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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
December 4, 1915. 
MAKA-SHEL 
GRIT 
If yon want plenty 
of egfrs and strong 
chicks, feed a rough grit; feed a 
grit that grinds ; feed “ Mnka- 
Shel.” Use<i by the largest poul- 
trymen. Ask your dealer or send 81.00 for 
two 100-lb. bags, f. o. b. cal's; Middle and 
New England Slates, 1* ton $3.50; one ton 
810, freight paid. Agents wanted. 
Edge Hill Silica Rock Co., Box J. New Brunswick. N. J. 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
F'or Poultry is best. Coarse or fine granulated, also 
powdered. Huy direct from largest manufacturers of 
Cnareonl Products. Ask for prices and samples Est. 1844 
II. MacK ELLA It'S SONS CO., Peekskill, N.Y. 
Bees pay— 
MONEY IN HONEY ^* ^ 
Latest methods of bee-keeping—simply told in O Cp 
our "Bee Primer.” Highly instructive. Send 
today for the hook and six months subscription to 
AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, Box 23. Hamilton, III. 
POULTRY PAPER periodical, 
u p-to-d at e; 
tells all you want to know about care and 
management of poultry for pleasure or 
profit. Four months (or 10 cents. 
POULTRY ADVOCATE, Dept. 88, SyrnruM, I*. 
Carneau Pigeons 
Best Squab Producers. Breeding Stock for Sale. 
A LUI I>A FARM, - Alan tic. Conn. 
S.C.W. Orpington Pullets 
at $1 to $1.50 per Pullet and S. C. Brown Leghorn 
cockerels at $1.25 to $2.50. Our stock O K—all right. 
THE ELIZABETH POULTRY FARM 
John H. Wartel & Son Kohrerstown, Pa. 
S . C. White Orpingtons— Trap-nested stock. 
From Aldrich’s most expensive Pen de Luxe. J ust 
a dozen selected, grow thy, blacky, vigorous oocker- 
el.s; showing quality of breeding in every curve. A 
golden opportunity for foundation stock. $5 each 
for quick sale. E. G. Barton, No. 7 Tyler St., Trenton, N. J. 
Colonial Reds 
A real hred-to-lay strain of national reputation. 
We offer well developed pullets and yearling hens, 
carrying very strong blood lines. Cockerels from 
record hens, to father consistent layers. Prices 
reasonable. Honorable treatment guaranteed. 
COLONIAL FARM, Box 0, Temple, New Hampshire 
AUSTIN’S 200-EGG STRAIN S.C.R.I.REDS 
Standard "bred, high-record stock. Red to the skin. 
OLD AND YOUNG STOCK FOR SALE. Book¬ 
let. AUSTIN'S POULTRY FARM. Box 17, Center Harbor, N. H. 
S. C. W. LEGHORN PULLETS^, 
ing pullets my specialty. I don’t buy stock to sell. 
L. E. INGOLDsiiV, Hartwiek Seminary,N.Y. 
1,000 S. G. White Leghorn Pullets 
range raic 1; in fine condition. Selected for win¬ 
ter lav,.is. Also some extra good cockerels. 
RAMAPO POULTRY AND FRUIT FARM, Spring Valley. N. Y. 
White Wvandnttpc s c BUFF flND WH,TE LEGHORNS 
nmie nyanuoueb silver campines, barred rocks 
The best standard utility strains. Special Cockerel 
sale now. Write wants. Circular. Our 14th year. 
Ownlainl Earm,Box 497,South Hammond,N.Y. 
Tom Barron WhiteWyandotte Cockerels and Pullets 
for sale. 283-263-egg stock, imporfcOd direct. 
E. E. LEWIS, - Apalachin, N. Y. 
I 
BLUE HEN 
SAVES MORE CHICKS 
i 
Annasmead Farm, Robesonia, Pa. 
“In the past few years I have used practically all the 
well known makes of colony, oil and coal burning brooders, 
and I consider the BLUE HEN the last word in brooding. 
In this locality I find after severest tests it can be operated 
at a cost of less than five cents per day for fuel. This is 
a big item in economy when it comes to raising chicks in 
such large numbers. I had surprisingly low mortality, due 
to the uniform temperature at all times. Your regulator is 
very accurate.**—Harry H. Kruppenbach, Supt. of Poultry. 
