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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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MAPES, THE HEN MAN. 
The Feed, Question.— When I asked 
Brothers Cosgrove, Bildad, Zophar and 
Eliphaz what is the matter, after saying 
that my hens did not lay in December, and 
giving a detailed account of the feed and 
care they received, I did it in good faith 
hoping to get some light in a dark place. 
On page 203 Air. Cosgrove frankly ‘‘gives 
it up," while some of the other brothers 
(and sisters) have taken a try at it. The 
burden of such advice seems to be that 
my hens were getting too much corn. By 
going back a few months in The R. N.Y. 
readers may see a letter from Henry 
Turner, who was the greatest "expert" in 
the co-operative experiments made under 
the auspices of the agricultural experiment 
station at Ithaca a. few years ago. His 
500 White Leghorns laid remarkably well 
during the whole Winter. The same man 
failed utterly to get his hens to lay the 
next Winter, until he discarded all other 
grains and began to feed corn or cracked 
corn exclusively, when the egg yield be¬ 
came entirely satisfactory. Bearing this 
in mind, and also the fact that within a 
stone’s throw of some of my hens was a 
Hock belonging to a neighbor who was 
feeding a mash made of cornmeal, in con¬ 
nection with whole corn at night, and get¬ 
ting lots of eggs on the very same days 
that I got none, I can hardly accept this 
as the true solution of the difficulty. 
Varied Advice.— Another says on page 
136 that “3 P. M. is entirely too early to 
take the water away from them,” etc. 
Well, possibly so. But what are you go¬ 
ing to do about it? Have a separate man 
to attend to each flock? It takes over 
an hour to make the rounds of my flocks, 
and it is too dark for them to see to eat 
(or drink) soon after 4 P. M. By starting 
at 3 P. M. in the short days of December 
it is late enough by the time the last of 
the flocks are visited. I doubt if the first 
flocks would drink enough after 3 P. M. 
to pay a man to turn around and make 
the trip over again for the purpose of 
emptying the drinking pans. Another says 
that my hens are too old. That argument 
could hafdly apply to the 500 that are 
pullets of last year’s raising. They laid 
no better than the rest on the days that 
we got no eggs. It may be interesting to 
note that the first flock to reach the 50 
per cent mark early in February was a 
flock of those late June-hatched birds. 
The April and May hatched pullets were 
considerably behind them in getting down 
to business. You see there are some 
peculiar things happening all the time in 
the poultry realm. On page 152 H. S. W.. 
in telling of his success in the A B C of 
the poultry business, ventures to hope that 
the X Y Z will not turn out as my De¬ 
cember experience did. I hope I did not 
rive the impression that I have reached 
the X Y Z of the poultry business. Not 
by any manner of means. I find so much 
yet to be learned that it seems a long way 
to that point, so far as knowledge of the 
business goes. In fact I believe so far as 
exact scientific knowledge of the subject 
is concerned the whole fraternity is still 
in the ABC period. If all who fail 
to get one egg a day in some part of 
December should quit the business, what 
a fearful thinning out there would be! 
Learning by Experience. — Cosgrove 
quotes White as once saying that "A hen 
does not have to lay if she does not want 
to.” Well, I am not going to subscribe to 
that sentiment just yet. I .prefer to be¬ 
lieve that she can be fed and managed so 
that she will have to “lay or bust.” I 
even flatter myself that I have found the 
key, not only to my failure, but also to 
the few successes and many failure? 
throughout the country. Of course I am 
too wise to mention it out loud until an¬ 
other Winter’s arrival, gives me the oppor¬ 
tunity to try the key in the lock of actual 
practice, and see if the rusty bolt can be 
made to work back and forth at the will 
of the operator. 
