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April 23, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
SOMETHING Mj 
THE MONEY ' ' 
- XOSING 
TO FEED, 
! A CALfX* 
DAIRYMEN :-Don ’t fail to 
look on the other side of 
this leaf; there is a message 
there that means money 
saving on every calf and 
every cow in your herd. 
The solution of the little 
picture puzzle there, points 
to the solution of the 
Dairy Calf problem. 
For Best EXTENSION LADDER at « c “ 
JOHN J. l’OTTEl£,H Mill St., Binghamton, N. Y. 
THRIFTY 
STOCK 
PAYS 
MORE MONEY 
GIVES 
MORE SATISFACTION.! 
NO STOCK CAN THRIVE IF PESTERED 
WITH LICEJICKS,MITES, FLEAS, 
SCAB,MANGE,AND OTHER SKIN 
DISEASES. 
TO CLEAN OUT THESE 
PARASITES, GUARD AGAINST 
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, 
CLEANSE, PURIFY, AND 
DEODORIZE. U SE 
Dip N?1 
BETTER THAN OTHERS,BECAME, IT IS 
STANDARDIZED, 
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GALLON OF KRESO DIP NO.I MAKES 60 
TO 100 6AU0NS OF SOLUTION(DEPENDING 
UPON WHAT USE IS TO BE MADE OF IT.) 
A REAL NECESSITY ABOUT 
HORSES.CATTLE,SHEEP,SWINE, 
DOGS, GOATS AND POULTRY. 
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WRITE FOR FREE CIRCULARS. ASK FOR LEAFLET 
DESCRIBING A NEW CEMENT HOG WALLOW IF 
ARE INTERESTED. 
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PARKE,DAVIS&C0, 
^DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL 
INDUSTRY. 
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The Standard Farquhar 
SAWMILL 
Just tell us the kind of timber you 
have and we will advise you as to the best 
FEED EQUIPMENT. Farquhar mills have 
done away with all “fussing”— and "trou¬ 
ble.” They have just about l A the parts of 
other mills — light running, safe, save time, 
save work—movable, easily set up—durable. 
We spent 54 years perfecting Farquhar 
mills. Now we are spending a large sum of 
money on a book that tells about FEED 
EQUIPMENTS and other saw mill and en¬ 
gine facts. These books can be had FREE. 
Just ask by postal. Now is the time to sell 
lumber—while prices are booming. 
A. B. FARQUHAR CO., Box 302 York, Pa — 
BROOM CORN AND BROOM MAKING. 
I wilLeudeavor to show .you how the 
Pennsylvania Dutch grow and manu¬ 
facture their brooms! To grow broom 
corn it is best to have a fertile soil 
without stone; it will, however, grow 
on any good corn ground. The time 
to sow the seed is when the held corn 
is planted. It should be sown in rows 
three or 3 y 2 feet apart. Use plenty of 
seed, as it is a weak grower, so you 
can thin out the plants; if properly done 
they will stand three or four inches 
apart fn the row. It is important that 
they are properly thinned; if too thick 
it will grow too small a brush; if it 
stands too thin it will grow' too .large 
a brush, which w'ould make a large and 
heavy broom. It is cultivated as you 
would held corn. When it has well 
formed brushes and before they spread, 
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BASE PLANK OF DEVICE. Fig. 192. 
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take the stalk, .bend, but do .not break it, 
so you can reach between the two up¬ 
per joints/then give/it a' short bend, so 
as to cause the brush to hang down¬ 
ward. Before it ripens its seed and 
by all means before frost, cut above the 
upper joint, strip off the leaf, cure un¬ 
der roof. When well cured I remove 
the seed with a scoop shovel by putting 
it upside down on a box, sit on the 
shovel and pull the brush over the edge 1 
of the shovel, holding it against with, 
the hand. 
A Homemade Machine. —To . make 
the broqm-making machine, it requires 
a plank four feet long, 13 inches wide, 
four inches thick; two planks two 
inches thick, one foot wide, 28 inches 
long. The two small planks are framed 
in the base plank at e e, as shown in 
Fig. 192; b in base is a two-inch hole 
bored at an angle of about:50 degrees. 
The piece a is framed in at.a. The 
long half of the damp is ’framed in'the 
upright plank also at piece marked d 
in the complete machine. The short 
piece is held in place by a pin in long 
part of clamp, as seen in Fig. 193; in 
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SECTIONAL VIEW, Fig. 193. 
front it is held in place-by the screw' 
which works the clamp. The jaws'of 
the clamp are one inch across the cen¬ 
ter. 10 inches long. The, ratchet; as I 
call it, is made ;bv ■sawing nine grooves 
in a round block six inches long, four 
inches in diameter, at an angle that the 
piece marked f. Fig. 194, will fit in, the 
groove so it will not slip off, as the 
ratchet is securely wedged on to the 
broom handle to keep it from turning. 
It is bound at each end with an iron 
hoop, so it will not split. The wheel 
has nine cogs, is 10 inches in diameter; 
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35in Long 
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6 X 4 30 in long 
3 ft. long/ 
VARIOUS PARTS. Fig. 194. 
the cogs are morticed in the wheel. The 
drawing. Fig. 195, shows where and how 
the wheel belongs. The other parts 
will suggest themselves better than I 
am able to describe them. All parts 
ought to be made from hard and sea¬ 
soned wood. 
