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American Agriculturist, March 24,1923 
LICE 
KILL THEM WITH MEPH 
CATTLE 
MEPH is a valuable aid in 
the treatment of Contagious 
Abortion, Kills Lice, and cures 
Ringworm, Mange and Scab. 
h:ogs 
MEPH heals the punctures 
made by Lice in the skin of the 
Hog, protecting them from fur¬ 
ther attack by other Parasites 
and by Contagious Disease. 
POULTRY 
In the prevention of Cholera 
and in the treatment of Roup, 
Canker, Chickenpox, MEPH is 
unequaled. It kills Lice and Mites. 
MEPH 
MEPH 
Contains Soluble Sulphur 
that prevents infection and 
reinfection. Very effective 
in cleaning and spraying of Barns, Hen Houses, 
Coops, Stables, and keeping them Sanitary and 
free of Vermin. Mixes easily with white¬ 
wash, also with water. 
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chick nursery, hot water heat, 
copper tanks. Shipped complete, 
set up, ready to run, freight paid. 
140 EGe INCUBATOR WITH BROODER $19.75 
260 EGG INCUBATOR, ALONE, ONLY . 23.50 
260 EGG INCUBATOR, WITH BROODER 32.90 
30 days’ trial—money back if not O. K.—FREE Catalos 
Ironclad lncubatorCo..Box i03Racine.Wis. 
The Cause of White Diarrhea 
White Diarrhea is caused by the ba¬ 
cillus Bacterium Pullorum transmitted 
through the yolk. There is scarcely a 
hatch without some infected chicks. 
The germs multiply very rapidly and 
one infected chick may infect the entire 
brood. The germs can be killed by 
the use of preventives. Intestinal An¬ 
tiseptics to kill the germs should be 
given as soon as the chicks are out of 
the shell. It is much easier to prevent 
than it is to cure. 
How to Prevent White Diarrhea 
Dear Sir: Last spring my first incu¬ 
bator chicks when but a few days old 
began to die by the dozens with White 
Diarrhea. I tried different remedies and 
was about discouraged. Finally, I sent 
50c to the Walker Remedy Co., Dept. 433, 
Waterloo, la., for a box of their Walko 
White Diarrhea Remedy. It’s just the 
only thing for this terrible disease. We 
never lost a single chick after the first 
dose. We raised 700 thrifty, healthy 
chicks, where before we never raised 
more than 100 a year. I’d be glad indeed 
to have others know of this wonderful 
remedy. Ethel Rhoades, Shenandoah, la. 
Don’t Wait 
Don’t wait until White Diarrhea gets 
half or two-thirds your chicks. Don’t let 
it get started. Be prepared. Write today. 
Let us prove to you that Walko will pre¬ 
vent White Diarrhea. Send 50c for box 
on our guarantee—money back if not sat¬ 
isfied. 
WALKER REMEDY CO.. Depl. 433, Waterloo. la. 
WE PAY $200 MONTHLY SALARY. 
furnish rig and expenses to introduce our guaran¬ 
teed poultry and stock powders. Bigler Company, 
X 507, Springfield, lUinoi!. 
“Work” and Poultry Profits 
The Factor That Really Determines Success 
TF I were asked what By J. L. WOODBURY actually enjoyed the 
i one factor counts work. And so every- 
most for success in poultry culture, my 
answer would be unhesitatingly in the 
above short word. Some given the 
same question niy reply “proper 
quarters,” others “suitable feed” and 
yet others, “birds of high-class breed¬ 
ing.” But any of these, or all com¬ 
bined will be useless to the breeder who 
does not don overalls ^d jumper daily 
and supply the oil of* “elbow grease” 
to the operations of his plant. 
Hundreds go into the hen business 
annually, and usually out of it as well, 
with the idea that they can hold down 
their regular job, which perhaps calls 
for nine or ten hours of their time a 
day, and at the same time clean up 
$25 or $30 a month on the side with 
their hens. They seem to think that 
providing feed and water in the morn¬ 
ing, and a second feed and bringing 
in the eggs at night constitutes about 
all the work necessary to keep things 
running profitably. Of course, they 
realize that chickens are to be raised 
in season, but raising chickens to the 
uninitiated, looks more like fun than 
otherwise. Unfortunately a great deal 
one must learn to do—work hard and 
find pleasure in it if they would suc¬ 
ceed with poultry. 
