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PUBLISHER’S DESK 
The Mahanoy Division of the Erie Rail¬ 
road runs through a farm I have leased, 
and on March 10, 1910, a fire was set from 
a spark from one of their engines, burning 
over about two acres of new seeding. I 
had it appraised and value was set at $6. 
If you can collect the claim will be glad 
to pay you for your trouble. u. E. M. 
Ohio. 
This claim was referred to us in 
February, 1911. The farmer had made 
repeated efforts for nearly a year to 
get an adjustment with no result what¬ 
ever. We took it up with the railroad, 
and in five weeks had check for $6 in 
full settlement. 
Wc shipped W. S. Swain & Co., Koxlmry, 
Mass., a car of No. 1 Timothy hay on 
January 2. We recently got the returns 
and they claim they sold it at from $1.1.50 
to $18 per ton. We were offered $10.40 on 
track here by a New York man. No. 1 hay 
was selling for .$21 at the time in New 
York. We expected to get more, as the firm 
offered to handle it for 50 cents a ton com¬ 
mission. We asked them to furnish the 
name and address of the parties to whom 
they sold our hay, but all they would say 
was to thank us for our letter. We are 
out about .$50 on the transaction. 
New York. A. F. K. 
In reply to our inquiries the firm 
write that they received the hay and sold 
it to the best of their ability; that the 
market there is full of hay, and trade is 
dull and prices are very low. Evi¬ 
dently from their own statement Rox- 
bury is not the place to send hay. 
I inclose stamped envelope and ask you 
to give me advice as to reliability of the 
Scranton Correspondence School Stock Com¬ 
pany. Is it a good investment? They have 
an agent in this neighborhood. n. F. u. 
Maryland. 
There are two such institutions in 
Scranton, Pa. One has a good rating 
and a good business standing. The 
other has been the subject of criticism 
by the Federal Government and others. 
But we would not recommend the stock 
of either of them as an investment for 
people not connected with the institu¬ 
tions. The value of the stock of such 
concerns depends entirely on the man¬ 
agement. No matter if they do pay 
good dividends now, the management 
may change or conditions change and 
results be entirely different later on. 
Suppose the principal of your public 
school should incorporate himself for 
$100,000 on the theory that his salary 
is $5,000 and therefore pays five per cent 
on the capitalization. How much of the 
stock would you take at par? Don't 
you see that he could pay you live per 
cent or seven per cent while he was 
selling the stock, but where would you 
come in when the stock was all sold 
and he concluded not to teach school 
any longer, but preferred to go to 
Europe on the $100,000 received from 
you and others for stock? 
Imprisonment in the Federal prison at 
Leavenworth. Ivan., for three years and a 
fine of .$1,000 was the sentence imposed 
March 24 upon William 1*. Harrison, 
wealthy head of a mail-order concern, by 
Judge Hollister in the United States Dis¬ 
trict Court at •-Cincinnati. Harrison was 
found guilty. March 23 of using the mails 
to defraud; conviction coming upon all 
seven counts of two indictments, alleging 
that he advertised and sold through the 
mails a vacuum carpet cleaner and a wash¬ 
ing machine, neither of which would do the 
work required. The trial lasted more than 
four weeks and cost the Government thou¬ 
sands of dollars to bring witnesses here 
from all parts of the country.—Daily Paper. 
The result was worth all it cost, and 
more. Mr. Harrison operated under the 
name of the World Mfg. Co. and the 
Armstrong Mfg. Co. The R. N.-Y. re¬ 
fused the advertising and has continually 
advised its people of the nature of the 
proposition. It would be interesting to 
know what apology will now be made 
by the farm papers and others which 
have continued to carry the advertising 
of this concern after we had exposed 
its methods. We would especially like 
to hear from those papers that go 
through the form of guaranteeing their 
advertisers. 
Herbert Myrick is reported to have 
sold Good Housekeeping Magazine, for¬ 
merly published at Springfield, Mass., 
to W. R. Hearst, of New York City. 
