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'1'HfcC RURAL NEW-VORKER 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
E. G. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo., has 
redeemed one of his so-calied “Interim 
Receipts,” which was referred to on 
page 470. It was held by John R. Or¬ 
ton, North Tarrytown, N. Y., for $25, 
and the interest brought the amount up 
to $31.65. Good so far. But we have 
yet 37 claims, aggregating about $8,000, 
with interest. The progress is slow, but 
we are making some headway, and the 
experience is not encouraging other peo¬ 
ple to put their money into Mr. Lewis’ 
new schemes. Many of them now write 
us that the information opened their 
eyes. 
During the past year we have had 
many inquiries about “Roach’s Finan¬ 
cial Facts” and the stocks offered by 
Henry W. Roach & Co., of New York. 
Their Canadian Consolidated Mines 
Company is now in the hands of a re¬ 
ceiver. The company is marketing stock 
of the American Tanning Company, 
about which we have had many in¬ 
quiries. Those who follow the advice 
of The R. N.-Y. are not personally 
concerned about the default which put 
the much-lauded coal-holding company- 
in the hands of the court. 
I am enclosing herewith a protested 
check which t'. \V. IJarrison gave me in 
payment for grapes sold to him. Iiis ad¬ 
dress is Elizabeth City, N. C. I have 
written him several times, but get no 
reply. He bought grapes in this section 
and shipped them to H. G. Miles & Go.. 
Washington street, New York City. Could 
you do anything to help me out? I am 
willing to give half for collecting the same. 
New York. u. s. 
We have made repeated demands on 
Mr. Harrison for this protested check, 
but he ignores it entirely. H. G. Miles 
& Co. report that they paid for the 
grapes in sight drafts, expecting that 
Harrison was obliged to pay cash be¬ 
fore shipment. The original check was 
for $1 6.06. The protest fees are $2.35, 
making $18.41 in all. Growers will do 
well to keep this record where it can 
be referred, to when accepting checks 
for future deliveries. 
Can you give me any information with 
reference to the merits of the claims made 
for Mono Service Milk Bottle, or of the 
standing of Kaye, DeWolfe & Co., 41 Cort- 
landt street. New York, who advertise the 
sale of the stock. Par value. $5 per share ; 
selling price, $2.50 per share. d. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
The 'business of the company thus 
far seems to be the selling of stock 
rather than the manufacture of bottles. 
In other words, the stock would be 
purely a speculative venture. Their al¬ 
leged plan is to build machines and 
establish subsidiary companies through 
the country. The sample bottles seem 
to be very good, but they are not yet 
being made for the trade, so that prac¬ 
tically all you have for the stock is the 
prospects. In the light of past experi¬ 
ence, we would not advise an invest¬ 
ment in the stock of any company whose 
assets are wholly or principally in future 
prospects. 
Detroit. Mich., March 8.—Albert D. 
Bradley, whose operations as a commission 
merchant in wholesale produce for nearly 
27 years have made him known through¬ 
out the country, was found guilty by a 
jury in the United States District Court of 
using the mails to defraud, lie was sen¬ 
tenced to one year in the House of Cor¬ 
rection. Bradley maintained an oflice un¬ 
der the firm name of Bradley &• Pratt. 
According to testimony, Bradley promised 
to pay farmers more than the prices quoted 
in market reports. Several farmers as¬ 
serted they received no money for their 
products. Bradley is said to have op¬ 
erated in Columbus. New York City, Boston. 
Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Wilmington, Del.; 
Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, I’ueblo, Min¬ 
neapolis, Evansville, Ind.; Cincinnati and 
Atlantic City before coming to Detroit. 
The above came to us last month in a 
clipping from a local paper through a 
friend. Mr. Bradley’s operations are 
remembered in New York. There is 
some satisfaction in knowing that some * 
of these commission crooks get their 
just dues in the long run, but it saves 
money to look up their rating before 
making shipments. If in doubt, just 
ask The R. N.-Y. 