As large as any $30.00 brooder. Heavy cast iron heatef 
having thick walls which will neither burn through noi 
crack. Three large grate bars, rocking and dumping type 
—grate area three times as large as other brooders. Assures 
steady fire which cannot choke up with ashes. Accurate 
automatic heat regulator and thermometer. Easy to get 
at all parts for cleaning — hover raises up and down. 
Warms largest floor 
area without over- \ Watson Mfg. Co. 
heating room. Gua- [I Drawer 37 
ranteed satisfactory or A, fl\ , , r “ "[' , 
your money back. \ LANCASTER, PA. 
ers oi 
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Manufacturers ol 
Blue Hen Broo 
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Blue Hen 
Tray Incubator* 
& Round Tray Mammoth 
Incubators. Writeforour 
Special Makers’ Prices. 
BOOKLET FREE 
Special propo¬ 
sition to deal* 
Raise all the chicks. Get strong birds from weak Hatchlings. 
The MARVEL 
Colony Brooder 
For large or small 
flocks. Price $15. 
.▲n efficient neater con¬ 
structed of heavy cantluK* 
with a-itomatic control of 
the drafts. 
THK POUCH FKED Is new 
ami distinctive. 
THE IDEAL COLONY BROODER 
Prices $24.00 to $32.00 
Send for our Free Booklet describing the UP-TO-THE-M1N- 
UTK method of blooding: In large Hocks; the merits of the 
FKKMI AI It SYSTKM. The safety, con vonience, labor sav¬ 
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loss, making TlIltKE CHICKS where only one grew before. 
Uberty Stove Co., 800 Chcfttnut Kt., IMilln., Pa. 
402,000 
in Use 
Get all facts, 
proofs, particu¬ 
lars—my low prices—money- 
back guaranty —also my 
$1300.00 Gold Offers — 
all come with my big illus¬ 
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me today. Jim Rohan, Pres. 
Belle City Incubator Co.. Box 48. Racine. Wis, 
M Y WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS from heavy-laying, 
trap-nested hens, v ill increase your egg production. 
MI3DLEBR00K POULTRY FARM, Miss Marion I. Moire, Hamburg, N. Y. 
Silver Spangled Hamburg, Single Comb Black 
Minorca, American Dominique A^onasSa wi.ife 
Crested Black Polish cockerels, $1 each and up¬ 
wards. A. JACKSON, Mineral Sj)rings, N. Y. 
I ARGE, WELL DE 
VELOPEO. VIGOROUS 
SI. Brahma Cockerels 'fj^ct 
from F. M. Prescott. H. C. BLOOMER, Center Rutland.Vt. 
RED SUSSEX EGGS 
Twenty birds en route from England. These and 
former importations in my coming pens. The util¬ 
ity breed of the near future Mating list on request 
after January 1st. W. W. GRAVES, Jefferson City, Mo. 
Special Sale Breeders and Egg Producers 
Mammoth Emden Geese, Pekin Ducks. White 
African Guineas. A few choice lots Barred Rock 
and R. I. Red Pullets, ready to lay. Campines, 
Minora, us. Leghorns, Wyandottes. 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards, R. 2, Athens, Pa. 
Giant Bronze Tomsfo 
II. J. VAN DYKE, 
R. C. Bed Cockerels, 
Shropshire Sheep. 
Gettysburg, Pa. 
Bourbon-Red Turkeys- s ^;yH»"”!S,? 
toms, $5. Milton I>. Stickley, Strasburg, Va. 
M ammoth toulouse geese and ganders 
$3.50 each. GEO. F. WILLIAMSON, Flanders, N. J. 
T URKEYS FOR SALE. Bourbon Tied Toms, Adiron¬ 
dack strain. Mrs. JAS. H. BENEDICT, Wisner, N. Y. 
Half Wild Turkey Tom Vigo/otT h. ecd: 
er. Price $10. Walnut Ilill Farm, Springfield, Vt. 
Rhode Island Reds and Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 
Hone’s Crescent Strain. Choice Breeding birds sold 
on approval. D. R HONE. Crescent Hill Farm, Clierry Valley, N. Y. 
P UREBRED BOURBON REI) TURKEYS— 
Hens, $3; Toms, $4. Mrs. R. F. BUNDY, Tazewell, Va. 
