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Zr>6c'RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 3, 1017. 
SHARPIES 
Suction-Feed Patent 
and what it means to you dairymen 
The new SHARPLES patent, one of the broad¬ 
est process patents ever obtained, covers any sepa¬ 
rator that will skim clean at all speeds. It covers 
the process of varying the feed in proportion to the 
centrifugal (separating) force. No one else can, for 
17 years, make and sell such a separator. 
You know of the tremendous losses caused by all 
fixed-feed separators because they are never turned 
full speed. More than 4,000 investigations proved 
that 19 out of 20 operators turn their separators be¬ 
low speed most of the time. Purdue Experiment 
Station Bulletin No. 116 proves that the loss from 
slow turning amounts to from 7 to 13 lbs. of butter 
per cow per year—or the appalling loss of 80,000,000 
lbs. of butter yearly in America alone! 
Skims Clean at Any Speed 
So we realized that it was far from sufficient that a sep¬ 
arator could skim clean when properly handled. It was vi¬ 
tally necessary that it would skim clean—even when improp¬ 
erly handled. That’s SHARPLES, which sucks in just as 
much milk as the centrifugal force can perfectly handle—and 
no more. The result is clean skim at all speeds and un¬ 
changing thickness of cream. 
All separator makers knou) of this tremendous loss and some admit it 
in their advertisements. They cannot stop the loss (because SHARPLES 
basic patent covers any separator that will skim clean at all speeds) so 
they try to warn against it by putting on a sight speed indicator (on which 
the operator’s eyes must be glued every moment and his muscle must re¬ 
spond instantly to the indicator’s prod for more speed)—or a bell indicator 
(which, like the fire alarm, gives notice of damage only after it is done). 
All such devices have proven failures, time after time, because few ope¬ 
rators can stand being prodded or yelled at whenever the speed slackens. 
A bell ringing device is truly an acknowledgement 
of the vast superiority of SHARPLES which automatically 
prevents all losses from uneven turning instead of simply an¬ 
nouncing them. 
Simple Tubular Bowl— No Discs 
Not a single piece is added to accomplish the wonderful 
“Suction-feed.” And the SHARPLES was already by far the 
simplest and easiest to clean. We realized that it was not 
enough that a separator could be kept clean—it must be so 
simple that it would be kept clean. So the patented SHARP¬ 
LES Tubular Bowl contains no discs or blades—it is just a 
plain, light, steel tube. No other separator can use it. 
All other separators must contain discs or blades to skim at all. Their 
makers wrangle between them as to how many discs, and if curved or 
straight, and how the milk should be fed into them. They constantly 
change their designs without getting nearer the ideal. Some use more 
discs, many of them boast of using less. Such boasts plainly acknowledge 
that “the fewer discs the better.” 
The ideal is SHARPLES which has 
no discs at all. But this ideal is a 
SHARPLES patent. 
Important to Dairymen 
So all SHARPLES patents assure 
you, as a SHARPLES user, of' larger 
profits and greater convenience than the 
other man gets. The knee-low supply tank, 
single ball bearing in oil, slow and easy 
crank speed, freedom from the tyranny 
of fixed speed, increasable capacity, easiest 
cleaning, automatic oiling without oil cups 
or oil holes—all these areyoaradvantages 
exclusively, because they are exclusive 
SHARPLES features. 
Send for catalog, which explains all 
this, addressing Dept. 12. 
Sharpies Separator Co. 
West Chester - - - Pa. 
Also Sharpies Milkers and Gasoline Engines 
Branches: Chicago San Francisco Portland Toronto 
H eals and cures the horse while he works. 
The old-time, reliable remedy for Harness 
and Saddle Galls, Rope Bum, Cuts, Scratches, 
Grea.se Heel, Sore Teats in Cows, or any 
wounds on horses or cattle. Keep it on hand. 
Demand genuine with “Work-Horse” trade¬ 
mark. 25c, 60c and $1 at your dealers or sent 
postpaid by us. Trial box and valuable Farm 
Account Book for 10c postpaid. Send for both today. 
