846 
TShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 30. 1917. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Received in one of our small 10c en¬ 
velopes a remittance of $2.50. The en¬ 
velope is postmarked Cincinnati, Ohio, 
June 11, 1917, 2 P. M. No name signed 
and nothing to indicate to what it w’as to 
be applied. Received by us on Jun^ 14, 
1917. 
Also received a $5 bill in a plain white 
envelope together w’ith a sheet of paper on 
which was written “subscriptions.” There 
was no name signed. The envelope is 
postmarked New York, Hudson Term. 
Sta., June 14, 1917, 4:30 P. M. Re¬ 
ceived by us on June 15, 1917. 
The above is the result of absent- 
mindedness on the part of the two sub¬ 
scribers in question. Almost every house 
doing business by mail receives remit¬ 
tances in this way and has no means of 
locating the sender until complaint is re¬ 
ceived. If this statement meets the e.ves 
of the subscribers in question w’c will ask 
them to write us promptly so that proper 
credit may be given. And all should be 
careful to sign all letters with full name 
and address. 
Ohio agriculture is waiting patiently 
for the kindly dispositioned ex-Judge 
IVard to put Publisher’s Desk on such a 
run that he cannot stop until he lands in 
Ohio, as the 35-cent dollar is everywhere 
in evidence. Come over in Macedonia 
and help us. C. S. 
Ohio. 
We have all been waiting for .Tudge 
Ward to get going, but somehow his push 
has not been felt yet. Perhaps his great 
influence is a .30-ceuter after all. At any 
rate we know where to go and land 
among friends—that’s Ohio! So the .35- 
cent dollars are “everywhere in evi¬ 
dence!” You would not think it to read 
the farm papers. Why, it’s out near Ohio 
that farmei’s are taught that this 35-cent 
dollar is only “the vain repetition of an 
economic fallacy!” Is it possible that 
Ohio farmers know more about it than 
their farm papers do? At least, they 
seem to have more courage in talking 
about it. TirE R. N.-Y. wdll go to Mace¬ 
donia or anywhere else to fight the 35- 
cent dollar! 
I am sending you a letter just received. 
It is going the rounds here. Is it 
straight? The absence of street and 
number look suspicious. Names on the 
letter are of prominent business men. 
Oregon. w. w. w. 
The enclosure refers to a chain letter 
W’hich this subscriber received soliciting 
24c for the purchase of anaesthetics to be 
used in the hospitals of the Allies to allay 
the suffering of those undergoing opera¬ 
tions. The object seems to be a worthy 
one. This chain letter scheme is pro¬ 
moted by Miss IJlizabeth Whitman, Su¬ 
perintendent of Nurses of a hospital in 
New York City. Our information from 
reliable sources is that Miss Whitman is 
actuated by sincere and unselfish motives 
in starting this chain letter scheme, but 
reports have come to us that no accurate 
account of receipts and disbursements 
has been kept. We are opposed to these 
chain letter schemes on general princi¬ 
ples, even though the object to be at¬ 
tained may be meritorious. We believe 
that those inclined to help the war suf¬ 
ferers can find other avenues by which 
they can make contributions to the suffer¬ 
ers’ relief without taking any part in 
these chain letter schemes. 
C. E. L., New Jensey, asks in Pub¬ 
lisher’s Desk about the Globe Associa¬ 
tion. Chicago. Date in the Fall several 
years ago a neighbor came to me chuck 
full of enthusiasm and wanted me to take 
a rig and carry him around from house 
to house through the nearby country 
towns, and I did so for one month. It 
seems he sent to the Globe Association 
and got some sugar and other things 
which were all right, and then accepted 
the agency for distributing circulars and 
getting members for them. At first they 
wanted $2.,50 for a membership certifi¬ 
cate, then finally came down to $1.50. 
Well, he worked hard and faithfully for a 
month. He told me afterward that he 
was to have had $90. It was something 
like this. He signed a contract to work 
according to specification, which they 
would send later, so wdien his month was 
up and he commenced to talk about pay, 
he found he w’as expected to appoint a 
certain number of agents and to collect 
$12 from each and send to the associa¬ 
tion. He was out this time besides what 
he paid me. E. A. w. 
Connecticut. 
