1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
195 
MAPES, THE HEN MAN. 
I would like to erect buildings to accom¬ 
modate 200 hens. Will it pay better to yard 
these hens, dividing the house in sections 
witli separate yards, or shall 1 let the hens 
roam at large? Will a section 10x12 with 
scratching shed 10x12 and yard 24x100 be 
large enough for 25 hens, and will they lay 
as many eggs if kept that way as they 
will if given plenty of range? Economy of 
land is no object, but 1 have found that in 
attempting to have colony houses-the hens 
refuse to stay colonized, and have a habit 
of crowding into one little house and leav¬ 
ing two or three entirely empty. If I build 
yards T want to use them Summer and 
Winter. c. m. 
Ivopez, Pa. 
Coi.o-NizEU Hens.— Although my heus 
are kept entirely on the colony plan I 
would not claim that this is the only 
way, or even the best way. 1 have had 
no trouble to make my hens stay colon¬ 
ized, since 1 learned how. With a sufti- 
ciently large plant, so that when changes 
are to be made they can be moved far 
enough away from the old home, there 
should be no trouble in this direction. 
If colonies are to be mingled at such 
times they sliould be shut in until all 
quarreling and sense of strangeness 
have passed before they are let out of 
their new quarters. This should be done 
for the first time, just before night, so 
they will not roam far away. 
Electkic Feed Boxes. —When my 
buildings were planned the electric feed 
boxes, etc., cut quite a figure. They were 
so arranged that by pressing an electric 
button at the right of my chair in the 
dining room, the 35 colonies had their 
dinner scattered in all the houses simul¬ 
taneously. This overcame any tendency 
to confuse the colonies, as every hen 
started for her own home at once, and 
often on the wing. It was fun to feed a 
Hock of a thousand and more in this 
way. The doors were closed with a bang 
iu the same way at night without rising 
from my chair at the supper table. We 
were not in this business, however, for 
“fun.” The expense and trouble of keep¬ 
ing the line and battery in order out¬ 
weighed the fun. After almost every 
.severe storm the circuit would be found 
broken, sometimes entailing a long 
search in order to lind it. 
Space ItEQuruEi). —Although a free 
range is often desirable I should prefer 
yards in connection with any plan of 
buildings, which could he used at times. 
The runs need not be as large as sug¬ 
gested in above letter, giving a run at 
large towards night after the day’s feed¬ 
ing is ended. 1 should consider sections 
named for 25 hens a needless waste of 
room. Probably no man has yet sur¬ 
passed C. H. Wyckoff in securing big 
returns in eggs, and he kept 50 hens in 
a colony. 1 have tried all the way from 
10 hens to 00 hens in my houses 10x12 
feet, without any scratching shed, and 
am free to confess that I have failed to 
notice any difference in egg production 
which 1 can honestly attribute to differ¬ 
ence in floor space. 
Will you publi.sh the plan of that 20-pen- 
long henhou.se with the alley in the reai-, 
also speciTications of material for building 
same? J. ii. b. 
Husquehanna, Pa. 
Plan ok Hokse. —The house in ques¬ 
tion is 10 feet wide and 336 feet long. 
This gives a feed room on one end 16x16 
feet, 20 sections 16x12 feet for hens, and 
an alley 4x320 feet. The partition be¬ 
tween the alley and the hens’ quarters 
is of matched lumber, with a door open¬ 
ing from the alley into each pen. A 
level space was selected in a pasture 
field where the building could be ex¬ 
tended 500 feet farther if desired, on the 
same level. The building faces nearly 
south, with front posts tour feet high, 
and rear posts 6% feet high. The roof 
is of shingles, and a double pitch, with 
the ridge over the partition between the 
alley and the hens’ quarters. This gives 
a man room to stand erect in the alley, 
and in the greater part of the sections 
devoted to the hens. There is a good- 
sized window in front for each section, 
and smaller windows at intervals along 
the back, which furnish light in the 
alley. 'I'he doors leading from the sec¬ 
tions into the alley are close to the cor¬ 
ner, and the remainder of the room 
along the solid partition is occupied by 
the tables and perches, each table being 
30 inches high, three feet wide, and 13 
feet long. The partitions between the 
sections are of wire netting for four feet 
at the front, and of solid boards the rest 
of the way. The plan was, I believe, to 
provide doors for closing this four-foot 
space between the sections when de¬ 
sired in Winter, but it was never done. 
'I'his iiortion of the partitions being of 
open wire netting, gives an opportunity 
to see the whole length of the building 
at once. With the whole building filled 
with fine birds it makes a fine sight. 
Fk.kdinh; Conveniences. —In the feed 
room stands a small car or truck, on 
metal rails, which extends the whole 
length of the long alley. Tliere is also 
liot and ('Did water in this feed room. 
