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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Live Stockand Dairy 
WHEN TO WEAN CHICKS. 
Young Layers; Separating Rocsters. 
My chicks generally leave the brooder from 
four to five weeks old; however, much de¬ 
pends upon the weather. 1 do not put the 
pullets in their permanent houses until Nov. 
1, sometimes Nov. 15. They are then about 
five months old. I have had Leghorn pul¬ 
lets lay at the age of five months, but nearly 
all are laying at SVfc to six months. Sell the 
cull cockerels in market and the remainder 
for breeders. D. e. lagassfe. 
Michigan. 
My chicks generally leave the brooder for 
outdoor houses at six weeks of age. Pullets 
are put in their permanent houses when five 
months old, and begin laying at about six 
months. As I am no large breeder, we eat 
the young cockerels for broilers and roasters, 
except the choicest birds, which we sell for 
breeders. Separate them from the pullets in 
the early Fall. I am a breeder of R. C. R. I. 
Reds exclusively, and find them very satis¬ 
factory in every respect. a. h. germond. 
New York. 
Our chicks are taken from the brooders in 
March and April, when about six to eight 
weeks old; in May and June from five to six 
weeks. We find the R. I. Red, W. Wyan¬ 
dotte, Minorca and S. C. Wyandotte pullets 
start to lay about six to seven months. Sep¬ 
arate the roosters when about three to four 
months old. We sell most of them for 
breeders if good birds; the poorly marked 
birds we sell to home shippers and home 
trade. geubig & miller. 
Pennsylvania. 
We place our brooders in brooder houses 
about (1x8 feet square, and when the chicks 
are feathered sufficiently or at about 10 
weeks we remove the brooders and let them 
use the house for a colony house until late 
Fall. ' We hatch all of our chicks in April 
and May, and the pullets are allowed free 
range on the farm until Winter, December, 
when they are placed in warmer quarters. 
Rocks and Wyandottes begin laying at six 
and seven months; Brahmas about eight. 
Roosters are separated in September; the 
culls are sold for market and the good ones 
are kept until Winter and sold for breeders. 
Iowa. DOW BROS. 
I have the White Wyandottes. My chicks 
are removed from the brooders at from six 
to eight weeks, depending on the weather, 
when they are placed in coops; some call 
them colony houses; I call them coops. 
Thirty chicks are placed in each coop. It 
looks like a waste of room, but the growing 
chicks will soon fill the space. We place our 
pullets in their permanent houses the latter 
part of September or October, as we have 
time; then the cockerels are separated from 
the pullets. Pullets should begin laying at six 
to seven months, depending on care and feed. 
They will not lay before they have their adult 
feathers. mrs. mary e. fretz. 
Indiana. 
I do not use brooders, but give the chicks 
to hens and let them care for them as long 
as they want to stay with them. Pullets are 
generally put in their permanent houses at 
from five to six months of age. Buff Wyan¬ 
dotte pullets usually begin laying at about 
eigut to nine months. I do not feed them to 
force early egg production, as I am breeding 
more for strength, health and vigor than for 
extreme early egg laying. The young roosters 
are usually separated about the first of No¬ 
vember, or as soon as they require the pro¬ 
tection of their Winter quarters. What can¬ 
not be sold for breeding purposes are used on 
the table or sold on the market. 
Indiana. J. e. coen. 
If the weather is warm it is safe to place 
chicks in outdoor houses at eight weeks. Pul¬ 
lets should be placed where they are to lay at 
five months of age, as all good strong females 
will lay at six months, and better results can 
be obtained by placing the pullets about two or 
three weeks in houses before they start in to 
lay, because if they are changed after they 
start it will stop them many times. Average 
age for pullets to start laying is six months. 
In all breeds it is best to select the very best 
as to shape and color; then the remainder 
can be sold as roasting chickens. There is 
at all times a great demand for good roasting 
chickens; this means a bird that will weigh 
from three to five pounds. 
Connecticut. J. f. crangle. 
Comb Picking. —On page 406 W. H. U. 
asks for a remedy when his hens have been 
picking the rooster’s com. In such cases we 
dust the wound heavily with finely pulver¬ 
ized hemlock bark. This, in aumtiou to be¬ 
ing very healing, is distasteful to the hens. 
