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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 20, 1010 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
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 tn leant the fact* before ordering chic.lts 
this season. Just ash for free catalog. 
THE KERR CHICKERY 
Box 56 Frenchtown, New Jersey 
-em will get your full order next year 
KTRKIIP’S S. C. White LEGHORN CHICKS 
A XKAPNESTED STOCK ONLY 
6,000 BABY CHICKS ul(l customers 1,000 8 S‘ k PULLETS 
STRAIGHT AMERICAN STOCK 
We expect to prove by our pen entered in the contest at Storrs 
that ENGLISH STOCK dees not always mean the best stock. 
WE 1)0 NOT CLAIM to have all 200-ogg liens or stock that were all lneii from 200-eutr hens. 
WE 00 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 ami 
that the average would tie well above 150 eggs per ben. Third: Every cock or cockerel m out¬ 
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 guarantee a strong, 
healthy live c-hix delivered to you for every one you pay for. 
We absolutely take your word as to condition upon arrival and make settlement accordingly. 
*30.00 per 1O0 *00.00 per 500 J1TB.OO per 1,000 
I’rlce of Pullet* on application. 1,300 breeders on free range. 
3,000 WEEKLY 
KIRKUP BROS. Mattituck, Long Island, New York 
Single Comb White Leghorns Exclusively 
BARRON STRAIN OF HEAVY WINTER LAVERS 
2,000 select breeders on free farm range—the finest 
I ever owned. All breeders inoculated and free trom 
lice E‘ r gs 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 iu advance this year as there is only halt the 
usual number of breeders in the country. My book, 
•' Profits in Poultry Keepina Solved," free with all $10 or¬ 
ders. circular free. EDGAR BRIGGS. Bon 75. Pleaianl Valley. H. Y. 
Hickory Grove Leghorns 
Vigorous, Utility S. C. Whites of large size and heavy laying ability 
Farm bred, on free range; entire thick milk ted. 
Eggs now bringing 2c. above quotations on open 
market in New York City on account of size and 
color. Flock of 450 averaged $4.9.i during 1918 Mat- 
ings cockerels witii yearlipg and two-.vear-oid liens. 
Satisfaction guaranteed; references if desired. 
HATCHING EGGS S7 PER HUNDRED 
HICKORY GROVE FARM, - Rushville, 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 
ri-dit Delivery guaranteed. Booking orders. < ir- 
cnlar. HAMILTON FA KM, 11 mitinigtoii, N.\ . 
BARRON ENGLISH LEGHORNS 
Chicks at S14 per 100; S65 per 500; future or iiumedi- 
iate special delivery. 5,000 each week. Order now. 
High egg bred stock most profitable and persistent 
layers. Laving Contests winners. Valuable catalogue 
free. Vale Leoliorn Farm, 0. Devries. Owner, Zeeland, Mich. 
^VEGGS—CHICKS—STOCK 
Moderate Prices—Write for Catalog 
SPRECHER BROS., Rohrerstown, Pa. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Our ducks m e good is the reason that every diiclc and 
liatchingeggs from .Ian. 1st to April*2Utli was sold months 
ahead, we will have 2,000 chirks a week al ter April 20th. 
Grade A liens with records, I"."' to 24i mated to 200 cock¬ 
erels. Chicks 50cts, Eggs 25cts. Grade B Oetobor molting 
liens mated to cockerels from a hen with a Syr. record 
olGX! eggs. Chicks 20cts, Eggs lOels. 25% less after May 16th. 
g.000 pullets froinGradeB,maturing for deliveryJiine 15th, 
I months old. $2 each Inspection invited, no catalog. 
Columbia Poultry Farm Tom's River, N. J. 
FerrisWhiteLeghorns 
A real heavy laying strain, trapnested 17 years, rec¬ 
ords from 200 to 20! eggs. Get olir prices on pullets 
and yearling liens, breeding males, eggs for hatching, 
and day-old chicks. We ship C. O. 1>. and guarantee 
result-' Catalog gives prices; describes stock, tells all 
about oar farm and methods; results you can get by 
breeding this strain. Send for your copy now—it is 
fl ’ ee - GEORGE B. FERRIS, 935 Union, Grand Rapids, Mich 
Eggs KftaEsS.C.W. Leghorns 
and 
Chicks 
Layi ng Strains of 
and R.C. R. I. Reds at Moderate Prices 
Our Leghorns are bred for egg production 
and deliver tile goods. Safe delivery and 
satisfaction guaranteed. Cir. free. Write 
today. C. M. Longenecker, Box 50. Elizabethtown. Pa 
S.C.BUFF LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. S. Fair. 1918; Rochester, 1919. No beby chicks tor sale 
Heavy egg-laying strain, bred for 9 years. Brices of 
cockerels ranging from $3 to $10. Utility pens,$ IO. 
