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Hatch Your Chicks 
‘Nature’s Way” 
The hen sitting on her nest hatching 
eggs in "Nature’s way” supplies a cer- 
ain amount of humidity with her warm 
body and distributes a uniformity of 
heat over the nest with her feathers. 
These two things, humidity and even heat 
distribution, are two of the most important 
essentials to the production of strong, vigorous. 
"Chicks that Live.” Almost any machine will 
hatch eggs, but what percentage of chicks live? 
That’s the rub —the chicks that live tell the 
value of the incubator. 
The successful incubator must be built so 
as to scientifically follow "Nature’s way” and 
properly supply these two important essentials 
in artificial incubation. 
PRAIRIE STATE 
INCUBATORS 
solved this problem years ago with the 
moistened sand trays and eddy current 
system of heat distribution. 
That’s why Prairie State machines are 
recognized as the most successful and depend¬ 
able hatchers in the world. They are used m 
the majority of State Universiti^ and Experi¬ 
ment Stations and are the choice of experts 
and successful poultrymen everywhere. 
Let us send you our New 1917 catalog, giv¬ 
ing complete information about the many su¬ 
perior features of the Prairie State Incubators 
and Poultry Equipment. Sizes 60 to 390 egg 
capacity. Prices $12 to $40. A postal brings 
book by return mail. ( 4 ) 
PRAIRIE STATE INCUBATOR CO. 
404 Main Street Homer City, Pei, 
For Economy’s Sake 
The initial cost of onr 
steam-cooked chick feed may 
be a bit more. But it is true 
economy to use it. 
It saves lives. 
For indigestion is the ravager of 
little chicks—and 
H-0 Steam-Cooked 
Chick Feed 
is steam-cooked by our special process 
to insure easy digestion. 
Write for free sample, prices and 
descriptive folder. 
The H-0 Company 
John J. Campbell, 
Mills: 
BUFFALO, N. Y. 
General Sales Agent 
HARTFORD, CONS. 
IRfltGC INCUBATOR 
1311 CHICK BROODER 
$11 
Both are made ot 
Calif. Redwood, ' 
Incubator is cov- __ 
_ ered with asbestos and galvanized | 
theBockiM i Iron; has triple walls, — juJ 
copper tank, nursery, 
[egg tester, thermometer, ready to 
[ 08 «. 80 DAYS' TKIAL—money back if 
I nutO.K. WnteforFREECatalosTNow, 
luONCUD INCUBSTOR CO., Deptt21 Rseins.Wis.l 
Improved Parcel 
Post Egg Boxes 
New Flats and Fillers 
New Egg Cases 
Leg Bands -O ats Sprouter* 
Catalog Free on Request 
H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, New York 
30 Best Breeds Poultry 
Stock and Eggs. Low price. Big 
new illustrated circular Free. See it. 
John E. Heatwole, Harrisonburg, Va- 
cn Daol Draado Chickens, Pucks,Geese, Turkeys, Hares 
DUDcalDiMvUd Dogs and ('avies. Stock and Eggs 
Catalogue Free. II. A. SOITIIEK, Box 29, Sellenville, l*a. 
Silver Spangled Hamburgs 
SI each and upwards, 
A. Jackson - Mineral Springs, N.Y. 
Rrpprio It’ine Catalog free. Tells about ('hick- 
DieiSUS Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Guiiieas, 
Hantams, Dogs, Belu. Hares and Cavies. Stock and 
Hatching Eggs a Specialty. EDWIN A.[S0UI)EK, Telford, Ta, 
Black Minorca Eggs for Sale fRW SmENlllmile.*llir. 
CAc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
ful trait in soloctiiig a hroiul witli nioal 
l)r<nlu(‘tion in view. ,\nn>ng the inaii.v 
fowls; of American origin we have tho.^e 
so line in f[nalit.y of liosh as to .sati.sfy 
the most particular trade in that re- 
s|iect. thrifLv to rear even in unfavorable 
locations, of rapid growtli and thus eco¬ 
nomical to produce; and as to laying 
capa<*it.v so productive at the sca.son of 
higli-pricod eggs as to sum nj) more 
|)oints of intrinsic worth than some 
breeds ho.asting of high economic value 
on the lone claim of highest annual out¬ 
put. _ F. w. i>. 
Ventilation; Drinking Water 
I have a henhouse 12x22 feet, 7^/4 feet 
roar and 11^4 fi'ont, facing south, 
with cement floor and sheltered on west 
side by 40-ft. barn. Hush with henhouse 
on south side. There are three windows 
8 ft. X 4^4 ft. in front, and door 2i/4xtji/4 
which I keep o[ren in daytime, covered 
with n screen door. The windows and 
litter on floor soon become frozen. I have 
mostly pullets, but they do not lay, What 
is the greatest number of Plymouth Rock 
hens that I could profitably keep _ in 
house? How could I provide ventilation 
so as to prevent litter and windows from 
freezing up in cold weather? What is 
considered a good drinking vessel for 
fowls, with least freezing, in very cold 
Aveather. K. it. N. 
A hnilding of that size should house 
from 75 to 80 fowls. It should not be¬ 
come .sufficiently damp to permit the litter 
to freeze, if the windows are kept open 
and covered with coar.se burlap during 
storms or very severe weather. Any 
drinking vessel Avill freeze in cold weather 
unless artificially heated. My own plan 
is to use an ordinary 12-qt. galvanized 
iron pail put in an orange or lemon crate' 
to prevent its being overturned. These 
pails are easily freed from ice and kept 
clean while fowls will learn to drink from 
them until they are practically emptied. 
