-Ghe RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
630 
DOGS 
Airedales and Collies « 
But)s. crown docs, and lirood matrons. Large in- 
Ktriictive list. 5c. W. R. WATSON. Box 1745, Oakland, Iowa 
For Sale-Farm-Raised Purebred Airedale Puppies 
born .Tannary 26, S10 to S15. Fomale, $8; female, 10 
months, $10. Albert Mewton, Dummerston, Vermont 
ForSale-r.^^*'i?!.^'^Castraied Male ^ViT 
Price, t.50. Peter J. Wagner, North Branch,Sullivan Co..N.Y. 
I>a>c1 Bitch in whelp. Fine, 
fearless, intelligent 
companion and watch dog. $35. Also male, $20. 
Both two years old. EOW. ELIASON, North Haven. Conn. 
:on SALE. PAIU AIItEItALES. Army Saddle. Price 
$10. H, r. SEIVF.HT, !?9 Fast Center 9t,, Hahonor City, Fa. 
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POULTRY 
Belgian Hares 
SI AM,FT STEI.NKR, Crittenden, N.T. 
BarronHatchingEggs 
pedigreed imported Barron S. C. White Leghorns 
in the United States. Also White Wyandotte Cock¬ 
erels from Barron’s highest pedigreed stock. Write 
for prices. THE DELAWARE EGG FARM. Milford. Delaware 
/^¥jf ^1^ d Barred Rocks on Free Range. Par- 
cel Post Service. Booklet Free. 
Keliable Hatchery, Box 12, R-2, McAlisterville, Pa. 
ROSE 
The old reliable winter layer.s. 
CO HR Brown Leghorns Guaranteed eggs from our prize 
winning strain, $2 par 15. HKCSII A SON, .Rlltnn, T,Tmoii« 
White Ujhorn Pullets ’{:1S 
FOREST FARM, - Rockaway, N. .1. 
Vigorous, Heavy-LayingYearlingLeghornHens 
Ferris strain, at $2,50 each. Cocks same age, $3.50. 
Pen of fix. with cock, $1.5. Satisfaction guaranteed 
or money back. E. J. Steger, Grottoes.Virginia 
Barron 200- Egg S.C. White Leghorns 
Unnsnally large white hatching eggs a specialty at 
FIVE DOLLARS PER HUNDRED. Hem laid 75 and more 
eggs during three coldest months. Bred from Mi.s- 
aouri contest winners. All guaranteed. 
NELSON DEWEY, . Mlddleport, N. Y. 
Barron White Leghorn Eggs 
$1 pur 1.3. l> per 100 prepaid- Wm. D. Stidtl, Itrawlarry Ridgt. Pa. 
S. C. W. Ijeghorns, 11c. Money 
refunded for dead chicks. Circular free. 
W. A. LAUVER, McAlisterville, Pa 
S f» I Prize winners; none better. 
■ U. UrOWnLOgnOrnS Light and Dark matings. Eggs, 
12.50 per 16. C. J. SHEL.MIDINE, Lorraine, New York 
CHICKS 
M 
OTTLED ANCONAS. Blue Bell strain. Eggs for hatch¬ 
ing, $1.10—16; $.'>..50—100. GEO. K. SQWDISH, Eaptranea, N.T. 
M. Bronz.e. B. Red, Narragansett and W. 
Holland turkeys W per 12. B. P. Rocks 
. Red chickens, $1.26 per 16. All eggs prepaid. 
Orders filled promptly. Eaitern Ohia Paaltry Earn. Beallsville, 0. 
Egg8-Egg8 
aiKl S. C. iT. 1.1 
I aolif ONLY. Fifteenth year. ,Se- 
L.ignt rSrabmas jeded Eggs-settings-$i.50: 
50-$4.50; 100—$8. Haystack Mountain Farm, Norfolk. Conn. 
White Rocks 
each. A. 8COF 
FISHEL DIRECT, Selected yearling 
). Chick 
20c 
$2 per 16; $9 per 100. Chicks' 
Orceii linven. New York 
WHITE WYANDOHE CHIX $20 
l£ I V E K 8 I D E F A K .M, W A U R E N , .M ASS, 
Rhode Island Whites^fJ,"*’b 
Eggs from pen of famous layers. Mid-winter records 
23 to 28 eggs in 30 days. $2 per 15. 0.G.L.Lewis, Paoli, Pa. 
