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Keep a Few Hens 
r c Black Minorca Pallets, the kind that lay those 
large chalk-white eggs, and lots of them, they are 
regular egg machines and sure winners. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS R. 0. 24 ATHENS, PA. 
55 BREEDS 
Pure-Bred 
Chickens, Ducks, 
Ceese, Turkeys, 
also Incubators, Supplies, and Collie 
Dogs. Send 4c for large Poultry book 
Incubator Catalog and Price List. 
H.H. HINIKER, Box 98 Mankato, Minn. 
BabyChicksi2cEach 
from free range selected S. C. White Leghorns. 
Prompt delivery. A hatch every week. Safe ar¬ 
rival guaranteed. Eggs for hatching, $6.00 per 100. 
Reductions on orders over 100, Circular free. 
CHAS. R. STONE, 
Baby Chicken Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
MWttS 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. Wm. J. Mackensen, successor to WENZ & 
MACKENSEN, Naturalists, Dept. 10, Yardley, Penna. 
IViacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or fine granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers ol 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est. 1841 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peekskill, N. Y. 
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earth. Increases egg pro-1 
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Box J New Brunswick, N. J. 
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. C. W. Leghorn Chicks 
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j Our eggs guaranteed 80# fertile ; our 
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CROSSWICKS POULTRY FARM 
Chas. W. Brick, Prop., Box D, Crosswicks, N. J. 
sAEE-Silver Campine Cockerels^f,^" 8 ,, 0 ; 
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WHITE ORPINGTON COCKERELS, Kellerstrass strain. 
'' April hutched, $2 each. Indian Runner Ducks, 
white egg strain. $5 trio.* Geo. Bowdish, Esperance, N. Y. 
" Vitality” Baby Chicks of Quality 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS and RHODE IS¬ 
LAND REDS —Also eggs for hatching. I can please 
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0. C. R. HOFF, Lock Box No. 115, Neshanic Station, N. J 
Mammoth Toulouse Geese Eggs sale 
25c each. Am booking orders now. Get yours in 
early. Beautiful stock. ROY CRANDALL, Albion, N Y. 
GETYOUR COCKERELS NOW 
Barred and Bnff Rock, R. & S. C. 
Reds, and White Wyandottes. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS - R.0.24 - ATHENS, PA 
Greider’s Fine Catalogue 
and calendar of pure-bred poultry for 1913, large, 
many pages of poultry facts. 70 varieties illustrat¬ 
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B. H. GREIDER, Box 58, Rheems, Pa. 
For <so1p- 50 BARRED P. ROCK AND W. WYANDOTTE 
TUI Oalu COCKERELS. Strong, vigorous breeders 
of fine quality at $2.50. Dr. S. C. MOYER, Lansdale, Pa. 
B ABYCHICKS-s. c. W. Leghorns 15c. each. Sale delivery guar¬ 
anteed. 1,000 breeders. Hatching capacity, 40,rtao. Ask for 
catalogue “C” Free. (.1 BSON-FOHD CO., Lock llox 3, Clyde, N. Y. 
White Holland Turkeys ^. S G^nny” w ami 
excellent mothers. Mrs. R0BT. T. DAVIS, Cumberland, Va. 
DAY-OLD CHICKS 
Healthy, vigorous, from heavy laying stock. 
Guaranteed full count and satisfactory. 
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Hatching Eggs Breeding Stock 
8 . C.W. Leghorns. White and llarred Rocks. 
All eggs aud stock guaranteed. 
Write for big new catalog: “Tvwacaua, 1 . . .. 
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TYWAC'ANA farms POULTRY CO. poultry co. 
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The Henyard. 
Fence for Leghorns. 
I would like advice about building a 
poultry fence, that will keep in White Leg¬ 
horns ; the length of posts and height of 
fence; would like a fence moderate in price. 
Ohio. s. r. 
The writer has had no trouble in con¬ 
fining White Leghorns with, a fence five 
feet in height where they had a run of 
considerable size, a half acre or more, but 
lie has found eight to 10 feet none too 
high when they were kept in small parks. 
Any of the standard makes of fencing are 
satisfactory, and your hardware dealer will 
he able to show you those of different styles 
and prices. Unless small chicks are to be 
confined, it is not necessary to use poul¬ 
try netting. _ M. b. d. 
Hens with Pink-eye. 
My chickens have a disease similar to 
pink-eye. Do chickens get pink-eye, and is 
there any remedy to stop it before it runs 
its course through the whole flock? 
Pennsylvania. J. J. R. 
I presume that your chickens have con¬ 
junctivitis or a catarrhal inflammation . of 
the membrane lining the socket and ex¬ 
tending over the eyeball. Any of the com¬ 
mon causes of '‘colds” operate to produce 
this condition, and the best remedy is pre¬ 
vention by keeping the fowls free from 
drafts or exposure to cold rains, irritating 
dusts or vapors, and promptly removing 
from the flock all fowls that show any 
signs of the disease before they have op- 
portunitv to communicate it to others. 
_ M. B. D. 
Curing Hens with Colds. 
