536 
April 7, 1917. 
Jshe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Sold On A Money-Back Guarantee 
When you buy a Eureka Brooder you run absolutely no 
risk, yly guarantee is honest with no strings attached 
to It. You can try this brooder 30 days. If after that 
time you are not entirely satisfied with it, return it to 
me—at my expense—and I will refund the purchase price 
without a quibble. I also i)ay the freight both ways. 
Can anything be more fair than that! The 
EUREKA COLONY BROODER 
Price $13 and $16 
{ s a brooder that I have absolute confidence in. I am a 
arge manufacturer of stoves and make every part that 
Koes into it. I eliminate useless expense. This brooder 
has a corrugated fire pot, is self regulating and is made 
of solid cast iron, bums hard coal or natural gas as desired. 
1 honestly believe it will raise more chicks and better 
chicks at a lower cost and with less labor than any other 
brooder on the market. I have testimonials from many 
users of the Eureka Colony Brooder and will gladly send 
them together with full information about the Brooder 
if you write to-day requesting same. Don’t forget my 
honest offer, 30 days free trial without costing you a 
penny. Write now for descriptive literature. 
JAMES R. WOTHERSPOON 
244 N. Front St. Philadelphia, Pa. 
AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE 
The “ MARVEL” COLONY BROODER 
Coal'buming. Self-regulating, 
For Large or Small Flocks 
Capacity Unlimited 
Price 
Broods 100 or 1000 
.MS 
.01 
POUCH FEED ADJUSTABLE HOVER 
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 
Liberty Stove Company 
300 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, Pa. 
If you want to Brood at Least Initial Cost with 
Lowest Operating Expense, Make THREE CHICKS 
where only ONE grew before. Send foro i 
Free Booklets describing the MARVEL and IDEAL 
also the Perfection, price $12.75. Remarkable value. 
ROOF Coop 
N*r«'s the coop you ponT' 
trj keepers hsve prared 
for. Saves your chicks 
from vermin and weather* 
The perfection 
ana a Galvanized 
APSA STEEL 
BROOD COOP 
at BARGAIN PRICES now 
cheaper than wooden onea. 
«M. foULTRI SERVICE ASS'N, 
Box 174 lCaiMaaClty.Me. 
;Wriu 
tor iUos* 
tnted Psldarrorr 
, Special Pricesr If uC 
Improved Parcel 
Post Egg Boxes 
New Flats and Fillers 
New Ege Cases 
Leg Bands -O ato Sprouters 
Catalog Free on Request 
H. K. BRUNNER, 45 HsnrissB Street, New York 
HELPS MOLTING HENS 
Supplies the necessary grinders for the 
gizzard and furnishestfie mineralsthat I 
make rapid growth of beautifully ool- 
ored.healthy feather8.Ha8tens molting, 
builds bone and muscle, makes meaty eggs I 
with solid shells. Write for Free Booklet. \ 
THE OHIO MARBLE CO. 59 Ckvtbd SL, PkiM, 0. 
Bank on Bees 
Friend, there’s Money in ’em. Besides, 
there is positive enjoyment to be got¬ 
ten out of bee-keeping. Its simple,, 
and takes but little money to get you 
started right. Write, naming this 
paper, and get a 
CD 171? Gleanings in 
r KLii:. I Bee culture; 
also, our special offer for beginners in 
bee culture. Address: Beginners’Dept. 
THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY 
Medina, Ohio 
COHCEHTRAreo WATER GLASS 
Make Yonr EGGS COST YOU 20c A DOZEN TEAR ’ROUND 
One gallon preserring 30-40 dozen for ten month-s. Safest 
and surest. #1.00 a gallon, delivered within 300 miles, 
HUGH GRAHAM, Box 132, Cohoei, Albany County, N. T. 
AMERICAN DOMINIQUES 
GOLDEN WYANDOTTES 
W. H. Adkins - Swoope, Va. 
The Importance 
of Steam-Cooking 
A chick feed should be digestible. 
