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Don’t waste manure-strength 
Rich soil means big crops, and big crops mean money 
for you and food for Uncle Sam’s soldiers. Don’t let 
manure-strength leak away unused—especially in these 
war-times when commercial fertilizers are scarce and 
costly. 
Build a concrete manure-pit 
The concrete pit saves the full strength of the manure—no waste 
of licpiid manure. U. S. Dept. Agriculture, Farmers Bulletin 481, 
says: “ One load manure from a concrete pit is worth 1 % to 2 loads 
as usually stored.” Roof the pit over and manure is protected from 
rain and sun. Screen in the sides and you eliminate fly-nuisance. 
A concrete manure-pit is easy and not expensive to build—and 
no cost for repairs. With one helper you can build an uncovered 
manure-pit, somewhat smaller than the one illustrated—say 12 feet 
long, 10 feet wide, and 2 feet 8 inches high, with 6-inch walls and 
floor—in from two to four days. This size will take 29 bags 
Portland Cement (ask 3-our dealer what this will cost), 58 cubic 
feet of sand and 116 cubic feet of gravel. The sand and gravel 
you probably have on your own place. 
Build it of Atlas Portland Cement 
The high uniform quality of Atlas makes it best to use. Full instrur. 
tions in the Atlas P’anu Book make it easy for you to build in concrete 
root cellar feeding floor barn approach 
barn floor cellar floor dipping vat 
foundation watering-trough fence posts 
—and many other farm improvements that will last forever and cost 
you nothing for painting or repairs. The Farm Book also tells about 
concrete silos, barns and other large buildings. Send coupon below. 
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The Atlas Portland Cement Co., 30 Broad Street, New York, or Com E.xchange Bank Buildiug, Chicago 
Send free Atlas Farm Book. I expect to build a___ 
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USE NATCO DRAIN TILE 
Farm drainage demands durable tile. Our drain tile are made of best 
Ohio clay, thoroughly hard burned— everlasting. 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 IMPERISHABLS 
SILO, Natco Building Tile and Natco Sewer Pipe. 
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O^lNTlLt 
The Farmer’s Concreie Mixer 
SHELDON Batch Mixei^ PriceSIl^lIp 
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Concrete saves lumber and steel for ships. A Sheldon Mixer saves 
labo- and gets the work done besides. Designed especially for the 
farmer. Highly praised by users. Farmers everywhere say 
the ideal machine for them. Used now in every State and in a doz- . 
foreign countries. Small enough to move easily—big enough to 
keep six men busy. Lowest in price. Build your own feeding .1’’ 
floors, silos, tanks, troughs, foundations, cribs and buildings. 
Read What Thesa 
Sheldon Owners Say 
1 and nx 9 hired msii laid a feed* 
Injr floor for my boiv. 24x24. in 
oae aleo put fl^r to taj cow 
bam. mf neighbor liked it eo well 
1 am not able to keep it at bofoe** 
ANDBBW.CBMffrSNSBfs Haixw’k, 
Mlxm.aBC 1. 
. We hare used ttie iidxer dnrinsr 
past rear for pattaor in eemeot 
foundktioos for a complete set of 
farm bnildinro.inclcxuiBCwlo.aod 
likeit rerr maco—DAMaWBKUR* 
Jameatowzis K. D* 
■ tswi year 1 boopht ■ eement 
mixer from yoo with wbl^ 1 am 
well aatiefted. It ^d oot take locm 
for it to pay for itself and 1 anreir 
can recommend H to aaroD# Deed* 
inr a Hp miwer at a amaU vrico^ 
PABSSf tfartiD^oo* Iti. 
1 am more than bosy with oiy 
Sbeldoa Concrete Hixer. Bara 
more work than 1 can do. Jpri 170 
a datf ufhaH 9 %oo^k aut^^WBSM hm 
WtiTBS, WellDTilles K. T* 
Ihe machine works flee. Hare 
already pel thsjob of miTioff eon* 
Crete for the bndBealDtbis town* 
eh)p-JOBKBo^ Spartanaborct 
Peonsyiyanift. 
