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Circular. 
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Leghorns, R. I. Reds, R. P. Rocks. Sent 
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Eggs and breeding stock. Illustrated 
‘All that is new in Poultry” FREE. 
i 
GALEN FARMS, Box 100 ,CLYDE, NEW YORK 
S. C. W. L.Wyckoff Strain 
Mated to Certified Males 
CUSTOM HATCHING 
$4.00 per 100 EGGS 
45,000 INCUBATOR CAPACITY 
BONNIE BEND POULTRY FARM 
R. D. 9, AUBURN, N Y. on owasco lake 
World’s Official Record-313 Eggs 
A .C. JONES’ Barred Rocks 
CH1CKS-EGGS-BREEDING-ST0CK 
Setml for Catalog. 
A. C. JONES’ POUI.TRY FARM 
Georgetown Dept. A Del aware 
FRANCAIS’ ROCKS— Twice Winners at Stores 
Pedigreed cockerels. I'nllets, breeders, hatching eggs 
and chicks, Rocks and Leghorn. Circular. 
Julos F. Francals • Westhampton Beach, N. Y. 
S. C. R. I. RED COCKERELS 
Vi b e rt s 289-egg strain. From non-setting, trap- 
nested hens. Price, *£>, $7 and *10 each. 
A. II. FIN GAR, Sunnybrook Poultry Farm 
Ellzavllle - Now York 
3VLAHOGANY STRAIN 
S C. Rhode Island Reds, Cockerels. Early hatched 
S5 each. Hatching eggs. SI2 per 100. Breeding stock. 
Circular. 1 J. Quackenbush Darien, Conn. 
HAMPTON'S BLACK LEGHORN CHICKS 
Get my free circular before you order chicks—tolls why 
the BLACK LEGHORN is the greatest layer and most profit¬ 
able breed <m earth. Write to-day. 
A. E. HAMPTON Hot It Plttstown, N. ,T. 
BABY CHICKS 
Vigorous and strong, from America’s champion lay¬ 
ing flocks of proven fecundity on free farm range at 
low prices. Tancred, Barron and Wyckoff White 
Leghorns, Sheppard, Mottled Anconas, Northrop 
Rlaek Minoroas, Parks' Barred Rocks and Owens Reds. 
Martin’s White Wiandottes. Catalogue Free. 
Wm. D. Seidel ' - Strawberry Ridge, Ta. 
BREEDERS GHIGKS-EGGS 
W Wyandottes, Lt. and Dk. Brahmas, R. I. Reds, 
Barred Rocks. S C. IV. and Brown Leghorns. Cata¬ 
log free. liivcrdale Poultry Farm, Box165, Riverdale, N. J. 
Chicks-Leghoms 
REDS 
WYANDOTTES 
Send for price list. 
A. C. JONES’ POULTRY FARM 
Georgetown Dept. A Delaware 
Mayroyd Poultry Farm 
BREEDERS OF SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS AND BARRED 
PLYMOUTH ROCKS ” THAT LAY AND PAY.'" 
NEW DORP HEIGHTS Box B Staten Island, N.Y. 
i ncona, Black Minorca, Buff, Grown I.eghorn Coek’rls. 
1 Guaranteed. Earla S. Wilson, Box 497, llninmund, li. Y. 
Connecticut tested 
Pliial/o February hatches. Reds, 
__UHlCKo Rocks and Leghorns. 
Quality high. Prices reasonable. “ Our honesty is your 
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“ TIFFANY’S SUPERIOR CHICKS THAT LIVE” 
WYANDOTTES, REDS ROCKS AND LEGHORNS 
MAMMOTH PEKlNlpiiTpiAT TlSJfJQ 
INDIAN RONNER/DU Lo JVl^llN 
Aldharn Poultry Farm,R.34. Phoenixville, Pa. 
p™ DUCKLINGS 
Egg'S ami Drakes 
Price List Free 
PARDEE'S PEKINS, Islip, N.Y. 
IARDEES 
Perfect 
ekin 
SLACK JS UFFOLK TURKEYS 
f you have failed with others, try these. Rig, healthy, 
young Toms, *13 ; Hens, *S. 
I. J. VAN DYKE - Gettysburg, Pa. 
Horning’s B o u r b o n Reds. 
Fine toms and hens. 
