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CRYSTAL POULTRY FARMS—High Quality, Low Price* 
n ADV ■:> arid hatching eggs from hoary 
QUO I laying. hardy, bred-to-lav straine. Prize win- 
. __ tiers at L'lOOhio and New York State Fairs. 8# 
■ ■IJI* moat profitable breeds. Safe arrival guarati- 
U il I A teed. l’i ii -. . Sis per list and up. Circular free. 
Crystal Poultry Farm*. Shoojrd Strong, 1902 Franklin Are., Cleveland, 0. 
S P r pnrhfim ^ ornell Certified 
. Kj. VV . LrCgllUlU Pedigree Cockerels 
from tir proven egg-producing strain. See N. J. Contest 
records Hatching eggs for March, April and Slav deliv¬ 
ery. GREEN Ik A EE FARMS, «- r c «■ n <1 ii I ej N. Y. 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Vigorous CHICKS Live Deliver 
Halt to full Wyckoff strain S. C. White Leghorns, 
• 18 per 100. J. GUT LESHER. Northumberland, Penn. 
Parcel Post 
Delivery Guaranteed 
Pearl Guineas 
02 E a <• h. 
MacPHER90N FARM. Millington. N. J. 
TniilmiopRnfttP Ftr*« f, ’ , ' 0,n lar * ft - 01,1 birds, <®»each 
I0UI0USB U00SS CggY MeePHERSON FARM. Millington, N. J 
S.C. WHITE 
LEGHORN 
BABY CHICKS 
Delivered to vour door br prepaid parrel 
post. Good service, high quality and moderate 
prices. Safe arri val guaranteed. 
Write for circular 
HAUKV F. PALMER, MUldleport, N. Y. 
VANGREST POULTRY FARM 
Singta Comb White Leghorn baby chicke from the best 
cullt-d flock we ever bred from. Strong, healthy chicks 
that will develop into early layers that pay big profit . 
Order early lo secure them when you wish. Circular 
free. FRANK V.\N WAQNKR. Htde Park. New York 
Iprll Itnrron Leghorn I’ll I lets, 88. 
• EL BRITOS' FARM. Rome I. 
Yearling- ?‘i. 
Hudson, N. Y. 
Barred. irtOCliS 
Two choice cockerels at $5 each. One yearling cock, f H. 
First-class breeders. A. I,. V reel and. Nit t ley, N. .?. 
Baloy Cliix For Sale 
Also eggs for hatching, B. Orpingtons. Brown. White, 
Black Leghorns, White Itock-- Wlutc Minorcas, Bantam. 
SSi a setting. Pekin and Muse .w duck eggs. 25c eaclt. 
Mrs, ,1. CI1 A.LM lifts, Box 191, Chester, Muss. 
Bred to 
BARREOROCKS 1 
Cornell Certified Breeding Cockerels. Notice our 
Pen No. 2. Storrs Contest. Hatching eggs anti 
chicks Circular KENT POULTRY FARM. Cazenovia. N.Y. 
nrroti \\ bite \l yiwidottc Cot-lm-lx, 280-egg strain. 
$5. Mrs. M. R. I.fTTLI-'. If. It. S, Connkrsvii.i.k. Ind. 
B 
Mammoth Bronze Toms 
Wolf Bird. 85-30 ibs- Bit? Bone. ELIZABETH TATE, Draper, Va. 
White Rock Cockerels lio'-k chick"; Is i pc,- m Ic™ 1 
L-ghorn.$18 per l(W. Kggs. $2 pet 15; SlO.-md $12 pcrlO i. 
PEKIN DRAKES — L)ti»-k It ugs 30e.-a.-h. Kggs.$S peril; $14 per 
lt'0. All Turin raised. White Ri&bon Poultry Farm, Fiiltkill, N. Y. 
HAMPTON’S BLACK LEGHORN CHICKS 
Start right this season with tuy famous Black Leg 
hunt chicks Don’t order any kind of chick until 
you get my free circular and prices Write tod-v . 
