The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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her. On November 1 I put 20 of her 
sisters and half-sisters in their Winter 
quarters here; on the 6th I received first 
eg g. and by the 20th all were laying, and 
now have laid 611 eggs. The best pullet 
,has laid 67. Yet the one at Westwood 
was the beet-developed pullet of the lot, 
but not the best scoring pullet. She 
surely has disgraced this ranch and her 
family.” 
Having sent about 50 pullets to these 
contests and six children to college, I 
know how our friend feels. Many of us 
think we have world-beaters in their 
performance in the shadow of home. 
When you get them out of the limelight, 
they do not always beat the world—they 
beat us. This pullet started during the 
twelfth week, and looks fit for a good per¬ 
formance. Even if I wanted to carry out 
my friend's instructions, the contest au¬ 
thorities would not let me kill the bird. 
She entered this contest for better or 
worse, and T still think it will be better. 
We must all be patient with young hens 
and young humans, and not be in too 
much of a hurry to cut their heads off 
when they make a poor start, h. w. c. 
A Hopper for Green Feed 
Thinking perhaps some of your readers 
would be interested in a green feed hopper 
for poultry. I send you accompanying 
picture. T have found this hopper very 
practical. Hopper can be made any size; 
Wire Mesh Hopper for Poultry Feed 
all that is needed for making is a small 
amount of two-inch mesh wire, a few 
staples, boards and nails. For a small 
flock hopper i« made 24 in. high over all, 
IS in. wide, 4 ft. long, which is a handy 
size. The wire is put on in V shape, so 
bottom of V is about 6 in. from floor. 
Any kind of green food eau be fed in this 
hopper. The fowls pick food through 
wire netting. Fi.OYn c. vait.. 
Cement for Reservoir; Drinking Trough 
in Henhouse 
1. We are building 6.000-gallon reser¬ 
voir. which, after it is pumped iu, will 
distribute the water by gravity. Hole 
blasted out of slate rock for this reser¬ 
voir will be formed and grouted inside 
to a thickness of nominally 8 in., but in 
places where rock has been blown out it 
may be 8 in. to 2 ft. in thickness. Will 
grout with sharp sand and cement, using 
rock picked up on the place for filler. 
Will you state best proportions sand and 
cement, and also whether hydrated lime 
should be used in the mixture, and how 
much? 2. In each of our large laying- 
houses we want to put. a drinking trough 
4 ft. long that will be easily removed for 
cleaning, and so arranged so fowls cannot 
soil with droppings. We would rather 
not have a float or anythin" to get out 
of fix. Our idea is to let small stream 
run all the time and overflow outside 
building. It will not be necessary for 
trough to be at all wide. We have taken 
up with plumbers here, and they do not 
seem able to suggest anything that would 
be satisfactory. w. n. M. 
Strasburg. Ya. 
t. Portland cement manufacturers 
recommend a 1 :2:3 mixture of cement, 
sand and gravel or broken stone in the 
building of water tanks and troughs. 
However, some of the largest water tanks 
in the country have been built of a 1 :2 :4 
mixture, and for a tank built in solid 
rock it is hard to see how a richer mix¬ 
ture than this could be required. The 
use of hydrated lime is not necessary, as 
a dense, waterproof wall may be assured 
through selection of suitable materials 
and their proper proportioning and plac¬ 
ing. Bank-run sand and gravel should not 
be used, without first screening out the 
sand and remixing in exact proportions. 
Maximum density of a concrete structure 
requires that a little more than enough 
cement to fill the voids in the sand be 
used, and a little more than enough sand 
to fill the voids in the gravel or broken 
stone. This will not be obtained by a 
haphazard mixture. Too much water 
should not be used in mixing, if a water¬ 
proof structure is required. Use enough 
to give the mixture a quaky consistency 
and take special pains with the placing 
and tamping. 
2. Short rods of iron or wooden slats, 
spaced about 3 in. apart, may be set ver¬ 
tically around the edges of such troughs. 
The fowls will stick their heads between 
these to drink, but will be prevented from 
getting into the troughs by this guard. 
M. B. D. 
— controls aphis too 
B ULLETIN 184 of the Mass. Exp. Sta., on page 52, shows that 
Scalecide (I to 15) was 100% efficient in killing aphis while hatch¬ 
ing and with only “slight injury” to foliage when “H inch open.” 
On the other hand, lime-sulfur (1 to 8) killed less than 10% of the 
aphis and caused “considerable injury”; and lime-sulfur (1 to 8) with 
nicotine sulphate (1 to 800) added, although effective, also caused 
“considerable injury,” the same as when lime-sulfur was used alone. 
Scalecide controls aphis, when applied as a delayed dormant spray, as 
the buds are showing green and the aphis eggs are hatching. And it 
not only controls aphis, scale, leaf-roller, bud-moth, case bearer and 
other insects that winter on the bark, but also kills fungous spores 
and controls disease — it is “fhe complete dormant spray”l 
Scalecide Requires Less Labor 
One barrel of Scalecide, which makes 800 
gallons of spray, will cover, until they drip, 
as many trees as three and a half barrels of 
lime-sulfur, which make 1600 gallons of 
spray. And of course you can apply 800 
gallons of Scalecide with much less labor 
than 1600 gallons of lime-sulfur. 
