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.ITY  LEGHORN  BREEDERS!  While  Leeliovii  cocks  and 
x-kerels,  $5  each.  America  s  best  Inyinc  strain. 
Laying  Cun  tests. 
hcshirc,  Connecticut 
as  proved  by  iiiterm 
Particulars  furnished 
White  Wyandottes  “Regal  Strain” 
The  world's  greatest  "Utility  Show  Strain."  Ecgs 
for  hatching  from  grand  flocks  of  farm-range  birds, 
jl.no  per  15:  $8  per  100.  I  shall  make  every  effort  to 
satisfy  each  customer-  E-  B.  UK  BE  I.’  HILL. 
"Old  Orchard  Farm.”  l'OU . 
GHKEEPSIE,  N. 
Tom  Barron  White  Wyandotte 
cockerels  and  pullets  for  sale.  Imported  283  and 
203-egg  stock.  Eggs  and  chicks  in  season. 
E.  E,  LEWIS,  Apai.ai'uin,  Nkw  Vqrk 
U/hilo WvanHnHpc  Barron  strain.  White  Orpine- 
Wnite  wyanaoiies  MnS|  Kellerstrass,  lCgas,  Baby 
Chicks.  Bonnie  View  Poultry  farm,  Montgomery.  N.  V 
Wyandotte  Breeders! 
from  host  pen  exported  liy  Barron.  $5  ottclu  Egg 
pedigree  furnished.  BEASLEY.  Cheshire,  Conn. 
White  Wyandotte  Cockerels  vigs 
orous,  farm-raised.  $2  and  13.  L  0.  Quigley.  Goshen.  N.T. 
PnrnRarrnn  FffO'<!  COCKERELS,  WYANDOTTE,  LEGHORN. 
rurecarroncggs  M.  lkxibUy,  cutcUogue,  l.  i. 
Livable  Chicks  $ 15  pet  1 0O 
Silver  White  find  Partridge  Wyandottes. 
White  Leghorn  Chicks,  $12  per  100 
Felciu  autl  ICouen  (Ducklings  25c.  each) 
ALOHAM  POULTRY  FARM.  -  R.  34,  Phoenix ville  Pa. 
n  n  nn/YU  leghorns  /w 
DHKlXVll  WYANDOTTES  .4^) 
ChidtB  ami  egos  from  pure  Barron 
strain  hens  mated  to  cockerels  we 
imported  from  Torn  Barron's  lietiv-  •.sfir.ftJrJ/tjB 
iest  layers,  birds  with  records  rang-  - 
lug  from  272  to  2H.H  eggs  iu  pullet  your.  Chicks 
from  *20  to  Sill  a  hundred.  Write  for  mating  list. 
from  $20  to  $1U  a  hundred. 
C.E.  BURGER 
Write  for  mating  list. 
McDonogh  School  Farm 
McDoiioyht  Md. 
Tom  Barron  Wyandottes  and  Leghorn* 
Handling  eggs  from  breeders  with  Trapnest  rec¬ 
ords.  Write  forprices.  C.W. TURNER,  WestHartford,  Conn. 
Baby  Chix— Hatching  Eggs— Breeders  d!!EWRyaL 
Reds,  Barred  Rocks,  Lioltl  and  Dark  Brahmas.  S  C.W.  and  B. 
Leghorns.  Utility  and  snow  quality.  Catalogue  free. 
RIVERDALK  POULTRY  FARM,  Riverdule.  N.  J. 
Rla«~Lr  I  crtirkm- Dav  Old  Chicles  and  Eggs. 
DiacK  uegnorn  hampton  s.  pittstown,  n.  j. 
Dll  re  DAAIfC— Cocks— Hena—C  o  cknrel  s — 
DUrr  nuono  Pullets.  FIELD.  Sumers,  Connecticut 
Baby  Chicks  and  Hatching  Eggs 
Snceoss  strain  Burred  Rocks  and  Young’s  White 
Leghorns.  Farm  raised,  strong,  vigorous  stock. 