For Sale-BronzeTurkey Eggs 
fifty cents each. G. B. BARTHDLDMEW, Sheffield, Mass. 
Gilbert Farm School ‘laORNS*.^ E ^^*s * 
day-old chicks, custom hatching. Georgetown, Conn. 
• I FROM SKLKCTKD HEAVY-LAYING HENS 
l-||||t|rQ “Reeal” While W’raiidottea, May delivery -2Ue each 
Barred Roel* “ “ IHe eaeli 
MOUNTAIN VIEW POULTRY FARM, Hopawell Jet.. N.Y. 
Giant Bronze Turkey Eggs eVgs,‘®’. “# 2 *per irl! 
Shropshire Sheep. H. J. VAN DYKE; Gki’TYsbvrij, Pa. 
S. C. R. I. Red Eggs for Hatching 13 .“ i": 
duire E.T. CHAMBERLAIN, Orangeburg, N.Y. Tel.Piermonl 337 
Guinea and Turkey Eggs Large catalog free. 
Write today for yours. EUWl.N a. 60UDFK, Telford, Pa. 
Bourbon Red Turkey Eggs H«riiing 
so Cents Eachi Egg Record Flock Genesee, Pa. 
Brilliant Strain of Choice Barred Rocks eggf^r 
hatching, $8 per 100. H. C. HAND. AmagaNsett, New York 
Knna anriPklolo from Utility Bred White Plymouth 
eggs anauniCKG a„<j white Leghorns. Send 
for circular. Oakwood Farm, Yaphank, 1. I., N. Y. 
FffiTitfnrHAtchinfr Silver Campines. White Wyaii- 
tgga lOr naicning silver Medal at Provi- 
dence. Cockerels for sale. Sbcrmis tUck Farm. Narrisviilt, R. I. 
White Chinese Goose Eggs “nrlng May*! 
HEO. £. HOWELL, Spruce Farm, HoweUs, N. Y. 
Choice Lot of White Holland Turkeys L*!* 
Eggs, 35o. each. H. W. ANDERSON, Stewartstown, Pa. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
PARTRIDGE R O C K S value/rhe fa 
mous Regal-Dorcas and .Vmerican Beauty Strains. Eggs, 
$2, $3 per 16; $9 per 100. Day-old chicks 20c each. Cbixand 
eggs shipped prepaid; safe arrival guaranteed. Circular. 
OWM.INU FARM, Box 497, HO. IIAHHONU, N. V. 
E have books on 
all subjects of 
farming by rec¬ 
ognized authorities. 
Write us and we will 
quote you prices 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street, New York 
THE HENYARD 
Soft-shelled Eggs 
I have 71 birds, all last ypiir’.s pullets, 
except seven old hens kept over for sitters 
this Spring. I feed wheat in the morn¬ 
ing and again at noon, with some’ whole 
oats oeca.sionally thrown in the litter to 
keep them busy. At night they have 
whole corn, and at all times the laying 
mash advised by ^I. K. I).; !ilw;iys an 
abundance of clean ivater, oyster shell, 
grit and charcoal. Each day during the 
\yinter they had a moderate amount of 
either chopped mangel or sprouted oats. 
They laid steadily from the 2(!th of Oc¬ 
tober. Lately I have had two or three 
soft-shelled eggs ,a week and lost one 
tine bird which had an egg broken in the 
oviduct and was not able to expel it. f’:in 
anything be done to remedy this condi¬ 
tion, or would it be best to try to )>ick 
out the ones which lay soft shells and 
kill them? If such a one dies after an 
egg is broken in the oviduct is it tit foi- 
food? Shall I keep on feeding the laying 
mash .all the Spring and Summer? ^[y 
chickens are yarded. Is crushed gr.-inite 
a safe grit to give chicken.s, especially 
baby chicks? Af. a. V. 
