1906 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
335 
WORST FORM OF ECZEMA. 
Black Splotches All Over Face—Affected 
Parts Now Clear as Ever—Cured by 
the Cuticura Remedies. 
“About four years ago I was afflicted 
with black splotches all over my face and 
a few covering my body, which produced 
a severe itching irritation, and which 
caused me a great deal of annoyance and 
suffering, to such an extent that I was 
forced to call in two of the leading phy¬ 
sicians of my town. After a thorough ex¬ 
amination of the dreaded complaint they 
announced it to be skin eczema in its 
worst form. They treated me for the 
same for the length of one year, but the 
treatment did me no good. Finally my 
husband purchased a set of the Cuticura 
Remedies, and after using the contents of 
the first bottle of Cuticura Resolvent in 
connection with the Cuticura Soap and 
Ointments, the breaking out entirely 
stopped. I continued the use of the Cuti¬ 
cura Remedies for six months, and after 
that every splotch was entirely gone and 
the affected parts were left as clear as 
ever. The Cuticura Remedies not only 
cured me of that dreadful disease, eczema, 
but other complicated troubles as well. 
Lizzie E. Sledge, 540 Jones Ave., Selma 
Ala. Oct. 28. 1905.” 
W. L. Douglas 
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THE 
HORSE 
Pf... Qalp 100 W. Wyandottes and W. P. It. 
1UI oalc Eggs $1.50 for 26. Incubator Eggs $4.00 
per 100. MRS. J. P. HELLINGS, Dover, Del. 
S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS 
ing 8 from selected 
Hens. Have been brooding Brown Leghorns for 
>’ oars - Eggs, $1 per 15, or $4 per 100. J. A. 
BUSH, R.F.D. No. 10, Loekport, Niagara Co., N. Y. 
MAPES, THE HEN MAN. 
Indications of Laying. —Is there any sure 
way to tell a laying hen from those of the 
same flock that do not lay by examination 
or by the general appearance of the hen? 
If there is any sure way of telling other 
than using the trap nest (which is a lot 
of trouble) I and perhaps many other readers 
of The R. N.-Y. would be glad to know. The 
reason I am prompted to ask you this ques¬ 
tion is that I have two neighbors who are 
chicken breeders in a small way; they say 
they can tell every hen in a flock that lays 
from these that do not, by examination or 
the looks of the hen; there seems to be a 
secret about It. w. a. s. 
Brandenburg, Pa. 
A hen’s comb is a pretty good indi¬ 
cator of health and vigor. Still many 
hens that have a bright red comb, fully 
developed, do not lay. In case of insuf¬ 
ficient food, this sign would be of little 
use. Self-preservation is the first law of 
nature, and when a laying hen is allowed 
an insufficient supply of food to keep all 
the functions of life in active operation, 
that of egg production, or the perpetua¬ 
tion of the species, is the first to be sus¬ 
pended. Feed a hen just a maintenance 
ration, and she will be as bright and ac¬ 
tive as a laying hen. A flock of hens thus 
fed will fairly deafen one with their sing¬ 
ing every time you go into their pen, and 
it would be an expert indeed who could 
tell from their general appearance that 
they are not laying. A physician, by 
much practice, can judge pretty accu¬ 
rately by an examination of a patient’s 
pulse and tongue what the state of health 
is. So a poultryman who sees his flock 
daily can tell by different signs pretty 
accurately what ones are laying. If con¬ 
firmation is needed, a greased finger in¬ 
serted into the vent a little way will easily 
detect the presence of an egg, after the 
shell has commenced to harden. By the 
time a hen leaves her perch in the morn¬ 
ing the shell will be hard enough to detect 
its presence in this way if the egg is to be 
laid that day. By going over the flock in 
this way two or three successive mornings 
the actual layers can be picked out much 
quicker than by the use of the trap nest. 
Fancy and Utility. —Do “fancy” and 
“utility” conflict? I made my first visit 
to Jesse at Norwich, N. Y., recently, and 
was curious to see how a flock of Leg¬ 
horns that have been pushed for several 
years with a view to getting show birds 
is performing at the egg basket. From 
what I saw it is evident that show birds 
and egg producers may easily he com¬ 
bined. This flock has hundreds of birds 
that will score 94 to 95 points, and a bet¬ 
ter business flock it would be hard to find. 