The Extra Eggs 
will soon pay for one of these 
Automatic 
Self- 
Heating 
Poultry 
Fountains 
and Heaters 
Keeps water nt the 
ritfht temperatuio 
dav and night in tho 
coldest weather and 
requires loss than a quart of oil a week. Made of Galvanized 
Steel. A long felt wanteupplied. Every Hen-House needs one. 
Price of 1 Honter and 2 gallon Automatic Fountain complete 
*1 .15. Write for Circular R and testimonials. Agents wanted. 
C. A. S. FORGE WORKS, SARANAC, MICHIGAN 
.Winter Layers 
Are Money Makers 
BLUE RIBBON LAYING MASH 
Makes a heavy winter egg yield. Send for 
our special wholesale prices On Poultry 
Feeds and Free Feeding Booklet. 
GLOBE ELEVATOR COMPANY 
91 Kentucky Streot, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Then watch results. There’s no better* 
jg3r>“"* "■"*> grit— no better egg maker—no better^ 
A if*/ health food for all poultry than' 
PEARL GRtT 
T.CXKC5. 
It makes shells, makes eggs, makes feathers. 
It serves a double purpose. Send for prices 
and our new valuable poultry booklet. 
THE OHIO MARBLE CO., 
4fiS. Cleveland 8t., IMqua, Ohio 
MAKE 
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Lots of eggs by feeding green bone fresh cut. because It is rich in protein and all other 
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THE HENYARD 
Let the Chickens Roost in the Trees. 
In July we placed 300 March and April 
hatched pullets in a wood lot (about 
three acres fenced in with five-foot wire). 
They grew and they flew to the top of the 
tallest trees. My poultry manager aged 
with worry, and worried me every day 
with the question “How will we ever get 
them in?” They began to lay in August, 
then we gathered eggs where blueberries 
grew. One morning about the middle of 
October we drove light stakes a few 
inches into the ground, about 10 feet 
apart, drew them together at the 
top and tied them, thus making a figure 
A without the cross bar, about three feet 
wide at the bottom. Then tied to these 
stakes a strip of four-foot wire on each 
side, bringing it together at the top, put 
brush, boards, sticks and stones along 
the bottom to hold it down. That gave 
us a tight runway about 100 feet long, 
from gate to wood lot, to door of laying 
house. This work took a man and my¬ 
self about one hour, then we scattered a 
little corn in the runway. Then we got 
all the men, women and children and 
middlings, clover, meat scrap, skim-milk 
and green food are all suitable, and may 
be combined with a moderate amount of 
corn, buckwheat, barley and other more 
fattening foods; but the latter should not 
be fed exclusively. They should have 
all the range possible to give them and 
are best kept by themselves, away from 
the pullets and hens, though, if necessary, 
they may be allowed to run with the 
rest of the flock. June-hatched cockerels, 
if properly grown and are well developed - 
and vigorous, may be used for breeders 
the following Spring, but, as continued 
hatching from birds not fully mature is 
believed to be detrimental to the flock, it 
is better to make a practice of hatching 
breeding males earlier in the season. 
M. B. D. 
Second-story Poultry House. 
I have a barn as shown in diagram, 
and wish to use part of the second floor 
as a laying house for Reds. I want to 
use the parts “A" and “IT.” which would 
give me 400 square feet of floor. I plan 
to enter from part “C.” Can you tell 
me how I should build to suit these con¬ 
ditions? Would plaster or wall board 
answer in place of boards for the wall? 
Would the top fit “I)” have to be covered? 
IIow should it be ventilated? The open¬ 
ing shown has a door hinged, and both 
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Plan for Barn Poultry House. 
started a drive. In 10 minutes we had 
the whole flock bunched at the gate, then 
we all stood perfectly still for a moment 
or two. The corn near the gate was soon 
discovered and devoured. Two or three 
of the pullets, looked in the runway 
turned and talked to their near neigh¬ 
bors about it. Some of the others over 
hearing the conversation, crowded up and 
looking in saw something that looked 
good to them and went in, then others 
went in, then more and more, then very 
very very slowly, so as not to cause a 
panic, we all began to raise our hands, 
each with a five-foot brush in it, and then 
very very slowly we began to move up. 
In less than half an hour every bird had 
entered the runway, and were being fol¬ 
lowed up by a man on hands and knees. 
