The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Wet Droppings 
Would you let me know what makes 
the liens’ droppings so wet? M.y hen 
coop is 50x12 ft., 9 ft. high in front and 
7 ft. in back, and stands 3 ft. from the 
ground. It has plenty of light, part of 
the openings have glass and part muslin. 
I have about 115 chickens in this coop. 
I feed a dry mash, made up of the fol¬ 
lowing: One bag each of gluten, corn- 
meal. beef scrap, middlings, bran, ground 
oats. Vs bag Alfalfa meal. % bag of oil- 
meal. 1 lb. salt to every 100 lbs. Grain 
as follows : Six bags oats, 6 bags wheat, 
one bag scratch feed. 2 bags corn. Do 
you think this feed can be the cause of it? 
New York. w. p. 
T do not understand whether you refer 
to the droppings of the fowls or the litter 
when you say that there is too much 
moisture present. If to the litter of the 
poultry house, the cause is too little ven¬ 
tilation. The moistnie from the bodies 
of the birds is not sufficiently quickly re¬ 
moved to prevent its condensation upon 
the litter, walls, etc. Muslin is not a 
good ventilating medium. If you have 
no other openings than those covered by 
muslin, ventilation will be inadequate. 
Remove the muslin curtains and cover 
the openings with wire poultry netting; 
this latter will keep the hens in and let 
the moisture out. Incidentally, it will let 
light in also. If the droppings of the 
birds are too moist, omit the oilmeal from 
the mash. I judge from your letter, how¬ 
ever. that wet litter, due to insufficient 
ventilation, is the source of your com¬ 
plaint. This may be removed by fhe 
“open-front" method of ventilation, it be¬ 
ing understood that the openings should 
be in fhe south wall of the building and 
that all other sides must be air tight to 
prevent injurious drafts. m. b. d. 
When to Hatch for November Eggs 
When should Leghorns be hatched so 
they will lay in November? I have some 
Leghorns, good layers, but they do not 
do much in November. In December I 
get two dozen per day from 35. 
Connecticut. c. H. B. 
Leghorn pullets that have been fed for 
constant growth and development from 
the time that they were hatched should 
begin to lay very soon after they have 
reached the age of five months. April 
pullets should begin laying in September 
and increase their production to consider¬ 
able proportions in November. The best 
hatching months for Leghorns in the 
North are April and May : my own prefer¬ 
ence is April, and as early in that month 
as is practicable. Late-hatched chicks 
seem to catch up with earlier ones to a 
certain extent, however, if given oppor¬ 
tunity. I have now about 20 White 
Leghorn pullets hatched on the third day 
of .Tune last. They were hatched from 
the eggs of old hens and were exception¬ 
ally large and vigorous from the start. 
They commenced laying the first week in 
November and have laid regularly since. 
M. B. P. 
A French Prince and Poultry 
One of our New Jersey readers sends 
us a paper containg the picture of a 
French Prince and his American wife. 
They have gone into the chicken business, 
and this is what is said about it: 
“The French egg market received a 
shock when Prince Louis de Bourbon, 
direct heir of forty Kings, entered the 
field, flooding the market with fresh eggs 
at record-breaking prices. Speaking on 
the subject, the Prince stated that there 
was too much profiteering going on in the 
(, gg market and that by intelligent poultry 
fanning he had succeeded in maintaining 
hens at the cost of one cent daily. Each 
hen gives him a minimum of 150 eggs 
yearly. On that basis he can sell eggs 
and make a good profit at slightly over 
two cents apiece.” 
The American egg-laying contests have 
developed, so many “queens” among egg 
producers that we may well expect royal¬ 
ty to associate with Mrs. Hen. This 
French Prince, however, is likely to be¬ 
come a prince of poverty from his own 
figures. It, costs him $3.05 a year to feed 
a hen. The “overhead” of equipment, in¬ 
cidentals, loss of stock, etc., will cost 
about as much more, or at any rate, a 
total of $7 per hen. lie will be obliged 
to receive close to an average of 00 cents 
a dozen all through the year in order to 
P_ay expenses; with nothing for deprecia¬ 
tion of property. The truth probably is 
that this Prince keeps a few hens on his 
►state, and some genius with figures 
has done the rest. 
Thoughts of a Plain Farm Woman 
(Continued from page GOO) 
own cotton and silk and wool and lumber 
and so on, and then manufacture these 
on the premises—or go naked and furni¬ 
tureless! But it does not do to get pes¬ 
simistic, and T still believe that farmers 
who won’t take no for au answer will 
come out ahead somehow. Where only 
half of the world is working like all get 
out. it would seem as if those who keep 
’IP .fhe pace would eventually cash in on 
their industry, and farmers may find this 
to be true in spite of the rather dark out¬ 
look at present. It strikes me that the 
workers, instead of the meek, should in¬ 
herit the main part of the earth in 1920. 
n. w. 
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Maples White Leghorn Farm - Telford, Pa. 
