Sheep and Swine at the International 
(Continued from page 199) 
suit, for otherwise the ringside would * 
not present an attractive appearance. 
Really, the management would he justi¬ 
fied in prohibiting artificial fleece color¬ 
ing. 
The showing of fat sheep has featured 
this exposition for many years, for after 
all. the ultimate end of breeding and 
feeding practices is to develop a type 
that will yield a carcass that will most 
nearly meet the butchers’ ideal; a wealth 
of firm flesh developed in the neighbor¬ 
hood of the valuable cuts, back, loin, rib, 
leg. with a minimum of offal and a small 
percentage of trim. The breeder strives 
to emphasize feeding qualities; the 
butcher insists upon quality of meat and 
a high dressing percentage, and the 
feeder is not content unless his animal 
will serve as a profitable transfer machine, 
and naturally demands that hie grain 
and roughage be converted into wool and 
mutton at a profit. The International is 
the final battling ground where form and 
function are correlated and where every 
breeder renews his allegiance to the 
golden hoof. F. c. M. 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
When there is good reason to believe that 
this disease is present treatment is not 
worth while, for the affected birds can 
never be profitable themselves and they 
are a constant source of danger to others. 
For this reason the ax is the accepted' 
remedy and prevention by avoiding the 
introduction of the disease into the flock 
from outside sources is more to be recom¬ 
mended than any attempts at treatment. 
M. B. D. 
201 
Colds and Roup in Poultry 
W hat is the direct cause of roup in 
chickens, and what is the remedy to use 
as a cure? Can it be prevented from 
going through the flock if infected birds 
are taken away as soon as noticed? The 
roup affected a number of our chickens 
during the warm spell late last Fall. AVe 
used a roup remedy and separated the 
affected ones from the rest. As the cool 
weather came on the disease gradually 
disappeared, but when a warm spell came 
on again we found more fowls affected. 
The coop has been sprayed several times 
since we discovered the disease amongst 
the fowls. G. w. k. 
Connecticut. 
I have noticed inquiries regarding colds 
and roup in chickens. I have had the 
same trouble in a house that was in ex¬ 
cellent sanitary condition. I cured them 
by giving half teaspoonful mixed lard and 
ginger and bathing their nostrils once or 
twice with hydrogen peroxide diluted one- 
half with water. I do not know which 
is the more efficient, the lard and ginger 
inwardly or the hydrogen peroxide nose 
bath. Each one separately is good. The 
two together will do the trick. 
New York. siieldokix. 
In reply to this, and other inquiries, 
with regard to the treatment of colds and 
roup in fowls, a distinction should be 
made between these two diseases, for, 
though similar in many of their symp¬ 
toms, they are not alike in their nature, 
and effective treatment for one would be 
of no avail in the other. Colds are 
catarrhal affections brought on by the 
cold, damp and changeable weather of the 
Fall and Winter. Their tendency is to¬ 
ward spontaneous recovery if the fowls 
are given clean, dry. well-ventilated and 
sanitary quarters. Their symptoms are 
quite like those of colds in human beings ; 
sneezing, watering of the eyes, running 
at the nostrils, droopiness, and a general 
appearance of feeling out of sorts. These 
colds may be slight, made evident only 
by a little wheezing in breathing, or they 
may be so severe as to make the fowls 
appear miserable indeed. It is not known 
whether such ‘‘colds” are contagious or 
not, but they probably are. as they are 
among humans, and all but the strongest 
members of a flock are likely to succumb 
when exposed and conditions are right 
for acquiring the disease. If contagious, 
there must be a germ of some kind 
present in tile discharges that can convey 
the trouble from one fowl to another 
when weather and other conditions are 
right to weaken the natural resistance of 
the birds. 
It is such colds that various remedies 
have been found helpful for, the simplest, 
perhaps, being a drop or two of kerosene 
injected into each nostril of a bird found 
wheezing on tin* perches at night. More 
severe cases may be treated with a solu¬ 
tion of boric acid, 15 grains to the ounce 
of water; peroxide of hydrogen diluted 
with an equal amount of water, or a 
strong solution of permanganate of 
potash, exact strength immaterial. These 
solutions njay be used as dips, or washes, 
for the head, or they may be applied by 
means of a syringe gently used. Various 
proprietary “roup cures” are also recom¬ 
mended by pouitrymen who have em¬ 
ployed them. \\ hile their composition is 
known only to their manufacturers, it is 
needless to say that there is no reason 
to believe that they are other than the 
well-known _ antiseptic and astringent 
drugs used for this purpose. 