FLORA HORNING Owcuo, N. Y. 
Turkeys 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys D, S±" 
VALLEY BROOK FARM Peapack, N.J. 
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Your Poultry Needs This Food 
Btruven’s specially prepared Fish Meal is rich in 
proteins and minerals that fatten poultry and make 
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CHARLES M. STRUVEN & CO. 
114-0 S. Frederick St., Baltimore, Md. 
Your Hens 
Need meat scraps in 
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It is the cheapest and 
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Ideal Meat Scraps 
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so as to increase the egg production. They 
are guaranteed to produce more eggs or we 
will refund your money—you are to be the 
judge. Write for prices—Today. 
Ideal Rendering Company 114 E. Main St. 
North Wales, Pa. 
$|^95 Champion $^|95 
Belle City LY~ 
140 -Eeg Incubator x 3 o-Egg 
Hot-Water, Copper Tank, Double Walls Fibre 
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- Order Both. Acompletehatcliery. 
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Box 48 Racine, Wis. J 
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White Leghorn Cockerels 
for January delivery. Write for PRICE and description 
R0LLW00D FARM - Guilford, Conn. 
BIRCHWOOD BIRDS “ 
Bulletin 
Concerning wh£ c Leghorn Chicks 
We hatch only eggs produced from our own strain of 
BIRCHWOOD BREEDERS, one to three years old, 
selected l‘rom5,»0(> healthy It I It Oil WOOD KIRKS, 
resulting from years of scientific breeding and manage¬ 
ment from ttie world's best strains. WE DO NOT 
BREED FROM IM LLETS. Quotations on request 
BIRCHWOOD FARMS CO., Inc., Central Village. Conn.. 
Mammoth Bronzo. Champion “Goldbank” 
IXV/ J O sire, first pnzeMadisi nSqiiareOarden. Kart- 
Ply mouthRodkCockerels. Miss IDA CHUM BLEY. Oraper.Va. 
Special Prices on Turkeys, Ducks, Geese ST? 
Hatching eggs. Catalog free. Write y 
and Dogs 
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P ure Bronze Turkeys. Fine stock. Worth the money. 
Order quick. J. 11. Wheaton, Painted Post, iN.l . 
I I, Fine Poultry. Turkey*,Geese, Ducks 
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Stock and eggs. Catalog. PIONEER FARMS, Telford, Pu 
Turkeys - Ducks-Geese breeders now. Catalog 
free. H. A. Souder Box 29 Sellersville, Pa. 
ooldbac j k Giant BronzeTurkeys 0 ” May?^^ 
bred, healthy, vigorous. THOMAS ItElI.Y, Plymouth, liluss. 
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owing, 
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, N. J. 
in lHI _ i ii Feb., Mar., Apr. Pullets and Cocker 
White WyandOlte els, Yearling Hens and Cocks. Cata¬ 
logue Free. BOWDEN, Wyandotte Specialist, Mansfield, Ohio 
Regal-Dorcas Coeke’ls. Pull., $3 ea. 
R. Hill, Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
White Wyandottes _ 
Utility White Wyandottes A. K. I’EIRCE, Winchester, N. II, 
n | ,1. a White Wyandottes, Martin-Dorcns 
JtSabV l— nicks direct. Also S. V. White Leghorns, 
y Early orders with small deposits 
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Hatching Eggs A. B. Card, Boonton, N.J. R. D. No. 1 
LEGHORN BREEDERS-ATTENTION! 
THE BEST BUY OF THE SEASON 
Early hatched, free ranged, well grown, pedigreed 
cockerels. Pure Hollywood strain, direct from Hol¬ 
lywood Farms, from hens with records of 220 eggs 
or more. Sire’s dam, 275 eggs. Some ancestors in 
pedigree, over 300 eggers. Price, 1$5, $>7.50 and 
$>10 each, with full pedigree furnished, Must 
please you in every way or your money hack. 
FIVE POINT LEGHORN FARM Mt. Ephraim, N. J. 
.OVERSTOCKED 
S. C. WHITE 
LEGHORN 
PU LLETS, 
SI. 75 each. About ready to lay. Free circular. 
Write for baby chick circular. Attractive prices for 
Spring delivery. 
BUNGALOW POULTRY FARM 
Monmouth Junction, N. J. C. H CHANDLER, Prop. 