Booking orders for hatching eggs. Utility.15 for 
$1.50; 100 for $iS. Quality guaranteed. Circular 
and Mating List for stamp. Walter 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. 
GIENW00D POULTRY FARM, John H. Weed, Vineland, N. J 
HILLPQT CHICKS 
Strong healthy chicks from heavy layers. Well bred, well hatched • 
the sort that starts you right in poultry raising. 
Post prepaid. Safe delivery guaranteed within 1,200 miles. 
Rocks, Reds, Leghorns, Wyandottes 
BOOK FREE __ , 
W. F. HILLPOT Box 1 FRENCHTOWN, N. J. 
inNimnniiiimiiuiinm.......mini."I"""""""""" 
GIBSON POULTRY-THE BIG MONEY MAKERS 
BABY CHICKS EGGS—BREEDING STOCK 
S. C. W. Leghorns — R. I. Reds — B. P. Rocks — W. Wyandottes] 
Gibson baby chicks are vigorous and livable, from trapnested farm range, heavy laying 
flocks, headed by males from the (locks producing tin- highest scoring pons at Iho 
International laying conle.l Hatching Eggs from the same iirof.inp guaran¬ 
teed cighti per cent, fertile. Gibson brooders 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. 
Vineland. N. J. 
WEEK ENDING MAKC'II 0, 1919 
This contest is now in its third year, 
the pens being occupied by selected pul¬ 
let progeny from the birds in these pens 
the two previous years- 
(Jarret W. Buck, N. J... 
Thomas Henry. Pa. 
J.... 
CORNELL UNIVERSITY 
CERTIFIED WHITE LEGHORNS 
Day-oltl Chicks, $2 5 per lOO 
Hatching Kggs, $15 per IOO 
This pen was selected from n large dock by an expert 
from Cornell University. 
I. DAVITT VILLAGE FARM POESTENKILL, N. Y. 
Otto 0. Ltihrs, N, 
C. N. Myers, Pa. 
Harry H. Ober, N.J. 
Overlook Farm, N. J. 
Oeorge O. Ward, Me. 
Woodside Farm, It. I. 
WHITE PLYMOt 
Chester P. Dodge, Mass. 
Holliston Hill Poul. Fm.,ALa 
Fdward F. Murray. N. V. 
Victors, lteichenbneh, Pa... 
Overlook Farm, N. J.. ■ 
—first 
us. 
as 
pullets 
1st yr. 
2d yr. 
Wk.Tot’l 
. 1956 
1366 
61 
763 
1192 
55 
445 
. 1474 
1245 
57 
509 
1488 
49 
587 
1533 
48 
747 
. 1199 
1291 
40 
522 
. 1459 
1381 
56 
505 
. 1867 837 
'H ROCKS 
59 
602 
. 1635 
11)60 
51 
490 
-. 1985 
1176 
47 
595 
. 1573 
1035 
48 
347 
. 1038 
899 
40 
270 
1137 
44 
309 
. 1214 
994 
38 
16Q 
COLUMBIAN PLYMOUTH HOCKS 
For Hatching and Eggs 
Day-Old Chicks S. C. W. LEGHORNS Exclusively 
Hatching eggs from 2-year-old liens and fully ma¬ 
tured pullets, carefully mated with 225 to 240 egg 
cocks. Heavy winter layers of largo white eggs. 
Have your orders booked for chicks well in ad¬ 
vance. O ockerels, $3 to $10 each. Hatching eggs, 
310 per 100. Day-old chicks. 520 per 100. 
OAK GROVE POULTRY FARM, Calverton. L. I„ N. Y. 
Wy-Har Chicks S. V. White Leghorns 
Trapnested stock. Eggs, chicks. 
WY-IIAK POULTRY FARM, Denton, M<1. 
Deptford Poultry Farm, N. J.. 
1447 
1245 
51 
T. ,1. Fnslin. N. .1. 
1302 
1111 
44 
,1. M. dones. N. J. 1854 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
1272 
61 
Thomas Coates, N.Y. 
1445 
1173 
42 
A. H. Faulkner, N. J. 
1412 
1044 
38 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
1322 
1123 
46 
Gnblewood Poultry Farm, N\ -1. 
1598 
1288 
t3 
Lusscroft Farm, N. J. 
F. 0. Moore, N.J. 
1761 
1266 
42 
1485 
1215 
40 
T. H. Matteson & Son, K 1. 
1410 
1090 
40 
Snnnyhrook Farm, N. J. 
1460 
1268 
1598 
35 
H. S. Tuthill. N. -1. 
1721 
40 
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES 
Lake Farm, R. I. . 
1513 
1193 
42 
Snnnyhrook Farm, N. J . 
