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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 5, 102 i 
“For the Poultry man who demands something better” 
Wene-Ells Chicks 
S. C. White Leghorns. Send for Catalog and Price List 
WENE-ELLS FARMS 
Desk B. Vineland, N. J. 
Member International Baby Chick Ass'n. 
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 (1 WALLKILL,_N. Y. 
Member International Baby Chick Association. 
D A R V Mixed or Broilers.$10 per 100 
I s. O, W. Leghorn. 12 per 100 
C UIV Barred Rocks. 14 per 100 
n I A g Ci R , j. Reds. 16 per 100 
Special prices on 530 lots. 10055 live delivery guaranteed, 
l’ostage paid to your door. 
FRANK NACE - MeAlisterville, Pa. R. D. 2 
BREEDERSCHIGKS-EGGS 
W. Wyandottes, Lt. and Dk. Brahmas, R. I. Reds, 
Barred Rocks, S. C. W. and Brown Leghorns. Cata¬ 
log free, Riverdale Poultry Farm, Box 165, Riverdale, N. J. 
^.w TTZ-Iirn S. C. W. and Barron Leghorns, 
( | —¥ I f K ^ 13c; Barred Rocks, 15c; Reds, 
IIUIVU 16c> ;ind Mixed. 11c. 100£ Guar¬ 
anteed. Order from this adv. or write for circular. 
CHERRY HILL HATCHERY WM. NACE. Prop. 
McAUsterviHe, Pa. 
if I |M C S. C. W. Leghorns 
Vnlv IV9 and S. C. R. I. Reds 
of real quality from prolific stock. Breeders of poul¬ 
try over fifteen years. Free circular. 
MAPLECREST POULTRY FARM Stockton, N. J. 
Day-Old CHICKS from Our Trap-Nested Hens 
. in the following breeds; Leghorns, Rocks, Minor- 
cas, R. I- Reds, Wyandottes, Anconas, and several 
rare breeds. Price, 9 cents to 16 cents a chick. 
ECLIPSE EXPERIMENT FARMS - Selinsgrove, Pa. 
Supreme BABY CHICKS 
PURE RARREO ROCKS l/t/HITE ROCKS 
BRED Drown LEGHORNS ■■ HITE LEGHORNS 
MAPLE GROVE POULTRY FARM 
Write for Booklet Frenchtown, N. J., Box R 
Healthy, Vigorous Chicks 
Br. PI. Rocks, S. C. R. I. Reds, S. C. W. 
Leghorns and Mixed. Also pullets 
All free range. 100% arrival guaranteed. 
Postpaid. Valuable circular free. Prices 
low. Write THE COMMERCIAL HATCHERY 
G. D. Shrewder, Box 76. Richfield, Pa. 
B atoy Ohicks 
S.C. White Leghorns, Barred Hocks, S.C. Rhode 
Island Reds, Mixed Chicks. We specialize on 
vigorous, day-old chicks bred from free-range 
stock. Prices reasonable. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Write for free circular. Valley 
View Hatchery. C . I. BENNER, Richfield,Pa. 
G if I f If C BARRON STRAIN LEGHORNS 
* V' ** ^ BREEDERS AND HATCHING EGGS 
Free range yearling breeders used. Custom Hatch¬ 
ing, S3 per hundred. Baby chicks, $20 per hundred. 
SUNSET FARM 
J. J. REILLY, Supt. Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y. 
Baby Ghix, S. G. W. Leghorns Bred especially for 
laying. Catalogue Free. C. J. Yoder, Grantsvillo, Md. 
S. C. White, Buff, Black Minorcas 
Specializing in eggs, chicks, stock. 
GREGG’S MATCHLESS MINORCAS, Sycamore, Ohio Box 256 
c II I o Tc£- JS»—s. C. W. LEGHORN. 1 3c 
B. Rocks, 14o ; Reds, 15e. Safe delivery guaranteed. 
Circular free. II. S. Hart MeAlisterville, Pa. 
