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<Pie  RURAL  -NEW-YORKER 
May  2G,  1923 
The  Henyard 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
You  may  be  interested  to  read  the  let¬ 
ter  which  I  am  enclosing.  I  received  the 
money  all  right.  I  consider  he  never 
would  have  paid  this  'bill  had  it  not  been 
for  the  “prodding”  which  you  gave  him. 
I  sincerely  thank  you  for  your  efforts, 
and  would  gladly  pay  you  for  same. 
The  little  “ad.”  which  I  put  in  your 
paper  in  February  cleaned  me  out  of  my 
19:22  crop  of  honey.  Of  course  my  price 
was  right,  but  it  is  astonishing  how 
many  people  read  these  advertisements, 
as  was  evidenced  by  the  number  of  re¬ 
plies  I  had.  I  had  orders  from  several 
States.  I  again  thank  you,  and  shall 
speak  a  good  word  for  your  paper  when¬ 
ever  I  can.  C.'B.  A. 
New  York. 
As  stated  many  times  in  this  depart¬ 
ment.  no  pay  is  accepted  for  any  service 
performed.  The  last  paragraph,  of  this 
subscriber’s  letter  offers  a  suggestion  to 
farmers  having  a  product  of  the  farm  to 
dispose  of  which  does  not  come  under  the 
heading  of  “commercial”  advertising. 
Advertisements  of  a  business  nature  are 
not  accepted  for  “Subscribers’  Exchange. ' 
even  though  offered  by  subscribers.  Such 
advertisements  belong  in  the  display  ad¬ 
vertising  columns. 
I  am  a  farmer,  and  on  March  1  last 
an  agent  representing  the  Empire  Auto¬ 
mobile  Service  Corporation,  93-99  Nas¬ 
sau  St.,  New  lrork,  came  to  my  place  to 
sell  a  two-year  protection  contract  for 
$39.50.  In  case  of  auto  accident  their 
lawyers  would  defend  me.  I  told  the 
agent  that,  as  I  wanted  to  sell  my  truck, 
I  required  no  protection.  He  said,  “W  e 
have  a  special  department  for  selling  cars, 
and  if  you  list  it  with  us  we  will  sell  it 
in  a  week.”  I  said  I  would  be  satisfied 
if  they  sold  it  by  the  fifteenth  of  the 
month.  lie  said  they  “positively  would 
have  it  sold  in  a  week.”  I  had  no  money 
to  spare,  but  needing  the  money  badly 
from  the  sale  of  the  truck.  I  finally  signed 
his  slip  of  yellow  paper.  I  gave  him  a 
check  for  $15,  and  he  wrote  on  the  back  of 
said  slip  of  yellow  paper,  “Balance  pay¬ 
able  on  sale  of  truck  by  March  15.”  I 
didn't  hear  a  word  from  the  company 
about  selling  the  truck,  so  I  finally  sold  it 
myself  on  March  30.  I  then  wrote  to 
the  company  that  I  had  sold  the  truck, 
asking  them  to  cancel  the  contract  and 
return  my  $15.  They  replied  that  it  was 
impossible  to  cancel  the  contract ;  that 
once  a  contract  is  accepted  by  the  Em¬ 
pire  Automobile  Service  Corporation, 
same  cannot  be  countermanded.  On  the 
ISth  inst.  they  sent  for  the  balance, 
$24.50.  Am  I  bound  to  send  it?  The 
understanding  was  absolute  between  the 
agent  and  myself  that  the  contract  was 
solely  for  selling  my  truck.  Will  you  see 
what  you  can  do  in  the  matter  towards 
getting  my  $15  back,  and  cancelling  the 
contract?  G.  h.  d. 
New  Jersey. 
The  contract  signed  by  this  party  on 
the  strength  of  the  representations  of  the 
agent  that  it  only  applied  to  the  sale  of 
his  truck  seems  to  be  the  regular  service 
contract  with  the  words  “for  sale”  writ¬ 
ten  across  the  face  of  it. 
