American Agriculturist, June 9,1923 
493 
CHICKS for June and July Delivery 
Our 19th Season producing good strong 
chicks from heavy-laying strains. S. C, 
White and Brown Leghorns, $9.50 per 100 ; 
Buff and Black Leghorns, $i0 per 100: Barred 
and White Hocks. $12 perlOO: Anconas, Black 
Minorcas, $11.50 per 100; White Wyandottes, 
R. C. Reds, $13 per 100. Mixed. $8.50 per 100. 
Order direct from this ad. We guarantee 95 ^ live de¬ 
livery. Catalogue free. 
20th CENTURY HATCHERY 
Box R New Washington, Ohio 
CHICKS WITH PEP 
Big Reduction for June and July 
Our lively, vigorous chix from our Bred-to- 
Lay and Exhibition hens, will pay you in 
June and July. Leghorns and Mixed, lOc; 
Rocks, Reds, Anconas, Minorcas, White 
Wyandottes, 13c; Orpingtons and Silver 
Wyandottes, 15c. Safe delivery. Postpaid. 
IllastraUJ Catalog Free 
HOLGATE CHICK HATCHERY. Box A, HOLGATE, OHIO 
BABY CHICKS 
We ship anywhere and pay parcel post 
charges and guarantee 95% safe arrival. 
Barred White and Buff Bocks, R. I. 
Reds: White, Brown and Buff Leghorns; 
White Wyandottes; Black Minorcas; 
Anconas: White and Buff Orpingtons; 
Mixed (odds and ends). Write to-day 
for prices. Prompt deliveries. 
E. P. GRAY, Box 90, Savona. N. Y. 
BABY CHICKS 
Hatched from strong and vigorous 
northern raised flocks of English 
White Leghorns and Anconas bred 
for high egg production. We guar¬ 
antee 100% live chicks on arrival. 
Postage PAID. Prices reasonable. 
Instructive Catalog and prices free on request. 
QUAUTY HATCHERY. Box B. Zeeland. Mich. 
Chicks -Breeders-Eggs 
S. C. White and Brown Leghorns, White 
Wyandottes, Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds, both 
combs Light and Dark Brahmas. Show and 
Utility Quality. 16th year. Catalog free. 
TRY US AND BE SATISFIED 
RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM. Box 565. Riverdale, N. J. 
Order June Chicks Now Bottom Prices 
26 Chicks 60 Chicks 100 Chicks 
S. C. W. Leghorns... $3.25 $5.00 $10.00 
Barred Rocks._ 4.00 7.00 14.00 
R. I. Reds. 4.00 7.00 14.00 
5(X) chicks one-half cent per chick less. Every chick 
guaranteed from healthy, vigorous free range stock. 
Post paid Safe delivery guaranteed. 
BROOKSIDE POULTRY FARM 
E. C. BROWN, Prop. SERGEANTSVILLE, N. J. 
BABY CHICKS 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds, 13c each 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, 12c each 
S. C. White Leghorns, . 10c each 
^ Mixed or Off Color, . . 8c each 
These chicks are all hatched from free range stock. Safe 
delivery and satisfaction guaranteed. Descriptive booklet free. 
Chicks at the above prices will be delivered June and July. 
W. A. LAUVER, McALlSTERVILLE, PA., R. No. 2 
BABY CHICKS 
Hatched by the best system of 
Incubation, from high class 
bred-to-lay sto9k. Barred and 
Buff Rocks, Reds, Anconas, Black Minorcas, 14c. ’eachj White 
wyandottes, 16c. each; White, Brown, Buff Leghorns, 12c. each; 
broilers, 8c. each. Pekin Ducklings, SOc. each. Safe delivery 
guaranteed by prepaid parcel post 
NUNDA POULTRY FARM NUNDA, N. Y. 
UAl^V THirifQ know how to produce 
DnDl l,;niLl\u strong, husky, liveable 
Chicks. quality, moderate in price. 
