The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
731 
Bred  for 
profitable  flocks 
Because  of  excellent  breeding. 
Lively  Chicks  develop  rapidly 
into  broilers  and  layers.  All 
our  chicks  are  descendants  of 
famous  stock.  Each  farm- 
raised  small  flock  supplying 
our  eggs  is  headed  by  cock¬ 
erels  direct  from  the  leading 
variety  specialist. 
We  guarantee  100 %  delivery, 
alive  and  healthy.  Any  losses 
in  the  mail  will  be  replaced  or 
money  refunded. 
Send  for  price  list  and  Kerr's 
Chick  Book — 36  jjages  of  in¬ 
tensely  interesting  information 
about  poultry-keeping,  how 
Lively  Chicks  are  bred,  vari¬ 
eties  and  their  care. 
THE  KERR  CH1CKER1ES,  Inc. 
( Member  International  Baby  Chick  Attn.) 
Box  O,  Frenchtown,  N.  J. 
Box  O,  Springfield,  Mass. 
^  30,000  Chicks  weekly 
June, 'July 
and  Aug. 
Hatches  due  June  5. 12. 19  and  26 
Hatched  by  experts  with  13  years’ 
experience  in  one  of  the  largest, 
finest  and  best  equipped  hatch¬ 
eries  in  the  State.  80  per  cent,  of 
our  March,  April  and  May  orders  were 
from  old  customers,  and  orders  for  thous¬ 
ands  of  Chicks  were  refused  owing  to  in¬ 
sufficient  incubator  capacity.  Order  J  line, 
July  and  August  Chicks  early,  at  these 
rock-bottom  prices : 
8.  C.  White  niul  Ilrown  Leghorns . 1  Oc  each 
Barred  Rocks . 1  2c  each 
8.  C.  R.  i.  Reds  and  8.  C.  Black  Minorcas _ 14c  eacli 
H.  C.  White  Wyandotte® . 14c  each 
Broiler  Chicks  (Heavy  Breeds)  .  9c  eacli 
Broiler  Chicks  (Light  Breeds) .  8c  each 
Lots  of  flOO . i:,  cent  per  chick  less. 
Lots  of  1000 .  1  cent  per  chick  less. 
100  per  cent,  live  delivery  guaranteed.  Prepaid  to 
your  door,  $1.00  will  book  your  order. 
Fine  Catalog  Free. 
THE  KEYSTONE  HATCHERY  •  Richfield,  Pa. 
(Members  International  Baby  Chick  Association) 
Stark's  Prize  Size 
Baby  Chicks 
Buy  your  Baby  Chicks  f  rom* 
this  concern,  ESTABLISHED'  , 
107  YEARS.  Get  just  the  breeds  you 
■want — WHEN  you  want  them— at  NEWA 
LO  W ER  PRICES— and  be  ABSOLUTELY 1 
PROTECTED  by  our  100  Per  Cent  ALIVE  . 
’ON  DELIVERY  Guarantee.  Get  chicks  that’ 
"have  Hogan-Tested  Parents— that  make  quick” 
growth,  lay  young  and 
Get  Our  ZErhSf&TySSt  lOOpercent 
NEW  full  information.  aa  LIVE 
Lower  stark  bro’S  Delivery 
Prices  For?™*™" Guaranteed 
RANSOM  S  LEGHORN 
HICKS  appeal  to  the  poultryman  who  seeks 
profit  in  eggs.  Bred  for  generations  for  high 
average  flock  egg  production  combined  with 
physical  vigor,  our  flocks  today  are  of  uniform 
type,  large  birds,  large  combs,  long,  deep 
sound  bodies.  They  are  the  type  of  fowl 
wanted  by  the  commercial  egg  farmer  who 
wants  eggs.  If  you  make  your  living  or  any 
part  of  it  from  poultry,  we  are  anxious  to  serve 
you.  We  also  have  Reds,  Rocks,  Aneonas 
and  Wyandotte  chicks.  Most  modern  methods 
of  hatching.  Delivered,  parcel  post  prepaid  to 
you.  Best  prices.  Illustrated  catalogue  free. 
S  RANSOM  FARMS,  North  Ridge.  Geneva,  Ohio 
H 
K 
QUALITY  CHICKS 
Order  your  June,  July  end  August  chicks  at  these  low 
prices.  All  Breeders  on  free  range.  The  very  best  of 
high  egg  producing  stock.  Postpaid  and  safe  delivery 
guaranteed.  Hatches,  Tues.  and  Wed.  of  each  week. 
