904 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 1", 1903 
and give the chickens all that they want 
to eat. As they grow older and call for 
more, give them more. Give them all that 
they will clean up at a feeding, hut non 
to waste. If (hey are eating a dry mash, 
keep it before them all the time, and add 
one or two daily feedings of the same 
mash moistened to a crumbly state with 
skim-milk or water. D n't over-feed 
upon moiRt. mash, especially when the 
chicks are young, and hand-feed the hard 
grains according to the birds’ appetites. 
The larger the range that these chicks 
ran have. the. less the danger from any 
over-feeding. There is little or no dif¬ 
ference between a good growing mash and 
a good laying mash ; after the chicks are 
old enough to eat a laying mash, say at 
10 weeks, you may give them the follow¬ 
ing growing laying-molting mash until 
they die: Equal parts, by weight, of 
cornmeal, wheat bran, wheat middlings, 
ground oats and beef scrap. Cut down, 
or out, the beef scrap if you have plenty 
of skim-milk to feed, or substitute dried 
skim or buttermilk for the meat scrap in 
mash if you wish, M. B. d. 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
25,000 CHICKS WEEKLY 
Hatches due July 18, 25, Aug. 1,8 and 15 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laying ooii test, tlie following facts are given: 
It is held at Storrs Pnstnfllcp in connection 
with the Connecticut Agricultural College. The 
contest begins November 1. There are 10 pul¬ 
lets in each pen. All the birds receive uniform 
treatment. The bouses are all alike, and the 
feed is the same for all. The contest continues 
for one year. The weekly records cover the 
number of eggs laid for each pen in the current 
week, and also the total number of eggs hud 
since the first of last November. The contest 
will end November 1, at which time these birds 
will be removed, and another set of pullets 
entered for the next year. 
Week ending dune 10, 1922: 
Week Total 
BA It HKD ROCKS 
Purdue University, Ind. 
W. H. B. Kent. N. Y. 
Ontario Agricultural Ct liege, Ont .... 
Lewis Farms, ft I. 
dales F. Francais, 1,. T . 
Harry G. C’ulvrr. I. I. . 
G. B. Traadwell. Mas*. 
Seven Hl’.ls Farm N. V. 
Edgar Slouch ton Conn. 
Merritt M. Clark. Conn. 
Michigan Poultry Farm, Ml h. 
Keewaydin Farm. Conn. 
A. Hamburger. Mo . 
Forrest Ferguson. Mo... , 
Dttndas Poultry Plant, N. J. 
II. E, Dennis on Mich. 
COLUMBIAN ROCKS 
T. d. EiiSlin, N J. 
George d. Sullivan. N. J. 
WHITE ROCKS 
dntnes F. Macdonald. Mass. . 
William H, Bassett, Conn. 
S. Bradford Allytt, Mass. 
Appleerest Farm. N. H. . 
F, R. Peraber, R. I.. 
Albert T. Lenten, Matts... 
Harold F. llarnir. Mass. 
E. W. Picker, N d. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Walter Bradbury. England . 
C areuce R. Hanes, Ml h. 
Arthur H flhaw. Mass. 
Frank P Mattes' u, R. 1. 
Benjamin F. Becker. N. d. 
Clemens J. Diem and. conn. 
Woodbridge Orchards, <; un. 
Harry D. Ktnmoiis. Conn. 
Merrythought Farm Conn. 
Mrs. Inez Taylor. N V.. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Sunnyfiehls Farm. Conn.— 
H. P. Doming. Conti. 
Pi aspect Farms. N J.... 
L), S. Vaughn, It, I. 
Wui. M. Butt, Mass.. 
Maurice F. Delano, Mass. 
Harold Tompkins, Mass. 
Glen Wright. Coun... 
dolm Z. l.abcile. Conn. 
.Jacob E Jansen, Conn.. 
F. S. Chapin, Mass. 
F. H. Sampson, Mass. 
Mrs. C. O. Pollutions. N. Y. 
Charles 1). Peirce. K. 1. 
The Orchards. Mass. 
Old Town Farm, N. H . 
Pinecrest Orchards. Mass. 
Alton Farm. Vt. 
