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Rhode Island Reds 
TRAPNESTED 
Splendid cherry to mahogany rich glowing red, 
thoroughbred, hen hatched, free range, open- 
front-colony house, hardy stock. Scientifically 
line bred" 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 diarrhoea absolutely 
unknown. FINE BREEDING COCKERELS, early 
hatched, large, hardy, vigorous breeders, great 
stamina; long backs, low tails, short logs well 
spread; brilliant rich glowing red' and out of 
trapnested hens. BREEDING HENS, pullets, 
mated trios and breeding pens. Satisfaction or 
money returned. 
We ship all over T\ S.. Canada, and abroad as 
far as Australia, and sell eggs and stock to 
States and the IT. S. Government. Courteous, 
straightforward dealings. Spring egg orders 
now booking. 
Mating booklet on request. 
VIBERT RED FARM. Box 1, WESTON. N. J. 
COLONIAL REDS 
Wo offer fine pedigreed breeding cockerels, year¬ 
ling liens of proven value and pullets from our 
best lines. Booking orders now for hatching 
eggs ami chicks. A pen of our Rods bold high¬ 
est record for egg production ever made in offi¬ 
cial laying contest. Average, each bird. 194 
eggs. We have satisfied customers in 4(1 states of 
the Union. Honorable treatment guaranteed. 
COLON I AT, FARM. - Box O. Temple, N . II. 
AUSTIN’S 200 Egg Strain S. C. R. I. 
DCnC — Standard bred high record stock, red to the 
skin. Eggs, $1 GO to $.">.011 (15). Utility, 
17.51) ( 100 ). -Safe delivery and DO# fertility guaran¬ 
teed: Husky well grown cockerels, $2,011 to $5.00. 
Chicks. Booklet. Austin's Poultry Farm, Box 17, Centre Harbor, N.H. 
Trap-Nested S.C.R.I. Reds 
yearly records as high as 258 eggs. All breeding 
■ uiles from over 20u-egg hens. Prices reasonable. 
Catalogue free. A. Alltin, .Jr., Newport, It. I. 
p t REDS. WHITE WYANDOTTEX, Light 
and Dark Hrahvias, Hat red Hocks, S O. 
White and Brown Leghorns. Show and utility 
quality. Bargain list Breeder-free. Hatching Eggs 
and Uhix. RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM. Riverdale, N. J. 
AUSTIN’S S. C. R. I. REDS 
200-egg strain. Hatching eggs, $6 tier 100: $U> for 
200. Baby chicks. $15 per 100. Cockerels. $2 each. 
ANNA M. JON KM, - Hillsdale, N. V. 
Rhode Island Reds 
Good layers, farm raised. 13 eggs, $1.25. Baby 
chicks HI cents. 15. G. I5KNNING, Clyde, N.Y. 
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds _ f ^";; k ra i - S e e d 
birds. Best in Utility and Exhibition. Eggs and 
chicks. Send for Malino List. A. E. Adams. Stony Creek, N Y. 
D C. It. I. BEDS and WHITE WYANDOTTE 
EGGS for hatchiMg front heavy-laying strains. 
$1 per 13; $6 per 100. A. HAVENSTEIN, Apponauo, R I. 
Red Sussex 
—The coming utility fowl. Write 
for descriptive mating list of 
imported birds. W. W. Graves, Jefferson City, Mo. 
Anconas & R. I. Reds 
Very Best Strains 
Illustrated Catalogue Free 
SiUerton Poultry Farm 
Box 1 E. Syracuse, N. Y. 
They will lay for you. Show 
birds, utility stool; and eggs. 
Mrs. E. A. Hawkins 
3456 Narrauansett Avc., Clticapo 
F OB SALE—Heavy-Laying strain Silver Cam- 
pine Cockerels—three dollars each. Trios. Ten 
dollars O. W. McWilliams, Bliodesdale, Md. 
