942 
July 1G, 1921 
7ht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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. 
I find myself in trouble with the Ot¬ 
tawa Manufacturing Company, Ottawa, 
Kan. 'I am sending all the correspond¬ 
ence I have had with them. Would like 
to have you see what you can do for me. 
As you will see, I sent .$159.50 in cash 
and paid $28.28 for express from Kansas. 
I expected it to be shipped from Pitts¬ 
burgh, Pa., to save expense, and find they 
have no place of business there. There 
are other reliable men near me who have 
been deceived the same as I have. The 
machine is not made so it could do one- 
fourth the work it is advertised to do. I 
could not do with the one I had what two 
men could do by hand. I had to fasten it 
in the ground with iron bars to hold it so 
I could work it. ;Some of the others who 
were beaten, 'by waiting for directions, 
etc., failed to get theirs returned within 
30 days, and the company did not pay any 
attention to them. You will see what 
they say about the one I returned, as soon 
as I gave it a trial and found what there 
was of it. I returned it, and T positively 
would not pay the freight back for it. If 
I can get my money refunded, that is 
what I want. F. G. N. 
New York. 
We ha.c had complaints from a num¬ 
ber of our subscribers, regarding the log 
saw outfit of the Ottawa Manufacturing 
Company, Ottawa, Kan., similar to the 
above. The testimony in every case is to 
the effect that the log saw outfit is incapa¬ 
ble of making good the claims of the 
manufacturers for it that it “will do the 
work of 10 to 15 men with crosscut 
saws.” “35 to 50 cords of wood a day,” 
and “double the sawing capacity of any 
other log saw.” The guarantee of the 
Ottawa Manufacturing Company, in the 
sale of these log saw outfits, provides for 
a 30-day trial, and if the purchaser does 
not find it as represented and guaranteed, 
he may return it, and the Ottawa Manu¬ 
facturing Company promises to send an¬ 
other outfit. In this particular case the 
correspondence before the purchase em¬ 
phasized and made clear the conditions 
of the guarantee, but the correspondence 
further provides that if the second ma¬ 
chine did not make good the representa¬ 
tions, or guarantee, that it might be re¬ 
turned and the purchase price refunded. 
As is seen by the above letter, the pur¬ 
chaser, F. G. N., makes no contention 
that there is anything defective about this 
outfit, but that the machine is not capable 
of doing the work claimed by the manu¬ 
facturers at the time of sale. The Ot¬ 
tawa Manufacturing Company do not re¬ 
port that they find anything defective 
about the outfit, either, and under the 
circumstances it would be only a waste of 
time, energy and money to send a second 
outfit. Any guarantee or 30-day trial 
that does not provide for the return of 
the purchase price on any machine that 
is not as represented can only be regarded 
as a snare to catch the order; otherwise 
there is no occasion at all for such a 
guarantee as the Ottawa Manufacturing 
Company put out. 
On the whole, we have found the Ot¬ 
tawa Manufacturing Company a very 
unsatisfaciu.y house for farmers to have 
dealings .with. The firm is extravagant 
in the claims made for their machinery, 
'and habitually slow in making ship¬ 
ments, causing farmers no end of trouble 
and annoyance, in the meantime making 
false and misleading excuses for their 
failure to make shipment as promised 
when soliciting the orders. Because of 
the evident lack of good faith on the part 
of the company in these matters, and the 
many complaints from subscribers, we 
cancelled the firm’s advertising scheduled 
for The Rural New-Yorker more than 
a year ago. We feel that this explana¬ 
tion, and the experience of F. G. N. and 
many other farmers complaining in the 
same way, is due our subscribers for 
their future guidance with this company. 
Since writing you in regard to the 
United Fertilizer & Lime Companv, I 
find that one of their age^^s, namely, W. 
W. Gooley, who claims to reside at 205 
Prospect avenue, Syracuse, N. Y.. is one 
of the representatives who pushed the 
stock in the Farmers’ Standard Carbide 
Gjompany. His card, which I obtained 
yesterday, reads that he is “Financial 
representative of the Farmers’ Standard 
Carbide Company, Plattsburg, N. Y.” I 
also have a card of his which reads that 
he is “State, manager of Pennsylvania, 
I nited Fertilizer & Lime Company.” 
This man has really been the head of the 
stock-selling proposition in this county, 
with two other men -working with him. 
In my estimation he is a pretty good! bird 
to. be posted and on the lookout for future 
wildcat schemes. r. h. it. 
