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THE HENYARD 
Well Bred and Sturdy 
Kerr's Chicks live and grow up into 
laying flocks. They are hatched from 
eggs produced in a district that is 
noted for its poultry community in¬ 
terest. The hens have the run of big 
farms that develop them into healthy 
birds. No wonder their chicks do so 
well! 
The eggs are incubated under the vig¬ 
ilant eyes of specialists. Their skill 
enables you to buy chicks bred from 
high class, vigorous stock, much 
cheaper than you could buy eggs and 
do it yourself. 
We guarantee that every chick will 
reach you alive and healthy, or be 
replaced by us or your money re¬ 
funded. 
SEND FOR OUR CATALOG AND 
PRICE LIST OF ALL BREEDS. 
THE KERR CHICKERIES, Inc. 
Box O, Frenchtown, N, J. 
Box O, Springfield, Mass. 
$1 Q 95 Buys 140-Egg Champion 
10 Belle City Incubator 
ITot-Water,Copper Tank, Double Walls —~~~p VV 
Fitire Board, Heir Regulated. #4 Aqc ft• . 
S7.95 bur* 140-Chlck Hut- V 14 “ 9 Ur y Jc 
Water Brooder. Or both for onlr * ** mm 1 JI 
. — -at Ixpress Prepaid Jovsrfl' 
\*& —EastofBoellcaanil 811.00011 
w g Oilowod tnn.it,tuWest. "ter* 
L 8 - • ■ ■ » - *~i R Sti puiranteed. Order now. Share 
1 • if-9 L n '"7 *1.000 In Prizes, or write 
Cl;, .j Ifr _ f*rFree Book MatchlngFacts.’* 
-It tolls everyth mg. Jim Rohan, Pres, 
Bolle City Incubator Co., box 48 Raoino.Wls. 
B A R V H • C. White Leghorns. Excellent strains 
n if i and mutest records. EGOS prodn ced 
$20 per !00 ever V r,H 3* ln rear Or*at taIum. Gimr- 
an teed delivery. Circular free. luspeo 
CHlthS tion !uvll *0 Custom lutchitig* 
Phong Plain*horn 028 
Bungalow Poullry Farm & 0 H nm c 0 » c ;:, p ^!i; 
JERSEY BLACK GIANT 
CHICKS 
a6-»U; 50-821.50: 100—$.|t»; .WO— #175; 1,000—#886. 
Order direct or wnd for circular. 8fi p, c. deposit books 
vour order. They are going fast at these prices. 
J. M. lindIGH - Hamilton Nquare, N.J. 
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS 
Have bred the black (Hhiuh fur twenty years and (lint 
they make strong, healthy chicken* and large capons 
tic the market. Hatching egg*, SB per 19. 
fill. Hl'lJH I.K JAMBRE r. 0 In II BOIUIKXTOWX, X. J. 
Jersey Black Giants ^Tm! 
I,n ils In ed to cockerel exhibited bv Marcy farms at the 
Harden. *(> per 15 eggs. A. II. MOSIIEIt. IT.atflelil, N. J. 
Certified 
\BARRED ROCKS 
(Thompson Strain ) 
Egg bred fowls mated to Cornell Certified 
and Selected Males. Eggs carefully select- 
I cd and packed. S2.00 per 15; 85.50 per 50. 
I' ENTERPRISE FARM, Fort Plain. N. Y. 
14 Directly Imported S. C. W. Leghorn 
males head our best PURE BARRON strain 
mating. Ped igvec s 272-288, Third importation. 
Husky chicks and fertile eggs from this and otlior 
mntings of heavy layers. Write for rad need prices 
lor May and June chicks. Safe arrival guaranteed. 
Mating list flee r T EWING, Atlantic, Pa. 
VIGOROUS CHICKS Wyckoff Strain 
S. White Leghorns Most, satisfactory strain I 
have ever had. S1K per mil; Sl'O per 1,000, Pedi¬ 
greed. Live delivery J GUY LESHER, Northumberland. Pa. 
U ATr*l4ll\lf2 Whit* and It. Koclc, R. C. 
■ cS I I* I la KX Reds and W Wyandoitcs. 
E P /"» O B*,0(Troi setting of 15. 
V3 \x O a d WALTZ, Prop, 
ill! sqlTRF. IIK*1. S. I. 0 13 Inrtl T«R«vtii<1i, 3, T. 
