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Tafye RURAIL NEW-YORKER 
May 4. 1918 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I am enclosing “A Golden Opportu¬ 
nity" ( V) to jou, as I do not care to take 
advantage of it. A little publicity might 
he good for the American School of Poul¬ 
try Husbandry. ii. n. 
Maryland. 
The American School of Poultry Hus¬ 
bandry. I.-'avenworth, Kan., offers a cor¬ 
respondence course free provided you in¬ 
vest $50 in stock in the company. Per¬ 
haps the stock has equal value to the poul¬ 
try cour.se, but we could not advise an in¬ 
vestment in either or both. 
C. IV. Norton, Saranac I.iake. N. Y., 
.advertised in The R. N.-Y. for young 
rabbits. He said he would pay .$1 each 
and express charges for young rabbits, 
any breed or color. I had two young 
Belgian bares, and I wrote him. telling 
him about them. He said he wovild take 
them. I shipi>ed them about three weeks 
ago, and I have sent him two or three 
letters about them and can get no answer 
or money. I would like you to see if yoTi 
could get the price for me. I have just 
started the business and $2 means quite 
a little to me. R. P. 
New York. 
We have written Mr. Norton three 
times asking him to make .settlement with 
this shipper. Our letters have been ig¬ 
nored. We are therefore sending “R. P." 
our check c<>v<‘i-ing the value of the hares 
under our s<iuare deal of advertisers. 
few weeks ago a man came here rep¬ 
resenting the Federal Farm Bureau, and 
was selling a complete set of cost accounts 
for faiMner.s’ \ise, in regard to income tax. 
etc. He had a good line of talk, and T 
f‘i\(ired him with an order, as did several 
of my neighbors. I gave him .$2 on ac¬ 
count. and was to pay remainder, ,$3, 
upon delivery of the book. I have not 
)eceiv<‘d the book as yet. but the local 
Itapers report that this agent has been 
expos(‘d as a faker. Do you know of a 
coriiorjition called the Federal Farm Bu¬ 
reau, (520 Stock Exchange Building. Chi¬ 
cago. Ill.? E. A. P. 
New York. 
The Federal Farm Bureau has no con¬ 
nection with the Federal Goveimment in 
any way, as one might assume to be the 
case from the name. Our report shows 
the comi)any has no material assets, and 
merely rents desk room at the address 
given. We could not advise farmers pay¬ 
ing any money or signing any orders with 
agents of such a concern. Only time will 
tell whether account books will be deliv¬ 
ered to those ordering them. 
My father is a subscriber of The R. 
N.-Y. and the whole family is much inter¬ 
ested in the Publisher’s Desk. I am a 
school teacher and some time ago I re¬ 
ceived a letter from the Frontier Press 
Co., 500 Drexel Building. Philadelphia, 
stating that there was an onening for live, 
wide-awake teachers in their public ser¬ 
vice. They asked if I could consider such 
a position during the Summer months for 
from $65 to $100 a month, according to 
abilitv. I answered their letter, saying 
that I would need to know concerning the 
character of the work before I could con¬ 
sider the position. T am enclo.sing the 
rer>ly they sent in response to my letter 
asking for information. Will you tell me 
whether the Frontier Press Co. is a relia¬ 
ble firm, and whether you would sanction 
an honest person’s doing work for them, 
about which they are quite indefinite. 
New Jersey. E. f. p. 
Eliminating the camouflage from the 
Frontier Press Co. letter to this young 
woman, the employment proposed is to 
canvass for books, and instead of a sal¬ 
ary of $65 to $100 iier month, the re¬ 
muneration received will depend upon the 
amount of books sold. This is what the 
proposition really amounts to. 
In all cases where shiinuents of goods 
are delivered in good order, and our at¬ 
tention not called to the damage and we 
are not given the privilege of inspection, 
we deduct from the original amount of 
the eggs shipped 3 per cent. 
The above is the latest ruling of the 
Adams Express Comi)any, and we regaial 
it as an attempt to avoid payment of just 
claims. Failing to carry out their inten¬ 
tion to deduct on the 5 per cent basis, 
they have devised another plan. There 
has been more egg breakage in the last 
two years than for the five years pre¬ 
vious, and more delay in settling claims, 
even when properly verified. For the time 
being it will be well to insist that the 
parties to whom you make your ship¬ 
ment report promptly any damage to the 
goods. We do not claim that damage 
should not be reported and verified, but 
past experience shows that it ma.kes 
little or no difference to the express com¬ 
pany whether it is proven or not. for the 
adjustments are not made when they have 
the proof. 
Adams Expre.ss Company advise us 
they are forwarding vouchers direct to 
shippers for many of the claims we have 
filed on behalf of our subscribers. If 
vouchers are received, plea.se advise us 
promptly. It is immaterial to us whether 
settlement is made with us or direct, bill; 
we do not want any delay. We have sev¬ 
eral hundred claims against this express 
company alone, and we want to get them 
closed out. Make a note to advise us if 
checks reach you. 
Will you see if you can collect an ac¬ 
count from Geo. Meyers, 842 Am.sterdam 
Ave., New’ York? I shipped him 30 dozen 
eggs at 52c August 15, 1017, and cannot 
get any answer from him. F. E. p. 
