1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
365 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
I have had a little experience with a Phil¬ 
adelphia real estate agent whose methods 
seem to be similar to those to which you and 
your contributors refer, and my experience 
has been exactly like theirs. I paid my ad¬ 
vertising fee and saw one or two one-line 
advertisements in six-point, type crowded in 
with others of the same sort. I think you 
are doing just right in refusing his advertise¬ 
ments and showing up his methods. J. o. t. 
West Virginia. 
The above is a mild sample of letters 
that we receive daily. We will have 
more on this subject later. In the mean¬ 
time, we are anxious to hear from some 
one who has made a sale of farm or city 
property through this agency. 
Here is a letter on quite another sub- 
j ect: 
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fine condition, and many thanks to you. 
Sherman, N. Y. M. E. G. 
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know the dollar is for the paper for a 
year. The book costs you or him noth¬ 
ing. It represents what we are able to 
give you extra from last year’s earnings. 
From over 300 letters with renewals 
received this morning and bearing kind¬ 
ly words of cheer and friendship, we re¬ 
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fice mail with as much pleasure and en¬ 
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friends. We prize the sentiments they 
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for sending us “The Business lien.” We will 
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ing you every success. John miles. 
New Jersey._ 
WINTER HOUSING FOR HENS. 
Do successful poultrymen let the_ hens 
out when there is snow on the ground, or 
are they housed up all Winter? Are ducks 
better off to be kept under shelter? 
I find best results from keeping my 
poultry housed while snow is on the 
ground. failing poultry farm. 
New York. 
On pleasant days in Winter, when there 
is no snow, our flocks are usually out of 
doors, but we do not try to get Winter 
eggs. Snow is detrimental to the egg 
yield. In regard to ducks at all times 
our ducks are free to go out or in as they 
please. We have fairly warm buildings 
for them and you will always find them 
inside on a cold day. j. P. allyn. 
Wisconsin. 
My fowls are all R. C. B. Leghorn and 
at night during Winter, they are housed 
in an old henhouse about 200 feet from 
the barn. Every day during Winter they 
are driven from house to barn, and return 
every night and morning during day 
time. I keep them busy scratching in fit¬ 
ter about one foot deep of straw (whole), 
cut clover hay and cornstalks; feed mash 
once a day, no special time of feeding it, 
keep them free fr^m vermin with a lice 
machine, and have fresh water from the 
well and grit before them all the time. 
I would advise keeping them off the snow 
if possible. I always get plenty of eggs 
every Winter. wm. h. robertson.' 
New York. 
As to hens, we have not found that it 
hurt them to be allowed to run out for a 
short time each day except in the sever¬ 
est weather. Cold and snow do not seem 
to injure our White Cochins—in fact, 
they will lay all the better if they have 
plenty of fresh air. It is very important 
to keep dampness and frost out of the 
poultry house in Winter. In a tightly 
built house, there is more danger from 
dampness than from too low temperature. 
Michigan. h. k. latourette. 
I believe it does not hurt poultry to 
be out if the weather is not too cold, for 
hens need all the exercise possible. If 
possible, a henhouse should be so built 
that there can be a shed built on with the 
south side closed with woven wire for 
scratching purposes; there should be no 
floor in this shed, and on the ground 
there should be fine straw and hay, to 
broadcast fine seeds in, so the hens will 
keep busy scratching. This I have al¬ 
ways found to give the best result, for 
Winter egg profit. Give hens plenty of 
corn and never overfeed, as to keep them 
too fat is worse than not to feed enough 
I do not know much about the culture 
of ducks, but still if hens need exercise 
I don’t see why it would be necessary to 
keep ducks under shelter except by night. 
Wisconsin. g. vv. kastberg. 
Herefords “ Dorsets“ 
A PROMPT BUYER WILL GET A BARGAIN. 
I)R. ARMSTRONG, Lantz Mills, Va. 
ft 1 A SPRING PIGS, Gilts and Service 
II I Ij Boars. Best strains bred from 
^ 1 * 1 w m Registered Stock, pairs not akin. 
Prices reasonable. S. T. Witmer, Union Deposit, 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. 
rfJIJQ Single Comb Whito Leghorn Eggs. Healthy 
bUUO selected stock. Free range. $1 per 15; $4 
per 100. D. F. ARNOLD, Burlington Flats, N. Y. 
RUFF, White Leghorns. Eggs 75c per 15, $1.25 per 30, 
$2 per 60. Clr. free. JOHN A. ltOTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
Cox’s Barred Rocks SJ.’E.V.Sd ttl: 
Ringlet strain, farm raised, satisfaction guaranteed. 
Eggs $1 per 15. <1. W. COX, New Wilmington, Pa. 
Hholce Stock for Sale.—Hocks, Wyandottes, Leghorns. 
U Minorcas, Turkeys, Ducks and Guineas. Also Lice 
Killing Nest Eggs, sample mailed. 5c.; dozen. 60c. 
Agents wanted. Pine Tree Farm, Jamesburg, N. J. 
S, C. While Leghorns 
30; $5 per 100. J. R. WINN, Smith’s Basin, N. Y. 
EGGS for hatching, from Rose Comb Buff Leghorns. 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns and Silver Pencilled 
Wyandottes. A. S. BEEKMAN. South Branch, N.J. 
