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Trouble with Incubator; Ration for Cow 
1. I got an incubator for 120 eggs, and 
every time I set it I turn them twice a 
day until the eggs are cracked. I tried it 
in the house and in the cellar, but it is 
the same way; I always get, 50 or 60 live 
chicks out of 120 eggs. I was told to 
keep a dish of water under the egg tray to 
<r ( .t dampness, but that does no good. I 
must keep watching the temperature 
every hour, night and day; it either goes 
too high or too low. It does not stay 
103°; I must keep turning the nut on 
the top. I have used it for three years, 
and 1 never get more than 60 chicks. The 
incubator has nothing for moisture, only 
the dish of water I keep in it. 2. My 
cow just came fresh ; she is a Jersey. 
When we bought her she was coming 
fresh in about three months, and she gave 
five quarts to a milking; the next few 
days she went down to two quarts. Now, 
after freshening, she does not give any 
more than six quarts to a milking. T feed 
her cornstalks, clover hay and a bran 
mash at milking time. J. F. n. 
Ohio. 
1. An incubator should not require con¬ 
stant attention after it. has been regulat¬ 
ed for temperature, though your hatches 
of 60 chicks from 120 eggs do not indicate 
anything radically wrong with the ma¬ 
chine. Tt is quite as likely that the 
trouble is with the eggs. A large number 
of the eggs* annually imposed upon incu¬ 
bators are unhatchable by any means. 
They are from hens that have not been 
kept under proper conditions to insure 
strong fertility or the eggs have been so 
handled after having been laid as to im¬ 
pair the vigor of the germs within them. 
Countless thousands of eggs contain liv¬ 
ing germs, but of such low vitality that 
they die at pipping time, or before. No 
incubator can bring these chicks from the 
shell, for the ability to come forth and 
live is not in them. The fault is not in 
the machine or in its handling, but in the 
selection and care of the breeding stock. 
The correction of the fault, then, must 
go far back of the machine or its opera¬ 
tor. and should begin at least a year before 
the incubator lamp is lighted. No incu¬ 
bator need be expected to hold a tempera¬ 
ture of exactly 103° throughout day and 
night, and it is not essential that it 
should. If you were to place several 
thermometers in the machine you would 
find that the temperature is not just alike 
in all parts of the hatching chamber at 
any one time. Hatching depends upon 
maintaining a temperature of approxi¬ 
mately 103° over a period of three weeks. 
Fluctuations of temperature within one 
degree are to be expected and do no harm 
if the regulator is capable of bringing the 
temperature back to its proper point and 
holding it substantially at that point. 
It should be remembered, however, that 
the temperature within the machine grad¬ 
ually rises as the chicks develop and that 
during the latter part of the hatching 
period the regulator will have to be ad¬ 
justed to keep it from going above 10-1°, 
or, perhaps, 105° just at hatching time. 
In machines not made for moisture pans 
it is probably best to keep the air of the 
room moist rather than to put dishes of 
water under the eggs. This may usually 
be done satisfactorily by a daily sprink¬ 
ling of the floor. Be guided in this, as in 
other things, by the directions of the mak¬ 
ers of that particular incubator. They 
have experimented more than you can 
afford to. If, however, your machine will 
not hold a temperature of very close to 
103° over a period of several days when 
operated in a room or cellar of fairly 
even temperature, and requires constant 
adjustment to keep the temperature 
within bounds, there is something wrong 
with some part of the regulating device 
and it should be gone over by someone 
who understands it. 
2. A good grain ration for the cow 
may be made by mixing 50 lbsl each of 
cornmeal or hominy, wheat, bran and glu¬ 
ten feed and adding 25 lbs. of oilmeal. 
Oive 1 lb. of this grain mixture each day 
tor every two quarts of milk the cow 
yields, or 6 lbs. of grain per day when 
the cow is giving 12 quarts of milk daily. 
You are probably not feeding enough 
grain to bring your cow to full produc¬ 
tion, though 12 quarts, or about 26 lbs., 
of milk daily may be the limit of this 
Jersey’s capacity. M. b. d. 
