716 
J.H fc£ KUKAL NEVV-VORKKK 
May 15, 11*15. 
YOUNGS STRAIN 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
NO OTHER BREEDS 
My winnings at the world’s two 
greatest shows for 1916 were as 
follows: 
At Madison 
S q. Gakdkn 
8 Firsts 
3 Seconds 
4 Thirds 
2 Fourths 
2 Fifths 
My strain has 
Boston 
5 Firsts 
8 Seconds 
4 Thirds 
8 Fourths 
8 Fifths 
been bled 
*Kg= 
line since 1853 for size and egg 
production, and the show birds 
have simply been chosen from the layers. There is no 
breed of birds on earth that breed so true. 
They’ve been winning blue ribbons from eoast to coast 
since the beginning of Poultry Shows in F.S.. and today 
are winning 97 per cent, of the blue ribbons in tlie V. S. 
and Canada. I on run do the kiiiiic for very little 
money by purchasing eggs NOW. 
Owing to the country-wide depression in^ general 
business, ! am going to sett my eggs at IIA.Lh'PRICE) 
after May 1st, instead of June 1st. 
MATING LIST FREE 
Address: D. W. YOUNG, Monroe, N.Y. 
BABY CHICKS HATCHING EGGS 
FROM OUR OWN FREE RANGE 
HEAVY LAYING SELECTED 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
FREE FROM WHITE DIARRHOEA 
Folder on application 
B rookdale farm 
REWSTER, NEW YORK 
E. SALINGER 
BalDy CliicKs 
s. c. w. 
LEGHORNS 
R. & S. C. R. 
I. REDS 
Purebred. 
Strong. Livable. 
From heavy-laying, 
healthy, free range 
Stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
WESLEY GRINNELL, 
Sodus, N. Y. 
Your Money Back 
IF OUR STOCK DOESN’T SATISFY YOU 
With 8 . 0 (H) lively hustling chicks in our brooders, 
with a loss of less than 10%, we can safely make 
this guarantee. 
Immediate shipment in any quantity 
Chicks - - - - $10 per 100 
Pullets, 6-8 weeks, $60 per 100 
Mattituck White Leghorn Farm 
Arthur H. Penny, Owner 
Mattituck, N. Y. 
White Leghorns Exclusively 
D. W. Young’s Strain 
.* 101 ) 1 ) breeders on free farm range drinking from never-failing 
stream* a* Nature Intended. Special tired l«»r Winter eggs, 
hntire plant milk-fed. Kxgtt $f» per 100. in any <|iiantlt\. Orders 
tided on a day's notice. Baby Chicks $10 per loo, after May 5th; 
>,000 ft week: a hatch every Tuesday : the kind that live. For 
vitfor. my birds have but few equals. My book, “Profits in 
Poultry Keeping Solved,” shows where the money is, free with 
all $10 orders. Circular* free. 
EDGAR BRIGGS, Box 76, PLEASANT VALLEY. N. Y. 
S. C. White Leghorns 
Day-Old Chix, $12.00 per 100. Eggs for 
Sitting, $1.00 for 15, $5.00 for 100. Breeding 
Stock for Sale. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
SUNNY ACRES POULTRY FARM 
C. F. Parish, Mgr., CHESHIRE, CONN. 
CHICKS 
8c.. C. O. D Monev back for dead ones. Pam¬ 
phlet free. C. M. LAUVER, BOX 73, RICHFIELD, PA 
Day-Old Chix— S. C. W. Leghorn 
Our Chix are the result of attention to Details of 
Selection. Breeding. Hatching and Packing. They 
ha ve VITALITY. That's why they Stand long JOURNEYS 
and Make Good. You need birds which go one bet¬ 
ter than •• Pay their Board.” 1U0. $12.50 ; 500. $5S; 
1000. $115. We guarantee Count, Arrival and "A 
Square Deal.” JUSTA POULTRY FARM, Southampton. N.Y. 
Single Comb White Leghorns Only 
i’.ativ chicks and hatching eggs from our selected heavy 
I iviiig strain of winter layers; also hatching eggs from 
-.in - and daughters of the champion pen (Tom Barron’s) 
of the Missouri laying contest 1913-1913. Send for circular. 
