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Oic R U R A 1. N E W-Y O R K E R 
June S, 1!)18 
CHICKS ARE AMMUNITION 
—don’t waste them 
Food is as important as am¬ 
munition. Food ammuni¬ 
tion. And poultry is assuming 
a larger place than ever in the 
food situation. More poultry 
is needed to save beef and 
other foods for the fighters. 
So it becomes almost a crime 
to let any chick die unneces¬ 
sarily. And here is one good 
waj' to keep little chicks from 
dying: 
Feed them II-O Steam- 
Cooked Chick Feed.” 
Write for free samples, prices and descriptive folder 
This feed is composed of clean, 
sweet grains. And it is the only 
feed which gets our exclusive 
steam-cooking process. Such 
steam-cooking dextrinizes part 
of the grain-starches for easier 
digestion. And reduces moisture. 
Reduced moisture means no sour 
or musty grains. 
Try H-O Steam-Cooked Chick 
Feed. 
Notice how easily your chicks 
digest it. See if your chick death- 
rate doesn’t decline. See if you 
don’t actually raise more and bet¬ 
ter chicks. 
Raised on H-O 
Steam-Cooked 
Chick Feed 
THE H-O COMPANY, Feed Dept., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Members U. S. Food Administration, License No. G 12,996 
JOHN J. CAMPBELL, Eastern Sales Agent, Hartford, Conn. 
Baby 
Chicks 
S. C. W» Leghorns 
R. & S. C. R. f. Reds 
B. Rocks 
p U R E B R E D, 
Strong’, Livable. 
From heavy-laying, 
healthy, free range 
stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
Wesley Grinneil 
Sod us, N. Y. 
World’s Greatest Layers: 
/(Chicks ! 
Feed YODR poultry wrrtr^i ^l^ 
Maurer'S 'Kwauty 
Meat Scrap 
lUsed at New Jers^ Laying Contest 
17 |*AP/I 9 i 8 Farmers Almanac 
• •* Generous Samples .of 
v'KwALiTY” Productsi 
WRITE TO-OAV. 
.MAURER manufacturing CO.^ 
.Dept. 365. 
Newark, V 
I ■— 
■W. Wyandottes 
Buff Orpingtons 
S. C. W. Leghorns 
8. 0. R. I. Reds 
$5.04- PER PULLET in 5 winter months 
that's the prize-winning record for value of eggs laid by our 
E en of 6 Leghorns at l^avenworth in the severest winter 
nown. Our champion pullet No. 1104 laid 28 eggs in coldest 
January in 98 years ; our pen of five Leghorns laid 105 ^gs 
Mme month. Mcrelu another proof that our ^rfectod_i!;7if7- 
Strain leads in every competition. 
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OTHER 
I RECORDS: 294 eggs In 359 days laid <n last N., A. Egg Con- 
r WorW^s Champion Wyandotte, heqXvno all e 
.. 8t by our WorW's Champion Wyandotte, beating all entries 
I of all breeds. First Prize Leghorns N. A. Contest, B hens 
1 laid 1139 eggs; Reds Ist prize, 5 hens laid 1043 eggs; Wyan- 
I dottes. Missouri Egg-Laying Contest. 10 hens laid 2005 eggs. 
I Most profitable poiatrY/cnown—cockerels, pullets and hens 
I from champion pens. Write today for book, ** Story of the 
I 200-Egg Hen.** Price. 10c, refunded on first order. 
[ PENNSYLVANIA POfiLTllY FARM. Bm P.Lanoastt-.’R, Pa. 
Brehm’s Beef Scrap and Bone 
is equa lly good for hogs as for Poultry; Greater 
body than digester tankage and costs no more. 
Hade by H. F. BREHM, Watorloo, N. Y. 
m CUUN Incubator 
SIO. NO ADVANCE IN PRICE 
Absolutely Fireproof. Write for Catolog. 
GEO. WATSON BEACH 
Dept. SO, 126 Uberty Street, NEW YORK 
T 
Hampton’s Black Leghorn Chicks 
By Parcel Post. 
2,500 FOB DEr.IT'ERY ’H'EKKI.Y JUNE 4, II, 18, 26. 
$12 per 1 00 ; $6.SO per 50 ; $3.60 per25. 