25  chicks  50  chicks  100  chicks 
S.  C.  W.  Leghorns .  S3. 60  $6  00  $12.00 
Barr. d  Rocks .  4.00  7.00  14  00 
R.  I.  Reds .  4.60  7.60  15.00 
500 — cent  per  chick  lees.  1000 — 1  cent  per  chick  less. 
BROOKSIDE  POULTRY  FARM 
E.  C.  Brown  Sergeantsville,  N.  J. 
THE  HENYARD 
Brooding  Young  Chicks;  Bedding  for  Pigs 
1.  I  have  two  pigs  that  are  doing  nicely, 
hut  have  not  raised  pigs  before.  I  feed 
them  middlings,:  bread  and  skim-milk,  also 
cooked  potato  peelings.  I  have  been  buy¬ 
ing  straw  to  put  in  their  house  and  pen, 
but  wag  told  it  would  give  them  the 
mange.  Is-  this  _  true?  2.  TIoW  should  I 
brood  day-old  chicks?  I  have  no  brooder- 
house.  MRS.  W.  G. 
Baltimore  Co.,  Md. 
1.  Buckwheat  straw  is  believed  to  be 
responsible  for  mange  in  animals  bedded 
with  it,  though  I  think  there  is  some 
doubt  as  to  the  effect  of  this  straw  iu 
irritating  the  skin.  Mange  is  caused  by 
a  minute  parasite,  not  by  bedding, 
though  the  name  is  applied  popularly  to 
a  great  variety  of  skin  affections,  I 
should  use  straw  or  coarse  hay  as  bed¬ 
ding  for  the  pigs. 
2.  You  cannot  brood  chicks  without  a 
brooder.  If  you  have  no  facilities  for 
caring  for  them,  don’t  waste  your  money 
in  buying  them.  Broody  hens  will  care 
for  15  or  20  chicks  each  if  given  an  ordi¬ 
nary  small  coop.  This  is  the  safest  way 
to  attempt  to  raise  a  small  flock.  Other¬ 
wise  you  will  have  to  buy  or  build  some 
sort  of  brooder.  A  large  drygoods  box, 
made  warm  and  with  floor  covered  with 
chaff,  may  be  used  in  warm  weather,  the 
heat  needed  at  night  and  during  the  cold 
parts  of  the  day  being  supplied  by  a 
stone  jug  of  hot  water.  A  glass  window 
in  one  side  will  admit  the  warmth  of  the 
sun.  Xot  more  than  25  chicks  should 
be  placed  together  in  such  a  box  by  one 
not  accustomed  to  caring  for  young 
chicks.  If  you  wish  to  experiment  with 
a  tireless  brooder,  get  a  large  box,  batten 
the  cracks,  place  a  small  window  in  one 
side,  cut  a  door  for  the  use  of  the  chicks 
and  hinge  the  top  so  that  you  can  readily 
turn  it  back  to  get  at  the  interior.  Use 
a  jug  of  hot  water  in  it  for  warmth  on 
chilly  days,  when  the  sun  does  not  warm 
it  sufficiently  for  the  comfort,  of  the 
chicks,  and  at  night,  as  soon  as  the  chicks 
are  ready  to  go  to  bed,  get  them  together 
in  the  middle  of  the  chaff-covered  floor 
and  lay  a  bran  sack  over  them  and  di¬ 
rectly  upon  their  backs.  They  will  hud¬ 
dle  under  this  and  keep  warm  by  contact 
with  each  other.  Any  cloth  may  be  used, 
but  one  or  more  thicknesses  of  coarsely 
woven  sacking  are  most,  suitable,  admit¬ 
ting  air  through  the  pores  and  yet.  provid¬ 
ing  sufficient  warmth.  The  danger  is  that 
too  much,  rather  than  too  little,  cover 
will  be  used.  By  slipping  the  hand  under¬ 
neath,  it  can  be  told  whether  the  chicks 
are  just  sufficiently  warm,  or  too  warm 
and  sweating.  A  few  bricks  upon  the 
edges  of  the  cover  will  keep  the  chicks 
under  in  the  morning  until  it  warms  up 
sufficiently  for  them  to  emerge  from  their 
nest.  This  is  an  interesting  way  to  raise 
a  few  chicks,  if  one  lias  the  time  and 
likes  to  fuss'  with  them.  M.  B.  D. 
Lame  Chicks;  Turkey  with  Roup 
What  makes  my  chicks  develop  leg  weak¬ 
ness?  The  first  ones  started  at  seven 
weeks  old.  They  simply  cannot  walk  and 
do  not  eat  very  much.  I  have  a  floor 
with  sand  on  it  in  the  brooder-house. 
