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Tphe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
lEGHORNS-WYANDOnES-REDS 
Persistent Producers—Fine Appearance 
Our birds are bred primarily for health, vigor 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 working girls 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 Ijred 
from these. The blood lines include the well-known 
Sunnjunede 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 bred-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 jn daily use. Sunnymede youngsters are grown on unre¬ 
stricted alfalfa range having running spring water. Of course they are big, husky 
and healthy. 
Your order will have the personal attention of the manager. Sunnymede stands 
for service and the square deal. Better write now for illustrated circular — FREE. 
SINIVYMEDE POULTRY FARMS, Livingston Swcntzel, Mgr. 
Route 2 E Princeton, New Jersey 
THE HENYARD 
Zld Utility” Leghorns 
Conscientiously trapnested everyday in the 
year. We invito you to compare our stock 
and prices with any reliabie breeders, bar 
none. Full blooded Barron's Imported 
direct, records 240 to 2K0. Three-quarters 
Barron and full American stock, records 
ifiO to 200 bred by us. 
Eggs for Hatching, Chicks, Pullets, 
Cockerels, and Pedigreed Breeders 
All sold on the basis of COMl’LKTE 
.SATISFACTION or purchase price re¬ 
funded. A postal brings our booklet of facts. 
B AYVILLE 
S. C. WHITE 
LEGHORN BREEDERS 
FARMS 
Box R, Bayville, 
Ocean Co., N. J. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
EXCLUSIVELY-ON FREE RANGE 
Egstaand Chicka, from aelected 2-year old hena — 
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 
of 21 eggs (68*J through December. Eggs guaran¬ 
teed satisfactory to you in appearance and size, and 
90''> fertile. Candee hatched Chicks—strong livable 
birds from 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. 1., N. Y. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
Eggs for Hatching from mature birds. We have 
been breeding for 20 years for vigor and lienvy lay¬ 
ing. FL,OYL».Q. WHITK, Yorktowii, New York 
Cocks and Cockerels 
GIBSON POULTRY 
THE BIG MONEY MAKERS 
'baby chicks, eggs 
BREEDING STOCK 
S. C. W. Lethorns, R. I. Reds, 
B. P. Rocks, W. Wyandottes 
fJibson baby chicks are vigorous and livable, 
, from tiapncstcd farmrange. heavy laying flocks, 
lieaded by males from tlie flocks producing the 
highsst scoring pens at the last Inlernallenal 
laying contaal. Hatching Eggs from the same 
matings guai'ant*-ed olgiity per^ 
cent fortile. Gibson breeders 
are large, vigorous and will 
make your flock more produc¬ 
tive and profttiitjle. Safe ar- 
rivdl guaranteed. Illustra¬ 
ted folder tree, write tor 
it NOW. 
C. F. GIBSON, Galen Farms 
Box 101, Clyde. N. Y. 
Single 
Comb 
BABY CHICKS and HATCHING EGGS 
S. C. White Leghorns 
Barred and White Racks 
Extra good utility birds from heavy laying stock 
Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
TYWACANA FARMS, Inc. 
Box 68, Farmingdale, L. I., N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORNS Exdusively 
YOUNG AND BARRON STRAINS 
Tliree Thousand Breeders on free farm range Inoculated 
and free from lice. Milk Fed. Special bred for great 
Winter laying. Eggs for battdiing now ready In any 
quantity at $4 per 100. Now booking orders for BABY 
CHICKS March and April delivery @ $12 per 100. Cap¬ 
acity 10 to 12,000 weekly. My book Profits In Poultry 
Keeping Solved, Fit EE witli all $10 orders. 
1917 CIUCl/LARS NOW 
EDGAR BRIGGS, Box 75, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. 
Chicks—BABY—Chicks 
W HY not purchase from an old breeder of stand 
ing? You profit by his years of experience. AVo 
liavo spared no expense to perfect our strain of 8. 
White Leghorns. We have no otlior breed. 
We guarantee Chicks and Eggs for Hatching to bo 
from our own breeders. Also sate delivery and a 
satisfied customer. Send tis your order. Booklet free. 
Spring Water Poultry Farm 
.Stockton, New Jersey 
Strictly Thoroughbred Chicks 
FROM S. C. WHITE LEGHORN, BARREO ROCK, WHITE WTANOOTTE 
AND R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS OVER 1E5.000 HATCHING 
CAPACITT EVERT THREE WEEKS. 