For indigestion causes a large 
percentage of chick deaths. 
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. 
Steam-cooking saves lives. 
H-0 Steam-Cooked 
Chick Feed 
Write for free sample, prices and 
descriptive folder. 
The H-0 Company 
John J. Campbell, 
MilU: 
BUFFALO, N. Y. 
General Sales Agent 
HARTFORD, CONN. 
Common Sense 
Teachet U* That Baby Chicks Should 
Have Nothing But the Most 
Wholesome Feed. 
Our special chick feed could not be 
made any better by any one. Old corn 
j cured on the cob, best milling wheat and 
\ finest quality steel cut oat meal. Sound, 
sweet, nourishing. It makes an elegant 
breakfast cereal for folks. Our special 
growing chick mash cannot be ap¬ 
proached, bone-muscle-vigor. For your 
breeders, layers or winners use these 
feeds. All sorts of poultry feeds 
Send for Price List. 
WM. ORR & SONS, Box 8, Orr’s Mills, N. Y. 
CHICKS! CHIKCSI CHICKS! 
You can raise the stronir, stur¬ 
dy kind on 
Blue Ribbon Little Chick Feed 
A most practical and satisfac¬ 
tory Chick Starter. 
Ask your dealer for it. 
If he can’t sujyply you, virite 
tie for sample ana prices. 
GLOBE ELEVATOR CO., 
23 Seneca St.. Buffalo, N.Y* 
Ask about Globe Creamery 
Feed2Zp.c. to25 p.c. Protein— 
*'Tne Milk Producer” 
Pure-Bred Light Brahmas 
F.urm raised. Healthy stock. Eggs, $1.50 per 15. Re- 
ductiou on large orders. Clarence Lane, Becchforo.H.Y. 
I ONLY. F i f tee n th year. 
Llgnt DraninaS Eggs for hatching. 1.5, $1.,50; 
50, $4; 100, $7.50. Haystack Mountain Farm, Norfolk, Conn. 
on D-oo,!* Fine Catalog free. Tells about ('hick- 
DU DfccUS ejjs, Duek.s, Geese, Turkeys, Guineas, 
Bantams, Dogs, Belg. Hares and Cavies. Stock and 
Hatching Eggs a Specialty. EDWIN a. SOCDEII, Telford, l*a. 
from best 20 varieties thoroughbred poultry. 
1.5—»1; .50—#3; 100—S5.50, Good stock. 
Catalogue free. H. K. Mohr, Quakertown, Pa. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants, Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking purTOses, 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, Swans, 
Ornamontal Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes,JR ac- 
eoon, Squirrels, and all kinds of birds and animals. 
WM. J. MACKENSEN. Naturalist. Dept. 10. Yardley, Pa. 
150 
EGG INCUBATOR 
CHICK BROODER 
r $11 
Both are made of 
Calif. Redwood,, ' 
Incubator is cov-_ 
ered with asbestos and galvanized | 
Iron; has triple wails, — ■ — 
copper tank, nursery, 
I egg tester, thermometer, ready to 
I use, 80 DAVS* TRIAL—money bacic if 
I notO.K. Wntefo?FRE^Cfttafo$Now* 
lllONCLaD INCUBATOR CO., Deptl 21 Racine, 
World’s Champion 
Buy, Belle City Incubator 
140-Egg Size—^Hot Water—Double Walled—Self 
Uegulated, with S4.85 Hot^ter 140- 
chick Brooder—both $12>50« Frt. Paid 
£• of Rockies. Satisfaction Guaranteed* 
$1000 In Prizes 
Conditions easy—Save time—Order New. 
Write for Free Book, Hatching Facts'' 
tod^. A postal will do. Jim Bohan .Pres. 
Belle City Incubator Co., Box 48 Racine. Wla, 
Buff Wyandotte*. 
Clark & Howland. Vt. 
