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^he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 2, 1918 
PARK & TILFORD 
beg to announce that the MAMMOTH INCUBATORS of 48,000 EGG 
CAPACITY will be fully operated during the Hatching Season at their 
LAURELTON FARMS 
LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY 
We are now booking orders for Hatching Eggs and Baby Chicks, and the 
demand is so great that orders must be placed at once so that we may be 
able to guarantee deliveries. 
Our Single Comb White Leghorn Breeders will weigh four pounds and upwards. These 
birds are bred to produce Large, Marketable White Eggs, the entire supply of which is 
sold by PARK & TILFORD’S STORES in New York. 
Correspondence solicited and visitors are cordially invited 
Send today for booklet and price list 
LAURELTON FARMS, Box R, LAKEWOOD, N. J. 
Eggs for Hatching and Day-Old Chicks 
Hatching eggs from fully matured, carefully mated farm raised birds, selected 
for their prolific laying (jualities and vigor. AVe can supply eggs in any quantity, 
in season, from our matings of 
Single Comb White Leghorns, While Plymouth Rocks and 
Mammoth Pekin Ducks, Day-Old Chicks 
We can supply in any <niantity from oiir While I’hjmouth Encla ntid S. C. 
White J^eghonis; Dait-OUi Ihieh-linys we can supply in limited quantities. 
jvrite for Price List BRANFORD FARMS, GrotoH, Conn. 
Baby 
Chicks 
Wesley Grinnell 
Sod us, W. Y. 
S. C. IV. Leghorns 
R,&S, Reds 
B, Rocks 
pUREBRED. 
‘ Strong, Livable. 
From heavy-laying, 
healthy, free range 
stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
Eggs for Hatching 
S o UfUITC I rPUADIIC Tom Itarron Strain 
• v. tilliiC LCUflUKRa $ 7.50 per hundred 
SPECKLED. RED AND LIGHT SUSSEX »lO per 
FROM IMPORTED STOCK hundred 
Red Jacket Poultry Farm, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
Ferris White Leghorns 
2OO EGG STRAIN. EGGS, CHICKS 
PUUEIS, HENS. BREEDING MALES 
articles. 
Satisfaction or money buck. 40-i)age catalog free. 
PniilfruQnnnliao and etjuiiuneiit. Everything 
lUUITry uUppilBo from legbands to incubators. 
T'ree c.italog gives lowest prices on iiundreas of 
bKOKtlE B. FKKKIS,9il5 I’liion, Brand Kapids, BIlcli. 
FOli SALE OK EXCHANGE FOR HEAVIER BREEDS 
50 S.C.W. LEGHORN PULLETS 
15 yearling: tiens, 1 cnck, 4 cockerels. Pure Barron strain, 
imported (iireet I’l/nt.l POl'LTKY f tUM, Apaiaehtn N, T. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
Dav-oM Chicks 
from utility stock. 
Custom hatching. 
E. C. Woolver, Richfield Spa., N. Y. 
Hatching Eggs Sryr.'o’dTct'S 
White Leghorn*. They m e mated both for Prolific 
laying and Vigor, We ean supply in any qnantily 
at reasonable prices. WEWAPPO FARM, Midvale. N. J. 
s. c. w. legh o rns 
****^^“***S “SS® Stock imported direct 
from Tom Barron. Pedigreed eggs from hen* with 
contest records 201 to 236 eggs. Proven sire, dam's 
record, 275 egg*. Also other hatching egg*. Prices 
reasonable. Circular, W. E. ATKINSON, WallinDford, Ct. 
Eggs 
and 
Chicks 
Bred from my heavy I--L-.-- 
laying strain of 8. O. \V. LognOrnS 
A few good cockei'el*. Let me book 
your orders for eggs or chicks early. 
It trill insure delivery when desired. 
Mating list free. C. M. LONtTE- 
NlCCKEJt. Box 50, Idl/aliptlitown, Ph. 
T ho Pniiltrv Fnrm MANAGED UNDER THE CORNELL 
ne rouiiry rarm methods over ten years. 