M. 15. D. 
Size of Henhouse 
I would like to build a henhouse, 20 by 
50. Is 20 feet too wide for the suns rays 
to reach interior? I intend to use just 
one thickness of siding tongned and 
grooved. Is this all right if air and wind- 
tight? How many It. I. Reds, laying 
hens will this luilding hold through WTn- 
ter without partition, with proper ventil¬ 
ation? I have 115 pullets and hens, also 
12 roosters, in a 7x40-foot henhouse, aver¬ 
age 45 per cent, in eggs; am not bothered 
with frost or dampness in building, i,. s. 
Twenty feet in depth is a very suitable 
measurement for a poultry building, 
though the rafters may have to be in two 
pieces supported by posts at their centers. 
Such a building would house properly 
about 800 fowls of the larger breeds. A 
single thickness of matched stuff will 
make sufficiently warm wall, it being onl.v 
necessary that these walls should be wind 
tight. M. 15. P. 
Peddler and Motor Truck 
(Continued from page 877) 
Jewish trade likes coni, tomatoes and 
meloms. I’olanders buy cabbages well. 
For awhile we had too many tomatoes 
ripening at once, so wo took a couiile 
of big loads to Milford, where Italians 
are numerous, and sold them. In fol¬ 
lowing our route Ave sometimes met a dull 
streak of territory; nobody would buy 
much that day on this or that street. 
Then I would fill a basket with fruit, 
which is the easie.st thing to gell to 
strange customers, and start off down 
the side streets selling when'ver I could, 
trying to even up thing.s in this Avay, 
while my selling partner was keeping to 
the route. 
Partnership Sei.i.ixg. —“It is much 
better and more interesting to have two 
men on the load. Usually each would 
keep to his own customers most of the 
time, but if one had trouble or some 
little dispute or couldn’t get along, he 
would swap with his partner, who would 
manage best he could to smooth things 
over. We tried to stick to our prices, 
at least to our regular buyers, hut some¬ 
times we found it good policy to offer 
little bargains just to plea.se influential 
customers Avhose examiile Avould ho fol- 
loAved by neighbors and relatives doAVU 
the line, and in such cases Ave tjften sohl 
at cost to hold the tradi'. Wo sold on 
credit sometimes, and lost only 85 cent.s 
the Avhole time. It required tact to 
handle such trade. We gave them a du¬ 
plicate slip of the purchase and kept the 
copy, so there could be no loss of mem¬ 
ory. We newer alloAV them to resunie 
paying cash until the old account is paid, 
but accept all money as payment on the 
old account, thus alloAving us to remind 
them of it, and Ave Avere careful but per¬ 
sistent in askin.g for settlement. 
Being Interested.—"’ rhe main point 
is to be interested,” concludes Fred, the 
champion peddler, “’rhings Avill suggest 
themselves. There is a vim that comes 
Avheii one is Avorkiug for oneself that 
doesn’t come for someone else. Besides 
Ave OAved one hundred dollars, and we 
had to make good because so many had 
said Ave Avoiildn’t.” Did he make enough 
money Suinim'rs to pay for the education 
he Avauted? Yes, and he is making a 
success of it, and the brother is folloAV- 
ing in his steps. But the business ex¬ 
perience and kuoAvledge of human nature 
resulting from the gardening-peddling 
combination looks like a^ very desirable 
bit of education iu itself. G. b. f. 
Massachusetts. 
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244 N. Front St., Philadelphia, Pa. p 
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Not large in size but crowded Avith hard facts and practical information of great 
value to every poultry grower. “What to do and how to do it to make a 
success of raising fine chickens and lots of them at lowest cost. 
It clearly explains Iioaa' to groAV chicks in large flocks the coviect telation 
between the size of the broottcr, the size of the buildiUiCand the nuntbey ^ chuks 
in the flock. Regardless of AA'hat brooder you use, these facts are worth dollars 
to you. Better take adA'antage of them this season. 
Of course the original brooder of this type, the 
Newtown Colony Bfooder 
5 Still years ahead of the imitations. It is the favorite of the world’s most suc- 
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oo valuable. So use the NewtoAvn, the brooder of demon- 
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rhe NeAA'tOAvn is Coal-Burning, Self-Feeding, Self- 
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ti any building. Simple and easy to manage. 
RAISES THE CHICKS in flocks up to 1200. 
cheap 
buys a 
popular 
size 
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NEWTOWN GIANT INCUBATOR CORP’N 
74 Warsaw Street Harrisonburvj, Va. 
CHICKS! CHICKS! CHICKS! 
You can raise the strong,.stur¬ 
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Blue Ribbon Little Cbick Feed 
A most practical and natisfac- 
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A.'^k your dealer fur it. 
7/ he can't supply wou, write 
us for sample and prices. 
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23 Seneca St.. Buffalo, N.Y. 
Ask about (rlobe ('reamery 
ifetd 23 p.c. to 26 p.c. Protein— 
"The MUk l^oducer" 
HELPS MOLTING HENS 
Supplies the necessary grinders for the 
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make rapid growth of l)eautifully col¬ 
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builds bone and muscle, makes meaty eggs 
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THt OHIO MARBLE CO. 59 Cleveland SL. PigM, 0. 
Save 
The 
Chicks 
T he magic brooder win positively prevent 
losses from smothered and stunted chicks. 
Guaranteed to safely brood 200 to 300 chicks; 
gas escape system absolutely prevents gas leak¬ 
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regardless of weather conditions. 
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Built of cast iron, bum coal, and will last a life¬ 
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to install them in colony 
houses; contains plans for 
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and other poultry appli¬ 
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UNITED BROODER CO 
301 Pennington Ave, 
TRENTON, N. J. 
