The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
445 
baUycliicks 
Peppy and Strong 
are hatched in our 
Petaluma Electric and 
Hot Water Incubators; 
raised easier because healthier and hardier; big¬ 
ger hatches from Petalumas than any other 
make. Petaluma Electric and Hot Water 
Brooders are world beaters for raising chicks; 
ch icks grow faster, stronger, become more vigor¬ 
ous and gather pep. Coupon brings new booklet! 
Petaluma Electric Incubator Co. 
Petaluma, California ( 5607 ) 
Please send your new bookeet. 
Name 
Address 
Jim Rohan’s Latest Bulletin 
For smaller capacity get my 80-egg Champion Belle 
City Incubator for $9.95; my 80-chick Hot Water 
Belle City Brooder for $4.95; or both orderedtogether 
for only $12.95-Express Prepaid East of Rockies. 
$i ^95 Champion $^195 
Belle City L\~ 
140 -Egg Incubator 330 -Egg 
r Hot-Water, Copper Tank, Double Walls Fibre 
Board .Self-Regulated Safety Lamp, Deep Nurs¬ 
ery, Thermometer & Holder. Hatches chicks 
ducks, turkeys and geese $6.95buys 140-Chick 
$9.95 buys 230-Chick Hot-Water 
DoubleWalled Brooder. Save $1.95 
- Order Both. A complete hatchery. 
140 Size incnbator and Brooder, $18.95 
230 Sizelneubator and Brooder, $29.95 
Express Prepaid 
East of Rockies and allowed to points beyond. 
Low prices on Coal and Oil Canopy Brooders 
come with catalog. With either of these Guaranteed 
Hatching Outfits and my Guide Book, your success is 
assured. Save Time — Order Now- Share in my 
$1000 in Prizes 
Or write me for Free Poultry Book, 
4 *HatchingFactS. ,f JlmRohan,Pres. 
Belle City Incubator Co. 
Box 48 * Racine, Wis. 
TO MAKE STOCK THRIVE 
NOTHING EQUALS 
STRUVEN’S 
It supplies the proteins and minerals which Govern¬ 
ment experts have declared a necessity in the well- 
rounded ration. Don’t mloo getting a copy of our 
feeding circular. It Is free! 
CHARLES M. STRUVEN & CO., 
114-0 S. Frederick St., Baltimore, Md. 
MAKE 
twice as many eggs by feed 
ing green cut bone. 
HENS Mann ’ s 
, _ _ No money in advance. Get* 
A y/ free book. F. W. MANN CO., 
■ “ V Box 15 Milford, Maas. 
CERTIFIED CHICKS 
of the four leading varieties, Hollywood! 
and Barron Strain S C. White Leghorns, S.l 
C. Br. Leghorns, Sheppards Strain S. C. An-I 
conas and Parks’ Strain Barred Bocks. Alin 
strong, sturdy, snperhatched chicks fromV 
milk fed flocks certified by the Michigan' 
Baby Chick Assn, as to th.ir purity of breed, 
health, feeding, etc. 100 per cent live delivery 
guaranteed. Prompt shipment. Large Catalog Free. 
TOWNLINE POULTRY FARM Dept. R Zeeland. Mich. 
Husky, 
livable 
chaps. 
Egtr machines from 
high laying, pure farm bred 
stock. Specialists in S. C. W. 
Leghorns, R. I. Reds, B. 1*. 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 
SCHWEGLER’S 
“TH 0 R-O-B RE D” 
BABY CHICKS 
“Live and Lay” 
White, Brown, Buff Leghorns, Barred and 
White Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Anconas, 
Black Minorcas, Buff Orpingtons, White Wy- 
andottes, 12c and up. Order now for March, 
April and Mav delivery. 97% live delivery 
guaranteed. Write for Free baby chick book. 
8C1IWKGLEK.207 Northampton, BUFFALO, N.Y. 
BAB Y CHIX 
From heavy laying Free range Flocks. 
S. C. White Leghorns.$13.00 per 100 
S. C. Brown Leghorns. 13.00 “ 100 
Barred Rocks. 15,00 “ 100 
S. C. R. I. Reds... 16.00 “ 100 
Broilers or Mixed Chix. 11.00 “ 100 
Special Prices on 500 and 1,000 lots, 100% Prepaid 
safe delivery guaranteed. 
Address J. N. NACE, Richfield, Pa. Bex 161 
The Pine Grove Poultry Farm 
of Center Moriches, N. Y. 
We are ready to book orders on S. C. W. L. Chix 
for late April and May delivery. We can also supply 
White Baby Pekin ducks. Upland Strain $35.00 per hun¬ 
dred. We allow 3% if called for on the farm with their 
own containers. Send for free circular on Baby Chix. 
We are no hatchery but—BREEDERS. Visitors welcome. 
H. BERNSTEIN & SONS, Prop. 
* 9 
1 per 100 
and up. Heavy laying strain. Hogan tested. 
