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Iht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
June 21, 1924> 
PyBLISHER’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. 
We cannot do without the good old 
Rural New-Yorker, not after having 
been a constant reader for 43 years. It 
is by all odds the very best of all the 
farm papers, head and shoulders away 
above them all. Am 82 years of age and 
wonderfully active still. Your old friend 
of 43 years, w. M. c. 
Missouri. 
Inclosed find $5. Please renew my 
subscription for five more years. Think 
your paper the best farm paper going. 
Florida. F. w. B. 
About $30 is what it costs me annually 
for papers, and The R. N.-Y. is the last 
I would drop. j. w. F. 
New York. 
Florida, Missouri and New York all 
tell the same story in different language. 
Sometimes we are chided for not raising 
the subscription price and for not making 
more money. We make some, and these 
expressions of appreciation are fully 
worth the rest. 
Give the Lewis Laboratories, Chicago, 
a free advertisement. This county is 
overrun by this “gland” swindle. 
Pennsylvania. C. G. w. 
The study of the functions of the va¬ 
rious glands of the human body is not 
new, though recent years have contri¬ 
buted greatly to exact knowledge con¬ 
cerning them. Unfortunately, the appeal 
to the imagination which this, as yet 
very incomplete, knowledge makes, par¬ 
ticularly to the newspaper reader who 
cannot be well informed with regard to 
medical matters, has opened up an oppor¬ 
tunity for the faker and quack to bleed 
the credulous public from a new vein. 
The use of animal glands in medicine 
has revealed possibilities yet unexplored, 
and no one knows what the future may 
bring along this line, but it has also led 
to extravagant and foolish claims that, 
at present at least, are without founda¬ 
tion. Among these are those of the re¬ 
newal of youth in the aged by transplan¬ 
tation. or other use, of glands from lower 
animals. A well-known novelist has 
seized upon this idea to give point to her 
story “Black Oxen,” but her story still 
remains a novel of questionable merit, 
not an exposition of any recognized 
scientific discovery. 
Those who advertise gland tablets and 
gland preparations of various sorts, guar¬ 
anteed to turn backward time in its 
flight, may be safely characterized at 
once as fakers whose only object is to 
capitalize the universal desire for youth 
for the benefit of their own pocketbooks. 
If you feel that you are growing old, as 
all of us are, our advice is to keep your 
money for your own needs; don’t help 
fill the coffers of the medical quack. 
There is a man in this locality named 
Meeliling leasing farms to drill for oil. 
The lease is not in the name of any com¬ 
pany, but in the name of N. S. Lupher. 
trustee, as the second party. The lease 
is for two years free rent, after which 
they pay 25 cents per acre each year for 
20 years, or release the contract. Tf 
they find oil, party of first part has one- 
eighth of oil. I asked why the company’s 
name was not on the contract, and he 
said they would not incorporate in New 
York State until the farms in this sec¬ 
tion were leased and they had located 
oil. I thought I would hold off until I 
wrote you regarding said M. S. Lupher 
of Ohio. The road man says he is con¬ 
nected with the Union Natural Gas Cor¬ 
poration of Pittsburgh, Pa. W. C. S. 
New York. 
We have frequently advised farm 
owners against signing leases for oil 
rights with individuals or concerns with 
no known responsibility. To do so only 
ties a noose around the farmer’s neck 
and gives the holder of the lease a hold 
of the rope which he may pull at his 
own convenience. The farm owner binds 
himself under the lease with no corre¬ 
sponding compensation so far as we can 
ascertain. Mr. Meeliling, Mr. Lupher or 
the Union Natural Gas Corp., has no 
responsibility. When entering into a 
lease with responsible parties or cor¬ 
porations the farmer should consult his 
own lawyer, that his interest may be 
protected, before signing. 
What do you think of the New York 
Bankers, Inc., 347 Madison Ave., New 
York City? Their agents are selling stock 
around here, and even the banks en¬ 
dorse it, but I would like your opinion. 
New York. mbs. h. h. 
The New York Bankers, Inc., is a 
comparatively new enterprise organized 
in August. 1922, and the company has 
an authorized capital of $1,000,000 8 per 
cent cumulative preferred stock and 10,- 
000 shares of common stock of no par 
value. This line of business when effi¬ 
ciently managed has proved , successful 
and profitable by some of the older fi¬ 
nance companies. This is a new enter¬ 
prise, however, and it remains to be seen 
whether its future will be successful or 
otherwise. The stock must be considered 
in the light of a speculation at best, and 
regardless of whether your bank recom¬ 
mends the investment, we would not do 
so. We do not mean by this that the in¬ 
vestment would necessarily prove dis¬ 
astrous, but there is a risk involved in 
putting money into this stock, which peo¬ 
ple of small means should not assume. 
