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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 2 
. MAPES, THE HEN MAN. 
Questions About Breeds. 
I was a little surprised at your Winter 
record of eggs. We can beat you badly. 
Are not your five-year-old hens a little 
past their most useful work? Are White 
Minorcas equal to the Black in laying 
dualities? I have the Black, but as you 
know they are not as presentable as a 
white chicken dressed, and I like ours bet¬ 
ter than the Brown Leghorns. Mr. Hart¬ 
man speaks of having the Leghorns, Black 
Minorcas, Wyandottes and I think Plym¬ 
outh Rocks, and he has decided the Wyan¬ 
dottes are superior to them all. My ex¬ 
perience with the latter was anything but 
satisfactory, but then I do not mean to 
give him any instructions as his record 
stands above mine this Winter; still, we 
have a lot of late-hatched stuff that is 
very unprofitable. Incubator has been fill¬ 
ed a week and the constant attendance of 
1G men could not keep it any more perfect 
temperature than it keeps itself. After the 
second week It will stand a little more 
watching; that was our experience before. 
How much gravel should be mixed with 
the feed for little chickens? What do you 
make your main feed for chicks less than 
three weeks old? What is your idea of 
the Rhode Island Reds as a general-pur¬ 
pose fowl? How do they compare in size 
with the Plymouth Rocks? Is there any¬ 
thing besides the Rose Comb? If I have 
ever seen a purebred of this stock I do not 
know it. I want some variety that is a 
little better table fowl, but the egg pro¬ 
duction must be considered, and really it 
should come first here, as fresh stock is 
always wanted at good prices. I expect 
to buy a bone mill soon. In the past I have 
charred a great many bones and broken 
them up. My chickens have tired of their 
potato mash; still, T have fed it only every 
other day, using scalded cracklings, scraps 
from house and a little bran and mid¬ 
dlings, and keep Alfalfa leaves or short 
hay on floor at all times. t. h. 
There is little doubt but what our four 
and five-year-old hens are “past their 
most useful age”; still we have kept 
them rather than go to the trouble of 
raising enough pullets to replace them. 
No use talking, it requires time and pa¬ 
tience to raise a big lot of chicks and is 
the part of the work which I least rel¬ 
ish. There is not so much difference be¬ 
tween the number of eggs laid by a five- 
year-old hen and a young hen as we 
have been led to believe. And then what 
nice large eggs they are. Pullets’ eggs 
do not compare with them. When a man 
has a house stocked with old hens and 
has no young stock with which to re¬ 
place them the question is not will they 
lay as many eggs as pullets would, but 
will it be more profitable to keep them, 
or to dispose of them and let the house 
remain vacant. Our experience has been 
that there is a fair profit in even a five- 
year-old hen. 
The White Minorcas do not seem to be 
a popular breed. A friend applied to me 
last season for the address of persons 
from whom he could buy some White 
Minorca eggs, and I was surprised to 
find on looking through the breeders’ 
directory of a popular poultry journal 
that among some hundred breeders 
using its advertising columns only one 
could be found advertising White Mi¬ 
norca stock or eggs. I formerly had a 
little experience with them, but finally 
decided that for our use the Leghorns 
are preferable. Their eggs were cer¬ 
tainly large and they were good layers. 
In fact, the eggs were often too large to 
pack nicely in the usual fillers. Against 
these good points were the fact that the 
legs and skin have the objectionable 
dark color, instead of the bright yellow 
of the Leghorn, even though the black 
pinfeathers are wanting. Like the Black 
Minorca, they are heavier feeders than 
the Leghorn. The food cost of a Mi¬ 
norca egg is greater than a Leghorn 
egg. Though this may be slight for a 
single egg it is to be taken into account 
where one expects to produce by the 
100,000. An incubator that regulates it¬ 
self so that the “constant attendance of 
16 men” cannot improve on it seems 
to be pretty near perfection, so far as 
temperature is concerned. Some of the 
modern thermostats are very powerful 
and accurate. Others are a delusion and 
a snare. Given a good regulator and 
AC ITU Tfl I IPE on HKNS nn ' 1 chicks, 
Utfl in IU Llut 64-pnge book FREE. 
P. J. LAMBERT, Box 307. Apponaug, R I 
C fifirHnn Box W, Charleston 4 Corners, N.V.. will 
■ UUIUUII, spare a few Light Brahma Eggs,$1 lor 15 
rppp NelBon’B famous eKK-producinj? strains of Barred Rock» 
LUUO andS.C. Brown Leghorns, 15$1,50 $3. Hatch cnaranteed. 
The J. F. Nelson Poultry Farm, Grove City, Penn. 
FOR SALE 
Buff Wyandotte Eggs, 75c for 15. 
