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THE RURAL NBW'YORKER 
August 22, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
We have the following notes signed by the pro¬ 
duce commission firm, Stevens & Simpson & Co., 
282 Washington Street, New York, for collection : 
$47.81, dated April 25, 1907, and due in 90 days. 
$25.25 dated July I. 1907, and due July 30, 1907. 
$25.25, dated July 1, 1907, and due July 16, 1907. 
The notes wore issued to Allen B. Wells, 
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., for produce shipped and 
sold on commission. 
On page 626, issue of August 1, we 
gave a history of a fertilizer deal of 
Mr. D. J. Cronan with Walter Lippin- 
eott and the Monmouth Chemical Com¬ 
pany, Shrewsbury, N. J. Mr. Lippincott 
still has $50 of this farmer’s money, also 
owes him for protest fees on two worth¬ 
less checks. Until settlement is made we 
feel hound to advise subscribers against 
sending money in advance to this com¬ 
pany for either fertilizers or Salimene. 
The latter product is a preparation of 
which there has in the past been con¬ 
siderable sale for destroying the San 
Jose scale. Indeed, we slfoidd not feel 
safe in using goods under any circum¬ 
stances put up by a man who resorts to 
the practice of sending a farmer worth¬ 
less checks, as Mr. Lippincott has done 
in this and other cases. 
I have been a subscriber for about 15 
years; now I feel familiar enough to ask 
a favor of you. Will you find out for 
me if the bonds of the Wheeling Hoofing 
and Cornice Company, now doing business 
in Steelton, West Virginia, are worthless, 
and if you can possibly find out the ad¬ 
dress of some of the bond holders would 
you do so? I was stupid enough some time 
ago fo got $1,000 worth of these bonds. 
New Jersey. G. w. s. 
This subscriber discovered his mis¬ 
take after his money is gone—beyond 
hope of recovery. The case is similar 
to hundreds of others which have come 
to our attention where stocks and bonds 
have been offered to the general pub¬ 
lic. We should be glad to put any 
other holders of these bonds in com¬ 
munication with G. W. S. in order that 
they might act in unison for their 
mutual protection. 
I haven’t seen the enclosed advertised • 
in Tiie It. N.-Y., or else wouldn't ask you 
what you think of the Clipper lawn 
mower. Most likely you have tried the 
Clipper or know somebody who has. In any 
case l shall be pleased to know about it. 
Florida. a. c. c. 
We can recall no one implement or 
machine with regard to which there has 
been such universal complaint from our 
readers as there has been about this 
lawn mower. The concensus of opinion 
of those who have used it seems to be 
that as a practical machine the Clipper 
lawn mower is well-nigh worthless. 
A reader of a farm paper says his 
neighbor might become interested if he 
would only read it. The editor says: 
• Aye. there’s (lie rub, “if he will only read 
it.” We believe that a large part of the 
small percentage of subscribers who do 
not renew their subscriptions from year 
to year are of the class who fail to profit 
by an agricultural paper because they do 
not read it. 
We do not believe in laying the blame 
entirely upon the farmer. A man will 
read a paper if you put things in which 
compel him to give attention. If a 
paper remains unread it may be partly 
the fault of those who make it. Put 
the truth before tlv' • lople in plain lan¬ 
guage and make them feel that you 
have sympathy for them, and you can¬ 
not keep them from reading it. The 
theory of our 10-cent short-term sub¬ 
scriptions is based on the fact that in one 
of 10 issues we can print something that 
will be of vital interest to any person 
who lives in the country. Read this 
note from New York State: 
I never saw a copy of The R. N.-Y. 
until some kind friend (I don’t know who) 
sent me a 10-weeks’ subscription. I would 
like to thank him through the columns of 
the paper. I highly appreciate the 
privilege of reading a clean up-to-date 
paper.“ I like to see how the swindlers 
are exposed. e. c. n. 
We have read hundreds of just such 
letters from readers. They never saw 
the paper till some one suggested a 10- 
cent trial or paid for one. There is lit¬ 
tle difficulty in getting them to read it, 
and in the majority of cases such people 
become regular subscribers. The most 
effective subscription work we have is 
done by friends in handing out those lit¬ 
tle envelopes. 
POULTRY ON THE FARM. 
The larger part of all the eggs and 
poultry sold in the markets of the great 
cities and smaller towns comes from 
the farmer’s flock. The amount from 
each is small, but the aggregate im¬ 
mense. When proper attention is given 
to the poultry (which is not often) the 
profit is as large as, if not larger than 
from any other part of the farm oper¬ 
ations. Poultry on the farm is consid¬ 
ered by the average farmer as a nui¬ 
sance to be tolerated only because it 
pleases the women folks to have them 
around. *To be sure, he enjoys an oc¬ 
casional egg for his breakfast or a 
Sunday dinner of chicken pie or roast 
chicken with sage dressing, still he 
thinks he would rather pay for these 
treats and let some one else have the 
trouble of raising them. The idea that 
poultry may be kept as a money-making 
project has never entered his mind. Be¬ 
sides, who has the time to fool away on 
anything as trivial as a few old hens? 
