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191(5, 
January 
Leg  Weakness 
Can  yon  tell  me  the  trouble  with  my 
fowls?  I  have  a  house  built  about  three 
feet  from  the  ground,  and  floor  is  per¬ 
fectly  dry.  I  keep  purebred  S.  C.  Black 
Minorcas.  M,v  cock  bird,  three  years  old 
and  a  very  large  bird,  0 y»  pounds  or 
more,  has  gone  down  on  his  leg3,  cannot 
stand  at  all  but  will  eat  and  crow. 
What  is  the  trouble  and  can  anything 
be  done?  I  also  have  one  pullet  in  the 
same  way.  j,  g.  s. 
New  York, 
This  “leg-weakness,”  as  it  is  called, 
is  of  unknown  origin.  The  theories  that 
are  adduced  to  account  for  it  are  that 
it  is  usually  due  to  rheumatism  or  to 
high  feeding  with  little  exercise.  The 
first  seems  to  the  writer  altogether  un¬ 
likely.  as  no  other  symptoms  of  rheuma- 
THE  HENYARD 
Money  Side  of  the  Egg-laying  Contest 
Quite  a  number  of  people  have  asked 
us  how  the  two  leading  pens  of  birds  in 
the  last  Connecticut  egg-laying  contest 
compared  in  profit.  We  know  that  the 
English  White  Wyandotte  laid  2,072 
eggs,  and  that  the  R.  I.  Reds  from  Ver¬ 
mont  laid  2,030  eggs.  Ori  the  face  of  it, 
therefore,  these  English  birds  were  33 
eggS  to  the  good,  but  figuring  at  average 
prices  month  by  month,  which  pen  really 
earned  most  money?  In  order  to  settle 
this  we  have  gone  carefully  through  the 
records,  and  give  them  below  month  by 
month  for  each  of  the  20  birds.  At  Fig. 
IIiu.viEW  Poultry  Farm.  St.  Albans,  Vt.  Rhode  Island  Reds: 
Nov.  Dec.  .Tan.  Fel).  Met.  Apr.  May  June  July  Ang.  Sept 
One  farm  woman 
writes  her  flock 
of  hens  paid  the 
mortgage.  She 
made  this  big 
profit  simply  by 
scientific  feeding. 
Red  Comb  Poultry 
Feeds,  t lie  scien¬ 
tific  feeds,  cost  less 
than  to  buy  the 
materials  and  mix 
the  m  yourself. 
Ground  of  choice 
wholegrains.  Con¬ 
tains  least  fir  it— per¬ 
centage  j/  a  a  ran  teed 
on  each  fag — no  grit, 
if  pre/erred.  Write 
for  oar  free  book, 
“Feeding  Poultry 
for  Profit. ” 
EDWARDS  &  LOOMIS  CO. 
344- C  N.  Elizabeth  St. 
CH.CAGO  i 
Mfrs  of  tfic  Famous  "Line 
of  Red  Horn  Dairy  Fcctis 
124  108  171  134  10,8  188  197 
Tom  Barron.  White  Wyandottes.  Catfoi 
Nov.  Dee.  Jan.  Feb.  Met.  Apr.  Mh 
1 .  . . .  1  1  24  25  25  20  18 
2 _  15  24  24  22  20  17  20 
s  n  i  n  oo  ok  ii  21 
LAWN  PARK”  COOP 
TAKES  GUESSWORK  OUT  OF  HATCH  IHO 
fcism  are  usually  present,  and  the  second 
is  no  explanation  at  all.  It  is  a  common 
trouble  in  flocks  of  growing  youngsters 
and  seems  to  attack  the  males  by  pre¬ 
ference.  Under  favorable  conditions, 
these  cockerels  usually  recover  spontane¬ 
ously.  Whatever  the  cause  in  older 
fowls,  high  living  may  predispose  to  it; 
it  is  good  treatment,  therefore,  to  cut 
down  an  afflicted  fowl's  meat  or  other 
stimulating  ration,  to  feed  plenty  of 
green  food  and  to  enforce  exercise  by 
giving  as  much  liberty  as  possible.  I 
would  not  kill  a  valuable  bird  having 
this  trouble  until  assured  that  it  was  not 
likely  to  recover  under  good  care  and  a 
dose  of  salts.  M.  b.  ii. 
