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Starting in Poultry. 
We have a little place of three acres, 
and would like to start in the chicken 
business right. Where can we get the best 
information for feeding and raising chick¬ 
ens? We are not entirely new in the 
business, as we spent about six years at 
it once before, so the information we are 
after is not just that for beginners, but a 
complete course. Where can we get the 
purebred Barred Rocks of very fine breed, 
something we can bank on? h. d. t. 
Conneaut, O. 
My advice would be to apply to your 
own experiment station at Wooster, and 
to those of other States, such as Cornell 
University, Ithaca, N. Y.; Orono Station, 
Orono, Me.; Storrs Agricultural College, 
Storrs, Conn., asking for such available 
bulletins on poultry culture as they will 
send you, specifying any particular points 
about which you wish information. These, 
with such information as you can gleam 
from good agricultural papers, should en¬ 
able you to acquire the principles of poul¬ 
try feeding and care, to be worked out as 
to' detail under your own conditions. Your 
previous experience of six years should 
enable you to sift out much of the chaff 
from what you read. It should not be 
difficult for you to get in touch with a 
reliable breeder of purebred Plymouth 
Rocks who will sell you stock at reason¬ 
able prices; you will do well to visit some 
breeder in your own vincinity, where you 
can purchase after personal inspection. 
M. B. D. 
Henhouse Plan. 
I am only an amateur at chicken rais¬ 
ing, but am in need of a house this Fall 
and do not know how to proceed. Perhaps 
vou could give me some help along this 
line. I have about 60 hens, but want a 
house to accommodate about one hundred, 
as I expect to increase my flock next year. 
About how much space do you allow for 
a hen (square foot floor space) ? Any in¬ 
formation regarding the mixing of mash 
or scratch beds will also be much appreci¬ 
ated. H. N. R. 
Marietta, Pa. 
Provided that he bears in mind a few 
essentials in poultry house construction, 
there is no reason why one should not con¬ 
sult his own fancy as to details. A suit¬ 
able house for 100 fowls might well be 16 
by 25 feet in size, with the front wall seven 
feet and the rear one five feet in height. 
This would give each fowl four square feet 
of floor space, be sufficiently high for the 
convenience of the caretaker, as deep as 
practicable for a single slope roof without 
interior supports and economical in the use 
of lumber. A single thickness of matched 
boards should be used for the walls,, and 
if they are placed vertically from sill to 
plate, no studding need be used. The roof 
should be tight boarded and covered with 
a good grade of roofing. The floor may be 
of dirt, concrete or boards, the first named 
being the cheapest, and if the ground is 
sufficiently well drained to insure dryness 
at all seasons, very satisfactory. The 
front should be of the open type, having 
about one-third boarded solid, one-third 
covered with poultry nettfng and furnished 
with cloth curtains for stormy weather, 
and one-third fitted with glass sash reach¬ 
ing from within two feet of the floor to 
the plate. 
The dry mash system of feeding is, per¬ 
haps, in 'greater favor with poultrymen 
than any other. This means a suitable 
mixture of ground grains and meat meal, 
or beef scrap, constantly before the. fowls 
in open hoppers, with whole grain fed 
morning and evening in the litter. Oyster 
shells, grit and charcoal should also be 
accessible to the fowls, and fresh, clean 
water always within reach. m. b. d. 
Fattening Turkeys for Market. 
In fattening turkeys for market one 
should commence as soon as the young 
poults are the size of hens. Commence by 
giving them whole wheat, a small quantity 
each day to keep them growing. After they 
get their growth feed them whole corn 
from four to six weeks before marketing 
them. A very good thing to feed in is 
to make a rack with slats on each side 
two inches apart and cover over top. Al¬ 
ways keep corn in rack. Do not leave 
decayed apples or other refuse around as 
they' will eat it and give their meat a 
bad flavor. It will give them bowel com¬ 
plaint or other diseases. A good thing to 
keep turkeys in condition is to take one 
ounce of copperas to one gallon of water 
and set it where they can drink it. When 
well fattened their feathers lie down and 
look glossy. Turkeys will not fatten con¬ 
fined in a pen or small yard. It is natural 
for them to have their freedom, as they 
are a roving nature; and if allowed their 
freedom are not apt to be sick. Black¬ 
head and roup are diseases to fear. For 
black-head I give calomel pills and tea¬ 
spoonful of castor oil. I find there is not 
much use in doctoring a sick turkey. The 
best way is to cut off its head. Roup is 
caused by keeping in damp places. There 
is no real cure for roup. 
In dressing turkeys for market I find a 
very good way is to hang turkey up in a 
gallows head down. Bleed them by mak¬ 
ing a small incision in neck or roof of 
mouth, strip off wing feathers and all 
large feathers first, placing hand close to 
body to avoid tearing of flesh. Pick off 
all feathers clean, also all pin feathers, 
being careful not to bruise or rub skin 
off. as it makes a discoloration of meat. 
Draw entrails out by making small in¬ 
cision. Wash off feet and all bloody spots. 
Cut off head, tying string around neck. 
Tie all wings close to body, removing 
strings when cold. Grade all of your poul¬ 
try before taking to market for sale or to 
ship. In packing see that all poultry is 
thoroughly cooled. Put all young toms 
separate and young hens same, putting all 
crooked breasted and other poor ones 
separate, also putting all old birds in 
separate boxes. Mark each box with num¬ 
ber of turkeys and net weight, also fancy 
or culls. Do not attempt to deceive in 
packing for shipment if you want fancy 
prices, as well fattened and graded stock 
will command fancy prices. 
