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“Ghe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
LEGHORNS-WYANDOnES-REDS 
Persistent Producers—Fine Appearance 
Our birds are bred primarily for health, vipor and 
productiveness, but beauty is not neglected. We will 
be glad to have you inspect our great flocks and see 
for yourself what we have accomplished in the way of 
developing ^'worki?!^ /^rls in society clothes' 
We offer at modest prices 
Hatching Eggs and Baby Chicks 
from true laying strains. We have many high-record lay-' 
ing competition birds, imported stock and youngsters bred 
from these. The blood lines include the well-known 
Sunnymede strain, and the famous Tom Barron, Will Barron 
and Eglantine strains. We have spared neither work nor money 
in securing the best. You can, at little cost, put this brcd-to-lay 
blood in your flocks. It will pay! 
Sunnymede Farm contains 198 acres and has the most up-to-date equipment. 
Five hundred trap nests in daily use. Sunnymede younRsters are grown on unre¬ 
stricted alfalfa range having running spring water. Of course they are big. husky 
and healthy. 
Ymir order will have, the personal attention of the. Manager. Sunnymede stands 
for service and the syttare deal. JSettcr write no7v for illustrated cirnilar—l'RF.li. 
SUNNYMEDE POULTRY FARMS, Livingston Swcntzcl, Mgr. 
Route 2 E Princeton, New Jersey 
! 
The Largest White Leghorn Farm 
Incubator Capacity, 48,000 Eggs 
The domaud for our hatching eggs and bab.v chicks is so great that or- 
der.s must ite jtlaced at once in order that wo may be able to guarantee 
deliveries 
Our Single Comb White Leghorn Breeders will weigh four pounds and 
upwards. Tliese birds are Itred to jtroduce Ltirge, Mitrketiible White 
Egg.s, the entire supply of which is sold by ILAIIK & TII.EOIilFS 
ST( )IIES in New York. 
Tliis jdant is a commercial succe.s3. 
Correspondence solicited. Visitor.s ai*e cordially invited. 
Send today for ftooklet and Price List 
LAURELTON FARMS, Inc., Box H, LAKEWOOD, N. J. 
I THE KELLS FARMS—S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
S The Bird that Lays is the Breed that Pays 
^ Are you interested in scoiiriiig a l)rced that pays? Kells Farms 
= Leghorns are bred for profitable production of large white eggs. I hey 
= are bred to perpetuate a strain of layers. But in considering the value of 
B this feature, we have not sacrificed vitality, size or beauty. The Kells 
B Standard demands breeders that score high on all these points. The 
m Kells Strain is the result and we guarantee that they will please you. 
B Eggs for Hatching, $6.00, $8.00 and $10.00 per hundred 
B Day Old Chicks, $14.00, $18.00 and $24.00 per hundred 
g Catalog on Application 
I THE KELLS FARMS, Poultry Dept., New Paltz, N. Y. 
Eggs for Hatching and Day-Old Chicks 
Hatching eggs from full}’’ matured, carefully mated farm raised 
birds, selected for their prolific laying qualities and vigor. We can 
supply eggs in any quantity, in season, from our matings of 
Single Comb White Leghorns 
White Plymouth Rocks and Mammoth Pekin Ducks 
Day-Old Chicks 
We can supply in any (piantity from our White Plymouth Rocks and S. C. 
White Leghorns; Day-Old Ducklings, we can supply in limited quantities. 
Write for Price-list, BRANFORD FARMS, Groton, Conn. 
Chicks-BABY-Chicks 
W ITY not pnrehapo from an old lircedcr of stand- 
iiipr? You iirollt by liiH years of experience. We 
liavo spared no expense to perfect our strain of K. 
C. White I.CBliorns. Wo Itavo no otlior breed. 
We Ruaranteo Chicks and Errs for Hatching to bo 
from our own l>roedors. Aiso safe (ielivery and a 
satisflod customer. Bend us your order. Booklet free. 
Spring Water Poultry Farm 
Stockton, New Jersey 
Singla 
Comb 
WHITE LEGHORNS Exclusively 
YOUNG AND BARRON STRAINS 
Tiiree Tliousand Breeders on free farm range Inoculated 
and free from lice. Milk Fed. Spcadal l>red for great 
Winter laying. F.ggs for hatching now ready in any 
qnanlity at S« Jier 100. Now l)ooking orders for BABY 
(’IIIC’KH March and April delivery (^$12 per 100. Ciui- 
aeity 10 to la.ooo weekly. Fifty good In-eeding COCKS 
and'COCKFKFLS <5»82 esell. My liook Profits in Poultry 
Keepitm Solved I'HEE witli all Sl« orders. 
