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S'Ae RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 26, 1916 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
encc to young men soliciting subscriptions 
for the Compton Bros. Subscription. 
Agency of Findlay, Ohio. We have re- 
THE HENYARD 
The Katches Dairy CJompauy, Samuel 
Katz, president, 542 Grand Street, New 
Fork Cit..v, has been receiving milk of 
farmers at Youngsville, Sullivan County, 
N. Y. On September 1 he sent checks 
to patrons in payment for the milk. The 
checks were protested and returned. In¬ 
quiry at the State Department of Farms 
and Markets brings the reply that the 
company has not filed a bond or secured 
a license under the agricultural law. As 
pet we have not been able to collect the 
money on the check, but have placed the 
matter with our attorneys for prosecu¬ 
tion. The Criminal Code defines getting 
money or property on checks when the 
drawee knows that he has not sufficient 
money or credit to meet the check as 
stealing, and it is punishable accordingly. 
This is our second experience in New 
Fork State within a year with delinquent 
milk dealers who had failed to file a 
bond. Bond laws will do it precious little 
good unless they are enforced. 
Your letter of October II at hand with 
check for $1,080.] 5. To say that I was 
pleased is putting it easily. I know a 
lawyer would not have done as well, and 
you must have worked hard to get the 
full amount. Thank you very much for 
what you have done for me. Enclosed 
find check for $14, $10 for m.v own re¬ 
newal for 10 years and $2 each for the 
names enclosed. These two are friends 
and were so pleased that they each gave 
me $2 and said you deserved it. u. b. 
New Jersey. 
We think we may be pardoned a de¬ 
gree of satisfaction in this case and a 
little pride in this gracious acknowledg¬ 
ment of seiwice. Nearly a year ago we 
received this claim against a railroad 
company for a loss of a carload of iio- 
tatoes by freezing. It took the best part 
of a year to make the collection. The 
correspondence has been rather volumin¬ 
ous and interviews occasional. The 
farmer is always at a disadvantage in 
following a claim of this kind and it is 
1 matter of gratification to us that The 
Rural New-Yorker may be helpful to 
its subscribers in such cases. The paper, 
however, is seldom permitted to mon¬ 
opolize the favors and the generosity of 
the farmer in many cases like the present 
exceeds the merit of the service. We 
do not look for nor accept a return of this 
kind. Every subscriber is entitled regu¬ 
larly to whatever service we are able to 
give but we cannot be indifferent to such 
a generous expression of sentiment. It 
touches us in the most sensitive spot. Our 
greatest satisfaction is in the receipt of 
subscriptions, because after all that is the 
acknowledgment of the measure of our 
service. 
Is the Franklin Institute of Rochester, 
N. Y., of any use as a school to learn to 
be a trained nurse? They advertise to 
give diplomas to students. Can a person 
become a nurse at home by taking their 
lessons, or is such schooling all a sham 
for the pay that is in it? a. u. g. 
New York. 
Hospitals find three years of bedside 
Instruction under personal supervision of 
competent instructors necessary to the 
acquirement of the knowledge and skill 
that a trained nurse should have. It is 
not likely that any correspondence school 
has found a successful substitute for this. 
peatedly warned our people against these 
agents making a practice of playing iipon 
the sympathies of country people. 
I am writing you for information in 
regard to the Sterling Poultry Farm, 
Sterling, Ill., John Bessler, proprietor, 
and his son Harry B. Be.ssler, manager. 
This firm advertises having done business 
with the United States Government to 
quite a large extent, and has won rib¬ 
bons and cups galore with its stock, and 
is composed of life members of the Amer¬ 
ican Poultry Association and four other 
poultry clubs and associations, and also 
gives the State Bank of Sterling, Sterling 
National and State Bank and also Attor¬ 
ney A. W. Besse as references. I gave 
them an order for 10 Anconas, 12-week- 
old pullets, on .Tilly H. I sent a check for 
$18.50 with the order. I received an 
acknowledgment of the same, and they 
stated that the birds would be shipped 
later. I have written them twice since, 
asking that they explain themselves or 
send the birds. A. E. B. 
New Jersey. 
