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PUBLISHER’S DESK 
If you are following E. G. Lewis, St. 
Louis, Mo., you will find something of 
interest on page 567. 
During the month of April we kept a 
little record of the Publisher’s Desk 
work for the month. We received and 
answered 197 inquiries for rating of 
houses that farmers expected to ship to 
or order goods from. We received 93 
complaints of one kind or another; and 
opened correspondence or interviews 
with a view to adjust them. Some have 
been adjusted; others are in process of 
settlement, and some are absolutely 
hopeless. 
We collected for our subscribers 
$2,192.49. Most of this was on claims 
of long standing, and much of it that 
had resisted all other attempts at col¬ 
lection. A large percentage of it could 
not have been collected in the courts 
for one reason or another. The amount 
is not startling; but it represents quite 
a bit of work and responsibility. We 
had about 25 threats of libel suits, and 
one suit was actually begun in the United 
States courts, for an alleged libel. The 
suit is for $50,000; and grew out of an 
attempt to collect a protested note for a 
farmer in the State of Connecticut. 
I received check from the Egg Producers 
Company of Brooklyn, X. Y., this morning, 
to balance their account with me —$130. 
Accept thanks in this matter, and you may 
send me your bill. J. E. b. 
New York. 
We keep collecting bills from these 
people, but the complaints are frequent. 
I got a check from Bradley and Bradley 
for 100 Pan American, $10. I sent the 
plants and presented the check, which was 
no good. It was returned to me with mark 
“No funds.” I would not think a man would 
dare do such a thing. l. j. f. 
New York. 
This is one of the names used by 
the old Jagkson County Nurseries, Bosky 
Dell, Ill., whose operations have been 
referred to many times during the last 
three or four years. They are utterly 
irresponsible, and dare do these things 
simply because people who trust them 
have no redress. 
Is there a bureau or society in New York 
where house help can be secured for the 
country? We would not object to a woman 
with one child. E. H. 
New York. 
The Guild of the Infant Saviour, 105 
East 22d street. New York, makes a 
specialty of finding homes and employ¬ 
ment for worthy women with one child, 
and many of them go to the country. 
"Our understanding is that they take 
much pains to select women particularly 
fitted for the places to which they are 
sent. It is a charitable guild, and 
charges are for transportation only. 
Our patron has received his claim in 
full from tin 1 Adams Express Company for 
the crate of eggs shipped William Kauff¬ 
man, and lost in transit. He appreciates 
your service. But he shipped Mr. Kauff¬ 
man another crate, for which he made re¬ 
turn for only about one-half the market 
price for fresh eggs, alleging that they 
were shrunken. This patron was shipping 
regularly every week, and the eggs were 
fresh. What has Mr. Kauffman to say 
about this? > ‘ w. R. k. 
Pennsylvania. 
This case has been on since Novem¬ 
ber. Mr. Kauffman is not an easy man 
to adjust claims with, and we have had 
several complaints. \Ye have exhausted 
our efforts to settle oite claim for a 
New York State shipper, and have now 
brought suit against Kauffman for a 
settlement. Later we propose to give 
the details of this suit and the result 
of it. We are going to find out whether 
or not these commission houses are re¬ 
sponsible for goods shipped them by 
farmers on consignment. 
What do you think of the American Real 
Estate Company six per cent bonds? 
Connecticut. . a. s. 
According to their own statement, 
they hold title to real estate estimated 
to be worth, in round numbers, $14,- 
704,000. This is mortgaged in similar 
terms for $4,130,000. They have so- 
called debenture bonds (notes) out¬ 
standing for $9,461,000. These are is¬ 
sued to pay six per cent interest; but, 
according to a statement made to me 
by one of their general agents, the 
actual average interest paid oil these 
notes is less than 4(4 per cent. The 
money borrowed on mortgages and on 
these notes amounts to $13,591,000, and 
they have equities above these fixed 
obligations for about $1,113,000, or a 
little less than eight per cent. There 
are, however, some other items of as¬ 
sets aside from the real estate, which 
brings the total up to $15,536,000; and 
the liabilities to $13,685,000, leaving net 
assets at $1,851,000, which would leave 
a margin of a little less than 12 per 
cent actual holding. The fixed charges 
on property of this kind, of interest, 
taxes, insurance, water rents, etc., would 
probably exceed $1,000,000 annually. If 
the company should default in these 
payments, foreclosures of the mortgages 
would follow, and with forced sale, and 
expense of foreclosure, the property 
could hardly be expected to net the 
appraisal value. The $4,130,000 being 
mortgages would have to be paid first 
out of the proceeds. The $9,461,000 of 
debenture bonds being simply notes or 
promises to pay at a given time, are not 
a lien on the real estate, and would 
have to take their chances with the 
other obligations of the company. A 
Brooklyn company financed on similar 
lines is now undergoing liquidation. 