DO YOU KNOW" THAT” The Bl.ack Leghorns led the ten breeds 
represented at the Vineland Egg Iiaying Contest the past 
season with 48% egg yield. That they led for Jan., Feb., 
and March. That tliey are the heat breed on earth. That 
the Famous Hampton Black I.eghorn chick will please 
and satisfy you and grow into the best layer you ever had. 
That whou you buy chicks of Hampton you get a square 
deal. Order your chicks now and get them wlxen you 
want them. Safe delivery giiarantced. My free circular 
tells all. Write for it. A. E. IIAMPI'ON, Bor fl. Pitlstown, N. J 
SINCLE 
COMB 
White Leghorns MRR0N*STRAIN 
tNat 
paiil 
Well hatched, ■well bred, from best heavy- 
egg strains of Reds. Rocks, Wyandottea, 
Leghorns, etc. FREE BOOK tells how 
to make more money from Poultry. 
W. F. HILLPOT, Box 1, Frenchtown.N. J. 
3.000 Breeders In free farm range, inoculated and 
free from lice, with Egg records up to 274 Eggs in one 
year. Eggs for hatching $6 ix:r 100 Balance of sea¬ 
son. Baby Chicks, last half of May and June, $12 
per 100 in any quantity by I’areel Post, Prepaid. 
Safe arrival Guaranteed. Prompt Shipments. Capa¬ 
city 10,000 per week. The kind that live and grow 
into Winter Layers, My Book, ‘U’roflts In Poultry Krrp- 
ing SolTsd," free with all $10 orders. Circular Free. 
EDGAR BRIGGS. Box 75. Pleasant Valley. N. Y. 
MAHOGANY STRAIN REDS 
Single combg only. For years I have selected Fall 
and Winter layers for breeders, Mated to rich Ma¬ 
hogany colored males. Egifs, $3 for 15; $5.50 
for 50; 8S10 for 100. Write for circular. 
B. ^JUACKENBUSH, Box SCO. Uarien, Conn. 
TIFFANY’S 
Superior 
CHICKS 
that Live 
SILVER, WHITE & COLUMBIAN WYAN 
OOTTES, 20c. each; $18 per 100. S. C. 
RD REDS & BARRED ROCKS. 18c. each; 
$15 per 100; PEKIN and ROUEN 
(DUCKLINGS). 35c. each; $30 per 100. 
Parcel Post prepaid. Safe arrival 
guaranteed 
A LBHAM POUETKY FARM 
K. 34 - Fhoeniiville.Pa. 
BUSINESS BRED 
English White Leghorns and Anconas 
Husky chicks frointrap-nested layers. Guaranteed 
to please. Booking orders noiy. Also hatching 
eggs and stock. No order too sm.all or too large. 
HARTMAN POULTRY FARM, Sta. C, Box O, Columbus, Ohio 
Ki;Ks,CIliekB,Breeding stockM E N T. Everything for 
BEST LAYERS. CATALOG FREE. JzJ V Poultry. BIG CATALOG FREE. 
GEOKOE II. FERItlS, 935 Union Avo., GKANII KAPIPS, MICH. 
.SUPPLIES 
ciS, BrownLeghorns-Eggs,H 
LEON SAGE, - Crown Point, N. Y. 
PlliniTQ G. White and lirown heehornB 
Unilf Ikv itarred I’.Kockand Broiler Chicks 
Sets, each and up. • Catalogue Free. 
Cyclone Hatchery, Depi. B. Millerstown, Fa. 
Baby Chicks 15c. each, balance of season 
Regal White Wyandottes and Barred Bocks 
MOUNTAIN VIEW POULTRY FARM. Hopewell Junction. N. Y. 
Rhode Island WhiteSc®o“^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. 
'‘Perfection” Barred Rocks (Ringlets) 
Surplus stock from our breeding pens. About 100 
liens, $3.50 each; 15 cockerels. $7.50, $10 and $15 
each. These birds are exceptiontil quality and in 
best of condition. They have produced egga that 
were good value for $4 per setting. Plenty of time 
to hatch from them this season Hatcliing eggs, $2 
and $4 for 15. Dr. Hayman, Doylestown, Pa. 
Barron’s AVhite yandottes 
females imported direct; males dams, 272 to 2^-egg 
records; hens with 255 to 273-egg records. Males, 
females, and eggs for sale. E. E. LEWIS, Apalachin, N.Y, 
W HITE WTAHDOTTES— Regal-Dorcas and American Beauty 
Strains. PARTRIOBE ROCKS-Bred in line for greatest value. 
