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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 26, 
EXPRESS COMPANIES AND EXPRESS 
ROUTES. 
C. If. Ai., Connecticut .—A dams Express 
is the only company that we have at Dan¬ 
bury. When a customer in the Central or 
Western States can get their birds from 
me a day sooner by being transferred to 
another express company at New York, they 
ask to have them shipped that way. The 
Adams people refuse to accept my birds 
here without they can take them as far as 
they can, regardless of the time, or wish of 
myself or of my customer. IIow about it? 
Do you know if they have the right to do 
this? The agent here says that the gov¬ 
ernment compels them to refuse to accept 
them unless they route them their own 
way. It is not right, and if it is as I think 
we will carry it up and see. 
Ans. —We understand that the courts 
have decided that the carrier may reserve 
the right to decide the route over which 
the package is to go provided it makes 
such a statement in its tariff rates as 
published. The Adams makes such a 
reservation and therefore has the right 
to decide how the goods are to travel. 
The Adams could, if it wanted to, ‘state 
publicly that when in order to save time 
in transit, the shipper desired to send 
over a special route, he could have his in¬ 
structions carried out. In such case the 
agent could ask the shipper if he had 
any choice and then meet his wishes. 
The American Express Company carries 
such a clause in its tariff rates. It would 
accommodate many if the Adams would 
do the same. We advise you write to 
the general superintendent of the Adams 
Co., and also to the Inter-State Com¬ 
merce Commission at Washington. State 
the facts and tell how it would help your 
business if the change could be made. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Death of Foal. 
My mare foaled all right: the colt seemed 
perfectly healthy, could walk around any¬ 
where, but died within 24 hours after birth. 
What was the trouble? e. w. 
New York. 
Foals often die soon after birth from fail¬ 
ure of the heart to take up its proper work 
in circulating the blood. The right and left 
sides of the heart in the unborn foal are 
not separated as in the adult animal. The 
closure should take place immediately after 
birth. If it does not the venous blood is 
not purified in the lungs and the animal dies 
of “cyanosis” (blue disease) from carbonic 
acid poisoning. We have seen several of 
such cases, and there is neither preventive 
nor cure. They may be considered entirely 
accidental. We cannot say that this was 
the cause of death in your foal. It may 
have died from acute enteritis or inflam¬ 
mation of the bowels, but that ailment 
usually comes on later and does not kill in 
24 hours from birth. Most foals that come 
able to stand up and suck and yet die in a 
few days from birth succumb to pyaemia or 
pus absorption from infection of the navel 
at birth. To prevent this the mare should 
have her foal in a clean, disinfected, fresh 
bedded box stall and the navel of the foal 
should, as soon as severed, be wetted with 
a 1-500 solution of corrosive sublimate. The 
solution should then be applied twice a day 
until the navel cord drops off and no raw 
spot can be seen. If this were done with 
all foals and calves at birth there would bo 
few losses from navel and joint disease, and 
scours also would be materially lessened. 
a. s. A. 
Indigestion. 
I have a filly coming five years this Spring 
that has a very thick dust all through her 
hair, and peels off like a very bad case of 
dandruff in a human being. It sets her 
completely wild with itching, and any 
amount of currying and brushing will not 
take it off. She eats well, good Timothy 
hay and corn. She also strains considerably 
in passing water which is rather thick. I 
am giving her some oil meal, resin and sul¬ 
phur. What can I do for her? j. l>\ a. 
Illinois. 
Have the filly clipped and then protect 
her by blanketing in box stall until weather 
moderates. This will be the quickest rem¬ 
edy for both indigestion and the skin irri¬ 
tation it has induced. After clipping wash 
affected parts with a 1-50 solution of coal 
tar dip made creamy with flowers of sul¬ 
phur, and rub it in again in three or four 
days if found necessary. If the skin does 
not promptly become healthy give Fowler’s 
solution of arsenic night and morning, com¬ 
mencing with a dessertspoonful at a dose, 
and increasing to a tablespoonful twice 
daily by end of week; then keep on with 
that amount until the medicine is no longer 
needed when it may be discontinued grad¬ 
ually. Slop feeding corn. Substitute oats, 
bran, carrots and hay. a. s. a. 
THE LAW OF THE COMMISSION MEN. 
Enclosed I send you a copy of the Minne¬ 
sota law on commission men. You will 
notice the changes I have made in Section 
2 . I think these should be made for 
a New York law, as there are no option 
grain markets worth speaking of in New 
York. Chicago- and Minneapolis are the 
option centers. The potato, mushroom, egg, 
and hothouse vegetable shippers want to 
know who buys our stuff and what he pays 
for it. The New York fruit growers are 
vitally interested. It keeps commission men 
from selling to themselves and their clerks 
and then retailing at high prices. A few 
of us (neighbors) get together on Mondays 
and compare notes, and the best goods don't 
bring the best prices, and lots of discrep¬ 
ancies are manifest. This will not happen 
under this law, and the honest man will 
get the business, and the “Slippery Sams” 
will have to get out. n. it. corson. 
Chester Co.. l’a. 
R. N.-Y.—On page 172 we spoke of 
the bill before the New York Legisla¬ 
ture. Should this become a law com¬ 
mission merchants would be compelled 
to give a bond of $10,000. make prompt 
returns, and assume responsibility. We 
give here Section 2 of the Minnesota 
law quoted by Mr. Corson. The words 
“or produce'’ are added as important 
for the proposed New York law. 
Sec. 2. Whenever any grain commis¬ 
sion merchant sells all or a portion of any 
grain or produce consigned to him to be 
sold on commission he shall, within twenty- 
four hours thereafter, render a true state¬ 
ment to the consignor, showing what por¬ 
tion of such consignment has been sold, 
the price received therefor ,the name and 
address of each purchaser, the date when 
such sale was made, with vouchers for all 
charges and expenses paid or incurred. 
This Minnesota law also, states that 
when a shipper receives no remittance 
for his goods or is dissatisfied he can 
complain in writing to the Railroad and 
Warehouse Commission. This Com¬ 
mission shall investigate such com¬ 
plaints, and have the right to compel 
commission merchants to produce their 
records and give all information. The 
report of this commission shall be 
prima facie evidence in such a case. 
There is no such commission in New 
York. Under the proposed law the 
State Comptroller would have charge 
of bonding and investigating. 
CORNING 
EGG-BOOK 
I F two city men .could go into the country, 
buy twelve acres of land, get thirty liens, 
start selling eggs, and in their fourth year 
clear up 
$12,000 Profit 
with 1953 pullets, it seemed to us that all 
poultry owners ought to know how they did 
it. Without considering whether they could 
“go and do likewise,” they ought to know 
the possibilities of the egg business. 
We publish the CORNING EGG-BOOK 
largely with this idea. It tells the whole 
story ok the Comings—all about their plant, 
their stock, their buildings—how they feed 
young birds and laying pullets—how they 
get eggs in December and January—how 
they get prices 10 cents above the top of the 
market—how they secure ample exercise for 
shut-in birds—why they send the hens to bed 
with full crops—why they raise only white 
shelled sterile eggs—how to prevent the 
draughts that kills chickens-—etc., etc. 
The hook contains many illustrations of Sunny 
Slope Farm, from photographs, with complete 
working plans of all buildings, which may be 
built by anyone. 
The plain truth is, that the Comings have pro 
duccd startling results in commercial egg produc¬ 
tion, and everybody with hens owes it to himself 
(or herself) to know how it is done. (This year 
the Comings have 4000 laying pullets; they have 
been getting as high as 75 cents per dozen for 
their eggs.) 
If any reader of The Rural New-Yorker 
does not already take the 
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