K.ABY CHICKS ANO HATCHING EGGS 
from onr heavy-laying strain. S. C. W H 1 T E 
I. E C H O K N S. Place your order at once. We 
gn.’irantee safe arrival of baby chicks. 
Stoiiywold Poultry Farm, Geueseo, N. Y. 
LINCOLN LEGHORNS 
STAND FOR EGCS 
at Storrs 1913-1914 they won the egg-laying contest, 
ten hens laying 2088 egg*. At Storrs 1915-1916—leaii- 
iiig Leghorn pen—2034 eggs. At Vineland 1916-1917 
the Shiirt* and Voegtlen pen direct from me wei o 
! liiird with 2115 eggs. This is the stock U want. 
Hatching eggs, chick* and stock for sale. 
Francis F. Lincoln, ML Carmel, Conn. 
Mattituck 
Egg* and chicks from selected breeders—one and 
two years old. on free range—the result of 3 yrs. 
t aii-n*sting and selective breeding—m.ated to cock¬ 
erels bred from 200 to 252-egg liens and 200 to 288-ogg 
cocks. We have I. 811 O hens of our own breeding. 
"We positively do not sell any eggs or chicks which are not 
produced by our own stock on our own farm." Circular. 
ABTHXrBH. Penny, Box Y. Mattituck, N Y. 
EGGS WHITE LEGHORNS CHICKS 
Do you want the best for your foundation stock, 
or new blood for your flock? Then order from an 
Old Established Breeder. We are not a Hatchery. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS ONLY. 
Our prices are as low as can consistently be 
named under present conditions. 
Spring Water Poultry Farm, R. F. D. No. 1 Stockton, N. J. 
45% in November 
Ours.C. REDS led first 4 weeks of N. A.CoiitestfDela- 
wni-e oflicial) with 46% production against 15% 
averaire for the 100 pens. W c hi-ced liens foregg-lype 
as dairymen lu-ecd cows for milk. Our S. C. Wliito 
eve unmatched. Ben “A ” 
headed by son of S14-egg 
hen, “B” by gi-andsons. 
Hatching eggs LEGHORNS or REDS —Pen A. bens250 
to 280 egg-type, $5 lor 16, t25 for 100. Pen B, liens200 to 
2.60 egg-tyi>e, $3 for 15; tlO for 100. Pen C. bens 160 to 
200 cBK-type. $10 for 100. Tho BiST is tho ciiEAPfSl. Catalog. 
HOPEWELL FARMS, • Box 161-R, Hopewell, N. J. 
LEGHORNS 
SingleCombWhiteLeghorns^swdi; 
YOUNQ AND BARRON STRAINS, WITH ECO 
RECORDS UP TO 274 EGCS IN ONE YEAR. 
3.000 breeders on free farm range. Inoculated and free 
from Iic-e, the finest lot I ever owned. Now booking oi-- 
dvrs for Bai)y Chick.s, March and April delivery. Capa¬ 
city, 10 to 12.000 weekly Eggs for hatching now ready in 
anv Quantity. Order well in advance tlii.s year as demand 
will lar exceed the supply. My Book •'Preliti in Poultry Kesp- 
ing Solved,” free with all $10 orders. Circulars free. 
EDGAK BUI6C8, Box 75, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN 
CHICKS AND EGGS FOR HATCHING 
from selected hens on free grass range having trap- 
nest record of 68 per cent during Dec.; muted with 
Tom Barron ckls. from 283-egg hens. Oandec hatched 
ciiick and eggs 90 per cent fertility. Send for 
li.ating list. 
TUORD WHITE LEGHORN FARM 
W. F. DROUT. Prop.. Box 296, St. James, L. I., N.Y. 
P ARADISE Breeders of Heavy Laying Poultry- Trap Nested 
All I TDV Q C* WHITE LEGHORNS 
WUUIKT 9. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
FARM BUFF PLY. ROCKS. 200-EgK Strain 
Day-Old Chicks. Hatchlns snd Stock for 
Sale. Our 1918 Circular h-ree. Box B, PARADISE, PA. 
