578 
THE RKKAb NEW-YORKER 
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. V., for produce shipped and 
sold on commission. 
There may be other producers who 
would like to ship goods to the same 
concern on similar conditions of non¬ 
payment, but we doubt it. Yet, strange 
to say, they are yet doing business at 
the old stand. 
We have previously referred to the 
methods of Elmer C. Wainwright, who 
advertises under the name of Fanciers’ 
Stock Farm, Long Branch, N. J., as a 
breeder who forgets to send the goods 
after he has received the money. He 
does not even think it worth while to 
answer complaints. This is the man 
who poses as a chicken fancier, and who 
started a fancier’s poultry paper some 
time ago. It would seem that the 
good old hen is burdened with more 
than her share of petty fakers. It is 
pretty near time the honest men in the 
poultry business rose up and did some¬ 
thing to rid their industry of its small 
rogues. 
We have run some advertising of 
fence posts for J. H. Downs, 299 
Broadway, New York, and have, of 
course, considered him worthy of credit. 
He has always sent the goods in time; 
but he has been so indifferent to cus¬ 
tomers’ complaints that we have con¬ 
cluded that we cannot be responsible for 
him any longer. He is the kind of an 
advertising customer that The R. N.-Y. 
does not want. Mr. Downs is prompt 
and courteous in his correspondence be¬ 
fore the order is placed and the remit¬ 
tance made. Afterwards he simply pays 
no attention to complaints either from 
customers or from us. We do not wish 
to be responsible for his delays and in¬ 
difference any longer. 
In answer to an inquiry in a recent copy 
of Tiie It. N.-Y. whether it would he ad¬ 
visable to act as advertising agent for 
an advertising and distributing bureau, I 
say no. To become a member of one of 
these concerns you must pay a membership 
fee, for which they send you a certificate 
which is no earthly good. The Bureau 
then insists, in order to do business for 
them, that they send you their copyrighted 
printed letters for distribution (at your 
own expense), for which they charge you 
two or three times their value. The worst 
of it all, the Bureau will send you a lot 
of names of fake (pure and simple), firms 
to whom you must send these printed let¬ 
ters. These concerns ask the agent to 
send cash to pay for consignments of their 
goods, -which any honest agent would be 
ashamed to show customers, to say nothing 
about selling the trash. The amount of 
this stuff received from fake concerns is 
simply appalling. I am cutting out the 
subscriptions from all publishers who carry 
advertisements for fake concerns, and will 
do all I can to induce other readers to 
cancel subscriptions to such advertising 
periodicals. w. F. H. 
Pennsylvania. 
We give the above letter in full, be¬ 
cause it gives the experience of an hon¬ 
est man who was evidently induced to 
pay his money for the privilege of in¬ 
viting correspondence with fake con¬ 
cerns whose schemes he would not 
patronize. If everyone would refuse to 
receive papers as this man does, which 
carry fake advertising, the business 
would soon stop. You usually get the* 
papers free, but you pay dearly for 
them when you patronize one of the 
frauds. 
Would it be asking too much of you to 
look up the Wilson Vaudeville School of 
Acting, 2(53 West 42d Street, New York. 
The course cost me $10, and I received only 
a small part of the course. 
Nebraska. a subscriber. 
We have had previous inquiries about 
this, but find the place closed, and no 
trace of the proprietor. The investment 
must be credited to experience. If good 
use is made of the portion lost it will be 
worth more than the original tuition. 
The Gardner Nursery Company, 
Osage, Iowa, think we were not justified 
in the reference to them on page 530. 
They send us several letters from farm¬ 
ers acknowledging receipt of the six 
evergreens, of which the following is a 
sample: 
Many thanks for the little trees which 
arrived in good condition and have already 
commenced to grow. c. b. 
Minnesota. 
Because so many people received the 
evergreens all right the company thinks 
they should not be criticised as we did 
- publishing the experience of C. F. B., 
New York. There may be something 
in this view of the case; but there were 
two points in the criticism of our New 
York subscriber which are not ex¬ 
plained by the letters from other cus¬ 
tomers sent us. First, they were 
promised a two-year-old plant. This 
man said he got one-year seedlings. Sec¬ 
ond, the request was made for five cents 
for postage, but a one-cent stamp car¬ 
ried the package. Mr. Gardner says 
that our correspondent is in error; that 
all the plants sent out were two years 
old, and that they promptly duplicated 
any shipment when complaint was re¬ 
ceived, and in that way made good their 
guarantee of safe arrival. In regard to 
the postage he says this varied from 
one cent to three cents, according to 
size, and he estimates that the labor in 
mailing them made the cost exceed five 
cents per package. We want to be 
entirely fair with all interests, and 
gladly give their side of this case. We 
do it in this case all the more willingly 
because while we have at times criti¬ 
cised some of their selling methods, we 
have always felt that they sent value 
for the remittances made them. We 
had occasion once to criticize a ferti¬ 
lizer formula which they sent out, but 
we thought at the time that their error 
was largely if not entirely due to 
ignorance of the fertilizer business. 
