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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 22, 1919 
ERR’vS Guaranteed. 
For ten consecutive years Kerr’s Guaranteed Chicks have been the quality- 
value standard. They are better than ever this year, the result of rigid 
selection of our great breeding flocks and improvement in our equipment. 
We specialize in the leading money-making breeds and lay special stress 
upon health, vigor and real business ability. 
High Quality—Moderate Price—Big Value 
are concentrated in Kerr’s Chicks. We believe, and our thousands of 
regular customers will tell you, that you cannot duplicate these sturdy, 
healthy chicks elsewhere at the same price. 
Our breeding birds are selected upon a basis of profitable performance and 
uniform appearance. They have the benefit of unrestricted farm range, 
which insures vigor in their youngsters. Our hatchery, one of the 
largest in the world, is modern and complete and is manned by experts. 
Our shipping methods and service are unexcelled. 
Kerr Chicks Are Shipped Prepaid 
and We Guarantee Safe Delivery 
It will pay you to learn the facts before ordering chicks 
this season. Just ask for free catalog. 
THE KERR CHICKERY 
Box 56 Frenchtown, New Jersey 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
Jry-em will get your full order next year 
KfDfff JP’C S. C. White LEGHORN CHICKS 
A ^ TKAPNESXED STOCK ONLY 
6,000 BABY CHICKS old customers by our i,C00 8 Td ck PULLETS 
CTD A trUT A MEDIC A M CTftPlf We expect to prove by our pen entered in the contest at Storrs 
MKAHjHi AlllLKlbAll OlUvIY /f, 0 f ENGLISH STOCK does not always mean the best stock. 
WE DO NOT CLAIM to have all 200-egg hens or stock that were all bred from 200-egg hens. 
WE DO CLAIM—First: That we have trapnested all stock in their pullet year for 4 full 
years Second: That every hen in our breeding pens laid from 140 to 225 in pullet year and 
that the average would be well above 150 eggs per hen. Third: Every cock or cockerel in our 
breeding yards were bred from a pen containing breeders with records running from 175 to 225 
eggs per hen, headed by a cock-bird from a 265-egg lien. Fourth: We guarautee a strong, 
healthy live cliix delivered to you for every one you pay for. 
We absolutely take your word as to condition upon arrival and make settlement accordingly. 
$20.00 per lOO $90.00 per 500 $176.00 per 1,000 9 AOA W/'P’IT'X^T "V 
Fi-lec of Pullets on application. 1.200 breeders on tree range. OjVUU W* LiLiILIj 1 
KIRKUP BROS. Mattituck, Long Island, New York 
Baby 
Chicks 
Barron S.C.W. Leghorns 
R. & S. C. R. 1. Reds 0 
Park B. Rocks 
P UREBRED, 
Strong, Livable. 
From heavy-laying 
healthy, free range 
stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
Wesley Grinnell 
Sodus, N. Y. 
Ferris WhitcLcghorns 
A real heavy laving strain, trapnested 17 years, rec¬ 
ords from 200 to 264 eggs. Get our prices on pullets 
and yearling hens, breeding males, eggs for hatching, 
and day-old chicks. We ship C. O. 1). and guarantee 
result- Catalog gives prices; deseribesstock, tells all 
about oar 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 
QUEENSBURY LEGHORNS 
(Barron Foundation 
Trap nested winter layers that areTiatdi¬ 
ed 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. 
Ktj 
QUEENSBURY FARMS 
Toms River, N. J. 
1st 
Prize 
S.C.BUFF LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. X. S. Fair. 1918; Rochester, 1919. No baby chicks lor sale 
Heavy egg-laying strain, bred for 9 years. Prir-es of 
cockerels ranging from $3 to $10.Utility pens,$10. 
Booking orders for hatching eggs. Utility, 15 for 
$1.50; 100 for »8. Quality guaranteed. Circular 
and Mating List for stamp. Waller V. Olney. Naples.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. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Send for circular. 
GLENW00D POULTRY FARM, John H. Weed, Vineland, N. J 
Slone’s S. C. White Leghorns f/ST, 
hiaeders, selected for size, vitality and egg produc¬ 
tion according to Cornell methods. Baby chicks. 
Cockerels. Hatching Eggs. ELMER R. STONE, Clyde, N.Y. 
HAMPTON’S BLACK LEGHORNS 
Day-Old Chicks and Eggs. Getmy free circular before you 
order chicks, tells why the Black Leghorn is the greatest 
layer,and most profitable breed on earth, write today. Also 
White Leghorn chicks. A. E. HAMPTON, Box R, Piltstown, N. J. 
For Hatching and Eggs 
Day-Old Chicks S. C. W. LEGHORNS Exclusively 
Hatching eggs from 2-yeav-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 S10 each. Hatching aggs, 
$10 per 100. Day-old chicks, S20 per 100. 
