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January 14, 
64 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Thanks. The first business day of 
1911 starts off well. The record for 
subscription returns has again been 
broken. The increase over the record 
of last year is $123.08. It not only 
beats the record of last year, but any 
previous record. It is the biggest day’s 
subscription mail ever received at this 
office. We have no words at this time 
fittingly to express our feelings or our 
appreciation and gratitude. It simply 
starts us off rejoicing on a new year's 
work, and with a new inspiration to give 
the farmers of this country the best 
service that any paper ever gave any 
people or any industry. We do not 
mean by this that you will find nothing 
to criticise. \Ve propose to keep on do¬ 
ing things, and in human activity there 
are sure to be errors, but without pre¬ 
judice or theory or personal ax to grind, 
we want The R. N.-Y. to speak first, 
last and all the time for the interest 
of the farm. That is the star to which 
our compass is set. We may get off 
the trail at times, but with the needle 
always in one direction we do not ex¬ 
pect to stray far. We prefer to pursue 
this policy peaceably and in harmony 
with all other industries; but when 
rogues attempt to ply their trade at the 
expense of the farm, there is likely to 
be a scrap. 
Thanks again for the mail of January 
third. 
Charles B. McKee, Huntington, Pa., 
was arrested December 3 by postal in¬ 
spectors. He traded as the Charles B. 
McKee Commission Company and the 
Huntington Fruit and Produce Com¬ 
pany. It is alleged that he bought pro¬ 
duce of farmers through the mails and 
failed to make payments. 
Last month officers of the Pine 
Heights Co., Ocean City, N. J., a south¬ 
ern New Jersey land promoting com¬ 
pany, were arrested by Federal authori¬ 
ties for selling lots in south New Jer¬ 
sey, which the Government alleges are 
practically worthless. Keep this in mind 
when land promoters make tempting 
future promises in exchange for ready 
cash. 
Will you please inform me whether the 
National Co-operative Co., Washington, 
D. C., is all right, or are they just a cor¬ 
respondence school or a real estate ex¬ 
change as they advertise? Thanking you 
in advance I remain a friend to Publisher’s 
Desk. e. G. A. 
Maryland. 
The real estate exchange feature is a 
good argument to induce remittances 
for lessons, but it has no other merit 
that we have been able to discover. 
On December 14 a judgment for $167 
was entered against the Egg Producers’ 
Co., 48 Washington avenue, and 276 East 
New York avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., in fa¬ 
vor of Orville E. Meservey for poultry sold 
and delivered. Execution was issued on the 
15th, and the sheriff reports that the Egg 
Producers’ Co. has been succeeded by the 
Morgan Poultry Co. 
Above is our last report. Morgan 
was about all there was to the old com¬ 
pany, and what basis there is for ex¬ 
tending him credit on his new company 
is more than we can figure out. He 
will probably pay for a time, and some 
shippers will argue that this will be 
sufficient reason for extending credit 
again. 
Draft of $2.07 due me from the D., L. & 
W. it. It. Co., overcharge on carload haled 
hay received ; return thanks for same. You 
say this hill was easy to settle; in fact, 
ea'sier than usual. Yes, T suppose it was 
easy for the big It. N.-Y., the same as it 
was easy for Johnson to knock Jeff out last 
Fourth of July. I was in the ring, a game 
little farmer against the D., E. & W. It. K. 
Co. I had conclusive evidence that. 1 had 
been overcharged, and although I hit them 
hard with right and left hooks and wound 
up with a right hand swing to the solar 
plexus, I lacked steam, hut when The 
I t. N.-Y. took it up for me they simply 
threw up the sponge. w. a. b. 
Pennsylvania. 
Our Pennsylvania friend tells his 
story so forcibly in bis own way that 
we have nothing to add to it. 
Would you advise an investment in the 
Arcadia Orchard Co., Spokane, Wash.? 
They sell small farms on contract in 
monthly payments, agreeing to clear the 
land and plant it to fruit, and care for it 
during contract for you. reader. 
New Jersey. 
Reports indicate that this company 
had some “old scores” under a former 
management which have now been com¬ 
promised or settled, and that it has a 
present large income from payments on 
land sold on practically the plan re¬ 
ferred to above. It seems to control a 
large tract of land suitable for fruit 
growing, and also controls some valu¬ 
able water privileges for irrigation, 
but the company is under heavy ex¬ 
pense, and its success depends on its 
ability to dispose of the land yet re¬ 
maining unsold. So if you buy now 
you at least share the risks of the com¬ 
pany in disposing of other large_ hold¬ 
ings. But aside from this question of 
the future success of the company pro¬ 
moting the scheme, we have not known 
where money has been made out of 
farming operations by proxy. If anyone 
knows of a single instance where a man 
has gone in debt for a farm, large or 
small, and turned the whole work and 
care and management of it over to an¬ 
other party, the purchaser paying the 
bills and made money through the trans¬ 
action, we would like to have the story 
of such experience in detail. Schemes 
of this kind in the past have been com¬ 
plete failures as far as our observa¬ 
tion goes, to say nothing of the delib¬ 
erate swindles that have been worked 
on propositions to plant and care for 
land and crops at so much per in ready ; 
•cash. 
