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January 10, 
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and a “square deal.” See guarantee 
editorial page. 
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stands for 15 years of guaranteed 
service at least —when you buy 
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I 
Your dealer can furnish Certain-teed 
Roofing in rolls and shingles—made by 
the General Roofing Mfg. Co., world’s 
largest roofing manufacturers. East St. 
Louis, Ill., Marseilles, Ill., York, Pa. 
Coal-burning, Self-regulating 
Safest, Most Economical 
NEWTOWN 
Colony Brooder 
for 300 to 1,500 chicks. Fill coal maga¬ 
zine every other day. Fuel costs eight 
cents a day. Gives chicks correct tem¬ 
perature all the time without attention. 
Ask your dealer or write to-day for Col¬ 
ony Brooder Circular. 
NfiWTOWN GIANT INCUBATOR CORPORATION 
74 Warsaw Street Harrisonburg, Viruinia 
Incubators have 
heating plant ^ 
underneath ^ 
— in the 
middle. 
Send — 
for Free 
Book 
Underneath 
Others take five gallons and have to bo filled every 
day. X-Ray saves $4.00 to $6.00 a season. Saves 
work, too, and gets far hotter results. Heat evenly 
distributed. Automatic trip regulates flame. X-ltay 
Brooder also centrally heated. Shipment direct. 
Send for Free Book No. 82 . We pay the freight. 
X-Ray Incubator Co., Des Moines, la. 
’$ Stump 
and Tree Puller 
clears a two-acre circle with one sitting—pulls stumps, 
green trees and hedges quick and easy. You can 
f oil! trees faster than you can cut them down, 
euving the land clear for cultivation. 
All Steel Combination Stump Puller 
Unbreakable—handy—rapid—powerful. The only ma¬ 
chine on the market that can be set either stump- 
anchored or Belf-anchored. Double. Triple and Quad¬ 
ruple Attachments. Also Rotary rower Attachment 
for sawing, grinding, etc. Write for free catalogue. 
MILNE MFG. CO., 860 Ninth St., Monmouth, III. 
The Henyard. 
Leg Weakness in Pullets. 
What is tli*' matter with my pullets? 
They seem v, .11 and healthy and all at 
ouce they go lame in one leg, and then 
the other; then they get helpless and 
drop and die. Yesterday one laid her 
first egg and she became helpless and 
cannot walk. I have never had anything 
like it. J. s. C. 
Ohio. 
I cannot be certain as to the cause of 
the leg weakness in your Pullets from the 
very limited amount of information which 
you give. Rheumatism, from cold, damp, 
drafty, quarters is a frequent cause of 
lameness and inability to use the legs, 
but it should not be followed by imme¬ 
diate death. If th : trouble from which 
your pullets are sulfering is fatal, as your 
letter indicates, there is something wrong 
which only complete knowledge of ail 
conditions would reveal. At. B. D. 
Ration for Fattening Poultry. 
What is best to feed young poultry to 
fatten quickly? Which should be used, 
sweet milk or sour milk to get better re¬ 
sults and why? It is understood we have 
the poultry in sanitary coops. Many 
use sour milk; and is that better, and 
why ? u. M. 
Boonville, Ind. 
The Cornell fattening ration is com¬ 
posed of the following: 100 pounds corn- 
meal; 100 pounds buckwheat middlings; 
100 pounds oat flour, or flour middlings; 
30 pounds beef scrap, and one pound 
charcoal. These are thoroughly mixed 
and about 12 hours before use the desired 
quantity is made into a porridge with 
sour skim-milk or buttermilk; 10 pounds 
of feed requiring from seven to nine 
quarts of milk. Feed fattening stock 
three times daily, confining them to fat¬ 
tening crates or in small runs. Give only 
as much as they will quickly clean up 
and do not attempt to force them in this 
way for more than about two weeks. An¬ 
other fattening ration recommended by 
the Maine Station is: 100 pounds corn- 
meal; 100 pounds wheat middlings; and 
40 pounds of meat meal. Still another 
is: 100 pounds cornmeal; 80 pounds 
wheat middlings; 20 pounds meat meal; 
and 20 pounds oatmeal (Ontario Agri¬ 
cultural College). Soured milk gives 
better results with fattening mixtures 
than water, doubtless because of the ben¬ 
eficial effect of the lactic acid contained 
as well as because of its food value. 
Washing a Bird for Exhibition. 
What is the right way to prepare a 
bird for a poultry show? B, A. B. 
Findlay, O. 
For show purposes white birds should 
usually be washed unless they are excep¬ 
tionally clean themselves. All birds, 
however, should have their legs and feet 
soaked in warm water and with a blunt 
toothpick all dirt should bo cleaned from 
under the edges of the scales on the legs 
and feet. Often many of the old scales 
on the shanks can lie worked loose with 
the thumb nail. That is about all that 
needs to be done, but white birds need 
washing. The washing of birds requires 
a lot of patience and thoroughness in the 
work, and if one is not willing to give 
this, the probability is the birds will 
look worse after washing than before. 
