271 
’s Best 
Roofing 
Freight 
Paid 
Roo" Cluster Metal Shingles, V-Crimp, Corru¬ 
gated, Standing Seam, Painted or Galvanized Roof¬ 
ings, Sidings, Wallboard, Paints, etc., direct to you 
at Rock-Bottom Factory Prices. Positively greatest 
offer ever made. We Pay the Freight. 
Edwards “Reo” Metal Shingles 
cost less; outlast three ordinary roofs. No painting 
Guaranteed rot, fire, rust, lightning proof. 
Free Roofing Book 
Get our wonderfully 
low prices and free 
samples. We sell direct 
to you and save you all 
in-between dealer's 
profi*s. Ask for Book 
No. 273 
LOW PRICED GARAGES 
Lowest prices on Ready-Made 
Fire-Proof Steel Garages. Set 
up any place. Send postal for 
Garage Book, showing styles. 
THP. FHWARDS MFC. CO., 
tn-m Pikt St. # Cincinnati, 0. 
□itch Your Land 
With This (Simplex 
Benton 
10 Days 1 
Trial 
Insures crop success la wet 
land. Saves hillsides. DlgaV- 
shaped ditch In any soil. Ad¬ 
justable to narrow orwldecut 
Mostly steel. Reversible, 
Equals 100 men. Write for 
froo book, prices, terms and 
money-back guarantee. 
JSImplex Farm Ditcher Co., Inc. 
Box 63 Owensboro. Ky. 
COOK YOUR FEED and ADD 
to its value—with the 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Dumping Caldron. Made of 
the best caot iron, surface very 
smooth, extra thick bottom, sim 
pie, quickly understood, convenient, 
nodipping out, emptied inone minute 
Water jacket prevents burning' 
Keeps lira stock in thrifty condition) 
I We make 23 sizes and icifidi 
of atock food cookara. 
Also Dairy and Laundry Stoves, Watar and Stoam 
Kettlea, Hog Scald era. Caldrons, etc. 
\V nte us. Ask for our illustrated free catalogue J. 
D. R. SPERRY & CO., Box 15, Batavia, ill. 
^^^40 styles and sizes 
for every purpose. 
Catalog free. 
COLLINS PLOW COMPANY 
2M« Hsmpshlrs Sl_ Quincy, 111. 
HAY 
PRESS 
Hand Books on Patents, Trade Marks, etc., 
sent free. Our 70 years of experience, 
efficient service, and fair dealing, assure 
fullest value and protection to the appli¬ 
cant. The Scientific American should 
be read by all inventors. 
MUNN & CO., 617 Woolworth Bldg., N, Y. 
Washington Office, 617 F St., Washington, D. C. 
Representatives Wanted 
A reputable Southern firm, The NitrA-Germ Sales 
Co.. Inc., of Savannah, Ga„ establishing an office 
in the North, wants agents in every County in this 
State. One of our Southern men, Mr. J. T. Mor¬ 
rison, made $3,500.00 the past year selling NitrA- 
Germ, the Crop and Soil Improver. The same 
opportunity is openin the North. It will betoyour 
advantage to write to P. O. Box 11, G. C. Station, 
New York City, for full information. 
Allied Horses Clipped 
Horses of Allied armies were dipped regularly. 
Army veterinarians knew that clipped horses 
were much less liable to sickness—did better work 
and gave longer service. The machine adopted 
was the Stewart Ball Bearing No. 1. The Stew¬ 
art lasts a lifetime and costs only $11.75. Send 
$2.00—pay balance on arrival. Or write for new 
1019 catalog. 
CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY 
Dept. 141, 12th St. and Central Avo., Chicago, 111. 
it 
fvVv 
Practical 
g Live Stock Books 
(; FOR SALE BY RURAL NEW-YORKER S 
% 
?: 
FEEDS AND FEEDING-Henry . $2.50 
MANUAL OF MILK PRODUCTS— 
Stocking .2.00 
DISEASES OF ANIMALS-Afayo . 1.75 
PRODUCTIVE SWINE HUSBANDRY 
Day 1.75 
BREEDING OF FARM ANIMALS— 
Harper .1.50 
CHEESE MAKING-Van Slyke . 1.75 
BUTTER MAKING—Pubforn . . .60 
MILK TESTING —Publow and Troy .60 
§ 
:• 
•3 
. , ryAv,k%v^v.\v; 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Clearing Muddy Water; Field Silo; 
Changing Water Course 
1. I have a 30-ft. well, 3 ft. G in. diam¬ 
eter. The soil is DO per cent sand and 
10 per cent gravel. A strong stream of 
water comes in milky, and will not settle. 
The sand is mixed in with fine streaks of 
clay where water lies; water 2 ft. deep. 
Can I do anything to clear the water? 
2. Is it a good idea to have a silo 
(cement) _ built out in the field about 
half a mile from farm, and haul silage 
as it is needed? Will silage keep for 
two days in a wagon body in cold 
weather? This would save a lot of haul¬ 
ing in the cutting season. 3. Can I raise 
the level of water in a 30-ft. stream two 
feet so as to make another channel and 
straighten the stream bv so doing? Can 
mesh hog wire be used in the dam? What 
is the best way to fasten it?. The stream 
has 25 feet to the mile, and has a gravel 
bottom. g. p. b. 
Berwyn, Pa. 
1. The turbidity of your well water is 
probably caused by the presence of clay 
or silt in suspension. This material, 
especially clay, is very fine and will re¬ 
main in suspension for a long time. It 
usually slowly settles, however, and such 
water can sometimes be wholly or par¬ 
tially cleared by letting the water stand 
for a considerable length of time before 
Use. Sand filters are sometimes used for 
the same purpose, hut because of the 
amount of attention required they are 
not very practical for farm use. In addi¬ 
tion they are not always entirely suc¬ 
cessful in clearing the water, the finer 
particles passing through them. Chemicals 
are sometimes used to throw this sus¬ 
pended material down, and if the milki¬ 
ness is caused by clay it might be cleared 
up by the addition of lime, by experiment 
determining the least amount required to 
clear the water and then adding this 
amount. Lime causes the little clay par¬ 
ticles to group themselves together or 
“flocculate” as it is called, and after floccu¬ 
lation takes place the groups of particles 
settle if the water is left undisturbed for 
a time. Alum is also used for the same 
purpose, and Mr. M. L. Fuller, a govern¬ 
ment expert, formerly in charge of under¬ 
ground waters of Eastern United States 
for the U. S. Geological Survey, recom¬ 
mends its use iu the ratio of one grain 
of the chemical to each gallon of water. 
Translated to terms of the farm this 
means one ounce of alum to each GO cubic 
feet of water. Cases involving the use 
of chemicals, however, should uot be de¬ 
cided offhand, and I would advise that 
you carefully cleanse and boil a bottle 
and in this container send a sample of 
the water in question to your experiment 
station at College Park, Maryland. With 
the sample of water to work upon they 
should be able to tell you what to use 
and the exact amount required. 
2. With reference to the silo, I can see 
no great advantage in the arrangement 
suggested by you. With the silo in the 
field the corn has to be loaded upon the 
wagons and unloaded for the blower. 
This loading and unloading constitutes 
most of the work, a slightly longer haul 
when the corn is upon the wagon not 
increasing the cost of labor very much. 
If placed in a silo away from the build¬ 
ings the silage has to be handled twice, 
once from the silo to the wagon and again 
from the wagon to the distributor, so 
that there seems little gain in efficiency. 
It seems probable, too, that the silage 
would be hauled with a greater loss than 
would be the corn fodder, and although 
it is possible that silage could be kept 
without molding for short periods it 
would he better if taken fresh from the 
silo. 
3. The question of changing the course 
of the stream is one that you would have 
to take up with the proper authorities 
of your State. It is probable that you 
would be permitted to change its course 
and level as long as it affected you alone. 