Ramapo Poultry & Fruit Farm, Spring Valley, N.Y. 
PULLETS AND BABY CHICKS 
FREE FROM WHITE DIARRHEA 
Certified bv State Test. S.’C. W. Leghorn Pullets and 
P.al’.v Chicks for May and .Tune delivery. Quality and 
prices right. Circular. A. K. Hull. Wallingford, Conn. 
Single Comb White Leghorn Eggs 
from trap-nested, white din rhea-free stock. $8 per 
10U. Chicks from same strain. May hatched. $!U per 
ICO. Glenview Poultry Farm, Rockville, Conn 
THE HENYARD 
Two Big Egg Producers. 
The two pictures of hens shown on page 
701 are taken from the “Rules aud Reg¬ 
ulations of the Missouri National Egg 
Laying Contest.” which is conducted at 
Mountain Grove, Missouri. We have 
had considerable to say about this con¬ 
test, which is a good one, and reliable. 
The pamphlet which we refer to gives an 
account of the contest, and some facts 
about the records made by birds in the 
past. This contest is different from the 
others in some respects. Each pen con¬ 
sists of five purebred pullets of the same 
variety. One reserve hen is sent with 
the others, to be used in case of accident. 
Competition is open to the world, and 
all pens are housed and fed alike. In 
case one hen dies, the owner may replace 
it with another of the same age and va¬ 
riety. This contest is peculiar in the 
fact that male birds are allowed in the 
pens in case the owner wishes to secure 
hatching eggs. The owner of the hens 
may not send a male bird of his own. 
but upon written request the contest 
managers will place a male from a high- 
producing hen of the same variety in the 
pen. A uniform price. $1 per setting of 
15 eggs, will be made for eggs out of this 
pen. The entrance fee is $20, and a por¬ 
tion of this appears to be given in the 
way of prizes. The owner of the pen 
making the highest record for the year 
receives a silver cup, and $50 in cash. 
The second pen earns $25, and the third 
$10. The leading pen of each variety 
also receives $5 in gold. The best in¬ 
dividual hen earns $15. the second $10. 
and the third $5. Some high-scoring liens 
have gone through this contest. Fig. 256 
shows a White Wyandotte hen that laid 
205 eggs in 12 months, while the disrepu¬ 
table looking object at Fig. 258 is Lady 
Laymore. You might not think it to look 
at her, but this bird laid 286 eggs in 12 
months, and tied the world’s record for 
trap-nested birds. Of course the pictures 
were taken while the hens were molting 
and appearing at their worst, but they 
are certainly dressed for business, and 
we get a good idea of their shape. Some 
people may consider it an insult and an 
outrage to take advantage of a hen in 
this way. before she gets her new dress 
on. with her tail feathers gone, and a 
generally disreputable appearance. How¬ 
ever, many a man of middle years will, 
if you get him in a mellow frame of 
mind, tell you that he might have been 
better off if 25 years ago he had judged 
a certain young lady not by her Sunday 
go-to-meeting dress, but by the way she 
looked at home with a mop or a broom, 
and a suitable clothing outfit, at work 
in mother’s kitchen. There have been 
young women in the world who in public 
stated that they preferred angel cake and 
charlotte russe as food. Follow them 
home to mother’s kitchen, and it’s not un¬ 
likely that you will see them get out the 
baked bean dish in order to make a hearty 
meal. Let the hen man, therefore, do 
some judging of his birds without their 
best dress. 
Distinguishing Fertile Eggs. 
What does a fertile egg look like when 
broken open? Where and what does the 
germ in an egg look like? Are there two 
germs i i an egg? H. E. B. 
New York. 
Fertile eggs cannot be distinguished 
from infertile eggs until they have been 
incubated for a sufficiently long time to 
start the growth <>f the embryo, if fertile. 
After a few days of incubation, either 
artificially or under a hen, an infertile 
egg remains clear while a fertile one 
shows the developing embryo. The ap¬ 
pearance of this embryo varies with its 
age and is difficult to describe without 
an illustration; it will show after twenty- 
four hours incubation as a#dark spot in 
the egg. and after three days this spot 
will have blood vessels radiating from it 
like the legs from the body of a spider. 
