1886 
THE RURAL HEW-YORKER. 
A convenient size is two feet in width and 
depth, and four in hight. Such a rack will 
hold several hundred eggs. The frame can be 
made of almost any kind of wood, and the 
^tocfe and gtyultty. 
he shutter is left open during the middle of 
the day. mbs. k. s. binooln. 
La Crosse Co., Wis. 
CHEAP HEN-HOUSE. 
The hen-house shown at Fig. 1117, p. 302, is 
cheap and convenient. The design us by Mr. 
J. S. Bennett. Where one can do the carpen¬ 
ter work himself, the house can be put up for 
813. The building is 30 feet long and six 
wide, six feet five inches high in front,and four 
feet high at back. It is- framed, 4x3 inch 
scantling being used. There arc t wo rooms; 
the first, shown at Fig. 198, being 10 feet long 
and used for a place for laying, with nests 
arranged as shown in the illustration. The 
door opens at the end, as shown at Fig. 199. 
A ventilator, 1x10 feet, is hinged at the top. 
A row of glass panes, 12x11) inches, is fastened 
into grooved boards to admit sunlight. Two 
small outlets permit the hens to run out into 
the yard or to enter the laying room. The 
smaller room contains live roosts. There is a 
partition between the two. This house is made 
with ordinary boards with a board roof. It 
would pay better to make the walls double, 
with tarred paper lining, and to shingle t he 
roof. Whatever adds to the comfort of poul 
try adds to the profit. It is not necessary to 
build a brown-stone front house for the hens, 
but it is necessary to keep theift warm. 
PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
A large, hardy, prolific fowl suited to the farmer and 
villager. Stock thoroughbred. Have won Two First 
Premiums this season. 
Eggs, per 13, packed for shipping. 
A. V. KILMER, CoBBLESKILL, N. Y. 
P* Koch*, \\ yaudottCM nnd ft. (’, White 
Leghorns. We won every first ami special on P. 
Bocks at Dalton. Muss., as well as first at every county 
fair where exhibited, first class certificate of merit 
at New York Show. HlgK honors on Wyandotte.-, and 
R. C. White l-cghorns where ever known. 
Eggs $2 for ri: «r, for to. S |{ \ y [,f> II BROM., 
Golds* Hill Poultry Yaiuis, lee. Mass 
PERFECTION. 
At Fig. 190 (first page) is shown an admira¬ 
ble picture of the fine Langshan cockerel 
“Perfection.’’ This bird was bred and owned 
by Robert Seaman, Jericho, L. I. At the late 
poultry show held in tliis city Perfection 
won first prize in “pair of chicks," also first in 
“breeding pen” anil four special prizes. He is 
certainly a flue specimen of this promising 
breed. The Rural has presented illustrations 
of the various breeds so frequently that, we 
refrain from repeating them in this issue. In 
fact, the work of picturing and describing the 
various breeds has been so well done by breed¬ 
ers, that nearly all are familiar with them. 
A "HiLi y XMUBiug rays. Tta 
LOO XTK describing IN'CTBATOKM, Poultry Ap 
plianotn, and How to Succeed in the Proiltru Rwfn-w 
L. N. CLARK & SON, 
POULTRY PRIZES. 
One hundred dollars in prizes for two-column artl 
rlcs on poulmr. to he published In the Mirror \ni> 
Farmer, of Manchester, N. H. For particulars send 
for sample of the paper, which will be sent free. 
__*_ 
PEDIGREE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
Pens headed by HANK WHITE BOYS, and ONTARIO 
CHIEF, with high bred females. 
HULL WYANDOTTES. 
Pens headed by COL. I.F.B, LERANON LAD, and COL. 
PURE. 
Send for circulars. 
BRADLEY BK O.M., LEE. MASS. 
Pteffttanfouis gtfltTrtteing. 
NEST BOX. 
The nest-box shown at 191 and 192, p. 299, an¬ 
swers admirably lor either laying or hatching 
hens. ItcanbetuodoofanyBize.oflight,planed 
half-inch stuff. When in use for a hatching 
nest, us in Fig. 191, the door may he put. up and 
fastened by a nail which is dropped through 
the edge of the roof, which extends about an 
inch over the front, as shown in the illustra¬ 
tion. When it is to boused for laying hens, 
the door is dropped. Fig. 193 shows the back 
The hole is bored with a %-inch augur and 
through it a nail is driven into the wall; so 
that the box hangs securely ut u short distance 
from the floor. The spaces left in black are 
designed for ventilation. This nest is 14 in¬ 
ches square, the back 18 inches high, and the 
front platform eight inches wide 
DARE BRAHMAS. 
Won first on Breeding Pen of Fowls, first on Breeding 
Pen of Chicks, first on Pair of Chicks and second on 
Pair Fowls, at 
NEWBURGH, September, 1885. 
