Dry Mash for Chicks: Sour Mifk in Gal¬ 
vanized Iron 
1. Do yon advise waiting three weeks 
before feeding dry mash to chicks in all 
cases, or only in stock that has proved 
susceptible to bowel trouble? 2. Is there 
danger of poisoning from sour milk that 
is kept in a galvanized vessel? There is 
evidently a chemical action, by the way 
the galvanized surface is affected ; and I 
have heard of two poultr.vmen who 
thought their chicks were poisoned by the 
milk. J. F. T. 
Connecticut. 
1. From some experience and observa¬ 
tion in feeding young chicks only upon 
finely cracked hard grains for the first 
few weeks I have become convinced that 
this method of feeding offers a safeguard 
against diarrhoeal troubles that arise from 
indigestion. I do not mean that nothing 
else should be fed, since all chicks need 
tender green stuff of some kind, and 
milk is almost indispensable, but the with¬ 
holding <>f a ground grain mash of any 
kind until the age of greatest susceptibil- j 
ity to bowel troubles is past is apparently i 
of great value. I have not carried out I 
sufficiently extensive experiments with 
this to enable me to be dogmatic in the 
matter, but I have seen enough of the re¬ 
sults of such feeding to convince me that 
it is to be preferred to the early feeding 
of oven dry mashes. I would suggest to 
any poultryman that he at least try this 
method with a part of his chicks and ob¬ 
serve the results. 
2. While it is true that the zinc coat¬ 
ing of galvanized iron is affected by the 
acid of sour milk. I have never known of 
any poisoning from the use of such con¬ 
tainers, and think it extremely doubtful 
if it ever occurs. Galvanized iron is sim¬ 
ply iron that has been dipped into a bath 
of molten zinc, after having first been 
cleaned bv a pickling process. I am not 
enough of a chemist to say just what the 
action of the lactic acid of sour milk upon 
zinc is, but I know of no reason for be¬ 
lieving that it is productive of any poison¬ 
ous compounds, at least in appreciable 
quantities. n ’ 
Forage Crops for Sandy Chicken Run 
What is the best thing to sow in a 
sandy run so that chickens will scratch 
for it? Is a sandy soil a detriment to a 
chicken’s producing quality? On page 
773 Mr. Cosgrove speaks of "feeding a 
surplus of protein.” etc. I would appre¬ 
ciate his advice as to what he considers 
the best protein feeding._ I am following 
your coy respondent’s advice, and am quite 
pleased. Your paper is a companion, the 
arrival of which is looked forward to with 
much pleasure. t>. w - ,? - 
Bell more, N. Y. 
If D. W. Ik's poultry runs are large 
enough to be divided into two parts by 
a temporary fence, I would sow oats very 
thickly and cultivate them in. That is, 
use a horse and cultivator, to cover the 
oats. It would be better to plow the 
ground first,, but in sandy soil the culti¬ 
vator would cover them. Then 1 should 
keep the fowls off one-half of the run 
until the oats were two inches high, then 
let them in and seed the other half. If 
he only has a few fowls and small runs, 
oats may be spaded in by hand. 
Sandy soil is no detriment ; it is an 
advantage. It gets dry quicker after 
storms, and does not absorb the droppings 
and become foul-smelling so quickly as 
good loam does. 
I think the best protein feed is what is 
called “fresh ground bone,” if it. can be 
obtained while fresh, before it becomes 
tainted. But the ordinary dry ‘‘beef 
scrap” is plenty good enough. At the 
S to its College egg-laying contest they 
used to alternate beef scraps and lish 
scrap, but T do not think there is any 
gain in doing so. 
From eigjht. to 10 per cent of the dry 
inash is sufficient beef scrap to furnish 
the needed protein. Feed plenty of green 
stuff—lawn clippings are fine—and don’t 
forget to have a box with three compart¬ 
ments. one for ground oyster shells, one 
for grit, and one for ground charcoal. 
GEORGE A. COSGROVE. 
T ubercukisl* 
I bad a rooster that lost it« vitality 
two or three months ago and recently be¬ 
gan to go lame in one leg. I tried to 
fatten it, but it refused to be fattened. 
