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W'HFC RURAL) NKW-YORKER 
May 27, 
The Henyard. 
FAT AND LAZY HENS. 
Will you tell me what to do for my hens? 
They begin to mope and stand all humped 
up one day and are dead the next morning; 
the skin is very red, so is the flesh, the 
liver is congested and the bowels very loose. 
They are kept (about GO of them) in a run 
100x120 feet. They have dry, well-ventilated 
quarters and are fed oats, wheat, Alfalfa, 
beef scraps and dried bone, plenty of cab¬ 
bage and table scraps. They have no lice. 
Cleveland, O. E. k. 
The trouble which this correspondent has 
is the result of months of overfeeding and 
insufficient exercise. The looseness of the 
bowels is usually the result of feeding too 
much beef scraps, or it may be that the 
scraps are not fit to feed. Frequently the 
beef scraps offered for sale are tainted, so 
that they smell like a bag of fertilizer, but 
a hen will eat them for a while if she is iu 
good condition, without any apparent harm. 
The proper feeding of poultry varies so 
much according to the conditions that it 
is impossible to follow set rules at all times 
and produce good results. As good a gen¬ 
eral rule as can be given is to feed a va¬ 
riety of dry grain in the litter in the morn¬ 
ing; the litter being deep enough to hide 
the grain, so the hens will have to work 
to find it; feed less than half they would 
eat. so that by noon they will still be 
hungry. Then at noon open the dry mash 
hoppers; these should be made so they can 
be closed to keep out hens until you want 
them to have the feed, also to exclude rats 
at night. They will not as a general thing 
eat too much of the dry mash, for a hen 
cannot furnish enough saliva to moisten but 
a little at a time. At night give a full 
feed, all they will eat, of wheat, corn and 
oats, say six quarts to 100 hens. But this 
is only a general rule, which must be va¬ 
ried by circumstances, especially as to 
amount fed. I have a pen of It. I. Bed 
pullets that I have to feed more than double 
the amount of grain given to any other 
pen, and they are quite thin in flesh, too; 
the reason is that they are turning that 
food into eggs, and have been laying splen¬ 
didly all Winter. On the contrary, a pen 
of Wyandotte hens fed half the amount, got 
so exceedingly fat that they, were sold to a 
peddler, one hen weighing 10 pounds, and 
several nine pounds each. These hens put 
the food “on their backs’’ instead of into 
eggs. Being away from home a good deal 
in the Winter, the feeding had to be en¬ 
trusted to a 16-year-old boy, who with the 
best instruction I could give him, was not 
able to feed the hens properly. Consequently 
I have some of the same trouble E. K. men¬ 
tions. It is a bad thing to allow breeding 
hens to get too fat. They are apt to lay 
infertile eggs or eggs that have weak 
germs. A reasonably fat hen will lay bet¬ 
ter than a poor one. A large per cent of 
the yolk is fat, and the hen must supply 
that fat, and it stands to reason that she 
can do it easier if she has a little surplus 
fat in her own tissues. I had once two 
Black Polish hens that laid nearly every 
day from midwinter to late iu the Fall, 
and laid until they were mere skeletons, 
then died. My R. I. Reds have laid the 
fat all out of their tissues, and I am feed¬ 
ing them more corn than any other pen be¬ 
cause they need the fat it contains to put 
into the • eggs. The same feeding would 
ruin other pens of fowls I have. So, as I 
said before, it is impossible to feed cor¬ 
rectly by any set rule. Circumstances and 
conditions govern, and good judgment must 
be used. geo. a. cosgrove. 
EGGS FROM THE GLASS HEN. 
“I notice in a recent issue where you 
talk about keeping eggs in water-glass, that 
you say eggs laid in April, May and June 
are best.” 
We said so and mean it. 
“But why is this?” 
First, because eggs are cheapest in these 
months. As a rule, you would get less for 
them if you put them on the regular mar¬ 
ket, whereas if you can hold them until 
December or January you will save your¬ 
self the price of your expensive eggs. 
“Is that the only reason?” 
No. It has been found that eggs laid 
during these months will naturally keep 
better and are less likely to rot. 
“What do you mean by rotting?” 
Just what we say. Read Bulletin G7 
from the Connecticut Agricultural College 
at Storrs, Conn., and you will find that the 
decomposition of eggs is due to certain bac¬ 
teria. The egg-like milk is one of the 
best substances for these bacteria to work 
in, and they work mightily when they once 
get inside the shell. 
“When do these bacteria get into the 
shell ?” 
Some of them are there before the egg 
is laid and under favorable conditions they 
cause the egg to rot. It is a fact that some 
hens owing to a form of disease deposit 
the bacteria into the egg before they are 
laid, thus the eggs are diseased to begin 
with, and it needs but a little warmth to 
set them going. 
“Supposing the egg to be free when laid 
how do these bacteria get into it?" 
