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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 20, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
A Merry Christmas is the earnest greet¬ 
ing of the Publisher’s Desk to each and 
every member of The R. N.-Y. family. 
December is a month of great import¬ 
ance to the publisher and editor. It is 
the beginning of the subscription season. 
Every publishing office looks anxiously 
for the returns this month. These re¬ 
turns are compared with previous years. 
Every renewal is a vote of confidence. 
Every refusal of an active farmer to re¬ 
new a subscription is a protest against 
some action taken or some service neg¬ 
lected. An occasional protest may be 
helpful; but the vote of confidence in 
the form of a renewal is a source of 
greater inspiration. In years past the 
season has always brought us encourage¬ 
ment. Year after year the subscriptions 
have increased. In return we have given 
whatever measure of ability and energy 
we have possessed. We can make no 
greater promise for the future, but we 
can give assurance of the best service of 
which we are capable, and we look with 
confidence for the usual flood of renewals 
at this time. Those who send them early 
will save us much trouble and expense, 
and will receive our grateful appreciation 
and thanks. 
We think the good women of our farm 
homes will be interested in the 12-page 
department devoted to their special inter¬ 
ests this week. This enlarged depart¬ 
ment will be a feature once a month from 
now on. We want to make this monthly 
feature of the greatest possible interest 
and help to the good women of The R. 
N.-Y. family. Suggestions for its devel¬ 
opment will be gladly received. Let the 
women tell us what they want and we 
will try to get it for them. Extra pages 
are added to take care of this feature. 
In fact the other departments will be 
larger this year than ever before. This 
is a paper founded on service to the 
subscriber, and following this ideal the 
revenues of the paper must go back in 
liberal proportion to those who contri¬ 
bute to it, and to those whom it is bound 
to serve. 
The Ileffron Company of Syracuse, N. 
Y., is undergoing reorganization. We 
have had complaints from subscribers 
lately that they were not receiving goods 
ordered from this firm or premiums 
promised by them. One subscriber re¬ 
ports a $17 order for goods and premiums 
that has been in some six months. The 
company informs us that as soon as the 
reorganization and recapitalization ne¬ 
gotiations have been brought to a conclu¬ 
sion, the succeeding proprietors will give 
attention to deserving complaints and 
submit an equitable and generous propo¬ 
sition for adjustment. The most satisfac¬ 
tory adjustment will be the goods ordered 
or a return of the remittances. 
__ Ever since subscribing for The R. N.- 
Y. I have taken great interest in your 
"Publisher’s ' Desk.” I appreciate your 
courage and loyalty to your subscribers. 
Enclosed find letter from F. B. Mills, 
Rose Hill, N. Y., to me, under date of 
March 11, 11)04. It explains itself and 
is a pretty good illustration of what you 
call “guff.” I bought 22 shares of this 
Consolidated Ginseng stock. Can I hold 
him to his promise on page two. para¬ 
graph two of his letter? The old certi¬ 
ficate has been called in and new ones 
issued. I can prove that I bought 22 
shares of stock by means of postal money 
order records. Please advise me. m. c. 
New York. 
Page 2, paragraph 2 reads: "If you 
can only take ten shares, do it, and if 
you are able to take more do it now for 
I consider this a rare chance. I will 
further say that in case you want to sell 
any of the 800 shares you may buy of 
this lot, I will guarantee to take-it off 
your hands at the price you pay by giv¬ 
ing me a 30 day’s written notice. Could 
I offer you anything better or be any 
fairer with you?” We think this binds 
Mr. Mills to the return of the money. 
The stock had no value at the time. It 
has had no value at any time since and 
has no value now. We assume that Mi- 
Mills knew it had no value at the time 
of the guarantee. The purchaser relied 
on Mr. Mill’s guarantee, and is entitled 
to the return of his money. 
Will you please give, in the Publisher’s 
Desk, your opinion of the circular I here¬ 
with enclose from the Amalgamated Rub¬ 
ber Company? w. j. w, 
Kansas. 
The circular says the company is auth¬ 
orized to issue 7 per cent preferred shares 
to the amount of $125,000, and common 
shares to the par value of $175,000. 
With every four shares of preferred they 
sell for cash they give one share of com¬ 
mon stock as a bonus. That is all the 
information about the value of the stock 
to be found in the circular. There is 
not a word about assets or liabilities; 
and we are left to infer what we like. 
We do find in the circular some big 
figures about the consumption of rubber 
and its value, but we cannot see that 
these statements, if true, have any bear¬ 
ing on the value of such stock. We 
might as well give the products of gold 
in the world, state its value, and from 
such facts estimate the value of a hole 
in tlie ground that may or may not con¬ 
tain traces of gold. 