Suppose one of your neighbors came to 
you and said: “I can buy an adjoin¬ 
ing farm for $10,000. All the money I 
have is $400 to pay down; but I have 
about $800 of stock and tools. The 
owner will take back a mortgage for 
$3,000. This leaves me $4,600 short. 
For tliis $4,600 I propose to issue six 
per cent notes running for 10, 15 or 20 
years. And I want to sell you some 
of these notes, so that I can pay the 
seller the amount he demands.” How 
many of the notes would you take? 
If the purchaser then proposed to go 
on and buy other farms on the same 
basis, and continue the process indefi¬ 
nitely, would you not think him a sub¬ 
ject that should be looked after by his 
friends? If so, what would you think 
of the sanity of the small investor who 
kept on buying the notes until he con¬ 
trolled $15,000,000 of farm land in which 
his cash investments were only about 
eight per cent of the estimated value of 
the farms? 
No experienced investor would con¬ 
sider it safe to operate with his own 
money in New York City real estate 
on an eight or a 12 per cent margin, 
and the best that can be said for the 
investors in notes of operating real 
estate companies is that they are fur¬ 
nishing the money, and taking the risks, 
for other people’s speculations. If the 
promoters succeed they pay for the use 
of your money, and pocket the profits. 
If they fail, or prove dishonest, the 
holder of their debenture bonds (notes) 
loses his money. 
Texas School Lands of the State of 
Texas. 
We have had many private inquiries 
about the land agencies advertising these 
lands; but it is not necessary to consult 
these agencies, and we do not think it 
wise to do so, as they have no connec¬ 
tion with the land office, and it is not 
necessary to pay them for information 
or other service. There seems to be 
quite a large acreage of this land avail¬ 
able to actual settlers just now. For 
full information, address J. T. Robison, 
Commissioner, Austin, Tex. In his cir¬ 
culars you will find the same frank ad¬ 
vice that we have repeated so often, 
that, in order to avoid disappointment, 
you should first investigate the tracts 
you wish to buy, first going to the coun¬ 
ty, and when there adopt your own 
methods to find the land suited to your 
wants. That is good advice for those 
who are tempted to allow land schemers 
to make selections for them. 
Arthur Gero Marshall, promoter of 
the Standard Protective and of the 
Bankers’ Protective Societies, was last 
week sentenced to one year in the pen¬ 
itentiary and a fine of $500 as a result 
of a trial on charges of scheming to 
defraud. Policyholders were promised 
sick benefits, and a premium of $250 
at the end of five years. Marshall paid 
himself a fat salary out of the prem¬ 
iums, and policyholders lost sums ap¬ 
proaching $50,000. In imposing sen¬ 
tence, the judge told Marshall that he 
was well aware that the societies were 
improperly founded, and could not pay 
the policyholders sick benefits and $250 
premiums. Of course, he knew it. All 
fakers know that they could not keep 
the promises they make if they wanted 
to do it. Marshall was indicted a year 
ago for Oregon land frauds, and was 
convicted in Somerset County, Pa., in 
1905 for embezzlement. The benefit 
societies have been a fruitful source of 
robberies. Some of them are yet work¬ 
ing the game. 
Your paper is the best, not one of the 
best; but the best farm paper that ever 
came to Jersey or any State. a. c. c. 
New Jersey. 
We confess to a degree of pleasure 
in the receipt of a letter like the above. 
We have an ambition to make The 
R. N.-Y. everything that a farm paper 
ought to be. As we have said before, 
we never feel entirely satisfied. We 
keep making mistakes, some of which 
are probably unimportant, and others 
that cause greater concern; but through 
it all is the one honest purpose to 
make a paper that will best serve the 
people for whom it is intended. But 
the subscribers themselves really con¬ 
tribute quite as much to its policy and 
usefulness as do those in immediate 
charge. Without this help no such 
paper could be made. j. j. d. 
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Compare with the offers of other makers 
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Don’t buy till you see it. Send today. 