IMPROVED SILVER CAMPINES— Exclusively. Stock and 
« Eggs for sale. SHORT 8 TRIPP. Cortland, New York 
L ILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS— unsurpassed for eggs 
” combining beauty. Eggs—$1 50, 15; $2.50, 30. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. H. H. Scott, Sinks Grove,W.Va. 
S. C. BLACK MINORCAS 
Eggs, $5,00 per 100. (1. C. Miller, Oxford, N. J. 
U TILITY AMERICAN DOMINIQUES EGGS SI. 75 
(or 15; $6.00 por 100. HERBERT D. ROOKS, MILLS, PA 
HEADQUARTERS FOR 
Sicilian Buttercups 
The laving, paying breed, lieeord 
of 200 eggs a year per hen. 
Silver Campions World famous egg pro¬ 
ducers. Columbian Kooks. Best general pur¬ 
pose breed—bent of mothers—very beautiful. 
Descriptive illustrated Catalan free, 
CLOVER HILL FARM, Box K, Little Silver, N. J. 
WHITE CORNISH 
FOWL—10 to 12 lb. males, 7 to St. females. Good 
layers. Eggs. $3.01) setting 15. Guarantee 10 fertiles. 
Replacements Free. Catalog. 
Muuiitsville Farms, Duck Rd.. MounfcviUe, Ya. 
X/ifalitu Ci »»o+—Eggs that Hatch, from 
VllOlliy > II ol white Cornish and Pekin 
Ducks. First Prize Winners at Madison Square 
Garden. Also line Bronze Turkeys and White Gui¬ 
neas. Ridgeleigh F. & P. Farm, Huntinoton. N. Y. 
For Sale Eggs for Hatching^ 1 ; R coium1;ian 50 i?i e y r 
month Rocks $3 a dozen or two dozen for $5. Pure 
bred bronze turkey eggs $5 per dozen. All are bine 
ribbon stock. W. L. GA Y, Lime Rock, Connecticut 
Eggs, Chicks and Duckling s-™? y siive‘r 
Laced Wyandottes, Mammoth Pekin Ducks and Gi¬ 
ant Rouen Ducks. Winners at America's Greatest 
Shows. AL0HAM POULTRY FARM, R. 34, Phoenixvillc. Pa. 
Pkielrone Ducklinos -Barred, White Rocks, Reds, 
UHlUlfcllO) While Wyandottes, $15 per 100; Pekin 
ducklings, $25 per 100. Tndian Runners. $20. Safe 
arrival guaranteed. Brooks Farrar, South Easton, Mass. 
F AWN Indian Runner ducks. White eggs. Prize win¬ 
ners. Eggs $1.25 and $2.00 per 13. Catalog free. 
CEO. F. WILLIAMSON, Box 160. Flanders, N. J. 
Runner Ducks 
one dollar eaelt. Eggs for hatching. 
SALT LICK FARMS. Manninoton. W. Va 
PF/LE’S GS VARIETIES 
farm-raised Land and Water-Fowls. Eggs 
In season. Illus. Catalogue, and “Grower's 
Guide,” 2c. An honest deal. Write 
today. HENRY PFILE, Farmer- 
Pouitryman, Box 674, Freeport, III. 
The Henyard. 
Hens With Pip ; Poor Rhubarb ; 
Lawn Grass. 
A NEIGHBOR nays our lions had the 
pip; ho picked a thin scale from 
under their tongues, it bled a little. 
Is it right t<> pick the scale off? lions 
oat well and lay fairly well. 2. My 
rhubarb comes up in a lot of thin stalks. 
What is the cause? 3. What is a good 
mixture of grass seed that would make 
it good lawn and also make a good growth 
to feed to a cow? What is a good mix¬ 
ture of seed for hay, and how much oats 
or barley would you put in with it so 
as to got a good crop the first year? 