Bickmore Co., Box 860, Old Town, Maine 
Live Stock Notes 
Stable Ventilation Problem 
I hnvp a shod ir>x.‘’>2 foot on the wost 
side of iny barn, with shod roof. I wish 
to make a cow barn, and the ventilation 
is bothering me. I have thought out the 
plan shown; will it furnish fresh air 
enough for 10 oows, the cows to face the 
east? The barn is .”>2x(»4 feet, peak of 
I'oof 45 feet? Four windows hinged at 
bottom swing in to flue .Sx24-inoh between 
ceiling joist, opening above and past tlie 
cow.s’ heads ’J’wo i-eturn flm's for foul 
air, in each corner behind the cows, 12x18 
inches, with 12-inch opening above the 
floor, extending three or four feet above 
the roof. The east side of shed in again.st 
barn gable, 45 feet high. There will he 
one window behind each cow—10. I aim 
to use hut four for ventilation into flue.s— 
the other six will open from bottom and 
will he used as ventilators when needed. 
Michigan. ir. X. n. 
I do not see that I comprehend your 
diagram or why yon need t(i he bothered 
with the ventilation you already have. 
If your intake supplies as much air as 
your flue demands you do not need any 
window ventilation; take all air from 
ovei-!)e;id muir the ceiling. The closer 
Plan of Stable Ventilation 
.shut you ke(‘p the stable the better the 
draft up the flue. Due 12xlS-inch outlet 
title, if it has good draft, ought to be 
ample for 10 cows. Have it come to 
withiu about 1.5 inches from the floor, and 
get the lower strata of the used iind damp 
air. Have a .slide darniier on the side of 
the escape flue, so if the up pull of the 
air is sometimes jveak, you can Imug a 
lighted lantern inside for 15 minutes. Do 
not have the intake open straight out. hut 
come from near the outside level ( f the 
floor and discharge the outside air inside 
the stable well up to the overhead floor. 
Fnless your stable is nearer airtight than 
any I ever saw you will get all the out¬ 
side air you need without intakes. Hood 
your outlet flue in some fa.shion so it will 
not get rain and snow down its interior. 
A w<‘t or iey tine inteidor will about stop 
draft. Carry Hue out at ridge of building, 
and build it with close joints. It must 
only “leak” air at the bottom. J. G. 
The Northern Ohio Milk Embargo 
On Decenil)er 10 the Northern Ohio 
IMilk Producers’ Association, which now 
consists of over M.tMM) members, declared 
a strike on tlie Cleveland milk deahu'S. 
They denmnded 20 cents per gallon for 
their milk, .and to he recognized as an 
association. Instead of each fanner mak¬ 
ing two trips to the city to contract his 
milk fi'om April 1 to October 1. and from 
October 1 to April 1, they demanded that 
the price he set by the :issociation for 
all counties which are included in the 
Northern IMilk Producers’ Association. 
This association has for its president II. 
C. Ingersoll, of Flyria, Ohio, who is a 
man of sterling (lualities. There is also 
one president from each county. 
The dealers rofu.sed to pay the 2.2 
cents per gallon for milk or I’ecogiiize our 
association. The'y sent to Michigan for 
milk, and as soon as the association was 
informed of this, they sent a committee 
there, and the Michigan farmers learning 
the condition of affairs, sold them no 
more milk. They then had (!0 cans 
shipped in from Pittsburgh, and II. C. 
Ingersoll immediately telegraphed to 
Pittsburgh, that if they sent another can 
of milk into (’leveland. we would close 
their two factories operating in Geauga 
County. This put an end to I’ittsburgh 
milk i'u Cleveland. 
There were men stationed at every 
street car and railroad .station in the 
city. In the meantime meetings were 
being held in every county and hundreds 
of new members received in the associa¬ 
tion. These meetings were very well at¬ 
tended and helpful to the farmers, the 
l)(‘st speakers possible being secured. 
The Chamber of Commerce and in fact 
the whole city of Cleveland were in sym- 
I)athy with the farmers. The Chanibor 
of Commerce argued that the milk sup- 
ply was already inadequate for the city, 
and that such a price ougl>t to be pa{(l 
for milk to induce many more into dairy¬ 
ing. and keep the dairymen who are now 
at it to continue. The city went so far 
as to offer to donate a site to the far- 
mer.s, on which they could build a plant 
of their own. When the dealers advanced 
four cents per gallon on their milk, the 
association demanded three of the four 
cents, and the Chamber of Commerce 
said: “We will stand pat.” 
