1070 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Check received, and I want to thank 
you for collecting pay for my milk from 
the dairy company. I appreciate it more 
than I can say. When one depends on 
just that alone it means a great deal to 
lose a month’s milk bill. t. F. m. 
New York. 
This dealer was trying to avoid pay¬ 
ment of milk bills by giving notes for 
hills long due farmers. This dairyman 
had obligations of his own to meet, and 
needed his money. We were glad to be 
able to get it for him. 
A few days ago I wrote you concerning 
They wrote me they were sorry the eggs 
did not hatch and asked me to select any 
$4 premium in their catalogue and they 
would send it. So I ordered another sit¬ 
ting of eggs or asked them to return my 
$4 I paid for seed. After waiting another 
month they wrote me the weather was so 
warm they did not think it advisable to 
ship eggs, but they would ship me any 
other premium. I wrote them again and 
told them 1 wanted the eggs or the $4 I 
had paid. Cut although I have waited 
nearly another month I have received 
nothing from them. f. L. ii. 
New York. 
This subscriber should charge this up 
to “experience.” We should expect little 
different from a “Premium Seed House.” 
In purchasing seeds more than anything 
else is the quality important, and where 
a settlement for a car of apples shipped , ' ./ .‘ , 
William A. Eadie, Tompkinsville. Staten , cost 18 so lltt,e as compared with the 
nnal result, the fertilizer, labor 
Island, N. Y., and I suppose as soon as 
you wrote him he forwarded me the bill 
and check, dated about a week ahead, and 
wrote you that he had made settlement 
with me. _ I Avrote you at the time I had 
received his letter Avith check dated ahead. 
Yesterday I received word from my bank 
that they had received a protest for this 
check of $102.60 from the Stapleton bank. 
Would you advise me to write him, or 
leave it in your hands? I am told that 
this man owns quite some real estate. 
New York. A\ o. n. 
Mr. Eadie has neglected to make good 
this protested check, and the above record 
is a sufficient warning to other readers to 
pass by any overtures he may make for 
their business. A farmer cannot afford 
such losses, and avc repeat our preA r ious 
advice—look up the standing of any and 
all avIio solicit shipments from you. We 
arc here to serve our readers in this way. 
and advice beforehand is worth more than 
a warning after a loss is sustained. 
The advertising of (lie Air-friction 
Carburetor Company of Dayton. ().. con¬ 
tains extravagant claims for the alleged 
performance of their carburetor which are 
not substantiated by impartial tests made 
under direction of competent authorities. 
When asked for facts to substantiate 
the performance claims of the device, the. 
company proffered testimonial letters of 
users merely. 
Later scientific tests Avere made by the 
Bureau of Standards of the Department 
of Commerce. Washington. D. C. Por¬ 
tions of their report follow : 
“The results of these preliminary tests, 
supplemented by the information gained 
in the course of a general study of c.nr- 
buretion, leads to the conclusion that this 
carburetor is not markedly superior to 
other carburetors in common use and. as 
a matter of fact, is probably inferior in 
some respects. We are of the opinion, 
therefore, that the extravagant claims 
made for this device are entirely unjusti¬ 
fied.”—-Bulletin Advertising Clubs of the 
World. 
Publisher’s Desk has called attention to 
the extravagant claims of the Air-friction 
Carburetor Company a number of times. 
The advertising claims to “increase power 
and mileage 40 per cent.” which is unbe¬ 
lievable, and the Department of Com¬ 
merce finds untrue. It is sold on a .”>0 
days’ trial, and many purchasers have 
complained to us that they Avere unable 
to get the refund when returning the car 
buretor as unsatisfactory Avithin the .‘>0 
days. 
use of 
ground may all be lost on account of tin* 
saving of a few cents in the purchase of 
“cheap seeds.” The reputation of the 
seed house is the best guarantee of the 
quality and purity, and the houses selling 
seeds on the strength of a premium are 
not to be relied upon. The advertising of 
such houses is never accepted for Tiie 
Rural New-Yorker. 
April IS. 11)21. I shipped to Charles 
Abromson. 320 West 17th Street. New 
\°rk City, two cases of eggs. After some 
time Abromson sent a report that this 
shipment was never received, so Ave placed 
claim with the express company for loss. 
Express company immediately proved de¬ 
livery of this shipment and after some 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Health in City and Country 
There have been many published state¬ 
ments in recent years to the effect that 
city people enjoy better Sanitary conditions 
and more robust health than do those in 
the open country. Statistics of physical 
examinations at recruiting stations dur¬ 
ing the Avar and the vital statistics of de¬ 
partments of health are quoted to prove 
these assertions. All this is somewhat 
disconcerting to country people, avIio have 
flattered themselves that, Avhatever advan¬ 
tages of the city they may haA*e lacked, 
they were certainly bringing up their chil¬ 
dren under far more Avholesome physical 
and moral conditions than those to be 
found in toAvn. 
