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The Henyard. 
Hen Notes. 
The only trouble I ever had with poultry 
was a season when I save them a liberal 
daily ration of milk. Some of my earliest 
chiekens that were three-fourths full grown 
would droop a day or two, their heads 
would turn black and they died within two 
or three days. Those that were bled in 
the comb and wattles and given a teaspoon¬ 
ful of Rochelle salts before the ailment 
had gone too far, recovered. Probably a 
little milk mixed with their mash is very 
beneficial, but I believe too much is not 
good for poultry. 
I have known people to feed one kind 
of feed to fowls all Winter. There may 
be some excuse for slack feeding, but none 
whatever for feeding one kind of grain ex¬ 
clusively. They should be given all kinds 
of grain grown on a farm. A feed of 
plump oats once a week is relished by 
grown fowls. When the chicks are small 
sift grouhd oats to get the meal and mix 
equal parts of cornmeal and wheat mid¬ 
dlings with it. Feed small chickens five 
times a day. 
How well I remember going one-fourth of 
a mile with my older brothers when a little 
lad to set “Old Speckle,” a favorite hen. 
under a brush fence. The nest contained 
16 eggs. In three weeks we went after 
the chickens and found 17. The hen had 
laid another egg after we had set her. I 
have always had the best hatch in setting 
fowls on the ground after the Spring freez¬ 
ing was over. If the nests are in boxes 
or barrels it is a good plan to put turf or 
sods in it and moisten the nest every three 
or four days. 
The premises where I lived one Winter 
were badly infested with rats. They at¬ 
tacked everything eatable, even to the eyes 
of the potatoes, and chewed the apples'to 
pomace to get the seeds. I tried to trap 
one, thinking its cries would drive away 
the rest. I had taken lessons on trapping 
In boyhood, but they were too cunning for 
me. One evening when I was looking over 
the wreck they had made the thought 
occurred that I might imitate the cry of 
a rat in distress and scare them away. 
I picked up the traps and rattled the chains 
and imitated the cry of a rat to the best 
of my ability in different parts of the prem¬ 
ises for five or 10 minutes. The next even¬ 
ing there was not a rat to be seen, and they 
gave me no more trouble that season. 
New York. j. h. andrej. 
Value of Fowls. 
What may be considered a fair price 
at which business might be done for each 
of the following classes of chickens: Pul¬ 
lets, cockerels and two-year-old hens. Barred 
Rocks, White Wyandottes and Leghorns, 
all in A 1 condition, of good strain, and 
laying. Of course I know what they cost 
me to produce, but I should like to' know 
what price other poultrymen would ask 
approximately. l. k. 
New Jersey. 
The value of fowls, like that of other 
animals, varies so much with the quality 
and the locality, to say nothing of reputa¬ 
tion of breeder, etc., that it would be 
difficult for an outsider to say what yours 
are worth. If the fowls are purebred, you 
ought, I should think, to get 75 cents each 
for the two-year-olds, $1 to $1.25 for the 
pullets, and from $1 to $3 for the cock¬ 
erels, according to their quality. I should 
consider these “farm prices,” and you may 
be in position to realize considerably more. 
- m. 'b. d. 
Eggs Without Vitality. 
Can you tell me what to feed our hens 
in order to get good fertile eggs, as the 
yolks of the eggs are very pale? We feed 
dry mash, scratch food and plenty of green 
food. What is the reason full grown chicks 
die in shell? j. m. h. 
Astoria, N. Y. 
1. Fertility is not produced by any spe¬ 
cial feeds, but is brought about by all the 
measures which conduce to good health and 
vigor in the flock. As one of these meas¬ 
ures, the feeding of clover or Alfalfa has 
great value, and if you can add a forkful 
of good clover hay from which the leaves 
and heads have not been shaken off, to 
the other green food that you are giving 
each day, we think that you will soon note 
a change in the color of the yolks. 2. 