— - -  Saves  Your  Chicks  - 
The  Wire  Park,  which  pulls  out  like  a  drawer,  Rives 
hen  and  chicks  fresh  Brass,  air  and  sunshine  during 
the  day;  closes  at  night  and  in  storms.  This  coop 
meets  every  demand;  portable,  with  ri  movable  floor 
for  easy  cleaning;  roomy,  light,  durable,  sanitary. 
31,  page  108,  is  a  picture  of  bird  No.  1  of 
the  It.  I.  Reds.  If  you  glance  at  her  rec¬ 
ord  you  will  see  that  she  laid  during 
every  month  in  the  year,  the  lowest 
month  being  February,  when  she  laid 
11,  and  the  highest  month  being  May, 
when  she  laid  27  eggs  in  31  days.  If 
you  take  the  months  of  May,  June,  July, 
and  August,  you  will  see  that  this  bird 
laid  102  eggs  in  121  days,  which  is  cer¬ 
tainly  something  of  a  performance.  This 
It.  1.  Red  is  the  best  trap-nested  speci¬ 
men  of  the  breed  ever  handled  at  8torrs. 
As  we  see,  her  eggs  brought  $7.04  dur¬ 
ing  the  year.  The  next  best  individual 
record  is  that  of  the  Wyandotte  No.  2. 
This  bird  made  a  financial  record  of 
80,81,  while  tlie  third  best  was  another 
Red.  which  earned  $6.0(5.  For  the  en¬ 
tire  year's  production  the  Rods  earned 
27  cents  more  than  the  Wyandottes.  You 
notice  that  the  Reds  laid  during  No¬ 
vember  124  eggs,  while  the  Wyandottes 
laid  24  eggs.  The  Reds  were  almost  even 
up  to  the  first  of  October,  when  the 
Wyandottes  came  on  with  a  rush  and 
outlaid  them  by  31  eggs.  They  were 
very  well  matched,  however,  and  both 
pens  made  a  fine  record.  As  usual  there 
were  one  or  two  members  in  each  pen 
that,  fell  down  and  thus  hurt  the  record 
of  their  sisters.  For  example,  one  Red 
ben  earned  only  $3.51,  or  half  as  much 
as  her  best  sister.  The  "Wyandottes 
were  a  more  even  lot  of  performers,  al¬ 
though  one  of  them  went  down  to  a  rec¬ 
ord  of  $4.43  for  the  year.  As  a  rule  the 
Reds  are  heavier  eaters  than  the  Wyan¬ 
dottes.  We  do  not  have  the  figures  to 
show  just  how  these  two  pens  compared, 
lmt  probably  it  cost  rather  more  to  feed 
the  Reds  than  it  did  to  provide  for  their 
rivals. 
Many  n^ors  roport  A  chirk  from  evory  hatcbahle 
Ku*y  to  run.  FUilitof  Rntiulne  California  lied 
w  oc>d  ;(’oppor  H  otWutor  ;  l>ou  I>ImhJ  lau  Rcgu 
luton  i>oublo  Doorwj  Safety  Tester,  etc. 
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Progressive  Incubator  Co. 
Box  145  Radn«,  Wi»con»in 
Weasels, etc 
Made  of  gal  van  I  zedm  e  t  at ;  repole  Vermin.  Size,  open, 
IS l*UXm  ■?'  'r,'i  aratar  Itself  in  chicks  and  laboi 
waved.  TV  rite  today  for  free  circulars,  special  prepaid 
oiler  and  bow  to  turn  work  into  pleasure  and  profit. 
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CORNELL  GASOLINE 
BROODER  HEATER 
Improved  1916 
Equal  to  five  Kerosene  Heaters 
Recommended  by  tfao  New  York  State 
College  of  Agriculture 
Will  burn  any  kind  of  Un^oltne  „  ,  _. .  . 
Cares  lor  250  Clucks. 
Needs  little  attention. 
No  lamps  to  trim. 
Ho  aslics,  dlrl  or  soot. 
Absolutely  tafe- 
Pcrlect  ventilation- 
Swud  for  PrOt  Catalog 
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Dept  502,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
Manufacturers  at  Poultry 
House  Appliances- 
TRAPNESTED 
Splendid  cherry  to  mahojuiny  rich  glowing  red  thorough 
bred,  lieu  botched,  free  mure,  open-front  colony  house,  hardy 
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for  hcnvleat  winter  Istving*  on  a  strictly  (Military  plant. 