/-iL‘ Bar Rocks, 14e; Reds, 14c; W. Leghorns. 12c; 
vHllX Mixed, lOo. 100% arrival guaranteed. Order 
from adv. or circular. TWIN HATCHERY, MeAlisterville, Pa. 
Phinl/o Irom Heavy-Laying Flocks. Barred Rocks, 13c; 
uniCKS Mixed, 8c. 100% guarantee. Pamphlet. Post¬ 
age prepaid. R. J. Ehrisman MeAlisterville, Pa. 
Chicks 
Leghorns, Rocks, Reds and Mix. Live, Lay 
mid l'ay. Prices right. Circular free. 
F. B. Leister - MeAlisterville, Pa. 
Hummer’s Famous Baby Chicks 5 jfode B r re at S e 
priced. Mixed Chicks, $13 per hundred. 
HUMMER’S POULTRY PLANT Frenchtown. N. J. 
r'dirifC 5 Varieties. Reds, 14c; White Rocks, 13c; 
V'HILIl.J White and Brown Leghorns, 11c; Broil¬ 
ers, 9c. Free circular. FRANK IILUM, New Washington, Ohio 
A-Grade Chicks-S.C.W.Leghorns 
$20 per 100. Also Rocks, Reds, Wyandottes, Ducklings 
Catalogue Free. Sunny Side Poultry Farm, Copper llill, N. i. 
S. C. Buff, White and B. Leghorns, Barred 
and White ltocks. Reds and Mixed, of healthy, 
free range stock. Guaranteed safe delivery. 
Circular free. Jacob Niemond, MeAlisterville, Pa. Box 2 
Connecticut STATE TESTED CHICKS 
Leghorns, Reds, Barred Rocks and White Wyandottes. 
Quality high. Prices reasonable. “Our honesty is your 
protection.” Free circ. HAIL BROTHERS, Box R, Wallingford,Conn. 
S, G. White Leghorns Strain, $20 per X 
May. CHAS. TA YLOR 
per 100 for April and 
Liberty , N . Y . 
W. L. Baby Chicks From Hollywood Sires recognized 
strains. Circular. OLIVER BROS., Box 1, Clark's Corner, Conn. 
S. C. Brown LEGHORNS 
Kulp strain. Bred to lay and do lay. Chicks for sale. 
Circular free. Hugh E. Patterson Clayton, N.Y. 
HATCHINGEGGS v T£ n i d ’ 8 
known EMIG’8 strain S. C. W. Leprhorns, from stock 
never under lights. EMIG'S POUhTUY FAUN, Vineland, N. J. 
WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS 16c. i»3oo 
lots, prepaid. From our own flock of selected yearling 
hens on free range. No lights. None better. Satisfaction 
and del. guar. Circ. (JIjENKOAI) FARM. Bloomsbury, N. J. 
Cedar Grove Farm S. C. W. Leghorns 
Baby Chicks and Hutching Eggs. Bred from the very 
best stock. Prices on request. KUNTZ BROS., Stockton, N. J. 
W hite Leghorn». D. Tancred’s Trapnested Strain 
pedigreed males. Most profitable layers. Booking or¬ 
ders, chicks, eggs. Circular. HAMILTON FARM, Huntington, N.Y. 
Wyckoff’sBests.C W.Leghorns 
range. Chicks hatched right. Priced right. Othermatings 
priced lower yet. Circular. Satisfaction Guar’td.-ltlHHK- 
WAV POULTRY FARM, Box H, M. A. CAMPBELL. Jamestown. Pa. 
Quality Baby Chicks-S. C. W. Leghorns 
PINE SHAW POULTRY FARM, 0. Beck, Oeer Park, L. I., N.Y. 
