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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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DRY FRONT 
Poultry House 
10% Reduction from Prices in 1921 Booklet 
Note tlie features of the overhane roof, absolutely 
rain proof; also, ventilator above the twinging win¬ 
dow. The above is the type that Prof. Harry R. 
Lewis, head of the Vineland Egg Laying Contest, is 
equipping his new farm with, at Davisville, Rhode 
Island. Made in all sizes. Write for free booklet, 
showing forty different cuts. 
E. C. YOUNG CO. 16 Depot St., Randolph, Mass. 
AT HALF PRICE 
(and prompt delivery) 
PARKS STRAIN Bred-to-Lay 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK 
EGGS AND CHICKS 
Americas Greatest Layers. Bred 
for eggs since 1889. Records up 
to 325 in year. Sixteen page Cir¬ 
cular Free. Large General Cata¬ 
log 25c. 
J. W. PARKS, BOX Y, ALTOONA, PA. 
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS 
MarrvFarmQ won more prizes than all otherGiant 
maiujrouna breeders combined. Orders booked 
for July and later shipments. Pullets and Cocker¬ 
els. Exhibition birds for fall delivery. Complete 
description of Giants with cuts of Madison Square 
Garden and Boston Winners on request. Reduced 
prices on hatching eggs. MARCY FARMS. Matnwin, N. J. 
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS BREEDING STOCK 
We have thousands of these wonderful chickens now on 
range. All hen hatched and hen brooded. Better to or¬ 
der now for Summer and Fall delivery than wish|you had 
later. Breeding stock for sale at all times. Free descrip¬ 
tive circular. DEXTER 1*. ITHAM, Bel mar, N. J. 
S. C. W. LEGHORN 
Production PULLETS 
Early Birds Lay When Eggs are High 
12 to 14 weeks, 8>2; 15 to 16 weeks, S2.25. 
GREENE ACRES - Toms River, N. J. 
CHICKS $7.50 per 100 
Mixed. Reds, J Rocks, JOo; Leghorns, 9c: Minorcas, 
ISJc; Anconas, 15c each. 000 lots let per chick less, ex¬ 
cept mixed, which are 7c each. 100% live delivery guar¬ 
anteed. Prepaid to your door. Our 11th ye.ir. Cnta. free. 
15,000 chicks weekly. KEYSTONI5 H ATCHEJtY, Richfield, I‘a. 
Read The Most Widely Known 
Poultry Journal4 T™ 25c 
Our 29th Year ..Helpful, Interesting Articlea Each Month by Poultry 
Writers of National Reputation. SI ,00a Year. Sample Copy FREE. 
AMERICAN 1-OllLTKY ADVOCATE Ilox 2 Syracuse, N. Y. 
bkeedsCHICKEHS-DUCKS-GEESE-TURKEYS 
Guineas, Hares and Dogs. Stock and Hatching 
Eggs. Catalog Free. H.A. S0UDER,Box29,Sellersville,Pa. 
S. C. WHITE 
LEGHORN 
from Certified Breeder*. 8tol0-wks.-old.51.50 each. 
IRVING FARM Friendship. N. Y. 
LIGHT AND DARK BRAHMAS, 
W. WYANDOTTES, BARRED 
ROCKS, R. I. REDS, S. C.W. AND 
BROWN LEGHORNS. Cat. free._ 
RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM, Box 165, Riverdale, N. J. 
COCKERELS 
i Chicks, Eggs 
r „ „ F ° R SALE 
Free Range S. C. White Leghorn Pullets 
10 and 12-wks.-old. BAYVILLE FARMS. Bayville, N. J. 
P ARDEE'S nilAir* EGGS AND llilCKfciilGS NOW 
ERFECT UUifltd PRICE L.„ 
EKIN ■*«***■»**PARDEE'S PEKINS, ISLIP.N.V 
PULLETS 
White Leghorn, MARCH HATCHED, 
from Cornell Certified Stock. 
SAM H. KOSLIN - New City. N. Y. 
