HOUSE AND GARDEN 
230 
April, 1911 
POULTRY DEPARTMENT 
The purpose of this department is to give advice to those interested in 
poultry. The manager will gladly answer any troublesome questions. 
Address “Poultry Department’’ and enclose a self-addressed envelope. 
Baby Chicks of Quality 
Shipped direct to you by express 
From the finest exhibition or utility matings of 
Fishcl Strain White Plymouth Rocks 
Single Comb White Leghorns, Barred Plym¬ 
outh Rocks, Single Comb Rhode Island Reds. 
Each breed the product of a specialty breeder 
WILSON FARM LEGHORNS 
Bred on commercial lines for the 
production of eggs and meat 
Eggs for hatching, - - $8 per 100; $70 per 1000 
Day-old chicks, - - - $15 “ 100; $145 “ 1000 
Hot water equipment. ’ Phone 716 
Wilson Farm Poultry Co., Morristown, N. J. 
#rpingtoneE XH S 
“KELLERSTRASS or COOK” 
EGGS, $3. $5. (13,. Trios, $15. Cockerels, $5. 
Chicks, 50c , World s greatest layers. Beauti¬ 
ful plumage for lawn. Seven prizes in seven 
entries. Five prize-winning males in my breed- 
ing pens. I am the physician who breeds Or¬ 
pingtons. You can win, too, and make money, 
or breed for pleasure. Two males in each pen. 
85 per cent. fertility guaranteed. Ask for book¬ 
let ‘‘Why 1 Breed Orpingtons.” Cut prices 
stock eggs, chicks to close out and any fancy 
fowl. Wy’dotte (CTb, Wh. iHoudan, Brahma, 
Reds, Minorca (Wh. BE), Rocks all kinds. 
Dr. Thos. Dictrlck, Box N, Washington, N. J. 
1st Prize Hen 
Washingon Show 
I absolutely guarantee the chicks to reach you 
in good condition. YOU take no chances. 
Prices moderate. 
Send six cents in stamps for my chick catalogue — the finest ever Issued 
R. C. CALDWELL, BOX 1030 , LYNDON, ROSS CO., O. 
PET STOCK MAGAZINE 
devoted to 
Guaranteed Mated Homers 
We can furnish the Best Grade Work¬ 
ing Homers, guaranteed mated, in 
quantities this Spring. 
Send one cent stamp for our leaflet. 
MT. PLEASANT FARMS, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
Poultry, Pigeons, Rabbits and all other kind of Pet Animals. 
Illustrated,Interesting,Instructive. 
Liberal commission paid to energetic agents. Write us. 
Pet Stock Magazine, 18-20-22 Washington St., Springfield, Ohio 
Poulty Husbandry 
A monthly Publication devoted to Poultry, including a 
Poultry Magazine Section of about 15,000 words of good, 
practical Poultry information each month, by the best 
Poultry Authorities. All the latest Poultry News, Full 
Show reports, Impartial Editorials. Send for sample 
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French Quality Red Eggs 
From Winners at—New York, Boston, Providence, 
Detroit, Chicago, Indianapolis and Alaska-Yukon Exp. 
Egg s $3.00 to $ 10.00 per 15. EXPRESS PREPAID. 
Send for Catalogue to 
R. S. FRENCH FLUSHING, MICH. 
Copy and special offer. 
Poultry Husbandry 
Waterville, N. Y. 
BUFF ORPINGTONS 
Are the’Greatest 
Utility Breed 
-> j y 
The 1st prize cock at 
Madison Square Garden, 
New York; also 1st and 
shape and color special 
at Boston, 1911; is but 
one of many fine birds 
of his same blood lines 
in my yards. 
StocK and Eggs for Sale 
“CHAMPION NEW YORKER' 
The “Joe-Pye Book,” 20 pages 
illustrated, sent on request 
JOE=PYE 
u' South Norwalk, Conn., 
R. F. D. 37 
RABBITS AND PET STOCK 
Unrivalled Flemish Giant, Angora, Tan and Polish Rab¬ 
bits—Peruvian and Smooth Cavies for fancy or pets. 
Some Good Youngsters now for sale, $1.00 up 
ELM COVE RABBITRY, Creat Neck, L. I. 
G. D. TILLEY 
Naturalist 
Rare Land and 
Water Birds 
Swans, Geese, Ducks, Peafowl, Cranes, 
Pheasants, etc. I am the oldest established 
and largest exclusive dealer in ornamental 
birds in America. 
