The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
Jane  16,  192J 
ra  2 
Write  lor  1923  Booklet. 
Note  the  features  of  the  overhang  roof,  absolutely 
lain  proof:  also,  ventilator  above  the  swinging  win¬ 
dow.  The  above  is  the  type  that  Prof.  Harry  R. 
Lewis  is  equipping  his  farm  with,  at  Davis- 
ville,  Rhode  Island.  Made  in  all  sizes.  Write  for 
free  booklet,  showing  forty  different  cuts. 
E.  C.  YOUNG  CO.  16  Depot  St..  Randolph,  Mass. 
REDUCED  JUNE  PRICES 
BABY  CHICKS 
Class  A . $15.00  per  100 
Class  1 . 19.00  per  100 
Certified  Chicks  .  .  .  24.00  per  100 
10%  discount  in  lots  of  500  or  more 
RIVERDALE  POULTRY  FARM 
CORTLAND,  N.  Y. 
Member  N  Y  S.  C.  P.  C.  A.,  Inc.  Not  a  Commercial  Hatchery 
Mattituck  White  Leghorn  Farm 
Baby  Chicks  from  Barron  strain 
Certified  stock.  Large,  vigorous  hens  on  free 
range.  Mated  only  to  cockerels  which  are  cer¬ 
tified.  Chicks  every  Thursday  at  $12.00  per  100. 
$50  per  500 
Beginning  week  June  25th,  $10  per  100 
Member  N.  Y.  S.  C.  P.  C.  A.  Circular. 
A.  H.  PENNY  -  Mattituck,  L.  I.  -  LOVELL  GORDON 
RARY  P  H  Ip  YQ  FROM  OUR  OWN  STOCK 
UAD  1  LrilLIVJ  REDUCED  PRICES 
S.  ('.  Reds,  Anconas,  White  and  Brown  Leghorns. 
Bred  to  lay.  Big,  strong,  money  making  chicks  that 
will  live  and  grow.  From  pure  bred,  free  range 
breeders.  Safe  delivery  guaranteed.  Circular. 
ADRIAN  DeNEEF  R.  1  Sodus,  New  York 
Vigorous  Baby  Chicks 
from  high  record  Breeders  on  free  range.  Barron 
and  Wyclcoff  Leghorns,  $10  per  100.  Sheppard  An- 
conns,  $12  per  100.  Prompt  shipments.  Circular. 
WM.  D.  SEIDEL  Strawberry  Ridge,  Pa. 
D  \  BVmiri/C  PROFITABLE 
KADI  VxfUVxlVJj  VAR  IET1ES 
Bar  Rock,  @14  per  100.  Reds,  8816  per  100.  White 
Leghorns,  8812.  Brown  Leghorns,  @13.  June 
delivery.  HUMMER  S  POULTRY  PLANT,  Frenchtown,  N.  J. 
rmCKti  S  C.  W.  and  BR.  L.,  10c;  B.  ROCKS.  12c. 
tnicns  s  c  REDS  13c;  MIXEO.  8c.  Special 
juices  on  large  lots.  Order  from  this  adv.  Safe 
delivery  guar.  FRANK  NACE,  McAlisterville,  Pa.  R.  2 
D  \  UV  riflY  S.  c.  W.  L.,  lOe,  Barr  Rocks. 
0/\0  I  CnlA  18c,  Reds  18c.  S.  C.  B.  L.  lOe, 
Broilers.  Special  prices  on  large  lots.  Safe  delivery  guar¬ 
anteed.  Write  for  prices.  J.  N,  Naee,  M«AII*terviile,  l*a. 
White,  Brown,  and  Buff  Leghorn,  10c;  Bar. 
and  Buff  Rocks,  12c  ;  Reds,  12c  :  Wyan- 
dottes,  He  ;  Mixed,  8«.  Special  price’s  on 
•r'00  or  1 ,000.  Order  from  this  adv.  or  write  for  circular. 
