C/jc  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
April  22,  iyiu, 
676 
I  As  strain  of  TL  T.  Rods  that  have  made  | 
i  good  all  over  the  country  in  the  hands  | 
I  of  hundreds  of  customers.  We  offer  | 
!  eggs  for  hatching,  that  are  from  pens  | 
|  of  pedigreed  breeders  of  proven  value.  | 
|  l>a,v-old  chicks  also.  Why  not  get  the  \ 
I  results  of  years  of  careful  wort,  send  1 
|  for  mating  list  that  gives  facts  and  let-  f 
|  ters  from  customers.  Prices  reasonable,  \ 
|  and  honorable  treatment  guaranteed.  1 
|  From  a  Purchaser  of  Eggs.  1915  f 
|  “I  wish  to  inform  you  of  the  results  we  got  from  I 
s  100  t'ggA  bought  of  you  last  spring.  We  batched  s 
I  87  %  and  sold  enough  cockerels  to  cover  all  cx-  1 
I  reuses.  after  reserving  wind  males  we  wished  for  I 
I  our  own  use.  We  have  nut*  large  pullets  from  I 
l  the  tot.  which  wo  shnll  hold  over  for  next  year's  | 
I  breeders.  They  la.v  large  well  shaped  eggs.  We  : 
I  have  obtained  such  good  results  that  we  shall  1 
i  certainly  wish  more  of  your  eggs  next  season,  i 
1  1'lnchurst.  Poultry  Kurin. 
|  Feb.  9.  1916.  Stoughton.  Mass.”  § 
1  Tbit  Letter  It  Not  Exceptional  to  Many  Other  Reporta  § 
I  COLONIAL  FARM,  Box  O,  Temple,  N.  H.  | 
'tiiimiimiiititHiMiiiiniiiiimiiiiiiiNMniiitifiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiuiimiuniniiMiiiimniiiiiitiiiiiitiiuiiiijiiiiir 
“It  may  interest  you 
—  to  know  that  1  have  found  H-O  Steam-Cooked 
Chick  Feed  the  best  it  has  ever  been  my  good 
fortune  to  use.”  So  writes  a  customer  of  ours. 
If  you  want  a  chick  feed  which  does  not  spoil — a 
feed  which  keeps  chicks  from  getting  sick,  then  try 
H-0  Steam-Cooked 
Chick  Feed 
Free  from  excess  moisture  so  does  not  sour  as  do 
some  of  the  uncooked  feeds.  Easily  digestible; 
makes  chicks  healthy  and  strong. 
Write  today  for  sample,  prices 
and  descriptive  folder. 
The  H-0  Company  ||  John  J.  Campbell 
General  Sales  Agent 
HARTFORD,  CONN. 
BUFFALO,  H.  Y, 
TRAPNESTED 
Splendid  cherry  to  mahogany  rich  glowing  red.  thor. 
oughbred,  hen  hatched,  free  range,  open-front  colony 
house,  hardy  stock.  Scientifically  line  hi  ed  nway  from 
promlineav  fcEui  for  huuviiml  wir.lrr  haying,  on  a  t  trietiy 
sanitary  plant,  firavicai  laying  Krds  lii  rxifttvoco.  laying 
rate-  II I  to  1ST  egg..  HATCHING  EGGS  from  mtigniil- 
ccrit,  large,  hardy,  glowing  iv.l  rose  and  single  Comb  hcn», 
not  pullets,  mated  to  splendid,  largo,  vigorous,  burning  ted 
male.,  themselves  out  ol  tr* ['nested  bens-  Vert  Me,  strong, 
hatch. bio,  large,  iinbletnohnd  eggs,  gathered  hourly, 
slopped  daily,  witf  delivery  gitaranv-rd.  White  diarrhoea 
shsolutelv  unknown.  lfll\E  BKEEDINC  t-OCKEKELS, 
early  hatched,  large.,  hnrdy.vigorous  breeder*,  ereatstam- 
in  a,  long  hacks,  low  tails,  short  legs  well  spread  j  brilliant 
rich  glowing  red  and  oat  of  tinpn-.tvd  Irens.  BREED¬ 
ING  HENS,  imllets,  mated  trios  turd  breeding  pens. 