Their scheme of sending $10 lists of 
plants for alleged advertising stations is, 
to say the least, subject to the criticism 
that they are not particular as to the 
location of _ the alleged station. The 
proposition is apparently general to any 
one in any section, and leads to the 
conclusion that they are willing to sell 
the list of goods for $10 without any 
other consideration. Yet as far as we 
have learned, with a few exceptions, 
people have been satisfied with the goods 
sent on the proposition. It may he that 
the fiction in the proposition does no 
harm, hut we think any scheme that 
creates a suspicion in the minds of in¬ 
telligent growers could be safely 
omitted. 
The inclosed advertisement from one of 
the Christian papers lias earmarks of a 
fraud, I suspect. Can you give me any 
information about it? f. g. 
Alabama. 
This is the advertisement: 
I have berries, grapes, peaches and apples 
two years old, fresh as when picked. Do 
not heat or cook the fruit, just put it up 
cold; keeps perfectly fresh' and costs al¬ 
most nothing. Last year I sold directions 
to over 120 families in one week. As 
there are many people poor, like myself, I 
feel it my duty to give you my experience, 
feeling confident anyone can make $100 
around home in a few days. I will mail 
bottle of fruit and full directions to any 
of the readers for 21 two-cent stamps, to 
cover cost of bottle, fruit, malting, etc. 
Let people see and taste the fruit and you 
should sell hundreds of directions at $1 
each. 
We purposely omit the name and 
address. Of course it is a fake. Don’t 
touch it. 
Your method of going after frauds and 
dead beats meets with my hearty approval. 
I hope you will be the means of driving 
them all out of business and into the peni¬ 
tentiary. Can you tell anything about T. 
C. Furnas & Co., 839 Ft. Wayne avenue, 
Indianapolis, Ind.? They have beaten me 
out of $75 worth of nursery stock. The 
stock was shipped to them in the Fall of 
1904. They received the stock all right, 
but would never answer any of my letters 
asking for my money. The above named 
firm claim to be nurserymen and florists, 
also seedsmen. I would also like to know 
if you can tell anything about a firm call¬ 
ing themselves the Jackson County Nur¬ 
sery Co., Bosky Dell, Ill. They have also 
beaten me out of $9 worth of stock, and I 
can get no answer to the numerous letters 
that I have written to them. t. ,t. w. 
Indiana. 
This man certainly struck two bad 
bargains. The circumstances again sug¬ 
gest the wisdom of keeping a record of 
the concerns to leave alone. We have 
repeatedly referred to both of these 
houses during the last two or three 
years. We have no hc^e of being able 
to do anything with either of them in 
this case. When concerns get so low in 
credit and confidence that they have no 
reputation to lose they do not think it 
worth while to reply to our letters. We 
can hope to reach only those who have 
a little regard for their reputations. Be 
it ever so little, we can then do some¬ 
thing with them, but these two cases 
we consider hopeless. Paste their names 
on the “no credit” page of your ledger. 
I wish to congratulate you on your vic¬ 
tory in the Jersey Cattle case, and to show 
you my appreciation of your efforts to run 
down all rascals I have secured a subscrip¬ 
tion from a friend. I’lease send him 
what T believe to be the cleanest and best 
paper in New York—T he It. N.-Y. 
New York. f. d. ii. 
That is one of the strong and forcible 
ways of expressing appreciation. A good 
many old friends are expressing it in 
just this way every day. If every 
farmer who approved of the cattle fight, 
expressed the approval in just that way 
we would soon have all the work our 
new press could do. j. j. a 
FEED FOR INCUBATOR CHICKS. 
What is the best fo feed incubator chicks 
with, and have it dry or wet for forcing? 
East Boothbay, Maine. E. v. h. 
For forcing chicks it is better to feed 
the mash wet and have a hopper full of 
the same mixture dry for them to run 
to whenever they want to. All dry 
feeding is the easiest, but we have 
noticed that after they have eaten all 
the dry feed they will a little wet 
mash will be relished and eaten up 
clean. The mash should be 200 pounds 
wheat bran, 100 wheat middlings, 100 
cornmeal, 100 ground oats and 100 
beef scraps. If skim-milk can be had it 
is the best to use to moisten the mash 
with, and never feed so much that there 
is any left in the troughs. 
