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tfW  RURAL  NEW. YORKER 
February  17,  1923 
Two  Ways  to  Better  Profits 
A  better  than  average  crop  every  year,  from  every  acre, 
by  better  farming  and  by  farming  more  land  with  the 
same  help  and  labor  cost — these  are  sure  ways  to  better 
profits  open  today  to  you  and  to  all  farmers  who  use 
With  a  Case  tractor  you  get  all  the  benefits  of  more  timely  work; 
better  and  deeper  plowing;  more  intensive  tillage;  greater  farm¬ 
ing  capacity;  less  help  required;  ample  power  for  all  drawbar 
and  belt  work. 
Case  tractors  are  well  adapted  to  all  farm  work,  both  traction  and  belt.  They 
are  dependable  and  durable  because : 
In  Case  tractors  all  gears,  bearings 
and  wearing  surfaces  are  enclosed — 
protected  from  dust  and  dirt. 
The  engine  has  removable  bearing 
shells  and  bushings.  Practically  all 
other  bearings  are  roller  and  ball  bear¬ 
ings  of  the  highest  quality. 
Ample  power  is  furnished  by  Case- 
built  engines.  This  power  reserve 
means  economy  and  longer  life. 
Power  is  transmitted  to  both  drive 
wheels  through  simple,  cut  steel  spur 
gears — all  completely  enclosed. 
Belt  pulley  is  mounted  on  engine 
crankshaft,  and  there  is  no  waste  of 
power  through  gears. 
Egg-eating  Pullets 
I  have  a  nice  flock  of  White  Leghorn 
pullets,  laying  well,  but  are  eating  their 
eggs  as  fast  as  they  lay  them.  Can  you 
tell  me  what  to  do  to  prevent  this? 
Gaines,  Pa.  c.  h.  w. 
It’s  a  problem.  There  are  many  reme¬ 
dies,  but  few  cures.  Gather  the  eggs  as 
frequently  through  the  day  as  possible ; 
watch  the  flock,  and  try  to  remove  the 
worst  offenders  for  a  time ;  and,  finally, 
give  the  pullets  their  liberty,  if  possible. 
Close  confinement  encourages  this  vice, 
as  it  does  many  others.  Darkened  nests, 
so  arranged  that  the  birds  cannot  stand 
upon  the  edges  and  peek  in,  help,  and  in 
obstinate  cases  nests  may  be  made  with 
slanting  bottoms  and  a  ledge  under  which 
the  eggs  will  roll  out  of  sight  if  pecked  at. 
M.  B.  D. 
Variations  in  Eggs 
Can  you  tell  me  what  is  the  matter  with 
my  hens?  I  get  so  many  eggs  with  no 
shell,  sometimes  I  get  real  small  eggs, 
other  times  eggs,  twice  their  natural  size, 
and  eggs  with  big  white  specks  on  them. 
Have  a  good  new  henhouse,  airtight  on 
three  sides,  muslin  windows  in  the  south 
and  well  ventilated.  I  feed  cracked  corn 
and  buckwheat,  mixed  in  their  litter, 
morning  and  night.  I  keep  the  Cornell 
mash  in  front  of  them  at  all  times,  with 
the  exception  of  meat  scraps.  1  feed 
them  clabbered  milk  instead  of  meat 
scraps.  Feed  the  milk  warm,  and  give 
them  fresh  warm  water  four  or  five  times 
daily.  At  noon  I  give  them  a  warm, 
moist  mash  with  cooked  potato  peelings 
and  scraps  from  the  house  cooked  with  a 
i  little  salt.  Feed  them  green  cabbage. 
They  have  oyster  shells  and  sifted  coal 
1  ashes  in  front  of  them  at  all  times.  They 
are  laying  well ;  get  over  100  eggs  per 
week  from  35  pullets.  The  chicken-house 
is  kept  clean.  F.  b. 
Any  flock  may  produce  eggs  of  varying 
size ;  sometimes  so  small  as  to  be  merely 
a  little  white  enclosed  in  a  shell,  and  at 
other  times  large  and  double-yolked.  These 
do  not  indicate  anything  wrong.  Rough, 
spotted  and  irregular  eggs  are  also  fre¬ 
quently  produced ;  they  simply  indicate 
that  the  egg-making  machinery  is  not 
working  perfectly  at  the  time.  Softc 
shelled  eggs  also  indicate  temporary  in¬ 
terference  with  the  shell-making  function 
of  the  oviduct ;  heavy  feeding,  close  con¬ 
finement  and  possibly  irritating  condi¬ 
ments,  like  pepper  or  mustard,  may  be  re¬ 
sponsible.  See  that  the  flock  has  shell¬ 
making  material,  crushed  oyster  shells  or 
the  like,  and  if  you  have  it,  give  a  forkful 
of  clover  hay  daily.  These  troubles  should 
clear  up  within  a  short  time.  M.  B.  d. 