1483 
1223 
87 
Wilburtha Poultry Favm.N. J. 1253 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
1069 
36 
Clark and Howland. Vt. 
1591 
830 
30 
W. P. Laing. N. ,1. 
897 
919 
52 
Mrs C. B. Elliott N. .1. 
1279 
1009 
31 
S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Belle Fllen Stock Farm, N. .1... 
1522 
964 
29 
H. W. Collingwood, N.J. 
1425 
1325 
1231 
45 
Thomas W. Dawson, Pa. 
1410 
46 
Ftjou Poultry Farm, N. .1. 
1479 
1153 
1193 
36 
Thomas Henry. Pa... 
Miss A. S. Macintosh. N.J. 
1522 
53 
1635 
1345 
.).» 
Underhill Bros., N.J. 
1906 
1275 
53 
Woodland Poultry Yard, Pa.... 
1082 
891 
46 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Avalon Farms, Conn. 
1937 
1451 
52 
F. A. Ballard, Pa. 
1843 
1704 
27 
Will Barron, England. 
2053 
1509 
47 
Belle Ellen Stock Farm. N. -L. 
1425 
1128 
36 
Broad Brook Farm, N. V. 
1698 
1485 
36 
Cloverlawn Farm, N. .1. 
1734 
1.540 
43 
W. .1. Cocking, N\ d. 
1674 
1409 
40 
Jos. H. Cohen, N. .1. 
1730 
1489 
36 
J. S. Cray & son. N. J. 
1649 
1362 
50 
Olms. Daval, ,lr., N. .1.-. 
1728 
1527 
42 
L. S. & N. L. Depue, N. J. 
1714 
1061 
31 
K. F. & K. A. Earle, N. d. 
1595 
1250 
1438 
31 
39 
Harry G. Gardiner. N.J. 
1772 
0. S. Greene, N. •). 
1772 
1308 
43 
40 
Wells S. Hastings, Conn. 
1742 
1244 
B. Frank Grmizig. N. d. 
1277 
1089 
33 
Henry E. Heine, N. d. 
1622 
1373 
47 
Richard Heine, N. ,1. 
1527 
1 l-l l 
33 
Heigl s Poultry Farm, Ohio — 
1616 
1113 
47 
Hilltop Poultry Yards,Conn.... 
1774 
1221 
36 
34 
Hillview Farm. Mo. 
1430 
1362 
Holliston Hill Poul. Fm.. Mass. 
2114 
1489 
21 
Pinebeacli Poultry Farm, N. d .. 
James F. Harrington, N. d. 
John It. Lauder, N.J. 
1412 
1368 
45 
1719 
1573 
1776 
49 
1851 
44 
Lay well Poultry Farm. Conn... 
1867 
1243 
1619 
41 
Fred J. Mathews, N. J. 
1755 
49 
Mercer Poultry Farm. N. .1. 
1612 
1445 
33 
30 
Merrythought Farm. Conn. 
1673 
1331 
1492 
H. H. Myers, N. J. 
1843 
4G 
Samuel Niece & Son, N. J. 
1851 
1464 
4-t 
Oak Hill Estate. Pa. 
1635 
1462 
38 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
1117 
1538 
52 
<inkland Farm. N. J. 
1655 
125 9 
:>:> 
38 
Miss Anna C. Parry, Pa. 
1526 
1295 
P. G. Platt, Pa. 
2173 
1690 
50 
Riverside Egg Farm. N. 5. 
1815 
1431 
39 
Joseph 11. Ralston, X.d. 
1614 
1404 
34 
Sliadowhrook Farm. Conn. 
1620 
1243 
44 
Sloan’s Egg Farm, N.'J. 
1666 
1462 
40 
Pinehnrst Poultry Farm, Pa- 
1884 
1368 
55 
Herman F. Sender, N.J. 
1802 
1456 
43 
41 
A. E. Spear. N. J. 
1716 
1376 
Snnnyhrook Farm, N.J. 
1353 
1159 
44 
Tenacre Poultry Farm, N. J- 
1812 
1260 
40 
Pom’s Poultry Farm.N. J. 
1702 
1174 
38 
Training School, N. J. 
1535 
111)4 
24 
J. Percy Van Zandt. N. .1. 
1411 
47 
Shorts ami Voegtlen, N.J . 
2115 
1282 
48 
Gustav Walters, N. J. 
1883 
1310 
45 
48 
White House Poultry Fm., N. J. 
1489 
1452 
W. K. Wixson, Pa. 
1959 
1714 
Willanna Farm, N.J. 
1915 
1559 
88 
12 
Woodland Farms, N.J. 
1890 
1462 
S. C. BUFF LEGHORNS 
II. G. Richardson, N.J. 
1448 
1029 
19 
1137 
1098 
39 
26 
Monmouth Farms, N.J. 
