B»c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
303 
Get Ready For The 
“Big Batch” 
Quantity production lowers the cost of 
production. That’s why in recent years there 
IS a demand for a brooding device which will 
rear chicks in “big batches” of frorri 100 to 
1,000 or more at a time. To be worth its cost, 
a brooding device of this kind must be just as 
efficient as the small brooder and at the same 
time easily portable so as to be moved 
from place to place. 
Taking all these conditions into consideration; 
after two years of careful research and exten¬ 
sive experimenting, we produced in 1914 the 
PRAIRIE STATE 
STOVE BROODERS 
Characteristic of this company, Prairie 
State STOVE BROODERS were not placed 
on the market until they had been 
THOROUGHLY TESTED under the most 
trying conditions and found to give com¬ 
plete satisfaction at all times. They are sub¬ 
stantially built of cast iron because lighter.ma- 
tcrial win not stand the wear. Burn anthracite 
coal, the best fuel for keeping an even fire. The flat 
construction of the canopy and the triple action 
regulator of our own exclusive design, give an even 
heat distribution that cannot be equaled by any other 
design of stove brooder. Adaptable to any stylo 
f iouftry house. Safe, sure and economical. Cost 
rom 7 to 14c a day to operate. Built in 3 sizes: 
S13.00 — $18,00 — and $30.00. 
The STOVE Brooder 
Sensation of the 
Season — only $13 
Send for our 1917 Catalog. Tells all 
about Prairie Stato.Incubators, Hovers, 
Stove Brooders — including the great 
$13 value illustrated. Send postal today. 
Prairie State 
405 Main Street 
Incubator Co. 
Homer City. Pa, 
Itf v"? BEFORE YOU PAY 
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FREE 
M CATALOG 
^ Pofttaf 
Brings It 
THE UNITED FAGTW 
^ 
This 136-Egff Incubator and Brooder 
.shipped anywhere on 30 days' trial. 
No money down — no deposit. 
Si 045 Pays for BOTH If Sat- 
^ lU isfactory When Tested 
Ko other such open liberal offer 
aa thi8» bocauae no other outfit 
equals the UNITO. Incubator 
hotwater;Brooderbotair. Both 
sralyanited iron. Satisfaction 
auarante^. We take all the iiak 
Cash wim order both $9.9 5 > 
CO.lM 131 Cleveland, O 
Improved Parcel 
Post Boxes 
New Flats and Fillers 
New Egg Cases 
Leg Bands -O atg Sprouters 
(UittttoK i'Vee on Request 
H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, New York 
CHICKS! CHICKS! CHICKS! 
You can mise the Htronic, stur¬ 
dy kind on 
Blue Ribbon Little Cbick Feed 
A most practical and Hatisfao 
tory Chick Starter. 
A.sk your dealer for it. 
If he can't supply i/ow, writs 
«« for sample and prices. 
GLOBE ELEVATOR CO.. 
23 Seneca St., Buffalo. N.Y. 
Ask about (iiobc Crcatucry 
I'eed'Z’Av.c. to2r»i».c. Protein— 
* * The Milk J^roduevr'' 
PEARL Grit 
Every Hen an Egg Factory 
They can't ludp liiying when they get 
rEAHl,GlUT. It “chews" the food 
ill the gizzard, and adds sulphur and 
carbohydrates for eggs, lime for 
1 shells. Booklet free.*^*^’rite today. 
THE OHIO MAKItbE COMPANY -q? 
Jii 
59 Cleveland Street 
Flqua« Ohio 
THE HENYARD 
Stray Bees 
I 
have a swarm of boos in a 
iny iiasturo. found by a noighbor 
yoiir ago. Who owns the boos iind 
Have I not the rignt to tiiko 
swarm and use tlio honey myself 
(,'onneetieur. f. w 
tree in 
over a 
honey ? 
up the 
w. 
No one has any right to go on your 
Vtreniises and eiit a Iree trei* witiiout 
your permission, certainly. But < nstom 
inis deeroed tlmt wlioever finds a bee 
tree i.s entitled to the eontent.s. and. as 
sucli trees are u.snally of little value, 
they are often cut by the tinder ami the 
contents removed without eonsulting the 
owner. -Vs a matter of legal right, how¬ 
ever. tills procedure would iirohably not 
stand the test of court procccilings. 
Long-standing custom has a certain 
amount of legality behind it. iind in a 
matter of this kind it would be better 
for the tinder of the bee tree and the 
owner of the laml to eomi' to some 
amicable agreement as to tlu' division of 
the .spoils rather than to (ptarrel over it. 
.Yt. B. 1). 
Handling Ducks 
T have, to handle ducks both for breed¬ 
ing jmrposes and for market. Which 
way would yon advise nu' to carry thorn 
so as not to injnn* them in any wayV I 
liave them in a pasture and I have to 
carry them from the pasture to tin* kill¬ 
ing room alive and 1 do not wish to in¬ 
jure them any more than ))ossihle. 
