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THE RURAL NEW-YORRER 
January 8. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Moore Seed Company, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Alfalfa and other farm seeds. 
Read a New York State fanner’s ex¬ 
perience with this house on page 2, of 
last issue. 
Jackson County Nurseries, Bosky Dell, Ill. 
We have several accounts against 
them which we have not been able to 
collect, and several complaints from 
growers for remittances made them for 
which they make no returns. We have 
been showing up their methods for years. 
They are unreliable, and irresponsible. 
I got my .returns for my plums from 
A. L. Hayes Company without any explana¬ 
tion with it. Thank you for stirring them 
up, for if you had not I do not think 1 
would have got anything. Thanks again. 
Ohio. K. M. 
A commission house must be on its 
last legs these days if it does not re¬ 
spond to a just demand for returns from 
The R. N.-Y. We do not hear from any 
of them courting free advertising in this 
department. 
I have received check from Alfred Posit 
& Co. for a shipment of ginseng and wish 
to thank you for the interest taken in the 
matter. 1 feel sure if it hadn't been for 
you I never could have collected it, and I 
am perfectly willing to pay you if you will 
just name the amount. 1 am going to get 
you some subscriptions among the shippers 
here. X). H. w. 
West Virginia. 
We are glad this shipper got his mon¬ 
ey. We don’t know whether the demand 
of The R. N.-Y. was responsible for 
the collection or not, but this party has 
no rating or standing that would justify 
consignments of goods. 
Your letter of December 13 with check 
for $7.50 from-received. This 
is satisfactory, and owing entirely to your 
efforts, as he refused to do anything until 
you took the matter up with him. I thank 
you very much for your interest in the 
case, anil shall be glad to do you a favor 
at any time. I enclose $2 to extend my 
subscription. G. E. O. 
New Y'ork. 
This was a settlement of a dispute 
over the purchase of a bull bought for 
breeding purposes, but which proved to 
be worthless. The seller might have been 
blameless, but the demand was just, and 
we were glad to be able to adjust it. 
I have received from Globe Association, 
Chicago, Ill., check for $12.50, all I asked 
them to pay me. This was my own money, 
got from me through U. S. mails under 
false pretences. I might have claimed salary 
also. Now I wish to give The U. N.-Y. full 
credit for this. The fact that they mention 
The U. N.-Y. in their letter tells its own 
story! You are doing a good work. May 
you prosper in it is my earnest wish. 
Maryland. . E. n. .T. 
This was one of the agents who put 
up $12.50 as evidence of good faith; but 
when he found the fake work be was 
expected to do gave up the job, and 
could not get bis money returned, though 
he made no demand for work done, and 
about $60 sent them besides the deposit. 
A new schemer recently worked an old 
trick in New York. He ordered goods 
from the country shipped in the name of 
a responsible house with a good financial 
rating, but to an address of his own se¬ 
lection. Of course, he got away with the 
goods, and the proceeds. He caught the 
cooperative creamery at Monticello for 
a snug amount, and the Elvato creamery 
at Walworth; N. Y., was another loser. 
No one has seen-him; and no one seems 
to know the rogue personally. The trick 
has been worked before, and no doubt 
the old offenders are in some way be¬ 
hind this scheme. This all -suggests the 
wisdom of looking to the address as well 
as the name in making consignments. 
I invested $500 in E. G. Lewis’s bank, 
University City, St. Louis, Mo. of course, 
the bank ‘is dead, and a part of the money 
returned. Now Mr. Lewis is able, and 
should settle in full with interest, accord¬ 
ing to bis promise. Could you do any¬ 
thing for us? N. l*. v. 
Illinois. 
We could do nothing in a case like 
this. The receiver paid a percentage of 
claims. There was no more money, so 
the balance can never be paid. You were 
lucky to get back what you did. We do 
not think Mr. Lewis will volunteer to 
make good his promise, and legally he 
cannot be made to do so. But other peo¬ 
ple are now sending him more money 
on similar promises, and on schemes 
which in our judgment are more certain 
of ultimate failure. 
Can you toll me wliat kind of a concern 
the Franklin Merchandise Company of Chi¬ 
cago is? Their agent is traveling through 
this locality tit present, and offers big t hings 
in gent’s and ladies' suits, also cloaks and 
coats If you can tell me anything about 
them it will be greatly appreciated. v. c. 
