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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
VOLUME 29 JANUARY, 1924 NUMBER
EVERYBODYS ' Educated Charters Incubator
Amertca*s J^ost Popular Poultry f^agazine
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by L. A. Stahmer
Mating and Breeding for Egg Production 11
by Prof. H. R. Lewis
Concerning Eggs for Hatching 13
by Chas. D. CleTeUnd
The Casserole 14
by Harold F. Barber
Experiment Stations 15
by Prof. H. R. Lewis
The Housewife and a Few Hens 16
by H. H. Collier
The Poultry Primer 17
by H. S. Weidner
Broken Colored Plumage 18
by T. F. McGrew.
Another Business Man Wants a Poultry Farm 20
by D. E. Hale
Proverbs 29:18 21
by Harold F. Barber
Editorials 22-24
Welcome, 1024; Breedinii; Then and Now; Buy-
ing <^>>d Sellinsr Winners; Popularity of Varieties;
New Year's Day a Symbol- The New York Show;
The Two Sides of Life; Early Mating; Precepts
to Practice; Service; Happiness.
Editor's Desk 28
Everybodys Chats 30
by H. P. Schwab
Hale's Henographs 32
Loyalties 35
The Chicago Coliseum Poultry Show 39
by Jas. T. Huston
Do Yellow Legs Fade? 46
by O. A. Hanke
The Baltimore Show 52
by H. S. Weidner
Notes From Dixie Land 62
by B. E. Adams
January in the Poultry Yard 63
Horticultural Department 64
by Prof. Arthur J. Farley
The Royal Winter Fair 68
by H. P. Schwab
The Great West 84
by H. H. Collier
Detroit National Show 88
Show Dates and Announcements 91
American Buff Wyandotte Club Bulletin 93
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OPERATING THE MODERN INCUBATOI
By Prof. H. R. Lewis
You must read it to appreciate and aipree you will, thi
it is timely and this article, if you please, is away out «
the ordinary as covering a like subject. No man in Americ
has had greater practical experience than Harry Lewia-^
real poultrynian and who writes from that same practici
experience for the benefit of all. <
MAKING READY FOR THE PEDIGREE
HATCH
By Mrs. Helen Dow Whitaker
We introduce to Everybodys* family with the February
issue, Mrs. Helen Dow Whitaker, of Palouse, Wlash. Thit
introduction is not of a new writer, but rather a new ou
for Everybodys. Mrs. Whitaker. in the writer's opinion, h
one of the leaders in poultry culture today; a remarkabh
woman in many respects. When we icained her consent U
prepare a series of articles for you, we felt quite gratified,
in fact, this acceptance of consignment came on Ohristmii
Day. Her articles following February will be: March
"Bringing Off the Lucky Hatch;" April. "Brooder Can
and R^tioninff." You are going to enjoy them all. Wei
come Mrs. Wnitaker to Everybodys' family.
ENGLISH BREEDS
By T. F. McGrew
Almost every mail brings letters in appreciation of Mr
MeOrew's fine series appearing monthlv. You sure will
enjoy the February feature (profusely illustrated by Stab-
mer), chuck full of the things loved by every fancier. One
reader today writes: "MeOrew's article* are worth dollart
to me every month." Another says: "You sure mix up
the fancy and commercial finely in Everybodys. I am in-
terested in both, you cannot go too strong to suit me."
THE PRESERVATION OF POULTRY
MANURE
By Harold F. Barber
This man Barber sleeps as well as lives in a "chicken"
atmosphere—* student of every phase of successful, profit-
able poultry keeping. In fact, believes that the American
hen can show a profit, via the by-product route and best
of all he is right. Mr. Barber will discuss the preeervatioo
of one of these by-products in the February story and it's i
good one. take it from us. .
ARE YOU PLANNING ON HATCHABLE
EGGS? I
By D. E. Hale t j
Here is a good subject and the article meets this import
ant matter squarely. Every one who is preparing to run off
hatches during the next few months will profit Dy it. Mr.
Hale, with his sound advice, has helped many and will con-
tinue to do so. Feel at liberty to ask for this advice st
anr time.
We must stop here, space prevents our mentioning hsU
the February features. We have given you but a few.
"The Housewife and a Few Hens," by OoUier; "Experi-
ment Stations," by Lewis; "The Casserole," by Barber,
are a sample of what has been left out above. Yes. of
course, it will be a "Wonder" number— every page.
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Arnold. Aug. D 25
American Incubator Mfg. Co. 49
American Fruit Grower ... 84
Adams, H. C 24
Anderson Box Co 52
American Scientific Labora-
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American Supply Co 66
American Poultry School . . 7
Arey. M. S 24
Anderson, R. H 25
American Poultry Journal . 87
Arcady Farms Milling Co. . 30
Ball Mfg. Co., A. L 75
Bridges Mfg. Co 67
Burrell Dugger Co 66
Bonnie Brae Orpington Farm 41
Baringer. M. F 47
Belle City Incubator Co. . . .61
Buffalo Incubator Co 91
Brower Mfg. Co 51
Berry's Poultry Farm . . . . 49
Burn Brae Poultr\' Farm . . 58
Barber, Harold F 48
Barr's Knobby Stone Poul-
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Bradley Bros 98
Brown Fence & Wire Co. . 65
Blamberg Bros., luc 62
Beuoy. Geo 73
Bailey, L. W 69
Bird Bros 8
Buckeye Incubator Co 29
Battles, C. G 40
Bloomer Bros back cover
Bowers & Sons Co., F. M. . 77
Bradford. J. A 6
Cooper, H. W 63
Call of the Hen 90
Close- To-Nature Co 50, 68
Consolidated Products Co. . 56
Cook ft Son. P. G 88
Curtiss Co.. W. R 88
Cosh. Newton 60
Cleveland. Chas. D. ..back cover
Collier. H. H 73
Clardy P. P 28
Cook, 0. Sydney, Jr 27
Cedar Grove Farm 96
Cnnkev Co.. G. E 10, 70
Charters Mfg. Co 5
Cassel's Son. F. P 82
Cyphers Incubator Co. ... 59
Oarbolineum Wood Preserv-
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Cycle Hatcher Co.... back cover
Davis Poultry Farm 82
Dickinson Co., Albert 25
Detroit-Alliance Incubator Co. 80
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DeVilleray, L. R 89
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Dijffield Farm 60
Daniels, H. A 88
Edmonds, D. J 96
Edgerton Mfg. Co 84
Electric Controller Co 62
Edgetown Farm 25
Forge Works, C. A. S 73
Ferris, Geo. B 85
Fairview Farm 25
Fleischmann Co 45
Frantz. Osee C 26
Fi.shing Creek Poultry Farm 54
Fidelity Scientific L»abora-
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Guile & Windnagle, Inc. . . 72
Grangers Mfg. . Co 79
Graham, C. S . * 88
Gibbins. R. J 93
Grove Hill Poultry Yards . . 60
(irow, Oscar 81
Glen Rock Nursery ft Stock
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Grandview Poultry Farm . . 55
Hankins, W. H 31
Hillpot, W. F 34
Happy Hen Remedy Co. 56, 62
Herti. Jos. H 67
Holterman. W. D 3
Homestead Campine Farm . 56
Halbach & Sons, W. H. ... 48
Hall. Edward F 61
Inter-State Sales Co 81
Inland Poultrv Journal ... 70
Illinoi«« Band ft Sunply Ca. . 66
Independent Mfg. Co 68
Ironclad Incubator Co 73
Johnson Co., M. M 83
Jacobus, M. R 68
James Mfg. Co 6
Kitselman Bros 64
Krejci, James 68
Kuhn, Sam 90
Kerliu's Grand View Poul-
try Farm 27
Keipper Cooping Co 77
Kulp, W. W 60
Lallrre Co 90
Lancaster Mfg. Co 87
Leghorn World 78
Larimer, A. P 93
Lord Farms 44
Long, J. Elmer , 63
Lee Co.. Geo. H 87
Laywell Farm 63
Lewis. Harry R 48
Lesher, J. Guy 95
McClure. G. A 90
McGiiire. Walter .1 58
Mayhill Poultry Farm .... 60
Morri.s Farm 8
Mann Co., F. W 51
Mariy Farms 51
My.Ts. C. N 89
Martin, John S 89
Missouri Poultry Farms ... 79
Moellor Co., A. K 46
Mendith Co., H'lon A 60
Morris Mfg. Co 79
Mittendorff's Legh rn Ranch 28
Mating and Breeding of Poul-
try 76
Mi(hol ft Son. Henry 80
Montgomery Ward ft Co. . . 81
Mason Poultry Fence Co. . . ol
Metfll Egg Crate Co 50
Mailwin Mfg. Co 86
Nunda Poultry Farm 69
Neuhauser Chick Hatcheries 85
Neubert Co.. R. F 62
National Poultry Institute . 31
Nixon. Chas 6
Nabob Hatcheries. . . .back cover
Newtown Giant Incubator
Corporation 63
National Poultry Band Co. . 80
Ossege Hatchery. J. W. ... 79
O. K. Company 31
Owen Farms 41
••Oculum" Co 81
Ohio Marble Co 69
Ovie's Poultry Farm ft
Hatchery 56
Outd >or Enterjirise Co. ... 49
Purina Mills 52
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F.irm 61
Poltl. A. F 6
Putnam. 1 33, 72
Parks, J. W 66
Pape, Chas. 0 27
Potter ft Co 80
Pennsylvania Poultrv Farm . 40
Payne Bros 88
Peerless Wire ft Fence Co. 64
Prairie State Incubator Co. 63
Poultrv Item 91
Pratt Food Co 48
X age. iv. A. ......a....... vo
Poorman, John G 3
Pardee. Roy E 85
Practical Poultry Production 93
Quaker Oats Co front cover
Queen Incubator Co 71
Rorkway \N'hite Leghorn
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HANOVER, PA., JANUARY, 1924
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Mating and Breeding lor Egg Production
** Always Uniform"
Says a Big Feeder By Prof. H. R. lewis. Associate Editor
The most difficult thing about an
feed— and a very important point ftTp^QjicALLY all hens sometime in their life, pro-
little chicks— is uniformity. Vr ^^^e eggs The number, the size, the shape, the
The Hallworthy Poultry Faril color and the season that they are produced, are
Elyria, Ohio, wrote July 18, 1921 factors or traits which any individual hen has in-
"There is one thing 1 would like" herited from her ancestors. The inheritance of
impress upon buyers of poultry fee production has become, through ye"%,°^ ^J^p"?:
and that is that Conkey^ Feeds artai work, an established fact. It -^^tj"; *^«" 7' ^t
praise for them. We have had excellent resukjonment, and by giving the
in rearing thousands of chicks to matunty aig better care and attention
in producing thousands of eggs annually fro , ^^^^^ appropriate f eed-
our Trap-nested White Leghorns. „ u;,^ «>• a flock of birds
•*We have sold and used this season more thj a^^^^^. ^/ , .« T>roduce
ten ton of Conkey's Buttermilk Starting ¥^ be induced to vroauce
andwearenowfeedingaboutaOOOGrowingPi'C efficiently, but even unaer
lets and Cockerels on Conkey's Growing Maslne favorable conditions, the
_ - _ ._ > lo r«\^^n\^ naturallv inheiits
An Inherited Trait
«v «^ n « Ai^ ^1^ 1 \b which naturally inherits
Don't Break the Cnaln productivity, cannot be in-
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Bnttermilk Feeds ^ ^f^'rl^'Iaw of
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purpose. If your dealer can't supply you wife egg production recoras,
Conkey's, write us. Big Poultry Book sent fret as well as it does in work-
THE G. E. CONKEY CO. ^^^ "°^^' /oTer;arTiru^-
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trait. The law of heredity,
IMPROVEMENT in production may
come through better housing, better
feeding, greater attention to sanita-
tion and disease prevention, but hinda-
mentally and back of it all must be the
basic improvement which comes
through close selection and more care-
ful mating and breeding for egg pro-
duction. Egg production is an mhcri-
ted trait like all other characters, and it
can best be reproduced in succeeding
generations through close line breeding.
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« ^o« v.i»«.iTi hrppdine operations with high egg proauc-
Free Poultry Book ^ "" 1^1^^ T^xmvly means that the first step in
Buttermilk starting Feed LTne f or h^h egg production, is to isolate from among
^f fln.k a number of individual hens which are them-
Buttermiik Growing Mash "a^ ^^'^ ' uii^ n^ llvinV a large number of eggs m a
tes capable of laying a laigt: ^
Buttermilk Laying Ma.h 1 Hens to do this, must be precocious, in that w^ey
.•-.- fei:fo5^i-=rJF*S3
N- % Zst be intensive l-y-^-^.^^^t^^^^
|i ^thout^any break in their cycle of production. The
only accurate way to select these birds, which are to be
used as the basis of breeding for egg production, is the
trapnest, and it is probably the fact that no one can in-
telligently and with assurance breed for egg production,
unless he uses the trapnest, even if n but a small way.
If one does not have the time or one's program of work
is so arranged that he cannot operate the trapnests him-
self at the home farm, he can enter a number of pens m
egg laying contests in his and adjoining states, and have
thf benefit of official trapnest records being made for
him by his state poultry authorities Such .records^U
^ have added weight m that their
entire accuracy and authenti-
city is never doubted.
A Word of Caution
While we have established
the principle to start with that
there are two things funda-
mental in beginning to breed
for egg production. First, hens
which themselves have made
high egg production records,
and secondly, these records
must have been exact records
made under the trapnest. Let
us not proceed without one
word of caution as to the im-
porUnce of considering physi-
cal vigor and vitality along
with actual production records.
So often it is that a breeder
has before him two hens, we will say for example one
that has laid 250 eggs in a year. She is thm out of con
dition, the strain of production has worn her out^nd
she is not in fit breeding condition, or even in fit cond^;
tion to go on and lay in succeeding years, a profitable
yie?d She has laid herself out, so to speak in one year s
Production. On the other hand, he has a hen which has
faTd 200 eggs Yn a year, but which is a picture of physical
health and vitality and stamina, which is in the pink of
Sion as to fleeing and which is. in A-l breeding con^
dition Which of these two birds is the best to Uoe in
breeding for future heavy layers? It is certamly not
the one which has necessarily laid the most eggs, be-
cause this hen which has laid 250 eggs in a year, would
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i, 1924
produce hatching eggs first of all, which would be low
in fertility; secondly, eggs which would hatch poorly,
and lastly, chick-i would be produced from those eggs,
which in all probability, due to the low vitality and weak-
ened condition of the mother would not grow well and
would be subject to an excessive mortality, a condition
which would react all along the line, to the extent that
even those pullets which might be grown to maturity
from this extremely heavy producing hen, would, in all
probability, never be physically capable of maintaining
themselves in good condition of flesh and in consuming
and assimilating food enough to attain a maximum eg^
yield. This is often the case, and explains why in so
many instance:?, daughters from extremely heavy pro-
ducing hens, have not fulfilled the expectations of their
owner. In this result, there is nothing contrary to the
fact that high egg production is inherited. It simply in-
tensifies and bears out the fact that characters are in-
herited in groups, that any inherited character, to be
capable of full development in a succeeding generation,
must be associat-
ed with the inheri- — — —
tance of charact-
ers which denote
vigor, vitality and
stamina, without
which no indi-
vidual can grow
and develop its
other inherited
traits to its full-
est extent. So
then let us lay
down as a funda-
mental rule in
breeding for high
egg production,
this fact; that
we will never
breed from a hen,
no matter how
many eggs she
has laid the pre-
vious season or
in her pullet
year, if she her-
self has not stood
up under the
strain of heavy
production, and
if, in addition,
she ha*! not been
able to maintain
herself in perfect
ternal chan;cters, getting those birds with a go.
ou< con- titution; with good deep bodies; wid
backs; full chests, with proper carriage and full
ity. l>y picking two or three birds of this type,,
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ity. liy picking two or three birds ot this type, , RE are still "extant
ing thcni during the season with a pen of heavj people who believe
mg females, one will be able, by trapnesting thi that $5.00 or $10.00
to determine which of the males selected can will give them a go
The purchase of a good setting is a wonder-
ful starter. There are lots of breeders
who sell good eggs— and some that do not
sell any.
By CHAS. D. CLEVELAND
Associate Editor
1. A typical line breed mating. Font femalM and a male, eadi closely related and
■elected for a specific purpose la bound to bring resulta. 2. A section of the Bergeu County
Egg Laying Contest. At bez egg laying sAd breeding contests N<lw Jersey is showing the way
to breed for high egg production. 3. Here we have the ideal fotindatlon for high production
breeding. This wonderful hen laid 301 «ggs at the first Vlneland Contest and produced three
danghteri that all laid over 200 egg».
nerscii in peneci
breeding condition. If we will accept this principle and
practice it, much of the unsatisfactory and discouraging
results which come from breeding for egg production,
will be avoideci.
The Selection of the Mal«
Having selected a group of females which have proven
themselves capable of heavy production, and which, in
addition, have stood up under the strain of heavy laying,
the next problem is to find one or more male birds to be
used as our foundation stock. Two methods are open.
One is to purchase a pedigree breeding male from a reli-
able poultry breeder, a male bird which for a number of
years has been bred from heavy producing dams, and
which has been line bred for heavy egg production. The
probability is that the use of such a male would tend to
fix the traits which he possesses, very firmly upon his
progeny, both male and female alike. This is probably
the best procedure to follow in making the initial start.
There is, on the other hand, always the probability that
there exists in one's own flock, perfectly good male birds
with high egg producing qualities behind them. The prob-
lem is how to pick them out. The only means one has
available is to pipk the male birds out on the basis of ex-
es selected can will give them a good
factors for high egg production, and then by pic start in the poultry
bird, and following linebreeding, the future satie and some of them
results will be almost certain. But before we fltit, if all the fates are
choice of the males, we must appreciate the faaem.
takes time to get started in a breeding prograt of these people think
kind, and that it is always better the first y4 the eggs they buy will
making the initial start, to make matings involnd that all the chicks will grow into prize winners
use of at least two or three males, so that the i€y believe, equally as implicitly, that every chicK
when the daughters from these matings are tmtches will live.
in all probability one male bird will stand out ane are the confirmed optimists but they ere gener-
to the rest, in that he will produce a greater me worst losers and their cries for what they believe
heavy laying daughters. The more male birds to be fair treatment have caused many breeders to
can use consistent with efficiency and accuractinue the sale of eggs for hatching. ,^-„«„c
breedinging hatching eggs is an old established business
and in Jted along honest business lines and Pjofi^able alike
duction, buyer and the seller-in 999 out of every 1,000
l^'ihe^ breeder mates up his birds according to his best
work o»ent and for the purpose of raising his own prize
Ter thers for the coming season. He advertises his goods
lar making out a catalogue or mating list in which he
male w£ly describes his various breeding yards and he pu s
tTbe ute upon the eggs from each mating based upon his
t u r e »n of what these eggs are worth to him to keep for
Id ''^ t'h^nnounces that the public may have the option of
^t' ^ these eggs at the prices quoted for each mating
T^ . ^e^'or^rfTg^arTnTef aft^the hatching of his eggs
1 !i"ILnrgiven Provided the eggs are set under a hen;
veloped. »^^^y/;7;;:,P ,^ieks of ten chicks If less than this
Succea. (J^ j^ secured by the buyer the seller usually agrees
ThrougC 1 another like setting at one-half price.
»>"*% ooks like a perfectly good business proposition
We h^ wouTd seem, oS the face of it, that there could be
in thejig in particular that would cause any ^^ ct^^^/J!'
w o r 1 d £al and, yet, to those who never have sold any set-
Tact in '^ggs we can 'truthfully say that if the buyer is no
of livestt and square man, there may be endless trouble over
SteCl's ago there were breeders who took advanU^^^^^^^
the wondts in these egg sales. Some of these men would send
suits whiitgs that they knew were infertile; some would sh p
comethTpens other than those specified; some would^
fixing of type and the making permanent of any k the pens agreed upon but kept aii tne ^^ ^^^
character by means of this simple, yet often nwut of these pens or took tnem out » ^^ ^^
stood method, known as linebreeding. Linebreeig season opened and some even ^^nt ^^ ^^^.^
the term implies, involves the production of su(«ggs from the comer ^^^^^17,^^°/" ^^.^.^^ They
generations of progeny, which have in them, tk#mers. But where are such breeders to y .^^.^
lines of a particular male and female only; that Hot in the poultry business, of that we a ^^^ ^^^^^
are closely inbred. In linebreeding and inbreeAere are very, very few ^^^fl^^ , ,j^ J^ ^est as-
must remember, in spite of the generally belie^ch dishonest P^9^^^^f_^"^/f, .^^cerned he will do
that inbreeding is dangerous, that it is only thrtift that as far as the breeder is co ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^
breeding and linebreeding that good traits are fiiilart to carry out the terms oin ^^^^^
tablished, and that birds prepotent for any P^^" <>ther words, needs be afrad to Duy^^^^^^
character or characters, are produced. It is ti|i 1924 Pj;<>^>^^^f^^^\P^y ^derfor a number of years
linebreeding, or the breeding together of closelyter who has been a breeae ^^^.^ ^^^^^
individuals, fixes the traits which those individualsfwho really has birds tnat^nave^P^^^^
more permanently and more quickly than in anfr in the ^h®^ J*^*^?* , deeoer into this question of
way, due to the fact that in the production offcw let ";, ?^f ^^/;,7 ^t • t is that has given rise
generations, by linebreeding, no alien outside or I for hatching and ^e® wna ^^ ^^^ advisability
blood lines are introduced through the use of u*ubt i" the mind ^t ^^e puo ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^
individuals. So it is in breeding for egg produ«%ying it. Let us ^^"^'^^^ . . ,
as a result of a preliminary mating, we find that Jipoint of the breeder^ai^^ ^v^ gkUlf ul breeder, gets
male, when bred to a certain female, produced their. X, a proniine , ^^^ ^^^ ^^ j^j^ ^^^g^
number of heavy laying daughters, here we havetllrder for a setting of Sfl&.uu egg
beginning for real linebreed- (Continued on p4l
pens from Mr. Z, in the ad-
joining county, and also an
order from Mr. Y, in a far
distant state; these orders
came in on the same day.
Mr. X knows his business;
he has packed thousands of
eggs and he uses the best con-
tainers. He figures that he
better send the setting that
is to go the greatest distance first, so he ships this setting
the day after the order is received; a postal is^/!f^^^
the purchaser telling him of the shipment so ttiat it may
be secured from the express office promptly. The follow-
inff day the nearby shipment is made, the eggs being
packed with the same care and the same procedure gone
'^r^ten days he receives word from his buyer in the
distant state that the eggs arrived in fine order and that
twelve proved fertile; the customer is much pleased
Three weeks thereafter the buyer in the next county
l^Z rather a long and snappy letter telling the breeder
that only two chicks hatched froni the setting and that all
the remaining eggs were infertile and also what he in-
tends to do in the matter. ,
N^w how can one account for this last occurrence and
what is the breeder to do? There are several P»ss'b>l't'?f-
Perhaps the eggs were roughly handled m t>-a"s't-the
expressman let them drop on the platform or left them
outdoors when the temperature was below freezmg.
Perhaps the hen was a very poor sitter or was not
properly fed or watered or was set in a bad place or
broke a number ot eggs or quit altogether and another
hen substituted after a considerable delay, or perhaps,
^'VriVows ""certainly the breeder was not at fault
and yet he must make good m some way. There are
hundreds of cases similar to the foregoing and, in quite
a number of them, investigation will show that the buyer
was at fault absolutely— in some cases he is a }'"•
These are the cases which have driven b««/"'^,t° ^'=-
continue the practice of selling their eggs and these men
depend upon the sale of stock in the fall.
The particular breeder in question must make good, as
we have said, according to his contract, no matter what
he thtnks oJ the buyers and, accordingly, he y"**' f/^'^
Tetter telling the buyer how sorry he is that he did not
have better^luck and stating that another netting wou^d
be promptly sent on receipt of a check i°\°'^^-^^}l^Z
price If this does not suit the buyer, the se er will know
ttmt he s an unreasonable man and not willing to abide
hv his side of the agreement. In this connection it is
a'sin^lar fact that eSs taken from *« -me Pen on suc-
cessive days may not prove to h^'e^^.f™! ^'^^^^
fortilitv thev may be much more fertile or Monoay
[han they are^n Tuesday. It is hard to account for this
hut we know from our own experience that such may be
the fTct Many breeders know this and it is Perhaps this
ery thing that^eeps them from the A™ conviction that
a complaining buyer is not always a Ija^ No breeder
should send out eggs from a pen the f ert .^ w been
has not been tested, but »"" such futility has been
established it is fair to assume that it will continue ana
he is amply justified in selling eggs from this pen.
Tf U the aim of every breeder to have his fertility as
high ast'ssWe not%n7y for his eustrers' sake but^or
hii own, for there is no fun or profit in setting >nlertile
eggs it is possible that some day we may be able to
dftermine th^ fertility of an egg before it is set and this
will ™ a great day for the breeder-as yet this happy
Ttate of affairs has not come to pass despite the claims of
some new and marvelous egg testers!
Let us now reverse the case which we have been con-
sidering and put ourselves (Continued on page 76)
14
I
HERE are two sides to
almost everything.
We have heard much
of late from the fan-
ciers about the crime
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Tke Casserole
Written and Arranged Expressly for
Everybodys by
HAROLD F. BARBER
ry, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
15
EXPERIMENT
of allowing ''utility" or pro-
duction-bred stock to be shown in the show room. Such
breeding to them lacks dignity, and is a detriment to the
poultry industry. Joseph Shakespeare is an Englishman
of experience, with a good command of language. They
have many ''Utility classes" in the English shows. Mr.
Shakespeare does not like them. He deserves to be
heard, as representing the production breeders. The
language is too good to paraphrase, so let's do quite a
bit of quoting this time. "The men who foisted on the
public this double-barreled stunt of winning the blue
and laying lots of eggs in the same bird, never won a
laying competition with trapnested birds or any other
birds; indeed few ever competed in a laying competition.
The only infallible method of building up a laying strain,
or ascertaining the laying abilities of individual birds, is
by the trapnest. Must all the good work done by the
trapping fraternity during the last quarter of a century
be ruined to satisfy the whims of would-be exhibition-
utilityites? It is not possi-
ble to graft external exhibi-
tion points onto egg produc-
ing stock without infusing
into such stock the blood of
standard-bred birds. Then
we put egg production on
the down grade; we begin
to satisfy the eye at the ex-
pense of the stomach.
Those who would transform
bred-to-lay stock into dou-
ble-barreled utility and ex-
hibition stock are a danger
to the utility side of poultry
culture. Keep exhibition
and utility stock as far
apart as possible. When it
comes to prize winning, the
right place for the bred-to-
standard fowl is in the show
pen, and the right place for
the egg-producing fowl is in
the laying competition.
Those who originated the
idea of exhibiting egg pro-
ducing stock have never won
the support of a single indi-
vidual who operates on scientific lines, and by the aid of
the trapnest. Unless something is done to stop the show-
ing of utility birds, such stock will be evolved as will
swamp the good, work of the scientific breeder and the
operator of trapnests. The utility birds of the future
will then be idle aristocrats in spotless overalls." Those
may be strong words, but there is at least some measure
of truth in them, and the language is no stronger than
is frequently indulged in by our fancier friends. But
really, isn't it strange that both your shape-and-feather
fancier on the one side, and your trapnest production
breeder on the other, should both be against showing
egg-bred birds in so-called "Utility Classes?" Or isn't
it strange? It is certainly a fact, that the trapnester
and the fancier are very much against this thing, which
apparently is so much favored by the small poultryman
wh^»^oes neither win blue ribbons nor enter laying con-
tests. Culling by physical characteristics has done a
whole lot of good, and is doing some harm. It has its
place, but not in the laying contest, nor the show
room, (b)
* • •
C. T. Patterson, of Missouri, and if I mistake not, for-
merly connected \^
State Experiment TIVERY poultry raiser is interested in
there, oflfers some sugJl the success which his Poultry De-
for the American jl partment at the Agricultural Col-
Association to consideH lege is attaining. The real ser-
gard to registering o vice which any Poultry
o— - — .-e.— -^ b w vice wnicn any xwuiuijr
Ir. Patterson's ideas I understi^j-tn^gnt can render to the
heartily approve of; but I do not understand hii*^„ inHnstrv. is not only in
?
STATIONS
Kentucky is Doing Real
Pioneer Work
u
Yearly record
122
124
157
168
183
100 day recordYearly record
78
65
63
69
82
184
214
231
238
266
Getting at tlie Kernel
EACH month Mr. Barber reads about
all the poultry magazines published
in this country, and presents to
Everybodys* readers, the thoughts and
the information which he finds best worth
while. It would take any man a good
many hours to go through all the papers,
and to sort out what is best worth while
for him to spend time on. Tliis feature
is proving very popular w^ith our readers.
From the November issues, the items
are taken this month, various magazines
being referred to by letters, as follows:
(b) Poultry Item; (c) Poultry Tribune;
(e) American Poultry Journal; (f) Re-
liable Poultry Journal; (g) Leghorn
World; (h) Poultry Success.
Kentucky is doing real pioneer work
in her Poultry Department. Her suc-
cess in breeding for egg production and
the most wonderful and rather start-
ling results which are being secured
from the feeding experiments con-
ducted there, places her Poultry De-
partment among the leading ones of
its kind in the country.
try. Some of Mr.
heartily approve of; but I do not understand hiij^y" industry, is not only in
recommendation in regard to trapnest records, {efficiency of the teaching
poses a percentage figure instead of an annual^ ^y^i^h it does, or in the
saying that the number of eggs a bird lays in Hj^^ accurate experiments,
100 consecutive days is a better index of her val,,, j^ conducts, nor is it en-
her yearly record. I've just been doing some fT ^^.^^ ^^le efficient exten-
and here is a little table showing how some birds ^j^ ^y^jch it does, but in
their best 100 consecutive days, and their lay ; , ^^ .v^« T>^nUrv
full year. I have taken here all grades that weref"y ,^^"^; "^^^..J^! T noul
to finish out their year, I believe. Anyway, the*^^'"^^ ""^nnnection Cth
whole lot of difference between a record of 122 a, P^^"*' '!" "" 1 ZJZ
jQQ grork and runs this plant on
efficient, managerial basis,
"^ object lesson which it
ites to the poultry fratern-
of the state is one of its
^„„ atest assets. It is the
The best 1 00-day, itest means whereby poul-
centage figure, is 94 keepers and farm poultry
231-egger, but herjeneral are led to look up to
which topped her ret expect the information and
seven eggs, is full serlce which radiates from such
cent under, for a lollege Poultry Department.
record. As a matiit is for the past four or five years, the eyes of the
fact, both these atry keepers the country over, have been focused
moulted within the tin the wonderful development which has been made
their annual record, « poultry way in Kentucky. Kentucky, by the way,
could not have an | state which lends itself admirably to poultry raising.
There is a pretty hifl and climatic conditions are ideal. Kentucky is not
centage of 78 for a hfar from the eastern markets, but what her eggs and
ing only 122 eggs, wintry meat can be put into the large Atlantic Coast
other "percents" only^g almost over night. Slje is rising to the opportunity
yet laid 214. No, Ij^ded her in the capacity of a poultry producing state
understand why Mr. I jg forging to the front by leaps and bounds. Une oi
son should prefer y greatest assets in her favor in insuring the develop-
nest record during tl^t of a well distributed, large, economically sound
mer only— for ever^riess, is the fact that at her Poultry Department at
will make her best fengton there is a man in charge who is a real prac-
during the spring &t^ poultryman, as well as being an excellent teacher,
the summer month^oo^ investigator and a wide-awake, hustling young
seems to me we 1 This is no other than Professor J. Holmes Martin,
breed a strain of birda^^^^j ^iis associates are doing pioneer work at Lexing-
would not give us very; jhey are doing it without an abundance of money
winter eggs by foljpend, but they are doing it with the surest and fullest
this procedure. Cff'To-operation, and the finest of backing from Director
the table above would indicate little relationship Ix^-^,. of the Experiment Station, and from Assistant
-- - • • ' ■ ^ ' arge of the extension work. It is
I inspiration which comes from the executive officers
- - - Hn institution, which induces the men m ^hajge of the
Help! Murder! Police! Purdue University rep%al production fields, to strive for greater and gre
discovery of a new mite which stays on the bodies ^gs. Professor Martin and his assistants nave u
fowls, living in the feathers hatching their younger immediate charge, a well organized poultry pi ,
millions in almost no time, and draining the bloo<Uprising commercial flocks, experimental P®"^ .^""^ '"'
our good hens. Much as does the common (too co^ctional pens, arranged in a neat ^"^, r^f*" J^^ ^1^,
Red Mite, only this fellow is hard to get at. HeT ^hich plant provides an excellent object ^®^^°" J^.
not get off the hen by day, so we can get him undjitry plant layouts in Lexington. I had ^^® ^^ ?^ ^
roosting poles, but stays right on the job, sleeping^ only a few weeks ago, to spend » ^^^^ .^i; , ,,^^ J,:^,^
dining room. He is one-fortieth of an inch in sizcLtin This was during their annual Pall y^^^^ ^'^
tunately he is not yet prevalent over the country, C J guess there must have been five ""^/*^®*? f;^ f^
has been seen in a number of different localities, ai and poultrywomen, who came into the cm k
one more thing to be on the lookout for. If you if ^ machines, and spent the day inspecting "l^ P"^*^^^^
lucky enough to find some on your fowls, dip, difeg over the experiments, and later in the ait
maybe you'll have to dip some more, (c) gowing a picnic lunch, a ^^^Jf ^^Xnal^^e^utatL ad-
• pavillion where speakers of J^^l^^^J^^^^ ^f educa-
A breeder of Exhibition White Leghorns. W'^^ }^''^.' l^Z^'^S^^^
Farm, out in Illinois, was recently offered a ch.* and sociability, hard d ^ Martin's work
buy seven Leghorn hens with records from 303 1 wo outstanding factors in rroie^su
331 eggs. No, the records (Continued on pag«l
me Laoie aoove wouiu inuicai^e iitiie reianoiibiup "^0per of the Experimeni
the percentage Mr. Patterson likes, and the yearly ^^.^^j. Bryant, in charge
he doesn't care so much for. (c) g inspiration which com
were first, the results which he has secured
in breeding for egg production. This work
has been carried on with White Wyan-
dottes and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Pro-
fessor Martin has not gone at
it in a haphazard way, but h«
has kept very definite pedigree
trapnest records, and knows in
an exact way, just the breeding
back of all of the birds in these
breeding experiments. He has
been able to isolate in both of
these varieties, individuals
which were practically homo-
zygous or pure for high egg
production, with the result that
when they are mated together,
they give uniform daughters, ,
all of which produce heavily.
The good work which Professor
Martin is doing in this con-
nection, should be continued
and enlarged, and the fruits of
his efforts made available to
the Kentucky poultrymen
.. through the dissemination of
sJ breeding cockerels, breeding
stock, baby chicks, pullets, etc.
Already a sufficient surplus of breeding males are on
hand, so that a few were available to poultrymen within
the state. ,
Possibly more startling than anything else, was the
results which Professor Martin has been securing from
certain feeding experiments which he has been conduct-
ing over a period of years. Professor Martin, like all re-
search men, is rather slow to draw conclusions feeling
that the problem must be approached from all angles,
with sufficient evidence at hand to warrant a conclusion
before same is drawn. When we explored the poultry
farm, I say "we" meaning the four or five hundred Ken-
tucky poultrymen more or less, we were supplied with a
sheet showing the various rations fed in the feeding test
pens, together with the average production of thej)irds
for the eleven months, beginning November 1 1922 and
ending October 1, 1923. The sheet also showed the
average weight of the birds in Jw pen. These tests were
of two types. First, the comparison of meat scrap as a
source of protein in contrast to milk products as a source
of protein. The test there seemed to show quite con-
clusively, that meat was essential in the laying mash,
that while milk could probably in P^^!? > ^i a
doubt, should be more generally used t^^" ,V;;^,^^^,v*
pnrt of the animal protein, yet meat f '/P/^^^Vc^^in
mash feed, together with a good scratch feeding of grain
produced the^est egg production and kept the birds up
?o a good normal body weight. The special feeding work,
which if later year's work substantiates the evidence al-
Teady accumulated, will probably revolutionize our poul-
[ry feeding practice. This had to do with^ ^^enes of
expertmenS, in which Barred Plymouth Rock pullets
we^re f^d on nothing but hard grain and sour s^im mUk
For instance, one pen No. 14, received nothing but whole
Torn and sour skim milk. They --^^.^^/f^^f.^^^^ds ^t
eleven months period, 171 eggs per bird and ^^e birds at
the end weighed 5.8 pounds. The best pen in this test
was pen No 16. These birds received nothing but a
Tcra^ch grain composed of 70% corn and 30% wheat^ to-
gether w[th sour skim milk, all they would drink. They
averaged to lay 184 eggs per bird for the eleven months
Td they averJged to weigh 6 4 f.^f.^f J,^\,\"t,om!
do not want to be misunderstood in that we are ^ecom
mendtra procedure of this (Continued on page 60)
16
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Tke Housewife and a Few Hens
By H. H. (X)LLIER, Associate Editor
Riary, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Tke Poultry Primer
17
ANUARY, 1924, will open up one of the most
prosperous years that poultrymen ever saw.
The whole nation is eating more eggs and con-
suming more fowls than ever in the history of
America. We are just on the boom title that
comes with prices along every other line. The
women of America realize that one of the most health-
ful foods is poultry and eggs and if we will press that
fact home, 1924 will be the year of all years in the
poultry industry.
Senator Wesley L. Jones, of the State of Washington,
has promised a census of fowls for the poultrymen. This
is something that the poultrymen never had as a whole.
Only certain farms were reported and no effort was ever
made to get at what poultry was produced in the average
backyard. With this census the United States will be
^ble to tell the world what her poultrymen are doing.
The new year will bring
5
HIS season of the year
reminds us that there
are many fireside
conversations c o n-
cerning the advisa-
of entering into the
\
many new pledges on the
part of each and every
housewife. She will make
up her mind that in 1924
she will run her family ex-
penses for less than she
has in former years, she
will be hunting ways and
means that will enable her
to reduce expenses and not
entail a hardship on her
family when it comes to
the table. She will promise
herself that she will raise
more fowls, produce more
eggs and, if possible, raise
enough extra of both eggs
and poultry to buy the
little things that go to
make a good table for the
family and not be an added
expense.
Two dozen good fowls
in the backyard will bring
greater returns than the
same amount of land used
in any other calling. The
housewife that once real-
izes what poultry will pro-
duce, will not only help
her family financially but will help her health that will
go a long ways towards cutting down one source of outgo
that could be stopped, that is tiie doctor's bills and better
still she will be able to make enough extra on her fowls
to pay the doctor bills that families often make but often-
times never pay.
Fowls will pay from every standpoint. First they will
give the eggs so necessary in cooking, second they will
give the fowls that go to save the big meat bill, third
they will give droppings that when used for lawn dress-
ing intelligently, makes the greenest grass one can grow.
. These droppings can also double the yield from the
kitchen garden when used properly.
The outdoor exercise that the family gets in looking
after the hens will put that girlish complexion in the
cheeks of the average housewife that no drug store can
equal. The school girl complexion so much advertised
does not always come from drug stores or the use of
soaps but it is put there by Old Mother Nature, the best
cosmetic manufacturer that mankind ever had.
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, is a famous saying
but cleanliness that does not bring one in contact with
Mother Nature's earth, will not bring the health that is
combined with lots of sunshine, good air, good earth and
American Dollar is King
THE year of Nineteen Hundred and
Twenty-four finds the American dollar
king of all moneys.
With American credit the best of any
country in the world, promises the most
prosperous year the United States ever saw.
Every calling looks forward to being
more than busy. The cities find a shortage
in house room and great operations in that
direction are promised.
Urban property is bound to rise in value.
Concrete roads and automobiles have
brought the cities to the door of the urban
dweller.
The more people who move to the coun-
try, greater will be the demand for good
breeding poultry.
Prosperity is knocking at every poultry-
man's door. Advertising is the key to suc-
cess. Have you planted your advertising?
lots of exercise. When a housewife so divides her
into hours outdoors and hours in the house, she wil]
that things will be more easily as well as pleasantlj
complished. Ity
There is nothing so wholesome for a man or \?||ltry game whether on a
as being outdoors a few hours each day. The autjge and enterprising basis i u •
bile has made it possible for one to get out each simply with a back yard flock which many laboring,
every day, way from the city to the good air ofpiness and professional men do to employ their spare
countrv and combine that with work around the »e and drive away the cares of the daily 'routine, a
along with the flower and kitchen garden, makes afge number of these beginners have an extremely vague
bination that will bring health and profit. nception of the requirements necessary for the suc-
The days of the city are numbered along with thelBful venture. So many think that to give » J^n egg^
of the street car. The short haul on the cars will ah a nest that she will take care of the rest and raise a
pay for the reason that they have the capacity to (le healthy brood of chicks mto maturity, ^ms is ai-
large loads when lots of people are moving but the f ether natural and instinctively so because o^ the laci;
hauls can be more easily made in the automobile aiif t wild fowls in their native haunts need ^^ attention,
these machines are getting within the reach of «e domesticated fowl under different environment witn-
family, few people w4t the facilities for securing well ba^*"^ ^^..'^^'^"f^^^f ^
without them ,e and attention. This care and attention i^iP^e^ ^
rv 4. iat deal of work, and not only work should be upper-
JAwTil a'citytS^stintelinds ot the beginner but he must also th.nk
worth wh^e GarageTthe dividends which his "-'"f,, f °=^ '[''Ihfl^t ^ear
is hard to find and Patf^-^.^-^rrTc^T::/ expenTes are'a^dHeVthe
places down town canlen recoras oi receipts «i v* **
be had. The man ^ger shows a balance on ^___
works in town will |e wrong side and then tne
the street car becausiick is disposed of as an
finds it too much trover failure while a little
to park his car but^e-thought might have
man who lives out wilji^rcome the obstacles,
it cheaper to park his Some of the more im-
in some nearby garagre^^tant things which the be-
use his machine when Inner has *« f^ w/d
ing back and forth ^e selection of the breed,
he lives outside the ^e choice between a pen
Many workingmen are trio, a setting of eggs or
. xu abv chicks, the proper
paying the expenses»by^=»^j ^^.^j^^ ^^^^ .^icks
Experience is the best teacher, but ofttimes
an open mind and good judgment shortens
the experimental period.
H. S. WEIDNER
cars jointly and using t^-"- ^^ j^j^ .^^^jee, the
when going to work in_^ ^^ ^j^^ mature flock in
city but these men ig^jng and housing condi-
out where they have W^^^^ ^^^^ the proper mating
homes where hens ^^ results. Then, too, the
cour
un
cows can be kept, a kitojgposai of the surplus stock
garden to work in aL^j the eggs from the flock.
with a flower yard. Si|re have to consider very
fruits can be raised iOii-iefly a few of these at
poultry yards to a gjis time and from our . .,
advantage The hens ifctual experience shall attempt to ^""^"^.^^ ^.^Z^ cer-
the fruit and the fruit furnishes the needed shadimpiied questions. As the heading carries ^i^n i^ .^
Each and every housewife should make up their miiin meaning we shall use as the first wora i ^
that they wiU get out early pullets for 1924. It is tlfcr primer— uniformity. Beginners, tear tne « ^^^
pullets that will furnish the eggs next fall that go|ock as you would fear the wild '^^^^^ ?;,/"*" i s^^ses
take the place of those that the hens do not lay ^very human being is born with the ^a^^'^y
moulting commences. :rf which there are five necessarily ^J^f^l^^^s manner one
The way to hatch early fowls is to have a small inlay walks of life. Through some ^"ystfj^^"^ "1 together
bator and not to depend on broody hens. One can Ifc more of these senses '"?y^7,''"P*'!^:°f vision is one
a small incubator that can be run in the house, if nefiissing. Let us assume that t»\e sense y^ygically
sary. There are lots of incubators on the market hundred per cent then we are luiiy eq ^y^^^ ^^^^^
will run by electricity. These machines give off to enjoy the beautiful. Now ^^^^ 7'°; * ^^^ in dollars
offensive smell like a coal oil machine and they can#reate in you a joy »"^ J^^^^.V,''® ,^^^ " j^ the column of
run in the house with no inconvenience. §nd cents and yet posted m tne ^«^» ^^^^^^ -g gtUl
A small brooder can be bought that will care for a sn|ssets? We have now conceived tne ^^^* ^^^ ^^ ^gcide
flock that is also run with electricity. This heat is staiiuch to be considered ^^^25^ ^ to a ereat extent we
and can be easily regulated. tpon a particular breed^ ^iVeV which you will keep the
Speaking of electricity, many yards use Hghto Ihould know the condition under whicnj^^^
lengthen the days and it is claimed by those who f irds, whether in a bacK ^^t °^ . markets and
^u___ .!-_. .!..._ . . , ., .. - .t.. !..__ u-;^- on acres. Again the location " ^ ^ ^
.at they specialize in-ustb^^^^^^^
at you are in P^^L^^^^,^\™od market for capons,
.•ade o.^^f ^^fii>^ .^^^^^^J^kets are ope" ^^^ ^^"^^"^' ^^'"
►r possibly the city maricets aie yf „„j _ nnarter
hey we^gh from a pound to a pound and a quarter.
them that this extra work on the part of the hens br
many more eggs at a very little extra cost. One of
big feed mills on Puget Sound gives out the folio
light and feed schedule. This schedule is made up
100 mature pullets. Eight a. m., two pounds of sc
food; eleven-thirty a. m., ten (Continued on page
The American breeds which
include the Rocks, Wyan-
dottes, Rhode Island Reds,
Jersey Black Giants and a
few others are considered the
dual purpose fowl which be-
cause of their size makes a
desirably marketable product
and their laying qualities have reached and attained a
lofty position. Nevertheless, strictly speaking, the Leg-
horn is the recognized egg factory but lacks in size as a
first class marketable bird. The Brahmas, I.angshans,
Orpingtons and a number of others in the Asiatic and
English classes are conceded to be the meat producers.
Stop, consider, weigh carefully and proceed cautiously
in the selection of your breed. It matters not what breed
you decide upon there still remains the selection or choice
of the means of a beginning. Let us suppose you have
decided to start with a trio or pen of birds which is an
ideal method for you to get the full benefit of an experi-
enced breeder in mating your first pen. An analogy now
will not be out of place. If you were investing money
you would no doubt go to some person with experience
and rely greatly upon his wise judgment which without
doubt would direct you to purchase stocks or bonds of a
rock bottomed municipality or corporation knowing that
such investment would be a
perfectly safe and sane one.
This investment may not
produce the revenue of the
much heralded, flowery
languaged, air castled stock
as found broadcasted over
many pages of printed mat-
ter offering a large return
for a small investment but
you know that you are not
playing in the hands of the
speculators but in those •>f
recognized honest brokers.
As you would hold aloof
from this get rich quick
scheme, so steer clear of the
purchase of cheap stock.
There are numerous in-
dustrious, reliable, honest
breeders of every Standard
Start Rifilit Keep Rifilit
START right. Purchase a standard va-
riety from an authentic source, and
your dividends will be proportionate
to your investment. Keep right. h'ay
attention to the little things in feeding,
housing and breeding. Cast aside dis-
uragements. Determine that you have
dertaken an important venture. Ihe
poultry fraternity is large. The members
will assist you. if only you make known
your failures. Dont give up Jhe ship.
You have only begun your little battle.
Everybodys takes an interest m you.
variety of fowls affording a
splendid opportunity of se-
curing strong, healthy, vig-
orous birds for your foundation. Some folks get and
retain the idea that poultry breeders as a general rule
are not straightforward in their dealings and are branded
as crooks. This is absolutely false for men and women
in the poultry business today are just as honest and
trustworthy as those in any other business enterpnzc.