Canonicut, R. I. o. al 
1. It is bolter to leave the scales which 
form upon the tongue in cases of pip 
until it separates of its own accord; 
tearing it off leaves a raw bleeding sur¬ 
face and may cause the death of the 
fowl. 2. Your rhubarb probably needs 
fertilizer. This plant is a gross feeder 
and should have a liberal quantity of 
well-rotted barn manure worked about 
its roots each year. 3. The grasses 
suited to lawns are not those host 
adapted to the meadow for fodder. The 
host lawn grass for Northern States is 
Kentucky Blue grass, which should be 
sown at the rate of three to four bushels 1 
to the acre to make a close heavily sodded 
lawn. About two quarts to the acre of 
White clover may be added, if one wishes 
it, and the same amount of Timothy 
seed will improve the appearance of a 
lawn the lirst year after seeding, being 
crowded out later by the Blue grass. 
For the meadows, to be cut for hay, 
Timothy and the clovers. Rod and 
Alsike, are most used. They may be 
seeded with oats in the Spring, using 
from eight to 10 quarts of Timothy and 
four to six quarts of clover seed. On 
land naturally wet, a part of the clover 
seed may well be Alsike. This is not 
heavy seeding, and these amounts may 
he increased, if desired. No grass will be 
cut the first season, but the oats may 
be cut early and cured for hay and, on 
good ground, the meadows may be mown 
for several years thereafter, m. n. d. 
Practical Poultry Feeding. 
I FRED the following rations: Grain, 
300 pounds cracked corn; 300 pounds 
wheat; 150 pounds oats; 100 pounds 
buckwheat, in the proportion of one quart 
to 15 hens at night feeding, and one 
quart to 40 hens at morning feeding. For 
wheat I usually use what is called 
“scorched” wheat, which is considerably 
cheaper and gives just as good satisfac¬ 
tion. This scorched is wheat that, has been 
in elevator fires and is a little colored up, 
which I presume is caused by heat or 
water, or both. For the mash, I feed 
300 pounds cornmeal; 150 pounds wheat 
bran; 150 pounds ground oats; GO pounds 
cottonseed meal; 2 pounds salt. Hoppers 
are open to hens from 10 a. m. to 2 p. in. 
You will note that I do not use any 
wheat middlings. I have substituted 
ground oats, and use quite a lot of cot¬ 
tonseed meal in the mixture. I originally 
started with the Cornell mash mixture, 
and have gradually worked around to 
this, which I find gives better results. 
Cottonseed meal if used judiciously I con¬ 
sider one of the best feeds in the lot, as 
it runs very high in protein. You will 
note that 1 do not feed any beef scrap in 
ray mash, and (his is because I feed green 
ground bone, which I have also found to 
give better results than the beef scrap; 
in fact, I believe that a flock of chickens 
fed entirely on green ground bone would 
produce better than a flock fed on both 
the grain and mash rations given above. 
One quart of the green bone is fed to 
each 25 hens. 
As to whether or not I have used 
barley as a substitute for wheat, would 
say that I have not considered this be¬ 
fore, but since you have brought it to 
my attention I should be very glad to 
know what the results are and in what 
proportion it is fed. I should think, 
however, that it would have to be fed 
much lighter than wheat. I think there 
is no doubt that a cheaper form of 
chicken p eed could be obtained than at 
present in use. I have always bought 
feeds for my cattle that run very high 
in protein percentage, and protein is cer¬ 
tainly what does the work. Of course, it 
is necessary that animals be fed some 
fiber, fat and bone-making materials, but 
these can be found in very cheap forms 
of food. I feed my cows three quarts of 
wheat bran with a double handful of cot¬ 
tonseed meal twice a day, and have ob¬ 
tained better results with this feeding 
than I have feeding larger quantities of 
prepared foods, and at the same time the 
cattle seem to keep in just as good condi¬ 
tion, if not better. I cannot see any rea¬ 
son why the same principle could not be 
-applied to the feeding of chickens. I 
think the best results I have had with 
chickens were when I was feeding nothing 
but ground oats as a mash, and I would 
be feeding that to-day were it not for the 
cost. Have you ever tried such a mash? 
