, and the problem is 
not to prevent the growth of the wings, 
but keep the chick healthy and grow¬ 
ing with his wings, and then although 
the wings will be just as big they won’t 
look out of place as they do on a 
stunted, sick chicken. I have known of 
people who clipped the little fellows’ 
wings when the chicks were too sick to 
carry them longer. The cause may be 
in the stock or in the incubator or 
brooder, but I think I would look for 
it in the feed. I have had more trouble 
with the feed than all other causes, and 
a season like this when feed is so high- 
priced a good deal of poor feed is 
worked up for chicken feed, and one 
might just as well feed little chicks 
poison as musty or mouldy feed. 
FLOYD Q. WHITE. 
Silage for Hens.- —On page 481 there is 
an inquiry about feeding corn silage to 
hens. It is a practical question, and ought 
to have a practical answer. After much 
experimenting I gave up all green foods in 
favor of corn silage. The hens like it and 
do well upon it. A bushel a day will do 
lor three or four hundred hens. I never dis¬ 
covered any injurious effect from feeding it. 
I went through all the clover experiences 
and finally discarded it. It costs too much 
to prepare it. Labor cost is what eats up 
profits in poultry. thomas hoi.lis. 
Massachusetts. 
EGGS WANTED. 
White and Brown Leghorns. 
Fancy prices for fancy quality. 
ENYARD & GODLEY, 
307 Greenwich Street, New York City. 
WANTED PULLETS _ w e a p;LS a Bj p B, 1 ,* , “ t, w: 
Rocks, Golden, Columbian, Buff or W. Wyandottes, 
R. I. Reds and Black Minorcas. We handle broil¬ 
ers—1 to 2 pounds each at regular cash price—F.O.B. 
Would like one thousand within next month—lots 
of not less than 25. CHESTER CREST POULTRY 
YARDS, Mount Vernon, New York. 
V an Alstyne’s S.C.R.I.Reds—100 breeders for 
sale tomake room for young stock. Send scamp for 
prices. Edw. Van Alstyne & Sou, Kinderhook.N.Y. 
300 
per 100. 
WHITE WYANDOTTE HENS; choice 
breeders. Baby chicks $10 per 100; eggs $4 
FOREST HILL FARM. Burnwocd, N. Y. 
QA Thoroughbred R. C. Brown Leghorn Yearling 
OU Hens for sale at $1 each, also a few L. Brahma 
Y’earlings at $1.50 each. A. S. Brian, Mt.Kisco.N.YL 
ENTERPRISE POULTRYYARDS 
RIDGEFIELD, CONN., 
FOR SALE 
Complete in every detail with bulk of stock. 
Ideal location: established trade. Full par¬ 
ticulars from It. P. CUSHMAN, add. as above. 
IllligMiNdJ 
Stockmen and farmers who use the Cooper Dips 
have healthier animals—get more wool and better 
prices. More than*half the cloth and flannel of 
the world is made of Cooper dipped wool. Tanks 
supplied at cost to all users of the Cooper Dips. 
COOPER’S POWDER DIP 
The leading sheep dip for 66 years. Used on over 
250 million sheep every year. Kills ticks, lice, nits 
and eggs in one dipping. Does not stain the wool, 
but increases the yield and improves the quality. 
Price—25 gal. pkt. 60c; 100 gal. pkt. $2.00. 
COOPER’S FLUID DIP 
for all animals. A highly concentrated, non- 
poisonous fluid dip of marvelous strength. Mixes 
readily with cold water, whether hard, brackish, 
or salty. The only pure liquid dip—no sediment. 
Goes farther than Coal Tar dips and therefore 
cheaper. Positive remedy for scab, mange, ticks, 
lice, ringworm, eczema, sores, bites, stings, etc. 
Onegallon makes 200 gallons for general dipping, 
or 3001 gallons for disinfecting. Price—Qt. can 60c; 
H gal. can $1.00; 1 gal. can $1.76; 6 gal. can $8.60. ? 