So certain is the management of Everybodys of the
statement just made that they guarantee against loss
due to fraudulent misrepresentation.
Beginning with a word— uniformity— we are now able
to construct a sentence. "Get the best unifomi birds
Th's sentence which is the key to the door of a beginner
holds just as true if the start be made with hatchmg
effc-s I believe that it is money saved to pay fifteen or
twenty dollars for a setting of eggs rather than t^'O or
three dollars. Some may question this statement hut
from experience I feel that it is true.
We have purposely failed to include m our considera-
tion the baby chicks, feeling that we are walking on
treacherous ground for beginners. For one who has
never had the experience, it is a mighty costly method
of starting. Young chicks without the care of a hen
cause more discouragements and heartaches in a xew
weeks than a grown flock will in a year. If you decide
to start with baby chicks which (Continued on page 48)
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Broken Colored Plumage
[E first fowl, perhaps,
of any known to have
plumage of a broken
color was the original
Hamburg. They were
known as the "Galina Tur-
cica" or Turkish fowl. Whether
they came from the Far East
or not will never be known.
Fowls of this kind have been
written of by so many names
as to be confusing. The name
that seems to fit them best
was "Penciled Dutch." This
was one of their names in
Holland. They have been
known as Br&ckel and the
Campine in Belgium — then
the Hamburg.
Fowl of this type have been
bred with both single combs and rose combs. They have
been bred with tufts of feathers on their heads. Such
fowls were called Pheasant Fowls. Fowls of this type
and color have been broadcasted through the world. The
Spangled Hamburg was made in England. So were all
of the many kinds and color of Hamburgs made or per-
fected in England. The White Hamburg, like the White
Dorking, all or both of them have the double or rose
comb that belongs to the Hamburg family.
The original Silver Gray Dorking, as we
saw them, had combs like the Hamburgs.
Some of this type^were shown at Boston
as a new breed. They "were -very attractive,
but not new, only a re-appearance of some
of the original. The rose combs are very
old for poultry.
Early writers say that the Dorking was
of many varieties. One writer mentions
fourteen varieties. All writers claim that
there was a Speckled and a Spangled va-
riety color. Another feature in which we
are interested is that fowls with this color
type were plentiful in Southern Italy.
This points to the Ancona. The facts are
that wherever there are pure white fowls
and pure black ones, you are apt to find barred plumage,
blue or slate colored plumage and broken colored plu-
mage, also spangled plumage. I have read a statement,
not authentic, that they did have in Italy both black fowls
and fowls with broken plumage, some of which had rose
combs. Belgium did have two breeds that had color and
markings like the Ancona. There was one or more of
this type in Holland.
This should satisfy us all that broken colored black
and white plumage is as old as poultry itself, so are the
four kinds of combs — single, rose, triple, like the Brahma,
and the antler
comb, like we
■hould have on the
Houdan and the
La Fleche. This
fowl did have a
crest in early days.
When you hear
people say: "I, or
we, made that
comb or plumage/'
you may as well
make up your
mind that they
really mean that
they have improved
or changed the
To some of us solid colored plumage is
the only real color. Others prefer one kind,
some another, but all of us can unite on
one common ground and that is of whatever
color have it the best that can be. There is
entirely too much of a tendency for, let it
go, if it wins all right. The breeder who
has not seen the winner will never know.
The one road to sure and continued success
is along the line of better and better all the
time. It will not suffice that you win the
blue. Remember, no matter whether the
specimen wins the blue or not, if not better
than ninety per cent perfect, the specimen
is unworthy the reward.
By T. F. McGREW
must stand out free above
tad and neck with a V-shaped
J as shown on illustration of
.fia male in the Standard of
color or markings. itKtion. The most attractive
help a lot for quality, of rose comb is shown on
more improvement Comb White Leghorn males
made in all kinds off^"^^^^^ ^"^. '" J'^'^'^V^'
and in combs, color an^^y of Technical Terms. The
ings. We notice by tliP^ » rose comb is to these il-
lish papers that the^tions the better it wil be
Club has taken up the, ^ very few so good as these
more entries at the ^^^^ ^T .P^^^""^^' , l^?
This club favors these^^^ P^f '%^"ir\X/ too
ties: the Black, the' «^ ^^'^^ ^^"^'y- '^^'' Zl
and the Mottled. \ ^^/^.^^ «^ '"''^t in F^l
rru u ui lie of bad rose comb in rig-
The honorable secreL
the Houdan, Creve CoT , ■. /. • i. ^* ,«„ffiac.
La Fleche Club Uv?^' '^T ""^t^Zti^X Tllld
leaf comb for the B*^^^ ^f'\'' "^^^"'^f ^ ^'if.
w^ «r^if^a ♦>,«* « 1 jpment.' They must be well
He writes that a lovf ^^ ^^^ j^^es must have
black cockerel has been '^ white finish that has the
and that he had a - ^^ee that is desirable
. ^ .V,- . f K ll fr .vf"v ^^ iiie most delicately finished
ferred this type of comb rather than the V-shaper , •, while some red in
The Mottled Houdan was formerly about three-J permissible, too much will
white to one-fourth black in plumage color— now" ^j^^ .j^ ^^^^ than one-
verse, more black than white; they are one of the, ^f the lobe is red it is a disqualification.) Even a
broken plumage fowls. We are of the opinion tT j^ objectionable. Care should be given to its eradi-
Mottled Leghorn came first, then the Anconas, il^^' which can be brought about only by continued
Exchequer, all of which have come from thc^ ^ breeding. Look out for this and breed from
mingling of the Italian fowls that we call the !«_,„„ ^ that have lobes that are smooth, soft and white
SUvei Spangled Hamburga
Ancona Bfale, ihowing Stand-
ard tipping of feathers.
and the black fowl of Tuscany. If
cona was originally a Leghorn. T
difference in them came from
with the larger fowls of Tuscany.
It will be best for each one o
turn to the color description of fo
broken plumage color and to stu
descriptions. They are not all o;
alike, and it would be a waste of
try to print them. We will, howe
of proper head and belongings
Ancona. This, because as we no
them, they are an American produ
or rather improved, largely by the
of the ^United States and Canada.
and as free from red as pos-
sible. An Ancona male that
has such a head and belong-
ings as described has fully
one-third of the advantage
in the show pen. If the
male is fairly perfect above
the shoulders, including
neck, heel and head points,
he, will, if otherwise even
medium in quality, stand
well up in show quality.
The newest thing in
broken colored fowls is the
Exchequer Leghorn that was
originated by Robert Miller,
of Scotland. These fowls
are so much like the An-
..giSMMgsaffi^iig^!
'**J%;.
are a fowl of the time kept going
best publicity possible. speckled Sussex
No matter whether of the single or rose comb ti , .^ ~" ,_^„„ „„ ^^ ^y,^ nricrin
head points of the Ancona, including comb, wattkls as to bring forth quite ^''''''VZIt^'t ^f s o k can
ear lobes must be very striking. The description . general make-up The sorm of protest f so^^^^
by Standard law reddish-bay Those mos? exrfalled, was almost equal to the ^P^^^^J^^^^^^^
breedinp- them sav that the eve of the Ancona is tfeshan. We have mentioned in the forward part oi
breeding them say that the eye of the Ancona is i» possibility of several kinds of color and
orange red, with a hazel pupil. Let us be satisfied, arucie tne pussiuinLj^ v ^^^^
the following description, for the specimen thatf in& coming from our
close to it will be almost perfect in the sections iporns. We shall copy
a breeder and a winner. Let the head and con* the very words of the
be in conformity with the other. This means t»'^ator of the ii.x-
head shall be moderately long and rather deep; thither Leghorn.
^.^ best suited m the year 1904 I
/^•^ <4k;x o' mediumfved the first originals
/•ttT' ^vm /O^ evenly ser this breed from pure
fine and ^^om blood only. Good
ished. All tj^e helped me. I had
Ezelieqaer Leghorn*, a new EngUah breed for which great claimi are being made
for MeditensI studied Mendelism or
males shoy ^ther ''ism" specially
set straight tenable ^^g to produce
head. They| variety. Had I done
not be larg^nd had I said to my-
small, but i. ««Go to, now, I will
medium in iVuce a grand new va-
such combs fC^ of Leghorns, called
they must nthequers,' that
low the sh»k an epoch in
head on neckjltry keeping."
heel blade
will
utility
I had
in all probability failed. The first
originals were few in number-
about four or five all told. A kmd
Providence presented them to me,
not in any unnatural or semi-
miraculous way, but through the
common medium of "ordinary
feneration."
Out of about 4,000 Leghorn
chicks hatched that season from
my Leghorn stock, these four or
five were thrown in as a happy
luckpenny. I admired them and
resolved then and there to keep
them for my own pleasure and
satisfaction, and for experimental
purposes. It was a happy instinct
that led me to welcome and nur-
ture these little "chequered"
strangers, for veritable little **an-
gelii unawares" they have since
proved to be, to me, and to hun-
dreds of others who have since
tested their qualities.
Mr. Miller wrote, as follows, in
reply to a demand from the editor
of one of the English journals: I
see that you challenge me to put
it plainly in black and white, once and for all, whether
the "Exchequer" is a cull Ancona, or in any way bred
from the Ancona. I have explained the Exchequers
origin, and I think our Ancona friends will hardly persist
in their recently expressed opinions after they have had
a careful look at the fowls;
if they do, I can only, again
in this, tell them in the plain-
est language possible, that
there is not a single drop of
Ancona blood employed in
the Exchequer's make-up.
Having read the Standard
for the Exchequer, it is my
opinion that one not overly
familiar with the Ancona
will at once say: "Nothing
but the old style Anconas."
Mr. Sheppard made the An-
cona as it stands today; Mr.
Miller the Exchequer. Both
are stars at the publicity
game, both have prospered from their efforts^ The one
point of interest to us is, that here is a fowl that has
come as a sport from White Leghorns and it has been
he^e for nineteen years, and it is a broken colored black
and white Leghorn that breeds fairly true to color^ This
fowl, like all of the English Leghorns, ^^ J^^^^^"^. ^^^^^^
' formation, has combs ot
large size in both males and
females, plumage color
more white than black.
Quite the reverse to the
Anconas.
The Mottled Java was
one of our most attractive
broken colored fowls. I
have seen some of them
that were so attractive as
to win admiration from all
who saw them. The same
is true of the Houdan. The
Speckled Sussex, when of
the best in its color and
marking, is a beautiful
fowl. It is a f:ict, how-
ever, that to breed any of
the broken plumage type
(Continued on page 72)
Ancona Pullet
0,a IUu..r.t.cn a C.nu. J,^rc,ca, or^P.du.n .ow., fro. Xld«.
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Anotker Business Man Wants a Poultry Farn
r
ry, 1924
INOTHER of our many
subscribers is wonder-
ing if it would pay
him to start in the
poultry business.
Deep down somewhere in
every man who has had to
make his living in a town or
•city lies that same feeling. A
piece of ground, a comfort-
able home, school for the chil-
dren and a living. What we have said to others along
this line would apply to this man, who writes as follows:
Gentlemen: Ohio, October, 1923
I would like a little advice, please. I have had it in my
head for about a year to go to New Jersey and get into
the commercial poultry business. Do you think New
Jersey is a good state in which to locate? So many peo-
ple try to discourage me and tell me to stay in Ohio where
I belong. I rm in love with poultry and have always
kept a few fowls, mostly Bantams. Have not had the
time to care for them as I would like, but am in the gro-
cery business and open up at 6 a. m., and close at 6 p. m.
I have to be on the job all the time or business does not
go right. This inside work is getting the best of me.
Do you think one man can handle from one to two
thousand head of fowls and make a success of it? What
do you think of the Black Minorca as an egg fowl?
Would you prefer the American or English strain White
Leghorns?
I am not afraid to work and would have about $6,500
to start on. I do not know much about the commercial
game. Would you take a course with some good poultry
school? Which would you suggest?
I see farms of five and ten acres advertised around
Vineland, Egg Harbor City, Peasentville and Hammon-
ton. N. J.
About feeding, would it be all right to use some good
mash and scratch feed such as is advertised in Every-
bodys?
I have two little tots to be educated, one is fourteen
months, the other three years, so I would want to locate
some place where they can have all the educational ad-
vantages possible.
Very truly yours,
T. 0. M.
While New Jersey is a good poultry raising state there
may be advantages in Ohio that you would not have there.
In Ohio you are among friends and on a soil that is dif-
ferent from New Jersey. You are also nearer the grain
production centers and feed no doubt would cost less
than in the far east. If you are within 30 to 36 hours
of New York or Philadelphia you ought to be able to ship
at a good profit from Ohio.
On the other hand you could get land much cheaper in
New Jersey than in Ohio, but it is a soil of a different
nature, being more sandy. If locating in New Jersey for
a commercial egg farm we believe there are advantages
in locating in a community where egg production is a
business and where they have local associations that
would be of help to you both in giving good advice and
in marketing. If you are going to play a lone hand and
ship when and where you please without regard to the
egg producers' associations you could probably do just
as well in Ohio as in New Jersey.
Frankly, we think it would be a good investment for
•you to take a trip down east and look New Jersey over.
Visit the commercial egg farms and ask questions. Talk
with the managers of the New Jersey Egg Producers'
Association and see what they think of New Jersey as a
production state. It would be money well spent to make
such a trip before you decide on locating there. There
are some very fine locations down there and it might be
that they would be just what you want.
We know something about the hard work connected
with running a grocery business. As you say it is early
and late and one must make quick turnovers at a small
If you ever worked twelve or fourteen
hours a day in a grocery store— and if dur-
ing all these hours, for many years you
had a longing to be with your fowls, you
will appreciate, somewhat the desires of
this reader.
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Proverbs 29:18
By HAROLD F. BARBER
21
By D. E. HALE, Associate Editor
profit. However, it isi,
nes8 you understand n^
which you are makin*
ing riENAS Arbuckle had exhibited Barred Rocks year
As for fh^ nonUr^r K I after year at Madison Square Garden, and always
As for the poultry bu^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ .jbhons. He had a wide-
there never was a betteg Spread reputation as a Barred Rock breeder,
in which to start than"" ranking in the public mind, among the first four
now. Only today, Nov^|^g j^ the country. One year he surprised everyone
8, the writer who is dei *«in the know," by showing not only Barred Rocks,
ing a new business in White Leghorns, and getting best display over all
eggs and dressed poipetitors in hot competition in his new breed,
called on three different hotels to see about getting.^ ^j^^t time there was no outstanding White Leghorn
of their business. We thought it would be hard t^^^ ^^ the East, and it looked to me like a golden
next to the buyer, but the managers greeted us coi^-funitv if ever there was such a thing, to announce
and called in the buyer who showed us all throughoje world in smashing style, that here was the Leghorn
store rooms, refrigerating rooms, kitchens, etc., anuder at last, who was head and shoulders over every
he knew of no better business than that which we^j. one A laetter foundation for an advertising cam-
entering as they could not begin to get enough (w^ of size and effectiveness I have seldom seen in
kind of stuff they wanted. ^bition poultry circles. I talked to this man about it.
They are particular and have to be to suit thei what do you suppose he told me? That he was going
grade trade they cater to, and that applies to all ,elv on the show reports to announce his entry into
meats as well as poultry. Their steaks, chops, etc-horn ranks!
all specially prepared for them. He said that wai/Let it be said right here, that I am telling facts in this
they had to charge one dollar for two lamb choiwJcle and they are so true that I
would not buy a poultry carcass that had a crooked ^ ^sing false names of people,
bone or one that was not dry picked, and when he oi^tes, and breeds. If I were to use
a certain number he wanted them to weigh equal, t^ names, I couldn't tell these
if he ordered two dozen two-pound birds he wantedie stories.)
pound birds and not two and one-quarter. He said*-^ Up did' His usual style of
his guests would complain if all did not get an equal^^isement ' appeared, about
tion etc. However, they are willing to- pay the p icj^,^ .j^^ded between his well-
could not get enough. The same applied to eggs'^ g^rred Rocks, and his new
wanted to know right away if we would be able to fiul^orns Chapter Two of this
good eggs as they, too, were scarce and hard to g5 another big win or two with
best. The market is far from being flooded and Cj^o^ns at the big New York
will always be a demand for good poultry proff^ then— Curtain for the Leg-
There might be a surplus of poor quality stuff, hv^^^ j never talked advertising
cause
room
producer that will produce topnotch goods will ha^inwith Arbuckle.
trouble in finding a market at a good profit. With a^^^e's another: There, is a
talk about the fancy end of the business and the big^^ithy man who lives just outside
mercial egg farms, ninety-five per cent of the eggs» Worcester, who plays poultry in-
come from the general farm. That surprises the i^^^ of golf for a hobby. He
and commercial poultry farm owners, but it is a fatjges Rocks, Reds, and Leghorns,
only goes to show the big open market waiting forjU^g them,' and gets some mighty
goods. The farm produced egg goes through so ^d prizes, too, going up the scale as high as the great
hands before it reaches the consumer that the lo^ston Show. Has a pretty good reputation, built on his
deplorable and everybody disappointed with the i|,w winnings more than his advertising. H®^^®^*^®'^^
There is absolutely no cause for worry about sellin|od trade in hatching eggs at good prices. Not so long
goods if you can produce them of a good grade or qi%> i called on him, and in the course of conversation ne
One thousand hens or pullets, plus the work of cffd "I've got to enlarge my plant or do ^omething lo
for incubators and young chicks would keep one nu|t more eggs. I've come to the conclusion that this busi-
busy as you are now in the grocery business. Ther^g won't pay without a good output of ^ommerci
houses where you could keep the one thousand henjgg." I asked him if he felt like *?^^^"^^P,.*"^ °A.i^u
der one roof and take care of them, but it would notieeds and concentrating on one only. He J*^^"i^^"J^ j
you much time for any other work such as proper J would want to do that; he liked them all. ^JJ^
tion to marketing, selling, etc. Many of the commend, "Well, Mr. Brown, of course you haven t anyxnii g
egg farmers now buy their baby chicks as they pref^ do very much advertising on, unless you concentrate
push their females for commercial eggs rather tha% gome particular thing," he quite agreed with me. ne
hatching eggs, and they do not want to bother witti a business man of means and knows somethmg aoout
work of incubation. |e rudiments of advertising, at least We Pay^ed tne
The Black Minorcas, while they lay the finest eggLt of friends, and he turned again ^^^'^^%'^°°/'/: " _
duced, are not much in favor as a commercial egg hAgg, of show Rocks-Reds-Leghorns, out ot wnicn
cause no one has developed any great egg prodi|ant€d more commercial eggs to be satished.
strain, that we know of, and as eggs are still sold hj^ j)^ y^y ^ggin to get the force of the text in Proverbs
dozen the extra size does not get you anything, ^.ig, or haven't you yet looked it up?
it gets you less because they are often too large fo'l ,, ' „^i. ^^rrv for either of these two men, either
XuMe or Br'^wn, because they both hav^e Plenty f
oney and don't have to make a success with therr pou
y for a living. What they do and how they don t do it
their own affair, and no harm to anyone.
But a case was brought home to "^e a few months ago.
This man. Swift, lives in a small Pennsylvania town. He
raises Rocks and Wyandottes. He started some years
ago a little farm and married life at the same time. They
had no money, none. Borrowed some money to go with
their nerve, and proceeded to work their ^jx acres into
a really productive piece of ground, chiefly through fruit
and poultry. We are not interested here in the ^r^i* P^^
of it— that belongs to Prof. Farley over m the back of
the magazine. Well, the Swifts planned, and scliemef ,
and worked. They planned and worked so well that their
plans gradually came true through their work. Every
tree, every chicken house, every detail of their cosy
cottkge came in the end to be just as they had planned
them all.
As for their chickens, let Swift tell his own story, be-
use he does it so much better than I could. I had
visions of building up a nice little poultry bu«;.ness a
side help to the fruit. Always I had m mmd a breed mg
plant. 'Twas my vision to breed and raise exhibition
chickens, plus eggs. I had visions of going to the show
and seeing my birds with the *blue' hanging on their
cages. I had visions of seeing my
name in the poultry press. I had
visions of having my trapnested
layers entered in a laying contest.
And lastly, I had visions of selling
stock and eggs at fair prices that
would materially add to my income
and pay for my hard up-hill work of
the past 15 to 20 years. All these
visions have come true except the
last. For the amount of equipment
I have; the knowledge and experi-
ence I have ; the show records, trap-
nest records, etc., I am not getting
the return I should. For the amount
of work I do yearly, the number of
chicks I hatch and raise, the amount
of money invested in my little plant,
and the amount I have spent in ad-
vertising, I know I'm not making
the right progress. . , ^ , *♦
"But I do know I've got stock a darned sigbt better
stock than a whole bunch of people ^ ^now^ I ,^^^^^
claim to be able to win an egg laymg ^^^.^h-^^^^^/^^f
but I do claim I have many birds over the 200 class I
don't claim to be able to win at Madison Square Garden-
Sliot Gun or Rifle?
ARBUCKLE wouldn't adver-
tUe; Birown couldn't; how
about Swift?
How many poultry breeder* are
di.appointed that the fancy price*
don't come their way? If yo« are
one of these, perhaps you II find
the explanation in Mr. Barber •
article here. He U an advertising
man who breeds poultry because
he likes it; and he brings to this
problem his experience in analyz-
ing marketing problems. Does
your problem call for the scatter-
ing of the shot gun, or the con-
centration of the rifle?
egg case fillers and you have a bigger dockage for b
age, caused by crowding them in the fillers.
As for the English and American White Leghorns,
is a matter of personal liking. Personally, we
prefer the American strains as they are more refin<
type and head points and, in our opinion, the Legho
the future is going to conform (Continued on page ^
he" Tdid YeelsorTy- f;;"the poultryman-decided.y.
not yet; but I do claim I can win at the lesser shows and
have win at a few' of the big shows. I don't claim to be
a college graduate, nor an expert ad writer; but I do
think I can ^ite a fairly understandable letter and quite
a catchy advertisement. I use good stationery, answer
all letters promptly and plainly, furnish new shipping
C00D3 good tags, etc. But I can't sell enough stock at
anv decent prices. I hear, and read in the journals what
one can get! or what 'So-and-So' does, but I'll be hanged
if I can. -
"There is not much encouragement to go on the way i
am; could make about as much money just selling eggs.
There is something lacking. What is it?'
I wonder how many others have felt the same way as
poor Swift? He has got good stock. He's won prizes
Zl an" breeder would be proud to have taken away
from the biggest exhibition breeders in the East. One
yeaThe entefed a pen of one of his breeds (he keeps two
breeds— Barred Rocks and Wyandottes) in one of the
laying contests, and his birds laid better than the average
of these bred-to-lay pullets, most of which had been
?Led with no though? of exhibition qualities. Perhaps
not very many have a license (Continued on page 70)
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1924
E D ITO RIAL
Welcome 1924
In the spirit of the times let us welcome and face
the New Year with a smile and a cheer.
Few of us, indeed none of us, has any real occa-
sion to look forward with anything but hope. For-
get the defeats of yesterday and the worries of the
past. Enter upon the unseen expectant of good, re-
solve to strive and to deserve well of fate. Build
castles in the clouds, dream of the things you intend
to do, but remember they are attained by patient
labor, not by sudden flights. Handicaps need not
count. Many of history's finest pages record the
achievements of men whom nobody expected to
succeed.
Time is no longer than once it was. Lecky made
that point when he showed how modern civiliza-
tion has equipped men with such implements for the
conquest of time as other ages did not possess. Men
live longer, old age is more vigorous, inventions for
economizing time are more numerous. The short-
ness of life no one can deny, but there is less reason
on that account for anything but hope and en-
dbavor. TTie men end women who have made the
most of themselves and who have done most for the
race have been most consistent in their regard to
the worth of time. Time is the measure of oppor-
tunity, and what we make of opportunity depends
upon ourselves.
The New Year reminds us of some of these things.
We know very well that we arc the same creatures
today that we were yesterday, shaped and moulded
by all that has gone before, but the first day of the
year always brings a curious sense of wiping out the
past and reaching forward to the future. It is well
to have it so.
None can foretell what 1924 has in store for
them, but a good thought with which to start the
New Year is that life is what we make it, and real
happiness is a condition of the heart and mind.
The start of a new year is always fascinating,
becaure it opens the door of the unknown. The
curtain rises on a new act of the eternal drama, life.
Ahead, then, with vigor. Time is giving us a new
deal with the cards. Forget mistakes of 1923 and
begin afresh.
For Everybodys 1923 has been a year of growth
and progress and we trust of valuable service to our
read.'rs. Our plans for 1924 are along the same lines
that have stood for past results with ever more and
more effort to improve and to enlarge so that its
service may do the greatest good to the greatest
number.
We are grateful for past support and we are go-
ing to try to merit more and more as time passes.
To enlarge our circulation and thereby to increase
our worth to the poultry industry is our one para-
mount hope.
To all its great family of readers Everybodys
wishes a most Hsppy and Prosperous New Year.
Breeding Then and Now
Although the breeding question has been greatly
simplified by the notable lines and strains of the
established breeders who have perfected them by
this we see the extraordinary interest in stand-
d poultry today on the up-grade, we see it en-
(ig. growing and reaching far and wide over the
country to such an extent that it is most no-
le and commendable.
this there are also other evidences that are
years of selection, mating and breeding, it sttfng. The fact is plain that the breeders have
question of prime importance where no chaff and more good birds, that they have the qual-
fimple carelessness can be taken and none od are parting with it at very fair prices and that
be attempted. Improved breeding is as live buyers are receiving grand quality and highest
ject today as it ever was. Jing worth to introduce new blood into their
The great question of today confrontii*.
breeders is to maintain and to ever improvfl of this combined makes for poultry prosper-
which we have and this can only be accomplt assuies more and better breeding, more poul-
by the greater care in mating, the study of cha^jterest and more results for more breeders,
istics and the knowledge of Standard requirt^^gj-^i tim-s yearly we note in some poultry pub-
with the willingness to try for same. .^^^ ^^^ statement that 'The surface of the poul-
Bear ever in mind that most of our StandaLjosgjbiUties in this country haven't even been
rieties of poultry are the result of several m^j^ed as yet.** This is an old time saying, and
of original crude quality, that the earlier bn* ' . . ..u-
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favor and relegate so many others to the rear, out
it, is the
le one.
It is just as true today as it was
th<
selected the different specimens for particular '^ay^jt was written and it will hold good for
ties they hoped to combine into one, that som^atjons of time to come.
they succeeded and that often they failed, sir ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ fi„t intention of "Buying
suits were had and years of breeding has pro(c_ii:ne" we wish to add that the business or in-
what we happily possess today through the r ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^f the fair and satisfactory
'"^^f • w , ' ( 1 U J J lods that prevail between their breeders in buy-
The histones of our several breeds read muc' i selling surely is in a flourishing condition,
a variety first part, a tragedy second part, i'^^^^^ j^ ^j^*; g^^te and condition of the poultry
romance as the final. All sorts of shapes and -^^ ^^^ country at this time and no doubt for
were conjoled into a desired one, while every*
of the rainbow has been blended into a ha
with markings as wanted
sound color or
surprising in
were made clean-legfged or vice versa
demanded. Combs were enlarged
thi,
cure is a personal satisfaction to be interested
der these conditions. We are proud
th«ir truenc. Feather-UggH t;«-» -^0^ upTn 'theif^^^^^^^^
rsa as cne pu r .% i _*
ged or red*
secreted or pebbled and a fitting style and cai
tor upon uicir iiicinwvas* »..—.. -. — -
less of the industry depends, they have beeri tried
^fourd guilty of selling highest quality stock and
k u J f •. I with their years of effort, breeding and study
given to each breed for its own » ^ "^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^, Have brought more in-
lo safeguard and retain all that has been ar "* " *k ^«J « »r«i>at<>r success to the thou-
pH,h.d i, but one half of the Job that the b,j^- --^^wh^l -^ ^t^ I"!^^^^ look to
of this day have to contend with, while its fijf "* ^^ ^ c .„„_,rtrfr and eain
. . ^1 ^1 1 1 . ttrv as a means or support ana gdui.
improvement is the other and perhaps the gre* -^
We must not waste that which we have, but ^ r t r • •
to it fast as the great advantage gained and Popularity Ol Varieties
which we must build to improve and obtai^j^.|^ ^^ere are several causes perhaps for the
greatest possible results in **Like producing J^^^ popularity of some breeds and varieties of
and the highest possible combination of Stan. y^^ the others there is but one master rea-
and practical qualities. , j , .that seems to control the keys to favoritism and
IVlc-ke your breeding aims general, and altb|. ^ i^jon and place a few varieties high —
you are going to find that one result at a tii ^ .
about all you can hope for. every effort, andC
quality will have effect and in a greater or IcrfW YEAR'S DAY
gree will influence your whole breeding scheobe New Year'
producing results.
in
of the running. . • .1 «* «f
The master reason, as we see it, is the want ot
real breeders and real champions interested m the
most forgotten varieties. Breeders who will breed
and champion them, breeders who will prove their
quality, exploit them and cultivate public opinion
and ideas in their favor. They are not popular for
the reason that the great majority of the public do
not know their merit and there is no one to mtorm
them. They are left to drift and soon are in still
water to exist as best they can, in the hands ot a
few rare and good fanciers who mean well, but —
If you wish to know the popular varieties, read the
poultry publications, note the advertisements, the
articles, etc. Visit the poultry exhibits, note the
classes, meet the breeders, see the efforts made and
you will understand the difference between the
favorites and the non-favorites and the cause tor
same. 1
The wide-awake breeder with advertising and
exhibiting moulds public opinion to a great extent^
They make favorites, create popularity by extended
breeding and business methods and the leault is —
their personal success. ,11 *u •-
Real merit, in our opinion, plays but the part that
in some varieties it is generally known, while in the
others it is either not understood, or is not known
generally. , , , |.^
Every Standard variety has merit and the quality
to prove it a paying poultry proposition and all that
is wanted for each is capable breeders to produce
and bring out these facts and to then tell the world,
a man with equal confidence in himself and his va-
riety, such as the other champions have shown and
upon which they have built their success.
How wonderful it would be if all breeds and va-
rieties had equal backing and the same chance for
favor. Just think of going into a show and seeing
30 to 50 classes with from 100 to 150 birds each,
imagine a condition where the entries in each class
would have to be limited, such conditions are not
probable, in our time at least, but they are possible
if merit were known and favor accordingly ex-
tended. There is no great difference in the real
quality of the several breeds, surely not as much as
we find between the favor bestowed. Each Stand-
ard variety is a worthy one, each should be popular
and each offers opportunities for those who will try.
A SYMBOL
^ New hopes, new
Ses.'new faith, new strength. It
rises
the discouragements of the past
into the whirl of
We breeders of this time may well congrali that spirit that mankind
ourselves upon the progress that has and is *»^^^ ^''^°"^^'''^"'
rnade yearly, also upon the strong inherent qu^ ^"J^cumeTfirm to cling to that
that have been so far stamped into our se^^ j^ good, intent on pursu ng
breeds that stands as an assurance to back up e. ^yh^h is better, strong to over-
future effort and makes the great difference betu difficulties, enthusiastic i 1 the
then and now in breeding. idence of youth — that eternal
Ity which years cannot measure
Uitmn'v^rr o«^ Q^lli^^rr WT'.^^rs^c. which ends only with the end of
OUying and Oellmg Winners things. Th3 New Year— signal
To date we have attended the usual numbt the continuous regeneration of
poultry exhibits and at each have seen and haw race, the perpetuation of youtn.
many birds that were reported to us as bought -.^p ^v^fj YORK. SHOW
showing and improved breeding. From the *"
ber reported it seems that this has been a great
ing and selling season, that more birds than
h&ve been bought for a double purpose and
the great majority of cases those bought have
good.
ter in this month, January 23
irclusive, the Madison Square
Show will be held in New
City, the one annual feature
t in poultrydom that your inter-
len
ests won't allow you to miss. So
mark well the dates and make all ar-
rangements to attend.
The New York Show has made a
reputation that is all its own and to
its credit, its officers since its organi-
zation have guarded it with their I
reputation as men and fanciers and
have built upon that foundation a
character that has given the New
York Show awards the highest possi-
ble prestige and value. When we
come to remember H. V. Crawford
and Capt. Charles M. Griffing and
also consider T. A. Havemeyer,
Charles D. Cleveland and D. Lincoln
Orr, and after knowing these men
as we do. we have the answer to this
show's greatness, popularity and
value. ,, ^, , .
We do not claim that all the best
birds grown in America will be ex-
, hibited at New York. There will be
wonder birds as winners at Chicago,
Boston, Kansas City, Cleveland, etc.,
etc., that will not be seen there. But
attend all those shows, see their
beauties and then go to New York
and see what quality was reserved
for it, and then state your own ver-
dict.
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THE TWO SIDES OF LIFE
According to an Arabic proverb,
life is composed of two parLs, that
which has gone — a dream — and that
which is to come — '^ wish. Perhaps
all that is past is not a '*dream" to
you and me. There have been too
many stern realities in your life to
classify them as anything so Tght and
ethereal as dreams. But if the first
of the year is a good time to turn
over a new leaf, it ought to be a
good time to paste down good and
hard those "dream" pages that for
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one reason or another we do not care
anything about. Paste them down.
And write your wish upon a good,
fresh, clean page.
The fact remains that when we try
to gaze into the future and see what
is in store for us, we are bound to
strain our mental eyesight so that
we see everything distorted, or else
we simply gaze at a blank fog bank
and see nothing. In any case we
do not learn anything of value, and
we waste a vast amount of energy
that might have been put to some
good use.
Wisdom shows that what we
should do is to live each day as it
comes as if it were the first and last
day of our lives, taking whatever of
joy it brings with thankfulness and
bearing whatever of care it lays upon
us as bravely as we can. Having
done this, we will be in the best
possible condition to bear the re-
sponsibility or enjoy the happiness
that the morrow, if it comes, may
bring. This is one of the conditions
of life where the line of least resist-
ance is also the line of most practical
achievement.
• • •
EARLY MATING
January brings along many ex-
pectations that often are not real-
ized by the too confiding poultry
breeder. Visions of eggs in every
nest, followed by a desire on the
part of a few broody hens to rear
a couple of clutches in early spring,
seem pleasing anticipations in this
month.
We seldom think when we feel too
sanguine about such thing^s, to ask
ourselves if our hens have winter lay-
ing properties, have our pullets
reached the proper age for laying?
Have we fed, housed and properly
cared for them to induce them to lay
in January? But this January may
be an exception to the general rule,
for the weather all along the past
few months was favorable for egg
production and early sitting.
There are many advantages to be
gained by having your breeding
fowls mated this month and the hens
started in the egg business. An
early brood or two is a decided ad-
vantage. They are generally the first
layers the following winter, and,
make the choicest early show birds,
having the advantage of maturity.
Do not neglect your breeding
fowls this month, but take good care
of them and supply their necessary
wants. It is poor policy, however, to
feed them too much or too often.
They should be in a good condition,
without being too fat, for remember
a "fatty state" is antagonistic to pro-
ductiveness.
• • •
PRECEPTS TO PRACTICE
Too much pains cannot be taken in
guarding the purity of the breeding
fowls, for selection, as applied intelli-
gently and methodically by the skill-
ful breeder, brings quicker and more
certain returns. Improvement in
fowls is to be attained by the same
process as in case of other domestic
animals. The more vigorous and
perfect the breed the greater the
chance that its character will be im-
pressed upon its descendants.
There is in the breeding of prime
poultry stock as much study, experi-
ence and skill to be expended and
judiciously applied as in the selection
and breeding of other kinds of im-
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proved animals. But to breed j|ght he was chilled to the core
and to reproduce the same kiiasts from a sunless world,
birds that one selects as breed length, exhausted nigh unto
is necessary that the hens shouli the pilgrim reached the sum-
be permitted to associate with ijnd found there another old re-
bird of any variety different, whom he told of his quest,
their own. Hens or pullets majjy years ago," said the ancient,
be crossed by a strange cock orune up here on the same errand,
erel in a single day, so thithough I have searched diligently
weeks, at least, their progeny e unhappier far than the dwellers
be relied on as pure. jg plain below. If I were strong
* jgh I should climb down again
SERVICE geek Happiness there."
Service is the law of brotherith a leaden heart the pilgrim
It was written upon the rocks gnded to the plain and returned
creation laid the foundation ojg homeland — a disillusioned but
world. It was the prophecy o^ man.
Old Testament, it is the soul oiortly after his homecoming, the
New. It will be the crucible %hile pilgrim was weeding his
final judgment. ^^ in the heat of the day. As he
Service has builded empires, ped over a rosebush, a drop of
the mysteries of unknown sea^t fell from his brow upon a won-
discovered new continents. I%i red rose. What myriads of
girdled the world with steel, la^ that little crystal of moisture
at time and sent its voice riji^ted. There was the azure of
upon the unseen waves to ci«ky, the emerald of the grass,
hope to the despairing and coigold of the grain, the deep crim-
to the grief-stricken. It has 8|of the rose — and how they all
the waving grain across the nked to make that drop of sweat
ness and dropped a sea of green • beautiful than any gem in the
the desert sands. ffl.
Service is older than the Bib", feeling of infinite peace stole
new as the first tinge of the if the countryman. At last his
sun and as everlasting as the m were opened. Here lay the
of ages. It guards the cradle, ^iness he had suffered such tor-
the hand of vigorous manhood^ to find — here in the sweat of
places a flower upon the final nrnt toil and the splendor of the
place of the aged. It out-of-doors.
It is not a dogma, a doctrines " " "ZT .-
creed. It is plain. common^OULTRY PUBLICATIONS
honest humanity.— E. W. Cool^ery industry of any consequence
5 is participated in by intelligent
UAPPiMi7«« fl^ ***« ^^ exclusive literature.
HArrincsa ^poultry industry has a very ex-
A certain poor countryman, "my^ literature consisting, in the
ing of his simple life in commixed states, of some sixty poultry
with nature, decided to becoBJijdicals most of them monthlies
pilgrim and go in quest of happiLmerous books, the extremely im-
So he set out for a fair co^nt advertising literature of poul-
where, he had heard, happiyj^reeders, and dealers in poultry
abounded in great store. • ers' supplies, and numerous
The pilgrim's journey was k|phlets issued from time to time
with many hardships. He pi#ur Bureau of Animal Industry,
through deserts where the grai4 bulletins issued by those State
sand burned his feet like tiny, iperiment Stations,
hot coals, and through jungl«411 of this industrial literature has
dense that Mother Nature hefission. Its objects are manifold
seemed to claw him to pieces I intimately co-related. Progress
her long finger nails. Many tiny industry would be impossible
he was on the verge of turning bif it not for those
but the vision of the Land of H#tle cubes of metal,
ness always spurred him on. Anfle drops of ink,
at last he came upon a little hoiiins and the printing prfsses,
,he midst of a great plain. |t make the milhons think.
TToro Ko f^nrwi on ^M k«r«,it|o it Is that auy interested pou try
Here he found an old hermiUr ^^ ^^^^ to our poultry
iXJ^afVZZ.ll Vhev #ature if he would know what has
ing place of Happiness They t^ ^^^ ^j^^^ is likely to
may be found on yonder mouj^ ' ^^^^ j^ be-
peak but I am too feeble to 4^ ^^ ^^^^ remains to be
^Ce'here" "^ ^^^""' He-in'the industry.
Sorely disappointed but still h^ mb. noubse A candidate
ful, the pilgrim started up the SC am a candidate for re-election jo^ the
ascent, but had not gone far
he realized, he had undertakei
colossal task. By day the ra)
the merciless sun poured down
him like streams of molten gold, I
of vice president of the A»nerican
try Association, and iV'.«*'®*l\Jl Tn
finue to support those policies which, un-
the administration o( the preaent offi-
I have brouRht to the association ts
Pent unequalled prosperity .•«»{. «"''g-
k. Youra very sincerely, H. A. NOURBiii.
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hi Newark, N. J.. State Show. They won:
big we'^ • 4 pift^ Cockerel; SecoiuL Third and
IndTotSth Cock: First Young Pen and Beat Dl«pUy.
/N * * ^^^^^i^J^ M bird* we had 16 birds placed under the ribbons.
TMs°biI win i^ compeSn wItS New JerseyVi best .White Wyandotte
kL!h.« rlparlv establishes the superiority of Fairview White Wyan-
d^tfe^*" st%kI^IUtliini Eggs and^Baby Chicks. Free booklet if you
are interested.
FAIRVIEVV FARM. C. f». Davl». Roytel.
A Cartfsa
Wlaaer
Nciv Brun«%vlck, N.J.
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS of Quality
CHIX BUFF ORPIl
EGGS
CDCETOWN FAKM
That w'n for you, therefore,
success for both of us.
Box M9-A. 64LESIDRC. ILL.
s.
ANDERSON'S
C. BLACK MINORCAS
BIG WIN AT
CHICAGO COLISEUM
DECEMBER, 1923
vir^t Cock First and Fifth Pullet, First and Second
VnnL Pen Third and Fifth Old Pen. Second and
Y ^X Hp^' Second Third and Sixth Cockerel.
(xTn'n^^s^'aTMtdUon Squire Garden for past 10 years,
winner. ^^^^^^ g^ock and Eggs In Season
16 Entries — 12 Priies
R. H. ANDERSON,
LYNCHBURG, VA.
First Cediscel, MaJIsaa Muart
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1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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Tompkins' Reds
1928 - 1924
Here and there, in the larger shows usu-
ally, you see a pullet which stands out from
all the rest on account of her wonderfully
rich, soft, dark, even shade of red from
beak to tail — without a weak section any-
where — with scarcely even a whisper of
weakness. When you see a single bird like
that, you pause in wonder at such perfec-
tion of coloring.
Let's assume that you are allowed to
handle that bird; and you find she is red,
red, RED clear to the skin; and that she
has that "Handling quality" that to you
spells egg production.
I wish evory Red Breeder could come here
to my yards and see whole pens of
just such pullets as that!
Never was there such quality in such
quantity! And there is a real reason for it
— it's as logical as that 2 and 2 make 4.
For like begets like, and this flock is
Th« oldest line-bred flock of Reds in
the world.
I am a breeder, yes; I'd rather do a good job oi'
breeding super-chick ans than do anything elaein thij
wide worid. But neither breeding knowledge ncr
ambition is enough to produce what the Haroid
Tompkins' strain of Rods is today. TIME is neces-
sary— yevs and years of TIME. And
The oldest line-bred flock in the world will
natormllj produce the most uniform
progeny.
How can I prove this to you? In only one of two
ways: either you must came and see. or else yru must
Cet some of the real Tompkins' quality yourself, in
stock or eggs.
My customers have won blue ribbons in practically
every show in America in 1923 — besides my own
winnings of
Best Display on erery Exhibit since 1919.
Other customers who are trapnesting my stock have
had good production — I know of one who has more
l'.»an two dozen 200-€s::er3, with records up to 268,
In a backyard flock of about 100 birds, all exhibition-
bred "Tompkins' stock.
Matings for 1924 the best ever.
STOCK OR EGGS. SINGLE OR ROSE COMB.
B^t1lS< CONCORD. MASS.
10 ACRB8 PAT $10,000
ANNUALLY
Osee C. Frantz, Box E,
Rocky Ford, Colo., a poor boy,
one of 14 children, began 15
years ago, breeding more profit-
able poultry. Today his thou-
sand ' of worid famous winter
laying Lei^horns make the
above possible, and lay barrels
of eggs when prices are the
highest. You can do the same
with his stock, results are cer-
tain, free book telling how.
Line and Inbreeding
Contributed by a Subscriber
Inbreeding is mating birds that
are near akin, and line breeding is a
method of inbreeding for the pur-
pose of avoiding the supposed evils
of the continued mating of those
that are closely related. The line
breeder starts with, say, a pair that
possess ideal qualities of the variety,
and he wishes to perpetuate them and
improve them. The females from
this mating are bred back to their
sire, and the hen is mated with one
of her cockerels. This is the be-
ginning of the two lines, the male
line and the female line, that are to
be mated back and forth to avoid. too
close breeding, but that at the same
time keep up the blood lines of the
original pair. The females that are
taken from the first group produced
by the original pair and mated back
to their sire have half the blood of
their sire and half of the dam. The
second group, the one produced by
mating back to the sire, have three-
fourths of the blood of the sire and
one-fourth of the blood of the first
dam, and the group prody/ced by
mating the dam with one of her cock-
erels have three-fourths of the blood
of the dam and one-fourth of the
blood of the sire. In this mating
back you have two new groups which
we will call two and three. Now, if
a cockerel is taken from group two
and mated with pullets in group
three, or vice versa, a new grroup is
fornied which theoredically possess
half the blood of the original pair.
If a pullet is taken from group three
and mated back to the original sire
still another group is formed, and
so may it be on the dam's side. In
this way different groups are formed,
all of them having the same blood
lines, and yet varying enough to.
avoid too close inbreeding. Such a
grouping from one pair might be car-
ried on endlessly like the arranging
of the musical scale. If one cares to
sit down and work it out mathemati-
cally he can tell just wha^ relation
these different groups are to one an-
other, and thus be able to give a
pedigree of every bird in his yards.
But that anybody scientifically and
for year^ carries out any such a
scheme is somewhat doubtful. I do
not say that it is not done, but I do
seriously doubt whether such a sys-
tem of line breeding is practical for
years by any breeder. Usually when
a poultryman speaks of his strain as
being line bred he merely means that
his present stock has some of the
blood in it of the birds with which
he started, that he has adhered to a
type with which he began.
