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390 SELECTED WHITE LEGHORNS 
in 39 flocks at Storrs egg laying contest 
laid 627 eggs in week ending Dec. 20th. 
E. Salinger of Brewster, Putnam Co., 
N. Y.. has 290 in one flock that laid 600 
eggs in the same week, with no trap- 
nested pedigrees or selecting of birds. 
They were brooded and are housed in 
one of his 
M APES POULTRY HOUSES 
built last Spring. Proper brooding and 
proper feeding “does the trick.” The 
room used for brooding is patented. 
Plan now to “go and do likewise” this 
season. 
Particulars by writing me. 
O. W. MAPES, 
MIDDLETOWN. NEW YORK 
Tom Barron’s Leghorns 
This is my first announcement this season. 1 
am booked to within 1,000 eggs, of my capa¬ 
city up to April 5th. All this busines being 
filled from repeat orders, and recommendations 
from last season. The above number of eggs 
for disposal at $8.00 per 100. Matings '/z 
blood females and full-blood Tom Barron 
Cockerels (200 egg or more progeny). 
Also special pens of Thoroughbred imported stock 
headed by Cockerels bred from Missouri Contest 
Winners. 1912-13. Males from dam’s scoring as 
high as 258 eggs per year. Price, $3.00 to $3.50 per 15. 
Folsom Poultry Farm, Box 21, Folsom, N. J. 
Barron S. C. W. Leghorns, Wyandottes 
hatching eggs, day-old chicks from stock out of di¬ 
rect importation from the world’s best-laying 
strain. Brookfield Poultry Farm, R. F. D. 3, Versailles, Ohio 
Tom Barron’s Leghorns egg^am.^Four S 
(.aying) and cockerel, $15. Eggs, $8 tier 100. Chicks. 
115 per 10U. E. Claude Jones, Hillsdale, N. Y. 
Business Eggs at Business Prices 
8. C. W. Leghorns, 15 for $1; 50 for $3; 100 for $5 50. 
Special matings a little higher, Oro Farm, Congers, N.Y. 
For Sale Leghorn Cockerels 
Fine healthy birds. Young and Barron strain. $2.50 
each. Edwin Melvin, Smithtown Branch. Long Island 
200 One Year Single Comb White Leghorn Hens 
$1.00 each. Guaranteed Pure Breed. Returned if 
not satisfactory. 1). W. Jnrdine, Staunton, Va. 
April and May hatched, S. C. WHITE LEGHORN 
ay-ftM chicks, $lu.00 per 100. Mature free range breeders, bred 
Y< r egg production. Harry Parker, Edmonton, N. Y. 
Barron Leghorn Cockerels 
from Morris farm 
stock, $5 each. 282 
and 284-egg strain. W. 15. Stephens, Montrose, Pa. 
S. C. W. Leghorns-^ 8 ’ 1 ^- 
Circular. FERNW00D POULTRY FARM, Salt Point, New York 
TOM BARRON’S 
WINNING WYANDOTTE PENS 
PA. CONTESTS lVISKEItS In egg. anil value; 
aver. 286. “Baroness V" laid 282 eggs; others, 274,252. 
C ONN. C ONTEST: WINNERS In value; aver. 
‘208 Vn ; 2nd 1’rize ill eggs. 
MISSOURI CONTEST: 2nd PRIZE, likely: 
aier. 210. Barron Leghorns, 284; Buff Borks, 242 ; 
Vibert Beds, 257. Brize Kouens. Big Toulouse Geese. 
MORRIS-FARM, R. 4, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 
The Lenox Strain of White Wyandottes 
Eggs or chicks from this strain will give satisfac¬ 
tion in the future because they have in the past. 
OLD ROCK FARM, - Lenox Dale, Mass. 
Thrifty, Farm-Raised Buff Wyandotte Cockerels 
$1.50 each. Win. E. McKlnstry, Union Bridge, Md. 
For Sale—Duston’s Wyandottes 
lated cockerel, $15. Mrs. NELLIE JONES, Hillsdale, N. Y. 
W HITE WYANDOTTE and S. C. White Leghorn Day-Old Chicks 
from heavy-laying liens. Circular. MIDDLEBROOK 
POULTRY FARM, Miss Marion I. Moore, Hamburg, N.Y. 
Golden Wyandottes sAe™"?. 
- BARRED ROCKS - 
S. G.WHITE LEGHORNS, WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Eggs for hatching from heavy laying, trap nested birds, 
bred for egg production‘and utility, prolific producers, pens 
contain nothing but vigorous, healthy, high scoring birds 
of tested and proven quality and mated to produce results. 