Single Comb Black Minoreas £*£“£8 
Vaby chick* II. K T HU*. S»» «, D.nl Kills, *l»t«n lil.nil, S r 
SINGLE AND ROSE COMB REDS 
Pure bred, heavy producing stock. Eggs, $2—IS; SI 0— 
IIki Baby eh lx, 828—100, parcel post, lire paid. 
NELLIE RUSSELL - WuunbuuT, Cobn 
□ ARY f' U I V UuAntltles of Quality chick* 
OHU I V iHA for delivery each week After 
March 1st. Leading varieties at rcononabie prices. 
VS per cent, live delivery guaranteed. Write for price 
list THE SPENCER HATCHERY, Sparser, Ohio 
g, O, Uiiff Leghorn Fee* from lloainn, Haiti more, Wash¬ 
ington. Buffalo; bint- ribbon Winner* n,»*,t mnin. 8.1 und 
85 per 15. OSUN10RD POULTRY TIROS, Silver Creek, R. Y. 
BARRED ROCKS 
Park's bred>today stiain Hatching eggs, 92,50 
per 15; BIO per lim 0 EVERETT JONES, Hillsdale. N Y. 
BUFF ORPINGTONS 
Single Comli Ruff Orpington eg -s from fli-st prize win 
iici* and free range IumU Buff Orpington* only. 83 
and 84 per ID. jqiin j HnHtRcorr.p u a no. i , ent b«trr,.v.t. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Trap nested xix years; records to 248 Pure Ameri¬ 
can strain; big eg”*: size, vigor, quick growth. 
Kggs. S3 per Hi; SIS per 10(1. No chicks. 
A.X. VKKKLAND • NUtley, N. J. 
S KARLKN* Trapncatcd It V l< 11 K!> HOC K N. pggs, 
Chicks. Catalog free ARTHUR l. gf ARIAS, lag R, MlllaiA, N. H 
far Sa/c-Chicks S20. Eggs $10 per Hundred 
Prom Bclct tofl a and i*yi . old N. <*. W. Leghorn brMiltfni 
Minted to Holly wu.nl pcdtuTW rimloiL Atnocliofm* pulIoU, 
pi Ira i'n- in tin* 
HU a. Leghorn breodcr HAtlsraotlon gujirantm'd Ortipr 
Tr*nn fcliii ltd i>. ri i n \. m Rd(kAiTl« Coiub 
F OK Kill!-W lilti* %tu«eovv Out-li I.IC4C-, Two DoUhtm 
I V f K('ttill£ u BM1INIII ioMtravIllr, Pa. (t«ul« ? 
Trouble with Incubator 
1 bought (in incubator last month and 
set it, but the hatch has boon very unsat¬ 
isfactory to me, only about 25 chicks from 
130 eggs. My book of dincetiOns tells me 
to bo sure and keep my thermometer on 
a fertile egg while hatching and not to 
open the incubator while hatching. What 
I desire to know is how are you going to 
keep the thermometer on a fertile egg 
when the egg hatches and the thermom¬ 
eter is knocked down or the chicks knock 
it over, ihen how sire you going to tell 
how to keep the right, temperature" and 
put the thermometer in place without 
opening the door and putting same in 
place? I have read in Government Bul¬ 
letin No. 585 that you can use u hanging 
thermometer. E. N. K. 
Either hanging or standing thermome¬ 
ters may be used, the former registering 
from one to two degrees higher than the 
latter, because of their location nearer to 
the source of heat.. It. is best to use the 
one coming with the machine, and run it 
according to the maker’s directions, us 
incubators vary somewhat in methods of 
operation. 
It doesn't matter that the thermometer 
gets knocked- over at. times as the chicks 
are emerging from the shell. The tem¬ 
perature will rise one or two degrees at 
tins time, anyway, and if it. does not re¬ 
main high too long, no harm will be done. 
If the chicks pant and seem distressed 
after a few have emerged, open the dflor 
and replace the thermometer so that, you 
can read it. If it registers more than one 
degree, too high, turn the lamp tlame a 
little. 
The incubator door should not be 
opened during the hatch if it can well be 
avoided, as it. permits the escape of 
moisture that should be retained within 
the hatching chamber, and may cool the 
eggs too much. If necessary, however, 
open it. hut he expeditious about, it. 
If the temperature in your machine was 
reasonably uniform during the hatch, it 
is not likely that any variation at hatch¬ 
ing time was responsible for the small 
output from the machine. M. B. D. 
Litter for Chicks 
Will you let me know what you con¬ 
sider is the best litter for baby chicks? 
New York. L. R. M. 
