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Give your 
poultry and 
animals the best liv¬ 
ing conditions by using Dr. 
Hess Dip and Disinfectant 
It is' a powerful germ de¬ 
stroyer-helps to keep off 
contagious diseases. Make 
the rounds of the poultry 
house, pig pens and stables 
regularly with the sprin¬ 
kling can. Kills hog lice. 
Don’t neglect the garbage 
cans, drains, foul-smelling 
and disease-breeding 
places. An excellent disinfect¬ 
ant for the home. On^gallon 
makes 100 gallons solution. 
Dr. HESS & CLARK 
Ashland Ohio 
LIBERTY MARVEL 
Oil-Burning BROODER 
Blue Flame Wickless 
Oil Heated Colony Brooder 
Automatic Regulation 
The Liberty Marvel is de¬ 
signed to meet the emer¬ 
gency in the existing coal 
Crisis. 
Change Your Coal 
Burner Into a 
Liberty Oil Brooder 
Big 
saving 
In 
operating 
expense. 
Brooding ' 
50 . 
to 
1000 
chicks ^ 
for less than 6c per day. Perfect satis¬ 
faction guaranteed or money back. Send 
for circular on "Scientific Brooding/ - 
Liberty Stove Co. BBSS ft 
Raised on H-O 
Steam-Cooked 
Chick Feed 
Why not try this H-O Steam- 
Cooked Chick Feed which has 
done so much to increase the 
percentage of chicks that live ? 
If you cannot get it from your denier, 
write for samples and we will arrange 
to have you supplied. 
THE H 0 COMPANY, Feed Dept., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Members IT. 8. Food Administration 
License No. G-12996 
Vohn J. Campbell, Eastern Sales Agt., Hartford, Conn. 
a95 Buy 9 140-Egg 
“ " * - - Champion 
Belle City Incubator 
Hot - Water, Copper Tank, Double* Users 
Walla Vibru Bonrd. Sc It-Regulated. With S6.3S 
llot - Wator 1 40 « Chick Brooder — both only $15.95. 
Freight Prepaid f a 
& allowed on express. Guaranteed. 
My Special Offers proviuJ ways to 
'earn extra money. Order Nov/, or 
write fo-book.“Hatching Facts." 
—It a Free and tella all. Jim Rohan, Pres. 
ncubator Co., Box 48, Racine. Wis. 
Chickens Sick or Not Laying? 
Moat poor layers ore "OUT OF CONDITION” or have 
Colds. Roup, Bowel trouble. Sore head.Chicken pox, etc. 
GERMOZONE is the best remedy for all these disorders. 
At dealers or postpaid 76c, with 6 book Poultry Library. 
GEO. H. LEE CO., Dept. 463, OMAHA, NEB. 
Trap Nest 
Records 
\^E have had printed 
’ on cardboard 11 44x7 
neat and complete trap- 
n e s t record. Printed 
both sides—25 each side. 
Will send 12 for 10c. 
W. F.W., care Rural Netv-Yorker 
333 West 30th Street. New York 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
affected birds Should be promptly removed 
from the flock and kept isolated until re¬ 
covery or death. Further development 
may show the presence of some contagious 
disease like roup. In any case, great care 
should be taken not to expose healthy 
fowls to an unknown disorder, and the 
utmost cleanliness as to quarters and 
utensils should be observed. m. b. d. 
Feeding Incubator Chicks 
I have for many years raised chicks un¬ 
der hens, but now am going to try . n 
incubator. I am told by knowing on> s 
that chicks hatched in this way cannot' 
be fed as hen-hatched. I would like in¬ 
formation as to what and how to feed. 
Would giving them into the care of set¬ 
ting hens make any difference? L. 
Michigan. 
When chicks are artificially hatched 
and brooded in large numbers, the matter 
of proper feeding becomes one of greater 
concern than when small flocks are en¬ 
trusted to their natural mothers. The 
mother hen does not pay much attention 
to balancing the ration of her offspring 
and has even less regard for regularity in 
feeding, hut such dietetic errors as she 
seems to countenance appear to be coun¬ 
terbalanced by the fact that the hen 
hatched and reared chick possesses a lit¬ 
tle more vitality and a little greater re¬ 
sistance to digestive and other disorders 
than do those artificially cared for. So 
far as actual foods go, however, all chicks 
need the same materials for growth and 
development, and should receive similar 
rations. Feeding brooder chicks will be 
discussed at some length in these columns 
during the hatching season. 
