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Wie RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Buy Liberty Bonds 
We know our readers need no urging 
to do their utmost to back up our Gov¬ 
ernment at this critical time. It will, we 
are sure, be their pleasure as well as duty 
to put evei7 available dollar that can be 
si)ared into the Fourth Liberty Loan. A 
hundi-ed or a thousand-dollar bond as u 
Iiresent to the good wife would be the 
most appreciated gift that could be sug¬ 
gested and at the same time the invest¬ 
ment will give heart to every American 
boy actively engaged in the fierce combat 
across the waters as well as those on 
their way to the front. 
The virtual surrender of Bulgaria is an 
indication of an early peace. The rumor 
is in the air that othei’s of the Central 
1‘owers may follow before these lines are 
printed. In this event peace will come 
quickly, as it surely must come with com¬ 
plete victory for our Allies. Then the 
holders of Liberty Bonds will undoubtedly 
find their security worth more than w’as 
jiaid for it. All experienced investors un¬ 
qualifiedly predict it. Therefore as a 
matter of sentiment, patriotism and cold 
business all will 
Buy Liberty Bonds, 
Inside Investments is the title of a 
circular which is suggestive that it is to 
be issued at regular intervals. In it is 
printed a rather lengthy dissertation by 
F. C. Mintie, president of Liberty Hog 
and Sheep Association, Chicago, on the 
subject of hog breeding and the Oak 
Hill Farm, located somewhere in Louisi¬ 
ana. The public is not invited to in¬ 
vest in the stock of the association, but 
to buy one or more brood sows at $100 
each and then hold them back and wait 
for the profits to come rolling in. It’s 
the old National Hog Co. scheme all 
over again, with the scene laid in 
Louisiana instead of Pennsylvania. Mr. 
ISIintie asks the reader of the circular 
to show him a flaw in his plans if one 
can be found. Far be it from The 
R. N.-Y. to attempt any such feat. The 
plans are beautiful and the profits “on 
paper” are very alluring. Any hog 
breeder, however, knows the contents 
of the circular are the rankest kind of 
nonsense, and can only be effective as 
“sucker bait” with those w'ho have had 
no experience in farm matters or breed¬ 
ing problems. The National Hog Co. 
circulars proposed making every investor 
rich in the same way, with the result 
that everyone lost the money they in¬ 
vested through the company, and the 
last report was that the promoter had 
been sentenced to spend a term in the 
Federal Penitentiary for fraudulent use 
of the mails. 
For the benefit of other readers of The 
R. N.-Y. I would advise those in Pennsyl¬ 
vania and New Jersey to beware of the 
Fidelity Automobilist Service Association, 
located at 611 Bulletin Bldg., Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa., and especially of their repre¬ 
sentative, Mr. Spirak. Their_ game is to 
interest you in insurance against loss by 
fire or theft on your car; also to allay 
your suspicions they arrange with the 
leading garage in each town to tow' yours 
in free in case it is disabled within 10 
miles; to handle your orders for tires, 
supplies, etc., for which members w'ere 
to receive 25 per cent from the manufac¬ 
turer’s price, and their legal department 
to handle any case due to accident, etc. 
The policy shown by their agent is drawn 
up in the form of other insurance with a 
description of car, the specimen copy 
being apparently for $1,000, which is 
their limit on any car. This Mr. Spirak 
claims it to cover the actual value of 
your car; a clause reserves 30 days for 
their detectives to investigate in case of 
theft and in case of breakdown or total 
disability on the road to tow you in free 
and pay the time spent in repairing. But 
the joker is in the agreement, which reads 
that you have read their contract A and 
understand “that it is in no way a policy 
of indemnity.” It is simply a case of 
getting one to sign something without 
reading it. Upon carefully reading this 
agreement I saw that it was similar to 
most other “traps for suckers,” and im¬ 
mediately stopped payment on my check. 
No doubt they will try to scare me into 
paying this, but I think I shall stand 
suit. Any reader of The R. N.-Y. who 
signed anything for a stranger without 
reading it must be absent-minded, even 
though recommended by a friend who is 
being used as a “stool pigeon.” 
New .Jersey. Q. T. S. 
We have a good many reports regarding 
.■so-called insurance on automobiles in which 
when the owner met with a loss or acci¬ 
dent, the alleged insurance failed to give 
any protection W’hatever. We cannot 
emphasize too strongly what G, T. S. 
says regarding the advisability of reading 
and digesting every word in any docu¬ 
ment one is asked to sign. No matter 
what assurances a glib-tongned salesman 
may make, all that counts after the order 
or contract has been signed is what is 
printed or written in it. In signing a 
contract a farmer’s only protection is to 
insist that all verbal representations of 
the agent or salesman be incorporated in 
writing as part of the agreement. 
