Quality Chicks 
Too many good points! 
To set down all the good points that make 
HILLPOT QUALITY Chicks your best 
investment, requires a whole book rather 
than this small advertisement. Our book, 
“Quality Chicks”, tells the story briefly— 
shows you the way to biggest poultry profits 
on Leghorns, Rocks, Reds and Wyan- 
dottes. Write for it today. 
W. F. HILLPOT 
Box 29 Frenchtown, N. J. 
! Member: Int. Baby Chick Association 
Best quality Certified Chick 9 pay biggest 
profit. Our Chicks are from our own Free 
range flocks of Sheppards Famous 331 egg 
strain of Anconas, heavy Winter layers of ^ ^ _ 
large white eggs; Hollywood and Tom Barron 5. C. White 
Leghorns; and Everlay S« C. Brown leghorns. Carefully selected 
and rated by experts and certified by Michigan Baby t Chick 
Ass’n. Bred for quality and high egg yield for 11 years on our 
own farm. Strong, vigorous, full of vitality. 100 per cent live 
delivery guaranteed. Low prices. Illustrated catalog Free. 
TOWNLINE POULTRY FARM & HATCHERY 
Box 28, ZEELAND, MICH. 
Member Mid West and International Baby Chick Ass’n. 
OSSEGE HIGH BRED 
QUALITY CHICKS. 
We furnish Pure Bred Chicks of the 
finest quality, from high egg-produc¬ 
ing stock. Flocks built directly from 
laying contest winners. We have 
seventeen breeds. Write for otir free 
illustrated catalogue and price list. 
J. W. Ossege Hatchery 
Department 57 
Ottawa, Ohio 
Why We Prefer Anconas 
But Breeding Is More Important Than Breed 
By W. E. FARVER 
S OME years ago we ' 
found ourselves facing 
the fact that we had to establish ourselves 
on a more firm basis with poultry or keep none 
at all. All about us the trend of public opinion 
pointed towards purebred poultry. Here and 
there a flock of purebred fowls sprung up and 
reports from them always were so good that we 
decided we were missing something. 
Our flock was a scrub flock—no more—and 
a poor scrub flock at that. We did not jump 
at conclusions when we decided to make some 
sort of a change. We knew that a number of 
purebred flocks were within a radius of five or 
six miles. So we decided to find what others were 
doing. There were Barred Rocks, Brown Leg¬ 
horns, White Leghorns Buff Leghorns, Rhode 
Island Reds, Anconas and Partridge Rocks 
about us. All apparently gave their owners 
good results. Since poultry is a branch of live 
stock quickly obtained, and is easily and 
BABY CHICKS 
Hatched by the best 
system of incubation 
from high-class bred- 
to-lay stock. Barred and Buff Rocks, Reds, 
Anconas, Black Minorcas, 18 c each; White, 
Brown, Buff Leghorns, 15 c each; Broiler chicks, 
12 c each. Safe delivery guaranteed by prepaid 
parcel-post. 
NUNDA POULTRY FARM, NUNDA, N. Y. 
The value of a flock does not depend entirely on the breed, what 
.does however, is how well the birds are bred, how well the young 
stock is raised and how well the matured flock is managed. 
Baby Chicks 
Hatched from High Egg Record Flocks 
$10.00 
per 100 up 
Send for Free Catalog. 
The Lantz Hatchery 
Est. 1906 Tiffin, Ohio. 
BABY CHICKS 
FROM 200-EGG HENS 
Chicks from winter laying, farm raised, mature stock. 
S. C. W. Leghorns, R. I. Reds, Barred Rocks, White 
Orpingtons, Anconas, Black Jersey Giants, White Wyan- 
dottes. White Rocks, Black Minorcas, White Indian 
Runner Ducks, $15 per 100 up. Live delivery guaranteed. 
Parcels Post prepaid. Hatching eggs, $8 per 100. 
Circular free. 
Glen Rock Nursery and Stock farm, Ridgewood, N. I. 
CHICKS 
Crow 
layPay 
UTILITY. EXHIBITION 
tnd PEDIGREE Mitiags i 
> 20 popular breeds, high 
I power layers, 20 rare breedsT; 7 ^ 
14 breeds ducklings. Nabob Quality, none bet- 
/ ter at any price. 97 per-cent live arr iva l guar- 
. -j any price. 97 per cent live arrival guar- W 
' anteed; Postage Paid. Free Feed with each 1 
order. Catalogue s__free t __ 8 tamps_appreciated. I 
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order. ’ Catalogue free, stamps appreciated. 