The article referred to states that there 
are three reasons Avhy the city child has 
a greater chance for health than his coun¬ 
try cousin. First, living conditions are 
more sanitary in the city ; second, facili¬ 
ties for medical treatment are greater in 
town than in country, and. finally, medical 
attention is more prompt. The last two 
statements need not be disputed. Hos¬ 
pitals. clinics, dispensaries, paid sanita¬ 
tion officials, are certainly more numerous 
in large towns than in country villages, 
and the well-trained young physician of 
today looks to the city rather tliau the 
country for bis field of employment. This, 
on the face of it, hardly proves that the 
health of the city exceeds that of the 
country, however. Facilities for the treat¬ 
ment of disease are usually most numer- 
need is greatest. And 
ous Avhere the 
correspondence Abromson sent us a note there is no question that cities 'have urgent 
r 0l i 10L> T ail<1 due weed of these aids to public health. When 
•inly -ii, l.wl. Ibis note lias not been masses of people are crowded together 
paid, and a recent letter sent to the above every evil influence is multiplied iii 
address (320 West 17th Street) has been potency. Health measures that may be 
returned unclaimed. Will you look only advisable in the country become ab- 
Abromson up for us and proceed to col- solutely necessary in the crowded town! 
lect our claim as soon ns possible, using But the statement that livinsr conditions; 
any means that may be necessary? We 
"’ill glady pay the cost of collection to 
bring him to time. av. c. m. 
New York. 
Wc shipped Lee Florists. Iii verb end. 
N. 3,000 cabbage plants, insured, par¬ 
cel post paid, on April 27. on open ac¬ 
count at $2.50 per 1,000; therefore total 
due us $7.50. 1 Ie sent us the order from 
our advertisement in your paper. Your 
influence in helping us to collect this bill 
Avill be appreciated. J. T. c. 
Virginia. 
For nearly 15 years back we have had 
similar complaints against Arthur Lee of 
the IlarloAvardon Garden. Itiverhead, L. 
I. We have referred to his methods many 
times in this column and we assumed our 
people would lniA'e the history on fil“. 
When a party establishes a record of 
this kind it is well to bear it in mind 
and have no business dealings with him. 
I am Avriting to ask about the Lancaster 
Seed Company at Paradise, Pa. In the 
late Spring of 1020 I received an order 
of 40 packages of seed from said com¬ 
pany. 1 mailed them $4 for seeds, and 
was to receive a sitting of Royal Blue 
Ringlet Rock eggs as a premium for sell¬ 
ing their seed. In July, 1020, I received 
a sitting of eggs and set them. But not 
one hatched. After three Aveelcs I broke 
every egg, and there was not the sign of 
a chicken in any one of them. Some of 
the seed Avas all right and some was not. 
I had two papers of pumpkin seed, and 
they greAV to be pattypan squash, and the 
other seeds in the same manner. As it 
was so late I did not write, them. But 
this year, when I received their catalogue, 
I wrote them and told them ail about the 
eggs and seeds, and T also told them that 
my neighbors had said that the eggs had 
been pricked or dipped into hot Avater. 
This is the usual method of fiy-by- 
niglil dealers. Several similar complaints 
have reached us. but Abromson cannot be 
located. The information lias been sent 
to the Postoffice Department, and we hope 
they can locate him and prosecute him. 
In 11)14 a ’Charles Abromson was operat¬ 
ing in New York under this name, and 
in Newark, N. .1.. under the name of J. 
& D. Samuels. He avus arrested and 
spent some time in jail. We are suspi¬ 
cious that this is the same party, and it 
will be Avell to keep Lis name on record 
and avoid the meeting Avith loss which 
follows dealings with him. 
A stock salesman representing (lie Co¬ 
operative Drug Co.-Frankling Trust <'o.. 
Philadelphia, is offering and selling stock 
to establish a system of chain drug stores 
in various cities, promising, according to 
prospectus, a high rate of interest and 
increasing value of stock equal to 100 
per cent in the near future. 1 request 
you to investigate this and ad\ r isc me. as 
it may be the means of saving some money 
to neighbors. av. n. s. 
When the proposed chain of drug stores 
is established on a profitable basis it will 
be time enough to consider the proposi¬ 
tion. In the present stage of develop¬ 
ment those putting money into the enter¬ 
prise would be taking a long shot, to say 
the least. With so many sound securi¬ 
ties selling at bargain prices there is no 
good reason for anyone risking their sav¬ 
ings in uncertain schemes. 