Wo  ship  all  over  U.  S.,  Canada,  tutd  nbroad  as  far  as 
Australia,  and  sell  eggs  aDd  stock  to  Stir  tee  and  the  U.  8. 
Oovorninont.  Courteous,  etraightforward  dealings. 
Sal  l  tf action  guara nlecd. 
FROM  A  NEW  YORK  STATE  CUSTOMER 
Cornwall.  N.  Y., 
Feb.  6, 191ft. 
I  cannot  speak  too  highly  of  yonrVibert  Strain.  THEY 
ARE  THE  FINEST  BIRDS  I  EVER  SAW— both  for  tire 
table  and  for  egg.s.  J  GET  EGGS  WHILE  MY  NEIGH¬ 
BORS  GET  NONE.  P.  K  L. 
1916  mating  booklet  on  request. 
VIBERT  RED  FARM,  Box'l,  WESTON.  N.  J. 
W*'  .'-.Anit  '-y.-nry.vort xhp,  ^  -  r_Bi  -r  .it  * 
r  durable. Open  altfioDtacmovstrle.adjtist-  »J| 
ublr  llam.  Outrkiy  conv<*rtrd  into  III  I" 
>  >n.  l»  rood  et.  Colony  ur  Laying  Hou*c.  Light  r  oi  i”'] 
Riid  senny.  Cheaptr  tnd  better  than  home-  :  | 
LujLsu  I  i  rlrnic.  SimtmlUtiitiOiuuf 
k  fcimouijilo*.  Coli?.  h«H,  rodent  unci  lice 
Scmlfortl  .  circuit  Itlcnilui? 
and  price  Uat.  nmwiiik  Silo  Co. 
11  !Rox,  C,  Unadilla-  .N.'Y. 
fNew  Flats  and  Fillers 
New  Egg  Cases 
Champion  Oats  Sprouter 
Catalog:  Free  on  Request 
H.  K.  BRUNNER,  45  Hanian  Street,  New  York 
PUIPIFC  "Lato  Season  Bargains'’ on.  S. 
VnlwIVw  C-  White  and  Brown  Leghorns 
Barred  Rock  and  Broiler  chicks,  Sfi.Otl  per  1  llll  and  up, 
Let  us  book  yollr  order.  Safe  delivery  gunrnnteed, 
Booklet  tree.  CYCLONE  HATCHERY.  Box  B.  Richfield,  Ps 
Rr  Rr  1  orrlvn^ne— Be8ti  strains  in  America. 
.  U.  lii.  Legnoms  15  eggs, SI  Nt.  I’ekin docks 
and  W.  China  Goose.  CLAUDIA  BETTS,  Hillsdale,  Mich. 
Day-old  chicks  $15  per  hundred.  Hatching  eggs  $1.20  per 
setting  of  IS.  $7.00  per  hundred,  nil  from  Heavyweight, 
Vigorous,  Heavy  Winlor  Laying  block,  raised  on  Free 
Clover  Ranee,  carefully  selected  for  color,  mid  kept  in 
Open  Front  llour-os  under  most  Sanitary  Conditions.  Safe 
arrival  of  Chicks,  Fertility  of  eggs  W%  ami  “Absolute 
Satisfaction  Guaranteed.”  No  more  breeding  stock  for 
sale  until  further  notice.  OAKLAND  FARMS,  Oakland  N.  J. 
Carneau  Pigeons 
Best  Squab  Producers.  Breeding  Stock  for  Sale. 
