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American Agriculturist, March 1 , 1924 
Day-Old Chix and Dux 
Send for our SPECIAL DISCOUNT PRICE LIST 
covering day-old stock ordered in advance. 
Start right this season by ordering chix from our famous 
Niagara Strains with Hogan Tested, High Flock Aver¬ 
age egg producing parentage back of them. 
R. I. REDS, BARRED and WHITE ROCKS, WHITE 
WYANDOTTES, WHITE BUFF and BROWN 
LEGHORNS, INDIAN RUNNER 
AND PEKIN DUCKS 
Niagara Poultry Farm 
Ransomville, N. Y. 
W. R. CURTISS CO., Prop. 
Members Inti. Baby Chick Assn. 
400,000 CHICKS 
BIG, STRONG, FLUFFY CHICKS hatched from well bred and well kept, heavy laying 
hens insuring good growth and PROFITS. 
_ Varieties Prices on 50 100 500 1000 
White, Brown & Buff Leghorns. $7.00 $13 $62.50 $120 
Barred & White Rocks, S. C. & R. C. Reds, Anconas....... 8.00 15 72.50 140 
Wh. Wyandottes. Buff Orpingtons. 8.50 16 77.50 .... 
Silver Wyandottes. 9.50 18 87.50 170 
Mixed, $12 per 100 straight. 
Postpaid. 100% Live Arrival Guaranteed. Order right from this ad. Best Bank 
Reference. You take no chance. Free Catalog. Member I. B. C. A. and Ohio Assn. 
MODERN HATCHERY, Box 63, Mt. Blanchard, Ohio 
ADA CHICKS 
MORE THAN WORTH THE MONEY 
PURE BRED AND CAREFULLY SELECTED 
Pure bred chicks. Free range stock, Hogan tested, culled and carefully mated, 
poultry business over 20 years. Our heavy home trade is proof of our reliability, 
from this ad and get good chicks when yoij want them. 
VARIETIES PRICES (PREPAID) ON 
In the 
Order 
ROCKS (Barred, White, Buff) ANCONAS, 
REDS (S. & R. C.).. 
WYANDOTTES (Wh.&Sil.) BLK. MINORCAS 
Also can furnish limited number Tancred White Leghorns, also Tripplehom Strain Buff Orpingtons. 
First National Bank, Ada, Ohio. ADA HATCHERY, Route D (18 hours from New York), ADA, Ol 
25 
50 
100 
300 
500 
$3.75 
$7.00 
$13.00 
$38.00 
$62.00 
4.25 
8.00 
15.00 
43.00 
72.00 
4.50 
8.50 
16.00 
47.00 
75.00 
3.25 
6.00 
11.00 
3200 
53.00 
om Strain Buff Orpingtons. Reference: 
OHIO. 
BABY CHICKS 
fit AMD UP 
100% Delivery Guaranteed 
Prepaid prices on 25 
White, Brown, Black and Buff Leghorns.. $3.75 
Br., Wh. and Buff Rocks, Anconas, S. C. and R. C. Reds 
Blk. Minorcas, Wh. Wyandottes... 
Sil. Lac. Wyandottes, Buff and Wh. Orpingtons. Blk. 
Langshans and Light Brahmas. 4.50 
Mixed, all varieties, $11.00 per 100 
We hatch 40 Breeds from Heavy Laying, Culled Flocks. Bank Reference, 
this ad. Circular Free. We have been 18 years in the business. 
THE SOUTH KENTON POULTRY FARM, Box 16, KENTON, OHIO 
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25 
50 
100 
500 
$3.75 
$7.00 
$13.00 
$62.00 
4.25 
8.00 
15.00 
72.00 
4.50 
8.75 
17.00 
83.00 
Order direct from 
PURE BRED SELECTED FLOCKS 
100% LIVE DELIVERY 
Strong. Sturdy, Northern-grown ChickB. Selected, pure bred stock. Healthy Flocks on free 
range insure strength in every Chick. Order from this Ad. 
Varieties Prices on: 50 100 300 500 1,000 
Leghorns (S. C. White and Brown). $7.00 $13 $38 $62 $120 
Barred Rocks. 8.00 15 43 72 140 
White Rocks. .... *5 *65 
Mixed Broiler Chicks.._.. ■: , P e f. straight. 