The wound must be kept covered with the 
dust, and the use of vaseline would make 
it adhere beuer. It is not infallible, per¬ 
haps, but we use it successfully, and do not 
even coniine the roosters. We obtain the 
dust from the bark mill connected with the 
tannery, scraping it from the beams when it 
settles. f. c. curtis. 
Maine. 
SQUABS PAY 
BEAT 
HENS 
Easier, need attention only part of 
time, bring big prices. Raised in one 
month. Money-makers for poultry- 
men, farmers,women. 8end for FREE 
BOOKLET and learn this rich home 
industry. PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB 
CO., 289 Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass. 
PINELAND 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Mule With Indigestion. 
We have a mule that eats all the straw we 
put in his stall for bedding. Some tell me 
that he has indigestion. Can you give a 
remedy ? b. b. 
Starke, Fla. 
Give your mule a physic ball or drench 
consisting of eight drams of Barbadoes 
aloes and two drams of ginger, and after 
a day or two give him one-half ounce of 
hyposulphite of soda twice a day for 
four or five days. This is best given by 
dissolving and putting down with a bot¬ 
tle. Then skip 10 days and repeat the 
hyposulphite of soda. 
Mare Out of Condition. 
I have a fine western mare, bought last 
January. I broke her and worked her every 
day all Winter and was careful with her; 
have always broken colts and handled them ; 
broke two a year ago and had good luck with 
them. This one is all right, but when work¬ 
ing on a piow or drag and becoming warm 
she pants instead of breathing naturally. 1 
have been careful not to hurt her wind. She had 
a heavy coat of hair and sweated very easily 
and I had her clipped and that relieved her 
sweating, but not her panting. What ails 
her and is there a cure? I have broken 15 
colts in the last few years and this one is the 
only one that ever bothered in this way. 
Union, N. Y. c. s. f. 
I am unable to tell just what is the 
matter with your mare, but my judgment 
is that she has indigestion resulting from 
worms. I have known of cases similar 
to the one you describe, and I found it 
a case of worms. Give the mare a pint of 
raw linseed oil with a tablespoonful of 
turpentine in it. Give this once a week 
until three or four doses are given and 
report the results. 
Dislocation of Patella. 
What can I do for my mule colt? lie will 
be a year old in July. At times all Winter 
when I would go to let him out of the stable 
in the morning he would not be able to use 
one of his bind legs; it seemed stiff and he 
would drag it on his toe. Sometimes it would 
be one, someumes the other. After a while 
it will go over and perhaps not show again 
for days. It seems to me like rheumatism. 
Can you tell me of any cure, or will it leave 
him after he is turned out in the pasture? 
New Jersey. a. c. o. 
From your symptoms I am afraid you 
have a case of dislocation of the patella. 
I may be wrong, but the symptoms point 
to it rather than rheumatism. Make a 
liniment composed of the following; 
Spirits turpentine, four ounces; alcohol, 
four ounces; aqua ammonia, two ounces. 
Bathe the leg thoroughly three times a 
day until a good blister is formed, then 
turn to pasture and let nature do the 
rest. c. e. hatch, v. s. 
Draft Horse Outlook. —The demand for 
draft horses never was better or the prices 
higher than at present. In regard to size, 
I would say the larger they are, if they have 
quality, the higher prices they bring, and 
such horses are the best paying stock a farm¬ 
er can raise. I am not able to say what the 
average life of a large horse in a city is, but 
would think about eight or 10 years. The 
horses that are sent to the large cities are 
grades bred from purebred Percherons, Bel¬ 
gians, Shires and Clydes. Very few purebred 
animals reach the market unless they are 
barren. WM. bell. 
Wooster, Ohio. 
$5,000 Reward. 
Anybody can secure that amount 
who will prove that any letter or 
endorsement which we publish in 
anv way, relative to the merits of 
Tuttle’s Elixir 
is spurious or untruthful. It needs 
nothing but the truth to support it. It 
is undoubtedly the best veterinary 
remedy known to man. 