Applacrest Farm. N. 11 . 
E. P. Usher, dr.. Mass. . .... 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. H 
Hull Farm. Vt. 
Henry P. Walker, Mass. 
Charles H. Latte. Mass. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
Max Axelrod, Mass. . 
Small's Poultry Farm, Conn. 
Frauds F. Lincoln. Conn.. 
Gosheq Poultry Chib. Conn. 
Leo A. Grotiten, Conn. 
E. H. Scott, Conn .... 
F. M. Johnson, Maine. . 
HollywoodJFarni, Wash. 
A. B. Hall. Cotin. 
W. E. Atkinsou. Conn. 
Beck Egg Farm, N. J. 
Lion Head Poultry Farm, N. .1. 
A. P. Robinson, N. Y.... 
J antes O. LeFevre. N, Y. 
Imperial Pnnitry Farm. N«J. 
Pussy Willow Egg Farm. L. I. 
Jack Trevethan. N. J. 
E. A, Ballard. Pa. 
John K. Roessner, N. J. 
Hilltop Farm, Conn. 
J Frank Dubois. Mass. 
Andrew L. Ohr, Conn. 
George Phillip-, Conn. 
Riverside Poultry l 1 arm, Pa... 
Kirkup Bros., N. Y .. 
Mrs. J. L. Thous. n, Conti. 
Tanglewold Farm, L. J.... .. . 
White Springs Farm. N. Y. 
Moadowodge Farm, L. I. 
Emory H. Bartlett, Mass . 
Eigen much & DoVvinter. N. J. 
Rapp's Leghorn Farm. N, J. 
Merrythought J’arm. Conn. 
M. J. (Jiinekenbiish. N. d. 
The Yates Farm. N, Y. 
L. IC. Ingoldsby, N. Y. 
Exmoor Farm, Pa . 
Willanna Farm, N. J. 
Edgar Stoughton, Conn. 
George B. Ferris, Mich. 
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100 or less 500 or more 
S. C. White and Brown Leghorns. .09c each .08c each 
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Barred Plymouth Rocks.11c “ .10c “ 
Mixed Chicks (light and heavy breeds |.07c “ .O 6 V 2 C “ 
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RICHFIELD, PA, 
(The Old Reliable Plant) 
Catechu fop Turkeys 
I am trying to raise turkeys and I 
tried ipecac, but cannot see that it did 
any good. They may not have black¬ 
head, but were like the ones that Dr. 
Wegcforth treated. I would like to try 
the cateclni, but do not know how to use 
it. My poults are starting to die just as 
they did last. year. j. b. b. 
Medford. N. J. 
The dose of catechu is one teaspoon in 
three gallons of drinking water. See that 
they are compelled to drink that by with¬ 
holding all other drink. Catechu is a 
strong astringent, and 'the coccidia will 
not multiply in the intestines if that is 
present. Sojir milk or buttermilk will 
also prevent the growth of the germs in 
the intestines, and it. is better than the 
catechu in that it is also a food, and the 
poults can have all they will eat of it 
without doing them any harm. Also it 
saves the labor of dosing the birds. 
See tlm't the birds are not lousy. Cal¬ 
omel in quarter grain doses is good if the 
liver is affected, but if that is used it 
should be followed by a dose of castor oil. 
one to three teaspoons for an adult bird. 
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S.C.White Leghorn Pullets aS 
Hatched from one of the highest producing strains in the Eastern States, average 
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COLUMBIA POULTRY FARM :: Toms River, New Jersey 
We have all the orders for 8-10 weeks old pullets 
that we can fill for this season. We are now offer¬ 
ing 8-10-12 weeks old S. C. W. COCKERELS for 
breeding, bred from certified mule*, mated to yearl¬ 
ing hens not certified at B8 each or C for *10. 
Also 10-12 creeks old Cockerels bred from certified 
males, mated to certified hens at $2.50 each. We 
also offer 1 and 2-year old liens for breeding at 
*3,25 each. In lots of 50 or morn *3.00 each. 
