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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. 
What is your opinion of the L. It. Steel 
Corporation, Buffalo, N. Y., a chain of 
stores operating throughout the United 
States and Canada? Would you consider 
stock in this corporation a safe invest¬ 
ment? . R.G. G. 
New l r ork. 
The 
not be 
L. R. Steel Corporation stock can- 
regarded as an investment at all. 
It is purely a speculation. The company 
has not been operating long enough for 
the stock to have an established value, and 
its future value depends upon the success 
or failure of the enterprise. The stock 
selling end of the business seems to take 
precedence of the commercial features, 
and we do not hesitate to advise our read¬ 
ers not to hazard their savings in such 
ventures. 
I am sending you advertisement and 
check that I sent to the Allied Grocers, 
Chicago, Ill.. Dept. 114-2, and all I have 
to show for my money is this cashed 
'check ; no groceries, and T can’t even get 
a word out of them. Would you mind 
trying for me? The more T read The R. 
N.-Y. the wiser I get. and if you get this 
money I will send it right back to you 
for a three-year subscription. I. B. w. 
New York. 
The subscriber will be unable to pay his 
subscription with any remittance we are 
able to collect. The company is evidently 
no longer in business in Chicago, as let¬ 
ters are returnd with the notation that 
the concern cannot be located, and their 
name does not appear in the directories. 
To our mind the advertisement was mis¬ 
leading on the face of it. and groceries of¬ 
fered at unusual bargains usually cost 
more in the end than purchases made 
from legitimate houses. 
Is the Omaha Tapestry Paint Com¬ 
pany. Huntsman Block. Lagrange. Ind.. a 
reliable company? They advertise in dif¬ 
ferent papers for workers to paint pillow 
tops, and to get first outfit one must re¬ 
mit $6. MRS. C. E. M. 
Pennsylvania. 
The houses actually desiring to secure 
work done at home do not require money 
in advance for an outfit. This is the 
typical work-at-home scheme, the real 
purpose being to sell the material, thus 
taking money from needy women who can 
least afford to lose it. The $6 is what 
this concern is after—not workers. 
improvement, and inasmuch as many 
farmers write they are packing with the 
same care they have always exercised, the 
burden would seem to rest on the employ¬ 
es of the express company. Shippers will 
do'well to use every precaution to send 
out their goods in proper shape and hold 
the express company to the standard they 
advertise. 
I have been taking your paper for a 
number of years and would like a little 
advice. . I am thinking of investing some 
money in the Lyons Petroleum Company 
°f Okmulgee, Okla. Do you know any- 
thing about this concern, and whether or 
not it would be a safe investment? J. M 
Studor. Weaver Bid., Utica, N. Y. is 
selling the stock. e. M. 
New York. 
Just one of many oil ventures. The 
company is said to have leases on consid¬ 
erable acreage in Oklahoma and to be 
carrying on drilling operations. Why 
anyone should put money into an oil con¬ 
cern that can be said to be little more 
than a prospect is more than we can un¬ 
derstand. If anyone desires to speculate 
in oil stocks there is plenty of opportunity 
to do so in the stocks of established pro¬ 
ducing companies. Oil stocks are gener¬ 
ally speculative, but the word cannot 
rightly be applied to the stock of concerns 
that have only leases on property which 
may—and may not—produce oil.* The 
latter is only a gamble. 
What can you do for me iij this case? 
Enclosed find price list of the Trojan 
Barrel Company, sent me; also bill of 
lading. You will see I shipped four bar¬ 
rels June 10; these were worth §7.30 
here. They sent me a check for §5 in ad¬ 
vance. Their price advanced 25 cents by 
July 31. when I sent them four barrels 
worth $10.00. and $2.30 on first ship¬ 
ment. or $12.00 on the two shipments, j 
Since they received the second shipment i 
they wrote me once they would investi¬ 
gate it. I wrote them again ; they do not 
answer my letters at all. h. l. b. 