K. II. P. 
I assume that yon refm' to carrying 
ducks by hand. Tlie safest, and jirob- 
ahly the least nneomfortahte. way for 
the ducks is to carry tlnmi by tlie neck, 
gripping them back of the lu'ad* just 
firmly enongli to prevent slipping, and 
allowing the head and neck to remain in 
a vertical jiosition. 'I'he joints in ducks’ 
wings are \<'ry easily dislocati'd and the 
h‘gs are worse. Of i-oursi' if you have 
to carry the ducks a considerable <lis- 
tance tile use of a cooi> of some kind 
Would he eon veil ieiit. but evmi then they 
can be canglit and earrii'd to the coop 
imu'e easily and safely if liandled by the 
neck. w. II. If. 
_ Guaranteed to safely brood 200 to 
300: gas escape system absolutely prevents gas leakage; 
top and bottom draft holds even temperature at all times. 
Needs no attention during night, regardless of weather 
conditions. 
Built of cast iron, burns coal, and will last a lifetime. 
Positively sanitary. 
We will return full purchase price of the 
MAGIC BROODER to any dissatisfied 
purchaser, on request, within 30 days, 
and pay freight both ways. 
Send $16.50 for a 
MAGIC BROODER 
under this guarantee. 
Write for booklet describing Magic 
and Hill Colony Brooders. Tells 
how to install in colony houses; 
gives plans for building brooder 
houses and other poultry appli¬ 
ances. FREE. 
UNITED BROODER CO. 
301 Pennington Ave. 
Trenton, N. J. 
Agents IVanteJ 
iiiiiiiiin 
Sold On A Money-Back Guarantee 
I buy a Eureka lU’OoUer you nm absoh 
ti^uarantee in honest with iio h 
i)U ean try this brooder 30 day.*^. Ii af 
Tiffany’s Superior Chicks Thai Live 
silver White ami Columbian Wyandottes, S. 
C. K. I. Keds, ails per lOO, *165 per 1,000. 
-Man'll delivery. Pekin ami Koueu Ducklings, 
1S35 per lOO. Bred and Hatched Right. 
ALOHAM POULTRY FARM, R. 34, Phoonixville, Pa. 
ROIlnol Dmaifo < hivkcns. Ducks,Geese, Turkeys, Hares 
DUDoBTDfuuUo Dogs and Cavies. Stuck aii<l Kggs 
Catalogue Fn-e. 11. A. SOI'OKU, Box 29, Sellertvllle, l*a. 
on Rroodo Fine Catalog free. Tells about Chick' 
oU DIBUU9 (ieese Turkeys, Guineas, 
HantamK. Dogs. Bolg. llares and Cavies. Stock and 
Hatching Eggs aSpecialty. KliWIN a.;S 0L'DEII, I'elford, I'x, 
MammothEmden Ganders can G?ineL^■K*tL l 
Red, Oampines, Miuorcas, Leghorns, Wyandottes. 
Nlaple Cove Poultry Yards, K. JJ, Athens, Pa. 
Buff Orpington DUCKS 
I’rolhic lavers. Bure white eggs of excellent jlavor. 
S. C. BUFF ORPINCTON CHICKENS. Winter layers. Eggs 
for hatching. Mrs. F, E, Marlin,Wrenlioiiie, Hatfield, Penii. 
TurkeysForSale 
Both Hens and Gobblers bred 
from Wild and Bronze stock, 
i’ricej right. Address E. A. Pugh, Oxford, Pa. 
Poultry With Colds 
I h;iv(> tivor L’OO White Leghovn pul- 
lots ill !i iii'W hiiiise. UOx.'iO. ('oiicrote 
floor, jx'rfoct draimige. ,lt faces south¬ 
east. The eiid.s, rimf and hack are tight; 
no cracks nr leaks, 'rimn' ar(‘ two win¬ 
dows of glass in wnst end and 1'_’ win¬ 
dows in front. liv«' nf which are glass. 
The others are wood frames covered 
with muslin, which an* on hingi's, swing¬ 
ing np. and ai'c open in good weather. 
'I'lie floor is hcavil.v ('overed with rye 
straw. I scatter sci'atch fet'd in litter 
st'veral. times dail.v and a fall feed at 
night. 1 )i',v mash is hefort* thi'ai all the 
time comiiost'd of om* part eornmeal, one 
jiart ground o.its. two parts bran, two 
parts middlings, two jiarts ground meat 
scraps, also salt ami charcoal. They 
havt' grit and shi'lls at all timt'S and some 
caliliagt*. idc. 'rin* iinlh'ts were hatcht'd 
in May. ('omim'nci'tl laying iihont Novem- 
lit'r 1. and by I iccember TJ tht'y were lay¬ 
ing 10 dozen lu'i- ila.v. 'I'ht'ii they till iip- 
)ian‘iitly took a viohmt t'old, rattling and 
whei'zing and lighting for hrcitth. Idoctored 
tlnmi and lost only out', hut. of conrst', it 
stopped the laying iind I have not been 
able to get tln'iii going again. H'ln'y 
seem to he. molting now. I had two other 
llock.s, one in ii concrete house, the other 
ill a tight wood house, glass windows. 