THE  RICHFIELD  HATCHERY  Richfield,  Pa. 
All  Chicks  Now  15c  w  ™rn  d1  o  t tea 
*•  Parks’  ”  Bar  Kock,  “  Owen  ”  S.  C.  Keds. 
None  better;  fully  guaranteed.  Send  cash  order. 
Prompt  del.  Bank  ref.  S.  W.  KUNE,  Middlecreek,  Pa. 
Whifn  WvanHnHp  Chicks,  Eggs,  Stock.  Finest  quality. 
VtniIC  VYyaflQOIie  Prices  low.  Catalogue  free.  Col¬ 
lie  puppies.  BOWDEN,  WYANDOTTE  SPECIALIST,  Mansfield,  Ollio 
MAHOGANY  REDS 
Poultry  Colleges.  Foundation  strain  of  numer¬ 
ous  laying  flocks.  F,ggs,  $3  for  15;  $8  for  50;  $15  for 
100.  Circular.  B.  QUACKENBUSH,  Darien,  Conn.  Box  700 
S.  C.  W.  Leghorn  Pullets 
day.  91  each.  3Ir».  P,L.  IlAKlIAWAY,  llrandrnbnrg-,  Kentucky 
CEDARHURST  POULTRY  FARM 
HighdG,sad°e  S.  C.  Anconas-S.  C.  W.  Leghorns 
KAHTVAY  -  NEYV  JERSEY 
Bred 
from  America’s 
greatest  stock 
The  small,  farm-raised  flocks 
producing  our  eggs  are  headed 
by  cockerels  direct  from  the 
Jeading  variety  specialists. 
Kerr’s  Guaranteed  Lively  Chicks 
have  much  finer  breeding  than 
ordinary  chicks.  But  you  only 
pay  modest  prices  for  vigor¬ 
ous,  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¬ 
formation  about  variety,  se¬ 
lection,  etc. 
Interesting  prices  are  being 
quoted.  Write  to-day  for  your 
Chick  Book. 
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Box  O,  Frenchtown,  N.  J. 
Box  O,  Springfield,  Mass. 
Certified 
S.  C.  W.  Leghorns 
CHICKS  AND  EGGS 
25%  discount  on  June  chix  and  eggs  from 
Certified  S.  C.  W.  Leghorns.  8, 10, 12  weeks 
old  pullets  and  a  few  certified  hens  for  sale. 
Write  for  June  prices  and  circular 
showing  official  records 
“  FAIR  ACRES  FARM  ” 
Dept.  C  Skaneateles,  N.  Y. 
EGG-LAYING  CONTEST 
In  answer  to  many  questions  about  this  egg- 
laying  contest,  the  following  facts  are  given: 
It  is  held  at  Storrs  Postoffice  in  connection 
with  the  Connecticut  Agricultural  College.  The 
contest  begins  November  1.  There  are  10  pul¬ 
lets  in  each  pen.  All  the  birds  receive  uniform 
treatment.  The  houses  are  all  alike,  and  the 
feed  is  the  same  for  all.  The  contest  continues 
for  one  year.  The  weekly  records  cover  the 
number  of  eggs  laid  for  each  pen  in  the  current 
week,  and  also  the  total  number  of  eggs  laid 
since  the  first  of  last  November.  The  contest 
will  end  November  1,  at  which  time  these  birds 
will  be  removed,  and  another  set  of  pullets 
entered  for  the  next  year. 
