The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
771 
The Henyard 
Brooder Compartment in Henhouse 
I have 300 chicks ; would it be advi.9- 
able to use half of the henhouse for a 
brooder house? The half is 20x20 and 
has never been used for bens, being built 
new last Fall. Have hens in the other 
half of the house; both sides have dirt 
floor, the former being raised about 4 ft. 
above the ground with rocks, stones, etc. 
We have a 1,000-chick brooder stove to 
use in the house. Could one use a 1,000- 
chick stove in an 8x12 house for 300 to 
350 chicks? Henhouse is 8% ft. high in 
front and 4% ft. high in the rear. 
Boonville, N. Y. a. r. 
If you can partition or curtain off the 
part of the building that you wish to use 
for little chicks, so that the stove can 
furnish enough heat for it, you should 
have a desirable place to raise your flock. 
You will not need all of the 20x20 ft. 
room, and it will be as well to have a 
gpace between the old fowls’ end and that 
used by the little chicks, for added pre¬ 
caution against lice or mites. As the 
end of the building that you expect to 
use is new and has never had hens in it, 
there should be no mites in it. I am 
now using one end of a poultry-house for 
a flock of 350 chicks in the same way 
that you propose, and with entire satis¬ 
faction, though I have no fowls in the 
other end. A stove of any size may be 
used in an 8x12 house, but it is better 
Dot to put more than from 300 to 350 
chicks together. Early in the season, 
when the weather is raw and cold, this 
number is too many; 250 chicks in a 
flock are enough for March and early 
April in New York State. It is perfectly 
possible to keep 1.000 chicks together, 
and a skilled poultryman, under favorable 
conditions, might make a success of it. 
The attempt should be left to such men, 
however. With a well-built brooder house 
there would be no object in using a large 
stove for 350 chicks. In a larger build¬ 
ing it might be needed for warmth. 
M. B. D. 
ing them in place so that you can drop 
each sash back at the top for a short 
distance into the building, closing the 
side openings thus made by V-shaped 
boards cut to fit against the side rails of 
the sashes. This will make all air enter 
over the top of the windows when opened, 
as they should be, in the Winter. Re¬ 
move the windows entirely in warm 
weather. If ceiled overhead the building 
will be warmer. The essentials in mak¬ 
ing over this building will be to make it 
airtight upon all sides but the one con¬ 
taining the windows, so that ventilation 
can be obtained through these without 
drafts, and to make these window's large 
enough to flood the interior of the build¬ 
ing with light. m. b. D. 
Mash for Little Chicks 
I would like to make a baby chick 
mash, and would use beef scrap or 
ground bone, and also fishmeal to each 
100 lbs. of other ground grains mixed. 
How much fish meal would be best to use 
to the mash, and beef scrap or ground 
bone? - A. B. 
Mary del, Md. 
A good mash for little chicks may be 
made, as suggested in : a bulletin from the 
New Jersey Experiment Station, by mix¬ 
ing three parts of wheat bran, one part 
wheat middlings, one part eornmeal, one 
part ground oats, one part bonemeal and 
one-half part beef scrap. For chicks up 
to five or six weeks of age, the ground 
oats and beef scrap ought to be sifted to 
remove coarse hulls and large pieces of 
bone. These parts are by weight. An¬ 
other good formula is two parts wheat 
bran and one each of wheat middlings, 
eornmeal or hominy, sifted ground oats, 
and sifted beef scrap. The first mixture 
does not contain as much meat scrap, 
and skim-milk or buttermilk should be 
fed with it. If either of these are used, 
the amount of Leef scrap in the second 
mixture may be largely cut down. When 
all the milk that the chicks will con- 
surae is fed, meat scrap may be omitted 
from the mash. When meat scrap is fed, 
fish scrap is not needed, and the meat 
scrap is to be preferred. Sour skim-milk 
or buttermilk should always be fed little 
chicks from the start, if possible, even if 
it can be had only in limited quantity. 
M. B. D. 
Fattening Fowls 
I buy chickens, and I want to know 
what to feed to get them fat quickly. 
Should I keep them in a small house? Do 
table scraps from a hotel do them any 
good? J.M.L. 
Delaware. 
I should keep fowls that I was fatten¬ 
ing in a small enclosure, not necessarily 
a house, except at night. If you wish to 
pen them, give them about 2 sq. ft. of 
floor space each, and divide into small 
flocks, about 30 birds to a flock. To fat¬ 
ten quickly, give finely ground grains, 
corn, buckwheat, barley, oats, etc., and 
mix into a batter with skim-milk. A 
Cornell ration for fattening pen-fed birds 
is 50 lbs. eornmeal, 20 lbs. white wheat 
middlings and 10 lbs. ground heavy oats. 
