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TIIH RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 13 
MA^ZS, THE HEN MAN. 
Do you consider the northern part of 
Sullivan Co., N. Y., at an elevation of from 
2,000 to 2,500 feet above sea level, as too 
high and cold a place to start a poultry 
plant? Protection can be had on the north, 
by a small piece of timber land and on the 
east by a sloping hill. In another location 
on the farm protection can be had on the 
north by a hill, but there is not much room 
to grow and spread out. The days are 
clear as a rule, but cold, though sometimes 
it snows very heavily and lasts on the 
ground quite a while. The farmers around 
there keep their stock in underground 
stables when possible, hogs of course ex¬ 
cepted, and some hens, but do you think a 
commercial plant would pay under those 
conditions? w. h. s. 
Sullivan Co.. N. Y. 
There are plenty of people engaged in 
the poultry business successfully, in lo¬ 
cations no more favorable than the one 
under consideration. It is doubtful 
whether a more favorable location can 
be selected anywhere in this section for 
a commercial poultry plant, if handled 
intelligently. The Winters are long and 
cold, it is true, but there are other ad¬ 
vantages which more than offset this I 
believe. While it is true that most of 
the farmers of Sullivan and adjoining 
counties keep their stock in underground 
stables, there can be no doubt but what 
those stables are inferior, both as to 
warmth and ventilation, to a modern 
stable built above ground and properly 
ventilated by the King system of ven¬ 
tilation. H. F. Cook has such a stable 
up in Lewis County, where the Winters 
are still more severe, in which he is able 
to maintain a temperature of 50 degrees 
without artificial heat. I have heard 
him say that he can see the steam from 
the breath of his cattle passing out of 
the cupola of his barn, on a cold Winter 
morning, at a distance of a mile. Most 
of this steam is retained within the barn 
in these basement stables to the detri¬ 
ment of the cattle. The modern hen 
roost can be built above ground, in 
which the combs of the tender Mediter¬ 
ranean breeds will not be frosted in the 
climate under discussion. 
Marketing the Product. —One of the 
first considerations in locating a poultry 
plant is market facilities. W. H. S. is 
located right in the heart of one of the 
most famous sections for city boarders 
in this part of the country, if not in the 
world. His market would literally come 
to him. during a good share of the sea¬ 
son, and it is of a character that is will¬ 
ing to pay fancy prices for fancy goods. 
His Spring hatch of chickens would 
come to marketable size during July, 
August and September, right in the 
height of the Summer boarder season. I 
happen to know that most of the city 
people who go to that section of country 
in Summer ostensibly to enjoy the fresh 
milk, butter, eggs and chickens direct 
from the farm, are fed on broiled chicken 
from the cold storage houses in their 
home city, often carried up on the same 
_train with them. Those people would 
be willing to pay fancy prices for chick¬ 
ens and eggs that they could see grown 
before their very eyes. 
The Spring Egg Crop.— What could 
be done with the eggs produced' during 
March, April and May before this home 
market arrives? Put them in cold stor¬ 
age in first-class condition, as fast as 
laid, and either sell them in this same 
home market, or hold them for Thanks¬ 
giving market in the city. Good eggs 
can be held in cold storage for three 
months and still be in prime condition. 
I know of an expert candler and dealer 
in fancy eggs in New York, who recent¬ 
ly gave an order to a friend of mine for 
120 dozen eggs a day, because the stock 
furnished is better than any he can get 
elsewhere in the city, although he has 
been familiar with aH the sources of 
supply for the last 25 years. Little did 
he suspect that the sample case which 
secured his order was selected from Au¬ 
gust-laid eggs that had been held in cold 
storage for three months, yet such was 
the case. If good fresh eggs with per¬ 
fect shells are properly packed and put 
into cold storage at once they lose but 
little in quality for the first three 
months. 
