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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 2, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
As we predicted last week, E. G. 
Lewis, St. Louis, Mo., has now paid 
the two notes held by two women at 
North Tarrytown, N. Y.—one for $508 
and the other for $100. The interest 
was paid on the former in full, and of 
the second the interest was one year 
short, but Mrs. Dinsdale was glad to 
have the settlement even on that basis. 
It will be remembered that these notes 
were originally drawn for three years, 
with interest at live per cent payable 
semi-annually. Default was made in 
both interest and principal. One note 
was protested at the bank and the other 
returned unpaid three times, before 
The R. N.-Y. published anything about 
them. Mr. Lewis refused to honor our 
draft for them, but made settlement 
through the Tarrytown bank. We yet 
have many claims for collections against 
Mr. Lewis, and hope to be able to col¬ 
lect them. We do not think he can 
hope to succeed with his present schemes 
while he refuses to settle the old obli¬ 
gations ; at least not in the light of 
publicity. 
I bought a globe at Canton, Ohio, for .$1. 
The express charges were $1.15. The weight 
was 2a pounds. The Interstate Commerce 
Commission reports the rate correct. 
Connecticut. F. H. s. 
The commission has really no author¬ 
ity in the matter except to see that the 
rate is not in excess of the published 
rate of the express company. 
What do you think of the capital stock 
of the Union National Life Insurance Com¬ 
pany of Philadelphia as an investment? I 
enclose their advertisement of February 25 
in Philadelphia Record. Quite a lot of 
farmers in our section have sunk money in 
it. PRO BONO PUBLICO. 
Pennsylvania. 
We would advise the farmers of Penn¬ 
sylvania to keep out of it as an invest¬ 
ment. The State Insurance Department 
seems to have been exercising some vigi¬ 
lance over the company, and imposing 
some restrictions. There is no reason 
that we can find why farmers should 
finance it. 
Do you think you could collect a bill of 
$49.48 for me of W. Wheatley & Co., Man¬ 
chester, N. H? He is a dealer in wood and 
coal. w. s. t. 
New Hampshire. 
Mr.Wheatley is a most unsatisfactory 
creditor. The price for the wood was 
agreed upon in advance. After delivery 
of the car he wrote that the wood was 
satisfactory. But when we presented 
the bill, he put up a claim that the wood 
was not right. Partly on this plea, but 
more particularly to effect a settlement 
without suit, we accepted his suggestion 
. for a reduction on the bill provided he 
would make prompt payment of the bal¬ 
ance. This he has now failed to do, 
and the matter has dragged along for 
several months. Cash transactions with 
Mr. Wheatley are advised. 
Spare Moments, the paper published 
at Rochester, N. Y., by Leonard Darby- 
shire, who worked the real estate fake 
scheme, was, we are informed, recently 
sold for about $2,000 at auction. The 
debts at the time were $28,000; and the 
proceeds of the sale just about covered 
the cost of foreclosure, so that the cred¬ 
itors lost their entire accounts. Be¬ 
sides this loss by creditors, it is reported 
that Darbyshire sold stock in the com¬ 
pany to subscribers. Just the amount 
of this we have not learned, but it was 
taken up in small lots by country people. 
This is the experience of practically 
every paper that attempts to sell stock 
to subscribers. Sooner or later the crash 
comes, and the investors lose everything. 
But none of the papers trying to sell 
securities will publish information of 
this kind. 
Joseph A. Blum & Co., Chalfield, Ohio. 
Little chicks and poultry supplies. 
A subscriber complains that he sent 
them an order for 25 White and 25 Buff 
chicks, for delivery May 12. He drove 
to the express office for them twice 
when expected, then wrote, and getting 
no chicks cancelled the order on May 
30. The chicks reached his station June 
7 with 13 dead. He refused to receive 
them as he had cancelled the order be¬ 
fore they were shipped. The agent sold 
the chicks for expressage. The farmer 
is out $4.50. In sending the order he 
definitely stated that May 12 was the 
latest he would accept shipment and 
Blum & Co., had no authority to ship 
later. The farmer was clearly entitled 
to a return of his money, and any con¬ 
cern that denies him the return of his 
money under the circumstances is not in 
our judgment a safe one to entrust with 
an order. 
