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THE RURAL MSW-YORKELS 
April 25, 
MAKES HENS LAY I 
MORE EGGS 
300 LICE 
Or More 
on One Hen 
t* by no means uncommon. No one would expect 
to fatten a steer with that number of "ticks” suck- 
ing his blood, but many expect wSSW llllIllicit 
the old hen to go ahead shelling 
out eggs while lice and mites are VVillVIffl 
sapping her very life. We have 
counted over 2000 dead lice under 
a row of ten hens, on a roost 
board painted the night before with 
Lee’s Lice Killer. Thisgreatkillerdoes 
double duty—contact kills mites, lice,( 
bedbugs, etc. about the roosts; the 
vapor kills lice on the chickens sitting 
over it. Put up only in airtight cans. 
For sale at over 10,000 towns. 
Three sizes—35 cts., 60 cts., $1.00. Poultry Bookfree. 
GEO. H. LEE CO. Omaha, Nebr. 
J We ship 
quick from 
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’ Buffalo, Kansas 
City or Racine 
nre better. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed. Write for book today or 
send price now and save time. 
Jim Rohan, Pres. 
CELLE CITY INCUBATOR CO. 
Box 48 Racine r Wis. 
Still Buys 
World's Champion 
140-Egg Incubator 
Double cases all over - best 
copper tank; nursery, self-regulating. 
Best 140-chick hot-water brooder, 
$4.85. Ordered together, $11.50. 
Freight Paid (E. of Rockies). No ma¬ 
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ARE YOU READING 
The Diary of a Commercial Hen? 
79 Healthy Chicks Out of 99 Eggs 
The Country Gentleman 
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MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or fine granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers of 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est. 1814 
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Poultry Netting 
—Write for bargain prices. 
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CO., 5 Cortlandt St., N.Y. 
Parcel Post Egg Boxes A^Fn i.Eus! 
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White Leghorn Hens mated to Tom Barron cock¬ 
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G BRUNDAGE, Salisbury Mills, Orange Co., New York 
Elizabeth Poultry Farm7£% m g * a ? 0 h ; 
Hatching, and day-old baby chicks.from 1,5(iUselect¬ 
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and Buff Orpingtons. Write for PRICES. Visitors 
are welcome to inspect our stock any day except 
Sunday. JOHN H WARFEL AND SON, Rohrerstown, Pa. 
BARY CH IX~ S - c - Wllite Leghorns, 
a $I0 per ]00 j R Duck . 
lings. Eggs for hatching. Old established business. 
ROCKY GLEN POULTRY FARM, Poughkeepsie, New York 
S. C. White Leghorn Baby Chicks ^, c fo E .f 1 c ”; 
▼al guaranteed. No order too large. Hatching EGGS by 
the setting or thousand; fertility guaranteed. Write 
for catalogue. RICHLAND FARMS, Box 37. Frederick. Md. 
Keeping Green Bone. 
Will you tell 
bone so it can 
New York. 
me how to keep raw cut 
be fed in the Summer? 
J. C. R. 
be 
IT INCREASES THE CAPACITY OF 
GOOD HENS,AND MAKES EVEN 
A POOR HEN DO HER LEVEL BEST 
Green cut bone cannot be kept for a 
great length of time in warm weather, 
and should be cut and fed while fresh. 
Mixing it with some absorbent like dry 
bran will aid in keeping it sweet, and 
it will, of course, keep longer if stored 
in a cold place than in a warm one; you 
should plan, however, to cut it as need¬ 
ed for immediate use and not attempt to 
keep it longer than you could keep fresh 
meat under the same circumstances. 