Hatched under best conditions in Newtown Incubators. Every Chick carefully inspected. 100% live delivery guaran¬ 
teed. Reference, State Commercial Savings Bank, this city. Write for prices on special matings. > 
GREAT NORTHERN HATCHERY _ Box 54 _ ZEELAND, MICHIGAN 
BIG, FLUFFY, FULL-O-PEP 
Well Hatched from healthy laying hens of best strains 
CHICKS 
on free range. 
25 5# 
$3.50 $6.75 
109 
$13.00 
15.00 
17.00 
30.00 
50# < 
$63.50 
72.50 
82.50 
147.50 
Varieties Prices on: 
S. C. White or Brown Leghorns. 
Barred Wh. Rocks, Reds, Anconas 
Blk. Minorcas. 4.00 7.75 
Wh. Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons. 4.50 8.75 
Jersey Black Giants.. • • ■ ■ . ■ 7.75 15.25 - - 
Eggs |for hatching, one-half price of Chicks. 100% live arrival guaranteed. Prepaid. 
Order direct -rom this advertisement and save time. Ref., Huron Co. Banking Co. 
Quick delivery. Free Catalog. Ohio Chicks Are Better. 
NORWALK CHICK HATCHERY, Box B-6, NORWALK, OHIO 
HIGHEST QUALITY BABY CHICKS 
No common hatchery chicks, but better hatched, pure-bred, vitality youngsters hatched from 
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special delivery parcel post prepaid. 100% live delivery guaranteed. 
No waiting. 10% books order any week. Circular. 
Per 50 
All chicks shipped by 
Orders filled exact date wanted. 
S. C. White, Brown, Buff Leghorns. $7.00 
Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds, Anconas. 8.00 
White Rocks, Black Minorcas. 9.00 
~ SHERIDAN POULTRY FARMS 
100 
$14.00 
16.00 
17.00 
300 
$40.00 
47.00 
50.00 
500 
$67.00 
77.00 
82.00 
1000 
$130.00 
150.00 
160.00 
SHERIDAN, PA. 
Full Blooded “American” Quality Clucks 
bred and 
imcricanv are 
highest production. 
MSB? 
developed for j 
We hatch 
every chick we ship in our 
own plant. Order direct with 
„ 4 full remittance. We allow 
5% discount when orders are placed 21 days 
or more before chicks are wanted. 
Prices on . 100 500 
White Leghorns. $13.00 $62.50 
Barred Rocks. 15.00 72.50 
R. I. Reds. 16.00 77.50 
White Wyandottes. 18.00 87.50 
Also offerjsix other breeds. 100% livejdellvery. Post¬ 
paid. We guarantee satisfaction. Write for 1924 Sales 
Circular and complete prices. They are free. 
AMERICAN CH1CKER1ES Box 214, Grampian, Penn. 
Hampton’s Black Leghorn Chicks 
before you order chicks—tells why the BLACK 
LEGHORN is the greatest layer and most profitable breed on earth. 
Write today. A. E. Hampton, Box A. Pfrtstown, N. J. _ 
CHICKS—White Leghorns, 13c: Barred Rocks, 15c 
and Mixed, 1 lc. Safe delivery guaranteed. Circular free. 
GREEN FOREST POULTRY FARM, Riohfi.ld, P». 
1000 
$120.00 
140.00 
150.00 
170.00 
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. 1. 
CHICKS FROM PRIZE WINNERS 
Every flock is carefully bred for highest type 
and heavy egg production. Birds from our 
flocks have won in some of the largest shows. 
All popular breeds with special attention to 
Hollywood and English Leghorns. Pure bred, 
of course. Write for catalog. You will be 
pleased with what you get from us. 
NONE-SUCH POULTRY FtfM, Box 332-C, MT. VERNON, OHIO 
CHICKS, S.C.W,LEGHORNS,WYCKOFF’S BEST, DIRECT 
Also other matings. Selected breeders, free range, right 
prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. Circular. 
M. A. CAMPBELL, Bo* l, JAMESTOWN, PA. 
Seasonal Chicken Chatter 
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cases and sometimes the operator of the 
incubator thinks he knows more than the 
maker, so tries to run the machine to suit 
himself. Follow directions is the only 
advice needed. Be sure the thermometer 
is correct. Get a new one if there is any 
doubt about it or have the old one tested. 