Now as to the related subject of
nbreeding. There is a widespread
belief that the mating of animals
near akin works harm in the progeny.
lere the traditional theory of in-
iing fails to make out its case,
true that a flock of inbred fowls
deteriorate in size and vigor but
same things may happen to an
that Dhvsical deterioration .♦fed flock as well, and in neither
tnat physical deterioration, 8t< y^ inbreeding or out-
about fowls I Shan confine n.l<>i::T^:XTLi:a fo^
^Lfz :hJie%ubji::on?''e i"-p' »* -^ *\*^ ""-
peiieve me wnoie subject of u . . ^^. ^^ ^y^^t prac-
ing as applied to our domesti^ j^^ ^^^^ ^^^ i^ok further for
mals need a thoro^gh-going u*^^^^ g^^^ ^^^^^ -^ ^^^y ^
gation at the hands of expert i^ which the males have been
investigation reaching throa ^ ^ year that is under-
series of years that would 4^^^/^^^/,^,.
some clear, definite data. Th, ^^ ^^ ^eek for the source of
mer is scrupulously avoiding im deterioration we shall find that
ing not because he has made \ ^^j ^ore than anything else
tended expermient in any onejn injudicious selection of breed-
but because he is dominated \ jf as much attention is given
general tradition that it is a y^e and stamina in the stock to
of weakness. Recently one (^ated as to plumage and fancy
foremost sheep men of the C(^g there is no more danger of
has told me that he has practic^jcal degeneration in inbreeding
breeding in his flock for years, ^ in outbreeding. So far as I
introducing any foreign blood, figure it out the only difference
that he has seen nothing to w^een the two is that inbreeding
the belief that it has done han*^ surely and quickly accentuates
that there has been no loss iipredominant characteristics
or virility in his sheep. Here»ther they are good or bad.
field in which our experiment! this reasoning is true the im-
tions may do some good work, fement of a flock is not depend-
Poultrymen have done mon upon the introduction of new
perimenting in this matter cod, but upon a careful, intelligent
breeding than any other cla%ction of breeders. Of course the
stockmen, and it is the genenp<)duction of new blood may be
lief among them that the perfifssary to correct certain faults
of any strain or variety of fovrirto secure a needed quality, but
be done only by close inbreee again it is selection that does
that foreign blood is introduce work. Doubtless an indiscrimi-
a great risk, as it may fail to "m inbreeding will work mischief,
and thus undo years of careful \; so also will any kind of indis-
Usually they introduce the new iinate breeding. The selection
through the female side, and ids to be particularly careful in
after cautious tests to see if itved stock because of the innate
combine well with that of their.dency of closely-related birds to
strains. This inbreeding is tnsify their bad qualities as well
ducted upon the law that like W^their good ones in their off-
like, and that if a strain posAig. — O. F.
certain good qualities they ciT ^
maintained and improved by m j^^ BALANCED RATION
those of the same blood lines. '^^ . , ^ • ^« ^„, r-^aAt^r^
. , J. .... ^ ^, iBTp wish to impress on our readers
inbreeding is bringing together r^ , , "^ .. ;„ r,/^f =« im
intensifying certain good q«/» » Ylt"" "n th nth.r hind
which the breeder dfsires t.ft":«l theory On the oth h d
petuate. But it also may »»« P™f>'"'«^ t^neither more
,. A. j-i. i-.i tbalanced ration is neitner more
petuate and mtensify bad qurj.*-" ^,,^ „„^^ economical
Now. ,f ,t w.ll improve one chani ^^,^3, it is the feed-
.st!c m a fowl why will it noj ingredients in the
prove another? For '"stanc* "' ^^ needed for specific
Barred Rock breeder inbreeds ^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ing too much
velop and fix a certain kiirfg" ^ ^j ^^^^ ^^j t„o I'ttie of
barring which he is aiming "
barring wn.ch he is aiming at. f -,/; ^jth the result that feed is
knows that in ^his way he J^anJ^^^ '^^^ ^^^ ^^^ f^^i or animal
most certainly accomplish his
pose. But he may fix his mind
barring and neglect other qua
If he mates birds that are bea
in barring but lacking in size
virility, he is intensifying the c
tuticnal weakness as well as the
plumage of his birds. If he cb
birds that are large and virile
w 11 not these traits be trans
as well as the constitutional d
in the othe.r mating? And just
, not get enough food to produce
desired results. The feeder must
.ize that in egg production, flesh
iduction or milk production, ele-
ts in different proportions are
luired. Furthermore, that egg pro-
tion from various fowls or under
fious conditions requires different
ons. A growing lamb needs dif-
nt nourishment than a fattening
ep
265 to 331 (Pedigreed) Egg Strain English-American
Single Comb WWte Leghorn
BABY CHICKS
If you want chick, that liv and grow; chick. Aat have •'••TJ;**^'"'^;^*^^**
thSi vein, for 24 year.; that you can "bank on" to average 185 to 200 or more
egg. a year; and rea.onable in price, then you want
Kerttn-QuaUty** CMcks
Lontf before we could get our new catalog and
price-lists from the printers, last years custo-
mers literaUy flooded us with advance orders for
1924 deliveries of Baby Chicks. "Just like you
sent us last season" they write. They know the
Value of -Kerlin-Qoality." If you don't it will
pay you to get acquainted right away.
Get Free Catalog and Prices Now
You will be astonished at the remarkably low prices and
?h?hTtfh Quality of our 8U)ck. Let us tell you all about it;
Al h5to?^f our farm from the very first day of its exist-
in^ in to our remarkably successful season of 1923. Let us
SfvoS abSSt theSrloads of Fr«« Fe«i we give our custo-
ScVr oSr SpyriSted Formulas and Methods; and our
Sr^be KpwtmeSt ab«>lutely free to all customers.
Most of all, Ut u. tell yoa about tbo Big Monmy to bm
mSS. with our World Famous EnslUb-AmoncMi S. C
Wh.to Loghorns.
fiet vour cony of our literature now. Special low price*
Sd duiouit. on orders booked early for later delivery.
Particalarly WcU Pleased Wtdi
Ckicks, Feed aad Prodactioa
"Last spring I parchwed one thou-
sand Kerlin-Qaality chi<*s from
you. Today I have f cor hondred
twenty-five fine polleta in fall lay
that I would not seU for five dollars
**iKw» wel^t Is four poonda
and they are laying m» •f.*»P£2,'TJj
fine larae egg. Prodoction MJand
increadng every day. As "ileas. i
neyer saw any ?»ow faster, or a
lesser rata of mortalitybarring some
accidents. Cockerels were shipped
at eight weeks weighing full one
and one-quarter poonda
vaa particnlarl]
•",- w^r^lSSiJSV well Ple«ed
with the fe«d yoa sent with the
chicks. They never seemed to get
Suite enoagh and it aorcly maae
bem live and grow."
(Signed)
M. SHOULTES, Sellersville. Pa.
KERUN'S GRAND VIEW
POULTRY FARM
Draww 7-B , C«it«r Hallt Pa^ V* S* A.
Member Inteniatioiial Baby Chick Aas'a.
Stop "Keeping" ChickenB—Let
"Kerlin- Quality" Chickenm "Keep" Yoa
FIrtt Bottoa
Palist. lUI
BUTTERCUPS
;^'i'iir ^iS%^"r::-^'''-^^' .^„T?u.rof«inner,. Mor. ,h.n 22
yoars a breeder and exhiliitor. ^^ ^^^
C. STfDNEY COOK, Jr., We.tNewtoi,Ma...
MMW
^^ ' ^^a." caa^tfi^ i^i^is^E HOlO OUR OWN
P APE'S Mammath S™8*f Ml^ — ^-^
Comb Black MINORCA8 \l^^
Make H.*lthy. Ha,.l>y. Prosperous i^:^'^''^^^ jST^ ANY COMPETH
cane th^- ue one of the first 1^«1'^^':^^ [**"":„,^r >roduotion of Glorious Darge White
nwhi< three essential factors viz. ^rflc^Wer ^^J^J^j^^^ ^^^ actually combined
F^^s—Most Delicious Table Fowl— and ^ »*i,7y'"i,,^7he production classes at last month's
•?..^^,ivj;';.e!,.l';:,"i"'"25 V^^^'^^^;--^--'^^ - '-;^ w.,- u.-u.., «. .. a.
CHARLES O. PAPB, '• O- ■•« ^'^^
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
You
iivterested
i!\ tKe
3u5inessEnd
tKesedays
of KiJK
priced
EGG3
"HOW BCAKY EGOS WILL SHE LAY?"
Is she a good business bird! Will she earn
her keepf Anconas lay two to three times
hotter than the bird in the «verage flock.
They eat no more. The big, white eggs get
top price*. They are a good bnslnets propo-
sition. Sheppard's famous Anconas hold
the world's rhampionships for average of
flock and single bird. Tney are very, very
ractical chi^k^^ns f r the American home to
E
eep. You'll be intensely interested in the
flgnres and letters that prove Anconas best —
and >ou may hrve them at once by writing
for my free catalogue.
H. Cecil Stieppar^
1, Ohio
Sterling Quality
CHICKS
Will add strength to your blood lines. Our
nwtings are strong this year and quality
rb. Catalogue free. Several hundred
youi
this
superb. Catalogue free. Several hundrc
White and Brown Leghorn and Barred Rock
hens and pullets for sale at reasonable pricec.
P. F. CLARDY
Ifighland View Poultry Farm
BOX 11, ETHEL, MO.
TRAPMCftTtD WHITI LCQHOIINS
Taaersd ttrala. wHh 8
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tke IMO Taatrstf bsIs la eer If24 aiatlati.
OCK. ECat. CHIX— ISe aad ee. Cataleees frSs.
■mnMIFPOiaNW lAWl. tmO. LMCOLN, nUNOK
New Year's Day, more than any other,
brings thoughts of the future. It is the be-
ginning of a new year and as we consider
this we are a)>t to stop a moment to look
ahead, and while it is true that we cannot
see far nor clear, we all have that inborn
hope and truKt. that good cheer, good health
and prosperity may be ours. The secret of
all this is an honest endeavor to attain
them, a strong, hard try and they will be
vours and mine to enjoy. So let us a-^ain
resolve to make 1924 our most successful
year, let us try for this as we have never
tried before.
• • *
Resolve to cultivate an honest ambition to
excel in some distinct way by superior intelli-
nence or industry in the discharge of the
duties which fall within ycur sphere.
• • •
They say that there is nothing new under
the sun but we must credit Harold F. Barber
with putting over a new and original fea-
ture in his monthly articles in Everybodys.
He has just upset old time methods and
created feature articles of immense value
with the broadest possible scope of timely
subjects so well selected that we may refer
to them as complete poultry knowledge in
a nutshell. Follow Mr. Barber and his arti-
cles monthly in Everybodys, to your advant-
age.
• • •
One of the shortest and yet the strongest
statements in the English language is the
little sentence. "I will."
• • •
The English poultry publications as a
rule are seven-eighths filled with correspond-
ence giving experiments made, ideas hatched
and advice of various kinds upon various
subjects by their readers, and one-eighth edi-
torial news, show reports, etc. Every issue
looks more like en experience meeting and
we doubt not but just such matter is of first
interest to the beginners and conducive to
the making and upkeeping of poultry inter-
ests in general. Our American breeders evi-
dently are not the correspondents that our
English cousins are and we would urge them
to take note, to write more for the publica-
tions, to five the results of their experience
and experiments made that would be of ser*
vice to others. Don't hide yoiirself and your
knowledge. Be more liberal and by helping
the other fellow you also help yourself and
the whole fraternity.
• • •
We may profit greatly by reading the ex-
perience of others, but our own experience
is the better teacher.
• • •
Longfellow had the right idea of courage
when he wrote:
"Let us then be up and doing.
With a heart for any fate.
Still achieving, itill pursuing.
Le«m to labor and to wait."
• • •
It's the way a man sticks to a thing that
marks him as a success or a failure. Many a
fellow has won out at the eleventh hoar Just
because he wouldn't let go. Don't be •
quitter. The man who only half tries doean't
even half make good.
• • •
Have you noted that month by month in
every way Everybodys is getting larger, bet-
ter, handsomer and broader in its scope with
articles treating upon every poultry subject
in and out of season t This is no news to our
readers for they have seen it themselves. We
mention it in acknowledgement of the many
letters received monthly to this effect. Every-
bodys fills the bill and your poultry friends
will enjoy and profit by it the same as you.
Tell them to subscribe for Everybodys to-
day.
• • •
Not the nature of the work, but the na-
ture of the spirit in which the work is done,
counts.
• • •
We note that Harry Collier refers to us
as "General" and gives presumably good
reasons. If Harry had his just dues he
would be generally referred to as "Father"
as it is rumored that in time with a little
arood luck, his line will total half the popula-
tion of Washington. Harry's general ability
is es good as it is marvelous and no doubt
the future will acclaim Washington as the
Empire State of the Union in place of New
York with thanks due to H. H. Collier.
May he receive all possible blessings.
The only ambition worth while is
that makes you want bomethiiig so iq^
can't hold yourself back from workigil
SO MILLION CHICKS
hours to gain it.
WTjen in doubt, just keep on keepi
When you have made a mistake, do m
but keep on. Your sanity and youf
lie in keeping on. Dwell on failure a
will land in the ditch iuKt as sur*
novice bicycle rider unwillingly hei
wheel in the direction of his thought
• • •
No man or woman who is doini; ^
work ever feels superior to that work.
• • *
We are so "sot" against crossbi
that we don't even like to mention ti
ject in Everybodys. We very fr^
get letters asking about the advissbil
cross-breeding and our reply ever ;
same. No, there are no advantages i
ever to be gained, but there are mu
advantages, so many in fact that are
dent that we are surprised every tia
Question is mentioned. Breed ^\
standardbred varieties for best gene
suits.
• • *
Discontent is a great bar to guccesi.
the best of today. Do not let failure
around the door of your heart. Feel
terest in every person you meet, in th*
munity in which you live, in ever)
Feel that you are equal to the best,
superiir to the least. Do not allow
to accept the advice of everybody
a mind of your own. No one can undi
your desires as well as yourself. V
have confidence in yoaraelft
• • •
When Old Man Trouble is looking
easy day he hunts up the man who it
discouraged.
There are several ways of accompi
most anything that you attempt, but
there is but one right way. In selecti
layers the trapnest is the only righi
Other methods may pnove of some
times, but very often all signs fail an4
is no positive assurance in them. Q
want to know the facts use the trapns
• • •
Improve your mind and your outpil
improve.
• • •
This season of the year with its shori
and long nights can well be referred
"Reading Time" and we suggest th«
write for our new free c-atalogue of p»
books and publications and make your
tion therefrom. A few good poultry ^ ^hm re fm it:
should be in every breeder's homu^BnektytPiRST-
they should be read. Knowledge is th«||^M CAN'T f»u
dation of every auccess; live to learn » «,. ^,,_«nd- uOOn thoUSands Of
""""■ • •.•.., Buckeye x«'«» have discarded other
It Is Impossible to achieve by doisf OUCK.c^t « ^ ^ ,^«v*« — ar-
than one's best.
• • ••
We are always pleased to have bm iu»i*jr «-" -.. •d„^U#.vm Fof
r advice which we will gladlj nUced them With BUCKCyCS. rui
to the best
had severe
Laced Wy
are raised every year
by the Buckeye System
of Colony Brooding
•ac-
machines of various makes
tually thrown them away and re-
write" u7for'adv'ice which we will giadij placed them With Buckeyes. r or
It of our ability. Of late w» ^„^. ____ y.^^ restored their faith in
■al inquiries in regard to I Buckeye nas rcstuicv* .^fifi//
,andottes, Brahmas. Langshani. oonltfV raising aS a SajB, SOUnu,
and we take it that many beginners srt »^ ^ ^ , A„c;*fi»«t
ing those and other old favorites thourtt profitable DUStness.
consideration in their selection of a ▼» *^|..^ fU^ anmhle OUt.
This is just another good sign of these i It hoS taken the gomoit uut.
They are worthy, equal to our best si^ u^„^ TkrnrA^T^ and InCUbatOfS
one will make a mistake in adopting th Buckeye BrOOOers a"u
• . „. aaaure vour success from the stam.
At best our lives are isolated. ^^ e » a«»u»'^ J . v.^^-- hatch every
busy in the day's work. We ere all wi* BuckcyC InCUDatOrs nat-wi J'
out our own destiny. Our sphere of srt Uafrhflble COSL — every time, nai:c«
are small compared to the countless mil *^?'^C"t. f u * «r aft^r vcaf— and
in the whole world. We live pretty • after hatch, year atter year «*
alone whether we live in the greatest fit - . fnrth the finCSt, Strongest
the world or in the farmhouse on the pn Dnng lOITn uii^ Rnrkcve
We have our individual problems to • rhicks yOU CVCf saW. Ana DUC«.cjr^
We must have food and raiment and tu -Ot-nr^^n raise every raiS-
We are human be'ngs and es such are f Colotiy BrOOacrS rawc ^ j
to human Ills, and a« human beings w«
all Bublert to human ioys, to those stt*
ing brighter things in life, to laughta ^
sunshine, cheerfulness and fun. We tv\
avoid either, no matter how small or \
isolated we may think our lives may be.
how much we get depends upon our««^
We can get no more out of life than w»
into it. And now when we are joyoxisly «
able Chick, saving millions of chicks
every year for Buckeye owners, at
half the labor and expense.
Why try to save a little at the risk
of losing a lot-on your egg invest-
ment, on the chicks that die in the
shell, and on the many you may
lose before maturity?
*How can I save my chicks from
dying in the shell?'*
*How can I prevent the frightful
mortality due to faulty brooders?
The Buckeye "Reason Why" Catalog
iiswcrs thwe vital questions and many
answers uiCTc ^^ckeye Incubators
ha?ch evU hatchable egg!^with hardly a
weakling among them. And why Buckeye
Tohny Brooders raise them all to maturity.
Send for the catalog now.
€t
<«,
^ui7 mir-KFYE INCUBATOR COMPANY
THE BUGKbYti ^rti^^ of I»cubctors and Brooders
World's Largest Manufacturer or mcuou .. „ ,
326
eS Avemle. Springfield, Ohio, U. S.
ing a Happv New Year, why not follow «
by adding a little happiness here and 9i
and see If this does not make this e«j
year our biggest and bestt j^f oft
Those who should know claim that 4ic/ mail
is no difference in the food value oj^^y
yellow or white-skinned fowl, or in the "^~/
or white-shelled eggs. We opine it » jj
matter of preference only and we ere ft
satisfied that all experts agree that '.^
Thebuckbvejncubatorc^^^^
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In Writing Advertisers
Kindly Mention Everybodys Poultry Magasine
A Partnership
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We have played fair
with Buckeye users and
they have played fair
with us
We have provided them
withjthe best incubators
and brooders we knew
how to build — and tMr
success has built our
success
•
Today there are nearly
three-quarters of a mil-
lion users in the success-
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More Buckeyes are sold
yearly than the com-
bined total of the next
three leading manufac-
turers
e
More Buckeyes are ex-
ported to foreign coun-
tries than the total of
all other manufacturers
Almost every one of the
great agricultural
colleges uses Buckeye
equipment
1,600 of the most suc-
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hatcheries use Buckeye
M»mm»th Incubators
Vour investment in
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murtd by the guaran-
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fmctunr of incubators
and brooders in the
world, whose success is
entirely due to the suc-
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Buckeye ranks Ant in
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manufacture: commer-
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blue-flame brooders
Buckeye Incubators
arc made in all sixes,
from 65 eggs to 600;
and Mammoth Incu-
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e
Buckeye Poultry Rais-
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Ty, 1924
Hens Need Help
•
toLayMoreEggs
Haphazard feeding of
whatever is handy won*t
supply your hens with the
extra elements they need;
in fact it does just the op-
posite. It makes them fat
and lazy.
Your hens need a scien-
tifically blended food to
supply sufficient protein,
etc., necessary to form the
additional whites for extra
complete eggs.
Feed Wonder Mash; it will
make your hens lay more
eggs, at a greater profit to
you and it will keep them
healthy.
Ask your dealer — if he
cannot supply you with
Wonder Mash, kindly send
us his name and address,
and we will put you in
touch with your nearest
Wonder dealer.
Arcady Farms Milling Go.
Chioato, 111.
Mills at
Chicago. 111. Buffalo. N. Y.
E. St. Louis, III. No. Kansas Citv. Mo.
Here'^ to the year^ that nre stretching
ahead —
T'> the dav« that are hlithesome and nay.
May the joys « f the old world be j y- of the
new
And sorrows fade jrently away.
• • •
Happy New Year, everybody.
• • •
Make 1924 outshine 192;i.
Greet
smile.
the New Year with a cheer and a
The only known cure for the hen fever is
to keep poultry.
• • •
Practice not theory in poultry keeping is
what counts.
• • •
There are many poultry publications but
« nly one Everybodys.
• • •
Wouldn't it be jpreat if worry made your
face instead of your head bald!
• • •
In order to be a member in good standing
of the Booster Club you want to advise your
friends to subscribe for Everybodys.
• • •
Make a new resolution this year. Resolve
to begin advertising and to keep at it. Try
Everybodys.
• • •
Look upon your duties not as so many obli-
gations but as opportunities.
• • •
No laying contest ever has or ever will
prove that any one breed or variety is best.
There is no one best but there are several
that are mighty good.
. • . • •
If we never had clouds we wouldn't appre-
ciate the sunshine. If we never had winter
we wouldn't appreciate the spring.
• • •
An opportunity in the hand is worth two
in the bush. >
• • •-■
One of the last works of "Wid" Card was
an article of special merit upon the great
subject of linebreeding. published in Every-
bodys.
• • •
Contentment depend;, not upon what
have. . but upon what we want.
we
Don't make any resolutions that you don't
intend to keep fully. Resolve now to breed
more and better poultry and live up to it.
• • •
A pessimist has been defined as a man
who wears both belt and suspenders to hold
up his trousers.
• • •
Turkey for Thanksgiving and Christmas
and gv'ose for New Year's seem to be popu-
lar favorites, with chicken ever in favor
the year around.
• • •
The better the quality of any product the
greater its pojiularity and tlie greater it»
consumption. This applies most favorably
to market poultry and eggs. The demand
can best be increased by quality first, laat
and all the time.
• • •
The man who does things d"iesn't do
people.
• • *
Hatch some early chicks this season. Or-
der y.tur incubator now.
• • •
Don't let well enough do. Try f:ir grerter
progress in 1924.
• * •
To put the best quality in your work you
must ])Ut yourself into it.
• • •
Romance in business? Why not? It's
life. And life without romance might as well
be done ui> and put away.
• • •
The only friendship that iv w« rtli while is
the xort that grows slow'.y and matures
steadily without regard to condition.
• • •
One of these days is none of these days.
Do it now.
Now
comes the greatest it the
Mndis- n Square Garden,
the great and popular ^._ ^^
National Shows. Mako it a point to#i^ ^^^^
. N. Y..
Boston and
{&i "Playmate" article took root. We
I'^l getting many letters telling us it s
one or all of them.
• • •
Perhaps the reason the lions
Daniel was becau-e most of h m
bone and the rest of him was grit.
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
MO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE
3t
/e vou ever noted the fact that where-
Jou'see nice and large flocks <f tjou try.
nice homes and prosperous lookin ,
"ifSe
"Vt
first in conversation is trut'.i. the next
) nrst m coil vt^» "«»«•"" •"
You can't go everywhere t) p«ionse. the third good humor, and tnu
'ook up trade and ►ell your sur.dus. \ ^it.
•lodys goes everywhere monthly n * * * t'
( arry your message to thousands ofd now we have the "Automatic lime
where quality poultry is kept. rv Feeder." Poultry keeping nowadays
• • . It a matter of having time to gather the
Standard shape is the natural Rhi • • •
each breed. With natural shape eack»*,i" Hale says: "Into the lives of
hould bo at its be.,t as | roduicrs. : j„^„ ^ho is working on a salary comes
this over. houL'ht of the days to come." Think this
It's a queer jirovision of nature thi
should be so scarce when they are «o
A BESOLUTION
n going to get in the game
The shows are just teeming with ^o\\ may see my little name
birds in about every breed and varieti high «pon the scroll of fame
irnnd onps AVf. nut this season and innnTfnr.
good
it is laughter.
ones are out this season and inoryear
ones will result from these. 1923
progressive year of note. there be an elixir of life
• • • • • •
... . rnllW-r truth- "There are more people
C'leerfulness is the bn^'ht ^'^'a^her J^9J".y^ jl^j^j^^y from the selling end than
'^*'""^- • • ♦ any other cause.^' ^
Kverybodys is read in near'.y everj,goive to get at least one new subscriber
while poultry ho"ie in America. Advii«yt.rybody8 this month. The big issues
friends to subscribe so \ve may say "laming and your friends^ will want tnem.
• • • *
Here crmes again
A brand New Year
Old Father Time
Has sent it.
We'll welcome it
With joy and faith
And do it like
We meant it —
That's all!
le fine poultry exhibits seen are an in-
klon of the greater interest everywhere
©ultry and of more progress ahead.
wsonal claims made are usually not
h the paper they are written on. Fer-
l .ffort and record made counts most and
I values.
• • *
tt great accomplishments have been per-
Sd by perseverance more than by ability.
One hundred thousand more l»rr^ (oid you so. The office seekers are
wanted — every poultryman can interest^ already and the first question i« :
in poultry keeping. They should ccnsid^^ are the American Poultry Association
a uart of their business. Let us try^^g doing to further i»oultry interests!
record year of new breeders. ,jy ^ debatable question at this time.
• • * ♦ • •
When saving up the several thinjAe man who is always expectng seme one
does through life for your old age. "put something over on h.m }^Jf
forget to lay aside a lot of pleasant meitly )>utling something o;er on himselt.
and thoughts of your early life. ^^ i.^ven't heard from the sage of Lee
• • * iBiit lately and presume he is still busy
Although this being leap year the khig "Barred Beauties and Red Loyn.
lors need not fear until after the larp • • •
of widowers is taken up. then look ont^r Relieve Reese Hicks is accountable for
• . • one- Bet on the talker for the first heat.
Amusement is to the human m.nd put your money on the doer for the race.
sunshine is to the (lawers. * i- '■-
Live one day at a time,
full day.
Make ea -h
In judging birds it is one thing to
the Standard and another to have jud
and know how to use it.
A friend sends this; "And n )w thit
have heard my daughter sing, what dii
think «f her range?" "Weil "
former infantryman candidlv
%e Indians didn't have sense enough to
i,t immigration and look what happened
here are a dozen or more shows held
Iv in this country where the American
Irv Association could enroll fr m ten to
jty five new members under a proper
ssips are everywhere and they make
repUftt gossip fit the end they seek to attain
_ _ -I sh-'uMk no care for^truth^ ^
shVVughtTo kin at three miles, all ^^^A ^^^ ^^ bachelors would be unfair.
• • • ^inrcnuity of the poor chaps is taxed to
Let every breeder start some boy ofiimit now. ^ ^
in standard breeding by i»rfsenting '^ *
with a setting of eggs this s] rin :. So%|j^ splendid tributes paid to tbe mem-
our best had their start in that way. - 'Wid" Card are also a splendid in-
* • • ^ to the men and women whose interests
Don't let vour amb^ -.on get so fsr J|orved so well. Full appreciation -
so that you lose sight of the job you h»y^ wonderful thing
liable
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EVERY DAY we receive letters H^^eth-e from all parU jf ^^he^wo^rld.^brunp.
over with enthusiasm, gratitude a"'! /"[«!• racticaUy nothing ab6ut poultry; I am
writes^ "Before I took your co^" J,,f^"®^ ^ffif'^f'Sm h^^^^ Student Rodriguez,
now successf uUy^ operating a co^^^^^J^^.P^U^easno understand and certainly a
Hanes. Oriente. Cj>t>a. writes: ^our course uey^^^
great help to me." Student NiJiouli three" "Your course has saved
%utof 500 cWc^ ^'Jf,^«d• 1^1^^^^^^ Chaunce.^. N. Y.
me hundreds of doUars, sa>s Artnur ^ • _-^-.-. wyrif^V
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If vour principles are all riirlit.
tlcb don't matter so very much.
♦ • •
We were all beginners once upon >
and wi" should not forget this fact
. niretinic tin' younKSt«'rs. Give tlicm a cl
at advantages you did not have.
• • •
that
and
In a Nhw Jerney Extensi' n Work B
we n te thi.-*: * It is sad. iin!ef<l. when
or ves herself a better m."»:i
band."
e are nnt liable to hear m"''h of the
icin Poultry Association until about
on time and somebody wants office.
s become of the^life skiving crew!
neratulations, "Tom." Hope
.cintr baby boy will assure new
iter happiness to vou. ^
:<.nkevs tire of anything quickly and di-
\e statistics indicate that there may be
thing in tha* Darwin theory.
• • ♦
than th«ijn Christmas eve our thought will be:
^y Christmas to all and to all a good
cbt.
If the elements in a man h »"«1>' ,^^" .„ . . f^.^ nights later: Good-bye. old
.ale at a drug store they w.uld --'" 'X'^'i^^^aprv anticipation, we welcome the
cents a man. That ought to be an «<tr««|. "J^^'a« » •
jirice for women bhoppers. ^
I
OM' CIST
WB'TES: nalP rec Ivc.l
\prl 1?»22. lasted until
June." lf»2l. O, K. Is tlie
be^sl lliina in 'l<i' «f>' "
llttiT I iiavc ever liad or
Riy o-ie could get. Every
p.iiltrv ke.'ji^-r shoild use
„. —Heavy Nutha.t. Wind-
ier, Pa.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
BabyChicks
OF QUALITY
180-200 egg bred, per 100 $25.00
210-248 egg bred, per 100 30.00
240-266 egg bred, per 100 40.00
Now .is the time to place your order for baby chicks and hatching
eggs to insure delivery when you want them.
SUNNYSIDE
BIRDS
Have Records
180-256 Eggs
Can supply your wants in any of the following varieties:
White. Buff Leghornk, Barred. White Rocks, Wliite Wyan-
dottcs, R. I. Reds.
THEY ARE WINTER LAYERS
EQQS PER 100
180-200 egg bred 110.00
210-248 egg bred 12.00
240-256 MTir hr*d IB.
240-256 egg bred 15.
You cannot go wron^f when you order from us. Every
bird bred to a Standard and backed by 35 yea:
)ir(i bred to a standard and backed by 35 years of ex-
>erience in breeding and trapnesting. and all our pens are
arefully mated ana culled, thereby insuring you that you
ret nothin;: but the best.
RULLETS
8 to 7 Month* Old
180-200 en brad. $2.50
2IO-24« efli bn4.. 2.79
240-25* efli brci.. 3.00
14 Weeks Old
180-200 sfli br«4..$l.75
210-248 HI bred. . 2.00
240-258 sii brsd.. 2.25
Baby Chicks Per loo
180-200 egf bred. $25.00
210-248 etf bred 30.00
240-258 eg| brtd. 40.00
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$5.C0. $10.00. $15.00
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$2.25. $2.75. $3.25
get nothinar but the best. ' — '
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R. C. Blodgett* Prop., Box 101S» Bristol, Vt.
CHAMPIONS
•iagl« CMMb Wldt« -
Young Strain
My Leghorn* haven't lost a blue ribbon at
the North Carolina Stat* Fair at Balelgh for
two consecdtive years.
This year at the South Carolina State Show.
Columbia, in the keenest oompetltlon evsr seen
here. 250 Mrds oompetlni, they won: S-4-7
Cock. 1-2-5 Hm, 1-2-6-9 Cockerel. 1-5-7
Pullet. 1 Younf Pen, 3 Old Pen. Best Dii-
play In whole show. Judges Hale and Nixon
say there is no better anywber*.
Whit* Wrmmdmtfm
Nixon Strain
In the biggest and beet dass of White Wyan-
dottes seen in the south In a long Urae, we
S°?,i. ^\h^ «^?*A ^-* "•"• «-7 Cockerel, 4
Pull«t. 1-5 Old Pen. 2-3-0 Young Pen. ^t
Female In Entire Show.
The next week at SparUnhurg we made
pracUc»lly the tame win. Uktng more sweet>-
stake specials. List of winnings In next adT
Judge Hale says he neter saw eo many good
oocks on one farm as are ranging my yard* to-
ll*?!:. ^.?* f creamy or brasay feather In the
nock. Ready to suit the moat exacting.
^'•w. i-'ui. a urcuiv or orasagr reattier 1
nock. Ready to suit the moat exacting.
We Can Fill Your Order for Any Show in America
Satiafaction Guaranteed or It la No D*«l
DAVIS
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FOULTrnT rAJMH, OASTONIA, N€
NORTH CAmOUNA
ILLINOIS A.CCREDITED CHIC
^^^S. w.?^h"V':!°/..Hl.'»A"'L'!>JL>'^?. •"'!.«•• PrtMluelat qaallty of u>e floe
MRS
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; DORO^ RAINEY ^"^^^^^"^ RIDGE HATCHERY
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Maaw
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CHAMPIONS AT MEW N^ORK
Make Records for My Customers
Grand Champion Sweepstakos Cockerel at Port Worth
Tex.- First Prize Cockerel at Bogata N J • 8DeH«i
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r
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
33
rnz from the number of entries re-
Irom the shows in this part of the
_ J^ ?^^_^ V^H"s";yeVt7show^sea»on
s hoping 1924 will be still better,
m- part by getting that breeding stock
«e so that hatches will be better.
^ • * *
H»ppy New Year. ipects were never better for the broiler
• • • JJb The writer is developing a fine
How many resolutions did you , In dressed poultry if' Chicago ana
,.. :„.„..^ *« 1 . ' ».- big demand fir broilers that ^^ul
you intend to keep?
• • • from two pounds to two and one- nail
Hope you were careful. Abe K|t each. No demand at all [J' ^o^J
he once threw away his corkscreV Be^^^r sell them ?f'^7„ *J\fJ_ *,
* • • ^f Rs the market doesn t want them ai
friend Harry Collier ^^y ««* \^° °*^
Better sen mem y^»«. « .^•'^y f^%
r as the market doesn't want them af-
"^ * Hens are always in
lens that weigh four
better. Almost im-
aller ones.
uur oia friend Harry Collier wy »«* ^"" "'*• ^ "'^""
have bee. me all worked up over ^, but they want hens
on California. Yes. we once ra»J«e-balf P"M"<^% ^,1 **®"
ing trip out there through the infle to get r^d of ^he sm
Harrv, and we bad the time of our ., i • a i^^^b a*iil trn host at
joyetf every minute of it. judged .^ y*^'*«^u^^•""l'^,i'TK« hotels Jnd clubs
fine birds and met a lot of fine (?•»* markets while * J® .^°'«'* J°^ ''very
that doesn't alter wliat we said .V ^o particular as the guests very
fornia. » see the skin. ^ ^
We wer. no, ^vin/.o t.k. . ,tf your order in .«Hy .or b.by^chU^^.
forma. Our reader out there t*"® '* gomg lu uo » n
asked our opiiii n on some thinf(iV' • • ,*
answered him. We did not and do ■ oin^ to hatch your own. see
he was looking f, r boquets. Lefh,^^,^, incubator is in good shape. Per-
Prels were down to 25c each an^TJ'^''^^^.^^*^^^ '^.a er. Clean the lamp
egijs no longer topped the New Y **»"?! «««, wick
ket. There mu.st be a reason audP"^ "° * ""T * *
(ur reason which we think is i» ^^,, ._„ -oi^e to get a new incubator
right, namely, over production of J^, " *rder in now* Don't wait until
wR.rh made the supply greater g^J /ta„d "^*°"''^*''
rr», . . * ^u- * /^ la a good plan to boil old lamp burners
There is in Chicago trday » wjo water os that removes the old oi
finally sold his poultry farm in t^rhon
for some of the very reasons we .'•'^"" • * • •
i. looking for a locati .n here in ,i ^^^^^^ ,„ ^^ ^.^pared than not.
X^ i Home
PutnainMade
Costs with Only $
Brooder Heater
Thousands of Successful Users
West. is better to be prepareu man u»v.
, • • * ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^Q gjve,
Another fact that might intere^t w'^ many forgive!
die West producer more than it wn « • •
is thi . California eggs once top^k^e's one tool we all ought to make
New Y-rk market because they i^ ^hU vpar The Golden Rule.
*'»-w M. ■■!» iiiarKci M«t:aui»«; they C^ this vea
first to properly grade their eggs. ?* ,
*'--' - Hellina: organization that a
Finally the New
had a
beat
1 that a , i^opine Editor Schwab gets mar-
wT^«v. *...».. y i..,7 i^c« Jersey ff® ?q«Y^ *
w ke up to what was goinic on. bftr"* IS^*- ... • •
»he same science •"'*
ew York market.
w' ke up to what was going on, bef
the same science and they today " u ^«'* •/,♦ mor**
New York market. Now. these Ne«st think, Henry, you ^aven t ROt more
egg producers --•• ♦*"* '- »*-5-- •>«*♦" ~.«ro Vaw Years to see, so wny
YOU can make your own brooder,
using the plans which have
brought success to thousands of en-
thusiastic poultry keepers in town and
on the farm.
For materials, use a packing box, a
strip of oil cloth, a Putnam Heater and
a handful of nails. A hammer and a
saw are the only tools you need. In an
hour you can make a simple practical
b?ooder that will do better work than
the most expensive brooder you can
buy. And the cost complete ready to
receive the chicks will be only $4.96.
This home-made brooder will accom-
modate from 35 to 60 chicks. If you
want to raise a larger number of
Thicks make as many brooders as you
neld Chicks naturally do better m
?h1se small flocks and there will be
fewer losses. Some report raising lOO^c .
The hover is so made that every
chick can find just the degree of
warmth it prefers for comfort. There
is no crowding or sweating The hover
can be adjusted to suit the season-
January to July. There's a cool cham-
b^? where the little fellows can exer-
cise and grow strong and husKy.
You can run the brooder in a sunny
room in an open shed, or when roofed,
r?ght' out of doors. You can quickly
and easily take it apart for cleaning
and put it together again.
The Putnam Brooder Heater is un-
like any other. It holds a quart of oil
and will burn 10 days without refilling
^r trimming. Costs only a few cents a
month to operate. The Aame cannot
flare up or blow out, no matter how
Mgh th^e wind. A. H. Behr, Denver
Colo reports that his Putnam Heater
car Aed chicks safely through a 36-hour
blizzard that buried the box under 3
f e^t of snow. Made throughout of
bfass and heavily galvanized iron, the
Putnam Brooder Heater is practically
indestructible.
ight, Harry'
• • ♦
VI iii«rui, iiivre win oe nnminir tSB
success for Mr. Middle West Fan
• • * ook ai J
Facts sometimes hurt, but facts tf years
We had no intentirn of hurting tht never
of our California or Pacific CoastHT- <,
but why try to "kid" either then „ , „„
selves! They and we want to kn«ayway. Henry kno
these things. 1 ones and I m an
• • * tdoVs. for keens.
aftk at Ben Adams. Been married about
ook at «JJ^A^^^„i„^ for U. S. Congress.
can tell what it will do to a
•mth it prefers lorcoiiixux.. *»^ - ^ IP^^r^^co
These Poultry Keepers Use and Endorse
This Home-Made Brooder
l^cks for keeps.
nows how to pick the
xious to see the one
Sure, it's a fine country out there "~~ ~~"
admits it and so do we, but they u^VE A SYSTEM IN BREEDING
way from market and by the time*^ , , ,1 ,,,v./x V^qq r\c\\
iret in the chicken business the lodio One has done well who tias noi
kets cannot consume it all. It wi'^^fp^ o svstem in his breeding, 01
same an with their fruit
not
IWi^V VFllC *a**»j v«>*-
*Spted a system in his breeding, or
ijieglected to avail himself of good
Harry reminds me of the story^ing matter and of the passing ad-
California native son who had a br«% „ o^/M,«rl Viim. from time tO
in health and btarted back east to v'
ate. He was so bad that he had to^
in a small town to gain his strcnrtl
;ages around him, from time to
I have been in touch, through
raiseu e\er>uii^o . Greason. Pa.
had a single loss I ;,M^/c^^« t\ained their
brooder when the chicks ^"^j "brooders
present age but find thj^^?^ ^J^^uni of
?Se%tari ha e d'ecSdeVto use them alto-
gSher—K. K. Poun.l, Neuman. HI.
iiT.r nttlP Putnam Heater Is just doing
fln^'Lil'rant FiJes^on, ConnellsviUe. Pa.
, V- „!,♦ Q Putnam Brooder Heater ol
^ ^orfx this sprinS^ and think its just
^'°" A^rfnl— so easy to care for. it's better
Thrrh^airaf^^
jf/^ctiiSs.-^E/w.'^Wlle. Fi^dlay. Ohio.
T made a brooder according to your dl-
too. every one of them. ' l"{,Vn7„d she
the same time with f " "'"J^^ ,*;„ her
J uAcoln Knight. Trenton Junction. N. J.
w V 9
As far as this old black soil of
baking po it cannot be dragged. I n«
any of it. I've seen it get so wot
.'o sticky you g'>t stuck in the m
any of it. I've seen it get so wsti
.'o sticky you g'>t stuck in the b^
never bak«>d as Harry says. They '
story of a lecturer comiriir to tow«(
it >^-as in March it was verv wet andj
Hp noticed an old hat slowly moviofj
middle of the street so took a )tm
when, to his nurprise. he heard a vow
d<>wn below (somewhere yell: "AHJ
old top. hut when I git this load o'l
the barn I'll get even with you.
rt. True it is, indeed, that there
uch useless and worse than use-
slush printed. But it is so in re-
i to every other subject, and read-
must learn to sift and discard,
re and compare. The sloth or the
rr in this work of poultry raising
ot a success, within our expen-
. or observation. There are other
,ons also, of a speculative turn of
d, who have gone into this busi-
; at the wrong end, who have he-
re disgusted with their ill fortune,
ers have tried to do a great deal
very little time, who have suc-
ed in accomplishing very little, it
ue.
K. 1 ounu, ..>t.-i*iii«". -•-•
u^,., tn CZet the Brooder Heater
How to Crer tne ^1 Easy-to-follow directions
Get a Putnam Brooder Heater now PrH:e,^4^.b.^ ^^ y ^^^,^^ ^
for making the brooder ^''^ Pf^Jl 75'and ! will send you a Heater, postpaid,
have it, send me his name and 14.75 ana 1 dangerous wick burners
CAUTlbN: Beware of substitutes usmg old-style and da^g ^^^^^^
wh^h require trimming every day. MyJab^J ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^,^jy
Brooder Heater. Look for '* ' ^^ '^/J^B.^oder Heater to give satisfaction or
GUARANTEE: I PUF^"*** *//, w^?Wn sS days and the money paid will be
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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POULTRY FARM
(Continued from I'a;;*- 20)
more and more to the Standar
American breeders are pe
seme great egg producing
and we believe they will be e
breed to Standard requiremen
the English birds that are coa
through. This, however, is
our personal opinion and is subj
dispute.
The amount of money you
should allow you to make a s
tial payment of your plac
enough to put up your poultry
You might be able to buy a
that had the buildings already
and thus save you -oome money
Five or ten acres is all thai
man can take care of. If he i«
to keep one thousand or more
he won't have any time to do
field work and if he is success!
his chickens he can make men
by trying to raise the grain
which to feed them.
Yes, we would prefer to use
good commercial poultry feedj
as you see advertised in Eve
They are balanced rations an
carry a greater variety than
would put into any home-mixi
t.on you might mix. Besides,
are uniform, at least in mixt
that is important.
A course with one of the
Fpondence schools advertis
Everybodys would be a great
for you. We believe there a
such schools advertised and bol
considered very pood and well
the small price they ask for a
These courses bring out many
that you would let slip by, but
you have to do certain things to
picte your lessons you are bo
lenrn them, as there is no t
like experience.
Our advica is that you ne
worry about the market. It is
ing for the good goods. Taki
poultry course and while taki
taKr a vacation and look ov^
different locations before you
definitely where to locate. F
ten acres with a comfortable
and a thousand hens is a nice
to live and can make a good
fortable living for you and the
and kiddies. Follow Davy Croci
advice: "Be su/e you are right
go ahead."
POULTRY INTERESTS
ALL PEC
Poultry raising is a great
peculiar industry. It appeals tj
kinds and sorts of people ai
kinds and sorts of people enj
it. All that is required is the <\
aition, a bit of land, and a very
money. It is an industry that,
its nature, is inherently, of con
cial, social and morni importal
■.u..i.ujioMyjiMLW'^wiitum^^^^^^
SaM.;rs>
y alties
IE know a man who breeds chickens.
He loves the work. Recently he
paid over a hundred dollars for a
henhouse which he is to use for
eight birds — a mating of seven of
his very best, and a male well-nigh
priceless. He is proud of that house, not be-
cause it is a fancy, expensive house (because
it in't really) but he is proud of that house
because he knows he is doing just the very
best he knows how, to do a good job of breed-
ing His thought, all the time, is of that mat-
ing rather than of the house which is to house
it His love for his job and for those fowl is
the b'g thing, the new henhouse merely a tool
to let him do his work better— to turn out a
better product. The breeder's loyalty to his
ideal and to his job has cost him money, but
has given him great satisfaction.
EVERYBODYS has a new home. We're
proud of this home, not because it is a
fancy, expensive home (because it isnt,
really) but we're proud of this new home be-
cause we feel we are doing just the best we
know how, to give you a good magazine. Our
thought is of the magazine rather than of the
fine new building which now houses it. Our
love for our job and for Everybodys is the
big thing, this modern building is merely the
tool to help us do our work better— to turn
out a better and better Everybodys. We just
can't help but feel this loyalty, because every
mail brings us so many evidences of the loy-
alty of our readers to Everybodys.
WE'RE all just one great big family — a
widespread, heart-warm family from
Maine to California, Seattle and Frisco to
Tampa. This is your new building— your in-
terest in, and loyalty to Everybodys has really
built this building. Without the warm hearted
words from members of Everybodys family
which come to us all the time, we would never
have had an urge to spend the money to build
this new building for a better Everybodys.
It is, then, truly your building, and you are
entitled to know just what sort of a building
has been put up with your loyal mterest. Be-
cause money alone would never have built
this — it needed money and loyalty.
wbCAY, Mr. Hostetter, that dei^k is waiting,
i3 and a whole lot more stuff is crowding
right behind it." .
•♦All right, Huston, just two minutes!—
"Here! You Painter! Bring that oil
right over here, and as fast as these
carpenters get that floor laid and
scraped, you can oil it, and we'll place
this office furniture right after you,
as fast as the floor is clear for it!"
Putting that desk into place nearly tore
the heel off the painter's boot!
AND that's the way we worked here, to
get this January issue out on time. You
maybe would not notice a day or two delay in
the delivery of your copy, but we'd lie awake
worrying and scheming, if it looked like we
couldn't start mailing magazines on the last
day of the month.
JUST look at the upper right hand picture
on the next page. There is Mr. Hostetter
busily overseeing the construction of our
new shipping room, while all around the
presses are running off part of this issue,
and the binding machines are being got
ready the big Dexter folder was running,
just behind the photographer as the picture
was taken; we had to enter the building
through the boiler room because the con-
crete steps were not yet set, and electricians
were pretty much all over the place.
WHY all the hullaballoo? you ask? So
this copy of your magazine should get
to you right on time. It's no easy thing to
leap from the back of one horse to the back
of another at full speed— that's a circus
stunt— but circus stunts are easy besides
changing 48 truck loads of printing machin-
ery from one building to another in a differ-
ent part of the town, when the second build-
ing was only partly finished. But here we
are, safely on the new horse, and he is a lot
faster and smoother to ride, than the other
one was. Loyalty did it, with her twin sister
Co-operation.
SEEMS like everybody connected with the
big Everybodys' family gets that idea.
The contractor, and the printing press men
who came from the factory to move these
f^^Titrrirnp-^^
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n
s?
iLZJDLSIiy
piMMiyjiiyji^iMi^y^i!.^^^^
sM>j!ii;jii^iM^:!^iiL^iiyM
The bifc machine in the foreground takes the large
r (Tinted sheets as they come trnm the press, and
olds them into the pages as you get them in the
magazine — 32 pages at a time, and 2,500 of these
every hour. How would you like to fold 80.000
pages an hour?
The shipping room is getting its door hung. Mr.
Hostetter, bless his heart, is on the job seeing that
no time is I<»st. Note the large windows even in this
comparatively unimportant corner where the two men
are working. The picture does not show how much
noise was going on.
Mr. Nicholson, the head pressman, and a helper, standinj? at the head and the tail ends
of one of the bip Babcock presses. Another monster in the background. The one in front
is turning out th"s issue, while the rear one i*; taking a short rest. A big press is one of the
most wonderful inventions of mechanical genius; and Oh! Boy! How it does eat up the
paper! Three huge skylights overhead as weM as large windows flood the room with light.
This is the main offi^, Away back in/he corner is Managmg Editor Huston In^the
rKgoY;sn^!.rtou^s"Tnd™eXrnt.°^:'o^ ^^.-J^I-^tollT' t^ things were very
Tell settfed, yei, and they weren't; but everybody is busy for Everybodys.
And here is the composing room that all the print-
er: "ay is the best lighted room they ever saw^ The
Hnotype at the left sets "''traight-away;' type mat^
ter while Norman Dale away at the r.ght. takes a
m of pride in getting good-looking set-ups for ad-
vertisements and the more "flossy" type effects.
If your magazine doesn't come to you correctly,
one of these girls in the Circulation DeP«'^i?i"^^„^»"
fix it for you. More light here, more contented, loyal
workers, working in a healthful, human atmosphere
under a healthy human, considerate boss who works
h"rde<t of any one in the whole Kverybodys' Family.
