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rAnrfisent in construction and improved features 
y twenty-five years’ study and 
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BANNER INCUBATOR CO.. 
222 Blake St.. Baraboo, Wis. 
C;| VAI . f amninp« —tl ’ e c,,min S °2sr machine for 
Oliver campmes America Wo have birds im¬ 
ported from Rev. Jones, and oar own raising. Order 
eggs early. Last season we were sold out in March. 
Our S- 0. W. Leghorn yards contain first prize 
hen, second pen Madison Square Garden. None 
bettor. Prices right. 
RIDGE EGG FARM - • WEST NYACK, N. Y. 
White Emden Geese and Ganders 
extra fine at a bargain through December. 
MAPLE COVE FARM, R. D. 24, ATHENS. PA. 
Mammoth Toulouse Geese Eggs sale 
25c each. Am hooking orders now. Get .vonrs in 
early. Beautiful stock. ROY CRANDALL, Albion, N Y. 
QRONZE TURKEYS from Prize Winners. Eggs in sea¬ 
son. Stamp. MRS.H.CHU.MBLEY,Draper,Va, 
Buff Plymouth Rocks l - uy your 
now. Cockerels, pullets, hens. 
breeders 
Four Acres, Nutley, N. J‘ 
B uff white leghorns, s. c. r. i. reds—ksks, 90 c. pens 
$1.50 per 30. Mottled Ancona*, BL Minorcas, eggs, $1.00 per 
15; $1.75 per 30. Catalogue free. John A. Both, Qunkertown, Fa 
White Holland Turkeys ™ s s *« Pliz9 win ‘ 
excellent mothers. Mrs. ROBT. T. 
ood layers and 
DAVIS, Cumberland, Va. 
Thoroughbred M. B. TURKEYS 
Heavy weight. MRS. FLOYD KIRBY. Draper, Va. 
Mammoth White HOLLAND TURKEYS 
purebred, large, vigorous White Wyandotte win¬ 
ners. H. W. ANJDEKSON, Stewartstown, Pa. 
E GGS FOR HATCHING— White Orpingtons. 
White Leghorns, Black Minorcas, Rhode Island 
Reds. Barred Plymouth Rocks, Price list mailed. 
TAFT POULTRY FARM, Box 237, Holland Patent, New York 
“Vitality” Baby Chicks of Quality 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS and RHODE IS¬ 
LAND REDS— Also eggs for hatching. I can please 
you as 1 have hundreds of others Write for booklet. 
0. C. R. HOFF, Lock Box No. 115, Neshanic Station, N. J. 
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. 
RICHLAND FARMS - - Frederick, Md 
Keep a Few Hens 
R. C. Black Minorca Pullets, the kind that lay those 
largtf. chalk-white eggs, and lots of them, they are 
regular egg machines and sure winners. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS R. 0. 24 ATHENS, PA. 
SPLENDID S.C.WHITE LEGHORN COCKERELS fromthehomo 
of “Queen Lil.” Record 234 eggs in 10 months 
and 13 days, $2.50 each. Shipped on approval. 
JAMES E. WALTER, Jr., Falls Church Va. 
Varieties, Chickens, Ducks, Geese, 
O. I. C. Hogs. Fine stock and eggs 
reasonable. Big illustrated circular Free. 
JOHN E. HEATW0LE, Box 22, • • HARRISONBURG, VA. 
KIRKUP’S STRAIN S.C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
bred for size, vigor and large, white, market eggs. 
Safe delivery of chix guaranteed. Send for our 
circular. CHESTNUT POULTRY FARM 
Kirkup Bros., Props., Mattituck, L.I., N.Y. 
BARRED ROCKSandS.C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
FOR SALE —from stock which have won prizes at 
Madison Square and Buffalo Shows. Write for 
prices. Terms, cash, to accompany order. Birds 
shipped on approval may be returned and money re¬ 
funded, less express charges, if not satisfactory. 