I see on page 21 that B. F. E. wants a 
sure remedy for colds in hens; and M. B. 
D. says that sure remedies are scarcer than 
hens’ teeth with us. I do not think so but 
am surprised that the poultry journals, 
so far as I can read, have never published 
a remedy yet. All that one has to do with 
a hen that has a cold is, as soon as noticed, 
to take her in close to a warm fire, give 
her about a teaspoonful of castor oil and 
keep her by the hot fire all day or all night. 
This week we had a hen so roupy that 
my wife said she could not live two hours ; 
with above treatment the hen was in the 
yard with the others singing the next 
morning. w. E. C. 
Chicago, Ill. 
The above treatment is simple, and I 
have no doubt would prove effectual in 
many cases. It is a pity that people who 
wish to “doctor” dumb animals cannot in 
all cases confine their medications to such 
simple and useful drugs as castor oil, and 
refrain from the unconscious cruelty fre¬ 
quently inflicted upon helpless creatures by 
forcing down them nauseous, irritating, and 
frequently dangerous concoctions about 
whose nature and action they know little or 
nothing. m. b. d. 
Dissatisfaction with the Water-glass. 
We put 100 dozen eggs down in water- 
glass according to the directions that came 
with it, but put the eggs all in one and 
two gallon crocks. When we come to use 
the eggs the water-glass was one thick 
mass just like jelly. Should it be like 
that? Some of the eggs were about eaten 
up, shell and all. and when we boiled them 
three minutes like a fresh egg, the yellow 
would be so hard you could not eat it, 
and the white would be just like curdled 
milk, and a very bad taste when cooked. 
Some of the eggs were obtained from a 
farmer and others were not. Should this 
water-glass get like jelly? f. e. 
New Jersey. 
Eggs preserved in water-glass are not 
very satisfactory to boil in the shell, but 
may be used in almost any other way. If 
they had a bad odor it is an indication 
that they were not absolutely fresh when 
put down. Eggs for this purpose should 
by preference be laid in April or May, from 
docks having no males running with them, 
and must be absolutely fresh and clean 
when pickled. It is not safe to use ordi¬ 
nary gathered eggs from farmers’ flocks 
for this purpose. The turbidity of the 
water-glass solution is a natural condition 
that does no harm. The water-glass should 
be diluted with nine times its volume of 
cold water that has been boiled. 
M. B. D. 
Feeding Indian Runner Ducks. 
I have 10 Indian Runner ducks 
have not commenced laying yet. I would 
like to know a good (laying) balanced 
ration for them. W. E. S. 
Bainbridge, N. Y. 
The feeding of poultry has not reached 
that exact science where one can say that 
such and such a combination is absolutely 
the best. There are many combinations 
which seem to give equally good results 
and in arranging a ration there are several 
things to be considered besides the absolute 
feeding values of the different grains. One 
is the comparative cost iu your market 
and another is the convenience of getting 
the different kinds of grain. W. E. S. 
can undoubtedly arrange a balanced ration 
for the 10 Indian Runner ducks by getting 
one, or at least two, special foods iu addi¬ 
tion to those already at hand on the farm, 
and a little general advice ought to be of 
more value than a cut and dried ration. 
First, the food should not be too concen¬ 
trated ; that Is. an entire whole grain 
ration will not answer, neither should a 
large proportion of the mash be corn- 
meal. If you cannot make one-third of 
the mash cut clover or Alfalfa, or Alfalfa 
meal, or beet pulp soaked out, you should 
make it at least one half wheat bran. 
Second, animal protein is necessary in 
some form. Perhaps this could be supplied 
with skim-milk or buttermilk, hut I doubt 
if ducks could get enough iu this way. 
Ten per cent, of their entire food ration 
should be beef scraps, green cut hone, 
meat meal, or five per cent, blood meal, to 
get the best results. Third, they absolutely 
require succulent green food iu some form. 
Beets, carrots, potatoes, or mangels, cut 
up, or cabbages. If these are lacking, dried 
beet pulp can be purchased and soaked out 
to make an excellent substitute. If these 
three suggestions are followed, the ducks 
are dryly housed and have sand and water, 
they will surely lay. F. b. skinner. 
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Layers are payers. The more eggs, the more profits. 
It is the number of eggs, not the number of hens 
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Poultry Regulator 
Makes hens lay because i t puts them In condition 
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25c, 50c, $1; 25-lb. pail $2.50 
During the winter months much loss is caused by 
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WHITE WYANDOnES-^'**?^.® 
Great laying strain. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Prices reasonable. CLARENCE H. FOGG, Bridoeton, N. J. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Rest Twining stock. Cockerels and Pullets at 
$1.50. 15 eggs for$1.00. SLAYMAKER & SON, Wyoming, Del. 
PURKBHKI) S. C. W.LEGHORN PULLETS 
, —Choice April hatched Coekerels. Orders taken 
for April day-old chicks. John Lorton Lee. Carmel, N. Y. 
