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NEW-YORKER 
306 : 
February 1,' 
A WHITE HEN MAN. 
During the year The R. N.-Y. hopes 
to print pictures of its contributors. We 
find that readers take a personal interest 
in the people who stand behind the 
printed words. One of the most prac¬ 
tical and successful poultrymen in the 
country is Floyd Q. White. He is one 
of the men who took an old farm and 
made it pay—without any brass band 
accompaniment. We always welcome 
articles from Mr. White. They are hard 
to get; we have asked him questions 
and had them sent back with the ex¬ 
planation that he did not know and 
didn’t want to have the public see that 
“the question pump was just sucking 
air!” We tried to get a photograph of 
Mr. White, but the picture shown at 
Fig. 42, page 79, is the only one he will 
offer. He sends the following modest 
statement of what he has done: 
“I do not like to comply with your 
request for me to send you material for 
a ‘write-up’ any more than I wanted to 
see my face in The R. N.-Y. It seems 
as though there were better men and 
more interesting careers for your read¬ 
ers than mine. However, I will comply 
briefly: Born in 18G5. Left the farm 
when 19 and worked two years in New 
York City as clerk and salesman, com¬ 
ing home to take the management of the 
home farm, which had not been paying 
expenses for some years. While suc¬ 
cessful on the farm, I yet realized the 
need of better equipment, and went to 
Cornell the first short course they 
offered in 1892. Married in 1893, and 
in 1894 formed the partnership with my 
brother-in-law, James E. Rice, now 
Professor of Poultry Plusbandry in 
Cornell, and sta ted a fruit and poul¬ 
try plant, making a specialty of fresh 
eggs direct to the consumer. For some 
time this was uphill work, as our capi¬ 
tal was very limited, but not for one 
moment did we believe we could fail, 
which perhaps is one of the secrets of 
success.” 
That was written last October. At 
that time we asked Mr. White to tell us 
what he considered the most important 
things in connection with poultry keep¬ 
ing. He sent the following: 
“At no other time of year is good 
feed and care so necessary for results 
as at this season (Fall). It is not 
nature for hens to lay at this time of 
year, and in order to overcome her 
natural tendencies we have to take extra 
pains in feed and care. A man re¬ 
marked the other day that he wanted to 
cut off all the hens’ heads every time 
he paid for a load of feed, and most 
of us should cut off a good many heads 
now, as the high price of feed has made 
it particularly unprofitable to keep poor 
stock of any kind, but what we do keep 
we should endeavor to give the very 
best of feed and housing. All houses 
must be dry and tight on three sides, 
but as yet there have been but few 
nights when the windows or curtains on 
our houses have been shut, and those 
were stormy and would have wet the 
litter inside. It is very necessary to 
have all the fresh air you can in the 
houses when you first shut up the hens, 
as nothing will give them colds quicker 
than their huddling on the perches and 
being heated all night, as they will do 
when frightened by being shut up after 
having free range all Summer. Colds 
are much easier prevented than cured, 
and they sometimes develop into roup. 
Fresh air will not give your hens colds. 
If your houses have board floors they 
must be made tight, and the houses 
banked around with dirt to keep the 
cold wind from coming underneath. It 
is too late now to put in cement floors. 
When feeding it is better to have a little 
feed to carry back with you than to 
take what you think is just enough for 
them, as no one can gauge a chicken’s 
appetite, and no ‘rule of three’ will work 
in feeding a flock of hens. Some 
days our own flock will eat nearly half 
a bushel more than on others. We like 
to feed a hot mash at noon, made of cut 
clover covered with a kettle of boiled 
vegetables, and then meal mixed, and 
fed as hot as you can bear your hand 
in it. If you can get bones and 
butcher’s scraps to cook with the vege¬ 
tables, and will use a little salt and 
pepper, it makes it more palatable, and 
the hens relish it more, and if after all 
your care and feeding your hens don’t 
lay, don’t ask what is the matter, for I 
have had the same trouble at times.” 
FLOYD Q. WHITE. 
WOODEN HOOPS FOR SILOS. 
Would you use wooden hoops made of elm 
strips on Norway pine stave silo, well sea¬ 
soned? Silo is built inside, except one-third 
exposure to the north. What would he the 
difference in price between wooden and iron 
hoops? c. A. 
Jeddo, N. Y. 
