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Vhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 22, 1911) 
How to grow crops that 
fatten your pocket-book 
At the present cost of seed you want a 
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They enable you to cultivate so thoroughly 
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that will pay for itself in time, labor and seed saved in a single 
season. 
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work in corn, potatoes, and other crops requiring similar 
cultivation, and does it more thoroughly than any other 
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and finished. Lasts longer. Its depth regulator and 
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deep or shallow and different widths of rows. 
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to the acre (the ten-year average yield for Maine, where 
fertilizers are used extensively) than to produce 98 bush¬ 
els to the acre, the ten-year average for the United States. 
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The Farmer’s Hens 
Economical Hen Feeders 
Have you bought any mill feed for your 
liens this year? Are you feeding an egg- 
producing mash? What are you paying 
for it? What will become of the poultry 
industry, now that Uncle 8am allows the 
miller to set his own prices?- In the last 
two years hundred of poultry plants have 
quit business because of the high price of 
feed. In spite of the fact that we were 
all urged to greater activities, it was the 
big commercial plants that suffered most; 
tlu 1 mail with 50 or 100 hens did not no¬ 
tice it so much because in most cases lie 
raised his own feed, but for the big poul¬ 
try man, who gave his whole time and at¬ 
tention to poultry and therefore had to 
buy every hit of feed, it has been a sad 
Weighing « Voting Kird 
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story. And now. its the miller and feed 
dealer feel their collars loosened from 
Uncle Sam’s restraining hand, they lose 
sight of the fact that their patrons must 
still live. They seem to be sore about be¬ 
ing held down to a reasonable and honest 
profit for so long. They started right in 
the very first day of 1010 marking up 
prices. * Mill feed went up just $20 per 
ton. We poultry • farmers will have to 
give might-close'attention to business and 
do some mighty careful planning for ra¬ 
tions or 1910 Vill mark a great slump in 
the poultry business. IIow are we meet¬ 
ing these conditions Imre at Jungle Farm? 
First, we have decided to let the miller 
sit <m his $•“. per owl. middlings and bran, 
A Consultation on the Egg 1 ield 
that lm is making from $2 wheat., 
Second, we have installed an up-to-date 
feed grinder, gun with a gasoline engine 
(the same engine that pumps water and 
docs the week’s wash ). We grind the du- 
l>rent grains raised on our farm and hud 
we.can make just as good as, if not bet¬ 
ter, egg-producing mash and scratch Iced 
than we can buy. at a cost of from one- 
third to one-half less. We also make our 
animal food We l>iiy green hone at the 
butcher shop at from 1c to l(4c per lb. 
We grind this with a power grinder. 
Some of this we feed green, just as it 
comes from the grinder, hut most of it is 
prepared as follows and then mixed in 
the mash: , . 
We spread the ground hone and meat 
on a floor in a building where there is 
plenty of fresh air, spread it out thin, 
then sprinkle with air-slaked lime until it 
is well covered, take a rake or hoe and 
stir it until the lime adheres to every 
piece. Next sift on enough cornmeal to 
absorb the moisture and grease, then leave 
to dry, raking it over two or three times 
a day until it is thoroughly dried. We 
find this excellent for laying hens and 
growing chicks, and it costs only a small 
part of what we would have to pay a 
dealer for meat scrap. In dry weather 
the same process can be carried on out of 
doors, using a -platform in a shady place- 
instead, of the floor of a building. The 
following is our egg-producing mash and 
scratch feed formula : 
EGG-PROtffrCING MASH 
100 lbs. cornmeal 
150 lbs. ground oats with hulls 
100 lbs. ground bone (after above for¬ 
mula) . 
25 lbs. ground Alfalfa 
5 lbs. granulated charcoal (home¬ 
made) 
2 lbs. salt. 
