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April 23, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Reference to page 470, of last week’s 
issue, shows that we have received 47 
complaints from subscribers who have 
sent money to E. G. Lewis, St. Louis, 
Mo., for some years back, and have 
not been able to get it returned. The 
claims aggregate $8,530.10. Of this we 
have induced Mr. Lewis to pay nine 
of the creditors $696.10. There was 
also interest collected on two of these 
claims, making the amount paid about 
$800. But he still owes the 38 other 
creditors $7,834.10 with several years’ 
interest on many of the claims. Many 
of these claims are in the form of per¬ 
sonal notes by Mr. Lewis, and others 
notes of his publishing company. Some 
are mere receipts. For the most part 
these are poor people; and their money 
was the savings of hard labor. We 
want Mr. Lewis to pay these obliga¬ 
tions, now long since due, and if he 
does not do so now in response to this 
demand, we will see if he cannot be 
made to do so under compulsion. 
I inclose a United States Express Com¬ 
pany receipt for .$1.45 for delivering a 15- 
pound casting from Madison, Wis., to 
Brentwood. Md. I needed the easting, so 
paid the bill. j. f. k. 
Maryland. 
This case comes within the jurisdic¬ 
tion of the Interstate Commerce Com¬ 
mission, and we have referred it io them 
for consideration. 
Accept my thanks for help in getting 
m.v money from the Egg Producers’ Com¬ 
pany, Brooklyn, N. Y. Just received check 
for .$60 in full. They paid my neighbor 
$70; but it should have been $84. 
Vermont. j. t. s. 
We have had many complaints from 
shippers to this house this season be¬ 
cause of delay in settlement. Last year 
the complaints were for deductions for 
broken eggs, which were made on many 
shipments. 
I have received a check for $5 from Geo. 
H. Currier, Chicago, 111., and thank you 
for what you did to get it for me. It 
would have been lost to me but for your 
help. a. m. *s. 
Maine. 
This is the farmer who sent the Cur¬ 
rier Publishing Company $5 to advertise 
a patent with the guarantee that the 
money would be returned if no sale 
followed in three months. Air. Currier 
wrote us that he was taking up all such 
claims, and returned this remittance as 
promised. 
Two years ago I ordered a collie dog 
from the Moore Seed Company, Philadel¬ 
phia. Pa., taking description from their 
catalogue. lie proved to be anything but 
a collie; is a mixture of greyhound and 
something else, and looks like a mastiff. 
We also had seeds of them, but could not 
recommend them as true to name. 
New Jersey. c. w. d. 
This is the concern that sold a New 
York farmer $8.80 worth of Alfalfa 
seed guaranteed free from weeds. The 
departments at Washington and Cornell 
condemned the seeds as adulterated with 
several kinds of weed seeds, including 
dodder. The Alfalfa seed was re¬ 
turned, but they have refused to refund 
the money. They yet have that $8.80. 
Some time ago I gave the collection of 
a mortgage, which I held on some land 
in Tennessee to the North Western Col¬ 
lection Agency, # Milwaukee. They had 
promised to make the collection for 10 
per cent of the claim. At their request, 
1 sent them all the papers, and that is the 
last I can get out of them. Can you help 
me get a settlement? g. a. a. 
New Jersey. 
We have been unable to get any 
satisfaction whatever in regard to this 
claim. Another house has advised us 
that they have similar trouble and dis¬ 
continued dealings with them. This is 
such a plain case of indifference and 
neglect of an obligation that we pro¬ 
pose to follow it up until we find what 
has become of the proceeds of that 
mortgage. 
Manufacturers’ and Traders’ Commercial 
Agency, Buffalo, N. Y. 
This concern makes a pretense of col. 
lecting old accounts. We have before 
us a contract made by a subscriber, 
who paid them $25 in advance, and re¬ 
ceived 'an indemnifying bond providing 
that if they failed to collect this amount 
for him, they would return the differ¬ 
ence between this sum and the amount 
collected. They collected $2; but refuse 
to return the $23 as provided to do in 
the contract. A collecting scheme was 
worked from Syracuse, N. Y., some 
time ago much on the same basis, and 
for all we know possibly by the same 
people. Anyway, we would advise you 
not to pay any advance fees on such a 
scheme, and also to refrain from sign¬ 
ing any papers on any pretext whatever 
by the agerxts of such concerns. 
