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The Stockton Hatchery-— 
\^E are producers of specially strong, healthy baby chicks-- 
• V strictly Thoroughbred and Guaranteeed Quality which 
is above the ordinary. Nearly 50,000 eggs incubated every 
three weeks in our Mammoth incubators under scientific 
principles and expert operators. We guarantee our product 
to be equal to any on the market of its kind and our prices 
are 15c and up for April deliveries of White Leghorns, 
Barred Rocks, R.C. Reds and White Wyandottes. 
Safe delivery and fall count guaranteed. New Catalog FREE. 
THE STOCKTON HATCHERY . BoxR STOCKTON. N. J. 
Knight’s Laying Strain 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
THE HENYARD 
WAR BABIES 
SC-RED-BARRON LEGHORN 
Chijc*'FuH 
^4il« u# fully for prices 
Pen 20 at Storrs 5th contest laid 2,265 egffs—the highest 
record ever made by a pen of 10 hens. Pen 20 at Storrs 
LINCOLN LEGHORNS 
STAND FOR EGGS 
itiB Leehorn pen—2034 eggs. At Vineland laio-mv 
the Shurti and Voegtlen pen direct from me were 
thfrd with 2115 eges. Tiiis is the stock U want. 
Hatching eggs, chicks and stock for sale. 
Francis F. Lincoln. Mt. Carmel. Conn. 
S.C.Buff Leghorns 
Winners at 1917 N.itional All-Leghorn Show. Stock 
or eggs. .Satisfaction cnnranteed. jj®®- 
Eggs from utility pen. $1.50per lo. $9 per 1(W. 
Walter V. Olney. R. D.No. 7, Naples,N. x. 
SWEEPSTAKE BLACK LEGHORNS 
Prices reasonable. Circular. Wiite today. Uigti 
hen 240 . FRED C. KIXON, Qaakertown, N. J. 
bay-Old Chicks and Eggs 
from our flock of 500 S. C-White Leghorns, which 
averaged 6.51 per hen net profit. or$l<.)4 foi the 
ye.ai . Ad dress LITTLE ENGIAHD FARM, Hampton, Virpinia 
OL n 8. C. W. LEGHORNS are as 
Chase Poultry Farm „ood as the best. Barron- 
WyckofC stoclc. Free-range raised. Day-old Chix and 
Eggs from Healthy Utility s^ek. Catalog Tree. 
F. M. DAVIS. K. D. No. 1, Cincliinatue. N.Y. 
laid *93 eggs in is weeks," AH maie^irds used in breeding 
are from hens with records of 247, 270, 281, 261, and 300. 
Kggs very reasonable. Guaranteed 75% fertile. 
O. G. Knight, - Bridgeton, B. I. 
White Wyandottesffir 
Eggs for hatching from this world's famous stand¬ 
ard-bred utility strain from very choice farm range 
breeders at ho per 100-$B per 50—$2 per 15. As the 
supply is less than the demand place your order at 
once. E. 1. UMOERHILL,** Old Orchard Farm," Pouahkeep aia, M. T. 
CTITDnV r'lIIPYC When you buy chicks from 
51 OKU I LiULlvd a farm that makes sturdi¬ 
ness a chief factor with their flocks. With sturdi¬ 
ness and Egg Production wo are sure of the chicks 
because we know all about our breeding stock. 
Leghorns, SIB. Regal White Wyandottes, Ringlet 
Rocks. Reds, Anconas, S20. Every week after March 
10th. Sunnyside Poultry Farm, Copper Hill. H. J 
White Wyandotte Eggs gals" of Martin’s best. 100— 
$10; 50—16; 15—$2. C. O. ijuigley, Goshen, N.Y. 
BRED TO LAY) “Regal” W. Wyandottes, chicks 25c 
SELECTED BREEDERS j Barred P. Rocks “ 20c 
MOUNTAIN VIEW POULTRY FARM, Hopewell Jet., N.Y. 
Brambletye Farm 
-- ’ *^SETAUKET, L. I. 
Construction of Henhouse 
I wish to build house for 200 hens. 
My yard will be about 100 by 200 feet, 
and the chickenbouse I thought should be 
is by 25 feet, with a 10-foot \vall in 
front and eight feet in back; windows 
in the South .side, size 4.S by 28. As 
1 shall build on a little hill I would make 
a concrete foundation of about two feet 
high on the sides and back with a ground 
floor. w 
I’ennsylvania. 