Last sprifW we* potcbased of 
you a set of easting to make a 
concrete mixer .It was coMtruciM 
per the plans fomished and it 
mirelu tporked Bau* 
aurelu workea preqC;-! 
BASJBif F^eeportp 111* 
Hake your own concrete mixer, 
You can do It at a cost bo low you can not 
afford to mix concrete by the shorelmethod. 
Along with our iron pcute we send Free Plana and permit 
for making your own machine. A good way to g et a practical 
mixer at a small expense. Or, wo will sell * 
yon the complete machine, ready built. 
Makn BIsMeney atConcretInc 
If you buy a Sheldon Mlxerfor your own 
UM. roe can make many time, it* com la a Ma> 
BOO Dy rwitiac It to roar seiahhon. Or, If you 
want to so ODt witn tb. nuxw, on contcaeta, 
yoa ean eaaily earn tS to 120 a ^y.. Oar co^ 
tomeia are doins itrisbt now. Too ]oba go to 
tbe man with a Sboldon Mixer every time. 
Writa For Our Mms PftEC Cataler 
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trial priTilesa.- No other like it. Patented. Two 
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a minate. One man can operate it, but it will 
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drive. TiltiDS dump. Eaaily and qaickly moved. 
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RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
Meeting of Connecticut Dairymen 
Tho thiity-.seventh annual convention 
of the (’ounecticut Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion was held in Hartford, .January 22-24. 
The hall was attractively decorated with 
fitting signs and charts hung about the 
edge of the gallery. One of the charts 
was to the effect that ‘‘Milk Is the First 
Need of the Infant .and the Last Refuge 
of the. Invalid.” Otlna- charts empha¬ 
sized the imjioitance of better cows and 
the growing of more feed for them. The 
front of the stago was banked with va¬ 
rieties of dent corn grown in Connecti¬ 
cut. In a gmieral way the program 
was so arranged that the first day was 
giviai over to corn culture, the second day 
to stable and milk inspection and the 
third day was devoted mainly to diseases 
of dairy cattle. 
The convention opened at 1.80 Tues¬ 
day and President C. B. Pomeroy intro¬ 
duced Dr. E. II. .Jenkins, director of the 
Storrs and New Haven experiment sta¬ 
tions. His subject was “Com Breeding 
in Connecticut.” In his talk Dr. .Jen¬ 
kins emphasized the importance of plant¬ 
ing home-grown seed, something that had 
been tried out and concerning which the 
facts were known. He outlined the work 
the experiment stations were doing in 
testing out the various strains of both 
flint and dent corn and emphasized the 
importance of running a germination test 
on the seed one proposed to use. “The 
experiment -stations.” he said, “are in a 
position to make these tests for those 
who do not wish to do it themselves.” 
The second speaker was J.. S. White, of 
New Hartford. Conn., a successful Con¬ 
necticut corn grower of 11 years’ exjieri- 
ence. The speaker related various inci¬ 
dents iu his experience with corn, telling 
of his cultural methods and why he had 
been led to adopt certain methods. He 
emphasized the importance of using good 
seed and planting enough so that when 
thinning was done, three good healthy 
stalks which would each hear at least one 
ear would he left iu every hill. In this 
way. he stated, he had continually raised 
better than 100 bushels of eoru to the 
acre. “It is the missing hills and the 
stalks without ears,” he said, “that bring 
down our per acre yield.” 
The next address was by Prof. Benj. 
G. Soiithwick, of the Connecticut Agri¬ 
cultural Ciillege Extension Service. His 
subject was “Raising Jlore Grain on the 
Dairy Farm.” The imiK»rtance of grow¬ 
ing more corn particulai’ly at this time 
was emphasizt‘d. “It is not always true 
that we can furnish ourselves with corn 
cheaiier in Connecticut than in the Mid¬ 
dle 'West, but at present prices we can.’’ 
