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7f>t RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 14, 1910 
PILLING CAPON^xTOOLS 
Simple, convenient and easy to use. Complete 
illustrated instructions with every set, show how 
to easily caponizeyour young cockerels, giving you 
double weight and double price 
per pound, at lower feed cost and with less care. Turn your 
cockerels into profit making capons, better payers than the 
females in your flock. 
Complete set 
to Use” 
set of reliable, practical Pilling “Easy tfJO Crt 
Capon Tools, parcel post prepaid... 
Anyone with this set and our directions can make money caponizing 
for others. Write today for our FREE Capon Book tells how to do it. 
G. P. PILLING & SON CO. 
2233 ARCH STREET. ESTABLISHED 1814, PHILADELPHIA, PA 
BREEDERS FOR SALE 
The Franco-American Poultry Co. 
LITTLE FALLS. N. J. 
Offers for sale after June First: 
400 Barred Plymouth Rocks 
350 IVIammotli Pekin Ducks 
120 Toulouse CJeese 
AT VERT REASONABLE PRICES 
Single Comb White Leghorns 
EXCLUSIVELY BARRON ENGLISH STRAIN 
With Egg records up to 274 Eggs in one year. 3.000 
Breeders on free farm t ange, inoculated and free 
from lice. The great Winter Layers. Baby chicks 
on short notice. Capacity 10,000 weekly. The kind 
that live if given half a chance and mature into great 
Winter layers. Safe arrival of chicks guaranteed 
by Parcel Post, prepaid. A Hatch every Monday 
ami Tuesday. Circular free. EDGAR BRIGGS 
Box 75 - Pleasant Valley, Now York 
CHICKS lOcentseach^&t 
horns,Reds and broilers. 
Money back for dead ones tvs far as Colorado. 
Texas'and Maine. Pamphlet free. 
SANDY KNOLL HATCHERY 
C. M. LAUVER, Prop., Bo* 73. McAlisterville, Pa, 
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¬ 
tive circular. Sussex Farm, Route 2, Belmar, N.J. 
light Brahmas Only 
100—se HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN KAltM, NORFOLK, CONN. 
Light Brahma FOREST FARM, Rockaway. N. J. 
10,000 each week; 20 varieties; utility and 
exhibition stock; list free. Stamps 
SPENCER H ATC II E R Y, Spencer, Ohio 
BabyChicks 
appreciated. 
CHICKS AND HATCHING EGGS 
S.C. White Leghorns, U.l.Keds, Barred Rocks. UOOO Chicks, 
4500 Eggs, weekly. Circular A. B. HALL,Wallingford. Conn. 
Giant Bronze Turkey Eggs p *i 0 
K. C. Red and B. P. R Eggs, S3 per 15. Shropshire 
Sheep. H. J. VAN DIKE, Gettysburg, Penn. 
Prompt shipments 
by parcel post prepaid 
‘ S. C. White 
nhirlrc and safe delivery guaranteed. 
Vlllvnu an( j H, 0 wn Leghorns and Barred P. Rooks. 
Catalog Free. THE CYCLONE llATCIlEItY, Mlllerxlowu, I’a. 
W HITE W VANDOT TE8—“ItegaU.” Bred to Lay. 
Order May and June chicks now. 26c. each. 
MOUNTAIN VIEW'POULT RY IAIUI, Hopewell Junction, N.T. 
HAMPTON’S BLACK LEGHORNS 
Pay-Old Chicks and Eggs. Get my free circular before you 
order chicks, tells why the Black Leghorn is the greatest 
liver,and most profitable breed on earth, write today. Also 
White Leghorn chicks. A. E. It UIl’TON, Box R. Pittstown, N. J 
QUALITY CHICKS 
Eggs for hatching. Lady Eglantine 
S t r a i n. Record—314 eggs. Sur¬ 
prising low price. Write for catalog, free. 
Dr PRUDHOMME, Box R, THURMONT, MARYLAND 
Tom Barron’s Leghorns {?W.ricOTuL 
One of the most intensive breeding plants in the 
country. Eggs—chicks. Write for circular. WILLOW 
BROOK POULTRY FARM, Allen H BulKIcy. Prop , Odessa. N Y. 
••PERFECTION” BARRED ROCKS (Ringlets) 
Penscarefully mated and guaranteed to produce birds of 
showroom quality; $5 per setting; three settings for $12. 