As the embryo develops, it fills the egg 
with a dark mass. All this can be seen 
without breaking the egg by holding it 
before a strong light. Except in the case 
of double yolked eggs, but one germ call¬ 
able of development is present. m. b. n. 
Selling Our Grain in an Egg Crate. 
Reed lias 80 acres, lie has 800 Leg¬ 
horns. and last year those 800 produced 
82.000 eggs. lie received average of 28 
cents a dozen; over $2,600 for his eggs. 
His wheat, his corn, his oats, went to mar¬ 
ket in an egg crate. That is our advantage 
The town or city man, buying all of his 
feed, is handicapped. It looks that way 
to the farmer; he must go out of business 
unless be is a smarter man than we. 
Possibly it is the man after all that 
makes the difference. Mr. Reed’s 1.000 
bushels of grain that lie raised on his S0- 
acre farm, was not all that those hens 
consumed, but it was a large part of their 
food, and that business was all on his 
farm. All of the fertilizer received from 
those 800 hens and as many small fry 
has gone onto his grass land, and his 
clover is all that you can desire. His 
wheat field looks green now (April 1). 
Pennsylvania. o. c. kenyon. 
S. C. White Leghorn Baby Chicks 
May deliveries, $10 per 100 June deliveries, $9 per 100 
Full count of live, strong chicks must reach purchaser. Any shortage adjusted at once by 
refund or replacement. . 
QUALITY - SERVICE 
“Quality First.” Breeding stock kept under most natural conditions. Unlimited grass 
range, etc. 
Equipment of most modern type, of ample capacity to handle large orders, but not so 
much that owner cannot oversee every detail. Eighth season plant lias been operated 
by present owner. 
VANCH.EST POULTRY FARM 
M. Van Wagnku. Owner and'Manager. Salt Point, Dutchess Co., New York 
TENACRE 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
PEDIGREED AND UTILITY STOCK 
BRED FOR QUALITY AND HEAVY EGG PRODUCTION 
ANY AGE DESIRED 
CATALOGUE FURNISHED ON REQUEST 
TENACRE POULTRY FARM, Cedar Grove, Princeton, N.J. 
Inspection of our plant solicited. 
■S.C.W. LEGHORNS EXCLUSIVELY 
KIRKUP’S 
DAY-OLD CHICKS 
6-8 WEEKS OLD PULLETS 
Pullets ready April 15 to May 1st. Oay-old Chicks ready May 1st 
PULLETS, 6*8 weeks old, 100 or more, 60c.; 50-100, 70c.; less than 50, 75c. Prices on older pullets on application. 
REDUCED PRICES on Day-old Chicks, S10 per 100 in any quantity 
FREE BOOKLET, “Better Chickens,” describing Kirkup’sstock and how to breed, feed and keep them. Full 
count and safe arrival in A-l condition guaranteed. ORDER NOW! K1RKUP BROS., Mattituck, N.Y r . 
Eggs for Hatching S. C. W. Leghorn 
Selected and packed to insure your Satisfaction not 
only when unpacked but on Hatching Day. 8096 
Fertility guaranteed. $1.50 per 15: $0 per 100; $50 
per 1000. Our Hatching Kggs HATCH. Our Day-Old 
Chix GROW OLDER. Justa Poultry Farm, Southampton, N.Y. 
ELIZABETH POULTRY FARM 
DAY-OLD CHICKS AND EGGS FOR HATCHING 
S. 0. Brown Leghorns, Kulps Strain, S. C. W. 
Leghorns and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Our breed¬ 
ers we have selected with great care for which we 
claim are as tine a flock of breeders as can lie had. 
We have 2,700 layers at this time on our farm. We 
are prepared to fill all orders promptly. Our hatching 
capacity 10 , 000 . Write for Price list Visitors 
welcome. 
JOHN II. WAliFEL A SON, Itohrerstown, Pa. 
r„„. UntnUlns. from Selected Breeders. S. C. 
tggs lor naicnmg Brown and S.C. White Leghorns. 
