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THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
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Perfect 
Roofing 
The Best Roofing in the World 
For Farm Buildings. 
For steep, flat or circular roofs. 
DURABLE, WATERPROOF, FIRE RESISTING, ECONOMCAL. 
B^Write for BOOKLET and SAMPLES. 
Established 1855. 
MAURICE O’MEARA CO., 
443 Pearl Street, New York. 
$50 TO $500 SAVED 
We are manufacturers, not merchants. Save dealers, 
jobbers and catalog bouse profit. I’ll save you from 
$50 to $300 on my High Grade Standard Gasoline 
Engines from 2 to 22-H.-P.—Price direct to you 
lower than dealers or jobbers have to pay for 
similar engines in carload lots for spot cash. 
GALLOWAY 
Price and quality speak for themselves 
and you are to be the sole judge. 
Sell your poorest horse and buy a 
B-H.-P. only $119. 
Direct 
From 
My Fae¬ 
ry on 30 
Days' Free 
Trial. Satisfac- 
on or xnoaey 
back. Write forspcc- 
fal proposition. All 
you pay me is for raw 
material, labor and 
one small profit. Send lor 
my big BOOK FREE. 
Wra. Galloway, Pres. 
Wm. Galloway Co. 
666 Galloway Station 
Waterloo, Iowa 
jflnthon 
FeiiceK 
There are others 
but the Anthony 
Fence is the only 
one that has An¬ 
thony quality and tied with the Anthony knot. We 
have a small hand sample of fence that we want to 
put in the hands of every buyer. It shows Anthony 
knot as It is in fence-com¬ 
pact, smooth, strong. No kink 
in line wires inside knot. 
Made in Authony machines 
from tough wire. Equal length 
of line wires guaranteed. 
Write for hand sample and 
booklet, both mailed FREE. 
THE ANTHONY FENCE CO., 
Sec m im U Tecuinae^Mich. J, 
ANOTHER SUGGESTION right here: You can 
A MAKE YOUR OWN STOCK FOODS ancl 
know they are pure, clean and wholesome (not 
mill sweeping-s, ground chaff, husks or distillery 
mixtures), having the medicinal properties the 
proper strength for your particular case. With 
this feed you can force the fattening of stock for 
the market without danger of getting the blood 
feverish or the legs stocked up. Excellent for 
brood mares, growing young stock or for keeping 
work horses in condition. 
FORMULAS FOR A FEW COMBINATIONS: 
No. 1. 12 lbs. Wheat Bran, 3G lbs. Com Meal, 36 
lbs. Gluten Feed, 6 lbs. Linseed Meal, 1 pkg. 
Kidney and Nerve Powders. 
No. 2. 12 lbs. Wheat Shorts, 36 lbs. Com Meal, 
48 lbs. Ground Oats, 4 lbs. Linseed Meal, 1 pkg. 
Kidney and Nerve Powders. 
No. 3. 24 lbs. Com Meal, 40 lbs. Dried Brewers* 
Grains, 16 lbs. Wheat Bran, 4 lbs. Linseed Meal, 
1 pkg. Kidney and Nerve Powders. 
No. 4. 48 lbs. Com Meal, 12 lbs. Wheat Bran. 
6 lbs. Cottonseed Meal, 12 -bs. Linseed Meal, 1 
pkg. Kidney and Nerve Powders. 
Mix thoroughly together and feed as a regular 
grain ration and in Quantity to suit the individual 
rase. Price, 25c. package; 35c. by mail. 
I will furnish my Kidney and Nerve Pow¬ 
ders in hulk lots. 10 lbs., $3.50; 25 lbs., $7.50; 50 
lbs., $14; 100 lbs.. $26. Freight prepaid. 
W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 
88 Temple Street, Springfield, Mass. 
Bell The 
Cows 
To prevent loss, to make herd gentle 
f and add to its attractive appearance. 
We make 8 sizes of cow bells. 