Ft.OYD Q. WHITE. 
HENS REFUSE TO LAY. 
I have 140 White and Brown Leghorns 
and four roosters. This is my fourth year’s 
experience with poultry; the first two 
years in Illinois I had splendid success; 
then I kept 25 bens in a small pen. Now 
they have free range and are fed bran 
and beef scraps in a wet crumbly mash in 
the morning and eight quarts of Kaffir corn 
at night scattered in the grass, because of 
heavy dew in the morning. They have grit 
and oyster shell always in hoppers before 
them. The house is 1(5x30; the east side, 
16 feet, is entirely open, fenced with one- 
inch poultry netting; dirt floor three or 
four inches higher than yard. The roosts 
are standing free from wall so as to keep 
mites away; I never found any, as house 
is kept clean and sprayed. The best egg 
yield I ever had was 72 in one day. At 
present I get four or five. I have never 
had any serious disease in the flock; have 
not lost a hen in months. i\ hen the egg 
vield began to decrease to about 25 a day 
r began to hunt for the cause; found a few 
lice dusted them with lice powder, also 
used a mixture of lard and sulphur on 
head under wings and about vent; as I saw 
no results I dipped them in tobacco tea; 
this did not seem to benefit much. Finally 
I dipped them in kerosene emulsion made 
bv Cook’s formula and diluted with three 
times volume of warm water. It nearly 
took the skin off; not having sufficient, I 
did not dip all the hens, but none lay, 
dipped or undipped. The stock ought to be 
all right, for I brought my Illinois hens 
with me, and from 23 I got from 14 to 20 
eggs a day last Summer. They seem to be 
moulting, as I find many feathers. Could 
thev be moulting now, and if so would 
they moult in the Fall? How much should 
they be fed, and is bone meal and tankage 
as sold bv fertilizer dealers a safe feed 
when mixed with charcoal? Is cotton-seed 
meal safe by giving them about a quart a 
day in their mash? IIow does it affect 
them ? I have fed a little from time to 
time, but no tankage or bone meal. If I 
feed a mash of 11 pounds of bran and three 
of beef scrap they just lie around the 
chicken house and barn all day. The corn 
is scattered in tall grass late in the even¬ 
ing. I cannot get any middlings in Hous¬ 
ton; corn chop, $1.70; bran, $1.55; Kaffir 
corn, $1.40; beef scrap. 55 per cent, $3.25; 
get for eggs, 17’4 cents. How can I dust 
or dip the hens to keep them free from 
lice, and with what preparation? 
Texas. J. H. 
Part of the trouble with this flock is 
shown by the statement that after filling 
up on the mash they would just lie 
around the houses. That is just the 
reason we had to change from feeding 
the mash in the morning. The heavy 
dew won’t hurt the hens nearly as much 
as the filling up without exercise. The 
hen that does not exercise will not lay. 
Tf some wheat and oats could be added 
to the corn ration it would also help the 
laying, and if it was a possible thing 
we would add cornmeal and wheat 
middlings to the mash ration, and have 
a hopper full of it for them to eat dry 
whenever they were hungry. I hardly 
think they are moulting, although it is 
possible, and if they are it would show 
around their necks. As to lice, we have 
no trouble as long as they have a place 
to wallow in dry dirt or dust. We 
would not dip a hen for lice, as it is very 
hard work to get the material through 
the feathers, and would be of damage 
to the hens. It is not safe to feed 
tankage to hens, as it is dissolved with 
sulphuric acid before being ground. As 
to the effect of cotton-seed meal I can¬ 
not say, as our hens did not like it, so 
we cut it out and have never fed it 
since. floyd q. white. 
July n, 
When* you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-1 T . and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee 
The craving tells the need. Don’t mix with 
feed, don’t overdose, above all don’t neglect. 
Let taste govern 
COMPRESSED 
PURE-SALT BRICKS 
and our strong, sim pie holder, ena ble you to salt 
the horse the horse’s way. Let him have it. NalJ 
It up In his stall. A trilling amount a month 
will keep him going. It Is refined dairy salt. 
The thing for all stabled animals. Write for 
free book for more salting sense. 
BELMONT STABLE SUPPLY CO., 
.(Patenteesand Mfrs.) Station C, Brooklyn, N, V. 