They may pass in through the pores of 
the shell. A thin-shelled egg or one which 
has defects in its shell, as many eggs have, 
gives a better chance for these bacteria 
to get inside. Many eggs are infected soon 
after they are laid. A filthy nest is a 
great source of infection. It is generally 
full of the bacteria and they make the 
most of their opportunity when an egg is 
laid. It is found on investigation that 
eggs laid in April, May and June are less 
likely to contain the bacteria and less likely 
to be attacked by them than eggs laid 
later in the Summer or earlier in the 
Spring. 
“But how do they prove all this?” 
In Connecticut they took a dozen Janu¬ 
ary eggs; in six of them small holes were 
made into which bacteria from a rotten 
egg were introduced. These holes were 
sealed with wax and these infected eggs 
with others that had not been treated were 
put in an incubator at 110 degrees. In 48 
hours those six infected eggs were rotten 
enough to throw at a bad actor, while the 
other six bad no change at all. There can 
be no doubt about this, and we must re¬ 
member that the water-glass cannot kill the 
bacteria or overcome their work; thus we 
must have fresh eggs and eggs that are 
clean if we expect the water-glass to play 
the part of a glass hen. Another thing to 
be remembered is that the water-glass so¬ 
lution must not be out where the sunshine 
will fall directly upon it. Keep the jar 
covered, let it alone and then have the 
pleasure of eating a June egg in January. 
Fumigating Poultry Houses. 
Has anyone tried hydrocyanic acid gas 
for ridding a henhouse of lice, and with 
what success? I cannot see why fumigat¬ 
ing a henhouse with this gas, just as nur¬ 
serymen do trees for ridding of aphis, 
would not be practicable. It certainly 
would be cheaper and less trouble than any 
other way if it will work. Of course care 
would have to be exercised on account of 
its deadly properties, but we have to use 
care with arsenical sprays. h. 
Virginia. 
Several cases have been reported where 
hydrocyanic acid gas was used for fumigat¬ 
ing henhouses. The trouble is to make 
such houses airtight. They are usually 
ventilated. The poisonous gas is very ac¬ 
tive and the house must be perfectly tight 
in order to make this method effective. If 
there are any cracks the gas will escape 
rapidly. 
Mice in Henhouse. 
I notice on page 558, in issue of May 6, 
that M. G. W. is puzzled as to how to get 
rid of mice in his chicken house. A few 
years since I was confronted with almost 
identically the same conditions. I had hens 
and chicks below and a pigeon loft above. 
My pigeon loft was swarming with mice 
(and by the way they will not go in traps 
as long as they can find plenty of food on 
the floor). I dare not allow my cats to go 
in, and I was in a quandary as to how to 
dispose of them. I finally resorted to hot 
water. I took a couple of teakettles full of 
boiling water, and every hole I could find 
along the siding was filled with it, and as 
the water went in I could hear the death 
squeak, and I got rid of them in double 
quick time. c. l. g. b. 
Slingerlands, N. Y. 
I would make a box about four inches 
square and two feet long without ends, 
several of them; take cheese, piecrust or 
fried potatoes and put in them for two 
nights to get well baited; then mix with the 
bait poison and put in, keeping far enough 
from ends so hens cannot reach, and leave 
one night, taking out during day. Repeat 
second night and what rats are not killed 
will leave. w. l. hannah. 
Maine. 
The first of April I sent you a record of 
my flock of hens for the last 16 days of 
March. I am now sending you the record 
from April 1 to 30 : 90 White Leghorns 
laid 1,578 eggs; 30 It. I. Reds, 466; three 
RcmIs were set during the time; 17 Light 
Brahmas, 318, making a total for the 
month of 2,362 eggs, 196-10 dozen. 
Ohio. NELLIE L. HAMMOND. 
CONTAGIOUS ABORTION 
Do you suspect it in your herd? 
The best authorities claim that 
proper disinfecting is the only ef¬ 
fective remedy. And you know, if 
you have ever used it, that the best 
disinfectant for this and all general 
purposes is 
Minor’s Fluid 
“The Yellow Can" 
It is non-poisonous, easily pre¬ 
pared and guaranteed to kill lice, 
ticks and stomach worms; it cures 
mange and scab and prevents hog cholera, etc. 
Your dealer carries MINOR’S FLUID in stock or 
can get it from his jobber. If not, write us direct. 
Get our prices on Dipping Tanks. 
The W. E. Minor Disinfectant Co. 
1554 Columbus Road Cleveland, Ohio 
What’s the use hatching chicks 
if you can’t raise ’em? 
THE INTERNATIONAL SANITARY HOVER is essential to successful 
1 brooding of chickens. It is indispensable to the farmer with a few 
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that today, (Sept. 22) we have the same number living.” 
(Signed) J. It. Halloek, 
Pine Top Poultry Farm, Hartwood, N. Y. 
