674 
T>hc  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
April  22,  1916. 
nnrl  up.  8.  C.  White  LfHhnrun  (wf  kruo  no  other) 
BrecolilR  from  Jmp«»rl»,<l  Mok-fl  from  „iU)  V.ga  Hen. 
Stock  U'»W  foi  white  Ilmrrh.m  tiy  Sloicr  Sutlon 
Mating  lift  tree.  Some  fin*!  Aiicdole  rupureiumnablo. 
ELMORE  FARM,  R.  3,  BRIDGEPORT,  CONN 
Single  Comb  WHITE  LEGHORNS 
Pullets — $1  year-old-binls,  75c.  Good  layers.  Best 
breeding.  WINLORTON  POULTRY  FARM.  Toms  River, N-  J. 
Breeder  and  importer  of  Tom  Barron  s  strain  exclu¬ 
sively.  10 ggs  for  hatching  from  selected  trnpnesteu 
stock.  Price  lint  and  records  upon  request. 
M.  J.QUACKENBCSH  -  Ant  ley,  N.  J. 
Cyphers  and  Young  Strains 
Flat ching:  Eggs.  Guaranteed  90*  fertile.  $5 
per  hundred,  $40  per  thousand.  Ifay-Old 
Chicks,  $12  per  hundred.  From  vigorous,  pro¬ 
lific  heDSOn  alfalfa  range,  Entire  Hock  milk  fed. 
WHITE  SPRINGS  FARM  ::  Geneva,  N.  Y. 
,S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORNS  ONLY.  The  World’s 
Official  Record  Laying  Strains  of  America,  Eng¬ 
land,  Australia  and  New  Zealand.  Egg  and  Chick 
Circular,  25  Lay.  Cent.  Reports  and* the  most 
practical  catalog  written.  "Utility  Encla"  Free. 
J.  R.  PARKS,  Box  Y,  ALTOONA,  PA. 
S.  C.W.  Leghorns  -Hatching  Eggs  and  Baby  Chicks 
Circular  Free.  Harry  Smit  h,  Montgomery, N.Y. 
Water  WHITE  LEGHORNS 
DAY  OLD  CHICKS— ECGS  FOR  HATCHING 
We  are  speciality  breeders  of  8.  C.  White  Leghorns 
of  the  highest  commercial  standard.  We  guaran¬ 
tee  safe  delivery  of  ehieks  and  fertility  of  eggs,  also 
that  a  customer  must  be  satisfied.  Write  tor  our 
new  booklet  which  describes  our  methods,  stock 
and  plant-  Book  your  order  now  for  a  i>ositive 
shipping  date. 
WhibLe^ordE^-^»S;13a°^ftl?^ 
— 15;  $8—100.  Iluhager  Farm,  Hnmmonton,  N.  J- 
Our  Leghorns  itt  Purebred  from  BARRON’S 
BEST  PEN.  Eggs  II  per  15;  $5 per  100.  You  can 
pay  more,  but  vou  cannot  get  better  stock. 
MAFLEDALE  EGG  FARM  -  ERIN,  N-  Y. 
SPRING  WATER  POULTRY  FARM,  Stockton,  N.  d 
Do  You  Want  the  Best  “Utility”  Chicks  fijg  pRlc'Ev? 
They  are  from  free  range  stock  of  great  vigor  and 
largo  size.  Send  for  my  catalogue.  8.  C.  W.  Lev- 
hornaonly.  Barron- WyckoffStraln  F.  M.  DAVIS 
Chase  Poultry  Farm,  Cincinnatus,  New  York 
■>'1  s.  C.  R  E  D  arid 
W.  LEGHORN 
kwV  The  Evidence  is  conlained  in  our 
K3ft  11  Inst  rated  Catalog  (Posl  Free) 
■  of  “ More  Money  from  Chi\ 
V  tj  and  Eggs  tor  Hatching" 
,y  Special  May  and  J une  Prices 
/  Address  Dept.  4 
JUSTA  POULTRY  FARM,  SuulDmpton.N.Y. 
