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December 20 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Publisher’s Desk wishes its friends a 
Merry Christmas. We hope that no 
friend of ours will become a dupe to 
schemers during the coming year, and 
that peace, prosperity and happiness 
may be the lot of each and all during 
the year to come. 
OUR LITTLE BOOK, 
HIND-SIGHTS, 
is now going out every day. We are 
sending it with our compliments in ac¬ 
knowledgment of subscriptions as they 
come in. It is a book you will need to 
keep. Pick it up and refer to different 
chapters frequently. It is indexed so 
that you can find what you want readily. 
There are 14 chapters, as follows: 
Seed Trade Tricks. 
Tricks of the Tree Agent. 
The Hen Business. 
Live Stock Frauds. 
The Dairyman’s Danger. 
Commission Men’s Tricks. 
Real Estate Games. 
Wall Street and Its Methods. 
Stock Investment Pits. 
Co-operative Fakes. 
The Tress As An Implement of Rogues. 
Horse Trickery. 
The Book Agent’s Tricks. 
Swindlers of All Sorts. 
Under these headings you will find an 
example of every kind of fraud or swin¬ 
dle that is worked on confiding people. 
We hope it will be *be means of saving 
our friends some money. Of one thing 
we are sure, it will not meet the hearty 
approval of any crook. 
A few days ago I received word from the 
Adams Express Company that a voucher for 
$15 was at my station to pay for the crate 
of eggs that were never delivered to the 
New York commission house during the 
strike. I wish to thank you for what you 
did in my behalf. J.-M. 
New York. 
Conditions varied greatly during the 
strike last Fall. In some cases the ex¬ 
press companies were unable to make 
deliveries or to move the shipments 
after reaching Jersey City. They were 
perhaps covered by larger cases and 
had deteriorated in value so that 
nothing was realized upon them. In 
other cases they disposed of the ship¬ 
ments at regular prices, and when this 
was proved we had little trouble in get¬ 
ting an adjustment. We have not been 
successful in all cases filed with us, but 
have realized on a number of claims 
where circumstances favored the ship¬ 
per. 
Would you advise a farmer to invest in 
the stock of the Delaware Apple Company, 
Dover, Del.? The inclosed paper contains 
the list of directors. w. f. 
New York. 
No; we would advise nothing of the 
kind. Imposing boards of directors 
have no terror for us except to make us 
suspicious if the individuals should hap¬ 
pen to have honorary titles. Apple or¬ 
chards are all. right for people who put 
their own money into them and care for 
them, but a get-rich-quick scheme based 
on the apple as an innocent implement 
of allurement is no better because of its 
name than many other speculative ven¬ 
tures. We hope the distinguished gen¬ 
tlemen of the board of directors of the 
Delaware Apple Company will have 
great success in growing apples. We 
just as earnestly hope that our farmer 
friends will allow the directors the 
privilege of financing their own hazard. 
What do you know about this adver¬ 
tisement? Wc are getting male calves from 
a valuable bull and want to know if this 
is true. subscriber. 
Pennsylvania. 
The advertisement comes from Flor¬ 
ida. The advertiser claims he is able 
to control sex at will. He guarantees 
it. You just send him $2 for his pam¬ 
phlet giving you the secret, and he will 
do the rest. If you do not succeed he 
promises to return the $2, but we would 
not like to guarantee that you would 
ever see the $2 again. Do not give cred¬ 
ence to such fakes. 
A representative of the M. M. Fenner 
Company, Fredonia, N. Y., brought his rem¬ 
edies to my house, and asked my wife to 
try them, saying if the medicine did not 
suit her he would remove it. Later he 
called and my wife asked him to take It 
away which he refused to do. The next 
step was the receipt of the inclosed bill 
for $1.50. I shall not pay it, and if you 
can use it to save others it may be worth 
while. x. M. p. 
New Y'ork. 
We have had similar complaints from 
this concern before. The only safe way 
is to positively refuse to let them de¬ 
liver the medicines at your house. If 
they persist and you have no means at 
hand to repel them, throw the bottles 
after them into the road, and leave them 
there. If you are not sick you need no 
medicine; if you are sick, consult a local 
physician. Do not depend on worthless 
nostrums if your future health is in 
danger. 
I have received from the Adams Express 
Co. $15 in settlement for the case of eggs 
sent November 1, 1910. I am greatly 
obliged to you for your assistance in secur¬ 
ing this adjustment. I could only get an 
offer of $0.20 from them myself, and this 
looks like an 880 per cent dividend from 
my subscription to The R. N.-Y. c. h. w. 
New Y'ork. 
The subscriber tried for five months 
to get an adjustment before sending this 
complaint to us. It took six weeks for 
us to convince them that they owed the 
shipper for the full amount of the claim. 
The agent at Verbank called me on the 
'phone last Saturday and said to come 
down and ho would settle with me. lie 
did so, but had it not been for you I 
would never have received one cent. 