Chickens,  Si 5  hundred.  Write  for  free  catalogue, 
note  our  liberal  terms,  the  guarantee,  and  wliui 
others  sa.v  about  our  stock. 
Shrilly  1  fill  Poultry  Form,  _  Holton,  Mass. 
“Perfection”  BARRED  ROCKS  (Ringlets) 
A  few  snappy  barred  thoroughbreds  at  interesting 
prices  R>  make  room  for  mating  pens.  Price  list  of 
stock  aud eggs  on  request.  Or.  Hayman,  Doylestown.  P*. 
BARRED  PLYMOUTH  ROCKS 
EGGS —  Single  Comb  Rhode  Island  Rods.  Wliite  Or¬ 
pingtons.  $2.25  per  30 r  $5  per  Hill.  Best  strains.  Cir¬ 
cular  free.  SUNNYSIDE  POULTRY  FARMS.  Pittsville,  Md. 
F  ive  Thoroughbred  T  oulouse  Geese 
der$5.  For  sale  I’. O.  B.  Rusecrest  Farm,  Ramsey, N.J. 
Mammoth  Emden  Geese  £nkl&„7“2f;  £*£ 
Red,  t’iirnpines,  Minorcas.  Leghorn-:.  Wyandotte*. 
Maple  Cove  Poultry  Yards,  Ii.  2,  Athens,  Pa. 
TURKEY  GOBBLERS 
2  very  large  flue  ones,  April  Hatch-  Best  Bronze 
Strain,  and  1  cross,  wild.  Price,  $15  each. 
Lucia  Tucker,  101  Rauch  farm.  Norwalk,  Conn. 
Rocks 
Eggs.  $1  per  15;  $5  per  1  CIO.  Day-old  chirks,  110  per 
100.  A.  C.  JONES,  Marvel  Homestead.  Georgetown,  Delaware 
I  Own 
TOM 
Barron’s 
Winners 
of  1914  at 
Pennsylvania,  Connecticut  and  Missouri 
World’s  Greatest  Layers 
I  have  tire  Most  Profitable  Flock  of  Poul¬ 
try  in  America,  and  you  cannot  afford  to 
ho  without  my  blood. 
Remember,  you  take  m.v  word  for  noth¬ 
ing.  I  state  only  Official  records  made  at 
National  Laying  Contests. 
In  Wyandottes — 
$8,69  worth  of  Eggs  by  BARONESS 
V,  the  282-egg  lien,  at  North  Ameri¬ 
can  Contest.  1913-14.  Four  others  laid 
274.  271,  258  and  252  eggs.  The  five 
laid  1337  eggs,  an  average  Of  267,  or 
$8.21  per  ben. 
I  have  a  flock  of  27  Hens  that  gave 
net  profit  per  hen  of  $4.67.  These 
are  the  three  Contest  Pens  I  bought 
of  Barron,  and  which  he  had  at  Penn¬ 
sylvania.  Connecticut  and  Missouri. 
All  my  Wyandottes  are  bred  from 
these. 
In  Leghorns  — 
T  am  breeding  the  Highest  Pedigree 
Cockkerels  in  the  World,  out  of  the 
288-Hen,  winner  at  Newport.  Eng. 
This  affords  new  Winning  blood  for 
the  Barron  breeder.  Others,  284,  256, 
255,  etc. 
In  Buff  Rocks — 
280.  265.  263,  240,  etc.  I  guarantee 
all  contest  birds. 
Very  Handsome  High  Laying  Reds, 
All  Breeders  tested  by  Storr’s  College. 
Free  of  white  diarrhoea. 
MORRIS  FARM  R.  4  Bridgeport,  Conn. 
TWENTY  THOUSAND  READY  for  SHIPMENT  March  6th  and  15th 
S.  C.  Wliite  Leghorns  . 
S.  C.  Buff  Leghorns  . . . 
Barred  Rocks  . . 
Rhode  Island  Reds  .... 
