1007. 
T1IE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
199 
When you write advertisers mention Tub 
U. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal." See guarantee. 
MORE 
GGS 
I'usf'n Ktjy 1 'rnrturrr —keens 
hens laying steadily all winter. 
Prices l ie to85o per lb. at dealers. 
Rust's Him Reeortl and valuable 
bookleti free. Write today. 
WILLIAM RUST & SONS. 
Dept, P, Mew Brunswick, H. J. 
GOOD POULTRY FOODS 
are necessary for big poultry profits. 
I larvoy 's (Jut Alfalfa and Out (Hover I lay, 
Poultry and Chick foods of all kinds are 
profit-makers. Send for Free samples 
and catalog of full lineof poultry supplies. 
HARVKY SEED CO. 
7«! Ellicott St., Buffalo, N. Y. 
EATON’S FAMOUS POULTRY FOODS 
CHICK SCRATCH MASH 
LIFE SAVER CLIMAX PERFECTION 
Ask your dealer, or write K. D. Eaton Grain Sc Fkkd Co. 
Norwich, N. Y. Mention this paper. 
Poultry Supplies 
Wo keep everything 
in the Poultry Line 
—Fencing, Feed, In¬ 
cubators, Live Stock, 
Brooders—anything— 
,’s our business. Call or lot us send 
ou our Illustrated Catalog It’s free. 
JSxcelsior Wire & Poultry Supply do., 
Dept. HG, 2G-28 Vesey 8t„ New York. 
WANTED 
WILD RED FOXES. 
Address sportsman. 
The Rural New-Yorker. 
COOK YOUR FOOD and SAVE 
Half the Cost—with the 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Dumplnn Caldron. Empties its 
kettle in one minute. The simplest 
and bust arrangement for cooking 
food for stork. Also make Dairy and 
Laundry Stoves, Water and Steam 
Jacket Kettle*, Hog Scalders, Cal¬ 
drons, etc. or- R„nd for circulars. 
D. It. SPERRY & CO.. Botaviu, 111. 
ICEC 
WORMS 
, are now in season. They are quickly 
eradicated by 
Summers’ 
Worm Powders 
Thirty Yours’ Popularity; Dead Shot 
every time; Largest Sub'. 1-lb. pkg., 
$1.00; 3-lb. pkg., 00c. Of all Druggists or 
CYRIL FRANKLYN, 
72 Beaver Street, New York. 
Illustrated Catalogue or 
Stockmen's Supplies Free. 
THE VALUE OF HEN MANURE. 
Across the road in front of my house 
is a two-acre lot nearly square;about half 
of the north part is occupied by the hen¬ 
houses and yards. For more than 20 
years the grass had been cut for hay, and 
little or nothing in the way of top-dress¬ 
ing put back on it. Naturally the grass 
was pretty well run out. Three years 
ago I had it plowed, and sowed barley 
on the west half, to be cut green for fod¬ 
der, and oats on the east half to ripen 
and use for litter in scratching sheds. I 
scattered the hen manure thinly over the 
lot on top of the plowed ground and har¬ 
rowed it in. I did not have enough to 
cover the entire lot, but we got two big 
loads of barley fodder, and more oats 
when it was cradled and tied into 
bundles than I could put in mycorn house 
which holds 500 bushels of corn. The 
next year again sowed the lot to barley 
and oats as (before with hen manure 
enough nearly to cover it. Result, 
a larger crop than the year before. On 
the part where no hen manure was put 
the oats were about one-half as high 
as the rest of the lot. 
Last year I sowed the lot to oats only, 
cutting half the lot while green, for fod¬ 
der and letting the other half ripen as 
before for scratching shed material. 'I bis 
time I had hen manure enough to cover 
the entire lot, and had a crop it was a 
pleasure to look at . My height is live 
feet nine inches, and in many places the 
oats were so tall that I could bite off the 
heads without bending my head. After 
I had mowed the part that was cured for 
fodder, there was a solid wall of oats 
as high as a man’s shoulder, clear across 
the field. Later heavy rains and wind 
lodged down nearly a third of it. What 
1 want to call attention to is the fact 
that nothing but hen manure had been 
put on this lot; not a pound of commer¬ 
cial fertilizer of any kind was used; and 
yet for three vears it has given a con¬ 
stantly increasing crop of the same kind 
of grain; that is half of the field was 
in oats each year. 
