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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 23, 1924 
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“Distinctive Chicks 
From Qualified 
Breeding Flocks” 
Preferred by those who look ahead— 
who want and are determined to have a 
fine flook of heavy-laying pullets next 
fall. 
Ro8emont Distinctive Chicks are big 
value. From superior, qualified, free- 
range flock -of heavy layers, headed by choice 
males of America's foremost strains: Tailored 
and "Belle of Jersey" White Leghorns, Thomp¬ 
son and Holterman Barred Rocks, Wilbnrtha 
White Rocks, Martin and Mattison White 
Wyandottes, Owen and Sked R. I, Reds. Shep¬ 
pard Anconas. 
Every flock culled by experts for type, color, 
health and laying capacity. 
These distinctive chicks are not expensive to 
buy—they are most profitable to own. Hatches 
every week. 
Write for unique, beautifully illustrated cata¬ 
log. It’s FREE, 
Rosemont Poultry Farms and Hatchery 
Drawer 4, Rosemont, Hunterdon Co., N. J. 
Member International Baby Chick Ass’n. 
iaintrani 
Our 19th Year of Shipping 
Pure-Bred Day-Old Chicfcs 
Shipping QUALITY chicks in QUANTITY since 
1906 gives us the right to say WE KNOW HOW. 
Our enviable reputation is your GUARANTEE ol 
dependability. 
FIVE POPULAR BREEDS 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds—Barred Plymouth Rocks 
—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. 
Ege machines from 
^ high laying, pure farm bred 
stock. Specialists in S. C. W. 
Leghorns, K. 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 
ilr„nnWARD <(uali,y Firsl 
\Y° UW FARMS Baby Chicks 
Our chicks are bred to lay from breeders chosen for color, laying 
qualities, size and thrift. We 'know you will like our Leghorns, 
Hocks, Reds and Wyandottes. Send for circular and prices. 
WOODWARD FARMS Box 1B4 LAMBERTVILLE, N. J 
A *1 
per 100 
and up. Heavy laying strain. Hogan tested. 
White, Brown and Black Leghorns, 100—#15f; 
500—855. Black Minorca*, Anconas, 100—#14; 
600—$65. Barred Rocks, White Wyandottes, 
100—#15; 500-#70. Reds, 100—#16. 500—#75. 
Mixed.chicks, 100—$»; 500—$45. Guarantee 100 % deliv¬ 
ered to your door. Free Catalog. Ref: Ickesburg State 
Bank. Johnson's Hatchery, Box 40 lekesburg, Pa. 
Hart wick Quality Chicks! 
Profit makers by nature. They are bred 
from carefully selected fowls and all hens 
are muted with certified roosters,certified 
4)y the New York State Cooperative Cer¬ 
tification Ass’n., thereby guaranteeing a 
recognized standard of perfection. Write 
for catalog and price list. References, 
Hartwick National Bank and Prof. James 
E. Rice, Poultry Dept., Cornell Uni¬ 
versity, Ithaca, N. Y. HARTWICK 
HATCHERY, Inc., Dept. H. Hartwick,N.Y. 
SCHWEGLER’S 
“TH 0 R-O-B RED” 
BABY CHICKS 
“Live and Lay” 
White, Brown, Buff Leghorns, Barred and 
White Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Anconas, 
Black Minorcas, Buff Orpingtons, White Wy¬ 
andottes, 12e and up. Order now for March, 
April and May delivery. 97% live delivery 
guaranteed. Write for Free baby chick book. 
F. A. sell WEOLE 11,207 Northampton, BUFFALO, N.Y. 
BABY CHIXV, SfWyS 
13c each. Barred Rocks, 15c each. S C. R. I. 
Reds, 16c, and Broilers, 11c each. Special prices 
on 500 and 1,000 lots. Safe delivery guaranteed. 
J. N. NACE Box 161 Richfield, Pa. 
CHICKS From Heavy Laying Flocks 
Barred Rocks, 14c; Reds, 15c. and Mixed, 10c, 100% 
guaranteed Circular free. B W. AMEY.Cocolamus, Pa. 
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 
Farms’ Advice 
Every year sees a bigger demand 
for early hatch Leghorns. Take 
our advice and split your order this 
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. 
illustrated 
Send for 
our 80-page 
catalog. 
