THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
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TOM BARRON’S 
WINNING WYANDOTTE PENS 
I’A. ('OM'KST: WIXNEH8 111 eftirs and Taint: 
av«*r. -1*6. -Baroiltaa > " laid 282 tpya : other*. 274.252. 
CO>>. CONTEST: WINNERS In ralne; «wr. 
208 : 2nd I’rli. In »*(:«. 
MISSOURI CONTEST: 2nd PKIZE, likely: 
aver. 210. Ilarron Cephorn*. 284: Itliff Korka, 242; 
Vfhert Kede. 257. Prize ICoueiis. Big Toulouse Geese. 
MORRIS-FARM, R. 4, BRIDGEPORT. CONN. 
SPECIAL PREPAID OFFER 
TOM BARRON STRAIN 
special settings of eggs from my best selected trap- 
nested females, mated with full-blood Tom Barron 
('ockerels (200 egg or more progeny). Among whicli 
m e male birds progeny of Missouri Contest Winners, 
1912-13. Shipped prepaid to any part of the country, 
the offspring of this mating will furnish you with 
next season's breeders at a very small cost. 
PRICE, SI.60 PER 16 
FOLSOM POULTRY FARM, Folsom, N. J. 
White Wyandottes-" Regal Strain’' 
i vas for hatching from heavy-laying, farm-range 
birds at SI 50 per 15: $7 per 100. From exhibition 
matings, $3 per 15. Your inspection of my stock is 
-oiicited and I will endeavor to satisfy the most ex- 
acting. E. B. UNDERHILL, “ Old Orchard Farm,” Poughkeepsie, N. Y* 
Silier Laced Wyandotleslf.Te e f s p p”MT!: 
$1.50; 50, $4. Elmer Stanriisli, Naples, N. Y. 
W HITE WVflNDOTTES— "Ingleside quality,” largo,pure white 
trap-nested exhibition-utility strain. Eggs, $1.60 per 15; 
17 per 100: fertility guaranteed. Ingleside Farm. Lancaster, H.Y. 
THE HENYARD 
Sour Milk and Raw Potato for Chicks. 
How long should skim-milk be held 
after separating fresh from cow, and 
what temperature should it be kept at be¬ 
fore feeding to small chickens for bowel 
trouble? Is grated Irish potatoes good 
for baby chicks for green food? G. M. B. 
Maryland. 
Skim-milk may be fed sweet from the 
separator if desired, but it seems to give 
better results, particularly in checking 
tendency to diarrhoeal diseases of chicks, 
if held until it has soured. The exact 
temperature at .which it is kept is imma¬ 
terial, though, of course, it will sour 
more quickly iu a warm place. Skim-milk 
cannot be too sour, but it may be kept 
in dirty dishes so loug that it becomes 
putrid and unfit for food. 
I have never fed grated raw potatoes 
to young chicks, hut should not expect 
them to take the place of green food. 
They are succulent, or juicy, food and, 
as such, have their value, hut they do not 
contain the green that is supplied in fresh 
greens, as anyone will Testify who tries to 
make them replace dandelions or cow¬ 
slips in the Spring. 3£. B. D. 
Cor Sale— WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS-Tom Barron 
T strain. Brices reasonable. H. L. Glenn, Portersville. Pa. 
500 S. C. WHITE HATCHETT 
LEGHORN HENS April, 1914 
A No. 1 stock for breeding or laying. Will Bell in 
lots to suit, at a bargain, to make room for young 
stock. D. C. R. HOFF, Lock Box 115, Neshanic Station, N. J. 
B I FF. WHITE LEGHORNS, s. C. I!. I. REDS—Eggs, 90c. per 
1 :.; $1.50 per 30. Mottled Anconas, HI. Minorca*, Eggs, $1.00 
per I $1.73 per 30. Catalogue free. John », Roth, Quakcrtnwn, Pa. 
BARRED ROCKS 
BUSINESS BIRDS—210 EGGS FROM TEN 
PELLETS 28days FEBRUARY. Write, folder 
and circular. “TOUR ACRES,” Nutley, N. J. 
HATCHING EGGS OF QUALITY 
"Perfection ” Barred Rocks bred from Thompson, 
Hawkins, Bradley, and Riley strains. Eggs from 
prize-winning pens, $3 per 15. Utility, $1 per 15; $5 
per 100. Dr. G. T. HAYMAN, Box 048, Daylestown, Penna. 
Wilson’s White Rocks-S^USUb'r, 
houses, large, husky, day-old chicks. Hatching 
eggs. Circular. WILSON S POULTRY FARM, Hollis, N. H. 
White Rocks Exclusively-®? 8 / 5 °o r 
from winners State Fair, Buffalo and Rochester, 
1914. Baby chicks ready soon. Mating list free. 
HIAWATHA POULTRY FARM. Dept. R, T. L.Poole, DeWitt, N Y. 
