Wit RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
441 
The Henyard 
Breed for Table Fowls 
We are going to buy an incubator and 
expect to raise chickens for market. We 
do not care to have them lay eggs; we 
only want a good, heavy bird. What kind 
of eggs would you advise us to buy? 
What kind of incubators and brooders 
are the best? mrs. h. c. 
Ohio. 
Very likely the general pui’pose fowls, 
like the White or Barred Plymouth 
Rocks, the Wyandottes or the Rhode 
Island Reds, will suit your purpose best. 
These varieties possess the yellow legs and 
skins preferred in the market, are of good 
size, mature quickly and at the same time 
are good layers and profitable from the 
standpoint of egg production. If only a 
very large fowl for market is wanted, the 
Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans excel 
in this respect, and a cross with the In¬ 
dian Game gives a bird with a larger pro¬ 
portion of breast meat. All things con¬ 
sidered, however, one of the first men¬ 
tioned breeds seems to me most likely to 
meet your needs. If eggs from purebred 
stock cannot be purchased near by, you 
will find advertisers of all of these breeds 
in the columns of agricultural papers. 
Any of the standard makes of incubators 
are reliable and no one can be said to be 
the best. For brooding upon a large scale 
the coal-burning colony-house brooders 
a total loss or near loss. If required 
papers will be returned. Send to Pub¬ 
lisher’s Desk, care Rural New-Yorker, 
333 West 30th Street, New York. 
Wheezing Pullets 
I have a few Leghorn pullets, hatched 
in July. They are laying now, and every 
one seems to be in perfect health—eyes, 
bright, combs reds and they have good 
appetites. But some of them, after lay¬ 
ing, make a very distressed noise, which 
seems to be in their throats. Could you 
tell me what causes this and how to treat 
them? C. P. 
Pennsylvania. 
A wheezing sound from the throat may 
indicate a simple cold or some obstruc¬ 
tion due to parasite growths. It is not 
always of serious significance, but should 
lead to care lest more grave troubles de¬ 
velop. Ventilation of the poultry house 
should be looked after, that the interior 
may be kept dry and healthful, and any 
musty litter should be removed, if pres¬ 
ent. There are various molds that de¬ 
velop upon musty straw and other litter, 
some of which may fasten themselves upon 
the air passages of the fowls and obstruct 
Making an Early Start in the Poultry Business. 
are superior to anything else upon the 
market, though small lamp-lieated brood¬ 
ers are useful where only a comparatively 
few chicks are to be raised. These, too, 
you will find advertised by reliable houses 
in the poultry columns of this paper. 
M. B. D. 
Laying Ration 
What feed would you recommend me 
to feed my hens to get them to lay? I 
have 14. four old hens. 2 years, and 10 
pullets. May hatched, Rhode Island Red. 
I have been feeding them scratch feed 
and a little laying mash; also gave them 
cabbage to pick. MRS. c. F. 
New York. 
A few hens need a well-balanced ration 
if they are to lay, quite as much as does 
a large flock. I should give these fowls 
scratch grains, composed largely of 
craaeked corn or wheat, or. still better, 
both, iu their litter morning and night, 
and should keep a dry mash before them 
in an open box or large crock, the mash 
in the box to be protected from waste by 
a covering of wire mesh cut to fit inside 
the container and follow the contents 
down as they are eaten by the fowls. 
Large mesh “hardware cloth” makes an 
excellent: guard for this purpose, as it is 
stiff enough to hold its shape and open 
enough for the fowls to reach the ground 
grains through it. Where only a few 
fowls are to be fed, the mash may be 
moistened with skim-milk or water and 
fed in a crumbly state once daily, or a dry 
mash may be kept before the hens and a 
moderate amount! of moistened mash fed 
daily iu addition. A good formula for 
the mash is as follows: Cornmeal, wheat 
bran, wheat middlings, ground oats, gluten 
feed and beef scrap, mixed in equal parta 
by weight. M. B. D. 
Records Wanted 
We are collecting some first-hand in¬ 
formation to convince a large club of 
prominent city men that the farmer is 
not a profiteer and that he does not get 
ou an average an excess of 35 per cent 
of the price paid by the housewife for 
food products. We need some more actual 
returns from commission sales. Please 
send us some of your returns or account 
sales for shipments, and letters. If cor¬ 
respondence has been destroyed write the 
facts of any shipments that have been 
breathing. Clean, dry interiors and clean 
litter will guard against troubles of these 
sorts. M. b. D. 
Market News and Prices 
(Continued from page 438) 
VEGETABLES. 
Anise, bbl. 3 00 @ 3 50 
Beets, bbl. 3 60 a 4 00 
Carrots, bbl. 350 *5 00 
Cabbage—ton. 50 00 @75 00 
New. bu. bk.. 2 00 >4 2 50 
Celery, crate. 2 O0 @4 00 
I.ettuce, hal f-bbl. basket. I 50 @3 50 
Onions. 100 lbs. 400 @ 6 25 
String Beans bu. 3 00 @ 7 00 
Squash, new.bu. 3 00 @6 00 
Kgg Plants, bu. 150 @4 00 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Okra, bu. 3 00 @ 5 00 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt. crate. 1 50 @ 4 50 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 2 00 @ 5 00 
Peppers, bu. 2 50 @ 5 50 
Roniaine, bu. 150 <§> 2 75 
Mushrooms, lb. 25 @ 60 
Spinach, bu...... .. 1 26 @ 2 00 
Kale, bbl. 2 00 @ 2 25 
Parsnips, bbl. 4 00 @5 00 
Chicory and Escarol. bbl. 5 00 @ 6 00 
Garlic, lb. io ® 25 
Peas, bu. 7 00 @ 9 00 
Parsley, bbl. 8 00 @ 12 00 
HAT AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton. 42 00 @43 00 
No-2.40 00 @4100 
No. 3 .38 00 @39 00 
Shipping. 350 O @37 00 
Clover, mixed. 35 00 @4100 
Straw, Rye.. @20 00 
Retail Prices at New York 
Rutter, lb. 72 to 75c 
Eggs, doz. 75 to OOc 
Fowls, lb. 45 to 48c 
Bacon, lb. 40 to 50c 
Roasting beef, lb. 35 to 40c 
Ham, lb.35 to 40c 
Pork loius, lb.30 to 35c 
Tripe, lb... iflc 
Lamb chops, lb. 50 to 00c 
Potatoes, lb. G to 7e 
Apples, doz.30 to 75c 
Sweet potatoes, lb. S to 10c 
Onions, lb. 10 to 12c 
Lettuce, head .;.. 10 to 15c 
Cabbage, lb. 10 to 15c 
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