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the RURAL NKW-YOKKKR 
April 1, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
During the month of February we re¬ 
ceived 92 claims in this department, 
amounting to $2,427.84, and collected 40 
accounts amounting to $2,291.14. There 
were 215 requests for ratings on houses 
with which our people proposed to do 
business. This habit of looking up rat¬ 
ings in advance is a most important 
practice, and the more it is done the 
less annoyance and loss will result. 
Fraud orders were recently issued by 
the Post Office Department against the 
R. Armstrong Manufacturing Company, 
Cincinnati, O. The business was selling 
vacuum cleaners. The company is a 
branch of the World Mfg. Co., of which 
W. P. Harrison is the promoter. The 
R. N.-'Y. has been refusing the adver¬ 
tising of these concerns for years, be¬ 
cause of the complaints entered against 
their methods of doing business. 
About two years ago I bought two acres 
of grape land located In or near Cicero, 
Cal., from the Sacramento Valley Improve¬ 
ment Co. of St. Louis, Mo. I was to pay 
for it by the month ; I am getting nervous 
about it. Can you find out for me if they 
are reliable, and if the land is all right? 
New York. L. M. w. 
The reports on this company are a 
little indefinite, and it is hard to verify 
the statements made. From a financial 
point, however, they seem to be satis¬ 
factory. Some time back we received 
some criticisms of the grape lands, but 
just what the progress is now we are 
not informed. Perhaps some subscribers 
in that section can inform us for the 
benefit of this inquirer. At present we 
can only say that we have not yet known 
of a land scheme operated on this basis 
that turned out satisfactory to the in¬ 
vestor. 
I have a claim against A. Richardson, 
65 Gansevoort Street, New York, for 14 
barrels of cauliflower which we shipped 
him in the Fall of 1909. I have been un¬ 
able to collect it, and hope you will be 
able to get it for me. The amount is $5.25. 
Long Island. E. F. B. 
Can you tell me the financial standing 
of A. Richardson, a commission merchant 
at 65 Gansevoort Street, New York? In 
November, 1909, we sent him 10 barrels of 
apples. The net price was to be $23. We 
received about one-third and never any¬ 
thing but promises for the balance and 
hope you can collect it for me. G. J. b. 
New York. 
A. Richardson, commission merchant, owes 
me a balance of $7.86 for produce shipped 
him. lie promised to pay with interest, 
but I would be glad to have the amount 
without interest, and will be glad if you 
will collect it for me. J. B. C. 
New York. 
These complaints indicate that Mr. 
Richardson’s arguments to the producers 
are very much the same as to us. He 
has been very prompt and courteous 
in making replies to inquiries, but cour¬ 
tesy and promptness, no matter how 
commendable, do not pay bills, and the 
best we have been able to get out of him 
is that in hot weather he will be able 
to pay it when cold, and when it gets 
cold he will be able to pay when it is 
warm. The process is getting to be 
monotonous. At all events so far we 
have succeeded in getting promises only. 
The following proposition has been made 
me from Canada. Is it a fraud ? 
“Would you undertake to organize 
agencies throughout Florida, that is, to ap¬ 
point agents in every county, this agent 
again to appoint agents in every town 
where the farmers sell their products, these 
agents to contract with the farmers to buy 
all their products beginning with the high¬ 
est prevailing price and increase the price 
every year. As, for instance, take wheat; 
sav that we pay the farmers $1 per bushel 
the first year, $ 1.02 the second year, $ 1 . 0 ;> 
the third year and so on ; this we can do 
b~v contracting with 90 per cent, of the farm¬ 
ers, and this we can easily do as we all 
want as much as possible for our labor. \\ e 
are offering 2,500 shares of preferred stock 
at $1 par with seven per cent guaranteed 
dividend to general State agents for pro¬ 
motion work with an additional 2.500 shares 
to all State agents if the organization is 
completed in time to begin business this 
Fall, and $5,000 a year and expenses after. 