$ 5.00 per 100 or $1.50 per 15, delivered to your express 
ottiee. Also Rouen Duck Kggs, $1.50 per 12, prepaid. 
Brakel View Poultry Farms, M. F. Bolt, Cincinnatus, N.Y. 
Pullets, Yearling Hens, Cocks & Cockerels 
in lots to suit purchasers at attractive prices. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS. - R. 24, Athens, Pa. 
WICHMOSS POULTRY FARM 
Guarantee safe delivery on properly-hatched, 
Healthy, vigorous chicks and ducklings. S. C. W. 
Leghorns. $10.50 per 100. W liite Pekin Ducklings. $20 
per 100. AN0RESEN & AMMERMAN, Box 137. Oemareit, N. J. 
Refill reel PrifA -35 Best varieties Poul- 
eijuo iveaucea rrice try u ig new m US trated 
circular free. JOHN E. HEATWOLE, Harrisonburg, Virginia 
EFFICIENCY PULLETS 
$50 to $60 per 100, eight to ten weeks old; yearling 
hens, 90 cents each or $80 per 100, all future delivery. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS exclusively. 
DESK 3. COLUMBIA POULTRY FARM, Toms River, N. J. 
THE FARMERS’ BUSINESS HEN 
Orpington Eggs and Chicks. Square deal guaranteed. 
CATALOG Free. RELIABLE YARDS, Culver Rond. Lyons, N.Y. 
Wilson’s White 
houses, large, husky, day-old chicks. Hatching 
eggs. Circular. WILSON S POULTRY FARM, Hollis. N. H. 
WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS and eggs, 
healthy business kind, including Barron's strain 
that grow great layers. Delivery guaranteed. Free 
circular. Write Hamilton Farm. Huntington, N.Y. 
BARRED ROCKS 
ICggs—$1 per 15: $3.50 per 100. Nonpariel strain. 
B. 11, HENIOJi, - Brockport, New York 
Utility S. C. White Leghorns~^c*ks < ! 
$8.50 per 100 and up. 3-mouths-old pullets, $1 each. 
Geo. Frost, - Levaima-oii-Uayuga, N. Y. 
White Rocks Exclusively - ® $ 2 ^ an^S'^ru 
from winners State Fair, Buffalo and Rochester, 
1914. Baby chicks ready soon. Mating list free. 
HIAWATHA POULTRY FARM. Dept. R, T. L.Poole, OeWitt, N.Y. 
f Li | I £ 0—6, 7. and 8 cents eachJorfte n f‘ 
delivery. White, Brown, Buu 
Leghorns. Barred Hocks and broiler chicks. Capa- 
city,8.400 per batch. Safe deli very guaranteed. Cir¬ 
cular free. KEYSTONE HATCHERY, Box 35, Oriental, Pa, 
HATCHINGEGGSOFQUALITY 
“Perfection ” Barred Docks bred from Thompson, 
Hawkins, Bradley, and Kiley strains. Eggs from 
prize-winning pens, $3 per 15. Utility. $1 per 15: $5 
per 100. Or. G. T. HAYMAN, Box 048, Doylestown, Penna. 
pU|P|/C PER 1 fin— SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES 
umiiivd, iuu s c. white leghorns. Kggs, 
$6 per 100. Pekin and Rouen Ducklings, 25c each; 
$20 per 100. Kggs $9 per 100. Send for Catalogue. 
Aldham Poultry Farm, R. 34, Plioenixville, Pa. 
Mammoth Toulouse Geese Eggs 
For Sale-, 35c each, delivered, anywhere in the U.S. Fine 
large birds, imported stock. Crandall Farms, Albion, N.Y. 
Q W White! e(rhnrnq“ STRICTLYWYCK0FFSTRfllN 
0 . YY. YY line Legnorns Eggs, $4 per 100 : infertile 
eggs replaced. Stock Absolutely free from Diarr¬ 
hoea. ROBERT E. SMITH, Nassawadox, Va. 
TimUFV FCCQ-M- Bronze, B. Reds, 
« CSNfSEF Lbb9 Narragansett & W. 