Eggs, »1..50, $2.60—15 ; $6.76—100. Chicks, 17c, 30c each. 
Sales List free. OWNLANU FAUM, Bix 497, South Hammonil, H.T. 
HATCHING EGGSSr«^”d 
Trapnestedstock. Vibert'sS.C.Reds—Barron’s S.C. 
Leghorns and White Wyandottes. Place your orders 
now. Overbrook Poultry Farm, Marlborough-on-Hudson, N.Y 
Baby Chix—Hatching Eggs—Breeders 
White Wyandottes, R. I. Reds. Barred Rocks, XJght and Dark Brahmas, 
S. C. \V. and Brown lA'ghorns. Utility and show quality. 
Catalog fi*ee. Kivkkdalk PoulthyFxrm, Box 165. Uiverdaley N. J 
R. C. Reds-Pearl Guineas hSwIso e^ck 
Eggs for hatching, 15c each. Guineas. $3 each! 
Sinclair Smith, Box 153, Southold, Suffolk Co.. N. Y. 
S P DiiTTI anlinrnn Merihew strain. Eggs, $1.26—15; 
. U. bullLegnorns $5.50-100. chicks, 12 Mc. each. 
Sales List free. OWKLANO FAKH, Otx 497, Geuth Haimnond, H.T. 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
Vineland, N. J. 
The Vineland, N. J., egg-laying contest 
is now in its second year. The same hens 
which were reported last year are being 
tested for their two-year-old form. Below 
is given the record of the full pullet year, 
the record for the current week ending 
May 22, and the full record for this 
year. Do not confuse these records with 
the Connecticut figures, for that is a pul¬ 
let contest. 
BAKEED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
1st yr. Week 
Garret W. BaicU, K. J. 10.56 29 
Tliomas Henry, Pa. 1548 14 
Otto C. Luhrs, N. .1. 1474 3.3 
C. N. Myers. Pa. 1689 32 
Harry H. Ober, N. ,1 . 1443 32 
Overlook Farm, N.J. 1199 29 
George C. Ward, Me. 1459 22 
Woodside Farm, R. 1. 1867 26 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Chester P. Dodge, Slass. 1635 24 
Holiiston Hill Poul. Fin..Mass. 1985 .39 
Edward B. Murray. N. y. 1573 2.5 
Victors. Reichenbaoh, Pa. 1038 33 
Overlook Farm. N. J. 1662 31 
Wilburtha Poultry Farm N.J.. 1214 27 
COLUMBIAN PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Deptford Poultry Farm, N. J.. 1447 32 
T. J. Enslin, N.J. 1302 23 
J. M. Jones. N.J. ]8.'4 32 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Thomas Coates, N.y. 1445 2, 
A. H. Faulkner, N. J. 1412 1 . 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 1322 21 
Gablewood Poultry Farm, N. J. L598 27 
Jiusscroft Farm, N. J. 1761 32 
E. C. Moore, N.J. 1485 4.5 
T. H. Matteson & Son, U.1. 1410 36 
Sunnybrook Farm, N. J. 1460 13 
H. S. Tuthill, N. J. 1721 33 
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES 
Lake Farm, K. 1. 1513 17 
Sunnybrook Farm, N. J . Jiai 3.5 
Wilburtha Poultry Farm, N. J. 1253 36 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
Clark anil Howland, Vt. 1.591 22 
W. Laing. N.J. 397 20 
Mrs C. B. Elliott N.J. 1279 23 
S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Belle Kllon Stock Farm, N. J... 1522 19 
H. VV. Colliiigwood, N. J. 1425 2.5 
Thomas W. Dawson, Pa. 14|0 18 
Etjon i’onltry Farm, N. J. 1479 24 
'Thomas Henry Pa. 1.522 28 
Miss A. S. Macintosh, N. J. 1635 1 9 
Underhill Bros., N..I. ]yo 6 17 
Woodland I’onltry Yard, I’a_ 1082 17 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Avalon Farms, Conn. 1937 