1017 CII{i;ULAU.S NOW KKADY. 
EDGAR BRIGGS, Box 75, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. 
GIBSON POULTRY-THE BIG MONEY MAKERS 
BABY CHICKS-EGGS—BREEDING STOCK 
S. C. W. Leghorns — R. I. Reds — B. P. Rocks — W. Wyandottes 
_a baby chicks are vigorou.<s and livable, from trapnesled farm range, heavy la; 
Hocks. Iioadod l)y moles H orn the Hocks producing tlie hlghosi scoring pons at tho , 
last Inlornstlonal laying oontost. Hatching Eggs Iroin liie same matings gnaran- 
teed clglity per cent ferUlo. (iibson brooders are liii ge. vigt>rons and will mako 
yonr Hock inoro productive and proHtaldc. Safe arrival guaranteed. Hhistratod 
folder free, write for it NOW. 
L G. F. GIBSON, Galen Farms, Box lOO. CLYDE, N. Y. 
THE HENYARD 
Construction of Henhouse 
' I nm huiblins a ebiokon-houso 16x24 
ft. How many cbickens will tins aooorn- 
modate succos.sfully, and wbat .should 
tbe buildinff be lined with? Tbe biiild- 
iiiK is bciiiR constructed with inch 
lioards. Some tell me if I use tar paper 
for Hiiinp it acts as a preventive to liee 
and mile.s. Is this true? I have been 
using common building paper heretofore. 
How should tbe nests he constructed to 
give the best general results? I liave 
been using tbe box type of nest, tlmt is 
boarded all around excejit the entrance, 
and do not find them satisfactory for two 
reasons, first tbe bens damage their tail 
feathers liadl.v while on their nests, and 
.second, I find tliem very bard to keep 
clean. o. n. n. 
TTi'iis Tequire from three to four 
square feet of floor space to do well, 
milking tho capacity of your building 
iibout 125 fowls. Tar paper makes a 
good, wind-proof lining but it will not 
keep the building free from lice and 
mites. Possibly the odor is disagreeable 
to them; I cannot say as to that; but 
only the use of proper insecticides will 
keep the premises free from these pests. 
I have never seen an idi‘al hen-nest; the 
ordinary boxes nailed to the under side 
of tbe drop))iugs boards make ideal 
breeding jilaces for mites and are kept 
clean with difficulty. Boxes nailed to 
the wall are apt to be neglected and to 
furnish hiding places for mites behind 
them; they also make roosting places 
for incorrigible fowls. Wire baskets do 
not retain Iheir lining of hay or straw. 
I use orange crates with cover left on 
and the uiiper strip of one side removi'd 
to make an entrance. These I _ lightly 
tack to the rear wall of the building and 
fill with soft hay. They are much bet¬ 
ter lhan open boxes, but still'leave much 
to be desired. A nest which will at¬ 
tract the la.ver while repelling the idle 
hen and will prevent the soiling of eggs 
by dirty feet or broken eggs and, at the 
.same time, will not become a refuge for 
lice and miles, still remains to bo de¬ 
vised. M. B. n. 
Frosty Henhouse 
T have a henhouse 75 feet long; the 
windows face the .south and there is also 
one at each end. During cold nights it 
frosts over the inside, and during the 
day it thaw.s and drips down. Some 
advise me not to put in vent in the top. 
What do you advise me to do? c. F. 
Vermont, . 
The aecumnlation of frost on the 
walls of a poultry-hou.se is due to in- 
siillicient vonlilatioii. The air within 
becomes saturated with moisture from 
file fowls’ bodies, and when the temper¬ 
ature outside goes low enough this 
moisture freezes upon the walls a3 
“L-ost.” The remedy is to secure a cir¬ 
culation of air that will drive the moist¬ 
ure-laden air from the building and re¬ 
place it with the drier air from outside. 
This may be done most satisfactorily by 
keeping enough of the south side of the 
building ojien to secure iin interchange 
of air between the building and the out¬ 
side. Opening two or more of the south 
windows of your poultry house and keep¬ 
ing them open will very likely accom¬ 
plish this result. At the same time, all 
other sides of the house must he wind 
tight to prevent a current of air blow¬ 
ing through and upon the fowls. This 
is known as the open front system of 
ventilation and has proved Inore satis¬ 
factory in lioultry homses than the putting 
of A’cnts in the roof. M. B. n. 
A Massachusetts Henhouse 
In a recent issue (Dec. 26. lOIO). M. 