New York. w. J. T. 
This refers to a bottle of skunk oil 
valued at $4 on which the subscriber 
paid 25 cents express charge. The bottle 
was never delivered. The subscriber fol¬ 
lowed it up for a time with no result, 
and finally referred it to us. Just a year 
after the shipment was made we re¬ 
ceived word that settlement had fol¬ 
lowed our efforts. 
I will give you my experience with the 
Corry Hide & Fur Company last Winter. 
I sent them the following lot of furs 
(ordering them to hold separate subject 
to my approval of their returns) : Rats, 
138; minks, three; ’coons, two. In about 
two weeks from date of shipment (having 
written them again) I received returns and 
check for $34. I immediately enclosed this 
check in a letter, mailed it and ordered 
the furs returned; after waiting another 
week or two I received a letter from them 
saying they did not like to send the furs 
back, and wished me to state my lowest 
price, which was $61. I finally wrote them 
that by advice of counsel I demand the 
return of the furs within three days— 
and the furs came back. I sold the self¬ 
same lot to a Syracuse dealer for $64.10. 
They took out six rats for express one way, 
$1.20, so the express both ways cost me 
an even $3. In 30 years’ experience as a 
fur buyer this is the worst I have known. 
Wishing “Fur News Magazine” all kinds 
of success in exposing rank conditions, I 
am, Yours truly, 
Lewis Co., N. Y. E. A. Sheppard. 
The above is copied from the “Fur 
News Magazine,” and confirms the ex¬ 
periences of other shippers that we have 
reported during the past two years; only 
in the case of our people the skins were 
not returned as requested but disposed 
of, and the shippers were helpless. 
Enclosed find bill for goods shipped last 
Spring to J. B. Evans & Co., Bluffton, Ind. 
Can you do anything towards collecting 
same? l. c. n. 
Pennsylvania. 
We were unable to get a settlement of 
this account. The subscriber shipped a 
small order of nursery stock last Spring 
amounting to $2.25, but was unable to 
get any reply or adjustment. We were 
equally unsuccessful. Any firm who 
shows no disposition to adjust a little 
account of this kind should not look for 
shipments from our people. 
I enclose a contract of the American 
Literary and Musical Association with 
which I had dealings, and lost all that 
I invested and expenses besides. The trick 
in this case was the getting of $25 for 
“security deposit” in advance and then 
making the work so difficult that it would 
be impossible for the agent to fulfill the 
contract to the letter. You will note that 
the contract provides that the general 
agent must appoint 20 local agents each 
month, collecting $5 from each before the 
general agent is entitled to his pay, so 
that the general agent must first deposit 
$25 and then $100 for 20 agents, and all 
of these propositions are frauds pure and 
simple. w. l. 
Iowa. 
This is what we have so often defined 
as buying the right to fake your neigh¬ 
bors. It is a sort of endless chain ar¬ 
rangement. First you are faked out of 
$25, then you fake others out of $5 each, 
and each of these is expected to fake 
their neighbors out of something more. 
If you accept the contract they have the 
legal right to hold you to it. 
An investigation of the Everglades of 
Florida is to be undertaken by Chairman 
Moss of the House Committee on Expendi¬ 
tures in the Agricultural Department. Con¬ 
gressman E. R. Bathriek of Ohio at the 
request of constituents who purchased 
Everglades land, leads in the demand for 
an investigation. In the last three years 
between 50.000 and 75,000 residents of 
various States have purchased Everglades 
lands, with a view of locating in Florida. 
Many of these assert that the State has 
not fulfilled its contract to drain the 
Everglades, and are demanding restitution. 
—Daily Paper. 
It is time something was done to 
check the land promoters of these Ever¬ 
glade schemes. People who never see 
the land and have no knowledge of 
what it is are induced to buy lots by 
mail and make payments on them. The 
Everglades are great forests of saw 
grass and for the most part covered 
with water. The State is digging three 
great ditches to drain the lands, but 
before it can be cultivated the land must 
be cleared of the weeds and lateral 
drains dug to carry off the water. Even 
then much of it is a sandy, infertile 
bottom, and not capable of producing 
crops as stated by the promoters. If a 
man has money to live on, he can spend 
a pleasant month or two in Florida dur¬ 
ing the Winter. If he goes there with 
money he can buy good land, but it is 
no place for a poor man to go in the 
hope of getting rich; and we have never 
known a promotion scheme there that 
a man could afford to invest a dollar in; 
and j^et thousands of dollars are going 
there every year. Again we advise, do 
not buy any Florida land by mail. See 
it before you put your money into it. 
J. J- D- 
Sweeny. 
I have a three-year-old colt that was 
sweenied last July. I have used various 
remedies, such as bathing with soap lini¬ 
ment and other irritants, but the shoulder 
has only partly filled up. What would you 
advise me to do? G. v. 
New Jersey. 
