The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Breeding from High Producing Sire 
The picture accompanying is from a 
bulletin of the North Carolina Experi¬ 
ment Station. It is to show the power 
of improvement by breeding from individ¬ 
uals which inherit the power of high pro¬ 
duction. The Leghor hen shown is 
known as Lady Raleigh. The mother of 
this bird was a hen of low production. 
At the left we see her record of SO eggs 
gathered in one basket. This bird was 
from low producers for many generations 
back. The sire of Lady Raleigh was 
from a long generation of high-producing 
hens, and the bird shown inherited the 
power of high production from him. Lady 
Raleigh laid 233 eggs .These are shown 
at the right, in comparison with her 
mother’s yearly production. Several of 
her sisters of the same breeding laid over 
200 eggs, while none of her sisters from 
low-producing parents laid over 100 eggs. 
This is a remarkable showing for one 
standpoint of good breeding. The differ¬ 
ence in the two types of dairy cows is too 
great to make it reasonable to expect a 
meritorious blending of the good qualities 
of each in their offspring. You are more 
likely to get Jersey quantity and Holstein 
quality in your milk than you are to re¬ 
verse the two ; still, there is nothing cer¬ 
tain as to the individual in breeding, and 
this cross not infrequently produces good 
dairy animals. If you get a heifer calf 
of promising conformation, you will prob¬ 
ably be justified in raising it. M. B. D. 
Egg-bound Hens 
Could you give me advice as to hens 
that are egg-bound? My chickens all look 
well and lay fine, but when they get egg- 
bound they die quickly. MBS. F. F. 
New York. 
There is probably little that can be 
done for a hen that is really egg-bound, 
beyond relieving her, if possible, of the 
fast egg. and placing her under conditions 
that will favor return to normal health. 
Among these, I should place the adminis¬ 
tering of Epsom salts in teaspoonful 
Effect of Improved Breeding on Egg Production 
cross from a high-producing family. Yet 
we have no doubt that a cockerel from a 
high-producing hen placed in the average 
flock would produce daughters very much 
higher in etr. production than their moth¬ 
er’s. Of course, if one is to make sure 
of such breeding both sides should be of 
a high-producing strain. There should 
not be only a cockerel from a hen of 
known high production, but also hens 
who are known to be high producers. 
Breeding and Laying Rations 
On page 441 you give formula for lay¬ 
ing mash. On page 442. same issue, you 
give practically the same formula for a 
breeding pen. Is this correct? I under¬ 
stand it is not good to give breeding hens 
the same feed as given to those for high 
egg yield. P. H. 
New York. 
I know of no reason for giving different 
rations to breeders and layers or for try¬ 
ing to adjust a ration to each period of a 
few weeks in the life of a growing chicken. 
Much of the notion that a great variety 
in foods and formulas for fowls at dif¬ 
ferent periods and of different ages has 
arisen from the advertising of commercial 
rations said to be specially adapted to 
specific purposes. 
The standard feeding stuffs made of 
or from the commonly used grains, with 
the addition of animal and green vegetable 
foods and such minerals as crushed oyster 
shells and grit, contain all necessary food 
ingredients for fowls of all ages and at 
all periods. M. B. D. 
doses to overcome any constipation and 
aid in reducing the inflammation that ac¬ 
companies the condition. A limited 
amount of soft food and quiet quarters 
until recovery would also help. Salts 
may be dissolved in a little water and 
given by hand or mixed with a soft mash. 
Where this condition is due solely to an 
attempt to extrude an overly large egg, a 
cure should result, but where due to 
active inflammation of the oviduct, with 
its consequent changes in the tissues, lit¬ 
tle good need be expected from medical 
treatment. M. B. D. 
Floor for Brooder House; Cross-bred 
Cow 
L We are thinking of building a brooder 
house for 500 chicks, making a cement 
"all. but no floor excepting the ground 
with good litter over it. We are told this 
floor would draw damp, making it bad 
for the chicks. What flooring would you 
advise? 2. We bred our Jersey cow with 
a Holstein bull. We are told that cross¬ 
ing lu this way is not desirable. Should 
t.ns calf be a heifer, would it be wise to 
keep it for a cow? w. H. z. 
Lincoln, Del. 