From thoroughbred utility stock $2 per setting;.'! settings 
for $6. Parcel post paid. Or. GEO. I. HATMAN, Doylestown, Pa. 
Francais Rocks 
breeders at reduce price. 8 to 10-wks. cockerels from ped¬ 
igreed pens. Jl'LES F. I KaNUaIS. Went llauiptou (teach, N.Y. 
Special-4 Cocks, Ringlets, $10 Each 
worth $20. 7 Cockerels, Kinglets, S7.50 each, worth 
$15. These birds were used in our mating liens, and 
are real bargains. Dr. George T. Hayman. Ooylestown. Pa. 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns, Rhode island Reds 
and Buff Wyaiidottes. Eggs. S2—15. 
LEON SAGE - Crown Point. New York 
•WhileTheyXjast!!!!! 
SANBORN STRAIN RHODE ISLAND RED COCKERELS 
Now two months old. Free -range and milk fed stock ; 
S4 each, Express paid. Address 
HARRY E. NICHOLS. R F. o. No. I. Whitson Form, Ossining, N. Y. - 
Mahogany REDS ttndWnllA 
Colored Rhode Island Reds. Breeders selected many 
years for their persistent Fall and Winter lay¬ 
ing. EGGS, S2 50 for 15: S7 for 50; S12 for 100. Write 
lor circular. C. QUACKENBUSH. Box 800, Darien, Conn. 
Single Comb REDS 
per 15; $7.50 per 101). Special pen. 200-egg pedigree owl;, 
$2.50 per 15. I,. AK1TII B SHELDON, Itoutu 7, Oswego, N.Y. 
LIGHT AND DARK BRAHMAS. BARRED 
ROCKS. R I RE0S W WYAN00TTES, 
S. C. W AND BROWN LEGHORNS, 
3E3 G G S 
CHICKS 
c f£'°* RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM, Riverdale, N. J. 
Beautiful Singie Comb Sheppard ANCOiMS 
bred to lay, from prize-winding birds. 15 eggs. $2. 
DIAL-LE SHADE FARM, Ed. Hollenbeck, HUKESl'OltT, N. Y. 
Every chicken was once a chick. In 
your profit-and-loss column, a dead 
chick is really a dead chicken. 
Protect your chicks with H-0 
Steam-Cooked Chick Feed. 
The new, 5-lb. 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 and we will arrange 
to have you supplied. 
THE H-0 COMPANY, Feed Dept., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Members 1). S. Food Administration. License No. G-12,996 
John J. Campbell, Eastern Sales Agt., Hartford, Conn. 
PARKS WINTER LAYING 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Won at Storrs, Northern American, 
Canadian and Missouri Laying Con¬ 
tests. Made the remarkable winter 
contest record of 134 eggs (5 birds) 
in Jan. Over 22 lbs. of favorable 
reports from customers. Gen '1 Cir. 
FREE. Most instructive catalog so 
far printed 25c. it is returnable. 
J. W. PARKS, Box Y ALTOONA, PA. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants,Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking Durposes, 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, Swans, 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes, Rac¬ 
coon. Squirrels, and all kinds of birds and animals. 
WM.J. MACKENSEN. Naturalist. Dept. 10, Yardley. Pa 
Barron S.C.W. Leghorns 
R. & S. C. R. I. Reds 
Baby 
Chicks 
Park B. Rocks 
pUREBRED, 
Strong, Livable. 
From heavy-laying 
healthy, free range 
stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
Wesley Grinnell 
Sodus, N. Y. 
100,000 CHICKS 
FOR JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST DELIVERY AT $9 PER 100 AND UP 
KUO I UK IIS, 8. 0. WIIITK AM) S. C. IIKOHN I IlillOKXS, 
lUKItll) I*. HOCKS AM) S. C. It. I. ItKDS; ALSO BLACK 
MINOIM t. WYANDOTTE AM) SlLVMt SBAMil.l l) IIAII- 
Bl iUi KftOSat low cost. Wo guarantee safe delivery 
and we pay all parcel post charges. Thousands of 
satisfied customers. Our 10-vear line catalogue t ree, 
THE KEYSTONE HATCHERY - Richfield, Pa. 
QUEENSBURY WHITE LEGHORNS 
(Barron Foundation^ 
Here is the opportunity you’ve been wait- 
41/C- ing for. Well matured pullets from our 
D J trap-nested winter layers. You better order 
ct 7/ ? at once. Three to four months old, S2 each. 