K. A. Bullard, Pa. 1843 
Will Barron, England.. 20S1 
Belle Ellen Stock Farm, N. J.. 1425 
Broad Brook F:irm, N. V. 1098 
Cloverhawn Farm, N. J. 1734 
W. J. Cocking, N. J. 1674 
Jos. H. Cohen, N.J. ] 7;{0 
J. S. Cray & Son, N. J. ](U 9 
Chas. Daval, Jr., N.J. 1728 
Ij. S. & N. Jj. Depne, N.J. 1714 • 
11. F. & it. A. Earle, N. J. 1595 
Harry G. Gardiner, N.J. 1772 
C. S. Greene, N. J . .. 1772 
Wells S. Hastings, Conn. 1742 
B. Frank Grunzig, N.J. 1277 
Henry E. Heine, N. J.. io22 
Richard Heine, N. J. 1,527 
Heigl’s Poultry Farm, Ohio- 1616 
Hilltop Poultry Yards,Conn_ 1774 
Hillview Farm, Mo. ]4:j6 
Holiiston Hill Poul. Fm.. Mass. 2114 
Pinebeach Poultry Farm, N. J.. 1412 
James F. Harrington, N.J. 1719 
John U. Lauder, N. J.. 1851 
Lay well Poultry Fjirm. Conn... 1867 
Fred J. Mathews, N. J. 1755 
fiercer Poultry Farm, N. J. 1012 
Merrytliought Farm, Conn. ](i 73 
H. H. Myers, N. J. 1843 
Samuel Niece & Son. N.J. 1851 
Oak Hill Estate, Pa. 1635 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 1117 
Oakl:ind Farm, N. J. 16.55 
Miss Anna C. Parry, Pa. 1,526 
P. G. Platt, Pa. 2173 
Riverside Egg Farm, N. Y. 1815 
Joseph H. Ralston, N.J.‘ 1614 
Shadowbrook Farm. Conn. 1620 
Sloan’s Egg Farm, N. J. 1666 
Pinehurst Poultry Farm, Pa_ 1884 
Herman F. Sender, N.J. 1802 
A. E. Spear, N. J. 17 I 6 
Sunnybrook Farm, N. J. 13.53 
Tenacre Poultry Farm. N.J_ 1312 
Tom’s Poultry Farm, N. J. 1702 
’Training ! 8 chooI, N.J. 1535 
J. Percy Van Zandt, N. J. 2212 
Sliurts and Voegtien, N. J. 2115 
Gustav Walters, N.J. 1883 
White House Poultry Fm., N.J. 1489 
W. K. Wixson, Pa. 19.59 
Willanna Farm, N. J. 1915 
Woodland Farms, N.J. 1896 
S. C. BUFF LEGHORNS 
H. G. Richardson, N. J. 1448 
Homy Singer, N.J. 1137 
Monmouth Farms, N. J. 1407 
S. C. BLACK LEGHORNS 
A, E. Hampton, N. J. 1746 
Fred C. Ni.xon, N. .1. 17.58 
Sunny Acre.s, X. J. 17.54 
5-’ 
41 
40 
34 
48 
44 
41 
4-3 
.50 
Kl 
42 
49 
40 
49 
33 
40 
49 
47 
39 
36 
42 
41 
66 
41 
49 
45 
48 
49 
39 
52 
47 
47 
53 
45 
50 
53 
46 
47 
48 
62 
49 
50 
50 
44 
40 
49 
44 
48 
37 
34 
47 
43 
53 
51 
34 
36 
41 
38 
45 
48 
777 
743 
702 
567 
727 
881 
590 
647 
688 
764 
677 
a53 
953 
689 
819 
749 
657 
711 
721 
724 
896 
615 
689 
834 
737 
720 
6.56 
744 
749 
747 
681 
616 
713 
808 
620 
705 
.574 
724 
798 
877 
750 
843 
648 
641 
716 
760 
711 
71.1 
Totals. 161875 3753 71372 
offered for use where the electric lig-iit 
cannot be obtained. One such lamp is 
shown below. Can it be that some 
of these men who Avould have to be urged 
to buy a good lamp for the children to 
read by—will gladly pay for the lig’-t 
which makes heavy laying? 
Total 
750 
098 
697 
885 
824 
766 
758 
6H 
604 
668 
600 
.521 
707 
587 
671 
(08 
',46 
681 
609 
763 
808 
721 
690 
578 
7.30 
915 
7.59 
682 
582 
Artificial Light for Poultry 
This plan of lighting the henhoii.se in 
order to prolong the hen’s Avorking day 
has been worked out with much success 
on the Pacific coast. It seems strange 
that so little has been said about this 
m.attor in view of the evident success ob¬ 
tained by many who have practiced it. 
