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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER.tr 
August 6, 
Live Stockand Dairy 
MAPES, THE HEN MAN. 
Poultry and Buildings. 
What kind of a heater would Mr. Mapes 
advise In a brooder house 13 x 50 feet, or 
about those dimensions, from four hatches of 
the incubator, 540 eggs? We have burned 
two brooders and very near burned our home; 
and at present writing have 13 chicks. We 
shall have a brooder house before Fall. Are 
there any of (he brands of paper or felt 
roofing that will last longer than metal 
or shingle? Would the jarring and rumbling 
of heavy freight trains affect the eggs or 
incubator 200 feet from track ? w. b. t. 
Standing Stone, Pa. 
There are a number of good heaters on 
the market suitable for use with a hot- 
water system of brooders. Most of the 
large poultry supply houses have them for 
sale. All work on the principle of a hol¬ 
low jacket surrounding the firepot, 
through which the water circulates, thus 
heating the maximum amount of water 
with a given amount of coal. Do not 
make the mistake of buying one of too 
small capacity for the work desired. Bel¬ 
ter results can be expected with a large 
firepot and medium amount of draft, than 
with small firepot run to its utmost. By 
all means use a good automatic heat reg¬ 
ulator. They can now be had at small 
cost, with a thermostat under a section of 
the brooder, so arranged that the drafts of 
the heater will be opened and closed if 
the heat departs from a desired degree. 
My experience leads me to believe that a 
large percentage of the loss with chicks in 
brooders is due to improper temperature. 
Too much heat is as surely fatal as is too 
little. The range of safety is not very 
great, and is easily passed on account of 
sudden changes of weather in our fickle 
climate. 1 have had mature hens pros¬ 
trated by the dozen with the sun’s heat 
when confined in small houses. 1 he heat 
did not probably exceed 110 degrees in such 
cases, but the hens lost all power of loco¬ 
motion and soon died. With young chicks 
a low temperature is equally disastrous. 
If not chilled to death at once they huddle 
and sweat, many becoming partially or 
wholly asphyxiated at the bottom of the 
heap. 
Lamp brooders are a constant source of 
worry. I have thus far been fortunate 
about fires from them, but would sleep 
better if they were not burning. I have 
known men whose brooders had taken fire 
who became so nervous they simply were 
compelled to do away with lamp brooders 
or else quit the business. A good lamp 
needs less frequent attention in order to 
run at a uniform temperature than coal 
does, but with a good automatic regulator 
attached to the dampers coal will be most 
satisfactory. 
With both the felt and the metal roof¬ 
ing, everything depends on the care. With 
care in frequent painting they will be 
found satisfactory. Without it they soon 
become useless. The felt has the advan¬ 
tage of low cost, which is generally desir¬ 
able in poultry quarters. I should not ex¬ 
pect eggs in an incubator to be injured by 
jarring in such a location, but cannot 
speak from experience. 
Concentrated Skim-milk. 
I am at present feeding your anti-corn 
ration, substituting oil meal in the place of 
malt sprouts, as I am unable to obtain these 
in small quantities. The mash is wetted 
with skim-milk. 1 can get a concentrated 
skim-milk product from a milk sugar factory 
said to contain nearly 50 per cent protein, 
of which about 15 per cent is clear albumen 
and nearly 20 per cent fat, some ash, lime, 
etc. Would you advise substituting this for 
the animal meal? a. c. p. 
l’attersonville, N. Y. 
How about the cost? This is a good 
opportunity to experiment. Where these 
goods can be obtained cheap enough they 
Will no doubt prove exceedingly valuable. 
1 would advise substituting the milk pow¬ 
der partially at first, increasing gradually 
and watching results; I have experiment¬ 
ed in a small way with milk powders, but 
have despaired of being able to secure the 
goods cheap enough for general use in 
place of meat and raw milk. 
Vegetarian Chicks. 
Mrs. W. S. R., on page 567, speaks for 
vegetarianism in the poultry yard. While 
this may answer with fowls on the range, 
particularly where the climate permits 
such range at all seasons of the year as 
in California, the tendency of the times in 
Mew York and vicinity is all the other 
way. The most successful producers here 
of Winter eggs depend largely on a diet 
of animal food in some form. A. P. Ar¬ 
nold, of Vineland, N. J., is probably one 
of the most successful raisers of broilers, 
and he depends largely on meat scraps. 
He tells me that he uses one-fifth in bulk 
of meat scraps, and for finishing off, still 
more meat. As part of his mixture is 
wheat bran he must use nearly 25 per cent 
of meat by weight. He had marketed 
3,000 broilers by July i, and still had 
1,000 on hand. He claims that he raises 
over 75 per cent of chicks hatched. Mr. 