BASIS FOR CUSTOM HATCHING 
I am an old subscriber to your paper, and I 
wi.sh you would please tell me of a basis for 
hatching eggs in my incubator for my neigh¬ 
bors. My neighbors have asked what it is worth 
to hatch some eggs for them. A wants to fur¬ 
nish his own eggs, B wants to know what it is 
worth per chick to hatch them, or should B be 
charged per egg for incubation ? — Mrs. M. J. P., 
New York. 
Various methods are used to arrive 
to a basis for custom hatching in this 
way. Perhaps the most general method 
is a specified charge per 100 eggs and 
a bonus per 100 chicks which hatch. 
The owner of the incubator is in no 
way responsible for the fertility or 
condition of the eggs as he received 
them and if the payment was entirely 
upon the basis of chicks hatched, he 
would be placed at a decided disadvan¬ 
tage in case the eggs were not from 
fertile, vigorous stock. 
The cost to the owner is approxi¬ 
mately the same whether the chicks 
It is just as important for the poultryman to put effort into the manage¬ 
ment of his winter flock as it is for the dairymen to give the herd added 
attention 
of poultry literature is being broad¬ 
casted at this time, tending to stimulate 
this illusion. 
Now, we don’t wish to discourage 
any one who thinks of going either 
wholly or in part into poultry. There 
is pleasure in it, there is money, pos¬ 
sibly a great deal of money in it, but 
these are only for the man who is 
willing to put work into it. The man 
with a regular job can realize a pretty 
penny from hens as an adjunct, if he is 
willing to devote the most of his spare 
time to his birds and doesn’t have more 
than he can look after thoroughly. 
But if he starts in with the idea that 
hens will pretty much look after them¬ 
selves, he is doomed to failure in pro¬ 
portion to the magnitude of his enter¬ 
prise. One might about as well think 
of making a success with a saw mill 
by starting it up in the morning and 
shutting it down at night, with two 
or three brief visits to see things were 
going in the course of the day. 
We know of instances where a mair 
and wife were both holding down good 
jobs and making a generous sum with 
a backyard plant besides. But they 
were both interested in the business and 
not afraid to rise early in the morn¬ 
ing to get the chicks out of the brooders, 
or to sit up late at night to dress off 
birds for market. They didn’t put 
in much time automobiling before and 
after hours, but found their chief di¬ 
version around their little planj;. 
With tending the incubators, keep¬ 
ing the brooders clean, preparing the 
different feeds and water, sowing green 
stuff, moving fences to afford fresh 
ground, catching and shipping broilers, 
cleaning and packing eggs for market, 
providing shade in summer and mak¬ 
ing all snug and tight in winter, clean¬ 
ing up filth and removing droppings, 
fighting lice and mites (of itself no 
small job) guarding against rats, cats, 
hawks and other vermin—with looking 
after these and manifold other duties, 
they were kept pretty busy. But they 
hatch 30 per cent or 85 per cent. There¬ 
fore, the charge should be based largely 
upon the number of eggs placed in the 
incubator. However, so as to insure the 
best of care during the hatch and to en¬ 
courage the best efforts on the part of 
the incubator operator, a small bonus 
per 100 chicks will insure fairness and 
conscientiousness on the part of the 
one who is conducting the hatch. This 
method is very fair to both sides when 
the customer furnishes sterile eggs. The 
incubator owner however, is paid for 
his trouble and at the same time if the 
chicks do not hatch, the customer does 
not pay so much as he would if a good 
hatch resulted. 
Conditions vary, but for small scale 
custom hatching, a charge of $1.50 per 
100 eggs for incubation and an addi¬ 
tional charge of $1.50 for each 100 chicks 
hatched is perhaps a fair rate. Thus, 
if 300 eggs were set and the hatch was 
200 chicks, the cost to the customer 
would be $7.50 or a net cost per chick 
to the customer, of 3% cents a piece. 