Nabob Hatcheries, Aye. I9,Gambler.Ohio . 
Member International Baby Check Association j 
rOULOUSE GEESE 
PRIZE WINNING CHICKS 
Every flock is carefully bred for highest type 
ind heavy egg production. Birds from our flocks 
nave won in some of the largest shows. All 
popular breeds with special attention to Holly¬ 
wood and English Leghorns. Pure bred, of 
course. Write for catalog. You will be sur¬ 
prised at what you can get for the money. 
HONE-SUCH POULTRY FARM, Box 332 C, ML VERNON, OHIO 
Leading winners at Madi¬ 
son Square Garden for the 
past 17 years. PRODUC¬ 
TION BRED CERTIFIED SINGLE COMB WHITE 
LEGHORNS selected for large size and production of 
arge white eggs which bring the highest price in New 
York. Breeding and show stock and day old chicks. 
Webster Kuney, Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
FINE BIRDS MAKE FINE FLOCKS 
We have them in beautiful'Mammoth Bronze Tur¬ 
keys at reasonable prices. Early hatched ioms, 
$10 each; Hens, S8 each; trios, with males that 
are not related. $25. Also some a month younger. 
Toms, $8; Hens, $6. And a few trios with males 
not related, $20 per trio. , „ ,. 
JAMES J. CUMMINGS Plymouth , New Hampshire 
UTILITY AND FANCY CHICKS 
We have had 20 years experience breeding and show- 
ing standard breeds of poultry Licensed A. r. A. 
poultry judge on alt varieties. Can furnish both utility 
and exhibition chicks of practically all standard varieties 
Write for circular giving full information and prices 
Discount on early orders. 
Coshocton Hatchery, 761 S. 6th St., Coshocton, Ohio 
SPECIAL PRICES- 
on turkeys, ducks, geese, guineas, hares and dogs. 
Hatching eggs. Catalog free Write your wants. 
H. H. FREED _TELFORD, PA. 
Hampton’s Black Leghorn Chicks 
Write today A E. Hampton, Box A 1 'ittstown. N J. 
quickly changed without much loss, we have 1 
every reason to believe that all flocks did give 
good results. Anyway we found that we had to 
choose for ourselves. 
It dawned upon us that there was no breed 
that was “best” for all, but that there was a 
breed “best” for each individual who cared to 
keep poultry and each one had to choose that 
breed himself or herself and then make every 
effort to make them pay a profit. 
Hatched and Bought Baby Chicks 
Well, we chose Anconas. There was no par¬ 
ticular reason why, except that we decided that 
we could make good with them. And we think 
we have made good with them for they have 
paid bills that would yet be unpaid had it not 
been for the money the Anconas brought us. 
We made our start by securing eggs for 
hatching from a local Ancona breeder who had 
the first purebreed Ancona flock in this section. 
He was making special and strenuous efforts 
to improve his flock and he succeeded. In addi¬ 
tion to these we ordered several hundred chicks 
from a well-known hatchery and the result of 
our efforts was that when Fall came we had a 
flock of 120 pullets ready to begin laying. 
They started laying in November and con¬ 
tinued all during winter and up to after harvest 
the following year. We had 25 hens that we 
purchased from another Ancona breeder and 
about 20 Rhode Island Reds we kept for 
brooders. During the year beginning Novem¬ 
ber 1 and ending October 31, this flock pro¬ 
duced 18,611 eggs. The average number of 
hens for the year was 159. This gave an aver¬ 
age per hen of 117 eggs. No phenomenal 
record, we admit, but when we consider that 
the average American hen lays less than 60 
eggs per year, then we have reason to believe 
that this was not bad to begin with. 
For this same year we sold and used eggs 
from this flock to the amount of $459.56 and 
poultry to the extent of $168.72. When the 
year was ended and the total inventory was 
ended we found that each hen had made a gain 
of $4.58 above feed cost. 
Paid the Bills That Would Have Lagged 
This gave us added enthusiasm. Not all 
departments of the farm were paying so well 
for the amount invested So we set about to 
increase our flock. We had our county agent 
come into cull the flock of pullets and the year- 
old hens. This left us about 70 of these. We 
had been successful in raising about 225 pullets 
thus swelling our flock to about 300 Anconas. 
This gave us a flock of substantial size and one 
which would bring in greater returns, although 
it woidd require more feed and care. 
