THE H U R .A. L, NEW-YORKER 
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The Henyard. 
HATCHING AND RAISING CHICKS. 
Continuing the article with the above 
caption on page 530, I would say that 
it is not wise to be away from home 
on the day that the hens begin hatch¬ 
ing, for with 25 or 30 hens hatching 
in the same house there are big chances 
for trouble. When an incubator is 
hatching the best thing you can do is 
to let it alone; but it isn’t so with a 
lot of liens. Some chick hatched out a 
little earlier than the rest, may get out 
of the nest and on the floor; then his 
plaintive peeping will excite the mother 
instinct in the hens, and perhaps dozens 
of them will leave their nests and half 
hatched chicks, to mother that yelping 
individual. Then part of them fly back 
on their nests and trample the life out 
of a half dozen chicks by the time they 
pet settled down. The remedy is to take 
the chicks away from the hens as soon 
as they are nicely dried off, and keep 
them in a basket behind the kitchen 
stove, but not too near, because a basket 
full of chicks generate quite a good deal 
of heat themselves, and it begets serious 
damage to overheat the chicks. Oc¬ 
casionally a young hen does not seem 
to know what the little chicks are. I 
have had hens that would kill every 
chick as fast as they were hatched. 
A row of little chick houses is placed 
facing to the east. ‘‘Why east?” Be¬ 
cause they need the sun early in the 
morning when it is cold, and the sun 
rises in April a long way to the north 
of east, and they will get four hours or 
more of sunshine before it shines into 
a coop placed to the south, and by that 
time it is so warm that the shade which 
the east faced coop then gives, is grate¬ 
ful ; while the coop faced to the south 
is in the full glare of the midday sun 
and the panting hen has no way to 
avoid it. 
1 prepare the houses by putting clean 
sand on the floors and a little hay in 
one corner on which the hen is placed 
at dark and the chicks are brought out 
and put under her. For a few days 
three short boards make a little yard 
in front of the coops to keep the chicks 
where they can see their mother. If 
cats are numerous and uneducated (I 
educate mine so they won’t touch 
chicks), it will be necessary to lay wire 
netting on these boards, or have little 
wire runs made. 
Feeding. —This is the rock on which 
thousands of chicks are wrecked every 
year, and yet you can feed almost any¬ 
thing to chicks and have them thrive 
and do well, provided it is clean and 
pure. Any of the commercial chick 
feeds are good, if fresh and clean; 
bin chick feed that has been carried 
over from last year is seldom or never 
lit to feed to little-chicks. The fungus 
that produces “mustiness,” finds con¬ 
genial quarters in the warm interior of 
a little chick, and the “must” may be 
present when the human eye cannot de¬ 
tect it. The nose is sometimes a better 
detective than the eye. I have raised 
chicks to two pounds weight on nothing 
but cracked corn from the day they 
were hatched, but they had the run of 
a manure pile and barn yard, and 
balanced their ration with what they 
found themselves. Stale bread crumbs 
wetted with sweet skim-milk and 
squeezed dry, is good for a few days. 
A dry mash of wheat bran, fresh corn- 
meal, Alfalfa meal and good beef scrap, 
sifted through a fine sieve to get out 
all the hairs, as well as the coarse pieces 
can be left where the chicks can help 
themselves. Don’t use wheat middlings; 
if it is what is called "a good quality,” 
that is if it has much white flour in it, 
jt is too “sticky.” And underdone fresh 
bread is just as bad. Pinhead oat¬ 
meal or rolled oats, fine cracked corn, 
cracked wheat, are all right to feed 
when the chicks have to scratch. But 
above all things don’t keep the chicks 
on a dry board floor; that is all right 
to roost on at night, but the damp 
mother earth they should have to run 
on every day even if you have to carry 
the earth in the brooder house. I used 
to do that,, put a pail full of earth from 
outdoors in the runs of my brooder 
house, and bury the grain in the dirt, 
so they would have to scratch for it. 
