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CAc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
With The Lay Bred In Them 
Health—Vigor—Productiveness—Beauty 
These important cliaracteristics arc strongly inl>red In 
our flocks. Come and sec. Or ask our customers. Our 
l.cghorns will please you l>ecausc they deliver the groods. 
Cockerelfi—Fine specimens, the sons ol record layers. 
Hred and priced right 
Tlatchingr —Kig white ones, highly fertile, from 
real layers. None better. 
liaby Chicks—The “livable,** profitable Iclnd. Full 
count and safe deUvery assured. 
produce on ourotrn farm everything 
toe tell, Tha'tt why fve please 
every purchaser. Write for 
FltKB catalog now, 
SPRECHER BROS. 
Box 40, Rohrer>town. Pa. 
Jnd. Full 
•ything 
~n 
High 
Record 
Utility Leghorns 
Conscientiously trapnesteci everyday in the 
year. We invite you to compare (>ur stock 
and prices with any reliable breeders, bar 
none. Full blooded IJarron’s imported 
direct, records 240 to 2(i0. Tlirec-qBarters 
JJarron and full American stock, records 
160 to 200 bred by us. 
Eggs for Hatching, Chicks, Pullets, 
Cockerels, and Pedigreed Breeders 
AH sold on the basis of C()MI*I.KTK 
.SATISFACTION or purchase price re¬ 
funded. A postal brings our booklet of facts. 
BAYVILLE 
& C WHITE 
LEGHORN BREEDERS 
FARMS 
Box R, Bayville, 
Ocean Co., N. J. 
S.C. Rhode Island Reds 
A Favorite Gen¬ 
eral Purpose Fowl 
I’obsessinE many dfsirable qual- 
ificalions. Quick-growing Broil¬ 
ers, Early Winter Layers, Good 
Roasters and Capons, Splendid 
Mothers, hardy, vigorous and 
attractive to the eye. 
II this is the kind ol poultry you 
arc looking for, write to Wilbur- 
tha Poultry Farms for their hatch¬ 
ing egg and baby chick circular. 
Hatching Eggs—$5.50 per 50—$10.00 per 100 
Baby Chicks—$15.00 per 50—$25.00 per 100 
WILBURTHA POULTRY FARMS 
Chas. J.Fisk, Owner M. L, Chapman, Gen. Mgr. 
42 RIVER ROAD, TRENTON JUNCTION. N. J. 
Single 
Comb 
WHITE LEGHORNS Exclusively 
YOUNG AND BARRON STRAINS 
Three Thousand Brooders on free farm range InoeulaU-d 
and free from lice. Milk Fed. Special bred for great 
Winter laying. Kggs for haWbing now i-eady In nny 
quantity at $$ per 100. Now booking orders for BABY 
CHICKS March and April delivery @ 312 per 100. Caji- 
acity 10 to 12,000 weekly. My book Profits in Poultry 
Keeping Solved, FREE wiili all $10 orders. 
1917 CIK0UI.AR8 NOW HEADY. 
EDGAR BRIGGS. Box 75, Pleasant Valley. N. Y. 
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 500 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 28,3 egg hen. Full brothers of pullets 
with iten average of 21 eggs (68ff) through 
December. 
^aranteed natiafactory to you In appearance and size, and 
90 p.c. fertile, $7 per 100. Candee hatched Chicks after March Ist 
$16 per 100. Matinff Hat and information upon reQuost 
THE NISSEQUOGUE FARM 
E. T. SMITH. Owner & Mgr. ST. JAMES P. 0.. L. I., N. Y. 
O A Al Leghorns and 
Wyandottes 
Cockerels from pens headed by males we imiiortcd 
(liiect from Tom'Harron’s heaviest layers. All 
finely developed and ready to go into the breed- 
iiig pens. Leghorns, S3 each; VVyaiidottes, 
S5 each. Satisfaction or money back. Kggs for 
halching and baby chicks. Write for matini' list. 
Our bred-to lay stock will increase your inofits. 
13- Daymore Poultry Farm 
, Jbv. DUYgCY K 1 k r i d g e, Maryland 
• 1 From a heavy laying strain of S. C. W. 