1 in Guaranteed ready to lay. S3 each 
QUEENSBURY FARMS 
ForSale-S. C. W. LEGHORN-Oak Hill Strain 
Winners in the North American International Egg 
Laying Competition, 1918. Barron Contest Winners 
for foundation stock. Eggs, Baby Chicks, Cockerels, 
Pullets. Write your wants. Circular free. We ship to 
any part of the world. OAK HILL ESTATE, Uniontown. Pa. 
S.C. White Leghorn BabyChicks 
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 largo white eggs. Strong chicks $15 
per 100, Postpaid. Prompt shipment. Safe arrival guar¬ 
anteed. Circular free. K. T. EWING, Atlantic, l'u. 
HUMMER S Famous Winter-Laying Varieties 
ROCKS, REDS, WHITE AND BROWN LEGHORNS. ANC0NAS, 
FIRST PRIZE PEN. THIRD PULLET PHILADELPHIA POULTRY 
SHOW 1,500 reasons wh v you should have our price 
list of the most profitable chicks to buy. 
K. It. II I’M M l£K A- CO., It. ■>. A, Frcnclitowii, N. J . 
BUFF ROCKS—Eggs. FIELD, SoMKitS, Conn. 
June Sale of PULLETS 
Leghorn Pullet*, bred ami raised right for egg pro¬ 
duction; 3 to 4 mos. old ; S2 eaeli for.Tune delivery. Every 
pullet guaranteed. COLUMBIA POULTRY FARM. Turns Rivor, H. J. 
TIFFANY’S 
SUPERIOR 
CHICKS 
SILVER AND WHITE WYANDOTTES WHITE, 
BUFF AND BARRED ROCKS, S C R I 
REDS. WHITE L E G H 0 H N S, PEKIN AND 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKLINGS AND EGGS. 
Aldliam Poultry Farm, R. 34, Phoenixville, Pa 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laying contest, the following facts are given; 
It is held 1 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 cacti 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. 
Record at Storrs. Conn., for week ending 
May 80, 1910: 
BARRED ROCKS Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Conn... 
Samuel M. Monks, (jonn. 
Glenhope Farm. Mass. 
Jules K. Francais. L. I. 
Laurel Poultry Farm.Quebec . - 
Fairfield Poultry Farms, N. 11. 
Norfolk Specialty Farm. Ontario. 
Mich. Agricultural College, Mich. 
Rock Rose Farm, N. Y. 
J. H. Wilson. Methuen. Mass. 
Joseph M. Rothschild, N. Y. 
lngleside Karni.N. Y. 
Ore. Agricultural College, Oregon. 
R. L. Smith. Maine . 
H. E. Wallace, Jr., Ma 3 . 
WHITE ROCKS 
S. Bradford Allyn, Mass. 
Albert T. Lenzcn, Mass. 
Chickatawbut Farms, Mass. 
D. S. Vaughn, It. I. 
II. A Wilson. N. H. 
Iiolliston Hill Poultry E arm. Muss.... 
BUFF ROCKS 
A. A. Hall, Conn. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Beulah Farm, Ontario. 
W. Bradley, Victoria. B. C. 
Herbert L Warren. Quo., Canada - 
Mrs R. W. Stevens. N. Y. 
Laurel Hill Farm. R. I. 
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. 
Ktjou Poultry Farm, N.J.. 
Homer P. Denting, Conn. 
Hopewell Farms. N.J. . 
Pleasantvllle Farms. N. Y. 
Laurel Hill Farm. It. L. 
Natick Farm. It. 1. 
Pinecrcst Orchards, Mass. 
Jacob E.Jansen.Conn. 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. H. 
RHODE ISLAND WHITES 
Harvey A. Drew, N.J. 
F, W. Cumpstoue, Conti. 
BLACK RHINELANDERS 
A, Schwarz, Cal. 
BLUE ANDALUSIANS 
Blue Andalusian Cl ub of America, N. Y. 
OREGONS 
Agricultural College, Corvallis.Ore.... 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
A. H. Penuy, N, Y. 
Robt. C. Ogle, N.Y. 
S. G. McLean. Conn. 
Glenhope Farm, Mass. 
Edward T. Tonissen, N. Y. 
Meadowedge Farm, L. I. 
Kir Imp Bros. N. Y. 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 
Kxmore Farms. Pa. 
James O LeFevre, N. Y. 
Shadowbrook Farm, Conn. 