Hunter, who fed the banner flock in the 
Cornell tests, also used about 25 per cent 
by weight of meat in his ration, excelling 
all his competitors both in egg yield and 
health of flock. In face of such testimony 
from practical farmers, I advise readers of 
The R. N.-Y. to “go slow” in trying to 
eliminate the “bloodthirsty tastes” from 
their chickens. It is all right to try it on 
tne husband and children when plenty of 
eggs, butter, cream, etc., are supplied in 
place of meat, but do not expect too 
much in the case of the chickens. 
o. w. MAPES. 
HOW SOME FARMERS FARM. 
We took an early morning drive after 
cream, and at one of the first places we 
secured any the farmer was milking in 
the barnyard. Four or five cows have to 
support (?) this family, and they bring 
in from the cream an income of not over 
70 cents a day. Plenty of good land ach¬ 
ing to be plowed, but that means work. 
Mo ice in the Cooley creamer. “I just got 
out, but am going to get some to-day.” 
“Don’t you put up your own ice?” 
“No. I did, but the ice house got out 
cf kilter, and so I let it go and get my 
ice from one of the neighbors.” 
There’s a good pond less than a quarter 
of a mile away, and this is an example of 
this style of farming. Just across the 
road is another farm that turns out twice 
as much cream, although the land is poor 
and hard to work. A little more brains 
and push mixed with it gives its owner a 
better income. 
A little farther on the road we saw an 
unusually fine piece of Timothy that ought 
to be an example for the whole neighbor¬ 
hood. The farmer is a little slow, but 
keeps right at it, and this sticking right 
at things pays. The next man tries to do 
too much and half does everything, so that 
he does not get many paying crops. He 
has more corn planted than he had manure 
or fertilizer for. and more than he can 
properly cultivate. The land was not well 
fitted, and it is full of clods, Quack grass 
and weeds, and never will turn out very 
profitable. Our next friend is trying to 
grow fruit and do dairy work at the same 
time. His apple orchard is started and 
his young peach trees are smothered in 
the grass, but he is quite a hand to tell 
you of the great things he is going to do. 
but fails to perform. The next man lives 
near a lake, but he does not put up ice, 
and his cream was sour, though the milk 
was only 12 hours old. He keeps it in 
the cellar, and the chickens live in the 
same cellar, which did not make the cream 
very inviting. 
It is July 20, but our next farm has not 
done any haying yet,' though it is a big 
farm, owned by a city man, and the hired 
help apparently run things to suit them¬ 
selves. They do not hurry out in the 
morning, as they were getting in the cows 
to milk on a hot day a little after seven. 
Their cream they keep in some old rather 
dirty cans down in a well. It is separator 
cream, never stirred, ancl smells rather 
loud when you take off the cover. The 
point to all this is that if lazy, shiftless 
farming can give a man a living there is 
a splendid chance for the hustler who 
uses brain* and push in his work. 
H. G. M. 
is as necessary to 
the healthy growth 
of grain as grain 
is to the health of 
man. 
Our valuable books on 
“Fertilization,” sent free 
to farmers upon request. 
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93 Nassau Street New York 
L EU OKTIZ, General Manager 
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Also Imp. CHESTER WHITES and BERKSHIRE 
PIGS. Standard-Bred BLACK MINORCAS and 
WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
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GKDNFY FARM. White Plains, N. Y. 
SHOO=FLY 
Kills every fly it strikes; keeps off the rest; half cent’s 
worth saves 8 quarts in ilk and much flesh. Absolutely 
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Omtfi nn Oil iWt l n i„..i ... . __J n , « 
10 to GO gallons 9 consecutive years. 
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Falrmount Ave., Philadelphia, Fa. 
Sample Basin Sent 
On Approval, 
Send for Catalogue 
and Price List. 
F . R. CH ACE, 
Sherman. N. Y. 
.DEATH TO HEAVES. 
NEWTON’S Heart, Cough, Dli- 
temper and lndlgeution Cara. 
A veteriiiury specific for wind, 
throat and stomach troubles. 
Strung recommend s $1.00 per 
can. Dealers. Mail or Kx. paid. 
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Toledo, Ohio. 
HARNESS AT WHOLESALE PRICES 
We made 100 styles and sell direct to consumer. 
Send for Catalog F. 
KING HARNESS CO., 6 Lake St., Owego, N. Y. 
on HENS and CHICKS 
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Breeders’ Directory 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. to 6 mos.. mated not akin. 
Service Boars, Bred Sows. Write foi 
prices and description Return If not 
satisfactory; we refund the money. 
HAMILTON & CO.. Ercildoun, Chester ( o.. Pa. 
CHESTER WHITE3 
Both O. I. C. and Todd strains. 
Standard bred pigs for sale. 
Honest dealing my motto. M.L. 