White  Plymouth  Rocks 
1  25  Chicks 
50  Chicks 
$3.50 
$6.00 
4.25 
7.60 
4.25 
7.50 
4.25 
7.60 
5.50 
10.00 
100  Chicks 
$12.00 
15,00 
15.00 
15.00 
20.00 
THE  HENYARD 
QUALITY  and  SERVICE 
The  broad  demand  for  Kerr’s  Baby  Chicks  is  the  result  of  A-l  quality  stock  and 
intelligent,  careful  service  to  every  customer. 
THE  FAMOUS  KERR  CHICK 
will  please  and  satisfy  you.  They  come  from  vigorous,  healthy,  bred-to-lay  flocks, 
are  properly  hatched  in  modern  incubators  operated  by  experts.  That  is  why  they 
live  and  grow.  We  are  now  shipping  15,000  to  20,000  each  week. 
Terms  Cash  with  order.  Can  not  ship  C.  O.  D.,  but  will  guarantee  to  deliver  the  chicks  in  first-class 
condition.  It  any  are  dead  upon  arrival  «  ill  refund  your  money  or  replace  them  free  of  charge. 
To  be  sure  of  getting  Kerr's  Top  Notch  Duality  Chicks  order  now — CATALOGUE  FREE. 
Box  2 
TradeMarkReg.il  THE  HOME  OF  THE  HESSIAN  HILL  WYANDOTTES 
WYANDOTTE  HATCHING  EGGS  from  Blue  Ribbon  Strains 
“BRED  NEAR  THE  CLOU  DS"— VIGOROUS— H  EA LTHY  BIRDS 
Carefully  shipped.  Order  now  and  stive  va  date  for  shipment 
$1.00  PER  DOZEN  SEND  CHECK  OR  MONEY  ORDER 
Hessian  Hill  Farm,  Croton-on-Hudson _ AddreM_all_Maij_tojjew  York  Office.  Box  1.  208  Center  St.,  N.  Y.  City 
Rhode  Island  Reds  EGsGc  island  edsN  g 
TRAPNESTED 
Splendid  cherry  to  mahogany  rich  glowing  red  thorough 
tired,  hnn  hatched,  free  range,  open-front  colony  honan,  hardy 
BtorU.  Scltml i firstly  lino  I'ted  ntvtiy  from  brooding**  and 
for  lienvieM  wittier  laying,  on  a  strictly  aniilUn  plant. 
Heitvleal  loving  Geil*  In  existence,  laying  rair.:  silt 
to  26?  cgg».  HATCHING  EGGS  from  tnaxuMWiit, 
large,  hardy,  glowing  nut  nn.ii  and  tingle  comb  bins,  not. 
putlrts,  rmit'"l  (iplrndhl,  largo,  vigorous,  burning  rod 
in li lea,  tlieniarlvoK  out  of  Implicated  liens.  Partin', 
atriini  .  Imtchnble,  largo,  iiuttemUlietl  egr*.  gaUn  rait  hourly, 
stilt. pi'll  In  l.v.  sale  dill  I  vary  cnniailtv'd  White  llltirrlioeu 
iibnotutcly  unknown.  FINE  ItltEKlilNG  COCK. 
KliKLK,  early  hatched,  laree,  hardy,  vigorous  lirnaders,  great 
stamina;  long  hacks,  low  lalh,  dim:  legs  wall  rpreail;  brilliant 
iteti  glowing  red  and  not  *>1  tmpiioatod  ltcna.  KlIKKIt- 
l.\G  IIIIN'S  pullets,  mated  trios  and  iiiwmUii,;  pens. 
We  ship  all  overt!.  S.,  Canada,  and  ahtoad  ns  far  as  Australia 
and  null  c:gs  olid  stock  to  States  and  the  U  S  II I  v.-rnui!-n I. 
Courtet.ua,  »ti alflitlonvard  dealings.  Satisfaction  guaran¬ 
teed.  Spring  egg  orders  now  hooking, 
1916  mntlng  booklet  on  requeat, 
VIBERT  RED  FARM.  Box  1.  WESTON,  N,  J. 