A Maine farmer, who has been a 
subscriber to The R. N.-Y. for more 
than 10 years, discontinued his sub¬ 
scription last month because we ac¬ 
cepted the advertisement of an auto- 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
mobile company. We fully realize that 
we are more accountable for the char¬ 
acter of our advertising than papers 
which make no pretense at keeping clean 
columns; but when people demand too 
much they defeat their own best in¬ 
terests. His objection is that the auto¬ 
mobiles run too fast on country roads, 
and endanger travelers. It is true 
that this frequently happens; but care¬ 
lessness in running steam cars, trolley 
cars, horses and other forms of ma¬ 
chinery also cause accidents. We may 
regulate the speed of autos on the pub¬ 
lic roads. We should; but we cannot 
suppress them entirely and we would 
not, if we could. 
There has been placed in my hands by 
an old lady of this place $500 for invest¬ 
ment. It is all she has. She. desires and 
needs as large returns as ‘she can obtain 
from a safe investment. What is jrnur 
candid opinion of Human Life Publishing 
Company, Boston, Mass.? Would you place 
her money in their stock or not, and why 
not? SUBSCRIBER. 
New York. 
Now, just look at this as a business 
proposition: This company was incor¬ 
porated in 1905. It was authorized to 
issue $500,000 of stock, par value $10. 
Our last report, made about a year ago, 
indicates that they had at that time in 
live assets about $30,000; with obliga¬ 
tions of about $25,000. This, of course, 
was exclusive of any good will, which 
they may have in the business, and on 
which you may put any value you like, 
dictated by sentiment, fancy or interest. 
But commercial agencies rate the com¬ 
pany at from $5,000 to $10,000. Taking 
the highest estimate that could be put on 
their actual assets at $10,000, a share of 
stock would represent two cents actual 
asset, and $9.98 of good will. For $500 
this confiding woman would receive 50 
shares, or $1 in actual value of assets, 
and $499 in prospects' or good will or 
any other fiction you may apply to 
make nothing seem like something. In 
addition to this, our report is to the 
effect the business has not been par¬ 
ticularly profitable for the year or so 
previous; that they are slow in pay¬ 
ments, and that credits should be con¬ 
fined to small 'amounts.' Now, just think 
of putting an old woman’s $500 in such 
a stock for safe keeping 'and future 
profits! Don’t be fooled by promises 
of big profits and large dividends. In¬ 
sist on knowing the value behind the 
certificate. 
Yours received, together with United 
States Express money order for $8.70 for 
the case of eggs broken in transit. I thank 
you very much, and will gladly pay you 
if you will accept. In fact, 1 would rather 
pay you the entire amount ($8.70) than 
let the .express company have it, as I should 
have been compelled to do had you not 
taken it up for me. c. w. p. 
New Y'ork. 
This shipment was made July 9, 1909. 
The company offered to settle for $3.99, 
which was refused. Later, however, the 
shipper got tired of the delay and con¬ 
tentions and agreed to accept the set¬ 
tlement, but was then not able to get 
even this amount. The claim came to 
us November 16, and we have been at 
it since. The R. N.-Y. does this work, 
not for the individual, though it is glad 
to serve any subscriber, but for the 
general effect, and could not accept pay 
for the service. We prefer to believe 
that in its effects it serves all shippers. 
I received a check for $12.50 from the 
Globe Association, and thank you very 
much. Let me know how much I owe you 
for your trouble, for I am sure that I 
never would have received this in any other 
way. r. M. 
Ohio. 
This man took the agency and put up 
$12.50. He sent them two orders and 
didn’t want any more, so he asked for 
his $12.50. They did not answer his 
first two letters. Then he suggested 
that he might send some one after them 
whom they would recognize, and they 
replied that his letter was blackmail, and 
talked of sending it to the State attor¬ 
ney, just as if they would seriously in¬ 
vite a State attorney to inquire into 
such transactions. They promised us 
to return the money, and have now done 
so. But we have several other similar 
complaints which have not been ad¬ 
justed. If the agent would insist that 
the Globe Association would put up 
$12.50 as an assurance of good faith 
with him, there would be more reason 
and justice in the transaction. 
l T our “Publisher’s Desk” alone would get 
my subscription. It was news to me to 
find a paper published in New York that 
was not influenced by advertising appro¬ 
priations. T. M. 
New York. 
It has taken a long time to demon¬ 
strate that a paper that takes the best 
care of its subscribers is also the best 
paper for honest advertisers; but the 
principle is now pretty generally recog¬ 
nized. Advertisers with a scheme, how¬ 
ever, or those with a joker in their 
proposition do not yet see it that way. 