Green bone is very cheap, as it can be ob¬ 
tained from butchers at a cent per pound 
or less, and bone cutters are cheap and 
entirely satisfactory, jos. v. tiiomas. 
Saratoga Co., N. Y. 
THAME 81 ARK 
WHITE WYANDOTTE HATCHING EGGS This Seasons Prize Winners 
Very hardy strain. Liaised “near the clouds,” tinder the most sanitary conditions. Hessian 
Hill Farm is situated on one of America’s greatest natural observatories—overlooking four 
States. Eggs $1.00 per doz.. shipped carefully. Send check or money order—with order. 
Hessian Hill Farm, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
NEW YORK OFFICE, 208 Center Street, New York 
Batoy CliicKs 
s. c. w. 
LEGHORNS 
R. & S. C. R. 
I. REDS, B. 
ROCKS 
Thoroughbred, 
Strong. Livable. 
Front heavy-laying, 
lu a tliv. free range 
stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
WESLEY GR1NNELL, 
Sodus, N. Y. 
HOUGHTON FARM 
Has 300 good Single-Comb White Leghorns to 
spare. I’en of (5 Hens and Cockerel, $10; pen of 
12 11 ens and Cockerel. S15. Also 100 pure Barron’s 
S. C. W hite Leghorns to spare. Choice pen of G 
liens and Cockerel, $15. Single Cockerels. S3 to SIS. 
S. R. LEWIS, Manager, MOUNTAINVILLE, N. Y. 
Tom Barron’s White Leghorns 
Imported direct. 3d season. 280-egg strain. Pure 
males anil females. Fertile eggs $1 and $2 per set; 
$7 por 100. P. F. Rafferty, Marlboro, Mass. 
GET C f White I eahnrn hatching eggs and 
your YYinte Legnorn bahy c i,j c i ;8 f r0 m a 
vigorous, heavy-laying strain. Bred for years. 
"prices. 01 P °P e Poultry Farm Vr §^ 
TOM BARRON STRAIN ^ ^ 
White Wyandotte. WE IMPORTER DIRECT. Order your 
eggs eany. Mapledale Kgg Farm. Krin, N. Y. 
A. E. COLGATE’S S. C. W. Leghorn 
Strong vigorous layers, raised on free range. Send 
for catalogue. A. K. Colgate, Vineland, N.J. 
roil SALK-150 DANISH S. C. WHITE 
r LEGHORN COG l\KKKI.8, $2 to $3 each. 
THE W H. SCHR0M MODEL POULTRY FARM, Berwyn. Md. 
Fifteen Tom Barron English White Leghorn Eggs 
for hatching, $1. LISK, Clifton Springs, N. Y 
s. c. w. LeghornsiS^.’fe 
Circular. FERNW00D POULTRY FARM. Salt Point. New York 
Barron Leghorn Cockerels m 
and 284-egg strain. IV. It. Stephens, Montrose, Pa. 
DIDDfill chicks, 10c. up. Xix-weoks-o'd pullets. 
DAnnUn Fr ,,<i Householder, Chepachet, B. I. 
H ARRINGTON STRAIN SC W. LEGHORNS. Catalogue free. 
•Tames F. Harrington, Hammonton, N. J. 
BARRED ROCKS 
Business birds; bred to lay, and they do it. Size, 
type, color, layers; a combination you can’t beat. 
Hatching eggs. Write for folder. 
“ FOUR ACRES,” • Nutley, N. J. 
BARRED ROCKS 
bred to lay well and look well. Book your order for hatch¬ 
ing eggs now. Circular. GEO* FALCONER, R. F- 0 , Milford, N. H 
“Perfection”Barred RockEggs 
from Thompson, Hawkins. Bradley and Tilley 
strains. Pens headed by prizewinners. $3 per 15. 