H. C. SHEARS. Supt., - Hyde Park-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
won National Egg Laying Contest for best-laying 
breed. I have hatching eggs from best Winter lay¬ 
ers In America. Perfect color. Fertility guaranteed. 
Splendid, strong, hardy oockerels. Early hardy pul¬ 
lets uow laying heavily, and magnificent breeding 
stock for sale. V1BERT RED FARM, Box 1, Weston, N. J. 
S. C. White Leghorns --Hatching «s*?*per 
1 100 ; $45 per 1,000. Day- 
old Chicks, April 1 to 15, $15 period: after April lf>th, 
$12 per UK). Healthy, vigorous stock. Safe delivery 
guaranteed. PINEHURST POULTRY FARM, 
(GEO. FROST, Proprietor), Levanna, Cayuga County, N. V. 
P URE BRED S. C.W, LEGHORN PULLETS 
CHOICE APRIL HATCHED COCKER- 
ELS. ORDERS TAKEN FOR APRIL DAY- 
OLD CHIX. JOHN LORTON LEE, Carmel, New York 
400 LEGHORN ROOSTERS 
Blatchard Stock. Nono Bettor. 75 cents. $1 00 each. 
G. ROUTZAHN BIGLERVILLE, FLA. 
BLUE RIBBON AND SILVER CUP WINNEBS 
LAKE HILL FARM, Pleasantville, New York—S. 
C. White Leghorns & Pekin Ducks. Strong, healthy, 
vigorous kind ; open, high range. Send Postal for 
circular and special prices. Eggs ; Day-old Chicks 
and Ducks. - THOMAS W. NORRIS, Mgr. 
SALE-Silver Campine Cockerels Ke C .? n U e S d°| 
strain. $5 each. MOHAWK LODGE FARM. 
J. L. MINER, Prop. - Cornwall, Conn. 
The Henyard. 
I noticed in a recent publication the 
question as to the profit in October egg's. 
There surely is not. We gathered 49 eggs 
last October and we paid $7.50 for feed, 
to say nothing of table scraps. Not much 
profit in that. GEO. W. L. 
Rutherford, N. J. 
I give you some figures of what I did in 
1912 with Barred Plymouth Rocks and 
White Leghorns. On January 1, 1912, I 
had 76 Barred Rocks and 44 White Leg¬ 
horns, which laid up to October 15, 1912. 
1152 dozen eggs. We sold them retail in 
Erie market at an average of 32 and a 
fraction cents, giving total receipts of 
$369.83, and a gross receipt from each hen 
of $3.08. Our cost of feeding was 69 cents 
and a net profit per hen of $2.39, each hen 
laying a fraction over 115 eggs. The cost 
of feeding was reduced by having a lot of 
milk and my total meat scrap bill was omy 
$5 for the 9% months. D. L. 
North East, Pa. 
Treatise on Poultry. 
I have purchased the book “Poultry 
Architecture,” but do not find it of any 
value to me. Cau you recommend a 
thorough treatise on the construction of 
largo poultry plants based upon the latest 
scientific achievements in regards to poul¬ 
try housing, brooding and raising? 
M. B. G. 
I doubt your finding an authoritative 
work on poultry culture giving all the 
latest scientific developments in that line. 
The woods are full of books on poultry 
culture, most of them being written to 
advertise some man’s stock or methods, 
or as pot-boilers for the publishers. The 
“science” of poultry culture is not yet a 
fixed one, and new ideas are constantly re¬ 
placing old ones; the best method of get¬ 
ting the latest ideas upon this subject is 
to read the literature devoted to it, and 
take advantage of the numerous experi¬ 
ment station bulletins issued by many 
States. A little practical experience will 
soon enable one to sift the wheat from the 
mass of chaff published upon this sub¬ 
ject. As a simple guide for beginners, the 
writer knows nothing better than “The 
Business Hen” published by the Rural 
Publishing Co. This does not profess to 
give all the latest developments in poultry 
culture, but it does give the essentials, 
and, being free from the desire to adver¬ 
tise any “system,” it may be relied upon 
not to mislead readers for the purpose of 
selling something. m. b. d. 
