the  flesh  green.  To  stick  them  for  dry 
picking  use  a  sharp  pointed  knife,  cutting 
the  throat  artery,  turn  the  knife  just 
touching  the  brain.  If  cut  too  much  the 
feathers  will  set.  Hang  the  turkeys  by 
the  legs  to  cool,  taking  them  down  and 
pressing  them  into  shape  before  they 
stiffen.  Pack  in  boxes  holding  about  15 
turkeys  each.  Line  the  box  with  white 
paper  and  place  same  between  each  layer 
of  turkeys.  Mark  the  contents  of  each 
box  plainly  and  honestly  on  the  outside. 
Thus  the  retailer  knows  exactly  what  he 
is  buying  before  he  opens  it.  Do  not 
sell  off  old  hens  whieh  have  proven  good 
breeders,  keep  them  live  years  or  as  long 
as  they  do  well.  Poults  from  old  hens 
are  stronger  than  from  young, 
BbeEPEBS, —  Always  choose  the  best 
hens  for  next  year’s  breeders,  buying  a 
non-relatcd  young  tom  every  second  year. 
Old  turkeys  put  on  fat  very  rapidly  and 
must  be  fed  accordingly  and  forced  to  ex¬ 
ercise.  Eggs  from  fat  turkeys  are  infer¬ 
tile.  There  is  always  a  ready  sale  for 
purebred  breeding  turkeys  at.  very  good 
prices,  and  the  eggs  also  sell  readily.  One 
Summer  my  ten  White  Holland  hens  av¬ 
eraged  $10  each  for  hatching  egg  alone. 
As  to  sick  turkeys,  prevention  is  the  best 
cure,  but  there  are  a  few  precautions  that 
can  be  taken  nud  should  be.  Sprinkle  air- 
slaked  lime  around  the  coop,  where  the 
poults  run.  Carbolic  acid  in  the  drinking 
water  will  cheek  bowel  trouble,  in  the 
proportion  of  one  tablespoon  carbolic  acid 
to  one  gallon  of  water.  Be  sure  that  they 
drink  from  no  stagnant  pool.  Keep  them 
away  from  hens,  as  far  as  possible. 
MRS.  NILES  GROVER. 
Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Get  This 
Free  Booklet 
Cyphers  and  Young  Strains 
Hatching  Eggs,  Guaranteed  90#  fertile.  $5 
per  hundred,  $40  per  thousand.  Day-Oltl 
(  hicks,  $12  per  hundred.  From  vigorous,  pro¬ 
lific  henson  alfalfa  range.  Eutire  flock  milk  fed. 
WHITE  SPRINGS  FARM  ::  Geneva,  N.  Y. 
\ Ve*  A  describing  The  Rogers 
\  Leghorn — a  strain  of 
hardy,  vigorous  S.  C. 
"White  Leghorns  carefully 
selected  and  bred  for 
their  vitality  and  laying  ability. 
SingleComb  White  Leghorns  Exclusively  dswtr°aTm  s 
3,000  breeders  on  free  farm  Ranee,  Milk  Fed.  Spe¬ 
cial  bred  for  Winter  nag*.  10(1,1)09  l, nliy  chicks  Cor 
1910  and  011,090  hatching  eggs.  Now  booking  orders 
for  baby  chirks.  March  and  April  delivery,  w  $12  per 
100.  No  order  too  largo  or  too  small,  Thokind  that 
live  if  given  half  a  ehrnioe.  (ret  your  orders  in 
early.  Eggs  for  hatching  now  ready,  Oo  $0  per  IU()  in 
any  quantity.  My  Book.  “  Profits  in  Puultry  Keeping 
Solved,"  tree  with  all  $10  orders. 
Edgar  Briggs,  Box  75,  Pleasant  Talley, N.Y. 
The  chick’s  first  food  must  take  the  place  of 
the  natural  insect  food  and  seeds  he  woidd  eat 
if  he  had  the  chance.  Ordinary  food  causes 
bowel  trouble  and  most  losses  of  baby  chicks. 
and  Breeding  Stock 
My  lf)lfi  pcds  contain  only  birds  with 
strong  constitutions  and  fine  shaped 
heads  and  bodies.  Prices  are  reason¬ 
able  —  quality  high.  firs. 
Order  now  for  April,  (LfAk 
May  or  later  deliv-  JL 
ery.  Write  today  for 
booklet  describing  my  l  ALAjaT 
breeding  pens  and 
free  advisory  service. 
C.  A.  ROGERS 
Box  41  BERGEN,  N.  Y.  Iff 
Chick  Manna 
Standard  Since  1884 
brings  chicks  through  first  10  days  healthy  and 
rugged  and  ready  for  common  food.  A  per¬ 
fectly  balanced  ration  in 
general  use  with  wonderful 
results  since  1884. 