I am pleased to advise you that the 
nursery company has returned to us $10. 
I am fully convinced that had it not been 
for your action in this matter we would 
never have received one penny. I can 
assure you from this time on The IUtral 
New-Yorker shall always have its place in 
my home. j. b. n. 
New York. 
This was a long contested case. Near¬ 
ly three years ago the growers bought 
$16 worth of stock through d tree agent 
with the guarantee that any stock that 
failed would be replaced. Three-fourths 
of the stuff never budded, and applica¬ 
tion was made for replacement of the 
stock, but he was never able to get it, 
and concluded with some reason that 
the company was simply trying to tire 
him out without doing anything. When 
we took up the complaint, two years 
after delivery, the grower had no fur¬ 
ther use for the trees, and a bill of $12 
was put in. They were then willing to 
replace the stock, but this could not be 
accepted, and settlement was made for 
$10. Such claims ought to be adjusted 
without the interference of The R. 
N.-Y. or anyone else, but when a grower 
is up against a lawsuit or a loss, he 
wisely takes the loss. The foreign 
houses know this, and their willingness 
to take advantage of the situation is 
the justification of our interference. 
An up-State liveryman had an ex¬ 
perience in a New York jCity stable 
recently that he will not soon forget. 
He bought two wagons for $200; paid 
$23 down, took a receipt, and returned 
the next day and handed over $180 in 
bills, expecting $3 back in change. The 
stableman stepped into another room 
and came back with a bill for $375, and 
demanded $175 more. T lie purchaser 
of course rebelled, and demanded his 
money back, but the stableman declined, 
sayipg he did not do business that way, 
and refused to deliver the wagons. The 
purchaser went to the District Attor¬ 
ney's office and entered complaint. The 
detective put on the case recommended 
to let it lie over from Saturday to 
Monday. This was done, and on Mon¬ 
day the detective recommended the 
payment of the extra $175. This was 
done. W hen the purchaser went back 
for the wagons, one of them had been 
replaced by a cheaper one, and he was 
toid to take it or leave it. Besides the 
wagons were stripped of every remova¬ 
ble thing in the way of rubber covers, 
lamps, whip socket, etc. The experi¬ 
ence is really a common one. Many of 
these stablemen are utterly lawless, and 
you take desperate chances in dealing 
with them. The sale of one horse and 
the delivery of another in place of it 
after sale is a frequent trick. To buy 
of these people you must bank on your 
own judgment, and be prepared to take 
the loss, if your judgment is faulty. 
Even then, you will do well to have 
your hand on the goods when you pay 
the money, and keep it there until you 
get out of town. 
“The zvorst szvindler I ever happened 
to fall in zvith.” 
That is the language in which one 
customer described one of the most 
conscientious and reliable seedsmen in 
the country in a letter of complaint to 
him because there was a few days’ delay 
in filling his order in the busiest week 
of the season. This customer was a 
city resident and not a subscriber to 
The R. N.-Y., but the incident merits 
some attention, as a matter of general 
policy. It is no doubt the result of 
suspicions created in tlie minds of many 
people by the dishonest concerns. Any 
class of trade, or, in fact, any com¬ 
munity, no matter how respectable and 
honest as a whole, must pay a penalty 
for the rogues that it shelters, no mat¬ 
ter how unwillingly. That is one justi¬ 
fication for efforts to make fakers and 
rogues uncomfortable in a trade or 
community. But it does not pay to be 
intemperate in criticism of honest 
houses. You can afford to be civil in 
complaint at least until you have some 
reasonable ground for protest. Some 
of the severest complaints we get are 
from people who send us money, but 
forget to sign name or address. We 
have at this moment about 200 letters 
which reached us with money, but 
which do not contain the name of the 
remitter. No doubt these 200 people 
think we are "the worst swindlers they 
ever fell in with,” and probably many 
of them are saying as much. We think 
the experience justifies the following 
suggestion : Always be careful to sign 
name and give address on letters; al¬ 
ways write civil letters when complaint 
is necessary, and be sure that the fault 
is not your own before you let go the 
“brickbat.” 
