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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
April  7,  1923 
I'  ttr  --- 
Hogs  ought  to  have 
a  cement  wallow  and  a  decent  feeding 
floor.  A  cement  floor  puts  the  food 
where  it  belongs — in  the  hog,  rather  than 
in  the  mud. 
“Permanent  wallows  and  floors  that 
can  be  built  right  out  of  the  sand  and 
stone  on  your  place,  mixed  thoroughly 
with  ALPHA  CEMENT,  are  il¬ 
lustrated  in  the  ALPHA  Service 
Sheets  and  Handbook,  which  I  am 
glad'  to]  give  to  every  property- 
owner  or  cement-user  ” 
Alpha  Portland  Cement  Co. 
EASTON,  PA. 
140  South  Dearborn  Street,  CHICAGO 
New  York  Poston  Philadelphia 
Pittsburgh  Baltimore 
Ironton,  Ohio  Battle  Creek,  Mich.  St.  Louis 
Plants  at:  Jamesville,  N.  Y.  Cementon,  N.  Y. 
Martins  Creek,  Pa.  Alpha,  N.  J.  Manheim,  W.  Va. 
Ironton,  Ohio  La  Salle,  Ill.  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Bellevue,  Mich. 
use  Alpha  Cement 
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The  Egg  Producers — The  Business  Hens 
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inferior  stock,  if  you  buy  from  us.  This  official  Certification  guarantees 
our  breeding  stock  to  be  of  the  highest  standard.  Porter’s  S  C  W. 
Leghorns  are  heavy  layers  of  large  chalk-white  eggs. 
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FARLEY  PORTER  ....  Box  W,  Sodus,  N.  Y. 
MATTITUCK  WHITE  LEGHORN  FARM 
Baby  Chicks  and  8  weeks  Pullets  lrom  Barron  strain 
Certified  stock.  Large,  vigorous  hens  on  free  range.  Mated  only  to  cockerels 
which  are  certified.  Chicks  every  Tuesday  at  $20.00  per  100. 
After  May  7th  at  $15.00  per  100 
Eight  weeks  pullets,  buttermilk  fed.  $1.25  each;  $100 per  100.  Delivery  beginning 
April  16th.  Member  N.  Y.  S.  C.  P.  C.  A.  Circular. 
A.  H.  PENNY  -  Mattituck,  L.  I.  -  -  LOVELL  GORDON 
Lone  Elm  Leghorn  Farm 
Stock— Eggs— Chicks.  Breeders  of  American  Strain  S.  C.  White  Leghorns.  Won 
special  prizes  at  New  York  State  Fair  for  best  farm  flock  in  show.  Circular  free. 
Ballston  Spa 
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Box  4 
New  York 
IISGGS 
;reeders  and 
Chicken*,  Ducks,  Geese,  Turkeys.  Catalogue  Free. 
Satisfaction  Guaranteed. 
H.  A.  SOIIDER  Box  29  Sellersville,  Pa. 
,  M.B.,$4per  9,after 
May!  1st,  prepaid 
White  African  guinea  eggs,  81  per  11.  White  Rock 
baby  chicks  from  a  heavy  laying  strain.  All  sold 
up  to  May  and  June.  A.  D.  DICKERMAN,  Hall,  New  York 
HORNING’S  BourbonBeds 
140  EGG  RECORD  STOCK. 
Price  list  ready. 
FLONA  HORNING  Owego.  N  V. 
TurkeyEggs 
TURKEY 
EGGS 
T  U  R  KEYS 
Hens  &  25  to  30-lb.  TOMS.  W.  R»ndel,  R.  1,  Seymour.  Conn. 
White  Holland  Turkey  Toms  *,5be1^sf; 
$7.50  per  doz.  Mrs.  F.  I.  BARTHOLOMEW,  Huntsburo,  Ohio 
Beautiful  U.urWu  Had  Turkeys.  Kggs.  *8  doxen 
prepaid.  Mr*.  Alios  Trammell.  Straltx  Coriu-rx,  N.f. 