M. B. D. 
GREATEST LAYERS 
IN AMERICA 
MY BREEDS RECOMMEND THEMSELVES 
BARRON LEGHORNS—World’s best 
BARRON WYANDOTTES- England’s best 
STORR’S BUFF ROCKS—America’s best rocks 
VIBERT-AUSTIN REDS—200 & 260-egg flocks combined 
HALF-BARRON LEGHORNS-A 200-egg bird 
WALTON’S ENG. PENCILLED DUCKS-World’s record 
TOULOUSE GEESE—Largest—lay 40 eggs 
Eggs and chicks—all ages—all year. Custom 
brooding saves brooder trouble. 
“ROUEN DUCKS" 
Farm Prices, Circular 
MORRIS-FARM, R. 4, Bridgeport, Conn. 
Standard for Indian Runners. 
I breed Indian Runner ducks, fawn 
and white, according to the present 
standard of light fawn. I wonder if the 
standard is to be changed when the new 
standard comes out in 1!)15, to the dark 
fawn and white, with very dark heads? 
There was a lot of talk about changing, 
and if it is changed, I want to know it 
before breeding this year. My ducks 
cleaned up everything by the present 
standard, but I want to be 
the future too. 
prepared for 
N. II. B. 
the inside of the coun- 
A., I cannot say what 
the new standard. My 
there will not be any 
the fawn. The admit- 
Peneilled and the 
Not being on 
cils of the A. P 
will be done in 
opinion is that 
great change in 
ting of the English 
White Indian 
will probably tend to keep the American 
birds in a middle position as regards 
color, neither very dark nor very light. 
With (erect) carriage and shape credited 
with (51 points out of a hundred, it 
would seem that these two features are of 
more importance than color. 
w. II. IIUSE. 
The Productive Hen. 
I see so many different ways of feed¬ 
ing ; some get their reward in eggs, while 
others do not. It is interesting to read 
about purebred stock; how about the 
mixed breeds? As a general rule I do 
not think that all hens are doing as well 
as they ought to. This season we have 
a flock of 105, where we had about 75 
last year, and get from four to eight 
eggs a day more now than last year. 
During December, 1012, we got 40 dozen. 
This month we have GO dozen, up to date. 
We have no choice in any particular 
breed, hut for the last five years we 
have had a purebred male. The French 
Frizzle hen does well crossed with R. I. 
Reds, hut last year we got a Ancona. 
Most of our pullets are black. The Friz¬ 
zled hens lay almost every day and are 
a nice looking hen ; lay large eggs. I can¬ 
not give any particular color of eggs, as 
so many crosses cause mixed colors of 
egg shells. What do you think of the 
ration I am feeding, and the amount? 
I like to feed enough, and give a little 
more than they will eat, but none is 
wasted. Morning eight pounds mixed 
scratch feed thrown in litter, noon 10 
pounds buckwheat; at night four pounds 
oats soaked during afternoon with hot 
water, and into which I mix a poultry 
tonic. Next day I start out with scratch 
Circular. VANCREST POULTRY FARM. Sail Point, New York 
Single Comb White Leghorn Eggs Eges* r thii 
fail to hatch replaced at half price. Ten pullets 
from this flock in Experiment Station test laid 1739 
eggs in a year. A LKEN FARM, R. D. 2. Ithaca, New York 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNSI eggs for hatching 
Uttr x „„„ VUL tvl , u Fawn & White Indian Runner Ducks / andYucVling i 
feed but in nlace of buckwheat food ' rlrv ' 5 eav y' | aying,pure white egg strains. Circular giving 
li eu our in pnice or DUCKuneat reeu (liy description, record,-winnings, and guarantee, sent 
oats and at night a mash of four pounds, free PATTERSON POULTRY FARM, Clayton, New York 
two parts cornmeal and one part bran, . ,,—- 
handful of beef scrap and cottonseed EZRA G. CARTER, MaratllOll, N Y 
meal dampened. Third day, morning eggs s C . W. Leghorn Breeder * 
feed is the same, but noon they get Corn CHlCKS^Oirc. explains how to breed great layers 
on ears, and at night a prepared mash ---- J 
with a tonic; grit and oyster shell, also Hatching Fees from S f, W I cahnrnc 
Charcoal, with plenty of fresh water be- bred lor hfavylf* product!™ for20v*ears fc"* 
fore them all the time. Once a week 
they get copperas water, which we find 
very healthful if not given in overdose. 