Wm. L. Gilbert Home,Conn.. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. . 
P. G. Platt,Pa.. 
Sunny Crest Corporation, N. Y. 
L. E. Ingoldsby, N.Y. 
U S. E11S.-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. Rasmussen. N. J. . 
Sunny Side Poultry Farm. N. .1. 
Gustav Walters, N.J. 
R. Lindsey Ireland, Kv. 
E A. Ballard. Pa. 
Mount Hope Farm, Mass. 
Hilltop Poultry Yards, Conn. 
J Frank Dubois, Mass. 
Clifford 1. Stoddard. Conn. 
George Phillips, Conn. 
J W Welch, Neb. . 
M. T. Lindsay. N. Y. 
Mrs. J. L. Thuesen. Conn. . . ... 
Oak Hill Estate. Pa. 
Bert Horsfall, Quebec. 
Tarbell Farms. N. Y... 
Locust Grove Farm. N.J. 
Hopewell Farms, N.J. 
Rapp’s Leghorn Farm. N. J. 
D. Taucred, Wash. 
M.J. Quackenbush, N.J. 
The Yates Farm. N.Y. 
Herbert O. Maxliam. It i. 
W. B. Kieft. Ill. 
KUwood Newton. Ccnn.. 
C. S Green, N.J.. 
Coleman Miles, Ill. . 
Total.. 
49 S16 
47 868 
51 935 
48 1153 
44 1089 
43 905 
23 707 
55 902 
82 970 
37 651 
48 $24 
51 963 
28 658 
46 702 
51 746 
44 735 
46 732 
57 930 
37 643 
42 816 
42 797 
43 647 
21 839 
47 1012 
31 802 
41 860 
29 918 
41 1098 
32 827 
26 650 
40 735 
27 946 
36 685 
25 .'86 
43 731 
48 968 
40 729 
51 877 
33 571 
40 652 
.51 1138 
38 917 
54 858 
39 751 
48 1015 
43 962 
52 794 
20 474 
45 708 
40 645 
52 739 
45 656 
4U 949 
50 788 
4- 701 
55 691 
55 918 
51 752 
42 805 
51 970 
47 7U9 
54 726 
51 $07 
61 828 
47 533 
39 907 
57 876 
45 714 
49 777 
53 866 
58 735 
54 684 
54 1030 
43 829 
47 639 
51 709 
48 863 
49 719 
48 897 
50 994 
34 849 
41 639 
49 761 
52 663 
42 619 
59 772 
50 851 
54 656 
45 778 
43 ... 761 
5J 684 
60 701 
51 9!'0 
41 774 
34 562 
29 730 
45 694 
44 698 
38 585 
56 696 
4502 79116 
Poor Hatches 
I am a little puzzled about niv hatching 
eggs, and would like a little information 
on the subject. I mated two pens early 
in January, had two nice colony houses 
! 6x9, which were sprayed thoroughly and 
I straw litter put on the floor. I put 15 
choice two-year-old liens with the pick 
of GO cockerels, one cockerel to 15 hens. 
These were all greased with blue oint¬ 
ment and vaseline. When started I fed 
a dry mash of equal parts coarse bran, 
middlings and gluten feed; one measure 
of this mixture and one of prepared 
scratch feed. This was before them all 
the time in hoppers, dry. For scratch 
feed I mixed by measure equal parts best 
yellow cracked corn and heavy oats. 12V*> 
per cent buckwheat and 12 1 /> per cent 
red wheat, fed at the rate of one quart 
to 25 hens at night and one pint morn¬ 
ing ; at noon each pen had a mat of 
sprouted oats about 10x12 in., shells, 
grit, charcoal and plenty of fresh water 
at all times. My lirst hatch was 60 
chicks from 150 eggs. The incubator has 
always been satisfactory. My next hatch 
was ?>5 chicks from 150 eggs, and my last 
was 18 chicks from 150 eggs. These 
chickens have had nice yards to run in 
as soon as the weather permitted them 
to come out. The cockerels have ap¬ 
peared to be very vigorous, and the chicks 
are all right. I have only lost three out 
of the whole lot. Two weeks ago I 
thought they were not getting enough 
roughage in their feed, so substituted a 
mash, by weight equal parts bran, mid¬ 
dlings, ground heavy oats, cornmeal, 
gluten, beef scrap and Alfalfa, and the 
scratch feed I cut out the 12*4 per cent 
buckwheat and added 12^4 per cent red 
wheat, making a 25 per cent wheat mix¬ 
ture. Where can I change any ration 
for the better? j. h. w. 