Y'our proposed house will he too small 
for 200 hens. They should have at least 
(iOO square feet of'floor space. I would 
suggest 20 by -80 feet as better dimen¬ 
sions. If you cannot obtain 20-foot 
rafters, they may be pieced and sup¬ 
ported at the middle on posts—a good 
s(!hcme anyway to prevent sagging of roof 
when covered with snow._ Such a house 
does not need to bo as high as you sug¬ 
gest. Five feet in the rear and eight feet 
in front is high enough. Place your win¬ 
dows about two feet from the floor and 
hinge them at the bottom to drop hack a 
few inches for ventilation. Close the sides 
of the opening thus made by A -shaped 
hoards, or hopper sides, so tlnit the air 
will be forced to enter the house over the 
top of the window. Y'ou do not need to 
use as many windows as you propose; 
half that number Avill do. If ]>racticahle, 
face your house a little to the southeast 
to catch the early morning sun. You will 
probably need to ditch for drainage about 
tlie upper side, so that water won t seep 
int^ floor in the Spring. A dirt floor is 
all right if drv and if you will take the 
trouble to renew the surface from time to 
time. A concrete foundation two feet m 
height Avill probably he unnecessarily ex¬ 
pensive; why not about 16 inches? 
* M. B. 0. 
S. C. W, LEGHO RNS 
HSltClllirig ILggS Stock imported direct 
from Tom Barron. Pedigreed eggs from hem with 
contest records 201 to 236 eggs. Proven sire, dam s 
record. 275 eggs. Also other hatching eggs. Pno^s 
reasonable. Circular. W. E. ATKINSON, Wallinptoril, Ct. 
P apitnlSE Breeder* of Heavy Liying Poullr,. Trap Nested 
e WHITE LEGHORNS 
OULTRY S. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
FARM BUFF PLY. ROCKS, 200-Egg Strain 
Day-Old Chicks. Hatching Ekks and Stock for 
Sale. Our 1918 Circular Free. Box B, PARADISE, PA. 
xr egc From our large size, 
riatctiing ti.ggs high producing 
White Leghorns. They aie mated both for Proliftc 
COCKERELS WYCI^F^S^MlN^^Ecf 
J. ^iTb^o lN^wTork 
DAY-OLD-CHIX IIeohorns 
A Superior Strain. 30 yeai'S bi ed for eggs. Customers re- 
iiort 60% aret-age winter egg .yield. 180 average for J’eai. 
l*rico list on request. WILL BROOK FARM. Alfred Station, h. Y. 
"T 7^ TT COCKERELS 
Acme Uuaiity egcs and chicks 
S C. W. Leghorns and S. C. Rhode Island Reds from 
IleaTj--laying Strains. Catalog. WF-HAB FAWN. B. I, Denlcn, Md. 
n Alai AUTevLev OF SUPERIOR MERIT 
Day-Old Chicks and quality 
8. C.W. Leghorns only on free-range 
KD. STRAW, Brookside Poultry Farm, COLUMBUS, N. J. 
UtilityLeghorn Eggs >»• 
Old Field, 
Our Barred Rocks are Blue Ribbon Winners 
iiueeiung stock for sale 
Address JOHN HEBGENKODEK, Mpr. 
Barred Rocks 
ORDER YOUR DAY-OLD CHICKS AND EGGS FOR HATCH¬ 
ING in advance. Circular free. 
A. C. JONES, Marvel Homestead Farm, Georgetown, Del. 
Imperial Ringlet Barred Rocks 
Thompson’s 
Strain Direct 
Eggs: 15—$3; 30-S5; 100—S15. Also Parkes heavy¬ 
laying strain crossed with Thompson’s at above 
prices. 1. H. BACOllN, Sergeantsville, N. J. 
Starting in the Poultry Business 
We have just houKht a farm and will 
start in on it this Spring. I want to 
go in the chicken biisiiiess on “1^ 
account. I want to raise about l.iO for 
market, and 150 for laying purposes. Will 
you toll me what kind are tx'st to fret, 
r would like to raise a few turkeys too. 
WYiat kind are the best, and how shall 1 
feed them and care for the little ones f 
TVe have always been farmers hut I have 
never f^one in for more than <i hundred 
chickens for our own use. f)f course 3ve 
shall have to buy their feed until the 
crops are harvested, and I want to keep 
the expenses as small as possible. So it 
you can tell me how to feed them cheaply 
‘l would he grateful. MRS- G- R- 
New Y'ork. 
an teed. 
-delivered. .Siitisfuction guar- 
EoDmont Poultry Yards. Center Marshfield. Mass. 
Gilbert Farm School ^ E g^^’, 
day-old chicks, custom hatching. Georgetown, Conn. 
