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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
HILLPOT 
well-hatched chicks 
are the right foun¬ 
dation for 
PROFITABLE 
POULTRY 
RAISING 
Trade Mark 
Strong, healthy chicks from record 
layers for iminediute delivery. Safe 
arrival guaranteed. 
LegrboriiM, . . $12 to $25 per 100. 
Barred Bocks, $15 to $18 per 100. 
K. 1. Beds, . . $15 to $20 per 100. 
Free Book—shows how and why Hillpot 
Quality Chicks pay you best. 
Hatchet every Wednetday and Thursday 
W. F. HILLPOT 
fieri 
^frenchtown.NJ. 
^^Get 
" that 
FREE 
BOOK 
today. 
The STOCKTON 
HATCHERY 
We are the producers of specially strong, 
healthy baby chicks—strictly thorouglibred 
and guaranteed quality that is above the 
ordinary. If you desire to improve your 
flocks, we have the chicks that will do it. 
Wc give extras and complete satisfaction 
every time. We are the originators of 
“Chicks That Pay from Stock That Lay." 
PRICES—May and later deliveries Chicks 
S. C. White Leghorns . . . $10.00 per 100 
R. C. Rhode Island Reds , . 14.50 “ 100 
Barred Rocks.14.50 “ 100 
No White Wyandottes until last of May. 
These prices are very reasonable consider¬ 
ing the Quality of stock from which you 
purchase chicks. 
Special Prices on Chicks in lots of 500 and more. 
{increase Your Profits 
You can do this bv saving 
vonr chicks’ lives—and hv 
speeding np their liealthj- 
deA^elopment. The right feed 
Avill help you. 
H-0 Steam-Cooked 
Chick Feed 
1.5 a balancod ration of Itoiie and mus¬ 
cle building elements. Steam-cooked 
for easy digestion and speedy assim¬ 
ilation. 
AVrite for free sample, prices and 
descriiitive folder. 
The H-0 Company 
John J. Campbell, 
Mills: 
BUFFALO, N. Y. 
General Sales Agent 
HARTFORD, CONN. 
TRAPNESTED 200 EGG 
MOHEGANITE STOCK 
Hatching eggs, chix and pound pullets. 
WhiteLeghorns and Rhode Island Whites 
MOHEGAN FARM, Box Y, Peekskill, N.Y. 
ci,"b WHITE LEGHORNS Exdusively 
YOUNa AND BARRON STRAINS 
Three Thousand Breeders on free f.irm range. Inoculated 
and free from lice. Milk fed. Special bred for great Win¬ 
ter laying. Eggs for hatching now ready in any quantity 
at $6 per 100. $5 per 100 in lotsof 2(K)ornioi-e. Oi dersfilled 
on a day’s notice. Baby chicks from now to Ma 3 ’ 10 (? ?12 
per lOOj after May 10, tlO per 100. Capacity 12,0C0 a week-. 
My Book “Profits in Poultry Keeping Solved,” FREE 
with all $10 ordeis. Circulars free. 
EDGAR BRIGGS, Box 75, Pleasant Valley. N.Y 
OOICVC Ur'CC S.C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
V^nlLIVi3“t.bljiJ~E X C L U SiVELY 
We use 2-year-old breeders that have been bred for 
size, vigor and heavy produetinn of large, while 
eggs. Winners at Hagerstown anil Frederic,!,. 
Chicks 12 cents. Eggs, $1 per 15. Booking orders for 
delivery May 23rd and 30th. Full count, safe arrival 
and satisfaction guaranteed. WHITE FEATIIEB 
EGG EABM, W. H. EARNSHAW, Hagerstown, Mtl, 
The STOCKTON HATCHERY, 
10,000 Chicks to One Farm 
in its 6th consecutive year of buying chicks from 
MAHITUCK WHITE LEGHORN FARM 
No eA’ideiice could be more con\dncinff as to the 
quality of this vigorous, heavy-laying- stock 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
OlilCKS tfiia.OO per 100 EtifciS #6.00 per 100 
Onr breeders are pure Barron Kens, mated to Barron 
Cockerels from high record, imported stock. Tlirio 
Hundred Acres Kange, foity-tlve years reputation. 
“FEEIHNG BABV CHICKS” Booklet sent free. 
EASTERN SHORE NURSERIES, Denton. Md. 
STRAIN, Strong, Vigorous 
S.C.W.LEGHORNS 
Selected EGOS, »0% fertilitj-. Full count. 
High-bred CHIX. 
