702 
July 15, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
It may not be generally known that 
the New York State Department of 
Agriculture, 23 Park Row, New York, 
maintains a bureau for farm help. A 
blank is furnished the farmer on appli¬ 
cation, so that he can designate the kind 
of help required. He is required to ad¬ 
vance railroad fare. 
A friend of mine bad an offer of a Long 
Island lot free. He sent the card for In¬ 
formation as requested, and an agent of the 
Pennsylvania Improvement Company called 
on him today and offered him the lot free 
for advertising purposes, hut he would have 
to pay $40 to cover expenses of improve¬ 
ments, etc. I advised him not to invest. 
Do you know anything about the concern? 
New York. H. S. w. 
The whole story is that they are 
willing to sell the lots for $40 eacb. 
The rest of it is to make you believe 
you arc getting something for nothing. 
We know that some of the lots sold on 
Long Island on similar schemes cost 
from $3 to $4 per acre—probably 30 
cents a lot. 
How about the inclosed proposition from 
Clifford B. Harmon, president of the Regal 
Oil and Oas Co., 315 Madison avenue. New 
York? Would you advise a small invest¬ 
ment? i'. c. n. 
Connecticut. 
We would advise nothing of the kind. 
It is a proposition to put your money 
in bonds of an oil company with a 25 
per cent, bonus of stock. The circular 
letter gives the usual jolly about the 
profits made in Standard Oil, but I find 
not a word about the tens of millions 
lost in similar schemes and no word of 
explanation that the Standard Oil is 
entirely a different proposition. Pro¬ 
moters of oil companies talk very boldly 
and glibly to inexperienced investors, 
but not one of them has the courage to 
approach an experienced banker with 
his oil securities. They would simply 
be laughed out of the office, if not 
ejected in any more forcible way. Keep 
your mony out of oil and mining 
schemes. 
We have before cautioned our people 
against the Spanish prisoner swindle, 
but it is being worked again rather per¬ 
sistently. The scheme is started by 
mailing letters to persons who are se¬ 
lected as victims by some of the 
schemers. If you get the letter some 
one has selected you as likely to bite 
on the pathetic story. The plot varies. 
In some instances the writer represents 
himself as a dying prisoner in a mili¬ 
tary fortress. He has a fortune on de¬ 
posit in the United States, but the cer¬ 
tificate of stock is concealed in a secret 
receptacle of his valise, which has been 
seized by the court at Cartagena, and it 
will be held until the prisoner or his 
representative has satisfied the cost of 
the trial. He claims distant relation¬ 
ship with the addressee. If the first 
letter bears fruit it is quickly followed 
by others in which the prisoner’s daugh¬ 
ter plays a prominent part. She is in 
Spain without a protector. A proposal 
is made to send her, accompanied by a 
priest, to the newly found relative for 
protection if enough money is sent to 
release the valise containing the secret 
receptacle and the certificate of deposit. 
If the relative will accept the trust he is 
to receive one-fourth of the prisoner’s 
entire fortune of about $600,(XX). Of 
course, the “relative” never hears from 
the swindlers after he has sent the 
money requested. 
A nurseryman received and accepted an 
order for peach trees in February, 11)10; I 
wrote him to ship the last of March and 
twice since, and now, April 20, after I 
have had my ground ready for nearly a 
month, lie writes and says he will not be 
able to fill the order. If this does not 
leave a person in a hole then I don't know 
what does. It is impossible to get other 
trees at this late date, and 1 consider this 
nurseryman a fraud, and yet you print his 
advertisement. I want to know if this is 
fair treatment? G. M. K. 
New Jersey. 
This is a subject that has caused us 
considerable annoyance the past season. 
This and similar complaints have come 
in from perfectly responsible and relia¬ 
ble houses. The grower’s side is well 
expressed in the above complaint. The 
nurserymen say stock has been scarce, 
and they could not tell in advance just 
how they were coming out. When they 
return the remittance they feel they have 
done all that could be expected of them, 
and point out that less responsible con¬ 
cerns would take chances and fill the 
brders from such stock as they could 
get from wholesale growers. Still others 
THE RURAb 
excuse themselves by saying that they 
had orders in with wholesalers for 
enough stock to make up their shortage. 
