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Buying Bees; Poultry Standard 
1. I intelid buying two or four hives of 
bees, and am advised not to buy them 
until Spring, as they are liable to die in 
very cold Winters. Is this right? Is 
there any book on standard shape for 
Leghorns for show room as prize birds? 
i Ridgefield, Conn. s. 
1 1. It certainly would be best for the 
amateur to purchase his bees in the 
Spring, after the weather became warm 
enough for the bees to begin their Sum¬ 
mer’s work. An expert could judge of 
the condition of colonies and their sup¬ 
plies at any time and guard against dis¬ 
appointment in making Winter purchases, 
but the amateur will do well to wait until 
about fruit-blooming time. 
2. The “American Standard of Perfec¬ 
tion.” which may be obtained from this 
office, will give you the information about 
Leghorns that you wish. m. b. d. 
White Diarrhoea in Chicks 
: I would like do hear of an efficient rein 
edy for white scours in little chicks, as 
I have tried* nearly everything on the 
market without success. Is there any¬ 
thing to control the disease? Mrs. w. p. 
Ohio. \ , . 
“White scours.” or white diarrhoea, is 
an unfortunate name, for it implies that 
the condition suggested is a disease and 
amenable to treatment as such. Diar¬ 
rhoea, whether white or not, is but a 
symptom, and, moreover, a symptom of 
several widely different affections. The 
darrhoeas of young chicks are apt to be 
marked by a whitish discharge, whatever 
their cause. True bacillary white diar¬ 
rhoea is caused by a specific germ, the 
bacterium pullorum, and is the most.seri¬ 
ous of the diarrhoea] troubles. There is 
no efficient treatment for it, and it should 
be avoided by the use of disease-free stock 
only, and such care as shall prevent the 
introduction of the trouble in brebding 
stock, eggs for hatching, or purchased 
birds from outside. Other diarrhoeas are 
symptoms of faulty feeding, improper 
brooding, overheating, chilling, spoiled 
food of some kind or other deleterious 
practices. The , treatment for each con¬ 
sists, of course,^ in correcting the under¬ 
lying cause. No treatment for “white 
scours” can be intelligently prescribed un¬ 
til the cause of the white diarrhoea in 
that particular case is known. M. b. d. 
U. S. Shearing Tests 
, Tests conducted by the U. S. Bureau of Animal 
industry at Laramie, Wyoming, demonstrated 
that sheep sheared with a machine not only | 
produce more wool the first season, but grow 
more wool every successive year. Wool com¬ 
mands high prices. Get a Stewart No. 9 Ball 
Bearing Shearing Machine and make more | 
money. Price $19.25. Send $2—pay balance on 
arrival. Write for catalog. 
CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY 
Dept. B 141; 12th St. and Central Ave., Chicago, III. 
BIG BiLILGAIlMS 
11 Jersey Cows, 2 Horses 
$5,SOO. Also include bull, swine. 100 hens, manure 
spreader, corn binder, sulky plow, riding cultiva¬ 
tor, 2 will king plows, 2 cultivators, hay rack, cream 
separator, tanks, harnesses, sleds, pungs, 2 stoves, 
2 wagons, tooth and disk harrows, fitted wood, hay 
Slid crops, some furniture, farm wagons, etc. One of the 
prett iest farm-i you ever saw. 150 acres, to a. in handsome 
)otato and corn fields. Cutset) tons finest hay. 50 nice 
ialdwins. Estimate S00 M pine and hemlock, 1,000 cords 
wood, berries, etc. ltj s., 11-rm. house, 40x40 ban. 86x36 
stable, grainery, hennery, silo, icehouse, etc. No. 70 L In 
free Catalogue of Maine Farms. Tiiis is only 2 in. to Liver¬ 
more. CHAMBERLAIN S BURNHAM. Inc.. 294 Wishinglon Si . loston. 
Mast. Largest farm agency in N\ E. 
& 
J±LL SIZE FARMS 
good soil for potatoes, grain, trucking: good houses 
and buildings; located in Middlesex, Monmouth. 
Mercer counties, the potato belt of New Jersey. 
CLIFFORD G. BROWN, Cranbury Station, Middlesex Co.. N. J 
For Sale-ZYu/f and Dairy FARMS 
l'ree list. HARRY VAIL. New Milford. Orange Co.. N. Y. 
“TRUCK TRANS¬ 
PORTATION,” the 
Selden Magazine, 
has valuable data 
for you. It will be 
mailed free on re¬ 
quest to Dept.RN, 
Selden Truck Cor¬ 
poration, Roches¬ 
ter, N. Y. 
Haulage and Farm Profits 
From the time of sowing the seed to the time the miller receives the 
harvest, the farmer using mechanical methods increases production 
at decreased cost. 
A Selden pneumatic tired IV2 ton truck recently demonstrated this fact 
on a farm near Elgin, Ill. Trips to town for implements, supplies and 
seeds required about an hour when horses used a day. 
