lht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
665 
15th Anniversary Sale 
20% to 50% REDUCTION on 
DAY-OLD CHICKS & 
HATCHING EGGS f rom j 
WORLD S CHAMPION LAYERS 
TIIIS IS YOTTK OPPORTUNITY. Take immediate j 
advantage of it. Add some stock of our record-laying 
strains- 1 * proved Champions by noteworthy Official ! 
Contest Records—and you add dollars to your income 
from the big egg increase sui*e to result. But 
BOOK YOUR ORDER EARLY 
Send it to us now. Our regular demand is heavy—these 
attractive prices are certain to extend it to the limit. 
We may tind it impossible to fill the later orders. 
Three breeds—all champion layers— 
S.C.W. LEGHORNS 
WH. WYANDOTTES 
S.C.R.I. REDS 
Read their records—the win¬ 
nings of 306-efiTK Keystone 
Maid, 304-esrflr Lady Victory p 
and the host of other brilliant indi¬ 
vidual and pen performances. All 
contained in “The Story of the 300- 
Egg Hen.” Price 10c, deducted 
from first order. 
PENNSYLVANIA POULTRY FARM 
Box R Lancaster. Pa. 
BABY CHICKS 
S. C. White Leghorns and R. I. Reds 
I am booking orders for April and May. 15 years 
shipper of day-old chicks. Safe arrival guaran¬ 
teed. All chicks shipped Parcel Post prepaid. 
Hatch every week. Write lor prices ind tree circular. 
Baby Chicken Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
HUBERT HATCHER 
BABY CHICKS 
Sent Postpaid. 100% Delivery Guaranteed 
Per 100 Per 50 Per 25 
S. C. White Leghorns. .$18.00 $9.50 $5.00 
Rhode Island Reds.... 18.00 9.50 5.00 
Barred Plymouth Rocks 18.00 9.50 5.00 
White Wyandottes ... . 20.00 10.50 5.50 
Send for illustrated circular FREE 
HUBERT HATCHERY, Stockton, New Jersey 
s. c. white n Any ninny o 
LEGHORN DHD I unlUIxo 
Higli'quality stock of the best laying strains at reduced 
prices. Good service. Price <M5 per 100 ; $140 per 1000. 
Parcels post paid. Safe arrival guaranteed. 
Write for circular 
HARRY F. PALMER, Middleport, N. Y. 
EGGS-WHITE ROCKS CHICKS 
Hggs from highest quality pedigreed stock, $2 per 15. 
Baby chicks, 32o each. Get your order in early. Circular 
ready. THEO. L. POOLE, JAMESV1LLE, NEW YORK. 
LIGHT AND DARK BRAHMAS, 
W. WYANDOTTES, I! A tt U E I) 
ROOKS, R. I. REDS, S. O.W. AND 
BROWN LEGHORNS. Cat. free. 
Chicks, Eggs 
R1VERDALE POULTRY FARM, Box 165, Riverdale, II. J. 
BABY CHIX 
order blank. Tub 
10.000 PER WEEK 
LEADING VARIETIES 
Write for price list and 
SrENCER Hatchery, Spencer, Ohio 
irL. C. JrL.I. JtCc<3Ls 
Eggs for hatching, $8 per 100: $1.75 per 15. Vigorous 
stock; free range. H. II. OWEN, Ithlncbcck, N. T . 
Choice Pure Bred Poultry 
Chickens, Ducks. Geese, Turkeys, Guinea Pigs and 
Dogs, Price list free. Fine Illustrated and Descrip¬ 
tive Catalog 10c. Art Desk Calendar lOe.. or both for 
15 cents, Post paid. EDWIN A. SOUOER, Sellersville, Pa. 
HATCHING EGGS. Rhode Island Reds. Eggs, St perdms. Day 
old chicks, $-8 per 100. Devonshire Farms, Wasliingtonville, N Y 
Minorcas 
S. C. B. chix, $1* a 100 for May. Pen No. 1, 2:te 
Each. Mrs. L. J. MERVILLE, Bliss, N. Y. 
ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN 
e gs from our twenty year bred-for-laying strain, $2.50 
per 15, delivered. BRUSH & SON, Milton,Vermont 
S T Dlirc nDDlMfTftNC Hatchings Eggs from our 
.U.KUrr UKrlWulUPId thoroughbred prize-win¬ 
ning strains, 13.50 and $5.00 for 15. Stock and baby 
chicks. THE BUFF ORPINGTON CO.. Fanwood. New Jersey 
Francais Barred Rocks 
Hatching eggs at reduced price. lO-wks.-old pullets. 
Also three line breeding pens for sale. 
Jules F. Francais, Westhauapton Beach, N.Y. 
Pullets r. S. 
$!!. R. I. Reds. Both combs. 
lii-umtichl Edgcwood, Maryland 
F OR sale— 60 YEARLING R. I. REn hens. Layers nnd Winners. 
$2 each. Also cockerels. G. B. THOMPSON, Stiver Creek, H.Y. 
S C. Sheppard Ancona*, grandson of bird from Shep- 
i pard’s. heads pen 2 15eggs, S2.50. Chicks. 30c; 331-egg 
Rtrain. Ck’ls, $3. ED. HOLLENBECK, Maple Shade Farm, Brtesporl.N.T. 
Single Comb R.l. Red Day-Old Chicks K; 
State tested foe White Diarrhea a"d culled for liigh 
production. $28 a hundred. Trlenhone t.Vi-4}. Order now 
for May nnd June. BROWN S POUI TRI FARM. Wcittoro. Masi 
pnpV PUIY Barred Rocks.Reds,WhiteLcghoensnnd 
DMDI bnlA Broilers, lie and up. Safe deli very guar¬ 
anteed. Pamplilet Free. J. N. HACF, R. 0., McAllsterville, Pa. 
W hite Leghorn Hatching Egg*, $1—15; $fi—100. 8-10- 
Wk. pullets. Eh liltlTON FARM It. 1 Hudson, N.Y. 
Beat It. I. Ited Pen and best individual Red ever trap- 
nested at Storrs Laying Contests; pen, 2162 cggs: individ¬ 
ual, 270 eggs. Best S. C. Red pen, and best individual Red 
in contest 3 times in last 5 years. Bred and owned by us. 
Eggs and chicks for sale. PINECRES1 ORCHARDS, Groton, Mass. 
Natural History Notes 
How the Jackrabbit Fights a Weasel 
On page 24$ I made the statement that 
a jack rabbit “can whip a weasel by 
jumping and striking the weasel with its 
front feet.*’ On page 501 II. 0. S. takes 
exceptions to this statement, and attempts 
to prove that the anatomical structure of 
the jack rabbit is such that the animal 
cannot use its front feet to advantage, 
and that it must fight with its bind feet 
instead, and he incidentally asks if I am 
light. 
Yes, I am right! The Almighty did 
not furnish the jack rabbit with very 
many or very effective weapons, either of 
offence or defence, but TTe taught the rab¬ 
bit to use the few that were furnished in 
the most effective manner possible, and 
it is useless for any human being to at¬ 
tempt to improve upon the manner sug¬ 
gested by flic Creator. When fighting 
with a weasel, the jack rabbit extends its i 
f’-ont feet just a trifle beyond the point J 
of its nose, and using its hind logs as a 
motive power, jumps from a distance of 
several feet directly at the weasel. The | 
front feet, although they may carry no j 
original force of their own. convey the 
full momentum of the rabbit’s body as 
imparted by its hind legs, and simultane¬ 
ously with the impact of the rabbit’s hind 
feet strike the ground, and instantly 
there comes a second kick, which results 
in a second jump, which raises the rabbit 
above the weasel and carries it a dozen 
feet or more beyond its enemy, and en¬ 
tirely out of its roach. Now were the 
rabbit to strike with its hind feet, the 
rolling, moving body of the weasel would 
hinder the rabbit in its attempt to gather 
itself for a leap to safety, and before it 
could make that leap the weasel would 
be upon the rabbit’s back, with its long 
neck reaching around and its sharp teeth 
biting away at the rabbit’s jugular vein. 