G. D. TILLEY, Naturalist 
DARIEN, CONNECTICUT 
A $40 HOUSE 
DON’T RI1II D tha i new h , en - h ° u ^ or fix up the old one, but get our large 100 pp. catalog 
irvriv a uuiiii/ and circulars (over 120 illustrations, showing POTTER PORTABLE 
SANITARY POULTRY HOUSES, Roosting and Nesting Outfits, Perfection Feed Hopper^Trap 
Nests, Feed and supplies of all kinds. Potter Fixtures have been on the market nearly 10 years. 
They are made in 3 styles and 12 sizes, and are complete, convenient and sanitary. Our Portable 
(k. D. made in sections) Hen-houses, Brood Coops. Pigeon Lofts, are made in 20 styles and sizes, 
from a coop 2 ft square to a complete house 8x80 feet, or longer, at lowest prices. House shown is 
8x10 feet, complete with 8 ft. Potter Outfit for 30 hens, for ?40. A fine house at a low price. If you 
need a house or coopof any kind do not fail to find out about the Potter line before buying or building. 
DON’T KILL orseu your laying hens, use the POTTER SYSTEM and pick out the layers 
tco A™ from the loafers and diseased hens. Keep only healthy laying hens. The POT- 
TER SYSTEM is a secret and the .greatest discovery of the century in the Poultry world on the sub¬ 
ject of Egg Producing Hens. Used by over 30,000 satisfied poultry keepers who are saving dollars 
every year. Our New 100 pp. Potter System book,"Don’t Kill the Laying Hen,” contains the sec- 
ret and knowledge about laying and non-laymg hens. It's a revelation to poultry keepers and you 
will learn how you can use the Potter System on your flock, keep less hens, get more eggs and make 
more money using it. Write to-day sending 2 RED STAMPS to cover postage on our large catalog 
and circulars telling all about Potter Poultry Products made for Particular Poultry People If you are 
particular and want to make more money on your flock you will write us tnHav _ „ _ 
S t0day ' T. P. POTTER & CO., Box 7 7, Downers Grove, Illinois, II. S. A. 
Do Not Hatch Too Early 
If there is one word of advice that 
should be sounded with more emphasis 
than another it is: “Do not hatch your 
chickens too early.” The eggs during early 
spring are apt to be less fertile and more 
chicks will be lost by disease and exposure 
than later in the season. Then, too, it 
will be found that only the strongest sur¬ 
vive and these will invariably prove to be 
cockerels. 
Early hatched chicks are more ex¬ 
pensive, in that green and animal food 
must be provided, while Nature supplies 
these two essentials later in the season. 
If eggs are purchased they cost more 
earlier in the season. The pullets coming 
to maturity before the fall molt takes 
place have to undergo this drawback and 
if they commence to lay during the fall 
they are apt to stop entirely during the 
winter months. 
Of course, a few chicks may be hatched 
early if one desires fully developed birds 
for the fall shows or a few choice breeders 
both male and female, though yearling or 
two year old females make better breeders 
than early hatched pullets, but an early 
hatched cockerel, if fully grown, is fully 
as good as an older male for breeding pur¬ 
poses. 
April and May are the ideal months in 
which to hatch chickens. Let them start 
with the grass. With the season far 
enough advanced to allow the chickens 
range upon land where natural food 
abounds, the best growth is possible. The 
best winter layers are hatched during these 
months, as well as most of the prize win¬ 
ners at the large winter poultry shows 
throughout the country. There are fewer 
losses and a less number of cases of 
stunted growth than is often apparent 
among early hatched chicks. 
At this season of the year vegetation is 
starting up with a newness of life; the 
birds have returned and are building their 
nests and getting ready to rear their 
young; the sun is getting higher every day 
and is sending a larger amount of warmth 
to the earth’s surface which is covered 
with tender blades of grass, and with the 
increasing warmth the ground begins to 
teem, and the air is full of insect life. 
Surely this is the time Nature set for 
hatching the chickens. A. G. S. 
Poultry Runs 
One of the most important things in 
poultry raising is to have proper runs. It 
is a mistaken idea that the best land for 
poultry is the poorest land that lies out 
doors, an acre of which will not produce 
enough hay to keep a goat alive. Hens 
and chickens require grass, and lots of it. 
An acre of good grass land is necessary 
for every one hundred adult fowls. A 
poultry plant requires just as good soil as 
a dairy farm. No wonder so many people 
fail in the hen business when they erect 
their buildings upon sand. Better locate 
the plant upon a rocky farm, for where 
there are rocks, good soil is sure to be 
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