We produce cliicks of QUALITT and tliereby acquire 
tliousands of satisfied customers aimually. Send 
tor FREE catalog and see what a FEW say about our 
cliicks. Safe delivery, Full Count and ABSOLUTE 
satisfaction guaranteed. Book your orders HOW if 
you want March chicks. Prices—very reasonable, 
(.'atalog Free. Satisfaction Quaranteed. 
THE STOCKTON HATCHERY. Box E, Sloeklon, N. J. 
THE KELLS FARMS—S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Wlien considering tlie claims of the various strains now offered to tlie public, we cannot too strongly 
empliasize tlie importance of buying the strain tliat is bred to meet your needs. If you arc looking for 
birds bred for tlie ulue ribbons in Madison Square, we eaiiiiut supiily you. But if your demand is for a 
bird that, while an oriiaiiieiit to the liouse, slid pays lier way and leaveslvou a salary for your lalior, we 
can fill the bill. l)o not iindrstand tliis to mean tliat Kells Legliorns are lired from anything that lays. A 
Kells Legliorn must have tlie sliape, carnage and size called for by the standard. They must-be ornamen¬ 
tal. But all of these are not cousiderad unless llieir egg records warrant their use Jin our breeding yards. 
Tliese birds are bred to meet our requirements. We do not make a specialty of tins line, but depend upon 
egg production the year round for commercial succes.K. Tliercfore you will find in them the qualities we 
demand, but also you must remember that our Aiippiy for sale is limited and a quick order at^this time 
will prevent disappointment later. 
Hatching Eggs, $6.00, $8.00 and $10.00 per hundred 
Baby Chicks, $14.00, $18.00 and $24.00 per hundred 
Send for Booklet and Price List. Free on Application. 
THE KELLS FARMS, 
Poultry Dept., New Paltz, N. Y. S 
iiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiifliiioiiiiiiiiiiiiii 
Eggs lor 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 suppl}’ in any quantity 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. 
Diseased Fowls 
Can yon tell me what is the matter 
with my hens? I have lost so many hen.s; 
the droppings are all soft and yellow. 
They have had this tronide fihont two 
years, one after another gets sick. They 
seem to hang around and get weak, do 
not eat. then they die. They are sick 
about a month. I had a beautiful tom 
turkey, and he got the same disease find 
died. c. s. ,Si 
New Y vk. 
Tliere <‘u-e ii number f)f infectious dis¬ 
eases which cause such lo.sses as you de¬ 
scribe in your flock and a diagnosis can¬ 
not be made from the character of the 
droppings aloii''. It is evident, however, 
that the troub'e is spread by contiict and 
through the droppings, and that to rid 
your premises of the disease you will have 
to remove all iiffected birds as soon as 
•their condition is discovered and disin¬ 
fect the iH'cnii.ses. This is a somewhat 
difficult matter where a disease is chronic 
and carriers escape observation until the 
hitter stages of the trouble. It is some¬ 
times necessary to dispose of an entire 
flock and to secure new, uninfected stock 
after having cleaned up the old quarters 
in the most thorough way possible. For 
disinfecting purposes fresh lime white¬ 
wash is about as practical an application 
as finything and boiling water will cleanse 
utensils if used as hoiling, not hot, water. 
Kemovjil of old litter and droppings and a 
thorough housecleaning of the premise.s 
should precede any measure of disinfec¬ 
tion, as there is no use attempting to 
disinfect dirt that can he removed and 
burned or carried to a distant field. The 
carcasses of dead fowls should be burned 
or deeply buried. There is no medicine 
or tonic which will cure the.se cases. Tur- 
ke.vs are speciall.v liiihle to an infection 
called “blackhead,” the chief symptoms of 
which are diarrhoea and graduiil wasting 
away, or “going light.” There is no 
known cure for this trouble. M. B. D. 
Line Breeding 
I have been studying Felch’s breeding 
cliart, and would like to know how he 
breeds from it without using pullets every 
year. I would like to understand more 
about the chart. B. B. 
New York. 
