“Pn RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
469 
THE HENYARD 
Breeding Questions 
I should like your advice on the best 
use of a three-year-old hen that has laid 
1156 eggs her first year and 168 her sec¬ 
ond year. I have five pullets and a cock¬ 
erel from this hen. Two of these pullets, 
which have laid 80 and 77 eggs in their 
first, three months of laying, are making a 
good start toward equaling their mother’s 
record. The five averaged 07 eggs apiece 
at 10 months old. February 15. Fan I 
breed this hen to the cockerel, seeing 
there was no relationship between the 
hi'ii and the cockerel I had last vear? 
What results would I be likely to get if 
1 set the pullets’ eggs. 1 have two other 
hens, the mother of the hen above men¬ 
tioned. four years old, and a half sister, 
two years old, which laid 191 eggs last 
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producing free-range Hocks are sure to please 
you. No lights used. S. C. White Leghorns 
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MEADOW BROOK POULTRY FARM AND HATCHERY 
E. C. Rockafellow Stockton, New Jersey 
Certified S.C.W. Leghorns 
Piave your order now for Chi.-ks, Kg" and 8-wks.- 
ol.l pullets. Prices right. RED-W-FARM Wolcott. N.Y. 
America’s Standard for Forty Years 
Prairie State 
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They hatch the largest num- —JCXm- 3 ' — 
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INCUBATOR CO. 
<5 Main St., Horn' r City, Pa. 
I S. C. R. I. Red Hatching Eggs 
eo k "»iecteil stock at free ranch. 10c cad,; 
$9 per 100. H. de BOER, Geneva, >. Y. (J, o. 4 
chick lives. Would the bent way to get a 
yuvktu'cl next year be to buy a hvn this 
Spring and get a cockerel from her eggs 
;md the year after get one from my best 
laying hen? Will you give me all the 
information you can about Pdue Wyan¬ 
dottes? Mv hens are a cross between a 
Blue Wyandotte cockerel and Single 
Comb Blue Orpington hens. 
Those tvho believe that laying hens 
should be kept in a coop ail Winter, and 
not get their feet in the snow, might 
think less of their theories if they could 
have seen tny hens and pullets out in 
their yard scratching for their breakfast 
at 7 a. m. with the temperature at eight 
below zero two mornings last week. For 
the past two Winters my hens have not 
eaten or laid inside a coop. The stormy 
Winter before that they were fed inside 
about four times and had one nest inside 
and one in the shed. My present coop, 
made according to my own ideas, is 5 ft. 
square and 5 ft. high, with a door the foil 
size of the front, the center cut out and 
covered with a cloth. There is no win¬ 
dow, hut a small door on the side open¬ 
ing into the shed. This door is only 
closed when the temperature reaches zero. 
The large door is open wide all day on 
-unny days and part way ou stormy 
days. During Summer it is open wide 
day and night. The shed is the same 
depth and height as the coop, nnd has 
nest boxes nailed on the back wall, a 
mash trough against the wall also, and 
Utter on the ground. I have never had 
n hen with a cold. etc., tili hough I have 
lost several pullets from paralysis either 
.iosf before nr after beginning to lay. I 
do not fuss with feed, giving scratch feed 
morning and night, with mash, oyster 
shells and water always by them. I feed 
no green food nr meat scrap, aside from 
potato parings and bones pounded once a 
week. Taking n hint from Titr Tt. X.-T., 
• 'll cold and stormy days I have fed a 
hnt_ wet mash of half the day’s mash 
ration at noon, and have net dost a single 
egg this Winter from weather changes. 
That is. the two pullets that started lay¬ 
ing « x eggs have kept to that schedule, as 
have also the five-egg-a-week pullets. 
Connecticut. M. M. s. 
A cockerel mid his dam may he bred 
together, though this is line breeding or 
inbreeding as closely as it is possible to 
practice such breeding. If long continued 
without careful . selection to maintain 
vigor and avoid perpetuation of defects, 
it would result iti deterioration of the 
stock. Pullets’ eggs from well developed, 
vigorous pullets should give you good 
chicks, though pullets are inferior 
to old liens ns breeders. Brothers and 
sisters may be in-bred as suggested above 
in the case of son and dam. doing out¬ 
side one’s old flock for breeders always 
subjects the purchaser to the risk of get¬ 
ting inferior stock, if his own has been 
bred up to a high standard. With proper 
selection in-breeding is not the dangerous 
practice that most people believe it to bo. 