A. impiiros as to the cost of a iioultry 
homse. I<)f)xl5 feet. “Perliaiis .fJOO,” says 
“M. B. D.” in reply. Possibly my expe¬ 
rience would be of some help to M. A. 
In 1014 I had built a poultry house 
l(K)xl0 feet with di/j-foot hack wall, front 
wall about 5 feet and a hip roof. The 
material used was gowl, but not the best 
boards, costing .$26 and $2.5 per 1.000 
feet. The building has a board floor and 
stands on chestnut posts. OMie roof was 
covi'i-cd witli a fairly good roofing paper. 
Square-edged boards were used for roofing 
and walls, and matched boards for floor¬ 
ing. In one end of the building is a 
grain room SxlO feet, with solid partition. 
O’he laying and roosting compartments 
are 25x16 feet. .62x16 feet and 65x16 
feet, witli iiartitions of square-edged 
hoard,s. seven fi'i't solid from liiiek wiill 
and remainder three feet solid from floor, 
and the rest oiien and covered with wire 
netting. 
I'lie front of the house was hoardi'd up 
solid about three feet and remainder open 
(wire covered) with framed swinging 
cloth curtains. Every compartment has 
a large swinging door on the south side. 
In the rear by the roosts is a drop cur¬ 
tain to let down on very cold nights. 
'I’wo or three small glass windows in¬ 
serted in the south wall of every room 
would be an improvement in the short 
gray days of Winter, or on very cold or 
windy days. This house was built in 
Kingston, Mass., and cost about $.5()0. 
’Phe cost of the labor by contract was 
.$1.60. tiHANVlLLK E. riliUUK. 
Massachusetts. 
February 3, 1917. 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
■V\'p bplievp over.v advertisor in our Poultry 
Department is honest and relinltle. We BtiinJ 
back of these classified advertisements with our 
“tkiunre Deal Gunrantec,” ns we do the display 
advertisements. Those purchasing eggs for 
hatcliing and baby chicks must understand that 
they are assuming some risk when ordering from 
a distance. For the most part eggs and ctiieks 
carry safely, but sometimes rough handling hy 
the express comimnies or exposure to heat and 
cold causes (Tamnge. That eggs fail to hatch or 
chicks die is not conclusive evidence of bad 
faith on the part of tlie seller, and we shall not 
consider claims on that basis. To avoid contro¬ 
versy bn.ver and seller should have a definite un¬ 
derstanding as to tlie responsibility assumed in 
case of dissatisfaction. 
“Eglantine” White $C 
Leghorn Cockerels J 
Big, healthy birds that will surely produce 
heavy-laying daughters. From the strain 
that produced “Queen Caroline,” with a 
record of 510 eggs in 24 consecutive 
months, and the holder of the world’s 
official record— 
“Lady Eglantine” 
314 Eggs in 365 Days 
49 Eglantine pullets laid 11,007 eggs in one 
year, an average of 224 each. 
At little cost you can put this brcd-to-lay 
blood in your flock through the male, the 
most effective way. 
Matings based upon accurate trap-nest 
records—our standards are exacting. 
Eglantine Cockerels will please you in 
every way. 
Cockerel list PREP ..— IPrite 
EGLANTINE FARMS 
Box R Greensboro, Maryland 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
EXCLUSIVELY-ON FREE RANGE 
Egnoand Chicks, from telected 2-year old heno — 
.Mated with Barron ckls. from best imported 
stock (220-245 egg hens, sired by cockerel from 283 
egg hen)—full brothers of pullets with pen average 
Cl r. eggs (68*) through Cecember. Eggs guaran¬ 
teed satisfactory to you in appearance and size, and 
90% fertile. Candec hatched Chicks—strong livable 
birds f'om stock that has been kept under natural 
conditions. Full count and safe delivery guaran¬ 
teed. 36 acres and 25 years’ experience devoted 
to S. C. W. Leghorns. Eggs, $7 a 100. Chicks. $15 
a 100. Mating list and information on request. 
THE NISSEQUOGUE FARM 
E. T. SMITH, Owner & Mgr. ST. JAMES P. 0.. L. I.. N. Y. 
A. B. Hall’s S. C. W. Leghorns 
fHFLD 4th POSITION among 34 Leghorn en- 
J tries in last S t o r r s Contest. March 
2,0 0 0 c li i c k «, $15—100. C o c k e r el s, $3 to $5. 
per week (Barred Rock cockerels. $3. 1917 Oirculiir. 