Fowls or Eggs In Season. 
EGGS, $2.00 per 13; $3.50 per 26. 
Dr. E. Ross Elliott, 
P. O. Box 267. MONTGOMERY, Orange Co.. N. Y. 
, any soreness. Made of solid 
ver, wu nern u } 1 mail to any address on reoeip 
the price, M cts. Address The Milking Tula* Co. 
Friendship Street, Provldeuce. R. I. 
Macomhrr » Hand Plunter, for Com, Brans. 
and'Beet Seed. Tile rr>T In the world. Money refund 
•si If It (loos not prove satisfactory, after a fair trial. 
Agents wanted. Send for circular and terms. 
M. >1. Mneoniher & Co., MTg’a. Grand Isle Vt. 
For Rhode Island address L. G. SHERMAN & CO.. 
PUOVTOKNCE. • 
EGGS for HATCHING 
24 VARIETIES. 
Water mavis. Mated to produce 
best results. Large and hand- 
somrlv Illustrated catalogue free. 
ESP Mention this paper. 
J i unnr south high st.. 
. L. mU U A, COI.UMHU8, O, 
r/ticK $6. 
Gold and Brouze Medals were awarded at the Great 
Show of New York Fanciers' Club, February, 1886. 
Have you anywhere else In the world seen Chicken 
Hroodorsand inclosed Runs that may at pleasure bo 
eit her attached to or detachable from the is Hip? 
If you have not any auch coops or broi>ters. send a 
(wocent stamp for one of the fllUatriUod Descriptive 
Catalogues, with terms aud Price List. 
NAPKNOl.L POULTKV POOP CO., 
GOSHEN. ORANGE CO.. N. Y 
AGENTS: 
NEWELL & CO.. 127 State Street, Boston, Mass. 
L. N. CLARK & SON, 88 Dey Street, New York, 
NAPKNOLIJH 
PROGRESS!VK POULTRY COOPS FOR 
HENS AND CIIU KS. 
WITH BROODERS AND INCLOSED V 
2 he favorite Krcelsivr Poultry Coop an * 
THEPOULTRYMONTHLY 
CONDUCTEO BY T. M. FERR18. 
.Syi Rest Jlaaazlne of its 
v kind. $1.25 per year. 
--- Sample copies, 12c, 
Address FERRIS PUBLDHIND CO 
48 1 If road way, Albany, N. Y. 
Liberal reduction on Clubs of five or more names. 
egg tray may lie either of strips of wood far 
enough apart to allow a resting-place for the 
eggs, or of paper divisions like those in ordin- 
ary egg cases. Heavy or “hardware" wrap¬ 
ping paper tarlrd on all around the outside, 
will exclude the air, and make ft like a closet, 
a piece in front, one side of which should be left 
loose, will answer the purpose of a door. The 
eggs should lie placed on end in the trays, aud 
there should lie an extra empty tray on which 
the eggs should Ik? turned over now and then. 
A HANDY COOP. 
The coop shown at Figs. 200 and 301, p. 300, 
requires but little explanation. It is 30 inches 
square at the base aud 34 inches high. The 
frame is made of inch stuff about three inches 
wide. The lower part of front, can be raised 
and fastened to a nail at the peak, as shown 
at Fig. 800. At Fig. 201 Is shown the rear of 
the same coop. In this the door comes at the 
middle; it is six inches wide and hold at the 
top by a wooden button. The coop is light 
and durable, has no bottom, and is easily con¬ 
structed. 
THE RURAL IN A NEW “ROLE.” 
Furnished nil complete ready for occupancy. These 
houses are just what poultry breeders want, as they are 
AV«/, 1‘racl ical and Cheap. 
All kinds of portable houses suitable for all climates; 
rain, wind aud tcater proof. Sent to any part of 
the world, and no carpenter required to put them to¬ 
gether. 
Send tor our Circular before you order a 
poultry house. 
AMERICAN PATENT PORTABLE NOUSE MANUFACTURING CO. 
Corona, Queens Co., N. Y. 
WYANDOTTES 
EXCLUSIVELY. 
Eggs, S3 per 13; *5 per 26. No more birds for sale 
this spring. No Circulars. Como and see what ten years 
of careful breedlngwUl do. Visitors always welcome. 
S. B. II Ell E\ \V A Y, New Lebanon, Col. Co., N. Y. 
Egg Rack. Fig. 202. 
That Tired Feeling 
The warm weather has a debilitating effect, 
especially upon those wlio are within doors most 
of tlie tlmn. The peculiar, yet common, com¬ 
plaint known as •• that tired feeling." U the 
result. This fee Hug can ho entirely overcome by 
taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which gives new life 
and strength to all the functions of the body. 