ALBIDA  FARM,  -  Niantic,  Conn. 
exclusively.  Eggs,  $1.50  per 
15.  Short  &  Tripp,  Corlland,  N.  Y. 
Improved  Silver  Campines 
-EGGS  FOR  HATCHING 
Bronkside  Poultry  Farm,  Stockton,  N.  J. 
Buttercups 
in  nnn  nil  If* If®  for  1916  from  out*  Jioavr  Winter 
IUTUUU  UnibPVd  lay i hit  81  rains#  AIho  VJbcrt  Kt*d 
and  Pittsfield  Burred  Rouk  strain  ft.  Hatching1  eg'jxs  in 
limited  quantities.  Chicks  hotohod  hi  Candor  Mammoth, 
carefully  Inspected  before  xhipping  and  guarantor!]  to 
reach  you  hi  t>erfo‘*t  <joijcJith>n.  You  inpstiK*  satistled  or 
we  cannot  keen  your  money.  90  pullets  raised  from  200 
chicks  shipped  n  customer  in  Virginia* lust  year  pave  Mm 
71  offcs  Jan  fith.  Order  now.  PLICASANT  VALLEV 
1*0 1’  LT  It  V  FA  KM,  Einici.burg,  Mass. 
BARRED  ROCK  EGGS 
utility  hi  ed,  $1  per  lb;  $3  50  per  100. 
B.  H.  NEhllON  •  Brockport,  N.  V. 
irrhh rod  Pmillrv— Rocl(S’  Wyaii..  Leg.,  Reds,  Orp. 
IgnDreO  rOUITry  Min.,  Brah.,  8c.  ;;:i  varieties, 
tl ;  40,  %'&.  Catalog-  f ree#  Henry  K-  Mohr,  Quiikr.rtflwii.  Pa 
EGGS  FOR  HATCHING 
BARRED  ROCKS-Parks  Strain 
Eggs, El  per  15;  *5 per  100.  Fred  Goortfcllow,  Gilbua.  N.Y. 
S.  C.  RHODE  ISLAND  REDS 
We  keep  but  200;  Farm  grown;  selected  layers.  Do 
not  believe  better  layers  can  bo  produced.  Eggs 
from  2-year  Hens,  yearling  Cocks.  *3.50  per  15. 
Infertile  Eggs  in  ado  good.  Orders  Boohed  now. 
LUCIA  TUCKER.  101  Ranch  Farm,  Norwalk,  Conn. 
rs  ¥f  \r*\r  C  BROWN  AND  WHITE  IEGH0RNS  ROCKS, 
I  H  lLlVD  R  I  REDS,  PARTRIDGE  COCHINS  WHITE 
0RPINGI0NS  Catalogue  free. 
W.  F.  HILLPOT,  Hnx  1,  Frenchtown,!N.  J. 
MOTTLED  ANCONA 8-Cboice  eggs  for  hatch 
iug.  85e„  15;  $4  50,  100.  Geo  K.  Bowdish,  Esperance,  N  Y 
5.  C.  White  Leghorn  S.  C.  R.  1.  Reds 
Eggs  and  Chix  from  free  range,  thorohnd  stock 
HEAVY  LAYING  STRAINS 
Ducklings  ami  Guinea  Cliix  also  supplied 
Commercial  Hatching’  35000  t  irg  capacity 
Prices  and  particulars  on  application 
MAPLE  GLEN  FARM  M1LLERTON,  N.  Y. 
clilckonH, duck*, gee6c.tnrkeyB,piiln.  a», dots  andhan;a.  Stock  and 
litsks-  Illustrated  Catalog  tree.  E0WIH  ft-  SOIIOER,  Boi  B.Tellurd,  Pa. 
Fifteen  Most  Popular  Breeds  of  Poultry 
Eggs,  chicks  and  Breeders.  Send  for  catalogue. 
SUSQUEHANNA  POULTRY  FARM,  Box  10,  Hackensack,  N.  J. 