Week  ending  May  22,  1923: 
Week  Total 
BARIUM)  ROCKS 
Purdue  University,  Ind .  37  1009 
W.  H.  B.  Kent,  N.  Y .  52  1042 
Ontario  Agricultural  College,  Ont _  47  1033 
Lewis  Farms,  R  1 .  46  949 
Jules  F.  Francais,  L.  I . 46  1043 
Morris  IS.  Bride,  Conn .  33  746 
G.  B.  Treadwell,  Mass .  24  942 
Ernest  W.  Picker,  N.  J .  35  621 
Edgar  Stouvhton  Coni .  53  1047 
Merritt  M.  Clark.  Conn .  50  853 
E,  C.  Foreman,  Mich .  50  971 
Keewayuin  Farm.  Conn .  43  971 
Wingate  Poultry  Yard,  Del .  39  757 
The  Ferguson  Farms.  Tenn .  36  757 
Jasper  E.  Guptill,  Maine .  52  1003 
II.  E,  Dennison.  Mich .  46  768 
W  arren  D.  McCann,  Conn .  24  386 
W.  J,  Arenholz,  N.Y .  38  485 
WHITE  ROCKS 
James  F.  Macdonald,  Mass .  *  37  ’  622 
William  H.  Bassett,  Conn .  38  597 
S.  Bradford  Allyn,  Mass .  41  900 
Davidson  Bros.,  Mass .  37  1120 
F.  R.  Pember,  It.  1 .  36  638 
Albert  T.  Lenzen,  Mass .  51  974 
Harold  F.  Barber,  Mass .  47  987 
H.  B,  Spangler,  N,  J .  34  948 
WHITE  W  Y  A  N I  LOTTES 
Laurty  Anderson,  England .  50  1241 
Obed  G.  Knight,  R.  1 .  42  1053 
Frank  E.  Nash,  Mass .  40  797 
Frank  P  Mattes'in,  R.  1  .  36  1160 
Hi-Quality  Hennery,  Vt . 34  739 
Clemens  J.  Diemaud,  Conn .  32  724 
Woodbridge  Orchards,  C>  no .  49  1198 
William  E.  Moran,  Conn . .  43  1081 
Albert  W.  Buckbee,  N.  Y .  43  1016 
F.  L.  Meiland,  Ky .  30  871 
RHODE  ISLAND  REDS 
Sunnyfields  Farm,  Conn .  39  923 
H.  P.  Deming,  Conn .  43  784 
C.  P.  Scott,  111 .  45  889 
Abbot  M.  Smith,  Conn .  29  562 
Fellows  Bros..  Conn .  47  1044 
E.  Newton  Searles,  Conn .  40  1135 
Miller  Bros.,  Conn .  57  846 
Glen  Wright,  Conn .  50  805 
John  Z.  Labelle,  Conn .  37  960 
Jacob  E.  Jansen,  Conn .  29  1008 
F.  S.  Chapin,  Mass .  28  828 
F.  H.  Sampson,  Mass... .  23  1079 
Harriet  F.  Lawton,  Mass .  58  882 
Charles  D.  Peirce.  It.  1 .  46  962 
Fernside  Farm,  Mass .  36  1215 
Elbert  C.  Dickinson.  Mass .  38  925 
Pinecrest  Orchards,  Mass .  49  1134 
Alton  Farm,  Vt .  46  83J 
Applecrest  Farm,  N.  11 .  49  916 
H.  M.  Penley,  Maine .  35  891 
Deer  Brook  Poultry  Farm,  N.  II .  52  1104 
Hall  Farm,  Vt .  4s  1163 
Forest  H.  Clickner,  N.  J .  39  967 
Charles  H.  Lane.  Mass .  39  1078 
WHITE  LEGHORNS 
RoylH.’Waite,  Md .  41  1182 
Small’s  Poultry  Farm,  Conn .  32  1092 
Francis  F.  Lincoln,  Conn .  34  810 
S.  G.  McLean,  Conn  .  40  1046 
Leo  A.  Gronten,  Conn .  51  944 
E.  H.  Scott,  Conn  .  54  1008 
F.  M.  Johnson,  Maine .  57  1041 
Hollywood  Farm,  Wash .  58  1146 
A.  B.  Hall.  Conn .  44  860 
W.  E.  Atkinson,  Conn .  41  912 
Beck  Egg  Farm,  N.  J .  43  1030 
Lion  Head  Poultry  Farm,  N.  J .  40  1008 
A.  P.  Robinson,  N.  Y .  30  935 
James  O.  LeFevre,  N.  Y .  48  1078 