Also Kalamazoo Silo, 160 tonii 
capacity. Round. 
CHAS. 1. MILLER. Box 736. Hudson. N. Y. 
r p p O—Thoroughbred Rocks,Wyandottes, Leghorns, R. I. Reds, 
LUUO Orpingtons, Miuorcas, Langslians, Brahmas, Cochins, 
Hamburgs. 16, $1 ; 40 . $2. ^at. Free. H. K. MOHR, yuaksrtown.Ps. 
on rnne CRD CO Buff Orpingtons, Rose Comb 
oil LUuOrUnO/iOU Buff Leghorns, other lead 
Ing varieties. Scotch Collie pups for $3.50 each. 
D ,T KKNEPP. McVeytown, Pa 
(Thompson) 15 for75c; 
uuwui put i vm S.WW..W 100 for $3.50; White 
Rocks, (Flshel) and White Wyandottes, 15 for$L00. 
ORAN!) VIEW FARM, Stanfordville. New York 
BY HUNDREDS AND SETTINGS, 
White and Brown Leghorns, Barred 
Hocks, White Wyandottes, R.I. Reds, 
Pekin Duck. Catalogue free. 
ARTHUR MCCAIN & CO.. Delaware, N. J. 
EGGS, Barred Rocks 
Rocks, (FIs'--" — H ™ h!, “ w 
guani: 
EGGS 
BUFF LEGHORN EBBS 
Have mated one pen for my own use, but can 
spare a few sittings at $1.50 per 15. The birds in 
this pen have been selected for their beauty and 
K. Y. 
Eggs for hatching, 
. _. . __$4.00 per 100. 
C. A. H ALL, Oak Hill, N. Y. 
White Plymouth Rock Eggs Thorn lley,Marietta,O 
MANOKIN WHITE LEGHORNS SATISFY 
Acknowledged the greatest egg-producing variety in 
existence. Stock and eggs for sale at farmers’ prices. 
R, B. PUSEY, Princess Anne, Md. 
THE FORESTSIDE WHITE LEGHORNS 
Bred especially for egg production. Eggs, $5 per 
hundred. THE FORESTSIDE, Oak Hill, N. Y. 
1200 S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from our egg-type strain. We have 
sele cted 600 of our best stock for breeding. Send for 
circular. WHITE & RICK, Box A, Yorktown, N. Y. 
S.C.White Leghorns 
Blanchard and Van Dreser strains. Eggs for 
hatching, $3.50 per 100. Hilandalk Farm, Brooklyn, 
Ohio. R. F. D. 2. 
EMPIRE STATE WHITE LEGHORN FARM. 
Cockerels, $2; Pullets. $1.60; Eggs, $1 for 15; $5 pet 
100. Heavy Winter layers. Catalogue free. 
ZIMMER BROS. R. D. 41, Weedsport, H. Y. 
V ALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM— Belle¬ 
ville, Pa. iBronze and Wild Turkeys. Leading 
varieties of Poultry. Prices low. Catalogue free. 
90 
Var’s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats, 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. nook, 10c 
Rates free. J. A. BERGEY, Box 8, Telford,Pa 
|j »■ A| A bred 18 years ror EGGS. Barred Rocks 
HI* N ^ up to 273 eggs a year. Catalog free 
■ w# ipu e New System of Hatching and rais¬ 
ins chick ins PAYS the best of all. Try It. 
F. GRUNDY. Morrlsonville, 111, 
Duston’s W. Wyandottes are Winners 
also layers and fine broilers. Eggs from same $1.25 
for 15; $2.00 for 30. Hilltop Farm,Livingston Manor,NY 
While Wyandottes for hatching and 
breeding: stock. E).FRANKLIN KKAN,Stanley,N.Y. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks safe arrival of Eggs; 
quality of stock and good hatch guaranteed. Eggs, 
11 . 15 . B. H. ACKLEY. Spring Hill, Pa. 
DFDDCn DflPIfC exclusively. Best quality 
DAnnLU nUlllLO stock. Eggs from prize 
winners at reasonable price. Circular free. 
J. W. COX, New Wilmington, Pa 
White and Barred Plymouth Rock 
eggs for Hatching. Fine stock of largest 
size, 15 for SI.00; 45 for $2.50. 
CHAS. W. CREASY, Catawissa, Pa. 
White Plymouth Bocks. 
Fishel Strain, very fine. Eggs for hatching $1.00 
per 15; $5 00 per hundred. 
ISAAC C. CLARK, Penn Van, N. Y. 
Woodcrest Farm, 
• RIFTON, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
Breeders of choice prize-winning Barred P. Rocks. 
