1*9 RURAL NEW* YORKER 
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THE HENYARD 
Ventilation of Henhouse 
I am going to build a small henhouse 
and I would like your opinion of it, and 
also a way to ventilate it without having 
an open-front house. The weather up 
here is pretty severe in the Winter for 
such houses, and I do not like them very 
well. Here is my plan for the house: 
30 ft. long, 12 ft. wide, 4% ft. in back, 
jy 2 ft. high in front. I want two doors 
in the front, one near each end', besides 
two or three windows in each pen. I am 
going to divide it into three sections, 25 
hens in each pen. Would it be better to 
have the partitions tight up to the roof, 
or wire netting at top? I want two 
sashes in each window, one above the 
other. How can I ventilate the house? 
Massachusetts. E. A. w. 
Arrange the upper sashes to drop back 
several inches at the top, thus admitting 
air oyer therm To prevent air from also 
entering the sides of these tilted-in upper 
sashes, cut V-shaped boards to close the 
side spaces. These form what are called 
hopper_ sides. A narrow strip of wood 
just within the edges of these V-shaped 
boards will support the sashes when they 
are dropped back against them. As all 
air entering is directed upwards over the 
tops of the sashes, direct drafts near the 
floor. are avoided. Greater economy in 
building is secured by deeper sections. 
In a building as narrow as 12 ft., too 
many running feet of wall are required 
for the floor space. Fowls are kept un¬ 
necessarily near open windows by such 
proportions also. Modern poultrv houses 
are usually built from 1R to 20 ft. in 
depth, being much more nearly square 
than the old-fashioned long, narrow house. 
M. B. D. 
Cooling the Incubator Eggs 
I have noticed several inquiries in the 
farm papers lately asking the reason why 
chicks are unable to get out of the shell, 
and in nearly every instance the trouble 
is stated to be eggs that were weak, owing 
to the condition of the parent stock. This 
may be one of the causes, but in my 10 
years’ experience with hatching. T have 
come to the conclusion that a great many 
unsatisfactory hatches "’are caused by in¬ 
sufficient airing and cooling of the eggs, 
and especially the last week of hatch. 
The neglect to cool sufficiently will pro¬ 
duce a chick so large that, it cannot turn 
so afs to pip its way out. and consequently 
dies in the shell.. Or if it does succeed 
in_ getting out will nearly always be a 
cripple: so in case of too many dead in 
the shell you must look to your cooling. 
My method of cooling is as follows: The 
first week eggs will be sufficiently cooled 
while turning. The second week grad¬ 
ually increase the time. The last week 
will take much longer, owing to the ani¬ 
mal heat in the egg. A safe way is to 
hold the egg to the face, and when it feels 
cool it. is ready to be returned to the in¬ 
cubator. Try them from both the outside 
and center of tray, as the ones near 
the outside will cool more readily than 
those near the center. It is a good plan 
to change eggs from outside to center of 
tray daily. W. V. L. 
Wayne Co., N. T. 
The influence of cooling eggs during in¬ 
cubation is probably not wholly under¬ 
stood. and it certainly has long been 
taught that such cooling is necessary. 
Trials at several experiment stations, 
however, seem to contradict this teaching 
of both incubator manufacturers and 
practical poultrymen. 
After a series of tests of both cooled 
and uncooled eggs at the West Virginia 
Expei'iment. Station, the following con¬ 
clusions were reached : “In warm weather, 
when the circulation of air in the incu¬ 
bator tends to become sluggish, and es¬ 
pecially with insufficient opening of the 
ventilators, it may be advisable to air the 
eggs for a reasonable length of time for 
the purpose of giving the embryos a more 
adequate supply of oxygen. It is difficult 
to conceive of any valid reason for cool¬ 
ing eggs during the process of incubation 
and thus slowing down the vital processes, 
and these experiments seem to indicate 
that the beneficial effects which unques- 
tionablv sometimes result from the process 
of cooling and airing are due to the air¬ 
ing. and that the cooling of eggs during 
the process of incubation below the proper 
incubating temperature, when considered 
by itself, is detrimental.” 