C.  G.  Reame,  Pa .  44  805 
Pussy  Willow  Egg  Farm,  L.  1 .  47  1174 
Jack  Trevethan,  N.  J .  25  743 
Ernest  Craze,  N.  J . .  41  879 
Acrebridge  Farm,  Mass .  28  754 
Hilltop  Farm,  Conn .  40  1124 
J.  Frank  Dubois,  Vt .  32  929 
Andrew  L.  Ohr,  Conn .  48  892 
George  Phillips,  Conn .  47  679 
Mountain  View  Poultry  Farm,  Vt .  40  897 
R.  C.  Dunn,  Mass .  41  80S 
Mrs.  J.  L.  Theusen,  Conn .  51  997 
Tanglewold  Farm,  L.  1 .  45  652 
White  Springs  Farm,  N.  Y’ .  52  953 
Meadowedge  Farm.  L.  1 .  50  1075 
Emory  H.  Bartlett,  Mass .  54  875 
Eigenrauch  &  DeWinter,  N.  J .  39  644 
Rapp’s  Leghorn  Farm,  N.  J .  50  1101 
D.  B.  Walls,  Cal .  53  »yo 
M.  J.  Quackenbush,  N.  J .  54  1030 
Francis  J.  Hogan.  Mass .  40  975 
L.  E.  Ingoldsby,  N.  J .  43  924 
Exmoor  Farm,  Pa  .  41  I1128 
Willanna  Farm,  N.  J .  49  930 
Edgar  Stoughton,  Conn  .  41  724 
George  B.  Ferris,  Mich .  52  1018 
Total .  4214  92680 
PULLETS 
S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORN 
8,  10  and  12-week-old,  bred  from  trap-nested  year¬ 
lings,  mated  with  pedigreed  cockerelg.  Satisfac¬ 
tion  and  safe  delivery  guaranteed. 
OLD  ORCHARD  FARMS,  Inc.  Farmingdale,  N.  J. 
S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORN  PULLETS 
8  to  10  wks.  old.  Bred  from  Tom  Barron's  Selected 
Breeding  Pens.  Raised  on  free  range.  Prices  reason¬ 
able.  Satisfaction  guaranteed.  “ 
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that  have  the  size  and  vigor  from  a  strain  of  wonderful 
layers,  with  records  up  to  284  eggs.  Now  booking  orders 
for  baby  chicks  and  eggs  for  hatching,  February.  March 
and  April  shipments,  from  the  finest  breeders  I  ever  owned, 
nearly  all  matings  headed  by  certified  Cockerels.  Mv  book 
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LEGHORN  PULLETS 
10  weeks  old,  for  June  and  July  delivery.  Good,  vig¬ 
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FOR  SALE 
S.  C.  W.  Leghorn  Pullets 
twelve  weeks  old.  Bred  for  vigor  and  heavy  layin". 
MAPLECREST  POULTRY  FARM  Stockton,  N.  J. 
WHITE  WYANDOTTE 
COCKERELS- PULLETS 
March  hatched.  From  high-producing,  trap-nested 
stock.  SPENCER  POULTRY  FARMSSHflTCHERY, Spencer, Ohio 
S.  C.  White  Leghorn 
10  weeks-old  Pullets.  Sour 
milk  feed.  $1.00  each. 
CLOVER  LEAF  POULTRY  FARM  LaFmrgeville,  N.  Y. 
Substitute  for  Sour  Milk 
What  can  I  feed  my  laying  hens  to 
take  the  place  of  sour  milk,  which  tve 
have  been  feeding  for  one  year  or  more? 
Great  Valley,  N.  Y.  m.  f.  p. 
Beef  scrap,  or  fish  scrap,  will  replace 
sour  milk,  as  far  as  supplying  animal 
protein  is  concerned.  This  is  ordinarily 
fed  in  the  proportion  of  from  one-sixth 
to  one-fifth  part  by  weight  of  the  mash. 