BARRED ROCKS 
Eggs—$1 per 15: $3.50 per 100. Nonpariel strnin. 
H. II. HENION, - Urockport, New York 
White Rock 
— (Kishel strain.) Eggs, $1.50 per 15. 
Baby chicks. $12 per 100. Cocker- 
els. $2. Arthur G. Scofield,Green Haven, N. Y. 
W ANTED— A bout 500 White L’lymouth Rock day-old 
chicks for delivery during May. Name lowest 
price. Charles E. Hillin, Southbury, Conn. 
Choice of Breed- 
What is the best breed of chickens for 
me to adopt as a basis or foundation for 
an ultimately large flock, the combination 
desired being of course eggs first, and 
meat next, both, if possible. My farm is 
close to Hartford, access to good markets, 
and plenty of land for free range and for 
growing whatever it would pay to raise 
for feed. I have been favoring for some 
time the White Wyandotte, getting the 
heaviest laying strain possible. Do you 
think this a good selection? The S. C. 
W. Leghorns also look good, but if the 
W.vandottes will lay nearly as many eggs, 
and are better Winter layers than the 
Leghorns, then would their superior table 
qualities make them more profitable? My 
plan is to get about 200 young chicks as 
a starter. Do you know of any better 
way to get started? O. H. L. 
Your choice of White W.vandottes is a 
good one; they are among the best of the 
breeds, both for eggs and meat. Where 
eggs are to be depended upon as the chief 
source of income, the Leghorns are prob¬ 
ably superior to the W.vandottes, despite 
the fact that many flocks of W.vandottes 
will equal, or exceed, most Leghorns in 
egg production. As a breed, the Leghorns 
excel and it is from the performance of 
the breed and not from special flocks that 
we must judge them. About the only way 
in which one can tell what breed is best 
adapted to his purposes, however, is to try 
them out. Why not get 100 chicks of 
each variety and ascertain for yourself 
which are most profitable? NT. b. d. 
KJ I C— 1 6. 7. and 8 cents each, for June 
vnlviVO delivery. White, Brown, Buff 
Ueghorns. Barred Bocks and broiler chicks. Capa¬ 
city.8.400 per batch. Safe delivery guaranteed. Cir¬ 
cular tree. KEYSTONE HATCHERY. Box 35. Oriental. Pa. 
BUFFand WHITE FAVEROLLES 
GOLD AND SILVER CAMPINES. To help the poor fellow 
to start in the popular varieties we will sell only to 
•me person 30 eggs for $3. No larger order taken. 
AUG. 1). ARNOLD, Box 64, Dillsburg, Pa, 
Light Brahmas 
teenth year. Selected eggs—100, $0: 50, $3.50; 13, $1- 
Haystack Mountain Farm, Norfolk, Conn. 
No Red Tape—No Lost Express Charges 
'Vi satisfy you or refund your money—all you advanced. 
2-ox. and over perfect Leghorn Eggs, 9056 fertile, 6e. 
Chicks from these eggs. 11c.; 2 wks. old, 20c. 6 wks. 
pullets, 60c.; Hi wks.. $1.60. Barron crosses same prices. 
WHITMAN FA KYI, Shelburne Falls, Mass. 
r_ t u . 1 :_From a Heavy-Laying Strain 
LggS tor Hatching s . e. White Leghorns. 86 
per cent, fertility guaranteed, and under replaced free. 
Hiue ltibbon Egg Farm, l.ouit H.C'aHalian,Prop.,Einroitibnrg,Md. 
Reduced Prir* -35 Best varieties Poul- 
eajuo iveaucea rrice lry Big new illustrated 
circular free. JOHN E. HEATW0LE, Harrisonburg, Virginia 
B U FF ORPINGTON DUCKS—Eggs. $1.25 per 12, 
and $2.50 per 25. GEO. F. WILLIAMSON, Flanders. N. J. 
CHICKENS. DUCKS. GEESE. TURKEYS. 
GUINEAS and HARES. Stock and eggs. 60 
page catalogue free. H A. Souder. Box 29, Sellersville.Pa. 
CnimPR’C ILLUS. POULTRY, HARE AND DOG 
•JVUU(.n v CATALOG FREE. Hatching Eggs a 
specialty. Edwin Souder, Dept. K, Telford, Pa. 
30% DISCOUNT 
Splendid opportunity. 
on Catalog Prices. 200 breeders, 
Best Strains. Need room. 
C'EEA UVIFAY FARM, Sonderton, I>a. 
THE FARMERS’BUSINESS HEN 
Trap-nested White 
| Jrpington Eggs and Chicks. Square deal guaranteed. 
KEI.I.tKI,E YARDS, Culver Road, Lyons, N.Y. 