We  have  a  number  of  times  called  at¬ 
tention  to  this  form  of  service  contract 
Many  farmers  have  been  induced  to  sign 
this  form  of  contract  with  the  idea  that 
they  were  purchasing  automobile  liability 
insurance,  but  this  is  the  first  case  that 
has  come  to  our  attention  where  anyone 
was  induced  to  sign  this  contract  with 
view  to  selling  an  automobile  or  truck. 
It  is,  of  course,  impossible  to  secure  re¬ 
fund  of  any  money  paid  to  agents  of  this 
character,  and  we  have  advised  the  sub¬ 
scriber  not  to  be  coerced  into  paying  the 
balance  claimed  on  the  contract,  which 
he  signed  as  a  result  of  the  deliberate 
misrepresentations  of  the  agent.  The  se¬ 
curing  of  the  $15  on  the  pretext  that  the 
Empire  Automobile  Service  Corporation 
would  sell  the  truck  for  the  owner  is  very 
much  the  same  sort  of  scheme  employed 
by  the  real  estate  agents  that  get  an  ad¬ 
vance  fee  for  the  sale  of  farms. 
In  the  October  15,  1921.  issue,  in  re¬ 
sponse  to  a  subscriber’s  inquiry,  we  stat¬ 
ed  that  the  Kelsey  Motor  Car  Company 
of  Newark,  N.  J.,  had  no  established 
financial  rating,  and  that  we  should  con¬ 
sider  it  reckless  for  any  farmer  to  invest 
any  money  in  the  enterprise.  The  Kelsey 
Motor  Car  Company  took  very  strong  ex¬ 
ceptions  to  our  statement,  because,  while 
the  commercial  agencies  did  not  give  the 
concern  any  financial  rating,  it  did  give 
the  company  a  credit  rating  of  from 
$5,000  to  $35,000.  In  a  later  issue  we 
gave  the  Kelsey  company  full  credit  for 
the  rating  which  the  commercial  agencies 
gave  the  concern,  but  repeated  our  warn¬ 
ing  against  this  stock  promotion. 
In  the  meantime  the  Kelsey  Motor  Car 
Company  has  gone  into  bankruptcy  and 
efforts  are  being  made  to  reorganize  the 
company,  and  stockholders  are  asked  to 
make  further  contributions  in  connection 
with  the  reorganization  plans.  If  any  of 
o"u  readers  were  so  unfortunate  as  to 
overlook  our  previous  advice,  we  would 
suggest  that  they  consider  their  original 
iinestmcnt  as  lost  rather  than  part  with 
auy  more  real  money  in  the  hope  that  the 
reorganization  plans  may  pull  the  com¬ 
pany  out  of  a  hole. 
A  few  months  ago  we  sent  $15  to  the 
Motion  Picture  Service  Corporation,  901 
Mather  Building,  Washington,  D.  C.  We 
could  not  use  the  picture  at  that  time. 
We  are  now  asking  for  it,  but  can  hear 
nothing  from  the  concern.  Could  you 
help  us?  A.  T.  s. 
North  Carolina. 
The  $15  is  lost.  The  Motion  Picture 
Corporation  has  disappeared,  and  they 
are  not  known  at  this  time  at  the  address 
given.  An  attorney  reports  that  the  ac¬ 
count  is  uncollectable.  We  refer  to  the 
record  for  the  benefit  of  our  subscribers. 
Do  you  know  a  mail  order  house  called 
Leonard  Morton  &  Co..  1437  Wabash 
avenue.  Chicago,  Ill.?  I  sent  them  an 
order  for  a  dress  advertised  in  the  Febru¬ 
ary  McCall’s,  also  saw  the  same  adver¬ 
tisement  in  the  Pictorial  Review  and  in 
the  Pathfinder.  I  have  had  no  acknowl¬ 
edgment  of  my  order ;  cannot  seem  to  get 
a  word  out  of  them.  I  sent  the  money 
by  posoffiee  money  order.  Will  you  tell 
me  if  it  is  best  to  write  to  Postoffiee  De¬ 
partment,  or  what  step  to  take  in  order 
to  recover  my  $10?  MRS.  II.  j.  T. 
Ohio. 
