from  this  superb  money-making  strain.  Our  48,000  egg  incubr 
tors  start  the  first  Monday  in  February.  Place  your  order  no\ 
for  spring  delivery.  Eggs  for  hatching,  too.  All  eggs  and  chick 
.from  our  own  birds.  Send  nowfor  descriptive  circular  and  prices, 
Laurelton  Farms,  Lakewood,  N.  J. 
Box,  H 
7She  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  4,  1916. 
Eggs  and  Chicks  ''SMM 
from 
Utility  White  Leghorns  ExcIusivelySSg^ 
Our  S.  C.  White  Leghorns  are  bred  for  size,  vigor,  quality, 
and  heavy  egg  production.  Many  of  our  breeding  hens  have 
laid  more  than  one  hundred  and  eighty  eggs  during  their  % 
pullet  year.  Laurelton  Pure  Bred  Trap- Nested  Layers  have  1 
made  the  world's  greatest  poultry  farm  a  commercial  suc¬ 
cess.  Insure  the  success  of  your  poultry  plant  by  securing 
Tywacana  —  Quality — Chicks 
S.  C.  White  Leghorns — Barred  and  White  Rocks 
Cost  more  than  the  ordinary  kind.  Try  them  and  see  why. 
Ttc.ad  the  following  testimonial: 
Dear  Sir: — I,asi  Spring  t  purchased  chicks  (romscvcral  large  Forms  but  none  proved 
so  strong  in  vitality  or  grew  so  well  as  yours.  You  will  recall  that  snow  storm  of 
April  2IH),  and  your  chick:-  arrived  the  same  day,  but  came  through  all  right.  Out 
o  the  175  chicks  I  now  have  over  200  extra  good  laying  pullets  that  have  been  l  _ 
k  laying  continually  since  August  19th.  Should  I  again  be  in  themarctfor 
nuuny -A  chirks  I  will  certainly  remember  you.  Yours  very  truly,  JKRSEYLA.N'D  M (jawi‘ 
POULTRY  Farsi. 'Signed)  H.  L.  Whiuenberger, Owner,  South  Vineland, 
N.  J.,  Dec.  50,  191S. 
Bern!  today  for  catalog  containing  full  information  and  prices 
^  f1  l  \Jt®  of  Stock  and  Eggs  front  America's  greatest  utility  plant. 
'  TYWACANA  FARMS  POULTRY  CO.  i"' 
POULTRYSCO  fj&  A'  E'  WR1GHT>  Supt-  M  POULTR 
Box  68  Farmingdale,  L.  I.,  N  Y.^^J  . 
[tywacana! 
for  Hatching  and  Day-Old 
The  Kind  That  Hatch,  Live,  Grow  and  Lay 
CHICKS 
EGGS  FOR  HATCHING 
We  are  hot  booking  orders  for  hatching-eggs  from  fully  matured,  carefully  mated,  farm-raised  birds, 
selected  for  their  prolific  laying  qualities,  rigor  and  standard  requirements.  They  are  the  pick  of 
a  flock  of  many  thousand  birds.  We  can  supply  eggs  iu  auy  quantity  from  our  matings  of 
SINGLE  COMB  WHITE  LEGHORNS  MAMMOTH  PEKIN  DUCKS 
WHITE  PLYMOUTH  ROCKS  EMliDEN  GEESE 
PAY-OLl)  CHICKS.  We  can  supply  in  any  quantity  from  our  White  Plymouth  Rocks  and 
Single  Comb  White  Leghorns;  Day-old  Ducklings  we  can  supply  in  limited  quantities. 
WRITE  FOR  CIRCULAR  WITH  PRICES 
Send  for  Our  Records  in  the  Connecticut  International  Egg-laying  Contests 
BRANFORD  FARMS,  Groton,  Conn. 
S.  C.  White  Leghorn  Baby  Chicks 
$12  Per  Hundred 
Full  count  of  live  strong  cliicks  must  reach  purchaser.  Any  shortage  adjusted  at  once 
by  refund  or  replacement. 
QUALITY - SERVICE 
“Quality  First,”  Breeding  stock  kept  under  most  natural  conditions.  Unlimited  grass 
range,  etc. 
