J 14« 
WME2 R.XJK..A.L, NEW-YORKER 
September 19, 
P UBLISHER’S DESK 
Y OU may wonder what I, a principal 
of schools, am doing as a yearly sub¬ 
scriber to your paper. I would like 
to tell you that in all the nine or 10 
periodicals that visit our home monthly, 
weekly or daily, none receives a warmer 
welcome. Also that among them all there 
is none that bring us more real useful¬ 
ness and pleasure. One of the big points 
conducive to our pleasure is the fact we 
feel assured that news or advertisements 
we find in it are not rumors but truth. 
New Jersey. R. L. P. 
No paper of any class enjoys a more 
intelligent, cultux-ed or distinguished class 
of readers than The R. N.-Y. Teachers, 
lawyers, doctors, statesmen and dis¬ 
tinguished jurists are among its steady 
patrons. We not only have legislators 
and executives of this country, but pa¬ 
trons among the crowned heads of Europe 
and Asia, yet the fondest ambition of the 
paper is to be a real service to the farm¬ 
er, no matter what his position, in those 
things, which a paper may be helpful. 
The favored and powerful are able to help 
themselves, and naturally it would seem 
that the service would fall more to a 
class who were unable to protect them¬ 
selves. For a large part it does. But to 
be efficient this service has to be reliable. 
This does not imply that there could 
never be a mistake. No one expects hu¬ 
man perfection; but it does require that 
the purpose be sincei'e, and truth the 
ideal. We realize now what we candidly 
did not anticipate at the beginning, that 
an honest service to the working farmer, 
embraces principles and functions that 
appeal to all men with an interest in 
agriculture. So that in an effort to serve 
where a paper could be most helpful, we 
receive reward and support from those 
who need service less, but who have 
learned to appreciate the human element 
in the affairs of mankind. 
By reading the letters in your issue of 
August 29, I see that I am not the only 
one that got “let down” by dealing with 
It. J. Gibbins of Mt. Holly, N. J. Hav¬ 
ing seen his advertisement advertising 
White Wyandottes at $8 per dozen, on 
August 4, I ordered six pullets, which I 
received August 16. They were a sorry 
looking sight. Three had plumage belong¬ 
ing to Barred Rocks; four single combs 
and white shanks which resemble White 
Orpingtons; and one had a partially red 
back and wings. W. L. T. 
Ohio. 
The above letter is corroborating evi¬ 
dence of the complaints of the two read¬ 
ers published in our issue of August 29. 
Further comment on Mr. Gibbins’ stock 
or his business methods seem unnecessary. 
The case of D. B. Cornell, real estate 
broker, charged with false pretenses, was 
brought up in the district court in Great 
Barrington today. The case was dis¬ 
missed. The case was brought by True 
8. James, a New York actor, who pur¬ 
chased a farm in Austerlitz, N. Y., from 
Mr. Cornell. Mr. Cornell held a mort¬ 
gage on the farm and was about to fore¬ 
close when the criminal action was 
brought against him. The court stated 
that the action was not a proper one for 
a criminal court.—Local Paper. 
We are glad to give Mr. Cornell the 
benefit of the above statement in which 
it appears he was released from the crim¬ 
inal charge, as reported in this column 
oh August 22. The report would in¬ 
dicate that redress for the alleged fraud 
should be obtained in the civil instead of 
the criminal courts. Aside from the al¬ 
leged deception on the buyer in this case 
we have numerous reports from farmers 
to the effect that the D. B. Cornell Co., 
Great Barrington, Mass., is sending 
agents tln-ough the country inducing farm 
owners to pay an advance fee for listing 
their property. This was the scheme 
worked by Ostrander of Philadelphia a 
number of years ago. A number of real 
estate concerns have made use of the 
scheme since in some veiled form or 
other; but Cornell seems to be the only 
agent so far as we know to appi’opriate 
the plan in all its nakedness. R. N.-Y 
readers who are approached by realty 
agents are in no danger of taking any 
Ostrander variety of sucker bait and they 
can do their neighbors a service by wait¬ 
ing them against its allurements. 