LORO FARMS 
67 FOREST ST. METHUEN. MASS. 
8 Wks 
$ 1.00 
Each 
PULLETS 
5 Mos 
$2.001 
Each 1 
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 of hers 
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 
s. c. White Leghorn Chicks Only 
: Once You Try Them You'll Always Buy Them 
Place your order for chicks with one who is interest¬ 
ed in S. C. W. Leghorns only. Our breeders are 
carefully selected and produce sturdy, livable 
chicks. We guarantee safe delivery and prepay 
postage. Send for circular and price list. 
Meadow Brook Poultry Farm and Hatchery 
Stockton, N. J. 
HAMPTON’S BLACK LEGHORN CHICKS 
Get my free circular before you order chicks—tells why 
the BLACK LEGHORN is the greatest layer and most profit¬ 
able breed on earth. Write to-day. 
A. E. HAMPTON ltox It Pitt Mown, X. J. 
MATTITUCK White Leghorn Farm 
BREEDING COCKERELS 
Large, handsome, vigorous birds, some certified, 
$3. $5, $7.50 each. Baby chicks beginning Mar. 3d. 
PENNY & GORDON - Mattituck, L. I., N, Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS EXCLUSIVELY 
Now- Booking orders for chicks and hatching eggs. Send 
for mating list. CEOARHURST POULTRY FARM, Rahway, N. J. 
Wyckoff’s Bests. C W. Leghorns VllLL on “ 
range. Chicks hatched right. Priced right. Other matings 
priced lower yet. Circular. Satisfaction Guar’td. Kllifii:- 
WAY POUI.TKI FARM, Box H, M. A. CAMPBELL, Jameatown, Pa. 
BOTTCHER’S LflYINe LEGH0RNS 
w BflBYCH , CKSfrorastock 
of demonstrated high production. Send for circu¬ 
lar giving official records of their performances in 
Kgg Laying Contests, j w . BOTTCHER, Ml. Holly, N. J. 
n • ?T>! n • 1 S.c. White 
Spriggs Baby thicks ^ 
Vigor—Size—Quality. Circular Free. 
S. R. SPRIGGS R. 1 Asbury Park, N. J. 
F0,! l cahnrn Pul into U and *1.25 each. Any number. 
SALE LBgnOHl r Ul IBIS R, Berner - Roscoo, N Y- 
rnrlf ornk Cope FROM TRAP NESTED 
vucnureid, *-&&=> production bred 
S. 0\ W. Leghorns. State tested. Circular free. 
Acrebridge Farm Box R . Marlboro, Mass. 
S C. Hr. & Eng. W. Leghorns. 332-egg, pedigreed, trap 
• nested stock. Eggs. Catalog. VERA FULTON. B. 98, Gallipolis. 0 
White Leghorn Chicks w . E . ATKINSON, Wallingford. Conn. 
C5?x Y QUALITY 
SPECIALIZED BREEDERS S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
Pi-ices and Booklet Free. 
J. S. CRAY & SON Stockton, N. J. 
rilJTri IT P of superior quality, from S. C. White 
I H II IV J Leghorns. Write for circular. 
C. R Benjamin Freehold, N. J. 
BABY CHICKS 
S. C. White Leghorn*, S. C. R. I. Reds, S. C. B. Rocks, 
100% live delivery guaranteed, Postpaid. Write for cir¬ 
cular. F. B. Leister - MeAllstervHle, Pu. 
BABY C HICKS 
S. C. W. Leghorns, Barred Rock, Red and Broilers, 
He. Special prices on large lots. Safe delivery 
guaranteed. C. P. Leister, McAlisterville, Pa. 
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 forcatalog. You will be 
pleased with what you get from us. 
NONE SUCH POULTRY FARM Box 332-C Ml. Vernon, Ohio 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS, 
from breeders 2 to 4 
years old, sired by Hol¬ 
lywood male s. Safe 
delivery and satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. 
BEDELCA POULTRY FARM Vineland, N. J. 
BETTER BABY CHICKS 
From the best of free-range purebred stock. Rigidly 
culled by experts for heavy production and beautiful ap¬ 
pearance. Eight leading varieties. Catalog free. ULSTER 
POULTRY FARMS, Box G, Wallk.il, N. ». Member International 
Baby Chick Association. 
“ Worth-While ” Chicks 
Our chicks are hatched from our own stock and we will 
assure you complete satisfaction. A hatch each week. 
JORDAN LEGHORN FARM Vineland. N. J. 
PURE BRED guaranteed Tom Barron 
Hollywood White Leghorn and Barred 
chicks now offered at prices that mean un¬ 
usual savings. Fast growers. Book orders 
now. Write for free catalog and price list today . 
_ __SUPERIOR POULTRY FARMS 
Box 215_ Zeeland, Mich. 
