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The danger period 
in a chick’s life 
This period in chicks’ lives begins be¬ 
fore their natural instincts develop and 
before they learn to select the right food 
for themselves. 
H-0 Steam-Cooked Chick Feed has 
been used and recommended for years 
by successful breeders. They know that 
its digestibility saves lives. 
IJ A SHAM-COOKED 
ITU CHICK FEED 
Write for free sample, prices 
and descriptive folder. 
THE H-0 COMPANY, Feed Dept., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Members TT. S. Food Administration, 
License No. G-12996. United State* 
Wheat Director License No. 001158 E. M. 
Hartford, Ct., Office, 
1026 Main St. John J. Campbell, Mgr. 
More 
Eggs 
Healthier 
Chicks 
The answer lies in correct feedine. At the 
New Jersey Ege-Laying Contest they use 
M aurer’s “ Kwalify ” 
Meat Scrap 
because it is sweet, sound and finely pul 
verized so that it blends well in the mash. 
FREE Parmer’s Almanac. Generous 
samples of "Kwality” Products. 
Write Today 
MAURR MANUFACTJ RING CO. 
Dept. 10 Newark, New Jersey 
White Wyandottes, Regal Dorcas” Strain 
The heaviest laying “.Standard Bred” 
Strain known. 
Eggs for Hatching from the best matings I 
ever put together, and 1 have been breeding 
White Wyandottes for over twenty years. 
E. B. UNDERHILL 
“Old Orchard Farm” POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. 
World’s Champion White Wyandotte 
'College Queen.” Record. 1108 eggs at Storrs 7th 
Laying Contest. Other individual records from 200 
to 281 made at the contest) in the last 3 yrs. Cocker¬ 
els, eggs and chicks for sale. Guarantee a satisfac¬ 
tory batch. Send for circular. o.G. KNIGHT, Bridgeton, It. I. 
Barron’s White Wyandottes 
World s best utility breed. 27fregtr strain. Write 
tor .Mating list. Arthur X). Smith, Norfolk, Ct. 
Ufhltc WX A N1MITTF. EGGS from pure white—or 
" , Ultion— utility winter layers. Eggs. *3 for 15; 100 I 
*16. Guaranteed fertile. INSECSIDE FARM, » 
Cockerels. 
Barron’s White Wyandottes foThat.'hVng. 
Iiarron strain imported by myself Record 
in cr reasonable. E. E. Lewis, AfalaCHIN 
Eggs § Wt'CT.Wo'W White Wyandottes 
u ■... SI®—100, Choice Cockerels. SS. 
”• ” • Germantown, New York 
Vancrest Poultry Farm Single Comb White 
sivniv * », , . J . * Le gho rn s oxclu- 
ducim, h,L y \ lay i nc - vl K or,)us strain that are pro- 
ersCbicl. T U . t8 1 n >r , ourselves and many custom- 
\| * 1 } VI »-ELS/L 8e y°w. Hoiking orders for 
; 11 and Jane only. FRANK VAN WAGNER. Hyde Park,N.Y. 
Minorca mA Chicks * c< ' eMoh ,m i«t,then soc. 
° Ulach U1IICM Mr«. LEWIS MERVIELE, HI,,,. N T. 
Partridge Rocks m^jksmeo 
and Chicks. 
ClRI.ETON.WIllUaiptOffB, 
^•^•^V-Leghorn Eggs in 
$10 Mr inn Icl |j ff 1 u Ui i. P £.".T 8vlvauiu stock, 
per 100. Mrs. H. C. BLOOMER. West Rutlam 
THE HENYARD 
Alfalfa for Hens; Breaking Up Sitters 
1. Will Alfalfa meal mixed in the mash 
substitute the green stuff, such as cabbage 
and mangels? We are out of them now. 
At what proportions should we use it? 2. 
Will ordinary Alfalfa answer the put- 
pose? How should we use it. and how 
much of it? We have 500 White Leg¬ 
horns. 3. We used to get from our 500 
White Leghorns from 200 to 2S5 eggs a 
day up till a week ago. Now they come 
down to 205-240. They look as well as 
before. What should be the reason? 4 
ITow should we break the habit of those 
trying to sit? o. E. 