Chicks die in the shell at all stages of in¬ 
cubation from lack of sufficient vitality and 
vigor in the embryo to carry it further tow¬ 
ard development. Many reach full develop¬ 
ment without being able to leave the shell, 
and in these, it is probable that defective 
methods of incubation, such as are at pres¬ 
ent inseparable from artificial hatching, play 
a part in the trouble. M. B. D. 
Hens on Small Area. 
Will G. S., Whitman, Mass., page 325. 
tell us into what size pens his 3% acres 
are divided, and what implements he 
uses for planting his corn, also how he 
prevents hens from stripping the husks and 
devouring the corn before it ripens? 
E. A. B. 
There are no pens in this 3*4 acres of 
land. There is a fence all around three 
sides, leaving highway open without a 
fence. My liens are out from one to two 
hours a day on this plot, except from the 
first planting of corn until it is two feet 
high. After it is two feet high and the 
hens have been properly supplied with 
green food they will not do the corn much 
damage if they are let out about an hour 
before dark, which I think is sufficient 
exercise for laying hens. The rest of the 
“| lle the hens are confined to the house 
with good ventilation. If wished they can 
run °n this plot from October till May. 
n they are not supplied with green food 
they will damage the corn. I plant my 
corn rather thick and the thinning of 
the corn and pulling of suckers furnishes 
green food for hens about all Summer. In 
planting I use a one-horse corn-planter and* 
could harvest it with a corn-cutter, but 
there are fruit trees that would bother, 
so cut it by hand. This corn has been 
a great saving in the grain bill, as I 
have not bought a bag of corn since Oc¬ 
tober 1, and will have enough to last till 
April 15. In regard to the way I feed 
the corn, I used to shell it for the hens, 
but I have found out they can shell it 
themselves so I break the ears in two and 
feed it that way. g. s. 
Whitman, Mass. 
Blood for Poultry. 
I am living close to a butcher shop and 
can have all the fresh blood I want for 
my poultry. Would you inform me how 
it may be used? Is it best boiled or raw? 
Chickens are very fond of it either way. 
What amount may be fed? o. j. o. 
Ephrata, Pa. 
Duck raisers make extensive use of fresh 
blood, mixing it with the wet mash used, 
and I know of no reason why poultrymen 
cannot use it in the same way. If a wet 
mash is not used the blood may be fed in 
metal troughs, in about the amount of a 
pint and a half to each hundred fowls. 
Great care should be observed that the 
blood does not become tainted especially in 
hot weather, and the feeding utensils should 
be kept scrupulously clean. m. b. d. 
Leghorns or Anconas. 
Which is the best breed for laying eggs, 
Buff or White Leghorns, or Rose Comb 
Anconas? I do not see Anconas in the 
egg-laying contest in The r. N.-Y. Are 
they a new breed? mbs. s. m. 
Connecticut. 
Our preference would be the White Leg¬ 
horns, they having been longer bred for 
egg production, and a good strain being 
easier to get than of either the Buff Leg¬ 
horns or Anconas. Anconas are excellent 
fowls of the Leghorn type, and belong to 
the same Mediterranean class. They have 
been comparatively uncommon in this coun¬ 
try, but are becoming better known, and 
are valued for their many excellent quali¬ 
ties ; they being _ hardy, quick to reach 
maturity, of pleasing color, and good pro¬ 
ducers of large white eggs. m. b. d. 
Pullets With an Egg Record. 
On page 410, Mr. James C. Wells calls 
attention to the egg-laying contest at Storrs 
and refers to a pen of his own, consisting 
of 100 S. C. White Leghorn pullets, which 
gave him in 12 weeks, from November 1 to 
January 23, a total of 2,126 eggs, or afi 
average of 21 Vi eggs from each pullet. 
During the same period Mr. Wells figures 
that the 215 White Leghorns at Storrs laid 
only 3,326 eggs, or an average of 15 % 
eggs per bird. I have a pen of 98 S. C. 
