598 
THE RURAL NEW -YORKER 
May 21, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Legal inquiries about 19-vear-old 
daughter and others are again advised 
that we can give no attention to letters 
which are not signed by full name and 
address of the writer. 
Last Spring I shipped R. II. Killmer, 
Presque isle, Me., eggs to the amount of 
$7.50 for incubator. 1 shipped him before 
and got pay all right, hut have been un¬ 
able to get this last bill. i. c. a. 
New Hampshire. 
We have also been unable to get this 
bill or any explanation or excuse. 
What do you think of R. D. Martel's 
offer of $85 per month, with advance ohexk 
of $50. for a manager to appoint agents? 
His address is Chicago, Ill. b. 
All such offers are fakes. They will 
not send you a check that you can get 
the money on, and they will not pay you 
$85 per month or any other amount, 
except what you may earn on a com¬ 
mission basis canvassing for them. Fake 
concerns make big promises simply to 
induce you to fake your neighbors for 
their benefit. 
Yours with check for bill collected from 
Oakwood Butter and Egg Company received, 
for which we extend many thanks. Enclosed 
find check for $2, for which please give 
credit on subscription lo The Rubai.'New- 
Yobkeu. You are certainly working a good 
work for us farmers. You may send trial 
subscription envelopes, and I will give them 
to my friends. d. f. a. 
New York. 
It is a pleasure to be able to do a 
little service for people who show such 
appreciation. In this case, we simply 
collected the money on a protested check, 
and sent our check. By the way, we 
have had occasion to do the same thing 
for other shippers to this house. 
A friend asked me about the Universal 
Co.. Philadelphia. I’a. They advertise for 
ladies to make shields at home. I told them 
to wait and I would send to headquarters for 
information. They are poor. j. f. f. 
• Ohio. 
You do well to advise poor women 
tp go slow on work at home fakes. 
They simply want to induce you by 
the pretense of work at home to send 
them money for something that no one 
would buy on its merits alone. They 
never pay for work at home, and never 
intend to do so. It is the meanest form 
of fake we know, because it appeals 
directly to poor, feeble women and poor 
and often crippled girls who cannot 
afford the loss. 
What do you know about the respon¬ 
sibility of the Metropolitan Live Stock 
Insurance Company, Syracuse, N. Y. ? 
Pennsylvania. stockman. 
We have found no rating for this con¬ 
cern. It is said that one B. E. Wood 
claims to be president and manager, 
and the “Consolidated Veterinary Serv¬ 
ice” is in some way connected with him. 
But no statement of its affairs has yet 
been made, and the county records do 
not show certificate of incorporation. 
An attempt was made to organize a 
company under this name in New York 
City last year. Live stock insurance has 
not been a success in this country, and 
the business is as yet uncertain in the 
East. In the absence of detailed in¬ 
formation which can come only from 
the company itself, caution is the only 
safe advice. 
I notice D’Alcorn & Son. of Portsmouth, 
Va., are registered in “Publisher’s Desk. - ’ 
It is time they were there. I have ordered 
bulbs from them two years in succession 
and neither order was filled according to 
agreement. Last Fall I ordered 4.000 daf¬ 
fodils and Narcissus, No. 1 grade; all were 
No. 2. and poor stock, a large number too 
small to bloom. It looks as if people who 
order from them are doomed to disappoint¬ 
ment. w. H. G. 
Michigan. 
These experiences are valuable. Sev¬ 
eral houses in this line have done busi¬ 
ness with R. N.-Y. readers for the last 
30 or 40 years, and never a word of 
complaint has been entered in 25 years 
at least, to my own knowledge. Yet ir¬ 
responsible concerns keep doing some 
business all the time. We want our peo¬ 
ple to get into the way of dealing with 
responsible houses only. The adver¬ 
tisers in The R. N.-Y. have been looked 
up, and we guarantee their responsi¬ 
bility. If you have occasion to trust 
others, and do not know their rating, 
we will send it to you on request. 
Enclosed find express receipt for $1 for 
delivery of a spruce tree weighing probably 
30 pounds from Philadelphia to Byers, Pa., 
about 38 miles. The express charge was 
just the price of the tree. This they call 
double rate for first-class matter; that is, 
double for 100 pounds regardless of the 
weight of the tree. I would be glad to know 
what they say in explanation to you. 
Pennsylvania. J. v. t. 