At the last moment the wholesalers dis¬ 
appointed them, and in turn they had no 
choice but to disappoint their retail cus¬ 
tomers. This is a new complaint this 
year. If a house made a practice of it 
there would be cause for more criticism, 
but we all get caught at times by condi¬ 
tions which we cannot control; and 
annoying as an experience of this kind 
is, we simply are obliged to bear with it. 
What do you think of the inclosed Oscar 
E. Binner Co., Chicago, Ill., proposition to 
publish Luther Burbank’s records? 
Massachusetts. M. B. 
We think it is the prettiest combina¬ 
tion of sentiment, philanthropy, charity 
and cunning that we ever saw in a 
chase of hard dollars and cents. When 
we first read we conclude the whole 
purpose is one of glory and concern for 
humanity. But as we read on we find 
the work is to scheme the philanthro¬ 
pists rich. In fact it is to be such a 
get-rich-quick scheme you are not 
allowed to invest more than $5,000 in 
it. We had rumors nearly two years 
ago that this scheme was to be worked, 
but the “wonderberr.y” fake provoked 
so much discussion at the time, the 
Burbank exploitations were suppressed 
for a more appropriate time. What is 
the scheme now? Why, a very simple 
proposition. You put up $150,000, and 
the other fellows will spend it. If it is 
a success, they win. If not, you lose. 
When anyone will show us a scheme 
worked on these lines that succeeds, 
we would like to publish the facts by 
way of variety. It is too bad that 
men who invest their own money do 
not see the big possibilities of profit in 
such schemes. We would be glad to 
have some one give us one single sub¬ 
stantial reason why a farmer should 
put his savings into such a hazard, ex¬ 
cept the fame of having his name 
printed somewhere on a fly leaf. 
A very pretty alleged swindle was re¬ 
vealed in a New York City court last 
spring through the arrest of Emory M. 
Rogers and George H. Laporte on the 
complaint of one Charles Hedges. The 
advertisement that caught Mr. Hedges 
read as follows; 
A Paying Enterprise Wanted—By a com¬ 
bination of farmers who subscribed $100,000 
to a stock which they cannot get. Kirk¬ 
wood. 
According to reports he was looking 
for investors for bonds of a fruit-grow¬ 
ing enterprise in the State of Washing¬ 
ton. His reply to the advertisement put 
him in touch with Rogers and Laporte, 
who claimed they came from St. Law¬ 
rence County, New York, and that the 
farmers who subscribed the $160,000 
fund lived there. They agreed to take 
$100,000 worth of the bonds, provided 
Hedges would pay the expense of a 
man to investigate the proposition and 
approved of it. Hedges agreed to this 
and put up $510 for the expense. Later 
the investigator made report, but the 
money was not forthcoming, and no 
disposition was shown to refund the 
$510. Hedges then advertised in the 
same paper to get in touch with others 
who had replied to the “Kirkwood” ad¬ 
vertisement, and received replies from a 
dozen or more. The complaints to the 
district attorney indicate that many of 
the victims were swindled in amounts 
from $200 to $700 each. Rogers and 
Laporte were held in $3,000 bail each. 
Is it safe to buy lots at Paterson, N. ,T.. 
through some agents of the Realty and 
■Commercial Co.. 20 Cortland street. New 
York? There are two men in this vicinity 
representing those lots at Paterson, and 
selling (piite a number of them at prices 
ranging from $600 and $400 for cash, or 
$650 and $450 with $10 monthly. Are 
those lots worth the price, and is it a safe 
investment? J - B - 
Pennsylvania. 
We do not know where the lots are 
located, and of course cannot know 
their value. But it is not necessary to 
know the location or the value. Build¬ 
ing lots fairly well located at Paterson 
have a value, but you may be sure that 
lots offered you in this way will cost 
you from two to three times what they 
are worth. You can buy very good lots 
there in undeveloped sections for $150 
to $200. One time with another there 
is nothing in such lots for a man at a 
distance as a small investment, even 
when bought at market prices. It is, 
of course, a different matter when a 
man living there wishes to make a home 
for himself. Never buy property of this 
kind without seeing it, and having the 
advice as to its value of some one whom 
you can trust and who is familiar with 
values. J. J. i). 
