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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 14, 1020 
1920 
Little Genius Power-Lift Tractor Plow 
U'pHE Little Genius!” No farm implement was ever more aptly named. 
And no other plow ever gained the success and popularity of the 
Little Genius Tractor Plow. It is the most-talked-of plow at all National Tractor 
Plowing Demonstrations. 
1 
Tractor 
Plow 
Operator 
The Little Genius is a power-lift plow, 
and one man operates both tractor and 
plow, the bottom being raised and low¬ 
ered by one trip rope, placed within 
reach of the tractor operator. Pin 
break hitch — better than an insurance 
policy — it protects both plow and 
tractor against damage when running 
The International Tractor 
and the P^O LittleGenius Plow 
are made for each other by the 
Harvester Company, and are 
backed up by a service that is 
dependable and continuous. 
into stones 
Genius has 
simplicity, 
you expect 
ing the 
that have 
for more 
century. 
The Little 
Genius 
and the 
Interna¬ 
tional 
Tractor— 
the Ideal 
One-Man 
Outfit 
or hidden roots. The Little 
all the features of strength, 
and ease of operation that 
to find on any plow bear- 
trade-mark— the features 
distinguished these plows 
than three - quarters of a 
Call on the International 
dealer and have him explain 
the merits of the P^O Little 
Genius. P^O tractor plows 
are also made with disks.^ 
Write for catalog. 
International Harvester Company 
OF AMERICA 
LADY PROFITEER 
222. 221, 200, 188,166, 166 records of other birds in this (> ;u, 
which is now mated to a male whose dam laid 281. Egg* 
from this mating $10 per setting. 
IS. (1. McLKAN, So. Glastonbury, CONN 
Hampton’s Black LEGHORN CHICKS circular be¬ 
fore you order chicks. Tells why the Black Leghorn 
is tlie greatest layer and most profitable breed on 
earth. Write today. A. E. HAMPTON, Bn R. Pitutown. N. J. 
PEDIGREE LEGHORN COCKERELS 
GKEEN11ALE FARMS, Greendale, N. Y. 
Eggs— Chicks— Leghorn Pullets in the country with an 
established reputation in Leghorns, iteds, Hocks, yan- 
dotl.es. Mating list ready. FOHEST FARMS, lleekstray, H. J. 
S n tu | l PL!«L« from selected heavy-laying 
. U. It . LegflOrn ultlCKS breeders. Prices for chicks 
ready for delivery Feb. 18, per loo —$22 ; Mar. 11— $20 ; Ap. 
25—118 ; May 17—$15. SAMUEL NIECE * SON, Stocbtoii, N.J. 
SEE THE PRICE 
OF EGGS 
1>EMA ND GREATER 
THAN SUPPLY 
Purchase 0 ur White Leghorn Baby Chix 
and get some of this prosperity. 
Homeland Farm - Roskndale, N. Y. 
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&S!tocH-M«af is it? 
This Cornell certification guarantees that my hens reach 
the top notch of excellence in size, shape, plumage,vigor 
and above all, in consistent heavy laying throughout the 
year. 
On November 3rd anS 5th. 1919 
at my plant, Cornell University 
Selected Seal-banded and Registered as Special breeding 
Stock, tlie largest number of Ileiis and Cockerels that had 
ever been certified in any one tlook in N. Y. State. These 
are all large Single Comb White Leghorns, weighing 1 to 
5 pounds each and more. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING from these record-producing 
hens. Place your order now for 1020 Pullets and Cockerels 
and have your own pedigreed stock. 
At the recent Rochester Flower City Show, I won 1st pre¬ 
mium on a pen of Utility White Leghorns, which were 
udged by Professor Krum of Cornell. 
Come and see one of the best plants. Send for Catalog- 
Maple Avenue Fruit and 
Farley Porter 
Poultry Farm 
SODUS, N. Y. 