If you do not desire to take this up perhaps 
you know some one who will; kindly let me 
know by return mail. w. c. s. 
Florida. 
It is at least an opportunity for you 
to lose some money. 
The filing of judgments against the 
enterprises of E. G. Lewis is reported 
from St. Louis to the amount of nearly 
$10,000. These judgments have been re¬ 
cently filed; and it is our information 
that they are against the Lewis Pub¬ 
lishing Company, and all are in favor 
of business houses of New York City. 
A suit has also been filed for $8,000 
against one of his real estate com¬ 
panies which has defaulted in the pay¬ 
ment of bonds and interest. His 
Woman’s National Daily has missed 
issues on several occasions, for which 
plausible excuses have been made, none 
of which credits the cause to the need 
of cash to pay in advance for the neces¬ 
sary paper and postage; but what was 
promised to be the greatest daily paper 
in the world is now to be published 
weekly, and the profits that it was to 
earn to pay for the debentures are no 
longer stated in definite figures. Mr. 
Lewis admits now that the chapter 
houses are not paid for, and he is invent¬ 
ing new Schemes to borrow money to 
meet these obligations. There is prob¬ 
ably no help for the dupes who are will¬ 
ing to continue to put their money into 
such a bottomless sink hole, but we want 
the innocent people who are approached 
by his paid agents and advertisements to 
understand the nature of the proposition 
presented to them. It is almost un¬ 
believable that any man could continue 
the operations promoted by Lewis for 
the past several years. It has been 
one gigantic bluff from start to finish, 
and when finally called it will reveal one 
of the greatest scandals of our time. 
Can you tell ine about the present condi¬ 
tion of the Banking & Loan Company, 
Macon, Ga.? v. w. c. 
Ohio. 
This concern failed about two years 
ago with liabilities estimated at $85,000, 
and assets of $25,000 to $30,000. The 
assets are in mortgages to run from five 
to. eight years. About $14,000 of the 
liabilities are in seven per cent mort¬ 
gages which will probably be paid in 
full. From this it will be seen that the 
depositors will get very little, and that 
after a wait of eight years. Again let 
us caution; Don’t send your money for 
investments to people and institutions 
you know nothing about. 
The express company lias refunded $3.20 
mentioned, and $15 besides, which they 
claimed was a mistake, and should not been 
charged in the bill; nevertheless they did 
nothing towards righting the matter until 
The R. N.-Y. brought it before them. Please 
accept thanks of the old veterans and 
friends of Mrs. Smith ; we pledge ourselves 
to do all we can for the cause of truth and 
justice. G. K. P. 
New York. 
This is a story of sorrow and extor¬ 
tion combined. George W. Smith was 
an old soldier and member of the 126th 
Regiment of New York State Infantry. 
He was 72 years old. He was taken to 
the Soldiers’ Home at Bath, N. Y., a 
year ago in the hope that treatment 
there would better his physical condi¬ 
tion, as he had suffered from a paralytic 
shock. He died January 22, and the re¬ 
mains were shipped by express to his 
home at Holcomb, N. Y. The regular 
passenger fare direct is $2; but ship¬ 
ment was made by way of Batavia, 
N. Y., some 50 miles or more out of 
.the way, through two express compan¬ 
ies, and express charges of $10 collected 
in addition to $15.40 for undertaker’s 
charges at Bath. Even at the regular 
rates for the roundabout route, an excess 
of $3.20 was charged for express alone. 
The matter has now been corrected; 
but if kindly neighbors had not taken it 
up in indignant protest the bereaved 
widow would probably have been obliged 
to suffer the injustice in silence. We 
seldom effect an adjustment of a wrong 
that appeals to us as strongly as this 
complaint. 
Wm. H. Birge, Franklin, Pa., wants 
the address of any person whose sur¬ 
name is or was Birge and who was born 
in Onondaga County, New York, be¬ 
tween 1847 and 1853. The object is to 
find some lost relatives. J. J. d. 