I have just received my check for the 
calf for $6.33, and thank you very kindly 
for taking so much interest in this affair, 
for I am sure I could never have secured 
the money if it bad not been for your as¬ 
sistance. Long live The R. N.-Y. m. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
This was a peculiar case. Ten calves 
were shipped to a responsible commis¬ 
sion merchant of this city. Nine were 
returned for. Returns for one calf was 
sent a neighbor of the shipper with 
check. The commission merchant claimed 
that this calf had the neighbor’s name 
and address on a tag attached to the 
calf. The neighbor reported that he 
never shipped any calf, and that the 
check had been lost. It, however, turned 
up at the bank after being indorsed by 
his name and paid. The merchant 
claimed he paid for the calf and that the 
shipper should collect from his neigh¬ 
bor. We insisted that the shipper was 
not responsible for his mistakes, and 
that he should pay for the calf, and look 
up the indorsed check himself. This 
has now been done. It is a case where 
the commission man has been loser, but 
his shipper was not at fault, and we 
doubt if he could have effected a set¬ 
tlement without aid. 
I have a farm of 95 acres in the western 
part of North Carolina, with an eight-room 
dwelling bouse, a new two-story barn, 38x70, 
with cement floor; also milk house, granary 
and other small buildings. The house is 
provided with running water. A railroad 
siding is on the farm. We are near a vil¬ 
lage of 700 population, and the tourist or 
Summer visitors increase it to 2,000 or 
2.500. I also have seven acres containing 
several cottages which I rent for .$720 per 
year to the Summer visitors. I value the 
farm at $0,000, and the seven acres with 
cottages at $10,000. All free and clear. 
Now I want to put in a Guernsey herd to 
supply milk and butter to the Summer visit¬ 
ors. and want to borrow some money to 
buy the herd and complete my arrange¬ 
ments for producing certified milk. I am 
willing to pay six per cent on bond and 
mortgage and also the cost of inspection 
and appraisal. The banks of this State do 
not loan on real estate, and are now cur¬ 
tailing their discount loans. Do you know 
where I can find the money? 'j. it. b. 
North Carolina. 
This case has interested us, because 
of the apparent difficulty of making such 
a loan. If the property was located in 
a city or northern village, a loan could 
be secured readily; but it seems hard 
to get loans on farm property in sec¬ 
tions removed from large centers of 
population. We know nothing about this 
particular property except what the own¬ 
er has told us,, but it has all the evidence 
of sincerity and good faith. He is will¬ 
ing to pay the expense of inspection 
and official appraisal provided the lender 
will loan about 50 per cent of the ap¬ 
praisal. If anyone wants to consider 
the proposition, we will gladly send the 
address. One thing is sure: it looks 
more inviting than 99 per cent of the 
stock-jobbing schemes that come to us. 
I received a check from Francis Duhne 
Jr., of Milwaukee, Wis., for shortage on 
car of brewers’ grain and wish to thank 
you very much, as I never would have got 
it if it had not been for you. I know there 
is no use offering to pay for the interest 
you have taken in the matter, but you can 
consider me a subscriber to your paper as 
long as I live, and will try to get as many 
as I possibly can to subscribe for it. 
New York. w. E. T. 
This was a claim of $94.50 for short 
weight on a carload of brewers’ grains. 
The grains were carefully weighed by 
the freight agent, and a shortage of 7,499 
pounds discovered. The shipper paid 
no attention to requests for settlement. 
Complaint was made to us in January, 
but the shipper paid no more attention 
to our first letters than he did to his 
customer. We then wrote up a history 
of the case and sent him a proof of it 
with request to state any reason he 
may have for not publishing it. To 
this he replied that he would settle. 
Why are we telling this? Well, that 
you may know something of this kind of 
work for the good of the farming com¬ 
munity. We take no pay for the work, 
because we would not do it and could 
not afford to do it just to get the money 
for this individual subscriber. When 
houses learn through such an experi¬ 
ence that some influence that they must 
respect is looking after the farmers’ 
rights, they will be careful not to repeat 
the experience. Can’t you see that this 
might save you a similar loss? I doubt 
if the influence of such results is ap¬ 
preciated by farmers. If it were, The 
R. N.-Y. would need another press. 
When I first sat at The R. N.-Y. table I 
was a ten-center. The enclosed will send 
me some more for the third year. Why 
should I add more to what thousands have 
said, but let me add that this dollar is not 
jerked out of me, but is cheerfully given 
for more than value received. r. c. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
Some of our people certainly have 
bright and original ways of saying 
things. We like to have members of 
the family feel that the food is worth 
the price of the meal, and we are espe¬ 
cially pleased to know that a cheerful 
heart throb accompanies the remittance. 
J. J. d. 
Incubators 
Save'OH 
B URN one gallon of oil where others burn 
3 to 5. Lamp filled once during the 
hatch; others filled every day. 