Utility. $1.6(1 per 15; $8 per 100. Transportation paid 
on all ordersof $5 and over. Dr. Hayman. Doylestown. Pa. 
Barred P. Hocks. 8. C. 11 1. 
A nOrOUgnureu lteds. WhlteOrpingtonsand 
Fawn White. Runner Ducks. Eggs for hatching. 
Very best strains. Descriptive circular free. 
Sunnyside Poultry Farm, - l’ittsville, Md. 
Barred Rock Cockerels 
Nonpareil Strain. $2 each. Eggs in season. 
B. H. HKNION, Brockport, New York 
Wilson’s White Rook*7SSi. tt SS"i23 
houses, large, husky, day-old chicks. Hatching 
eggs. Circular. WILSON S POULTRY FARM, Hollis, N. H. 
■la DneLc and Rose Comb While Leohorns of supe- 
H® nutRd r iorquality and heavy layers. Eggs— 
ibltion matings, $2 & $3 per 15: utility. $1 per 16; 
Eggs For Hatching Utility Barred Rocks 
$1.00 per 15; $4.00 per 100. S. H. MILLER, HAGUE, N. Y. 
D J D 1 Heels, Leghorns, Ducks, Geese 
JtSarrea I\.OCKS and Turkeys. Slock and Egos. 
Valuable catalog FREE. L. F. Hastings, Pitlsvlllo, Md 
Tom Barron “S™ COCKERELS 
are mated to all my hred-to-lay S. C. White Leg¬ 
horns this season. 25,000 Baby Chicks and hatching 
eggs for sale at farmer’s prices. Circular free. 
Patterson Poultry Farm, - Clayton, N. Y. 
Baby Chicks—White 1 Leghorns, 12c. each. 
Bred to Lay ) Wyandottes, 15c. each. 
MOUNTAIN VIEW POULTRY FARM. Hopewell Jet.. N Y 
DUMPLING DOLLARS 
REGAL WHITE WYAN- 
00TTES— 1 GO eggs, 
last average of flock.—Figure your cash profits 
at 30 cents per dozen. Big. husky Cockerels now 
reaily. also some good cocks, $3 each. Eggs for hatch¬ 
ing. $2 per 15 Satisfaction positively guaranteed. 
MONTROSE POULTRY PBODUCTS 
It. K. Turner, Prop., The Plains, Va. 
White Wyandottes —** Regal Strain” 
Eggs for hatching from heavy-laying, farm-range 
birds at $1 50 per 15; $8 per 100. From exhibition 
matings, $3 per 15. Your inspection of my stock is 
solicited ami I will endeavor to satisfy the most ex¬ 
acting. E. B. UNDERHILL, "Old Orchard Farm," Poughkeepsie, N. V. 
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 BOCK FAIIM, - Lenox Dale, Mass 
C OLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES—Heavy-lay¬ 
ing strain. Cockerels sired by cock winning flrst 
as cockerel, Sidney, N. Y 1914. $3 each; eggs. *3 
for 15. W. S. I.AItlBEBT, Lordville, N. Y. 
B ARRON LEGHORN AND WYANDOTTE 
eggs and chicks. Breeders have high trap-nest 
records. C. I>. Baer, Box 554. ConnellavUlo, Pa. 
W HITE WYANDOTTE anil 8. C. While Leghorn Day Old Chicks 
from henvy-laylng hens. Circular. MIDDLEItltOOK 
POULTRY FARM, Miss Marion I. Moork, Hamburg, N.Y. 
CII.VER I.ACED WYANDOTTE COOKER- 
KI.S and pure bred Silver Spangled Hamburg*. 
Fine birds. $2 50. Elmer Standish, Naples, N. Y. 
w 
IIITF. WYANIIOTTFS and 8. C. Duff Leghorns. Eggs and 
Chicks. III. Cir. 0WNUN0 FARM, Box 497. South Hammond. N.T 
DISCOUNT 2? n 
early orders for Rathbnneroft 
Single Comb White Leghorn hatch¬ 
ing eggs from large, strong farm-bred stock. II per 
15; $5 per 100 Baby chicks also. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Bathhuncroft, Cincinnatus, N. Y. 
