6S0 
Jr/>c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
The first 6 Weeks 
This is the period of greatest 
mortality among chicks. At this 
time feed is most important. Too 
much fat-producing content causes 
leg weakness. Excess moisture 
means sour grain and indigestion. 
H-O Steam-Cooked 
Chick Feed 
is a balanced combination of bone and 
tissue building elements. Steam-cooked 
to reduce moisture and make it di¬ 
gestible. 
Write for free sample, prices and 
descriptive folder. 
John J. Campbell, 
General Sales Agent 
The H-0 Company 
Mills: 
BUFFALO, N. Y. 
HARTFORD, CONN. 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
248 to 284 eBe striiiii. Yeurling hens. $2. n.-itching 
•Ctrs, $6 per 100. Chicks, $13 per 100; 200 for $2.5. One 
jieii IS lieaded by Lord EKlnntine (son of the 314 egg 
hen.) 90% fertility. E CLAUDE JONES, Craryville, N. Y. 
Hampton’s Black Leghorns 
Healthiest, Hardiest, Handsomest, and the world’s best 
egg producers. A trial will convince you of the superior 
merits of the Black Leghorn. Baby chicks and eggs a 
specialty. Send for circular. A.E. Natnplsii, Bd«R, Pitlstown, N. J. 
BARRON 
FOUNDATION 
S. C. WHITE 
LEGHORNS 
Eggs per setting.$2 up 
Pullets, Cockerels, Hreeu- 
ing Stock jiriced right, ac¬ 
cording to age and breed¬ 
ing. Vircular Free. 
Oak Hill Estate, Uniontown, Psi. 
Eggs for Hatching— S.C. Brown Leghorn 
heavy-laying strain on tree range. 1.5 eggs. $1..50; 
ll)(l, $5. Also Huff Cochin B.'intain's eggs—1.5, $1..50. 
J. «. STKYKKR - Sergeantsvllle, N. J. 
S. G. White Leghorn Chicks and Hatching Eggs 
Delivery of chicks beginning Mar. 6th. @ $10 per 100. 
Circular free. Wayne Poultry Far ms, Box 114,Wooster. 0. 
Babv Chicks Leghorns ^t^ro"n“ 
^ healthy, vigorous layers, the 
«. 1 .. . J* A. ^ TP rA A Art sTT ^ a 
kind that make profits. Also Hatching Eggs. Write 
at once for particulars. Horton’s Point Poultr; 
Farm, B. F. 1). No. 37, Southold, New For 
2 
World’s Champion Layers 
Barron strain S. C. White Leghorns and White 'Wy- 
andottes. Pen 1 and 2 with records 253, 2.58, 2.59,265 
268, 272,2'/3. 274,275. Eggs and Day-Old Chicks. Cata¬ 
logue free. BRDDKFIELD PDULTRY FARM, R. S.Versailles.D. 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
248-282-egg strain baby chicks and hatching eggs. 
Circular free. PAHERSON PDULTRY FARM. Clayton. N.Y. 
P ARADISE Breeders of Heavy Laying Poultry. Trap Nested 
OULTRY S. C. 
FARM 
forSalo. Our 1917 Clrcufar Free. BqxB, PARADISE, PA. 
Special Price on Chicks 
Pnre-bred stock. Circular. 
& Co., R. 0. A, Frenchtown, N. J. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
BUFF PLY. ROCKS. 200-Egg Strain 
Day-Old ChickH. Hatchinsr Eggs and Stock 
Our 1917 Circular Free, 
14c. <ielivery each. 
K. B. Hammer 
Hatching Eggs-Wyckoff Strain Direct 
The farm mortgage lifters. $1 per 15; $1.75 per 30; 
$5 per 100. Perfect Eggs from best Pens. 
J. M. CASE - GILBOA, NEW VOBK 
FBOM BABBON 
lAatcning Higgs lkghobns. imported 
Direct. Circular. W. E. ATKINSON, Wallinoford, toon. 
<ije— 1 Young’s Strain S. C. \V. 
•pO per X WV.F Leghorn Hatching Eggs 
OLD HICKORY POULTRY FARM. MT. MARIO N. NEW YORK 
Huff Leghorns, etc. 7e. and 
Money Back for D 
Jacob 
up. Money Back for Dead ones. 
Neimond, JSox 3, McAlisterville, Pa. 
WhiteLeghornEggs&Chix 
TVorld’s best winter laying 
strains. Nelson’s.Grove City.Pi. 