White Plymouth Rocks ^! t ty i n£n& 
$1 pei 15, $5 per 100. Isaac C. Clark, Penn Yan, N. Y 
DDCn rnn CftftC —Our Barred Rocks lay 256 to 
DnCU run CUUOl 278 eggs a year. Pricelist 
with facts about better methods in Breeding, Hatch¬ 
ing and Feeding free. F. GRUNDY. Morrisonville, Ill 
FOR SALK 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. 
WRIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
(Duston Strain) Eggs, 75 cts. per 15; $4 per 100. 
Grandview Farm, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
WatOF nineo for preserving; eggs. Endorsed 
TlQlGI U1 a OO by agricultural papers. Gallon can, 
$1. Middlesex Chem. Works, Middletown, Ct. 
PLLSWORTH’S Choice White Wyandottes, 15 
EL eggs $2. Henry W. Ellsworth, Portland, Conn. 
UfHITE WYANDOTTES EXCLUSIVELY- 
II HAWKINS AND DUSTIN STRAINS. Eggs $1 
for fifteen. E. L. KING, Minerva, Ohio. 
C P IAI 1 PR 14 PIRN Q Eggs for Hatching. 
Oi lit la i LLUnUnllO $1.50 per 15; $6 per 100 . 
FRED KEYERLEBER, Box 71, Euclid, Ohio. 
Rose Comb W. Leghorns 
Prize Winners at the best shows. Eggs $1 for 15; $3 
for60; $5 for 100. L. C.HILLS, Delaware,Ohio. 
Save time use 
Pratts Vet. Healing Ointment. 
Made by Pratt Food Co., Phila. Over 30 years old. 
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Why not have the very best obtainable? First cost 
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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 toese yards. 
Box 78, WILLOW BROOK FARM, Berlin, Conn. 
WHITE ORPINGTONS, 
BUFF ORPINGTONS, ERMINE FAVEROLLES, 
SALMON FAVEROLLES. 
Send for list of winnings, also copy of "What is a 
Faverolle?” They are free. 
J. H. STMONDS, 
Importer and Breeder, Metuchen, New Jersey. 
IS? ORMIAS 
Incubators 
& Brooders 
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SQUABS 
Bailer, need attention only part of 
time, bring big prices. Raised in one 
month. Money-makers tor poultry- 
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BOOKLET and learn this rich home 
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v CO., 289 Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass. 
SQUABS 
are money-makers. 
Ready for market when 
four weeks old. Breed- 
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Each pair can he sold from 50 to 80 cents. 
Dur Homers produce the finest squabs in 
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HOflER SQUAB COMPANY, 
Dept. M. Lindenhurst, Long Island, N Y. 
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PEKIN DUCKS AND 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
200 April hatched ducks, $150 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 YoikCity.8C pens,2.000 layers. Cut 
of same in Cyphers catalogue. Agent Cyphers in¬ 
cubators, brooders, etc. 
BONNIE BKAE, New Koclielle, N. Y. 
P 
EKIN DUCK EGGS 
FOR HATCHING, PURE WHITE DUCKS 
13 EGGS, $1.25; 26, $2; 100, $6 
John H. Gamber, R. F.D.,No.l Lancaster, Pa. 
Mammoth Pekin Ducks’ Egg 
$1 for 11; $7 per hundred. Also S. C. White Le 
;i tor 11 ; per nunureu. iviso o. kj. n iuw ucg- 
lorns, Aneonas, S.C. Black Minorca, $1 for 15; $5 per 
100. GEO. W. DeRIDDER, Ballston Spa, N. Y. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES EXCLUSIVELY 
Eggs for hatching from good stock, $1 per 13, $5 per 
100. E. FRANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, New York. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from mature birds. We have been 
breeding “Business Leghorns” for 10 years. Send for 
circular and prices. 
-iegno 
Whi 
1U y 
ite & Rice, Yorktown, N. Y. 
90 
var's Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book. 10c. 
Rates free. J. A. BKUGEY.Box 8,Telford.Pa, 
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, Weedsport, N. Y. 
MANOKIN WHITE LEGHORNS SATISFY 
Greatest Err Producers; used exclusively on 
all large egg-farms. Stock and Eggs at Farmers’ 
Prices. K. H. PUSKY, Princess Anne, Md. 
BUSINESS WHITE LEGHORNS 
and unsurpassed in beauty. Errs that Hatch. 
Incubator Chicks 812.50 per lOO 
HILANDALE FARM, Brooklyn, Ohio. R.F.D. 2. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
Van Dresser Strain: Barred Rocks Ringlet Strain, 
$1 for 15. F. H. COOKING-HAM, Cherry Creek. N.Y. 
Cornish Indian Games Both Prizewinners 
and White Wyandottes for 15. Catalogue’ 
W. C. VALENTINE, Huntington. R. F. D..New York. 
V alley View Poultry Farm, Belleville, Pa. Bronze ami Wild 
Turkeys. Leading varieties of Poultry. Prices low. Cat.free. 
LIGHT BRAHMA 
C. GORDON, Box 63, Charleston Four Corners, N. Y. 
EGGS 
85 for 12 ; 810 f*.r 36, from Exhibition Matings. 
82 for 13; 88 for 100 from Laying Matings. 
Guaranteed to hatch. Descriptive Catalog Free. 
ELM POULTRY YARDS 
Box Y. HARTFORD, CONN. 
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