HATCHINIG°GGS  PEKIN  MMUMI 
BEAUANDOT  SUCK  RANCH,  Sag  Harbor,  Loi>|  Island.  N.  V. 
geuiitiful  Gold  Back  Mammoth  Bronze  Turkey 
Eggs  for  Hatching 
THOMAS  REILY 
Selected  from  onr  best  yards. 
Plymouth,  Mass. 
L3r£6  Stock  1>oultry>  Turkeys,  Geese.  Jtucks, 
Stocyc 
Guinea*,  Bantam*,  Pigeons,  Collie*, 
and  eggs.  Catalog.  PIONEER  HARMS,  Telford,  Ps. 
Champion  “Goldbank”  strain. 
moth  Bronze  Turkeys  Sired  by  a  son  of  a  first  prize 
Madison  Square  Garden.  Miss  IDA  CHUMRLKY,  Draper,  Va. 
Hatching  Eggs  of  Turkeys,  Ducks,  Geese,c,«!IS>F4s 
Catalog  free.  Hares  and  Dogs.  H.  II.  F11EEK,  Telford,  Pn. 
AFRICAN  AND  TOULOUSE  GEESE 
Also  Baby  Chicks,  Barred  Rocks,  Buff  Orpington  and 
White  Leghorns.  Worley’s  Butchery,  Mercer,  Pa. 
THE  HENYARD 
Paralyzed  Hens;  Keeping  Pupils  After 
School 
1.  What  is  the  cause  for  a  hen  losing 
complete  use  of  its  limbs,  not  able  to 
stand  at  all,  but  apparently  well  in  other 
respects?  Good  appetite,  rosy  red  comb, 
etc.  2.  Is  there  a  law  in  New  York  State 
in  regard  to  detaining  high  school  students 
every  day  and  many  days  in  succession 
until  all  hours  after  school  has  beeu  dis¬ 
missed  at  3:15  P.  M.?  In  New  York 
City  30  minutes  after  school  has  been  dis¬ 
missed  students  may  be  detained,  no 
longer.  What  are  State  laws?  m.  l.  C. 
New’  York. 
1.  This  trouble  has  several  explana¬ 
tions,  none  of  them,  so  far  as  I  know, 
with  very  much  authority  behind  it.  It 
has  been  ascribed  to  gout,  or  rheumatism, 
and  to  the  presence  of  excessive  numbers 
of  intestinal  worms.  Try  fasting  the 
birds  for  12  hours  and  then  administering 
a  large  teaspoonful  of  spirits  of  turpen¬ 
tine  mixed  with  an  equal  quantity  of 
some  bland  oil.  Several  hours  later  give 
a  teaspoonful  of  Epsom  salts  dissolved 
in  a  little  water.  Note  the  dropping 
afterward  to  see  if  w’orms  are  expelled. 
2.  I  do  not  know  whether  there  is  any 
State  law  requiring  high  school  pupils  to 
be  dismissed  after  certain  hours,  but 
should  expect  any  such  ordinance  to  be 
a  local  one,  or  one  promulgated  by  local 
school  authorities.  m.  b.  d. 
F  O  R  p  _  Cntra  *0e  each-  Gray  African  Geese  eggs 
-fee-rs  trouble. 
Oats  as  a  Substitute  for  Greens 
Do  you  consider  that  boiled  or  steamed 
oats  will  take  the  place  of  beets  or  green 
feed  for  poultry?  Fed  in  the  middle  of 
the  day,  do  you  think  they  are  a  stimu¬ 
lant  to  egg  production?  What  form  of 
green  feed  do  you  advise  giving  baby 
chicks?  Sprouted  oats  are  too  much 
work.  Is  a  large  range  necessary  for 
laying  hens  kept  solely  for  market  eggs, 
no  breeders,  and  about  how  much  range 
is  necessary  for  500  hens?  If  the  ground 
is  plowed  or  disked  every  Fall  after  the 
hens  are  put  into  the  houses  and  sown  to 
rye,  won’t  this  keep  the  ground  free  from 
contamination  ?  t,  r.  b. 
Boiled  or  steamed  oats  can  hardly  be 
said  to  take  the  place  of  beets  or  green 
feed,  though  an  excellent  food  for  hens. 