They say, “The reason these charges 
are apparently so high is because the 
shipment was of a bulky nature, and 
double rates were charged, as called for 
by the classification. This tree took up 
considerable room in the car. and they 
were not able to pile freight on top of 
it.” The cost of a first-class passenger 
ticket for 38 miles would be about 76 
cents, or two cents per mile. The aver¬ 
age passenger would weigh at least 150 
pounds, and he would be entitled to 
100 pounds baggage carried free. This 
passenger service requires large cars, 
cushioned seats, windows, light, ventila¬ 
tion, water, lavatories, conductors, at¬ 
tendants and fast trains. The express 
package weighing 30 pounds cost 24 
cents, or 31 per cent, more than a first- 
class passenger ticket for a person of 
150 pounds. The express rate was 3% 
cents per pound, and at the same rate 
per pound a passenger ticket would cost 
$5 for 38 miles, or more than six times 
the present passenger rate. They could 
give that tree a parlor car seat for less 
money than the express rates. As the 
transportation was wholly within one 
State, the Interstate Commerce Com¬ 
mission has no jurisdiction, and there 
is no redress. It might serve as an 
inducement to write some letters in 
favor of parcels post. Just now the 
presidents of railroads are expressing 
great interest in the farmers. They 
want more farm products, and are anx¬ 
ious to get city clerks and foreign emi¬ 
grants to go to the farms along their 
lines. It is a pity that their interest 
does not manifest itself in a disposition 
to treat those fairly who are already 
on the farms. 
Ou May 18, 1907, I sent to the Geo. 
Jaberg Company, Cincinnati, O., $25 for 
the publication of a musical composition, 
which they had examined and considered 
a good composition. They were to publish, 
advertise, popularize, etc., and pay me a 
royalty of 50 per cent on every copy sold. 
I have written them, and they say: “If 
the amount of royalty on music sold flur¬ 
ing the month does not amount to $1. it 
is sent with the following month's royalty,” 
etc. The copyright is in my name. 1 have 
never got a cent front them. Please reply 
at once and advise me what to do. 
Kentucky. a. m. g. 
There is nothing you can do. Cheap 
music publishing, houses praise your 
composition and make you such prom¬ 
ises simply to get the original remit¬ 
tance for printing the music. 1 heir 
letter of praise is usually a form letter 
that goes to every one, praising the 
work, whether it has merit or not. They 
never expect to sell any of the music; 
nor to pay any royalty. Sometimes they 
induce the victim to order some of the 
music and pay for it over again under 
the assurance that it can be sold lo¬ 
cally by the author. They usually suc¬ 
ceed in getting the money through ap¬ 
peals to the commendable ambition or 
pardonable vanity of the victim. Don’t 
look for any profit from it. 
I am an old aud appreciative reader of 
The R. N.-Y., and would like to know 
what you have to say in regard to the 
American Engine and Motor Company, Jer¬ 
sey Shore, Pa. They seem to be sending 
out literature to the farmers of this State. 
Pennsylvania. F. E. B. 
We paid our respects to this frenzied 
financial game some time back. Emi¬ 
nently responsible and respectable bank¬ 
ers and other business men lend their 
name to the directorate and official po¬ 
sitions of a company organized with 
capital stock of a million dollars on an 
asset of some patents and a liberal 
quantity of wind and water. The pre¬ 
ferred stock is then offered to inexperi¬ 
enced investors at par, and as a sort of 
clincher a share of common stock is 
offered as a bonus. Recent adv?ce is 
to the effect that the assets have now 
been advertised at sheriff’s sale. We 
do not know whether anyone bit at the 
tempting bait or not. If an}' poor peo¬ 
ple were induced to put their little sav¬ 
ings into it, we wonder if the eminent 
and respectable bankers who lent their 
names to the scheme will now go down 
into their pockets and refund the 
money. They permitted their names to 
appear on a prospectus which encour¬ 
aged people to expect 40 per cent profit 
on the investment, but there is no evi¬ 
dence they took big blocks of the stock 
for themselves. One would be inclined 
to judge from their anxiety to sell the 
stock to farmers that bankers are not 
looking for stocks that promise 40 per 
cent profits. We would not give so 
much space to this case alone, but it 
is typical of hundreds of others that 
we are asked about daily. 
I received check about two weeks ago 
from the railroad company for the short¬ 
age in shipment of peas. I intended to 
notify you, but neglected it. Accept thanks 
for your kindness in the matter. I have 
always been a great admirer of The R. 
N.-Y., and have usually sent several new 
subscribers a year. H. c. 
New Jersey. 
This shipment was made in June last 
—nearly a year. Two baskets were lost 
in transit, and the shipper tried to get 
returns for them until December, when 
he sent it to us. The shortage amounted 
to $3. and it took us four months to 
get it. This is one of the ways rail¬ 
roads encourage “back to the farm” 
movements. Such settlements should be 
reported to us promptly, otherwise we 
continue work on them after the case 
has been adjusted. j. j. d. 
