American Agriculturist, March 1,1924 
235 
Breeding will tell 
You cannot afford to take chances 
with chicks of poor parentage 
any more than a farmer can af¬ 
ford to gamble with seeds that 
come from “mongrel” plants. 
“Blood will tell” every time.- 
Kerr’s Lively Chicks, from our 
special matings, are especially 
suited to the egg farmer. They 
are sired by full brothers of the 
pullets that are making out¬ 
standing records at the Vine- 
land Third International Egg 
Laying and Breeding Competi¬ 
tion. Their dams are in care¬ 
fully culled, farm raised, free 
range flocks sired by males 
from trap-nested hens. Natu¬ 
rally chicks themselves are 
sturdy and vigorous. 
We have a most attractive propo¬ 
sition to offer the egg farmer 
in our strain of Hollywood 
White Leghorns, Park and 
Norfolk Specialty Barred 
Rocks, Fishel White Rocks, 
Sked Brothers Rhode Island 
Reds and Martin Wyandottes. 
Send to-day for your Kerr Chick 
Book. It includes some of our 
records in the 1923 Interna¬ 
tional Laying Contest. 
THE KERR CHICKERIES, Inc. 
(Member International Baby Chick Attn.) 
Newark, N. J. 
Box No. 10 
Frenchtown, N. J. 
Box No. 10 
Springfield, Mass. 
Box No. 10 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
Box No. 10 
BESTJN THE WORLD PURE BRED. 
Order now—avoid disappointment 
Per 25 50 100 
riRlSSJii’ WHITE, BLACK $4V5 $9.00 $17.00 
LEGHORNS. BROWN, BUFF; 
ROCKS . 5.00 10.00 19.00 
RHODE ISLAND REDS. 5.50 10.50 20.00 
WHITE WYANDOTTES; 
ROCKS. WHITE, BUFF; 
ANCONAS. 6.50 12.50 24.00 
BLACK MINORCAS; buff 
T r9. : S^ II ^ T . 0 ^ rS . 6.50 12.50 24.00 
. 10.00 19.00 35.00 
JERSEY black GIANTS. . . 12.00 23.00 45.00 
MIXED CHICKS . 4.25 8.00 15.00 
prepaid by« parcel *post, 100% live arrival guaranteed. 
Catalog on request. Immediate delivery. 
ANTHONY H. MOSS 
BOX A-l_MORRIS PLAINS, N. J. 
SCHWEGLER’S 
THOR-O-BRED 
BABY CHICKS 
"LIVE AND LAY" 
White, Brown, Buff Leghorns, Barred and 
, . White Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Anconas, 
/ L l ) Black Minorcas, Buff Orpingtons, White 
J Wyandottes. 12c and up. 
97 %5Jive]delivery guaranteed. Order now 
- for March, April and May delivery. 
, Write for free baby chick book 
F. A. SCHWEGLER 
204 Northampton St. BUFFALO, N. Y. 
BABY CHICKS 
S-. C. WHITE LEGHORNS EXCLUSIVELY 
Over a million S. C. White Leghorn 
Chicks since 1917 without a dis¬ 
satisfied customer. Our breeding 
flocks are carefully culled and kept 
on free range, insuring big, husky, 
vigorous Chicks that are easy to 
raise. “OHIO CHICKS ARE 
BETTER.” Interesting catalog free. 
Wayne Poultry Farms Wooster, Ohio 
White Leghorn Baby Chicks 
unJti!? 88 * rom high record breeders on range: proven 
iirnfl? egg v P roc l uce p. Our chicks live and do so at a 
mont. Yarmond Poultry Farm, Vanderburg, N. J. 
much the resulting chicks are so small 
that they are unable to exert pressure 
enough to break shell. 
In regulating ventilators of our ma¬ 
chines we gradually open them as the 
hatch proceeds as the growing embryos 
must have more oxygen to purify its 
blood for proper development. As eggs 
begin to hatch we close them to conserve 
the moisture and prevent the chicks 
sticking to shell or the shell membranes 
becoming so dry that chicks are unable to 
break them. We never open machine 
while eggs are hatching and we keep the 
doors darkened so chicks will not dis¬ 
turb ones hatching by scrambling around. 
The ventilators are opened as soon as 
hatch is over and we gradually reduce the 
temperature of machine for twenty-four 
hours with the chicks still in, it hardens 
them for brooder. The chicks should 
never be allowed to drop from tray into 
nursery when wet as there is sometimes 
a difference of ten degrees and bad re¬ 
sults are sure to follow. We keep the 
chicks all on tray and door darkened until 
hatch is over, then we take out the tray 
with eggs that are left and the empty 
shells and place chicks in the nursery 
until ready for brooder. 