T killed it and found on the interestines a 
lot of little bunches from the size of a 
sweet pea seed up to a yellow-eye bean, 
also in the liver there were several of 
these little hard, light-colored bunches. 
Inside of these bunches there was a 
brownish yellow growth. Could you tell 
what was the trouble with it? R. s. M. 
Bangor, Me. 
Tuberculosis of the intestines and liver. 
M. B. D. 
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We have many able-bodied yonng men, with 
and without experience, who wish t o work on 
farms. If you need a good, steady man. write 
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THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
176 Second Avenue Hew York City 
WANTED—Single women ns attendants in_ State 
Institution for Feeble-minded; salary $50 per 
month and maintenance, with opportunity for ad¬ 
vancement. Apply, stating age,' to SUPERIN¬ 
TENDENT. Lctchworth tillage, Thiells, Rock¬ 
land Go., N. Y. 
WANTED—An experience general farm hand 
for the season; good milker; state wages in 
first letter. BOX 38, Burlington Flats, N. Y. 
WANTED—Reliable, settled woman of respecta¬ 
bility, to do general housework in family of 
four; be practically one of the family; a good 
home and wages ($50 per month) guaranteed. 
GEO. S. ATL.EE, Morristown, N. J. 
WANTED—Herdsman, single, skilled feeder, 
calf raiser, butter-maker, operator of milking 
machines, separators and other dairy machines; 
herd of pureb-ed Holstein with Advanced Regis¬ 
try records; place 54 miles from Now York 0 tv; 
wages $75 a month, hoard and room; A1 refer¬ 
ences required. ADVERTISER 00 OO, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Married man to occupy tenement 
a::: 1 do general farm v ork: single men as milk¬ 
ers and teamsters at $05 per month. CARWY- 
TIIAM FARM, Bridgehampton, N. Y. 
WANTED—One or two girls to help in bearding 
h >r.se I'ri n Jr ’7 and August. E. A. P.RAIN- 
ERD. Windham, N. Y. 
WANTED—Capable, refined woman, assist with 
hr.’.sework; family if t.hroo: references re- 
ou'-'d. Address ADVERTISER 9008, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Man and wife, age 35 to 45, no 
children, as cook and general house man in 
private country home, Orange Co., N. Y.; family 
of seven; five in help; wife must be good cook; 
man to assist wife in kitchen and general work 
about house ami yard; please give references 
and experience and state salary; a personal in¬ 
terview is desired, so only those within easy 
reaching distance need answer. Address ADVER¬ 
TISER 90C6. care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Woman to help in housework in 
small family; goad home; wages $15 per 
month. ADVERTISER 9007, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WOMAN to assist i'l hoarding-house in the coun¬ 
try and hcl’i in kitchen; good home; kind 
t-en'ment; state age. BOX 59, Salisbury Mills, 
N. Y. 
WANTED—Man to handle a tractor; must un¬ 
de-stand farming: one willing to perform other 
duties when tractor is idle; $f!5-$70; steady posi- 
ti n to rght man; state age, reference. 
SUPERINTENDENT, P. O. Box, Glen Head, 
X. Y. 
WANTED—Married couple, preferably without 
children, to take charge of a cottage in which- 
about twenty boys live, and have charge also of 
farming connected with this cottage; compensa¬ 
tion $82.90 per month for tlie couple, increasing 
at the rate of $5.00 per month each six months, 
until a maximum of $97.99 per month is reached; 
full maintenance, including furirshed room, 
bra-d and laundry, Is included: only people in¬ 
terested in helping boys and ni t afraid of work 
a-e desi-ed. A.b’rss SUPERINTENDENT, 
Thorn Hill School, Warrendalo, I’a. 
SINGLE MAN wanted for farm wo'k: must be 
good milker; $45 per month, bca-d; small 
dairy. ‘Phone 42-M Cold Si ring, X. Y. CHES¬ 
TER SMITH, Cold Spring, X- Y. 
