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‘Ihc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 1, 1910 
Get Eggs to' Sell- 
and Eggs to Hatch 
The big demand for poultry products insures a continuance of high prices for a long time. 
Take advantage of this money-making opportunity. Make your birds lay heavily noiv. 
Have lots of eggs to sell. And get highly-fertile eggs too, the kind that gives big hatches 
of sturdy chicks which will grow rapidly to market weight. Use 
Pratts Poultry Regulator 
to put your layers and breeders in perfect physical condition. Abounding health and vigor 
mean profitable egg production and strong, vigorous chicks. 
Pratts Poultry Regulator keeps the flock in splendid health and that means better results, 
greater production, bigger profits. It tones up and strengthens the organs of digestion, 
assimilation and reproduction, enabling each to do full duty. And it does this 
work in a perfectly natural way. It is a scientific combination of tonics, 
appetizers, digestives and laxatives which are so necessary to heavy pro¬ 
duction. Test it now on all or part of your flock at our risk. 
Sold by Pratt dealers everywhere. “Your money bach if YOU are not satisfied. 
Write for FREE Poultry Book 
PRATT FOOD COMPANY s* 
Philadelphia Chicago Toronto u 
We Guarantee More Eggs 
A good layer will transform one dollar’s worth of 
food and suddUcs into S3 worth of eces at present 
prices. To be a stood layer a hen must be in top 
notch of health. That is GERMOZONE'S strong hold. 
Gormozone. three times a week, coupled with out 
simple directions for daily feeding, care and culling 
out slackers, is guaranteed to produce better and more 
permanent health and ege supply, or no pay. 
One woman averaged 18 eggs daily from 21 hens 
in December. Germozone costs less than one cent pel 
hen per month. See the profit. 
Germozone cuts out the illnesses from musty oi 
spoiled food, impurities picked up with food from 
floor, contagion through the drink, roup, colds, canker, 
throat inflammation, sour crop, etc. It. goes well with 
any modem method of feeding—grain, vegetables, meat. 
SIXTY DAYS’ TRIAL—PAY IF SATISFIED. Tc 
those who agree to use as directed and pay if satisfied, 
we will send GERMOZONE first time on 60 days' 
trial, postpaid, without preliminary charge. Write 
today, stating how many hens you have. Germozonf 
is sold by drug and seed stores in 75c and $1.50 sizes. 
GEO. H. LEE CO., Dept. 463, Omaha. Neb, 
ONE TURN of CRANK 
TURNS 
EVERY EGG 
Without opening incubator 
BEST CONSTRUCTION 
Simplest to Operate 
60—100-150 and 
200 Egg Sizes 
Write for Catalogue 
ROLLER TRAY INCUBATOR CO. 
300 Grant Ave., NUTLEY, NEW JERSEY 
Big, Dark. Free Range, Trapnested Stock. 
Guaranteed Chicks and Hatching Kggs. Write 
for Circular. Also Berkshire Pigs. 
RICHARD w. WAGNER, East Northport, N. Y. 
S. C.-Red Cockerels-R• C. 
Excellent breeders, deep Red, from trapnested 
stock. Prices. $3 to $5. 
Richard W. Wagner, East North port, N. Y • 
R. C. REDS 
$5 each 
Bred to Lay. Blue Rib¬ 
bon Winners. Cocker¬ 
els for sale. $3.50 and 
CATAl.PA Pol l,TUT KAltJI. It. I>. •-*. Gettysburg, Pa. 
B. C. FI. I. Reds 
Viberttrapnested stock. Cockerels, $5 aixi S8. Hatching 
Eggs, $1 2 per 100; S35 for 300. ANNA M. JONES. Craryville, N.Y 
S. C. Rhode Island Red COCKERELS 
bred from Harrison cocks and \ ibert 200-egg hens. 
Fine, large dark birds from $5 to $H. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. 0. S. RHOADS. 96 Dem pster St , Buffalo. N Y. 
Single 
Comb 
Rhode Island \Yhites .. 