CHICKS 
HOLLYWOOD 
MATED—$15 per 100 
Rural Strain, $13 
Brown Leghorns $14-SI 3 
Stock certified by Michigan 
Baby Chick Association 
Anconas—Barred Rocks 
Large illustrated caialogFREE 
RURAL POULTRY FARM 
Box 103 Zeeland, Mich, 
FEBRUARY 
PulletS-3000 
8 to 10 weeks old Pullets for delivery 
in April. All Pullets sired by Pedi¬ 
greed Cockerels, mated to 2 and 3 
year old Hens. Everyone guaranteed. 
100 and over $1.00 each; under 100 
$1.10 each. 
COLUMBIA POULTRY FARM 
Toms River, N. J. 
Hampton's Black Leghorn Chicks 
THE KIND THAT LAY 
it’s eggs you want, HAMPTON’S BLACK 
LEGHORNS have proven themselves to be the 
best layers and payers of all breeds in the hands of 
my customers. 
Better send in your order now for these April 
or May chicks, or send for my circular. 
A. E. HAMPTON, Box R. Pittstewn, N. J. 
Mattituck White Leghorn Farm 
Member N. Y. S. C. P. C. A. 
sto“?n BABY CHICKS 
Grade A and Certified. Delivery any week till May 
12th, at $20.00 and $35.00 per 100. All males 
certified. No eggs bought lor hatching. Circular. 
MATTITUCK, L. I., N. Y. 
Arthur H. Penny Lovell Gordon 
s.c. 1 miftDlM Da y° ,d 
White LjLiljHUIfll Chicks 
Sired by imported Tom Barron Cock¬ 
erels and trap-nested hens—For Feb¬ 
ruary, March and May hatches. 
Price 25c each 
ROLLWOOD FARM GUILFORD, CONN. 
Single Comb White Leghorns SIVELY 
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 and May delivery. 
Capacity, 12.000 a week. First hatch, Feb. 11. My 
Book, Profits in Poultry Keeping Solved, $1 or sent 
with all tk 10 orders. Circulars Free. 
SUNNYBROOK FARM, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. Box 75 
Hollywood Strain Direct 
A few fine breeding cockerels left at $5, $?.60 and $10 
each, all from better than 220 egg dams. Sires dam 276 
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. W. Leghorn Pullets 
3 AftA March hatched 10-12-wks.-old pullets at 
,VVU 90c each, crated and delivered in lots of 25 
or more. Large, vigorous, selected birds, bred right 
and grown right. Let us book your order for pul¬ 
lets that will please you. 
WANABROOK POULTRY FARMS Wilawana, Pa. 
TRAPNESTED 
Bred to lay and 
pay stock. We 
don’t buy 
hatching eggs. 
Produce them all on our own farms. Write for prices. 
NESCOPECK POULTRY FARMS Box R Nescopeck, Pa. 
EGGS 
CHICKS 
Barron S. C. YV.Loghorn*. 
Bred for business. Barred and 
White Rocks. R. I. Reds. Big, husky 
chicks. Hatches weekly. Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. Catalog free. 
C. M. LONGENECKER Box 50 Elizabethtown, Pa. 
nflTTCIlED’C LAYING LEGHORNS 
ftVVI IVIIkll — BABY CHICKS from stock, 
of demonstrated high production. Send for circu¬ 
lar giving official records of their performances in 
Egg Laying Contests, j W . BOTTCHER, Mt. Holly, N. J. 
PURE BARRON 
S. C. White LEGHORNS 
18 directly imported males head our No. 1 matings. 
Pedigrees 272-314-egg hens. Our fourth importa¬ 
tion Baby chicks and eggs. Prices and quality 
will please you. R. X. EVYLNG, Atlantic, Pa. 
BABY OHICKS 
From DAVIS STRAIN ol CERTIFIED S- C. W. Leghorns 
For 16 years have culled and bred for size, vigor and 
heavy egg production. Strong chicks which develop into 
prolific layers of large, white eggs. Parent stock, 250 to 
315-egg strain. No better chicks. Write for prices. Or¬ 
der early. Archer W. Davis, Mt. Sinai, I,. I., N. Y. 
