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Che  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
July  22,  1910. 
Just  One  Piece  In  It! 
The  bowl  of  the  Sharpies  Separator  is  the 
simplest  in  existence — just  one  piece  in  it 
(something  like  a  napkin  ring). 
Think  what  that  means  to  you 
in  easy  washing  and  time 
saved.  Furthermore,  this  bowl 
is  so  sturdy  and  strong  that  it 
is  practically  accident-proof. 
Not  only  that,  but  the 
SHARPLES 
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Cream  separator 
has  these  other  important  exclusive  features: 
1st — Doubled  skimming  force,  giving  a  cleaner  skim.  The  reason  for 
this  doubled  skimming  force  lies  in  the  extraordinary  small  diameter  of  the 
bowl — the  milk  is  always  making  a  sharp  turn,  thus  extracting  the  cream 
quicker  and  more  thoroughly.  Again,  the  bowl  is  remarkably  long — the 
milk  travels  further  while  the  skimming  force  is  working  on  it.  Con¬ 
sequently,  the  Sharpies  gets  more  cream  than  the  just-ordinary  separator. 
2nd — Skims  clean  at  widely  varying  speeds.  The  Sharpies  bowl  skims  just 
as  clean  at  low  speed  as  at  high.  This  is  due  to  the  patented  Suction-feed, 
which  automatically  sucks  the  milk  in  as  needed.  No  other  bowl  on  earth 
skims  clean  unless  turned  exactly  up  to  speed.  Nineteen  farmers  out  of 
every  twenty  turn  their  separators  too  slow,  and  every  one  of  these  men 
loses  cream — some  of  them  $ 100  worth  a  year.  The  Sharpies  saves 
it  all. 
3rd — Unchanging  cream  regardless  of  speed.  The  Sharpies  bowl  gives 
the  same  thickness  of  cream  no  matter  how  much  you  vary  the  speed. 
Just  set  the  cream  screw  for  the  desired  thickness. 
4th — Turn  faster  and  you  finish  sooner.  The  capacity  increases  with 
the  speed.  When  in  a  hurry  simply  turn  faster  and  you  get  through  sooner. 
No  other  separator  can  be  hurried  this  way. 
The  Sharpies  has  other  exclusive  features  (such  as  the  knee-low  supply 
tank,  etc.).  Send  for  Catalog. 
The  Sharpies  Separator  Co.,  West  Chester,  Pa. 
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Some  of  His  Selling  Experiences 
Makixg  a  Start. — In  order  that  the 
render  may  better  understand  this  arti¬ 
cle  it  will  probably  be  best  to  give  a  very 
brief  history  of  my  fanning  operations. 
.V  little  over  five  years  ago  I  was  work¬ 
ing  in  a  big  office  doing  very  trying  work 
which  gi>t  on  my  nerves.  I  resolved  to 
fp;it  and  buy  a  farm,  which  I  did.  and  I 
very  soon  found  the  place  on  which  1  am 
now  located.  I  put  in  nearly  three  years 
of  my  time  on  the  farm  and  built  a  hen 
house  ICO  feet  long,  with  running  water 
at  several  convenient  places,  and  also 
planted  several  hundred  fruit  trees  and 
grapevines,  ereetod  fences,  etc.  In  fact  I 
fixed  everything  very  conveniently,  so 
the  work  could  he  done  quickly.  After 
fixing  things  up  in  this  shape,  I  secured 
another  position  in  town  which  pays  me 
well,  and  I  am  able  to  attend  to  the 
know  all  of  the  regular  nests.  I  have 
such  a  reputation  among  my  retail  cus¬ 
tomers  that  they  will  not  eat  any  eggs 
but  mine,  and  from  time  to  time  these 
customers  tell  their  friends  about  my 
eggs,  and  my  trade  is  slowly  but  surely 
increasing,  and  these  customers,  secured 
in  this  way  are  the  very  best.  There 
is  a  vast  difference  in  trade  secured  by 
canvassing  and  that  which  comes  to  you 
unsolicited.  I  pack  my  eggs  in  neatly 
printed  cartons,  giving  farm  name  and 
i.i.v  own,  also  listing  the  different  kinds 
of  fruit  I  have  planted,  and  have  sold 
some  fruit  in  this  way. 
Thee  Fruits. — My  five-year-old  plum 
trees  gave  a  big  crop  last  Summer.  The 
trees  near  the  henhouse  have  grown 
abotit  12  feet  high  and  five  inches 
through  the  trunk.  I  planted  75  plums 
A  Back-to-the-Lander’s  Chicken  Coop 
farm  mornings  and  evenings.  The  job 
will  help  out  until  the  fruit  trees  get 
some  size.  I  live  seven  miles  from  the 
heart  of  the  city,  and  am  located  near 
the  depot. 