DEERFIELD PURE BRED CHICKS 
S. 0. W. Leghorn—under supervision Cornell 
Poultry Project. 
DEERFIELD FARMS Deer Park, L. I., N.Y. 
BARRON WHITE WYANDOTTE 
BABY From breeders bred from Imported stock 
CHIX with records of 262 to 278. Circular Free. 
NAUVOO FRUIT 8 POULTRY FARM R. 1 7ETTERS, PA, 
LEGHORN EGGS 
from hardy, high-producing hens. $10 per hundred. 
ELM VALLEY FARM - West Cornwall. Conn. 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laying contest, the following facts are given: 
It is held at Storrs Postoffice 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 
number 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 
entered for the next year. 
Week ending December 19, 1923. 
Week Total 
BARRED ROCK3 
Purdue University, Inti. 40 227 
W. H. B. Kent. N. Y. 32 146 
Ontario Agricultural College, Ont_ 50 169 
Lewis Farms, HI. 23 123 
Jules F. Francais, L. 1. 27 102 
Morris E. Bride, Conn. 28 186 
Wob rn Poultry Farm, Mass. 32 lKl 
Miss Harriet Smith, Mass. 34 185 
Kdgar Stouvhton C /iti,. 33 140 
Merritt M. Clark. Conn. 38 176 
E, C. Foreman. Mich. 17 70 
Keewayuin Farm. Conn. 37 147 
J. V. Sheap, Mich. .. 8 53 
The Ferguson Farms. Tenn. 23 125 
Jasper IS. Guptill, Maine. 41 169 
Storrs Exp. Station, Conn. 17 78 
The Ramblers Farm, N.Y . 26 51 
W. J, Areuholz, N.Y. 21 67 
WHITE ROCKS 
Monstone Farm, Mass. li 57 
Ameling Farms, Mo. 41 207 
S. Bradford Allyn, Mass. 37 172 
Davidson Bros.. Mass. 19 89 
Ohas. E, Butler, Conn. 25 108 
Albert T. Lenzen, Mass. 15 34 
Haroid F. liar ,t r. Mass. 25 113 
H. B, Spangler, N, J. 17 44 
WHITE. W YANDOTT1S3 
D. O. Wit.mer, Mo. 48 199 
Obed G. Knight, R. X. 22 166 
F. L. Weilami, Ivy. 18 140 
Frank P Mattes n, It. I . 40 286 
Hi-Quality Hennery, Vt. 10 59 
Clemens J. Diemand, Conn. 27 261 
Woodbridge Orchards. C nil. 23 171 
William E. Moran, Conn. 24 94 
Albert W. Buckbee, N. Y T . 48 220 
H. V. Bierly, Pa. 32 134 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Sunnyfields Farm, Conn. 29 268 
H. P. Doming, Conn. 4 4 
Scott’s Red Farm, 11. 18 60 
Abbot M. Smith, Conn. 3 3 
Fellows Bros.. Conn. 23 166 
E. Newton Searles, Conn. 42 285 
Geo. R. Treadwell, Mass . 37 197 
Sunset Poultry Farm, Mass. 39 258 
,1 ulin Z. Labelle. Conn. 28 232 
I. W. Mitchell, Conn. 3 27 
F. S. Chapin, Mass. 15 75 
F. H, Sampson, Mass. 29 71 
Jas. E. Ewing, Vt. .. 28 148 
Spring Brook Poultry Farm, Conn_ 15 157 
Fernside harm, Mass. 59 299 
Dickinson Bros., Mass. J9 154 
Pniecrest Orchards, Mass. 48 223 
Ed. A. Oellcuct, Conn. 11 22 
W. A. Dickinson, Mass. 23 56 
Maurice F. Delano, Mass. 22 110 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. 11 . 26 131 
Red Mount Farm, Mass. 42 203 
Forest H. Clickner, N. J. 49 273 
Charles H. Lane. Mass. 23 92 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
Roy H. Waite, Md. 45 288 
Small's Poultry Farm, Conn. 45 250 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 47 353 
S. G. McLean, Conn . 36 203 
Leo A. Grouten, Conn. 41 290 
E. H. Scott. Conn . 36 261 
F. M. Johnson, Maine. 46 314 
Hollywood Farm, Wash. 43 255 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 19 132 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 45 190 
Beck Egg Farm, N.J. 31 229 
Edgar Stoughton, Conn. ’.... 35 191 
Ernest W. Picker, N.J. 35 139 
Hanson’s Poultry Farm. Ore.. 42 315 
C. G. Ueauie, Pa. 34 173 
Pussy Willow Egg Farm, L. 1. 46 134 
Mountain Meadow Farm, Vt. 40 201 
Ernest Craze. N.J. 16 131 
Acrebridge Farm, Mass. 50 334 
Hilltop Farm, Conn. 60 383 
St. John's Poultry Farm, Mo. 34 288 
Andrew L. Ohr, Conn. 30 180 
C. T. Darby, N. J. 48 236 
Spring Brook Poultry Farm, Conn- 27 204 
R. C. Dunn, Mass. 21 159 
L. W. Steelman, Pa. 48 273 
Barlow Leghorn Farm, Pa. 23 179 
White Springs Farm, N. Y. 32 155 