'I'he car is easily pushed along the alley 
on the metal rails, and is used for carry¬ 
ing feed, water, eggs, etc. The drinking 
pans stand in a small alcove beneath the 
table, where the hens have access to 
them from their side of the partition, 
and where they can be filled and cleaned 
from the alley without stepping into the 
pens. The lower board of the partition 
between the alley and the pens hangs on 
pivots, over a long trough extending the 
whole length of the alley. This hanging 
board swings back and forth, by working 
a lever in the feed room, so as to bring 
the trough either into the alley, or into 
the hens’ apartments as desired. When 
the hens are to be fed, the lever is pulled 
down, throwing the feed trough within 
the alley, where it is easily filled from 
the box on the car. The lever is then 
thrown up, thus giving the whole batch 
of hens their feed at the same instant, 
which is desirable where no yards are 
used. Another lever opens or closes 
small doors leading out of doors at the 
front of the building. A spring brook 
runs the entire length of the field where 
the hens can drink in Summer. Living 
rooms are finished off over the feed room 
and over the room adjoining, which is 
two stories high, 'rhe labor of caring 
for hens in a plant of this kind is much 
less than in the colony plan, and I often 
wish I could exchange. The man who 
built this house has since died, and it is 
now on the market I believe, with 20 or 
30 acres of land. Any good carpenter 
could furnish specifications of amount 
and cost of material for such a house. 
Cost would depend on quality and price 
of lumber used. * 
Would buttermilk from a creamery an¬ 
swer in place of skim-rnilk. In the Mapes 
plan of feeding hens? w. f. c. 
Turner Center, Me. 
Buttermilk made from very heavy sep¬ 
arator cream would probably not be 
quite as good as skim-milk, but from or¬ 
dinary hand-skimmed cream it would 
take the place of skim-milk nicely. 
O. W. MAPES. 
Farm Wagon only 
In order to introdrice their Low Metal Wheels 
with Wide Tire.s, the Empire Mauufactnriug 
Company, Quincy, Ill., have placed upon the 
market a Farmer’s Handy Wagon, that is only 
25 inches high, fitted with 24 and ^inch wheelB 
with 4-inch tire, and sold for only $21.96. 
This wiigoii is made of the best material 
throughout, and really cost.s but a trifle more 
than a set of new wheels and fully guaranteed 
for one year. Catalogue giving a full de.scription 
will be mailed upon application by the Empire 
Manufacturing Co., Quincy, Ill., who al.so will 
furnish metal wheels at low prices made any size 
and width of tire to fit any axle. 
The Best Buggy Bargain 
I You ever 
saw in your life— 
Split Hickory 
Jiummer. 
We will sell you this genuine Spilt Hickory, 
80-oz. full rubber-too Buggy for $35,00 and 
send it to you on 30 days FREETRIAL that 
you may hitch to it and tiae it enough to fully 
satisfy yourself that you have a spend id bar- 
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)n top of this free offer we give you a two 
years guarantee. We have an immense fac¬ 
tory turning out thousands of jobs yearly, all 
of which we sell direct from onr factory to 
user, is the reason we make this truly won¬ 
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This buggy is made of selected second 
growth split hickory—s|,lit. not sawed—and is 
a tiioroughly Itigh grade vehicle at a low price. 
It lias heel braces on sliafts, good carpet, 
full rubber top, solid panel spring buck, ■«-iu. 
round edge steel tired wheels, boot on back of 
body, high leather dash, storm apron, side 
curtains, open hearth, oil tempered springs, 
Norway iron bolts and forgings, and many 
other points of merit. It is handsome and 
dniable, and you can have your choice of oil 
and lead paint iu colors. 
N OT a cheap thing about the job except the 
price. Send at once for onr l'.dl page, 19.13 
(tatalogue,which givesdescrifitionsami prices 
of onr complete line of vehicles and harness. 
It is FItKE. 
OHIO CAKUIAGE MFO. CO. 
Stutlun S9 CliicliinutI, O. 
There i.s nothing so 
important in the home, nothing which 
builds up the "home feeling” so much as good 
but It light which is brllliaut and nothing more is not 
good. In fact, it may be the worst possible light yoti can use and 
very damaging to the eyes. There has never been any question that 
oil produces the kind of light best udai)te<i for all pur¬ 
poses, but this has been practically lost sight of because so 
many lamps consume oil iu an utterly improper manner. 
THE ANGLE LAMP 
alone burns oil In a scientific way, and you cannot realize what 
a perfect light is’till you .see this lamp at work. While more 
bniiiantthangasor electricity its light Is beautifully mellow 
which makes every occupation of the evening a pleasure and 
not a task. It never smokes or smells under any circumstances, 
requires little or no attention, is liglited and extinguished as 
easily as gas, may be Ailed while liglited, is absolutely safeunder all cir¬ 
cumstances, and burns about 18 cents’ worth of ordinary kerosene (or 
coal) oil a month. Here is the greatest possible efficiency with econ¬ 
omy that Is almost unbelievable. Thousands of home.s through¬ 
out the country now use the Angle Lamp to the 
e.TCluslon of all other methods. Send for our 
free catalogue N. N., at once. It sliows 
all .styles from $1.80 up. 
