1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
889 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
Your Thanksgiving number is a grand one. 
Long live The R. N.-Y., for it is the best 
paper on earth! Selah ! w. h. s. 
New Jersey. 
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Thanksgiving Number. We have select¬ 
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to it because it shows that The R. N.-Y. 
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A Connecticut subscriber asks what we 
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One more word: This week about our 
new book, “The Farmer’s Garden.” We 
are getting it ready to mail you, the day 
your subscription renewal is received. We 
expect to have them all wrapped 
ready to put on your name and address 
so that it can go to you the day we re¬ 
ceive your renewal. We also want to ask 
you to send renewal as early in Decem¬ 
ber as possible. The last of the month 
is always a busy time, and the early 
renewal will save delays and errors. 
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neighbors about the new book as well as 
The R. N.-Y. If you send his name and 
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Garden,” and for your trouble we will 
send you something that will please you 
Try it and see. 
Another “Freemartin.” —On page 819 
under the bead of freemartins, several cases 
of the breeding or barren cases of twin calves 
are mentioned. I have an Alderney cow that 
gave birth to twin calves seven years ago, 
one being made and the other female. The 
male was sold for veal, the heifer raised. 
She had a calf when two years of age, and 
every year since. The sire was Holstein, 
consequently this cow is half Alderney and 
Half Holstein. She never bore twins, but 
good vigorous calves. This is the only case 
I can vouch for. h. e. b. 
New Paltz, N. Y. 
Safety and Ease 
and comfort in shaving 
are found only in the 
soothing lather of the 
old reliable 
WILLIAMS’ t H 8TU 
Sold everywhere Free trial sample 
for2-cent stamp Write for "The 
Shavers Guide and How to Dress 
Correctly.” 
The J. B Williams Co., Glastonbury, Conn. 
CRESCENT 
STOCK FOOD 
Is not intended to be fed alone like grain; 
but in small doses mixed with other feed. 
A tablespoonful is the average dose. It 
is highly concentrated. It is a high grade 
condition powder and more, it makes the 
food taste better and improves the appe¬ 
tite. It stimulates the the flow of the di" 
gestive juices and aids digestion, thus 
preventing mincing and getting off feed. 
It contains tonics to tone up and strength- 
B en the entire system, laxatives toregxilate 
the bowels, and iron to purify the blood. 
It makes the coat sleek and glossy and 
puts theanimal in the best of health. With¬ 
out good health and unless every organ 
is working right, no animal can do its 
best and do what you keep them for, make 
a profit for you. CRESCENT STOCK 
FOOD will make every animal on your 
farm more thrifty and that means more 
profit for you. Originated and sold by a 
practical stockman who knows from ex¬ 
perience that it is way ahead of all others. 
If your dealer won’t supply you, 1 will- 
Send to-day for free sample and prices. 
Charles Buchan, 
STANLEY, N. Y. 
■ uu m mm h mct;— 
Healthy Mated Homers, 85e. pair. Pheasants, Pea 
rocks, quail, Ferrets. Standard Poultry, Indian Runner, Mallard 
Ducks, 90c, setting, atamp, FEUD. SUDOW, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
BOURBON RED TURKEYS fete 
write J. P. McJANNETT, Cheshire, K. Y, 
WRIGHT’S 
each 
WHITE WYANDOTTE Choice 
Cockerels. Dustor, Strain. $1 to $1.50 
GRAND VIEW FARM, StanfordviUe, N. Y. 
BLUE RIBBON 
Strain of choice Plymouth Rocks. Fine Barred Pullet- 
bred Cockerels for sale. Also, pairs, trios, and breed¬ 
ing pens. H. C. HAND, Amagansett, N. Y. 
MRS. WINSLOW’S 
SOOTHING SYRUP 
has been used by Millions of Mothers for their 1 
children while Teething for over Fifty Years. < 
It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays ( 
all pain, cures wind colic, and Is the best < 
remedy for diarrhoea. 
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE. 
CONSUMPTION 
STIFF AND SORE 
from head to foot? Can’t work 
today, but tomorrow you can, 
as the Old-Monk-Cure 
R 
St. Jacobs Oil 
will soften and heal the 
muscles while you sleep. 
It Conquers Pain 
Price, 25c. and JOc. 
EGISTERED ANGORA GOATS.—Pairs or 
trios. REGISTERED RAMBOUILLET RAMS. 
Write for prices and information. 