HATCHING EGGS Vl ^T 
known EMIG’S strain S. C. W. Leghorns, from stock 
never under lights. EMIG’S POULTRY FARM, Vineland, S. J, 
THE HENYARD 
Ventilating a Chicken House 
I have a chicken coop 20 x 48 ft., air¬ 
tight ; that is, sheathed building paper and 
novelty siding, and another 10 x 20 ft. 
built of novelty siding, beaverboard and 
cement floor. Would you tell me how to 
ventilate both coops? w. G. M. 
N. Tonawanda. N. Y. 
I should ventilate both of these houses 
by means of windows in the front, reach¬ 
ing from within two feet of the floor to 
the plate. In the Summer the windows 
should be removed; in cold weather they 
may be arranged to drop back a few 
inches into th« building at the top, the 
side openings thus made being closed by 
V-shaped boards fitted against the side 
rails of the sashes. These are known as 
hopper sides. Air is thus forced to enter 
the building over the tops of the sashes 
and drafts are minimized. Both upper 
and lower sashes of double windows maj 
be arranged as suggested above or the 
upDer sashes only, but there should always 
be sufficient openings to keep the air of 
the interior of the building dry in cold 
weather. m. b. d. 
Poultry-house for Winter Chicks 
I have built a chicken coop 24x24 ft., 
with a partition through the middle, giv¬ 
ing me a 12x24-ft. pen in the back, with a 
wood floor which stands about 4 ft. off 
the ground, the front being used as a 
scratch pen. I am figuring on getting this 
coop in shape so I can keep it warm in 
the end where the floor stands up off the 
ground. What do you think would be the 
best way to fix this coop to get heat? I 
got 500 chicks Oct. 17, and I lost all 
but about 150. I lay the blame on a cold 
floor. Would you board that part up and 
leave that hollow, or would you fill it up 
with dust and cinders? What do you 
think of digging it out and making a cel¬ 
lar, placing a stove underneath, then tak¬ 
ing hardware screen, say 3 ft. wide, and 
cut the floor out the full 24 ft., leaving 
the heat up all along the back of the 
coop, and setting my brooder in one of 
the sections? When I say sections, I 
mean I can cut this 12x24 into a 12x12 
and use that section for a brooder end. I 
want to raise chicks in the Winter when 
I cannot do anything else, and start my 
Spring chicks early. The front of this 
coop is filled with cinders, and a full 
glass front 9 ft. high facing the south. 
Shirleysburg, Pa. e. c. m. 
If I understand the situation, you have 
a 12x24-ft. pen, one end of which is filled 
with cinders and the other floored about 
4 ft. above the level of the surrounding 
ground, the space beneath the floor open¬ 
ing outside the building. If this is the 
case, I see no reason why you cannot en¬ 
close this space beneath the floor or fill it. 
The brooder stove could then stand upon 
the floor, and should keep it sufficiently 
warm for young chicks. It would prob¬ 
ably not matter whether there was an 
open space beneath the brooder floor or 
not, if the wind could not blow through 
beneath that floor. I doubt if you would 
find a stove placed in a cellar beneath the 
brooder floor satisfactory. A brooder 
floor does not need to he kept actually 
warm if well covered with litter, and the 
heat from the brooder stove above should 
take care of the needs of the chicks. Your 
failure to raise Winter chicks may easily 
have had other reasons than a cold 
floor. It is not the natural hatching or 
brooding season, and the difficulties in the 
way of securing good results are greater 
than they are found to be in Spring and 
Summer, m. b. d. 
Roup 
I have a very nice flock of chickens 
this year and I find there is now and 
then one of them have the roup. Can 
you tell me a quick cure? They have a 
sticky discharge from the eyes, they 
cough and sneeze a great deal a. d. s. 
New York. 
The only quick cure for roup that a 
know of is the ax, and that is fatal to the 
patient. Not all sneezing and running at 
the eyes is caused by roup; common 
colds, which are very prevalent in the 
Fall, will cause these symptoms. It is 
very hard to tell, however, whether such 
evidences of distemper are beginning 
symptoms of true roup, or simply colds, 
and it is best to remove any affected fowls 
from the flock until the nature of the dis¬ 
ease is known. Colds will be recovered 
from if the flock is kept in healthful 
quarters, without special treatment, but 
true roup is a tedious and unsatisfactory 
disease to handle. Vaccination against it 
offers the latest and, on the whole, a sat¬ 
isfactory preventive, though not all re¬ 
ports from this method are encouraging. 