That is the way that a weasel fights the 
rabbit, and the rabbit aims its methods 
of attack in accordance. A cat attacks a 
rabbit in an altogether different manner, 
and so, as II. C. S. observes,, the rabbit 
in this case defends itself hy giving pussy 
a vicious kick. 
And then II. C. S. asks if anyone “ever 
heard of a rabbit driving a weasel from 
its hole by jumping upon it with its front 
feet?” I will answer this question in the 
good old Yankee way by asking another. 
Did II. C. S. ever see a jack rabbit’s bur¬ 
row? Or did he ever see the burrow of 
i any other species of rabbit or hare that 
was of sufficient diameter to allow its 
occupant to jump at all ? c. o. ormsbee. 
Rabbit Whips a Dog! 
In “Nature Notes,” page 591, it is ques¬ 
tioned that a buck rabbit can whip a 
weasel. The writer saw a buck rabbit 
knock a bull terrier dog 20 ft., whip him, 
too. A sport had in a harness shop a 
$500 bull terrier dog. A bet of $25 was 
made that a buck rabbit could whip him. 
The rabbit was dropped on one side of the 
room, dog on the other -side. Dog rushed 
for rabbit; rabbit plunged forward, 
rammed the dog with front feet, struck 
for the eyes. Dog was rolled violently 
over and over backward, and refused to 
notice the rabbit. Tlvt dog could have 
been bought for 25 cents. 
Pennsylvania. joiin gormi.y. 
A Rabbit Whips a Cat 
I notice the question has arisen among 
your readers as to how a rabbit fights. 
i\Iy brother told me some years ago of a 
one-sided battle between a tame white 
rabbit and a good-sized house cat. Old 
Tom, upon seeing Whitey, immediately be¬ 
gan to stalk him. Whitey didn’t seem to 
be disturbed in the least, by Tom’s ap¬ 
proach, but simply awaited the onslaught, 
which soon came, as Tom perhaps 
thought he had an easy victim. But as 
Tom made his rush, Whitey leaped into 
the air and over Tom, and as he went, 
over gave Tom a terrible punch, with 
those strong hind legs of his. Quick as 
a flash he wheeled around as he lit, and 
while Tom was trying to figure out what 
struck him, Whitey gave another hound 
in the air and over Tom’s back, and as 
he went over he gave Tom another of 
those John L. punches, which seemed to 
satisfy Tom’s curiosity to the full, for 
lie immediately came to the conclusion 
that he was needed somewhere else, and 
he departed right quick to find that some¬ 
where. Whitey hopped off as unconcern¬ 
edly as if it was an every-day occurrence. 
t. s. gerrard. 
A White Robin 
I would like to know if there is* any 
such thing as a white robin. There is 
one around this neighborhood. Its beak 
and head are just the same as any other 
one, but. the rest of its body is white. It 
chirns the same as the other robins. It 
is also mated with an ordinary robin. 
Erie, Pa. t. t. c. 
Such birds are not at all uncommon, 
and are merely albinos, such as occur in 
many other species. Usually the bird is 
only partly white, but occasionally en¬ 
tirely so. without a colored feather on any 
part of its plumage. e. w. nelson. 
HILLPOT 
CHICKS 
Special Matings 
100 
50 
25 
Wit. Leghorns. Pen 1 
S35.00 
$18.00 
S9.50 
Wh. Leghorns, Pen 2 
23.00 
11.50 
6.25 
Rhode Island Reds 
25.00 
12.50 
6.75 
Barred Rocks 
25.00 
12 50 
6.75 
SPECIAL REDUCED 
PRICES! 
Immense hatches—with high fertility—so wo pass the ad¬ 
vantage to you. Comes right, lit the height of the season, 
too. just when you want chicks. Now you can pot yours at 
this saving—chicks full of the snappy vitality that only 
Hillpot Hatching can give them. 