There should be four tubs of water. The 
temperature of the first should be about 
100 degrees. The others should gradual¬ 
ly cool oil' until the fourth tub is about 
70. After immersing the bird by grasp¬ 
ing the legs and tips of both wings in 
one hand, as soon as it becomes quiet, 
loosen up carefully the feathers on all 
parts of the body and let the water soak 
clear into the skin everywhere. Then 
with a cake of white soap begin to rub 
the bird’s back and body in the same way 
the feathers lie, rather easily at first, but 
after the feathers get soaked and the soap 
begins to make them pliable, they can be 
rubbed more vigorously. After a min¬ 
ute or two in the water they can be 
scrubbed with a cake of soap. The base 
of the tail near the oil sac and the fluff 
under the vent are the parts that need 
washing most. Every bit of dirt every¬ 
where in the bird must be loosened if 
she is to look well when finished. After 
scrubbing the bird and getting the soap¬ 
suds into the skin on every part of the 
body and every bit of dirt loosened up 
and removed, the bird should be trans¬ 
ferred to the second tub for rinsing. How¬ 
ever, the same movements should be gone 
through, and all soap removed from all 
the feathers of the wings and tail and 
all over the body. The third tub is also 
a rinsing tub, and when taken out of 
the third tub. the bird should be absolute¬ 
ly clean. The fourth tub should have 
some bluing in it and the bird be rinsed 
a little more. The drying of the bird is 
almost as important as the washing. It 
should be wrung out ns dry as possibly 
with the hands and allowed to flutter by 
tossing it up into the air gently and 
catching it before it touches the ground. 
In this way the bird will shake much of 
the water left in .be feathers out. It 
should then be placed in a clean coop 
with clean shavings where the tempera¬ 
ture is about 00 degrees. After staying 
there three or four hours, the tempera¬ 
ture should be lowered gradually in order 
that the bird shall not catch cold. 
A. L. CLARK. 
Let Me Help You Get 
Dr. Hess 
Stock Tonic 
Yourcows, horses and 
hogs are pretty apt to 
get out of fix during 
winter, because grain, 
hay and fodder do not 
contain the natural 
laxatives and tonics so 
abundantly supplied 
In grass. Lack of ex¬ 
ercise is another thing 
that retards good 
health. 
Dr. Hess Stock Tonic 
contains tonics that 
improve the appetite 
and tone up the diges¬ 
tion, laxatives for reg¬ 
ulating the bowels, 
and vermifuges that 
will positively expel 
worms. I guarantee 
it. 25-lb. pail $1.60; 
100-lb. sack $5.00. 
Smaller packages as 
low as 50c. Except in 
Canada, the far West 
and the South. 
Dr. Hess 
Instant 
Louse Killer 
Kills lice on poultry 
and all farm stock. 
Dust the hens and 
chicks with it, sprinkle 
It on the roosts, in the 
cracks or If kept in the 
dust bath, the hens will 
distribute It. Also de¬ 
stroys bugs on cucum¬ 
ber, squash and melon 
vines, cabbage 
worms, etc., slugs on 
rose bushes, etc. 
Comes in handy sift¬ 
ing-top cans, 1 lb. 25c, 
8 lbs. 60c. Except in 
Canada and the far 
West. I guarantee it. 
GILBERT HESS, 
Dr. of Medicine, 
Dr. of Veterinary 
Science. 
Winter Eaus 
I make my biggest egg profits in the winter months, because I sec to it that my 
own liens lay regularly then. You can make your hens lay in winter the same 
as mine do. 
Under ordinary winter conditions liens lay poorly, because they arc cooped up, 
deprived of preen stuff and cannot get exercise. The egg organs consequently 
become sluggish and inactive and the lien puts on fat instead of converting her 
ration into eggs. Hens must have a tonic during winter to tone them up, 
invigorate the dormant egg organs and keep them healthy. 
Dr. Hess Poultry 
P A N - A - C E - A 
is just such a tonic. It makes liens lay. It contains ingredients for toning up 
the whole digestive system and enriching the blood. The U. S. Dispensatory 
and all noted veterinarians certify eaclt ingredient to do what I claim for it, 
Pan-a-ce-a is a scientific preparation—back of it is my 25 years' experience 
as a doctor of medicine, veterinary scientist and successful poultry raiser. But 
I don’t want you to try my 
Pan-a-ce-a on anybody’s claim 
or say so. but on a 
Money - Back 
Guarantee 
So stiro nm I that Dr. Hess Poultry 
Pan-a-ce-a will make your hens lay 
during winter, that I have author¬ 
ized your dealer to supply you with 
enough to feed your whole flock, 
and if it docs not do as I claim, re¬ 
turn the empty packages and get 
your money back, l'an-a-ce-a is 
never sold by peddlers, only by 
reliable dealers whom you know.- 
lhJ lbs. 25c; 5 lbs. 60c ; 25-lb. pail 
$2.50. Except in Canada and the far 
West. Send for my now poultry 
book—it's a stunner and it’s free. 
