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February  24,  1923 
QUALITY  CHICKS 
3  Passwords  to  Profits 
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Hillpot  Quality  Chicks  are  hie,'1  sturdy  youngsters,  full  of’fluffy 
activity,  each  true  to  breed  and  true  to  its  purpose  of  m  akin  el  your 
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Box  F  Toms  River  New  Jersey 
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Ruxwood  Poultry  Farm 
Bred-to-Lay 
E.  HITCH,  Prop., 
Laurel,  Delaware 
GOOD  PLACE  FOR  GOOD  CHICKS 
Big  and  Sturdy  White  Leghorns,  Barred  Rocks 
WHITE  WYANDOTTES,  S  C.  REDS,  DUCKS.  New  catalog 
ready.  Free,  Sunny  Side  Poultry  Farm,  Copper  Hill,  H.  J. 
300,000  CHICKS  FOR  1923 
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Chick  Dealers,  289-291  West  Main  St..  Rochester,  N.  V. 
from  pure-bred,  selected-heavy 
laying,  free-ranged  hens.  Pre 
paid  parcel  post.  100  percent 
live  arrival  guaranteed.  Free  circular  and 
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Ottsvllle,  Pennsylvania 
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BREEDERS  CHICKS  EGGS 
W.  Wyandottes,  Lt.  and  Dk.  Brahmas,  R.  I.  Reds, 
Barred  Rocks,  S.  O.  W.  and  Brown  Leghorns.  Cata¬ 
log  free.  Riverdale  Poultry  Farm,  Box  265,  Riverdale,  N.  J. 
Chicks: 
RELIABLE  HATCHERY 
Leading  varieties.  From 
good,  healthy  stock. 
Catalog  Free. 
Box  6  McAlisterville,  Pa. 
EDMONDS  POULTRY 
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If  you  keep  only  ten  or  a  dozen  hens, 
there  will  be  Satisfaction  and  Profit 
in,  knowing  just  howthe  account  stands. 
This  book  will  tell  the  whole  story. 
The  account  may  be  begun  at  any  time, 
and  the  balance  struck  at  any  time. 
Simple  and  Practical. 
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333  West  30th  St.,  New  York 
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MANSFIELD 
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Dept.  A 
Mansfield,  Mass. 
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Baby  Chicks 
For  more  than  30  years  we  have  been  hatching! 
and  shipping  Pine  Tree  Chick9.  We  have 
learned  through  ail  this  experience  how  to  in¬ 
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and  to  safeguard  their  delivery.  Pine  Tree 
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Fully  describes  our  mammoth  hatching  facilities 
and  gives  directions  for  the 
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leading  breeds  from  vigorous, 
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Box  R  Stockton,  New  Jersey 
Pittsfield 
Pure-Bred  Day-Old  Chicks 
Originators  of  Day-Old  Chick  Business 
We  have  been  shipping  chicks  since  1906  and  have 
had  experience  enough  to  know  how.  We  also  have 
a  reputation  to  maintain. 
FIVE  POPULAR  BREEDS 
S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds — Barred  Plymouth  Rocks 
— S.  C.  White  Leghorns — White  Rocks  and  White 
Wyandottes. 
No  money  required  with  order.  Safe  delivery  guar¬ 
anteed. 
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chicks  you  want,  WHAT  BREED  and  WHEN. 
PITTSFIELD  POULTRY  FARMS  CO. 
240  Main  Street,  Holliston,  Mass. 
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Our  chicks  are  bred  to  lay  from  breeders 
chosen  for  color,  laying  qualities,  size  and 
thrift.  We  know  you  will  like  our  S.  C.  W. 
Leghorns,  B.  P.  Rocks,  S.  C.  R.  I.  Reds  and  W. 
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BRED  OROWN  LEGHORNS 
MAPLE  GROVE  POULTRY  FARM 
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horns.  From  Hogan  Tested.  Bred  to  Lay.  Stock  on 
free  range.  Circular  free.  Spencer  Poultry 
Farms  &  Hatchery,  Bos  706,  Speacer,  Ohio 
THE  HENYARD 
Wyandotte  Eggs;  Henhouse  with  Storage 
Space 
1.  What  are  the  characteristics  of  the 
Golden  Wyandottes  that  make  them  val¬ 
uable  over  other  fowls,  or  together  with 
other  chickens?  2.  Do  all  Wyandotte 
liens  lay  all  sizes  and  colors  of  eggs? 
