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THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
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When you write advertisera mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
Prize Winning Strains f^and'’ yen'- 
lings, $1.25 and upwards. White Leghorns, Brown 
Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks .White 
Wyandottes, Light and Bark Brahmas., Catalog 
gratis. F. M. FKESCOXT, Kiverdale, N. J. 
B LACK LEGHORN EGGS—For hatching-the 
kind that lay. A. E. HAMPTON, PITTSTOWN, N. J. 
VREELAND’S BUFF ROCKS 
Layers and winners. A few eggs to spare at 
$2.00 per 15. $5.00 per 50. 
A. L. VKEELANI), Nntley, New Jersey 
My Barred PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
have won at the leading shows. Extra large, nar¬ 
row barred, true rock shape. Every specimen mated 
for best results. 15 years a breeder. Choicest 
matings, $2 for 15; utility matings, $5 for 100. 
HILLHURST FARM, F. H. Rivenburgh, Prop., Munnsville, N, Y. 
DADV PUIY— 12c—S. C. White Leghorns, R. I. 
DHD I UlllA Reds. Prize stock; $10 pet-100. I. 
R. duck eggs. All eggs 7c. each; $5.00 per 100. 
ROCKY GLEN POULTRY FARM, - Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
LOOK _EGGS FR0M ST0CK MOST POPULAR, say 
“ judges of national reputation. A price 
attractive. Because wo do not advertise so exten¬ 
sive and costly. We don’t think of advertising 
cost in starting this Spring prices. Our circulars 
are not costly—only facts. Costly books mean no 
money to our customers. If you are not satisfied 
wo don’t want your money. Our reference— 
Columbus Trust Company, Newburgh City. Tele¬ 
graph or telephone us your orders via Washing- 
tonville. N. Y., or write us. Orders coming readily. 
Act at once in booking orders. Letters answered 
by return mail if possible. 
C0LDENHAM POULTRY YARDS. Rocklet, Orange Co., N. Y. 
E xhibition barred Plymouth rocks and white leg¬ 
horns— silver Cup and Blue Ribbon winners. 
Utility combined breeding pens, sired by Madison 
Square Garden and Philadelphia winners. My pat¬ 
rons have won prizes on birds hatched from my 
eggs, why not you 1 Eggs from my grand matings, 
$2 per sitting; $10perl00. Originator of Buff Brah¬ 
mas eggs, $10 per sitting: a good hatch guaranteed. 
Uoyd M. Hallenbeck, Expert Poultry Judge, Greendale, 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, Richlaud. N. Y. 
Clklf'l C PflMU White Leghorus, Wyckoll Strain. 
01 ll (J LL UU III J Unequaled for size and egg pro¬ 
duction. Eggs $1.25 per 15; $5.00 per hundred. 
ALDEN NODINE, Elm Lawn Farm, Ravona, Now York 
W HITE INDIAN Runner Duck Eggs $3 Setting, 12; 
White Egg Strain. Fifteen years in Duck Cul¬ 
ture. Marsh Creek Poultry Farm, R. 4, Gettysburg, Pa. 
BUFF ORPINGTON EGGS Farms prize strain. 
Fawn Indian Runner Eggs, white egg strain, $1.50 
per 11. T. H. Mettler, East Millstone, N. J. 
Ctro-o fnr ll atohincr from ingh-ciassS.c.wiiiteT^cjr- 
C550 IUI Ildlulllllg horns. Hardy and healthy. 
Great chalk-white egg producers. Prices right. Cat¬ 
alog free. Maple Grove Farm, Box R, Smithville, N. Y. 
The Henyard. 
CROSS-BRED FOWLS. 
I was much interested in the recent 
article on fowls for meat and eggs. Two 
years ago I had 22 Black Javas and re¬ 
ceived 15-17 eggs a day and they were 
fed cracked corn and oats with no mash. 
Last Spring I experimented with a few 
of my hens by crossing them -with a S. 
C. W. Leghorn. The outcome was that 
some of the pullets look like Barred Rocks 
while others were good and stocky like the 
black hens, but were white with a few 
small black feathers mixed iu and had very 
small combs. One of the roosters hatched 
last May weighed 7% pounds to-day. I 
am trying to get a strain that will be good 
for both meat and eggs. What shall I get 
If I cross my black hens with a good 
White Rock? I now have 30 fowls in all, 
and am now getting 10 to 13 eggs a day 
but have had only. 3-4 nearly half the Win¬ 
ter. I had six hatched last May, housed 
in a box 2% feet square and 20 inches 
high till last September. When put into 
the henhouse for the Winter they walked 
as though one leg was about one inch 
or more longer than the other. What is 
the cause and can it be helped? G. 