. New York. 
1. Alfalfa meal does not replace veg¬ 
etables in the ration, though it is a valu¬ 
able food in itself. The value of fresh 
vegetables lies largely in their succulence 
and palatability; like apples to a boy, 
they furnish juices and salts that are not 
found in dried foods. We should not pay 
for grinding Alfalfa into meal if we had 
it in the form of hay. A forkful of this 
thrown each day into the pen will give 
the fowls exercise in scratching it over 
and picking out the edible parts, while 
adding to the litter. Clover hay may well 
be used in the samp way. 
2. It is impossible to tell what the rea¬ 
son of this slump in egg production is, 
though it may be hut temporary and due 
to the natural fluctuation shown by all 
flocks. 
3-4. ITens showing a disposition to sit 
should he removed to other quarters 
where they will have considerable free¬ 
dom and new surroundings. An unused 
pen and yards, without nests and with 
male birds, is a good place to confine sit¬ 
ters until they have recovered from their 
broodiness. Such hens should lie well fed 
and cared for and returned to the laying 
pens when ready to again commence pro¬ 
duction. 31. B. D. 
Possible Chickenpox 
Could you tell me just what the trouble 
is with my hens, and what to do? I have 
a flock of 130 Barred Rocks and about 
two months ago I noticed one with 
swollen eyes and rather thick in the neck, 
which kept getting larger. When I killed 
her her body had spots all over about the 
size of a 10-cent piece that were very 
hard. The last two weeks I have taken 
six hens away from the flock. They all 
look well, combs red and eat flue, hut on 
their faces I have noticed scabs which I 
have removed and washed out with a 
solution of carbolic acid and water. The 
eyes run a watery substance and a couple 
from scratching have torn the under lids. | 
These scabs are on some under the eyes, 
on another at the top of her head and 
some near the nostrils. Can you give me 
information as to the cause and what the 
trouble is? F. E. W. 
Connecticut. 
These scabs about the face and head 
are probably caused by the eruption of 
chickenpox ; they may also spread to other 
parts of the body. This is not ordinarily a 
serious disease in well-kept flocks, but it 
is highly contagious and should be eradi¬ 
cated by isolating the affected birds and 
cleaning up and disinfecting their quar¬ 
ters. All utensils used by the flock should 
he cleaned at frequent intervals with boil¬ 
ing water. The diseased fowls may be 
treated by applying some good antiseptic 
ointment, like carbolized vaseline in 5 
per cent strength, to the sores, or these 
may be painted with tincture of iodine. 
Such fowls should not be returned to the 
flock or permitted to mix with other birds 
until full recovery. M. b. d. 
Soft-shelled Eggs 
Will you explain why my hens should 
lay soft-shelled eggs? When taking them 
up in my hands they break. For the 
mornings I feed them a soft mash, con¬ 
sisting of ground oats, gluten bran, and 
meat scraps. At noon boiled potatoes 
mixed with the same: at four o’clock 
buckwheat and oats. I give them fresh 
water twice a day, sand, shell and coal 
ashes. 31. J. S. 
New York. 
ITens will occasionally lay soft-shelled 
eggs, jio matter how fed: but to guard 
against it they should have plenty of 
shell-forming mineral matter in their 
food, this being found in wheat bran, 
clover, meat scrap, crushed oyster shells, 
grit, etc. If you have clover hay, it will 
he well to put a forkful into the pen each 
day and let the fowls eat such parts as 
they will, scratching the rest into the 
litter. Giving the fowls an outdoor 
range as soon as possible will hel" also 
in overcoming the trouble. As you do not 
give the proportions in which you feed 
the grains mentioned, I cannot tell how 
well balanced your ration is. Perhaps 
you are feeding too much of the fat-fonn- 
ing foods, like potatoes, buckwheat and 
oats, and too little beef scrap, gluten 
feed and wheat bran. A good formula for 
dry mash is equal parts by weight of 
wheat bran, middlings, ground oats, glu¬ 
ten feed, corn meal and beef scrap: this 
to be fed with corn, oats, buckwheat, 
wheat and barley, or a mixture of any 
of these available, as scratch grain. 