Rub the wasted parts once daily with a 
mixture of equal parts of turpentine until 
the skin becomes irritated; then stop for 
a time, but go on with the treatment as 
soon as the state of the skin will allow. 
A. S. A. 
Thoroughpin. 
I have a four-year-old colt, and he has 
what I have been told is a thoroughpin 
puff. I have been told nothing can be done 
for it. He cost me $215. It is in his hind 
leg; in the hock. He is not lame. What 
can I do for it? R. h. r. 
A thoroughpin is practically incurable, 
and so long as it does not cause lameness 
should be let alone. If at any time lame¬ 
ness is present clip off the hair and blister 
the hock repeatedly with cerate of can- 
tharides at intervals of three or four week*. 
If you must give treatment, let it be by a 
truss or compress to cause pressure upon 
the part. a. s. a. 
Stunting a Terrier. 
What will stunt the growth of a fox 
terrier? a. b. 
New Jersey. 
One cannot add a cubit to his stature, 
nor accelerate or retard the growth of a 
fox terrier by special means; but starva¬ 
tion and excess of exercise may tend to 
prevent the normal development of the 
? up, while a good boarding place and fine 
riends may lead to full and plump develop¬ 
ment. A fox terrier is an energetic, stren¬ 
uous sort of dog, and should live an outdoor 
existence, so far as possible—and away from 
cats I a. s. a. 
Lampas; Hemiplegia. 
1. I have a colt that is running in pas¬ 
ture and gets five quarts of oats a day, 
but will not fatten. I can see nothing 
wrong, only he has the lampas. I cut 
them three times but they did not go away. 
Please tell me what to do for the lampas 
and to put the horse in shape. 2. I have 
a 12-year-old horse that has bad wind. I 
was plowing in July; all at once he started 
to wheeze or roar. I gave 1 ounce tincture 
of iron, one ounce tincture of gentian, to 
12 ounces water, a tablespoon down his 
throat three times a day. It helped him 
some. I went to a veterinarian. He gave 
me some liniment and a blister to put on 
his throat, and charged me $3. His treat¬ 
ment did no good; the whole trouble is in 
the throat; he is not wind-broken. What 
can I do, and how can I make a good 
blister? J. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
1. Lampas (“lampers”) is not a disease, 
but merely a swollen condition of the bars 
of the hard palate, in sympathy with swell¬ 
ing and inflammation of the gums, induced 
by teething irritation. The swelling should 
never be cut or burned. Doing so adds to 
the trouble and makes difficult mastication 
temporarily impossible. Have the gums 
lanced, where necessary over incoming 
teeth, and have sharp points and milk tooth 
crowns removed by a veterinary dentist. 
Allow colt some ears of hard corn to chew 
on to help the incoming teeth to cut 
through. Swab the mouth with strong 
alum water if still inflamed and sore. 2. 
“Roaring” (laryngeal hemiplegia) is incur¬ 
able by treatment, but a difficult and ex¬ 
pensive operation for the removal of para¬ 
lyzed cartilages and vocal cords may suc¬ 
ceed. Cerate of cantharides, to be bought 
at any drug store, is effective as a blister. 
Lameness. 
Four months ago my horse picked up a 
nail in the middle of the frog of the left 
hind foot. He limped in the foot occasion¬ 
ally (I used him for one month in this 
condition before locating the trouble), but 
as a rule went normally. I had him ex¬ 
amined by experts, who pronounced it rheu¬ 
matism. ' Finally, accidentally, I found a 
nail deeply embedded, as stated above. I 
removed it (had to cut in three-fourths of 
an inch to get it), funnelled it out and 
treated it with turpentine. He, after a few 
days’ rest, drove without flinching. Then 
he went lame again. Again, after a few 
days, he was normal. He then went lame, 
very lame, and has been lame ever since, for 
four months. I had his foot treated by 
two veterinarians, opened to the bottom of 
the wound, washed regularly, put in flaxseed 
poultices at night, etc. He has been out 
on Blue grass all the time. There is no 
fever, no swelling and no soreness to the 
touch. He is 10 years old and has never 
been lame in his life before. Walked on 
his toe for awhile, but now has flattened 
down on his foot, but still lame. He has 
no gravel. s. G. 
Kentucky. 
Deep-seated inflammation is present and 
it is quite possible that a ringbone will 
result. In some cases dead tissue in the 
wound, or where the nail penetrated, are 
covered by the new-grown hoof horn and 
give rise to the lameness. In such a case a 
quittor, discharging pus at the coronet 
fhoof head), may break out and have to be 
treated by curetting, injection of caustics 
and poulticing. On general principles we 
would advise you to clip the hair from the 
coronet and blister twice a month with a 
mixture of one dram of biniodide of mer¬ 
cury and two ounces of cerate of canthari¬ 
des. Rub the blister in for 15 minutes; tie 
the horse up short in the stall; wr.sh the 
blister off in three days and then apply a 
little lard dally. a. s. a. 
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