234 
March 18, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
LAFAYETTE STOCK FARM 
Live Stock and Dairy 
WANTEDl A GOOD ROASTER . 
One of our readers in New Hampshire 
wants us to tell him the best cross he can 
make on poultry in order to get the best 
roasters. He has White Leghorns, Ply¬ 
mouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds, but 
he wants so to cross these hens as to get a 
chicken to weigh (!% to 7 Vi pounds at six 
months; a well-shaped bird. Is it best for 
him to use au Indian Game or some other 
breed, or will the fowls he now has give the 
results? lie says he is not looking for lay¬ 
ing qualities, but wants the very best table 
poultry that can be produced. 
Since the first few years of experiment 
with breeds, I have settled down to what 
seems to me to be the best all-around 
fowl, the Rhode Island Red, and don’t 
care to cross any others or fool with any¬ 
thing of the kind while they are doing 
so well. These are not only good layers, 
but a plump, meaty fowl for the table, and 
as handsome as any, so I go right on rais¬ 
ing that kind and perfecting the quality 
both as to heavy laying and clear color, 
and that is enough R. h. pierce. 
If I were going to raise poultry for the 
market I would keep some one of the 
varieties of Plymouth Rocks, either White, 
Barred or Buff. I think they can be 
grown to weigh from six to eight pounds 
in six months if properly fed; they will be 
plump in breast and will bring as good 
price in the market as any that can be 
got from a cross. If a man selects well¬ 
shaped hens with plump breasts and a 
male of the same type from one of these 
varieties, I don’t see how he can better 
them by crossing. J. w. randall. 
I have bred poultry only four years, and 
only Langshans; have had roasters at 
six months old that weighed six and V/ 2 
pounds. They dress more like a turkey 
than any other fowl, and their quality is 
superior to all others. My neighbors 
raise other breeds, and I notice that some 
strains of R. I. Reds make good roasters, 
others have no breast. White Wyan- 
dottes grow quickly and have a full 
breast; perhaps not quite as large as your 
reader asks for. I am told the Indian 
Game is a slow-growing bird. 
c. H. SCALES. 
A cross of Indian Game cockerel on 
Plymouth hen would make roasters 
weighing from the required G}/ 2 to 7'/ 2 
pounds at six months old, but I have had 
much better success with pure White 
Wyandottes in obtaining a much larger 
per cent of roasters of the weights you 
name, first selecting my breeders from the 
early maturing, plump-breasted and true 
Wyandotte shaped birds. After obtain¬ 
ing breeders to form strain for this pur¬ 
pose, the only thing then is the proper 
food and care to obtain the desired re¬ 
sults. 1 prefer a white feathered bird, 
thus avoiding dark pin feathers. 
EDWARD E. LING. 
Since T have been in the poultry busi¬ 
ness I have bred Single Comb Rhode 
Island Reds largely, and now am running 
these exclusively. T am not raising poul¬ 
try especially for the table, but of course 
in getting my number of pullets have a 
surplus of cockerels, of which I dispose 
of quite a large per cent before they reach 
the age of six months. I am not ex¬ 
perimentally acquainted with the White 
Leghorn or Indian Game or their cross, 
so do not know the result of crossing 
either with Rocks or Reds. Would sug¬ 
gest a good fair trial of Single Comb 
Reds for the six months’ roaster honors. 
This breed received the following com¬ 
mendatory remarks by a breeder who has 
at least six other varieties of fowls: “As 
a breed for the farmer they stand without 
an equal. The chicks are rugged, and 
can stand roughing it, for they inherit a 
hardy and vigorous constitution. They 
mature quickly, and having a rich yellow 
skin and no dark pin feathers, and being 
always plump and having a long keel for 
breast meat they are unexcelled for 
broilers and roasters.” To get good roast¬ 
ers a good breeding pen is obviously nec¬ 
essary. This should be composed of birds 
of good weight, vigorous and of good 
tvpe, having broad backs, long keel, broad, 
deep breasts, and short, stout legs. Chicks 
from such breeders ought to be kept in 
clean, roomy quarters free from lice, and 
given abundant nutritious rations with 
plenty of grit, and a good range, to make 
good rosters at some age, if not quite 
satisfactory at six months. 
ora n. OSGOOO. 
