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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
April 3. 1920 
What DoYou Want WUR 
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is a Spreader 
Which Does All These—and More! 
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It is the “National Chief” Manure Spreader, the spreader that 
gives better results and saves farmers more money than any other spreader. 
$ 175 
Cash With Order 
Easy Payment 
Price 
$183.65 
$91.85dowo and $18. 36 
monthly for 5 months. 
Worm Gear 
Apron Drive 
Runs in Oil Bath. 
More durable and 
practical than rachet 
drive. Uses less 
power. 
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National Chief 
Manure Spreaders 
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It is practically indestructible — all steel construction 
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moving: parts always in proper alignment and smooth running. 
Roller Bearing Apron and Beater 
Fast revolving all steel beater. Spins on draft-re¬ 
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—no danger of breakage under sudden strain. Automatic force feed—pushes 
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the box. Spreads4^5. 8. 11 and 11 loads per acre. Extra wide S'/i in. rear 
and 4 1'i in. front tires. Perfect traction in any soil. Two horses handle 
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time payments if you like. Deflector-type wide spreading attachment $10.00 
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Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants,Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stockinet purposed. 
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Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears. Foxes, Rac¬ 
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260-egg pedigree females. F.ggs at reasonable prices. 
Circular. L ARTHUR SHELDON. Route 7. Osweoo, N Y. 
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S P Ancnnao cockerels and eggs for sale. Sisters 
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hatching. Write for prices and terms. 
Hewett’s Poultry Farm, Box 55,Seryeantsvill»,N. J. 
Hatching Higgs 
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Parks’strain Barred Rocks. $2.50 perlii; $10 per 100. 
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MAHOGANY STRAIN ISLAND* BEDS 
For year* the persistent Fall and Winter layers re¬ 
tained for breeders, having type and deep Mahogany 
color. Eggs, $3 for 15: $18 for 100. Write for cir¬ 
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5. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Tompkins’ Strain. Bred to Lay and Win. Cocker¬ 
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TwoxThoronghbred Young Bronze Turkey Toms at 
$10 each. Mrs FROST LAYTOM. Mill Neck. L. I..N.Y. 
Rose Comb Rhode Island Whites 
Eggs, 15c. each. John Henning, Clyde, N. Y. 
S. C. W. Leghorn Chicks 
breeders. Prices for chuky ready for delivery April 
25—$18 ; May 17—$15. SAM CEL NIECE Sc SON, Stockton, S. J, 
BRED TO LAY 
WHITE HOI KS 
S. C. W LEGHORNS 
S. C. K I. U K I> S 
Blood of Storrs and Vineland winners. Day-old chirks 
$80 per 100. order ahead as the surplus supply will be 
limited. The Homestead Farm, larmouthport, Dims 
Light 
Brahmas ONLY. Hthyear. Selected egg.js 
Settings, $2; 50, $B ; one hundred, 
$10. Cockerels, $3.50. Haystack Mt Farm, Norfolk, Conn. 
BARRED ROCKS 
A carefully bred, vigorous, heavy-laying strain at 
reasonable prices. Circular free. 
Kent Poultry Farm . Cazenovia, Nevr York 
CHICKS—EGGS—PULLETS 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS— bred for egg production. Unlim¬ 
ited range. Reasonable prices. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Homestead Farm, Newtown, Conn. 
Vigorous Baby Chicks 
Leghorns. *20 por 100 delivered. Circular fre*. 
J. W. CONNORS . Palermo, N. J. 
Early Laying; Leg Weakness; Housing 
Layers 
1. I have a flock of 15 R. I. Rerl pullets 
hatched May 24. On October 11 I re¬ 
ceived the first egg and then got one and 
two eggs a day until by November 5 I de¬ 
termined there were at least five laying. 
After that the amount per day quickly in¬ 
creased. Up to December 24 I had re¬ 
ceived 160 eggs. Is this development un¬ 
usual, or is it something one can expect 
from this breed? 2. Line day in Decem¬ 
ber one of above mentioned pullets lost 
the use of her legs. Otherwise she ap¬ 
peared in excellent condition, weighing 
6 lbs., was plump and had good color. I 
was told that this was a comparatively 
new disease that had recently struck this 
vicinity, and that it was thought it was 
caused by a small worm in the intestiues. 
I "segregated the bird, fed her milk and 
grain for a couple of days, after which she 
refused to eat. At that time she was ap¬ 
parently in great distress at times. Her 
droppings were loose, natural color and 
very offensive. She died the fourth day. 
