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lht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 1G, 1924 
Chicks that carry 
the blood of winners 
Entries of Kerr pullets in the 
Third Vineland International 
Egg-Laying Contest finished 
second and seventh in the list 
of Highest Individual Rec¬ 
ords. These birds from our 
breeding farm represent the 
stock from which we breed 
headers for our Special Mat¬ 
ings laying flocks. 
Kerr’s Special Matings Chicks 
carry the blood of America’s 
greatest laying families. 
Their great vigor is the result 
of constantly infusing heavy 
producing lines with sturdy, 
pure-bred flocks. No light- 
forced pullets—no inbreeding. 
You could not produce chicks 
of this quality at anywhere 
near their low cost. 100 per 
cent delivery by mail guar¬ 
anteed. We will refund or re¬ 
place any losses in delivery. 
Send for your copy of Kerr’s 
Chick Book No. 9. It gives 
the reasons why Kerr’s Guar¬ 
anteed Chicks are preferred 
by large and small poultry 
raisers. Write to-day—it is 
now ready for mailing. 
THE KERR CHICKERIES, Inc. 
(Member International Baby Chick Assn.) 
Newark. N. J. Springfield, Mass. 
Frenchtown, N. J. Syracuse, N. Y. 
Fine Baby Chicks 
Ready Now! 
We can supply extra-early chicks 
which progressive poultrymen 
value su highly. Our favorable 
Virginia climate enables us to get 
big hatches now anil make attrac¬ 
tive prices to early buyers. 
Barred Rocks-Reds-Wh. Leghorns 
Bl eeding flocks with real business quality—carefully 
culled—free-range. Chicks hatched in most modern 
incubators. They are sure to please. 
Hatches Weekly-Safe Delivery Guaranteed 
Write now for complete catalog and 
money-saving price list 
Massanutten Farms Hatchery, Inc. 
Box N-331 | Harrisonburg, Virginia 
The White Egg Farm 
Production Bred S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS Exclusively 
A breeding farm which considers quality of stock and 
Eggs of first importance. Fifth year of certification ami 
third year of pedigree breeding. Now booking orders for 
baby chicks and hatching eggs. Send for circular. 
E. R. STONE - Clyde, New York 
CliicK slOc UP 
S O White and Buff Leghorns, Rocks and Reds and 
Mixed. Oirc. Free. CL0Y0 NIEMOND, Mcfllisterville, Pa. 
S. C. W. Leghorns 
Barred Rocks and 
R. I. Reds 
All chicks from Free 
range etock. No lights 
used on breeders. 15,- 
000 chicks weekly be¬ 
ginning February 26tli. 
Booklet and price list 
free. 
Brookside Poultry Farm 
E. C. Brown, Sergeantsville, N. J. 
Certified LEGHORN CHICKS 
World’s Great Famous 8nowdeu Eng-. 
I _• „ _ lish and Tancred White ( 
Laying Strains Leghorns. Official mo 
291 Egg ltecords. Guaranteed strong, vk, 
healthy chicks. Fertile hatching eggs. 
Pullets, Stock. REAL MONEY MAKERS. Beau¬ 
tiful circular FREE. Frank A. Van ISree 
Box 33 Zeeland, Michigan 
BABY OHICKS 
$11—100. S. C. White Leghorns, $13—100. Rocks, 
$15. R. I. Reds. $15. Live arrival guaranteed. De¬ 
livered free. FAIRVIEW POULTRY FARM. R. 0. J. Millirstown, P». 
BABY CHICKS I 
Bred from trap-nested hens mated with pedigreed 
cockerels. Rapp & Hollywood strain. Sixth pen 
AT VINELAND. Fourth individual with 205 eggs last 
year at Vineland contest. A few pedigreed cocker¬ 
els at «5 and SilO. OLD ORCHARD FARM 
HENRY RAPP, Jr. Farmingdale, N. J. 
Trapnesied Barred Rocks. 15 yrs.breeding. Eggs, stock, 
I chicks. Circulars. AKTHUIt SEAKLF.S, Box N, Milford, N. II. 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys xmg v G hrou>eris?pr 1 p z e e': 
Chicago; 2nd soil, 1st prize Madison Square Garden. EGGS 
IN SEASON. ELIZABETH TATE, Draper, Virginia 
HATCHING EGGS AND CHICKS 
From heavy producing Barron’s White Leghorns and Tol- 
man’s White Rocks. Breeding stock and pullets for sale. 
BRIGHTWATERS POULTRY FARM Briohtwaters, L. I , N Y. 
S. C. Buff, White and B I.cghnrns, Barred 
and White Rocks, Reds andMixed. of healthy, 
free range stock. Guaranteed safe delivery. 