After similar tests the experiment sta¬ 
tion at Storrs, Conn., reported: “The 
only advantage, that can be seen in the 
process of cooling is that in those cases 
in which the temperature has run above 
what is considered normal, 102% to 103, 
the operator might help to reduce this 
high temperature more quickly than he 
would by the ordinary regulation of the 
incubator.” 
This would not be true during the latter 
part of the incubating period, when the 
temperature goes up to 103% to 104, and 
possibly slightly higher just before the 
chickens come out of the shell. Cooling 
at this time would have a decidedly in¬ 
jurious effect upon the chickens. In sup¬ 
port of this conclusion, we repeat the ob¬ 
servation of. Stewart and Atwood, who 
found that “in using incubators that were 
well ventilated the chicks appeared 
stronger at the age of three weeks when 
the eggs were not cooled.” M. b, d. 
Make sure that the parent stock, your hens and roosters, are in 
the pink of condition at mating time. 
Then they will impart health and vigor to the offspring. See to it 
that your breeders receive in their daily ration 
Dr. Hess Poultry 
PAN-A- CE-A 
It puts the Breeders In Fine Condition 
You get strong livable chicks.—Chicks with power of resistance— 
Chicks that will not fall a prey to every little-chick ailment—Chicks 
that will develop into early broilers—Pullets that will develop into 
tall and winter layers. 
SPEED UP EGG PRODUCTION during winter with Dr. Hess 
Poultry Pan-a-ce-a. It contains tonics that promote a hen's diges¬ 
tion, tonics that tone up the dormant egg organs—so that the proper 
amount of food goes to egg production—and not all to flesh and fat 
and laziness—when it's action and eggs you want. 
Always buy Pan-a-ce-a according to the size of your flock. Tell 
your dealer how many hens you have. He has a package to suit. 
Good results guaranteed. 
30c 75c and $1.50 packages. 25 lb. pail, $3.00. 100 
lb. drum, $10.00. Except in the far West and Canada. 
DR. HESS & CLARK 
Oi LBtRT Hess. M.D..D.V.S. 
EGGS ARE HIGHEST IN OCTOBER, 
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 
Do You Want Your Eggs Then f 
Order our WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS 
hatched in February and you will 
have them. Send for free catalog. 
SPEECHES. 8£(aS, 
Boa 40 Rohrerstown.Pa. 
HATCHINC EGGS 
Increase your egg production and poultry profits 
by purchasing your hatching eggs from choice 
breeding stock, singlo comb White Leghorns, bred 
from the best of famous strains for large, vigorous 
birds and heavy winter laying of large chalk white 
eggs, $3.50 per setting of fifteen eggs delivered 
COLONIAL FARM, West Long Branch, N. J. 
STONE'S S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Cornell Certified. Height of perfection in size, vigor 
and egg production. Won highest Leghorn pen 
record in Cornell Advanced Registry Test of 1920. 
Cockerels, Hatching Eggs and Baby Chicks. Circu- 
lar. ELMER It. STONE, Clyde, New Vork 
HAMPTON’S BLACK LEGHORN CHICKS 
Start right this season with my famous Black Leg¬ 
horn chicks. Don’t order any kind of chick until 
you get my free circular and prices Write today. 
A. E. Hampton, Box R, Pittstown, N. J. 
S. C. White Leghorn Baby Chicks 
Cockerels bred from Cornell Certified Stock. Chicks *20 
per 100. MOUNTAIN VIEW POULTRY FARM. Hopewell Junction, N.Y. 
S C. WHITE LEGHORN YEARLINGS 
sisters to North American 1920 Contest Pen No. 77, 
ROBERT BLACK ... - S1CKLERV1LLE, N. J. 
