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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
February 20. 
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J. R. Allen, 
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m Portsmouth, Ohio, got four 100% perfect 
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Tk^h^nimentCxmpanie^ Rochester, N. Y. 
Save Your Chicks 
From Lice 
Safe—effective—quick in its action. 
Sprinkle it on the roosts—in the 
cracks—in the dust bath—on the 
young chicks — use it on lousy 
stock—it's a sure lice destroyer. 
DR. HESS 
Instant Louse Killer 
kills lice on poultry and farm stock, 
also destroys bugs on cucumber, 
squash and melon vines, cabbage 
worms, slugs on rose bushes, etc. 
Sold in sifting-top cans—guaranteed—1 lb. 
25c: 3 lbs. 60c., except in Canada and the 
far West. If not at your dealer's, write us. 
DR. HESS & CLARK, Ashland, Ohio. 
The Henyard. 
Winter Egg Yield. 
I iiAVE 36 0. R. I. Red pullets that 
are not laying a.s well as they ought. 
Six were hatched the last of March, 
the remainder from the middle of April 
to the first of June. The first pullet be¬ 
gan laying at five months, and one day. 
They laid in September. 100: October. 
175; November, 330; December, 25S. and 
1ST to date. These pullets were line-bred 
from the pick of my last year’s flock of 
33, which began to lay the first of No¬ 
vember, laying in November, 94; Decem¬ 
ber, 475; January, 593; February, 484; 
March, 463; April. 547 : May. 487 ; June. 
486; July. 420. At that time I began to 
dispose of old stock to make room for the 
young. The past year I have used the 
same feed in raising pullets, except that 
I kept sour milk before them, maturing 
them about two months earlier than be¬ 
fore. I lay my trouble to one of two 
things, to their maturing too young, or 
to feeding the scratch feed at noon at 
the same time I gave the feed of sprouted 
oats, which I began about Dec. 1. I was 
getting from 12 to 15 eggs a day. r. m. C. 
I think that your small flock of pullets 
has done very well indeed, particularly 
as some of them were late hatched. This 
has been an exceptionally cold Winter 
and egg production has fallen off accord¬ 
ingly. A nearly 25 p<-r cent, egg yield in 
! December was not at all bad, and your 
! flock should make an excellent record for 
the year. M. b. d. 
Record of Scrub Hens. 
1 WOULD thank you for comment on 
the following data: I have a pen of 14 
pullets. May hatched, the trap-nested 
egg record so far. Jan 22. as given be¬ 
low. Owing to a mistake of the seller 
of the hatching eggs, I did not get what 
I ordered, and the birds are all mongrels, 
a regular lot of scrub hens, not one any¬ 
thing near true to type, that is. White 
Wyandottes, but a mixture of Orping¬ 
ton. Wyandottes, Plymouth Rocks. Rhode 
Island Reds, and very likely some more 
different breeds. The poor layers among 
the lot are not in the least sick look and 
act sprightly, eat and forage around. 
If I had to eliminate probable non-lay¬ 
ers by their looks, I would never have 
eliminated the actual lazy ones as shown 
up by the trap-nest record. I feed scratch 
feed, corn and oats, sprouted oats, bone 
meal and beef scrap, and mostly table 
scraps of any description. How will 
these chicks behave for the next month? 
Will they stop laying? Would I better 
kill the lazy ones, or will they improve? 
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I do not quite understand why you 
should care to trap-nest a pen of mongrel 
fowls, unless you wish to conduct some 
breeding experiments; but. from tlieir 
two months' records. I should hesitate 
to discard any pullets now if I wished 
the eggs. It is not surprising that many 
did not lay during the cold weather of 
December and as, with the exception of 
No. 9, they commenced in January, their 
chances of making good for the season are 
still excellent. These pullets should lay 
until late next Fall before molting and 
stopping in their egg production. If any 
stop laying and molt early, they may well 
be discarded; you wL’ probably find that 
they have made poor records. M. b. n. 
Care of Hatching Eggs and Brooders. 
I S it necessary to turn hatching eggs 
every other day. or if they were packed 
in a case small end down would that 
answer? 2. Would the Cornell ration be 
all right to feed White Plymouth Rock 
pullets to get good fertile batching eggs. 
If not. could you suggest a better ration? 
Rockland, Mass. u. r. 