Will say here that we sow flaxseed in 
our oats that we use for feed, ^nd the oats 
use-el in,the above ration have about 5 lbs. 
of flaxseed per ewt. 
s; hatch lycKu 
800 lies' cracked corn 
200 lbs. wheat screening (when we can 
get if) 
100 lbs. heavy oats. 
This we feed in deep litter. We use 
millet for litter; the seed of this fur¬ 
nishes an addition to the hens’ diet and 
flic' litter gives her the much-needed exer¬ 
cise. The above rations are supplemented 
with plenty of fresh water, oyster shells, 
grit, green food, and last, but not least, 
kindness -and gentleness from the attend¬ 
ant. By following this plan we have 
proved that we can hold the fort while 
helping Uncle Sam feed his millions. 
JU.YGTK FARM. 
Broodinrj Young Chicks 
I am going to send for 25 young chicks 
just hatched this Spring. Could you tell 
me how to make a brooder for them? I 
do not care to invest in a brooder till I 
see whether it pays to raise them or not. 
New York. n. b. 
Twenty-five chicks can be easily raised 
without much expense for artificial brood¬ 
ers. but, if you have never had any ex¬ 
perience with chicks, you will find one or 
two broody hens the best mothers. One 
large hen might care for all the chicks, 
if they are not hatched before warm 
weather. If you cannot get the hens, the 
chicks can be kept indoors in a large dry¬ 
goods box for about two weeks. It is not 
safe to keep them in this way in a 
warmed room longer than that time. The 
box should have plenty of fine Utter from 
the haymow in the bottom and the chicks 
will need no cover during the day. They 
will eat. play and sleep in this box for 
the time mentioned. At night, when they 
huddle for sleep, lay a clean bran sack 
directly upon their backs. If the room 
gets very cold, they may need more than 
two thicknesses of burlap for cover. 
Judge the needed amount by running your 
hand under where they are huddled and 
noting if they are warm, but not sweat¬ 
ing. Too much cover is worse than too 
little. They should cuddle together with 
contented cheeping, but should not pile up 
in a sweating mass or peep with a dis¬ 
tressed sound, as though lacking ^some¬ 
thing needed for their comfort. 
After 10 days or two weeks they should 
have an outdoor run. A box containing a 
jug of hot water, replenished two or three 
times daily, will make them a warmed 
brooder. It should have a glass front to 
admit sunshine, plenty of fine, clean litter 
always, and a run attached to give the 
chicks access to the ground. A bran 
sack may also he placed over the chicks 
in this at night until they have feathered 
out and need no cover. While such meth¬ 
ods would not he satisfactory upon a large 
scale, it is not difficult to care for 25 
chicks by these “tireless brooder” meth¬ 
ods. It is best not to purchase the chicks 
before the first of May when the weather 
is becoming warm and the ground dry. 
No thermometer is needed to t.e’1 whether 
chicks are sufficiently warm. If comfor¬ 
table. they will lie separately about in 
tin' litter .which should be changed often 
enough to keep it dry. or will cuddle 
light 1 v together. If they get too cold, 
they will pile up, and. if not promptly 
looked after, will smother. Watchfulness, 
until one has learned their habits should 
prevent any disaster, and even an ama¬ 
teur should succeed in raising the num¬ 
ber you propose getting without, an ex¬ 
pensive brooder. However, if you can 
get broody hens, get them. m. it. ». 
The principal products of our county 
arc wheat, rye. corn, oats and potatoes. 
Wheat, is $2.15, but no sale; rye. $1.<?0; 
outs 70c; corn. $40 per ton (on the cob) : 
potatoes. $140 tier bu. (00 lbs). Our 
bay crops, which are usually very good, 
si'll from $20 to $”0 tier ton. We have 
tried Spring wheat but only yielded about 
IS bu. per acre; we are going to try it 
again this year. The weather being very 
moderate this year we started to plow on 
Jan 28. and have been at it every day 
sin#c. The ground is In very good condi¬ 
tion on the hillsides. 
Northampton Co.. Fa. 
A. S. 