100 
50 
25 
White Leghorns 
*18.00 
*9.00 
*5.00 
Slack Leghorns 
18.00 
9.00 
5.00 
Brown Leghorns 
18.00 
9.00 
5.00 
Barred Rocks 
18.00 
9.00 
5.00 
Rhode Island Reds 
20.00 
10.00 
5.50 
Buff Rocks 
25.00 
12.50 
6.75 
White Itocks 
25.00 
12.50 
6.75 
White Wyandottes 
28.00 
14.00 
7.50 
Black Minorcas 
28.00 
14.00 
7.50 
Prompt deliveries—Terms ensh with order. 
Cannot ship C. O. D.—send check or money 
order. Sale delivery of full count gu ’ranteed 
anywhere within 12ii0 miles. BOOK FREE. 
Cannot deliver White Leghorns before May 11th. 
Hatching dates May 4, 11, 18. 25, June 1. 
W. F. HILLPOT 
Box 1, 
TWO MILLION FOR 1921 
Bretl for high egg production from selected flocks thatjproduce 
COME TO HEADQUARTERS 
and buy direct from KERR, THE LARGEST EASTERN 
PRODUCER. You get chicks that are handled hut once— 
thus assuring your chicks a better chance of growing to early 
and profitable maturity. 
When you buy KERR Chicks you get chicks of known quality— 
just the kind you want—the kind that live—grow—lay and pay. 
The unusual value and quality of KERR Chicks is recognized 
everywhere. Our thousands of customers order year after 
year —because then are satisfied. 
BUY NOW—SEASON AND PRICE IS RIGHT 
Thousands Ready Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 
25 Chick. 50 Chick. 100 Chicks 500 Chick. 1000 Chicks 
Black Leghorns .... } $4.25 $7.50 $15.00 $70.00 $130.00 
Barred Rocks.j 
Bu«R?cr. k ‘ 5.50 10.00 20.00 95.00 180.00 
R. I. Reds .J 
PARCEL POST PREPAID SAFE DELIVERY GUARANTEED 
Write for Illustrated Circular 
Frenchtfwn? n. j. THE KERR CHICKERIES, Inc. 
BABY CHICKS 
Trice List—Prepaid to You—Purebred Stock. 
White Leghorns . 
25 
50 
$7.50 
100 
$14.00 
Buff Leghorns . 
.. 4.25 
7.75 
15.00 
Brown Leghorns . 
7.30 
14.00 
Black Leghorns . 
.. 5.00 
9.75 
19.00 
Barred Rocks . 
.. 4.75 
9.00 
17.00 
White Rocks . 
.. 5.00 
9.50 
18.00 
Bpff Rocks . 
.. 5.50 
10.50 
20.00 
White Orpingtons .... 
11.75 
23.00 
Buff Orpingtons . 
.. C.00 
11.75 
23.00 
White Wyandottes ... 
.. 5.25 
10.00 
19.00 
S. L. Wyandottes. 
.. 5.50 
10.50 
20.00 
S. C. & R. C. Reds... 
.. 4.75 
9.00 
17.00 
S. C. Black Minorcas. 
.. 5.00 
9.25 
18.00 
Aneonas . 
10.50 
20.00 
t.t. Brahmas . 
.. 7.00 
13.50 
26.00 
Black Langshans .... 
.. 6.50 
12.00 
23.00 
S. S. Hamburgs. 
.. 8.50 
16.00 
31.00 
Cornish . 
.. 8.00 
15.00 
29.00 
Mixed . 
7.00 
13.00 
Start the season right 
with chirks that can be de- 
pended upon to produeo 
profitable 
heavy 
egg pro- 
ducing liens. Farm at 
Hudson, Ohio. 
Mail 
orders to 
J. KREJCI. 2165 E. 
B6th 
St., CLEVELAND, OHIO 
5000 JUNE CHICKS at 12c 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Experienced poultry raiser# know Juno as an 
excellent month to hatch Leghorns. This is 
especially true of our vigorous rapidly maturing 
-train. Ours begin laying in five months. June 
chicks do not go through that severe winter 
moult and are laying strong when egg# are at 
top prices. Try it for yourself, it is especially 
important this year. Send your order to 
SPRECRHE BROS. 
Rohrerstown, Pa. 