LOCUST LODGE FARM, La Granoeville, New York 
Five Hundred liens trap-ne.sted annuall.v. Individual 
records np to 253 eggs; |)en records up to -221 eggs 
per hen. Mated to eoekerels from 200-281 egg hens 
BABY CHICKS 
$11 per 100; $50 per 500 
for last week in May & June 
8-WEEKS OLD PULLETS 
$75 per 100 
12-WEEKS OLD PULLETS 
$100 per 100 
HATCHING EGGS $8 to $15 per 100 
SEND FOR DESVKirTIVE CIECfI,.\R TO 
ARTHUR H. PENNY, Box Y, Mattituck, N.Y. 
S. C. W. Leghorns “k'tVf t '”' 
Baby chicks. Hatching eggs Cockerels. Choice 
Honey and .Maple Syrup. .Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Ju8t-B-Mere Farm, Box B, Columbia Cross Roads. Pa. 
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 650 egg hen in three years and 466-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. 
A. B. HALL’S LAYING CONTEST LECIHORNS 
1916 pen held 4th Leerhorn place with total 1,S85 egtrs. 1917 pen 100 eggs ahead of 
May and June. Breeding Stock—Males, fh; Females,$3. A. alllngrord, Conn. 
f • I From a heavy laying strain of S. C. . 
i Leghorns. Bred for size, vigor and heavy 
VXf egg production, which have a record break- 
lllllllllllllllllllllllllinillllllllllllll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIiy ing record for winter laying. _ Average 
from these pens have laid 45% since Dec. Ist to Feb, 16. Eggs and chicks 
these pens at the following prices: Eggs $5.00 per 100. Baby chicks $11.00 per 100, 
$6.00 per 50, $100.00 per 1,000. Safe arrival guaranteed. Send for Catolague. 
LOCUST CORNER POULTRY FARM Archer W. Davis, Prop. MOUNT SINAI, L. 1.. N. Y. 
~ Special Announcement — 
TiT TT T ■C''T'C % Barron, Flock Average of Dams 
Jr UL/ 1 ^ 11 / 1 168, Sired by Full Barron Cockerels 
ALL FROM DAMS 200 UP TO 260 
Delivered at 5 months of age, ready to lay. Price $2.00 each, any ^antity. 
March hatch delivery in AUGUST. Catalog on request, look up Class C. 
“UTILITY LEGHORNS” 
S-lO-weeks old, $1 lO a hundred. $1.25 each in less quantities 
BAYVILLE FARMS, Box R, Bayville, OCEAN COUNTY, N. J. 
Eggs for Hatching and Day-Old Chicks 
Hatching eggs from fully 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 supply 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. 
THE HENYARD 
Summer Poultry Rations 
Will you give me n laying mash for 
Summer feeding, also a scratch feed? 
Should I feed the same the year round, 
on the intensive plan? Also a mash 
to grow chicks to maturity after they are 
four wi’eks old, and scratch feed. I have 
used all the time I have been in the busi¬ 
ness mixed feeds, but now the mash costs 
me $.‘1..% per cwt. Would you advise re¬ 
maining in the poultry business? 
Vermont. w. R. s. 
The only change that need he made 
from Winter to Summer feeding is to 
feed a little less amount of the particu¬ 
larly fattening foods, like corn and buck¬ 
wheat, in the Summer time. There are 
many good combinations of the ordinary 
feeds that can be made ; one that I like 
well is equal pai'ts by weight of corn- 
meal, wheat bran, middlings and beef 
scrap. If skim-milk is at hand, the meat 
scrap can be much reduced in quantity. 
For scratch feed, u.se a mixture of such 
grains as corn, wheat, barley, buckwheat 
and rye. Equal parts by weight of wheat 
middlings, bran, cornmeal and beef scrap 
makes a good mash for growing chicks at 
all ages; wheat and cracked corn cannot 
he excelled as hard grain for them. Feed 
food.s, not names; there is no sense in 
trying to provide “developing food,” “lay¬ 
ing food,” “growing food,” and crowing 
food of different composition at each 
stage of a chick’s life. All food is de¬ 
veloping food, maintenance food, and lay¬ 
ing food, if consumed by a fowl of the 
female sex. Cut out food fads and feed 
file simple grains and mill products, ad¬ 
justing them in kind and quantity to the 
age of the birds. 
There is no way to avoid the present 
high prices for grain. Eggs are also high 
and it is np to eaeh individual to decide 
wliether he can make a jirofit under pres¬ 
ent conditions and whether he wishes to 
continue in the business or not. M. B. D. 
Sour Crop 
1. I have a very sick rooster; his crop 
is swiillen and after his feed sour gassy 
water comes from his mouth. I feed him 
witli scrateh food and scraps from the 
table. Could you advise me what to do 
for him? 
2. Would you let me know how I could 
store eggs for Winter use? ,t. h. 