It is not necessary to breed from pul¬ 
lets every year when breeding in line ac¬ 
cording to Felch’s chart. To begin with 
you can use a hen two years old and a 
cockerel one year old, or even a two- 
y('!ir-old cock. The second yoiir you mate 
the old cock with his pullets and a eqek- 
orel from this mating, properly selected 
as to quality and vigor, is mated hack to 
his dam, which at this time would be 
three years old. During the third year 
you have three matings. You mate the 
best cockerel hatched from the original 
hen right back to his dam. which is then 
four years old and the chicks produced 
would carry seven-eighths the blood of 
the dam. Some of the iiullets bred from 
the original sh'e are mated back to him 
for the second pen, and the third consists 
of pullets hiitched from the original dam 
the second year mated to a cockerel 
hatched from the original sire the second 
year. Of cour.se, the pen would be all 
yearlings if used for breeding the first 
yeai% but there is nothing to hinder keep¬ 
ing them over another year or longer if 
you prefer breeding from older birds and 
the same apiilies to all subsequent mat¬ 
ings. If, however, the pullets are thor¬ 
oughly mature and have fn^e range with 
proper cai-e there is no reason to think 
that they would not produce strong stock. 
C. S. G. 
Fowls With Bowel Trouble 
We have between .‘100 and 400 hens, 
which have just started in to lay, and 
lately noticed that their droppings are 
almost like milk. We have been feeding 
them corn in the morning and at night, 
with a mash composi'd of bran, wheat mid¬ 
dlings and beef scraps at noon, and about 
half a bushel of mangel beets, as a green 
food, during the day. Wluit is the cause 
of this ailment and the remedy? A. B. M. 
New Jersey. 
Diarrhu'a may be produced by overfeed¬ 
ing with either beef scrap or iiuingcls. I 
would suggest that you cut dowu the 
daily supply of the latter and give not 
more than ono-lifth part b.v weight of the 
former in the mash. There may be .some 
other cause for the trouble in your case 
hut you give no suggestion of it. it. B. D. 
My experience with coal ashes in 
stable agrees with your advice in .Tau- 
uary 18 issue (not to use it). I u.se 
screened coal ashes in henhouse, about 
one-half inch thick on droppings board; 
also a thin coat on floor under litter. 
The ashes iibsorb moisture iu the manure 
iind help keep the henhouse sweet. I 
use the hen manure mostly on straw¬ 
berries and for lawu topdressing. As 
my litter consists in part of hay chaff 
containing much seed, 1 use the floor 
sweepings wholly for topdressiug grass 
laud in orchard. F. M. j. 
Haverhill, Mass. 
March 3, 1917. 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
We believe every advertiser In our Poultry 
Department is honest and reliable. We stan4 
liack of these vlassifled advertisements with our 
"Square Deal Guarantee,” as we do the display 
advertisements. Those purchasing eggs for 
liatchlng and baby chicks must understand that 
they are assuming some risk when ordering from 
a distance. For tlie most part eggs and chicka 
carry safely, but sometimes rough handling by 
the express companies or exposure to heat and 
cold causes (Taraage. Tliat 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. 
Barron Hatching Eggs 
Hatching eggs from Barron strain of S. C. 
White Leghorns. The Barron Stock was impocted 
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. 
Egga eight cents each in any quantity 
The DELAWARE EGG FARM, Milfsrd, Delaware 
A. M. POLLARD* General Manager. Form^rlu Managsr 
of all the y . A. Efirg: Laying Competition. 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
Our breeders are from high record imported stock. 
Chicks, $12.00 per lOOj Eggs. $8.00 per hundred; $1.50 per 
to; fertility guaranteed. We have been in business for 
forty-five yean and produce our itock on three hundred 
acres of range, insuring health and vigor. 
EASTKKJi SHORE ISUKBEKIE8, Denton, MJ, 
LEGHORNS-BARRON-WYANDOTTES 
Now offering eggs from highest quality breed¬ 
ers. Onr direct imported Fens AA, with rec¬ 
ords 278, 280 , 281, 282 , 282, and others, mated to 
sons of C50-egg hen in three years and 46(i-ben in 
two years. Many other record breeders. Large 
breeding farms are our satisfied customers. 
THE BARRON FARM, R. F.D, No. 3, Connellsville, Pa. 
Baby Chicks S. C. White Leghorns 
—■ ' V healthy, vigorous layers, the 
kind that make profits. Also HatchingF<ggs. Write 
at once for particulars. Horton's l*oint I’oultry 
farm, B, IT. I>. No. 37, Southold, New York 
CHASE POULTRY FARM 
F. M. DAVIS, R.D. N®, 1, Cincinnatus, N.Y. 
Breeder Utility S. C. W. Leghorns of the best 
_ strains. Write for AVee Catalog . 
Barron’s Leghorns 
248 to 284-egg strain. 4 hens and a cockerel, $10. 
Hatching eggs, $7 per 100. Baby cliicks, 115 per 100. 
