1098 
RURAL. NEW-VORKER 
September lo, ini, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
The enclosed letter and booklet of the 
United Live Stock Corporation of New 
York City explain themselves. I wovild 
appreciate your telling us what you k. ow 
about this proposition. w. c. R. 
New York. 
The literature enclosed portrays the 
great itrofits in raising live stock in the 
usual promoter’s fashion. The profit 
of this corporation in raising live .stock 
is estimated conservatively at H6%, and 
stock in the company is offered at .$1.25 
per share. It appears that the Unitfid 
Live Stock Corporation was formed 
March IG, 1017, under the laws of the 
State of Delaware. Delaw'are seems to 
be a favorite for the incorporation of 
stock-selling concerns. The authorized 
capital is $1,000,000. Our report also 
states that this company has an option 
on 50,000 acres of land in New Castle 
County, Wyoming, and South Dakota, 
on which there are reported to be 3,000 
head of cattle and 300 horses. Apparent¬ 
ly this option to buy is all the assets 
that the company possesses. No doubt 
it is the intention of the promoters to 
lake advantage of this option provided 
the public is unwise enough to fui-nish 
the necessary capital. 
The plans of this company seem to be 
very similar to the bog ranch schemes 
which have been repeatedly referred to 
in these columns. These hog ranch pro¬ 
moters held out even greater prospects for 
profits, but we have yet to hear of any 
of the investors in these schemes receiv¬ 
ing any dividends. Those who are fa¬ 
miliar with the live-stock industry will 
not be likely to nibble on the hog ranch 
or United Live Stock Corporation bait, 
and no investor of experience would fa¬ 
vorably (-onsider any such proposition. 
Those who have money to invest will 
no doubt have an opportunity to buy 
Liberty Loan bonds, as another issue 
seems to be in prospect for the early 
Fall. The money thrown away in “get- 
rich-quick” schemes in any single year 
would go a long way in floating the entire 
issue. The investment in the U. S. Gov- 
erment bonds is of course as safe a.s any 
investment in the world can be. and the 
rate of interest paid is about all that can be 
expected where the element of risk is 
eliminated. Besides being to the inves¬ 
tor’s own advantage to buy these bonds, 
he has the satisfaction of knowing that 
his money is helping his own Government 
in a worthy cause. 
I sent ISIr. R. P. Ellis, 3210 Broad¬ 
way, New York, 10 cases eggs on a con¬ 
signment basis. Eggs were worth about 
GClc dozen in New York at that time, 
llllis has never sent me a statement of 
the account, and never sent me but the 
one draft of .$75. Have not been able to 
get “yes” or “no” out of him. If you 
can. I will certainly appreciate it. 
Michigan. F. J. P. 
This claim for a balance of $105 has 
been standing for more than a year. We 
have not been able to get settlement for 
the shipper. We were obliged to place 
this claim in the hands of an attornej’ for 
collection. Mr. Ellis disputed the amount 
of the claim and a compromise was ef¬ 
fected. Poultrymen having transactions 
with this party should demand cash in 
advance. 
This is to notify you that the Ameri¬ 
can Express Co. has paid our claim for 
$22 on account of late delivery of 
grapes in Boston, Mass. We thank you 
for your kind services in the matter. W« 
also wish you success in all your under¬ 
takings, and appreciate all you are do¬ 
ing for the farmers of this State. 
New York. F. B. 
This subscriber lost 20 cents a crate 
on 110 crates of grapes that were de¬ 
layed because of strike conditions. 
Neither the shipper nor the agent had ad¬ 
vice that a strike was in progress, and 
the responsibility was purely up to the 
express company, and six months after 
shipment they paid the claim. 
Can you give me any information in 
regard to II. L. Barber, editor of the 
paper “Investing for Profit,” or the 
Maibohm Motors Co. of Eaoine, Wis¬ 
consin? II. L. Barber is in Chicago, 
Great Northern Building. 
Connecticut. 
The only trouble with the publica¬ 
tion of II. L. Barber’s entitled “Investing 
for Profit” is that the title in our estima¬ 
tion is a misnomer. The title should 
read “Investing for Mr. Barber’s 
Profit.” Wo have yet to hear of anyone 
who ever invested through II. L. 