Pennsylvania. 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
inasmuch 
August 13, 1021 
The subscriber will be obliged to charge 
this transaction up to experience, as our 
attorney is unable to get any satisfaction 
whatever from the debtor. It was re¬ 
ported that Mr. Joslin, the proprietor, 
was ill and then away on a business trip, 
and in the meantime he had removed from 
his former address. He evidently has no 
intention of paying the claim, and the 
attorneys consider it worthless, as there 
is no way in which payment can be en¬ 
forced. This again shows the advisability 
of dealing with responsible houses. 
I am enclosing letters and printed mat¬ 
ter from an advertisement I answered of 
John P. Walsh, Troy. N. Y.. some time 
ago, for St. Andreasberg roller canaries 
and other birds. These letters, also sev¬ 
eral others (which were returned with 
order), stated he had these birds as I 
wanted, and by paying one-half of pur¬ 
chase price they would be sent on 10 
days’ approval, as you will read in cir¬ 
cular. He assured me they would arrive 
in perfect safety. After sending my order 
for one St. Andreasberg male at $12 and 
St. Andreasberg female at $3. and one 
Yorkshire female at $3. I enclosed $10 
for payment on same, and in return was 
shipped one female bird, almost dead from 
being enclosed in a tight wooden box with 
not light enough to see to eats its seed, 
and had do water for the three days’ ride. 
I wrote immediately, stating the above 
facts and received card No. 1. After 
the second letter he answered with card 
No. 2. My third letter stated he had liis 
money for the female bird, and if he could 
not furnish the rest, a* he agreed, he re¬ 
turn the money due me. $7. but up to date 
have received no reply. T think this is 
his game, and a great many people send 
for birds; think he should be exposed. 
Ohio. n. a. d. 
1\ e have written Mr. Walsh about this 
and another complaint a number of times, 
and can get no satisfactory reply to our 
letters. Regardless of the intentions of 
this bird dealer, we should say that he is 
an unsatisfactory party to send orders 
and remittances for canaries. 
I want to thank you for trying to make 
the express company settle for eggs brok¬ 
en. I don’t see what they gain, as I am 
now shipping by parcel po‘st and get word 
back received in A1 condition. I), s. T. 
Connecticut. 
The express company has improved the 
personnel of their handlers of express 
shipments, but the farmers are still “sore” 
because of past experiences. We had a 
dozen complaints last year to each one re¬ 
ceived this year. We are glad to note the 
Changing Hoghouse Into Henhouse 
I have a hoghouse which I would like 
to use as a henhouse next Winter. The 
hoghouse is 150 ft. long, 30 ft. wide. 0 
ft. from floor to rafters, peak roof, plenty 
of windows on both sides, windows facing 
east and west. Tt is not ceiled, as the 
house is so low that there is not much 
light, even though there are plenty of 
windows. If 1 partition off the east win¬ 
dows on dark days it will be too dark in 
the house. Have running water in the 
house. Some advise me to build a con¬ 
crete gutter so hens will have water at 
all times. b 
New York. 
Unless you wish to make some radical 
changes in this building to fit it for per¬ 
manent use as a poultry house I see little 
that you can do save to place a sufficient 
number of perches for the fowls that you 
wish to accommodate in one end and use 
the building as it is. Perches may be 
placed across one end about 5 ft. above 
the floor and on a level. Four to (» in. 
of perch room should be allowed for each 
fowl. A wide board may then be set on 
edge on the floor in front of the perches 
to keep the litter from being scratched 
into the droppings, deep litter spread over 
the rest of the building, and the poultry 
house will be ready for use. It will be 
better to use the whole building for your 
flock than to divide it into small pens. 
A poultry house of that size would ac¬ 
commodate 1.000 fowls in a single flock. 
If you wish to alter the house con¬ 
siderably the east side may be raised to 
10 ft. in height and sufficient windows 
placed in that side to flood the building 
with light. Those upon the west side can 
then be removed and that side made tight 
and fitted up with perches. This would 
permit dividing the building into pens 30 
ft. deep, if you wish it so divided. The 
roof would, of course, have to be changed, 
and it might be made double pitch, of 
unequal span, the short rafters in front. 