The company under which the magazine 
was held was capitalized for $1,000,000, 
and Mr. Myrick was at one time trying 
to sell the stock to the public at a price 
20 per cent above par. The Good House¬ 
keeping Co. did not publish the magazine, 
but rented the privilege to another of 
the Myrick concerns. This arrangement 
afforded a means of paying dividends 
out of the rental whether the magazine 
actually earned the dividend or not. It 
also furnished a means of limiting the 
dividends in case the earnings of the 
magazine increased to unexpected pro¬ 
portions. Of all the devices that have 
come to our attention for the sale of 
corporate stock and for the manipulation 
and control of the revenues of the cor¬ 
THK RURAL NEW'-YORKER 
April 8, 
porate companies, this arrangement ln- 
Mr. Myrick seemed to us the slickest 
and the most satisfactory—for the pro¬ 
moter of the enterprise. Full details 
of the liquidating account ought to be 
illuminating to the stockholders. Stock¬ 
holders in a million-dollar concern, 
whose stock was sold at 20 per cent 
above par, ought to know .just what its 
total assets sold for. The experience 
would be valuable to them when 
tempted with other stock purchases. 
Post office inspectors went yesterday to 
No 225 Fifth avenue, whore the old linn 
of A. L. Wisner & Go., was doing business \ 
under the name the Standard Sureties Com¬ 
pany, and placed A. L. Wisner, E. S. W n- 
ner'and Grover S. Trumbull under arrest on 
a charge of using the mails to defraud. 
They were held in .$7,500. $5,000 and $1,500 
respectively. None- of the prisoners ob- 
tained bail and all were locked up in the 
Tombs. Several thousand dollars, the har¬ 
vest of the morning mail, was found upon 
the desk of the promoter. Chief Post Office 
Inspector Warren W. Dickson says that the 
Government believes the brokers have ob¬ 
tained at least $2,000,000 from the public 
by the sale of fraudulent securities. At the 
offices of the company the most extensive 
“Sucker List" known to the Government 
detectives was discovered. It contained 
about 120,000 names and was divided into 
a graduated list of persons who would send 
money more or less quickly in response to 
letters and prospectuses of mines and oil 
wells. One list was headed “Special,” an¬ 
other was headed “Good” and another 
••Fair.” One list was marked “Worth Try¬ 
ing."—Daily Paper. 
We have had many inquiries about 
the Wisners and recently about the 
Standard Sureties Company and the 
stocks they were promoting. It is said 
there were 33 of these companies, and 
some of them were the usual lading 
companies to confuse investors and be¬ 
fog investigators. The sucker list is the 
most important asset of such concerns, 
and this one seemed to have a first- 
class list. These lists account for the 
large collection of gold bricks in the 
possession of some people. 1 hey are 
not all country people. The cities con¬ 
tribute their full share, but we would 
like to make our people immune to such 
schemes. The Post Office Department 
is doing excellent work on this line, and 
the inspectors deserve the support and 
cooperation of all who wish to keep the 
U. S. mails free from schemes to de¬ 
fraud. 
Last week you read what the Rev. 
Air. York said of the way E. G. Lewis 
treated him after getting his money. 