DR. DAVID 
ROBERTS 
CATTLE 
SPECIALIST 
OFFERS THESE BOOKS FREE 
No. 1. Abortion In Cows. No. 2. 
Barren Cows. No. 3. Retained 
Afterbirth. No. 4. Scours in 
Calves. No. f> How to make your 
OWN STOCK FOOU at home. 
Dr. David Roberts, Cattle Specialist 
431 Grand Ave.,Waukesha,Wlg. 
SQUABS PAY^I 
Easier, need attention only part of 
time, bring big prices. Raised In one 
month. Money-makers for poultry- 
men, farmers,women. Send for FREE 
BOOKLET and learn this rich home 
industry. PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB 
CO., 889 Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass. 
White Plymouth Rocks 
$1 per 15. $5 per 100. Isaac C. Clark, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
rppP *1 for 15, $2 for 40, thoroughbred Brahmas, 
LUUO Rocks,W.and Buff Wyan., Leghorns and Reds. 
14 varieties. Catalog. S. K. Mohr, Ooopersburg, Pa. 
Darn CftD CfJfiC —Our Barred Rocks lay 250 to 
BntU run CUUOl 278 eggs a year. Pricelist 
with facts about better methods in Breeding, Hatch¬ 
ing and Feeding free. F. GRUNDY. Morrlsonville, 111 
EGGS 
Buff,Wyandotte Eggs for 
sale. $1 for a setting of 15. 
or $4 a 100. Chas. I. Miller, 
R.F.D.No. 1, Hudson, N.Y, 
SO 
Var's Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 00 p. book, 10c. 
Rates free. J A. BKRGKY, Box 8, Telford,Pa, 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
Booking orders now for S. C. White and Brown Leg¬ 
horns. Black Minorcas. White Wyandottes, White 
and Barred Plymouth Rocks. $1.50 per 15. White 
Plume Strain. No one has better stock. 
LOCUST FARMS. Eatontown, N. J. 
HUFF, White Leghorns. Eggs 75c per 15, $1.25 per 30, 
$2 per 60. Cir. free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
PLEASANT VIEW POULTRY YARDS. Breeder 
of White Wyandottes nn< R. C. Buff Leghorns. 
Eggs from Prize Winning S lock $2.00 per setting, 
$6.00 and $8.00 per 100. 
ARTHUR MELBOURNE, Naugatuck, Conn. 
W YANDOTTES,White, Buff, Silver L. and Gold. 
LEGHORNS. Brown. White and Buff. PLYM. 
ROCKS, Barred. Buff and White. Brahmas Cochins, 
R. I. Reds, Minorcas and other breeds in Cockerels 
and Hens. Mt. Blanco Poultry Farm. Carpenter, O. 
WRIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
(Duston Strain) Eggs, 75 cts. per 15; $4 per 100. 
Grandview Farm, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
C holceStock for Sale.—Rocks, Wyandottes, Leghorns. 
Minorcas, Turkeys, Ducks and Guineas. Also Lice 
Killing Nest Eggs. Sample mailed, 5c.; dozen. 60c. 
Agents wanted. Pine Tree Farm, Jamesburg, N. J. 
BUSINESS WHITE LEGHORNS 
and unsurpassed in beauty. Send for circular. 
HILANDALE FARM, Brooklyn, Ohio. R.F.D. 2. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
won two first premiums at New York State Fair. 1904. 
Trios, $5: Eggs, $1 per 15; $5 per 100. Catalogue free. 
ZIMMER BROS.. R. D. 41, Woedsport, N. Y. 
Leghorn, S. C. White and Buff and White 
Rf)f*lfC Great Layers and Prize Winners. Eggs, $2 
llUuiVO per 15: $8 per 100. A fair hatch guaranteed. 