If  no  succulent  food,  like  beets,  or  green 
food,  like  sprouted  oats,  are  at  hand, 
boiled  oats  makes  a  very  acceptable  sub¬ 
stitute,  and  encourage,  if  they  do  not 
stimulate,  egg  production.  The  value  of 
beets  lies  largely  in  their  juiciness  or 
succulence,  and  that  of  green  foods  in 
the  constituents  associated  with  their  col¬ 
oring  matter,  or  chlorophyl.  Some  poul- 
trymen  consider  boiled  oats  so  nearly 
equal  in  value  to  sprouted  oats  that  the 
extra  labor  involved  in  sprouting  is  not 
warranted.  Give  baby  chicks  any  tender 
greens  that  they  will  eat.  Lettuce,  young 
clover,  lawn  clippings,  beet  tops,  etc.  Give 
old  hens  young  burdock  leaves. 
Mature  fowls  kept  for  laying  will  do 
vei’y  well  indeed  on  exceedingly  limited 
range,  or  upon  no  range  at  all  if  kept  in 
clean,  well-ventilated  and  well-lighted 
houses.  Concentration  always  means  in¬ 
creased  risk  from  disease,  however,  and  a 
greater  amount  of  labor  in  proper  care. 
While  I  know  of  no  data  that  would 
prove  or  disprove  the  statement.  I  am  in¬ 
clined  to  think  that  500  hens  kept  in  a 
modern  open-front  and  well-cared-for 
poultry-house  and  supplied  with  green 
food  and  a  proper  ration,  given  sufficient 
room  and  kept  free  from  vermin,  would 
yield  a  better  egg  production  than  the 
same  fowls  on  limited  or  free  range,  and 
would  retain  their  health  as  well.  Cer¬ 
tainly  a  large  range  is  not  needed.  Plow¬ 
ing  and  seeding  in  the  Fall  will  at  least 
increase  the  length  of  time  over  which  a 
small  poultry  run  will  remain  free  from 
injurious  contamination.  M.  B.  d. 
Lame  Hens 
1.  What  would  be  your  choice  of  a  hen¬ 
house  floor  if  you  were  building,  and 
what  would  be  the  care  of  it  the  year 
round?  2.  I  have  had  threq.  hens  sud¬ 
denly  lose  the  use  of  one  leg  altogether. 
On  killing  them  I  find  them  perfectly  all 
right,  but  I  should  say  rather  too  fat. 
The  lame  leg  seems  to  be  rather  thinner 
than  the  rest.  I  have  a  very  dry  dirt 
floor  with  no  possible  draughts  on  them 
at  night.  Birds  are  fed  what  scratch  feed 
they  will  clean  up  in  deep  litter  iu  the 
morning;  what  dry  mash  (a  good  egg 
mash)  mixed  with  hot  water  they  will 
clean  up  at  night,  with  dry  mash  before 
them  all  the  time.  They  have  access  to 
grit,  shell,  charcoal  and  water,  with  one 
mangel  to  10  a  day  (mangels  weighing 
about  half  a  pound).  What  is  the  trouble? 
South  Shaftsbury,  Y t.  c.  F. 
1.  A  concrete  floor  has  the  advantages 
of  permanency  and  proof  against  the  teeth 
of  rats  that  make  it  most  desirable  for 
a  poultry-house.  Its  care  consists  simply 
in  keping  it  covered  with  suitable  litter 
and  sufficiently  frequent  cleaning  to  keep 
the  building  in  sanitary  condition. 
2.  Open  the  large  joint,  next  the  body 
of  the  next  hen  that  dies  with  these  symp¬ 
toms  and  see  if  you  do  not  find  the  chalky 
deposits  characteristic  of  gout  or  rheuma¬ 
tism  about  the  joint.  Examine  the  in¬ 
terior  of  the  intestines  and  digestive  or¬ 
gans,  also  for  worms  in  sufficient  num- 
—U.  B.  D.. 
PARKS’  Bred-to-Lay 
Barred  Plymouth  Rocks 
Lead  the  World  as  Layers. 
Bred  for  EGGS  since  1889. 
Records  up  to  325  eggs  a  year. 