The chaff from the haymow is ns good 
as anything that I know of, though, of 
course, cut clover would make line litter, 
if available at a reasonable price. When 
one has access to a hay barn he can 
usually find a large quantity of chaff 
made up of broken leaves, fine bits of 
straw, etc., beneath the old bay. and this 
costs nothing save the work of getting it. 
Sueh litter should be dry, s\ycct and free 
front mold. If one needed a very large 
quantity of fine litter, 1 should think that 
it might be possible to make a cheap and 
satisfactory product by running some 
bright oat straw through a fodder cutter 
and set to cut as finely as possible. 
M. B. D. 
Various Poultry Questions 
1. At what temperature should an in- 
bator cellar he kept for best results? 
2. Would it be all right, to put one row 
of eggs on top of another iu hot-water 
incubator for a few days, until I test 
them the first time any way? What do 
you think makes some of my hens get 
dirty bellinds? They get that way, but 
net all right for a time, then die. I ant 
feeding Cornell ration, with beets, beef, 
scrap, shell, grit, and charcoal before them 
all the time. 4. What is the best thing 
to do when a hen gets an egg broken in¬ 
side of her? 5. Once in a while I have a 
hen that looks all right, but all at once 
her Comb gets very blue and she dies very 
soon. They are two years old. o. G. 
1. The temperature of an incubator 
cellar is of little consequence, as long as 
it is fairly uniform. The advantage of a 
cellar for the housiug of incubators is 
that the temperature does not fluctuate 
as it does in rooms above ground, and it 
is. therefore, much easier to maintain a 
uniform temperature witliiu the machines. 
2. This is sometimes done, but it is not 
good practice. The eggs of the upper 
layer are in a wanner place than those 
upon the tray, the temperature of the 
hatching chamber increasing rapidly as 
the upper part of the chamber is ap¬ 
proached. 
3. These hens may have vent gleet, or. 
perhaps, diarrhiea, due to some digestive 
disorder. 
4. It is probably a rare occurrence that 
eggs are broken inside the hen's body. 
Anj force that would accomplish that 
would he very likely to kill the hen. Y’ou 
probably mistake the symptoms of inflam¬ 
mation of the oviduct, for which little can 
be done other than to give the bird a 
physic (one to two leaspoonfuls of castor 
oil i. and limited feeding on soft food for 
a time, for those of broken eggs within 
the body. 
5. The dark comb means congestion 
front failure of the circulation. This may 
be due to any oue of a number of dis¬ 
eases. Sometimes to diseases which af¬ 
fect the fowls’ respiration, causing chok¬ 
ing. and sometimes to diseases of the di¬ 
gestive or circulatory organs. Sudden 
darkening of the comb is usually a pre¬ 
cursor of death. xi. u. i>. 
?/ SfcreT ^ 
Good Mash 
-lYGDADEl ** 
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is in the MEAT SCRAP 
MM HYGRADE is The Secret of The Best! 
NOT HOW CHEAP BUT HOW GOOD. A POSTAL 
WILL BRING A LARGE SAMPLE AND THE REAL 
OLD FASHIONED FARMER’S ALMANAC FREE 
ECONOMY POULTRY SUPPLY COMPANY 
MARTIN R. MAURER, President 
Box R, HARRISON, N. J. 
fa t ThTT /"'ll ¥¥/Y¥,/’f* All our baby chicks are hatched from eggs of our 
l\ Y I 1—1 If It W own best selected prize-winning and carefully 
1P 1 I J[ J, raised stock. Our prices are higher than hatcher¬ 
ies selling chirks from eggs gathered from random 
Q C WHITF I FCIHORNS flocks, but the difference is made up many times 
o. vvmiL Ltunuanj over in the amount of eggs produced. 
Our March-April pullets averaged 659o layingduring themonthsof November-December. 
From our former customers, we have booked a large ninon mm i r adm V L u v 
number of repeat orders. If you want quality, write us. DiKLu HILL fAKlu, Hatonan, W. I. 
YOUNG’S 
DRY FRONT 
Poultry House 
Special Prices 
Write for 1922 Booklet. 
Note the featnres of the overhang roof, absolutely 
rain pi-oof; also, ventilator above the swinging win¬ 
dow. The above is the typo that Prof. Harry R. 
Lewis, head of the Vineland Eee Laying ('.ontest, is 
equipping his new farm with, at Davisville, Rhode 
Island. Made in all sizes Write for free booklet, 
showing forty different ruts. 
E. C. YOUNG 00. 16 Depol SI.. Randolph. Mass. 
Our immense faciiitie*—hatching 30,000 
weekly— .nable us to quote low prices. 
