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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 23, 191S 
A CRIME! 
Every unnecessary chick death 
It never was good busi¬ 
ness to let chicks die. And 
now it’s bad business and 
bad patriotism, too. For 
every fowl is needed to iielp 
out in the present food 
scarcity. 
Yes, we can tell you a good 
way to raise more chicks to 
maturity. Just this; 
“Feed II-O Steam-Cooked 
Chick Feed until the chicks 
are at least G weeks old.” 
See if our exclusive steam¬ 
cooking process does not actually 
make this feed easier to digest 
because it dextrinizes part of 
the grain starches. Notice that 
you never find any sour or musty 
grain in H-O Steam-Cooked 
Chick Feed. That’s because the 
same steam-cooking process re¬ 
duces the moisture content of 
the grains. 
Notice, too, how this feed builds 
big frames. For that, thank its 
high protein content. 
After you have used H-O 
Steam-Cooked Chick Feed for a 
while see if you don't agree that 
it saves your chicks’ lives and 
your money. 
W7'itefor free samples, prices and desci'iptive f older 
Raised on H-O 
Steam-Cooked 
_ Chick Feed 
THE H-O COMPANY, Feed Dept., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Members U.[S. Food Administration 
JOHN J. CAMPBELL, Eastern Sales Agent, Hartford, Conn. 
GIBSON POULTRY-THE BIG MONEY MAKERS 
BABY CHICKS—EGGS—BREEDING STOCK 
S. C. W. Leghorns — R. I. Reds — B. P. Rocks — W. Wyandottes 
(fibson baby chicks are vigorous and livable, from trapiiested farm range, lieavy laying 
Hocks, heacied by males from the flocks producing the hiahost scoring pens at the 
international laying contest. Hstching Eggs from tile same matings guaian- 
teed eighty per cent fertile. Gibson breeders are large, vigorous and will make 
your flock more productive and profitable. Safe arrival guaranteed. Illustrated 
folder tree, write for it NOW. 
G. F. GIBSON, Galen Farms, Box 1OO, CLYDE, N. Y. 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
Imported Direct. White Eggs Only ““i soid 
Four good pens in succession bred and owned 
by me, made this record: 
1914-16 at New Paltr,, 212 cirgra per hen In ten and one-half mos. 
1916-16 at Cornell, laid greatest total weight of eggs; were 2nd 
in both number laid and whitenos* of egga. 
1916- 17 at Storrs. finished 3rd in Leghorn class. 
1917- 18 atStorr.s-see pen 60. present contest report—Excepting 
Fnirlields Barred Rocks best total last 16 months. 
Have sent no other pons to any contest. 
Hatching Eggs, SI2.00 par 1 00 
J. 0. LEFEVRE, Wild Rose Farm, New Paltz, N. Y. 
Great Egg Tribe Leghorn Farm 
Owners of iho world's Greatest egg producers, 
Including Winning I’en 73 at Storrs 1917. Rec¬ 
ord 2090 eggs. Stock and Kggs for Hatching. 
GREAT EGG TRIBE W. LEGHORN FARM 
P. O. Box 43, EAST QUOGUE, L. 1. 
S. C. W. Leghorn EGGS 
FROM TRAPNESTED HENS 
with records <>f 15(1 up to 284 eggs. All tnaleshave ped¬ 
igrees, 201) up to 284. 5 Pedigreed cock birds for sale. 
(Miss) FRANCES H. MERSEREAU, West Willington, Ct. 
S. C. White LEGHORNS 
lieavy.laylng utility strain; line bred for the 
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. 
Single Comb White Leghorns 
Higli-Siiss stock bred for heavy egg production. 
Certified official Records, 252-24S-‘248-eggs. 
Stock for sale. Eggs for Initchiug. 
M. J. Qitackeitbttsh, Hutley, N. J. 
Baby Chicks- S. C. White Leghorns 
bred for egg production. Trap-nest records up to 
272. Capacity 6,000 chicks weekly. 
DENSMORE POULTRY FARM, Route 3, Roanoke, Va 
U ATfUIWr leghorns 
nAltnlJNu£iUUJ 201-266.EGG STRAIN 
Pens made up of choicest birds of a flock averaging 
better ilnin best egg laying contest in Eastern U. S. 
