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THE HENYARD 
Sawr’u<^» Filling in Henhouse 
I am building a chicken-house. 20 by 
40 feet, on a slope of about two feet in 
the 40 feet, having put a concrete wall 
up, and must fill in about two feet. As 
it is a di'y place. I thought a wood floor 
not necessary. What do you know about 
sawdust (as this is plenty) to fill up? 
Will it give satisfaction if occasionally 
refilled or perhaps removed and refilled? 
Pennsylvania. Ii. L. B. 
I have never seen sawdust used as you 
suggest, and think that you would find 
it unsatisfactory in some respects. It 
would be thrown into heaps by the fowls 
and a large part of it scratched back to 
the rear of the house, making it undesir¬ 
able for holding the scratch feed fed in 
litter, and probably little protection from 
the earth beneath. Rats would easily 
burrow through it, also. As you have the 
sawdust, a trial of it coiild easily be 
made, but I think that you would sub¬ 
stitute wood, earth or concrete after such 
a trial. M. b. p. 
Feeding Dry Mash 
1. Is it necessary to keep a dry masli 
in front of hens when they are fed as 
follows: Scratch feed in the morning; 
green food about 10 o’clock;, all they 
will eat up of house scrap cooked tind 
mixed with meal for dinner, and scratch 
feed again at night. 2. What advantage 
i.s there in keeping yearling hens over to 
.serve as breeding stock when you have 
early well-matured pullets? I find it 
not very convenient to keep them, 
having only a backyard arrangement. 
8 . Is equal part by weight of the follow¬ 
ing a good dry mash? Beaus, cornmeal, 
middlings and beef scrap. F. E. N. 
Massachusetts. 
1. It is not customary to feed a dry 
mash when moist mash is given once a 
day. the dry mash method of feeding 
being a substitute for the older wet mash 
system. I judge that your ration is lack¬ 
ing in the high protein element usually 
supplied in meat scrap or skim-milk and 
needed for high egg production. 2. Early, 
well-matured pullets are entirely suitable 
for the breeding pen, though mature fowls 
possess some advantages over them. Older 
hens lay larger eggs, from which larger 
chicks may be hatched, and they have 
demonstrated their ability to live and lay 
as pullets have had no chance to do. 
3. Your mash is unnecessarily rich in 
beef scrap and would be improved by the 
addition of one part ground oiits or 
gluten feed. M. b. d. 
Suspected Cholera 
Could you tell me what ails my chick¬ 
ens and .suggest means of combating the 
trouble? They are large, vigorous look¬ 
ing Plymouth Rocks, but I have lost 
nearly the whole flock of about 40 hens 
in the last three weeks. Their droppings 
become slimy, white and green, and the 
chickens suddenly droop and die. Their 
pen is the basement of the woodhouse, but 
is kept clean. Recently I scattered air- 
slaked lime about their pen, but the 
trouble has not ceased, and now I have 
turned them out of doors, and by putting 
up a wire netting am keeping them away 
both from the pen and the ground 
around it. . J. m. r. 
New York. 
The sudden appearance of this disea.se 
in your flock, together with the great fa¬ 
tality and the appearance of the dis¬ 
charges suggests true fowl cholera, though 
poisoning from eating something of a 
poisonous nature might produce the same 
symptoms. True cholera is characterized 
by copious diarrhoea, spreading rapidly 
through an infected flock, and a marked 
yellow and green color of the discharges, 
or a bright green color alone in the latter 
stages. This disease is a very fatal one, 
often destroying a flock in from a few 
days to several weeks, and is very con¬ 
tagious. If it is suspected, great pains 
should be taken to destroy all infected 
fowls and thoroughly clean up and dis¬ 
infect their quarters before healthy ones 
are admitted to them. Food and drink 
contaminated by sick fowls or their blood 
or any of the discharge from their bodies 
convey the infection to others, and only 
thorough destruction of such fowls by 
burning or deep burying and equally thor¬ 
ough disinfection of their quarters will 
make the premises safe for future flocks. 
M. B. D. 
Red Pepper for Egg-eating and Cribbing 
S. E. of New York can cure his dog of 
eating eggs if he takes an egg and makes 
a small opening in one end and puts in 
as much red pepper as he can get on 
about one-half inch of the small blade of 
a pocket knife. Then paste a piece of 
strong paper or cloth over the otiening 
and put the egg in a nest wdiere the dog 
can get it. ^Yhen he gets the dose of 
pepper he will never touch another egg. 
A neighbor of mine had a dog that would 
tear up any linen laid on the grass. I 
got the lady to soak a piec-e in cayenne 
pepper and lay it out. The dog took it 
and began to tear it till he got his mouth 
full of the pepper. Ever after that when 
any clothing was laid out he would not 
go within 10 fe(‘t of it. 