Watertown, N. Y., Sept. 2. —Max 
M. Hart of New York, a promoter and 
speculator with a criminal record, was 
sentenced today to serve five years in the 
Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., for fraud¬ 
ulently using the mails in connection with 
the Oneida Milling Company. Adolph 
Wupperman, also of New York, a busi¬ 
ness associate of Hart, was fined $2,500. 
Andrew S. Work of Chicago and Frank 
M. Fowler of Oneida were released un¬ 
der suspended sentences. In addition to 
the prison sentence Hart, who has figured 
in many shady transactions, was fined 
$1,500. He and Wupperman have ap¬ 
pealed. The Grand Jury has indicted 
Wupperman, Arthur L. Fuber of New 
York and William Trimborn and Moi’- 
timer Bartlett, private detectives of New 
York, accusing them of having tampered 
with the jury that tried Hart and the 
others. The charge of jury tampering 
was made on July 18 to Federal Judge 
George W. Ray. Hart denied knowledge 
of this, but Judge Ilay ordered him locked 
up during the trial.—Local Paper. 
This Oneida Milling Co. scheme bore 
all the earmarks of the “get-rich-quick” 
promoter. In the first place the pro¬ 
spectus promised 7% interest guaranteed. 
A bonus of common was offered with the 
preferred, which it was represented 
would bring the earnings on the invest¬ 
ment up to 10%. Then every investor 
could buy his flour or feed at a discount. 
This is the inducement that catches the 
largest number. It is an old game that 
has been worked by professional stock 
promoters as long as we have known 
about their schemes. If the subscribers 
who asked our advice, at the time this 
stock was being boomed, were guided by 
it, they are to be congratulated on having 
escaped the wiles of these swindlers. 
“But where are the women?” Here I 
am, if you please, ninning so hax-d I’m all 
out of breath! It is such an unusual 
thing that woman should be included 
when favors are granted, that the poor 
dear naturally stays in the background! 
Yes, six 1 , please put my name down on 
that list to discourage dishonest busi¬ 
ness concerns. Well, I’ll just hang 
around your desk till it’s done. Here are 
my reasons: I lost $150 through an ad¬ 
vertisement in a farm Journal six years 
ago, and it is pretty tough for a poor 
schoolmarm to lose money. (miss) l. f. 
We regret the reason that inspired this 
membership in the Anti-Fake Club; but 
we rejoice to have it. This seems to be 
the first membei’ship registered by women, 
but ultimately we expect that they will 
equal or outnumber the men. No mat¬ 
ter whether the fraud on a family comes 
through her own ti’ansactions or through 
the men, the woman of the household 
usually suffers from the loss. She is 
therefore interested in any case; but 
often the deception is directed directly to 
her. Of the estimated ten or twelve 
millions collected and squandered by E. 
G. Lewis, the larger portion 01 it seems 
to have been contributed by women, and 
few of them ever have or ever will get 
back a cent. However unusual it may be 
for her to be asked to share in the favors 
that are passed around she is certainly 
not slighted when gold-brick allurements 
are on the table. The average women 
have been even more helpless than men 
because their experience and field of ac¬ 
tivities have been more limited, and they 
have not had the information that would 
enable them to recognize deception in 
the schemes worked out to deceive them. 
This club membership will give them the 
information required and we have every 
confidence that they will eagerly avail 
themselves of it. Come, ladies, send in 
your names for membership in the Anti- 
Fake Club. 
Last Fall I saw the advertisement of 
J. R. Cain, Washington, Pa., in another 
publication, and sent him an order for a 
dog, paying $25 for him. The dog I re¬ 
ceived did not correspond with the de¬ 
scription in the advertisement. The dog 
was 17 pounds lighter in weight and while 
I ordered a male I received a female. The 
dog sent \ as entirely worthless. I have 
written Mr. Cain two or three times and 
fail to receive any reply to my letters. 