There is just the trouble with the 
chicken business on the average farm. 
No one thinks he has the time to fool 
with chickens. The results are the 
chickens are left to look out for them¬ 
selves, or maybe a little cold, hard corn 
is dumped out to them occasionally in 
A BUSINESS WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCK. 
Winter, and once a day a bucket of 
cold water is set where they can get it 
if it does not freeze too quickly. On 
the farm the mistake is sometimes, 
though rarely, made of keeping too 
small a flock. P'owls with their vora¬ 
cious appetites are excellent scavengers, 
and if allowed to roam at will over the 
farm will utilize much that otherwise 
would go to waste. This wastage on 
large farms is sufficient to supply a 
flock of 50 to 75 hens with one-half of 
all the food they need. If but 10 or 20 
be kept there will be more or less loss. 
The much more frequent mistake is 
made of overstocking. The wastage is 
consumed, the crops in the vicinity of 
the buildings are destroyed, large 
quantities of grain in addition are fed; 
the houses (if there are any) are crowd¬ 
ed to suffocation and the ground in the 
entire circle of the farm buildings be¬ 
comes befouled. All may go well for a 
few years and then disaster comes, and 
the farmer arrives at the conclusion 
that there is no profit in poultry. The 
size of the flock should be regulated by 
the circumstances surrounding each 
case. Large stock farms, where large 
quantities of grain are used, where there 
is no truck garden near the house, fur¬ 
nish favorable conditions for keeping a 
large flock of poultry with profit. Dairy 
farms also, where grass and skim-milk 
are available, will support a large flock 
of laying hens economically. One who 
follows trucking or small fruit growing 
must limit his flock or confine them in 
yards during the growing and fruiting 
season, which adds to the expense and 
care. If properly managed the expense 
and care will be more than repaid, be¬ 
cause on such farms. there is consid¬ 
erable waste, such as poor cabbage, beet 
and turnip tops, etc., which can be uti¬ 
lized for poultry food. One of the 
greatest mistakes the farmer makes is 
not having a proper shelter for his 
poultry, and the result is they roost in 
any and every old place on the hay, in 
the cow stable, on the farming tools, 
and even on the best wagons if they are 
not seen and driven off, which does not 
tend to help fill the egg basket. 
While elaborate and costly structures 
are not required, they should be free 
from drafts in cold weather, storm¬ 
proof, have ample ground space and be 
convenient for the attendant. The last 
point should not be overlooked, since a 
very little saving of time and labor each 
of the 365 days in the year amounts to a 
considerable saving, and this may be 
accomplished by a small additional out¬ 
lay at the start. The style, size and 
cost must be determined by the builder’s 
needs, taste and pocketbook. There is 
no best house for all situations and all 
persons. 
The greatest mistake of all the aver¬ 
age farmer makes is in keeping common 
scrub poultry or “dunghills.” The 
farmer no longer pins his faith to scrub 
cattle; they must be of some pure breed. 
The horse must be of improved quality 
and bred for draft or road and track. 
The swine must be backed by royal 
blood. The old “razorback” kind that 
used to feed through the fence rails, 
because of its long snout, no longer sat¬ 
isfies. Then why should the farmer be 
satisfied with scrub chickens? The 
farm can and should be noted for its 
purebred Brahmas, Rocks, Reds, Leg¬ 
horns, Wyandottes or other breed that 
takes the farmer’s fancy, for it is an 
assured fact that the breed of one’s 
choice is the breed for him. Of these 
he will take the best care, and so insure 
the best profits. Here is a record for 
a flock of 13 purebred White Rocks on 
a small place. Although it is not ex¬ 
tra good, I will bet a flock of scrubs 
cannot come up to it; Eggs laid by 
months: January, 117; February, 16; 
March, 237; April, 259; May, 312; June, 
273; July, 217; August, 190; September, 
140; October, 20. Total, 1980; average 
per hen for 10 months, 152 4-13. One 
hen laid 61 eggs in 65 days. They were 
hatched the last of June and began to 
lay when six months old. I also raised 
a flock of chickens, so that the eggs, 
stock, etc., sold came to $151.50. Feed 
for hens and chickens came to 
$86.50. Profit, $65, or $5 per hen. This 
is what a flock of purebred poultry will 
do on a farm with only common care. 
Massachusetts. r. l. Chamberlin. 
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