March 4, 
288 
THE RURAh NEW-YORKER. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
A friend of mine received a letter from 
the Winter Mfg. Co., Washington, D. C., 
offering him a position if he would write 
them signifying his intention to accept 
same. They do not state the exact nature 
of same, but say he will receive a very 
good salary, about $150 per month. I 
gather that it is taking retail orders for 
groceries or something similar. Any in¬ 
formation concerning them will be greatly 
appreciated. b. t. 
New York. 
You can feel entirely sure that a 
proposition of this kind has an element 
of fake in it. Positions with $150 a 
month salary are not offered around so 
loosely without a string tied to them. 
Your friend will probably get a proposi¬ 
tion to invest some money as a condi¬ 
tion of taking the salary, and later on 
he will find himself out of a job and out 
of an income and with his money 
tied up. 
I shipped 12 crates of peaches and six 
crates of tomatoes in good order Saturday 
afternoon, August 13, and we have been re¬ 
peatedly assured that goods shipped in this 
way and at this time would be delivered in 
New York Citv early Monday morning. In 
this case 1 was told by the consignees that 
they were not delivered until between 10 
and' 11 o’clock Tuesday, August 16, too 
late for Tuesday’s market, and in a ruined 
condition. I would not have shipped this 
stuff had I known it would have been so 
long in transit. Usually we load up to 
five o’clock p. m. and the goods are in New 
York City for early market the next morn¬ 
ing. Wiil you kindly see what you can do 
with this claim for $7.50? M. P. 
New Jersey. 
The Central Railroad of New Jersey 
claim that this being less than a carload 
shipment, it required longer than the 
usual time for transit, and that they 
were justified in sending it through one 
of their transfers. They call attention 
to the provisions of their bill of lading 
that they do not undertake to deliver 
freight in time for any particular mar¬ 
ket, or by any particular train, unless 
a specific agreement has been made for 
each separate shipment. They insist on 
the privilege of handling shipments of 
freight as is convenient to themselves, 
and refuse any redress, although the 
shipment was a total loss to the pro¬ 
ducer. We are not sure that a court and 
jury would not give the shipper judg¬ 
ment in a case of this kind on trial, but 
a farmer can’t very well enter a law 
suit with a railroad company for $7.50, 
and this is probably one of the reasons 
for so much indifference to claims of 
this kind. 
I shipped the Corry Hide and Fur Co., 
of Corry, Pa., two mink, seven half-stripe 
skunk, one black skunk, three No. 3 skunk, 
three No. 4 skunk and 10 muskrats. This 
was about November 21, when the prices 
for the above amount of fur, according to 
tneir own circular which they sent me, 
should have been $41.45. They returned 
me $16.80, saying they would return the 
fur if I was not satisfied with the price. 
I wrote them to send the fur back at my 
expense, but thev did not do it, nor can I 
get anv more out of them. They wrote 
me tha't they would pay mo an additional 
2i* per cent on what they had already paid 
me if I would make another shipment of 
fur to them, which I of course refused to 
do. I have heard other complaints of this 
same firm. J- B. 
New York. 
Some time ago I shipped 19 skunk and 
one house cat skin to the Corry Hide & 
Fur Co., of Corry, Pa. They cut me so 
out of all reason in the grading that I de¬ 
manded a return of the furs as per agree¬ 
ment. The return shipment arrived yester¬ 
day, and I think the only part of the 
original shipment which came back is one 
cat skin. I sent them three or four black 
skunk, one the largest I ever got, and 
they returned one very small black one; 
of those that I sent them most were half 
stripes, and nearly all of those they re¬ 
turned were full stripe, and consequently 
of much less value. I consider the ship¬ 
ment returned about one-third the value 
of the one I sent. My father and I 
packed up the shipment I sent and can both 
make affidavits that they substituted in¬ 
ferior goods. I need all I can get for the 
furs to help pay my school expenses. Do 
you think there is any way to get at 
them? I consider $15 a reasonable com¬ 
pensation for my loss. s. a. t. 
New York. 
The above are only two of many com¬ 
plaints received of a similar nature.. A 
year ago we reported other complaints. 
Their reply to these complaints to the 
shippers are in the form of a general 
letter or circular indicating that they 
have more complaints than they find 
time to answer in special letter. We 
have been unable to get redress in any 
case, and can only submit the informa¬ 
tion for those interested. 
