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LIBERTY-MARVEL 
OilBuinm^ BROODER 
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Automatic Regulation 
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50 
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chicks 
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days’ trial, if they' do not do all we claim. 
SEND FOR FREE CA TAT,OGEE 
United Brooder Co., ff.SST.f7: 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
“LADY VICTORY” 
4 1918 CHAMPION ^ 
Lay* 304 Eggs per year 
In Egg Competition 
TheExtraEggs 
will soon pay for one of these 
Automatic 
Self- 
Heating 
Poultry 
Fountains 
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Keeps water at the 
right temDcntture 
day and night in the 
coldest weather and 
or write for Circular 
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■ IWO ' Agents tan mine Big Money. Write tor Offor. 
■ c^^^OROMWORKS^^^SARAllACJIICHIO^ 
f roaairss less than a quart of oil a week. Made of Galvan 
1 izod Steel. A lonsr felt want supplied. Every Hen-House 
needs one. Price of 1 Heater and 2 irallon Automatic moun¬ 
tain complete $1.76. Order JNOVV c 
£Jo. R ana testimonials 
S J Q Buy s 140-Eggi 
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With this Guaranteed Hatching Outfit and my 
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'catalog, "Hatching Facts” 
_ —It tells all— Jim Rohan,Pres. 
Belle City Incubator Co., Box 48 Racine, Wis. 
ONE TURN of CRANK 
TURNS 
EVERY EGG 
Without opening incubator 
Bust Construction 
Simplest to Operate 
\ 60—100—150 and 
200 Egg Sizes 
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ROLLER TRAY INCUBATOR CO. 
300 Grant Ave., NUTLEY, NEW JERSEY 
1CA EGG INCUBATOR 
ltf U CHICK BROODER 
r$i 4 '- 
S. C. W. Leghrns Wh ite Wyndtte s 
S. C. R. I. Reds 
“World’s Champion Layers” 
Our Certified Contest Records are PROOF 
Lady Victory, our S. C.W.Legliorn hen, wins High¬ 
est Honors in American Egg Laying Contes., at 
Leavenworth, Kansas. Average 25 eggs per month 
during coldest yVinterknown tor98years. 1- lgureout 
for yourself how layers like these will increase your 
profits. Together with her four sisters, her pen laid 
1133 eggs,winning three silver cups and high honors. 
Oar entry of five Wyandotte hens in the preceding North 
American Egg Laying Competition, won hirst Prize and 
Three Silver Cups. These hens laid 1165 eggs, having these 
high individual records: 294-267-221-220 eggs. Contest under 
K OurThamMo C n Wyandotte hen “l- ibe J$ 
fngh.^tHo'ff^lal 9 V^yand 1 otte Cl Wemord^ 3t Her S sister'Taid*267 
eggs, winning third prise and cup against 600 competitors. 
Merely another proof of our success in breeding 200-cgg 
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Highest official Rod Record known 
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BABY CHICKS 
BREEDING STOCK 
Write today for 
copy of * ‘The 
Story of the 200- 
Egg Hen,” con¬ 
taining pictures of 
onr competition winners, 
plans of trapnest. feeding 
formulas and other val¬ 
uable information that 
will increase your egg yield. 
Price 10c, deducted ’rom your 
first order. 
THE PENNA. POULTRY FARM 
Box P, Lancaster, Pa. 
Mbs! 
Profitable 
Poultry 
Known 
THE HENYARD 
Breeds at Laying Contests 
In the egg-laying contests why are not 
some others of the popular breeds includ¬ 
ed ; also, why not use the same number of 
pens of each breed? A. J. M. 
California. 
All these breeds have at one time or 
another been represented at these con¬ 
tests. Some are not claimed to be heavy 
egg producers. They are meat-makers 
chiefly, and it would hardly be fair to 
compare them with special layers. Prob¬ 
ably the plan is to proportion the num¬ 
ber of pens of each breed to correspond 
roughly with the number of hens repre¬ 
senting each breed throughout the coun¬ 
try. 
