1924 
Save the Baby Chicks 
Our book. “CARE OF BABY CHICKS,” and a 
package of GERMOZONE are tho best insurance 
against chick losses. Those formerly losing more than 
half they hatched now raise better than 90 per cent. 
To you who have never tried GERMOZONE, we will 
send postpaid, book and package as above. You pay, 
if satisfied, 75c; 60 days’ trial. W# trust you. 
Druggists and seed dealers sell GERMOZONE. the 
best poultry remedy »and preventive. For old amt 
young.—bowel trouble, colds, roup, musty or spoiled 
food, limber neck, chicken pox, sour crop, gkin disease, 
etc. Sick chinks can’t wait. Do It now. 
GEO. H. LEE CO., Dept. 463, Omaha, Neb. 
QUEENSBURY WHITE LEGHORNS 
(Barron Foundation* 
^ Here is your °PP° rtunit y* m#,ur,d pullttt from 
t+J prolific layers. Every one guaranteed. 
3 Three month* old, $1.60 eneh 
d 'f 7 Four inonthn old* 2.00 cueh 
)a 1 (a ady to lny - - B.OO eneh 
QUEENSBURY FARMS Toms River, N. J. 
SX.White Leghorn Baby Chicks 
from selected large best-laying hens mated to big vigor-' 
ous males from trap-nested hens with records of 250 to 
281 eggs in year. Barron strain imported direct. Grand 
winter layers of large white eggs. Strong chicks *15 
per 100, Postpaid. Prompt shipment. Safe arrival guar¬ 
anteed. Circular free. R. T. EWING, Atlantic, Pa. 
White Leghorn Baby Chixs 
front out- breeding stock, including Toni Barron 
strain. AH farm raised on free range. Utility bred 
chieks, perfectly hatched, easy to raise and started 
right. Delivery guaranteed. Booking orders. Cir¬ 
cular. HAMILTON FARM, Huntington, N.Y. 
Tom Barron’s 2 f T | 6 ®; E N 9fl 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. Day-old chicks. S15 
per 100. Hatching eggs. $6 per 100. Safe delivery 
and satisfaction guaranteed. Circular free. 
PATTERSON POULTRY FARM, - Clayton, N. Y. 
Mattituck White Leghorn Farm 
Baby Chicks 815 per hundred. 
A. H. Penny - Mattituck, N. Y. 
HAMPTON’S BLACK LEGHORNS 
Day-Old (’hicks and Eggs. Get my 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. IIA.M I’i’O.N, Box R. Pittstowii, N. J 
Tom Barron’s Leghorns {nSkSm!: 
One of the most intensive breeding plants in the 
countrv. Eggs—chicks. Write for circular. WILLOW 
BROOK POULTRY FARM, Allen H. Bulkley. Prop., Odessa. N Y. 
QUALITY CHICKS w p £e?k 
Eggs for hatching. Lady Eglantine 
Strain. Record—314 eggs. Stir* 
prising low price. Write for catalog, free. 
Or. PRUDHOMME, Box R, THURMONT, MARYLAND 
BIG STURDY CHICKS 
WHITE WYANDOTTES. MARTINS; BARRED ROCKS. E. B. 
THOMPSON; R. I REDS. HALF HOPEWELL FARMS STRAIN; 
ANCONAS. SHEPARDS; S. C. W. LEGHORNS. EGLANTINE. 
Get my Prices on high-class stock that will improve your 
Hocks' I invite you to inspect my flocks. Prices from 
$ 1 5 to $28 per 100. 25 and 50 lots same price per chick. 
SUNNY SIDE POULTRY FARM - Copper Hill, N. J. 
HUMMER S Famous Winter-Laying Varieties 
ROCKS. REDS. WHITE AN0 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. li. IICMMER A- CO., K. I>. A, Frenclitown, N. J. 
TIFFANY’S 
SUPERIOR 
CHICKS 
SILVER AND WHITE WYANDOTTES, WHITE. 
BUFF AND BARRED ROCKS, S. C. R I. 
REDS. WHITE LEG HO RNS, PEKIN AND 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKLINGS AND EGGS. 
Aldham Poultry Farm, R. 34, Phoenixville, Pa 
LIGHT AN00ARK BRAHMAS. BARRED 
ROCKS, R I RE0S.W WYANDOTTES. 
S. C W AND BROWN LEGHORNS. 
IE3 G GS 
o HICKS 
c ?E' e OB RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM, ffl Riverdale, N. J. 