Hi'. Ss’PHf 'It I? A 1? VI f Sn/linnnt 
MELROSE STOCK FARM, 
Cincinnatus, N. Y. 
MALE ANjJ FE- 
M A LE EL K at 
FOR SALE_.. 
The Michigan School for the Deaf, Flint, Michigan. 
Ffl R Q AI C—Choice Scotch Collie Pups and White 
I Ufl OHLL Wyandotte Cockerels. J. H. VANDEN 
BOSCH, Jr., R. D. 7, Auburn, N. Y. 
RADDCn HUFF and WHITE PLYMOUTH 
Ro( , ks . white Wyandottes. White 
Minorcas, Brown Leghorns and Mammoth Pekin 
Ducks, $3.00 each; $7.50 for trio. EDWARD G. 
NOONAN, Marietta, Lancaster County. Penna. 
DARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES. pure blood, for sale; 
1 a few cockerels only. Price reasonable. Address 
J, E. CHRISCADEN, Seneca, Ontario Co., N. Y. 
90 
Avar's Poultry. Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 00 p. book.'lOc 
Ratesfree. J A. HERGKY,Box8,Telford.Pa, 
EMPIRE STATE S. G. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Won two first premiums at New York State Fair,1904. 
Cockerels and pullets, five months old. $1 each. Cata¬ 
logue free. C. H. ZIMMER, R.D.41, Weedsport, N.Y. 
Bronze Turkeys, also White Holland 
Turkeys, Single and Rose Comb Buff 
Orpingtons, R. C. Buff Leghorns, S. C. Brown Leg¬ 
horns, Barred P. Rocks, White Wyandottes and R. C. 
Black Minorcas. D. J. KENEPP, McVeytown. Pa. 
FOR SALE 
n,c Natural 
Incubator 
is the incubator of right air con¬ 
ditions—Natural because it most 
nearly approaches Nature’s way. No poison¬ 
ous gases to stifle chicks. Walls of hard glazed 
compressed paper board, (such as is used for 
car-wheels) making the lightest, strongest, most 
durable incubator in the world. Walls CAN¬ 
NOT WARP, CRACK NOR SPLIT, as all oth¬ 
ers do. Compound heater; perfect regulator; 
no supplied moisture required. 
WE PAY THE FREIGHT 
to all points east of the Mississippi. Don’t buy 
an incubator until you get out Free Catalog. 
Perpetual Hen Co. 
2 t Escher St., 
M&mifac- Incubator* & Brooders, 
tur.r»of Trenton, N.J. 
YERYTH1NG FOR POULTRY. 
Our Catalogue, 228 pages, (8x11) is a valuable 
guide to money-making poultry success. De¬ 
scribes all needed articles. We make them, 
including the new 1906-pattem 
.STANDARD CYPHERS INCUBATOR 
*SoId on 90 Days Trial. Guaranteed to hatch 
More and Healthier Chicks than any other. 
Catalogue free if you mention this paper and send addresses of 
two persons interested in Poultry. Write nearest office. 
CYPHERS INCUBATOR CO., Kansai City or S*a Francisco. * 
Successful 
Incubators 
Tried, proven under all conditions. 
They’ll hatch the most and strong- 
cstch^ksfor y° u . Take no chances. 
Get Successful Incubators and 
Brooders and make failure impossible. Incubator and 
Poultry Catalog Free. Booklet, “Proper Care and Feeding 
Small Chicks,” 10c. 60c poultry paper one year, 10c. 
Pee Moines Incubator Co. Pep 90. Pea Moines, la.. 
A Free Book About 
Incubators 
We issue the best book ever written on 
incubators—written by a man who has 
spent 24 years in perfecting them—by the 
man who made the Racine. It tells facts 
that you must know to get the right incu¬ 
bator. Don’t buy without reading it. for 
the book is free. We Pay the Freight. 
Racine Hatcher Co., Box 87, Racine, WIs. 
Warehouses : Buffalo, Kansas City, St. Paul. 
A doctor always in 
the stable—Pratts 
Veterinary Colic Cure. 
One dose cures— 
you can’t afford to be 
without it. 
N EGG FACTORY 
A i 
must be furnished the proper raw 
materials to keep going to its full 
capacity. HARVEY’S Electric 
Poultry Food will keep your hens busy in 
winter when eggs are high—lots more money 
in winter eggs; you ought to feed for it. 
Write for our free catalogue — tells how. 