Pure Young and Barron Leghorns. Thompsons, Hawkins 
and Pittsfield Rocks. 200-egg strain Wyandottes. 
Eggs, $2.00 fer 15—$3.50 for 30 
200 purebred Young and Barron pullets, hatched in 
April and May. Splendid, large, healthy, strong speci¬ 
mens. Would make grand breeders. A bargain at 
$2.00 each. Address— 
TERRA NOVIA FARM, R.F.D. No. 2, ROME, N. Y. | 
“ Perfection ” Barred Rock Cockerels— 
Only a few of those snappy barred birds left, $3, $4 
and $5, according to quality. Thompson, Hawkins 
and Bradley strains. The combination spells “ Perfec¬ 
tion. ” Money -cturned if not pleased. Book your order 
now for Hatching Eggs iron. Prize Winning Stock. 
Dr, HAYMAN, Doylestown. Pa. 
Fields Ruff Rnr1f« —win 5 *^bons at Boston 
* ,ela 5 Dun »VOCKS !ast mont a. Dandy Cock¬ 
erels and Pullets. Field, Somers, Connecticut 
Barred Rocks -11 -’ l ^ horne - Ducks - 
__„_, _. Gees 
-and Turkeys, stock and Egos 
aluable catalog FREE. L. F. Hastings, Pittsvitle, Md 
BRIZE-WINNING S. C. I5I.ACK ORPING- 
■ TONS—choice cockerels and Eggs for hatching. 
Send for mating list. Winchester, So. Royalton, Vt. 
The Henyard. 
Feeding Turkeys and Pullets. 
1 RECENTLY purchased on the market 
two coops of turkeys to fatten and 
sell. 1 find they cannot eat corn 
well; they pick at it and drop it. They 
will eat wheat and cracked corn fairly 
well. One of them died; before it died 
black liquid ran out of its mouth. Can 
you toll me why they don’t eat the corn, 
not even boiled? What is the best food 
to fatten them quickly? Should they 
be kept confined or allowed to run out 
on a lot to fatten fast? 2. How much 
scratch feed should be fed 125 White 
Leghorn pullets in the morning? I feed 
corn in evening, sometimes boiled, some¬ 
times scorched. How much should I 
feed them? They have hoppers to run to 
with dry mash composed of cornmeal, 
wheat middlings, wheat bran. Alfalfa 
meal, equal parts, and beef scrap about 
one-half part, with oyster shell, bone 
and charcoal, and occasionally given 
green bone. I bought these chickens late 
in December and have had a lot of 
trouble with colds, but used the prescrip¬ 
tion you gave in The R. N.-Y. and think 
I have them over the worst. w. v. A. 
District of Columbia. 
1. Turkeys may be confined and heavily 
fed for a very short time to finish them 
for market, but it is not safe to continue 
this too long. Those that you have may 
have been confined until they have lost 
their appetites and I would suggest giv¬ 
ing them range until two or three weeks 
before it is desired to kill them, then 
enclosing them in a small yard and fat¬ 
tening on scalded cornmeal with some 
whole grains. Do not overfeed at the 
start and watch them for signs of loss 
of appetite and droopiness. 
2. These pullets should have, in addi¬ 
tion to their dry mash, as much whole 
grain as they will readily clean up in a 
few minutes twice daily. The amount 
can be gauged by watching them while 
feeding. If given too much, they will 
peck at the grain indifferently and per¬ 
haps leave some of it. Their appetites 
should be satisfied but they should not 
be cloyed. jr. b. d. 
Chicken Fox and Other Ailments. 
C HICKEN-POX broke out in my best 
breeding pen that I had all mated 
up just before the new year, and 
I am having quite a fight to keep it 
from spreading to the rest of pens. There 
are 70 birds in the pen, with four 
cockerels, and it bids fair to attack all 
the pullets before it is through. At pres¬ 
ent I am doctoring some fifty-odd birds, 
only eight, of which have it bad enough 
to close their eyes up. Flow long before 
these birds will bo in condition to breed 
from? Do you think it advisable to wait 
until they are thoroughly well and even 
then will their vitality be strong enough 
to give fertile eggs? (2) Is there any 
way to disinfect eggs before putting them 
in incubator so that there will be no 
danger of the disease spreading to the 
baby chicks? (3) One of the cockerels 
in this pen had what seemed to be a bad 
cold for a while with one eye badly 
swollen. This has gone away now, but 
his wattles and ear are still swollen and 
very thick and there is a bad odor to his 
mouth. He eats well and is constantly- 
fighting a cockerel in the next pen. Can 
this be roup? (4) Another cockerel, 
in a different pen where there is no 
trouble, has a hard lump at the base of 
his wattles, which hits puckered them 
all up and which extends a little way to¬ 
ward his left eye. It docs not seem to 
hurt or in anyway affect his vitality. 