White, Brown and Black Leghorns, 100—>12; 
500—$5B. Black Minorcas, Anconas, 100—814; 
500—e<>5. Barred Rocks, White Wyandottes, 
100—815; 500—870. Reds. 100—816. 500—875. 
Mixed chicks, 100—$9; 500—845. Guarantee 100% deliv¬ 
ered to your door. Free Catalog. Ref: Ickesburg State 
Bank. Johnson’s Hatchery, Box 40. Ickosburg, Pa. 
THE HENYARD 
Mud for Hens 
Perhaps the readers will laught at that 
caption, but read the story. 
I think it was about 15 years ago 
when the secretary of the Rhode Island 
State Board of Agriculture invited me to 
address the board at a meeting to be held 
in Providence. I consented, • and arrived 
in Providence the evening previous, where 
I was met by a committee who asked me 
to go up to Barrington and speak at a 
farmers’ meeting to be held there that 
evening. I went and stayed all night 
with a wealthy man who kept about 400 
hens. In the morning we went out to in¬ 
spect the birds, a mongrel lot of common 
fowls. But I noticed that next to where 
the water pail stood there was quite a 
hole in the ground, and inquired about 
it The explanation was that the hired 
man carried pails so full of water that 
when he sat them down they “sloshed” 
over, and the hens would pick up and eat 
the wet earth 
That was a new one for me; and when 
I got home I tried it The water pail 
was about half full; I kicked away the 
litter on a strip about 10 ft long, and 
threw the water on it Instantly my 
hens ran to it and began eating the dirty 
water, and as it sunk into the ground 
ate the wet earth After that, whatever 
water was left in the pail, was thrown 
on the ground for the hens, before I 
started for a fresh pailful, and always 
they would run and peck at the wet 
earth 
Why do they do it, is a question I 
often thought. Perhaps it is the fine grit 
in the soil, that passing through the in¬ 
testines scrapes away some of the harm¬ 
ful or unnecessary bacteria that are 
often found in the intestines Perhaps it’s 
for substances that are in earth, phosp¬ 
horus, acids, alkalies But whatever it 
was, the hens seemed to want it, and I 
never saw that it did them any harm. 
That is one of the reasons why I like 
an earth floor in a henhouse. Another 
is because of the wonderful absorbing 
power of dry earth, the droppings are 
absorbed by the earth, become an in¬ 
distinguishable part of it. Trouble from 
rats may be overcome by digging a trench 
and putting in a foundation of stone and 
cement 15 to 18 in. deep. Rats very 
seldom tore into the ground deep enough 
to go under such a foundation. The 
foundation should extend 8 in. to a foot 
above the surrounding surface, so water 
will not run in from melting snows; and 
before the house is built it should be 
filled in with good clean soil, as free 
from stones as possible, until the inside 
is at least 6 in. higher than outside. 
GEORGE A. COSGROVE. 
Saving Bees in Chilly Weather 
After over 50 years’ experience with 
keeping bees in a limited way, out of 
doors in the Winter months, we have 
found it pays to cover the hives, except 
the front, with something to keep the 
hives warm, and also from extremes of 
heat and cold here in northern Massa¬ 
chusetts. But in the average season 
there will be more loss from flying in 
chilly weather than from any other cause. 
We like to have hives face the south espe¬ 
cially in the Winter, but the east is very 
satisfactory, especially for the Summer. 
We have used chaff hay, etc., to spread 
on snow in front of the hives to protect 
them from lighting on the snow, but doubt 
if it pays for the trouble. 
The only way to protect bees is to pre¬ 
vent them doing so unless it is warm 
enough for safe flying. To do this we 
have shaded the hives from the sun by 
a wide board or something similar, if they 
will fly with that protection it is gener¬ 
ally safe for them to do so, and where the 
hives face the south, as soon as it grows 
cooler, the boards should be placed to or 
on the westerly side to shut off the sun¬ 
shine. When bees are flying lively the 
boards should be moved away entirely. A 
good long lighting board is of value in 
saving them even after they are gathering 
pollen. A bee that flies in freezing tem¬ 
perature or too cold to fly but a little dis¬ 
tance seldom gets back to the hive even 
if the ground is bare. H. o. mead. 
rtatest 
Gift 
Makes Big Hit 
with Poultry men 
When we announced in our adver¬ 
tisements last month that Science had at last discov¬ 
ered a preventative for leg weakness in baby chicks— 
When we told how we had successfully combined this latest 
Scientific discovery with Ful-O-Pep Chick Starter and that 
this feed that would greatly reduce leg weakness and death 
losses was now available to all poultry raisers, the immedi¬ 
ate and hearty response from poultrymen was convincing 
proof that we had supplied a very urgent need. 
