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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 19 
Live StockandDairy 
When you write advertisers mentioi. The 
R. X. Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See our guarantee 8th page. 
mPES, THE HEN MAN. 
Hrlping the Boy.—A reader bas a 
son 18 years of age who has an ambition 
to own a poultry farm of at least 1,000 
hens. He has no capital and no experi¬ 
ence. The Deacon wishes to know 
whether I think he should be encouraged 
in Lis ambition or not. What are his 
chances compared with the man on page 
830 who has property which he can 
mortgage and some experience with 
poultry? How would I advise such a 
young man to proceed in order to reach 
the goal of his ambition? He has good, 
health and ambition and the following 
outline is entirely feasible: 
He must have experience and capital. 
makes over 13 per cent on the cost of 
buildings leaving a good margin above 
legal interest rates for the use of some 
cheap land. I begin to think we can 
hardly afford to sell it at 25 cents per 
bushel. With Timothy hay at $15 to $20 
per ton it is a question whether it is not 
more profitable to apply it on the Tim¬ 
othy. I used to think a Timothy sod 
must be plowed and reseeded every few 
years. The four-acre field of Timothy 
on which we use most of the litter from 
our hennery floors upsets this theory. 
The field was seeded a half dozen years 
ago in connection with millet, and each 
succeeding crop is better rather than 
])oorer, Mr. Clark’s grass, which is well 
For the first year I would advise him to fed with high-grade fertilizer, has held 
its own for 13 years. Hen manure gives 
as much better results on most crops 
compared with cow o: horse manure, as 
high-giade fertilizers are better than 
cheap low-grade fertilizers. The chemist 
cannot find the difference, but the plant 
can. I presume it is because its plant 
food is in more soluble form. The kid¬ 
ney secretions of the cow or horse con¬ 
tain the most soluble portions of the 
plant food in the excrement, and are 
easily wasted. The kidney secretions of 
the hen are all in the form of solids, and 
are not so easily lost. This doubtless 
explains part of the difference, as noted 
by the chemist and the plant. 
The Caup as Foon.—Prof. Smith, 
page 787, tells us that the mud flavor of 
the German carp is in the skin. The 
skin of Gae carp, like the skin of the cat¬ 
fish, should not be cooked. J. Y. P., 
page 835, tells us that the mud fi.avor 
can be eliminated by feeding on bread 
secure employment with some farmer 
who keeps some hens. Look about for a 
farmer who needs a boy, making it a 
I)art of the contract that taking care of 
the poultry shall be a part of his work. 
At the end of the first year he will have 
some knowledge of hens, and should 
have saved at' least $25 from his wages. 
Is that too much to expect? 
“Certainly not,” says the Deacon. 
“Any economical boy should be able to 
save that amount from his wages in a 
year.” 
Now for the second year. With his 
$25 he can buy 50 hens. His employer 
should be willing to allow him half an 
hour’s time night and morning to care 
for them, as he is older and stronger 
than the first year. 
“Where can he keep them?” saj'^s the 
Deacon. 
If he has selected the right farmer 
with which to engage, he will need ferti- 
Spavia 
Cure These Blemishes 
Also Ringbone, hard or soft 
_ enlarRements. Sweeny, Knee- 
I SpnmK.Fistulaand Poll Evil. 
M * " mi^ht cost and certain enres. 
Two biK booklets telling how 
to do it Bent free.Write today. 
rLSSIIKU BROS., CbPiDl.U, 
223 Cnlon StorkVardl.ChleaEO.IIL \ 
SpliiYt' 
wo MOBG TBIilND HORSKS.—ForBpeoIBo Oph- 
thalmla. Moon Blindness, and other Soro Byes. 
BAIIUY CO.. Iowa City, Iowa, have a sure cure. 
'VKT'lxi'to FIaIxts, HT. 
HIGHEST GLASS JERSEYS 
BRIARCLTFF BEAU. 
THE BEST SON OF JERSEY BEATJ. 
BUIARCLIFF BEAU’S get show promise of being 
great Dairy and Show unimals Uniformity, color, 
etc , are of the finest 
SPEClAt.TY—Young Pulls from this great sire 
Also Imp CHESTER WHIi’ES and Standard-Bred 
BLACK MINOHCAS and WHITE WYANDOTTB8. 