When the binder completed its work, the Selden easily rolled over 
the stubble fields and soft dirt, hauling the sheaves of rye and wheat 
to the thresher. Then it carried sacks of the threshed grain to the 
mill in less than one-fourth the time required by a team. 
In short, this one truck easily handled the work of four teams. 
This saving of time may mean the difference between profit and loss. 
Why not haul your loads in comfort and still save time? This is pos¬ 
sible with a Selden. 
We have a farm body adapted for farm haulage. Let us tell you 
about it. 
SELDEN TRUCK CORPORATION 
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ U. S. A. 
Ship by Truck—SELDEN Truck 
Wanted— Old English Game Fowls 
E. E. BOGAILT Litchfield, Conn. 
Chicks 11 cents each and up. Rocks. Leg¬ 
horns, Reds and broilers. Money back for 
dead ones. Pamphlet Free. . 
VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM 
MoAlisterville, Pa. 
Pearl Guinea Fowls, 
L. O. QUIGLEY 
Mature, vigorous breeders, 
pair $5, trio $7. 
GOSHEN, N.Y. 
100 Bar P. Rock & Col. Wyandottes KS 
of quality. Price reasonable. Dr. S. C. moter, Lmsdaie. p. 
WHITE WTANOOTIE ** O IT f 1 ATC» A few extra 
COCKERELS — selected, vig¬ 
orous, farm raised birds of John S. Martin's best. S5 and 
$7 each. L. O. QIH.LEY. tiOSHEJi. ti. 1 
A few choice P L ] r C l Fine vigorous bird 
breeding OULntI CIS I til dale bred from h->t laying 
strains, ll.rri'd I'l.mnndi lloeki. S. C. Wliltn t.cclinrn . s. C. 
Rhode Island Ited*. TU.I.AfiOA.N FARMS, ltanhasflet. 1,. I., N.Y 
For Sale—Columbian Wyandotte Pul lets COt KIUKI.S 
Write - J. ./. /MltP/NG, Albion. Maine 
By trap-nesting and careful breeding we liave 
bred a strain of S. C. Beds that have no equal 
in size, shape, color and egg-production. Our 
Beds are long-bodied, deep-breasted and of a 
rich cherry red color. . Our pen of S 0. Beds r. oil> Bourbon Red Tom Turkey. T6H..to 
in the 1911-1918 North American Egg-Laying U. oCnOcIfiaKcf S go lb. each. FT. plain, x. Y. 
Contest laid 87.8 pggs, which proved their laying 
ability. Our lien No. 3 was the highest record 
S (\ Bed hen in the contest: she laid 220 eggs 
and did not begin laying until the sixth week 
of the contest. Cockerels, $5, $8 and $10. Hens 
and pullets, $1, $5 and $8. Eggs, $2, $3 and 
$5 per $15. $12 per 100. $20 per 200. $45 per 
50,(1.. Send for free price list. 
CHESTER COUNTY POULTRY FARM 
R. D. No. 3, Box 10. Pottstown, Pa, 
Wanted -S. C. White Leghorn Hatching Eggs 
lull to 500 a day. Feb. 1st to July 1st. Win pay a per¬ 
centage above ton market quotations. We stand all 
biea’tnce and pay express charges. 
1). F BECK Wood Ridge. N. J. 
For Sale- 0 ® ur'ron s. C. White Leghorn 
k vr -old hens for breeding: stock. Prices and all particu¬ 
lars upon application. H. M. MILLS. P. 0. Boi 367. Huiitmqicn. N Y. 
ROSE & SINGLE COMB REDS 
Vibe'rt's Trapile-Yed strain. Cockerels, $5 and $7 
•ach. L>. EVERETT JONES, Hillsdale, N.Y. 
Chickens Sick?—UseGermozone 
Eoup, colds, bowel troubles. Bore head, limber neck, etn 
At dealers or ros,tpaid75 cts. with 5 book Poultry Librarji 
GEO. H. LEE CO.. Dept. F-50 OMAHA. NEB, 
» RECORD 308 
EGGS AT ST0RRS 
“COLLEGE QUEEN 
Other individual records of 281.270 . 265.247. and 
others of 200 and over, made by Knight's Blue Rib¬ 
bon Strain. Eggs, chicks and Breeding cockerels for 
sale. Send for circular. 0 G KNIGHT Bridueton R I 
W hite XV VAN IIOTTE COCKE K ELS. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. *s Inez Taylou, Kelsey. N Y 
Big Sturdy Baby Chicks and Hatching Eggs 
egg producing strain- of quality Martin’s White Wynn- 
dottes. Ringlet Barred Rocks, Shepard Anconas. Kg]an 
tine White Leghorns. S. U. R. I. Reds. First hatch Feb. 
1st. Order at once. SUNNI SI0E P0ULIRT FARM. Copptr Hill. N. J. 
CHICKS-COCKERELS-EGGS 
Light-Dark Brahmas. R. 1. Rads, both com ha. W- 
\\ yandottos, Barred Rocks. S.H.W. and Brown Leg. 
horns. Catalog free. Riverdale Poultry Form. Bat 185. Rivard*!*. N J. 