WHITE  LEGHORN  CHICKS 
Healthy,  business  kind;  groat.  W  inter  layers,  trnp- 
nexted,  inclmllng  barren  r, truln ;  C-week  pullets.  Hook  lug 
orders;  circular  free.  Hamilton  Faum,  Huntington,  N.  V 
A.  B.  HALL’S  WHITE  LEGHORN  CHICKS,  12c 
"As  good  as  the  Host."  I.eailors  in  Laying  (Contest. 
Delivery  after  May  15th;  after .1  une  1st  1U cents.  2- 
year-oKl  bens,  tested  free  from  W  bite  Diarrhea  by 
Storrs'Htutlon,  mated  with  cockerels  vrilli  records 
248-262.  3,000  chicks  per  week.  Illustrated  Circular. 
A.  B.  HALL  -  ,  Wallingford,  Conn. 
MATTITUCK  WHITE  LEGHORN  FARM 
In)  deciding  where  you  will  buy  your  bnby  chickj  or 
pulleti  you  must  have  fout  principal  considerations  in 
mind,  viz.'.  1 .  Vigorountock.  2.  Stock  bred-io- 
lay.  3.  Reasonable  price.  4.  Honest  treatment. 
Our  stock  and  business  methods  fulfill  Iticse  conditions. 
To  illusttme:  our  flock  of  1000  pullets— Barron-Young 
strain  were  laying  300  eggs  per  day  in  Oct.,  when  eggs 
netted  us  65c.  per  do*,  wholesale.  By  F'eti.  15th,  they 
were  laying  400,  and  even  the  snow  and  cold  Of  February 
haven't  stopped  them.  And  we  do  not  force  our  hens. 
Hut  rend  for  our  circular  and  read  the  experiences!  of  oth¬ 
er*  with  our  stock.  Read  particularly  fnr*KT»l>h  headed; 
"200-ogg  lioo»,  and  suoh.”  It  rimy  bring  U|>  ideas  you 
hadn’t  considered  oefore.  Write  today  to 
ARTHUR  H.  PENNY,  Mattituck,  N.Y. 
S.  C.  White  Leghorns  on  free  range.  Eggs 
for  hatching  $4.00  per  100.  Day-old  chicles 
$12  per  100.  t 
Oak  Grove  Poultry  Farm,  Calverton,  L.  I. 
o.  W  hite  Leghorns 
We  have  a  strain  GUARANTEED  TO  LAY.  Tsn't 
that  just  what  you've  been  looking  for  ?  Write  for 
Free  Descriptive  Mating  List. 
Hough  Egg;  Farm  Box  R  Far  Hills,  N.  J. 
S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORNS 
We  Sold  160,000  Chicks  Last  Year 
250-egg  strain .  Long  Deep  Bodies,  yellow  legs  and 
beaks  and  large  red  combs  that  lop  to  one  side. 
Hutching  Eggs.  Day-Old  chicks  and  pullets  all  ages. 
A.  R.  GRAVES  -  R.  D.  2,  Rexville,  N.  Y. 
STORRS  I  Baby  Chicks 
resenting  our  stock.  W  c  have  never  yet  c  anned 
even  a  2110-eeg  strain,  yet  we  have  birds  that  laid  up 
to  2’»2  eggs  hist  year  in  thohniuis  of  our  customers. 
Wo  have  built  up  this  business  steadily  from  giv¬ 
ing  eu&tomo  s  good  value  every  year.  Wo  aim  to 
retain  the  confidence  of  our  trade  from  your  to  year, 
nnd  to  do  this  moans  furnishing  higli-class  stock. 
