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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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TROUBLE IN INCUBATOR HATCHES. 
I have had several hatches in incubator 
and out of every hatch I have several that 
do not hatch out. Some of them are pipped 
ready to hatch, so the fault is not in the 
eggs. Can you tell me what the trouble Is? 
Do I get them too hot or too cold, or do I 
have enough moisture? t. g. 
Tate Spring, Tenn. 
Even the makers of the incubator, who 
should know just how to run it better 
than anyone else, can’t tell us why so 
many eggs pip and the chickens can’t get 
out. They told us we did not use enough 
moisture, and we have not used any for 
five years; sometimes we hatch almost 
every fertile egg, and again not over 75 
per cent of the fertile eggs, and we will 
see chicks left in all stages of incubation, 
and we can’t tell where we have varied in 
the running of the machine. There is a 
whole lot that we do not know about 
incubation yet. We should take every 
care not to let the machine run too hot or 
too cold. Give the eggs lots of air, or cool 
them often, and follow the maker’s direc¬ 
tions as closely as possible, and keep at 
it. FLOYD Q. WHITE. 
TAKING THE SPURS OFF ROOSTERS 
One of our readers asks the following ques¬ 
tion with reference to preventing roosters 
from fighting: “How would it do to ‘despur’ 
the old roosters? They fight the young and 
drive one another out of the pens into the 
cold. I have known cases where they broke 
their spurs off close to their legs, and did 
not seem to suffer much inconvenience. I 
think they would get along much better with¬ 
out them.” 
I never keep over a male bird that is not 
good enough to mate with eight or 10 fe¬ 
males. This year I have four pens with 
20 to 25 females with three cockerels. I 
have but little trouble unless I take out 
one and put another in; that is when the 
trouble comes in. They have no long 
spurs. I find the most trouble comes from 
beaks, and I would like to cut beak of 
male bird. The way I do is to keep my 
male birds in separate pens till mating 
time. In my small pens I use boards or 
cloth between yards. 
Connecticut. Arthur Melbourne. 
We have never had any experience in 
despurring the roosters to prevent them 
fghting, but do not think it would do any 
good, as we once had a White Wyandotte 
cock bird that never developed spurs, and 
he bothered us considerably in driving the 
young cockerels out of the houses. We 
have had cock birds that broke off spurs, 
but they would drive the other birds just 
the. same. We do not think it would 
make a bit of difference to despur the 
roosters to prevent their fighting, or driv¬ 
ing other roosters. c. A. stevens & co. 
New York. 
Theoretically it would work all right to 
“despur” the old birds, but unfortunately 
theory and practice do not always work 
together, as in this case the birds would 
have left their beaks, which, wfith deter¬ 
mined old fellows behind them, would 
work as effectively and as mercilessly as 
the spurs. We have never despurred a 
bird, and the fact that the young birds 
fight as viciously before they get spurs, 
leads most poultrymen only to keep one 
male in a pen. If in the breeding season 
it is necessary to use two, shut up one of 
them while the other has liberty, changing 
off as often as you wish, but never allow¬ 
ing them in the pens together. 
New York. floyd q. white. 
At this season of the year (a season 
when male birds are bound to fight if to¬ 
gether) we mate all our cockerels and 
cocks separately, one male with 15 Leg¬ 
horn hens. We have mated three males in 
one pen, but we virtually give them free 
nwe or quarters large enough so that 
they can keep out of reach of the boss 
fighter. About June, what cocks we wish 
to reserve over we place in a large en¬ 
closure that contains a number of acres. 
We have a large, heavy Game that is a 
good-natured old fellow and we put him 
in with the flock to keep them straight. 
He has a good disposition and does no 
fighting unless others fight, and then he 
takes a hand and stops all fighting. I gen¬ 
erally put one old bird with a flock of 
cockerels, and as a rule the old cock will 
allow no fighting. As I said before, it is 
almost impossible to keep a large number 
of cockerels or cocks together in the 
Spring. In regard to cutting off spurs, it 
can be done, but we never do it. I know 
nothing about breaking them off. I do not 
believe in treating birds that way. 
New Jersey. a. g. brown. 
I have removed spurs about 15 years. 
It is cruelty to the hens to leave them on. 
I prefer to saw them off about a quarter 
inch from shank with a fine-tooth saw, 
though I have cut them off with pruning 
shears. The shears are apt to break the 
stump or crack it and make the bird lame. 