Cockerels, Hatching Eggs dX^ra^st^Jh® 
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S UNNYSIDE PEARL GUINEAS. $5 a pair 
Jas. K. van alstyne - Kindkrhook. New York 
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For Sale Barred Rock Pullets 
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Also Hit excellent single comb Brown Leghorns. Pul¬ 
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Giant Bronze Turkey Eggs 
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Shropshire Sheep. H. J VAN DYKE, Gettysburg. Pa. 
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EXHIBITION E6<; STIItlX NEW YORK STATE KaIII. 1S19 
First and Special prizes on Egg production. Special 
offer on orders Booked during March. Eggs from 
my Best Pens only $5 per 15, Fertility guaranteed. 
Cockerels, o. W. Miles, Rodman, N.V. 
S. CReds 
260-egg pedigree 
m a 1 e s. 223 to 
260-egg pedigree females. Eggs at reasonable prices. 
Circular. L. ARTHUR SHELDON, Route 7, Oswego, N. Y. 
R.C.R.I.REDS-EGGSKr^,,,K 
\ igorous Stock. Free Range. II. II. OWES, Uhin.b.«k, N.Y. 
ROSE CONIB R. I. REDS 
Eggs for hatching from Bred-to-I.ay Blue Ribbon win¬ 
ners at leading shows. $2.50 per 13; $12.50 per 100. 
CataleaPoui.tr v Farm, k. d. Gettysburg, Pa. 
S. C. R. I. REDS pedigreed 
Eggs. $10 per hundred. 
cockerels, $;t,50—$5. 
C. Leslie Mason, Genoa. N. Y. 
ItlV Al S. C. R. I. Reds and White Lcg- 
UU | "IlLD horns from heavy laying strains. 
We also do custom hatching. 
CHICKS 
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620 Main St., loins River, N. J. 
BABY OHICKS jff/JM? 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. BARRED ROCKS. R C. R I REDS 
ami ANCONAS. Also Indian Runner Duck Eggs for 
hatching Write for prices and terms. 
Hexvett’s Poultry Farm, Box 55,Setgeaotsville.N. J. 
B uff rock eggs. My upoks won at New Jersey State and 
other leading utility shows this season. 12 firsts, 3sec¬ 
onds and shape and color s|*eeials. Eggs, $2.50 ami $5 
per setting. HAKlii ,N t OXNFli, btooktou, N. J. 
Barred Rocks 
DAY-OLD CHICKS AND EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
A. C. JONES 
Marvel Homestead Farm. Georgetown, Delawar- 
BARRED ROCK EGGS 
THOMPSON’S Imperial Ringlets Direct Cxhititran Mating, 
13 eggs— SS; 160— $25. Breeding pens, 5 pullets and 
cockerel— S40. Cockerels— S7.50 to $25. 5lust please 
or money refunded. I. H. BACORN, Sergeantsville. N. J. 
“Perfection” Barred Rocks 
(RINGLETS). Eggs snd Cockerels. Few cockerels, best we 
ever produced, $7. Jio. J15. $25, t $50 each.^Kggs. $s setting; 
3 settings, SIS. It is possible from these Kinglet eggs to 
produce birds of $30 value. Dr.Hayman.Dovlkstown.Fa 
ECKH ART’S BARRED ROCKS 
Bred for beauty; Trapnested; Bred-to-Lay. Book 
your older now for Eggs for Hatching. Day-old- 
Chicks or Eight-Weeks-old Chicks for the demand 
will greatly exceed our supply. Circular Free. 
C. XV. & H. J. Eckhart - Sbohola, Pa. 
RINGLET BARRED ROCKS 
Eggs from 2-yr. old record lavers 
$2.50 PER 15; $12 PER 100 
Elmwood Poultry Farm, So. Euclid, O. 
R R .V >1 C -A. I S ROCKS 
Hatching eggs from trap-nested hens—records up to 272- 
eggs—winner of last j car Stores contest. No chicks. 
JlI.KS F. FkaNC'AIS - WKSTHAMPTON BEACH, L. I., N. Y. 
B arred Plymouth Rocks. Hatching eggs from Park’s 
strain of XX'inter lavers. Vigorous, range-reared stock. 
Send lor circular. GILBERT >. WILLIAMS, Warwick, X. ¥. 
S ilver Uuccd Wyandotte* and Karri-d Rocks’ 
Eggs. $2 per 15. Mammoth Pekin duck eggs. $3 per 12. 
Gko.Wilua.msox - - Flanders, N. J. 
B arred Itock Chicks from free range, hardy stock. 
T. Rydbero - Hkksville, New York 
formula Mallard 1ICCKS AN1I DRAKES 
IUI dale Oi’hxr Farm - Purchase. New York 
Trap Nest 
Records 
AX7E have had printed 
on cardhoard 1134x7 
neat and complete trap- 
n e s t record. Printed 
both sides—25 each side. 
Will send 12 for 10c. 
W. F.W., care Rural New-Yorker 
333 West 30th Street, New York 