Massachusetts. 
As both Black Javas and White Ply¬ 
mouth Rocks belong to the American class 
of fowls, and are similar in type, a cross 
between them will simply give you a non¬ 
descript variety, with no essential improve¬ 
ment over either breed, and lacking the 
power to transmit to their progeny the 
uniformness of type, and other valuable 
characteristics which have been built up 
in each variety by long years of careful 
selection and mating. You now have in 
either variety a fowl that is good for 
both eggs and meat, though, in later years, 
the Plymouth Rocks seems to have far out¬ 
stripped the Javas in popularity. Both 
breeds are susceptible to improvement, and 
if you wish something better than either, 
you will get it much more certainly and 
quickly by devoting your efforts to improv¬ 
ing one variety instead of crossing two. 
When you cross two distinct varieties, you 
simply throw away the results of many 
years of careful selection and breeding along 
definite lines. 
These chickens may be suffering from 
crooked breast bones, or other deformity, 
due to long roosting upon the floor, in 
cramped quarters, when their bones were 
soft and growing. If this is the case the 
deformity will be permanent. m. b. d. 
Giant Bronze Turkey Eggs 
$3 per 10. R. C. R. I. Red Eggs, $1 per 15. I. R. Dusk 
Eggs, $1 per 10. Purebred S. C. White Leghorn eggs 
$1 per 20. White eggs from pure White R. Ducks, 
$2.50 per 10. Write H. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg, Pa. 
C ft ft G—Choice Buff Wyandotte Eggs exclu- 
sively. $1 per sitting of 15; $5 hun¬ 
dred. Purebred; free rungs: good layers. 
Oil AS. I. MILLER, R. F. D. No. 1. Hudson, N. Y. 
SINGLE COMB Vmrg&gglSSSr-^S, 
$1.50 per 15 ; Utility, $1. A. M. HICKS, Greendale, N. Y. 
T HE FARMER’S FAVORITE WINTER LAYERS-ICellerstrass 
White Orpingtons. Eggs. $7.50 hundred tip. 
Baby Chicks. W. R. Stevens, Culver Road, Lyons, N. V. 
FOR SALE—White Wyandotte Cockerels 
and Black Orpington Pullets for Sale 
To reduce stock. Prices reasonable. Apply to 
JOHN O’LEARY, - - Clayton, N. Y. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
Indian Runner Ducks, 287 eggs strain. Buff Or¬ 
pington hen eggs: 15, $1; 100, $5. 
STEPHEN HENDRICKSON. - Clarkson, N. Y 
White Wyandotte.-gr e r.“ b “u°S!Sf, 
best nd. Write today for new descriptive circular. 
0WNLAND FARM. Box 497, South Hammond, New York 
WE HAVETHE BEST PEKIN DUCKS 
They have won 21 first prizes this season out of 24 
competed for, including four first at Grand Central 
Palace, and three first and a second at Madison 
Square Garden. Fertile Eggs, $2.00 for 11. Wealso 
breed S. C. W. Leghorns, R. C. R. I. Reds. Bronze 
Turkeys and White Guineas. RIDGKLEIGH 
FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM. Huntington, N.Y. 
Davis Poultry Farm 
Establishod 1804 
Famous Laying Strains : S. C. R. I. Reds 
also Barred and White Rocks 
Eggs for Hatching 
ORDER NOW for future delivery 
FULL COUNT GUARANTEED ON DELIVERY 
Davis Poultry Farm, Berlin, Mass. 
S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
The Best. Winners at Madison Square Garden, 
New York State Fuir, Albany, Utica, Schenectady, 
New York. JSGGS FOR HATCHING. 
Exhibition Matings, $5.00 per 15 
Utility “ 2.00 “ 15 
UNION POULTRY YARDS 
Schenectady, New York 
Indian Runner Ducks—Barred Rocks 
Prize winners. Eggs $1 to $3 per sitting. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. Catalog free. 
G. F. WILLIAMSON, - Flanders, N. J* 
A Blue Ribbon Man Talks. 
I have been much interested in an article 
appearing on page 196, comparing the show 
ring and utility values of different birds. 
As a breeder of some 18 years’ standing, 
I can answer one of the questions offhand: 
“Why do not breeders of fancy birds enter 
the laying contests?” That is easy; I 
have among other breeds, some fine Indian 
Runner ducks that I know easily the equal 
of anything to produce eggs. Why don’t 
I enter them in some of the laying contests? 