BLACK JERSEY GIANTS 
Greenish-black feathers: yellow skin: very hardy; 
fast growers; very large; best for back yard or 
farm. Eggs and chicks our specialty. Free descrip- 
tivecircular. Sussex Farm, Route 2. Belmar, N.J. 
White Chinese Goose EGGS 
40c each by express. Nothing sent by Parcel Post. 
GEO. E. HOWELL, Spruce Farm, Howells, N. Y. 
30 Selected PEARL GUINEAS 
at $3 each. SINCLAIR SMITH, 23 Jacob St.. New York, N.Y. 
SILVER CAMPINE EGGSgft&VysS 
heavy-laying hens. THE MePHERSON FARM, Millington, N. J. 
Special-4 Cocks, Ringlets, S10 Each 
worth *20. 7 Cockerels, Kinglets, S7.50 each, worth 
$l.i. These birds were used in our mating pens, and 
are real bargains. Or. George T. Hayman. Doylestown, Pa. 
■WhileTheyXjast!!!!! 
SANBORN STRAIN RHODE ISLAND RED COCKERELS 
Now two months old. Free -range and milk fed stock ; 
*4 eucli. Express paid. Address 
HARRY E. NICHOLS, * F. 0. No. I. WhiU.n Form, Ooilnln*. R. T. 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
* t • V - v 
A CHICK is no better than its di¬ 
gestive system. Don’t leave its 
feeding to accident. Use H-0 
Steam-Cooked Chick Feed. 
The new, 5-Ib. carton 
of H-0 Steam-Cooked Chick Feed 
is a handy, durable and compact 
way to get acquainted with us. 
Your dealer can get it for you. 
If you cannot get it from your dealer, 
write for samples »r:d we will arrange 
to have you supplied. 
THE H-0 COMPANY, Feed Dept., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Members U. S. Food Administration. License No. G-12,996 
John J. Campbell, Eastern Sales Agt., Hartford, Conn. 
PURE BRED BABY CHIX 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many questions abotit this egg- 
laying contest, the following facts are given: 
It is held 1 at Storrs post office In connection 
with tlie Connecticut Agricultural College. The 
contest begins November 1. There are 10 pul¬ 
lets in en<'li 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 eacli pen in ttie current 
week, ami 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. 
Record at Storrs. Conn., for week ending 
May 15, 1919: 
BARRED ROCKS Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Conn. 50 716 
Samuel M. Monks. Conn. 52 778 
Glenhope Farm, Mass. 56 831 
Jules F. Francais, I,. 1. 53 l(i5n 
Laurel Poultry Farm.Quebec. 58 992 
Fairfield Poultry Farms, N. H. 29 
Norfolk Specialty Farm, Ontario. 40 K'J) 
Mich. Agricultural College, Mich. 35 797 
Rock Rose Farm. N. Y. 51 
J. IT. Wilson. Methuen. Mass. 34 583 
Joseph M. Rothschild, N. Y. 48 739 
Ingleside Farm. N Y. 56 859 
Ore. Agricultural College. Oregon. 38 592 
R. L. Smith. Maine . 48 60S 
U. E. Wallace, Jr., Mass . 48 639 
WHITE ROCKS 
Our long experience and big capacity 
enable us to give you chicks of Qual¬ 
ity at Rock Bottom Prices. We re¬ 
commend your order be placed at 
once—to avoid any delay in shipment. 
Deliveries Every Week in June 
Per 100 Per 50 
S.C.White Leghorns $14.00 $ 7.50 
Barred Rocks . . 17.00 9.00 
Rhode Island Reds 18.00 9.50 
White Wyandottes. 21.00 11.00 
Black Minorcas . 21.00 11.00 
FULL count of Live Chicks upon ar¬ 
rival. Guaranteed by parcel-post. 
THE STOCKTON HATCHERY, STOCKTON, N. J. 
E. R. Wilson, Proprietor 
Baby 
Chicks 
Barron S.C.W. Leghorns 
R. & S. C. R. I. Reds 
Park B. Rocks 
OUREBRED, 
Strong, Livable. 
From heavy-laying 
healthy, free range 
stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
Wesley Grinnell 
Sod us, N. Y. 
Single Comb White Leghorns Exclusively 
BARRON STRAIN OF HEAVY WINTER LAYERS 
3,000 select Breeders on free farm range—the finest 
I ever owned. All breeders inoculated and free from 
lice. Eggs for batching 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 book. 
