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You know how shabby your 
car looked the other day, when 
alongside your neighbor’s new 
one; and how when you were 
riding home you felt it rattled 
a lot, and that the engine 
didn’t pull like it used to. 
You know well enough that 
the engine is all right, and 
that fifteen minutes with a 
wrench, will stop the rattle. 
Those are not the things 
that r e bothering you — it’s 
the looks of the car. Stop 
looking at its Looks. Make it 
“look like new with a can or 
two” of Lowe Brothers’ Auto¬ 
mobile Varnish Colors. 
You can do it one day, and 
use it the next day if you 
need to. Goes on like melted 
butter. Smoothes up itself, 
smooth as glass. 
Sold by the one best dealer 
in each town. 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Pasture and Barn Notes 
The Importance of Feed. —The longer 
we handle cattle, particularly the more 
we see of purebred business, the more 
convinced we are"becoming that the big¬ 
gest .single factor in success with pure- 
brcds is feed. By this I do not mean to 
minimize the importance of pedigrees, of 
official testing, health, and all the other 
things that go to make a dairy cow valu¬ 
able. However, very satisfactory animals 
can be developed with one or two of these 
things lacking. No one ever saw a really 
good animal, however, that had been 
either underfed or wrongly fed. Proper 
feediug insures the size which any pure¬ 
bred animal must have to be really valu¬ 
able today. Proper feeding makes that 
animal produce; so you can’t either get 
a good animal, or if you have got one, 
make it do anything unless you feed it 
right. I have been tempted to state these 
principles because of the many inquiries 
that are coming to me from men who 
want to start in purebreds, particularly 
by purchasing young purebred calves. 
The letters from some of these men indi¬ 
cate that they have little idea of the 
skill in feeding and the cost of feed neces¬ 
sary rightly to develop a purebred calf. 
I have many times seen purebred calves 
sold at six or eight weeks old to men 
unfamiliar with the proper feed, and seen 
those calves at three mouths old actually 
lighter in weight and worth 50 to 75 per 
cent less than they were when delivered. 
I do not believe that any man can afford 
to buy a purebred calf unless he is deter¬ 
mined to feed it properly and knows how 
to do it. 
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T HOUSANDS of engine owners have elim¬ 
inated the item of spark plug cost from 
their up-keep by the use of Splitdorf Spark 
Plugs. The main reason is that “The Plug 
with the Green Jacket” is insulated with East 
India Ruby Mica that never chips, cracks, or 
breaks. Each one is absolutely guaranteed 
against breakage. 
There is a type best suited for every engine. 
Write for booklet designating the type for 
v our car, tractor, or truck engine. 
SPLITDORF ELECTRICAL COMPANY 
98 Warren Street, Newark, N. J. 
TRADE 
TUBERCt'LOSIS-FBEE HERD. — I have 
already spoken of the uncertainty of mind 
of the owner of a purebred herd of dairy 
cattle who does not know whether or not 
they are free from . tuberculosis. It is 
enough to drive a man almost insane. 
The money in the purebred business lies 
in the sale of the stock, not in the sale 
of the products. Stock cannot now be 
moved from State to State without being 
declared free from tuberculosis, through 
thp tuberculin test. This means that a 
man who breeds purebreds must be pre¬ 
pared to test the stock he sells. lie 
can’t avoid doing it if he is to have a 
market. The real solution of the ques¬ 
tion. of course, is the breeding of a clean 
herd. Certainly this should be the aim 
of all beginners and. where they have the 
nerve, to clean up. of breeders who are 
already in the game, 
accredited herd plan, as 
makes the situation more hopeful than 
ever before. It looks as though all pure¬ 
bred breeders will have to come in under 
it sooner or later. 
Keeping Fp Interest. — I don’t mean 
the mortgage. Of course 
kept up, anyway, or we 
What I do mean is iu- 
individual cow’s work, 
and gives her 50 
all interested, give 
The Federal 
now operated. 
the interest on 
that has to be 
lose the farm, 
terest in each 
When Spot freshens 
pounds a day we are 
SPLITDORF 
MARK 
her the best of care, speculate and bet 
on the weighings, and generally have as 
much fun as we would at a horse race. 
Then Roan comes in and beats her out. 
and takes the center of the stage. Spot 
doesn’t get as much attention, and begins 
to shrink. Pretty soon she gets down to 
25 pounds, and then without anybody 
noticing it, dries up and loafs for a few 
months. The cow testing association man 
blames Spot. Really, it isn’t her fault at 
all. The trouble was we lust interest that 
ought to have had to enable her to give 
results the way she is capable of. There 
are a good many old Spots that a really 
careful dairyman can make a great suc¬ 
cess with. 
Season of Bad Milk. —This is really 
the season of bad milk. Why? Because 
it’s so cold in the morning and at night 
at milking time that we think the can of 
milk will cool anywheres, and don’t set 
it in the water, which sometimes seems 
warmer than the air. It really isn’t a 
matter of temperature, however, but of 
the relative ability of air and water to 
conduct heat that counts, so don’t depend 
too much on air-cooled milk. 
DAIRYMAN. 
Established 
1858 
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When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you'll get a 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
“Esther,” questioned the teacher of a 
member of the juvenile class, “wliat is 
the difference between electricity and 
lightning?” “You don’t have to pay noth¬ 
ing for lightning,” came the prompt re¬ 
ply.—Everybody’s Magazine. 
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Unadilla Silos on 
Famous Dairy Farms 
'T'housands of the na- 
*■ tion’s dairy and stock- 
farms own Unadilla Silos. 
Here the best is none too good. 
Fine appearance, strength, si¬ 
lage keeping quality and labor 
convenience win out for the 
L'NADILLA. When a new silo 
is added on farms like these, 
it's invariably a UNADILLA. 
Borden. Walker-Gordon, Hood 
& Sons, National, State, County, 
College and school farms have 
UNADILLAS. 
Further proof of UNADILLA 
leadership among all kinds of 
farmers, big and small, is found 
in the handsome UNADILLA 
Catalog. Send for a copy. 
Learn why it pays to buy early. 
A few Live Agents Wanted. 
Unadilla Silo Co. 
Box C, Unadilla, N. Y. 
or Des Moines, la. 
A silo ought to la*t 
as long as the barn it 
is attached to. 
—A new theory to 
some, but not too ad¬ 
vanced to fit the Green 
Mountain standard of 
construction. 
GREEN 
MOUNTAIN 
SILOS 
The new hip root adds 
distinction and gives extra 
capacity. Green Mountain 
staves are of heavy, well- 
fitted lumber, dipped in 
creosote preservative. Hoops 
are of extra heavy steel 
with rolled threads. The 
doors fit like safe or refrig¬ 
erator cioore—a patented feature. 
The ladder Is all-wood to prevent 
frosted fingers in winter. Warp¬ 
ing, twisting or blowlngoverispre- 
vented by new anchorage system. 
Write for freo literature and 
special discount on early orders. _ 
Creamery Package Mfg. Co. 
338 WEST STREET, RUTLAND, VT. 
Treat Horses Right 
When you go to work qn the first warm spring day 
you throw off your winter overcoat. But horses can't 
throw off their winter coats. Do it for them by clip¬ 
ping with a Cite wart No. 1 Machine. Costs only $12.75 
and soon pays for itself in better work from horses. 
S end $2.00 and pay balance on arrival. Or send for 
new catalogue. 
CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY 
Dept. A 141, 12th St. and Central Ave., Chicago. 111. 