1407 
1293 
S. C. BLACK LEGHORNS 
A. E. Hampton, N.J. 
1746 
1398 
49 
Fred C. Nixon, N.J. 
1758 
1227 
46 
Sunny Acres, N. J. 
1754 
1288 
89 
427 
255 
478 
607 
299 
41)2 
556 
687 
364 
712 
412 
552 
395 
359 
381 
289 
753 
289 
391 
492 
383 
277 
549 
455 
747 
570 
722 
553 
617 
568 
599 
573 
409 
422 
018 
458 
269 
527 
403 
709 
477 
454 
591 
551 
533 
466 
420 
235 
654 
560 
502 
720 
649 
510 
635 
551 
651 
463 
688 
505 
549 
664 
595 
505 
390 
543 
770 
591 
422 
437 
480 
547 
417 
655 
663 
553 
658 
643 
477 
629 
435 
591 
318 
636 
643 
244 
Totals. 161875 129499 4198.51010 
THAT 
PAY I 
in my cellar. 
My incubator 
furnace. 
L. II. 
Trouble with Hatching 
Out of 50 eggs set in incubator not one 
hatched. I was very careful with the 
thermometer, never went higher than 10;>°. 
never lower than 100°. 10.’!° Fahr. mostly 
every day. I have furnace 
hut I keep the floor moist, 
is about 20 feet from the 
New York. 
There are so many possible causes for 
the failure of these eggs to hatch that it 
is impossible to assign any reason with¬ 
out knowing all the circumstances con¬ 
nected with the attempt. Eggs that have 
been chilled, kept at a point near freezing, 
may have their fertility destroyed, or the 
eggs may never have been stronjly fertile 
because of improper conditions in the care 
of the breeding flock. A furnace in the 
cellar should not prevent hatching, if 
other conditions are right. All incubators 
should be run according to the directions 
of their manufacturers, these directions 
varying somewhat with the make. Only 
detailed knowledge of all circumstances 
connected with your efforts to hatch these 
eggs would enable one to find the actual 
cause of the trouble ; possibly a neighbor 
accustomed to running an incubator could 
point out the. source-of the difficulty. 
ii. n. n. 
BABY CHICKS and 
HATCHING EGGS 
fro 
m 
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 under the careful super¬ 
vision of recognized experts have built 
up for the Laurelton Farms the largest 
and most vigorous strain of Heavy 
Egg-Laying S. V. 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 
The Pine Tree 
HATCHERY 
This Hatchery is the oldest and 
one of the largest in the U. S. 
We have hatched and shipped 
baby-chicks for over a quarter of 
a century. Our chicks are sure to 
please. They come from pure¬ 
bred stock, and are properly 
hatched and priced. 
S. C. White Leghorns, $16.00 
Barred Rocks . . . 20.00 
R. I. Reds .... 20.00 
White Wyandottes . 26.00 
Anconas .... 25.00 
Per 
100 
Chicks 
Wo Guarantee full count of live 
chicks upon arrival. Our Catalog 
and Price List FREE. 
THE PINE TREE HATCHERY 
Box R Stockton, N. J. 
Park B. Rocks 
PUREBRED, 
Strong, Livable. 
From heavy-laying 
healthy, free range 
stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
Wesley Grinnell 
Sodus, N. Y. 
Baby 
Chicks 
Barron S.C.W. Leghorns 
R. & S. C. R. 1. Reds 
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 hens 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. 
WHITE LEGHORN POULTRY 
Breeding Stock 
Hatching Eggs 
Baby Chick Capacity 
1000 Weekly 
Weekly 
THE HOMESTEAD FARM 
G. O. & R. O. Knapp. Props. 
LITTLE BRITAIN, N. Y. 
DAY OLD CHICKS 
Severe culling during 191 s hn« produced niiperior 
In-ceding stock. Sturdy Chicks from free range 
stock offered at tin* folio wing prices: 
March Chicks, 25 cents each 
April Chicks - 20 cents each 
May Chicks - 15 cents each 
Hutching Egg*. 80« n fertility guaranteed. SI0.00 ncr bund. 
Order from this “ad.”—our business is to sell Breed¬ 
ing Stock, Hatching Eggs und Chicks rather than 
expensive catalogues and literature. 
S. C. White Leghorn Baby Chicks 
hatching eggs from selected, large, best laying hens, 
mated to big, vigorous males from trap-nested hens 
with records of from 250 to 284-eggs in year. Pure 
Barron and American strain. Grand winter layers 
of large, pure white eggs. March chicks, SI8 per 
100, postpaid. Safe arrival guaranteed. Prompt 
shipment, R. EwiNO. Atlantic. Penn. 