Equipment  of  most  modern  type,  of  ample  capacity  to  handle  large  orders,  but  not  so 
much  that  owner  cannot  oversee  every  detail.  Ninth  season  plant  has  been  operated 
by  present  owner. 
VANCREST  POULTRY  PA.HM 
M.  Van  Wagner,  Owner  and  Manager.  Salt  Point,  Dutchess  Co.,  New  York 
Gibson  Poultry  Lays  and  Pays 
White  Leghorns..R.  1.  Reds. .Barred  Rocks.. White  Wyandottes 
We  are  specialists  in  Utility  Birds.  Carefully  and  practically  bred,  large  iu 
»■  size,  Gibson  fowls  excel  in  egg  production  and  as  show  birds 
Baby  Chicks  .  .  Eggs  for  Hatching  .  .  Breeding  Stock 
Hardy,  livable,  baby  chicks  thipiied  in  strong,  well  ventilated  boxes,  sab-  delivery  guar¬ 
anteed.  Gibson  Eggs  for  Hatching  guajanme-d  highly  fertile,  llenlfby,  rigorous  bived- 
jne  birds  that  will  infuse  valuable  blood  into  your  flacks.  Wo  make  a  specialty  of 
sUiokiinz  forms  and  estates  with  heavy  layers.  Book  your  orders  early,  it  will  enable 
us  to  give  you  better  service. 
Our  h'm'Uomehj  illustrated  booklet  is  FREE.  7 Trite  for  it  to  day 
G.  F.  GIBSON,  Galen  Farms,  Drawer  C,  Clyde,  New  York 
S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORNS  EXPLOSIVELY 
QUALITY— PROMPT  DELIVERY— A  SQUARE  DEAL 
(~)UR  chicks  arc  from  selected  stock  of  high  egg  production,  bred  right  on  our  100  acre  farm.  $15.00  per 
100,  $12.50  in  lots  of  500  or  more.  Sale  arrival  and  full  count  of  good,  strong  chicks,  guaranteed.  Prices  of 
pullets  on  application.  1|  Send  for  Free  Booklet,  describing  our  plant  and  stock.  Order  Now  and  get 
What  you  want,  When  you  W3nt  it. 
KIRKUP  BROTHERS  Dept.  R,  Mattituck,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 
S.  C.  White  Leghorn  Specialists 
HUDSON  RIVER  FARMS 
Esopus.  N.  Y. 
Will  sell  Baby  Chicks,  March  and  April  delivery. 
512.00  per  100.  May  and  June.  510  00  per  1(H).  Full 
eniiat  and  safe  arrival.  Hatching  eggs,  $5.00  per 
100,  nr  $45  Tier  1000.  High  fertility  and  prompt  ship¬ 
ments.  All  breeding  stock  raised  on  free  farm  range. 
Selected  for  size,  vigor  and  egg  production. 
Single  Comb  White  Leghorns  Exclusively  %WTM’S 
3,000  breeders  cm  free  farm  Range,  Milk  Fed.  Spe¬ 
cial  bred  fur  Whiter  eggs.  150,000  baby  chicks  for 
1916  and  60,0011  hatching  eggs.  Now  booking  orders 
for  baby  chicks.  March  and  April  delivery,  ®  $12  per 
100.  No  order  too  large  or  too  small,  The  kind  that 
live  if  given  half  a  chance,  (let  your  orders  in 
early.  Eggs  for  hatching  now  ready,  <«•  $6  per  100  in 
any  quantity.  My  Bonk.  “  Profits  in  Poultry  Keeping 
Solved,”  free  with  all  $10  orders.  . 
Edgar  Briggs,  Box  7  5,  Pleasant  Valley,  N.  Y. 
THE  HEN  YARD  || 
Silage  for  Poultry 
I  have  a  10-foot  silo  8,1  feet  high, 
which  I  filled  with  silage  made  of  oats 
and  Canada  peas  out  when  the  oats 
were  in  milk.  I  put  in  nine  acres  of 
this  crop.  We  opened  the  siio  about 
November  20th,  and  found  the  top  six 
inches  moldy.  The  rest  was  sweet  and 
quite  warm,  with  a  good  smell  of  acetic 
acid  to  it.  The  hens  ate  the  silage  well, 
and  we  have  never  been  able  to  give  them 
more  than  they  will  clean  up.  I  be¬ 
lieve  it  has  been  very  good  for  them, 
and  takes  the  place  of  green  food.  My 
object  is  to  reduce  the  cost  of  feeding 
as  much  as  possible,  and  I  believe  I 
have  effected  a  large  saving,  I  shall  fill 
the  silo  again  with  the  same  crop  this 
year.  I  firmly  believe  this  is  a  great 
advance  for  large  poultry  plants  which 
have  land  enough  for  such  a  crop. 
