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Champion 
Belle City 
140 Egg Incubator 
Hot- Water, Copper Tank, Double 
Walls Fibre Board, Self-Regulated. 
«« 9S bnvs 140 -Chick; S9.95-230-Chick 
Hot^Water Brooder. Save $1.95,Order Both 
140 Size Incubator and Brooder $18.95 
230 Size Incubator and Brooder $29.95 
Express Prepaid 
-East of Rockies and Allowed West. 
Low Prices on Coal and Oil Cano¬ 
py Brooders come with catalog. 
Guaranteed. Order now. Share 
in my $1,000 in Prizes, or write 
- for Free Book “Hatching Facts.** 
It tells everything. Jim Rohan, Pres. 
Belle City Incubator Co. Box 147. Racine, Wis. 
Made of Cali¬ 
fornia Redwood, covered 
Shipped complete, with galvanized iron, double 
< set up, ready to 'll v walls, air space between, 
- run express paid 41 built to last for years; deep chick 
jj gaBt of Rockies. i j nursery .hot water heat, copper tanks. 
140 EGO 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 Catalog 
Ironclad lncubatorCo.,Bo)D&3RacinejA/y; 
MAGIC BROODER 
The only brooder with a gaa 
chamber. Famous for high-grade 
construction; large coal capacity; 
anon-clinker grate; top and bot- 
itom draft regulation; improved 
.Vthermostats: slide for cleaning 
smoke flue. The MAGIC is posi- 
, . ., _ tively chill-proof; fire-proof, gas¬ 
proof and dependable. Grows chicks at a profit. Sold on 
30 days guarantee. Write for Free Catalogue. 
AGENTS WANTED. Write for particulars about our 
new roof pipe. A wonderful invention. Catches all con¬ 
densation above roof. 
UNITED BROODER COMPANY 
321 Pennington Avenue Trenton, N. J. 
value — everybody buys. Send No Money, just name and address. 
BELL PERFUME COMPANY. Deot. 229, CHICAGO 
”._F0B M81TBY HIBSEtt 
I All styles. 150 Illustrations; secret of getting winter eggs, 
J and copy oi "The Full Egg Basket.” Send 25 cents. 
INLAND POULTRY JOURNAL Dept. 4 Indianapolis, lad. 
CATTLE 
For Sale 
17C GRADE H 0 LSTEINS 
llJ AND GUERNSEYS 
30 head ready to freshen, ioo head due to 
freshen during March, April and May. All 
large, young, fine individuals that are heavy 
producers. Price right. Will tuberculin test. 
A. F. SAUNDERS, Cortland, N.Y. 
HOLSTEIN BULLS for Sale 
u 
Sons of 
DUTCHLAND C0LANTHA SIR INKA 
FISHKILL FARMS, Hopewell Junction, N. Y. 
HENRY MORGENTHAU, Jr., Owner 
HOLSTEINS 
Extra fine lot registered 
cows fresh or soon due. 
10 registered heifers soon due. 20 registered heifers 
ready to breed. 4 high record service bulls. 
J. A. LEACH CORTLAND, N. Y. 
SWINE 
PIGS FOR SALE 
Yorkshire and Chester White cross and Chester and 
Berkshire cross, pigs 6 to 7 weeks old S5 each; 7 to 8 weeks 
wa, $5.50 each; 8 to 9 weeks old, S6 each. Pure bred 
Yorkshire 6 to 8 weeks boars or sows $7 each; Chester 
white sows or hoars 6 to 8 weeks old, S7 each, and pure 
ored Berkshire boars or sows 6 to 7 weeks old, S7 each. 
Boars are no relation to the sows. 3 Will ship from 
1 to 50 C. O. D. to you on approval. 
388 Salem St. 
WALTER LUX 
Woburn, Mass. 