Scalecide Is Pleasant To Use 
Scalecide is soothing, healing and antiseptic 
totheskinof man or beast, whereas lime-sul¬ 
fur is caustic and disagreeable. Scalecide 
does not injure even the eyes. It does 
not corrode the spray pump nor clog the 
nozzles, and being an oil, it makes the pump 
run easier and last longer. 
Every Claim Has Been Proved 
Every claim we make for Scalecide has 
been proved in our own large orchards, 
which now total 26,000 trees, and verified 
by growers throughout the U. S. We speak 
to you from 10 years’ experience as fruit¬ 
growers, and our recommendations are 
based upon profitable orchard practice. 
Order Your Scalecide Now 
Get your supply of Scalecide now. Though 
we have doubled our factory capacity, we 
anticipate difficulty in meeting the demand. 
Order early and avoid disappointment. See 
the local Scalecide agent today. If there 
is no agent near you write for free book¬ 
let, guarantee and prices. Address Dept. 16 
B. G. PRATT CO. 
50 Church Street NEW YORK CITY 
Manufacturing Chemists 
THE COMPLETE DOPMANT SPRAY 
Makes a Tree Outgrow Its Troubles 
_ —____ (Coupon) ,_ ____ 
B. G. Pratt Company, 50 Church Strf.et, Nkw York City 
Gentlemen: Please send me prices, copy of Guarantee and free booklet on Scalecide, “Figuring the Cost of Spraying.” I have. 
. (inimher) 
bearing trees;.young trees. I have been using. 
(number) 
My dealer is:. 
(Name) (P.O.) (State) 
Name...P.O.State...16 
(number) 
. barrels of. 
(kind of dormant spray) 
HUDSON HAYING TOOLS 
(Formerly Strickler) 
Make a Quick, Clean Job of Every Load 
A Hudson Carrier in your bam this season will make quick, easy 
work of putting away your hay. These Carriers are simple, ex¬ 
tra strong, positive in action and easy dumping. Used with either 
slings or forks, they pick the load up clean, lift it quickly and easily. 
We make carriers for steel, cable or wood tracks, adaptable for 
use with any style of fork or sling. 
f II fill ft of G et rea dy tor haying now. The Hudson 
vaiaiug a. a. CC Catalog will be sent free and postpaid for 
the asking. Shows the labor-saving way best suited to your barns. 
You will be surprised how little it costs to put in the Hudson 
equipment you need now. Insist on the Hudson Dead-lock Carrier. 
Write for the free Catalog today and we will give you the name of 
our dealer near you, or see that you are supplied. 
Hudson Manufacturing Co., Dept.816 , Minneapolis, 
(16) 
Minnesota 
PROTECT EARLY CABBAGE 
From the Cabbage Maggot 
Yor 11 years growers have been raisin? larger, 
ni-aer heads and insuring practically 100 per cent, 
crops by using 
A. B. C. PLANT PROTECTORS 
Special tar felt pads which anybody can slip on the 
stem directly after planting to prevent the maggot 
fly from laying: ita eggs, 
Bi« growers say they can't grow c abb air e and cauli¬ 
flower without them. Write for copies of their 
letters. Full information and wholesale price. 
PLANT PROTECTOR COMPANY 
10 Commercial Street Rocheiter, N. Y. 
A LIFETIME ROOF 
Here is a guaranteed pure iron roof that resists rust. Our 
catalog explains why it is lightning proof and-fire-proof. 
ARMCO IRON ROOFING 
Most economical you can buy. Write today for free cata« 
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Send for Leg and Tree 
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From 
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Don’t buy any Log Saw, Tree 
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Lowest priced Guaranteed rig on 
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FUR 
COATS 
AND 
ROBES 
Made to your order from Horse, 
Cow, Caif, or any hide or skin 
with hair or fur on it. 
You save as high as 30% by using 
your own furs. 
Free catalogue with instructions 
for handling furs. Fur garments 
repaired and remodeled. 
FUR TANNING AND 
"Let the hair § o TAXIDERMY SPECIALISTS 
with the hide'' Large and small game, birds and 
fish mounted. Prompt service, ex¬ 
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ROCHESTER FUR DRESSING CO. 
661 West Avenue Rochester, N. Y. 
TIN PLATE 
lias many uses on the farm. Sell 
it in 50 sheet lots—your profit 5c 
a sheet. Surplus stock at car 
load prices. Big opportunity. Write for sample. 
THE SKAT COMPANY, Hartford, Conn. 
Virginia Farms g? v a e n r d Til sTel 
and at moderate prices. Stock and tools included ou 
many of them. Descriptive list on application. 
ti. R. BOOKER, - Sunny Side, Virginia 
New York State FARMS u MTH? £ 
making farms for sale. We have a size, location and 
price to please you. Stock and tools included on many of 
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F ARMS and homes in Delaware where the climate is pleas¬ 
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T EX Improved Xew York and Vermont FARMS. 
Choice soil. No failures. Good buildings. Forty dollars 
acre, with cattle, horses, machinery. SHAHAN, Port Nenry. N T 