When I was there March 15 the 850 hens 
were laying over 500 eggs a day, and the 
eggs run very uniformly large and pure 
white. I was so pleased with them that 
I brought 90 dozen home with me and 
filled my three incubators with them in 
order to get new blood into my flock. 
They were shipped by express in ordinary 
30-dozen cases, and made the journey of 
150 miles safely, only two eggs being 
cracked. We have had unusually severe 
weather since, for the latter half of 
March zero and lower for several morn¬ 
ings, but the incubators have warmed up 
to their work all right, though in a cold 
outbuilding in which there is no other fire. 
Practical Drinking Basins. —One can 
usually get some new ideas by keeping 
the eyes open when away from home. 
The drinking basins in use at Norwich 
gave me a new idea. They are long and 
narrow, and are placed on a narrow sheif 
a few inches above the floor. This makes 
them high enough so that litter from the 
floor will not he scratched into them. 
Being narrow and so close to the siding, 
a hen can hardly get a foothold on them 
if she tries. An inch strip nailed to the 
siding, high enough so that the top of 
the pan will just slip under it when it is 
placed on the shelf, prevents it from tip¬ 
ping over should a hen try to alight on 
the pan. These narrow pans are about 
six inches deep, require no cover above 
them to keep the water or milk clean, and 
are easily filled and cleaned. I have since 
put the same idea in practice for cracked 
hone, oyster shells, etc. Narrow open 
boxes, tacked to the siding a few inches 
above the floor, make an ideal receptacle 
for the hens to eat shells, etc., from. 
They should be narrow enough so the 
hens will not be tempted to try to use 
them for nests. They are easily kept 
filled, and one can see at a glance when 
the supply is getting low. o. w. mapes. 
CHOICE S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS. 
Eggs from Prize Winning Females, including 
Boston $1.50 per 13. C. S. COOK, JR., Moreland 
street, Worcester, Mass. 
White Plymouth Rocks 
Eggs from Prize Matings, $2 per 15. Laying matings 
from large vigorous tested layers, $1 per 15; $5 per 
buudred. ISAAC C. CLARK, Penn Van, N. Y. 
Raising Colts.— M. I). Williams, D. V. S., 
asks farmers to give their way of raising a 
colt to one year old. I never wean them 
younger than six months. I have a Morgan 
mare that has a nice colt 10 months old: 
he is with his* mother yet, and he is a fine 
one. I shall wean him soon. I feed his 
mother well ; she looks fine. When they are 
weaned too young they cannot digest their 
food, and they do no good, I learned this 
by practice. a. i. 
Rockford, O, 
FREE TO STOCKMEN! 
Write to-day for free advice on how to put 
your stock in prime condition and make it earn 
more money for you. 
We have the solution to the problem. It is as scien¬ 
tific as astronomy, and as sure in results as the rising and 
setting of the sun. It is found in Green Diamond Sugar 
Feed. Thousands have proved it. You can prove it by 
writing to us. Write to-day. Delays are expensive. 
CHAPIN & CO., 
D. S. Morgan Building, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Fertile eggs, large 
hatches and healthy 
chicks where Pratts 
Poultry Food is fed. 
The original Poultry 
Food of America. 
Breeders of 
high class 
_ _ Single and 
Rose Comb White Leghorns, White Wyandottes. Wh. 
and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Imperial Pekin Ducks 
—Winners of 4 Ribbons at Madison Square Garden 
Shows, 1906. 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; *6per 100; all clear eggs 
replaced free if returned express prepaid. Duck eggs, 
11.25for 10: $8 per 100 : 80 pens,2000layers. Cutof same 
in Cyphers Catalogue, and their authorized agent. 
Ronnie Rrae Poultry Farm, New Rochelle, 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. 
