304 
‘Ghe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Rhode Island Reds 
TRAPNESTED 
Splendid cherry to mahogany rich glowing red, thor¬ 
oughbred, hen hatched, free range, open-front colony 
house, hardy stock. Sclentiflcally line bred away from 
broodineas and for heaviest winter laying, on a strictly 
sanitary plant. Heaviest laying Reds in existence, lay¬ 
ing rates 211 to 279 eggs. FINE BREEDING COCK- 
EHEES, early hatched, large, hardy, vigorous breeders, 
great stamina; long batdts, low tails, short legs well 
spread; brilliant rich glowing mahogany red and out 
of trapnested hens. BREEDING HENS, pullets, mated 
trios and breeding pens. HATCHING EGGS from mag- 
nlOcent, large, hardy, glowing red rose and single comb 
hens, not pullets, mated to splendid, large, vigorous, 
burning red males, themselves out of trapnested hens. 
Fertile, strong, hatchable, large, unblemished eggs, gath¬ 
ered hourly, shipped daily, safe delivery guaranteed. 
White diarrhoea absolutely unknown. 
We ship all over l.t. S., Canada, South America, Cuba, 
and abroad as far as Australia. Courteous, straighfor- 
ward dealings. Safe delivery. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
FROM A PENNSYLVANIA CUSTOMER 
Mr. ViBEKT 
Dear Sir;—For several years have handle<l your record 
breaking KeUs and am much pleased as I MADE /. PRO¬ 
FIT OF $2.63 PER BIRD LAST YEAR and paid as high 
as 6 cts. per pound for feed. Have not been without eggs 
for over two years. Always enough without buying and 
some to sell. The one trouble I have Is, your birds WILL 
NOT GET BROODY ENOUGH for me. (Signed) A. M. G. 
1917 mating booklet on request. 
VIBERT RED FARM Box 1, WESTON. N. J, 
OAKLAND FARMS 
S.C. Rhode Island Reds 
Exclusively 
E arly breeding cockerels, pullets and 
CAREFULLY MATED TRIOS AND PENS. DAY-OLD 
CHICKS AND HATCHING EGOS NOW ON SALK 
All from Heavy-weight. Healthy, Vigorous, Heavy 
Winter Laying .Stock, combining Beauty and Utility. The 
result of years of Careful Selection and Mating for a 
coml)lnation of the Four Essentials in Reds—Vigor, Egg- 
Laying Ability, Type and Color and of having been Bred 
Up on Free Clover Ranges and Ilou.sed in Open Front 
Houses under the Most Sanitary Conditions. One of the 
Best Flocks of Reds in America. 
“Absolute Satisfaction Ouaranteed." 
OAKLAND FAKHN, ->- Oakland, New Jersey 
ffiUtilityR.LReds 
Oliicks and hatching eggs from two-year-old birds. 
Tompkins and Colonial strains. Chicks. 1B18 iier 
100. Eggs, S8 per 100. Eggs from special pen of 
Vibert’s S. C. Reds (254 to 271-egg strain) S5 per 
15. Selected breeding stock, SS to $7.60 each. 
Safe delivery guaranteed. 
OVERBROOK POULTRY FARM. Marlborough. N. V, 
MAHOGANY STRAIN REDS 
Single combs only. For years I have selected Fall 
and Winter layers for breeders, mated to ricli Ma- 
liogany-colored males. Eggs from utility matings, 
»1.50perl5: $4 per 50: »7 per 100. 
B. auACKENBUSH, Box 400, Darien, Conn. 
Austin’s 200-Egg Strain S. C. R. I. Reds 
Staiidaid bred, liigli record stock, red to the skin. 
Eggs for liatcliing.Cliicks,cockerels. Write for book¬ 
let and prices. Autlin's Poultry Firm, Be« IT, Csotro Harbor, N. H. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds 
two consecutive years. High-grade utility breeding 
stock, also eggs for liatching. Send for circular. 
MAFLECKOFT FAIIM.S, Box R. Pawling,N.Y. 
Vibert trapnested stock, 200 to 249-egg strain. Hntching 
egg.'i, 42 per lii; $7 per 100. 75% fertilit.v. Cockerels, to. 
ANNA M. JONES . Craryville, N. Y. 
TRAP-NESTED S.C. REDS 
Catalog free. A. ALiLAN, Jr., Newport, B. I. 
White Wyandottes STRA^IN’^ 
I have a heantiful lot of birds this season of this 
World’s Fitmous Standard bred Utility Strain, and 
can supply Eggs for liatching at $2 per 15. t4.!i0 per 
50, $8 per 100. $7 per 100 in lot* of 500 or more. With 
every order I .shall endeavor to give satisfaction. 