Slarrett’s  S.  C.  Reds  S,,  MriSE 
dark  and  vigorous.  Eggs  for  HATCHING,  $7.  #10,  #!.ipor 
11)0.  A  few  settings  (0  #5  per  13  from  Our  OLD  ACRES 
am)  MARVEL  strains  of  exhibition  producing  birds 
SPECIALLY  MATEO  by  the  originator  of  the  Marvel 
strain.  J  H.  STARRETT,  Cochesctt,  JMuss. 
American  Dominiques 
H  ERBERT  J>.  ROOKS 
Money  Makers 
Mills,  Pa. 
CD  Cool  Broodq— 1 Chickens,  ducks,  geese,  turkeys, 
HU  DCS!  DIBoua  qujrm.’iK,  dogs  bud  liares.  Stock  and 
Eggs. Valuable  catalogue  tree  H.A.Soude(.Box?il,S«ll«r<ville,Pa. 
Tompkins-Colonial  Strain  R.  I.  Reds 
Hatching  eggs  from  guaranteed  heavy  fall  and  win¬ 
ter  layers.  $1,50  per  15;  $4  per  50:  $7.50  per  100; 
straight  colonial  strain,  $3  per  15.  Address 
C  A.  GAEDE,  .  Marlborough,  N.  Y. 
-Eggs  from  heavy  lay 
ing,  pri7.e  w  i  tin  i  n  g 
.  BRUSH  &  SON,  Milton,  Vt. 
Rose  Comb  Brown  Leghorns- 
stock,  $2  per  15.  Circular.  H 
-Day-Old  Ohlcka  and  E 
HAMPTON'S,  PITTST0WN,  t 
Black  Leghorn 
S/ — S  *1  f  ' Trapnest  Rec- 
.Ly.XA.CUlO  ords,  150  to  180 
Eggs.  15  Eggs, $1;  $5  hundred. 
J,  M.  BRITTON  -  Chepachet,  R.  I. 
S.C. While  Lghornsi*,5iJnlaf'Ji'iS“SiSr"l1';j 
America  can  Prodace.  25,000chicks  and  eggs  for  sale- 
Places  low.  Write  US.  Twin  Oak*  farm,  liox  II,  Palmyra,  Pa. 
Trap-Nested  Single  Comb  Reds 
*  ,  .  .  .  .  ..  i .TTi Mill.  1  iMI  9,1 
ICK^BWud  chickriTrom  breeders  with  records,  hU)  to 
204  eggs.  Booklet.  A.  ALLAN,  Ju.,  Newport,  It.  I. 
CTDAIM  DrlR-S|li[l*  Onnili*  Only 
u  1  nnlll  liulld  Par  yearn  wn'vn  Vistula. 
winter  lu.vcia  for  l.reedor#.  ICxi.k,  $1.96-16; 
ilox  t'JO.  B.  ({UAHKIiMiCSir,  Harlan,  Conn 
Bred-to-Lay  R.  C.  R.  I.  REDS 
Blue  ribbon  winners,  liagarslown,  York,  ntc.  Prices 
reasonable-  Free  Booklet. 
CATALPA  POULTRY  FARM,  W.  G  HoriiEr,  GetlysburB.  Pa- 
S.C.R.I.RED  EGGS  AND  CHICKS 
In  large  nr  small  lots.  Show  or  utility. 
THE;BREWSTER  POULTRY  YARDS,  •  Cornwall,  N.  Y. 
Ren  CHICKS 
LU  EGGS 
record  stock.  Eggs,  $7  per  100: 
Anna  M.  Jones,  Hillsdale,  N.  Y. 
R1  DCH  CppC  FOR  HATCHING,  $1.50  per 
.  1.  IvLL/  LoLiJ  setting;  $5  per  hundred. 
Kuestner  Bros.,  R.  F.I).  No.t,  Trenton,  N. ,!. 