Bar, Rocks, $14: Reds, $16; Barron White Leghorns, 
$12; Brown Leghorns, $13; Anconas, $21, Assorted, 
$10. Prepaid, lull count, 
Hummer’s Poultry Plant, Frenchtown, N. J., R. 1 
TIPP AIM SUPERIOR CHICKS 
1 IF r .rviv 1 fcj THAT LIVE 
Silver Laced Wyaudottes, White and Barred Socks 
and S. C. S. I. Reds 
Pekin, Souen and Indian Sunner DUCKLUSTOS 
ALSHAM POULTRY FARM, S. No. 33, Fhoenixville, Fa. 
QUALITY BABY CHICKS 
Barron S. C. W. Leghorns, Barred Rocks, and R. I. Rads, 
15 cents each and up. Hatches every week. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Catalogue free. 
C. M. LORGENECKER, Box 40, Ellzabethtowi, Pa. 
TOM BARRON S. C. W. LEGHORN 
THE WORLD’S BEST LAYERS. BABY CHICKS. 
DAVID M. HAMMOND, CORTLAND, N. Y. 
TOM BARRON PEDIGREE STRAIN 
S. C. W. Leghorns exclusively. Extra fine large June Chicks $16. 
Pree delivery and satisfaction guaranteed. 
PEEK'S WHITE LEGHORN FARM, CLYOEt NEW YORK 
Free Catalog 
Land and Water Fowl, Chickens. 
Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Guineas, Rab¬ 
bits, Pigeons, Dogs, Stock and Eggs. 
home stock farm, sellersville, pa. 
DUX! 
Pekin and Runner Ducklings from selected 
and properly mated stock, limited supply 
. left. Order now for spring delivery. 
WAYNE DUCK FARM & HATCHERY, Clyde, N. Y. 
Don’t Throw Money Away 
\ Financialj Investment and Service Items 
Financial Department:—I would like .to 
have information concerning the Eugenia Oil 
and Gas Company of which they are selling 
stocks in this section for $100?—J. L. H., 
Pennsylvania. 
This particular stock is quoted 10 
cents bid and 20 cents asked. That may 
give you a line on what the market 
thinks. We think it is a reckless throw¬ 
ing away of money to buy shares in 
this or any other oil promotion. 
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Financial Department:—Would you kindly 
Investigate the Isoline Coal Company and lot 
me know vlhat to do? I invested $600 In the 
Minnessee Coal Company. (Letter attached) 
—A. H., Pennsylvania. 
We think you would do well to charge 
your $600 to experience rather than to 
put any more money into a speculative 
venture of this kind. 
BUY SOMETHING THAT HAS A 
MARKET 
Financial Department:—The Home Corre¬ 
spondence School of Springfield, Mass, are sell¬ 
ing a new Issue 7 per cent sinking fund 
preferred stock at $25 a share. Are they good 
and safe Investment to turn called Victory 
Loan bonds into, or would Pennsylvania R. R. 
selling at 47 be safer? Also kindly tell me 
what you think of the Eugene Christian 
Vitamin Pood Company 8 per cent cumulative 
preferred stock, and the Parry Oil Company 
stock of Texas at $1.50 per share?—Q. K. W., 
Pennsylvania. 
Probably the Pennsylvania stock is 
the best of the investments you name, 
but even that is hot suitable as a sub¬ 
stitute for a Victory loan. Certainly 
our earnest advice is to avoid all oil 
stocks. At the best they are gambles 
ami at the worst plain swindles. Also 
it is impossible to appraise preferred 
stock of a correspondence school or a 
food company without an analysis of 
earnings over a period of years which 
are not available to us. It is our 
opinion that your best course would 
be to reinvest in another Government 
bond. Assuming you will not take this 
advice because it is too conservative, 
we can recommend as a sound invest¬ 
ment the preferred stock of the Jones 
& Laughlin Steel Company, which sells 
about 107%, pays $7 a year in divi- 
(fends and so yields about 6.4 per cent. 