Boiled potatoes are fattening, but not a 
good egg-producing food. " 31 . B. u. 
Ring Neck Pheasants 
START WITH EGGS 
Lay 40 to . r )0 eggs each jier year—Raised as 
•asily aschickens—Jloreprofitable thanchick- 
ens as they eat only half as much— Bring $2.00 
per pound alive. Birds hatched this spring 
mature next fall. Best eating bird in America. 
Simple to raise. Set them under chicken hen 
and she will raise the little pheasants. 
Genuine Wild Mallard Ducks 
Lay 50 to 60 eggs per year—Guaranteed to 
be only from Wild Trapped 31allards. Raise 
them tvith chicken hens. Make tine eating— 
good decoys—money makers. 
Our Birds Make Money 
For Us—Let Them Make 
Money For You 
Send for Free Booklet of 
Instructions and Price 
List. 
Bloomfield Farms 
America’s Largest Game Farm 
1768 Penobscot Building 
Detroit, Mich. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants, Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking: purposes. 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks. Swans. 
Ornamental Dneks and Geese, Bears. Foxes, Rae- 
coon. Squirrels, and all kinds of birds and animals, 
WM.J. MACKENSEN. Naturalist, Dept. 10. Yardley. Ps 
313 EGGS IN 365 DAYS 
148 EGGS IN 148 DAYS 
Worlds’ Greatest BARRED ROCK 
Laying Records made by PARKS 
birds. Americas Oldest (bred since 
1889) and Greatest Bred-to-Lay 
strain. Out-layed the Cream of 
America. England and Australia at 
Mo. Lay. Cont. 16-pare Cir. FREE. 
Large Catalog Booklet 25c. 
I. W. PARKS. Bor Y, ALTOONA. PA. 
Barred Rocks 
DAY-OLD CHICKS AND FOGS FOR HATCHING. 
A. C. JONES 
Marvel Homestead Farm. Georgetown, Delawar. 
BARRED ROCKS 
mated to Parks’ pedigreed cockerels (direct). Eggi, 
15—S3; 10U-JF9, postage paid. 
M. E. Desqtte - So. Oil City, Pa. 
BARRED ROCKS 
A carefully bred, vigorous, heavy-laying strain at 
reasonable prices. Circular free. 
Kent Poultry Farm - Cazenovia, New York 
FRANCAISROCKS 
Hatching eggs from trap-nested hens—records up to 272- 
eggs—winner of last year Storrs contest. No chicks. 
Jvles F. Francois - Wksthammon Beach, L. 1., N. Y. 
"Perfection" Barred Rocks (Ringlets)—Eggs 
96 for 15. .1 settings. 915. It is possible from these eggs to 
produce birds worth $50 each. Or- HAYMAR, DojrlesUwn, P,. 
B arred Plymouth Locks. Hatching eggs from Park's 
si rain of Winter layers. Vigorous, range-reared stock. 
Send for circular. GILBERT A. W 11, Mills, Warwick, It. Y. 
SC.RI.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. 
MAHOGANY STRAIN ISLANlf RE^>8 
For year* the persistent Fall and Winter layers re¬ 
tained for breeder*, having type and deep Mahogany 
color. Eggs. $3 for 13: $18 for 100. Write for cir¬ 
cular. B. QUACKENBUSH. Darien. Conn. Box BOO. Phone 140. 
R. C. R. I. REDS-EGGS 
Vigorous Stock. Free Kunge. II. H. 
for Ha 
15; $10 
OWES, 
Vihert’s strain Rose and Single Comb Reds and 
Parks'strain Bai l ed Rocks. $2.50 perl5; $10 per 100. 
D. Everett Jones. Hillsdale. N. Y. 
S C' p f prrjQ 800-egg pedigreed 
• V.—. XV* A* I\ X—* JL-9 cockerels. 93.50—9*. 
Eggs. 9tn per huudred. C. Leslie Mason, Genoa, N. Y. 
S. C. Reds 
260-egg pedigree 
1 males. 225 to 
260-egg pedigree females. Eggs at reasonable prices. 