K§\\  A t  your  dealer’s,  or 
vWt,,V\  write  direct  for  offer 
\wii\  tr’-1'  package  by 
\  Satisfaction  or  money 
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BARRON  LEGHORNS 
Bred  from  imported  stock,  free  range,  healthy  birds, 
yearlings.  $2.00  each.  Eggs.  $1  .OO  per  13.  $6.00 
per  UK).  Chicks,  s  15.00  per  llll).  White  Plymouth 
Kotiks,  Parks  "Bred  to  I, ay"  Barred  Bocks  and 
Ilhode  Island  Reds.  Bred  for  heavy  egg  production. 
‘■Jersey  Red  figs”  and  choice  nursery  stock.  Catalog. 
EASTERN  SHORE  NURSERIES.  Denton.  Maryland 
None  BetterS.  C.  White  Leghorns 
Combination  of  the  heat  Leghorn  qualities.  Eggs 
and  chicks  in  any  quantities  at  prices  that  are  leaf 
sonahle.  Got  our  big  fiO  piigo  entnlognn. 
SUMMIT  POULTRY  PA  KM,  Kldgely,  Mil. 
Baby 
Chicks 
A  4  Main  Strool, 
Lansdalo,  Pa. 
S.  C.  White  Leghorns 
Wo  have  a  strain  GTTARANTBED  TO  LAY.  Isn’t 
that  just  what  you’ve  been  looking  for  ?  Write  for 
Free  Descriptive  Mating  List. 
Hough  Eg'g  Form  Box  R  Far  Hills,  N.  J. 
ore  Chicks 
S.  C.  W.  Leghorns 
R.  &  S.  C.  R.  I.  Reds 
B.  Rocks 
Make  More  Profit 
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Syracuse,  N.  V. 
500  S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORNS 
WVCK0FF  STRAIN,  free  range;  40  acres;  large,  vigor¬ 
ous,  laying  heavily;  best  health  guaranteed.  Pure 
white;  combs,  large  bright  red.  Legs,  stvoug  deep 
vcllow.  Big  laying  vecoids.  Low  price.  Quick  sale. 
Fern  Rock  Poultry  Farm  -  Fresco,  Pa. 
Leghorns  vs.  Buttercups 
In  commenting;  on  Dr.  Buchanan 
Burr’s  answer  to  II.  C.  B.  of  Laurel,  Mrl., 
I  wish  it  strictly  understood  that  I  have 
a  great  deal  of  regard  for  the  Leghorns, 
and  that  next  to  Buttercups  I  prefer 
Leghorns  best  of  the  numerous  breeds 
that  I  have  kept. 
Now  for  facts.  Buttercups  as  bred  by 
thousands  of  breeders  throughout  this 
country  are  a  pure  breed,  being  the  oldest 
fowls  of  which  any  authoritative  history 
has  been  kept.  There  are  paintings  in 
Italy  dated  the  year  1400  which  picture 
our  Buttercups  of  to-day.  Dreams  of 
crossing  a  Rose  Comb  Hamburg  and  a 
Brown  Leghorn  to  produce  Buttercups 
are  nightmares.  It  is  more  impossible 
than  turniug  night  into  day,  this  regard¬ 
less  of  all  statements  to  the  contrary. 
As  to  weights  of  Leghorns  and  Butter¬ 
cups  I  wish  to  refer  Dr.  Burr  to  the 
Standard  of  Perfection,  which  calls  for 
Leghorn  cock  birds  to  weigh  5 pounds. 
Leghorn  hens  four  pounds.  The  Amer¬ 
ican  Buttercup  Club  Standard  calls  for 
(P/g-pound  cock  birds  and  five-pound  hen, 
somewhat  different  from  remarks  in  an¬ 
swer  to  11,  C.  B. 
Buttercup  breeders  claim  Buttercups 
to  be  better  broilers  by  virtue  of  nature 
of  the  flesh  at  the  broiler  age.  It  is  an 
acknowledged  fact  that  Leghorns  are  not 
good  as  broilers,  their  flesh  being  inclined 
to  be  stringy. 