OAK GROVE POULTRY FARM, Calverton. L. 1., N. Y. 
White Leghorn Baby Chixs 
from our breeding stock, including Tom Barron 
strain. All farm raised'on free range. Utility bred 
chicks, perfectly hatched, easy to raise and started 
right. Delivery guaranteed. Booking orders. Cir¬ 
cular. HAMILTON FARM, Huntington, N.Y.. 
BARRON ENGLISH LEGHORNS 
('hicks at S14 per 100; $65 per500; future or immedi- 
iate special delivery. 5,000 each week. Order now. 
High egg bred stock most profitable and persistent 
layer*. Laying ('on tests winners. Valuable catalogue 
free. Vale Leghorn Farm, Q. Oevries, Owner, Zeeland, Mich. 
Eggs 
Bred from our Heavy 
Layi ng Strains 
3 S.C.W. Leghorns 
and 
and R.C. R. I. Red* at Moderate Price* 
Our Leghorns are tired for egg production 
a, • * and deliver tha goods. Safe delivery and 
(■hirlCQ satisfaction guaranteed. Cir. free. Write 
■'■•■VIXO today. C. M. Longenecker, Boi 50, Elizabethtown. P* 
Utility White LEGHORNS 
heavy-laying strain; line bred for the last 
eleven years for egg production, late moulting, size 
and vigor. Dav-old chicks and hatching eggs 
forsale. Circular on request. 
ltUOAlb I!KOOK FARM, Bedford Hill*. N.Y. 
WHITE LEGHORN 
liED. Chicks— $20. Eggs— $10 per 100. 
Custom Hatching 
Phone 134-2-SNOW WHITE FARM. Westport, Conn. 
Tom Barron’s Leghorns 
One of the most intensive breeding plants in the 
country. Eggs—chicks. Write for circular. WILLOW 
BROOK POULTRY FARM, Allen H Bulkley. Prop , Odessa. N.Y. 
Utility WHITE LEGHORNS 
Hatching Eggs, 810 per 100. Day-old chicks. $20 
per 100. March. April and May delivery. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. W. W. WALLACE, HOME- 
WOOD FARM, Pleasantville. Westchester Co.. N. Y. 
DAY-OLD CHICKS and HATCHING EGGS 
S C WHITE LEGHORNS, BARRED PLYMOUTH RUCKS. RHODE. 
ISLAND REDS. Guarantee safe delivery. Place orders 
now to insure prompt delivery. PARADISE 
POULTRY FARM, Box B, Paradise,Peuna, 
Single Comb White Leghorns 
Bred to lay large oggs. Day-old chicks and Hatch¬ 
ing eggs. Prices, delivered by Parcel Post or Ex¬ 
press; Chicks, in lots of 25, $5. Chicks, in lots of 
100, $18. Eggs, ten cents each, any quantity. 
MEADOW BROOK FA KM, - eilbertivlile, Pennsylvania 
Single Comb White Leghorn Eggs 
for HATCHING, from certified, pedigreed stock. 
M. J. QUACKENBUSH, - Nutley, N. J. 
GIBSON POULTRY-tHE BIG MONEY MAKERS 
BABY CHICKS EGGS—BREEDING STOCK 
IS. C. W. Leghorns — R. I. Reds — B. P. Rocks — W. Wyandottes | 
Ciibsou baby chicks are vigorous and livable, from trapnested farm range, heavy laying 
l (locks, headed by males from the flocks producing the highest scoring pens at the 
international laying contest. Hatching Eggo from the *ame matings guaran¬ 
teed eighty per cent, fertile. Gibson broedors are large, vigorous and will make 
your flock more productive and profitable. Safe arrival guaranteed. Illustrated 
folder free. Write for it NOW. 
G. F. GIBSON, Galen Farms, Box lOO, CLYDE, N. Y. 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laying contest, the following facts are given: 
It is held at Storrs post office in connection 
with the Connecticut Agricultural College. The 
contest begins November 1. There are 10 pul¬ 
lets in each 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 the num¬ 
ber of eggs 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. 
Becot-d at Storrs, Conn., for week ending 
March 6, 1910. 
