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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 2^^ 



GRIT! GRIT!! GRIT!!! 



BIRDS INEED GRIT! 



It is well known that the feathered tribe have no teeth and that the food is masticated 

 in the gizzard; but the gizzard itself is a feeble agent, and cannot perform its functions 

 without the aid of some substance that is hard and sharp. Nature, therefore, prompts 

 the hens to pick up and swallow gravel, glass, small shells, and other substances; but it 

 may be noticed that they prefer such as are sharp and irregular. 



Round bits of gravel do not serve the purpose, though better than nothing, and the 

 gizzard is not injured, no matter if the sharpest and keenest glass be swallowed. The 

 food and hard substances are kept in constant motion while in the gizzard, and the entire 

 contents are ground into an impalpable powder and passed into the stomach. 



Common sense, therefore, teaches us, and all authorities on poultry unite in the 

 statement, that something of this kind is absolutely essential to the good health and 

 egg producing qualities of the fowl. 



In summer, when the birds have farm range, they can look out for themselves in this 

 respect; but where they have to be confined, or in winter when everything is frozen up 

 tight or covered with snow, this necessary grit must be supplied to them freely or they 

 will languish for its want. 



CRUSHED OYSTER SHELL 



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100 LBS. 



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FROM 



JOHNSON .^STORES 



Seedsmen 



This is a most im- 

 portant article for 

 the poultry yard 

 through the winter, 

 and should be liber- 

 ally supplied to the 

 fowls. It is also 

 advisable to keep it 

 before them during 

 the entire year, as ex- 

 perience has proven 

 they will eat it in the middle of summer. 

 Our shell is made entirely of oyster shell, 

 NOT CLAM, as much is that is offered, and is 

 thoroughly screened from all dust and dirt. 

 It is now offered so cheap that it does 

 not pay to try and grind or break up your 

 own shell. We have it fine for young 

 chicks and for mashes, and coarser for 

 regular use. 



PRICE 



Put up in 5 lb. fancy lithograph cartons, 

 each, 15c. Per case of 20 cartons, 100 lbs. 

 in all, $1.50. In bulk, 25 lbs., 30c.; 50 lbs., 

 50c.; 100 lb. bag, 65c.; 500 lbs., $2.50. 



Special prices by the ton or carload. 



GROUND CHARCOAL 



A little ground charcoal, mixed with the 

 soft feed in the morning, once or twice a 

 week, is an excellent corrective for the 

 fowls, and keeps them healthy. 



Price, I lb., 8c.; 5 lbs., 35c.; 10 lbs., 

 6oc. ; 25 lbs., $1.25 ; 100 lbs. ,$4. 



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SOFT 5EA SHELLS 



LARGELY USED ON DUCK RANCHES 



These are selected 

 shells, and are used 

 by duck and poultry 

 raisers extensively, 

 especially for ducks. 



No grinding, no 

 pounding, no trouble, 

 but all ready to feed. 

 Egg shells formed 

 by feeding Sea Shells prove far superior to 

 other eggs for hatching, by actual results. 



Some poultrymen state their value 

 double to other shells; where this is doubted, 

 one fair trial has convinced all of the truth 

 of the statement. 



The shells are best when damp (because 

 they contain chloride of sodium in just the 

 necessary quantity) and are so shipped. 



Price, 5 lbs., 20c.; 25 lbs., 50c.; per 

 bushel, 75c.; 2 bushel sack, $1.35; per 

 barrel, %2. 



GRANULATED BONE 



is about the size of wheat, 

 and can be fed like any 

 other food in grain, about 

 one handful for every five 

 fowls daily, or every other 

 day. In either manner it 

 furnishes a valuable food 

 for poultry at all seasons 



of the year. Price, 5 lbs. , 25c. ; 10 lbs., 40c. ; 



50 lbs., $1.50 ; 100 lbs., $2.50. 