No harm has ever resulted from despur¬ 
ring any bird, while it makes them less 
belligerent. Whenever I have a hen that 
is vicious—attacks, young chicks—I al¬ 
ways clip off the points of her beak; only 
the points. This does not in the least in¬ 
terfere with her usefulness, while it pre¬ 
vents her from killing or seriously injur¬ 
ing chicks. When spurs or beak points 
are cut off they bleed a little, but quickly 
heal over. fred grundy. 
Illinois. 
PEKIN DUCKS. 
Which is the purebred Pekin duck, those 
with the pale yellow bill or the orange col¬ 
ored? w. h. s. 
Pekin ducks should have rich orange 
bills and legs; plumage with a slight 
creamy tinge. _j. e. s. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 14. 
The Toilers in Our 
Factories. 
No workmen in the world can do so much 
or use the satn intelligence that our own 
American work-men and women are capa¬ 
ble of. That is why 
America is now beating 
the world in y manufac¬ 
tures ; all <? le to the 
brain and muscle of our 
Yankee men and 
women. 
Unfortunately where 
there is smoke, dirt and 
dust and little sunlight 
there also can be found 
the germs of disease. 
Nature’s great disinfec¬ 
tant is sunlight. It is 
in the factory, the work¬ 
shop, the office, that 
men and women suffer 
from diseases which are 
in the dust and the bad 
air. Such disease 
germs enter into the 
blood in two ways, 
either through the 
lungs or stomach. 
After years of experi¬ 
ence in an active prac¬ 
tice, Dr. R. V. Pierce, 
of Buffalo, N. Y., discovered a remedy 
that is a blood-maker and tissue-builder, 
at the same time alleviates a cough. Ha 
called it Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis¬ 
covery—an alterative extract that assists 
in the digestion and assimilation of the 
food—so that the blood gets its elements 
from the products of digestion, the liver at 
the same time is started into activity and 
there is perfect elimination of waste mat¬ 
ter. The germs of grip, malaria, catarrh 
or consumption find a fertile field if the 
body is not kept in perfect order and 
the blood pure. 
Because the stomach is diseased there 
is a diminution of the red corpuscles of 
the blood. This is why one is sleepless, 
languid, nervous and irritable. Sensitive 
stomachs groan aloud at the irritating cod 
liver oils, but they will get all the food 
elements the tissues require by using the 
"Golden Medical Discovery.” 
The ’'Discovery” is absolutely a non¬ 
alcoholic and non - narcotic medicine. 
There is nothing else "just as good.” 
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, the best 
laxative for old and young people. They 
cure constipation and .biliousness 
SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION, 
APRIL 18th, 1905, at 12.30 P. M— B. V. Kelly, Syra¬ 
cuse, N. Y., Auctioneer. The entire RIDGEFIELD 
HERD of Registered HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CAT¬ 
TLE, 40 head, cows, heifers and young bulls—choice 
breeding. Catalogues now ready. 
JA MES T. HOWELL, Howells, Orange Co., N. Y. 
White Holland Turkeys 
The kind that come home to roost. Eggs 13.50 per 9. 
Stock after Nov. 1. 
M. C. VAN WINKLE, Stone Ridge, New York. 
Incubator Chicks & Eggs^S 
Hocks. 
20 Eggs for$l. Pleasant View Farm, Seward. N Y. 
COGS for hatching. $1 for fifteen; $3 for 50; $5 for 
100. Stock as good as the best; each variety kept 
on a separate farm, with free and unlimited range. 
Eggs carefully packed; orders promptly filled. White 
Wyandottes; Buff and. White Plymouth Rocks; R. C. 
Brown, Rose and Single Comb White Leghorns; 
Anconas; Black and White Minorcas. 
Otselic Farms. Whitney’s Point, N. Y. 
Greatest insect exterminator 
Pratts Liquid Lice Killer. 
Made by Pratt Food Co., Phila. Over 30 years old. 
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SALE 
Holstein-Friesian Cattle 
F ourtli 
ublio Salo 
SYRACUSE, New York, June 8 and 9, 1905 
This offering of 175 HEAD OF PURE BRED H0LSTEIN- 
FRILSIAN CATTLE cannot but please all kinds of buyers. 