We had previously a similar complaint 
from another subscriber regarding a 
tra'nsaction with the Sterling Poultry 
Farms of Sterling, Ill. After a long de¬ 
lay the birds ordered were shippeil to the 
other subscriber. We have written the 
Sterling l*oultry Farms two letters re¬ 
garding A. E. B.’s complaint, but re¬ 
ceived no response. This manner of 
doing business is very unsatisfactory, to 
say the least, and, regardless of the firm’s 
membership in the American Poultry 
Association and the references stated, we 
could not recommend them for the confi¬ 
dence or future orders of our subscribers. 
Do you know anything about the Pru¬ 
dential Oil Co. of Kansas City, Kan.? 
They are taking in a large amount of 
money in this community. About two- 
thirds of the people who have any money 
are buying shares. w. R. T. 
Missouri. 
We fear these good people from Mis¬ 
souri bid fair to lose their money. They 
are not living up to the traditions of the 
State; we should expect that Missourians 
would have to be “shown” ‘before parting 
with their money. Why anyone can be 
induced to put his savings into any of 
the raft of new oil stock is ‘beyond our 
comprehension. There are ‘a number of 
seasoned dividend-paying oil stocks listed 
on the stock exchanges, any one of which 
would prove a sound investment with a 
fair chance of increasing in value, while 
the only prospect in the other class is 
that the investor will lose the principal as 
well as the promised dividends. 
I am inclosing reading matter of a cure 
for goitre. I have a daughter affected, 
and am anxious to cure it if possible 
without the knife, but am a little afraid 
of such so-called cures. Could you in¬ 
form me through the Publisher’s Desk 
whether this firm is responsible and safe, 
or is it a fake like lots more? J. S, 
New York. 
We could not advise any long-distance 
treatment for afilictions of this nature. 
Concerns selling patent nostrums will 
promise anything in order to get the 
money from the afflicted person. The so- 
called “treatments” or cures do in some 
oases bring temporary relief, only to 
cause more suffering later on. The only 
safe course in troubles of this sort is to 
Another Pullet Contest at Vineland 
Our reader have followed the reports 
of the Vineland egg-laying contest, anc 
they will be interested in knowing that is 
to follow next year. As most of us know, 
this contest was started on November 1, 
191G. There were 10 pullets in each pen, 
and they were fed and cared for under 
exactly similar conditions. Careful egg 
records were taken of each of the thou¬ 
sand birds in the 100 pens. At the end of 
the year, or on November 1, 1917, these 
birds entered upon another contest. Usu¬ 
ally in a contest of this sort the pullets 
are tested for one year and then taken 
out to make room for new pullets. In 
this New Jersey contest the plan was to 
test each bird for two years, not only in 
the pullet year, but also as mature hens. 
There was a double object in this. They 
wanted to see just what a hen will do in 
her second year, and whether the heavy¬ 
laying bird as a pullet will come back 
with a profitable record as a hen. In 
comparing the figures with the Connec¬ 
ticut contest, it must be remembered that 
the Connecticut birds are all pullets, while 
for the past year the New Jersey birds 
have been two-year-old hens. 
Another object in carrying the hens 
over was to attempt a thorough breeding 
test by using these mature birds as breed¬ 
ing .stock. Last Spring each contest.ant 
had the privilege of sending a male bird 
to be used in his pen at the contest. They 
were privileged to send birds of their own, 
or, in case they did not care to do so, the 
managers of the contest saw that a good 
male bird was used. This bird was kept 
with the hens for several months, or long 
enough to insure a fair hatch from each 
pen. The eggs from each pen and from 
each bird were kept separate in the incu¬ 
bators, and the chicks were carefully 
marked so as to make sure of the breed¬ 
ing. The object of this was to obtain, if 
possible, one pullet from each hen in the 
pen, so that in the third year of the con¬ 
test these pullets could be used to show 
whether they carried the good or bad 
laying qualities of their mothers. 
As may be readily seen, this involved 
a tremendous amount of work, and great 
care in separating the eggs and chicks. 
A.S a result it has been possible to obtain 
at least 10 pullets from each pen, with 
the exception of three or four where the 
eggs were of very low fertility,^ probably 
due to some fault of the male bird. 
