528 
American Agriculturist, May 31, 1924 
DAY-OLD CHICKS 
STRONG, STURDY, Northwestern New York State Stock, bred from our fast maturing 
strains, that will develop to full size from three to six weeks earlier than the average 
chix. Parent stock selective mated for generations by the Hogan and Cornell methods. 
Pullets from our June hatched birds will produce high percentage of eggs this winter 
when eggs are high. 
CUSTOMER’S LETTER 
Gentlemen: May 19th, 1924 
We are pleased to report that from the 200 day-old chix we purchased of you 
the middle of last June, we raised 125 pullets. On the 17th day of December 
they laid 67 eggs (better than 50%) and from that time on they have laid from 
50% to 80% and are still at it. We believe June is the best month in the season 
to raise chix. Yours truly, 
v J. B. WICKS, Lockport, N. Y. 
25 to 499 
White Leghorns.12 )^c each 
R. I. Reds.14c 
Barred Rox.14c “ 
White Rox.14c “ 
Buff Leghorns .13c 
Anconas.14c “ 
Black Minorcas.14c “ 
Jersey Black Giants.25c “ 
PULLETS—We have some excellent three months’ old pullets 
for June deliveries at very attractive prices.- 
500 to 999 
12c each 
13^c “ 
13 He “ 
13 He “ 
12Hc “ 
13Hc “ 
13Hc “ 
25c 
1000 
11c each 
13c “ 
13c 
13c “ 
12c “ 
13c “ 
13c “ 
NIAGARA POULTRY FARM 
Ransomville, N. Y. 
W. R. CURTISS CO., Prop. 
Members International Baby Chick Association 
50,000 Keystone Vitality Chicks 
For May Delivery 
Leaders Since 1910 
Bred Right, Hatched Right, Shipped Right 
ASK OUR CUSTOMERS 
S. C. White Leghorns.. 
S. C. Brown Leghorns.. 
S. C. R. I. Reds. 14c 
Barred Rocks. 14c 
S. C. Black Minorcas. 
Mixed Chicks 
Each 
Per 1,000 
12c 
$110.00 
lie 
100.00 
14c 
130.00 
14c 
130.00 
13c 
120.00 
9c 
80.00 
Prepaid by Parcel Post. Our Chicks are hatched by men 
with experience in high grade hot water machines, where 
the temperature and moisture are all automatically 
maintained, every minute during the hatch. The best 
chicks are always the cheapest. 80 per cent, of our chicks 
ordered by old customers. Mr. Hubler has been buying 
our chicks for nine years—-Mrs. Williams ordered 500— 
, we sent 514 chicks. She raised over 500. Mr. Grayson 
raised 07% of the 700 he purchased last year. Mrs. 
.Chambers raised 100 per cent last year. We have pleased 
Box 83 
100 per cent live delivery guaranteed. V hundreds and we can please you. 
We are members of the International Baby Chick Association. Fine Catalogue free. 
THE KEYSTONE HATCHERY 
> (The Old Reliable Plant) 
RICHFIELD, PA. 
Chick Prices Reduced 
50 
100 
500 
1000 
$4.75 
$9.00 
$42.50 
$80.00 
5.00 
9.50 
45.00 
82.50 
5.75 
11.00 
52.50 
100.00 
6.75 
12.50 
60.00 
110.00 
9.00 
17.00 
82.50 
4.25 
8.00 
37.50 
75.00 
FROM EXTRA QUALITY FLOCKS WITH HEAVY LAYING STRAINS. 
SAFE DELIVERY*GUARANTEED. PARCEL POST C. O. D. 
You can pay for the chicks when they arrive. In this way you take no risk. 
Varieties Prices On: 50 
S. C. White and Brown Leghorns. $4.75 
S. C. Buff and Black Leghorns, Anconas. 
Barred and White Rocks, R. C. Reds, Black Minorcas 
White Wyandottes, Barron White Leghorns. 