1 used to feed hard-boiled eggs chopped 
line, but the trouble I found was they 
liked it so well that they wouldn't eat 
anything else. 
The Cornell ration was given not 
long ago in The R. N.-Y., but here it 
is again, and don’t lose it this time. 
For the first week: Eight parts rolled 
oats, eight parts bread crumbs, three 
parts sifted beef scraps, one part bone 
meal, one part fine grit. 
From one to six weeks: Eight parts 
wheat bran, three parts cormneal, three 
parts wheat middlings, four parts beef 
scraps, one part bone meal. 
For the hens: Thirty-two quarts 
wheat, 36 quarts cracked corn. 30 quarts 
oats; in Winter add 20 quarts buck¬ 
wheat. 
Dry mash: Fifty-seven quarts corn- 
meal, 57 quarts wheat bran, 71 quarts 
wheat middlings, 20 .quarts Alfalfa 
meal, eight quarts oil meal, one-half 
quart salt. This is a well-balanced 
ration, about one of protein to 4.6 
carbohydrates, but green food for bulk 
should be added. In conclusion I want 
to say don’t fail to dig some worms 
for the chicks; the fun will pay for the 
work, and nothing will do the chicks 
so much good. geo. a. cosgrove. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
The twenty-first week of the contest 
shows a gain of 73 eggs over the previous 
week, the output for the week is 2.339, and 
this is 60.8 per cent, of the*possible total. 
For a flock of 500. this is a very good show¬ 
ing. The high mark this week was 30 eggs. 
This record was made by O. A. Foster's pen 
of White Leghorns. Each of the five pullets 
in this pen laid six eggs. Two pens tie for 
second place with records of 29 eggs each. 
They are the Silver Wyandottes from T. W. 
Burns and the White Wyandottes entered 
by Will Barron, of England. Eight pens 
laid 28 eggs each. They are the Barred 
Kooks from Woodside Poultry Farm, the 
White Plymouth Kooks from W. J. Tilley, 
the White Leghorns from A. P. Kobinson, 
the White Leghorns from W. L. Sleezur. the 
English White leghorns from Thomas Bar¬ 
ron, the White Leghorns from F. A. Jones, 
the Buff Orpingtons from O. Wilson, and 
the White Orpingtons from Rockwell & Co. 
Seven pens laid 27 eggs each. In nine pens 
some bird has died or been removed, and 
the reserve bird is now taking its place. 
Tom Barron (as he signs himself) is still 
leading the procession, his wonderful White 
Leghorns having now laid 466 eggs, and Ed¬ 
ward Cam's pen of the same breed has laid 
425. None of the American birds have yet 
reached 400 : the nearest to it is Geo. II. 
Schmitz’s Buff Leghorns, which have a 
record of 395, and next to them are the 
English White Wyandottes from Edward 
Cam. Mr. Barron is also a breeder of White 
Wyandottes, and in a letter I received from 
him this week he expresses his regret that 
he did not enter a pen of that breed, and 
states his intention of doing so next year. 
The White Wyandotte pullets from Beulah 
Farm have laid 343, while the hens of the 
same breed entered by Beulah Farm have 
laid 222. White Leghorns from Braeside 
Poultry Farm have laid 363: O. A. Foster's 
White "Leghorns. 351: Dr. J. A. Fritchey's 
S. C. K. I. Beds. 352; Geo. P. Dearborn's 
pen of. same breed, 345 ; Glen View Poultry 
Farm's K. C. II. I. Iteds. 329: Will Barron’s 
White Wyandottes. 317; E. II. Pohle’s 
White Wyandottes, 317, and Win. E. Ross’s 
White Wyandottes. 308. This makes five of 
the 11 pens of White Wyandottes that have 
laid over 3O0 eggs. 