DR. HESS & CLARK 
Ashland. Ohio 
Send 2c stamp for my 
brand-new 32-page 
poultry book — it’ 
•Uttux. 
Free Service 
No matter what incubator you may be using, i 
you are entitled to the Cyphers Co. Books on I 
Poultry Free. Write at. once for list. Also got I 
Free Personal Letters I 
1 and 244-Page Catalog j 
| Contains eight helpful Chapters—describes I 
I Cyphers Co. Specialties. Address 
| Cyphers Incubator Co. , Dept. 38 Buffalo, N. Y. / 
"It I were buying a 
dozen Incubators 
they would all be 
Queens.” 
C.LGRAGG.Butur.Mo. 
Mr. Gragg wrote after 
be had taken off two 
95#hatchc3. The grand 
record of the 
Queen Incubator 
is built on service. You can depend on good batches 
every time you fill it with fertile eggs. I build honestly, 
so your machine will last many years. Bee my 1914 
Model with its 28 Special Features. Paying a higher 
price for other incubators will not get you a better 
batcher. Send for finely illustrated 1914 catalog. 
WICKSTRUM. Incubator Man, Box 138. Lincoln, Neb. 
PRATT FOOD CO., Eastern Distributers, Pkila.,Fa. 
Lice Proof Nests 
ook Seat 
REE 
Keep your hen9 
happy,get more 
eggs, biggov 
protits, by 
keeping 
Sss»5> them froe from 
Tice and mites with 
KNUDSON 
Galvanized Steel 
Lice Proof Nests , 
^ These wonderful, sanitary, patented 
- nests (not a trap nestjean't get out of order 
1 st a life time and earn their cost many times over, 
legulnr price $3.90,sot 6ncHt.s—special introductory price 
>0; 3 sets (lSnests.) $10. Write forour free catalog. Gal. 
el Brood Coops. Runs, Chicken Feeders,Trap nests, etc. 
IUDSON MANUF'G CO., Box 554 St. Joseph, Mo. 
mWncubatorm 
and Brooder ^ lU 
If Ordorad To goth or 
Freight paid enat of 
Rockies. Hot water, 
copper tanka, l*.. double 
dead air iipnco, double 
doors, all set up com- 
Incubator nnd Brooder 
iloguo describes them, 
or order direct. 
WISCONSIN INCUBATOR CO., Box 138 . 
£Tho incubator is 
California Rod- 
Twood, ooverod 
with asbestos nnd galvan¬ 
ized iron: has triple walls, copper 
tank, nursery, egg tostor,, 
thermomotor, roady to use. 8t) DAYS’ 
TRIAL—money back if not O. K. Write for, 
KKKK Ontnloir today—NOW 
Ironclad Incubator Cn..Deplt2lBaclne,WIs. 
MAKE HENS LAY 
By feeding raw bone. Its egg-producing value 1 b foot 
times that of grain. Eggs more fertile, chicks inora 
vigorous, broilers earlier, fowls heavier, | 
prollts larger. 
MANN’S \55d!I Bone Cutter 
Cuts all bone with adhering meat and 
gristle. Never clogs. 10 Days' Froo Trial. 
No money In advaneo. , 
Send Today lor Free Book. 
'•W. Mann Co., Box 16, Milford, Mass, 
Give Your Chickens Teeth 
Feed Grit—glvo the chicken something that grinds 
the grain in the crop and prepuree food for proper 
assimilation. Oyster shells and bone are too soft 
und won't do wliut Muku-Shcl Grit will do. Malta- 
81ml Grit will increase weightaud egg-laying, by 
helping the chicken digest all she Is led. 200lbs. 
for $1.00 f. o. b. cars. One ton at $7.00 f. o. b. cars. 
EdffollUlSlIlcaKookCo., Box J,Now Brunswick,N. J- 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or line granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers ol 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples, list. 1844 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peeksldll, N. Y. 
I CC’C I ipr If II | rp Germorono, Louse Powder, 
** 1.1 wt lULLLlly Ekk Maker und other Poultry 
remedies have a succesful reputation of twenty years behind 
them. They have brought success to thousands of Poultry raisers 
und will to you. Lee's big “New Poultry'Book", “Reading 
Symptoms of Disease" and “Poultry Pointers“free from all Lee's 
dealers, or write direct. The New Mainly Lee Incubator is a 
real automatic batcher* Write for cutuloguc. 
GEO. H. LEE CO., 97* HARNEY ST. OMAHA. NEB. 