Mayroyd Poultry Farm 
BREEDERS OF SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS AND BARRED 
PLYMOUTH ROCKS ’’ THAT LAY AND PAY.’’ 
NEW DORP HEIGHTS Box B Staten Island. N.Y. 
The Henyard 
Lack of Ventilation 
I have a chicken coop 100 ft. by IS ft., 
built of matched lumber, elevated 3 ft. 
from ground and divided into four com¬ 
partments, each 23 ft. long (Small room 
8 ft. long for feed, etc., at end). In two 
compartments I keep Leghorn pullets 
(105 in each) and in the other two com¬ 
partments there are yearling Rocks and 
Rhode Island Reds (SO each). Where 
the Leghorns are kept, I have trouble 
with dampness as it is necessary to 
change litter at least every two weeks 
and sometimes oftener. whereas in other 
two compartments I can put the straw 
nearly a foot thick and upon removing it 
after it has become broken up there is 
practically no dampness. In the morn¬ 
ing if the weather is anyway moderate I 
remove the two muslin curtains in each 
pen—if the weather is exceptionally cold 
or windy I remove only one curtain. At 
night both curtains are put back. 
W. M. L. 
Your trouble in these pens is. in all 
probability, caused by lack of sufficient 
ventilation. Muslin is a poor ventilating 
medium, at best, and I should use it only 
temporarily to shut out driving storms. 
If you will remove these muslin curtains 
entirely, or hinge them at the top so that 
they may be lowered when needed to keep 
out a storm, and keep them open at all 
other times, I believe that your trouble 
with dampness will disappear. Your 
plan for dropping the curtain frames 
back at the top may answer equally well, 
the essential thing being that you permit 
in some way a sufficiently free inter¬ 
change betw’een inside and outside air to 
keep the former as dry, even if as cold, 
as the latter. M. b. d. 
Wheezing Hens 
One of my hens started to get a 
“wheeze”; it seemed to come from breath¬ 
ing through the nose. ^Sometimes it 
sounds like a rattle, as if there was an 
obstruction. At first it was only once in 
a while I heard it; now several have it, 
and they keep up the noise all the time. 
The birds are White Wyandottes of prize 
stock. They lay very well; we have 14 
hens and get from three to nine eggs per 
day. They also eat well. I have given 
them five level teaspoons of salts in two 
quarts of water twice. It worries me. as 
the trouble is spreading through the flock. 
Hackensack, N. J. H. L. 
These fowls evidently have some ob¬ 
struction to breathing, probably from a 
“cold” or more serious disorder of the 
respiratory organs. See to it that their 
quarters are dry and clean, that they are 
not exposed to drafts upon their perches, 
that they have plenty of fresh air day and 
night, not being shut in closely without 
ventilation, and that their eating and 
drinking utensils are kept clean. Per¬ 
manganate of potash crystals may be put 
into their drinking water, enough to color 
it a wine red, and each wheezing fowl 
may be taken from the perch and given a 
drop or two of kerosene in each nostril 
from a medicine dropper. Open the 
mouths of the affected birds and look for 
grayish or yellowish patches within the 
mouth or at the entrance to the windpipe. 
If any are found, paint them with tinct¬ 
ure of iodine, removing any that may ob¬ 
struct breathing at the opening into the 
windpipe by means of a sliver of wood. 
The nostrils may also be cleaned out with 
a solution of boric acid, one ounce to the 
quart of water. m. b. d. 
Trouble with Thick-shelled Eggs 
I used an incubator to hatch chicks, 
several • times, with fair success, but 
have had some trouble with the chicks 
coming out of the shell. That is, the 
shell is quite hard. Would the feeding 
of oyster shell tend to make this diffi¬ 
culty. and if so, would the access to 
slaked lime by the fowls, be the proper 
substitute, instead? Also would the 
placing of naturally thick-shelled eggs, 
such as Brahmas, in the incubator, with 
a portion of naturally thin-shelled eggs, 
such as Anconas, to be hatched in the 
incubator, make any difference in the 
hatching of either? a. d. b. 
