702 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 2, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
The United States Express Company has 
paid the claim of $7.80 for the ease of 
eggs shipped to II. Berman, 1305 Amster¬ 
dam avenue, New York, on March 6 . 
New York. L. H. & E. H. I. 
This shipper was specially unfortunate 
with the United States Express Com¬ 
pany. They still have three other cases 
to account for in a shipment to another 
party. We have put in the claim and 
unless the express company can prove 
delivery, we will expect settlement from 
them. 
I enclose circular of the Challenge 
churn. Is it all the manufacturers claim 
for it, or is it a humbug, and is the com¬ 
pany reliable? E. O. S. 
Massachusetts. 
This is practically an old fake that 
has been worked more or less for 20 
years or more. It is not a churn, and it 
does not make butter. It mixes up the 
fat and cheesy matter of the milk into 
a mass which by courtesy is sometimes 
called butter. We have refused to ad¬ 
vertise it for years. 
What do you think of the stock of the 
Colorado-Yulc Marble Company, incorpo¬ 
rated in Colorado, with offices at 2 West 
33rd street, New York city? Capital stock 
is $10,000,000. READER. 
Missouri. 
We think that the man who gets 
caught with such a thin layer of mo¬ 
lasses is easy indeed. We know one of 
the men connected with the scheme, and 
we do not care to inquire into it fur¬ 
ther. We have never known anything 
good to come out of a bad source. 
Please accept my sincere thanks for your 
kindness iu getting the goods for us from 
the Bedell Company, of New York. The 
package seems to have been lost, and we 
failed in getting them to trace it. 
Virginia. R. H. P. 
It is really surprising to see how diffi¬ 
cult it sometimes is for people in the 
country to get a matter of this kind ad¬ 
justed. One would expect that a seller 
would cheerfully and promptly follow 
up a lost package shipped to a customer. 
Of course, most houses do; but occa¬ 
sionally one seems very indifferent. 
I received check of $4.50 from the Globe 
Association. Accept my thanks for your 
good work in the case. I am sure I would 
not have secured it otherwise. What do I 
owe you for your trouble? Yours with 
best wishes for success. c. s. 
West Virginia. 
It is slow, hard work to get these de¬ 
posits back from the Globe Association, 
but they keep coming after they have 
•made all the delay and trouble possible. 
We repeat that the whole scheme is a 
fake on the face of it, and the wonder to 
us is that they got so many people to 
bite on it. 
The Standard Hatchery Co., of Attica, 
Ohio, advertised in the Reliable Poultry 
Journal. Four persons of this place clubbed 
together and made out an order for day- 
old chicks to the amount of $29 and some 
cents. I am one of the persons. The 
chicks were to be here April 18._ They did 
not come and we wrote the firm. They 
said if we would change the order they 
would fill it. We did so and yet they would 
not (ill it. They made all kinds of excuses 
until they got all the money they could, 
and then made an assignment. This busi¬ 
ness was all done through the mail. Have 
these men made themselves liable to prose¬ 
cution? Do you think you could make 
them return the money? c. V. K. 
Ohio. 
We have several complaints from peo¬ 
ple who sent money to this concern and 
could get no chicks. After all our cau¬ 
tion, and all the sad experience, people 
will take chances and send money to 
concerns with no rating and no stand¬ 
ing. There is absolutely nothing that 
can be done in a case like this. The 
money has probably been paid out in 
salaries to themselves and other expen¬ 
ses; and it is not likely that anything 
will be left for creditors after expenses 
of the receiver are paid. There is no 
way to get the money back. If it could 
be shown that they conspired to defraud, 
they would be liable to criminal prose¬ 
cution ; but they have probably kept 
technically within the law; and even, if 
not, it would be a difficult and expensive 
task to make out a case against them. 
Better let it go and look up references 
the next time. 
I received $16.67 yesterday for the plants 
which we accepted In full for the account. 
We thank you for the result. We gave up 
hopes of getting it, and the lawyer thought 
It would be more trouble than it was worth 
to get it. After writing and sending sight 
drafts we gave it up. One day I wanted 
some money, and my husband said if I can 
get the money for those plants I can 
have it. I said I thought the R. N.-Y would 
get it for me for they always make people 
do what is right. I thank you for it, and 
I can use at least ten of your little envelopes 
for subscriptions. MRS. B. 
New York. 