Making the Broom. —We first sort 
the broom corn in two grades. The 
first grade is the largest and straightest, 
for the outside row' of the broom. The 
other is for the filler. Stand corn in 
boiling water for five minutes, or longer 
if not boiling; then we wrap in old 
blanket or bags and let steam, keeping 
it covered until ready to use it. We 
w rap ; the broom with twine, the twine 
is wrapped, on shaft of wheel, turning 
wheel toward you, and work on iron 
of piece marked a, Fig. 194, which ought 
to be one inch or more wide. Fasten 
the twine one inch from end of handle 
with a small nail, then take second grade 
corn, put it under twine one or two 
thicknesses' according to size of corn, 
and thickness of broom wanted. When 
3 'ou have made one revolution of the 
stick you take a hammer and with the 
sharp end, which should run parallel 
with handle, you pack the corn tight. 
At the same time you make two more 
revolutions of the broom, drawing and 
packing it all the time with vour foot 
on the cog of the wheel on which you 
keep a gentle but firm pressure. Then 
you take a small handful of the same 
corn and put it all at one place, then 
give the broom 'one-half revolution, put 
in another handful as before, then 
pack with the hammer for two more 
revolutions; then fasten your twine with 
another nail, but do not cut twine. 
Now comes the hardest part to describe, 
but I will try. With knife you cut the 
ends off close to the string, not straight, 
a little slanting, and on the sides of 
the broom harder than on the ends, so 
it will have a nice flat shape, and make 
a nice shoulder, or your broom will be 
without shape. Right here let me say 
that if anyone wants to make a broom 
without first learning it, I would ad¬ 
vise him to take an old broom carefully 
apart and see how it is made. Then 
knock another nail one-half inch from 
the stubs, fasten your twine to it, drive 
nail in hard. Now take your first choice 
corn, cut the stem diagonally not too 
short,, make a long cut, then with the 
cut side down pack tight against each 
Ratchet 
4-in Diameter 
Coy 
to ii7. Diameter. 
Win. Sha/t 
WHEEL AND RATCHET. Fig, 195 . 
other for one- revolution.. Then wrap 
twine seven times, pound on twine with 
ball of hammer while wrapping, fasten 
with nail, trim straight'off not too close 
to twine. Now loop some twine around 
handle and strip it down over the 
broom, then put in clamp, let it stay 
until you have another ready to take 
its place. Proceed in the same manner 
until all the corn is made that is 
steamed. To .sew you have two pieces 
of heavy wire; stick-them through the 
broom about 4*4 inches from the shoul¬ 
der, then with a heavy knot in twine 
draw knot in broom at one side at the 
end of broom, then .wrap twine twice 
around broom below the wire; draw 
tight, and proceed to sew by jagging 
below twine, coming out above twine on 
opposite side of broom, and so con¬ 
tinue across the broom. Reverse broom 
in clamp, put wires for second course, 
jag in a downward course and proceed 
as before, and if your first broom is a 
success call your neighbors in to rejoice 
with you. j. i. nace. 
Dauphin Co., Pa. 
‘‘Dat ol’ mule knows dat plowin’ time 
has come,” said Brother Dickey. “W’en 
I gone ter der barn ter feed him dis 
mawnin’ he had done kicked de do’ 
loose, jumped two- wire fences an’ 
swimmed de mill pon’ ter de big woods. 
W’en you stops ter consider de few ad- 
wantages de mule hez had de intelli¬ 
gence er mere man can’t hoi’ half a 
candle ter him.”—Atlanta Constitution. 
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17 YEARS., 
ON THE. 
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ADDRESS RELIANCE, 
l!4 to 25 Racine Wisconsin A11 
H. P. Styles 
ELECTRIC 
Handy Wagons , 1 
Steel Wheels. 
Save your strength a thousand times with the low lift. 
Easier on the horses ; easier on you. Wagon for ail 
work. ■ No shrinking, no breakdowns or repairs. All 
widths of tire. 20 to 60 inch wheels. Send for free cata¬ 
log of up-to-date farm wagons to 
ELECTRIC WHEEL COMPANY, 
Box 48, Quinct. III. 
TO REDUCE COST OF PAINTING 
and still have the Best Paint made, is a vital ques¬ 
tion to propertyownersWemakeTHICK PASTE 
PAINT in colors, ready for Linseed Oil thinning 
in equal parts. Thereby you get the second gallon 
at the cost of oil, and the first gallon at Factory 
Wholesale Price. State size of building, Old or 
New, and we will tell you the cost. REMEMBER 
you can’t get abetter Paint at ANY PRICE. Wriol 
today for free samples & book. T. G. Spence, Prop. 
NEW UTRECHT COLOR WORKS. 
53rd St. and 16th Ave., Brooklyn, New York City. 
JACOBSON 
SELF-CONTAINED ENGINE WITH AUTOMATIC DRAINING 
WATER TANK. 
No Freezing No Overheating 
ho Large Water Tank 
The Agency is available in some sections and 
valuable in all. 
JACOBSON MACHINE MFC. CO. 
Ill Irvine Street Warren, Pa. 
COOK YOUR FEED and SAVE 
Half the Cost—with the 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Dumping Caldron. Empties 
its kettle in one minute. The simplest 
and best arrangement for cooking 
food for stock. Also make Dairy ana 
Laundry Stoves, Water and 
Steam Jacket Kettle*' Hog 
Scalders, Caldrons.etc. EySend 
for particulars and ask for circular J. 
D. Ii. SPERRY & CO., Batavia, UL 
Sterling Stock Feed Gregson’s Calf Meal 
Daisy Dairy Feed Sterling Scratch Feed 
Boss (Horse) Feed Sterling Chick Feed 
At your Dealer’s, if not write us 
GREAT WESTERN CEREAL CO., CHICAGO, U. S. A. 
Makers of Quality Feeds 
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