Meadowedge Farm, L. I. .. 40 258 
Emory H. Bartlett, Mass. 39 295 
Eigenrauch & DeWinter, N. J. 38 193 
Rapp's Leghorn Farm, N. J. 45 270 
Feathevland Farm, Pa. 12 141 
M. J. Quackenbush, N. J. 15 156 
Francis J. Hogan. Mass. 28 90 
Mount Hope Farm, Mass. 41 303 
Exmoor Farm, Pa . 39 115 
Ruchles Sunnyside Farm, N.Y. 35 249 
O. C. Chadwick, Vt. 30 158 
George B. Ferris, Mich. 37 124 
Total. . 3138 17285 
Diagnosis and Treatment of Poultry 
Diseases in New York 
Part I 
[Read at the thirty-third annual con¬ 
vention of the New York State Veter- 
nary Medical Society at Ithaca, July 25.] 
Chicken-pox. —The most important 
poultry diseases in New York are, in 
their order named, chicken-pox, roup, 
coccidiosis, bacillary white diarrhea, tape¬ 
worm and round worm infestation. 
Chicken-pox is a contagious disease of 
birds, manifested by wart-like tumors on 
the comb, wattles and unfeathered por¬ 
tions of the skin, and an adherent cheesy 
exudate in the mouth, eyes, larynx and 
trachea. It is caused by a filterable virus. 
The affected bird may have only one of 
the above parts affected or may have 
them all. General symptoms are dull¬ 
ness, loss of appetite and a tendency to 
remain on the roost or hunched up in a 
corner of the house. A greenish diar¬ 
rhea is often present. In artificial in¬ 
oculation, fowls show lesions in five to 
12 days and occasionally three weeks. 
Pullets soon after being put in their lay¬ 
ing quarters are most susceptible, but 
birds of any age are subject to an attack. 
It is most severe in the late Fall and 
early Winter months, but may appear at 
any time of the year. It is spread by 
purchasing new fowls, by egg-laying con¬ 
tests, poultry exhibit and shows, by 
sparrows and by the feet of attendants 
going from a diseased to a healthy flock. 
January 12, 1924 
It is easily diagonsed by the wart like 
lesions on the comb or wattles. These 
first resemble water blisters, being yel¬ 
low in color, later they become darker, 
harder and larger, resembling warts. 
Chicken-pox is to be differentiated from 
roup and wounds on the comb. In roup 
the lesions are confined to the mucous 
membranes of the head. Treatment may 
be that of the flock or of the individual. 
Individual treatment consists in remov¬ 
ing the cankers from the mouth and 
painting the raw surface with tincture 
of iodine, washing the pus out of the 
eyes with warm boric acid solution, and 
dropping in a 10 per cent solution of 
argyrol or some eye ointment. An oint¬ 
ment made of "Vaseline” three parts and 
tincture of iodine one part gives good re¬ 
sults. Flock treatment consists of put¬ 
ting an antiseptic in the drinking wa¬ 
ter, such as "Bacilli-kill,” used in the 
cleaning of milking machines, one ounce 
to 10 quarts of water, or adding bi¬ 
chloride of mercury to the drinking wa¬ 
ter in sufficient quantity to make a 1-10,- 
000 solution, or dipping the fowls heads 
into water which is covered with kero¬ 
sene oil or into a warm 1 to 1,000 solu¬ 
tion of bichloride of mercury, and in vac¬ 
cination. There is a wide divergence of 
opinion as to the value of vaccination 
against chicken-pox, but the demand for 
vaccination has been on the increase. Last 
year over 50.000 doses were sent out from 
the Veterinary College at Cornell Uni¬ 
versity, and a large number of requests 
were refused. The plan generally adopt¬ 
ed isto vaccinate all birds in chicken-pox 
localities in the Fall before they start 
laying. One dose of one mil (Cc) is in¬ 
jected subcutaneously in a featherless 
area under the wing. In infected flocks 
one dose is giveu to the whole flock, while 
the worst cases are removed and given 
several doses at three to five days’ inter- 
sals. 
