340 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 23, 1924 
Rid Your Poultry of Worms! 
TTNIFORM Brand Pulverized Tobacco Powder is the 
most efficient preparation on the market for ridding 
poultry of large and small Round Worms. It has a 
uniform nicotine content of 1)4%, which tests have 
shown to be most effective. Given to your fowls by 
the flock-feeding method, it will treat the advanced 
cases and check the early stages. Each bird gets an 
equal dose. This preparation is highly endorsed by experts as a remedy 
for Worms. It is also effective in ridding poultry of lice and other vermin. 
1OO lb. bag $ 4.00 F. O. B. Lancaster 
2000 lbs. $60.00 F. O. B. Lancaster 
Send money with order. Complete information will he furnished on request. No obligation. 
F. & I. TOBACCO PRODUCTS CO., Dept. R., Lancaster, Pa. 
Baby Chicks 
From Heavy-Laying Flocks 
Through 32 years’ tireless effort, we 
have built up heavy-laying flocks of 
healthy, vigorous pure-bred birds. Eggs 
from these flocks are hatched with scien¬ 
tific care in Incubators of our own patent¬ 
ed design. Pine Tree Chicks are full of vim 
and vigor, hardy and easy to raise. We 
guarantee the full number of Chicks to 
reach you safely. All lead¬ 
ing breeds. 
Our 1924 Baby Chick Book 
is the best we’ve ever issued. 
It points the way to bigger 
poultry profits. Write for 
it today— free. 
Pine Tree Hatchery 
UALITV SEWjC^gX^^R^^^kton^Jew^terse^Jj 
Kent Barred Rocks 
Pens in all leading Egg Laying Contests 
Pedigreed—Certified ^ 
Breeding Cocks and Cockerels 
that will insure the egg yield you want next year. 
Day-old chicks—Hatching eggs—Catalog free. 
W. H. B. KENT, Cazenovia, N. Y. 
PARKS’ STRAIN BARRED ROCK CHICKS 
Now 15c each. None better. Fully guaranteed. 
Send cash order. Prompt delivery. Bank reference. 
S. W. KLINE - Middlecreek, Pa. 
Aristocrat Barred Rocks great laying and exhibition 
qualitv. Cockerel", Five. Seven, Ten Dollars. 
PINE GROVE POULTRY IFflRM Jamesliiiro, N. J Route 2 
Parks’ Strain Bred-to-Lay BARRED ROCKS 
Chieksand Hatching eggs. J.TROPEAXO,Sparrowbiisli,N.Y. 
“Justa” Day-Old-Chtx 
GROW OLDER because Well-Bred New¬ 
town Hatched and Shipped Kite 
12 years’ careful breeding on one of Long Island’s 
largest plants enables us to produce S. C. W. 
Leghorn Chix of Real Merit. Prove it ? Sure ! 
Write for illustrated circular, prices and full 
information. All sales “ON THE SQUARE.” 
JUSTA POULTRY FARM, Dept. R, Southampton, L. I. 
George Phillips’ White Leghorn Chicks 
P.arron stock I have pedigreed seven years; 
contest records up to 264; $24 per 100, safe 
delivery guaranteed. High producers like these 
pay many times more profit than ordinary 
stock. Big saving on late April and May chicks 
if ordered now. 
GEORGE PHILLIPS, North Haven, Conn, 
LEGHORN BABY CHICKS 
Big, husky fellows, full of vitality, from selected, 
heavy producing, free range breeders. Quality, 
serv ; ce, satisfaction at moderate prices. 15 cents 
each, Sate arrival guaranteed. Send for circular. 
HAKKY F. PALMER, Middleport, N. Y. 
Weeks S. C. White Leghorns 
BABY CHICKS HATCHING EGGS 
Fight iiml Ten-Week Old PULLETS 
Circular on Itequent 
OAKWOOD FARMS, W. C. WEEKS, Morristown, N. J. 
S.C. WHITE LEGHORNS,Eulujinly 
Raised on my ow n free-range breeding farm. Selected 
for vitality and egg production. Chicks. *15 per 100. 
FREE RANGE POULTRY FARM. R. D. 2, Box 84. Richfield. Pa. 
SEACOAST CERTIFIED LEGHORNS 
Win silver cups, ribbons, diplomas, at leading egg-lay!ux con¬ 
tent, with Seaeoast Certified Leghorns. The numerous letters 
we are receiving daily gives us great confidence in our stock. 
Booking orders for certified eggs,chicks ami pulletsat low prices. 
Jl.00 hooks order. SEACOAST FARMS, Bos 40. Pine Beach, N. J. 
o XT I C K JS-S. C. W. LEGHORN, 1 3c 
B. Kocks, 14c ; Reds. 15o. Safe delivery guaranteed. 
Circular free. II. 8 . Hurt McAlisterville, 1’a. 