True roup, which may be acute oi 
chronic in form, according to the severity 
of its manifestations and the length of 
time it takes to run its- course, resembles 
a severe cold in its symptoms, but is more 
severe and the affected birds are evi¬ 
dently much more sick when affected with 
it. The discharges are apt to have a 
putrid odor, and it results fatally in most 
cases after a greater or less length of 
time. In acute cases, birds affected with 
true roup are so evidently sick that there 
can be no question as to the serious 
nature of their affection. Roup may run 
a chronic course, however, with milder 
symptoms of tin' same nature, subsiding 
in severity in fair weather and becoming 
severe again when it is damp, cold and 
raw. These birds affected with chronic 
roup may carry it over from year to 
year and finally infect the whole flock. 
Ration for Hens 
I have 50 R. I. Red hens, extra fine, 
.and have oats, wheat, barley and corn. 
I would like you to suggest the proper 
ration with amount per day. I have also 
finely cut Alfalfa hay. c. H. 
Ohio. 
V ith a mixture of these whole grains, 
adding as much of the oats and barley 
to the wheat and corn as the hens will 
eat. without waste, used as a scratch food 
to be fed in the litter morning and night, 
I should also feed a dry mash composed of 
equal parts of cornmeal. wheat bran, mid¬ 
dlings, gluten feed and beef scrap. This 
dry mash, to be kept before the hens at 
all tunes in an open hopper so made that 
the feed will not be thrown from it and 
wasted. If a plentiful supply of skim- 
milk is at hand, the proportion of meat 
scrap in the mash can be reduced. This 
may be done anyway if it is felt that this 
amount of beef scrap cannot be afforded, 
but at least one-seventh of the mash 
should be composed of meat if the hens 
are to be expected to do their best at 
_ H. B. D. 
Fowls with Indigestion 
My chickens suffer a great deal from 
indigestion ; they stop eating and the crop 
is enlarged and hard. My ration for a 
hundred chickens is 12 pounds scratch 
grain, consisting of the following: 10 
parts cracked corn, five parts buckwheat, 
three parts whole wheat, two parts 
clipped oats, one part whole barley. My 
dry mash consists of the following: Equal 
parts of hominy, gluten, cottonseed meal, 
cornmeal, middlings, ground oats, beef 
scrap, two parts of bran, half part of 
bone meal, half part charcoal. This is 
mixed and kept in open hoppers. They 
also get plenty of skim-milk and mangel 
beets. The healthy chickens lay very 
well. Mill you inform me if my ration, 
as it is, is not good, and if so, will vou 
give me a satisfactory one? My chickens 
also suller a great deal from swollen eyes 
on only one side of the face. Matter 
begins to appear around the eve and 
gradually it gets closed and swollen, 
comes. L . R . 
The mixed grains' that you are feeding 
are very suitable for the whole grain 
portion of the ration, but I should prefer 
a more simple mixture of ground grains 
for the mash and should discontinue the 
cottonseed meal, which is of questionable 
value as poultry food. A mixture of 
equal parts of cornmeal, wheat bran, 
wheat middlings, ground oats and beef 
scrap is superior to the one you are feed¬ 
ing and certainly less trouble to put to¬ 
gether. If you feel that you cannot af¬ 
ford to feed so large a proportion of beef 
scrap, that may be cut down, or. if you 
have an ample quantity of skim-milk, 
omitted entirely. Unless hens have all 
the skim-milk that they will eat, however, 
they need some meat in their ration. I 
see no reason for indigestion, though your 
fowls may be overeating. They may do 
better with dry mash hoppers open after¬ 
noons only. 
liens vvith the symptoms of colds, or 
even possibly of beginning roup, that you 
describe, should be removed from the flock 
«uk 1 kept by themselves until recovery. 
There are various proprietary remedies 
for these troubles upon the market which 
•some pouitrymen think of value, while 
others depend upon the use of perman¬ 
ganate of potash in fairly strong solution 
as a wash or dip and a weaker one as a 
drink. A drop or two of kerosene in each 
nostril i^ an old-time remedy much used. 
M. B. D. 
sgK March Baby Chix 
^'9 (S. C. Red and 
Barron Leghorn) 
Raise Early Broilers this 
year and^ make money. 
You can’t go wrong on 
our Chix, 
Price List ready 
conn Rhode Island Red Cockerels teiy , tr a „T n y 
$5 and upwards. EDGA R HAMMOND, Burnt Hills. N Y! 
White Wyandotte Cocks and Cockerels 
t ill pne Med. Mi ss Marian I. Moore. Middl.brouk Plly. Fnu.. Hamburg, H.j. 