However, if its level was raised so that 
it in any way affected a neighbor or its 
course was changed so that it did not 
leave your farm by its natural course, it 
is probable that you would be liable to a 
damage suit. It is also somewhat doubt¬ 
ful if the course of the stream can be 
successfully changed. Many attempts of 
this kind that have come to my attention 
have been failures, the water during a 
freshet cutting new channels for itself, 
which iu some cases were more objec¬ 
tionable than the old one. This may 
have been due to imperfect work, how- 
(Continued on page 273) 
Westclox alarm 
/^OOD alarm clocks are not as easy 
to get as they used to be. The war 
has made them scarce. Yet they are 
more in demand today, as household 
timekeepers, than ever before. 
Careful treatment will make your 
Westclox alarm last longer. 
We have prepared a booklet that 
tells you more about your clock. Since 
July, 1918 this booklet has been packed 
with every Westclox alarm. If you 
bought your clock before that time 
you may have one of these booklets 
by mail. A postal card from you will 
bring it. 
Western Clock Co. - makers of IQiestclox 
La Salle. IU . U- S- A factories at Peru. Ill 
The Milwaukee Air Power Water System supplies fresh water to any part of house, barn or 
yard. Just turn a faucet. Saves all carrying. Requires no water storage tank. Never freezes. 
The Milwaukee Electric^ Light System^ is another modem convenience that every farm 
home needs. Let us tell you how reasonably you can get either 
water, lights—or both. Only one engine required. Illustrated 
catalog mailed free. i 
MILWAUKEE AIR POWER PUMP CO.; 863 Third St., Milwaukee, Wis. 
**•«*»»» MtOM »••» will 
Capacity' 
About 
v 2 Bu. 
fit Per Hr. 
A Year 
To Pay 
FREE 
Book of Farm 
Necessities 
Shows wonder¬ 
ful bargains in 
cream separa¬ 
tors. drills, cul¬ 
tivators, saw 
frames, circu¬ 
lar saws, feed 
cookers,in¬ 
cubators, 
brooders, 
paints,roof^ 
ing.otc. Write 
for copy. 
ship the 
to pay if you keep it 
u’torilffroTii 
Pay Nothing 
Until €0 Days 
Send no money—just mail coupon—and we will send 
you this strong, durable Majestic Hand Feed Grinder 
for Table Meal and Poultry Feed, for 30 days’ free 
use. If you decide to keep it, make first small pay¬ 
ment in 60 days and take a full year to pay. If not 
satisfactory, return it in 30 days at our expense and 
we will pay transportation both ways. 
"SfraSGrinder 
For Table Meal (All 6rains) and Poultry Feed 
Has special universal grinding plates which are 
quickly and easily adjusted for tine or coarse grind¬ 
ing. Burrs made of j— ■ — ___ __ __ 
.«S^Suff/TIIE HARTMAN CO. 
BFKSV.S sf / !;"*.!«■ „ L 
from oats harlev / Dspt-1613 Chicago, 111. 
cS^hEt.r^o?* / Send Feed Grinder Na. 4S3TMA69. 
any other grain; / H satisfactory, I will pay $1.10 in 
same grains coarse / days, balance in 6 payments of 
and also dry bone. / $1 -12 each every 60 days until price 
shells, etc., for / of W.70 is paid in full. Ifnotsat- 
poultry. See con- / Isfactory. wiUretumin 30 days and 
pon for price and ' ■ 
our liberal year-to-pay terms. j 
you will pay transportation both ways. 
SEND^ 
only coupon—no money—we will 
> grinder on the SO days’ free trial—and give you a year 
. _ ifyoukeepit. No fairer offer ever made. Send now. 
If you don’t order grinder send post card for big,Free Catalog. J 
The Hartman Co., fcp 0 VsM s cb*c. s *« / 
/. 
Name. 
/ 
Address. 
Nearest shipping point. 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