E. B. UNDERHILL. "OU Orchard Farm," Poughkeepsie. N.Y. 
Hatching EGGS 90% Fertile 
from White Wyandotte, two-year-olds, records in 
trapnest 202 to 217 eggs pullet year, $.3.00 per setting. 
From 200-egg yearlings, American birds, $2.(Ki per 
setting, $5.00 per 46 eggs. Cockerels $4 and $6. 
LUSSCROFTFARM • - SUSSEX, N. J. 
White Wyandottes 
COCKERELS 
ONLY 
from hens with'rap-nest records high as 214, $3 
each. A. L. Vreeland, Nutley, N. J. 
W HITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS. Mar¬ 
tin's "Kegals.'' Vigorous, farm-raised. Select¬ 
ed, $3 and $4, L. O. Quigley, R. D. 87. Goshen, N.Y. 
White Wyandotte Cockerels 
rhicka. Middlebmok Poultry Farm, MissMorion I.Maore.Hamburg.N.y. 
BARRON’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
I import direct: males, dams, 272 to 278 eggs; cock¬ 
erels for s.ale from hens with 2;')5 to 2C8-egg records. 
Eggs for hatching. E. E. L ewie, Apalachin, N.Y. 
Barron Contest Wyandotte Strain leg¬ 
horns 284-egg strain. Cockerels, pullets eggs; prices 
reasonable. Mating list. W. E. GATHER, Winchester, Va. 
DCn PUIPl/Q THAT LIVE. $18 PER lOO 
HCU unluIxO ,s; kdgerton. Rockyili.i:, Conn. 
Thoroughbred PoultryTPigeons 
ties. 
„ , _ ... All vitrie- 
Willowsprlng Farm, Marietta, I'a. 
White Holland Turkeys 
Pure Bred, Large, Vigorous May and Juneliatelied liirds. 
4)ld hens, iourtoeii to eigliteen pounds, six to ten dollars. 
Young liens, ten to eigliteen pounds, live to ten dollar.s. 
Young toms, sixteen to twenty-eight pounds, seven to 
tlftcen dollai s. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
pr w. Anderson - Stewartstown, Pa. 
F or sale—beautiful W^lute Holland Gobblers, 
Price, $8 and $10. Mrs. Geo. Davidson. Annapolis, Md. 
SunshineStrain S'SS-| Whileieghorns '"fl'n*” 
Twelve hundred breeders. Records up to 258. 2,.500 
cliicks everywoek. Write for circular. .Satisfaction 
•niarauteod. Sunshine Poultry Farm, Ridpely, Md. 
Indigestion, 
the Ravager of Chicks 
It is a risk to give little chicks 
“raw’’ grain. It is almost like giving 
a baby indigestible food. 
The steam-cooking which we give 
our feed by a special process dextri- 
nizes the starch in the grain. The 
most feeble little chicks can digest 
and assimilate it easily. 
H-O Steam-Cooked 
Chick Feed 
Write for free sample, prices and 
descriptive folder. 
The H-0 Company 
Mill.; 
BUFFALO, N. Y. 
John J. Campbell, 
General Sale* Agent 
HARTFORD, CONN. 
QUALITY 
Well hatched chicks—stur¬ 
dy, pure-bred from heavy 
laying strains of Rocks, 
Reds and Leghorns, etc. 
Easy to grow early broilers 
and big layers from Uillpot 
cliicks. Prices moderate. 
Get our FUEF. BOOK. 
W. F. HILLPOT 
Box 1, Frenchtown, N. J. 
CHICKS 
BARRED ROCKS—WHITE ROCKS 
W. ORPINGTON’8 K. I. KEDK—\V V AN JYOTTKS 
Haying decided to Hiieclallze on Barron Leghorn*, we offer stock 
chlekH and eggs from the above mentioned breeds at sacrifice 
prices. EASTEUN SHOKB NUUSFUIES, Ventoo, Md 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Bred 15 years for higli production of eggs and meat. 
Hatching eggs tliat are showing Hai fertile, $8 per 
100, $76 per 1,000. Day-old cliicks, $10 per 50, $18 
per lOO; $176 per 1,000. Free circular. 'Write for it. 
Wilson’s Poultry Farm, Hollis, N. H. 
S 'T O U/UITC DflPI/Ct eggrecord. 
# nnllCnUuKO Xrop Nested. 
K 4; (4 8 State tented for w. diarrhea. Bred for 
From one lieu lOggs. Cockerels. Hatching lOggs.Chicks 
in 4 years. Ciicular. NOBSCOT EGG FARM, Nob.col, Mass- 
Utility BARRED ROCKS 
('ockerels from hens with records of 203 to 235 in 
Fourth Storrs Contest, $3 each. Hatching eggs. 