In addition we »re offering special 
inducements for May and .7 line de¬ 
liveries. Reserve eurlv shipping 
date now. All popular breeds 
rite todav for free catalog and 
ask about special prices, • 
PINE TREE HATCHERY 
SERVICE Bo,t M Stockton. New Jersey 
* W 1 
HATCHERY, 
Ben Ayr ChicksK dSi"»“» 
Bred, hatched and priced with aim to satiafy. 12th 
season. Circnlai BEN *TR POULTRY FARM. Warwick, N Y. 
Bourbon Red Turkey Eggs, $7 Dozen 
_ . _ _ _ __ _ - _ White Runner Eggs *2 setting. 
[ fHFAPF^riwT^^^ While Holland Turkey Eggs 'ZfiSh 
oArtM and LrihArtM Yt¥¥CT each; SO or more, «»<■ em-li. A. T AtHMiYLa. Ihr.w.iary. r«. 
N^TforEach Egg’ jjjgffifo S’CtE* .KBaSW: 
B§§Sgjg|||i Partridge ROCKS 
postpaid. Brize winners. Eggs, 15c. Barred Roclts. Muieovy. 
U. S. Pulp Products Corporation. Newark, N. Y. r„ Mki,, «J Pi lck et ' ei ' ToulOUS*. China Eggs, 
___;_ 50c. S. M HALL Canonabtirg, Pa. 
SAVE PACKAGE COSTS RIN6 NECK PHEASANT EGGS 
__ - _ Flrat C'l««s Second-IIanil 
-flCT Err C««s«, Butter Tub.. 
I Nvh,. lta.Lei- *uul other fruit and 
I vegetable packages. All our 
L vEKfljl contalneis, are in as K°od 
vjDffl&l new condition and ready for 
VjHH)|r4 Instant use. 
Lei us ouote you— Thai’s All 
THE EMPTY PACKAGE SUPPLY CO. 
Dept. R. JO 1-303 Johnion Avenue. Brooklyn N. Y. 
LEE’S LICE KILLER 
Em* Uc«, mite*, bed bos*. «tc- f afftetinr poultry- Spray or 
paint on roosc*. etc. Gets body lice on cblexena, too. Works 
while they *Uep. No«Ju«tio*. dii'ulatc. croeeiotf or b*ndlioff. 
lot of unpicnnnt work. At mu»t town*, at store* h&ndlinc 
Lee Foul try Suppiica. Write /or inlormaUco aad FREE Book, 
CEO. H. LIC CO.* Dept. f .50 . OMAHA, NEB*. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkey*, Pheasantj,Quail, Rabbits, Deer. etc. 
for atocktor purports. 
Fancy Pheasants. Peafowl, Cranes, Storks. Swans. 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears. Foses. Rac¬ 
coon. Squirrels, and all kinds of birds and animals, 
WM.J. MACKENSEN. Naturalist, Dept. 10. Yardley. Pa 
IHOW BEES PAY I 
In honay. In mon.y, to more and better 
fruit. Done right, beekeeping ie the biggest 
/ A payer on tl'e farm. Eo*y to learn, email 
•f : —- t, c\ expense to start. * good-a,«Kl boy can eosiiy 
rare for a small apiary. Our 50 year* of beea 
xi -G keeping experience at your service. Writ. 
today tor handsome free booklet, "Bit# for 
Pleasure aiut Profit,” or for our 64-peg. bec-tupply 
catalog, both erxm-full of bee information. 
Tho A. I. R.ot C* n 294 MainBt., M«Aln«, Ohi* 
J4.20*per 15; S25 per 100 Safe delivery. 
BRUSHY NECK PHEASANTRY Speonk. L. I.. N. Y. 
IT-Sl-tlf DUCK eggs sr^sssa 
RALPH 6LATFELTER, SHREWSltfKY, 1»A. 
Whitfl Wvsndotip. Chicks and Eggs. Martin-Dor- 
VV nuts VV yanUOItBS caa strain. White and Barred 
Hocks. Prices Kigbt. ASOSEW *. CAPO, ». 0 t. Passlss. P. J. 
Pureblooded Barron White WYANDOTTES 
My ttock paid IS m t profit per ben, cue rear. Hatching 
eggs. lOe. E. IN GALLS . Hath. Maine 
S. C. R. 1. REDS 
Vibert231 to 2R9 ecc strain. Eggs, 89 per 100. Baby 
chick*. 825 per 100. Discount ou quantities of each. 
ANNA M. JONES - Craryvillr, New York 
S. C. R. I. RE D-Eggs XTrZ 
pure bixul Stock. 81.io per 15. SIWMAH WOODS, taihlgrd. AT. 