^^lSi^l^mm^r.^r^^r^,if7^sam
EaS51S3^^pi?^?l^?^^^^^^^^^
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giant presses, the various sub-contractors;
our own compositors, pressmen, circulation
clerks, office help — everybody ready to work
nights, most of them working nights, too, to
make the big change as easily and smoothly
as possible. Even the postmaster and the
express agent have acted as though the honor
and the prosperity of the whole town de-
pended on a smooth running Everybodys.
YES, it was good to hear the boss of the
printing machinery gang say "I've seen
to the moving of large newspaper offices over
night, moved all kinds of presses and ma-
chinery, but I must say I never saw a job of
this size go any smoother than this has gone.
Every time a machine had to be placed, its
permanent position was just ready to receive
it."
WE had a dedication here yesterday
morning as soon as our desks were in
position so that we could get at our work —
and we had another dedication this morning,
and we're going to have another one tomor-
row morning, and one every morning. A
dedication to Loyalty, and her twin sister Co-
operation, in behalf of a better Everybodys;
a better, more helpful service to the whole
Everybodys' family all over the good old
U. S. A.
WE might call this bribk building "The
Shrine" but after all the sign will
doubtless read simply "Everybodys Poultry
Magazine." We'll have a sign, of course,
though it won't show up very far, "The
Shrine" being located at present on an alley
just off the main square of Hanover. Pretty
soon we shall try to have the "alley" emerge
into an "avenue" or something, like a butter-
fly coming out of a cocoon, but just now it's
only an alley. You see we aren't "throwing
a front" or "putting on dog" at all — ^just
getting our new house for a more efficient
work room.
BUT the things that help the worker rather
than the poser, are here. Such a light
building you ever did see! Lots and lots
and lots of light! Great big windows that
just flood all the working space with the best
working light in the world — God's own. No
need for electric lights here, except on dark
days in the winter, when even a hen would
appreciate a little artificial light. Our com-
posing room is the envy of every printer who
has seen it, and the girls working on circula-
tion and mailing and stenog^raphy aren't go-
ing to have to consult the oculist to save
their eyesight. No! Sir! They are loyal,
and Everybodys is loyal to them, too.
A>JD it's your loyal interest that has built
this new building, Reader. Your loyalty
that write us daily letters of friendly sug-
gestion, letters of good cheer, letters of ap-
preciation or of kindly inquiry. Your loyalty
that writes to advertisers who also belong to
Tke Cbicago Coliseum Poultnj Skow
Everybodys' family, and that says "I sa.5reat show because of actual attainment. A Jhow for the breeder^^^^^^^
your advertisement in Everybodys." The management who know every phase of the poultry fancy and industry. Ihe IVZJ
first gives us joy, the second gets us more exhibition will go down in American poultry show history as
advertising that pays the writers and the q^^ q[ j^e greatest shoWS of the age.
pressmen and the office help and the postage
bill to .«?end you the magazine every month.
D
|0 you know that Everybodys does not
accept all the advertising that comes to ^^^^ yg^rs in succession, our
us here? Indeed we do not. We have a.^ has been to attend the Chi-
loyalty toward every reader that makes us piigeum Show. Our first visit
weigh each advertisement offered us, as to ^^j these returns each year,
whether it will be a help or a hindrance to ' feeling of more keen satis-
our great family, to read and answer that j^ viewing the fine exhibits
advertisement. There are a good many ad- " ^ ^hole, rounds out the Coli-
vertisers who would like to tell about their gj^ow has made itself mani-
wares to our family, but we won't allow them
to do so — we are jealous of the prosperity of ^ show manager, Theodore
every member of Everybodys' family, and we has qualifications that en-
won't have a single member lose anything by dm to the hearts of the ex-
dealing with any advertiser in our paper— •. A man among men! And
your paper, if we can help it. That's why *M) rubs shoulders and meets,
the advertisers belong to the "family" too: «^1^ ^1? ' f .1 «Tf Tife ^
fu«o« fko* ^« Jit humble station of Ute, as
those that do. ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^alth and
They are men of a com-
YOU know our family of writers — the very ^^^ ^^ "Dad" Hewes, and
best men we can get, each for his own ^^ great part, is responsible
particular line. We do not know of any other ^^ fraternal spirit so manifest
magazine that gives you every month the Coliseum. Plus "Dad" Hewes,
them to join our family. We introduce oarh These executives are responsi-
of them to you, and thereafter the whole r the Chicago Coliseum Show
family sits down once a month to "talk chick- ! success is a source of satis-
ens" and you may depend upon it, that when Jj they -rely ^^^^^^^ ^^Z
these men speak, they know what they are •^?J''y;° jewing this 1923 Coli-
talking about. exhibit which now, is poultry
A
By JAS. T. HUSTON
tries. To us, it appeared the triumph
of all previous Coliseum Shows in
every particular, and we were not
alone in this opinion.
Something about the Chicago
Show appeals to us as, perhaps, mora
distinctive than any great show we
have ever attended. Here, we meet
these open-handed westerners rignt
in their own metropolis, farciers to
the very core, and men who know the
fine points of the standard-bred bird
from "a to z." They come expect-
ing the keenest kind of competition,
and in this, they are never disap-
pointed; yet, win or lose, we find
them here, year after year, enjoying
in its entirety the pleasure of ex-
hibiting, happy in their own win-
nings, or defeated, game all the way
through. ,
Exhibitors come from everywhere;
north to Canada; all parts of the
Great West, South and East. Note-
worthy is the fact that the Coliseum
is valued by the breeder. They
want to be there, and surely this v/as
demonstrated at the recent show, a
truly representetive American Poul-
try Exhibition, national in its pres-
tige, as attested by one of the most
. distinctive entries we have ever
seen
We could not, in justice to this
show, attempt a report of ttie
classes. Let it suffice to say, that
one just had to see, to know and un-
derstond the fine quality of the
show Big, strong, keenly contested
classes, in practically all the more
popularly-bred varieties. Good judg-
ing characterized the success of the
show, yet after all is said and done^
the complete awards tell the tale. Da
they not, Brother Fancier?
The impressions of newer exhibit-
ors seem to have been, invariably, as
of those who show year after year,
"we will go back again." On our
return East, it was our pleasure to
meet one of these newer Coliseum
exhibitors. Our first question was,
"Well, how did you like the Coli-
seum Show?" "Great!", was the re-
ply, "a great show, great in a thou-
sand ways, and back I shall go, an-
other year." It is this feeling that
is contagious. Commercialism has in
no way dimmed the spirit of the fan-
cier It is what we would call a
balanced "AU-American Poultry Ex-
hibit." We will take our hat oflF,
always, and proclaim the Chicago
Coliseum Show one of the great
poultry shows of the universe.
Here are the awards, complete
with every winner as from catalogue
received at our publishing office,
Tuesday, December 18th. We be-
lieve it to be officially correct.
The Award*
•L a«.ri third cock' second cockerel; tnira
hen^ sixth 'pullet third and fourth old pen.
ftAo^ire A Flippin Stromghurg, Nebr., sec-
ond ?Jci^' M "^B Hickson. Lynchburg. Va
fourth cockerel; sixth hen: 'o^^th PuUet^
second old pen; third younr pen. Cowan «
P^ttison \V7terloo. la., second and seventh
hJnV" t"hird pullet'; fifth old pen; second
and fifth young pen. Mrs. Chas. b. W
ham Charleston, lU.. seventh cockerel ; fifth
hen; seventh pullet; first old pen; fourth
GAIN, we are loyal to our readers by ^ shows as the Coliseum need
not using up the space which belongs i^parison as to number of on-
to our loyal readers, by inserting those free ^^j^ other shows, or one of by-
"pufTs" and "reading notices" which are years. We do not know
stealing from the readers space which ripht- ^ ^^jg 1923 exhibition was a
fully belongs to them, to give it to a few streaker in attendance or en-
favored advertisers. We believe that our ^ , ■ ■^__^_^^m»»--^;^;^;^^^^^^^^ — __
family appreciate that kind of loyalty, and Jt^ ^^ ^m^ 9 ^ W W^ #B%W^y "* SEASON
rtX^a^enu^i^ou^^-r^^^^^^^ SALE BULLETIW iww
right, or he wouldn't be allowed in the fam- mMim^^^ • ^ ^^ g^ ^^
ily. Show these advertisers, when you reply t WM^^mw^ ^T^^fll ¥¥^.0. A. COW •
or buy, that you do appreciate that. When tlBVC * If M *»»*• ^* M^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^
you write to one of them, just say "I am .^.j^^ _o,t complete Mid-Winter Sale Usy have ever s^^^^^^^
sure you are all right, or you wouldn't be in ^""^if^^erlT^'ot Regal Dorcas Wh.teWya^dot^^^^^ ^j ^^^^ ^ the younger birds
the Everybodys' family." They will appre- |»,V/«^"^Sj malr^ng." ""^ """ , ,., ,^^ ,„, ,,„ales being offered for sale .re
Ciate it, we will, and it will be a help to you, \,^ ^m be interested to know that t^o^e JP e^^i^^^JjlSl brUing as ^r ZlTZniinnl^t^'^^
too, in your dealings. ^^^E)B^ SC^TaVr^epIrl^^ V^^r^ .TX^^'l^ci^ •-
TT is fitting that as the year 1924 opens, we t^',',",X^;„ white Wyandott.^ are the Jsef^/^-^SSJ^i"" ':;h?%";iUabiriiw'^pr"cei%n''m^^
1 come to you from our new home that you, f ered king^om^ Send on^,»^/,"?J/jJS\rown% pen at a very moderate cost.
your loyalty, have helped us to build. It is a « B«"«t»^ ^^'^ °^ cockkrels AND PULLETS FOR SAI
OF
1924
monument to the loyalty of Everybodys
family, and a means of better service to
every member of that family.
Buneun wn. «... \^"—-_ ^ PULLETS FOR SALE-S-OO.
,.0.._COCKt. HEN«. <»C«»EL. AND P«LL^__^ ^^ ^ rem.l..)-.30.
digreed ODCkerels— Exhibition or Dorcas— « 6._. . «,««
), fl0._$15. »20. $25 aud 135
IVtv Sens and Pullet8-$4.00 and $5.00.
ilgVe"ed'Hen?\VpulletVlV6. $7.50. 110. ^
920 and 125. ^^^ ^^^ HATOHINO-M«tliig Ll.t ready January 15
^4\n/-av,iA»v.rAaAir^aV.iAa\i:^a>r/-»Aif<^eV.rritVnyA>ir/^>>:r^AV.rrAYir^^^^
IN 8. MARTIN
Box 44
RORT DOVER, ONTm CANADA
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Pedigreed Protected Leghorn Chicks
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America** Foremott Breeder* of Hen* that
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V IV(.-v\tc>iu"M.ii<i
40 Days' Trial—
40 Days' Trial— ■ V^F I | Wn | pipet I .^ | " ■ The Uii>-r to be
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Foot —paratm chamben of 200 rnggB •aeh,
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Tl>a beauty breed of them all and they turn out Mg white-shelled esrgs and with a regularity unbeaten by any
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Low^ers MortaUty
Chicatine is a pure, clean food for chicks, without medication
or stimulant. It should be used to start chicks and continued
until thev are five months old.
The elements required for p:rowth are so correctly propor-
tioned that chicks fed on Chicatine:
MATURE QUICKER
Grow LARGER
Grow HEAVIER
Are HEALTHIER
Are STRONGER
Make BETTER LAYERS and with LOWER
MORTALITY
If you ftre interested in feed that will give these renults the be^t plan is
for you to try it with your chicks and prove for yourself what it will do.
If your dealer doesn't have Chicatine, ask us for sample, feeding directions
and price, atatinfc number of chicks you are feeding.
TIOGA MILL A ELEVATOR CO.
Box C W*Terly, N. Y.
TI-O-CA FEED SERVICE
youn;: pen. F. Harold Hulbert, 1
G, Burliugton, Wis., second puli fir** _,7°*^-^ x^®",'
Charles Howison,
G. Buriiu^on. Wis., second puii first young pen. Charles Howison.
Light barred Plymouth ^^Eo^wich. 111., first, fourth »nd fifth cock .
llickson. fourth cock; third c^d hen; third pullet: second jld Pen
hen; seventh pullet; ftrst old 'jnd young pen. * '^^"k My ers Free t
young pen. C. N. Myers, first f'-^^th cockerel. P^^}\.^^^\T^^'Tth
cock, first and second cockerel Wa, 111., fourth and fifth hen. fourth
end. fourth and fifth hen: first y^^^^ ^""®*;« ^^**«. t a Avtm
and fifth pullet; first youn. Mumblkn Wya^dottes— L. A. Ayres,
Chas. K. Popham, fifth cock; ntviUe.N. Y.. all awards
pen. D. F. Palmer & Son th rdUver Pe^cUed Wyandottes— James H.
lockerel; si.xth pullet: second. Mon. R^: 1- .P^^^^P^'^'' /*o^" ^n Ad^
and fifth old pen; third and jKck Wyandottes— A. J. Shannon. Ap
pen Karl U- Weaver. Basil. 0, f£. W.«-. Ji^^^ Berlin,
ercl. John W. Fahrner, second"*" ,, j
Rose Comb Barred Plymouth iJI^jH^^^JJ^^^^k. H. Zwlck. Oxford.
\\ enger, South Knjriish, Ih.. at*"" **' j *\;;"j #rti,wh «nd fifth cock"
p/rtridge Plymouth Rocks^j^rs second thrd fourth^ and fi^h^^^^^^^
ster. Haml.urg. N. Y.. seventh J,i'f,^°°^v7''lg''d third, fourth, fifth,
cock; second and ninth hen; ^re\ flj;t'„t«f*^°^°: fl„t, second.* third,
and seventh pullet Roy J»5j,«7,th sTxth, eTglith and ninth pullet;
Falls. la., third cock: fifth and?*^' "^^J- ^^J third old pen; first, second,
erel; fourth and eighth hen- f<l ^^/^,"7h and fifth young pen. F. M.
third young pen. James W. HC,/°'Marv?vnie O sixth cockerel. L.
5. Stou^hton. ^Vi« eighth cockg^;. ?\'837 E^Wd Ave.. Chicago, III.,
erel; first pullet. Edward i^fth and tenth pullet. L. J. Demberger,
Hamilton, O.. tenth cock: 8ec<>'^. J^f^ ^^i^^^d fourth, old pen.
first and third_ hen ; eighth pnfcf'X^,^°ih ode Island Bed * '
„ ■ '^'fibgle Comb Rhode Island Reds— Apple-
Barcus. Aff*Varm R. R. 2. Box 70. Racine. Wis..
• .r- ^- ~'J?«*^''„'^«'3 cock. Hansen's Red Cloud Farm
S. F. Raff, Spr^ ^ Heights. Cincinnati. O.. first, fourth
seventh and eighr.oventh ^ck; first pullet. O L. Boehn.
second old pen; fourth vounjc i)i»*T^„^„„ ja sixth cock: fifth cockerel:
.. . — ; - . " — ^..... — V. ^'fc-* geventh cock; nrsi puuiji. v^. *-<• xj"«^"".
second old pen; fourth >'«""« Ptfcnodee la sixth cock; fifth cockerel;
J. IMerre. Springville. la. flrgt? jjenf third, sixth and seventh pullet:
cock; third, fourth and sixth coj^j -^^ fourth old pen: second, third
old ^)en; first young pen. E. rgj^th voune pen. H. E. Watts. Monu-
Corning. la., ninth cockerel; "a Beach Mass., fifth cock: first and
Kellogg A Kellogg. Cambridge lE-^ cockerel; first, third and sixth hen;
seventh hen; third pullet. Roj^.^ -nd fourth pullet: first old pen;
Bo.T 262, Elizabeth, 111., sixth it young pen. Broadview Red Yards,
J. Hunt. 2146 Keyes Ave.. M«i,rloo la second cock. Sheffield Farm,
fifth pullet. Wm. H. Aubrey. VX pn'ckerel Oral Lower. North Man-
Mich., ninth pullet. Dr. "'•" "-^ - ' '■^ .-.-i,--»i v«ionHn«
Bach & Co., Huntington. Ind.. fifth
£e^*Oomb Rhode Island Beds— Sunny-
Buff Plymouth Bocks— Ed wmJ^ Farm, W^allingford. Conn., first and
Erie. Pa., first cock; third andjih cock; first and sixth cockerel: sec-
erel; first and third hen; secondi and fourth hen; second, fourth, sevenin
pullet; first young pen. JosepH eighth pullet; first old pen; second
Hanover. Pa., third and fourth ef fifth young pen. Wilham .A- Werner,
cockerel; second, fourth and flfU^ and third hen; fifth and ninth P«l»et.
and fifth pullet. E. H. LichtMood and third old pen: first young pen
rard. Pa., second cock; first pul W. Rich. Marion la fifth cock, fifth
Bonniwell. Gaylord, Minn, first 1 sixth hen; fourth old pen; sixth young
cockerel u E. W. Becker. Excelsior, Minn.. sec-
White Plymouth Eocks-Ad.4 and third cock ; third, seventh and
Hartford. WMs., second and thirdfcth cockerel: *^^d "^ ^V*i'' oldens'
ond, fourth and fifth hen: fourffll young pen. Wahoo Lodge Gardens
jnillet; third and fourth old p8n:||x Falls, S. Dak fifth cockjrel. Roose s
fifth young pen. Starkg Farm,
first, 'fourth and fifth cock: „
and fourth cockerel ; third hen;
let: first 0I4 Ten ; first and r
pen. Mrs. Louise White. Was-
first and fifth cockerel; first hei
second pullet; second old p
young pen. Wm. A. Werner,
Zancsville. O . fifth old pen.
» Reds' Box 27. Nutter Fort. W..\a.,
h cockerel. Broadview Red Farm, sec-
cockerel. J. D. Veach. first pullet;
old pen; fourth and seventh young
ise Comb Rhode Island Whites— R. E
h Fredericktown. Mo. first and fourth
• first and fifth cockerel ; second and
,n..svillo. O. fifth old pen. lO hen; first »»d third pullet: firs^ old
Jersey Black %nj--l--<»?^h'rd' JoT' ?oSrth^!;:li.'- e' A. Berg'.
1. Baltimore. O.. first cock: "j^ PV"o- v Rhode Island WWtes— Harrv
fifth hen: fourth P""et : /ecoiid»igle Comb Moae i8«^^^ cockerel.
J. H. Todd. Villisca. Ia-./«"'-th « ^J^^^^l^ee? R R 1 S^^^ ^^' »«<=-
hen: fourth j»ld pen:^fifth youBj^es^G. SUel, «-^ "^^/i'./- fl^J^ ^„d second
At Brahmas — Oscar Grow. Waterloo,
fifth cock; second hen: first pullet •
H. Gerde^. Eureka. S. Dsk.. « «
fifth cockerel: fifth pullet: fawjt
pen. A. * E. Tarbox. YorkrilW^ft
ond and fifth cock; second, thir*
cockerel: first, third and fourth
second and third pullet; first,
third old pen; first and third 7
Golden Wyandottes — Andrew
oia pen. v. v^- ^-"""^j •» w-.-, .„.,,.|,
Minn., first and second cock: fourth
O L Putnam. Harvard. 111., thii^d and
th cock : fourth cockerel ; third and
.., , ^,.. jB hen; second, third fourth and fifth
Racine. Wis., fourth cock: «^th W second and third old pen; first and
Pennington. Plainfield. 111., first Jet ««cond a^ ^^^ ^ Skelton. Mag-
cork ; first and second cockerel^'** j^j ^^^^^ cockerel. Freida Blank,
second hen; second and '""»'tD ffivjidije 111., second cockerel; first hen.
young pen. Wm. N. Manahan. VW chantrv. first and second cockerel,
third cock: third oockerel: Wj ^^^*£^ggi,ans— H. P. Myers. Murray,
first and third ;,ullet; second r»*J^^^ ^^^ fourth cock: J"* cockerel
Mathins Lund, fifth cock : fifth PjjL„d and third hen; second a"'}^ '•'"^{J
Stewart. Melrose Park, 111.. fo«'«Set. J. E. Cassing. Concord;a. Mo., ^fth
third hen.
let W. L. Henaer. AniriM». •^ tt y Tormonien, r-nrnoii". * • -■-
and foiirth cock: third cockerel: ft ^'^^^ cock; first and fi"J .^^^Jif^^^'a
fif.h hen; third pullet; second »^ ^„^ ,o„Hh hen: fl"\*"^„ "^'^ h
old pen; second young pcn J- ^^ipt : first old pen; first yo""^ .^^"11,:-^
Geni.ee. HI second /^^^Jjji " Becker.. Waterloo, ^Ont £anad». third
Churchward. Dodge Center Minnj^
OWEN
Pre-eminent Matings of
S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS
and BUFF ORPINGTONS
■^^BC^S.£SS'&B:S-SSt^-~'--"'''^'^
1924 Prices
and a real investment.
A grand lot of huslcy mature cockerels -t $.0.00 $.5 0^. $2^00 $35 00 «,"- ^^^O^^^^wV ""to 'pa^*
your wlikest section, and let me send you one or more superb ^^^i^e^Y* ' ratings. . A few choice
K ;SS PuuX'^i'fl '£^?P^reVSo^Se£ Ws 'iS '^^n'^" Your* "Absolute satisfact.n means my
"^Tu^'s^^XLd heavy lading hirdsfrom^^nerati^^^^^^^ ^X^^e^o^^rex^a? wKrand«
Siy^Tl?h'"y2u°rpl^^?e^xatir..V"wotfrw"eV'/o^ SuUng at my desk. My long experience and
capable organlzaUon are at your Bervlce.
OWEN FARIVIS
-«« ,,,.„• o««J Vineyard Haven, Mat*.
Office at 163 Wilhama Road «
^ MAURICE r. DELANO. Owner
«*•••■•••••«•»">*•"••**"""*"■*■*"**
•MMMWIIMW*
S| BONNIE BRAE
BRED TO LAY
SPECIAL PRICE
on carefully
MATED PENS
Buff Orpingtons
Rol^ Prize Record that has never been attained hy any
^^Rirris of Bonnie Brae Strain are winners in leading shows
all over America and foreign lands. You will have the best.
They cost n" more. Ordir today for first selection
iiieyj-wov w/viiMo mrvc BREEDERS $10: two for $15
COCKERELS and YOUNG COCKS exhibitions, $25 up
YOUNG HENS and PULLETS ISSfJfTlS'Nl's.lk^uo
*" EGGS FOR HATCHING. GET OUR MATING LIST.
BONNIE BRAE ORPINGTON FARM
Mention Everyhodys
L. BLACK, Proprietor
SANDUSKY, OHIO
BABY CHICKS
> WHITE HILL FARMS
HATCHING EGGS
SHANDS' s/crWHITETEGHORNS
Heavy Winter Layers of Large White Eggs Again Victorious at
AnnuU MMt N»Uoiua Singl. Comb Wbltt L.gborn Club
Missouri State and Heart of America Show
Kansas City. Mo., December Uth to 15th, 1^23
5 FIRSTS 5 SECONDS 5 THIRDS
Sweepstake Best Display of Show all
Breeds Competing
cub Speci.... 2 SiWe. Cup,. 10 R.bbon.. SO Bird, Uoder Kibbon, Ou. o, 51 Sbown
A PROVEN STRAIN
bininK . - , . .
ttated Mating List.
WHITE HILL FARMS CO.
'* » »» • •* .„.. euAMn« Mail
WM. SHANDS
Pre*. •«<* Gen. Mgr.
Mail Address and
Poultrv Si'pply P*9t.
10 & 12 West I3tli St.
Kansas City, Mo.
Breeds Baby CMck,, Hatching Egg* snd Poultry Supplies by mall.
Hrecas o ^,^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ want*.
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1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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Brooder:
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THAT'S the ENTHUSIASTIC expression everyone
makes the moment they see the New 1924 Sol-Hot.
It's Super QualitieM are so strongly apparent.
Look at it, yourself . Where have you everseen a brooder
like it, one which shows such outstanding QUALITY,
such an evident combination of ALL the factors that
go to make a perfect brooder?
It is the CROWNING achievement of 25 years of special-
ized experience and a determination to build a Wickless,
Oil-Burninc Brooder that EXCELS ALL other brooders, as
a Grand Champion Hen excels a barnyard scrub. It has
20 Superior and Exclusive Advantages 20
Such as our New, Fire-Proof ALL-METAL, Non-Breakable,
Oil Container instead of the glass bottle; Double Oil Control;
New Direct Float Feed— works like a carburetor on an automobile; New
Pressed Steel Oil Well which makes Burner 50^ more efficient; New Auto-
matic Thermostat that is a marvel of accuracy; New Octagon-shaped Can-
opy which has improved the air circulation and radiation immensely.
rr./:
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Betfer
Ko Increase In Priee
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Above we have only hiif ted at a few of the many
REGISTERED
US PATENT OTFICE
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This Br<KMler has 54 Inch Cj^^P^
Price, F. O. B. anincy* m.
JHrectfrom
This M.
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This Brooder has 44 toch Canopy
Price, F, O. B. Qnliicy. HI-
You Take
No Risk
Money
Back
I€ Not
Pleased
I
Chick
Most Perf
Brooder BuiR
your opportunity to order a SOL-HOT
• and get any size you want, direct trpm
vertisement and get it without delay. You
[risk whatsoever. We positively guarantee
^'ou don't find it the best brooder you ever
le most perfect in operation—the bAt^ bb i
st dependable-in fact, entirely satisfac-
every way, you can return it and get
oney back. ^ ^
^ntee that the new 1924 SOL-HOT is the GREATEST^^^^
toey can buy-we let YOU be t^e judge. Ther^ are bro^
ly cost a little less, but based on the BETTER VALUE, you g«
rR A CHICKS it will rear— the perfect dependable, day-in ana aay
lK/\ ^niv--n.oii wiiiica .ul^Mpw Sol-Hot you cannot buy a
tr»t on and the SAFETY of the Mew =>o* ""Jv ^""v,. cqL-HOT is
^"hat is as cheap. You will find as others do, that the bUL nui
Jiany times our price.
Ua. Tingley. I... writ»:-"W. Hk. our SOL-HOT jus, fine. Would no. t.k.
: it if we could "« «5|"°''''^ i, 3 „„„a„. The fines, brooder I ever saw."
aim, Comanche, Tex.- bUL-HUi isawonuci.
Se. Seneca. Kansas:-"Find check for another SOL-HOT. I am more
ilth the one I ordered sometime ago. j.^,iiv I am so pleased with it
1. Wise. Ottumwa. la :--My brooder works wonderfully. I am so piea
lie to get the agency." ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^en you buy ^ SOL-
HOT you are certain to get a Boooder that is so
far ahead of others there is no comparison. Then
ihv take chances? Order one direct from this ad
t^day We guarantee satisfaction or your money
back-also PROMPT shipment.
This Brooder has 84 Inch Canopy
Price, F. O. B. Uulncy, Ml.
Chick
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-\uove we nave oniy nimeu at a lew oi ine many the 1924 SOL-HOT PROVES its STERLINGl
Superior and Exclusive F^eatures of this season's SUPERIORITY over all others.
Sol Hot. It is impossible io adequately describe ._„ . , , l
and picture them in this 2-p<^ge ad. Never, in the Why take chances with the baby chicks you hatch
25 years we have been build^ing brooding equip- or buy, when so much depends on the brooding?
ment, have we put out a brc?o3er that was any- Put them under a SOL-HOT and they will live,
where near as good as this. Iits exceptional, dur- thrive and grow into profit for you. To insure
able construction as shown b,y the illustration the BEST success you must have the BEST
above, is but a mere suggestion V^^ its wonderful brooder. There is no question about the 1924 SOI/.
efficient and dependable operatitkp- This is where HOT—it speaks for itself. Read the next pagc^
■■nila
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IF YOU DON'T ORDER
From This Ad
brooding equipment. FILL uui inE. ^
write a postal.
H.M. Sheer Company
^- This Is the Bahy Sol-Hot. It Is
hnllt especially for those ^ho ralso
flrom 50to lOO chicks at a time.
It Is the Mime In every reapect •• tl^
Standard Sol-Hot Brooders except Instaa
and different shape Canopy. F. O. ».
Qnincy. Illinois.
!". M. SHEEP COMPANT^^ ^, ,„,„y_ ,„.
En.lo.ed Ond M.n.7 Order for for -hi* ••"«
ro„eyiJp^ST„?i;itr^'.?.T?;Tor;;»ru'».sfSJ
satisfactory.
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Shipping Point.
HN^ii-ady to o'r;i«indW.;.Vc.JLlo8luarkX Below.
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S. C. W. LEGHORN CHICKS
for the Commercial Poultrvman
1. Lord Farms' business comes from the man
whose living depends on his poultry. It is the
man who must watch every cent he spends
to whom this advertisement is written.
What a Commercial Poultrvman wants:
A Commercial Poultry man's efforts are towards having
a lot of marketable eggs to sell. His profits depend
on how much those eggs cost him. In the final analy-
sis he wants the most eggs for the least investment
and running expense.
His ultimate success depends on how he invests his
money.
What he may expect from Lord Farms :
If a poultryman wUl take the time and trouble to check
up the customers of Lord Farms he will notice a
number of facts :
1. Lord Farms' customers are prosperous.
2. Lord Farms' customers buy an increasing number
of chicks each year. A poultryman buying one thousand
chicks in 1923 will, most likely, buy fifteen hundred at
least in 1924.
3. Lord Farms' customers have a product to sell that
brings the top price.
4. Lord Farms' customers are proud of their flocks.
5. Lord Farms' customers are accustomed to success
in their poultry ventures, if they have handled Lord
Farms' Single Comb White Leehoms a number of
years. They know what it is to have a flock of pullets
on a paying basis at a reasonably early age, and con-
tinue as a good paying proposition^onth after month
and year after year.
6. Lord Farms' customers have confidence in the
place they buy their chicks. They know that they are
getting the best chicks possible for their purpose, and
that the quality and potential profit increases each year.
We are taking Orders Now for February
and March production
Prices
Grade A Chicle
Shipped before May 16th
25—49 $30
50—99 29
100- 499 28
500-999 27J
1000 chicks or more ... .27
8c per chick lessfor shipment
after May 16th. cheaper
every week after wards.
Prices
Grade B Chicks
Shipped before May 16th
25—49 $.27
50-99 26
100—499 25
500—999 24J
1000 chicks or more ... .24
8c per chick less for shipment
after May 16th, cheaper
every week afterwards.
Our 1924 book is now ready for distribution. It is better
than all previous books, with some new plans, methods
and illustrations. We know everyone who has seen our
other catalogs will want this new one.
LORD FARMS
63 FOREST ST.
METHUEN. MASS.
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mill VUlllltf pun. -
Single Oomb Light Brown Lm
V. Torinohlen, flrKt and B«"con(i |
and third cockorel ; Hrst. second**
cockerel. Harry L. Myers*. 142i , nullet Harry FJ. Widennr. NiUs,
St.. Haltimore. Md second old iJP^l J*""nj and fifth cockerel., Antr^
Crest Farm. Hox hd. K. '2. Ch.r{g;; SJjfon, 111., fourth cockere \Ur
llarmenine OntanoviUo. III., fifth hen.
A Diuiherty. 106 LaSalle St.. Streator.
... ,, . . , - '^second^ and third hen ; fifth pullet,
and third cockerel; first, second** " . »«..«»,«« T,p<»lifi M Ross,
hen; second, fourth and fifth J^se C^b Anconaj-Leshe M.^^^^^^^^
ond old pen; first youn« j.en. ^»»tl^"• i^'lV:,! Ln- fiVst and second pul-
nock, fourth cockerel; .first PUllH»nda"d third hen^ nm » ^^^^
Damhorst. fifth and sixth cocker _, ^-.^.-.whr.ockerei first hen; third
fourth and fifth hen; third ,Jrd and fourth cockerel, nrsi «e .
l.ullot; first old pen. Win. M»M©t. -pmiUrv Yards
Martin Ave.. Sheboyjran. Wis.. ge«iue Andalusians— Tronts P<J*'{[4 7^:
erei; sixth pullet; second youn, R. ?. Fostoria.O.. first and fifth c^^^^^
Rose Oomb Wght BrowB LettrfJ. jL'k^^oIrl Ten' firs t'^sSd. . -' onth
ter Randall, l^urand. 111. thi7d»d and fourth hen, ^^n^^^^^ ^^^^
third hen. Maurice G. Morter. J eighth pulley, ^se^ Greenwich. Conn..
Kllet. O., second cockerel; thiJJIKPe"-. ^; ^^^J^ cockerel; eighth hen;
Ralph W. Strong. Kalamazoo, i^j^th *^voune pen. Truman's Poultry
cockerel; first hen; second puf*";'* Perrvsville O., second and third
A. Mcintosh. 700 Sherman . St..>d'., Perrys^^^^^ ,^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^
Ind.. first young pen. Irving (jJJ. J"^« ^ ^j Kneusel. 611 LaSalle St..
Elkhorn. Wis., second hen; first f*'^^.'*""^,, t^nih cock: ninth cockerel;
....^ . --ond hen ; fir8t^t^\ J^""tYj- tenth cock: ninth cockerel; .
Rose Comb. Dark Brown Leghoj^J*^; »' ^^ ^ixth old pen: eighth
rds. Ir K w Snerber. Box" 8. R. R. 1
young
W. Strong, all awards. "J^nth^ h en , g--^-5„^--7; ^r ^. i. Hales
Single Comb Buff Leghorn*— G«!>,;^er8.' wis., fourth seventh a°d ,^'K^^3
112 N. Harrison Ave.. Middletowi,ck ; fifth and tenth cockerel; first ana
end cock; first, second, fourth , nth hen; fourth and fifth pullet fourth
cockerel; second and third hen; a pen; third young pen. ^oris I^- M<)"i
fourth pullet; second young pen.„. Ramsey. 111., ninth <''^c/'»-;o^^\'\ '^^;^.
Rex. Slatedale, Pa., first cockj ttel ; tenth hen; ♦hird and fifth old pen
..^„ .!««««. HiirriBidft. .Tiidson. Tw-*K ^minir T>en. Rov M. Armitage, seconf
V. Warman. Mt. Vernon. O.ld pen; second yoijnK.P®": J^f/no. nen
let. Mrs. E. T. Jones. Gallatin. T.'J^i8on.' Bremen. Ind., /^o%th young pen
pullet. , J. Peterson Clarion, J» > ^^er^J'i^'^sSfth
Single comb Black Leghorn.-* «r?nd°'Tl?^wa7d^B'''^'
Farm R. 2, Danville. 111., second efe^d. Ind »" *^"^!.-^4^ .„g_FT.^nk Con-
ond. third, fourth and fifth hen; 'Single Comb Buff OrpUiijtons—tTW^^
fourth and fifth pullet; first old »y. Hinsdale. 111., first^econd a^^^ ^
L. Myers, MarysviUe. O. first (3ck; first and ««co°4 ^^J^^^li; ^nd fifth
hen; third pullet. J. Michael Hub^ird hen; «eco°l\: /I'^^^fi/trj M pen- first
ville. O.. irst and second '^-•'•^^et^Vth'^.^/nV^^el ' W^^^^^^
^"^Slgle Cmb White Legborn^n.^TndnfrS^^^
-Tnd. '^, "urth«-ind-'Vi^;H«
first and second hen: first Pullet: wond. third and fourth young pe
second old pen; first and seooiVoodfield. LaFayette. Ind . fifth hen^
pen. Geo. B. Ferris. Grand Rapii Rose Comb Buff Orpingtons— P. J i
second cock; first cockerel: f(R,n awards. ^ ^ Ooldbere
fifth hen; third, fourth and fifth white Orpingtons— Mra C-M-GoldDerg
third young pen. Cosco Farm. KHossmovne. O.. ^'s* /"A ^^^'^fn- h/st and
f«„wK -nrl fifth rork- th rd and ft«-.v«rJ- second and fifth hen . nrst auu
Farm. Marion. Ind.. third hen; flfl^. Morris Poultry rar.ux..u-^-".^^
fifth youne pen. Agne Bros.. Bellitfth cock; third cockerel ^"/^^^"liXid
sorond pullet. mllet. fourth old Pen.J.U Farm Plainnem
Rose Comb White Leghorns— Ge^ti. j.. second and fourth cock, firs* »econa
ler Bentonsport. la., first cock: k«d fourth ^^^^erel; fourth hen. second
ond. fourth and fifth cockerel: fir^mllet ; first old pen; fi^fj*"^**
-^-1 t\.i^A hnn. fir«t .-.ond and ttMti Mrs. V. Happe. Ddnt)ury,
second young
ona. lourin ana mm lumt-n-i . migimii'si . i"^* ""* Vt ' i^inhnrv Ta third
and third hen; first, se^-ond and l^n. Mrs. F. Happe. Danbury._ir»., uii^
let; first young pen. \Vm. E. J|«n; fiftl
Mrs. r. xitti'H^. ^.^- ' ' „„ p Q
let; first young pen. v^m. r.. *»n; fi'^h pullet;fourti young pen C.S^
R R 2 Rush Citv. Minn.. seM^yers, Hazelrigg. Ind., second ana inira «
third cockerel; fourth and fifth lip«n; fifth young pen.
pullet Tji-^v rtr^intrinna — 1
Keep them produeing
through the winter
months
and yet also have 1
a sturdy fiock \
in the spring
■•'i*»»; Mr-' '^
cork: second cockerel; third htfj-st cockerel; first hen. awards
pullet. Peter J. Flach. 102 8. «"^Black Bed Game— D R. Jolly, all awaras,
Belleville. 111., first cock- first hen; Turkeys
mXt knippenberg Bros.. L.wtf Bronze-Mrs Eli Fowler R^rJ^^i^^'^ JJ^.
Ind.. second cock: sec. nd and «Aird and fourth cock; h"*- ^«^°?J., Y^i "j
P. .T Bridges. P. O. Box 354. WliyXurth and ninth .^<>^^^„«">fi,.J«'°;^^^
tion. la., fourth rock: third cocket^Ten ; first, second and fi«h J^ i«^^.„.^^„el :
pullet. Robert C. Bordner. Matjfoach first and flJi'^.f^",^'' •pallet. Rothgeb
first cockerel: fourth hen: ^jifrst hen: t^h.rd and six^h pm^^
Robt. Caldwell. 714 Moore St.. Mrffros.. M'lf^'^l^I^.-J'fu^hcn- fourth sad fifth
O. first youn? pen. uM*''^' /*''*Jl *"V«f;^hth millet W. T. Shut-
Single 'comb White Mlnorc».-Wen : ""'^^l^ ^'if J f^^S'*' eighth cock;
solharh. 1407 17th Ave.. Melrose Jlcworth. Ypsilanti. M^cn ^ ^,^^^ m.
first and second cock; ''''''""''^ * •event^h pullet. W.R.I eie ^..,^^ ^^^
fourth cockerel : first an-: second k* feventh and eighth co.ice
•-C'. •5.U°"^n';"''M'..o,c.^K.|y,;p,,';"^;„M". m a. .ohn,on, H.v.„.,
selbach. all awards. Jp- ^'*'*> °^ Ducks and Geese ^. . ,
Single Comb Anconw — H. ^- J^ -r««inii««— Sheffield Farm, first cock: third
Georgetown. Kv.. second cock; 'S^I J \V V Shuttleworth. third co-V: sec-
third pullet. Xloselawn Ancona J^^Tr . J^rel- second hen. Ferguson Farms.
Elgin. 'ill., first cock: fl'st '•<'f''Z*"^Vsrurg Tenn . second cock ; first cock-
and fourth pullet: first «Jd pen; togpyfy^f^JJ^- ^ ' ^i^j^d mullet. Mrs. A. E
pen. Vinning Bros.. r06 SemlJ^ei, nrsi u ,
Wheaton, HI., third cockerel; W
i:M >»V
Yeast-fed bird, after win-
ning two first prizes and a
second at 1923 Lebanon
County Fair. Lebanon, Fa.
Owned by William B. Car-
ter, of Ephrata, Pa., who
writes, -I f«» that your
yeast is a great help to the
growing flock."
Part of the flock of W. R. McLean
ofModesto. Calif., who has found
neischmann's P.ure Dry .><^«^ «
tremendous help in raismg his poul-
try.
"My flock." writes Mrs. G. L. Cook,
of El Paso. Texas, who owns these
fine young birds, "have more pep
and look 100 per cent better since
feeding thcon yeast. They have
^rfTJC.
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WINTER is the hardest season for
poultry. But raisers everywhere
have found a way to keep their flocks
vigorous— and firodtictivc— all through
the long winter months.
If you want eggs now, when egg
prices are high, and also a sturdy hatch
shown an increase in the amount of cms
IndTalso notice a big f ff--«" '".*^; ""j
as they are almost as large as turkey eggs
fla^d^from pullet, just seven months old.
in the spring-add Fleischmann's Pure
Dry Yeast to your poultry teed.
Heischmann's Pure Dry Yeast comes
in 2»^ pound cans. It keeps indefinitely.
Full directions with every can. ^Jdersi
supply at once-cash with order or
C. o. D. (Free booklet on request.)
FLEISCHMANN'S
PURE DRY YEAST
Makes healthy, vigorous stock and poultry
PRICES
1 to 10 cans $2.00 prr can
10 to 20 cans 1.96 per can
20 to 40 cans 1.90 per can
Over 40 cans 1.80 per can
(.\dd50c per can if in Can-
ada, Cuba or Porto Rico.
Other countries, prices on
request.)
Any number of cans ^'
delivered direct to ^/
you, transporta- , j^ •
tion charges ^'
prepaid. ^'street and No
, The
/' Fl.EISCHMANN
/ Company,
y Dept. D H.5
x'701 Washington St.,
.'New York, N. Y., or
' 327 South LaSalle Street,
^Chicago, 111., or 941 Mis-
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^' Calif., or 214 Bell Street, Seat-
^' tie. Wash.
'Enclosed find $• . . ,P|^f«^«^«*V"i,".!
2J4 pound cans of Fleischmann s
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^
p^€^
«»then
you know it*s
itp to the eggs!
If your incubator is right
in build and operation — and
if it is equipped with JEM
Thermometers — then your
hatching results depend sim-
ply upon the eggs.
Most high-grade incuba-
tors— the kind that produce
big hatches of healthy chicks
— are equipped with these
precise thermometers because
icLTHERMOMETERS
4 hM I N K V Kit VARY
A. E. Moeller Thermometers are
made by skilled operators, to con-
form to most exacting scientific
standards. They are strictly accu-
rate in adjustment, thoroughly aged
to secure a permanent uniformity
and rigidly tested. They're right
and you know it.
If your incubator isn't fitted with
these thermometers, put them in —
let the extra chicks pay for them.
Write for illustrated booklet of
hints on hatching and price list of in-
■cubator and brooder thermometers,
hygrometers, etc. Ask your dealer —
if he can't supply you we will,
prepaid:
Incubator Thermometer $1.00
Incubator Thermometer
(certified) $1.S0
Brooder Thermometer. . 1.00
Incubator Hygrometer . . 1.50
A. E. MOELLER CO.
Ml-7Suinpter St.
nroolclyn, N.Y.
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MacKenrie. Elkhorn, Wii fourth and fifth
cock: fourth' hen: •econd pullet.
Embden— Westleiich Poultry Panm. Lake
Forest. 111., first cock; third cockerel: first
hen; second and fourth pullet. Cheater L.
Mason. Earlv. la., second cock; fi'J cock-
erel; second hen; third pullet. Mrs. A.
Lane. OnUrioviUe. III. third cock; second
and fourth cockerel; third »»•«» ;^ *"' P'i"«t:
Jesse Burnaide. fourth cock: fifth hon. ^ack
Kinne. fifth cock; fourth hen.
White Ohlnar— W. B. Howe. Cedar Falls,
la., second cock; first cockerel: fir«t hen:
first pullet. Chas. McClave. New Ix>ndon.
O.. first cock: second nuUet.
Brown China— Chas. McClave. all uwards.
African— W. B. Howe, first cock. Jack
Kinne, second cock; first cockerel: first
hen; first pullet. _^, . ,.
Pekin— Mrs. V. O. Warner. Bloomfleld.
la. second cock; fifth cockerel: fourth
hen- first pullet. Chester L. Mason fourth
ock; fifth hen: third pullet. Jersey
Ridce Poultry Farm, Davenport, la. first
and third cock; second, third and fourth
cockerel; first and third hen: second and
fourth pullet; first youuR pen. Ferguson
Farm, fifth cock: first cockerel; fifth pul-
let • second young pen. H. 0. Sharkey,
second hen. Geo. A. Mcintosh, third young
*^*Bouen — John Conrad. West Allis. Wis.,
first and third cock; first and third cock-
erel; first, second and third hen; first and
second pullet; first old pen. W. W. Day
Jamesville. Wis. second and fourth cock:
second cockerel: fourth and fifth hen: third
and fifth pullet: first vounsc P©n W. H.
Milward. Madison. Wis., fifth cockerM : sec-
ond old pen. Westleirh Poultry Farm,
fourth cockerel: fourth pullet.
Oayug» — Mrs. A. E. MacKenxie. all
•wards. ^ ,, _,.
Bnff— Mauland Bros., Hanley Falls. Minn.,
first cockerel: first pullet. Jesse Burnside,
second cockerel; second pullet.
White Banner — W. T. Shuttleworth, all
awards.
Mallard — V. R. Lynch, Nashotah. Wis.
first cock; first and second hen; flist ml-
let. Mrs. Roht. Brewster. Paloa Park. 111.,
first and second younr pen.
Highlander — R. Calden, Highland Park,
Til., all awards.
• Dorkinga — R. Calden. all awards.