Can't you give us some general rule that 
will enable us to avoid fraudulent invest¬ 
ments without taking up your time to in¬ 
quire about each one separately? Just now 
1 am considering the United Wireless Tele¬ 
graph Company. e. s. d. 
Ohio. 
Study the wireless methods as a type 
to avoid. You could develop one good 
rule from that; but to cover the whole 
field would take a big book. Large ad¬ 
vertisements, big promises of profits, j 
and certain advance of prices after a 
certain day are sure signs of danger in 
stock investments. It is a curious fact 
that the very arguments used by pro-- 
motors to catch inexperienced investors 
contain in themselves a warning to men of j 
experience in stock markets. Men with 
safe investments will give you a state¬ 
ment of the assets and liabilities of their 
company, and such ofher facts as you 
will care to know. The schemer trying 
to market stocks with little or no real 
value behind them will go into glowing 
descriptions of what other companies 
in the same line have done, and try to 
enthuse you over the possibilities. The 
best rule we could give would be to 
insist on a statement of the net value 
of the property held by the stock; ver¬ 
ify the statement as best you can; and 
then find out what you could get for 
the stock if you wanted to sell it instead 
of buying it. As a result of this rule, 
you will buy few stocks, except such as 
have been paying regular and legiti¬ 
mate dividends for some time; but con¬ 
sistently followed the rule will save you 
a lot of money. 
I find, in talking with people who are 
interested in farming, that I have nothing 
new to tell them about your paper, as 
they all take it, but of the commendatory 
remarks that you have had I wonder if 
one on this line has been called to your 
attention. A lady, postmistress in a little 
Westchester town, on seeing a copy of 
The It. N.-Y. on my desk, said : "I hate 
that paper.” On asking for further in¬ 
formation, she said: “Everybody in my 
town takes that paper, and it makes me a 
lot of extra work to distribute it.” 
New York. w. i. p 
That certainly is a new form of com¬ 
plaint, but we think there was a little 
humor in that good postmistress’s re¬ 
mark, and we want to feel that she 
intended a concealed compliment for 
The R. N.-Y. We get reports from 
friends at many postoffices that all the 
good farmers in the place take The R. 
N.-Y., and . there is no opportunity to 
increase the list in the neighborhood. 
These reports are, of course, very grat¬ 
ifying; but unfortunately the condition 
is not universal, and we would suggest 
that you appoint yourself a committee 
of one to make it so in your neighbor¬ 
hood. We will trust the postmistresses 
to do their part. j. j. d. 
^ United States^ 
Cream Separators 
Save $12 to $20 per Cow 
EVERY YEAR OF USE 
Over all Gravity Setting Systems 
and $5.00 to $7.50 per cow 
Over all other Separators 
Holds World’s skimming Record 
Won Grand Prize, Seattle. 1909 
^VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, 
C| ATC pnnCI M fi a-t wholesale; lasts forever; 
OLHIL nUUllllU needs no paint or repairs; 
never leaks. W. M. BENN1NGER, Walnutport, Pa. 
$^.55 Buys Best 
140-Egg 
Incubator 
Double case all over, best copper 
tank; nursery self-regulator. Best 
140-chlck brooder. 84.50; Both or¬ 
dered together 811.60. Freight Pre¬ 
paid. No machines at any price are 
better. Write for book today or send price 
and save waiting. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
BELLE CITY INCUBATOR CO., Box «g Racine. WIs 
Brooder and 25 Chicks $6 
This Tireless Brooder and 25 
Cornell-Cooley White Leghorn 
Chicks from prize winning layers 
for only $0.00, cash with order. 