It is not strange that he.-ivy-laying pul¬ 
lets. kept under the somewhat unnatural 
conditions of the modern jionltry yiird, 
should occasionally develoji disorders of 
the egg-producing organs, such as those 
that manifest themselves by .soft-shelled 
eggs, inability to extrude eggs, etc. These 
conditions could probiihly he avoided by 
allowing the fowls to live more as their 
wild ancestors did, but it wouldn't he 
prolitiihle and we would hotter lose a 
hen occasionally. I shouldn't kill a good 
pullet that was laying soft-shelled eggs, 
liowevi-r. Remove her from the dock, give 
her more liberty and feed her lightly for 
a time; perhaps she can come hack. 
I do not know that the meat of hens 
that have died from natural causes is un¬ 
wholesome, hut our instincts rather revolt 
at eating the flesh of animals that have 
died from any cause other than the ax. 
The mash fed in Summ<‘r does not need 
to he materially ditferent from that nsecl 
in the Winter. Some authorities leave 
out a part of the more fattening foods, 
like corn and buckwheat, and replace 
thein with wheat products or similar 
grains richer in protein. I suspect, how¬ 
ever, that this is iin efl'ort to be scientific 
rather than a concession to any demon¬ 
strated need. Crushed granite makes ex¬ 
cellent grit, and is suited to little chi<*ks 
if crushed fine enough. If you have clover 
or Alfalfa hay, give your yarded hens a 
forkful in their liouse every day. This is 
a good tonic, blood purifier, kidm-y and 
liver remed.v and hair rt‘.stoi-(>r for any 
flock. M. IL 1). 
Management of Large Flock 
What approximate number of husliels 
of wheat and corn resiiectively, and num¬ 
ber of liounds of ordinar.v di-y ni:isli :n-(' 
required to feed a flock of 1,000 standiird 
bred White Leghorn hens for 12 months? 
I low many dozen.s of eggs could rt'ason- 
ably he expected in 12 months fi'om 1.000 
White Leghorn hens of standaril immmer- 
eial breed in their .second laying year? 
What is the greatest number of laying 
bens that one str<mg, husky young man 
of industrious disposition and proper in¬ 
terest in the flock could give proper care 
to, including the gathering of the eggs? 
PeniLsylvania. M. 5V. 
In the fourth annual laying contest at 
Storrs it was found that 1,000 hens. 400 
of them lieing Leghorns, consumed a little 
over 21 tons of grain and 20 tons of dr.v 
ina.sli during the year. If the fowls Imd 
all been Lt-ghorns the food consumption 
would not have been quite as great, hut 
tin* above figures are not far out of the 
w.-iy for an.v flock of that size. 
It is hard to say what could "reason¬ 
ably" he expec-ted from any flock of hens. 
The Leghorns in the above-mentioned con- 
te.st. the very select of the select, aver¬ 
aged l.‘{ 1,0 doz. each. I should con.sider 
nine to ten dozen each a more reasoiiiibh* 
exiicctation for the iiverage good layers of 
that breed, and that, of course, could 
not he assured. So much depends upon 
what is included in the care of a flock 
thiit your third question is also har<l to 
give a rational answer to. Probably this 
"hu.sky young man” would find his time 
well filled Avith necessiiry duties if he 
attemiited to wire for a flock of 1.000 
layers and to maintain that number: that, 
at least, seems suftiidently aspiring to me. 
TTnfortuiuitel.v, the “gathering of the eggs” 
is not one of the major chores on the 
average poultry farm. M. B. D. 
Preserving Fertile Eggs 
I have just read an article on page r)12 
on ‘‘Home Preservation of Eggs,” by 
Ralston B. ILinnas, in whi(-h lie states 
that only infertile eggs should be used 
for that purpose. We Imve a itoultry 
farm, hut init down eggs each year for 
use when eggs are high. Two years ago. 
iis an experiment, we put into the water 
glass some eggs from oui' breeding pen, 
marking each one. The rest of the eggs 
were infertile. The fertile eggs were not 
used until well into the Winter, and I 
(-ould see no ditlereuce between, them and 
the infertile ones, l.ast Spring we jiaid 
no attention to whether the eggs were fer¬ 
tile or not, and of the 15 dozen imt down 
not one had to be throAvn away. 
