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T^he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
The Heart of 
The Milking Machine 
TpHE pulsaior 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, tlis 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 w’ork. ” 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 yoa 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. Wo 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- 
peists 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. I cannot un¬ 
derstand the dairyman, who modern in every respect, 
will go on milking by hand when he could cut 
expenses and make dairying more attractive, to say 
nothing of sanitation, by using a Perfection Milking 
Machine. When we need mote milking machines, 
the order is yours.'’ 
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Perfection Manufacturing Company 
2115 East Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis, Minn 
A Dip that 
is standardized, 
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GUARANTEED. One gallon 
makes 70 gallons of dipping solu¬ 
tion. 
For Scab, Ticks 
Troubles 
Dr. Hess Dip and Disinfectant 
cleans and makes the skin healthy. 
It is more than a Dip—^it is also a 
Disinfectant. Use it freely about 
stables, hog pens and poultry 
houses to destroy disease germs 
and maintain good health condi¬ 
tions. Also for home use, in gar¬ 
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by 28,000 dealers on a money-back 
guarantee. 
Dr. BESS & CLARK 
Asbland Olilo 
and Skill 
No animal suffers more, or loses 
more flesh in fly-time than the 
horse. It is really good economy 
to spray once or twice daily with 
No-Flv 
A tried and sure preventive against fly- 
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Will not gum hair. Good for all the 
stock—guaranteed not to taint milk. 
Every good dealer should have 
No-Fly. If yours hasn’t it. his 
name and $1.75 brings prepaid 
one gallon of No-Fly sprayer 
and our money-back guarantee. 
Sprayer FREE with S-gallon can 
($5.00 prepaid,) Agents wanted. 
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Box 50 Syracuse, N. Y. 
Buys the New Butterfly! 
Junior Noe 2K. Lisrht run* 
ningy easy cleaning, close 
' ekimmincr* durable. Guaran¬ 
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shown here. 
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LIVE STOCK NOTES 
This section of New York State is a 
dairy country. Farmers are delivering 
their milk at nearby stations and cheese 
factories. The milk station where our 
milk is delivered is owned by Sheffield 
Farms, and the milk is shipped to New 
York Cit.v. For June milk testing 3 per 
cent we receive $1.67 per cwt., with a 
premium of .04 for each tenth of a point 
above. Cheese is bringing 22c; butter, 
45 to 4Sc; eggs, 30c; potatoes, .50c; hay, 
$15 to $20 per ton; be^ans, $7 to $8 
per bu.; oats, 90c; four-weeks-old pigs, 
$5 to $6 each ; young calves, $4. Dairy 
cows brought from $80 to $125 at recent 
sales here. These are grade cows. Not 
much registered stock being sold in this 
vicinity. Vegetation has advanced rap¬ 
idly during the past week. Farmers are 
well along with their seeding. Oats are 
looking fine, also wheat. Nearly every 
farmer has an acre or two of Spring 
wheat. Corn, oats and hay are our chief 
crops, and nearly all the crops are re¬ 
tained for individual use. Farm labor 
is very scarce and high. Very few of 
our boys in the Army camps have been 
granted the .30 day.s’ furlough by the 
draft boards, as so many are being sent 
over seas at the present time. Many of 
our farmers are raising sheep. A few 
years ago hardly any sheep were seen 
on our farms. Now nearly every farmer 
has a few .sheep. Wool is bringing 70c 
per lb. Fewer hogs are being rai.sed on 
account of the shortage of skim-milk and 
whey, and the high cost of grains. 
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. w. B, K. 
.Tune 1 the North Shenango Dairymen’s 
local met at Espyville, Pa. to elect offi¬ 
cers for the coming year. There was a 
large attendance and SO shares of stock 
were sold. Nealy all dairymen are buying 
them as they see the advantage of being 
organized to better farming conditions. 
F. 11. Gilliland is secretary. c. S. 
Conneaut, O. 
We .sell our milk to the Borden’s Farm 
Products Co. We received for May $2.43, 
June $1.73, for milk testing 3 pk’ cent, 
and 3 cents for each tenth over that. 
