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The RURAL. NEW.YORKER 
February 2, 1924 
BETTER CHICKS 
OUR EXPERIENCE IS YOUR SECURITY 
Begilining in 1888 with 
an output of 800 Chick* 
our husinais has crown 
steadily to a capacity 
today of 
2,000,000 Baby 
Chicks 
hatched from 
h ea 1 t h y 
flocks, all 
big egg 
producers. 
This 
growth is 
th* result 
of practical 
knowledge 
attained 
through failures 
and successes of 
thirty-six years. 
ORDER NOW 
For Early Delivery 
R. I. Reds Anconas White Orpingtons Barred Rocks 
White Wyandottes Buff Orpingtons White Rocks 
Black Minorcas White Leghorns Brown Leghorns 
You Pay 100?!—You Receive 100# 
MANSFIELD HATCHERIES 
Member International Baby Chick Association 
1203 SCHOOL ST., PHONE 132 
MANSFIELD, MASS 
FREE 
Beautiful 
Illustrated 
Book and 
Price List 
On 
Request 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants,Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking purposes. 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl. Cranes, Storks. Swans. 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes. Rac¬ 
coon, Squirrels, and ail kinds of birds and animals, 
WM. J. MACKENSEN. Naturalist. Dept. 10. Yardiey, Ps 
“TIFFANY’S SUPERIOR CHICKS THAT LIVE” 
WYANDOTTES, REDS ROCKS AND LEGHORNS 
MAMMOTH PK1LIN \t'v t t 17" T 
INDIAN ItUNNER/DU LilVLliNUO 
AUllmin Poultry Farm,R.34 Phoeuixville,Pa. 
TOULOUSE BEESE‘SOT. e R.?.m11S 
Production Bred Certified Single Comb White Leghorns, 
bred for large size and production of large white eggs 
which bring the top price in New York. Breeding stock, 
show birds and day-old chicks. 
WEBSTER KUNEY Box 183 Seneca Fall*. N. Y. 
Tnnlmioc Rape a Mated pairs and trios from Chica- 
I0UI0USG UccSB go • md New York winners. Large 
young breeders, $10 each. Maple Farm, Bordentown, N. J. 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 
1st prize, Chicago; 2d son, 1st prize, Madison Square Gar¬ 
den. Satisfaction guaranteed, lilimbeth Tate, Draper, Va. 
Twenty ToulouseGeese Ganders. All fertile and 
selected as breeders. None over three years old. Best 
offer takes the flock. ADRIAN DUNCKEL, Fort Plain, N. ¥. 
EtiSVISi Giant Bronze Turkeys 0 ^?^PTe r u 
bred, healthy, vigorous. THOMAS IIE1LY, Plymouth, Mass. 
Turkeys- Ducks-Geese breeders now. Catalog 
free. H. A. Souder Box 28 Sellersville, Pa. 
Special Prices on Turkeys,Ducks,Geese S?',. 
and Dogs. Hatching eggs. Catalog free. Write your 
wants. II. If. FKEKI* - Telford, Pa. 
Tni»Lr«ifO Mammoth Bronze. Champion “Goldbank” 
1 III KcjS sire, first prize MadisonSquareGarden. Part¬ 
ridge Plymouth Rock Cockerels. Mlsi IDA CIIUMBLET, Draper.Vj. 
rp I For Sale. Been free from black- 
Jtsronze I urkeys head for fifteen years. 
Mrs. Alfred E. Reid Star ltoute Freehold, N. J. 
F or Sale, MAMMOTH TOULOUSE GEESE. Satis¬ 
faction Guaranteed. J. H. WORLEY Mercer, Pa. 
D ay OLD Peking of giant frame for rapid 
" 1 growth. Indian Runners of bast 
UCKLINGS laying strain. Catalog free. 
WA YNE CO. DUCK FARM Clyde. N. Y. 
Have Some Fine Toulouse Geese For Sale 
at $4 apiece. Also a few turkeys left at $6 to *7 apiece. 
H. W. BUBO - East Prospect, Fa. 
Eggs and Drakes 
Prick List Free 
PARDEE'S PEKINS. Islip,N.Y. 
p™ DUCKLINGS 
White Chinese Geese 
FOR SALE. Either sex. $5 each. 