Rllff nrmnoJnnc 15 Eggs $1.00; Barred Rock 
Dull urpingiuns 15 Eggs. 75c. i ‘White Holland 
Turkeys, 9 Eggs, $2.50; Berkshire Pigs and Collie 
Pups at Farmers’ prices. W. A. Bothers, Lack, Pa 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
WHITE PEKIN PUCKSl 
GASOLINE HEAT 
For Brooders. 
Our burners are recommended by FLOYD Q. 
WHITE. They are used all over the United States 
and never a single complaint (A Record Worth 
Something). Price complete $1.65, cash to accom¬ 
pany order. 
OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS 
OMAHA, NEB. 
HEAP CHICKEN FEED 
Made from scrap bones you’d throw 
away—cut it fresh every day with a 
Cruiim Bone Cutter. Get more eggs — rela© better 
bir<l». Write todey for FRER catalogue *nd price. 
WILSON BR08., Box 628> Easton, Pa. 
A LIVE CHICK IN EVERY EGG 
GUARANTEED! 
Our 80-page catalogue "A FEW GOOD THINGS," 
is well worth reading and tells about A Live Chick 
in Kvery Egg Guaranteed! 
Pleasant View Poultry Farm Co. 
Box 3, Hopewell, N. J. 
BLUE RIBBON Basket. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks,! SURE TO GIVE 
White Wyandottes, > A 
White Leghorns. J SQUARE DEAL. 
Eggs. $1.50 per 15; $2.50 per 30. J. HOWARD 
LIPPINCOTT, P. O. Box 3, Moorestown, N. J. 
R ose comb brown leghorn eggs 
for hatching that will produce beauties and layers 
at reasonable pi-ices. I. 0. Hawkins, Chester, N. Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
50c. per doz. S r K;,i y 0 ? e '," t ?S , f|; ( l , n f >c E S 
Incubator chicks 10c. each. Stock unsurpassed for 
boanty or business. HILANDALE FARM, 
Brooklyn Station, Cleveland, Ohio, Rt. 2. 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM B S E Y ® E 
W. Plymouth Rocksl^Lr^^teUVoo- 
White Holland TURKEYS }* 3 «,°„ro% 8et ‘ 
Improved Early Canada (90 day) Seed Corn, 50 ears $1. 
EGGS from 
Pena headed 
by 1st Prize 
WINNERS. 
DOSE COMB BliOWN LEGHORNS EXCLU- 
1V SIVKL.Y. Heaviest laying strain. Hatching eggs 
$1 per 15; $4 per 100. WM. SCHLUER, Jamesport.N.Y. 
MAGNOLIA FARM BARRED P. ROCKS. 
Eggs for Hatching from the best and healthiest of 
fowls, 13 Eggs, $1; 30, $2; 100 Eggs at Less. 
J. F. PERRY, Lewes, Del. 
E GGS FOR HATCHING— Single Comb Buff 
Leghorn (Wyckoff 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. DEUELL, Bangall, N.Y. 
S INGLE COMB WHITE LEGHOKNS. Eggs for 
Hatching (Knapp ,fc Dustonstrains). Prize Win¬ 
ners; $1 for 15, $6 per 100. 
S. L. BRIGGS, it. D. No. 1, Syracuse. New York. 
SQUABS 
are raised in one month;.: i 
bring big prices. Moneyed 
makers for poultrymen, 
farmers, women. _ 
Send for our Free Book and learn thisdWJ 
rich industry. Correspondence invitedjffflJ^y 
^HvPlymouth Rock Squab Co., T“7d\TA 
i y&^335 Howard St., Melrose, Mass.y^ 
BIG MONEY IN SQUABS 
BREEDERS FOR SALE. 
Address GENESEE SQUAB CO., Le Roy. N. Y. 
R egistered angora goats.— Pairs or 
trios. REGISTERED RAMBOUILLET RAMS. 
Write for prices and information. 
MELROSE STOCK FARM. Cincinnatus, N. Y. 
R OSE COMB BUFF LEGHORNS.—Prize winning 
stock. First at West Haven, 1906, on Cockerel, 
Pullet and Pen. Eggs, 15, $1.50; 30, $2.50. 
SHORELINE POULTRY YARDS, East Haven, Conn. 