Yes, giving incubator chicks to broody 
hens will simp’ify your work somewhat, if 
you have these hens in sufficiently large 
numbers. Man has not .vet succeeded in 
producing either a hatcher or brooder 
quite equal to the mother hen, though 
artificial substitutes for her must be found 
when large numbers of chicks are to be 
reared, and particularly when they are 
to be reared out of the natural hatching 
season. m. b. d. 
Brief Story of Duck Raising 
Part IY. 
After the ducks have attained their full 
frame, which with proper care and feed¬ 
ing, should be at about 10 weeks, they 
are moved to the fattening pens. These 
pens are about 25x100 ft., with no shel¬ 
ter shed, and only a small pond for drink¬ 
ing and washing. If fattening ducks are 
allowed too large a pond they will con¬ 
stantly work in the water, using all the 
surplus fat, and become hard and not 
plump. They should be kept quiet and 
fed a heavy ration of three parts meal, 
one part bran, one part flour and 10 per 
cent beef scrap. Some chopped green 
food may be added ; green fodder corn is 
best. They should be kept in these pens 
two weeks, and then they are put in the 
culling pen and sorted. All ducks with a 
fully developed wing and fat are selected ; 
the remainder are put hack for the next 
week. After they have been selected they 
are driven into the killing pen and killed. 
The best method is to hang up by one 
foot, as if both are used it causes a heavy 
blue spot to form across the back, making 
a poor showing after they are dressed. 
After the ducks have been killed they 
are placed on the washing trays and ail 
blood is washed from the head and beak ; 
then they are placed on a platform for 
the pickers. First, the duck is placed in 
the scalding tub when the water lias at¬ 
tained a temperature of 210 degree, which 
is the proper temperature: just under the 
boiling point. If the water gets below 200 
it will show a glassy effect on the skin of 
the duck, and if it gets over 212 it will 
set the feathers, causing the flesh to pull 
out, making the duck have a poor ap¬ 
pearance. 
After the ducks have been picked and 
pinned they are put into the plumping 
tubs. After the animal heat has been 
taken out they are placed in the cooling 
tubs, and then they are taken out of the 
tube and put on the drainers. After all 
the water has been drained they are 
weighed and placed in barrels of two 
sizes; flour barrels. f>0 to 3r birds in each 
barrel. The ducks are packed in barrels 
in layers ; first layer breast up ; next breast 
down, alternately with ice. and so on un¬ 
til the barrel is full. Putting breast to 
brea-t prevents any injury to the face of 
the ducks. 
. The scalding water is heated with 
either coal or steam. The picking house 
is a building 25x40 ft., with a trough 
around t the side and cooling tubs on the 
other side, this giving the center of floor 
for the scalding vats. Twelve girls with 
proper experience can pick 800 to 000 
ducks in eight hours. The picking is 
piecework, and they receive o cents per 
head. A good picker can make $5 a day 
of eight hours. After the ducks have been 
pickl'd and the feathers are removed to 
the drying room, which is over the incu¬ 
bators, as I mentioned before, they are 
sorted: body feathers and quills, or floor 
feathers. Two ounces of feathers should 
he obtained from a full-grown duck. Thus 
ends the life of green-fed Pekin ducks, at 
12 to 14 weeks. j. a. titmus. 
IIe: “I vo got to call another meeting 
of the club because last night we could 
do nothing, as we had no quorum.” She : 
"Then why don’t you buy one and keep 
it in the club where you’d have it handy?” 
—Baltimore American . 
‘College 
Queen” 
Record 308 
Egga. Trap- 
nested at 
Storrs, Conn. 
KNIGHT’S Blue Ribbon Strain 
PEDIGREED WHITE WYANDOTTE 
Have made Records at Ston s. Kbits and Chicks for sale. 
bead for circular . O.G. KNIGHT, Bridgeton, l£.I. 
