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The Choice of 
Dairymen and Stockmen 
Who Investigate 
1. Because the Globe Silo with 
its nearly straight side extension 
roof insures a silo full and pack¬ 
ed to capacity. 
2. Because it has a continuous 
opening adjustable door front, 
with handy doors that fit tight 
and open easily. 
3. Because its door fasteners 
form a convenient ladder making 
use of the silo and tightening 
hoops safe and easy. 
4. Because the double steel 
spline and cementing method of 
fastening stave section to each 
other, makes an airtight _ 
silo, with strong, smooth 
joints that are support¬ 
ed in every direction, at 
every point. 
5 I X 
POINTS | 
OF 
STAVE 
Support. I 
Other real, desirable features 
described in illustrated Catalog. 
Write today. 
Globe Silo Company 
2-12 Willow Street 
SIDNEY, N. Y. 
Cornell Certified S. C. White Leghorn Stock 
“’Nuff Said!” 
All hatching eggs are sold to March 13 
CHIX AND EGGS 
FAIR ACRES FARM 
Skaneateles, :: NewYork 
UTILITY 8. C. TV HITS LEOIIOHNS and WHITE WYAND0TTE8 
Best Pens at New Jersey Slate Show, Trenton. Jan. 1920 
Fine lot of cockerels for saie. H. F. SONDER, Toms Rive/, H. J. 
75 000 Chicks (? r 19 -°: s. C. White and 
VslJlCK-S Brown Leghorns. Barren P. 
Forks and mixed chicks. Write for fiee booklet 
The Cyclone Hatqhkky, BoxA.Millerstowu, Pa 
Eggs-Chick*-Leghorn Pullets 
established reputation in Leghorns, Reds, Rocks Wyan¬ 
dotte*. Mating list ready. FOUKS1* FARMS, llockuwaj, If. J. 
63 Single Comb W hite I,eghorn’PulIets 
Some laying. *2.24 each, bert Prescott, EMtxJui.ciioM.v.muint 
For Sale-40 S.C. W. Leghorn Pullets “‘"Unm 
strain;. *2.26 each. R. Gregobie, Newkjeld, New Yoke 
Pinecrest S. C. Reds 
have made the heat 2.3 anti 4-year averages ever made bv 
Reds at Storra. best 6-year average ever made by any 
fl'wk of American breeds at Storrs. 174.9 eggs per bird. 
Best individual Red ever trapnested at Storrs. A few 
good cockerels left. Satisfaction Guaranteed . 
Pinecrest Orchards, Groton, Mass. 
RAV R S. C. R. I. Reds and White Leg- 
5 “ULU horns from heavy laying strains. 
We also do custom hatching. 
CHECKS HATHAWAY’S HATCHERY 
w ■ ■ ■ w ■« W 620 Main s , Toms Rlver N j 
S 6 p I DoJp Lai go boned, deep red, 200-egg pedi- 
. w. n. I. Ficuo greed cockerels, $3.60, $5 00 $6 00 
C. LESLIE MASON GENOA, N. X. 
75 Barred Ply mouth Rock Hens nSZavZ)?* 
strain. Price, $2.75 each. 1». TV. DOODLING, Kldificld, Pa 
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tiff Rock < ockerols. Hertzstrain direct, $5 and $7.50each. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Harry H. Conner, Stockton, H. J. 
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WILD AND lfllONZF. TOMS. Over year 
Large and line. Stamp. Mrs. JESSE C. LUKENS, Oxlar d. Pa 
Choice Mammoth Bronze Turkey Toms 
Early hatched. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Anna Meier, Box 16. Coxsackie, New York 
We are now BookingOrtlere FOR SPRING DELIVERY 
S. C. Anconas-Baby Chicks-"Sheppard Strain” 
Shady Lane Farm, - Rushville, New York 
SICILIAN BUTTERCUPS prolltable. Hatching 
eggs from hred to-lay stock. Fine winter layers. Kggs, 
*6 per 15. Order now. WM. J. WOODEN, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. 
Tho Weight of Egg* 
As a mere chemist and consumer of 
eggs (when I can afford them) I was 
much interested in the record of produc¬ 
tion which you published in a recent is¬ 
sue. I notice that the winner, who raises 
Rhode Island Reds, beats another compet¬ 
itor who had Barred Plymouth Rocks, bv 
a margin of over 200 eggs. I would like 
very much to know, if it is possible, how 
the total weight of the 2,431 Red eggs 
would compare with the weight, of the 
2.222 from the Barred Rocks. After all, 
it is the weight of foodstuff that we ought 
to pay for, rather than the number, and 
in a case of this kind, it occurred to me to 
wonder whether the latter contestant had 
not produced as much actual food as the 
former. 