GALLOWAY 
YOU 
$50 to $300 
S AVE from $50 to $300 by buying your gasoline engine of 2 to22-horse*power from 
a real engine factory. Save dealer, jobt>er and catalogue house profit. No such offer 
as I make on the class of engine I sell has ever been made before in all Gasoline Engine 
history. Here is the secret and reason : I turn them out all alike by the thousands in my 
enormous modern factory, equipped with automatic machinery. I sell them direct to you 
for less money than some factories can make them at actual shop cost. 
All you pay me for is actual raw material, labor and one small profit (and I buy my 
material ’n enormous quantities). 
Anybody can afford and might just as well have a high grade engine when he 
can get in on a wholesale deal of this kind. I’m doing something that never was 
done before. Think of it! A price to you that is lower than dealers and 
jobbers can buy similar engines for, in carload lots, for spot cash. 
An engine that is made so good in the factory that I will send 
ft out anywhere in the U. S. without an expert to any inexperienced 
users, on 30 days’ free trial, to test against any engine made of 
similar horse-power that sells for twice as much, and let him 
be the judge. Sell your poorest horse and buy m 
m 
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5-H.-P. Only $119.50 
A®, 
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Get Galloway's 
Biggest and Best 
BOOK 
GASOLINE 
ENGINE 
Write today for my beautiful new 50-page Engine Book in four 
colors, nothing like it ever printed before, full of valuable information, 
showing how I make them and how you can make more money witli a 
gasoline engine on the farm. Write me— 
Wm. Galloway, Pres., Wm. Galloway Co. 
065 Galloway Station, Waterloo, Iowa 
ESSO RE-CARBONIZED 
CHARCOAL MAKES 
Regulates x CHICKS 
and purifies 
the bowels— 
Absorbs the 
mpure gases 
ot the crop and 
Prevents 
sour condi- 
itlons which 
breed disease 
— Makes the 
flesh sweet and 
gizzard. 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*. 0BERMAYER, CO., 652 Evans St., Cinn., 0. 
Death the Stomach 
Worms Guaranteed 
j We will sond you 100 lbs. of 1)11. 
HOLLAND'S MFDH’ATKI) STOCK 
SALT on 60 days’ trial freight 
prepaid. If you derive no benefit, 
it costs you nothing; if you do, it 
posts you $5.00. Give us your or¬ 
der at once. 
The HOLLAND STOCK REMEDY 
COMPANY, Wellington, Ohio. 
B 
RONZE TURKEY and PEARL GUINEA EGGS. 
POPLAR LAWN FARMS, Lockport, N. Y. 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coai-se or Hue granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest, manufacturers of 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est.1844 
R, MacKELLAR’S SONS CO.. PeekslciU, N.Y. 
I OUGHT TO SEND FOR 
* B * OUR FREE 
CATALOGUE 
We Will Save You Money ers, Feed Remedies, 
Grit, Eggs for hatching. Baby chicks, etc. Write 
today. THE UNITED CO.. 26-B Vesey St.. New York City. 
pm I IC Dll DQ-From imported stock. Females 
OuLLIL rUlO cheap. Nelson Bros., Grove City, Pa. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eightmos. Oirc. SILAS DECKER,Montrose Pa. 
TUP PCI CRRATCn HUNGARIAN AND ENGLISH 
me oCLCBnAi cu 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- 
antry and Game Park, Yardley, Pa. 
B UFF, W1 1 . Lephonis, eggs 7.ir. per 15, $1.25 per 30; S. C. R. I. 
Reil, Mottled Ancona Kggs. 90<\ per 15, $1.50 per 30. Cata¬ 
logue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
W RIGHT’S White Wyandottes, Prize Winners. 
Eggs, $4.00 per 100; baby chicks. $12.00 per 100. 
GRAND VIEW FARM, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
ORPINGTON EGGS. ExhJtdtiom $2.'' UtRity! 
$1.25, also pen 12 utility Buff hens and cockerel. 
Price reasonable. R. M. MORRISON, Lyme, N.H. 
-11 eggs. $1.00; 100, 
Mammoth Pekin Ducks 
and S. C. White Leghorns, 15, $1.00; 100. $5.00. 
GEO. W. DKRIDDER, Ballston Spa, N. Y. 
G iant bkonzk 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. 
P oultryincn—Semi 10c. for our 19**9 Catalog, chock full ol useful 
information. Describee and illustrates 5Y> varieties. You can’t 
afford to be without it. Hast Donegal Poultry fard* Marietta,I’a 
E GGS.— $1 per 15, $2 per 40, from thoroughbred 
Brahmas, Rocks, Wyandottes, Reds, Leghorns, 
S. Hambnrgs; 14 varieties; catalogue; 26 years’ 
experience. S. K. MOHR, B. F., Ooopersburg, Pa. 
