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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 7, 
MAPES, THE HEN MAN. 
Skim-milk or Buttermilk. 
Would it be better for me to quit selling 
buttermilk at 10 cents per gallon, or to 
skim the milk and feed it to our hens? It 
would save considerable work in churning, 
as we do not skim any milk, but churn 
the whole, so as to get all the buttermilk 
possible. To condense the matter, how 
much is a gallon of skim-milk worth as 
hen feed? p. s. 
E'xeter, Pa. 
If the buttermilk can be sold for 10 
•cents per gallon without too much labor 
and expense for delivery, I should sell 
it. by all means in preference to using 
for hens. If it has to be delivered in 
pint and quart lots to scattered cus¬ 
tomers, it might be a different thing. 
There are other sources of animal food 
to be had in most localities cheaper 
than this. Where meat and bone can 
be secured at the usual price of $45 per 
ton, I should think twice before paying 
more than four cents per gallon for 
either buttermilk or skim-milk. We 
pay 10 cents per 40-quart can for what 
skim-milk we use, and have to haul it 
four miles, believing it profitable feed 
for either hens or young pigs at that 
price. 
Six-months Pullets. 
Will chicks hatched May 15, with good 
care, lay next Winter? n. a. r. 
Pullets hatched May 15 will be six 
months old by November 15. There is 
no better time for Winter layers to be¬ 
gin, and six months old is about the 
average age at which most breeds are 
.'ready to lay if good care has been 
given. Some of the heavier breeds, like 
Langshans, Brahmas, etc., require to be 
older, but a Leghorn and even a Wyan¬ 
dotte, R. I. Red, or Plymouth Rock, 
should begin at about that age. I am 
aware that many do not begin as young 
as this, but the reason should be looked 
for elsewhere than for the lack of age. 
An October-hatched pullet will almost 
invariably begin to lay when six months 
old, if not before. 
Incubators and Brooders. 
Do you think it would pay me to get an 
incubator and brooder? My chickens have 
free range on my farm. We use the Brown 
Leghorn, both Rose and Single Comb. We 
get about 50 dozen eggs per month to sell, 
not counting what we use for the table 
and setting. Is it profitable to have one 
under my conditions? The Leghorn is a 
poor sitter. Would it be better to get other 
kinds for hatching the chicks, and trust to 
the old-fashioned way, or try an incu¬ 
bator? Will they, in your opinion, do in 
our warm Summer, or can they be used 
only in the Winter months? T. p. p. 
Wellford Station, S. C. 
This correspondent raises a question 
about which opinions are sure to differ. 
Will it pay the ordinary farmer who 
keeps a flock of about 50 hens to in¬ 
vest in an incubator? ror my part I 
doubt if it would. Artificial hatching 
and raising of chicks is a business 
which needs to be learned, and requires 
considerable experience before one can 
be considered an expert. When only a 
few are to be raised each year it is a 
question whether it will pay to take 
time and attention from the usual avo¬ 
cation of the farm to get this exper¬ 
ience. Where only a few are wanted 
some broody hens are always to be 
found “looking for a job,” even among 
the non-sitting breeds, during the Sum¬ 
mer. The hen that stops laying long 
enough to hatch and rear a brood of 
chicks will lay better the following 
Autumn than the one that does not. If 
I were to be asked to pick out a hen 
that could be depended on to lay well 
in October and November, when “eggs 
are eggs,” I would take the one that 
weans her chicks in September every 
time. A nearby farmer who only keeps 
a few hens told me to-day that he had 
just secured a hatch of seven chicks 
from 120 eggs in an incubator. He is a 
bright man, and could without doubt 
learn to hatch successfully with an in¬ 
cubator by persevering effort, but will 
it pay him to do so for the few which 
the ordinary farmer hatches? Where 
large numbers are wanted at particular 
seasons of the year, I consider incuba¬ 
tors almost if not quite a necessity. 
