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RURAL NEW*YORKER 
THE KELLS FARMS—S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
The Bird that Lays is the Breed that Pays 
Are you interested in securing a breed that pays ? Kells Farms 
Leghorns are bred for profitable production of large white eggs. They 
are bred to perpetuate a strain of layers. But in considering the value of 
this feature, we have not sacrificed vitality, size or beauty. The Kells 
Standard demands breeders that score high on all these points. The 
Kells Strain is the result and we guarantee that they will please you. 
Eggs for Hatching, $6.00, $8.00 and $10.00 per hundred 
Day Old Chicks, $14.00, $18.00 and $24.00 per hundred 
Catalog on Application 
THE KELLS FARMS, Poultry Dept., New Paltz, N. Y. 
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GIBSON POULTRY-THE BIG MONEY MAKERS 
BABY CHICKS-EGGS—BREEDING STOCK 
S. C. W. Leghorns — R. I. Reds — B. P. Rocks — W. Wyandottes 
Gibsuii baby tSileks are vifforous and livable, from trapnested farm raiipre, heavy layltig 
flocks, headed by males from the Docks producing tlie highest eooring pens el the , 
last international laying contest. Hatching Eggs from the aame matiiit^s triiaran- 
tecd eighty i>er cent fertile. GibBon breeders are larjce, vijforong and will make 
your Dock more productive and profitable. Safe arrival fraaranteed. Illustrated 
folder free, write for It NOW. 
G. F. GIBSON, Galen Farms, Box 1OO, CLYDE, N. Y. 
BARRON HATCHING EGGS 
S. C. W. Leghorn, pure bred Barron stock imported direct. All okks from Breeders with individual 
trap-nest records. Pullet year of from TiO to 259 ckks. Mated to cockerels of 258 to 279 records. 
These Brewers have been .selected with a irreat deal of care. Size and stamina having as much 
consideration as ckk record. These birds are the best collectively of their kind. Orders for eifKS 
booked now, Dlled in order received. Orders for future shlpiiicnt if accompanied with deposit will 
be filled, date specified. $10-00 per 100, uuarantee 80%; after Februari/ 15th, <H>%. Wmild contract to 
raise 1000 pullets to be delivered from 8 weeks to maturity as desired. No contract less than 50 birds. 
The best at a fair price. 
A. G. LORD, Lakeville, Conn. Phone, 137 
S.C. WHITE 
LEGHORNS 
WINTER LAYING 
S.C. BLACK 
LEGHORNS 
CHICKS 
AND EQCS 
IN ANY 
QUANTITY 
How we produce them is told in otir free cataiog. It is a handsome Ulus, 
trated hook, which you will find both interesting and instructive. 
OUK S1’K€IAI OFFKK of a CoaPBurnlng Colony Krooder with each 
order for 500 chicks at catalog price is still open for a few more orders. May 
be closed at any moment now. Write for particulars at once. 
BLACK & WHITE POULTRY FARM CO., Inc., Box X, CANISTEO, N.Y. 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
IMPORTED DIRECT 
White Eggs Only and^SOLD 
Three Good Pens in Succession 
bred and owned by me made thie record. 
1914*15 at New Paltz 212 e^ge per hen 
in 10.^ months. 
1915*16 at Cornell laid greatest total weight 
of eggs, were second in both number 
laid and in whiteness of eggs. 
1916*17 at Storrs—see pen 60, present 
contest report. 
Hatching Eggs $10 per hundred. 
J. O. LeFEVRE 
WILD ROSE FARM NEW PALTZ, N. Y. 
LEGHORNS 
“With The Lay Bred In Them 
-Vigor—Productiveness—Beauty 
These iiniiortaut cliaractcristics are stronirly inbretl In 
our flocks. Come and see. Or a.sk our customers. Out 
I. ejfhorns will please you because they deliver the aroods* 
C'ookerels—b'inc si)ecimcns, the sous ol record layers, 
bred and priced right. 
Jlatcliliig Big white ones, highly lertlle, Crom 
real layers. None l>ctter. 
Baby Chicks—The “livable,•• profitable kind. Full 
count and safe delivery assured. 
W e produce on our own farm r.verpthing 
we soil, ThaHa why we ptfluae 
every purchaser^ Write for 
FREE catalog now, 
SPRECHER BROS. 
