THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May 16 
38 2 
Live StockandDairy 
MAPES, THE HEN MAN. 
Pia Notes. —I told last year that we 
decided to mark our sows by means of 
one or more rings placed in the rim of 
one or both ears to indicate the time 
of farrowing. This plan has been de¬ 
cidedly satisfactory. Hardly one of the 
ear marks has been lost and we have 
been able to separate the sows in time 
to avoid farrowing in unsuitable quar¬ 
ters. One hundred and fifteen days has 
been the general time allowance, and 
not over one sow out of 11 has varied 
24 hours from this time. Some recom¬ 
mend a railing a few Inches from the 
floor, and sides of pen, to prevent the 
sow from crushing the pigs between 
the sides of the pen and her body. We 
have not used such a device, but have 
relied on our medium-sized pens (6x8 
feet) with moderate bedding of planer 
shavings, with good success. One sow 
got a board off the side of her pen 
where she had access to a mow of long 
Timothy hay. She pulled out enough of 
the hay to prepare her bed, and we 
found two dead pigs tangled up in the 
hay in the morning. Whether or not 
the long bedding was responsible for 
their death I cannot say. 
Incubator Items. —Mrs. Fuller, a 
neighboring farmer’s wife who keeps 
125 hens, wishes to increase the size of 
her flock and asked me the other day 
to hatch some eggs for her in one of 
our incubators. We are through for the 
present, and I told her to bring along 
the eggs and I would do the best I 
could. Five dollars was agreed on as 
a fair price for my time and the use of 
the 360-egg Cyphers incubator, I to fur¬ 
nish the oil. She brought 400 eggs and 
I piled a few on top of the trays until 
testing time. Part of the eggs are 
Plymouth Rocks with very dark shells, 
so we waited until the sixth day before 
testing. Jesse has keener eyesight than 
I, and does the testing. He found on 
the sixth day (April 29) 363 fertile eggs, 
which is an extra good run. Mrs. F. has 
no brooders, but has a talent for hens. 
She tells me that she has a vacant room 
in the old farmhouse and that she has 
invested in a lot of feather dusters 
which she found at a bargain store at 
six cents each. She purposes to place 
her chicks in boxes in this vacant 
room, and hang one of the feather dus¬ 
ters in a corner of each box for a hover. 
By dividing them up into small flocks 
of say 15 to 20 I do not see why this 
plan will not work well in warm weath¬ 
er. She will need to beware of rats. We 
shall watch the result of this venture 
with interest. Our three Cyphers in¬ 
cubators (360-egg size) have given us 
1,380 April-hatched chicks, an average 
of 230 each hatch. The best hatch was 
250 and the poorest 200. We piled a few 
eggs on top of the trays each time so as 
to get about 300 fertile eggs when test¬ 
ed the fifth day. This is as many as is 
consistent with easy turning, in trays 
that require hand turning as in this 
type of incubator. We held the tem¬ 
perature at 103 to 104 during most of 
the two hatches, as the weather has 
been cool most of the time. In warmer 
weather I should run them at 102 to 
103. Where the thermometer is sus¬ 
pended above the eggs, as in the Cy¬ 
phers, the radiation of heat will make 
more variation in temperature between 
upper and lower portion of egg cham¬ 
ber in cold weather than in warm. 
Hence a higher degree of heat must be 
maintained at level of thermometer to 
insure an equal warmth of eggs. 
Poui.TRY Farm Queries. —A reader of 
Tite R. N.-Y. would like employment on 
a poultry farm. She writes me that she 
is 40 years old, has some small chil¬ 
dren so that she could not give her en¬ 
tire time to the work and wishes to 
know what the outlook is for her to se¬ 
cure employment at such work, and 
what wages she could expect. There are 
so few poultry farms large enough to 
require extra help that I fear her 
chances are very poor. Another reader 
claims to be an expert poultry man, and 
w'ants to organize a stock company to 
go into the business on a large scale. 
