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c«iifo°nis copper tanks, double walls, 
R*dwoo(i y space, double glass * 
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•-Wisconsin Incubator Co., Box ae Racine, Wis. 
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The Stockton 
— Hatchery -- 
^Vt; are producers of 
specially strong, health}^ 
Baby Chicks 
strictly thoroughbred and Guaranteed 
Quality which is above the ordinary. 
Let the “Chicks That Pay from Hens 
That Lay” be your the Standard of 
Quality which you may prefer. 
Prompt shipments, full count and 
safe arrival guaranteed. 
TREE 1918 Catalog FREE Price List 
The Stockton Hatchery 
Box Y Stockton, N. J. 
WAR BABIES 
S.CRED-BARRON LEGHORN , 
tWtTQuALirv - rmLCouwT - 5.fl Deli VEBY 
Do you .~.nT ChixVullofP.p"? 
HAtchniq IhoT 
V4ik us fully for PricesXlatT».«k_ 
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Barron White Wyandoffes w.'sV xo 
clii.ks. K.AX.SO.U FAKM, GKNPIVA, OHlO 
Pedigree White Wyandottes 
Hens scored ICi to 1135^ with 
Ollieial Pecorda. 
EGGS $7.50‘and $10 per lOO 
R. W. STEVENS STILLWATER, N. Y. 
EGGS and CHICKS from May’s Utility Bred 
S. r. tVlute Leghorn, t'ireular Free. 
KOSS (i. 3IAY, . .Souiler.sbur{j, I’a. 
Barron White Leghorn Eggs Sulefteil hroeilers.liee Ibingi-. 
oo jjaics (liiins :!la egg record. 
$1 per (i per loi> pir-paid. Wm. 0. Seidel, Strawberry Ridge, Pa. 
Barron200 -Ep®' CliicksiuMay 
i rate jirices. X 
• na KuiLL-aaieeu eLreaereis. _ _^ 
•56 and hatching cggsaspocialtyat ino.l- 
S’KLSON DKWEY, Middlepl 
eoirr, New Youk 
W^hite Chinese Goose Eggs 
from iiilult stock, 40(;ti. each: 8 for S3. Koueii Duck 
Kggs $2 per 11. S. C. Ked Pyle Leghorn Eggs. $2 per 
IJ. GKO. K. HOWELiL, Spruce Farm, Howells, N. Y. 
MottlfiH Anrnna« Blue bell Ilriln. Eggsfor hilching SI.IO—IS 
ITIUlllCU AHUOnaS S5.50-I00. Gea.K. Bowdish, Eiperance, R.Y. 
AnOnrmQ the wonders of winter Layers. 
. «2.60 per 15. 
IKAXK ML CAXTO, IStone House, N. Y. 
Storrs Ration; Wyandottes as Layers 
M ill you toll ino tho exact dry mash 
and .scratch grain mixture that is fed at 
Storr.s*, Conn.? AVhat meat scraps is 
used/ I would like also to know their 
.sy.stem of feeding, i. e., the routine feed¬ 
ing for each day. Is it true that Wliite 
Kocks as a breed are not as good Winter 
layers in their pullet year as the Wyan- 
dottes and Keds? I have noticed that in 
the egg-laying contests this seems’ to he 
11. K. I). 
.Massachusetts. 
In tlie fifth anmiaT laying conte.st at 
Storrs the scratch grain consisted of 
eipial ])iirts hy weight of cracked corn and 
wheat, and the mash of eipial jiarts hj' 
Weight of cornmeal, wheat bran, flour 
middlings, ground oats, and meat. The 
meat food <-oiisisted of eipial jiarts of meat 
scrap and fish scrap, though it was 
tlionght that either one might as well 
have been used as the mixture, I do not 
know the pm-centage composition of tlie 
scrap used and presume that it w:is not 
I'onstant in different mixtures. 'I'lio 
scralch grain wa.s fed in the litter, the 
greater part being given in the afternoon 
before dark. Sometimes a little grain was 
fed at intervals through the forenoon to 
keep the fowls hn.sy. The dry mash was 
kejit hid’ore the pullets in sfoiie crocks, a 
wire grid being jilaccd upon the feed to 
kei'p the fowls from scratching it out of 
th(‘ crock. Water, grit, .shell and charcoiil 
wa.s always accessible. 
I do not think that, as a breed, flic 
A\ yandotti's can be said to he snpm’ior as i 
pullet layers to the IMynionth Itock.s. A 
thing of that kind could not he demon- ! 
strafi'd hy a laying <‘oi(T(*sr, nor I'veii hy a 
seri(*.s of them ; there are too many pos- 
.s-ihle causes of variation in flocks and 
breeds. If it i.s tlie consensus of opinion 
that White Ko(;ks do not lay as well in 
tlieir imllet year as White AVyaiidoftes I 
do not knoAv of it, and 1 should not he 
too ready to accept consensus of opinion 
as authority. Majorities are not always 
riglit hy any meam,-. it. H. l). 