LILLIE J. SIMMENROTH. Frenchtown. N.J. 
lure llred Narraganaett Turkey*. Hens, $8 up. 
Toms, $10 up. Ernest Clement Ionia, Michigan 
and Ganders, $5 each. 
W n f noon and UaiuierB, 
• U. UCCOC Edmund Straw 
Columbus, N. J. 
While Wyandotte Records at Storrs 
Pen records of 22fio. 2179 and 2234. Individual records 
from 200 to 308. Eggs and Chix for sale after Feb. 1st, 
1924. Send for prices. ©. G. Knight, Bridgeton, It. I. 
Barron’s While Wyandottes 
gale from stock I imported, direct. Records, 262 to 
289 eggs. E. E. LEWIS Apalachiu, N. Y. 
uilm Feb., Mar., Apr. Pullets and Cocker. 
WllltB WyanuOTTB els, Yearling Hens and Cocks. Cata. 
logue Free. BOWDEN, Wyenrlotle Specialist, Mansfield. Ohio 
U/Lji. UL,.„J„U«« from a heavj-laying strain now 
White Wyandottes reedy. Chicks. Eggs. Cockerels and 
Pens at a reasonable price. BYRON PEPPER, Georgetown, Del. 
POULTRY For Sale 
White Leghorn Breeders, White Wyandottes, Rhode Is¬ 
land Reds, Light Brahmas. Pullets and Cockerels. Very 
good Stock. Joseph Phillips, Wewappo Farms,Midvale,N.J. 
8 Wks 
$ 1.00 
Each 
PULLETS 
5 Mos 
$ 2.00 
Each 
Vigorous, healthy stock with laying 
bred right into it by breeders of long ex¬ 
perience is what we have to offer you at 
a reasonable price. 
Let us prove to you that the chicks we 
sold last season produced as high as 60% in 
large commercial flocks this past fall. 
We can show you how to have a flock 
of HEAVY LAYERS that will make 
money for you especially in the fall and 
winter. 
Write and let us show you what others 
think about our stock. Let us show you by 
their records just how good these birds 
really are. 
GOOD CHICKS 
White Leghorns Only 
Authorized Breeders Ass’n 
Toms River Box B New Jersey 
Pittsfield 
Our 19th Year of Shipping 
Pure-Bred Day-Old Chicks 
Shipping QUALITY chicks in QUANTITY since 
1906 gives us the right to say WE KNOW HOW. 
Our enviable reputation is your GUARANTEE of 
dependability. 
FIVE POPULAR BREEDS 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds—Barred Plymouth Bocks 
—S. C. White Leghorns—White Rocks and White 
Wyandottes. 
No money required with order. Safe delivery guar¬ 
anteed. 
Write to-day for catalog, stating HOW MANY 
chicks you want, WHAT BREED and WHEN. 
PITTSFIELD POULTRY FARMS CO. 
240 Main Street, Holliston, Mass. 
(Member International Baby Chick Association) 
Husky, 
livable 
chaps. 
Egg machines from 
high laying, pure farm bred 
stock. Specialists in S. C. W. 
Leghorns, R. I. Reds, B. P. Rocks. Sent 
postpaid, 100% live delivery guaranteed. 
Eggs and breeding stock. Illustrated 
circular. “All that is new in Poultry” FREE. 
GALEN FARMS, Box 100.CLYDE, NEW YORK 
QUALITY [SERVICE 
Chick Book-FREE 
Our handsomely illustrated 1924 
Catalog is ready. Convincingly 
tells why Pine Tree Chicks are 
bred to live and grow and pay 
big profits—the only kind worth 
having. Send for your copy now. 
PINE TREE HATCHERY 
Box R Stockton, New Jersey 
Brookside Chicks, S. C. W. Leghorns, 
R. I. Reds and Barred Rocks 
Strong, sturdy chicks from free range stock. No 
chicks from stock forced by artificial lights. Full count 
and safe delivery guaranteed. A hatch each week 
beginning Feb, 26th. Send for booklet and price list. 
BROOKSIDE POULTRY FARM AND HATCHERY 
Sergeantsville, N. J. 