OIIICKS $7.50 per IOO 
and up. Broilers, Rocks, Reds, Minorcas, Aiiconas and 
Leghorns. Safe delivery guaranteed. Catalog free. Our 
Xlth year. Keystone Hatchery, Richfield. Pennu. 
Rnk„ Phinlrc s - c - w - L Barred Rocks, 10c, 
Ddliy vHllLKS and Reds, 12c; mixed, Teeacli. Safe 
delivery guaranteed. Order from this ad. or write for 
pamphlet. 4. X. X A C E, McAlIstcrvlUc, l’eniia. 
Fine Rraailp Poultry, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Guineas 
illlc DlccUo Uantams, Hares, l’igeons. Dogs, Stock 
Eggs, reasonable. Catalog free. PIONEER FARM, Tailor*, Po 
S. C. W. Leghorns chfeTs* 1 slip®2m 
R. N. Y., Feb. 5. THE UMIKKIIII.I, FARMS, Fort Ann, N. Y 
CHICKS 
Broilers, Leghorns, Rocks and Reds, 8cts. 
and up. Safe delivery guaranteed. Circular 
free. W. A. LAUVER, McAlisterville, Pa, 
T EX AXD TWELVE-WEEK PULLETS, White 
and Brown Leghorns, Sheppards, Anconas. Birds now 
Ready Wat are worth while. FOREST FARM, Kockaway, ti. J 
All | A |f» l?c each, EGGS and GROWING STOCK 
vlllvltv Jones Poultry Fnrm, Georgetown, Del. 
T horoughbred Prize-Winning Brown Leghorns. 
Hens, #7; Roosters, $1 O. C.R. HAMILTON, 246 Worcester.R.T. 
CAPONS 
It. C. MaeKLEY 
The best meat, of all fowls. Place 
order now. Write for prices. 
Brogucvlllc, York Co., Pa. 
R eady-to-Lay Pullets, 4>8 each tcockerels, $f>. S. C. 
W. Leghorns. A. B. HALL, Wallingford, Conn. 
Important to Advertisers 
Copy and instructions for clas¬ 
sified advertisements or change 
of copy must reach us on Thurs¬ 
day morning in order to insure 
insertion in following week’s paper. 
Notice to discontinue advertise¬ 
ments should reach us on Wed¬ 
nesday morning in order to prevent 
advertisement appearing in follow¬ 
ing week’s paper. 
8 to 10-Weeks-01d 
PULLETS 
We have 15,000 now on the range ready 
for shipment this month and next. We 
have had good luck with them and we be¬ 
lieve them to be the healthiest and most 
vigorous large flock of young pullets in 
the East today. They are all on new Land 
and in new buildings and are being 
raised on unlimited range. 
These pullets were hatched from ourchoic- 
est breeding pens we have this year and are 
the cream of our best egg breed blood. 
Every shipment is guaranteed to be 100% 
satisfactory at the time of sale. Write and 
tell us how many pullets you want and the 
date of delivery you wish and we will 
quote you prices you can afford to pay. 
Write for our catalog and price list 
LORD FARMS 
METHUEN MASS. 
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Chicks $7.50 
^ per IOO 
Hatches due .Tuly 5, 12, 19 and 26. 
TT Postpaid to your door—100 per cent 
live delivery guaranteed. 
Utility Stock 100 or Less. 600 or More 
Mixed Chicks . 7%c oa. 7c ea. 
S. C. White Leghorns... 9 c ea. 8c ea. 
S. C. Brown Leghorns.. 9 c ea. 8c ea. 
8. C. Black Minorcas.. 12 c ea. 11c ea. 
8. C. R. I si. Reds. 12 c ea. lie ea. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. 10 c ea. 9c ea. 
8. C. Mottled Anconas. 15 c ea. 14c oa. 
15.000 Chicks weekly—-Thousands of satisfied 
customers everywhera Order soon. Catalog free. 
THE KEYSTONE HATCHERY, Richfield, Pa. 