White Wyandottes “^VaTn ?> JCA8 
Eggs for Hatching from these Standard-Bred Egg 
.Machines. Quality better than ever. Prices the 
same as usual-i. e., S10 per hundred; S6 per 50; S2 
per la. No chicks for sale. Book your orders in 
S. Possible as demand exceeds supply. 
-t* L N I>LIvll ILL, “Old Orchaid Farm,” Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 
Buck’s Barred Rocks 
still lend the to pens in the American class at Vine- 
land International Egg Laying and bleeding contest 
at tile end of the 120th week. Won special premium 
given by N. J. State l)ept. of Agriculture on old male 
for best utility bird in American class at New Jersey 
State Championship Show held at Trenton, January, 
1019. Eggs from old birds selected for heavy egg 
production mated to 272 and 278-egg cockerels, S4 
for 16; $20 per 100. Eggs from yearlings, same 
strain, $3 for to; $15 100. Nothing sold but what 
we raise on our own farm. No baby chicks. 
GARRET \V. BUCK, 
Colts Neck, N. J. 
551 
Single Comb White Leghorns Exclusively 
BARRON STRAIN OF HEAVY WINTER LA YER S 
3,000 select Breeders on free farm range—the finest 
I ever owned. All breeders inoculated and free from 
lice. Eggs for hatching now ready in any quantity. 
Now booking orders for Baby Chicks—March and 
April delivery. Capacity. 10 to 12,000 weekly. Order 
well in advance this year as there is only half the 
usual number of breeders in the country. My hook, 
" Profits in Poultry Keeping Solved," free with all $10 or¬ 
ders. Circular free. EDGAR BRIGGS. Box 75, Pleasant Valley. N. Y. 
BARRON’S LEGHORN CHICKS 
Strong, livable chix from grand laying stock-816 
per 1 Oil. li. J. ItFDS from farm range, heavy pro¬ 
ducers, 818 per 100. Prepaid by Express or Parcel 
Post. Place your order NOW. Live arrival guaran¬ 
teed. YVM. XV. KETCH, Cohocton, N. Y. 
Barred Roekc Thompson’s Strain 
Darrell ROCKS Direct. Exhibition 
matings. Either light or dark. Eggs, 15—S5- 100— 
$20. Utility. 15—S3’ 100—SI5. 1’nrkes’ heavy-laving 
strain, 15—S3; 100—515. I H. BACORN Sergeantsville, N. J. 
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 
Jist of the most profitable chicks to buv. 
L» It. Ill MMEll «fc CO., II. I>. A, Freuchtown, N, J 
P arks ’ Strain B. P. R. Eggs and Chix 
All males from trapped hens with records 204 to 2‘>7 
1NGLES 1DE FARMS. C. H, CHUBB , Prop.. Palenville, N.Y. 
Baby Chicks and 
Hatching Eggs 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds andSingle Comb White Leg¬ 
horns. We own the famous Sanborn flock of Reds- 
every breeder with a trapnest record. Place your 
order for Baby Chix at once. A few more high record 
breeding males for sale. Send for free catalogue. 
West Mansfield Poultry Fa rm, Box 50, Attleboro, Mass. 
ForSale-Wyckoff Strain S. D. W. Leghorns 
Cockerels direct. J. M. CASE, Gilboa, New York 
PARKS WINTER LAYING 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Won First Honors and Outlayed 
the 2600 birds in the Five Miss¬ 
ouri Laying Contests (Under 
Govt. Supervision) Including the 
Famous English Laying Strains. 
Also made the remarkable winter 
month record of 134 eggs in Jan. 
' Cir. Free. Large Catalog a dime. 
J. W. PARKS, Box Y ALTOONA. PA. 
For Sale-Hatching EGGS 
“Pprfprt!nn” B#RRE:D R0CK (RINGLETS). Best we ever raised. 
i giiguiiuii Forquiek sale fine, snappv, vigorous cock¬ 
erels, $<•■. worth 18; $8, worth >10; >10, worth >15; >16,worth 
$20. Nine cocks, breeders from last year’s mating pens, 
at half price, $7..=>0 to $15. Pullets $3 to $5 each. 
Dr. GEO. T. HAYMAN, - Doylestown, Pa 
Park’s and Thompson B. R. Chix 
Mar 18c; Apr., 17c; May, 16c. S. (\ R. I. Reds, Feb! 
and Mar., 20c; Apr., 18c: May, 17c. (English S. C. 
\\ . Leghorn, lac: Hatches weekly.) Parcel post pre¬ 
paid. MAPLES WHITE LEGHORN FARM. R. F. D., Telford, Pa. 