Circular free. Jacob Niemond, McAllstorville, Pa. Box Z 
Quality Baby Chicks-S. C. W. Leghorns 
PINE SHAW POULTRY FARM. D. Beck. Deer Park. L. I., N.Y. 
Bronze Turkey Hens Mt . hoIL 8 f^IS^L.. n.j 
Jersey Black Giants 
^Hatching Eggs—Growing and Breeding Stock. 
CEDAR HILL POULTRY FARM Box 6 N. Germantown, N.Y. 
BABY 
CHICKS 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
from our own breeding pens. Wy- 
ckoll Strain. Pure, healthy and vig¬ 
orous. J ’repaid, $18 per 100; $175 
perl,000. After May 15th, $! 6 per 100. 
BUNGALOW POULTRY FARM 
C. H. CHANDLER, Prop, Monmouth Junction, N. J. 
Phone, Plainsboro ess 
Barron WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS 
The Large, long, deep bodied birds, and the most 
persistent layers, direct from ImportedStock. Catalogue. 
Kulin’s Leghorn Farm - Sycamore, Ohio 
pL' Bar Rooks, 16c; Reds,,16c; W. Leghorns, 1 Sc; 
Mixed, lie. 100# arrival guaranteed. Order 
from adv. or circular, twin HaTCHEIIV, MoAlisterville, Pa. 
EIGHT BRAHMA HATCHING EGGS 
Wood strain, farm raised stock, $3 per 15 eggs. Eggs 
from one and two-year old liens. 
Glendale Poultry Farm - Dillsbury, Pa. 
C ifl iCrCS R oc ks, 15c; S. C. Ancohas, 10c. hale 
^* x a v-x w delivery guaranteed. Circular free. 
THE BROOKSIDE FARM McAlisterville. Pa. 
TURKEYS 
Giant Bronze Toms at $10 and 
$1 2.50 each. Heus at $7.50 and 
$8 each. A few Black Suffolk toms 
at same price. These are big, hus¬ 
ky, healthy birds. White Pekin, female ducks, at $3 
each. ROOK-CLIFF FARM llroguevllle. Pu, 
300 WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
April hatched (1923.) A great laying strain, $1.75 each. 
A few Jersey Black Giant Cockerels at $3.50 and $4 each. 
ROCK-CLIFF FARM_ Brogueville, Pa. 
White Wyandotte Chicks and Eggs 
Martin Dorcas direct. Also S. C. White Leghorns. 
Small Deposits and promptdeliveries. Prices l ight. 
Write for list. A. B. CARD, Boontou, N. J. R. D. No. 1 
Phinl/o Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Brown Leg- 
UniCKS horns.healthy & hardy. Mrs. Frank Meier, Arlington, N.Y 
QUALITY CHICKS 
_ Merit Brought Their Fame 
Calling a chick “Quality” doesn’t make it so. To be “Quality,’ 
a chick must come from parent stock above reproach on any 
score. To be “Quality,” a chick must also have the benefit or 
skilled experienced hatching.. 
Hillpot Record Layers, coupled with Hillppt Standard¬ 
ized Methods of Hatching, are responsible for the “Quality 
in every Hillpot Chick. 
LEGHORNS ROCKS REDS WYAND0TTES 
1924 1 atnlocue.’Ouality Chicks,” FREE. Shows how we ship chicks parcel post direct 
to your door| guaranteeing safe arrival of full count anywhere within 1,200 miles. 
W F HILLPOT Box 1 FRENCHTOWN, N. J. 
* Member Inlernational Baby Chick Association Life Member American Poultry Association 
The Famous Picturesque Chicks 
Mv farm bein>' one of the oldest poultry farms in the state of New Jersey, gives the public the oppor¬ 
tunity to buy baby chicks that are from breeding flocks, that have taken professional men years in 
producing, both for egg production and exhibition purposes. 1 have a number of Jersey Black Giants, 
tb-it have been culled bv men from our New Jersey Experimental Station for certification. This gives 
vou an opportunity to secure either eggs or chicks from the best J. 15. Giants to be had. We are equally 
as careful in culling our flocks from all breeds as we are with our J. B. Giants. 
PRICES OF [CHICKS 
Approved J. 
25 chicks. 
50 “ . 
100 “ . 
Eggs $7 per 15. 
B. Giants 
.$13.50 
. 28 00 
. 50.00 
Utility J. B. Giants 
25 chicks. 
50 “ . 
100 . 
Eggs S4 per 15. 
511 00 
22.00 
40.00 
R. I. Reds and Barred Rocks 
25 chicks . S6 00 
50 “ 10 50 
100 “ . 20 01) 
500 “ 95 00 
1000 “ . 175,00 
White Wyandottes 
25 chicks.$ 
50 “ . 
