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'THE RURAL fi-EW*YO«KER 
September 5, 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
"square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
Your Credit is Good 
You wouldn’t think there was 
much of a connection between a 
banking house and a farmer’s 
tool shed. 
Well, the American Agricul¬ 
turist declares, after an investi¬ 
gation in seven states, that the 
average banker will loan 20 per 
cent, more on property where 
buildings and implements are 
well painted than where they are 
not. With this in mind remem¬ 
ber that 
Dutch Boy White Lead 
and Dutch Boy linseed oil are the great 
protective materials. They make the 
farmer’s paint. Keep the ingredients 
always on hand. An opened white lead 
keg with water on top keeps the lead 
fresh indefinitely. Linseed oil actually 
improves with age. Mix them up as 
needed. Tint them any color, use them 
anywhere, from the painting of your 
plow handles or a step ladder to the 
decoration of ycur finest rooms. 
You can now get red lead in paste form, 
same as white lead. Doesn’t harden in 
the can. Fine for painting resinous 
wood; best by all odds for implements 
and metal work. Ask your dealer. 
Text Book of TJ\ J~y 77 T~\ 
House Painting Jl 1 A / > LJj 
Ask for Farmers’ Paint Helps 
No. 2512 
Tells you how to mix “Dutch Boy" 
with any color, for any wood, or any 
purpose; also how to choose and 
use colors to look best, to estimate 
amounts of paint required, and to 
test paint for purity. Write today 
and be ready for painting time. 
RE-WORKING BUTTER. 
FTEN it is necessary to rework but¬ 
ter because it has not been sufficiently 
worked to distribute the salt uniformly. 
This lack of uniform distribution of the 
salt causes uneven color, which is usu¬ 
ally known as streaks and mottles. 
The first step in the re-working of but¬ 
ter is to get it in the proper plastic con¬ 
dition. If too cold and hard, too much 
working is required, too much moisture 
is expressed and the body becomes tal¬ 
lowy. If the temperature is high, a 
greasy condition is obtained. The writer 
has used two methods of obtaining the 
proper condition of the butter for re¬ 
working. 
First, if the butter is in prints of one- 
half to four or five pound packages, it 
may be set in a room of say 60 to 70 
degrees Fahr. to soften, or if the pack¬ 
ages are larger the butter may be cut in 
small pieces. The room temperature 
method may require from a few to many 
hours. 
Secondly, the warm water plan may be 
used as follows: If there is not sufficient 
time to use the room temperatures, place 
the butter which has been cut in pieces 
of only a few ounces in water at approx¬ 
imately 60 degrees Fahr. In an hour or 
two the butter will become soft. In this 
case some of the salt will be taken from 
the butter, thus making it desirable to 
add salt when re-working. 
If the butter is from different churn¬ 
ings and varies in shade of color to any 
great extent, there is little use of the 
average butter-maker attempting to make 
a uniform color. It is always well to 
mark butter that is handled in this man¬ 
ner “Re-worked Butter,” so that the but¬ 
ter dealer may not make a mistake of put¬ 
ting it out with the rest of the shipment. 
The completion of the re-working process 
is determined by appearance, and this 
can best be learned by experience. The 
butter should be worked until it becomes 
waxy. If mottles appear after the butter 
has been in the refrigerator over night, 
they are significant of the fact that the 
working process should have been con¬ 
tinued. The re-working of butter is usu¬ 
ally to simply finish an unfinished pro¬ 
cess in order to obtain a butter of a rea¬ 
sonably well distributed salt, and there¬ 
fore a uniform color. E. s. guthrie. 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
KINDNESS FOR STOCK. 
NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY 
Kew York Boston Cincinnati i Cleveland 
Buffalo Chicago San Francisco St. Louis 
(John T. Lewis & Bros. Co.. Philadelphia) 
(National Lead <t Oil Co.. Pittsburgh) 
Cl,. ’ ... ■ . . •- -3 
UfANTEO— Responsible party to take charge of busi- 
** ness in each county. New Automatic Combi na- 
t ion'Pool, combined wire fence stretcher,post puller, 
lifting jack, etc. Lifts or pulls 3 tons, weighs 24 
pounds. Sells to farmers, shops, teamsters, etc. 
Descriptive catalogue and terms upon request. 
IIARRAH MANUFACTURING CO., Box M, Bloomfield, Indiana 
SAllCI 
O NE of the intense examples of a scrub 
herd that has come to my attention 
was one owned by a partially insane 
man. He had but few fences, and they 
were only landmarks. The cows would 
break in the corn, and he would drive 
them to the stable and lambaste the 
cows with a fence rail for all in him. 
The cows were so poor they were shadow¬ 
less. I know another farmer who dogs 
his cows to and from the pasture, and 
every night and morning in the barn he 
has a fence stake handy to help them in 
their places. The cows are in the half 
a pint a day class, the buildings are 
tumbling down, and the interest on the 
mortgage has gone unpaid for the past 
two or three years. 
I know another dairyman, a keeper of 
grade cows. lie permits no loud talk in 
his barn. He is a quiet and gentle man. 
He coaxes his cows. IIis animals are 
all good producers because their nervous 
energy is not burned up by fear. They 
are all contented animals, they pay him 
a profit. I know still another farmer 
who keeps purebred stock. He will not 
allow any profanity in his barn, not be¬ 
cause of his piety, but because profanity 
goes with loud talk. He carefully selects 
his hired men on the basis of their gentle¬ 
ness about the barn and with the herd. 
It pays him dividends to do it. w. J. 
Leading That Cow. —Years ago The 
R. N.-Y. gave a method for leading a 
cow which I have found to work on all 
hut one; that was an old one that had a 
habit of bolting, when nothing could hold 
her. Unfortunately it can only be used 
with a cow with horns. In the end of a 
rope make a knot a little larger than the 
horn, slip it over one. pass it to the other, 
and take a half hitch, then back to the 
first horn, pass a loop through it, one 
part above the horn and the other below 
and catch the ear in with it. Standing 
off five or six feet pull on the rope until 
quite a pressure is upon it. If the cow 
yields, loosen it and again step back, 
keeping it up until she yields without 
force. If a cow is very stubborn it is 
often well, instead of trying to make her 
come to you while keeping the pressure 
up, to approach her slowly and loosen the 
rope. My experience is that there are 
very few cows that cannot be taught to 
lead in a few lessons of from five to 10 
minutes. S. 
Oregon. 
0 IT. 
Like A Farm Wagon 
The GasPull can be used every week the year ’round for 
dozens of jobs, and it saves money on every one. It never 
tires, and is ready for work night and day. 
The GasPull burns gasoline; has an opposed, horizontal, 
double cylinder motor and is water-cooled. Working parts 
are easily lubricated and protected from dust and dirt by steel 
covers. It is cranked from the ground, has a safety crank and 
handy foot-brake, and can be equipped for speeds from 2 to 
miles per hour. It weighs only 11,200 pounds. 15-30 horsepower. 
Ask for catalog GB4. Get acquainted with the GasPull. 
The OilPull is the leader in kerosene tractors. There are no better 
stationary engines than the Rumely-Falk for kerosene and the Rumely-Olds 
for gasoline. Every Rumely machine is backed by Rumely service—49 
branches and 11,000 dealers. Supplies and parts without delay. 
RUMELY LINES 
Kerosene Tractors Engine Gang Plows Gasoline Engines Cream Separators 
Gasoline Tractors Threshing Machines Oil Engines Com Machines 
Steam Engines Clover Hullers Baling Presses Lighting Plants 
RUMELY PRODUCTS COMPANY 
Chicago (Incorporated) Illinois 
Harrisburg, Pa. Rochester, N. Y. Columbus, Ohio Battle Creek, Mich. 