Continuous  records  up  to  148 
eggs  in  148  days.  Pullets  lay¬ 
ing  at  113  and  114  day9.  Out- 
layed  over  2600  birds  in  five 
Mo.  Laying  Contests. 
BLUE  RIBBON  WINNERS  at  Rochester,  N.  Y„ 
Philadelphia.  Pa.,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  Dayton,  O., 
Washington,  D.  C.,  etc.  Real  Money  Makers. 
Mrs.  Miller’s  flock  averaged  210  eggs,  net  profit  $8.09 
per  hen;  Mrs.  Wunch  sold  over  $157  worth  of  eggs; 
Mr.  Wilson  over  $260:  Mr.  Carr,  Indian  Head,  Md., 
made  over  $800  from  flock  of  53  hens. 
Can  ship  Eggs  and  Chicks  promptly. 
15-Page  Cir.  Free.  Large  General  80-Page  Catalog,  8{C. 
Member  Int.  Chick  Assn. 
J.  W.  PARKS,  Box  Y,  ALTOONA,  PA. 
Fon  Eggsa*°Meat 
U.R.Fishel’s 
White  Plymouth  Rocks 
are  the  best 
Price  List  Free 
U.R.FUhJ  BoxQHopejnd. 
Pedigreed  Chicks,  Eggs,  Breeding  Stock 
RAQQCn  D  ft  P 1/  V  A  Laying  Strain  that  wins  in  Lay- 
DAnnCU  nUUfiO  ing  Contests.  You  get  Certified 
Stock  iu  buying  A. C.  Jones’  Rocks.  313  Eggs,  World's 
OFFICIAL  Record  for  Barred  Rock  hen  made  by  a 
member  of  onr  winning  pen  in  N.  American  Laying 
Contest.  Just  remember  it’s  A.  C.  Jones’  strain 
that  made  and  holds  all  the  world’s  Official  Records 
on  Barred  Rocks.  Write  for  catalog. 
A.  C.  JONES  -  Georgetown,  Delaware 
FRANCAIS’  BARRED  ROCKS 
Twice  winners  at  Storrs.  Last  six  pens  there  aver¬ 
aged  200  eggs  per  bird.  Leading  Rock  pens. last  year 
at  Storrs  and  Illinois  contests.  Booking  orders  for 
eggs  and  chicks.  Cockerels  and  pullets. 
JULES  F.  FRANCAIS  Westhampton  Beach.  New  York 
Parks’  Pedigreed  Selected  Barred  Rock  Cockerels 
Purchased  directly  from  Parks  and  from  his  best 
matings  of  trapnest  and  pedigreed  breeding.  Their 
dames  are  from  hens  with  yearly  records  of  from 
200  to  297  eggs.  Price,  88  ;  two  for  815. 
STUART  H.  HEIST  -  Penllyn,  Pa 
KENT  BARRED  ROCKS 
1920- 21  Storrs  contest  high  Rock  pen  and  individual. 
1921- 22  contests  2nd  Rock  pen  at  Storrs  and  Cornell, 
1st  at  Quincy,  3rd  at  Puyallup.  Certified  and  Pedi¬ 
greed  Breeding  Cockerels  for  sale.  Hatching  Eggs 
and  Baby  Chicks.  Circular.  W.  II.  B.  KENT,  Cazenorla,  N.Y 
BARRED  ROCKS 
The  strain  that  wins  at  the  laying  competitions, 
witli  official  records  over  300  eggs.  Chicles,  eggs  and 
stock  for  sale.  Marvel  Homestead. Farm,  Georgetown,  Del 
While  Plymouth  Rocks 
From  stock  officially  trap-nested.  Over  200  eggs  per 
bird  at  Storrs,  Conn.,  and  Vineland.  N.  J.  For 
Mating  List  and  prices  address 
S.  BRADFORD  ALLYN  Box  34  BELMONT,  MASS 
ECKHARTS’  BARRED  ROCKS®' $$2 
Eggs  for  Hatching  and  Baby  Chicks.  Supply  limit¬ 
ed.  To  avoid  disappointment  order  early. 