On January 31 last I sent a carload of 
sweet potatoes to Rich & Everetsen, com¬ 
mission merchants, of Albany, N. Y. They 
wired me that they could not handle the 
potatoes, and I directed them shipped to 
J. M. Allen, commission merchant, 317 
Washington street, New York. He claims 
they were five days on the road, and that 
they were frostbitten, and refused to ac¬ 
cept them or to pay for them. If you can 
do anything with the claim kindly do so. 
New Jersey. J. s. M. 
We have followed this claim with a 
good deal of care. The records show 
that this car was received by the New 
York Central Railroad on January 28, 
and arrived in New York on Janu¬ 
ary 29, so there was no five days inter¬ 
vened, though it arrived on Saturday. 
Of course, it was held over Sunday. 
Mr. Allen refused the shipment on Feb¬ 
ruary 3, and made no complaint about 
damage by frost or otherwise at that 
time, and we have not been able to find 
that he even inspected the car. It is 
simply one of those cases of indiffer¬ 
ence and want of responsibility on the 
part of the commission merchants, and 
while technically nobody is responsible, 
the farmer, of course, loses his ship¬ 
ment. The New York State Agricul¬ 
tural Society is now trying to bring 
about a condition of affairs by which 
these commission merchants will owe 
some responsibility or some accounting 
to shippers, and that time can’t come 
any too soon. J. J .d 
Rabbit Manure. 
Arc the droppings of Belgian hares good 
to manure strawberry plants, or of any 
special use and value for any garden 
crops? w. P. V. L. 
Ilailstead, Pa. 
Y'es. It has about the value of sheep 
manure—about the most valuable of animal 
manure. Florists and seedsmen sell “pul¬ 
verized sheep manure” in small lots at five 
cents a pound. 
Barred Rocks More 
Popular Than Ever 
One big 
reason to ac¬ 
count for the ever- 
increasing popular¬ 
ity of Pittsfield Strain 
of Barred Rocks is that 
they are Money Makers. 
They are all-the-year-round 
layers, and they reach the 
broiler stage ahead of most 
other breeds. If it is Barred 
Rock,ask ifitisPittsfieldStrain. 
Day-old Chicks and Eggs lor Hatching 
Now is the time to place your orders 
for day-old chicks and eggs for 
hatching. We have doubled our 
capacity for chicks. Ship any dis¬ 
tance and guarantee safe delivery. 
Kggs laid the same day as shipped 
arc sent on large or small orders. 
Get “Money Making Poultry” 
This new free hook tells yon how 
we feed on our farm, and gives 
you the help you need to become 
an expert money-making poul- 
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416 Main Street, 
Pittsfield, 
Maine 
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AFTON FARMS, Box D-l, 
Yardley, Pa. 
Bonnie Brae White Leg- 
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Bull Dog Feed Grinder 
tO Day’s Free 
You can grind 5000 bu. of cob and corn to 
table meal with one set of Rollers and Con¬ 
caves. Damp grain can’t clogit—nails 
!won’t break it. Has only 2 inch working 
leverage which accounts for light running. 
Get our FREE Catalogue and Samples. 
CROWN POINT MFG. CO., 
£20t E. Road. Crown Point. Ind. 
Make Your Own Fertilizer 
at Small Cost with 
WILSON’S PHOSPHATE MILLS 
From 1 to 40 H. P. Also Bone 
Cutters, hand and power 
for the poultrymen; grit 
and shell mills, farm feed 
mills, family grist mills, 
scrap cake mills. Send for 
our catalog. 
Wlison Bros., Sole Mfrs., Easton, Pa. 
cook YOUR FEED and SAVE 
Half the Cost—with the 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Dumping Caldron. Empties 
its kettlein one minute. The simplest 
and best arrangement for cooking 
food forstock. Also make Dairy and 
Laundry Stoves, Water and 
Steam Jacket Kettles, Hog 
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D. ft. SPERRY & 00., Ba< .via. Ill, 
ENCOURAGE THEJBOYS 
^^oys want encouragement— 
_ if they don’t get it at home they , 
pPgo elsewhere. Teach them to earn their , 
town spending money. Growing vegetables 
la instructive, Interesting, profitable when 
fIRONAQE^Tl\ 
3 T 6 used. Our No. C Combined Hill and Drill 
Seeder with Marker and Double and Single 
Wheel Iloe is a wonderful tool—can be used 
in various unusual combinations. Saves time, 
labor and seed. Brice, $12. Other 
garden tools, $2.50 up. Easy to. 
operate. Recommended by I 
gardeners every where. Write ' 
to day for 75th Anniver¬ 
sary Catalog— Free. 