Allow me to write you in answer to 
your subscriber’s letter asking if the 
Globe Association of Chicago, was all 
right. A few years ago I received a cat¬ 
alogue, asking me to become an agent for 
them. Each member must pay a fee of 
$2.50 in order to get the things at any 
price, and I was to get at the rate ofrlOc 
on every dollar’s worth I sold. I left a 
good job to work for them, as they of¬ 
fered such inducements. I had to sign 
three men’s names who would stand good 
for me, and I paid .$4.50 for the sample 
case of things and signed to work for a 
year; they were to pay me every month. 
So I started out, and knowdng a great 
many people I did well in getting mem¬ 
bers. Every day I reported to them and 
sent them the money for membership 
coupons, and members sent for their own 
groceries, but when they received the 
goods they would have to take them in $5 
and $10 lots, some 10 lbs. of crackers 
and such things'; pounds of baking soda, 
and things like that. So it went on for 
two months; I tramped out every day, 
paid my own postage and carfare at dif¬ 
ferent place.s, and all I ever got from 
them was that I was doing well, and 
that if I would keep on with the thing 
I would become an expert. I wrote and 
told them I would not work any more for 
them if they did not do what they prom¬ 
ised to do, so they wrote and said they 
would keep me to my agreement or I 
must get someone to take my place, or 
they would come on my bondsmen. Prom 
that time until now I have never heard 
of them. T. F. c. 
New York. 
The two reports above, which were 
brought about by the inquiry of “C. E. 
D.” hardly need comment. The experi¬ 
ences of these people clearly explain the 
methods of the Association. 
Those desiring us to enter claims 
against railroads, express companies, etc., 
on account of lost or damaged shipments, 
should always forward express or railroad 
receipt as the case may be. The trans¬ 
portation companies will not consider 
claims unless we have the proper receipts 
to back the claim up. Where shipper has 
not kept the original receipt for the ship¬ 
ment, duplicate, which can be secured 
from the express or freight agent, will do. 
On April 5 I mailed the Moore Reed 
Company of 125 Market street, Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa., a check for .$9.70 in payment 
for grass seed, and on April 15th received 
a card notification of shipment, as order 
No. 3190. Not receiving same in proper 
time, I wrote them two letters and finally 
a telegram, but no reply. A concern 
that does business in this way and hasn’t 
the courtesy to answer a letter, surely 
ought to be brought before the eyes of 
the public. Do you think you can wake 
them up and get a reply to my order? 
Of course, the grass seed is useless to me 
this year now. w. L. 
New Jersey. 
The experience of the New Jemey sub¬ 
scriber is in line with other complaints 
we received regarding this Philadelphia 
seed house. We are publishing the sub¬ 
scriber’s experience for the benefit of 
those who might be induced to trust their 
order to this house. 
On December 23rd, 1916, I sent to the 
American Metal Shoe Company, of 
Pacine, Wis., $9.46 for two pairs of 
shoes at .$4.50 each, and 2.3c for postage. 
On February 2nd, 1917, I received the 
shoes, but one pair did not fit, so I return¬ 
ed them, and on February 5th, 1917, they 
wrote me acknowledging receipt of the 
shoes. Since that time I have written 
them two letters and three cards, but 
have never succeeded in getting a reply 
from them. My claim against them is for 
$4.73. Anything you can do for me to 
get this money refunded will be gladly 
received. M. A. d. 
Vermont. 
On November 14th, 1916, I purchased 
two pairs of shoes from the American 
Metal Shoe Company of Racine, Wis. 
One pair was received promptly, and un¬ 
der date of December»2nd, 1916, they ad- 
vi.sed me they w’ere out of the size or¬ 
dered, so that the other pair would be 
coming in a few days. The.se shoes have 
never arrived, and every time I wrote 
last Winter I was informed that shoes 
had been shipped on November 21st, 1916. 
It is now two months since they stopped 
answering me altogether, and I am still 
short $4.97, or a pair of shoes. Kindly 
advise me what kind of a concern this is. 
If responsible, and this is only due to an 
error on their part, I will send you all 
correspondence, and there ought to be no 
trouble in getting adjustment. If it is 
only a fly-by-night concern I shall stand 
the loss with a grin, l. c. f. 
New York. 
The American Metal Shoe Company of 
Racine, Wis., refu-ses to reply to our let¬ 
ters with regard to the above complaints. 