DEERFIELD PURE BRED CHICKS 
8. 0. W. Leghorn—under supervision Cornell 
Poultry Project. 
DEERFIELD FARMS Deer Park, L. I.. N.Y. 
Day-Old Chicks— bred S. C. White Leghorn Sock 
Write for price list. Martin B. Search, Baptistown, N. J. 
GET IS" C now from my large size 
Your LnlUIVS WHITE I.EG1IOHN8, 
mated to 270 and higher males, and you will want them 
attain in 1925. Satisfaction guaranteed, $20.00 per 100. 
C. A. HETTEMA, MIDLAND PARK, N. J. 
Adventures in Silence 
By Herbert VI. Collingwood 
T HIS is the first serious attempt to inter¬ 
pret the peculiar and adventurous life 
of the hard-of-hearing. 
Beautifully bound in cloth. 288 pages. 
Price $1.00 Postpaid. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street, New York City 
UllliilHIIIIIil.. 
CCOFIELD’S WHITF rocks 
Superior " n,IL leghorn ^niGivo 
Farm range. Hare selected late moulters for 
15 years and mated them to certified cockerels. 
Chicks hatched with the most modern equipment, 
at $15 and $20 per 100. Eggs $8 ami $9 per 100; $2 per 
15. P. P. free circular. White Ribbon Poultry 
Farm. Fishklll, N. Y. 
FARM RAISEDS.C.W. LEGHORN 
«"JS.C.R.I.RED CHICKS 
of real quality from prolific stock. Breeders of poultry 
over fifteen years. Free booklet. Order soon. 
Maplecrest Poultry Farm - Stockton, N. J. 
SINGLE COMB RED BABY CHICKS 
All from our own 3 generations Vt. Certified extra pro¬ 
duction stock ; dark rich color ; finest type ; vigorous ; 
State tested for white diarrhoea. Reasonable prices. Cir¬ 
cular free. Asciitney Farms K. 10, llarilaml, Vt. 
vOjB aby Cbiclis 
/f S.C. White Leghorns, Barred Rocks.S.C. Rhode 
(hi gy Island Reds, Mixed Chicks. We specialize on 
vigorous, day-old chicks bred from free-range 
stock. Prices reasonable. Satisfaction guar- 
XZL anteed. Write for free circular. Valley 
View Hatchery, C. I. BENNER, Richfield, Pa. 
Rnku Uhinl/o R. I. Reds and White Leghorns hatched 
IJaUjf YMIIGKo from own Vermont Certified Stock. Ca¬ 
pacity limited. Order early. Prices for March, April and 
May, 25 to 99—30o each. 100 to 499—28c each. COO to 1,000 
or more—26c each. Eggs at H above prices. Grade B 
Chix hatched from pullets eggs, 20c each. 
THE MAPLES T. R. Thomas Bristol, Vermont 
White Plymouth Rocks 'aSC 
From officially trap-nested stock. Over 200 eggs per 
bird at Storrs and N. J. Chicks shipped every Wed¬ 
nesday. For mating list and prices address 
S. B. ALLYN R. F. D. No. 1 Holliston, Mass. 
COCKERELS—S. C. R. 1. REDS 
Solid dark Mahogany—7 to 9 lbs., free range raised. 
289-egg strain, about 30 birds, at $7.50 and $10 each 
E. M0UTEN0T, Kill Kare Farm, Toms River. N. J 
Supreme BABY CHICKS 
PURE DARRED ROCKS lAf HITE ROCKS 
BRED UroWN LEGHORNS wW H ITE LEGHORNS 
MAPLE GROVE POULTRY FARM 
Write for Booklet Frenchtown, N. J., Box R 
JERSEY Black GIANTS 
Cockerels, $4 to $10, Sent on approval. Eggs, Chicks, 
Circular. David F. Johnson, Glenroad Farm, Bloomsburj,N.J. 
sale Jersey Black Giant Cockerels and Pullets 
Best strain, by ROBERT MAGOON, Addison, Hi. Y. 
lersey Black Giant. Marcy Farm Strain. Large, husky 
ll birds from prize winning stock. Cockerels, $6 : Pul¬ 
lets, $4.50: Hens, $4. EARL C. MARSH, North Bennington, Vermont 
“Light Brahmas” Roosters breeding pm-postrcbeLp' 
Write 1). GuLDSIANN, 2 Soundyievr Ave., Matnuroneck, N. If. 
fluidity Chick... Barred Kocks, Light Brahmas. Best 
Y laying strains. GRAND VIEW HATCHERY, Scbwenksville, Pa. 
C O. ANCONA8. 15 pullets and cock bird, *2 each - 
Oa G. SIMMS BoxY Lake, N. Y- 
Cor Sale—10 Bronze lien Turkeys, Price reason- 
1 able. WM. S. WILLIAMS Woodville, N. Y. 