Catalog Free. 
E GGS from thoroughbred RockB, Wyandotte.*, I-eghorna, Reds. 
Orpingtons, Brahma*, Mlnoreas, Hoiulans, Hambunrs, Ancon- 
a*, 15, $1: 40, $2. 20 varieties. Catalog. H. K. Mohr, Quakertown, Pa, 
CILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS— unsurpassed for eggs 
T combining beauty. Kges-$1.S>. 15; $2.50. 30. 
satisfaction guaranteed. H. H. Scott, Sinks Grove,W.Va. 
UTILITY AMERICAN DOMINIQUES ECGS *1.76 
w tor 15; *6.00 per IOO. HERBERT 0. ROOKS. MILLS. PA. 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns 
Exhibition and utility; the farmer’s kind. Large 
birds, good winter layers. Reasonable prices for 
stock, eggs and chicks. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Circular. WARD W. DASEY, Box 55. FRANKF0RD, DEL. 
efficiency pullets 
? >0 to $60 per 100, eight to ten weeks old; yearling 
bens, 90 cents each or $80 per 100, all future delivery. 
C. WHITE LEGHORNS exclusively. 
DESK 3, COLUMBIA POULTRY FARM. Toms River, N. J. 
Mottlpff flnrnnac -Eprl ? 8 for hatching, 76c., 16; $4,100. 
intmieu Hnconas GEO. K. BOWUISH, Entrance, N. Y. 
Oil Stove in Brooder House. 
You have given your readers some in¬ 
formation relative to the homemade brood¬ 
ers and hovers with coal-burning stoves. I 
wish to nse an oil stove. A good oil 
heater is free from smell; they, of course, 
consume considerable oxygen. Would 
you deem it advisable to nse one as out¬ 
lined below? Brood of 125 chicks, day 
old, four broods. Each brood to be iu 
separate compartment 18x18, curtain 
front poultry house, board floor. This 
poultry house is new and is desired to he 
put in use now, so as to save at this time 
additional expense of a brooder house. 
The time will be about May 18, oil heat¬ 
ers to be used with a cover placed ou top 
of same, four feet square, made of gal¬ 
vanized sheet iron, tlie shape of a box. 
The sides will come within about six 
inches from floor; no cloth to hang down 
to act as curtain. This should admit 
plenty of fresh air and certainly will give 
plenty of heat. These stoves burn about 
nine hours, but will he constantly watch¬ 
ed. The cover will he lowered and raised 
by pulley. This is practically the same 
as most of the hovers or colony brooders 
sold, except burning oil instead of coal, 
and will use no lower curtain. Will this 
he all right? J. T. H. 
New York. 
The chief objection to oil stoves, as I 
see it, is that they have no smoke pipe 
to carry the fumes out of doors, and also 
that they are less safe than coal burning 
stoves. If the brooder house is suffi¬ 
ciently well ventilated through an open 
front, however, the first objection may be 
overcome, and careful watching may ob¬ 
viate the danger. I think that you will 
find a hood made cone shaped better than 
one made like a box. and. in May, you 
will probably not need any curtain. 
While I have never seen an oil heater 
used for this purpose, I cannot see why 
they should not be if one prefers them 
to coal burners. M. B. D. 
Wyandotte* and Leghorns. 
I was greatly interested in Mr. Ball’s 
comparison of the White Leghorns vs. 
White Wyandottes, page 576. If Mr. 
Ball will take in consideration the cost 
of the feed consumed in raising the Leg¬ 
horns and Wyandottes to laying age ho 
will find that the difference will place the 
Leghorn far in the lead. Economical 
production is the main point, and in this 
the Leghorn is the Jersey cow of poul- 
trydom. j. o. MICHAUD. 
New York. 
H&D 
jute. 
„ Stop risking 
youi farm produce in ^ 
^ wooden boxes which often break 
? in shipment and damage the goods. 
Wooden boxes are a nuisance to nail up , 
and their weight makes them cost like sixty 
to ship. The easy, cheap and safe way is 
p po 8? Mailing Boxes 
FOR EVERY PURPOSE 
A safe, handy way to ship butter, eggs, live 
chicks, dressed poultry, flowers, apples, 
peaches,benies.etc. Made of corrugated 
Ventilation without draft. Built 
strong to resist rough handling that 
often breaks wooden boxes. ] 
danger of damage to goods en 
route. Meets Government re¬ 
quirements for Parcel Post. 
All Sizes and Shapes 
adapted to every purpose. We also 
make special designs to your order. 
These boxes fold flat and take practi¬ 
cally no storage room. Cost so little 
you don’t have to bother getting them 
back after shipping. Used by shippers everywhere. 
FRFF “ How , to Pa ? k for Parcel Po8t 
A BLIj very interesting and instructive book 
for farmers and other shippers. Tells how to pack 
to meet government requirements. Write for a copy. 