They have plenty of litter to work in. 
Green food like cabbage every other day. 
Dry oats and buckwheat are in a box; 
hens are always busy in them. I go to the 
henhouse a lot of times during the day 
and the hens are very tame. Most farm¬ 
ers feed their hens in the morning and 
do not see them till night, and then 
growl because the hens are as wild as 
hawks and do not lay. I think J. F. C. 
is right in his way of thinking in re¬ 
gard to White Leghorns; they are too 
wild, and are not so easy to tame 
as most other small breeds, which are 
all more or less wilder than the larger 
breeds. w. G. L. 
Derby, N. Y. 
Your plan of feeding is certainly a 
novel one, and violates about all the 
orthodox rules for feeding poultry; still, 
the test of any method is its results, and 
if yours are satisfactory, no one need 
criticise. Personally, I should feed mash 
every day, either dry, in hoppers, or 
moistened and fed at noon, and I should 
not keep whole grain constantly before 
the fowls in open boxes; neither should 
I feed poultry “tonics” unless my fowls 
were sick, and then I shouldn’t do it 
either.. I would not mix breeds as you 
are doing, but would keep one kind, and 
that purebred. I should not care to have 
my eggs of mixed colors; either a pure 
white or a pure brown suits the market 
best, and most of us have to cater to the 
market. While you are doing well with 
a small flock, I feel pretty sure that if 
you ever go onto a farm and keep poul¬ 
try as a business you will find it ad¬ 
visable to change your methods some¬ 
what. m. B. D. 
■avy egg production for20 years. Headed 
by grandson of Lady Cornell. Official record was 
257 eggs. $4-100; 75c. setting. Chicks, May, $0-100. 
S. L. PUKL)II',, - Gehoa, New York 
Babv Chicks Fpps and custom hatching-Ow. s- 
UdUyvniCKS, tggs c _ w . Leghorns are bred for 
production and vigor; not for feathers and show type 
White Orpingtons from Cooks’ best. Pekin duck*’. 
M. B. turkeys. Peaceful Valley Farm, Oxford Depot, N Y 
from Knlp’s famous 
242-egg strains. S. C. 
,, „ Rhode I-land Reds—$1.50 per 
1.5; $5 p_e_v_hun<]red. 50 Good Cockerels at $2 each. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
White Leghorn, S. C 
15; *5 per hundred. 
H. A BACON, Hillcrest Poultry Farm, Berwyn, Maryland 
The Reliable Spring Water Strain 
Single Comb White Leghorns 
are layers and payers. Write for Booklet. 
pay old Chicks, Eggs for Hatching. No order is too 
large or too small. Our capacity is 20,000 eggs at one 
sitting. We guarantee safe delivery of chicks, and 
fertility of our eggs. We can and will please you. 
Send in your order and secure a positive deli very date 
SPRING WATER POULTRY FARM, STOCKTON. N. J. 
Maltiluct White Leghorn Farm 
CHICKS 
gi\e satisfaction. Try them. Prices now, for im¬ 
mediate delivery: 
Young’s strain... .$IO per 100 
1 oung s & Barron s cross. 15 per 100 
Safe delivery guaranteed. Catalogue free. 
A. H. PENNY, - Mattituck, New York 
Single Comb White Leghorns Exclusively 
D.W. Young's strain. The finest in the world Bred 
for their great Winter-laying qualities. Over 2000 
layers on free farm range. Largest plant of high- 
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Eggs for hatching now ready in any quantity @ $6 
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chicks $12 per 100—capacity, 8.000 weekly. The kind 
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Runners as distinct classes °Lh edition, given free with all $io orders. Satis- 
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EDGAR H Hit O, Box 141, I’lenKiutt Valley, N.Y. 
