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‘Pte RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 24, 1020 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
All letters to Publisher’s Desk depart¬ 
ment must be signed with writer's full 
name and address given. Many inquiries 
are answered by mail instead of printing 
inquiry and answer, hence unsigned let¬ 
ters receive no consideration. 
Douglas Demmon, operating from Wash¬ 
ington. D. C., Montclair, N. J., and va¬ 
rious other addresses, soliciting ship¬ 
ments of breeding stock on 30-day ac¬ 
ceptances, was arrested by the Federal 
authorities at New Brunswick, N. J.. on 
June 16. At the suggestion of Publish¬ 
er’s Desk a subscriber at that place ar¬ 
ranged with Mr. Demmon to call at his 
farm on that day for two breeding sows. 
At the same time it was arranged to have 
an inspector present when Mr. Demmon 
called for the pigs. He was locked up 
over night, and later released in the cus¬ 
tody of his wife and family. It is said 
that Demmon is demented, and we under¬ 
stand it was on this theory that the au¬ 
thorities released him on 'the promise of 
his family to take care of him. At any 
rate. Demmon’s swindling activities have 
ceased for the present, while we have no 
information to indicate that those he 
swindled will be reimbursed. 
I shipped Ehrgott & Marsilio, Bronx 
Produce House, two barrels of apples and 
one crate pears. After waiting for some 
time for remittance I wrote them, but 
received no reply; have written them 
about five times, without a word. What 
can be done? w. d. h. 
New York. 
The railroad shows delivery of this 
shipment, but no settlement has been 
made, and we give the record for the in¬ 
formation of other shippers. Farmers 
will not want to send goods to houses 
that neglect to make returns and per¬ 
sistently refuse to answer inquiries. 
I sent Abe London, 67 E. 9Sth St., New 
York City, eggs, and he paid all right 
until in April, when he didn’t pay within 
4 to 14 cents of tightest quotations. I 
wanted to know the reason, and he said 
eggs were poor; probably on account of 
the strike had been kept too long. I had 
sent eggs by parcel post and after the 
boats got running sent them by express 
to Kingston, then by boat to New York, 
as they had not been kept long, as you 
can see by dates of shipment; the eggs 
were fresh, and I sent him a bill for the 
balance, which he refuses to pay. Those 
shipped April 24 he found the most fault 
about. I know the oldest egg was not 
more than one week old when lie received 
the crates, for he wrote me the date he 
received them. I am enclosing the dates 
shipped and amount short. Can you col¬ 
lect it for me? f. b. s. 
New York. 
It’s the same old song when produce is 
shipped to these irresponsible “dealers” 
and “distributors.” We cannot collect the 
balance claimed by F. B. S. When will 
producers learn to look up the standing 
of those soliciting goods before making 
shipment? Tiie R. N.-Y. will gladly 
give shippers advice regarding the stand¬ 
ing and reputation of any house in the 
produce business for the asking. There 
is therefore no excuse for anyone patron¬ 
izing unworthy houses. 
I am enclosing a letter from , the attor- 
nev of the International Correspondence 
Schools. Scranton, Pa„ that explains 
itself: 
This young man last November signed 
a contract with the International Corre¬ 
spondence Schools for an electric automo¬ 
bile course. He was 19 years old. and 
his parents signed with him; they sent 
on $5. He received a few small books, 
and soon found he could do nothing with 
them, and has not sent them any money 
since. He is a poor boy, and works in a 
mill. His mother is in the hospital and 
he cannot afford to waste any money, 
yet he wants to be honest He just re¬ 
ceived the enclosed letter from a lawyer 
and came to me for advice. Kindly ad¬ 
vise this young man what to do. 
New Y’ork. F. R. 
Any advice we cau give young men or 
older ones after they bite on correspond¬ 
ence school bait and feel the prick of 
the hook is of little value. If the parties 
signing the contract have any property 
against which a judgment can be collected, 
as a rule they have to pay. Correspond¬ 
ence schools invariably insist on the 
“pound of flesh,” whether the party sign¬ 
ing for the course finds it of any value 
to him or not. Children starving or 
mother in the hospital has no appeal with 
these houses. 
Is the Paul Irving Co., 1194 Buskwick 
avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., a reliable con¬ 
cern? I received a catalogue from them, 
and May 20 mailed them an order for 
Ford car accessories to the amount of 
$5.28, which they received, as the check 
has come back to the bank. I have not 
received the goods, and they will not an¬ 
swer a letter relating to the order. 
