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QUALITY  CHICKS 
3  Passwords  to  Profits 
Before  you  buy,  it  is  well  to  make  careful  note  of  these  important 
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BABY  CHICKS 
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Pure-Bred  Day-Old  Chicks 
Originators  of  Day-Old  Chick  Business 
We  have  been  shipping  chicks  since  1908  and  have 
had  experience  enough  to  know  how.  We  also  have 
a  reputation  to  maintain. 
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— S.  C.  White  Lephorns — White  Rocks  and  White 
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anteed. 
Write  to-day  for  catalog,  stating  HOW  MANY 
chicks  you  want.  WHAT  BREED  and  WHEN. 
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240  Main  Street,  Holliston,  Mass. 
BABY  CHICKS 
s.  C  W.  Leghorns,  Barred  Rock,  Red  and  Broilers. 
He.  Special  prices  on  large  lots.  Safe  delivery 
guaranteed.  C.  P.  Leister.  McAUstervllle,  Pa. 
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Barred  Rocks.  Reds,  White  Wyandottes, White  Leg¬ 
horns  From  Hogan  Tested.  Bred  to  Lay.  Stock  on 
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Farms  &  Hatchery,  Box  766,  Spencer,  Ohio 
M  A  u  xh<-  size  of  our  farm,  our  stock,  our  chicks. 
II  II  N  I  our  prices  bv  the  size  of  our  ad.  Send  for 
V  V  II  ■  circuiar.  s.  c.  White  Leghorn,  $20  per  100  ; 
shuAP  slKO  per  1,000.  Postpaid.  After  May  12th, 
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Monmouth  Junction.  N.  J.  C.  H.  Chxndlks.  Prop. 
EDMONDS’  POULTRY 
:  ACCOUNT  BOOK 
.I  If  you  keep  only  ten  or  a  dozen  hens, 
, ,  there  will  be  Satisfaction  and  Profit 
, ,  in  knowingjust  howthe  account  stands. 
, ,  This  book  will  tell  the  whole  story. 
,  i  The  account  may  be  begun  at  any  time, 
i,  and  the  balance  struck  at  any  time. 
,,  Simple  and  Practical. 
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BABY  OHICKS 
from  good,  selected,  heavy-laying  flocks  of  Leg¬ 
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mir^C  from  pure-bred,  selected-heavy 
I.MUMA  laying,  free-ranged  hens.  Pre 
paid  parcel  post.  100  percent 
live  arrival  guaranteed.  Free  circular  and 
price  list  on  request.  Get  it. 
ROSELAWN  POULTRY  FARM  &  HATCHERY 
Ottsvllle,  Pennsylvania 
BABY  OHICKS  .  n 
ttiis  ad.  Broilers,  $10—100.  8.  C.  White  Leghorns.  $12; 
Rocks.  $15:  R.  T.  Reds.  $15.  I.ive  arrival  guaranteed.  De¬ 
livered  free.  FXIRVIEW  POULTRY  FARM.  R.  D.  3.  Mlllerstown,  Pa. 
BaL>y  CliiclLs 
S.  C.  Reds,  Barred  Rocks,  White,  Brown,  and  Black  Leg¬ 
horns,  Mixed  chicks,  11c  and  up.  3U0«f  delivery  guaran¬ 
teed.  Not  a  new  beginner.  J  w.  KIRK,  Box  so,  McAlivterviiie,  Pa 
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  2B5.  Riverdale,  N.  J. 
n.L,.  PJ,:Al,o  Interesting  and  profitable.  Catalog 
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E.  R.  UUMMKK  &  CO.,  Frenchtown,  N.  J.  R.  No.  I 
THE  HENYARD 
Brooder-house 
I  am  thinking  of  building  a  brooder- 
house.  and  would  like  your  advice  in  re¬ 
gard  to  it.  ‘  Land  slopes  to  the  east,  but 
building  could  face  the  south  if  prefer¬ 
able.  Would  a  dirt  floor  be  all  right,  pro¬ 
vided  the  concrete  walls  went  below  frost, 
making  it  rat-proof,  if  the  inside  were 
filled  with  dirt  or  gravel,  so  it  would  be 
higher  than  the  outside  ground  ?  Or 
would  it  be  better  to  put  a  floor  in  of 
concrete  or  wood,  and  which  of  these 
would  be  the  better?  I  would  use  coal¬ 
burning  brooder  stoves.  I  thought  that 
by  using  dirt  floor’s  one  could  hatch  chick¬ 
ens  earlier  and  still  have  them  on  the 
ground.  How  large  a  building  is  needed 
for  1.000  chicks  until  they  are  old  enough 
to  separate  the  pullets  and  roosters  (It.  I. 