Officially Pedigreed 
White LEGHORN Eggs 
For Hatching 
from Vineland Pen. Originally owned by C. S. Greene, 
with record of 2.223 eggs in • ne year from 10 hens. 
Only #0.00 per sitting of 15 eggs. 
H. H. OBER, :: Lakewood, N. J. 
We own the famous Sanborn flock of 
S. C. R. I. Reds, every breeder with 
a trapnest record. They are known 
from coast to coast for 1 heir wonder¬ 
ful etfk'-la.yintf abilities, fourteen 
years of selective breeding behind 
them place them in the front row as 
money earners. Our Leghorns are of 
the same grand quality, free catalog. 
West Mansfield Poultry Farm, Box 1 50, Attleboro, Mass. 
PliIPKQ ,7c e«<*h,sPEGGS and GROWING STOCK. 
vnlulld Jones Poultry Farm, Georgetown, Bel. 
rliiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiimmmiiiiiiiiiiDf 
| I^Lone Elm LeghomFarm | 
— Formerly the Z7 
E The Spring Brook Poultry Farm E 
“ Am nil sold out on day-old chicks till the 
S 26th of May. Remember the last part of — 
— May and the forepart of June can’t be beat — 
— for White Leghorn chicks, especially if you _ 
— want them for winter layers. The chicks I “ 
“ got out last year around tho first of June “ 
“ produced‘mure eggs latt winter than my — 
“ earlier hatches. — 
“ The price of chicks after tho above date — 
— will lie $16.00 a hundred in 200 lots. Parcel _ 
— post paid. Eight and ten weeks old pullets Z1 
— $1.50 apiece, in lots of fifty or more $1.35. ~ 
“ Order direct from this adv. or send for circular. SS 
E ROY S. RIDER, Ballston Spa, N.Y. = 
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George Phillips’ White Leghorn Chicks 
$28 per 100 May 4th; $20 May 11th; $24 May 
18th; safe delivery guaranteed; from stock pro¬ 
duced in my pedigree matings; closely related 
to my 20 pullets leading in the New York State 
contest; 1G79 eggs in 23 weeks to April 10. Last 
year my pen finished tenth in the Connecticut 
contest, averaging 193 eggs per hen. and 13tli 
in New Jersey, averaging 183. Send .$5, balance 
C. O. D. hy parcel post. 
GEORGE PHILLIPS, R 25, Seymour, Conn. 
RARV BARRON 
phipk^ S.C.W. LEGHORNS 
vnlvIVO Specially bred for heavy egg production 
Our Leghorns will please because they deliver the 
goods. CHICKS, May delivery, 13c each; June, 12c 
each. I believe, and our many regular customers 
will tell you that you cannot duplicate these sturdy 
chicks elsewhere and at the same price. Our cata¬ 
logue is free. Write for it today. 
C. M. Lougeuecker, Box 50, Elizabethtown, Fa. 
Barred Rock Baby Chicks off. A few from Trapnest- 
ed birds, 80c each. T. 0. KYDBEKti, iiickavilU, L. I., N. Y. 
Baby Chicks aod Hatching Eggs 
Famous Tom Barron Strain S. C. White Leghorns. Bred 
for large egg production. Strong, vigorous chicks from 
breeders and cockerels of high egg record. Can now sup¬ 
ply hatching eggs promptly. #? per hundred. Baby 
chicks, #20 per hundred from April 15 to June 1st; from 
then on, SIS. Write for circular. 
RIVEROALE POULTRY FARM. Cortland. New York 
CORNELL Certified S. C. Reds 
EGGS— S3 for 15. Cock— S15. Circular. Eggs from 
uncertified liens— S7.50 per 100. 
L. ARTHUR SHELDON Route 7 Oswego, New York 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
BRED RIGHT AND RAISED RIGHT—9 to 10 weeks old, delivery at once, $1.50 each. 
4 months old, $2.00; 5 months old, $2.50. YOUR INSPECTION INVITED. 
Supply Limited—Make Reservations Early 
HARDIMONT POULTRY FARM, Washington St., Toms River, N. J. 