W. P. Laing. N. J. 
Mrs. C. B. Elliott. N J. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds. 
Belle Ellen Stock Farm, N. J. 
H. W. Collingwood, N. J. 
Thomas W. Dawson, Pa. 
Etjon Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Thomas Henry. Pa. 
Miss Adeline S. Macintosh, N. J.... 
Underhill Bros.. N. .7. 
Woodland Poultry Yard, Pa. 
S. C. White Leghorns. 
Avalon Farms, Conn. 
E. A. Ballard, I’a. 
Will Barron, England . 
Belle Ellen Stock Farm, N. J. 
Broad Brook Farm. N. Y. 
Coverlawn Farm. N. J. 
W. J. Cocking. N. .1. 
Jos. H. Cohen, N. J. 
J. S. Cray & Son, N. J. 
Chas. Daval, Jr., N. J. 
L. S. & N. L. Deinie, N. J. 
R. F, & R. A. Earle, N. J. 
Harry G. Gardiner, N. J. 
C. S. Greene. N. J. 
Airedale F’arm. Conn. 
B. Frank Grunzig, N. J. 
Henry E. Heine. N. J. 
Richard Heine, N. J. 
Heigl’s Poultry Farm. Ohio. 
Hilltop Poultry Yards, Conn. 
Hillview I'arm, Mo. 
Holllston Hill Poultry F'arm. Mass.. 
Hugh J. Hoehn, N. Y. 
James F. Harrington. N. J. 
John R. Lauder, N. J. 
Laywell Poultry Farm. Conn. 
Fred J. Mathew’s, N. J. 
Mercer Poiiltry Farm, X. .7. 
Merrythought F’arm, Conn. 
H. H. Myers, X'. J. 
Samuel Niece & Son, N. J. 
Oak Hill Estate, Pa. 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
Oakland Farm, N. J. 
Miss Anna C. Parry. Pa... 
P. G. Platt, Pa. 
Riverside Egg Farm. N. Y. 
Joseph H. Ralston, N. J. 
Shadowbrook Farm, Conn. 
Sloan’s Egg Farm, X'. J. 
Pinehnrst Poultry Farm, Pa. 
Herman F. Sender, N. J. 
A. E. Spear, N. J. 
Sunnybrook F’arm, N. .T. 
Tenacre Poultry Farm. N. J. 
Tom’s Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Training School. N. J. 
J. Percy Van Zandt, N. J. 
Shurts & Voegtlen, N. J. 
Gustav Walters, N. J.. 
■White House Poultr.v Farm, X. J.... 
■VV. K. Wixson, Pa. 
W’illanna F’arm, N. J.,. 
Woodland Farms, N. J. 
S. C. Buff Leghorns. 
H. G. Richardson, N. J. 
Romy Singer, N. J. 
Monmouth F’arms, N. .7. 
S. C. Black Leghorns. 
A. E. Hampton, N. J. 
Fred C. Nixon, N. J. 
Sunny Acres, N. J. 
5S 
40 
43 
40 
44 
41 
42 
49 
43 
57 
:76 
5.5 
42 
52 
47 
49 
41 
50 
42 
50 
53 
62 
47 
5:7 
50 
51 
49 
43 
48 
48 
51 
33 
50 
40 
39 
52 
48 
45 
51 
42 
50 
46 
50 
25 
46 
44 
56 
44 
46 
52 
48 
50 
51 
54 
41 
42 
47 
50 
6;{ 
53 
50 
::6 
49 
56 
49 
36 
37 
49 
52 
49 
53 
515 
210 
323 
618 
535 
445 
457 
466 
682 
859 
408 
(;91 
842 
757 
382 
709 
606 
553 
566 
584 
550 
6<;3 
606 
6.33 
704 
632 
380 
607 
617 
509 
771 
441 
770 
454 
551 
670 
660 
670 
468 
684 
629 
636 
503 
380 
537 
452 
714 
676 
619 
622 
472 
t»3 
674 
591 
377 
445 
679 
532 
920 
808 
627 
529 
708 
567 
714 
581 
413 
489 
671 
654 
729 
Totals 
4714 58299 
Indian Runner Ducks for Laying 
Are Indian Runner ducks a paying 
proposition when kept for their eggs? 