Working  TT  Ax  Ego  Trade. — I 
keep  about  500  hens.  All  of  the  eggs 
laid  throughout  the  Fall  and  Winter 
are  sold  to  private  families  at  five  cents 
per  dozen  above  retail.  These  same  cus¬ 
tomers  take  a  proportion  of  the  Spring 
eggs  also,  hut  they  all  leave  town  during 
the  Summer  months.  Right  here  was  one 
of  my  big  problems;  during  the  Fall  and 
Winter  I  could  never  fill  the  demand  for 
eggs,  hut  in  late  Spring  and  Summer, 
after  I  had  finished  hatching  and  all  of 
my  customers  were  away,  there  was  al¬ 
ways  a  great,  quantity  of  eggs  to  dispose 
of.  I  have  tried  hunting  up  new  retail 
customers,  and  also  tried  to  wholesale  to 
clubs,  hotels  and  stores,  hut  have  found 
it  rather  discouraging  work.  Everybody 
else  seemed  to  he  trying  to  sell  eggs  too, 
and  1  was  usually  too  late.  I  was  partic¬ 
ularly  disgusted  with  the  stores.  I  would 
be  told  something  like  this;  “We  have 
more  eggs  m>w  than  we  can  handle,  hut 
if  you  cannot  do  better,  we  will  give  you 
10  cents.”  This?  made  me  mad,  so  I  pro¬ 
ceeded  to  do  some  thinking.  I  finally 
thought  of  cold  storage,  and  this  lias 
proved  to  he  very  satisfactory.  I  have 
been  using  cold  storage  now  for  four 
years,  and  when  eggs  get  too  low  in  the 
Spring  T  begin  to  store  and  continue 
throughout  the  Summer.  I  have  aver¬ 
aged  28  cents  per  dozen  for  these  eggs, 
which  nets  me  about  2o^4  cents  after 
paying  storage  and  costs  of  orates.  This 
year  I  got  20)4.  netting  me  24  cents.  I 
have  always  sold  these  eggs  ns  storage 
eggs,  and  to  the  same  restaurant  all  four 
years,  and  they  are  pronounced  first- 
class.  I  never  market  any  doubtful  eggs; 
they  are  all  kept  for  home  use.  I  am 
very  particular  about  this,  and  also  try 
to  gather  all  eggs  personally,  because  I 
in  all;  planted  too  many  of  one  kind, 
the  Abundance.  I  hauled  plums  last 
Summer  until  I  was  sick  of  them;  plums, 
plums,  plums-!  Would  1  never  get  rid 
of  them  !  They  did  not  sell  very  readily, 
as  they  came  on  the  market  during  a 
glut  of  S‘"'tJiern  peaches.  I  (lacked  them 
in  the  regular  six-basket  peach  carrier, 
which  holds  almut  a  half  bushel.  I  sup¬ 
plied  a  number  of  fruit  stands  at  00 
cents  per  crate,  getting  an  empty  crate 
back.  This  was  the  only  way  I  could 
dispose  of  them;  better  take  a  small  price 
than  see  them  rot.  The  Wick  sons,  which 
came  in  la-tor,  sold  better,  bringing  .$1 
per  crate;  the  Monarch  blue  plums  sold 
well  at  $1.20  for  preserving.  My 
three-year-old  peaches  did  well,  the  Car¬ 
man  having  about  half  a  crate  to  the 
tree,  and  readily  brought  a  dollar  a  crate 
just  as  they  ran.  There  is  always  a 
demand  for  ponchos  for  preserving.  I 
sold  lots  of  fruit  direct  to  the  consumer, 
worked  up  several  routes  and  sold  every 
morning  on  the  way  to  work,  having 
bought  a  runabout  for  this  purpose,  ou 
the  back  of  which  I  add  d  a  small  body. 
I  sold  practically  all  of  my  apples  to 
Ihese  customers,  rarely  bothering  to  pick 
them,  as  the  ground  was  soft  under  the 
trees,  and  the  apples  were  sold  in  small 
quantities  and  used  in  a  few  days.  Wind¬ 
falls  bring  as  much  under  these  condi¬ 
tions  as  would  picked  apples  and  at  a 
great  saving  of  time.  Apples  brought 
25  cents  a  peck. 
Other  Fruits. — T  did  best  with 
grapes,  selling  $!>0  worth  from  about 
half  au  acre,  three  years  planted.  The 
grapes  were  packed  in  regular  four-pound 
wire-handle  baskets,  a  two-color  label 
was  used  on  the  covers.  My  grapes  were 
very  highly  complimented  by  the  fruit 
stands;  I  took  particular  pains  to  pack 
solidly  and  evenly.  I  had  50  St.  Regis 
raspberry  plants  planted  for  home  use, 
but  I  had  more  than  "wo  could  use,  so 
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