100 “ . 
500 “ . 
1000 “ . 
7.00 
12.50 
24.00 
115 00 
220.00 
White Leghorns 
25 chicks . $ 5.00 
50 “ 9.50 
100 “ . 1800 
500 “ 85.00 
1000 “ . 160.00 
Mixed and Assorted 
25 chicks . $ 4.00 
56 “ 8.00 
100 “ 15.00 
We guarantee 100% live arrival and Parcel Post prepaid. Send for mating list, etc. 
PICTURESQUE POULTRY FARM, Box 71-B, TRENTON JUNCTION, N. J. 
THE HENYARD 
Soy Beans in Place of Meat Scrap; Sudan 
Grass; Sweetening Soil 
1. I read in a recent issue something 
about Soy beans taking place of meat 
scrap as chicken feed. Would you tell 
me what variety, and how planted to 
get the best results? My place is in 
western New Jersey. 2. How does Sudan 
grass do for hay, and will it grow in 
this section? 3. What can be planted 
on ground turning sour to sweeten it? 
Titusville, N. J. MRS. c. B. 
1. Soy beans will not take the place 
of meat scrap in a poultry ration. They 
are rich in vegetable protein and oil, 
resembling oilmeal in these respects, but 
vegetable protein cannot take the place 
of that derived from animal sources, 
meat scrap and skim-milk, as a poultry 
food. 
2. Sudan grass makes a good coarse 
hay, resembling millet in this respect. It 
has about the value of Timothy hay and 
may be fed to all classes of live stock. 
It is a warm weather, drought resistant 
plant and should do well in your sec¬ 
tion. Sown broadcast, it should reach 
a height of four to five feet upon ordi¬ 
nary soil. 
3. Ground turning sour is not sweet¬ 
ened by cropping, but by the application 
of lime. Two tons per acre of ground 
limestone or half that amount of burned 
lime makes a fairly liberal application 
for light soils. M. B. D. 
Various Poultry Questions 
1. Several fowls, mainly Giants, have de¬ 
veloped a swelling on the eyelid or near 
the eye, which waters. This bunch when 
first noticed on one hen was the size of a 
large pea and hard. Iodine was first used 
to no effect. Later on lancing, nothing 
came from it, but a littl^ blood. Con you 
tell the cause, also give treatment? Should 
aft'ected birds be isolated? Is it a disease? 
2. JJo you advocate the use of salts in 
drinking water during cold weather? If 
so state frequency and proportion. 3. Is 
there any food or other value in dried cab¬ 
bage leaves? I have been grinding same 
and mixing in dry mash but a neighbor 
says it is all a waste of time. 4. What 
should laying fowls have first thing in 
morning—Cornell dry mash or scratch 
feed? Is taking the chill off water bene¬ 
ficial? What is the best way to feed 
semi-solid buttermilk, mixed in mash or 
diluted for drink? Should dry mash be 
before fowls all the time? Are raw po- 
toto parings beneficial? Do they in any 
way take the place of green_ food ? This 
cold morning thinking the birds needed 
exercise more than usual, I as usual, fed 
scratch grain first; my neighbor (own 
knowledge of fowls is equally limited) 
fed a wet mash first on the principle she 
says that being very cold, the birds needed 
to be well fed early. Which is right, or 
have you some other way to recommend? 
Shouldn’t sprouted or boiled oats (being 
wet) be fed during the day rather than 
at night? M. T. L. 
1. This may be the eruption of chicken 
pox, very likely is. Soften and remove 
the scab, if you like, with warm water 
and paint with iodine. Chicken pox is a 
contagious disease and affected birds 
should be isolated until well. 
2. Some poultrymen believe that a 
pound of Epsom salts to each 100 fowls, 
given in the day’s supply of drinking 
water, is beneficial as a monthly or bi¬ 
monthly x’outine in the Winter. Its use 
regularly does not seem to me a very 
rational one and I cannot say that I ad¬ 
vocate it. 
3. There must be food value in dry 
cabbage leaves if there is in hay (dried 
grass), but one of the chief values of 
cabbage, its succulence, is, of course lost 
and I really don’t know whether the dried 
leaves contain enough nutriment to pay 
for the labor of grinding or not. 
