American Agriculturist, May 12,1923 
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Farm Mortgage 
Loans from 
$1,000 to $45,000 
If you are a farmer in New 
York or Pennsylvania, and 
desire to obtain a farm 
mortgage to run thirty-three 
years, write us. 
We are making these loans 
under government plan in 
practically every farming 
county of these States and 
would be glad to be of ser¬ 
vice to you. 
New York & Pennsylvania 
Joint Stock Land Bank 
61 Broadway New York 
U-S-ARMY-sK" 
SEND NO MONEY 
Just give size and we will send 
: giv 
you the biggest work shoe bargain 
offered in years. Inspected and 
built to rigid specifications 
Made on the Munson last.of 
triple tanned chrome lea¬ 
ther. ^Solid oak leather 
soles. Dirt, water an^ 
acid proof. Pay, 
postman $2.75 
plus postage 
on arrival. 
Money back if 
not pleased. ^ you save $2 
L. SIMON COMPANY, Dept. F6 
' Sizes 
5J^ to 12 
829 First Ave. New York City. N.Y. 
Can You Talk to Farmers? 
We want to hire a few more reliable men who 
can talk convincingly to farmers about their 
great need of AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
If you are a retired farmer or inactive for 
any reason, this is a real opportunity to make 
a permanent and profitable connection. 
Details on request. Write to-day. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
461 Fourth Avenue New York City 
WANTED 
If yoirhave HAY and'STRAW to sell 
write us for quotations and free Book¬ 
let “How to market Hay and Straw.” 
JOHN E. MURRAY, Inc. 
1658 BROADWAY. NEW YORK aTY,N.Y. 
WANTED FRESH 
Brown and White Eggs 
Also Duck Eggs 
GEO. M. RITTENHOUSE & CO. 
23 and 25 Jay Street, New York 
Established 1867 
EGGS WANTED 
Well-packed, evenly graded. Whites and Browns 
bring highest prices 
LEWIS & SANDBANK 
Bonded Commission Merchants 
152 Reade St., New York 
REFS. GREENWICH BANK: COM. AGENCIES 
SHIP YOUR EGGS 
WHITE AND BROWN 
To R. BRENNER & SONS 
Bonded Commission Merchants 
358 Greenwich St., New York City 
SHIP to the right house 
M. ROTH & CO. 
321 Greenwich St.—N. Y. C. 17 Q 
Write for shipping Tags 
shock absorbing seat spiung 
will make the farm uiachineB, TRACTORS, etc., ride ICASY. 
Why shake your daylights out 
when’you can ride comfortably? 
Quickly changed from one ma¬ 
chine to another. Will last a 
lifetime. Sent by Parcel Post. 
Write for circular. 
GEO.J. KRUM, Old Chatham, N.Y. 
tom BARRON PEDIGREE STRAIN 
S. C. W. Leghorns exclusively. Extra fine large May Chicks $18 per 
hundred. June Chicks $15 Free delivery and satisfaction guaran- 
teed. PEEK'S WHITE LEGHORN FARM, CLYDE, NEW YORK 
Finally Marked “Closed” 
Some Service Bureau Cases Are Long Time Affairs 
W E have all heard of the famous 
law cases which drag along year 
in and year out until they become so 
involved that no living person can tell 
how they ever began, much less try to 
bring them to an end! 
We really thought that the case of 
Mr. J. L. K. vs. a New York commission 
house, would outlast this generation 
and go on to the next. But a few days 
ago, the last letter came in and the 
clerk wrote closed across the folder 
when we filed it away. 
Yet the whole matter was the sort 
that is nobody’s fault and that every¬ 
body wants to straighten out. Fortu¬ 
nately, no tempers were lost, there was 
patience enough to go ’round and in 
the end everybody was happy including 
the Service Bureau, which played the 
part of the untangler of the puzzle. 
An Old Story 
It happened this way: Last Spring, 
over a year ago, an A. A. subscriber, 
shipped a case of eggs. He had shipped 
cases often to the New York house; so 
had his neighbors and relatives and no 
one had had any trouble. He sent other 
shipments before and after. The other 
shipments were paid for, but not that 
particular one. He complained to the 
company. The company answered 
politely but firmly that the case had 
been paid for. After about the fifth 
letter, the company decided that the 
wrong person must have received the 
check. 
About this time, the Service Bureau 
took a hand. We asked for express 
receipts and found the case had been 
signed for. But still the company said 
their records were clear and evidently 
honestly felt that they had no respon¬ 
sibility. They, however, made a sug¬ 
gestion. In the same town lives a man 
with the same last name. One initial 
is also the same. He ships eggs to the 
same company. 