SUCCESSFUL poultryman wanted, September 1; 
working manager; hundred-acre grain and egg 
farm; exceptional opportunity for man of intelli¬ 
gence and energy; attractive home; all modern 
facilities operation and further development 
commercial plant. ROCKLAND FARM, Falls- 
ton, Mil. 
WANTED—Single Protestant young man for 
general work on farm; must be able to milk, 
drive team and Ford ear; only those that will 
appreciate good home and good wages need re¬ 
ply. Write F. J. II., Box 44, Basking Ridge, 
N. 3. 
YOUNG MAN, familiar with poultry and garden¬ 
ing, wanted by private school for backward 
children; 40 miles from New York City; perma¬ 
nent position for right partv; state age, salarv 
aril experience. ADVERTISER 9015, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WANTED-—A Holstein cattle man of proven 
ability and experience to operate my farm of 
over 509 acres, in Western Massachusetts, on 
shares; farm is completely equipped with all 
buildings, tools and machinery and carries at 
present 32 head purebred Holsteins, headed by 
two excellent herd sires; am prepared to make 
liberal terms and long time contract with the 
right man. Address ADVERTISER 9012, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Gardener on small country estate. 55 
miles north if New York; care of garden, cow, 
horse and poultry; references required. Address 
n. T. SEYMOUR. 193 West St., New York City. 
Situations Wanted 
COUPLE, no children, open Tor position; man, 
several years’ experience in poultry and gar¬ 
den work; wife to help in housework; best of 
references; please give details in first letter. 
ADVERTISER 8977. care Rural New-Yorker. 
MIDDLE-AGED, married, expert practical or- 
eharilist. vineva’-dist. small fruit grower, 
.farmer; good record as foreman manager, seeks 
permanent position on large farm or estate; 
-economy, efficiency, honesty, guaranteed: mod- 
e-ate, to small salary and percentage. ADVER¬ 
TISER, 89<!G, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position, experienced sawyer on all 
kinds of mills. WM. SNELL, Laekawapjia 
Avenue, East Stroudsburg, Pa. 
APIARYIST—Understanding bee keeping from 
A to Z; experience with orcharding, dairying, 
poultry, machinery and crops; farm reared; agri¬ 
cultural graduate; single; consider any first 
class proposition. O. MORRISON, Ashby, Mass. 
WOULD like (0 hear from some gentleman who 
wishes his place made beautiful, lawns grad¬ 
ed and seeded, roads and drives made, concrete 
walks or any concrete work done, stone walls 
built, land drained, frees and shrill planted: 20 
years’ experience: will work by week or month; 
largo or small jobs; best references. JOHN .1. 
WRIGHT, I’. O. Box 42, Shelter Island, N. Y. 
CHRISTIAN yonng man. 35. single, wishes po¬ 
sition on estate or good farm; good milker; 
experienced. ADVERTISER 9003. care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
YOUNG man, ago 25, wishes to get on a large 
commercial poultry farm; no experience. AD¬ 
VERTISER 8998. care Rural New-Yorker. 
HERDSMAN—Working foreman, married, age 
41. 1 child, engaged in A. B. Guernsey work, 
desires position on private place; conscientious, 
painstaking; open to October 1: state salary. 
ADVERTISER 8999, care Rural New-Yorker. 
SHEPHERD, first-class, English, is open for po¬ 
sition; single; best of references. Address A. 
WK’KSON, Noroton Heights, Noroton, Conn. 
CORNELL agricultural student, young woman, 
desires permanent position at specialized farm 
work, preferably fruit and poultry. ADVER¬ 
TISER 8997, cafe Rural New-Yorker. 
SINGLE man, experienced, wants position as 
general farm hand; state wages. MAX GROSS, 
328 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
FOULTRYMAN, 27. single, some training, wants 
position. DAVID I.. JOHNSON, 25(1 West 
Grand St., Elizabeth, N. J. 