Last year I had part of another lot 
plowed; it was the side and base of a 
hill. Cleaning out the earth floors of 
my henhouses I had three wagon loads 
of dirt, feathers, etc., in which there was 
little, if any, visible hen manure. I had 
that scattered on a strip about 20 feet 
wide and 250 (pet long at the base of the 
hill, and on the rest of the piece, 
about an acre together,—put 200 pounds 
of ground hone. It was harrowed at 
three different times, and July 10 was 
sown with Japanese buckwheat and grass 
seed. All along the base of the hill that 
buckwheat was five feet high, and it all 
lodged down before it was ripe enough 
to cut. On the rest of the piece it 
averaged three to four feet high, and 
nearly all of it stood tip. The old farmer 
who cradled it for me said he had never 
seen such a piece of buckwheat. The 
grass seed “caught” very well where the 
hen stuff was put, but only in a few 
small spots on the rest of the field. Most 
of the buckwheat that was lodged down 
I mowed and put in the hen yards, a 
little at a time, until they had it all 
thrashed out. Estimating this and add¬ 
ing the 25 bushels thrashed out, I should 
say there were 35 bushels on about an 
acre. For five or six years T have used 
hen manure for potatoes, always securing 
a good crop without any other fertilizer. 
The way I use it for potatoes is to plow 
deep furrows, scatter the hen manure 
with a shovel all along the furrows, then 
with a Planet, jr., cultivator shut up as 
narrow as I can get it, run through the 
furrows. This mixes the manure with 
the soil and makes a nice soft bed two or 
three inches lower than the surface, on 
which to drop the seed. After it is 
covered the field is level and smooth. 
With this treatment I get 40 to 50 
bushels on a quarter acre. I do not claim 
that equally good results will follow its 
use on all soils, ft simply shows that 
on my soil the nitrogen of the hen 
manure added to the potash and phos¬ 
phoric' acid now in the soil will pro¬ 
duce good crops. As a top-dressing for 
grass I don’t think anything, except 
nitrate of soda, equals it. Best results 
arc obtained by putting it on the grass 
in Winter, or not later than March. 
In the Fall after potatoes are dug, and 
during a dry spell, 1 go on the potato 
field and sift on to my wagon the light 
dry loam. From one to three load's of 
this sifted loam is put in each henhouse, 
and it makes a fine dust bath for the 
hens all Winter. The top of this loam 
is scraped up and sifted on the droppings 
boards a half inch deep, and the drop¬ 
pings, dirt and all, is cleaned off once 
a week and put in big boxes. The dry 
loam absorbs the moisture and prevents 
the droppings from sticking to the boards 
and when thrown in the boxes it takes 
up most of the ammonia that may be set 
free if the droppings should get wet. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Standard-bred Poultry—Highest quality; lowest 
prices; catalog free. Falrvlew Farm,Shrewsbury, Pa. 
WILD and BRONZE TURKEYS 
Leading varieties of poultry. Prices low. Catalogue 
free. Valley View Poultry Farm, Belleville, Pa. 
THU CHOIOKST OF BREEDING cockerels. Single 
* Comb Whito Leghorns, large healthy.liardy birds. 
GRKYSTONE POULTRY FARM, Enfield, Mass. 
Single Comb Buff Orpington, 
Barred Rock, Rose Comb II. I. lted, Single Comb Red. 
Kggs to hatch. Also Bees for snle at any time. 
Circulars. A. II. KANAGY, Milroy, Pa. 
IOO S. C. BROWN LEGHORN & BARRED ROCK 
ekls., cheap. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
MAMMOTH TOULOUSE Geese and W. Wyandotte 
Iwl ckls. for salo. E. Schleber, It. 2, Bucyrus, O. 
jytArr.K VILLA POULTRY YARDS can nil orders from all varl- 
iT * oMch, AndahudaiiR, ltockg, Wyandotte*, Minoreas, Leghorna, 
Hamburg*, Spanish, Anconns, Javus. \V. G. Mosher,Sylvaula,Pa. 
DAllBUI) ROCK COCKERELS, Ringlet 
Strain, good ones, $1.50 to $2.00 each. Eggs, 
$1.00 pr. 15. J. W. OOX, Now Wilmington, Pa. 
(JI FF, Wh. Leghorns, Kggs 760. per 16, $1.25 per . 10 ; 8. C. It. I. 
D lted Kggs 90c. per 16, $ 1.60 per :> 0 ; Mottled Ancona Kggs, $1.25 
per 16, $2.00 per 30} Clr. free. JOHN A. DOTH, tyiakortowu, Pa. 