“VITAL HATCH” BABY CHICKS 
ARE HEALTHY AND IGOOD LAYERS 
BOLGIANO special “VITAL HATCH” Baby Chicks are carefully bred 
for vigorc js health and heavy egg production. We manage large flocks of breed¬ 
ers and are in a position to fill orders for Vital Hatch Baby Chicks early and in 
large nu .hers. Write today for our Beautiful FREE Poultry 
Catalog, and order your requirements from it. 
THE J. BOLGIANO SEED CO. (.Founded 1818) 
•Poultry Dept. C-100 Baltimore, Md. 
THE HENYARD 
CHICKS FROM PRIZE WINNERS 
Every flock is carefully bred for highest type 
and heavy egg production. Birds from our 
flocks have won in some of the largest shows. 
All popular breeds with special attention to 
Hollywood and English Leghorns.' Pure bred, 
of course. Write for cata log. You will be 
pleased with what you get from us. 
NONE-SUCH POULTRY FARM Box 332-C Ml. Vernon, 
BREEDERS CHICKS-EGGS 
W. Wyandottes, Lt. and Dk. Brahmas, R. I. Reds, 
Barred Rocks. S C. W. and Biown Leghorns. Cata¬ 
log free, Riverdale Poultry Farm. Box 165, Riverdale, N. J. 
BABY CHICKS 
hatching eggs. 
Produce them all on our own farms. Write for prices. 
NESCOPECK POULTRY FARMS Box R Nescopeck, Pa. 
Quality Chicks 
S C W LEGHORNS. BARRED ROCKS, R, I. REDS. No chicks 
produced from PULLET eggs. Prices. $15 per 100. 
QUALITY POULTRY FARM Wm. D. Scoll Harrington. Del. 
500,000 CHICKS 
BestBreeds. Lowest prices. 100% live delivery 
guaranteed. Our 14th year. Catalog free. 
THE KEYSTONE HATCHERY 
(The Old Reliable Plant) Richfield, Pa. 
TRAPNESTED 
Bred to lay and 
pay stock. We 
don’t buy 
STATE PULLo February hatches. Reds, 
bonnecticut TESTED bnlCKS Rocks and Leghorns. 
Quality high. Prices reasonable. “ Our honesty is your 
protection.” Free cire. HALL BROTHERS,Box R, Wallingferd, Conn. 
Possible Roup 
We have about 200 hens. The hens 
are dying very fast. They have pure 
spring water to drink and are well taken 
care of. We have meat scraps and a va¬ 
riety of food for them. They commence 
to shake their head, seem to be sore, do 
not eat, keep twisting their head to one 
side, and finally die. K. B. 
If this trouble is beginning roup, you 
will know it by this time. for. in addition 
to the shaking of the head, there will be 
a discharge from the eyes, nostrils and 
other head passages, and will present the 
generally miserable appearance of suffer¬ 
ers from very hard colds. As you do not 
mention any of these usually prominent 
symptoms, it does not seem likely that 
your hens have roup, unless in the initial 
stages. At any rate, remove all affected 
birds from the flock and clean up and 
disinfect their eating and drinking uten¬ 
sils, using boiling water to clean these 
latter. Look to the meat scrap and other 
food given, to see that no moldy or musty 
meat or grain is being fed. Give each 
sick fowl a physicing dose of Epsom salts, 
about a teaspoonful dissolved in a little 
water, and then feed lightly of soft food 
for a day or two. If true roup proves to 
be present, isolation of all sick fowls 
should be rigid, and you may try any one 
of the numerous “roup cures” recom¬ 
mended. these varying from the simple 
procedure of dipping the affected fowls’ 
heads for a few seconds into a solution of 
some antiseptic, and those recommended 
for this purpose vary all the way from a 
solution of boric acid, one ounce to the 
quart, to a from 2 to 5 per cent solution 
of creolin, to vaccination with special 
bacterins prepared for that purpose. 
M..B. D. 
Lumber for Henhouse 
I would like figures on lumber for coop 
to house 100 hens. I have standing tim¬ 
ber and want to cut logs this Winter. 
North Granby, Conn. r. c. 
