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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 23, 1918 
The Heart of 
The Milking Machine 
pulsator is the 
heart of any milk» 
ing machine. It con¬ 
trols and regulates the 
action of the teat cups on the 
cow’s teats. 
A man with a weak heart would 
not be accepted for military service. 
You should not accept any milking 
machine with a weak heart. The 
Perfection has the heart of an 
athlete. His heart beats are strong 
and steady. He can stand lots of work 
and thrives on it. The Perfection puls¬ 
ator is simply a piston w'orking back and 
forth in a brass cylinder, no cog wheels, 
weights, levers or "clock work. ” It does 
not easily get out of order, and with 
ordinary care it should outlive any 
other piece, of machinery on the farm. 
The Perfection milks as the calf does, 
with a gentle suction, a downward 
squeeze, followed by a period of com¬ 
plete release. The pulsator can be in¬ 
stantly adjusted to suit either a hard or 
easy milking cow. This point is a very 
important one. Not all cows milk alike 
and the Perfection recognizes this fact. 
The action of the Perfection on the 
cow’s teats, which is nature’s way, and 
the possibility of adjusting the machine 
to suit different cows are two of the many 
points in which the Perfection excels all 
other milking machines. 
Newman Bros., Elk Grove, Cal., write: 
"As you know we produce certified milk and 
would not be allowed to use any machine that would 
injure a cow's teats or udder or adversely effect the 
bacteria count. We have milked entirely by ma¬ 
chine for about two years with perfect satisfaction 
to all concerned, including the cows. One man with 
ordinary intelligence is doing with the machine what 
it required three men to do in the old way. We 
would convict-ourselves of being either philanthro- 
pcists or fools were we to go back to to the old way. 
"We are familiar with most makes of milking ma¬ 
chines and have tried out several of them. The 
Perfection is superior in several respects. First: Both 
suction and squeeze can be changed instantly and ad¬ 
justed to the individual cow. This Is a mighty good 
thing, as any milker ought to know. Second: The 
Perfection will milk more cows in a given length of 
time. Third: The Perfection pulsator is more simple; 
has fewer wearing parts and is easier to' adjust. 
Fourth: The teat cup rubbers last much longer than 
on one other machine which we tried. 1 cannot un¬ 
derstand the dairyman, who modern in every respect, 
will go on milking by band when he- coiild cot 
expenses and make dairying more attractive, to say 
nothing of sanitation, by using a Perfection Milking 
Machine. When we need more milking machines, 
the order is yours. ” 
Write for free fllusiraled catalog. It cooiains 
valuable information. 
Perfection Manufacturing Company 
2113 East Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis. Minn. 
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The Farm Brokers’ AssociaHon, Inc. ers^flr‘good 
farms and otlier country real estate everywhere in New 
York State. Personally in.spected properties. Careful 
descriptions, liiglit prices. CENTRAL OFFICE AT 
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Lily Primrose 
Take Your Time 
'^JEVER buy a cream separator in a hurry. 
Your reason for buying is not so much 
to get a cream separator, as to get all the cream from 
your milk, all the time. It takes time to pick that 
kind of a machine out of the many on the market. 
Send to reputable firms for catalogues, and study them 
carefullj\ See which machine requires the fewest and simplest 
adjustments; which has the best oiling system; which is most 
sanitary and most easily cleaned; which is so well made that 
it will undoubtedly do good work for a long time.* Go into 
details, and pick the best two or three of the lot. 
Then ask for skimming demonstrations to determine how 
little cream is left in the skim milk. This is important, be¬ 
cause the wrong machine can waste more cream than it is worth, 
while the right one will put money in your pocket every time 
you use it. 
When j’-ou are through you will find that you have bought 
a Uly or a Primrose Cream Separator because the Lily and 
Primrose will prove to be first on all these counts. We will 
send catalogues on request, leaving the final decision to your 
judgment. 
International Harvester Company of America 
(Incorporated) 
CHICAGO •/ USA 
Cliampioo 
Oeering 
McCormick 
Milwaukee 
Osborne 
iiiiiiti 
A Choice Southdown 
The picture .show.s ii prize-winning: 
SontlKlown owned by Je.^.se C. Andrew, of 
Indiana. This yearling wether was picked 
>>nt iis grand champion at the last inter¬ 
national show. The Southdowns were 
iieavy winners in the lamb, wether and 
dressed carc.ass classes. 
Dogs Versus Sheep 
I’re.sident Wilson has asked farmers to 
raise im>re sheep. Had the President 
given this matter careful study while 
(loveinor of New .Tersey, or itrevions 
thereto, he would have advocateil .some 
remedial legislation before making this 
request. The fact is, previous to 40 
years ago. thei-e was hardly a farm in 
the hilly .sections of New .Tersey that did 
not have its flock of slieep. In Morris, 
.Sussex and Warren counties, with which 
I am ino.st familiar, nearly every farm 
had its flock. 'Poday yon may ride linn- 
This flock wa.s never again profitable. 
