1192 
October 13, 1917 
Johe RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
Long Wear, Good Fit, and Comfort 
Buy “Ball-Band” Rubber Footwear and you get good, strong, sturdy 
footwear that will give long steady wear. 
The “Ball-Band” Coon Tail Knit Boot is knit not felt and has the orig¬ 
inal “Ball-Band” snow excluder feature. It is completely shrunk and 
represents the limit of protection from wind, slush, and cold. 
Look for that Red Ball whenever you buy Rubber Footwear and you 
can depend on the greatest number of days wear at the lowest cost per 
days wear. 
Write for free illustrated booklet **More Days Wear” describing the 
different kinds of “Ball-Band” Footwear your dealer can show you. 
MISHAWAKA WOOLEN MFC. CO., 333 Water St., Mishawaka. Ind.. 
" The House That Pays Millions for Quality" 
FARMERS NOT A POISON 
POWERFUL DISINFECTANT 
FOR CONTAGIOUS ABORTION 
Most valuable in controlling abortion, 
bringing after-birth and treating barren cows. 
B-K kills the infecting germs, heals the 
uterus, removes the slime and acid—no 
odor —no straining. More effective than 
lysol, Lugol's solution, carbolic and crcsols— 
muchsafer. Sendforour Bulletin 52, "Conta¬ 
gious Abortion," and testimony from lead¬ 
ing breeders. For sale at your druggists. 
General Laboratories—Madison, WIs, 
2Tlil So. Dickinson St. 
Onty $2 Down 
One Year to Pay!p 
C A New Butter- i ^ 
V Tv U FlyNo.2. LiKhtrunning. 
~ cleaning, close skim- 
" ming, durable. Guaranteed 
lifetime. Skims 95 quarts 
f .er hour. Made also in fivo ^ 
arger aizca up to Ko. 8 shown bera. 
30 Days* Free Trial 
' it saves m cream. Postal brinies Froo cat- 
I nlog. folder and **diroct-from-factory" offer. 
I Buy from the manufacturer and save money, 
ALBAUGH-DOVER CO. 
2171 marshall Blvd. CHICAGO 
Don’t pay War prices 
for Roofing and Paint! 
We bought great quantities of paint and roofing at 
rock-bottom cost before prices went up. Now. when 
others must charge war prices, our customers get 
^'^Don’tlet your house or barns suffer for need of paint 
or roofing. Glance over these special bargains! 
WAR PRICES , OUR PRICES 
$1.00— 1-ply Rubber Remnants . only— 69c per aq. 
$1.50— 2-ply Rubber Remnants . ow/y— 95c per sq. 
$3.50— 3-ply (Slate Surfaced) “ . o«/y- $1.75 per sq. 
$2.75—2-ply “Buffalo” 1st Grade 
(10-year guarantee) omo’— $1.65 per sq. 
$4.00-3-ply “Queen City” 1st Grade 
(20-year Guarantee) only—$2.30 per sq. 
WAR PRICES , 5 
$2.00— Barn Paint. 
$3.00—“Buffalo” House Paint . . only—$ 
$4.00 —Queen City House Paint. . on/y~-$ 
(Color Cards Free) 
Prices may soon advance 
You must act promptly, as stock is limi- > 
ted at these prices. Either make up an / 
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572 Walden Ave. Buffalo, N. Y. 
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Bear-proof Hogpen 
Away back ou one of the so-called 
abandoned farms in Putney, Vermont, 
one can still see an old hogpen built by 
the earliest settlers, Fig. 534, page 117.3. 
This hogpen is still standing for the 
simple reason that it is practically in¬ 
destructible. lu those early days some 
of the greatest nuisances were the hears, 
which were unusually plentiful iii this 
section, and there are many stories of 
how families lost their Winter’s supply 
of pork through their depredation. This 
hogpen, however, was built hear-proof. 
It Wiis built on a flat ledge on the hill¬ 
side. The sides were stone walls about 
2 y 2 feet high and were about eight feet 
long, the pen being nearly square. Across 
the top of these walls were placed long, 
flat stones for a roof and the whole 
pen except the front covered with earth. 