Satisfaction and Quality Guai’anteed. 
THE L. C. HELPER FARMS, - MINOA, Na Y* 
HATCHING EGGSfSS 
Trapnestedstock. Vibert’sS.C.Rods—Barron’s S.C. 
Ijegliorns and White Wyandottes. Place your orders 
now. Overbrook Poultry Farm, Marlborough-on-Hiulson, N.Y. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
E. C. 
Day-old Chicks 
from utility stock. 
Custom hatching. 
Woolver, Richfield Spa., N. Y. 
45% in November 
Our S.C. REDS led first 4 weeks of N. A.ContestCDela- 
ware offleial) with 4.6% production against 13% 
average for the 100 pens. 'Ve breed hens foregg-typo 
as dairymen breed cows for milk. Our S. C. White 
w -g-i ^ sw /V Tb »T Cl are unmatched. I’en “A ” 
I l*lvHllnl\N headeil by son of 314-etrK 
i,e„^ ..iji’ by grandsons. 
Hatching eggs LEGHORNS or REDS—Pen A, )iens260 
to 280 egg-type, $5 for 15. $25 for 100. Pen H, liens 200 to 
250 egg-tvpe, $3 for 15j $15 for 100. Pen C, hens 150 to 
200 CKg-type, $10 for 100. The BfST is the chkapest. Catalog. 
HOPEWELL FARMS, - Box 161-R, Hopewell. N. J. 
Exclu¬ 
sively 
SingleComb White Leghorns 
YOUNO AND BARRON STRAINS, WITH ECO 
RECORDS UP TO 274 EOCS IN ONE YEAR. 
3,000 breeders on free farm range. Inoculated and free 
from lice, the finest lot I ever owned. Now booking oi'- 
ders for Baby Chicks, March and April delivery. Capa¬ 
city, 10 to 12,600 weekly. Kggs for hatching now reaiiy in 
any quantity. Order well in advance this year as demand 
will far exceed the supply. M.v Book ■‘Prolil* in Poultry Knnp- 
ing Solved.” free with all $10 orders. Circulars free. 
EIIGAU BItIGOS, Box 76, riensaiit Valley, T, 
Mattituck '5“lKr 
Eggs and chicks from selected breeders—one and 
two years old, on free range—the result of 3 yrs. 
t. ap-nesting and selective breeding—mated to cock¬ 
erels bred from 200 to 252-egg hens and 200 to 288-egg 
cocks. We have 1.8 K) hens of our own hroeding. 
“We positively do not sell any eggs or chicks which are not 
produced by our own stock on our own farm." Circular. 
Arthur H. Pekity. 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. 
Eggs for Hatching 
S.C.WHITE LEGHORNS $7.50 per liuudred 
SPECKLED, RED AND LIGHT SUSSEX »10 per 
FROM IMPORTED STOCK hundred 
Red Jacket Poultry Farm, Penn Van, N.Y. 
puiAlfC Huff Leghorns, Rocks, Broilers 9c and 
VnlUlVO up. Sate delivery gu:iranteed. _Cir.free. 
Jacob Neimond, Box 2, McAlistervllle, Pa. 
BARRON LEGHORNS rect. Da^'-o d cliieks 
and liatciiing eggs from world’.s champion layers. 
Circular free. PAHERSON POULTRY FARM, Clayton, N.Y. 
Eggs for Hatching and Day-Old Chicks 
atchiiig eggs from fully matured, carefully mated farm raised birds, selected 
dr prolific laying ((ualities and vigor. We cau supply eggs in any quantity, 
II 
for their 
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 riymonih Rocks and 8. C. 
White Leghorns; Dug-Old Ducklings tve cau supply iu limited quantities. 
Write for Price List BRANFORD FARMS, Groton, Conn. 
The Henyard 
A Bulletin on Capons 
Recent articles on the Black Jersey 
Giant poultry have revived interest iu 
capons. These “Giants” have been bred 
for some years chiefly for caponizing and 
meat liroduction. A breeder has now 
taken bold of them, and will select and 
mate so as to produce a standard fowl. 