Gibson Strain Day-Old Chicks 
We ship lively, hardy chicks from our 
strain of large size, vigorous breeding 
stock of bred-to-iay S. C. White Leg¬ 
horns, Barred Plymouth Rocks and 
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, jugs and prices of Baby Chicks, Eggs for Hatching, 
I breeding stock and Indian Runner Ducklings. 
GALEN FARMS. G. F. Gibson, Owner, Drawer G, CLYDE, N.Y. 
Eggs from S. C. W. Leghorns 
headed by hi, Barron cockerel-15 for $1.50; 
60 for $5. B. P. Rocks and S. C. Reds—15 for 
$1: 60 for $3. W. Wyandottes, 15 for $1. 
harry M. HALL, R. No. 2, Chester Depot, Vermont 
Baby Chicks & Ducklings'^ e ^ s e iv r ^; 
From Youngs strain. Prize winners at Madison 
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Range-bred Winter Layers 
Well tilled egg-baskets in Winter spoil success 
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per hundred. Day-old chicks double, from our 
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RAMAPO POULTRY & FRUIT FARM, SpringValley.N.Y. 
Day Old Chicks 
and 
Six to Eight Weeks Old Pullets 
Six weeks old 60 cents each 
Eight weeks old 70 cents each 
Kirkup’s Strain S. C. White Leghorns, 
bred for vigor, size and Large White 
Market Eggs. Fifty chicks or less, 20c 
each; one hundred, $15; five hundred, 
$62.50; one thousand, $125. Safe arri¬ 
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Orders taken now for 6 to 8 Weeks Old 
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CHESTNUT POULTRY FARM 
K/RKUP BROS., Props. 
MATTITUCK, L. I., NEW YORK 
Baoy Cliiclis 
r* 
s. c. w. 
LEGHORNS 
R. & S. C. R. 
I. REDS, B. 
ROCKS 
Thoroughbred, 
Strong, Livable. 
Prom heavy-laying, 
healthy, free range 
stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
WESLEY GRINNELL, 
Sodus N. Y. 
Single Comb White Legh orn 
FOR HATCHING 
From LAURELTON Layers. Bred for 
wiP^rior Egg Production and combining 
the Finest Strains of English and Ameri- 
can Blood. 
$8.00 per 100; $70.00 per 1,000 
Baby Chicks, $20.00 per 100 
(Orders filled promptly) 
LAURELTON FARMS 
® ox ^ Lakewood, New Jersey 
YOUNG’S STRAIN 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
I HAVE NO OTHER BREEDS 
They are the standard 
for all the Leghorns of 
all A m erica, and the 
greatest layers of all 
varieties of domestic fowl. 
I have hundreds of year¬ 
ling hens and cocks for 
sale. Mating list free. 
Address 
D. W. YOUNG, Monroe, New York 
Dune Alpin Heavy Laying 
S. C. White Leghorns 
have won more firsts, specials and other 
awards In the last four years at New York, 
Boston, Hagerstown and Philadelphia than 
all our competitors combined. 
HATCHING kggs or day old chicks 
PRICES LOW, QUALITY' CONSIDERED 
Send for catalogue. 
DUNE ALPIN POULTRY FARM 
Easthampton, L. I., N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS ANI) KGGS 
T¥ healthy business kind including Barron's strain 
that grow great layers, delivery guaranteed. For 
Circular writs, HAMILTON FARM, Huntington, New York 
SCW LEGHORNS- E «« s for hatching from 
OfUa n.LCUnunna heavy layers. Eggs are 
running over 'J0<f in fertility. $1.50forl5; $6per)00. 
Also few pens for sale at attractive prices. ROHT. 
G. M liKCEK, K. K. 1). 3, Lynchburg. Virginia 
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tikkL. 
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