Simply because these birds are worth from 
$50 to $75 each in my own hands. I 
am not going to allow strangers to handle 
them. If I do, while they can show an 
exceptionally good egg record, what is that 
worth to me with my birds perhaps ruined 
by forcing or inattention? Neither myself 
or any other successful fancier will take 
such risks with valuable birds. It is well 
enough for a novice to enter birds which 
cannot win a blue ribbon iu a decent sized 
show to try for honors iu an egg-laying 
contest but excuse a breeder of good birds. 
The birds are their pets and will not be 
subjected to the bauds of strangers even 
for such honors. This is blunt, and ex¬ 
presses the sentiment of most breeders of 
good birds. We have a market for our 
output, and can place all our surplus al¬ 
most without advertising, other than is 
freely given by the published winnings at 
the leading shows. Where would we gain ? 
I also could supply extra good layers in 
three varieties of hens, the same reason 
applies. A. M. wood. 
Maine. 
Heifer’s Calf; Onion Maggots; Roupy Fowls. 
1. Is it advisable to raise the first calf 
from a two-year-old heifer? 2. Will 
plenty of lime and potash salts help keep 
worms out of the soil for onions? 3. 
Would you advise setting and hatching 
eggs from hens that have had roup through 
the Winter, provided you put them iu new 
building and on new ground? H. B. 
Long Island. 
1. There is no reason why the first calf 
from a two-year-old heifer should not be 
raised, provided that the heifer is well de¬ 
veloped for her age, and has been suffi¬ 
ciently well fed while carrying her calf to 
enable her to produce vigorous offspring. 
A stunted calf from an ill-developed, half- 
fed heifer should not be raised. 
2. The writer knows of no method of 
successfully combatting the onion maggots 
which work at the roots of onions by ap¬ 
plications to the soil. Rotation of crops, 
planting onions upon the same ground not 
oftencr than once in three years, is recom¬ 
mended as a method of control for this 
pest. 
3. The objection to hatching eggs from 
hens that have had the roup does uot lie 
iu the danger of transmitting the disease 
to the chicks, as your question would seem 
to infer, but from the fact that these fowls 
are necessarily below par in health, and 
therefore cannot transmit the vigor to their 
offspring which young chicks need if they 
are to successfully combat all the ills to 
which they are heir. Slight or moderate 
colds from which the fowls have fully re¬ 
covered need not bar them from the breed¬ 
ing pen, however. M. B. D. 
BaTDy CliicKs 
S.U.W. Leghorns, Barred Rocks. R.O. Reds, Strong, 
livable. From vigorous, thoroughbred, range 
breeders. Safe delivery guaranteed. Circular free. 
TVESLEY GKINNELL, SODUS, N. Y. 
Hnnp’c Crescent Strain of Rose Comb TnelrAve 
none S R e( j s an( j Mammoth Bronze * Ux Keys 
have been line-bred dnring the past twelve years. 
Eggs for hatching from exhibition matings which 
contain my Albany and Schenectady winners; also 
Eggs, utility matings of tested layers. D R. HON H), 
CRESCENT HILL FARM, Shakon Springs, N. Y. 
B CFF WHITE LEGHORNS, S. C. R. I. IIF.DS— Kgk-S, 90c. per IS 
11.60 per 30. Mottled Ancona*, Bl. Miuorcas, eggs, $1.00 per 
16; $1.16 per 30. Catalogue free. John A. Both, qiiakertown, Pa 
B ARRED ROCK S. C. W. LEGHORN EGGS— Special matings. 
$1.00 per 15; utility, $4.00 per hundred. Order for 
future delivery. J. I. HERETER, R. 0. 4, Gettysburg, Pa. 
Abovo Poultry Farms Co., Inc. 
CHATHAM, NEW JERSEY 
Established, 1904. Breeders and shippers of high 
class S. U. W. Leghorns. Hatching Eggs. Baby 
chicks, Cockerels, Write for price list. 
Hatching Eggs and Baby Chicks 
Our strains have always been known as heavy 
layers 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 and 
Salmon Faverolles, Leghorn Cockerels for sale. 
EVERGREEN POULTRY FARM 
Tel. connection. Chappaqua, Westchester Co.. N. Y. 
POULTRYMENrSaSE;'" 
EAST 
Catalog descrii 
DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS 
ing 35 varieties. 
MARIETTA, PA. 
WHITE Wyandotte Eggs for Hatching 
** —Choice Stock. $1.00 per 15 : $4.00 per 
hundred. M. W. Bell, Haddonfield, N. J. 
