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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
August  4,  1923 
The  Magic  Brooder 
Self-regulating  ;  efficient 
and  high-grade  through¬ 
out.  Take  no  chances  with 
your  broods  but  buy  the 
Magic,  the  best  brooder 
on  earth.  It  insures  suc¬ 
cess.  Write  for  catalogue 
and  prices. 
UNHED  BROODER  CO.,  301  Pennington  Ave.,  Trenton,  N.J 
8.  C.  Reds,  12  cts.  B.  P.  Rocks,  11 
cts.  S.  C.  W.  Leghorns,  9  cts,  and 
Mixed  or  off  color  chicks,  7  cts. 
These  chicks  are  all  from  free 
range  stock.  Safe  delivery  and 
satisfaction  guaranteed.  Booklet  tree. 
W.  A.  LAUVER  McAlisterville,  Pa. 
(  S.  C.  W.  and  Brown  Leghorns, 
8c.  Barred  Rocks,  1  Oc  j 
- - |  Reds,  lie  and  Mixed,  7c. 
300%  Guar.  Order  from  this  adv.  or  write  for  circular. 
■WIVI.  NACE  -  McAlisterville,  Pa. 
CHICKS)! 
Balay  Cltix  7c  and  Up 
4)et  Johnson’s  reduced  prices  on  chicks  for  July,  Au¬ 
gust  and  September.  Grand  catalogue  and  price  list 
free.  JOHNSON’S  HATCHERY,  Ickesburg,  Pa. 
f'llir'UC  S.  C.  Buff,  *9—100.  White  and  Brown  Leg- 
UlllUlYO  horns, $8.00—100.  Rocks, $10— 100.  W. Rocks, 
*12—100.  Reds,  *11—100.  Mixed,  *7.60—100.  Circular  Free. 
JaOOH  NIKMOND  MeAlUterrtlU,  Pa.  Box  2 
BABY  CHICKS 
S.  C.  W.  Leghorns,  8c  ;  Barred  Koclc,  10c;  Red. 
11c;  Mixed,  7c.  Special  prices  on  large  lots.  Safe 
delivery  guaranteed.  C.  P,  LEISTER,  McAlisterville,  Pa. 
RELIABLE  OHICKS 
Rock,  10c;  Leghorn,  8e  ;  Anconas,  12c  ;  Mixed,  7c. 
Arrival  Guaranteed.  Catalog  Free. 
RELIABLE  HATCHERY  •  McAlisterville,  P*.  Box  6 
n  »  nv  ruiv  S.  C.  w.  L.,  8c,  Barr  Rocks. 
DAISY  L/tllA.  Pe.  Reds  10c.  S.  C.  B.  L.  8c, 
Broilers.  Special  prices  on  large  lots.  Safe  delivery  guar¬ 
anteed.  Write  for  prices.  J.  N.  Nuce,  Me*li»terrlHe,  Pa. 
S.  0.  W.  Leghcrns,  Direct  Young  straiu.  March 
hatched:  free  range  grown;  $2  each.  Satisfaction 
guaranteed.  H .  N.  CONNEB,  Stockton,  N.  J. 
JERSEY  BLACK  GIANTS 
WHISPERING  PINES  STRAIN— Increase  your  egg  yield  by 
getting  one  of  our  large  5-mos.-old  cockerels  now. 
Elegant  breeders  at  95  and  810.  Weigh,  5-6-7 
lbs.  now.  A  few  fine  3-mos.-old  pullets  yet  to  spare. 
L.  L.  LUCAS  -  Vineland,  N.J. 
JERSEY  BLACK  GIANTS 
Growing  stock  for  sale.  Big,  strong,  aturdy,  healthy 
chick*.  BLAUVELT  .  Matawan,  N.J. 
•TERSEYIB  LAC  KC3rl  ANTS 
America's  Premier  heavy-weight  Fowl.  Fast  grow¬ 
ers;  Heavy  layers;  Yellow  skin.  Free  descriptive 
Catalog  and  Price  List.  C.  M.  CASE  *  SON*,  Box  1*1  lalnar,  N.  J. 
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f  j  lets  from  Hogan  tested  birds,  ft 
$1.25  each 
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Babylon,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 
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S.  C.  RED  PULLETS 
Closely  related  to  LEADINC  RED  PEN  XT  HORNS  to  date, 
1923.  Also  to  best  S.  C.  Red  pens  at  Storrs,  1916-1918- 
1920,  and  to  best  individual  Reds  at  Storrs,  1916-18-20- 
21 ;  to  best  Red  pen  and  3  best  individual  Reds  ever 
trap-nested  at  Storrs— all  bred  and  owned  by  us. 