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. 
Hone’s “Bredto Lay” Rose Comb Reds 
are deep wine red in color; also superior layers of larKo brown 
Eggs. Kggs from best matings half price, remainder of the 
season. Please send trial order aud let me prove the quality 
advertised. 
D. R. HONE, Crescent Hill Farm, Box 24, Sharon Springs, N.Y. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM LEGHORNS 
250 acres devoted to the best in S. C. W. Leghorns. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM, Box Y, Havre de Grace, Maryland. 
W ANTED AGENTS TO SELL FARMERS’ ACCOUNT BOOK. 
Quick Seller, Big Inducements, Exclusive Terri¬ 
tory. Address L. L. SYPHERS, Fort Wayne, Did. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
AND 
PEKIN 
Van Alstyne’s R, I, Reds"B, f o° 
White Leghorn anil 
Pekin Ducks still in 
the lead. We are 
breeders of the 
DUCKS« rauri, ' 8t laying 
iv o slra i nof S i llK i e comb 
White Leghorns in America, and our Imperial 
Pekin Ducks are second to none. Eggs from se¬ 
lected breeders of Single Comb White Leghorns, 
$6.00 per 100, $1.50 per 15. 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 Rcfis. 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. IU.uOO eggs capacity. Agent Cyphers’ Incu¬ 
bator Co. Bnnnie Brae Poultry Farm, New Rochelle, N.Y. 
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. Ducklings, 25 cents each, $20.00 per 100. 
Correspondence invited. Address till communica¬ 
tions to 
JOHN H. WEED, Mgr., Hillside, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
DAVIS S. C. R. I. REDS. 
200 egg strains. Greatest Winter Layers known. 
Largo Brown Eggs, utility, $5 tier 100: Special 
Matings, $1.50 and $2 tier 13: $10 and $12 per 100. 
Winners at Worcester, Springfield shows, etc. 
Circular. 
DAVIS POULTRY FARM, Berlin, Mass. 
D ARLINGTON POULTRY FARM-WHITE ROCKS ex¬ 
clusively: bettor 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. 
for hatch- 
0111 stock 
bred for vigor and egg production EDW. VAN 
ALSTYNE & SON, Kinderhook, N.Y. 
EGGS FOR HATCH3NG 
S. C. W. Leghorns, B. P. Rocks, White Wyandottes, 
R. I. Reds. Single and Rose Comb. THE R. A. <’. 
POULTRY PLANT, P. O. Box 338, Stamford.Conn. 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards 
offer you eggs that are guaranteed fertile, fiom 
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. 
S. C. White Leghorn Hatching Eggs 
front our heavy laying strain. YVe sell eggs only 
from strong yearling liens, $1.50 per 15— $5.00 per 100. 
HICKORY ISLAND FARM, Clayton, New York. 
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. 
S, C. WHITE LEGHORN RABY CHICKS. 
$10 per 100; Kggs, $5 per 100. All chicks and eggs from 
our own farm raised, free range selected yearlings 
VANCREST POULTRY FARM, Sa lt Point, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
on FRfJC ^1 nn Leading vai idles of Prl«e Poultry, 
tUUv QliUU Hares, etc. Booklet Free. Illus¬ 
trated descri ptive Catalog, 10 cts. F. G. WILE,TELFOIiD, FA. 
PRIZE-WINNING STRAINS— R. I. Reds, 
* both combs: White Wyandottes; Barred Rocks: 
Light and Dark Brahmas; S. <’. White and Brown 
Leghorns; safe delivery: 70# fertility guaranteed: 
eggs, $1, 15; $5, 100. F. Prescott, Riverdale. N. J. 
QC BREEDS POULTRY.— Bred for laying. Eggs for 
UU hatching. Big circular illustrated in colors 
free. JOHN E. HEATWOLE, Harrisonburg, Va. 
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. EXCEL¬ 
SIOR Poultry Farm, R.R.4, Box 3, JonesdaleAVis. 
CRfM-Standard Bred for Eggs—White and 
JUUU Brown Leghorn and Black Minorca Hens 
and Cockerels. Eggs for hatching. THE AMEKI- 
CAN PET STOCK OO,, Collins, Ohio, _ 
W D ROCKS— Eggs from tested heavy layers, 
i I i $2 for 15, front best pens; Incubator Eggs, 
$6 per 100. A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
R 
0SE COMB BLACK MIN0RCAS— Eggs, $1 for 15, $3 
for 50. GEO. BOWDISH. Esperance, N. Y. 
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. 