Cnar Drnit WHITE LEGHORNS, PEDIGREED COCKERELS with 
CggOreQ lecordi 205 to 265 used in matings. Clucks 
and Eggs. C atalog. Lovell Gordon, Esperance, H.T. 
S. C. W, Leghorn Chix, 11 c 
e O Buff Leghorn Cockerel*, $3 each. Eggs from 
World’s Champion Layers i**” e^c ? 
FROM ENGLAND. BARRON STRAIN S. C WHITE LMHORNS 
Pen 1. Egg records from 252 to 284. Eggs, Day-Old 
chicks, six and eight weeks old pullets. Interesting 
catalogue free. BROOKFIELD POULTRT F*RM, R. 3. V«r*»ill*i. Ohio 
A safe place to buy is where a concern h^ the repu¬ 
tation of reliability and square dealing. Our Rocks, 
Anconas, Reds and Leghorns are profitable to buy 
and the best to be procured. Prices on request. 
E. R. Hummer & Co»f rreuciitown, N* 
BuffOrpingtons n'g sB 
Hatching eggs, $* per setting; $12 per lOfLAlso 
Buff Orpington Ducks, pure white eggs. Prices 
same. Mrs. F. E. MABTIN, Hatfield, Penna. 
ANCONAS 
FRANK del CANT O, STONE HOUSE, N.Y. 
U lll.J Blue bell Jtrtin. Egg* lor hXchma S1.I0--15 
MOttlBO AnCOnoS $5,511-106. Be*. K. Bewili*h. Eeperance, W.y. 
White Chinese Goose Eggs 
from aduU Slock, 40cts. each; 8 for $3. ^ueu Duck 
Egg*. $2 per 11. S. C. Red Pyle Leghorn Egg.s 52 per 
13^“6EO. E. HOWELL, Spruce Farm. Hovrells, N. Y. 
W&NTEO-Toulouse and Other Breeds of Geese 
Good utility stock. Advisequantitr. Age and average 
weight. Macniff Horticultural Co. .52-56 Vesey St., Hem York 
White Rock Eggs”'sT;r^* 
Both show and utility stock, price ranging from $2 
to $3 per 15. Also Buff and Whito Cochin Bantams 
of prize-winning stock. Eggs, 1.5—SI .50; 30—52.50. 
MAPLE LAWN POULTRY YARDS. Sergeantsville. N. J. 
Hoff’s “Vitality” S”6S'ia¥v- 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. R. I. REDS and BARRED P. ROCKS. 
For particulars see last week's ad. or send for my 
illustrated catalogue and reasonable prices. 
D.C.B.HOFF, Lock Box Ho. 115, Neshanic.N. J. 
rUtv-L-e PARKS’ STRAIN. Thompson 
DdOy LnlCKS cross Barred Rocks ® 15c. Heavy 
utility R. I. Reds @ 15c. .S. C. W. Leghorn, Danish 
cross, also English @ 13 to 15c. Place orders now to 
insure prompt delivery. 
Maples White Leghorn Farm, R.F.O., Telford, Pa. 
Barred Rocks &S. C. Rhode Island Reds 
We have a limited number of eggs to spare at $2.50 
per 15: $4.50 per 30. Our stock is as good as the best. 
One of our Red pens is headed by the bird that won 
the color special at Pittsburgh in 1917. 
RIVERSIDE P OULTRY FARM, Cambridge Springs. Pb. 
EvergoU Bu« Rocks KS'lJirS "ETi 
to a pnllBt. Eggs, S2 setting; SIO per IOO- 
KERLIN FARMS. SOPTH Pottstown. I’a. 
25 Best Breeds Poultry 
Stock and Eggs, Low price. Big 
new illustrated circular Free. See it. 
John E. Heatwole, Harrisonburg, Va. 
TICC Jl II V’Q SILVER WHITE AND COLUMBIAN WYAN- 
lirrAni O DOHES. reds, barred rocks. BAR 
RON'S LEGHORNS, PEKIN AND ROUEN 
DUCKLINGS. Aid ha in Poultry 
CH I CIv S Farm, R. 34. Phoenixville, I’a. 
Hatch YourEgggforYou? moth machines. Strong 
chicks. Maplewood Farm, Cheshire, Conn. 
Baby Chix—Hatching Eggs—Breeders 
vyhile Wyandollt*. R. 1. Red*. Btrred Rock*, F.isbt and Hark Brahmae, 
S. 0. W. anil Brown Leghorns. ITtility and show quality. 
Catalog five. Uivkrdai.b Poiii.try Farm. Box 16.'i Hiverdale, N. J. 