BARRED ROCKS Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Conn. 2 380 
Samuel M. Monks, Conn. 10 
Glenhope Farm, Mass. 30 339 
Jules F. Francais. L. 1. 31 562 
Laurel Poultry Farm, Quebec . 40 494 
Fairfield Poultry Farms, N. H. 26 422 
Norfolk Specialty B’arm. Ontario. 39 
Mich. Agricultural College, Mich. 37 386 
Hock Rose Farm. N. Y. 40 463 
J. H. Wilson. Methuen. Mass. 28 348 
Joseph M. Rothschild, N. Y. 32 3.3 
Ingleside Farm. N. Y... 33 408 
Ore. Agricultural College, Oregon .. 17 331 
R. L. Smith. Maine . 19 255 
H. K. Wallace, Jr., Mass . 37 245 
WHITE ROCKS 
S. Bradford Allyn. Mass. 22 245 
Albert T. Lenzen. Mass. ...... 42 
Chickatawbut Farms, Mass. 43 257 
D. S. Vaughn. R. 1. 32 202 
H. A Wilson. N. H. 33 356 
Holliston Hill Poultry Farm, Mass.... 43 273 
BUFF ROCKS 
A. A. Hall, Conn. 41 iG6 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Beulah Farm. Ontario. 32 317 
W. Bradley, Victoria, B. C. 36 489 
Herbert L Warren. Que., Canada .... 34 323 
Mrs R. W. Stevens. N. Y. 37 390 
Laurel Hill Farm. R. 1. 22 510 
Obed G. Knight, R. 1. 24 607 
Merrythought Farm,Conn. 28 
O. L. Magrey, Conn. 15 347 
Shadowbrook Farm, Conn. 42 330 
Patrick F. Sullivan, Conn. 30 540 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
H. P. Cloyes, Conn. 27 295 
Cook & Porter. Mass. 27 211 
K. Terry Smith, Conn. 33 260 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Chas. H. Lane, Mass. . 28 430 
Ktjon Poultry Farm, N.J. 22 261 
Homer P. Demiug, Conn. 42 315 
Hopewell Farms, N.J. 26 198 
Pleasantville Farms. N. Y. 27 235 
Laurel Hill Farm, R. 1. 39 570 
Natick Farm, R. 1. 36 456 
Plnecrest Orchards, Mass. 30 399 
Jacob K. Jansen, Conn. 30 338 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. II. 37 437 
RHODE ISLAND WHITES 
Harvey A . Drew, N.J. 45 388 
F, W. Cuiupstone. Conn. 43 286 
BLACK RHINELANDERS 
A, Schwarz, Cal. 21 180 
BLUE ANDALUSIANS 
Blue AndalusiunClub ol America,N, S • 33 174 
OREGONS 
Agricultural College, Corvallis,Ore ... 26 181 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
A. H. Penny, N, Y. 36 239 
Robt. C, Ogle, N.Y. 30 209 
8. G. McLean. Conn. 24 626 
Glenhope B’arm, Mass. 31 288 
Edward T. Tonissen, N. Y. 7 231 
Meadowedge Farm, L. 1. 15 162 
Kirkup Bros, N. Y .. 34 373 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 26 261 
Exmore Farms, Pa. 38 362 
James O LeB'evre, N. Y. 42 454 
Shadowbrook Farm, Conn. 33 218 
Win. L. Gilbert Home,Conn. 27 268 
B'rnncls F. Lincoln, Conn. 33 285 
P. G. Platt, Pa. 40 282 
Sunny Crest Corporation, N. Y. 26 93 
L. E. lngoldsby, N.Y. 40 421 
B. S. Ells, N.J. 38 330 
Hollywood Farm. Wash. 23 269 
Bonnie Brook B'arm. N. Y. 29 240 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 41 348 
Beck Bigg B'arm, N.J. 30 201 
Westwood Farm, N. Y. 36 171 
A. P. Robinson. N. Y. 51 494 
C. Rasmussen, N. J. 41 257 
Sunny Side Poultry B'arm, N. J. 35 174 
Gustav Walters, N. J . 32 215 
R. Lindsey Ireland. Ky. 28 351 
E A. Ballard.*Pa. 33 330 
Mount Hope B’arm, Mass. 35 404 
Hilltop Poultry Yards, Conn. 37 397 
J Frank Dubois. Mass.. 44 323 
Clifford I. Stoddard. Conn. 23 278 
George Phillips, Conu. 31 245 
J W Welch, Neb. 33 152 
M. T. Lindsay. N. Y. 22 179 
Mrs. J. L. Thuesen, Conn. 34 221 
Oak llill Estate, Pa. . .. 25 395 
Bert Horsfall, Quebec. 9 115 
’Barbell B'arms, N.Y. 35 292 
Locust Grove B’arm, N.J. 29 239 
Hopewell Farms, N. J. 21 164 
Rapp’s Leghorn B'arm, N. J... 27 142 
D. Tancred, Wash. 25 453 
M. J. Quackenbush, N. J. 34 320 
The Yates Farm. N. Y... 21 146 
Herbert O. Maxham. R. i. 37 261 
W. B. Kieft, 111. 34 212 
Ellwood Newton, Conn. 34 193 
C. 8 Green, N.J. 17 188 
Coleman Miles, 111. 37 186 
Total. '. 3113 30672 
Obstructed Breathing 
What ails my chickens? I bought some 
Lakenvelder pullets and cockerels. Wheu 
we got the chickens one cockerel did not 
act right. lie seems to hold his head 
straight up and gasp for breath as if 
choking and in pain. Ilis comb is purple 
and droppings green. A pullet is now 
affected. They are imported stock. Is 
there any cure for them? f. g. p. 