Kerosene, Gasoline & Gas 
Look at these New Prices! 
2 H-P. $34.95; 4 H-P, $69.75; 6 H-P, $99.35; 
8 H-P, $139.65; 11 H-P, $219.90; 16 H P, $298.80; 
22 H-P, $399.65; Portable Engines Proportionally Low. 
Direct From Factory to User 
WITTE engines. Stationary, Portable, Skid¬ 
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LIBERAL 5-YEAR GUARANTY 
No need to pay double price for any good engine, or 
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My New Book shows the “inside” of engine selling 
as well as of manufacturing. Tells you how to be safe 
in your engine selection, even if you don’t pick a 
WITTE. Send me just your address, for one of these 
fine books by return mail. 
Ed. H. Witte, Witte Iron Works Co. 
1891 Oakland Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 
SAVE HALF Your 
Paint Bills 
By using INGERSOLL PAINT — proved 
best by 66 years’ use. It will please you. 
Only paint endorsed by the “Grange.” 
Made in all colors—for all purposes. 
DELIVERED FREE 
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INGERSOLL PAINT BOOK —FREE 
Tells all about Paint and Painting for Durability. 
How to avoid trouble and expense caused by paints 
lading, chalking and peeling. Valuable information 
free to you, with Sample Color Cards. Write me. DO 
IT NOW. I can savo you money. 
O.W. IngersoM, 246 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
FIX THAT LEAKY ROOF NOW!! 
Don’t let the rain, drip in and spoil 
everything. 
Q on kOi 
LEAK-FIX PUTTY 
seals every crack and cranny in any kii d of 
roof on any kind of building. Always pliable. 
Gives and takes with the weather. Stops leaks 
for good. Special offer 10-lb. Can $1.00, order 
today. We pay expressage, G. E CONKEY CO. 
103 Conkey Bldg., • Cleveland. O. 
guaranteed to do your work. 
Sixty days free trial. Other 
sizes as cheap. Pumps,mo tors 
and engines. Write for our 
New Way Selling Plan No. 25 
Do It Now 
The Baltimore Co., Baltimore, Md. I 
40desifms—ull steel. Handsome, costs 
leas than wood, more durable. We can 
save you money. Write for free cata¬ 
log and and special prices. 
KOKOMO FENCE MACH. CO. 
407 North Street. Kokomo. Ind. 
BOOKS WORTH READING 
|| How Crops Grow, Johnson. 1.50 fl 
= | Celery Culture, Beattie.60 || 
1= Greenhouse Construction, Taft.... 1.60 gf 
The Eural New-Yorker, 333 W. 30th St., N. Y. 
Use NATCO Drain Tile — Last Forever 
Farm drainage needs durable tile. Our drain tile are made ol 
best Ohio clay, thoroughly hard burned. Don’t have to dig ’em up 
to be replaced every few years. Write for prices. Sold in carload 
lots. Also manufacturers of the famous NATCO IMPERISH¬ 
ABLE SILO, Natco Building Tile and Natco Sewer Pipe, 
NATIONAL FIRE PROOFING COMPANY, Fulton Building, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
This Engine Harrow Has Made Good 
If you want an engine harrow that has re¬ 
peatedly withstood abuse far greater than what you 
are likely ever to give it, and one which does unsur- 
passedly good work in every respect, then the 
SEND FOR BOOK 
"The Soil and 
Intensive 
Tillage" 
Double Action Engine Harrow 
Is the one for you to buy. Ask the 
Cutaway dealer in your town to show you a 
Cutaway (Clark) harrow. If wc have no dealer 
there, write direct to us for catalog. Don’t accept a substitute. 
THE CUTAWAY HARROW COMPANY, 839 Main St„ HIGGANUM, CONNECTICUT 
Maker of the original CLARK Disk harrosvs and plows 