Do you know anything n>t»j^ about this 
disease? Would it hrfVe been safe to use 
the bird for food when first affected? 3. 
What do you consider the most satisfac¬ 
tory and humane way to kill S bird for 
the mrtrket? 4. I have tried breaking up 
broody hens by confining them in a box 
which had a slatted bottom. It often 
takes one to two weeks to break them. Is 
there a more satisfactory way? Also, 
should feed and water vary from their 
usual rations? 5. If a 20x2(1 ft. house is 
all right for 100 hens, will the same space 
do for the same number of hens if the 
house is divided into two parts, and the 
trap-nest system used, thus starting all 
the birds in one pen? A. A. L. 
Massachusetts. 
1. I should consider such early laying 
unusual and evidence that the birds had 
been fed heavily upon meat or other aui- 
nial food from the start. Leghorns usu¬ 
ally commence laying at about five months 
of age. the heavier breeds a little later. 
2. The presence of intestinal worms is 
believed bv some to account for the form 
uf ‘‘leg weakness” that you describe. You 
might h ive treated the fowl by adminis¬ 
tering < turpentine in one or two tea- 
spoofiil doses and following this with 
castor oil in the same amount as a purge. 
These remedies are most certainly admin¬ 
istered by injecting them into the crop 
through a well-oiled soft rubber catheter 
carefully introduced. Worm remedies/are 
best given "on an empty stomach” and 
may he repeated at intervals if the first 
dose is not sufficient. 
3. Fowls are killed for market by stick¬ 
ing with a sharp blade, this being made 
to penetrate the brain through the mouth 
and to thus produce unconsciousness at 
the same time that it loosens the feathers 
for picking. , 
4. I consider it a more satisfactory 
way to break up broodiness to remove the 
hen to other quarters where she may have 
her liberty in company with a male bird 
and where there are no nests to remind her 
of laying or setting. I should not change 
her usual ration unless that lacks in green 
stuff; in which case I should add that in 
considerable quantity. 
5. Dividing a pen into two parts, with¬ 
out. also dividing the flock, will, of course, 
reduce the floor space. This may be done 
temporarily without harm, however. Any 
peu is better for having litter upon the 
floor through which the fowls will have to 
search for their whole grains. The kind 
of material used is of minor importance, 
if it is not moldy or musty. Clean, bright 
straw is perhaps the best, but cut corn 
stalks, dry leaves, hay or other materials 
may also be used. There is no. question 
that small flocks often do well without lit¬ 
ter of any kind, but it is far better prac¬ 
tice to compel hens to exercise in search 
of their food. B - D> 
Roup and Chicken Pox 
I have a nice flock of liens and pullets 
that has the roup and chicken pox both. 
Can you advise me wliar to do, or any 
remedies that would help? C. T. 
New York. 
It seems hardly likely that you have 
both roup and chicken pox breaking out 
together in vour flock, though it may be 
possible. Both diseases are very con¬ 
tagious and require isolation of affected 
birds with strict precautions as to clean¬ 
liness and disinfection of quarters and 
utensils. Chicken pox is a comparatively 
mild disease and may be treated locally 
by painting the crusts or sores appearing 
upon the head. face, and perhaps other 
parts of the body with tincture of iodine, 
keeping the birds by themselves until re¬ 
covery. Roup is a much more serious 
trouble and difficult of cure. It is char¬ 
acterized by all the appearances of a 
severe cold, with a foul odor to the dis¬ 
charges from the nosrrlts. droopiiiess. 
roughened plumage, prostration, emacia¬ 
tion and many deaths. The common Fall 
colds of this season and early Winter 
are often mistaken for roup by the inex¬ 
perienced. They are somewhat alike in 
early symptoms, but true roup goes on to 
a fatal completion or to a chronic con¬ 
dition that renders the bird useless, or 
worse. Vigorous fowls in healthful quar¬ 
ters, clean, dry. light and well ventilated 
will recover spontaneously from simple 
colds. If true roup is present, however, 
vigorous measures of isolation, disinfec¬ 
tion, and destruction of diseased fowls 
are necessary. 
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COCKERELS “eggs" 
MOUNTAIN POULTRY FARM, Waihinglon, N.J. 
W hite WYAN1MITTF. EGGS from puro white—exhi¬ 
bition—utility winter layers. Eggs. *8 for 15; 100 for 
$15. Guaranteed fertile. INGLESIOE FARM, Bswmxnsvills, N.T. 
