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THE HENYARD 
Poultry Questions 
I Wits greatly interested in tlie iirtlcle 
on first jiuge of your issue of Dec. J>, 
Hllfi. about tlio egg-layiug i-ontest at' 
Storrs. (’oiiii. I have the feeding bulletin 
from (’orncdl and have becui tryi.ig to go 
according to this, but my hens will eat 
but very little of the dry mash. I give 
them all the scratch grain they will eat 
morning ami night. If I moisten the 
mash they will eat (piite a good deal of 
it. but f(M‘(liug it dry tlu'.v will scarcely 
eat any of it. I notice there is a big dif¬ 
ference in the make-up of the mash at 
('orneli ami Storrs. MMie '^torrs mash 
ooiitaiiis over twice as much bran ami 
only about half the amount of meat, ami 
it also contains "gluten feed. 1 think at 
Cornell they .say gluten f(‘ed should not be 
used, as the fowls do not like it. Yon 
say that at Storrs llie fowls eat almost 
as many pounds of mash as they did of 
grain. How do they make them eat so 
much mash? Do they withhold the grain 
and starve them to it, or do you think 
fowls would like the Storrs mash better 
than the Cornell? Which of Hie two do 
you think better? Is fish scrap cheaper 
than beef scrap? Do they use china nest 
eggs in the trnp-ncsts at Storrs? Some 
say lams lay just as well without the use 
of iK'st eggs, and that they do not go 
broody near as much as when n^st eggs 
are used. What do .von think about this? 
What is the best way to break tip broody 
liims so they will go Living again at the 
earlie.st jiossihle date? Are sour apples 
(like Baldwins) good to fei'd laying l.ens? 
This is :ihout all the green feed I have, 
and the hens eat quite a good many of 
them. Is there any preparation that can 
he used to paint the perches that will 
kill the lice on fowls? I have used one 
liart crude carbolic to tluee parts of kero¬ 
sene. and have sprayed the perches very 
often all Summer and Fall, lint many of 
my hens are still lousy, What is the 
very best way to rid fowls of all kinds of 
]ic<>? Yon say one should get. if possible. 
Bulletin S7 of Storrs Experiment Station. 
Will they send this out of the State of 
Coimecticut? C. AY. S. 
New York. 
Taking up tin* inquiries in order. W. 
S.’s first (luestion as to rations differing 
at the different conte.sts and experiment 
stations shows that men have not yet 
found out a ration .so ineontostahly supe¬ 
rior to Jill others, that each one is com¬ 
pelled to adopt it. How Hie fowls Jire 
made to eat so much mash is because hut 
little dry grain is fed niiHl late in the 
day, while the mash mixture is open be¬ 
fore them all the time. If a lieu is still 
huiigiy afli'f scnitcliiug in the litter until 
she can find no more grain, she will he 
pri'tty sun* to satisfy herself with the dry 
mash. But if she can find all the hard 
grain she ni'eds in Hie litter she won't 
e:it much dry mash. As a rule hens 
lirefi'r Hie uiigrouud grain. If W. S. ; 
will fei'd less grain in the morning in the 
litter his lii'iis will prohalily eat more of 
the dry mash. .Vt night it is well to f(*ed 
all till* dry grain they will oat. es])eciany 
in cold weather. 
Tlii're is not a great deal of dilTeronce 
in price between fish scrap and beef scrap 
after the freight is jiaid. Almost every 
grain dealer handles beef sera]) and com¬ 
paratively few carry the fish scrap. I'lie 
Ijitter has more hone in it than the beef ; 
scr.-ip. No nest eggs are used at Storrs [ 
and I don't think tliere are at any of the 
contests. As to hens going broody more ! 
fretinemtly when nest (*ggs are used, I 
doubt if one egg in a nest -would make 
any dilference; hut a nestful _ of eggs 
might by the power of suggestion inllii- 
I'lice a hen to go broody more freipiently | 
tliiin she otherwise would. The best way i 
to break up setting liens is to have a small ^ 
cage made of slats with either a slatted 
or wire netting bottom, and they should 
he lint in this cage the first night they are 
found on the nest. The sooner they are 
caged after hroodiness begins, the easier 
it is to break them up. 