There is a good market for this stock, 
so that if at any time you need to use 
your money you c^ always get it. Ex¬ 
cept for the Pennsylvania issue that is 
true of none of the stocks you speak of. 
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Financial Department:—As a policy holder 
of the Continental Life Insurance Company of 
Wilmington, Delaware. I have the option on 
fifteen shares of their capital stock at $20 
per share. .The company claims an actual 
book -value of $24 per share for the stock 
at the present time. Do you consider the 
purchase of these shares of stock a safe In¬ 
vestment?—G. J. K., Maryland. 
Undoubtedly stock in the Continental 
Life Insurance has investment merit, 
but there is not a particularly good 
market for it. Recent quotations were 
$19 bid, offered at $22. The par value 
is $10. Dividends last year were at 
the rate of 12 per cent with 5 per cent 
extra or expressed in dollars, $1.75. 
This is about 6 pei* cent on your in¬ 
vestment if you paid $20 per share. 
SELLING A PATENT BY MAIL 
“The first principle of successful sell¬ 
ing by mail is a thorough knowledge of 
the product on the part of the sales 
correspondent. And so the best person 
to sell a new idea is the inventor who 
knows all about the good features of 
the invention,” advises the Business 
Consultation Bureau of La Salle Exten¬ 
sion University. In the words of a 
well-known patent attorney, “To set 
forth properly an invention to a manu¬ 
facturer or a puchaser, it is essential 
to show: 
1. Its advantages over well-known 
devices in the art to which it appertains. 
2. Its cost, based if possible upon 
experience or taken from quotations 
given by reasonable parties fof its pro¬ 
duction by the dozen, hundred, gross, 
or thousand, as the case may be. 
3. The profits to manufacturers, 
wholesalers, and retailers. 
4. The market to be supplied. This 
is determined in accordance with the 
nature of the invention, whether it is an 
invention useful to both sexes or to 
children alone.” 
The next step is tb prepare a list of 
manufacturers and men interested in 
the industry within the scope of which 
the invention falls, and send these 
people a preliminary letter, to be fol¬ 
lowed by correspondence in accordance 
with the interest evoked. 
A SMALL MATTER ADJUSTED 
One subscriber wrote “thank you for 
attending to so small a matter,” but we 
replied that no matter was too small to 
deserve our attention. After all, one 
dollar is sometimes as hard to get back 
as a hundred—but it is just as annoying 
to lose a small amount as a large one. 
This time it was a mail-order house 
which had tangled its affairs badly. A 
refund check was sent—and the bank 
returned it as worthless. For a while 
it seemed as though there could be no 
redress for Mr. H. C. W. of New York, 
whose claim it was that we were han¬ 
dling, However, we found that another 
firm had taken over the liabilities of 
the defunct concern, and upon return¬ 
ing the old check, we received a money 
order for $3.95 in full settlement. 
“I shall be glad to say all the good 
things I can for the Service Bureau” 
wrote Mr. W. in acknowledging the 
money. _ 
REASONABLY GOOD 
Financial Department;—Would you kindly 
state financial soundness of the Farmers Fund, 
Inc. of Rochester, N. Y. Is it a safe venture 
to loan them a few ‘ hundred dollars of a 
farmers hard earned dollars? They pay B 
per cent.—A. H. W., Binghamton, N. Y. 
We think this is a good investment 
for a farmer. 
Financial Department:—Can you tell m® if 
the bonds of the North Aiherlcan Edison are 
a safe investment? Also can you tell me 
where the company Is located?—Mrs. D. W. 
H., New York. 
North American Edison 6 per cent 
bonds due 1952 are reasonably good 
investments. They-are secured by de¬ 
posit of stock of the Cleveland Electric 
Illuminating Company, and of the 
Union Electric Light & Power Com¬ 
pany of St. Louis. We see no reason 
why you should not buy them. 