New Yoi’k. 
We have said a good deal about these 
people in the past two years. We got 
much complaint from their customers. 
First of all they induce people through 
fake representations .to buy more goods 
than they need, and give their notes for 
them. Then the linings and fittings are 
poor in quality and high in price. Com¬ 
plaint is general that the clothes do not 
fit when made, and this is especially so 
in cases of women. Lastly the complaint 
is that better goods could be bought at 
local stores for less money, and better 
satisfaction in fittings. 
Last Spring I sent to C. A. Lamb, Day- 
ton. Ohio, for some birds, with instructions 
to ship only in good weather. When they 
came two of-the birds were of a variety I 
did not order, others wore sick, and they 
came in the worst spell of weather of the 
season. I sent him the money to prepay 
expressage, but when they reached me I 
was obliged to pay the expressage over 
again. All of the birds died but two. Mr. 
Lamb refused to do anything except to sell 
more birds at reduced prices. a. t. w. 
Indiana. 
We wrote Mr. Lamb about this com¬ 
plaint and he simply replies that the 
purchaser has no cause for complaint, 
and refused to do anything except sell 
more birds at half price, he, of course, 
to fix the selling price for himself. We 
would advise the purchaser to suffer his 
present loss rather than attempt any 
further redress along these lines. 
I’leaso give mo your candid opinion of 
the responsibility of the Kgg Producers’ 
Company of 1249 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, 
N. Y. I have shipped them eggs, but they 
now want to buy poultry. 1 understand the 
president, of the company is rated well. 
Maryland. c. n. h. 
We have absolutely no confidence in 
this concern. We w T ere running a little 
advertisement for them last year and 
practically every shipper complained that 
they were charged for broken eggs, 
though many of them had been regular 
shippers and never had such charges be¬ 
fore. These- deduqtions ranged from 
eight per cent to 20 per cent, and we 
concluded that the broken eggs got to 
be a habit with this concern and, of 
course, promptly discontinued the adver¬ 
tising. For ourselves we would want 
cash in advance for any goods sent them. 
We sent our own check to make up for 
some of the alleged broken eggs, but we 
do not want any more of their adver¬ 
tising. 
A Mr. C. IT. Spaulding, representing 
Lake Erie Seed Co.. West Seneca Station, 
Buffalo, N. Y. is selling “Stooling Prolific 
oats" at $1.50 per bushel for seed to a 
good many farmers near here. lie makes 
wonderful claims for it, saying the grain 
weighs .'58 pounds per bushel, that it will 
never ho diseased or run out, and yields 
82 bushel per acre, and takes but 1 V 2 
bushel per acre to plant. If you could 
let me know at once whether or not this 
firm is reliable and the oats as represented 
it would be quite a favor. I enclose copy 
of an order which was submitted to a sister 
of mine for her signature. I am interested 
in the above; while the price is very high, 
if seed was as represented it might pay 
to buy, as oats have not done well in our 
vicinity for several seasons. j. c. m. 
Ohio. 
It seems too bad to be obliged to 
repeat the same story about this con¬ 
cern so frequently. Mr. Spaulding used 
to buy carloads of grain out of the 
elevators, put it up in small bags, and 
sell it at high prices as a wonderful new 
variety. Farmers wrote us that they 
sold him potatoes out of the field in 
the Fall that were shipped back to the 
same neighborhood later as an entirely 
new variety. The last we heard of it 
some of the elevator grain had never 
been paid for. At that time Mr. Spauld¬ 
ing was operating under the American 
Farm Co., one of the biggest fake 
schemes that was ever worked on farm¬ 
ers. The R.\ N.-Y. blocked the game 
in New York State; the Attorney-Gen¬ 
eral of Ohio drove them out of that 
State at the time; the Pennsylvania 
courts gave farmers a judgment for the 
return of their money on the ground 
of misrepresentation and fraud; and 
some of the Western States secured in¬ 
dictments against officers and agents 
of the company. We do not know 
where Mr. Spaulding gets his ‘'Stooling 
Prolific” oats that he sells at $1.50 per 
bushel; but from our information as to 
his supply in the past, we would ex¬ 
pect to find that it came from a grain 
elevator. But if it does, we venture to 
say it is paid for in advance. We know 
no house that would deliver it on credit 
to Mr. Spaulding. Such men as Spauld¬ 
ing are a blight on the farm industry 
of the country. j. j. d. 