Bourbon Red Turkeys S 
Quality T lir L 0UC Stock and Eggs. Single C»inb Rhode 
Bronze I Ul KBjS Island Ked Cockerels and Eggs. Aire¬ 
dale Puppies. ESIIENSII ai.K’S T U It K E V FA KM, Honks, Pa. 
COR SALE—Purebred White Holland Toms 
• Charles H. Jackson, Islip. Long Island, N. Y 
Wild Turkeys; domesticated, handsome. Closing 
out reasonable. Mrs. Jesse C. Lukens, Oxford, Pa. 
Tiirloue Mammoth Bronze Champion “Goldbank.’’Sire, 
lUINGJfS lstprize Mad. Sq.Gard. Miss Ida Chumbley,Draper.Vi. 
Anonnuo Leghorns, Reds, W. W.vandottes. Strong 
AlloUfldo baby chicks from old hens on range. 
Simonds Poultry and Fruit Farm Red Creek. N. Y. 
EGGS AND CHICKS From WhiteEgg Machines 
Production bred from 30 years. New York State 
certified for six years. Trapped for pedigree hatch¬ 
ing and wing banding—three years. Constitutional 
Vigor, heavy production, large, pure white eggs 
and production beauty. They breed true. Free cir¬ 
cular. EGG AND APPLE FARM, R D. 34.Trumansburu, N.Y. 
White LEGHORN Chicks—Tom Barron Strain 
From selected Tree range stock, bred for vigor and Win¬ 
ter eggs, $15 per 100. Also hatching eggs. 
SAM FRANKMAN R. D 1 LAKEWOOD. N. J. 
Rhode Island Reds S5S*»J! R1 wcSfm2t 
locally. Eggs, $10 per H. $1.50 per setting. Chicks, $19 
per H. $10 for 50. ED. LOWE, C linton Corners, N.Y, 
mm mm m Pure bred Barron S. C. White Leg 
f * L. . Lp horns. Barred P. Kocks. R. I. Reds and 
Mixed. A b s o 1 u t e satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Circular free; Bank Ref. 
TURKEY RIDGE HATCHERY Millerstown. Pa. 
BUY YOUR WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS 
from the man that has success with ehickens. Price rea¬ 
sonable. W. JANOA - Huntington, IS. Y. 
Darred Rock Hatching Eggs—Baby chicks. Six pre- 
D niiutlis Mineola Fair. THE RAMBLERS FARM, Monsey, N.Y* 
CERTIFIED OHICKS 
S. C. W. Leghorns only. A Iso Incubators, Brood¬ 
ers, and Poultry Supplies. Send for catalogs. 
Member N.Y.S.P.C, A. E. J. WAKE. 1558 faKt Si .Elmira,N T. 
INC 
Brand New 1200 a' d 3600 Newtown*. Immediate delivery 
from Southampton at list prices. Two used 1800Candees. 
*175 each. Extra Candee, Sections, *40 each. Used 1923 
Newtown Brooders. No. 11, *22.50 each. 
Justa Poultry Farm Southampton.'^', Y. 
The Henyard 
Ducks and Their Eggs 
In reference to the letter on page 1597 
concerning the demand for duck eggs, I 
would say that I have for some years 
kept a considerable number of both 
utility and ornamental ducks. By per¬ 
sonal investigation I have found dealers 
in the residential sections of New York 
City who are glad to handle small quan¬ 
tities of duck eggs weekly, paying about 
05 to 75 cents a dozen for them the year 
round. At first they found little sale for 
them, owing to general unfamiliarity 
with the qualities of duck eggs, but 
usually this prejudice is soon overcome 
after customers have been induced to try 
them out. Around Easter time dealers 
are on a distinct lookout for them, and 
it is easy to dispose of them by the crate 
at a still higher price. 
Recently I rode to town with a neigh¬ 
bor who is a food inspector, and he told 
me that if I had a surplus of duck eggs, 
I should interview some of the large 
downtown New York drug stores who 
want them in shaking certain soda foun¬ 
tain drinks. lie said that several had 
asked him if he knew of any source of 
supply. 
While I am on the subject, I am send¬ 
ing a picture of some Muscovies which 
I have cross-bred (in varieties) to ob¬ 
tain unusual color schemes. The young 
duck, at the top is an unusually solid 
color type of Dark Muscovy, the old 
duck at the extreme right is a beautiful 
Some one told us that if they should eat 
an/ of the ashes, and then drink water, it 
would form a lye in their crops. 
Spencer, N. Y. h. l. a. 
Leghorns at this season of the year 
will consume about eight quarts of scratch 
grain per 100 fowls daily, if an equal 
weight of mash is eaten, and it is the 
aim of the feeder to bring about con¬ 
sumption of as much mash as grain, when 
the hens are in full production a little 
more. By feeding lightly of grain in the 
morning, perhaps one-fourth of the total 
day’s supply, consumption of mash is in- 
couraged, but the fowls should go to roost 
with full crops and all the whole grain 
that they will eat should be given at night. 