New .Tersey. 
1. This is very likely “sour crop.” a 
catarrhal disease of the crop with the 
symptoms that you mention. The bird’s 
crop may be emptied by gentle manipu¬ 
lation while it is held head downward. 
The rooster should then be placed by him¬ 
self in a clean, dry place, given a little 
soda in water to correct the acidity and 
fed moderately upon soft food until re¬ 
covery. If looked after early, the rooster 
should recover. 
2. Water glass is the best medium for 
storing eggs for home use. It has been 
described repeatedly in The R. N.-V. 
M. B. D. 
Sick Ducklings 
Would yon tell me what is the matter 
with my young ducks? When about one 
week old tlieir eyes began to get eheesy 
and they have fits and go over backwards 
and die. G. n, S. 
New York. 
Avoid OA-er-feeding upon grain, partic¬ 
ularly cornmeal. This is a common 
cause of such trouble as* you describe 
with ducklings. Ducklings need a much 
larger proportion of green food in their 
ration and less of ground grain than do 
chicks. For the first few days bread and 
milk is a suitable food for ducklings, 
later, a mash composed of four parts 
wheat bran, one pait Avheat middlings, 
one part cornmeal and two parts of fine- 
cut green stuff, to which is added 5 per 
cent, of chick grit and 5 per cent, of 
sifted beef scrap, may be fed. For green 
stuff, lettuce, clover and Alfalfa are good 
and other tender greens may be u.sed. 
Keep water before the ducklings and in 
sufficient quantity to enable them to 
bathe their heads and eyes, but not 
enough to SAvim in until they are fully 
feathered. M. B. i). 
Care of Young Turkeys 
IIoAV can I stop boAvel trouble in young 
turkeys and should I feed them? 
Connecticut. MRS. E. w. 
The mo.st difficult thing in feeding 
young poults seems to be to avoid over- 
feerling. a practice Avhich iiredisposes to 
bowel troubles. The Rhode Island Ex¬ 
periment Station, Avhere special studies 
in turkey rearing have been conducted, 
advises that instead of feeding poults all 
that they will readily clean up one-half, 
or less, of that amount be given. It may 
first be ascertained Avliat amount the 
birds Avill clean np if given all they Avant 
and then the quantity reduced. Sour 
skim-milk, loppered or otherwise, and 
tender green stuff should be fed in abund- 
once but the grain foods, such as corn¬ 
meal, Avheat bran and middlings, rolled 
oats, etc., should be carefuly limited in 
amount, since, as said, an overloaded in¬ 
testinal tract predisposes to certain bowel 
troubles for which there is no cure. 
M. B. D. 
May 26, 1917. 
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 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 basis. To avoid contro¬ 
versy buyer and seller should have a definite ua- 
derstanding as to the responsibility assumed la 
case of dissatisfaction. 
Buy Baby Chix now from 
CHASE POULTRY FARM 
F. M. DAVIS, R.D. No. 1, Cincinnatuo, N.Y. 
Breeder Utility S. C. W. Leghorns of the best 
strains. Write for Uree Catalog. 
Hampton’s Black Leghorns 
Healthiest. Hardiest, Handsomest, and the w orld’s best 
egg producers. A trial will convince you of tlie superior 
merits of the Black Lcgliorn. Baby chicks and eggs a 
specialty. Send for circular. A. E. Himpltn, Bax R, Piltstswn, N-J. 
LADY BARRON WHITE LEGHORNS 
SPECIAL. Direct Imported English trap-nested 
stock. ;!08-egg record pnllet year; 289-egg record sec¬ 
ond year. Hatching eggs now ready, SI and 83 per 
setting; 87 and 810 per 100, according to record. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. P. F. Rafferty, Marlboro, Mass. 
World’s Champion Layers 
Barron strain S. C. Wliite Leghorns and White Wy¬ 
andottes. Pen 1 and 2 witli records 253, 258, 259, 265 
268,272,273,274,275. Eggs and Day-Old Chicks. Cata¬ 
logue free. BROOKFIELD POULTRY FARM, R. 3,Versailles.0. 
Eggs for Hatching-S, C. Brown Leghorn 
heavy-laying strain on free range, 15 eggs, $I..'<0; 
100,$,). Also Buff Cochin Bantam's eggs—15, $1.50. 
J. G. STKYKEB - SergeaiitsvUle, N. J, 
Day 
.nirl r.hiv from our heavy-laying trap-nest bred 
UlU uni* S. C’.AV. Leghorns,$12 per 100. 