. Write for Free Book 
giving all the facts. X-Ray Incubators 
differ widely from all others. Enameled- 
steel-covered; Rosewood finish. They 
control the flame, burning high or low; 
no heat or oil wasted. Lump In center; 
glass door on top; perfectly even heat¬ 
ing; perfect ventilation. The only real¬ 
ly different Incubator. Book explains 
why it’s better and surer than others. 
Write today to 
Freight j 
Paid 
X-RAY INCUBATOR CO., 47th St., Wayne, Neb. 
125 Egg Incubator $lfl 
and Brooder “te*!* 9EU 
If ordered together we 
„ 6end both for $10 
, Freight paid east of Rock- 
— Hot water, copper tanks, 
double walls, double giass doors. 
Free catalog describes them. 
Wisconsin Incnbator Co., 
Box | 03 i Racine, Wis. 
Racine 
Send Us a Postal for Our Price 
Just your name and address on a postal 
brings book and low price on 
Incubators 
and Brooders 
guaranteed to hatch highest percent ol 
eggs, liberal trial plan, all improvements 
worth having. Best incubator proposition 
ever offered. Write today. 
RACINE HATCHER COMPANY 
Box 87- Racine, Wis. 
WHITE LEGHORNS ftfifSifiJ 
AND the lead. We are 
breeders of the 
PEKIN D U C K S K r a n d e 81 lay*"! 
1 is u Kj Strain of Single Comb 
White Leghorns in America, and our Imperial 
Pekin Ducks are second to none. Eggs from se¬ 
lected breeders of Single Comb White Leghorns, 
$6.U0 per 100, $1.50 per 13. Pekin duck eggs, $8.00 per 
100 , $1.50 per 11 . We also have choice pens of Rose 
Comb White Leghorns, Barred and White Hocks, 
White Wyandottes, Light Brahmas and Single 
Comb Rhode Island Reds. Eggs from above mat¬ 
ings, $1.50 per ]3, $8.00 per 100. Also genuine 
Bronze Turkeys and their eggs. Let us start you 
right this season. We can please all. Largest 
successful plantin vicinity ofNew York City. Incu¬ 
bators. 10,000 eggs capacity. Agent Cyphers’ Incu¬ 
bator Co. Bonnie Brae Poultry Farm, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
ALTON FARM, 
— Eggs from our 
famous strains 
of Mammoth Imperial Pekin Ducks, Sin¬ 
gle Comb White Leghorns, Barred Plym¬ 
outh Rocks, White Wyandottes and Cor¬ 
nish Indian Games at reasonable prices, 
Send for descriptive booklet. Do it now. 
S. B. & E. W. TWINING, Yardley, Pa. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
MAKE GOOD BROILERS; SO DO 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
If you want highest prices, now is the time to start 
your incubators. We have the fertile Eggs, 
WOODLANDS FARM (Inc.), IONA, N. J. 
S.C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from vigorous, mature birds. 
Our stock is the result of 15 years of selection and 
breeding for egg production. Write for prices. 
WHITE & RICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
B ABY CHICK, 10c. each. Single comb White Leg¬ 
horn from free range. Selected, healthy stock; 
can furnish in any number. Distance no objec¬ 
tion; circular free. Address CHAK. R. STONE, 
Baby Chicken Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
BLACK ORPINGTON EGGS 
FROM PRIZE WINNERS 
$1.50, $3.00 and $5.00 per 15; 1st and 3d on cockerel; 
2d and 3d on pen; 2d on pullet. Imperial Pekin 
duck eggs, $3.00 per 15; 1st on drake, 1st on duck. 
At Huntington Poultry Association, 1910. 
W. W. HAWXHURST, Huntington, L. I. 
DAVIS S. C. R. I. REDS. 
200 egg strains. Greatest Winter Layers known. 
Large Brown Eggs, utility, $5 per 100 ; Special 
Matings, $1.50 and $2 per 13; $11) ami $12 per 100. 
Winners at Worcester, Springfield shows, etc. 
Circular. 
DAVIS POULTRY FARM, Berlin, Mass. 
HONE’S "Bred to Lay” Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds. 
Have fancy as well as practical qualities. Founda¬ 
tion stock direct from Lester Tompkins' best mat¬ 
ings. Eggs for hatching from selected layers of 
exhibition quality; $3 per 13 eggs, $5 per 26, $8 per 
52, and $12 per 104. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
D. R. HONE, Crescent Hill Farm, Box 24, Sharon Springs, N.Y. 
Eggs for Hatching—Baby Chicks 
Island 
Reds, Partridge Wyandottes, Indian Runner 
Ducks. Mating List sent on request. SINCLAIR 
SMITH, 602 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
V AN ALSTYNE'S RHODE ISLAND REDS— Eggs for hatch¬ 
ing in any number, bred from stock that are 
vigorous egg producers. A few breeding Cockerels 
at $3 and ' 
EDW. VAN AL 
x o. rx it *r ui ' uchUICtd 
Baby Chicks hatched at $20 per 100. 