YOUNG man, 33, single, hail 10 years’ experi¬ 
ence handling cows, horses, sheep and hogs; 
nan operate all kinds of farm machinery a.id 
keep same in repair. ADVERTISER 9004-, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
nERDSMAN, married, wants charge of medium 
sized purebred Holstein herd on woll-erplippod, 
progressive farm or estate; practical dairyman; 
successful test man and calf raiser; used to 
handling men; please give .details, ADVER¬ 
TISER 9005, care Rural New-Yorker. 
SITUATION wanted by middle-aged widower as 
caretaker or superintendent of gentleman's 
country estate; steady position; am active, hon¬ 
est, sober, industrious; best references fur¬ 
nished; details through interview or mail. 
ADVERTISER 9000, care Rural New-Yorker. 
_—-—- 
YOUNG MAN (29) desires permanent position on I 
p ultry farm, anywhere in New York State; j 
no other than poultrymen need apply; in renlv 
state salary, living conditions, etc. ADVER¬ 
TISER 9010, care Rural New-Yorker. 
YOUNG MAN (24), Christian, expe-'vheed, de¬ 
sires position cn a cimmercial poultry farm. 
ADVERTISER 9017, care Rural New-Yorker. 
YOUNG married man (28) would Eke to get 
position on farm; have had four years’ ex¬ 
perience; before in service; wife to help in 
house; no children-; salarv $45 per month and 
board. MICHAEL BOTINA, Box 122, Roose¬ 
velt, L. I., N. Y. 
FARMER—Due to change in owner’s plans Ibis 
Fall, can accept position now or not later than 
September 1st, as working farmer o» small es¬ 
tate manager; qualified by life experience in 
general farming, gardening, fruits, poultry, 
horses, cows. hogs, etc.; registered stock, cerii- 
fied dairying, development work, modern meth¬ 
ods: New York and New Jersey chauffeur 
licenses; American, married, aged 40, two chil¬ 
dren; best references. BOX Go, Orange, N. J. 
ELDERLY MAN seeks light work en farm; 
wages immaterial. A. MEYERS, 18 Irving 
Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
BOY (1G) wants position on poultry farm to 
learn business; good board first consideration. 
RICHARD LINDSAY, 208 West 23d Street, New 
York. 
HOUSEKEEPER—Yeung widow, with small boy, 
in widower’s home; comnetent and reliable. 
ADVERTISER 9013, care Rural New-Yorker. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
FARM FOR SALE—An ideal located home with 
superb view of surrounding country, and Cats¬ 
kills; 175 acres; good buildings, all modern im¬ 
provements in house; high elevation; unfading 
water supply; telephone; rural delivery; 5 miles 
from Chatham; immediate possession. MRS. 
JOHN A. SMETHURST, Ailmx., Chatham, N. 
Y.; R. U. 
FOR SALE—Improved Delaware farm, with 
growing crops, stock and equipment; a bar¬ 
gain. For particulars write POSTMASTER Rob¬ 
bins, Del. 
WANTED—Young horticultural graduate, raised 
on farm, or experienced orchardist, to buy half 
interest in young 2 , 000 -tree apple orchard of 
finest varieties, beginning to bear a little, and 
to live on place and superintend operations; fine 
climate; beautiful mountain country. BOLLING 
HALL, Waynesville, N. C. 
FOR SALE, bv owner, three desirable truck 
farms. 100, 1G0, 300 acres. E. M. MOORE, 
Westover, Md. 
FOR SALE—200-acre dairy farm; running water 
through the place. Address ADVERTISER 
8975, care Rural New-Yorker. 
GENTLEMAN’S farm, two hours from New 
York; 212 acres; high elevation; level fields; 
modern house, 12 rooms and bath, all improve¬ 
ments; equipped for Summer boarders; 40 acres 
of apples and peaches, bearing age; one acre of 
strawberries: all crops planted. AD\ ERI ISEK 
89S4, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—41 acres good land; good buildings; 
12 miles from Reading; $1,800. E. ENDRES, 
Robesonia, Penn. 