Box 40, Rohreratown, Pa. 
ASg FREE 
^h'o'ut LORD FARMS 
S.C.W. LEGHORNS 
Aincricaii liCgliorns that lay good eggs—no Knglish 
blood. We expect to aliip more day-old chicks next 
spring than any other breeder east of the Mississip¬ 
pi River. We couldn’t do such a business unless 
the slock was proving more satisfactory to custom¬ 
ers tlian they are getting elsewhere. We do more 
trap-nesting on our farm than any Laying Contest 
in the country. We are breeding the kind of Leg- 
lionis the progressive breeder is looking for, and 
they are the kind you want. High record bred males 
in all our pens this year. Only one breed and one 
strain, ftlore than 76,000 hatching capacity. Order 
Feliruary. March, and April chicks now. Ad<iie.ss 
THE LORD FARMS, or THE EVERLAY FARM, Box 240-F, Melhuen, Mass. 
Barron Hatching Eggs 
Hatching eggs from M Barron strain of S. C. 
White Leghorns. The Barron Stock was imported 
from Tom Barron, Catforth, England. These hens 
are trapnested and bred to lay. Only white eggs 
of uniform size sold for hatching. Breeders on 
free range when weather permits. 
Eggs eight cents each in any Quantity 
The DELAWARE EGG FARM, Milfard, Delaware 
A. M. FOLliARD, General Manatror. Formerly Munayr 
of all Uiu N. A. Kkr Competition. 
Lrf Utility Leghoras 
Con.sclcntlously trapnested everyday In the 
year. Wo invite you to compare our stock 
and prices with any reliable breeders, bar 
none. Full blooded Barron’s imported 
direct, records 240 to 280. Three-quarters 
Barron and full American stock, records 
180 to 200 bred by us. 
Eggs for Hatching, Chicks, Pullets, 
Cockerels, and Pedigreed Breeders 
All sold on the basis of COMI'LETE 
SATISFACTION or purchase price re¬ 
funded. A postal brings our booklet of facts. 
BAYVILLE FARMS 
& C WHITE Box R. Bayville, 
LEGHORN BREEDERS Ocean Co., N. J. 
S.C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs and Chicks, from selected 2-year old hens 
—On Free Range—Mated with Barron Cocker¬ 
els from Best Imported Stock. 
I have .SOO breeders on free range, the pick of my 
last year’s laying stock—birds selected for size, 
type and vigor- bred for the past five years from 
cockerels from high producing (trap-nest record) 
hens. They are mated this year with Tom Barron 
Cockerels from 220-245 egg hens, sired by a cocke¬ 
rel from a 283 egg hen. Full brothers of pullets 
with pen average of 21 eggs (68#) through 
December. 
Errs aruaranU'od natUfactory to you In appearance and alee, and 
90 p.c. fertile, $7 per 100. Candee hatched Chicks after March Ist 
$10 per ioo. Mating list and information upon ragueat, 
THE NISSEQUOGUE FARM 
E. T. SMITH. Owner & Mrr. ST. JAMES P. 0.. L. I., N. Y. 
Cocks and Cockerels ‘ 
BABY CHICKS and HATCHING EGGS 
S. C. White Leghorns 
Barred and White Rocks 
Extra good utility birds from heavy laying stock 
Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
TYWACANA FARMS, Inc. 
Box 68, Farmingdale, L. I., N. Y. 
Pedigreed 6 lbs. Cockerels 
5 to 
6 lbs. 
I’cdigpcc Plrc iuhI l»uin with eiioli Oookerel. 
l200-d50 eicic K.iWV. LoitIioi'hk^ 5, each 
4 tb« llctiH, 4 Ib. ^21 esicli* 
Contest Pens 8ton*s, Conn. Vinchind, N. J. 
Hatching Eggs 
ir>0.1!><) egg heiiH. 100 egg* $0.00, lOOO «l5r>.00 
gOO-^bO rgg 15 eggH ifii.OO, IOO $10.00 
Mated lo B Ihs. I'edigieed Cockerels,from 214-2.00egg heua. 
t igorous, Splendid Eyes. Breed for Eggs. 
