TA* RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
THE HENYARD 
Poor Laying 
We have Plymouth Rock pullets that 
have just started laying. It is very hard 
for them to lay and the shells are soft. 
We have given them oyster shells, and 
feed them with corn, separately, and no 
results. What do .you advise? MRS. T. 
New York. 
If these chickens are getting only corn 
as food, the trouble is easily accounted 
for. Corn alone does not furnish mineral 
matter and other nutrients that the fowls 
need, and should be supplemented by such 
foods as wheat bran, middlings, skim-milk 
or beef scrap, oats, wheat, etc. Wheat, 
oats, barley or buckwheat may well be 
added to the whole or cracked corn as a 
hard-grain ration, and, more important, a 
ground grain mash containing wheat 
bran and other ground feeds should be 
given. A good combination for such a 
mash is equal parts, by weight, of corn- 
meal. wheat bran, wheat middlings, 
ground oats or gluten feed and beef scrap. 
This may be kept before them all the 
time as a dry mash in containers that 
will not permit them to waste it. or it 
may be fed once daily slightly moistened. 
Laying fowls should eat approximately 
equal quantities of whole grain and 
ground mash and should have the crushed 
oyster shells, grit, etc . in addition. Your 
feed dealer will doubtless be able to sup¬ 
ply you with this laying mash, or some 
other equally good. If you do not have 
an abundance of skim-milk for your fowls, 
see to it that the mash that you use has 
about one-fifth part of meat scrap. This 
animal food is needed if the hens are to 
do their best at laying. M. B. D. 
Rye for Poultry 
A number of our readers say that they 
have a quantity of rye on hand, and they 
want to use it for chicken feed. There 
is very little difference in composition 
between rye and wheat. The feeding 
value of the two grains is much the same. 
The taste of rye, however, is offensive to 
some animals, and they will not eat it 
readily. Throw down a handful of mixed 
grain, containing, rye. wheat, corn, buck¬ 
wheat and oats, and the other grains will 
be promptly eaten while the rye will be 
left. The best way to feed it is to mix 
it with corn, oats .and wheat, and have 
the mixture coarsely ground into a dry 
mash. Mix a quantity of beef scraps or 
dried meat with it and the hens will clean 
up the mixture. They will have to be 
tempted in this way in order to eat the 
rye freely. It is possible to starve them 
to eat it. but that is not the way to get 
the best results from poultry feeding. 
Buttermilk and Green Feed 
Last Spring, in bringing through a 
large flock of baby chicks, I fed them 
liberally with mash moistened with but¬ 
termilk. On this feed the chicks seemed 
to care very little for green food of any 
kind, though my loss was very email, and 
the chicks came through nicely and have 
done well. I notice the same disposition 
on the part of grown fowls to seem to 
care very little for green food when 
given buttermilk in any considerable 
quantity. Oan it be that the elements 
that are in green food and that seem 
so necessary to the health and growth 
of th-' chick are also present in the but¬ 
termilk. and in sufficient quantities to 
make it unnecessary to feed succulent 
matter? C. E. C. 
New Jersey. 
I have never observed this lack of de¬ 
sire for green food when buttermilk was 
sunplied that you speak of. My own 
chicks last season had buttermilk con¬ 
stantly before them for the first few 
weeks of their lives, and yet ate tender 
green stuff with avidity. Buttermilk 
does not, of course, contain all the ele¬ 
ments of green stuff, though it may make 
the latter less essential because of the 
health-giving properties which it does 
possess. Sour milk was at one time be¬ 
lieved to owe its healthfulness as a poul¬ 
try food to the lactic acid which it con¬ 
tains. and this acidity was artificially 
increased by the use of cultures of the 
lactic acid bacillus; the theory being that 
harmful bacteria in the intestines were 
destroyed, or. at least, kept in check by 
the bacilli of lactic acid. This theory 
was given weight by the teaching of a 
Russian scientist, Metehnikotf. who had 
promulgated it in relation to human be¬ 
ings. averring that he had overcome the 
deleterious effect of products of intes¬ 
tinal putrefaction by the administration 
of sour milk. This theory seems to have 
lost standing, however, and milk is now 
considered milk, whether sweet or sour, 
whole milk, skim-milk or buttermilk. 