On September 16, 1910, I shipped C. 
M. Sladkus & Bro. one case 30 dozen eggs 
and on September 17, one case eggs, 30 
dozen. Later I received a check for one 
case which they claim to have received 
September 19, for which they paid me net 
37 cents per dozen. I immediately wrote 
them in regard to the one case unsettled 
for and inclose you their reply. Yester¬ 
day I talked with the TJ. S. Express agent 
here. lie admitted that he thought some 
things had gone wrong. I would like you 
to look this up and see what can be done 
about it I inclose you Sladkus letter and 
shipping receipts. M. d. t. 
New York. 
The claim in this case was $11.10, and 
the United States Express Company set¬ 
tled in reasonable time, sending usi 
check for full amount. 
I have now in my possession a draft 
from the Home Insurance Co. for the full 
amount. $200, and I want to thank you 
for your kindness in pushing the matter 
through for me. B. a. 
New Jersey. 
In this case the farmer had bought a 
farm with a mortgage and fire insurance 
policy issued to the mortgagee to pro¬ 
tect the mortgage. The purchaser paid 
the premium for the unexpired term of 
the insurance policy, but neglected to 
have the policy transferred to himself. 
The barn burned later, and the agent 
of the company took a technical posi¬ 
tion and claimed that since no transfer 
of the policy had been made to the new 
owner, the company did not have any 
contract with him. That is, it had not in¬ 
sured him. Technically this was correct, 
and it was a close legal question whether 
or not the company could be held for 
the loss. We took the matter up with 
the main office and the company finally 
advised us that they recognized a re¬ 
sponsibility and settled the claim. 
Sometimes we hear through an old 
subscriber or a subscription agent that 
some new subscriber to The R. N. Y. 
has been nursing a grievance against 
the paper or its publisher because of 
his failure to get the souvenir promised 
him or some other neglect. We never 
hear of these complaints from old 
friends, because they know that a postal 
card reminding us of the omission will 
receive prompt attention. The new sub¬ 
scriber often thinks that the promise 
was a catch and the omission inten¬ 
tional, and consequently takes no meas¬ 
ure to correct it. The books or other 
souvenirs are usually mailed the very 
day the subscription is received; and it 
is our custom and our purpose to an¬ 
swer every inquiry promptly. But it 
is possible that a clerk will omit to 
send a book occasionally. More often 
one of the books will be lost in the 
mails. At this time thousands go out 
daily, and it would be too much to ex¬ 
pect that errors and oversights would 
not occasionally occur. It is so with 
the replies to inquiries. Sometimes the 
writers do not give their address, and 
at times not even their names. Some¬ 
times the question forms a single line 
in a long letter about other matters, 
and it is easily overlooked when we 
have over a thousand other letters in 
the same mail. We make this explana¬ 
tion because we do not want anyone to 
feel that he has been wilfully neglected. 
If there is any time any apparent 
neglect or oversight, just drop a line 
about it, and the matter will have 
prompt attention. If a book does not 
reach you, no matter what the cause, we 
will send you another. We will take 
your word for this or other correction 
without question or dispute. 
I enclose a bill against Wm. Cohen, of 
2019 Seventh Ave., New York City, for 
a case of eggs, shipped him on August 5. 
I am unable to got any reply from him 
whatever. Will you kindly collect? 
New Vo 1 ' 1 *- F - E - P- 
Mr. Cohen has left the address given 
above, and we are unable to locate him. 
He is now probably located at a new 
address under a new name, and pos¬ 
sibly receiving goods on credit from 
other sections. There is so much of 
this kind of business it is important to 
look up rating before makir\g ship¬ 
ments. Even then there is some risk 
unless the house is w r ell established, and 
a little risk in any case; but it is the 
best that can be done. There is no such 
thing as absolute perfection in anything 
in this world. J. J. d. 
Of) Buys My Double 
Wall, Hot Water 
Fifty Egg Incubator 
A better machine for the money cannot he had. Guaranteed to 
hatch every fertile egg. Double walls. Hot water tank covers 
entire top of egg chamber. Absolutely self-regulating. I’ve 
built incubators for 30 years. 