Production Olaaa
American — Adam F. Poltl. first and third
cock; fourth cockerel; fourth pullet; flret
old pen; first and second young pen. Ap-
nlewood Farm, second, fourth and flftk^, fu^ phAnires which take place
fifth cockerel; third pullet; second ok*'^ ^^^ ^" ^ i ^ i \.«« *V,n
Ferguson Farm, first, second and thir* the body of the fowl When tne
erel; second, fourth and fifth hen; ,,^„, lovino- ueriod begins and
a>d fifth pullet; fourth young pen. Vmal laying periou "^»
Demberger, third hen. Jersey Ridjwjir consequent effect Upon me
try Farm, first hen. Mrs. Chas. p». ^rnnpr In all varieties shoW-
first pullet. Beebe & Son. third you«?»y P^oper. in an v"
Mediterranean— George B. Ferris f the yellow pigment in tl e 8UD
and secnd cock ; second »nd third coianeous fat, shanks and ear lobes,
first, second, fifth and seventh hen; ^"*5""o *•*"» j;„„«t»«qv ns
and sixth pullet, first, second and e pigment tends to disappear ab
old pen; first, third and fourth youiuj„_ nrncrresses When a hen be-
Grandview Poultry Farm third cocky*"^ progresses. JT . -.-^^^^
cockerel; third, fourth and sixth heniB laying the xanthopyll pigment
ond and seventy pullet; third old pm; xu cnb-CUtaneoUS fat is diverted
ond young pen. Charlea G. Pane, fourtl 7, _x ^4? +v^ Knrlv to the
fifth cork ; fourth cockerel ; fifth youim all parts of the body to wie
Lansdown Poultry Farm, first coft--v where it is USed in the de-
Woodworthy Farm. Cedar Lake. Ind ^ « .i ^n, TVio nicympnt
pullet. joKn J. Jones Attica, Ind lopment of the yolk. The pigment
and fifth pullet. David Gray. Piano, ^^g external parts, you Will note,
fifth old pen. sappears according to intensity of
Bantams -J,r«fQfinTi at the various parts as
Black Cochin— V. R. Lynch, third ^mentation at tne ^^ *" f , • .
third cockerel; hecond and third hen- result of the natural physiological
ond pullet. R. H. Anderson, second i-„«p in the structure of the skin.
second cockerel; third pullet. Raymcf*"^*^ , i. i. „«n/x«f r»i<rTTipnt
Jackson, 1541 Park Ave, indianapoiiilie rate at which yellow pigment
first cock; first cockerel: first Pallet. gj^ppg^rs from any section depends
Partridge Cochin— Raymond D. Jit .. ^ larirelv on the rapidity and the
second cock; first cockerel; first hea;M»^e largeiy u" i' „^^^^^ ihrnnvh
pullet. Jesse Burnside. first cock; ifiount of the Circulation througn
'^"white Cchin-Jesse Burnside. all t^ various P^rt^, the nature of the
Old EngUsh spanjgled— Raymond D.ied supply and the amount Ol law
son. first cock; third co<kerel: first j within the section. Hens fed
first pullet. L. F. Grafius. 1005 |©red wiuiui t.ic ^^p/Iq which
Ave.. So. Oak Park. III., first and K|e ration, devoid of feeds wnicn
cockerel; second and third hen; *^otC^ xanthopyll pigment in any COn-
'^'snvSr^^Duckwini-L. P. Grafimderable amount, may have the ap-
aw«rds. •urnnop of laving SO far as pigment
.w!;?.* '•"•* '''-'"" ^"™"Concorned, though they have never
Bose Comb Black — C. J. West * -«Hnr»Pfi an egg*, hens on a good
4027 Grace St.. Chicago. 111., all award/f*>^"^®" **' , **f ' uionrh out nearly
Oolden Sebrlght-Clyde 55immerman. rass range do not bleach out neany
Troy St.. Indian Harbor, Ind.. first an* „„;cklv as those that are conhned
ond cock; first cockerel: first, second' ^ ^ , ^ _„ „ot getting
third hen; first and third pullet. ;> bare yards and are "^^ k«^^^
Burnside, second cockerel: second iWen feed. The heavier birda carry
SUver Sebright- -B. C. Phillips, all «^_i.^- amounts of fat, hence they
Silkies— W.F. Westfall. 940 Po#«atGr f'^^**"'''*, " „ ^oJiW n- do the
Av™st. Paul. Minn., fourth and fif th <> not bleach out as easily a. do tne
erel. Vinninu Bros., first second andi^j,.... uirAa The rate at Which tne
cockerel I . first, second, third. ^°"^l* Jl^^Jg p^^^^^ of a fowl's body fade
lay be best presented by the fol-
cockerel ; arst. secona.
fifth pullet; first old pen.
Do Yellow Legs Fade?
O. A. HANKE
Superintendent. A. & M. College of Texas Poultry Plant
)ylng chart:
Time to Fade
Very
White White
% mo. 1 mo.
\i mo. 1 mo.
% mo. 1 mo.
1 mo. 2 mo.
2 mo. 5 mo.
:ye ring
r«r lobe
.|;An1:s
Bluish
White
3 mo.
4 mo.
8 mo.
Some men who claim to have been
poultrymen for a great number of
years evidently have not been very
observing, otherwise they could not
help but observe the fact that the
normally yellow skinned hens such
as Leghorns lose their yellow color
from vent, eye ring, beak, skin and
shanks as they progress during the
laying year.
H. H. Collier, in his article in the
November isjue of Everybodys Poul-
try Magazine, under the title, "The
Housewife and a Few Hens," has
written the following: "The hen with
the yellow legs will not have white
leg?, oven if she lays every day in
the whole 365 days. If the color of
the leg is to be yellow, no hen can
lay that color out. If the beak of a
hen be yellow it will be yellow no
matter how many eggs that hen may
lay. The beak and legs may fade
but the yellow color will be there
despite the great lay." A bit far-
ther on he stated that the first time
he ever heard of fowls laying the
j^llow out of their legs was when
some professor at a college made a
r/Ote of it in some hens that had made
pood egg laying records. He also
BABY
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6000 Ducklings Weekly
Pedigreed, Certified
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Matings
Highest Quality, Healthy.
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48 Varieties Chicks
5 Varieties Ducks
Prompt Shipmenta . - no waiting
Utility Chicks of
Popular and Rare
Breeds are fully il-
lustrated in our 1924
Catalogue.
If you want chicks
of Pedigreed, Certi-
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matings ask f or
beautifully illustrat-
ed circular in colors
entitled *'The Gate-
way to Better Poul-
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1924
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with thl, brooder you ,•"•* "J^X, ..^•
„,„l yo,ir ,V<"l''t!,,,"%S renttul to ctilck. and
oil Ires no attention. Soil - —
Steady »»eat radiated upon
the facks of chickiJ. Will
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Specially priced at $9.75
prepaid _. .
Important-When ordertng
state A. C. or D. C. *na
voltage of your electric cur-
Pctmime Rotary ""i!!^**""
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o^'r ated' by eloctricitor. Mo^t
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e
tMCUaATOiC>
-^;^Hr?orlla7a"tU'Xcrlt;lwe ClrcHar.
This table of fading does not ap-
stated, "To cull out hens becf^ ^^ ^^g following birds which nor-
they showed yellow legs at the ^^ y^ave white skin — Orpingtons,
of a great lay would be to admit tj^j^gg,^^ Langshans, Minorcas, White
we wanted Minorca blood in aDp^ced Black Spanish and Blue Anda-
our White Leghorns." Farther ^^gj^ns. The fading of the ear lobes,
Mr. Collier writes, "I handled ai^^^k and shanks of the Leghorn and
that laid two hundred and seveij yellow skinned birds as a result
eight eggs as a pullet, she is hj^f egg laying is an index of continu-
now in her second year anc \^^ fecundity only — not of heavy
make better than two hundred efc-^ laying, consequently yellow color
I handled her in Septemb^-. ^i these birds shortly after the com-
was running in a dry yard v^letion of the laying season indicates
there was not a vestige of gPntermittent laying or a more or less
food growing but the owner Vecent cessation of laying, ine yei-
feeding lots of good green kale »q^^ color will re-appear in the vari-
day. This hen was in her lay. tj^^s parts after laying ceases m tne
owner told me that she was ^ame order in which it went out DUi
from the trapnest a few minutes iaore rapidly. Yellow pigment is
fore I came on the place but Amdoubtedly excreted througn tne
I turned her up to look at her \^\^m in the case of the ^^''^'l^J^l^l^
thev were yellow and so was \m promptly diverted to ^^^ lH?
beak " when this becomes active, t^xperi
As a member of a college poulbents indicates that no yellow pig-
staflF in the capacity of superinUtaent will be deposited in the sKin
ent of a college poultry Plantghanks, etc., regardless of how mucn
have had opportunity to check up^ay be in the ration rs long as tne
At this point let us stop to Sumber of eggs. A more tecnmca
Be .ure and aMrc.Ui'^rU, '» „«- p * pj Y
We.....NOXpN ,.,, SMITH COM^y
WYANDOTTES
The Acknowledged Leaders
r-oT-iiPTi for 12 Consecutive
with satisfaction assured. _ ^
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'"' ■"^h^rfrfc?of°TSN^.GORsTm.b0 per barrel of 175 lbs., delivered
your st^ati.on.^^^ your dealer or write us for free sample and feed.ng
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Now easy to get
more eggs
Right now you can get more eggs
per hen than you ever got before
in any winter month! You can
speed up laying in a natural,
healthy way. Light layers will get
busy. Heavy layers will beat their
records. Mix a little of Pratts
Poultry Regulator with your feed
^an^ feed! Then count the re-
sults. More eggs! Why? Be-
cause this amazing regulator
corrects and supplements any
diet so that your hens get every
egg-making element needed.
Your money back if you don't
get more eggs.
Puts breeders in shape
Pratts Poultry Regulator will put your
flock in fine condition. Every bird will
strut around with health and viulity.
Their strong, fertile eggs will give you
healthier, sturdier chicks. Tell your
dealer you want Pratts. He guarantees it.
PRATT FOOD COMPANY
Philadelphia, Pa.
Hammond, Ind. Toronto. Can.
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Means more eggs
from ANY mash
MMWMIMIMM
A REAL BARGAIN IN PEDIGREE
LINE-BRED COCKERELS
Then Is abao1ut«1y no hcttpr. no quicker way to IncreaM the ecc production of your flocki than by th* UM
of llne-hred oockrrels. which have been pediRree bred for high egg prrxluction for • number of genaratlona.
At Ltwit Farm*. w« hare for vear^ made a conalitent effort year alter vear. to huHd up strains of baayy Iwrins
•tandard bred birds by Une-hreeding.
Line-bred birds Impart their diaracteristlrs to thMr progery In a yerv fixed and d«»flnite way.
Ecg production is transmitted to the pullet flock principally through their sire.
Wa are all enld out nn pullets, but we ran supply vou with hlich quaUtv. well irrown. bic. handaoma.
rusted, padiicree bred on<i(arela. and we bellAve that a few dollars spent In the purchase of theae birds, will
return you bandanmelv in future quality and produeaoa.
Write for deeorlptlye dreular.
HARRY R. LEWIS Box E-D DAVISVILLE. RHODE ISLAND
VALEOIOFT.' " »
breeding plant
Cockerek
exclusively <orW|||Y|* lln^ VC Hatchmg Eggs
HedvpLdyingfl IIIII4 IIUL1I3
Auk for Circular No. S
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At the Great MILWATTKEK NATIONAL. Thank^f lying Week. 1923,
we again won eyery I-lrst Prize offered, also GRAND CHAMPION
Best Itlrd in Show all yarietiea Competing against all others since
1912 they have won eyery Grand Championship where such an award
was offered under almost fifty Judges.
We have Just what you want In large, heayy lartng, yigorous show
birds and hre<><lers. No show too large for U9 to help you win. No
one can furnish ymi so many generations of heavy laying winners
back of perfectly mated trios or pens.
You want the best We help you get them. Write us your wants
f'llly and remember our prices are most reasonable, quality con-
sidered. Special Sales Ust FBEE. Satlsfactloo guaranteed.
Dam kaid
'> in 6g
Ofc
'mai
HwHalbad dShnsm Yat^rford Wif.
fet'ptcmbor. 1919. ' gt working
Now then, to sny that the hen wii^„o nr nnp
low legB will not have white legn evej ""^ " „
lays every day in the whole 365 d^B year. "
an errinic statemont. We have on tUn*. A\jq to
description may he found In the Joj, t- fnUpe time to KCt it intf
Biological Chemistry. Volume 39 j 1^ taKes ume «^" . »'= „u«4i,o,
septcmhor, 1919. ' gt Working Condition wneinei
e that was used thel
.. The loss of chicksl
.e to improper attention
stages is amazing, hence
method of a beginning
bottom of the list.
„ ... ,.,,.„«, -^.p now ready to add to our
..me nroKre.s.sis m the vnnou« , "">^ !„«„„ "r<»f tbp
Those whirVi have laid very intensive learned sentence, uet vne
two monthn show white nhankg andnifonn birds and give them the
"^"^ ' - ■ • in feeding and
of us would j?et
any flock of fowls,
could not reproduce
' progeny and im-
vies. To a great
XI » I, u . . - rn** iiiLuic of a flock depends
November a.s shown by trapnest rf ^"^ luuuic wx a i»" r-
This pullet due to her very intensive feeding for egg production, ana
ability had exceedingly pale shanks 1 .-Ti. „«/l ViofpViihit'tv from
end if one month and twelve days JBfTtlllty and hatcnaDll.iy irom
tensive laying. ^^g gtock. The egg IS COm-
t
^^HicWishbone
is the Money Making MammoOi
hsTtOI ine egg. xu ic.i«i.^- ^-- •■
aumorny i< y an mey say or write t>ta>tain proportions tO properly
great majority of them are doing a thiL .,„, „w./Minf f^ fnrm
times more good with their sensible willie m an equal amount to torm
and their i)ractiral experiments than ^nd whites. If moro yolkS
who attempt to tear down all the p» e^.i. j :_ *.!»« <-wfn>one nf
knowledge these teach*
Wisconsin: Kennard of Ohio, and tb« ^^t a well haiancca leeu is ua
••Wid" Card, of Massachusetts? imoortance in egg produc-
The pigmentation test has its place !(•%_ *^ . .^ .v^ f«/»Vitiiral qtudv
dinary poultry keeping: it serves is To gO intO the technical Siuay
purpose for the rrdinary poultry keepffV^g y^Q deem it unnecessary,
the farmers who do not have time to 5* *.u«4- »><ifli<^^a nrp available
nest but do periodic systematic culling that metHoas are avaimu
pigmentation tests. In using it for thii Experimental Stations ana
pose its associate characteri.stics of 1»^,. | r««ll/»f»'oe if voU but rC-
such as body changes, moulting and BOltural Colleges, ll yoa out rt,
perameni, must be "iven proper f^n^J them. Isn't it disheartening vo
tion. The great rank and file of Amir. * , v,Qf/.Vi from a setting
poultry producers will for vear, to conCfc a gOOd hatch irom a bc 6
pend upon these simple tests for t^g and be disappomtea Dy g*i^-
their flock until some less laborious ^?„^ ^^ fVirofi nunv babv chicks?
than trapnesting can be evolved to ittWO or three puny ua y
the necessary information that will ^^rs Concur in the ia< r, mat 0
tinguish the poor layer from the good i jjjgcovered group of SUb-
-,.i^ the nature of which is not
THE POULTRY PRIME^uV determined, that are found
(Continued from page 17) It largest amounts in njjjl^' '';^^'
, . .„ . . ... yeast, fresh fruit and vege-
we trust you will not, \ ^^w ^aub > '^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^e green
which every beginner should beiP essential to fowls and
mind and these will be valn^' ^^^^ ^ condition of vitality
whether you may have chicks P^^^ ^^^ jj^p^o^ing fertility and
year or later, are that newly haUf^^.jj. These vitamines as
chicks are delicate and must . ^^^^ abundantly in plant life
treated with care. Two '"^^JJyailable when fowls are given
present themselves, one of ti yj^^ige except during the winter
seems best for the inexperienced i^^ when they can be supplied
that is to have a broody hen ^^^ph sprouted grains and yeast,
will take and mother the new j^i^^t cover several pages telling
rivals; the other is the brooder. ^^^y^gj^jcal action take; place in
hen will instinctively care for "uting grains but it is salficient
brood under normal conditions ^^^.^ ^j^at the very best tim3 for
temperature and weather and ^|jjg sprouted grains is when the
prompt attention to feeding \^j. shoots are about one-half inch
chicks should do well. Never ^g j^ length,
until the day for the arrival of 'ccompanying the attention in
chicks to heat the brooder, if on«
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Ll7n^, perhaps the obso ete lamp
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Zwick*s Snow White Wyandottcs
Bis Winners
34 Prixes, 6 of them firsts,
is the record of Snow White
Wyandottes at the Chicago
Coliseum Show Dec. 11 to
16, 1923. Here's the record.
Cocks— 1, 2. 3, 4, 5.
Hens— 1. 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 7.
Cockerels— 1, 2. 3. 4, 5, 7.
Pullets— 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9.
Old Pens— 1. 2, 3.
Young Pens — 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
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same liigh <|uality stock and the same famdics. many
of them equally as good m these winners.
GOOD BREEDING COCKERELS
Prices Raiige-$5. $7.50. $10. $15 and $25
Ekss for Matching
from this same high quality and same stock as prize
winners are offered our White Wyandotte friends
from 25 especia'ly mated pens, the best m the coun-
try, including Indiana State Fair and
CHICAGO COLISEUM WINNERS
Our fair p ay prices range from $5 per setting xiy.
Our special descriptive mating list with prices will
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illustrated and descriptive Sales Book tells a wonder-
ful story of achieved success with
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Your copy is ready, if you ask for it now. To in-
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Arthur G. Dutton. Supmrintmndmnt
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MdKe more profit
on yjoMvEGGS
SELL BY MAIL
iV^J
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^^
lUIAKE the profit on your eggs that the
*^* middlemen are now getting. Deal direct
with the consumers. Thousands of families fn
cities nearby rvould welcome a chance to buy dirtct
from you and get strictly fresh country eggs. Get
sUrted building a profitable mailorder business on egg||(
by getting in touch with some city friends and offering to
■hip to them in
IVfETAL. EGG CRATES
Ttttv solve the shipping problem. Built-in shook Wllte for
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feeding, that results may
birds must be properlj
Plenty of sunlight and coi
lation will help keep
healthy. Cleanliness ofl
boards, freedom from licel
are essentials. Plenty oj
the floer will keep the bird
provide sufficient exercis
all don't attempt to ra
stock in a location where
They can do more dai
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WHY NOT BUY YOUR STOCK AND EGGS FROM 11!^
OLDEST BREEDER 9^REDS
\ IN THE WEST? i
I have devoted my entire time to the poultry busmess smce
1882-fortv two years. I've bred Rhode Island Reds longer than any
other b?eeLr west of Aew York. My stock is the best money, ex-
perience and careful breeding can produce I »- -PJTwfaHrand
y" rly from the^rfeding pens of the best breeders m the country.
1924
...^j can _- —
twinkling of an eye thanlH^^^V- y^"^ ""'" '"'= "■— •* """""',:.;. *„, «„d atn Giving
contagious disease know^'^^^^ Eggs Are What » »■" Workmg for^nd am^wm^
not require anything el^ „„„, ,_,„„, „,^. ^^^ore Attention to Egg Producers T^^^^
make a beginning witkV-.a uc. i. u.. »«.■ if you want to put new blood m °['rPr°^^^°YerstM you their poul-
Modest. modern building, r ^^^ 1 ^-d^-bred ,s^ck or egg^^^^^ | ^e
dampness, .not exposed to,,„J„Rf J,^, ^^"t^^l^^l^J^^^^^^^X^l^^^^^^-
My stock is not inbred and will improve any flock
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
My prices for eggsind stock arc less than half what some others charge for same quaUty
bitter winds, spacious ^rioj^j;^^%\],ir,BooKlnl
overcrowd are certainly ^tingLiat now rcaciy. and
. , .. V a^l bo Bent to you t UEL.
until such time wnen egju't fan to write for them.
sound judgment and force-
sity demands expansion, t
If there is a lesson in
primer to be impressed it
that you cannot afford to
stock, nor eggs. Consider
which road you travel,
year opens up with bright
You have traveled to the
of decision. Are you goii^
to the left, purchase chei
eggs or chicks, feed them hi
ly. house them where thei
winter enwrap their featb
and terminate in failure?
you turn to the right, buy
feed systematically, thought
carefully, and house the
cording to weather cond
eventually reach the house
by the wayside?
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CHOICE COCKERELS.
Both Combs
Stock the Best.
Prices Very Reasonable
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the $15 to $26 kind ia the
price.
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A PRIZED DELICAI
We have just read in a
the Athenian, published in — - 'V";— «.«. «r
Pa., on April 26, 1854, th^J.rJnt^eT 'HltcherVS^
are' selling in Boston for 4^.'!'*° ^"* """ ^"^ "L'"!'
dozen, or at the rate of ' T>TTi»Tn«Aa
one-half cents each.*'
If somebody who kno
values will tell us just how
cents in 1864 would buy t
will know how many dollar?
people of Boston will haveg£^^Y
for eggs next April, if ^^V^^^
have been no change in P^if^oEl^
the last 70 years. 9Zi
The omelet is an ancientg^g
old, highly prized delicacy,
der it was highly prized whe
have been so highly priced
the egg business is going to
but there have been l
chances for something to hi
it since the year of our Lo~
fURIXAS SPRINGS
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
Leghorns. Our customers ara our best advertiser. J ";^„^ ^.^^ eggs cjiicks
llshment and see our <f'on«''=,'^"LJ'If~'" „*."are from bins that have laid 272
?o"-32«gs fn\r'54" "^^«>^c / V]n tbe ^uit. hugess^an-
&r. r« ^S i"hX.n?ves S.*?Sr°e";.s. ?h.cl.. and stoC. let-
ters from customers and other Information.
EGGS FOE HATCHING
They are c:iaili white, 100 per
c-rt fertility guaranteed You
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LINES
OF UN-
RELATED
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DON'T SPARE EFFOl,^
In order to realize siKce?«^«
venture it is necessary to i
an effort in the right directiu^areno-. sausm-u w.«w.
.11 . -1.1- 1.1. « Wcheaoest. quickest, easics
is especially true with the ^cuttinK method you hav
in the breeding of poultry. Ifrw Sofe ^at^^.fr'a^rm
the best way to get at the i<^:^^.r::i^\\^I^!^
of a successful venture is Jg^atche^-.h-'^l-^^/^^r^^^^
and observe the methods fo5Jn^<^f,%«^'R"|E^to!>ki5o^^^^
some successful breeder wil%».i».««ce..oe»i. »!»««•'<.»«•••
of experience.
Poultry TlirW« During Co W Winter
Kntlw II You U»o •truT«n'«
U
FEEDING
It u Important at this season to acid
«!Tia-vrX™ FISH MEAL to yo-.r poo'tryj
gwjnd rloan and nourishing.
Free Feeding Instruction* ana
Free Sampiet Upon Request
TM-rLCS M. 8TRUVEN fc ro.
,,4.R S. Froderick St.. Daltimor3. Kid.
lu writing Advertiser, Kindly Mention Everybody, Poultry M.ga.ine
Browers Non Freeze
Lampless Poultry Fountain
\ne temperature winter
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Satisfaction (juarantewl
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52
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
ary, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
53
V«V^^A
Tke Baltimore Skow
that other half
Of all the eggs set in the
United States, one ha// never
hatch. Why? Is hatching
just luck? No. From nearly
every egg you set, you can
hatch a chicken.
The reason many eggs fail to
hatch is this: The average
ration fed the parent birds is
weak in the vitamins that
give the egg the spark of life,
Purina Poultry Chows
Feed your hens Purina Poul-
try Chows. They contain the
very stuff" that little chicks
are made of. You'U hatch
more chicks and stronger
chicks. Order Purina Chows
from your dealer or write us.
Free poultry book
on request.
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rtridge Plymouth Bocks— E. N. Morns
••oik ftrst hen; second cockerel; first
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m Wyandottes — Adolph Kogelschatz,
KEEN COMPETITION IN AMERIOAJf OJASSBS BAiTIMOEE * OHIO IgJ^Vyandottes-Ernest R. A. Litzau.
HA*.« wuxiur ^^^^, ^^^^ GIRLS' EXHIBITS A BIQ FEATUBE. f^nd fifth cock; second, third rffad fifth
'Irst and fifth cockerel; third and fifth
t- second and thirl old pen ; first
/ pen. Samuel Little, first and four li
hibitors. To go Into detail witk first hen ; second third and fourth
.: „# .1,;. ..>..<.<> «# ■^,^r■^r u/»..iKa.i • aaonnd nuUet '. flrst olQ pen. VVUl.
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HATCHANEGG BOX
The Reflation Packatfe for
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out BrMkkag*. This Qtuditjr Box ua«d
by mort •occcMf ul BrMden. EMyto
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wcdrinr eushioa. Very strons doabto
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THEY TAKE
THE PRIZE
To scan the pages of our leading
poultry journals and see displayed
the advertisements of more than a
score of poultry shows to be held in
the month of December; some local
in extent; others national and inter-
national in scope we ask ourselves
the question, Why? Our brethren
across the border and in distant
countries, with sporting blood run-
ning through their veins prefer to
use their fowls for cock fights but
so long as the sun rises and sets the
true sportsmen of the U. S. A. and
our neighboring Dominion will want
the poultry show. A great deal has
been written and spoken about the
"Survival of the fittest" regarding
plant and animal life and it might be
used to an advantage when applied
in other spheres, but in the case of
poultry shows we believe that the
mortality among them is compara-
tively small, for year after year
shows are staged and exhibitions held
which are a credit to the town or city
and to the poultry interests in gen-
eral. One of these shows, climbing
rapidly to the top among the lead-
ing poultry exhibitions of the East,
just closed its curtain for the 1923
season with no record breaking num-
bers, but with a uniform well bal-
anced poultry, pigeon and pet stock
exhibit of most excellent quality.
The slight falling off in entries in
the single classes may be due to one
or both of two causes. The change
in policy of the number of birds to
fill a class kept away some of the
varieties of least popularity. Then
too, the Baltimore Show did not en-
tertain any of the specialty clubs
this year. Arrows are pointing to-
ward the meet of the American Ban-
tam Association in Baltimore in 1924
and we wish to emphasize the fact
that the little feathered beauties
could be shown nowhere else under
better conditions than in that spaci-
ous Fifth Regiment Armory with
single tier cooping and an abund-
ance of sunlight and better still, the
most excellent management. Mathe-
matically speaking when we add
quality, numbers, the boys' and girls'
exhibit, the experimental exhibt, the
display coeps and the utility classes,
we consider the show the best ever,
and one of the really important fea-
tures was the exhibit of the boys and
girls who were the recipients of eggs
from the Baltimore & Ohie Railroad
working in co-operation with the
University of Maryland. In the very
center of the show building, artistic-
ally arranged were 32 pens of Single
Comb Rhode Island Reds and White
Plymouth Rocks, competing for
prizes which ranged from a trip to
the Madison Square Garden Show
to a few dollars in cash to the youthful ex-
hibitor. To go into detail witk first hen; secona. " '^ " » - ^"^- -■
tion of this phase of work wouHfel; second pullet; fi"t ; [d pen. \vm
lengthy an article, but we stresifrans, second cock; fourth hen nrst
ance of it to the youths, to ti. Norman G. Clymer fourth pullet
Company and to the show. V. Amphlett fourth old pen. Drank
The Olasaes linken. second young pen. .
Barred Plymouth Hocks with iTtridgo Wyandottes-Louis Becker fiw^
in singles and five pens proved; flr»' ^len. H. S. Weidner, first antt
ieadin; class both in quafitv Zi <^2^^^'^^^IZ\ttlt-^iieo R Burn-
Baltimore always stages a reS*mWan -, Wyaiidottej-Geo^ h^n- sec-
this variety and mark you " to , first c/)ck : I"!,* flr„f °nd tSd Dul-
j.ftlono. th« «nnil«" for a winnufWid third cockerel flrst and tnira pui
be a top notcher " Chas. A. Mason, first cockerel; second
White Plymouth Rocks, a fln« (*• , _ . -nv^^. T.i.mi itMau TTplmore
first cock. a\i.e specimen in ^Hfl$^lg'^\^^.^\lf^^^, Errand flffh
and won best male over first c(>«^^ Jo^'^^'^-,^"^^' jfjir^'j^ird young pen.
pullet a beauty First old Pen .»^' • ^ov J" thVrd cock : third"^ hem "^Ed-
of evenly matched birds. \i ^".„„iU» flir.t ^o'-i'- first cockerel:
The ctasH of Buff Plymouth R<,N. Stevens first cock figrnt^cocke^e^.
necialy strong in females, the,* yo^K ^opeland ft Reiter. fifth cock.
?orm in color throughout, ^e !«»« cm:K. vj^ei Waxter. second hen;
lack of uniformity albeit the flr.Jo'-^j; * J^^^ Aaron Feil. fourth hen;
an outstanding bird. Partnd„}J ^^uUet Wm. H. Curtis, fifth hen;
small class of very good quality. *« l:„ull J Purnell Newcomb, first
As usual the AJTiite Wyandott^ P^^f^u^t-!- first yiung pen. J. R.
for their share of honors as bw. °7'' »;^ cockerel. Walter H. Kohn
ond largest class in the show. "• ^.y"* "^^
second hens, good typy Wyando^^jjJ^^ Ehoda Island Beds— Sterling
°', "if!!. ^^^ u**^*^,^"*"**; ^'"C^second cock. W. S. Ricker, first cock:
splendidly finished, large, typy bir'v,"!, q a Heinz, first and second
cellent head and deep well rou»L»®^- ^- -n^- "
First and second pullets, a er^niSley Black Olants — Pierce & Lippen-
Partridge and Columbian 'r'^Qcond cock- third and fourth hen;
small in numbers and of fair qia ggcond and third cockerel; third pul-
Single Comb Rhode Island R«l apst old pen; first young pen. Wrenn
exceptionally fine exhibit with ii^mans first cock; fifth hen; fourth
good birds left out of the ribCLi • fourth and fifth pullet. E. C.
could win at any smaller show. Cr third cock; first hen: fifth cockerel,
pen a "real" pen of Reds. Jf McKenney, second hen; first and
Black Langshans, a beauty K. puHet. . „ _
competition strong enough to mi^jg^ Oomb Bhode Island Whites — E. K.
interesting exhibit. larmick all awards. ., „
Single Comb Black MinorcuJick Javas — Capt. Roland Ballentine, all
strong. In fact among the best cfjg
First cock a classy specimen. jJht. BrahmM — Louis F. Meyer, first and
With the exception of cooks, g:^ cock; first and second hen; third
Anconas made great competition. .^gl; second pullet; first old pen; flrst
We have noticed at a numlwjl pen. Geo. E. Waters, third and fourth
this year the classes of Dark Cfc* rfrgt and second cockerel: fourth and
well filled and the Baltimore 8k* pullet. Howard O. Kreiner, second old
exception with Linstead Fanni,, .. i, ♦ „m,
French and Dawn to Dark ?^§g Cochins — Douglas Burnett, first coCk.
competing. . Krause. Jr.. second cock.
With practically every class qi^k Langshans — Lloyd Moats, lourtn
well filled, the greatest interac; fifth hen. Frank W. DeLancey, Jr^
around the Birchen Games wi| cock; second and fourth hen; second
singles and five pens with not id; first old pen; first young pe"- Sam-
in the lot. O. Free, fifth cock; third ^en; first and
Bulf Cochins, Black Cochliii.4 cockerel; third pullet. P. H. McOor-
Cochins and White Cochins, clsat .econd cock; fifth coci®"^; .'^"Ji*^
ity although not large classes.^^fth pullet. O. T. D. B'"''. *Ji"^* „«Xt'
The Awards , ben; fourth cockerel: first pullet.
Barred Plymouth Bocks— C. Man Rice, second cockerel.
first and fourth cock ; fourth sa«|ite Langshans— Frank W. DeLancey,
first, second and third pullet; lii^ards. ^ ^ . _ ^.^ T^^>,n^^m T D
ond pullet-bred cock; second .togle Oomb Dark Brown Jf jfo^^fi.^:
cockerel; fourth cockerel-bred «, first cock; fir«t and second hen first
and second cockerel bred puinniecond cockerel ; third •»»dJ°^'J»» P^jJ
Bros., second and third cock: I A. F. Swank thj^rd and fourth cock-
and fifth cockerel; first and secaj. C. F Benedict fifth cockerel Harry
bred hen; third cockerel-bred Styers, first s^nd and flf1JP«^^^^^
young pen. Boyd Johnson, fifth »gle Oomb White I^^°™»-^^',7"°,ft
rockiel; second young P«« ,»^y°; J'^' ^'SSj^^u feckirel- fi^^^^^^^
fhiS ^J'iis^'^t.^^s'pr'^'^y^^ X^a
j;S-f?n%^h ?ullft-b?:1^7o^k\trr?W^i,fS?>^ wood
rFAr.i;rfi>urpu^^^^^^
fifth pullet. Eugene A. «'«*•, Jf*J„f''f,thcock«ei- flJst ani third pul*
bred cock. R. J. Walden fourUl and fifth I^Jf^'^^'flVst oock ; secend and
cockerel. L. R. »•"•?«*•' /Jj-h °^e„ • fif S pullet" s^^^^
bred hen; fifth co«kerel-bred p«Jrg h^n flitn^uue. ^^^ ^
Haupt. fomrth cockerel-bred P"^5_J*'ift/ ve™'. third and fourth cock-
LeTerinf. fourth young P^- J~ '"^ «[*»» J^^^^^ pen; first
^^'^tJliyffoJSlt^JSikW^^^^ i?n!^'H;?t"*B;oe.. second pullet; third
third and fourth coek ; ••c°"<*/?BSe^£idalU8iaiii— Geo. F. Hane, ••con*
John 8. Adams, first •nd ^.^^^'Ip^^JJ* hen^third cockerel. Clinton
ond and fifth pullet. Ro^'^rfliew first cock; first, second and third
fifth cook; firsi h*n; ■•^^f.f./^f'Tit and second cockerel; first, sec.
young pen. Red Top Poultry »in"i n^t. .©cond old pen; first
and fouVth hen. h f ^'^^ rjij Pen eSw Pohl, fifth hen. Helmore
third pullet^ ^-.TKr-F^MSil third pullet; first old pen. J. B.
cockerel. Van o'Dale Farm, •^•* ....^
^ock'erer-'^Van-o'Dale Farm. Jg^ 7ourth*'puTle't. ^ \ ^ _..,..
and fifth cockerel; fi"». •'tin iBSie Comb Anconaa-Dr. Earl B White
«ir.t »nd second young P«"- J^J} -^-v- -first and fourth hen,
first and second young pen
Farms, first old pen
Buff Plymotith I
third and fifth hen. Jas H. "^^ a. Hopper, second hen; fifth cockerel,
cork: flr?V •«'! .''»"*?i* ^f°L.,5i3ry J Fields, fifth hen. Wm. Jacobs.
cock- first and fourth hen:
;h cockerel; fifth pullet; second
pen. W. F. Bast,^ first cock; third
fl?st.. second .nd third^ cockerel first
cork; nrst and founn npu . -:^--,^ j yi
third pullet. John H. B'n.e.t.lJgJ J^,jJ^'
cock: fourth 7<^kerel: fourth Jgn^Pj3^„,
young pen. A. H. Kirk, '"w^jda.
Armln Jaeger. Jr.. second c«W
pullet. Luther Buyer, second Wy
Oomb Anconi
Wm. Jacobs.
Geo. W. Knox, all
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mAnlhS i?d il^ davf imd ^tting alr^dy 25 ecs* dAlly from 40 pulleU. I know whore to gel nne
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Single Comb BufT Orpingtons^t
Gelston. first cook. A C l^J'^frini^; , ^en- second and third cockerel;
cock; rtrst and second hen ; Hrst aiff ^.^i third pullet; first old pen; sec-
ckerel; second , and tlurd pvai^Lu/iK pen. Henry A. Jaeger. Jr.. fifth
fifth hen.
Cochin— J. Hart Welch, second cock,
U W. Wege, fourth cock; second
th hen; first and second pulllet-
- - — "-««- \ Jaeger, Jr.. third cock; third
pullot. Wm. K. rhiUips, first %/ jj,;,.^ pullet; first cockerel. Geo.
corkerel; socund pullet. jj. ^^st cook.
Dark Cornish — Landis & I'''*ench,«|te' ODCh'n— U. W. Wege. all awards,
cook; first hen; seoond and third ^jj - -- -" • ■»' — »--" ♦*•'
third jMillet. Linstead Farm, first
COOK; nnji ana seoonu nen ; nrsi aiT, „„^ ♦hirH
cockerel ; second and tlurd pvUlJ* *"^ /.^^
young pen. David Poultry Vurds. 7«>"';f. ^'^";
let. K. it. Carter. seoon<l young p-^ rorhlri—
SUigl* Comb White Orpingtoni-l^ 'J'°
Same Furiu. first hen; third und foJ»^,,rt
let. Hugh il. Uelst<»n. sooond oock«I^\
Oa
1
Cochin — W. A. Marshall, third
fifth i)ull.'f. \ first and fourth cock; first and
Wblte Laced Eed Cornish— R. T^h hen; second cockerel; third pullet.
Harrison, seoond oook ; first hen;and Mrs. A. Lambert, second cock; fifth
cockerel; first pullet. Goo. D. H» third and fourth cockerel; second.
cook; fourth hen; first oookerei. .^ and fifth pullet. Henry A. Jaeger.
Carr. second hen. Aaron Fell, tk^econd and third hen.
fifth hen. «ck Tailed Japanese— Stanbury Hay-
Speckled Sussex— Geo. F. Hane. i first cook ; second, third and fourtn
seoond <o( k : first and third hen; | first and seoond cockerel; tirst ana
second cockerel; first and seconii* pullet. John L. Peiffer. seoond cock :
first old pen; first young pen. ;|ien. C. R. Kreider, third cockerel,
Shirlev, Jr.. second hen. pullet.
Silver Spangled Hamburgs — Geo. I -
puMet!^"' Frankmi IL 'VhonM.soirseSkF HOUSEWIFE AND A
seoond hoii. Wm. Hoes, second u ^.^, . r ttt^^.to
cockerel; seoond and third pullet. FFW lirNS
Mottled Houdans— W. F. Bast, an 11- ▼▼ xii-i-i^
Pit Games— Jesse 8. Mc.\fee thj (Continued from page 16)
fifth hen; fourth cockerel: thir< ^^
William A. Palmer, fourth cock; thw^Jg of ereen food; four p. HI.,
erel. .Tohn Brennan first c„k i ,f .^^^^..y.. pi^ht D. m..
second
John Brennan. first cook; j" a £ »^«»f»Vi • oi'trVif n m
hen; flr>t and seoond oorkerf pOUnds of SCratch, ClgMt P- "J-»
and second pullet. M. J. S. Cronn+g q^ gjx pOUnds of SCratCh;
ond cock; third and fourth hen. ^^ foj.^y.five p. m., lights dim;
Black Breasted Eed Game— Irvin|J P- ^l., lights off.
lack, second oook ; first and third hei y^i. f^ Up «nt on in the mom-
and third omkerel ; first, third .n?*"^^ lO DC pu
pullet. Linstead Farm, first cock; at eight a. m. and kept unui aay
hen; second cockerel; second pullex folfpo the olace of the artificial
young pen. E. W. Stevenson, thir^ ^'**^'-=* ''"^ ^
J. H. Vincent, fourth cock; lovS%,
Vr'X 'I'mn ;:vi;h!'«Kh"';;n.'rUsh food should be kept before
Brown Eed Game— E. W. Stevens fowls at all times. Cnarcoai,
cock; first and third hen; first u , hone meal fed in hoppers
pullet. J. Hart Welch, fourth hen;' ana DOne meai
fourth and fifth pullet. John L. all gOOd.
*''So"iden"Duckwing oam<^lrvin, Ceep plenty of fresh water before
lack, seoond cook ; second hen. ; Vgns and do not let ttte watcr
Welch, third and fourth hen; seei Uo^ro fVio drinking foun-
third pullet. Linstead Farm. findSe. Have /he arinKmg xu
first hen; first cockerel: first puiietj- gQ made that the hcns can geL
SUver Duckwing 0"ne- Linste^ ^ ^^ ^,.^^1^ but not
first cock; first hen; first oockerUT DCaKS in xui «. ^Q„«p
pullet. E. W. Stevenson, second u their wattles that mignt cause
cock. Irving J. Matlack. second h«^ ^ ^^ frozen.
*'"Ld"pyie G»me-J. Hart Welch, ly^tribute the scratch food over
third cook; seoond and third hen. rST :„ ^ ^ood layer of straW
Farm, second cock; first hen; iln fcoUSes in a gO"a * ^ Rpf ore DUt-
erel; first pullet; first young pen. ^t four inches deep. Beiore put
Stevenson, fourth oock ; fourth "^ jj^ gtraw, have at least one inch
*'^Birchen GamiH-Mrs. Robt. J. ^pure sand covering the floors,
first, second an<i fourth cook : first, i should be used either With
fourth and fifth hen; first, third. fos» Sana biiuuivi inches
fifth cockerel; first, second, third i!>d or concrete floors. iwo incnes
pullet: first old nen ; first and secoM ^ would be better on concrete
pen. Geo. L. rfarvey, third ^?^^^ Alwavs keep the litter dry
Stevenson, fifth cock. J. H. nN • TnfB. AlWays Keep w.^
third hen: second old pen; tlurt. p]gan. Never allOW it tO DC-
pen. J. Hart Welch, seoond cocker* ,^^^ ^^ .p_,.i
k. Vincent, fourth tmllet. .le damp Or lOVll. v^Vf. ^r^
Spangled Old English Game-u^ -^ ^^^ advisable tO USe lights on
Farm, first cock; first hen; tirst f .f^^^ wViJr-h nne is eoing tO
first pullet: first old pen; first vosUI from WhlCh one IS K" K
juiss V. Mown, third cook Ho»|ju ^y^^ gggg for chicks. ihe nen
Thompson, second fourth »"«! ."^"4 i „ „„ too manv eggs is not near
aerond and fourth hen; third f^ lays too many ss
fhin" fourth and fifth pullet liable to prove fertile as one that
Welch, fifth hen Richard < . R'c^ naturally without artificial in-
hen- second old pen. W . .s. lJis"» ii«vwi«» jr
ond cnrkerel ; second pullet. jements. , ,
Golden Sebright—J. Hart ^^ «'''i^f „]£ « leaves make a good sub-
cock; second and fourth »'en; ji»i»^^» »*=** ^ , chould be
secorld cockerel; second and thirjfte for green food and snoUlQ oe
Wm. Rapp. second and third o;;' ^ :„ „ hopper or scalded anu
r,;', tJirrhir/";!:,;:;!-. "«;".'■ ^A wUh mash. U is not best to
Mowii. fourth pullet. Sebright ^ ' ^.^ ^^q much soft feed but hens
'"8Uve";'sebrlShi-J. Hart Welch. J relish soft feed about once a
and third cock; fourth and fifth hpn^ ^j^h good results. Dry masn
w. Mains, first cock: first and tn^ ^^^^A^ Hipt is preferable and
Wm Rapp. second hen; f.urth <»a steady Oiet IS preieiaui
Sehriicht Villa Hantam Yards, first K ^^^^ g^ liable tO caUSC bOWel
ond cockerel; first and "^V""^., T'°r_T^i^
E. Benedict, third cockerel; tlnra. jipie.
and fifth pullet. ^ v.rJThen one feeds green food iiKe
Eose Comb Black— Linstead Tt^ , ereen food, see that it
'»"/.!■ ^o"j,''/;;.':^. "'i^rfrr-arLVo*;' ^l? the kale be frozen.
■^ K'."rm:\ecw'ru'.hlJ^''co'ck:fc it into a room and allow it to
(HiMPIONhJPRIZEHEN ILt PRIZE COCKEREL
/// Stdk £gi? Laym g Mich. State Fair Detroit
Contest /922 egg production class m3
jsi PRIZE HEN
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[G0PR0DUCTIONflASS1923
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From World's Champion Layers
American Hollywood '^t Improved English
SingleComb White Leghorns
2S0-300 Egg-Bred Line
Our 15 year, of careful breeding, typete.ting. tr.pne.ting and P«^»J'f«|"JJ
Swd:4';^T"" -. St'.-d"d t'ndtr.:* ^,7Br,i Q».Uti.. Co«bin«l.
Our famous Leghorns are the STANDARD bred UTILITY
h,«iness birds They are long, deep-bodied, wedge shaped
Wrds wth wide backs'and low-Vpread tails, big lopPed com^
QnH keen alert eves. They produce large white eggs that com-
mld ;?emlum''prices in'the New York and other markets.
910 PuUel. Bring $1,038.90 m One Month ^^INN EIRS
"I will be in the market for 3.500 or 4.000day-old chicks.
From the 2^ chicks bought «'o™ VOrJf H zls^eies"^
910 pullets. In December we gathered 17.213 eeRS^ an
nvpra^e of 555 per day. The month's income was$1.038.90.
This you wm see is a little over 61* production, which 1.
pretty Bood, don't you think?
preuy goo«. ^^^^^^^^ jtred LAROS. Hart. Mich.
Buy* $200 Worth of Chicks, in Four Months
U Offered $1,500 for Them
"Last Spring I bought 1.000 ^ade A chicks from you and
haveover 600 pullets 4 months old. I doubt l! there are
Snrfiner pilletsin Ohio, or their oQr^^^^l^^^V^t:^/'^^
«Ir--i V? 7«; pach for them by a buyer from Uxtora. u.
^yirfsuch exceptional larj pullcts healthy and vigor-
ous and were raised with less than 59b loss. *
ous. ana ^^.^^^^^ ^ ^ GESSING. Cincinnati. Ohio.
Vircrin Eee Farms. Baldwin. L. I.. N. Y.. writes, "The
10 oaf ch^kf purcTiased from you are the bes . I ever
K^n^hi- You can look for my order again m 1924. White
&eEegFl?ms? Maple Plain. Minn., writes. Your
S chicks are the best 1 ever bought in my IS years of
r'hick biying •' The Gould Egg Farm. Lake Grove, L. L
NY wrUef ' "Your 7.600 chicks arrived all OK and am
2;il pSed: I see no reason why you should not get my
1^24 order." . , en
We have hundreds of letters like these in ouTf\esz\l
'ttl^gXtlMngand breeding institution tn the State?
At leading Show; Fairs
and Egg Laying Conimats
Ist Prize Champion Hen. 111. Mur-
physboro Egg Laying Contest,
1922.
Ist Prize Pen. Dec. Jan . March.
May. June, Sept. at 111. State Egg
Laying Contest, 1921.
Ist Pen, 1st Ckl.. 2nd CkL.lstHen
3rd Hen. Best Display, Detroit
State Fair, 1923.
Ist Hen. 1st Pen.lstCkl.. Ist Pullet.
Best Display in Egg Production
Class, Zeeland, Mich., 1922.
Hundreds of other prizes too
numerous to mention.
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You'U Find
PARKS*
Bred -to -Lay
Barred
Plymouth
Rock
WINTER EGGS AND PROHT
Go Hand-in-land
They hiro •Imply LATKD their wjy Into
UniTer«l Popularity. .Thaff Why Th«r Ar»
America's Most KxtenilTely Bred and Known
Strain today.
They hare made and hold •bout all the
wohZd's bock latino BBCOBDS.
IndlTldual record* up to 825 .JpOS »»
Tear: Oontlnuoui Laying up to 148 BOOB
148 bAT8: Early Laying as young m 118
DATS OLD: Flock Average up to STl E008.
Winners In nearly every Laying C»otefi.
They hare been Carefully 8electM. Trap-
oeated and Pedigreed for EGGS since 1889
iSdbr»d close wou/di to the STANDABD
to be among tba WINNEBS in a lot of Good
Shows.
K W. lierriman, Ebonsbuif. Pa., says:
"Flodc of 60 of your HENS gave us a
PBOFIT of ITS per MONTH for three win-
ter months, oo EGOS."
• • •
F. H. Carlson. Molina. HU writes: "With
th« Thermometer BELOW ZBaO. I got aa
many as
11 HSN
tiermometer ui-.l.uw ziJs.Au. *■«* ••
as 12 E008 IN ONE DAT flom my
8."
J. B. Pease. Melpose. Conn., writes: ''My
mUleU are LaViNG LIKE EGO MACHINES
luod such BIG BROWN EGGS."
• • •
H. W. Lester, ThomasfUle, Qa.. wrttes:
."One hen LATED 141 EGGS LAST 145
DATS. Layed 1» EGGS In NOVEMBEB."
see
H. W. Kay. Balnwell. England, writes:
"To^r* are ttie BEST STRAIN I erw
owned for LATEB&"
• • •
Oea Goodwin. McTaggart Saik.. Can..
writes: "With the thermometer as low as
55 BELOW ZEBO I had one ben LAY 23
EGGS IN 24 DATS and OTHraS NOT FAB
BEHIND. This SPEAKS VOLUMES for
your CABEFUL BBEEDINO."
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dow. The s'love Is the type that Prof. Harry B.
L'-wts is eqiMpping his new farm with st DaTlSTllle.
Bhode Island. Msde in all slset. Write for free
booklet, showipv fo-ty d*fferent cuts. E. C. YOU NO
C«.. I Depot St.. Randolpk. Mass.
S BABY CHICKS
Breeders of high egg prcxitirtUri.
oomtilned with sturdy free rsnge stock
^ .! exhIHt'on nua'Ity a sire* you of guc-
oess with OTie'i heslthfiil chicks.
Blood Tested
This tesUnic for Wliitf D'SThoea and
the ellml-'sUoi of all infected birds as-
sures Proflt-Makers.