A moment more and they were all inside 
the laying house. In 20 minutes more 
the runway was down, the brush and 
sticks, boards and stones, and the poul¬ 
try manager’s face cleared up. If you 
haven’t a laying house handy, use a col¬ 
ony house or fence in a small corner, then 
catch the birds sit night. 
DUNDERBERG POULTRY YARDS. 
New York. 
M. I.. W. and M. B. I)., on page 1305, 
say they let their chickens roost in near¬ 
by trees during the Summer, but admit it 
is quite a job to go out after dark and 
pull them down, and put them back into 
their home. I have a much easier way 
of getting them back to their “home." 
In the Fall, before the cold rains 
and frosts are expected, I com¬ 
mence feeding our chickens at night in 
the roost house. Some of them are so 
suspicious of being shut up, they will 
not go in to eat so long as I stand near 
the door, and not until they have been fed 
there three or four times will they all 
rush in and the door can be closed. Ven¬ 
tilation is provided by pushing the glass 
windows aside—wire netting covering the 
windows on the inside. After being fed 
and confined a few times, they go on the 
perches of their own accord at night and 
there is no more trouble. The object of 
having them roost out of doors is to make 
them live longer, enjoy better health, and 
lay more eggs. The practice is of great 
importance. I. w. INGHAM. 
Pennsylvania. 
Ration for Cockerels. 
Will you give me a ration for cock¬ 
erels that I am carrying over for breed¬ 
ing purposes? Are cockerels hatched 
June 15 the proper age to use in March 
on White Leghorns, if strong and vig¬ 
orous? J. A. S. 
New York. 
Cockerels should be fed, as are the 
growing pullets, and need no special ra¬ 
tion. Their food should contain the bone 
and muscle forming elements and not 
be too fattening. Oats, wheat bran and 
windows shown slide. I shall build a 
floor on a level with the floor in “A” and 
“C,” in part *‘B.” The barn is shingled 
and I thought that all I would have to 
do would be to wall in along floor in “C” 
the width of the barn, and board to 
beam above, or a height of six feet. I 
did not know whether to cover the top of 
tliis space or not. but there is dead air in 
Winter and whether the fowls would 
warm til's space appreciably, I am in 
doubt. Should I use sand on this board 
floor or sand and litter, or just litter? 
I can got quantities of pine needles. I 
intend to keep the birds in these quarters 
till marketed. Do you think this practi¬ 
cal? . J. B. C. 
Maine. 
There is no evident reason why the 
second floor of this barn cannot be used 
for poultry, though “until marketed” is 
such an indefinite length of time that I 
cannot advise as to that; probably you 
can. Ventilation may be provided by 
means of openings in the south wall, 
either wire or cloth covered, and glass 
windows enough to admit ample sun¬ 
light should also be installed. One-third 
opening, guarded by poultry netting and 
extending to within about 30 inches of 
the floor, one-third glass and one-third 
tight boarding makes about the right pro¬ 
portions of each. All other walls should 
be airtight and wall board, plaster or 
matched stuff may be used as desired. 
The ceiling of this space may best be 
of scantling laid from plate to plate of 
the barn and covered with enough loose 
boards to sustain a layer of straw or hay 
beneath the gables. This straw will ab¬ 
sorb moisture and contribute much to the 
warmth of the poultry quarters. A 
guarded 'opening above this layer of straw 
at each gable end will allow the air to 
pass through the barn above the straw 
and help to keep it dry. Seven feet of 
head room will be better than six and 
can be provided for; windows should also 
extend to the plate, so that sunlight may 
reach as far toward tin* rear wall as 
possible. A window or two on the east 
or southeast side will admit much sun¬ 
light. Sand is not needed in the litter, 
though dry sand is beneficial. Several 
inches of litter, of whatever character 
used, should be kept on the floor. 
M. B. D. 
Paterson Poultry Show. 
The Paterson. N. J.. Poultry Associa¬ 
tion held their lltli annual show Novem¬ 
ber 16-20. The exhibits were well up to 
the high standard of previous years in 
number and quality of stock. Premiums 
of 50 silver cups and 25 pieces of cut 
glass were distributed. There was a 
dog show with about 100 entries. The 
American Fur Fanciers' Association has 
taken this as their official show, and 
made a large exhibit of rabbits and 
eavies. 