White Wyandottes and Lt. Brahmas. We have won 
seventy-seven regular and special prizes at three 
large shows this season. Our matings for 1904 contain 
all the above prize winning birds. Eggs for hatching 
$4.00 per setting; two settings, $7 00; three settings, 
$10.00. Incubator eggs, $6.00 per 100. 
.Berkshire Sows Bred for April Farrow. 
Sixteen head of bows, bred to farrow in April, 1904, 
worthy of the consideration of any Berkshire fancier. 
Six of the number are a year old, and have produced 
fine Utters In September. Also, 40 September farrowed 
Pigs. Tabulated pedigrees, certificates of registry, 
and transfer of ownership go with each Individual 
•old. J. E. WATSON, Marbledale. CL 
20-LARGE ENGLISH BERKSHIRES—20 
20 Choice Sows, bred for Spring farrowing. 
R. H. STONE, Box 247, Trumansburg, N. Y. 
OHIO FARM BERKSHIRES 
Sows bred, Boars fit for service. Fall Pigs—ail of good 
quality and breeding. M.L.&H.H.BENHAM,LeRoy,0 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES 
hog. Pigs of all ages from Imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM. Rochester.Mlofc 
75 REGISTERED 
HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN CATTLE 
AT AUCTION. 
IMPORTED young Cows, Heifers and Bulls.—A. R. O. Tested young cows. 
A Son of SADIE VALE CONCORDIA and several served to him; A Son of the 
great HELENA BURKE by a Son of DeKOL 2d and several served to him. Also 
several served to the only IMPORTED BULL in the U. S. Young bulls and heifers 
from A. R. O. Tested DAMS. 
The animals sold in my former sales have given SATISFACTION. This 
offering will out-class any thing ever sold in a PUBLIC SALE. 
For particulars and Catalogue address 
O. F. HTJKTT, Manlius, 3NT. Y. 
This Advertisement wUl appear but once. 
WE SELL STOCK & POULTRY FOOD 
Direct to you at a saving; FIFTY per cent. The extra money you pay the dealer 
makes the goods no better. Why not keep it yourself and buy of the manufac¬ 
turers. For Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs, it solves the problem of how to keep 
them economically and always in fine condition. 
IT 1VX A.KE8 HENS 
and prevents loss among poultry of all kinds. A trial will convince. We guarantee 
satisfaction or your money back. Write for circular and prices. 
THE EMPIRE FOOD CO., 64 ELIZABETH STREET, AUBURN, N. Y 
LAFAYETTESTOCKFARM 
Lafayette, Indiana. Largest Importers in America of 
OLDENBURG, GERMAN COACH, PERCHERON-NORMAN 
ANO BELGIAN STALLIONS 
Our last Importation of 1903, consisting of 100 head of German Coach, 
Percheron and Belgian Stallions, arrived at Lafayette July 10, making three 
importations last year. Our first Importation of 1904 arrived at Lafayette 
by special express January 10. 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 
five 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 loug time to responsible 
buyers, and our prices are as low as any responsible firm can sell them * Correspondence invited. 
J. OHQUCH dfc SON, PROPS., LAFAYETTE, I3XTX3. 
8eg. P. Chinas, BerMires and C. Whites. 
8 wks to 6 mos.. mated not akin. 
Service Boars, Bred Sows. Write for 
prices and description. Return if not 
satisfactory; we refund the money.' 
HAMILTON & CO., Krcildoun. Chester Co.. Pa. 
Wliito Flaius, 3NT. Y. 
HIGHEST CLASS JERSEYS 
Berkshire Pits 
breeding. 
W- W. 
Fall and Spring far¬ 
rowing ; low prices. 
Send for list giving 
"tHKNEY, Manlius, N.Y. 
ii 
THE FIVE 
JERSEY RED PIGS 
8 to 10 weeks old, arrived safely, and must say I 
am more than pleased with them. They are all you 
represented, being very large and thrifty for their 
age,” writes B. of Penlyn, Pa. Catalogue Free. 
Arthur J. Collius, Moorestown, N. J. 
0 1 P PIPQ Registered stock; none better. 
■ I■ Ui riUO, Farmers’ prices, March and 
April farrow. J. D. DATES, Ludlowville, N. Y. 
0.1.0. PIGS 
REGISTERED STOCK. 
Pairs and trios. March 
and April farrow. Far¬ 
mers’ prices. 
F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Pharsalla, N. Y. 
ESSEX PIGS 
Choice stock, moderate prices. 
SILAS DEAN, Oak Hill,N. Y. 
JACKS FOR SALE. 
The finest lot of Jacks and Jennets I ever owned. 
Some especial bargains. 25 reasons why farmers 
should raise mules. Address 
BAKER’S JACK FARM, Lawrence, Ind. 