ONLY FOR THE MAN WHO CAN 
RISK 
Financial Department:—Would you advise 
me If the General Mortgage Financing Corpora¬ 
tion is a safe investment?—(C. S. S., New 
York. 
We do not recommend stock in any 
finance corporation for investors unable 
to take risks. 
CLERKS ARE SOMETIMES 
CARELESS 
One of the smaller mail-order houses 
had difficulty with their shipping de¬ 
partment, and as a result a returned 
package was not credited by the receiv¬ 
ing clerk. Mrs. M. A. T. of New York, 
who reported the case to us, was anxi¬ 
ous to get her money back, and could 
seem to get no satisfaction from the 
firm. However, when the Service Bu¬ 
reau called the attention of the man¬ 
ager to the difficulty, a check for $3.79 
in full payment was immediately forth¬ 
coming. _ 
“CANADIAN AND AMERICAN 
OIL” DEAD 
Financial Department :— Can you Inform 
me about the Canadian and American Oil 
Company of Buffalo, N. Y.— (G. D. R., New 
York. 
As far as we have been able to ascer¬ 
tain this oil company has been dead for 
four or five years. 
RAILROAD HAS RIGHT 
»Many years ago a railroad was sold the 
right to crocs a person’s land. The railroad 
Is not now in use. Can the owner of the ad¬ 
joining land build a fence across tjie railroad 
to keep his cattle from going through as the 
railroad does not maintain fences along the 
aide of it?—(A. L. I., New York. 
Even though the railroad is not be¬ 
ing used, the adjoining owners have 
no right to build a fence acrc^ss it. By 
filing a petition in the usual manner 
adjoining owners may be able to com¬ 
pel the railroad to build and maintain 
a fence along the side erf its road. 
MOSSS CHICKS 
BEST IN THE WO RLD J -- 
This season has proven to be the 
biggest season in our history. Ao 
outstanding factor is the great number of reorders from 
customers of past years, which speaks most convincingly of 
-nt-u and Superior Service, 
our High * 
You will receive the Healthiest, most robust chicks produced, 
for that is the kind we are famous for throughout the country. 
If you want fait layers order now, we are still in a position to 
ship immediately. 
PURE BRED BABY CHICKS 
Variety 
L^borns . - . 
White and Black 
: } 
Per 26 
Chicks 
$4.00 
Per 60 
Chicks 
$7.50 
Per 100 
Chicks 
$15.00 
tr^homs - - - • 
Buff and Brown 
Barred Rocks 
$4.S0 
$6.50 
$17.00 
S. C. &E. C. R, I. 
Reds 
$4.7B 
$9.00 
$18.00 
White Wyandottes 
White Rocks • • 
Bu^ Rocks - . . 
Anconas .... 
■;4 
«S.OO 
StO.OO 
$19.00 
Black Minorcas • 
Buff Orpingtons <• 
White Orpingtons 
• • 
i } 
$6.50 
SXO.SO 
$21.00 
Mixed Chicks or Broilers 
$3.76 
$6.75 
$13.00 
Light Brahmas 
. . 
$8.75 
$16.50 
$30.00 
Famous MOSS’S 
Jersey Black Giants • 
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$1I,.0° 
$2t.00 
$40.00 
June, July and August chicks 1 cent lower. By 600 or 1,000 
of one variety, special discount allowed. 
Hatching Eggs and StocK»>-Whether your order Is large or 
■mail, it will nave the same careful attention. CataloffU 0 on 
reQuett. Immediate Delivery 
ANTHONY H. MOSS. Morris Plains. New Jersey 
I 
30,000 Chicks weekly 
for June, July and August 
yg Hatched by experts with 13 years’ ex- 
Jw perience in one of the largest, finest and 
best equipped hatcheries In the State. 
80 per cent of our March, April and May 
orders were from old customers, and or- 
ift' ciers for thousands of Chicks were refused 
-.Jirf.1 owing to insufficient incubator capacity. 