I  could  write  a  chapter  on  egg-laying 
contests,  but  suffice  it  to  say  that  an  egg- 
laying  contest  is  a  great  deal  like  an 
automobile  race,  much  depending  on  the 
driver,  and  in  the  case  of  the  contests 
wliete  Buttercups  were  competing  you 
may  take  my  word  for  it  that  they  had 
no  Tom  Barron  as  driver  for  the  But¬ 
tercups.  Many  individual  records  are  at 
hand  from  reliable  sources  proving  But¬ 
tercups  to  he  good  layers.  One  record 
from  an  unquestionable  source,  although 
unofficial,  was  300  eggs  in  3(55  days.  One 
of  my  customers  recently  reported  lf>0 
eggs  in  six  consecutive  months.  At  Bos¬ 
ton,  1 !  •  1 5,  Buttercups  won  first  prize  for 
heaviest  eggs,  defeating  all  competitors. 
As  to  the  amount  of  feed  Buttercups 
consume,  I  wish  to  vouch  for  the  fact 
that  they  are  much  lighter  feeders  than 
Leghorns,  and  when  allowed  free  range 
will  barely  come  home  to  roost,  far  less 
to  feed.  I  trust  that  I  have  righted  a 
great  wrong  douc  to  Buttercups  and  that 
no  one  will  hereafter  consider  them  as 
mongrels.  There  are  about  1,000  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  American  Buttercup  Club 
all  of  whom  are  people  with  an  eye  for 
the  beautiful,  and  I  am  sure  would  not 
be  wasting  their  time  on  Buttercups  if 
they  were  the  unfinished  hybrid,  small 
fowl  and  poor  layers  as  described  by  Dr. 
Buchanan  Burr.  In  fact,  Buttercup 
breeders  have  left  the  beaten  track,  and 
while  not  booming  Buttercups  as  Dr. 
Burr  claims,  are  letting  the  beautiful 
Buttercups  boom  themselves. 
C.  S.  BROUILLET,  D.  D.  S. 
pUREBRED, 
•*  Strong,  Livable. 
From  heavy  -  laying, 
healthy,  free  range 
stock.  Safe  arrival 
guaranteed, 
3  Sizes 
Broods 
up  t,o 
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Tom  Barron’s  White  Leghorns 
Direct  Importers.  Best  trap-nestod  stock.  3S3-egg 
strain.  It  s  the  strain  that  eonnts.  Eggs  for  hatch¬ 
ing,  $7  per  100:  $l  per  setting.  Sat.  guaranteed. 
P.  F.  RAFFERTY,  -  Marlboro,  Mass. 
Wesley  Grinned 
'Sodus.  N.  Y. 
LINCOLN’S  LEGHORNS 
AND  BARRED  ROCKS.  WINNERS 
1913-14  Conn.  International  Egg  Laying  Contest, 
High  records  last,  year,  heavy  layers  this  year  ; 
sue  report.  Hatching  eggs  and  chieks. 
FRANCIS  F.  LINCOLN,  Mount  Ciirmel,  Conn. 
Place  Your  Order  Now 
for  eggs  and  chicks  from  Laurelten  Layers 
Utility  Leghorns  Exclusively 
Our  Pure  Bred  Trap  Nested  Layers  are 
bred  for  size,  vigor,  quality  and  heavy 
egg  production. 
Secure  Hatching  Eggs  and  Chicks  from 
the  strain  that  has  made  the  world’s 
largest  poultry  plant  a  success. 
Send  today  for  descriptive  circular  and 
prices. 
LAURELTON  FARMS 
Box  H  Lakewood,  N.  J. 
A.  B.  HALL’S 
WHITE  LEGHORN  CHICKS  15  CENTS 
drafts.'  ;  ) I E  T’( if  i  II ^FEED  is  new  anil  distinctive^ 
Also 
THE  IDEAL  COLONY  BROODER 
Semi  for  one  Free  Booklet  describing  the  I.T-TO- 
TIIE-MINCTE  method  of  brooding  in  largo  Hooks  ; 
the  merits  or  the  I'KKNU  AIR  SYSTEM.  The  safety, 
convenience,  JilbOr  saving  and  economy  in  operation. 
Dm  cm  to  brood  without  lie?,  making  TIIP.UE  l'RO- 
Dl.'OKitH  where  only  one  CHICK  grew  before. 
LIBERTY  STOVE  CO.,  3«0  Chestnut  St.,  Phils.,  Pa. 
We  are  equipped  to  8)1  order*  promptly. 
“As  Good  As  Thi>  RcaC”  2-ytar-old  h-r*  tested  freo  From  Whito 
Diarrhea  by  S  tor  vs  Station,  mated  with  rockcrelf  with  records  218- 
262.  be<Ki*?r3  in  I  jaying  Contest.  2.LOO  chirks  tor  week.  Ulna,  Cir. 
