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Oie RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 6, 1917. 
Prof. F. S. Jacoby, Ohio State 
University, ColumbuH, Ohio. 
Prof.T. E. Quisenberrs^Pres. American 
School of Poultry Husbandry, 
Leavenworth. Kans. 
Prof. H. R. Lewis, New Jersey Agpricultural 
Experiment Station, New Brunswick, N. J. 
These Professors of Poultry 
Use and Recommend CANDEE Incubators 
When men who have made the Improvement of poultry and ^Itry culture their life work recommer , . . . j 
Certainty that that incubator is ri^ht. Professor Quisenberry, Lewis and Jacoby use and recommend the Oandee Incubator, and 
their letters are quoted below: j » u * j 
u.sed a 1200-ecrK Candee Incubator and 
also Candee brooding system, with grati¬ 
fying results. We can readily see that 
your equipment is admirably adapted for 
the production of da^^-ola chicks and 
’ are 
New Jersey Agrlsiiltiiral Experiment 
Station, New Brnnswick, N. J. 
“Our 8000-egg Candee Automatic Incu¬ 
bator has given us most excellent results. 
“The special feature which appeals to us 
is the dual temperature control. The 
regulation of the water In the system Is so 
accurately controlled that it rarely varies 
from 3 to 4 degrees In twenty-four hours. 
In addition we find that the thermostatic 
control on each section acts as a double 
insurance against the ^ssibility; of a 
variable temperature. The ventilation . 
system seems to work admirably, and we 
have no, trouble in getting the machine 
to sweat during the hatcn.—“/Vo/. H. 
R. Ijcwis, Poultry Husbandman. 
The Ohio State rniverslty, Columbus,0. 
“During the "past Ifour years we have 
_ nr. 
brooding of these chicks until they are 
ready to be transferred to range.* '—Pro/. 
F. S. Jacoby. 
American Seliool of Ponltry Husbandry, 
Hoimtalu Grove, Mo. 
* * As director of the Missouri State Poultry 
Experiment Station 1 used one of your 
5400-cgg Incubators and also some of 
yonr coal heated brooder stoves.^ These 
machines gave excellent satisfaction with 
much less labor and a great reduction in 
cost. 1 was so well pleased with your 
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of Poultry Husbandry, of which I am now 
President. 
**I do not hesitate to recommend your 
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incubators or brooders w'hich 1 know will 
mve satisfaction."—/*ro/. T. E. Quisen- 
berry. Pres. 
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Produce Eggs at 9c a Dozen 
Grain alone will not do it. You must balance up your ration with 
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Bulletin No. 182 Purdue University Experiment Station states that 
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■■.T .v -n J i 
THE HENYARD 
Arrangement of Brooder-house 
In building a brooder-house, would you 
recommend a hot-water brooding system, 
or would I you consider the use of brooder 
stoves bftter?VVe shall probably hatch 
between 3,000 and 5,000 chicks in a sea- 
.son. What style and size of house would 
be best? How much window space and 
where located? How provide ventilation? 
As we are troubled with rats, we shall of 
course have a concrete floor. What is 
the best way to keep them out of the 
runs? Will they not climb wire netting? 
New York. F. s. i). 
Each system of brooding has its ad¬ 
vantages, the choice depending largely 
upon the amount of land available, the 
labor supply and expen.se involved. Where 
quarters are limited and large numbers 
of chicks must he cared for by one per¬ 
son, a long brooder-house heated by hot 
water pipes may he preferred, but where 
a fai'in is available and the necessary 
tramping from one brooder-house to an¬ 
other can he accomplished by the care¬ 
taker, there arc definite advantages in 
having flocks of chicks separated and at 
some distance from each other, this be¬ 
ing particularly true of flocks of dif¬ 
ferent ages. A battery of coal-heated 
brooders may be installed in a single 
long house, however, if preferred. Either 
system may he used, and before making 
a choice it is well to vi.sit some poultry 
farms and judge for yourself which is 
best adapted to your requirements. The 
makers of the hot water .systems publish 
plans for buildings in which to install 
their plants, such buildings being spo.cial- 
ly adapted to the purpose. For single 
coal heaters, portable colony houses 10 
or 12 feet square are much used. These 
have the advantage of being mov.ahle to 
any part of the farm and of housing the 
pullets after artificial heat is not needed 
until time to put them into laying quar¬ 
ters. The use of a single coal-burning 
brooder heater for flocks up to 500 or 000 
chicks in size is becoming vei’y popular 
and this system well deserves your con- 
sideratiou. Concrete floors and under¬ 
pinning for sills should protect your per¬ 
manent buildings from rats. M. B. D. 
Ducks for Laying 
Will .vou tell me which species of duck 
is the best layer, and also give your 
oiiinion of domestic ducks as raised for 
eggs? A. K. 