Barber & C(t. w’ho profited a s’ngle cent 
by such investment. There may be such, 
but w^e have not heard of th^m. The 
firm is notorious for promoting question¬ 
able and worthless stocks. Our universal 
advice to readers is to have nothing to 
do with these ventures, which are specu¬ 
lative or worse. Those having spare 
money to invest would do well to consider 
only the purchase of government, muni¬ 
cipal, or some public service corporation 
bonds, where the element of risk is as 
nearly eliminated as possible. 
On June 2, 1917, I started shipping 
asparagus to T. O. Rhodes, Allegheny, 
Pa., and continued until .Tune 9th. With 
the fii'st shipment I wrote them and asked 
for daily quotation of their market. _ I 
got the enclosed post card and nothing 
else until the first bill of sales came, 
then, I stopped. They are well rated 
in Dun’s and Bradstreet’s and were 
well recommended to me. At the same 
time I Was shipping some to another 
bouse in Pittsburgh and was hearing 
market quotations. I have written T. 
O. Rhodes Co. about this but cannot 
get a reply, so turn the matter over 
to you to see if you can. I enclose 
their bill of sales, also of the other 
firms to show' what the market W'as and 
a bill for $41.48 shortage as per 
statement according to other sales. 
New Jersey. ii. T. b. 
As usual when commission merchants 
fail to return a satisfactory or reason¬ 
able price for the jiroduce .sent them 
there is little possibility of being able 
to get an adjustment. Mr. Rhodes of¬ 
fered to show us his books to prove 
that the subscriber got a square deal, 
but the fact remains that II. T. B. re¬ 
ceived something over $40 less for his 
shipments to Mr. Rhodes than he received 
from a I’ittsburgh commission house just 
across the river from Allegheny on the 
same quality of produce. 
I sent Mr. F. A. Clark, Freeport, Ohio, 
$8 for a tom turkey during the past sea¬ 
son. The turkey Avas very unsatisfactory 
and I returned it to Mr. Clark, who 
])romi.sed to refund the purchase price. 
He has not done so, and fails to answer 
my letters. He now' has both the turkey 
and my money. Can you secure return 
of the .$8? c.J.M. 
New York. 
Our letters to F. A. Clark have also 
been ignored, and we can only conclude 
that Mr. Clark is no longer worthy of 
the confidence of our subscribers. It 
W'as bad enough to send the subscriber a 
turkey that was not as represented, and 
w'hich had been shipped by some other 
breeder in Kentucky, We have Mr. 
Clark’s letter in w’hich he agreed to make 
refund, but up to this time has failed to 
do so. This transaction is the result of 
an advertisement in The Rural NE^v- 
Yorker, and we are, therefore, going to 
make good under our “square deal” guar¬ 
antee. 
Houdans for Eggs 
Has anyone kept any good-sized flock 
of Houdan chickens for an egg farm and 
how did they like them? I have had a 
few at different times, and like them the 
the best of any breed, but could never 
keep them steadily or give them proper 
attention on account of mixing up with 
the main flock of Leghorns. R. j. w. 
The question is herew'ith asked. We 
have had some reports about the Hou¬ 
dans ’'Ihev are evidently good layers. 
The c-iief obie-tion w'e have heard is that 
in wet climates their ‘“topknot” acts like 
a sponge on their heads. There may be 
nothing to this objection, hut other 
lireeds are certainly more popular. 
A Poultryman’s Figures 
A few weeks ago I read an article in 
TriE R. N.-Y. in which someone tried to 
show" that the increased price of eggs 
offset the increased price of feed. As 
I keep a close account of our poultry 
business, I have made the folloiving 
Comparison between the first seven 
months of 1916, and the first seven 
months of 1917. 
1916— 972 doz. eggs, values $271.67. 
Cost to feed .$165.42. Values per doz, 
27 15-16e. Feed per doz. 17c, showing a ' 
profit of 10 15-16 per doz. 
1917— 953 doz. eggs, value $369.45. | 
Cost to feed, $336.48. Value per doz., ' 
38 3-4c. Feed per doz., 35 3-&, show'- 
ing a profit of 3 3-8c per doz, A rather 
poor offset. 
1916— Value of eggs, $271.67. Cost to 
feed, $165.42. Profit, $106.25. 
1917— Value of eggs. .$369.45. (’ost 
to feed, $336.48. Profit, $32.97. 
With feed increasing in price w’eekly, 
and the supply of eggs diminishing' 
w'eekly, where shall I be at the end of 
the year? SAM taylok. I 
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