White Wyandotte Cockerels 
lAKed birds, whose dams were sired bv John S. Martin’s 
c hampion ’ Sensation,” for$e each. L. 0. QUIGLEY. Goshen. N.r 
ForSale-H^nTthyvi Wild Toms and Hen Turkeys 
Mrs. JESSE C. LUKENS, - Oxford, Fa. 
$2 50. KL BRITON FAUM 
Darlington, Maryland 
Barred Rock Laying Pullets 
White Leghorn LayingPullets El f’ > r0CKERKL8 ‘ 8 * 
1 Briton Farm, Oarlington, Md. 
Fine individual*. Does, $7.60—$10. 
« - Bucks, $2.60—$ 5 . Youni? naira 
Inos, S7.50. F. 8. JOHNSON. Sit. Carmel, Conn'. 
Hares 
IT PAYS TO RAISE 
RufusRedBelgian Hares 
Y.iur Foundation stock should be Pedigreed. Registered 
Bought from a Reliable Breeder. 
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SURPRISING INCURATOR 
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triple wall, water jacketed heat flume, sloping egg trav 
keeps small ends of eggs always downward—enables chicks 
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B. F. Gump Co., 439 S. Clinton St., Chicago, III. 
It’s Easy to Raise CHICKS 
With the Guaranteed 
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Make the test yourself at my risk. Use the 
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you my check for your money at once. 
The EUREKA burns coal or natural gas. Is 
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chicks. If 1 did not know it will please you I 
would not dare give this unconditional guarantee. 
I do know, because I designed it and build it 
complete, in my own big stove works. 
Order now to insure prompt delivery. Chick 
time will soon be here. 
500 chick size, $19 ; 1000 
chick size, $23, 
Write today for Booklet 
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244 North Front St. 
PHILADELPHIA PA. 
150 
Both are made Ui 
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[J Incubator is cov- I 
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r$i4 7 - 5 
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Hot-Water, Copper Tank, Double 
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.Freight Prepaid 
| & allowed on express. Guaranteed. 
T My Special Offers provide ways to 
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’'Hatching Facts.’* 
ohi 
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—It a Free and tella all. Jim Rohan, Pres. 
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MAKE HENS LAY 
more eggs; larger, more vigorous chicksi 
heavier fowls, by feeding cut bone. 
If Allftl’C latest model 
IT lMim o BONE CUTTER 
_ rI, U lust, easy, fine; never clogs. 
10 Day:, Froe Trial. No money in advance. Book free. 
Wi F.W.MANN CO..0OJ 15 MILFORD.MASS. ■ 
Get Started Right With Heavy Layers 
Light Brahmas-White Leghorns 
Tom Barron's English Strain 
Book Your Orders Now for Hatching Egos. 
$1.50 Setting 13 $10 Per 100 
BREEDERS FOR SALE W rite Your Wants 
BETTERKIND POULTRY FARM, North Branch, N. Y. 
BARRED ROCKS 
Park’s Pedigreed strain Cockerels, $5 each. 
D. EVERETT JONES, - Hillsdale, N. T. 
Barred Rock^ Well matured, standard 
,tU IXUCRS* hred „ ullets Prices ,. ej4 . 
so liable, consistent with quality. Purchaser satisfieil 
or money refunded. G A Williams, Box 494. Warwick. N T. 
STURDY BABY CHICKS 
Martin s White Wyandottes, Ringlet Barred Rocks, 
S. C. Reds, S. C. W. Leghorns, Ancotias. Prices free 
from the reliable Sunny Side Poultry Farm, Capper Hill. N J. 
FOR SALE 
Leghorn Cockerels 
1 $3 each. 
Unionville. Oranue Co.. N. Y. 
2 While 
Purebred. 
August Riibonstein, 
RHODE ISLAND WHITES 
Single Comb Eggs from strain of famous winter 
layers. Mid-winter records run as high as 23 to 28 
Eggs in 30 days. 83 per 15. 0. G L. LEWIS, Psoli, Pa. 
6 B. P. ROCK S2f“S3f Laying Pullets 
1 COCKEREL. Bought of J. \V. Parks when day-old 
ducks. Past 9 mos. old. 835 for the bunch. 
H. H. ROBINSON, - Laceyvllle, Pa. 
' White Wyandottes (COCKERELS 
i Strong, vigorous birds bred from high record, trap- 
I nested stock. S3 each. A. L. VREELANO, Nutley. N. J. 
BABY CHICKS and 
HATCHING EGGS 
from 
Park & Tilford’s 
Laurelton Farms, Lakewood, N. J. 