The  Leonard  Morton  Company,  Chi¬ 
cago,  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  a  re¬ 
ceiver  on  March  3.  The  business  is 
being  liquidated.  The  receiver  is  Fred  E. 
Hummel,  who  advises  us  that  all  money 
sent  with  orders  since  March  3  will  be 
returned  to  the  sender.  Those  sending 
orders  prior  to  that  date  can  file  a  claim 
against  the  estate,  and  share  in  any  divi¬ 
dends  .paid  to  creditors.  . 
The  Rural  New-Yorker,  in  Septem¬ 
ber  16,  1922,  issue,  published  a  warning 
about  the  deceptive  manner  in  which  this 
business  was  being  conducted,  and  we 
reprint  it  herewith  : 
The  Co-operative  Society  of  America, 
Chicago,  seems  to  be  sending  out  barrels 
of  literature  offering  country  people  a 
certificate  or  share  in  ownership  of  the 
business  enterprises  owned  and  con¬ 
trolled  by  the  society  without  any  cash 
payment.  The  society  represents  that 
these  shares  sell  for  $75,  but  does  not 
state  that  they  are  worth  $75.  All  you 
have  to  do  to  get  one  of  these  shares  is 
to  patronize  the  mail  order  house  of 
Leonard  Morton  Company,  Chicago,  and 
the  certificate  is  paid  for  out  of  the 
profits  of  this  company.  The  literature 
makes  the  usual  attack  on  Wall  Street, 
apparently  for  the  purpose  of  gaining  the 
confidence  of  the  public.  The  R.  N.-Y. 
has  not  found  the  Leonard  Morton  Com¬ 
pany  a  satisfactory  house  to  deal  with  in 
the  past,  and  we  should  fear  that  those 
accepting  the  certificate  might  find  it  a 
pretty  cheap  bargain  in  the  end.  We  re¬ 
gard  the  society  as  co-operative  in  name 
only,  dnd  the  promoter  of  it  has  done 
nothing  that  we  have  any  information 
about  to  earn  the  confidence  of  country 
people.  We  hope  IL  N.-Y.  readers  will 
not  get  caught  on  this  co-operative  fake. 
What  do  you  think  of  enclosed  adver¬ 
tisement  of  Champion  Rotary  Motors  Co.. 
Inc.,  Buffalo.  N.  Y.,  taken  from  our  local 
paper?  What  do  you  think  of  the  engine? 
New  York.  c.  e.  w. 
It  would  appear  from  the  full-page 
advertisement  enclosed  that  the  public 
is  again  to  be  exploited  on  the  “rotary 
engine”  idea.  Only  a  few  years  ago  a 
company  located  at  Sandusky,  O.,  prom¬ 
ised  to  revolutionize  the  motor  world  with 
a  rotary  engine,  and  a  large  amount  of 
stock  was  sold  to  the  gullible.  The  pro¬ 
motion  went  the  way  of  all  such  stock¬ 
selling  schemes  must  go,  and  those  who 
parted  with  their  money  trusting  the 
unfounded  claims  of  the  stock  salesman 
are  perhaps  wiser,  but  surely  worse  off 
financially.  The  Champion  Rotary  Mo¬ 
tors  Co.,  Inc.,  has  no  financial  rating  or 
standing  of  any  kind.  Buffalo  seems  to 
be  a  favored  point  for  the  promotion  of 
get-rich-quick  automobile  projects. 
McTavisii  :  “How  is  your  husband  to¬ 
night.  Mrs.  McIntosh?”  Mrs.  McIntosh: 
“Oh.  he  be  about  well  again,  thank  ’ee. 
Mr.  McTavish.”  Mc-Tavish :  “What! 
well  again?  after  me  walking  five  miles 
to  inquire!” — The  Passing  Show, 
The  Future  of  Jersey  Black  Giants 
We  find  much  interest  in  the  new  breed 
or  strain  of  fowls  known  as  “Jersey  Black 
Giants,”  and  there  is  something  of  a  con¬ 
troversy  as  to  what  the  future  of  these 
birds  will  be.  Of  course,  there  are  friends 
of  the  Giants  who  claim  that  they  are 
the  most  wonderful  birds  in  the  world, 
and  perhaps  the  finest  type  of  general- 
purpose  fowl.  On  the  other  hand,  there 
are  some  who  predict  that  the  Giants  will 
soon  pass  out  of  notice,  and  that  they 
have  really  nothing  in  the  way  of  honest 
qualities  that  can  make  them  famous. 
