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Insure your CHICKS 
—and PROFITS— 
Blue Hen BROODERS 
save them both, by supplying perfectly-controlled warmth 
_automatic regulation which is automatic. Superior from 
the beginning in results produced, “the mother hen’s only 
rival” is further ahead than ever ri Write for 
TODAY due to 1924) improvements. A | Catalogue 
Fresh air— without floor drafts. /A \ and User- 
Extra large fire box of stove Agents 
makes keeping a fire doubly Plan 
easy. 
Larger and Heavier 
—yet Cheaper 
than other brooders, 
because of the sav¬ 
ings effected by 
quantity produc¬ 
tion. Measured by 
efficiency, capacity 
and price, the Blue 
Hen is today the 
best buy in colony 
brooders. 
$ 21.00 
$ 26.00 
500 chick capacity 
(delivered) 
1000 chick capacity 
(delivered) 
Blue Hen Mammoth Incubators 
Prompt delivery If you act promptly 
Lancaster Mfg.Co • Lancaster, Pa. 
95 
U ^95 Champion 
IJ- Belle City 
140-Egg Incubator 230-Egg 
And they told me she 
had “incurable paraly¬ 
sis;” then I gave her 
Happy Hen Worm Remedy 
and now she is just as fine as ever. When your 
birds develop leg-weakness, go light, or have pale 
taces and combs send at once for this wonderful 
life saver, recommended by leading poultrymen 
everywhere; SI.10 postpaid; large flock sizes S2.50 
and S5.00 postpaid. We guarantee it to give sat¬ 
isfaction or money back. Interested Dealers write 
for prices. 
HAPPY HEN REMEDY COMPANY, Poultry Disease Specialists 
Room 110 36 So. Market St., Boston, Mass. 
Hot-Water, Copper Tank, Double Walls Fibre 
Board.Self-Regulated Safety Lamp, Deep Nurs¬ 
ery, Thermometer & Holder. Hatches chicks 
ducks, turkeys and geese $6.95 buys 140-Chick 
$9.95 buys 230-Chick Hot-Water 
Double Walled Brooder. Save $1.95 
- Order Both. A complete hatchery. 
140 Size Ineubaitr and Brooder, $18.95 
230 Size Incubator and Brooder, $29.95 
Express Prepaid 
East of Rockies and allowed to points beyond. 
Low prices on Coai and Oil Canopy Brooders 
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Belle City Incubator Co. 
Box 147 Racine, Wis. 
J40 Incubator 
30 Daus Trial !•/ 
Freight Paid east 6f the 
“ Rockies, Hot water, cop 
per tanks—docble walls—dead 
air space—double glass doors 
. —a real bargain at $13.25. 
shipped complete, set up ready to use. 
140 Egg Incubator and Brooder * $17.75 
180 Egg Incubator Alone - - - 15.75 
180 Egg Incubator and Brooder - 22.00 
250 Egg Incubator Alone - - - 22.75 
250 Egg Incubator and Brooder - 31.00 
Made of California Redwood. Positively the best valne 
on the market. Order direct from this ad. 30 days trial 
-money back if not pleased. If not ready to order now, 
don’t buy until yon get our 1924 catalog which shows 
larger sizes up to 1000 eggs. (8) 
WISCONSIN IKBBAT0R CO, Dept 126 Racine, Wi«. 
KILLS MITES IN HEN-HOUSES 
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CARBOUHEUM 
Applied Once a Year — kills all 
Mites. Highly recommended. 
Write for Circulars. 
C&rbolineum Wood Preserving Co 
Dept, jgj Milwaukee, Wis 
big money in poultry 
$5.02 PER HEN PROFIT Government 
report on pen of our stock. Bred-to-lay 
Rocks, Wyandottes, Leghorns. Reds High 
record breeding males $6 to $12 BABY 
CHICKS $20 to $40 per 100 HATCHING 
EGGS $3 to $5 per 15, $12 to $20 per 100. 
(No duty to USA.) 30,000 illustrated 
poultry and incubator catalogues JPREE. 
L. R. GUILD & SONS, Box A. Rockwoodt 
Ont., Can. 
CABDCCnC Most Profitable chickens, 
u^iibIlCuw ducks, turkeys and geese. 
I Choice, pure-bred northern raised. Fowls, 
' eggs and incubators at low prices. AmerU 
ca’s great poultry farm. At it 31 years. 
Valuable 100-page book and catalog free. 
-R.F.WEUBERTCo., Bz 822, Mankato, Minn 
natural leaf TOFurro chewing 5 ib S . si. 75 ; 
* lyjDA ^ y J 10lbs. S3.00. Smoking 
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recipe free. 
FARMERS TOBACCO UNION, Dl, PADUCAH, KY. 
Seasonal Chicken Chatter 
C. H. Chesley 
W HETHER we plan to hatch chicks 
February, March or April we 
should at least begin to think about 
getting the breeding pens ready. The 
old-style method of going to the egg-box 
and picking out a setting of eggs when the 
hen gets ready to set, has gone out of 
fashion. There is but one way to improve 
our flocks and that is by careful selec¬ 
tion of the breeders and then setting 
only the best eggs. If we cull the flock 
carefully during the year, we will have 
the poorer layers pretty well weeded out, 
so we can select the breeders without 
much trouble. At any rate, by whatever 
method we do it, we should hatch only 
from the best birds. 