February 8, 1919 
a Profitable Returns 
- ' FROM 
Chickens and Rabbits 
A Back Yard flock will add dollars to your in- 
come and the luxury ol* fresh ckks for your family. 
But you need the expert help ot the P ultry Item 
as your safe guide. 75c. a year; 2 years $1.00; 
4 months trial, 25c. 
Good Poultry and Rabbit Books 
Town Lot Poultry Keeping. Book 
revised and enlarged. Fully illus¬ 
trated, 50c. With Item 1 yr. Si. 
(Flexible binding$1.00.) Rabbit 
Culture and Standard, best 
book on rabbits, 132 pages illus¬ 
trates ami describes all varieties, 
50c. With Poultry Item big « 
monthly, *1.00, Fine flexible binding, $1.00. 
Where the Rooster Crows the Item Goes 
The Poultry Item, Box 25, SellersvUle, Pa. 
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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¬ 
ing Eggs will give quick returns. We 
are placing before our customers and 
the public all the advantages that 
years of experience and careful breed¬ 
ing can offer. Years of trapnesting 
and breeding tinder the careful super¬ 
vision of recognized experts have built 
up for the Laurelton Farms the largest 
and most vigorous strain of Heavy 
Egg-LayingS.O. White Leghorns. Our 
breeding females weigh four pounds 
and upwards, and were bred to pro¬ 
duce Large, Marketable White Eggs 
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 
in advance you may select your date 
of shipment. 
LAURELTON FARMS 
Lakewood :: :: New Jersey 
Both are made of 
Calif. Redwood. 
Incubator is cov- - 
ered with asbestos and gal-. 
vanized iron; has tnplej 
walls,copper tank,nurs-, 
I cry. eartz tenter, thermometer, rend, tol 
I use. 80 DAYS’ TRIAL—money back if I_ 
I not O.K. Write fot FREE Catalog Now. 
I Ironclad Incubator Co,Box 101 Raclns,WI»^ 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
Those purchasing eggs for hatching and baby 
chicks must understand that they are assuming 
s->me risk when ordering from a distance. For the 
most part eggs and chicks carry safely, but some- 
•imes rough handling by the express companies 
, exposure to heat and cold causes damage, 
'i lat eggs fail to hatch or chicks die is not con- 
c! isive evidence of bad faith on the part of the 
seller, and we shall not consider claims on that 
basis. To avoid controversy buyer and seller 
should have a definite understanding as to the 
responsibility assumed in case of dissatisfaction. 
rrr o For Hatching and 
Lull!) Day-Old Chicks 
Hatching eggs from fully matured, 
carefully mated farm raised birds, se¬ 
lected for their prolific laying quali¬ 
ties and vigor. We can supply eggs in 
any quantity, in season, from our mat¬ 
ings of. Single Comb White Leghorns, 
White and Barred Plymouth Kocks 
and Mammoth Pekin Ducks. 
DAY-OLD CHICKS 
We can supply in any quantity from 
Single CombWhite Leghorns; in limit¬ 
ed quantities from White and Barred 
Plymouth Kocks. 
Write for Price List 
BRANFORD FARMS, CROTON, CONN. 
Tankage for Hens; Cleaning Eggs 
1. Is tankage containing 45 per cent 
protein a practical substitute for beef 
scrap? Above tankage costs locally $3.90 
per cwt.; beef scrap is $5.15, 45 per cent 
protein. 2. What is the best method for 
cleaning eggs? Is there any egg-cleaning 
apparatus being manufactured? 
Zion, N. J. e. w. P. 
1. I have never used this product as a 
food for poultry, aud would not expect 
that it would be a good feed for them to 
take the place of beef scrap for the reason 
that it is manufactured out of all kinds 
of slaughter-house waste, including pork, 
which is not a proper feed for poultry. 
Beef scrap is supposed to be manufac¬ 
tured entirely from beef, therefore its 
superior value for poultry is apparent. 