One pen is headed by Lord Eglantine (son of tli® 
314-egg hen.) S.W fertility. White Wyandottes— 
Trapnested stock. 4 hens and a cockerel, $10. H;itch- 
iigeggs, $7 per 100. K. Claude Jones, Crsryvi lle, N.V. 
Barron S. C. W. Leghorn Chicks and Eggs 
from directly imported pedigreed stock. Also Amer¬ 
ican bred record layers of large, white eggs. Breed¬ 
ers have free range and selected for heavy laying, 
vigor and size. Any number, strong, properly- 
hatched chicks. Safe arrival guaranteed. Prices 
low. Circular free. R. T. Kwfng, Atlantic, Fa< 
WHITE LEGHORNS S 
cockerels and cocks, $3. Eggs—$8 hundred. Chicks 
-$15 hniidred. WINDSWEEP FARM, Reddsig Ridge. Coiai. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Barron and Danish Strains ci ossed. Hatching eggs. 
$6 per 100. PHILIP DAWSON. R. No. 3, Alexandria, Virainia 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
248-282-egg strain baby cliicks and hatching eggs. 
Circular free. PAHERiON POULTRY FARM. Clsyton, N.V. 
UufT LeKhornH, etc. 7c. and 
iAV-'XVkJ „p Jioney Back for Dead ones 
Jacob Neimontl, Itox 51, AIcAlisterville, Pa. 
pe"o"igh*uo White Leghorn Cockerels fTcm r'traim..8*i* 
ed bens. $5 eacli. F. M. FKASI.KY, Ciikshibe, Conk 
»mericanleghorn8iiSte,.:".';',.ra\i"ri‘a 
quantitv. V. A. KOGEK.S, IJorg-en, New York 
World’s Champion Layers w^.^Lighorns 
White Wyandottes, Cockerels, Pullets and Cock 
Birds. Imimrted direct from England. 
UrookfieUt Poultry Farm, R. 3, Versailles, Ohio 
S. C. W. Leghorns c k 
Baby chicks. Hatching eggs. Cockerels, Choice 
Honey and Maple .Syrup. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Just.a.Mere Farm, Box B, Columbia Cross Roads, Ps. 
S. C. White Leghorn Chicks and Hatching Eggt 
Delivery of chicks I>eginniiig Mar. 6th. @ $10 per 100. 
Circular free. Wayne Poultry Farms, Box llA.VVooster, 0. 
GilbertFarm School, Georgetown, Conn. 
S. C. White Leghorns. Eggs fok Hatching. 
Hampton’s Black Leghorns 
Are proving their worth at Vineland. (Jet started 
right with the best breed on earth. Bal)y Cliicka 
and Eggs. Circular free. 
A. E. Hampton, Box R, Pittstown, N. J. 
nav.nillRhly fvofii our heavy-laying trap-nest bred 
Uay-UlQUniX .S.C.W. Leghorns,$12 per lOO. Strong, 
vigorous. Safe deliver guaranteed. Fine breeding 
Cockerels for sale. Prices, $2 to $5. Millbrook 
Farm, M. L PALMER, Prop., Alfred Station, N. Y. 
Rahu r.hlr>t® (Barron Leghorns) $15 for 100. Circular 
DdUjf UIIII/K9 freg Elmore Farm, R. 3. Bridgeport, Conn. 
P ARADISE Breeden el Heevy Leying Poultry. Trig Heeled 
mil TDV S C WHITE LEGHORNS 
V/U1.IKT O. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
FARM BUFF PLY. ROCKS, 200.Egg strain 
f O, r, Hrtchinir Egga anil Stock 
for Sale. Our 1917 Circufar treo, r PARADISE. PA. 
Baby Chicks and Eggs '^’'n°gir8h’s.®c: 
White Liegboriis and Aucoiiati. From hens 
witlt records of 2.50 to 280. A few cockerels. Write 
for prices. HARTMAN POULTRY FARM, So. Columbus. Ohio 
Barron-Eglantine Strain 
of S. C. White Leghorns 
the strain with the record behind it. Eggs, chicks 
and cockerels. S. C. Rhode Island Reds. Large, dark 
birds. Heavy;iiiyer«. Prices reasonable. Catalogue. 
Wy-Hah. Farm - R. 1, Denton, Md. 
Bred-lo-Lay Single Comb While Leghorns ?5 ung st??" 
Baby chick, March and Ajiril delivery, $12 per 100. 
Hatching eggs, now ready. $6 per 100. .Safe Deliv-_ 
ery. Sati.sfiiction guaranteed. Circular free. 
PERKY RKIGG3 • Pleasant Valley, N. Y. 
