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*Ihe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 1, 1010 
Ring Necked Pheasants 
Lav 40 to 50 eggs each per year. Why raise 
chickens to eat when these are much more 
profitable and raised as easily'/ Weigh .1 
pounds at six months, and bring $1.00 a 
pound in the market. Set the eggs under 
chickens—feed and care for the young the 
way you would chickens. Are economical as 
they only require one-lialf as much 
food. Are very hardy and not subject to 
disease. Best eating bird in America. Eggs 
guaranteed from vigorous, healthy unre¬ 
lated stock. $ 6.00 for 15 eggs. 
35.00 for 100 eggs. 
Genuine Wild Mallard Ducks 
Lay 50 to 60 eggs per year. We guarantee 
our breeding stock to be the best in the 
countrv as thev are entirely wild trapped 
Mallards and not the coarse semi-wild 
strain. $ 5.00 for 15 eggs 
25.00 for 100 eggs 
Giant Bronze Turkeys 
Have a wonderful flock, headed by prize¬ 
winning 55 lb. tom. 
$1.50 per egg. 
Bloomfield S. C. Rhode Island 
Red Chickens 
Fine laying strain of prize birds. 
$5.00 for 15 eggs. 
25.00 for 100 eggs. 
Get order in early and send 
check with it. Send for free 
booklet and instructions. 
Bloomfield Farms 
1722 Penobscot Bldg. 
Detroit, Michigan 
Buck’s Barred Rocks 
still lead the 40 pens in tile American class at Vine- 
land International Egg Laying and Breeding contest 
at the end of the 117th week. Won special premium 
given by N. J. State Dept, of Agriculture on old male 
for best utility bird in American class at New Jersey 
state Championship Show hold at Trenton, January. 
1919. Eggs from old birds selected for heavy egg 
production mated to 272 and 278-egg cockerels, S4 
for 15: $20 per 100. Eggs from yearlings, same 
st rain, S3 for 15; $15 100. Nothing sold but what 
wo raise on our own farm. No baby chicks. 
GARRET W. BUCK, - Colts Neck, N. J. 
Barred Rock Cockerels 
815. Money back if not pleased. 
I. H. Bacoen, - Serg-eantsville, N. J. 
Parks’ Strain B.P. R. Eggs and Chix 
All males from trapped hens with records 204 to 227. 
INGLESIDE FARMS, C. H. CHUBB, Prop., Palenville, N.Y. 
"Wilson’s “White Rocks 
Better than ever and leadiug the White Rocks at 
Storrs egg-laying contest. Order your chickens 
now, $25 per 100. Eggs. SlOpei’WO. H. A. WILSON, Hollis, N. H. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks 
Hatching eggs from trap nested hens bred for heavy- 
laying. J. F. Francais, Westhampton Beach, 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. Rock and S. V. R. 
I. Reds, 32c. Parcel post prepaid. Hatches weekly. 
MAPLE S WHITE LEGHORN FARM R. F- D., Telford Pa. 
• BARRED ROCK ' RINGLETS). Best we ever raised. 
r erTBCIIOn Forquick sale tine, snappy, vigorous cock¬ 
erels $6 worth $8; $8, worth ?10:110, worth $15; $15.worth 
»30. Nine cocks, breeders from last year's mating pens, 
<t half price. $7.60 to $15. Pullets $3 to $5 each. 
I)R. GEO. T. HAYMAN, - DOYLESTOWS, Fa. 
While Wyandottes “ R J¥£Vi s“ CAS 
Standard Bred Egg Machines. A few cockerels for 
sale- stiso eggs for hatching. Quality better than 
ever. Prices the same, i. e. 810 per hundred; SO 
per 50; 82 per setting. Get your orders booked 
early as demand always exceeds supply. , . 
K. Jt. VNOEKHILL.' Old 'Jrchird Firm." Poughkeepsie, 5.4 
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. PA R A DISK 
POULTRY FARM, Box B, Paradise, Penna. 
S.C.BUFF ORPINGTONS 
Sunswick strain. Farm raised and bred for Winter 
layers. Hatching eggs, 83 per setting; 815 per 100. 
Mrs. Frank E. Martin, - Hatfield, Penn. 
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, Paoli, Pa. 