A. 11. HALL - ’Wallingford, Conn. 
Barron S. C. W. Leghorn Chicks and Eggs 
from directly imported pedigreed stock. Also Amer¬ 
ican bred record layers of large, white eggs. Brood¬ 
ers have free range and selected for heavy laying, 
vigor and size. Any number, strong, properly- 
batched chicks. Safe arrival guaranteed. Brices 
low. Circular free. R. T. Kwiiij;, Atlantic, I’a. 
Bred-lo-Lay SingleComb WhiteLeghorns sh.ta 
Baby chick, March and April delivery. $12 per 100. 
Hatcliing eggs, now ready, $0 per 100. .Safe Deliv¬ 
ery. Satisfaction guaranteed. Circular free. 
I'JhlKKY RKIGGS - Pleasant V alley, N. Y. 
Barron Champion Layers white leghorn henb 
record laying in their pullet year—210 to 228. A few 
matured cockerels from record hens. Exceptional 
opportunity for people wanting high producing 
stock to be used as Breeders, liens, S5; cocker, 
els, #7. Money refiimied if not salisHoii. 
Devine Farm, Fast Northport, Long; Island 
60 VIGOROUS, FULLY MATUKKD 
Well Bred S. C. W. Leghorn Cockerels 
W‘.4 to I#.'} each. Write for prices on lai gor quanti¬ 
ties. Broohside Poultry Yards, Pnone248 Rye,Harrison.N.V. 
FOR SALE 
Twenty Very Choice S. G. W. Leghorn Cockerels 
Heavy liaying Strain. Farm raised. $4 oacli. 
C. E. IIUN'T - Arkport, New York 
Choice Selected Cockerels stmHi: 
wiiviwb wwivwtbu wwvnuibio strong and 
healthy. $2 to $3. J. M. GA.SE, Gllboa, N. Y. 
Utility Leghorn Eggs satisfaction., or. money 
DAKKON STRAIN. *5 per 
Kill. Satisfaction, or money 
back. EGGMONT POULTRY YARDS. Center Marshfield. Mass. 
Chicks 
7c. and up. 1st hatch, March 21. Leghorns, 
Hocks and Hroiloi’S. (Jockerels, cheap. 
G. M. LAUV'FK, Box 73, McAllisterville, Pa. 
Danish White Leghorns —White Wyandottes 
Gockorols for breeding. Hatching eggs beginningin 
T'otirnary; the Wyandotte eggs from hens from Bar- 
run stuck. OAKHURSr FARM, R. F. 0. 2, Doylcslown, Pa. R. F. Avery 
125.000 CHICKS for 1917 
I C WHITE. BROWN. AND BUFF LEGHORNS. B P. ROCKS. 
W. WYANDOTTES. B. MiNORCAS AND BROILER CHICKS 
Our largo capacity enables us to sell at luw prices. Safe 
delivery guaranteed. Buoklct free. 
KEYSTONE HATCHERY, Dopi. 24. RICHFIELD, PA. 
COCKERELS J J;’,?? fi'K 
S.O. W. and Brown 1 .ogliorns, $I.,50. Light and Dark 
Brahmas, REDS and Barred Rocks, $2,511 each. CHICK 
catalogue free. RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM.Riverdale.N. J. 
P 
ARADISE Braeders of Heavy Laying Peullry. Trap Nested 
r^lll TOV ^ G WHITELEGHORNS 
\/UL.Ittl O. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
FARM ROCKS. 200-EsR Stmln 
I- IVI chickH. 
:uia 
for'Sale. Our 1917 Circular Kreo. 
Hatchintr KjrK’n and Stock 
Box B. PARADISE, PA. 
RH RoqI Rmoilo t’hlckens. I>ucks,Occse, Turkeys, Ilari H, 
OUDcolDICCUo Dugs and Cavies. Stock and F.ggs 
Catalogue Free. II. A. SOLOKH, Hoi 20, Sellenvlll.-, T.. 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
248-282-eeg strain baby chicks and batching eggs. 
Oircniar free. PATTERSON POULTRY FARM, Clayton, N.Y. 
fliiv.niH P.hiY ffom our heavy-laying trap-nest bred 
uay UIUUIIIX S.O.W. Legborns,$12perl00. Strong, 
vigoron.s. Safe delivery gnaranteod. Ifine brooding 
Cockerels for sale. I’rices. $2 to $5. Mlllbrook 
Farm, M. L PALMER, Prop . Alfred Station, N.Y. 
Sunshine Strain Iom'’b WhiteLeghorns 'p n’ s e" 
Twelve hundred breeders. Recoriis up to 258. 2,.500 
chicks every week Write forcircnlar. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Sunshine I’onltry KHrin. Ridoely, Md. 