New York. 
Feeding oyster shells to laying hens has 
a tendency to produce a thicker shell, 
which of course is necessary, as without 
the crushed oyster shells you would have 
too manv soft or thin-shelled eggs. I 
would not expect air-slaked lime to make 
a very satisfactory substitute for the 
crushed oyster shells, as it is not readily 
eaten by the fowls. I believe, however, 
that your trouble lies either in the 
strength of the germs or your method of 
incubation, rather than in the fact that 
some of your eggs have thick shells, 
although we often find that eggs from 
heavy breeds of fowls which lay thick 
brown-shelled eggs do not hatch quite as 
well as eggs from the Mediterranean 
varieties like the Leghorns and Anconas. 
As a rule brown or thick-shelled eggs re¬ 
quire a little more heat and a little less 
supplied moisture during the process of 
incubation, than the white-shelled eggs; 
therefore it is impossible to run both 
kinds of eggs in the same compartment 
with equal success. The extent of this 
difference varies under different condi¬ 
tions of production, but under ordinary 
conditions should not amount to much. 
C. S. GREENE. 
The Cadger : “I ain’t never ’ad a 
chance. No matter where I go or wot I 
works at, my unlucky number bobs up 
and does me in. some’ow.” The House¬ 
holder: “What do you mean? What’s 
your unlucky number?” The Cadger: 
“Thirteen, lady. Twelve jourymen an’ 
a judge.”—Credit Lost. 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laving contest, the following facts are given: 
‘it is held at Storrs Postoffice in connection 
with the Connecticut Agricultural College. The 
contest begins November 1. There are 10 pul¬ 
lets in each pen. All the birds receive uniform 
treatment. The houses are all alike, and the 
feed is the same for all. The contest continues 
for one year. The weekly records cover the 
number of eggs laid for each pen in the current 
week, and also the total number of eggs laid 
since the first of last November. The contest 
will end November 1, at which time these birds 
will be removed, and another set of pullets 
entered for the next year. 
Week ending March 12, 1924. 
Week Total 
BAKKKD ItOCKS 
Purdue University. Ind. 
W. H. B. Kent, N.Y. 
Ontario Agricultural College, Ont .... 
Lewis Farms, R I. 
doles F. Francais, L. I. 
Morris E. Bride, Conn. 
Woburn Poultry Farm, Mass. 
Miss Harriet Smith, Mass. 
Edgar Stoughton Conn. 
Merritt M. Clark. Conn. 
K, C. Foreman, Mich. 
Keewaydin Farm. Conn. 
J. Y. Sheap, Mich. 
The Ferguson Farms, Tenn. 
Jasper E. Guptili, Maine. 
Storrs Exp. Station, Conn. 
The Ramblers Farm, N.Y . 
W. J, Arenholz, N.Y. 
WHITE ROCKS 
Monstone'Farm, Mass. 
Ameling Farms, Mo. 
S. Bradford Allyn, Mass. 
Davidson Bros., Mass. 
Chas. E. Butler, Conn. 
Albert T. Lenzen. Mass. 
Harold F. Barber, Mass. 
H. B,[Spangler, N, J. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
D. O. Witmer, Mo. 
Obed G, Knight, K. 1. 
F. L. Weilaml, Ky. 
Frank P Matteson, U. I . 
Hi-Quality Hennery, Vt.. 
Clemens d. Diemand, Conn. 
Woodbridge Orchards. Conn. 
William E. Moran, Conn. 
Albert W. Buckbee. N. Y. 
H. V. Bierly, Pa. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Sunnyfields Farm, Conn. 
H. P. Demiiig, Conn... 
Scott’s Red Farm. II. 
Abbot M. Smith, Conn. 