June, July Order June, July and August Chicks 
and’Aua. early, at these rock-bottom prices; 
S. C. White and Brown Leghorns.lOe each 
Barred Rocks.12c each 
S. C. R. I. Reds and S. C. Black Minorcas. 14c each 
R. C. White Wyandottes.14c each 
Broiler Chicks (Heavy Breeds). 9c each 
Broiler Chicks (Light Breeds) . 8o each 
Lots of 500.% cent per chick less 
Lots of 1000. 1 cent per chick lest 
100 per cent live delivery guaranteed. Prepaid to 
your door. $1.00 will book your order. 
FINE CATALOG FREE 
THE KEYSTONE HATCHERY - Richfield, Pa. 
Members I. B. C. Association 
BABY CHICKS 
Hatching every day In the week and every 
hour in the day. We are the world’t 
largest producers. 
THREE MILLION FOR 1923 
Twelve popular breeds of best thorobred 
stock obtainable, moderately priced; also 
QUALITY chicks from heavy laying stock 
at small additional cost. 
We deliver by parcel post anywhere Kast 
of the Rockies and guarantee 95% safe 
arrival. 
„ Write Nearest Address, To-day, for 
Smith 3 Standard r.atainn—FRFF 
ReK.U.S.Pat.Off. Catalog rnLt 
THE SMITH STANDARD COMPANY 
Boston, Mass.. Dept. 67.184 Friend Street 
Philadelphm, Pa., Dept. 67.833 Locust Street 
Cleveland, Ohio.1967 West 74th Street 
Chicago, III., Dept. 67.427 So. Dearborn Street 
(Member International Baby Chick Association) 
Flemington Famous Chicks! 
We are going to offer as A SPECIAL! 25.000 
Day-Olds, from our selected matings, for 
June Delivery 
PerlOO 
Per 50 
Per 25 
S. C. W. Leghorns .. 
$10.50 
$5.50 
$3.00 
Barred Kocks. 
15.00 
8.00 
4.50 
R. 1. Reds. 
16.00 
8.50 
5.00 
We guarantee 100% live arrival, full count. 
Parcel post paid. Order at once; don’t delay 
and be disappointed at such low prices for 
SELECTED STOCK. Send P. O. Money Order 
or Check in full remittance. 
FLEMINGTON POULTRY FARMS & HATCHERY 
Box 422, FLEMINGTON. N. J. 
Strickler’s Quality Chicks 
Hatches July 3-10-17-24-31 
Large, heavy-type Barron English S. C. White Leg¬ 
horns of superlative quality mated to pedigreed 
cockerels. Each pen headed by Lady Storrs’ Pen 
Cockerel (Dams’ records of 240 to 271 eggs each 
In pullet year). Highest quality vigorous chicks 
by special delivery parcel post prepaid, 100% 
safe and live delivery guaranteed. $10 per 100, 
$48 per 500, $95 per 1,000. Also husky pure-bred 
Barred Rock chicks, $12 per 100, $57 per 500. 
LEONARD F. STRICKLER, Sheridan, Pa. 
Hampton’s Black Leghorn Chicks 
Get my free circular before you order chicks—tells 
why the BLACK LEGHORN is the greatest layer 
and most profitable breed on earth. Write today. 
A. E. HAMPTON, Box A Pittstown, N. J. 
flJIY B«r. Eocks, 11c; Reds, 13c; Wh. Leghorni, 9c; SIfxed, 
Vail A 8c. 100^ arrival guaranteed. Order from adv or circu¬ 
lar free. TWIN HATCHERY, McALlSTERVILLE, PA. 
I APre QTnrV fine PoOItry, Turkeys,Oeeae,Ducts,Qutneaa, 
Lrii\uCt ulUVik B.intaWu*, Collies, Pliroons, Chicks, Stock, 
low: catalog. PlOkEER EaK.M'*, Tvlford, PoansylTaolgi 