Aside from this, the method of cure is 
frequent cleansing of the eyes, nostrils, 
etc., of the diseased bird by antiseptic so¬ 
lutions, such as boric acid, one ounce to 
the quart of water, followed by the instil¬ 
lation of one or two drops of -a 15 per 
cent argyol solution in each eye, or the 
momentary dipping of the affected fowl’s 
head into a solution of bichloride of_ mer¬ 
cury one to 10.000 in strength. This so¬ 
lution is conveniently made from the tab¬ 
lets prepared for that purpose, M. b. d. 
Sturdy enough 
to go farming 
Vigorous youngsters, these 
Lively Chicks. As robust 
as their farm-raised moth¬ 
ers. By heading our lay¬ 
ing flock with sires from 
heavy producing strains 
we breed chicks with 
strong constitutions and 
inborn ability to lay 
heavily. 
It is cheaper to buy Lively 
Chicks than to hatch your 
own. They arrive just 
when you want them, in 
exactly the number you 
would like to start. No 
risk; no trouble. We guar¬ 
antee 100 per cent deliv¬ 
ery, alive and healthy. 
Be sure you get the 1924 
Kerr Chick Book No. 9, 
and price list. Your copy 
is now ready for mailing. 
Write for it to-day. 
THE KERR CHICKERIES, Inc. 
(Member International Baby Chick Assn.) 
Newark, N. J. Springfield, Mass. 
Frenchtown, N. J. Syracuse, N. Y. 
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CHAMPIONS 
by Official Contest Record* 
S. C. W. Leghorn*, S. C. R. I. Red*, Wh. Wyandottes 
There can be no doubt as to what our strains 
WILL DO for you. What they HAVE DONE is 
proof. Consistent Contest Winners since con¬ 
tests began, they make the ideal first choice for 
those who desire the most profits from their 
poultry. 
We are now booking orders for oar limited supply ol 
HATCHING EGGS, BABY CHICKS 
and BREEDING STOCK 
from these Official Record Strains, which pay 
best because they lay best. 
Get your copy of our valuable catalog, “The 
Story of the 300-egg Hen,” price, 10c, deducted 
from first order, and FREE illustrated leaflet on 
Poultry 
Known 
PEDIGREED PROTECTED CHICKS *">•' kl 
Prsfltailo 
All from full daughters 
of 306-egg Champion 
Keystone Maid and 304- 
egg Champion Lady Vic¬ 
tory,and from our other 
noted contest winners. 
Full count guaranteed 
to LIVE, as well as arrive 
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safely. ACT NOW 
PENNA. POULTRY FARM 
Box R. Lancaster, Pa. 
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PRODUCTION BRED 
LEGHORN 
At 1922-23 Contests 
4th at Storrs, 2116 
Eggs. 
3rd at Canadian, 
2083 Eggs 
Notice our pens at Farmingdale, Storrs and 
Canadian Contests. 
MEADOWEDGE FARM, Cedarhurst, L. I. 
Chicks 
Hollywood Strain Direct 
A few fine breeding cockerels left at #5, #7.50 and #10 
each, all from better than 220 egg dams. Sires dam 275 
eggs. Full pedigree with each cockerel. Also hatching 
eggs from high record pedigreed hens including the win¬ 
ning pen at Storrs Contest, mated to highest record 
male the Hollywood Farms would part with. Must please 
you or money back. 
Five Point Leghorn Farm Mt. Ephraim, N. J. 
S. C. 
White 
LEGHORN 
Day-old 
Chicks 
Sired by imported Tom Barron Cock¬ 
erels and trap-nested hens—For Feb¬ 
ruary, March and May hatches. 
Price 25c each 
R0LLW00D FARM GUILFORD, CONN. 
Single Comb White Leghorns SAVELY 
Pure Barron English Strain out of imported birds 
with egg records up to 314 eggs in a year. 3 000 
breeders on free farm range. Vaccinated. Butter¬ 
milk fed. Now Booking orders for eggs and baby 
chicks for February, March, April andMay delivery. 
Capacity, 12,000 a week. First hatch, Feb. 11. My 
Book, Profits m Poultry Keeping Solved, #1 or sent 
with all #10 orders. Circulars Free. 
SUNNYBROOK FARM, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. Box 75 
Connecticut STATE TESTED CHICKS 
Leghorns. Reds, Barred Rocks and White Wyandottes. 
Quality high. Prices reasonable. “ Our honesty is your 
protection.” Free circular. HallBrotliers. Box R,Wallingford! Conn 