Big RcdnetfoB For Early Orders
A disPouTii w.ll t)e allowe<l on orders plaoed early.
TwelTO leading money making hrt^s. Shipped pre-
paid snd delivery r'srariteed. Bla catalogue- free.
OVirS POULTRY FARM ft lATCHERY
ISI Beets Street Marion, Indiana
thaw out Only feed enough green
food to the hens that they will con-
sume in a short time and if any is
left over, take this back to a room
where the temperature is above
freezing.
Feed lots of sour milk if it is
available and in case you can not
get the fresh sour milk, one can buy
semi-solid buttermilk that can be
diluted with water to the drinkable
stage.
If you note any of your hens
showing a sign of bowel trouble,
take such hens out of the flock and
cure the trouble before putting them
back into their regrular runs.
On many farms the hens are kept
in their houses all winter but it
would be advisable to allow the hens
to run on pleasant days. Give them
feed in scratch in the middle of the
day out in their runs and they will
get exercise that will add to their
vigor. On cold days keep them in
the houses and one is not apt to have
a lot of mean colds in the flock.
See that every yard is mated up
by the fifteenth of January if you
hope to get out late February and
March chicks. It would be better to
have the yards mated by the begrin-
ning of the New Year. Where there
is a hen short on feathers, it is best
to keep her out of the flock until she
gets her full plumage. Hens con-
fined to a close house often develop
bad habits and one of these habits is
feather eating. Feather eating is
generally caused by hens moulting.
The feathers look red and the others
pick at them, once they bring blood
they will eat every feather off the
moulting hen and when that hen is
finished they will start to eating the
feathers off each other. When you
find hens eating feathers, try and
locate the bad one in the bunch and
put her off to herself, feed her meat.
It is not a bad idea to hang a piece
of beef in the house that the hens
may pick at. Get a neck piece that
is good and tough. Hang this from
the roof so that the fowls will have
to jump up a short distance to reach
it. This gives exercise and at the
same time it takes more time to con-
sume the meat. Oftentimes where
one has feather eaters they can be
cured by giving meat in the way
described.
Try and have every hen that is
mated in full feather when she goes
into the houses and you are not apt
to have trouble from feather eaters.
Egrg eating is another bad habit
formed by hens. This is caused by
hens piling on the nest and breaking
eggs. Once they get a taste of eggs
they form a habit. To break up the
hens, try and locate the most per-
sistent egg eater and get her out of
the flock. If one will trim the beaks
of the hens by cutting the upper and
lower beak, they will soon stop break-
ing eggs. Have some china nest eggs
in the nest and gather eggs often.
Have about one nest to every four
YOUR Hr
Send
f For
gBOOK
ind then they are not so apt
to on the same nest.
the nest a little ways up on
le of the wall in the darkest
p^ound the room. Many nests
liiced under the drop boards
Soml-Solld Butf rmlik heipghis works well where the drop
mors effira when prices are L are good and tight. Have
JSX.rr.'u.tei'Ar^t dark BO that the hens can
layins flocks are quickly toned Qi,^ when they go into them. Un
SSi^lr..S!' 'A'i^*iS4SilJa»ce I have a runway next t»
tonic and feed. ,f^\\ and the nest one foot out,
^1 • ^1 «op of the row of nests is on
J^Cnil'sOllli when the eggs are gathered
St ^^ *^^^can be easily lifted and eggs
nUrteiTnii from the nest. By having the
IW*^*'*'^* ^4uilt in this way, say two feet
. w *. 11- * -I -.1 ^ om the floor, the hens can jump
Is buttennilk pasteurized and ca^i*^ uic j.»vv/ , „ Aoy-V
under our special process % the runway and go into a aarK
of Rrestest food and toni« Yatra out in the open and hens
poultry beet results are obtii, i=^KKo Y"** *" /** \ ^ j «* ^«.«
feeding just as it comes in the rted makes the hazard 01 egg
S?:*^"u," ^1 greater than where the nests
lb. barrels. iftrk.
ca"y'«SI«wSSMVe the hens good clean straw in
direct. 30 factniMst and if you find a broken egg
IrhjIS^'n't*:*"**^ of the nests, take out the
FaodlngSacn^ straw and put in fresh. Take
u^'^1 R.^?'so'{15"*%fcgg soiled straw and burn it so
}-oSS.?«;J:the hens will not get a taste of
for it Today. ijke they would if one threw
CONSOLIM Btraw into the litter on the
PRODUCTlJ
47MsS4. the roosts well with crude oil
*'***gce that every mite or louse is
. Lice do not trouble so much
^YrtlOiypi^^gnfld days but the day that the
rrd 1 I ^^mes forth they are thawed out
tome back to worry the hens,
have no use for crude oil.
,__jt the hens well with some good
•^ powder at night when they
■pn the roost. Dust them over
Jiop board. It is a good idea io
. ^ome of the liquid lice killers and
\tpit the roost and drop boards the
( I that you give them a thorough
Cftiing. Many clean the drop
'r-ds each day and put sand on
Za This prevents the droppings
■*»' adhering to the boards and they
=more easily cleaned. Where one
* not get sand, use ashes on the
JLdok
^
Semi Solid
lisU
:OnUie
ifX A=i.
Here is a
Great
Roup Remedy
"Please send st onoe your
HAPPY HEN
ROUP REMEDY
Mrs. Foulds tells me it did
wonders for ber birds."
>frf. Lyon.
S«utkam^ton. J^a$$.
It Will also help you sare
your sneesing. wheezing. swol<
len faced birds as It per-
manenUy st«rlllMS tiie drinking water
Is.
^ „...« - .. ^. - not doctor well hens but when
r stMlllMS tije drinking water ri^ fViof i<! ailinCT find OUt
and CTHjli tiie inrtained membranes; ws |»;|iave One tnat IS auiHK, *t"^ "
or your money back PaAage $1.10 po*. • xv matter and glVe ncr
flock «lr.i^ $2 50 and $5 00 postpaid. Oi«i IS "»« iii«wv^ -IwnvQ
HAPPY HEN REMEDY COMPANY. Poultry OiMSiiKething tO CUre her DUt always
"••" "«' "/^ilrcn3^!a^-3!;^^^ her out of the flock. A good
''ROYAV
Chick Fountains
and
Feed Troughs
FREE!
Act
Quickly
This offer is good only
for a short time!
We want every chicken "i"' *«
become acquainted w»t^^*?« ,^»\"*
improvements in our csal-bnrninff
brooder. A* an introductory offer
we are givinur .•^•y /Veed
"Royal" Fountains and Deed
Trougha with each purchase of the
new improved
"ROYAL"
BROODER
Complete with ash pan, cable pull-
ie. etc. Larger and heavier than
before, greater coal capacity, burns
hard or soft coal or co*.,. dou-
ble draft regulate! »y ther-
mostat wafers. extra
heavy wire-bound
hover.
OFFER No.
VTu'«iU rec«». FREE 4 ■;Bjy»|j2
•Roy.l" b»b7
OFFER No. 2
You will r»jcwiv«3 i-x«*^Y - ":«.i: oq
feed troughs 18 in. long with 23
feeding holes, and 2 ^ ^
chick fountains c»- ^ ^^ ^ l"/\
pacity 3 gallons— ? * i | ■>■■
all at the regular / ■ •t/V
price of the brood- Arf A
er alone
with 22 feeding holes, and 3
••Royal" baby
chick fountains,
capacity 3 gallons
— all at the regu-
lar price of the
brooder alone . . . •
%
26.50
1/^*. ni two brooders or more.
Fr.l.ht prep..- -'„«Vf l^ou^r l'"V.' h n'oSntlm. ,1.00 ..oh.)
'" "^iTSo^^^ TODAY WITHOUT FAIL!
ROYAL
MANUFACTURINGCO.
Depl. 914 Toledo, Ohio
Date •
Enclosed find $••••• • • ; * • ' „,
Please ship me at once y«"£,
••Royal" Brooder with FRliiUi
fo?nfains and feed troughs as ex-
plained in your »
OFTER NO.
rr — » ..r 7 RUT'' n.»^ectant used in the house about
Shiw t E. Z. BILT Otir^ ^ ^^ ^11 prevent di-
8.U .. ^'^.fr^orrVj^ but to gWe weU hens ,.edidne
Ooau about 11.00 to build ^jpiy kind is not a good practice.
SHAW PRODUCTS {» hens need no medicine but sick
Q^'^"^*",^,,.. ■iiix^.Jai should be treated but always
-^^^^J-^-^^f-^ ^gg ^^^^ to a house away from the
hens when you want to treat
D. C; Raleigh, N. C, ana xi» « . „ ^« on wAWOVER. PA.
Catalogue Free_ ^ -p. D. No. 8, Box No. 20
JOSEPH H. HERTZ ^
MMHWWflMWXI**"
JOSEPH Jl- *^*"**^ — ZT^^ A.r\\/17DXIQF.
TRTJI
LICE PROOF-N
Exti^ Winter
Pay For
N -
, not try and save a hen that
s signs of canker. Kill her and
_ her carcass. There is nothing
■ discouraging as trying to cure a
-J^H with canker. When you note a
^^ 5o»Vd. then use your roup remedies
h.S'S'Jirid never let a cold get so far as the
H^^writa qniek for •9»^ faee Going out nights and
KMWH t.tn.^dfng by the roost will soon locate
&!i'?!S-,.^iSjrS^iS»hen with the «>W. That. s the
rorc amply a«id nam. for w»»-ft.uhij|k to stop roup and not aii.er
rHtC and iiMwiai offer, Aiw n*''.»*aa.^- efncrp is on. There are sev-
Foontalna. Brood Coopa. Hover. •"'JjSper Stage 18 Oil.
appliances. A poat card wfD do. Write vm
tUBAIteiMMi M. W. M.. Dtft 661, »>
U
i^^..Tz^^^i^i^g^m
is invited.
SJ?d"'"now"mak;s ."possible /be -anu^
facture of an electric element that wiU
Sst forever and heats exactly as a boiler
^^WUh'lhiJ^'rt'tachment you can electrify
vour old incubator or brooder; and build
^our own electric hover. The complete
cost of a 60-chick brooder is |4.1« or less.
The cost of the 400-chick hover shown at
The len was $12.40 including all lumber.
To exi ain The Bridges "Hot Cord" fully
i special folder has been prepared Ask
vour dealer for one or write direct.
^Bridges "Hot Cord" Hovers niade m
round galvanized iron are also sold com-
plete— write for prices
D.ld.r.-your correspondence - -^^ -^^^jr.mo COMPANY
#•>•'•••«
58
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
uary,
1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
59
♦
WITTER
w'v>r^mti0i&*
w^mi^
FOR 40 HBN9 OR LESS
A Oeniiliie V«por-B«th Sprouter De-
ItTered by Parcel Po«t Prepaid Anywhere
in the United State* for only 97J»B.
( Except east of the Hudson River »nd w«it of Great 8*lt
like, add $ 1 ; and in Canada. a<W »2. for exprew PWald. )
I Thia Special E»>r-Getter in the Beat Propo-
aition ever made in a Vapor-Bath Sprouter. It
was devised by W. H. Monroe, the inventor of the fir 8t
grain eprouter. and Is offered you by the oldest and la^g^-
Jest sprouter manufacturers In the U. S., hence you know
rStl? iTfnrh?. ^1u?eV*??hVb holdlnir 10 to 12 miari. dnr »r^
F ^-"^^^•Hr tef E YOUR ^^^^^
Tit EHv^^utW? fflV h^i'';^""«'^'EFSE
Of)^(^(7aF.TTER
Ml?
I the next train, wiu ^.D^ivAij^^^ «-»» V~.
. We Originated the Grain Sprouter
land are Ita Urgwit manufactuifn. We "**» i^Zf"^!^
lokM^IVNatura rorouters In four Hnea and )7 ■««. V^»5
SttlTi^hine hofaing a few S^^s for a few hen. to tha
!biaM»n»n»«th8 of 15 bushels 'or 2.000 hengj^ «o«.*»
I ^rite for free publication on /^pntiUdOgMM m
fcF^em, Waterera, etc, etc
Olo»>To-llciure Oo.» i^
FEED HOF»
This hopper has a Catch Tray hinged to fmnt of hopper which catches the
food spilled by Uie birds. This food Is Nt>T WASTKO. It falls hack Into hopper
when Uie Catcii Tray is tipped hack against ths front at hopper (Seo doUod lines)
to c:o8e hopper against raU and mloe at night. Being ooUapethle they pack flat
for tUilpmeiH. take little room for storage and are eaaiy carrinl home by the pur-
nhaser. BUY OF YOIR DEALKR. If he has none in stuck aiid will not secure
them for yuu. send (or rlmilar and order direct. Befaw aubstltutca. Demand
the New Jacobus Collapsible Waste- Not.
New York ^^ R^ JACOBUS ^'^'^^^' » '
Dept. 20, 8 West 64tli St.
20 Broad Ave.
INDEPENDENT'S BEEF SCRAP
4(
Great Stuff iV^ Samples on Request
INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURING CO.
Wheat Sheaf Lane and Araminf o ATe. Philadelphia, Pa.
MMM
MlGuire's "Wonder" S. C. Anconas
WONDERFUL BARGAINS IN COCKERELS, HENS, PULLETS
"Wonder" Exhibition Birds
E(}OS Matin; List on request.
WALTER J. McGUlRE Box 548 ATHENS, OHIO
"Wonder" Utility Birds
0HI0K8
BURN BRAE
WmTE ORPINGTONS
ARE
STILL SUPREME
— AT—
New York State
Fair, Ssrracuse
19X3
Winning Best Display for Third Year,
also Cock 2-3-4 5, Hen 1-3 6, Cockerel
2 3 4 5, Pullet 1-3-5. Old Pen 1-2. Young
Pen 1-2. Champion Female, etc.
A Grand Lot of Choice Exhibition and
Breeding Birds in
P, .mm^^^ COCKER-
ELS, PULLBT8, POR SALE
Write your wants, also for catalogue.
Bex I. M Pias Crsseset. Balay Seaali
TORONTO. ONTARIO CANADA
J. t. ORCENSHIELDS. Prep.
eral good roup remedieR on ^^^ ^bout six feet
ket that ,f properly used ^^^J,^ feet high. Have nests
the canker stage. "^^ and six g ^^^^ ^^^ ^^
chick ^rd's^rt'hatThl'yi^onfble.' Have a good litter on
cnicks and see tnat they are - ^ ^reat the pen the same
disinfected with a good, ret ^^^^^^ j^ jf ^e had them at home,
ed remedy. Clean the co.^« ^.^" ^^ ^he public and take
adhering droppings and nu^^^^^/eggs from this pen. One
perfectly clean for the d^^ disturb the layers to a certain
Put these coops under a sQ ^but the profit in the sale of
they can be well aired but^^^j^ ^^uld soon make up
place where they must be oi j f ff the public was allowed
weather unless you have co ^^^^ ^ho^s and be able to buy
their own leak proof tops. .^.^^ ^he pens mated in this
standing out in the weathL ^ne could build up a nice little
apt to hurt them ^^^^ j.^^ average man going
Where coops have been ^ f^^ig, goed slowly and he has
in one place the season befoi ^ade up his mind what he wants
dry day when you disinfect! ^^^ce he sees a flock in a show
painting them with some ^ j suggest it does not take long
infectant, pick out a gooj^ake up his mind to what he
where no chicks have heen-fg
and move these leak proo!- judged a pen show in California
By doing this you will hav(*29i4 that was made up in this
dry place on Old Mother Ear^ and it was one of the most suc-
the youngsters can get thj^ui shows I ever attended. There
scratch into the ground ^ great crowds at this show and
healthy soil. j^y go^d gales made. Some even
Some people have wood d their mated pens and got big
in their coops but this is notces for them.
practice where one can hOver in England they have shows
drained soil that has not b«rly every month in the year and
taminated with droppings, jm result the interest is always on
my hens on the ground bo*. We can, with the modern incu-
and soramer. I have a regtor and brooder have baby chicks
ting house which I have dew sny season in the year. If we
former articles in this depillld breed a longer season, the
This nesting place is unroofe«ltion of getting eggs would be
fall, the rains are allowedly. On some farms there is not
on it for months and then m egg gathered from the time that
day the whole things is wd weather sets in until spring be-
fresh ground, new nests niis. This is caused by poor houses
they are ready to be freshly P the fowls and the feed is. neg-
for the first setters. Befon'ted.
ing these nests I paint the si/The greater portion of the winter
crude oil or some good lice kSB come from small flocks despite
leave it for a few days be» intensive way that many fowls
ting the hen into it. By d(^ l^ept. In these intensive flocks
the strong smell of the lice P fowls are fed at regular hours
allowed to evaporate and th4 the owners try and feed such
goes into the wood. This n^^^ as a hen would get in the
lice proof provided each hen u^ral breeding season,
when first set and again afThe average wild fowl will lay
has been on the eggs for a feough eggs to fill her nest and when
On the first dusting one does* gets that number she will begin
all of the lice that may be »et. The average hen will often
hen but the second dusting i the same thing if she is allowed
week and the third du.sting keep her eggs in the nest. Ihe
three davs before the hen Irkey hen will go broody every time
brings off Old Biddy in goo* fiUs her nest and will generally
to care for her brood. ing off a good hatch.
If one will do all of thiiSpeaking of turkeys, every house-
ahead of time they will findti^fe should make up her mind that
ting the hens is not such a gm will raise her own Thanksgiving
after all. Setting the hens d Christmas turkey for 1924. She
ground is Nature's way. On© do it easily if she will make up
that all fowls nest on the flf mind to it. Turkeys are not so
while most birds nest in treeiJd to raise as some people seem
Show your fowls at the 1,1 think. JJie average chicken hen
ter shows. These late sho^*t is of«»« Wyandotte, Pl^miouth
out the buyers and it is a p^k or Rhode I^^^^^^^^^f ,^^/^^^^^
there are not more shows ^M cove^ ^^/^^^^yf^^X/mo^^^
February If the poultry^enafl^ I ^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
fiir :"ot Zy^ ^^i^irma.:-' ^ o| win set two he^^^^^^^^^^
f - ./ J i,„-,ll eggs, they can give tne young
sales In other words hav^ ^^^ ^J^ ^^ ^„, The feeding
breeding pens at such shoi^ ^^^^ jg different from the
offer premiums only for to ^J^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ f^^^ for
pens. Bring in the pens to t*^
>tor
CO-t
... -J^^
^^* cV»»»«
to V'^
to
obc
tno«t f Jocce»V
•^^ *w.ote ^«*= ..,tft^«^^ »od
.::::>"J^-"'
Cyphara Ineubater Co.t
Buffalo, N. Y.
Gentlemen: —
Please send me your cata-
log and prices of the Cyphers
line. 1 used one of your in-
cubators and am bound to
■ay I have never seen any-
thing that v»ould near come
up to it.
Want another machine this
season, and it will be a
Cyphers,
Thanking you for past fa-
vors, I am.
Yours very truly,
W. K. Hamilton.
Box 806
Winston-Salem, N . C.
Cyph
kindly
ror
**'*eof!'"^"''«to?«"?'^<^«e
tie
H M X^''y truly
standard
of The
World
for 25
Years
CY P H E RS^<^^^ CU B ATOR C9
BUrFALO^-^^NY. U.5.A. •
(2)
EVERY OWNER
Co..
Buffilo N. T.
;aitlrip«i: — t h •» •
a No. 3 l^vilifre
which It l"> >'•"
old UHi Mill Oo'nt
UulltTH. 11 • ">•"
k*il 111 thf chirk,
thit autliin* )>••
ku<b*d It «"'<•
uWe » rsrlna * of
Irrd • <Ujr lo »•«<>
Ihrw.
Youn mil;.
n L, riik».
Boul* So t.
W»iw. Mich
OF A
CYPHERS
IS A BOOSTER
u'e story of the superiority of Cyphers Incubators. Every manu^
the stor> oi »:, . ^^ it's the actual performance for _
facturer can make ciaims uui rvPHFR<^ ALWAYS
the poultrvman that counts and CYPHERb Ai-WAYO
MA.KES GOOD. That's why it has
Won Its Way Around the World
ir has Droved its merit in every country where poultry is raised
Ind hli^HEhtfuny wbn .ts leadership among d.scr.m.nat.ng poul-
tr;'men Made in'l44-egg. 244-egg -"^390-e«. there .s a . ylc
and size to meet the requirements of every poultrj ra^er.
WUhout a good incubator profitable poultry ra.s.ng ^^^
possible with the present high cost ol eggs.
Pays to Buy the Best
due* MroM*. h.«Uhy. *'«»r°"'/^'^J^%,HoB of Cypher,
money can buy
Cyphers Incubator Co.
jlt^rE.P-M., Buffalo, N«w York
The
Choice of
leading
Poultry-
men
Everywhere
fTPhcM Inrub»to» Co.
Buffalo. N. V.
r,»nUruvtB:— I h«d f"™*. "l
i«,uliry T»f<l» " -Wfiwiidoff
Ftrw" u»«r Vnlntloa. h> .
olMT* <f hid *>>out «l> .^>-
Mg inrutMton iCn*"" .«•
.,.ur».l iiid 'OU' 400 fM 'n-
r„i»iorm. "hlch f»'« »»'•
uutfuninn in mrr V'':_r
u, m.nu.r* ■J'-'L »•»"'"
|,,lor« in iK *«'* „.
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w J. Eutn.
ROCKWAY WHITE LEGHORNS
ou'r g^rvrLay^nlst" -• *- "^"'^^ • ""«" ''°"'' ''"" '"' "
us and receive a prompt reply. ^,^^, «^^« t« ^nV I? A Dliil
ROCKWAY WHITE LEGHORN POULTRY FARM^^
SPEINOFIELD ' . ' ■■"' '
BAILEY'S ll|y»l7o;
T ..« <n • noaltion to offer to the baving puhllO -__^
Jf^« finest BARBED BOCKS in AMEBICA. Thl«
'S-ri'M, ^iSS't or^inJlTp^nrVTor^ f| ^
HIBITION or BREEDING purpose, Toun« ot Old.
lir^i^^^rb^ltSf^trKS^t.-'^^-f^t^^ ^ -- -^-' ^^ ^
to »'""'• o.^ r.t.in«.«. Simoly writ, me Ju»t what you want and I wUl auot« jou i»rlo*
TouUr;nr.t«t??ou?Srt"..e S"i«ur order ^th m. „,^, ^,^ YORK
L. W. BAILEY "• ^' "• "*• ' ,^____i^— ^-^—
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iry, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
61
Write the climax to •chlevemenU In
?ii^ED ROOK hi^toy in hid.libl.
BEr'"i1-15^^92^3^' by du?lic.ting
fheS perfect win of iMt .e-on:
Oocks 1. 2. 8 4 6: Hen. 1. 2 8 *. 6.
Cockerel. 1. 2. 8. 4. 6: Pullet* 1.2. a.
ii R- Old Pen 1; Young i'en *,
&e.?'Dl?pUy; Be.t jfm.le in entire
.how. anS tlio jrreate.t «' •{} •T'J^^^.
The Prescott Memorial 'or Beet inai
Tidual al. varietie<« competing. Doe.
not thi. official endor.ement ol
COSH'S
BARRED ROCKS
anewer your queetion as to where
yott may obtain the be.t I
800 birds for sale to •5«1«»' JS?/
and pen. »t Tery »ttractlTe prlcea.
Circular.
NEWTON COSH
B
ox
VineUna, N. J.
iTYSSn, P?n.: Bflit Display: Bejt f«"»«- ^
Colttmbian
Rocks & Jersey
Black Giants
Madison Square Garden
Rom Comb Browns. 285
'*8iMto Comb Browns. 266
Both blf. up to 7 pound
oocks: blx •((>•
Slailo Comb Whito. 28S
and 303 line: big, wlilte.
American line*. ^
OTory ut'llty cockerel .r«4.
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young turkeys there is nothing bet-
ter than steel cut or granulated oats.
Give the youngsters sour milk from
the «Urt. See that they have fresh
water before tiiem so that if they
want a change in their dnnk they
can have it. Place the hen with the
brood in a coop and keep the young-
sters in for the first few days. Af-
ter the young turkeys get old enough
to be strong or about a week old,
place a brick under one comer of
the coop and allow the young tur-
keys to roam but keep the hen closed
UD The coop should be placed on
a grassy lawn if possible. Turkeys
eat a pile of grass. If you have no
lawn, spade up some good grassy
sod and put that into your coop.
A coop for turkeys should be high
enough so that your hen can stand
up without touching the top, in that
way a hen is not near so apt to step
on the young poults. Have the coop
about three feet wide by six feet
long. Have a good place for a hover
where the hen can go in case of
rain, about three by three feet will
be big enough for the hover part,
this will leave one three by three feet
for a run and this can be covered
over with wire netting. If the cats
are bad in your neighborhood, have
the wire with one-inch mesh on top
but if you do not have to watch out
for cats, two-inch mesh will answer
every purpose. Have the top hinged
so that you can get into the coop
easily. Change your coop from day
to day by moving it to new ground.
If one moves the coop often the hen
will not scratch up the lawn and the
young turkeys will always have fresh
grass to eat.
THE EXPERIMENT STATION
(Continued from pa^e 15)
kind at this time, but it simply shows
how valuable sour skim milk is in
providing protein and in balancing
the grain ration fed to our birds, and
there is always the possibility that
some simpler, equally efficient method
of feeding will be evolved for use in
our corn belt states where com, wheat
and skim milk are always available.
We shall watch the progress of Pro-
fessor Martin's experiment in this
direction very closely.
The above production records,
from a research standpoint, are
probably higher than they would be
on a good many college plants, for
the simple reason that Professor Mar-
tin uses in these experiments, his
heavy laying strains of birds and
when it is understood that in the
breeding pens at the poultry plant at
Lexington, there are eight hens with
a record of over 250 eggs and eighty-
eight hens with records of over 200
eggs, one can see that the normal
flock average is bound to be higher
than on the normal poultry plant.
One good turn deserves another.
There is no question but what Pro-
fessor Martin and his co-workers are
MAyHuid
pf a wonderful piece of good
: for the Kentucky poultrymen
the development of the agricul-
resources of the state. There
strong agitation under way in
ucky at the present time, to se-
wai^sj^u.^^^^^ from the state, an adequate ap-
HEAVY LAYINCfi»t^<>'^ *° finance an Egg Lay-
They lay right through ths Contest as a part of the poultry
winter months, because they ban «4. Lexinflrton. This object
capacity. MayHill Leghorni . ***' '-' L«„«o Ko nttAined
Bred To-Lay and their beautiful id by all means be attainea.
snow white '—'*• — — ^^ **— • " -~ ir^^f^/.Vtr
moHt ))rofit
They are winning
Poultry Shows
J-To-Lay and their beautiful id by all means oe avw»iiic«.
* white feathers maice thea^ noultrv keeper in Kentucky
t profitable strain in AmT ^ "\_^, f xuJe ^r-no-rnm and
y are winning at the i4d get back of this program ana
X uuitry Shows. i^ ^^ ^^ ^he University, a real
BREEDING COCKEREL SAlTr «^„fo«f nlant which wiU en-
Write for special bulletin deW contest plant, *!"'*=" /™"^^.
ing these wonderful 'OociiereU. \ Kentucky to realize tne most
are early hatched large and vip,, , already prosperous and
pure white, low tails and a reall. n^r aircw^y v f
gain. ring poultry business. All eyes
EGGS AND CHICKS , « *^, xJ *\.a, future
Make plans ri^ht now. to get ;entucky in the future.
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'\T1NG AND BREEDING
S^R EGG PRODUCTION
/^U'P'riM/^ rr (Continued from page 12)
VI El 1 1 lll\l *-i\Jj^r t^z production. It should be
all the tin.^ •^."A'^.r^rB'^T ' g^'f"'^ Very simply by mating the origi-
SS r^^r. ^K raf"ofV.e;.,^°ni4iale, or the father, back to his
-rif,raai"!a^nodi5:Sni!S^t^^^^ This can be done and
•*Trar^''Sn«rj;^"enr£i'TSirT.aild be donc for a number of sue-
ia'?«u'i'h%"-"-"""- --'--""^^ generations, just so long ii
na. fire one pen the B. T. GUQ DC uuiic xv/* « -— - -
"rT.""o."F.*¥£iJJ-.S.r3jl>B generations, 3"^* f ° •°"8 '"
runt .ion.. wMi. ui. ou..r vm faiu fx. r.g the old male IS able to tunc-
«Sc£^8"*B.'"T"'G'"f' Tiii^TJ.Voperly and produce fertile,
ffift J5*S'aH''T!5i.^SaSr '=™:toble eggs. On the other hand.
All TaWets MO. $1.00: 1,800. $2.00: u original hen can and should De
c. o. D. Orders promptfly flii^i. ^ . y^^j. g^j^g jn succeeding gen-
Result, er Yeur Manay Badu ^^^ f^^ jUSt aS long in fact, aS
WACKER REMEDY COMFcont'inues to produce good strong
Box 167-10 0*»^able eggs in the spring of the
f^noVE HILL r^ Each succeeding generation
^ ^ « JTw i!;llkJ the progeny are mated' back to
S.C.BPOWII LC0h(l5,^^'i^;a! parents, so much more
Ma<i« a dean awiw of ■»! First. »"«' ««|iv wiU the characters which those
S^'lai-ioi" &i:r.'''S:?S«r'%i^a!rM;al parents possessed be fixed
and Firrt Ooctoiei at Boetoo. '-ucceeding generations of off-
Grove Hill Poultry Ya»," ^ ^ gj^y^er of these
^ w. cna. Br.,^t Oj..j^g^^ ^^4, through death or in-
% will necessitate the introduction
WYCKOFF S.C.W.LEGHORWS;^e of their direct descendants in
Some breeders co»t u. $1.00 anjj, place, in order that the line may
3 Grades Chix and Eggs. Brei !l*^:«^ied in an uninterrupted
^^^i^v^e^rJ?;jSi'w^o;[hUrnanp.-,f't^^^^^ that we have estab-
Get our circular and prices now. ' ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^y^at QgZ prodUC-
""^M Vc.S'^Top'^i is inh;rited, that the trapnest is
BOX A ''""'^ JAME^oi-itial in following the progress of
TKiction breeding work, and fur-
r that linebreeding is the surest
— FOR — 1 quickest way of producing a
1 QltaOr ai'^ of ^'^^^ ^^^'^ ^1^ uniformly
Laryt^r ce in their ability to lay heavily.
PmiltrV PPflftiiMON SENSE MANAGEMENT
rUUlU J II Vlr^^etting eggs in winter appears to
WtmmA «Klll largely a matter of experience,
'•2S-ff^«it5W how and good judgment, which
THE NATimAL ©W^'^^Xr way of expressing com-
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The Natural Grit is a wonder, fiing on to the ^^^^^^^Jl^'H
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l-n;o.Tp;ir«:.r^';diu'«V^ sense appreciation of
I. makes them lay. it keep. * ^^^^^ ^^^ ^y^^j^ ^aily needs and
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Hatch and
Brood Wit
Electrici
Convert your equipment
to use electricity
If you have electricity, use it for
hatching and brooding chicks. With
a few simple changes, any of your
old machines can be made into
modern electrics, absolutely auto-
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need no attention. Think what this
means! No lamps to fill, no wicks
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no smoke, no fumes, no dirt— no
worries or work of any kir»d.
Wonderful hatches!
Lectro-hatch means bigger hatchiu
and stronger chicks. Chicks hatched
this way have the appearance of be-
ing a week old the day they're
hatched. Due to pure air and to
constant even temperature, the chick
has a better start and faster growth.
The Lectro-hatch element can be
easily, quickly installed in any style
machine. Operates at low cost on
any current — farm plant, power line
or town system. Almost runs itself.
L. N. Gilmore, Prof, of Poultry
Husbandry at Syracuse University,
says: "We had the greatest success
with your electrically operated in-
cubator, I can conceive of no better
device for the absolute control of
temperature. It's a wonder."
N. Carolina State College, Univers-
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the country are adopting and rec-
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At least, get the facts!
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NOTES FROM
DIXIE LAND
B. E. AdAini
Here's wishing the readers of Everybodys
a prosperous year. Moy you enjoy good
iiealth and happiness and your every effort
be jiroduclive of much good.
* • •
The poultry shows of the South are over
with the exception of tho Florida shows
which will be held in February. Florida is
a coming poultry state and it will pay any
one who has stock to sell to show at some
of the Florida shows.
• * •
The American Poultry Association will un-
fliTtake something new this year. Perhajjs
the most imjiortant thing to be undertaken is
tile registration of poultry. The details of
this undertaking are in charge of a com-
mittee hoaded by M. F. Delano, director from
the First District. Mr. Delano sponsored
the movement at Philadelphia. He pointed
out the wonderful possibilities for the asso-
ciation and the great value to the poultry
industry. I hope he will meet with the com-
plete co-operation of the members of the
association and will have the support of the
poultry industry in this new undertakinsr.
Another important move is s|)onsor«'d by
Will Blackman. director from the Eiehth
District. Mr. HIackman hails from the West
Coast where the laying hen has contributed
ti) the wealth of the country. He proposes
that all ecp- laying contests be conducted
tinder a uniform rule issued by the Ameri-
can Poultry Association and having the
ba<kin;r of its Rreat membership. Mr.
Hlackman conducted an investigation along
the e lines last summer and at the time he
br.usrht this matter before the convention
at Philadelphia he had many encouraging re-
p* rts from the management of egjf laying;
contests throughout the United States. I
hope and believe that he will be able to
show Kreat results.
Another undertaking which promises to
bring the association more forcibly to thi'
attention of the poultry industrv of America
IS the year book. This m.ntter caused a great
doal of discussion at Philadelphia and after
adoption by the board of directors was placed
in charge of a committee headed by Presi-
dent Rigg with such able members as F. W.
DeLancey. D. E. Hale and Harold Nourse.
If this matter is carried out successfully,
and I believe it will be. it promises to l>e
one of the most constructive movements un-
dertaken by the association in many years.
I hope those who are resoonsible for carry-
ing this i)lan out will have the united sup-
port of the association membership.
There is another movement which may be
counted upon to bring about a better un-
derstandinc: between the membership and
the association. This is the district organi-
zation plan which was adopted at Philadel-
phia. Districts No. 2 and 4 have organized
along these lines. The other districts of the
association are expected to put the plan into
execution prior to the next convention which
will be held at Toronto. Canada. . The suc-
cess of this plan depends very largely en
the co-operative spirit shown by the state
or provincial presidents and the directors of
the several districts. I earnestly urge every
director to seek the co-operation and sup-
port of the state branches in this district.
The plan is a part of the constitution of the
American Poultry Association. That is as
far «s the convention could Ko. The succesA
of the movement is up to the director and
the membership in his district.
• • •
The Central Carolina Poultry Association,
(Jreensboro, N. C., has another successful
show to its credit. With more than 1.2U0
birds in the coops the show was held De-
remb«'r 5-7. There were 11. '> exhibitors from
nvp states. The show was indeed by Jacob
Eberly. Dallastown, Pa., and Charles Nixon,
\\ashington, N. J. Olan Barnes, secretary
treasurer of the association, was in charge
• f the show with E. P. Benbow and C. L.
Penix as superintendents. The annual meet-
ing: of the North Carolina Poultry Associa
tion, which is a state branch of the Ameri-
can Poultry Association, was held during
show week. This association is headed by
C. F. Chapin, of Greensboro, with Dr. B. F.
Kaupp, Raleigh, secretary.
Since the close of the South Carolina State
Fair, in October, I have been devoting all
mv spare moments to politics. My friend.
"Ted" Hale, was good enoueh to have some-
thing to say about this in the December is-
sue of Everybodys. Since seeing "Ted" at
fleflnitely an-
i.i- ^how I have aettniieiy un-
umbia f'^°7,' -„ for Congress from
t%uthCa?orina District. I have
*,?:?,- ^v«r the district a i
veiling over the
great deal
^he past two months and earry.nc on
tne i»»-^v . fjonae time. riari>
VBpaper work at the sa ^^^^^
?rlv°„r. r»pect to be in PO.Uio„ to
JrZ^ork or the American Poultry
Let's Get an Early ^io^.n. .<, do e;en;,tM„^os.^^^^^ to
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1 bring them along fast so that you
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• • •
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♦ • •
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
63
TRAINING AND PRUINING YOUNG
APPLE TREES
The Treatment of Young Trees ABects the Quality and
Quantity of Future Crops
^"1 <eVronf po't'^i
'' <'°*!j''and central leader
pen center ana <- j^ j^
\„i elimmaung many^o^ ^^^^
Trees
P"^"' from eight to ten main
istributed along and
ader, this leader being
.. or cu back after the de-
jpressed or c"'' . branches have
Aijd number of main^^o^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^
dcv
The productive life of an apple
tree is directly affected by the treat-
ment the tree receives during the
first few years of its life. This ap-
plies to pruning fully as much as it
does to any other phase of orchard
management. A strong framework,
consisting of well placed stock scaf-
fold branches is essential to the de-
velopment of trees that will produce
profitable crops without serious in-
jury through the loss of large limbs.
General Principles of Pruning
There are two rather distinct
periods in the development of an
apple tree. First we have the period
during which the tree is being trained
to some desired form when the de-
velopment of a number of strong,
well placed branches to form the
framework of the tree is the most
important consideration, the chief
energy of the tree being devoted to
wood growth with very little con-
sideration to fruit production. Dur-
ing this period a framework should
be started that will be able to sup-
port heavy crops of fruit in later
years and at the same time be of
such a form and size as to be eco-
nomical and easy to handle. The
length of this period varies with dif-
ferent varieties and different soils,
the average being from three to five
years.
The second and most critical
period is that during which the tree
changes from heavy wood growth to
heavy fruit production. Most varie-
ties of apples pass through this period
between the age of four and six
years. Heavy pruning of any kind
during this period is likely to result
in heavy wood growth at the expense
of fruit production. Very light cut-
ting back should be practiced and
only enough thinning out of branches
should be done to keep the tree in
proper shape.
A third period is sometimes recog-
nized covering the bearing life of the
tree. All pruning during th.s period
should be done with the idea of
maintaining and increasing fruit pro-
duction by means of an even dis-
tribution of active bearing wood
throughout the tree, and at the same
time allow economical orchard man-
ngement.
Tjpes of Tree*
Apple trees may be pruned to one
of several types or forms, those in
general use being the natural form;
open center or vase shape; central
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amazing bargalna
GetHncw §
^ber 01 --» -^ to develop
leader, and modified central f^^''"trong trees of this t^e
In the natural form the tt|°"f "„ be developed from trees
shapes itself without any att^ "^{L, the natural or «e""°'
the part of the pruner to dA^'^^e. In developing the modi-
special type. In some c J" 5er tyP« "^ "'^ T^*" tL to
trees are strong and well l! tlr U^ at time of plantmg to
but as a rule the main bra>„^'t b^"^««" ^^ "i" ""the
too close together, badly pl«J^;";he bud. deP«."/'"^"Ce„ct
develops many weak crotclA^ ^„i the individual preference
split under heavy loads of f^^'/o^ner. The first year s growtn
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The open center type of^ y.^ally consist ^f a strong
still recommended by some I* ^^ the center of ^^J^.^J^^,' ., on
a number of disadvantages. '^^^^^ the uppermost b^^^^^h^^
veloping trees of this type i ^runk at P^^^^^^f, ToHer literal
five main branches are selejy. several somewhat shorten
form the framework of the C^s from the lower b«ds. U sue-,
leader being removed. These \^, ^ase. two or three «fth^^ lowe ^
are cut back from a quarter t( ches properly ^i^stributea
at the end of the first .jj^'^unk should be selected m ad^
growth, each branch being 1.^^^^ to the upper centra ^^^
same length. During the ea^^ the others cut off clo^^^^
of the tree the pruner aims^^k. Each of t^^© s^^^^^^^'l.^ugh to
velop an equal amount of ^^i^ then be cut bacE ei »|^^^
from each main branch, any %^e the lower ones oi ^^^^^
for one to outgrow the otherZjrth and leave the ^PP^^ . ^
suppressed. At the same ti^^^eh at least twelve ^n^^es long^
center is kept open to insur^^ the others. The sam k
cient light for the developn^tem should be ^"^^^l^^ee^^ '^r^
strong fruit buds and well Ct three or four V®^"' j'^^^Pentral
fruit. Such trees are easy to|nd the fact that the upper ^
and produce first class fruit,|anch is to be "^^^''^'"g ^^^g de-
many instances are structura^der until the tree reacn
due to the fact that the|red height. ^^^'^'^"? vear un-
branches are so close tog«%anches are selected «f^" ; ^ to
Uie trunk that many weak A the desired number « secur ^^^^
develop. The loss of one|nn the ^f^^^^^'^'^^^ssed by cut-
branch in such a tree may mi^en it should be supP^esse ^^^ ^^
loss of one-third or one-half |feg back. It will oi ^^^
bearing surface and in »iBcessary to then cut off some ^^ ^^^
weakens the rest of the framejuteral branches that aeve i' .^.^
The central leader tree, alUader and other orancnes, ^^ ^^^^^
favored by some, is not very,|e ^r^'^^^^'J^.rle from growing too
r^^lturg back ^of the mai.
anches is not necessary or desir
,le unless the tree s>»o^%f^^* ^hat U
become leggy, a condition that is
>neral with Buch varieties as Stey
lan, Duchess and W«»^**^y\v,f!!^e
e other or which, if »"°J«^.^
row will make the tree too Uhck
, ?TheCduction of first class *r».t
, small amount of cutting b»f^ "»f
e necessary in order to «"PP'«^;;
,nd make stocky branches that show
tendency to grow too long »nd ^ *n
ler. Grekt care should be exercised
,0 prevent the development of weaK
rotches. .
It is not always possible to train
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at the present time. In this
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moved or cut back, but is allc
go up higher and higher ef
until checked by fruit pn
The lateral branches being
than the leader seldom foral
crotches, thus resulting in
trees. On the other hand, it
cult to keep the trees open
to allow sufficient light to
the bearing surface, while the]
often becomes too high to alk
nomical spraying, harvesting,
The modified leader type
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Try the Sure Way
To Kill Lice
A hen worried to death with lice
can not lay if she wants to. You
might as well "throw money to the
birds" as feed high
price food to lousy
chickens. It's a dead
loss — don't do it. Use
"LICEMIST." No
dusting, no dipping,
no painting. Hang
up the bottle. It acts
like magic. Testi-
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state in the union tell
of wonderful results
from its use.
Simply put a few
drops in nests and on
roosts and hang uncorked bottle in
coop or hen house. Powerful evapor-
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three times heavier than air descend ir
%< Cm
a misty form, pene-
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cracks and crevices everywhere. Lice,
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roaches, etc., have no lungs— they
breathe through the pores of the body,
and are destroyed by Licemist vapors.
Will not injure chicks. Bottle. $1.00
3^bottles for $2.50; 12 bottles, $9.00.
Prepaid. Money back if it fails
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trees to some particular form, owing
to peculiar variety characteristics or
other unavoidable conditions. How-
ever, it is important to have some
definite ideal in mind and prune each
tree so that it will closely approach
that ideal. It is not advisable to at-
tempt to change the form of a tree
after it is once firmly established un-
less a desirable change can be made
without severe pruning. Failure to
practice a definite system of annual
pruning is responsible for many of
the difficulties experienced in prun-
ing the average young apple tree.
Too many long, slender branches are
running?
May be ROUR Act at once!
Every minute counts.
Quick. Where's the Roup-Over?
A few drops does the work — then In a
few hours the sick fowl Is on the road to
good health. So easy! So sure!
Leading poultry raisers everywhere are
now using Koup-Over, the over-night roup
remedy. It's a wonder! There's nothing
else like it, nothing "Just as good." Made
by the manufacturers of Don Sung and
Avicol. Send 50c for a bottle (or pin a
dollar bill to your letter for large size,
holding 3 times as much). Or. if you pre-
fer, send no money, but pay the postman on
delivery.'^ If not pleased, your money will
be promptly refunded. Burrell-Dugger Co.,
202 Allen St., Indianapolis, Ind.
found in such trees, some of
run parallel and close togethei
others cross each other or st
one side of the tree and atte
grow through to the othei
Such branches should be entii
moved or cut back a su|
amount to correct the difficult
ter the framework of the youi
is established the annual pj
should consist of the remo\
closely parallel and cross brj
the thinning out of supei
growth, the cutting back ol
slender branches and the remc
broken or diseased branches.
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Insure Fertility of Hatcking Eggs
Contributed by a Subscriber
It is high time that the poultry
keeper is thinking of securing fer-
tile, hatchable eggs. If the breeding
stock has been properly wintered, is
hardy, free from vermin and in good
laying condition, that is not usually
a very difficult matter. But there
are times when all these conditions
seem to exist and yet the eggs do
not seem to become fertile.
There are a great many causes for
unfertility. Excessive fat, lack of
exercise, too close confinement, in-
judicious feeding, and damp, drafty
houses, all have their effect on the
fertility of the egg.
Hens that have been forced dur-
ing the winter for heavy egg pro-
duction often produce unfertile or
weak-germed eggs. Stimulants of
any kind are to be avoided during
the breeding season.
The writer has always had a pre-
ference for whole grain during the
breeding season, but I have been
forced to the opinion that it was only
a prejudice, as eggs from hens fed
on mash produced fully as many and
as healthy chicks. If hens take suffi-
cient exercise to keep them healthy,
they will produce hatchable eggs, if
the elements of the food and other
conditions are right. This fact has
been clearly demonstrated by experi-
ments that have come under my no-
tice. Hens of the heavy and less
active breeds must be prevented
from becoming too fat by exercise
in the open air and a liberal diet of
green food. Under such conditions,
the heaviest laying hens are apt to
produce the most fertile and hatch-
able eggs, whether fed on mash or
whole grain.
While the first eggs are considered
the best, yet hens that have laid
moderately all winter on a good
healthy diet can with safety be used
in the breeding pens.
Of course, without a good male we
can have no fertility. It has been
said that he is half the flock, and in
this respect he is by far the largest
half. It is therefore necessary to
have a healthy, vigorous male in
every pen. The number of
male can fertilize will depend
the breed and the activity oj
bird.
When breeding solely for co
cial purposes it is not a bad p
change the males from one
other. Have three males for
two pens, alternating them so
give each a day's rest every
day. This of course, prevents
oritism, and^nsures a larger pe
age of hatchable eggs. Such a
cannot be pursued by a fancier
is breeding for feather, nor is
good policy when breeding for
by the pedigree system. In the'
ter case, if the males for each
are full brothers, and have the
characteristics, they can be us
this manner, but I would not
the co-mingling of numerous s
of blood, even when the object
secure laying pullets. Laying
should be bred with as much ca
exhibition birds. For market
size and vigor are the chief
sites, and it makes little diffe
how often the lines of blood
changed so long as the character!
are maintained. Crossing b
however, seldom results in any
vantages even for market stock
The kind and quantity of
supplied the breeders is impo
Feeding fowls twice a day
grain, in my opinion, is suflfici
A good water supply is also n
sarj% and should be renewed at
every day in cold and twice a da
warm weather — of course, often
pans are empty.
By this method there is little
ger of overfeeding, as the birds
for all they get, except the
food, and of this they should be
all they can eat. While it may
little nutritive value in itself, it
in the assimilation of the other f
and will increase the yield, fert
and vitality of the eggs, while re
irig the quantity required of the
expensive grains. Follow about
these lines and you will get ctr
fertile eggs.