Leghorns. Bred for size, vigor and heavy 
egg production, which have a record break- 
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM^^^ ing record for winter laying. _ Average 
from these pens have laid 45% since Dec l*t to Feb. 16. Eggs and chicks from 
these pens at the following prices: Eggs $8.00 per 100, $4.50 per 50, $70.00 per 1,000. 
Baby chicks $15.00 per 100, $8.00 per 50, $125.00 per 1,000. Safe arrival guaranteed. 
LOCUST CORNER POULTRY FARM Archer W. Davis, Prop, MOUNT SINAI, L. L, N. Y. 
BARRON HATCHING EGGS 
S. C. W. Leghorn, purebred Barron stock imported direct. All eggs from Breeders with Individual 
l.rap-nest records. Pullet year of from 220 to 2.'>9 eggs. Mated to cockerels of 258 to 279 records. 
’I'liese Breeders have been selected with a great deal of oare. Size and stamina having as much 
lamsideration as egg record. These birds arotbe best collectively of their kind. Orders for eggs 
booked now, filled in order received. Orders for future shipment it accompanied with deposit will 
b.' tilled, date specified. $10 00 per 100, oiwrantce 80%; after F’ebrttaru 15lh, 90%. Would contract Io 
raise 1000 pullets to bo delivered from 8 weeks to maturity as desired. Nocontract less than 90 birds. 
'I'tie best at a fair price. 
A G. LORD, Lakeville, Conn. Phone, 137 
GIBSON POULTRY-THE BIG MONEY MAKERS 
BABY CHICKS—EGGS—BREEDING STOCK 
S. C. W. Leghorns — R. L Reds — B. P. Rocks — W. Wyandottes 
Gibson baby chicks arc vigorous and livable, from Irapnested farm range, lioavy laying 
Hocks, headed l>.v males from the flocks producing the highest scoring pens at the 
last international laying contest. Hatching Eggs i'roin the same matings gtiaran- 
teed eighty l>er cent fertile. Gibson breeders are largo, vigorous ami vrill make 
your lloek more inodnetlre and profitable. Safe arrival guaranteed. Illustrated 
folder free, write for it NOW. 
G. F. GIBSON, Galen Farms, Box 102, CLYDE, N. Y. 
i THE KELLS FARMS—S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS | 
= When oonsi(i(^rinjf tJie claims of the various strains now offered to the public, we cannot too strongly ^ 
= emphasize tlic importance of buyiiifc the .strain that is hrod to meet your neetls. If you are lookiuj? for ~ 
== birds bred for the blue ribbons in Madison Square, we cannot supply you. Hut if your demand is for a ^ 
= bird that, while an ornament to the house, still pays her way and leaves^you a wilary for your labor, we S 
= can fill the bill. Do not undrstand this to mean that Kells Lejrhorna are bred from nnythinpr that lays. A M 
= Kells Leghorn must have the shape, carnaKc ami size called for by the standaixi. They must be ornamen- ~ 
s tal. Hut all of these are not considered unless their egff recoi'ds w’arrant their use ^n our breeding yards. ^ 
^ These birds are bred to meet our requirements. We do not make a si>ecialty of this line, but depend upon ^ 
s egg production the year round for commercial 8uc<‘css. Therefore ^'ou will find in them the qualities we ^ 
= demand, but also you must remember that our supply for sale is limited and a quick order at this tune = 
= will prevent disappointment later. ^ 
^ Hatching Eggs» $6,009 $8.00 and $10.00 per hundred g 
I Baby Chicks, $14.00, $18.00 and $24.00 per hundred 1 
3 Send for Booklet and Price List. Free on Application. g 
I THE KELLS FARMS, Poultry Dept., New Paltz, N. Y. | 
Tenth Season 
Safe Arrival 
and Satisfaction 
GUARANTEED 
CAFAIOG f/PJFS 
Sfriith Standard 
Baby Chicks 
Smith-hatched chicks are largest, strongest, healthiest. 
1,500,000 Chicks For 1917 
Our marvelous incubator provides perfect conditions for 
proper incubation. C'oinpletelv renews the air every three 
minutes; supplies moisture by live steam. Requires 
Forty Tons of Eggs 
—or 666,000—to fill it once. Big output makes these’low 
prices possible. 
Viirit'ty 85 fhlolis 
Barred Rocks... 