Dry Feed or Mash*.— Bulletin No. 117 
of the Maine Experiment Station, telling 
of their success in substituting dry ground 
feed in place of a wet mash, is full of 
interest to those concerned in poultry feed¬ 
ing. 1 do not know who should have the 
credit for first discovering the feasability 
of the dry mash method. If he (or she) 
can be discovered a monument should be 
erected to his (or her) memory. The 
Maine Station began the system of feeding 
a dry mash November 1 , 1904, and pro¬ 
nounced it a decided success. Thomas 
Hollis of Concord, Mass., began three 
months earlier, according to the New 
England Farmer, but does not claim to be 
the originator. The writer experimented 
eight or 10 years ago with a dry mash 
kept before them all the time. I fed no 
whole grain at all in connection with it. 
My hens were unaccustomed to such feed¬ 
ing. and they failed to eat enough of the 
dry mash to keep up egg production, so 
that I soon got discouraged with it. The 
plan as now followed is to keep dry 
ground feed at all times where the hens 
can help themselves whenever they wish, 
and supplement this with a partial feed of 
mixed whole grains. For the reason that 
a hen has no teeth, and probably no saliva, 
she will not eat enough of dry mash to 
gorge herself, and will also eat a con¬ 
siderable quantity of whole grains with a 
keen relish. At the Maine Station they 
give a quart of mixed grains, wheat, oats 
and cracked corn, to each 12 hens daily. 
The bens are of the Plymouth Rock breed. 
For Leghorns I judge that a quart to 
each 14 or 15 hens would be sufficient. 
They give half of this at morning and 
half in the middle of the day. Mr. Hollis 
gives the same amount of the mixed grain, 
but gives it all at one feeding in the 
afternoon. The whole idea appeals to me 
so strongly that I have adopted this sys¬ 
tem of feeding, and “burned my bridges 
behind me” by destroying the V-shaped 
troughs in which I have always fed a 
wet mash. If any of you heard a big 
sigh of relief the other day it was prob¬ 
ably the one I gave as I realized that the 
day of emancipation from the wet mash 
had arrived. It does not appear as yet 
that any particular mixture of ground 
feeds is necessary. Probably some are 
better than others. In most cases that have 
come to my notice the same mixture has 
been used that was formerly used for a wet 
mash. Hopper-shaped bins can easily be 
arranged into which a few bushels of dry 
mash can be placed, so that the hens can 
eat from the bottom without waste until 
all is consumed. A quart of mixed grains 
a day to each 12 or 15 hens is equally 
simple. 
Who says that hens cannot be fed by 
rule? Bulletin 117 says: “The whole 
number of eggs laid by the 550 hens dur¬ 
ing the six months from November 1 to 
April 30 was 42,126, an average of 76 per 
bird. It must be borne in mind that these 
birds were not selected, but were the 
whole number of chickens reared last 
year.” o. w. mapes. 
HEN NOTES. 
T have 22 Barred Plymouth Rock pullets 
that began to lay in December; for January 
they laid 260 and for February 412 eggs, 
and at the present time I am getting 10 eggs 
a day. My 1005 record gave me'150 eggs 
for eight months for each hen. c. s. g. 
Wilmington, Vt. 
I have kept for the past 40 years from 
100 to 300 hens especially for eggs: have al¬ 
ways kept them in one flock, and always kept 
them in an open shed; that is, the south side 
of the basement is always wide open. I have 
nearly always fed dry food, and have always 
made the business profitable. I see a good 
many are coming my way except on open shed 
question. f. M. north. 
I am partial to the Barred Rocks, and I 
have kept a record of a pen of eight birds 
for 14 days, ending March 7, and will write 
you the results. The mother and her seven 
pullets laid in the 14 days 98 eggs, the 
mother laying every day in that time, and in 
45 days she has laid 43 eggs and is still 
laying: has laid four eggs in five days since 
the record ended March 7, They are a cross 
between the silver cup winners and the blue 
ribbon winners at the poultry shows. 
Bethel, Conn. J. E. B. 