We  brood  pure  broil  American  LcgltorUS  only;  no 
foreign  blood  in  our  stock,  but  we  don  t  breed  the 
little  show  type  American  Leghorns.  Ours  have  got 
size  aud  Stamina,  We  shall  ngaiu  sell  out  our  en¬ 
tire  capacity  because onr  stock  is  the  Took  well,  pay 
well'  kind,  and  our  old  customers  are  back  again 
with  orders  larger  that)  ever,  (’hicks  from  our 
plant  cost  you  little  if  any  more  than  from  hatcher¬ 
ies  that  pick  ip  their  eggs  Indiscriminately.  Wo 
trap-nest  every  pullet  on  onr  plant,  ami  our  own 
breeding  stock  Las  boon  liredfoi^  six  years  from 
nothing  but  large  whits  eggs.  We  is-me  a  catalog  of 
104  pages;  costs  us  over  14c.  each;  we  will  mail  you 
one  for  4c.  in  stamps.  TKK  IA  KRLAY  M  KM, 
(The  Lord  Farms  Box  No.  240. F,  Mct-hupt), lUaat*. 
<6  7  lb.  bens.  7  sot)  S  lb.  cocLs. 
Fertile  egfis.  KUortKeed  Trip 
nested  anil  Fed. erred  Suck. 
WILLIAM  l.  WHiTXf* 
Miilbirouxi.  H.  T. 
Imports;  aud  Dreader 
Tnm  Do  Finn  S.C.  WhiteLeghorn  Chicks 
I  Dill  DdllUII  and  Eggs  for  Hatching 
from  directly  imported  stock,  sired  by  imported 
males  from  260-egg  hen.  Also  American-bred  record 
laying  Stock.  Breeders  free  range  grown,  healthy 
and  vigorous,  (,’hieks  properly  hatched,  easy  to 
raise.  Capacity,  2,000  weekly,  Safe  arrival  guaran¬ 
teed.  Prices  low,  R.  T.  EWIMi,  A  tluiiUo, Pa. 
lA^LT°N 
Single  Comb  White  Leghorns  Exclusively  °$,\Ths 
3,000  breeders  on  free  farm  Range,  Milk  Fed,  Spe¬ 
cial  bred  for  Winter  tegs.  150.000  baby  chicks  for 
1910  aud  09,000  hatching  eggs.  Now  booking  orders 
for  baby  chicks.  March  and  April  delivery,  W-  $12  per 
100.  No  order  too  large  . . ;  too  small.  The  kind  ttllit 
live  if  given  half  a  chance.  Get  your  orders  in 
early.  Eggs  for  hatching  now  ready,  fib  $6  per  100  in 
any  quantity.  My  Book.  "  Profits  in  Poultry  Keeping 
Solved."  free  with  all  orders. 
Edgar  Brigg*.  Box  75, Pleasant  Valley, N.Y. 
Place  Your  Order  Now 
for  eggs  and  chicks  frem  Laurelton  Layers 
Utility  Leghorns  Exclusively 
Our  Pure  Bred  Trap  Nested  Layers  arc 
bred  for  size,  vigor,  quality  and  heavy 
egg  production. 
Secure  Hatching  Eggs  and  Clucks  from 
the  strain  that  lias  made  the  world’s 
largest  poultry  plant  a  success. 
Send  today  for  descriptive  circular  and 
pnces‘  laurelton  farms 
Box  H  Lakewood,  N.  J. 
Ten  Weeks  Old  Pullets 
S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORNS 
Write  for  catalogue. 
Hillsboro  Poultry  Farms,  A.  M.  Shea,  Mgr.,  Somerville.  N.  J 
White  &Rice  Strain  S.  C.  White  Leghorns 
Made  in  America,  Brod  for  over  20  years  for  vigor 
and  production.  Write  for  prices.  FI.OY’I)  O. 
WH ITJ5,  successor  to  While  8  Rice.  York  town,  N.Y. 
Baby 
Chicks 
ja*  The  Guarantee  you've  been  looking  for  ? 
(JwSj  Well,  here  it  is. 