Ohio. 
There are several possible causes for 
this behavior upon the part of the cock¬ 
erel. though an ordinary cold should not 
produce so much evident distress. There 
is evidently some obstruction to the 
breathing, and a careful examination of 
the bird’s mouth and throat should be 
made to see if any growth or foreign 
body is present and within sight. Among 
things that produce this obstruction are 
“canker.” or false membranes within the 
air passages, several forms of parasitic 
organisms, inflammation of the lungs, 
roup, and, possibly, severe colds. The 
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 
tlie public all the advantages that 
years of experience and careful breed¬ 
ing can offer. Years of trapnesting 
and breeding under the careful super¬ 
vision of recognized experts have built 
up for the Laurelton Farirfe the largest 
and most vigorous strain of Heavy 
F.gg-Laying S. ('. 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 
MATTITUCK 
W^hite Leghorn Farm 
One Object Only—To Produce 
Heavy-Laying Leghorns 
Baby chicks and hatching eggs are guar¬ 
anteed to be from our own flocks, produced 
on our own farm. Trap-nests used for past 
five years. All pullets now trap-nested. 
Mature flocks carefully selected. None 
but vigorous late moulting liens kept. 
Mated to cockerels from 200-egg hens. Bar¬ 
ron blood. Send for circular and price list. 
ARTHUR H. PENNY 
Mattituck White Leghorn Farm, Mattituck, N.Y. 
rrrrj For Hatching and 
EjIIUiS 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 Rocks- 
DAY-OLD CHICKS 
We can supply in any quantity from 
Single CombWhite Leghorns; in limit¬ 
ed quantities from White and Barred 
Plymouth Rocks. 
Write for Price List 
BRANFORD FARMS, CROTON. CONN. 
WHITE LEGHORN POULTRY 
Breeding Stock , Baby Chick Capacity 
Hatchin* Egg* 1000 Weekly 
THE HOMESTEAD FARM 
G. O. & R. O. Knapp, Props. 
LITTLE BRITAIN, N. Y. 
DAY OLD CHICKS 
Severe culling during 1918 hn» produced superior 
breeding stock. Sturdy Chicks from free range 
stock offered at the folio wing prices: 
March Chicks, 25 cents each 
April Chicks - 20 cants each 
may Chicks - 15 cents each 
Hatching Eggs, 80°* fertility guaranteed, $10.00 per hund. 
Order from this “ad."—our business-la to sell Breed¬ 
ing Stock, Hatching Eggs and Chick* rather than 
expensive catalogue* and literature. 
fHK 
hree 
White Leghorn*. Red*. 
Wyandotte*. Ancon**. 
Fokin k Runner Duck* 
"A hreedino farm . net a bio hatchery’ 
EGGQ 
iatchertp’mj 
“After travelling 2.000 mile* your eggs gave 
10 per oeet hatch—better result* than I ob¬ 
tained from the egg* of live other breeder*." 
—R L. Rash. Purple Springs. Alberta. Can. 
’From Day order of 1,800 eggs I hatched 
1.480 perfect chick*. After six week* all but 
100 are »llve."—Coffman Shenk. Denbigh. Vt 
American Poultry Almanac 
Our 1919 cata¬ 
log FREE. How 
we breed Lite 3*0-egg hen.6pt Plain scientific fact*. 
Haw wa win medals at the epy-lavintj contests. 
HOPEWELL FARMS. Box ft.. Hopewell. N.J. 
Single Comb White Leghorns Exclusively 
llarran (English) Strain of Heavy Winter Layers 
SPECIAL FOR MARCH. 8 .000 bttby chicks a week from two 
ami three year old Breeders with records up to 274 Biggs 
a year. March chicks live better,, make a more rapid 
growth and broilers bring more than those hatched in 
any other month. March chicks make the great Winter 
layers. Order your chicks at once for March delivery. 
820 per 100 by Parcel Post prepaid, safe arrival (filar a a 
teed. A hatch evory Monday. Circulars Free. 
EDGAR BRIGGS. Box 75, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
Those purchasing eggs for hatching and baby 
chicks must understand that they are assuming 
some risk when ordering from a distance. For the 
most part eggs and chicks carry safely, but some¬ 
times rough handling by the express companies 
or exposure to heat and cold causes damage. 
That eggs fail to hatch or chicks die is not con¬ 
clusive evidence of bad faith on the part of the 
seller, and we shall not consider claim* on that 
basis. To avoid controversy buyer and seller 
should have a definite understanding as to the 
responsibility assumed in case of dissatiilaction. 