He is sure he could pay large dividends 
from the profits, and wants advice as to 
how to proceed to organize his com¬ 
pany. I am not a promoter of stock 
companies, but on general principles 1 
suggested that his first move should be 
to secure capital enough to take a good 
big block of the stock himself. If he 
can show that he has made his capital 
from the profits of the business in 
which he proposes to engage, so much 
the better. I don’t know how it is, but 
a great many people suppose that be¬ 
cause a hen or a dozen eggs do not cost 
much, poultry farming is just the thing 
for those without capital. I judge this 
belief is responsible for more failures 
than any other one cause. A poultry 
farm with enough stock to insure a 
good living from the profits, suitably 
equipped with buildings, tools, teams, 
etc., represents considerable capital. 
The favorite idea seems to be to start 
in a small way and increase as experi¬ 
ence is gained. That is all right where 
one has money enough to live on while 
getting the experience. It can some¬ 
times be done in this way, where a per¬ 
son who has some other employment as 
a source of income, can divert a part 
of time to poultry keeping. Food, cloth¬ 
ing and shelter are constant demands in 
all families, and the bread winners can¬ 
not easily divert the time necessary to 
procure these, to amassing capital in 
the shape of buildings, poultry, etc. 
Chii.i.eu Chicks. —This morning (May 
2 ) found the fruit trees, including ap¬ 
ples, in full blossom and a heavy frost 
on the ground. I judge the cold will be 
disastrous to fruit, but not more so 
than to a lot of our chicks. I removed 
200 from the incubator yesterday and 
placed them in the brooders. What was 
my consternation this morning at find¬ 
ing one of the brooder lamps in the con¬ 
dition of the lamps of the foolish vir¬ 
gins. Thirty chicks were chilled be¬ 
yond recovery, as the result of lighting 
the lamp without supplying enough oil 
to last through the night. Our brooder 
lamps will run for 24 hours without 
attention if trimmed and filled every 
morning. They require about a pint of 
kerosene for each brooder with 100 
chicks. I doubt whether chicks in 
either large or small numbers can be 
brooded as cheaply with coal and hot 
water pipes, and I am sure the heat 
cannot be kept as uniform with the 
same amount of time and care. The 
first cost of a coal-heated brooder sys¬ 
tem is also much greater than my kero¬ 
sene brooders, which the critics con¬ 
sider a back number. o. w. mapes. 
Ten Dollars a Day 
or more may be lost by the idleness of a horse I rom 
sore neek, shoulders or like trouble, just when liis 
services are most needed. 
Bickmore’s Gall Cure 
is guaranteed 
to euro the most 
stubborn case 
of llurncsn or 
Collar Oall, 
Scratches, 
Greaso Jlecl, 
Speed Crack, 
etc., while you 
work the horse. 
For sale at all 
dealers who are 
authorized to 
j refund your 
money if it does not do just as we say. Sample sent 
for 10 cents. Write while you have it in mind. 
BiCKMORE GALL CURE CO., Box 519, Old Town,Me. 
^ Why keep your live stock in misery when ^ 
Moore’S GALL POWDER 
S will quickly cure Galls, Chafes, Cuts, Sores, # 
Thrush, &c., while at work? You make no ^ 
^ mistake in sending to MOORE BROS., Alba- ^ 
# ny, N. Y., fora 50 c. package, prepaid by mail. # 
Circulars free. 
BT/\ND/\t=»D FLY AND LICE KILLER 
KILLS LICC. TICKS. 
Iw' 
yOUNG STOCK WILL 
ClSTEMPEn OF ALL 
CNOUCN FLYAilD Llf? 
^ PH0TCCT5 cons 
FROM THE TORTURE OF FLIES 
IM PASTURE AND WHILE MILK- 
INC WILL GIVE 20 PER CENT. 
MORE />»^t^MILK PAYS 
DAILY. 
PERFECTLY HARMLESS. 
^PPlICn WITH OUR REVERSIBLE 
^PRAYER. CALVCS.SWINESHECP. 
TOBERCUIOSIS CHOLERA. ABORTION. 
D.B1SMITH dc CO.. UTiCA.N.Y. U.S.A. 