During the day the hogs could run in 
the orchard by the pen and each night 
were driven in and a heiivy stone rolled 
in place before the opening, which is a 
little less than two feet wide. To furnish 
drainage a trench was chiselled in tin* 
slanting rook floor. While this old hog¬ 
pen may not compare favorably with Ji 
modern piggery in the way of light ami 
ventilation, ncT'ertheless, the owner must 
have had a feeling of satisfaction at bed¬ 
time in knowing that his Winter’s meat 
supply was safe for the night. G. n. A. 
Putney. Vt. 
The Old and the New 
Mr. X. P>. ('lapp of McIntosh (’o., 
(la., .sent us the picture shown at Fig. 
535, page 1173, He calls this the old and 
the iK'w. It is a team driven by his wiisli- 
womau, which happened to arrive about 
the same time as an automobile from 
town. There they re close together, the old 
and the new. The driver of the ox team 
may he just !is hapiiy as the man in the 
car, hut thci-e a compiiri.soii would end. 
Mr. Flpp says he lives 22 miles from a 
post office, and I S miles from the railroad. 
Once it was very far away from the 
world, but now the auto has cut down the 
dhstanco .so that it seems only like a short 
journey to town. There are many otlu'r 
places where the car has brought about 
this change, hut the ox-team work li.as 
about passed over. 
Belgian Hares and Squabs 
I would like to know (he truth in re¬ 
gard to raising sipiahs and Belgian hares 
jis a husincs.s, to he run either alone, or 
in connection with gardening. 'Will you 
iisk your readers to give their exjieid- 
ence’? t. b. l. 
Troy, X. Y. 
It would seem easy to lind the truth of 
this proposition, hut we have not beiui 
Jihle to get it, although we have fre¬ 
quently asked for the facts. As far as 
we can see the chii'f profit in Belgian 
hares and squabs comes to those jx'oplo 
who sell the bi'ceding stock. Xow and 
(hen licople claim to make good iirofit in 
handling these hares. The meat dealers 
and commission men say tlmt there is 
little demand for these hares as com- 
pari'd witlk the wild rabbit, and a ma¬ 
jority of them tell us that it does not pay 
to ship large stocks of this meat to the 
markets. "We hear of jieople who keep a 
few pairs of these animals to iTroduce 
meat for home consumption, and they 
claim to make a profit at the business. 
Our owu opinion is that as ii side line 
squabs and har»‘s might pay Ji moderate 
lirofit. hut we would not advise any of 
our readers to invest much money in 
.squabs, hares, or guinea pigs, expecting 
to reach any great fortune in the busi¬ 
ness. In order to settle the matter we 
would like to have honest i-eports, 
whether they are good, bad or indiffer¬ 
ent, from people who have had exper¬ 
ience. Tell us the facts as they are, and 
let our readers decide for themselves on 
the face of the returns. 
Restoring Hair 
4Vhat can I do to restore the growth 
of hair on the tail of my horse, which 
lias been rubbed off? I have tried kero¬ 
sene aud zinc ointment for past three 
months without success. il. J. G. 
Kerosene and zinc ointment wore not 
indicated. Simply bathe with cold water 
twice daily. If the hair roots are alive 
the tail should grow in gradually. 
A. S. A. 
National 
Dairy 
Sh ow 
and Horse Fair 
Columbus, Ohio 
October 18 to 27 
MORE 
Cattle and Horses 
Dairy Exhibits 
Farm Machinery 
Motor Trucks 
Bam Equipment 
Farm Tractors 
Dairy Machinery 
Cattle Demonstrations 
THAN AT ANY PREVIOUS SHOW 
The Big Buildings of the 
Ohio State Fair 
will be filled to overflowing with 
more useful machinery and pro¬ 
ducts than the show has ever 
before contained. 
A War-Ridden World 
Calls Loudly 
To The Dairy Industry 
For Food 
War-time problems 
will be discussed by the 
biggest men in America 
at the Dairy Mass Meet¬ 
ing on October 22 
The New Modern Coliseum 
Make* P«t«ible a Great Draft 
Horse Show, Night Horse Fair, 
> Cattle Parade and other features 
This is the One National 
Dairy Show No Dairy¬ 
man can Afford 
to Miss 
Rememher the 
Dates and Place 
Columbus, 0. 
Oct. 18 to 27 