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Breeders and Exhibitors 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
WHITE PLYMOUTH HOCKS, 
S. C. BLACK ORPINGTONS. 
BABY CHICKS. 
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500 or more, each 12b>c 
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300 or less, each....25c 
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HATCHING EGGS 
Half Price After May 1st. 
S. C. White Leghorns. 
One Setting. 15 eggs $1.00 
Two Settings, 20 eggs.. 1.75 
One hundred eggs. 4.00 
One thousand eggs.35.00 
White Plymouth Rocks 
& S. C. Black Orpingtons 
1 Setting, 15 eggs,$1.25 &$2.50 
100 eggs.$7.00&$14.00 
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EGGS 
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Indispensable on every farm; 
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LAKEHILL FARM 
W. H. THACHKIt. 
Single and Rose Comb W. Leghorns, W. P. Rocks 
and Imp. Pekin Ducks. Cockerels and Ducks of 
both sexes for sale in any quantity from $2 up. 
Chicks, $15 per 100. Ducklings, $25 per 100. Write 
for special prices in large lots. Orders booked for 
early delivery of hatching eggs and day old chicks 
and ducklings. Safe delivery and satisfaction 
guaranteed. CARL W. LLOYD, Mgr., 
Hillside, Westchester County, N. Y. 
C p UUHITE LEGHORNS, Barred Plymouth Rocks, 
Oa wi fl Mammoth White Pekin Ducks, Stock 
hatching eggs, chicks, ducklings. Circular. Est.1004 
Abovo Poultry Farm. Chatham, Morris Co. N. J. 
EMPIRE STATE S. G. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair. Heavy layers; trios. 
$5. Eggs for hatching, $1 for 15, $5 for 100. Cata¬ 
logue free. C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport, N. Y. 
S, G. White Leghorn BABY CHICKS 
$10 per 100 in any quantity. Breeders are vigorous 
yearlings and 2-year-olds. Circular. VANCREST 
POULTRY FARM, Salt Point, Dutchess Co., N.Y. 
Sa?g?WYi S. C, W. LEGHORN 
Breeding Hens at low price to make room. Also 
promising Cockerels cheap in quantities. Also R I. 
Beds. Eggs for hatching. St. Moritz Farm, Ramsey, N.J. 
PULL FTQ-S. C - W LEGHORNS-Booking orders 
' 1 g future delivery. Hatching eggs from 
vigorous birds for prompt '•shipment. Limited 
number choice breeders. Lakewood and Youngs 
strains. SUNNY HILL FARM, Flemington, N. J. 
'W/’YCKOFF-BLANCHARD strains Single-Comb 
11 White Leghorns, $1.25 setting. Heavy laying 
Rose-Corni) Black Minorcas, $1.50 setting. Circular. 
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T>AI5Y CHICKS —Single Comb White Leghorns, 
_ Rose Comb Rhode Island Rods, 9c and 12c each. 
Strong and livable. From vigorous free range stock, 
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DAVIS S. C. REDS 
200 ECC STRAIN Prices reduced after May 1 
EGGS utility, $5.00 per 100; $1.00 per 13. 
- Special Matings, $1.50 per 13; $8.00 per 100. 
Mammoth Hot Water Incubator Chicks, $15.00 per 100 
DAVIS POULTRY FARM, Berlin, Mass. 
Eggs For Hatching-?,).^ JK” 
Indian Runner Ducks. High-class stock- 
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Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Hunn Lake Poultry Farm 
White Wyandotte Chicks, $12 per 100. Eggs.Iaper 100. 
THE FARMER'S FOWL— Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
1 layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
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SPECIAL OFFER— White Rock Eggs. $1 ^ 15; $5 ¥1 100. 
Partridge Cochin' Eggs, $1.25 fk 15; $6.00 ^k 100. 
Partridge Wyandotte Eggs. $1.00 ^k 15; $5.00 %k 100. 
Barred Rock Eggs. $1.25 $ 15; $7.00 'jk 100. 
Fresh eggs from good stock, free range and healthy. 
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Farmers and Poultrymen. 
You must not blame us if occasionally our en¬ 
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Results are showing people all over the country 
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Pfllll TRYMFN~ Don ' tfail t0 secure Stock and 
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BAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS, Marietta, Pa. 
F ine quality orpingtons, black and white. Owens’ 
and Cook’s strains. $2 and $3 per sitting. $10 
per 100. Rev. J. D. GRAHAM Lyonsville, Mass. 
Indian Runner Ducks, $4 per pair, from 260-egg strain. 
Eggs, $1.00 and $2.00 per 12. C. GORDON, Sprakers, N. Y. 
EGGS—U per 15, $2 per 40 of Tlior. Brahma,. Rocks, Wyan¬ 
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WBHJIIT’K WHITE WYANDOTTE WINNERS 
*• — Baby Chix. Juno Hatch. $11 per TOO; $6 per 5) 
GRAND VIEW FARM, - Stanfokdville, N. Y. 