The Buffalo Poultry Show. 
There is a tendency in the poultry busi¬ 
ness towards solid, money-making fowls 
that appeared very plain to me from look¬ 
ing over the Buffalo show, which took place 
during the week of January 13. I wonder 
if^ the people most interested are also aware 
of it. Buffalo is a great center for pigeon 
fanciers, but the 1,200 entries in that 
specialty attracted much less attention than 
did the half dozen sorts of laying fowls, 
which appeared in about this order: Ply¬ 
mouth Rocks, Leghorns, Orpingtons, Rhode 
Isiaud Reds. Anconas and Wyandottes, I 
am not undertaking to make any sort of 
“report” of the show, but rather to call 
attention to the demand for the business 
fowl. Of the nearly 1,600 entries of this 
department of poultry there must have 
been 1,200 fowls shown in these six sorts 
aloue, counting those in pens individually. 
There is always some sort making a spe¬ 
cial spurt in the shows, and this season 
it is said to be the Anconas. which num¬ 
bered considerably more than a hundred 
at Buffalo. The old leaders, Plymouth 
Rocks and Leghorns, were again about 
equal in number, but it is thought by 
some that the Rhode Island Reds have 
reached their limit. They were, however, 
able to take a good third place as to 
numbers. 
Again I am informed that attendance 
has been very poor at most of this Win 
ter's shows. It looks as if the old “ex¬ 
position” experience was about to be re¬ 
peated. We held expositions till they be¬ 
came commonplace. The attendance fell off 
and they had to be laid aside. Buffalo 
did a trifle better than the average poul¬ 
try shows and is satisfied, but it appears 
that the night crowds had to be stimu¬ 
lated somewhat by a central spectacular 
attraction that might easily degenerate into 
something like a vaudeville show, with 
poultry forgotten. This sort of thing 
will of course answer only a short time, 
then something else or money lost. With 
every town of much size about us holding 
Winter poultry shows it will soon be a 
repetition of the survival of the fittest, so 
far as the shows go, though there is now 
a pretty solid interest awakened in poul¬ 
try that is going to last, thougli it is the 
intelligent, careful breeder of laying fowls, 
who. gets a profit as well as a gratifica¬ 
tion of liis fancier instincts, who is most 
likely to survive. There is a movement in 
Buffalo to establish in the principal park 
as a sort of annex to the “zoo” so far as 
the mere sightseer is concerned, a represen¬ 
tative poultry exhibition that shall be 
permanent, under the auspices of the 
American Poultry Association. It is ex¬ 
pected that local fanciers will provide the 
fowls l’or the most part. A model was ex¬ 
hibited at the show. 
The five White Wyandottes of Dr. C. A. 
Landel of Buffalo won the egg-laying con¬ 
test, all of them actually laying the first 
day and all hut one the next day, turning 
out 19 eggs in the five days. The Wyan¬ 
dotte,is a quiet fowl, not easily disturbed 
and these laid right along, while the S. C. 
White Leghorns and Anconas, which were 
tied at 17, are more easily frightened. 
JOHN W. CHAMBKULIN. 
Concrete Floor in Henhouse.—I won¬ 
der why FI. B. of Pasadena, Cal., objects 
to a concrete floor in his henhouse? In 
our climate and soil when covered with a 
few inches of litter, or earth if preferred, 
it is the ideal floor, rat-proof and easily 
cleaned. I had been greatly troubled by 
rats digging under the wall's of my barn 
basement poultry house. I dug out two 
inches of the gravelly soil, leveled it and 
spread on two inches of 3%x1 inch sharp 
sand and cement mixtures. No more rats, 
or loss of feed and chickens. w. g. u. 