3.  Is  it  practical  to  build  a  chicken-house 
with  loft  for  storage  of  grain,  mash  and 
straw  or  other  litter,  and  a  basement  for 
storage  of  vegetables  or  other  green  food? 
The  stone  for  the  basement  can  be  found 
in  abundance  on  the  place.  What  would 
be  more  practical,  plaster  in  which  to  lay 
the  stone,  and  would  it  be  best  to  use  a 
form  to  keep  the  inside  wall  smooth? 
Would  it  not  be  best  to  build  basement 
and  house  also  of  stone?  J.  B.  M. 
Mitchell,  Ind. 
1.  As  to  Golden  Wyandottes  being 
more  valuable  than  other  breeds,  it  has 
yet  to  be  demonstrated  that  they  are. 
2.  All  Wyandottes,  or  any  other  class 
that  has  the  blood  of  Asiatic  breeds  in  its 
make-up,  will  lay  colored  eggs ;  various 
shades  of  color.  By  breeding  for  long 
years  from  those  that  laid  a  certain  shade 
of  color,  it  might  be  possible  to  produce 
Wyandottes  that  would  lay  eggs  of  that 
one  shade.  But  I  wouldn’t  want  to  un¬ 
dertake  the  job.  I  bred  Wyandottes  for 
many  years,  and  always  had  several 
shades  of  color  in  the  eggs  ;  that  is.  the 
shells.  Crosses  could  be  made  of  the 
Polish  breeds,  Minorcas  and  Leghorns, 
find  the  cross  would  probably  produce 
only  white  eggs.  But  if  an  Asiatic  breed, 
say  Buff  Cochin,  was  introduced  in  the 
cross,  the  eggs  would  come  in  a  half-dozen 
shades  of  brown. 
Wyandottes  make  fine  Winter  layers, 
when  fresh  eggs  are  at.  their  highest  price ; 
and  if  their  eggs  do  run  a  little  small  at, 
that  time,  no  protests  are  made.  One  is 
too  glad  to  get  fresh  eggs.  As  to  size  of 
eggs,  it  is  a  singular  thing  that  the  size 
of  the  hen  does  not  seem  to  have  anything 
to  do  with  the  size  of  the  egg.  A  3-lb. 
White  Leghorn  hen  will  lay  a  much  larger 
egg  than  an  8-lb.  Buff  Cochin  hen.  At 
an  egg-show  contest  in  Hartford,  Conn., 
cases  of  White  Leghorn  eggs  were  denied 
place  because  they  were  too  large.  They 
stuck  up  above  the  fillers,  and  the  judges 
decided  that  the  liability  of  breakage  on 
that  account  made  them  unworthy  of  a 
premium.  Smaller  eggs  won  the  premfcim. 
For  table  purposes  I  consider  Buff  Wyan¬ 
dottes  and  Buff  Orpingtons  the  best  of 
any  breed  I  ever  raised. 
3.  I  see  no  objection  to  having  a  loft  for 
storage  above  the  henhouse,  nor  to  having 
a  cellar  under  it,  if  it  were  double-floored 
with  tar  paper  between  the  floors ;  but  I 
should  object  to  stone  walls  for  a  poultry 
house,  because  they  are  cold  and  absorb 
moisture.  If  used,  there  should  be  strips 
of  “furring”  and  a  lining  of  tight  matched 
boards  on  sides  and  back  of  the  poultry 
part.  This  would  make  a  dead-air  space, 
which  would  make  a  good  warm  house. 
The  front  should  be  boarded  up  about 
3  ft.  from  the  floor  and  the  rest  enclosed 
only  with  wire  netting.  If  the  house  is 
to  be  long,  then  the  roosting  part  should 
be  divided  by  tight  partitions  every  15  or 
18  ft.  A  partition  that  is  not  airtight  is 
worse  than  none ;  for  if  there  are  cracks 
in  it,  there  will  be  drafts  of  air  through 
the  cracks,  blowing  on  the  hens  that  roost 
next  the  partition.  Tack  roofing  paper 
on  your  partitions,  ye  poultrymen  who 
want  to  prevent  colds  in  your  flocks. 
GEORGE  A.  COSGROVE. 
Chickenpox 
Some  turkeys  I  have,  have  sores  in  the 
corner  of  the  mouth  that  look  like  big 
yellow  ulcers  inside  of  the  mouth  and 
down  in  the  mouth,  and  the  sores  have 
dark,  hard  scabs  on  the  outside  corner  of 
the  mouth  and  small  scabs  over  the  head. 