One farmer in Pennsylvania has built 
up quite a trade among his neighbors, 
following this basis and the customers 
come back to him each year. Sometimes 
his neighbors wish as few as 50 eggs 
hatched, while others fill the incubator 
each time. When only 100 or 50 eggs 
are received from a customer, the chicks 
are kept separate by dividing the egg 
trays in the incubator into compart¬ 
ments which hold the required number. 
The chicks are kept separate in this 
way, when the hatch comes off, there 
is no trouble in returning the chicks to 
the customer which come from his own 
eggs. _ 
HOW I GOT WINTER EGGS 
MRS. C. J. DOXTATER 
Did you get lots of winter eggs or 
did you wait to condition your hens for 
winter laying until the price went to 
90 cents a dozen and then say “I must 
get my hens laying with eggs at the 
There Will Be a Shortage In Baby Chicks 
Order Now—Avoid Disappointment 
Per 2.5 
Per 50 
Per loo 
S. C. Legliorn.? 
White and Black 
Chicks 
Chicks 
Chicks 
1 $4.75 
$9.00 
$17.00 
S. C. Leghorns 
Brown and Buff 
Barred Rocks 
1 $5.00 
$10.00 
$19.00 
Rliode Island 
Reds, S. C. or R. C, 
j $5.50 
$10.50 
$20.00 
White W’yandottes 
White Itocks 
1 $6.00 
$11.50 
$22.00 
Anconas 
Black Minorcas 
Buff Orpingtons 
1 $6.50 
$12.50 
$24.00 
Light Bralimas 
Famou.s Marey’.s 
$10.00 
1 
$19.00 
$35.00 
•Tersey Black 
Giants 
> $14.00 
$27.00 
$50.00 
ON ORDERS OF 500 to 1,000 of one variety 
SPECIAL DISCOUNT ALLOWED 
Whether your order Is big or small it will have the 
same careful attention. Safe arrival of full count 
guaranteed by Parcel Post Prepaid. Immediate 
Delivery. Catalog on Request. 
April Chicks Ic lower. May Chicks 2c lower. June, 
July and August Chicks 3c lower. 
ANTHONY H. MOSS, MORRIS PLAINS. N.J. 
BABY CHICKS 
The big. fluffy, lively kind — THE KIND 
THAT LIVE AND GROW—FROM PER¬ 
SONALLY SUl’ERVISED and CULLED 
FREE RANGE FARM FLOCKS of heavy 
laying strains produced in one of the most 
modern hatcheries in the country, 
BARRED and WHITE ROCKS, REDS, 
ANCONAS, MINOKCAS, 50. $8; 100, $15: 
500, $72.50. BUFF ORPINGTONS and 
WHITE WYANDOTTES, 50, $8.50; 100, 
$10; 500, $77.50. WHITE and BROWN 
LEGHORNS, .50, $0.50; 100, $12; 500, .$00. Postpaid ami 
full live delivery guaranteed. Bank Reference. Order 
NOW direct from this a* and get them when .vou want 
them. Free circular. NORWALK CHICK HATCHERY, 
Box B6, Norwalk, Ohio. Only 15 hours from New York City. 
BABY CHICKS - 
Price List Prepaid to you Pure bred Stock 
100 no 25 
Whitt* anti Brown Leghorns - - - $1^.00 $7.00 $3 75 
Buff and Black Leghorns - - . - 13.00 7.00 3.7G 
Anconaa - 14 .O 0 7.50 4.00 
Minorcas lO.OO 8.00 4.25 
UluMle Island Keds 15.00 8.00 -l.’J'- 
Harretl ItockR - 1.5.00 8 .00 4.2.i 
Huff and White Rocks.10.00 8.50 4.50 
AVliite and Silver Laced Wyandottea 10.00 8.50 -l.-'tO 
Huff Orpingtons - . 16.00 8. .50 4.50 
Langshuus - -- -- -- -- - 18.00 9.50 6.00 
Brahmas - -- -- -- -- -- 20.00 10. 60 6,50 
All absolutely first class, pure bred stock. Prompt 
shipments made. Mail orders to 
J, KREJCI, 296 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
CRESTWOOD BABY CHICKS 
Egg basket is tlie linal teat. .Strong, healtliy chix 
from pure-hred free range; bred to lay hens. 