THE  HILL  COLONY  BROODER 
Famous  for  High-grade  Construction  and  Efficiency 
IT  is  built  for  actual  business  arid  not  a  toy.  It  is  the  only 
brooder  in  America  built  with  a  gas-collective  chamber 
over  ton  of  beater  and  with  a  double  grate  'the  heat  regu¬ 
lation  is  perfect.,  the  price  reasonable.  \Ve  “]9°  ^ vvrVt* 
tlie  Magic  Brooder  with  top  and  bottom  draft  at  AN  xito 
for  circular  describing  both  brooders.  Agents  wanted  , 
UNITED  BROODER  CO., 32  Bellevue  Ave.,  Trenton,  N.J 
EGG-LAYING  CONTEST 
The  birds  at  the  contest  did  not  quite 
keep  up  the  pace  this  week.  The  number 
of  eggs  laid  was  4,622,  which  is  29  less 
than  were  laid  last  week.  The  highest 
score  made  since  this  present  contest  be¬ 
gan  was  made  by  Tom  Barron’s  White 
Wvandottes,  namely  61,  over  87  per  cent, 
of  the  possible  total.  This  high  score  in¬ 
creases  Barron's  lead  over  Obed  G. 
Knight's  Wvandottes  by  three  eggs,  the 
scores  standing  now  970  to  961.  P.  W. 
Backus’  White  Wyandottes  are  third  in 
the  total  scores,  and  Jacob  E.  Jansen's 
B.  I.  Beds  are  fourth  in  the  total  with  a 
score  of  800.  » 
Two  pens  tie  for  second  place  in  the 
week's  score,  Obed  (i.  Knight’s  Wyan- 
dottes  arid  Homer*P.  Dealing's  B.  I.  Beds 
— each  pen  laying  58.  Book  Bose  Farm's 
Barred  Rocks  are  third  with  a  score  of 
56,  and  two  pens  of  B.  I.  Beds  tie  for 
fourth  place.  They  are  8.  G-  McLean’s 
-pen  and  Springdale  Poultry  Farm’s  pen, 
each  laying  55. 
Brooding  and  caring  for  young  chicks 
is  now  the  poultryman’s  job.  I  want  to 
emphasize  the  importance  of  moisture  for 
young  chicks  that  are  raised  in  brooders. 
Get  rhem  out  on  the  ground  as  soon  as 
possible,  or  if  they  are  kept  in  long 
brooder  bouses,  shovel  up  a  pail  of  damp 
earth  from  the  ground  outside  and  dump 
it  in  a  pile  in  the  brooder  run  ;  and  it  is  a 
good  idea  to  scatter  grain  all  through  the 
pile  to  make  the  chicks  scratch  in  it. 
Often  little  chicks’  legs  are  just  skin  and 
bone  for  lack  of  that  dampness.  It  does 
not  hurt  them  at  all  to  step  into  their 
drinking  pans,  but  it  soils  the  water,  so 
other  dampness  should  be  provided.  There 
would  be  less  complaints  of  leg  weakness, 
etc.,  if  the  young  chicks  were  kept  where 
they  had  a  place  to  moisten  their  feet  oc¬ 
casionally. 
The  week’s  record  follows : 
Barred  Rocks,  Week  Total 
A.  B.  Ball,  Connecticut  .  50  587 
Mrs.  Andreas  Brooks,  New  York .  49  485 
Frank  L.  Tulllo,  Massachusetts .  42  574 
Jules  F,  Franca  is,  Lonjr  Island .  47  79t> 
Hampton  JustltUte,  Virginia  .  48  492 
Fail-fields  Farms.  New  Hampshire -  51  (183 
O.  A.  Foster,  California  .  39  403 
Oregon  Agr.  College,  Oregon  .  52  1183 
Hock  Kobo  Farm,  New  York  .  58  720 
Memlelay  Poultry  Yards,  Ohio  .  48  482 
White  Bocks. 