E.  R.  II. 
Concrete  Storage  and  Henhouse 
I  am  contemplating  building  a  shed 
for  storing  straw,  which  will  be  20x30 
feet  in  dimension,  and  will  want  to  use 
the  lower  part  for  a  chicken  "house.  The 
construction  of  the  foundation  will  he 
concrete,  the  wall  surrounding  will  he 
eight  inches  thick  and  three  feet  high, 
and  the  bottom,  or  floor  space,  will  he 
filled  with  stone  about  six  inches  thick, 
with  two  inches  of  concrete,  then  a  layer 
of  two-ply  roofing  paper  and  another  two 
inches  of  concrete  on  top  of  the  paper. 
Now,  the  construction  of  this  founda¬ 
tion  is  planned,  and  I  would  like  to 
know  whether,  if- built  like  the  plan,  it 
causes  dampness?  Tt  has  concrete  three 
feet  high  till  around,  and  the  bottom 
height  of  lower  part  is  to  be  seven 
feet.  H.  H.  S. 
Thomasvillo,  Pa. 
The  criticism  that  might  be  passed  on 
the  above  construction  is  that  it  is  un¬ 
necessarily  expensive.  Foundation  walls 
should  be  high  enough  above  ground  to 
prevent  the  drip  from  the  eaves  splashing 
up  onto  the  siding,  but  more  than  this 
increases  cost  and  makes  for  cold  and 
dampness.  Concrete  does  not  “draw” 
dampness  as  some  say,  but  it  is  a  good 
conductor  of  beat,  hence  it  is  cold,  and 
the  Cold  concrete  dampness  condenses 
the  moisture  of  the  air  and  becomes 
damp.  Foundation  walls  IS  inches  high 
would  be  cheaper  of  construction  and  tend 
to  make  the  poultry  house  drier  and 
warmer.  The  floor  of  a  poultry  house 
will  never  he  required  to  carry  much 
weight,  and  need  not  be  so  heavy  or  ex¬ 
pensive  as  the  one  planned.  A  floor 
well  insulated  from  ground  dampness  by 
crushed  or  pounded  stone  will  scarcely 
need  the  roofing  paper  to  prevent  damp¬ 
ness.  Study  modern  poultry  house  con¬ 
struction  and  avoid  fatal  dampness  by 
securing  perfect  ventilation  without 
drafts.  F.  L.  ALLEN. 
Winter-laying  Leghorns 
The  man  who  sends  me  the  following 
figures  is  an  intimate  friend  of  mine, 
whose  statements  I  would  not  hesitate  to 
guarantee.  He  lives  in  Lynn,  Mass.  I 
quote  from  his  letter  : 
“Thirty-four  pullets  laid  during  the  31 
days  of  January  549  eggs,  at  30  cents  a 
dozen  ($22.83).  They  ate  130  pounds 
of  mash,  cost  $2.21  ;  114  pounds  of 
scratch  feed,  cost  $2.17,  and  $1  worth  of 
green  feed,  a  total  of  $5.38,  leaving  a 
profit  for  the  month  of  $17.45.  They  laid 
27  eggs  last  Sunday,  almost  79 Ys'/r,  and 
21  yesterday.  This,  I  think.  Is  pretty 
good  for  Leghorns  iu  Winter.  The  80 
Wyandottes  laid  514  eggs,  at  50  cents  a 
dozen  ($21.43).  They  ate  10S  pounds  of 
mash,  cost  $1.84:  84  pounds  of  scratch 
feed,  cost  $1.00  and  $1  worth  of  green 
food ;  total  $4.44,  leaving  a  profit  of 
$10.09  for  the  month.  These  figures  in¬ 
clude  the  eggs  used  in  the  house,  hut  we 
actually  sold  SO  dozen,  at.  50  cents  ($40), 
from  both  pens,  and  the  total  cost  was 
$0.82,  leaving  a  cash  profit  of  over  $30, 
besides  the  eggs  used  at  home,  and  we 
had  over  eight  dozen,  without  costing  us 
a  cent.” 