GOLDEN ROD POULTRY YARD, fe 
Plymouth Rock Kggs for sale, 75c. sotting of 15; $4.00 
por hundred. Satisfaction guaranteed. HOWARD 
SUTTON, Fairmount, Now Jersey. 
OK 000 Fertile Wh.Wyandotte Kggs, $4 per 
“ 100; selected 16 eggs, $1.50; Baby Chicks 
later. FOREST HILL FARM, Burnwood.New York. 
P<i<4S FOR HATCHING—Giant Bronze Turkey, 
Whito Wyandotte, Rhode Island Rod and Brown 
Leghorn. Write H. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg, Pa. 
pOH SALIC—Eggs for Hatching from thorough- 
1 bred Whito Wyandottes. Prices $1.25 per 15; $5 
per 100. From fancy matings $2.50 per 15, $0.00 por 
50. Address E, FRANKLIN KEAN,Stanley, N. Y. 
Ward’s Lane Poultry Farm, 
Choice White Wyandottes, W. Ply. Rocks and S. C. 
White Leghorn Cockerels for sale. Eggs for hatch¬ 
ing $1.00 por 15, $5.00 per 100. Baby cidcks. 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM 
VV. Plymouth Kecks and W. Holland Turkeys. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Greatest layers on onrth. Hardy, 
Prolific, Farm-bred Birds from tlio 
original Tripp-Mncombor stock for 
salo at modorato prices. 
WALTER FlfKRlVIAN, 
25 Boulevard, Newport, R. I. 
I have also Light Brahmas, White 
Wyandottes and Leghorns, White 
and Barred Rocks. "Eggs to Hatch” 
from all abovo kinds, at 10c. each. 
EGGS FOR HATCHINGo [ < wXww*m.° 
$1.50 for 15. F. ROGERS, U. F. D. 1, Allendale. N. J. 
R C, RHODE ISLAND REDS—Eggs $1.60 to 
• $5.00 per 15. Mating List sent on request; a few 
eockorels left, $2 up. Sinclair Smith, 002 5tli Street. 
Brooklyn, New York. Yards: Southold, New York. 
’ Send for free | 
Catalogue. 
Hatch Chickens by 
Steam with the 
EXCELSIOR INCUBATOR 
Qr WOODEN HEN 
Simple, perfect, self-regulating. 
Hatch every fertile egg. Lowest 
priced first-class hatchers made. 
GKO. U. STAHL, Quincy, Ill. 
STAR 
INCUBATORS 
& BROODERS 
Guaranteed to suit or no sale 
Big hatches and broods prove 
their money-making merits. 
Write for new FREE catalog. 
STAR INCUBATOR CO., 026 
Church St,, Bound Brook, N, J 
“Perfect’ 1 Incubator 
GO Egg Incubators . . . $4.00 
120 •• ... 6.45 
240 *’ - .... 9.25 
The safe way tolniy an incubator is on 
trial. That's the wav the “Perfect” is 
sold. Brooders at equally low prii es. 
Write for 200-;>age free book. 
Tke United Factories Company, Depi. 
V;t 1 Cleveland, Ohio. 
IN P0UL1 
►and INCH 
I lieglnnrm, Export* and Agricultural Ex¬ 
periment Buttons lino and Recommend 
I CYPHERS INCUBATOR* 
Our244 jap© Book, "How To Make 
Money With Poultry," contains inoro 
information than any other. FREE by seml- 
iogatltlresscs of two friends who keep poultry. 
CYPHERS INCUBATOR CO. ( 
Buffalo, New York, Boston. Chicago, Kan bo* 
City, Oakland, Cal., and Ixmdon, Eng. 
100 Egg Incubator $7.75 
THE MARILLA. 
Thegitntest incubator bargain ever offered. Thou¬ 
sands of Marllla incubators in use all giving entire 
Satisfaction, All our Incubators are guaranteed to 
work perfectly and must be as represented or money 
refunded. Bend for free catalog. 
SHOTWELL, TUCKER & McGINN, Skaneateles, N.Y. 
BONNIE BRAE I 
New Rochelle, N. Y.| 
Breeders of strictly high 
class Single and Rose Comb 
Whito Leghorns. White 
Wyandottes, White and 
Barred Plymouth Rocks and Pekin Ducks. Sixty 
live ribbons and two silver cups won at tlio last 
Poughkeepsie, Danbury .Walden and Madison Square 
Garden Shows. Eggs for batching now ready In any 
quantity at $6 to $8 per 100, $1.60 and $2.00 per sitting. 