There is no question of the value of milk 
ns a food for young chicks. One can 
afford to pay even an exorbitant price 
for at least a few Aveeks rather than to 
let his chicks go without it. M. B. D. 
Mites 
T have been feeding my flock of S. C. 
White Leghorns a scratch feed of (‘racked 
corn and oats, and have had a dry mash 
before them at all times consisting of 
equal parts of the following: Bran, ground 
oats, gluten, cornmenl and meat scrap, 
with a small amount or charcoal. Re¬ 
cently two fine specimens of above chick¬ 
ens died. Upon closely examining the dry 
mash in feed box I discovered a great 
number of very small grayish insects, 
smaller than a pin head, and so many in 
places they looked like dust. I presume 
this condition of the feed to be the cause 
of the death of the two birds, and two 
more look badly; weak in legs, drooping 
behind, combs somewhat shriveled, and 
feathers seem to be frayed out. The mash 
I stopped at once. I mix my own and 
was careful to see that grain was alj right 
at the time. There was no mold or ani¬ 
mal life that I could see. The meat scrap 
is a cooked preparation ; always has been 
good. Should the composition of my mash 
be changed during the Summer, or what, 
can be done to avoid the mash spoiling? 
Should the mash be omitted altogether in 
hot weather? n. E. B. 
Connecticut. 
Your mash is all right, though the addi¬ 
tion of wheat middlings would improve it. 
I do not think that it had anything di¬ 
rectly to do with the death of these 
fowls. A dry mash of the same, composi¬ 
tion as that used in cold weather is usu¬ 
ally fed through the season, and in the 
same way. 
Your description of these insects leads 
nie to believe that your poultry house is 
infested by red mites. Look beneath the 
ends of your perches, where they rest 
upon supports, behind loose boards and 
in the cracks about the perches, behind 
any nest boxes that are nailed against 
the walls, and into any other places 
where these mites might hide during the 
day, after feeding upon your fowls at 
night. Use your nose and see if you do 
not detect an acrid odor as you enter the 
poultry house. Run a stick through some 
of those piles of gray dust and see if the 
dust does not prove to be alive. These 
red mites, red only when filled with blood, 
are blood-suckers, and much more harm¬ 
ful to your fowls than the body lice which 
remain upon them at all times. Get rid 
of them by painting or spraying all places 
where they congregate -with oil, or 
one of the coal tar preparations used to 
disinfect stables. Kerosene, alone or 
mixed Avith some heavier oil, or with one- 
fourth part crude carbolic acid, is an ex¬ 
cellent mite destroyer, and some hard 
grease, like melted tallow, applied to 
perches, will keep the mites at a distance 
for a long time. m. b. d. 
1877 
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Breeding Pen Dark Barred Rocks 
ten hens, one cock. Bred and mated to produce ex¬ 
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BUCK’S BARRED ROCKS 
Cockerels sired by full brothers to the ten pullets 
who made the prood record of 2,222 in one year 
at Vineland International Ejjp: Laying and Breeding 
Contest, being mi verage of 220 1-5 per hen— 
S 5 - $ 1 O-S' 5 and *20. If not pleased with your 
purchase return same anti get your monev back. 
I m booking orders for hatching eggs *4 OO per 15' 
$20 00 per 100. NO BABY CHICKS. 
GAUKET AY. BUCK. COLTS NECK, X. J. 
A* C. Jones Berred Rocks win 
in the N. A. E. L. Contest 
Jnst completed. Our pen of 5 birds finish in second 
Pern 6 , 5 . 11 other Rocks. Total for 52 weei.s, 
1,05.. Also high Barred Rock hen. Total, 251 We 
are booking orders for chicks and eggs on Barred 
xVn . s, Rhode Island Reds, White Leghorns and 
White Wyandottes. All bred to lay. 
A.C. JONES, The Jones Poultry Firm, Georgetown, Delaware 
Single Comb White Leghorns 
Exclusively all raised on free farm range 
Barron Strain, milk fed. 300 choiee cocks 
and cockerels for sale. lOO yearling cocks 
bred from certified layers. Price #5 each. 
In lots of 10 or more #3 each. Bargains 
while they last. Circular free. Now book¬ 
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EDGAR BRIGGS, Box 75. PLEASANT VALLEY. N.Y. 