Quality Baby Chicks and Hatching Eggs 
Price IWc up. Circular Free. HUTAl. I'ABIIS. Brr K rj, 1',. 
Rose Comb Black Minoreas !,?h'e e r " 0 
15 eggs tor 82 ss. Jay on l Mtti.xcvv* LKutUnd,v.rmo.>t 
S. C. BUFF LEGHORNS 
Barred and While Rocks. Reds and Mixed 
Chick-9c Special prices on large lots. Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. 
JACOB NIEMOND, Box 2. McAlisterville, P*. 
BREEDING GAME BIRDS ANBHfc 
PLACE YODR ORDERS NOW FOR 
Rlngneck I’lieswintH.*4.110 per pair 
ltfnjtncck Plieaanota’ Egse..8S0.00 per HO; 83.nl jier netting 
Amherst Pheasants’ Rgtrs . X.n) per ..-nine 
Holden Pheasants’ F.cxw.,,. H.0I) per setting 
Silver Pheawinta’ Vlgga. . 3.011 per Ketling 
Wild Mallard limn,... S.iJO per setting 
All easr. from large. bealLhy birds. Csnh with order. 
PINE SPRING GAME FARM. Wells Depot. Me. 
A. K. OUEnXETTE, Br«d»tr of Ph. niu.mfk-Ducks-Wna Turfcoy* 
- Puxn -.Mink—K jicoot) 
RABBITS 
RaltltlitK For SaSIIa* IJW-lh. registered 
IVdUUllA r or 3die stao) nnck, excellent 
prod near, $15. 11 lh. pedigreed steel hnck.Gtnos. 
old, $10. 10-lb, black buck. lO-tnos.-old, $6 First 
money order received gets them BROOKSYDE RAB 
RITRY, R. Miller, Prop . 380 Haledsn Ave , Paterson N. J. 
RUFUS RED RABBITS 
Kensonabln prices for bred does. 
CLIFFORD DAK 1IY North Branch, X.J. 
The Delaware Valley BABBITRIES 
Ntnv Zealand* and Rufus Kelts now ready for Spring 
brooding. Choice bred Does a specialty. 
TIIKO S MOORE - Stocktou, N J. 
rainap for Sa|a Exhibition Cavies in Black, 
LaVluS ,0r 03,8 Rod, White. Golden, Agouti. 
$5 por pair Also Abyssimans. $6 per 
pair. AY. O. ACKERMAN Neshamc. N. J . 
s.c. white n nny puiPl /0 
LEGHORN dAdl UnlUIVO 
High quality stock of the best laying strains at reduced 
prices. Good service. Price, 415 per )(io Parcels poet 
paid. Safe arrival guaranteed. Order now. 
HXlr fine cireular 
HARRY F. PALMEK - Midifteport, N. Y. 
S. C. BUFF LEGHORIMS 
Eggs reasonable. Safe airirnl guaranteed. 
YtEN COLEMAN - Sodus, New York 
EGGS W H I TE R OC K S-CHICKS 
pedigreed, heavy.laying show strain. Vone better Cir¬ 
cular tree. TIIKO. L. POOLE, lie W ilt. »« York 
*• Jfifla C f5 White Leg horns. 3Ve have 
-- 1 ^ « L38 added yearly since ISP.' stock from 
S.lh ravUtc o.l International egg laying winners and record breaking 
ol bod- 'VT A ‘ so *«,''*«' <> daiiglitera of greatest prue winners, 
tool lin’ck X 9 tno' 1 1 wkereia. Fggs aaaowhuo fa»m. Ck..i.h. »,ii,, 
SupremeWhiteOrpingtons 
A RRITC Hatching egg* from winners at Tientonand Newark.N. J. 
WM. H. FEINDT R. 2 Matawan, N J. 
11.ranch, x. j. ^ g Reds and White Rocks—Eggs for Hatching 
<ABB !™ ES M». W FR08T LrV^OX^' Q^ter* B*^: 
Lighl Brahmas. S. C. Reds and Leghorns 
..., . . Hatch iug eggs and Ri-alitua pullets. Heavv laying 
avios m Black, stratus. Prices right, j h iuinhamuia. 3. Sn,,m,Miii, » j 
Gntdflu, Agouti.--- ■ 
*1- p ? r l iohl Rrflhma* Hutcbme eggs fs-H,. ** to-do : »ui— 
seshamc, N. J, Llgni DraninaS mo, ASHA * rnRwis. s,«iuni,. s.t 