If you can get any satisfaction for me, I 
shall appreciate it. e. a. f. 
New York. 
Our letters in the subscriber’s behalf 
were also ignored by Mr. Cain, and the 
record in the ti’ansaetion is not one that 
would encourage others to entrust this 
party with dog ordei-s. We hope that Mr. 
Cain may not be a reader of The It. N.- 
Y., but perhaps some of his neighbors may 
bi'ing to hi, attention the record, in cold 
type, he made in the transaction. 
I shipped to Harrington & Co., 170 
Summer Street, Boston, Mass., one cow 
hide which was delivei'ed and signed fox 1 , 
but I cannot get them to pay for it. I 
wish you would see what you can do for 
me, as I see from your paper you bring 
lots of them to time. The hide was worth 
$4.58 according to the record on their 
book, which was shown me by their book¬ 
keeper when I called. D. w. h. 
Massachusetts. 
We were unable to get any redress ! 
whatever from this fix-m, but it is reported I 
that they do not have an office at the 
address any longer but call there for the 
mail. The inference for other shippers 
is obvious; but all such cases should be 
reported by the shipper to the post office 
department at Washington, D. C. 
The check arrived this morning in pay¬ 
ment of claim against Adams Express for 
the lost case of eggs, that you so kindly 
had adjusted for me. It was quick work 
—less than a week, while I have waited 
since January. Thank you very much. 
In return I shall try to steer some sub¬ 
scribers your way as soon as possible. 
New Jei’sey. c. G. w. 
The subscriber had never received even 
an acknowledgment of this claim until 
he received the remittance, after our 
filing of the complaint. 
Questions About Pigeons. 
I nAVE about 100 pigeons in a wire en¬ 
closure which is about 100 feet long, 
50 feet wide and about 30 feet high, 
with a house for them in the centre which 
is about 15 feet square and about same 
in height, with any amount of nesting 
places. I feed them with a mixture of 
four quarts of cracked corn, rye, buck¬ 
wheat and a little oats; the latter they do 
not eat. They are not producing a sat¬ 
isfactory number of squabs, maybe get¬ 
ting 60 in the course of a year. I can¬ 
not tell a male from a female. Is it nec¬ 
essary to have as many males as females? 
How can they be distinguished? How 
many should a pair produce in a year? 
How long is a pair useful for produc¬ 
tion? Will they lay the first year? What 
kind of food is necessary? How much 
would you feed per 100 birds? The yard 
is seeded down to grass, and they have 
plenty of fresh, running water and shells. 
Massachusetts. J. M. 
The wire enclosure you have for your 
pigeons is satisfactory, the house is large 
enough, your feed mixture should be 
changed some and the pigeons should be 
mated male to female in every case. A 
pair of satisfactory breeding pigeons 
should give you six or eight pairs of 
squabs per year. The usefulness for 
breeding purposes of a pair of pigeons is 
from four to eight years. Pigeons will 
lay and produce young their first yeai\ 
In feeding pigeons they should be sup¬ 
plied with all that they will eat readily 
of a mixture something like this, equal 
parts of whole hard wheat, small size 
whole corn and Canada field peas. Once 
a week a little millet and a little hemp 
seed may be given them. Charcoal and 
ground oyster shell should be provided 
for them in a small dish. The house 
should be well ventilated and kept as 
free from vermin as possible. The great¬ 
est amount of work in producing squabs 
(young pigeons), is to keep the old birds 
mated and breeding. It is quite difficult 
to distinguish males from females until 
one has become quite used to the char- 
acteifistics actions and appearance. A 
good way for you to do with your pigeons 
is to place them in small, temporary 
quarters, where they can be watched 
and as soon as a male is found driving a 
female, that is, following her around and 
giving every appearance of courting her, 
it may be assured that they are mated 
and they should then be placed in their 
permanent quarters. They will need con¬ 
siderable watching, but in time you will 
be able to find the greater part of them 
mated and transferred. With young 
birds that do not seem to mate readily 
you should have small wire cages made 
about two feet long and one foot wide, 
divided in the middle with wire. By plac¬ 
ing in such cages two birds, one in either 
end, you can soon tell whether they are 
male and female and whether they will 
mate or not. Pigeons, like eagles, mate 
for life, and when once they become at¬ 
tached to each other, seldom give up their 
mates. a. l. c. 