“j&cT  The  Martllng  Guarantee  not 
ry  \  only  Include-:  the  fertility,  but 
/  \  JSiSm  guarantees  a  specified  number 
At  .  -vV  of  ehlaka  from  every  selling 
wM  of  eggs  purchased. 
yTC- A  prominrr.t  uuthutilv  -  tiv-j,  "The 
CurticliM  ",  urevery  pmllflc  layers  of 
large  whit*  t,gv -  "lliey  ati:  ruled 
among  this  20u-c»:t:  yroducerT. . 
Hie  MARTUNG  SILVER  CAMF’INES  is  ihc 
F  F.  t ,  greatest  Prize-winning  strain  of  any  breed  of 
fowl  m  America. 
Awwi’cloti  Gold  Mednl,  Arn*  ririin  Poultry  Association 
Cbarapu»nahlp.  J'nnaiTm-PiKnfic  Exposition 
The,  Strain  Without  a  Tver 
Mating  Liat  rrendy  -  Vfc  im  Mtuul  you  one 
THE  MARTLING  HENNERY,  P.  0.  Bo*  4,  Ridgefield,  N.  J. 
s.  C.  tv.  Leghorns 
R.  &  S .  C.  R .  I.  Reds 
B.  Rocks 
PUREBRED, 
Strong,  Livable. 
From  heavy  -  laying, 
healthy,  free  range 
stock,  Safe  arrival 
guaranteed, 
Wesley  Grinnell 
Sodus,  N.  Y. 
S.C.  WHITE  l.f.CHORSS  EXfT.I’SI  YFI.Y 
QUALITY— PROMPT  DELIVERY— A  SQUARE  DEAL 
OUR  chicks  are  from  sclcclcd  stock  of  high  egg  production,  bred  right  on  our  100  acre  farm.  $15.00  per 
100,  $12.50  in  lots  of  500  or  more.  Safe  arrival  and  full  count  of  good,  strong  chicks,  guaranteed.  Prices  of 
pallets  on  application.  U  Send  for  Free  Booklet,  describing  our  plant  and  stock.  Order  Now  and  get 
What  you  want,  When  yoa  want  it. 
KIRKUP  BROTHERS  Dept.  R,  Mattituck,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 
Loss  of  Feathers;  Lice  on  Calves 
1.  I  have  a  lot  of  chickens  and  they 
eat  well  and  look  healthy  but  they  lose 
feathers  around  vent,  and  then  they  get 
raw  there ;  then  the  rest  peck  them. 
What  is  the  trouble?  2.  I  have  a  few 
yearling  calves  that  bad  lice.  I  put  some 
machine  oil  on  them  ;  now  they  are  itch¬ 
ing  along  the  neck,  the  hair  coining  off  in 
blotches.  Is  machine  oil  bad  to  put  on? 
Delancoy,  N.  Y.  A.  J.  E. 
1.  The  bare  spots  may  be  greased  with 
lard  or  vaseline  into  which  a  little  kero¬ 
sene  has  been  incorporated.  If  pecked 
by  oilier  liens  and  bleeding  is  started,  the 
unfortunate  fowl  is  likely  to  be  killed  and 
eaten  by  her  cannibal  sisters.  Once  this 
vice  is  started  it  may  be  impossible  to 
stop  it  without  turning  the  flock  loose  on 
free  range. 
2.  The  writer’s  remedy  for  lice  on 
calves  and  cows  is  kerosene.  A  curry¬ 
comb  may  be  dipped  into  kerosene  and 
run  through  the  hair,  paying  particular 
attention  to  the  animal's  back  and  the 
folds  of  skin  about  the  neck.  If  used  too 
liberally,  kerosene  may  cause  loss  of  hair 
but  the  writer  has  never  had  any  trouble 
from  that  source  and  has  frequently  ap¬ 
plied  kerosene  in  sufficient  amount  and 
with  sufficient  frequency  to  rid  both 
calves  and  their  mothers  of  lice. 