Without going into further details as to size 
or income of the flocks, we will say that we are 
well satisfied with the Anconas as layers. 
They have made us money. During the past 
hatching season we sold our eggs to a hatchery 
which paid a reasonable premium above mar¬ 
ket price and besides this they came to our 
farm to get the eggs. Had we not made special 
efforts to build up our flock we would not have 
been able to supply eggs 
to the hatchery. A num¬ 
ber of others about us had to sit content 
and take market price while our eggs com¬ 
manded a premium, because their flocks were 
mongrel flocks. 
Only one fault can justly be ascribed to the 
Anconas. We must admit this, but breeders 
of Leghorns and other light breeds must admit 
it likewise. When stock is sold on the market 
there is a very small return for the labor and 
feed invested. General purpose breeds bring 
greater returns, blit we must bear in mind that 
general purpose breeds require at least two 
months more to mature and come into laying 
condition than Anconas and other light breeds. 
Have Proven Themselves Egg Machines 
Our Anconas here have proven themselves 
true to the claims that H. C. Sheppard makes 
for them. First, Mr. Sheppard claims for 
, them the ability to 
produce eggs in great 
numbers. They do 
this and the appella¬ 
tion “egg machine” 
as applied to them is 
not out of place. 
Secondly, Mr. Shep¬ 
pard claims they are 
tame. Many con- 
nect the name 
Ancona with that of 
a wild object. They 
are not wild any 
more than any other 
breed. Anconas, like 
all other breeds are 
not wild unless hand¬ 
led by wild persons. 
We must give our 
Anconas credit for doing what no mongrel flock 
ever dared approach for us. We never had 
winter eggs when eggs sold for 50c to 60c per 
dozen from any mongrel hens. Since Anconas 
have become mur chosen breed, 50c eggs are 
common. That’s a leading reason why Anconas 
help pay the bills. 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS FOR 
UTILITY 
Mrs. Alice Trammell 
D URING the past twelve years I have 
found the Runner duck to be a splendic 
utility fowl. Because the Runner eats more 
green food than the hen, I have found it to be a 
more profitable fowl on free range, than the 
hen. On free range and two quarts of mash per 
day for each nine Runners, I have had the 
flock to average 80 per cent, to 100 per cent, 
egg yields for weeks at a time. 
Even here in southern New York their lay¬ 
ing period is a long one. Last year my Run¬ 
ners began laying the first week in February 
and did not quit until December 20th, and 
fully believe if I had had as warm quarters for 
•them as hens require for winter laying they 
would have laid some all winter. 
Runners make good layers for four or five 
years, hence do not have to be replaced every 
year or. two as hens do. Runners thrive from 
here to southern Florida and are not subject 
to any of the diseases and insects which affect 
chickens through the same stretch of latitude. 
Runners are also much easier to fence in ant 
control than are hens. 
The eggs average a high per cent fertility anc 
hatch well. The ducklings are easily raised 
and mature quickly. 
Desirable Table Bird 
As a table fowl. Runners are tender, juicy 
and delicious and much relished by persons 
who do not like the heavier fat ducks. Since 
I have been here in New York State I have a 
ready sale for my surplus drakes at fancy 
prices at the leading hotel in Owego. I 
market them at eight to ten weeks old and they 
go far in meeting the expense of raising the 
flock. 
I now keep the White Runner which lays a 
pure white egg. The eggs compare favorably 
with the best grade of hen’s eggs for table use 
and all other purposes. 
Send for the 1924 
Kerr Chick Book 
Kerr’s Guaranteed Lively 
Chicks are bred from parent 
birds carefully selected by 
expert poultrymen. Our 
flocks are under a rigid 
system of mating, feeding, 
housing and culling. 
They pay. Chicks of such 
breeding would cost you twice 
as much if it were not for our 
great facilities for hatching 
economically. And they 
would be worth it. Lively 
Chicks are born producers, 
bred from pedigreed stock. 
Kerr’s Chick Book for 1924 tells 
how Lively Chicks are bred 
from America’s finest poultry; 
how the breeding farm raises 
superb cockerels to head our 
laying flocks; the records 
made by Kerr entries in lead¬ 
ing competitions. It is inter¬ 
esting from cover to cover. 
Write to-day and ask for your 
copy of Kerr Chick Book 
No. 10. 
THE KERR CHICKERIES, Inc. 
(Member International Baby Chick Ann.) 