Caller : “I didn’t know your son was 
at college. Is this his freshman year?” 
Mrs. Bunderby: ‘‘Oh, no, indeed! He’s 
a sycamore.”—Boston Transcript. 
Visitor: “I’ve just come from the doc¬ 
tor's funeral, but I didn’t see any of you 
there.” Hostess: “No—my husband 
didn’t care to go.; a funeral always up¬ 
sets him.” Visitor: “Ob, well, if you 
never go to other people’s funerals I 
don’t see how you can expect them to 
come to yours.”—Punch. 
» r S POULTRY SUPPLIES 
Every tiling for the ponltryman at low prices; Auto, 
matic Feeders, Hall Mammoth and Model Ineuba 
tors. Feed, Remedies, Hen-e-ta, Rat Corn, Liverine, 
LegBands,etc. Prompt shipments. Write forcatalog’. 
HARRIES &, BENEDICT CO. 67 B N A e q c v L oV, ST - 
RICHLAND FARMS. 
Breeders and Exhibitors of 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, 
S. C. BLACK ORPINGTONS. 
Our Prices Hatching Eggs—S. C. White Leghorns— 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 Leghorns— 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 hundred, $25, We 
guarantee safe arrival of CHICKS in first-class 
condition. 
RICHLAND FARMS, Frederick, Md. 
W RIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOTTE WINNERS-Eggs, $4.50 
for 100. Baby Chix, $12.50 for 100; $7.00 for 50. 
GRAND VIEW FARM, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING ^^ 0 $ 0 100 Go $ 3 o°d 
stock guaranteed. H. A. THATCHER, Perulack, Pa. 
Chance With Your 
Eggs or Chicks? 
Don’t blame your poor hatches to the parent 
stock, or the eggs, because lack of moisture, 
irregular heat, and cheap incubators are respon¬ 
sible for the death of millions of chicks in the 
shell every year. 
The International Self- 
Humidifying: Incubator 
is absolutely automatic in every function, unvariable 
temperature, {positive moisture from the moment of 
starting the hatch until necessary to properly dry 
the newly hatched unit of future profit, so thoroughly 
safe-guarding its entrance into poultrydom as to 
guarantee its livability. 
Your brooder losses are not always the fault of the chicks. 
Ultimate success depends on the proper mothering- of chicks. 
The International Sanitary Hover 
is the only one positively supplying the highest temperature at the outer «- 
edge. Therefore, no loss by crowding to the center and every chick has a * 
chance under this hover. Entire metal construction. Portable and adjust¬ 
able to all conditions. Eliminates expensive brooder house equipment. 
Our best efforts are centered in the production of Day-Old-Chicks 
and Hatching Eggs from matured stock. No pullet eggs are used 
except for table purposes. All orders for Incubators, Hovers, 
Day-Old-Chicks or Hatching Eggs will positively be filled 
within 24 hours after receipt. 
Send today for 1911 catalog on incubators and hovers, also^ our 
stock catalog on Rancocas Strain Baby Chick- J 1 -'- 
INTERNATIONAL POULTRY 
Home Office, Box 285, Brown 
Branch, No. 21 Barclay St., f 
Bonnie Brae White Leg- ' 
horns and Pekin Ducks 
ready; also some choiee 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 hooked. 
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 Cyphers Incubator Company. 
Correspondence invited. 
THE BEST S. C. REDS 
ARB 
DAVIS’*200 EGG’STRAIN 
FftAC Utility.$1 per 13; $0 per 100 
bllUO Special Matings ... $2 per 13; $10 per 100 
- Prize Matings .... $5 per 13; Mammoth 
Hot Water Incubator Baby Chicks .... $15 per 100 
Book Orders Now Circular Free 
DAVIS POULTRY FARM, Berlin. Mass. 