If you want a silo that will stand rigid 
and firm, hoops that neither shrink nor 
expand, and a silo that cannot possibly 
collapse when empty as iron-hooped silos 
often do, put on elm hoops made of half¬ 
inch by five inches wide hoops, four lay¬ 
ers, well broken joints, and nailed well 
as each layer is added. If built inside 
the barn as you state, there will be no 
need of protection, save that I would 
give it a heavy outside coat of Fortland 
cement whitewash. The cost of the 
wooden hoops is about $1.25 each. It 
will take about 375 feet board measure 
of elm to make the hoops, about $6 
worth of lumber at our local prices. Two 
good men should make the 10 hoops in 
a day. Iron hoops, threads and turn 
buckles would cost $25 or more. 
That, too, would be a local question. 
A wooden hoop will last as long as the 
inside lining, and will always be in its 
place, always of the same exact size; 
the silo cannot collapse and there is no 
adjusting of hoops, owing to the swelling 
or shrinking of staves. So far as I 
know, everyone who ever built a wooden 
hooped silo was well -pleased with the 
structure. john gould. 
^ This is the 
I MY VEHI¬ 
CLES ARE 
YOURS TO TRY 
DAYS FREE 
6 - —_plan that 
| adopted seven years ae< 
* and it has been satisfai 
tory to both mycustomei 
and myself. In addition t 
that, I guarantee to »av 
you Vi in the cost. I se 
my SPLIT HICI 
ORY VEHICLE 
direct from my fai 
tory to the use 
There is no middli 
man’s profit b 
tween us—no agei 
between you an 
me. My gooc 
One 'Mfl I are backed u 
hundred 4 V F . NXNSsSmv D Y- 
thousand AR )m big ca 
SpIltHiekory MS riagefa< 
Vehicles in use Mli toriec 
*» 5 ve . r . the is 1/V Cine 
United States. A 
Thousands of cus- . 
tomers everywhere who 
say they saved money In 
dealing with me. Writs 
tor my FREE 182-page Cat¬ 
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get it. Runabouts, Driving ' 
Wagons Top Buggies, Automobile 
Seat Driving Wagons and Two-ln 
One Top Buggies, Carriages, 
Surreys, Spring Wagons and_ 
Harness, all at prices guaranteed tosavevou 
from 8336 to 50%. 9 
Address me personally—write today. 
Catalogue will come, postage paid, 
1 by return mall. 
Address—H. C. PHELPS, Pres. 
The Ohio Carriage Mlg. Company 
Station 290 
Columbus, Ohio 
Be sure and address 
all mail to head¬ 
quarters— 
Columbus, 
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Dandy Hay Knife 
Best Hay Knife made. Combination hand 
and foot power. With it one man can do 
the work of two men using any other knife, 
thus saving one day’s wages. Can be used 
for cutting sod from ditches. Ely’s Hay 
Knife has many advantages over other kinds. 
For sale by dealers. Look for the nama 
i “Ely’s Dandy” on blade. Write for catalogue. 
vjU. THEO. J. ELY MFG. CO. 
\ Dept. D. Girard, Pa. 
CPCC' FEEDERS HAND 
I II II n n n M with analysis 
llkla □ U U K ta,lles and val 
unble informa¬ 
tion about Ajax Flakes, the wonderful dairy feed. 
CHAPIN A. CO., Inc. _-_ Buffalo, N. Y. 
You Must Know 
More About Si/OS 
because either now or some other day you will decide 
to adopt tills greatest of all money-making farm econ¬ 
omizers. Send In your name at once and get our new, 
complete Book on siloing and thoroughly post your¬ 
self on this Interesting sub¬ 
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tell. you how and why the 
LANSING SILO 
is the oneSiloforevery farmer 
but how to put up a silo, how 
to lay a foundation; kind of 
lumber to use. Shows pictures 
of sllo-farms and letters from 
successful Silolsts. Name on 
a postal gets this Free Book. 
THE SEVERANCE TANK 
A SILO COMPANY 
Dept. L, Lanalng, Mich. 
SILOS 
You need a Green Mountain Bilo 
So write For Special Offer 
For Early Orders 
Low Prices if ordered NOW. 
Creamery Package Mfg. Co., 
220 WETS STREET. RUTLAND. VT 
BIGGER PROFITS 
Cook the food yon feed yonr horses, cattle, pigs and 
poultry and the result will he increased 
ness. It’s cheaper than feeding raw foo 
§ r< 
. 
M 
Farmers’Favorite 
Feed Cooker and Boiler 
is all that*s required. This is the 
best cooker made, inexpensive, 
economical, and it • ill 1 ist a 
long while, can he used for 
many purposes. Write for illus- 
tnted descriptive circular a,.d 
prices. 