- The White Orpingtons from White Acres 
Poultry Ranch have laid 319 : Woodman & 
Smith's S. C. R. I. Rods. 309; Colonial 
Farm's pen of same breed, 301. and Burton 
E. Moore’s White Leghorns, 300. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Another Egg Record. 
Speaking of egg records, ^t should be of 
interest to the chicken crank readers of 
The R. X.-Y. to know what a novice ac¬ 
complished with 300 day-old S. C. W. Leg¬ 
horn chicks. The first lot of 100 was de¬ 
livered to the farmer's wife April 25 last 
year; the second lot of 100, April 28, and 
the third lot of 100, May 13, and placed 
in colony brooders. This woman had had 
no previous experience with brooder chicks. 
One hundred and twenty cockerels were 
sold as broilers and live kept to run with 
the pullets. On December 19 105 pullets 
and the tive cockerels were housed in a 
basement barn. 23 x 26, and fed as recom¬ 
mended by Bulletin No. 244 of the N. J. 
Agricultural Experiment Station. During 
tlie month of January these 105 pullets laid 
1,286 eggs; February, 1,055, and March, 
1,560; total for the three mouths, 3,901 
eggs, or i3 weeks lacking one day. _ This 
makes an average per bird of over 37 eggs 
for 13 weeks, or 41.3 per cent. A large 
number of these pullets had been roosting 
in trees up to the time they were housed 
in the barn, as the only protection opened 
to them up to that time were the four small 
colony houses in which they were reared. 
These 105 little pullets with the cockerels 
sold declared a dividend in January. Feb¬ 
ruary and March, after paying all the ex¬ 
penses for food from the time they were 
hatched. a. l. p. 
Chatham, N. J. 
Improving Feathers. 
What can I give fowls to make their 
coats glossy, bright and clean? I have 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. w. b. 
Long Island. 
I do not know what foods, if any, are 
given for this purpose by poultr.vinen who 
wish to “condition” their fowls, but oil 
meal is fed to horses and other stock when 
it is wished to produce a sleek, glossy coat, 
and 1 see no reason why it should not have 
an equally beneficial effect upon poultry. 
Fowls must have clean, dry quarters and 
enough perch room at night so that they 
need not crowd if their plumage is to lie 
kept clean and bright, and it is also neces¬ 
sary that other conditions should be such 
ns to conduce to their general health and 
vigor. M. b. D. 
2UU Breeding Pekin Ducks For Sale 
WHITE HORSE FARMS. A K Heath, Mgr.. PAOLI, PENN. 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS 
Fawn and White, Waltons ami Pencilled. Healthy, 
vigorous, pure stock and big producers. Kept under 
natural conditions. Big white eggs, $2 per 15. A fail- 
hatch and safe delivery guaranteed. We show you 
how. Get free mating list and prices for incubator 
eggs. CHERRY HILL FARM, Pittstown. N. J. 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKSi*”*L 1 *V , »Sft 
white eggs. ShOO per 13: $0.00 per Kill. 
KOI CRANDALL, 
Albion, N. Y 
CAYVN AND WHITE INDIAN RUNNER 
* DOCKS and 8. (J. White Leghorns. Eggs, day- 
old Chicks and Ducklings from bred-to-lay, free- 
range stock at farmer’s prices. Catalogue free. 
PATTERSON POULTRY FARM. Ci.ayton, X. V. 
Indian Runner Ducks~ b B 0 ';r , w"IlS. ,e Si,", 
fawn and white, large and racy eggs. $1 per 11; $7. 
per 100. Also Ilnff 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. ineluding font- first at Grand Central 
Palaee, 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. 1. Reds. Bronze 
Turkeys and White Guineas. RIDGKLEIG1I 
FRUIT AX’D POULTRY FARM, Huntington,N.Y. 
o— Standard bred. Fawn 
Indian Runner Duck Eggs 
$3.j 0: 100, $6..>0. W. 1. EA5STON, R. 5, Delaware, O, 
Mammoth Pekin Duck Eggs^, 1 !' ce T n n t £ 
In buying our stock none was too good for us. 
Take advantage. EVERGREEN, Suffern, X. Y. 