Massachusetts. w. f. t. 
We can get no reply to our letter in 
this subscriber’s behalf, and other similar 
complaints indicate that the company is 
unworthy of the confidence or trade of the 
public. 
Will you collect a bill for a barrel of 
choice apples sent to Mrs. Pupperecht, 
175 Park avenue. Union Hill. N. J., a 
year ago? I have not received my money 
for them yet, and will give it_to you for 
collection. The price was $4.25. J. K. 
New York. 
The amount is too small for suit, and 
it is impossible to get any response or 
payment from this party. The shipper 
loses the value of a choice barrel of ap¬ 
ples through his confidence in the pur¬ 
chaser, who fails to give any reference, 
and evidently has no regard for credit 
standing. Small losses eat into profits, 
and the only way to protet yourself is to 
insist on payment in advance. 
During the past Winter I purchased a 
Franklin automobile from the firm of 
Palette & Shirley, 250 West 54th street, 
New 7 York City. Being personally ac¬ 
quainted with Mr. Palette, I accepted 
his statement that the automobile had 
been completely overhauled, and that the 
curtains and all were in good condition. 
When the automobile was delivered, the 
engine “knocked,” and when the machine 
was examined by a machinist it was 
found that the bearings in the wheels 
w r ere in bad condition, that the engine's 
bearings were loose, and the engine con¬ 
tained a quantity of sand, showing that 
the engine and other parts had not been 
overhauled at all, as was represented at 
the time of sale. G. T. 
Long Island. 
This is a typical “gyp” transaction, 
and “gyp” automobile dealers do not 
recognize friend or foe. Although sold 
as a machine thoroughly overhauled. 
Palette & Shirley admit in a letter that 
the car was not overhauled, and contend 
that they only had the car on consign¬ 
ment. There seems to be no way of 
bringing sharks of this sort to book, but 
the transaction w T ill serve as a warning 
to our other friends to beware the sharp 
practices of these “gyp” concerns. 
We were stung with a carload of poor 
hay, bought from a dealer in Syracuse, 
the Onondaga Milling Company. We 
bought a carload of hay last year from 
them, and it was very good, second-cutting 
Alfalfa. This year we told them we 
w'ould buy a car every year if they would 
send a car as good as last year. They 
had previously written us that there w 7 as 
a good deal of inferior hay on the market, 
but they would see that we got good hay 
if we favored them with an order. It was 
not only two to eight pounds short on 
several bales that we weighed as a test, 
but a part of the hay was taken from a 
stack that was evidently wet and spoiled, 
so that many of the bales are spoiled and 
dirty, and unfit to feed either horses or 
cows. They claim that the man who put 
up the hay was sure every bale was good 
weight, and they were sure the hay had 
been dropped in the mud wheu unloaded 
from the car, and a lot of other such 
punk. What are the best means for re¬ 
dress? S. O. H. 
New York. 
This hay has been officially inspected 
by an inspector from the New York Ex¬ 
change. The report shows “75 bales of 
sound Alfalfa hay aud 34 bales of dam¬ 
aged Alfalfa.” The vicinity of Syracuse 
is the best Alfalfa-producing section of 
the Eastern States, and naturally buyers 
of Alfalfa turn to that market for a sup¬ 
ply. It seems a pity that‘the growers of 
this valuable feeding product are obliged 
to suffer loss of prestige aud trade because 
of the fact that dealers cannot be relied 
upon to deliver hay of the quality agreed 
upon. We have had numerous complaints 
on account of Alfalfa hay transactions 
in this section. The only response we 
get from Onondaga Milling Company to 
our efforts to adjust the case amicably is 
that it is “none of our business.” 
Rickets 
Some young pigs seem to have no use 
of their front feet. They are heavy, and 
only two weeks old. Is the sow’s milk 
at fault? w. E. s. 
New Jei'sey. 
The pigs, no doubt, have rackets from 
malnutrition. The feed of the sow may 
be unsuitable. Let her graze green crop 
and in addition have milk to drink and 
middlings, corn aud tankage from a self- 
feeder. If the pigs are eating, mix lime 
water freely with the milk or slop. Emul¬ 
sion of cod liver oil alr?o would help. 
AILING ANIMALS 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Horses with Dandruff 
I have a pair of horses that seem to be 
all right, except that they have a great 
deal of dandruff. Can anything be done 
for this trouble? R. J. I. 
Ohio. 