Our  average  for  seven  years  in  contest,  over  180  eggs 
per  bird  ;  unequalled  by  any  other  Reds  at  Storrs. 
PINECREST  ORCHARDS  -  Groton.  Maw. 
White  Leghorn  Pullets 
1,500  from  Certified  Cockerels  and  Selected 
Hens.  Milk  fed  on  free  range.  April  and  May 
hatches  for  delivery  at  four  months.  A  fine 
bunch,  at  $1.50  to  $2.00  according  to  quantity 
and  date  of  delivery.  Particulars  upon  re¬ 
quest. 
Member  N.  Y.  S.  C.  P.  C.  A. 
SANDANONAH  FARM  -  Windham,  N.  Y. 
S.  C.  White  Leghorn 
Pullets — 3,000 
February  to  May  hatched,  1,000, 
from  trap-nested  dams. 
COLUMBIA  POULTRY  FARM,  Toms  River,  N.  J. 
VC  ADI  IMP  UI7MQ white wyandottes 
I  LARLillU  nCillO  RHODE  ISLAND  reds 
$1.50  each.  Anconas,  $1.25  each.  White  Leghorns, 
$1  each.  White  or  Black  Leghorn,  8,  10  and  12- 
wks.  pullets,  August  and  September  delivery,  $1, 
$1 .25  and  $1.50  each.  IDYLDELL  FARM,  Wolcott,  New  York 
CEDARHUBST  POULTRY  FARM 
HighdGrade  S*  C.  Anconas-$.  C.  W.  Leghorns 
RAHWAY  .  NEW  JERSEY 
White  Wyandotte,  R.  I.  Red,  Barred  Rock 
yearling  hens  laying,  fine  utility  fowls,  $8.50  each. 
RIVERDALE  P0U1TRY  FARM  Box  2E5  Riverdale,  N.  J. 
ra.A.3XTOAIS’  ILOCK8 
Breeders,  Cocks.  March,  April  and  May  hatch.  Cocker¬ 
els  and  pullets  for  sale.  Hatching  eggs  half  price. 
JULES  F.  FRANCAIS  Weslhampton  Beach,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 
Tom  Barron  White  Wyandottes  ^  coaSuH#* 
each.  NERIAS  HENRY  -  Mengbs  Mills,  Pa. 
U/L!l.  J„U„  Feb.  March,  April  Pullets,  Cocker- 
nnitB  ItyanOOIie  els.  Also  2-4-6-wks-old  chickB  Cata¬ 
logue  Free.  nOVTUEN,  Wyandotte  Spnelallit,  Manxfleld,  Ohio 
RHODE  ISLAND  WHITES  \  Single 
RHODE  ISLAND  REDS /Comb 
Trap-nested  stock.  Bred  for  Winter  eggs.  My  6  White 
pullets  at  International  EGG-LAYING  Contest  laid  113  eggs 
in  31  consecutive  days,  average  28  1-5  eggs  each.  April 
and  May  pullets,  #8  each.  Cockerels,  $8.50  to  $5  each. 
O.  G.  L.  LEWIS  -  Paoli,  Pa. 
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8-10-Wks.-Old  Pullets 
Barred  Rocks,  Reds,  White  Wyandottes,  $1.25— 
$1.50  each.  RIVERDALE  POULTRY  FARM,  Riverdale.  N.  J. 
10-Weeks-01d  White  Leghorn  Pullets 
AND  COCKERELS,  Barron  strain,  at  $1  each. 
EUGENE  R.  SKIDMORE  R.  No.  1  Boonton.  N.  J. 
BREEDERS  AND  3E3GGS 
Chickens,  Ducks,  Geese,  Turkeys.  Catalogue  Free. 
Satisfaction  Guaranteed. 
H.  A.  SOUDER  Box  29  Sellersvllle,  Pa. 
I  ariro  QlnnL  Fine  Poultry,  Turkeys,  Geese.  Bucks, 
LdlguOlUUK  Guineas,  Bantams,  Pigeons,  Collies. 
Stock  and  eggs.  Catalog.  PIONEER  FARMS,  Telford,  Fa. 
Pii  DUCKLINGS 
Hatching-  Eggs 
Price  List  Free 
PARDEE'S  PEKINS.Ixlip.N.t 
Parks’  Strain  Barred  Rocks  fig.nlV“dHCaTchr: 
J.  TItOPEANO  -  Sparrowbush,  N.  Y. 
Bob  White,  Hungarian  Partridges 
Wild  Turkey*,  Pheasants,Quail,  Rabbits,  Deer,  etc. 
for  stocking  purposes. 