About feeding apples for green food to 
hens, there seems to he a dilference of 
opinion. I have always fed apples to 
mine, when I had them, and never noticed 
any had result. But the grain ration 
should novel' he reduced <in jiecount of 
feeding apples. 
As to painting perches to kill lice on 
hens, it always seemed to mo that any¬ 
thing with fumes stnmg enough to kill 
the lice would not he very healthy for the 
hens to hri'athe. To kill lic(> on perches, i 
or to previ'iit any being there D. W. 
!Mapes uses gri'ase, beef tallow or mutton 
tallow, melted in an iron ]iot and painted 
while liot an all sides lint the top. I have 
used this for several years with iierfect 
success. I’aint the roosts and roost siqi- 
ports ill April, then you can forget all 
about hen lice for a year. Farholineiim 
will do as well, hut costs more. This 
spra<i’ing roosts every week all Summer 
with kerosene is all noiiseiise, useless 
labor. 1 duiiii) out all iiest material and 
paint the corners of the nest boxes at 
same time, then init in lu'w material for 
the nests. Dropjiing hoards, unless 
painted tvith carholineiim. are splendid 
breeding places for lien lice and “mites.” I 
Storrs does “send hulletin No. S7 out I 
of the State." Yon can get it on appli- i 
cation to I’rof. lY. F. Kirkiuitrick, ami it 
will tell you how to keep lieu lice olf your 
liCUS. (iKO. .\. C'O.SGROVK. 
.T:iHilary 2u, Itili. 
AVi- liclii'vo pvory advertlsor in our Piuiltry 
Iirpartnipiit is lioncst and relial)le. Wt* stnmr 
Pack of these elnssilied advertisements with our 
•‘S<iuare Deal Guarunteo," as we do the display 
advertisements. Those purehasins epgs for 
liafeliinK and l)ahy elileks must understand that 
tliey are assuming some risk when ordering from 
a distnm-e. For the most part eggs and chicks 
carry safely, but .sometimes rough handling by 
the express companies or exposure to lioat and 
cold causes (Tamage. That eggs fail to hatch or 
cliicks die is not conclusive evidence of bad 
faith on the part of the seller, and we shall not 
consider claims on that basis. To avoid contro¬ 
versy Iniyer and .seller slionld have a dellnite un¬ 
derstanding as to tlie responsibility assumed In 
case of dissatisfaction. 
ALFALFA MEAL 
made from liest quality second cutting Alfalfa. 
Write for sami)lo and price direct to the manufactur¬ 
ers. SPRING MILLS, ko. I Salem Street. Union Sprinns, N.Y. 
—a bigger bargain than ever tins ’ 
at the old price—same high quality 
redwood case—same pure copper tank 
—double liot water and hot nir heat- 
strong trays. Write today — get 
yours before price goes np. 
Munlinlo inenbator Co., Boa 79S Monknto. Minn. 
Mail Postal 
Save money —get a 
standard built incu¬ 
bator at bed rock 
cost—a money 
a k e r 
or big 
hatches. 
MAKE HENS LAY 
lly feeding raw hone. Its egg-producing value 18 four 
times that of grain. F.ggs more fertile, chicks more 
vigorous, broilers earlier, fowls heavier 
prolits larger. ' 
MANN’S SmodIl Bone Cutter 
Cuts all bone with adhering meat and 
ristle. Never otogs. ID Days’ Frna Trial, 
o money in advance. 
Send Today lor Free Book. 
T, W. lilann Co., Box 15, Mlllord, Mass 
TTTD YCVC BLUE RIBBONS; N.Y. STATE FAIRS C_- *-1 
1 UuIVL 1 0 BOURBON RED and BRONZE, $5 Up jpeCldl 
Golden eampine cockerels, $2; Speckled Sn.ssex 
cockerels, $.'i. Registered Shropshire Rams ex¬ 
changed for F.wos of any breed. 
D. R. Shoemaker - Fort Plain,N. Y, 
BRONZE. NARRAGANSEH, WHITE HOLLAND. 
BOURBON RED, BLACK AND SLATE BREEDING * UFKeyS 
From the finest flocks in America, i’rize winners at 
tlie loading sliows. Special iirices. Write at once. 
F. A. Ci-AKK _ Freeport, Ohio 
Pure Bred Mammoth Bronze T urkeys 
Volf Btruin and tVliite Wyandottes. 
Guaranteed, .''tamn. 