REfdSTFRFn H I f AND CHESTER WHITE PIGS. 
uuuiJlfclYGU U. I. U. e. p. ROGERS, WATVILLE, N. T. 
large berkshires at highwood 
Schampion breeding:. Largrest herd in America. Free booklet. 
HARPENDING Box 10 DUNDEE, N. Y. 
TURKEYS 
BOOK ORFlFR^ ,or hatching eggs from Large 
n VftDLftO Northern Raised Mammoth 
“ronze Turkeys. $6.00 a dozen; $45.00 a hundred, 
warrant satisfaction and safe arrival. 
JAMES J, CUMMINGS _ PLYMOUTH, N. H. 
TurlfPvc Mammoth Bronze. Champion “Goldbank” 
tin. ™ J s sire, first prize Madison Square Garden. Part- 
Q Se Plymouth Rock Cockerels. Mis, IdaChnmbley ,I)raper.Ya. 
DUCKLINGS 
SPECIAL PRICES- 
| on t 
Hat 
Kh. 
turkeys, ducks, geese, guineas, hares and dogs. 
Hatching eggs. Catalog free. Write your wants. 
FREED TELFORD, PA. 
D 
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AY-OLD Pekins of giant frame for rapid 
ni>- ul growth. Indian Runners of best 
u ULIVUriba laying strain. Catalog free. 
WAYNE CO. DUCK FARM, CLYDE, N.Y. 
nuriM iirro eggs and drakes 
F R £ E t C !t UULK NI S List Free 
E K I N DUCIYLiimJU Roy Pardee, Islip, N.Y. 
Who Will Last in the Poultry Business? 
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actual commercial value. Aside from 
getting a far better price for a well- 
finished product than can be obtained 
for a low grade, the buyer will invariably 
want, more of the former, and thus a 
permanent market is made for all that 
can be produced. The average weight 
of the ordinary fowl as it comes from the 
farm is about S l /2 to 4 pounds. If a fowl 
of this kind were properly fattened it 
should range in weight from to 6 
pounds and the meat would be much 
improved in quality and as a result would 
sell to the consumer for a higher price 
per pound. It is far more profitable to 
sell a few well finished birds than a larger 
number in thin flesh. 
It Pays to Fatten Poultry 
Fattening poultry before it is marketed 
is one of the most profitable branches of 
the poultry business, yet dealers con¬ 
stantly complain of the small amount of 
well fleshed poultry coming to market. 
While cattle, sheep and hogs are generally 
fed more or less carefully so that they 
will be in prime market condition, poultry 
is ordinarily marketed in a condition 
much inferior to that which it is possible 
to obtain by even a short period of proper 
fattening. This in spite of the fact that 
the cost of poultry fleshing compares 
most advantageously with the cost of 
making gains on other kinds of live stock. 
Local cooperative poultry market asso¬ 
ciations, of which there are about 600, 
are beginning to fatten poultry after it 
comes from the farm so that the profits 
in the poultry fleshing industry which the 
large packing houses have found so juicy 
can be returned to the producer. 
The accompanying chart affords strik¬ 
ing proof that the consumer will pay a 
premium for high quality poultry. Well 
finished birds average heavier in weight 
than thin fleshed sorts so that the dis¬ 
tinction between the two is shown largely 
by weight. Prices paid for both light 
and heavy dry packed, milk-fed fowls, 
packed twelve to a box at New York 
City during 1923 are shown. The aver¬ 
age price for the year on that market for 
heavy fowls, or hens, weighing 5 po un ds 
or over was 28.8 cents, an increase of 
37 per cent, over prices paid for light 
fowls. During the late fall and winter 
when the percentage of well-finished 
birds in the receipts is small, the premium 
reached 13 cents. It was not so pro¬ 
nounced during the early spring, however, 
when the supply of heavy fowls normally 
increases. 
When it is considered that the extra 
pounds are the cheapest to put on, and 
that they increase the value of the whole 
bird in addition to their own added 
values, one realizes better that the farmer 
can not afford to send poorly fleshed 
poultry to market. He had better bow 
to the wishes of his Shylock customers. 