Mix to a batter at each feeding with but¬ 
termilk or skim-milk, using approximate¬ 
ly 2 lbs. of milk to each pound of mash. 
If milk is not available, 20 lbs. of meat 
scrap may replace it, using water to wet 
it up with. The other grains mentioned 
are equally fattening, however. Two 
weeks is about as long as fowls will 
stand up under this forced feeding, and 
they should be disposed of before they go 
“off feed.” Table scraps from hotels are 
good, though they need looking over to 
avoid feeding musty bread, spoiled meat, 
etc. Keep quarters and utensils clean 
when feeding to fatten quickly and, if 
fowls display lack of appetite, omit a 
meal. You may find it more profitable *o 
take more time and feed less forcing ra¬ 
tions. M. B. D. 
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Converting Garage into Henhouse 
I have a one-car garage made of gal¬ 
vanized tin 15 ft. long, 10 ft. wide and 8 
ft. high, which I would like to use for 
chickens. Should I board up the inside? 
There is one window in it, and the floor 
is cemented. c. s. 
New Hyde Park, N. Y. 
This garage may be converted into a 
poultry-house that will accommodate 
about 50 fowls. It will probably be bet¬ 
ter to ceil it up inside with some matched 
stuff, or, at least, with boards, a.s the gal¬ 
vanized iron walls will not be very warm 
in cold weather. Make all sides but one 
facing the east or south airtight, and 
place two windows in one of these sides, 
using ordinary double sash and arrang- 
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■ eggs, $3-15; $10—100, Pre¬ 
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Turkeys 
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2c Difference in the Chick May Mean 
$2 Difference in the Laying Pullet 
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White Leghorns, Black Leghorns .. 
Buff Leghorns, Brown Leghorns ... 
Barred Rocks . 4.50 
Rhode Island Reds . 4.75 
White Wyandottes . 5.50 
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Drawer 4 Rosemont, Hunterdon Co. New Jersey 
Member International Baby Chick Association 
25 Chicks 
50 Chicks 
100 Chicks 
500 Chicks 
1000 Chicks 
$ 8.00 
$15.00 
$72.50 
$145.00 
9.00 
17.00 
82.50 
160.00 
9.00 
17.00 
82.50 
160.00 
9.00 
18.00 
85.00 
170.00 
10.00 
20.00 
95.00 
185.00 
10.00 
19.00 
90.00 
180.00 
18.00 
33.00 
LLPOI 
QUALITY 
CHICKS 
Buy NOW at Reduced Prices 
I to buy chicks like Hillnnt Qualltv <'hlel>o m* _ 
FHceuaa low „ the... 
FOR PROMPT DELIVERY 
White Leghorns. 26 
Black or Brown Leghorns .* 
Barred Rocks or Anconas. 
R. I. Reds. .... 
White Rocks . . . . . ....'. . 
White Wyandottes or Black Minorca* 
Wh. Leghorns (Mating A), Wh. Rocks ^ *£ ECIAL 
Rush your order— 
$4.00 
4.00 
4.50 
4.75 
5.00 
5.50 
MATINGS 
60 
100 
$14.00 
14.00 
16.00 
17.00 
18.00 
20.00 
600 
$67.50 
67.50 
77.50 
82.50 
87.50 
97*50 
60 
$7.50 
7.50 
8.50 
8.75 
9.50 
_ _ _ 10.50 
L*jKhOrnS tmeuiiK 
.... or , Wh- Wyandottes . 
Wh. Leghorns (Mating B), 81k. Leg 
horns or Barred Rocks .... 5.50 10.50 20.00 97 so ton nn 
All Chicks Oe.iv.red Postpaid. Guaranteed. Send Money Order, 
W. F. HILLPOT, Box 1, French Town, N. J. Member International 
’ * Baby Chick Association 
1000 
$130.00 
130.00 
150.00 
160. CO 
170.r O 
190. OC 
100 
$6.75 $12.75 $25.00 
600 
$122.50 
1000 
$240.00 
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Healthy, sturdy, pure-bred youngsters ordered now will be shipped on Mav 
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PINE TREE PURE-BRED CHICKS 
25 
50 
100 
500 
$4.00 
$7.50 
$13.50 
$65.00 
4.50 
8.50 
15.50 
77.00 
4.75 
8.50 
16.50 
80.00 
5.50 
10.50 
19.50 
95 00 
5.00 
9.50 
17.00 
82.50 
S. C. White Leghorns.$4.00 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. 4.50 
Rhode Island Reds.... . 4.75 
OUAUTy|SCRVICt Wh WyBndoUes or Wh Rockg 5 50 
Anconas. 5.00 
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S, C. White Leghorns. $ 9.50 Sl^OO S 
Barred Rocks or Rhode Island Reds. 10.00 19 50 
White Wyandottes. 12.00 22^00 
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All shipments prepaid. Full count and safe arrival guaranteed. 