Strong, vigorous cockerels, $5 each. Pullets, read 
to ia\, $3 each. All from pen of heavy u nite 
laveri. O. ti. L. L E W I S, P ao 1 i, 1’ enna 
Light and Dark Brahmas, Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds 
W. Wyandottes hY„w„ cegi™ Cockerels 
('a Ml lour free. RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM. Box 165. Ri*erd«le, N. J. 
C OCKERELS— Slissouri contest-winning Barron strain S. C. 
u line Leghorns. Mothers averaged 25eBg*duringcold- 
i s' months. $3 up. Guaranteed. Nelson Dewey, Middleptirt, N.Y. 
F r sale— Sunswick Strain Buff Orpington Cockerels 
«4 and $8 Each. OIYITIIIA EAI1M, Stanley, Si. Y. 
n I l . I „ „ ("REGAL" WHITE WYAN00YYES. Order 
Bred to La V I Chicks now for Feb. & Mar. Deliv’y. 
Selected Breeders' 
[ MountainView Pity. Fni.,HopewellJnct.,N.Y. 
ti i l* r__ Imported Barron Strain Leghorns. Cir- 
Hatching tggs eular. W. K.ATKISHON, W«llliiEford,ronn. 
For Sale-Pure Bred Mammoth Bronze TURKEYS 
from prize-winning stuck. Large frame—good hone- 
beautiful plumage. Mias ll»A CI1UHBLKY, Proper, MrglnU 
Tom Barron’s Leghorns 
We offer hatching eggs and baby chicks from some of 
the best egg-laying blood to be found in this country. 
Our free circular gives prices, descriptions, etc. 
THE RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM, Cambridge Springs. Pa. 
Tom Barron’s Leghorns ir&kTffi” 
One of tire most intensive breeding plants in tire 
country. Eggs—chicks. Write for circular. WILLOW 
BROOK POULTRY FARM. All en H. Bulkley. Prop , Odessa. N Y. 
Park’s Strain B. R. Day-Old Chix 
from fine utility free range grown stock. Mar, 19c.; 
April, 18c. Also good utility W. Hock and b. < . Iv. 
I Reds. 88c. Parcel post prepaid. Hatches weekly. 
MA PLES WHITE LEGHORN FARM R. f-0., Telford Pa- 
Barred Rock Cockerels 
Thompson’s Kinglets IJlrect—both light and 
dark. Also Parkes' heavy-laying strain. Choice 
pen 8 $ 1 8 up; single Cockerels, So, S7.50, SIO, 
SI5. Money back if not pleased. 
I. H. BACORN, - Serg-eantsville, N. J. 
Cockerels 
Baby Chicks 
Eggs horns!’ u U L 
Beds. U. I*. 
Books, W. Wyandottes. 
Trapnested, farm 
range heavy laying 
stoc k t hat wil 1 m u I ti p I y 
your poultry protits. 
Illustrated folder free. 
Write for it NOW. 
G. F. GIltSON 
Galen Farms, 
Box 100 Clyde, N. Y. 
fHIX 
White Leghorn*. Rede 
Wyandottes. Ancona* 
Pekin & Rurnpr Ducks _ 
breeding farm net a bio hatrhery"^J 
EGGS 
"After travelling 2.000 miles your eggs gave 
80 per cent hatch—better results than l ob¬ 
tained from the eggs of five other breeders.’ 
—R L. Rash. Purple Springs. Alberta, fan 
"From my order of 1,800 eggs 1 hatched 
1,480 perfect clucks. After six weeks all but 
100 are alive "—Coffman Shenk. Denbigh. Va. 
American Poultry Almanac 
Our 1919 cata¬ 
log FREE. How 
we breed the 300-egg lien Plain scientific facts. 
IJmo we win medals at the epg-layinp contests. 