QUALITY and SERVICE 
The broad liemand for Kerr’s Baby Chicks is rbe rooit of A-l (uialify stock and 
intelligent, careful service to every customer. 
THE F.4MOUS KERR CIIICK 
will please and satisfy you. They come from vigorous, healthy, bred-to-lay flocks 
are properly hatched in modern incubators operated by experts. T'bat is why they 
live and grow. We are now shipping 15,000 to 20,000 each week. 
TWENTY THOUSAND READY FOR SHIPMENT MARCH 18-26 
S. C. White Leghornii . 
Barred Rocka .... 
Rhode Island Reds . . 
White Plymouth Rocks 
25 Chicks 
50 Chicks 
$4.26 
$7.60 
5.60 
10.00 
6.60 
10.00 
6.75 
13.00 i 
100 Chicks 
$15.00 
20.00 
20.00 
25.00 
Terms Cash with order. Can not ship C. O. 1) , but will giiarsntoe to deliver the chicks in fir.t 
condition. If any are dead upon arrival will refund your money or replace them free of charRe. 
1 o be sure of RettinR Kerr s Top Notch Quality Chicks order now— CATALOGUE FREE. 
Box 2 
HE KERR CHICKER 
BSiiBlfWmiilMj 
Feeding for Fertility 
Somo poviltrymcn tdaim that feeding 
soft maslms (wet mashes) to lietis mated 
for liatehing eggs will lower the iiercMuit- 
age of fertility. I f<M>d the host com¬ 
mercial scratcli feed in deep litter and 
plan to have the hens <‘at about tin* same 
amount of some good commercial jioullry 
limsh as thc'y do of coarse griiiii. I keeji 
them suiiidied with grit, oystersheli. .-uk] 
charcoal. and_ once a day I give them all 
they tyill didiik of wholi’ milk, soured. 
How is this for a fei'diug jilaii, iind 
Would it lower the fiudility if I mixc'd 
some of the mash witli the sour milk and 
gav(> it to them crumbly and moist? 
.T. it. K. 
It is apparently tlie geneiail opinion 
among ixiultryiueii that liens which are 
fed their ground grain only in dry form 
lay nearly, or iiiiiti*, jis many eggs in the 
year as tliose Avliich have wet mashes, 
iind further, that, their eggs ai'e mori' 
strongly fertile. I know of no reason for 
fills, savi* that liiuis Avill eat more wet 
mash than dry and may, for a time, be 
tliiis forced into greater iiroduetivity. 
High produetivity and liigli fertility do 
not ordinarily go together. Other things 
h(‘ing equal, the hen that loafs through 
the Winter and lays only during the 
natural laying .season in tlie Hpring will 
transmit greater vitality to her ofl'spring 
tlian the one wdiich has lieen giving of 
her reproductive jmwers all Winter. Be¬ 
cause of this, the feeding of wet mashes 
m.ay he_ made injurious from the stand- 
fioint of hatcliability or egg.s and vigor of 
cliicks. If the wet masli i.s giviui only in 
the Siiring, it does not seem likely tii me 
that any stimulating <‘fTect which' it may 
have would h<“ injurious. Ilisivy ia.\ iiig 
then recpiires heavy eating. jr. n. n. 
May Sell All Broilers Up to 2 Pounds 
Weight 
’J’lie I nit(‘d States E’ood Adininistriition 
hjis telegraphed l‘’ederal food administra- 
tor.s- in ail States that tlie proliihltion 
against the sale of live or frivshly killed 
poultry does not apply to broilers weigh¬ 
ing 2 iiounds or less eaeh. The prohibi¬ 
tion against Hie sale of this stock was 
put in force in sin elYort to increase the 
potential egg iiroduction of the eonntrv. 
It remains_ effective until April ,'50. This 
was done in order to previmt rapid dis¬ 
integration of the poultry industry by the 
selling of laying hens. In some parts of 
the country a large proportion of them 
have already been sold beeanse of the high 
price of live poultry. The.se hens should 
be kept on the farm. They should lay 
about 20 eggs eaeh before Mav 1. These 
eggs may he sold or set for hatching. On 
and after May 1 the hens may be sold as 
u.sual. 
MAHOGANY STRAIN REDS 
Sinuli) combs only. For years I have selected Fall 
and Winter layers for breeders, Elated to rich 51 a- 
liOKany colored males. Kggs, $3 for 15; $5.50 
for .50; SIO for lOO. Write for circular. 