A.  15.  HALL  -  Wallingford,  Conn. 
BRED  TO  L  A  Y-S.  C.  White  Leghorns 
Barron  and  Young  strain.  Baby  chicks,  $13  per 
19(1.  Hatching  Eggs,  $5  per  190:  $45  per  1,099.  Cir¬ 
cular  free.  PERKY  I5K1GGS,  Pleasant  Valley.  N.  Y. 
Chix  from  S.  C.  W.  Leghorns 
mated  to  Eglantine  cockerels,  the  strain  that  pro¬ 
duced  the  World’s  champion .  Lady  Eglantine.  S.C. 
Reds.  Heavy  layers,  WY-HAR  FARM,  Demon  Maryland 
MATTITUCK  WHITE  LEGHORN  FARM 
S.  C.  W.  LEGHORN — a  large  and  heavy-laying  strain 
Large  white  Eggs  and  many  of  them.  $1  per  15; 
$1.75  per  HU;  $5  per  100.  J.  M.  CASE,  Gilboa,  N.Y 
InJ  deciding  where  you  will  buy  yout  baby  chicks  or 
pullets  you  must  have  four  principal  considerations  in 
mind,  viz.:  1.  Vigorous  stock.  2.  Stock  bred-to- 
lay.  3.  Reasonable  price.  4.  Honest  treatment. 
Our  stock  and  business  methods  fulfill  these  conditions. 
To  illustrate  our  (lock  of  1000  pullets — Barron-Young' 
strain  were  laying  .100  eggs  per  day  in  Oct.,  when  eggs 
netted  us  65c.  per  doe.  wholesale.  By  Pcb.  ISlh.  they 
were  laying  400,  and  even  the  snow  and  cold  of  February 
haven't  stopped  them.  And  we  do  not  force  our  hens. 
Rill  Sviid  fin'  *>ii  i*  circular  mad  reud  the  experiences  of  utli- 
fi'“  with  one  stock,  item!  particularly  paragraph  bended: 
"200-egg  hens,  and  such."  It  may  bring  up  ideas  you 
hadn’t  considered  before.  Write  today  to 
ARTHUR  H.  FENNY,  Mattituek,  N.  Y. 
S.C. White  Leghorn  Hatching  Eggs  ?;?£  „d 
Nested  liens  routed  to  high  pedigreed  cockerels. 
IV rite  for  Catalogue. 
Mill  BROOK  FARM,  M.  L.  Palmer,  Prop.,  Alfred  Station,  N.Y. 
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WHITE  LEGHORN  CHICKS 
Healthy,  business  kind;  great  Winter  layers,  trap 
nested,  including  Barron  strain  :  6-week  pullets.  Booking 
orders;  circular  free.  H.vUlLTOX  Faum,  Huntington,  N.  Y 
BARRON  LEGHORNS 
1  RnTl* i  lS[  l(Ort»redToieth»rt 
||  SlVhini*  [  J  enst  of  Rockies.  Hot  wa¬ 
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»  CsMtornU  1  dead  arr  apace,  double  {?I«js 
Redwood  I  Boors,  all  set  up  complete,  or  , 
180  Egu  Incubator  and  Brooder  $12.00.  k 
FREE  Catalogue  describing  them.  Send  f 
for  it  TODAY  or  order  direct.  *1 
3‘l8-3(>0-381-e«g  8 Drain.  Imported  stock.  Bnby  chicks 
and  hotelling  eggs  from  free-range  stock.  Safe  de¬ 
livery  and  satis  fact  ion  guarantord.  Prices  right 
Circular  free.  PAHtRSuN  POULTRY  FARM,  Claylon.N  Y. 
Yeifc'htpaid 
Ten  Weeks  Old  Pullets 
S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORNS 
Write  for  catalogue. 
Hillsboro  Poultry  Farms,  A  M.  Shea.  Mgr.,  Somerville,  N.  J 
wpai"?  WHITE  LEGHORNS 
DAY  OLD  CHICKS— ECGS  FOR  HATCHING 
Wa  a ve  speciality  breeders  of  S.  C.  White  LeL'liorns 
of  the  highest  commercial  standard.  We  guaran¬ 
tee  safe  delivery  of  chicks  and  fertility  of  eggs,  also 
that  a  customer  must  be  satisfied.  Write  for  our 
new  booklet  which  describes  our  methods,  stock 
ami  plant  Boole  your  order  now  for  a  positive 
shipping  date. 
SPRING  WATER  POULTRY  FARM,  Stockton,  N.  d. 
Notice— I  am  Prepared  to  do  Your  Hatching 
large  or  small  quantities.  Also  Single  C’omb  While 
Leghorn  eggs  for  hatching  at  $5  per  100.  Pure  stock 
and  Leghorn  chici.s  for  sale  at  10c. 