Branford  Farm,  Connecticut  . 44  504 
Branford  Farm,  Connecticut  .  42  703 
Albert  T.  Lennon,  Massachusetts.....  45  844 
Kewecnah  Farm,  Massachusetts .  50  543 
Hollis  ton  Hill  Farm,  Massachusetts..  52  098 
Buff  Bocks. 
A.  A.  Hall,  Connecticut.  . . . 
Columbian  Bocks. 
Mrs.  George  Ti.  Wilcox,  Connecticut.. 
White  Wyandottes, 
Lime  Bidge  Farm,  New  York . 
National  While  Wyandutte  Club.  Pa.. 
Obed  G.  Knight,  Rhode  Island . 
P.  W.  Backus,  Ontario  . . 
Beulah  Farm,  Ontario  . 
Vine  Hill  Farm,  Massachusetts . 
Mrs.  It,  W.  Stevens,  New  York . 
Everett  E.  Wheeler,  Massachusetts. . 
.1.  E.  Waisoo.  Connecticut  . 
Tom  BaiTuii,  England  . 
MarsiTen  Cross  1‘.  Farm.  England . 
Neale  Bros.,  Rhode  Island . 
Merrythought  Farm,  Connecticut . 
Silver  Wyandottes. 
Mrs.  Lena  C.  Bray,  Missouri 
Columbian  Wyandottes. 
Merrythought  Farm,  Connecticut . 
Buff  Wyandottes. 
I)r.  N.  W.  Sanborn,  Massachusetts .  . . 
G,  Arthur  Cook,  Massachusetts . 
Rhode  Island  Beds. 
Colonial  Farm,  New  Hampshire . 
A.  B.  Brundace.  Connecticut . 
Hill  view  Poultry  Farm,  Vermont.... 
Homer  P-  Reining,  Connecticut . 
Charles  O.  PoUiemus,  New  York . 
8.  G.  McLean,  Connecticut  . 
Springdale  Poultry  Farm,  Connecticut 
Laurel  Hill  Farm,  Rhode  Island...... 
II.  W.  San  horn,  Massachusetts....... 
Harry  B.  Cook.  Connecticut  . . 
A.  W.  Bitmery,  New  Hampshire . 
F.  I>,  Clark,  Connecticut . 
Allan’s  Hnrfobeat  Beds.  Rhode  Island 
Charles  Becker,  Connecticut  . 
Fatherland'  Furin,  Massachusetts  .... 
Jacob  E.  Jansen.  Connecticut.. . 
II.  W.  CoUingwood,  New  Jersey . 
W.  H.  Humstead.  Connecticut  . 
Pincerest  Orchard*,  Massachusetts ... . 
Hampton  Institute,  Virginia  . 
Jos,  Brandenburg,  Michigan  . 
White  Leghorns. 
A.  B.  Hall,  Connecticut  . 
Braeslde  Poultry  Farm,  l’a . 
Jay  H.  Eruisse,  New  York . 
Broad  Brook  Farm,  New  York . 
James  II.  Lord,  Massachusetts . 
Mrs,  Boltin  S.  Woodruff,  Connecticut 
WIndswonp  Finn,  Oonueetleat  . 
Francis  F,  Lincoln,  Connecticut . 
P.  G.  Platt,  Pa . 
Dictograph  Poultry  Farm.  N.  Y . 
F.  M.  I  V.iidoy,  Connecticut  . . 
(’has.  Heigl,  Ohio  . . . . 
Tom  Barron,  England  . . 
Will  Barron,  England  . 
J.  Colllnson,  England  . 
Marsden  Cross  P.  Farm,  England . 
BushUIII  Poultry  Farm,  Pa . 
A.  P.  ltoblnson,  New  York . 
River  Ledge  Farm,  Connecticut . 
Frank  R.  Hancock,  Vermont  . 