Cold Storage Facilities.—How can 
a farmer procure good cold storage fa¬ 
cilities? In most of our larger cities 
there are really good cold storage plants 
where space can be rented at reasonable 
rates. In most cases a farmer can do 
better by renting space in one of these 
large concerns than to try to build for 
himself. Most reliable commission mer¬ 
chants have arrangements made with 
these large cold storage concerns where 
their customers can be accommodated 
at low cost. It only costs about one- 
half cent a dozen per month for eggs. 
I once shipped a lot of jellies and canned 
fruit to a commission house, too late in 
the season to meet a good demand, and 
he placed them in cold storage for me 
and sold them the following Autumn to 
good advantage. Some of the agricul¬ 
tural journals which come to my table 
are continually harping on the necessity 
for farmers to cooperate and build cold 
storage plants, so as to be able to hold 
their produce for a higher market. What 
is the use of waiting for one’s neighbors 
to get ready to cooperate when the use 
of a really good cold storage plant can 
be rented more cheaply than a poor one 
can be built? 
“Clark the Grass Man” gives em¬ 
phatic confirmation of the theory (or 
law) that the weak must give place to 
the strong, in the vegetable world as well 
as in the animal and business world, re¬ 
enforcing my position that weeds can¬ 
not get a foothold in sod when the grass 
plants are properly fed so as to keep 
them strong and vigorous. He says, on 
page 792, that “it is a fact that Timothy 
and Red-top must be sown, completed 
and finished at the same date. In other 
words a field sown in part Monday and 
again in part Saturday of the same 
week, will never produce any grass from 
the seed sown Saturday, for the reason 
that the seed sown Monday will take 
possession of the field.” I call attention 
to this for the purpose of emphasizing 
the importance of feeding the plant 
rather than to try to feed the land. 
I keep a few hens and manage a small 
strawberry patch, and I should like to ask 
how an occasional feed of flaxseed meal 
will do instead of skim-milk for those of 
us who cannot get the milk? I feed a b.g 
handful of it mixed with shorts twice a 
week in moulting time with good results. 
X. H. 
While an occasional feed of flaxseed 
meal is undoubtedly good for hens I do 
not believe it can take the place of skim- 
milk. There is a distinct difference be¬ 
tween animal foods and vegetable foods 
which, together with the natural pecu¬ 
liarities of the animal to be fed, must be 
taken into account. This was well il¬ 
lustrated by the Deacon’s lesson, in 
which he taught us why a cat will starve 
to death in a corn-crib full of corn, un¬ 
less there are rats or mice present first 
to convert the corn (vegetable matter) 
into flesh, which is animal matter. I 
regard green cut bone, fresh meat, meat 
scrap or animal meal as a much better 
substitute for skim-milk than flaxseed 
meal. o. w. mapes. 
The White Wyandotte yearlings we have 
are now laying, about 33 per cent of them, 
though they are moulting. Our Brahma 
yearlings are all sold and only 11 on hand, 
now moulting, none laying. Of P. Rock 
yearlings 25 per cent are laying. 
Natick, Mass. i. k. felch. 
Lifter for Henhouse Floor. 
Please give details about the “scratch 
litter” advised to cover the poultry house 
floor. Will it not get soaked with refuse 
and dirty and become unhealthful? Is ordi¬ 
nary hay advised, or cut in short lengths? 
They say “scatter the grain in it.” It 
seems as though it would breed disease 
like a dirty cow yard. j. b. e. 
Westchester Co.* N. Y. 
You will find that uncut wheat or rye 
straw, or even coarse hay will make a 
good litter for hens to scratch in. It 
should be at least six inches deep, and 
we find it keeps the floors clean, absorbs 
moisture and only needs to be changed 
about once a month. The hens like to 
work for their grain in it, and if it is 
not allowed to get too foul will not breed 
disease. white & rice. 
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£. C. Stearns ®. Co., 
Box 110, Syracuse, N. Y, 
White Leghorn Cockerels 
We have a large flock of the finest stock we ever 
raised. Don’t wait until Spring to-buy your breeders 
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Breeders’ Directory 
Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from Imported Golden Lad at fair prices. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty iStreet, Pittsburg, Pa. 