13^Correspondence solicited 
L. E. OKTIZ, Supt., White Plains, N. Y. 
SALE OF GUERNSEYS^LKr'i.r: 
A rare lot M SAGER, Orangeville, Pa. 
lizer and will be able to furnish a place and milk for a week before killing, keep- 
for the boy’s hens. The manure from jng in wet moss instead of muddy’water 
50 hens, in return for the use of a house, on the principle that the turnip or cah- 
will be a good investment on any of our bage flavor can be eliminated from milk 
eastern farms, even if a new house has by the lapse of sufficient time, this looks 
to be built. Judging from my own ex- reasonable. Had I known 
perience with hen manure as a fertili¬ 
zer, its value is sufficient to pay the in¬ 
terest on cost of buildings, with a good 
allowance for wear and tear, whether 
the size of the flock be 50 or a thousand. 
.•\t the end of the second year he will 
have $25 more saved from bis wages, 
and the net profits from his 50 hens, 
which should be $50 more, making $75 
in cash, and most of the original 50 
hens. The farmer will begin to see the 
results from his fertilizer by this time, 
and know a good thing when he sees it. 
Spread a little of it on a good Timothy 
sod in March or April and within a 
week’s time from the first rain the lux¬ 
uriant start which tlie crop will take 
will he all the argument needed to en¬ 
large the house for another 100 hens on 
the same terms. No more time will he 
required to care for 150 hens the third 
year than can well be allowed, with in¬ 
creasing strength and skill. The boy 
might not be able to find a farmer in 
every community who thinks highly 
enough of hen manure as a fertilizer to 
give the use of buildings to house a 
flock of hens in return for the manure 
this years 
ago, I might perhaps have fattened on 
carp ere this. We have a pond of from 
one to two acres, and when the craze 
first appeared I secured 50 small carp, 
not larger than my finger, and planted 
them in the pond. Within 15 months 
we began catching carp weighing four 
pounds and m.ore, while the pond fairly 
swarmed with young fry. Thinking I 
had struck a bonanza I invited a num¬ 
ber of friends, including the (^ditor of a 
prominent farm journal, and we sat 
down to one of the first carp dinners in 
the State. I shall never forget the look 
•that went round the table as one after 
another of the guests took their first 
taste of carp. Neither shall I forget the 
mortification of the hostess that she had 
failed to provide any other meat for 
those who did not like carp. In justice 
to the carp I must say that they had not 
been dieting on bread and milk, neither 
had the skin been removed. In order to 
get rid of what we considered a nuisance 
we drained the pond, finding an enor¬ 
mous stock of fisn both large and small. 
There are very few ponds that have 
“ Haddon Farms Caernscys.” 
To reduce herd quickly, will sell 2h Cows and Heif¬ 
ers. This herd is uow and has always been free from 
tnberculosis. E T GILL, Uacldoufleld, N. J. 
O O I_. I lO !S 
Intelligent, handsome, drivers. 
„ _ _Males, $10, Females,$7.50, 
C. F. HUNT, MANJLius, N. Y. 
For Sale.—Scotch Collies, magnificently 
bred. A J. BENEDICI', Woodworth, Wis. 
for sale, Silver tabby, neuter 
Seven months old. I'rice. $15. 
MARY B. SILL, Geneva, N. Y. 
(POULTRY LINE— Fencing, Feed. Incu-j 
(bators. Live Stock, Brooders-any thing—J 
)it s our business. Call or let us send youJ 
)our Illustrated Catalogue—it’s free for theS 
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(Excelsior Wire & Poultry Supply Co.,< 
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come under my notice in which the Ger- 
which they make, but many a young j.,.ian carp will propagate, but in this they 
man’s father or relative would gladly do jid. probably because it was then new. 
it, and be sure of a satisfactory bargain. 
Select the site on land that is used for 
pasture and no fencing will be required. 
If this plan is followed up faithfully un¬ 
til the boy is 25 years old he will have 
enough capital saved to buy or lease 
land of his own and erect his own 
buildings. 
Value of He.n Manure. —We have 
been in the habit of selling most of our 
hen manure at 25 cents per bushel, hav¬ 
ing a ready cash market for it, and this 
brings in about $10 a year for each 100 
hens. Seventy-five dollars will build a 
comfortable house for 100 hens. This 
and there were no other fish to destroy 
tiie spawn. o. w. :mai'es. 
Little Elmer: “Papa, what is execu¬ 
tive ability?” Prof. Broadhead: “The 
faculty of earning your bread by the 
sweat of other people’s brows, my son.” 
—Puck. 
“I SToi'FED at your house 10 minutes 
after I left you at the corner, but you 
weren’t at home.” “No, I went out for 
a little spin in my automobile.” “You 
went out very suddenly, didn’t you?” 
“0! yes, several, times, but it didn’t hurt 
me much.”—Credit Lost. 
MAKE MONEY 
with poultry. I’roiits greator 
for amount investeil than any 
other buainet^s. Our paper, 
theHneat in the world, cov¬ 
ers the entire poultry field. 