White Leghorn pullets that laid 3,723 eggs 
in the 12 weeks, from December 22 to 
March 15, 397 more eggs than were laid uy 
the 215 Storrs birds. I bought these pul¬ 
lets on September 1 last, when they were 
10 weeks old. They laid their first egg on 
November 21st and did not begin laving 
strongly until January. Their record' for 
the 12 weeks is as follows: 
December 22-31 (10 days). 311 eggs 
January 1-31 (31 days). 1197 “ 
February 1-28 (28 days).1395 “ 
March 1-15 (15 days). 820 “ 
3723 “ 
This makes my average per bird, for 12 
weeks. 38 eggs, as against Mr. Wells 21 Vi 
and Storrs 15V£. I have not picked out 
any particularly heavy laying period; be¬ 
cause it will be noted that the figures start 
just one month after the first egg was 
found in the litter, or when the pullets 
were not quite -seven months old. Several 
things have helped to get these results. 
In the first place, the pullets are big, 
healthy mountain-bred birds, with no show 
room ancestry. They have been kept by 
themselves, with no cockerels, in a 20x20 
open front house, without curtains, but 
with plenty of fresh air and sunlight. 
They have been fed a varied scratch grain 
in deep straw litter and a dry mash in 
automatic hoppers. They have had besides 
a warm mash every morning, sprouted oats 
every day and fresh water three times a 
day. Their house is cleaned every day. 
They are working and singing all da'y long 
when they are not laying eggs. I have 33 
nests for 98 pullets and many a morning 
they are practically all occupied. These 
birds were locked in their house on No¬ 
vember 1 and have not been outdoors since. 
GEORGE BOWLES. 
Connecticut. 
3FL abbits 
Will pay 75o. and express charges, for 
live, healthy, young rabbits, any breed 
or color, weighing at least 4 lbs. apiece. 
C. W. NORTON, - SARANAC LAKE, N. Y. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS 
R. No. 24, Athens, Pa. Breeders for 33 years of 
purebred poultry of high quality. Eggs for hatch¬ 
ing. Silver Campines, Leghorns, Minoroas, Reds, 
Wyandottes,Cochins,Rocks, Geese, Ducks,Guineas. 
CHANCE TO 
improve your 8. C. W. Leghorn stock by purchas¬ 
ing eggs from flock averaging 163 eggs per year and 
headed by grandsons of Lady Cornell, whose official 
record was 257 per year. Eggs, $1.50—15: $8 per 100. 
VALLEY VIEW HEIGHTS, S. L. Purdie. M 8 r., GENOA, N. Y. 
DLUE RIBBON STRAIN WHITE WYANDOTTE HATCHING 
D EGGS. $1 PER DOZEN BY MAIL. 
Send check, money or money-order. 
HESSIAN HILL FARM, Croton-on-Hndson, N. Y. 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCK EGOS-$1.50 per 15: 
1 $7 a 100. prepaid. Heavy layers of white eggs. 
R. G. HARTWELL, - BREWSTER, N. Y. 
Barred P. Rock Eggs 
from largo hens on free range, $5 per 100: $3 tot- 50: 
$1.25 for 15. F. O. B. Washington, D. C. One breed 
only. W. A. SHERMAN, K. 3, Vienna, Va. 
Wild & Bronze Turkey 
2c. stamp, showing pure wild gobbler from the 
mountain. VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, Belleville. Pa. 
OSCAWANA BROOK FARM’S 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS PAY 
Hatching eggs during April, 5c. each. Money back 
forevery untertile egg Ask prices for May delivery, 
cliix and eggs. C. KRAMERS, Pulliam Valley, N. Y. 
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Skilled labor is needless. You 
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V^reoiioiu anJCowSpray 
Creonoid sprayed on cows keeps away flies. 
Use it before xuilking and cows will yield 
better. 