SPBCCYC -Bro '' Tnell ’ s Rlssa ' No - 100167 A - 3 ( ‘- 
wCHwC I w C. <see Rural New-Yorker. March 1. 
1902). Has dropped a beautiful cream fawn bull calf, 
and he must be sold. We can also spare a young 
family cow or a heifer or two. J. GRANT MORSE, 
Hickory Hill Farm, Poolville, N. Y. 
Choice Duroc Jerseys. 
Spring Pigs, either sex. $12 Fall Pigs, 8 to 10 weeks. $5 
FAB VIEW FRUIT FARM, 
E. L. Albertson. hope, N. J. 
A Foundation Herd of 10 or 20 young registered 
HOLSTEIN COWS is offered at a special prleo 
by DELLHURST FARM, Mentor, Ohio. 
For Sale 
—PUREBRED HOLSTEIN- 
and SCOTCH COLLIE PUPS from registered stock.. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
Q B I P—Holstein Bull Calves, from 7 to 20 
vALC months old; Chester Whites, all 
ages, either sex, best of breeding, at reasonable prices 
to a quick buyer. CHAS. RECORD, Peterboro. N. Y 
Holstei n-Friesi ans c 8 h t o C c k e 0 y f° thf 
best breeding for sale. Prices reasonable. Every 
animal registered. WOODCREST FARM, Rifton, 
Ulster County, N. Y. 
Oakland Farm Holstein-Friesians 
OFFICIALLY TESTED. 
First Prize Herd at New York, Indiana, Ken¬ 
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Both sexes, all ages, for sale. Prices very reason¬ 
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T. A. MITCHELL, Weedsport, N. Y. 
MCLENNAN BROTHERS STOCK FARM, 
ISCHUA, CATTARAUGUS CO., N. Y. 
Registered Holstein-Friesian Calves for Sale. 
Seven Heifer and three Bull Calves. Large, hand¬ 
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old. All sired by Dora DeKol’s Count No. 23757. Dams 
equally well bred. Extended pedigree and full in¬ 
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P. B. MCLENNAN, Syracuse, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
—ROAN SHORT-HORN BULL, 
11 months old. Extra individual, 
sold cheap if sold soon. 
G. SEYMOUR & SON, Rootstown, Ohio. 
19 S ET — A choice herd of thor- 
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| Devons. B. J. WIGHTMAN, West Eaton, N. Y. 
Excellent Berksliires at Ohio Farm, Le 
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and others. M. L. & H. H. BENHAM. 
B erkshire, C.Whlte and P. China Pigs, 2 mos. np. Also 
Collie Pups White Holland Turkeys and B.P. Rock 
Cockerels. Prices right. W. A. Lothers, Lack, Pa. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester, Mich 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berksliires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. to 6 mos., mated not akin. 
Service Boars, Bred Sows. Write for 
prices and description. Return if not 
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JACKS FOR SALE. 
150 Jacks, Jennets and Mules now ready for the 
Fall trade. Some bargains. Address 
BAKER’S JACK FARM. Lawrence, Ind. 
For Sale.—Scotch Collies, magnificently 
bred. A. J. BENEDICT, Woodworth, Wis. 
Cnllip p, mc —Spayed Females. Circulars. SILAS 
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W hite Wyandottes, Light Brahmas, $1 up. Bronze 
Turkeys, finest flock, $2 up. Italian Bees, 
Duroc-Jersey Pigs, $4 up. 
GEORGE ENTY, Templeton, Pa. 
P A|) £_| _—About 200 choice breeding Cockerels 
rOl w3lv at $2 each. Barred and White Ply¬ 
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Every Poultrykeeper 
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SHELLS; also CUT CLOVER or CLOVER 
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Oyster Shells, best quality, 30c. per 100 lbs. 
Clover Meal or Cut Clover, $1.50 per 100 lbs. 
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