Ducks have free range, but all grain has 
to be bought. R. v. F. 
Pennsylvania. 
It is impossible to say that any busi¬ 
ness will be a paying proposition every¬ 
where and at all times. I know of a man 
who made a business of raising blue rib¬ 
bon Runner.s and sold eggs for one dollar 
each. It paid him, but I assume that you 
mean producing eggs for the market. The 
profit would depend on your market, the 
producing power of your birds and the 
care and feed that they got. You could 
ascertain as to the market for ducks’ eggs 
in your vicinity. If that were favorable 
the next question would be the getting of 
a strain that would be sure layers. The 
rest would be up to you. Good care and 
proper feed ought to make them lay. Lay¬ 
ing ducks need a plentiful supply of mash 
consisting of cornmeal, bran, ground Al¬ 
falfa or clover, a small amount of fish or 
meat scraps with kitchen scrajis, or vege¬ 
tables cooked especially for them. A lit¬ 
tle salt should be put in all mashes, there 
should be a constant supply of grit and 
plenty of clean water. I think that Run¬ 
ner ducks hold the record for egg laying, 
but all Runners do not excel in laying. 
w. H. H. 
Best Breeds for Capons 
Recent inquiries concerning capons re¬ 
mind me of the timeliness of this subject, 
as the breeding stock from which capons 
are to be grown, mated properly before 
the rush season of hatching is on, is the 
first consideration. One correspondent 
inquires which breed of hens is best 
adapted to mate with Dark Cornish 
males (formerly known as Indian Game) 
for this purpose, stating the success he 
has met with the White AVyandotte for 
several seasons, but conjecturing some 
better cross for capons. The same day 
brought a letter from a Cornish breeder in 
Maryland who refers to 10 years’ experi¬ 
ence in crossing males of this breed upon 
Barred Plymouth Rock hens for capons, 
and states that he finds it “a most admir¬ 
able cross for the purpose.” So this 
man’s inquiry is quickly and reliably met. 
This question of capons is one of prow¬ 
ing interest for the reason of an increas¬ 
ing scarcity of all meats; and the capon 
is the one and only available source of 
choice poultry between seasons. Breeds 
differ much as to their merits for produc¬ 
ing choice capons. The old-time Light 
Brahma, as it existed before the English 
type was introduced some 25 years ago, 
was a favorite, and this crossed with 
Barred Plymouth Rocks gave capons of 
the largest size and finest meat. While 
any large breed may be said to answer 
the purpose, a certain type of body is 
much preferred in the large caponing 
centers, and a deep yellow skin is one of 
the outward signs which buyers look for. 
Burlington County, New Jersey, is well 
known as a notable capon-producing sec¬ 
tion, and a special breed of fowls has been 
evolved there, known as the Black Giants, 
which are prime favorites in their home 
country, but unknown to the outside 
world. They are described as resembling 
in outward appearance the Black Orping¬ 
ton. but taller on legs and with yellow 
skin. The Dark Brahma also stands in 
high favor for the capon trade in that 
section, and the cross of Barred Rook 
upon Partridge Cochin is another favor¬ 
ite. The advantage of a cross of breeds 
is seen in greater fertility of eggs and 
less loss in the rearing of chicks. 
The process of caponizing is quickly 
learned, and after a little practice the 
operation is quickly accomplished. No 
special training is required, and the man¬ 
ufacturers of tools for the purpose sup¬ 
ply a few simple directions for beginners. 