•JOS. ANTHONY, R. 4. East Berlin, Pa. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from mature birds. Wo have been 
breeding “Business Leghorns” for 10 years. Send for 
circular and prices. White & Rice, Yorktown, N. Y. 
R HODE ISLAND REDS, Livht Brahmas. Bar¬ 
red Rocks, White and Silver Wyandottes; hardy, 
prolific,farm bred.pure stock. For BIRDS, moderate 
prices, or KGG8 to HATCH, 6c. each,write WALTER 
SHERMAN,-25 Boulevard, Middletown, R. I. 
MANOKIN WHITE LEGHORNS SATISFY 
Greatest Egg: Producers; used exclusively on 
all large egg-farms. Stock and Eggs at Farmers’ 
Prices. R. B. PUSEY, Princess Anne, Md. 
PEKIN DUCKS AND 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
200 April hatched ducks, $1 50 to $2.50 each. Duck 
egg orders booked. $1 15 for 11; $8 per hundred. 
Leghorns are the real egg machines. Eggs for incu¬ 
bating $1 for 13; $6 per hundred. Largest plant 
vicinity of New York City. 8C pens, 2.000 layers. Cut 
of same In Cyphers catalogue. Agent Cyphers in¬ 
cubators, brooders, etc. 
BONNIE BRAE, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
JACKS FOR SALE. 
The finest lot of JACKS and JENNETS I ever 
owned. 8ome special bargains. Address, 
BAKER’S JACK FARM, 
Box 1, Lawrence, Ind. 
Kentucky Jack Farm. 
A flnelotof Kentucky bred 
and big black Spanish jacks 
and jennets. Also one and 
two-year old jacks. Young 
stock for sale at all times. 
W rite or see me before you 
buy. Come to Kentucky if 
you want a good jack. 
JOE E. WRIGHT, 
Junction City, Kentucky. 
REGISTERED ANGORA GOATS.-Pairs or 
v trios. Write for prices and information. 
MELROSE STOCK FARM, Cincinnatus. N. Y. 
J. CROUCH & SON, Props., LAFAYETTE, IND. 
LARGEST IMPORTERS OF 
OLDENBURG GERMAN COACH, PERCHERON and BELGIAN 
STALLIONS. Always on hand from 150 to 200 head. 
Importations arriving every month. We now have 100 head that just arrived. 
At all the leading fairs and live stock shows in 1904 we won more prizes than 
all others combined. We havo the prize winners of the World, but our prices 
are no higher than others. If your community is in need of a good stallion, 
write us. 
J. Crouch & Son, LaFayette, Ind., Nashville, Tenn., Sedalia, Mo., San Jose, Cal., and London, Canada 
HIGH CLASS Coach Stallions'. Scotch Collie 
PERCHERON AND FRENCH 
Coach Stallions’. Scotch Collie 
Pups. E.8. AKIN, Auburn. N.Y. 
Insures good health 
Pratts Cow Tonic. 
Made by Pratt Food Co., Phila. Over 30 years old. 
L. E. ORTIZ, General Manager 
HIGHEST GLASS JERSEYS 
GOLDEN STREAMER 65000 
Son of Forfarshire out of Golden Stream 8 th. 
born Feb. 22,1901, and considered the best Jersey bull 
that ever crossed the Atlantic as a two-year old. 
A few choice Bull Calves for sale by GOLDEN 
STREAMER and GOLDEN FERN’S LAD out of im¬ 
ported cows. 
Specialty— Young Bulls and Heifers, all ages. 
Also imp. CHESTER WHITES and BKRK8HIRE 
PIGS. Standard-Bred BLACK MINORCAS and 
WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
i-if~ Correspondence solicited. 
GEDNEY FARM, White Plains, N. Y. 
WHITE SPRINGS EARM, 
GUERNSEY HERD. 
Headed by DETER THE GREAT OF PAXTANG 
No. 6346 and BLUE BLOOD, No 6310. 
Such Cows as Imp. Deanie 7th, 502.1) lbs. of butter 
in one year. Sheet Anchor’s Lassie, 476.2 lbs. of but¬ 
ter in one year. Azalia of Florham, 400 lbs of butter 
in one year. Lucretia 3d, 508.4 lbs. of butter in one 
year, etc., etc. 