Is  this  common  sore  head,  or  is  it  caused 
from  some  internal  trouble?  I  have  used 
iodine,  and  have  had  pretty  good  success. 
I  put  some  axle  grease  on  the  scabs  to 
soften  them  up,  so  they  would  come  off 
easily ;  but  this  soiled  the  feathers  where 
they  rub  their  heads  on  their  backs  or 
neck  and  shoulders.  Is  this  necessary 
to  soften?  mrs.  J.  a. 
Mississippi. 
This  is  probably  the  eruption  of 
chickenpox.  Soften  the  scabs  with  warm 
water  and  remove,  and  then  apply  tinc¬ 
ture  of  iodine,  making  several  applica¬ 
tions.  The  sores  within  the  mouth,  so- 
called  “cankers,”  should  be  treated  also 
with  some  strong  antiseptic  solution.  A 
pledget  of  cotton  on  the  end  of  a  sliver 
of  wood  will  make  a  good  applicator  and 
a  10  per  cent  solution  of  carbolic  acid 
or  pure  creolin  may  be  used.  In  mak¬ 
ing  these  applications  of  strong  germi¬ 
cides.  wet  the  sores  well,  but  do  not  get 
the  solution  all  over  the  healthy  mem¬ 
branes  of  the  mouth.  Even  stronger  ap¬ 
plications.  even  caustic,  have  been  used 
to  heal  these  cankers,  but  less  vigorous 
measures  should  suffice.  I  should  expect 
a  one  to  one  thousand  solution  of  corrosive 
sublimate  to  be  effective,  though  I  have 
never  tried  it.  This  can  be  readily  made 
by  dissolving  a  tablet  made  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  :u  one  pint  of  water.  These  tablets 
may  be  procured  from  any  drug  store  or 
physician.  m.  b.  d. 
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The  small,  farm-raised  Hocks 
producing  our  eggs  are  headed 
by  cockerels  direct  from  the 
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Kerr’s  Guaranteed  Lively  Chicks 
have  the  quality  you  would 
get  from  a  fancier.  But  you 
only  pay  utility  prices  for 
vigorous,  healthy  chicks  with 
the  blood  of  famous  producers 
in  their  veins. 
We  guarantee  100%  delivery, 
safe  and  sound.  Any  losses  in 
the  mail  will  be  replaced  or 
money  refunded. 
Kerr’s  Chick  Book  describes 
how  these  sturdy,  lively  chicks 
are  bred,  and  gives  expert  in¬ 
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Interesting  prio>es  are  being 
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Box  O,  Frenchtown,  N.  J. 
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Early  Chicks 
The  early  chicks  are  the  biggest 
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ber,  when  prices  are  very  high.  You 
will  get  a  longer  laying  year  and  you 
can  sell  the  cockerels  as  broilers  for 
twice  the  price  they  will  bring  later. 
Get  ready  right  now  for  a  bunch  of  early 
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Every  year  sees  a  bigger  demand  for 
February  hatch  Leghorns.  Take  our 
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We  have  found  this  combination  to 
return  the  most  dollars  for  the  invest¬ 
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Our  Mammoth  Incubators  are  turn¬ 
ing-  out  these  pure-bred  Baby  Chicks 
at  the  rate  of  25,000  a  week,  enabling 
us  to  make  very  low  prices  for  such 
line  stock.  We  pack  these  husky, 
healthy  Chicks  in  strong,  light,  ven¬ 
tilated  crates,  prepay  the  parcel  post 
and 
GUARANTEE  SAFE  ARRIVAL 
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Reserve  your  shipping  date  at  once;  Stockton  early  - 
hatched  Chick*  will  lay  throughout  the  fall  and  winter. 
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THE  STOCKTON  HATCHERY 
Box  Y  Stockton,  New  Jersey 
CHIC 
BABY  CHICKS 
S.  C.  W.  Leghorns,  S.  C.  Black  Leghorns, 
Barred  Rocks  and  Rhode  Island  Reds 
Big  husky  chicks  from  the  very  best  of  free 
range  stock.  Circular  and  price  list  free. 
Fourteen  years  hatching  experience.  Full 
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BROOKSIDE  POULTRY  FARM 
E.  C.  Brown  Sergeantsville,  N.  J. 
BARRED  XFLOCKS le£inVnn!i 
Breeding  stock  for  sale.  Trap  nest  Record  Pullet 
year.  250  to  291.  Muscovy'Ducks,  African  and  lCmb- 
den  tieese.  Prizewinners  Trenton,  1922,  Madison 
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BARRED  ROCK  Pullets 
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