IIOPF.IVFI.I. FARMS. Box R., Hopewell N..I 
Ferris WhitcLeghorns 
A real heavy laying strain, trapnested 17 years, rec¬ 
ords from zoo id an eggs. Get our prices on pullets 
and yearling liens, breeding males, eggs for hatching, 
and day-old chicks. We ship C. O. 1>. and guarantee 
result ' Catalog gives prices; deseribesstock.tellsHli 
about v,iir 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 
Single Comb White Leghorns Exclusively 
BARRON STRAIN OF HEAVY LAYERS 
3 OtitTBreeders on free Farm Range. Now Booking orders 
for Baby Chicks, 1919 delivery. Get your orders in early 
for March and April Delivery as there will be a great 
shortage of baby chicks for 1919. 2(10 choice breeding 
Cocks and cockerels @ $3 each while they last. Cir. Free. 
EVUAIt BiilUGF, Box 75, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. 
QUEENSBURY LEGHORNS 
(Barron Foundation! 
Trap nested winter layers that arefhateh- 
e»d right, raised right and sold at reason¬ 
able prices. Dependable utility birds that 
are guaranteed to please you. COCKERELS, 
HATCHING EGGS. BABY CHICKS. Write to-day. 
QUEENSBURY FARMS Toms River, N. J. 
Wyckoll S. C. W. Leghorn Cockerels 
from best eggs, direct from his Grandview farm last 
spring. Price, $4.50 to $7.50. Shipped L’.O. D., sub¬ 
ject to approval. Also hooking orders for eggs and 
chicks. Straight Wyckoff strain (also my strjiin). 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Gan give best of reference. 
SPRING BROOK POULTRY FARM, ROY S. RIDER. Prop.. Bolliton Spo, N.Y. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
Result of 12 years breeding to produce the best in 
genuine egg producers. Hundreds of satisfied cus¬ 
tomers. Hatching eggs, baby chicks. Choice breeding 
cockerels at right price*. Satisfaction gunranieed. Send 
for circular. GLENW00D POULTRY FARM, John H.Weed.Vinelind. N. J- 
S.C. WHITE 
LEGHORNS 
SUNNY IF AY-Of,® CI1IX 
CREST 2,000 Itrecdi, g linn. 
20.000 Egg capacity incubators. “ SUGGESTION "—Huy where 
your order will be tilled and avoid disappointment. Let 
us book vou early foe eggs and cliix. Send three cents 
for 1919 catalogue. SlINNY UKK8TCO., Inc., Kant Anroru. N.Y 
Utility White LEGHORNS 
heavy-laying strain; line bred for the last 
eleven years for egg production, late-moulting, size 
and vigor. IJay.old chicks ami hatching eggs 
for sale. Circular on request. 
liltOAII UIJOOK FARM. Bedford llllls, A. V 
HAMPTON’S BLACK LEGHORNS 
Day-Old Chicks and Kggs. Get my free circular before you 
order chicks, tells why tlio Black Leghorn is the greatest 
layer.and most profitable breed on cat tb,write today. Also 
White Leghorn chicks. A. K. HAMPTON, Box R. PitUWwn, N. J. 
DAY-OLD CHICKS and HATCHING EGGS 
S C WHITE LEGHORNS, BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, RHODE 
ISLAND REDS. Guarantee safe delivery. Place orders 
now to insure prompt delivery. P A K A I» I SK 
POULTRY FARM, Box 1$, Paradise, Penna. 
ForSale-WyckolI Strain S. C. W. Leghorns 
Cockerels direct. J. Bl. CASE, Gilboa, New York 
White Leghorn Baby Chixs 
from our breeding stock, including Tom Barron 
strain. All farm raisetl on free range. Utility bred 
chicks, perfectly hatched, easy to raise ami started 
right. Delivery guaranteed. Booking orders. Cir¬ 
cular. HAMILTON-FARM, Huntington, N.Y. 
BARRON'S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
I Cockerels for sale from stock imported direct with 
records K. K. LEW IS, Apalaehin, New York 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laving contest, the following facts are given: 
It is helcr at Storrs post office In connection 
with the Connecticut Agricultural College. The 
contest begins November 1. There are 10 pul¬ 
lets in eaelt pen. All the birds receive uniform 
treatment. The houses are all alike, and the 
feed is the same for all. The contest continues 
for one year. The weekly records cover Ihe num¬ 
ber of egg s laid for each pen in the current 
week, and also the total number of eggs laid 
since the first of last November. The contest 
will end November 1, at which time these birds 
will be removed, and another set of pullets en¬ 
tered for the next year. 