S. C. White Minorcas. 
Mixed Chicks. 
25 years' hatching and 20 years’ shipping enables us to produce the BEST. A hatch each week 
through June, July and August. Place your orders as far in advance as possible. Catalog Free. 
20TH CENTURY HATCHERY, Box R, NEW WASHINGTON, OHIO 
GREAT REDUCTION Sf&'aS# 
From select flocks of heavy laying, pure bred hens on free range and properly cared for 
to insure strong, vigorous chicks that will live and MAKE MONEY for you. Order right 
from this ad. with full remittan.ee and get them quickly. Bank reference. There is no risk. 
We are only 18 hours from New York. , Chicks will reach you safely. 
Varieties Prices on: 50 100 500 v 1000 
White, Brown, Buff Leghorns, Anconas. $5.00 S9.0O $42.50 $80.00 
Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds, Minorcas.. 6.00 11.00 50.00 95.00 
Wh. Rocks and Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons.. v 6.50 12.00 >55.00 *. 
S. L. Wyandottes, 100, $15.00; Buff Minorcas, 100, $20.00; Mixed Chicks, $8.50 per 100. 
Heavy Mixed, $10.00 per 100 straight. Postpaid. 100% live arrival guaranteed. CatalogFree. 
T RI-STATE HATCHERIES, _ Box 510 _ A R CHBOLD, OHIO 
SPECIAL SUMMER PRICES “BETTERQUALITY”Chicks 
hatched from America’s foremost bred-to-lay strains. Flocks carefully, culled and developed for 
highest type and production. 100% live delivery guaranteed. 
Prices Prepaid on: 50 
Leghorns. White and Buff. 
Barron White Leghorn and Anconas. 
Barred Rocks, R. & S. C. Reds. 
White Rocks, White Wyandottes. Buff Orpingtons 
Silver Wyandottes & White Orpingtons . 
Broilers (All Breeds). . . „_ _ 
Order direct from this ad. or send for catalogue. We continue hatching to September. Reference: 
Farmer’s Bank of Elida, Ohio. 
HOLTZAPPLE HATCHERY, BOX 90, _ ELIDA, OHIO 
50 
100 s. 
500 s 
- 1000 
$5.50 
$10.00 
$47.00 
S 90.00 
6.00 
11.00 
52.00 
100.00 
6.50 
12.00 
57.00 
110.00 
7.00 
13.00 
62.00 
120.00 
7.50 
14.00 
67.00 
130.00 
5.00 
9.00 
42.00 - 
^ 80.00 
Per 500 
Per 100 
Per 50 
Per 25 
$62.50 
$13.00 
$7.00 
$3.75 
70.00 
14.50 
7.75 
4.00 
77.50 
16.00 
8.50 
4.50 
82.50 
17.00 
9.00 
4.75 
. 87.50 
18.00 
9.50 
5.00 
F. A. SCHWEGLER, 
BUFFALO, N. Y. 
SCHWEGLER’S “|'HftR-Q-RRFD * * BABY CHICKS 
LIVE AND G R O W . B I G 
Order direct from this ad. Ask for our free chick book. 97% Live delivery guaranteed. 
White, Brown, Buff Leghorns. 
Barred Rox, R. I. Reds, Anconas. 
White Wyandottes & White Rox. 
Black Minorcas. 
Buff Orpingtons.. 
204- Northampton Street, 
250,000 JUNE, JULY, CHICKS 
$8.00 per 100 and up. POSTPAID TO YOUR DOOR. 100 PER CENT. LIVE DELIVERY GUARANTEED. 
_ * > & _ ■ .. I — el I. _ ji l. .. . .a ^ 1 liATALICh ikl 
From selected, heavy laying flocks 
..... HOT - 
_ Produced by men of many years’ experience. HATCHED IN 
OUR OWN MAMMOTH HOT WATER INCUBATORS. 
Varieties Prices on 
White, Brown, Buff and Black Leghorns, Anconas (Sheppard’s).. 