Fancy  Pheasants.  Peafowl.  Cranes,  Storks,  Swans. 
Ornamental  Ducks  and  Geese,  Bears,  Foxes,  Rac¬ 
coon,  Squirrels,  and  all  kinds  of  birds  and  animals, 
WM.J.  MACKENSEN,  Naturalist,  Dept.  10,  Yardley,  Pa 
OELLULOID  XjEG  BANDS 
Cull  your  flock;  band  good  layers;  eliminate  loafers  that 
ate  your  profits.  Green,  Black,  Yellow,  Pink.  Sixty 
cents  hundred,  postpaid.  Mention  breed  of  fowl. 
COLONIAL  ART  CO.  -  Westfield.  Mass. 
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.  A11  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  July  17,  1923: 
BARKED  ROCKS 
Purdue  University,  Ind .  . 
W.  H.  B.  Kent,  N.  Y . 
Ontario  Agrioulturai  College,  Ont  .... 
Lewis  Farms,  R  I . 
Jules  F.  Francais,  L.  I . 
Morris  E.  Bride,  Conn . 
G.  B.  Treadwell,  Mass . 
Ernest  W.  Picker,  N.  J . 
Edgar  Stouvhton  Conn . 
Merritt  M.  Clark.  Conn . 
E,  C.  Foreman,  Mich . 
Keewaydin  Farm.  Conn . 
Wingate  Poultry  Yard,  Del . 
The  Ferguson  Farms.  Tenn . 
Jasper  E.  Guptill,  Maine . 
II.  E,  Dennison,  Mich . 
Warren  D.  McCann,  Conn . 
W.  J,  Arenholz,  N.Y . 
WHITE  ROCKS 
James  F.  Macdonald,  Mass . 
William  H.  Bassett,  Conn . 
S.  Bradford  Allyn,  Mass . 
Davidson  Bros.,  Mass . 
F.  R.  Pember.  R.  I . 
Albert  T.  Lenzen,  Mass . 
Harold  F.  Barber,  Mass . 
H.  B,  Spangler.  N,  J . 
WHITE  WYANDOTTES 
I,  audy  Anderson,  England . 
Obed  G,  Knight,  li.  I . 
Frank  E.  Nash,  Mass . 
Frank  P  Matteson,  R.  I  . 
Hi-Quality  Hennery,  Vt . 
Clemens  J.  Diemami,  Conn . 
Woodbridge  Orchards,  Conn . 
William  E.  Moran,  Conn . 
Albeyt  W.  Buckbee,  N.Y . 
F.  L.  Meiland,  Ky . 
RHODE  ISLAND  REDS 
Sunnyfields  Farm,  Conn .  . . 
H.  P.  Deming,  Conn . 
C.  P.  Scott,  Ill . 
Abbot  M.  Smith,  Conn . 
Fellows  Bros..  Conn . 
K.  Newton  Searles,  Conn . 
Miller  Bros.,  Conn . 
Glen  Wrieht,  Conn . 
John  Z.  Labelle,  Conn . 
Jacob  E.  Jansen,  Conn . 
F.  S.  Chapin,  Mass . 
F.  H.  Sampson.  Mass . 
Harriet  F.  Lawton,  Mass . 
Charles  D.  Peirce.  R.  I . 
Fernside  Farm,  Mass . 
Elbert  C.  Dickinson,  Mass . 
Pinecrest  Orchards.  Mass . 
Afton  Farm.  Vt . 
Applecrest  Farm,  N.  H . 
H.  M.  Penley,  Maine . 
Deer  Brook  Poultry  Farm,  N.  H . 
Hall  Farm,  Vt . 
Forest  H.  Clickner,  N.J . 
Charles  H.  Lane.  Mass . 
WHITE  LEGHORNS 
RoyIH.;Waite,  Md . 
Small's  Poultry  Farm,  Conn . 
Francis  F.  Lincoln,  Conn . 
S.  G.  McLean,  Conn  . 
Deo  A.  Grouten,  Conn . 
E.  H.  Scott,  Conn  . 
F.  M.  Johnson,  Maine . 
Hollywood  Farm,  Wash . 
A.  B.  Hall,  Conn . 
W.  E.  Atkinson,  Conn . 
Beck  Eee  Farm,  N.  J . 
