1905. 
379 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
WHITE’S POULTRY NOTES. 
Black-head in Turkeys. 
The last two or three years our turkeys 
have hatchet! out finely, but when they get 
well started to feather out they get sick, 
their wings droop down, their heads turn dark 
and they stand around for a day or so and 
then die. The old ones are well and strong, 
and the little ones seem strong and healthy 
until they get well started to feather out. 
Kansasville, Wis. j. c. 
This is without doubt black-head, which 
is a liver disease, and for which no rem¬ 
edy is known. It has driven all our tur¬ 
key raisers out of business here. It is 
said to be the result of inbreeding, but 
whether it is or not it is fatal to the tur¬ 
keys wherever it has a foothold. 
Infection of Hens With Roup. 
Can any of the readers of The It. N.-Y. 
state if pullets will acquire roup by picking 
the legs of a rooster introduced that has evi¬ 
dently partly recovered from the roup? The 
pullets picked his legs as soou as he was put 
in the coop, and they contracted roup in 
about eight days. The rooster finally died 
of the same disease, and my flock was per¬ 
fectly healthy before his Introduction. 
Spruce Creek, Fa. m. s. h. 
'I his question should be answered by 
another. Why did M. S. H. put a male 
partly recovered from roup in a flock of 
healthy hens? Surely not for the purpose 
of breeding, because no poultryman I 
know of would breed from a male that 
has had roup, even if.lie had entirely re¬ 
covered. There is very little known about 
roup, although almost everyone who has 
large flocks of hens has seen more or less 
of it, and until we know more about it 
our course with a roupy hen or cock is to 
the block just as soon as we are sure what 
is the matter with them. Hens will al¬ 
ways pick at another one if sick or scabby, 
and any hen, if sick, or with a sore, 
should be removed at once. 
Sweet Corn for Hens. 
Is sweet corn good for liens? We have 
fed some through the Winter and they have 
not laid satisfactorily. I have been told 
sweet corn was not good for them. We have 
the “Business Hen," but I do not find any¬ 
thing about it there. h. h. p. 
Woedmont, Conn. 
Corn is very .fattening, and sweet corn 
is still more so, and although we have 
never fed it here except in small quantities, 
we do not see why it could not be fed 
with good results if it was balanced up 
with other feeds. We have fed sweet 
corn mixed with other corn without no¬ 
ticing any difference in the egg produc¬ 
tion, but probably did not feed enough 
materially to change the ration. 
FLOYD Q. WHITE. 
USTILAGO AS HEN MEDICINE. 
On page 259 F. C. C. recommends the use 
of “rstilago Maydis” for soft shelled and 
double yolked eggs. Would It correct most 
defects of the shell? lie tells dose, but does 
not give strength of medicine to get. 
Clinton Corners, N. Y. o. d. b. 
Ustilago Maydis can be obtained from 
any druggist in the tincture, or from any 
homeopathic physician in two-grain tab¬ 
lets, the latter being used by dissolving 12 
tablets in one pint of drinking water. 
1 his remedy does not in any way obviate 
the necessity for keeping shells and grit 
before the fowls constantly. It is a medi¬ 
cine only. __ F. c. c. 
DRESSING AND CARING FOR DUCKS 
Can you advise me the best possible way 
to remove feathers and down from ducks 
after killing, and also how to feed and care 
for young ducks? Mine are the Pekin. 
Summit, N. J. j. a. s. 
I have never found the best way to re¬ 
move feathers from ducks, but most of 
the expert pickers pluck off all that can 
readily be removed with the fingers and 
then shave them off with a very sharp 
knife, and it is surprising to the amateur 
duck picker how quickly the expert will 
dress a duckling all ready for market, 
usually requiring from G to 10 minutes, 
while the amateur will be likely to find 
more feathers and down apparently grow¬ 
ing at the end of 20 minutes if he at¬ 
tempts to pluck them all out. Probably 
the best food for young ducks is bread 
crumbs moistened with milk for the first 
few days, but fine cornmeal one part, 
wheat bran two parts, with live per cent 
coarse sand or fine grit will give good 
results, mixed with water not wet enough 
to make it sloppy or sticky, but just so 
it will crumble nicely, and fed five times 
daily for the first two weeks, after which 
four times will answer. A small portion 
of finely ground beef scrap should be 
mixed with the feed the second or third 
day, and gradually increased until io per 
cent is reached by the time they are two 
weeks old. Ducks must have plenty of 
water for drinking and in vessels deep 
enough for them to bury their bills or 
the nostrils will become clogged. 