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Write for catalog 
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HILLSDALE TRUCK & WAGON COMPANY, 
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Also Steam and Gaso¬ 
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; PRESS CO.,312 WatorSt., 
Syraouse, N. Y, 
CIDER PRESSES 
The Original Mt. Gilead Hydraulic Press 
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cider evaporators, apple- 
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generators, eto. 
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AGFNTS 200% PROFIT 
^ ^ Bluntly, Automatic 
HAME FASTENER 
Do away with old hame strap. 
^ Horse owners and teamsters 
■wild about them. Fasten 
instantly with gloves on. Outwear tho harness. Money back if 
not satisfactory. Write today for confidential terms to agents. 
F. Thomas Mfg. Co., 865 Wayne St., Dayton. Ohio 
B «ys Best 
/ 140-Egg 
■ Incubator 
Double case all over, best copper 
tank; nursery self-regulator. Best 
140-clilck brooder. $4.50. Both or¬ 
dered together 811.50. Freight Pre¬ 
paid. No machines at any price are 
Letter. Write for book today .r send price 
and save waiting, tiansfucti-m guaranteed. 
BELLE CITY INCUBATOR CO., Box 4 g Racine. Wls 
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.l8il 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peekskill, N.Y. 
GAPES! GAPES! 
The Rex Gape Worm Extractor is the greatest remedy for 
gapes in existence. Wonderful, how sure and easy it 
is in saviiiQ your dyino chicks. Guaranteed. Send for 
booklet. J. S. KLOOK, Box 17, Urban, Pa. 
A A Leading varieties of Prize Poultry, 
fcw LUUv yliUU Hares, etc. Booklet Free. Illus¬ 
trated descriptive Catalog, 10 cts. F. G. WILE, TELFORD, PA. 
D arlington poultry farm-white rocks ex¬ 
clusively; better than ever; no incubators or 
brooders used The natural way. Fine, healthy 
stock for sale. Eggs, $5 per 100; Fishel and Van 
Orsdale strains. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
JAMES T. JONES, Darlington, Md. 
ORPINGTONS AND HAMBURGS 
White, Black and Rose Comb Buff Orpington. 
Fine quality. Also Silver Spangled Hamburgs. 
$2.00 per sitting. 
J. 1). GRAHAM, Lyonsville, Mass. 
T>R IZE-WINNING STRAINS—R. I. Reds, 
both combs; White Wyandottes; Barred Rocks; 
Light and Dark Brahmas; S. O. White and Brown 
Leghorns; safe delivery; 70# fertility guaranteed; 
eggs, $1, 15; $5, 100. F. 1’RESCOTT, Riverdale, N. J. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING White Wyandottes 
at $1 per 15, $5 per 100. F. D. JOHNSON. It. D. I, 
Boonton, N. J. 
S. C. White Leghorns S 7 K<Kts s 
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. Leei Carmel, New York. 
MONTROSS METAL SHINGLES 
Do away with all roofing trooblos. Durable. Depend¬ 
able. Fireproof. Ornamental. Inexpensive. Cata- 
kL£A logne ? Montross Company, Caradon, N. J, 
For Best EXTENSION LADDER at » t p o ricea 
JOHN J. POTTER,!! Mill St., Binghamton, K. Y. 
MARKET GARDEKERS’ PAPER 
Weekly Market Grower’s Journal—an up-to-date paper 
especially for your business. $ 1.00 a year, 52 issues. For 
10 cents and names of threo market gardeners we will 
send it ten weeks. A live paper for live people. 
Market Growers' Journal, 521 Walker Bldg,, Louisville, Ky. 
LAKEHILL FARM. 
W. H. THACHER 
The home of S. C. W. Leg-horns, W. P. Rocks and 
Imperial Pekin Ducks. Leghorn eggs for hatch¬ 
ing, $1.50 per 15; $0 per 100. White Rock eggs, 
$3.00 per 15, $12.00 per 100. Duck eggs, $1.50 por 
10, $8 per 100; 90 per cent, fertility guaranteed on 
all eggs. Ducklings, 25 cents each, $20.00 per 100. 
Correspondence invited. Address all communica¬ 
tions to 
JOHN H. WEED, Mgr., Hillside, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
AND 
White Leghorn ami 
Pekin Ducks still in 
the lead. We are 
_ _ breeders of the 
PEKIN DUCKS Kran<Icst la y iR « 
I L, iy 1 rx u u vt iy o strain of Single Com I) 
White Leghorns in America, and our Imperii. 1 
Pekin Ducks are second to none. Eggs from se¬ 
lected breeders of Single Comb White Leghorns. 