Reds)  ?  c.  J.  A. 
New  York. 
Concrete  makes  the  best  floor  for  a 
permanently  located  poultry-house,  though 
dirt,  while  clean  and  dry,  makes  a  very 
comfortable  and  sanitary  one.  Hens 
burrow  into  a  dirt  floor,  however,  rats 
bore  through  it ;  the  air  is  filled  with  dust 
from  it  and  it  becomes  foul  and  in  need 
of  renewal  more  frequently  than  the 
poultryman  finds  agreeable.  An  eastern 
or  southeastern  exposure  for  a  poultry- 
house  is  quite  equal  to  a  southern  one, 
and  in  some  respects  preferable. 
Little  chicks  should  have  about  100 
sq.  ft.  of  floor  space  in  their  brooder- 
house  for  each  250  to  300  in  number. 
A  building  12x32  ft.  would  divide  con¬ 
veniently  into  four  pens  for  250  chicks 
each,  or  into  two  pens  for  500  chicks  each. 
More  than  the  latter  number  I  should  not 
care  to  put  together,  and  I  should  expect 
better  results  with  flocks  of  smaller  size. 
M.  B.  D. 
Huddled  Chicks 
Will  you  tell  me  what  makes  young 
chicks  stack,  and  how  to  prevent  them  do¬ 
ing  so?  Also,  what  is  the  best  growing 
feed  for  chicks  six  to  eight  weeks  old? 
New  Haven,  Conn.  j.  W,  c. 
If  by  “stacking”  you  mean  piling  up  in 
corners  or  elsewhere  and  smothering 
those  near  the  bottom  of  the  pile,  this  is 
caused  by  insufficient  heat  in  the  brooder, 
permitting  the  chicks  to  become  cold,  and 
by  fright  or  unaccustomed  surroundings. 
Little  chicks  in  brooders  must  have 
enough  heat  to  keep  them  from  huddling, 
and  older  chicks  should  not  be  frightened 
by  entering  the  brooder  house  with  a 
lantern  after  dark,  or  by  being  placed 
in  unaccustomed  surroundings  where  they 
will  crowd  into  corners,  or  by  any  other 
action  which,  to  them,  is  strange  or 
threatening.  M.  B.  D. 
Hatching  Eggs 
1.  Will  you  give  ration  for  breeding 
stock?  2.  Should  eggs  for  hatching  he 
saved  from  pullets  or  older  hens?  3.  Do 
you  recommend  proprietary  feeds?  4. 
Will  a  small  incubator  of  100  eggs  be  as 
successful  as  one  of  larger  egg  capacity? 
5.  Where  should  the  incubator  be  located, 
in  the  cellar  or  in  rooms  above? 
Boston,  N.  Y.  MRS.  G.  F.  H. 
1.  The  same  rations  given  layers.  Mash 
composed  of  equal  parts,  by  weight,  of 
eornmeal,  ground  oats,  wheat  middlings, 
wheat  bran  and  beef  scrap.  Mixed  grains 
made  up  from  one-half  or  more  cracked 
corn,  balance  in  wheat,  buckwheat,  oats, 
barley,  etc.  These  are  standard  rations, 
but  other  mixtures  just  as  good  can  be 
made. 
2.  The  more  years  that  a  hen  has  lived 
and  demonstrated  good  ability  as  a  layer, 
the  better  she  is  as  a  breeder,  but  eggs 
from  well-developed,  vigorous  pullets  may 
be  used.  Others  things  being  equal,  .how¬ 
ever,  use  the  eggs  from  the  older  hens. 