Get the incubator ready for business 
some time before you put the eggs in. 
Heat it to the required point and ascer¬ 
tain if it is running correctly. Better 
run it a couple of days, anyway. An 
incubator almost invariably gives good 
results when set in the basement or cellar 
of the ordinary dwelling house. Before 
starting be sure the cellar is well venti¬ 
lated, for there is nothing more fatal than 
the odors which arise from rotting 
vegetables. A place with an even tem¬ 
perature is best. 
POINTS WE CONSIDER IN 
OPERATING OUR 
INCUBATORS 
W. L. Dickson 
W E have a cellar in which our ma¬ 
chines are run, that is well ven¬ 
tilated and provisions are made for 
carrying off lamp fumes and applying 
moisture to the air. The windows and 
ventilating flues are so arranged that all 
air is changed without direct drafts and 
we wet down the cement floor to moisten 
the air. 
In starting the machines we have them 
level and run them at least twenty-four 
‘hours before placing eggs in them to make 
sure that thermostat is properly ad¬ 
justed and will take care of variations in 
temperature. The lamp burners are 
boiled and thoroughly cleaned before 
starting. The wicks are trimmed by 
rubbing match across it on top of wick 
tube and then the corners are snipped to 
prevent it from smoking. We care for 
lamps both morning and night before 
turning the eggs as this eliminates the 
possibility of getting oil on eggs and gives 
time to properly adjust lamp before leav¬ 
ing machine. 
Select Eggs Carefully 
The eggs we place in the incubators are 
fresh, uniform in color, size and shape, 
all having a firm smooth shell. The 
germs of the eggs are extremely delicate 
during the first seven days of incubation 
and should be handled very carefully. 
We start turning eggs twice daily begin¬ 
ning the third day and continuing until 
the eighteenth day. We use great care 
until the seventh day as any jarring 
during this time is sure to cause many 
dead germs. We start cooling on the 
sixth day and stop on the eighteenth, 
increasing the time each day as the hatch 
proceeds. We cool as long as possible 
and not let eggs get cold, this can be told 
by placing eggs to the eye. During the 
first week we never let temperature get 
above 102 degrees, after that from 103 to 
104 is about right. 
We test out infertile eggs and dead 
germs on the seventh and fourteenth 
days, this makes more space for others to 
hatch and gets rid of the bad odors from 
dead germs. At the same time we note 
the size of the air cell which gives us some 
idea how much more or less moisture we 
must provide. On the seventh day the 
cell should be a little less than a quarter 
of an inch deep and on the fourteenth 
day about a half inch deep. We find 
that too much moisture causes chickens 
to often drown in shell at hatching time 
and (those that do hatch had so little air 
in the air cell that they are weak and hard 
to raise, while in eggs that evaporate too 
Rosemo 
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“DISTINCTIVE CHICKS FROM „ 
QUALIFIED BREEDING FLOCKS” 
v From free-range flocks of heavy layers 
headed by choice males of America’s fore¬ 
most strains: Tancred and “Belle of Jersey” 
W. Leghorns, Thompson and Holterman Bd 
Rocks, Wilburtha W. Rocks, Martin and 
Mattison Wyandottes, Owen and Sked R. I. 
Reds, Sheppard Anconas. Most profitable— 
not expensive. Hatches every week. 
Write for unique t fcoati t^ulljj^uluetrated catalog 
R0SEM0NT POULTRY FARMS & HATCHERY 
Drawer 14, Rosemonl, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey 
Member International Baby Chick Ass’n 
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QUALITY 
& Sturdy* 
Mountain-Bred Chicks 
Purebred chicks produced ’top the Allegheny Moun¬ 
tains. Plenty of free range and fresh air. Sturdy 
strong imd healthy with very best blood lines. Parks 
Strain Barred Rocks; Fishel Strain White Rocks- 
Martin s Regal White Wyandottes; Harold'Tompkins 
S.C.R.I. Reds; American, Barron and HOLLYWOOD 
S. C. White Leghorns: Owens Farm Strain Buff 
Orpingtons. Get the best. Prices are right. Shipped 
prepaid. 100% live delivery guaranteed. References. 