The idea of buying “inside fixtures” for 
an incubator to be used by anyone who 
is not a skilled mechanic along that 
line strikes me unfavorably. It might 
work with a few w'ho have “genius,” 
but the average buyer will find more 
bother than profit in the venture, I am 
sure. Can an incubator be successfully 
operated during the Summer in a warm 
climate? I do not know. I have found 
it easier to raise April-hatched chicks 
in this latitude (New York State), than 
those hatched in June. 
Hired Help. 
I am 44 years old, married, no children; 
steady, honest, sober and obliging'. I have 
the best of references. I desire a position 
in the poultry yard. If you want good 
help I am the man. Give me an answer as 
soon as possible, and state wages, f. h. 
New York. 
We have recently been laboring with 
the “hired man” problem, and if the 
above had come to hand earlier, accom¬ 
panied by an address more definite than 
simply “New r York,” might have been 
glad to have sent a favorable answer by 
mail. We thought we had solved the 
problem when we hired a newly-mar¬ 
ried young man who was to live in the 
tenement house on the farm and board 
at home. He was a good worker and 
both quick and intelligent, always hav¬ 
ing been used to farm work. The sec¬ 
ond time he was trusted to drive to 
town, however, he came home gloriously 
drunk, with a steaming horse, broken 
wagon, and “spilled milk generally.” 
He threw up his job rather than sign a 
pledge, so we hired a 14-year-old boy 
who has at least not yet formed the 
habit, which is the bane of most farm 
laborers in this locality. “Roy” is all 
right for a boy, and can already feed 
our 1,500 hens alone in the morning in. 
but little more than an hour. We have 
lots of chores which do not require 
great strength, and his want of age is 
a fault which time will surely cure. 
o. w. MAPES. 
THE BREED I PREFER. 
Why I Keep It. 
Brahmas Forever.—T he Light Brahma 
is a very tame breed; will bear close con¬ 
finement and do well. They may be kept 
in a yard with a fence three feet high, 
made of wire netting. The chicks will 
grow very fast; at the age of six months 
they will weigh seven pounds and will 
bring the highest market price because 
they have nice yellow meat and well 
fattened. I sold my chickens last Fall to 
the Schenectady market and they brought 
me 18 cents a pound dressed. I can fatten 
them up quicker than the smaller breeds. 
They are just the breed for the city. 
They are one of the oldest breeds and have 
come to stay. They are good layers for 
Winter and Summer, good sitters, and 
mothers. For an all-around breed they 
cannot be beaten. My objection to the 
smaller breeds is that I live in a village 
and have not the room. Any one who 
has little room ought not to' keep Leg¬ 
horns or the like. They need more run 
and more run means more feed. A breed 
that does not run requires less feed and 
that is the Light Brahma. c. gordan. 
Montgomery Co., N. Y. 
Leghorns For Me.—T have had exper¬ 
ience with many of the breeds, and have 
settled on those giving me the most eggs 
with some care, and most pleasing to my 
eye. My Buff R. C. Leghorns are great 
egg machines, have good and juicy meat, 
and my Orpingtons are great Winter 
layers. They make nice mothers. My ob¬ 
jection to the Brahmas and Cochins was 
not enough eggs, and then they were too 
lazy to put what few they laid in the 
nest, but dropped them on the ground. 
The Silver Wyandottes are nearly the 
same in egg quality. d. j. kenepp. 
Mifflin Co.. Pa. 
THE STANDARD CATTLE COMPANY^,K 
two-year-old Steers and Heifers to sell from its 
ranch in the Sand Hills Country of Nebraska. Address 
STANDARD CATTLE COMPANY, Ames, Nebraska. 
BIBBY’S CALF FOOD without milk. Fifty 
pounds, *82.00. T. KDDLE 8 TON E., Newton, Mass. 
For Sale.—Scotch Collies, magnificently 
fcred. ▲. J. BENEDICT, Bristol, Wls., R. F. D. No, 2, 
N O MORE BLIND HORSES.—For Speciflo Oph¬ 
thalmia, Moon Blindness, and other Sore Eyes. 