LEWIS MFG. CO., BOX C , CORTLAND, H. Y. 
COOK YOUR FEED and SAVB 
Half the Cost—with the 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Dumping Caldron. Empties its 
kettle in one minute. The simplest 
and best arrangement for cooking 
food for stock. Also make Dairy and 
Laundry Stoves, Water and Steam 
Jacket Kettles, Hog Scaldera, Cal* 
drons, etc. aa- Send for circulars. 
D. K. SHERRY & 00.. Batavia, III 
CHAIN HANGING 
CATTLE STANCHION 
The Most Practical 
CATTLE FASTENER 
ever invented. 
Manufactured and for 
sale by 
O. H. ROBKRTSON, 
Forestville, Conn. 
CHAIN 
HANGING 
I. B. Calvin, Vice-Pres¬ 
ident, State Dairy Asso¬ 
ciation, Kewanno, Ind., 
says; 
“I think them 
PERFECT.” 
Send for BOOKLET. 
W. B. CRUMB, 
73 Main Street. 
Forestville, Conn. 
DR .WEAHE’S 
HEAVE REMEDY 
That heaves can be cured has been 
proven in thousands of cases where 
Dr. Weare’s Heave Remedy has been 
used according to directions and the 
horse has been restored to health. 
Hundreds of cases of long standing 
where the horse has been practically 
worthless are recorded as almost cured. 
5-pound package Dr. Weare’s Heavo 
Remedy sent prepaid anywhere, $3. 
Enough to cure any ordinary case. 
GEO. G. MULLINER k CO., Fairport, N. Y. 
Free Veterinary Book 
Infallible guide. Makes every man 
his own horse doctor. Postage 2c. 
Tuttle’s Elixir 
Insuree sound horses. Curesspllnt, 
curb, spavin, etc. *100 reward 
for failure where cure Is possible. 
TUTTLE'S ELIXIR CO.. 
30 Beverly St., Boston, Mess. 
Jieware of all blisters: they £tv4 
only temporary relief, if any. 
NEWTON'S Heave and Cough Cove 
A VETERINARY SPECIFIC. 
IB years sale. One to two can* 
, trill cure Heaves. $1.00 per 
can. Of dealers, or express 
prepaid. Send for booklet. 
ThekewtonIteiiied7Co.,Tole<le,0, 
Death the Stomach 
Worms Guaranteed 
We will Bend you 100 lbs. of DR. 
HOLLAND’S MEDICATED STOC K 
BALT on 60 days’ trial freight 
prepaid. If you derive no benefit, 
It costa you nothing; if you do, it 
costs you $5.00. Give us your or¬ 
der at once. 
The HOLLAND STOCK REMEDY 
COMPANY, Wellington, Ohio. 
You Can’t Cut Out 
A BOG SPAVIN or 
THOROUGHPIN. but 
^JJSORBINE 
will clean them off, and you work the 
horse same time. Does not blister or 
remove the hair. Will tell you more if 
you write. g2.00 per bottle, delivered. 
Book 4-C free. 
ABSORBINE, ,TR., for mankind, 
gl.UObottle. Cures Varicose Veins, Vari¬ 
cocele, Hydrocele, Ruptured Muscles or 
Ligaments.Enlarged Glands, Allays Pain. 
Genuine mfd. only by 
W. F,YOUNG, P.D.F. 88 Monmouth St .Springfield,Mass 
TOXALINE 
A CERTAIN REMEDY 
For Stomach and Lung Worms 
Quart Can, $1.50; for 35 to 30 Animals, 
Catalogue of Stockmen’s Supplies free. 
Cyril Francklyn, 73 Beaver St., New York City 
GASOLINE 
ENGINES, 
HALF PRICE 
We have a 
special half 
price on a four 
horse power 
gasoline en¬ 
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All sizes. 
C. H. A. DISINCER A 
Wright.vllle, Pa. 
Ajmna que SawOutfit 
A complete combination circular and drag 
saw outfit, mounted with OUT 
famous 6 H. P. 
Ahenaque 
Gasoline Engine 
Most convenient and practical sawing device; 
most handy and dependable engine- Gives no trouble In starting i n coldest weather. Engine can be used 
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5 HP 
Engine 
STEEL PLOWS 
These 
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THE 
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OF A 
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PLOW 
MAKER 
THE 
LOVEJOY 
COMPANY 
700 Foundry St., 
Cambridge, N. Y. 