MerrittM. Clark. Brookfield Center, Conn. 
‘‘Perfection” Barred Rocks (Ringlets) 
SPECIAC FOR BALANCE OF YEAR. $10 cockerels, $5. $.5 
cockerels, $3. Best we ever raised. Money back if 
not pleased. A few pullets and exhibition stock rea¬ 
sonable. Dr. GEO. T. HAYMAN. Box 20, Ooyle$town, Pa. 
n|i|n|/o rocks, leghorns. AND BROILER CHICKS. Send 
UiilUKd for Free Booklet before placin^yonr order. 
Cyclone Hatchery, Rox B, Richfield, Pa. 
THE HENYARD 
Marketing Water Glass Eggs 
Wfiiild it pay me to collect^ eggs in 
the Spring and put them down in water- 
glass when they are, .say 18 or 20c a 
dozen, and .ship them out about Novem- 
her, stamping them “water-glass eggsV’’ 
What would the.v 1>e likely to bring? 
(’iillicoon, N. Y. B. P. 
Preserving eggs with water glass is a 
useful practice for the home supply or 
small markets not loaded with cold stor¬ 
age eggs. Shipment of water-glass eggs 
to large cities is not recommended. They 
do not compete with the better grades of 
storage in quality or convenience of 
handling, as the shells crack in boiling 
unless pricked. We have always advised 
again.st the use of water-glass for mar¬ 
ket eggs. It is a good system for in¬ 
suring a home supply hut not adapted tii 
commercial operation. 
Fowls for Table Use 
What is the standard weight of Brah¬ 
mas, Cochins and Laugshans? Which of 
these breeds would you recommend as 
being the mo.s't profitable for meat pur¬ 
poses? Do you think the Orpingtons 
would he more profitable for meat imr- 
poses thiin the three breeds above men¬ 
tioned? J. V. T. 
New York. 
Staiidiii'd weights of Light Brahmas are 
12 pounds for cocks and 9% pounds for 
hens. Dark Brahmas are a pound lighter. 
Cochins. 11 pounds for cocks and 914 for 
hens. Langshans, 9^/4 for cocks and 714 
for hous. Orpingtons. 10 for cocks and S 
for lions. Of these the Orpingtons are no 
doubt the most popular in England, and 
are gaining favor rapidly here. They are 
liked by those who practice forced feeding 
because they stand up well and finish 
niccl.v under the process. The handicap 
of a white skin has not preventeil some 
well-handled Orpington roasters from 
bringing the top price in Boston market. 
The.v also slnipe up quickly and well as 
broilers and cjipons. The light Brahmas 
are a iirofitahle meat breed if a sti’iiin is 
chosen that stands high in fertility and 
is not too slow in reaching matnrit.v. 
ICach of the breeds Ims certain strong 
lioints and equally definite handicap.s, so 
that each naturally has its champions, hut 
growth in popular favor for the purpose 
in mind is iijit to be a fairly good guide 
in the long run. G. B. K. 
Turkeys With Crooked Breastbones 
Will you inform me what is a good 
bone-forming food to feed young turkeys, 
and what Oiiuses crooked breasts in tur¬ 
keys? M. J. I.. 
New York. 
Young turkeys fed on sncli foods as sire 
suited to chicks do not need special diet 
for bone formation. Wheat bran and niid- 
dlings, meat scrap and bone, wheat, skim- 
milk. etc., all contain sufficient hone¬ 
forming material. If the bones of tur¬ 
keys so fed are too soft, it is a result of 
malnutrition, not of a lack in the food. 
M. It. 1). 
White Orpington Eggs, Chicks and Cockerels 
Stevens Reliable Yards, Culver Road, LYONS, N. Y. 
P ARADISE Breeders of Hesvy Leying f euttry. Treg Nested 
OUUTRY S. C WHITELEGMORNS 
FARM 
forTSale. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
BUFF PLY. ROCKS* 200>Egg Strain 
Day-Old Chicks. Hatchlnflr Eprars and Stock 
Oar 1917 CIrcufar Free, gox B. PARADISE. PA. 
epfiO from best 20 varieties thoroughbred poultry, 
taUO .50—$3; 100—$6.60. Good stock 
Catalogue free. H. K. Mohr, Quakertowu, Pa. 
CHICKS AND EGGS 
Oircnlar. E. R. HUMMER & CO., R. 0. A, Frenchtown, N. J. 