Harvey Seed Co., 88 EUIcott St., Buffalo,N.Y. 
D ft 111 
rUUL I If 
(POULTRY LINE —Fencing, Feed,Incu-5 
jbators. Live Stock, Brooders—anything—) 
jit’s our business. Call or let us send you! 
jour Illustrated Catalogue—it’s free for the! 
j asking—it's worth having. , 
iExcelsior Wire & Poultry Supply Co.,< 
I Dep i. i;. 26 & 28 Yesey Street. New York City. ( 
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MAPLE VILLA POULTRY YARDS.-Breeder 
of thoroughbred stock. Barred, Buff and White 
Rocks. R. O. and S C. W., B, and Buff Leghorns; W 
and B. Minorcas; Golden, Silver, Buff and W. Wyan 
dottes; R. C. and S. 0. Blue Andalusians, Hamburgs 
Anconas. W. G. MOSHER, Sylvania, Penna 
SQUABS 
are raised in one month:: f 5 fJPT 
bring big prices. Money 
makers tor poultrymen, 
farmers, women. 
Send for our Frkk Book and learn this 
rich industry. Correspondence invitedffffV 
Plymouth Rock Squab Co., 
335 Howard St., Melrose, Mass. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose, Pa, 
C holceStock forSale.—Rocks, Wyandottes, Leghorns 
Minorcas, Turkeys, Ducks and Guineas. Also Lice 
Killing Nest Eggs, sample mailed. 5c.: dozen. 50c. 
Agents wanted. Pine Tree Farm, Jamesburg, N. J. 
R OSE Comb B. Leghorns exclusively; pure bred 
cockerels at reasonable prices, thrifty and farm 
range. I. C. HAWKINS, Chester, N. Y. 
WINTER POULTRY SCHOOL. 
Rhode Island College of Agriculture and 
Mechanic Arts, 
Only 4 l c hours from New York. Enroll early. 
Course begins January 2,1906. For circulars address 
Pres. K. L. Butterfield, Kingston, R. I. 
PINELAND 
INCUBATORS 
HATCH GREATEST N I'M IS Eli 
OP FINEST CHICKS. 
BROODERS 
HAVENEVEliBEEN EQUALED 
FIDELITY FOOD 
FOR FOWLS AND CHICKS 
Used everywhere by practical poultrymen and 
specialists fanciers with unfailing success Insures 
perfect health and promotes rapid growth, 
Concise Catalogue from 
PINELAND INCUBATOR & BROODER CO., 
Box D.D., Jamesburg, N. J., U. S. A. 
$ I O' 80 For 
I 200 Egg 
SINCUBATOR 
Perfect in construction and 
action. Hatches every fertile 
egg. Write for catalog to-day. 
GEO. H. STAHL, Quincy, III 
Wonderful Hatcher 
You can almost 
count your chick¬ 
ens before they 
hatch if you use the 
“Sure Hatch” 
Incubator 
For every hatch 
able egg will give - . . 
you a healthy chick, just as sure 
as you’re born. Th ecertainty of 
the "Sure Hatch” is what gave this famous 
incubator its name. You can take off 85 
per cent hatches and better every 30 days 
with a “Sure Hatch.” 
And there’s money in chicken raising 
when you get it down to a certainty. When 
you can figure up a profit of $12.00 to $15.00 
per month on each machine you operate. 
We sell our 1906 “Sure Hatches” for 
S7.SO and up on 60 Days’ Trial, Freight 
Fully Prepaid by Us. Take off two trial 
hatches. Count your chicks. You will find 
a chick for every egg except those not hatch- 
able. No other incubator on the market will 
show results like that—comparative tests 
prove it! Write for Free Catalogue. 
SURE HATCH INCUBATOR COMPANY 
Box 444 Clay Center, Neb. Dept. 14 Indianapolis, Ind. 
F YOU WANT EGGS 
Lots of them, feed green bone fresh cut, rich In protein and all other egg elements. Get twice 
the eggs, more fertile eggs, vigorous chicks, earlier biefiers, heavier fowls, bigger profits. 
MANN’S LAT boJe M cutte R 10 Pays Free Trial. N °XT„ e c y e !“ 
Makes bone cutting simple, easy and rapid. Try it and see. Open hopper, automatic feed. Cuts 
all bone with adhering meat and gristle. Never clogs. Don’t buy until you try it. Oat’Ig free. 
F. W. MANN CO., Box IS Milford, Mass, 