„ conditions 
arc more sanitary in the city than in the 
country is quite open to argument. So 
lar as the most intelligent and Avell-to-do 
portion of the population is concerned 
there would seem to be little difference 
-Modern measures of sanitation are Aveli 
observed by them in both places. The 
August 27, 1021 
there lay buried at least three generations 
of his ancestors, sleeping there beyond 
the care of the family avIio moved Vest 
quite SO years ago. What a tangled 
thicket this yard was, with briers and 
locust trees and sprouts galore! And all 
through this mass were the graves by the 
score of the old settlers even before the 
Revolution and nearly a century after. 
Yes, avc found the family burial place. 
Some of the slates were standing, one 
marble slab still erect, some doAvn and 
eo\ f• red with much moss and rank AA'eeds, 
and on some iff the old slates Avas carved 
the most grotesque and even hideous at¬ 
tempts to outline weeping avUIoavs, and 
flowers, and even human faces, mid this 
noticeable all about the yard. I sought 
a friendly neighbor, who Avith help cleared 
tip the family lot, reset the slabs, fer¬ 
tilized and seeded doAvn the plot, but it 
had its effect. The trustees went at it, 
cleared up the cemetery, reset the stones 
and with the resolve that it should be 
kept in order henceforth. But avIio Avill 
remember the dead in the pastures, in 
the little, tumble-down burial lots? They 
are some one’s dead, and the public at 
large should be alive to the need of care 
for these neglected dead who—in most in¬ 
stances— ay ere the advance guard of our 
home and nation builders? j. g. 
A Day Off 
Husband arose yesterday morning with 
the announcement that he avus going to 
take a day oft and pick me some berries 
for canning, so I put up a lunch for him, 
and after breakfast and the barn chores 
Aver<‘ finished he took a milk pail, a 5-lb. 
lard pail Avith a -strap to hang it from 
his neck and shoulder while picking, his 
pail of lunch and thermos bottle of cold 
tea and started “across lots” for our 
young cattles’ pasture. 
-M'- younger sister, a high school girl 
of 1.., is staying with us this Summer to 
m*ll> me with the housework and care of 
the children. She loves them, and they 
love her, and I have groAvn to find her 
help almost indispensable. After dinner 
I picked a pail of peas for her to shell, 
settled the children for their daily nap 
and started for the lower pasture Avith 
a second milk pail and lard pail and a 
sujHll Pail of salt for the young cattle and 
Colt. I'liey Avere at the bars to meet me, 
but I bid the salt in the cattails near the 
bars and climbed to the berry patch. If 
you have been to the top of Bunker Hill 
.. -hit ™ 
when needed, and the same class in the 
city may enjoy country air when they 
wish. Of the poor and very poor, how¬ 
ever, there is a different story to tell. 
1 bey may liave more done for them gratis 
than does the same class in the countrv. 
but their problems of adequate nutrition 
and of healthful condition under Avhieh 
to eat sleep, play and work are much 
more difficult to solve than thev avouUI be 
v’ 1 / 1 of tmv "- To say that the children 
i ,A e , *! oor ;u '° growing up under more 
healthful conditions in large towns than 
in the country is to contradict common 
observation, and any statistics professing 
tn Show that the children of the well-to-do 
in the country are inferior in health to 
then- city cousins may Avell be analvzed 
l' 1 '\tt.v carefully before they are accepted. 
\N ell-kept, modern c-tiies have in great 
measure overcome some of the greatest 
menaces to health that once threatened 
them, such, for instance, as Avidespread 
prevalence of typhoid fever and other com¬ 
municable diseases. Sanitation lias been 
I be Study ol cities, because Avitbout it the 
city could not exist. It will probably be 
a long time, however, before avo shall es- 
fnbl'ish a great city air fund for the pur¬ 
pose of getting our children into the cities 
for a few weeks each year to promote 
I heir health. 
-Ar. B. D. 
The Old Forgotten Cemeteries 
Fan I be forced to pay the sum of $3.1)5 
for a map of New Jersey for Avhieh a man 
came to my place last Spring? He said 
that he was from the Survey Department 
and needed a few names from each dis¬ 
trict to have a map made up. Thinking 
he was from the Land Registry Depart¬ 
ment, of Trenton. I gave him my name, 
which he told me to write in a book, 
where there was nothing printed, only 
the names of neighbors, who did the same 
as I. We Avrote our own names. Being 
busy I left him and went back to work, 
thinking nothing of it, until I received 
this card, which you will find within, so I 
decided that the only place I can get any 
information that I could rely on was The 
Rt'raj. New-Yorker. ' av. e. 
New Jersey. 
The above represents the scheme of the 
National Map Company, of Indianapolis, 
Ind.. with an office at New York City. 
We have had other reports of the same 
nature. The National Map Company can¬ 
not collect the price of the maps from 
those who were tricked into signing their 
names as described by W. F., and the 
National Map Company will not try to 
do so, except by the use of bluffs and 
threats. No concern would dare go into 
court to collect, under such a scheme. 