" Profits in Poultry Keeping Solved.” free witli all $10 or¬ 
ders. Circular free. EDGAR BRIGGS, Box 75, Pleasant Valley. N. V. 
100,000 CHICKS 
FOR JUNE. JULY AND AUGUST DELIVERY AT $0 PER 100 AND UP 
HKOILKltS, 6. 0. WHITE AM) S. (. BROWN LBGIIOHNS, 
lUIUtKJ) V. HOCKS AND S. C. li. I. RICOS; ALSO BLACK 
MINORCA. WYANDOTTE AND 8ILYER SPANGLED IIAM* 
BCKG EGGS at low cost. We guarantee safe delivery 
and we pay all parcel post charges. Thousands of 
satisfied customers. Our 10-year line catalogue free, 
THE KEYSTONE HATCHERY - Richlield, Pa. 
Quality S.C. W.Leghorn Chicks 
from selected two and three-year old breeders. 
Barron Strain crossed witli tho Pemia. Poultry 
Farm Strain, the best stock obtainable. My 
Stock is handled to produce strong healthy 
Chicks that live and grow $lB.. r >0 per hundred 
post prepaid, sale delivery guaranteed. 
BROOKSIDE POULTRY FARM 
Stockton, New Jersey 
S. Bradford Allyn. Mass. 
Albert T. Lenzen. Mass.. 
Chickutawbut Farms, Mass . 
1). S. Vaughn. It. I. 
II. A Wilson. N. U . 
IJolliston Hill Poultry Larm, Mass.... 
BUFF ROCKS 
A. A. Ball, Conn. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Beulah Farm. Ontario. 
W. Bradley, Victoria. B. C. 
Herbertl, Warren. Que.. Canada - 
Mrs It. W. Stevens, N. T. 
Laurel Hill Farm. It. 1. 
Obed G. Knight. It. I.. 
Merrythought Farm,Conn. 
O. L. Magrey, Conn. 
Shadowbrook Farm. Conn.. 
Patrick F. Sullivan, Conn. 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
H. P. Cloyes, Conn. 
Cook & Porter. Mass. 
K. Terry Smith. Conn.. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Chas. H. Lane. Mass. 
Etjcm Poultry Farm. N.J. 
Homer P. Deuiiug, Conn. 
Hopewell Farms. N.J.. 
Plaasantville Farms. N. Y. 
Laurel Hill Farm. It. I. 
Natick Farm. It. 1. 
Pinecrest Orchards, Muss. 
Jacob is. Jansen.Conn. 
Deer Brook Poultry L arin, N. II. 
RHODE ISLAND WHITES 
Harvey A. Drew, N. J. 
F, W. Cumpstone. Coun. 
BLACK RHINELANDERS 
A, Schwarz. Cal. 
BLUE ANDALUSIANS 
Blue AndalusianClub ol America,N.Y. 
OREGONS 
Agricultural College, Corvallis.Ore — 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
A. H. Penny, N. Y. 
ltobt. C, Ogle. N.Y’. 
S. G. McLean, Conn. 
Glenhope Farm, Mass. 
Edward T. Tonissen, N. Y. 
Meadowedge Farm. L. 1. 
Kirkup Bros. N. Y. 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 
Kxmore Farms. Pa. 
James O LeFevre, N. Y. 
Shadowbrook Farm, Conn. 
W m. L. Gilbert Homr,Conn. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 
P. G. Platt, Pa. 
Sunny Crest Corporation. N. Y. 
L. K. lngoldsby, N.Y. 
B S. Ells, N. J. 
Hollywood Farm, Wash. . 
Bonnie Brook Farm, N. Y . 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 
Beck Egg Farm. N. J. 
Westwood Farm. N. Y. 
A. P. Robinson. N. Y. 
C. Itasmussen, N. J . 
Sunny Side Poultry Farm, N.J. 
Gustav Walters, N. J . 
It. Lindsey Ireland, Ky. 
E A. Ballard. Pa. 
Mount Hope Farm. Mass. 
Hi 11 top Poultry Y a ids, Con n. 
J Frank Dubois, Mass. 
Clifford I. Stoddard. Conn. 
George Phillips, Conn. 
J W Welch, Neb. 
M. T. Lindsay. N. Y. 
Mrs. J. I,. Thuesen. Conn. 