1. Ir is probably best to turn eggs oc¬ 
casionally if they are being kept for 
batching. The customary advice is to 
turn them daily, but. personally. I do not 
consider that at all necessary. Eggs 
should not be stored longer than neces¬ 
sary ; two weeks being the maximum limit 
for the best results in hatching; and if 
stored longer than that they should be 
turned frequently. Placing small end 
down in an ordinary egg packing case 
and storing in a cold place where they 
will not freeze will maintain such hatch- 
ability as they possess for the few days 
over which they should be kept. 2. The 
Cornell ration is suitable for breeders, 
though there is no method of feeding 
which, alone, will insure fertile eggs. All 
conditions which help to maintain vigor 
in the flock contribute to fertility and of 
these ample range, green food, well bal¬ 
anced rations and avoidance of forcing 
for early Winter laying are probably the 
most important. M. R. D. 
This Brooder Saves Time, Labor, Fuel, Chicksj 
The Newtown is the brooder for the chick grower who demands that his 
chicks shall make rapid, vigorous growth, with least mortality and at lowest 
cost. It will positively give you the most satisfactory results, as it has 
thousands of others. The 
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burners. The Meal Fresh Air System gives j-erfect satisfaction. Many testimonials showing 
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LIBERTY STOVE COMPANY, 110 Second Street. Philadelphia, Pa. 
Rhode Island Reds 
TRAPNESTED 
Splendid cherry to mahogany rich glowing red, 
thoroughbred, hen hatched, free range, opeu- 
front-eolony house, hardy stock. Scientifically 
line bred 1 away from broodiness and for heaviest 
winter laying, on a strictly sanitary plant. 
Heaviest laying Reds in existence, laying rates 
211 to 267 eggs. HATCHING EGGS from mag¬ 
nificent, large, hardy, glowing red hens, not pul¬ 
lets, mated to splendid, large, vigorous, burn¬ 
ing red males, themselves out of trapnested 
hens. Fertile, strong, hatchable, large, unblem¬ 
ished eggs, gathered hourly, shipped daily, safe 
delivery guaranteed. White diarrhcea absolutely 
unknown. FINE BREEDING COCKERELS, early 
hatched, large, hardy, vigorous breeders, great 
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spread: brilliant I'ieh glowing red' and out of 
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mated trios and breeding pens. Satisfaction or 
money returned. 
We ship all over TJ. S., Canada, and abroad as 
far as Australia, and sell eggs and stock to 
States and the I'. S. Government. Courteous, 
straightforward dealings. Spring egg orders 
now booking. 
Mating booklet on request, 
VIBERT RED FARM. Box 1, WESTON, N, J. 
COLONIAL REDS 
We offer fine pedigreed breeding cockerels, year¬ 
ling hens of proven value and pullets from our 
best lines. Hooking orders now for batching 
eggs and chicks. A pen of our Reds hold high¬ 
est record for egg production ever made in offi¬ 
cial laving contest. Average, each bird, 194 
eggs. We have satisfied customers in 46 states of 
the Union. Honorable treatment guaranteed. 
COLONIAL FARM, • Box O, Temple, N. II. 
AUSTIN’S 200 Egg Strain S. C. R. I. 
DCIIC—Standard bred high record stock, red to the 
*•^110 skin. Eggs, $1 50 t<> $5.00 (15). Utility, 
$7.50 (100). Safe delivery and 90# fertility guaran¬ 
teed: Husky, well grown cockerels, $3.00 to $5.00. 
Chicks. Booklet. Austin's Poultry Farm, Box 17, Centre Harbor, N.H. 
S. C. R. I. RED CHICKS 
Thousands after Feb. 5. Eggs for hatching from 
best show and utility strains. Also a few breeders. 
The Brewster Poultry Yards, Cornwall, N.Y. 
p t REDS, WHITE WYANDOTTES, Light 
and Dark Brahmas, Barred Bocks, S. C. 
V bite and Brown Leghorns. Show and utility 
quality. Bargain list Breeders free. HatchiugEggs 
and Chix. RiVERDALE POULTRY FARM, Rivertlrde, N. J. 
pd C, rsc<iV .—The coming utility fowl. Write 
l^CU tjUSJCA ]or descriptive mating list of 
imported birds. W. W. Graves, Jefferson City. Mo. 
207 Eggs a Year 
AVERAGE from a flock of 21 pullets of 
Hawkins Barred Rocks, winners at Uie world's 
greatest shows; big catalog with valuable 
poultry information free. 
A. C. HAWKINS, Box 14, Lancaster, Mass. 
Wilson’s White Rocks' 
-Utility strain, free 
range, open front 
houses, large, husky, dav-old chicks. Hatching 
eggs. Circular. WILSON S POULTRY FARM, Hollis, N. H. 
ln/hito Pnrkc an| * Rose Comb White Leohorns of supe- 
IIIIIIC nJtha rior quality and heavy layers. Eggs— 
exhibition matings. & $3 per 15: utility,$1 per 15; 
$6, UK). Anson Henry, Little Rock Pl’ty Farms, Flanders, N. J. 