VULAPSP 
A CHICK ^^STARTER* 
will solve your baby chick problem. Ful-O-Pep Chick 
Starter with its Cod Liver Oil Content is extremely rich in 
A and D Vitamines and this combined with the other health¬ 
giving ingredients that compose Ful-O-Pep Chick Starter, 
produces such strong bones and healthy vigorous growth 
that leg weakness and other diseases are greatly reduced. 
Ful-O-Pep Chick Starter—Science’s latest gift to poultry- 
men is now available to poultry raisers everywhere—your 
feed dealer has it or can get it for you. Just as Ful-O-Pep 
Egg Mash has helped poujtrymen to greatly increase their 
egg production, so will Ful-O-Pep Chick Starter enable 
them to raise more of their hatched chicks. 
Write for Free Illustrated Circular 
Write today for big illustrated circular telling all about^ 
this new and important discovery, how and why it will 
greatly reduce your baby chick losses. Just 
fill out coupon, mail to us and this valuable 
circular will be sent you by return mail. 
Quaker Oats Company 
Poultry Service Dept. 
1620 Railway Exchange Building 
Address :: Chicago, U. S. A. 
pUl’Q’PEp 
ihickstarterS 
The Famous Picturesque Chicks 
My farm being 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. I have a number of Jersey Black Giants, 
that iiave been culled by men from our New Jersey Experimental Station for certilieation. This gives 
you an opportunity to secure either eggs or chicks from the best J. B. Giants to be had. We are equally 
as careful in culling our flocks from all breeds as we are with our J. U. Giants. 
Approved J. 
25 chicks. 
50 ” . 
100 “ . 
Eggs $7 per 15. 
B. Giants 
.$13.50 
. 26 OH 
. 50.00 
Utility J. B. Giants 
25 chicks.$11 00 
50 “ . 22.00 
100 “ . 40.00 
Eggs $4 per 15. 
PRICES OFICHICKS 
R. I. Reds and Barred Rocks 
25 chicks. $6 00 
50 “ . 10 50 
100 “ . .... 20.00 
500 “ ... 95 00 
1000 ” 175,00 
White Wyandottes 
25 chicks.$ 7 00 
50 ’• 12.50 
100 “ 24-00 
500 ” 115 00 
1000 “ . 220 00 
White Leghorns 
25 chicks. 
60 “ . 
100 ” . 
500 ” . 
1000 “ . 
.$ 5.00 
. 9.50 
. 1800 
. 85.00 
. 180.00 
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. 
DAY-OLD, 2-4-10 Weeks Old 
S. C. White Leghorns, Barred Rocks* 
Rhode Island Reds, Wyandottes, 
Indian Runners and Mammoth Pekins 
from excellent laying strains—carefully mated 
FAIRV1EW POULTRY FARM, Theresa, N. Y. 
Pure Bred Selected Flocks 
10(H LIVE DELIVERY 
Strong, Sturdy, Northern-grown Chicks. Selected, pure bred 
stock. Healthy Flocks on free range insure strength Sn every Chick. Order from this Ad. 
Varieties ~ * 
Leghorns (S. C. White and Brown) 
Barred Rocks 
White Rocks 
Mixed Broiler Chicks 
Hatched under best conditions In Newtown Incubators. Every Chick care 
Reference State Commercial Savings Bank, thia city. Write for prices on special matings. 
Prices on 50 
100 
300 
500 
1000 
$7.00 
$13 
838 
862 
$120 
8 00 
15 
43 
72 
140 
9.50 
18 
53 
85 
165 
$10 per 100 straight- 
inspected. 100 
per cent, 
live delivery guaranteed. 
GREAT NORTHERN HATCHERY 
Box 57 
ZEELAND, MICHIGAN 
HimRELIABUCHICK 
IOOOOOO j*' 1924 
POSTPAID. 100% LIVE DELIVERY. Give ns your order for our RELIABLE CHICKS and we 
will prove to you IF BETTER CHICKS COULD BE HATCHED FOR THE MONEY WE WOULD 
BE HATCHING THEM. 
FLOCKS PUKE li HKD CULLED IlY EXPERTS 
FINE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG FREE. Tells how we produce RELIABLE CHICKS that have 
pleased thousands of customers. We hatch 13 Varieties. COMBINATION OFFERS. VALUABLE 
BOOK GIVEN FREE with each order. 
HUBER’S RELIABLE HATCHERY Main Street, Fostoria, Ohio 
CHICKS { 
write for circular. 
Wm. Nace, Prop. 
S. C. W. and Brown Leghorns, 
13o. Barred Rocks, 15r. Red, 16«, 
and Mixed, Hr. 100% Guaran¬ 
teed. Order from this adv. or 
CHERRY HILL IIATCIIEKY, 
McAIDterville, Pu. 
Supreme BABY CHICKS 
PURE DARRED ROCKS IJkfHITE ROCKS 
BRED UROWN LEGHORNS ■ * MITE LEGHORNS 
MAPLE GROVE POULTRY FARM 
Write for Booklet Fronchtown, N. J., Box R 