Newark, N. J. Springfield, Mas*. 
Frenchtown. N. J. Syracuse. N. Y. 
Husky 
livable 
chaps, 
Egg machines from 
high laying, pure farm bred 
Stock. Specialists in S. C. W. 
Leghorns, R. X. Reds, B. P. Rocks. Sent 
prepaid, 100% live delivery guaranteed. 
Eggs and breeding stock. Illustrated 
circulars. ‘‘All that is new in Poultry” FREE. 
GALEN FARMS, Box 200, CLYDE, NEW YORK 
VITALITY BABY CHICKS 
BETTER HATCHED, 
HIGHEST QUALITY, PURE BRED. 
Vitality chicks Hatched from heavy laying, 
Hogan-tested, healthy hens and aent to you by 
special delivery parcel post prepaid, 100 % safe 
and live delivery guaranteed, 10 %books orders 
for any week after February 12. 
Per 100 BOO 100Q 
S.C. Wh. .Br, Buff Leghorns - $15 $72 $140 
Barred Rocks, R.I.Reds, Anconas 17 82 160 
White Rocks. Blk. Minorcas - 18 87 170 
SHERIDAN POULTRY FARMS, Sheridan, Pa. 
You’ll Profit/A 
fly, 
Ou 
Chixj 
MOSS’S CHICKS 
IN THE WORLD PURE BRED. 
£■4 We deliver pure bred Leghorns, 
- White, Black, Brown and Buff; 
Rocks, White, Buff and Barred; Rhode Island Reds; 
Anconas; Black Minorca; Orpingtons, Buflland 
White; Brahmas, and JERSEY BLACK CIANI S. 
Before ordering read our special offer. Quality 
considered our prices are lowest. 
ANTHONY H, MOSS, Box A-l, Morris Plain*, N. J. 
Q ,i o li t v G Vi i r* Ir c 10 breeds; white leghorns 
Uallty LnlCKS ij rel i from male birds 
direct from Cornell, Missouri and Wisconsin colleges of 
agriculture. Unity Hatchery, West Unity, Ohio. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS 
Quality 
Service 
Satisfaction 
Catalog free 
WAYNE POULTRY FARMS, W. J. Buss, 
Box 103, Wooster, Ohio 
Bred-To -Lay CHICKS 
Park’s Barred Rocks, Fishel’s White Rocks, Cook’s 
Buff Orpingtons, BROILER Chicks. Write for circular. 
VA LLEY HATCHERY, MAUGANSVILLE, MD, 
BABY CHICKS, big husky fellows 
Bar Rocks and R. I. Reds. $24 per 100: 1000, $200. 
Barron White Leghorns, $20 per 100, 1000, $190. 
Orders booked for March and later delivery. 
HUMMER’S POULTRY FARM 
FRENCHTOWN. N. J. R. 1 _ 
LARGE STOCK fine Poultry ‘ Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Gum 
Eggs, low; catalog. 
line ruuuiy, j.u*i--, _ - 
eas, Bantams,Collies, Pigeons,Chicks, Stock, 
PIONEER FARMS, Telford, Pennsylvania. 
BAB y and eggs_for hatching. 10 va- 
free. 
-— - 1 rletiesT Best 
Golden Rule Hatchery, Box 154, 
uality. Catalog 
Sucyrus, Ohio 
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l.UUU,UUU$10 PER 100 AND UP Chick, and REAP PROFITS 
* nomPO AT Cfl 1 Of) 300 500 
100 
$13.00 
15.00 
16.00 
300 500 
$38.00 $62.00 
44.00 72.00 
47.00 77.00 
20.00 58.00 95.00 
VARIETIES PRICES ON 60 
White Brown and Buff Leghorns. . . 
Barred and White Rocks, R. C. and S C. Reds, Anconas. . 8.00 
White Wyandottes, Black Minorcas, Buff Orpingtons . . . . 3.o0 
Silver and Partridge Wyandottes. Light Brahmas, Buff 
Minorcas, Speckled Sussex. 
Mixed, all varieties, $10 per 100 straight. ... . 
Postpaid, full live delivery guaranteed. Bant references Order right from thisa<i. 
Get them when you want them. You take no chance on GOOD LUCK CHICKS. 
Catalog pee n Member Intern’l Baby Chick Assn. Only 18 from New *"*■ 
NEUHAUSER CHICK HATCHERIES BOX 82 NAPOLEON, OHIO 
