The Readers' Service is prepared to 

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1912 



Information about the selection or care of dogs, 

 poultry and live stock will be gladly given. 

 Address INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, The Garden Magazine, 11-13 W. 32d Street, New York. 



Poultry, Kennel and Live Stock Directory 



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50,000 BABY CHICKS! 





50,000 Single Comb White Leghorn Chicks! And every one hatched under ideal 

 conditions — every one a vigorous, healthy, liveable, strongly bred chick. They are des- 

 tined to make great birds; the mother of every one of them laid more than 175 eggs in her pullet 

 year; most of them laid more than 200 eggs! If you want eggs next fall and winter pick your layers 

 from this lot of youngsters. Our hens have had the habit of laying for many generations. The 

 pullets you get from these 50.000 chicks will be like their mothers. They are bred and hatched on a 

 dollar and cents basis. Utility is our measure of a hen's worth. Every chick is from this heavy laying 

 strain " Drones " cannot be tolerated, and are not. They would ruin us. We use over 250 trap nests 

 and know exactly what our layers are doing. Let us tell you about 



THE PEERLESS FARMS 



How They Hatch and Raise Chicks That Make Better Hens Than Any Others 



Our hens are kept healthy; they are properly fed. Their eggs are fertile. They are big egg producers. Therefore, 

 to start with, the eggs contain the possibility of the kind of chicks you want. Perfect conditions of incubation 

 are maintained so that the chicks come out of the eggs ready to live, and do so at a profit to their owners. 

 The moisture and ventilation of our incubator cellar is under positive control. By the use of the U. S. Weather 

 Bureau Standard Psychrometer we know the exact moisture condition ' every minute. We do no guessing. The 

 ventilation is forced, and, like the moisture, is exactly maintained at th- most favorable state at all times. 

 Buy day old chicks from the Peerless Flock. They are the best you can buy or hatch. Don't try 

 hatching your own chicks until you have established your flock on a Peerless foundation. It will 

 pay you to do so. We are making money. We can help you to do the same. We have a 

 money-making strain of a money-making breed. Let us tell you more about Peerless 

 chicks. Write today for new booklet. It's worth having. 



THE PEERLESS FARMS 



Alden I. Rosbrook, Prop. 



R. F. D., No. 9 



Northport, Long Island, N. Y. 



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MORE EGGS 1^1/ d^I 



Feed your hens green bone, cut with a Stearns 



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Write to-day for catalog and booklet, " How to 



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E. C. STEARNS & CO., Box 2, Syractue, N. Y. 



BABY CHICKS OF QUALITY 



Guaranteed to reach you in good condition 



You can't count your chickens before they are 

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BOX 1025 LYNDON, ROSS CO., OHIO. 



Hens Lay and Pay 



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- 244-page ' Poultry Grow- 

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MAMMOTH IMPERIAL PEKIN DUCKS 



Afton Farm Pekins are market toppers and prize-winners. 

 This year at New York, they won 1st on Old Duck. 1st on 

 Young Duck, 2nd on Young Drake. 2nd on Pen of Ducks. 4th 

 on Old Drake. At Philadelphia, they won ist on Old Duck, 

 ist on Pen of Ducks, 2nd on Young Duck, 3rd on Old Drake, 

 4th on Young Drake. 



They dress 10 lbs. to the pair at 10 weeks old. That 

 means higher quality of meat and lower cost of production 

 per pound. Their laying records speak for themselves. Last 

 year, a flock of 500 hens laid 74.529 e ggs. or an average of over 

 149 eggs per hen. 



Afton Farm Mammoth Imperial Pekin Ducks are unex- 

 celled. They are money makers; they are the kind of ducks 

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AFTON FARM, Box D-2, YARDlEY, PA. 