(The Old Reliable Plant) 
S. C. White Leghorn 
PULLETS 
6-8 weeks old, $1.50 each, in lots of 25. 
Write for prices on larger orders. 
25,000 Chicks Sold to Old Customers this year 
KIRKUP BROS., Mattituck, L. I., N. Y. 
S.C. WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
Bred Right and Raised Right 
9 to 10 weeks old, delivery at once, 81.50 each 
dlmonths old, delivery from July 15 on, 2.00 each 
5 months old, delivery from Aug. 15 on, 2.50 each 
Tour Inspection Invited 
Supply Limited. Make Reservation at once. 
HARDIMONT POULTRY FARM 
Washington Street Toms River, N. J. 
R ARY BARRON 
CHICKS S.C.W. LEGHORNS 
Oil I wild 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 yon cannot duplicate these sturdy 
chicks elsewhere and at the same price. Our cata¬ 
logue is free. Write for it today. 
C. M. Longenecker, Box 50, Elizabethtown, Pa. 
Promising, Range Reared, “ Full of Pep” 
S. C. White Leghorn Cockerels 
(weighing iy a to 2 lbs. each) from breeders for three 
generations, certified for production, size, vigor, and 
type by Cornell Extension Specialists. Only large pure 
white eggs from certified breeders used for hatching. 
You buy 28 years experience developing the strain. Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. Prices, §2 each; S3.SO for 2 ; SB 
for 3 ; 86 for 4 ; SI 1 .SO for 8 ; SI 4 for 10 ; SI 5 for 11; 
SI-35 each for 12 or more. A few certified cock birds 
available for $5 each. 
EGG & APPLE FARM - Trumansburg, N.Y. 
BredtoLay-SingleCombWhiteLeghorn 
PULLETS--To Lay Aug. 1st 
100 February hatch, 260-egg strain, S. C. W. Leghorn Pul¬ 
lets, to lay in August, S8.0O each. These pullets will 
pay for themselves before Christmas and may he used 
for breeders. Fall eggs pay better than Winter eggs and 
cost less. Standard White typical birds. 
THE HOMESTEAD FARM, Yarmeuthpert, Max*. 
HUMMER’S FAMOUS CHICKS 
Barred Rocks, $18.5(Fper 100. R. I. Reds, $18.50 per 
100. Ancona, $18 per 100 . S. C. Brown Leghorn, 813 per 
100. 25 or 50 lot at 100 rate. S. C. Barron White Leghorn, 
$9 per 100, June delivery. July $!> per 100. Shipments 
forwarded each week by prepaid parcel post. Live arriv¬ 
al. Place your order at once and get fine chicks at this 
low price. E. R. Hummer A- Co., Frenchtown, X. J. 
Big Sturdy Baby Chicks 
July 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th, Aug. 2nd 
Martin's Dorcas White Wyandottes, $18 per 100; 
Ringlet Barred Rocks, Quality S.C. Reds, $15 per 
100. Eglantine White Leghorns, S12 per 100. Safe 
arrival guaranteed. Postage prepaid. Order now. 
SUNNY SIDE POULTRY FARM Copper Hill, N. J. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
500 Choice Farm Range Pullets for Sale in 
lots of 25 or more. Minimum weight 1 Jl>. each, 
$1. Minimum weight, 1!* lbs each. $1.50. 
Nothing but good healthy pullets will he shipped. 
Hillhurst Farm Orchard Park, N.Y. 
Ringneck PHEASANTS ®&™ n f * r 
eggs now. BRUSHY NECK PHEASANTRY. Speonk. L. I . N.Y. 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laying contest, the following facts are given: 
It is held at Storra post office in connection 
with the Connecticut Agricultural College. The 
contest begins November 1. There are 10 pul¬ 
lets in each pen. All the birds receive uniform 
treatment. The houses are all alike, and the 
feed is the same for all. The contest continues 
for one year. The weekly records cover the num¬ 
ber of eggs laid for each pen in the current 
week, and also the total number of eggs laid 
since the first of last November. The contest 
will end November 1, at which time these birds 
will be removed, and another set of pullets en¬ 
tered for the next year. 