^nAr*i 9 l Pan Sired by Proven Coek’Bird “Trouble.” 
t-ipci-lal 1 CU imjj produced 200 egg I’ulleks from 160 
egg hens. Milted to 205-239 egg hens. 1.0 eggs $.0.00. 
8.5 percent Fartitity Guaranteed. Alt Pens Mated- 
JAMES F. HARRINGTON, Hammonton, N. J. 
leghorns Exclusively 
by introducing blood of the 
FAMOUS TOM BARRON C f W I FflHORN 
EGG PRODUCERS'^* ”* LLUllvriMl 
We have for sale 100 Pure Bred Tom Barron Cock¬ 
erels. Pedigree guaranteed. These birds were 
hatched from the Tom Barron Prize Pen which led 
all Loghorns in the Storrs competition 1914-15. with 
a record of 2001 egg.s in one year. Price, 8K5 each. 
A few extras at $10. Also booking orders for hatch- 
yig eggs. Helmcote Farm, Farmington, Conn. 
M. Tuscan Bennett, Owner. Mvuon A. Uakkis. Mgr. 
Single 
Comb 
YOUNG AND BARRON STRAINS 
Three Thousand Breeders on free farm range Inoculated 
ami free from lice. Milk Fed. Siiecial bred for great 
Winter laying. Eggs for hatching now ready in any 
(luantity at $6 per 100. Now booking orders for BABY 
CIIICIKS March and April delivery @ $12 per 100. Cap¬ 
acity 10 to 12,000 weekly. My book Profits in Poultry 
Keeping Solved, Fit EE with all $10 orders. 
1917 CIRCULARS NOW READY. 
EDGAR BRIGGS, Box 75, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. 
THE HENYARD 
Flagstone Floor for Henhouse 
Will flng.'itones make a good floor for 
iny henhouse? C. S. 
I should prefer a floor of dry earth or 
of concrete to one of flagstones, though, 
of course, the latter could be used. If 
renewed sufficiently often to prevent its 
becoming foul, dry loam makes an ideal 
floor for a poultry building, though con¬ 
crete is more easily cleaned and cared 
for. M. B. D, 
Heating Small Brooder House 
I want some kind of heating sy.stem for 
a small brooder house (about 200 chicks), 
and as I have a large brooder lamp have 
been wondering if I could put a casing of 
tin around it (like a little .stove) with 
holes for air, with a large canopy top 
hung above it to reflect the beat down. 
Would the fumes be unwhole.some and 
would it be warm enough without a cloth 
hover? mbs. a. l. b. 
Penn.sylvania. 
I have known of the succes.sful use of 
the small, portable oil heaters, such as are 
use fur heating rooms in dwelling-houses, 
about as you suggest. A tin deflector 
about three feet in diameter is suspended 
over the oil heater very much as those 
used with brooder coal stoves are. In 
fact the oil beater takes the place of the 
coal stove. When oil heaters are used 
special attention must be paid to ventila¬ 
tion, and they .should not he placed vdiere 
a fire would endanger other buildings. 
Oil is not as safe as coal, hut, if it can lie 
properly cared for and watched, an oil 
heater may he used for this purpose. 
Used as you suggest, a cloth hover would 
not he needed if the brooder is light and 
warm with ventilation through the floor 
beneath the stove and near the top of the 
brooder. M. B. o. 
Value of Sunflower Seed 
Will you give me the food value of 
sunflower seed us applied to poultry? 
Liberty, N. Y. F. 
In Feeds and Feeding, by Prof. Henry, 
the following composition of sunflower 
seed i.s given. A Lnv analyses of other 
feeds will show the comparative value: 
Snnflowei* seed 
with hulls. 
Seed without hulls 2.3.3 
Dri<‘d blood. 
Fresh bone. 1S..3 
Bakery refuse.... 
Wheat bran . 
Protein 
Carbo¬ 
hydrates 
E’at 
13.5 
38.1 
20.3 
23.3 
17 
33.9 
60.1 
.... 
0.9 
1S.3 
24.5 
8.3 
00.8 
7 
12.5 
41.6 
3 
Black Minorca Fowls 
Why do we not hear more about the 
Black Minorca hens? I am told they are 
great layers of large white egg.s and are 
good hens generally. Who can tell me 
about this breed? m. p. g. 
Vermont. 