White Leghorns, Anconas. Extra Quality. 
Barred and White Rocks, R. C. Reds, Black Minorcas. 
Buff Rocks, S. C. Reds. White Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons. 
White Wyandottes, extra quality, heavy laying strain. 
Mixed Chicks, Heavy Breeds. 
Mixed Chicks, Light Breeds. . . . 
atjgWSk88£’1fe , S8e sewWISHINCTDWHATCKERY. Bixl, NiHWISHIIKiTOS.OHIO 
SO 
100 
500 
$5.50 
$10.00 
$45.00 
7.50 
14.00 
67.50 
6.50 
12.00 
57.50 
7.00 
13.00 
62.00 
8.50 
16.00 
76.00 
6.00 
11.00 
55.00 
4.50 
8.00 
40.00 
CHICKS WITH PEP 
GREAT CUT IN PRICES. Strong, 
vigorous chicks from our bred-to-lay 
hens. LEGHORNS and ANCONAS, 
10c each. ROCKS, REDS, MIN¬ 
ORCAS, WH. WYANDOTTES, 13c. 
ORPINGTONS, SIL. WYANDOTTES, 
15c. MIXED, 10c. Postpaid. Full 
live delivery guaranteed. Free Catalog. 
HOLGATE CHICK HATCHERY, Box A, HOLGATE, OHIO 
SUPERIOR BABY CHICKS 
White Leghorns. 10c 
White Wyandottes. 14c 
Heavy Mixed 60% B. Rocks. 09c 
Special prices on large orders. Hundreds of satisfied customers. 100% 
eafe arrival guaranteed. Order direct from ad. or write for ciroular. 
ULSH POULTRY FARM, Port Trevorton, Pa. 
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS 
Flocks Approved by New Jersey Department 
of Agriculture 
Per 100 50 25 
Chicks. $35.00 $18.00 $9.00 
Per 100 50 25 
Eggs. $16.00 $8.00 $4.00 
Safe delivery 1200 miles. Send for Catalogue. 
PEDRICK POULTRY FARMS, Flemington, N. J. 
•WHY NOT- 
Buy your Chicks from Egg-bred stock WHITE LEG¬ 
HORNS, ANCONAS, BARRED ROCKS. Chicks that 
are hatched right and guaranteed to satisfy. 
Free Catalogue. 
QUALITY HATCHERY, Box B, ZEELAND, MICH. 
A Turkey “Pool” That Women Formed 
(Continued from 'page 527) 
turkeys came the citizens of our little 
town woke to the rumble of wheels and 
the gobble of turkeys. Before nine 
o’clock the main street was blocked with 
vehicles of every sort. Before noon the 
facilities for handling turkeys were ex¬ 
hausted; the cash ran out and the buyers 
had to hustle up more coops and another 
car. 
When the count was tallied up the sec¬ 
ond day the pool numbered 1500 turkeys 
and nearly five hundred were sold outside 
the pool. Best of all, the women who 
raised the turkeys were paid 32c a pound 
for their crop. 
“Turkey Day” an Annual Affair 
The women had been quite modest in 
their little business venture. Folks had 
not realized how it had grown. This last 
year nobody forgot “Turkey Day.” 
When the time came round two big firms 
were on hand to buy the crop, and the 
deal was closed at 35c a pound, the high¬ 
est price ever paid for turkeys at Cerulean 
or anywhere else in the State, transporta¬ 
tion considered. It was the biggest crop 
ever shipped from the burg, too—the 
pool numbering 2,000 with a few, but 
only a few, sold on the outside. 
And such a prosperous look we did have 
—trucks, wagons and buggies all over the 
town; white-coated gentlemen running 
here and there and everywhere to see 
that no coop should be overlooked—the 
pool ladies with shining eyes in and out 
among the throng getting the sign-up for 
next year—and they were getting them, 
too—almost unanimously. “Bankers and 
clerks, politicians and turks” all rushing 
around looking so happy—all, that is, 
except the turks, and they must have 
felt better than usual on such occasions 
for they had graduated into the “money 
class.” 
