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January 4, 1019 
“Che RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I want to tell you how much the new 
department ufider charge of Prof. Mink- 
ler adds to your paper. He is just the 
man for it too. Coupled with his educa¬ 
tion, he has a wide experience and good 
horse sense, and does not fall into the 
common error of thinking pigs can be fed 
bv the use of a few tables and pencil and 
paper. h. b. habpending. 
Dundee, N. Y. 
It is an encouragement to receive com¬ 
mendation for a source so highly quali¬ 
fied to express it. Other papers can get 
along with xiverage or even indifferent 
service. TnE R. N.-Y. must have the 
best to maintain its traditions, and noth¬ 
ing short of the best satisfies its ambi¬ 
tions. As Prof. Hinkler’s work develops, 
stockmen of all classes will grow to ap¬ 
preciate his knowledge and experience. 
There is room on our Eastern farms for 
more and better live stock, and Prof. 
. a inkier will help increase it. 
We appreciate the paper, and if it were 
two dollars a year you would find my 
name on the list just the same. D. R. D. 
Massachusetts. 
It would be a pleasure to acknowledge 
all the kind words of greeting that come 
these days in countless numbers, but we 
must content ourselves with a general 
acknowledgment to all. Publisher’s Desk 
gets its share of the good washes. At no 
time in thirty-odd years have the words 
of cheer and encouragement been 60 cor¬ 
dial and spontaneous; but they do give 
us the best inspiration we have ever had 
in a purpose of better service for the new 
year. 
I note on page 1414 that H. D. Swarts 
of Scranton is at it again. He is an “old 
timer.” About 15 years ago I received a 
letter from him, offering two cents above 
market for eggs, f. o. b. my station. I 
sent him two cases. He made several 
promises to pay; finally sent me a note 
that was no good. After some months I 
sent the claim to a friend in Scranton. 
He wrote me that the postal authorities 
had taken Mr. Swarts just a few days 
before he received my letter. That is the 
last I heard of Mr. Swarts or my eggs. 
New York. j. h. s. 
The above letter confirms our invari¬ 
able experience that when we publish a 
complaint from a subscriber that a dealer 
has cheated him out of his produce, some 
other subscriber has had the same experi¬ 
ence. It would seem that Mi*. Swmrts 
received shipments of eggs as long as 15 
years ago for w*hich he failed to make set¬ 
tlement, and it wrnuld be difficult to esti¬ 
mate how much produce he has received 
in the meantime on this 'basis. At any 
rate, he would seem to be a good party for 
egg producers to avoid. 
The following clipping from the North¬ 
west on the Pan Motor Co., St. Cloud, 
Minn., shows how the money goes in 
stock promotion schemes: 
The Capital Issues committee in its 
statement to Congress declared its inves¬ 
tigations show that up to September 1, 
1918, the company had collected $3,945,- 
486; that assets of the company in cash 
and plant total only $1,665,100, or about 
42 per cent of the amount collected, and 
that the other 58 per cent went for organ¬ 
ization expenses and promoters’ profits. 
Of this 58 per cent the committee charges 
salesmen received $1,156,667, Mr. Pan- 
dolfo $553,752, while $569,967 went for 
advertising, salaries and other expenses. 
Here is nearly four million dollars 
squandered, and the large part of the 
people investing in enterprises of this 
kind can ill afford to lose the money. The 
Capital issues Committee have now rec¬ 
ommended to Congress the enactment of 
a national “Blue Sky law*,” We have ad¬ 
vocated such a measure for many years, 
as the “Blue Sky laws” of the various 
States do not seem to stop the robbery of 
inexperienced investors. The Publisher’s 
Desk warned its readers against this in¬ 
vestment scheme a year ago. 
On April 22 last I sent a check of $3.95 
to Harris Bros. Seed Co., Mt. Pleasant, 
Mich., for 1% bu. early seed potatoes, 
and two packets of garden seed at 10 
cents each. I mentioned on their order 
sheet to ship poatoes at once by Amer¬ 
ican Express to Trevorton, Pa ; I received 
the tw’o packets of seed by mail. I dian t 
hear from the potatoes until a long time 
afterw'ards; after it was too late to plant 
they sent me the shipping, or freight bill, 
that they had shipped the potatoes by 
freight to Fishers Ferry. This is not our 
shipping station : it is about eight or 10 
miles from us. and I gave them my ship¬ 
ping point plain on their own order sheet 
I never received the potatoes. I wrote 
to them three times regarding the pota¬ 
toes, and they never answered. What can 
I do about it? They owe me $3.75. 
Pennsylvania. f. w. p. 
We do not know that anything can be 
done in the case except avoid Harris 
Bros. Seed Co. in the future. We have 
the greatest sympathy with seed houses 
who had trouble filling orders under the 
adverse conditions existing last Spring, 
but w*e can eee no excuse for ignoring 
the customer’s letters and our letters in 
his behalf. 
The wholesale license of II. R. Simon- 
etti of this city has been revoked for an 
indefinite period by the Federal Food Ad¬ 
ministration, it was announced yesterday. 
The case centers about an interstate ship¬ 
ment of potatoes and therefore it was 
turned over by the local food adminis¬ 
trator to the State administrator, who in 
turn placed the matter with the Wash¬ 
ington authorities. 