Chemung Co., N. Y. 
We referred to this stock promotion of 
the United Fertilizer & Lime Company of 
Syracuse, N. Y., in Publisher’s Desk a 
few weeks ago. The above would indicate 
that this company is also a promotion of 
Stromblad, who organized the Fanners’ 
Standard Carbide Company. We under¬ 
stand Mr. Stromblad found the stock-sell¬ 
ing end of the Carbide Company profit¬ 
able to himself, and when a promoter gets 
the taste of “easy money” in the stock- 
selling game he is not likely to abandon 
the pursuit. Our reports do not definitely 
connect Mr. Stromblad 'with this scheme, 
but.it bears his “earmarks” at any rate. 
This is to certify that E. H., Penn¬ 
sylvania, shipped three crates of chickens 
October, 1920. The three crates were 
new and cost $4 apiece. They contained 
one cockerel and five pullets, Wyandottes, 
the price of which was $50. The birds 
were trap-nested and bred from Fishel’s 
best, the eggs costing $25 for 15; some 
very fine White Rocks and Rhode Island 
Red pullets, altogether 36 birds, worth 
about $150, selected for breeding, and pul¬ 
lets all laying. I cannot understand how 
three new and properly marked crates of 
chickens are lost, and why a man has to 
wait eight months to get his money. This 
surely does the American Railway Ex¬ 
press credit. a. h. 
New York. 
The value of this shipment was given 
on the express receipt at $100, and al¬ 
though the express company admitted they 
had not made delivery they asked shipper 
to accept $50 in settlement, which we re¬ 
fused. The based their offer on market 
value of poultry, which was specially bred 
for breeding purposes. They offered a 
compromise settlement of $75, which was 
also refused. We sent them full evidence 
that the value of the poultry was greater 
than the valuation on the express receipt, 
and finally received check for $100, the 
amount of the claim. The express com¬ 
pany should have settled earlier. The 
facts were clear. 
The Law of Adoption 
We took a little boy 5% years old. 
The father gave us a paper which he 
signed before witnesses stating that he 
gave up all claim to the boy and that he 
was to be called by our name. We sup¬ 
posed the paper perfectly legal. That 
boy is now a man and has been told that 
he has no right to the name he has borne 
for so many years, and that he cannot 
buy property or get married under that 
name, that he has no legal right to the 
name. Could he, if that were true, be 
legally adopted? j. 
The legal adoption by one person of 
the offspring of another, giving him a 
status of a child by adoption, was un¬ 
known to the common law. It was re¬ 
cognized, however, by the Roman law, 
and exists in many countries on the con¬ 
tinent of Europe, and has been introduced 
into most of the States of this country. 
The statutes of the different States vary 
widely in their provisions, and no general 
statement can be made as to the requisites 
for a voluntary adoption. They generally 
prescribe wha't persons may adopt, as any 
person, an inhabitant of the State, of fuil 
age, or in some States of a greater age, 
etc. In most States the adopting per¬ 
son’s husband or wife, if he or she ia 
married, must consent. The process by 
which the adoption may be effected is also 
prescribed, as by petition to the court in 
some States, or by deed in others. If the 
child lias natural parents living their con¬ 
sent is generally required. The right of 
adoption, however, as has been stated, de¬ 
pends entirely upon the statute, and its 
provisions must be strictly complied with. 
If the provisions of the statute are not 
strictly complied with, there is no legal 
adoption. Many times it is difficult to 
trace the title to real property because 
of the failure to comply with the statutes 
in regard to adoption. From your inquiry 
we assume that no application was made 
to the court for adoption and that there 
was therefore no legal adoption. We 
know, of no provision for adppting a child 
who is more than 21 years of age, hence 
in order, that he may share in your 
property it will be necesesary for you to 
dispose of your property by will. At 
common law a person may change his 
name in good faith and for an honest 
purpose by adopting a new name and by 
transacting business therein and holding 
himself out to his friends and acquaint¬ 
ances thereunder with their acquiescence 
and recognition for such a length of time 
as to indicate a bona fide intent to assume 
the new name finally and conclusively. 
Having assumed your name under the 
above circumstances, there is no doubt 
that he may legally do business there¬ 
under. 
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You’ll get about one ton of corn and eleven tons of stalks, 
leaves and husks out of each acre, but every bit of this will 
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Get a silo for your corn crop — a 
Harder Silo—strong, firm, air-tight, yet 
easily taken down and re-erected should 
you move to another farm. 
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