Hens  Off  Feed 
I  have  a  flock  of  70  White  Leghorns, 
20  one-year-olds,  50  pullets.  They  began 
to  lay  about  November  15,  and  kept  in¬ 
creasing  until  they  got  up  to  28  and  30 
eggs  a  day  through  December.  This  last 
week  they  have  dropped  off  half  their  egg 
production.  They  have  a  warm,  comfort¬ 
able  house,  12x24  ft.  I  feed  dry-  mash, 
consisting  of  one  part  wheat  bran,  one 
part  middlings,  one  part  gluten  and  one 
part  eornmeal,  one  part  ground  oats,  one 
part  beef  scrap,  which  is  before  them  at 
all  times,  but  has  no  salt  in  it.  Is  it  im¬ 
portant  that  there  should  be?  Scratch 
feed  consists  of  two  parts  cracked  corn, 
one  part  wheat,  one  part  barley,  one  part 
heavy  oats.  Feed  this  in  a  straw  litter, 
2  qts.  morning  and  5  qts.  at  night.  They 
have  a  wet  tr  ash  at  noon  and  ground  cab¬ 
bage  with  it.  They  have  charcoal  grit 
and  plenty  of  shells  before  them.  Their 
appetites  have  not  seemed  to  be  good  of 
late.  They  eat  very  little  dry  mash  now, 
and  do  not  clean  up  the  wet  mash,  nor 
seem  anxious  for  the  scratch  feed.  Their 
combs  have  not  been  frosted,  and  they 
seem  to  be  in  good  health  in  every  way, 
but  lack  of  appetite.  Do  you  advise  feed¬ 
ing  the  wet  mash?  Or  should  I  make  a 
change  in  feed  to  bring  them  back  to  nor¬ 
mal?  E.  E.  S. 
Any  sudden  change  in  the  ration  or 
method  of  feeding  laying  pullets  is  apt  to 
bring  about  a  more  or  less  complete  molt, 
with  check  in  egg  production,  and  should 
be  avoided.  Your  ration  is  good,  and  I 
do  not  know  how  it  can  he  improved  upon. 
Salt  is  not  absolutely  essential,  but  a 
small  quantity,  about  %  lb.  to  each 
hundred  pounds  of  mash,  is  believed  to 
be  beneficial.  Too  much  salt  is  poisonous 
to  fowls.  Your  feeding  a  wet  mash,  in 
addition  to  keeping  it,  dry,  before  them 
has  been  unnecessary.  The  addition  of 
such  a  feeding  in  late  (Summer,  when  egg 
production  begins  to  slacken,  is  good  prac¬ 
tice,  but  pullets  should  consume  sufficient 
drv  mash  through  the  Winter.  If  they 
neglect  it,  their  appetite  for  ground  grain 
can  be  stimulated  by  withholding  the  more 
palatable  whole  grains.  The  only  change 
that  I  would  suggest  would  be  gradual 
lessening  of  the  amount  of  wet  mash  un¬ 
til  it  can  be  discontinued  and  regulating 
the  amount  of  grain  to  the  flock’s  appe¬ 
tite.  If  they  don’t  clean  up  what  you 
give  them,  cut  down  the  amount  until 
they  do,  and  then  feed  according  to  their 
requirements,  increasing  the  quantity  as 
egg  production  and  consequent  call  for 
food  grows.  The  flock  should  consume  a 
little  more  grain,  by  weight,  than  dry 
mash  now,  gradually  increasing  the  dry 
mash  as  egg  production  increases.  Feed 
grain  lightly  in  the  morning,  to  induce 
consumption  of  dry  mash,  and  all  that 
the  fowls  will  eat  at  night.  Hang  up 
whole  cabbage;  don’t  grind  it.  and  don't 
feed  so  much  that  grain  will  be  neglected. 
M.  B.  D. 
These  advantages  are  enjoyed  by  thousands  of  Case  tractor  owners  who  find 
in  them,  every  year,  a  source  of  better  profit.  Write  for  a  copy  of  the 
booklet  “Better  Farming  With  Better  Tractors,”  and  get  the  whole  story. 
J.  I.  CASE  THRESHING  MACHINE  COMPANY 
(Established  1842) 
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Whether  you  make  butter  simply  for  your  own 
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Everyone  who  has  made  a  practice  of  clipping 
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Clipping  Improves  Health 
The  general  health  of  your  cows  depends  upon 
the  condition  of  their  skin.  Unhealthy  skin — un¬ 
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Clipped  cows  give  more  milk.  Richer 
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