EARL MAY'S SPRING NURSERY AND SEED NEWS 


















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még Pedigreed White Rocks , 
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ALL CHICKS YOU GET FROM ME 
WILL BE FROM U. S. APPROVED, 
U. S. PULLORUM TESTED FLOCKS 
AND HATCHED IN U.S.APPROVED 
HATCHERIES 
The National Poultry Improvement Plan 
imposes rigid requirements for flock selec- 
tion, for testing for pullorum (B.W.D.), and 
for maintaining sanitary hatcheries. Flocks 
and hatcheries meeting these rigid require- 
ments are bound to produce better chicks 
and the fact that all chicks you get from me 
are from U.S. Approved, U. S. Pullorum 
Tested Flocks and Hatched in U. S. Ap- 
proved Hatcheries is your assurance that 
these chicks are produced under the most 
favorable conditions.—Earl E. May. 
MAY-WAY QUALITY 
The name “May-Way” baby chicks has 
come to mean the HIGHEST QUALITY to 
many thousands of poultry raisers here in 
the great Middle West. J am proud of 
thissreputation and it is a matter of per- 
sonal pride to see to it that each year this 
high standard is maintained and improved. 
Year after year new blood is added, more 
careful culling is done, using all the latest 
methods of accepted practice. So remem- 
ber, whenever you want the highest quality 
chicks at the lowest price—get May-Way. 
TESTIMONIAL 
January 7, 1941. 
Dear Mr. May: 
The 670 chicks I got from you last year 
just could not be beaten. They surely were 
the best chicks we ever had, and another 
thing—you gave us a square deal.—John 
F. Young, Byron, Nebraska. 


To My Poultry Friends: 
year.—E. E. M. 
si) ONLY Ic PER 
=.” CHICK WILL 
¥ BOOK YOUR 
ORDER! 
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requires hourly attention. 
SPECIAL MATING 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
For 7 years every hen and pullet, between 
700 and 800 yearly, has been on a total 
trapnest program from the day they started 
to lay until the end of the year. ‘The foun- 
dation stock was from high producing hens. 
The baby chicks in the Leghorns were from 
300 egg hens and their sires were 300 
egg males. These Special Mating birds are 
all on trapnest today. There has never 
been a White Leghorn or White Rock hen 
in my chicken;house, of my,own, that hasn’t 
been pedigreed or made a trapnest record. 
Every male bird in my Special Mating 
White Leghorns for many years has been 
from 300 egg blood ancestors and this year 
is no exception. Every egg set from my Spe- 
cial Matings will weigh 24 ounces per dozen 
or better. For the reasonable price I am 
asking, I do not believe you can secure bet- 
ter laying stock anywhere. As the supply is 
naturally limited, I urge you to place your 
order at once. Here are the prices: Straight 
Run, each 15c¢; All Pullets, each 30c; All 
Cockerels, each 15c. 
MAY-WAY SUPER ‘FLOCK 
MATING WHITE LEGHORNS 
They have been made possible because 
of the many years of trapnesting Special 
Matings. They’re the big type Leghorns, of 
course. They lay big eggs and lots of them. 
These Leghorns have been bred up to be 
attractive looking but the principal thing 
they will do is Jay a lot of eggs for you. 
The. females in these Super Flock Matings 
have not been trapnested but their ancestors 
have been for years. The male birds are big, 
husky fellows and every one of them from 
250 to over 300 egg blood lines. All eggs set 
in this grade must weigh 24 oz. or more per 
dozen. I highly recommend these Super 
Flock Matings as one of your very best 
purchases. 
Here are the prices: Straight Run, each 
te; All Pullets, each 23¢; All Cockerels, 
each I1c. 
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CHICK PRI 
I like poultry. I like baby chicks and I have al- 
ways been interested in watching them from the day-old size clear on up through 
to maturity and then watch the egg records. I am confident there isn’t anything 
that is raised on the farm or in the towns where you have room that keeps you as 
interested or gives you any greater per cent of cash profit than poultry. True— 
there is considerable work to it but there is work to anything that is worthwhile. 
Poultry today is a lot different than it was 25 years ago. It has progressed a 
great deal since the old days. You should get baby chicks from high producing 
strains. I hope you will read what I say about the various steps of production and 
development of May-Way Baby Chicks and give me the opportunity of furnishing 
you your baby chicks. J know I have the kind that you will be proud to own. 
Write to me about baby chicks and tell me. how many you are going to raise this 
ALL BABY CHICKS 
PREPAID TO YOU 
All baby chicks are shipped by Prepaid Par- 
cel Post o Prepaid Express in the latest type 
boxes. No additional transportation charges 
to pay when your chicks arrive. 
Only 1c Per Chick down. payment will book your order regardless of 
how many chicks you order. You can send me the balance anytime up 
to 10 days before shipping date or I will ship C.O.D. for the balance 
due, whichever you prefer. See price list enclosed. 
EARL MAY'S OWN PEDIGREED 
WHITE LEGHORNS AND WHITE ROCKS 
White Rocks and White Leghorns are my specialties and I have been breed- 
ing them on my own experimental farm for the past 13 years. 
visitors have seen these birds. They are bred up for large size, large eggs and 
lots of them, Every single hen on this farm is under trapnest supervision which 
Before a-hen is accepted as a breeder she must meet 
the most rigid requirements as to number of eggs laid, size and shape of the hen 
herself, trueness to type, the livability of herself and also her immediate family, 
quickness of maturity, in fact, every single factor to be considered in striving 
for the perfect hen is observed and noted. By owning this breeding farm and 
having these flocks constantly under trapnest I have developed a fine strain of 
White Leghorns and White Rocks. 
Thousands of 
SPECIAL MATING 
WHITE ROCKS 
These are mammoth birds, both the hens 
and the male birds. The male birds in this 
mating will weigh from 8 to 10 Ibs. The 
big White Rock hens will weigh from 6 to 
8 Ibs. apiece and some even more. My 
White Rock breeding program, under trap- 
nest supervision, has run for six years. 
Every hen and every male bird in this Spe- 
cial Mating is pedigreed and the foundation 
stock has been pedigreed and trapnested for 
many years before that. The male birds 
that head these flocks of my pedigreed Spe- 
cial Matings are: every one from a hen that 
laid no less than 200 eggs and some as 
high as 270. I can recommend baby chicks, 
from these birds, to you. All eggs set weigh 
24 oz. or more per dozen. 
Here are the prices: Straight Run, each 
16c—(No Sexing of these). 
e 21st ANNIVERSARY ° 