Safe arrival assured. Prompt 
shipment. Order today. 
ELDEN E. COOLEY, Box A, Frenchtown, N. J. 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or line granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers of 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est, 1844 
R. Mac KELL A It’S SONS CO.. Peeksk ill. 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. Box656 F, New Britain, Ct. 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS, 260 Egg Strain, $2.00 per 12. Light 
I Brahman, prize stock, $2 each. C. GORDON, Sprakers, N.Y. 
Mammoth Pekin Ducksi^'a'iS 
and 8. C. White Leghorns, 15, $1.00; 100. $5.00. 
GEO. W. DERIDDER, Ballston Spa. NT. Y. 
G iant bronze turkey eggs. $ 3.00 per 
10. It. 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. 
W D RflPlf Q- Bre<i f° r laying March Pul- 
i I i nUlmO lets, $2.50. Vig. Cockerels, 
$3.50: eggs, $1.50 for 15; $0.00 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. 
White Wyandotte Epos for hatching; great laying strain; 
free range; $1 per 15. J.R.Winn, Smith’s Basin. N.Y. 
T HE FARMER'S FOWL— Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THUS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland. N. Y. 
pRIZE-WINNING STRAINS—R. I Reds. 
-*- both combs: White Wyandottes; Barred Rocks; 
Light and Dark Brahmas; S. C. White and Brown 
Leghorns; safe delivery: 70$ fertility guaranteed; 
eggs, $1, 15; $5, 100. P I’RESCOTT, Riverdale. N. J. 
P oultry men—Send 10c. for our 19<»9 Catalog, chock full ofiineful 
information. Describes and illustrates 3a varieties. You can’t 
afford to be without It. East Donegal Poultry Yards Marietta,Pa 
T? C—Purebred M allard, $2.50 per 15. Rouen 
-*- v AJvJTkj Ducks, $1.50 per 15. Partridge Wyan¬ 
dotte from prize - winning strain, $2.00 per 15. 
Ornamental land and water fowls. FAIRVIEW 
FARM ON HUDSON, Highland, N. Y. 
Van Alstyne's R, I, Reds 
bred for vigor and egg production EDW. VAN 
ALSTYNE & SON, Kinderhook, N.Y. 
April 30, 
WHITE LEGHORNS K 
A.ND the lead. We are 
breeders of the 
PEKIN DUCKS grande8t la y in « 
1 Llun u u ^ 1V ° strain of SingleComb 
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- 
I ings. $1.50 per 13, $8.00 per 100. Also genuine 
Bronze Turkeys and their eggs. Let us start you 
right this season. We can please all. Largest 
successful plant in vicinity of New York City. Incu¬ 
bators. 10,u00 eggs capacity. Agent Cyphers’ Incu¬ 
bator Co. Bonnie Brae Poultry Farm, New Rochelle, N.Y. 
ALTON FARM.“Sul” 
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. 
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 por 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.Y. 
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 por 100. 
! Winners at Worcester, Springfield shows, etc. 
Circular. 
DAVIS POULTRY FARM, Berlin, Mass. 
Hone’s “Bredto Lay” Rose Comb Reds 
arc deep wine red in color; also superior layers of largo brown 
e KK 8. Kgga from best matings half price, remainder of the 
season- Please send tiial order and let me prove the quality 
advertised. 
D. R. HONE, Crescent Hill Farm, Box 24, Sharon Springs, N.Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN BABY CHICKS. 
$1(1 per 100; Eggs. $5 per 100. All chicks and eggs from 
our own farm raised, free range selected yearlings. 
VANCREST POULTRY FARM, Salt Point, Dutchess Co.. N. Y. 
DRIZE WINNING STRAINS—Rhode Island Reds, both 
1 combs; Barred Rocks. White Wyandottes, single 
comb White and Brown Leghorns: eggs, 15, $1.50; 
100, $7.00. Light and I lark Brahmas, eggs, 15, $2 00; 
100. $10.00. F. M. PRESCOTT, Riverdale. N. J. 