Bowersox.R.3; Bradford. Dk. Co.O 
pURITAN HERD OF CHESTER WHITES.— 
* The peer of any In America. Write your wants to 
WII.I. W. FISHER, R 2. Watervliet. M eh 
IMPROVED 
FAROE YORKSHIRES! 
all ages, from imported stock, 
atmodestprices. W.H. Fisher, 
Spahr Building, Columbus, O. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES SKTSSJS 
•tog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM. Rochester. Mich 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES USSSSA 
10 Fall farrowed sows, 2 yearling Boars, and Boar 2 
years old next Sept; 6 Sows bred to farrow In May 
and June for sale at prices that no man In need of 
Berkshires can disregard. Fi”st-class Individuals Id 
all resnects. J. E. WATSON. Marbledale. Ct. 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS. 
Largest and best herd of registered Holsteins in 
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Address, HORACE L. BRONSON, Dept. D., 
CORTLAND, NEW YORK. 
FOR HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Good ones, and all ages. Fine Yearling Bulla 
ready for service. 
RAMBOUILLET SHEEP. 
BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
Write DELIJIURST FARMS, Mentor, Ohio. 
HOLSTEIN - FRIESIANS. 
'Choice young stock of the best breeding for sale. 
Prices reasonable. Every animal registered. 
WOODCRE8T FARM, ltifton. Ulster Co.,N. Y. 
pUREBRltO llUhSThlN BULL CALVES, 
> Chester Whites, all ages: best of breeding. For sale 
,t reasonable prices. Chas. K. Record, Peterboro.N.Y 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES. Scotch Collies, Spayed 
il females. SILAS DECKER. South Montrose, Pa 
ANGUS & HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Registered and grades all ages and ssxss, 
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strains and at moderate prices. Also Nursery 
stock of all descriptions. 
IVTSTER efc SON 
Bridgevllle, Delaware. 
Jersey Bulls, Berkshire Boars 
# Good Ones—Registered—Cheap. 
K. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
A handsome thoroughbred GUERNSEY BULL, 
17 mouths old and best of breeding. Price, 8t>50. 
Claude Moore, Sycamore Farm, Tivoli, N Y., R F.D. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN 
Cockerels, 75c. Pullets, 8> 1.25. April hatched. 
RUSHMORE DEAN. Ravena, N. Y. 
uff Plymouth Rocks—Choicest; highest honor* 
^ at N.Y., Boston, Pan-American & Rochester. Eggs 
$S oerl5. Nutwood Farms. R.F.D. No. 4Syracuse. N.Y' 
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EGGS 
BY HUNDRED8 AND SETTINGS, 
White and Brown Leghorns, Barred 
Rocks, White Wyandottes, R.I. Reds' 
Pekin Duck. Catalogue tree. 
ARTHUR MCCAIN & CO.. Delaware. N. J 
90 
Var’s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats- 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book, 10c- 
Rates free. J. A. BERG E Y, Box 8,Tellord,Pa- 
FOR SALE. 
CHOICE SCOTCH COLLIE PUPPIES. 
MALES. »4 each; ONE FEMALE, 82.50. 
A. W. GRAHAM, Portageville. N. Y. 
C COTCH COLLIE MALE PUPS, Sable color. Prices 
right. Also, a few extra good purebred Shrop¬ 
shire Ram Lambs,$8 up. W. A. Lothers, Lack.Pa. 
For Sale.—Scotch Collies, magnificent ly 
pred. A. J. BENEDICT. Bristol, Wls . R. F. D. No. 2. 
“FUMA” 
kills Prairie Dogs, 
Woodchucks,Gophers, 
and Grain Insects. 
The wheels of the 
gods grind slow but 
exceedingly small.’’ 8o the weevil, but you can stop 
“t!?’"’ “Fuma Carbon Bisulphide ”£ 7 “,"! 
EDWARD K. TAYLOR, Penn Yan, N. Ye 
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BROOKSIDE-MOYERDALE HERDS. 
Hitve just purchased the entire MOYERDALK HERD of JIOLSTEJN CATTLE. This herd 
contains some of the finest stock ever shown iu New York State. If you want the very best, you can 
make no mistake in a selec ion from this great combination h^erd. Write for catalogue to-day. 
STEVENS BROS., Tj /V.COJNTA., N. Y. 
LAFAYETTE STOCK FARM 
Lafayette, Indiana. Largest Importers in America of 
OLDENBURG, GERMAN COCAH, PERCHERON-NORMAN 
AND BELGIAN STALLIONS 
Our latest importation of 190-1 consisting of 136 head of high-class German 
Coach, Percherou and Belgian Stallions arrived at Lafayette April 15th, 
making three Importations t his year. Never in the history of the Lafayette 
Stock Farm have we been able to offer so great a lot of high-class stallions, 
three to tlve years of age. We select every horse ourselves, and buy nothing but good, sound, serviceable 
horses that will do our customers good and on which we will put a gilt-edge guarantee. We give long time to 
responsible buyers, and our prices are as low as any responsible firm can sell them. Correspondence In vited . 
J. CROUCH cfc SON, PROPS., LAPiLYIlTTH. IND. 