SHENANDOAH, IOWA 


102 YEARS YOUNG 
This is Mr. John W. Burks of Beatrice, 
Nebraska. He will be 102 years old this 
month. He is shown here with the flock of 
chickens he purchased from me last year. 
MAY-WAY BEST GRADE CHICKS 
Stock from the finest bloodlines of national prize 
winners can be found in May-Way Best Grade 
flocks. Bloodlines from 200 and up to 300 in the 
White Rocks, White Wyandottes, Barred Rocks and 
S. C. Reds, and from 200 to over 300 eggs per 
year in White Leghorns. Thousands of dollars have 
been spent to improve the May-Way Best Grade 
flocks—not just this year or last year but for many 
years past. There are over 1,000 R.O.P. sired and 
pedigree sired males in the flocks of White Leg- 
horns, White Rocks, White Wyandottes, Barred 
Rocks and S. C. Reds. You naturally want birds 
that will mature rapidly and lay lots of winter eggs. 
That’s what May-Way Best Grade chicks will do 
for you. All eggs set in this grade must weigh 24 
oz. or more to the dozen. For prices see price list 
enclosed. 

MAY-WAY 
EXTRA SELECT GRADE CHICKS 
This grade is between our Select and Best Grade. 
For detailed explanation and prices see enclosed 
price list. 
MAY-WAY 
SELECT GRADE CHICKS 
Here is a dandy bunch of birds. Strong—healthy 
These Select Grade chicks are very popular and are 
big sellers. For detailed explanation and prices 
see enclosed price list. 
FREE BUFFALO TOMATO SEED 
I want to know what your Baby Chick plans wili 
be for this year. To all of you who will write me 
a card or letter and tell me How Many and what 
variety of chicks you plan to buy this year, I will 
send one big packet of the New Buffalo Tomato 
seed ABSOLUTELY FREE. This is good for a 
limited time only, so act promptly. 
MAY-WAY SUPER FLOCK MATING WHITE ROCKS | 
I can’t help but just keep telling you about these great birds. “They have taken the_ 
country by storm.” The hens in these May-Way Super Flock Matings are beautiful birds. 
They’re large husky hens and pullets, mated to big husky cockerels carrying the same blood- 
lines as my Special Mating White Rocks. The hens are not under trapnest but are from 
those bloodlines. These birds have size, vigor and true Rock type. Because of my many 
years of trapnesting I can now offer you these Super Flock Matings at a price that any- 
one, who wants the best in egg-laying and fine birds with a great background, can afford to 
pay. You can place your orders with confidence that the chicks from these May-Way Super 
Flock Matings will develop into the finest type of White Rocks. Friends, remember this, 
we have placed many generations of my trapnested pedigreed males to head these flocks, 
and the hens and pullets are the 
same high quality, egg bred 
bloodlines. All eggs set in this 
grade must weigh 24 oz. or 
more per dozen. 
Here are the _ prices: 
Straight Run, each Ie; All 
Pullets, each 15¢; All Cockerels. 
each 15c. 
ANOTHER VIEW OF MY PEDIGREED 
WHITE ROCKS AND WHITE LEGHORNS 
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