1442 
December 28, 1918 
Hhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PUBLISHER’S UnSK 
As we check off the years, the Yule- 
tide seems to come with increasing fre- 
<iuency, yet always with a spirit of cheer 
and gladness, as if we wished to speed the 
passing years. With youth it is the im¬ 
patience for festivities; with age, the con- 
•solation of spiritual ideals. -With all there 
is the spirit of brotherhood and fellow¬ 
ship, stronger and more tender than at 
other times. Few would feel content to 
let the holidays pass without some un¬ 
usual act of kindness or mercy to those 
in need, and none who deny themselves 
the act of friendship and charity can 
know the real fullness of happines.s. 
For more than thirty years it has been 
given us, in association with an ever in¬ 
creasing army of patrons and friends, to 
close the passing year with gratitude 
for the good it brought us all and to ap- 
jiroach the dawn of the New Year with 
confidence and hope in the future. Never 
in all these years did we have cause equal 
to the present for rejoicing. One year 
ago our sous and our friends were facing 
the great sacrifice of their lives. Our 
nation was facing its greatest i>eril. To¬ 
day we share the pride of the world in 
the valor of our boys, and rejoice in the 
peace that has come to a troubled world. 
In the homes of some of our friends 
the vacant chair indicates the individual 
sorrow that cannot bo escaped even in 
the general rejoicing. To these our con¬ 
dolence goes out in heartfelt sympathy. 
Those of us who have escaped owe them 
a debt of gratitude that no material 
wealth can ever liquidate, and their sur¬ 
viving friends must find consolation in the 
gratitude of a grateful nation. 
To those who worked at home for the 
common good, as well as to those who 
fought abroad, we extend appreciation 
and gratitude, together with best wishes 
for prosperity and happiness for the year 
to come. 
What is your opinion of the euclo.sed? 
The ranch is to be located not far from 
us. in the same town. We are not bit¬ 
ing. but what is your advice to others? 
Connecticut. E. A. P. 
This inquiry refers to the Acme Hog 
Company, Inc., offices in New York City 
and Danbury, Conn. The ranch is lo¬ 
cated at Sherman, Conn. According to 
the circular the company is capitalized 
for $90,000 under the laws of Delaware, 
1,800 shares of stock being 10% preferred, 
par value $25, and an equal amount of 
common stock. The profits are very com¬ 
fortably figured out at $31,400 per yeai*. 
This is estimated profits of course. If 
profits were made as easily as promoters 
can figure them out on paper what a 
happy world this would be! At least we 
should all be relieved from financial wor¬ 
ries. The circular describes the 350-acre 
farm which has been purchased and of 
which the company takes posse.ssion on 
.Ian. 1. 1919. The U. S. Food Adminis¬ 
tration and other authorities are quoted 
to show the necessity of increased pork 
[(reduction. We are not disputing any of 
the statements made in the circular. AVe 
wish the enterprise success. We only 
recommend that the promoters be allowed 
to finance their hog ranch without the aid 
of farmers and The R. N.-Y. readers in 
particulai'. It is hardly necessary to re¬ 
mind readers of similar claims which 
were made by the promoters of the Na¬ 
tional Hog Ranch of Pittsburg only two 
years ago. The fate of these promoters 
has not apparently discouraged the 
launching of hog ranch schemes in other 
sections. 
Will you kindly let me know if the 
Northwestern Business Agency is reliable 
and if it would be advisable to pay them 
$20 for advance fee? Looker called .on 
me a few years ago. He told me more 
lies in a few' hours than any person that 
I every saw in my lifetime. lie got my 
$20. A man advertised in Binghamton 
daily paper for a farm. I enclose answer 
to it. s. F. 
The lA)oker referred to in the above 
letter of our subscriber is J. J. Looker’, 
the agent of D. B. Cornell & Co., Great 
Barrington, Mass. The scheme of the 
Northw’esteru Business Agency of Min¬ 
neapolis. Minn., is very similar to that of 
the Cornell Company. 
When a farmer pays anyone $20 or any 
other amount as an advance fee for the 
sale of a farm, the real estate agent get¬ 
ting it considers that he has played the 
farm owner for a .sucker. The $20 is 
ea.sy money for the real estate agent. We 
have never yet seen any evidence that any 
of these agencies asking for an advance 
fee really make an effort to sell property 
at all. 