Buff and White Wyandotte Eggs for 
for 15 eggs, $3.50 for 100 eggs. CHAS. I. MILLER, 
R. F. D. No. 1, Hudson, N. Y. 
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. 
A few flue Rose Comb It. 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. Duston strain direct. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed, $4 per 100. Grand View Farm, Stanfordville, N.Y. 
QARREn Exclusively, Ringlet strain. Eggs 
DAttntU rVUUNO, from Prize Winners $1 per 15; 
$3 per 50. J. W. COX, New Wilmington, Pa. 
HUFF. White Leghorn. Eggs 75c per 15. $1.25 per 30. 
$2 per 60. Cir. free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
0 P WH tp I pcrhnrnc 300 Selected Breeders. 
Ui Ui if HUB LB5I1UI Mo 1 Bred for heavy laying. 
Eggs for Hatching $1 per 15; $4 per 100. 
D. F. ARNOLD, Burlington Flats, N.Y. 
E GGS $1 per 15: $2 per 40, from thoroughbred Brah¬ 
mas, Rocks, Wyandottes, Reds, Leghorns; 12 va¬ 
rieties; catalogue. S. K. MOHR, Coopersburg, Pa. 
W HITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS Eggs for hatch¬ 
ing from large size, heavy laying stock that 
are prize winners. Circular free. 
Stonycroft Farms, Thomas Steele, Rome, N.Y. 
Cockerels—A few choice ones left, Bf. & Br. Rocks, 
L. Brahmas, G. Polish cheap to close out scored stock. 
Eggs $1.25 and $1 per set. P. Ducks, R. Caps, B. Leg., 
W. Rocks: circ. free. P. E.Twining. Box 22, Kipton, O. 
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. 
W HITE Wyandottes bred for business; 500 layers; 
$4 por 100. Mrs. L. S. I)e Mar, Bryantville, Mass. 
L IGHT BRAHMAS— Prize stock. A few good 
birds. C. GORDON, R. F. D. 1, Sprakers, N. Y. 
W HITE ROCK EGGS FOR HATCHING— 
Fishel and Pratt strains, extra layers, brown eggs, 
$1 per!5; 30 for $1.75. GEO F. STONE,Littleton,Mass. 
R HODE ISLAND REDS, White and Barred Rocks. 
Light Brahmas, White Wyandottes and Leg¬ 
horns, hardy, prolific, farm bred, pure stock. For 
Birds (moderate prices) or “Eggs to Hatch” at 
8c. each. Write WALTER SHERMAN, No. 25 
Boulevard, Newport, R. I. 
‘OUIVO «1IU M IUVO, A-J i. V7vA IV 
rLTMUUIh nUUKb, lay‘strains.' Eggs 
30. $2. DE FOREST WINCHELL, 
legs, 13 for $1; 
De Ruyter. N. Y. 
Var’s Poultry. Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book; 10a 
Rates free. J. A. BERGEY, Box 8, Telford.Pa, 
Maple Villa Poultry Yards—Eggs and stock guaran¬ 
teed. Hamburgs. Leghorns, Andalusians. Minorcas, 
Wyandottes, Rocks, Anconas. w.G.moshek, Sylvania, Pa. 
Poultry Catalogue Free. Reasonable prices. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. Fairview Farm, Shrewsbury, Pa. 
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. 
C OLUMBIAN Wyandotte Eggs, $5 for 26. Choice 
cockerels. H. C. KEEN, Ridge St.,Newark,N.J 
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. 
Prize Winning White Wyandottes and S. C. 
White Leghorns. Eggs at reasonable prices. Write for 
particulars. G.R. Schanber.Box R, Ballston Lake,N.Y. 
PRACTICAL 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 
Darred, Buff and White Rocks, Wyandottes B. &. W 
Minorcas and Leghorns, Mammoth Pekin Ducks. 
$3 each, $7.50 for trio. Eggs $2 for 15, $3.75 for 30, $5 
for 45. Duck eggs $1.50 for 11, $2.75 for 22, $5 for 44. 
Edward G. Noonan. Marietta, Lancaster Co., Penna. 
TRY 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. 
O. L1NDEMARK, Lock Box 93, Gt. Barrington, Mass. 