Oak Hill Estate. Pa. 
Bert Horsfall, Quebec. 
Tarbell Farms. N Y. 
Locust Grove Farm, N.J. 
Hopewell Farms, N.J. 
Rupp’s Leghorn Farm. N. J. 
D. Tancred, Wash. 
M. J. Quackenbush. N.J. 
The Yates Farni.N Y. 
Herbert O. Maxham. It. [. 
W. B. Kieft. Ill. 
Ellwood Newton, Ccnn. 
C. S Green, N.J. 
Coleman Miles, 111......— . 
Total. 
46 
044 
56 
637 
61 
816 
36 
561 
43 
727 
50 
707 
46 
563 
49 
781 
52 
920 
40 
740 
43 
774 
32 
862 
54 
1008 
41 
750 
32 
593 
56 
646 
35 
888 
29 
614 
35 
539 
49 
637 
45 
866 
47 
650 
52 
771 
44 
502 
33 
575 
58 
1031 
53 
828 
31 
768 
40 
669 
57 
909 
54 
861 
48 
692 
32 
430 
53 
617 
53 
564 
53 
640 
45 
666 
45 
866 
57 
685 
47 
605 
45 
593 
51 
805 
46 
654 
43 
725 
45 
868 
61 
614 
52 
621 
53 
707 
52 
708 
45 
438 
45 
823 
54 
767 
38 
625 
56 
b81 
55 
763 
57 
618 
56 
576 
50 
924 
52 
725 
40 
519 
46 
608 
50 
768 
43 
624 
54 
796 
53 
896 
53 
740 
46 
555 
50 
661 
49 
557 
41 
529 
43 
654 
49 
749 
57 
516 
43 
692 
50 
673 
54 
578 
60 
584 
54 
879 
43 
688 
38 
491 
45 
666 
52 
600 
53 
605 
48 
498 
64 
583 
4742 
69975 
HILLPOT ruirbfc 
quality uniurva 
Post Prepaid. , Safe delivery guaranteed 
up to 1200 miles. Book FREE 
Healthy Chicks from Record Layers 
Leghorns 
Barred Rocks 
R. I. Reds 
W. F. HILLPOT. 
100 50 25 
$12.00 $6.50 $3.75 
15.00 8.00 4.00 
18.00 9.50 5.00 
Box 1, Frenchtown, N. J, 
Try-em will get your full order next year 
KIR KI IP’S S. C. White LEGHORN CHICKS 
Tit A P NESTED STOCK ONLY 
6,000 BABY CHICKS old customers by our 1,000 8 Td ek PULLETS 
QTD AIPUT AMFRIPA N QTftfK We expect to prove by our pen entered in the contest at Storrs 
o 1 Imlun I milLlvlLrlll 0 1 UvIV (/, a ( ENGLISH STOCK does not always mean the best stock. 
WE IX) 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 lien in our breeding pens laid from 140 to 225 in pullet year and 
that the average would he 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 hen. Fourth: We guarantee a strong, 
healthy live chix delivered to you for every one you pay for. 
We absolutely take your word as to condition upon arrival and make settlement accordingly. 
Special Price for May and June $ 5 o 6 °o°r loK 4,000 WEEKLY 
KIRKUP BROS. Mattituck, Long Island, New York 
Too Much Beef Scrap; Young Breeders 
1. I have a pen of about 100 hens, and 
give them all the corn and wheat bran 
they should have. Early this Spring I 
started to feed on beef scrap gradually, 
and kept it before them at all times. I 
found they would make themselves sick 
on it, and still seemed to he starved after 
it. Can you tell me what the trouble 
was? 2. What do you think of pullets 
hatched in March for breeding purposes 
next Spring? w. h. g. 
Bishop, Md. 
1. It is not a good plan to keep beef 
scrap before hens; they will eat too much 
of it. as yours did, and neglect other equal¬ 
ly necessary food. If you will feed the 
beef scrap in a mash of ground grains, 
making the mash from one-fifth to one- 
seventh beef scrap, by weight, the hens 
will get enough of the meat food and will 
eat grain with it. 
2. March-hatched pullets should make 
good breeders next year. Yearling hens 
are better than pullets in some respects, 
hut well-developed, vigorous pullets should 
• May 31, 1919 
give you good strong chicks and he very 
satisfactory in the breeding pen. m. b. d. 
