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American Agriculturist, August 11,1923 
The Service Bureau 
Leave the American Horticultural Company Alone 
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THIS IS YOUR MARKET PLACE 
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ADVERTISEMENTS are inserted in this department at the rate of 5 cents a word, 
xi The minimum charge per insertion is $1 per week. 
Count as one word each initial, abbreviation and whole number, including name 
and address. Thus : “J. B. Jones, 44 E. Main St., Mount Morris, N. Y.” counts as 
eleven words. 
Place your wants by following the style of the advertisements on this page. 
Our Advertisements Guaranteed 
T HE American Agriculturist accepts only advertising which it believes to be 
thoroughly honest. 
We positively guarantee to our readers fair and honest treatment in dealing with 
our advertisers. 
We guarantee to refund, the price of goods purchased by our subscribers from any 
advertiser who fails to make good when the article purchased is found not to be 
as advertised. 
To benefit by this guarantee subscribers must say: “I saw your ad in the Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist” when ordering from our advertisers. 
The More You Tell, The Quicker You Sell 
E VERY week the American Agriculturist reaches over 120,000 farmers in New 
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and adjacent States. Advertising orders must 
reach our office at 461 Fourth Avenue, New York City not later than the second 
Monday previous to date of issue. Cancellation orders must reach us on the same 
schedule. Because of the low rate to subscribers and their friends, cash or money 
order must accompany your order. 
ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO HIM WHO WAITS — BUT 
THE CHAP WHO DOESN'T ADVERTISE WAITS LONGEST 
EGGS AND POULTRY 
SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCKS 
SO MANY ELEMENTS enter into the ship¬ 
ping of day-old chicks and eggs by our ad¬ 
vertisers, and the hatching of same by our 
subscribers that the publishers of this paper 
cannot guarantee the safe arrival of day-old 
chicks, or that eggs shipped shall reach the 
buyer unbroken, nor ca-n they guarantee the 
hatching of eggs. We shall continue to exer¬ 
cise the greatest care in allowing poultry and 
egg advertisers to use this paper, but our re¬ 
sponsibility must end with that. 
PULLETS, ALL AGES—White, Brown and 
Buff Leghorns, Anconas, Minorcas ; also year¬ 
ling hens. FRANK’S POULTRY FARM, Box 
A, Tiffin, Ohio. 
FOR SALE—30 S. C. White Leghorn Pullets, 
Barron strain; March-hatched; $1.25 each. 
NORMAN FRANK, Ransomville, N. Y. 
CHICKS—White Leghorn “Barron” strain, 
$8—100 ; Reds, $10. EMPIRE HATCHERY, 
Seward, N. Y. 
REAL ESTATE 
FOR SALE—In Oneida County, New York, 
9 miles from Rome, a well-running cheese fac¬ 
tory with house, barn and 3 acres of good, 
level land, little orchard and running water. 
Factory open all the year around. Company 
buys milk, or can be run by own hand. Good 
buildings and on improved road. Neat loca¬ 
tion. Possession given November 1 or October 1. 
Inquire LOUIS WERREN, Lee Center, N. Y. 
FINE STOCK AND GRAIN FARM — 2,107 
acres between Richmond and Washington, 900 
acres rich, level river bottom cultivated ; good 
7-room residence, large barns, six tenant 
houses; 17 million feet original oak and pine 
timber, on high level ground, finest standing 
in Virginia; $62.50 per acre, farm and timber. 
Lafayette MANN, 123 N. 8th Street, Rich¬ 
mond, Va. 
FOR SALE—Farm, two hundred and fourteen 
acres; good buildings, on State road ; five min¬ 
utes’ walk from church ; school, store, railway 
station, milk station, mills. Make ideal sum¬ 
mer home. Particulars inquire, BOX 631, 
Cobleskill, N. Y. 
SWINE 
CHOICE REGISTERED CHESTER White 
Pigs, both sexes; one tried sow; Wildwood 
Prince, Petroleum Blood. J. S. BOYER, Wol¬ 
cott, N. Y. 
O. I. C. PIGS—$7. Bred sows cheap. 10- 
week Barron Leghorn Pullets, $1. Collies. 
EL BRITON FARM, Route 1, Hudson, N. Y. 
DOGS AND PET STOCK 
LAKE SHORE KENNELS, Himrod, N. Y„ 
offers Fox, Coon and Rabbit Hounds, also Water 
Spaniels on approval. You’re the judge. Pup¬ 
pies above breeds. 
FOR SALE —.English Beagle female rabbit 
dog and puppies. Write for prices. H. G. 
OAKLEY, Strattonville, Pa. 
SHEPHERD DOGS — Now working, thirty 
years a breeder. ARTHUR GILSON, Canton, 
N. Y. 
CATTLE 
20 MILKING SHORTHORNS—Ten due to 
freshen about September 1, 1923. TB tested, 
all young and right. O. L. WILKINSON, 
Knoxville, Pa. 