New York. 
Mr. Meyers makes no attempt to settle 
this account. We must, therefore, advise 
against making shipments to him. 
Please let me know if the Glijijier Lawn 
IMower (’o.. Dixon, III., is reliable, and 
if this lawn mow’er gives satisfaction. 
Pennsylvania. R. L. s. 
We accepted advertisement for this 
lawn mower a good many years ago, be¬ 
lieving that it was as represented and 
would give satisfaction. Reports we re¬ 
ceived from those who iiurchased the lawn 
mower indicated that the machine was 
not practical, and the company at that 
time failed to make good their guarantee 
for the machine. We therefore could not 
n'commeud the lawn mower. 
I saw' w’here you had collected a lot of 
claims for subscribers. I have a claim 
for one car of hay shipped to E. Sawyer, 
Jr.. Sebago. Me. I have not received 
payment; have written him several times 
without reply. Is there anything you can 
do to bring this party around? J. L. w. 
Maine. 
Mr. Sawyer had the use of hay valued 
at $174.56 since January, 1916. Prob¬ 
ably he w'ill be willing to have others 
send him hay in the same way—it is 
easy money for him. He ignores our let¬ 
ters, and it will he necessary to refer it 
to our attorney. Readers wall want to 
keep a memorandum of hia name and 
methods. 
J. E. P., Hartsdale, N. Y., sent 
Quickedge Sharpener Co., Chicago, an 
order for six dozen sharpeners with 
check $36. Their price w'as $3.60 more; 
their price for 12 dozen was $72. 
They sent the goods with bill of lading 
by a bank demanding the $3.60. J. E. P. 
declined the goods and asked return of 
his money, saying: “You could decline 
my order; you couldn’t change it.” They 
offered the other half gross at a price to 
make the two six-dozens $36 apiece. J. 
E. P. declined, repeating request for re¬ 
turn of his money. They then yielded 
their demand for the $3.60 if he would 
take the goods. J. E. P. declined, de¬ 
manding return of his money. He didn’t 
care to deal with them on any terms. 
The sharpener seems to be a good tool 
in too-sbarp hands. One price is a virtue, 
but it takes two to make a bargain. 
I am sending you some papers I got 
from the Briudle Hog Farm, Tyrone. Pa. j 
I would like to know' what you think of j 
it. W. K. S. 
Penns.vlvania. 
M'e think this hog scheme is a very 
good thing to leave alone. You are asked 
to pay $5 for membership in the Brindle 
Hog Farm Club, and then you are en¬ 
titled to a hundred-pound hog for $5. 
Very alluring offer! It must be ex¬ 
plained that the name of the promoter of 
this scheme is one John H. Briudle, lest 
someone might conclude that the name 
indicated the color of the hogs. 
Worms in Kitten 
I have a kitten that doesn’t eat much 
and is very poor. I know' he has worms. 
Could you tell me what to do for him? 
New York. C. li. 
A kitten in that condition does not well 
stand an.v strong medicine for destruction 
of worms and may die at any time. Try 
Castoria first, and if that does not avail 
you may care to risk giving a grain dose 
of santorium and tw’o or three drops of 
turpentine in a little milk after w'ith- 
holding food for 18 hours. Follow’ in 
half an hour w’ith a dose of Castor oil in 
milk. A. s. A. 
Strength and Results 
Big crops come from well prepared seedbeds. Perfect disking is 
what does it. Use specialized tractor tools that will make your 
tractor give the biggest and best results. Plowed ground or stubble— 
it is all one to the sturdy 
Tractor 
Disk Harrows 
Once over is enough—no packing from the tractor wheels. Because 
of the rigid frame it thoroughly pulverizes and levels the land. Com¬ 
pare the work of the rear disks with those of any other type and see 
why the CUTAWAY (Clark) Tractor Harrows lead in popularity. 
They have made good not only at tractor demonstrations, but in 
actual farm use under the most difficult conditions for a dozen years. 
Entirely successful on work in every section of the country. Two 
types, light and hea’^. Hitch is adjustable to fit any drawbar. The 
draft is light for the work accomplished. 111 • 11 
They are built of special steel, extra strong to stand . 
hardest tractor strains. Special heavy disks of 
cutlery steel forged sharp. Sizes for every 
makeandsize of tractor—letourengineera^^^^ 
adviseyou. Sendfor complete catalog 
and free book “The Soil and Its 
Tillage’’ for helpful facts. 
Ask us for name of nearest 
dealer who sells f^enuine 
Cutaway Tillage Tools. 
The 
Cutaway 
Harrow Co. 
662 Main St. 
Higganum, Conn. 
Maher of the | 
original CLARK 
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and Plows 
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Our 
68th 
Year 
THE E. 
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and Larger. 
We can show you The Ross will operate 
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produce Larger Capacity. Our selling 
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No Limit to our Guarantee because there is No 
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guarantee it you please. 
Buy now, Cost you Less. You can have the ma¬ 
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prior to Silo Flillng Time. 
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Machinery and Repairs carried at convenient points 
Unadilla Silos 
Towers of Strength 
Built to endure, they .ire air-tight, frost 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street, New York 