I!. QUACKKNBUSH, Box 500, Darien, Conn. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds breeding 
heavy fall and winter layers, have produced a 
strain of utility birds, we honestly believe second 
to none. Eaos: $2 for 15; S6 for 50; $10 for 100. 
KeyiioldH Foultry Farm, So. Norwalk, Conn. 
MORE EGGS 
Onr heavy-layingr trap-nested strains of 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds and Buff Orpingtons 
h.ave done away with guess work in poultry. Free 
liteniture. HICKORY FARM, Ollice 4 Midiion A>e.. Springiield, Mast. 
Allfln ’4 HnrrHnhnal KE1>9. Newport, R.I. Winning Reds 
Hlldll sudruioueai at 1910-17 international Egg Laying 
Contest, average 199 eggs each. liefore placing your or¬ 
der Lvi ite us for price* ou stock, eggsor chicks from pedi¬ 
greed layers. We have nothing but Trap-nested slock. 
.Mr. mid Mrs. A. ALLAN, Jr., Proprietors. Tel- Newport 2B37 
S.C. RhodelslandReds ork shows 
two consecutive years. High-eradeutility breeding 
for hatching. Send for circular. 
IVIA I'l.KCKOFT FAKiilS, Box R, I’awlIngjN. Y. 
R. Itreti to Lay. HlnoRihhon 
winners at J.eading 8how.s. 
Kggs, $1.50 for 15: $S..50 for lOO. 
CATALPA PQULTBY FARM, W. G. Horner, GETTYSBURG, PA. 
S C R I Reds K.KKs, $H-100: $1.,50-15. Healthy. 
Rose Comb Reds 
. (V I B E R T S T R A I N) 
..ol to 2Cy-F,gg r.ates. Hatching Kggs S‘.Jporl5; 
$8 per KtO. 
D. EVERETT JONES, Hillsdale, N. Y 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
Imported Direct. White Eggs Only a,"?';’;';:! 
Four food pen* in succession bred and owned 
by me, made this record: 
^ sreatcHt total weight of drifH; were 2n<l 
in both noinbcr laid and wlntcnetia of ork.h. 
1916-17 at Storrs, tinished 3rd in Lojrhorti cla.ss. 
pen 60, prc.scnt contost report—KxceDtinir 
I’airUcIda Barred Rocks best total last 16 months. 
Have lent no other pens to any contest. 
Halchino Ega*. $ 12.00 per 100 
J. O. LEFEVRE, Wild Rose Farm, New Paltz, N. Y. 
s. c. w. 
Leghorn 
FOR SALE 
Hatching Eggs 
from free range fowls. $1 forDJ; $7 per Too 
Reference: CtU/.ens’ National Bank, Albir)n N 
A. J. Sargent & Son, waterport. N. Y. 
^ businessbred 
English White Leghorns and Anconas 
fromtrap-nested layers. Guarantod 
to please. BooKing orders tiow. Also haicliing 
eggs and stock. No order too small or ton Im-c.r 
HARTMAN POULTRY FARM. Sta. crBox oi^cSiumbuJ, Ohio 
S.C, White Leghorns Ss' 
1900 hens laid ‘JOO.aG 
in January, 1918. 
Cacklemooryarm, Harvey J, Couch, Odessa, N. Y. 
Egg Bred leghorns, pedigreed cockerels with 
° 1 I' I'ecords ..0,5 to 2hn used in matings, tihicks 
and Lggs. Catalog. Lovell Gordon, Esperance, N.Y. 
S C R I Rerfe heavy winter-laying strain. Des- 
0. U. n. I. r\BU3 cemi.ants of Madison .S'Quare Garden 
winners. High grade breeding stock. Hatching 
Lggp. W.L, JTollenberk , Box 174, Hudson, N.Y. 
\ il'cj-t 2:U-:i)l-i-gg strain. Kggs. S 3 per 16: SI O per 100 
( hicks, $25 l.cr 100. A.NXA il. JOXKS, Craryvii.i'k. N. Y; 
Single Comb Rhodelsland Reds n^eerun;;: 
stock and hatcliiiig eggs. Sec I'en Xo. fll, laying contest 
Mountain tirove. Mo. Cream Ridge Poultry Yardi. Cream Ridge. M. J 
S. C. Black Minorcas—R. C. Reds 
Kggs, $8-100; $1.50-1,5. G. C.MlIIer,Oxford, N.J. 
BRED TO LAY> “Regal” W. Wyandottes, chicks 25c 
SELECTED BREEDERS f Barred P. Rocks “ 20c 
MOUNTAIN VIEW POULTRY FARM, Hopewoll Jcl., N.Y. 