At the hearing it was shown that J. R. 
Boggs & Co. of St. Paul. Minn., shipped a 
carload of potatoes to Simonetti on No¬ 
vember 15, 191S. Between the time of 
ordering the car and its arrival the price 
of potatoes dropped and on its arrival at 
Harrisburg the goods were refused by 
Simonetti on the ground that the potatoes 
were in bad shape and not up to contract. 
—Harrisburg, Pa., Patriot. 
This is the game often played by un¬ 
fair dealers—it is always easy to find 
fault with the quality of the produce 
when the market declines. In this case 
it was a dealer who made the shipment. 
Farmers too often do not make a fight 
for their rights. The Federal Food Ad¬ 
ministration is doing good work in these 
cases and w r e hope its services may be re¬ 
tained under peace conditions to war on 
crooked dealers and commission men. 
I wish to open up and speak my mind. 
Perhaps it may look radical to some, but 
will give me some satisfaction. I am 
what is termed a poor man with a family 
of four children; 12 years the oldest. 
For the last year have been accumulating 
some stock with a view* of going on a 
farm; have bought three registered heifer 
calves at three different times. They 
were shipped by express. The second one 
arrived about two months ago. and I went 
three different times to the express office 
to inquire over a period of two weeks, 
losing time to the amount of $23.10, and 
each time they told me the calf had not 
arrived. About a week later I dropped in 
and they had the nerve to tell me it was 
there the last time I called but they had 
misplaced the bill, and the charges were 
$7.20. which I paid. Last w r eek I had 
another one shipped from same shipper, 
Paul H. Stevens, Cortland, N. Y. I went 
to express office Saturday and they in¬ 
formed me the calf was not there yet. 
On Monday afternoon I got two postcards 
through the mail from the express com¬ 
pany. I did not go down Tuesday, as I 
eould not lay off. so went dow r n Wednes¬ 
day and lost a day’s time, and this is the 
bill they had: $4.64 for board, $3.96 for 
express, 20c war tax—$8.80. I think 
the Government would do well to weed 
out some of these lazy good-for-nothings 
and put in some business men to run the 
express company. The people might get 
better service. G. D. k. 
Ohio. 
If bills were filed for all consequential 
damages sustained by the neglect and in¬ 
difference of express company employees, 
some remedy might be inaugurated by the 
express* company heads. As it is the cus¬ 
tomer has the experience and the loss in 
both time and money, and the company 
adds to its revenues and incidentally its 
dividends. In the case of a trunk that 
went astray, finally located at another 
station, the claim ■was made that two 
labels were on the trunk. Any school¬ 
boy would have made an effort to locate 
the party at the other address, if two 
were given, and express agerts are sup¬ 
posed to have at least an ounce of intel¬ 
ligence. Such negligence is not excusable, 
and should be paid for by the express 
company. There is nothing we can do in 
this case, but at least the circumstance 
should go on record. 
During the past two months the Amer¬ 
ican Railway Express has sent us 158 
vouchers for claims we have filed. These 
vouchers cover many of the old claims 
and some of the newer ones. By old 
claims we mean those filed prior to July, 
1918, ■when the consolidation was effected. 
We are woi*king hard on all the claims, 
and eventually they will be paid. The 
consolidation is bringing order out of the 
chaotic conditions that prevail in the 
claims bm*eau, but it is taking time. We 
refer to the payments so that those who 
have not had an adjustment may feel 
encouraged that there will be a settlement 
for them in the near future, we hope. 
for Contagious Abortion 
Don’t sell the aborters. Clean out the infection. Breeding 
animals are worth more than everbefore. Control of Abortion 
is doubly necessary. 
Every time a cow drops a calf—whether alive or dead—by premature 
birth or aborting, w hether the afterbirth is retained or not, her reproduc¬ 
tive organs should be flushed out once or twice with B-K. The Abortion 
infection develops in the uterus and vaginal tract. This infection causes 
Barrenness, Retention of Afterbirth and Calf Scours in addition to 
Abortion. Unless checked it is likely to run through your entire herd. 
B-K is a powerful non-poisonous antiseptic—-scientifically correct for 
this work. Used as a douche, it dissolves the slimy albuminous matter, 
kills the germs, stops discharges and controls the infection. B-K is much 
more effective than lysol, carbolic acid, Lugol’s solution, bichloride of 
mercury and coal tar disinfectants, all of which tend to coagulate or 
thicken the albumins. 
Contagious Abortion is being successfully controlled in many herds by 
following our simple plan with B-K. A well known breeder of registered 
stock says: 
“/ have been using B-K according to directions and the re - 
suits have been very gratifying. My cows have : every one passed 
the time for aborting and are calving all right in a natural wag. 
I had lost $1,500.00 on mg cows and feel that B-K has cleaned 
up the trouble entirety.”* 
B-K is sold by Dairy and Farm Supply Dealers, General Stores, 
Druggists, etc. If your dealer does not have it, send us his name. 
There are over “145 Farm Uses” for B-K 
FREE BULLETINS: Send for our valuable bulletin No. 52. on 
“Contagious Abortion,” also “145 Farm Uses” and our “Trial Offer.” 
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