You have read other cases of the same 
kind during the past year or two. _ You 
probably saw the point in Mr, York’s 
story. The money was first secured on 
notes issued against a mortgage on real 
estate. Then when the money was in 
hand you noted the efforts to change the 
mortgage notes for practically worth¬ 
less debenture notes. It is a familiar 
promoter trick, and it is in defense 
of such practices as this that Mr. Lewis 
is asking his confiding dupes to appeal 
to Government officials. One would 
think to hear him that taking money 
from inexperienced people was a per¬ 
sonal right and a public virtue. Just 
think of the audacity of the man to 
make a public appeal for such a privi¬ 
lege. Of course officials charged with 
the enforcement of the law are tyrants 
to interfere with such a privilege; but 
it is rather unusual for the victims of 
a scheme to protest against measures for 
their own relief and protection. The 
time has come when honest people 
should take a hand in the treatment of 
these schemers. If you do not want 
your United States mail service used as 
it was used to get Rev. Mr. York’s 
money, write Hon. Frank H. Hitchcock, 
Postmaster General, Washington, D. C., 
and tell him so. If you want such trans¬ 
actions investigated, write Hon. George 
W. Wickersham, Attorney General, 
Washington, D. C., and tell him you 
approve of his efforts to do his duty in 
this case and in others like it. If Lewis 
got your money, tell these officials just 
when and by what means he got it. If 
he got no money from you, you can 
ask them to protect and help those less 
fortunate than yourself. This is the time 
to lick a postage stamp. 
A friend, contrary to my wishes, had 
your paper sent to me for 10 weeks. I take 
two farm papers and thought that enough. 
Wishing to get knowledge on a certain point 
I have gone over the files of the three pa¬ 
pers with some care. The inclosed $1 is 
the result. Your paper furnished more of 
value on the subject I was studying and on 
others I was interested in. Please enter me 
as a subscriber. d. h. o. 
New York. 
and over again that such subscriptions 
do not pay because their 10-week sub¬ 
scribers do not renew. They pay The 
R. N.-Y. simply because the subscriber 
does renew. Send them right along. 
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more valuable information on diseases, 
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Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs ar.d 
Poultry—by the use of Humphrey’s Vet¬ 
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Sara POULTRY SUPPLIES 
Everything for the poultryman at low prices; Auto, 
matic Feeders, Hull Mammoth and Model Incuba 
tors. Feed, Remedies, Hen-e-ta, Rat Corn, Liverine^ 
LegBands,etc. Prompt shipments. Write for catalog’ 
HARRIES &, BENEDICT GO. e 7 1 ™°^ 5t! 
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. 
THE BEST S. C. REDS 
. . . ARE . . . 
DAVIS’ 200 EGG STRAIN 
Cf* AC Utility.$1 per 13; $G per 100 
kUUw Special Matings ... $2 per 13; $10 per 101) 
—— - Prize Matings .... $5 per 13; Mammoth 
Hot Water Incubator Baby Clucks .... $15 per 100 
Book Orders Note Circular Free 
DAVIS POULTRY FARM, lierlin, Mass. 
H ONE’S "BRED TO LAY” R. C. REDS and MAMMOTH 
BRONZE TURKEYS win at Schenectady, 1911, 1st and 
3rd lien; 2nd and 3rd pullet; 2nd and 3rd cock¬ 
erel; 1st Bronze Tom, and 3rd pullet. A prize for 
every bird exhibited. Eggs from choice matings 
at reasonable prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. I). K. 
HONE, Crescent Hill Farm, Sharon Springs, N. Y. 
Eggs For HatcliinrTsiami 
Indian Runner Ducks. High-class stock- 
utility. show or export. SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 
Fifth Street, Brooklyn, 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. 
FARM BRED POULTRY-FREE RANGE 
Partridge Cochins, White Rocks, Barred 
Bocks. Partridge Wyandottes. Prize win¬ 
ning strains. Send for egg list. 
MINCH BROS., 11-3, Bridgeton, N. J. 
White Wyandottes' 
-Utility, great lay¬ 
ing strain. Free 
range. Eggs: $5.00 per 100, $1.00 for 15. 
C. H. FOGG, R. F. D. No. 3, Bridgeton, N. J. ’ 
S. C. White Leghorn BABY CHICKS 
$10 per 100 in any quantity. Breeders are vigorous 
yearlings and 2-year-olds. Circular. VANCREST 
P.OULTRY FARM, .Salt Point, Dutchess Co., N.Y. 