M.  B.  D. 
Preventing  Water  from  Freezing;  Young 
Breeding  Stock 
1.  Will  some  of  my  fellow  poultry 
keepers  toll  me  how  they  manage  to  keep 
water  in  the  henhouse  from  freezing  in 
the  Winter?  2.  Could  I  safely  use  eggs 
for  hatching  in  April  from  R.  I.  Red 
pullets  hatched  April  15th  last  year, 
good  stock,  splendid  layers,  and  have  had 
the  very  best  care  from  hatching  till 
now  ?  R.  S. 
Massachusetts. 
1.  Keeping  the  drinking  water  from 
freezing  in  Winter  is  something  I  have 
never  been  able  to  do,  in  fact  have  never 
tried  to  do.  The  liens  keep  a  hole  open 
in  the  daytime,  but  it  will  freeze  at  night. 
Then  I  take  a  big  tea  kettle  full  of  boil¬ 
ing  water,  and  with  an  ax,  kept  at  the 
coop  for  that  purpose,  chop  a  hole  in  the 
ice  and  pour  in  the  hot  water,  giving  the 
hens  a  warm  drink.  But  sifter  about 
three  days  ice  will  form  so  thick  around 
the  sides  of  the  pails  that  they  must  be 
brought  in  and  thawed  out,  and  a  fresh 
Start  made.  It  would  not  be  difficult  to 
box  in  a  chimneyless  brooder  lamp  under 
the  water  pail,  and  never  have  any  ice 
in  the  pails.  In  the  small  breeding 
houses  the  water  is  thrown  out  every 
night. 
2.  Rhode  Island  Red  pullet  eggs  are 
all  right  for  hatching,  especially  if  they 
are  mated  with  a  cock  instead  of  a  cock¬ 
erel.  As  a  rule  the  mating  of  brother 
and  sister  is  far  more  objectionable  than 
mating  the  sire  (vith  his  own  daughters. 
The  brother  and  sister  mating,  if  contin¬ 
ued  a  few  years,  is  almost  sure,  to  run 
down  the  egg  production,  also  the  vitality 
of  the  stock.  geo.  a.  cosgrove. 
Breeding  for  Laying  Contest 
I  have  a  White  Leghorn  pullet  that 
has  laid  70  eggs  from  Dec.  1  to  March 
1,  under  what  I  consider  unfavorable 
conditions,  as  her  comb  bus  been  frozen 
all  Winter.  She  has  been  in  the  same 
pen  with  10  others  of  high  pedigree  that 
have  not  done  so  well  under  the  same 
conditions,  all  mated  to  a  Barron  cock, 
bred  from  a  hen  that  laid  2S4  eggs  at 
Stuns,  Conn.  I)o  you  think  pullets  from 
this  mating,  pullet  picked  by  uu  inex¬ 
perienced  man,  will  he  good  enough  to 
enter  in  egg-laying  contest  next  Fall,  or 
do  you  advise  selecting  those  from  the 
strain  known  to  be  of  high  pedigree? 
When  is  the  best  time  to  hatch  for  the 
laying  contest?  j.  s. 
New  York. 
I  should  use  the  70-egg  pullet  surely, 
and  the  Barron  2S4-egg  cock.  If  you 
trap-nest  you  can  mark  her  eggs  and  toe- 
mark  the  chicks.  Over  23  eggs  a  month 
is  remarkably  good  laying  for  I.cgborns 
in  Winter.  You  do  not  know  what  her 
performance  will  be  in  the  whole  year, 
but  I  think  the  chances  are  that  it  will 
lie  good.  You  will  have  time  to  find  out. 
before  you  need  to  enter  birds  for  the 
next  contest.  Fse  also  your  best  pedi¬ 
greed  stock  with  same  cock;  you  can 
give  bi.m  15  hens  to  run  with,  then  if 
your  70-egg  pullet  docs  not  turn  out 
well,  you  have  the  pedigreed  hens’  pul¬ 
lets  to  enter.  First  of  May  is  the  time 
to  hatch  Leghorn  pullets  for  the  contest. 