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. Killspain instantly. Our 100-page book, 
•'Veterinary Experience." FREE. 
Dr. S. A, TUTTLE, 30 Beverly St., Boston, Mass, 
Beware ofso-called Elixirs— none genuine but Tattle’s. 
Avoid all blisters; they offer only temporary relief, if any. 
“BE GOOD” 
TO YOUR HORSES 
USE FRAZER’S AXLE GREASE 
AND MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM. 
prapi 
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ar twicea§, ? 
AS ANY OTH.EfG 
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Recognized as the STANDARD 
Axle Grease of the United States. 
Many Thousand Tubs of this Grease are sold 
weekly to the TruckmeD of New Y orkClty. their 
Trucks are loaded heavy and a saving of both 
time and money is made, one greasing lasting 
two weeks or longer. 
Ask your dealer for FRAZER’S with Label on 
It saves your horse labor and you too. 
SOLI) EVERYWHERE. 
Frazer LubricatorCo.,83 Murray St.,N.Y 
MORE 
MILK 
MORE^ 
MHUEVI Cows will give 15 to 20 per 
Jnjri 1 cent more milk if protected 
inwukii ■ from t j le 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 iu a perfectly sanitary condition. 
Ask dealer for Child’s SO-BOS-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. 
INCUBATORS 
HATCH GREATEST NUMBER 
OP FINEST CHICKS. 
BROODERS 
HAVE NEVER BEEN EQUALED 
FIDELITY FOOD 
FOR young chicks. 
Used everywhere by practical poultrymen aud 
specialists fanciers with unfailing success. Insures 
perfect health aud promotes rapid growth. 
Concise Catalogue from 
PINELAND INCUBATOR & BROODER CO., 
Box K. Jamesburg, N. J., U. S. A. 
June 4, 
FOR HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Good ones, and all ages. Fine Yearling Balls 
ready for service. 
RAMBOUILLET SHEEP. 
BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
Write DELLHURST FARMS, Mentor, Ohio. 
HOLSTEIN - FRIESIANS. 
Choice yonng stock of the best breeding for sale 
Prices reasonable. Every animal registered. 
WOODCKE8T FARM. Rif ton, Ulster Co., N. T. 
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BULL 
Ready for service, $45. Improved Chester White Pigs; 
all ages. CHARLES K. RECORD, Peterboro, N. Y. 
ANGUS & HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Registered and grades, all ages and sexes, 
and of champion blood for the l>eef and milk 
strains and at moderate prices. Also Nursery 
stock of all descriptions. 
ArY'SFL «fc SON, 
Bridgeville, Delaware. 
YOUNG JERSEY BULLS 
FOR SUMMER USE. 
Of these but four remain and to close them out 
before putting into pasture a special price will be 
made. Three are St. Lamberts, the other inbred to 
Eurotas. It will repay any one In need to investigate 
this offer and to do it quickly before sale elsewhere. 
Ask for Special List B 19. A booklet relating to 
improving your herd may also be had for the asking. 
WINTERGREEN HILL FARM, ScottsviUe, N. Y. 
Jersey Bulls, Berkshire Boars 
"Good Ones—Registered—Cheap. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
4 GUERNSEY HEIFERS and a BULL, 
from 8 to 19 months old. The nucleus of a fine herd. 
W. A. ALEXANDER. Union Springs, New York. 
Shetland Stallion DICK 
hands high, and the handsomestpony to be found 
any where, imported at great expense, will stand 
for a limited number of pony mares at Red Hook, 
Dutchess County, N. Y . at $2U per service, with re¬ 
turn privileges. For further information apply to 
J. 8. ARMSTRONG, Red Hook. N. Y. 
N 
O MORE BLIND HORSES.—For Specific Oph- 
it thalmia. Moon Blindness, and other Sore Eyes. 
BARRY CO.. Iowa City, Iowa, have a sure cure. 
For Sale.—Scotch Collies, magnificently 
bred. A. J. BENEDICT, Bristol, Wis., R. F. D. No,2, 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES IKS 
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 in 
all respects. J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Ct. 
LARGE ENGLISH BERKSHIRES. 
25 fall boars fit for service. 10 sows bred to farrow 
within 30 days. 20 sows bred for August farrowing. 