A. E. Hampton, Box r. Pittstown. N. 7. 
Hatching Eggs, 8 ',!? 
S. C. WHITE LECHORNS 
The big kind that till the egg basket. Also White 
Wyandottes of quality, Mam moth Pekin duck eggs 
and White Chinese t-iuose eggs at 52 per setting of 
P2 and 5 each. JOHN G. DAVISON, Chambersburg. Pa. 
Fea Fowls (15) 
Wild and Crossed Toms. 
Orange, Virginia 
Front I to 2 years 
JU. l ARRK.It 
Baloy Cliiclis 
Purebred 8. C. W r . Leghorns. R MinoivHs, B. Hocks, H .1. 
Reds. Lynn A. M linger, Wolcott. Wa.vneCo., A. Y. 
W HITE >Vf ANhOTTES. Regal-Dorras stock direct. Eggs. 
Grand mating:,. $1.75—15: $!>—100. R. Hill, Seneca Falls, N.Y. 
SILVER C A Wl P I N E S 
Eggs from handsome, healthy hen>. Fine layers. $2 for 
15. Hens. $-.50e:\ch stock. McPherson Farm. Millington. N. J. 
Agents 
Wanted 
Active, reliable, on salary, to 
take subscriptions for Rural 
New-Yorker in New York 
State. Prefer men who have 
horse or auto. 
Address: 
The Rural New-Yorker 
333 W. 30th St., New York City 
THE HENYARD 
Ducks and Reptiles 
Is it safe to let young ducks roam on 
a pond in which there are snakes, turtles 
and large frogsV I am told that the frogs 
and turtles will pull the little ducks under 
.and kill them. Shall I keep my ducks 
yarded? s. B. 
We have never had good success in con¬ 
fining ducks in yards. They need to 
forage for bugs and worms, and will cut 
the feed costs if allowed to gather much 
of their own food. I see no reason why 
the mature ducks could not be allowed 
the use of the pond mentioned, provided 
of course that they were not harried by 
the snakes or turtles. The insects from 
the water ought to be good for them. I 
hardly thiuk the frogs would hurt the 
mature birds, but I have heard that the 
young ducks will be made sick by eating 
too many of them. The young birds 
should be kept from the pond until fully 
grown, as turtles and probably snakes 
will kill young ducks or geese. Duclts re¬ 
quire a large amount of animal food, es¬ 
pecially when growing, and for that rea¬ 
son should do better if left to forage for 
themselves as well as given plenty of 
grain. 
I would hesitate a little to put even 
mature ducks on a pond which was in¬ 
fested to a try great extent with snakes or 
turtles. I hardly think the turtles would 
molest them, but would want to watch 
carefully about the snakes. T think tic 
ducks might clean up many of the young 
reptiles in the water if kept in large 
quantities. M. B. 
Red Hens and Their Breeding Value 
It is said that R. T. red hens are par¬ 
ticularly subject to want to sit. How do 
breeders break up this broody habit so as 
to obtain the high egg yields with which 
these hens are credited? s. K. 
It seems to be the opinion of those with 
whom I have, talked regarding this mat¬ 
ter that the heavier hens are fed on grain 
the more broody they are liable to be. I 
noticed among my pullets at the Vineland 
contest two were broody only once, and 
one was broody twice throughout the en¬ 
tire year, which I consider was a fi’c* 
record. I spoke to Prof. Hewis about it. 
and lie thought it was due to the fact 
that they consumed about three times as 
nn’ch mash as grain. 
It is my personal opinion that a lien 
that is continually wanting to sit can¬ 
not be a good producer of eggs, and such 
should not be used for breeders. These 
can be detected by using numbered leg 
bands and keeping account of the number 
of times they are broody. In that way 
keep the overenthusiastic sitters out of 
the breeding pens, breed away from brood¬ 
iness. and it should be remembered tli/D 
the male bird is half tlv* breeding pea 
and a lazy or cowardly male should never 
be used for a breeder. 