Utility Barred Rock Cockerels 
Nonpareil strain, $2 each. Eggs, $1 per 15; $3.50 per 100 
B. H. HENION - - Brockport, N. Y. 
Wild & Bronze Turkey Eggsi^^E 
2c. stamp, showing pure wild gobbler from the 
mountain. VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, Belleville, Pa. 
PARKS’ Bred-to-Lay Barred Rocks 
Eggs guaranteed 904 fertile, $1 per 15 ; $6 per hun¬ 
dred. Baby Chicks, $15 per hundred. Delivery 
guaranteed. THE MACKEY FARMS, Gilboa, New York 
—Bronze Turkey, Runner Duck, Ton- 
louse Goose, White Leghorn. If you 
want something good. JAS. M. FRYE, Ligonier, Ind. 
Mammoth Toulouse Geese Eggs ^ 
25c each. Am booking orders now. Get yours in 
early. Beautiful stock. ROY CRANDALL Albion N. Y. 
Chicks and Eggs KTTS 
Indian Runner Duck Eggs. Write for prices. 
JOHN I>. VAN DYKE. R 6, Gettysburg, Pa, 
SUPERIOR BABY CHIX-LS&a! 
26-page booklet free. 100,000 chick capacity. Order 
early to assure prompt delivery. TAYLOR'S 
POULTRY YARDS, Box R, Lyons, New York. 
WHITEWYANDOTTE Slf^i^/^^Llerange 5 
Great laying strain. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Prices reasonable. CLARENCE H. FOGG, Bridgeton, N. J. 
T HOROUGHBRED POULTRY-Best 20 varieties. Vigor 
ous, healthy stock. Good layers. Eggs, 15—$1; 40 
—$2. Catalogue. H. K. MOHR, R. No. 3, Quakertown, Pa. 
Baby Chicks—Hatching Eggs 
S. C. W. Leghorns, R. I. Reds Barred Rocks, 
White Wyandottes. Bred to lay. Prices right. 
SUNNY HILL FARM, Flemington, N. J. 
I IVING EGG MACHINES—R. C. Buff Leg- 
“ horns. M'>st beautiful and hardy of fowls. Eggs, 
$2 per 15. Circular. W. J. Thomson, Delhi, N. Y. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
$1 per 15 ; $6 per 100; from an extra large sized and 
one of the best-laying strains of S. C. W. Leghorns 
in existence. J. M. CASE, Gilboa, New York 
EXTRA LAYING STRAIN White Wyandottes. 
C Eggs, $1.50 and $2 per 15. W. J.THOMSON, Delhi, N. Y. 
S AND R. C. BUFF LEGHORNS— Eggs for hatching 
■ from fine-laying and prize-winning stock. Eggs 
$1.50 to $3 per 15. George McCann, R. R. 2. Caraopolis, Pa. 
R A l? R Fn R nPVC bred in the very best blood 
DAKKLU KUINO |j 1les Eggs. $1 per sitting; 
$5 per 100. CHAS. T. DOWNING. R. 2, West Chester, Pa. 
EGGS FOR HATCHIMGlfoeki^red S fm h im 
perior egg production, early maturity and combined 
show points. J. P. BUKCH, Mlllerton, N.Y. 
fln#«n»ioc- BK ST OF WINTER LAYERS 
EGGS AND STOCK FOR SALE. 
E. B. MANN - DELAWARE, NEW JERSEY 
B. P. ROCK COCKERELS 
8 lbs. and up. $3; laying Pullets, $2; Eggs, $3 for 50; 
$5 per 100, f.o.b. Washington. D. C. One breed only. 
Free range stock. W. A. SHERMAN, R. 3, Vienna, Va. 
BLUE RIBBON AND SILVER GUP WINNERS 
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 ; Dav-old Chicks 
and Ducks. - THOMAS W. NORRIS, Mgr. 
PRIZE WINNING STOCK 
Exhibition and utility White Plymouth Rocks, 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, S. C. R. I. Reds; day-old 
chicks, eggs by clutch or 1000; book your orders early. 
KN0LLW00D FARM, tttfc 
EGGS FOR HATCHING—White Orpingtons, 
*“ White Leghorns, Black Minorcas, Rhode Island 
Reds. Barred Plymouth Rocks, Price list mailed. 
TAFT POULTRY FARM, Box 37. Holland Patent. New Yerk 
UATCHING EGGS-Purebred S. C. W. Leghorns. All Pens 
*■ laid more than fifty per cent since November 15. 
Setting $1.50; three settings$4.00; per hundred $7.00. 
Guaranteed. F. A. Clement, Richmond, Mass. 