The method of feeding a flock should 
not he changed during the breeding sea- 
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Farm Strain.) only matured stock, selected for 
utility and beauty, used as breeders. Eggs carefully 
packed. Fertility guaranteed. Prices: H.JSper setting- 
S. C. W. LEGHORN CHICKS 
Registered on both sire and dazn side. 50c each, lim¬ 
ited number. Registered on Bire side only. S20hundred, 
vigorous, three-year-old hens of heavy type, mated 
lo lively a-pound eoekerels,$20 hundred chicks 
from early hatched pullets, S16 hundred. N‘o lights 
used K J. 1VAIIE, 1558 lake St,. Oept, 2 Elmira, N Y, 
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds 
”rM;„£ VO 
March hatched, S2 25. HALSETE. REEYE. Rrrerkead, 
males head part of tny pure BARRON Strain matings. 
Pedigrees, 272-288. My Third importation. Sironj 
chicks and fertile egga from these and other Leg 
lioru matings. Fully guaranteed. 
R. T. Efl IMG - Atlantic, Pa. 
-ftSwJ Made of California T «I - 
Redwood, aeteatos Ej 
bade*Co last for years; 
Reekie* ■ triple walls, deep -S'JjTaY-(Y 
nursery, hot water heat, copper 
tanks. Shipped complete, set 
op. ready to run. freight paid. 
150 EGG INCUBATOR WITH BROODER $19.75 
260 EGG INCDBATOR, ALONE, ONLY . $20.25 
260 EGG INCUBATOR WITH BROODER $28.75 
SO day*'trial-money back if not O. K.-FREI Catalog 
Ironclad lncubatorCo.,Bot8I. Racine, WIs. 
nested S O. If. I. Beds. Vil-erfs 231 to 389 ege 
strain. *lOp el -10U SUNNYBR00K FARM. Elizjville, N Y 
S. C. White Leghorn Eggs 
American lilooil having free laujre, Write for reu-tcciilai s 
to FLIIIU (J. 1' mil. York t on n llflthli, WcHchMler Co., > ? 
GEESE Large Embden, Ready to Lay 
« |rv ,, #1«8 per ti io. 
L> 1.1 M.K Bay Street So. Kaston, Mass. 
S. C. Brown and English S. C. W. Leghorns 
Heiis and pullets, laying, Hatching eggs. 
Jay. Booklet free. VERA FUITQN. Boa 98. Gallipoli;. Ohio 
For Sale 40 C. W. Leghorn Pullefs 
i May ha to tied /. Ail extra good layers 2C» fso-egg Benin i 
•8 apiece. R. GREGO/RE Nmurfutd. Xeiv Vo. k 
Bourbon RedTurkeys £$§ 
ling lieu*. $* peril). liook or ,ei 
OKfT W. 0RUSI EL 
Choice mating. Re- 
y e . s. Large yeur- 
>w. Great demand. 
Millersfauro. Ohio 
For Sale-Brown China Ganders and Laying Geese 
Geese lay JO to To eggs each R. o. HATCH. Groton. Mass. 
Toulouse Geese Eggs ’on 1 ; 
REGER FRUIT FARMS ** - Fbaden. N* 
Leghorn Hatching Eggs B * r vrkoff nd 
strain. Wonderful Inver-. 1,1—**t it»i «y: t jeu—$sj 
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Strong, ’.enrtv Itahv Chick. f rr> ni 
heavy-taring strains of paTe-hredqniil- 
l * v . ^ r ^ R * "I lending breeds. C)nr 
chirks are ••MreftjJly bred, hutched. 
Pnd prices are low. Write fur 
rliLE catalog nod price lint. 
STOCKTON HATCHERY 
Box L Stockton. New Jersey 
OR S ILK—11 Hite China (- ,-e - 1 - Kgg, 
BltdUKsUtE POULTRY YARDS - 
a.t. YVliilc Leghorns E ^ s p s *|^*- 
Bargain prieea, Breeders all ages. Toulouse Geese 
eges, 40e. Brouze Toms. All tllOrntired. Offer 
surplus TOO head. MURRAY S FARMS, Moriches, N Y. 
Mammoth Pekin DUCK 
for hatching. $8 per duz. 
celled, Order t-ai It s. A. 
EGGS 
-flity unex- 
H0WDEN, Fill more, N. Y. 
PureBred White Holland Turkeys 
Hens atsa each, Toms al l sold. W £. GORMAN, Upper Darby, Pa. 
M ammoth White Holland 
h. XL CKEIt JIerryn-ook: 
. Wv. Hoff Strain S. r White 
I Leghorns. Eggs that hatch 
IVIotertou. Itillium to-A Y. 
yearly profit per hen is made by using Bifold 
Hatcheries and Brooders. 47.UU0 now in use 
1 ost l.KAi?T Proved BEST. Proof free. 
K.xpt. GUirNIiY, Morrisonville, Illinois. 
HR KEY LUGS. 
AKw Ubcnswick, N. J. 
T oulouae Gce.c Kggs from line ltu gc Id. ,i 9 . so, each 
MaveHiRSON FARM Millington, N. j! 
Gold Back Giant BronzeTurkey iil e ;^ fro ;’; ^ 
Kggs for H.iUiutig, Thomas RfllT, CH tli.n„ii., P|, ma -c. Man. 