Comes a day when both grain and weather are right. That is 
the time to thresh. That is the time when owning your own 
Rumely OilPull Tractor and Rumely Ideal Separator will mean 
EXTRA PROFITS for you. 
Threshing early permits selling if the early market is right. 
Or you can hold until you think the price is right. And these 
are only a few of the advantages that are yours if you “thresh 
your own” with a 
I have been in the creamery business 
for a good many years, and know pretty 
well what good or bad butter is. Re¬ 
cently one of the most rotten deals ever 
put over on anyone was served up to 
us, and to keep others from getting stung 
we are sending you the particulars. 
First, let us explain that we specialize 
in butter, and believe we put out as good 
a grade of butter as can be found in the 
State. Have taken both the silver and 
gold medals at the State Fair. We can 
sell all our surplus buttter without any 
trouble to firms who have handled our 
products, year after year, both in Bos¬ 
ton and New York. Recently the mar¬ 
kets fell off in both these places, and the 
market in Philadelphia was higher. We 
sent four 58-lb. tubs of salt butter to 
Davis & Co., 338 North Front St., Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa., and in about 10 days check 
was returned for same. The transaction 
was very satisfactory ; nothing was taken 
out for shrinkage. (We didn’t expect 
there would be, as we allow % lb. on 
each tub for shrinkage.), Only express 
and commission was deducted. 
April 30, when the pay for above lot 
of butter was received, we also got the 
inclosed letter, asking for sweet butter. 
The prices quoted were good, and you will 
note that they say “Account sales and 
checks rendered daily”; also “We can 
place your butter promptly in any style 
package,” etc. Wte made one churning 
of sweet butter from a pasteurized cream 
of 574 lbs. (nine tubs 58 lbs. each, and 
one of 52 lbs.). After waiting two weeks 
and hearing nothing from them we wrote 
and received a check, 553 lbs. at 30c per 
lb., whereas their letter had. stated 43-44c. 
Express and commission was of course 
taken out of this amount, netting us a 
little less than 25 1 /(jc per lb. for the 
amount of butter we had shipped them. 
They said the butter was “sour, acid¬ 
like flavor, not uniform package, which is 
hard to sell on that market.” There 
was no shrinkage on the first lot, but over 
2 lbs. per tub on the second lot. There 
was no complaint on the first lot. We 
have written them just what we think of 
their methods, but we are taking our 
medicine. We trust that our experience 
may save someone else. s. s. c. co. 
New York. 
The facts listed above give the results 
of a recent transaction which one of our 
readers has just had with Davis & Co., a 
firm that is not rated by the commercial 
agency, and one styled as “Receiver and 
Distributor” of butter. Our efforts to 
effect a further settlement for the butter 
availed us nothing. This is invariably 
the case when produce houses make un¬ 
satisfactory or unfair returns. The rec¬ 
ord may prove of service to other shippers. 
Would you give me whatever informa¬ 
tion you have about the American Mani- 
copy Company of Chicago. Ill., or S. W. 
Cochran Co., 29 La Salle St., Chicago, 
Ill.? The Cochran Company is sending 
out circulars for the American Manicopy 
Company, issuing stock somewhere 
around $15 a share. J. E. h. 
New York. 
My brother takes your paper and I 
take the liberty to ask if you can find out 
about the American Manicopy Type¬ 
writer Company, exploited by S. W. 
Cochran & Co. of Chicago. They adver¬ 
tise it as a new invention (the mani- 
eopy) and a good thing to invest in. 
New York. c. G. H. 
We find no record of American Mani¬ 
copy Typewriter Company, Chicago—no 
such concern listed in “Bradstreets.” New 
inventions are not investments, but spec¬ 
ulations. A small percentage of new in¬ 
ventions prove valuable, but any old in¬ 
vention is a good thing on which to base 
a stock-selling scheme. If this alleged 
invention appealed to typewriter manu¬ 
facturers the stock of the company would 
not be exploited in this manner. 
Rumely 
OILPULL 
Tractor 
The OilPull Tractor, due to Triple 
Heat Control, Oil Cooling, Close Gov¬ 
erning, Dual Lubrication, etc. is 
famous everywhere as a belt-job ma¬ 
chine. It is “steady as a steamer.” 
Gives you 10-Year Belt Power Service. 
Also 10-Year Hot Weather Service, 
no overheating. 10-Year Operating 
Economy. 
The Rumely Ideal Separator is built 
in sizes and types suitable for indi¬ 
vidual use by farmers and for profes¬ 
sional threshermen. You may have 
your choice of steel or wood construc¬ 
tion in a size to suit your power. 