The importance of growing more oats and 
rye was also brought out. 
The Hartford County F.-irm Bureau 
held a corn show in a hall across the 
street at the time the meetings were in 
session and the diiirymen had a good op¬ 
portunity to see a variety display and 
a display of 50 germination tests going 
on in sand boxes. The show iiroved one 
of the most instructive parts of the 
meeting. 
At the Tuesday evening session. Prof. 
G. C. JVhite. head of the Department of 
1 l.airy Husbandry at the Couneoticnt 
Agricultural College, gave a talk on 
“Stenliziiig Milk I'tensils.” The import¬ 
ance of sterilization and various inetJiods 
of sterilization were discussed. It was 
the speaker’s plan to demonstrate the use 
of the siimiile st«*rilizer advocated by the 
Enited States Dairy Division, but the 
apparatus was delayed in transit. Pro¬ 
fessor White was followed by David 
Stone Ivelsey, editor of the Connecticut 
Farmer, who gave an interesting and in¬ 
spiring talk on “A New Earth.” 
The IViKlnesday session openfid at 10 
A. M. with the President’s address and 
renorts of the officers. The matter of 
“Stable and Dairy Inspection’’ wa.s to 
have been discussi'd by F. H. Stadtmnel- 
ler. Owing to the death, a week pr«“v- 
ions of this man, much beloved by Con¬ 
necticut dairymen, this subject was 
handled b.v his successor, Thos, Holt of 
Southington. IMr. Holt explained the 
regulations of the milk regulation hoard, 
which was created by an act of the last 
legislature. The rules, in tlie main, re- 
(piire the registration of every Connec¬ 
ticut milk producer and dealer and 
siiecif.v some rules governing tlie produc¬ 
tion and handling of milk, one of the 
principle ones lieing that it shall be 
cooled to ,50 degrees or below within two 
hours of the milking. 
A. ■\V.---Tvonibard, of Massachusetts, 
president of the International Association 
of I)aii\v and Milk Iinspectors, was the 
next siieaker. He divided both the_ in¬ 
spectors and iiroducers into various 
classes depending on their capabilities 
and explained how milk and dairy in¬ 
spection was making great progress. 
“Tliere is still need,” he said, “of ade¬ 
quate laws which will back the inspector 
up in his convictions.” 
At the afternoon session .Associate 
Prof. H. F. .Judkins of the (’ollege gave 
Fcbruarv 2:'., 191S 
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BtiTB PlBD b7 which 70U CBD got mY 
tborooffblr proven Shel¬ 
don ]teteh Coocreta Mixer Bt little i 
or DO eoet to 700 .1 want ten men in I 
every coontT to Bceept my special 1 
co>openitive offer rf^ht now. Are ' 
yooffoinfftobe oneoxthetcnTWrito 1 
•adfar* ** 60 Ddme epeciaJoflere” 
Ail parts ffUBranto^e Does worl 
mixers. Be sore to ffettbe cataloff. 
Tbe Sbeldoo will pay for ft* 
aelf on first Bmall job. Takes tbe 
bacKache out of concrete. Make# poaM- 
_ ble thoee manv small ImprovemeotB that 
i today. add ao much to the value of your land. 
SHELDON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Box 776, ^ Nehawka, Nob. 
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an illustrated talk on “Variations iu the 
Composition of Milk and Their Relation 
to Milk Standards.” Data which have 
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were presented. The factors affecting the 
per cent of fat and .solids not fat iu milk 
Were discussed and the inconsistency of 
our various milk standards was reviewed. 
Two lectures by Professor G. F. F. Story, 
of A'ermont, followed, he having arrived 
on a “snowbound limited.” The first 
talk was on “Feeds and the Selection of 
the Ration.” and the second, on “Co-op- 
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333 West 30th Street, New York 