J. e. s. 
When you write advertisers mention Tiie 
I t. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 14. 
RAISE 
SQUABS,? 
PAYS 
We can start you right. Our plant, the larg- i 
est in America, ships the finest Squabs that I 
reach the New York market, for whi<-h we re¬ 
ceive top prices. Our strain of Homers will do 
as much for you. Better stock cannot be got-, 
ten at any price. Write for free booklet and 
I learn something of this fascinating and renin -1 
| nerative business. ATLANTIC SQUAB CO. 
Box K, Hammonton, N. i, 
White Holland Turkeys 
The kind that come home to roost. Eggs $3 50 m<r 9 
stock after Nov. 1. 
Ji. 0. Y AN WINKLE, Stone Ridge, New York. 
LIGHT BRAHMA Jrforfifteem 88 ’ 
C. GORDON, Box 63, Charleston Four Corners, N. Y. 
Reliable Hatching Eggs, any number. Barred Rocks, 
■I Brown, W. and B. Leghorns, W. and B. Wyan- 
dottes, lt.C. Reds. McCain Co , B., Delaware, N.J. 
Gov’s Ram>H Rnrlrc combine quantity, 
uua & Ddrreu hocks qua ii ty an a utility. 
Kinglet strain, farm raised, satisfaction guaranteed. 
Lggs $1 per 15. J. YV. COX, New Wilmington, Pa. 
EJHODE ISLAND REDS, Light Brahmas. Bar- 
■ » red & White Koeks.White and Silver Wyandot tes; 
hardy, prolific, farm bred, pure stock. For BIRDS, 
moderate prices, or EGGS to HATCH, Gc. each, write 
WALTblR SHERMAN, 25 Boulevard, Newport, It. I. 
S. C. K. I. KEDS, farm raised. Kggs from best hen, 
$1 per fifteen. C. L. TURNER, Beeket, Mass. 
BUFF, White Leghorns. Eggs 75c per 15, $1.25 per 30, 
$2 per 60. (Hr. free. JOHN A. ROTH,Quakertown, Fa. 
PLLSVVOKTH’S Choice White Wyamlottes, 15 
Cm eggs $2. Henry W. Ellsworth, Portland, Conn. 
White Wyandotte Eggs 
ing. Result—every breeder a pure silver white. 1027 
eggs from 70 in March. H. J. Lloyd, Wyalusing, Pa. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES EXCLUSIVELY 
Eggs for hatching from good stock, $1 per 13, $5 per 
1UU. E. FRANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, New York. 
UIHITE YVYANDO 1 TES EXCLUSIVELY - 
H HAWKINS AND DUSTIN STRAINS. Eggs $1 
for fifteen. E. L. KING, Minerva, Ohio. 
YVYANDOTTES, 400 layers, bred for 
W W laying and market qualities for 8 years. Plenty 
of eggs $1.50 per 15; $5 per 100; $45 per 1000. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. E. H. DkMAR, Bryantville, Mass. 
Ualley View Poultry Farm, Bellovllle, Pa. Bronze and Wild 
* Turkeys. Leading varieties of Poultry. Prices low. Cat.free. 
f%ftr.Var’s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
II I? erre L s i etc. Eggs a specialty. CO p. book, 10c. 
W V Rates free. J A. BERGEY, Box 8,Telford,Pa, 
BRED FOR EGGS — Our Barred Rocks 1 ay 256to 
DflCU run CUUO. 278 eggs a year. Pricelist 
with facts about better methods in Breeding. Hatch¬ 
ing and Feeding free. F. GRUNDY. Morrlsonville, 111 
EGGS FOR HATCHING.—S. C. White Leg¬ 
horns a specialty. YVyckoff, Van Dresser Strain. 
Stock large and vigorous, farm raised, free range 
northern grown, disease unknown. $1, 15; $3, 50; $5 
100 eggs. S. Gordon, Dunn Farm, Chazy, New York! 
EGGS for hatching, from Rose Comb Buff Leghorns. 
Rose tomb Brown Leghorns and Silver Pencilled 
Wyandottes. A. S. BEEKMAN. South Branch, N.J. 
Cf 5 ftC Single Comb White Leghorn Eggs. Healthy 
tUHO selected stock. Free range. $1 per 15- $4 
per 100. I). F. ARNOLD, Burlington Flats, N. Y. 
E}GGS for hatching. $1 for fifteen; $1 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; 
Aneonas; Black and White Minorcas. 