Connecticut. MK.S MILTON E. FISH. 
50,000 KERR’S CHICKS 
Prepaid by Parcel Post at Cut Prices 
Ready for Shipment May 2nd and May 9th 
S. C. White LeKhorne . 
Barred Plymouth Rocks 
Rhode Island Reds . . 
White Plymouth Rocks 
•I.l Chicks 
60 Chicks 
$4.00 
$7.00 
5.00 
8.00 
6.00 
8.00 
6.00 
11.00 
100 Chicks 
$12.00 
15.00 
16.00 
20.00 
Terms Cash with order. Can not ship C. O. D., but will ftuarantoe to deliver the chicks in fir.-it-class 
condition. If any are dead upon arrival will refund your money or replace them free of charec. 
These chicks are from healthy, vigorous, pure-bred stock, the kind that will produce eggs and plenty of them. 
To be sure of getting Kerr’s Top Notch Quality Chicks order now. Send for FREE Catalogue No. 4. 
THE STOCKTON HATCHERY 
12,000 CHICKS—APRIL 30th-MAY 1st DELIVERIES 
We are oflferinB you the rarest opportunity of the season. Strictly 
thoroughbred chicks at the price of common mongrels. We positively 
guarantee our chicks to be equal to any on tlie market of their ki.;d. Our 
large egg capacity and business principles allow our customers high 
Uuality of Thoroughbred chicks at Rock-Bottom prices. We guarantee 
full count of live chicks upon arrival. 
100 CIIK'K.S 60 CHU'K.S 25 CITICKS 
S. C. White Leghorns.$12.50 $6.50 $3.75 
R. C. Reds. 14.50 7.50 4.50 
Barred Rocks. 14.50 7.50 4.50 
White Wyandottes. 17.00 8.50 5.00 
Special Prkes on lots of 500 chicks and more. Send for new catalog—it's FREE It anyone. 
Include 26e. per 100 chicks; 20c. per. 60; anil 16c. per 25 for Parcel Post. Add 10c. 
more or send a Special Delivery stamp, as chicks 5vill reach you as soon ns mail 
and in fine condition. 
EMMERT R. WILSON. Stockton Hatchery. STOCKTON. N. J. 
NOTE THE BIG REDUCTION 
100,000 Rosemont Pure Bred Baby Chicks 
Heady for delivery Ai>ril 20, .30 ; May 1, 2, and every week throughout tlio mouth of May 
AT THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL LOW PRICES lOO 50 as 
S. C. White Leghorns. ((lia.OO iflll.aS $K.75 
Itiiir Brown Leghorns, Iturrcd Rocks, S. C. A; It. C. R. I, Reds 14,00 7.00 4.00 
M'hite WyundottCM iind White Rocks. 17.00 0.00 5.00 
REOUOEO FRO.n REGULAR PRICES OF $17 TO «<aa PER 100 
ROSEMONT PUKE BKED B.\BY OHICK.S have a national reputation for vitality and 
early maturing qualities. They lire not JUST GOOD, BUT THE REST. 
THIS IS YOUR OPT’OHTUNITY TO GET DUALITY CHICKS WITH A GUAILVNTEE 
OP SAFE DELIVERY, FUEL COUNT AND SATISFACTION. PREPAID BY PARCEL I’OST 
(if any liead upon arrival, will replace tlicm free of clinrge or refund your money.) 
Don’t delay, order at once. Send money order, express order or clieck. 
INSURE SUCCESS. Write for a copy of our big catalogue. IT'S FREE. 
ROSEMONT POULTRY FARMS & HATCHERY 
ROSEMONT, N. .r. Box 500 
272 278 
Buck’s Barred Rocks 
Win at Vineland 
PEN No. I, hml ami ovviiod by us, won third annual 
variety sweepstakes, and was first in tlu'ir class; 
also hens Xos. 17 tind 1!) finished fifth and sixth, 
against l.OOO competitors, being the two high Rarrecl 
Rock birds, laying 272 and 278 eggs respectively. 
Hatching Eggs from sisters to these birds, $4.00 per 15; $20.00 per 100 
Hatching Eggs from yearlings, same strain, $3.00 per 15; $15.00 per 100 
{Nothing sold but what we raise on our own farm. No baby chicks.) 