Cows, $75 to $100 for good ones. Horses, 
$175 to $200. Potatoes, 85 to 90c; eggs, 
45c: hay, $20 to $23 per ton. Pigs, $8 
each. It has been a fine Spring to work 
horses. Farmers are about done planting; 
lots of potatoes put in. Cabbage seed 
was very poor this year. e. M. c. 
Onondaga Co., N. Y. 
The biggest part of our produce is 
dairying. Milk. $2.47 for 3 per cent, and 
then every point in test extra. This is a 
great apple and potato country; potatoes 
are $1 and $1.20 per bu. We raise corn, 
oats and wheat. Seed corn is $5 per 
hn.; seed oats $1.25 and $1.35 per bu. 
The leading crops here are oats, barley, 
wheat, corn, potatoes, cabbage, millet and 
apples. Butter, 44e per lb. G. w. M. 
Chenango Co., N. Y. 
Hudson Valley Sheep Men Meet 
Twenty years ago the wool-growers in 
the .southern part of Washington County, 
N. Y., becoming dissatisfied W’ith the 
prices offered for their wool, effected an 
informal organization ^and commenced 
shipping their wool. Th‘e results were so 
satisfactory that the practice was con¬ 
tinued. Last year owing to the general 
lack of information in regard to the de¬ 
mand and increased prices it was thought 
wise to enlarge the oi-ganization. Cards 
were sent to the wool-growers in the 
southern end of Washington and the 
northern end of Rensselaer counties, in¬ 
viting them to a conference, and as a re¬ 
sult the organizing of the Washington 
and Rensselaer Counties Wool Growers’ 
Association was accomplished. Several 
carloads of w’ool were shipped to be sold 
on commission, and the results were so 
satisfactory that the association this year 
issued a general invitation to all persons 
from the two counties interested in the 
wool indtistry to meet with them in 
Grange Hall at Cambridge, N. Y. Two 
hundred of the wool-growers of Washing¬ 
ton and Rensselaer counties attended the 
meeting at Grange Hall, Cambridge, 
N. Y., Saturday, June 8. called by Presi¬ 
dent H. R. Perry of the Wool Association. 
The meeting was called to order by Presi¬ 
dent Perry, who explained the rules and 
regulations of the Government, govern¬ 
ing the marketing of the 1918 wool crop. 
•John C. Cottrell, by request of Mr. 
Perry, gave a brief summary of the busi¬ 
ness done by the association in 1917, and 
a short talk explaining the aims and ob¬ 
ject of the association in the future. Mr. 
Cottrell’s report of the business done 
showed that the first shipment of several 
carloads returned to the shippers a net 
average price of 75c per pound. Mr. 
Perry then called on several individuals 
present, whose wool was shipped in sep¬ 
arate lots Lter in the season. They re¬ 
ported net prices received of from 74 to 
76c. Lester Adams, whose wool was sold 
in jNIarch, 1918, reported a net price re¬ 
ceived of 74%c, and read a letter from 
the commission house stating that they 
saw no rea.son why he should not receive 
as much for the 1918 clip. 
June 22, IftlS 
An interesting feature of the sales was 
the large quantity of -wool graded as 
fancy delaine and selling in Boston for 
from_ 80 to 82c. After an interesting dis¬ 
cussion it was unanimously decided to 
market this year’s clip in the same man¬ 
ner as last, viz.: by shipping to Boston 
to be sold on commission. Harold Becker 
of Cambridge, N. Y., secretary of the 
association, reported 70 new members, 
representing 40,000 pounds of wool, who 
have paid the annual fee of one dollar, 
and asked to have sacks sent them. 
Among those present were Farm Bureau 
Manager Ferber of Rensselaer Co., and 
Manager Hurley of the Washington 
County Farm Bureau. Charles Lai'mon 
of the State Agricultural Department was 
also present, and gave an interesting talk 
on the present “dog law.’’ c. 
The Hygiene of the Normal Shoe 
(Continued from page 811) 
make the wearer realize that her foot 
foundation is inadequate. 