1 y ^1921^ ’^ orrs ’ ^ onn -> for week ending June 
BARRED ROCKS 
Rock Rose Farm, N.'Y. 
W. H. B. Kent. N.Y.. 
Ernest W. Picker, N. J. 
Oregon Ag. College. Ore. 
Jules F. Franeais, L. I. 
E. C. Foreman, Ont. 
WHITE ROCKS 
James F. Macdonald, Mass. 
S. Bradford Allyn, Mass. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Mass. 
Ohickatawbut Farm, Mass.. . 
F. R. Pember, R. I. 
William H. Bassett, Conn. 
Applecrest Farm Co.. N. H. 
Vineland Training School. N. J. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Obed G. Knight, R. I. 
Clemens J. Diemand, Conn. 
Mrs. R. W. Stevens, N. Y. 
Harry D. Emmons, Conn. 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
Hollis P. Cloyes.Conn. . 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Charles D. Peirce. R. I. 
Henry P. Walker. Mass. 
Applecrest Farm Co., N. H. 
F. H. Sampson, Mass. 
Glen Wright. Conn. 
The Orchards, Mass. 
Obed G. Knight, R. 1. 
F. S. Chapin, Mass. 
Old Town Farm, N. H. 
Norman M. Misner, N.Y. 
Mrs. C. O. Polhemus, N. Y. 
E. P. Usher, Jr., Mass. 
H. S. Bickford. N. H. 
Pinecrest Orchards, Mass. 
Jacob E. Jansen, Conn. 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. H. 
Charles H. Lane. Mass... 
Sunnyfields Farm, Conn. 
H. P. Doming, Conn. 
W. H. Card, Conn. 
C. P. Scott, III. 
Prospect Farms, N. J. 
Maurice F. Delano, Mass. 
Harold Tompkins, Mass. 
Mirimiehi Poultry Farm, Mass. 
D. S. Vaughn, R. I. 
H. E. Nichols. N. Y. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS 
Winsor Farm, Mass. 
OREGON'S 
Oregon fAg. College, Ore. 
BLACK LEGHORNS 
A. E. Hampton, N. J. 
BUFF LEGHORNS 
E. A. Vosburg, N. J. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
John K. Roessner, N. J. 
Tauglewold Farm, L. I. 
George B. Ferris, Mich. 
Richard Allen, Conn. 
Emory H. Bartlett, Mass. 
Meadowedge Farm. L. I. 
Kirkup Bros., N. Y. 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 
Eigenrauch & DeWinter, N. J. 
James O. LeFevre, N. Y. 
Shadowbrook Farm, Conn. 
Small’s Poultry Farm, Conn. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 
Goshen Poultry Club, Conn. 
Leo A. Grouten, Conn... 
Max Axelrod, Mass. 
Lawrence W. Miller, N.Y. 
Hollywood Farm, Wash. 
Bonnie Brook Farm, N. Y. 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 
Beck Egg Farm, N. J. 
Mountain View Poultry Farm, Vt- 
A. P. Robinson, N. Y. 
Lion Head Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Imperial Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Emil Klein, L. I. 
Jack Trevethan, N. J. 
E. A. Ballard. Pa. 
Mount Hope Farm, Mass. 
Hilltop Farm, Conn. 
J, Frank Dubois, Mass. 
Andrew L. Ohr, Conn. 
George-Phillips, Conn... 
Riverside Poultry Farm, Pa. 
Orchard Hill Farm, N. Y. 
Mrs. J. L. Thuescn, Conn. 
W. W. Wood, Ohio. 
White Springs Farm, N. Y. 
J. T. Ramage, Texas. 
Ernest H. Scott, Conn. 
Burcliell& Janson, B. C. 
Rapp’s Leghorn Farm, N. J. 
August Degen. Conn. 
M. J. Qunckenbush, N. J. 
The Yates Farm, N. Y. 
L. E. Ingoldsby, N. Y. 
Exmoor Farm, P* . 