BREED Per 100 500 1,000 
S> C. White, Brown, Buff Leg....$14.00 $67.50 $130.00 
Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds_16.00 $77.50 $150.00 
Parcel post prepaid. 100% live delivery. 20% books 
order. CRESTWOOD FARM, Box A, Schaefferstown, Pa. 
CHICKS 
PEDIGREED, EXHIBITION & SELECT GRADES, 
from 40 breeds, heavy layers. 4 
kinds of ducklings. Postage 
PAID. Live arrival guaranteed. Our 
Hatcheries EAST & WEST from which to 
ship. A month’s Feed FREE. Big 
Catalog Free. Stamps appreciated. 
NABOB HATCHERIES, Box A5 Gambler, Ohio 
REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED 
LEGHORN CHICKS 
A few April Registered and General Mating Chicks left. 
Reduced prices for May and June deliveries. Get de¬ 
scriptive catalog of prices, etc. 
E. J. WADE, 1558 Lake St,, Elmira, N. Y., Dept. C 
Member of N. Y. S. C. P. C. A. 
1923 Chicks 
M’h.. Br., and Buff Leghorns. 
100, $13; 500, $60; Barred Rocks. 
Anconas, Reds 100, $15; 500, $70. Buff 
Orpingtons, MTi. Itocks. Minorcas. Wh. 
Wyandottes, 100, $16; 600 $75. Assorted, 
mixed, .50, $6; 100, $11; 500, $50. From heavy 
la.ving flocks. Postpaid to you. 100% live 
delivery guaranteed. Reference Bank of 
Berne. Free Circular. 
Globe Hatchery, Box 57 Berne, Ind. 
Hampton’s Black Leghorn Chicks 
Get my free circular before you order chicks— tells 
why the BI^ACK LEGHORN is the greatest layer 
and most profitable breed on. earth. Write today. 
A. E. HAMPTON, Box A Pittstown, N. J. 
TIFF A 1\I V’Q SUPERIOR CHICKS 
1 IJT r 1 O THAT LIVE 
Silver Laced Wyandottes, White and Barred Kooks 
and S. C. K. I, Keds 
Pekin, Rouen and Indian Runner DUCKLINGS 
ALDHAM POULTRY FARM, R. Ko. 33, Phoenixville, Pa. 
PROFITABLE BABY CHICKS 
Bar. Rock, 100, $18; 1,000, $165. R. I. Red- 
100, $19: 1,000, $170. Barron S. O. White 
Leghorn, 100, $15: 1,000 $142.50. Mixed. 100, 
$13. Catalog free. HUMMER’S POULTRY 
FARM, FRENCHTOWN, N. J. 
"WW^ From good selected heavy-laying 
11 ly ^ flocks of Rocks, Reds. Wyandottes, 
Anconas, Leghorns, Minorcas. 
Right prices. Postpaid. Full live delivery guaranteed. 
Bank references. Catalog free. RELIABLE HATCHERY. 
Box 4, McALLISTERVILLE, PA. 
QUALITY BABY CHICKS 
Barron .S. C. W. Le,?horns, Barred Rocks, and R. 1- Reds, 
15 cents each and up. Hatches every week. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Catalogue free. 
C. M. LORGENECKER, Box 40, Eliz abethtown, Pa- 
TOM BARRON S. C. W. LEGHORN 
THE WORLD’S BEST LAYERS. BABY CHICKS. 
DAVID M. HAMMOND, CORTLAND, N . Y. 
Continental Baby Chicks s"isf'al"uo\. orLrfbw^^^^^ 
now. Address, AGENT. Box 27, GARRISON. N. Y. 
C Low prices. 
Vi-OlVlVO horns. AncoVl] 
loop live delivery. BOS H 
. Eng. White and Brown Leg- 
" arred Bocks. Catalogfree. 
R¥. Zeeland, Michigan,. SR. 