Suburban dwellers should keep poultry 
to cut the high cost of living. Table 
waste would partially feed the birds 
A small investment in Laurelton Farms 
Large Type Baby Chicks or Hatch¬ 
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are placing before our customers and 
tiie public all the advantages that 
years of experience and careful breed¬ 
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and breeding under the careful super¬ 
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up for the Laurelton Farms the largest 
and most vigorous strain of Heavy 
Egg-Laying S. C. White Leghorns Our 
breeding females weigh four pounds 
and upwards, and were bred to pro¬ 
duce Large. Marketable White E<urs 
for Park & Tilford Stores in New York. 
We are now booking orders for 
Hatching Eggs and Baby Chicks, and 
in placing your orders several weeks 
m advance you may select your date 
of shipment. 
LAURELTON FARMS 
Lakewood :: :: New Jersey 
EGGS 
For Hatching and 
Day-Old Chicks 
Hatching eggs from fully matured 
carefully mated farm raised birds, se¬ 
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any quantity, in season, from our mat¬ 
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White and Barred Plymouth Kooks 
and Mammoth Pekin Ducks. 
DAY-OLD CHICKS 
We can supply in any quantity from 
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BRANFORD FARMS, GROTON, CONN. 
S-C-White Leghorn Cockerels 
Choice selected, pedigreed birds, bred from hens 
with records of 200 eggs or better, $3 to $5 each 
Booking orders for eggs and chicks. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Circular. Harry F. Palmer, Middleport,N. Y. 
200,000 CHICKS For 1919 
Seven varieties. Also Brooders—300 to 1 000 chick 
capacity—814.50 to 820 each. Catalogue free. 
Keystone Hatchery, Dept 11, Richfield, Pa. 
BABY 
$20 per 100 
CHICKS 
.After March 21 
$16 per 100 
8. C. White Leghorns. Excellent strains 
and contest records EGOS produced 
every day in year. Great values. Guar¬ 
anteed delivery. Circular free, lmpection 
invited. Custom hatching. 
Phone Plainsboro 6S8 
Bungalow Poultry Farm ^ 0 ” ^7, d !f c r t -.^°3 : 
Vancrest Poultry Farm 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS. Heavy layer*.Good type 
; and size. One pen of 175 pullets averaged 88 eggs per 
j day dining November and December. Get our prices 
on baby chicks and hatching eggs. Satisfaction gnar- 
| an teed. Frank Van Wagner, Prop . Hyde Psrk, N V. 
S.C.R.I.Red Chicks 
cents each. Custom Hatching, 3 cents an egg. 
Hathaway’s Hatchery, Toms River. N. J. 
Hal3y Cliiclis 
S. C. White Leghorn at 12c each. B. Rock at 14o 
ea ch. C. M. B rubaker, Port Trevorton, Pa. 
M unru Brnn7PTlirkiVS f °rsale. Satisfaction guaran- 
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Miscellaneous 
l-OR SALE—Fifty-light acetyline outfit with 
fixtures: cheap; using electricity. BOX 306, 
Northvi lie. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—About 13 tons of second cutting 
Alfalfa: $35 per ton f. o. b. Cazenovia. Lehigh 
or Central. CHAS. B. CADY, IL 1, Manlius, 
BUCKWHEAT HONEY—Guaranteed? pure honey; 
60 lbs., 22c per lb.; 10-lb. pails, $2.50; 5-lb. 
pails, $1.40; postage or express paid iu second 
zone. ELTON LANE, Trumansburg, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Power sprayer, three cylinder pump, 
200-gal ton tank: good condition. E. R. JOHN¬ 
SON. Center Bridge, Pa. 
CYCLONE farm ditcher, nearly as good as new; 
cost $265: will sell for $150. FRED CHAP¬ 
MAN, West Rush, New York. 
FOR SALE—Big Bull tractor; J. I. Case two 14- 
inch bottom gang plow; both $500. A. E. 
EMERSON, Limerick. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—A 10-20 Titan tractor with 3 14- 
inch bottom Oliver plows: used one season- 
price $700. ORVILLE MENZIES, Weedsport, 
New York. 
FOR SALE—Two now John Deere ponv tractor 
plows, two-bottom, 12-inch, at loss than whole¬ 
sale prices. LEWIS A. BEST, Slatington, Pa. 
PURE SUGAR cane syrup, $1.50 per gallon. 
JAMES F. McCALEB, Insmore, Miss. 
FOR SALE—Complete cider press; makes 30 
barrels dally; used very little; too small for 
my business. BARTKE. Leeds Cider Mill. 
Leeds, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—One 20x30 Spruce Unadtlla Silo aiur 
roof with 30-inch extra front; new; never set 
up. Address E. F. G., B ox 437, Milford, Del. 
FOR SALE—One size T Kuight portable saw- 
, price $375. AI. F. G., P. O. Box 
lot, Milford, Del. 