Wiliana Farm, N. J. 
Edgar Stoughton, Conn. 
F, William Rosenau, Conn. 
Total.. 4160 101285 
Week 
Total 
32 
1148 
48 
1313 
27 
977 
24 
891 
3* 
1039 
23 
860 
33 
1018 
42 
871 
34 
833 
29 
756 
37 
857 
40 
837 
48 
861 
38 
753 
55 
1428 
32 
870 
36 
806 
39 
915 
36 
1160 
24 
958 
37 
1199 
34 
951 
30 
1107 
45 
770 
49 
1161 
48 
898 
35 
1225 
26 
1055 
27 
897 
45 
1101 
31 
987 
27 
1221 
46 
1069 
35 
1127 
33 
1139 
47 
1360 
49 
1119 
47 
1056 
25 
644 
44 
1026 
38 
784 
29 
1009 
48 
889 
10 
642 
37 
925 
23 
1011 
32 
694 
29 
850 
39 
1017 
29 
830 
53 
727 
42 
992 
51 
817 
47 
1052 
53 
1034 
49 
1132 
53 
1055 
40 
1097 
45 
978 
44 
126* 
48 
1066 
49 
1139 
43 
1046 
52 
1133 
54 
1134 
49 
1163 
42 
1073 
55 
1288 
54 
1042 
51 
960 
45 
1030 
47 
1194 
44 
1184 
38 
1191 
54 
1188 
56 
1005 
62 
1229 
49 
1197 
35 
808 
38 
802 
52 
1153 
55 
931 
19 
1093 
46 
957 
50 
1034 
54 
1021 
56 
802 
54 
1095 
48 
1008 
41 
1245 
54 
1209 
45 
76* 
48 
1111 
37 
905 
50 
850 
55 
1289 
36 
967 
53 
1009 
43 
1009 
42 
901 
Home-grown Poultry Feeds 
Which method is usually followed by 
poultrymen, to raise part of the feed, such 
as corn, oats, wheat and mangels, or de¬ 
pend on purchase of all the feed? I am 
considering where land is available for 
crops. My soil is well adapted for hay, 
but not potatoes, and I want to consider 
some crop for cash returns besides poul¬ 
try, or would it pay better to raise feed 
for fowls? I have about 35 acres of till¬ 
able land. 2. I have a S^-acre field com¬ 
posed of a sandy loam soil which is ideal 
for poultry, as it is a naturally well- 
drained field, and would like to increase 
fowls to 1.200. I thought of building two 
houses of 060 capacity each in this field, 
and setting out to apple orchard to pro¬ 
vide shade and cash returns later. Which 
would be the better way of locating the 
buildings, considering direction of winds 
and storms, also the work of field when 
set out to o r ~d? Would the spray 
material be i- to fowls when or¬ 
chard is sf ... h as by material 
dripping from trees? e. d. 
New York. 
Whether or not a poultryman should 
attempt to raise a part of the food cou- 
July 2, 1921 
sumed by his fowls depends entirely upon 
whether he can raise that food more 
cheaply than he can buy it, and that no 
one else can tell him. Very likely the 
poultryman himself cannot tell until he 
has tried it out: he might do well some 
seasons and fail in others. There are no 
rules by which anyone can be guided, 
and there is no general practice that can 
be depended upon to assure success to the 
individual. It is usually more practicable 
to raise the green and vegetable stuff that 
is fed, and if one can raise grain econom¬ 
ically to raise a part of the grain than 
it is to buy all of these. It must be re¬ 
membered, however, that it costs money 
to raise crops, and that these are never 
a free gift of nature to the poultryman. 