Sunswick Strain Butt Orpington Eggs 
*2 per 15 and *3.60 per 30. OHITHH FARM, Stanley,.N.Y, 
TIFFANY’S SUPERIOR CHICKS 
Silvor and White Wyandottes, S. O. Reds, Barred 
Rocks, Chicks 25c. each; $24 per 100. Indian Runner 
AL0HAM’POULTRY 6 FARM. R. 34, PHOENIXVILLE, PA. 
Barred ROCKS 
Eggs for hatching. SB per 100. Day-old chicks, SIB per 
loo™ A. C. JONES, Marvel Homestead Farm, Georgetown, Del. 
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. 
Rnoorlc CHICKENS, DUCKS. GEESE. TURKEYS 
DUnreeus guineas, hares and dogs 
Stock and Eggs. Large Illustrated Catalog Free. 
EDWIN A. SOU HER, - Telford, Pa. 
Light and Dark Brahmas, Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds 
W. Wyandottes Brown Leghorn* Cockerels fqlieLI 
Catalog free. RIVER0ALE POULTRY FARM, Box 165, Riverdale, N. J 
Hatching Eggs 
Imported Barron Strain Leghorns. Cir¬ 
cular. YY. I.. ATKINSON, Wallingford,Conn. 
S. C. Black Minorcas 
*2.00 per 15, *5.00 per 46. 
H W. REHMEYER 
EGGS for hatching 
from large, strong 
and Vigorous Stock. 
Parcel Post, Delivered. 
. TURNPIKE, PA. 
“COLLEGE QUEEN” 
RECORD 308 EGGS 
Tropneslcd at Storrs, Conn. 
KNIGHT’S 
Blue Ribbon Strain 
PEDIGREED 
WHITE WYANDOTTE 
Have made Records at Storrs 
Eggs and Chicks for sale 
Send for Circular 
0. G. KNIGHT, Bridgeton, R. I. 
WHITE LEGHORN POULTRY 
Breeding Stock , Baby Chick Capacity 
Hatching Eggs lOOO Weekly 
THE HOMESTEAD FARM 
G. O. & R. O. Kkapp, Props. 
LITTLE BRITAIN, N. Y. 
DAY OLD CHICKS 
Severe culling during 1918 1ms produced superior 
breeding stock. Sturdy Chicks from free range 
stock ottered at the following prices: 
March Chicks, 25 cents each 
April Chicks - 20 cents each 
May Chicks - 15 cents each 
Hatching Eggs, 80o„ fertility guaranteed, $10.00 per bund. 
Order from this ' ad. - ’—our business Is to sell Breed¬ 
ing Stock. Hatching Eggs and Chicks rather than 
expensive catalogues and literature. 
Single Comb White Leghorns Exclusively 
Barron (English) Strain of Heavy Winter Layers 
SPECIAL FOR MARCH. 8.000 baby chicks a week from two 
and three year old Breeders with records up to 274 Eggs 
a year. March chicks live better, make a more rapid 
growth and broilers bring more than those hatched in 
any other mouth. March chicks make the great Winter 
layers. Order your chicks at once for March delivery. 
$20 per 190 by Parcel Post prepaid, safe arrival guaran¬ 
teed. A hatch every Monday. Circulars Free. 
EDGAR BRIGGS. Box 75, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. 
Get Started Right With Heavy Layers 
Light Brahmas-White Leghorns 
Tom Barron’s English Strain 
Book Your Orders Now for Hatching Eggs. 
$1.50 Setting 12 $10 Per 100 
BKEEDERS FOR SALE Write Your Wants 
BETTERKIND POULTRY FARM, North Branch, N. Y. 
'White Leghorn:: 
BABY CHIXS 
'from our breeding stock, including Tom Bar-" 
" roll strain. All farm raised on free range. Util- " 
' 1 ity bred chicks, perfectly hatched, easy to raise '' 
' 1 and started right. Delivery guaranteed. Book- 11 
' 1 ing orders. Circular. " 
11 Hamilton Farm, Hunting-ton, N. Y. 11 
Wy-Har Chicks 
Trapnestod stock. Cockerels, eggs, chicks; 
WY-IIAlt POULTRY FARM, Denton, Md. 