In 1913 (December 23) I bought two 
shares in an oil field from_ the Consoli¬ 
dated Midway Chief Oil Company, i 
which at that time and for some time j 
after, was located in Los Angeles, Cal. 
They claimed to be incorporated in No¬ 
vember, 1910, and they claimed to be 
worth $1,000,000. I was to receive my 
share of the dividends derived from the 
oil as soon as they got the wells in 
operation. I kept wilting to them, 
and they kept saying that they did not 
have the wells operating yet. I quit 
writing to them for one year or more: 
then I w'rote to them again and they 
answered me in like manner. It ran on 
for some time, and I wrote them again. i 
but received no answer at all. Then I ! 
wrote them just a short time ago con-; 
cerning the matter, but they do not an- j 
swer any more at all. 11. L. Barber of 
Chicago represented the stock. Please 
look this up for me, and let me know 
w’hether or not they are worth anything, 
and tell me how to go about it to get my 
dividends. . 'Vt. M. 
Michigan. 
If H. L. Barber & Co., Chicago, ever 
promoted any stock that proved a good 
investment we have yet to hear of it. We 
shall be glad to have reports from any of 
Barber’s customers whose experience 
would change our records. We are 
authoritatively advised that the Consoli¬ 
dated Midway Chief Oil Co. is not active 
except in soliciting assessments from the 
stockholders on one pretext or another. 
The stock has no value—never had any. 
Prospects of oil are the common bait of 
all promoters of oil stock. The concerns 
that are producing oil or any real pros¬ 
pects of doing so in paying quantities do 
not have to go to the public for funds. 
Would you inform me in regard to the 
Crownland Farms, Inc., 723 Hast ISOth 
St., New York? They are paying high 
prices for eggs; is it a I’eliable firm? 
New York. e. m. 
This Crownland Farms, Inc., has no 
established financial responsibility. It is 
our universal advice to readers to refuse 
to ship produce to any house or individual 
except those of known reliability. It is 
an old trick of irresponsible concerns to 
offer a few cents above the market to get 
shipments. 
Enclosed herewith is an unsolicited in¬ 
vitation to join in a get-rich-quick scheme. 
I am also sending under separate cover 
the book “Llovds of America, a War Time 
Opportunitv.” Will you size the thing up 
in the Publisher’s Desk? You will note 
that I am to be only one of 25 in this 
State to share in the profits. L. B. 
Massachusetts. 
We refer this subscriber to issue of 
April 6, 1918, in which we expressed our ^ 
opinion of the Lloyds of America propo- j 
sition. Our only further comment at this | 
time is to advise our readers to forget all : 
such schemes for easy riches and Buy 
Liberty Bonds. 
Treatment for Bot-fly 
I find the following note of advice sent 
out from the Ohio Agricultural College. 
Is it good practice? 
“The most recently developed method 
of combating the common bot-fly of 
horses is to rub the hair on the fore legs, 
throat and shoulders of the animals with 
a 2 per cent solution of carbolic acid. 
Care should be taken to rub the solution 
on the hairs wherever the eggs of the bot¬ 
flies are noticed. Kerosene rubbed on 
these eggs does not prevent them from 
hatching. The flies which lay these eggs 
are the parents of the bots which attach 
themselves to the walls of the horse’s 
stomach and impair the digestion. The 
larvae are taken into the mouth by means 
of the horse licking the hairs on its legs 
or body and then move to the stomach, 
where they feed during the Winter. The 
flies appear in great numbers in the Fall 
and are a source of great annoyance to 
horses.” J. p. 
Yes. Dr. Alexander has given similar 
advice in The R. N.-Y. He recommended 
a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid or 
coal-tar dip in order to destroy the “nits.” 
A 2 per cent solution would be safer, but 
it seems rather weak for effective work. . 
October 12, 191S 
Why not house your tractor? 
Tractors cost money—to buy, keep in repair, and 
to buy again. 
You can save a great deal of that money by keep 
ing your tractor in a garage, where it is safe from 
weather, where you have tools and a work-bencli 
handy to make small repairs and adjustments. A 
garage adds to the life of your tractor, adds to its 
second-hand value, gives you constant use of it, 
keeps your repair bills down to little or nothing— 
saves you time and money. 
You can do it yourself 
With farm-tools and ordinary farm-help, you can build 
large enough for both tractor and motor-car, with place fc 
bench and extra parts. Costs very little more than for eith( 
It ought to be near your barn and other farm buildings 
you can use your tractor for belt-work ; cutting feed and < 
shelling corn, sawing wood, baling hay, etc. I'herefore it < 
be fire-proof, or at least fire-resisting. 
That means concrete or stucco—which cost less than yc 
They last a life-time and save their cost very quickly. 
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