Do you know, I have to laugh 
every issue of your paper when some 
fellow asks about Gunson of this city 
and his famous strain of oats. Now the 
facts are that we have gi’ow’n oats for 
him on contract for the past 10 years, 
possibly longer, and othere in our neigh¬ 
borhood have done the same. They fur¬ 
nish the seed and pay us two cents per 
bushel above the price as quoted in the 
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle on 
the day we accept their money. They 
take 321^ or 33 pounds per bushel ma¬ 
chine run. Now as to the yield; we got 
just about 50 bushels per acre, machine 
tally. I think they will overrun five per 
cent. We have never had a strain of 
oats from him which w'ere anything but 
just ordinary. I sometimes think that 
we could get an oat from some of the 
concerns or State schools in this or other 
States w’hich w’ould be better yielders. 
Monroe Co., N. Y. subscriber. 
The above is first hand information 
about Guuson’§ “wonderful varieties of 
oats.” Compare this frank statement 
with the claims Gunson and Iligbie are 
making through their agents. If the oats 
w'ere sold for just w'hat they are and at 
a fair price we would have no criticism 
of these firms. 
I was noticing in the paper for a few 
times back about farmers getting stung 
by the Geo. K. Iligbie & Co., Rochester, 
and will tell you the farmers’ experience 
with Chas. Dillenbeck, the same agent 
who is selling the Great Cluster oat; 
only he was .selling spelt and oats both; 
mainly spelt; orders not under five bush¬ 
els for $17.50, and got them to sign bank 
notes. He claimed a yield of 75 to 100 
bushels per acre, on poor ground where 
oats would not grow and the most of the 
farmers around here did not sow them at 
all, for they found out that they were no 
good at all, and had lost their money, and 
I have heard that they did not get over 
20 bushels per acre. Iligbie & Cb. can 
sure put out .some hot-air salesmen, all 
right. He got 90 per cent of the farmers 
around here all right, but have not seen 
Dillenbeck back here, and he is better off 
away. b. b. 
Pennsylvania. 
The above is a fair sample of the expe¬ 
rience of the farmers who have had deal¬ 
ings with the agents of the Geo. K. Hig- 
bie & Co., L. P. Gunson Co., and F. .T. 
Gunson Co., all of Rochester, N, Y. The 
orders are secured on false representa¬ 
tions. We exposed the spelt scheme at 
the time. Farmers were induced to sign 
orders for the spelt in many sections 
where spelt could not be reasonably ex¬ 
pected to give good results. This made 
no difference to the seed house or their 
agents, provided they could bulldoze the 
farmers signing the orders into paying 
for the seed, which they evidently did. 
Each year we look with special interest 
to the mail on the first day of the year 
as an intimation of the co-operation of 
the days and months to follow. A farm 
paper depending on voluntary .subscrip¬ 
tions is the best example of a co-operative 
a.ssociation in the Avorld. It is the best 
example of a democratic institution, be¬ 
cause its success or failure depends on 
the voluntary choice of its membership. 
Occasionar exceptions there must always 
be, but the voluntary growth of a publica¬ 
tion must be the evidence of approval of 
its service. Some choose one vocation, 
some another. AA’e have elected to de¬ 
vote ourselves to the interests of agricul¬ 
ture and the welfare of the farm. Nat¬ 
urally, as others rejoice in their life 
work, we feel a pride in any general ad¬ 
vance in agricultural affairs as a part of 
our own progress. Our business is the 
best service to the farm. AVhatever have 
been our other defects, we have not at 
least lacked courage to follow the course 
that the best interest of the farm seemed 
to us to demand. We think this has been 
conceded us even by those who for the 
time may differ with us. But to more 
than any merit of our own the success of 
this paper is due to the friends back on 
the farm who with many words of en¬ 
couragement and approval came also 
with suggestion, correction and reproof— 
all helpful. 
On next Thursday morning we will 
again look in confidence for a record mail, 
and we now in advance thank you who 
contribute to it by mailing the renewal of 
your subscription to reach us in the first 
mail of the New Year. 
Early Morning 
Warmth 
Dress in cheery warmth these 
snappy Fall mornings beside a 
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Eat breakfast by its cosy cheer¬ 
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