The interest in capons is evident from tlie 
fact that the Depiirtment of Agriculture 
at Washington has published a bnlhdin 
on “Capons and Caponizing.” It is Farm¬ 
ers’ Bulletin No. 840, and gives a very 
good statement about what a capon is, 
how produced and the advantages of ca¬ 
ponizing. The business of producing ca¬ 
pons is growing rajiidly and this pamph¬ 
let is useful. The picture given below 
taken from this bulletin, sliow.s the small 
hejul and comb and plump body which dis¬ 
tinguishes the capon from the cockerel. 
Women at Poultry Shows 
One of the mo.st interesting poultry 
stories told at the recent Greater Chicago 
Show was related by Mrs. Ira .Tohuston, 
of Texarkana, Ark., who brought a pen 
of five White Plymouth Bocks with her. 
Mrs. Johnston has 400 of this chicken 
tribe on her home place down on the 
Arkausas-Texas line, and, as she related, 
“a farm full of baby chicks” this early 
in the year. Mrs. Johnston has some 
appreciated customers in the hankers of 
her home city. They have been financing 
juvenile poultry clubs in her State, and 
she has been furnishing both egg.s and 
live stock on the bankers’ order. The 
country down there is fairly alive with 
this sort of thing, and a great amount of 
success is coming to the boys and girls 
A Well-formed Capon 
who have engaged iu the business. The 
bankers furnish the money and wait on 
returns when the business of the young 
people has been hatched out. 
Another woman at the show has been 
making a success iu raising turkeys, im¬ 
porting Pennsylvania breeding stock. She 
is Mrs. Eli Fowler, of Ogle County, Illi¬ 
nois. Mrs, Fowler raises 35-pouud birds 
and has taken prizes on sndh exhibits. 
She turns her young flocks loose on a IG- 
acre farm when they are five weeks old. 
She sprouts a field of oats to furnish them 
with green stuff. Her turkeys never fail 
to come home at night to roost in a good 
substantial turkey hou.se. 
Another woman, Mrs. Louisa AVhite, 
Washington, Ill., believes iu buying good 
breeding stock. She is said to liave paid 
8500 for a prize-winning White Plymouth 
Bock cock at the show. The importance 
of raising poultry stock for meat was 
brought out in many ways. There was a 
fine showing of weighty chickens. One 
of the exhibitors showed some fine Buff 
Wyandottes, from which flock September 
!uid October chicks had dressed four lb.s. 
There was the finest showing of Puff 
Cochins among the big birds. There was 
a Malav Game capable of stretching him¬ 
self to‘the height of 36 inches, and he 
weighed 12 pounds. 
At the show u Wisconsin man demon¬ 
strated the quick time iu which a poultry 
bird could be prepared for the frying pan. 
In the picking he did the whole trick 
with 12 motions of the hand. After the 
killing all kinds of feathers were re¬ 
moved, the bird drawn and cut up and 
was in the pan inside of 15 seconds. At 
no other show has there been more fea¬ 
tures having to do with meat features of 
birds. The subject was handled iu 
lectures by government men sent out from 
Washington. Moving pictures were made 
use of. 
Poultry men and Avomen were admon¬ 
ished against certain practices that serve 
to dimini.sh the flocks. They were cau¬ 
tioned against allowing a hen with her 
flock to forage until the chicks are at 
least two weeks old, but to provide both 
shade and range for flocks in proper sea¬ 
son. Thev were advised to feed sour 
milk and buttermilk to get greater gain; 
less grain will be required, there will be 
more eggs, and greater profits. They 
were urged to preserve eggs. Nine quarts 
of water boiled aud cooled with one quart 
of water-glass will presei've 15 dozen 
egg.s. 
It developed that old men no longer 
able to do hard work had turned their at¬ 
tention to poultry flocks. One of the ex¬ 
hibitors who took the best prizes for Buff 
Wyandottes said that all of his prize win¬ 
ners had been raised by his father, 76 
years old, after he had put iu almost a 
lifetime at the trade of a blacksmith and 
wagon-maker. In this and many other 
ways both old and young of both sexes 
are realizing the importance of raising 
and saving more food in the days of a 
national peril. .t. l. graff. 