White Holland Turkeys For Sale 
30 lb. young Toms. Choice females. Eggs 50 cents 
Each ; $5 a Doz. 
PEACH RIDGE STOCK FAR M, R. F. D. No. 4. Newburph, N.Y. 
White Holland Turkey Eggs New Brunswick. N. J. 
KKED Mammoth BronzeTurkeys anteed. Enclose 
Stamp. I. ». WHEELER.'MiplewMd Firm. R. F. D. 2. Ma**,n,, B. T 
Over One Hundred WhiteHollandTurkeys 
Hens weighing ten to eighteen Ihs., $5 to$10; 
toms, sixteen to twenty-five lbs.. $8 to $15. bati*- 
faction guaranteed. H. W. AHDERSDN , Stewartstown, P». 
Giant Bronze Turkey Eggs Eg’gS,** • *$**pe*r fs. 
Shropshire Sheep. H. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg, Pa. 
I take it that yon know how to raise 
chickens, but Avish to know how_ to do it 
cheaply. Well, iny own conviction is 
that it cannot he done. ith the prices 
of grain where they are now, and 5Aheie 
they jn-oinise to be for some time to come, 
I do not see how anyone can hope to raise 
chickens this year at a profit.^ I’eiduips 
I take an unduly lugubrious view of the 
matter, but I know of a number of rather 
extensive poultry raisers who share my 
feeling to the extent that they will cut 
out raising young stock this year. At 
anv rate, there is no such thing as cheap 
poultry food, outside the vegetable pro¬ 
ducts that can be raised upon_ the farm 
but which will not replace grain. As to 
raising market fowls of any kind, it may 
be of course, that prices obtainable by 
you will rise to a point that wfll euakle 
you to realize a profit in the i’ all, out 
the normal margin on this class of poul¬ 
try is small, and, if there_ is anything in 
the signs of the times to indicate that it 
will be increased to the producer this 
year, I am unable to see it. 
Turkeys seem to mo to offer a better 
chance for a little profit. They ;u‘e a 
luxury, and have nearly always sold at 
a fair profit, sometimes at an extraord- 
inarv one. You are pndiably aware that 
it i.s very difficult to raise them ; the dis¬ 
ease known as blackhead taking a heavy 
toll among the poults each year. Still, 
luck often favors the beginner, and, it 
von have a large range for turkeys, so 
that thev can pick up a good share ot 
their living through the Summer, you 
may he able to do well with them. J he 
Bronze and the White Holland are per¬ 
haps, the favorite breeds, the Bronze 
being a little the larger. Eggs may be 
hatched under hens, though it is best to 
have turkeys for mothers when possible, 
Y"ouiig poults are fed very niudi p young 
chicks are, using practically the same 
foods, but it is far more essential that 
they shall not be overfed. A good rule 
for the beginner ivmild be to measure 
out -what he thinks is needed^ each time, 
and then give one-third of it. 1 cults, 
until well grown, should have dry 
quarters until the grass is dry in the 
morning, and should be protected from 
storms. In spite of the fact that tur¬ 
keys are among the wildest of the wild 
fowl, when domesticated they do not seem 
to be able to withstand ordinary ex¬ 
posure while young. On the other hand, 
they can be over CE>ddled. Just iiheie 
to draw the line, only experience lyill 
show. But, whatever else you do. stay 
vour hand when it comes to feeding. 
If you have cows, and .sKim-inilk to 
feed, it seems to me that a pig or tw'o of 
vour own offer the best chance for proht 
‘this year. But to make the proht, ar¬ 
range to pasture the pigs through the 
March 2:;. lOls'■ 
Slimmer. That means some fencing, of 
course, but it means a saving in grain 
that is likely to turn the balance from 
near loss to fine profit. On the whole, 
if I were a woman on a farm, desirous 
of making a little money of my own this 
year, I should turn the poultry over to 
the man and take the pigs myself. Per¬ 
haps the man will fence the old orchard 
for the pigs and put in a quarter acre of 
rape for Summer feed for them if you 
will feed his chicks, hut. when it comes 
to selling the surplus stock in the Fall, 
you .sell the pigs. M. n. D. 