GEO.  A.  COSGROVE. 
A  Skim-milk  “  Chicken  Crank” 
On  page  407  you  answer  an  inquiry 
as  to  the  worth  of  skim-milk  as  a  chicken 
feed.  I  am  a  poultry  ‘‘crank”  through 
and  through;  have  been  interested  in  it 
fur  25  years.  I  have  a  lot  of  high-class 
birds,  on  a  10-acre  farm.  I  read  your 
paper  religiously  and  enjoy  it.  but  at 
times  your  poultry  editor.  I  believe,  is 
far  astray  on  certain  subjects.  For  the 
most  part  he  i,s  right,  I  believe,  and  his 
advice  is,  or  should  be,  of  great  value 
to  your  readers.  On  this  matter  of  feed¬ 
ing  skim-milk  to  fowls,  ami  the  value 
of  it.  G,  B.  F.  is  over-cautious  to  the 
inquirer,  J.  M.  D.  I  keep  no  cows,  but 
I  do  feed  skim-milk,  all  of  it  my  bens 
and  Chickens  will  eat,  aud  consider  it 
worth  any  pri.ee  I  have  to  pay.  At  pres¬ 
ent  I  am  paying  25  cents,  delivered,  for 
a  10-gallon  can.  This  is  approximately 
30  or  35  cents  per  100  pounds,  the  price 
stated  by  (J.  B.  F.  as  the  worth  of  the 
article.  The  Stores,  Conn.,  Experiment 
Station  recently  issued  a  bulletin  on  this 
very  subject,  and  they  stated  that  the 
worth  of  milk  as  a  feed  for  poultry  was 
in  their  judgment:  about  $1.10  per  can 
as  on  extreme  limit,  no  doubt.  .1.  M.  D. 
is  only  payi,ng  about  one-half  this  sum, 
and  if  he  is  feeding  for  extreme  egg  pro¬ 
duction.  or  in  rearing  young  chicks,  I 
believe  he  is  within  a  safe  limit. 
I  have  preached  ‘'feed  milk”  to  my 
neighbors  when  they  have  asked  how  I 
got  such  high  egg  production,  and  i,n  the 
mirage  of  young  chicks  especially,  there 
is  almost  no  limit  to  place  on  the  value 
of  milk.  I  raised  285  chickens  last  sea¬ 
son  with  mother  hens.  1  lost  but  four 
during  the  season,  and  they  were  fed  all 
of  the  bread  and  milk  they  would  eat 
twice  a  day.  I  sold  broilers  weighing 
two  pounds  at  seven  weeks  old  (Ply¬ 
mouth  Rocks)  and  to  my  judgment  my 
entire  success  was  due  to  milk  feeding, 
I  have  been  wrong  a  great  many  ti,raes 
and  may  err  again  on  this  point,  but 
experience  has  taught  me  that  in  order 
to  get  best  results  you  must  have  an 
abundance  of  milk  in  the  chicken  busi¬ 
ness.  I  am  feeding  from  two  to  four  gal¬ 
lons  of  milk  per  day  at  the  present  time 
to  my  120  laying  hens.  This  is  given 
with  bread  soaked  up,  and  I  am  selling 
about  40  dozen  eggs  per  week,  and  have 
been  since  last  November  or  thereabouts. 
New  York.  p.  M.  tyler. 