There is no doubt that the use of strong 
light before sunrise and after dark in 
Winter has increased the egg yield of 
many flocks. It is a general practice on 
the upper Pacific coast. As is usual when 
a new method or practice becomes popu¬ 
lar inventive genius and commercial en¬ 
terprise rush in to supply tools or fixtures 
needed to utilize the new methods. 
Three various kinds of lamps are being 
Black Feathers in White Leghorns 
Can you tell me v.hy black feathers oc¬ 
casionally appear in white chickens? I 
have a pedigreed White Leghorn cockerel 
mated with mature hens from full blooded 
stock of the same breed. Several of the 
young chicks haA^e black feathers. Will 
you give me a formula for a balanced ra¬ 
tion for growing chicks? I want a mash 
that can be fed up until I begin to feed 
the laying mash to the pullets. This lay¬ 
ing ma.sh is made from the formula Avhich 
appeared in The Ritkal Neav-Yokkeii, 
and it has given tremendous success. 
Connecticut. e. a. p. 
No “full blooded” stock is pure blooded, 
nor ever can be, for Nature has got things 
so badly mixed that man Avill never fully 
straighten them out. All purebred do¬ 
mestic animals are the descendants of 
mixed ancestry, and though some of them 
haA'e been bred for many Am.srs Avitii an 
eve single to elirninating all traces of 
some of their ancestral blood, that bloofl 
will occasionally crop out. Black feath¬ 
ers Avill appear in Avhite birds; the Shet¬ 
land pony AA’iH groAv into a large horse; 
and the boy Avill run aAvay and go to 
sea. If you are inclined to blaiiie the 
boy overmuch, get out your Bible liiul see 
hoAV long the pure blood of Adam and 
Eve remained nnmixed Avith that of some 
presumably inferior race. Drawing chicks 
Avill balance Avell on corn, Avheat. hulled 
oats, and mo.st any other grain that they 
can get, provided that the lack of anim.ql 
jirotein in these grains is made up to 
them by the addition of meat or fish .scrap 
or skim-milk. In the old days Avhen grain 
could be purchased, cracked com and 
Avheat for hard grains, Avith equal part.s 
of cornmeal, wheat middlings, bran, and 
meat scrap for mash made an excellent 
“growing” ration for chicks of all age.s 
beyond babyhood. Nowadays, you have 
to feed what you can get and even find 
substitutes for the substitutes. M. b. d. 
Broody Hens 
I have a flock of 450 White Leglioru 
hens in their pullet year. Probably 
about 80 of these hens are now broody. 
I am inexperienced in this line and do 
not know Avhether it is profitable to keep 
these broody hens another year or not. 
I assume that these same hens Avill ahso 
be broody their second year. If this is 
true, it Avould .seem that tlie proper plan 
to folloAV would be to ftitten them and put 
them in the market iuiav. I do not know 
whether I am right or not, but it seems 
that a broody hen Avill lose (hree or four 
weeks’ laying every time she wants to set. 
If one has L'om 500 to 1.000 layers, it 
takes consitlernble off the profits to have 
10 per cent of them broody, and it seems 
to me a btdtt'r iilan would be to dispose 
of these during their pullet year, and not 
carrv them over the second year. 
Ncav York. H. F. S. 
It certainly does reduce the profits to 
have hens become broody when they 
should be laying, but all flocks suffer this 
loss, for hens Avill become broody both 
in their pullet year and later. If one 
Avere to dispose of all broody hens upon 
the first manifestation of this condition, 
I am afraid that he would soon be Avith- 
out a flock. A Leghorn hen, particularly 
a pullet, should not lose three or four 
Aveeks Avheu broody. If you will make a 
separate pen or enclosure for broody birds 
and promptly remove those that shW any 
signs of broodiness to ncAV quarters at 
the first cluck, two or three days should 
.suffice in most cases to overcome their 
disposition to raise a family and permit 
their return to laying quarters. As a 
rule, Leghorn hens are not persistent sit¬ 
ters and do not lose much time in broodi- 
ness. Old hens are more frequently 
broody than pullets and are les.s easily 
“broken up,” but no great difficulty 
•should be experienced Avith either if they 
are taken in time. m, b. d. 
Mrs. IIaavbuck ; “Hiram, it takes yoi 
twice as long to drive the pigs as it usee 
to.” Farmer II.; “I know it. Yoi 
wouldn’t expect me to speak harsh to i 
lot of critters Avortli $50 apiece, woulc 
you?”—Boston Transcript. 