THRIVE.PREVENTS^ ^ 
KINOS.FQRSUO^ ^NE WILL SEND A SPRAYER AMC 
KILLER TO PROTECT ISO COWi AND N0RSES.A6EN1S WANTED. 
OCPT. Ca> 
Protect Your Cattle from Flies. 
IfATTI C IfflMCnDT cheaply 
IVIII I LC IVUinrUill and effectively, and 
your cows will repay you many times over. Send for 
prices and terms to agents. 
KATT1.B KOMFOKT CO., Columbus, N.J. 
SHOO-FLY 
THE 
ANIMALS’ 
FRIEND 
Half cent'n worth saves 3 quarts milk and much flesh. Kills 
every flv it strikes; keeps off the rest. Harmicsi to man or beast 
NO LtOK in poultry house or any place itis sprayed. If your 
dealer docs not keep it. send |L].00 for Improved Three Tube 
Sprayer aud enough Shoo-Fly to protect200 cows. Cash returned 
if cows are not protected. 
SHOO-FLYMFG. CO..1005 Fairmount Ave., Phila.,Pa. 
Leg and Body Wash. 
When it comes to stiffness and 
soreness of muscles, tendons, 
etc., nothing equals 
Tuttle’s Elixir 
for restoring normal conditions. 
Apply to the body as a mild 
sponge bath and put on light 
blanket. Sponge the legs and 
on light bandages. 
C/sfo^ and Endorsed by Adams 
Express Company. 
Tuttle’s American Condition Powders 
—A specific for impure blood and all diseases arising therefrom. 
TUTTLE’S FAMILY ELIXIR cures rheumatism, 
sprains, bruises, etc. Kills pain instantly. Our 100-pagc book, 
“Veterinary Experience,” FREE. 
Dr, 5. A. TUTTLE, 30 Beverly St., Boston, Mass. 
Bfware of so-called Elixirs—none ^^enuine but TiiUle'n, 
Avoid all blisters; they offer only temporary relief, if any. 
NKWTON'S Heave, Congfi, DU* 
temper and Indigestion Core, 
A veterinary Hpecific for wind, 
throat aud atomach troubles. 
Strong recommende. |1.00 per 
can. Dealers. Mail or Kx. paid, 
k'ewton Horae Keraedj Co.y 
Toledo, Ohio* 
COOPER 
^ SHEEP PIP 
STANDARD OF THE WORLD 
for 6o years. Used on 250 millions 
annually. 5 uperlor to all other 
kinds. No smell. Benefits while it 
cures. Keeps flock clean a long 
time. Increases growth and quality 
of wool. Used by large majority of 
sheep breeders in all countries. 
Sold by all leading druggists and 
general merchants everywhere. 
If local druggist cannot supply, 
•end $1.75 for $a (100 gal.) pkt. to 
CYI’IIKKS INCUISATOK CO,, 
No. 8 I’ark Place, New York. 
Sheep Dips, Tanks, Worm Cures, Bar Marks, 
Punches, Tattoo Markers, Shearing Machines, 
Shears, Sheep Marking Paint, Lamb Feeders, 
Lie* Paint, Poultry Supplies, Veterinary 
Remedies, etc. Write for Catalogue J. 
F. S. BURCH & CO.. 144 Illinois St.,CHICAG& 
SpAvia 
Care These Blemishes 
_ -' Also Btngbone, hard or soft 
‘ •nlargomont*. Sweeny, Kneo- 
■ Spmng.FistnlaandPollKrll. 
wl I • M Slight oost and certain onre*. 
Two big bookleta tolling how 
to do It sent free.Write todar, 
rLBOIHfl BBOS., GhMUato, ' 
flSS I)alMBtMkTard.,CUng*.IIL < 
SplllYf 
of Omaha 
makes the best lice and 
mite killer for poultry- 
bee’s I.ice Ki Her. A1 i<iu Id— 
simply spray or sprinkle on 
the roosts. Nohandlingof 
fowls. No lal)or or bother. 
Kills both body-lice and 
mites. Sold In every state 
at 85 cts. per qt., *1 per gal. 