Tom Barron’s Leghorns ^TmUcafiDi" 
One of the most intensive breeding plants in tlio 
country. Eggs—chicks. Write for circular. WILLOW 
BROOK POULTRY FARM, Allen H. Bulkley. Prop , Odessa, N Y. 
HUMMER’S Famous Winter-Laying Varieties 
ROCKS. REDS. WHITE AND BROWN LEGHORNS. ANCONAS, 
FIRST PRIZE PEN. THIRD PULLET PHILADELPHIA POULTRY 
SHOW. 1,500 reasons why you should have our price 
list of the most profitable chicks to buy. 
E. R. HUMMER A CO., R. l>. A, Frenclitown, Pi. J. 
For Sale-97 FulletS WS“IS 
Leghorns, Hatched April. 1918, $1 .95 15S.C. Black Min¬ 
orcas, $1.95. 1 cock, $4. GEO. RHODES, I.ewlibnrg, I’a. 
Single and Rose Comb White Minorcas 
Eggs for batching, S2.25 for 13, sent parcel post. 
BURDETTE SMITH, Box 848, Hartford, Conn. 
www/twrrr 8. C. W. Leghorns, lie.: Kooks, 11c. 
1 H II H X Monev refunded for dead chicks. Cir. free. 
\y. A. L Al’VEK, MeAllstcrvIlle. I’a. 
ForSale-Wyckoit Strain S. C. W.Leghorns 
Cockerels direct. J. M. CASE, Gil boa, New York 
Rose Comb S Red Cockerels MSS 
eggs, 812 per hundred. EDGAR HAMMOND. Burnt Hills, N.Y. 
nltl/E WINNERS. Three pens Anconas for sale, 
r E. P. SHELMIDINE, - Lorraine. New York 
•m “Do<Y!il” (Dorcas Line) 
- negai white wyandottes 
Selected, free farm range stock, $2 —15: S5—50; $9— 
100. H. W. HUNK, Germantown, New York 
BARRON’S WHITE WYANDOTTES HATCHING 
Cockerels for sale from stock imported direct with 
l records. E. E. LEWIS, Apalaehin, New York 
THE HENYARD 
Turkey with Catarrhal Swelling 
Wliat ails my hen turkey? Some days 
.she seems well, and then other days she 
does not. She eats well and her head 
seems all niet and red. but under both 
of her eyes are swellings about the size 
of a lead pencil. The swelling is soft; 
it feels as if full of air instead of any¬ 
thing else. Is there anything I can do 
for her? f. u. m. 
New York. 
This is a catarrhal affection of the lin¬ 
ing membrane of the eye socket extending 
t<> the large chambers beneath the eyes. 
When the trouble persists and becomes 
more severe these latter cavities become 
filled with fluid which finally becomes 
cheesy and hard and forms a tumor be¬ 
neath one or both eyes. In the earlier 
stages the fowl may be treated by care¬ 
fully syringing out the nostrils with a 
warm solution of boric acid in water, 
about 10 grains to the ounce, or the head 
of the bird may be dipped for a few 
seconds into a solution of permanganate 
of potash iu water, the solution being 
made strong enough to be of a dark wine 
color. The head should be hold beneath 
the surface of the solution long enough 
to cause the 'bird to draw a little of the 
solution into the nostrils, but not long 
enough to cause strangling. Treatment 
of this nature should be gentle and given 
twice or oftener daily. It is not very 
practicable, except in the case of birds 
of considerable value, that will repay in¬ 
dividual treatment. These catarrhal af¬ 
fections frequently subside without treat¬ 
ment. M. B. D. 
Brief Story of Duck Raising 
Part II. 
In speaking of eggs and incubators it 
is necessary to bring the reader back to 
the breeding stock, as a great deal re¬ 
mains with the feeding to produce good 
fertile eggs. If on one hand you feed the 
breeders a heavy feed, and keep them con¬ 
fined to a small range, not ample enough 
for good exercise, of course they become 
logy and simply lay eggs as a matter of 
course, and then, on the other hand, if you 
feed them a light mash that would use 
nine-tenths of its value to keep life in 
their bodies, there would be none left for 
egg production, so you can see why I refer 
back to the breeding stock. No man, 
whether he be skilled or not. can hatch 
eggs to any great advantage if the breed¬ 
ing stock has been neglected. They are 
the mainstay, and should have nothing 
but the best feed and care. Don’t think 
because a duck likes water that you can 
go and build a house on a marsh or a 
meadow and produce a great many ducks, 
because you cannot. A duck requires 
clean, dry house and yard, and well- 
drained surroundings; not a damp, wet 
place. A duck will contract rheumatism 
quicker than any other fowl. 