Msrgnrcta  P.  Farm,  Ohio  . 
Branford  Farm,  Connecticut  . 
Branford'  Farm,  Connecticut  . 
\V.  E.  Atkinson,  Connecticut  . 
Kills  tv.  Bentley,  New  York . 
N.  W.  I  lendryx,  Connecticut  . 
Bonnie  Brook  Poultry  Farm,  N.  X - 
George  Phillips,  Connecticut  . 
Hampton  Institute,  Virginia  - - 
Toth  Bros,,  Connecticut  . 
White  Leghorn  Club.  Illinois  . 
Harry  Williams,  Connecticut  . 
Oakerest.  Farm.  New  York . 
.Ins.  F.  Harrington,  New  Jersey . 
Summer  Grove  Farm,  Ohio  . 
Buff  Leghorns, 
L.  E.  Hensley,  Michigan  . 
O.  L.  Magrey,  Connecticut  . 
Black  Leghorns. 
J.  Collinson,  England  . 
Red  Sussex. 
Dr.  E.  K.  Conrad,  New  Jersey .  28-  305 
Mottled  Anconas. 
Claude  Clinton,  New  Jersey .  43  CIS 
Elmwood  Farm,  New  York, .  47  475 
White  Orpingtons. 
Obed  G.  Knight,  Rhode  Island .  49  571 
Oregons, 
Oregon  Agr.  College,  Oregon  .  47  G5S 
Imperial  Progressives. 
W m.  R.  Wells,  Rhode  Island .  41  390 
Black  Rhinelanders. 
A.  Schwarz,  California  .  48  641 
GEO.  A.  COSGROVE. 
Incubator  Eggs 
Will  you  inform  me  as  regards  the 
present  egg  law  in  Massachusetts  and 
whether  or  not  clear  eggs  removed  from 
the  incubator  after  five  days  can  be  sold 
in  Massachusetts  or  New  York  State? 
J.  H. 
The  law  does  not  apply  in  any  partic¬ 
ular  way  to  incubator  eggs.  There  is  no 
attempt  to  distinguish  them  as  a  class 
from  other  eggR  more  or  less  fresh.  Only 
a  few  dealers  handle  them,  or  admit  that 
they  do  so.  Said  one  of  these :  “The 
trade  is  mostly  with  bakeries.  The  price 
varies  widely  according  to  condition. 
Many  dealers  refuse  to  accept  them.”  A 
poultryman  who  every  year  puts  many 
thousand  eggs  through  the  incubators, 
said :  “If  the  eggs  are  skilfully  tested 
out  at  five  or  six  days  the  perfectly  clear 
ones  are  better  than  some  Western  ‘fresh’ 
eggs,  and  I  have  sold  them  at  within  four 
cents  of  the  price  of  nearby  hennery  eggs, 
but  the  testing  was  made  at  the  earliest 
possible  time  and  was  very  careful.” 
►Some  eggs  start  a  little  and  die.  making 
a  spotted  or  clouded  pgg,  and  these  must 
be  .shut  out.  The  price  obtained  depends 
on  the  tester.  Some  “incubator  eggs”  as 
shipped,  arc  not  fit  to  sell  and  quite  often 
are  returned  to  the  shipper.  Some  test¬ 
ers  claim  they  can  tell  by  the  action  of 
the  yolk  when  moved  before  the  light, 
that  an  eg£  has  been  in  the  incubator 
even  for  a  day  or  two.  G.  B.  F. 
Substitute  for  Permanganate  of  Potash 
What  can  we  use  for  colds  in  poultry  as 
a  substitute  for  permanganate  of  potash, 
the  usual  remedy?  This  drug  is  now  too 
expensive.  w,  e.  h. 
At  this  moment  we  cannot  recommend 
a  good  substitute  for  permanganate.  The 
potassium  compound  seems  to  be  alto¬ 
gether  the  most  desirable  antiseptic  of 
this  sort  and  is  entirely  safe  to  use.  Car¬ 
bolic  acid,  foul*  or  five  teaspoonfuls  to  a 
gallon  has  been  suggested  by  Dr.  Kaupp. 