Fellows Bros.. Conn. 
K. Newton Searles, Conn. 
Geo. R. Treadwell, Mass . 
Sunset Poultry Farm, Mass. 
John Z. Labelie. Conn. 
I. W. Mitchell, Conn. 
F. S. Chapin, Mass. 
F. H. Sampson. Mass. 
Jas. E. Ewing, Vt. 
Spring Brook Poultry Farm, Conn- 
Fernside harm, Mass. 
Dickinson Bros.. Mass. 
Pmecrest Orchards, Mass. 
Ed. A. Oelkuct, Conn. 
W. A. Dickinson, Mass. 
Maurice F. Delano, Mass. 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. H . 
Red Mount Farm, Mass. 
Forest H. Clickner. N. J. 
Charies H. Lane. Mass. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
Roy H. Waite, Md. 
Small’s Poultry Farm, Conn. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 
S. G. McLean, Conn . 
Jjeo A. Grouten, Conn. 
E. H. Scott, Conn . 
F. M. Johnson, Maine. 
Hollywood Farm, Wasli. 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 
Beck Egg Farm, N. J. 
Edgar Stoughton, Conn.’.... 
Ernest W. Picker, N. J. 
Hanson's Poultry Farm. Ore. 
C. G. Rearne, Pa. 
Pussy Willow Egg Farm, L. I. .. 
Mountain Meadow Farm. Vt. 
Ernest Craze. N. J. 
Acrebridge Farm, Mass. 
Hilltop Farm, Conn. 
St. John's Poultry Farm, Mo. 
Andrew L. Ohr, Conn. 
C. T. Darby, N. J. 
Spring Brook Poultry Farm, Conn- 
R. C. Dunn, Mass. 
L. W. Steelman, Pa. 
Barlow Leghorn Farm, Pa. 
White Springs Farm, N. Y. 
Meadowedge Farm. L. 1. 
Emory H. Bartlett, Mass. 
Eigenraupli & DeWinter, N. J. 
Rapp's Leghorn Farm, N. J. 
Featherlami Farm, Pa. 
M. J. Quackenbush, N. J. 
Francis J. Hogan. Mass. 
Mount Hope Farm, Mass. 
Exmoor Farm, Pa . 
Ruchles Sunnyside Farm, N.Y. 
O. C. Chadwick, Vt. 
George B. Ferris, Mich. 
Total.. . 
43 
674 
39 
532 
43 
661 
31 
384 
40 
373 
35 
558 
42 
406 
43 
654 
50 
635 
35 
533 
46 
418 
35 
440 
44 
351 
28 
420 
43 
568 
30 
2Gu 
41 
447 
47 
385 
21 
334 
47 
724 
36 
600 
24 
474 
34 
447 
46 
471 
49 
618 
S? 
865 
49 
796 
35 
546 
31 
483 
30 
689 
37 
499 
24 
603 
22 
468 
43 
594 
43 
689 
87 
615 
39 
527 
41 
313 
50 
396 
15 
194 
47 
500 
42 
749 
37 
795 
56 
716 
42 
617 
41 
375 
51 
428 
44 
530 
39 
400 
41 
385 
55 
949 
38 
464 
45 
637 
41 
412 
39 
406 
38 
393 
54 
616 
53 
651 
39 
678 
41 
485 
41 
727 
22 
525 
46 
824 
35 
603 
33 
723 
46 
719 
40 
815 
36 
631 
37 
483 
50 
683 
23 
484 
25 
512 
17 
341 
40 
718 
34 
673 
39 
603 
42 
708 
37 
612 
31 
631 
56 
956 
46 
773 
42 
503 
60 
907 
15 
392 
32 
431 
38 
722 
42 
522 
39 
558 
25 
580 
34 
705 
32 
535 
14 
627 
22 
436 
33 
428 
23 
412 
24 
715 
39 
470 
41 
693 
17 
408 
52 
648 
3789 
55174 