3.  There  is  no  reason  why  a  proprietary 
feed  should  not  equal  a  home-mixed  one, 
but  we  canont  recommend  any  mixed 
feed  that  we  do  not  know  the  compo¬ 
sition  of.  Some  are  probably  as  good  as, 
some  are  undoubtedly  inferior  to,  prop¬ 
erly  combined  home  mixtures. 
4.  There  is  no  reason  why  it  should 
not. 
5.  The  cellar,  because  of  the  ease  with 
which  a  uniform  temperature  may  be 
maintained,  is  usually  a  better  place  in 
which  to  operate  an  incubator  than  a 
living-room.  .  M.  b.  d. 
Narrow  Henhouse 
At  present  I  have  a  chicken  coop  15  by 
30  ft.,  and  I  intend  to  put  a  GO-ft.  addi¬ 
tion  to  it  this  Spring,  making  it  15  by 
90  ft.  Do  you  think  this  would  be  too 
narrow  for  its  length?  I  would  like  to 
make  it  all  the  same  width  as  the  present 
one.  What  is  you  advice?  l.  m.  h. 
Milmay,  N.  .T. 
Fifteen  feet  is  a  fair  depth  for  a  poul¬ 
try  house,  though  20  ft.  or  more  is  better. 
The  narrower  the  building  the  more  ma¬ 
terial  required  in  the  walls  for  a  given 
amount  of  floor  space — figure  it  out  for 
yourself — and  the  closer  the'  fowls  will 
have  to  stay  to  the  openings  for  ventila¬ 
tion  in  front.  I  should  not  put  up  a  new 
building  as  narrow  as  15  ft.,  but  might 
extend  an  old  one  for  the  sake  of  uni¬ 
formity.  m.  b.  d. 
Even  better 
than  last  year 
Last  year,  Kerr’s  Lively  Chicks 
were  so  satisfactory  that  hun¬ 
dreds  of  poultry  keepers  wrote 
letters  of  appreciation.  This 
year  our  sturdy  farm  flocks 
of  heavy  laying  utility  hens 
are  headed  by  cockerels  direc* 
from  America’s  greatest 
specialists. 
The  blood  of  famous  layers 
gives  Lively  Chicks  better 
breeding  than  ever — but  they 
will  still  be  sold  at  utility 
prices. 
Delivery  of  Kerr’s  Lively 
Chicks  is  fully  guaranteed- 
Any  losses  will  be  replaced 
or  money  refunded. 
Send  for  Kerr’s  Chick  Book. 
It  is  full  of  sound  poultry  in¬ 
formation,  including  variety 
selection,  etc.  Interesting 
prices  being  quoted  now. 
Write  to-day. 
THE  KERR  CHICKERIES,  Inc. 
( Member  International  Baby  Chick  Atm.) 
Box  O,  Frenchtown,  N.  J. 
Box  O,  Springfield,  Mass. 
LORD  FARMS 
S.C.W.  LEGHORNS 
Quality  chicks  cost  a  little  more  than  the 
run  ot  common  hatchery  chicks,  but  they 
are  the  cheapest  chicks  on  the  market 
today.  It’s  what  they  do  for  you  next 
season  that  counts,  not  what  the  chicks  cost 
you  now.  BE  WISE  and  invest  rightly 
NOW  for  big  yields  ot  high-pi  iced  eggs 
NEXT  WINTER. 
PRICES  FOR  1923 
Our  Famous  Grade  A  Chicks,  if  shipped 
before  May  lt,  will  cost  you: 
For  25- liAtlilckn . 511c 
For  &«.»»  t'liicka . liPc 
For  100  4»t*  Chicka . 28o 
For  &OO-000  Chicka . 2?k,e 
For  1OO0  Chicka  or  More  8fe 
Grade  B  Chicks  are  3  cents  cheaper,  each- 
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Live'— Grow  — Lay — Pay 
The  purebred  flocks  which  produce  all  our  hatch¬ 
ing  eggs  have  been  culled  and  mated  under  the 
personal  supervision  of  Mr.  Charles  Nixon, 
noted  as  a  judge  and  breeder  of  tine  poultry. 
Eggs  from  these  choice  matings  are  hatched  in 
special  incubators  of  our  own  design,  assuring 
even  temperature  and  ventilation.  They  come 
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