“The action of normal shoes on the 
muscles of the feet is just the reverse 
of that of abnormal shoes. The straight 
inner line of the normal shoes allows the 
toe's to grow straight and to spread, and 
there are no bunions, corns or callouses. 
Instead of stretching the muscles which 
support the arch, the normal shoe pulls 
the toes toward the median line—adduc¬ 
tion, contracting the muscles and strength¬ 
ening them. With every step and move¬ 
ment of the foot the muscles are exex’- 
cised, thus becoming stronger. The heels 
are low and broad and fit snugly. There 
is no sliding forward of the foot and no 
tilting backward of the body, as in ab¬ 
normal shoes. 
“11 hen buying a pair of shoes, test them 
by placing the inner border on a straight 
line, a crack, counter, etc. If the toe 
follows the line for the length of the great 
toe the shoe is normal. (See illustration.) 
Children’s shoes, though broad toed, if 
tested in this manner, will often be 
found to diverge outward from the point 
where the base of the gre’at toe would 
come. Such a shoe would eventually 
cause the child to walk unnaturally, to 
toe outward. 
“The foot weary one should never re¬ 
sort to arch supports or ankle braces 
without the' advice of a competent physic¬ 
ian, preferably an orthopedic phy.sician. 
Such supports act as splints and very 
often do more harm than good to fallen 
arches. 
“Women who are suffering from foot 
strain should put on properly shaped 
shoes and keep toeing in all the time'. The 
muscles may be toned up by applying al¬ 
ternate hot and cold water; hot water for 
10 or 15 minutes, then cold water for a 
few seconds.. This treatment should be 
give'n the feet frequently during tlie day. 
especially before retiring. Exercise five 
minutes night and morning by taking ‘heel 
and toe drills,’ by walking* hare-foot in 
sand or soft clay, by walking on the outer 
border of the foot, by picking up pebbles 
or marbles with the' toes, by running, or 
by walking on a straight line.’’ 
The Home Dressmaker 
(Continued from page 819) 
the arms. In such a case one cannot en¬ 
large the pattern equally both ways, and 
the same is true of a very tall, thin per¬ 
son, whose pattern must be lengthened 
but not widened. A perfectly fitted lining! 
that can be padded out on an adjustable 
wire dress form, is not a great expense, 
and is a wonderful help in the home sew¬ 
ing. 
Farm Outfits. —It is quite interesting 
to note that all the prominent shops now 
offer outfits for real work on the farm, 
and hard-working vvomen, who have been 
adopting sensible clothes f )r such work, 
in spite of foolish criticism, may now 
feel that for once they have been leading 
the fashion. Most of these costumes fol¬ 
low the earlier British models, consisting 
of a smock with breeches, bloomers or 
knickerbockers, and leggings or puttees. 
One style has wide ankle length trousers 
that really look like a skirt, with a little 
jacket attached by buttons, and worn 
over a plain shirt. Most of the “farmer¬ 
ette” clothes are of khaki cloth or brown 
jean, as this proves more practical than 
chambray or gingham. The woman who 
still clings to skirts will find a smock 
desirable for her gardening operations, 
as it is loose and comfortable, and there 
are no gathers to rip out. The smock 
is still in vogue for sport and countrv 
wear, and there are attractive stvles iii 
Japanese crepe and Trouville cloth', hand- 
smocked, in contrasting colors. 
Summer Hats.— One of the new styles 
is the draped veil which forms part of the 
hat trimming, small round hats, or sailor 
shapes of moderate size having a Georg¬ 
ette crepe veil folded over the crown and 
pleated flat at the back, to fall down to 
the shoulder, like a mourning veil. The 
hat brim is covered with Georgette, the 
same color os the veil, and usually faced 
under the brim with white. These draped 
hats are especially seen in midnight blue 
and battleship gray. The latter color is 
much in favor this Summer, both in mil¬ 
linery and costume, and is very cool- look¬ 
ing. There are a great many “made” 
hiit.s—that is. a combination of straw or 
other braid with silk or crepe. Their 
great advantage is that they fit the 
head comfortably; a woman whose head 
is smaller or larger than the average, or 
a little different in contour, can be fitted 
comfortably with a made hat. 