New Britain, Conn. 
It’s Steam - Cooked—That’s Why 
Poultry raisers often wonder at the eager way chicks 
take to H-O Steam-Cooked Chick Feed, and turn it 
into bone, flesh and feathers. 
H-0 Steam-Cooked 
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digests with such remarkable ease because it’s steam-cooked 
by a special process. 
This food is a carefully prepared mixture of Com, Cut 
Oatmeal, Cracked Wheat, Kaffir Com, Peas and Millet. 
Try it and you’ll swear by it, 
Sold only m 10-Ib., 25-ib., 50-Ib. 
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If you cannot get H-O Steam-Cooked 
Chick Feed, Intermediate Scratch, Scratch 
Feed, Poultry Feed, Dry Poultry Mash 
or Chick Feed from your dealer, write 
for samples and prices. 
JOHN J. CAMPBELL 
General Sales A gent 
HARTFORD, CONN. 
The H-O Company Mills 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
WHITE 0RPINGI0N COCKERELS Kellerstrass strain, 
TT April hutched, $2 each. Indian Runner Ducks, 
white egg strain. $5 trio. Geo. Bowdisli, Esperance, N. Y 
S. C. W. Leghorn Chicks 
and Hatching Egg3 
Carefully Selected from Pure Strain Stock 
Our eprgs guaranteed 80*& fertile ; our 
chicks warranted full count and vigorous. 
Buy your spring stock from us—it pays. 
D • Chicks—$150 per 1000; $17 per 
I 1IC6S 100; $9 per 50. Eggs—$60 per 
1000 ; $7 per 100 : $-1 per 50 ; $1.50 per 15. 
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CROSSWICKS POULTRY FARM 
Chas. W. Brick, Prop., Box X>, Crosswicks, N. J. 
afoot Rnnlf “Profitable Poultry,’* 12* 
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ful pictures. Latest improved methods to raise 
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BERRY'S POULTRY FARM, Box 47, Clarinda.Iowa 
GET YOUR COCKERELS NOW 
Barred and Bnff Rook, R. & S. C. 
Reds, and White Wyandottes. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS - R.D.4 - ATHENS, PA. 
Rose Comb White Leghorn Mammoth Pekin 
ducks. Eggs for hatching. ANSON HENRY, Flanders, N. J. 
WHITE and BARRED ROCKS 
New York winners. My strain has won at New 
York, Boston and many other leading shows 
throughout the country. I have some grand pens 
mated, birds of exceptional quality and with right 
and proper breeding back of them, from the best 
blood lines in the country. I offer eggs from my best 
pens at $3 for 15 or $5 for 30. Fertility guaranteed. 
Write me your wants. W. H. MOORE, R. 2, Rome, N. Y. 
Hatching Eggs and Baby Chicks 
Our strains have always been known as heavy 
layers and choice market producers, Our receut 
winnings at the great shows demonstrate our exhi¬ 
bition quality. Get in on the ground floor with this 
combination. S. O. W. Leghorns, W. P. Rocks, W. 
Wyandottes and Salmon Faverolles, Leghorn 
Cockerels for sale. 
KVEBGKEEN POULTRY FARM 
Tel. connection. Chappaqtia, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
EVERY LOUSY HEN 
is losing real money for you. Every egg you don’t 
get is so much money lost. Stop that leak ! Hens 
tormented with lice can’t be expected to lay eggs. 
You can keep them free of lice with one application 
a year, amt Circular 61 tells you how. Sent Free. 
Write us today. 
CARBOLINEUM WOOD PRESERVING CO. 
181 Franklin Street New York 
DAY-OLD CHICKS 
Healthy, vigorous, from heavy laying stock. 
Guaranteed full count and satisfactory. 
Plat* your order NOW—aud avoid the rush. 
Hatching Eggs Breeding Stock 
S. C.W. Leghorns. White and Barred Rocks. 
All eggs and stock guaranteed. 