WOMEN’S WANTS 
PATCHWORK — Send fifteen cents for 
household package, bright new calicoes and 
percales. Your money’s worth every time. 
PATCHWORK COMPANY, Meriden, Conn. 
SMART “HOMEMAID” VOILE FROCKS— 
$1.98. Send measurements, bust, from neck 
to hem in back. BENNETTS “HOMEMAID” 
GARMENTS, Schuylerville, N. Y. 
CLOVER—$4.50 bushel; (Unhulled Sweet) 
Alfalfa, $7.00 ; Red Clover, $12.00; Grimm 
Alfalfa, $22.50; satisfaction or money back; 
we ship from several warehouses and save you 
freight. NOW is the time to buy your seeds 
for next planting. MEIER SEED CO., Dept. 
AA., Salina, Kansas. 
CELERY AND CABBAGE PLANTS—Strong 
plants ready for field, of all leading varieties, 
$1.25 per 1,000. Parcel post, 5 cents per 100 
extra. Cauliflower plants, early Snowball— 
strong, $3 per 1,000. Send for list. J. C. 
SCHMIDT, Bristol, Pa. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS for August and 
Fall planting (Samples), $4 per thousand. 
Special attention given to large orders. Write 
BOX 122, Watts Flats, N. Y. 
PLANTS—Celery, $2.50 per 1,000 ; $11.25 
per 5,000 ; Cabbage, $2.50 per 1,000 ; $10 per 
5,000. Strong selected plants. WM. P. 
YEAGLE, Bristol, Pa. 
HELP WANTED 
ALL men, women, boys, girls, 17 to 60, will¬ 
ing to accept Government positions, $117-$190, 
traveling or stationary, -write MR. OZMKNT, 
258 St. Louis, Mo., immediately. 
EXPERT DAIRYMAN—Experienced in cer¬ 
tified milk. Also farm mechanic able drive 
motor truck and tractor. MOHEGAN FARM 
CORP., Mohegan Lake, N. Y. 
FEMALE HELP WANTED 
GIRLS—WOMEN! — Learn Dress Draping- 
Making. $30 per week. Sample lessons free. 
Write immediately. FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, 
J Dept. B 542, Rochester, N. Y. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
LATEST STYLE SANITARY MILK TICK¬ 
ETS save money and time. Free delivery. 
Send for samples. TRAVERS BROTHERS, 
Dept. A, Gardner, Mass. 
DELCO PLANT — % R. W. with new bat¬ 
teries, $250. y 4 H. D. 32 volt motor, $15. H. 
VAN KUREN, Rummerfield, Pa. 
-FOR SALE—9-18 Case Tractor in good con¬ 
dition ; $200 takes it; f. o. b. C. J. STAFFORD, 
R. 3, Cortland, N. Y. 
FERRETS—Prices free. Book on Ferrets, 
10 cents. Muzzles, 25 cents. BERT EWELL, 
Wellington, Ohio. 
POST YOUR FARM 
and KeepTrespassers Off 
We have printed on 
linen lined board trespass 
notices that comply in all 
respects to the new law 
of New York State. We 
unreservedly advise land 
owners to post their 
farms. We have a large 
supply of these notices 
and will send one dozen 
to any subscriber for 60 
cents. Larger quantities 
at same rate. Address: 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
461 4th Ave., New York City 
O NE of the firms with which we had 
the most difficulty last summer was 
the American Horticulture Company, 
doing business at Des Moines, Iowa. 
One by one, complaints came in to us, 
and one by one we tried to get satis¬ 
faction for our subscribers. 
At first the firm answered our letters 
and some of those from customers 
whose orders they had failed to fill; 
then came form post-cards reporting 
“serious financial embarrassment,” then 
form letters from an attorney’s office, 
which did not in any way answer the 
complaint we made. 
Finally, silence and a report that the 
company was out of business. We 
wrote our unfortunate subscribers that 
they were out of pocket, so far as we 
could see, for the sums sent in good 
faith, and that since the firm had left 
no trace, we could not pursue them 
them further. 
Then, lo and behold, one subscriber 
received circulars and encouraging 
letters from this house, apparently able 
to solicit business and to receive letters 
with money in them, even if not to 
answer justifiable complaints against 
their manner of filling—or neglecting 
—orders. 
There is no danger of last year’s 
victims being stung twice, but some 
buyers may have been more fortunate 
last year, while others may be solicited 
for the first time and be tempted to 
order. 
We advise all American Agriculturist 
readers to leave the American Horti¬ 
culture Company strictly alone. 
IT MIGHT BE WORSE NEXT TIME 
It took only one complaint against 
them to place M. Fliegal & Sons, 342 
Greenwich St., New York, on the black 
list. The reason was their indifference 
in trying to straighten the matter out 
and the insolent way in which they re¬ 
fused to aid our investigation. 