The amount and kinds of lumber re¬ 
quired to build a 100-fowl poultry-house 
would, of course, depend entirely upon 
the size and style of the building. I 
should like a house 20 ft. square for a 
flock of from 100 to 150 birds, and a 
house of that size, known as the Missouri 
poutry-house, appears to have met with 
favor in the East. According to Cir¬ 
cular 101 of the College of Agriculture at 
Columbia, Mo., this is a gable roof build¬ 
ing, the ridge of the roof running north 
and south. The roof is of equal spans 
and 11 ft. high at the peak. The walls 
are 5 ft. high at the eaves. The south 
side has a door in the center and a six- 
light window of 2xl0-in. panes on each 
side of the door. These windows are 
placed in the center of the space be¬ 
tween door and corner of building, and 
high enough to afford a 30-in. opening be¬ 
neath them, the lower part of which open¬ 
ing shall be 1 ft. from the floor. The 
30 in. refers to the vertical height of 
these openings. These openings extend 
from the door to the corners of the 
building, and are guarded by fine mesh 
poultry netting. 
On the east and west sides of the 
building are two windows, evenly spaced 
and, on the north side, next to the floor, 
is another one, all these windows being 
of same size as those in front. Six feet 
3 in. from the floor, collar beams, or 
joists, extend across the building, and, 
on these, a loose floor is laid, forming a 
loft above that can be filled with straw. 
The roof may be of shingles or prepared 
roofing, the walls of any kind of material 
desired, and the floor of tamped earth, 
hoards or concrete. The original house 
had walls of car siding running up and 
down, a shingle roof and a dirt floor 
placed over tamped cinders. Roosts are 
placed at the north end of the building, 
4 ft. above the floor. A droppings plat¬ 
form is built 8 in. below the perches, 
which may be of 2-in. poles or 2x4-in. 
scantlings, with upper corners rounded 
off. 
Missouri is considerably farther south 
than New York State, and I should 
modify the building a little for this cli¬ 
mate. I think that it would be more 
comfortable in the front openings were 
placed 30 in. above the floor and the win¬ 
dows above them omitted. This should 
give light and ventilation and protect 
the fowls better from floor drafts. Con¬ 
crete would make a better floor than dirt 
and should be raised a little above the 
level of the surrounding ground by a 
layer of field stoues beneath. This need 
not be expensive, as a two inch layer of 
concrete upon well tamped field stones 
or cinders is strong enough. This ma¬ 
terial is also best for underpinning. A 
single thickness of matched stuff is suffi¬ 
ciently warm for walls, all of which 
should be air tight, except in the front 
of the building. Any kind of walls would 
be satisfactory, however. 
The bill of materials for original house 
is given as follows: Rafters. 22 pieces 
2 in. by 4 in. by 12 ft.; plates and sills, 
5 pieces 2 in. by 4 in. by 20 ft.; framing, 
19 pieces 2 in. bv 4 in. by 16 ft.: framing, 
1 piece 2 in. by 4 in. by 10 ft.; finishing. 
10 pieces 1 in. by 4 in. by 10 ft., 1 piece 
1 in. x 4 in. by 16 ft., 8 pieces 1 in. by 4 
in. by 12 ft.; sides, car siding. 1 in. by 
6 in. by 10 ft.; roofing boards, etc. 
M. B. D. 
Order NOW Your 
Early Chicks 
The early chicks are the biggest 
money-makers. Pullets come into 
laying in August, September and 
October, when prices are very high. 
You will get a longer laying year 
and you can sell the cockerels as 
broilers for twice the price they 
will bring later. 
Get ready right now for a bunch 
of early chicks on Lord 
Far me’ Advice 
Every year sees a bigger demand 
for early hatch Leghorns. Take 
our advice and split your order ibis 
year. We have found this combina¬ 
tion to return the most dollars for 
the investment; get part of your 
chicks in February or early March 
and the other half early in May. 
Send for our 80-page illustrated 
catalog. 
LORD FARMS 
•7 FOREST ST. METHUEN. MASS. 
Get More Profit by Using Struven’s 
THE IDEAL SUPPLEMENT! 
Write today for our FREE folder about 
fish meal,—also free samples. Struven’s 
Fish Meal supplies the necessary proteins 
and minerals for rapid, healthy growth of 
poultry, hogs and stock. Made from fresh, 
whole fish,—finely ground. 