Percheron and French 
Coach Stallions 
High - Class Carriage 
and Coach Horses 
Berkshire Hogs 
E. S. AKIN, 
Enseuore, New York 
BRIARCLIFF BEAU. 
THE BEST SON OF JERSEY BEAU. 
BRIARCLIFF BEAU’S get show promise of beinji 
great Dairy and Show animals. Uniformity, color 
etc , are of the finest. 
Specialty—Y oung Bulls from this great sire 
Also Imp. CHESTER WHITES and Standard-Bred 
BLACK MINORCAS and WHITE .WYANDOTTES. 
JF"Correspondence solicited. 
L. E. OKTIZ, Supt., White Plains. N. Y. 
For Sale.—Scotch Collies, magnificently 
bred. A- j. BENEDICT, Bristol, Wis., R. F. D. No, 2, 
MAPLE ROW STOCK FARM, 
AYRSHIRES.—Choice stock of the best Breeding for 
sale. Prices reasonable. Correspondence solicited 
F. H. COOKINGHAM, Cherry Creek, N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BULLS 
FOR SALE CHEAP. 
Several very large, handsome, perfectly marked, 
registered Holstein-Friesian bulls for sale at far¬ 
mer’s prices. From a year to 18 months old. Selected 
from bestdamsin herd of over forty head. Allsired 
by Dora DeKoi's Count. No. 23,757, or Corona Spofford 
Pietertje, No. 30.160. Extended pedigree furnished. 
Inquire P. B. MCLENNAN, Syracuse, N. Y., or 
Mclennan buos. stock farm, 
Dell McCi.ueh, Manager. 
R. F. D., Ischua, Cattaraugus Co.. N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN - FRIESIANS. 
? Choice young stock of the best breeding for sale. 
Prices reasonable. Every animal registered. 
WOODCRE8T FARM. Rlfton, Ulster Co., N. T. 
H 
OLSTKIN BULL CALVES. Scotch Collies, Spayed 
Females. SILAS DECKER, South Montrose, Pa. 
HOLLYROOD FARM—Home of the Great 
Holltrood Mercedes Herd 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
High-class Registry 8tock only. Do you want a 
MERCEDES Bull Calf ? Royally-bred, handsomely- 
marked, fine individuals sired by Mercedes Jumps' 
Pietertje Paul 29830. A. R. O. dams, of unrivaled 
milk and butter families. 
Other highly bred young stock for sale. Write for 
prices today. J H. WALLICK, 
Middletown, Orange Co., N. Y. 
i the Cows 
in the U.S. 
do not pay ex¬ 
penses of labor 
and feed, states 
a well-known 
authority. 
The remedy 
lies in using 
thoroughbred sires. Booklet Bl tells 
something about this. Write for it 
and for new Sale List B22 of JERSEY 
bulls. Do it now. 
WINTERGREEN HILL FARM, 
SCOTTSVILLE, NEW YORK. 
is the home o 
the “Ten Little 
HICKORY HILL FARM 
Jerseys” that produced $1,288.78 in one year. I have 
for sale a few young bulls and heifers sired by the 
great prize winner, Queens Czar No. 55573, and can 
also spare a choice family cow or two. 
J. GRAMT MORSE, Poolville, N. Y., 
or Hamilton, N. Y. after April 15th. 
JERSEYS! 
Combination and Gold¬ 
en Lad. For Sale 18 
| cows, 9 heifers, and 33 bulls. 
S. E. NIVIN, Laiulenburg, Pa. 
Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
- „ ,? rom Imported Golden Lad at fair prices. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg. Pa 
2 JERSEY BULL CALVES 
Registered uud 
delivered, $15.00 
each. Dams making better than 12 lbs. per week. 
Sire’s dam and G. D. have records of over 2 lbs. per 
day. 2 CHESHIRE BOARS, fit for service, $12.00. 
R. C. Leghorns, S. S. Hamburgs, W. P. Rocks; 5 varie¬ 
ties ducks. Exhibition birds. Eggs, $1.00. 
R. D. BUTTON, Canasto; a, N. Y. 
18 Ayrshires, Cows & Heifers. 
Having rented my farm, I will sell my entire herd 
of Ayrshires Not a cull in the lot. It is a bargain if 
taken soon. I am breeding producing cows with good 
teats. I have also three flue Bull Calves that I will 
sell cheap if taken soon. Address 
Dr. C. E. HATCH, V, S., Gainesville, Wyo. Co.. N. Y. 
™ HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Good ones, and all ages. Fine Yearling Balia 
ready for servloe. 
RAN1BOUILLET SHEEP. 
BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
Write DKLLHUR8T FARMS. Mentor. Oil to, 