Lion  Head  Poultry  Farm,  N.J . 
A.  P.  Robinson,  N.  Y . 
James  O.  LeFevre,  N.  Y . 
C.  G.  Reame,  Pa . 
Pussy  Willow  Eee  Farm,  L.  I . 
Jack  Treyethan,  N.  J . 
Ernest  Craze,  N.  J . 
Acrebridge  Farm,  Mass . 
Hilltop  Farm,  Conn . 
J,  Frank  Dubois,  Vt . 
Andrew  L.  Ohr,  Conn . 
George  Phillips,  Conn.. . .  . 
Mountain  View  Poultry  Farm.  Vt . 
R.  C.  Dunn,  Mass . 
Mrs.  J.  L.  Theusen,  Conn . 
Tanglewold  Farm,  L.  I . 
White  Springs  Farm,  N.  Y .  . 
Meadowedge  Farm,  L.  I . 
Emory  H.  Bartlett,  Mass . 
Eigenraucli  &  DeWinter,  N.  J . 
Rapp's  Leghorn  Farm,  N.  J . 
D.  B.  Walls,  Cal . 
M.  J.  Quackenbush,  N.  J . 
Francis  J.  Hogan.  Mass . 
L.  E.  Ingoldsby.  N.  J . 
Exmoor  Farm,  Pa  . 
Willanna  Farm,  N.  J . 
Edgar  Stoughton,  Conn . 
George  B.  Ferris,  Mich .  . 
Total .  . . 
Week 
Total 
28 
1305 
43 
1412 
47 
1389 
34 
1222 
43 
1417 
25 
941 
13 
1115 
28 
943 
46 
1414 
41 
1150 
31 
1268 
46 
1339 
42 
1074 
23 
1036 
47 
1381 
40 
1055 
32 
600 
27 
772 
8 
778 
26 
839 
24 
1130 
21 
1388 
11 
803 
40 
1330 
21 
1245 
32 
1184 
49 
1583 
26 
1307 
27 
1059 
36 
1491 
41 
1055 
28 
967 
44 
1556 
33 
1348 
37 
1299 
29 
1138 
48 
1228 
27 
1015 
24 
1104 
45 
760 
48 
1377 
41 
1437 
32 
1107 
36 
1105 
38 
1268 
32 
1254 
41 
1067 
33 
1304 
36 
1176 
37 
1296 
24 
1418 
34 
1217 
45 
1537 
33 
1090 
27 
1191 
29 
1135 
39 
1428 
30 
1454 
27 
1266 
38 
1404 
42 
1532 
49 
1452 
37 
1082 
46 
1341 
51 
1351 
46 
1359 
53 
1472 
49 
1578 
42 
1193 
36 
1196 
43 
1348 
33 
1311 
40 
1243 
53 
1472 
33 
1046 
49 
1596 
39 
1013 
40 
1238 
28 
938 
45 
1431 
49 
1189 
46 
1280 
34 
940 
40 
1196 
21 
1018 
42 
1276 
39 
977 
40 
1316 
49 
1487 
55 
1279 
41 
941 
45 
1485 
50 
1403 
43 
1407 
36 
1283 
37 
1250 
46 
1397 
47 
1286 
35 
1061 
42 
1370 
3707 
123004 
JERSEY  BLACK  GIANTS 
THAT  Famous  PICTURESQUE  STRAIN 
With  my  Picturesque  strain  of  J.  B.  Giants  I  hold  the  record  for  winning  more  blue  ribbons,  special 
prizes  and  silver  cups  at  the  leading  poultry  shows  the  past  season,  than  any  other  breeder  of  J.  B. 
Giants  in  the  country.  If  you  are  interested  in  J.  B.  Giants  let  the  Judges  from  these  leading  poultry 
shows  be  your  Judge,  and  order  Picturesque  J.  B.  Giants.  I  guarantee  100%  live  arrival,  and  ship 
parcel  post  prepaid  on  all  baby  chicks.  I  want  you  and  your  friends  for  my  customers,  and  to  get 
started  with  this  wonderful  strain  of  birds  I  am  going  to  offer  chicks  at  prices  in  reach  of  everyone, 
with  a  guarantee  of  the  best  J.  B.  Giants  to  be  had  at  any  price  : — 25  Chicks  $6.00,  50  Chicks  $12.00, 
100  Chicks  $22.00,  500  Chicks  or  more  $20.00  per  hundred.  Three-week-old  Giants  40  cents  each. 
Pullets  and  Cockerels,  12  weeks  old,  at  $2.50  each.  Hens  and  cock  birds  at  $5.00  each.  All  grown 
stock  shipped  express.  Order  direct  from  this  ad.  Send  money  order,  check  or  registered  letter. 