**RegaU* (^LIN eQW hite Wyandotte Eggs 
from selected free farm raiigeatock. $3—1.5: $8—ion- 
■JOO or more. $7—100. H. W. BUNK. Germantown. N. y! 
FGK sale: 
Baby Chicks-Single Comb Varieties 
WHITE LEGHORNS, BLACK MINORCAS, RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Also have Pen 47, which was tlie winning Reds at the 
lastluternationalEggLayingf’ontestheld at Storrs, 
t onn., tlie 10 hensluyinglOflO Eggs, average lOOKggs 
per hen. Limited number of these chicks to sell 
Write for circular. A. J. Faucett, Dundee, N.Y 
Barred Rocks 
ORDER YOUR DAY-OLD CHICKS AND EGGS FOR HATCH- 
A r mwee i'll ""’"®' Circular free. 
A. t. JUNh8, Marvel Homestead Farm, Georgetown, Del. 
‘‘Perfection”Barred Rocks (Ringlets) 
Dig vahie for .vour money. Cockerels, $3.50, $4, $5 
and up. Pullets, S2_50 (’omplete price-list of stock 
and egg-< and our 1918 winnings on request. 
I>r. TIAY.5IAN. - DOYLK.STOVVN , I’A . 
Imperial Ringlet Barred Rocks 
Eggs: 15 $3; 30—$5; 100—$15. Also Parkes heavy- 
m-bVa? Tlioinpson’s at aliovo 
puces. X. II. BACORN, .Sergeantsville, N. J. 
BARRED ROCK EGGS 
White Rock Eggs^s^JaT?” 
of iirize-winning stock. Eggs, 1.5—$1 5Q- ;t0—$2 59 
MAPLE LAWN POULTRY YARDS, Sergeant'svi lle. N. j! 
Evergold Buff Rocks ^V'^mer’s Favorite Fowl. 
, 11 * V.- L . Hecord Kill to 240 Eggs 
kfV'Vx P®*- Too 
KLKijlN lAltJlh, boUTII POTTSTOWX, J’.\' 
OBa.'toy Olilolist 
A safe place to buy is where aeou<-ern lias tlie repu¬ 
tation of ireliability and square dealing. Onr Rocks 
Anconas, Reds and I.egltorns are profitable to buy 
SE I, "®®*' 'l® procured. Prices on request. 
L. K. Hummer & Co,, Freuchtown, N. J. 
Li&thtBrahmaS J>'>ft«?»th year, cockerels, 
l) 0—S4.50, 100 —S8. Haystack Mountain Farnig Norfolk, Conn. 
White Rocks DIKKCT. selected 
J,® *2 per 1.5: $9 per 
A. SCOFIELD, Green Haven, New York 
100 . Cliicks, $20. 
ForSale-25 Barred Rocks i8»‘«s.oia $2..5o 
Address CLINTON R, HOUSEL^rIxgoL'.^N jj 
S. C. W. Leghorns 
healthy stock Eggs, $3 per 15: $10 jier 100. Nil 
Clucks. KANSOM YAKM, GENEVA, OHIO 
Hatching EOHS white leghorn.s 
* 11"S WYCKOFE STRAIN 
isreeders. prolific layers jind vigorous. Raised on 
onmTS2"JfrAv 1’®^" 1”": *1.50 per setting 
POULTRY DEPT. RYE COUNTRY SCHOOL, HARRISON N. Y 
Higli Record COCKERELS 
-40 D.im, wSO Sire, $4 eacii; $3.50 each, five or more 
Ca^log. See our other ad. 
Bayville Farms, _Bayville, N. J. 
B uf f O r p i n gt o n s 
Pnff per loo. Also 
Imtf Orpington pucks, pnro white eggs Prices 
same. Mrs. E. E. MARTIN,Hatfleia/pjnna !! 
Mottled ANCONAS 
. train winter htyers bred tn male from 23.5 egg hen 
Eggs $2 tor lu, CAltL Jl, EGGE, N anuetTN. Y. 
Baby Chicks T>‘ouipson 
, ,- 1 -. ,, r I, . Earred Rocks @ l;5c Ileavv 
utility R. I Reds ® hic. S. C. W. l.eghoni Ifinish 
pos.s, also English & 13 to 15c. Place orders now to 
insure proni)it delivery. ^ 
illaplea White Leghorn E itrin, R. F. 0., Telford, Pa. 
Baby Chix—Hatching Eggs—Breeders 
While WyindoUei R. I Reds. Barred Rocks Lisht ana Dark liraliniaK, 
White Holland Turkeys For Sale 
30 lb. young loins. Choice teinaies. Eggs 50 cents 
PEACH RIDGE STOCK FARM, V F.^o" No. 4 . Newburph. N.Y. 
Pure Bred White Holland Turkeys 