H. Q. BROMAGHIN. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 18 , 
Wooden or Hollow-Block Silos. 
What do you know of the relative keep¬ 
ing qualities of silos built of hollow ce¬ 
ment blocks or wood V It seems to be the 
general opinion in this vicinity that the 
cement silos do not keep the silage as well 
as wood. Up to date I have failed to find 
anyone who can give any reason for this, 
or give any proof that it is so. I intend 
to put up a silo in the Spring and would 
like to put it in the barn, but do not wish 
to put a wooden silo inside. If you can 
give your readers any definite information 
on the subject, I think it would be appre¬ 
ciated by all. J. D. nichols. 
Vermont. 
R. N.-Y.—The only way to settle this is 
through actual experience. We have not 
tried it. If our readers can make a fair 
comparison we would like to have them 
do so. 
Running Separator with Engine. 
On page 1287 I find a query about run¬ 
ning a cream separator with engine power. 
I write what I have learned by ex¬ 
perience with same. The separator, by all 
means, should be driven by a governor 
pulley, and if the engine can be run 
slowly and the pulley on same is not too 
large* I think there would be no use for 
a line shaft at all, but I should use one 
to enable me to run churn, washing ma¬ 
chine, or some other machine at same time 
as separator and save on gasoline. I have 
an engine that runs as steadily and even 
as any gasoline engine made. I believe, and 
have used it with tight and loose pulleys 
as It. P. C. recommends, but never could 
make the separator sing steady, as the 
governor pulley will, and the weather af¬ 
fects the belt some too, so that it is im¬ 
possible to keep it just slightly loose. Also, 
the principle of power in a gasoline engine 
is to shoot ahead when it takes a charge 
of gasoline and gradually slow until the 
governor unhooks and lets it take another 
charge, and so on. faster or slower, ac¬ 
cording to the speed and make of engine, 
and of course belted through to the sepa¬ 
rator it will run the same way, only 
worse, as the bowl of same is speeded 
higher unless a governor pully is used. 
New York. fred h. Warner. 
Animal Pf.sts. —Some one has suggested 
to'the Australian government that the 
quique, a little quadruped of the weasel 
and ferret family, be imported from South 
America to exterminate the rabbits that 
are such a nuisance in Australia. The 
chief inspector of the vermin destruction 
branch of the Lands Department does not 
welcome the quique. however, and recom¬ 
mends that it be excluded from the coun¬ 
try. He reports that the introduction of 
stoats and weasels into New Zealand has 
been anything but a success. These ani¬ 
mals destroy a fair number of rabbits, but 
tliev have also cultivated a taste for 
chickens and other small live stock, and 
are not looked on kindly by the farmers. 
The quique. if introduced, might easily be¬ 
come a nuisance itself. Sparrows, starlings, 
foxes and rabbits have all been introduced 
into new countries with the best of 
motives, to become an intolerable pest. The 
mongoose, useful in its Asiatic home, has 
proved so pestiferous where introduced into 
other tropical countries that our own 
Agricultural Department classes it with 
undesirable aliens, and prohibits its en¬ 
trance in any capacity into the United 
States. It is' more than likely that Aus¬ 
tralia is wise in shutting out the queerlj 
named little quique. 
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WILLIAMS BROS.. Ithaca. N. Y. 
One Dollar 
Is All It Now Costs to J T /§1 
Have Your Seed-Grain 
Cleaned and Graded 
Now that farmers everywhere 
are cleaning and grading their Seed 
Grain, the question is. how to get 
it done best, easiest and cheapest. 
Here’s my 1913 offer: 
I Send me one dollar and I will 
ship you, FREIGHT PAID BY 
MYSELF, this imnroved 1913 
model Chatham Grain Grader 
and Cleaner w ith all equipment. 
Clean vonr Seed Wheat.Oats,I lax. 
Barley. Peas. Beans. Corn. Grass Sc™, 
etc. Then PLANT those fine seed. Al- 
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pay me the balance of my low price. Not 
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until next November. And by Novem- 
1 berYOV RCHATHA M WILL 
HAVE MORE THAN PAID 
IT9 ENTIRE COST in INCREASED CROPS. 
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Your Dollar Returned 
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If. after a 30-dny test, you are not satisfied, return 
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A Machine That Fits Your Farm 
After 40 years’ experience. I know every grain 
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section where each one grows. I know every grain 
and weed that grows on your farm. Experience 
has shown that a Grain Grader and Cleaner 
should have special equipment for the particular 
farming section to which it goes. For example, I 
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you get the exact and proper outfit to handle the 
f rains and weed seed that grow on your farm. 
ou don't have to pay for a lot of extras for which 
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Extra Screens and Riddles Free 
In case you want more or different screens, just 
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I also have a Free Service Department which 
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you send in. If you’ve got some impurity in your 
1913 
^Modsl 
The CHATHAM 
Grain Grader and Cleaner 
Manson Campbell 
grain that you cannot get rid of, don’t get discour¬ 
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Handles all Small Grain and Grass Saad 
My 1913 Chatham handles over 70 seed 
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Last year I added a Corn-Sorting Attachment/ 
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