Eggs for Hatching—Baby Chicks B ?s,^ <le 
Reds, Partridge Wyandottes, Indian Runner 
Ducks. Mating List sent on request. SINCLAIR 
SMITH, 002 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
S.C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from vigorous, mature birds. 
Our stock is the result of 15 years of selection and 
production. Write for prices. 
{ IN HI I E & RICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair; Trios, $5; Eggs for 
Hatching, $1 for 15; $5 for 100. Catalog free. 
C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport. N. Y. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM LEGHORNS. 
Hatching Eggs. Guaranteed 90ft fertile. Day-old 
Chicks. The strong, quick-growing kind: 250 acres 
devoted to breeding the very best in S. C. W. Leg¬ 
horns. Send for circular. MOUNT PLEASANT 
FARM. Box Y, Havre de Grace. Md. 
DUFF, WIi. I.vitlioriig, ckkb 78c. per 16. $1.26 per 30; S. C. R. I. 
D lte.1, Mottled Ancona Kggs. 90c. per 16, ft.50 per 30. Cata¬ 
logue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
DOSE COMB BLACK MIN0RCAS—Eggs. $1 for 15, $3 
| U for 50. GEO. BONVDISH, Esperanee, N. Y. 
QC BREEDS POULTRY.—Bred for laying. Eggs for 
uu hatching. Big circular illustrated in colors 
free. JOHN E. HEATWOLE, Harrisonburg, Va. 
ennn-Sfaudard Bred for Eggs-White and 
JUUU Brown Leghorn and Black Minorca Hens 
. and Cockerels. Eggs for hatching. THE AMERI¬ 
CAN PET STOCK CO., Collins, Ohio. 
Eggs From Prize-Winning Stock. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS—$2 per 15,53.50 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. 
yy / RIGHTS White Wyandottes, Prize Winners. 
•* Eggs. $4.00 per 100: baby chicks. $12.00 per 100. 
GRAND VIEW FARM, Stanfordvilie, N. V. 
TH0R0UCH-BRED POULTRY-Best twenty varieties. 
Good stock. Eggs, 15, $1.00: 40, $2.00. Catalog. 
H. K. MOHR, Quakertown, Pa., Route 3. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING &I1S 
at $1 per 15, $5 per 100. F. D. JOHNSON. R. D. 1. 
, Boonton, N. J. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING EO.’^SrS 
S. C. W. Leghorns, B. P. Rocks, White Wyandottes, 
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. 
OA EfifiC flfl I-^dlng varieties of Prize Poultry, 
fcV LUUv yl ■ U U Hares, etc. Booklet Free. Illus¬ 
trated descriptive Catalog, 10 cts. F.G. WILE, TELFORD, PA. 
CGGS.—$1 per 15, $2 per 40, from thoroughbred 
L Brahmas, Rocks, Wyandottes, Reds, Leghorns, 
S. Hnmbnrgs; 14 varieties; catalogue; 26 years’ 
experience, S. K. MOHR, B. F., Coopersburg, Pa. 
\A# D ROCKS—Eggs from tested heavy layers; 
ill 1 i $2 for 15, from best pens; Incubator Eggs, 
$6 pei 100. A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
ORPINGTONS AND HAMBURGS 
White, Black and Rose Comb Buff Orpington. 
| Fine quality. Also Silver Spangled Hamburgs. 
i $1.50 and $2.00 per sitting. 
J. I). GRAHAM, Lyonsville, Mass. 
S. C. White Leghorns SH&c&fcK 
1.800 eggs hatched spring 1910. Averaged over 
92 per cent fertility. Eggs, $1.00 per 15: $5.00 per 
100. Chicks matter of correspondence. LEESIDE 
FARM, J. L. Lee, Carmel, New York. 