Penciled Runner Ducks Kgga 
pen eoni ming 1st duck and 1st drake at the u. rden 
lfti. wi-y On,. M fur 10. M»ePHf»Sa « FARM, N. j! 
White Chinese Geese Eggs 
5Gc earli, ;u>stpaiii. Ten years suc.-esstnl l.amlmie 
.My customers is my record. Order ear > 
George E. Howell Spruce Firm Howells! N 
from certified 2-4-ye*r-old hen mnte.i to roruell 
pedigreed cockerels. H JANOA, Hiiminoton l. I., N Y. 
ir s own Leghorn Hatching Eggs K 1 /' 
era. 4I.SU |wr l.i I *8 per 100. ii.it iukriv 
orns 
Egg» from two-year-old stock, S6 per 100. 200 or 
more, S5 per 100. 11. A.Spies, Preston, Maryland 
ForSale—Pen of 14S.C Black Minorca Breeders 
Bargain to auiek buyer. 
C\ A. MAKEMNY - Brewster, N. Y r . 
. Marlin’s Itcgul I'urcas Strain (11, 
• rent. I'nekriels, 4i each. Matching 
KRED BEIK1L Wit'.uMsvu i i. N. Y. 
IN0RCAS— Black uhix. April, fit p.-r<\; S4r each. 
IVnNo.l. Bogan rest. SOf each. Mrs.L J.Mervillc.8li,s.N.T. 
Chicks and Kggr Marnn-llor- 
»S r,i» strain. White and Hai red 
ANDREW • CARD. R. 0. I. (I.uulon. N. J. 
liocks. Pr|r 
Choice Black Minorca Hatching Eggs 
and Baby Chicks. Pape strain. 
WM. H. WINEGARD Rlchmondville. New York 
Choice stork and eggs for ‘ale. 
KT - Noinich, fiew York 
A. C. JONES’ BARRED ROCKS 
300-EGG STRAIN-OFFICIAL 
Ththy chicks from Hock, gtatersto vltmlnc’ pen in 
loth n\ A. Oampi'titum. price* f"i* chirks 
from d lit*nvJcst KniTtnl K»*ck layers. 
OFFICIAL RECORD 313 
A- C. JONES - GEORGETOWN. DELAWARE 
By JAMES DRYDEN 
D,.u.__Cm-k'sGoldrnn.,1 strain. Lay. »In 
DUtterCUDS -dw. Sl ick and eggs forsnlr. 
* Prices reasonable, send for cirenlar. 
C. SYDNEY COOK, Jr., 16 liltnilne St.. Nr*l 
A standard book by an eminent 
poultry authority. ' Price $ 2 . 00 . 
BLACK JERSEY GIANTS 
For Sale by 
THE RURAL NEW YORKER 
333 West 30th St., New York City 
Pen Pedigreed trap nested eggs. Breeding Pen. S20 
Thonois McSerney Lagraugeville, N. Y, 
Eggs for hatching. J.C. ROBBINS. Jr, Babylon, l I,,N.Y. 
chofco cockctvl«. #8. 
Nkw Yurk 
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS 
Rjise PURF BHFDS. liutchink 1 from iiQiiicrooil 
Ktor'U Fertility ;mt1 duTivcry s 'cn<i 
for pricelist CEDAR GROVE FARM, Upper BlacKEildy. Pa, 
Todd’s Light Brahmas 
Win highest honors at the Great Madison 
Square Garden 1922 Show. 1st Cocker¬ 
el. 3rd Cock, 4th Pullet. 5th Hen, and 
5th Young Pen. 175 Light Brahmas 
competing. “Blood Will Tell.” Stock 
and Eggs for sale. 
J. H. L. TODD. Jr.. Warwick, New York 
Important to Advertisers 
Jersey Black Giants STS' 
bird* bred to i'in-kor*d exhibited by Mm-ev fa-iu* ut the 
Garden, gd per U eggs. A. II. MOSIIKU. We.ni. l.l, \ ,t 
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paper. 
Steel and Natural Gray flm-ks: age, 4 to a fans 
weight, 7 to 8 Ills. Prim, $5 Order direct from 
this .idv, II. It. TKM KYCIi, Somerville, ,j. 
The Delaware Valley RABBITRIES 
BARRED ROCKS’S" 
Highest Individual In llock clar-s in State CimteMs last 
year. Eggs, sz 60—I * Si 2—100. Cockerels, $6 50- 
87 SO. Itahy i hicks, 26 cents each. 
J. A. CRAIG . Freehold. N. J. 
New Zealand* and Rufus Reds now ready for Spring 
breeding. Choice bred Does a specialty. 
THEO S -HOOKE Stockton, N. .1. 
Marlin s Regal White Wyandottes, t*. Park 
Cornish, $1. H. C. Bkadu v . Hastwicx, N.Y. 
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