CGGS FOR HATCHING from Single Comb Buff Leghorn and 
*-* Harsbbarger strain of fawn and white Indian 
Runner Ducks. Cbas. C.Uodway, R. D.2,Hartly,Del. 
OK VARIETIES CHICKENS. DUCKS, GEESE, 
O. I. C. HOGS. FINE STOCK and EGGS 
• REASONABLE. Big illustrated circular FREE. 
JOHN E. HEATW0LE, Box. 22, HARRISONBURG, VA. 
SILVER CAMPINES 
THE WORLD’S GREATEST EGG PRODUCERS. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS. R. 24. ATHENS. PENNA. 
B. I. Reds, Houdans, Indian Runner Ducks 
High-class stock for UTILITY, SHOW or EX¬ 
PORT. Eggs for hate king. Mating list on request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 Fifth St.. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Austin’s 200 STRAIN S. G, Rhode’Jsland Reds 
Standard bred, red to the skin. Eggs for hatching 
$3.90, $5.00 and $10.00 per set (15). Utility $6.00 per 
100. 904 fertility guaranteed Cockerels, yearlings, 
pullets, baby chicks. 
AUSTIN’S POULTRY FARM, Box 17, Centre Harbor. N. H. 
Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds Exclusively 
Eggs for hatching by sitting or by hundred. Send 
for price-list. 
ROANOKE POULTRY FARM, Sewell. New Jersey 
RHODE ISLAND RED 
hatching eggs from heaviest laying dark red to the 
skin, hardy open front colony house free range 
Reds in America. Rose and Single Combs. $2 per 
sitting; $7 per 100. Safe delivery. Fertility guar¬ 
anteed. Special pen, $5 per sitting. Magnificent 
cockerels, yearlings, pullets for sale. 
VIBERT RED FARM, Box 1. WESTON, N. J. 
CUSTOM HATCHING 
in our Hall Mammoth Incubator, by experienced 
operator, means better chicks, free from lice and 
disease. When you want them, send us the eggs ; 
we'll send you the chicks. $3 a compartment, hold¬ 
ing 150 eggs. MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM, Milierton, N. Y. 
R. I. WHITES Lead the Reds 
Booklet free. J. A. JOCOY, TO WANDA, PA. 
on infertile eggs. Choice R. I. Reds. 
Big layers, free range, low prices. 254 
eggs last year from 1 Red. Write for 
circular. W. A. BUCK, Naples, N. Y. 
If ELLERSTRASS Crystal White Orpingtons, (only) S54 fer- 
*» tility guaranteed. 15 eggs $3 ; 50 eggs, $7.5. 
Write HEITMAN, Tesla Place, Glendale, L. I 
B UFFORPIXGTOX ECUS $1.25 per IS. Owen Farms prize strain. 
Fawn lnilian Runner Eggs, white egg strain. $1.50 per 11. 
T. H. METTLER, .... East Millstone, X. J. 
Y O V It 
MONEY 
HACK 
I B K S T 
BKEEb 
BUFF WYANOOTTES-Eggs and stock 
Utility and Show. Circulars Free. 
JOHN WILLM ARTH. Amityville, N.Y. 
S ILVER LACED WYANDOTTES, X. D. Keller,IV. H. Dunn J: 
Oak Lawn strains. Most beautilul fowl. Excellent layers. 
15 eggs $1.50 and $2. F. M. SWART, Margaretville, N. Y. 
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Genuine California Redwood, triple 
walls^ asbestos lining, galvanized iron 
covering. Large egg tray, extra deep 
chick nursery—hot water topheat, cop 
boiler, self regulator, T^cos Thermome 
and many other special advantages 
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r Chick 
Brooder 
IRONCLAD INCUBATOR CO., Boi90 Racine, Wise 
rOAOf MARK 
Wins in the Two 
BIGGEST HATCHING 
Contests Ever Held 
140-EGG 
[ Ironclad 
Incubator 
Don’t class this 
big, all metal cov- 
I cred, dependable 
[batcher with 
I cheaply construe- 
V hy take chances with untried machines when 
_for only $10 we guarantee to deliver safely, all freight 
chargee paid (East of Rockies) BOTH of these big 
prize winning machines fully equipped, set up 
ready for use ? Why not own an Ironclad—the only 
inenbator that haa for two years in succession 
(1911 and 1912) won in the greatest hatching con¬ 
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Missouri Valley Farmer and Nebraska Farm Jour¬ 
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cally every make.style and price. With 140 egg Iron- 
clad—the same machine we offer with Brooder,freight 
paid foronly $10. Mra.C.F.Mevrick. Lockney. Texas 
^ hatched 143 chicks from 143 eggs in 1912 contest 
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