Could it be a tumor, or just the result 
of an injury, aud is he all right for breed¬ 
ing? E. R. M. 
Danbury, Conn. 
1 . I would not breed from any birds 
that showed evidence of lowered vitality 
from disease of any nature. Minor ail¬ 
ments that do not seriously affect the 
health of the fowls may be disregarded; 
you will have to be the judge as to 
whether your birds are lacking in vigor 
as a result of chickenpox. In Northern 
States this is frequently a trivial disease; 
in warmer climates, it is serious and 
often fatal. A Southern correspondent 
who is a very intelligent observer states 
that he controls the trouble by painting 
the eruption with tincture of iodine. 2. 
Eggs may be disinfected before placing 
them in an incubator by dipping in 
alcohol of at least 80 per cent, strength. 
3. I doubt this cockerel’s having had true 
roup; the offensive odor may come from 
retained secretions resulting from the 
cold; still, I should advise isolating him 
until cured, as a matter of precaution. 
4. The tumor in the second cockerel's 
wattles should not injure the bird as a 
breeder if it in no way affects the general 
health of the fowl; I cannot judge of its 
nature from your description. M. B. D. 
Identifying Pigeons. —I just noticed 
J. M. FI.’s query on page 156 about 
identifying the sex in pigeons. Only a 
few days ago I read somewhere of the 
following way, viz.: Hold the feet of the 
bird in one hand in as natural position 
as possible. With the thumb and finger 
of the other hand grasp the bill lightly. 
Then notice position of tail. If down 
it is probably a male. If up a female. 
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AUSTIN’S S. C. R. I. REDS 
200-egg strain. Hatching eggs. $0 per 100; $10 for 
200. Baby chicks, $15 per 100. Cockerels, $2 each. 
ANNA M. JONES, . Hillsdale, N. Y. 
R. C, R. I. Red Cockerels 
Utility stock. Z. N. Beach, Wallingford, Conn. 
AWEN STRAIN HEAVY LAYING BUFF 0RPINGT0NS-$2. up. 
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GLOBE ELEVATOR CO.. 91 KENTUCKY ST.. BUFFALO, N. Y, 
TRAP NESTED WHITE LEGHORNS 
A limited number laying pullets, $1.50 
each, Baby cliicks. Hatching eggs, 
and 12 weeks pullets from our heavy 
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Postal brings price list. 
HILLSIDE POULTRY FARM 
Box C Canistco, N. Y. 
FIVE BREEDS 
On 45 ACRES 
FREE RANGE 
Write for Circulars. 
YOU CANNOT BUY 
STRONGER VITAL¬ 
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Day old chicks. 
Si.ahcla r.-»it and Poultry Farm 
Shohoia, Pennsylvania 
cminrD’C illus. poultry, hare and dog 
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Specialty. Edwin Souder, Dept. A, Telford, Pa. 
BOURBON RED TURKEYS 
Toms weighing; 20 lbs. and over, $7.00 each. Hens weighing 12 
to 15 lbs., $5 each. Sirs. John II, Jauney, Rrookeville, Maryland 
While Holland Turkeys K’fofs^ie^leason 
$3,00 doz. W. J. Johnson, Walnut Lane Farm, Salisbury, Md. 
White Holland Turkeys^eK^irS^ 
MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS 
For Sale. Hens weighing 12 to 15 pounds, 
$5.00. Toms weighing 22 to 26 pounds, $8.00. 
Mrs. Joseph E. Janney, Brookeville, Maryland 
Half Wild, Half Bronze Young Toms F h a*dy, A tame, 
weight about twenty lbs. $10 to $15 each. Also White 
Wyandotte Cockerels. A. M. WALKER. Windsor. Conn. 
BRONZE TOMS ftSayfjSS: 
C hoice extra well-marked bronze gob- 
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MOttiea Anco.tas Geo. K Bowdish, Esperance. N.Y. 
WHITE LEGHORN EGGS 
Hens selected tor high production, long life and 
vigor. $6 per hundred: $50 per thousand, Eggs 
that fail to batch replaced at half price. 
Aiken Farm, - " li, D. 2, Ithaca, N. Y, 
J Cftft SINGLE flOMB WxIITE LEGHORNS 
I; wuu gardened to Northern Vermont Winters. 
Open front nouses. 10 acres free ranee. Guaran¬ 
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