BATEMAN S’F’G CO. 
Box 102-B 
Grenloch, N. 3. 
f’/YTM/pppi C—A. few very fine breeding 
ki r d s —w. and Barred Rocks, 
W. Wyandottes, R. and S. C. R. I. Reds—at $3, $4 
and $5 each. Maple Cove Poultry Yards, Athens, Pa. 
ARE BETTER 
horns and Pekin Ducks-|f£s§ 
ready; also some choice matings of Barred and 
White Plymouth Rocks, Rose Comb White Leg¬ 
horns, White Wyandottes, Single and Rose Comb 
Rhode Island Reds, Light Brahmas, Mammoth 
Bronze Turkeys and Pearl Guinea Fowl. Orders 
for early settings and baby chicks now booked. 
Get some prize matings at right prices. BONNIE 
BRAE POULTRY FARM, NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. Largest 
successful plant in New York vicinity. 10,000-egg 
capacity. Agents for Gyphers Incubator Company. 
Correspondence invited. 
RICHLAND FARMS. 
Breeders and Exhibitors of 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
WHITE PLYMOUTH HOCKS, 
S. C. BLACK ORPINGTONS. 
Our Prices Hatching Eons—S. C. White Leohorns— One 
setting, 15 eggs, $2; two settings, 30 eggs, $3.50; 
three settings, 45 eggs, $4.75; one hundred eggs, $8; 
one thousand eggs, $70. White Plymouth Rocks and S. C. 
Black Orpingtons— One setting, 15 eggs, $2.50 and $5; 
one hundred eggs, $14 and $28. Fertility Guaranteed. 
Our Prices Baby Chicks—S. C. White Leohorns— Fifty or 
less, each, 20 cents; one hundred, $15; one thousand, 
$125. White Plymouth Rocks and S. C. Black Orpingtons— 
Fifty or less, each, 30 cents; one hundied, $25, We 
guarantee safe arrival of CHICKS in first-class 
condition. 
RICHLAND FARMS, Frederick, Md. 
The Big White Egg Makers 
Rose Comb Black Minorcas, Indian Runner Ducks. 
The Big White Birds 
Crystal White Orpingtons—Utilities. Beauties. 
Year round layers. Eggs for hatching. Circular 
free. F. N, ADAMS, Route 1, Orwell, Ohio. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM 
A breeding establishment of 250 acres, 
devoied to developing the best 
S. O. IjEGHOUKTS 
Fine Breeding Cockerels at reasonable prices. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM, Box Y, HAVRE BE GRACE, Maryland. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair. Heavy layers; trios, 
$5. Eggs for hatching, $1 for 15, $3 for 100. Cata¬ 
logue free. C. H. ZIMMER, Weedspokt, N. Y. 
SMAVi S. C. W. LEGHORN 
Breeding Hens at low price to make room. Also 
promising Cockerels cheap in quantities. Also K I. 
Beds. Eggs for hatching. St. Moritz Farm, Ramsey, N.J. 
S INGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS-Hatching eggs from 
vigorous birds a specialty. Quality kind at 
right prices. Famous Lakewood strain. 
SUNNY HILL FARM, Flemington, N. J. 
Kirkup’s Utility Strain S.C. White Leghorns 
Bred for vigor, size and large white market eggs. 
Eggs and Baby Chicks for sale. Custom hatching a 
specialty. Semi forcircular. Kirkup Bros., Mattituck,L.l. 
1)0 EGGS $1.00—Leading varieties, 52 breeds. Prize Poul- 
/U try, Pigeons, Hares, etc. Booklet free. Large illus¬ 
trated descriptive Catalog 10c. F. G. WILE, Telford, Pa. 
Greider’s Fine Catalogue 
of pure bred poultry, for 1911, over 200 
pages, 57 colored pictures of fowls, calen¬ 
dar for each month, illustrations, descrip¬ 
tions, photos, incubators, brooders, and 
all details concerning the business, where 
and how to buy fine poultry, eggs for 
hatching, supplies, etc., at lowest cost. 
Send 15c. B. H. Greider, Box 58. Rheems. Pa. 
LAKEHILL FARM 
W. H. THACHER. 
Single and Hose Comb W. Leghorns, W- P. Rocks 
and Imp. Pekin Ducks. Cockerels and Ducks of 
both sexes for sale in any quantity from $2 up. 