17 C* C* C-FROM WORLD'S BEST LAYING STRAINS 
L Ll VJ J Fishel W. R„ $1-15 or $5—100; I.R. 
__■ $1—11; Blakers W. H. turkeys, $3—10. 
C. E. CASSEL, R. D. 3, Middletown, Pa. 
White Indian Runner Ducksip e e ; g f 
English Runners. Eggs, $1 per sitting 11 eggs. Crys¬ 
tal White Eggs. R. W. Shipman, R. 3, Hollidaysburg, Pa. 
G iant strain mammoth kronzk 
TURKEY EGGS-$5 per setting of 11. White 
Wyandotte and B. P. Rock eggs. $1 per setting of 15: 
$3 per hundred. C. A. HERSHEY, R. No. 1, Tillie, Pa. 
Hnne’c Crescent Strain of Rose Comb 
none S Reds and Mammoth Bronze 1 UrkeyS 
Eggs for hatching from exhibition matings; also 
utility matings of tested layers. 'Three of my Al¬ 
bany and Schenectady winners will be given free to 
the parties ordering the largest number of eggs dur¬ 
ing months of April and May, 1913. Mating listfree. 
D. R. HONE, CRESCENT HILL FARM, SHARON SPRINGS, N. Y. 
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, 
Fernwood Farm & Gardens, Yorktown, N.Y, 
S C White I effhnn« -Ee8S for hatching from 
o. w. it nut: Leguorns matnre birds bred for 
vigor and egg production. Write for prices. 
FLOYD O. WHITE, successor to White & Rice. 
Bargain Sale of Breeders^, 
for hatching. Big illustrated circular Free. 
JOHN E. HEATWOLE, Box 22, Harrisonburg. Va. 
Eggs for Hatching—10 Cents per Egg 
From large, vigorous farm raised S. C. Buff Orpingtons. 
Have averaged 50<t egg yield from Nov. 1st. Winners 
at Olean Poultry Show. W. B. CLARK, Chipmonk, N. Y 
RINGLET BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK HATCHING EGGS from 
large vigorous birds. Infertile eggs replaced 
free. CHAS, A. MAKKNNY, Brewster. N. Y. 
DAY-OLD CHICKS 
Lance, vigorous, true S. C. White leghorn type. Unlimited 
range. Persistent layers. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
CUSTOM HATCHING 
by tin* same mammoth incubators and expert operation that 
produces our famous chicks. S3 per compartment of ISO eggs. 
VANCREST POULTRY FARM, SALT POINT, DUTCHESS CO., N.Y. 
, s. C. WHITE LEGHORN . hicks, 8c; 
8. C. B. Orpington chicks, 15c. 
If over 4 are doad to each 100 on 
leaching your station, I will 
make good the - 
1 o ss. Catalog 
on feeding and 
diseases free. 
C M. LAUVER. 
It. T.3. 
Richfield, Pa. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS 
R. No. 24, Athens, Pa. Breeders for 32 years of 
purebred poultry of high quality. Eggs for hatch¬ 
ing. .Silver Caiupiues, Leghorns, Minorcfls, Reds, 
Wyandottes,Cochins,Rocks, Geese, Ducks,Guineas. 
Barred P. Rock Eggs 
from large liens on free range, $5 per 100; $3 for 50; 
$1.25 for 15. F. O. 15. Washington, D. C. One breed 
only. W. A. MILKMAN, K. 3, Vienna, Va. 
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. - Fast. Aurora N. Y. 
B ARRED ROCK EGGS—SMci«lu»lljij, $i peris; utility,$4 per 
loo. Iii,liuii Hun nor Dork okks, $1 imr 12. M. U. Turkey 
-s'-, per 10. J. /. HERETER, R. 1). *4, Gettysburg, Pa 
New York Prize-Winning Strains^ 1 ?. 
Barred Rooks, R. L Reds; Brown, White Leghorns, 
Eggs, $1.50, 15 : $7. 100. Dark. Light Brahmas; Eggs, 
$2.50, 15. Catalog tree. A few choice breeders for 
sale. F. M. PRESCOTT, Klverilale, N. J. 