The poor bankers and clerks, though, 
had no lunch for with all our busy pre¬ 
paring we forgot folks have to eat. So at 
the end of our big day we agreed that 
next year we would serve lunch; 
There was one other important feature. 
The ladies did a rushing business exchang¬ 
ing stock and getting new blood for breed¬ 
ing purposes. There was much consulting 
and exchanging of ideas which should re¬ 
sult in better stock next year. All in all 
it was a great time and everybody went 
home better off—if not in money, in 
spirit, because those who had no turkeys 
were glad to see the success of their 
neighbors.— Sallie Graham Stice. 
Trade Mark Reg. U. S, Pat. Off. 
Bred for egg production 
To prove how good Lively Chicks are, 
pens of our breeders were entered and 
won high place in the 1923 International 
Laying Contests. 
“Bred for egg production ” is the story 
of Kerr Chicks in four -words. Our 
culled laying flocks of pure-bred, farm- 
raised hens are headed by cockerels 
whose dams made high trap-nest records. 
For exceptionally heavy layers try out 
Hollywood White Leghorns, Norfolk 
Spec. Farms Barred and Fishel White 
Rocks, Martin White Wyandottes and 
Sked Bros. Rhode Island Reds, the out¬ 
standing laying strains of these respec¬ 
tive breeds. 
100 per cent safe delivery by mail, alive 
and vigorous, is fully guaranteed. 
Send to-day for your Kerr Chick Book. 
It includes our records in the 1923 In¬ 
ternational Laying Contests. 
THE KERR CHICKERIES, Inc. 
(Member International Baby Chick Assn.) 
Newark, N. J. Springfield, Mass. 
Box No. 10 Box No. 10 
Frenchtown, N. J, Syracuse, N. Y. 
Box No. 10 Box No. 10 
GUARANTEED PURE-BRED CHICKS 
and PULLETS Special Star 
Barron S. C. 
Anconas 
Aristocrat Strain Barred Plymouth Rocks 
Breeding Stock, Chicks and Eggs. Only a j 
limited number of these. Write for prices. 
White Leghorns Sheppard’s Strain 
Special Star Matings 
May 
June 
May 
June 
May 
June 
500 
$72.50 
62.50 
Matings 
$57.50 
47.50 
1000 
$140.00 
120.00 
$110.00 
90.00 
$140.00 
120.00 
FAIRYIEW POULTRY fARM, 
Per 100 
. $15.00 
. 13.00 
Grade “A” 
. .. $ 12.00 
. 10.00 
Utility Bred-to-lay Rocks 
. $15.00 $72.50 
. 13.00 62.50 
Pullets of Quality at Moderate Prices 
5 Wk. 8 Wk. 10 Wk. 3 Mo. 4 Mo. 
60c ea. 85c ea. 81.00 ea. $1.25 ea. SI.50 ea. 
Mixed Chicks, Light Breeds, $8.00 per 100; Heavy 
Breeds, $11.00 per 100. Reference: Two Banks. 100% live | 
delivery. Don’t Wait. Order from this ad or write today. 
R. 2, Box B, ZEELAND, MICH. 
SUNBEAM HATCHERY 
Chicks are produced under my personal supervision in a 
good Modern Hatchery. Hatched from select, pure bred, 
heavy-laying hens, well kept to insure vigorous chicks. 
White, Brown & Buff Leghorns, 
50—$7; 100—§13; 500— $62.50. 
Barred Rocks, R. & S. C. Beds, 
Anconas, 50 —SS: 100—S15: 
500—$72.50. White & Buff 
Rocks, White Wyandottes, 
Black Minorcas, 50— $8.50:100 
—$16: 500—$77.50. White & 
Buff Orpingtons, Silver Wyan-. 
dottes, 50—S9; 100— $18; 500 
— $87.50. Mixed, all varieties, 
$12 per 100straight. 100% live 
delivery guaranteed. Post paw. 