We sold at wholesale (or rather two cents 
per dozen above) eggs from 630 hens (200 
were pullets. Brown Leghorn) in 1905, to 
the amount of $990. We raised no chickens 
and kept no account of what we used for a 
small family and had but 490 liens January 
I, 1906. I was away from the farm for 
seven months and returned January 1, 1906, 
and disposed of some of the older ones, and 
now have 375. January 1 we were getting 
but few eggs; will give the amount by the 
week since. I fed less mash in the morning, 
fixed up their hath rooms and several places 
to feed them in to make them busy and 
some extra cleaning up. Eggs from January 
1 to March 4: January 7. 120. price 32 cents 
per dozen: January 14, 287, 32 cents; Janu¬ 
ary 21, 433. 25 cents; January 28, 570, 23 
cents; February 4, 771. 22 cents; February 
II, 836, 22 cents; February 18, 857. 22 
cents: February 25, 967, 18 cents; March 4. 
1176, 20 cents per dozen. I have too many 
old liens, as many are from three to five 
years old, and some mixtures among them. 
Virginia. h. s. 
THE PHILADELPHIA 
The BEST ON EARTH. 
Has the Longest Test and Most in Use. Continuous 
Opening from Top to Bottom. The only opening 
Roof made. 
TANKS AND TOWERS, 
Ask for price and catalog. 
E. F. SCHLICHTER, 1910Market St., Phila., Penna. 
MRS. WINSLOW’S 
SOOTHING SYRUP 
1 has been used by Millions of Mothers for their 
children while Teething for over Fifty Years. 1 
i It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays ( 
i all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best ( 
. remedy for diarrhoea. 
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE. 
PISO S CURE FOR 
CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS 
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. 
Use in time. Sold by druggists. 
CONSUMPTION 
TERRIBLE SCALY ECZEMA. 
Eruptions Appeared on Chest, and Face and 
Neck Were All Broken Out—Cured 
by Cutieura. 
“I had an eruption appear on my chest 
and body and extend upwards and down¬ 
wards, so that my neck and face were all 
broken out; also my arms and the lower 
limbs as far as the knees. I at first 
thought it was prickly heat. But soon 
scales or crusts formed where the break¬ 
ing out was. Instead of going to a phy¬ 
sician I purchased a complete treatment 
of the Cutieura Remedies, in which I had 
great faith, and all was satisfactory. A 
year or two later the eruption appeared 
again, only a little lower, but before it 
had time to spread I procured another 
supply of the Cutieura Remedies, and con¬ 
tinued their use until the cure was com¬ 
plete. It is now five years since the last 
attack, and have not seen any signs of a 
return. I have more faith in Cutieura 
Remedies for skin diseases than anything 
I know of. Emma E. Wilson, Liscomb, 
Iowa, Oct. 1. 1905.” 
Dl VUniITU BHfWQ Barred and White, Bred-to- 
rLTIVlUUin nUlmOj lav strains. Eggs, 13 for $1; 
30, $2. DE FOREST WINCHELL, De Ruyter. N. Y. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES EXCLUSIVELY! 
Eggs for Hatching from vigorous stock bred for stan¬ 
dard requirements and heavy laying. Prices $1.50 for 
15; $5 per 100; satisfac. guar. E. F. Kean, Stanley, N.Y. 
D..(( nrninrrtrmc 15 Eggs $1.00; Barred Rock 
BUTT UrpmgTOnS If, F.ggs. 75c.:'White Holland 
Turkeys, 9 Eggs, $2.50; Berkshire Pigs and Collie 
Pups at Farmers’ prices. W. A. Bothers, Lack, Pa. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks.TSaJrLTttaLS ™ 
can buy. Insures you sittings of exceptions’ worth. 
Price 25c. per egg. Address DIXON ACRES, Poul¬ 
try Dept., East Bethany, N. Y. 
BARRED P. ROCKS ’KS-XS 
Write wants. W. T. FOSTER, Woodstown, N. J. 
[JOSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN EGGS 
for hatching that will produce beauties and layers 
at reasonable prices. I. C. Hawkins, Chester. N. Y. 
RARRFn Rnn.k'S Exclusively, Ringlet strain.Eggs 
DAnneU nUOAO, from Prize Winners $1 per 15; 
$3 per 50. J. W. COX, New Wilmington, Pa. 