“I could not sleep; had no appetite. I took 
nood's Sarsaparilla and soon began to sleep 
soundly; could got up without that ttred and 
languid foeling; and my appetite Improved.” 
R. A. Sanford, Kent, Ohio. 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Made 
only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass, 
IOO Doses One Dollar 
Thousands of business men are surprised 
because they suddenly break down; a catas¬ 
trophe that would not happen to them were 
the blood kept pure and the kidneys in work¬ 
ing order by Warner’s safe cure. 
improved HYDRAULIC' RAMI 
Send for Circular and Brice List. Addrc 
AI.I.EN GAWTHKOP, Jr., 
WILMINGTON, UE 
Awarded Medal and Diploma at t 
Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia. 
Why should a man pay money for au im¬ 
plement he can make himself ? That was the 
thought which inspired the arrangement shown 
at Fig. 198, p. 299, for which we are indebted 
to Mr. T. H. Youngman, of Dakota. The 
paper is rolled carefully so that an egg will 
hardly go into the end. Hold the egg in place 
with the left hand, the little finger on the egg, 
the other three fingers on tl ic paper. Hol< 1 the 
paper to the eye, and the testiug is easy. 
Where eggs cost $5 per dozen with $2 added 
for express, it pays to look them over during 
Incubation, and we think the above arrauge- 
menfc will answer. It will pay auy man who 
makes anything of a business of raising 
chickens to examine the hatching eggs during 
every day of incubation. A few minutes 
spent, each day at this work will quickly en¬ 
able him to determine which egg to remove 
from the nest. Such a course will enable him 
to form a better set of rules than he cun get 
from auy book. Incubation is a delicate and 
rapid work. What more interesting study 
can there be thau the formation of this little 
life. 
A HANDY EGG-RACK. 
The sketch of the egg-rack shown at Fig. 
202, was sent us by M. D. Earle, of this city. 
BOW TO SUITED rt! xt kV.* .35c. 
HOW TO PROPOGATE AND GROW FRUIT 50C 
Whole Fruit and Poultry burini-ns illustrated 
and explained. BOTH KOOKS scut postpaid for 
*r»»tWOM,T fiu I KNTS. 
R. COATES, Norwood Park, Cook Co., Ills. 
ECCS FOR HATCHING. 
PRIZE WYANDOTTES.—Puritan Strain. $2 per 13, 
and 83 per 18. LIGHT RKAHMAS.-82 per 13. P. CO¬ 
CHINS.—*4 per 13; $7 per 26. 
My Breeding Birds score DO to 96 points. 
First class Slock and good Hatch guaranteed. 
R. COATES, Norwood Park, III. 
Watnong Valley 
POULTRY YARDS. 
PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
Five first-class Breeding Pens. Eggs, *3 for 13; $5 for 26. 
Imperial Pekin Duck. 
Eggs, $2 for 12. Nicely shipped In baskets. 
Send for circular. EUGENE HILL, 
__Littleton. N. J. 
TEN YEARS’ EXPERIENCE. 
TO FARMERS. 
This simple Invention is used 
lu milking cows, particularly 
J. H. THOMPSON, Jr., 
PATTERSON. NOV YORK. 
(OK TIIK turn KM R. R.l 
Breeder of thoroughbred fowls and Pointer Dogs. 
From prize winning registered slock. 3 |>ons of Ply¬ 
mouth Rooks. 2 for production of pullets and l for 
cockerels. Eggs, $1.50 per 13; or $3 per 39. Also from 2 
liens of Wyandottes. Eggs. *2 per IS; or $5 per 39. My 
stock Is from the best strains and mated for the bos’t 
results. 1 guarantee a fair hatch and safe delivery. A 
share of your patronage solicited, knowing I can please 
you. 
Philander Williams, 
TAUNTON MASS., 
ORIGINATOR aud BREEDER of the World renowned 
Autocrat Strain. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS. 
"Improved Drake's Strain "PLYMOUTH ROCKS. "Im¬ 
perial Strain” WYANDOTTES. 
EGGS—per Setting. $5; Three Settings, $10. 
Send for circular. 
B. L. HUH D, P»euy lerville, N. V. 
Wyandotte Ubronio Fret* Circular of leading 
varieties,Fowls. Ducks, Turkeys, Address with stamp 
V. C. PAINE, East Bethel. Vt. 
„ SMITH <fc WALKER, LeeT Huii 
Breeders of twelve varieties of high class standard 
Poultry. Eggs cheap. Send for circular, free. 
WYANDOTTE, P. Rock and Brown Leghorn 
Eggs, 10 et«. apiece; Bronze Turkey Egg, 9 for *8. Money 
Order Office Bel vldere, N, .T. 