The ewes gave birth to dead Iambs, and 
never thrived. As other flocks were at¬ 
tacked from time to time, the farmers 
one by one gave up an otherwise profit¬ 
able industry. 
Today there are more than 100,000 
acres of brush land and hillsides in New 
•Jersey admirably adapted to sheep-graz¬ 
ing. and every one of these acres should 
be feeding at least one sheep. Could the 
dogs in New Jersey be annihilated or ab- 
.solutely controlled we would have 100,000 
sheep contentedly ‘‘feeding on a thousand 
hills.” and worth .$1,500,000, where now 
there are none owing to dogs. The yearly 
income from these sheep would he—the 
first year—approximately as follows: 
One hundred thousand fleeces, average 
weigiit 8 lbs., worth about $1 per lb., or 
$800,000. Increase in Ijimbs under most 
favorable circumstances loO.OfKl. Avorth 
$2,250,000. w hen ready for market or old 
enough t<> breed. By keeiiing the fem.tles 
A Prize-Winning Indiana Southdown 
dieds of miles and not see a sheep. Why*/ 
The raising of .sheep paid, and the farmers 
did nut abandon this imimrtant hriineli of 
farming voluntarily. WhaCs the answer*/ 
Dogs! Dogs; thousands of worthless dogs 
roaming through the country everywhere. 
Some homeless, some half .starved, jrll 
ready to pounce upon everything that 
lives. The .\ationaI (Jovernment ha.-* de¬ 
termined that it costs $.*>4 per year to feed 
a dog. A'et. in my opinion, all the dogs 
in any county do not earn their owners 
$.34 in any year, .‘still they are permitted 
to live, and sheei> cannot he profitably 
raised. 
Now. I am a friend of the dog, esjie- 
cially wlien he is securely tied in his 
owner’s backyard. A dog has no right 
to he. in any other place. W-hen he i.s 
off his owner’s premises he becomes a nui¬ 
sance. Dogs do not confine their ravages 
to slieep, hut also attack calves, poultry, 
etc., beside killing much young game, 
and destroying many nests and eggs of 
game birds. Just a few weeks ago a 
stray dog broke through the wire netting 
into my jioiiltry yard at night and killed 
some IJhode Island Reds worth .$10 be¬ 
fore I could got there with my gun. 
Well do 1 remember the ghastly rav¬ 
ages (Vunmitted upon my father’s sheeji. 
and ujiou tho.se of our ueighhors, before 
they wei'o compelled to ahandoii sheeji- 
raisiiig. Tlie dogs usually' made their at¬ 
tacks at night, and always two or more 
in company. The last time my father 
was called as one of the aiipraisers to 
estimate the damage done to a neighbor's 
flock I accompanied him. being .iust a 
had. Four sheep we found dead Avith 
their throats torn through the jugular 
vein, two also having one hind leg en¬ 
tirely bitten througli. l*''ive others Avere 
badly torn in throat and legs, hut still 
lived, although they had to he killed. 
for breeding [uii'poses. after the second 
year the annual income would he at least 
$.5.(MUI.<KMh Thus every jier-sou Avouhl 
have cheai»er mutton and lamb, and 
cheaper AVoolen clothes, noiv so much 
ueede<i. These millions of loss our peoide 
now sustain owing to KHl.tKK) worthless 
dogs (more'or h*ss ), w hich giA’e no profit, 
and cost to feed $o.4(K).0<K>. This sum, 
or the food the dogs consume, would feed 
l.OOO.tKTO hens, which would lay 10,000,- 
000 dozen eggs, which at the average 
yearly price of 40 cents would be $4,000,- 
000 profit where there is now loss. 
We are told there are 2.5,(KKl,0(tO dogs 
in the United States. If each dog costs, 
just to feed, .$54 annually, Ave find that 
$850.0tM).0(K) is fed to dogs every year. 
We are told there are ;ibout (>5,(HK),(KK) 
sheej) in the United States, and there 
should and Avould he 2(K>,<X)0,0(K) were it 
not for dogs; .so that dogs are^ directly 
r(*spousible for this difference, which is 
loss. 1.‘>5,000,(MK) sheep, which at $15 
each means $’2.02.5.000,00<h Were we to 
carry this further and estimate the wool 
value and increase in lamb v.aliie the 
figures become staggering. Noav, are 
dogs worth the jirice’f Are Ave a sane 
people to |»ermit this thing to (smtiuue’f 
Let us stoj) this iinjiardouable Avaste. 
Who will helji’f -ias. o. coorek. 
Morris Uo.. N. .1. 
A Dairyman’s Accident 
On page IS, the writer. J. G. M., says: 
‘T don’t see hoAV this thing could have 
AA-ell been avoided." If the man who was 
handling the hull had had a good tough 
sAvitch lu Ills hand, and SAV'itched that bull 
ill the face, the bull would have turned 
from him. There is nothing that Avill 
better turn a bull than a tingling SAvitch. 
Derby, Ct. u. w. b. 