It is necessary to groom every horse 
very thoroughly at least once a day to 
keep the skin in healthy condition. If 
the horses have not shed properly, better 
clip them at once and then groom daily 
without using a currycomb. A month or 
two on grass also would get the skin into 
good condition. 
Lame Hogs 
Our herd boar and two of the sows are 
walking on their knees in front. There 
is a swelling around their hoofs, which 
extends up to their knees. We also find 
the holes in their front legs stopped up. 
We pressed on one. and something white 
and thick oozed out. Will you give us 
the trouble aud remedy? g. m. c. 
North Carolina. 
It is natural for the sebaceous glands 
of the legs to secrete the substance de¬ 
scribed. They have nothing whatever to 
do with the lameness in a hog. although 
there is a common belief to the contrary. 
Prolonged stabling upon a cement or hard 
board floor often causes such lameness, 
from a sore-footed condition, or “corns.” 
as liogmeu sometimes call it. Overfeed¬ 
ing on corn and constipation from such 
feeding and lacking exercise also tends to 
induce such lameness. Move the hogs to 
colony houses on grass. Open the bowels 
freely with Epsom salts in slop. Feed 
milk, middlings, tankage and a little 
shelled corn from a self-feeder. If the 
feet are found to be sore poultice with 
antiphlogistine. “white rock" foot dress¬ 
ing or pipe clay and vinegar. 
Pining Cow 
A Jersey cow has been fresh three 
months; she does not eat very much and 
is getting poorer every day. I had a 
surgeon and he said he cannot do any¬ 
thing for her. He said she must have 
picked up some rusty nails or something 
else. I have fed her on all kinds of feed 
and she does not .seem to care for any 
very much. F. H. 
New Jersey. 
In such a case the tubercular test 
should be applied to determine if the 
animal is afflicted with tuberculosis, which 
is incurable. If that, disease is not found 
present, the cow may improve on good 
grass and generous additional feed or 
with grain or meals: but if she has trau¬ 
matic pericarditis from swallowing a 
wire, nail or other sharp object, and that 
is quite probable, the condition is hope¬ 
less. 
Lameness 
I have a big young horse lame in the 
stifle. When he starts lie takes a couple 
of lame steps, then it disappears till he 
stops and starts again. Is there liniment 
that will help him while he works on the 
farm? c. H. F. 
New Jersey. 
The symptoms described indicate bone 
spavin as the cause of lameness rather 
than some disease of the stifle joint. Iu 
that case it will be best to have the spavin 
and entire hock joint fired and blistered 
by a qualified veterinarian, after which 
the horse should be kept tied up short in 
a narrow stall for six eeks of absolute 
rest. Liniment will do little, if any. good 
iu either chronic disease of the stifle or 
hock. We cannot decide which condition 
is present without making a personal ex¬ 
amination. A qualified veterinarian, there¬ 
fore, should be employed. 
i Do You Want 
A Silo This 
Year? 
If you aim to store this 
year’s corn crop, when it’s 
worth most as feed, you 
want a silo on time. 
And if you knew how long 
it takes these days to get 
any kind of an order filled 
—you’d act without delay. 
There’s yet time to order 
and be sure of getting your 
Unadilla 
Silo 
The Unadilla is made in the largest 
factory in the East devoted exclus¬ 
ively to silos. Our stock of lumber 
and steel is ample but we cannot 
control embargoes and freight delays 
that take months where once it was 
a matter of days. 
The famous Unadilla Silo is easy to 
erect quickly, keeps silage perfectly 
and is in use by many thousands of 
dairymen and stockmen. 
Get our 1920 Catalog and prices. 
Act before others fill our factory 
capacity. Be sure of getting your 
silo on time. 
Unadilla Silo Co. 
Box C Unadilla, N. Y. 
Silos At Half Price 
I must clear my present ware¬ 
house before winter. About 200 
silos left, which I will sell at half 
price as long as they last. Silos 
are well-known make, new, built 
of genuine Clear Oregon Fir, and 
absolutely first-class in every way. 
You have as 'good a chance at 
these as anyone else if you get 
your order in before they are gone. 
No partiality shown big buyers. 
Everybody treated fairly. Orders 
filled in order of their receipt. 
M. L. SMITH, Manufacturer’s Agent 
113 Flood Building 
Meadville Pennsylvania 
Before You Buy Your Silo, 
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for circulara describing long-life, tight 
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A Harder Silo by cutting down your feed 
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Box 11 
Cobleskill, N. Y. M 