A. LEDIA, Delaware, N. .1. 
INGS ami WYANDOTTES. Fowls and Eggs for sale. 
r? r ,V t !? r s * K * WILCOX, 
P. O. Box 500. Hmyrnn, N. Y. 
EGOS. 
Finest strain lu the U. S. of Brown Leghorns. Price 
$1.50 for 13. 
FLEMMING BROS, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
SILVER GRAY DORKING**. 
F'rst on Fowls and Chicks, New York Show, Feb., 
1886. A few good Birds for sale. Eggs from pen No. 1, $3 
per setting; two settings. *5.00. No. 2. $1.50. 
WYANDOTTES AND CAYUGA DUCKS. 
No circulars. Address, with stamp, 
HEN it V HALES, Ridgewood, N.J. 
Batteries Attached to Ilia Leg*. 
Columbus, O., Nov. 4th, 188,").— Six years 
ago I was confined to tin? house. Doctor visi¬ 
ted me throe times a day, and often at night. 
Whole system uprooted. Pain in back and 
kidneys. Slept every night with galvanic 
batteries attachep to logs. Medicine had not 
the slightest effect. Spent thousands of dol¬ 
lars. Was in this terrible condition two 
years. Took fifty bottles of Warner's safe 
cure and Wurner’s safe pills, gaiued 44 pounds 
and felt like a new man.—W. H. Rhoades. 
DS. HUMPHSEYS’ 
Book on all Diseases 
richly Bonxn j*j 
CLOTH and GOLD 
mailed free. 
Humphreys' Homeopathic 
Medicine Co., 
_109 PULTON ST., N. V. 
HUMPHREYS’ HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS 
Sold by Druggists, or sent postpaid on receipt of price. 
MA 4 1 U A 
WY0MAN0CK POULTRY YARDS. 
BttKEPKH OF 
Pure Wyandottes, Langshans, 
Hull Strain. Croad's Strain. 
I have a choice lot of each for sale In pairs, trios or 
breeding pens. Prices low for quality. Will give snt- 
sfaction. I won second on Wyandottes, third on Iang- 
shans, at S. Y. State Fair, 1885. Eggs, 3.60 per 13; $5 U0 
per 26. Try me. 
GEO, DELA VAN, New Lebanon. N. Y. 
WYANDOTTES. 
Won Special on Highest Score and Third Premium 
pair of Chicks at the Now York Fiinelers' Show In 
Won First and Second ou Fowls anil First on Chicks 
at Middletown. N. Y.. In 1>«4. 
Won First on Breeding-pen of Fowls and First on 
Breeding pen of Chick*, and First on pair of Fowls a 
Newburgh, September. If**. 
FOWLS AND CHICKS FOR SALE. 
EGGS, 83 per 13; 8A nor 26. 
DR. E. W. DEYO. 
Box 103, MONTGOMERY, Oiusok Co.. N. Y. 
POULTRY YARDS, 
Silver Cray Dorkings. 
Long experience In hreedtng-no better table fowl 
VC)? domestic and layers. Eggs $2 setting, am 
$1.56 for each additional seUing. 
Also Agent for DIAMOND EGG BASKET price 75eta 
85 cts., 95 eta., and * 1 .Hi per doz. 
Send for circular. 
RUFUS II. SHUMWA Y, I.EB. SPRINGS, N. Y 
A poultryman writes; “Your prices are 10 pereen 
less than the lowest.” Read this: 560 Envelopes *1 3 
SOI Business Cards. $1.00; 500 Gem statements, ,T, ets 
etc. full line of cuts, good stock, new tune, fast pres 
vs, low price-’ Patronage extends from Vermont t 
C olorado. Estimates given on Circulars, etc. San 
pies and prices for2-cent stamp. 
“FOURIER’’ STEAM PRINT, 
_ \ _ , Chatham, N. Y. 
Has taken First Prize* wherever exhibited 
My book, entitled "SIXTEEN YEARS' KXPERIENC 
IN ARTIFICIAL POULTRY RAISING." will be set 
free with each Maehlue. 
Send for circulars and testimonials. , 
JAMES RA 1 VK 11 V, 
SOUTH EASTON, MASS. 
II A T"" M The Craw Folding It 
| M | l* M cuba tor and Broode 
" * icombined* will hate 
I — — — - — — i vvinuuioi « 111 LHt 
from 1200 to 1,300 Chicks per year, worth 
broilers from *1 to $i2per dozen. No cost or e» 
perlence to operate. Holds 100 eggs. Price $12 on 
sSCHICKS by— 
lamps to explode. Ten hens will Pay $2W profit ■ ■ 
per year. Send 4c. for new 36-pp. Ci PT1 TN A HJI 
book on poultry. Incubators, etc.^ I H. U |W| 
F. D. CRAIG, North Evanston, Ill. kj JL XjoX 11 
PORTABLE POULfRY HOUSES! 