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240-ACRE extra good dairy and sheep farm; 
good house and horse barn; other buildings; 
well fenced; three hundred thousand feet stand¬ 
ing timber: $3,500; 125-acre farm, good build¬ 
ings, $2,500. CLARE GREGORY, Mt. Vision, 
N. Y. 
FARM FOR. SALE—203 acres, truck and dairy 
farm; 110 river flat; most productive in coun¬ 
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way; fine buildings: improvements; 50 Holstein 
cattle, 4 horses, farming utensils; first-class 
farm; beautiful home; make me an offer. AD¬ 
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FOR. SALE—95-acre farm; 77 acres tillable; 
balance meadow and timber; located in Bucks 
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ness places; 3 1 A miles to railroad; good roads; 
buildings consist of brick house, with brick Sum¬ 
mer kitchen attached. 15 rooms, with attic and 
cellar: hen house for 200 hens: slate roof wood 
house; large wagon house: 2 silos, hold over 100 
tons: corn crib, oats shed and pig stable; barn 
05x50 feet: 2 barn floors: stabling for 21 cows. 
7 horses, 25 pigs; entries cemented and cow 
stables cemented, with gutters; litter carrier 
installed: price $13,500: cash $6,500; balance in 
first mortgage. ADVERTISER 0827, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
MAN WANTED to work dairy farm on shares. 
C. S. HUNTER, Oxford Depot, N. Y. 
WANTED—Five-acre poultry farm; on main 
road; 25 miles or less from New York: one 
mile from station; good house. ADVERTISER 
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WANTED—To rent, one-man farm, with stock 
and tools; privilege of buying preferred: near 
high school. ADVERTISER 0839, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—125-acre farm; on 
macadam road; good soil and buildings: full 
equipped: want small place on or near State 
road; New York State preferred. R. P. PAL¬ 
MER. R. D. No. 1, Cuba, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—200-aere dairy farm; 9-room house, 
garage. 3 barns, corn crib, chicken house, 
wagon shed, pig house, etc., in excellent condi¬ 
tion; 75 miles from N. Y. City; some stock and 
implements. For full description write to A. J. 
HAEFFXER, Southbury, Conn. No agents. 
WANTED — Experienced. well recommended 
farmer, married man. competent to handle for 
owner or work on shares a good farm of over 
100 acres: located in Connecticut; full equip¬ 
ment of farm implements and live stock; large 
furnished house; barns and outbuildings in good 
condition; a most liberal arrangement will be 
made to the man who wants to make good: 
give full particulars regarding experience, age. 
etc. Address ADVERTISER 0837, care Rural 
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FINE APPLE ORCHARD—1.500 trees; McIn¬ 
tosh. Baldwin. Gravenstein; large number In 
bearing: four to twenty years old; 35 miles 
west of Boston; on State road; no waste land; 
all orchard; best markets. ADVERTISER 0838, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
300 ACRES. Northern N. J., for sale; 240 till¬ 
able; fertile: two sets buildings: originally 
2 farms; owner’s 10-room house, heated, electric 
lights, 'phone: large barns, lighted: $20,000 in¬ 
surance; sacrifice because of influenza: every¬ 
thing complete, running: possibility of 4.000 bn. 
apples this year; bargain: investigate; imme¬ 
diate possession; two miles from State road, 
which will soon pass farm: 415 from R. R.. 
Address owner, ADVERTISER 6S33. care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Farm; five acres; large fruit or¬ 
chard: 8-room bouse, with water; barn and 
poultry houses: mile from town: four miles from 
Washington, N. .T.: price $2,200: half cash. 
GODFREY FUEEDEN, P. O. Box 05, Millburn, 
N. J. 
FOR SALE—03-acre farm at bargain; 25 acres 
cultivated; balance in timber; seven-room 
house, overlooking Delaware Valley and Jersey 
Mountain; ideal for Summer home or poultry 
farm. Price and particulars apply J. D. DOTEY, 
Dingmans Ferry, Pike Co., Pa. 
SEVENTY-ACRE village farm in the center of 
Guilford, Conn.; rich machine-tilled fields; 
good pasture and water; 10-room house, bath, 
lights, furnace, tubs: large heated garage and 
storage house; two barns; modern cow stable, 
silo, hennery, implement sheds, outbuildings: 
some fruit, etc.; horse, pony, twelve cows. pigs, 
hens, corn, oats, hay: full line machinery: have 
cement sidewalks, schools, stores, street lights, 
wall deliveries, trolleys, etc.: price. $15,000; 
half cash; photos. ROX 125, Guilford. Conn. 