PICTURESQUE  POULTRY  FARM  -  Box  B- 71  -  Trenton  Junction,  N.  J. 
PULLETS 
PORTER’S  CERTIFIED  WHITE  LEGHORNS 
The  Egg  Producers— The  Business  Hens. 
Thousands  of  excellent  April-hatched  pullets  now 
ready  for  delivery. 
Our  Leghorns  are  layers  of  large  chalk-white  eggs. 
Our  pullets  are  bred  especially  for  egg  production 
and  size. 
Stock  sold  on  a  safe  delivery,  entire  satisfaction, 
money  back  guarantee. 
Send  for  interesting  illustrated  free  booklet. 
Come  and  see  one  of  the  best  modern  plants,  which 
is  located  on  a  hundred-acre  fruit  farm.  Free 
range  ;  no  fences. 
Blackhead 
My  turkeys  with  hens  are  about  Two 
months  old  and  they  commence  to  die. 
The  liver  has  spots  and  there  is  a  yellow 
discharge.  They  droop  for  a  day  before 
dying.  Those  running  with  the  old  tur¬ 
keys  in  the  field  do  not  seem  to  be  affect¬ 
ed  with  it.  What  can  I  do  for  them? 
Cassville,  N.  J.  p.  w.  s. 
Your  turkeys  are  undoubtedly  suffer¬ 
ing  from  blackhead,  a  disease  which  has 
made  it  very  difficult  to  raise  flocks  of 
any  size.  Usually  a  few  out  of  any  flock 
will  survive  and  reach  maturity,  but 
“blackhead”  gets  the  most  of  them.  It  is 
due  to  an  organism  which  .they  pick  up 
with  food  and  drink  and  which  is  so 
widely  distributed  wherever  poultry  of 
any  kind  is  kept  that  it  is  practically  im¬ 
possible  to  avoid  it. 
There  has  recently  been  recommended  a 
preventive  that  holds  out  some  hope ; 
this  is  the  administration  of  powdered 
ipecac  in  a  moist  mash,  a  teaspoonful  to 
each  20  birds  being  given  twice  weekly, 
both  the  old  and  the  young  being  fed.  This 
remedy  comes  from  California,  where  ex¬ 
jy  are  pullets  of  Ideal  type  with 
long  bodies  and  wide  backs. 
FARLEY  PORTER,  Box  5W,  SODUS,  N.  Y, 
periments  with  it  are  said  to  have  proven 
very  successful.  Reports  from  other  sec¬ 
tions  are  not  uniformly  favorable,  but  it 
seems  now  to  be  the  best  bet.  m.  b.  d. 
»  Rat-proof  Henhouse 
Would  you  advise  me  as  to  the  building 
of  a  henhouse?  Would  it  be  all  right  to 
build  on  concrete  piers  or  wood  posts  well 
off  the  ground?  Would  about  2  in.  of 
concrete  between  joists  make  it  airtight, 
and  would  an  air  space  between  that  and 
wood  floor  keep  out  the  frost?  Would 
this  make  a  good  serviceable  henhouse? 
My  neighbors,  who  have  basement  hen¬ 
houses,  are  troubled  with  rats  getting  in 
and  burrowing.  I  would  like  to  build 
the  house  so  I  would  not  be  annoyed  with 
rats.  a.  F. 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Poultry  houses  are  often  built  upon 
posts  or  concrete  piers,  when  it  is  de¬ 
sired  for  any  reason  to  raise  the  floors  . 
from  the  ground,  but,  to  make  floors  rat- 
proof,  all  that  is  necessary  is  to  con¬ 
struct  them  of  concrete.  Rats  cannot 
burrow  through  this,  though  they  may, 
of  course,  enter  over  it.  If  a  concrete 
floor  is  well  underdrained  by  a  layer  of 
field  stones,  “frost”  will  not  enter,  though 
moisture  from  the  air  of  the  building 
may  condense  upon  the  litter  if  there  is 
not  good  ventilation.  A  better  plan  for 
making  a  wood  floor  airtight  would  be  to 
make  it  double,  with  a  layer  of  building 
or  roofing  paper  between.  “Frost”  is  not 
something  that  enters  through  floors  or 
walls ;  it  is  condensed  and  frozen  mois¬ 
ture  from  the  interior  air  and  is  to  be 
avoided  by  good  ventilation,  thus  remov¬ 
ing  saturated  air  before  its  contained 
moisture  is  deposited  upon  the  cold  walls, 
windows  and  litter.  M.  B.  D. 