The heavier breeds are naturally less 
active than leghorns, etc., and care should 
be taken in feeding that they be kept 
active. I feed practically no grain until 
evening, except those on which I use the 
lights, so they must eat mash or keep 
scratching in the litter to find a little 
grain occasionally. Of course we assume 
that S. K. looks the nests over at night 
and shuts up in the broody coop any hens 
that may get on the nest instead of the 
roost, for we all know, or should know, 
that every day on tin* nest means several 
more days required to get the “set" out 
of the hen. We use slat bottom broody 
coops and feed plenty.of grain when they 
are shut up. see to it they have grit and 
water, also some green feed, and they will 
get down to business much sooner when 
they get out. C. REKO FERflTTSON. 
Starting with Poultry 
I intend to go quite heavily into chicken- 
raising. What feed would you advise 
me to grow on place for elue.keus. so I 
wbtild not have to go in the open market 
for feed? I intend to grow my own feed 
for poultry. w. D. R. 
Corn, oats and wheat are the chief 
foods for poultry that can he grown in 
the North. Other foods, such as beef 
scrap, wheat, middlings and bran, gluten 
feed. etc., cannot lie grown, and must be 
secured in the open market. Crops that 
can he grown may. of course, be ex¬ 
changed for these. In addition, green 
foods, like clover, and vegtable foods, like 
mangels or cabbages, can also be pro¬ 
duced, and if cows are k-‘pt. skim-milk 
may be made available. Such minor grain 
foods as buckwheat, barley and rye. can 
also be grown upon most Northern farms. 
It is not practicable To raise all the food 
required for a large flock of poultry upon 
any farm. Those things should be pro¬ 
duced to which that particular farm is 
best adapted, and an exchange made for 
other needed products. Corn is the most 
needed of poultry foods: wheat, and oats 
follow in imporDinee. Any powltryman 
who can raise all of thw?e That lit* needs 
can well afford to buy tin* rest. m.-b. D. 
National Standard 
Incubators — $9-i« 
All Copper 
Hot Water System 
Body, California Red Wood; double 
walls; insulated and air spaced; auto¬ 
matic heat regulator: gauze wire egg 
trays; spacious chick nursery; glass 
door; safety lamp; handsome appear¬ 
ance; complete with egg tester, ther¬ 
mometer and directions. Shipped the 
day we gel your order. 
No. A-1T. 60 Egg Size—*9.SO 
No. A-12. 150 Egg Size-1 9.85 
No. A-13. 250 Egg Size—27.50 
Positively guaranteed. Try it one hatch. If not all 
any incubator could bo. ship ft back and we will re¬ 
turn every cent you paid lor It. 
Colony Brooders—$18.40 
Standard coal burning Colony brooder; cast 
iron stove with automatic heat regulator; 
sheet iron canopy; with pulley and cord to 
raise canopy. Two sizes. Guaranteed satis¬ 
factory or your money back. 
No. A- 21 . 500 chick capacity with canopy 
42 in. diameter. Price--$ 1 8.40 
No. A-26. 1000 chick capacity with canopy 
52 in. diameter. Price—#22.76 
Circle Hatcher—$5.50 
PHxl!the mojt popular little Incubator 
vX wjfie : ever made; all steel; absolutely 
fireproof; takes up little room; can 
be operated m kitchen; 18 in. dia¬ 
meter; 15 in. hiorh; holds 60etf«s; 
automatic regulator; thermome¬ 
ter read from outsioc; can bo 
shipped parcels post.. Guaranteed 
satisfactory or your money back. 
A-20. Circle Hatcher with full directions. 
°rice C5.50 
No. 
Rational Farnti^/Hquipmenl £o. 