L In the first place, don’t build a per¬ 
manent brooder house for 500 chicks; 
build one, or, better, two. movable colony 
house brooders that can be moved to new 
ground each year and that can be used for 
housing the pullets after the cockerels are 
removed until they are placed in Winter 
quarters. You will find the ability to 
change the location of your brooder 
muses at intervals a most desirable one 
trom many standpoints. While one large 
coat-burning brooder house heater will 
care tor 500 chicks, better results are or- 
ninnly obtained by dividing such a flock 
two -, lf> however, you must have a 
j ci manent brooder house, the floor may 
V (r ^ b - v s c p ing to it that it is 
1 1 perly underdrained and by raising it 
some inches above the level of the sur- 
roumhng ground upon a layer of field 
‘ * ,? r other porous foundation. An 
S™' 10 ® of several inches filled with 
au ^ the surface level of the latter 
, a hove that of the surrounding 
Vt / ’c. a ^° ve suggested, would prob- 
ably insure dryness of your floor. 
Torsov oross between Ilolsteius and 
r Jb is not a desirable one, from the 
“Here’s a Southern poet singing that 
while his body is in Texas, his soul is 
in Tennessee.” “Well, lie’s not the first 
poet who has had trouble in keeping body 
and soul together.”—Boston Transcript. 
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PARKE, DAVIS & CO. 
DETROIT, MICH. 
S.C. R.l. REDS 
Vibert’s 231 to 289 egg strain. Eggs, $10 per 100; Cocker¬ 
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S. C. Rhode Island Reds** 8 ? 
hatching, $2 per 13. Imperial White Pekin Ducks. Eggs 
for hatching, $2 per 10. IIOVT O. HUN, K. V. I). 4, Tally, N.Y. 
50 R. I. Red Hens 
<<i $‘£.50 each. Good condition and laying 
A. H. PENNY. • Maitituck, L, I„ N. Y. 
For 
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live grow lay fay 
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ON—MAY 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th 
Black Leghorns ^ 
$20.00 per 100 $10.00 per 50 $5.50 per 25 
White Leghorn 
Barred Rocks 
White Rocks 
Buff Rocks V $25.00 per 100 $12.50 per 50 $7.00 per 25 
R. I. Reds 
White Wyandottes 
Terms Cash with order. Can not ship C. 0. D., hut will guarantee to deliver the chicks in 
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THE KERR CHICKERY 
Box O 
FRENCHTOWN, N. J. 
Box O 
SPRINGFIELD, MASS 
Single Comb White Leghorns 
Breeders with records of 170 to 219 Eggs @ $4 up. 
Hatching Eggs® $10, balance of season. 
M. J. Q.UACKENBTJSH - Nutley, N. J. 
Ruff I pahnrn C- Bred for standard qualities and 
uuil LGguui ll heavy egg production. Eggs, $10 per 
100. No chix. Leon 11. Lester, Equinuuk, Pa. 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns £ iZ^ ho u^; 
$2 per 15. . URL'811 A SON, Milton, Vermont 
Rfl I avintr PiiIIpIv for 8ilE s - C. White Leghorns. 
DU Lajing rUIIBTS Heavy laying strain. Price, $2.15 
each. SUNSHINE POULTRY FARM,Crompond Hoad, Peekskill, .N.t. 
For Sale-H?e«* Rose Comb Brown Leghorn Eggs 
92 28 per 15: $12 per hundred. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed. Mrs. Irvine Hardy, \Y llmington. New York 
9 P. Rr I PffhnrnFtnrv 15—$i.so s 60—$4.*° ; 100 —$8.s°. 
O.U.Dr.LegnOrneggS Barron S. C. W. Leghorn. 15— 
$2. P. P. Paid. 4. H. F UI.T ON, GalllpoUs, Ohio 
T> \ 0 X 7 miv 10.000 PER WEEK 
n/\h * t. . I /X. LEADING VARIETIES 
* *■ YVrite for price list and 
order blank. The Spencer Hatchery, Spencer, Ohio 
Quality tSTg Chicks 
$25 per 100. Cockerels and hatching eggs. 
MOUNTAIN POULTRY FARM. Washington. N. J. 
Pvorlav Brown Leghorns. World’s Recoi'd layers Anier- 
CYBridy ican Egg Laying Contest. Leading New York 
Winners. Eggs. Chicks reasonable. Guarantee safe deliv¬ 
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Sale of White Leghorn Pullets WyckolT strain. 