B UFF.WHITE LEGHORNS S. C. R. I. REDS. Eggs,90c. per 15; 
tl.aO per 30. Bl. .Minorcas, Mottled Anconas Kggs.Jl; 
per 15; $1.75 per 30. Cat. free. JOHN A. ROTH. Quakerlown, Pi. 
White Leghorns 
Chicks 
YOU’LL FIND OUR 
Winter Laying 
and our Free Catalog (Utility Facts) both Profitable 
and Interesting. Stock, Eggs and Chicks. 
Old Hickory Leghorn Yards, Box 2, ALTOONA, PA. 
S. C. W. Leghorns at 9c. each. Money 
refunded for dead chicks. Cir. free. 
W. A. LAUVEB, McAlisterville, Pa. 
S. C. White Leghorn Eggs for Hatching 
Rice—Barron—5’onng. Farm range. $1 for 15: S5 
per 100. JACQUES FABM, Miller ton, K. V. 
Pullets and Cockerels Barred Rocks, White 
Wyandottes, K. I. Reds, Black Minorcas and Silver 
Campines. Maple Cove Poultry Yards, R. 2, Athens, Pa. 
UflllTC I CRUnDMC We breed, not buy. 200- 
winl I ll LtUnUnllw 0 gg hens. Eiggs, #8 Imn- 
dred. Chicks, $15 hundred. Reduced after May 15. 
Circular. WINDS WEEP FARM. Reddinp Ridpe, Conn. 
30 Best Breeds Poultry 
stock and Eggs. Low price. Big 
new illustrated circular Free. See it. 
John E. Heatwole, Harrisonburg, Va- 
The 
Record 
Will 
Show 
Why you can’t afford 
unguaranteed poultry feed 
— and why you need 
Allen’s Guaranteed Foods 
NUTRO CHICK AfAS/f —made of 15 blended 
grain and meat meal ingredients. 
IQURSERY CHICK FOOD—ot cracked grains 
and seeds. 
MASH FOR LAYERS—Vae 17-lngredient egg 
proaucer. 
These foods are CXJARANTEED to give 
stronger flocks and niore eggs. 
Check yields on Free Record Card 
sent with each shipment. We’ll 
refund your money for unused 
food If your hens don’t set a 
new egg record in three weeks. 
Send For Price List 
Allen Milling Company, 
Dept. 5 ^Niagara Falls, N.Y, 
Young’s Portable 
Poultry Houses 
Write for free circular 
showing .30 different 
cuts 1’ o r t a I) 1 e houses, 
coops, etc. Prices 52 and up. 
E.C.YOUNG CO., 16 Depot St., RANDOLPH, MASS. 
Improved Parcel 
Post Boxes 
New Flats and Fillers 
New Egg Cases 
Leg Bands -O ats Sprouters 
Cntaiosr Free on Request 
K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Sired, New York 
If The Eggs Don’t Hatch 
We Make Good 
Tho Martlinir Silver Campines are a 
most economical breed of fowl. They 
are strong, sturdy and vigorous and 
mature quicker than any others. 
They cost considerably less to feed 
than any others. Their eggs are un¬ 
usually large and absolutely chalk- 
white. AuUiorltics class them as 200 
egg strain. They are also the great¬ 
est prize-winning strain in America. 
. _ _ They are giving satisfaction every¬ 
where. Read '*what other people about how we make good 
our guarantee." Let us send it. Price-list ready. 
The MARTLING HENNERY P. 0. Box 4. Ridoefield, N. J. 
Barron S. C. W. Leghorn Chicks and Eggs 
from directly imported pedigreed stock. Also Amer 
iciin bred recont layers of large, wliite eggs. Breed 
ers have free range and selected for heavy laying, 
vigor and size. Any number, strong, proi>erly- 
hatched chicks. Safe arrival guaranteed. Prices 
low. Circular free. B, T. Ewing, Atlantic, Pa. 
Barron-Eglantine Strain 
of S. C. White Leghorns 
the strain with the record behind it. Eggs, chicks 
and cockerels. S. C. Rhode Islaml Beds. Large, dark 
birds, lleavy^layers. Prices re.asonahle. Catalogue. 
Wy-Har Farm - B. 1, DeiAqgi, Md. 
LEGHORNS-BARRON-WYANDOTTES 
Now offering eggs from highest quality breed¬ 
ers. Our direct imported Pens AA, with rec¬ 
ords 278, 280, 281, 282, 282, and others, mated to 
sons of C,50-egg hen in three years and 460-hen in 
two years. Many other record breeders. Large 
breeding farms are our satisfied customers. 