Colonial  Reds 
A  real  l.rCil-ti.'JftV  strain  ol  good  color,  and  national  reputation. 
\V«  niter  fine  eggs fhr  hnli  hing,  and  day-uM  chicks,  hum  pedi¬ 
greed  breeders.  Wo  irapmat  lure  and  guarantee  bouiirahle 
trealmeiit  nnd  satlsraetlnn.  Ttiu  Nutieuat  Farm  Sell, ml,  IIIkmIm 
1  aland  and  Now  llanipaldre  Stale  Colleges  are  recent  ciuUulnvnt. 
Faef.  amt  lestlmonlat  lell.  ie  appear  in  our  netv  Hinting  lint, 
wldi'li  !a  freo  on  piqiieat.  Fine  1  needing  stuck  a  specially,  u! 
rcnaiinabte  prices  lor  the  nullty. 
COLON  lAL.FA1131.Box  0,Temple.Ncw  llumpalilro 
JS.  O. 
Barred  Plymouth  Rocks 
1A  nnn  PlllfiVC  for  lOlfi  front  our  heavy  winter 
I  UfUUU  bill vfiu  laving  strains.  Also  Vibert  Red 
and  Pittsfield  Barred  Rock  strains.  Hatching  eggs  in 
limited  quantities.  Clucks  hatched  in  Candee  Mammoth, 
curt  fully  insiieeted  before  sliijiplng  and  gu ii.ru nli  i  d  to 
tvaeli  vtni  in  perfect  condition.  Ion  must  he  satisfied  or 
we  can  til  it  keep  vour  money.  »0  pullets  ruiand  front  200 
etiieks  Stripped  nctialmner  In  Virginia  last  year  gave  him 
?l  6th.  Ordi*r  ihiw.  I'LEA^ANT  VALLIiV 
POULT  It  V  FARM.  Lunenburg,  Milan. 
Bred-to-Lay  R.  C.  R.  I.  REDS 
Blue  ribbon  winners.  Hagerstown,  York,  etc.  Brices 
reasonable  Free  Booklet 
CATALPA  POULTRY  FARM.  W  G  Horner,  Getlyslniru,  Pa. 
Tompkins-Colonial  Strain  R.  1.  Reds 
Hatching  eggs  from  guaranteed  heavy  fall  anti  win¬ 
ter  layers.  $T.n0  per  IDs  $4  per  50:  $7.50  per  100; 
straight  colonial  strain,  $3  per  15.  Aomvc.ss 
O.  A.  GAEOE,  -  MnrIBorougli,  Is.  Y 
S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds 
HIGH-CLASS  UTILITY  STOCK 
Pullets,  $2  each.  Cockerels,  $3  each.  Day-Old  Glucks, 
$15  per  hundred.  Hatching  Eire*.  $'  Per  hundred. 
75%  fertility  guaranteed.  Prices  of  higher  grade 
stock  on  application  OAKLAND  FARMS,  Oakland,  N.  J. 
MAHOGANY  STRAIN  REDSt^^^:b,”± 
cd  Fall  wnl  Kftrly  Winter  layers  for  $J,Vr-ir»; 
$>ii. 50-00 }  $6-100.  Jioxl^o.  B.  QliACKEMU’ML  llnrleu,  Ooaiu 
AUSTIN-VIBERT  S.  C.  REDS 
Hatching  eggs,  $7  pet  100 •  Baby  chicles .  ^ILGU  per  50; 
m  per  IDO.  ANNA  M.  JONES.  Hjllsdalk,  N.  Y, 
Austin’s  200  strain  S.  C.  R.  I.  Reds 
Standard  bred,  high  record  stock,  red  to  the  skin. 
Kggs,  $I..vj  to $5  per  setting  (13):  utility.  $.  50  per  Hill. 
Safe  lielivery  and  fertility  gutirnntee«t  t thicks,  Book* 
let  AUSTIN  POULTRY  FARM.  Bo*  17.  Centre  Harbor.  N.  H 
Pioecrest  S.  C.  Red.T»A"iSS,:.S^ 
rents  of  our  high-scoring  pen  atlnterualionnl  Laying 
Contest-  Reasonable  prices.  Honorable  tvoatnient. 