Everjet Elastic Paint 
Save money by using this black paint 
wherever the color is no objection. Elastic, 
heat-proof, durable. Use it for “rubber” 
roofings and all exposed iron and wood. 
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Chicago 
Cincinnati 
Philadelphia 
Kansas City 
Boston St. Louis Cleveland 
Minneapolis Corey. Ala. Seattle 
"And I laid it 
myself* 
too’.’ 
Rcdiirtinn in Prir#* - ° n account of high scor- 
neauenon in rnce iuK , fertility and favorable 
weather for shipping, greatest laying strain Single 
Comb White Leghorn eggs for hatching, now $! per 
15; $5 per hundred. F. A. CLEMENT, RICHMOND. MASS. 
7 r-^rr rr — -r -r 1»000 superior baby chix 
~ ^ fW ^ come to life daily with 
this report. White and Brown Leghorns are two 
of our varieties. Write for catalogue, mating and 
price list of chix and hatching eggs. 
Taylor’s Poultry Yards, Box R, Lyons, N. Y. 
Eggs for Hatching—10 Cents per Egg 
From large, vigorous farm raised S. C. Bull Orpingtons. 
Have averaged 50£ egg yield from Nov. 1st. Winners 
at Oleau Poultry Show. w. B. CLARK, Chipmonk, N. Y. 
WHITE WYANDOHEStWK^IS: 
Great laying strain. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Prices reasonable. CLARENCE H. FOGG, Bridgeton, N. J. 
Rose Comb White Leghorn 
ducks. Eggs for hatching. ANSON HENRY, Flanders, N. J. 
PARTRIDGES I PHEASANTS 
Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quail*, 
Rabbits, Deer, etc., for stocking purposes. Fancy 
Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks. Beautiful 
Swans, Ornamental Geese and Duck*, Foxes, 
Squirrels, Ferrets, and all kinds of birds and 
animals. WJL J. MACKENSKN, Natural. 
1st, Department 1(>, Yardley, l*a,_ 
17Q_l„—Golden Barred and Partridge Rocks. 
■V oaic Kmden Geese, Crested White Bull 
Orpington and Pure White Runner Ducks. 
J. H. LEWIS, R. F. D. 3. CADIZ. OHIO 
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. 
THE FARMER'S FAVORITE WINTER LAYERS-Kellerstrass 
* White Orpingtons. Eggs, $7.50 hundred up. 
Baby Chicks. W. R. Stevens. Culver Road, Lyons, N. V. 
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. Coraopolis, Pa. 
EGGS FOR HATCHIHGi^M^ s ^ 
perior egg production, early maturity and combined 
show points. «J. P. BURCH, Mlllerton, N. Y. 
PARKS’ Bred-to-Lay Barred Rocks 
pgPHSS 
Day Old Chicks 
Our S. C. White Leghorn Chicks 
»re bred from heavy laying stock. 
We ship them in perfect condition. 
They thrive from the start, and 
grow into vigorous layers. Custom¬ 
ers are always satisfied. Write 
for catalog and price list. 
PEERLESS FARMS 
R. F. D. 10 
Northport, L. L, N. Y. 
$1 per 15 : $6 per hun- 
' * Di" 
Eggs guaranteed 90* fertile, . „ _ 
drod. Baby Chicks. $15 per hundred. Delivery 
guaranteed. THE MACKEY FARMS, Gilboa, New York 
Hnna’e Crescent Strain of Rose Comb Tiirlrksxrc 
none S R el j s anl j Mammoth Bronze * uTKeyS 
have been line-bred during 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 W, 
CRESCENT HILL FARM, SHARON SPRINGS, N. Y. 
™ T " | BUFF WYANDOTTES-Eggs and 
I Utility and *>><’"•. Ci 
UK KM) | J0HN W1LLMART 
Anconas~ BKST 0F WIN 't' EK layers. 
stock 
irculars Free. 