4. Scratch feed for early morning ex¬ 
ercise, mash later. Yes, if more water 
will be consumed with chill taken off, the 
slight trouble involved in warming it is 
worth while. Feed the semi-solid butter¬ 
milk according to your notion; it is but¬ 
termilk, however fed, and both way are 
commonly used. Dry mash should or¬ 
dinarily be kept before the fowls all of 
the time. Raw potato parings are bene¬ 
ficial but they are not green food ; they 
lack the chlorophyl of green leaves, Y’our 
way is best; a full feeding of moist mash 
in the morning conduces to sluggishness, 
while exercise in getting the scratch grain 
warms up the fowl. With dry mash al¬ 
ways before the fowls, a light feeding of 
scratch grain in the litter in the morning 
is best, perhaps a fourth of the day’s 
whole supply. The hens are active in 
getting this and eat well of the less palat¬ 
able mash through the day. The last 
thing at night, give the balance of the 
scratch grain, all that the birds will eat 
before going to roost. 
Yes, feed green stuff, vegetables and 
like foods in the middle of the day. Hens 
should go to roost with full crops of hard 
grain. M. b. d. 
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260 EGG INCUBATOR, ALONE, ONLY * 23.50 
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Ironclad lncubatorCo.,Box 95 Racine,Wis. 
Member International Baby Chick Atsoc. 
2.000,000 Better 
Chicks 1924 
Ten popular breeds of best thorough | 
bred stock obtainable, lowest prices , 1 
and prompt delivery. We deliver 
anywhere East of the Rockies and 
guarantee 100 % alive upon arrival. 
FREE Beautiful Illustrated Book and Price List 
on REQUEST. ORDER NOW for early delivery 
R. i. Reds, White Wyandottes, While Orpingtons, Buff Orpingtons 
Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Anconas, Black Minorcas, 
White Leghorns, Brown Leghorns. 
You Pay 100 %—You Receive 2 OOf» 
Mansfield Hatchery 
soon 
1203 SCHOOL ST., MANSFIELD. Mast. PHONE 132 
One "Fam¬ 
ous" Ancona 
laid 339 
eggs a year. 
Won over 
80% of first 
and second 
prizes at 
Madison 
Square Gar¬ 
den Show 
for 16 years. 
Beautiful I Heavy 
layers! Prize 
winners! Free 
lOOypage Anco¬ 
na hook mailed 
on request. 
H. C. Sheppard, 
Bx 539,Berea,0. 
R. AND S. C. REDS dark^d 
cockerels, $5. $7.50 on approval, always. C. O. D. 
Ralph Knickerbocker, R. D. 36, Pine Plains, N.Y. 
R cgal-Oopcas, direct. Wyandotte cocks and cocker. 
els, $5 each. Fred Beier Williamsvillc, New York 
Flaccus White Leghorns 
50 Tancied Hollywood eggs or 35 chicks, $ 10 . Try qual¬ 
ity instead of quantity. CHAS. FLACCUS, GIen«haw, Pa. 
50 
White IVyimdotfe Regal-Dorcas pullets, $3 
$3.50 each. K. S. WILSON, Box 497, Hammonp, N.Y’ 
Jersey Black Giants m u os le o!d. 
JOSEPH DOU1JECK 
Entire stock for sale. 8 
Shortness on room. 
Glasco, N.Y. 
Bourbon Red Turkeys June hatched. 
Toms,$10 ; Hens, $ 8 . Claude Quay, Stony Creek, N. Y. 
EGGS 
CHICKS 
ISarron 8. C. W, Leglio rn ». 
Bred for business. Barred and 
White Rocks. R. I. Reds. Rig,husky 
chicks. Hatches weekly. Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. Catalog free. 
C. M. LONGENECKER Box 50 Elizabethtown, Pa. 
Baby Chicks 
Strong, Vigorous Fellows. 6 great 
Breeds. High quality. Moderate 
price. Get our price list. 
HUMMER’S POULTRY FARM Frenchtown, N. J. R. D. 
5 Varieties. Reds, 14e ; White Rocks, 13e ; 
w^niUIVj While and Brown Leghorns, lie: Broil¬ 
ers, 9c. Free circular. FRANK Itl.l'M, New Wasliinglou, Ohio 
Eventually our Baby Chicks. 
8 th, loth, $17.50,$22.50-100. 3 % 
this month. Cockerels, Eggs. Circular. 
EARL S. WILSON, Box 497. Hammond. N.Y. (Sec’y N. Y. S. A. C .) 
Single Cemb 
ANCONAS 
April 1 st, 
discount 
Toulouse Geese 
Pekin Ducks, single or in pens. 
CAIth TOErFEK.Hillside Road, Millington,N. J. 
C3H 
MAKE MONEY RAISING SQUABS! 
Highest market ever known. Breeders shipped 
everywhere. Homers,Carneaux. WhiteKings 
a specialty. All other breeds. Write lot Prices. 
Allsten Squab Ce., allston* C iv:a^s; 
B arred Rock Hatching Eggs—Bubv chicks. Six pie 
miums Mineola Fair. THE RAMBLERS FARM. Mousey, 5. Y 
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