Record at Storrs. Conn., for week ending 
January 16, 1919. 
BARRED ROCKS Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark. Conn. 
Samuel M. Monks. Conn. 
Glenhope Farm. Mass. 
Jules K. Fruncals, L. 1. 
Laurel l’o dtry Farm, Quebec . 
Fairfield Poultry Farms, N. 11. 
Norfolk Specialty Farm. Ontario. 
Mich. Agricultural College. Mich. 
ltock Hose Farm. N. V. 
J. II. Wi'son. Methuen. Mass. 
Joseph M. Rothschild, N. V. 
Ingleside Farm. N Y. 
Ore. Agricultural College. Oregon. 
K. L. Smith. Maine . 
H. K. Wallace, Jr.. Muss . 
WHITE ROCKS 
S. Bradford Allyn, Mass. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Mass. 
Chickstuwnut Farms, Mass. 
1). S. Vaughn. It. I. 
11. A Wilson. N. 11 . 
Uolliston Hill Poultry Farm, Mass- 
BUFF ROCKS 
A. A. Hall, Conn. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Beulah Farm. Ontario. 
W. Bradlev. Victoria. B. C. 
Herbert I, Warren. Que., Canada .... 
Mrs ti. W. Stevens. N. Y. 
Laurel llill Fa m. It. 1. 
Obed G. Knight. It. I. 
Merrythought Farm,Conn. 
O L. Magrey. Conn. 
Sbadowbrook Farm. Conn. .. 
Patrick F. Sullivan, Conn. 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
H. P. Cloyes. Conn. 
Cook & Porter. Mass. 
K. Terry Smith. Conn .. . 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Chas. II. Lane. Mass. 
Ktjon Poultry Farm, N'.J..... 
Homer P. Denting. Conn. 
Hopewell Farms. N. J ... .... . 
Pleasantville Farms. N. Y. 
Laurel Hill Farm. It. I. . 
Natick Farm. It. 1. 
Pinecrest Orchards. Mass. 
Jacob K. Jansen.Conn. 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm. N. H. 
RHODE ISLAND WHITES 
Uarvev A. Drew, N. .1. 
F, VV. Oumpstone. Conn. 
BLACK RHINELANDERS 
A, Schwarz, Cal. 
BLUE ANDALUSIANS 
Blue Andalusian Club of A inerlca.N. Y. 
OREGONS 
Agricultural College. Corvallis.Ore.... 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
A. H. Penny, N, Y. 
ltobt. C, Ogle. N.Y. 
S. G- McLean, Conn. 
Glenhope Farm, Mass.... 
Edward T. Tonissen, N. Y. 
Moadowedge Farm. L. I. 
Kirkup Bros. N. Y. .... 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 
Kxmore Farms. Pa. 
James O I.eKevre. N. Y. 
Shadowbrook Farm, Conn. 
Wm. L. Gilbert Home.Conn. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 
P. G Platt, Pa. 
Sunny Crest Corporation, N. Y. 
L. K. lngoldsby, N.Y. 
B. S. Ells, N. J. 
Hollywood Farm, Wash. 
Bonnie Brook Farm, N.Y . . 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 
Beck Egg Farm. N. J. ■ 
Westwood Kurin, N. Y. 
A. I’. Robinson. N. Y. 
C. Rasmussen. N. J . ••• 
Sunny Side Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Gustav Walters, N. J . 
It. Lindsey Ireland, Ky. . 
K. A. Ballard, Pa. 
Mount Hope Farm, Mass. 
Hilltop Poultry Yards,Conn.... 
j Frank Dubois, Mass. 
Clifford I. Stoddard. Conn. 
George Phillips. Conn. 
JW Welch, Neb. 
M. T. Lindsay. N. Y. 
Mrs. J. L. Thuesen, Conn. 
Oak Hill Estate. Pa. 
Bert Horsfall, Quebec. 