We  have  cold  weather  here,  so  I  have 
not  been  able  to  let  them  go  outside. 
Probably  it  is  caused  from  staying  inside 
too  much.  I  feed  them  cracked  corn  and 
wheat  for  scratch  grain,  and  middlings 
and  bran,  corn,  ground,  equal  parts,  by 
weight.  I  grind  wheat  for  them  and  put 
it  in  their  mash.  Is  this  a  good  mash 
for  them  from  three  or  four  weeks  old 
on?  If  not,  give  me  a  good  one.  I  feed 
buttermilk  starting  feed  for  the  first  two 
or  three  weeks.  I  have  eight  or  10  that 
cannot  walk  now.  What  is  the  cause  of 
a  turkey’s  head  swelling  up  on  one  side 
and  some  discharge  coming  through  her 
eye?  What  can  I  do  for  it?  L.  K. 
Linwood,  Mich. 
Chicks  cannot  be  confined  to  floors  for 
more  than  about  two  weeks  without  devel¬ 
oping  leg  weakness.  Moist  sand  upon  the 
floor  for  them  to  scratch  in  and  grass 
sods  to  work  at  while  they  must  be  con¬ 
fined  will  help,  but  they  should  bo  given 
an  outside  run  after  the  first  week,  at 
least,  almost  regardless  of  the  weather. 
If  they  have  a  warm  hover  to  which  to 
return  when  cold  and  have  been  taught 
to  return  to  it  for  warmth,  they  may  be 
let  out  for  at  least  an  hour  or  two  dur¬ 
ing  the  warmest  part  of  the  day  in  cold 
weather.  It  may  be  necessary  to'  remove 
the  snow  from  a  small  place  to  give  them 
a  run,  but  this  is’  better  than  keeping 
them  confined  to  a  brooder. 
Unless  you  have  all  the  skim-milk  or 
butteribilk  that  the  chicks  will  consume, 
your  mash  should  contain  from  15  to  20 
per  cent  of  high-grade  beef  scrap.  If 
they  have  wheat  as  scratch  food  I  should 
use  ground  oats  in  the  mash,  giving  them 
as  a  growing  mash  equal  parts,  by  weight, 
of  cornmeal,  ground  oats,  wheat  bran, 
middlings  and  beef  scrap.  A  portion,  or 
all,  of  the  beef  scrap  may  be  replaced  by 
skim-milk  or  buttermilk  if  plenty  of  one 
of  these  is  available. 
The  turkey  may  have  roup  affecting 
one  eye.  This  may  he  treated  by  fre¬ 
quent  syringing  out  of  the  eye  and  nos¬ 
tril  with  a  warm  solution  of  boric  acid 
in  water,  one  ounce  to  the  quart. 
M.  B.  D. 
Cleans 
*  8 
Chicken-Houses 
Chickens  Lay  Better 
Every  poultry -fancier  knows  fowls  thrive  in  clean,  well- 
ventilated  houses,  free  from  vermin  and  germs.  Floors, 
roosts,  nests  and  runways  sprayed  with  a  solution  of  RED 
SEAL  Lye  (made  according  to  directions)  will 
increase  the  health  and  productiveness  of( 
the  stock. 
Write  for  booklet  of  practical  farm  and 
home  uses  for  RED  SEAL  Lye. 
Full  directions  in  each  can.  Be  sure 
and  buy  only  the  genuine  RED  SEAL  f*- 
Lye.  Accept  no  substitute. 
P.  C.  Tomson  &  Co. 
PHILADELPHIA.  PA. 
■  EXTRA  * 
High  test 
GRAHULATtO 
-AirilNSTORCAl' 
111,  ji 
POULTRY  RATIONS 
fQiOwn  Ingredients  of  I^noian  Quality 
in  Known  Proportions 
Poultry  Feeding 
^  specialists  at  the  colleges 
of  agriculture  in  the 
territory  served  by  the 
Cooperative  Grange  League 
Federation  have  approved 
the  formulas  of  G.L.F.  Rations. 
Practical  Poultrymen 
•  using  the  rations  the  year  around 
report  excellent  results. 
Feed  G.L.F.  Rations  and 
you  will  know  just  what  your 
birds  are  eating. 
See  your  G.L.F.  Agent  or  write 
for  booklet  of  formulas. 
The  Coop.  G.L.F.  Exchange,  Inc. 
