The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Simple as 
Two Plus Two 
A. Strainer Funnel. 
B. Sterilized cotton through which 
milk MUST go. 
C. Coarse wire screen ring for clamp¬ 
ing cotton pad to bottom of 
funnel. 
£>. Wire Clamp. 
THAT’S ALL 
Its absolute simplicity is one of the 
many good points about our Dr. Clark 
Purity Milk Strainer. No cloths used 
—no fine wire gauze to wear out— 
your wife does not have to spend 
most of the day washing cloths and 
cleaning the strainer. 
Just an A-l strainer that goes after 
every last bit of sediment in milk— 
and gets it. We don’t just claim it— 
we guarantee it — and we want you 
to make us prove it. Endorsed by 
all the big dairy authorities — used 
by the big dairies. Costs little, wears 
forever. 10-qt. and 18-qt. sizes. If 
your dealer can’t supply you write 
PURITY STAMPING CO., 
Dept. A 243 Champion St., 
Battle Creek, Mich. 
how to raise better calves for lea 
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making oppor¬ 
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woman capable of making $12 to $50 
a day, organizing and conducting can¬ 
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orders for the famous, widely adver¬ 
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cans for fruits, vegetables, etc. Very 
pleasant work with your own self as 
boss. Ideal for man and wife with own 
car. Address, with bank and business 
references, Virginia Can Co., Box 577-f 
Roanoke, Va. 
Limestone Pulverizer 
From Factory 
to Farmer LtO\) 
Reasonable terms. Capacity 
2 tonsperhour. Why pay more 
when you can buy direct. 
Write us for free literature. 
Knoxville Pulverizer Co. Knoxville, Tenn. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Sheep and Cows 
I have ten cows, one bull and one heifer 
on a 60-acre farm in Dutchess Co. Can 
I keep sheep enough on the same farm to 
have the income I have from the cows? 
If so, how many sheep should I keep? 
J. B. 
The farmer from Dutchess County who 
wants to know how many sheep he should 
keep on his 60-acre farm to give an in¬ 
come equal to the income which he now 
has from 10 cows leaves out an important 
item, that is, his present income. How¬ 
ever, I can give him an answer from my 
own experience. I have 130 acres of well 
drained tillable land and have 260 sheep, 
130 Delaine Merino breeding ewes to lamb 
in April. 20 aged ewes feeding for market. 
110 lambs, 90 of which will go to market 
in April. I intend to shear them in April 
and can safely count on 2,500 lbs. of wool 
at 50c per lb. The 20 old ewes ought to 
bring $100 and the 90 lambs $700. A 
total of $2,050. I keep two cows and 
three horses and buy about $100 worth 
of feed, mostly bran. There is an outlay 
of about $200 for haying and some of the 
heavier work. If we can raise 10 acres 
of corn and 10 acres of oats for hay there 
need not be much outlay for other feeds. 
I try to have my hay crop secured by 
July 25. If the inquirer needs any other 
information I will try to help him. We 
ought to raise all the wool needed and 
perhaps if more went into sheep it might 
relieve the dairy situation. 
H. R. PERRY. 
My opinion is that you should have 
about 35 good young grade ewes, or about 
25 choice registered ewes to take the place 
of 10 dairy cows. Of course this depends 
on the price inquirer is getting for his 
milk. LE ROY C. BOWER. 
It is a hard question for me to answer, 
not knowing anything about the land or 
what price the lambs would sell for there. 
We are getting $12 each for lambs five to 
six weeks old to the butcher and they 
take them from the farm with no extra 
expense. Is inquirer used to handling 
sheep and is he in a section where he 
would have trouble with dogs? If his land 
is hilly he could keep a small flock of say 
30 ewes if he has either clover or Alfalfa 
hay to Winter them. From that many 
ewes he should raise at least 30 lambs 
besides the wool. If his land is low and 
wet, sheep would riot do well. Most of 
the labor taking care of sheep is in the 
Winter. In the Spring you can turn them 
to grass. Cows make a steady job the 
year round. The amount of wool they 
would shear would be according to the 
kind of sheep and according to the con¬ 
dition they are kept. Sheep that are well 
fed will shear more wool than those not 
fed so good. ellis tiger. 
How to Handle the Sheep 
For that 95-acre farm, why not sow 
about 20 acres of Alfalfa? The man and 
boy can harvest a piece of it any time 
they want to from the first of .Tune till 
the first of November. Haying does not 
all come at once and with the use of slings 
a man and boy can unload arid mow away 
a ton of Alfalfa in about eight minutes. 
Then add a flock of about 100 ewes, 
grade Shropshire or Oxford preferred. 
The Shropshire will shear about 8 lbs. 
of wool and can be depended on to produce 
an average of one lamb a year. The more 
prolific strains in the hands of skillful 
shepherds do still better. A hundred 
ewes should yield an income of $1,200 a 
year under present conditions. Alfalfa 
fed sheep require no grain. They can run 
in pasture from May 1 until nearly 
Christmas, so that no time is lost during 
the Summer doing chores for them. Win¬ 
ter care is very simple and takes little 
time. I would sooner look after 100 sheep 
than two cows. However, during lamb¬ 
ing time a man must be “Johnny on the 
spot” and know his business. 
Then there is another angle to owning 
a flock of sheep. Mutton chops are 
mighty good to eat and butcher bills are 
a joke to a man who can sit down to a 
haunch of roast lamb with mint sauce. 
The wool can be made into nice warm 
quilts which ought to work overtime with 
coal scarce and high and little prospect 
of a farmer’s earning a fair days wages 
after he does get up. h. r. s. 
“And I Can Pay for It All 
Out of the Earnings?” 
That’s it exactly—your Jamesway Equipment costs only a part 
of the extra earnings it makes for you—and is spread over small 
monthly payments. 
For example, Jamesway Drinking Cups are guaranteed to increase milk 
yield two pounds per cow per day. In a herd of 20 cows this means 40 
pounds extra milk yield per day. If milk was selling for only $2.50 per hun¬ 
dred pounds, the extra income amounts to $27 per month. 
Whatever equipment you need—whether stalls, pens, carriers—drinking cups, 
or ventilation—can be installed in your barn immediately—today on the 
Jamesway Co-operative Plan 
“Pay from Earnings” 
A small down-payment is the only 
investment you make—your earnings 
take care of the rest. In many cases, 
only a part of your extra earnings is 
all that is needed. 
Write Today 
and tell us what equipment you need. 
You have no excuse for waiting. 
Don’t worry about money. Our “Pay 
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Remember, Jamesway Service too. 
We dig deep into your cow, sow and 
hen problems—apply common-sense, 
practical knowledge of farm manage¬ 
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et No. 60. 
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