PINECRJiST  ORCHARDS,  Box  1,  Oro.tun.  Mass. 
Wo  keep  but  200;  Farm  grown;  selected  layers.  Do 
not  believe  lieiter  Jayara  can  > ><*  produced.  Eggs 
from  2-year  Ileus,  yearling  Cocks,  S1.50  per  15. 
Infertile  Eggs  made  good,  Orders  Booked  now. 
LUCIA  TUCKER,  101  Ranch  Farm,  Norwalk,  Conn. 
TRAFNESTED  200-egg  "Patrician"  S.  C.  Rods  and  W. 
*  Leghorna.  1816  Cat.  g  ready.  Cock  'la.  Jl  .50.  Linar- 
antcctl  HlUingS,  ll.tt'i,  Hud-lwj* Poultry  Ctiluny, U.  a,  Owtpti.  N.Y, 
S^Vnta*  PARTRIDGES  I  PHEASANTS 
Capeivailr.trs,  Black  Game,  Wil<l  Turkeys,  Qualls, 
Rabbits.  Deer,  etc.,  for  stocking  jfurposns.  Fancy 
Pheasants.  Peafowl,  cranes,  storks.  Beautiful 
Swans,  Ornamental  Geese  and  Ducks,  Foxes, 
Squirrels,  Ferrets,  and  all  kinds  of  birds  and 
animals,  WM,  ,T.  MACKKN8KN,  Natural¬ 
ist,  Departuient  10,  Yardloy,  I'a. 
I UTTERCUPS 
THE  PREMIER  EGG  PRODUCERS 
Give  twice  as  much  profit  as 
the  best  Leghorns  aitd  are  better 
in  every  way.  Not  an  experi- 
D;/  ment — their  value  has  been  fully 
proved  during  the  past,  twelve 
years.  Description,  full  details 
V  T“ot  MA8K  and  prices  mailed  free. 
CLOVER  HILL  FARM,  Box  K,  Ldtle  Silver,  N.J. 
EFFICIENCY  CHICKS 
ItedB,  Koi-lts,  W.iandiiltes,  Lii.'liul  lia,  Mllmti'a-.  AnculiM  of  lii-ti 
t-t  qimlllii-,  and  Idc  ts*  rfmltwtlali  »l  «i'(ic»llri'.-  i  rto-a.  >''iid 
fov  ratalugav.  Cl.TtU!  Clltcs  Hatciicut,  Bu*  21  1!.  Clyde.  Ohio, 
rmmNEI,  »lIHT)0l:-«^i*kh» 
sale  each  week  commencing  March  1.  Price,  115  for 
100.  Writefor  circular.  TheElmorcFarin.Britigcpurl.Caun. 
Fifteen  Most  Popular  Breeds  of  Poultry 
Eggs,  chicks  and  Breeders.  Send  for  catalogue. 
SUSQUEHANNA  POULTRY  FARM,  Bui  1U.  Hackensack.  N.  J. 
HafrViincrFcrtrit  BAKKON  LEOHOKNS 
natemng  LggS  248  to  284-egg  Strains.  Wyan¬ 
dotte*  from  Storrx'and  Missoni  i  <  ion  test  pens.  All 
biiil  strap- nested.  Leghorn  and  Wyandotte  cockerels. 
JAY  H-  ERNISSE,  cur-  Hudson  and  Titus  Ave  .lrondequolt.N.Y. 
FIUF  RRPFVIQ  you  cannot  buy 
me  ontLuo  stronger  vital. 
On  45  ACRES  ITY.  Eggs  for  hatching. 
FREE  RANGE  Day  old  chicb' 
Sholiola  Fruit  and  Poultry  Farm 
Write  for  G  t  r  cu  lars.  Shohola,  Pennsylvania 
Th  oro  ugh  b  red  Poultry^^^^^^c.1^' 
Egg.  15,  11;  10.  t2.  Catalog  free.  Henry  K  Mohr.  Qmkerlown,  P». 