Design is patented. Nothing but 
I best Swiss bell metal used in our 
Musical Swiss 
Bells 
Prices have been reduced. We sell through 
the trade but have a special introductoi ; 
offer for users. Single bells or sets tuned 
to harmony, with or without straps. 
The straps we furnish are of extra 
quality. Write today for prices and 
circulars describing cow, sheep 
and turkey bells. Address 
Bevin Bros. Mfg. Co*, 
East Hampton, Conn. 
'Oite| 
PLAN FOR A HENHOUSE. 
Will some of your hen men, who keep 
200 or more hens in one flock, tell us what 
will be wrong with our new chicken house 
when we build it? A rough plan of house 
is shown herewith. We* have an old dwell¬ 
ing house, built 25 years ago, that we ex¬ 
pect to get most of the material from. 
The house has been kept well painted; it 
lias %-inch drop siding, windows four 
glass, 10x30 inches. I expect to put in 
frame just as they are in house. I am 
going to plaster the side walls, have a 
comb roof, shingles, joist and a rough floor, 
so I will have a place to store a load or 
two of straw for bedding; also it will act 
as a ventilator. Floor will be cement, 
raised one foot above the surrounding 
ground. Building will he spouted, ground 
is well tiled in chicken lots; hens have free 
range, when weather and ground is fit for 
them to be out. Please tell us what is 
wrong with the plan? Do we need some 
muslin in window? If so, will it do to put 
muslin at top of some of the windows, then 
lower the top sash ? We have severe weather 
here, Northwestern Ohio, in the Winter. 
We have been keeping or wintering about 
125 hens in three small buildings; don’t get 
very much pleasure in caring for them. If 
we pen them in they soon soil the bedding; 
if they run out in the wet it is the same. 
We live on a farm and have bogs, sheep, 
cattle and horses; it makes lots of chores 
in the Winter. What we are after in this 
new coop is, the best care with the least 
I labor. Shall we need a dropping board 
under the roost poles, or will it be all 
PLAN OF POULTRY HOUSE. 
right if we keep straw under the roosts? 
We will clean out every two or three 
weeks. f. m. h. 
Rawson, Ohio. 
In criticising this plan I would make 
some radical changes. First, there is 
not enough opening on the south. The 
six windows provide for only about 50 
square feet, and we like to have one- 
half of the south of the building win¬ 
dows; then one-half of these windows 
should be muslin. We are keeping our 
hens in the open air much more than, 
we used to think we could, and these 
curtains should be open all the time, 
except stormy and very severe weather. 
There should be no opening to the 
north. That'side should be lined with 
paper and made as tight as possible. 
This house could be divided into three 
pens, and not be much more trouble to 
care for than it is in one pen. The 
roosts should be in the rear of each pen, 
with dropping boards underneath. The 
dividing partitions could be made of 
unbleached muslin, except first two feet 
from the floor, which we make of 
half-inch boards. Instead of the feed 
room being built into the house I would 
use large hoppers for the dry mash 
and feed the grain in the litter twice 
a day. With a house of this size a 
feed room is not needed. This house 
should be very easily cared for, and bq 
a profitable investment every way. 
FLOYD Q.WHITE. 
MORE PROTEIN NEEDED. 
Will you pick the following ration to 
pieces for me? It is fed to 900-pound 
grade Jerseys, and they do not do well at 
all : Daily feed. Alfalfa, five pounds; 
ground oats, two pounds; corn and cob 
meal, two pounds; ground barley, two 
pounds; brewers’ grains, two pounds; 
marsh hay, all they will eat. e. r. a. 
Waukesha, Wis. 
Assuming that your cows are eating 
15 pounds of marsh hay per day each, 
the ration you are feeding has a nu¬ 
tritive ratio of 1:6.6, which is all 
right for dry cattle or steers, but it 
will not produce much milk, as it does 
not contain enough protein. The cheap¬ 
est way to increase the protein in this 
ration is to use more Alfalfa, which, 
being a home-grown product, saves 
buying grain. Barley is not a very 
good feed for milk, so if you cannot 
increase the Alfalfa I would cut out 
the ground barley entirely and substi¬ 
tute two pounds of cotton-seed meal in 
its place. Your cows will gain rap¬ 
idly if you will make this change. Do 
not, however, change this ration all at 
once, as it is liable to cause trouble. 