C Al Ip-Single Comh White Leghorn 
1 OALL Cockerels. $1.50 each or five 
for $5. GKO. L. FERRIS & SON. Atwater, N. Y. 
that S. C. White Leghorn Baby Chicks 10c each 
Safe arrival guaranteed. No order too large or too 
small. Hatching eggs by the setting or thousand; 
fertility guaranteed. Write for catalogue. 
K1CII LAND FARMS - - Frederick, Md 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
OF UNUSUAL QUALITY ANU VIGOR 
FOR SALE CHEAP—Desirous of quitting 
the Poultry Business. 
MT. PLEASANT POULTRY FARM. Havre de Grace, Md 
C C. WHITE LEGHORN BREEDING STOCK FOR SALE- Laying 
'*■ qualities result of many years breeding. Select¬ 
ed liens ami cockerels. Prices reasonable, consistent 
with quality. SPECIAL OFFER— Breeding pen of 15H*>fis 
&1 Cockerel for $26.00. A. K. McGRAW, Hagerstown. Md. 
SPLENDID S. C. WHITE LEGHORN COCKERELS from thehome 
of "Queen Lil." Record 234 eggs in 10 mouths 
and 13 days, $2.50 each. Shipped on approval. 
JAMES E. WALTER, Jr., Fails Church Va. 
SUPERIOR BABY CHIX 
26-page booklet free. 100,000 chick capacity. Order 
early to assure prompt delivery. TAYLOR’S 
POULTRY YARDS, Box R, Lyons, New York. 
B. I. Beds, Houdans, Indian Runner Ducks 
High-class stock for UTILITY, SEiOW or EX¬ 
PORT. Eggs for hatching. Mating list on request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 002 Fifth St.. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
sIlI- 250 Rose and Single Comb R, I. Reds 
Yearling Cocks and Hens, Cockerels and Pullets, 
farm raised; males. $2.50 to $.1.00 each: females, 
$1.50 to $3.00 each. Can he returned if not satisfac¬ 
tory. ROANOKE POULTRY FARM. Sewell. New Jersey 
7 C SULK C TKD 8. C.W. LEGHOUN 
1 ° COCKERELS. One of the best laying 
strains in existence. Large white eggs and large 
white birds. . J. M. CASE, Gilboa, N. Y. 
COCKERELS 
-Botli White aud Barred 
Rocks, $1.50 each. Eggs 
guaranteed to he 80$ fertile. $6 per hundred. 
THE MACKEY FARMS, - Gilboa, N. Y. 
Pntll TRYMFII—Send 2c stamp for Illustrated 
r u u ^ 1 ** ■ I" £ H Catalog describing 35 varieties. 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS MARIETTA, PA. 
Prize Winning Strains-f™^ 5 ’ 
lings, $1.25 and upwards. White Leghorns. Brown 
leghorns, Rhode Island Reds. Barred Rocks .White 
Wyandottes. Light and Dark Brahmas. Catalog 
gratis. F. M. PRESCOTT, ltiv. rdale, N. J. 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM 
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. 
Breeders and shippers for 20 years of high-class S. C. W. 
Leghorns and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Baby chicks and 
hatching eggs our specialty. Correspondence invited. 
Austin’s'200 STRAIN S. C. Rhode'.lsland Reds 
Standard bred, red to the skin. Eggs for hatching 
$3.00, $5.00 and $10.00 per set (15). Utility $6.00 per 
100. 90«6 fertility guaranteed Cockerels, yearlings, 
pullets, bahv chie.ss. 
AUSTIN’S POULTRY FARM, Box 17, Centre Harbor. N. H. 
Pullets and Yearlings For Sale 
500 April and May Single Comb White Leghorn Pul 
lets. 700 selected yearlings. Every bird guaranteed 
purebred, healthy and vigorous. 
SUNNY HILL FARM Flemington. N. J. 
Hone's Crescent Strain of R ose Comb 
Rhode Island Rpdc~ High class exhibition 
ruiuuc I old IIU neas birds, bred from ex hi- 
bition matings, alsochoice breeding birds bred from 
tested layers. Every bird sold on approval. X). P , 
HONE. Crescent Hill Farm, Sharon Springs, N. Y. 
T HE FARMER'S FOWL— Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs. $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THUS. WILDER. Route 1, Richland. N. 1 . 
White Emden Geese and Ganders 
extra fine at a bargain through December. 
MAPLE COVE FARM. R. D. 24. ATHENS. PA. 
Mammoth White tiOLLAND TURKEYS 
purebred, large, vigorous White Wyandotte win¬ 
ners. H. \Y. ANDERSON, Stewartstowu, Pa. 
R0NZE TURKEYS from Prize Winners. Eggs in sea¬ 
son. Stamp. MRS.H.CHUM BLEY, Draper, Va. 
Hatching Eggs and Baby Chicks 
Our strains have always been known as heavy 
luyers and choice market producers. Our recent 
winnings at the great shows demonstrate our exhi¬ 
bition quality. Get in on the ground floor with this 
combination. S. C. W. Leghorns, W. P. Rocks, W. 
Wyandottes and Salmon Faverolles, Leghorn 
Cockerels for sale. 
EVERGREEN POULTRY FARM 
Tel. connection. Cliappaqua, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
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