Eighty per cent, fertility guaranteed. Send for free 
circular. Choice breeding cockerels and PckinDucks 
still on hand in any quantity. Largest,plant In vicin¬ 
ity of NewYork City. Incubators 10,000 eggs capacity. 
EMPIRE STATE S. G. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair, 1004-05. Trios, $5; Eggs 
for hatching, $1 for 15; $5 per 100. Catalogue free. 
C. II. ZIMMER, R. I>. 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
WRIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOTTE 
Egga. Dust on’s direct. $4.50 per 100. Mammoth Pekin Duck 
eggs $l.oo por sitting. Grand View Farm, Stand forvlllo, N. Y 
OKKIDEB’S FINE CATALOGUE 
1907 tolls nil about puro-bred poultry and 
describes And Illustrates 60 varieties. 1 O beauti¬ 
ful natural color plates. Gives reasonable prices 
for stock and oggs; how to euro diseases, kill lice, 
multo money. This valuable book only 10 cents, 
B. H. CREIDER, RHEEMS, PA. 
PARKED, BUFF AND WHITE PLYMOUTH 
ROCKS, Whito Wyandottes, Whito Minoreas, 
White Leghorns, Mammoth Pekin Ducks; $3.1)0 each, 
$7.50 for trio, $12.00 for breeding pen. Catalogue free, 
EDWARD (4. NOONAN. Proprietor Fast Donegal 
Poultry Yards, Marietta, Pennsylvania. 
Uu 
STOCK AND EGGS CHEAP. 
46 varieties Htnndnrd Bred Chickens, Pigeons, 
Ducks and Turkeys. Fine catalog illustrates anti 
tells all about Poultry, feeding, care and our big 
premium offer. Best way to rid poultry of lice, 
etc., only 10c. John E. Heatwole, Harrisonburg. Vs. 
MANOKIN WHITE LEGHORNS SATISFY 
No experiment, bred 12 years from the best laying 
strains in America. Stock ami Kggs at FARMERS’ 
PRICES. R. B. PuSEY, Box 6, Princess Anno, Mil. 
FOR 
HOMER PIGEONS v . 
FIRST-CLASS 
MATED 
Consult your interest before purchasing breeding 
Stock hy writing Win. O. Smith for prices and other 
particulars. WM. O. SMITH, Germantown, N. Y. 
PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUABS 
nro lai-gost and most prolific. Wo wore first; 
our birds and methods revolutionized the 
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“How to Make Money 
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PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB CO. 
335 Howard St. Melrose, Mass. 
THE 
NEW 
that our now application of ] 
fis ' ‘ 
Means 
Naturo’s own method hatches bet 
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METHOD New Method 
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The New Method Ineubator Co., 
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EARLY CHICKS PAY BIG 
Hatched in January, Feb¬ 
ruary and March, they make 
bigprolits. Hatch them In a 
ltANTA INCUBATOR 
Heat uniform, case tight, 
ventilation gives strong 
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40, 60 or 90 Days’ Trial on 
"Old Trusty^’ 
Try chicken raising on the John¬ 
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8-year gunrnntoo. Low price. Old 
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METAL MOTHERS 
Complete fireproof Hatching and 
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will hatch and brood tlio chicks. Our 
nest system Is the latest discovery. 
Full lino poultry supplies. Lowest 
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CYCLE HATCHER CO., 
Box 212, Elmira, v v. 
INELAND 
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Easy-to-run. No worry. BoglnA 
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ON INCUBATORS 
We have something 
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In this space wo can say little concerning our new 
Automatic Buckeye Incubator 
An All Mstal, Firs Proof, Continuous Hatcher 
feet it is operated Without a Thermometer 
Temperature exactly rl gilt without adjusting Regulator. 
Can’t lie overheated. Guaranteed 5 yea Free cat¬ 
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BUCKEYE INCUBATOR CO., Box 23, Springfield, O. 
Racine Incubator 
The great value of the Racine incubator lies in the fact that it can be ope¬ 
rated successfully by anyone, anywhere. Automatic in every way. Big hatch¬ 
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Our remarkable Incubator Book tells about them. It tells facts that you 
need to know to buy wisely—facts you must know to get 
the right incubator. It is written hy the man who devoted 
25 years to perfecting an ideal incubator—the man who 
made the Racine. It tells, too, how to make poultry pay. 
Don’t buy without reading it for the book is free- Address 
R.a.cii\e Hatcher Co., Box 87 .Racine, Wis. 
We have Warehouses at Detroit, Buffalo, Kansas City and St. Paul. 