Some day I hope the eggs may he mar¬ 
keted by the pound, and the prize will 
not go to the producer of the largest num¬ 
ber of small eggs, but to the producer of 
the most food value for man, which, after 
all, is the consumer’s only criterion. When 
I was a boy we raised Plymouth Rocks 
and our eggs used to run a pound per 
dozen over some smaller ones, though this 
was extreme, of course. Has any such 
comparison ever been made in these egg 
contests? 
Not being initiated into the occult mys¬ 
teriesi of the fine art of geeting rich out of 
the chicken industry, I, of course, look at 
this from the point of food produced, 
calories available and protein and fat 
content, rather than from the more es¬ 
sential viewpoint of number and color of 
the eggs. t. j. moon. 
New York. 
to the pen of Rhode Island Reds, 
No. 39, and Pen No. 1 of Barred Ply¬ 
mouth Rocks, at the Vineland contest, the 
number of eggs and weight of eggs is as 
follows: Pen No. 1 laid 2.222 eggs, the 
eggs weighing a little short of 4,300 
ounces. The average weight of eggs in 
the 17 pens of Plymouth Rocks weighed 
just a hair over two ounces to the egg. 
Pen No. 39 laid 2,431 eggs, the eggs 
weighing just a trifle under 4.800 ounces, 
which makes an average of about two 
ounces to the egg. The eight Rhode Isl¬ 
and Red pens at the contest laid 13.133 
eggs. The weight of those eggs was 27,- 
402 ounces.. You will note that there is 
very little difference in the weight per egg 
for the two pens in their own breeds that 
laid the largest number of egg6. The 
same things follows down through the 
Leghorns and other breeds. The average 
weight of eggs for the contest was less 
than 1/100 of an ounce over two ounces 
to the egg. 
I am much interested in your discus¬ 
sion on. selling eggs by the weight instead 
of by the dozen. This might be all right 
in a way, but it would cause a great deal 
of trouble and confusion in shinment. 
Cartons and cases of all sizes would be 
necessary. It would naturally lead breed¬ 
ers to breed their stock for larger eggs as 
a very important factor, whereas today 
the breeders aim to get about a two- 
ounce egg, which is considered the com¬ 
mercial egg, which packs nicely in the 
regular crates, and from the average 
weight of eggs at our contest where a 
thousand different birds were recorded on 
egg weights, and from 100 different strains 
and 10 different breeds and varieties, the 
weights of eggs vary but very, verv small 
amounts, showing that the poultrymen to¬ 
day have fallen in line with what the 
market demands, and are getting an ex¬ 
ceptionally uniform product. 
I. for one, will always be against the 
selling of eggs by the weight. Not that 
I would encourage small eggs, but an 
average of about two ounces an egg. or 24 
ounces to the dozen, fits well in packages, 
and is bringing the poultryman to the 
point of uniformity, whereas if you en¬ 
courage the sale of eggs by weight, quite 
a uumber would sacrifice numbers in or¬ 
der to get enormous eggs aud would cause 
a_ great deal of breakage and dissatisfac¬ 
tion in shipment. victor g. aubbt. 
Here’s the 50-Egg 
Circle Hatcher 
complete 
for only 
T HE CIRCLE HATCHER is a compact, 
practical incubator which, while possessing all 
the hatching qualities of any incubator, is 
small enough to be easily moved. It can be operated in any room 
in the house, in any out-of-the-way comer. It’s a wonder for 
hatching early chicks for the home flock. Many raisers set the 
Circle Hatcher on the same day they *et their big incubator and use the 
eggs from the Circle to replace infertile eggs taken from the big machine. 
The Circle Hatchet is 18 inches in diameter and holds about 50 
average-size hen eggs. The body and legs are made from sheet metal 
which makes the incubator absolutely fireproof so that it can be 
safely used in any room. The entire machine is double-walled and 
lined with felt to retain the heat. The hatching chamber is nest¬ 
shaped and the bottom is covered with felt. The heating chamber 
fits down closely over the eggs confining them in a small air space. 