The herd numbers about forty carefully selected 
animals. Registered and tuberculin-tested. Breed¬ 
ing stock for sale at all times, including the choicest 
of heifer and bull calves of all ages. The winnings 
at the New York State Fair for 1904 comprised 13 
first and second prizes, and one champion¬ 
ship out of 1 7 entries. Prices very reasonable. 
For further information and catalogue, address, 
ALFRED G. LEWIS, Geneva, N.Y. 
Please mention Rural New Yorkkr in writing. 
Notic 15 choice two year old heifers for sale at 
from SHOO to 18300, also several mature bulls. 
The Produce Lots of Pigs 
The Jersey Red Sows 
The catalogue is free. 
ARTHUR J. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J. 
O. I. C. PIGS. 
September farrow, registered stock, prolific strains, 
large litters, pairs and trios not akin. Prices low. 
F. J. SCHWARTZ. East Pharsaliu.N Y. 
0. I. G. 
Sixty fall and spring O. I. C. pigs 
at reasonable prices. Cumber¬ 
land Farm, Gettysburg, Pa* 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. to 6 mos.. mated not akin, 
service Boars, Bred sows. Write for 
prices and description Return if not 
_ _ satisfactory; wc refund the money. 
HAMILTON & CO., Ercildpun, Chester Co., Pa. 
MEADOWBROOK BERKSHIRES. 
CHOICE ANIMALS of all ages and both sexes for 
sale. Representatives of the best English and Amer¬ 
ican strains. Prices reasonable, quality considered. 
MEADOWBROOK FARMS, Beruardsville, N. J. 
BERKSHIRES 
of the HIGHEST BREEDING at reasonable 
prices. WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg,Pa. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES KTX 
nog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester. Mich 
CHESTER WHITES 
Both O. I. C. and Todd strains. 
Standard bred pigs for sale. 
Honest dealing my motto. M L. 
Bowersox,R.3; Bradford, Dk. Co,0 
nUCCTCD UfUITC Six October Sow Pigs. 
UnCtf I EH Will I C Straight, broad, and 
growtliy. From prize-winning stock. 
ED. S. FULL, Freeville, N. Y. . 
POLAND CHINAS 
Send for Catalogue at once, this will appear but 
once. JACOB B. MILLER, Bradford, Ohio* 
My herd of Reg. Short-horns 1 2 year old Bull, $60* 
1 5 year old Cow, $60: 1 3 year old Cow, $50; 1 2year 
old Heifer. $40. A. W. Graham, Castile. N. Y 
COWS FOR SALE 
Having wintered more cows than can pasture, will 
sell good milking, young, native cows, duo to calve 
March and April, at $40 per single head, or $35 per 
head in lots of ten, f. o.h. „ „ .. „ _ 
Route No. 1. A. W. GRAHAM, Castile, N. Y. 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS. 
GREATEST OFFERING EVER MARE 
AT PRIVATE SALE. 
C A Registered Young Cows Due to Cf| 
3U freshen this Spiing. 9U 
■f F Two year old registered Heifers bred 1C 
I J to come in this spring or next fall. | 3 
Qtfl Registered Service Bulls, ready for Q ft 
OU spring service. uU 
FA Registered male and female Calves, Eft 
DU some of them granddaughters and 9v 
grandsons of the champion cow of the world. 
T A. R. O. Cows in calf to Mercedes 
IU Julip’s Pietertje’s Paul, No. 29830, f U 
and to Aaggie Connucopia Pauline Count, No. 
29642. 
IT PATS TO RUT THE REST. 
Do not have to pay extravant prices. You save 
money by buying here. Full guaran ee on every¬ 
thing. Circulars will be sent on application. 
HORACE L. BRONSON, Dept. D., Cortland. N Y. 