Tarbell Farms, N. Y. 
Locust Grove Farm, N. J. 
Hopewell Farms. N J. 
Itapp's Leghorn Farm. N. J. 
D. Tancred, Wash. 
M. J. Quackenbush. N. J... 
The Yates Farm. N. Y... 
Herbert. O. Maxltam. It. l. 
W. B. Kieft, 111. 
Ell wood Newton, Conn. 
C. 8-Green, N. J . 
Coleman Miles, Ill. 
Total. 
24 
214 
20 
277 
28 
“152 
46 
285 
43 
231 
28 
230 
10 
88 
20 
182 
26 
256 
15 
67 
35 
153 
27 
208 
27 
197 
20 
139 
11 
38 
7 
140 
0 
0 
5 
17 
12 
55 
23 
173 
13 
78 
4 
8 
20 
181 
33 
243 
22 
68 
34 
149 
27 
355 
34 
390 
27 
196 
15 
202 
15 
76 
44 
295 
17 
116 
3 
85 
18 
79 
36 
191 
22 
83 
20 
37 
8 
24 
13 
62 
35 
307 
36 
204 
32 
197 
10 
183 
34 
244 
24 
109 
13 
96 
18 
68 
3 
4 
3 
67 
9 
17 
0 
71 
32 
305 
26 
160 
10 
141 
3 
82 
28 
241 
19 
173 
9 
203 
19 
246 
1 
119 
2 
179 
4 
148 
12 
149 
0 
45 
9 
266 
23 
2U9 
13 
142 
9 
114 
13 
154 
13 
48 
8 
18 
16 
233 
6 
154 
4 
53 
11 
105 
28 
180 
26 
175 
29 
246 
13 
273 
12 
150 
12 
141 
9 
110 
6 
47 
4 
69 
9 
UK 
26 
249 
9 
42 
21 
170 
3 
158 
9 
57 
8 
34 
18 
314 
12 
209 
6 
66 
16 
94 
3 
103 
11 
94 
1 
107 
6 
31 
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Lights in the Henhouse 
I have noticed several articles in The 
R. N.-Y. about forcing hens for egg pro¬ 
duction with electric lights, and Cornell 
is now experimenting along the same line. 
< This scheme is original with me, and I 
have used it continuously for the past 
six years, so I feel I may be of help to. 
others who are about to try this method 
of producing Winter eggs. There is no 
doubt that this method will produce re¬ 
sults if properly applied, but it must he 
used with caution for best results. My 
experience has been that hens are liable 
to molt im the Spring and stop laying 
almost entirely if the lights are not pro¬ 
perly used. Nature seems to move in 
cycles; a plant that is forced in a green¬ 
house for Winter production is not worth 
much in Spring. 
Lt is doubtful if one can obtain as 
many eggs per year from hens thus forced 
as from the natural way, but one gets 
the eggs in the Winter months when eggs 
are worth twice as much as in the Spring, 
and so the profit per hen is greater. I 
turn the lights on from four A. M. until 
daylight. I do not find it necessary to 
use them in the evening. The switch 
for turning on lights is an ordinary dou¬ 
ble-pole knife type located in my feed- 
room. and a stout cord is run from the 
feed-room to my bedroom window; a 
weight hung on the cord at the house 
holds a lath bent back in front of the 
switch. When this weight is removed 
thi' lath springs forward and throws the 
switch in, so I do not have to visit ray 
coops at this early hour. Scratch grain 
is scattered in litter the night before and 
dry mash hoppers filled, so the hens will 
have an incentive to jump down from the 
roosts and keep busy in the cold early 
hours before daybreak. 
Eggs from hens forced in this way 
hatch well with me; that is, from 70 to 
75 per cent, and produce strong chicks. 
I have set an incubator as early as Dec. 
1 (i and produced pullets that began laying 
in May, at four months and eight days 
old. 