A d IJf a I I S. c. w. leghorn chicks 
• D. rlALL 0 2,000 WEEKLY 
Our pens at Storrs Contest have been among the 
leaders for three suece.ssive years. Breeding cocker¬ 
els. - A. li. HALI. 1 , Wttllinjfford, Conn. 
S.C.W, L,- MIORNS 
WYCKOFF Sl.cAIN DIRECT 
Tile strain th.Qt lays many large White Eggs. 
.F. M. CASE, . Gilboa, New York 
S. C. Black Leghorn Cockerels 
GEORGE R. D.AVIS, Queenstown. Armstrong Co., Pa. 
/IflV^IAO S. O. W. Leghorns, 11c. Money 
I HI* 1 %'N refunded for dead ohicks. Oircular free 
Uiil ViVlJ W. A. LAUVER, McAlisterville, Pa, 
Acme Quality ecgs 
S. C. W. Leghorns and 8. C. Rhode Island Reds from 
Heavy-laying Strains. Catalog. WY-HARFARM. R. I. Denton, Md. 
Gilbert Farm School 
day-old chicks, custom hatcliing. 
S. C.WHITE LEG. 
HORNS. Eggs, 
Georgetown, Conn, 
S. C. White LEGHORNS 
heavy-laying utility strain; line bred for tho 
last ten years for egg production, late moulting, 
size and vigor. Day-old chicks and hatching 
eggs for sale. Circular on request. 
Broad Brook Farm. Bedford Hills, N. Y. 
n !• SINGEECOMB 
Simshine White Leghorns 
Eggs, chicks and stocl;. Trapnest recoids up to2.'>6. 
Circular free. SUNSHINE POULTRY FARM, Ridgely, Md. 
Barron’sS. C. W. Leghorns 
All breeders two and tliree.years old and pure Bar¬ 
ron iilood jiiid selected layers. Send for cat.-ilogue. 
Ohicks, 8818 per hundred. Eggs for hatching. 
TViusur Earm, Acuslinet Station. New Bedford, Mass. 
Hampton’s Black Leghorns 
Day-Old Chicks and Eggs. Uot my free circular befoi-eyou 
order cliicks. Tells why' the BLACK LEGHORN is the greatest 
layers and most profitable breed on eai-tli. Write today. 
Also WhiteheghornChicks. A.E. HAMPTOH.Boi H. Pillslown, N. J 
DAY-pLD-CHIX legVuVrnI 
A Superior Strain. 30 years bred for egga Customers re¬ 
port 60 % average winter egg yield. 180 average for year. 
ITice list on request. MILLBROOK FARM, Alfred Station, N. Y. 
CHICKS 9c. and up. broilers, m^ney back 
for dead ones as far as Colorado, Texas and 
Maine. 1st hatch March 20tli. Cockerels 
cheap. Pamphlet free. 
SANDY KNOLL HATCHERY, C. M. L.vuaer, 
Prop., Box. 73, McAlisterville, Pa.- 
Light Brahmas-THE WAR BREED 
The government wants meat and one can get 
it as well as eggs from our Brahmas. They 
weigh, lay and pay. Chicks, $23 per lOO. 
Eggs for hatcliing. Send for our catalogue. 
WINSOR FARM, Acushnet Station, New Bsdiord, Mass, 
The Henyard 
— - ~ ^ 
Grinder for Hen Manure lard duck, which iu a state of nature lays 
Ilaviug a formula for “a home-mixed 
fertilizer which called for hen manure 
among other ingredieuts, and since it i.s 
necessary that the manure be ground fine 
enough to pass readily through planter or 
diill, I decided to built a grinder for the 
purpose from some materials I had on 
hand. I used the cylinder and concave 
from an old disfuirded threshing machine. 
A framework was constructed of 8 by 
4 inch stuff about .5 inches wide and 3 
inches high, and long enough to allow 
the cylinder to turn freely between top 
cross-pieces on which shaft of cylinder 
' is mounted, as shown in accompanying 
illustration. The concave was set with 
all teeth in place as close to cylinder as 
might be and still allow free turning of 
cylinder. 