White Rocks.... 
White Leghorns. 3.00 
Brown Leghorns. 3.00 
Buff Leghorns — 
Black Minorcas... 
R. 1. Reds. 3.50 
W. Wyandottes . 
Anconas. 3.50 
Broilers. 2.50 
SMITH STANDARD CO., 1992 W. 74th St.. Cleveland, O. 
50 C hieks lOO CliteUs 
.. $3.50 
$6.50 
$12.50 
.. 3.50 
6.50 
12.50 
.. 3.00 
5.50 
10.00 
.. 3.00 
5.50 
10.00 
.. 3.50 
6.50 
12.50 
.. 3.50 
6.50 
12.50 
.. 3.50 
6.,50 
12.50 
.. 3.50 
6 50 
12.50 
.. 3.50 
6.50 
12.50 
.. 2.50 
4.50 
8.00 
i- 
THE HENYARD 
Poultry as a Source of Meat 
Part I. 
Our New England farmer has a widen¬ 
ing opportunity in a coinpariitively 
neglected branch of poultry keeping, 
whicli i.s .spt'cializing in the growing of 
poiiltrj’ niejit. Within the past few yinirs 
I note :i growing demand for choice 
poultry locally grown, fancy dressed and 
delivered direct to the family trade. This 
is :i coinpariitively unworked field as the 
egg end of the business generally dom- 
iiiiites so thiit the carcass is considered 
a 'hy-iirodnct, in many cases being 
jobbed off at wholesale, mi.ssing a lucra¬ 
tive trade in poultry meat near at hand 
if it were only looked up. 
This demand, which I have referred 
to as a growing one, so fur as my per- 
.somil experience goes, is ii rospon.se to an 
active effort uiKm my part to supply a 
choicer jiroduct than my customers have 
hithei’to known. Various elcuK'nts enter 
into this choice quality of meat, the es¬ 
sential ones ‘being the breed used, the 
skill or pains taken in growing the 
flock.s, and the nuuiiier of dressing and 
marketing. 
Many buyers of poultry do not yet 
know the taste of really choice chicken 
me:it, and when such is supplied tiiem in 
a better condition than they have been 
aeemstomed, it proves an easy matter to 
build up ii regular tiaide. When a cus¬ 
tomer voluntarily commands the (luality 
of poultry furui.shod him and states as 
his belief—what the grower knows to be 
the fact—there is no use arguing the 
truth that breeds differ much :is to theii' 
flesh qualitie.s. 
There would seem to ho no good rea¬ 
son why the East should depend in so 
large moiisure upon the West for its ta¬ 
ble poultry. While of necessity the bulk 
of farm produce mu.st come from dis¬ 
tant point.s, and this applies also to a 
large proportion of the eggs consumed, .a 
grooving discrimination as to quality and 
freshne.ss in poultry favor the home pro¬ 
duct. Again advancing prices will con¬ 
tinue to favor the specialist in the pro¬ 
duction of poultry meat. 
The miitter of location as regards near¬ 
ness to one’s trade is an important con¬ 
sideration. It is o-specially the farmer 
convenient to centers of population, not 
neces-sarily to larger towns and cities, 
which cannot be easily reached by direct 
trading, who can benefit most largely by 
the improving conditions for poultry 
growing. A Ma.ssachu.setts friend re¬ 
cently located in New .Tersey, writes of 
getting 17 cents more per dozen for Leg¬ 
horn eggs tlmu for br(»wu eggs. In .such 
a location and with such an opportunity 
to .specialize in egg.s, the carcass side of 
the quc.stion may be ignored. But in 
Massachusetts brown eggs command a 
bonus of several cents in some city mar¬ 
kets !ind have in any lofrality at lea.st the 
iidvantiige of quickened .sale.s. In New 
England and in the degree of one’s pr x- 
imity to thickly settled sections, the 
value of the caixaiss becomes a very con¬ 
siderable 'factor of profit. And this fact 
points to a hri'od combining a goncrous- 
siz(>d ciircass attended by an egg prodiict 
especially hejivy at the season of liigh 
prices, if one is to make the most of hi.s 
niiirketing advnntiiges. 