Unfortunately we cannot always make 
people do what is right. If we did 
things would be pleasanter than they 
now are. We find it hard at times to in¬ 
duce people to think we always try to 
do what is right ourselves, much less 
that we are always right. The party 
from whom this little amount was col¬ 
lected, who by the way, is a good honest 
fellow, did not think our position entirely 
right in the matter, but was yet willing 
to abide by our judgment as arbitrator 
of the dispute. It is something, how¬ 
ever, to enjoy the confidence of the 
good women of The R. N.-Y. family 
to the extent that they feel that it has 
a way of influencing people to do right. 
When the time comes for the present 
management to pass the paper on their 
successors, we would rather leave it 
with this general reputation on the part 
of the women into whose home it is 
weekly received than to pass it with a 
million dollar bank account, and with 
less confidence from its subscribers. 
C'an you give the rating of the Industrial 
Savings and Loan Co. of New York? Some 
time ago the company carried an advertise¬ 
ment in your paper, but as I have not no¬ 
ticed it lately I wondered if you had re¬ 
fused their advertising. I am contemplat¬ 
ing an investment and safety is the first 
consideration with me. Would you receive 
gilt-edge security from a deposit in their 
bank? Would you trust them with your 
own private funds? If you could advise 
me in this matter I should be very grate¬ 
ful. Your “Publisher’s Desk” alone is 
worth the price of the paper. o. b. s. 
New York. 
We discontinued the advertising of 
this business about two years ago be¬ 
cause the officers of the Columbia In¬ 
vestment and Real Estate Comnany, 
continue the real estate operations which 
had been conducted by the Association, 
but discontinued because of the require¬ 
ments of the State Banking Department. 
They continue to use the funds of the 
Association in these real estate transac- 
actions, thus side-stepping the Depart¬ 
ment regulations. It puts the officers in 
the position of trading for the Associa¬ 
tion with themselves as parties interested 
in the real estate company, and anyone 
can see that the real estate company 
would stand a fair chance of having the 
advantage in the deal. But aside from 
this they have at their disposal the 
names and addressee of the members of 
the Industrial Building and Loan Asso¬ 
ciation, which pays five per cent inter¬ 
est ; and they now write these members 
and try to induce them to change their 
investment to the notes of the real estate 
company, which promises six and one- 
half per cent interest. However, it is to 
say the least a question, if this is not 
usury in the State of New York, where 
six per cent is the legal rate of interest, 
and if so, of course, the notes would be 
illegal and could not be collected. As offi¬ 
cers of the Loan Association they owe 
loyalty and support to it, and through it 
to its members. They are the trustees 
of the members of the Association, and 
of its funds. Their duties oblige them to 
devote their best efforts to building it 
up and increasing its business. Instead 
of this they deliberately set to_ work to 
reduce its capital and its business for 
their own private interests and profits. 
In our judgment they violate a trust, and 
have disqualified themselves as trustees 
of the funds of the Loan Association and 
its members. Needless to say we would 
not trust our private funds to any such 
institution, and we call on such papers as 
the “Outlook,” the “Review of Re¬ 
views,” and the “Saturday Evening Post” 
either to defend a state of affairs of this 
kind or discontinue the advertising. It 
is about time we understood how far re¬ 
spectable papers can go with impunity 
in the advertising of financial schemes 
of this kind. 
The R. N.-Y. saved one person from 
getting sold on the Wonderberry. I waa 
telling h’.m of the frauds that you were 
exposing, and when I mentioned the Won¬ 
derberry, his wife said: “We have our 
order all ready to send for the seeds, but 
I think we will keep our money now and 
send 10 cents for the paper.” I still have 
a few of the little envelopes and papers, 
which I will dispose of on my way home 
to New York. m. b. 
Florida. 
With all due respect to Messrs. Bur¬ 
bank and Childs, we think this woman 
has made the best use of her 10 cents. 
It doesn’t seem to make any difference 
where The R. N.-Y. people go, they are 
always looking after the good of the 
family. J. J- D. 
PREVENTING DAMPNESS IN HENHOUSE. 
What can I do to keep a henhouse from 
being damp in Winter so the frost will not 
stand in the walls? L. v. d. c. 
New York. 
The dampness on the walls of this 
house is no doubt due to imperfect ven¬ 
tilation, and can be remedied by the use 
of muslin curtains. The first house I 
built was the most expensive, the most 
unsatisfactory and the most unprofitable. 
It was double-sided, with paper and a 
dead air-space, double floored and a cur¬ 
tain to let down over the glass. In cold 
weather we could scrape the frost off all 
over the walls. We ripped out enough 
lumber to build an additional house b“ 
fore we succeeded in making that house 
profitable by getting it ventilated right, 
which was accomplished with muslin. 