Feeding rations for breeders are deter¬ 
mined 'by climate, but the best rations 
found on Long Island are: One part 
wheat bran, one part eornmeal. one-half 
part No. 2 flour, 10 per cent beef scrap. 
Cooked potatoes, about five per cent of 
bulk; green Alfalfa may also be added. 
This is fed hot iu the morning after Oc¬ 
tober 1. Whole corn may be added at 
night. 
Incubators may be run differently, as 
no man can determine the way he should 
run his machines unless he has some idea 
of the location of the buildings, whether 
on the level of the ground or three feet 
below or six feet. The best incubator 
house is six feet below ground, as this kind 
of a cellar is not affected by climatic 
changes. The temperature is run the 
same whether above or below the level, 
but amount of moisture required and the 
air cell must'be given great care, and that 
is hard to describe, as no two cellars re¬ 
quire the same care tint! this can only be 
decided by the development of the eggs. 
We use the double-deck machine. 30.000 
capacity, at one setting. We do all of 
our hatching in the bottom sections, as 
we find them easy to hold the moisture, 
which is a very important part of good 
hatching. We run the eggs two weeks in 
the upper section and then drop them to 
the lower ones, and always set in the up¬ 
per ones and hatch in the lower ones. 
This only makes half the machines to 
clean, and also takes half the floor space. 
A house 40 feet wide and 00 feet long 
will hold 72 sections, a capacity of 30.000. 
using the upper floor for feather room. 
The heat from machines escapes to the 
upper floor, drying the feathers. The 
fertility of perfectly fed breeders should 
run about 90 to 95 per cent. The eggs 
are set and kept at a temperature of 103 
degrees for five days. After that they are 
taken from the machine and turned and 
cooled to 80 degrees, and on the sixth day 
are tested for their fertility. Then they 
are turned and cooled until cold to the 
hand. Put the small part to the eye and 
you will soon see they are not cold. 
After the eighteenth day they are cooled 
longer, as cooling strengthens the egg and 
goes to producing a healthy, vigorous 
duck. Twenty-eight days is the time re¬ 
quired to hatch a duck egg. After the 
duck is hatched and the shells have been 
removed, let the 1 ducks stay in the incu¬ 
bator 24 hours, as you do more harm than 
good by trying to feed them before the 
surplus egg food lias fully digested. 
Long Island. JOSEPH A. HTML'S. 
RAISE the Chicks 
You Hatch This Year 
The world-shortage of animal foods 
makes it necessary to produce great quan¬ 
tities of quick-grown poultry. And the 
unlimited demand for home use and ex¬ 
port insures profitable returns. Don’t 
“take a chance” of losing your valuable 
chicks by using inefficient brooders. You 
can raise every good chick with the 
guaranteed. 
EUREKA 
Colony Brooder 
I know it. so I give this guarantee to every 
purchaser of the Eureka— ‘‘Test it 30 days. 
If you are not satisfied, return it at my ex¬ 
pense and I will refund your money.” 
The Eureka burns coal or gas — is self- 
regulating— sa.o—convenient durable and 
wonderfully efficient. I build it complete in 
my big stove foundry and save you money. 
Price, 500-chick-size, $19—1000-chick-size, $23. 
Order direct from this\ 
ad. tor quick shipment • 
or write tor catalog 
TO DA V 
J. R. WOTHERSPOON 
244 North Front St. 
PHILADELPHIA .’. PA. 
Profitable Returns 
FROM 
Chickens and Rabbits 
A Back Yard flock will add dollars to your in¬ 
come and the luxury of fresh eggs for your family. 
But you need the expert help of the Poultry Item 
as your safe guide- 75c. a year; 2 years $1.00; 
4 mouths trial, 25c. 
Good Poultry and Rabbit Books 
Town Lot Poultry Keeping, 
Book revised and enlarged. Fully 
illustrated. 50c. With Item 1 yr.$l. 