BARRY CO., Iowa City, Iowa, have a sure cure. 
L. E. ORTIZ, General Manager 
HIGHEST CUSS JERSEYS 
GOLDEN STREAMER 65000. 
Bon of Forfahshihk out of Goi/dkk Stream 8 th, 
born Feb. 22,1901, and considered the best Jersey bull 
that ever crossed the At.autio as a two-year old. 
Specialty—Y oung Bulls and Heifers, all ages. 
Also Imp. CHESTER WHITES and BERKSHIRE 
PIG 8 . Standard- Bred BLACK MINOROA 8 . and 
WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
tW Correspondence solicited. 
(JJBDNEY FARM, White Plaint, N. V. 
SO-bos-SG 
MORE 
MILK , 
MORE-- 
MONEY! 
jfKILFLYj, 
Cows will give 15 to 20 per 
cent more milk if protected 
from the torture of flies with 
CHILD'S SO-BOS-SO KILFLY. 
Kills fliesand all insects; protects horses as well 
as cows. Perfectly harmless to man and beast 
Rapidly applied with Child’s Electric Sprayer. 
80 to 50 cows sprayed in a few minutes. A true 
antiseptic; keeps stables, chicken houses, pig 
pens in a perfectly sanitary condition. 
Ask dealer for Child's 8 O-BO 8 -SO or send $1 (special 
price) for 1-gal can and Sprayer complete by express. 
CHAS. H. CHILDS & CO., Sole Manufacturers, 
24 LaFayette Street, Utica, N.Y. 
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 
gblanket. Sponge the legs and 
Fput on light bandages. 
Used 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-paee book* 
•'Veterinary Experience,” FREE. 
Dr. 5. A. TUTTLE, 30 Beverly St., Boston, Mass. 
Beware of so-called Elixirs-—none genuine but Tuttle’*. 
Avoid all blisters; they offer only temporary relief, if any. 
PINELAND 
INCUBATORS 
HATCH GRKATEST NUMBEB 
OF FINEST CHICKS. 
BROODERS 
HAVE NEVEK BEEN EQUALS* 
FIDELITY FOOD 
FOB YOUNG CHICKS. 
Used everywhere by practical poultrymen and 
Specialists fanciers with unfailing success. Insures 
perfect health and promotes rapid growth. 
Concise Catalogue from 
PINELAND INCUBATOR & BROODER CO* 
Sox R. Jamesbur?, N. J.. U. S. A. 
: 
VICTOR! 
Incubator:} 
are truthfully pictured and their 
actual working told in about 30 
of the 80 pages of our new cata- 
The rest of the book 
_ Information about the 
chicken business. We begin the story in the egg and end 
it with the marketing of the fowls. There’s knowledge 
which will benefit anyone and may mean dollars to you. 
Our Incubators are driving hens out of business. They work 
regardless of weather or of seasons. You can counton 
hatching every fertile egg. Money back if not al 1 we claim. 
We pay freight. The book is free. Tust say “Send Victor 
Book” and we’ll doit. GEO. ERT32L CO., Quincy, Hl> r 
rllUL I nTeSt e hin e g e fnt e h V e| 
(POULTRY LINE-Fencing, Feed,Incu-j 
jbators. Live Stock, Brooders—anything—1 
(it's our business. Call or let us send you< 
jour Illustrated Catalogue—it’s free for thej 
) asking—it's worth having. < 
(Excelsior Wire & Poultry Supply Co.,< 
) Dept. H.G. 26 & 28 Yesey Street. New York City. < 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOO^f 
—Rhode Island Reds, Light Brabmas- 
Barred Rocks- Hardy, prolific, 
pure stock, bred on separate farms for eggs to hatch 
at 6 cents each. Write to WALTER SHERMAN, 
25 Boulevard, Middletown, R. I. 
—Fertility guaranteed. By the sit- 
ting or hundred. 23 varieties of 
v p r j ze . w j nn j J) g i anc i and water 
fowls. Big catalog free. Our guarantee means some¬ 
thing. PINE TREE FARM, Box T, Jamesburg, N.J. 
rpAQ—Thoroughbred Rocks, Wyandottes, Le^hornR, R. I. Reds, 
LuUu 0rpingtoK8, Miuorcas, Langshans, Brahmas. Cochins, 
Hamburgs. 15, $1 ;40, $2. ^at. Free. H. K. MOHR, Quakeriowu, Fa. 