How  many  of  the  R.  N.  Y.  readers  can 
equal  this  record?  geo.  a.  cost; rove. 
Fresh-laid  “  Stale”  Eggs 
There  has  been  some  discussion  as  to 
whether  hens  ever  lay  stale  eggs.  As  a 
factor  in  this  discussion,  I  wish  to  give 
something  that  came  under  my  observa¬ 
tion,  even  though  it  may  seem  to  he 
“fishv”  and  make  me  a  candidate  for  the 
Ananias  Club. 
For  some  time  my  wife  complained  of 
stale  and  almost  rotten  eggs,  which  1 
brought  in,  and  which  I  was  positive  had 
been  laid  the  day  I  brought  them  in.  The 
same  complaint  came  from  a  customer 
whom  I  supplied.  Later,  a  call  coming 
for  some  good  fat  hens,  among  those 
chosen  was  oue  that  had  all  the  appear- 
The  first  problem — 
“Keep  the  chicks  alive” 
You  can  do  it  with  the  feed  that  is  different 
H-0  Steam-Cooked 
Chick  Feed 
We  put  cut  oatmeal  and  other  selected 
grains  into  this  feed  and  steam-cook  them 
under  pressure.  Result — the  chicks  can 
digest  it  and  the  loss  is  small  from  each 
brood — less  than  on  ordinary  feeds. 
To  gel  the  best  results  from  your  brood,  feed 
H-O  Steam-Cooked  Chick  Feed. 
Write  for  sample,  prices  and  descriptive  folder. 
The  H-0  Company  John  J.  Campbell 
Mills :  General  Sales  Agent 
BUFFALO,  N.  Y.  HARTFORD,  CONN. 
»  WHITE  LEGHORNS 
DAY  OLD  CHICKS— ECGS  FOR  HATCHING 
We  are  speciality  breeders  of  8.  White  Leghorns 
of  the  highest  commercial  standard.  We  guaran¬ 
tee  safe  delivery  o'  <’ li it* it k  mid  fertility  of  eggs,  also 
that  a  customer  must  be  satisfied.  Write  for  our 
new  booklet  which  deserihes  our  methods,  stork 
and  plant  Book  your  order  How  fora  positive 
shipping  data. 
SPRING  WATER  POULTRY  FARM,  Stockton,  N.  d. 
BARRON  LEGHORNS 
Bred  from  imported  stock,  free  range,  healthy  birds, 
yearlings.  $£.Ol>  each.  Eggs.  $1.00  per  13.  $0.00 
per  100.  Chicks,  $15,00  per  100.  While  Plymouth 
Books,  l’arks  "Bred  to  Lay”  Barred  Itoeks  and 
ltliode  Island  Beds.  Bred  for  heavy  egg  production. 
••Jersey  lied  Digs"  and  choke  nursery  stock.  Cataloo. 
EASTERN  SHORE  NURSERIES,  Denton.  Maryland 
Day-Old  CHIX 
8.  C.  White  Leghorns,  $10  per  100;  8.  <’.  Anemias, 
$1'.’  per  100;  8.  <\  Rhode  Island  Reds,  $12  per  100. 
HATCHING  EGGS  S.  C.  White  Leghorns,  ?.">  per  100;  S. 
C.  Ancon  as,  $6  per  100:  8.0.  R.  lslaurl  Reds, $6  per  100. 
Pleasant  View  Poultry  Farm,  Otto,  N.Y. 
A.  B.HALL’S 
S.C.W.  LEGHORN  CHICKS  15  CENTS 
Hens  Tested  For  White  Diarrhea  By  Storrs  Station. 
Leaders  in  Laying  Contest:  2  000  CHICKS  PER  WEEK. 