NEW-YORKER 
When your Pasture gives out - 
We stand on 
this Guaranty 
Wc guarantee that any 
sack ol our Dried Beet 
Pulp bought lor trial, 
either direct from us or 
through a dealer, will 
prove satisfactory to the 
buyer or we will refund 
the purchase price. 
Larger quantities can be 
bought with the privi 
^ lege of trying one sack 
^ and if found unsatisfac- 
^ tory, the entire purchase 
5 price will be refunded 
i if the unused portion is 
s shipped in accordance 
s witli instructions to be 
s received from us. 
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Now, 
Mr. Dairyman, 
what are you going 
_ to do when your pasture 
is all gone—eaten up by your 
cows—burned up by a long summer 
drought? Going to be satisfied with les¬ 
sened milk records? No need of it, be¬ 
lieve us. Good as summer pasture is, you 
can get along without it—get as heavy a milk 
flow—maintain perfect health in your herd. 
Doesn’t that sound good ? And it’s true. 
DRIED BEET PULP 
Just Like Roots 
Proves its merits in countless tests. We 
have actual records and will gladly 
send them to you on request. Let us 
show you how to do summer feeding 
wholly or in part without pasture. 
And your cows will like it—thrive 
on it—be sleek—free from di¬ 
gestive troubles — and, best 
test of all, produce just as 
much milk. We will prove 
this with a test on one 
cow or your whole herd. 
Go to your dealer, and 
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secure a trial sack on our guarantee basis— 
money back if you are not satisfied. Ask 
for our free booklet “ Feeding for Larger 
Profits,” or write us for a copy. 
THE LARROWE MILLING CO. 
Box 604, Ford Building 
Detroit, Mich. 
!■> •Y.l '.THE 
''Animals 
•■•• ■friend _ 
. Keeps flics and all 
insects and pests off 
animals — in barn or pas¬ 
ture— longer than any imi¬ 
tation. Used and endorsed 
since 1885 by leading dairy¬ 
men and farmers. 
$1 worth saves $20.00 
-.....- . in milk and flesh on each 
cow la a single season. Cures sores, stops itching 
and prevents infection. Nothing hotter for galls. 
itnJs lico and mites in poultry houses. 
CpNIV Cl if your dealer can’t supply you, for 
UlallLT enough Shoo - Fly to protect 200 
eon's, mid our B . tube gravity sprayer without 
extra charge. Money back if not mtiatactory. Write 
for Booklet, free. Special terms to agents. 
Shoo-Fly Mfg. Co., Dept. P, 1310 N. 10th St., Philada. 
80 lbs. More Milk 
IN 3 DAYS 
Resulted from iiRintf “Will-Kill-Flies” 
on twenty-two cows—kept them free from 
flies and increased milk flow K0 lbs. in days. 
WILL-KILL-FLIES 
the most effective liquid spraying preparation nnd 
perfect disinfectant, kills (lies and all insect pests ' 
that annoy your stock nnd poultry—that means inoro 
rnilL more eggs, healthy, contented cattle. 
Free Test at our Expense 
We’ll send you, express prepaid east of Rocky 
Mountains, 1 gallon of “Will-Kill-Flies” nnd a 
3 >rayer, on receipt of $5L00aml dealer’s name, 
it doesn't satisfy vou in every respect, we willj 
rofund money. leasts longer and accoin-^ 
plishes more than other preparations. J 
EUREKA MOWER COMPANY 
Box 964, Utica, N. Y. 
Cow-Ease 
Kills Ticks. 
KEEPS 
FLIES OFF 
Cattle and Horses 
and allows cows to feed in peace, making 
More Mllh and More Money for you. 
A clean, harmless liquid preparation, ap¬ 
plied with a sprayer. Keeps cows in good 
condition and saves five times its cost in 
extra milk. 
TRIAL OFFER 
If your dealer cannot supply 
you, send us his name and 
$1.25, and we will deliver 
prepaid to your address 1 -2 & 
gallon can of COW-EASE, *5 
and SPRAYER for apply¬ 
ing. For West of Missouri! 
River and for Canada, above 
Trial Offer, $1.50. 
Satisfaction or Money Back. 
CARPENTER.MORTON CO, 
BOSTON. MASS. 
Pfllll TRYMPN _Don,tfal1 tos e cure8tock anc| 
rUUL I II I HI Lll Kggs at our reduced prices. 