* Several years ago a man hei’e had a 
■Uhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
horse, a very confirmed cribber. I got 
him to boil some flannel in the red pepper 
and he wound same around the neck yoke 
and put pieces in his stable where the 
horse was in the habit of cribbing. It 
cured him of the habit; at least he did 
not crib any as long as this man owned 
him. Neither horse nor dog were any 
the worse from the dose of pepper they 
eot. A. c. s. 
St. Marys, Pa. 
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 21, 1918. 
These prices and notes are believed to 
be fairly representative of the current of 
trade here: 
MILK. 
Price^ to producers in l-nO-mile zone 
from New York for .8 per cent milk is 
.$3.81 per 100 lbs. Retail prices at New 
York are: (Iriide A bottled. 19 cents; 
grade B, bottled. 17 cents ; loose milk to 
.stores, 13% cents; loose milk by stores, 
14 cents. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 
65 >2 
Good to Oliolce . 
64 
Lower Grades. 
59 
Dairy, best. 
62 
Common to Good. 
44 
58 
City made. 
41 
Packing Stock. 
.. 34 
38 
Prooess . . 
51 
CIIEF-SE. 
Whole Milk, fancy . 
.. 3.7U O 
34 
Good to choice. 
33 
Lower grades. 
30 
SklniSf best. ... 
.. 25 
26 
Fair to good. 
& 
22 
EGGS. 
White, nearby, ctiolce to fancy .... 
92 
Medium to good . . 
® 
87 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 
® 
76 
Coninion to good. 
& 
68 
Gathered, best, white. 
90 
Medium to good, mixed colors .. 
.. 64 
& 
68 
I.ower grailes. 
48 
Storage. 
@ 
60 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 
@17 
00 
Bulls . 
@10 00 
Cows . . 
@ 8.50 
Calves, prime veal,100 lbs. 
. 14 00 
@20 00 
Culls'. 
@12 
00 
Hogs. 
@18 25 
Sheep. 100 lbs.. 
.. 7 00 
@10 10 
r/716 50 
3>KESSEI> MEATS. 
Calves, choice.. ... 
.. 29 
30 
Common to good. 
9‘) 
26 
Pigs. . 
2.5 
@ 
28 
Lambs, hothouse, bead ...;. 
..12 00 
@13 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens. 2.8 to 27c; fowls, 2.8 to 2Se; 
roosters, 19 to 20c; ducks, 32 to 35c; 
geese, 30 to 32c; turkeys, 37 to 39c. 
(Continued on page 1.343) 
PILLINC~ 
PON^ 
TOOLS 
Double the Weight 
From the SameFeed 
St* aid So great has been the de- 
doubie the mand for these practical, 
pnceperlb. i , . . 
ready - to - use caponizing 
tools that most dealers exhausted 
their stocks. The fact that the Pilling 
factory was working 100% on Gov¬ 
ernment orders for surgical instru¬ 
ments prevented us from refilling 
their shelves. 
Bui next Spring we ahull be able to 
supply dealers who order early. Get 
your order in now^—any poultryman with 
Pilling caponizing tools and our complete 
illustrated instructions can make each dol¬ 
lar’s worth of feed produce four times as 
many dollars as with roosters. Coupon 
Book FREE. 
G. P. PILLING & SON CO.. Phila., Pa. 
1A1/1 Amei-icii’s Pioneer Maker of 
C.SI. IOICaponizing Tools 
WE WANT YOUR 
FOR SALE 
Two hundred ChoiceS.C. „ 
approximate weight two pounds per bird. Price, $1.50 
each. Address WILLIAM G. FERGUSON, SauthamptDn, L. I., N.r. 
BarronLeghornPuIlets 
Put your own assortment on them and mail us a copy. 
If we cannot net you as much or more than you 
expect, we will return them to yon, express paid. 
WE ARE NOW PAYING 
FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTS AS FOLLOWS: 
SKUNK 
Minn,, Wis., Nor. Iowa & Dakotas. 
Northern New York. 
IMaine, N. H., Vermont. 
N. Y., N. J., Pennsylvania. 
Mass., R. I., Connecticut. 
Dlich.. No. C)hio, Ind., Ills. 
Ivans.. Neb.. No. Mo., So. la., Wash.. Ore.... 
Con. Ohio, Ind.. Ills., Md., W. Ya. 
So. Ohio, Ind., Ills. &r Mo. 
Virginia, Nort’a Carolina. 
Kentucky. Tennessee .. 