BREEDERS’ CONSIGNMENT SALE COMPANY 
F. P. KNOWLES, Auburn, Mass. 
H. L. BRONSON, Cortland, New York. 
H. A. MOYER, Syracuse, New York. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Neshanie, New Jersey 
T. A. MITCHELL, Weedsport, New York. 
STEVENS BROTHERS HASTINGS CO., Lacona, New York. 
We wish all that are interested to have a Catalog. The largest and best we have ever Issued. 
ADDRESS 
S. D. W. Cleveland, Sales Manager, Syracuse, N.Y. 
C hoice Stock for Sale.—Kocks, Wyandottes, Leghorns. 
.\1 luorcas, Turkeys, Ducks and Guineas. Also, Lice 
Killing Nest Eggs. Sample mailed, 5c.; dozen. 50c. 
Agents wanted. Pine Tree Farm, Jamesburg, N. J. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
won two first premiums at New York State Fair, 1904. 
Trios, $5: Eggs, $1 per 15; 15 per 100. Catalogue free. 
ZIMMER BROS., R. D. 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from mature birds. We have been 
breeding “Business Leghorns” for 10 years. Send for 
circular and prices. White & Rice, Yorktown, N. Y. 
BUSINESS WHITE LEGHORNS 
and unsurpassed in beauty. Eggs that Hatch. 
HILANDALE FARM, Brooklyn, Ohio. R.F.D. 2. 
MANOKIN WHITE LEGHORNS SATISFY 
Greatest Egg Producers; used exclusively on 
all large egg-farms. .Stock and Eggs at Farmers’ 
I’rlcts. K. H. PUSEY, Princess Anne, Md. 
S. C, White Leghorns 
for business. 
Eggs for hatching- 
from birds bred 
J. R- WINN, Smith’s Basin, N. Y. 
BUFF. White Leghorns. Eggs 75c per 15, $1.25 per 30, 
$2 per 00. Clr. free. JOHN A. ROTH,Quakertown, Pa. 
Cornish Indian Games Both Prizewinners 
and White Wyandottes £r?r c Sogu<f s11 
W. C. VALENTINE,Huntington. R. F.D.,New York. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES EXCLUSIVELY 
Eggs for hatching from good stock, $1 per 13, $5 
100. E. FRANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, New Y< 
per 
York. 
HITE WYANDOTTE®, 400 layers, bred for 
laying and market qualities for 8 years. Plenty 
of eggs $5 per 100; $45 per 1000. Safe arrival guaran¬ 
teed. E. H. DeMAR, Bryantville, Mass. 
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WRIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
(Duston Strain) Eggs, 75 cts. per 15; $4 per 100. 
Grandview Farm, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
FOR SALE Fifteen Eggs $1, from my celebrated 
S. C. B. Leghorns, noted for their great laying quali¬ 
ties. If you don't think the Brown Leghorns are the 
best layers read the Business Hen. Address, 
ARTHUR GATCHELL, Alton, Wayne Co,. N. Y. 
White Plymouth Rocks - shel ? fcr ? in E g g S from 
$1 pei 15, $5 per 100. 
tested laying stock. 
Isaac C. Clark, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
90 
Var’s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
Ferrets, etc Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book, 10c. 
Rates free. J. A. BERGEY.Box8,Telford.Pa, 
falley View Poultry Farm, Belleville, Pa. Bronze and Wild 
r Turkeys. Leading varieties of Poultry. Prices low. Cat.free. 
open COR PfifiQ —Our Barred Rocks lay 256to 
DntU run CUUOl 278 eggs a year. Pricelist 
with facts about better methods in Breeding, Hatch¬ 
ing and Feeding free. F. GRUNDY. Morrisonville, Ill 
MAGNOLIA FARM B. P. ROCKS 
Best of layers, Eggs, 15, 75c.; 30, $1.25, Exhib. Health 
and Fertility guaranteed. Beautiful Double Dahlias, 
all colors. Two roots, 25c.; 10, $1. Post-paid. 
Mrs. J. F. PERRY, R. 1. Lewes. Del. 
BARKED PLYMOUTH ROCK-Fine stock a 
specialty; eggs for hatching. Yards headed by 
"Nucleus” and his equal, winner at the great Roches¬ 
ter show in 1902. Few equals and none superior. 
15 eggs $2, 30 eggs $3.50: safe arrival guaranteed, 
SIDNEY SPRAGUE, Falconer, New York. 