Select Hatching Eggs Carefully 
We should select the eggs carefully. 
During the cold weather, hatching eggs 
should be gathered frequently, for it is an 
easy matter to chill the germ slightly and 
the result is no chick or one low in vitality. 
Eggs should be kept in a room where the 
temperature remains between 50 and 60 
degrees until such time as they are put in 
the machine or placed under the hen. 
Set only those eggs which have perfect 
shells of average thickness. Never hatch 
an egg that is abnormal in size/ either 
above or below the average size. The 
fresher the eggs set the better, but eggs 
may be kept two or three weeks if the 
temperature is right. If they are kept 
for some time it is well to turn them fre¬ 
quently, as otherwise the yolk will settle 
to one side. A good way to keep eggs is 
to place them in a square egg case and 
turn the case half over every day. 
Run Incubator Before Loading 
It is seldom that we can hatch many 
chicks in the natural way until about the 
first of April, but, if we do have a broody 
hen at this season, she must be set in a 
warm place. I have had good winter 
hatches by lining a box with paper to 
keep out drafts and setting the box in the 
haymow. The only safe way, however, to 
attempt to do anything with early chicks 
is by artificial incubation. There are a 
good many different makes of incubator 
and I have tried a lot of them. It would 
be hard to say that one gives better 
results than another. If we follow direc¬ 
tions as laid down by the maker, we are 
pretty sure to get a hatch. Poor hatches 
are caused by unthrifty stock in lots of 
(Continued on 'page 23U) 
Feeding and.Caring for the 
Twin and Orphan Lambs 
(Continued from page 220) 
helps the fleece. But without a little 
extra by way of grain, it is quite common 
for weakly lambs to be quite overdone and 
to get v£ry poor, and may have to be one 
or both weaned. The grain helps to give 
such prop for the time being that it is 
paid for manifold; and a few peas or 
beans along the oats, if broken a bit, act 
well. 
Supply Good Clean Water 
Ewes with twins, getting a little extra 
grain food, drink a good deal more than 
ewes with single lambs getting no grain. 
The excessive call on the ewes by their 
lambs causes all the more drouth on the 
system, and hence more thirst, naturally 
because there is not so much sap in that 
dietary as there is in green food. Indeed, 
when the lambs get strong, they begin to 
drink even before they are weaned, if 
milk runs short and the herbage is dry 
through a spell of rainless weather. So 
ewes and twins from the start should be 
provided with water to run to at will and 
should be of a wholesome quality. Sheep, 
different from some other animals, prefer 
to sip at the rippling stream, and that 
may generally easily enough be supplied. 
However that may be, there must be 
water, and that so provided as not to 
constitute boggy graves for the over- 
venturous or weaklings of the flock. 
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DADV ri4IPI/C For those who want 
IJ7-VIJ X ClTivIVO something better than 
“just chicks." Best blood lines. Flocks all developed 
and culled under our direction. Sheppard's Anconas: 
Parks’ and Thompson’s Barred Rocks; Barron, Tancred 
and Wyckoff Leghorns; Fishel's White 
Rooks. Also highly bred strains of White 
and Bus Orpingtons, R. I. Reds and 
White and Silver Laced Wyandottes. 
Postpaid. 100% live delivery. Prices 
reasonable. Ad appears every other week. 
Write for new catalog and price list. 
HOLTZAPPLE HATCHERY, Box 90, ELI DA, OHIO 
TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE 
In Producing High Quality Chicks 
We have been building a chick business for 
over ten years, on the basis of fair and 
htmest dealing. We have increased every 
year as a result. Flocks have open range. 
Carefully bred for production. 100% live 
delivery guaranteed. All popular breeds. 
Prices right. Booking orders now. Write 
today to avoid disappointment. We are in the busi¬ 
ness to stay and will handle your order on that basis. 
Reference, Central Natl. Bank, York, Pa. A 
postal will bring you full information. 
PARK VIEW EGG FARM, Box 12, DOVER, PA. 
Husky 
livable 
chaps, 
Egg machines from 
high laying, pure farm bred 
stock. Specialists In S. C. W. 
Leghorns, R. I- Reds, B. P. Rocks. Sent 
prepaid, 100% live delivery guaranteed. 
Eggs and breeding stock. Illustrated 
GALEN FARMS, Box 200, CLYDE, NEW YORK 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS 
The World’s Champion Egg Producers. Big, strong chicks 
from our own founda¬ 
tion flocks representing 
7 years of progressive 
breeding for heavy egg 
production and fine, 
large,symmetrical birds. 
Buy Marion Chicks 
and win. Circular Free. 
The Marion Hatchery, 
R. D. 6, Box 7, Marion, O. 
ninv fUIflfQ Hatched by the best 
DAD I uIllvIVD system of incubation 
. . . from high-class bred- 
to-lay stock. Barred and Buff Rocks, Reds, 
Anconas, Black Minorcas, i8c each; White, 
Brown, Buff Leghorns, 15c each; Broiler chicks, 
12c each. Safe delivery guaranteed by prepaid 
parcel post. 