A clue! We were off like Sherlock 
Holmes after it. But we were disap¬ 
pointed. The other Mr. K. produced 
checks, receipts and other proof to show 
he had been paid for cases he ^shipped 
but no more. After spending several 
weeks, in fact months, in correspond¬ 
ence, we were back where we started. 
Then we tackled the express com¬ 
pany. They were sure they had made 
no mistake. But like both Mr. K. and 
the company, they were willing to have 
their records examined and to answer 
questions patiently. 
One Grand Mixup 
To make a long story short, we gath¬ 
ered up proof here and there—our sub¬ 
scriber’s story, the other Mr. K’s 
receipts and statements, the express 
company’s delivery sheets and the 
records of the New York commission 
house. Throughout it all we were con¬ 
vinced that it was simply a natural 
mix-up, with no intention to defraud 
anywhere and the results proved our 
belief. 
■ The extra shipment was traced, sig¬ 
natures were compared and the mis¬ 
taken credit corrected. Mr. K. received 
his check, the commission house thanked 
us for aiding them in solving the com¬ 
plications, and our subscriber, too, 
wrote that he gave us all the credit for 
making the adjustment and that he 
fully appreciated the trouble it had 
involved. 
It was a case of “all’s well that ends 
well”, and as a matter of fact after it 
was closed and the letters filed away, 
we rather missed our old friend! 
CHECKS LOST IN THE MAIL 
Mr. J. 0. B. of Pennsylvania lives 
some distance from his bank, and con¬ 
sequently mails checks for deposit. In 
August, 1921, he sent six checks in this 
manner, the money representing remit¬ 
tances from three different firms. The 
checks were lost in the mail between 
his post office and the bank. Two of 
the firms made no trouble in sending 
duplicates, but from one of them, a 
New York produce house, he never 
received any answer or attention. 
Although the complaint had dragged 
along for two years, we undertook to 
obtain duplicates for Mr. B., and took 
up the matter with the New York firm. 
As a result, only a short time after the 
case came to our attention we had the 
pleasure of sending him the two checks, 
one for $12.84 and one for $12.24, in 
full settlement of the complaint. 
Mr. B. said he had about given up 
the money, but nevertheless was ex¬ 
tremely glad to have it, as we can well 
understand! 
“AMAZED AND DELIGHTED” 
After selling eggs to a nearby city 
market for some time, Mr. A. L. of 
Ghent, N. Y., unexpectedly had trouble 
with the firm. 
The order was telephoned him, and 
the buyer promised to pay cash, as had 
been done before, on receipt of the 
goods. After waiting several days, Mr. 
L. reminded the concern of the trans¬ 
action, and kept on reminding them 
without result. 
Finally a check arrived. It was put 
through the bank, protested and re¬ 
turned to Mr. L. who had to pay the 
protest charges. 
Then Mr. L. put the matter into our 
hands. We were able to send him, 
within a very short time, a check for 
$51.76—and it was certified. 
As a result he wrote: “I am amazed 
and delighted to find how quickly you 
settled this claim, which would have 
cost me much in time and money to 
collect, and like many other readers of 
the American Agriculturist, I am 
deeply grateful for your kind interest 
and effort. _ 
INVEST—DON’T SPECULATE 
Financial Departnaent:—Would you think 
an investment in the National Life Preserver 
Company safe? Also please give me informa¬ 
tion concerning the American Bond and Mort¬ 
gage Company, Inc. of New York.-—W. B. S., 
New York . 
Shares in the National Life Pre¬ 
server are not investments at all; they 
are speculations. American Bond and 
Mortgage sells bonds based on real 
estate, which vary in merit according 
to the property on which they are a 
lien. They cannot be passed upon as 
a whole. If you will name any specific 
issue, we will give our opinion. 
* * * 
Financial DepartmentTwo years ago I 
purchased some stock in the Crusader Film 
Corporation, 25 West 43rd Street, New York 
City. Could you inform me if this company 
is reliable and if the stock is worth hanging 
on to? I have never received any interest 
The agent says that he will sell my stock for 
me, but insists that it will be paying big in 
a very short time?—E. P., New York, 
Stock of this kind is speculative in 
the highfest degree and in no way 
suitable for investment. Unless you 
can afford to assume the risk involved 
in the moving-picture business, which 
even with the best of companies is very 
high, we think you ought to dispose 
of the stock if you can. 
Ht * 
Financial Department: — Please let me know 
if the Yerkes Coupling Steel Tie Co., stock la 
O. K. Also if the Automatic Transportation 
Company shares are all right? tCircular at¬ 
tached)—C. E., Pennsylvania. 
We have no information about 
Yerkes Coupling. Automatic Trans¬ 
portation stock is speculative in our 
opinion. Unless you have large re¬ 
sources it is very foolish to buy stock 
of this kind. 