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WHITE LEGHORNS ^ 
AND the lead. We are 
breeders of the 
PEKIN DUCKS grandest la y in « 
1 UUVJ1VJ 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, 
$0.00 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 Rocks, 
White Wyandottes, Light Brahmas and Single 
Comb Rhode Island Reds. Eggs from above mat¬ 
ings. $1.50 per 13, $8.00 per 100. Also genuine 
Bronze Turkeys and their eggs. Let us start yon 
right this season. We can please all. Largest 
successful plant in vicinity of New 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. 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards 
offer you eggs that are guaranteed fertile, from 
well-matured, vigorous, range grown Silver-Laced 
and W. Wyandottes, W. Leghorns, R. I. Reds, 
Barred and W.P. Rocks, Imperial Pekin Ducks and 
White Embden Geese. Send for leaflet. 
R. D. 24, Athens, Pa. 
LAKEHILL FARM. 
W. H. THACHER 
The home of S. C. W. Leghorns, W. P. Rocks and 
Imperial Pekin Ducks. Leghorn eggs for hatch¬ 
ing, $1.50 per 15; $6 per 100. White Rock eggs, 
$3.00 per 15, $12.00 per 100. Duck eggs, $1.50 per 
10. $8 per 100; 90 per cent, fertility guaranteed on 
all eggs. A trial order will convince you. Corre¬ 
spondence invited. Address all communications to 
JOHN H. WEED, Mgr., Hillside, Westchester Co., N. V. 
P oultrymen—Send 10c. for our 1909 Catalog, chock full ofiifleful 
information. Describes and illustrates35 varieties. You can’t 
afford to be without it. East Donegal Poultry Yards Marietta,Pa 
B UFF, Wh. Leghorns, eggs 75c. per 15, $1.25 per 30; S. C. R. I. 
Red, Mottled Ancona Eggs. 90c. per 15, $1.50 per 30. Cata¬ 
logue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
R OSE COMB BLACK MINORCAS— Eggs, $1 for 15, $3 
for 50. GEO. BOWDISH, Esperance, N. Y. 
35 
free, 
BREEDS POULTRY.— Bred for laying. Eggs for 
hatching. Big circular illustrated in colors 
JOHN E. HEATWOLE, Harrisonburg, Va. 
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. 
Cnflfl—Standard Bred for Eggs—White and 
UUUU Brown Leghorn and Black Minorca Hens 
and Cockerels. Eggs for hatching. THE AMERI¬ 
CAN PET STOCK CO., Collins, Ohio. 
W RIGHT'S White Wyandottes, Prize Winners. 
Eggs, $4.00 per 100; baby chicks. $12.00 per 100. 
GRAND VIEW FARM, Stanfordvilie, N. Y. 
*)A CfJAQ ^1 AA Leading varieties of Prize Poultry, 
fcW L UUO yliUU Hares, etc. Booklet Free. Illus¬ 
trated descriptive Catalog, 10 cts. F. G. WILE, TELFORD, PA. 
TH0R0UCH-BRED POULTRY —Best twenty varieties. 
I Good stock. Eggs, 15, $1.00; 40, $2.00. Catalog. 
H. K. MOHR, Quakertown, Pa., Route 3. 
S. C. W. Leghorns, running at free range. Celebrated 
for heavy egg production. Fertile eggs, $1 per 15, 
$5 per 100. GEO. LUNDGREEN, Wyoming, Del. 
W D RflPlf Q- Bre<i f° r laying March Pul- 
i I i nUuNO lets, $2.50. Yig. Cockerels, 
$3.50; eggs, $1.50 for 15; $6.00 per 100. QUAKER 
HILL NURSERIES. Oxford Depot, N. Y. 
B UFF AND BARRED ROCKS-Large, heavy layers, 
true color ; 15 eggs, $1; guaranteed eight chicks. 
ART TAYLOR, Box 27, Washington, N. J. 
E GGS.—$1 per 15, $2 per 40, from thoroughbred 
Brahmas, Rocks, Wyandottes, Reds, Leghorns, 
S. Hamb.nrgs; 14 varieties; catalogue; 26 years’ 
experience. S. K. MOHR, B. F., Coopersburg, Pa. 
ESSO RE-CARBONIZED 
CHARCOAL MAKES 
Regulates 
and purifies 
the bowels— 
Absorbs the 
impure gases 
of the crop and 
gizzard. 
Prevents 
sour cond.- 
itions which 
breed disease 
— Makes the 
flesh sweet and 
tender. 