R. N.-Y.—The Black Minorcas lay a 
fine, large, chalk-v hite egg—many of them 
—but with us they are not as hardy as 
the I/Cghorns and apparently later in ma¬ 
turing, Many object to the color. 
Frozen Comb 
I have a Rhode Island Red cock which 
froze his comb about a week ago. Will 
this harm the cock and what treatment 
would you advise? F, g. 
Pennsylvania. 
This will not harm the cock after he 
recovers from the soreness caused by the 
freezing. Anoint bis comb with vaseline 
and beep him where other fowls will not 
pick at his head. m. b. d. 
Commercial Squab Culture 
I am going to start a commercial 
squab plant. Assuming that I have the 
right man to run it, and I am willing to 
put up the plant, charging no rent for 
my land, against which the man who is 
to run the [ilant is imtting in his time 
and experience, what pi'rcentage of )>ro- 
fit ought 1 give the operating end of the 
business? G. ir. 
If you furnish complete plant and 
eqniiunent for a commercial .squab jdant 
against which the man who is to run it 
is putting in his time and experience, the 
lirofits, after deducting actual running ex- 
Itenses should be dividi'd equally—your 
share to pay intere.st on the inve.stment 
and his share to pay for his labor in 
running the iihint. This suggestion ap- 
I»lies to a plant costing not more than 
iJIlO.OOO. The .squab business is like the 
poultry business, both showing big pixv 
lits oil jinper, hut in actual practice very 
few farms are paying a profit at the 
Iiresent time. This condition is some¬ 
what augmented by the extremely high i 
prices of feeding stuffs. After the war 
when conditions become normal it is 
hoped that there will be a fair chance for 
profit in both the poultry and pigeon 
business. c. s. G. 
February 24, 191V. 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
We believe every advertiser in our Poultry 
Department is honest and reliable. We stand 
back of these classified advertisements with our 
“S<iuare Deal Guarantee,” as we do the display 
advertisements. Those purchasing eggs for 
hatching and baby chicks must understand that 
they are assuming some risk when onlerlng from 
a distance. E'or the moat part eggs and chicks 
carry safely, but sometimes rough bundling by 
the express companies or exposure to heat and 
cold causes (Tamage. That eggs fall to hatch or 
chicks 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 buyer and seller should have a definite un¬ 
derstanding as to the responsibility assumed in 
case of dissatisfaction. 
Strictly Thoroughbred Chicks 
FROM S. C. WHITE LEGHORN. BARRED ROCK. WHUE WTAMDOTTE 
AND R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS OVER ES.OOO MLTCHRIG 
CARACITT EVERT THREE WEEKS. 
We produce chicks of QUAUTT and thereby acquire 
thousands of sstisDed customers aiinuiilly. Send 
for FREE catalog and see what a FEW say about our 
chicks. Safe delivery. Full Count and AISOLUTE 
satisfaction giiiiranteea. Book your orders MORV if 
you want March chicks. I’rices—very leasonablo. 
Catalog Free. .Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
THE STOCKTON HATCHERY. Box E, Stockton, N. J. 
BARRON Wyandottes 
Cockerels from pens headed by males we impoi tod 
ilirect from Tom Barron’s heaviest layers. All 
finely developed and ready toco into the hreeil- 
iiig pens. Leg[homs, S3 each; Wyandottes, 
S5 each. Sati.sfaction or nionoy back. Eggs for 
hatching and baby chicks. Write formating list. 
Our bred-to-lay stock will increase your profits. 
C D O,Lay more Poultry Farm 
• JDUx gCx K 1 k r 1 d g e, Maryland 
Chicks-BABY-Chicks 
W HY not purchase from an old breeiler of stand- 
iiigl You profit by his years of experience. We 
have spared no expense to perfect our strain of H. 
C. White I.eghorns. We have no other breed. 
We guarantee Chicks and Eggs for Hatching to lie 
from our own breeders. Also safe delivery and a 
satisfied customer. Send us your order. Booklet free. 
Spring Water Ponltry Farm 
.Stockton, New Jersey 
Barron-Eglantine Strain 
of S. C. W hite Leghorns 
the strain with the record behind it. Eggs, chicks 
and cockerels. S.G. Rhode Island Beds. Large, dark 
birds. lieavy.layen. Prices reasonable. Oatalogiie. 