"Wilson’s "White HFLocks 
Better than ever and leading the White Rocks at I 
Storrs egg-laying contest. Order vour chickens 
now . S25 per 100. Eggs. S10 per 100. H. A. lVII.SON. Hollis. X. II. 
Barred ROCliS 
Eggs fm hatching. S8 per 100. Pay-old chicks, SIB per 
1U0. A. C, JONES, Marvel Homestead Farm, Georgetown, Del. 
froni- 
winning Giant Mammoth *Bronze Stock, safely 
packed, 50c. each. Also few young Toms from prize- 
wiiniing stock . S12 , Mrs. C, M. COLE. Eastport.Long Island 
White Chinese Goose EGGS 
40c each by express. Nothing sent by Parcel Post. 
GEO. E. HOWELL, Spruce Farm, HoweLLs, N. Y. 
Hatching Eggs Utility stock White Leghorns. 
• , ° per hundred. Nine years 
m businees. C. CHRISS0S EGG FARM, Box 5, Groton, Conn. 
H UFF ROCK S—Stock—Eggs. FIELD, Somers, Ct. 
fiSeJ* ^ COMB REDS' Separate farms 
BARON WYANDOTTES)'Winter layers 
Eggs—SI 50 per 15; S7.50 per 100. 
L, Arthur Sheldon, Route 7, Osweg o, N. Y. 
S . C . R. I . n_e d Sed 1 . t?a i n ap S' 
S10 per 100. Baby chicks, S25 per 100. Circular with 
t erms and guarantee. ANNA M. JONES. Crar yville, N.Y. 
S. C. White Leghorns. Excellent strains 
and contest records. EGOS produced 
every day in year. Great values. Guar¬ 
anteed delivery. Circular free. Inspection 
invited. Custom hatching. 
Phone Plainsboro 628 
Bungalow Poultry Farm &o H „ m C o h ^h d ^ r t.rN°S: 
BABY 
$20 per 100 
CHICKS 
After March 21 
$16 per 100 
Baby Chicks 
S. C. REDS, R. C. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
WHITE ROCKS 
B. P. ROCKS 
W. WYANDOTTES 
and Hatching Eggs 
Healthy, vigorous, free range stock 
Best laying strains only. Mod¬ 
erate price. Circular free. 
CHICK FARM, R. W. WAGNER. Prop. 
_ East Northport, Now York 
TIFFANY’S SUPERIOR CHICKS 
Sliver and White Wyandottes, S. C. Reds. Barred 
Rocks, Chicks 25c. each; $24 per 100. Indian Runner 
Ducklings. 40c. each. ! 
ALDHAM POULTRY FARM. R. 34, PHOENIXVILLE, PA. 
200,000 CHICKS For 1919 
Seven varieties. Also Brooders-300 to 1.000 chick I 
capacity—814.50 to 820 each. Catalogue free ! 
Keystone Hatchery, Dept.11, Kichlield, Pa! 
TIFFANY’S 
SUPERIOR 
CHICKS 
SILVER AND WHITE WYANDOTTES WHITE 
BUFF AND BARRED ROCKS, SCR I 
REDS. WHITE L E G H 0 R N S. PEKIN AND 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKLINGS AND EGGC 
Aldham Poultry Farm, R. 34, Phoenixville, Pa 
•Ftarrcd ROcKs 
Famous Champion 200-Egg strains. Hatching Eggs. 
Eight-weeks-old .eh*i\':: ‘Satisfaction Guaranteed! 
rite to CHAS. KCL.r-.AFT, Shohola. Penn. 
Pure Barron Wyandottes 
World’s best utility breed. 275-egg strain ;•> 
—S2; 50-S S; 100-S1O. ARTHUR D. SMITH Norfolk: Conn. 
Buff Rocks and Light Brahmas 
Eggs for Hatching. 15—S2; 50-S5; 100-S9 
EMPIRE CITY POULTRY YARDS, R . R. No. 30, Yonkert.N. Y. 
60 Breeds E*!!?? ENS ' DUCKS GEESE turkeys 
J , : GUINEAS, HARES AND DOGS 
w'.Tvi-/v! 1 E^- L^ge Illustrated Gatalog F ee. 