If with the time and means at hand you 
can raise sale or feeding crops profitably, 
raise tl m, of course, and raise those to 
which your land is best adapted, and 
which your market, whether it be in town 
or in your poultry yards, will pay the 
most for. Theoretically, it pays to raise 
as much as possible of what is fed, for 
you make the profit upon the crop that 
would go to someone else if it were pur¬ 
chased; but, practically, it often works 
out that there isn’t much profit upon a 
crop and that the time and labor used 
might better have been spent elsewhere 
I should place the poultry buildings 
where they would be most convenient to 
the other farm buildings, facing them to 
the east or southeast. I do not think 
that the drip from a sprayed orchard has 
ever been found injurious to fowls or that 
it is a matter to cause concern. m. b. d. 
We have seen the bill of fare fed to th« 
hens at the Storrs egg contest. We are 
supposing that these hens are kept in con¬ 
finement. We feel that gives the farmer 
\ ('i y little information. The farmer^ 
poultry is supposed to have entire lib¬ 
erty of the farm, and we are sure that 
they will gather many of these feeds or 
their equivalent even during Winter, 
when there is not much snow; also the 
farmer usually has quite a hit of milk. 
IIow much, if any, should this ration be 
changed? The ration that we have seen 
is as follows: Equal parts of shorts, 
bran, ground oats, cornmeal, beef scrap 
and gluten meal by weight. I suppose 
this was fed in a self-feeder. L. j. b. • 
The supposition that the ordinary farm 
flock can get what food it needs ranging 
about the barns and premises accounts 
for the fact that few of these flocks pro¬ 
duce Winter eggs. It is true that the 
fowls will manage to live, but eggs out 
of . the natural Spring laying season re¬ 
quire concentrated food, and a lot of It. 
What the farm flock usually gets in the 
\Y inter is exercise; and that is all right 
as far as it goes. With plenty of skim- 
imlk the meat scrap in your formula 
should be cut down materially, though it 
is a question whether it should be wholly 
omitted. Milk will not replace beef scrap, 
however, unless fed in practically unlim¬ 
ited quantity. Skim-milk contains from 
three to four per cent of protein; beef 
scrap round 50 per cent. It requires a 
great deal of the former to replace the 
latter, though there is no better food for 
fowls of all ages than skim-milk. The 
farm flock, with a little grain thrown to 
it daily, will live and produce eggs dur- 
mg the Spring and Summer, but if it is 
to compete with the well-cared-for village 
or professional poultr.vman’s flock the 
year around it must be fed just as well. 
M. B. D. 
Counting a Rooster’s Rations 
On page 346 I was just reading a little 
item in relation to how many kernels a 
rooster would eat in 10 days, and how 
anyone could tell. I think the place could 
be made perfectly tight; of course a lit¬ 
tle wire netting could be used, and then 
proved perfectly empty; later put in 
rooster with a little sifted sand and a dish 
of counted corn (anyway those who 
guessed had a right to see size of kernels), 
and lock him up; then clean out often, 
and be certain none of the corn was taken 
out. _ Or simply feed him often and stay 
by him until through eating and keep corn 
in safe place if counted in advance. This 
would require more work, but I see no 
reason why one could not know how many 
kernels he ate at each feeding. If the one 
in charge was competent and honest I see 
no reason why there need be any doubt 
in the matter. h. o. mead. 
Chicks Die in Shell 
What is the matter when the chicks 
die in the shell? We only get about 15 
per cent live chicks; the rest dead. They 
are White Wyandottes; the eggsheil 
seems to be rather thick. I am using a 
hot-water incubator. j. b. j. 
Ludington, Mich. 
There are many causes of deaths in the 
shell just as the cuicks are about to 
hatch ; some connect it with hatching con¬ 
ditions and some with conditions in the 
poultry yard before the eggs are incubat¬ 
ed. Fertile eggs may show full develop¬ 
ment of the embryo, but failure of the 
latter to leave the shell because of lack 
of sufficient vitality. This lack may be 
due to the hen that laid the eggs, some 
hens laying fertile eggs that never hatch, 
even under the most favorable conditions. 
Eggs laid in midwinter cannot be expected 
to show the same vitality of embryos dis¬ 
played by those produced in the Spring, 
and eggs from closely confined fowls will 
not be as hatchable as are those from 
hens upon free range. M. b. d. 