THE HINDE & DAUCH PAPER CO. 
501 Water St. Sanduaky, O. 
Improved Parcel Post Egg Boxes 
SEND 15 CENTS FOR SAMPLE 
New Flats and Fillers and Egg Gases 
CATALOGUE SENT FREE ON REQUEST 
H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, N. Y. 
THE HATCHING PERIOD with its losses from 
bowel troubles is soon here. Prepare for it; 
save your chicks. Regulate their di¬ 
gestion, correct intestinal gases, 
prevent ami euro Indiges¬ 
tion, Constipation 
Sour Crop, etc. 
by using ||M -— —- —. ^ 
Healing, 
soothing, anti¬ 
septic, pure. Saves 
— chicks. Keeps old birds 
vigorous. At your dealer’s, or 
by mail. A cast-iron contract goes 
with each container. Don’t delay. We 
will mail a,trial package containing 24 ox. for 
25c postpaid, auflicientfor 100 lbs.of feed. For the 
Breeder—pocked in 10-lb. fibre paila, $1.50each, and 25-lb. drums. 
$2.50 each. We will prepay the pontage, express or freight where 
the cost doesn’t exceed 00c. Order now. Don’t delay. Be prepared. 
KING REMEDY CO., 29 Elm Street, ROCHESTER, N.Y. 
n T REDS, WHITE WYANDOTTES, Light 
and Dark Brahmas, Barred Bocks, S. 
White and Brown Leghorns ■ Show and utility 
quality Illustrated catalog free. Hatching Eggs 
and Chix. RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM, Riverdale. N. J. 
> 
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G.D. TILLEY 
Naturalist 
' * Everything in 
Bird Line from a 
Canary to an Ostrich 
L 
the 
Birds for the House ami l’orcli 
Birds for the Ornamental Waterway 
Birds for the Garden, Pool and Aviary 
Birds for the Game Preserve and Park 
I am the oldest established and largest ex¬ 
clusive dealer in land and water birds in Amer¬ 
ica and have on hand the most extensive stock 
In the United States. 
G. D. TILLEY, Naturalist 
Box N, Darien, Conn. 
PARTRIDGES!, PHEASANTS 
Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, 
Rabbits, Deer, etc., for stocking purposes. Fancy 
Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, Beautiful 
Swans, Ornamental Geese and Ducks, Foxes, 
Squirrels, Ferrets, and all kinds of birds and 
animals. WM. J. MACKKNSEN, Natural¬ 
ist, Department TO, Yarrliey, Pa. 
Rhode Island Reds 
TRAPNESTED 
Splendid cherry to mahogany rich glowing red, 
thoroughbred, ben 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, laving 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 legs 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 U. S., Canada, and abroad as 
far as Australia, and sell eggs and stock to 
States and the U. S. Government. Courteous, 
straightforward dealings. Spring egg orders 
now booking. 
Mating booklet on request. 
VIBERT RED FARM. Box 1, WESTON, N. J. 
COLONIAL REDS 
Wesolicit the custom of anyone desiring eggs for 
hatching or day old chix from a genuine pedigreed 
strain of trap nested Reds, single comb. Our 
Reds have made good in 46 States of the Union. 
Watch their position in International Egg Laying 
Contest, given in this paper. The Rhode Island 
State College is a recent customer. Write for 
mating list. We guarantee satisfaction to every 
customer. COLONIAL FARM. Temple, New Hampshire 
Rhode Island Reds-Crescent Strain 
The strain which has had fourteen years of careful 
line-breeding for egg production. They also pro¬ 
duce blue ribbon winners for the largest shows. 
ID. R. HONK, Crescent Hill Farm, Sharon Springs, N. Y. 
EGGS 
—African geese, Whito Muscovy 
ducks, Utility Reds. 
Hose Farm, - Manchester, N. H. 
Pullets, Yearling Hens, Cocks & Cockerels 
in lots to snit purchasers at attractive prices. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS. - R. 2<, Athens, Pa. 
AUSTIN’S 200-EGG STRAIN S.C. R. I. REDS 
Standard bred, high-record stock. Red to the skin. 
Reduced prices on eggs and chicks. Write for book¬ 
let. AUSTIN POULTRY FARM. Box 17, Centre Harbor, N. H. 
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds - ?*™ nusld 
birds. Best in Utility and Exhibition. Eggs and 
chicks. Send for Mating List. A. E. Adams, Stony Creek, N.Y 
f /#>!■#■/ Cfftc# Eggs that Hatch, from 
1,1,1 F rir&K White Cornish and Pekin 
Ducks. First Prize Winners at Madison Square 
Garden. Also fine Bronze Turkeys and White 
Guineas. RIDGELEIGH F. & P. FARM, Huntington, N.Y. 
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