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Cockerels andCooks for salea' half price. Quantity 
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For Sale—300 May S. G. W. Leghorn Pullets 
$2 e-'ch. 50 White It neks, May hatch, $2.25 each. 
Healthy, thrifty. JUST* POULTRY FARM. Souihampion. N 1. 
/.°l1 WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS 
from high producing hens. Leading Wyandotte pen, 
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WHITE LEGHORNS 
I am offering for sale Pen 54, Third year of the first 
vmeland International Laying Contest. This pen or 
t n birds made an ofllei 1 record of 2.223 eggs in one 
year which is a higher record than was made by 
any Leghorn* at either Storrs or Vineland during 
tiie year just closed. Price reasonable. Also a fine 
lot of Cockerels. C. S. GREENE. Lakewood, N. J. 
WH 1T E L E GH° R \ PULLETS Wyckoff Strain 
April and M»y hatch. Long and broad backs. All have 
the lopcomb. Non- laving. Yearlings $2 up. All birds 
Guaranteed. FOREST FARM, Roc kaway, N. J. 
Rhode Island Reds ££ 
Exceptional lot of strong, vigorous Cockerels at 
ami $7.50 each All from large, uniformally 
dark red stock, bred for winter eggs. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. p. g. LEWIS, Paoli, P a. 
200-EGG PULLETS P4Y 
FOR SALE-30 S. C. R. I.TtED COCKERELS 
Same stock as winning pen 31 at Vineland, $7.50 
each. White Kook Cockerel* from 200-egg strain, 
large white standard birds, #7.50 each. 
THE HOMEST5AD FARM . YARMOUTHPORT. MASS. 
S. C.R. I. REDS 
Vibert’s 231 to 2S9-egg strain. Cockerels, S5. $8 and *10 
•..eh. ANNA M. JONHS, traryvllle, New York 
SA°I !e Single Comb Rhode Island Red Cockerels 
same breeding as our winners of 5th Egg Laying 
Contest, at Hatnorne. Leading pen again this 
year. Also White Barred Book* and White Leg¬ 
horns and a few lied hens. Prices reasonable 
COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL. Lawrence, Mass. 
C OLT MHIAN h \ AN DOTIES. Beauty and utility 
combined. Large flock. Good selection. 12 years 
Specialist. Free literature. "THREE OAKS." Box 2*. Grallon. Mass 
Dorcas White WYANDOTTES 
SPECIALS! 100 Cockerels. Pullets for l)cc. Beautiful stand¬ 
ard egg-bred liues. *2.50. $3.50, #5 each. Sold on rpp- ov¬ 
al. 19 years a breeder. EARL S. WILSON, Bos 497, Hammond. N. T, 
For Sale-Pure Bred White Wyandotte Cockerels 
Barron Strain. Trap Nest Hens from $5 up. 
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JOSEPH MOUF.AU, 
Siugletou Farms, 'Vallum I.aLs, K. I. 
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Barron WHITE LEGHORNS 
My egg-a day line is America’s heaviest flock aver¬ 
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spring delivery from pedigreed males of 265-282 rec¬ 
ords. Circular free. Wm. D. Seidel. Strawberry Ridge P» 
Whitfi I Pffhnrn* '^kerels, April Hatch. *3 
4 011 It nnilo Legnorns and $5 each. Won wherever 
shown. '> rite your wants. AN0BEW N. BECKER, Scbahade. N.T. 
INCUBATORS for Sale 
3.000 Candee, 1917, #300. 1,200. S15U. 20 390 Prai 
vie State Sand Trays. S30 each. Also u*ed Colony 
Brooders. JUSTA POULTRY FARM. Southadptoii. N. Y. 
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds ^i at s t !fc^ 
Breeding Pens $25 up. Cockerels, *5 up. \\ on last year* 
stores c ntost <i:hdo I laud Bed class.! Second place 
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LEGHORN BREEDING MALES 
Choice, Range raisedmility cockerels,.->3.50and $ 5 . Satis- 
met ion or Money Refunded. Huntrulnw Poultry 
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April Hatched Rhode Island Red 8AHR * 4 E 3 “ 0CK Pullets 
$2 each. Q* W. TRAVIS, Hopewell Junction, S.V* 
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TnillmiRA Ranoa nnd Barred Ri-ck Cockerels. 
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