Bichloride  of  mercury  has  likewise  been 
suggested,  to  be  used  in  solutions  of  1 
to  10,000  or  a  one-grain  tablet  to  a  gal¬ 
lon  of  water.  Chinosol  is  still  another, 
used  diluted  1  to  2,000.  This  last  as  we 
understand  it  is  a  trade  name  for  a  pre¬ 
paration  that  is  perhaps  not  found  at 
every  drugstore,  although  it  is  said  to  be 
just  as  harmless  as  the  permanganate.  I 
have  no  first  band  information  concern¬ 
ing  chinosol.  The  other  two  suggested 
substitutes  are  not  safe  things  to  handle. 
Personally  wc  would  not  want  to  use 
them  very  much  with  our  own  birds. 
Furthermore  the  bichloride  would  have 
to  be  used  in  wooden  or  earthenware  ves¬ 
sels  as  mercury  readily  amalgamates  with 
galvanized  ware. 
In  the  Poultry  Manual,  an  English 
book  written  by  Mr.  T.  W.  Sturgis,  the 
author  strongly  recommends  the  use  of 
sulphate  of  copper  both  as  a  cure  and  as 
a  preventive  for  colds.  His  directions  are 
to  dissolve  one  ounce  in  eight  ounces  of 
swater  and  then  add  one  ounce  of  this 
stock  solution  to  each  gallon  of  the  drink¬ 
ing  water.  lie  says  it  is  better  to  use 
soft  water,  as  otherwise  the  lime  will 
cause  a  precipitate.  lie  also  suggests 
stoneware  or  enamel  vessels,  otherwise 
chemical  reaction  is  likely  to  take  place. 
W.  F.  KIRKPATRICK. 
Cannibal  Chicks 
Will  you  advise  iu  regard  to  baby 
chicks  toe-picking  and  pulling  one  an¬ 
other  apart?  Some  started  when  they 
were  48  hours  old,  some  of  a  different 
machine  did  not  do  it  at  all.  They  are 
four  weeks  old  now,  aud  still  do  it. 
New  Jersey.  f.  j.  e. 
Picking  and  pulling  at  each  other’s 
feet  is  a  common  habit  in  flocks  of  young 
chicks.  If  blood  is  drawn,  they  are  apt 
to  keep  at  the  injured  chick  until  they 
kill  it  and  then  to  seek  new  victims. 
Very  likely  the  long  toes  of  the  chicks 
suggest  worms  to  the  others  and  tiie  sug¬ 
gestion  is  followed  by  action.  The  flocks 
of  youngsters  should  be  given  as  much 
liberty  as  possible;  either  ample  quar¬ 
ters  in  the  brooder,  with  plenty  of  litter 
to  scratch  iu.  or,  still  better,  an  outside 
run.  If  closely  confined  and  compelled 
to  look  to  each  other  for  amusement, 
they  will  develop  the  most  distressing 
vices,  some  of  which  it  is  very  hard  to 
overcome.  Any  chicks  seen  to  be  in¬ 
jured  in  any  way  should  be  promptly  re¬ 
moved  from  the  brooders  as  they  appear 
to  be  only  a  temptation  to  their  more  ro¬ 
bust.  brothers.  Hanging  a  piece  of  raw 
meat  where  the  chicks  cau  reach  it  by 
jumping  has  been  suggested  as  a  cure  for 
cannibalism  in  these  cases  but  I  cannot 
vouch  for  its  value.  Giving  the  chicks 
greater  liberty  and  endeavoring  to  keep 
them  busy  with  other  things  than  their 
own  feet  are  the  measures  that  have  given 
me  the  best  results  iu  these  cases. 
M.  B.  D. 