FOR SALE—Farm of 121 acres, located in 
famous Gloucester Co.. N. .T.; 12 miles from 
Philadelphia; splendid marketing facilities one 
hour by motor truck; farm well adapted for 
market gardening, fruit and berries; good build¬ 
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schools; price $9,000: terms to responsible 
party; immediate possession. L. C. JOYCE. 
Grenloeh. N. J. 
100 ACRE country home and up-to-date com¬ 
mittors farm in Bernardsville. X. J. Fully 
equipped for fruit and poultry. Beautiful 
scenery, shady lawn and shrubbery; one modern 
house, one tenant house, garage and 12 other 
buildings. Price $28,000. Terms. Write for 
description. BOX 5, Bernardsville, N. . 
A WELL PAYING FARM—For sale, a 300-acre 
dairy farm; one of the best and most beauti¬ 
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with all necessary machinery: splendid build¬ 
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sewage disposal; laud in high state of fertility"; 
two railroads; high grade and registered Hol- 
steins. raised and selected for high productivity; 
produced 292.358 lbs. of milk last year; $12 740 
gross income; $7,853 above feed anil labor. For 
particulars address ADVERTISER 0849, care 
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FINE 50-acre farm: 10 timlicr; uear Qttaker- 
town; five-room stone house; barn, 30x40; 
wagon house, corn crib, hog pens, poultry houses 
to winter 4O0 head; all necessary outbuildings; 
all good repair: fruit of all description; land in 
excellent tillable shape; stream through farm: 
tine water, house and barn, including spring; I 
have retired and will sell this farm at a bar¬ 
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LEWIS, 009 E. Broad St., Quakertown, Pa. 
50 ACRES level laud, Berks County. Pennsyl¬ 
vania: fine schools: good market: timber tract; 
good^ buildings. LIZZIE LINGRELL. Anacostin. 
FOR SALE—Dairy farm: OS acres; milk sold at 
door, 11 cents quart; good buildings; with or 
without stock and tools; near New York: money 
maker. ADVERTISER 0847, care Rural New- 
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MOULD EXCHANGE for farm, three free and 
clear lots; Jersey suburb. 8 miles from New 
York; value $3,000. ADVERTISER CS44, "care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—To rent, with option, to buy. 10 to 
20-acre farm, located near New York City, 
with about 10-room bouse: good condition: fruit 
trees, stock and implements desired. CHARLES 
PAIKER, JR., 099 East Third Street, Brooklyn, 
Miscellaneous 
CHOCOLATES—Pure honey centers; healthful 
and delicious; 1-lb, box. 05c: 2-lb.. $1.25. up 
to fourth zone; money with order. "EXDION,” 
Naples. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—J. 1. Case Eniear, two-bottom 14- 
in. power lift engine plow: used little; price, 
$100; Forkner light draft 3-seetion 10-foot har¬ 
row. cheap. BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, Kusbford, 
N. Y. 
WANTED—Two-horse corn planter; also seed 
drill: give make, condition and price. C. B. 
MUNSON, Arlington, Ya. 
PURE MAPLE SYRUP, finest quality, $3.00 per 
gallon. RANSOM FARM, Geneva, O. 
WANTED—To purchase, second-hand canning 
and evaporating machinery. Address ADVER¬ 
TISER 0794, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Grease rendering outfit: steam 
jacket and boiler: good condition. MAURICE 
V. BOWERS, Waterford, Conn. 
WANTED—One-horse lawn mower: good condi¬ 
tion; state lowest caslt price. ADVERTISER 
0797. care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—20-horsepower portable gasoline 
Titan engine; running order: lS-inch pulley: 
cash price $450. Wanted—Milking machine, 3 
doable units, complete: state particulars and 
price; also hay hoist with reversible drum. 
BOX 1, Andover, N. J. 
FOR SALE—Carload of chestnut posts; two car- i 
loads 12-inch firewood. Address JOSEPH 
ROGERS, Farmingdale, Monmouth Co., N. J. 
FOR SALE—One 8 ft. John Deere tractor, 
double disc, slightly used, $125; one 7U,-ft. 
Clark Cutaway tractor disc, slightly used. $150; 
two New Clark Cutaway tractor, discs. 7U. and 
S ft., $175 each: one 10-20 Case Tractor, used, 
in good running order, $500: one 9-1S Case 
tractor. completely overhauled. $750. HAS¬ 
KELL BROS. COUP. Youngstown. N. Y. 
EUREKA potato planter for sale; perfect con¬ 
dition: make offer if interested. A. H. ARM¬ 
STRONG, R. D. 1, Schenectady, N. Y. 