Better Utility B „\^ c ™'g K ,S!> s 
B.KOCKS S.C. K.1.REDIS S.C.ANCONAS 
Chickens 30c up, prepaid. Mating list free. 
HILLSIDE FARM - So. Easton, Mass. 
COLE & Stuart Builders of BETTER UTILITY 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN COCKERELS 
We can spare a few cockerels, highly bred for egg pro¬ 
duction. Five to Ten Dollars each. Barron strain. 
HILLHURST FARM, Orchard Park, N.Y. 
WHITE LEGHORNS‘kLi'ifi 
YARMOND POULTRY FARM - Vanderburo, N. J. 
S C. WHITE LEGHORNS CorDencprtm7i 
stock. Circular free. 
and selected 
LAWRENCE TV. HILLER, A. gyle, N.Y. 
S R Whilpl Ptrhnrnc Chicks - Ten.wks. Pullets. Pul 
0, U. nniieLegnOrnS lets. Yearlings. Standard bred 
stock. FOREST FARM, Rocknwuy. New Jersey 
R OOT 3R0S. POULTRY FARM, Olugu, N.T . have got some very fine 
S. C. White Leghorn Breeding pens. 200 Cornell Certi¬ 
fied and other choice breeders well mated. Booking orders 
for lm|ebing eggs and cliix. Write for prices. You won't be aorry. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
20 Years of Breeding. Day-Old Chicks. Eggs for Hatch¬ 
ing. Marvel Homestead Farm, Georgetown, Del. 
CarlM. Scarborough, Manager 
Parks’ Strain Barred Rock Cockerels 
from Best Eggs, $5 to 87. A. DAVIDSON, Jr.. 6!en Campbell. Ps. 
Rivff I? rv/"*lro Cockerels, Pullets, Hens and Pens. 
DUII LVOCKS field - Somers, Conn. 
Ruby CHICKS. Barron Leghorns, White Wyandottes 
Barred Rocks. Catalogue. RANSOM FARM, Geneva, Ohio 
For Sale—5 Silver Campine Cockerels 
May Hatch, Famous Homestead stock. SIO Each. 
Mri. JOHN F. tlcKENNA, 169 Locuit Ave., TuckiUoa, N.Y. 
CLOSING OUT SALE 
White WYANDOTTES 
We have decided to sell our entire flock of Wyan¬ 
dottes, consisting of about 24 hens, 26 pullets 5 
cockerels, and one extra fine yearling cock. This is 
high class stock in every respect. Write for prices 
and description. 
THE RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM 
Cambridge Springs, Penna. 
and S. C. White Leghorn 
cockerels. Selected for 
White Wyandotte 
pedigree, egg type and vigor. $5.00 and $7.50. 
MERRYTHOUGHT EARS!, Box R. Columbia, Conn. 
White Wyandotte Pullets, $2 &°. c Sk 
sons of College Queen, $8. INEZ TAYLOR, Kelsey, N. Y. 
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTE Breeding Cocker- 
els, $5 and $7 each; good selection; winning and laying 
strain; freo liter ature. RALPH WOODWARD. Box28, Eraflon. Mass. 
BigSturdy Baby Chicks 
Wyandottes, Ringlet Barred Rocks, Eglantine W hite Leg¬ 
horns, Anconas, 8. C. Reds. Catalogue free. Chicks Feb 
15th every week. SUNNYSIDE POULTRY FARM, Copper Hill, N. J. 
W hite W y andotte Cockerels T B° r 3 e d 11 Hr 
beauty and eggs. MIODLEBROOK POULTRY FARM, Hamburg. N. V. 
White Wyandottes, Rose CombcSg^'®; 
hatching eggs. Mr*. Elvira I. Steere, Grottoes, Va. 
Barron’s White Wyandottes 
imported direct,|records 272 to 289. E. E. LEWIS, Apalactiin, N.V 
“College Queen’s” Record ^SSnSting 
Setting eggs for sale, O. V. Knight, Bridgeton, K. I. 
