1912. 
THE EE RAIi NEW-YORKER 
21 
CYPHERS 
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Geo.H.Stahl, 442 Oak St., Quincy, III- 
1877-1912 
The Henyard, 
Hens as a Side Line. 
Our books show that this, our sixth 
year with poultry as a side issue, has 
been our best year. Our stock on hand 
November 1, 1910, was 122 pullets, five 
cockerels and 104 yearlings. We sold 
20 yearlings for breeders December 20, 
and 34 pullets January 4, so the egg 
yield was practically from 172 birds. 
We had a few deaths, six or eight, 
mostly from rupture of the egg organs, 
and we lost about the same number dur¬ 
ing the heat wave. We set incubator 
three times, 1216 eggs; hatched 922 
chicks. These have grown well and 
have had no disease, but figures show a 
loss of 280. We lost 60 in one brood 
by huddling one evening in half as 
many minutes, and probably have eaten 
25 cockerels, the remainder of the loss 
we charge up to accidents, crows, cats 
and hawks. There are no runts or un¬ 
derlings in these large broods. We took 
102 pullets from one of these 8x8 
houses, and every bird was as finely de¬ 
veloped as birds taken from a house 
that had only 50 birds. We attribute 
this fine development and evenness of 
growth in these large broods largely to 
their always having feed before them. 
There are no feeding houses with hun¬ 
dreds of chicks following you about the 
place, and a few bullies getting the best 
and most of the feed. 
As in former years I have done all 
the work after my day’s work as en¬ 
gineer, with the exception of Mrs. 
1 hatcher emptying the pails of grain to 
the layers at 4 p. m., and about an 
hour’s work a day for a month with the 
baby chicks. The following figures are 
taken from our account beginning No¬ 
vember 1. 1910, ending October 31, 1911. 
We have increased our stock hv 24 pul¬ 
lets, of which no credit is given to this 
year’s earnings. Our stock now on hand 
consists of 190 pullets and 60 yearlings: 
Sold Doc. 20. 20 hens. 2 cockerels. . $23.00 
Sold Jan. 4. 34 pullets at $1.50... 51.00 
1.500 hatching eggs at $5 per 100 75.00 
1.843 dozen eggs. 529.91 
50 da.v-old chicks at 15 cents. 7.50 
110 pullets at $1.50. 165.00 
100 hens for breeders at $1. 100.00 
292 broilers . 72.10 
Expenses. 
Feed for layers.$232.70 
Feed for growing stock.... 118.40 
Supplies . 26.38 
$1,023.5T 
377.48 
Profit . $646.03 
No credit is given for 1200 eggs in¬ 
cubated. or for those used in family. 
New Jersey. l. b. thatcher. 
A Balanced Hen Ration. 
What will tho following food mixture 
analyze? Is it properly balanced for hens? 
Two parts Alfalfa meal : two parts wheat 
bran ; one part wheat middlings; one part 
oornmeal : one meal linseed meal; one part 
beef meal: one part granulated bone; one 
part gluten. Chickens to have ample green 
food and grain in addition; M. T. M. 
Berwyn, Md. 
Digestible 
Dpy 
Pro- 
Carb 
matter 
tein 
& fat 
2 
lbs. 
Alfalfa meal... 
1.84 
oo 
.846 
2 
lbs. 
wheat bran. . . . 
1.76 
.244 
.906 
T 
lb. 
middlings. 
.88 
.128 
.607 
i 
lb. 
cornmeal. 
.89 
.079 
.764 
i 
lb. 
linseed meal O.P 
.91 
.293 
.485 
i 
lb. 
beef meal. 
.893 
.662 
.311 
i 
lb. 
granulated bone. 
.74 
.1125 
.184 
i 
lb. 
gluten feed. 
.90 
232 
.699 
8.813 
1.9705 
4.802 
Ratio 1 :2.4. 
This is a very narrow ration, having a 
ratio of only 1 :2.4 while laying hens re- 
ouire a ratio of about 1 :4.2 according to 
the standard. It would therefore be advis¬ 
able to feed plenty of cracked corn, oats 
i and wheat, also green feed such as mangels, 
cabbage and cut clover. When hens are 
laying heavily it would be advisable to 
Increase the beef scrap at least 50 per cent. 
The middlings should also be Increased 100 
per cent. c. s. a. 
Cockerel with Imperfect Tail. 
Is a cockerel with his tail lopped on one 
side ail right to breed from? Will it af¬ 
fect the chickens? b. j. 
New York.. 