As to some data on results, I submit 
the following, which is this year’s record 
from one flock of 74 hens that were not 
laying any to speak of up to Nov. 1. when 
lights were turned on. The egg produc¬ 
tion by weeks after Nov. 1. lfilS. from 
these 74 hens, is as follows (note the 
steady increase) : is, 63, 104. 140, 161, 
106. 20,S, 237, 240 and 260. so at this 
writing. Jan. 10, this flock is averaging 
about 50 per cent and still increasing. 
Long Island. wm. v. r. case. 
Experience in Mating Turkeys 
I had 50 turkey hens and 13 gobblers 
last year. Now I want to know how to 
mate these successfully. You probably 
know how gobblers fight. So many of my 
eggs were infertile I thought it was on ac¬ 
count of the. gobblers lighting. Do I need 
that many gobblers for 50 hens? I have 
Bronze turkeys; they have a range of 200 
acres, so I do not feed any till a few 
weeks before marketing. j. j. c. 
My husband and I were somewhat 
amused when we thought of the grantj 
mix-up and wholesale battlefield you must 
have had from turning 50 hens and 13 
gobblers on free range, or in the same pen 
during the mating season. Five gobblers 
would have been an ample supply and 
should have been penned separately with 
10 liens apiece, in roomy, well-aired, clean 
box stalls, or similar shelters, provided 
with roosts and all other necessary com¬ 
forts. Arrange so that the flocks are 
entirely separate, and keep separate dur¬ 
ing the mating season. This is absolutely 
essential if one intends to know the re¬ 
sults from the different matings, or if 
they intend to be able to furnish unrelat¬ 
ed pairs, etc. 
My husband manages them, and as lie 
used to keep fancy horses, we are pretty 
well supplied with box stalls some dis¬ 
tance apart. He might arrange with the 
neighbors to raise some of his flocks. lie 
gives the different flocks free range at dif¬ 
ferent times, never allowing them to run 
together until after the hens are laying, 
and then we see that the hens each have a 
nest of their own, and as our hens are 
marked so we can tell them, we know 
their eggs and keep them in separate 
boxes of bran in the house, plainly num¬ 
bering each hen's eggs with the same fig¬ 
ure. \Ye never have had over three sets 
of matings, and found them quite a care. 
Five sets would necessitate five separate 
runs, enclosed by high woven wire fence, 
tight enough so they could not fight 
through it; but ours are trained not to 
fight and travel together like a team. The 
largest usually is boss, but with five 1 
should think it would be necessary to keep 
tin- rest penned in their stall (if they 
fight), leaving the hens their freedom. 
M US. PEARL CUDDEBACK. 
Onondaga Co., N. Y. 
,7. J. C. will always find trouble of this 
nature so long as lit* has so many gobblers 
together. Here in Virginia one tom heads 
a pen of 10, and as I have never kept 50 
in one lot I could not advise exactly as to 
the number, but would think five gobblers 
to that many hens would be sufficient. I 
live on a large farm and have different 
pens out on the place at the tenants' 
houses, and in that way I have never had 
more than 15 hens in one pgn or boun¬ 
dary, though some people here never keep 
more than four hens and one tom. I 
have always had splendid success. 
Virginia. » ida chumbley. 
I think the trouble with the eggs being 
infertile arises entirely from the fact tlial 
J. J. C. let the 13 toms run with the 50 
hens. As he says the toms fought I would 
infer thev were all in one lot. or pen. 
In the first place, he has altogether tu<> 
many toms He should not keep over seven, 
and I would not be afraid to use as few 
as five, provided they were full of vigor, 
as all breeding stock should be. Then, lie 
must have a separate yard or pen for each 
flock, and headed by one tom, as eggs are 
apt to he infertile if two or more toms 
run together in the same flock. Person¬ 
ally. I prefer to list 1 cockerels each year, 
with two. three or four year old hens. I 
think equally good results would be ob¬ 
tained by using pullets with mature tomS. 
St. Lawrence Co., N. V. c. I). KANE. 
Mother (to battered son): “Willie, 
how often have I told you to stop be¬ 
fore fighting and count up to a hun¬ 
dred?'' Battered Son: “That’s what I 
did, but Charlie, Jones’ mother only told 
him to count ten.”—Ladies’ Home Jour¬ 
nal. 