To win the 1(K)-cent dollar for dressed 
poultry one mu.st work up ir fiimilx 
trade. Living in a small town of 
I find rejidy sale for 800 cockerels eiich 
Fall, beginning September, the .sejison 
covering about four mouths. For hatch¬ 
ing iiml rearing I depend upon hens: and 
I srieak of this to show thiit a modest 
busine.ss in this line may b(' dpne with¬ 
out the iiid of fin artificial pL-iiit. If the 
work begins in March or earlier it is 
possible to catch some trade in high- 
priced broilers. However, the difficulty 
is to get eggs with strongly fertile germs 
this early in the sea.son. 
By the time the breeders have been 
out in the Spring weather and picked the 
early greens !i few days, there i.s no dif¬ 
ficulty in hatching strong chicks. I find 
Aitril and May the most favorable 
months and in .Tune and .Inly continue 
to hatch from the choice stock. When 
broiler prices approximate roaster jirices 
it pays to carry cockerels along to 
roaster age. A well-grown roaster sells 
here in tlie Eiist for a dollar or more 
above cost of feed, and when Septem¬ 
ber arrivf's the iiverfige farmer finds more 
time for dressing poultiy than in Sum¬ 
mer. 
A liirge proportion of buyers are not 
yoiir-round consumers of poultry, luiying 
neither broilers nor old fowls; and with 
tlumi poultry is in season only when 
oock(‘rels are aviiihible as roasters—from 
Septmuber to Jaiuniry, or so long as the 
supply liists or remains in .soft oondi- 
tioii. It t.akes a brt'ed of more tlmn or¬ 
dinary table excellence^ to carry to mid¬ 
winter without hardening. The price in 
my loc.ality begins at about 82 cents, 
gradujilly dropping as the .sea.son ad¬ 
vances. and rarely going 'below 25. 
With certain breeds ii superior^ quality 
of fiosh is iissociiitcd with a loss in other 
('s.sential traits. The Dorking, long a 
prime fiivorite in England, which gives 
the tinest carcass of any known fowl, 
is delicate to rear in most .sections 
of the country and being an indifferent 
layer, is poorly adapted to fill the hill 
as ii geiK'ral purpose .breed. However, it 
is (luite unni'cessary to saerifioe any use- 
Mari/i in, IPlT 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
We believe every advertiser in our Poultry 
Department Is honest and reliable. We stand 
back of these classified advertisements with our 
“Square Deal Guarantee,” as we do the display 
advertisements. Those purchasing eggs for 
hatching and bab.v chicks must understand that 
they are assuming some risk when ordering from 
a distance. For the most part eggs and chicks 
carry safely, but sometimes rough handling by 
file express companies or exposure to beat and 
cold causes d'aniage. That eggs fail 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. 
Pedigreed eM,*. Cockerels 
8lro mid l>ain with each Cockerel. 
200*250 cee hciiA, 8.C. W • LcirhornA $5, each 
4 lb. lieiiH, 4 lb. PiilletH ^8 each. 
Contest Pens Storrs, Conn, Vineland, N. J. 
Hatching Eggs 
150-199 ece hens. 100 eggs $6.00, 1000 4155.00 
S00-85tiegg hens, 15 eggs 4di.O<>, 100 $10.00 
Mated to 6 lbs. Pedigreed Cockerels, from 2U-2.‘)0 egg hens. 
Vigorous, Splendid Ejes. Breed for Kggs. 
SnPrinI Ppn sired by Proven Cock Bird “Trouble.” 
ppoduced 200 egg Pnllets from 100 
egg hens. Mated to 203.2.19 egg liens. 16 eggs $5.00. 
S5 per cent Fertility Guaranteed. A.II Pens Mated. 
JAMES F. HARRINGTON, Hammonton, N, J. 
-Cocks and Cockerels- 
BABY CHICKS and HATCHING EGGS 
S. C. White Leghorns 
Barred and White Recks 
Extra good utility birds from heavy laying stock 
Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
TYWACANA FARMS, Inc. 
Box 68, Farmingdale, L. I., N. Y. 
Barron Hatching Eggs 
Hatching eggs from %. Barron strain of S. C. 
White Leghorns. The Barron Stock wa.s 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, Milford, Delaware 
A. M. POLLARD, General Manat^er. Formerly Manager 
of all the N, A. Eifj? Laying CompoUtion. 