LDWIN A, SOIDEK, - Telford, Pa. 
O II IP If 0 S' C ' Butt . Leghorns, Bar. Rocks. Parcel 
Vll IVIV W l ost Service. Cir. Free. Guarantee Satis- 
_faction. JACOB NEIMGND, Box 2, McAlisterviile, P,. 
Hatching Eggs hrS’Vb&K; 
8 < per 100. RANSOM FARM, Geneva, Ohio 
Tom Barron S. G. W. Leghorn Hatching Eggs h f ™ % !" 
laying hens mated with higli pedigree cockered 
w «‘? k - 52 > u ' r in- guarantee! 
It LIMIT UltO.s., Coiycrolt Poultry Farm, "eat WUliofftoH, I’ona 
Giant Bronze Turkey Eggs ® a , n 
U. G. lie ' and U. P. R. Eggs, S3 per 15. Shropshire 
Sheep, H. J. 1 AN D\K K, Gettysburg, Penn. 
R. C. REDS, EGGS i B ^ t °- Lay - 
* KihbonW mners. $^setof 
15. $ 12 per 100, CATALPA POULTRY F ARM. Gettysburg, Pa. R.D.2 
IT PAYS TO RAISE 
RufusRedBelgian Hares 
A our Foundation Stock should be Pedigreed Registered 
. ... Bought from.ii Uoli&bl,- breeder. * 
JOSt I'll BLANK, ASS lli k -hl»uU Aie.« MT. VLKXO.V, NEW YOKE 
BARRON’S WHITE WYANDOTTES hatching 
Cockerels for sale from stock imported direct with 
lecords. K. K, LEWIS, Apalachin, New York 
A 1 QUALITY 
White W yandottes 
coc, i 
Phil ip Van Aksdale, Milford, N. J. 
White Wyandotte Eggs S mi K N (i 
from pure English strain. Free range, SI 50 for 1J 1 
SB per 100 , Frank M.Kdwa rds, Water Mill, N.Y 1 
SILVER CAM PIN ES 
for 50, $8 for 100 . The Uel’IIEKgOX FARM, Milling ton! Ji.'j’. 
HATCHING EGGS—DAY OLD CHICKS 
Box 124 Mounimndale, Sullivan Co., N Y. Phone 17 F-ll 
W HITE WYANDOTTES-- Regal- Strain. Bred 
to Lay. Selected breeders. Baby chicks •*-**«» 
MODNTAIX TIKW POULTRY FARM, .lopew.il JaucOonXv'. 
U/AXTKD—HATCHING EGOS during the entire hatcliin - 
*1 season. Any breed—any quantity. Please quote me 
your lowest figure. Address, HATCHERY, »o.d Ridge, V J. 
For Sale-Toulouse Ganders 
Chidf^ Single Comb White Leghorn*, loe 
J GUY LESHER, UIUU ° Northumberland. 1 !a! 
Single and Rose Comb White Minorcas 
Eggs for hatching, S2 25 for 13 sent mr,'«l 
Bl'RDETTE SMITH, Box 848.' Hart’ford! &onn. 
riliri/Cw C ' W ; Eeghorns, lie.; Rocks, He. 
tlllt V. < ? ne 4 y f "‘-dead chicks. Cir. free. 
" • A. T V l N ER, MeAllsterville, l*a. 
LightBrahmas Only 
loo—$ 9 . haystack mountain farm, Norfolk, rovv! 
Hatching Eggs 
Sunsvvick Strain Bull Orpington Enas 
82 per l.i and >3.50 per JO. OUITHli FiliM, Stanley. VY. 
S. G. Black Minorcas EGGSf01 ha,ching 
S2.00 per 15. $5.00 per to. 
H W. REHMEYER 
from large, strong 
andVigorous Stock. 
Parcel Post, Delivered. 
• TURNPIKE, PA. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkey*, Pheasants, Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
,, f°r stocking purposes. 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl. Cranes. Storks. Swans. 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes Kac- 
WM T S ma rvrVccM a ii kin,i , s . of ' ,irds a " d animals. 
WM. J. MAC KENSEN* Naturalist, Dept. 10, Yardley. Pa 
FEEDS AND FEEDING, by Henry and 
Morrison. Price, $2.50. The best book on 
this subject. For sale by Rural New-Yorker 
