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“She RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 0, 10IS 
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Machines $'ll 
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Unproved Parcel 
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New Flats and Fillers 
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H, K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Sired, New York 
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more eggs; larger, more vigorous chlckst 
heavier fowls, by feeding cut bone. 
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F.W.MANN CO.. Box 15 MILFORO.MASS. 
S.C.REDS and WHITE WYANDOHES 
Trap-Ncsfcd—200 Egg Strain 
Our S. C. Reds and White Wyandottes are of the Highest Quality 
FOR EGG PRODUCTION AND EXHIBITION 
Our Reds hold first place of the S. C. Reds in the North American Egg-Laving Contest. 
Our ■\Vliito Wyandottes have won many first prizes at the Philadelphia and Madison 
Square Garden Shows. We liave been breeding White Wyandottes for 21 vear.s and S. C. 
Reds for 5 year.s. ^Ve can supply you with either stock or eggs. Cockerels. $5. $8 and $10 
each. Eggs $0 per 15, $5 per 30, $13 per 100, $100 per 1000. No dav-old chicks for sale. 
CHESTER COUNTY POULTRY FARM, Box 5 POTTSTOWN, PA. 
______ 'V**' • 
THE HENYARD 
A Venerable Laying Hen 
I saw some time back in The R. N.-Y. 
an article on the age at tvlucli a hen 
eease.s laying. .T. P. Delphy, a blacksmith 
in onr town, ha.s a Seabright Bantam hen 
IS year.s old that laid l.T eggs last Sum¬ 
mer. She is as spry and active as a last 
year’s pullet. I have seen her many 
times, and know it to be so. ,T. D. ENGF.L. 
R. X.-Y.—Shall we hand the blue rib¬ 
bon to this little old lady, or can some¬ 
one heat the record? 
Poor Laying 
T hav(‘ 100 year-old hens and 100 pul¬ 
lets. S. ('. White Leghorns; also .^0 S. C. 
R. I. Red pullets. The hens feathered 
late, but most of them arc fully feathe_red 
and look as though they should be laying, 
but are not. I get only a few eggs a day 
from them. They laid vei’y well a year 
ago. The White pullets laid from 20 to 
no eggs a day in November and early De¬ 
cember, but have gradually fallen off to 
five and eight a day. The last few days I 
notice some of them are molting, es¬ 
pecially about the neck. The Reds do not 
seem to he molting, but do not lay an egg. 
These pullets were all hatched the first 
week in April. The chickens all seem to 
he well and anxious for their feed, though 
the.v do not seem quite as active as other 
years. My pullets have always been lay¬ 
ing well this time of the year, the number 
of eggs increasing right along. I had to 
he from home from the early part of Octo¬ 
ber to the fifth of December. When I 
left I fed daily some sweet corn that was 
.iust a little too hard for cooking on the 
cob. I also had a lot of sweet corn that 
was left to get hard, and when husked 
was 30 bushels ( u the cob. This I had 
expected to feed gradually through the 
Winter, a little each day with the yellow 
corn, but the man in charge did not under¬ 
stand and continued feeding the hard corn 
as he had the soft, and it was all used be¬ 
fore my return. They had this sweet corn 
in addition to their full rations. Is there 
anything about the sweet corn that would 
affect the laying of the hens or were they 
simply overfed? Would this cause the 
pullets to molt? Can you toll me how to 
feed to bring the pullets out of the molt 
and bring quicker returns in eggs, or 
would you advise selling the pullets at 
20 cents a pound (all I can get for them) 
at present prices of feed? I am feeding 
grain by weight, two parts corn and one 
each of oats and the best wheat screen¬ 
ings, a quart a day to 12 hens, and on 
cold nights a little additional corn. I give 
one-fourth the grain feed mornings and 
throe-fourths at night. The dry mash 
kept before them all the time is two lbs. 
bran, one 11). middlings, one lb. gluten and 
one lb. meat scrap. c. K. E. 