Finally we proved, against their con¬ 
tinuous opposition, that our subscriber’s 
shipment had been delivered by the 
American Express Company and signed 
for. Still the firm was defiant, but 
finally were forced to agree to a refund. 
However, although Mr. Fliegal is a 
licensed and bonded merchant, and 
although complaints against him have 
been few, we feel that his attitude 
makes him a dangerous consignee for 
shipments from farmers who cannot be 
on the spot to protect their interests. 
The man who refuses to aid in finding 
the responsibility for a mistake and 
who tells investigators it is “none of 
their business” when it is finally traced 
to him, is not a safe business proposi¬ 
tion. 
THREE MONTHS VS. FIVE DAYS 
Mrs. A. G. of Pa., had been trying 
for three months to get the balance of 
her order from a mail-order house. 
Finally, in despair, she turned the mat¬ 
ter over to us. 
“Only five days after your letter 
reached them, my order came,” wrote 
Miss G. “I thank you for your kind¬ 
ness and appreciate the wonderful work 
you are doing for your subscribers.” 
ANOTHER BOOSTER FOR A. A. 
Turkeys again—five husky specimens 
went astray and the shipper, Mrs. M. 
D. B., of New York, promptly turned 
the matter over to us. 
The express company had to investi¬ 
gate, because the consignee claimed 
never to have received the turkeys. 
The express company accepted respon¬ 
sibility in the end, however, and a check 
for $33.63 went to Mrs. B. “I will 
continue to boost and subscribe for the 
American Agriculturist” she wrote. 
SUSPICIOUS 
Our letter saying that a settlement 
would be made reached our subscriber, 
Mrs. J. N. C., of New York, the same 
day she received a check from the firm 
of which she had complained. 
Mrs. C., had beaded three bags for a 
New York firm. She sent them by 
insured mail and they were lost. But 
the firm said that she had disregarded 
their shipping instructions and there¬ 
fore would have to stand the entire loss. 
That didn’t seem reasonable, and 
evidently the firm knew it was not, for 
as soon as the Service Bureau wrote 
them, they hastily sent Mrs. C. a check 
for the sum agreed upon for her work. 
IN TIME FOR NEXT WINTER 
Another mail-order house investi¬ 
gated a claim which had long hung fire 
when the American Agriculturist Ser¬ 
vice Bureau took a hand. As a result 
our subscriber, Mrs. A. F. R., wrote us 
from West Virginia: 
“At last the refund has come for the 
entire amount due on my coat. I had 
tried to get the money ever since last 
November, but with all my writing I 
secured no results. Thank you very 
much for helping me get it.” 
THEY TOOK THE MACHINE 
BACK 
One of the firms which sells homo¬ 
knitting machines recently agreed, at 
our solicitation, to take back a machine 
purchased by one of our subscribers 
who could not learn to manipulate it. 
We took the matter up with the com¬ 
pany, and although it was several 
weeks before Mrs. A. J. received her 
check — owing to an adjustment which 
had to be made for wool — she got it. 
She wrote “in the nick of time” and 
was very grateful to the Service Bureau 
for its good offices. 
These machines are not always the 
money-makers they seem, nor are all 
purchasers so fortunate as Mrs. J., for 
the firms rarely take one back. 
Is a Shorter Farm Day 
Practical ? 
(Continued from page 87) 
to hear any long and loud objections 
from them. 
My observation has been, however, 
that the objection from farmers is not 
particularly about the long hours, but 
the long hours together with short pay 
makes a combination that is far from 
pleasing. 
There are a few things that can be 
done, but they need concerted action 
to make them effective. Even if the 
cows do have to be milked twelve hours 
apart, it doesn’t prevent one from tak¬ 
ing time at noon to read the daily 
paper, and glance over the farm paper. 
You may feel guilty for a while, when 
you find that it is half-past one or two 
by the time the horses are hitched up 
and in the field, but one can get ac¬ 
customed to almost anything in time. 
This is also a good time to cut both 
production and work by testing the 
cows for tuberculosis, and don’t be in 
too big a hurry to get the herd back 
to the old number. 
It may not shorten the workday, but 
it will cut down the hours per week 
if you will find time to attend the 
Grange picnic or the Farm Bureau field 
day, or even the circus when it comes 
to town. It’s easy to say that there is 
too much work to do, but remember 
that farming is skilled labor, and 
skilled labor shouldn’t work too long 
hours. One trouble will be that if a 
large number of men should cut pro¬ 
duction in this way, others would con¬ 
clude that it would be a fine time to 
cash in, by producing big. Perhaps the 
Farm Bureau can solve the problem by 
some agreement among the members 
as to the hours of work. It surely 
is a problem that needs organization 
for its solution. 
Of course there would be a big howl 
by consumers if any concerted action 
should be taken to bring this about, 
but farmers have no cause to feel they 
have a duty to perform in feeding the 
public without profit. It might be 
doubted when I say that in 1911 a 
prominent magazine had a long article 
on “The High Cost of Living.” But it 
is true, because I read it. 