Dept. ICO 98 Chamber, Street New York City 
' N v.,, y 
February 26, 1921 
Barron’* Imported Direct 
WHITE EGGS ONLY 
Hatched and Sold 
LEGHORNS 
SEVEN w SUCCESSION 
Bred and owned by me made these records: 
1914- 15 at New Paltz, 212 eggs per hen in 10’4 mos. 
1915- 16 at Cornell, laid greatest total weight of eggs; 
were 2d in both number laid and whiteness of eggs. 
1916- 17 at Storrs. finished 3rd in Leghorn class. Wa 
tied with Hilltop Farm for best individual place. 
1917- 18 Steadiest laying Leghorns in Contest: fin¬ 
ished 3rd in Leghorn Class. We won first individual 
place. Cleared most above cost of feed of any Leg¬ 
horn pen. 
1917- 18 also, a pen bred and reared by me and sold 
to Ira Steen of New Paltz made the remarkable 
record of 236 eggs per bird in 12 months. 
1918- 19 finished 4th in Leghorn Class. 
1919- 20 one of the best Leghorn pens in the contest. 
1920- 21 the best of the seven pens. Best pen for Jan¬ 
uary. all breeds considered. See present Storrs - Re¬ 
port. Pen No. 160. 
Cockerels. $10 each 
Cocks from our last year's matings. $5 each. Later 
hatched cockerels, brothers of our contest pen. full of 
vigor. O.K. for breeders, but not so largo as the 
earlier ones. $3 each. 
Hatching Eggi. $15 per 100 
J. 0. LeFEVRE, Wild Ro»e Farm. New Paltz, N. Y. 
FALK’S LEGHORN FARMS 
STELTON, N. J. 
Have hatching eggs to sell from their t-year old 
trapnested White Leghorns. Bell Breeze 
Strain at 
$12 per 100 to April 15th 
$10 per 100 alter April 15th 
Barred White a ad But 
*2 .50 
town. Pa 
$|C95B u y s 140-Egg Champion 3 
l«J Belle City Incubator] 
Hot-Water, Copper Tank, Double Walls 
Fibre Board, Self-Regulated. 
$9.95 buys 149-Chick Hot- 
Water Brooder. Or both for only b W* - ~ 
Express Prepaid 
East of Rockies and « - - 
allowed to points West. Us«r* 
Guaranteed. Order now. S^are fn 
my SI.OOO In Prizes, or write for 
Free Book. “Hatching Facts.** It 
Cells o very thing. Jim Rohan, Pres. 
Belle City Incubator Co., Box 48 Racine. Wis. 
CHICKS THAT LAY EARLIER 
Pure Bred Hatching Eggs ?fcip d « o h c'k 
Per I" $14 per too. MtMPFI. 1. HIT, Klliah.thn 
S. C. W. Leghorn Cockerels 
and vigorous. *5. JL TRADELIUS, Vinei.axp, N. J. 
“Regal-Dorcas” White Wyandotte Egg3 
from selected fre.- range stock. $10—100; $«— 50 : fa _ 
1,1 H. W. BUN K, Germantown, New York 
For Sale-Hate hing ElggfS 
1 Front Heavy Egg-Laying Strain O-yr.-oId R. W White 
Lcgnot n Hens, mfttt*<i with cockerels bred from prize- 
win i 11 j? stock in • Storrs** 1920 contest. *l‘-i per Hun¬ 
dred: > 5c each in lots le^s than 100. 
LOCUST GROVE POULTRY FARM. Moriches. 1. I.. N.Y. 
EflfiKFRFI Q Winners lay ingclass X. Y. State Fair 
VUuIxLfikLiW Trapnested White Leghorns Hid *' 
j *3 *•» apiece. Circular. Samuel II. KOSLIN, ntr, n v 
Batoy Cliiclis 
S. C. White Leghorn*. S. C. Bro%v n Leghorns. Barred 
Send for circular. 11. Ffehcr, Milford. J. 
iiJ lkdsCHICKENS-DUCKS geese-turkeys 
Guinea- Harm* and Dog-. Stock and Hatching 
l._«s. i at.l Yee.H. A. S0U0ER. Bo* 29.Seilersvjlle.Pa' 
DfiDV AIII Y ® arr * Rocks, Reds, white Leghorns 
DnD! Vtlf A :, ud Broilers, lie and up. Safedeliv 
„ ‘V'yguaranteed. Write for pamphlet. 