E 
A AQ FOR HATCHING—All breeds, Orp’gs, Brahmas,Wyan- 
IIUv dottes, P. Rocks, Leghorns, Cochins, Langshans, Min- 
orcas, Houdans, Bantams, Guineas, P. Ducks, Pit Games. 
State your wants. Mt. Blanco Poultry Farm, Mt. Blanco, O. 
EGGS. 
S. C BROWN LEGHORNS. Pen 
selected from over 200 fine birds. 
Price, $1 00 per 15 IRVING O. 
CROSS, Hoosick Falls, N. Y. 
G ftnrrinn Box Charleston 4 Corners, N.Y., will 
i UUIUUIIj spare a few Light Brahma Eggs,$1 for 15 
P URE BRED WHITE LANGSHANS, 
best winter layers. Ideal table fowl. Eggs $1.00 
per 15. A.L. FUOSi’ R.D.2, Piqua Ohio. 
UfUITC I CfiUnBMQ Heavy Layers. The 
Will I C LLUnUnllOi Forestside,OakHill,N.Y 
WYCKOFF VAN DRESSER 
Single-comb White Leghorns, fresh hatching eggs; 
quickshipments; 15for$l; 50 for $3; 100for$5. From 
pick of 300 selected hens. Northern grown, farm 
raised, unlimited range.disease unknown, noinbreed¬ 
ing. Circulars free. F. E. GORDON, Chuzy, N. Y. 
BUFF Wlii te Leghorns, Eggs 75c per 15, $1.25 per 30, $2 
per 00. Cir. free. JOHN A. ROTH, Milford Square,Pa. 
S.C.White Leghorns 
Blanchard and Van Dreser strains. Eggs i for 
hatching, $3.50 per 100. Hilandale Farm, Brooklyn, 
Ohio, SL V. JD. 2. 
HOLSTEIN - FRIESIANS. 
Choice young stock of the best breeding for sale 
Prices reasonable. Every animal registered. 
WOODCRE8T FARM. Rifton, Ulster Co., N. T. 
FOR HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Good ones, and all ages. Fine Yearling Bulls 
ready for service. 
RAMBOUILLET SHEEP. 
BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
Write DELLHURST FARMS, Mentor, Ohio. 
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BI LL 
Ready for service, $45. Improved Chester White Pigs: 
all ages. CHARLES K. RECORD, Peterboro, N. Y. 
rnp 0 A1 C — A few registered Ayrshire Bull 
PUli OHLL Calves. Farmers’prices. 
1 OLIVER SMITH & SON. Chateaugay, N. Y 
Jersey Bulls, Berkshire Boars 
Good Ones- Registered—Cheap. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
IERSEYS—4 Reg. Bulls; 4 Beg. Heifers, 2 to 11 
w mos. old. Solid color. 1 Reg. Cow. due July 11,’04. 
St. Lambert Strains. J. A. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES 
10 Fall farrowed sows, 2 yearling Boars, and Boar 2 
years old nextSept; 5 Sows bred to farrow in May 
and June for sale at prices that no man in need o* 
Be ksh rescan disregard. Fi-st-class individuals in 
all respects. J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Ct. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Bcrkshires 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., Ercildoun, Chester to.. Pa. 