Registered HOLSTEIMRIESIAN BULLS 
For Sale at Farmers’ Prices 
I have several Bulls, 12 to 15 months old: large, 
handsome, perfectly marked animals, ready for im¬ 
mediate service, for sale. Sired by Corona Spofford 
Pietertje, No. 30160, and selected from best dams in 
herd of over 40 head. 
Also a few FRES1I COWS and a number of Heifer 
and Bull CALVES from a few months to a. few 
weeks old. For particulars inquire 
P. B. MCLENNAN, Syracuse, N. Y., or 
R. DeEorest Dorchester, Manager McLennan 
Stock Farm, Ischua, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. 
THE BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
are bred for large Production. Good Size, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
If these are the kind you want write or come to see 
them. 125 to select from. A'dmals of both sexes 
and ail ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bull Calves. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Neshanic. N. J. 
HOLSTEINS. 
Best 
High-Class Advanced Registry Stock only, 
butter families. Stock for Sale. 
WOODSIDE FARM, 
Princeton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. 
JOHN B. MARCOU. 
Holstein-Friesian Hull Calves 
FOR SALE. 
From choice A. R. O. Dams, and byfsuch sires as 
Beryl Wavnes Paul DeKol and Sir Korndyke Manor 
DeKol. We will make attractive prices on these 
youngsters as they must be disposed of to make room 
for our crop of Winter Calves. Write for prices on 
anything needed in Holstein-Friesians. 
WOODCBEST FARM, Bifton, Ulster Co.. N.Y. 
H olstein bull calves, scotch conies, spayed 
Females. SILAS DECKER, South Montrose, Pa 
UOI QTCIM Dill I Q from 3 to 18 months old. A 
nULo I HI IX DULLO few choice young Cows; 
Improved Chester Whites of all ages Prices right. 
CHARLES K. RECORD, Peterboio, N.Y. 
Purebred Holstein Friesian Bull 
. w .. „_Calves and Scotch Collie Pups from 
registered stock. Trices moderate; write promptly 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
Jersey Bull 
12 mos. old, solid, color 
very fine, good size, dam’s 
_ butter record, 22 lbs. in 7 
days, sire's dam, 24 lbs. in 7days. 3Bull Calves 6 weeks 
old. Dams' butter record, 16 to 22 lbs. in 7 days. 
Sire same as above. Price low for quality. 
Ira P. Watson, Fredonia, N. Y. 
ki 
QUALITY.” 
Registered Jersey Calves and Yearling Heifers, 
bred right, raised right, and for sale right. Ask for 
pedigrees, and for prices delivered at your station 
Satisfaction guaranteed. E. W. Mosher, Aurora.N.Y 
YOU CAN’T AFFORD A GRADE 
when 1 will sell you a registered JERSEY BULL, 
best dairy stock; ready for service: at farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 905 Liberty St., Pittsburg. Pa. 
Rogistored. Jerseys 
9 Heifers. 3 to 14 mos. 5 Bulls 2 to 8 mos. old. St. 
Lambert Strain. “ Sire a Pure St. Lambert.” 
J. ALDUS HERR, Lancaster. Pa. 
For Sale 
CHOICE REGISTERED JERSEY BULL CALF, 
Beautiful Heifer Calf, Two Berkshire Sows and one 
Boar Pig. W. F. McSPARRAN, Furniss. Pa 
RIDGESIDE FARM AYRSHIRES 
First prize aged and first prize young herds, and 
twenty awards on individual animals at World's 
Fair, St. Louis. Choice animals of both sexes and of 
various ages for sale. 
S. M. WELLS & SON, Newington, Conn. 
AYRSHIRES 
A iew first-class cows and young stock, Prices right. 
Correspondence solicited, Maple Row Stock Farm, 
Cherry Creek, Chaut. Co., N. Y. F. H. Cookingham' 
If you are going TT ^%T "IVT BULTj ’ and wiu write n * 
to buy a ■ * M ■ * 1 just what you want, we will 
send full pedigrees and descriptions, together with prices that will convince you that we have high-class 
animals at low prices. Tbe Stevens Brotliers-Hastings Company, 
BKOOKSIDE HERD. Lacona, Oswego Co„ N. Y. 