New Hampshire. 
If you want ducks principally for eggs 
Indian Runners are the birds. As a 
breed there is no other duck th.at will 
compare with them, although occasionally 
a Pekin will do a big stunt in egg laying. 
Not all Runners are excellent layers. 
Many buy them with high hopes as to the 
eggs that they will get. only to be disap¬ 
pointed. The host laying Runners, how¬ 
ever, will rival the best hens in the pro¬ 
duction of eggs. w. n. ir. 
Spoiled Salt Pork for Hens 
I have some salt pork that went had, 
that is. it is a little “off,” .so we cannot 
eat it. Will this hurt my hens if I put 
a small piece in their yard and let them 
pick on it as they please? S. B. H. 
Rhode Island. 
I doubt if the food value of this meat 
would justify the risk of feeding it. Hens 
are susceptible to the injurious effects of 
spoiled meat and, wl'.ile this may not 
have reached the stage of detericration 
necessary for actual poisoning, it cannot 
be very wholesome. I should ti^y feeding 
it with caution, at any rate. 
M. B. D. 
January Hatching in Dwelling House 
Could I set up an incubator in a room? 
I have a spare room on the first floor, 
with a garret above it. It is about 9x12 
and is 8 feet high. I wish to set up an 
incubator about January 15, and when 
the chicks hatch I wish to keep them 
there till they are big enough to be put 
into our chicken house. Is it possible to 
raise chicks in that time and place, and 
what is the best way to heat that room? 
It lias two windows, one to the east and 
one to the west, one room to the rorth 
and a solid wall to the south. 
Del ware. mbs. e. j. b- 
Incubators are often operated in the 
living rooms of dwelling houses, though it 
might be difficult to maintain a suffi¬ 
ciently high temperature in the machine 
if the room were exposed and had no arti¬ 
ficial heat. The cellar is usually a bettor 
place as it is subject to less violent fluc¬ 
tuations in temperature and the air is 
more moist. A permit from the com¬ 
pany issuing the insurance policy upon 
the ‘house should be obtained if an .ncu- 
bator is to be opeiated therein; other¬ 
wise there might be no compensation for 
loss by fire. Strongly fertile eggs c. a be 
hatched in Januai'y, though the percent¬ 
age of hatching is apt to be low and the 
difficulty in raising the chicks is sure to 
be much increased. Young chicks do not 
stand confinement to houses and on board 
floors well and leg weakness is pretty 
sure to develop after two weeks. Unless 
you have very good reasons for wishing 
to hatch chicks so much out of season, it 
is very doubtful if you would find it sat- 
isfactoi’y or profitable. Under ordinary 
conditions it would be a losing game. 
M. B. D. 
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SPRECHER BROS. 
Box 40, Rohrerstown, Pa. 
White Leghorn PULLETS 
Barron or Lincoln strain. Will lay in 2 to 4 weeks. 
$1 each. Good sized, healthy birds. ORCHARD VIEW 
POULTRY FARM. Established 16 years. Acushnet. Mass. 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
Our breeders are from high record imported 
Chick.s, $12.00 per 100; Eggs. 86,00 per hundred; 81-50 per 
16; fertility guaranteed. We have been in business for 
foi-ty-llve years and produce our stock on three hundred 
acres of range, insuring liealth and vigor. 
EASTKKX gllOUE NI KMEKIES, llenfon. Md. 
A. B. HALL’S S. C. W. Leghorns 
lield fourth position among 34 Leghorn eiiti ies in 
Storrs Laying Contest just emied. Six-niontlis 
cockerel.., Barred Rock cockerels from speeial 
mating, $3, $4. Circular. A. B. HALL. Wallinoford. Conn. 
COCKERELS 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS, R. I. REDS 
B.P. ROCKS, WHITE WYANDOHES 
Now is the time to mate up your pens. These are line, 
vigorous hiids from fann range, Iieavy laying paient- 
age of the well known GIBSON STRAIN. Circular free. 
G. F. GIBSON, Galon Forms, Drawer C, CLYDE, N. Y. 
S. C. W. Leghorns tmUy treedef; 
and cockerels. HONKV—choice conih and extract¬ 
ed. JUST-A-MERE FARM, Box B. Columbia Cross Roads, Pa. 
r’UVr’R'rm T?T Q to mease. Whit* 
Wyandottes, Single Comb 
White Ijeghorns, $3 each and up. Full sisters are now 
making records at Storrs and Vineland Contests. 
Catalogue. MERRYTHOUGHT FARM, Box R, Columbia, Conn. 
TRAP-NEST BRED S. P,,.Lp.a|* Bred for eggs; 
C. WHITE LEGHORN UUURBI0I8 raised in the woodij 
strong, vigorous. Prices reasonable. Chix from 
our famous layers. $12 per hundred. Spring delivery. 