Barron-Eglantine Strain 
of S.C. White Leghorns 
the strain with the recoi d behind it. Eggs, chieks 
andcockerel.s. S.C Rhode Island Reds. Large, dark 
birds. Heavy l.ayers. Prices reasonable. Catalogue. 
Wy-Hak Farm - R. 1, Denton, Md. 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
Our l)reeders are fi-om high reooid imported stock. 
Chicks, $12.00 per 100, Eggs, $6.00 per hundred i $1.60 i)er 
15; fertility guaranteed. We have been in business for 
forty-five years and pixiduce our stock on three hundred 
acres of range, insuring liealth and vigor. 
EASTKKN BlIOKE A'PKBEKIEB, Denton, Md. 
Barron’s Leghorns 
248 to 284-egg strain. 4 hens and a cockerel, $10. 
Hatching egg.s, $7 i>er 1011. Mahy chicks, 11.5 per 100. 
One pen is heu<le<l by Lord Eglantine (son of the 
314-0 g hen.) 8li% fertility. White Wyandottes— 
Trapnested stock. 4 hens and a cockerel, $10. Hatch- 
iig eggs, $7 per ZOO. E. Claude Jones, Craryville, H.Y 
LEGHORNS-BAHRON-WYANDOTTES 
Now offering egijs from highest quality breed¬ 
ers. Our direct imported Feus AA, with rec¬ 
ords 278. 280, 281, 282, 282. and otiters. mated to 
sons of 650-egg hen in three yeais and <ff!C-h«u in 
two years. Many other record breeders. Large 
breeiling farms are our satisfied customers. 
THE BARRON FARM. R. F. D. No. 3, Connellsville, Pa. 
S. C, White Leghorns gtro“ng. 
healthy, vigorous- layers, the 
kind that make profits. AUo Hat<-liing Kggs, Write 
at once f"r particulars. Horton's I’oint Poultry 
Farm, It. F. I>. No. 37, Soutliold, New York 
Baby Chicks 
CHASE POULTRY FARM 
F. M. DAVIS, R.D. No. 1, Cincinnatus, N.Y. 
Breeder Utility S. C. W. Leghorns of the best 
strains. Write for/Vcf Catalog. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
Kggs for Hatching from matui-e birds. VVe have 
been breeding for 20 years for vigor and heavy lay¬ 
ing. FLOYD g.WIIlTK.Yorktown, New York 
Hampton’s Black Leghorns 
Are proving their worth at Vineland. Get started 
right with the best breed on earth. Baby Chicks 
and Kggs. Circular free. 
A. E. Hampton, Box R, Pittstown, N. J, 
riau nift nblv from our heavy-laying trap-nest bred 
UdJ-UIUUniA s.C.W. Leghorns, $12 per 100. Strong, 
vigorous. Safe delivery guaranteed. Fine bree<iing 
Cockerels for sale. Prices. $2 to $5. Millbrook 
Farm, M. L PALMER. Prop.. Alfred Station, N.Y. 
World’s Champion Layers vw^Leghoni" ®And 
White Wyandottes, Cockei'el^ Pullets and Cock 
Birds. Imported direct from England. 
Brookfield Poultry Farm, R. 3. Versailles, Ohio 
S. C. W. Leghorns 
Baby chicks. Hatching eggs. Cockerels. Choice 
Honey and Maple Syrup. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Just.a.Mere Farm, Box B, Columbia Cross Roads, Pa. 
LEGHORN EGGS AND CHICKS 
wliy my hatching eggs and day-old eliicks aie bet¬ 
ter than others. FRED B. SKINNER, R. No. 3, Greene. N.Y. 
Bred-to-Lay Single Comb While Leghorns ?oung 
Baby chick, March and Aiu-il delivery. $12 per 100. 
Hatching eggs, now ready, $6 per 100. Safe Deliv¬ 
ery. .Satisfaction guaranteed. Circnlar free. 
PKKKY liKlGGS - Pleasant Valley, N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORNS S K’s’U'";;.To 
cockerels and cocks. $3. Eggs—$8 hundred. Chicks 
-$15 hundred. WINDSWEEP FARM.Reddinn Pi;'-? r?- i. 