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TTl T> 1 \ A 7 . J Th . ulod out strong in type, color and fin-
Ike Koual Winter Fair .reis-Fi^^^^^^^^
■ 'i«ly/,?h"'?he kind* that have value
Toronto, Can., Nov. 20-28, 1923
H. P. SCHWAB
and fifth, the k»"- i^^er. excellent
-^'.—r ?a;e8t cW and feather. Sec-
lad of raroiLr.. \,"rv worthy. Two
.tlllFirst. a great winner
id of rar
\ other '"--; . ,
.best in this das
»ad of rarest «u.---y- Worthy. Two
S. "A^^^n ^{hU clas/^r/ cLelessly
The Royal Winter Fair at Toronto
has held its second annual exhibition
and in all its departments of live-
stock, fruits, vegetables, flowers, etc.,
has established new records in en-
tries that prove its popularity and
assure its great worth to breeders
and growers alike. The best pro-
duced in Canada was here, and also
some of the best from the States as
we found there were 84 exhibitors
in the several departments from the
States and they proved substantial
winners in strong and fair competi-
tion.
We gratefully acknowledge many
favors extended and congratulate
the management for the way this
monster exhibit was handled. That
master of managers, A. P. Wester-
velt, was in supreme charge and
everything, in every department, ran
smooth, without delays, as is usual
under his care. This year J. S.
Greenshields whom all poultrymen
know as one of Canada's leading
breeders was first assistant with
charge of all livestock entries and
proved very capable. The poultry-
men's interests were grandly cared
for with Mr. Greenshields and Su-
perintendent Brinstin aided by the
special committee of Joseph Russell,
J. H. Saunders, Geo. Robertson, E. R.
Durand, etc.
The Hon. John S. Martin, Minister
of Agriculture for Ontario, whom our
readers all know as Canada's leading
poultryman, was in daily attendance
poultrymen. We are also pleased
to state that Joseph Russell has fully
recovered his health and is more than
ever interested in poultry and its
breeders. Judge C. L. Whiting with
his duties finished spent his time be-
tween the Leghorns, Reds and
Horses — he is a lover and breeder of
all three.
Several specialty club meetingrs
were held, notably those of the Part-
ridge and Silver Wyandotte Clubs,
Barred and White Plymouth Rock
Clubs, etc. The entries in these
classes were very large and many
superior birds were shown.
The show was splendidly arranged
and balanced as the record of entries
show and there was also nice balance
in the quality which was very super-
ior throughout, it taking rare qual-
ity to win in every variety and class.
Following we give the classes as they
appear in the catalogue and submit
our comments which we regret must
be brief.
Barred Plymouth Rocks
A great class of high quality birds
with general evenness a feature.
Size and shape extra. The one draw-
Partridge Plymouth Bocks ,
back was in finish of the coiSri'if' «°"Jj.;' i?!" .dmtMbi.! °'Th.
which was a handicap to r^tAjrih^^Z '.^IJa.'^;^;^
birds. ■•t f.^v'^t First hen a wonder in
Cocks-First, extra shajtd marking. Sj-'ochfa^ype^^ln^^
beautiful barring; second, a 5*^ favored the Wyandotte form.
in color, grandly barred, a mit Oolumblw Plymouth Eocks^^^^.
and unfinished; third, foui*!, «"?,i. varietH* P'OK"««i°« ^^^'^^
fifth very much alike with gooKa as far as their quality 18 con-
and even barring. ^ white wysndottes
Hens-Truly a Royal clas^-^.^fr^^i^ '^'^^ V^^^
wins shape special, elegant gfi?^;^ -^,^'tlU'':^^^^^'^-^^
fine wings and correct style; ft. ^Jlfit The bi'd* ■^^''^^ ^®'^ ^^^ ^'"*
a beauty in color and barrinSad, T^e cock class wss^f.^s" even
in wings and tail. There werej^^e Sckerdf^and puUets show sur-
real beauties in this class. \ quality which •"'V'^" 'j^l" was pl^e
Alasaes of more merit. Color was pure
Cockerels First wins Shljind and legs and eyes of the best.
color special; shown at his b^ BUc; wj^dotw.^
head, grand style and very riff?g although the evenness we like to
color. Second, a grand barr$ missing. Color was extra good and
surface and under. Thir* » ^^'^Vur^sndoUe.
fourth, matured cockerels ^^j^vorite van^ety here bred to ^super^
quality. A rare class sh0Win||^^ T^h« in the extreme with the first
did progress. Jd pullet particular c^'^^^f "•„ . '^l!*' j
Pullets— First wins color ^^'J^^\r^^^^^''^ "*" ^^^
. 1^ above the average.
A matured pullet of fine sizef Columbian Wyandottes
form and style with extra co^ and markings ^ood J;^,^ ^^^l^ ^%'^
. . J*' . . «ith extra nice wings and heads were
barring and rare wings; nicr^"'
etc. Second, snappy bam. ^J*f^'J*«e%rme*etin? .how and
color and good finish. ThirdJ^ ^ut a record entry of 244 birds
Sharp color, even surface ani in the^o^^inion.of^many^ww ^the b^e^.t
carriage. Fourth, one of thej.g surely are making splendid progr-
needs ^.4,0 or three weeks toifhej^_^.r.__bre.dio»___.nje._^Jo form w,th
Buff Plymouth Rock. ^Zi.\U^''^^t off.7'tJ?i»<./.S?^y
One of the best quality Classhad every reason to compliment, the
al 't !-• u .. \-km and the breeders who in turn nigni>
seen, the uniform high qualig;^^;;?^^ his fine work, in our turn
shapi^mpliment all the winnera as worthy
eapecially first and second oocks, first
4 and third hens, first, second and
marvelous and in size,
condition very superior. ^ ^^^ ^„.^^, „^„,. „,„. „ _
The three winning cocks \r cockerels and firbt and second PuHfts
poultryman, was in daily auenaance , , , " ^, i:««traordinary
^nd sjent most_of his ti^e with the ^Z' ^'^^^^^'tX^l.'^^^ ^^^
birds. The pens were
owing splendid evenness.
ing a mite better in breast. F ' auver Laced wyandottes
fniir+h ViPn« of rare tvop anJs was also the Silver Wyandotte Club
fourth hens Ot rare type an^^^^ meeting and was accountable for
color. The first positively SO%agnificent class which was handled by
in every section. We have^ * ^ «'•>'"""'' - » '"'^-^^'''^ '"^*°°-
seen three better Buff cock
any one show than the winner
A. O. Schilling in a masterly fashion.
imong the winners was seen the clean
saddles and backs with dandy
». good heads, etc. The females, as a
^mmrere superb in color and markings and
The first three had shape, sifjn form. , , «. ^ «.*^
"leu and SUver Penciled Wyandottes
h very nice classes with several top-
[I'irds. . . ^ ^
Bingle Ooab Bhode Island &eds
►ery large class with many fine birds.
ucrtULv y,i**az,. one wc*c, « ...-Jrinners stood out strong in real Red
form, sound even color andfc* i;r«i.{%rt™ ber'w.".:''t"'oir
There were other beauties ■ the beauties of the class. We can
rr TT«:*.«^ Cfof«« K,.oarln«»nd these exhibitors for producing
Two United States oreedenW^^^e with fine forma and very good
1 • __ t- Itt mi- *J a1« U*...a. *Ka««> ava rtn t.nA
color with carriage that mi
picking close. First pullet
with first cockerel the honors I
beauty class. She was a ms
good winners here.
White Plymouth Rocki
We have seen many C
shows and have always had r
commend their White Rocks f
size, shape, sound color witJ
yellow legs, red eyes and theii
ity. This class gave us more
to commend them, it was a b
exhibition itself.
Cocks — First, fully finish
style and shape, good head an
white. Second, third and fo
a close race, all of extra fo
desired carriage.
Hens — First and several o
They evidently have their eye on the
color and are producing it in real
Boee Comb Bhode Island Beds
[general average quality this class com-
' favorably with the Single Comb class.
Srst cockerel was claimed to be the
ted in the show.
Bhode Island Whites
Single Combs there were twenty-six
and the Rose Combs had six speci-
Some of these ahowlng good Rhode
type.
I Jersey Blsck OUnts
the Royal a year ago there were three
I of this variety and they spread thf
, of desire which resulted In this «•»/
f class of 56 birds. There were Giants
In fact as well as in name and this is
: to prove a popular variety in Canada
^11 as here In the States.
Z«s Ohsntecler
, largest and best class of this new
ird variety that we have seen. The
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It is a Regulator, Laying Tonic. Moulting
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Conkey^s Roup Remedy
Stops and prevents Roup. Just put in the
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the fowl. Equally important as a pre-
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birds show progress made, they also show
room for more like every new variety.
Light Brahmas
A monster beauty class with ifood size and
good type features. This class was a de-
fieht to see, the winners were well selected
and we noted their similarity in type, mark-
ings, etc. .^ ^ ».
Dark Brahmas
A very good display with the females hav-
init the best of class and quality.
Oochlns
In Buflf, Partridge. Black and White Co-
chins the entry wos small with a total of 5U
birds.
Black Langshans
An unusually good quality class. Splen-
did color and great size with nice style
featured here. ^ i _
Golden and Silver Oampines
Campines have shown strong at all shows
seen this season. Here they were very fine
in quality, both as to color and markings as
well as in form, head points, etc.
Dark Cornish
This was another CUib Show of very
superior merit and with birds of good type
fine station and good feather winning. The
competition was very close in all classes
and the judging well done. White and
White Laced Red Cornish numbered 6J
birds.
DorkinfS
The three varieties of Dorkings brought
out 6:J birds. The class of Colored Dork
ings being the largest and best.
White Orpingtons .
A wonderfully fine class of birds with
many of the leading prizes going to birds
from the States (as they say in Canada).
The size of the old and young was good to
see, they were massive, big fellows and
condition unusually good. The first and
second cocks, hens and cockerels were mar-
vels. Our sympathy here was extended to
J. S. Greenshields. the best known breeder
of this variety in Canada who could not ex-
hibit his line on account of being an officer
of the association. Mr. Greenshields' \\^>
would have made this class probably the
best ever brought together.
Buff Orpingtons
Another great class of high merit whore
size and form combine with ideal style, fine
condition and grand color to attract special
notice. The light in this building was not
of the kind to show the handsome buff
color at its full worth.
a strain of that
have outstanding
sometTiing you
birds
sex
ity
variety. Tli
good size
markings. Rose
45 birds.
Black and Blue Orpingu, and breed
The birds in both these tlaKse, y^:„i- ^iU
63 hirds with several nice form Wniv-"
„u.m,-.ho,n. "{'"f"' heavily ."and then ad.
Sussex i^vertise neavuy, » Vo^7o
In Light, Speckled and Red "* r^hat is, if yO^ "^"^^ "*
were shown. Some of theV* „
were lately imported froaajriCCS. . -DiT^fViPr
They did not win. J^that was my advice to Brother
Single Comb Anconsi^ '\r. n<? an advertising man
There was a great entry and », gTlven »» . .^ y^
of birds in this, a favcrit,' ^ds poultry. And ngnt uc
e average qiialitv wm? I ^^fpr tO a little check-Up
eombined^^with X« ^^^^i^/, ^rom a poultry breeder
fry mor; years' experience than
Single Comb White Leghj" J' , k^a « iudge to boot. 1
The largest class at the show \0 naO. a» J ovnprience In
numbers don't make quality w, , largely from an experience i
it championship place. There ^.;^.. "' y.g gpeaks chiefly from
very many, extra line quality biflSing, "^ t* i^ „ T won-
nice. good, splendid Leghorns and^grience Wtlll pOUii-iy- . .
many not ctmsidered for honors. W „QT.firularlv noticed a
Robertson did his usual rleanlt yOU P^V „«jl,r TT Collier
and all the winners and many <it-„nh bV Judge Harry n. v^""
highiv desirable birds with the i?T**»^" „ , .^ the October Every-
ing the lead. ^ |ge 831 of tne y^^ roUier
Rose Comb White Leghorns nC? Here is what Judge ^^omer
birds. . ,j. ««There are only two ways
Brown Leghorns, in Rose uBaid: ^^^ -r^JcV Vinvp a
Combs and in Dark and Light, |^ these priceS. r irsi, ii<ivc «
fourteen classes numbering ip^ '' l,«li«hp«5 something OUt
Many rich birds here. that accomplisncs """"^ , °^.
Single Comb Black Leghorns. _-ainarV. SeCOnd, tO adveiXise
a fine quality lot. f^ uf en that everyone will be
Single Comb Buff Leghorns. (fJioUght SO tnai eveiyw
good size and shape the rule.
l«ced that you have the real
Minorca. f Once you do this then your
In Single Comb Blacks. lU*- V'.',.. ^ nnmPS tO the front."
grand merit acted as the repres«^ ability COmeS lO ^»»« opprpt
this fine old variety. In Rose CoJ „ou are — ^there s no secrev
30 birds were shown and in Whit«W^*^,^ ,. .^^ CUrrinlv haVC the
28 birds. t advertising. p^"^P;y " . ,, ^i.^
Other Varieties , ^orth advertising, then ten ine
Hamburgs— Black. 20 birds; (u ^j^gy wiU "believe yOUr
ciled and Spangled, 29 birds; S* ., "^, of ♦« nil there is tO it. But
oiled. \\ birds; Spangle<l. 6H Mrcf." That S all ineie
Andalusians. «2 birds; Blacky _.-.*. +0 haVC the gOOQS nrsi,
21 birds; Polish, in 32 classes. i^K"*' , VMif extraordinary
orioffs. 32 birds; Silkies. 13 hird^dinary goods, but exiraui ,
1.51 birds; Game Bantams. 2r,4 particular, before your
namental Bantams. 4.'',7 birds; T.:S n SOme p .y^ while, and
birds; Geese. 137 birds; Ducks, raising WlU be WOr^n wiin^,
Pet St... k ,^^y ^^ pay you dividends.
^Id you can't have extraordinary
pigeons. 2. .572 birds;
mens; Caged Bird. 324
Proverbs 29 : 1 8
to feel quite as he feels, because
there are only a few poultrymen who
have been breeding as conscientiously
good birds from the dual standard of
exhibition and production as he has.
And Swift wrote to me to help him
out with some advice — to put my fin-
ger on what his trouble was and is.
And because I believe that a good
many poultrymen have the same sort
of feelings about their poultry busi-
nesses as does Swift, I'm going to re-
peat here something of what I told
Swift (Swift isn't his name, but he
does raise Barred Rocks, and Wyan-
dottes, and some Reds, and if anyone
wants his name and address, they can
have it.) Here is what I wrote to
him:
"Far be it from me to accuse you
of lack of visions. You've got 'em in
plenty. And you yourself have word-
ed the trouble — it all consists in one
letter of the alphabet — that little *s*
on the end of 'visions.'
"Show room records — laying con-
test records — R o c k s, Wyandottes,
Reds — Why, man! One of these
things with one breed is all that one
man can go for and hope to get very
far. If you devoted all your care,
and thought, and experience to set-
ting up a mark for the rest of the
Tgo'cds in the poultry or any
r line, unless you are imbued
fan ambition. Unless you have
Ion- for "Where there is no vi-
(Continuwi from page 21) "^^^ people perish" (there now,
world to shoot at in exhibitiojVld you th^ text m case you
Rocks (ike Thompson) or * t fi^^,^^7„\^i„ess that looks
Wyandottes (like some of t»"e poutwy . .
lishmen) or in show Wyand*ncy prices likewise,
laying Rocks, or Reds, or a4as Arbuckle had no vision oi
one thing; a man with yourfe he was gomg to ^^ J^^^ "
ennce, and ability and businei acquired Leghorns, so he has
could go far. But as for cnl up the Leghorns, ^r. Brown
demand for what you've got this Rocks, his Reds, ?«d his JLeg
above-the-ordinary lot of A But he has ^^^ T,f;;^'l^''^acc^m-
show and eggs, but not re^| he wants very «^^^^ ,^^J^"^^^^^^
notch in either) you're 'up ag4 so ^^ ^^^^^^^"^^^''tabfe eggf
. and sighs for more table eggs
"What have you to 'holler'* ' o....r*.
To get big prices, you must
big noise about something
have so many good things,
haven't any one thing to *ho!
head off' about; and some
that sort is necessary to
prices. There are probabi
than 20,000 folks raising
Rocks in America. How
standing breeders can you
hand? Five? What have yo«
stock which would give you
cense to climb up on the i
of the other 19,994 breeders,
SIZES
70 Eggs
and Up
e commission merchant. Swift
s his conscientious heart — ^has
any visions to be able to con-
te on one to the extent neces-
to "move the world" and so
t get the prices for his stock
his conscientiousness ought to
arded with,
.ve you a definite goal in your
keeping? I have. And as I
gone around the countiar and
d over the plants of other breed-
ho are playing the same kind of
e that I am with my birds, as
ood wife and I drive away, I
really fancy prices? But youBy gay to her: "Well, that man
something of that sort, if yo«
"The trouble is you hi
using a shot gun, when the
so far away that you've got
rifle to reach it. Get down
't care as much about the goal
do, and that means X*m going
t there ahead of him."
ery breeder makes mistakes, we
CHicRs
fewer losses
{rom disease
(«B>
"I never lose any of my chickens with white
diarrhea that are hatched from the Queen, wrote
M^s^S^iL Taniges. Herrick. Ill J have a Queernncu;
Kutnr that has been used since 1907 — bougnt ii seconu
hlnd%SlL?s ago and have "-d it ever s^^^^^^^^
not give the Queen for any two machines ot any oiner
make I ever used."
It is a fact— testified to by Queen users aU
over America - that chicks properly hatched are
half raised.
Thickens that hatch out weak and wobbly, and live
hut rfewdLys. mean nothing to you except trouble and
f^ Ky mlkeone sick of the poultry business^ Mc«t
nm,e cWckVvou lose in the first two weeks die beca^
lydfanKS out with enough vitality or strength
for a good start. -
Queen Incubators are famous for big hatches of
strong, healthy ^
chlcfcsThatLave
"•^i^* 'T^A^T^^^-^^^^^^-^'^'^^-^ eggs' The Queen
wood, which does not aosoroinc ^ith insulation between.
i;Sd pSes ^Ple moisture for the hatchmg chick. ^
^W;:«7nameJorfreec.ta^.^de^:bi^^^ /^ f
Sena your ii«tiuc*^^»-^-~_7 Stoves, etc. Sold b
them, iust let us know. ^
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TO make hens lay in winter you must
feed growing green food rich in vita^
mines. Sprouted oats furnish the best of
such food at lowest cost
This home-made Oat Sprouter, shown
above, was made in one evening by a 14-year-old boy with no tools but saw
and hammer The total cost includmg the heater was $2.99. Tens of thou-
^ds o7^hese sprouters have been made at home by poultry keepers, and
rufa^dso'fTilimonials prove that it is the ^^^^"^ ^ ^^^^^^l^lf,,"^^
ooerate and handiest and best oat sprouter ever built. It will supply better
SSd sweeter sprouted oats with less fuss and dirt and work than any sprouter
m^e no master how expensive. I will send you, free, easily followed plans
for building this oat sprouter together with a full description of the Little
Rtnam St^vfwith^w it is heated. Plans for building the sprouter are
packed in every stove, also instructions for using the stove to keep the water
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Don't go through another winter without an oat sprouter. You can t afford
to be without one even though yo\i keep but eight fowls.
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Over 80% of an egg is water and no matter how well you tend and feed your
fowls they can't lay their best unless unfrozen water is constantly before
them' One cold day with water frozen and inaccessible may stop egg produc-
tion for a month. A Little Putnam Stove keeps the water at just that tonic
temperature best relished by the hens. The increased egg production from a
pen of eight fowls will pay for the stove in one month.
The Little Putnam Stove is protected by basic patents. There is nothing like
it in the world It is made of galvanized iron and brass, is 8 inches m diameter,
4 inches hiah holds 3 pints of oil and bums a month without ftllingor trimmtttR; costs but four or
fiie rents a month for oil. Fool-proof and fire-safe : keeps water from freezmi? in zero weather ;
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in ten days and I'll cheerfully refund your money.
C A.UTION I Imitations of the Little Putnam Stove, rccem! lin.i it in outward appearance only,
Seonthe market Beware of substitutes using eld ^tylc and ani.ncrous wick burners, which
S5u°?e trimming eveVy day. My label is on every genuine Little Putnam Stove. Look for it. It
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NO MORE BROKEN EGGS!
If you use our Satchel Baskets to
ship your valuable Em for
Hatching:, your losses will be re-
duced to a minimum. Tl»«7 Imt*
stood tlio tost.
Pack as follows: Place a layer of ax-
relsior in bottom and lidet of
basket. Wrap egict in line ex-
celsior or wood wool. Place
them in basket with a layer of
excelsior on top. Then hook
the cover down and tls haadlas
together over top of basket. This pre*
vents other packages from beini; piled on
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of
for
color and
an artist.
all have disappointments in 5 from Ancona hens much too
try work; but if your miniit in color, mated to a Black Leg-
on one thing— if you know j. male. There is no need of
you are after and nothing j matings at this time because
you aside from a steady effot can get some males of the oesi
that final result— then you a,§na strains that are almost pure
for not only success, but gS all over. It is a waste of time
for your stock, just as sur!«e Leghorn fowls with Anconas,
nests spot the loafer. i^ng as there are so many gooa
^ bred Anconas to select from
*. , fV»^ nlumaee of a Mottled
BROKEN COLOBf tse the ^es^plre Wack Java
PLUMAGE ^ you can get. « your Houdans
showing too much white, mate
(Continued from page ^s fg^ales with Houdan males that
markings ij almost or entirely black. _
... „.. - I have madtije offspring of all fowls with
of those who do or have ke|jied plumage are apt to show
and all admit that it is a n^ ^i^ite than black. By select-
cult problem to breed then those that have more black than
regularity of color types «*« in plumage and using them for
ings. eding will help to darken plumage.
The difficulties that confu greater part of all of them show
in the handling of thesej^^ white each time they moult,
colors are first of all. no siipgrchance, you have some that im-
or pair of fowls will prod.ye plumage color with age, keep
large number of chicks thati|p for your breeding pens, ine
to maturity and develop any^na has been made what it is by
itv of color and markings, ^tion. Any of the broken colored
of the chance shots of poultr parti-colored fowls can be maae
ing that no one has so far b^r and better all the time by se-
to regulate to any degree tlon. It will, however, take years
tainty. Then, again, the sale care, selection and ^.^^eding to
type of fowl is so very liming them to anything like periec-
there is little chance outsidf,. In addition to this, you musi
market problem for laying m everlastingly after it or you
growing into market poultry.|i be sure to fail. No hit or miss
are so very many kinds that ii^ will succeed,
popular, so these kinds aref asked one of the most successiui
neglected. .eders of our day ^^ow he accounted
We notice that SecreUryt his success. He said: ah oi niy
coin Orr is in favor of hav^cess has come /rom years oi se-
ernment farms established iton. As a result of the most care-
purpose of keeping alive # selection, I have trained my s^o^^J^
some little interest in fowlrTroduce as I want them to do
forgotten. He names some^ secret of proper ««j«^^"^y^ ^^
broken colored fowls as cd|w both the male and t^e female
for this farm because he thii# produces each sPf^^'^^^J^'^^^^^^^^
is danger of their being f(#l and bad. By such s^lec^^^
We do not think that this Xfinally have a breeding flock that
be because there is no inclij produce all good Q^^^^^y or
very little at least, in govem*rly so. It has ^een don and it
cleTin favor of doing much im be contmued by ^^^ 7^° ^^^
is termed the fancier's end * hard enough to succeed m tnai^
try culture. Some little mo4|^
been given for premiums at fi^
not much of this is favored.
I wish that we could gi"^
rules that would be a guide fC
ings for the production of*
than has been in these stylei
mage. There is one tende
has been guarded against,
predominance of white in
all matings.
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THE CASSEROLE
(Continued from P»fe 14)
•e not Contest records, or Official
rds, they were just records. But
r were fine records, the man » let-
said they were. This man wrote
Hillview, saying thac he was
T-^ged to dispofee of all his hens that
sprinjT from all matingrs. ^^^^.^ ^ i^^ , a twenty by twenty
led to the use of dark malef]^ _^ \^ „««i^ «oii these seven
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matingrs. The mam "*^^ gj-eggers. I don't know whether
watchful about is to have s^^^y were the worst he had on the
general make-up of comb «4|ce, and that is why he wanted to
the best that it is possibleQ them, or why he picked out these
them. Be sure that all "Particular ones to sell. I sort of
made use of for breeders are jacked up my ears when I read that,
the breed as to size, shape, c»;gpause it sounded a good deal like
markings. Remember that t gomewhat similar offer I had had
spring are apt to show mortujy ^ short time before; and writ-
than black, so be sure that yoi|| to Hillview, I found that both
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7V»»we
Sif.*torR. F. D. No.
• • • • ♦. w'
course in my case, it was White Rocks
he wanted to sell. Said he was going
out of White Rocks, so would sell
me 39 two-thirds grown pullet*:' out
of 283 and 291 dams, sired by the
son of a 299-egg hen, for only .^3.00
each. Now there's a bargain lor you!
I asked him a lot of questions about
their immediate ancestry, hatches,
etc., and found out that this man
succeeded in getting 37 pullets
hatched out of four, hatches from
these two hens, and now, after brood-
ing, and rearing, and growing them
to two-thirds size, they had swelled
to 39 pullets, at $3.00 apiece. I wish
I could brood and rear a» well as
that! But I was afraid I'd never be
able to get such good results with his
stock, so I didn't buy them. Maybe
they are there yet; and if any reader
would like the name and address of
the man, I'll be glad to send it along.
I don't know whether the high-record
Leghorns are unsold or not. But
maybe he has others by now. Any
particular sort of records you want,
egg records, or hatchability rec-
ords, or how 37 day olds grow to 39
pullets, or anything like that? May-
be some of you readers have hear J
from the same super-chicken-raiser,
as well as Hillview and I. If you
have, you'll recognize the earmarks
at once, of Mr. A , of C ,
Ohio, (e)
Helen Dow Whitaker and her hus-
band, "W. K." used to have charge
of the Experiment Station at Pull-
man, Wash. It was there that tho
first Egg Laying Contest* in the West
was held, in 1916. You have all
heard of Walter Hogan, now dead,
and the "Hogan System" for judg-
ing egg production in advance. Well,
they got Mr. Hogan himself up to
Pullman to go carefully over every
one of the 1,047 pullets entered in
that contest, and every facility was
given him to apply his "System" as
exactly as possible. Every one who
has read "The Call of the Hen"
which sets forth this system, will
want to know how closely the first
great advocate of culling came to
prophesying correctly the lay of these
pullets, which were trapnested the
entire year immediately following
the testing. Here are the results of
the trapping of all the Leghorns
tested by Mr. Hogan — 335 of them:
of these 335, Mr. Hogan judged
within ten eggs of the annual record
of 49 of them, or 14.6%; he came
within 20 eggs of judging the pro-
duction of 80 pullets (this includes
the 49 above which were within ten
eggs of correct); that is 23,8'7r —
le:5s than one-quarter of these pul-
lets could be gauged within 20 eggs
of correct, by the man who invented
the "Hogan System." Of the other
76%, he was off from 21 to 30 eggs
in the case of 10%; another 10%
fooled him to the extent of from 31
to 40 eggs; 6% differed in the trap-
nests from his predictions by from 41
to 50 eggs; and he was more than
i> j.^ -«-'
50 eggs out of the way in
of nearly 50% of his Leghoj
dictions. Those of you w^
been pinning faith to the pi
ties of egg laying as shown
Hogan System, in your bree
eggs, what do you think of
it any wonder you don't seem.
the egg production the chai| ^f chicka Die Each
you ought to by breeding th^l"", from Improper Care
which test well, when the ^nd Brooding
himself was more than 50 eg ^ ^ u^oW "Just Common Sense
year wrong in almost 50% C^nii -d R-'-tentlf i'don't
predictions? And remember ■ ^ ""•»'"- ^*^''^''""* ''' '
figures were for Legho
Mr. Hogan knew best.
test there were fifteen 200-eg^'
and of these fifteen, Mr. ;
judged (I almost said "gue
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Brooder Stoves
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Btove.
?^?'ilc'Tur^^?ood:r.tov-es-and
'n? «infve" but I tell you my ex-
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a brooder stove.
A Coal
Brooder that
that only three would hit that-. Burns Any
In the list of 200-eggers, wert^^?i£e ***
birds which he said would lay
and 84 eggs respectively. So
be discouraged with the re
your "Hoganizing" of pullets,
have been doing it; Hogan
couldn't make the system wo
more sentence in the same
though on a different subject,
not forbear to quote. Renie
this is written by a poultry^
who has had many years of e
ence, and who knows both tk
entific and the practical side of
try keeping. I can add no co
but the sentence ought to be
big black type, and a whole
this magazine all to itself.
is: "Let us find out how man
while hens we have to use as
ers, remembering that the m
elusive our taste is, the more
will be our progress in
ing." (f)
a • ♦
An egg farm is one thing,]
breeding farm is another,
editorial. Too many poultn
to do both with substantii
same methods. If you push y(
lets for eggs, and then try
in on hatching eggs and chickii
Spring, you may not run intol
ble, or you may. The chant
that next year, or the year
you will. "Do not burn the
at both ends." Editorials lil
can be run every little whil
most people will read muchj
than they will heed, (g)
The White Leghorn Club is
job with an International
stakes Breed Contest. What ii
No wonder you ask; but it
that the highest record pen of
Leghorns, and the highest recc
dividuals in all the official
contests, are to be given hai
trophies by the club. That's •]
idea, and makes for breed int
even if it won't be quite fair to
em breeders; or, to be more e
Eastern contestants. The big ^
are all made on the Pacific Coast
at Storrs, or Vineland, or in thCj
em part of the country. Why?
reasons anyway: first, the cr
"Out there" it seldom freezes,!
It Takes
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n
have green feed the year
and a zero gale here is mo:
be a fog there. Second, the
contests are run. At our
contests, a pen is entered
twenty birds, and those ten
do the laying and the sco
Western Washington, six b
and the best five out of the gj
At Santa Cruz twelve lay ,
score. It isn't a bad idea to
breeder a 16 2-3% leeway
ing his birds; if he gets five gi
out of six, or ten out of tweL
getting a good average, and i^
haps fairer as a measure of h
ing than to take the score
bird entered. But it's ce
great big advantage for thost
Pacific Coast Contests, and om
ought to be taken into ace
the Leghorn Club in awardi
Pen Record prizes, (g)
« * *
Speaking of laying contest
Secretary of the White 0
Club is urging the members
more pens in these egg trialv^ — ^ gu
name is J. I. Lyle, and he ta. ^^^ ^^
own medicine, having had a *** "
the Mountain Grove Contest*^"
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.„ y, too per doz. In dozen lots.
-700 each. • W ^^ ^^^ ,„ jq dozen JoU.
^..^ *..w ^- M,„ vi doz lot. at dozen price. Slnplc boxes
Lyle claims, and it looks as ^;« --f J/^^l'^^^e. f.o.b. Factc^^
there was reason on his side, tLTh.uMna.MT.a,..rif wiihT^heKe^PP«r /i...^^
contest people are so used v]^T.V::.^^^^oc^^^^
horns that they overfeed and'C^^J,^'^'K^no a..aB,u, chick^
.. . % J TT- ^•^ One Doi Lots
work the heavy breeds. Hi*
after being there some
weighed not less than eight
each, and he says they w
heavy to lay up to their best,
theless, he wields a crafty pen
figures that the additional wq
his pen of hens at the current
for poultry meat, was $8.05
than a pen of Leghorns was
for meat, and that this meat in
of eggs was equal to 268 eggs,
ing these to the eggs the Orpi
actually laid, would put tb
above the average Leghorn pe
overfed or not overfed the
tons were the more profitable
of the two. I know from ex
that my own birds come home
fat from the contests, but not
any Leghorns to compare the*
I do not know that mine
fatter than they ought to be.
besides, I suppose that if the ef
bred into them hard enough
have to lay anyway, fat
fat (h)
j_CWckSize$».««
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loo— Chick Size
One Do. Lots, r'f«P«* ^*
SI 'li per duz, $tM Per doz.
Z.Mperdo.. IKperdof.
!«;«. SSOptrdoz. J. IS per doz.
rc'BSU';^nt /o^tHe ^ epaidf^i'^-- F.O.B. Factory
or Branche.
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Shipping Coop* *^ cedar lumbtr,
ir.^^ita^^P'^-^ Ventilation. Costs
no moVTth^n the ordinary box. The
Lving in expresa won paya for th* coop.
Nohing to equal it on the market.
Shipped fUi. Order by Nuirt>er.
^^ Each Jidof.
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In the meantime he has selected a
tried and true hen for this valuable
setting and has given her a good nest
in a proper place, dusted her well and
had her setting on china eggs for two
or three days. As soon as he gets his
ecrgs they are examined carefully and,
no cracks or breakage being discov
ered, he puts them ^^^^er the old hen
and looks after her well. In nine
days he tests his eggs aj^d^^J^^
twelve fertile. In three weeks he has
eleven fine big chicks and is delighted ,
his care and the hen have given him
eleven chicks which if they grow up
will be worth ten times what he paid
for the eggs. . . .
He succeeded in raising nine of
these chicks for he is a careful man
and in the fall he sells two of them
for $25.00 each, keeping the best
s^ven for himself. This is a migh y
good trade for him and has really
liven him a proper start in the poul-
try business. .
The other man, Mr. Z, is not DUst
, this sort of a fellow. He gets his
Sstal fard but thinks that the eggs
cannot get to him for a couple of days
Tnd fina'l ly calls at the office and fin^s
that they have been there thirty-six
hours He does not examine the con-
S or the eggs but puts them in
tt^e wagon and drives home. That
night he goes into the hen house and
mgni ne g settine on one of
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in the nlace of the two pui
Mr. T, in the distent stetc
postol card from the breeder
once calls up the express offlc
finds that the mail has been (]
than the express; he asks the
to be on the lookout for the
to take them in out of the
soon as they arrive. Next
he calls up again and finds his'
have come and are waiting for
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the tool room and sets her on the
eggs leaving some corn on the floor,
but forgetting about water.
This hen has been broody about
twi weeks and does not like the new
^^rters; she comes off for food »nd
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five days she decides to quit on ac-
count of poor rations and when^er
owner comes around in the »""""*
Cfinds that .he has left the nert
after breaking four of the eggs, the
remainder of which are cold.
Hurriedly he gets ""f^J.*'*" re-
fastens her on the "««*'"*""' L\
suit that two chicks are hatched. He
did not notice that four of the eggs
were cracked when they amved but
Tened for the shipment as o. k. Poes
his man deserve to get more than
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beauty for which th«y ^f ^ ^^^ ,ows
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Thotoughly Discussed
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How to produce a strain of
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How to care for baby chicks.
How to feed Leghorns at all
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How to mate Buff Leghorns for
color. How to sdeet the high emt producers. How to
baild a modem egg farm. How to properly rear Leg*
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when and where to advertise. What to consider in
■sating Brown Leghorns. How to select the malea
that produce high egg record females.
Special Subjects on
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Special sabjeeta on How to Prevent and Cure Bumble
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^ Tliormvood Poultry Yards
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such and they are men who will never
make a success at anything. They
have no business with $16.00 eggs —
$1.50 eggs are almost too good for
them.
In some few cases the buyer may
be most careful and all may appar-
ently go well and yet he may have
a poor hatch. These cases are largely
due to damage in transit and the
breeder will invariably make good
under his contract in any event. In
the vast majority of cases the breeder
does his part and the seller his part —
and the transaction is satisfactory to
both sides.
In other words the selling of eggs
for hatching is a legitimate business,
of some profit to the breeder in his
otherwise dull season and of wonder-
ful benefit to the buyer if he
kind of luck.
f ..efRnce our best birds were
V '/w fully mature females.
a#«ced J^y/'lll^ture males. That
for, say, $15.00 by the Purcl^d^^^f^^^^^^^d female were a full
a setting of eggs is really woiJ®^'\
and it is, perhaps, the very bJf ®}^' v,of/.hGd in February were
for the beginner. T'/Iuo following February. The
If he selects his breeder fronge^ ^^^ e better in quality, better
who actually have good bir#^^ ^^f^ ^^^ livability, they feath-
have proven it, he will get goo^P^®"^^ ^^sily and rapidly than
ment and will receive wonP ,1™? _ ^.^rlnced by birds four or
^. £^lly mature
The ability to secure a fa#^^®^ ^
/
/
ehrk7produced by birds^^^^^^^^
.t years oM mated^t^o^n^th^^^^^^
duce from pens
where birds of
Hatch gets a live, husky
value for his money.
The best breeders are as aij •'', Neitiiei*
to have satisfied customers inf^^^ j„ the produce from pens
e%g sales as in any other brai
their business — they are proud
success of their egg custome
advertise these successes wh
permitted to do so. And rent "^;; " ^s'there is not any. ruiiy
the buyer is getting a whole rf : uUds will produce splendid
^k'in eve% particular and impress
^ock m eveiy F nroeeny
. ' Taeefwer; mated, cocks to
fJts anf ockerels to hens. And
t;e''nver been able to see the
chick from evt^iy '-^ Hirftctiong are fol-
v.taiity. when «;"'P^,^. I'^S system is
lowea, our pa ented heaUHK^^y^^
the.biegest chukhatcni^ ^.^^^ ^.^^^..
devised. Hot w*^.®'^,„Vt .hroueh heavy
ct.pper coils, f**^"^"^/:" uy drawn back
Wkter is then automatically ara ^^^ ^^
through middle tuoe w
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Some Principles of Breeding
• .Lracteristics on their progeny
;*;::urgr^ater extent tha^ .h^ere
old birds are used. We may
g[r,yTay that the three «rst years ,^. ^ ^„..„ ,^.t
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Live dealers wanted
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5 sizes— 50 to 360
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It will, of course, be understood
that we cannot go into detail as to
how to mate up any particular va-
riety, but that it is our intent to give
a general outline of procedure that
will be applicable to all breeds. The
selection of the birds to be mated
must be left to the judgment and ex-
perience of the breeder, as only that
and nothing else can give him the
necessary proficiency so as to mate
that the progeny will come up to the
expectation of the breeder. Yet
there are points of the greatest im-
portance to be taken into considera-
tion that enter into the successful
mating of every breed and variety
that it would simply be to court
failure to disregard them, and it is
on this basis we continue our sub-
ject.
One of the most important fea-
tures is to select a suitable breed,
and in nine cases out of every ten
this is very likely to be under-
estimated. Some fowls thrive fairly
well under conditions that would be
ruinous to others, and therefore we
see the importance of careful selec-
tion as far as this matter is con-
cerned.
The great variety of fowls now
bred in this country offers to the
breeder a wide field for selection. It
must be borne in mind that of this
gre^t variety all are not equally well
adapted to various purposes of util-
ity. While a certain breed may give
entire, satisfaction in the hands of
one breeder, another may find these
fowls unsatisfactory because he is
unable to give them the necessary
care, and to provide for them the
conditions under which they thrive
best. The neglect of this precaution
has undoubtedly caused numerous
failures, and because of it the best
matings have proven disappoint-
ments. We must have the birds
healthy, happy «..vi c,o...oiicu— -o - , opason.
their surroundings to turn theirWt and second seaso .^
potency into full account. \ That there must be a^^^^^^^^ ^^^_
are fowls that are roamers, thejifir respective ages is differ-
plenty of liberty, and if ycXse as that there ;;^"^t ^e a d^e^^
them up they will be unhappjoce in the ages of man or ^^^
unprofitable. There are othen»oduce healthy, strong (-■ ^
^Cj^
V|1W»»» ■ » ^c-*.»,.edexclasivelyforhioheoO produ
are home-bodies and will feel
fectly contented in limited qu;
And yet others that will roam
give them a chance, and be
either way. It is very hard to
pervert nature's way, so don't
contracting parties
be of the same
&v if they choose,
%li without an injury to their o-.f
Youth mated to youth >« "«t";^|
,y everywhere, the old males are
fplanted by the young male m the
ment they are unable through tne
Tof battle to hold their own. In
^1. 4. • iiio TTipans we have em-
pervert natures way, au uuu b wjct, that IS tne in'^" ^ where we
and expect to become a mast^oyed for years, that is, w ,^
the art of breeding fancy fow^ve two males ^^^^"^ ^^^ the
The A.e of the Stock Bird. I^ther^ we et^^^^^^^^^^^^ most
Mating i^stery, aim , to be the
It has been going the roun*orous bird ^^ J'^^ Q^^uty mated
the poultry press for years J^d of^^^j^^Jf'^j!;, .he desired re-
young birds do not make good lj| ^^^^^^^ \ ^contracting parties
crs, and as many others of suckf Its, and me
qualified statements cannot
close inspection. The fact 18,(^^5
every noted breeder will substai#ring. « u r U Bird
the claim, that the age is only:. Selection of *»»« V-^?^ ^ten that
tive. What is of the most i^lt^ It has been repeated so of ten^ ^^^
ance is that our stock birds are liThe cock bird isj^ne n j
matured before we attempt to l#n" that it has become at
from them. fet it cannot be ^^l^^ll^J^\^\^^
If bv young birds we mean id that we may not ^^f of
mature' birds, then all right and -fir best judgment ^^^^ J; .g^ of
if it is to be understood that yofis useful and necessary member
bird? of the a^e of twelve moiiie breeding pen. ^
old, or what we call cockerels Let him, as far as Possible, oe^^^
pullets, then it is all wrong, as l%pical specimen, of his »^ina.
of that age will make excel*om any notable defect, e«P^^'*' ^
breeders if they receive such canfcch as are congenital, as tney
had made them fully mature am almost sure to be reproduced in i"
to put in the breeding pen. Boffspring and cause future trouoie^
again we must qualify our st» He ought to have very strong s
ment, as some of our larger bw Manifestations, as they are ^^o'^^.^^'^
will take more than twelve moito strong potency in ^ransmitti g
to fully mature, but this is the « characteristics. Never use a "^^^^
exception, and applies to the Asiatij^ird in the breeding P^" Y^.^\ ''^
and them only. We tried some i ••henny". He is no good. ^^^^ m
periments in this direction, and «i lesirable feature is sometimes very
course we keep a record book of noticeable in an aged male,
our matings, it was an easy roafi lacks sex characteristics, ^nicn is
to conduct these experiments, always so in advanced age, wn
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sperm formatio?i retrogrades gradu-
ally, and the ofTspring, if any, is im-
perfect. All the furnishings char-
acteristic of a cock bird should be
well developed, sickles, hackles,
spurs, etc., as all these items show
better than any other one thing if
he is sexually mated.
If there is any defect in the fe-
males he is to be mated to, see that
he is particularly strong in this re-
spect, for if he is not, the difficulty
will be increased in the next genera-
tion.
Wherever he may be deficient, let
it not be in health. This is so im-
portant that I cannot forbear to
again mention it here, he must be a
strong, healthy, robust bird to give
satisfaction.
It is also well to remember that
the male bird furnishes what we call
"the fancy points'*, that is, he exerts
a great influence in the way of color
and fine feather, style and finish.
It is also worthy of notice that if
any gm\e defect is present in a
male, he will transmit it to every one
of the females to which he is mated,
while if the same defect should be
present in a female in his pen it will
be limited to her progeny only. This
shows the importance of using the
greatest care in selecting the male
bird.
In the selection of his mates use
judgment in the start, and see to it
that they are congenial one to the
other, and after the mating is made
up do not chance his mates. It gen-
erally makes the male bird sulky,
and if another female is supplied it
will cause war in a minute, as the
other females will abuse and perse-
cute her. This of course, will keep
the inmates of the pen in a turmoil
till peace is again restored, but it is
easy to see that such management is
not conducive to fertile eg^s.
A fit breeding male should be a
fully matured male, a male that is
well spurred, that spoils for a fight,
that will fight to a finish and if de-
feated crow his spite against his an-
tagonist, dying.
Such stuff as this makes the right
kind of a breeder. He is ever on the
alert, watching, guarding, calling the
females and would starve first before
he would satisfy his own hunger as
long as he could get one of the fe-
males to eat the last morsel.
A strong crower, which means
good, strong lungs, which in turn
means less liable to disease, last on
the roost at night and first off it in
the morning, comb blood red and eyes
bright, full of the spirit of animal
life, clapping his wings incessantly,
dancing before the females, spread-
ing his wing and displaying his
beauty to the ladies of his harem.
This is the strong, physical breeding
characteristics of a male fit to per-
petuate a race of hardy, healthy
stock.
Whatever else the females may
r
ry,
1924
lack in their general make-up ,v,p subject in such a way that it
not be in size, shape and unirf .pplicable to all breeds. Sui-
The future beauty of the flocklf therefore, to say P»^^^^^^^
pendent on this admonition. f^ariy their influence ^^ J^^^^^
may be lacking to some extentLed spangled a"<\^,^*" „..!!^ :«
male bird, other things being ""Itrd that a double mating is
but in the female this lack wo^ ^rv to obtain best results,
a serious defect, however gf ^oUd colored birds we can deal
other particulars. The male b? matters that will be o//^^® [^
doubtedly exercises a certain iL,„finff of the pen wmcn
of influence in regard to tK our future stock birds. It
and shape of the offspring, but£ height of folly to breed from
tempt to remedy (as so manyCg bird of unsound color, as
ers do) the deficiency of size Xrl he carries almost the wnoie
stock by mating a large male tnce which is made more an
females deficient in size is thei manifest by breeders <«J\°^^
way to go about it if success Jing absolutely to breed irom »
sired in raising a flock of birdt colored male. ^^_
will measure up to the standa^e mating of b}^^*^^^^^ aecure
quirements in this important ^3 special <^SJ^;l^^"^%ood green
^^'.''desked it cannot be ob-
VbVhT.;ing both of the sexes
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE ^
Uttle SettiMHeii
y*^
Metal
Incubator
not only from a fancy, but
utility standpoint.
The hen has far more inn
over both size and shape of
geny than the male has. Ho
i
will prevent it. ^
n the other hand, mate a maie
%ood beetle green sheen to fe-
^?ather dull in color, and both
•11 Ko t'ood in color and will
^i^li f/anyoVthe objectionable
.'"the whiU breeds any tinge of
' *„,oT is highly objectionable m
and if bred into tne
hard to breed out
,ir> A pure white should be
nn. -^ .** . cpves and make
ht for m both sexes, anu
ment if the hens are lacking
respect. If, however, the fi
had been of good size, and sha]
mated to a cock deflcient in
particulars, great improvement
immediately be noticed in
spring.
But, as we have just sta
male bird does exert an infli
and therefore it will of cou:
evident that if both parents
good size and shape, much
improvement in both sexes wi^^gnt lor »" ""— — 1 «,;th a
manifest. Yet let us again n^ mistake here. ^^^\-^ „® J^^^ite
if a deficiency in size must ocafow sheen i^^^JJ^^^tloW, rtiere will
one side or * . " -.^
emale side. il be a sins— «„notq
The females should be sel^a pure white, and if the puiie^s
ThI. Incnbalor Is even «»«««' JJ^VS
vear's-blgger. Improved. Yet pricea
itH-Js. WoSld retail lrom$7.50to $10.
WE could not have made this low price if wc
did not make these incubators in our own
factories-and make thou.«»dt of them-
The incubator is stronger, heavier than the
ordinary round incubator. Not made of tin.
Tnmior^. 28 gauge. r-f-r*\'"«:,S,\;"^^^^^^^
.teel Outer case enameled in battleship gray.
•lt1Sas?oubL wall, and top with air »Pacetns^a.
tion Heated by hot air from oil lamp. Side
S?ndow to .ee thermometer. Self-regulating
wfre tTay permits air circulation all around eggs.
«-One of the best small in<^"bators on the
market." say. P. E. Turner. Maywood. lUmoi -
Simple to operate. Anyone can do it. Ther
mometer. egg-tester and complete instruction,
oent free. Shipping weight 18 pound..