SINfll.E COMB Whit*, | a(T L nrn . Twelve varieties Heavy 
Brown *ml Ruff LBgnOI 05 1 a y e r s . Eggs, Chick-* 
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and order blank THE 8FKNCKK IUT0HKKY, Spen.er.Ohlo 
Barron’s While Wyandottes f 0 °r hSww’ng. u if e th'e pur" 
Barron strain imported by myself Records, 262 to 2KX 
Prices reasonable. E. E. Lewis, Apalachix, new York 
Pearl Guinea Fowls, ^Vr'^' t^T 110 ”' 
L. O. 4JU1GLEY GOSHEN, N. Y. 
Giant Bronze Turkey Eggs 
S5 per 10. R. C. R. I. Red Eggs, S3 per 15. Registered 
Shropshire Sheep. H. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg. Pa. 
English Leghorns—F*ecligreed 
High record birds. Am leading alt Leghorns at North 
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ROSE COMB R. I. REDS 
Eggs for hatching from Bred-to-Lay Blue Ribbon win¬ 
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CatalpaPoultry Farm, R. I). Gettysburg, Pa. 
pnrnpll Certified S. O. W. Leghorns. Mated to 
uul Moll pedigreed males. Chicks and eggs for sale 
F. K. UPSON . Dundee, New York 
Uolnliinir Crrrro from imported Barron strain Leghorns 
naicmng eggs w. E. ATKIN80N, Wallingford. Ct 
CnrQolo Mallard DUCKS ANI> II It A K K S 
rOi odlo ophir Farm - Purchase, New York 
B arred Kook Chirks from free range, hardy stock. 
T. Rydberg - Hicksvillk, New York 
W hite Leghorn Egg* from trapnested stuck, (Ha hund¬ 
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S.C.WhiteLeghornsrf"cficKs 
May, 15c and 17c. Selected from heavy layers. 
WY-HAR POULTRY FARM,K. 1, Box 12. Denton, Md* 
Single Comb White Leghorn Eggs 
$2 for 15; $3.75 for 30. Guaranteed 200-Egg Hens. 
Alex Davidson - Glen Campbell, Pa. 
20S. C.WhiteLeghorn Cockerels 
400 S. C. White Leghorn breeding lieu*. 
2 50 IS. C. White Leghorn Pullets. 
Hens and pullet*in excellent laying condition. 
W. W. WALLACE. Homewood Farm, Pleasantville. N. V. 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorn* SRf n £fS**5!?W 
Brush & Son - - Milton, Vermont 
SINGLE COMB-VIBERTREDS 
207 to 251-egg strain. S2.50 a setting; $4.50 for 30 
egg*. C’. G. B A B C O C K, Westport, Mass. 
DAY-OLD 
S. C. R. I. Reds and White Leg¬ 
horns from heavy laying strain*. 
Wc also do custom hatching. 
CHICKS HATHAWAY’S HATCHERY 
W ■■ ■ W ■» W 620 st ( Toms River, N. J. 
Columbian Wyandotte Hatching Eggs 
Mating lists now ready. J. J. Herding, Albion, Maine 
S. C. Ancona Hatching Eggs f* le u t tmty t p «iie t e .‘ 
S2.50. BI. N. GAGE & SON, Silver Creek. N.Y. 
Pedigreed Barron horn Cockerels 
bred by Allen H. Bulkley, Esq., Odessa, N.Y.. from 
birds imported direct from Tom Barron, England. 
Sired by a cock of 284-egg pedigree, from hens with 
records of 243-204 eggs. Have been on free range, 
onch bird banded and pedigree furnished. Price, 
*8 each. WILLIAM HALPIN, Pawling. N.Y. 
S,C,R..I.Reds 
Vibert’s 231 to 289-egg strain. Eggs. $12 per 100. 
Baby chicks. $35 per 100. Cockerels, $10 and $20 
Anna M. Jones - Craryville, N. Y. 
West Brighton White Minorca POULTRY YARDS 
Staten Inland* N. V. STOCK , CHICKS and EGGS 
S llvei* PeiM’llfd II am bur ix Kixi;* for lmtcbinK wanted, 
Address Wallace Armf.k «.v Son, Schenectady. N- V. 
White Chinese GEESE 
GEORGE E. HOWELL, Spruce Farm, Howells, N Y 
M ammoth White Holland TURKEY EG«8. 
F. Ti cker, “ Mkrrynook,” Nkw Brunswick. N. j. 
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