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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 8, 1924 
f/hyShould iou Gamble ? 
When you know that thou¬ 
sands upon thousands of in¬ 
cubators and brooders are 
actually being thrown away 
every year to be replaced 
with 
Buckeye 
More than 700,000 successful 
breeders are hatching 175,000,000 
chicks a year in Buckeye Incu¬ 
bators, and raising 150,000,000 a 
year under the Buckeye System 
of Colony Brooding. 
Big hatcheries, with capacities of 
50,000 to 500,000 eggs, are using 
Buckeyes. 
Nearly all the agricultural schools 
teach with Buckeyes. 
Why gamble, then? Why ex¬ 
periment? Buy a Buckeye first, 
and know you’ll be successful. 
Buckeye Incubators are built in 
every size from 65-egg to 10,368- 
egg capacity. Buckeye Brooders 
are built in all sizes up to 1,200- 
chick capacity, to burn oil, coal 
or gas. 
The best book of real informa¬ 
tion you can get on poultry rais¬ 
ing for profit is the new Buckeye 
catalog. We want you to have 
it, and will gladly send it on re¬ 
quest. Mention whether you are 
interested in incubators, coal¬ 
burning brooders or blue-flame 
brooders. 
THE HENYARD 
Broilers for Home Market 
We have a country place where we 
serve chicken and waffle dinners to a 
trade coming from Buffalo and other 
cities about. This year I am figuring on 
buying about 300 day-old chicks. The 
primary purpose of these chicks will be 
of course, the broilers; secondary, the 
eggs. Yet I should like to have the .eggs 
provide some income during the Winter 
when business will not be so brisk. Con¬ 
sidering all this, would you advise Rhode 
Island Reds or some heavy strain of Leg¬ 
horns? I had thought of getting my 
chicks early in March so as to have my 
own broilers during May and June when 
prices are high. I have been advised 
against this, being told that over 75 per 
cent of the chicks will be roosters. I be¬ 
lieve the normal rate is about 50 per 
cent and would like to know if there is 
anything in this. At present I have no 
brooder and since coming on the market 
for one have noted the oil-burning brood¬ 
ers that have appeared. Are they as 
satisfactory as the coal burning? Can 
you tell me what is the Hogan test and 
how it is applied? L. A. A. 
Collins, N. Y. 
For the smaller broilers, the Leghorns 
make very satisfactory fowls, the chicks 
reaching boiler size, Ui to 1^ lbs": live 
weight, in about 12 weeks. The Rhode 
Island Reds might prove more satisfac¬ 
tory for broilers of larger size, if your 
trade calls for them. Both Reds and 
Leghorns are excellent layers and, if the 
color of the egg is no objection, you might 
find the former equally profitable as lay¬ 
ers in the Winter. Why not buy an 
equal number of each variety and try 
them out under your conditions? 
March-hatched chicks would be all 
right, though earlier than is at all nec¬ 
essary for chicks that are to be raised 
for Winter layers. I do not know that 
, there is any difference in the proportions 
between the sexes, whether chicks are 
hatched in March or- April. I think that 
you will find the number of each follow¬ 
ing the usual rule. 
For early hatches, I should prefer the 
coal-burning brooder stoves, more heat 
being supplied by them to warm the 
brooder house. 
When liens are laying, the pubic bones 
are thin. flexUflp and spaced far enough 
apart to admit the width of two or three 
fingers. When not laying, these project¬ 
ing bones beneath the vent are thick, 
rigid and close together. This, I be¬ 
lieve, is the chief point of the Ilogan 
test. M. B. D. 
Enlarged Liver 
I had a Single Comb R. I. Red hen 
which seemed to be weak and staggered 
when walking, also had diarrhoea. She 
had some lice and was very poor. I put 
her in a separate coop, but found her 
dead. Her liver was greatly enlarged, 
weighing 17 ounces. What was the 
trouble? T. ix.l. 
Baldwin, Md. 
The livers of fowls become enlarged 
from a number of causes. Disease may 
be present or livers may be intentionally 
increased in siz^ by heavy feeding for 
that purpose, sucn enlarged liters from 
geese and ducks constituting a table deli¬ 
cacy in the estimation of those who have 
a taste for such things. In the case of 
this hen, there was undoubtedly some 
disease of the digestive organs present. 