$6.00 per 100, $1.50 per 13. Pekin duck eggs, $8.00 per 
100, $1.50 per 11. We also have choice pens of Hose 
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 you 
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. 
Eggs for Hatching—Baby Chicks R £,“ n h d de 
Reds, Partridge Wyandottes, Indian Runner 
Ducks. Mating List sent on request. SINCLAIR 
SMITH, 602 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Van Alstyne’s R. I. R8d*-S??S"ja 
bred for vigor and egg production. BDW. VAN 
ALSTYNE & SON, Kinderhook, N.Y. 
DAVIS S. C. R. I. REDS. 
200 egg strains. Greatest Winter Layers known. 
Largo 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. 
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, Weed sport. N. Y. 
S. G. White Leghorn Hatching Eggs 
from our heavy laying strain. We sell eggs only 
from strong yearling liens, $1.50 per 15—$5.00per 100. 
HICKORY ISLAND FARM, Clayton, New York. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN BABY CHICKS. 
| $10 per llHJ; Eggs,$5 per 100. Allchicks and eggs from 
our own farm raised, free range selected yearling.;. 
VANCREST POULTRY FARM, Salt Point, Dutchess Co.,N. Y. 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards 
offer you eggs that are guaranteed fortile, from 
well-matured, vigorous, range grown Silver-Laced 
W. Wyandottes, W. S. C. Brown & White Leg¬ 
horns, R. I. Reds, Barred and W. P. Rocks, Im¬ 
perial Pekin Ducks. Write for what you want. 
R. D. 24, Athens, Pa. 
W D ROCKS— Eggs from tested heavy layers; 
i I i $2 for 15, from best pens; Incubator Eggs, 
$0 per 100. A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM LEGHORNS 
2a0 acres devoted to the best in S. C. W. Leghorns. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM, Box Y, Havre dc Grace, Maryland. 
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. 
E GGS.— $1 per 15, $2 per 40, from thoroughbred 
Brahmas, Rocks, Wyandottes, Reds, Leghorns, 
S. Hamburgs; 14 varieties; catalogue; 26 years’ 
experience. S. K. MOHR, B. F., Ooopersburg, 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. 
B UFF, wo. Leghorns, eggs 75c. per 15, $1.25 per 30; S. C. It. I. 
lieO, Mottled Ancona Kggs, 90c. pel- 15, $1.50 per 30. Cata¬ 
logue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
C fj O fj “Standard Bred for Eggs—White and 
uUUU Brown Leghorn and Black Minorca liens 
and Cockerels. Eggs for hatching. THE AMERI¬ 
CAN PET STOCK CO., Collilis, Ohio. 
B UFF AND BARRED ROCKS— Large, heavy layers, 
true color: 15 eggs. $1: guaranteed eight chicks. 
ART TAYLOR, Box 27, Washington, N. J. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING ISWYUITS 
S. C. W. Leghorns, B. P. Rocks, W lute Wyandottes. 
R. I. Reds. Single and Rose Comb. THE R. & C. 
POULTRY PLANT,P. O. Box 333, Stamford. Conn. 
P ouIti*viiien—Send 10c. for our 191*9 Catalog, chock full of-.iaefid 
information. Describes ami illustrates 2'* varieties. You can’t 
aiford to be without it. Fast Donegal Poultry Yanis MuiiettaJ’a 
Rose Comb White Leghorns^^;;^!;-: 
ers. Eggs, $1 per 15. B. W. BIRD. Kirkwood, 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. 
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. Excki.- 
sick Poultry Farm, R.R.4, Box 3, Jonesdaie.Wis. 
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free. 
BREEDS POULTRY.— Bred for laying. Eggs for 
hatching. Big circular illustrated in colors 
JOHN E. HEATWOLE, Harrisonburg, Va. 
Mammoth Pekin Ducks-SmV^'S 
and S. C. White Leghorns, 15, $1.00: 100. $5.00. 
GEO. W. DeRIDDER, Ballston Spa. N. Y. 
G iant bronze turkey eggs, $:i.oo per 
10. R. C. R. I. Reds $1.00 per 15. Indian 
Runner Duck, $1.00 per 10. Choice Shropshire 
Sheep. Write II. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg, Pa. 