S.C. RHODE ISLAND REDS IS&Sf| u ASfe 
At The Horseshoe Road Poultry Farm pj.fees. Address 
WM. R. BURKHOLDER, -:- Box 152, R. 5, Lancaster, Pa. 
REDS EXCLUSIVELY 
Eggs from Handsome Dark Matings, $2.00 for 13; 
$8.00 per 100. From Utility Heavy Layers, $1-00 for 
13; $4.50 per 100. 
O A’ K R 1, O O K P O 11 L T 11 Y F A li M 
Tel. 59-4 Foxboro, Mass: 
S p IM LEGHORN EGGS for hatching. Good laying 
i u i VV ■ strain, $1 per 15, $5 per 100. Also Baby 
Chicks. GEO. LUNDGREEN, Wyoming, Del. 
R C. B. MINORCAS; great layers; eggs, $1.00 
• for 15. GEO. BOWDISH, Esperance, N. Y. 
Dill I ETC— S. C. W. LEGHORNS—Booking orders 
r U LLk I O future delivery. Hatching eggs from 
vigorous birds for prompt shipment. Limited 
number choice breeders. Lakewood and Youngs 
strains. SUNNY HILL FARM, Flemington, N. J. 
D n 111 TDVRA CM - Send 10 cents for our fine GO- 
I U U L I ll I lYI L™ page Illustrated Catalogue. 
HAST DONEGAL POULT Hi 7 YARDS, Marietta,Pa. 
EfHS QAI C— S. C. White Leghorns (Young’s 
rUn vKLX Strain) eggs for hatching,$5 per 100, 
$40 per 1000. L. MOORE, Route 1, Ellcnville, N. Y. 
CnfiQ-HARRED ROCKS; S. C. REDS; large, 
CUUO vigorous layers; $1.00 for 15. $5.00 per 100, 
J. R. ELLIS : : : : Pulaski, N. Y. 
We print the above as an encourage¬ 
ment lj> our good friends who send the 
10-week orders for their friends. We 
receive hundreds of them in one form 
of expression or another. The R. N.-Y. 
is the only legitimate paper that has 
ever made a success of 10-week sub¬ 
scriptions. Other publishers report over 
PHII! TDV-35 Best Breeds. Bred for Laying. 
lllULI II I Large circular illustrated in colors 
Free. JOHN E. HEATWOLE, Harrisonburg, Va. 
Of) K(i(JS $1. oo —Leading varieties, 52 breeds. Prize Poul- 
L U try, Pigeons, Hares, etc. Booklet fi ce. Barge illus¬ 
trated descriptive Catalog 10c. F. G. WIDE, Telford, Pa. 
Buff Wh. Leghorns, Mottled Anconas, S. C. K i lled. 
Eggs. 99c. per 15, $1.50 per 30. $2.75 per GO, $4 per 109. 
Catalogue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
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. 
Bonnie Brae Whi 
and Pekin 
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 Cyphers Incubator Company. 
Correspondence invited. 
I I Off ARE BE T TER 
! than ever, 
rs | Eggs from our 
Ducks h ® av . y iaying 
strains now 
LAKEHILL FARM 
W.H.THACHEK. 
Single and Bose Comb W. Leghorns, W. P. Bocks 
and Imp. Pekin Ducks. Cockerels and Ducks of 
both sexes for sale in any quantity from $.’ up. 
Chicks, $15 per loo. Ducklings, $25 per 190. Write 
for special prices in large lots. Orders booked for 
early delivery of hatching eggs and day old chicks 
and ducklings. Safe delivery and satisfaction 
guaranteed. CABLW. LLOYD, Mgr., 
Hillside, Westchester County, N. Y. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM 
A b reeding establishment of 250 acres, 
devoted to developing tho best 
S. c. W. XjEGHOUTNTS 
Fine Breeding Cockerels at reasonable prices. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM, Box Y, HAVRE BE GRACE, Maryland. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C, WHITE LFGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair. Heavy layers; trios. 