Otselic Farms, Whitney’s Point, N. Y. 
Wafpr fil/IQQ for preserving eggs. Endorsed 
IlUiCI Uldoo by agricultural papers. Gallon can 
$1. Middlesex Chem. Works, Middletown, Ct. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
won two first premiums at Now York State Fair, 1904. 
Trios, $5: Eggs. $1 per 15; $5 per 100. Catalogue free. 
ZIMMER BROS.. R. D. 41. Weedsport, N. Y. 
Rose Comb W. Leghorns 
Prize Winners at the best shows. Kggs $1 for l v S 3 
for50; $5 for 100. L. C.H1LLS, Delaware,Ohio 
BUSINESS WHITE LEGHORNS 
and unsurpassed in beauty. Eggs that Hatch. 
Incubator Chicks *12.50 per lOO 
HILANDALE FARM, Brooklyn, Ohio. R.F.D. 2. 
S. C, BROWN LEGHORNS SsSSB: 
ed Hens. Have been breeding Brown Leghorns for 
iourteenyears. Eggs, $1 per 15, or $4 per 100. J. A. 
Bl SH, ii, No. 10, Lockport, Niagara Co., New York. 
A quick poultry fattener 
Pratts Poultry Food. 
Made by Pratt I' oodCo., Pliila. Over 30 years old. 
A POULTRY PAYS 
When 
Pineland Incubators 
When Hatch them 
Pineland Brooders 
-When Rear them 
Fidelity Food Feeds them 
Send for Concise Catalog. 
PINELAND INCUBATOR AND BROODER CO. 
Bax P.D. Jamesburg, N. J. 
THIS IS THE LIMIT. 
A For a 50-Egg Hot Water, 
Self-regulating Incubator. 
Guaranteed to hatch every hatchable egg. 
$3 for 50-chick brooder. Only $ 7.50 
for complete outfit. 30 days 9 
trial, bend for FREE catalogue. 
Buckeye Incubator Co. 
Box 23. Spkingfield, Ohio. 
No agent’s 
profits to pay. 
? I A«80 For ) 
I ™ 200 Egg 
^INCUBATOR 
Perfect in construction and 
action. Hatches every fertile 
egg. Write for catalog to-day. 
OEO. H. STAHL, Quincy, III 
F pntrin I 10‘ht complete Incubator or Brooder 
Uibumu klglll Outfit. $1. Write for description, 
etc. THE TROY ELECTRICAL CO., Troy, N. Y. 
WiAAAMa; 
POULT R Ye^hfe 
“(POULTRY LINE— Fencing, Feed, Incu-j 
jbators. Live Stock, Brooders—anything—J 
, it’s our business. Call or let us send you 5 
,our Illustrated Catalogue—it’s free for the! 
(asking—it's worth having. 
lExcelsior Wire & Poultry Supply Co.,i 
■JDept. H.G. 26 & 28 Vesey Street. New York City.t 
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Orpingtons, Buff, Black, White. 
Why not have the very best obtainable? First cost 
may be a little more, but you get i he 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. 
WHITE ORPINGTONS, 
BUFF ORPINGTONS, ERMINE EAVEROLLES, 
SALMON FAVEROLLES. 
Send for list of winnings, also copy of “What is a 
I averolle!” They are free. 
T J. II. S1MONDS, 
Importer and Breeder, Metuchen, New Jersey. 
PEKIN DUCKS AND 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
April hatched Ducks. $1.50 to $2.50 each. Duck Eggs 
80 cents amt $1.15 for 11; ana $0 and $8 per hundred. 
Leghorns art) the real egg machines. Eggs for hatch¬ 
ings, 80 cents and $1 for thirteen; ami $5 and $0 per 
hundred. Largest plant vicinity New York City, 
8C pens, 2.000 layers. Cut Of same in Cyphers cata¬ 
logue. Agent Cyphers incubators, brooders, etc. 
Correspondence invited. 
BONNIE 11KAK, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
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. 
Imperial Pekin Duck Eggs 
75c. for IO. H. A. BRATTIN, Brazil, Indiana' 
JLf ABLE Villa Poultry Yards. Be sure to place order 
from guaranteed stock. Single and Rose, B. and 
W. Leghorns. B’r’d, Buff and W.Rocks, Golden and W. 
Wyan., Silver Hamburgs, Rose Andalusians. Minor- 
cas,aud Aneonas. W. G. Mosher, Sylvania, Henna. 