The tendency among inexperienced feed¬ 
ers is to give too much scratch grain and 
the popular practice of using large, con¬ 
stantly-filled mash hoppers is to encourage 
this, for the amount of mash eaten daily 
cannot well be noted. . 
I have never known of injury to fowls 
from eating hardwood ashes and judge 
that this danger is rather a fanciful one. 
M. B. D. 
Questions About Hatching 
By trap-nesting I know that I have 
about 20 good layers in my Hock of pul¬ 
lets (last June hatch). Do you advise 
hatching their eggs, if the hens are mated 
with a pedigreed rooster, which would 
Types of Muscovy Ducks 
laced dark slate blue, while the duck in 
the foreground unexpectedly grew up in¬ 
to an unprecedented (within my experi¬ 
ence) cuckoo or barred specimen. 
New Jersey. Stanley l. adlek. 
Effect of Vibration on Incubator; Frozen 
Combs 
1. We are located within 40 ft. of a 
railway line, and the vibration from the 
passing trains is considerable. We pro¬ 
pose installing a mammoth incubator in 
the basement provided this vibration 
would not be injurious to the hatching 
eggs. Can you advise me on this point? 
2. Our Leghorn hens had the tips of their 
combs frozen during the unprecedented 
cold spell that we have just passed 
through. We have noticed this has a 
tendency to check egg production, and 
should like to know if it will be profitable 
to keep them for egg production or to 
dispose of them now. We receive 45c 
per lb. dressed, and would have no dif¬ 
ficulty in disposing of them at this figure. 
What would you advise? H. A. b. 
Ringtown, Pa. 
1. It is a popular idea that vibration 
from trains passing close to an incubator 
cellar is detrimental to the hatch, but I 
do not know how much actual basis this 
idea has. It does not seem to me that 
such vibration can affect eggs within an 
incubator, but I cannot say positively that 
it cannot, and I should not care to advise 
definitely upon this point. If you are 
contemplating the installation of a mam¬ 
moth incubator at considerable expense, 
I should ask the makers of the machine 
to assume any responsibility for its loca¬ 
tion near a railroad, or decline to make 
the sale. 
2. Slight freezing of combs should not 
injure these hens for egg production, ex¬ 
cept temporarily, and I should not dis¬ 
pose of them solely upon that account. 
M. B. D. 
Feeding Questions 
I have just purchased 56 White 
Leghorn fowls, part pullets and part a 
year old. How much scratch grain do 
they require at a feeding? We feed a 
commercial scratch feed, and have mash 
before them at all times. At noon I feed 
the scraps from the table, and give them 
a head or two of cabbage. Is a dust bath 
of hard wood ashes harmful to them? 
cost me about $25; or will any other 
good rooster for about $5 do? How long 
can the eggs be saved for hatching? 
’Which to your knowledge is cheaper, to 
hatch your own chicks from supposedly 
good stock, to buy baby chicks or to buy 
pullets? Can customs hatchers be de¬ 
pended upon, 'that they do not change 
the eggs one gives them? c. K. 
Montvale, N. J. 
Pullets are inferior to old hens as 
breeders, but good pullets of known 
quality are certainly better than older 
fowls of unknown ability as layers. I 
should purchase a pedigreed cockerel or 
rooster to mate with these 20 pullets, and 
make that the beginning of my own strain, 
selecting their progeny from year to year, 
using both trap-nests and selection for 
physical characteristics. The laying con¬ 
tests in your state have brought out many 
good flocks, from which pedigreed males 
may be purchased. Ask your State Ex¬ 
periment Station at New Brunswick to 
give you the names of such breeders. 
Hatch eggs as soon as possible after 
they are layed, under two weeks at the 
most. 
Unless there is some good reason for 
doing otherwise, chicks may be hatched 
at less cost than they can be purchased; 
otherwise there would be no profit in the 
baby chick business. 
If the managers of the custom hatch¬ 
eries are honest, they can. What would 
you say if I asked you whether or not 
merchants could be depended upon to fur¬ 
nish goods' of the quality that their cus¬ 
tomers paid for? m. b. d. 
Cesspool in Swampy Place 
I have to dig a cesspool in a swampy 
place. What is the best way to dig one? 
Newburgh, N. Y. j. p. 
Don’t build a cesspool in a swampy 
place; it won’t be a success if you do. A 
cesspool for disposing of liquid wastes 
depends for its action upon the leaching 
away into the surrounding soil of the 
liquid contents, therefore it is only suited 
to open, gravelly ground. Dug in a wet, 
marshy place, it would only become a 
cistern and would quickly become filled. 
M. B. D. 