Sour  milk  has  some  valuable  qualities 
that  no  other  food  possesses,  however, 
and  it  cannot  be  wholly  replaced  by  any 
other  food.  You  can  obtain  semi-solid 
buttermilk,  if  you  wish,  this  replacing 
sour  milk  from  the  farm,  but,  of  course, 
being  more  expensive.  It  is  not  absolutely 
essential  that  laying  hens  have  milk, 
though  that  food  comes  very  near  'being 
indispensable  in  the  raising  of  chicks. 
M.  B.  D. 
Constipated  Chicks 
My  week-old  chicks  seem  to  have  con¬ 
stipation,  as  they  do  not  seem  to  be  able 
to  discharge  their  droppings  and  their 
abdomens  are  very  hard.  I  feed  a  com¬ 
mercial  mash  with  semi-solid  buttermilk 
diluted  in  water  and  chick  grain.  Could 
you  prescribe  a  remedy  for  this  strange 
disease,  and  tell  me  the  cause?  J\  E. 
New  Jersey. 
I  have  never  had  this  trouble  in  raising 
young  chicks,  but  think  that  I  should 
try  to  overcome  it  by  feeding  an  ample 
quantity  of  green  food.  Perhaps,  wheat 
bran  in  place  of  the  commercial  mash 
might  prove  a  remedv.  If  the  case  be¬ 
came  desperate,  I  think  that  I  should  try- 
giving  a  doge  of  Epsom  salts  in  the  drink¬ 
ing  water,  using  enough  so  that  each 
chick  would  get  a  “pinch”  of  the  salts. 
I  offer  this  only  as  a  suggestion,  never 
having  had  occasion  to  try  it,  and  not 
knowing  of  the  experience  of  others  in 
this  trouble.  m.  b.  d. 
Chicks  Die  in  Shell 
I  set  an  incubator  with  100  White 
Leghorn  eggs  from  a  pen  of  14  pullets 
and  a  rooster  one  year  old.  Four  of  the 
pullets  were  sisters.  On  the  eighteenth 
day  I  took  out  16  eggs  which  did  not 
good,  and  later  I  took  out  64  chicks. 
When  I  opened  the  other  20  eggs  thev  all 
had  chicks  in  them,  all  dry,  and  I  would 
like  to  know  why  they  did  not  come  out. 
Did  I  open  the  incubator  too  soon? 
Devon,  Conn.  j.  R 
Sixty-four  chicks  from  100  eggs  was  a 
very  fair  hatch  and  did  not  indicate 
anything  particularly  wrong  with  your 
methods.  There  are  numerous  reasons 
for  failure  of  eggs  to  hatch,  even  though 
the  clucks  reach  full  development  in  the 
shell.  The  evident  reason  is  lack  of  suf¬ 
ficient  vitality  in  the  chick  to  break  the 
shell  and  emerge,  but,  underlying  this, 
are  many  factors,  which  may  relate  to  care 
of  the  breeding  flock,  to  handling  of  the 
eggs,  to  defects  in  incubation,  or  to  any 
one  or  more  of  many  other  things.  Ten- 
thirty  on  the  morning  of  May  8  would 
be  the  end  of  the  twenty-first  day  and  4 
p.  m.  would  not  be  too  early  to  open  tho 
incubator.  Eggs  should  hatch  on  the 
twentieth  and  twenty-first  davs.  those  de¬ 
laying  longer  than  that,  if  incubator  tem¬ 
peratures  have  been  kept  right,  being 
apt  to  be  weak  and  undesirable. 
m.  b.  d. 
Care  of  Baby  Chicks 
Is  it  desirable  to  keep  chicks  on  a 
cement  floor?  My  brooder  house  has 
one,  with  poultry  litter  1  in.  deep  for  the 
first  week,  increasing  it  as  they  grow 
older..  As  it  is  impossible  for  me  to  ob¬ 
tain  liquid  buttermilk  I  buy  a  mash  con¬ 
taining  it.  Do  you  think  that  is  enough? 