It is famous everywhere for fast, 
Rumely 
and IDEAL 
Separator 
clean, thorough separation and de¬ 
pendable service. The Rumely Ideal 
principle of continuously flowing straw 
through the machine has saved thou¬ 
sands of dollars for farmers and 
threshermen. It “saves all the grain” 
as thousands of farmers and thresh¬ 
ermen know. Find out about it. 
Learn about these two great machines. 
Your name and address will bring 
complete catalogs which picture and 
describe many features. Also, a free 
copy our famous booklet “Triple 
Heat Control” which has been read 
by thousands of farmers. Write us 
today. Address Dept. ZZ. 
ADVANCE-RUMELY 
THRESHER CO., Inc., La Porte, Ind. 
(Incorporated) - •*■( 
Serviced through 33 Branches and Warehouses 
Advance-Rumely Line includes kerosene tractors, 9teaoi 
engines, grain and rice threshers, husker - shredders, 
alfalfa and clover hullers, silo fillers and motor trucks. 
Reid’sFarm Milk Cooler 
r is sold under a guarantee 
of complete satisfaction 
or your money refunded. 
It is highest in quality 
but lowest in cost in the 
i long run. Easily cleaned, 
• rust-proof, and wear¬ 
proof. It doesn’t pay to 
experiment. Get a good 
cooler first. Ask your 
dealer, or w r rite for prices 
and detail description. 
J Put your cooling problem 
C up to us. For fifty years 
C we have been making 
9 dairy equipment, and we 
g can help you. 
■tajj AH.REID HI 
CM*Mia>4 DAia V ' |l 
»o»eiv co l| n 
rauA.M* | ji | 
II Keeps 
Milk 24 to 48 ^*02 
hours longer 
F A. H. Reid Creamery 
E and Dairy Supply C«. 
L 69th St. & Harerford Are. 
g Box A, Philadelphia, Pa, 
Clean Your Well 
and avoid sickness 
THE BESTWAY 
cleans any depth of well 
quickly, thoroughly and 
safely. It is sure —acts 
by combined scoop and 
suction; safe — cleans 
any depth of well from 
the platform; simple— 
has single rope, 
no springs or 
delicate parts; 
strong — 35 lbs. 
best gray iron 
and steel; dur¬ 
able— -with care 
will last a life¬ 
time, and the 
price is only 
$12.50 NET, CRATED, F. O. B. 
You can do it yourself 
BESTWAY MFG. CO., Aberdeen, Md. 
FARM WAGONS 
low wheels— 
r wood—wide 
or narrow tires. 
Wagon parts of all 
kinds. Wheels to fit 
any running gear. 
Catalog illustrated in eolora free. 
Electric Wheel Co., 48 Gm SI..Quincy. III. 
The Dodd System 
Protects Life 
end Property from 
Damaqe by Liqhtninq 
Used Oh More Than 300,000 Buildinqs 
Every year thousands more farmers are en¬ 
joying the security of the Dodd System 100i& 
Protection from Lightning. It takes three or 
four times as many bushels of corn to build a 
bouse or barn today as it did ten years ago. But it only 
takes half as many to install the Dodd System, which pos¬ 
itively protects your property, family and livestock. 
Ask us to mall Prof. Dodd’s 32-page 
book,'‘Lightning," which tel la what lightning 
is and how it may be controlled. 
DODD A 8TRUTHERS 
Elm at 16th, Harrisburg, Pa. 
126 Eighth Bt. Des Moines, Iowa 
ABSORBINE 
TRADE MARK REG.U.S.PAT. Of M 
Reduces Strained, Puffy Ankles, 
Lymphangitis, Poll Evil, Fistula, 
Boils, Swellings; Stops Lameness 
and allays pain. Heals Sores, Cuts, 
bruises. Boot Chafes. It is a 
SAFE ANTISEPTIC AND GERMICIDE 
Does not blister or remove the 
hair and horse can be worked. Pleasant to use. 
$2 .50 a bottle, delivered. Describe your case 
for special instructions and Book 5 R free. 
ABSORBINE, JR., antiseptic liniment for mankind, re¬ 
duce* Strain,, painful. Knotted. Swollen Vein,. Concen¬ 
trated—only a few drop, required at an application. Price 
SI. 25 per bottle at dealer* or delivered. 
W. F. YOUNG, INC., 288 Lyman St., Springfield, Mats. 
FARM PROFIT LEAKS 
may be stopped by practical 
co-operation. The new book : 
“Organized Co-operation” 
by John J. Dillon tells how. 
Price, One Dollar. For sale by 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street New York 
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