QE  U1DIETIEQ  Fine  Ctdrkcns.  Bucks, Turkeys,  Stock 
00  I  Anl  l  1 1  Co  hikI  Efttrs.  Low  pi  ices.  Big  new  illus- 
triited  circular  free.  J01IX  E.  Illll  Wni.i  ,  llurrlsanbnrR.Ta. 
GO  RdqI  Rroorl9^iii(>teils‘  geese,,  turkeys, 
uu  UC31  uiccuo  guineas.  dotfs  and  hares.  Stuck  ana 
Kpft*.  Valuable,  catalogue  free.  It. A. Souilcr,  Boi29.Sellersville.Pa 
MA  TIM OTII  I’ElilN  DUCKS — Begs. $L 50  per  12; 
*.<  per  50,  Ainu  diukes.  dco.  K.  WHIitimsou,  plunders, .N.  i. 
Indian  Runner  Ducks  Eggs  HATCHING 
from  very  fine  specimens.  Well  mated  Great 
Winter  layers.  $2  per  12.  Infertile  eggs  made  good. 
LUCIA  TUCKER,  101  Ranch  Farm,  Norwalk,  Conn, 
— Purolired  Bron/.u  Turkey  Eggs.  $5 
LggSIOfddlc  per  dozen.  Columbian  Plymouth 
Rocks, $3, or  two  ilozcoi  foi  $5.  W.  L.  Gay.  Lime  Rock,  Cl. 
Giant  BronzeT  urkey  Eggs 
$4  per  10-  R.  C.  Red  Eggs,  $1  per  15.  Shtmishire 
Sheep,  11.  J.  VAN  DYKE,  Gettysburg,  Penna. 
Roup 
I  have  in  a  house  100x20  feet  175 
yearling  hens  to  be  used  as  breeders,  and 
about  400  pullets.  I  am  feeding  the  Cor¬ 
nell  mash  in  open  hoppers,  and  hard  grain 
morning  anti  night  in  the  straw  on  the 
floor.  The  bens  molted  early  and  feath¬ 
ered  out  in  good  shape,  commenced  lay¬ 
ing  well  first  of  December,  but  got  the 
roup  badly.  I  am  losing  quite  a  few  of 
them.  My  pullets  arc  May  hatched; 
they  commenced  laying  at  five  months. 
December  and  balf  of  January  they  laid 
130  eggs  a  day,  but  dropped  to  30  to  40 
eggs  a  day,  and  do  not  increase  any. 
I  am  losing  about  one  pullet  a  day 
from  some  cause  I  do  not  understand. 
Tombs  turn  dark,  they  breathe,  hard,  and 
stretch  their  heads  up  its  far  its  they  can. 
open  their  beaks  when  they  breathe.  In  a 
few  hours  1  find  them  dead.  I  have  an¬ 
other  house  20x20  feet  with  125  pullets 
in  it  hatched  from  old  liens.  They  are 
free  from  roup  and  are  looking  fine. 
Would  it  be  better  to  breed  from  these 
pullets  or  the  yearling  hens  that  has  had 
the  roup? 
Will  hens  lay  profitably  next  Summer 
that  have  had  the  roup  hard  this  Winter? 
Arc  the  Leghorns  more  likely  to  have  the 
roup  or  other  diseases  than  the  Barred 
Rocks?  a  k.  s. 
New  York. 
Roup  is  worse  in  tight  houses.  Leave 
open  the  small  exit  to  the  yard,  or  other¬ 
wise  provide  more  air.  The  conditions  in 
the  house  would  be  improved  if  the  part 
close  to  the  roof  were  made  iuto  a  loft 
and  straw  kept  in  to  take  up  the  mois¬ 
ture.  If  the  house  were  divided  into 
smaller  rooms  and  smaller  flocks  there 
would  be  less  danger  of  such  a  bad  dis¬ 
ease  situation  as  exists  on  this  farm. 