MILL BROOK FARM. L. M. Palmer. Prop., Alfred Station. N.Y. 
S. C. Buff Leghorns ISr/roTK'l 
“Thrifty, Business-Bred Stock.’’ Cockerels,$2, $3,$.6, 
on approval. Ownland Farm, Box 497, South Hammond, N.Y. 
BabyChicks 
(Barron Ijeghorns) $15 for 100. Circular 
free. Elmore Farm, R. 3, Bridpeport, Conn. 
Chicks 
7c. and up. 1st hatch, March 21. Beghorns. 
Rocks and Broilers. Cockerels, cheap. 
C. M. LAU VKK, Box 73. McAllisterville, Pa. 
World’s Champion Layers w.^LegEs 
White Wyandottes, Cockerels, Pullets and Cock 
Binis. Imported direct from England. 
Itrookfield Poultry Farm, R. 3, Versailles, Obit 
LEGHORNS—BARRON—WYANDOTTES 
Excellent cockerels and female blood from Mr. IfaiTon’s 
Imported stock. Records over 200 to 273, mated to 265 to 
283 male blood. Pullets showing line Fall rei-ords. 
THE BARRON FARM - CONNELLSVILLE, PA. 
WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS 
llealthv, business kind; gieat Winter layers, trap- 
nested, including Barron strain; 6-week pullets. Booking 
ordci-s; circular free. Hamilton Faum, Huntington, N.Y 
SOME FINE PULLETS 
S. C. \V. Leghorns, Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds 
at attractive prices if taken at once. 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards, Route 2, Athens,Pa. 
Gilbert Farm School, Georgetown, Conn. 
S. C. White Leghorns. Eggs fob Hatching. 
Choice Selected Cockerels K”m,ng‘«nd 
liealthy. $1..60 to $3. J. M, CA SE, Gilboa, N. Y. 
Chicks that Live I1V5 ?e‘’r*’i!ooo 
(Tiffany’s Superior) Bred to Lay, Weigh and Win 
Ever I.ay .Silver Laced 1 
PremieV-Partridge WyandottCS 
U. S. Columbian j 
ROYALS C.R.I. REDS. February and M arch deliveries. 
(BRED AND HATCHED RIGHT) Guaranteed to arrive safely. 
ALDHAM POULTRY FARM - R. 34. Phoenixville, Pa 
BARRON’S White Wyandottes 
I imported direct. Cockerel* from liens with 255 to 
268-egg records. A few pullets. 
E. E. LEWIS - Apalachin, N. Y. 
WYANDOTTE COCKERELS, Morris Farm 
SMtMwrUlM contest strain. $5 each while they last. 
White Crescent Farm, R. 3, Ashtabula, O. 
W. Wyandotte Cockerels 
service, $2.50 ciich. Also S. C. AV. and Bi'Own LEGHORR 
ck’ls, matured, $1.50 each. Barred Rock and BRAHMA ck’ls, 
$2.50 encli. Circular free. Riverdals Poultry Farm, RKrerdale, N. J. 
White Wyandotte Cockerels a 
cular. Midditbrook Poultry Farm, Miss Marion I.Moore, Hamburg, N.T. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Fine cockerels from hens with records of 203 to 228 
eggs. Hatching eggs from trapnested and un trapped 
I>ens. J. F. Francais, Westhampton Beach, L. I., N. Y. 
BARRED ROCKS—WHITE ROCKS 
VV. OUPINGTON'8 K. I. UEIkS-W V AMHkTTKS 
Haylnp decided to specialize on Harron LephornH, we offer stock 
chicks and eggs from Ihe above mentioned breeds at fiacrillce 
prices. EAaSTKKM SHORE M’RSbUIES, Denton, Md. 
“Perfection” Barred Rocks (Ringlets) 
SPECIAL FOR BALANCE OF YEAR. $10 cockerels, $5. $5 
cockerels, $3. Best we ever raised. Money back if 
not pleased. A few pullets and exliibitioii stock rea¬ 
sonable. Or. GEO. T. HAYMAN, Box 20, Doylestown, Pa. 
Barred Rocks-Eggs I© pe/ioo 
Day-Old Chicks. $12 per 100. COCKERELS. $5 each. 
A. C. Jones, Marvel Homestead Farm, Georoetown. Del. 
S'h.?'S'T:.5S PARTRID6ESI PHEASANTS 
Oapercailzies, Back Giune, Wild Turkeys, Qualis, 
Rabbits, Deer, etc., for stocking purposes. Fancy 
Blieasants, Peafowl. Cranes, otorks. Beautiful 
Swans, Ornamental Geese and DuckS; Foxes, 
Sauirrels, Ferrets, and all kinds of birds and 
animals. WM. J. MACKENSEN, Natural¬ 
ist, Department 10, Yardley, Fa. 