$5. Eggs for hatching, $1 for 15, $5 for 100. Cata¬ 
logue tree. C. H. ZIMMER, Wkedsport, N. Y. 
EiTiVWi; S. C. W. LEGHORN 
Breeding Hens at lowptice to make room. Also 
promising Cockerels cheap in quantities. Also H I. 
Beds. Eggs for hatching. St. Moritz Farm, Ramsey, N.J. 
India Runner Ducks. S. C. White Leghorns 
Eggs for Hatching. Send for Circular. 
F. J. FULLER, Waterport, Orleans County, New York 
CHICKS Baby CHICKS 
S C. WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS of Standard Quality. 
We guarantee chicks to be hatched from eggs laid 
by our own breeders and shipped only when day-old. 
We Can Please You. We Will Please You. 
Mammoth Hot Water Incubator having a capa¬ 
city of 10,200 eggs. 
Have Your Orders Booked. Circular Free. 
SPRING WATER POULTRY FARM, Stockton, New Jersey. 
11T11 ITY RRFFfK-Mou ntain air, open-front 
UIILII I DilLLUO house stock eggs for hatch¬ 
ing. Black Orpington or R. J. Beds, $2.00 per 15. 
White Wyandottes or B.P, Rocks. $1.50 per 15. It. I. 
Red Cockerels, Angora Goats and Kids for sale. 
SH0H0LA FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM . . Shohola, Pa. 
Elovexs. First Friases 
At leading Poultry Shows, Indian Banner Ducks and 
Rouen Ducks. Madison Square Garden Winners our Rose- 
comb Black Minoreas 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. 
The Big White Egg Makers 
Rose Comb Black Minoreas, 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. 
S NOW WHITE WYANDOTTE EGGS for hatching, $1 per 15, 
$5 per 100. A few good Cockerels. Circular free. 
GOLDENROI) FARM, Dept. R, Stewartstown, 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 , P.HEEMS, P*. 
EGGS 
from high record W. P. Rock 
Hens, $2 for 15, $5 for 45. 
A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
PRIZE WINNING STRAINS 
| Barred Rocks, 
■ White Wyan- 
dottos, 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. 
CCCO—Guaranteed fertile; from range - grown 
Ll> UO stock that pay large piofits at the egg basket 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY FARM . . R, D. 24, Athens, Pa. 
EGGS FOR SALE-Sr ,?••*, 
$4.00 per hundred. CHAS. I. MILLER, R. F. D. 
No. 1. Hudson, N. Y. 
T HE FARMER’S FOWL—Rose Comb Rods, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. TIIOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland, N. Y. 
DUFF WYANDOTTES, heavy laying strain, 
■*-' $1.25 and $2.00 per set of 15; also Single. Comb 
White Leghorns at $1.00 per set of 15. Also for ex¬ 
change. SUNNY HILL FARM, Nursery Ave..Woonsocket, R. I. 
EGGS—$1 per 15, $2 per -10 of Thor. Brahma * 1 '. Hocks, Wysn- 
doiies, Keels, Minoreas, lloiidans, Leghorns, llamburgs; 19 vor., 
28 years’experience. Catalogue. 8. K. Mohr, Cooporsburg, Ba. 
T HOROUGH-BRED POULTRY—Best twenty varieties, 
Good stock. Eggs, 15, $1; 40, $2. Catalogue. 
H. K. MOHR, Quakertown, Pa., Route 3. 
W RIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOTTE WINNERS-Eggs, $4.50 
for 100. Baby Cliix, $12.50 for 100; $7.00foro0. 
GRAND VIEW FARM, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
GIANT BRONZE 
TURKEY EGGS, $3.00 per 
10; Rose’ C’omh R. I. Red 
Eggs, $1.00 per 15; Indian Runner Duck Eggs. $1.00 
per i0. SHROPSHIRE SHEEP. 
II. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg, Pa. 