Large  poultry  plants  make  every  effort 
to  keep  away  the  roup.  Birds  with  colds 
are  separated  tit  once  and  treated,  lest  it 
prove  to  be  roup  which  would  mean  a  big 
loss,  as  ronpy  stock  would  be  killed  at 
once  to  check  spread  of  the  disease.  In 
your  case  you  have  probably  seen  the 
worst  of  it.  Separate  the  sick  ones  and 
syringe  nostrils  with  five  per  cent,  car¬ 
bolic  acid  solution. 
Some  of  the  sick  birds  will  recover 
gradually  and  will  lay  as  usual  in  late 
Spring  and  Summer,  but  those  which 
have  swelled  head  and  closed  eyes,  etc., 
will  not  be  worth  trying  to  keep  alive.  A 
male  bird  will  be  of  little  use  after  severe 
roup.  Some  claim  that  the  tendency  to 
severe  roup  will  he  handed  down  to  the 
chicks  from  birds  that  have  had  the  dis¬ 
ease.  Anyway  some  of  the  chicks  are 
likely  to  show  lack  of  vigor. 
None  of  the  leading  breeds  is  consid¬ 
ered  especially  subject  to  disease  as  a 
breed.  But  lack  of  vigor  in  a  strain  or 
flock  makes  them  easier  victims  of  the 
germs.  Overcrowding  and  tight  houses 
tire  a  common  cause  of  the  trouble.  The 
germs  persist  from  year  to  year,  and  be¬ 
fore  another  season,  your  house  should  be 
well  cleaned  and  disinfected  with  strong 
lime  wash.  Roup  often  seems  to  spread 
through  the  drinking  water.  Add  10 
grains  permanganate  of  potash  to  a  quart 
of  water  and  use  two  tablespoonfuls  to  a 
gallon  of  the  drinking  water. 
The  pullets  dying  quickly,  with  difficult 
breathing  and  not  much  loss  of  flesh  and 
with  mucus  about  the  windpipe  and 
bronchial  tubes,  had  pneumonia  follow¬ 
ing  a  cold.  The  lungs  would  be  dark, 
dense  and  filled  with  blood,  and  will  sink 
in  water.  Separate  and  keep  sick  ones 
in  a  dry,  warm  place.  If  a  valuable  bird, 
paint  the  skin  above  the  lungs  with  tinc¬ 
ture  of  iodine.  Give  a  drop  of  aconite 
and  three  drops  brandy  in  warm  milk. 
Feed  birds  in  this  ilock  on  soft,  laxative 
food,  with  beet  pulp,  or  access  to  beets, 
cabbages,  etc.  G.  B.  f. 
An  Auxiliary  Incubator 
With  a  battery  of  from  two  to  a  dozen 
large  incubators,  a  small  auxiliary  ma¬ 
chine  is  an  economical  investment.  The 
ordinary  390-egg  incubator  may  be  made 
to  hold  420  eggs  if  they  are  dove-tailed 
in  properly  to  start  with.  On  the  third 
day  when  the  eggs  are  turned  for  the  first 
time,  50  of  them  may  be  placed  in  the 
small  machine,  there  to  remain  until  the 
fifth  or  sixth  day,  when  the  first  test-out 
is  made.  In  the  meantime  the  eggs  in  the 
larger  machine  turn  easily.  After  the 
test-out,  when  all  lion-fertile  eggs  tire  re¬ 
moved  from  both  large  and  small  ma¬ 
chines,  those  remaining  in  the  small  in¬ 
cubator  are  returned  to  the  large  one, 
with  the  result  that  at  least  30  eggs  are 
a  week  nearer  the  scratching  stage  than 
they  otherwise  would  have  been.  Just 
about  this  time  the  second  large  machine- 
full  is  ready  to  turn  for  the  first  time, 
and  the  operation  is  repeated.  Later, 
when  not  in  use  as  an  annex,  the  small 
machine  may  be  loaded  and  run  the  full 
three  weeks.  G.  h.  S. 