* * * 
Financial Department: — 1 have 25 shares 
In the M-V. All-Weather Train Controller 
Company, Inc. (Letter attached) and am 
about to buy 26 more, but I would like to ask 
you about this company first. Do you think 
shares in this company are a good business 
risk?—F. S. W., New York. 
We think these shares are highly 
speculative and advise against their 
purchase. As far as we know the 
stock has no market value. 
CHARGE TO PROFIT AND LOSS 
Financial Department:—Would you please 
give me information in reference to the Cain 
Oil Coynpany of Texas? (Circular attached)— 
J. N. H., New York. 
We never heard of the Cain Oil 
Company, but we should guess it was 
well named. As far as we are aware 
there is no more certain method of los¬ 
ing money than buying stock in oil 
promotions. 
AdvtrtiMment 
White Diarrhea 
Remarkable Experience of Mrs. 
C. M. Bradshaw in Prevent¬ 
ing White Diarrhea 
The following letter will no doubt be 
of utmost interest to poultry raisers 
who have had serious losses from White 
Diarrhea. We will let Mrs. Bradshaw 
tell of her experience in her own words: 
“Gentlemen: I see reports of so 
many losing their little chicks with 
White Diarrhea, so thought I would 
tell my experience. I used to lose a 
great many from this cause, tried 
many remedies and was about dis¬ 
couraged. As a last resort I sent to 
the Walker Remedy Co., Dept. 437, 
Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko White 
Diarrhea Remedy. I used two 50c 
packages, raised 300 White Wyandot- 
tes and never lost one or had one sick 
after giving the medicine and my chick¬ 
ens are larger and healthier than ever 
before. I have found this company 
thoroughly reliable and always get the 
remedy by return mail.—Mrs. C. M. 
Bradshaw, Beaconsfield, Iowa.” 
Cause of White Diarrhea 
White Diarrhea is caused by the Bac¬ 
illus Bacterium Pullorum. 'This germ 
is transmitted to the baby chick 
through the yolk of the newly hatched 
egg. Readers are warned to beware 
of White Diarrhea. Don’t wait until 
it kills half your chicks. Take the 
“stitch in time that saves nine.” Re¬ 
member there is scarcely a hatch with¬ 
out some infected chicks. Don’t let 
these few infect your entire flock. Pre¬ 
vent it. Give Walko in all drinking 
water for the first two weeks and you 
won’t lose one chick where you lost 
hundreds before. These letters prove it: 
Never Lost a Single Chick 
Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek, 
Ind., writes: “I have lost my share of 
chicks from White Diarrhea. Finally 
I sent for two packages of Walko. I 
raised over 500 chicks and I never lost 
a single chick from White Diarrhea. 
Walko not only prevents White Diar¬ 
rhea, but it gives the chicks strength 
and vigor; they develop quicker and 
feather earlier.” 
Never Lost One After First Dose 
Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shenandoah, 
Iowa, writes: “My first incubator 
chicks, when but a few days old, began 
to die by the dozens with White Diar¬ 
rhea. I tried different remedies and 
was aboht discouraged with the chick¬ 
en business. Finally, I sent to the 
Walker Remedy Co., Waterloo, Iowa, 
for a box of their Walko White Diar¬ 
rhea Remedy. It’s just the only thing 
for this terrible disease. We raised 
700 thrifty, healthy chicks and never 
lost a single chick after the first dose.” 
You Run No Risk 
We will send Walko White Diar¬ 
rhea Remedy entirely at our risk 
—postage prepaid—so you can see for 
yourself what a wonder-working rem¬ 
edy it is for White Diarrhea in baby 
chicks. So you can prove—as thou¬ 
sands have proven—that it will stop 
your losses and double, treble, even 
quadruple your profits. Send 50c for 
package of Walko—give it in all drink¬ 
ing water for the first two weeks und 
watch results. You’ll find you won’t 
lose one chick where you lost hundreds 
before.^ It’s a positive fact. We guar¬ 
antee it. The Leavitt & Johnson Na¬ 
tional Bank, the oldest and strongest 
bank in Waterloo, Iowa, stands back 
of this guarantee. ' You run no risk. 
If you don’t find it the greatest little 
chick saver you ever used, your money 
will be instantly refunded. 
WALKER REMEDY CO., Dept. 437 
Waterloo, Iowa 
Send me the [ ] 50c regular size (or [ ] $1 
economical large size) paclcage of Walko White 
Diarrhea Remedy to try at your risk. Send it 
on your positive guarantee to instantly refund 
my money if not satisfied in every way, I am 
enclosing 50c (or $1.00). (P. O. money order, 
check or currency acceptabie.) 
Name. 
Town. 
State. K. F. D. 
Mark (X) in square indicating size package 
wanted. Large package contains nearly three 
times as much as small. No war tax. 
Advirrti8^8nt 
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