Copperas  for  Hens 
On  page  909  H.  P.  S.  complains  of 
hens  dying  of  bowel  trouble  and  M.  B.  D. 
suspected  cholera.  Allow  me  to  suggest 
my  cure  for  cholera  :  One  imunded  tea¬ 
spoon  of  copperas  dissolved  in  a  cup  of 
hot  water  and  when  cooled  add  one  gallon 
of  cold  water.  Give  to  chickens  to  drink.* 
My  little  chicks  passed  clear  blood  and 
this  is  what  cured  them.  Copperas  is 
also  good  as  a  tonic  in  the  drinking  water 
for  little  chickens. 
New  York.  M.  A.  .S. 
Copperas,  or  sulphate  of  iron,  is  an 
astringent  frequently  used  in  diarrhoea 
of  fowls.  It  will  not  cure  cholera,  but 
may  be  effectual  in  some  diarrhoeas.  It 
is  one  of  the  ingredients  of  most)  poultry 
remedies.  M.  R.  D. 
Hens  Overheated 
I  am  writing  to  learn  if  you  can  advise 
me  what  to  do  to  bring  my  flock  back  in 
laying  condition  after  being  knocked  out 
by  the  heat.  I  havg  411  Leghorns  and 
they  have  been  averaging  182  eggs  per  day 
for"  several  weeks.  They  were  eating 
about  30  pounds  of  commercial  scratch 
feed  with  about  20  pounds  of  Cornell 
laying  mash.  They  were  shut  up  in  the 
laying  house  until  5  :30  P.  M.,  when  they 
were  let  out  on  range.  Using  sprouted 
oats  for  greens.  Feeding  when  the  sprouts 
were  about  one-half  inch  long.  The  lay¬ 
ing  houses  are  Cornell  type,  20  feet  deep, 
48  feet  long,  open  front  and  back  venti¬ 
lators. 
Last  Tuesday  the  thermometer  ran  to 
106.  and  I  phoned  home  for  the  birds  to 
be  turned  loose  at  2  P.  M.  I  left  orders 
the  next  day  for  the  birds  to  be  fumed 
out  at  noon.  By  Friday  night  several 
had  died  and  they  were  not  eating  any¬ 
thing  but  the  sprouted  oats.  They  will 
not  eat  grain  or  mash,  although  I  have 
changed  the  grain  to  two  parts  wheat  to 
one  part  cracked  corn.  Friday  the  birds 
were  turned  out  at  6  A.  M'.,  and  since 
then  I  have  not  shut  them  up  at  night, 
so  they  are  out  the  first  thing  in  the  morn¬ 
ing.  I  lost  about  21  birds  in  four  days. 
The  egg  yield  dropped  from  182  on  Mon¬ 
day  to  27  on  Sunday  The  flock  looks 
better  and  I  wonder  if  feeding  semi-solid 
buttermilk  will  help  to  bring  them  back. 
I  don’t  believe  there  was  anything  the 
matter  with  the  feed  itself,  as  I  am  feed¬ 
ing  my  young  birds  out  of  the  same  bins 
and  they  have  not  shown  any  bad  results. 
New  York.  f.  l.  d. 
I  have  never  known  of  birds  being 
knocked  out  by  heat  when  kept  in  well 
ventilated  commodious  quarters  and  have 
some  doubt  as  to  that  being  the  cause  of 
the  trouble  in  this  case.  Sodden  changes 
in  feeding  or  methods  of  care  are  very 
apt  to  cause  a  slump  in  egg  production, 
and  perhaps  bring  about  a  moult.  Sour 
milk  or  buttermilk  is  an  excellent  food 
at  any  time,  though  I  should  not  add  it 
in  unlimited  quantity  to  the  present 
ration.  Make  changes  gradually,  when 
necessary  to  make  them  at  all.  It  is  not 
impossible  that  your  fear  of  the  heat  has 
been  more  deleterious  to  the  flock  than 
the  actual  temperature,  through  leading 
you  to  make  radical  changes  in  its  care 
or  feeding.  Give  the  birds  time  to  “come 
back”,  and  don’t  attempt  to  force  things 
too  rapidly.  M.  B.  D. 
Cop  :  “This  man  is  a  lawyer  by  day 
and  a  burglar  by  night,  your  honor.” 
Justice:  “Which  was  he  arrested  for?” 