A concern that neglects to fill their orders 
promptly in this way, and refuses to an¬ 
swer letters of complaint with regard to 
the matter, certainly is unworthy of the 
confidence of the public. 
Don’t! Don’t! Don’t! ship eggs or 
other produce to any commission house 
or other receiver without first looking up 
the responsibility of the individual or 
house. 
Failure to Hatch 
I set a hen on 15 eggs in a box perhaps 
three feet from the floor of the cow barn. 
She sat very steadily, never were the 
eggs allowed to get cold. Five eggs 
hatched, one was not fertile, nine had 
chickens ^ully developed, and dead in the 
shells. N. T. B. 
The only explanation that I can give 
of such failures to hatch when conditions 
seem to l>e perfect for hatching is that 
the germ of life in the egg had not suffi¬ 
cient vigor fully to complete the cycle of 
development and emerge from the shell. 
This lack of vigor may have been due to 
any of many caufses, common among 
which are close confinement of breeding 
birds during the Winter and the feeding 
almost exclusively upon corn and like 
foods lacking in some of the essential 
elements that promote strong vitality. 
M, B, D. 
Gapes 
Would you give directions for treating 
young chickens with gapes? I have 
raised poultry for some year.s, and never 
saw a chicken with the gapes until now. 
We have just moved on to a new farm ; 
my chickens are about ten weeks old. 
Pennsylvania. s. A. s. 
Gapes are caused by a small parasitic 
worm which finds lodgment in the young 
chick’s windpipe and obstructs its breath¬ 
ing. These worms may be removed by 
jiassing a loop of horse hair or the tip 
of a feather dipped into turpentine down 
the w’indpipe and turning it about there. 
The worms being loosened, the chick can 
cough them out. As this trouble is com¬ 
mon where chicks have been raised for 
some years on the same plot of ground, it 
is best to try to find new runs for the 
chicks each year, and to thoroughly clean 
and disinfect brooders and other quarters 
at least annually. Plowing and liming 
land that must be used repeatedly is of 
benefit in destroying the eggs and worms 
in it, but it is best to change locations as 
frequently as is practicable. Operations 
with horsehair or feathers should be con¬ 
ducted with care to avoid wounding the 
delicate membrane lining the air passage. 
M. B. D. 
Loss of Chicks 
I had about 1.50 young chickens. We 
have had very cold and damp weather 
for them. They finally started to droop 
their wdngs, eyes would close, legs would 
tremble as if cold, and then die. They 
seem to have diarrhoea. I have lost 
about 25 of them now. Could you tell 
me what is the matter with them, and 
what I can do for them? AYe have been 
feeding chick feed, also meat scraps; I 
have them running with the mother hens. 
Delaware. w- z. 
I cannot tell from your brief descrip¬ 
tion what ails these chicks; they may be 
affected with white diarrhoea or may be 
suffering from the indigestion of improper 
food of some kind. It will be well to look 
carefully after the quality of the meat 
scrap fed, and to see that they get no 
musty or moldy food of any kind. If they 
have true white diarrhoea, little can be 
done for them, and those that survive 
will be unprofitable. M.\B. D. 
Care of Young Turkeys 
I would like to secure some informa¬ 
tion concerning the care of young turkeys. 
Some years I have had* as many as 125 
little turkeys, but in a few weeks most 
of them died. 
New York, 
A turkey-raising venture is about as 
risky a proposition as a person can tackle, 
as they are so delicate wdien young, and 
have so many enemies. However, when 
a person understands their natural char¬ 
acteristics and tendencies better results 
may be obtained than is possible under 
unfavorable conditions. The first thing 
to consider is your breeding stock. Never 
mate related birds, as the young will be 
weak and die—as a rule—soon after 
hatching. The next point to consider is 
that turkeys are the nearest to the wild 
species of any of our domesticated fowl; 
therefore it is necessary to spend consid¬ 
erable time W’ith the breeders and young 
stock to tame them, and overcome their 
natural timidity by kindness and giving 
them good care. This keeps them from 
wandering too far from home while 
young and prevents a large part of the 
loss wdiich usually occurs with flocks 
when allowed to roam as their wild na¬ 
ture dictates. 