A.  C.  ItARTGES  -  Ouakertown,  Pa. 
> AMERICAN  POULTRY  JOURNAL 
Tells  i-vrrytbm*  about  the  (ascioat-  i 
mgand  profitable  noultxy  industry.  J 
Issued  mon tltly;  lOcenla.  We  want  I 
you  to  lumw  how  good  It  is  and  will  1 
send  „ii  month*  to'  Sbe.  Order  now. 
I*  I* •  J,18’>0-ut  51  S.iii'iiibwen.Oliieago.lll, 
sALE^-Single  Comb  White  Leghorn  Laying  Hens 
$3  eueh.  PETER  J  WAGNER,  North  Branch,  Sullivan  Co., N.Y 
POULTRYMEMTTEkTION:iforBRabyCV^k.^ 
sale  each  week  copi tnencing  March  1.  Trice,  $15  for 
100.  Write  for  circular.  1  he  Elmore  Farm,  Bridgeport, Conn. 
S.  O.  Wl'i t<>  Leghorns,  $10  ner  100;  S.  C.  Anconas, 
$13  per  100:  S.  C.  Rlioile  Island  Reds,  $13  i>or  100, 
HATCHING  ECGS  -S.  O.  White  Leghorns.  $5  per  100;  S 
<’  Anconas ,*ll  tier  100;  S.  r.R. Island  Reds.fO per  100, 
Pleasant  View  Poultry  Farm,  Otto,  N.Y 
Oil  Stove  in  Brooder. — I  noticed 
that  C.  B.  asks  about  using  au  oil  stove 
in  a  brooder.  I  would  say  don’t  do  it. 
We  did  last  year.  Our  henhouse  was 
new.  and  made  airtight  with  tarred  felt, 
on  all  sides  except  the  south,  where  win¬ 
dows  were  covered  with  screen  only. 
The  oil  stove  burned  the  oxygen  out  of 
the  air,  and  formed  a  gas  which  burned, 
and  our  new  henhouse  and  about  300 
chickens  burned  too.  F.  l\ 
Michigan. 
QC  UiQICTICe  F'n’’  Thickens.  Ducks,  Turkeys,  St  ok 
09  IAIiIl  I  ICO  ivnd  Eggs.  Low  ill'll',  ^.  Big  new  illus¬ 
trated  circular  free.  JOII  .V  E.  HFiTWOLK,  II  nrrhonbii  rg, V  *. 
Fifteen  Most  Popular  Breeds  of  Poultry 
Bggs,  chicks  and  Brondors.  Send  for  catalogue. 
SUSUUEHANNA  POULTRY  FARM,  Box  10.  Hackensack.  N.  J. 
EGGS  FOR  HATCHING 
Weave  now  booking  orders  for  hate  bine-eggs  from  fully  matured,  carefully  mated,  farm-raised  birds, 
selected  for  their  prolific  laying  qualities,  vigor  and  standard  requirements.  They  are  the  pick  of 
a  flock  of  many  thousand  birds.  Wc  can  supply  eggs  in  any  quantity  from  «;>r  matings  of 
SINGLE  COMB  WHITE  LEGHORNS  MAMMOTH  PEKIN  DUCKS 
WHITE  PLYMOUTH  ROCKS  EMU  DEN  GEESE 
DAY-OLD  CHICKS.  We  can  supply  in  any  quantity  from  our  White  Plymouth  Rocks  aud 
Single  Comb  While  Leghorns;  Day-old  Ducklings  we  can  supply  in  limited  quantities. 
WRITE  FOR  CIRCULAR  WITH  PRICES 
Send  tor  Our  Records  in  the  Connecticut  International  Egg-laying  Contests 
chickonp,<Hicks.sreese,turkeya,g;uivit*a8,tloi;s  andhiireA.  Stock  and 
Illustrated  0aUi»o£lree.  EDWIN  A.  SOUDtR,  Box  R,  Tellord,  Pa- 
YOU  CANNOT  BUY 
STRONGER  VITAL¬ 
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Day  old  chicks. 
FIVE  BREEDS 
On  45  ACRES 
FREE  RANGE 
Tiik  Master,  (taking  the  class  on  the 
subject  of  the  Deluge)  :  “You  remarked 
that  Noah  couldn’t  spend  very  much  time 
fishing  while  in  the  Avk.  What  makes 
you  think  so?”  Experienced  Scholar: 
‘‘Because  there  were  only  two  worms  in 
the  Ark,  sir.” — Melbourne  Leader. 
BRANFORD  FARMS,  Groton,  Conn 
Sltohola  Fruit  and  Poultry  Farm 
Sholiola  Pennsylvania 
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