Y 
Tom Barron*s White Leghorns 
Largest importer in America 1916. No other strain. One 
of the mosl intensive breeding plants in the United 
States of pedigreed utility poultry. Watch our entry in 
the Advanced Registry Egg Laying Contest at Cornell 
University. Hook your orders early for eggs ami chicks. 
Free circular. WILLOW BROOK POULTRY FaIOI. Ode«»u,N.Y. 
STONE’SS.C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
Cornell certified. Line bred for size, vigor and egg 
production. Larger proportion of flock certified than 
any other in N. Y. State. Cockerels, Hatching Eggs 
and Baby Chicks. Circular. ELMER R. STONE,Clyde, N.Y. 
50,000 sinBl,c "" b 
nrn Phicl/o , r,m ' om'Egg Bask- 
white LDguOin UillCKS stra i n utility 
American-English Leghorns. Long, deep bodied, typical 
birds, bred exclusively for heavy egg production. Laying 
Contest winners. Send for prices and circular. ORANIP 
VIEW STOCK FARM Sc HATCHERY, l[. No. 1, Zeeland. Michigan 
WINNING LEGHORN PEN 
2 289 
VINELAND 1919 
Write for mating list and prices. 1.500 layers. 
F. J. MATHEWS - I ambertville, N. J. 
HOEHNS. C. W. Leghorns?’"? 
hnnklnt of our strnill. H0EHN POULTRY FARM. 
126 Dikeman St.. Brooklyn, N.Y. Farms at Hay villa, N. J. 
BABY CHICKS AND 
HATCHING EGGS FROM 
Park&Tilford’s 
Laurelton Farms 
•I Let us supply you with chicks and 
hatching eggs from selected trap- 
nested breeders that have made the 
largest poultry farm a commercial 
success. S. C. White Leghorns bred 
for size, vigor and quality to produce 
large white eggs for Park & Tilford’s 
Stores in New York. 
Send today for price list. 
LAURELTON FARMS 
Dept. R Lakewood, N. J. 
Mattituck White Leghorn Farm 
Baby Chicks and Hatching Eggs 
Pedigreed Breeding Cockerels 
Large, handsome, robust cockerels from pedigreed 
stock—part Barron. $.1.50-$5-$10 each. Send for circular. 
ARTHUR H. PENNY. Mattituck. N. Y. 
QUALITY 
S. C. W. LEGHORN CHICKS 
From selected stock backed by over ten years 
careful breeding for high egg production. Chicks 
every week after March 1st. Helpful chick book¬ 
let free with every order. 
Circular and Price List on Request 
BROOKSIDE POULTRY FARM, STOCKTON. N.J 
COCKERELS—EGGS—CHICKS 
S. C WHITE LEGHORNS i Barron). Result of six years trap- 
nesting and pedigree breeding for vigor and heavy 
production of large white eggs. Males, with pedi¬ 
grees, 201) up to 284, #5 to »15. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. U. C. BLIGH, West Willlngton, Cona. 
Inbreeding and Line Breeding 
Will you explain the difference between 
inbreeding and line breeding? w. e. r. 
Ossining, N. Y. 
The term “line breeding” applies to 
breeding practices that restrict the selec¬ 
tion and mating of individuals tracing to 
a single line of descent. It involves the 
use of animals that are more or less re¬ 
lated in blood lines, and is believed to have 
three distinct advantages. It fixes type 
through the agency of the concentrated 
blood lines: it tends to discourage vari¬ 
ability. and usually whatever variations 
do occur will be in line with the distinct 
characteristics of the strain predominat¬ 
ing. 