V CORNERS POULTRY FARM 
L. J. WEED & Son, Props. Hut In ton Spa, N. Y. 
CERTIFIED S. C. WHITE 
Chicks and Cockerels Irom Directly Imporled 
Barron Strain S. C. W. Leghorns 
GREATLY REDUCED PRICKS. First grade 
chick*, sired by imported males, pedigrees 272-288, 
any number. 15e eRch. Second grade, Pure Bar¬ 
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ing cockerels. *3 and 83.50, shipped on approval. 
Pullets and yearlines for sale. 
R. T. EWING - Atlantic. Pa. 
April hatched now ready l’or delivery. We 
make a specialty of producing large chalk 
white eggs for market, for which we receive 
a premium above the highest egg market 
quotations. Our pullets at* bred particular¬ 
ly for this purpose. They have also, shape, 
typo and vigor, and when matured ate 
heavy producers of large chalk white eggs. 
Every pullet sold is a good specimen, and 
in perfect condition. Your money back if 
not satisfied, Our pullets are raised under 
ideal conditions, on a hundred acre fruit 
farm, with free range, and no fences. They 
will make early fall and winter layers. 
Cockerels and Breeding Stock 
For Sale 
FARLEY PORTER s ,a“. xV 
1:99 Feeding Young Chicks 
878 
lies I am new at the poultry business, and. 
}®20 having a small flock of 11 chickens about 
Jjy 5 the size of a quail, I am in a quandary as 
U 179 to how much feed to give them. What 
}»02 kind is best for them, and how often per 
net day to feed? My yard is a portion of 
an oak grove, about 75x50 ft. iu extent. 
755 Weymouth, X. J. W. A. T. 
':is 3 This little flock should be fed three 
1308 times daily, giving them all the cracked 
grains Unit they will quickly clean up 
1092 each time. If you are feeding table 
1313 scraps, regulate the quantity by the ap- 
•JJj® petites of the birds in the same way. 
1140 They should be hungry when invited to 
pile the tabic and satisfied when they leave. 
^ oU ma - v be feeding a “mash” of ground 
grains; if so, this may be kept dry before 
loss them in a shallow box that has wire mesh 
Hoi doth (hardware cloth) cut to fit loosely 
/.i], inside the box and rest upou the feed. 
11;9 The chicks eat the mask through the 
i32j meshes and the wire netting follows the 
*870 feed down as it is consumed. In ad- 
958 dition to keping this dry before the flock, 
:u 3 they may have a little of the mash mois- 
oned with skim-milk or water once daily. 
ww The rule in feeding is to give the birds 
1212 all that they really want, but. not to fill 
p!i? them to repletion. It will not be difficult 
1166 to ascertain about bow much a little flock 
me of 11 will eat. after feeding a few times, 
and as they and their appetites grow the 
1250 amount can be increased. _ Satisfy their 
U 82 hunger, but keep them coming to the next 
meal with keen appetites. AT. B. D. 
Summer sale of Cocks, Hens and Cockerels now on, 
J. GUY LESHER - Northumberland, Pa. 
Special Young Stock Sale 
March, Aptil *ad Ms; Hatch 
PARKS Bred-to-Lay 
BARRED PLY. ROCK YOUNGSTERS 
Thcv are America'* Oldest and Great¬ 
est Laving Strain. Bred lor Egga ainca 
1889. with record* apto 325 egga in yr. 
And RIGHT NOW it your chance toget 
them at about one-third regular price*. 
16 page Cir. Fr«e. Large Cat. 25c' 
J. W PARKS. Bo* V - Altoona, Pa. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
COCKERELS worth while buying now for 
next spring** breeding pent, from 245-310 
Sunny Crest A. J. Cornell Certified Eggs 
Each bird will be worth five times the 
amount next Spring and they will greatly 
Improve enj- Leghorn strain. Only a few 
choice birds left. 
FEBRUARY - $5.00 EACH 
MARCH - - $4.00 EACH 
The birds of no regrets 
E. M. BENFORD, Mt. Vernon, N. Y, 
Mayroyd Poultry Farm 
BREEDERS OF SINGLE COMB WHIIE LEGHORNS AND BARRED 
PLYMOUTH ROCKS THAT LAY AND PAY. 