LSTYNE & SON, Kinderhook, N.Y. 
Maple Gove Poultry Yards 
offer yon eggs that are guaranteed fertile, from 
well-matured, vigorous, range grown Silver-Laced 
ami W. Wyandottes, W. Leghorns, R. I. Reds, 
Barred and W.P. Rocks, Imperial Pekin Ducks and 
White Erubden Geese. Send for leaflet. 
R. D. 24, Athens, Pa. 
Columbian, Silver-Laced and White Wyandottes— Eggs for 
hatching from selected thoroughbred stock, $1.50, 
$2 and $3 per 15. Special rates on 100 lots. A few 
Col. Cockerels. Mrs. J. Alonzo Hulse, Wading River, L. I. 
B ARRED Plymouth Rocks and Buff Orpingtons. Exhibition 
and utility stock and eggs for sale. ONdNTA 
FARM, Prince’s Ray, Staten Island, N. Y. 
W RIGHT’S White Wyandottes, Prize Winners. 
Eggs, $4.00 per 100: baby chicks. $12.00 per 100. 
GRAND VIEW FARM, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
Kean’s White Wyandottes Ks 
matings. Write for descriptive literature, 
E. FRANKIN KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
I 
At Last, the 
Perfect 
Incubator 
100 EGG INCUBATOR $7.00 
100 ChickOutdoor Brooder 5.00 
BOTH, FREIGHT PAID $10.00 
The Advance— Took 20 
years to perfect. Thousands 
now making money with S10 
outfit, raising for market- 
breeding—selling- Copper 
tanks, double walls, self- 
regulating lamp and ther¬ 
mometer complete. Its 
equal for the money does 
not exist. Order direct, or 
full description Free for 
postal. 
ADVANCE MFG. CO. 
Box 424 Dayton. Ohio. 
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 .1811 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peekskill, N.Y. 
LAKEHILL FARM. 
W. H. TITACHER 
The home of S. C. W. Leghorns, W. P. Roeks and 
Imperial Pokin Ducks. Leghorn eggs for hatch¬ 
ing, $1.50 per 15; $6 per 100. White Rock eggs, 
$3.00 per 15, $12.00 per 100. Dock eggs, $1.50 per 
10, $8 per 100 : 90 per cent, fertility guaranteed on 
alleges. A trial order will convince you. Corre¬ 
spondence invited. Address all communications to 
JOHN H. WEED, Mgr., Hillside, Westchester Co., N. Y 
Icombs; Barred iiocks. White Wyandottes, single 
comb White and Brown Leghorns; eggs, 15, $1.50; 
100, $7.00. Light and Dark Brahmas, eggs, 15, $2 00; 
100 , $10.00. F. M. PRESCOTT, Riverdale, N. J. 
S P W of exceptional vigor ami 
i vi I" i quality. 250 acres devoted to the best 
in Leghorns. Send for circular. MT. PLEASANT 
FARM, Box Y, Havre de Grace, Md. 
S ILVER DUCK WING, GAME BANTAMS, 
BUFF BANTAMS, BROWN LEG¬ 
HORNS, RHODE ISLAND REDS. 
AUSTIN JACKSON, Mineral Springs, N. Y. 
ORPINGTONS AND HAMBURGS 
White, Black and Rose Comb Buff Orpington. 
Fine quality. Also Silver Spangled Hamburgs. 
$1.50 and $2.00 per sitting. 
J. 1). GRAHAM, Lyonsville, Mass 
P URE-BRED POULTRY— Light Brahmas, the best eggs, 
$2 per 15; White P. Rocks, eggs, $1 per 15, 
Fishel’s; Barred P. Rocks, $1 per 15. 
J. A. ROBERTS, Malvern, Pa. 
S INGLE Comb Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks and 
Single Comb Brown Leghorns. Selected Eggs, 
$1 per 15, $5 per 1U0. OUHWIN Maubih. Dublin, Fa. 
EMPIRE STATES. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair; Tiios, $5; Eggs for 
Hatching, $1 for 15 ; $5 for 100. Catalog free. 
O. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport. N. Y. 