2. There is no machine on the market 
for cleaning eggs so far as I have been 
able to learn. Of course the best way 
is to keep the eggs clean, but slightly 
soiled eggs may be cleaned by simply 
wiping them off with a damp cloth, while 
if very dirty or stained it is necessary 
to use some of the washing powders on 
the market. For some stains I have 
found that vinegar will remove them 
quickly. Whatever method is used for 
cleaning, the eggs should be wiped dry 
and packed dry. If the eggs are allowed 
to remain wet after cleaning and packed 
in that condition they will present a very 
untidy appearance. C. S. G. 
Cockerels 
Baby Chicks 
EflflS borns^llft. 
Hods. B. P. 
Rocks, W.Wyandottes. 
Trapnesteil, farm 
range heavy laying 
stock thntwillmultlply 
your poultry prottts. 
Illustrated folder free. 
Write for it NOW. 
G. F. GIBSON 
Galeu Farms, 
Box 100 Clyde, N, Y. 
Get Started Right With Heavy Layers 
UghtBrahmas-WhiteLeghoms 
Tom Barron’s English Strain 
Book Your Orders Now for Hatching Eggs. 
$1.50 Setting 12 $10 Per 100 
BREEDERS FOR SALE Write Your Wants 
BETTERKIND POULTRY FARM, North Branch, N. Y. 
Tom Barrons 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, 
KNIGHT’S Blue Ribbon Strain 
PEDIGREED WHITE WYANDOTTE 
Have made Records at Stores. Egg* and Chicks for sale. 
Send for circular. O. G. KNIGHT, liridgetou, U. I* 
“rchBaby Chix 
(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 
FerrisWhiteLeghorns 
A real heavy laying strain, trapnesled 17 years, rec¬ 
ords from 200 to 264 eggs. Get our prices on pullets 
ami yearling hens, breeding males, eggs for hatching, 
and day-old chicks. We ship C. O. D. and guarantee 
result Catalog gives prices; describesstock. tells all 
about oar farm ami methods; results you can get by 
breeding this strain. Send for yonr copy now—it is 
free. ggoRGE B. FERRIS, 935 Union, Grand Rapids, Mich 
Winter-hatched Chicks 
I wish to say in reply to It. It. Hannas’ 
article on page 73 I bad some experience 
five years ago on a plant in Oswego Go., 
N. Y., which I had charge of at that 
time, in hatching about 900 chicks in 
January and February. The owners of 
the plant were expecting that these chicks 
would begin laying in the late Summer 
after the hens had begun to molt and be¬ 
fore the main batch of pullets began to 
lay. We found in the first place the mar¬ 
ket price of eggs was high at that season, 
the fertility was low. and the hatch- 
ability still lower, and the chicks hatched 
were ’ not as sfrong as Spring-hatched 
chicks, because it is out of the natural 
season for incubation, and the germ in 
the egg is never as strong when the hens 
are confined in Winter quarters. 
The expense of brooding was very high, 
because it took more fuel to keep the 
chicks comfortable during the cold 
weather, and they required heat nearly 
twice as long as April-hatched chicks do. 
It is very hard to keep the chicks from 
getting leg weakness, because they have 
to be confined in the brooder house most 
of the time. While sprouted oats or 
sliced mangels and bone meal will help, 
it will not entirely take the place of get¬ 
ting the chicks out ou the ground. The 
mortality was therefore heavier than in 
the Spring hatches. 
When they came to laying the returns 
were very disappointing. While some of 
them did well, most of them laid only a 
short time before going into the molt. 
While it is true that we got a fancy 
price for our early broilers, it was the 
only redeeming feature, and the experi¬ 
ment as a whole was very unsatisfactory. 
As to using these early-hatched pullets 
for breeding the following Spring, the re¬ 
sults would be fatal to anyone trying to 
build up a strain of heavy layers, and 
that should be the goal of every poultry 
keeper, because the breeding pen should 
consist only of hens that had made a good 
showing for at least one year, and 
headed by a vigorous male, the dam of 
which should have equally as good a 
record, if not better, because the heavy 
layer transmits her laying qualities 
through her sons more than through her 
daughters. e. R. stone. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. 