Utility Leghorn Eggs m *!swa?uon^or^umue^ 
back. EGGMONT POULTRY YARDS, Center Marshfield, Mass. 
Clngle Comb White Leghorns. Barron Strain- 
^ Eggs for liatching. Fens contain certified breed, 
•rs. Stock forsale. M. J. QUACKENBUSH, Nutley, N. J. 
Choice Selected Ceckerels 
healthy. $2 to $3. J. M. CASE, Gilhoa, N. Y. 
UITPUIUR CfJRQ from Leghorns that are layers. 
riAIOninU CUOO Banon strain Imported Direct. 
Circular. W. E. Atkinson, Wallingford, Conn. 
Light Brahmas 
50. $4; 100, $7.50. 
ONLY. Fifteenth year. Cockerels, 
$2.50. Eggs for hntoliing. 1:5, $1..50: 
Haystack Mountain Farm, Norfolk, Conn. 
BABY CHIX-HATCHING EGGS-BREEDERS 
While Wyandolles, R. I. Red*, Btrred Recki, T.ight and Dark Brah¬ 
mas, S. C. W. and B. Leghorns. Utility and show quality. 
Light Brahma cockerels. 42.60 each. Catalogue free. 
Riverdale Poultry Earm, Box 165, Riverdale, N. J. 
n<ju niriniiiv from onrheavy-Iaying trap-nest bred 
Uaj-UIUuniA s.C.W. Leghorns, $12per 100. Stroiig, 
vigorous. Safe delivery guaranteed. Fine breeding 
Cockerels for sale. Prices, $2 to $5. Millbrook 
Farm, M. L PALMER, Prop,, Alfred Station, N. Y. 
lUIFF ROCK COCKERELS. FIELD, Somers, Ct. 
OurSX.WhiteLeghorn Chicks 
10.000 liatehed from 1,000—4 to 5-lb. yearlings, 
which are Fed and lired for Size and Egg 
Production, Straiglit American and Ijiucoln- 
Barron Strains. Circular. 
ORCHARD VIEW POULTRY FARM. (Esi. 16 rs.) Acushnet, Mass. 
Hampton’s Black Leghorn Chicks and Eggs 
are from proven egg machines, very different from 
the ordinary liatching stock, but cost no more. Send 
for circular. A. E. Hampton, Box R, Pittstown, N. J. 
Poor Laying 
1 have about .20 Brown and White Leg¬ 
horn hens and about 9.T Buff Orpingtons, 
Plymouth Bocks and K. I. Beds, and am 
gi'tting only eight to 12 eggs each day. 
One day they laid 27 eggs this month. 
Most of my fowls are pullets and the rest 
will soon be two years old. We'have 
them divided in four henhouses and 
scratch shed attached to each one. The 
pullets were hatched in March and April. 
Every morning I feed them a mash con¬ 
sisting of one part middling, two parts 
bran, and one part corumeal with poultry 
tonic added according to instructions. 
{Sometimes I add cooked potatoes and 
cracklings. At three o’clock in the after¬ 
noon I divide a peck of dry mash, in the 
automatic feed hoppers, consisting of the 
abovK' formula ; at night give them a peck 
of shelled corn. They have a large range 
hut they usually prefer to sit around, 
while a few are more industrious. Some 
of my fowls sneeze and breathe very hard, 
and a few make peculiar noises. The 
latter have been penned up while tho 
others run with the flock. I also have 10 
purebred White Leghorn pullets from 
which I want to breed. One or two of 
them sueeM and breathe hard. Please 
advise quantity and kind of feed to give 
them when penned. They have ceased to 
lay since penning them. We have mangel 
beets; are they sufficient for green food? 
Virginia. v. w. B. 
You are feeding too much fattening 
food for good results in eggs. Add beef 
scrap at least to your mash, and. better, 
some protein-containing food like gluten 
feed. A good formula is equal parts by 
vveight of cornmeal, wheat, bran, mid¬ 
dlings. gluten feed and beef scrap. If 
you have an abundance of skim-milk. th(‘ 
beef scrap can be cut down. Cut out the 
cooked potatoes and add some oats ami 
barley or wheat to the whole grain. The 
fowls that have colds should he placed h.v 
themselves in warm, dry, well-ventilated 
quarters until recovery. Do not breed 
from any that are at all seriousl.v affected 
February 24, 1917. 
as they will be lacking in vigor and their 
chicks lack vitality. Feed the sick fow’s 
as well as the rest. Mangels are suffi¬ 
cient for succulent food. M. B. D. 