M. B. D. 
Hen With Rough Plumage 
What is the trouble with a hen when 
her feathers are rough, look as though 
they had been rubbed the wrong way i 
She seems well, eats well and is as 
active as any. F. F. C. 
Rough-looking plumage is sometimes 
an indication of good work upon the part 
of a hen. It may be due to late moulting, 
hard scratching and the general activity 
that goes with good production. The sleek 
well-fed, high-colored, “dolled up ’ bird 
is apt to be one of the drones of the 
flock, one that spends more time preen¬ 
ing herself and trying to look attractive 
than in laying. On the other hand, rough 
plumage may result from infestation by 
lice or depluming mites and requires a 
little grease rubbed into bare spots, or, 
of course, such a fowl may be sick, though 
the latter condition would also be shown 
by lack of appetite, inactivity, etc. 
M. B. D. 
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r" Euclid Avenue, Springfield, Ohio, U. S. A. 
World's Largest Manufacturer of Incubators and Brooders 
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paid east of Rockies. With 140-chick hot air brooder, only $17.75. 
180 Egg size only $ 15.75,with Brooder both $22 
You take no risk buying: Wisconsina. We give 30 days trial—money back if not 
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32 in.Canopy, 300 chick, 15.55 
42 in. Canopy, 500 chick, 17.75 
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Box 136 , Racine, Wis. 
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1OO lb. bag $ 4.00 F. O. B. Lancaster 
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AGENTS WANTED 
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The only brooder with a gas chamber. Famous 
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L,1 
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cub a tor 
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Shipped complete, 
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Made of Cali¬ 
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with galvanized iron, double 
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built to last for years; deep chick 
nursery .hot water heat, copper tanks. 
140 EGG INCUBATOR WITH BROODER $19.75 
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Ironclad lncubatorCo.,Box 95 Racine.Wis. 
Detroit- 
Alliance 
INCUBATOR 
140 - EGG 
CAPACITY 
Has all the features that insure big hatches- 
double walls, copper tank, complete nursery, 
perfect heat control through automatic trip 
burner, “Tycos” thermometer 
held so chicks can’t break it | 
when hatching. Detroit Brood¬ 
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Dspt.31 Alliance, Ohio 
LUMINUM CHICK FEEDER 
, for FEED, GRIT, MILK or WATER. Simple. 
I safe! and sanitary .^Chicks cannot Ret feet 
I into contents. Send 30c, cash or stamps for 
one postpaid. Money back if not satisfied. 
American Poultry Journal, 479-523 Plymouth Ct., Chicago 
A 
30c 
The Feed 
that Makes 
Hens Lay 
More Eggs—Better Hens 
EGATINE so perfectly 
nourishes laying hens that. 
they not only lay more 
eggs but it keeps them in 
perfect condition while 
doing so. Hens fed on 
EGATINE keep laying 
year after year, for they 
are so perfectly nourished 
that they don’t wear out. 
But, don’t take our word 
for these claims, you can 
prove them for yourself 
by feeding EGATINE to 
your own hens 
If your dealer doesn’t 
have EGATINE advise us 
and we will see that you 
are supplied. 
Tioga Mill & Elevator Co. 
Box D, Waverly, N. Y. 
1-0-6 A 
FEED SERVICE | 
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Larger and heavier- //Ji\ and user- 
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t li a n other 
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savings effect¬ 
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efficiency, ca- 
pacity and 
price, the Blue 
Hen is today 
the best buy 
in colony 
brooders. 
Blue Hen Mammoth Incubators 
Prompt Delivery—It you net promptly 
$ 21.00 
$26.00 
S00 chick capacity 
(delivered) 
1000 chick cspecitu 
(delivered) 
LancastcrMifl.Co. K„ 5 c«, 
and Happier Tonltrymen 
P LENTY of heat in any weather,*i>lenty 
of fresh air, plenty of room—that's 
what chicks get under Wishbones. That’s 
why they develop into 100% chickens. 
9foWishbone 
Valveless - Blue Flame 
BROODER 
is simple, economical, trouble-proof. Has the most 
powerful brooder burner known—requires NO PRIMING. 
There’s nothing to get out of order. Write for booklet 
or order direct from F ad. PRICES : 4 sizes : 50-100 chicks, 
• 10. 350 chicks, 516. 500 chicks, S19. 1,000 chicks, 
• 22. Little higher in far West. Full money-back 
guarantee protects you. 
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423 Neilson Street, New Brunswick, N, J. 
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