Pennsylvania. 
Sweet corn would not hurt pullets, 
though they would not develop as fast if 
given an excess of corn in their ration. 
If they are really molting, however, it is 
an indication of rather too rapid forcing 
through the Summer and Fall. An excess 
of meat food will thus “ripen” pullets pre¬ 
maturely and cause early laying and pre¬ 
mature molting. I know of nothing that 
can he fed to bring early returns in eggs 
except a well-balanced ration that will 
supply all of the needs of the birds. Meat 
food is stimulating to egg production, but 
it should not be used in excess, and is not 
likely to be at present pidces. Your pro¬ 
portion of one-fifth the mash is ample, 
and perhaps a little more than ample at 
the present time. To sell good pullets 
now at 20 cents per pound would be to 
sacrifice pretty heavily. The time is 
prett.v close at hand when all pullets 
should lay w’cll and eggs are still high in 
price. No one knows what the Spring and 
Summer prices will he, hut it ought not 
to take excessive hardihood now to take 
the risk of making a profit during the 
coming Spring and Summer. If the pul¬ 
lets were mine, I should keep them. 
ir. B. D. 
Ailing Pullets 
When my [uillets were about . 31/2 
months old the.v got the cliickenpox; then”, 
about a month after I saved a greater 
part of theiUj from this disease they 
started molting. The.v were then about 
five months old and had not begun laying. 
I would like to know what caused this 
molting. At that time I bought my mash 
and grains ready mixed; now I mix it 
myself. Tliey are now about 7i/^ months 
old and are .iust beginning to lay. They 
are White Wyandottes; I have about 70 
of them. E. F. K. 
New .Terse.v. 
GREENDALE FARMS 
Day-Old Chicks Hatching Eggs 
GILLEAD STRAIN 
S. C. White Leghorns 
utility matings of carefully selected yearlinpr 
hens with records of 120 to 150 egas mated to 
cockerels from hiph pedigree strain. 
PEDIGREE MATINGS of two-yearold hens with 
records of IfiO to 200 eggs, mated to cockerels 
f I'oin pedierree record of 210 to 2.58. 
Pisco your orders now for baby chjtffcs and hatch¬ 
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" QUALITY GUARANTEED ” 
Greendale Farms Poultry Dept. Greendale, N. Y. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants, Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking purposes. 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, Granes, Storks, Rw.ans, 
Ornamental l)ucks and Gee.se, Bears, Fo.xes, Hac- 
coon. Squirrels, and all kinds of l)irds and animals. 
WM. J. MACKENSEN. Naturalist. Dept. 10. Yardley, Pa 
White WyandottesSr 
Eggs for hatching from this W'orld’s famous stand- 
ard-i)red utility strain from very clioice farm ran go 
breedoi'S at $10 per 100— SB per 50—$2 per 15. As tho 
supply is less than the demand place your order at 
once. E. B. UNDERHILL," Old Orch.ril Ftrin," Poughkeepiie, H. r. 
White Wyandottes' 
COCKERELS. PULLETS 
AND COCKS 
Strong, vigorous hreeders, hred from trap-nested 
stock. A. L.. VKKKEANl), NUTLiEY, N. J. 
WhiteWyandotteCockerel8iewel"tr!seiJ^^ 
dams were sired by .John S. 
‘ Sensation." at S.'S each. 
. Goslieu, New York 
raised birds whose 
.Martin's champion 
L. O. QUIGLEY', 
White Wyandotte Cockerels Won fii'8tih>itility atN.Y. 
ritatc F'alr. Middlebrook PouitryFarm.MissMarionl.M.ore.Haniburg.N.r. 
Barron's White Wyandottes eLh!t7oXlnt. 2.1% h?. 
lARADISE Breeders of Heavy laying Poultry* Trap Nested 
Iaiii -tdv Q G. white leghorns 
'OULTRY O. W. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
FARM buff ply. rocks, 200-Egg strain 
_ Day-Old Chicks. Hatchinir Klfifs and Stock for 
Sale. Our 1918 Circular Fre«. Box B. PARADISE, PA. 