Small Eggs 
Can you tell me what would cause my 
hens to lay little tiny eggs? They are 
fed a mash of wheat bran and hominy 
mixed with table scraps in the morning, 
and S'cratch grain at night. They also 
have cabbage, apples and potatoes for 
green food. They began laying these 
small egg.s about one week ago. I only 
have 29 hens and I get one or two of 
these every da.v; about one-half are pul¬ 
lets^ MRS. F. w. D. 
New York. 
All jHillets lay small eggs to begin with, 
and older fowls do so occasionally. Y'itb 
the latter it is probably due to gradual ex¬ 
haustion of egg-making material, while, 
with pullets, the egg-making function is 
not developed to its full capacity. M. B. i). 
Selecting Breeding Stock 
I liave a flock of S. C. White Leghorns 
and am about ready to pick out my breed¬ 
ing pen. I have four birds with brown 
breasts. .Just the tips of the feathers are 
brownish; the under color is white. 
These birds are some of my best layers 
and I would like to breed from them. Do 
yon think their offspring would have that 
color and what is the cause? I bought 
eggs of a poultryman that keeps 1,000 
birds and the chicks I got from these eggs 
were affected the first year. The second 
year I sokl the ones with the brown 
breasts and found no trace of it in my 
next flock. This past year I bought two 
cockerels of the same man and bred from 
them and here I am with the brown 
breasts again. w. o. 
Michigan. 
Some of the ancestors of the White 
Leghorns had brown breasts; that is evi¬ 
dent from the way this cnloj'. or discolor¬ 
ation, appeal’s from time to time in birds 
of th.ot breed. I have had them show up 
(piite prominently some years and then 
disappear. To breed from such birds 
would be to intensify the liability of the 
flock to reproduce the defect, yet I should 
dislike to discard an exceptionally good 
layer for that reason. For utility pur¬ 
poses, the brown color does no harm, of 
cour.se, but it mars the flock if one takes 
pride in their perfection. Whether you 
should breed from them or not depends 
upon how finicky as to color you are. 
>1. B. D. 
Dairy Feed for Hens 
Is a dairy feed consisting of 2“)% dis¬ 
tillers’ grains, 1.5% gluten, 15% wheat 
bran, 10% oil meal, L5% cotton.sced meal, 
20% hominy and 5c^, middlings, a satis¬ 
factory mash for laying hens? 
New York. o. w. L. 
While I have never fed this combina¬ 
tion. and cannot speak from experience, 
I should not expect it to give the best 
results with laying hens. It contains no 
meat food, and that, in the shape of meat 
scrap or meal, or ground green bone, is 
essential, unless plenty of skim-milk can 
be given. Cottonseed meal has never 
been widely fed to hens, but some who 
have used it believe it to be valuable in 
moderate amounts. I’robably its real 
value has never been ascertained. Neither 
are distillers’ grains ordinarily made a 
part of the poultry mash, though I do nirt 
know that they might not well be. This 
is a dairy feed, rather than one well 
adapted to hens, and can certainly be 
Ix’ttered for the latter animals. 
M. B. D. 
Fowls in Small Space 
I have been on a farm at Windham, 
N. Y., for the entire season. My home 
town is at Union Hill, N. .T., to which I 
am going in a few weeks. I have now 
on hand 40 hens; White Leghorns, R. I. 
Reds and Plymouth Rocks. I intend to 
take them back home with me and keep 
them at the back of the house where I 
have space 40x40. What should I feed 
them and how many times a day ? F. i. T. 
These fowls being of the heavy hrix’ds 
should be induced to exercise by feeding 
them mixed grain, morning and night, in 
deep litter. A little should he fed in 
the morning and more at night, so that 
they will retire with full crops. Corn, 
oats, wheat, barley and buckwheat, or 
such of those grains as are available, 
should he fed. In addition, a mash moist¬ 
ened with skim-milk or water, or fed dry, 
should be given. If a moist mash is 
used, feed it at noon, giving what the 
hens will quickly clean up but not at¬ 
tempting to “stuff’’ them. If the mash 
is fed dry in hoppers, it will probably be 
best to open the hoppers only during the 
afternoons. A good mash may be made 
from cornmeal. wheat middlings, wheat 
bran, gluten feed and beef scrap equal 
parts. 
A SCHOOL professor, testing a class in 
fractious, asked a boy whether, given 
his choice, he would prefer one-sixth or 
one-seventh of an orange. The boy 
promptly replied that he would prefer 
one-seventh. The inspector morii prompt¬ 
ly explained that such action would be 
jFoolish. because, though the suggested 
fraction might seem the larger, just the 
reverse was true. “I know, sir,” said 
the boy, “that’s why I chose it. I don’t 
like oranges.”—Credit Lost. 