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The nails were as free from rust as on 
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We make the same nails today 
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Why put 10-year nails in 
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Branford, Conn. 
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galvanized. Practically indestructible. Stock -. jj 
trong. Chicken tight. I5to35c perrod. Sample free. Wepay frt. 
fhe Brown Fence&WireCo.. Dept. 59. Cleveland, Ohio. 
WHEELS, FREIGHT PAID, $8.75 
for 4 Buggy Wheels, Steel Tires. With Rubber Tires, 
$15.20. I manufacture wheels to -1 in. tread. Buggy 
Tops $5.50, Shafts $2.00, Top Buggies $33, Harness $5. 
Learn how to buy direct. Catalog free. Repair Wheels, 
$5.50. Wagon Umbrella Fust*. W.R. BOOB, Clu’ti, 0. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM LEGHORNS 
250 aeres devoted to the best in S. O. W. Leghorns. 
MT. PLEASANT FARM, Box Y. Havre de Grace, Maryland. 
S. C. W. LEGHORN CHICKS 8c. EACH 
Catalog telling how to feed and 
euro forchieks, alsoabout diseases 
five. If more 
than i chicks 
to each 100 you 
buy are dead 
when reaching 
your express 
office, I will 
make good the 
loss. Chicks hardy. 
C. M. Lauver, Box 73, Richfield, Pa. 
LAKEHILL FARM. 
W. H. TIIACHER 
S. C. W. Leghorn Day-old Chicks, 10 cents each, 
$8.00 per hundred. Imp. l’ekln Day-old Ducklings, 
20 cents each, $18.00 per hundred. Address all 
communications to 
JOHN H. WEED, Mar., Hillside, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
Bargain Day At Unno’c 1 ‘RroH tfl I au” R-C.Reds at 
Crescent Hill Farm UUIIB b DIBUlULdy half price. 
Dm lug the next CO days will sell half of my choicest breeders of 
1910 at just half the price I could have sold them two mouths 
ngo. $15 birds for $7.50, $10 birds for $5, $5 birds for $2.50, and 
$:i birds for $1.50. 
D. R, HONE, Creseont Hill Farm, Sharon Springs, Now York. 
R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS and INDIAN 
DIIMMCD nnni/e forshow, breeding and utility. 
rlUIMIMtrl LlUlmO All stock sold on approval. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, Box 153, Southold Suffolk Co., New York. 
BABY CHICKS July hatched 8*2 cents 
- -- — - each. Single Comb 
White Leghorns. Free range selected stock. Can 
furnish in any number. Circular freo. CHAS. R. 
STONE, Baby Chicken Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORNS A G ™ 
^ AT BARGAIN PRICES 
TO MAKE BOOM 
P CITIM n II P IF C BONNIE BRAE POULTRY 
CKIN UUblVO FARM, New Rochelle, N.Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair; Ttios, $5; Eggs for 
Hatching, $1 for 15 ; $5 for 100. Catalog free. 
C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport. N. Y. 
T)I{IZE-WINNING STRAINS—R. I. Reds, 
T both combs; White Wyandottes: BarredRocks; 
Light and Dark Brahmas; S. C. White and Brown 
Leghorns; safe delivery; 70# fertility guaranteed; 
eggs, $1, 15; $5, 100. E. J'RESCOTT, Riverdale, N. J. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
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. 
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. 
Free Poultry Catalogue 
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 Kggs. 90c. per 15, $1.50 per 30. Cata¬ 
logue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
QC Single Comb White Leghorn Hens and 2 Cockerels, $30. 
Od Collie Pups and Bred Bitches, 22 Buff Orping¬ 
ton Eggs, $1. W. A. BOTHERS, Peru Lack, Pa. 
Van Alstyne's R, I, Reds-f„??,'r‘,“S 
bred for vigor and egg production EDW. VAN 
ALSTYNE & SON, Kinderhook, N.Y. 
■p' O—Partridge and Golden Rocks, White 
Guineas, Embden Geese, Rouen and 
Mallard Ducks. Duroc Swine. Choice Collie Pups. 
J. H. LEWIS & SON, Cadiz, Ohio. 
THE LEVIN PRUNER 
The best pruner. Cuts J^-inch dry 
branch. Quick, clean, easy cut. We 
will send it post paid for club of two 
new yearly subscriptions at $1 each, 
or for club of 7 ten weeks trials at 10 
cents each. 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York 