TIFFANY’S 
Superior 
CHICKS 
SILVER WHITE AND COLUMBIAN WYAN- 
DOHES. REDS. BARRED ROCKS. BAR¬ 
RON'S LEGHORNS, PEKIN AND ROUEN 
DUCKLINGS. A1 <1 h a in Poultry 
Farm, R, 34, Phoonixville, I'a. 
Males and pullets—White Leghorn 
Males. I’arks Barred Bock CoekereLs. 
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RnnffRnn«for« ROCKS. REDS. WYANDOnES. MINORCAS. 
UOOanOOSIBrS leghorns and others. Big Illustrated 
circular free. JOHN E. HEATWOLE, Harritonburn, Virgnia 
RiiH R noL BREEDERS. Improve your Flock with one of our 
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Ot.iA IndAliioIono Fine stock for sale. Eggs for hatch- 
DIUB AnUulUSienS Ing. R. a. DEKRy.ltnrlingtou, Vermont 
WkharmHDnRoooo AIS'1> GANDF.KS FOK* SALE, 
n llllo CIIIUcll Uccoc Boy your breeding stock now. 
- _ 
MAPLE COVK I'OUL'ntV YAKBS, 
K. 2, Athkxs, Pa. 
BRONZE TURKEYS 
Largest in U. S. 
F. n. GABNSEY% . Clayton, N. Y. 
For Sale-PureBred Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 
from prize-winning stock. Ijarge frame: good bone; 
hoautifnl plumage. Miss IDA CHUMBLEY, Draper,Virginia 
Mrs. E. j. niDEK 
Rodman, New York 
iluEr; MammothBronzoTurkeys 
stamp. I. a. WHEEUR, Maplewo.d Farm, R. F. 0. 2, Maiseni, N. V 
TiirlffiVR nUCKS, GEESE at Special Prices during fall 
I Ul R0j3 months. Write yo;ir wants. A Iso cavies and 
hares. 11. A. Soutler, Box 29. Sellersvillo, I’a. 
Pure Bred White Hoiiand Turkeys 
Eggs for Hatching 
S A ufuiTC f rftllADIIC Tom Itarron Strain 
• v.lwnllL LCunUlfliO $7.50 per huntlretl 
SPECKLED. RED AND LIGHT SUSSEX 810 per 
FROM IMPORTED STOCK hundred 
Red Jacket Poultry Farm, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
248-‘JC0-‘.’84-314-6gg strain. 4 yearling hens and 1 
cockerel for $10. Eggs, *5 to St5 per Li. 
K. CP.YUDK JONES, - Craryville, N. Y'. 
Trap Nest 
Records 
have had printed 
””011 cardboard 11^x7 
neat and complete trap- 
nest record. Printed 
both sides—25 each side. 
Will send 12 for 10c. 
W. F.W., care Rural New-Yorker 
^3 West 30th Street, New' York 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
I rhiubt if tho.s;? pullots wero rcall.v 
moltiujj; that is. replacing permanent 
plumage with new. Pullets often shed 
their temporary feathers so fast in the 
Fall as to give the appearance of real 
molting, the ground beneath perches or 
trees where the.v roost in large numbers 
being often pretty well covered with their 
feathers. This is particularly noticeable 
ill the case of white fowls. If the Wyan¬ 
dottes are laying at IVo months they are 
doing pretty well and could not have gone 
through :i real molt. M. B. D. 
Those purchasing eggs for batching 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 some¬ 
times rough handling by the express companies 
or exposure to heat and cold causes damage. 
That eggs fail to hatch or chicks die is not con¬ 
clusive evidence of bad faith on the part of the 
sellerj^and we shall not consider claiihs on that 
basis. To avoid controversy buyer and seller 
should have a definite understanding as to the 
responsibility assumed in case cf dissatisfaction. 