_ __Strong, 
vigorous. Safe delivery guaranteed. Millbrook 
Farm, M. L PALMER, Prop., Alfred Station, N.Y 
Buff Leghorns, etc. 7c. and 
**y-'*^*^ up. Money Back for Dead ones. 
Jacob Neimond, Itox 2, McAlisterville, Pa. 
S. G. White Leghorn Chicks and Hatching Eggs 
Delivery of chicks beginning Mar. 6th, @ $10 per 100. 
Circular free. Wayne Poultry Farms, Box 114,Wooster, 0. 
Baby Chicks and Eggs E^ngii 8 h*s.®c: 
White LeghoriiH and Aiiconas. From liens 
xvith records of 250 to 280. A few cockerels. Write 
for prices. HARTMAN POULTRY FARM, So. Columbus, Ohia 
GilbertFarmSchooI, Georgetown, Conn. 
Day-old cliic.ks, $15 for 100. 
S. C. White Lehhokns. Eggs fok Hatching. 
Chicks 
S. C. W. Leghorns at 9c. each. Money 
refunded for dead chicks. Cir. free. 
W’’. A. LAUVKK, McAlisterville, Pa. 
200 S. C.W. LEGHORNS 
Sl Each; alllaying. W’m.Terry, R. 2, Oa Costa, N. J. 
WhiteLeghornEggs&Ghix 
AVorld's best winter lay iiifif 
strains. Kelson’s.GroveCity.Pa. 
White Wyandottes STRMN'^ 
I liave a heantifni lot of birds this season of tliis 
World's Famous Standard bred Utility Strain, and 
can supply Eggs for hatching at $2 per 15, $4.,50 per 
.50, $8 per 100. $7 per 100 in lots of .500 or more. With 
every order I shall endejtvor to give satisfaction 
E. B. UNDERHILL, “Old Orchard Farm,’’ Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 
Buff Wyandotte Eggs For Sale 
Carefully bred for seventeen years, Bure blooil. 
free range; beautiful color: healthy. $1 per 15: $1.75 
perSO; $5 per 100. Chas. I. Miller,R.F. 0.No. 1,Hudson.N.Y. 
Barron’s Wliite Wyandottes ‘ 
dams. 272 to 283 eggs; 
Olds. Males, hens, 
K. E. LEAVIS 
imported direct; males 
hens with 255 to 273 egg rec- 
eggs, and chicks for sale. 
Apalachiu, New York 
Tiffany’s Superior Chicks That Live 
.Silver, White Columbian and Pai’tridere 
AVyaudottes, K. 1. Beds, Uucklings 
Alpham Pot'LTKV E'ak.m • R. 34. Phoenixville. Pa. 
20 Fine White Holland Turkey Hens 
at five dollars eaeh. Eggs at 30c. eaeh. 
H. W. ANDERSON - Stewartstown, Pa. 
Tiirirpu Fornre ^L Bronze, B. Hod, 
iUiRCjf tggs Harragansett. $3.75 per 12. Also 7 
breeds chickens; eggs, $1.‘2.5 jier 15, Prenaid by P. P. 
or Exp. EASTERN OHIO POULTRY FARM. Beallsville, Ohio 
GiantBronzeTurkeyEggs wilife K 
hggs.JfliX‘i’15. Shropshire Sheep, H-J.Van Dyke.6ettysburg.Pa. 
Carneau 
Best .Squab Producers. 
ALBIDA EABM 
Pigeons 
Breeding Stock for Sale. 
- Niantic, Conn. 
White Guineas Eggs 
$C per 1.5. E. W. PETTIT. 
BanHunivlIle, New York 
PEARL GUINEAS, $2.50 Each 
SINCLAIR SMITH. Box 153, Southold, Suffolk Co., N.Y. 
"V; * ^ 30 Eggs, 3.00 
45 hggs or over Six cents eaeh. Booklet free, 
lirookside Poultry Farm, Stockton, N. J, 
S.C. Rhode Island Reds nbw^ yo r'lfsiJows 
two consecutive years. High-grade utility breeding 
lintching. Send for circular. 
MAPLECBOET EABMS, Box R. Pawling,N.Y. 
VIBERT RED EGGS SMSW 
Eggs from Special Pen of Vibert’s S. 0. 
Reds, raised direct from Vibert’s Reds of 
2.54-271 trap-nest records. 83 per 15. 
OVERBROOK POULTRY FARM, Marlborough-on-Hudson, N. T. 
MAHOGANY STRAIN REDS 
Single combs only. F'or years I have selected F all 
and Winter layers for breeders, mated to ricli Mahog¬ 
any-colored m:iles. Eggs from utility matings.81.60 
per 15: 84 per 50: 87 per 100. Write for circular. 
B. auACKENBUSH, Box 400. Darien, Conn. 