No. he is not fit to breed from ; the de¬ 
formity might affect hut part of the chicks 
the first season, hut it would be liable to 
crop out in the descendants more or less, 
for years. T remember breeding from a fine 
male that hnd one slightly crooked toe, and 
that crooked toe showed in the progeny 
for several years, although care was taken 
not to use anything as breeding stock that 
showed that deformity. You cannot use too 
much care in selecting breeders. 
G. A. C. 
Cutting Wing Feathers. 
Does it interfere with a hen’s laying to 
cut her wing off so she cannot fly over 
the fence? c. s. d. 
“Cutting her wing off” would most cer¬ 
tainly stop her laying; hut probably this 
man means only the trimming of the 
feathers of one wing. No. that would not 
interfere with the laying at all. Don’t cut 
off the quills, just trim them close to the 
shaft or quill. g'. a. c. 
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It is warm in winter, cool in summer, sanitary, easily 
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Don’t accept just any Portland cement—ask for Lehigh by name. 
“The Modern Farmer”—a handsomely illustrated instruction 
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LEHIGH PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY 
Dept. A, Allentown, Pa. 
New Rancocas Hovers 
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Will pay freight. 
C. H. BAKER, M OH EG AIM LAKE, N. V. 
MONEYMAKING POULTRY 
Send for free book, full of practical 
nformatlon oil poultry matters. 
Also gives full description of the fa¬ 
mous early maturing, heavy winter 
laying Pittsfield Barred Rocks, now 
united with the great Go well trap- 
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hatching eggs, breeding birds, 
shipped anywhere. 
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VL Book and calendar for 1912 contains 200 
pages. 72 varieties pure bred,62 colored plates. 
Many other illustrations, descriptions. 
Incubators and brooders. Low prices on all 
W stock eggs. How to raise and make hens lay. 
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* B. H. GREIDER, Box 0 8, Rheema, Pa. 
INfl JR A TION~ 0ur hot water custom hatcli- 
111LUDtlliV/11 ing plant was so successful 
last season that we have doubled our capacity, 
which is now over 200,000 eggs. Last year wo had 
to turn away over 1,000 eggs a day for a period of 4 
months, as our Incubator was full. Ovor 80 per 
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Write for prices and information any way 
MAPLE GLKN POULTRY FARM 
Millerton, New York 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or fine granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers of 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est. 184* 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peekskill, N. Y. 
T HE FARMER'S FOWL—Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland, N. Y. 
PRIZE-WINNING STRAINS 
and Dark Brahmas, Single Comb White and Brown 
Leghorns, Barred Rocks, White Wyandottes, ma¬ 
tured Cockerels and yearling Hens from $1.50 up¬ 
ward. Bargain list gratis. F. M. Prescott, Riverdale, N.J. 
Rose Comb Reds-Indian Runner Ducks 
High-class breeders and young stock for show, 
utility and export. May return at my expense if not 
satisfactory. Sinclair Smith, B02 Fifth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
B 
ARRED ROCKS. Runner Ducks, Toulouse Geese. 
Bred-to-lay strains. NELSON'S, Grove City, Pa. 
CDCniAl {BARRED ROCKS AND PARTRIDGE COCHINS 
EUIHI.J Pullets $ 2 . 00 , Cockerels $ 3.00 to $ 5 . 00 . 
AC CCD ] Some good enough for exhibition. 
"I iLil l and ail good utility stock. 
MINCH KILOS., Route 2 , Bridgeton, N. j. 
DADDCn RflPlf Q Exclusively—25 Cockerels, 
UHnnCU nUuIVu Parks’ 200 -egg strain, from 
$3.00 up. Order settings for Spring delivery now 
from J. A. Fausner, 1258 84th St., Brooklyn,N. Y. 
C A T I? Bar. and Buff P. Rock and 
rVAIV W. Wyandotte Cockerel*. 
Strong, vigorous breeders of quality. Also PUL¬ 
LETS. Price reasonable. Inspection solicited. 
DR. S. C. MOYER . . LANSDALE, PA. 
Over Thirty Years* Breeder 
Purebred POULTRY, DUCK and PIGS 
R. T. PATTERSON. NEWTOWN. CONN. 
MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCKS’^? ,£ 
ing and vigor—trio, $6.00; one drake, $4.00; ducks, 
$1.50 apiece. Trio Berkshire Pigs, 12 weeks old, 
$20.00. Cherry Hill Fruit Farm, loboso, Lickino Co., Ohio. 
BLACK ORPINGTONS ££&£&E'JPt "SLS 
Will make excellent breeders and show birds. All 
stock guaranteed. Prices reasonable. 