Perhaps  the  fairest  statement  as  to  the 
future  of  the  breed  that  we  have  received 
is  contained  in  the  following  letter  : 
I  think  the  Giants  have  a  definite 
future  ;  still,  I  do  not  think  they  ever  will 
become  so  popular  as  Rocks  or  Reds.  While 
they  are  a  wonderful  general-purpose  fowl, 
they  are  black,  and  the  American  house¬ 
wife  is  prejudiced  against  black-feathered 
fowls.  However,  they  have  yellow  skin, 
which  is  in  their  favor,  and  are  supreme 
as  capons. 
I  differ  with  those  who  say :  “They 
have  had  their  day” ;  because  the  price 
for  the  breed  has  come  down,  is  no  reason 
why  they  should  lose  their  popularity. 
Many  thousands  are  being  raised,  and 
competition  is  more  keen,  consequently 
lower  prices.  * 
Unless  there  is  a  revival  in  the  turkey 
industry  (and  I  fear  this  great  American 
bird  is  doomed  to  extinction  in  the  next 
50  years)  the  Jersey  Black  Giant  capon 
will  take  its  place  as  a  large  holiday 
fowl. 
On  the  other  hand,  the  Black  Giant 
hen  is  very  large  and  heavy,  and  save  for 
Jewish  buyers  is  too  big  and  expensive 
for  the  ordinary  family.  As  a  layer.  I 
doubt  if  ever  the  Giant  hen  can  compete 
successfully  with  the  other  great  Ameri¬ 
can  breeds,  being  too  big  and  heavy.  To 
the  credit  of  the  Giants,  I  might  sa-y,  they 
are  far  superior  in  every  way  to  the 
Brahma  and  Cochin.  I  have  raised  all 
three,  and  can  speak  from  experience. 
The  Giants  will  increase  in  number,  I 
believe,  and  will  stand  in  a  class  by  them¬ 
selves  as  a  fowl  for  eaponizing  purposes, 
and  while  they  are  hardy,  fast  growers, 
good  layers,  etc.,  still  I  doubt  if  they  ever 
will  become  so  popular  as  the  other  great 
American  breeds.  However,  I  do  not 
believe  they  ever  will  be  relegated  to  the 
position  of  “rare  breeds,”  such  as  Dom¬ 
iniques,  Javas,  Buckeyes,  etc. 
LEWIS  V.  COMPTON. 
That  covers  the  matter  from  our  point 
of  view,  and  we  think  our  readers  can 
depend  on  the  statement.  It  seems  use¬ 
less  to  attempt  to  claim  that  the  Giant 
will  lay  as  many  eggs  as  the  Leghorn. 
Some  breeders  have  made  that  claim,  but 
in  our  judgment  it  is  nonsense,  and  should 
not  be  accepted  by  sensible  people.  With 
us  the  Giants  are  only  fair  layers.  It  is 
quite  likely  that  in  the  future  certain 
strains  may  be  developed  which  will  in¬ 
sure  reasonable  egg  production,  but  we  do 
not  expect  that  the  Giants  will  ever  rank 
with  the  Reds  or  the  Rocks  as  a  laying 
fowl.  At  the  Vineland  contest  a  pen  of 
20  Giant  pullets  laid  799  eggs  in  27  weeks. 
Personally  we  have  had  considerable 
trouble  with  infertile  eggs  of  this  breed. 
Hatches  are  usually  poor,  and  for  some 
reason  a  large  proportion  of  the  eggs  are 
infertile.  This  is  a  common  fault  with 
many  of  the  larger  breeds,  and  it  seems  a 
fact  that  the  eggs  of  the  Giants  will 
usually  give  a  low  percentage  of  hatching. 