I tee J. >. >ACL, It. D„ Me YlUtervIlle. Pennn 
trom pure bred flocks of 
’Tt -N'A quick maturity, that are 
bred for high egg produc¬ 
tion. Vigorous, big, heal¬ 
thy, vermin-free, day- 
old chicks. Leghorns. Rocks, 
Reds. Wyandottes. Anconas. 
Minorcas. Orpingtons, etc. 
16c and up. Safe arrival by 
parcel post guaranteed. Ship¬ 
ped from *10 hatcheries. One 
of them near you. Big illus¬ 
trated baby chick circular 
sent free. 
CONTINENTAL HATCHERIES 
Head Office, 102 W. High St., Springfield, Ohio 
BABY CHICKS 
From the World’s Largest Pro¬ 
ducers. Delivered at your door, 
anywhere. We pay the parcel post 
charges. 
Three Million for 1921 
Barred Rocks White Wyandottes 
White Rocks Rhode Island Reds 
Smith's Standard Buff Leghorns Black Minorcas 
{Copyrighted) White Leghorns Anconas 
Brown Leghorns Buff Orpingtons 
Buff Leghorns Assorted 
Write nearett address today for catalog—fre*. 
THE SMITH STANDARD COMPANY 
Cleveland. Ohio, D«pt. 59, 1959 W. 74th Street 
Boston. Mass.. Dept. 59, 154 Friend Street 
Philadelphia. Pa., Dept. 59. 834 Locust Street 
Chicago. Ill., Dept. 5'*. 247So.DearhornSt. 
St. Louis. Mo., Dept. 59. 816 Pine Street 
America's Foremost 
Poultry Journal 
5 MONTHS’ O Ct e,f c 
^ A TRIAL CtS. 
F° r ovmr 30 year* th« leader In down-to-date 
poultry helpfulness. Tells how to i?et more 
winter how to hatch, feed, house and breed successfully. 
Issued Monthly, 40-150 pa^en. Only 25c. stamps or coin, for 5 
months’ trial. Full year subscription. $1.00. 
Poultry Success, Bex 13, Springfield, Ohio 
ForSale-Bred-to-Lay White Rocks 
Day-old chicks and hatching eggs from 260-egg 
strain White, large standard birds. Also one pen 
of Breeders. The Homestead Farm, Yarmouthport, Mass. 
HUMMER'S Famous CHICKS 
R. ., ks,Reds,white and Brown Leghorn, Ancona. Minorca 
Illustrated Circular. E. ft. HUMMER S CO.. Frcnrbtown. v l 
R ARY PH breeds to select from. 
* LniLH3p,. it es reasonable 
Xo delay. U rite f price itst. «. HEHN, 18th 8vc.. Belm.r, N. J. 
Baby Chick Catalogue brookside huh, N«i,»n. p a . 
FinA Poultry,Turkeys,Geese, Ducks.Guineas, 
i IMUUfUcuo U^ntanis, Hares. Piueons, Dog-, Stock 
, Lir-- reasonable. Catalog fre PIONEER FARM. Telford. Pa- 
“College Queen’s” Record 
Setting eggs for sale. Day-old chicks for sale. 
O. G. KNIGHT • Bridgeton, R, I„ 
S. C. R. I.REDS 
VIbert’s 231 to 289-egg strain. Eggs. per loo. Un- 
liatched eggs duplicated at half price. Baby chicks. 
per 100. AiYiV/l AL JONES, Craryvitle, New York 
Bu ff Orpington Cockerels >.r 
S. C. Buff Orpingtons «ron h g%Tf.!h'y 
free range stock. Excellent Winter layers. 1 * 8.50 pert'..- 
#1* perlOO. Mrs. Frank E. Martin, Hatfield, l*a. 