*■ 
FOR SALE—Blue Hen Mammoth Incubator. 
4.000 capacity. 10 coal-burning brooders. C 
colony hoppers. 7 h.p. gasoline engine, bone-eut- 
ter, root-cutter, feed-cutter, eorn-sbeller, plow, 
disc harrow. W. W. WALLACE, Homewood 
Farm, Pleasantville, N. Y. 
ANY PART 15.000 No. 3 cans. 2 7 16. opened 
with solder, hemmed caps, slightlv rusty, at 
$15 per M. H. N. FLEMING, Erie. Pa. 
DELCO light plant for sale; :, i k.w. in good 
order: lights 7-room house for 90c a month; 
price $275: cost new $475: can be seen at TAY¬ 
LOR. 312 29th St., Woodeliff, N. J. 
FANCY pure Vermont maple sugar; two-ounce 
cakes, artistic pound box, SOe prepaid; syrup, 
$3 per gallon, not prepaid. WESLEY DUN¬ 
HAM. Bethel. Vt. 
WANTED — Standard make tractor. H. N. 
FLEMING, Erie, Pa. 
FOR SALE—Aspinwall 4-row potato sprayer; 
perfect condition: used one season. W. 
BROWN, Belvidere, X. Y. 
NEWCOMB fly shuttle loom, complete; post 
drill: screw plates: top buggy. C. W. 
BROWN. Xanuet, N. Y. 
TESTED rice popcorn: large filled out ears from 
bumper crop; 25c per lb. Pure maple syrup, 
sugar and maple cream. UNDERLEE FARM, 
Putney. Vt. 
GUARANTEED pure Vermont maple syrup, $3 
per gallon. E. E. TOUCHETTE, Montgomery 
Center, Vt. 
FOR SALE or exchange, for live stock or other 
useful articles. Pe Laval cream seperator. No. 
5. new. SQUAWBETTY FARM, East Taunton, 
Mass. 
CUTAWAY double-action harrow, 10, lS-inch 
disks, $50; 50 beehives. 2 supers; cheap; 
MAR-YO REITZ, Baton Rouge, La. 
FOR SALE—De Laval separator, No. 17: price, 
$50; Mann’s bone cutter, No. 12, new: $25. 
S. B. PALMER, Greenville, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Seven-passenger Packard touring 
car: body good as new; price reasonable. 
FRANK JARVIS, Smitbtown Branch. Long 
Island. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Standard Cyphers’ 240 incubator, 
$20: Cyphers’ 390, $30: Cyphers’ outdoor 
brooders. $15; all in good order. GEO. 
HEXSCHEN, Washington, N. J. 
WANTED—To buy old-fashioned furniture, old 
silver in mugs, porringers, etc.; anything old. 
What have you? BURTON H. LITTLE, 52 
Poplar Street. Newport, R. I. 
FOR SALE—One Wideawake grain separator. 
equipped with self-feeder ami wind stacker: 
used two short seasons: paint as bright as m\v; 
price $400.00. SIDNEY I!. SIMMONS, Sterling 
Station, Cayuga Co., N. Y. 
FOR SALE — Waterloo Bov tractor: n* w. 
WILLIAM SNELL, R. P. i). 3, Stroudsburg. 
Pa. 
WANTED—Potato planter, digger ami sprayer. 
00 or 100 gal.; riding cultivator, with spring 
hoes, and GO-tooth harrow. F. RODIN, East 
Chatham, N. Y. 
AVERY 1S-36, good condition. $1,300: 5-bottom 
heavy gang. $300: both together, $1,500; cash 
f. o. b. E. M. MOORE, Westover, Md. 
FOR SALE—Ladies’ new saddle: used three 
times: will sell for $12.00. MRS. GEORGE 
C. CHARY, JR.. R. F. D. No. 5. Canton. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Pennsylvania Special grain thresher; 
used one week. ROLLIN HULETT. St. Marvs. 
Pa. 
FOR SALE—John Deere 2-bottom power lift 14- 
inch tractor plow, fine shape, $115: Clark's 
double action cutaway disk harrow, 10 disks. 
$30. JESSE L. MILLER, Troy, Pa. 
SELL OR EXCHANGE—30 h. p. two-cylinder 
kerosene oil stationary engine and equipment; 
fine engine for mill. ADVERTISER CS43, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