For example, in the pen owned by the 
writer the season ended with 10 pullets 
and 17 cockerels. We had the privilege 
of purchasing as many of the cockerels 
as we wanted, and the rest w’ere sold for 
eating purposes. Ten of these pullets 
were selected for next year’s test, and we 
had the privilege of purchasing the re¬ 
maining birds. It is not_ likely that the 
original plan of the experiment of obtain¬ 
ing one pullet from each hen will be car- 
ri^ out. Some of the hens, w'hile good 
layers, did not give a large per cent of 
fertile eggs, and in most of the pens there 
will apparently be two or three pullets 
from one hen, and not one from each of 
the old birds. It will, however, give a 
very good test, as the parentage of each 
pullet will be known, and it Avill be pos¬ 
sible to compare their records with the 
pullet record of their mother. So our 
readers must remember that after the first 
of November the figures of this Vineland 
contest will show a pullet record, and 
that these pullets are the daughters of 
the hens whose figures have been recorded 
for the past two years. When this record 
of hens is finally completed, there will 
be some most interesting figures obtained 
from it, and in general it will be shown 
that it pays to keep a fair proportion of 
the pullets over for the second year, but 
that great skill is required in selecting 
the layer from the drones. 
Trap for a Hawk 
What one can learn from reading, more 
or less efficiently supervised from a dis¬ 
tance, depends very largely upon that per¬ 
son’s previous training in the habits of 
study, but there is no substitute for the 
actual doing of things W’hich one wishes 
to learn to do well. Correspondence 
school nurses would not be recognized in 
the profession as trained, and we cannot 
recommend correspondence courses as 
even a fair substitute for hospital in¬ 
struction. 
Is there such an agency as the Comp¬ 
ton Bros. Subscription Agency, Findlay, 
Ohio? About four months ago, I think, 
a young man came here soliciting suh- 
scriptions to certain pajiers, in order to 
help him raise a certain amount of money 
to enable him to attend agricultural col¬ 
lege. Being a teacher, I w’as interested 
and subscribed for the papers, paying the 
subscription price. I have not received 
the papers, though I waited the 40 days 
as asked. I have W’ritten this firm, but 
receive no reply. A. j. W. 
Massachusetts. 
We have had many similar complaints 
to the above from subseriljers with refer- 
consult the best physician within reach, 
a specialist if possible, and follow his ad¬ 
vice. The reputable physician will raise 
no false hopes by reckless promises. 
P. J. Keenan, South Orange, N. J., 
should have publicity. It may prove of 
benefit to some other persons unfortunate 
enough to lose by his business schemes. 
I would appreciate your placing this in 
the hands of your attorney for collection. 
It is useless to bring suit against such a 
man. a. s. r. 
New Jersey. 
Check given in payment for a case of 
eggs went to protest. Keenan promised 
settlement, but neglected to keep his word. 
In the meantime the account w’as given 
to our attorney, and whether this w’as re¬ 
sponsible for Mr. Keen*an’s disappearance 
w’e do not know, but the fact remains 
that he cannot be located at the former 
address. lie had the eggs and money for 
same. The shipper has loss of eggs, 
money and interest for nearly a year, but 
has gained in experience. These in¬ 
stances show how important it is to ship 
to parties with some financial standing. 
A few weeks ago I noticed some one 
asked how to feed chickens so as to kill 
hawks. I pity the poor chicken, and if 
you are interested I can tell you the best 
and easiest way to catch 
hawks, for I caught 50 in six 
5 ’ears in one place in Florida, 
and it is how the gamekeepers 
in England get them. You see 
a hawk will almost always 
alight on a dead stick or tree. 
Get a young tree 15 or 20 feet 
long, or an old pole. Put four 
nails about four inches from 
top to tie a string to. Get a 
trap called a muskrat trap; 
the spring is under the trap 
and has no handle. Then tie 
trap on top of pole and put it 
where you know the bird 
lights to wait his time to get his chicken, 
and tie the pole to a post and you will 
see him with his leg in trap. Sure to get 
him. Never fails. Don’t put any halt 
on it; just the trap. People in Florida 
suffer much loss from hawks that do not 
know of this trap. I always kept six 
traps set around my house, but the worst 
birds I had to annoy me were blackbirds, 
commonly called “niggers.” and they got 
207 of my hens in three months, and got 
away with it, so I had to give it up, and 
I am here for a change of health. 
Connecticut. M. ,r. ir. 
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