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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  3,  1923 
PUBLISHER'S  DESK 
I  think  I  have  been  trimmed  by  an  ad¬ 
vertiser  in  another  paper.  One  of  my 
New  Year’s  resolutions  was:  Not  answer 
any  advertisement  appearing  in  any  paper 
except  The  Rurax  New-Yorker. 
New  York.  s.  F.  w. 
The  above  from  a  subscriber  suggests 
that  all  our  readers  might  be  benefited  by 
being  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  vital 
policy  of  the  paper  with  regard  to  the 
advertising  accepted.  Many  write  us  in 
the  same  vein  as  the  above  subscriber, 
asking  about  the  reliability  of  advertise¬ 
ments  seen  in  other  publications,  adding 
that  if  they  saw  it  in  The  R.  N.-Y.  they 
would  feel  sure  without  asking.  It  is 
the  occasional  inquiry  about  advertisers 
in  our  columns  that  makes  it  necessary 
to  state  that  no  display  advertiser  un¬ 
known  to  us  is  granted  space  in  The  R. 
N.-Y.  until  after  a  rigid  investigation  of 
the  advertiser’s  standing  and  responsibil¬ 
ity  has  been  made.  We  are  accused  of 
maintaining  a  stricter  censorship  on 
advertising  than  any  other  publication. 
Many  advertisements  accepted  by  all 
other  publications  are  excluded  from  our 
columns.  A  great  majority  of  our  read¬ 
ers  appreciate  this  and  know  that  they 
can  send  a  remittance  to  our  advertisers 
with  the  same  confidence  as  to  ourselves; 
our  “Square  Deal”  guarantee  protects 
them,  anyhow.  And  this  liberal  patron¬ 
age  of  our  more  than  200,000  subscribers 
is  the  reason  for  the  splendid  line  of  ad¬ 
vertising  that  appears  in  this  number. 
No  farm  paper  can  boast  of  a  finer  line 
of  strictly  high-class  business — every 
house  represented  worthy  of  the  farmer’s 
fullest  confidence,  and  every  article  wor¬ 
thy  of  purchase.  Otherwise  they  would 
not  be  there.  We  confess  a  pride  in  the 
advertising  in  this  issue — and  it  is  a  trib¬ 
ute  to  the  buying  power  of  The  Rurax 
New-Yorker  family. 
I  have  had  several  agents  of  the  Guar¬ 
antee  Royalty  Company,  1116  F.  &  M. 
Bank  Building.  Fort  Worth,  Tex.,  try  to 
sell  me  stock.  They  say  they  have  a  won¬ 
derful  safe  investment  and  pay  24  per 
cent  a  year.  Will  you  give  me  your  opin¬ 
ion  of  said  company?  H.  A.  G. 
Pennsylvania. 
“Twenty-four  per  cent  and  safety.”  It 
is  too  preposterous  to  give  serious  consid¬ 
eration,  and  yet  many  people  swallow 
such  tales.  If  true,  investors  would 
stand  in  line  a  mile  long  to  get  into  the 
Guarantee  Royalty  Company  office  to  se¬ 
cure  an  interest.  It  is  safe  to  say  there 
are  more  “wildcat”  oil  schemes  in  Fort 
Worth,  Tex.,  than  any  other  city  in  the 
world. 
I  am  inclosing  in  this  letter  remainder 
of  communications  I  received  from 
American  Horticultural  Company  of  Des 
Moines,  la.  I  do  not  know  that  they  are 
needed,  but  you  can  get  a  line  on  extrava¬ 
gant  claims  they  place  through  the  Unit¬ 
ed  States  mail  to  carry  on  their  contests 
and  schemes.  This  company  should  be 
exposed.  It  would  be  interesting  to  the 
■public  as  well  as  to  myself  to  find  out 
how  many  other  people  are  waiting  for 
their  money.  For  that  reason  I  believe 
your  Publisher’s  Desk  is  invaluable  to 
farmers  in  exposing  the  number  of  fraud¬ 
ulent  schemes  put  out  for  the  public. 
More  power  to  you.  O.  J.  s. 
New  York. 