Barred Rock Cockerels 
Barks' Winter laying strain, $5 and $7 each. 
D. EVERETT JONES, Hillsdale, New York 
S P RI ICC LEGHORN PULLETS, late hatched 
. C. DUrr *t.50. Cock *5, Cockerels $3 and $5. 
Greeuford Poultry Yards, Silver Creek, N.Y. 
C f D I DflJ f npbnrole Range Growers. No disease, 
d.luft.l. iicfl-ljOCKcrclS Pure bred flock, Heavy lay 
era, good size and color, L. R. HARRIS, Lambertville,X.J. 
For Sale-MammolhBronze Turkeys 
from Prize-winning Stock of the '* Goldbank ” Strain. 
Large Frame and Bone. SlUs IDA CHL'HKI.KY, Draper, la 
White Holland Turkeys 
TUCKER, Merry wood 
Now Brunswiek, N.J 
W 
HITE HOLLAND TURKIES—Toms, choicely bred. $10 
to $12 each. J I’Ll A E. S. liELL, L ast Hampton, Cona. 
Gold Back Mammoth Bronze Turkeys S sZuJr, ^i.m’ ; 
guaranteed. THOMAS REtLET. Chiltonville, Plymouth, Mass 
NON-WANDERING BOURBON RE0 TURKEY TOMS. early hatched 
bird- Hi* liutvUy follows, |hm !« < tly healthy, $10 and $12, accord, 
ing to odor and markings. JOHN (J. aP.OIS, Mony Creek, N.Y 
S. C. R. I. RED COCKERELS 
From a pen of ten pullets that laid 2555 eggs iu one 
year. Pedigreed cockerels from five of the best of 
these pens with records of ‘.’47.278.285, 294 and 303 
eggs. " 1 lie Orchards" Poultry Dept.. .South Hadley. Mass 
Rose Comb R.I. Red Cockerels 
Raised from BRKD-TO-I.AY, BU I RIBBON WINNERS at the 
LEADING SHOWS Large, long backed, big boned, good. red. 
husky cockerels shipped on approval for *4 and $.) each. 
CATALPA POULTRY FARM. R 0 , Gettysburg. Pa. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds 
\ ihert 231 t» 2SU-egg strain. Eggs. *12 per 100. Cocker¬ 
els. *5 and $10. Ann a M. Joses. Craryviele. New York 
g 0 | e d S ~ U Yea's selection tor lay 
bill strain cockerels, 
eil Toulouse ganders. 
tag and exhibition, l udcr- 
Kggs for hutching. A few select 
MAPLE FARM. Crosswicks. N J 
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. P A K A I) 1 E 
POULTRY FA KM, Box B, Paradise, Peuua. 
LADY PROFITEER ^sKKir' 
222, 221, 200, 188. 165,156 records of other birds in this pen, 
which is now mated to a male whose dam laid 281. Eggs 
from this mating $10 per setting. 
S. G. McLKAX, So. Glastonbury, CONN 
Hi 
y* io.ooo pej 
irte 
—-week after 
Feb. 1. 20 varieties Order earlv Write for price list 
and order blank. THE SPENCElt HATCHERY, Spencer, Ohio 
100 
Tompkins' lied*. Laying or ready to lav, $2.50. 
Barred Rocks the same. Ripley, Milford, Mass. 
C ornell Certified White Leghorns. Breeding stock 
and eggs for sale. J. S. MORSE, Lev ANNA, New York 
Just Imported -Barron White Leghorn 
COCKERELS head part of our pure Barron matings 
this year. Big birds with highest pedigrees—280-288 
eggs. Our Second importation. Baby chicks, hatch¬ 
ing eggs. Safe arrival guaranteed. Choice cocker¬ 
els for sale. Write wants. R. T. EWING. Atlantic. Pa. 
Fine Poultry, Turkies, Geese, Ducks, Guineas 
Pigeons. Bantams. Hares.Cavies, Dogs, Stock, Eggs 
low. Catalog. Pioneer Farm, Telford, Pa. 
ForSale-72 Large Young Geese 
75 White Leghorn hens. S1.25 each. Grade Holstein 
service bull. 18 mos. 580. JOSEPH BROWN. Somers, N.Y, 
Hatching E ffcr 8 —hnportedBarron*tL'amLeghorns. 
W. E. ATKINSON. 
Wallingford, Ct. 
25 Barron Leghorn Cockerels 
FROM HIGH PRODUCING HENS 
AM NOT BREEDING THIS YEAR 
ABSOLUTELY NO CULLS 
Will Sacrifice for $5.00 Each 
NEW-LAID EGG FARMS, WEST K E y" , etta ‘ 
Barron Leghorn Cockerels 
A choice lot of selected birds- the big, husky kind 
bred from high producing parent; Price S3.50-S5 eich 
Good value at the price. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Send for circular. HARRY F. PALMER. Middlepori. N Y. 
Dark Cornish Cockerels bkbsh & r sosL k teuton, vt. 