Make the change gradually—from 10 
days to two weeks being required to 
get your cows on to full feed. It pays 
to be careful, feeding only as much as 
will be eaten with a relish and prop¬ 
erly digested. c. s. greene. 
The Most "Perfect 
Cream Separator 
That Money Can Buy. 
The United States 1909 Models 
Nos. 14 and 15, like all other sizes, are absolutely unequaled. 
They are the standard Separators of the world. 
They are entitled to this claim of being Standard because they won 
out in the greatest contest of Cream Separators ever held at any 
National or International Exposition in 50 consecutive runs, lasting 
through one month,on the milk of 10 different breeds of cows. The 
De LaVal Vise Separatorsa.ndth.eSharples Tubular Separators 
were entered in this contest and were beaten. 
The United States Separators are used by a very large percentage 
of the leading breeders in all the 10 leading dairy breeds of cows. 
The United States Separators are used by progressive dairymen 
and creamerymen everywhere. 
The United States Separators have handsome 
frames, cast in one solid piece. They have waist 
low supply cans. The gears are all enclosed, 
dust proof and self oiling. The bowls are most 
simple in construction and easily washed thor¬ 
oughly in all parts in from two to five minutes. 
No long goose neck pipe in the United States 
, to get foul and difficult to clean. 
Dairy women as well as experts consider that 
the United States is nowthe easiest cleaned, turns 
easiest, skims cleanest and wears longest. 
The United States was the originator of the 
enclosed, dust proof, self oiling gears. All others 
using this feature are imitators. 
Send for illustrated catalogue and circular. No. 159. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO. 
BELLOWS FALLS, VERMONT 
BICKMORES 
J#®'/ - 
The standard reliable 
remouy for Galls, Scratch¬ 
es, Cracks, Wire Cuts and 
all similar sores on ani¬ 
mals. Sold by dealers 
everywhere. Money re- 
(funded if it fails. Valuable Horse Book and earn- 
(pie free if you send 6c for postage and packing. 
Bickmore Gall Cure Co., 
Box 912> Old Town, Maine. 
SILOS 
_ The “PHILADELPHIA” 
The Best on Earth 
Has the longest test and most in ase. Con- 
tinnons opening from top to bottom. The only 
Opening Roof made. Ask for Engine Catalogue. 
TANKS AND TOWERS AND 
GASOLINE ENGINES 
Ask for prices and new catalog. 
E. F. SC II LI CUTER CO., lO S. 18th St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Are You Building ? 
If so, don’t take chances on your roof by buying "ex¬ 
travagant claims,” but get a good old-fashioned roofing 
of quality, made by a firm established in 1817. 
Paroid Roofing Facts .—It has ^tood the te^l of 
years on U. S. Gov’t buildings, mills, farm and 
poultry buildings. Easiest to lay—mo^t attractive. 
AiR 0 I D 
ROOFING 
is not a low priced roofing, but the slight difference 
in co^t over cheap roofings is made up by a big dif¬ 
ference in quality. 
OUR GUARANTEE : Buy one roil of PAROID, apply 
It to your roof. If you are not aatisfied that you have the best, 
we will send you a check for the amount you paid for the roofing 
and the co^t of applying it. 
Write for more facts and sample of PAROID. also free booklet 
Of plans entitled “Practical Farm Buildings” if about to build. 
F. W. BIRD & SON, Established 1817, 
93 MILL STREET, EAST WALPOLE, MASS. 
P 
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Let us show you how to fit up your barn '' 
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It opens up for you the modern idea of dairying. It’s a book for every dairy¬ 
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The 
James 
Way Is 
The Best Way 
Kent Mfg. Co. 
130 Kane Street 
Fort 
Atkinson 
Wisconsin 