Send for free catalogue, 
poultry booklet and calen¬ 
dar, list of 3.000 agencies, etc. 
GKO. II. LEK CO., Omaha, Neb. 
nCilTII TH I inC 0*1 and CHICKS 
ULItlll lU 1.1 UC 64-page book FU£U. 
D. J. LAMBKKT, Box 307, Apponaug, B. L 
i 
ROUND SILO 
The “Philadelphia.” 
The only Perfect Continuous 
Open Front Silo made. See our 
Patent Roof. Ask for catalog. 
E. F. SCHLICHTER, 
321 Vine .Street, 
PHILADKLPHIA, PA. 
Also made in the West by the 
DUPLEX MFC. CO., South 
Superior, Wis. 
INCUBATORS 
From $6 up. .Beat roMonable prlo*d 
hatenera on the market 
Brooders. $4 up. None better at'aay 
price. Fully warranted. Catalog tr**. 
L. A. BANTA, LIQONIER, IND. 
R ADDED DDP^Q stock and eggs 
DMnriLlJ nUUIxO from prize-winners. Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. Eggs, $1 per 15. Ci rcular Free. 
J. W. COX, New Wilmington, Pa., Box IL 
VnilUR nUinifC shipped safely any distance 
I UUnU UnlUlVO Try them Instead of eggs foi 
Atching. ViUeview Poultry Farm Co., Salem, N.Y. 
C DDDDDN Charleston Four Corners, N. V., 
I UUnUUit) Box 63, will spare a few Mam¬ 
moth Light Brahma Cockerels. Eggs, 75c. per 16. 
A lot of fine breeding birds at reduced prices. 
Wh. Wyan., P. Rock and Leghorn EGOS. $1 for 
26. Stamp. MHS. J. P. HELLINGS, Dover, Del. 
90 
varieties. Any amount Poultry, Eggs, Pigeons 
and Hares. Guido desc. 60-page book, lOo. 
J. A. BEKGEY, Box 8. Telford. Pa. 
AAAWPnFI Q—Choice W. Wyan., P. Rocks, 
llUU^CHEiLd Brahmas, Cochins, Leghorns, 
from prize-winning stock. 23 varieties of land and 
water fowls. Satisfaction guaranteed. Big catalogue 
free. PINE TREE FARM, Box T, Jamesburg, N. J. 
Breeders’ Directory 
HOLSTEIN - FRIESIANS. 
Choice young stock of the best breeding for sala 
Prices reasonable. Every animal registered. 
WOODCKEST FARM, Uifton, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
i^mMOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Good ones, and aU ages. Fine Yearling BuUa 
ready for service. 
RAMBOUILLET SHEEP. 
BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
Write DELLHUKST FARMS, Mentor, Ohio. 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES. Scotch Collies, Spayed 
• * Females. SILAS DECKER, South Montrose, Pa. 
Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from Imported Golden Lad at fair prices. 
R. F. SHANNON, U07 Liberty iStroet, Pittsburg, Pa. 
FOR SALE-BULL 
Klssa’s Ideal No. 64513 A. J. C. C., dropped Maylij. 
1902; solid dark color, and a fine individual. Sired 
by Ideal Exile No. 51503. dam Hickory's HissaNo. 
117093. Tost 14 pounds 10 ounces butter from 29i 
pounds milk in seven days. Alsoafew bull calves, 
from two to six months old, sired by the great show 
bull QUEEN’.S CZAK No. 55573, and from flrsl- 
cl ass regi.ste red dams. Don’the afraid to inquire. The 
prices are within your means. J. GRANT MOUSE. 
Hickory-Hill Farm, Poolvillc, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
B. J. 
PuroI)rcd Devon Calves 
at roasonablo prices. 
WIGUTMAN, West Eaton, N. Y. 
ForScotchand AVDOUIDETC 
American-bred I 1% ri I lb ^9 
of best dairy quality, and Shetland Ponies, gentle for 
children. Address J. F. CONVERSE & CO., Wood- 
vUle, Jefferson County, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
—Choice Recorded Large English 
Berksblrw Boars, ready for serr 
Ice. Write your wants or come. 