Large English Berkshlres of choicest breeding 
for sale, males and females. Write for prices, etc. to 
NUTWOOD FARMS. R. F. D.,No. 4, Syracuse, N.Y. 
iMnoni/rfl large Yorkshire 
ff IWM r y HU SERVICE BOARS and 
Spring Pigs, from imported stock at right prices. 
W. H. FISHER, Spahr Building, Columbus. O. 
URGE, IMPROVED YORKSHIRES 
The best hog; white, easy fattening, prolific. Both 
sexes for sale. K. E. STEVENS, R. D 2, No. Madison, 
Lake County, Ohio. 
IMPROVED URGE YORKSHIRES SfTSS 
hog. Pigs of all ages from Imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester, Mich 
Duroc-Jersey Hogs 
They go like hot cakes; easy keepers: only afew left. 
Either sex. five months old; sows bred. All stock 
eligible. Prices right. L. C. HALL. Atwater, N. Y. 
A A Var’s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats’ 
Mil Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. oook, 10c' 
W W Rates free. J. A. BKRGEY, Box 8 , Telford.Ra 
HPUft bred 18 years for EGGS. Barred Rocks 
up to 273 eggs a year. Catalog free. 
■■■■■*“ The New System of Hatching and rais¬ 
ing chickens PAYS the best of all. Try it. 
F. GRUNDY, Morrisonville,Ill, 
XTALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM—Belle- 
» ville, Pa. 'Bronze and Wild Turkeys. Leading 
varieties of Poultry. Prices low. Catalogue free. 
AT BARGAIN PRICES—20 W. Wyan.. 50 W. 
Rocks. 14 W. Leg. Eggs, $1.50 for 26. Incubator 
eggs also; stamp. Mrs. J. P. Hellings, Dover, Del. 
tfUA SQUABS PAY "InI 
1 / \ Easier, need attention oniv part of 
1 \l /} time, bring big prices. Raised in one 
n \ jj month. Money-makers for poultry- 
6 . men, farmers,women. Send for FREE 
BOOKLET and learn this rich home 
\ J industry. PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB 
■' CO., 4A Friend Street, Boston, Mass. 
SOMETHING RI8HT^V^SSk“<55E 
erals for sale. C. D. HARVEY, North Fairfield, Ohio 
WHITE WYANDOTTES SFAffiffiS 
per ico. C A. HALL, Oak Hill, N. Y. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES, EXCLUSIVELY! 
Breeding stock and eggs for hatching. At rigln 
prices. B. FRANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
iJuff Wyandottes, “Pioneer Strain,” bred 20 years, 
u bronze medal, high stall’d excellence; Eggs $2 for 
15; $3 for 30. W. H. Nicholoy & Son, Newark, N.Y 
WoodGrest 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. 
BARRED ROOKS. 
Quality unsurpassed. Eggs,$1 forl5; $1.75for30; $5 
for 100. B. H. Ackley, Spring Hill, Bradford Co., Pa. 
Rorvarl finrlre exclusively.R ngletstrain.Eggs 
DallSU HOCKS from prize winners, 15 for$ 1 . 00 , 
50 for $3.00. Satisfaction guaranteed. Circular free. 
J. W. COX, New Wilmington, Pa., Box H- 
p/t Aft Nelson's famous egg-proanemtr strains of Barred Rock 0 
LUU V audS.C. Brown Leghorns, 15*1,60 $3. Hatch guaranteed. 
The J. F. Nelson Poultry Farm, Grove City, Penn. 
BARRED ROCK 
JRAND VIEW FARM, Stanfordvllle, New York. 
White Plymouth Rock EggSmSSKSSeuio 
1200 S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from ouregg-type strain. We have 
sele cted 500 of our best stock for breeding. Send for 
circular. WHITE & KICK, Box A, Yorktown, N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE WHITE LEGHORN FARM. 
Cockerels, *2; Pullets, *1; Eggs,$1 for 15; *5 per 100. 
Heavy Winter layers. Catalogue free. 
ZIMMER BROS., K. D. 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