FOIt SALE—50-acre farm. Adirondack Moun¬ 
tains: grand mountain view. GRANT COCH¬ 
RAN, Loon Lake, N. Y._ 
FARM TO RENT, privilege of purchase; build¬ 
ings and land adapted for poultry raising: 
about 10 acres; high elevation; house: improve¬ 
ments: not less than seven rooms; thirty miles 
from New York, near station and good school: 
moderate price. ADVERTISER 9002, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
ROCHELLE PARK. N. J.—25 acres for sale, ou 
county road: nigh, desirable land for develop¬ 
ing or suitable for poultry or fruit; G minutes 
from Hudson River trolley; water supply for 
nshlence; near State highway: very reasonable. 
Apply owner, WILLIAM SONNTAG, Rochelle 
Pa rk, N. J 
FOR SALE—17G-acre farm; good house and 
lmrn: new improved road; location Western 
New York; good land: considerable valuable 
timber; price $2,700; onlv $900 down; near rail¬ 
road. ADVERTISER 9011, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Farm; 110 acres; fruit; JT * 2 r: good 
land. A. II. JUDGE, King Ferry, f. 
-_ j- 
FINE country home and produetlvh- dairy farm 
for less than buildings cost; 135 acres; % mile 
from town; 20 miles from Troy; brick residence; 
16 rooms and bath; cost $ 11,000 to build; big 
barns, silo, fine water supply, orchard; 20 milk 
cows, 3 horses, farming implements, crops: all 
for $ 10 , 000 ; terms to suit buyer; income fr.iyui 
milk alone for last year was over $4,000. WM. 
DINGMAN. Buskirk, N. Y. 
WANTED—To rent. 29 to 39 acres, with small 
house; suitable for poultry and fruit; or might 
buy. ADVERTISER 9901, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
PLYMOUTH, MASS.-—Large turkey farm, ad¬ 
mirably suited for gentleman’s country estate; 
high, healthfully situated; affords excellent view 
of Plymouth Bay and its historic places. Ply¬ 
mouth County Club golf links and valley; also 
the estates of well-known gentlemen on all 
sides; no handsomer natural location on North 
or South shore; three miles out; warranty deed 
calls fur forty acres, more or less: stocked with 
the very best of bronze turkeys, and prosperous 
turkey produce business established. For fur¬ 
ther information write THOMAS P T "’LY,. Chil- 
tonville, Plymouth, Mass. 
FOR SALE—50 acres near Milford, Pa.: 20 acres 
wood; barn, fruit, spring water; 1.000 ft. ele¬ 
vation: reasonable. FRANK J. MFRPIIY, Pros¬ 
pect Hill PL, Norwalk, Conn. 
WANTED—To rent, poultry farm, 20 to 50 
acres, within 50 miles of New York; some fruit: 
option of buying: references furnished. Address 
to W. K. DR LAXO, Drawer IT. Litchfield. Conn. 
VILLAGE FARM—Fr it, truck, chicken; 6 -acre. 
F. WALSER, Catskill, N. Y. 
WANTED—Cheap farm (Pennsylvania); about 
$1,000; house main tiling. MARTIN, 1891 
Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. 
CALIFORNIA—The End of the Trail; « won¬ 
derful trip overland; purchase our Income 
Fruit Ranch; nine miles f*rcm Oakland. 20 from 
San Francisco. OWNER, 901 35th Avenue, Oak¬ 
land, Cal. 
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS—Two lots: spr.ng 
on property; $75. WILLIAM HILDENRRAND, 
13G Wilbur Avenue, I^ong Island City. N. Y. 
POULTRY FARM—Gentleman’s country home; 
eight acres; assorted fruit trees, garden, 
lawn, hedge; Monmouth County; hour by Penn¬ 
sylvania or Jersey Central; commuting station 
adjacent; modern house, 10 rooms, two baths, 
electricity, gas, steam heat (furnished if de¬ 
sired): on main automobile road: large barn and 
workshop, sheds; complete poultry plant, for 
1,000 layers; Incubator cellar and incubators, 
brooder house, hot water heat; 100 valuable 
White Leghorn breeding hens. 109 March hatch 
Juliets and cockerels included; this stock worth 
$750; buildings alone valued at $15,000; for 
quick sale will take $ 13 , 000 ; half cash. Address 
ADVERTISER 9010, care Rural New-Yorker, or 
telephone Matawan 244R. 