Satisfaction 
Massena, N. Y. 
Bourbon Red TURKEYS 
Toms weighing 20 ll>s. and over. Hens, 12 to H Ihs. 
Toms, $7. Hens, $,'i. Mrs. John H. Janney, Brookeville, Md. 
Giant Bronze Toms, $7-R.G. Red Cockerels, $1.50 
Shropshire Sheep. H. J. VAN DYKE. Gettysbiiro, Pa 
Mammoth Emden Geese umnea’l®' E^if t. 
Red, (’ampines, Minoroas, Leghorns, Wyandottes. 
Maple Gove l’«»ultry Yards, K. 2, Athens, Fa. 
M ottled ANCONA cockerels rrize winners. $1.2!) up. 
liomor Pigeons. E. P. SHELMIDINE, Lorraine, N. Y. 
WYANDOTTES TtS^^n LEGHORNS 
riioiee l)roeding cockerels of higli egg parentage. 
KAXSOM FAHM - K. 1, Genova, Ohio 
BARRON’S White Wyandottes 
Males and females I imported direct, (’ockerola 
from liens with 2;)5 to 268-ogg records. A few pullets. 
K. K. LKWIS . Apalachin, Y. 
BarronContestWyandotle Strain ron’ leg¬ 
horns. 284-egg strain. Cockerels.nnllet-! eggs; prices 
raa.sunahle. Mating list. W. E. CATHER, Winchester, Va. 
A New Year’sResolution: 
day-old cliicks from the LENOX STRAIN OF WHITE 
WYANDOTTES. Obl> Rock F.MtM, Lenox H.ale, Mass. 
P ARADISE Breeders ol Heavy Lsymg Poultry. Trip Nested 
dMIl *rDV Q WHITE LEGHORNS 
VUILIKT Ob RHODE ISLAND REDS 
FARM BUFF PLY. ROCKS. 200-Ess Strain 
Day-Old Chicks. Hatchlnfr Ekk-** anti Stock 
for Sale. Our 1917 Cirrulnr Krou. BoX B. PARADISE. PA. 
Tiffany’s Superior Chicks That Live 
Silver AVliito an<l Coluinhiaii Wyandottes, S. 
C. II. I. Keds, #(>18 i»€)r lOO, IS1G5 per 1,1)00. 
March delivery. J’ekiii an<l Rouen l)iiekliiig;s, 
S'iH per loo. Hred and Hatched Riglit. 
ALDHAM POULTRY FARM, R. 34, Phoonixvilio, Pa. 
W. Wyandotte Cockerels 
sei'vice, 12.50 eucli. Also S. W. and Ki-own LEGHORN 
ek'ls, matui'i'd, tl 50 each, lliiri-ed Keck and BRAHMA<'k’Is, 
$2 50 erreh. C’ircuhir free. Riverdole Poultry Farm, Riverdale. M. J. 
AMERICAN DOMINIQUES 
GOLDEN WYANDOTTES 
W. H. Adkins - Swoope. Va. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Fine ceckeiols from liens witli records of 203 to 228 
eggs. Hatching eggs from trajmested and untrapped 
pens. J. F, 1' raneaiH, Westhamplun Beach. L. I.. N. Y. 
“Perfection” Barred Rocks (Ringlets) 
SPECIAL FOR BALANCE OF YEAR. $10 cockerels. $5. $5 
cockei-els, $3. Best we ever raised. Money hack if 
not pleased. A few pullets and extiihition stock rea¬ 
sonable. Dr. GED. T. HAYMAN, Box 20, Ooylestnwn, Pa. 
Barred Rocks-Eggs jJeViio 
Day-Ohl Chicks, $12 per 100. COCKERELS, S5 each. 
A. C. Jones, Marvel Honieslead Farm, Georoetown, Del. 
Vigorous White Plymouth Rock Cocks 
for utility i)nri)osp.s at reason.al)Io 
prices. Addr ess: SILVERWOOD FARM, Holiiston, Mass. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants,Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc, 
for stocking nurposcs. 
Fancy I’lieasants, Beafowl, Ci anes, Storks, Swans. 
Oi iianiental Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes, Rjn’- 
eoorr, Squinels. ami all kinds of Irirds anil ahimitN. 
WM. J. MACKENSEN, Naturalist, Dept. 10, Yardley, Pa. 