A hopper (A) was then built above 
cylinder through which the coarse manure 
was fed into the machine. The top and 
Diagram of Grinder for Hen Manure 
all sides except the rejir (B) were then 
enclosed; this being left open to facili¬ 
tate shoveling out the ground manure. 
The machine was then belted to light 
power. It worked pei foctly and kept two 
men as busy as any two men want to be. 
The product was a finely ground manure 
that, when mixed with the other ingred¬ 
ients of our fertilizer, ran freely through 
both oiu* grain drill and the fertilizer at¬ 
tachment of our corn planter. Of cour.se 
the operator should put into the machine 
only clean hen manure that has been 
taken from dropping boards and kept dry. 
New York. A. J. dunckel. 
Duration of Fertility 
Some experiments were made at the 
Missouri lOxperiment Station as to how 
soon after the introduction of a male bird 
the eggs would become fertile; also as to 
the length of time the fertility persisted 
after the male bird was removed. Five 
pens containing 10 hens each were used. 
Into each of these pens a male bird was 
put, left for one day, then removed. Four 
eggs fx'om each pen were tested for fer¬ 
tility each day for twenty days. The 
first day after the male was removed, not 
an egg was fertile; the second three out. 
of the 20 eggs tested, Avere fertile; the 
third day 14, the fourth day I2.‘the fifth 
day 13, the sixth day IG, and the succeed¬ 
ing days the fertility ran, 15, 14, 13, 8, 
9, 10, 9, 11, 8, 6, 3, 2, 2, 1. On the 
twenty-first day not an egg of the 20 
tested was fertile. It is worthy of notice 
that it was sir days after the male mas 
tahen atcay, that the highest fertility was 
reached. I think this fact will he a sur¬ 
prise to most poultrymen, or at least to 
those who have paid but little attention 
to the geuerath'e process iu egg produc- 
tion. 
The Missouri experiment is a very in¬ 
conclusive one, owing partly to the fact 
that only part of the eggs weie tested. I 
have heard of eggs being fertile 27 days 
after the male was remoA'ed, and do uot 
doubt it. No exact date could ever be de¬ 
termined Avhen fertility would cease, for 
there are so many changeable factors. It 
would depend iiartly on the number of 
hens with the male, partly ou the breed, 
on the time of the year, on the feed and 
very largely on the temperament of the 
male. 
Test for Broodiness.—^Two pens of six 
Black TiCghoru pullets, same blood, all 
conditions precisely alike, except that one 
pen hiid a nest full of china eggs to fon¬ 
dle ciich time they went to lay. The re¬ 
sult is surprising. In GO days uot a single 
bird, went broody of the six without nest 
eggs; while of the six with,a .pest full of 
china eggs, there were ttovtve .s.’A'lis, ' 
hroodiness, three of the pullets''t^Vfu'!r 
broody three times in the GO days. This* 
goes to show that broodip^ss .is a mental 
state, and not owing to her having “laid 
out her clutch of eggs.” as many think. 
Hence the value of removing her to dif¬ 
ferent surroundings getting her mind off 
the sub.iect. 
Dr. Raymond Pearl, in his very valua¬ 
ble work entitled “The Mode of Inheri¬ 
tance of Fecundity in the Domestic 
Fowl,” gives some astonishing instances 
of increased laying by removal of the egg 
as .soon-as laid. The cvmmon wild mal- 
12 to 18 eggs, by removing the eggs has 
been made to hiy 80 to 100 eggs, Ilauke, 
a German writer, by removing the eggs, 
got 48 iu succe.ssion from the common 
wryneck, and Wenzel succeeded in get¬ 
ting 51 eggs from the common house spar¬ 
row, by removing the eggs each day. This 
ought to do away with the old supersti¬ 
tion about the necessity of ne.st eggs. In 
the case of the two pens of Black I-eg- 
horns cited above, the .six without nest 
eggs laid iu the GO days. 275 eggs; while 
the six with nest eggs laid only 145; so 
much time Avas lost by hroodiness, to¬ 
gether with the fact that one of the 
second lot Avas a very poor layer; she laid 
but 10 eggs in the two months, and did 
uot go broody. geo. a. Cosgrove. 