Milk Feeding Brings Premiums 
Milk fed chickens are usually pre¬ 
ferred by the dressed poultry trade and 
command a higher price than corn fed 
poultry. With proper milk feeding the 
fat is distributed throughout the muscle 
fibers which causes the flesh to become 
tender and juicy and improves the flavor. 
Premiums paid for milk fed chicken over 
corn fed during 1923 at New York ran 
from 1 to 2j^c a pound. 
Fattening poultry on milk requires 
skill. Care must be taken to kill the 
birds just as they have taken on the 
maximum amount of flesh, because after 
they reach that point they stop eating 
and begin to lose flesh. It is usually 
found that hens will stand this concen¬ 
trated feed for one week to ten days and 
young chicken from one to three weeks. 
The flesh of milk fed poultry is tender 
and easily bruised and blemished when 
the birds are shipped alive. Many of the 
benefits of the special feeding are lost if 
the poultry is not slaughtered as soon as 
the fattening process is completed. 
When it is cold enough to ship dressed 
poultry without danger of spoiling, 
poultry can be milk fed on the farm, 
dressed and shipped to market direct, 
thus obtaining the premium for such 
poultry without difficulty. 
Corn fed chickens, which usually 
means chickens fed on anything but milk 
are ordinarily desired for the live poultry 
trade. Much of the live poultry mark¬ 
eted is bought by Hebrews. The thick 
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HOW WE SET FRUIT TREES 
(Continued from page 253) 
broken or improperly placed should be 
removed, being careful to make smooth 
cuts close to the trunk. The branches 
which are left should be cut on a bevel 
with the bud left on the outside edge so 
as to spread the center as much as 
possible. The limbs should be spaced 
three or four inches where possible to 
prevent bad crotches. The idea is to 
balance the top with the root system as 
the root system is usually greatly re¬ 
duced by transplanting. 
Planting the Tree 
In planting the trees the details are 
important. A shovelful or two of earth 
should be thrown in the bottom of the 
hole, then the tree should be placed in 
the center, the roots placed in a horizon¬ 
tal position and properly spread if there 
is any tendency for them to bunch. A 
few more shovelfuls of the top soil should 
be thrown over the roots, the tree being 
jiggled up and down meanwhile to work 
the soil around the roots. As soon as the 
roots are covered so that they will not be 
skinned or broken by tramping, workman 
should still keep a firm grasp on the tree 
and tramp the earth firmly about them. 
This amount of tramping will depend to a 
large extent on the condition of the soil. 
If lumpy and hard, more tramping will be 
necessary to secure the right degree of 
firmness, while if mellow and moist, less 
tramping will be necessary. The soil 
should be well firmed closely around the 
roots to prevent large air spaces and to 
insure that the moist soil closely sur¬ 
rounds the roots. The shovelers con¬ 
tinue to push in the best top soil until the 
hole is nearly half full, then they turn to 
the sod pile placing the sods around the 
outer edge of the hole. The sods are 
inverted, grass down and well tramped to 
prevent air holes and a harboring place 
for mice. Avoid placing sods close to 
tree trunk as they do not firm as well to 
hold the tree upright and are more liable 
to form a harboring place for mice. The 
remainder of the soil is now placed around 
the trees, the subsoil pile being used if 
this pile was kept separate. This soil is 
firmed to within an inch or so of the top, 
then the rest may be thrown around the 
tree as a dirt mulch. The tree should 
stand planted an inch or two deeper ■ 
than it did in the nursery row. It should 
be so firmly planted that one man could 
not pull it up by grasping the trunk. 
Protection Needed 
The tree should be protected by wire 
or some other protector immediately after 
planting. Also for the best results, and 
an insurance against loss of trees by 
drought, a mulch of stable manure, hay, 
straw or any suitable material should be 
placed around the trees immediately or 
within a week or two of planting date. 
