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Which Side of the Barn 
should a boy work on? 
Uncle Daniel and his wife had decided views upon 
this question, but the Hope Farm man does not agree 
with their ideas. He tells about his boyhood days on a 
Cape Cod farm in an interesting story called 
The Sunny Side of the Barn 
1 his is just one of the 25 good stories which you 
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An Old Man and Old Hens 
ill some of your experienced poultry- 
men advise me on the following proposi¬ 
tion l I am an old man ; have for many 
years kept a small flock of chickens suc¬ 
cessfully. I now am thinking of building 
a house to accommodate 325 birds. I 
propose to purchase one-year-old hens at 
molting time, feed them the best I know 
how until the following August, then dis¬ 
pose of them and again fill the house with 
the same kind of stock. What are the 
prospects of getting some return for my 
labor? caw 
New Jersey. 
Pullets lay more eggs than hens, as a 
luie, but not always. Some lay more 
eggs in their second laying year; and 
once in a while a hen will lay more eggs 
in her third laying year than ever before. 
I have known such cases, but they are 
very uncommon. Leghorns usually lay 
more eggs in their second and third years 
than the larger breeds do in their second 
and third years. At least, such has al¬ 
ways been my experience. Now, as to 
profit. Undoubtedly there is a profit in 
keeping Leghorns for eggs in their second 
laying year; but the amount of that mar¬ 
gin of profit depends considerably on the 
buying price and the selling price of the 
hens. 
Tf C. A. W. can buy yearling hens for 
.>i.2i) and sell them the next Fall for 90c 
or $1, then only 25 or 30c would have to 
be deducted from the profit made on the 
eggs. But if he pays $2 for the hens and 
sells them for $1, he must deduct $1 from 
the egg profit to offset the loss on hens 
But even then the $2 hens might be the 
more profitable by being better layers 
than the cheaper birds. 
Molting takes usually about 90 days— 
three months. If the birds are bought at 
the beginning of the molt, there are three 
months of outgo without any income. If 
they molt, say, in September. October and 
November and are bought about the first 
of December, egg laying ought to begin 
soon and profit commence. So there are 
a number of factors to be considered; but 
to answer O. A. W.’s question specifically 
I would say yes, there ought, to be a fair 
profit in keeping yearling hens for eggs 
and selling them at the end of the year • 
if they are well housed, well fed and weli 
cared for. But see to it that you do not 
buy roupy or unhealthy birds.' IIow can ; 
jou tell? By your nose. You can smell 
roup when you can’t detect it in any other 
way. Canker, vent gleet, chicken pox, 
etc., are some of the things to be looked 
out. for. i ou will learn by experience. 
We all had to. geo. a. Cosgrove. 
November 5, 1021 
How Geo. Adrian Saved 
$80 on Lumber 
Geo. Adrian wanted to rebuild a part of 
his barn. Could do it himself with the aid 
ot a hired man or helper—but didn’t, be- 
cause lumber prices locally were about 
$o0 more than he figured he ought to buy 
tor. 1 hen George saw a “ Bennett ” ad in 
his favorite magazine, sent in a list of 
lumber needs— got back the quotation and 
was surprised to find he could buy for 180 
less than he had figured. 
Ordered on condition this low-priced 
lumber must be as good or better than he 
could buy locally. It came (within 5 days) 
—Oeorge was delighted with it. paid his 
bill for it cheerfully, and went ahead with 
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George has sent in three other orders, and 
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,t ’U. 311 ^ figure your savings for your- 
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RURAL NEW-YORKER. 333 West 30lh St.. New York 
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Late-hatched Turkeys 
One of our readers says that a turkey 
hen stole her nest and eaine off last Sep¬ 
tember with 10 birds. Thev are doing 
well and growing rapidly. Will turkeys 
hatched as late as this he old enough to 
make breeding stock for next year’ 
M ould you expect them to lay ‘ next 
Spring, and would they be satisfactory ns 
breeders? Would you depend upon these 
young birds for that purpose? 
No. they would not be large or strong 
enough for breeding stock. Properly 
eared for they would lay by the middle of 
Summer, but the offspring of such late 
birds would be unhealthy and live only a 
short time. I would not depend on such 
stock for breeding. This is a question 
the least understood by most people in¬ 
terested. Raising turkeys is a hard prop¬ 
osition, and requires the limit, in all 
things, and it is right here where so 
many people fail. Turkeys to be used as 
breeders should he hatched first week in 
May in cold climates; then they will 
nave time to develop vigor, color and 
plumage and will transmit all to off- 
SP ^V ng ‘ , THOMAS REILY. 
Massachusetts. 
These turkeys, if well taken care of, 
would make breeding stock next year. I 
have a neighbor who had some late bronze 
turkeys last year, and thev began laying 
nearly as soon as the older ones. But I 
never would breed from such stock my¬ 
self. A two or three-year-old hen is very 
much better. They produce larger and 
stronger poults, and a two or three-year- 
old tom is better than a young one. That 
has been my experience in breeding tur¬ 
keys the past 30 years. People breed 
from inferior stock and lose their poults 
and then wonder why they cannot suc- 
seed in raising turkeys. 
New York. mrs. e. j. rider. 
I would expect Bourbon Red lien tur¬ 
keys to lay by May. However, I would 
not expect to keep them as my main 
breeding stock. I should only use them 
to raise chickens when they became 
broody. By doing this they gain experi¬ 
ence as mothers and are ready the com¬ 
ing season to do excellent caring for tur¬ 
keys. They would not produce eggs that 
would hatch as strong poults as earlier 
hatched birds and. better yet, to keep 
mother hens two, three or four years old 
for best success, these mated to a non- 
re]. a ted tom. , V. FLONA HORNING. 
New York. 
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While j. believe these turkeys would 
lay next Spring I do not believe they 
would ever grow as big as early 
hatched, and would by no means consider 
them as breeders. We find old hens do 
the best, compared with yearlings, even 
though young are early hatched, but we 
mate the old hens with a young tom. 
W. E. GORMAN. 
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