The  American  Horticultural  Company 
got  into  difficulties  last  season  —  could 
not,  or  at  least  did  not,  fill  many  orders, 
and  the  management  frankly  admits  that 
the  company  had  not  the  money  to  make 
refunds  on  unfilled  orders.  The  concern 
sends  out  tons  of  circulars,  judging  by  the 
quantity  forwarded  by  this  subscriber, 
containing  wonderful  bargain  offers.  And 
as  another  means  to  stimulate  trade  the 
concern  inaugurated  a  “prize  contest” 
with  “free  seeds.”  We  do  not  know 
whether  anyone  received  the  $1,000  prize 
offered  or  not ;  but  these  “contests”  are 
an  abomination.  The  best  houses  in  any 
line  would  not  consider  employing  such 
schemes  to  get  trade.  They  are  at  best 
an  appeal  to  the  weakness  of  human  na¬ 
ture  to  get  something  for  nothing.  This 
particular  case  resulted  in  getting  the 
“nothing”  in  exchange  for  some  real 
money.  In  any  event,  assuming  that 
someone  does  win  a  prize,  and  actually 
receives  it,  the  many  taking  part  in  the 
contest  pay  for  it.  We  should  have  no 
confidence  in  seeds  or  anything  else  sold 
by  such  a  scheme;  as  a  rule  it  is  only 
cheap,  inferior  merchandise  that  is  sold 
in  this  way.  The  Rurax  New-Yorker 
would  not  accept  the  “puzzle”  or  guessing 
contest  advertisements,  nor  would  we  rec¬ 
ommend  any  house  employing  such 
schemes. 
I  always  enjoy  reading  the  items  from 
Publisher’s  Desk,  and  see  quite  a  number 
of  games  which  have  been  worked  in  our 
community.  I  was  especially  interested 
in  the  one  regarding  the  Cornbelt  Nur¬ 
sery  and  Forestry  Association,  Blooming¬ 
ton,  Ill.  I  can  give  a  full  description  of 
their  specialties,  which  were  three  good 
ones.  First  was  a  cherry  which  was  sell¬ 
ing  at  $2  a  tree  that  ripened  in  Septem¬ 
ber,  and  when  picked  the  seed  would  stay 
on  the  tree  and  save  you  the  trouble  of 
seeding  before  canning.  Second  was  a 
peach  that  was  grafted  on  wild  peach 
roots,  which  would  be  a  very  long-lived, 
healthy,  disease  resistant  tree.  These 
also  were  selling  at  $2  each.  Last  of  all 
comes  a  strawberry  that  when  planted  on 
ridged  rows  will  produce  enormous  crops 
for  nine  years  without  replanting.  These 
they  would  sell  you  100  plants  for  test¬ 
ing  for  only  $15  per  100,  and  if  the  pros¬ 
pective  buyer  looked  interested  they 
would  make  him  a  proposition  that  he 
should  grow  berries  for  them  and  they 
would  furnish  half  the  plants,  charging 
only  $50  for  1,000,  and  they  would  fur¬ 
nish  the  second  1,000,  and  for  their  share 
they  would  take  half  the  proceeds  of  the 
first  crop.  This  gentleman  and  wife  were 
only  introducing  the  nursery  in  this  lo¬ 
cality,  and  intended  to  be  back  last  Fall, 
but  did  not  show  up.  This  kind  of  men 
always  drive  past  my  place,  and  I  never 
get  a  chance  at  these  bargains,  but  I 
succeeded  in  getting  a  few  plants  from  a 
neighbor,  which  I  planted  in  the  test  plot 
with  55  other  varieties,  and  am  almost 
sure  that  they  are  Progressive  everbear- 
ers.  d.  d.  h. 
Ohio. 
The  above  description  of  the  wonder 
trees  and  plants  has  the  familiar  ring  of 
our  own  H.  M.  Whiting,  Geneva,  N.  Y. 
Ohio  and  New  York  seem  to  be  desirable 
territory  for  the  operations  of  this  class 
of  nursery  houses.  Pennsylvania  some 
two  years  ago  barred  Whiting  from  doing 
business  in  the  State.  Of  course,  real 
fruit  growers  will  not  swallow  such 
“guff”  as  the  above,  which  is  the  stock 
*in  trade  of  so  many  nursery  agents. 
Those  who  sign  orders  on  the  strength  of 
such  fraudulent  representations  have 
good  legal  grounds  to  cancel  the  orders. 
Farmers  need  have  no  fear  of  litigation, 
as  fraudulent  schemes  have  no  standing 
in  court,  and  those  employing  such 
schemes  know  it. 
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I  received  today  a  seed  catalogue  from 
the  A.  A.  Berry  Seed  Company,  Clarinda, 
Iowa,  containing  some  very  interesting 
prices.  I  find  that  they  do  not  advertise 
in  The  It.  N.-Y.,  and  would  like  to  know 
if  you  consider  them  a  reliable  house 
with  which  to  do  business.  M.  J. 