Ml TOMES! SUMS 
GUARANTEED 
Heave and Cough Cuue 
A Remedy for Wind and Throat 
troubles. ‘25years in use proves lu 
k worth for heaves and chronio 
cough. $1.00 per can. We also 
make a 50c can for Colds, Acute 
Coughs, Distemper, Worm Kx* 
peller, Blood Purifier and grand 
__ _ k conditioner for horses badly 
run down, but it do«9 not contain enough to cure heaves. All 
dealers or sent direct, express prepaid. Send for booklet. 
THE NEWTON REMEDY CO.,Toledo, Ohio 
AH INFLAMED TENDON 
NEEDS COOLING. 
A0SORBINE 
Will do it and restore the circulation, 
assist nature to repair strained, rup¬ 
tured ligaments more successfully than 
Firing. No blister, no hair gone, and 
you can use the horse. 82.00 per bottle, 
delivered. Book 2-C Free. 
' ABSORBINE, JR., for mankind781.00 
bottle. Cures Strained Torn Ligaments, 
Varicose Veins, Varicocele, Hydrocele, en¬ 
larged Glands and Ulcers. Allays pain quickly 
W, F. YOUNG, P.D.F. 88 Monmouth St .Soringfield Mass 
B eginners with poultrykIS 
experience and conclusions of Experts and 
Experiment Stations which use and recommend 
CYPHERS INCUBATORS 
Guaranteed the Best for Satlafactlon and Profit 
Bave time and money by writing for 212-page Free Cata¬ 
log showing Self-Regulating Incubators. 
CYPHERS INCUBATOR COMPANY, Buffalo, N.V. 
ENTERPRISE POULTRYYARDS 
RIDGEFIELD, CONN., 
FOR SALE 
Complete in every detail with bulk of stock. 
Ideal location: established trade. Full par¬ 
ticulars from R. P. CUSHMAN, add. as above. 
THE AMERICAN PET STOCK FARM, 
COLLINS, Huron Co., Ohio. 
All Breeds of Dors and Standard Bred Poultry. 
100 
High Scoring Barred Rock Hens at $ 1.60 each. 
Stock on approval. CUBWIN MACHER, Dublin, Pa. 
V an Alstyne’s S.C.Il.I.Reds—lOO breeders for 
sale to make room for young stock. Send stamp for 
prices. Edw. Van Alstyue & Son, Kinderhook.N.Y. 
300 
per 100. 
WHITE WYANDOTTE HENS; choice 
breeders. Baby chicks $10 per 100; eggs $4 
FOREST HILL FARM, Burnwocd, N. Y. 
Thoroughbred R. ('. Brown Leghorn Yearling 
UV Hens for sale at$l each, also a few L. Brahma 
Yearlings at $1.50 each. A. S. Brian, Mt.Kisco.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. 
POULTRYMEN 
I —Send for our new 36-page illus¬ 
trated poultry catalogue. Abso- 
ntely free. EastDouegal Poultry Yards, Marietta, Fa. 
R HODE ISLAND RKDS-You can buy high 
class Breeders from me now for less than half 
what 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. 
D A D V P U I PU Q —Prompt and safe delivery 1500 
DAD I UniUlvO 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.Micb. 
Pekin Ducks 
Breeders of high-class Single 
and Rose Comb White Leg 
- horns. White Wyandottes, Wh. 
Whitp I ptrhnrnc and Barred Plymouth Rocks, 
IIIIIIC LGgllUl 110 Genuine Japanese bred and Irn- 
erial Pekin Ducks. Blue ribbon winners, Madison 
Jquare Garden, December, 1907. Hen eggs front 
prize matings, our very best Stock. $3.00 for 13; 
$15.00 per 100. High-class fertility stock, especially 
bred to produce fertile eggs, $1.50 for 13; $6.00 per 
100, in any quantity. Imperial Pekin Duck Eggs, 
$1.50 per setting, $8.00 per 100, $75.00 per 1.000; 
g 
agent 
POULTRY FARM, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Sea Green & Purple Slate Roofs 
absolutely last forever. Being solid rock, they are spark 
and fire-proof. Reduce your insurance rate. Afford pure 
cistern water. Don't require frequent painting and coat¬ 
ing like metal and composition roofing. Not affected by 
heat or cold. Suitable for all buildings, new or old. 
First cost —only a trifle more than short lived roofings. 
Let us settle your roofing question for all time. Don t 
spend more good money for poor roofing. It WRITE TO 
US AT ONCE for our free book “ ROOFS.” It will save 
you money. Give us the name of your local roofer. 
THE AMERICAN SEA GREEN SLATE CO. Box 10, Granville, N. Y. 