When you write advertisers mention Ths 
Rural New-Yorker and you’ll get a quick 
reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee 
editorial page. :::::: 
Cornlnsurance 
is the title of our Free Catalog which tells 
how to take proper care of your corn crop. 
With plenty of illustrations and testimon¬ 
ials it proves to every business-farmer that 
it pays to invest in a 
Marshall Corn Crib 
It protects your com against loss 
through fire, vermin. Inclement 
weather and theft. The perfor¬ 
ated body of crib and the ven¬ 
tilating shaft insure perfectly 
cured com. Built along scienti¬ 
fic lines, easy to erect and ever¬ 
lasting. Comes in sevoral styles 
and many sizes. Ask for the 
freo catalog today. 
Iron Crib & Bin Co. 
Box 125 Wooster, Ohio 
®BEEF,MILK,BUTTER- 
ANIMAIS WEED PROTEIN! 
CHEAPLY SUPPLIED FROM 
* OWL BRAND 
fkoiION SEED MEAL 
HDVfL BRANDjIquarmtHD fULL4l%PROTEIN 
NOT BASIS 41 %-THERESA DIFFERENCE 
%ton!ee^ 
3 MEAL 
OUR BOOKLET 
"SCIENCE OF FEEDING" 
FREE ON REQUEST 
01 
SOTROPE 5 0). MDfflRTEHfc, 
STOP WASTE LABOR 
•To lift a load into a wagon 4 
feet from the ground on old 
high wooden wheels is a foolish 
waste of labor when you can easily 
lowerthewagon bedandLIFTONL' 
2 FEET. Why don’t you stop wasting 
your labor? Lower your wagon bed 2 feet by 
equipping with low 
Empire Steel Wheel! 
Far stronger than wooden wheels. Can¬ 
not rot or Dow. NO BREAKDOWNS. 
No repair bills. Life savers for horses 
hauling over muddy roads and soft stub¬ 
ble fields. Satisfaction fully guaranteed 
3r money back quick. Write today for 
10-DAY NO RISK TRIAL OFFER. 
Empire Manufacturing Co. 
Box ee K Quincy, III. 
Be Weather wise 
When you work in the 
rain wear the 
FISH BRAND 
REFLEX 
SLICKER 
Waterproof through 
and through. Cannot 
soak up water and 
get heavy. Our 
patented R efl e x 
Edges stop water 
from running in where 
the fronts overlap and 
button. The best wet 
weather coat your 
money can buy. 
$3.00 EVERYWHERE 
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED a 
Catalog Free 
J - TOWER CO. 
fJSHWtKF 0 BOSTON 
Easy to Load 
Sides or Rear 
Saves Labor 
Light 
Draft 
The Emerson 
Low Down Spreader 
Y OU put manure on the farm to furnish plant food for the growing 
crops. The more thoroughly pulverized and nearer plant food 
form this manure is applied the less atmospheric waste and better 
results. The Emerson Spreader actually pulverizes and applies the ma¬ 
nure in more available plant food form than any other low down spreader. 
Send for Book of Spreader Facts 
Tells all 
structlon 
special features. Every farmer should have a copy of this book, 
address for free illustrated book. 
about Emerson con- 
and describes all 
Send your name and 
Emerson-Brantingham Implement Co. (inc.). 914 w.iron st., Rockford, I1L 
Farm Machinery Established 1352 
Plows, Harrows, Pulverizers, Listers, Sproaders, Planters, Drills, Cultivators, 
Mowers, Hay Tools, Baling Presses, Corn Shelters, Gas Engines, Farm Tractors, 
Steam Traction Engines, Threshing Machines, Road Rollers, Wagons and Vehicles 
40918 