A  Note  on  Buttercups 
Several  times  we  have  raised  chicks 
among  the  mountains  of  New  York  and 
brought  them  to  South  Florida  iu  Novem¬ 
ber  for  the  sake  of  their  eggs  during  the 
Winter.  This  past  season  we  brought 
Buttercups  that  were  hatched  in  an  in¬ 
cubator  on  June  7th,  1015.  When  six 
months  and  seven  days  old  we  began  to 
take  account  of  their  eggs,  and  during 
December  and  January  our  record  shows 
fiG%.  We  then  sold  half  of  the  flock  and 
since  have  had  67%  eggs.  On  some 
days  they  have  run  the  record  up  to 
100%.  We  like  them  quite  as  well  as 
the  Leghorns,  and  find  them  to  do  bet¬ 
ter  on  the  same  amount  of  feed.  As 
roasters  and  broilers  they  arc  better  than 
the  Leghorns  or  Wyandottes.  They  feath¬ 
er  out  early  and  are  always  plump  and 
ready  for  the  table.  They  are  very  quiet 
in  disposition  and  unusually  intelligent. 
Wo  deem  them  peculiarly  adapted  to  this 
State. 
Our  pastor  visited  us  recently  aud  told 
us  that  our  birds  were  exactly  like  some 
chickens  that,  were  raised  by  nearly 
everybody  west  and  south  of  St.  Augus¬ 
tine  40  years  ago.  except  that  these  had 
the  beautiful  spangles,  while  the  Semin¬ 
ole  chickens,  ns  they  were  called,  were  a 
buff  yellow.  The  Seminole  chicken  was 
noted  for  laying  and  good  foraging  abil¬ 
ity.  I  have  no  doubt  that  they  were 
brought  from  the  Mediterranean  by  early 
voyagers.  p. 
Avon  Park,  Fla. 
Device  for  Catching  Chickens 
Catching  chickens  in  the  henhouse  not 
only  scares  the  chickens  but  also  gives 
the  catcher  quite  some  exercise.  Here  is 
a  device  which  is  inexpensive  aud  I  have 
found  quite  satisfactory.  Take  a  piece  of 
No.  7  wire  about  12  feet  long,  double  to¬ 
gether  except  for  a  foot  at  end  which 
is  left  single.  Start  at  loop  end  and 
twist  tight  making  one  heavy  wire.  Now 
take  single  end  and  bend  in  a  hook  just 
large  enough  to  hook  a  chicken’s  leg  and 
foot,  cannot  pull  through.  All  wire  is 
best,  for  the  chicken  does  not  see  it  very 
well.  j.  v.  c. 
Kingston,  N.  J. 
Concerning  Minorcas 
Why  not  more  popular?  They  are  such 
big  fine  birds,  splendid,  large  white  eggs, 
weighing  sometimes  10  ounces  more  a 
dozen  than  ordinary  eggs,  tame,  hardy, 
healthy,  nice-looking,  and  one  of  the  larg¬ 
est  for  meat.  I  have  trouble  in  finding 
egg  boxes  large  enough  iu  capacity  to 
hold  their  eggs.  Why  not  "push”  the 
Minorcas?  I  would  enjoy  hearing  from 
your  wise  tneu.  A.  c.  M. 
Chorea 
I  have  a  horse  about  nine  years  old,  a 
good  puller,  but  has  great  difficulty  in 
backing,  raising  one  of  bis  hind  feet  very 
high  as  if  there  were  some  heavy  strain. 
When  drinking  water  he  also  raises  his 
hind  foot  and  trembles,  while  the  front 
foot  be  stretches  forward  so  that  lie  may 
get  lower  to  the  water.  While  drinking 
he  will  suddenly  raise  his  head  as  if 
there  wore  some  strain  in  his  spine.  Also 
after  driving  him  about  20  miles  he  goes 
lame  on  his  front  foot,  and  after  resting 
about  a  day  is  all  right  again.  Can  you 
advise  me?  w.  o. 
The  horse  apparently  is  afflicted  with 
chorea,  akin  to  St.  Vitus’  dance  of  man 
and  is  what  horsemen  call  a  ’’shiverer”  or 
“crumpy.”  The  disease  is  incurable.  The 
lameness  after  a  long  drive  probably  is 
due  to  a  bruise  or  corn.  Put  a  leather  or 
rubber  pad  under  the  shoe  of  that  foot. 
A.  s.  A. 