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 ALSTVNE, Kinderhook, N.Y. 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or fine granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers of 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est. 1844 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS GO., Peekskill, N. Y. 
Buff, Wh. Leghorns, Mottled Anconas, S. C. H. I. Red. 
Erks, 90c. per 15, $1.50 per 30. $2.75 per 60, $4 per 100. 
Catalogue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM 
A b reeding establishment of 250 acres, 
devoied to developing the best 
S- c. W. LEGHORNS 
Fine Breeding Cockerels at reasonable prices. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM, Box Y, HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland. 
THE FARMER'S FOWL—Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
1 layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland, N. Y. 
Flifi^ FOR CAI F—Choice Buff Wyandotte 
tuug run eggs, 75 cents 15 and 
$4.00 per hundred. CHAS. I. MILLER, R. F. D. 
No. I, Hudson, N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair. Heavy layers; trios. 
$5. Eggs for hatching, $1 for 15, $5 for 100. Cata¬ 
logue free. C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport, N. Y. 
BUFF WYANDOTTES-*’ $> e of 
15. LAWRENCE KS8ELSTYN, Claverack, N. Y. 
Pfllll TRYMFN“ Send 1° cents for our fine 60- 
lUULI ll 1 If 1L11 page Illustrated Catalogue. 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS, Marietta, Pa. 
Eggs For Hatching - ! 1 ;,.";, 
Indian liunner Ducks. High-class stock- 
utility. show or export SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 
Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
LAKEHILL FARM 
AV. H. THACHKK. 
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 batching eggs and day old chicks 
and ducklings. Safe delivery and satisfaction 
guaranteed. CAULW. LLOYD, Mgr,, 
Hillside, Westchester County, N. Y. 
R- *• NEDS—200-egg strain. Eggs, 
nllAllll o $1.50 per setting. Prices on quantities. 
AUSTIN POULTRY FARM, Centre Harbor, N. H. 
D P D 1 DCnc—BEST WINTER LAYERS. 
Ill U■ n. !■ ntuo Eggs for hatching, $1 for 15. 
K. F. DEMAREST, Mt. View, Passaic Co., N. J. 
Fmstkain s. c, w. Leghorn 
Breeding Hens at lowpiice to make room. Also 
promising Cockerels cheap in quantities. Also K 1. 
Reds. Eggs for hatching. St. Moritz Farm, Ramsey, N.J. 
BUFF ORPINGTON’DUCKS, twice won the Australian 
D laying contests. Three years unbeaten show record. 
List furnished. Dunrobin Farm, Chatham. New Jersey. 
FARM BRED POULTRY-FREE RANGE 
Partridge Cochins, White Rocks, Barred 
Rocks. Partridge Wyandottes. Prize win¬ 
ning strains. Send for egg list. 
MINCH HllOS., 11-Si, Bridgeton, N. J. 
India Runner Ducks. S. C. White Leghorns 
Eggs for Hatching. Send for Circular. 
F. J. FULLER, Waterport, Orleans County, New York 
Greider’s Fine Catalogue ^ 
of pure bred poultry, for 1911, over 200 
pages, 57 colored pictures ot fowls, calen- Mjw 
darfor each month, illustrations, descrip- 
tionS, photos, incubators, brooders, and 
all details concerning the business, where W 
and how to buy fine poultry, eggs for T 
hatching, supplies, etc., at lowest cost. Jjf 
Send 15c. B. H. Greioer, Box 58, Rheemx, P». 
CCCC—Guaranteed fertile; from range-grown 
LUOO stock that pay large piofits at the egg basket 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY FARM . . R, D. 24, Athens, Pa. 
T~A O from high record W. P. Rock 
1 -B-I Hens, $2 for 15, $5 for 45. 
i->vJ VJ A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
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. 