BUFF. White Leghorn. Eggs 75c perl5. $1.25 per 30. 
$2 per 60. Cir. free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
S. C. White Leghorns. B ?’fi SJtivJtSSi: 
Eggs for Hatching $1 per 15; $4 per 100. 
D. F. ARNOLD, Burlington Flats, N. Y. 
DOSE COMB BROWN LEGHORNS EXCLU- 
* v SIVELY. Heaviest laying strain. Hatching eggs 
$1 per 15; $4per 100. WM. SCHLUER, Jamesport.N.Y. 
CGGS $1 per 15: $2 per 40, from thoroughbred Brah- 
& mas, Rocks, Wyamlottes, Reds, Leghorns; 12 va¬ 
rieties; catalogue. S. K. MOHR, Coopersburg, Pa. 
CINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHOFNS. Eggs for 
Hatching (Knapp & Duston strains), Prizewin¬ 
ners; $1 for 15, $6 per 100. 
8. L. BRIGGS, R. D. No. 1, Syracuse, New York. 
UfHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS Eggs for hatch- 
Mw ing from large size, heavy laying stock that 
are prize winners. Circular free. 
Stonycroft Farms, Thomas Steele, Rome, N.Y. 
PJOSE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS; choice 
■» matings; eggs$3.00 per 13. KINGSLEY FOUL- 
TRY YARDS, Blue Hills Ave., Bloomfield. Conn. 
R IGHT BRAHMAS— Prize stock. A few good 
™ birds. C. GORDON, R. F. I). 1, Sprakers, N. Y. 
U A TP HI NG FflRQ from thoroughbreds, single eornb 
nfllbmnu CUUO White Leghorns, $1 per setting, 
$5 per hundred; Barred Plymouth Rocks, $1.50 set¬ 
ting; $6 per hundred: choice breeding cockerels. CO- 
PIAGUE POULTRY FARM. Dept. R, Copiague.N. Y. 
ETGGS FOR HATCHING— Single Comb Buff 
”■ Leghorn (Wyekoff and Arnold Strains), Eggs 
75c. per 15, $4.00 per 100. Pen of 30 of these birds lay¬ 
ing 527 Eggs in the month of December. 
CHAS. H. DEITELL. Bangall, N. Y. 
1J|#HITE Wyandottes bred for business; 500 layers; 
MM $4 per loo. Mrs. L. S. De Mar, Bryautville, Mass. 
Quality White Wyandottes Layef s inn s r e iec a ted 
Stock Eggs $1.50 per 15; Utility Stock, equally pure 
but not bred for points, $1 per 15. Special prices 
per 100. CLARENCE LEWIS, Lockpoit. N. Y 
DIGEONS PAY BETTER THAN HENS if 
■ managed right. The “if” is a large one. Would 
you know what right management is? Send dime for 
booklet, "The Secret of Profitable Squab Raising.” 
It is full of scientific facts such as you need. 
W. G. TODD. 
East Bridgewater, Mass. 
J A All 1 nO are raised in one month; 
111| A U \ bring big prices. Money 
ffeciyl^UnUO makers forponRrymen, 
Send for our Free Book and learn thisffffl 
t“2)rich industry. Correspondence invited V&y ybf 
Plymouth Rock Squab Co., WArtftri 
Howard St., Melrose, 
CALK OF A CHOICE FLOCK OF ANGORA 
^ GOATS, We have decided to sell our entire 
flock of 50 Extra Fine Angora Breeding Does, ages 1 
to 4 years, are the cream of 5 years careful breeding, 
and are a grand foundation flock of heavy shearers. 
Will make a low price for the bunch. 
WOODS FARM, Bath, N. H. 
REGISTERED ANGORA GOATS.— Pairs or 
*\ trios. REGISTERED RAMBOUILLET RAMS. 
Write for prices and information. 
MELROSE STOCK FARM, Cincinnatus, N. Y. 