R. A.-Y.—Remember that Mr. Hannas 
wrote from Central New Jersey—a point 
200 miles or more south of Wayne Co., 
N. Y. 
QUEENSBURY LEGHORNS 
(Barron Foundation) «... 
Trap nested winter layers that are'hnteh- 
t-d right, raised right and sold at reason- 
able prices. Dependable utility birds that 
aio guaranteed to please you. COCKERELS, 
HATCHING EGGS. BABY CHICKS. Write to-day. 
al < 
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QUEENSBURY FARMS Toms River, N.J. 
Single CombWhite Leghorns Exclusively 
BARRON STRAIN OF HEAVY LAYERS 
3 000 Breeders oil free Farm Range. Now Rooking 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. 200 choice breeding 
Cocks and cockerels® $8 each while they' last. ( n*. rree. 
EDGAR BRIGGS, Box 76, lMensuiit Valley , N. Y. 
White Leghorn Baby Chixs 
from our breeding stock, including Tom Barron 
strain. All farm raised on free range. Utility bred 
chicks, perfectly batched, easy to raise and started 
riL’ht. Delivery guaranteed. Booking orders Cir¬ 
cular HAMILTON FARM, Huntington, N.Y. 
Wyckoll S. C. W. Leghorn Cockerels 
from best eggs, direct from bis Grandviewfarm last 
spring. Price, $4.50 to $7.50. Shipped O.O. D., *ub- 
joet to approval. Also booking orders for oggs and 
chicks. Straight Wyckoff strain (also my strain). 
Satisfaction guaranteed, (’an give best of reference. 
SPRING BROOK POULTRY FARM, ROY S. RIDER, Prop.. Billston Sp», N.Y. 
S.C. WHITE 
LEGHORNS 
DAY-OLI) OHIX 
2,000 Itrocdinjr Ilenu 
SUNNY 
CREST 
20.000 Eerjr capacity incubators. M SUGGESTION "—Buy wliero 
your order will be tilled aud avoid disappointment. Let 
us book you early for eggs and chix. Send throe coute 
for 1019 catalogue. 81 NN¥ ORB8TCO., Inc., Kn»t Aurora,N.Y. 
Utility White LEGHORNS 
heavy.laying strain; line bred for the last 
eleven years for egg production, late moulting, size 
and vigor. Day-oicl chicks ami hatching eggs 
for sale. Circular on request. 
lt GOA D BROOK FARM, Bedford llllls. N.Y. 
S. C. White Leghorns. Excellent strain* 
ami contest record*. E C a S produced 
every day In year. Great values. Guar- 
anteed delivery. Circular free. Inspection 
invited. Custom hatching. 
Phoyie Plaintboro 629 
Bungalow Poultry Farm &o H n^m d Jc r «.rN°5: 
Day 
for sale. Circuit 
> 
BABY 
$20 per 100 
CHICKS 
After March 21 
$16 per 100 
Park’s Strain B. R. Day-Old Chix 
from line utility free range grown stock. Mar. X?c.; 
April, 18c. Also good utility W. ltoek and b. C. R. 
I Reds, 22c. Parcel po»t prepaid. Hatches weekly. 
MAPLES WHITE LEGHORN FARM R. F- D., Telford Pa. 
Tom Barron’s Leghorns r &‘Sr.» r 
One of the most intensive breeding plants In tlie 
country Eggs—chicks. Write for circular. WILLOW 
BI100K POULTRY FARM, Allen H Bulkley. Prop . Odessa, N Y. 
White Wyandoltes“ Ytra"'™ AS 
Standard Bred Egg Machines. A few cockerels for 
sale; also eggs tor hatching. Quality better than 
ever. Prices the same, i. e. 810 per hundred; *6 
per 50: 82 per setting. Get your orders booked 
early »s demand always exceeds supply. _ 
K, R. | NRKRIIILL.' Olil Orchard Firm," Ponrhke,prf«,tl.T 
S.C.R I.Reds Pullets/ 8 Utility 
LARGE. DAKK COLOR,CLEAR UNDERGO >t*. 
Mrs. I’, L Hardaway, lttw.K’c.iim avy. 