E. B. HALL, Stanley, N. Y., B. V. D. 1. 
DorkehirOO”^'*”*' and American blood. 
DwIlVwlllICu C. M. AMBK,309 Broadway, New York 
AFA VA||| APQ Choice Berkshire Pigs eligible 
DCIlndnillEid to registry. Prices reason¬ 
able. SUGAR GROVE FARM, Grantsville, Md. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES 
hog. Pigs of all ages from Imported slock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester.Mich 
Re^ J. Chinas, BerKshires and C. Whites. 
8 wkB. to 6 mos.. mated not akin. 
Service Boars, Bred Sows. Write for 
prices and description. Return If not 
satisfactory; wo refund the money. • 
HAMILTON & CO., Kosenvlck, Chester Co., Pa. 
0 1 0 AUflllp As good as money will buy 
■ Ii Ua dll me or scientiffc breoding pro¬ 
duce at prices that farmers can afford to pay. 
Pedigree furnished with every animal. Start right 
by ordering a bred sow or a pair of pigs. 
G. S. liENJAMlN, Box 14, Portland, Mloh. 
C UES HIKES—Spring Pigs. | SAKA A.LiTTl.K, 
R. C. Brown Leghorn Hens,$l. ( R. 5. ;ciyde,N.y. 
For Sale.—Scotch Collies, magnificently 
bred. A. J. BENEDICT, Woodworth, WU. 
ja A I Al O purebred Scotch 
la, wiI Iv Collie Pups. Present 
price from $5 to $10 each. Apply promptly to 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
Eggs, 4c. { 
W. Wyan. I Farm Range. W. IRISH. 
R.I. Reds, j Po’keepsie, N.Y. B.F.D. 
MM for hatching from choice matings of Barred 
llllw P- Rocks and White Wyandotte*. ?2 per 
tting: three sittings, $5. WOODCKEST FARM, 
M Rhode Island Reds Light Brahmas, 
Barred Rocks. Hardy, prolihc, 
pure stock, bred on separate farms for eggs to hatch 
at 6 cents each. Write to WALTER SHERMAN, 
25 Boulevard, Middletown, R. I. 
WHITE LEGHORN EGGS 
for Sale for setting from Pittsburg and Cleveland 
winners. High scoring, large size, great egg prodn®,* 
ers. Remainderof season: 15 eggs, $1.50; 50 eggs,$4-60. 
A circular for the asking. 
JNO. W. WARRICK, Washington, Pa. 
AT A BARGAIN. 
Eggs remainder of season from my Cleveland 
and Pittsburg winners. 15 eggs for $1. 
JOHN VV. WAKKICK, Washington, Pa. 
>;gs that Hatch at Cut Prices 
ifs^nco no objection. Wo pack in cotton batting, 
ich prevents jar and chill. B. Rocks. \V. \Vyam 
tes, B. Leghorns. MT. BLANCO POULIRY 
RM. Mt. Blanco. Ohio. 
Barred Rocks and White Wyandottes 
Eggs for hatching, $3 per 100. 
C. A. HALL, Oak Hill, Groone County, N Y. 
White Plymouth Rock Eggs for Hatch 
ing; 13 for 50c. J. M. Thornlley, Marietta, Ohio. 
r p p Q 15, $1; 40, $2. Buff, Wh., Barred Rocks; Buff, 
LUUu Wh., Br.Leghorns; Buff, Wh., Golden Wyan., 
Black Langshans, Buff Cochins, Lt. Brahmas, Mlnor- 
cas, Hamburgs. Cat. H. K. Mohr, Quakertown, I a. 
WHITE LEGHORN EGGS 
700 Big White Beauties, bred to lay Big White Eggs; 
nine years developing the strain. WHITE & RICE, 
Uox A, Yorktown, N. Y. 
business; brown eggs; bread-winning strains; 
600 layers; 11.60 per 16; $6 per 100; $48 per 1,000. Stock 
for sale. J. A. DbMAB, Silver Lake, Mass. 