Write for big new catalog : “Tywacana. 
Quality.” Gives full description and prices. 
TYWACANA FARMS POULTRY 00. ^OtJLTRY.CO. 
A. E. Wright, Supt. jJ* 
Box 6S, Farmiugdalo. Long Island, !f. Y L —J 
BabyChicksl2cEach 
from free range selected S. C. White Leghorns. 
Prompt delivery. A hatch every week. Safe ar- 
riyal 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. 
Prize-Winning Poultry 
Our Pittsfield Maine-bred birds won more prizes at the 
Boston Show than any other Barred Hocks—6 regular 
and 11 specials, including best color male. 
Day-Old Chicks and Hatching Eggs 
from Pittsfield stock cost but little. We guarantee safe 
delivery. Book orders now free. Send no money until 
just before shipment is wanted. Get our great book, 
*• Money-Making Poultry.” Just the help you need to 
make your poultry pay better. Write for it today. 
PITTSFIELD POULTRY FARM COMPANY 
416 Main Street, Pittsfield, Maine 
For Qolp-50 BARRED P. ROCK AND W. WYANDOTTE 
TUI *J<aIC COCKERELS. Strong, vigorous breeders 
of flue quality at $2.50. Dr. S. C. MOYER. Lansdale, Pa. 
T HOROUGHBRED POULTRY-Best 20 varieties. Vigor 
ous, healthy stock. Good layers. Eggs, 15—$1: 40 
—$2. Catalogue. H. K. MOHR, R. No. 3. Qeakertown. Pa. 
WHITE WYANDOnES^ F - S n«^e s 
Great laying strain. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Prices reasonable. CLARENCE H. FOGG, Bridgeton, N. J. 
SUPERIOR BABY CHIX^S^;^! 
26-page booklet free. 100,000 chick capacity. Order 
early to assure prompt delivery. TAYLOR’S 
POULTRY YARDS, Box R, Lyons. New York. 
R. I. Reds, Houdans, Indian Runner Ducks 
High-class stock for UTILITY, SHOW or EX¬ 
PORT. Eggs for hatching. Mating list on request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH. 602 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 $5.00 each: females. 
$1.50 to $3.00 each. Can be returned if not satisfac¬ 
tory. ROANOKE POULTRY FARM, Sewell, New Jersey 
0 fill I TRYMFN - Send 2c stamp for Illustrated 
ruuunimtn Catalog describing 35 varieties. 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS MARIETTA, PA. 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM 
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. 
Breeders and shippers for 20 years of high-class S. C. W. 
I Leghorns and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Baby chicks and 
! hatching eggs our specialty. Correspondence invited. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
OF UNUSUAL QUALITY AND VIGOR 
FOR SALE CHEAP—Desirous of quitting 
the Poultry Business. 
MT. PLEASANT POULTRY FARM. Havre de Grace, Md 
Prize Winning Strains i^ k and’ye“ k 
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, Kiverdale, N. J. 
|7 C _ 1 _—Golden Barred and Partridge Rocks, 
UGale Emden Geese, Crested White Bull 
Orpington and Pure White Runner Ducks. 
J. H. LEWIS, R. F. 1>. 3, CADIZ. OHIO 
Austin’s'200 STRAIN S.C. Rhode Island 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 . 00j( fertility guaranteed Cockerels, yearlings, 
pullets, babv chicks. 
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. 
Tatii Rjiri’nn’li Sfrjiin World’s Greatest Layers J 
iuin Ddrron & Midiii s. c. white leghorns j 
Winner of North American Egg Laying' Contest for Six Winter Months 
FREE CATALOGUE Over 200 trap nests used on our farm. Individual jj 
EGGS FOR HATCHING records run as high as 142 eggs in 6 winter months. jj 
DAY-OLD CHICKS THE PENNA. POULTRY FARM, Lancaster, Pa. 
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