Heaviest  laying  lfc<U  In  cxl«tcitec«  laying  rale-  fill 
to  S6?  egg-,  MATCHING  11008  from  iH*g-h!!lt«nt, 
lar<e,  hardy,  glowing  toil  ror*  anil  fcltnlO  comb  hrtt*.  nnl. 
puUetfl,  hiiintl  to  wphuuihl,  lwr^«*,  rlgoron*,  burning  red 
mule*,  tbouiMilrtu  out  of  trnpnritcd  hen*.  J'Vrtiic, 
strum?,  bntchnblr- iur  .'H,  ujdilnint*li«»d  ngge,  gatberml  hourly, 
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nbaoltMely  unknown.  PIM5  IIHKEUINO  COCK- 
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stamina;  lung  hacks,  low  tall*,  short  leg«  wellapread;  brilliant 
rich  glow-ins  red  and  out  <d  t  rnpne»tod  bens.  ItREEJb 
IMG  HENS,  pullets,  mated  trios  and  brooding  pons. 
We  ship  all  Vver  17.  S.,  Canada,  and  al  t  "ad  as  far  as  Australia 
and  pell  eggB  ami  atuck  to  State*  alhl  the  U.  S.  Government. 
CourtoQiin,  atraJplit  forward  tlralhu:*.  S<tt fhfQCtion  guaran¬ 
teed.  Spring  egg  otders  now  bonking, 
1910  mnilug  booklet  on  request, 
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Rhode  Island 
REDS 
243  Egg  Record  Hens 
Cockerels,  Hens  and  Pullets  at 
$3,  $5  and  $10.  Eggs  in  Season. 
T m rv. , U |-^vta  402,000  in  use.  Get  the 
^  ““  lL  UUcllOr  whole  story  told  by  the 
^ Championship  Winner*  in  my  big  free  book, 
“  Matching  Facts.”  W  ith  book  comes  full  de- 
JA  ecription  of  incubator  and  brooder — Iny  10-year 
,*-9  money-beck  guaranty— low  prices— full  purtic- 
Uliirs  —  and  my  S1300.00  ”  “  - 
4|^r  Cold  Offor*.  Dcnrr,  how  I 
—  p*IU  onn  user  F150.  another  $50, 
tn.nyfrom  4»5  down.  Write  me  today 
for  Fro®  Book.  Jim  Rohan,  Free. 
Belle  City  Incubator  Co, 
idox  48,  Racine,  Wia. 
more  eggs!  larger,  more  rigorous  chicks) 
heavier  Fowl*,  by  feeding  cut  bone. 
1^0  MIUU'C  LATEST  MODEL 
n’jB  MANN  d  BOHL  CUTTER 
;  Fast,  .-Iiwy,  fine;  never  clegs. 
I  Days1  Free  1  -al.  No  money  ill  advance.  Book  Free. 
F.  W.  MANN  wJ..  Box  16.MILFORD.MA5S.H 
Freight 
Prepaid,  t. 
I  ar  3  Mootin' 
Homo  Teal 
Using  Permanganate  of  Potash 
I  Lave  few  pullets  that  sneeze  and  act 
as  if  there  was  something  in  their  throats. 
I  can  hear  them  100  feet  away.  I  was 
told  to  give  them  permanganate  of  pot¬ 
ash  in  tlie  drinking  water.  Will  you  ad¬ 
vise  me  how  much  of  this  to  use  and  if  it 
is  ;ill  right  to  use.  as  the  druggist  says 
it  is  poison.  MRS.  G.  V.  G. 
New  York. 
Permanganate  of  potash  is  the  stand¬ 
ard  remedy  for  slight  colds  in  fowls,  and 
has  the  merit,  at  least,  of  the  confidence 
of  many  ponltrymen.  Put  as  much  of  the 
crystals  in  the  water  as  the  fowls  will  ac¬ 
cept,  perhaps  a  teaspoonful  to  the  gallon. 
It  is  not  poisonous,  and  will  harm  noth¬ 
ing.  See  that  the  utensils  into  which,  the 
solution  is  put  are  absolutely  clean  and 
they  would  best  he  of  earthenware  or 
wood.  Permanganate  of  potash  is  but 
feebly  antiseptic  when  brought  into  con¬ 
tact  with  organic  matter,  and  its  virtues 
should  not  be  handicapped  by  compelling 
it  to  disinfect  a  lot  of  easily  removable 
dirt  before  it  can  reach  the  fowls  that  are 
to  be  benefited  by  it.  M.  b.  u. 