We  do  not  know  how  they  compare  with 
the  Brahmas  or  Cochins  in  this  respect, 
but  without  question  most  of  the  Giant 
eggs  will  give  trouble. 
The  good  qualities  of  the  Giant,  how¬ 
ever,  are  very  evident.  They  are  very 
active,  hardy,  and  by  far  the  best  rangers 
of  any  of  the  large  breeds.  Where  they 
can  have  free  range,  and  work  in  grain 
fields  or  in  clover,  they  will,  we  believe, 
make  meat  cheaper  and  faster  than  any 
other  breed.  They  are  remarkably  good 
for  capons.  They  grow  to  large  size  and 
it  is  a  fact  that  a  good  Black  Jersey 
capon  is  the  best  possible  substitute  for 
a  turkey.  When  their  habits  are  well 
understood,  these  birds  will  surely  find 
their  place  with  American  farmers,  and 
while  we  do  not  look  for  any  great  boom 
for  the  Giants,  we  think  there  is  sure 
to  be  a  sound  and  definite  growth  of 
public  sentiment  in  their  favor. 
Feeding  Young  Chicks 
I  am  brooding  300  chicks.  I  have  on 
hand  two  starting  foods.  The  following 
are  the  compositions : 
No.  1 — wheat  bran,  80  parts ;  corn 
gluten  feed.  30  parts,  cornmeal,  30  parts ; 
ground  oats.  40  parts;  wheat  middlings, 
50  parts ;  ground  shredded  wheat,  20 
parts ;  dried  milk  albumen,  20  parts ; 
ground  charcoal,  3  parts ;  bone,  10  parts  ; 
linseed  oilmeal,  10  parts ;  cottonseed 
meal,  10  parts ;  meat  and  bone  scrap,  15 
parts;  salt,  %  lb.  to  100  lbs.  mash. 
No.  2 — Proportions  not  given  :  Wheat 
bran,  wheat  middlings,  red  dog.  oat  mid¬ 
dlings.  corn  feed  meal,  meatmeal,  fish 
meal,  dried  buttermilk. 
I  also  have  semi-solid  buttermilk  which 
I  planned  to  feed  with  No.  1.  What 
would  you  do?  Is  it  safe  to  mix  the  two 
equally  and  feed  semi-solid  buttermilk,  or 
will  there  be  too  much  buttermilk  fed? 
Owego,  N.  Y.  w.  A.  D. 
There  is  some  danger  in  feeding  young 
chicks  on  foods  too  rich  in  protein,  but 
it  is  difficult  to  advise  with  regard  to 
mixtures  of  unknown  composition.  The 
mere  statement  of  composition,  unaccom¬ 
panied  by  actual  proportions,  is  value¬ 
less.  There  are  a  number  of  good  pro¬ 
prietary  feeds  upon  the  market,  however, 
and  one  should  be  safe  in  using  a  mix¬ 
ture  prepared  by  a  responsible  concern. 
If  I  wished  to  use  these  feeds,  I  think 
that  I  should  be  guided  largely  by  the 
statements  of  their  manufacturers.  If 
they  are  said  to  be  sufficiently  high  in 
animal  protein,  I  should  feed  little,  if 
any,  in  addition,  though  even  then  I 
should  insist  upon  the  use  of  liquid  milk 
in  some  form  for  at  least  the  first  few 
weeks.  Your  mixture.  No.  1,  seems  to 
contain  but  35  parts  of  animal  food  in 
315,  a  small  proportion,  and  one  not 
contraindicating  the  liberal  feeding  of 
semi-solid  buttermilk  in  addition.  Pro¬ 
portions  in  No.  2  are  not  given,  but  it  is 
not  likely  that  the  addition  of  buttermilk 
to  the  ration  would  overdo  the  feeding  of 
animal  protein  unless  it  is  specifically 
stated  that  the  mixture  contains  sufficient 
dried  buttermilk  for  the  chicks’  full  needs. 
While  dried  buttermilk  may  replace  liquid 
milk,  so  far  as  furnishing  the  protein  is 
concerned,  there  is  probably  a  value  in 
the  liquid  product  not  wholly  substituted 
by  the  buttermilk  in  dry  form.  M.  B.  D. 