THE BARRON FARM, R. F. D. No. 3. Connellsville, Pa. 
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 AVer Catalog." 
S. C. W. Leghorns "rfi'fk'-'”’ 
Btiby chicks, Hatching eggs. Cockerels. Choice 
Honey and .Maple .Syrup. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Just-a-Mere Farm, Box B, Columbia Cross Roads, Pa. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
Eggs for Hatching from mature birds. We have 
been breeding for 20 yc.irs for vigor and heavy lay¬ 
ing. FLOYD Q.WHITE, Yorktown,New York 
Gilbert Farm School, Georgetown, Conn. 
Dav-old chicks, $15 for 100. 
S. C. White Leohorns. Eggs for Hatching. 
riou nu Phiv from our heavy-laying trap-nest bred 
Uay-UiaUniA S. C.w. Leghoins,$12perl00. Strong, 
vigorous. Safe delivery guaranteed. Millbrook 
Farm, M. L PALMER, Prop., Alfred Station, K, Y 
'rhousnnds of 'em. 
E n g 1 i M h S. C. 
White Leghorns and Anconas. From hens 
with records of 2.51) to 280. A few cockerels. Write 
for prices. HARTMAN POULTRY FARM, So. Columbus. Ohio. 
P U/hiFol Dirknrn HATCHING EGGS, laid by thrifty. 
d.U. nllllDLcgllUl II vigorous stock or. farm range. 
Baby Chicks and Eggs 
chicks now. Circular. 
splaceu 
LOVELL 
GORDON, Esperance. N.Y. 
8 lO-week Wycoff Trap Nested Leghorn Pullets 
Bred Duroc Jersey sows. Altavista Farm, Darlinoton. Md. 
S. C. BLACK MINORCAS 
EGGS FOR HATCHING. $1—15; 55—100. 
G. C. MILLEB 
F'xcelleiit .stock. 
Oxford, N. j. 
GIBSON POULTRY-THE BIG MONEY MAKERS 
BABY CHICKS-EGGS BREEDING STOCK 
S. C. W. Leghorns — R. 1. Reds — B. P- Rocks — W. Wyandottes 
Gibson baby chicks are vigorous and livable, from trapnestod farm rantro, heavy laying 
Hocks, headed bv mules H orn the Hocks iHoducinpr the highest scoring, pens at the 
last international laying contest. Hatching Eggs Irom the same 
teed eitrhtv per cent fertile. Gibson breeders are hirere, viprorons and 
your flock more productive aud i)i'Ofltable. Safe arrival guaranteed, 
folder free, write for it NOW. 
G. F. GIBSON, Galen Farms. Box 108, CLYDE. N. Y, 
Illustrated f \ 
THE HENYARD 
Limitations of Water-glass Eggs 
The season is now ."'.t hand when the 
surplus eggs will be put into water glass 
for keeping. Quite a numljor of our read¬ 
ers write asking if it will not pay them 
to pick up large quantities of eggs from 
the neighbors, put them down into the 
water glass, hold them until Fall and 
then ship to the large markets to be sold 
as fresh or storage eggs. We never could 
advise this plan. It Avould surely fail, 
and cause considerable loss to people who 
undertake it. There would not be a good 
market in the town for these water-glass 
eggs; people would A’iew them with sus¬ 
picion, and it is probable that their sale 
would be considered a violation by the 
State and Federal laws. They would not 
take tlie place of cold storage eggs. We 
have found them perfectly good and use 
them freely in our own household, hiit 
tlie public would not accept them, and if 
any man attempted to work them off in 
jilace of fresh eggs he would have all 
kinds of trouble immediately. We would 
promptly and forcibly advise our readers 
not to attempt any such plan. They will 
surely lose money on the 5'euture and 
lose reputation as well. 
The water-glass treatment is for home 
consumption only unless you have neigh¬ 
bors or friends who understand fully 
about the eggs and are not in any way 
deceived. We know of cases where peo¬ 
ple have expected to make great money 
by working off the water-gla.ss eggs with¬ 
out telling their cu.stomers wjiat they 
were. Everyone of these people met with 
disaster for after they were found out 
people refused to buy eggs from them as 
they immediately became suspicious after 
finding that the eggs had been chemically 
treated. Do not under any circumstances 
attempt to use the water glass except for 
home use or for cooking eggs. 
In connection with this matter a mim- 
her of people have asked how they can 
clean vinegar barrels so as to contain 
these water-glass eggs withmit taint. 