The above mentioned method has been 
used in planting about 40,000 trees in 
our vicinity and has proved very suc¬ 
cessful. 
EGGS and CHICKS from WHITE 
EGG MACHINES 
Production bred foi 
thirty yeairs. New 
York State certified foi 
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, $14 per 100 up. Eggs, 
$6.00 per 100 up. Bred lor eggs and exhibition. 31st year. 
Buy froma specialist, it pays. Illustrated Catalog Free. 
BOWDEN’S WHITSi WYANDOTTES, Man.fleld, O. 
BABY e;CHICKS] 
Bellmore Poultry Farms 
Baby chicks and hatching eggs; bred from 2-S year 
old hens ipnly; selected after severe culling; only 
vigorous birds free from disease used for breeding. 
We invite you to inspect our plant. It always pays 
to buy chicks from stock which you have seen. 
Strictly a breeding plant, not a hatchery. 
Bellmore Poultry Farms Bellmore, Long Island 
Baby Chicks 
Hatched from High Egg Record Flocks 
$10.00 
per 100 up 
Send for Free Catalog. 
The Lantz Hatchery 
Est. 1906 Tiffin, Ohio. 
Chicks 
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. 
BATTLEFIELD CHICKS Of QUALITY 
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 WhatYou 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. 
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, H. I 
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 FARM, Box 332-C, MT. VERNON, OHIO 
WOODWARD Quality First 
" FARMS Baby Chicks 
Our chicks are bred to lay from breeders chosen for color, 
laying qualities, size and thrift. We know you will like 
our Leghorns. Rocks, Reds and Wyandottes. Send for 
circular and prices. 
WOODWARD FARMS Box 384, 
LAMBERTVILLE, N. J 
500,000 CHICKS FOR 1924 
BEST BREEDS 
. , LOWEST PRICES 
CATALOG FREE. 
THE KEYSTONE HATCHERY 
Richfield. Pa. 
■WHY NOT- 
urinw'c 1 ' XXTft?™??. g ^ red stook WHITE LEG- 
H °RNS ANCONAS, BARRED ROCKS. Chicks that 
are hatched right and guaranteed to satisfy. 
QUALITY HATCHERY^ 66 C Bo a x 0 f, Ue ' ZEELAND, MICH. 
QUAL it Y baby chicks 
Barron S. C. W. Leghorns, Barred and White 
Rocks, R. I, Reds. Bred for business from un¬ 
restricted farm range stock which insures vitality. 
Hatches every week. Prices reasonable. Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. Catalog free. 
C. M. Longenecker.Box 40, Elizabethtown, Pa. 
BREEDERS-CHICKS-EGGS 
W. Wyandottes, Lt. and Dk. Brahmas, R. I. Reds, 
Barred Rocks, S. C. W. and Brown Leghorns. Catalog 
free. Riverdale Poultry Farm, Box 565, Riverdale, N. J. 
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 
ft 
CHICKS, S.C.W.LEGHORNS.WYCKOFF’S BEST, DIRECT 
Also other matings. Selected breeders, free range, right 
Tices. Satisfaction guaranteed. Circular. 
. A. CAMPBELL, Box L, JAMESTOWN, PA. 
100,000 QUALITY BABY CHICKS Immediate 100% live 
delivery east of the Rockies. Postpaid. Hatching eggs. 
Free catalog. CENTER FARMS, Sta. 10. Davenport, la. 
I ARCiF STOFIC ^ ne Poultry, Turkeys. Geese, Ducks, Gufn- 
“ v/vl\ eas> Bantams, Collies. Pigeons, Chicks, Stock, ' 
Eggs, low; catalog. PIONEER FARMS, Telford, Pennsylvania. 
CHICKS —White Leghorns, 13c; Barred Rocks, 15c 
and Mixed, 11c. Safe delivery guaranteed. Circular free. 
GREEN FOREST POULTRY FARM, Rlohflcld, Pa. 