NEW DORP HEIGHTS Bex B Staten Island, N.Y. 
Kulp Strain B. C. White Leghorns 
' at $9 per 100, Parcel Post Paid. 
FRANK BLUM Naw W»*funglon, Oh,* 
Pullets—White Leghorn 
That Lay and Live 
8, 10 arid 12 weeks—or ready to lay. Our 1 ,reed¬ 
ing hens are selected for vigor and high i-gg 
production, and ure mated to males from he rut 
that have laid 200 eggs or better. Stock raised 
on unlimited grass range. 
EIGENRAUCH & DeWINTER - Red Bank. N. J. 
800 S.C.WhiteLeghornHensForSale 
88110 per 100. Less titan 100 —IS 1.35 each. Shep¬ 
pard Strain Ancona Cockerels, hatched March 15t.li, 
SI. 50 each. Fine stock. 0. W. GOOOLING. Richfield, Pa. 
■ ■■ | March Hatched.IfliMri tinl- 
rULLt I ^ lots: 8120 per IQuUaiRnrr 
" w ™ 60; *88 per 20. Also Rocks, 
Reds and Wyandotte, April hatched, $90 per Dozen. 
H. A. SOUDER Box 29 Scllersville. Pa. 
WANABROOK’S ANNUAL OFFERING 
C. Brown LEGHORNS— Eggs, half price 15— »1. Hens, pullets 
and cockerels. Booklet free. V*r* Fulton. Bo* BB. Gall,pole, Q 
Chicks Fail to Feather 
T have about 1,200 S. C. Rhode Island 
Reds (three months old), and I think 
that there is a depluming mite among 
them, as some of them have hardly any 
feathers, and are undersized and look 
very unpleasing to the eye. I want to 
raise as many laying pullets from them 
as I can. c. m. ii. 
Big Indian, N. Y. 
It does uot seem likely to me that these 
young chicks are troubled by the deplum¬ 
ing mite. If they have never bad full 
dresses of feathers, it is quite likely that 
the reason is slow development. It is not 
uncommon to find chicks without feathers 
at all until nearly full grown. These 
undersized and ill-developed n llets should 
be. sorted front the flock before it is put 
into Winter quarters. They are likely 
to become the boarders that eat up the 
profits from their bettor developed and 
good laying sisters. The desire t<> have 
as many pullets as possible is frequently 
responsible for an unprofitable flock 
throughout the Winter. It is bard to cul! 
out the defectives, but nothing pays bet¬ 
ter. M. B. D. 
OF SELECTED S. C. W. LECHORN 
HENS. PULLETS AND COCKERELS 
From 12,000 Chicks. brooded thi» year. 250 ehotee Cocker¬ 
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cockerels and 300 of tlie pallets are offered for xnl,,. for 
delivery about Sent. 1 From 1,800 layers which have 
passed several culling* and proved their worth. 300 
seleeUd hens <not early motlllers or market cults> are 
offered for sate, for S„pt. I delivery. Buy your founda¬ 
tion stock from a reputable breeding farm. 
WANABROOK POULTRY FARM - Wilawani, Bradford Co.. Pa 
Dili | CTQ Severn I thousand vigorous March 
» I w and Apill hatched birds from 
high laying parentage White and Brown Leghorns, R. 1. 
Reds, B. P. Rocks, W. Wyandottes, B. Mmoreru, Anconaa. 
Prices reasonable. I.ulen Farm*, Be* lilt), Clyde, N.Y. 
Systematic Feeding for Young Chicks 
This Spring 1 started nut with Ilk) 
day-old S. (’. White Leghorn chicks. I 
have been fairly successful, raising 90 
until now they are nine weeks old and 
doing well in separate yards and pens. 
Have about 50 per cent cockerels. Up 
to six weeks of age I have been following 
the best authorities on chick feeding. 