Expenses of Poultry Raising 
fan you tell me amount in pounds 
and kind of grains required to raise a 
chicken to varying weights in pounds up 
to five pounds, or to roaster size required 
in this market, Boston? I usually raise 
from 800 to 1.-500 Spring roasters every 
Spring, but am in doubt if I could re¬ 
ceive a new dollar for an old one at the 
present prices of grain. Torn $4.60, 
cracked corn $4.20. gluten .$8.25. bran 
,$2..50, barley .$3.40. middlings $2.60, 
stock $3,00, oil meal ,$3.15. Corn me.il is 
$4.30, scrap $4.40. Would you advise 
trying to raise poultry for market at 
the.se prices and the present outlook of 
the grain situation? I live in a locality 
where formerly (before the war) there 
was 10,(K)0 to 15,000 soft roasters raised 
yearly within a radius of one mile of my 
home. At present I am the sole sui’- 
vivor (practically) still in business. I 
have 2.50 YVhite Bock jinllets laying 
about 25 per cent, also 1(K) capons, am 
in hoiies to break square hut will not 
get much for my labor nnjess there is 
much change in grain conditions. 
^fassachusetts. w. if. c. 
While I have no exact data of the 
kind you wish, I can give some figure.s 
which may aid yon in making an estimate 
of your own. A bulletin published by 
the Indiana Agricultural Station in 1016 
gives figures of great interest at this time. 
Tt must he borne in mind that the cost of 
grain has vastly increased since the 
period covered by these cost estimates. 
'The value of eggs set for hatching is also 
much greater. 
Based upon four seasons work and sev¬ 
eral thousand chicks hatched (Tjeghorns), 
1.83 eggs were set for each chick hatched. 
'The cost of hatching was $.021 per 
chick, which, when added to the value of 
the eggs, brought the total cost of the 
newly hatched chick np to $.057. Tt Link 
5.60 pounds of grain and mash and 5.07 
pounds of milk to raise a Leghorn chick 
to 12 weeks of age. During this time, 
it took 3.50 pounds of grain and mash 
and 3.41 pounds of milk to produce one 
pound of gain. T"'ignring cost of feed, 
fuel, labor and litter, the whole cost of 
one pound of grain was $1 .-54. the greater 
part of this being for grain. The average 
T.eghorn pullet, at 24 weeks of age. weigh¬ 
ed 2.75 pounds. The time of hatching 
greatlv inflneneed the rate of 
growing and weight of pullets at laying 
age. Early hatching paid best. Early 
hatched cockerels sold at a profit: May 
liatehod broilers sold at a loss. For every 
pullet reared to laying age, the setting 
of 4.-57 eggs Avas required. 
The Ontario Agricultural^ Station also 
kept cost accounts of rearing chicks of 
mixed breeds. Orpingtons. Wyandottes. 
Bocks, and Leghorns in the season of 
1000. The mixed chicks were raised in 
field and orchard, being divided into two 
lots. Thev were hatched in April and 
May and the cockerels were removed to 
fattening pens after Aug. 25. When re- 
moA'cd, one lot had made a pound of 
gain each for 3.2 pounds of grain 
Slimed. The other lot consumed 3.34 
pounds of grain for each pound of gain. 
Tt Avould seem to me that one must haA’e 
a A'ory special market to he able to make 
anything on raising fowls for meat this 
year; still, T haA’e no knoAvledge of the 
"soB roaster business and would^ not pre¬ 
sume to advise anyone engaged in it. 
M. B. D. 
I run a truck farm and the prices on 
these A'cgetablos are dull. T send my 
profliiets to a new York market and for 
onions I get $1 for a bushel basket. Take 
off the expenses to ship them there and 
price for the basket and it leaves me 
about 48 cents a basket, not taking off 
the cost to raise it. With help high and 
these loAV prices I don’t see how long 
Avo can stand Avorking the farm. I raise 
potatoes, corn, lettuce, onions and 
spinach. The only products that pay are 
potatoes and corn. The rest ai’C low and 
we raise it on a large scale. I think 
thiit we ought to get better prices on our 
products as Avell as on other things. I>o 
you think so? A. B. 
Orange Co., N. Y". 
Cows are from $-50 to .$100. Butter. 
50 cents; milk governed by League 
prices; apples, ,$1.50 bushel; potatoes. 
80 cents to $l a bushel; turuips, 75 cents 
bushel. Feed is away up. Bran $2.60 
and .$2.75; middlings still higher; meal, 
$3.00; oats, $1 a bushel. Why is it that 
milk is cheaper and feed still going higher 
and very hard to get at th.it? Farin 
help A’cry scarce. None at any price. I 
enjoy your paper v'cry much. E. M. R. 
Oneida Co., N. Y”. 
Visitor: “My good man. you keep 
your pigs mucL too near the house." 
Cottager: “That’s just what the doctor 
said, mum. But I don’t see how it s 
agoin’ to hurt ’em!” —Punch. 