High  Protein  Poultry  Ration 
A  recent  article  gave  an  account  of 
the  poultry  of  William  Johnstone,  and  I 
was  interested  in  the  way  he  fed  them. 
Your  directions  say  5  lbs.  of  semi-solid 
buttermilk  is  added  for  each  100  hens  in 
connection  with  the  mash  of  1  lb.  of  bran 
middlings,  cornmeal,  meat  scrap  and  ger¬ 
minated  oats.  In  a  recent  issue  of  the 
Reliable  Poultry  Journal  they  quote  from 
a  bulletin  issued  by  the  New  Jersey  Sta¬ 
tion  ;  the  proportion  is  2  lbs.  of  semi- 
solid  where  they  did  not  have  any  dry 
mash  at  all.  At  the  Kentucky  Experi¬ 
ment  Station  they  only  used  6  lbs.  of 
semi-solid  buttermilk  to  100  hens,  and 
the  manufacturers  in  their  directions  tell 
you  to  use  5%  lbs.  to  100  hens  with  hard 
grains.  It  seems  5  lbs.  with  the  dry  mash 
is  pretty  stiff  feeding.  F.  ir.  r. 
Candia,  N.  H. 
The  method  as  printed  in  one  of  the 
past  isues  of  Tiie  R.  N.-Y.  is  exactly  the 
practice  used  by  Mr.  Johnstone.  There 
is  every  indication  that  a  great  deal  of 
animal  protein  is  fed  in  the  form  of  meat 
scrap  and  milk,  and  to  many  people  it 
is  a  wonder  that  they  stood  up  under 
this  heavy  feeding.  Nevertheless,  they 
did.  and  made  a  very  fine  showing  with¬ 
out  any  bad  results  from  this  practice. 
In  answer  to  the  question  as  to  whether 
Mr.  Johnstone  could  not  have  got  just 
as  good  results  feeding  less  animal  pro¬ 
tein.  either  by  cutting  down  the  meat 
scrap  materially  in  the  masb  or  feeding 
less  semi-solid  buttermilk,  I  am  inclined 
to  think  that  he  could.  I  think  Mr. 
Johnstone  could  possibly  have  saved 
somewhat  on  his  feed  costs  if  he  had  cut 
down  somewhat  on  this  protein  feeding. 
The  fact  remains,  however,  that  state¬ 
ments  made  in  the  past  issue  were  exactly 
as  Mr.  Johnstone  fed,  and  results  prove 
that  the  method  was  successful  under 
his  condition.  w.  H.  ALLEN. 
Variation  in  Size  of  Eggs 
I  have  28  pullets,  Rhode  Island  Reds 
and  Brown  Leghorns.  When  they  started 
laying  the  eggs  were  a  good  size,  but  for 
the  past  two  months  they  have  been  very 
small,  not  much  larger  than  bantam  eggs. 
They  average  13  eggs  a  day.  Would  you 
tell  me  how  to  remedy  this? 
New  Haven,  Conn.  MRS.  j.  A.  Ui 
I  would  if  I  could,  but  I  cannot.  There 
is  a  variation  in  size  of  eggs  from  time 
to  time  in  the  same  flock,  and  some  strains 
habitually  lay  smaller  eggs  than  others. 
So  far  as  I  know,  the  feeding  has  nothing 
to  do  with  it.  These  eggs  will  increase  in  V 
size  as  the  fowls  grow  older,  and  selection 
of  large  eggs  for  incubating  will  bring  up 
their  average  size  in  the  course  of  several 
generations.  M.  b.  d. 
_  “What’s  the  trouble,  son?”  said  tbr* 
kindly  stranger.  “My  pa  and  ma  won’t 
take  me  to  the  movies,”  sobbed  the  op¬ 
pressed  child.  “Do  they  ever  take  you 
when  you  make  a  noise  like  that?”  in¬ 
quired  the  stranger.  “Sometimes  they  do 
and  sometimes  they  don’t.”  sobbed  the 
poor  bov ;  “but  it  ain’t  any  trouble  to 
yell.” — Wallaces’  Farmer, 