THE 
ANGLE 
LAMP CO 
76 
Park 
Place 
NEW YORK 
For Silos. 
HOOPS and LUGS. Write for Circu- 
lar.s. T. E. Cross, Poughkeepsie, N. V. 
NIC 
“JUST AS GOOD" 
KRAUS'.'.*^,'CULTIVATOR 
is what tlie dealer hides behind when he does 
not have what you want. Don’t be deeelved. 
Nothing is just as good as the 
PIVOT 
AXLE 
A perfect hillside worker. Direction and action 
controlled by the foot-levers. Works etinally 
well on the level. High wheels, light draft, per¬ 
fect balance. Adjustable in width. Convenient 
levers eontrolllng depth, etc. Center lever 
spreads or closes the gangs. I. 6 orS shovels, pin 
or Spring Hoe, or Spring Tooth. Simplest and 
easiest working cuilivator made. Don’t buy a 
cultivator until you have tried the Krau.s. If your 
dealer does not handle it, write us. We also 
make the Carpo Walking (jultivutor. 
THE AKRON CULTIVATOR CO., DEPT. D, AKRON, OHIO. 
SIL05 
Kound, of any size, and all Ma¬ 
chinery Needed. 
HABnERMii'G.Co.,Coble.skin,N.Y 
The Box That Pleases. 
P()M()N.\ NiniSKlllKS, Palmyra, N. J., Feb. 27, 1903. 
Bond Steel 
Post I 'o., 
Adrian, Mich. 
Dear Sirs 
"Uncle Sara’s 
Favorite” mall 
bo.x arrived to¬ 
day and it is 
exactly wliat I 
want. It is the 
best box 1 liavo 
yet seen and I 
believe will be 
a favorite of 
the mall car¬ 
rier on this 
route, and will 
surely be the 
means of sell¬ 
ing quite a number 
tion. Yours truly, 
T. K. Stek 
A BIG SNAP IN BUGGIES! 
A well built, finely finished top 
buggy with oil tempered springs. 
Has all the style shown by rigs cost¬ 
ing twice as mucli. You can’t 
beat it in style or equal in price. 
Write for price and agency plan. 
ECONOMY ItUGQY CO., 
Box A 50, Cincliiaatl, O, 
Baker’s Traceless Harness 
The farmer’s *‘Ha.i\dy HeLmess'" saves labor, makes farm 
work easier. A practical aiul up-to-date harness, without 
wliiffletreesor traces. Particularly adapted for all kinds of low- 
down work where ordinary whiffletrees and traces cause so 
much damage and annoyance. Indispensable for use in or¬ 
chards, vineyards, hop y.ards and for Iiimljering, quarrying, etc. Will save 
its cost every season. Highly endorsed by users every wlicre. Comfortfor 
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B. F. BAKER CO., 223 Main St., Burnt Hillo, N. Y. 
3« VEiRS SEUINR DIRECT 
We are the largest mamifacturs of vehicles and bar 
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WE HAVE NO AGENTS. 
but ship anywhere for examination, guaranteeing safe 
delivery. You ar* out nothing if not eatiafled. Wo 
make 195 styles of vehicles and 65 styles of harness. 
LargeCatalogueFREK—Sfnd/or it _ 
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_KLliHA RT C ARRIAtlB A HARNKSH MFG. C'o., KLKllART, INP. for$25more.Kxtra Ifin. Kelly RuhherTiref 1.3. 
CUSTOM 
MADE 
VEHICLES 
We sell direct from our factory, guaran¬ 
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I fully describes all onr vehicles and harness. Warranted two years. 
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We Sell Direct, I 
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Pr< 
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[1 THE Factorv 
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THE COLUMBUS CARRIAGE AND HARNESS CO., 
Factory and General Office, Columbus, 0. 
Western Office and Distributing House, St. Louis, Mo. 
Write to nearest office. 
NQ 
157 
for this top bugfgy, piano 
body 20, 22 or 2i in. wide, 
seat has solid panel spring 
liack. Wheels, choitc of 
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i C styles top buggies illus* 
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fully described in catalog. 
Extension top surrey, has 
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Axles 1 l-lCin. Lamps and 
fenders extra. Every ve« 
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styles surreys in 
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For this large, roomy 
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wide, roomy spring 
cushion, solid pand 
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[Trimmed with heavy 
For this top buggy with 
Guaranteed RubberTlrea. 
piano body, roomy seat, solid 
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le.ther feudars, large Iwnps, 
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for Dewtj twice our price. 
For this high arched 
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Stick seat driving wagon. 
Long distance axles, Bai¬ 
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Platform spring wagon, 7 
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MARVIN SMITH CO., 
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or Im. rubbor trim. 17.00. No. 100. 
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