By sending 60c now for a 
year’s subscription you will 
receive F R E E, a book.’Plans 
for Poultry Houses.'Sample 
copy for t h e asking. 
Inland Poultry Journal Co , 
29 Cord Bldg., Indianapolia, Ind. 
SQUABS PAY 
Easier, need attention only part of 
time, bring big prices. Raised i n one 
month. Money-makers for poultry- 
men, farmers,women. Send for FREE 
BOOKLET and learn this rich home 
Industry. PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB 
CO., 4A Friend Street. Boston. Mass. 
VU HOLLAND TOMS, $2.50; Hens, $2; B. Plymouth 
• Rock Cockerels. $1; Scotch Collie l*ups, $3 up. 
Stock strictly pure bred. W. A. Lothers, Lack, Pa. 
CTOCK FOR SAIjE—C ockerels,Pullets and Hens, 
All leading varieties. .Prices lower now than 
later. Write to-day and state vour wants. 
Mt. BLANCO POULTRY FARM, Mt. Blanco, Ohio. 
Oflfl Barred and Buff P. Bock and White 
4UU Wyandotte Cockerels. Also puUets. Price 
reasonable. Du S C MOYER, Lansdale, Pa. 
90 
Var’s Poultry. Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats, 
Ferrets,etc. Eggs a specialty 60 p. book, 10c. 
Ratesfree. J A BEROEY, Box8,Telford, Pa 
Rural Poultry Farm, 
Barred and White Plymouth Rocks and Buff Cochins 
Eggs and stock for sale. Illustrated catalogue of 
poultry houses for stamp only. 
C~Choloe W. Wyan., P. Rocks, 
UUWnEillEaLiV Brahmas, Cochins, Leghorns, 
from prize-winning stock. 23 varieties of land ana 
water fowls. Satisfaction guaranteed. Big catalogue 
free. PINE TREE FARM, Box T, Jamesbnrg, N. J. 
WHITF I FfiUnDMQ~Four cockerels for $5 if 
Willi I L LLUnUnilO taken now. 900 beauties 
from big eggs from big bens. All purebred, without 
tbsqualUications. WHITE & RICE, 
C3t“Box A, Yorktown, N. Y. 
Breeders’ Directory 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES. Scotch Collies, Spayed 
** Females. SILAS DECKER, S mth Montrose, Pa. 
HOLSTEIN - FRIESIANS. 
Choice young stock of the best breeding for sale. 
Prices reasonable. Every animal registered. 
WOODCREST FARM, Rlfton, Ulster Co., N. T. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN STOCK, 
Calves forsale at very low prices. Write for list giving 
prices and breeding. W. W. CHENEY,Manlius,N.Y. 
:sKteoLSTEtiv cattle 
QK>od ones, and all ages. Fine Yearling BuUa, 
read • for servloe. 
RAMBOUILLET SHEEP. 
BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
Write .DELLHURST FARMS, Mentor, Ohio. 
FOR SALE- 
-Purebred Holsteln-Frieslan Bulls 
from 6 to 18 months old. Improved 
Chester White Pigs of the best breeding at reasonable 
prices. CHARLES RECORD, Poterboro, N. Y. 
„GNAGEY FARM 
Offers .Jersey Bull Calves on approval. If you need 
one. write us at once SAMUEL HERSHBERGER, 
Manager- Orantsville. MU. 
THRCC SOLID COLORED JERSEY HEIFERS fot 
lnnLL$l0U. Dukes Maiden, No 174,526, dropped 
March 8.1903; Blenda Flowrotte, No. 174,528, March 
22, and Angelo's Norah, No. Ii4..575, May 9 Also, 
young cows soon to bo fresh, and bull calves for sale. 
J. GRANT MOUSE, Poolvllle, N. Y. 
Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from Imported Golden Lad at fair prices. 
-TON. - - — . 
E. P. SHANNf 
!W Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa- 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES Sre*:., 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock tor sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM. Rochester, Mich 
Reg. P. Chinas, BerKshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. to 6 mos.. mated not axln. 
Service Boars, Bred Sows. 'Wrltofor 
prices and description. Return 1 f not 
satisfactory: wo refund the money. 
HAMILTON & CO., Erclldoun, Chester Co., Pa. 
ENGLISH BERKSHIRES 
eligible to registry, on approval, try SUGAR GROVE 
FARM, Grautsville, Md. 
THE NIAGARA STOCK FARM 
offers some choice Shropshire Ewes of different ages, 
bred to Imported Rams Address, 
J. C. DUNCAN, Lewiston, N. Y. 
FERRETS 
—The finest lot ever offered 
for sale at Shady Lawn Ferret 
Farm. Price list free. 
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