F. F. ANDREW, Philadelphia, Jeff. Co., N. Y. 
PARTRIDGES I PHEASANTS 
Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, 
Rabbits, Deer, etc., for stocking purposes. Fancy 
Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, Beautiful 
Swans, Ornamental Geese and Ducks, Foxes. 
Squirrels, Ferrets, and all kinds of birds and 
animals. Send four cents for illustrated descriptive 
circulars. WENZ 8 MACKENSEN. Dept. 10, Pheasaniry 
and Game Park, Yardley, Pa. 
Breeding Stock That Is Worth 
TURKEYS, GEESE. DUCKS aod CHICKENS. Epps in seasoo. 
W. R. CARLE, R. F. D. No. 1, Jacobsbtjrg, Ohio. 
0 f| FOBS $i.00—Leading varieties. 62 breeds. Prize I’oul- 
/ U try, .Pigeons, Hares, etc. Book lei free. Large illus. 
trated descriptive Catalog 10c. F. G. WILE, Telford, Pa- 
KEAN’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Extra fine Cockerels ready for service, $3.00 each. 
Pullets, $ 2.00 each. Guaranteed to satisfy tile most 
fastidious. Also Choice Indian Kunner Drakes, 
$2.00 each. E. FRANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, N.Y. 
Snow-White Wyandottes bred ' °to Sh lay! d Cir¬ 
cular free. Goldenkod Farm, Stewartsb wn, Pa. 
White Holland ToriteyrsiS&Ki* 
breeding; hundreds of unsolicited testimonials 
from all parts of U. S. Early orders for best 
prices. H. W. ANDERSON, Stkwartstown, Pa. 
White Holland Turkeys 
Prices low. Mrs. Robt. T. Davis, Tally, Virginia. 
B est white Holland turkeys, white wyandnuocoek 
erels and Toulouse Geese, for sale. Ib ices low for 
quality. K. SCH1EBEK, It FI) a, Bucyms.O. 
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS 
Walnut Hill Stock Farm 
NATHANIEL BACON, Manager Talcott, W. Va. 
URE BRED BRONZE TURKEYS FOR SALE-Prize winners. 
Stamp. Mrs. Harriet Chumbley, Draper, Va. 
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EAST OOHEGflL WUt^‘flta' l ”g 1 ' i ''-ffiinT« < ', U M: 
BREEDING COCKERELS-?;.^'",,™ 
horn youngsters of exceptional vigor from ht-ns of 
excellent egg yields, for utility purposes, at $ 2.00 to 
$5.00 each. Maple Glen Poultry Farm, Millerton, N.Y. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
Hatching Eggs from selected yearling breeders. 
Choice breeding stock at reasonable prices. 250 
acres devoted to Leghorns of exceptional quality 
and vigor. Send for circular. MT. PLEASANT 
FARM, Box Y, Havre de Grace, Md. 
B ABY CHICKS, 12c. each—from free range—Selected 
Single Comb W. Leghorns, in any quantity. 
Sate arrival guaranteed. Circular free. EGGS 
for hatching in any quantity. CHAS. It. STONE, 
Baby Chicken Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN 
Jriie Leghorn type and from the heavy laying 
Sterling strain. 200 grand utility cockerels, some 
good enough to exhibit. 100 two-year old hens. Write 
us. W. STERLING & SONS, Cntchogue, N, Y. 
Cfinn ^ in 6 le 'Combed White Leghorns, Barred 
uUUU Plymouth Rocks, Imperial Pekin Ducks, 
Bronze Turkeys and Guinea Hens at 
right prices. Yearlings, pullets, cocks or cockerels. 
Order at once for best selections. Largest success 
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Agents Cyphers’ Incubators. 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM New Rochelle, N, Y. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
Choice lot Yearling Hens, Early Pullets and Cock¬ 
erels; any quantity ,-it attractive prices: bred-to-lay 
kind. _ SUNNY HILL FARM, Fleminotoii, N. J. 
inn YEARLING white leghorn hens 
IUU and Pullets—White Orpingtons, White Ply 
Rooks, Rhode Island Reds. E. G. TUCKER, 
Jefferson County, Philadelphia, N. Y. 
LIGHT BRAHHAS-^ K M'SSirf% 
J. A. ROBERTS, Malvern, Pa 
W/HITE ORPINGTON COCKERELS, Kollerstrass strain 
"$1.75 each; R.C. B. Minorcas, cockerels, $1.25 each 
Indian Runner Ducks. Geo. Bowdish, Esperance, N. Y 