EXTRA LAiING STRAIN White Wyandottes. 
L Eggs, $1.50 and $2 per 15. W. J. THOMSON, Delhi, N Y. 
DLUE RIBBON STRAIN WHITE WYANDOTTE HATCHING 
D EGGS, $! PER DOZEN BY MAIL. 
Semi cheek, money or money-order. 
HESSIAN HILL FARM, Croton-oujHudson, N. Y. 
Wiri’X you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and vou'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.'' See guarantee editorial page. 
S ILVER LACED WYANDOTTES, I. I>. Keller. W. H. Dunii.t 
Oak Lawn strains. Most Leaufitul fowl. Kxrelleni layers. 
15 essa $1.50 ami $2. F. M. SWART, Margarotvillo, N. Y. 
I IVING EGG MACHINES-R. C. Buff Leg- 
u horns. M, 'St beautiful and hardy of fowls. Eggs, 
$2 per 15. Circular. W. J. Thomson, Delhi, N. V. 
THE FARMER'S FOWL —Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
I layers on earth. F,ggs. $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland. N. Y. 
CPfiCiS—Bronze Turkey, Runner Duck, Ton- 
rvvsvsu lonse Goose, White Leghorn. If you 
want something good. JAS. M. FRYE, Ligonier, Inti. 
BARR FT) ROCKS 1 ' rei in the very best blood 
DMIXrVLD TvVJUIYO |j nes- Eggs. $1 per sitting; 
$5 per 100, CHAS. T. DOWNING. R. 2, West Chester, Pa. 
EGGS FOR HATCHINfiigJis.Si'S’r™^ 
perior egg production, early maturity and combined 
show points. J. P. 1IUKCH, Millerion, N.Y. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES S s K t!“SSS: 
Great laying strain. Satisfaction guaranteed, 
Prices reasonable. CLARENCE H. FOGG, Bridgeton, N. J 
Black Leghorn Eggs for Hatchin 
the kind that lay. A. E. Hamptcn, Route 4, PittStown 
5 * 
B l FF WIIITF, LBfillORNK. S. C. It. I. REIIS—Ecc". Mr. per IS 
M.30 )M*r 30. Mottled Anoonns, HI. Minorca.*, egg*,$1.00 per 
15; $1.7;. per 30. Catalogue free. John A. Both, Quakertown, Pa 
e C BROWN LEGHORN EGGS— 20 for SI—$3.50 per 100- 
“ 1 Good stock guaranteed. H. A Thatcher, Perulack.Pa- 
HATCHING KGGS— From trap-nested W. P. 
n Rocks. $0 per 100. A.S BRIAN. Mt. Kisco, N.Y. 
Baby Chicks—Hatching Eggs 
EC C. W. Leghorns. R. I. Reds Barred Rocks, 
V\ lute Wyandottes. Bred to lay. Prices right. 
SUNNY HILL FA KM, Flemington, N. J. 
Barred Pork Ftrtrs -1, rom heavy-laying strain, 
uaricu i.UCK UggS hen-hatched, free range 
chickens. 904 fertility guaranteed. $1—15; $2.50— 
50; $4.50 per 100 . Eugene 0. Hall, Chatham, Chester Co., Pa. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY— Rest 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— Kellei strass 
• \\ lute Orpingtons. Eggs, $7.50 hundred up. 
Baby Chicks. W. R. Stevens, Culver Road, Lynns, N Y. 
P0ULTRYMENu Sen,, 2e staln P for Illustrated 
* " 1 ' *■ I* Catalog describing 35 varieties. 
LAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS 
MARIETTA, PA! 
THE MATTITUCK WHITE LEGHORN FARM now offers 
chicks at $10 per 100. Satisfaction in every respect 
guaranteed. Address, Arthur H. Penny, Mattituck, N. Y. 
/JnroMac- BKST 0F winter layers. 
EGGS AND STOt K FOR SALE. 