800,000 Satisfied Users of 
Stahl Incubators 
lOO egg size, price $7.GO 
200 egg size, ** $9.60 
80-page catalogue shows full line of 
Excelsiors, Wooden Hens, Brooders, 
etc. Write for it to-day. 
GEO. H. STAHL 
Box 250 ’B, Quincy, III. 
THINK 
OF IT 
Ask 
the 
editor 
ot this 
paper II 
Stahl and 
his Incu¬ 
bator are 
right. 
We will have some 
promising April 
hatched Single Comb 
White Leghorn cock¬ 
erels at $2.00 and $3.00 
each. grand early 
cockerels sired by 10 pound 
$r>.00 each. Remember our 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
-AND- 
PEKIN DUCKS 
hatch Barred Rock 
cocks for $3.00 and ...... 
strain of Imperial Pekin Ducks, Madison Square 
Garden Blue Ribbon Winners, is second to none. 
Have 1,000 now to select from. Orders booked for 
early delivery of hatching eggs in any quantity or 
day old chicks and ducklings. Cyphers agents. Incu¬ 
bator 10,000 egg capacity. Correspondence invited. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. The only large successful 
plant in the vicinity of New York City. Bonnie 
Brae Poultry Farm, New ltoclielle, N. Y. 
Darlington Poultry Farm-^ n cVERELs e F K o c R 
SALE. $2.00 and $3.00 each. Fishel strain. 
JAMES T. JONES, Darlington, Md 
S. C. W. LEGHORN 
Also 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds at the Horseshoe 
Road Poultry Farm &i,^an^a E f G ew s cock r 
erels. Write for prices. WM. R. BURKHOLDER. 
Box 152, R. 5, Lancaster, Pa. 
FAMOUS LAY¬ 
ING STRAIN 
Breeding Hens at low price to make room, 
promising Cockerels cheap in quant ities. 
ST. MORITZ FARM, RAMSEY, N. J. 
O WNLAND FARM’S White and Buff Wyandottes, 
Indian Runner Ducks. Famous "Win and Lay" 
Strains. All stock subject to approval. Price-List. 
OWNLAND FARM, Box 497, South Hammond, New York. 
G UAY’S SILVER QUILL White Rocks, White 
Wyandottes, White Holland Turkeys and 
Berkshire Pigs at bargain prices. GROVELAND 
STOCK FARM, Box A, Groveland, New York. 
Rahu PhinlfC Iflr* Paoh - From free range selected 
DflUj bill u no lUu LdUl Single Comb White Leg¬ 
horn. Can furnish in any number I am hooking 
orders for early deliveries. Circular free. CHAS. R. 
STONE, Baby Chicken Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
Silver Spangled Hamburg, COCKERELS 
White Crested Black j., oo itafh 
Polish and Brown Leghorn 
AUSTIN JACKSON, Mineral Springs, N. V. 
T HE FARMER’S FOWL-Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland, N. Y. 
Conn BROWN ami White Leghorn Hens; Giant Bronze 
3UUU and White Holland Turkeys. Bred for heavy 
winter layers. Numbers to suit. Prices reasonable. 
THE AMERICAN POULTRY PLANT, Collins, Ohio 
R. C. Rhode Island Reds and Indian Runner 
nil aI/q—S trong, vigorous strains for utility, show 
UUbno a nd export. All stock sold on approval 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, New York. 
S INGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS—Quality 
Kind, Famous Lakewood Strain, Young and old 
stock for sale: Hatching eggs for early delivery. 
SUNNY HILL FARM, Floinington. New Jersey. 
Free Poultry Catalogue 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS MARIETTA PA. 
RICHLAND FARMS, Frederick, Md. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
S. C. BLACK ORPINGTONS 
Now is the time to place your order for 
HATCHING EGGS and HAY OLD CHICKS 
Six hundred and sixty-two acres devoted to the three 
breeds. All breeding stock have free range. No orders 
too small or too large. 
BREEDERS FOR SALE 
nn EGGS si.OO—L eading varieties, 52 breeds. Prize Poul- 
L U try, Pigeons. Hares, etc. Booklet free. 1-arge illus¬ 
trated descriptive Catalog 10c. E. G. WILE, Telford, Pa. 
Mt, Pleasant FarirLS SrjSS 
voted to developing under ideal conditions the best 
■S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
lCORN ELLL 
We solicit inquiries from those in need of new 
blood or foundation stock. Spring orders for Eggs 
and Chicks now being booked. Splendid Cockerels 
cheap during December. MT. PLEASANT FARM, 
Box Y, Havre de Grace, Maryland. 
Pure Bred Bronze Turkeys 
From Prize-winning Strains. Stamp. 
MRS. HARRIET CHUMBLEY, Draper, Ya. 
