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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
HENS EATING THEIR EGGS. 
My Leghorn hens lay bushels of eggs, 
then turn around and eats half of them. 
Is there any way of preventing such de¬ 
struction of eggs? Will Mapes, the hen 
man, or anyone else that knows inform me 
through The R. N.-Y. ? n. d. 
Sabula, la. 
We have had a bad attack of egg 
eating in one pen this Spring. The 
hens got so bad at one time that they 
would hang around the nest waiting for 
the egg to be laid. We found by obser¬ 
vation that there were several ring¬ 
leaders worse at the trick than the 
others. They were caught and taken 
out. We began feeding meat and made 
the hens work for their grain by scat¬ 
tering it in the litter. As soon as pos¬ 
sible we got the hens outdoors. A dark 
nest was fitted up and the eggs were 
taken up frequently. In this way we 
now get most of the eggs. The habit 
seems to be started by one or two par¬ 
ticularly mean hens. It spreads by idle¬ 
ness and lack of meat, grit and green 
food. If you can catch the ringleaders 
at it the best thing is to kill them at 
once. Some people cut off the end of 
the hen’s bill—enough to make it sore. 
Others stuff an egg with some bad dose 
that will sicken the hens. There may 
be better methods than death and a dark 
nest, but we have not found them. 
METAL COLLARS FOR HORSES. 
I have used metal horse collars now 
for over four years and am well pleased 
with them. I was troubled with my 
horses having sore shoulders and necks 
with the leather collar and sweat pads. 
This drove me to get the steel collar. 
The first Spring after I got the steel 
collar I broke more ground than I had 
usually done, and the same year the 
ground was in a very bad shape, and 
was hard lugging for a team. My teams 
have had no sore or galled shoulders 
since I used the metal collar. They 
are much handier; they keep the shoul¬ 
der dry, while a pad keeps the shoulder 
damp and tender. They are adjustable, 
and they are as cheap as others. They 
must be made to fit close to the neck, 
and as they are adjustable you are able 
to fit them just right. w. c. l. 
Claypool, Ind. 
I have used the hameless metal horse 
collars over six years, and I think I 
know the value of the steel collars oyer 
the old style. I have used all kinds, 
kip, horse leather, calf and Irish col¬ 
lars. I consider the steel collar superior 
to all these named above. The steel will 
not make sore shoulders but will cure 
this trouble. I have done heavy work 
with them, hauling, spiling, teaming and 
all kinds of work on the farm. When 
properly fitted they are the best collar 
for the horse, because they will not gall 
the shoulders; they are easier handled 
than any other collar; they save the 
cost of hames, and are the cheapest 
collar because they will not wear out. 
Mars, Pa. __ j. c . 
WHY NOT MORE SHEEP? 
The following extract from Goodall’s 
Farmer is sound and sensible: 
Probably the main reason more farmers 
do not keep sheep is because they do not 
understand them. You ask them why, and 
one will say sheep will not pay on high- 
priced land; another will say cattle and 
hogs will make more profit; another, they 
require too much fencing, and still another 
will aver that they are too much bother. 
Are all these objections well grounded? 
Ask the man who has been raising sheep 
for the last five years. He will tell you 
that sheep will yield as good if not better 
profit than any other class of live stock, 
considering the expense one is to in getting 
started and for care. 
Sheep bring in profits from two sources 
—namely, lambs and wool. Not only are 
they valuable in that way, but there is no 
other class of live stock that will return 
shell a large amount of fertility to the soil. 
They have fitly been termed “the golden 
hoof that enriches the soil.” As to the 
high-priced land proposition, if they did not 
pay it is not probable they would bo kept 
continuously on some of tlie highest-priced 
farms in England. Of course it is hard to 
make a farmer in the corn belt, with land 
at $100 or more per acre, believe this, for 
he has grown up to the idea of raising corn 
and feeding cattle. 
While the profits from sheep raising 
are not always constant and will at times 
cease to be a profit, the same is true with 
other classes of live stock. At present the 
prices of sheep and lambs on our markets 
are not as good as they were a few months 
ago, but the man who is in the business to 
stay will undoubtedly see better conditions 
in the not far distant future. High prices 
for feed are somewhat of a handicap to 
feeders of all kinds of live stock, and this 
may be one of the years when the profits 
are not so big. But it is the man who 
keeps at it who makes the money. Good 
management will count for as much if not 
more with the flock as with the herd of 
cattle or drove of hogs. The flocks that do 
not pay are the neglected ones—the ones 
kept by men who do not understand sheep. 
With the least trouble of any farm stock, 
the sheep with its two-fold source of income 
will build up the depleted farm and make 
the productive one grow bigger crops. 
“Why did you sell your auto?” “Cost 
too much for repairs.” “Wasn’t it a 
good machine?” “First rate. Never got 
out of order. But I had to pay for re¬ 
pairing the people it ran over.”—Phila¬ 
delphia Ledger. 
WIDE TIRES 
For Farm Wagons 
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No ono thing pays better 
In actual dollars and cents 
than wide tiro wheels for 
farm wagons. Increase 
carrying capacity of wagon 
more than half with same 
horse power. Last a lifetime _ 
_without repairs; hence save L . 
money as well as earn it Wo 
furnish wide tiro steel wheels any 
size to tit any axle ; a set will make 
your old wagon as good as new. =L.= 
Write for free catalogue telling about 
wide tiro wagons and how they pay. —-= 
” EMPIRE MFG. CO., Box 70 X. Quincy, ill. Vi 
The WAGON to BUY 
Properly con¬ 
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Box 17 Geneva, Ohio. 
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Cleveland, Ohio. 
COIL SPRING FENCE 
Made of high carbon Steel Wire 
Horse-high, Bull-strong, Chlck- 
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Box 230 MUNCIE, IND. 
The Name of JONES 
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Box 263 Winchester, Indiana 
fair price, and just 
treatment from me. I 
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dared to fight the 
scale trust. I was 
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scales on trial to the 
farmer.and I am to¬ 
day seUing (as I 
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proves to be exact¬ 
ly as represent¬ 
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a chance to sell you, 
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all kinds. You can 
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