Chicks, $15 per 100. Ducklings, $25 per 100. Write 
for special prices in large lots. Orders booked for 
early delivery of hatching eggs and day old chicks 
and ducklings. Safe delivery guaranteed. Satis¬ 
faction. CARL W. LLOYD. Mgr., HILLSIDE, 
Westchester County. N. Y. 
To Move Quickly cost—W. and B. Leg 
t —A choice lot at low 
cost—W. and B. Leg¬ 
horns, S. L. and W. Wyandottes, R. and S. C. 
Reds, W. and Barred Rocks. Write for just what 
you want in your first letter and we will be sure to 
please you. MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS. Athens. Pa, 
Poultry the Best P aying 
_- _ ■ ■ i ■ - 
Branch of Farming 
The 1911 catalog by Robert H. Essex, 
poultry and iucubator expert, 
will start you right. Improved incu¬ 
bators and brooders. Read “ Why 
Some Succeed Where others Pail.' 
ROBERT ESSEX INCUBATOR CO. 
84 Hekry St., Buffalo. N. Y. 
FOODS 
are demanded and used by successful 
poultrymen everywhere because our 
goods are reliable. Every ounce of grain is 
clean and nourishing. Lowest prices. Pull 
weight. Prompt shipments. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Send today for Booklet and 
FREE Souvenir. Don’t delay. 
TAYLOR BROS., 10 Market Street, CAMDEN, N. J. 
GRIT 
M AKA-SHEL SOLUBLE 
Bright, sharp, shining. 
Makes bone and 
Increases Ftrg- 
Production when | 
Eggs are high. 
Ask your dealer, or send us Sl-00 for two 
100-lb. bags f. o. b. cars. Booklet free 
EDCE HILL SILICA ROCK CO., 
Box J. New Brunswick, N: J. 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry Is best. Coarse or fine granulated, al«o 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers of 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est. 1841 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peekskill, N. Y. 
Kean’s White Wyandottes. 
Bred for large size, heavy laying, vigtrr and fancy 
purposes. Eggs. $10 per 100. $5 per 45, $2 per 15. 
A few choice Pullets yet to sell. 
E. FRANKLIN KEAN, STANLEY, N. Y. 
FARM BRED POULTRY-FREE RANGE 
Partridge Cochins, White Hocks, Barred 
Hocks, Partridge Wyandottes. Prize win¬ 
ning strains. Stock and eggs. 
MINCH BROS., lt-2, Bridgeton, N. J. 
W HITE WYAND0HES and Indian "Genuine Fawn” Runner 
Ducks. Grand Win and Lay Strains. Stock and 
Eggs at honest prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Write 0WNLAND FARM. Box 497, South Hammond, N. Y. 
W 
GRAND VIEW 
RIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOnE WINNERS-Eggs, $4.50 
for 100. Baby Ctix, $12.50 for 100; $7.00 for 50. 
-FARM, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
S NOW WHITE WYANDOnE EGGS for hatching, $1 per 15, 
$5 per 100. A few good Cockerels. Circular free. 
GOLDENROD FARM, Dept. R, Stewartstown, Pa. 
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES— Beauty & utility combined. 
Splendid, vigorous Cockerels and Pens mated. Ad¬ 
dress Ralph Woodward, Box 28, Grafton, Mass- 
Buff, Wh. Leghorns, Mottled Anconas, S. C. R.I.Red. 
Eggs. 90c. per 15, $1.50 per 30, $2.75 per 60, $4 per 100. 
Catalogue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
American Poultry Plant, Collins, Ohio— Kellei Btr«»f 
Crystal W. Orpingtons, WyckofT S.C. W. Leghorns. Mammoth 
White Holland Turkeys, White African Guineas, Indian Kunner 
Ducks. Stock lit eggs for hatching. 600 choice male birds for sale 
PHIII TRYMPN -Send 10 cents for our fine 60- 
lU U L I [I I III Lll page Illustrated Catalogue. 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS, Marietta,Pa. 
POULTRY —35 Best Breeds. Bred for Laying. 
Free. JOHN E 
Large circular illustrated in colors 
~. HEAT 1 - 
TWOLE, Harrisonburg, Va. 
EGGS—$1 p«*r IS, $2 per 40 of Thor. Brahman. Rocks, Wyan- 
dottes, Reds, Minorcas, Houdans, Leghorns, Ham burgs; 19 var., 
28 years’ experience. Catalogue. S. K. Mohr, Coopersburg, Pa. 