NUNDA POULTRY FARM, NUNDA, N. Y. 
Jersey Black Giants 
50c apiece in hundred lots. Black Giants are the most 
profitable chickens you could raise—and these are the 
sturdiest black giants you can buy. America’s heaviest 
weight chickens. Mature early and lay extremely large eggs. 
Splendid winter layers. Finest market fowl. We sell 
chicks and eggs—by buying chicks you are sure of 100% 
chickens. Prices; 25 chicks S15. 50 chicks $27. 
100 chicks $50. Send for booklet or, to avoid delay 
order from ad. 
GOODFLOX POULTRY FARMS HATCHERY 
731 Neilson Street New Brunswick, N. J. 
LOWER 
BABY CHICKS future 
t Bred Right. Priced Right. $10 per 100 and 
up. White, Brown and Buff Leghorns, Barred 
and White Rocks, White and Columbian 
Wyandottes, S. C. Reds, Black Spanish, Black 
Minorcas, Buff Orpingtons. Free Catalog. 
The C. M. Lower Hatchery, Box 21, Bryan, Ohio 
100,000 QUALITY BABY CHICKS 
delivery east of the Rockies/ Postpaid. Hatching eggs. 
Free catalog. CENTER FARMS, Sta. 10, Davenport, la. 
DO YOU WANT THE BEST 
Single Comb White Leghorns 
Certified. Trapnested and pedigreed. I have a pen 
of 5 pullets in North American Laying Contest, laid 101 
eggs in November, 97 in December. Highest of all 
Leghorns in November and December when eggs are 
the highest. Booking orders for Baby Chicks. 
E. DELAMARTER 
1317 Pratt Street Elmira, N. Y. 
HARTWICK QUALITY CHICKS 
Profit makers by nature. They are bred 
from carefully selected fowls and all hens 
are mated with certified roosters, certified 
by the New York State Cooperative Certi¬ 
fication Assoc., thereby guaranteeing a rec¬ 
ognized standard of perfection. Write for 
catalog and price list. References, Hartwick 
National Bank and Prof. James E. Rice. 
Poultry Dept., Cornell University, Ithaca, 
N. Y. HARTWICK HATCHERY, Inc., 
Dept. D. Hartwick, N. Y. 
s. c. White Leghorn Chicks only 
Once you try them, you’ll always buy them 
Place your order for chicks with one who is inter¬ 
ested in S. C. White Leghorns only. Our breeders 
are carefully selected, and produce strong, sturdy 
chicks that will grow and make good with proper care. 
Your order, large or small, will receive the same careful 
attention. We guarantee safe delivery and prepay postage. 
Send for circular and price list 
MEADOW BROOK POULTRY FARM AND HATCHERY 
E. C. Rockafellow, Prop. Box A, Stockton, N. J., R. D. No 1. 
BABY CHICKS 
THAT LIVE AND GROW 
11c and up. Shipped postpaid from Ohio’s 
most Southern Hatchery. Barred, White and 
Buff Rocks; R. C. andS. C. Reds: White Wy- 
i — andottes; Anconas; White and Brown Leg¬ 
horns. Frompuro bred, heavy laying free range stock, 
select and bred by specialist breeders. Circular Free. 
The Ohio Hatchery, Dept. N, Decatur, Ohio 
300,000 Chicks, Eggs, Pullets 
and Breeding Stock 
Aristocrat Strain Barred Rocks, both light 
and dark matings. Sheppard Strain S. C. 
Mottled Anconas, 250-280 egg strain. Tom 
Barron S. C. White Leghorns, heavy layers. 
Write for catalog giving details as to breed¬ 
ing. Special discount on early ordered 
Chicks. Can fill orders promptly. 
FAIRVIEW POULTRY FARM, R.2, Box B, Zeeland, Mich. 
BABY CHICKS 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds, 15 Cts. 
Barred Rocks, 15 Cts. 
S. C. W. Leghorns, 14 Cts. 
Mixed or Off Color Chicks, 11 Cts. 
These chicks are all hatched from free range 
stock. Safe delivery and satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Descriptive booklet free. 
W. A. LAUVER, McALISTERVILLE, PA. 
EGGS and CHICKS from WHITE 
run Kliniliurc Production bred for 
Phil MA |H nr.\ thirty years. New 
LUU ITIHUIIIIILU York State certified for 
six years. Trapped for pedigree hatching and wing 
banding —three years. Constitutional Vigor, 
heavy production, large pure-white eggs and pro¬ 
duction beauty. They breed true—free circular. 
EGG AND APPLE FARM, 
Box 33, Trumansburg, N. Y. 
WHITE WYANDOTTE—Chicks, S14 per 100 up. Eggs, 
S6.00 per 100 up. Bred for eggs and exhibition. 31st year. 
Buy from a specialist, it pays. Illustrated Catalog Flee. 
BOWDEN’S WHITE WYANDOTTES, Mansfield, O. 