Circular. L. ARTHUR SHELDON. Route 7, Oswego, N. Y. 
DAY-OLD 
CHICKS 
S. C. R. I. Reds and White Leg¬ 
horns from heavy laying strains. 
We also do custom hatching. 
HATHAWAY’S HATCHERY 
620 Main St., Toms River, N. J. 
"HITE ROCKS 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
S. C. It. I. REUS 
SINGLE COMB -VIBER1 REDS 
207 to 251-egg strain. $2.50 a setting; $4 50 for 30 
eggs. C. G. B A H C O O K, Westport, Mass. 
BRED TO LAY 
Blood of Storrs and Vineland winners. Day-old chicks 
$30 per 100. Order ahead as the surplus supply will be 
limited. The Homestead Farm, Yarmouthport, Slats 
“BABY OHIX” 
ANY QUANTITY. ALL THE LEA0ING VARIETIES. Also MAM¬ 
MOTH WHITE PEKIN DUCKLINGS. Trlmmal’g Poultry 
Supply House, 289 West Main St., Rochester. N. Y. 
Pedigreed S. C. R. /. RED MALES 
mated to our best laying liens. 16 eggs, 92 tip: 910 to $1S 
per 100. The “ Island Hoad Beds ” Farm, Kamsky, N. J. 
ROSE COMB R. I. REDS 
Eggs for hutching from Bred-to-Lay Bine Ribbon win¬ 
ners at leading shows. $2.50 per 15; 912.50 per 100. 
CatalpaPoultry Farm, K. I>. Gettysburg, Pa. 
Black JERSEY GIANTS 
(The Super Hen). 
Black Feathers. Yellow Skin. Grow faster 
and larger and lay more ami larger eggs 
on less feed. Free deicriptive Circular. 
Dixteh P. Upuam. R. F. L). No. 2, Belmab, N. J. 
Spring Brook Poultry Farm 
Breeder of Single Comb White Leghorns ex¬ 
clusively. Circular now ready for mailing. 
If you intend to buy eggs for setting, or 
chicks of this breed, it will more than pay 
you to get my circular. 
Remember 1 guarantee satisfaction 
ROY S. RIDER 
Box 5 Ballston Spa, 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 
Utility White Leghorns 
FROM SELECTED BREEDING HENS 
Day-old Chicks.820 per 100 
Hatching Eggs. lO per 100 
Custom hatching. 83.50 per hatch of 180 Eggs. 
HOMEWOOD FARM, Pleasantville, N.Y. 
Dark BRAHMA EGGS 
for Hatching. $3 for 13. From Pure Bred Stock. 
WILL J. GOODHUE, Route 3, Rockford. III. 
Feb. 1. 20 varieties. Order early. Write for price list 
and order blank. THE Sl’E.NCER HATCHERY, bpenesr.Ohlo. 
Pvarlaw Brown Leghorn*, World's Record layers Amer- 
LTCIIdJ lean Egg Laying Contest. Leading New York 
Winners. Eggs. Chicks reasonable. Guarantee safe deliv¬ 
ery. Circular. Everlay Farm, Ioi is, Portland, Indiana 
BABY 
$20 per 100 
CHICKS 
£>. C. White Leghorns. Excellent strains 
and contest records. EGSSproduced 
every day in year. Great values. Guar¬ 
anteed delivery. Circular free. Inspec¬ 
tion invited. Custom hatching. 
Phtm« Plaiiiaboro 628 
Bungalow Poultry Farm 
WINNING LEGHORN 
Write for mating list and prices. 1,500 layers. 
F. J. MATHEWS • Lambertville, N. J. 
S.C.WMteLeflhorasn“c&cKs 
May, 15c and 17c. Selected from heavy layers. 
WY-HAR POULTRY FARM, R. 1, Box 13. Denton, Md. 
S.C. White Leghorn Hatching Eggs 
Every breeder at least two years old. No male used 
whose dam layed less than 220 eggs in trapnests. $9 
per 100 and up. VALLEY E6G FARM, Little Valley, New York 
Mattituck White Leghorn Farm 
Baby Chicks and Hatching Eggs. Order* accepted 
for May delivery. Circular. 