BRING THE DOLLARS 
We will send yon a Free sample package 
enough for a fair trial and free instructive 
•booklet, “The Value of Charcoal in Poultry 
Raising if you will send us your local 
poultry supply dealer’s name. 
The*. OBERMAYER. CO.,652 Evans St., Clnn., 0. 
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.1844 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO.. Peekskill, N.Y. 
SEND FOR 
OUR FREE 
CATALOGUE 
Incubators, Brood- 
. _„J, Feed Remedies, 
Grit, Eggs for hatching. Baby chicks, etc. Write 
today. THE UNITE0 CO.. 26-B Vesey St.. New York City 
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 CHA8. R. STONE. 
Baby Chicken Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y, 
Save You Money: 
tubs fUn HATCHING Lay?ng” U Strain a oif 
S. C. W. Leghorns,B.P. Rocks, WhiteWyandottes, 
R. I. Reds, Single and Rose Comb. THE R. & C. 
POULTRY PLANT, P. O. Box 333, Stamford, Conn. 
S. C. White Leghorn Hatching Eggs 
from our heavy laying strain. We sell eggs only 
from strong yearling hens, $1.50 per 15-$5.00per 100. 
HICKORY ISLAND FARM, Clayton, New York. 
Eggs From Prize-Winning Stock. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS—S2 per 15, S3.50 per 30; S4.50 
per 45 S7 per 100. Special Pen, S5 per 15. 
ROUEN DUCKS—Big ones, great laying strain—SI.50 per 15, 
S3 per 30, S5 per 60, S7 per 100. 
CLARK FARM, BOONTON, N. J. 
ORPINGTONS AND HAMBURGS 
White, Black and Rose Comb Buff Orpington. 
Fine quality. Also Silver Spangled Hamburgs. 
$1.50 and $2.00 per sitting. 
J. D. GRAHAM, Lyonsville, Mass. 
U 1 O—Choice Buff Wyandotte Eggs for sale. 
75c. a setting of 15, $4.00 a hundred. 
CHAS. I, MILLER, R.F.D. No. 1, Hudson, N. Y. 
W D ROCKS— Eggs from tested heavy layers; 
i I ■ $2 for 15, from best pens; Incubator Eggs, 
$6 per 100. A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair; Tiios, $5; Eggs for 
Hatching, $1 for 15 ; $5 for 100. Catalog free. 
C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport. N. Y. 
S.C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from vigorous, mature birds. 
Our stock is the result of 15 years of selection ami 
breeding for egg production. Write for prices. 
WHITE & RICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM LEGHORNS. 
Hatching Eggs. Guaranteed 90£ fertile. Day-old 
Chicks. The strong, quick-growing kind; 250 acres 
devoted to breeding the very best in 8. C. W. Leg¬ 
horns. Send for circular. MOUNT PLEASANT 
FARM, Box Y, Havre de Grace, Md. 
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; $10 and $12 per 100. 
Winners at Worcester, Springfield shows, etc. 
Circular. 
DAVIS POULTRY FARM, Berlin, Mass. 
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 $5. Baby Chicks hatched at $20 per 100. 
EDW. VAN ALSTYNE & SON, Kinderhook, N.Y. 
P RIZE WINNING STRAINS— Rhode Island Reds, both 
combs; Barred Rocks, 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. 
HATCHING EGGSif,;"",'"’&,w p S 
Wyandottes, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Black 
Orpingtons. Square Deal and Prompt Shipments. 
Cockerels for sale. Bull’s Eye Hennery, Ironbridge, Pa. 
THE 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. 
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. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING White Wyandottes 
at $1 per 15, $5 per 100. F. D. JOHNSON. R. D. 1, 
Boonton, N. J. 
G iant bronze turkey eggs, $ 3.00 per 
10. R. O. R. I. Reds, $1.00 per 15. Indian 
Runner Duck, $1.00 per 10. Choice Shropshire 
Sheep. Write H. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg, Pa. 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS, 200 Egg Strain, $2.00 per 12. Light 
I Brahmas, prize stock, $2 each. C. GOKDON, @prakers, N.Y. 
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. 
m nn PRRATEn HUNGARIAN and English 
UtLtDnAItU PARTRIDGES AND PHEASANTS. 
Wild turkeys, quails, rabbits, deer, etc., for stock¬ 
ing purposes. Fancy pheasants, peafowl, cranes, 
swans, storks, ornamental geese and ducks, foxes, 
squirrels, ferrets, and all kinds of birds and ani¬ 
mals. WENZ & MACKENSEN, Dept. 10, Pheas- 
autry and Game Park, Yardley, Pa. 