Write today for catalog. 
FARM SERVICE CO., Inc., Route A-2, Tyrone, Pa. 
HARDY HEALTHY CHICKS 
100% Live Delivery Guaranteed 
Hatched from pure bred, heavy laying 
hens on free range. White. Brown & 
Buff Leghorns, Anconas, 50—$7; 100 
—$13; 500—$62; 1000—5120. 
Barred Rocks, Reds, 50—$8; 100 — 
$15; 500—372; 1,000—5140. White 
Rocks, Wh. Wyandottes, Blk. Minor¬ 
cas, 50—$8.50; 100—$16; 500—577; 
1,000—$150. 
Buff Orpingtons, Silver Wyandottes, 50—$9: 100 
—$17; $500—S82; 1,000—$160. 
Order right from this ad with full remittance. Bank Reference. 
KNOX HATCHERY, Box 51, Mt. Vernon, Ohio 
BABY CHICKS 
Price List Prepaid to You — Purebred Stock 
100 60 25 
Wh. & Br. Leghorns. $13.00 $7.00 $3.75 
Buff & Black Leghorns. 13.00 7.00 3.75 
Anconas. . .. 14.00 7.50 4.00 
S. C. Black Minorcas. 15.00 8.00 4.25 
S. C. & R. C. Reds. 15.00 8.00 4.25 
Barred Rocks. 15.00 8.00 4.25 
Buff & White Rocks. 16.00 8.50 4.50 
Wh. & S. L. Wyandottes. 16.00 8.50 4.50 
Buff Orpingtons. 16.00 8.50 4.50 
Black Langshans. 18.00 9.50 5.00 
Light Brahmas. 20.00 10.50 5.50 
All absolutely first class pure bred stock. Prompt ship¬ 
ments made. Mail orders to 
JAMES KREJCI, 2165 E. 86th St., CLEVELAND, O. 
CHICKS WITH PEP 
Try our vigorous, lively chicks from Bred- 
to-lay and exhibition hens. They will- 
make you money for they have the quality RJKff 
and the egg laying habit bred in them. A 
trial will convince you. Rocks, Reds, 
Orpingtons, Minorcas, Anconas, Wyan- I --***'* 
dottes, Leghorns. Big illustrated catalog 
free. Safe delivery guaranteed. Prices «■; 
right. Prepaid. Reference, Commercial 
Bank. 
HOLGATE CHICK HATCHERY, Box A, Holgate, Ohio 
Supreme Quality Chicks 
Chicks from pure bred, carefully selected stock. 
We sell about 50,000 chicks each year to cus¬ 
tomers in our county, which shows that people 
who know what we have buy from us. All popu¬ 
lar breeds. Careful supervision of every bird, 
Special attention given to developing egg pro¬ 
duction. 100% live delivery guaranteed. Write 
for catalog. 
THE PRAIRIE DEPOT HATCHERY CO. 
Box 237B, Prairie Depot, Ohio 
Single Comb White Leghorns Exclusively 
PURE BARRON ENGLISH STRAIN out of im¬ 
ported birds with egg records up to 314 eggs in a year. 
3000 breeders on free farm range; vaccinated, butter¬ 
milk fed. Now booking orders for eggs and baby 
chicks for February, March, April and May delivery. 
Capacity 12,000 a week. First hatch February 11. 
My book “Profits in Poultry Keeping Solved ” $1 or 
sent with all $10 orders. Circulars free. 
EDGAR BRIGGS, Box 41, PLEASANT VALLEY, N. Y- 
CERTIFIED S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Every bird in our flock inspected by experts from 
— N. Y. State College and chicks shipped under the 
seal of the State Co-operative Poultry Certification 
Assn. You Know What You Are Getting. Care¬ 
ful breeding plus inspection Insures results. Get 
circular giving full description, also price list. 
L. H. ROBINSON Box 103 CASTILE, N. Y. 
DAY OLD CHICKS 
S. C. White Leghorn Day Old Chicks (English Strain) from 
2 year old hena from our own 6tock. Strong and vigorous. 
Best breeding. Also Barred Rock Chicks from 2 year old 
hens from best laying strain. Catalog free. Write today. 
Hiller e*t Poultry Farms & Hatchery, BoxC,RU2,Hollaml,Mich. 
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