Rome of them even speak of using kero¬ 
sene barrels for the purpose. It is diffi¬ 
cult to get a A’inegar barrel perfectly 
clean so that it will not give out any 
taste. Some people use a jet of steam in 
the barrel, putting on all the pressure the 
barrel will stand, aud giving it a thor¬ 
ough scalding. This will help, hut will 
not entirely remove the taste._ In sojne 
cases the b-rrel is well filled with a thick 
lime wash which is kept in the barrel for 
10 days or two weeks. This will usually 
sweeten the barrel and take the taste out 
of it. If anyone has a better way than 
thi or cleaning such packages we would 
lik' 3 hear from them. 
Construction of Henhouse 
Would you give me dimensions for an 
up-to-date* henhouse for 250 hens? Also, 
state what is best to use as the fioor and 
roof. H. c. o. 
iMaryland. 
A liuilding 20x40 feet in size would he 
wc'll suited to 2.50 fowls, and, unless it is 
desired for some reason to have it of spe¬ 
cial design, the conventional shed-roof 
type of house probably cannot well he 
bettered. The front should l>e about 7% 
or eight feet in height, and the rear 4i/^ or 
five feet. It should face tlie south or 
east, and the windows in front should ex¬ 
tend from near tlie floor to the plate in 
order to admit sunlight to the rear of the 
building. About one-third, or more,_ of 
the front s-houid be open for ventilation, 
and one-third may be in glass. _ In warm 
climates, more than one-third' may _ be 
open, guarded by wire poultry netting, 
(’oncrote makes the most durable and 
easily cleaned floor, but wood or dry 
earth are entirely suitable if preferred. 
Tlie latter has the disadvantage of need¬ 
ing renewal at intervals, hut is cheap in 
first cost, and affords opportunities for 
wallowing which fowls apparently enjoy. 
For roofs of hut little pitch a good grade 
of prepared felt roofing is economical and 
satisfactory. Roof boarding should be 
tight for these roofing materials. M. B. D. 
Liver Trouble 
On you toll me why I am losing my 
hens? They have a well-ventilated house 
and plenty of room. AVet mash in the 
morning, plenty of fresh 5vater (warin') 
in the morning, oyster shells at all 
times; at noon and night corn (whole) 
and oats and wlieat; plenty of litter aud 
dry place to scratch, kept clean every 
week. AA'e have around 100 in all, and 
only get from 40 to 44 eggs a day. The 
sick ones begin by lameness, then can¬ 
not walk, then perhaps the next day 
they seem riglit again. The liver is en¬ 
larged and unhealthy. MRS. K. w. A. 
Vermont. 
Th(> lamene.ss of tliese fowls was 
lu’obably weaknes.s fi-cim the internal 
disorder' from which they were suffer¬ 
ing. The livers may have been tuber¬ 
cular or simply greatly enlarged. Such 
conditions are often found in hens that 
have been confined and heavily fed for 
a considerable time and there is no cure 
that I know of. More natural living 
conditions, such as free range and the 
necessity of hustling for their food, will 
Iirevont the development of these disturb¬ 
ances of the digestive ti’act and may do 
something toward curing those cases that 
are not too far advaneed. M. B. n. 
April 28, 1917. 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
We believe every advertiser in our Poultry 
Department Is honest and reliable. We stamf 
back of these classified advertisements with our 
“Square Deal Guarantee,’’ as we do the display 
advertisements. Those purchasing eggs for 
hatching and baby 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 
the express companies or exposure to heat and 
cold causes damage. 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 liasis. To avoid contro¬ 
versy buyer and seller should have a definite un¬ 
derstanding as to the responsibility assumed in 
case of dissatisfaction. 
HIGH 
CLASS 
Ut3ityR.I.Reds 
Chicks and hatching eggs from two-year-old birds. 
Tompicins and Colonial strains. Chicks. 818 per 
100—after May 1st, 816. Eggs 88.00 per 100—after 
April 15th, 86..50, Eggs from Special Pen of 
Vibei t's S. C. Reds (2.54-271 egg strain) 86.00 per 15 
—after April IStli, 83.00 tier 15. 
OVERBROOK POULTRY FARM. Marlborough. N. Y. 
MAHOGANY STRAIN REDS 
.Single combs only. For years I have selected Fall 
and Winter layers forbreeders. mated to rich Mahog¬ 
any-colored males. Eggs from utility matings, 81.60 
per 15; 84 per .50; 87 per 100. Write for circular. 
JB. auACKENBlTSH, Box 400, Darien, Conn. 