GIANT BRONZE SFKfSg’vK’fii 
Eggs, $1.00 per 15; Indian Runner Duck Eggs. $1.00 
per 10. SHROPSHIRE SHEEP. 
H. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg, Pa. 
F OR SALE— Four White Holland Toms. Also Eggs 
in Spring. Mrs. E. J. RIDER, Rodman, N. Y. 
yyiLD 
AND BRONZE TURKEY EGGS-Chicken Eggs. Hand- 
= some Catalog 2 ct. 
Pure White PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS 
For hatching, bred directly from the Graves strain; 
acknowledged everywhere as the leading strain of 
this popular variety. No pains or expense has 
been spared in obtaining and mating up some 
grand birds, 
Exhibition Mating—$4.00 per 15 
Utility Mating. 55.00 per 15 
A few choice Cockerels for sale cheap. 
MBS. C. S. GREENE, 
New Brighton. Staten Island, New York 
Farmers and Poultrymen. 
You must not blame us if occasionally our en¬ 
thusiasm bubbles over when speaking of our cus¬ 
tom hatching department as carried on by our 
exports in our mammoth hot water incubator. 
Results are showing people all over the country 
that we know our business by saving them time, 
worry and money, and giving them stronger chicks 
than the old hen or kerosene oil fume incubators 
ever did. You send us the eggs—we’ll do the rest- 
do it right and send you the chicks. Write for in¬ 
formation and prices, anyway. 
MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM, Millerton, N.Y. 
stamp, showing pure wild gobbler from the moun¬ 
tain. VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, Belleville. Pa. 
T HE FARMER’S FOWL— Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THUS. WILDER, Route I, Richland. N. Y. 
TESTED EGGS FOR HATCHING 
White Wyandottes, Dustin strain, 50, $5.00; 100, $8.00 
FRANK HYDE, Peekskill, N. Y. 
Van Alstyne’s Rhode Island Reds 
10 Utility Cockerels at $3.00 each: 100 S. C. Year¬ 
ling Hens at $2.00 each; 50 S. C. surplus Pullets at 
$2.50 each. Eggs for hatching in any number. 
JAS. E. VAN ALSTYNE, Kinderhook, N.Y. 
S. G. White Leghorn BABY GHIGKS 
$10 per 100 in any quantity. Breeders are vigorous 
sai lings and 2-year-olds. Circular. VANCREST 
IY FARM, Salt Point, Dutchess Co., N.Y. 
Davis S. G. Reds ST COCKERELS 
$3 and $5 each. EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
BABY CHICKS— $15 and $20 per 100 after March 1. 
B0GK ORDERS NOW. Davis Poultry Farm, Berlin, Mass. 
Indian Runner Ducks _ £, w 4i“™™: 
Eggs, $1.50 per 13; $8.00 per 100. F. J. FULLER, 
Waterport, Orleans County, New York. 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS-Black Langshan Eggs for 
I sale. J. GORDON DRAKE, Port Huron, Mich. 
pp HO—PEARL GUINEAS, Indian Runner 
rill]A Ducks, Barred Plymouth Rocks and 
uv ' wv Mammoth Bronze Turkeys. Write for 
Free Price List. C. ADELL KAYNER, West Falls, N. Y. 
Eggs For Hatching !;-,..^, 
Indian Runner Ducks, High-class stock- 
utility, show or export SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 
Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
T HOROUGH-BRED POULTRY— Best twenty varieties 
Good stock. Eggs, 15, $1; 40, $2. Catalogue. 
H. K. MOHR, Quakertown, Pa., Route 3. 
Jnefin’o S. C. R. I. REDS— 200-egg strain. Eggs, 
nuollll o $1.50 per sotting. Prices on quantities. 
AUSTIN POULTRY FARM, Centre Harbor. N. H . 
TUC PCI CRRATCn HUNGARIAN AND ENGLISH 
IHt UtLtDltAItU PARTRIDGES AND PHEASANTS 
Wild tnrkeys, quails, rabbits, deer, etc., for stock¬ 
ing purposes. Fancy pheasants, peafowl, cranes, 
swans, storks, ornamental geese and ducks, foxes, 
sauirrels, ferrets, and all kinds of birds and ani¬ 
mals. WENZ & MACKENSEN, Dept. 10, Pheas- 
antry and Game Park, Yardley, Pa. 