DOGS AND HOGS 
for sale, all kinds. Pigeons,Ferrets, Belgian Hares. 
Send 8 cents for 44 page Illustrated Catalogue, 
C. G. LLOYDT, Sayre, Bradford Co., Penna. 
GREIDER’S FINE CATALOGUE 
of Standard bred poultry for 1900, printed in 
beautiful colony contains Fine Chromo, illustrates 
and dcscribos 00 varieties. Clives reasonable prices 
for stock and eggs, tells all about poultry, their 
diseases, lice, etc. Thin book only lO octila. 
B. H. OKEIDE14, KHEEMS, PA. 
MAGNOLIA FARM BARBED P. ROCKS. 
Eggs for Hatching from the best and healthiest of 
fowls. 13 Eggs, $1; 30, $3; 100 Eggs at Less. 
J. F. PERKY, I.ewes, Del. 
FAR HATCHING Prom large early matured 
run HAIunlNO B. P. Rock Pullets, mated 
to two fine Pullet-mating Cockerels of I>. J. Lambert 
strain, $1 per 15 eggs; $5 per 90 eggs. Also Buff 
Wyandotte, Rose Oomb lied and Single Comb 
Orpingtons $1.35 per 15; $0.00 per hundred. 
A. H. KANA6Y, Milroy, Fa. 
Cockerels—A few choice ones left, Bf. & Br. Rocks, 
L. Brahmas, (1. Polish cheap to close out scored stock. 
Eggs $1.25 and $1 per set. P. Ducks, R. Caps, B. Leg;., 
W. Rocks: eirc. free. P. E.Twining, Box 22, Kipton.O. 
Breeders of 
nigh class 
Single and 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
WHITE PEKIN PUCKS , _ 
Rose Comb White Leghorns, White Wyalldottes. Wh. 
and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Imperial Pekin Ducks 
—Winners of 4 Ribbons at Madison Square Garden 
Shows, 1900. and 18 at Dutchess Co. Fair. 1905. Eggs 
from Prize Matings, our best stock, $3 for 15, $15 per 
100. High class fertility stock, specially bred to pro¬ 
duce fertile eggs. $1.50 for 13; $0per 100; all clear eggs 
replaced free if returned express prepaid. Duck eggs, 
$1.25 for 10; $8 per 100 : 80 pens, 2000 layers. Cut of same 
in Cyphers Catalogue, and their authorized agent. 
Bonnie Brae Poultry Farm, New Rochelle. N. Y. 
E GGS—Our famous egg-producing strains of S. C. 
Brown Leghorns and Barred Rocks $1 per 15. 
Hatch Guaranteed, NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
Buff and White Wyandotte Eggs for sale. GO cents 
for 15 eggs, $3.50 for 100 eggs. CHAS. I. MILLER, 
R. F. D. No. 1, Hudson, N. Y. 
Prize Winning: White Wyamlottes and S. C. 
White Leghorns. Eggs at reasonable prices. Write for 
particulars. G.R.Schauber,BoxR,Ballston Lake,N.Y. 
C OLUMBIAN Wyandotte Eggs, $5 for 26. Choice 
cockerels. H. C. KEEN, Ridge St., Newark,N.J. 
PRAOTTCAL WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, 
■ robust birds, excellent layers and prime table 
fowls. Eggs$1.50 per 15; incubator eggs$5 per 100. 
J. T. ANGELL, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., N. Y 
1RY US FOR WINTER LAYERS. 
S. C. R. I. Reds and W. Leghorns. Barred P. Rocks and 
W. Wyandottes. Best pens $1.00 per 13 eggs. Illust. 
circular free. O. L1NDEMARK, Gt. Barrington,Mass. 
WILD and BRONZE TURKEYS. 
Leading varieties of poultry, Prices low. Catalogue 
free. Valley View Poultry Farm, Belleville, Pa. 