POULTRY  BOOK 
And  Grain  Sprouter  Guide 
You  must  make  more  money  from  your  Poultry.  This 
book  tells  how.  Greatest  invention  produces  reed  10c 
per  bu.  and  lots  of  winter  tiggs.  Low  prices  on  guar¬ 
anteed  fowls.  Thousands  are  calling  for  this  wonder- 
■_  Seml  for  yours  today  There’s  nothing  to  pav. 
BERRY’S  POULTRY  CO.,  BOX  247,  CLARINOA,  IOWA 
Chester  County  Pity.  Farm, 
BOX  7  P0TTST0WN,  PA. 
1410  Incubator 
and  get  our _  _ 
Book  KFtFF  and  postpaid. 
Shows  why  Prairie  State  In¬ 
cubator*  “hatch  most 
chick*  that  live.”  Contain* 
chapter  or.  Poultry  DImm.  also 
uuc  tin  batcLlmt  and  taurine 
PRAIRIE  STATE  INCUBATOR  CO. 
Colonial  Reds 
HOW  SHALL  I  START? 
A  q  ii  CM  ion  that  it  answered  bj’  our  book 
‘•IFAtlf  To  Do  Each  Month  In  The  Poultry  Yard” 
Tells  about  (he  Famous 
BLUE  RIBBON  POULTRY  FEEDS 
and  how  to  Iced  them  for  Results 
GLOBE  ELEVATOK  CO.,  91  Kentucky  Street,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
A  r*»l  Im  tl-tti-lay  strain  of  tfood  c«lnr,  and  yiat|r,|(al  ivpuiHtjon. 
Wo  ofli  r  line  f«'»  Imtehinc,  and  d*y-n)<|  chlcku,  from  |f*»li- 
greud  hroMdttrx.  We  lrapnt-91  In*re  and  rrnaramee  lumoraMe 
traitf.iuHhi.  and  MAliafaetinti.  T1j«  NHtiojial  Farm  heho<»J,  Uhodi* 
liland  and  Nrw  Jlamjoihlra  btMtc  Colleges  art*  I'CCCIlt  i  iiMtonwr-.. 
KiwIm  and  UHtililunlal  luttert  appear  in  our  new  mating  li-r, 
whlrh  Irf  fma  nil  request.  Fine  breeding  staple  a  vpycialty,  af 
reasonable  prices  lor  the  quallti'. 
C  O  LON  1 A  I,  FA  It  M » Itox  0*Tcmple,  N  ew  II  umpnli  1  re 
If  Ordered  Together* 
‘eitfht  pan 
JMachlnM 
Mada«4 
California 
Rod«(»o<J 
100  E|»  ll 
rare  t 
Rhode  m.nd  Hone’s  Crescent  Strait 
Line  bred  for  serevnl  years.  Choice  breed- 
ing  and  exhibition  birds,  bred  from  se¬ 
lected  layers  and  sold  on  approval. 
1>.  R.  1 1  one,  Crescent  Hill  Farm, Cherry  Valley,  Jf.T 
HIGH-CLASS  UTILITY  STOCK 
Pullets,  $2 each.  I’ocicerels,  $3  each.  Dav-old  Chicks. 
$13  Pm-  hundred.  Hatching  Eggs,  $7  per  hundred. 
73V  fertility  guaranteed.  Prices  of  higher  grade 
stock  on  application.  OAKLAND  FARMS,  Oakland.  N  J 
MacKellar’s  Charcoal 
For  Poultry  Is  best.  Coarse  or  flue  granulated,  also 
powdered.  Huy  direct  from  largest  tiiariufaetureri  of 
Charcoal  Product®.  Ask  for  prices  and  samples.  L^t.  1844 
Ii.  MacKELLAH’S  SONS  CO.,  Pcokskill,  N.Y. 
AUSTIN'S  200-EGG  STRAIN  S.  C.R.  I.REDS 
Standard  bred,  higb-reeoni  stock.  Ffnd  to  the  skin’ 
OLD  AND  YOUNG  STOCK  FOR  SALE.  Hook- 
let.  AUSTIN'S  POULTRY  FARM.  Box  17.  Center  Harliur,  N  H. 
AUSTIN  VIBERT  S.C.  R.  I.  REDS 
Cockerel*. $3  and  $3  each.  Hatching  eggs.  $7 per  100. 
ANNA  !U.  JONES,  -  Hillsdale,  N.  Y. 