Will The R. N.-Y. inform me what is 
the necessary legal procedure when a 
second mortgage is fully paid? Must 
that fact be made a matter of record, to 
preserve the title? What is the cheap¬ 
est way to renew a first mortgage al¬ 
ready due, but all interest paid? What 
is the cost, that is, outside of the mak¬ 
ing of the deed and recording? M. A. P. 
New York. 
When any mortgage is paid, the mort¬ 
gagee should furnish a certificate to show 
that the debt has been liquidated. This 
is called a satisfaction, and should be 
promptly filed with the county clerk and 
recorded. 
The cheapest way to renew a mortgage 
is to get a letter from the mortgagee 
promising to continue the mortgage for 
a given time. Then the mortgagee writes 
in reply accepting the proposal, and the 
tw r o letters form a contract. If an ex¬ 
tension is required for record, a lawyer 
would be needed to prepare such a paper. 
There should be no cost in renewing a 
mortgage, except the cost of papers and 
recording fee when these are required. 
Any_ fee to the lender for extending a 
mortgage or for a new mortgage would be 
illegal; but if an agent intervenes to se¬ 
cure the loan he may exact a fee. 
In July last we received a letter con¬ 
taining the following: 
In your issue of June 14, 1013, upon 
the second column of page 766, you pub¬ 
lish an article relative to a charge of 
extortion, conspiracy, and obtaining 
money under false pretense against Wil¬ 
liam W. Leister, Edmont Mollenliauer of 
Quakertown, and Oswin Erdman of 
Pennsburg. Mr. Mollenliauer has writ¬ 
ten to me in reference to the publication 
of said article. I was the attorney for 
the defendants in said case. The case 
was started under a misapprehension 
upon the part of the Commonwealth, and 
as soon as the facts were ascertained by 
the district attorney, the prosecutor and 
court, the case was promptly nol-prossed, 
without the payment of a dollar to the 
prosecutor. 
Then followed a lengthy explanation of 
the case, and the letter concluded with 
this: 
After you have made this investigation 
you should write to Mr. Mollenliauer 
stating that you intended to do him no 
injury, or fix up the matter with him in 
such a way as will satisfy him. 
Respectfully yours, 
Perkasie, Pa. grim & grim. 
The item referred to was a statement 
of a court action as follows: 
IIelo on False Pretense Charge.— 
On the charge of extortion, conspiracy 
and obtaining money under false pre¬ 
tense, William W. Leister, Edmont 
Mollenliauer, of Quakertown, and Oswin 
Erdman. of Pennsburg, were held in bail 
by Magistrate Harvey. The prosecutor 
is George M. Mack, of Pennsburg. lie 
alleges that after he sold a farm for 
$2,700 to Henry F. Hoyle, the defendant*, 
who are real estate agents, compelled 
him to sign a promissory note for $190. 
The men claimed that amount was due 
them for commission.—Pennsylvania Lo¬ 
cal Paper. 
As we understand it, Mr. Mack sold a 
farm owned by his son to Mr. Hoyle. 
The defendants claimed that Mr. Hoyle 
was their customer, and that they were 
entitled to a commission. The indict¬ 
ment charged extortion in compelling Mr. 
Mack to sign a note for $190 in their 
favor. Our information is that before 
the case came to trial, the defendants re¬ 
quested a settlement, that they returned 
the $190 note to Mr. Mack ; and paid the 
costs of the court, and Mr. Mack’s at¬ 
torney’s fees, in all $137.23. Mr. Mack 
is an old man and did not care to pur¬ 
sue the case after restitution was made, 
and so the case was dropped. Mr. Leis¬ 
ter was the prize winner for selling farms 
at a high commission in the E. A. Strout 
Farm Agency contest, and Mr. Mollen- 
hauer is also connected with the Strout 
Agency. Such is the result of our in¬ 
vestigation, and without the necessity of 
writing Mr. Mollenliauer as suggested we 
hope the result will “satisfy him.” 
J. J. D. 
FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
Under this heading we endeavor to give ad¬ 
vice and suggestions about feeding mixtures of 
grains and fodders. No definite rules are given, 
but the advice is based upon experience and 
average analyses of foods. By “protein” is 
meant the elements in the food which go to 
make muscle or lean meat. "Carbohydrates” 
comprise the starch, sugar, etc., which make 
fat and provide fuel for ttie body, while "fat” 
is the pure oil found in foods. "Dry matter” 
means the weight of actual food left in fodder 
or grain when all the water is driven off. A 
"narrow ration” means one in whicli the pro¬ 
portion of protein to carbohydrates is close—a 
“wide” ration means one which shows a larger 
proportion of carbohydrates. 
Increasing Protein in Ration. 
I have good silage with corn in it, oats 
and wheat, cornstalks and good oat straw. 