E. B. MANN 
DELAWARE, NEW JERSEY 
EGGS FOR HATCHING7I’wm feS”?: 
D. W. loung strain: $6 per 100; $3.50 per 50; $1.25 
per 15. MEADOW VIEW POULTRY FARM, Suffield, Conn. 
Wild & Bronze Turkey tg8s- H c ,,?.|,L K J“„S B 
2c. stamp, showing pure wild gobbler from tho 
mountain. VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, Belleville, Pa. 
WHITE ’DOTTE S-Our plan- 
LAKENVELDERS Ka’MBSSZ 
ON\ NLAND FARM, Box 49, .South Hammond, N.Y. 
KELI FRSTR ASS~ cryst al white 
IVILLLHIYO 1 IX/YOO ORPINGTONS—Eggs 
from birds that weigh 8 3 t lbs. Price, $3 per 15. 
W. A. KAISER, 2703 Jamaica Ave , Richmond Hill, L. I., N.Y. 
Late Chicks Grow Fast 
Be wise and take advantage. April, May and June 
opportunity. Last year our June hatched pullets 
sold for a good price by December. We have choice 
pens of jnillets hatched in June, 1912. Minoreas 
lay at 5 months age if have good care. Bona fide 
evidence of satisfaction and thankfulness are ex¬ 
pressed through many letters received daily. Send 
for circulars. Long distance telephone and West¬ 
ern L nioti Telegraph connections- We breed Colum¬ 
bian Wyandottes, White Turkey, Light Brahmas, 
l.'ekin Ducks, Buff Cochins. Price, $1 for 15 ; $2.50 
for 50 ; $5 for 100. Eggs guaranteed safe to your 
station GOLDEN HAM POULTRY YARDS, 
W. L BURNETT, Prop , R. F. 0 , Montgomery, New York 
E GGS FOR HATCHING—From heavy-laying R. I. Ke«l ami 
s. C. White Bock chickens. 'Sets per setting o( is eggs 
GEO. M. LAUDERMILCH, R. F. D. No.1, Union Deposit, Pa. 
EGGS _fR °M WHITE ORPINGTONS, winners in 
^^ v the show room; also in egg-laying 
GOLDEN R00 
$3 10 per 
POULTRY 
15. Write 
FARM, 
for mating list 
Gloversville, N. 
IMPERIAL RINGLETS, BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, ex 
■ ciusively direct from Thompson eggs. $1 and $2 
per 15. J. I'. LABILE, Newark, New York 
Baby Chicks 12c. Each 
From free-range selected S- C White Leg¬ 
horns. Prompt delivery. A hatch every 
week. Safe arrival guaranteed. Circular free. 
CHAS. R. STONE 
Baby Chicken Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
Anconas7 H|,;A 1 * t hy fowls, fine 
HllUUIIda LAYERS. White eggs, $2 for 30. 
A. D. MILLER. - McDaniel, Mtl. 
Bronze Turkeys 
From 40 Hi. toms and 25Jh. hens. Pairs not akin 
Eggs in season. Barred Rock day-old chicks 12c 
each. A liss Josephine Carpenter, Gouverneur, N. Y 
IF U-R looking for W. Pekin, Indian Runner. W. 
1 P. Rock or W. Leghorn Cliix, Dux or hatchin" 
oggs, write . C. SCHKYVKK, Omar, N, Y. 
HAMILTON 
i FARMS 
WH ITE 
LEGHORNS 
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. 
We Guarantee 95 Per Cent. Fertility 
in our Hatching Eggs. Because we KNOW they are finest quality- 
strong, vigorous parent stock, and laid under sanitary conditions. 
Hamilton White Leghorn Chicks & Eggs 
bred right and carefully selected for shipment. They SATISFY 
Open range, green feed, careful mating, perfect housing—these things 
make Hamilton Legme ns the best you cau buy. Write today for 
our illustrated catalog and mice list. It will save you money. 
HAMILTON FARM, box G, Huntington, N. V. 