Nux Vomica and Hawks 
The solution of the Avhole matter is 
this: Nux vomica is extremely hitter, 
and fed continuously and promi.scuously 
it no doubt imparts to -the flock of the 
chickeus fed to a very bitter flavor, mak¬ 
ing the chickens less palatable to the.se 
birds of prey. IlaAA'ks soon learn, and 
after a few “bitter pieces” seek their 
food elscAvhere. Y'oii might parallel it to 
tarred corn, or turnips fed to milking 
COAVS. AVALTER E. DAY. 
^liissachusetts. 
This may be the true solution, at any 
late it is important enough to warrant 
some careful work by the scientists. 
AILING ANIMALS 
.Worms 
I have a bulldog which is greatly 
troubled Avith maAV-worms. I have given 
him tapeAA’orin and stomach-AVorm cap 
sales, Avhich have Avorked with good re 
suits, hut for some reason I cannot rid 
him of this troublesome maAV-Avorm. Can 
you give me any remedy for them? 
^Massachusetts. MRS. IT. S. D. 
Taa’o or three times a week give the 
dog a rectal injection of a pint of luke 
Avarm decoction of four ounces of 
quassia poAA’der or chips in one gallon of 
boiling Avater to stand for 12 hours cov¬ 
ered before .straining for use. Also treat 
intcniiilly by giAuug one dram *of freshly 
lioAvdcred kjimala iu .soup or cream after 
starving the dog for at least IS hours. 
If Avornis continue to appear, repeat both 
treatments after an interval of one week. 
A. s. A. 
Ringworm; Dishorning 
1. Our cow.s are afflicted Avith rough 
places on their bodies which seem to itch. 
Apparently these places spread, some 
of them being as large as a dollar now, 
Avhereas a mouth ago they were so small 
as to hardly be noticeable. We have 
been putting sulphur mixed with grease 
on the spots, bnt do not seem to be 
getting rid of them. Can you tell what 
the trouble is and advise us of a cure? 
2. We have three calves, three, seAmn 
and eight weeks old, and w'e Avould like 
to stop the groAvth of their horns if you 
can sugge.st a safe manner of treatment. 
New York. c. K. N. 
1. The disease is ringworm, caused by 
a vegetable parasite which lives on damp 
walls and AvoodAvork as well as on the 
skin. Saturate the scabs and crusts Avith 
oil until they can be perfectly removed 
by scrubbing Avith soap and hot Avater. 
Then paint the spots Avith tincture of 
iodine for a week. Cleanse, disinfect, 
AvliitcAvash. light and ventilate the stables. 
Also disinfect and whiteAvash or paint 
all ohjp( i . upon which the cattle haA^h 
been rubbing. 2. It is too late to pre¬ 
vent growth of the horns AA’ith chemicals, 
and it noAV will be necessary to remoA'C 
them Avith a speciiil gouge or wait until 
they groAv out, Avhen they can be removed 
Avith a dishorning saAv or shears. 
A. s. A. 
Blood in V y 's 
I have a coav that passed about a spoon 
fill of blood from the rectum 10 days ago. 
Today I noticed a small clot apparently 
mixed Avitli mucus. This also came from 
the rectum. She seems to have a pro¬ 
pensity to chew ou an old bone if she 
can find one in the field. Thinking .she 
might need salt I gave her some before 
I iiad expected to in the regular course 
of events. Can you give me any idea of 
the cause and seriousness of this blood 
passing? J- M. ll. 
Montana. 
.^'iiacow ra pint dose of raAV lin- 
secc xi- -i,repeat the dose in 24 hour-s 
if it dbe„. oiot move the boAV'els freely. 
F'?Pd mixed rations, including bran and 
flaxseed meal. If possible, allow roots 
or sound corn silage to regulate the 
bowels. It is likely that the condition of 
the bowels has been caused by prolonged 
feeding on coarse, dry roughtage. Frosted 
or moldy feed also may cause it and 
unless such feed is stopped and the irrita¬ 
tion subsides the coav may die. Allow 
free access to salt, slaked lime and char¬ 
coal.. - , ■ . A- s. A. 