COOPER’S WORM TABLETS 
v A sure remedy for intestinal worms in Horses, 
Sheep, Cattle and Hogs. These tablets offer the 
great advantage of correct doses and certain re¬ 
sults. Dose—one tablet for lamb or shont; two for 
sheep or hogs; three for horses and cattle. Price 
—10 tablets 20c postpaid; box of 100 tablets $1.50postpaid. 
COOPER’S “LAVENE” 
The most effective skin dressing for HorseB. 
Cattle and Dogs. Cures worst case of Mange and 
Ringworm at one dressing. Searches the skin and 
attacks the disease at its root. Improves the coat 
and renders hair soft and glossy. Is used by many 
of the best breeders in preparing nnimais forshow. 
Price—Quart can SI.00: gal. can $3.00. 
I I 
Fluids V1 Winter and V 2 Summer have 
caused a revolution in tree spraying. These new and scien¬ 
tifically prepared spray fluids stand alone for the absolute 
destruction of all living insects, eggs, fungi, etc. One gal¬ 
lon makes 100 gallons of wash. Price—Gallon can, $3.00. 
WHERE THERE IS NO DEALER 
If you live where there is no dealer who can supply you 
with the Cooper preparations, order from Wm. Cooper & 
Nephews, 177 Illinois St.,Chicago, and deduct 10% from any 
of above prices (Worm Tablets excepted) for freight account. 
Distributing- Agents: 
SCHIEFFELIN & CO., 170 William St., 
New York, N. Y., 
m ik Oil Dip 
For 
Cattle, Sheep, 
Hogs. 
Oldest American Dip. Cheapest,' 
most effective, strongest obtainable. 
1 gal. can $1-00, 52 gal. barrel $40. 
Catalog Stockmen’s Supplies Free. 
CYRIL FRANCKLYN, 62 BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK 
“BULLETIN No. 26” 
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. 
’08 SQUAB BOOK FREE 
Rock Squabs are largest, most 
We were FIRST ; our birds and 
revolutionized the industry. 
Send for our 1908 Free 
llook, telling “Howto Make 
Money Breeding Squabs.’’ 
PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB CO. 
335 Howard St. Melrose, Mass. 
Polfin nII0I/O Breeders of high-class Single 
rClMH UU0!\o and Rose Comb White Leg- 
and horns, White Wyandottes, Wh. 
Wn TP PD'hOI'IK find Barred Plymouth Rocks, 
IIIIIIC LCgllUlllo G enn j))e 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 stool;, especially 
bred to produce fertile eggs, $1.50 for 13; $0.00 per 
100, in any quantity. 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 persettiug of 10. 
Eighty pens, 2,000 layers. Cypher’s authorized 
agent for this section. BONNIE BRAE 
POULTRY FARM, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
RADY PUIPIf Q— Prompt and safe delivery 1500 
DMD I UflllmO miles. World’s Best R. I. 
Reds 15c. each, $15 per 100, B. Rocks, Bl. Minorcas, 
Br. Leghorns. 10c. each, $10 per 100, Buff Orpingtons 
20c. each. CORNISH FARMS, Edwardsburg.Mieli. 
AMERICAN PET STOCK FARM, Hu c °„ LL c£%. 
All Breeds of Standard Bred Poultry and Thor¬ 
oughbred Scotch Collie Dogs. 
R HODE ISLAND RKDS-You can buy high 
class Breeders from me now for less than half 
wliat they would cost you next winter or spring. 
You may return at my expense, if not satisfactory. 
Sinclair Smith, Box 153, Southold, Suffolk Co., N.Y. 
BROWN LEGHORN HENS CHEAP. 
Our famous bred to lay strains. Write 
NELSON BROS., Grove City, 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. 
Hll TD V M CM -Send for our new 36-page illus- 
J U L I It I If 11. II trated poultry catalogue. Abso- 
k- fvoft F.nst. Dnnpifrnl PouItrvYards.Marietta,Fa. 
dlt Send for our Terms 
to Subscription 
Workers now. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
409 Pearl Street, 
New York. 