What shall I buy sit present market prices 
to feed a balanced ration to my cows for 
butter? Will it be best to sell my wheat 
at 95 cents per bushel and buy bran or 
middlings at $1.50 per hundred, or grind 
the wheat and feed? Which way shall I 
get most protein for my money? You 
will notice wheat at 95 cents and mid¬ 
dlings at $1.50 per hundred are nearly 
same price pound for pound. a. b. c. 
All of your feeding stuffs are deficient 
in protein, but high in carbohydrates. 
They should therefore be supplemented 
by feeds rich in protein. Some of these 
are cotton-seed meal, with 38 per cent 
of digestible protein, oil meal, 30 per 
cent, buckwheat middlings, 23 per cent, 
culled beans, 23 per cent, brewer’s dried 
grains, 20 per cent, malt sprouts, 20 per 
cent, wheat middlings, 17 per cent, wheat 
bran, 12 per cent, distillers’ dried grains, 
23 per cent, gluten feed, 21 per cent. 
Without knowing the prices you must 
pay, nor what kinds of feed are available, 
I can hardly formulate a ration. How¬ 
ever, you can figure something like this: 
your grain ration should supply approx¬ 
imately two pounds of digestible protein 
for a cow giving around 25 pounds of 
milk. Oats contain 8.8 per cent. A good 
grain ration for dairy cows should con¬ 
tain at least three kinds of feed. There¬ 
fore add enough of the protein feeds to 
your oats to bring the total protein to 
approximately two pounds. If you were 
feeding clover hay or Alfalfa, less pro¬ 
tein would be required in the grain ration. 
As to the relative value of ground 
wheat and bran, it will probably pay to 
make the exchange. Wheat contains 10 
per cent of digestible protein, against 12 
per cent in wheat bran and 17 per cent 
in middlings Wheat at 95 cents per 
bushel is $1.58 per cwt., and adding 
eight cents for grinding, the price is 
rather high. If you can grind the wheat 
at home, and must haul wheat and feed 
a considerable distance to make the ex¬ 
exchange, it might be better to feed the 
wheat. c. L. M. 
Feeding for Milk Flow 
Will you give me rations for milch 
cows of different breeds, averaging 1,000 
pounds in weight, giving from 15 to 40 
pounds milk a day? I have fairly *good 
silage; the corn has been touched a little 
by frost before putting in the silo, but it 
is relished by the cattle. For hay, I have 
mixed hay, no clover, grass cut in good 
season. For grain, I can buy dry brew¬ 
ers’ grains at $1.75 per 125 pounds; bran. 
$1.40 per 100 pounds; old process oil 
meal, $2; chops, $1.55; cornmeal, $1.55; 
cotton-seed meal, $1.65; gluten, $1.55. 
I would like a ration that would give 
good results and be economical, and would 
like to have another ration that would 
make them give' all the milk possible 
without regard to the cost, as there are 
times when we have to get milk to supply 
customers, and we have to feed heavily 
in order to get the supply for short peri¬ 
ods while waiting for fresh cows. 
Danielson, Conn. p. j. c. 
A ration for milk production, to be 
economical as well as correct for produc¬ 
ing milk, must be made up according to 
certain standards. It should contain a 
certain amount of digestible nutriment, 
and there should be a rather definite rela¬ 
tion between carbohydrates and protein. 
It was formerly supposed that this rela¬ 
tion, technically known as the nutritive 
ratio, must be pretty exact, but it is now 
known that it may vary considerably. 
However, a good ration must conform to 
a certain standard, and while the prices 
of feeding stuffs have an important bear¬ 
ing on the composition of a ration, it 
may be asserted as a general statement 
that a correct ration is the most econom¬ 
ical. I would define a correct ration as 
one which supplies the nutrients re¬ 
quired to supply the bodily wants of the 
cow; that is. to keep her in a good con¬ 
dition of health, strength and flesh, and 
also to supply as much material for milk 
as the cow can manufacture at the maxi¬ 
mum profit. I do not know that there 
is really a “best” ration for milk produc¬ 
tion. One could make up a great many 
compounds which would furnish the 
requisite nutrients and which would be 
palatable to the cow. This matter of 
palatability is. in my estimation, quite 
important. I think you will find the fol¬ 
lowing mixture very good for milk pro¬ 
duction. It will also be relished by the 
cows, and will keep them in good condi¬ 
tion : Cotton-seed meal, three pounds; 
dried brewers’ grains, two pounds; gluten 
feed, one pound: and cornmeal, one 
pound. It is not wise to feed cotton-seed 
meal to a cow for 10 days to two weeks 
after she freshens, but otherwise you can 
feed the above ration safely. Six pounds 
daily for a cow giving 20 to 25 pounds of 
milk a day should be sufficient, c. l. m. 
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