This conserves the natural moisture or the eggs—one reason why 
Circle hatched chicks are so sturdy. The eggs are turned by taking 
out the ones in the center and putting them at the outside which 
allows the others to roll toward the center. The heating chamber 
is built so that the fumes from the lamp are carried out through the 
openings in the side,—not taken inside. The lamp and burner are 
of recent approved design, convenient and safe. They are suspended 
by the center so that they cannot be disturbed or overturned. 
pack the Circle Hatcher m a heavy corrugated pasteboard box 
in^vhich it can be safely shipped by parcel post. Shipping weight, 
/ 5 lbs. If ordered shipped by par cel post, be sure to include with your 
order sufficient money to pay postage, otherwise we will ship express 
collect. 
Bo. F.A-20 N. F.E. Circle Hatcher, complete with 
all equipment and directions. 30 
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operating the Circle Hatcher you 
are not fully satisfied, return it 
and get your money back. 
NATIONAL FARM EQUIPMENT CO., Inc. 
Department D 98 CHAMBERS STREET New York City 
Get big hatches with 
this new 
Home Hatcher 
INCUBATOR 
Dependable up-to-date hot- 
water heating system; accurate 
temperature regulation; posi¬ 
tive ventilation and moisture 
control. Constructed ofeypress, 
the wood everlasting, and built 
for long use. Nothing fussy, but an honest, scientific, 
modern Incubator, sold at a price you can easily pay. Raise 
your baby chicks in the Home Hover; safe, simple, inex¬ 
pensive. Ideal for colony coop or poultry house use. Send 
for the plain-facts catalog of the Home Hatcher 
Home Hover and order early. Write today. 
Homer Miff. Co.. Box " ' Homer 
and 
City, 
MAKE HENS LAY "! 
more eggs; larger, more vigorous chicks; 
heavier fowls, by feeding cut bone. 
IIAMII’C latest model 
ITiHSlII a BONE CUTTER 
_ -i-. cuts fast, easy, fine; never clogs. 
10 Days* Free Trial. No money In advance. Book tree. 
■ F. W. MANN CO.. Box 15 MILFORO. MASS. OQ 
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Effect of Lights on Pullets 
What effect will lights have ou pullets 
hatched February or March to prevent 
them from going into a molt next Fall, 
if they begin to lay from July to Sep¬ 
tember? w. H. K. 
New York. 
It is, of course, much harder to keep 
these birds from going into a molt than it 
is those hatched the latter part of April 
or May,, but from observation I feel very 
•sure it is not the number of eggs a pullet 
lays which throws her into a molt in the 
\\ inter time, but is more the* condition 
sheds in .and I feel quite sure if W. H. K. 
lias lights on his early hatched pullets that 
he will need to watch them so they won’t 
lay themselves thin. We have one pen 
especially of early hatched birds that have 
been under lights and have been laying 
now for 38 months, consecutively, and a 
fair egg production the eutire time. Just 
as soou as our birds have reached 40 or 
45 per cent production under lights we 
gradually increase the scratch feed and 
strive to keep them somewhere around 45 
or 50 per cent production. If they go 
above this and are getting from 10 to 12 
lbs. of scratch feed per 100 birds on Ix>g- 
horns and 1U to 14 lbs. ou tho heavier 
breeds, we let them go. They will usually 
hold their body weight with this amount 
ot scratch, and* we do not worry about 
them if they hold their weight. 
VICTOR G. AUHKY. 
COLLEGE QUEEN egg! atstorrs 
Other individual records of 281, 270. 265. 247, and 
others of 200 and over, made by Knight's Blue Rib- 
bon Strain. Eggs, chicks anti Breeding cockerels for 
sale. Send for circular. 0. G. KNIGHT, Bridgeton, R. I 
Rose Comb R.I. Red Cockerels 
Raised from KKKII-TIM.tV, BLUE ItIHHON WINNERS at the 
LEADING SHOWS. Large, long harked, big boned, pood, red, 
husky cockerels shipped on approval for *4 and *5 each. 
CATALPA POULTRY FARM, R. D-, Gettysburg, Pa. 
CHICKS-COCKERELS-EGGS 
Light- Dark Brahmas, R. L Reds, both combs, W 
W yam lottes, Barred Rocks, S. C.W. and Brown Leg, 
horns. Catalog free. Riv.rkala Paullry Firm. In 1SS, Rinrdaii. N J 
S C\ D I Rarie SO years selection for lay- 
• —J ■*%■■■ l» Clio ingand exhibition. Under¬ 
bill strain cockerels. Eggs for hatching. A few select 
ed Toulouse ganders. MAPLE FARM, Croaswicks. N J 
Chicks WITH Vitality. 