Syracuse,  New  York 
Five  Distinctive  Features: 
J.  G.L.F.  Poultry  rations  contain 
a  larger  variety  of  ingredients  than 
is  usually  available  in  your  locality. 
2.  The  quality  of  the  ingredients 
and  the  pounds  of  each  are  stated. 
3.  The  digestible  nutrients  in  each 
ration  are  high  and  the  fibre  con¬ 
tent  is  low. 
4.  Dried  buttermilk  and  dried 
skimmed  milk  are  used  and  the 
animal  proteins  are  high. 
5.  Accurately  operated  mechanical 
mixtures  make  a  thoroughly 
mixed  and  uniform  ration. 
The  Magic  Coal  Burning  Brooder 
A1 
MONEY-MAKER  because  it  is  a  life  saver 
to  chicks.  Chick  welfare  depends  on 
uniform  temperature  and  pure  air.  The  Magic 
regulates  with  clock-like  precision,  being 
equipped  with  both  top  and  bottom  auto¬ 
matic  draft.  Cuts  chick  mortality  to  5%. 
Free  from  gas.  Write  for  catalogue.  Agents  wanted  in  territory  not  taken. 
UNITED  BROODER  COMPANY,  301  Pennington  Avenue,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
SICK  BABY.CHICKS? 
Don't  let  your  baby  chicks  die.  Most  every  disease  can  be 
prevented  and  in  nearly  every  case  the  sick  chick  can  quickly 
be  cured.  Read  the  new  6i-page  book  by  GEO.  H.  LEE, 
most  widely  consulted  "chicken  doctor"  in  the  world.  Tells 
about  every  chick  trouble  (before  hatching  as  well  as  after), 
how  to  avoid,  how  to  remedy  when  already  present;  contains 
wealth  of  other  information  valuable  to  every  poultry  raiser, 
also  one  year  daily  egg  record  for  four  yards.  FREE  at  drug 
or  seed  stores  handling  GERMOZONE,  or  by  mail  postpaid. 
Get  a  copy  now.  before  the  new  iW,  000  edition  ia  exhauated. 
GEO.  H:  LEE  CO.,  F-75,  Harney  Sta.,  Omaha,  Neb. 
SCHWEGLER’S 
“T  H  0  R-O-B  R  E  D” 
BAB  Y  CHICKS 
“Live  and  Grow  Big” 
White,  Brown,  Buff  Leghorns,  Barred 
a.nd  White  Rocks.  Rhode  Island  Reds, 
Aneonas,  Black  Minorcas,  Buff  Orping¬ 
tons,  12c  and  up. 
Write  for  free  baby  chick  book. 
E.  A.  SCHWEGLER 
30”  Northampton  Rulfalo,  N.Y. 
"WORTH-WHILE  ” 
S.  C.  W.  LEGHORN  CHICKS 
All  of  our  breeders  are  mated  to  pure  TANCRED 
cockerels,  whose  dams  have  records  up  to  312  eggs. 
Hatches— May  21-28, 17c.  j  June  «,  li,  21,  15c. 
Remember  the  Beat  is  Always 
Worth-While 
JORDAN  LEGHORN  FARM,  Vineland,  N.  J. 
I*  JIDAUI7ET  Your  surplus  cockerels.  No 
vHrUlllfLCi  veterinarian  required;  you  can 
perform  this  simple  operation 
yourself.  Write  today  for  free  folder  that  tells  bow. 
EASTERN  POULTRY  SUPPLY  HOUSE, 
Dept.  R,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
STOP.  READ  AND  WRITE 
lo  Piell  Brothers,  Reliable  Poultrymen,  for  your 
CHICKS  OF  HI-QU ALITY 
from  free-range  farm  flocks  of  heavy-laying  strains 
25  50  100 
Black  and  White  Leghorns  $3.98  $7.45  $13.90 
Barred  Rocks  ....  4.23  7.95  14.90 
Rhode  Island  Reds  .  .  4.4B  8.45  15.90 
Aneonas .  4.69  8.88  J6.75 
100  per  cent  delivery  guaranteed  by  prepaid  Parcel  Post. 
Catalogue  free. 
PIELL  BROTHERS  -  Dept.  A  -  Pittstown,  N.  J. 
from  pure-bred,  selected-heavy 
laying,  free-ranged  hens.  Pie 
paid  parcel  post.  100  percent 
live  arrival  guaranteed.  Free  circular  and 
price  list  on  request.  Get  it. 
ROSELAWN  POULTRY  FARM  &  HATCHERY 
Oltsvtlle,  Pennsy lvaniu 