E ggs from thoroughbred Rooks, Wyandottes. Leghorns, Beds, 
Orpingtons, Brahmas. Miuorcas, ltoudans, Hamlmnra. Anemi¬ 
as, 15, $1; 40, $2. 20 varieties. Catalog. H. K. Mohr, Quakertown, Pa 
C 0 - 0 -c for hatching—Barred Rocks, White Orpingtons, 
c bb^ Rhode Island Reds, Fawn White Indian Run¬ 
ner ducks, circulars. Sunnyiide Poultry F*rmj, Pittsville, Md. 
Buff DnnLo- 1 Good, vigorous cockerels, $3. Eggs, $2 
DUTI DOCKS a setting. C. D. POWELL, Vermilion, Ohio 
Buff Orpington Pullets & Barred Rock Cockerels 
Hens and pullets $1 to $1.50 each. J. I. HERETER, Gettysburg, Pa. 
WHITE CORNISH 
FOWL—10 to 12 lb. males. 7 to 9, females. Good 
layers. Eggs, $ 3.00 setting 15. Guarantee 10 fertiles. 
Replacements Free. Catalog. 
Mountsville Farms, Duck Rd.. Mountville, Va. 
I lakt Rrnkmn«- Hal ' d - y - thoroughbred. Thir- 
Llgul Drdlinida c eenth year. Cockerels. $2.50. 
Eggs for hatching. Haystack Mountain Farm. Norfolk,Conn. 
Sicilian Buttercups'^ 0 ^Lonnide 
prices. Vigorous, farm-raised stock. G. A WIL¬ 
LIAMS, Box 324,Warwick, N.Y., Sect’y Am. Buttercup Club 
DAiillpuman - Send stamp for large folder. 
roimrymen East Donegal Pigeon, Foultry 
and Guinea Pig Yards, Frank McMullen, Marietta, Pa. 
01 FARUIPW FARM-Well bred poultry, Ducks. 
LLt/An VIEW rHHIYl Geese. Cavies. Interesting 
Catalog and Folder. E. B. S0UDER, SOUDERTON, PA 
WHITE EMDEN GEESEi^-*--- 
now. Maple Cove Poultry Yards, R.24, Athens, Pa' 
Eggs, Chicks and Ducklings'™ 
Laced Wyandottes, Mammoth Pekin Ducks and Gi¬ 
ant Rouen Ducks. Winners at America’s Greatest 
Shows. ALDHAM POULTRY FARM. R. 34, Phoenixville, Pa- 
fifl Variotioc chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys. 
DU ? dUclICd GUINEAS and HARES Stock and eggs. 60 
page catalogue free. HA Souder, Box 29, Sellers ville. Pa. 
THE MOST ECONOMICAL OF ALL POULTRY FEEDS ON THE MARKET 
They are marie right; because they are bought right. The 
are thoroughly dependable, always the same, ard always fresh 
There is no waste, no bad, musty or sour grain or corn hulls 
Everything goes to make eggs, muscle and feathers. They are 
much more economical than any feeds that you can mix as we 
have the equipment to thoroughly mix and clean all grain. We 
have a master In the art of poultry breeding and raising; also 
thoroughly posted on feeds and grains. There is nothing lacking 
in the make-up of our feeds. We have customers all over, fr<>r 
the Island of Trinidad, Panama Canal Zone, Bermuda, Canada, 
and all through the Eastern and Southern States. By sending your 
orders to us we are benefited and s • are you. Send for circular 
and price list. WM ORR & SONS. Box B, Orr’s Mills, N.Y. 
Improved Parcel Pest Egg Boxes 
SEND 15 CENTS FOR SAMPLE 
New Flats and Fillers and Egg Cases 
CATALOGUE SENT FREE ON REQUEST 
H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Stree t, N. Y. 
HUDSON RIVER CHICK SHIPPING BOX 
Price per doz. 25 chick size, 90c. 50 chick size, $1.20. 
100 chick size, $1.70. Sample 15c postpaid. Reduc¬ 
tion on quantities. Circular free. STAATSBURl. 
MANUFACTURING CO., Staatsburg, N, Y. 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry Is best. Coarse or fine granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers of 
Charcoal Product*. Ask for prices and samples. Est. 1844 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peekskill, N.Y. 