Loss of Chicks 
I have had excellent success for the 
past two or three years hatching and 
raising chickens, but last year T tried 
using an incubator aud brooder. The 
incubator hatched the eggs all right, but 
when the chickens were three or four 
days old they seemed to droop down and 
die. A few of them had a slight touch 
of the bowel trouble. We fed them egg, 
sour milk, oatmeal, chick feed and 
grit. They also had plenty of water. 
We had them in a small warm house, 
Avhich had a dirt flooi*. When the re¬ 
maining chicks reached the age of six 
weeks, many of them got the gapes, a 
lot of them dying from it. M’Jvat is your 
advice? t. av. ». 
Vermont. 
I cannot, of course, tell Avhat ailed 
the.se chicks, though the fact that some 
of them, at least, had bowel trouble sng- 
ge.st.s the possibility of Avhite diaiThoea 
iu the flock. If the incubator used Avas 
a second-hand one and Inid been used to 
batch chicks infected AAdth this di.sease. 
the trouble may have come from that. It 
should be thoroughly cleaned aud disin¬ 
fected before hatching in it agiiin. After 
scrubbing it out, Avash the trays and in¬ 
terior Avith a five per cent solution of 
.some good coal tar disinfectant and air 
out thoroughly before starting it iigain. 
Late hatched chicks may be AA*eak and 
subject to death from boAA'el trouble when 
there is no true Avhite diari'hoea present. 
Breeiliug stock may also be lacking in 
vitality. My suggestion is that you 
hatch, if possible, from foAA’ls that have 
not been closely confined during the Win¬ 
ter and that you get the chicks out iu 
April. Gapes are caused bj’ the gape 
AAmrm Avhieh the chick picks up from in¬ 
fected ground. Try to keep your chicks 
on ground which has not been long used 
by poultry. Like mo.st poultry diseases, 
gape.s are more easily prevented thiin 
cured. xr. n. n. 
A Gape-Avorm Extractor 
Last Summer I lost all but three of 
my young turkeys Avith gapes or Avorms 
in Avindpipe. Some persons here remove 
those from chickens AvIth a stem of grass, 
others with a horsehair, I Avas uii< 
successful ; some of the turkeys died in 
ray hand. Those I found had the Avorms 
in a knot or ball drawn near throat 
Avhere they seemed to shut off the air. 
There Avere four to six red Avorms an 
inch long iu every case. H. c. ii. 
If you cannot buy a gape-Avorm ex¬ 
tractor, you can easily make one. Take a 
small wire, about No. 30, double it aud 
form a loop at one end small enough to 
slip easily into the windpipe of a chick 
or poult. Then twist the long free ends 
of the Avire together to form a handle. A 
horsehair extrjictor is said to be still 
better. Place two straight horsehairs to¬ 
gether, side by side, and tie a knot in the 
pair near one end. Then cut the short 
ends off close to the knot. This is passed 
straight into the windpipe as far as it 
will go Avithont bending, and is then 
turned by the fingers as it is AvitlidraAvu. 
Any extractor should, of course, be used 
Avith all gentleness to avoid injuring the 
delicate lining of the bird’s windpipe. 
The tip of a small feather is sometimes 
used iu much the same Avay, after dip¬ 
ping it into turpentine, but the hor.seliair 
extractor is said to be more eflieieut. 
AI. u. D. 
Care of Guinea Fowl 
Will you give me some information 
about the care of young guirea fowls, 
especially a good ration for them and 
methods of feeding? s. s. K. 
New York, 
I have been successful iu batching 
young guineas by placing the set¬ 
tings of eggs under gentle broody hens. 
Hens make better mothers, as the female 
guinea is like a Avild bird, and travels 
too fast and too far, and the Aveaker 
young are apt to be lost in tall grass. 
The eggs require about four Aveeks to 
batch. Young guineas will eat cracked 
corn or any of the prepared chick feeds 
on the market. They do best when al¬ 
lowed to roam AA’ith mother ben and feed 
on insects, AAdiicb are their natural food. 
They should be fed seAmral times daily 
besides to insure rapid groAA’tli and 
strength. Table scraps will be found 
very good for them. 
GEORGE G. IVINS. 