Arkansas, Oklahoma and California. 
Ga., Fia., AJa., La., Miss., Texas. 
Large Western Long Narrow Stripe Prime. .. 
MUSKRAT 
Large Small 
Winter Fall Fall Kitts 
N. Y., New Eng, Eastern Canada.1.50 1.25 .75 .10 
Michigan and Wisconsin.1.50 1,25 .75 .10 
Pa., N. J., Ohio, Ind., Ill., W, Va.1.35 !.I0 .60 .10 
Kentucky, Tenn, Arkansas.1.25 1.00 .55 .10 
Virginia. Carolinas, Md., Del.1.25 1.00 .55 .10 
So. la.. Mo., Ivans,, Neb., Utah Nev.1.15 .90 .50 ,10 
Minn., N. Iowa, Dakotas, Manitoba.1.15 .90 .50 .10 
Alberta, Saskatchewan .1.20 .95 .55 .10 
Washington. Oregon .(.20 .95 !55 'lO 
BLACK RATS .(.60 1.40 .80 .10 
We also wish to call your attention to the following: 
We do not mislead you by quoting prime skunk as 
extra large, large, medium or small. 
MiLTON SCHREIBER & CO. 
Dept. J, 138-140 WEST 29TH ST., NEW YORK CITY 
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Cockerels 
Baby Chicks 
S.c. W.Lck- 
EiUUS horns, ;u. I. 
***• Reds, B. P. 
Rocks, W. W yandottes. 
T ra pn e St ed , farm 
range heavy laying 
stockthatwillmultiply 
your poultry protits. 
Illustrated folder free. 
Write for it NOW. 
G. F. GIli.SON 
Galen Farms, 
Box 200 Clyde, N, Y. 
Ferris WhitcLcghorns 
A real Iieavy laying strain, trapnested 17 years, rec¬ 
ords from 200 to 261 eggs. Get our prices on pullets 
and yearling hens, breeding males, eggs for hatching, 
and day-old chicks. We ship C. O. D. and guarantee 
results. Catalog gives prices; descrihesstock, tell.s all 
about our farm and methods; results you can get by 
breeding this strain. Send for your copy now—it is 
free. GEORGE B. FERRIS, 935 Union. Grand Rapids, Mich 
QUEENSBURY STRAIN S. C. WHITE 
LEGHORN COCKERELS ( foundation) 
The law forbids the shipm.nt of live stock December 10-31, 
Inclusive. Order your cockerels now and get the best selections. 
Our males are from high producers of big white esKS. Sires 
from 260 to 272 cetr hens. Fine vigorous birds that will beget 
profitable daughters. Prices $5.—$10. Either class positively 
guaranteed to please you. Send in your order to-day. 
Queensbury Farms, 211 North Main Streal, Toms River. New Jersey 
Rose and 
Single Comb Reds 
Vibert’s 2G!) to 255-layiiig strain. Cockerels, $4 and 
$S each. x>. EVERETT JoNES, Hillsdale. N. Y. 
300 PULLETS ForSale 
Owing to recent loss by fire of my laying house will .sell 
800 8. C.W. LegUorn I'ullcta, April hatched.Wyckoff 
strain. A choice lot. Some now laying $1.50 each, if taken 
at once* T. M, GRIFFIN. Phone 581 *J2 7 Gardner Place. Gneonla. N.Y. 
Special White Rock Sale 
VVe are stocking our farm with Barron Leghorns 
and are offering all our White Rocks for sale, con¬ 
sisting of the following birds: 30 yearling'hens at 
$3.00 each; 20 April hatched pulletsready-to-lay at 
$4.00 each; 3 cocks at $5.00 each ; 5 cockerels at $5.00 
each. We also have some very choiceBarron cock¬ 
erels at $5.00 each, or $4.50 each in lots, five or more. 
All stock shipped subject to customers’ approval. 
THE RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM, Cambridge Springs, Pa. 
SKUNK 
We pay higliest easli price fo, 
all staple furs—Skunk, Mink. 
Muskrat, Uaocoon, Red Fox- 
Fancy furs a specialty, includ, 
ing Silver and Cioss Fox. 
Fisher. Marten, etc. Est. 1870. 
Our continued prompt returns and liberal policy are 
now bringing us shipments from all North America, 
Alaska to Mexico. Send for free Price List. Address 
M. J. JEWETT & SONS, REDWOOD, N. Y. Dopt. 29 
Sabo Sure Catch Trap 
for fox. coon, skunk, possuno. ground 
hofir, rabbit, etc., place in animal's 
burrow. SOLD DIRECT at factory 
prices. Write for Booklet. Affcnla 
wanted, Tr«p Mfjj. Co. 