BARRON HATCHING EGGS 
We have 1,200 two-year-old 8 . C. W. Leghorn hens 
that were selected carefully for heavy laying an 1 
white eggs These hens have been mated with 75 
cockerels imported direct from Tom Barron, Cat- 
forth, England. Eggs, strictly from these mating*. 
$8 per hundred; $70 per thousand: $1.50 per setting 
of 15. We are booking orders now. 
The Haven Lake Egg; Farm, Milford, Del, 
TOM BARRON HATCHING EGGS 
Pure Barron Trapnested W. Leghorn hens, mated 
to two imported Barron cockerels, out of a 272-egg 
hen. Eggs, $3 per 15; $15 per 100. Imported Pen 
Barron W. Wyandottes (full sisters to his pen 
Storrs' contest, 1914) mated to imported Barron cock 
Pedigree: dam, 248; sire’s dam, 2S3. Eggs, $3 per n. 
C. W. TURNER, - West Hartford, Cona. 
HATCHING EGGS 
SETTING of 1 3, - - $1.00 
Por 10O, - - - - 6.00 
The "Pi-ices that Live and Let Live’’ for Guaranteed 
70g Fertile Eggs from fancy selected White Leghorns 
—8. Beds—Burred Rocks. Mammoth Pekin 
Ducks, Pearl Guineas. Send your order NOW, 
with 25ft Deposit 
SUNNYMEAO FARMS (850 Acres', MILLSTONE, N.J. 
C. Dkysualk Black, Director, 60 Broadway, N. Y. 
Eggs for Hatching XSfc 
W. Leghorn Hens, at 12 cents per dozen above N. 
Y. Best quotations. Free Range. No one ha- 
better utility Birds. Will meet train for Visitor-, 
who mean business John P. Case & Sons, Clover Hill, N.J. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
Ezra C. Carter, . Marathon. N. Y. 
Eggs Cockerels Chicks 
“ The kind that cackle the year round,” 
WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS and eggs, 
healthy business kind, including Barron’s strain 
that grow great layers. Delivery guaranteed. Free 
circular. Write Hamilton Fakm, Huntington, N.Y. 
PAD CAI C—Am booking orders for Leghorn DayOl 1 
run uHLC Chicks for April delivery. All breeding 
stock tested free from white diarrhea bv State Exp-- 
ment Station. Custom hatching 4c per chick 
MAPLEWOOD FARM, CHESHIRE, CONN. 
S R W I ao'hnpn« -also B;iby Chix ’ Hatch ' 
■ Uv n. L tig II urn b lngEggs. Free range. Old 
established business. I. R. Ducklings and egg* 
Kooky Glen Poultry Farm, Poughkeepsie, N Y 
MAD All DUIDIfe S- c. W. Leghorn and B 
lYlnll Vll vlllvIVv Rocks. The Early ord- r 
gets the chick. ORDER 
once. Also Leghorn cockerels J. I LEE, Carmel, N Y. 
CINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN PI I.. 
w LETS. Also White Wyandottes, Make room 
spring hatching. Stoneleigh Farm, Solebury. Penn 
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS 
ing birds for sale. Satisfaction Guaranteed. White 
Wyandottes, Pekin Ducks. Early orders for best 
prices. Also buyer wanted for strictly fresh whit-* 
and brown eggs. H. W. ANDERSUi, Siewartstown, Pa. 
80 White Holland Turkeys ttmsVXrun< 
hens; pairs, trios, not akin. Walnut llill Stock 
Farm, Nathaniel Bacon, Mgr.. Taleott, W. Va 
HiG R HGR«D?Bourbon Red TURKEYS^ 
Also Rhode Island Cockerels and Pullets Write for 
particulars. F. M. KERN, Springville, Indiana 
BRONZE TURKEYS , . 
Pullets $4 to $ 6 . Eggs in season. Fine beautiful 
birds. Hardiest and best strain known. 
ALLIE HOLMES, West Winfield, New York 
PlIRF RRFD mammoth bronze turkeys, 
“BL’*-' SilverC-ampinesand White 
Wyandottes. Satisfaction guaranteed. S t a m p. 
Irving ft, Wheeler, R. F. D. 2, Ma plewood Farm. Massena.N if 
Bronze Turkeys and Eggs ^ r se s a a s ? ‘ 
Prize winners. Mrs, II. Chumbley, Draper, Va! 
FOR SALE“ A few ekoice Mammoth 
* W , , , ** , „ Bronze Turkeys bred from 
thoroughbred stock. R E. SWIFT. Cherry Valley. M. y. 