Single Comb White Legho rns 
Day-old chicks of trap-nested stock for March De¬ 
liveries. 525 per hundred. April Deliveries, 520 pet 
hundred. May Deliveries. 518 per hundred. 5°b Dis 
count for anyone who comes for them at the farm 
The PI NEGROVE POULTRY FARM.H BERN 
STEIN A SONS, Props., Center Moriches. N. Y. 
Parks’ Strain Barred Rocks 
Day-oUl Chicks and Hatching Egg^. A trial.-the best 
convince;. J. TKOI’KAXO, Spurrowbush, X. Y. 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys For Safa 
“GOT.DBA Mi ” strain. Large frame and bone. 
Miss IDA UHUMBLEY, Draper, Virginia 
PURE BRED M. B. TURKEYS for Sale 
Young Toms, #tO to *15. Turkey Eggs. do,, each 
Mrs. V. M. COLE. Eastport, New York 
Barron Single C, White Leghorn Cockerels 
from heavy producing hens sired by high pedigreed 
cockerels, »■> to $8 per bird. G. H. WRAIGHT. West Willington, Ct. 
LIGHT BRAHMA COCKEREL 
$15 takes the bird that just won the Blue Ribbon at the 
Cornwall Poultry Shew, Moilie Wellington strain. 
I,. I., fit CKKL. VA uldcn. New Y'ork 
S.C.BlackMinorcas 
■ anicie, u, * me i'll wa, 
ii. K. MII.I.I It. R. No. % Oxford. N.J. 
WhitoWuanHnHo* R<»*eComb. Egg a-daystrain. Coclc- 
n MlIc n ydlUJUllc3 ,M*els and hatching e^rgs. Fertility 
guaranteed. 3lrsi. Elvira l. Steere, Grot toe*, Va. 
EVERLAY Brown Leghorns 
World Record Layers American Egg Con¬ 
test. Leading winners. Xew York, ( ’hicago. 
Hardy, vigorous money makers. Lav large 
white eggs, t atalog tree. Stock—Eggs — 
Chicks. EVERLAT FARM. Box 28. Portland, Indiana 
MAHOGANY STRAIN ISLAN1? REI)i 
For years the persistent Fall and Winter layers re¬ 
tained. for breeders, having type and deep Mahogany 
color. Eggs. $8 for 15; 818 for 1 III). Write for cir 
cnlar B. QUACKENBUSH Darien. Conn Box 800. Phone 140 
For Sale—™ br?o gh ‘ Dark Cornish Game Cockerels 
Ql'll.l l KTIUX'K 1MU POULTRY Hit It, Box 65, Millurii, S.Y. 
.*. RABBITS | 
BLACK SIBERIAN HARES 
At the last Madison Square Garden Show I wot; in this 
breed, three firsts, three specials, as well ns special for 
best pelt in the show. Those prize winners for sale as well 
as other stock of all ages. All are duly registered and I 
furnish papers. Dr. E. J. SMITH, Wcilhimpt,. l,,ch. Hew r,r« 
Rahhiio A11 prominent Species 
(IdUUlIa Exhibition and Breed¬ 
ing stock. Illustrated Catalogue 
10c. Pamphlets on all Species 25c 
each. Breeding and C are of Rab 
bits 50c. Department A. JOSEPH BLANK 
42B Highland Ave.. Mount Vernon, H. f. 
For Sale-Pedigreed Black Siberian Hares 
world’s greatest meat and fnr Rabbit. Young and old 
.stork. Prices reasonable. CHARLES REAS8ECK, Vinkleek Hill, Ontario 
FLEMISH GIANTS, young and matured, from pedigreed nrd 
reg. stock. Trices reasonable. H. B. TEN EYCK. Somermlie. a j 