A. H. Penny - Mattituck. New York 
Hampton’s Black LEGHORN CHICKS?i e r 6 c Xr f ™ 
fore you order chicks. Tells why the Black Leghorn 
is the greatest layer and most profitable breed on 
earth. Write today. A. E. HAMPTON, in R. Piitstowo. N. J. 
BO.OOO*'"* 1 *''”' 
Leghorn Chicks 
Leghorns. Long, deep-bodied, typical 
While 
Ameiican-English Legh , _| 
birds, bred exclusively for heavy egg production. Laying 
Ccntest winners. Send for prices and circular. GRANU- 
VIE" STOCK FARM A HATCHERY, n. No. 1, Zetland, Michigan 
Hatching Eggs from Free ka”Je Poultry || 0 e c ^; 
Wyandottes, Leghorns, Minorcas. Hamburgs, An- 
conas, Ducks, etc. Catalog Free. Also Hares, Cavies 
and Holstein cattle. H. A. S0U0ER, Sellersville, Pa. 
S. V. W. LEGHORNS. We specialize in this 
leading money-making breed of IARR0N LEG¬ 
HORNS. Eggs and ehix at reasonable prices. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Catalogue free. 
C. M. LONGENECKER. Bax 50. ELIZABETHTOWN. PA. 
Big Sturdy Baby Chicks and Hatching Eggs f h ? g h 
egg producing strains of quality. Martin’s White Wyan¬ 
dottes. Ringlet Barred Rocks. Famous Anconas. Eglan¬ 
tine White Leghorns. S. C. R. I. Reds. First hatch Feb. 
1st. Ol der at once. SUNNY SIDE POULTRY f ARM. Copper Hill, N. J. 
BABY CHICKS KM? 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. BARRED ROCKS. R. C. R. I. REDS 
and ANCONAS. Also Indian Runner Duck Eggs for 
hatching. Write for prices and terms. 
Hewett’s Poultry Farm, Box 55,SeriieJntsville,N. J. 
DAY-OLD CHICKS and HATCHING EGGS 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. RHODE 
ISLAND REDS. Guarantee safe delivery. Place orders 
now to insure prompt delivery. PARADISE 
POULTRY FARM. Box B, Paradise, Penna. 
CHICKS-COCKERELS-ECCS 
Light-Dark Brahmas, K. I. Reds, both combs, W 
Wyandottes, Barred Rocks, S.C.W. and Brown Leg, 
horns. Catalog free. RntrVale Ptultry Form, lot 1SS, Rivtrdilc. N J 
Superior 
M AMJIOTH PEKIN 
GIANT ROUEN 
Everlay Indian Runners. (All varieties.) Eggs. 
ALDHAM POULTRY FARM. R. 34, Phoenixviile, Pa. 
flrahmat ONLY. 17th year. Selected 
White Chinese Goose Eggs c°*“ ch i'.eg 
horn eggs, $1.50 for 15. Mrt. CLAUDIA Bins. HilMtle. Michigi* 
S. C. Brown LEGHORNS 
Kulp st rain. Bred to lav. Chicks and Hatching eggs for 
sale. Circular free. HU6H PATTERSON, R. F. 0. R*. 1. cii|Un. R.i. 
DAY- f>L|*L* S. C. White Leghorns from heavy-layers. $17 
OLD UlllvR* per 100: $9 for 50. For Mnv delivery order at 
ouce. 25 years’ experience. C. STIVERS, Kaniorarlllc.-.N. T. 
Save S10~Buy Hummer's Famous Chicks Reds’, 
925. Ancona. 9*1. Brown Leghorn, 9*t per Hundred 
each week. Circular free. E. N. HUMMER t CO.. Frtnclitwn. N. J. 
Rose Comb Brown loghoros 
ings. $3 per 15. Brush & Son, Milton, Vermont 
WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
Ferris, Wyckoff strains. FOREST FARM, Rochaway. N.J. 
Rose Comb Rhode Island Whites 
Eggs. 15c. each. John Henning, Clyde, N.Y. 
Thoroughbred Narragansett Turkey EfgS 
60 cent* each. 
Mrs. John A. Thomson. Milldalo. Va. 