(Flexible binding$1.00.) Rabbit 
Culture and Standard, best 
book on rabbits, 132 pages, illus¬ 
trates and describes all varieties, 
50c. With Poultry Item—big 
monthly, $1.00, Fine flexible binding, $1.00. 
Where the Rooster Crows the Item Coes 
The Poultry Item, Box 25, Sellersville, Pa. 
MAKE HENS LAY 
more eggs: larger, more vigorous chicks! 
heavier fowls, by feeding cut bone. 
IIIUIIIC LATEST MODEL 
MANN O BONE CUTTER 
fast, easy, fine; never clogs. 
N o money in advance. Book free. 
^ cuts 
Free Trial 
F.W. MANN CO.. Box 15 MILFORD.MASS. 
For Hatching and Eggs 
Day-Old Chicks S. C. VV. LEGHORNS Exclusively 
Hatching eggs from 2-year-old hens and fully ma¬ 
tured pullets, carefully mated with 225 to 240-egg 
cocks. Heavy winter layers of large white eggs. 
Have your orders hooked for chicks well in ad¬ 
vance. Cockerels. S3 to $10 each. Hatching eggs. 
$10 per 100. Day-old chicks, $20 per 100. 
OAK GROVE POULTRY FARM, Calverton, L. I„ N. Y. 
Giant Bronze Turkey Eggs ® r 5 io 
It. C. Ked and B. P. R. Kggs. S3 per 15. Shropshire 
Sheep. H. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg, Penn. 
Mammoth Bronze YoungTurkoy Gobblers 
$10 each BALDWIN HILL FARM 
FRANK FREEHAN. Slip! Great Karriugton, Mass. 
For Sale-Hatching EGGS p f r ? z “! 
winning Giant Mammoth Bronze Stock, safely 
packed 50c. each. Also few young Toms from prize- 
winning stock, $12. Mrs. C. M.C0LE, Easfport.Lonu Island 
For Sale-Pure Bred Mammoth Bronze TURKEYS 
front prize-winning stock. Large frame—good bone- 
beautiful plumage. Ml«« ll»A ClllMBLET, Draper, Virginia 
atching Eggs and 5-lb. Cockerels “fiSSSS* SUSS 
rain S. C. White Leghorns. Trap-nested mothers averaged 26 
srs during coldest months. Finest birds. $5. Kkks, Feb. $6.SO. 
arch. $5.SO per hundred. EVERYTHING GUARANTEED 
tTcnN nruirv 
IU V 
For Sale—20 GhniceCockerels Trapnested. ^(>0-egg 
strain. $3 each, while they last. LESLIE C. DAI. Hew Berlin. N.T. 
Mottled Anconas 
Oockorels. $1.25. $1 75, dui.tiS each. 
GEO. K. BOWDISH. Espkranck, N.Y. 
Barron English Leghorns 
50.00U Barron chicks and Hatching eggs for imme¬ 
diate special delivery. 3,000 breeders in orchard 
range. Most profitable and Persistent layers. Con¬ 
test winners. Largest importers anil Breeders. Val¬ 
uable catalogue free. 0- DE VRIES. Box 222, Zeeland, Mich. 
BABY 
$20 per 100 
CHICKS 
After March Bl 
*16 per 100 
3. t\ White Leghorns. Excellent strains 
and contest records, eggs produced 
every day in year, Great values. Guar¬ 
anteed delivery. Circular free, inspection 
invited. Custom hatching 
Phone Plaintlxtro tiSti 
Bungalow Poultry Farm 
ITCHING EGGS from Cornell certified White 
ghorn hens. S ELECT K I> WHITE LEG- 
[)UN COCKERELS. SHORTHOKN HUM,. 
nos. old, bred at Cornell University. 
i as anf ni / \ «» L’ IP T mm nita M ax a MS V r- I - 
White Pekin Duck 
EGGS from extra large, fully matured birds. Price, 
15c each; 25 for S3.50. Also White Wyandotte eggs 
from froe range, good laying stock. Price, S2 for 15; 
$10 for 100 HAROLD DICKERSON, Kingwood Puk. Poughkeepsie. N V 
FOREST FARM 
Poultry Raising a Specialty. LIGHT BRAHMAS 
—S.C WHITE LEGHORNS. Rutkaway, N. J- 