E XHIBITION White Wyandotte Eggs, S3 8 S5 per selling, 
from stock which won following prizes: 1 st on 
Pens. 1st & 2d on Pullets, 3d on Cockerel, 2d on < 'ock 
and five Specials at Huntington Poultry Show. 
IRVING E. BRUSH, Huntington, L. I., N. Y. 
Rnnn— Stan<lftld Bred for Eggs—White and 
vUUU Brown Leghorn and Black Minorca Hens 
and Cockerels. Eggs for hatching. THE AMERI¬ 
CAN PET STOCK CO., Collins, Ohio. 
C' C — Choice Buff Wyandotte Eggs for sale. 
75c. a setting of 15, $4.00 a hundred. 
CHAS. I. MILLER, R.F.l). No. 1, Hudson, N. Y. 
C P WHITE LEGHORNS EXCLUSIVELY.-Hatching Eggs 
w. Ui from carefully selected birds only, now 
offered by the PICKERING VALLEY POULTRY 
FA RM, Chester Springs, Chester Co., Pa. $6 per 100. 
G iant bronzk turkey eggs, $3.00 per 
10. R. C. R. I. Reds, $1.00 per 15. Indian 
Runner Duck, $1.00 per 10. Choice Shropshire 
Sheep. Write H. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg, Pa. 
35 
free. 
BREEDS POULTRY.— Bred for laying. Eggs for 
hatching. Big circular illustrated in colors 
JOHN E. HE AT WO BE, Harrisonburg, Va. 
E GGS.— $1 per 15, $2 per 40, from thoroughbred 
Brahmas, Roeks, Wyandottes, Reds, Leghorns, 
S. Hamburgs; 14 varieties; catalogue; 26 years’ 
experience. S. K. MOHR, B. F., Coopersburg, Pa. 
B UFF, Wh. Leghorns, eggs 75c. per 15, $1.25 per 30; 8. C. R. I. 
Red, Mottled Ancona Kggfl. 90c. per 15, $1.50 per 30. Cata¬ 
logue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
P outtrymen—Send 10c. for our 1909 Catalog, chock full orosefnl 
Information. Describes and illustrates 35 varieties. You can't 
afford lo he without it. Hast Donegal I'oultry Yards Marietta,Pa 
T HE FARMER’S FOWL— Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $ 1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland, N. Y. 
W D ROCKS— Eggs from tested heavy layers; 
i I i $2 for 15, from best pens; Incubator Eggs, 
$6 perlOO. A. S- BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
B ENNETT'S Poultry Record and Expense Book keeps a 
complete daily account of all eggs collected and 
sold. 25c. Money back if not satisfied. Agents 
wanted. E. W, Bennett, Box656F, New Britain, Ct. 
S. C. W. Leghorns, running at free range. Celebrated 
for heavy egg production. Fertile eggs, $1 per 15, 
$5 per 100. GEO. LUNDGREEN, Wyoming, Dei. 
B ARRED ROCKS— Large, vigorous, heavy-laying 
strain. Best of blood, properly mated. Eggs, 
13, $1.50; 26, $2.50; 40, $3 50 : 50, $4; 100, $7. Exckl- 
sior Poultry Farm, R.R.4, Box 3, Jonesdale.Wis. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN BABY CHICKS. 
$10 per 1(H); Kggs.$5perl00. All chicks and eggs*from 
our own farm ialsed. free range selected yearlings. 
VANCREST POULTRY FARM, Salt Point, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
African Buff and Toulouse Goose Eggs— One Trio Choice 
Blk.Orpington Chickens; Scotch Collie Pups; prices 
right. MissZella Wilson, 162 S. 7th St., Zanesville,O. 
W ILD and BRONZE TURKEYS and EGGS-Pure bred chick¬ 
ens. Handsome catalogue free showing Wild 
Gobbler right from the mountain. Satisfaction. 
Valley View Poultry Farm. Belleville, Pa. 
T H0R0UCH-BRED POULTRY— Best twenty varieties. 
Good stock. Eggs, 15, $1.00; 40, $2.00. Catalog. 
H. K. MOHR, Quakertown, Pa., Route 3. 
How I Sell Squabs for $6 a Dozen 
by a customer (new book mailed for 
2o stamp). He uses a simple 
advertising device, fully ex¬ 
plained. Get the big profits. 
Our cloth-bound book now 33 ‘i 
pages. 136 illustrations. IT’S 
GltKAT. We take subscrip¬ 
tions for the new splendid National Squab Maga¬ 
zine (monthly). Specimen copy lO cts. 
PLYMOUTH KOOK SQUAB CO. 
335 Howard Street, : : Melrose, Mass. 