HAST DONEGALPOULTHY YARDS, Marietta, l*a. 
DAVIS S. C. REDS 
BABY CHIX 
$12.50 PER lOO BALANCE OF SEASON 
Full count and safe delivery guaranteed. 
DAVIS POULTRY FA KM, Berlin', Mass. 
Rose Comb Reds-Indian Runner Ducks 
Iiigh-elass breedors and young stock for show, 
utility and export. .May return at my expense if not 
satisfactory. Sinclair Smith, Southold, Suffolk Co., N. Y, 
T 
HE FARMER'S FOWL— Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
tyers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
S. WILDER, Route 1, Richland, N. Y. 
free. THOS. 
Hunn Lake Poultry Farm ^""TivIks^sH'per’ioo; 
vVhitoWyamlotte Chicks, $12 per 100. Eggs.toper 100. 
rnnn Single-Combed White Leghorns, Barred 
Jj M IIIJ Plymouth Rocks, Imperial Pekin Ducks, 
v,www Bronze Turkeys and Guinea Hons at 
right prices. Yearlings, pullets, cocks or cockerels. 
Order at onro for best selections. Largest success¬ 
ful poultry plant in the vicinity of Now York City. 
Agents Cyphers’ Incubators. 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM New Rochelle, N. Y. 
BABY CHICKS, 8k. 
C. White Leghorns in any quantity. Sale arrival 
guaranteed, Circulars free. CHAS. R. STONE, Baby 
Chicken Farm, Staatsburo-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
Buff, Wh. Lcahorns, Mottled Anconas, H. C. K. I. Red. 
Eggs. 90c. per 15, $1.00 per 30. $2.75 per 60, $4 per 100. 
Catalogue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakcrlown, Pa. 
DA BY CHICKS— Single Comb White Leghorns, 
1 ' Rose Comb Rhode Island Rods, 9c and 12c each. 
Strong and livable. From vigorous free range stock, 
bred for utility nnd standard qualities. Safe delivery 
guaranteed. WESLEY GltlNNELL, Sodus, N. Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Chick* 8c. each. If more than four 
chick* are deml to each 100 you buy. 
when reaching 
your express of¬ 
fice, I will make 
Kood the Iona. 
Catalog about | 
chick feeding; 
Aliil disc linen 
free. Will ship 
C. O. D. 
O.M. LAUVKK, Box 73, Richfield, Pa. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
Choice lot Yonrling Hens, Early Pullets and Cock¬ 
erels; any quantity tit.attractive prices; bred-to-lay 
kind. SUNNY HILL FARM, Fleminotan, N. J 
QAPY P141 P If Q—SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS; 
DHD I UTlIulxO Young’s Strain direct j best 
in the world; 2,000 Breeders; Chicks. $9.00 per 100 
during July; from free range stock; chicks that do 
nothing but live and grow. Safe arrival guaranteed. 
My book, “Profits in Poultry Keeping Solved," free 
witli every 100 chick order. Circular free. 
BRIGGS' BABY CHICK FARM, Pleasant Valley. New York 
Wo Will Coll—for $2.00 for liens and $2.00 to$5.00 
if C Hill OCII f 01 . one-year-old cockerels—our 
surplus breeding stock of Partridge Cochins. Barred 
Rocks, White Rocks, Partridge Wyandottes. 
MINCH BROS. . R-2 . Bridgeton, N. J. 
qrt KGOS $1.00—T,ending varieties, 52 breeds. Prize Pool- 
L U try, Pigeons, Hares, etc. Booklet free. Large illus¬ 
trated descriptive Catalog 10c. F. G. WILE, Telford, Pa. 
PRIZE WINNING STRAINS 1 ST,??. w^:- 
dottes, Rhode Island Reds, both combs, Single 
Comb Wliito and Brown Leghorns, eggs $1.50, 15; 
$7.00, 100. Light and Dark Brahmas, $2.00, 15. Cat¬ 
alog gratis. F. M. PRESCOTT, Riverdalo, N. J. 
I EE0SVILLE POULTRY YARDS- White Rocks and R.C. White 
" Leghorns. A few early hatched pullets for sale now. 
Nearly full grown at $1.50 and $1.25 apiece, if ordered 
quickly. L. W. DRAPER, Prop., Amenta, N. V. 