L ARGE TOULOUSE GEESE, White Holland Turkeys and 
White Wyandotte Cockerels for sale. Prices low 
for quality. E. SCHIEBKR, R. 2, Bucyrus, Ohio, 
GASOLINE 
BROODER HEATER 
Equal to four" Kerosene Heaters 
Cares for 200 chicks. 
Needs little attention. 
No lamps to trim. 
No ashes, no dirt, no soot. 
Absolutely safe. 
Perfectly Ventilated. 
W. H. TURKEYS 
MRS. B. F. WRIGHT, 
Ransomvllle, N. Y. 
P UREBRED WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS. 
MRS. K. J. RIDER, Rodman, New York. 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or line granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers of 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est. 1844 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peekskill, N. Y. 
I CC Egg Incubator SI 125 
Chick Brooder A J. 
Ivu Chick Brooder A A 
FREIGHT PREPAID (East of Rockies! 
The Progressive has cold rolled copper 
tank, hot water heat, double disc regulator, 
self ventilating, deep nursery, high legs, 
double doors, safety lamp. It Is made from 
Special Heat and Cold Resisting Material 
with hundreds of dead air cells. Write today. 
PROGRESSIVE INCUBATOR CO., Box 145 Racine, Wl8. 
G. C. WHEELER, Manager. 
PRICE COMPLETE 
$ 10.92 
CAPACITY 
200 
CHICKS 
Recommended by The New York State 
College of Agriculture. 
. . . Send for Free Catalog . . . 
TREMAN, KING & CO., 
Dept. M, ITHACA, NEW YORK. 
MANUFACTURERS OF POULTRY HOUSE APPLIANCES. 
Hatch After Hatch 
Write today for our Big FREE 
Book about the World’s Greatest 
Guaranteed Continuous Hatchers 
AVDIICDC Incubators 
0 I rHCnu and Brooders 
Get your share of billion dollars 
poultry money In 1911. Guide 
Get your share of billion dollars 
poultry money in 1911. Guido 
Book free -write for It today. 
Cyphers Incubator Co., Dept, 88 
buffalo, N. V., N.w York City. Ohlcago, III. 
Co,ton. Mam., K&nsx.City, Mo., O^klwLCal^ 
fir# PiwWr lntura bit 
Qualify Higher-Price Lower 
W —- * ^ Otl ItfMln Got 
ITricd and ProTen 
for 17 Years 
Dea Moines Incubator Co. 
Wo beat them all again. Got 
our DIRECT-TO-YOU prop¬ 
osition, low prices, and BIG 
So. SUCCESSFUL 
Incubators And Brooders before you buy 
anywhere this year—the RreateBt value 
ever offered. Catalog FREE—send name. 
If you want a book on “Proper Care of 
CWoks, Ducks, Turkeys’*—send 10 cents. 
90 Second St., Dcs Moines, la. 
$ >55 Buys Best 
140-Egg 
Incubator 
J 
Wo ship 
quick from 
8t Paul, Buffalo, 
Kansas City or 
Kacino. 
Double cases all over; best 
copper tank; nursery, self¬ 
regulating. Best 140-chick 
hot-water Brooder, $4.85. 
Both ordered together, $11.50. Freight prepaid 
(E. of Rockies). No machines at any price are 
better Satisfaction guaranteed. Write for book 
today or send price now and save waiting. 
Belle City Incubator Co., Box 4 8 Racine. Wis. 
125 Egg Incubator^If) 
and Brooder Bo f5.-$*U 
I If ordered together we send 
l both for $10. Freight iSS? 
'paid east of Rockies. Hot^S= 
wator, copper tanks, double walls, 
double glass doors. Free catalog 
describes them. Send for it today. 
Wisconsin Incubator Co., 
Box It8, Racine, WIs. 
GRIT 
M AKA-SHEL SOLUBLE 
Bright, sharp, shining, 
M a k e s bone and 
Increases Kgg- 
Produetion when | 
Eggs are liigli. 
Ask your dealer, or send us $1-00 for two 
100-11). bags f. o. b. cars. Booklet free 
EDGE HILL SILICA ROCK CO., 
Box J. New Brunswick, N. J. 
_JE foods 
are demanded and used by successful 
poultrymen everywhere because our 
goods are reliable. Every ounce of grain is 
clean and nourishing. Lowest prices. Full 
weight. Prompt shipments. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Send today for Booklet and 
FREE Souvenir. Don’t delay. 
TAYLOR BROS., 10 Market Street, CAMDEN, N. J. 
JL 
MAKE HENS LAYH 
more eggs; larger, more vigorous chicks; 
heavier fowls, by feeding cut bone. 
MANN’S LATE *- T - 
cuts fast, easv. fine: never 
BONE CUTTER 
easy, fine; never clogs. 