If  not,  would  powdered  buttermilk  do? 
New  York.  G.  G_ 
A  cement  floor,  if  well  covered  with 
suitable  litter,  is  a  good  place  for  baby 
chicks.  If  the  mash  contains  sufficient 
powdered  skim  or  buttermilk,  it  is  not 
necessary  to  use  any  liquid  milk  in  addi¬ 
tion,  but  it  is  better  to  use  some  sour 
milk  in  fluid  form  if  you  can  obtain  it. 
It  not  only  serves  as  a  food  in  itself  but 
it  seems  to  add  to  the  value  of  other 
foods  used.  Sour  milk  also  helps  in  the 
prevention  of  diarrhoeal  troubles,  pos¬ 
sibly  by  acting,  in  a  measure,  as  an  in¬ 
testinal  antiseptic.  We  should  use  some 
sour  milk  for  the  first  week  or  two.  if 
necessary  to  buy  whole  milk,  skim  and 
sour  it.  The  house  should  be  of  a  tem¬ 
perature  comfortable  for  yourself,  about 
65  degrees,  but  the  temperature  under  the 
hover,  where  the  chicks  may  go  to  get 
warm  at  any  time,  should  ‘be  from  90 
to  100  for  the.  first  few  weeks.  Do  not 
confine  the  chicks  to  this  temperature, 
but  allow  them  to  go  to  cooler  parts  of 
the  house  and  out  of  doors  at  will ;  this 
after  having  taught  them  where  to  find 
the  warmth  under  the  hover  that  thpy 
will  need  at  times.  Observation  of  the 
chicks  will  soon  tell  you  whether  they 
are  warm  enough,  without  the  use  of  a 
thermometer.  m.  b.  d. 
Tough  Poultry 
This  week  I  killed  two  of  my  cockerels 
hatched  last  June  and  they  were  as  tough 
as  five  or  six-year  old  hens.  I  feed  the 
Cornell  mash  and  a  good  scratch  feed; 
also  some  buttermilk.  It  seems  so  strange 
to  me  that  a  bird  not  one  year  old  should 
be  so  tough.  Is  there  anything  in  the 
feed  to  make  them  that  wav?  h.  g. 
Warren  Co.,  N.  Y. 
I  cannot  account  for  any  unusual 
toughness  in  these  cockerels;  perhaps 
your  taste  has  been  so  educated  by  broi¬ 
lers  of  younger  age  that  they  seemed 
more  stringy  than  they  usually  are  at 
that  age.  Then,  too,  perhaps  they  were 
not  cooked  as  long  as  they  should  have 
been,  though  I  know  that,  in  making  this 
suggestion,  I  am  incurring  danger,  if  the 
cook  reads  this. 
We  dressed  a  Plymouth  Rock  hatched 
last  June,  the  other  day,  and  it  cooked 
up  as  tender  as  a  Spring  broiler.  In  fact, 
we  always  broil  our  fowls  up  to  one  year 
of  age.  Maybe  you  don’t  do  it  right- - 
here  again  I  dodge.  Try  this:  Split  the 
yearling  down  the  back  and  dress  as  a 
broiler.  Place  in  a  dripping  pan  on  top 
of  the  stove,  add  a  little  water  and  but¬ 
ter,  invert  another  dripping  pan  upon  the 
first  and  let  the  bird  cook  in  the  steam  for 
an  hour  or  two,  as  long  as  necessary  to 
make  it  tender.  Season  with  salt  and 
pepper  before  removing ;  add  but  little 
water  at  a  time,  but  keep  the  bird  steam¬ 
ing  hard  under  a  tight-fitting  cover  and 
watch  closely  until  done.  Simple,  isn’t 
it?  Good,  too.  M.  B.  d. 
Teacher:  “What  is  a  geyser?”  Pupil: 
“A  waterfall  going  up.” — Life. 