S. C. W, LEGHORNS 
FRED KEYERLEBER, Box 71, Euclid, Ohio. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
Van Dresser Strain; Barred Rocks Ringlet Strain, 
$1 for 15. F. H. COOK1NGHAM, Cherry Creek. 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. 
WEIGHT AND STRENGTH 
Is absolutely necessary ina wire fence, to give lasting 
service. The Frost contains these essentials, and 
with the new metal binding, it will last three times 
as long as ordinary wire fence. 
THE FROST WlftE FENCE CO., Cleveland, Ohio. 
When you write advertisers mention Tnu 
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UNION LOCK POULTRY FENCE 
A Fence—Not a Netting 
An unique combination of strength, economy, 
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We make the wire from highest quality ma¬ 
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The cables are two steel wires twisted to- 
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locked where they cross cables by tho patented 
Union Lock." 
I lie mesh, IB x 2 at bottom and gradually 
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rail or bottom boards required, and less than the 
usual number of posts. 
Testimonials prove that Union Lock Fence 
wears better and longer than any other fence or 
netting and is more satisfactory. 
“Is Poultry Raising Profitable The 
Popular Breeds in America Food and 
Feeding of Poultry’’—“Hatching and Raising 
Chicks’’—“ Poultry House*’’— “A Few Sug¬ 
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titles of the chapters in the new and enlarged 
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—it is valuable. We will be pleased to send it to 
you upon request. 
Union 
Fence 
Company 
114 Liberty St., 
New York City. 
Mills at New Haven, Ct.; Dekalb, Ill.; Oakland, Cal. 
Heavy Farm Fencing 
The only heavy woven wire fence made In 
the fuctory ready to stretch. All other heavy 
fences are built In the Held. Patent galvan¬ 
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rust or slip. No twisted, strained wires or 
weak uprights. Easily stretched. Cheapest 
because it lasts a lifetime. Get our free 
catalog. 
The Boley Wire Fence Co., Sandusky, Ohio. 
Union lock 
Willry 
Anting 
PICKETS LOCKED IN CABLES 
Can't slip, but stretches perfectly to fit uneven 
ground. Finemeshes at bottom for little chicks. 
High as you want it, 1 to 7 ft. A poultry fenco 
for all fowls that does not sag. 
Wo «oll direct to Farmer* and Poultryman. 
Prompt Shipments at Factory Prices. 
Mills in Connecticut, Illinois, California. Write 
for catalogue. 
CASE BROS., II Main SI., Colchester, Conn. 
“TRUTH CRUSHED 
to earth shall rise again." So 
will Puge Fence. Heavy trees have 
fallen across Page Fences crushing 
them to the earth,but as soon as the 
weight is removed they spring right 
back to place. Write for evidence. 
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO. 
Box »i>~ Adrian, Mich. 
lf—11 :l '' " What everybody needs 
A Strong Iron Gate 
At Price of Wood. 
Any length made to order. 
We make a specialty of 
FARM AND LAWN FENCING. Agents Wanted. 
We sell at Agents price where we have none. 
Challenge Fence Co., TJnion Deposit, Pa. 
FOR SALE 
STEEL FENCING, 10c per rod, while it lasts. 
Rochester Radiator Co., 2458 State St., Rochester, N.Y 
ANCHOR FENCE 
Built on the most ap¬ 
proved plan, and of 
material that gives 
lasting service Send 
for Catalogue “D.” 
ANCHOR FENCE & MFG. CO , Cleveland , Ohio. 
/yji 
48-in. stock fence per rod only “ s** 
Best high carbon coiled steel spring wire. 
Catalog offences, tools and supplies FREE. 
Buy direct at wholesale. Write today. 
MASON FENCE CO. Box 67, Leesburg, 0. 
Poultry 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, 
For Pleasure and Profit 
SIX BREEDS—the best by test. 
S. C. White Leghorns, White Wy- 
i>i hiulottes, White Plymouth Rocks, 
Black Mmoreas. Light Brahmas. 
Exhibition Matings, $5 for 12; $10 for 36. 
Laying Matings, $2 for 12; $8 for 100. 
ANGORA GOATS gtf&SSinSSof 
c , . Bucks, Does and Kids. 
Selected Does due to kid in April. $15 to $30 each. These Goats are 
easily raised and sold; are affectionate and fine pets. New illustrated catalogue free. 
Elm Poultry Yards 
Y. 
(Established 1888.) 
Hartford, Conn. 