Ten weeks Pullets. Forest Farm, Itockaway. N. J. 
200,000 CHICKS 
Beds, Bocks, Leghorns, Minorcas 
and Broilers at rock bottom prices by 
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EGGS-WHITE ROCKS-BABY CHICKS ?7 d r 
BABY 
$20 per 100 
CHICKS 
S. C. White Leghorns. Excellent strains 
and contest records. EGGS produced 
every day in year. Great values. Guar¬ 
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Phone Ptainuboro 628 
Bungalow Poultry Far m Monmomh j&.wfS: 
Eggs White Wyandottes 
$2—15: $10—100. Choice Cockerels. $5. 
H, W. BUNK - Germantown, New York 
FA.Y-OLF CHICKS 
Strong and vigorous, from a grand laying flock of 
puro-bred S. C. W. Leghorns. I sell year after year 
to the same customers. This is the way they report: 
A 55% egg yield for Nov.; Laid one week before five 
months old; Raised 30 pullets from 50 chicks, etc. 
$20 per 100. Live arrival guaranteed. Order NOW. 
1VM. W. KETCH, R. D. 4, Cohocton, N.Y. 
egg production ami e 
Chicks, 32e each. 
and quality. Order now. Eggs. $3 per 15 ; 
. Circular free. Theadorc Poole, Jametville, N.Y. 
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BABY OHIX 
99 
ROSE COMB R. I. REDS 
Eggs for hatching from Bred-to-Lay Bine Ribbon win¬ 
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CatalpaPovltrt Farm. R. D. Gettysburg. Pa. 
Mottled Anconas (if O. K. BOWtHSIlf’ * Faperanfe, .V i! 
B arred Kook Chicks from free range, hardy stock 
T. Rydberg - Hicksytlle, New York 
Mammoth Pekin Ducks geo! f.^wiluarson? n««dorf r N'~ j! 
Bourbon Red Turkey Eggs. 
Flora Horning • • • 
$7.00 per 11. 
Owego, N. Y. 
ANY QUANTITY. ALL THE LEADING VARIETIES. Also MAM¬ 
MOTH WHITE PEKIN DUCKLINGS. Trimmal’s Poultry 
Supply House, 289 West Main St.. Rochester. N. Y. 
S. C. W. LEGHORN 
May Hatching Eggs @ SIO per 100. 
James A. Shannon, Eastport, L. I., N. Y. 
BARRED ROCKS 
A carefully bred, vigorous, heavy-laying strain at 
reasonable prices. Circular free. 
Kent Poultry Farm - Cazenovia, New York 
Barron’s White Wyandottes for hatching, of the pure 
Barron strain imported by myself Records, 262 to 283. 
Prices reasonable. E. E. Lewis, Apalachin, New York 
Barron’s White Wyandotte Cockerels 
$3 each. GEORGE F. TRAVIS, Hopewell Junction, M.T- Telephone 2F14 
Kendel’s Superior Strains 
x Famous lor Standard Bred. Utility dualities 
\ .KlJ) All leading breeds including Leg- 
horns, Plymouth Rocks, Reds. Wv- 
1 andottes, Minorcas, Anconas, Brah- 
mas. Langshans, "Orpingtons, 
1 Ducks, etc, Prices reasonable. Circular Free. 
1 A. ('. Keiulel, 23* Prospect. Cleveland, O. 
Baby 
CHIX 
Hatching 
EGGS 
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7 
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HILLP0T 
.CHICKS; 
7 
Strong, Sturdy 
—from Record 
Layers 
The sort that start you right in profitable poultry raising. 
Well-bred, well-hatched—the Standard Hillpot Way. 
Four Big Hatches Each Week 
100 50 
$25.00 $12.50 
100 50 25 
W. Leghorns..$20.00 $10.00 $6.00 
Blk. Leghorns. 22.00 11.00 6.00 
Br. Leghorns.. 22.00 11.00 6.00 
Barred Rocks. 25.00 12.50 7.00 
Buff Rocks.. 
R. I. Reds_ 26.00 
White Rocks.. 30.00 
W. Wyandottes 30.00 
13.00 
15.00 
15.00 
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Sent Postpaid. Safe delivery guaranteed anywhere iu U.S.A. 
W. F. HILLPOT 
Box 1 Frenchtown, N. J. 