We must remember that the best ma¬ 
chine made will not give good hatches if 
placed in room not suited for the purpose, 
if poor quality eggs are used or directions 
not followed in operating same. The 
manufacturer knows how his 'machine 
should be run and we must follow his 
directions until we are at least sure that 
we can improve upon them. 
KEEPING DOWN EXPENSES IN 
! RAISING CHICKS 
i 
P OSSIBLY my experience with chicks 
will be helpful to some folks situated 
like myself, with no expensive equipment, 
still wanting to raise a few hundred chicks 
to help out the family income. 
, Our eggs were carefully selected, and 
only those from healthy birds were taken. 
I set 280 eggs last March and hatched 
195 husky little fellows. All of them, 
except three that met a violent death, 
grew to salable size. None of them wert 
ever sick. 
I Milk in Some Form 
For feed they have nothing but sour 
milk on the second day, and fine sand to 
scratch in. After that they get fine 
scratch feed in a deep litter and dry mash 
that I put in can-covers for them. They 
get sour milk five times a day, every day. 
They get very little water, in fact, I never 
give much water to tiny chicks. They 
get lots of milk, and as a result we are 
never bothered with diarrhea in our 
flock. When the chicks are two weeks 
old, they go on the ground. I keep a hot 
can in the brooder as long as they seem 
to need it. 
The pullets of the flock are now laying 
50%. They began laying early in 
October. They have never been sick 
and should make a good bunch of chicks 
in the spring. They are Rhode Island 
Reds. I think the best preventive of 
disease in baby chicks, is healthy stock 
first, then uniform heat and cleanliness.— 
Mrs. M. C. L„ New York. 
There is no question about milk in some 
form being of the greatest importance in 
the chicks’ diet. It is an accepted fact. 
The problem that many have to face is 
where to get milk cheap enough. Where 
cores are kept this is no problem. The 
colleges of agriculture and experienced 
poultrymen say that one of the most satis¬ 
factory substitutes is semi-solid buttermilk, 
a by-product of manufacturing planis 
turning out dairy products. 
QUALITY CHICKS 
So Healthy , They We A Imost Self Raising 
Getting away from the nerve-wracking excitement of 
home hatching isn’t the only advantage that comes to you when you buy clean, strong 
Hillpot Quality Chicks. Much of the pampering and petting ordinary chicks need 
and must have is avoided. The same effort will take care of twice the number of Hillpot 
Quality Chicks and as a result—your profits are doubled. 
Buyers come back year after year for these Quality Chicks of matchless vigor and re¬ 
markable freedom from the usual chick troubles. Their “born-in” qualities assure a 
LAYING, PAYING maturity. 
Choice parent stock—properly housed, correctly fed, rightly managed and intelligently 
bred—is the original source of all the profitable traits our chicks develop. The high 
standard of these breeding flocks is carried through to all our chicks by our perfected 
hatching methods. 
LEGHORNS REDS ROCKS WYANDOTTES 
The breed you prefer—the number you can accommodate—when 
you want them. 
Safe Delivery to Your Ddor of Full Count Guaranteed 
Anywhere Within 1200 Miles of Our Hatcheries 
Write today for Free Book, '‘Quality Chicks” 
W. F. HILLPOT, Box 29, Frenchtown, N. J. 
Member International Baby Chick Association 
Life Member American Poultry Association 
OUR 
15th. 
YEAR 
POST PAI D. 100% LIVE DELIVERY. Give us your order for our RELIABLE CHICKS and we will prove to you 
BETTER CHICKS COULD BE HATCHED FOR THE MONEY WE WOULD BE HATCHING THEM. 
FLOCKS PURE BRED. CULLED BY EXPERTS 
FINE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG FREE. Tells how we produce RELIABLE CHICKS that have pleased thousands 
of customers. We hatch 13 Varieties. COMBINATION OFFERS. VALUABLE BOOK GIVEN FREE with each order. 
HUBER’S RELIABLE HATCHERY, North High St., F0ST0RIA, OHIO 
1,000,000 BETTER QUALITY CHICKS 
Varieties Prices on:— 
White, Brown and Buff Leghorns. $7.00 
Barred, White and Buff Rocks, Anconas, 
Black Minorcas, S. C. and R. C. Reds. 
White Wyandottes. 
Silver Laced Wyandottes. 
Buff Minorcas. 12.00 
Mixed Chicks, S10 per 100 straight; heavy breeds, $12 per 100. Postpaid to your door. 