Wy-Har Farm - R. 1, Denton, Md. 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
Our breeders are from high record liniioited stock. 
Chicks, $12.00 per 100; Eggs. $6.00 per hundred; Sl.lie lair 
16; fertility guaranteed. We have been in l>usineK.s for 
forty-five years and produce our stock on three hundred 
acres of range, insuring henith and vigor. 
EAKTF.KN HIIOItK M:KI4KI(1E8. Wenton, .Md, 
Barron’s Leghorns 
248 to 284-egg strain. 4 hens and a cockerel, $10. 
Hatching eggs, $7 per 100. Baby chicks, 115 per 100. 
One pen is headed by Lord Eglantine (son of the 
314-egg hen.) 8.5% fertility. White Wyandottes— 
Trapnested stock. 4 hens and a cockerel, $10. Hatch¬ 
ing eggs, $7 per 100. K. Claude Jones, Craryvillc, N.Y. 
CHASE POULTRY FARM 
F. M. DAVIS, R.D. N«. 1, Cincinnatus, N.Y. 
Breeder Utility S. C. W. Leghurns of the liest 
strains. Write for Free Catalog, 
Baby Chicks S. C. White Leghorns 
V healthy, vigorous layers, the 
kind that make profits. A Iso Hatcliing Eggs. Write 
at once f<>r particulars. Horton's Point I’onltrr 
Farm, K. F. I). No. 37, Southold, New York 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
DAY-OLD CHICKS 5i“2-ioo $iWoo 
HATCHINC EGGS ss-’ioo 
BECK EQQ FARM 
WOODCLIFF LAKE. N. J. 
Baby Chicks and Eggs 'K’'nBi"is h‘’s.®c; 
White Leghorns and Anconas. From hens 
with records of 2.50 to 280, A few cockoiels. VVrite 
for prices. HARTMAN POULTRY FARM, So. Columbiis, Ohio 
LEGHORNS-BARRON-WYANDOTTES 
Now offering eggs from highest quality breed¬ 
ers. Our direct imported Pens AA, with rec¬ 
ords 278, 280, 281, 282, 282, and others, mated to 
sons of 650-egg hen in three years and 466-hen in 
two years. Many other record lireeders. Large 
breeding farms are our satisfied customers. 
THE BARRON FARM. R. F. D. No. 3. Connellsville, Pa. 
S. C. W. Leghorns 
Baby chicks. Hatching eggs, (’ockerols. Uhoice 
Honey and .Maple .Syrup. Sati.sfaction guaranteed. 
Just.a.lVIere Farm, Box B, Columbia Cross Roads, Pe. 
Bred-to-Lay Single Comh White Leghorns JSSS" s *?kl 
Baby chick, March and April delivery, $12 per 100. 
llutcliiiig eggs, now ready, $6 per 100. Safe Deliv¬ 
ery. Satisfiiction guaranteed. Oircular free. 
PfeKKY IJK1GG8 - Pleasant Valley, N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORNS fTe 
cockerels and cocks, $3. Egg.s—$8 hundred. Chicks 
-$I5 hundred. WINOSWEEP FARM, Redding Ridge, Cono. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Barron and Danish Strains crossed. Hatching eggs, 
$6 per 100. PHILIP DAWSON, R. No. 3, Alexandria. Virginia 
World’s Champion Layers /horn" 
White Wyandottes, Cockerels, Pullets and Cock 
Bird.s. Imported direct from England. 
Brookfield Poultry Farm, R. 3, Versailles, Ohio 
Buff Leghorns, etc. 7c. and 
„p Jioney Back for Doarl ones 
Jacob Neimoud, Box 2, AIcAlisterville, Pa. 
"SioSEE^White Leghorn Cockerels |:j;rd"trUm.st*- 
ed hens. $5 each. F. M. PEASLEY, Chkshire, Conn_ 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
248-282-egg strain baby chicks and hatching eggs. 
Circular free. PAHERSON POULTRY FARM, Clayton, N.Y. 
LE^ORN EfifiSANrCHiCKSill^ 
why my hatching eggs and dny-old chicks are hot¬ 
ter than others. FRED B. SKINNER, R. No. 3, Greene. N.Y. 
American Leghorns gyilSL’t'",. S” 
I quantity. C, A, BOGEBIS, Bergen, New Vo-k 