Inbreeding is merely line breeding in¬ 
tensified. and involves the mating of ani¬ 
mals closely related. The mating of sire 
upon his daughters is an example of in¬ 
breeding. and if this is carried still fur¬ 
ther. involves what we recognize as in¬ 
cestuous breeding. The mating of a dam 
to her own son, or the breeding of brother 
and sister, are examples of very close in- 
breeding. Of course, the object sought in 
either of these systems of mating is to 
concentrate the blood lines and exclude 
characteristics that are not constructive, 
or that do not tend to the advancement of 
the particular function that one is trying 
to intensify. Quite naturally one ap¬ 
proaches the danger line by a continua¬ 
tion of either of these systems and. car¬ 
ried past a reasonable angle, is very apt 
to involve decrease in size, weakening of 
constitutional vigor and depletion of the 
prepotency. 
Inbreeding is known to increase the 
prepotency, inasmuch as more than half 
of the ancestry is of practically identical 
blood, and is almost certain to dominate 
the offspring. Naturally it simplifies ped¬ 
igrees, but it has been likened to a two- 
edged sword in inexperienced hands. Of 
course one is quite as apt to intensify in¬ 
ferior qualities as to establish the desir¬ 
able ones. However, if we note the im¬ 
provement of the various breeds, and en¬ 
deavor to account for some of the factors 
that have contributed to constructive de¬ 
velopment. it is believed we will find ac¬ 
tually that line breeding, intensified iu 
many instances to inbreeding, is clearly 
responsible for more progress and greater 
development of desirable qualities in more 
of the breeds than any other single agency. 
Of course, feeding and environment are 
other factors that contribute to construc¬ 
tive development; nevertheless, the con¬ 
centration of blood lines clearly adds the 
most value. _ 
Chicken Pox; New Corn for Fowls 
1. In the last few weeks several of my 
hens became lame in one leg, while others 
walk around as though they were trying 
to feel their way. I am feeding seratch 
feed in the morning, dry mash in midday, 
made of bran, cornmeal. ground oats and 
meat scraps, moistened enough to make it 
crumbly, and for evening meal I feed 
cracked corn. 2. I have a few young 
pullets that have warts around the eyes, 
which seem to itch, and cause them to 
scratch continually. Some have their 
eyes closed and head drooping, and seem 
to be sick. 11. Is given corn good for a 
ready-to-lay flock? b.I. 
Williamstown, N. J. 
1-2. I cannot tell you the cause of the 
apparent lameness and difficulty in seeing, 
but think likely that those with “warts” 
have chicken pox. a contagious disease 
marked by wart-like eruptions about the 
face and neck. These may be painted * 
with tincture of iodine and the affected 
birds should be removed from the flock un¬ 
til they have recovered. 
3. I know of no reason why new corn 
is not good for laying fowls, though there 
seems to be a prejudice against it. Per¬ 
haps some have fed it too exclusively, be¬ 
cause it was comparatively cheap and 
readily available in the Fall, and have 
noted a falling off iu egg production at 
the time. The season of new corn is also 
the season of natural decline in egg pro¬ 
duction. and this may have had some¬ 
thing to do with the reputation that new 
corn seems to have acquired. I have 
never personally known of any ill efforts 
from corn, new or old. if properly fed 
With other needed grains. M. B. d. 
Poor Laying 
In culling hens I have found some 
when killed with ovaries no larger than 
a radish seed. Does the trap-nest show 
some birds that never lay Does a lieu 
that does not begin laying for two months 
after the first of same age ever prove a 
paying hen? Would you advise killing 
pullets (R. I. Reds) that at seven month* 
did not show by pelvic bones that they 
were nearly ready to lay? j.f. G. 
New Hampshire. 
II hits been found that some hens never 
lay any eggs. This is shown by the re¬ 
ports of the egg-laying contests, where 
thousands of hens are trap-nested each 
year. If a bird does not begin to lay 
before she is seven months old it shows 
that she is slow maturing, find the chances 
are she will make a poor layer, although 
this does not always prove true. Quite 
often we find R. T. Reds which come to 
laying maturity at about seven months 
of age. and make fairly good layers, so 
it would not lie advisable to kill pullets 
of this age solely on the ground that they 
were not in laying condition. It would 
l>e safe to wait another month and take 
other characteristics into consideration 
also. c. s. a. 