3116 W. 25th Street CLEVEUNO, OHIO 
Belgian Hares 
Black, gray, and Steel gray. For information write to 
F. A. MILLER, Box 62, Platea, Erie Co., Pa. 
RoliTl!in Unroo Proven tmeeders, $1 0. Young 
DCiHlall nalcS does, 86. Pairs, $6; trios, 87.50. 
F. S. JOUNSOJV, . Mt. Carmel, Coun. 
PARKS WINTER LAYING 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Won First Honors and Outlayed 
the 2600 birds in the Five Miss¬ 
ouri Laying Contests (Under 
Govt. Supervision) Including the 
Famous English Laying Strains. 
Also made the remarkable winter 
month record of 134 eggs in Jan. 
Cir. Free. Large Catalog a dime. 
J. W. PARKS, Box V ALTOONA. PA. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants. Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stockin^r Durposes. 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, thanes. Storks, Swans, 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese. Bears, Poxes, Uae- 
coon. Squirrels, and all kinds of birds and animals. 
WM. J. MACKENSEN. Naturalist, Dept. 10. Yardley, Pa 
« White Leghorn Cockerels 
Tom Barron’s Strain direct. These birds are sons of our 
officially counted 290-egg contest hens. Kemember tlie 
cockerel is two-thirds the breeding pen. Piice, $5 up- 
Order early. qaK HILL ESTATE, Uniontown, Penn. 
BARRED ROCKS 
Vodiirree cockerels for sale. Good, husky birds, ready for 
breeding. J. KRANCaIS, Westhamptou Reach, Ij. 1., .N. Y. 
S. C. White Leghorns 
311 egg strain. 4 yearling hens and 1 cockerel, SI 5. 
E. CLAUDE JONES, - Craryville, N. Y. 
S. C. R. I. R E D S 
Vibert trapnested stock. 831 to 251egg strain. Cockerels, 
$3 and SS each. ANNA M. JONES, CBAitYViLLE, N. Y. 
For Sale-10 ""ireBlue Andalusian Cockerels 
Good size and color. S6 to 810 Each. 
I). S. GEKOLD, Box 101, Larchmont, N Y. 
SilverFoxes For Sale 
For Sale-White Mice and Rabbits Kindvrhook,^N. T. 
SUNNY “EFFICIENT” S. C. W. 
CREST Bred For Business LEGHORNS 
Price list pamphlet with baivains. Uargest poultry farm 
in State. SUNMY CRKST FOULTKY FARU, Fast Aurora, N.Y, 
Reds of Quality-Single and R.C. Cockerels 
$3 and $4 each; S. (’. Yearlings, 83. Farm Bred. 
K. OKAIIA.U, K. F. I). IKo. 1, t'OIiLEGEVIl.LE, P*. 
Wanted -300 S. C. White Leghorn Pullets 
March or April hatched. KAMEL BltO.v, Warr.u Point, N. J 
ForSale-Wyckoff Strain S. C. W. Leghorns 
Cockerelsdirect. J. M. CASE,Gilboa, New York 
50 S White Leghorn Pullets ;~S 
Stock. Also llfteeu cockerel.-i. M. J. QUACKENBUSH, Nutley, N. J. 
175 Single Comb White Leghorn Pullets 
for sale. March and April hatch. VI. ONET, Folsom, X. J 
Silver Grey Dorking Cockerels For Sale 
Mrs. D. S. GUTHRIE. Prayer Spring Farm. ORONOQUE, CONN. 
For Sal e-Y o'u n' " Bronze Turkeys *s^o c k!"® 
Toms, SI Oj hens, $7. C G. BOWlcit, Ludlowville, N.Y. 
T l I F Ir OV C ^ w i I d . EACH. 
LJ I »V Cy O J. C. STEVE.NS, (ireoiivUIe, N.Y. 
White Cornish-Big Cockerels 
Colored Muscovys Jessie Beynolds, Petersburg, N.Y. 
IVlammoth Bronze Turkeys 
Fine stock; raised on range. 
John D. Smith, - Walton. New York 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys orX^S.’Cnt $To a^^^^ 
SI 2. Hens, S6. Tonlou.se geese, either sex. SS. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. Order NOW. WM. W. KETCH, Cohoclon, N T. 
ForSai0=w^”.V'E^HollandTurkeys;«^^^^^^^^ 
Wyandotte cockerels, S3. Mn. II. (I. PKIOE, Newark, Obie 
White Holland Turkeys big bmie. p’l ice—Toms, $7 
each. Hens, 35 each. Ur. T. l AUli FEEKV,Tazewell,TireiaU 