WANTED—Small fruit ami poultry farm: near 
good market, and schools. ROX 65, O-.unge, 
N. J. 
$2,009 CASH or less gives you title to the fol¬ 
lowing: Potato farm, dairy and gV.Vtn; 50 
acres; good buildings, just painted; six-room 
cottage, running hot and cold water, bath out¬ 
fit (not. connected); beautifully located: half 
mile to railroad station; six miles from Asbury 
Turk, N. J.; ns many miles from three other 
large resorts; school in sight; near village; fine 
neighbors; running brook, etc.; with this goes 
all crops, worth ati least $2,500, team fine horses, 
three cows, 50 chickens, dock of ducks, pig and 
all machinery and small implements to rrn an 
up-to-date farm; Federal Land Bank mortgage; 
time payments: act quick if yon want a country 
home. BOX 10G, R. 1, Belmar, N. J. 
Miscellaneous 
BOARD WANTED—Girl of 12, on a farm, near 
New York; other children. ADVERTISER 
9014, care Rural New-Yorker. 
HOMES WANTED for boys—We will co-operate 
with any responsible family in placing with 
them a suitable Catholic boy, between 7 and 12 
years of age; our exiierience and your willing¬ 
ness will produce the right results. Address 
PLACING OUT BUREAU, 417 Rroorne Street. 
New York, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Guaranteed fresh eggs, by dozen or 
crate; parcel post or express. BOX 53, Rhine- 
beck, N. Y. 
FINE extracted honey; 10 lbs. delivered within 
3d zone, clover $2.25, buckwheat $2; 5 lbs. 
either $1.25; GO-lb. can at our station, clover 
$10. buckwheat $8.40. RAY C. WILCOX, Odessa, 
N. Y. 
WANTED—Second-hand incubator heater, 20,000- 
egg capacity; Hall make preferred. F. M. 
PRESCOTT, Riverdale, N. J. 
WANTED—-Imperial hot-water incubators: state 
price and condition of machine. F. L. MYERS, 
Minerva, O. 
WANTED—Rear wheels for Ford Truck; com¬ 
plete; either hard or inflated tires; state price. 
Address P. V. B. VAN SLYKE, West Coxsackie, 
N. Y. 
FOR SALE—One-ton Martin fifth-wheel trailer; 
fits any car; Iron Age four-row potato sprayer; 
both in good condition; cheap; or will exchange. 
ARTHUR LOPER, Port Jefferson, N. Y. 
COMMERCE motor truck, absolutely new. tek- 1 
for debt; cost $1,750; Model T, 1921: first 
$1,085 check takes it. GEORGE D. CLARK. 
Coosada, Ala. 
$27.50 CORRUGATED copper milk cooler, cost 
$35: $13 Governor cream separator pulley, cost 
$18; $8.50 belt-driven bottle brush; all never 
used; $22.50 hand-made galvanized vat for wash¬ 
ing milk bottles, cost $37.50; used twice f r 
washing buckets. IRVING JONES, Alfred, N. Y. 
CIDER PRESS and grater for sale. H. MOR¬ 
GAN, Amcnia, N. Y. 
WANTED—To know where 1 can get home¬ 
grown full cream cheese, like grandma used 
to make. Also wanted a few more families to 
use my Jersey dairy butter, made by old-fash¬ 
ioned gravity process, with care and cleanliness; 
will keep sweet longer and stand hot weather 
better than most butter. Sample 5-lb. box. 
postpaid anywhere iu New England or New 
York, $2.25. D. A. KNEELAND, Mountain 
Home Farm, ^Vaitsfield, Vt. 
WANTED—Dai. v litter carrier, water b >wls and 
fixtures fer 0 ‘tie: description and price right. 
J. HOWARD FlfkTT, Knowlesville, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Nearlv new E. & B. Holmes apple 
barrel stave jointer, witli shafting, to be run 
by gasoline power or foot power, as desired; all 
in gndd shape; used but very little. JOSEPH 
S. WILFORD, Elba, N. Y. 