New York. 
There is nothing in your description 
of the handling of these pens that ac¬ 
counts for the failure to get good hatches. 
Your last feed mixtures are good and one 
vigorous cockerel should be amply suf¬ 
ficient in a pen of 15 hens. If the hens 
have been confined and heavily fed during 
the Winter, they may lack the necessary 
vitality to insure hatehable eggs, and 
some of these latter were kept too long 
before being placed in the incubator, par¬ 
ticularly as they wore not turned. Eggs 
should not he kept over tivo_ weeks, if 
possible to avoid it. and it is,* of course, 
better to use thorn before they reach that 
age. It is possible that the eggs used 
wore chilled at some time to their detri¬ 
ment. though the failure to hatch of those 
placed under hens and probablv kept for 
a shorter t time suggests' that there is a 
lack of vigor in the breeding stock. 
SI. B. D. 
Some of my chickens have been dying 
lately. They act dumpy and weak on 
tiioir logs, cannot walk and tho next thing 
I know they are dead. They are all clean, 
so I do not think it is the white diarr- 
hioa. I feed them cornmeal, dampened 
with water, three times a day. I have 
Inst over half of my chickens. Do you 
know what ails them, and is there anv 
cure for it? e. a. m. 
Massachusetts. 
There is no way of determining the 
cause of death of these chicks from your 
description. The weakness you speak of 
is common to many different troubles, 
showing simply that the strength of the 
chicks is tailing as the end approaches. 
( urn meal a lone is not a good ration upon 
" filch to raise chicks. It is better to use 
a mixture of ground grains, such as are 
often recommended in these columns, and 
some cracked whole grain. It is quite 
possible that exclusive feeding upon mois¬ 
tened cornmeal is responsible for the 
trouble you are having. m. b. d. 
Feeble Chicks 
I purchased 100 day-old chicks (White 
\\ vaudottes). They were in good condi¬ 
tion when they got here, May 1. They 
do not seem to be doing very well now. 
About 25 died since they came. Three 
or four seem to be dying each day ; do not 
seem to have au.v disease that I can see. 
only their wings droop and they will 
stand in some corner with their eyes shut 
until they die. I have them in' a good 
warm coop with a kerosene hover. I let 
them in the yard on warm days; feed 
them chick feed, mash, skim-milk and 
plauty of fresh water. ai. A. s. 
Maine. 
The symptoms that you describe are 
common to many disorders, and give no 
clue to the troubles affecting these chicks. 
Closed eyes, droopiness, and other indi¬ 
cations of failing strength mark the clos¬ 
ing scenes in the life of the chicks, but do 
not show the nature of the trouble pres¬ 
ent. This may he disease of some kind, 
very commonly of a diarrhueal nature, or 
failing vitality from improper conditions 
of housing, feeding, etc. White diarrhoea 
is a very common disease responsible for 
deaths occurring in the way you describe, 
but there are numerous other causes also, 
•Mid it is impossible to say which one or 
ones may be present here. m. b. d. 
Keeping Poultry on Shares 
Ho\v_ much corn would be required to 
keep 7i> hens in good condition one year, 
hens having free range on farm? What 
share of the eggs and increase from hens 
furnished by landlord should owner get, 
the tenants doing all the work? E. F. M. 
Ohio. 
Hens kept in semi-confinement and fed 
all the grain that they would eat. in ad¬ 
dition to green stuff, etc., have been found 
to consume from 75 to 85 lbs. each of grain 
per year. Upon free farm range they 
would, of course, require less grain, and, 
possibly, a bushel of corn per year might 
represent a fair estimate of the amount 
they would need. 
If the landlord furnishes nothing hut 
the original flock of 75 hens, the tenant 
feeding and caring for them, he could not 
claim a very large proportion of the eggs 
and chicks. He should have eggs enough 
to pay him a fair rate of interest upon 
his investment, and young stock enough 
to keep his original flock good, less the 
natural losses. To figure out a just share 
basis in transactions where few, if any of 
the actual costs involved are definitely 
known, is an impossibility. Long experi¬ 
ence in sharing receipts and expenditures 
in farm operations has worked out a sat¬ 
isfactory plan for many things, and local 
custom may furnish you with a workable 
plan under the circumstances you de¬ 
scribe. M. B. D. 