Some milk was reported dumped, hut 
very little of this work was done, as the 
farmers were having their eyes opened. 
The small dealers agreed to come across 
from the first, but the large ones refused 
to come to our terms. Several meetings 
between the dealers and the Association 
were held to no purpose. A probe was 
made to see whether the dealers or the 
milk producers were breaking the anti¬ 
trust law, but they found nothing again.st 
either a.ssociation. II. C. Inger.soll 
called as a witness for the Milk Pro¬ 
ducers’ Association, said this was done 
to keep the farmers from bankruptcy. 
When the dealers recognized the asso¬ 
ciation, and agreed to give 224 ^ cents 
per gallon for the milk on December 28, 
the embargo was called off. They were 
also requested to pay twice a month. 
This was a 12-day bitter fight, but 
every day made the a.ssoci.ition the 
stronger, and the milk dealers of Cleve¬ 
land have found that the f.iriners have 
at last taken their stand, and hereafter 
they will pay what we ask, iind imt what 
they prefer to give us. k. w. 
Geauga Co., (). 
Cow Raising in Norih Carolina 
Your editorial item on page 44 about 
heifer farms .sugge.sts what seems to me to 
he one of tlie most protitahli* lines of farm¬ 
ing in many sections. Some time ago I 
preiiared plans for one of the prominent 
tobacco farmers and land-owners here, 
for a small stock farm. 100 acres to .start 
with, making hogs, fresh heifers, and po¬ 
tatoes the money croiis; and he has al¬ 
ready begun work, expecting to lie ready 
to put the fir.st calves on it by next Fall. 
All feed will be raisial on the farm, ex¬ 
cept a small amount of cottonseed meal, 
'riiis farm should turn off 10 to 15 two- 
year-old heifers and 200 to 300 hogs, 
weighing 250 lbs. each, annually, after the 
first year. We can do this bocau.se we 
can jiastiire stock every month in the 
ye.ar. two weeks of snow being about the 
limit. A silo will help out the Winter 
pasture and an oecasional dry time in 
Summer. Dnr Winter pastures ;ire Al¬ 
falfa, clover, oate, vetch, rye. wheat and 
rape, the last giving enormous amounts of 
I)asturage on fertile land. A favorite 
combination is i-ape and Crimson clover; 
and this can he j)astured from November 
to .Tune. Dats and vetch make another 
good combination. In the cotton counties 
hiir clover is used for both grazing and as 
a Winter cover crop. Velvet beans, plant¬ 
ed in May, give splendid pasture during 
October and November, and .sometimes, 
later, for freezing does not spoil the eat¬ 
ing qualities of the vines. For Summer 
pastures we have the clovers. Alfalfa, 
Permuda grass, red-top, orchard grass, 
blue grass, tall meadow oat, lespodeza, 
etc., with cow peas and Soy beans for 
extra feed and hay. While I have not 
seen it tried for that purpose. I am 
strongly of the opinion that Sudan grass, 
after the first cutting, will furnish fine 
pasture from the middle of .Inly to the 
first of November. 
.Tudging from my own experience in 
heifer rai.sing farther north, and what I 
have seen in various parts of North Caro¬ 
lina. I am satisfied that heifers at calving 
can be raised at a co.st of loss than 812 
each, exchi.sive of.^first cost of the calf. 
If your re:iders ask why such profitable 
farming is not carried on extensively here, 
my answer will be—cotton, tobacco, and 
the negro. The man who raises stock at 
a good ))rofit mu.st look after it himself, 
nnle.ss he is fortunate enough to get a re¬ 
liable white man to work for him. but 
there is an abundance of cotton and to¬ 
bacco “croppers.” F. A. B. 
Person Co., N. C. 
A little pamphlet Avhich will interest 
all hog raisers is circular No. 54 from 
the Indiana Experiment Station at La 
Fayette. This discu.sses “Comnuinity 
Organization for Promoting the Produc¬ 
tion of Swine,” and discu-sses the subject 
of protection against hog chohu’a. and a 
general organization for promoting the 
interests of the live stock men in any 
community. There is a constitution and 
by-laws for such organization, and much 
other material which the average farm¬ 
ers will want to read. It is a good pam¬ 
phlet for hog men. 