Charles M. Struven & Co., 114-0 S. Frederick St., Baltimore, Md. 
QUALITY CHICKS 
—are perfectly hatched from strong, healthy, 
vigorous stock. 
—come from pure-laying strains. 
Cost is moderate, and increased profit sure. 
Repeat orders of our customers prove it. 
Start at once on the road to definite profits. 
Send today for the Free Illustrated Boole, 
“Quality Chicks". 
Safe delivery of full count, guaranteed within 1200 miles 
W. F. HILLPOT FRENCHTOWN, N. J. 
Member International Baby Chick Association 
“For the Poultry man who demands something better" 
Wene-Ells Chicks 
S. C. White Leghorns. Send for Catalog and Price List 
Deliveries weekly beginning February 1st. 
WENE-ELLS FARMS 
Desk B. 
Vineland, N. J. 
PEEP-O-DAY CHICKS 
S. C. White Eeghorns exclusively 
Strong, husky, day-old chicks from heavy 
laying free-range stock, kept for result!. 
Chicks when you want them and sure to please. 
Saffe delivery and full count guaranteed. 
Write for particular» 
PEEP-O-DAY FARM, Stockton, New Jersey 
S. C. W. and Brown Leghorno, 
18e. Barred Rocka, ISc. Red, 16«, 
and Mixed, lie. 100% Guaran- 
_ teed. Order from this adv. or 
write for circular. C1IKBBY HI 1.1. IIATCIIEHY, 
Wm. Nace, Prop. McAllstervllle, Pa. 
CHICKS | 
s “u s. C. W. Leghorn and S. C. R. I. Red Chicks 
of real quality from prolific stock. Breeders of poultry 
over fifteen years. Free booklet. Order soon. 
Maplecresi Poultry Farm - Stockton, N. J. 
For Sale Imperial Kinglet Barred Plymouth Rock 
Have been for the past ten years selling fine Birds, buy¬ 
ing Eggs and Stock. Cockerels, IB each : Puileta, *8. 
Clinton R. Housel B. E. I>. ti«. 8 Rinooea, N. J. 
s 
C. White, Buff, Black Minorcas Exclusively. Chicks, 
stock. Gregg's Matchless Minorcas, Sycamore, Ohio 
B A R Y Broilers. ..*11 per 100 
^ ° * S. C. W. Leghort* ... 13 per 100 
CHICKS Barr Roclts . 15 per 100 
umwrvo Redg . c . i6 Pe rioo 
Special prices on 500 and 1,000 lots. 100 per cent, 
»afe delivery guaranteed. 
Frank Nace R. 2 McAlisterville, Pa. 
ECKHARTS’ BARRED ROCKS 
BRED-TO-LAY BRED-TO-Wlfl 
Selected Cockerels for sale. Booking orders for Baby 
Chicks and Hatching Eggs. To avoid disappointment 
book your order early. Write us. 
C. W. & H. J. ECKHART - Shohola, Pa. 
Healthy, Vigorous Chicks 
Br. PI. Rocks, S. C. R. I. Reds, S. C. W. 
Leghorns and Mixed 
Satisfaction and 100% arrival guaranteed, 
postpaid. Valuable Circular free. Price, 
low. Write The Commercial Hatchery 
Box T6 Richfield, Pa. 
| Leghorns, Rocks, Reds and others that 
I , II11* ft S live, lay and pay. Priced to sell. Circular 
viuvuo free. N. P. Bergey Bergey, Pa. 
Chicks 
Pure bred Barron S. C. White Leg¬ 
horns, Barred P. Rocks. R. I. Reds and 
Mixed. Absolute satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Circular free; Bank ltef. 
TURKEY RIDGE HATCHERY • Millersfown. Pa. 
Baby Chicks 
From Choicely Seleoted O ft 11/ I _ __L 
High Producing 0. U. W . LBgU OTM 
mated to pure Hollywood cockerels with dams record! 
above 280 eggs. The sires of these cockerels are from 
hens with records from 298-304 eggs. Price, $*20 per 100 
KI>\YAItI> 8TOEIIR Walden. N.Y 