Tbe editorial on page 054 brings up a 
mailer that is not Avbolly explainable. 
\Miy tills neglect of the old cemeteries 
am] too. often their entire abandonment! 
and their reversion back to pasture and 
plow lands? This is not confined to the 
older Eastern States, but is far too com¬ 
mon in the Middle West, where the set¬ 
tlers cabin and “graveyard” are as vet 
not. n century old. Why are the pioneer 
dead, tin 1 once builders of our new coun¬ 
try. so quickly forgotten? Why should 
not their successors accept the obligation 
of guardians of these “God’s acres?” 
“What do I know or care about those old 
graves?” is far from a credit to the 
present generation, much less to those 
avIio turn these graveyards into common 
pasturage. Near me are tAvo or three 
such abandoned graveyards now in pas¬ 
ture and under the plow, once populated 
by actual hundreds of the first settlers, 
and even the traces of the little marble 
sandstone markers have disappeared. 
A few years since the writer visited in 
Southern Vermont, the home of his fore¬ 
bears. and here and there Avere abandoned 
cemeteries, large and small, on hillside 
and valley, some in way protected Avith 
ruined stone Avails, often a field Avith 
here and there broken slate headstones, 
ruins of others prone oil the ground, 
with here and.there one still upright, on 
Avhieh but faintly diseernablc Avas the • 
name and date of the sleeper, avIio had 
been an occupant for quite 150 years. 
And some of these sleepers were Revolu¬ 
tionary soldiers; some fought at Quebec 
and Ticonderoga, but “What matters it 
now? It’s nothing to rue!” 
On a low rounding hill was another old 
cemetery that interested the writer, for 
oliinl> was like; but once there the picking 
is great and the A'ieAv something grand, 
far below us is the road down which I 
had. come, looking so near that it seems 
as ii a deer could give a running jump 
over the tops of the trees below and land 
m the road. Beyond the road, through a 
Aalley can be seen the White River, with 
the river road running besid • it. There 
is an almost continual stream of autos 
going and coming, and the sound of their 
engines and horns comes up to u> distinct¬ 
ly. I suppose most of them are filled with 
people seeking excitement. 1 hope they 
get what they are looking for, but I doubt 
n hut few of them experience the eon- 
tent men t Avhieh avo feel on our own liill- 
s ’ ffhthei ing food to store for use in the 
\\ inter. It is an ideal day for picking 
berries, warm but cloudy most of the time, 
Avith a shifting breeze. Beside the river 
road i- the Central Vermont Railway, and 
two trains go by whiff, avo pick, oiie ex¬ 
press and one long, slow-moving freight, 
there are rows and rows of wooded lulls 
and farmed valleys, with here and there 
farm buildings. Through the trees I think 
I get. a glimpse of the ('ounectieut River, 
and beyond it. in the hazy distance, some 
of the White Mountains. 
AVe pick until nearly five o’clock, and 
then, start, for home Avith the two milk 
pails full of raspberries, nearly half of 
them black ones. The trip down the hill 
is as bad as going up, and makes one long 
to turn and walk uphill a while The 
cattle and colt are still waiting for their 
salt. Six sleek, pansy-faced Jersey heifers, 
one golden, glossy Guernsey heifer and the 
colt. IIoav much I think of him ! How 
am‘ 11 I remember the June morning two 
years ago Avhen avo first saw him. We 
arose bright and early that morning, be- 
iore the children would awaken, and went 
to the pasture. There he stood, as straight 
as a major, beside his mother. She led 
us a long chase around the pasture be¬ 
fore. by patient coaxing, avc persuaded 
her to let us come near him. Husband 
asked what I would name him. and I 
answered promptly. “‘King,’ and perhaps 
next year we will have a ‘Queenio.’” Evi¬ 
dently he thought that too grand a name 
for a I’ercheron Avork horse, for he dubbed 
him “Studgc.” What a name! But 
‘Studge he Las remained, and “Queonie” 
never came, much to our regret. Hus¬ 
band has neither spared time, work nor 
feed to make him the best horse possible, 
and lie lias responded right royally. 
AVe give the cattle their salt and play 
with them a few minutes and then hurry 
along home. The three older children hear 
us coining and run down the road to meet 
ns. I hey each haA'O to have a berry, and 
look to see if daddy left any lunch. 
Sister and I got the berries all picked 
over in the evening and put sugar with 
tli(‘in. This morning I filled 15 Quart onus 
from them. I have gone back to the open- 
kettle method of canning all berries and 
rhubarb, but practically everything else 
I can by cold pack. So far this Summer 
I have canned IS quarts of rhubarb, 1U. 
quarts wild straAvberries. quarts culti¬ 
vated strawberries and 10 pints peas, be¬ 
sides the raspberries. 
MRS. OLOVA RUSTLE. 