CINGLK-COMB White Orpingtons, Kellerstrass strain. Eggs for 
0 hatching $3 per la; from prize winning stock, three cockerels 
$5 each. W. A. KAI8KR, 2703 Jamaica Ave., Richmond Hiil,L. I 
CINE QUALITY ORPINGTONS, black and white. Owens’ 
■ and Cook’s strains. $2 and $3 per sitting. $10 
per 100. KEV. J. D. GRAHAM, Lyonsville, Mass. 
TIIRIfFY M. B. Narra, and White 
lUnUCI CUUO, Holland, $3.00 for 12. B. 
P. Rox, S. C. Black Minorcas, S. C. R. I. Reds, 
Silver, Golden and White Wyandottes, S. C. 
White Leghorns. 'Ail Eggs $1.00 for 17. Pekin 
Duck Eggs, $1,00 for 13. Tool. Goose Eggs, $3.00 
for 12. W . It . CAKLH, 
R. F. D. No. 1, Jacobsburg, Ohio. 
IAIHITE HOLLAND TURKIC VS from prize 
ft winners at bargain prices. White Wyandotte 
eggs-for hatching. H. W. Anderson, Stewartstown, Pa. 
GIANT BRONZE 
Eggs, $1.00 per 15; Indian Runner Duck Eggs. $1.00 
per 10. SHROPSHIRE SHEEP. 
H. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg, Pa. 
C NOW WHITE WYANDOTTE EGGS for hatching, $1 per 15, 
u $5 per 100. A few good Cockerels. Circular free. 
GOLDEN ROD FARM, Dept. R, Stewartstown, Pa. 
Eleven First Friases 
At leading Poultry Shows, Indian Runner Ducks and 
Rouen Ducks. Madison Square Garden Winners our Rose- 
comb Black Minorcas won Silver Cup at Paterson, and 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. All eggs $2.00 per 15, $3.50 per 30, 
$8 per 100'. Also pure bred Angora Goats and Collie Dogs, 
$10 and up. CLARK FARM, BOONTON, N. J. 
BURR’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
By 12 years’ breeding and careful selection have developed 
winning quality and great egg production. Farm raised, 
free range. Eggs, $5.00 per hundred ; SI per setting. 85# 
fertility. WILLIAM O. BURR, Fairfield, Conn. 
f) O EGGS $1.00—Leading varieties, 52 breeds. Prize Poul- 
L U try, Pigeons, Hares, etc. Booklet free. I-arge illus¬ 
trated descriptive Catalog 10c. F. G. WILE, Telford, Pa. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY-Best twenty varieties, 
Good stock. Eggs, 15, SI; 40, $2. Catalogue. 
H. K. MOHR, Quakertown, Pa., Route 3. 
PRIZE WINNING STRAINS! &TS. 
dottes. Rhode Island Reds, both combs, Single 
Comb White and Brown Leghorns, eggs $1.50, 15; 
$7.00, 100. Light and Dark Brahmas, $2.00, 15. Cat¬ 
alog gratis. F. M. PRESCOTT, Riverdale, N. J. 
U/ILD AND BRONZE TURKEY EGGS-Chicken Eggs. Hand- 
if some Catalog 2 ct. 
Stamp, showing pure wild gobbler from the moun¬ 
tain. VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, Belleville. Pa. 
EGGS—$1 per 15, $2 per 40 of Thor. Brahma**. Rocks, Wy»n- 
dottes, Ked«, Minorcas, Houdans, Leghorns, Hamburgs; 19 v»r., 
28 years’ experience. Catalogue. 8. K. Mohr, Coopersburg, Fa. 
IITII ITV DQCCnQ— Moun tain air, open-front 
UIILI1 I DliLLUo house stock eggs for hatch¬ 
ing. Black Orpington or R. 1. Reds, $2.00 per 15. 
White Wyandottes or B.P, Rocks, $1.50 per 15. It. I. 
Red Cockerels, Angora Goats and Kids for sale. 
SHOHOLA FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM . . Shohola. Pa. 
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 
experts 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 
Why Take a 