Largest and best herd of pedigreed swine In the State. 
RICHARD H. STONE. Trumansburg, N. Y. 
L. E. ORTIZ, General Manager 
HIGHEST GLASS JERSEYS 
Re& 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.. Krclldoun, Chester Co., Pa. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES Rt 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM. Rochester, Mich 
LARGE. IMPROVED YORKSHIRES 
The best hog; white, easy fattening, prolific. Both 
sexes for sale. E. E. STEVENS, R. D 2, No. Madison, 
Lake County, Ohio. 
THE FAMOUS 
O. I. C. SWINE, 
SPRING PIGS, 
SERVICE BOARS 
Good ones bredfrom registered stock. Prices reason¬ 
able. 8. T. WITMER, Union Deposit, Pa. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES a for 
per 100. 
_ chlng. 
. . __$1.00 per sitting; $4.C0 
C A. HALL, Oak Hill, N. Y. 
GOLDEN STREAMER 65000 
Son of Forfarshire out of Golden Stream 8th, 
born Feb. 22,1901, aud considered the best Jersey bull 
that ever crossed the Atlantic as a two-year old. 
Specialty— Young Bulls and Heifers, all ages. 
Also Imp. CHESTER WHITES and BERKSHIRE 
PIGS. Standard-Bred BLACK MINORCAS and 
WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
83?” Correspondence solicited. 
GEDNEY FARM, White Plains, N. Y. 
SILOS 
Also Cutters, Blowers, Carriers. Horse Powers, Hay Presses, 
Saw Machines. HARDER MFC. CO., Coblasklll, N. Y. 
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nCITU Til I on HENS and CHICKS 
IIEA In I U Llllb 64-page book FREE. 
D. J. LAMBERT, Box 307, A pponaug, R. I. 
f—n pry fy Cy —Fertility guaranteed. By the sit- 
r"< ■ "jl'W'^% ting or hundred. 23 varieties of 
a ~~‘* p r i z e-winning land and water 
fowls. Big catalog free. Our guarantee means some¬ 
thing. PINE TREE FARM, Box T, Jamesburg, N.J. 
EMPIRE SIATE WHITE LEGHORN FARM. 
Cockerels, $2; Pullets, $1; Eggs,$1 for 15; $5 per 100. 
Heavy Winter layers. Catalogue free. 
ZIMMER BROS., R. D. 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
1200 S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from ouregg-type strain. We have 
sele cted 6 00 of our best stock for breeding. Send for 
circular. WHITE & RICE. Box A. Yorktown.N. Y. 
Large English Berksl’\.es of choicest breeding 
for sale, males and feme _s. Write for prices, etc. to 
NUTWOOD FARM? F. D.,No. 4, Syracuse, N.Y. 
BUFF White Leghorns, Eggs 75c per 15, $1.25 per30, $2 
per 60. Cir. free. J OHN A. ROTH, Milford Square. Pa 
G ftnrrinn Box Charleston 4 Corners, N.Y., will 
i UuiUUIIj spare a few Light Brahma Eggs,$1 lor15 
Wyandotte, Plymouth Rock and Pekin 
duck prize winning stock. Prize winners 
at leading shows. Write for prices. 
MONRO BROS., Cranbuiy, N. J. 
EGGS 
E 
ppo at 25 p. c. Reduction.—Buff Orpingtons, 
UUO Wyandottes. W. & B. Rocks, Leghorns. Min- 
orcas. Pit Games,Guineas, Bantams, and all other 
breeds. Mt. Blanco Poultry Farm, Mt. Blanco, O. 
90 
Var’s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. oook, lUc. 
Rates free. J. A. BERGEY, Box 8,Telford,Pa 
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tasking—it's worth having. < 
>Excelsior Wire & Poultry Supply Co.i 
O Dept. H.G. 26 & 28 Vesey Street. New YorkX!t>_t 
-Rhode Island Reds, Light Brahmas. 
Barred Rocks. Hardy, Pr® 11 "®; 
pure stock, bred on separate farms for eggs to haten 
at 6 cents each. Write to WALTER SHERMAjx, 