Illustrated  circular.  A.  B.  HALL,  Wallingford.  Connecticut 
If  It  s  SingleComb  White  Leghorns 
you  are  going  to  buy,  hotter  read  our  booklet.  Spec¬ 
ial  price  on  eggs  and  ehiekR  if  orders  are  hooked  be¬ 
fore  March.  Bi\<;ii,vm  Kou  I'aum.  Norlli  Bingham.  Pa. 
Barron- Wyckoff  Chicks  and  Eggs 
FOIL  HATCHING  front  a  farm-raised  dock  of 
1  000  layers.  Write  me  your  wants  BEST  UTILITY 
STOCK  S  C  W  IFCHOHNS  UNLY.  E.  M.  DAVIS 
Chase  Poultry  Farm,  R  0  No  I.  Clncinnatus.  N.  Y. 
BARRON’S  LEGHORNS 
Imported  direct  2-lM  260- -’HI  egg.  6  pullets  and  1 
cockerel  for  $1.1.  Eggs,  $7  per  100;  $60  per  1,000.  Baby 
chicks  $6  per  50;  $15  per  100. 
e,  cl  Arm:  junks,  -  Hillsdale,  n.  y. 
Chix  from  S.  C.  W.  Leghorns 
mated  to  Eglantine  cockerels,  tile  strain  that  pro¬ 
duced  tire  World's  tihnirn ‘ion,  Lady  Eglantine.  s.O. 
Rods.  Heavy  layers.  WY-HAR  FARM,  Denton  Maryland 
S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORNS 
Tom  Barron  and  Danish  Strains.  Hatching  eggs, 
from  healthy,  vigorous  stock.  Write  for  prices- 
PHILIP  DAWSON.  R.  No.  3,  Alexandria,  Virginia 
WHITE  LEGHORN  CHICKS 
Healthy,  business  kind,-  great  Winter  layers,  trap- 
nested,  including  Burton  strain;  5-wock  pullets.  Booking 
orders:  circular  free.  Hamilton  Kaiim,  Hunlltigton,  N.V. 
S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORNS-HtTnh,yy 
stock.  Hatching  Eggs,  $5,  $6  and  $7  per  100:  $150 
and  $2  per  15.  (’hi?.!,*.  $15  and  *20  per  lilt).  HE0GE- 
CRUrT  POULTRY  FARM.  S  0  Valentine.  Pennington,  N.  J. 
Barron  Strain  S.C.W.  Leghorns  STL.pormd 
and  farm  bred  fowls.  Spruce  Grove  Farm,  Jefterson,  N.Y. 
Barron  Hatching  Eggs 
Utility  Strain  S  P.W  Leghorns.  Trap- nested  and 
bred  to  lay— 2.000  breeders.  Eggs,  $8  per  hundred. 
The  Haven  Lake  Egg  Farm,  Milford,  Del. 
H  atcliing  JbJ  *_> 
From  pure  Barron  strain  Leghorns;  also  half  Har- 
ron.  Records  of  212-21 5-256-200  Eggs.  Two  and  three 
dollars  setting;  T-it  dollars,  one  hundred. 
W.  E.  ATKINSON,  •  Wallingford,  Ct. 
WHITE  ORPINGTONS 
S.  C.  White  Leghorns 
High  Grade  Utility  Stock.  Day-old  Chicks 
and  Hal ching  Eggs. 
PEACEFUL  VALLEY  FARM 
Oxford  Depot,  Orange  County,  New  York 
S.C.  White  Leghorn  Hatching  Eggs  ”“0  mW  t™? 
Nested  hens  mated  to  high  pedigreed  cockerels. 
Write  for  I'atalogue.  Cockerels  for  sale 
MILI  BROOK  FARM  M.  L.  Palmer,  Prop.,  Allred  Station,  N.Y. 
Eggs  for  Hatching  ft  r^  h^aD,tTy\7f. 
\  itality  excellent.  Fertility  guaranteed.  Price.  $5 
a  hundred.  O.  S.  MILLER,  Bridgewater,  Va. 
S  C  White  Levhnrn9"2R  C  R  k  Reds.  Best  EggStrains 
O.O.nilllBLBgnurnS  Kn>dand,  New  Zealand  and 
A rnenea  can  Produce.  25,000 chicks  and  eggs  for  sale. 
Prices  low.  Wl-lte  US.  Twin  Out*  Turn,.  Box  H,  Palmyra,  P». 