100%livedeliveryguaranteed, Hatched from heavy laying, pure bred flocks. BankRef- 
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Box 61. UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO 
50 
100 
300 
500 
1,000 
$7.00 
$13.00 
$38.00 
$62.00 
$120.00 
8.00 
15.00 
43.00 
72.00 
140.00 
8.50 
16.00 
47.00 
75.00 
145.00 
9.50 
18,00 
53.00 
85.00 
165.00 
12.00 
23.00 
66.00 
. v . . .. 
EAGLE NEST HATCHERY, 
/-N It V p Tf Q POSTPAID. 100% LIVE DELIVERY GUARANTEED 
A .. ft J. IVi3 From Selected, heavy laying flocks. Produced by men of 
Varieties 
many years experience 
Prices on 
Anconas. . 
Barred and White Rocks, Black Minorcas .. 
Buff Orpingtons, White Wyandottes, R. C. Reds . 
Buff Rocks, S. C. Reds . 
Mixed Chicks, Heavies. 
Mixed. Chicks, Lights. . 
Order right from this Ad. Bank Reference. Free Catalog. Only 17 hours from New York. 
Chicks will come safely. 
NEW WASHINGTON HATCHERY CO., Box A, NEW WASHINGTON, OHIO 
50 
100 
500 
$7.00 
$13.00 
$61.75 
7.50 
14.00 
66.50 
8.00 
15.00 
71.75 
8.50 
16.00 
76.00 
9.00 
17.00 
6.50 
12.00 
'57.00 
5.50 
10.00 
47.50 
750,000 CHICKS 
$10.00 PER 
100 AND UP 
Select, culled flocks of heavy layers on free range and properly cared for to produce 
vigorous, sturdy chicks. 
Varieties 25 50 100 
White, Brown & Buff Leghorns. Anconas . $3 75 $7 $13 
White & Barred Rooks, Reds. Black Minorcas . . 4 25 8 15 
White Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons .... 5 00 9 17 
Buff Minorcas, Silver Laced Wyandottes .... r'oO 11 20 
Mixed. . . 3.50 6 11 
Postpaid. 100% live arrival guaranteed. Order right from this ad. 
__ . ____ Bank references. Circular Free. 
TRI-STATE HATCHERIES Box 510 ARCHBOLD, OHIO 
500 
$62 
72 
82 
52 100 
1000 
$120 
140 
BABY CHICKS 
FROM PURE BRED HEAVY LAYING FLOCKS 
THAT WILL GROW 
Varieties Prices on; 
S. C. White. Brown & Buff Leghorns. 
S. C. Black Leghorns, Anconas.. .. 
Barred & White Rooks, R. C. Reds. Blk. Minorcas 
Wh. Wyandottes, extraquality. Barron White Leghorns 
White Minorcas. Extra quality. S. C. R. I. Reds 
Mixed Chicks. . 
25 YEARS HATCHING. 20 YEARS SHIPPING C__„„„ . 
the very BEST. All hatched in our own Hatchery. Postpaid. 100% Live Delivery Guaran¬ 
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20th CENTURY HATCHERY - - Box R NEW WASHINGTON, OHIO 
I N 
TO M 
ONE Y 
50 
100 
500 
1,000 
$7.00 
$13.00 
$62.00 
$120.00 
7.50 
14.00 
67.00 
130.00 
8.00 
15.00 
72.00 
140 00 
8.50 
16.00 
77.00 
150.00 
10.00 
19.00 
5.75 
11.00 
55.00 
100.00 
CONTINENTAL 
Vitality 
BABY CHICKS 
Leading Standard Pure 
Breeds. All from free-range, 
heavy laying, healthy par¬ 
entage. Shipped post paid 
fromoneof our nearbyhateb- 
eries. Live delivery guaran¬ 
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Bookl3J is FREE to you. 
— uwo tuu jl xtuu tv jruu. 
Continental Hatcheries «pgfi^«£K e ,Sfi.o 
SUNSHINE 
BABY CHICKS 
Per 50 100 500 1000 
S. C. Wh. Leghorns $7.00 $13 $62.50 
7.60 • • - 
8.00 
8.50 
7.00 
6.00 
14 
15 
16 
13 
11 
67.60 
72.50 
77.50 
62.50 
62.50 
$120 
130 
140 
150 
120 
100 
_. ___>gl_ 
S. C. Br. Leghorns 
Barred Rocks - 
Wh. Wyandottes 
Heavy Assorted - 
Light Assorted - 
Postpaid to your door. 100% live delivery 
guaranteed. Sunshine Chicks are success to 
thousands of our customers everywhere, these 
chicks are bred from pure vigorous free range 
parents stock. Hatched with highest type of 
modern incubator. Order right from this ad. 
SUNSHINE HATCHERY, DALMATIA, PA. 