ROSE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS, WHITE 
Plymouth Rocks Eggs 15 for $1.00; 50 for $3.00; 100 
for $5.00. L. C. HILLS, Delaware, Ohio. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Eggs for hatching from 500 choice mature birds, bred 
and selected for vigor and egg production. Send for 
our circular and prices. White & Rice, Yorktown.N.Y 
BLUE RIBBON Basket^ 
Barred Plymouth Rocks,) SURE TO GIVE 
White Wyandottes, - A 
White l-egrhorns. J SCJUARE DEAL. 
Eggs. $1.50 per 15; $2.50 per 30. J. HOWARD 
LIPPINCOTT, P. O. Box 3, Moorestown, N. J. 
A few line Rose Comb R. I. Red Cockerels, 
also Eggs at $3.00 for 15. from best, matings, $5.00 per 
100, from utility stock. R. G. CHASE, Geneva, N.Y. 
WRIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOTTE 
Eggs, Dus ton strain direct. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed, $4 per 100. Grand View Farm, Stanfordville, N.Y. 
Maple Villa Poultry Yards—Eggs and stock guaran¬ 
teed. Hamburgs, Leghorns, Andalusians. Minorcas, 
Wyandottes, Rocks, Anconas. W.u.moshkis, SyivauU, r*. 
Poultry Catalogue Free. Reasonable prices. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. Fail-view Farm, Shrewsbury, Pa. 
90 
gYar's Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. GO p. book. 10c. 
Rates free. J. A. BERGEY, Box 8,Telford.Pa 
C OLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES and R. C. R. I. 
Reds. Farm raised. Eggs; Columbian Wv- 
andottes, $2; Reds,$l per 15, 8. K. WINANS. Sun¬ 
set View Farm, Stanfordville, New York. 
I U 1 OfllC Eggs $1.50 for 26. Incubator Eggs $1.00 
per 100. MRS. J. P. HELLINGS, Dover. Del. 
MANOKIN White LEGHORNS SATISFY 
No experiment, bred 12 years for heavy laying, from 
best blood in America. Stock and eggs at farmers’ 
prices. K. B. PUSEY, Princess Anne. Md. 
DUFF ROCKS, stock and eggs from solid Buffs. 100 
*-* premiums last 14 mos. Dr. Coolidge,Warner, X.ll. 
K ENNEY BARRED ROCKS for show or utility. 
Eggs $1 for 13; $.6.00 per 100. Exhibition stock 
$3 for 13. CHAS. K'ENNEY, Danbury, Ct. 
Darrod, Buff and White Rocks, Wyandottes B. &. W 
1J Minorcas and Leghorns, Mammoth Pekin Ducks. 
$3 each, $7.50 for trio. Eggs $2 for 15, $3.75 for 30, $5 
fpr 45. Duck eggs $1.50 for 11, $2.75 tor 22, $5 for 44. 
Edward G. Noonan. Marietta, Lancaster Co., Penna. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair, 1904-05. Trios, $5. Eggs 
for hatching, $1.00 per 15; $5.00 per 100. Catalogue 
free. C. H. ZIMMER, R. D. 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
White Plymouth Rocks 33lS.“ le 8t» t ta 
Eggs from Prize Matings, $2 per 15. Laying matings 
from largo vigorous tested layers, $1 per 15; $5 per 
Hundred. ISAAC C. CLARK, Penn Van, N. Y. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
BARRED ROCKS—Best blood; bred for vigor 
and utility. Free range and eggs of high fertility. 
$1.50 per 15. Grant Davis, Whitehouse, New Jersey. 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM 
OlUi ’SFJ KUMJJS, 
W. Plymouth Rocks}*" 
White Holland TUfiKEYS}* 3 ^^ 
NmW YORK. 
per setting of 15. 
,60 per 30. $6 per 100* 
KGGS from 
Pens headed 
hv 1 st Prize 
WINNERS. _ _ 
Improved Early Canada (90 day) Seed Corn, 50 ears $1. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
50 c. per doz. 
Incubator chicks 10c. each. Stock unsurpassed for 
beauty or business. HILANDALE FARM 
Brooklyn Station, Cleveland, Ohio, Kt. 2. ’ 