Holland $3.50 per 12. Walter Bros., Powhatan Point. 0. 
MAY CHICKS HORNsT Martfta 
and April chicks all sold. Order May CHICKS 
Now. - J. 1,. LEE. Carmel, New York 
GIANT BRONZE TURKEY EGGS, 
$1.00 per 15. Fawn H. Duck Kggs, $1.00 per 12. Shrop¬ 
shire Sheep. H. J. Van Dyke, Gettysburg, Pa, 
HATCHING EGGS: S.C.W.LEGHORNS 
Large size and heavy-laying strain. After May 1st, 
75c per 15, $3.00 per 100 . J. M. CASE, Gllboa, N. Y. 
PURE BREED BOURBON REI) TURKEY 
ECO$ from Prize-Laying Hens. Delivery guaranteed. 
Settings, $4 per 12. FLONA HORNING. L'LYSSES, PA. 
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS 
eleven. H. W. Anderson, Stewartstown, Pa. 
FOR Qfll C—Hatching Eggs, S.C. White Leghorns, 
1 vii vhll Danish Strain. Good Winter Layers. 
Philip Dawson, It. E. 1). 3, Alexandria, Va. 
UIHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS Mrs. ROBERT DAVIS 
” Eggs. $3.50 per 12. Cumberland, Virginia 
Tom Barron "SW 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. 
^^BurnettTurkeys 
Madison Square, 1915. Gold 
Baby Chicks, Eggs'^^^v^'W^^li 
HOIKS and YOUNG'S WHITE LKGHOItNS. Chicks, $15.00, 
$12.50, $t().uo lnintlred. Write today—Catalogue Free. 
SHADY HILL POULTRY FARM, Bolton, Mass. 
Black Leghorn s~££l *£*i4 k s s j 
the kind that lay. fl. E HAMPTON. Box R, Pittstown, N. J. 
Special: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Prizes cn 
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. 
J-HaWMS PARTRIDGES I 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. .1. MACK ENSICN, Natural¬ 
ist, Department 10, Yardley, Pa. 
nI FF, WHITE LEGHORNS, S. C. It. I. REDS — Kggs, 90c. per 
D 15; $1.50 per 20 . Mottled Aneonas, HI. Minorcan, Egg«, $1.00 
per 15: $1,75 per 20. Catalogue free. John A, Roth, Quakertown, Pa. 
IMDDAUm *1 l-VF.lt CAM PINKS Exclusively. 
IlYirnUHLU Eggs $2 per 15. Short 8 Tripp, Cortland, H.T. 
[fin Q A | r MONGOLIAN RING NECK PHEASANT EGGS 
run oALl F. A W. SHAW, Marlboro, Ulster Co.,N.Y. 
1 /fl/l/t/ |T|j 9 C/ Eggs that Hatch, from 
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. 
Light Brahmas Only7^f^ o ^ 0r ^.; 
teenth year. Selected eggs—100, $6: 50. $3.50; 13, Si- 
Haystack Mountain Farm, Norfolk, Conn. 
XT' O — African geese, White Muscovy 
pi xl Tl y ducks. Utility Beds. 
- 1 —' 1 ’ ^ Huse Farm, - Manchester, N. H. 
j\4oney-making Dominiques 
1V1, bred for eggs and meat. ROOKS. MILLS, PA. 
WHITE CORNISH 
FOWL — 10 to 12 lb. males, 7 to 9, females. Good 
layers. Kggs, $3.00 setting 15. Guarantee 10 fertiles. 
Replacements Free. Catalog. 
Mouutsville Farms, Duck Rd., Mountville, Ya. 
ClLVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS-unsurpassed for eggs 
v combining beauty. Kggs—$1.50. 15; $2.50, 30. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. H H. Scott, Sinks Grove. WVa. 
fin Variotioe chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, 
0U V dl 1G11 Co GUINEAS and HARES. Stock and eggs. 60 
page catalogue free. H A Sunder Box 29, Sellersville.Pa. 
PEARL GUINEA EGGS xm, & FIV,: 
[ L.O, QUIGLEY, K.D.Box87, Goshen, Orange Co., Nevr York 