H, Amityville, N. Y. 
R. I. Reds, Houdans, Indian Runner Ducks 
High-class stock for UTILITY, SHOW or EX¬ 
PORT. Eggs for hate hiug. Mating list on request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH. 602 Fifth St.. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
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, Millerton.N. Y. 
Columbian Rocks—Aurora Strain 
1st prize winners at New York and Buffalo. Eggs. 
$3.00 and $5.00 per 15. Free mating list. 
LEW H. BOWN, - East Aurora, N. Y. 
White Indian Runner Due p s' t anda« ? a 
English Runners. Eggs, $1 per sitting 11 eggs. Crys¬ 
tal White Eggs. R. W. Shipman, R. 3. Hoilidaysburg, Pa. 
F awn and white Indian runner 
DUCKS and S. C. White Leghorns. Eggs, day- 
old Chicks and Ducklings from bred-to-lay, free- 
range -*• *-— 1 — - 1 -*— 
PAT 
:e stock at farmer's prices. Catalogue free. 
L’TERSON POULTRY FARM, Clayton, N. Y. 
Mammoth Toulouse Geese Eggs sale 
25c eaeh. Am booking orders now. Get yonrs in 
early. Beautiful stock. ROY CRANDALL Albion N Y. 
INDIAN RUNNR DUCKS ^s^.- 3 
C. A. KAYNER, - - Bu ffalo, N. Y. 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCK EGGS 75c per doz. 
* $4 hundred. Will exchange for Plymouth Rock or 
Rhode Island Eggs. Mrs. Geo. Davidson, Annapolis, Md. 
WHITE INDIAN Runner Duck Eggs $3 Setting, 12; 
** White. Egg Strain Fifteen years in Duck Cul¬ 
ture. Marsh Creek Poultry Farm, R 4, Gettysburg; Pa. 
Indian Runner Ducks-gT'teSf'X; 
fawn and white, large and racy eggs. $1 per U; $7- 
per 100. A Iso Buff Orpington Barred j 
1 
Also Butt" Orpington Barred and White 
Rock eggs, $1 per 15. S. T. WITMER, Union Deposit, Pa. 
WE HAVE THE 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. We also 
breed S. C. W. Leghorns, R.C. R. I. Reds. Bronze 
Turkeys and White Guineas. RIDGELEIGH 
FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM, Huntington, N.Y. 
E. B. MANN 
EGGS AND STOCK FOR SALE. 
- DELAWARE, NEW JERSEY 
Giant Bronze Turkey Eggs 
$3 per 10. R. C. R. I. Red Eggs, $1 per 15. I. It. Duck 
Eggs, $1 per 10. Purebred S. C. White r,eghorn eggs 
$1 per 20. White eggs from pure White R. Ducks, 
$2.50 per 10. Write H. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg, Pa. 
YOUR 
MONEY 
BACK 
on infertile eggs. Bred-to-lay S.C. R. I. 
RCnC 100. $6.00; 50, $3.00 : 30, $2.00. 
llkwo Sitting, b.v parcel post, $1.25. 
Circular. W. A. BUCK. Naples, N. Y. 
B ARRED ROCK EGGS— Special mating, p«rU; utility, Slper 
100. Iiutiati Kuuiter Duck eggs, }1 per IS. M. B. Turkey 
eggr, $3 per 10. J . /. HERETER, ft. f). f, Gettysburg, Pa, 
Tom Barron’s Strain ITmn TmE 
Winner of North American Egg Laying Contest for Six Winter Months, 1911-12; 
also leading the Missouri and North American Egg' Laying' Contest, 1912-13. 
FREE CATALOGUE Over 200 trap nests used on our farm. Individual 
EGGS FOR HATCHING records run as high as 142 eggs in 6 winter months 
DAY-OLD CHICKS THE PENNA. POULTRY FARM, Lancaster, Pa’ 