This would give you a poultry house of 
the ordinary type. 30 ft. deep, and facing 
the east. A single pitch or shed roof 
might be used if the rafters 
ported at their centers bv 
were 
posts. 
M. B. 
sup- 
D. 
Will Your Roughage 
Hold Out All Winter ? 
mi 
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Make sure with a Craine Silo 
The hay crop is decidedly short. Few farmers 
realize how short and high-priced hay will be. 
This is also true of other roughage crops— 
except corn. 
Will you have to buy high-priced hay or will 
you have your own corn silage ? 
You can make sure with a Craine Silo. Fill a 
Craine Silo with corn and have a good supply of 
low-priced, succulent roughage. 
There is yet time to order and erect a Craine Silo. 
We are prepared to make prompt shipments. 
The Craine Line 
of Silos 
P 1 
m 
Craine Triple Wall Silos 
Crasco Wood Stave Silos 
Craine Concrete Stave Silos 
CRAINE SILO CO. 
Box 110 Norwich, N. Y. 
Catalogs, illustrating; and describing these 
various constructions mailed on request. 
Rebuild the Old 
STAVE SILO 
Any homemade or stave 
sil«>. if twisted v tipped 
or collapsed, can be re 
built into a beautiful, 
new Craine 3-Wall Silo 
at about 1-2 the price of 
a new one. All the old 
material (except hoops) 
can be used. We buy 
the hoops. Send for our 
plan of rebuilding old 
silos. 
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VJ SILOS 
Have a Full Silo 
The corn crop raised on your 
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Silo furnishes more good feed per 
dollar than any feed you can buy. 
You can get more corn into a 
Globe Silo than into any other silo 
of equal rated capacity. The fam¬ 
ous Globe extension roof enables 
you to use every foot of silo you 
pay for. 
Send to-day for Globe Catalog 
and prices. 
GLOBE SILO COMPANY 
2-12 Willow St., SIDNEY, N. Y. 
Need More 
Silo Room ? 
We can make prompt 
shipments and at low 
prices. Write quick. 
Own your own En¬ 
silage Cutter. A few 
D Whirlwind Cutters, 
capacity 3 to 6 tons per 
hour, at very low prices. 
The 
Creamery Package IHfg. Co. 
338 West St. Rutland, Vermont 
KEEP LIVESTOCK HEALTHY 
BY USING 
Kreso Dip No. 1 
(STANDARDIZED) 
Easy to use; efficient; economical; kills 
parasites; prevents disease. 
Write for free booklets on the Care of 
Livestock and Poultry. 
ANIMAL INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF 
PARKE, DAVIS & CO. 
DETROIT, MICH. 
A PAPEC /or $160 !— because It’s best-liked 
and biggest-selling. Hence big production 
— low manufacturing cost to us. low buying 
price to you. Regular R-10; latest model; 10" throat; 
capacity 2 to 5 tons per hour; A, A, A and 1' cut; 
operated by 3 to 6 h. p. gas engine; complete on legs 
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feet of blower pipe with malleable collars, curved 
elbow for top, extra set of knives — only $160 ($175 
on 2-wheel truck, $190 on 4-wheel truck) f. o. b. 
Shortsville, N. Y. This guarantee protects you: 
e guarantee any Papec Cutter to throw and 
blow ensilage perpendicularly to the height of 
any silo, with any power, provided the speed 
of the cutting wheel does not fall below 600 
r.p.m. We also guarantee that any Papec Cut¬ 
ter will cut and elevate more ensilagewith the 
same power than any other blower cutter.” 
Order from this advertisement 
Or If you need a largrer cutter than R-10, write today for 
catalog and prices on other sizes. Big reductions on all sizes. 
Papec Machine Co. 110 Main St. Shortsville, N. Y. 