GARRET W. BUCK, Colts Neck, N. J. 
MAHOGANY STRAIN REDS 
Single comba only. For years I have selected Pall 
and Winter layers for breeders, Mated to ricli Ma¬ 
hogany colored intiles. K^s, $2 for 15; $5.50 
for 50; SIO for lOO. Widte for circular. 
It. <JL’.VCKKNltUSH, Box 500, Darien, Conn. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds bremfing! 
tieavy fall and winter layers, have produceil a 
str.ain of iitility birds, we honestly believe second 
to none. Eggs ; $2 for 15 ; $5.50 for 50 ; $10 for 100. 
Reynolds Poultry F'ariu, So. Norwalk, Conn, 
S- O- 
I- 
Vibert 2;U to 261-egg strain. 6 hens and cockerel for $15. 
Eggs, $2.50 per 1.6; $8 per 100. Chicks, $26 per 100. 
ANNA M. .TONES, - CraryvIlle, N. Y. 
S.C.Rhodel5landRed»5J;Vi^",r.hJw“; 
two consecutive years. High-gratle utility breeding 
stock, also eggs for iiatching. Send for circular. 
MAPLECKOFT FARMS, Box R. Pawliug.N. Y. 
HATCHING EGGSJ'S'™;; 
Trapnested stock. Viliert’sS.C.Reds—Barron’s S.O. 
Leghorns and Wliite Wyandottes. Place your orders 
now. Overbrook Poultry Farm, Marlborough-on-Hudson, N.Y 
Bred to Lay. Blue Ribbon 
■ lYdJo winners at Leading Sliows. 
Eggs, «1.50 for 15; »8.50 for lOO. 
CATALPA POULTRY FARM, W. G. Horner, GETTYSBURG, PA. 
NESTED Rhode Island Reds and Buff Orpingtons^pter. 
utiire. HICKORY FARM, 4 Madison Ave., Springfield, Mass 
R. C. Reds-Pearl Guineas 
Kggs for hatching, 15c each. Guineas, $3 each. 
Sinclair Smith, Box 153, Southold, Suffolk Co., N. Y. 
R R R I Rprfo K ees, $8—100; $1.50—15. Healthy, 
vigorous, utility liens—no pullets. 
K. H. JOHNSON, - Center Bridge, Pa. 
White Holland Turkeys For Sale 
30 ib. young Toms. Choice females. Eggs 50 cents 
Each ; $5 a Doz. 
PEACH RIDGE STOCK FARM. R. F. D. No. 4. Newburgh, N.Y. 
Improved Parcel 
Post Egg Boxes 
New Flats and Fillers 
New Err Cases 
Leg Bands -O ats Sprouters 
Catalog Free on Request 
K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Shrd, New York 
VON CUUN Incubator 
$10. NO ADVANCE IN PRICE 
Absulutcly Fireproof. Write for Catalog. 
GEO. WATSON BEACH 
Dept. JO, $26 Liberty Street, NEW YORK 
Bourbon Red Turkey Eggs 
50 cents each. Mildred Smith, Mt. Hethel, Pa. 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys a^PS 
Fggs, 50c each. Pekin Duck Kggs. 13 for $1.50. 
DICKERSON POULTRY FARM, Seulh Road, Poughkeepsie. N.Y. 
MATTITUCK 
White Leghorn Farm 
BABY CHICKS FROM HEAVY-LAYING STOCK. 
$14 per 100; $125 per 1,000. 
One customer wrote "your pullets averaged Itll 
egg.s, I did no culling. They paid me a pi ollt of $4.B1 
each, which I think pretty good for an amateur.'’ 
8-weeks-oId pullets at $85 per 100. 
Circular. A. H. PENNY, Mattituck, N.Y. 
S O Ruff I oohnrnc (Meribcw strain.) Eggs, $1.60 
• w« Dull LcgflOrnS per 15: $8.60 per 100. Chicks, 16c 
each. Chix and eggs prepaid. Safe arrival guaranteed. 
O'WNLAND FAKM, Bga 497. So. Hammond, N.Y. 