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Pays From the Start 
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Buys Bes * 
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MAKE HENS LAY 
By feeding raw bone. Its egg-producing value Is four 
times that of grain. Eggs more fertile, chicks morf 
vigorous, broilers earlier, fowls heavier | 
profits larger. 
MANN’S Will Bone Cutter 
Cuts all hone with adhering meat and 
gristle. Never clogs. 10 Days’ Froe Trial. 
No money in advance. 
Send Today for Freo Book. 
F. W, Mann Co., Box 15 , Milford, MassJ 
M AKA-SHELL SOLUBLE 
Bright, sharp, shining. 
Makes bone and 
Increases Fgg- 
I’roduction \v lien| 
Eggs are high. 
Ask your dealer, or send us §1.00 for two 
100-lb. bugs f. o. b. cars. Booklet free 
edce hill silica ROCK CO., 
Box J, New Brunswick, N. J. 
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.1814. 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO.. Peeksldll, N.Y. 
KEANS’ WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Choice Cockerels $2.00 each. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed. E. FRANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, New York. 
W D Kock Cockerels, early hatched from tested 
• • i heavy layers, $.'l to $5 each. Trap nests 
used exclusively. ’ A. S. BRIAN, Ml. Kisco, N. Y. 
EXCELSIOR SWING STANCHION 
Warranted the Best. 
30 Days Trial. 
Unlike all others. Stationary when 
Open. Noiseless. 
THE WASSON STANCHION CO. 
Box 00, Cuba, New York. 
GRIT 
We still have some 
Single Comb White 
Leghorn stock, both 
old and young, to dis¬ 
pose of at prices to suit. Some promising May 
latched cockerels and pullets for $1.00 each to close 
out. Some grand early hatched Barred Rock cock¬ 
erels, sired by ten pound cocks, for $2.00, $11.00 and 
$5.00 each. Can spare a few more White Wyandotte 
yearling hens and cocks. Remember our strain of 
Pekin ducks is second to none, that we have both 
old and young and over 1000 to select from. Prices 
of exhibition stock on application. Correspondence 
invited. Satisfaction guaranteed. The only large 
successful plant in the vicinity of New York City. 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM. New Rochelle. N. Y. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS Catalog free. 
Coekerels $1.25 Hens $1 11 te ” R lo 
prevent roup 
and other dis¬ 
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many die in 
late winter A 
early spring. 
Send in orders 
nowfor chicks 
next spring. 
C. M. I.auver, 
Richfield, Pa. 
Box 73. 
Ififlfi Standard Hred White and Brown Leghorn 
iuuu Hens and Cockerels, Bronze Turkeys, Tou¬ 
louse Geese. AMERICAN PET STOCK CO., 
Collips, Ohio. _ ’ 
S. C. White Leghorn Hens To£f r ;?ys£« 
per pair. S. H. CHAMBERS. Wyoming, Del. 
R. C, Rhode Island Reds, SS‘- 
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class birds for breeding, show or export. Sinclair 
Smith, C02 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
S P W I-EGHOKNS of exceptional vigor and 
■ U i ill quality. 250 acres devoted to tho best 
In Leghorns. Send for circular. MT. PLEASANT 
FARM, Box Y, Havre de Grace, Md. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair; Ttios, $5; Eggs for 
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MAKE GOOD BROILERS; SO DO 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
If you want highest prices, now is the time to start 
your incubators. We have tho fertile Eggs. 
WOODLANDS FARM (Inc.), IONA, N. J. 
VAN ALSTYNE’S R. I. REDS—Our past season’s breeding 
stock and March and April hatched cockerels. 
Edw. Van Ai.styne & Son. Kinderhook, N. Y. 
Indian Runner Ducks, 200 Kgg Strain, I)rakc«, $1.50 to $2. Light 
liraliman, prize stock, $2 and $3 each. C. Gordon, Sprakers, N.Y. 
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AKCF, PF.KIN IMTKS, Wli. Wyandotts and W. Hock, Cockerels 
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Choice Bred Bronze Turkeys ZZ&'ju&g&j. 
Stamp. MRS. Harriet Chumbley, Draper, Va. 
P onltrymon— Send 10c. for our 1909 Catalog, chock full of useful 
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Salem, Ohio 
CASH for FURS 
You get the highest prices and tho 
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