Roup. —Roup is a condition where the 
eyes, nostrils and mouth show a watery 
exudate, which later becomes cheesy. The 
cause of roup is not known. Several bac¬ 
teria have been isolated, but in only a 
few cases has the disease been reproduced 
by these bacteria. Damp, poorly ventilat¬ 
ed, dirty bouses, and over-crowding favor 
the development of roup. The most se¬ 
vere cases seen by the writer have been 
in flocks that were heavily infested with 
worms, carrying coccidia or infected with 
tuberculosis. Give the birds plenty of 
air free from drafts, and treat individu¬ 
ally, the.same as for chicken-pox. and ex¬ 
amine birds for intestinal worms, cocci¬ 
diosis or other diseases. Vaccination lias 
been used extensively, but not with as 
gratifying results as in chicken-pox. 
Coccidiosis. —Coccidiosis of fowls is 
primarily an intestinal disease, caused by 
a parasite of microscopic size, the (coeei- 
dium tenellum). Chicks two to eight 
weeks old are most susceptible to it. 
However, chicks have been observed to 
die from the disease at five days of age. 
Old birds often carry and spread the par¬ 
asite. but seldom die from the disease. 
The affected chicks will eat only scantily, 
will have a dull appearance, stand in the 
corner with drooped wings or huddled 
near the stove. There is often a diar¬ 
rhoea present; sometimes it is chalky 
white, but more often it is bloody. The 
mortality is often as high as 90 per cent. 
The duodenum and caeca or blind gut are 
the favorite seat of attack. The lesions 
in the duodenum are usually a slight red¬ 
dening showing on the outer and inner 
surfaces. Scrapings of the mucous mem¬ 
brane of the affected part, examined mi¬ 
croscopically, reveal the parasite. The 
caeca may be filled with blood or may 
contain a white or reddish white cheesy 
mass which, when removed, remains a 
cast of the organ. Diagnosis is made by 
the lesions and finding the parasite mi¬ 
croscopically. The most satisfactory 
treatment consists of adding one tea¬ 
spoonful of powdered crude catechu to 
each three gallons of their drink. Allow 
them this drink for three days, them clear 
drink one day, then the medicated drink 
for three more days, etc., for awhile after 
all birds recover. As catechu tends to 
constipate, their droppings should be 
watched, and if they become hard. 14 lb. 
of Epsom salts should be giveu in the 
drinking water for 100 chicks. 
Poor Laying 
I bought 700 chicks which were hatched 
March 28. After culling my flock on Sept. 
1 I had 200 pullets left; they started to 
lay on that date, but have never averaged 
better than 1.5 eggs per bird per week, 
and furthermore they have a touch of 
molt. Gan you advise me how I can 
bring them out of it, and give me a for¬ 
mula for feeding. f. w. m. 
If you do not use artificial lights, the 
pullets should have their last meal of 
whole grains as late as possible, and their 
morning meal as early as they can see to 
eat it. They will probably eat about 
eight quarts of mixed whole grains daily 
per 100 birds. Early in the season, pul¬ 
lets should consume more grain than 
mash; later, about equal parts, by 
weight, and, as egg production reaches 
the maximum, more mash than grain will 
be needed. Heavy laying means heavy 
mash consumption, and in late Summer 
one feeding of moist mash is often given 
daily to stimulate increased consump¬ 
tion. The amount of mash eaten may be 
controlled in a measure by increasing or 
diminishing the amount of the more pal¬ 
atable whole grain fed. but laying fowls 
should always have all the food that they 
will eat. m. B. d. 