Barred Rocks 
(Ringlet strain) direct from E. B. Thompson; Eggs 
from strictly choice matings, $1.50—13, $3.00—30. B. 
H. ACKLEY. Laceyville, Wyoming Co., Penna. 
ONLY FINE BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
on my place. 
Eggs, $1.00 for 15. or $4.00 for 100. 
E. W. JENKINS, Dover. Delaware 
Cox’s Barred Rocks safe * 1 « d 
Ringlet strain, farm raised, satisfaction guaranteed 
Eggs$l perl5. J. W. COX, New Wilmington, Pa 
Leghorn, S, C, White and Buff and White 
Rflf'kc ® reat Layers and Prize Winners. Eggs, $2 
nUuiVo per 15; $8 per 100. A fair hatch guaranteed. 
JOS. ANTHONY, R. 4, East Berlin, Pa. 
1M APLE Villa poultry Yards. Be sure to place order 
*• from guaranteed stock. 8ingle and Rose, B. and 
W. Leghorns, B'r'd, Buff and W.Rocks, Golden and W. 
Wyan.. Silver Hamburgs, Rose Andalusians. Minor¬ 
cas, and Anconas. W. G. Mosher, Sylvanla, Penna. 
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, Katontown, N. J. 
Dfllll TDV ® 00 ® 30000 
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Easier, need attention only part of 
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CO., 289 Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass. 
Orpingtons, Buff, Black, White. 
Why not have the very best obtainable? First cost 
may be a little more, but you get the stock and blood 
from the grandest winning strain In America, and 
from the largest Orpington breeder. Send for forty 
page Illustrated Orpington catalogue, also Mating 
List describing thirty-two breeding yards and prices 
of eggs. The blood from the largest winners at New 
York the past three years are In these yards. 
Box 78, WILLOW BROOK FARM, Berlin. Conn. 
GOOD PROFITS FROM BEES 
Learn how to make money easily, quickly. Send 
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RELIABLE EGG PRESERVER 
Will Seal Eggs air-tight; keep and look perfect as 
new laid for a year. Best in world. You want 
it. For detail write 
R. E. P. CO., Box 800, Dorchester, Mass. 
WatPf filaCC for Preserving eggs. Endorsed 
VVUICI UIQOO by agricultural papers. Gallon can, 
$1. Middlesex Cliem. Works, Middletown, Ct. 
FOR HATCHING 
$2.00 for 13 
From prize-winning breeds S. C. Brown 
Leghorns, White Wyandottes, Barred and 
. V I.., J® R°®ks. Price of Cockerelsand Pullets 
. • 3 U0 each. Trios $7.60. Green’s Poultry 
Book for 26 cents. 
GREEN'S NURSERY GO., 
Rochester, 
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EKIN DUCK EGGS 
FOR HATCHING, PURE WHITE DUCKS 
13 EGGS, $1.25; 26, $2; 100, $6 
John H. Gamber. R. F. D., No. 1 Lancaster, Pa. 
FEKIN 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 18; $6 per hundred. Largest plant 
vicinity of New York City, 80 pens, 2,000 layers. Cut 
of same in Cyphers catalogue. Agent Cyphers In¬ 
cubators, brooders, etc. 
BONNIE BKAE, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Mammoth Pekin Ducks’ Eggs 
$1 for 11; $7 per hundred. Also S. C. White Leg¬ 
horns, Anconas, S. C. Black Minorca, $1 for 15; $r, ner 
’”0. GEO. W. DeRIDDER. Ballston Spa, W 
15 EGGS FOR $1 
Fine Holstein-Friesian Calves from $20 up 
MAPLE LAWN STOCK FARM. New Berlin, N. Y. 
Fnnss fni 4 Colp at 00c per setting. Se- 
t-yy** ,Wr lected, 75c. Choice fine 
laying strains. W. Wyandottes, Barred P. Rocks, R. 
I. Reds, S. C. W. Leghorns. 
O. LINDEMARK, L. Box 93, Gt. Barrington, Mass. 
EGGS 
85 for 12 ; 810 for 36, from Exhibition Matings. 
82 for 12 ; 88 for 100 from Laying Matings. 
Guaranteed to hatch Descriptive Catalog Free. 
ELM POUILTRY YARDS 
BoxY. HARTFORD, CUNN. 