Depraved Appetite in Chicks 
Our greatest trouble in raising chickens 
is in that when they get about two months 
old they eat their droppings, and die. 
What is the cause and remedy for this? 
F. li. 
This evidence of depraved appetite is 
believed to be due to digestive disturb¬ 
ances of some sort; indigestion, worms, 
etc. As a corrective it is recommended 
that vegetable food be given, particularly 
onious. and that a grass range be provid¬ 
ed, if possible. Dr. Salmon recommends 
a little bicarbonate cf soda ■(cooking 
soda) in the drinking water and light 
salting of the food. I would suggest that 
you look over your methods of feedic ,r 
and the foodstuffs used, with -i view to 
correcting any discovered faults; that 
you give your chicks grit and finely 
crushed oyster shells, and, if possible, a 
grass run. m. b. d. 
Which Breed of Poultry? 
T often receive inquiries from people 
who want to start in the business of 
poultry keeping, asking “which is the best 
breed to start with?” It is not a very 
easy question to answer, because it de¬ 
pends on so many conditions. 
Are you in a locality where white eggs 
command a premium? 
Do you expect to keep the fowls con¬ 
fined. or let them run at large? 
Shall you raise most of your feed, or 
buy it all? 
Do you intend to make selling broilers 
an important part of the business? 
Do you intend to make Winter eggs a 
specialty ? 
All these things have to be considered, 
and need to be answered, before advice 
can be given as to which is the best breed 
to keep. Leghorns will give more eggs 
per pound of feed than any other breed. 
The figures of a five-year average, as de¬ 
termined at the Storrs contest, are as fol¬ 
lows : 
Pounds of feed required to produce a 
dozen eggs were : 
Leghorns . 6.17 lbs. 
Wyandottes . 6.61 lbs. 
TL I. Reds. 7.56 lbs. 
B. Rocks . 7.59 lbs. 
When one can produce a dozen eggs 
with l..°>9 lbs. less feed, as compared with 
R. I. Reds, or 1.42 lbs. less, as compared 
with Barred Rocks, and all the feed has 
to be bought at present high prices, and 
when we consider the further fact that 
Leghorns are profitable producers in their 
second and often tlie third laying year, to 
say nothing of the possible premium for 
white eggs, it would seem that a strong 
case was made for the Leghorns. 
But to offset that there is the fact that 
the larger breeds are better egg producers 
in cold weather, and in Winter is the time 
of high prices for eggs. A dozen eggs in 
November or December will often sell for 
as much as two dozen or three dozen in 
May ; so Winter egg production must be 
taken into consideration. For the four 
Winter months, November. December, 
January and February, the average pro¬ 
duction per pen of the following breeds 
was: 
White Wyandottes 
Barred Rocks 
It I. Reds. 
White Leghorns .. 
395.8 
340.3 
322.2 
240.2 
The Wyandottes. in the same surround¬ 
ings. and with only a little more feed, 
produced 13 dozen more eggs than the 
Leghorns when eggs were at the highest 
prices. But when those Wyandottes are 
going broody next Spring and Summer, 
and “wasting time,” the Leghorns will 
keep right on laying, and at the end of the 
year are quite likely to show a larger 
number of eggs than any of the other 
breeds. 
So, as I remarked in the beginning of 
this article, it is not easy to say which 
is the best breed to keep. Keep the i reed 
you like the best, and you won’t he far 
out of the way. geo. a. cosgrove. 
Change in Mating 
What time does it take for a hen’s egg 
to change its fertility? 1 have bought 
five trap-nested hens three years old that 
had a record of over 230 last year, but 
have been running with a poor rooster. 
1 put a new one with them today. When 
will the eggs show the latest one’s par¬ 
entage? P. g. 
Massachusetts. 
Three weeks should elapse after plac¬ 
ing a new male in the flock before the 
eggs are saved for hatching if it is de¬ 
sired to have reasonable assurance that 
the resulting chicks will he the progeny 
of this male. About a week should ordi¬ 
narily he passed after mating before eggs 
can lie expected to he fertile when a male 
is first introduced to a flock. These 
periods of time are very variable, of 
course, hut experiments have shown tin* 
above to be good working rules. The 
present teaching of the authorities is that 
the male is responsible for the transmis¬ 
sion of egg-laying ability, and a male 
from a high-producing dam is of greater 
importance to a (lock from the standpoint 
of increased egg production than are tlx* 
records of the heus to which he is mated. 
m. b. l>. 