S.C. RhodelslandReds KV Yofi‘.uJ"". 
two consecutive years. High-grade utility breeding 
stock, also eggs for hatching. Send for circular. 
MAPLECBOFT FABMS, Box R. Pawllug.N,Y. 
ROSE. SINGLE^ TOMPKINS, OLD 
ACRES; COLOli .WEIGHT,sYyLE 
Best females, record 218 to 249 eggs. Fifteen eggs, 
$1; 100, $.5. CHERRY FARM. Hoi.LiSTON. Mass. 
R p p I pprjC Bred-to-Lay. Blue Rib- 
• rvijlAiJ winners Hagerstown, 
Wilmington, etc. Kttgs, $1.25 per 15. Free Booklet. 
W. G. HORNER, Desk B, Catalpa Poultry Farm, Gettysburo, Pa. 
SingleComb RHODE ISLAND REDS?r[^e"d bhd“ 
Best in utility and exhibition. "Eggs and chicks. 
Send for mating list. A. E. ADAMS, Stony Creek, N. Y. 
S. C. RHODE ISL/^HD REDS 
Hatching Eggs. $5 per 100,from two and three-year- 
old hens. FDTV. BENNETT, Jack»onvllle,Vt. 
en Clilckens,Duck's,Gcese,Turkcys,Hare» 
DU DOSTurOcUS hogs and Cavies. Stock and Eggs 
Catalogue Free. II. A. 80UI>EI{, Box 29, SelltriTlIle, l>a- 
RED HHCHING EGGS 11 KJok’),". 
“Perfection” Barred Rocks (Ringlets) 
c__„ Our cockerel-mating pens are headed by 1st, 
2d and 3d prize winners and some of tho fe¬ 
males are '■ Ringlets." direct. The pullet-mating 
pens contain females that won Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th 
and are mated to males that will produce prize-win¬ 
ners. Either mating, 85 per setting; 3 settings, 
812. Write for price-list of utility eggs and baby 
chicks. A few pullets weighing about 7 lbs.. 82.50 
e.acli. Dr. Geo. T. Haynian, Box 20. Doylestown, Pa. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks 
I.ook up pen No. 1 at Vineland. Eggs from the 
s:iine line, $2.50 per 15; $10,100. We sell nothing 
but what we produce from our own birds. 
Garret W. Buck - Colts Neck, N. J. 
RINGLET BARRED ROCKS 
Thompson’s strain direct. Eggs, 15— $2.50; 30—54; 
511-56; 100—510. Booklet free. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed. I. H. BACOKN, Sergeantsville, N. J. 
Barred Rock Eggs 
From a heavy-laying strain and good enough to win 
the blue at New York ami Boston this winter. Write 
for Mating list. A. L. Vreelaud, N’utley, N. J. 
Barred Rock Chicks'v^ie“;„^,t: 
Rapid-growing. BenAyr strain of heavy egg-pro¬ 
ducers. Healthy, imre-bred parent slock. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. BENAYR POULTRY FARM,Warwick. N.Y. 
BARRED ROCK EGGS 
utility bred. $1 per 15; $3..50 per 100. 
B. H. HENION - Brockport, N. V. 
Barred Rocks-Eggs ^eViio 
Day-Old Chicks, $12 per 100. COCKERELS, 55 each. 
A. C. Joues, Marvel Homestead Farm, Geeroetown. Del. 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Bred 15 years for higli production of eggs and meat. 
H.'itcliing eggs tliat are sliowing 85?( fertile, 88 per 
100, 875 per 1,000. Day-old chicks 810 per 50, 818 
per 100; 8175 per 1,000. Free circular. Write forit. 
Wilson’s Poultry Farm, Hollis, N. H. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks 
Hatching eggs from trapnested and untrapped pens. 
Also 2 pens of trap l)ree<iers for sale. 
Jules F. Francais, Westhamptan Beach, L. I., N. V. 
CRRQ from best 20 vaiaeties thoroughbred poultry 
COUO fiO—83; 100—85.50. Good stock. 
Catjilogne free. H. K. MoUr, Quakertown, Pa. 
S INGIE COMB WHITE MINORCA AND ANCONA COCKERELS 
AND EGGS. Watson Edwaru-s, Noktuvii.i.e, N.Y. 
Baby 
Chicks 
S. Cm Wm Leghorns 
Rm&SmCmR.lm RcdS 
Bm Rocks 
PUREBRED, 
^ Strong, Livable. 
From heavy • laying, 
healthy, free range 
stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
Wesley Grinnell 
Sodus, N. Y. 