Hoth had same trouble at same time. 
None of these fowls had ronp; no sore 
eyes, no olVensive odor. On December 
25 I bought 25 White Leghorn hens, 
which I put in basement of barn, which 
is wiirm tind tight. With them were 45 
of my other stock which had hec'ii sick, 
hut had api»arentiy fully rei'overed. and 
in eight days all 25 were sic'k—eyes 
swollen, months ami nostrils full, Imt 
no offensive odor as yet. I had a pen 
of 10 White Wyandotte pullets which I 
bought in December. Thi'.v have hei'ii 
('Xposi'd to it. Imt st'cm to -Ix' immune, 
as do some imported hens T honght in 
Massachusetts. Can yon explain 'the 
mystery? edwahd a. hixg. 
Pennsylvania. 
It is diflicnlt to draw tin* line between 
Irne ronp and a sort of ('Utarrhal “in- 
llm'iiza.” such Jis that tliroiigh which 
your flocks have evidently been i»assing. 
It may be that there are two distinct 
diseases, one having, and one lacking, a 
specific germ which is responsihh' for 
ronp, and it may bi' that the disiuise you 
describe is only a mild form of ronii, 
held in check by nmisnal resistam'*'- of 
the fowls to contagion or by a h'ssened 
virulence of the contagion in .some in¬ 
stances. Whichever may he the case, the 
trouble which you describe is vi'i-y (wi- 
dciitly conttlgions and the usual iirecan- 
tioms in the way of cleanlini'ss and dis¬ 
infection are needed. If the germs of 
true ronp have been introduced into tbo 
floL'k. and are not disposed of. thi> next 
outbreak may catch the fowls with a 
lessc'iied amount of resistanci^ ami work 
considerable havoc. If any of these 
fowls do not promptly and wholly re¬ 
cover, hut drag along with roniiy symp¬ 
toms of greater or less prominence, they 
should be carefully disposed of lest they 
carry the contagion over into another 
season. m. b, d. 
When .YOU buy a Kui eka liiooder you run ahsoiniely no 
I'i.'ik. M.v K>iarante<' Ik hoiie.‘<t with no KtHiiKS attai'licil 
to it. You I'aii try this iu'ooder :i(t day.'i. li aftei' that 
time you are not eutirel.v satisfied witli it. return it to 
me—at my expense—ami 1 will refund the purehnse price 
without a quibble. I also pay the freight both ways. 
Can aiiythiiiK l)e more fair than that < Ttia 
EUREKA COLONY BROODER 
Price $12 and $15 
is a brooder lliat 1 liavi' absidulo eoiilldi'iiee in. 1 am a 
iarge maimfaeturer of stoves anil makei'vi'rv i)art that 
Koesintoit. 1 eliminate useless expense. This brooder 
has a eorrugated lire pot, i.s self regulating and is made 
of solid ('list iron, l)urus bard coal or natural gius aadesired. 
1 honestly believe it will rai.so more ebieks and better 
ebii'ks at a lower cost and with less Inl)or than any otlier 
lirooder on the market. 1 have testimonials from many 
users of the Knreka Goloii.v Brooder and will gladly .semi 
them together with full information about the Broialer 
if you write t<)-da,v reipiesting same. Don't forget my 
honest otl'er. :i0 da.vs free trial without costing yon a 
IK'iiny. AVrite now for descriptive literattire. 
JAMES R. WOTHERSPOON 
244 N. Front St. Philadelphia, Pa. 
AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE 
Price 
$ 12.75 
Perfection Colony Hover 
Coal Burning. Self - Regulating 
For Large and Small Flocks 
Automatic Regulation, Our Fresh Air System Insures Success 
The avenigc ponlti'ynmn with limited iiumhator capa- 
I'ilv I't'tinires a brotxlei' tn tiike r'are of from 10(1 to oOO 
I'liieks. The “PERFECTION” pei'foinis the work of 
the mother hen with safety and ease. 
OI'R (tUARANTEE protects the quality. High-grade 
st'i'vit'e has been ('ontiinions with ns for more tlian 
si.xly years. Send for descriptive booklets Ui 
LIBERTY STOVE COMPANY, 300 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa. 
Biggest Hatches 
Strongest Chicks 
That’s what you will get with 
myllatchingOutfit—and lean prove 
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Incubator is cov-__ 
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Belle City Incubator Co., Box 48 Raciie, W'lS. 
MAKE HENS LAYH 
more eggs: I.irger, more vigorous chicks', 
heavier lowls, by Icctliug cut bone, 
UlUkHC LATEST MODEL 
mANN a bone cutter 
_ cuts fast, easy, fine; never clogs. 
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