This loss is caused by the old turkeys 
trailing the little ones through the w'et 
grass early in the morning or after show¬ 
ers, and going w'here they will easily fall 
a prey to skunks, foxes, w’eazels, hawks, 
owls, etc., 1,11 of w'hich may seriously re¬ 
duce the number of turkeys left to sell in 
the Fall. The next point to consider is 
that too close confinement is equally as 
destructive to the flock as too much 
range, so they should have plenty of room 
in the coops, and a good-sized imn with 
secluded nests during the hatching sea¬ 
son. The best feed that we have ever 
used for young turkeys is johnny-cake. 
W'hich should be fed during the first week 
or 10 days, gradually changing to the 
regular rations used for chickens. Free 
range should be given as soon as they are 
strong enough to take care of themselves. 
O. s. G. 
TAe Cow Knows—but SHE can't talk. Ask the Dealer. 
Keep the Flies Away 
From the Cows 
And note the increase in the milk production. Cows cannot 
eive the maximum amount of milk when their energy ia 
drawn upon to switch flies from their backs. Dairy farmert 
know this and have striven for years to find a preparation 
that would keep flies away. This is done effectively 
With SO-BOS-SO KILFLY 
which is sold in gallon cans. SO-BOS-SO KILF’ Y is the 
one ideal preparation. It does the work; will no, gum the 
hair nor harm the hide. 
Send for circular which tells of other farm uses for SO-BOS- 
SO KILFLY and references from large breeder of blooded 
cattle. 
The H. E. Allen Mfg. Co., Inc, 
Carthage, N.Y., U. S. A. 
In Fly Time 
Spray with 
No-pr 
AVE yourself loss in 
fly time. Get 10 to 20 
per cent more milk from cows. Keep the rest 
of the stock contented. 
Guaranteed not to gum hair, blister skin, 
or taint milk. No-Fly keeps the flies »way 
and saves worry. 
Your dealer should have it. If not, send 
us his name and $1.75 for gallon 
can of No-Fly and sprayer. 
Guaranteed. Your money back 
if you wish. Agents wanted. 
Fret liUtaluK for deakt’t name 
W. D. Carpenter Company 
Box 50 Syracuse, N. Y, 
TO 
THE CONSIGNOR CREDITORS 
OF H. K. WILSON & CO. 
You and each of you, as consignor creditors of 
U. K. Wilson & Company, 314 Washington Street, 
New York, N. Y., for farm produce consigned to the 
said H. K. Wilson & Company to bo sold on com¬ 
mission, and all persons having claims against the 
said H. K. Wilson & Company for farm produce con¬ 
signed to the said commission merchants to be sold 
on commission, are hereby notified, in pursuance of 
chapter 644, Laws of 1917, that you are required to 
tile a verified statement of such claim against the 
said commission merchants with the undersigned, 
as Commissioner of Agriculture, at Agricultural 
Hall, corner of State and Lodge Streets, Albany, 
N. Y., on or before September 4, 1917, and you are 
further notified that claims not so filed on or before 
that date will not receive consideration in any 
action or proceedings upon the bond heretofore 
filed by the said H. K. Wilson & Company. 
Dated, Albany, N.Y. Charles S. Wilson, 
June 16, 1917. Commissioner of Agriculture. 
FOR SALE at a BARGAIN 
successful poultry farm, known as 
the “McConnell Farm,” at Hemp¬ 
stead, L. I._ Land is constantly in¬ 
creasing in value, and the plant is 
stocked with the very best strain of 
Leghorn chickens. 
Address A. M. Onderdonk, Real Estate 
283 Fulton Avenue, Hempstead, L. I. 
CITY FARMS 
AT RICHMOND, VA. 
Tliree and five acre farms, very fertile, almost in 
city limits. Farm size of 40 city lots, with bunga¬ 
low and other improvements; costs less than a city 
lot. Easy terms. Delightful climate. Good jol)s 
in Richmond (population 200,000.) For particulars 
and excursion rates address K. T. CRAW LKY, 
Industrial Agt., Chesapeake & Ohio Rail¬ 
road, Room 609, Richmond, Va. 
SECOND-HAND PIPES,TANKS AND BOILERS 
Flues for culverts—Flumes uiid Peiistoeks. Pipe 
tlireuded and coupled ready for connection or out to 
length suitable for heating, supports and fence purposes. 
Guaranteed capable of reasonable pressures. Steel 
beams and rails cut to length. Tuiiks of all sizes, 
open, closed, suitable for storage of water, gasoline. 
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