These authorities, however, fail to pro¬ 
vide it feeding table for chicks from six 
weeks of age to maturity. IIow long am 
I to feed a good growing mash, and ap¬ 
proximately lmw much per day? Note 
my present daily rations: 7 a. m„ V -2 hr. 
free range for greens; 7 :30 a. in., 2 lbs. 
growing mash; 12 m., 2 lbs. scratch feed; 
3:30 p. m., 2 lbs. mash; <1:30 p. in.. 2 
lbs. scratch feed, y± hr. free range for 
greens, 9 p. m., 1 lb. scratch feed for 
next morning. It is natural to increase 
the feed as the birds grow older so that 
at maturity they should receive their 
8 to 10 lbs. per day. f. s. 
Paradise, Pa. 
You seem to have worked out a pretty 
precise schedule for feeding these birds 
that lias worked satisfactorily, and I hes- Dedbuokr (f 
itate to disarrange it. I haven’t any “Wlntl's that 3 
graduated scale of quantity feeding, and Mrs. Pembroke: 
wouldn't know how to go to work to glar culling on 
make one, chickens vary so in their x*e- him climb in ; th 
guirements. M‘,v suggestion is that you may make him 
ueep right on with your present schedule stolen elsewhere 
White. Brown PIm-k Leghorns, $12; Barred 
Rock, R. I. R*'<ls,$H; White Wyandottes, A nco- 
naa, »t«. Leaflet on request. RQ8ELAWN POUL¬ 
TRY FARM & HATCHERY. Ott»ville, Pa. Oept.« 
S. C. BUFF LEGHORNS 
By parcel post C. O. D. Delivery guaranteed. 
Pamphlet. C. M. Lauver, McAlisterville, Pa. Box 73 
Barred and Wliito Rock. Reds and Mixed 
Chicks. 7c. und ui>. Special prices on large 
lots. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
JACOB NIEMOND. Bex2, McAlisterville. Pa. 
Special Reduction for July and August. Live 
delivery guaranteed. Barred Rocks, R. I. 
Reds, White, Brown Leghorns, Minorcas. 
Write for pamphlet—Free. 
VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM 
J, 91, SANKLY, Crop. McAlLturvUle,Pa. 
*RARY . S 7 per tot 
S. C W., BH. LEGHORN.. 9 pe£ 0 
CHICK R0CK . 11 per 1W 
vrM Wiv REDS AND MINORCAS. 13 per UK 
Special prices on 500 and 1,009 lots, 100* safe doliv 
ery Guaranteed. 
FRANK NACE R. 2 McAlistorvilla, Pa, 
COCKERELS Light and Dark BRAHMAS 
BROWN alid WHITE Leghorns, R.l Iteds, botli combs. White 
WvBiidotlrs Brices nght. Illustrated Catalog tree. 
KIVFkDALE POULTRY FARM Boi 189 RivtiJala, N. J. 
BABY CHICKS 7c ^ N P D 
S.C. W. Leghorn, 9c; B. Rocks, tie; Rods, 12e: and 
Mixed. 7c each. Orders filled promptly. 100* Live 
arrival Guaranteed. Order from thu ndv. or write for 
Circular. W M. NICE, Mc-AIUtervlIlc, Pcnna. 
wninao Rig sale of breeders. Young hens, $2; 
Tipiuco (.' or k e re ] s, $4 Nolle liner in the 
The MuePhersou T’urm,Millington, S, J. 
Big Sturdy Chicks iSKffiS: 
Leghorns. 10c; Kinglet Rocks, Quality S. C, Iteds, 
12lsc; Martin's White Wyandottes. 15c Order from 
this ndv. SUNNY SIDE POULTRY fARM. Copper Hill. N. J. 
Eight Weex Pullets. New and 
used Incubators and Brood- 
** On ihe Square," Southampton, N Y. 
250 S. C. W. Leghorn Yearling Cocks 
FOR SALE 
$3 each. Lord Farm Strain. All in perfect condi¬ 
tion. David D. Howells, Babylon, L. I., w. V. 
S. O. W. and Brown Leghorns, 9c. Barr Rocks, 
11c. S. C. K. I. Reds ]2c. Black Minorcas, 12c. 
Broilers, 7c each. Special prices on 500 or 1,000 lots. 
Older direct from this ad v. Safe delivery guaran¬ 
teed. J, N. NACE, RlcAUsterviile, Pa. R. No, S 
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