Order from this Ad. Bankref- 
Get them when you want them- 
Are Money Makers. 
erences. There is no risk. 
Free Catalog. Member I. B. C. A. 
H. B. TIPPIN, Box F. 
FINDLAY, OHIO 
100 
A Farm Woman’s Experience 
with Ducks 
W. E. Farver 
M Y neighbor, whom for personal rea¬ 
sons we shall call Mrs. Ross, tells 
us the following duck story. Her experi¬ 
ence, while not on such a large scale, tells 
so much of the real, inside information 
concerning the raising of ducklings that 
we feel like passing it on. Here is Mrs. 
Ross’s story: 
“Last year I had a drake and seven ducks. 
Besides the many eggs I used from them I 
raised some thirty. I also sold some of the eggs 
and traded some on hens’ eggs. I hatched 
more than this number but did not succeed in 
raising all of them. My experience has taught 
me that only mature birds should be used for 
breeding purposes. An active yearling drake 
may be used to each five to seven ducks. 
“I find it much better to use hens for the 
hatching than to use ducks. Ducks are easily 
excited and under the least amount of excite¬ 
ment may leave the nest. The period of in¬ 
cubation is 28 days, and when set under a hen 
it is best to dip the eggs in lukewarm water at 
least once a week. This makes the shell brittle 
BABY 
Price List Prepaid to You 
Wh. & Br. Leghorns. $10.00 
-- ’ 10.00 
12.00 
12.00 
12.00 
12.00 
12.00 
13.00 
13.00 
15.00 
15.00 
CHICKS 
Purebred Stock 
Buff & Bl. Leghorns 
Anconas . 
S. C. Bl. Minorcas . 
Barred Rocks . 
S. C. & R. C. Reds . 
Buff & Wh. Rocks . 
Wh. & S. L. Wyandottes. 
Buff Orpingtons . 
Black Langshans . 
S. C. Wh. Minorcas ..... 
Light Brahmas .. 18.00 
All. absolutely first class pure bred stock. 
ments made. Mall orders to 
JAMES KREJCI, 2165 E. 86th St., CLEVELAND, O. 
BO 
S5.50 
5.50 
6.50 
6.50 
6.50 
6.50 
6.50 
7.00 
7.00 
8.0 n 
8.00 
9.50 
Prompt ship- 
$3.00 
3.00 
3.50 
3.50 
3.50 
3.50 
3.50 
375 
375 
4.25 
4.25 
5.00 
SUNSHINE 
BABY CHICKS 
Per 50 100 500 100° I 
S. C. Wh. Leghorn a $6.00 $11 $52.50 
Barred Rocks - - ... 7.00 13 62.50 
Wh. Wyandottes - 7.50 14 67.50 
Heavy Assorted - - 6.00 11 62.50 
Light Assorted - - 6.00 9 42.50 
Postpaid to your door. 100 % live delivery I 
guaranteed. Sunshine Chicks are success to 
thousands of our customers everywhere, these 
chicks are bred from pure vigorous free range 
parent stock. Hatched with highest type or 
modern incubator. Order right from this aa. 
SUNSHINE HATCHERY DALMATIA, PA. 
Quality Baby Chick; 
Barron, S. C. W. Leghorns, Barred & White Rocks, R- 1. Red* 
Bred for business from unrestricted farffl 
range stock which insures vitality. Large 
hatches of big sturdy Chicks every week at 
only 12c each. Discounts on large orders. 
Live delivery and satisfaction guaranteed. 
Catalogue free. 
C. M. Longenecker, Box 40, Elizabethtown, Pa- 
Tom Barron Pedigree Strain S. C. White Leghorns 
exclusively; extra nice; May and June chicks $15 P® 1 
100. Safe delivery and satisfaction guaranteed. 
FEEK’S WHITE LEGHORN FARM. R4. CLYDE. N.Y. 