Bred for GonstitutionalVigor 
Bred for Heavy Egg Production 
ALL LEADING VARIETIES 
THEIR PARENTAGE IS RIGHT 
THEY’RE BRED RIGHT 
THEIR MANAGEMENT IS RIGHT 
THEIR BREEDING REQORDS are RIGHT 
THEIR EGG PRODUCTION IS RIGHT 
THE CHICKS ARE HATCHED RIGHT 
THEY GROW AND THRIVE RIGHT 
SAFE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED 
We Ship Baby Chicks from Canada to Florida. 
Maine to Kansas. AH Charges Prepaid. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
We Offer Eggs for Hatching from Bolgiano’s 
“Vital Strain” Poultry. 
BOLGIANO’S 1920 POULTRY CATALOG 
IS AMERICA’S FOREMOST POULTRY GUIDE 
Contains More Real Help Than Most of the Very 
Expensive Poultry Books. Very Valuable Both to 
the Amateur and Professional. Gives Prices Bol- 
giano's Vital Hatch” Baby Chicks. Eggs for Hatch¬ 
ing and All Poultry Requisites. 
We Wilt Send You This Valuable Poultry 
Book Free If You Write Us at Once 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds 
Vibert 231 to 289-egg strain. Eggs. *12 per 100. Cocker¬ 
els, *5 and *10. Anna SI. Jones, Craryville, New York 
S.C.R.I. Red-Cockerels P5r h ^7S?k. 
ers, good size aud color, L. R. UAK1US, Lamb«rtville,N.J. 
13 White Wyandotte HENS 
and 1 cockerel: English strain. Price, $25. 
W. M. KIRKPATRICK, Lexington, Virginia 
Barron’s White Wyandottes aS’JtJ'iSVrlmtS 
imported direct with records. E. E. LEW IS. apalichm. N. I 
BoiG!ANO'§Y?iital|[aM|;; 
Poultry Farms 
104: East Pra.tt.St. 
B ALTIMORE, M D. ' 
:poco()oooc7i 
WHITE WT4H00TTE «Drr *YC< B A few extra 
COCKERELS— selected vig¬ 
orous. fai m raised birds of John S. Martin’s best, JSand 
J7 each. I.. O. qiTGLKY, UOSHEN, H. Y. 
bm-din*g 0ic0 Cockerels For Sale 53 rS 
Strains. Ilarrnl Plymouth Hocks. S. C. White 
RFST RRFF1K Poultry,Ducks. Geese,Turkey*,Guineas, 
DCOI DUllUu Hares, Cavies, l’igs. and Holstein 
Calves. Cata log Free. H. A. 8 0 U D E K, Seller,villa, Pa. 
dgorous birds, 
, , -om best laying 
alns. Itarrcd Plymouth Hocks. S. C. White Leghorn,. S. 0. 
Rhode Maud Iteda. TULLiItOAN KAK1IS, Uanhavaet, L. I„ N.Y 
Hatching Eggj ™ 
read.v_, 
25—JIB ; May 17—$15. 
W. E. ATKINSON, Wallingford, Ct. 
C.W. Leghorn Chicks 
ily for delivery Feb. 18 , i 
from selected heavy-laying 
breeders. Prices for chicks 
-per 100— ; Mar. 11—*?o ; Ap 
SAMUEL NIECE A SON, Stockiun, fi.5‘ 
SEE the PRICE 
OF EGGS 
DEMAND GREATER 
THAN SUPPLY 
* i'A>u.v 1 I1AN SUPPLY 
Purchase Our While Leghorn Baby Chix 
and get some of thU prosperity. 
Homeland Farm Rosindale, N. Y. 
CHICKS 
White Leghorn Rhode Island Red 
Black Minorca 
Increased incubator capacity enables us «o fill your 
order for Pratt’s “ Superior ” chicks. Three varieties 
bred for highest combination of practical qualities and 
standard requirements. A farm—not a hatchery. Booklet 
PRATT POULTRY EXPERIMENT FARM 
MOR TON. DELAWARE C0„ PA. 
tC RpcrrrI yi hlte Wyandottes. Cornell Certified, 
negu Hook visited monthly by Cornell extea- 
siou man. Baby chicks, 25c each. Certified chicks60c each 
MOUNTAIN VIEW POULTRY FARM. Hopewell Junction. N. L 
Feeds and Feeding now $2.75 
This standard book by Henry & Mor¬ 
rison has been advanced to $2.75, at 
which price we can supply it. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 \\ est 30th Street New York 