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1.000 
$130.00 
150.00 
160.00 
180.00 
160.00 
500 
85.00 
95.00 
105.00 
Box R 
STOCKTON. NEW JERSEY 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS fetJTO 
The prices on hatching eggs and baby chicks are for delivery before May 25th, after that date one-half nriee- 
HATCHING EGOS from hock mated yearling hens, mated to early hatched vigorous cockerels— *2 50 per 
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6-week-old COCKERELS, 92.00 each 8-week-old, 92.50 each I 0-week-old, 93.00 each 
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Write tor Circular No. 10 _THE LILAC POULTRY FARM, North Oration. Ma... 
DARBY’S LEGHORNS 
Are Great Layers 
1st Pen Vineland Laying Contest 1921 
3d “ “ “ “ 
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44 
3d 
44 
Bergen Co. “ 
44 
2d 
44 
Storrs “ 
44 
5th 
44 
Vineland 
44 
DAY-OLD CHICKS 
(Sired by sons and brothers of hens in above pens) 
C. T. Darby North Branch, N. J. 
TOCKTON 
Immediate Delivery 
BABY CHICKS 
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds 
(The famous Sanborn stock) 
Trapnest for the past fifteen years. Unbeatable 
layers. Records up te 314 eggs. 
These sturdy livable chix now at reduced prices. 
Catalog on request 
WEST MANSFIELD POULTRY FARM 
B °* 20 Attleboro 
S. C. 
WHITE 
LEGHORN 
Masa. 
BABY CHICKS 
Big, husky fellows, full of vitality, from selected 
heavy producing, free range breeders of the best lay¬ 
ing strains. Quality, service, satisfaction at reason¬ 
able prices. Safe arrival guaranteed. Send for cir- 
c ' ular - HARRY F. PALMER Mlddleport. N. Y. 
BARRON'S WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS 
S15perl00. Eggs, $5 per 100. Lower price on large or¬ 
ders. White Rocks and Leghorn hens for sale at low 
prices. Bnohtwaters Poultry Farm, Briohtwaters, L. I,. N.Y. 
We are one of the few hatcheries able 
to make immediate shipment now. Send 
your order today. Tell us when you 
want your chicks. No uncertainty; no 
delay. Quality up to the hijeheat. All 
beavy-layingr strains. 
S. C. Wh. Leghorns 
Barred Rocks 
R. I. Reds 
Wh. Wyandottes 
50 
$8.00 
9.00 
9.00 
11.00 
100 
$14.00 
16.50 
17.00 
20.00 
500 
$66.00 
80.00 
82.50 
9750 
Soeciil prices .a larger quantities. 
STOCKTON HATCHERY 
Box Y Stockton, New Jersey 
CHICKS 
rillpIfC !;« r r Barron 1 White^Leghorns, 18<- ; Burred 
LnlLIYj JtockH,lie; Reds, 12ci White Leghorns, 9e; 
. i ■' I ’xed chicks, 8e each. .Satisfaction guar- 
anteed. Turkey Ridge Hatchery, Miller.tow.., Pa. 
Phlrlr C W - B - Rocks . Reds, Mixed, 9c and 
lllllllVa '>!>• 8!ife delivery guarant’d. Circular free. 
M. S. Hart • McAllstervillo, Pa. 
ROSE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
Frost-proof combs. Heavy egg producers. Baby 
_ __ _ chicks and hatching eggs. 
J. M. CHASE Box G Wallklll, N. Y. 
TANCRED STRAIN DIRECT s t C WH,TE 
Eggs, $10 per hundn 
II. O. Akhbery A Son 
LEGHORNS 
Chicks, 828 per hundred. 
- Nodus. Pi. Y. 
EIGHT-WEEK LEGHORN PULLETS 
We otji- WORD that every BIRD 
Will SATISFY the moot critical EYE. 
Delivery each week after May 1st. $l.l5cach; $100 per 100 . 
Illust d Catalog. JUST* POULTRY F«RM. Box R. Southampton. 9.Y. 