New  York. 
A.  A.  Berry  Seed  Company’s  record 
at  the  Geneva  Experiment  Station  is 
that  it  has  shipped  to  farmers  of  New 
York  State  inferior  quality  seeds  con¬ 
taining  various  noxious  weeds.  The  firm 
also  resorts  to  the  scheme  of  selling 
clover  and  Timothy  mixed,  which  can  be 
for  no  other  purpose  than  deceiving  the 
buyer  directly  or  indirectly  as  to  the 
amount  of  clover  in  the  mixture.  The 
Federal  Trade  Commission  brought 
charges  against  the  house  a  few  years 
ago.  This  is  why  the  firm  does  not  and 
cannot  advertise  in  The  R.  N.-Y. 
I’m  not  investing.  Oh,  dear,  no !  I 
have  the  conviction  that  when  these 
things  are  offered  in  “the  Street”  it  is 
the  “high  sign”  that  the  insider  believes 
the  time  opportune  to  “let  go.”  But  it 
is  interesting  to  observe  a  “net  profit” 
of  about  100  per  cent  on  the  “net  assets,” 
but  how  long  can  it  last?  a.  c. 
New  York. 
The  above  remarks  are  inspired  by  an 
appeal  for  investment  in  the  Auto  Knit¬ 
ter  Hosiery  Company  stock  of  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  recently  launched  by  .7.  S.  Baehe 
&  Co.  of  this  city.  Our  readers  are  fa¬ 
miliar  with  the  firm’s  business  methods, 
and  we  print  the  foreboding  of  the  above 
subscriber  for  what  it  may  he  worth.  Tt 
is  reported  that  the  issue  has  been  over¬ 
subscribed,  not  by  investors,  but  brokers, 
who  see  profits  in  unloading  it  on  the 
public. 
Publisher’s  Desk  did  the  Alexander 
County  Nurseries,  McClure,  Til.,  an  in¬ 
justice  in  February  24  issue  in  connect¬ 
ing  the  firm  with  the  notorious  Bradley 
Brothers,  and  we  hasten  to  correct  it. 
The  proprietors  are  J.  P.  Skelton  and 
W.  J.  Parish,  both  of  good  character  and 
standing  in  the  community.  The  simi¬ 
larity  of  the  catalog  of  the  firm  and  that 
of  Bradley  Brothers  is  unfortunate. 
Planet  Jr.  No.  17  single  wheel  hoe 
opens  and  closes  furrows  for  seed 
and  fertilizer,  hoes  both  sides  of  the 
row  when  plants  are  small,  and  cul¬ 
tivates  deep  enough  for  all  garden 
purposes.  It  makes  thorough  band 
cultivation  a  pleasure. 
Compare 
its  work 
Hoe  one  row  with  an  old  hand  hoe. 
Cultivate  the  next  one  with  a  Planet 
Jr.  No.  17  single  wheel  hoe.  You’ll 
find  that  you  can  work  several  times 
as  fast  with  the  Planet  Jr.,  and  the 
work  is  much  smoother  and  cleaner. 
There’ll  be  no  kinks  in  your  back 
when  you're  through. 
Every  farm  should  grow  its  own 
vegetables.  Give  the  boy  or  girl  a 
Planet  Jr.  No.  17  wheel  hoe.  They'll 
gladly  take  charge  of  the  garden  then. 
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Philadelphia 
BU  Y  A  WITTE 
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engine  for  less  money.  My  new  catalog  gives  all  con¬ 
struction  details.  Tells  why  the  WITTE  is  superior— 
shows  every  size,  2  to  25  H-P.— any  style.  Stationary.  Portable, 
Saw.^Buzz"  Saw  or  Power-Lite.  ONLY  ENGINE  SOLD  ON  LIFETIME  GUARANTOR^ 
Big  New 
Runs  on 
Kerosene 
Gasoline 
Distillate 
Alcohol 
ym  H-P.— Pulls  3  ^ 
2*45S 
Pbgr.f48.50l 
Frisco  $67 
4^  H-P.-PulJB  4 
3,m 
Pbgr.$76  50 
Frisco  $87 
5H-P.— Pulls  6K 
*qqoo 
V  WK.C. 
Pb*. $107 
I  Frisco  $123 
Outfits  come  ready  to  operate.  BOSCH  Magneto  small,  cost  extra.  Other  styles  and 
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