Barron Cockerels 
—C H I C K S — EG G 8. 
LINDSAY, Cutohogne, f,.L 
CfllinPD’C ILLUS. POULTRY, HARE AND DOO 
OUUUC.I 1 3 ( ; A t A loG FREE. Hatching Eggs a 
Specialty. Kdwin Souder, Dept. A, Telford, Pa. 
M ammoth Pekin iimi Ruff Orpington ducks; 3 Pekin drakes 
cheap. Eggs $1.25 per 12. GEO. F. WILLIAMSON,Flxndxri, N.J. 
nmimrfnn. <S C. WHITE) EGGS-Cook-Kellerstrass 
pmgiuua n nd Owens strain. Heaviest known 
winter layers. We breed nothing but S. C.White Or¬ 
pingtons and can stand investigation. $1.50 per 15 
eggs; $7.50 per 100. Trouville Poultry Farm, Skillman, N. J. 
QLYMPIC POULTRY FARM-Buff Orpington and White 
w Wyandottes, bred to standard requirements; 
farm raised; eggs and chicks from these matings sure 
to satisfy; prices reasonable. IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY 
0 T, 
STRAIN HEAVY LAYING BUFF 0RPINGT0NS-$2. up. 
Eggs and chicks. OWEN E. MELI0US, Stanley, N.Y. 
PI FARUIFW FARM— Wel * bred poultry, Ducks, 
OLCHK VlCfl rftltm Geese. Davies. Interesting 
Catalog and Folder. E. B. S0UDER. S0UDERT0N, PA 
RflVariotioc chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys. 
OU V a I Icllco GUINEAS and HARES Stock and eggs. 60 
page catalogue free. H. A. Souder. Box 29, Sellersville. Pa. 
WHITE EMDEN 
now. Maple Cove Poultry Yards, R.24, Athens, Pa' 
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYSi££*K2 
lug birds for sale. Satisfaction Guaranteed. White 
Wyandottes. Pekin Ducks. Early orders for best 
prices. Also buyer wanted for strictly fresh white 
and brown eggs. H. W. ANDERSON. Stewartstown. Pa. 
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS 
White Holland TnrkeysiSSUiffrlSffi 
BurnettTurkeys 
Madison Square, 1915. Gold 
Special; 1st, 2nd, 3rd Prizes on 
Cockerels; 1st on Pullet; 2nd and 3rd on Toms; Rhode 
Island Reds and Minorcas: hatching eggs, only $5 and $7 
per hundred. New Book just published. Write 
W. L. BURNETT, - Montgomery, N. Y. 
- - BRONZE TURKEYS - - 
Toms, $5 to $10; Pullots, $4 to $6. Eggs in season. 
Fine, beautiful birds. Hardiest and best strain 
known. ADLIB HOLMES, WEST WINFIELD, N. Y. 
GIANT BRONZE TURKEY EGGS, ‘ r 4 :TCe^; 
$1.00 per 15. Fawn R. Duck Eggs, $1.00 per 12. Shrop¬ 
shire Sheep. H. J. Van Dyke, Gettysburg, Pa. 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 
Winners at leading Connecticut shows. Stamp. 
Hedge Lawn Farm, - Washington, Conn 
G OOD ROOSTERS CHEAP—Hocks, lieds, Orpingtons, Wyandottes, 
l.cgliorns, Minorcas, Games and others. Write wants. Big 
Illustrated circular Free. John E. Hoatwolo, Harrisonburg, Va. 
nfllll TBVIIEll — Send stamp for larso folder. 
rUULInfmcN EflST Donegal pigeon, toultrt 
AND GUINEA PIG YARDS Frank McMulltn, Marietta, Pa. 
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