C.  W.  &  H.  J.  ECKHART  •  Shohola,  Pa, 
Hatching  Eggs  from  Park’s  bred-to-lay  strain,  $2 
for  15:  $8  per  100.  Chas,  Taylor,  Liberty,  N.  Y. 
BARRED  ROCK  Pullets 
Laying.  Parks’ strain.  $2.50  each. 
Riverdale  P.oultry  Farm  Riverdale,  N.  J. 
WHITE  P. ROCKS— White  Wyandottes 
The  Farmer’s  best.  Hen  hatched.  Free  range.  Easy 
keepers.  Good  foragers.  Broilers,  roasters.  Win¬ 
ter  layers.  Fred  Woodruff  Florida,  N.  Y. 
Chicks  From  Heavy  Laying  Flocks— Barred  Rocks 
15c.  Reds,  16c  and  mixed,  lie.  100#  guarantee.  Cir¬ 
cular  free.  B.  W.  AMEY  Cocolamus,  Pa. 
CHICKS  Laying  Strain  BarredRocks 
15c;  mixed,  10c.  100%  delivery  guaranteed.  Parcel 
Post  prepaid  pampli.  R.  J.  EHRISMAN,  McAlisterville.  Pa. 
Barred  Rock  Hatching  EGGS 
State  tested  white  diarrhea.  $2  for  15;  $8  and  $|  o  100 
Circular.  OLD  PICKARD  FARM,  Box  26,  Concord  Junction,  Moss 
Bred-to-Lay  Barred  Rocks  cahki  c  ka'8n 
and  Hatching  Eggs.  J.  TKOPEANO,  Sparrou  bush,  New  York 
Quality  Barred  Rocks  CW?  W 
hundred.  L.  HOWARD  Quakertown,  N.  J. 
TIFFANY’S  SUPERIOR  CHICKS  that  LIVE 
Wyandottes,  Plymouth  Rocks  and  R.  I.  Reds 
MAMMOTH  PEKIN  1 
GIANT  ROUEN 
INDIAN  RUNNER  ) 
ALDHAM  POULTRY  FARM  R.  34  PHOENIXVILLE.  PA. 
LkCHIXSDUX--: 
ery  any  time  you  say.  IRIMMAL’S,  Rochester  Largest 
Chick  Dealers,  289-291  West  Main  St,,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
CALL  DUCKS,  $4  A  PAIR 
Call  Ducks  eggs,  $!. 75  a  setting,  Postpaid.  Brown 
Leghorn  eggs,  $1.25  setting  of  15  eggs.  Day-old 
ducklings,  30c  each,  Postpaid.  Ducklings  are  call 
ducks.  Wm.  Carstens,  Port  Clinton,  O.  R.  F.  0  3 
D  AY-O  L  D-2-4-IO-W  EEKS  OLD 
CHICKS  AND  DUCKLINGS 
S.  C.  W.  Leghorns,  R.  I.  Reds,  Barred  Rocks, 
Silver  Laced  Wyandottes,  Indian  Runner  and 
Mammoth  Pekin  Ducks.  Excellent  laying  strains. 
FAIRVIEW  POULTRr  FARM.  -  Therx.x.  N.  T. 
Pit?  DUCKLINGS 
Hatching  Eggs 
Price  List  Free 
PARDEE’S  PEKINS.lsliR.N-V 
FOR  SALE.  Supe-  D0I,:_  n.ioHiniro  HATCHING  EGGS.  Prices 
rior  Quality  White  *  B  a  I II  li  U  U  K 1 1 II  go  reasonable.  Satisfaction 
guaranteed.  BUENA  VISTA  FARM,  Acookeek,  Maryland 
Mammoth  Pekin  Duck  Eggs  For  Hatching 
12  eggs,  92  ;  over  25,  15e  each.  Quality  stock. 
Maple  Grove  Farm  -  Fillmore,  N.Y. 
BRONZE  TURKEYS.  Mammoth  Pekin  Pucks. 
AlIY  CHICKS.  Catalogue  Free. 
WHITE  WINGS  FARM,  Mrs.  E.  H.  Anderson,  Mooresvilie,  Ind. 
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