The most expert caponizer in the world 
is said to be W. H. Ellis, who lives near 
Trenton, and who makes this his pro¬ 
fession, traveling through his _ home 
locality and doing the job for a price av¬ 
eraging three cents per head. Ills record 
is G95 capons in one day, 4.000 in a week ; 
his average speed being 50 per hour. In 
a neighborhood where every farmer and 
many others besides are growers of capons 
there need be little time lost in getting 
from one flock to another. 
In summing up the advantages of ex¬ 
tending the season of prime poultry by 
means of caponizing we must bear in 
mind four distinct sources of profit. In¬ 
crease of size, by which the males grow 
one-third larger, so that the prospective 
cock of nine pounds grows to weigh 12. 
Improvement of flesh, so that the capon 
retains all the delicacy of a broiler. Ex¬ 
tending the season of poultry into the 
“lean” months of the year. And, finally, 
an advance in price for this choice pro¬ 
duct, amounting to several cents per 
pound; and, considering enhanced size, 
making the capon, roughly speaking, 
worth as much as two males uncaponed. 
To offset the advantages is the need to 
give up to the Winter housing of the 
capons, quarters which would otherwise 
be available for a flock of layers. 
The production of capons would prob¬ 
ably prove a paying proposition in many 
places where the custom has never yet 
obtained, and should be worth investiga¬ 
tion by poultrynien. Where not deemed 
a promising enterprise, as where condi¬ 
tions favor the production of eggs as a 
specialty, and the Leghorn the breed to 
be kept for this purpose, many a breeder 
has found the early caponizing of the 
cockerels a help in the profitable mar¬ 
keting of these—not for Winter capons, 
blit to be worked off in Autumn, the 
three-pound cockerel in this manner gain¬ 
ing an additional pound, with correspond¬ 
ing improvement in quality and enhanced 
demand. F. w. proctor. 
Damp Henhouse 
What can I do with a chicken-coop that 
is too damp? I built it on a stone and 
cement wall two feet deep. It is 20 ft. 
long, 11 ft. deep. 6 ft. at the rear, and 7 
ft. front; four full windows in center of 
front, and a half window at each end, o 
feet above floor. Front windows are on 
the sill eight inches above floor, which is 
natural earth. I used old lumber, but did 
not line it. I used heavy roofing paper on 
west end and back, also roof. I used 
shingle on east end and front, each side of 
windows; on left an opening, over front 
windows, about eight inches. Just what 
should be done to keep moisture and frost 
out? All windows have drop curtains. 
Do you think a rat can get under a wall 
two* feet below floor, of this coop? I 
have seen them inside. Floor of this 
coop is level with outside ground. 
Connecticut. F. . 1 . s. 
A foundation wall two feet deep will 
not prevent moisture or rats from get¬ 
ting into a henhouse. The best thing to 
do is to lay a cement floor in your house 
about li /2 inch thick and on this lay 
good two-ply tar paper and another layer 
of cement about one inch thick on the tar 
paper. This gives your floor perfect in¬ 
sulation. and with proper ventilation, 
vour house will be practically dry at all 
times. Rats will not go through the 
cement floor. c. s. G. 
Chicks on Board Floors 
M. B. D. says that his wife keeps his 
baby chicks in the house in boxes for 
three weeks, and then they are put in 
colony houses with fireless brooder. I 
had supposed that they must be gotten an 
to the ground in two weeks from hatch¬ 
ing. How about it? w. J. w. 
Connecticut. 
It is diSicult to keep chicks for more 
than two weeks on b'^ard floors and in 
warm quarters without their developing 
leg weakness. Yet we have kept them 
indoor,s in large drygoods boxes for three 
weeks when necessary. I do not recom¬ 
mend it, however, and would try to get 
them to the ground as soon as possible 
after the first week or two. It is niy 
opinion, after some years of experience in 
rearing them, that baby chicks need but 
little room or exercise for the first two 
or three weeks of their lives, if they are 
properly fed and cared for, but there is 
something about the contact with earth 
that seems essential to their welfare, and 
it is well to get them upon it about as 
soon as possible. M. B. d. 