Order Catalogue Number 487M3710. PrtoJ
complete $4.65. Pacific Coa.t State. $5.00.
These prices good only
until February 29th.
This General Catalogue
free
Send for General Cata-
logue showing complete
line of other incubators,
brooders, fountains,
feeders, fencing and aU
other needs of the pouW
^rtHor boose nearest yoiuUdresslkg.^"?
w
in
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TOULOUSE~^GEESE
M. \M%^ MS"^^^ ^ .^ and females
cy in size must ocwBow sheen is max-eu ^v^ *'.':* ^ ^
the other, do not ftales of a good strain ^»*ere w
be on the female side. I be a single male ]^.)\\^^'P^I^^^
The females should be sel^ a pure white, and if the pu e w
with the same care regarding g bred back to their 3^^?..*^? JXw
secondary sexual characters, asHhe next generation win aiso sa
just as bad to use a "cocky" hdt straw colored plumage,
the breeding yard as it is to n Where the plumage is aP^
"henny" cock, both of them ^^nge color after the first "^?^ »
of little use in the perpetuatidie best mating so as to oe s^u
their species. tK)d results is to use «^«^^,^f/%;^^
Now, it can be readily seen Seeding that have mouitea
this that it is of the utmost iffijUndard colors. ^
ance to look after the female thi Where matings are maoe ^^ »
every sense of the word sUndstrain of years standing tne ore ^^
prominently a type on her owii«| of course, almost sure ^^ ^
and that however good her fiiption of his young stock for breea
points may be, a female shomg purposes that they will moult out
strong tendencies to partake ofi]} right. — E. P. C.
male characteristics should be »^ "
with a grreat deal of hesitancy, i: PRODUCING FERTILE EGGS
all, for it must be admitted ^^.g^ery season there are more or
encourage the perpetuation of ij|g disappointments caused by a low
characteristics will in the end C ^age of fertility of eggs dur-
disastrous to all the hopes ofg * tchine period
breeder by becoming their omW ^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^,^3 one particu-
tinction which, with one breed P ^.^^ complaints of
taken place several times until vT^J^ fertility and poor hatches for
with more pronounced male m*^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^y^^^^ ^pg a reason of
acteristics were introduced to ^^ ^^^ ^^^, ^^.^^ ^.^,, ^e remedied
venate the strain. |; ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^,y improved.
Matmir for Color ^^ ^^^^ published many articles
To go into the mating of P* ^^.^ subject— still there are al-
colored breeds we can, of coursV*^ ^^^^ ^^^ breeders and more
do, as It would require more J. ^^ ^^^^^„ ^^ ^j^^^ ^his is always a
than we can afford, and, as it hul^^ question of interest and import-
ready been stated, we can only W^
Th. new Standard "^"'^ ,*7H'JS',rr%o°\o fuZoi.U o,d.
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You must band your fowls to be suc-
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ance to many at any time and at
every season, for all • should know
that both poor hatches and poor fer-
tility are caused outside the egg as
many or more times than in them.
In order to secure the best of fer-
tility in eggs it is necessary to have
strong, healthy breeding stock, stock
that has vigor and strong constitu-
tion. Unless the breeding birds are
sound, healthy and in the best possi-
ble condition for reproduction of
their kind, satisfactory results can-
not be obtained. Eggs from birds
out of condition, either from in-
breeding, improper food or unsani-
tary surroundings will not produce
fertile eggs. Neither will hens that
are over fat produce fertile eggs.
The number of hens to mate to a
male varies according to the breed
and the conditions under which the
breeders are kept. Males of the
smaller breeds can be mated to more
females than those of the heavier
breeds. Do not allow more than one
male in the pen at the same time, as
they will fight, and in various ways
increase infertility. I practiced the
use of males alternately in my breed-
ing pens and find it a good way to
get the best fertility in the eggs. I
think it the best plan to mate up
breeding pens early. By doing this
the birds become acquainted and are
friendly when eggs are wanted for
hatching. After the pens are mated
it is a good plan to test the eggs and
if they do not prove fertile, look
about for the cause and remedy it.
Fowls on free range will produce
a greater percentage of strongly fer-
tilized eggs than those kept in close
confinement, other things being
equal. Give your breeders as large
a run as possible for exercise, it is
very essential to the health and vigor
of the fowls and your breeders must
be kept busy if fertile eggs and
strong germs are desired. Fowls that
are closely confined to limited quar-
ters where they do not get exercise
or have access to sunshine and fresh
air, even though taken the best care
of other ways, are almost certain
to produce eggs low in fertility and
the germs of weak vitality. One of
the best methods of making the hens
exercise is to have a deep litter of
cut straw in your breeding pens and
throw their grain in this and rake
it over, and make them scratch for it.
Another important item in the
securing of strongly fertilized eggs
is proper feeding of the breeding
birds. Few stop to consider the im-
portance of the influence of food on
the breeding stock. Too stimulating
foods that will force the breeders
should be avoided, as they cause
weaker germs. I have had the best re-
sults by feeding a mixed grain ration,
scattered in the litter for their morn-
ing feed. For their noon feed I feed
another feeding of this grain, but
less. I am a firm believer in dry
mash feeding and keep a dry mash in
hoppers before the birds all
Their night ration consists
either cracked or whole
mixed. About every otha
place of the noon feed oJ
feed cooked potatoes mash^
little bran mixed with thei
this feed not only a cheap
it keeps the fowls healthy ,
them a change. The value
food as well as animal fo(
be over-estimated. Green
the form of cabbage, turnip
carrots, cut clover and alfalf^
excellent. Grit, oyster slid
charcoal should be where tk
can get them at all times.
Breeding birds should be
in a comfortably and iit
house. Fresh air is one of %^
important factors in obtaini^;
fertile eggs that will hat<i^
strong chickens. Keep yourf
houses well aired during thei
do not keep them tightly ck
night. A very good plan for
lation at night is by means of
covered windows. Care shi
taken to keep the houses cl«
in a good, sanitary conditk
keep the fowls free from lict
cool buildings are more to be hnson
than a cold, damp, close, warn HARRY JO
Fowls of good vigor and cons
More than
a MUUon Owners
Say *^6et Old
Trusty for Fronts''
than a cold, damp, close, warn HARkt j^j ^^^^mmpriHa-
Fowls of good vi^or and con.^^^ ^^^^ ^ „i„ion owners of ^n^.jf'S^^bator make a g^^
and cared for in this way are '^ «^j^,- Qo far as 1 know, Old 1 rusty is ine oiny luv-"^
produce fertile e..s. ^^^^^fi^.t^^anv owners. Doesn't this answer the b^ question m
Id cared lor in tnis way are •„ Cr, far as 1 know, Uia irusiy i» "ic ""■; ••■ . — . .
produce fertile eggs. */j'^^'?r;i,,Tmanv owners. Doesn't this answer the big question m
Now that we have obtainec^'^ wjth thatjanyjwne^s. ^^ ^^^^.^^ ^.^^ ^.^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^,^f,^,
fertile eggs, the next imporU^ healthy chicks in 1924. , money-making poultry ideas,
is the care of the eggs after tl« ^"°"K' "= ^ „in„tP vou ooen the door, and many other 5if f^^ "i,,", l„isiead you with fancy
laid and before placed in inc^feel sure that Old Trusty -U answer ™-'^.y- °>^,Vt mean 'a big saving in ^''^'.^butdeasv^Ih practical poultry
Here is the trouble where »| question for you As ^o^ t^^" ""^^ ^^^and labor. raSng^ nVnety-nine poultry farmers out
eggs fail to hatch. Eggs foriion owners know, it's built With exactly ume V f .,„^r«l must follow the business to
ing cannot be handled too c;Ikind and type of construction that in- ^^^ j„Hn Schneider of L=» /'f ^' ^^^ o( a hundred must
I make it a practice to gata^s good hatches of healthy chicks high uses five Old Trustys and one has served make money.
eggs two or three times daily .rages in results and is simple as A B C ^^^ {„^ than fif'fVy^;^L.Xu Here are some of the subjects «
thf hatching season, so they Jfcke care of. Schneider rai«=s ■""''^* f^''^ha?w^th covers: Tells you how to p'ck the mo^ey
become dirty, chilled or ot^^^c these worth-while features! ^!»«'^-'[-^,^frabletonLure early ™K^" ■"/. "^tcte^-horto mak^ reL
injured. Above all things. k«|, ,„pper hot-water heating system OM Trusty she s^^^^ f'^^'^^^te.-Kest to preserve eggs-
nests clean, for this will saveth Jrms every side and corner of the ^^'^^''"''^X'L^L which are most ^^^ ■"^'"ke an inex^nsivT poultry house
of dirty eggs and I would nJTehamber evenly and surely and holds mak« ^8 early ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ '^°T 'rtrtaluableTultry facts from our
much for an egg that haSt steady, day and night, while the hatch P[°"»''''v ', 1. ugautiful two-story home a"^ other valuable po
washed for hatching purpose. J p^gre'ss. Lugly-built case, made out Ph°'°|^,P';°Vr ha^^^^^^^^^^ with the profits 31 years experience. ._^^^
After the eggs are gatherX^r California Redwood, covered then M^S;^~ ^^y and her Old Trusty ^ow is the tim^et fur catalog-send
should be kept at a medium t*. thick insulation and co"--^ ^f '" ^^chine. •■"■" ""^" ^'■'^-"
ture between forty-five and s*. galvanized metal. Convenient big oi machine m„ «,«-,
grees being considered best i-^. ^^'^ tn^liretu M^^^^^ Write TodayfOrMy NeW
irrees heintr considered best f«»k. which slides in unaer inc Ln,iu>.... - .--—... -
fesults If keot at too low * machine, and holds enough fuel to^ve J^^^^r^T^ MaUcd Free
Derature the chiirin,rh,jres|n8 and refilling so often. Handy ther- ^ 924 Catalog MaUCa rr««
P/"*"?v- ..u„'u "/. '?^" 1" mometer holder on the insidr
if, on the other hand, the teit
ture is too high, development f
begins. I reject all impf
bloody, small and over-large
and only save those of unifort
and shape. Eggs that are sa'^
hatching purposes should be
daily, for if they are not the
will adhere to the shell, in whi
the delicate membrane near th«
may be ruptured when the ei
turned. To hatch well, eggs
not be kept too long before »-
From ten to fifteen days is the
est they .should be kept, alth'*
have had eggs three or four
old hatch well, but the chicks
not very strong and most of
failed to live.
mometer holder on the inside
of the door — always
^ in view the
It's more than a catalog! It^^^^^^f
and poultry book combined. 64 big 9xli
Now is the time-get our catalog-send
your order early-make hatches ear^ and
get early profits. My book .s free- send
no money - just your name today. y
Yours truly, ^^
HARRY JOHNSON. ^^
'incubator Man."
JOHNSON COMI
^v CRNTEIL NEBRASKA
^^ Hamr
4r Johnson
^ -Incubator Man"
^ CUyCeater. Ncbi.
Please send me your
new 1924 Old Trusty
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Incubators and Brooders ^y
^ Name
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IraiMd-
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Ship Hatching Eggs
^ Safely in
_^^^ Plymouth
Vnpf7 Packages
DIftiMthr* CMorad Bukcts - Ataotatelj
Meet All Pareel Poet BefPireiente
Take no chancosl Ship your hatching; cgas in
the SAFEST containers.
PLYMOUTH PACKAGES a re used exclusively
by the lartfe successful breeders and hatcheries;
ate the type recommended by poultry schools,
journals, and breeders everywhere. This dis-
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appear of real value to your customer. PLY-
MOUTH PACKAGES not only look jfood, but
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My good friend "Ted" Hale and Presi-
dent "Tom" Kigg. of the American Poultry
Association, have been judging chickens
down south. "Ted" said that he never ate
better food and he is surprised that land
should sell so low in the country of "sweet
potatoes and corn bread."
"Ted" Hale found out a lot of things
on his soutiiern trip, among them the fact
that Ben E. Adams is a candidate for Con-
gress. Partisan as be is, "Ted" is perfectly
willing tu allow a Democrat like Adams to
8it in the lower house of Oongress. The
fact that Ben's district would send a Demo-
crat to Congress any way is not mentioned
by our Chicago friend.
• • •
The boll weevil and diversified farming
has taught the south that the way to live
good is nut to depend on cotton but to grow
all the "goodies'^ that Dixie land is famous
for. The South can grow anything that the
lands of America will produce, from good
soft wheat to hog and hominy. One can
grow as good fowls in the south as in any
bection of the United States and we who
have strayed away from our old moorings
would like to see the South come into ita
t.wn.
• • *
i'he fart that the people of the South are
hospiinble is nothing new and the good
meals that they set before the man from
the North is not a new thing. The South
has always lived better than the average
people of America for the reason that build-
ing up great wealth in the South has never
been notable like the wealth of the North.
• • *
The Southerner believes in living today.
He IS a God-fearing man and he tries to live
as the Bible teaches and that is not to
anticipate tomorrow but let today care for
itself.
• • •
When Moses was bringing the Israelites
out of Egypt, manna rained down each day.
Those who tried to gather enough to last
over the week found that their sustenance
failed them and only those who provided for
each day fared well. This is true of the
South. One can always get a living day by
day in the South and there is little reason
for saving to the extent of stinting one'a
self.
• e •
As a boy I never went forth in the woods
but what there was something that a boy
could eat. Like our great Puget Sound
country, it is said that when the tide is out
the table is set. In others words Mother
Nature has provided in our waters plenty
of clams, lots of oysters and fish in abuud-
ance and all we have to do is to get busy
and gather what the Lord has get before us.
• • •
One of the discoveries that "Ted" made
was the fact that Ben E. Adams would make
a real good congressman. Now if a partisan
like "Ted" can see good in a Democrat,
would it not be a good idea for all of us
poultrymen to get behind Ben and make
him a congressman! We need some oi.e
down in Washington who has a real interest
in poultry and if we could elect Ben to
Congress we would have a spokesman that
could do us a lot of good.
• • •
I noticed in the papers that the mail car-
riers are going to make a nurvey of the
number of hous erown in the Unite'l States.
That is a mighty good thing for the hog
men. Now if the mail men can take a cen-
sus of the hogs, why would it not be a good
idea to also make a census of the poultry t
• • *
Suppose we had Ben Adams on the job
when the Postmaster General got busy on
the hogs. Ben could stop around to the
"Captain's" office and suggest that in mak-
ing that census that Postmaster General New
also include poultry in the work. The car-
rier, both rural and city, could have slips
printed something like this. Number of
hogs and number of pigs raised in 192.^,
number of heng and number of fowls raised
in 1923. This kind of census would show
that the poultry industry was one. if nut
the largest industry in the United States
and I feel sure that Ben Adams would im-
press that fact on Congress to the extent
that the "Chicken man's" vote would be
looked after the same as the politician tries
to placate the general farmer.
• • •
We can eWt Ben Adams lust one way and
that is to see that he gets the publicity
necessary to bring him before his con-
r\\A vou ever consider that
asumer. ^^^ikes it possible for lots
ddle ,»°»^.f'/tould otherwise be in
1 to live *"'A. hunting a job! These
Bona Gown a »i.uu Dili to Bii»ther calling ur ^^^ ^^^j^ t^iOMi are
would enable him to send fifty m »"?° .nd must live
voters lor every dollar bill 8ent> ^^'"^ • • •
rtniiltrvmAn ivitiiM ronliva fha» . -a.. ..
stituents. The writers along
can all do as "Ted" Hale ha![
Ben a mention. The poultry
down a $1.00 bill to B
sond
Tvvw.v twi vTv*^ uuiia* uiii Ben
poultrymen would realize that a ,
this way would bring a big ret
advertising standpoint, dollari
into Ben Adams as fast as Qe
guard received dollars when
Louisiana lottery.
• * •
One active congressman in
would do a pile to advertise the
ness of America. Our consuir
over are constantly reporting on
things and with an active contM
poultry industry would be looked]
• • • I
D. Line. Orr is trying to •
poultrymen of the United Statei.
a big exhibit of fowls to go to -
♦ha average city and look around
'« ^^ !^«nv men come to one's home
f ^7«ire?ing Bome kind of product.
^'^^ thi t™?k driver who brings the
.1^ Irocerman who brings one eat-
the «^?^®' " who daily comes to one's
V^^ "^hL laiSdSman who brings home
''^°*^ *MothM Then there is the suit
d^Tnd dye inan who makes trip, to
R,nm« when you must have your cloth-
Fhome ^»>«" J^ en ^n make a living
Kr work -nd The public pays the.r
"t? might be possible for us to do
•♦ II S these men who seem to be in
Jt » L°t arf not essential but . what
^"thie men do if we could do without
ica when he judges down the-- - -
should have all kinds of encour^t. . :„ -nother man that comes as often
this venture. We should see th?"^® »»»<>l"«' .*" — _ u — .- -r,^ fh»t .s
plenty of fowls and all varietiet
represented. Our Standard of Pi
being used the world over and
send a big batch of fowls in
care and get the trade for g
oome oiir way. A big exhibit
great advertising feature. It
course to ask the little breeder
exhibit of this kind but that li
should be encouraged to send
kind to the big show and the .
is to pick on some good breeder
rest of those breeding the same
i
rest ox inoso oreeaing tne same& up and we fan to see mai, tuv
put in a dollar to help defray thiBtbeir regular supply of water. To
For instance as a Buff PljnnI water before the fowls at this s
breeder. I am willing to put up iM^ vear is ouite a problem unlesi
wards the expense of some good
breeder who will asree to take .
of Buff Rocks on Mr. Orr's bi|
would be easy to get this thint
sending Joseph Hertz, Hanover, P
other good Buff Rock man in the '.
exhibit of Buff Rocks would sdt^
variety and make business for mxP
• • • P'
We will soon be in the midst
nual election of the American Pt,
elation. We will have to elect t
and vice president for two yean
tors in the following districts:
2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11. This tL
fets two directors, one for Ontirii'
or the Northwest territories
• * •
British Columbia, being the e
of the Canadian Northwest tei..
Erovinces, has the greater number
ers and it is expected that thii
will get the new director to V
British Co
'cVeVhdSv to our homes and that is
aU man. fle brings your letters, your
^bod^ and the many magazines that
S each month, and again there is
^^Jper bov who brings the mo-r ng and
jrpaperi. Each and every m:> •. m -ht
^a certain point and ««* ^'» o^° *^i?.5"
Vave the many trips made by the mid-
5n but do vou want to do all of these
8 yourself I ^ ^
B is the time of year when many hens
ithout water. The dnnJ'inK , '^"^J"
* up and we faU ,t_o "e^^tjiat the hens
eason
lA year is quite a problem unless one
ome way of keeping the water from
ne While on a trip last year I visited
ich that had some freezeless y^ater
ins. They had a lamp underneath the
that was just hot enough to keep the
from freezing.
• • •
e can find these fountains on the mar-
They burn very little oil. The oil
iiner holds about a jrallon of oil and as
Bumes very little oil, the owner of the
told me that he kept it burning all
;ime and that It needed no care after
filling and lightinsr the wick. Water
iry essential to fowls and if on© has a
kin like the above, there is very little
Br of the hens freezing their wattles.
fountain should be so constructed that
fowl can get Its beak Into the wat«r
not be so wired that the wattles can
[become wet.
Kritish Columbia has some mighty flhiere it is possible, one should use lota
that would be a credit to the jx^uttermilk. Buttermilk Is high In pro-
Joe Kerr, of Berqultlam, will no |i and gives the fowls a good drink that
a candidate. Joe is a man that luihiich relished. Some use semi-solid bnt-
\nt tnr t>iA nnnltrvmAn at nritiih EiI1>' »Kaf iliav miv urifh iv»tAi> vrhilA
lot for the poultrymen of British
and as a fancier he is one of the
• • •
Edward Greenwood is another
may be a candidate for director,
wood is a licensed poultry ju
breeder of Rhode Island Reds,
for the new director will no dourt
but good natured and the best m
doubt win.
*
President Thomas F. Rigg will bi
date f ' r re-election and there is lij
but what he will be elected. Presi
has certainly made good. The Am
try Association was never in as _
cial condition as it is now and th«
could not improve things by ch
executive officers at this time,
administration is making good, it ii
to change.
• * •
Harold A. Nourse, vice preside
of the hard working officers in tb«
tion and his re-election would bi
best interest of the organization
• • •
The world's wheat crop Is I
ever before and it shows a total
0.32,000 bushels. This is nearly
more bushels than in 1922. Win
srreat staple of the world. It is
best poultry feed that we can ,
would pay the poultrymen to stock
that great commodity at this time,
crop in 1924 will drive the prices
• • •
By co-operation the poultrymen
sota gained four cents per dozen
eggs. The markets in which they "
eggs average fifteen per cent W.
their local market. It would hsvei
possible for them to have shippi.
product out of their vicinity if th«T|
been organized.
• * •
There is a srreat hue and cry
about the middle men getting the
the farmer who produces the est
ing only a small per cent of whst i*1
it*'
iTSiii
I Irs
while
NATION^
ajii
CONTESTS
ecord
lth« »*J!:i: .record I flcUl n«t profit per
ls^j??Ss^" b^«i:'*'^ rl^Si-ril^
1925
l&tW» rSe«td»-J co«p6tiB«.
coat of tMd-
ln«. Vtnmwat-
»ge 201 ecc«
IS .4i per h«i offlctw
I Mb btftiM*
lcont«M"li
I patina.
,. h«n in
.000 eom-
I S7 aSpwbenoftctal
\ blcbMt pen In coo-
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CaOlf.
I ST. 01 P«r ben
ofncUl net
proflt above
llaedeoet.
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AT THE
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Jfficial Proof
that you c^ . ^
mal^ Bi| Profits with
FERRIS Wlir
Ik that they mix with water,
use the powdered milk.
• • *
.e fanners have called on the housewife
erve toast often, thereby helping the
''■ grower. If the housewife will serve
on toast three times each week for
kfast and butter that toast with good
butter, she will kill three birds with
breakfast. Help the poultrymen. help
wheat grower and help herself to better
|th for herself and whole family. The
ible with many housewives is the fact
they serve too much hot bread. This
bread lays on one's stomach all day lone
"s one is workinsr hard. Serving toaat,
and good butter will rive the family
lasily digested food and they will all gei
vitamines out of the eggs and butter
will go a long ways towards health
natural vegetable protein that Is found
■ood wheat flour will build up the bodv
lont putting on too much fat. Graham
i whole wheat bread is the best of all
Bds for good toast, good health and good
ictites.
• • •
fhe Tacoma Poultry Association will study
Standard of Perfection, that is. its mem-
I will. The proeram as mapped out, is
follows: The Mediterranean class for
luary; Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes
Pebniflry: Rhode Island Reds. Jersey
t-k Giants and Rhode Island Whites for
Irch; the Asiatic fowl for April; Orpinif-
Is and other Enelish varieties for May.
»e is set aside for a working month to
ready for the nicnic season that com-
r-^pes in July. The first nicnic will be
|en at the home of Harry H. Collier, presi-
pt. when a regular summer poultry show
II be put on by the members. The idea
ithe summer show Is to see how early the
knihers can get ready for the show room.
|emiums will be offered for the best ma
e<i fowls by the first week in July. The
.jnbers all promise to get out some early
Icjied February and March fowls.
19a4 PRICES of EGOS and CHICKS
From <Har *•• to SM BM ttrala
Lojriac Fallots
P., only 10% witlforder-we .hip C. O. D. for baUnc^
ItoSHensorPullfta, each - - - - M.a
Day out Cliloks
25 Chicks
50 Chicks
100 Chicks
250 Chicks
500 Chicks
1000 Chicks
P»y onl
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$ 7.50
13.00
24.00
57.50
110.00
210.00
6.25
11.50
27.50
52.50
100.00
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50Eg8s •
lOOEggs -
250 Eggs-
500 Eggs.
1000 Eggs-
only 10% down; bai- Safe arrival ana a gooa
COD. Saf« arrival I hatch guaranteed, ue-
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prapaid to your door byl^yX' "."x._. /^-«
14.25
4.00
8.90
t.80
8.70
8.60
Poat.
1 United States or Can.
f rosM okOTO prieoa on
•d tlOa Moirtii lor
It M rollowat
Any time in Feb. No I>i.. Week of April 28 10% Dla.
AnyUmeinMar. 6% .. w«koflIayl2 15% "
Week of Mar 31 No ,. wIlkofMayl9 16% "
Weekof Apn 7 No ,. w^kof5lay26 20% "
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vmi become a Ferris customer. We know tnai
t2?riJwWteLeghornswiUriveyouasecurein-
i^ifiSooerlyhouacd and cared for and our
SSi<»^Srtbenirb maintained to advise
SSdiiSt^Jo^^^^^^^
^^sT-^'^liTi?^^^
6 to 14 Hena or Pulleta, each
16 to 80 Hena or Pulleta, each
31 to 60 Hena or PuUets, each
61 to 99 Hens or Pullets, each
100 or more Hena or Pulleta, each
■arly WUtmt^d Broodissg Coakoroto
Allmales specially selected, fully mature and
^Worii.«SS^teie in your breadina pens. ^
1 Cockerel ','.'''.'... g.OO
2 to 4 CockeraJa. each ' . . . isO
6to9Cockerale,each ' * ! . 700
10 to 24 Cockerels, each .•**.. gjo
26 or more Cockerels, each - - - - "•«"
EIOBT-WEEK-OLD PIJIXETS
Our earUest hatches are ready fo' »J»P™?S
iow Md wrwill have aome coming ei«ht weeks old.
every week mitU next Aoaust. , . . . |2.no
lto6Pallet8.aach •',.,. i.H
6tol4PniIeta.aach '' ',',.. in
16to»Pnlett.aach ' : I ! . . i«
81 toflO Pulleta. each •-"... i.jo
61 to99 Pulleta, each --*... 1.46
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uary,
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HANOVER. PENNA.
1 am in receipt of a letter from a reader
in Now Hampshire who takes exce|»tii)n to
my warniiif; about color of legs and beak in
pu'kin^c out the layers. There i» no question
but what k'Ks fade in yellow lejfped fowls,
plumaee fades and the comb get.s a dull red
iiLsteaa of a liright red. All kindu of col»)r
fades, so do all flowers but when one con-
tends that it is a sure si^n of hens laying
because she has white legs, in that case
the Orpingtons and White Minorcas should
be the greatest layers that exist. Color of
leers is hard to control. Soil conditions, feed
and everything else goes to make legs fade.
The yellow legged fowl, the one that carries
the bright yellow leg is most often found
running around a barn lot where it scratches
in the manure of horses and other farm ani-
mals. You find a yellow leg most often in a
clay soil and where one has gravel and sandy
soils, the legs are more apt to fade. There
is something in soils that bleaches legs and
one often tinds that condition in soils that
are impregnated with alkali.
• * •
Picking the layer is one of the big prob-
lems in the poultry yard. The man who
can discover the laying type will make a
fortune. I have taken part in the makiug
of two Standard of Perfections. I ha«re
You will note that Mr. Atkinson^ .y,., have become so as the
pullets to start out with good yellovmk col"''- /r i,'?*^- throuah the action ol
N. C. Westertield. late of CalifoWlt of iH ''^tJnHswil bleach out shanks
"■ •■- - - ^ii«9f>■ri?^.he"tJer the hens have
it///
-.. -, — - .^. layi"F fh^'le^t can not be applied with
man to think when it comes to KHt*i elaPsed, tne ^«=*'; J." .,
for picking laying hens? ^^^^\^^ , VnnKvledee we can get on the
Mr. Atkinson says further: Iflith H«^^. ^"'^^/atioV I find that the rules
••With breeding you must have vijiect of P>gni< "tauon. x ^.^^^^ ^^^ ^^^
produce a really great strain of itJSn oPP'f ,.,,,^« fail at times, like all si^ns
must do it by increased flock aver«j,»lif- /^". "eather To be able to pick
Many men have made great wintJl »" IVvprs is some times discoverable
contests where one fowl laid netrilfs a^Jf; times the rules used are as diffi-
hundred eggs, yet have one in th**^ nhinftse nuzzle. If it were not for
that did not lay a hundred eggs. R «?, * "if ••then we could all pick out
8j)eaking of breeding great lay# 1""® ■} \^ (hat little "if* that I am
Atkinson says: |»rs •>7. j' '' w-yman against.
••In my opinion, the male is the ■^"'"K ^.^JeHf a flo^^ of fowls knows H.s
man's greatest asset or greatest li^.'^^wtpr than any one else. If his soil
depending entirely on his ^reediJg^jjgg® jjig hen's legs, he is more apt Lo
ASK THE MAIM WHO OWMS A
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Trinle-Deck INCUBATOR
igoi
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Standard Leghorn does not show
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nishings.
heard many arguments on the subject of
l«>in? type but when the men who have
been giving the greatest amount of study
were called on to criticise the cuts for the
Standard, they could not offer and did not
offer any suggestions of how the present
Standard cuts could be changed to make
them conform to the so-called laying type.
Mort Atkinson, who has given as much
has
Poul-
vigor, then I would be pleased to h««
one point it out. If they can. they wiE
re this information than some young man
I some school coming around and telling
about what he has heard some one say
5r instance the average coUeno will not
a man to care for fowls unless they
«•« a college degree. This was demon-
SLted by the best secretary that the spe-
u?tv Miibs ever had. I refer to no other
Sn^A F Roir of the Single Comb White
JSiorn Club. He worked in a college and
rsav's in this month's Leghorn World, that
I had occasion to hire a man to help around
he fow?8 He found a good man that suited
im ncelv and he recommended this man to
h? facultv of his college, but as the young
il. w had no college degree they would not
live him a job. ^ . ,
Mr Rolf is resigning as secretary of the
lehite Leghorn Club and that is a m.ghU
lard blow to that good organization. A. F.
iolf is one of the best secretaries any club
Ser had and with the number of Sin«le
3omb White Leghorn breeders in Anienca,
Aev should have been able to give him a
ilary se large that no feed organization
I«uld have hired him. It is right here where
ihe v^ecialty clubs fall down. They fail Ut
Dly enough into their money coffers to k?ep
rood secretaries on the job. The White Leg-
Urn Club should have a hundred thousand
■embers and then not get half those that
are breeding this famous egg layer. If they
would give a secretary enough money to
keep him on the job every day in the year
thev could easily build up the largest club
la the world and it is a great mistake for
ftke White Leghorn breeders to allow a man
S Mr. Rolf's ability to get away from them.
• • •
Some man or some bright woman is going
to make some discoveries that will revolu-
tionize the laying hen question and when
Ikey do, it is going to be from the inside
and not the outside of the fowl,
* ♦ •
I was culling a flock of Leghorns, not
lone ago, and caught one that did not ^ave
Ik feather large enough on her that could be
tued to paint iodine on a sore flncer. This
lien was as naked as a Follies' girl on an
opening night, on a roof garden. I coaid
«ot tell anything about her from ft laying
otandpoint. Her comb was all drawn up,
ier legs were pale, her face showed anything
%nt bright red and her lay bones were
Obout as tight as they were when she was
baby chick. I looked her over and said to
e owner, a Indy who made a great record
is year, '•Well you will have to do the
es.sing on this hen, I cannot tell whether
e ever laid an eg" by anything that shows
the surface." /Turnine to her egg chart,
e said. "That little miss has laid 264
;gs but she dropped her feathers all at
- ■ • "An-
What
He TeUs You
from his own experience regarding sturdier
chicks and more of theta, with reduced effort
and operating expense, will convince you that
this is the most compact, most efficient and best
buy of all mammoth incubators. You want a
Hluc Hen and want it quick.
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Mort Atkinson, who has given as i
study on the ouestion of laying type,
this to say in the December American ]
try Journal:
"In selecting my pullets for egg layincr
contests, let me first impress on you that I
do not always j)ick correctly. I more often
than not '
I
had .,, . _ __.
When a man with Atkinson's ability along
the line of pickinir the layers makes the
above admission, what can be expected of
others without his great experience?
w iiui aina^B pnK rwrreciiy. i more oiten
lan not, leave ))ullet8 at home that I wish
had sent, and I have sent many I wished I
ad kei)t at home."
a revision committee.
Speaking of this year's winnings,
kinson says:
•"This year we have made our
winnings. This has been accomplii
trapnesting twelve months of the ,-
find our best layers, and adhering i>
to the use of males of known recori
best tests of ability to stand
heavy lay."
up
one point it out. If they can. they wiEJKce and quit laying ten days aeo.
done more than any one who ever ni*^ther hen came to me that was in the pink
. --...:-.: — :*.-- tLt condition with lot« of new feathers, in
-ct in nearly full plumage. I looked her
>ver and said here is another one that looks
niphty good but 'he does not show any sign
if laying now. The answer came after re-
ferring to the chart. "That hen laid 254
iggs and then went into a molt."
»w I..C HOC ui uiaicB ui K.UUWI1 ictv.-^ In the same flock I picked up a hen that
cestr>'. and to culling unmercifully for looked finer than silk. Her lay bones were
of vigor irrespective of how well thej' i»ot soft but they were not extra close and
bred." i^P had me guessin?. I told the breeder.
Judge William Coats, who has had fjji*' Here is one that you will have to guess on
experience in handling a great layinit-^ecause she has me fooled." She turned
in conjunction with one of the he-it^o the chart and said. "Yes. that hen has
ducers of great layers that the worMliooled us all. She has laid two eggs the
ever known. ha.s this to say: twhole year." , j ii
"It has been definitely shown thil ^ I then picked up a hen that looked like a
low skinned fowls rapidly lose the *»J»yer every inch of her. Her lay bones
oolor of shanks and beaks when K^"^ A""- her rapacity for food was extra
heavily, so that pale shanks and bei»«?*eP- Her back was good and brood and
late summer usually are charactert«tinB|" <'<^mh was bright red. legs were fartert
the beat layers. In applying this teitK^^^ "♦''' had lot<. of y»"-w in the lep-* an^
necessary to discriminate between hen»g'"a" ♦he foot wa^ a hnrM vel'ow I said
have faded shanks as a result of hesryghat this is a real l^ver n-^-l fr^m a'1 a-"»«r-
ing and those that are naturally piliif"<'«»- she is the best layer on the place
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The answer came from the chart. "Tes, she
laid today, giving her 315 eggs in 357
days." And, I replied, "that she stands
a chance to lay tomorrow and the next day
and if nothing happens she will lay right
alon^ for some days." I saw that lady last
evening and she told me that at the end of
the 65 days the little beauty produced 322
eggs and was still Ujlng.
I will venture to say that tlje great layer
mentioned above could beat, in the show
room, fifty per cent of the Leghorn hens
that will have blue ribbons tied on them
this winter, under the boat judges in Amer-
ica. In other words, here was a Standard
type hen that had produced enough eggs to
pay the feed cost of fifty hens for six
months, vet in the same flock there was
one hen that laid two eggs in twelve months
and another hen that produced 62 eggs.
• • •
Waterville, the county seat of Douglas
county, will give a big poultry show the
fanuary,
1924
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second week in January, or January aj
1924. This little town always has ,1
gatherinff of fine fowls. It is in th||
of the big wheat belt and the generi||
ing carried on in this great count;
f^ood as can be found in the state, j
ots of good fruit raised in Doui(lai
and the largest potatoes that I ever uf
around Waterville. Every one is Iqt
show their fowls in this show.
• * •
Wenatchee's annual show takes , ^„o,. ., ^ =
January 15 to 19, 1924. J. H. T> « «nna O also got in the winnings
secretary, will gladly send you a ur. ^ , «t»r ol the class, and
list if you will write ^i*" w-r,-f„i,- r.al siar ...
home of the big red
1 ^»A« AVArv bird in this class
rif i;o?tefier'an;'oL'could have done
'V"*i!i ^R^eiwe Algonac. Mich., was the
Ewald Soheiwe Jt J^^agniflcent string of
i^ ^inne'-. Ji^h°Jin„ ^^^ f them under
^'^y^hon^s tv"^? oie^howing Royal Aristo^
the ribbons, every " ^ange & Sons, of
fl^\' .^ Mkh had a nice string. . Samuel
Ink.iter. ^^9{{_"ton O., and Louis Grey,
Lodgett. Welhngtoji.^ u,^^^ winnings. The
the bird that
ite him. Wenatchei '"'iLhW attracted most attention in the en-
Detroit National Skow Aware
Held December 4-9, 1923
fl«r' second and third pullets were oi ex-
*^i 'nf Polor and tvpe. The winning pens
welweU mitched and same quality as
7ound fn the singles. The above birds were
were well matched
found in the B>nB'^- . .
ill shown by Mr. Scheiwe.
worthv of special mention vi
rnrvLkerel— a corking good one., nice type
?"5 t v«ry «howy fellow, not quite as even
^^^ Another bird
worthy 'of special* mention was Lange's secj
)nd coc
""'^.o'ior^^Is the^rst'and lacks in tail shape
lind winr^arriSge. Ledgetfs third cock
fe also is worthy of mention.
Oominents by Judge A. H. Emeh
White Wyandottes brought out the larg-
est class in the show, 131 birds; the most
even lot of cock birds I have seen in a
long time. The first cock, good shape and
good color. Second cock, whitest in class
loses to first on tail shape, not finished.
The first hen, good condition and white as
they grow. Second hen, another good one
but not as white as first. The cockerels,
first and second, were very close; first wins
on head points and shape of wings. The
first pullet was white as snow and very
neat, good *hape and best conditioned bird
in the show. First old pen had a rery eTen
lot of females headed by a grand male.
First Tonns pen was headed by the best
finished male and a nice even bunch of pul-
lets. The second was close up.
Golden Wyandottes — First and second
cock, first hen, first cockerel, first pullet-
all real good ones.
Silver Wyandottes — Some very good birds
in all classes — first and second cock, first
hen, first and second cockerel were the kind
we like. First pullet, Tory fine open laoed
bird, the beet laced female in the show. The
first young pen, an easy winner.
Anconas — A good lot. Some rery good
hens and pullets in this class, well condi-*
tioned. The first cockerel was the star of
the Ancona class.
Single Oomb Rhode Island Reds — First
cock, well finished for a cock so early in the
season, wins color special. Second cock,
not finished in tail, Tery good body shape,
wins shape special — good red color with a
little black in hackle. First hen wins shape
and color special. Second loses to first on
shape and not quite so even in ahade of
color. There were several other good hens
in this class. First cockerel wins on shape
of back and smooth finished feather — it was
a little darker than we like shape special.
Second cockerel loses on under color of
neck. Third, fourth and fifth not as well
finished as first and second. First pullet
best colored female in the Single Oomb Red
class — red to the skin, perhaps a shade light
on surface. Second pullet another good one,
a little short on legs. Third, fourth and
fifth all good birds. First old pen. well
matched. First young pen, very good even
lot of pullets headed by a good shaped and
colored male.
Bemarks by Judge Minshall
Single Comb Black Minorcas — The quality
of this class was extra good, both in shape
and color, showing a great improvement in
evenness of type, col^r and also the size of
combs are more uniform especially adopting
them for our American winters in this part
of the country.
First cock, a wonderful colored bird, fine
Minorca shape, good length of bark and nice
carriage of tail. A good full breast and
stands well on legs. A good comb, solid red
face and good hazel eyes.
Second cock, another good b'rd in body
and tail carriage, good color, fails to first
in shape of lobes and condition, not fully
through moult.
Third cock, good comb, good lobes, extra
good color, good length of back, tail not
fully grown. Fourth end fifth, both nice
cocks but not in good show shape.
First hen, almost a model for shape and
color, good comb and lobes and nice car-
riage. Second hen also a grand bird, beau-
tiful lobes, good even color, rreat l*ngth of
back, moA full breast, but not st her best
ypt. Third h«»n, very mMf^h We i»ecnd.
good lobes and comb, good back but like
fowl.
second not at her best, will make i , ties.' They are great winter layers and un
Buff Wyandottes are a real dual purpose
?1 combining exhibition and utility quah-
>« ■ They are great winter layers, and un
„.^«.a-. »-. w-^ « uc.,:^ excelled for market. Their exquisite golden
shown but wing feathers not all moult* ' buff color makes them the real beauty breed.
Fifth hen. a high colored one but n\k- Fanciers should get together, bring out a
the English type. gtring like this one at every show and place
First cockerel, an easy winner; a U j this variety at the top, a position they justly
ful shaped body and a nice sweepini deserve. . i. . v .
• - • - • ' - Buff Plymouth Rocks— A small class but
carriage. Good lobes and comb, good
good eyes. Second cockerel, very muci
same but loses to first for shorter back
tail not fully out. Third, a good co
one, nice head points. Fourth and ;
also good ones.
First pullet, fully grown, beautiful i-
good shaped oody * about her only fit
■hape of comb. The balance of puUetit
not as fully grown but will make f
hens, especially the fifth which is veryjt
— she has grand color, great length o( i
and good color of legs.
Pens — I noticed some grand female
the pens.
Single Oomb White Leghorns — First t
a grand shaped bird, a beautiful ik
bacK, nice tail carriage, good full saddle
tra fine comb, good color. Second cockii
to first on shape of back, does not a
quite as good a cushion and not in u f
show condition. Third, fourth and i
cocks yery close. Third has better ik
body and tail carriage.
First and second hens, very clow, !
baring perfect head points, pure white,:
shaped body and nice tail carriage. S«
only loses to first on size. Third and fc
another pair of good hens but not u
ready for showing. Not very well ik
but they show great quality when fully
Fifth a very good hen.
First cockerel^-K>ne of the best bsi
males in this class, pure white, grand n
and stands well on legs at all times. S»
cockerel — I liked this bird very much, i
tie more length of back than first bat It
to first on head points only. Third in
a grand cockerel but not the width of )f
as first and second, good color. Fourth i
fifth are also nice birds but not old est
to be at their best.
First pullet — a nice head, pure white, t
cushion. Her only fault is she carri«
E inched tail at times. Second and tt
oth nice ones in color and shape but
at their best. Second wins over third
comb. Fourth and fifth hot near si »^
shown. . . V
First old pen has a grand cock whieBT
the deciding point over second which '".
perhaps just a shade on first females.
First young pen has a grand cockereU
four extra fine pullets. Easy winners.
Blue Andalusians — Not a big entry
the ouality was of the best. Good siiei
grand color. ^
Brown Leghorns — A real nice exhibitj
Polish — There were some grsnd P*-'
shown.
Remarks by Ralph Sturteyant. Orlgiov
of Buff Wyandottes
The Buff Wyandotte Sectional Club r
with crenerous cash specials and many i!^
trophies offered, brought out an exception
strong class of real ouality. Of course,
would have liked to have seen a few ^
breeders represented. However, we bel^'
that possibly some realized the high n"*
of Buff 'Dottes usually shown at D«^
hence they got "cold feet" and left ^
"g<>od ones" at home.
Judge Fred Poertner. Berea, O.. P*
the awards. Mr. Poertner is an experi*
Buff breeder, for many years a Buff "J
drttte fancier and exhibitor, but now •
Orpington specialist. After handling
Jersey Black Giants
Prize Winning Quality
Every Hatched Egg Means a BLACK BLACK GIANT
Eggs $4*00 per 15
E. P. Welshence,
Keyser, West l^rgUda
fluality good. Cocks— First, good Rock
Ves- soft even color. Second, little richer
color' but not as good as first Hens— First,
very good color, sue and BhaPf-. .S^^^*^;
smaller and shows mealiness. Third, about
like second. Cockerels— First best color,
twisted comb. Second, same shade color as
first- good tvpe. Third, a bad comb, con-
siderable black in tail. Pullets— First, gets
shape special. Second, a little darker in
color Third, beet color but lacks in tail
finish. Pens — Only one young pen shown
well matched, good quality.
Buff Orpingtons — Cocks — First, excellent
type good size, neat head, very even in
color but trifle dark. Second, very good
color but flat in breast. Third, very much
like second but a coarser comb. Hens-
First, a good big one both in type and
color. Second and third, close up. Cock-
erels— First, nice oolor and shape but not
large enough, yet best in class. Second and
third, very even soft color, not fully de-
veloped, will make good ones. Pullets —
First, best shaped one in class, nice lines all
over, good surface and under color. Pens —
First old, four excellent females, cock bird
food color, very poor comb and wattles,
oung pen, small in size and too dark in
color. . .. -
Buff Leghorns — Cocks — First, a nice bird,
big, good comb, white clean lobes, not white
in face even color. Second, good bird but
not in good feather. Third, bad in comb,
Rood type. Hens — First, and second, beau-
tiful, soft, even color. First wins on type.
Third, not as soft color. Cockerels — First,
fair comb, good lobes, nice lines, even in
color and good shade, well placed. Second,
not as well developed as first, same shade
of color. Third, off on comb otherwise
very much like first one. Pullets — First,
very smooth color, just rieht. and as good
type as th© whites. Second, not as smooth.
Third, lacks condition. Old Pens — First
four good hens with a fine colored male.
Second, well matched, a little darker shade.
Young Pen — First, a good cockerel, females
neat heads, good color.
The Awards
Dark Barred Plymouth Rocks — H. An-
thony, first and second cock ; second hen ;
first, third and fourth cockerel; third,
fourth and fifth pullet; first young pen. W.
C. Coffman, third cock; second cockerel.
Geo. N. Campbell, fourth cock; first heu;
fifth cockerel; seventh pullet. Jas. Fen-
stermaker, fifth cock. Lester Chellew, sixth
and seventh cockerel. J. A. Barnum, first,
second and sixth pullet.
Light Barred Plymouth Rocks — H. An-
thony, first cock; first. second, fourth
and fifth hen; first, third and seventh
cockerel; first and second pullet: first
young pen. Geo. H. Campbell, third and
sixth hen; fourth and eighth cockerel;
fourth and fifth pullet. O. W Smith, seventh
hen; third pullet. J. A. Barnum. second,
fifth and sixth cockerel.
White Pljrmouth Rocks — E. 0. Zoeller,
first cook; third hen; first and fourth pul-
let; first old pen. Wm. Collins, second
cock; seventh cockerel; sixth pullet; fifth
young pen. Harms Bros., third and fourth
cock; first, second and fourth hen; flr«it.
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pen. Maple Grove Farm, fifth cock. A. E.
Fuller, sixth and eighth cock; eighth hen:
eighth pullet; third old pen; Becood. ttiira
and fourth young pen. E. R. Davis, Beventh
cock; Hfth and sixth hen; third and fourth
cockerel; seventh pullet. F. W. bchroeder,
eighth cockerel. , . „. j j
Buff Plymouth Books — John Standard,
first and second cock; second and third hen;
first and third cockerel; first and third pul-
let. Maple Grove Farm, first hen; second
cockerel; second pullet; first younj^ pen.
Partridge Plymouth Bocks — Levi Buck,
first and second cock; first and fourth hen;
first, second and third cockerel; first and
second pullet; second old pen. Chas. Back-
haus, second, third and fifth hen; third old
pen. Raymond Stonecipher. first old pen.
Silver Wyandottes — Woodland Farm, first
and second cock; first and second hen; first,
second and third cockerel; first second and
third pullet; first young pen. Lee M.
Strawn. third and fourth hen; second young
pen. Mrs. Jas. Cowell, fourth pullet.
GN>lden Wyandottes — Earl B. Lewis, first
and second cock; third, fourth and fifth
hon; second and third cockerel; first and
fifth pullet; first young pen. C. A. Manley,
third an'd fourth cock; first and second hen;
first co.kerel; second, third and fourth pul-
let; first old pen.
White Wyandottes — C. W. Case, first
cock; second and fourth hen; second and
third cockerel; fifth and sixth pullet; sec-
ond old pen; fourth young pen. E. J. San-
derson, second and fourth cock ; first and
third hen; first and seventh cockerel; sec-
ond pullet; first old pen; second young
pen. David Ray, third cock: eighth cock-
erel. J. G. Lange & Sons, fifth cock; sixth
hen. Mau Bros., sixth cock; eighth pullet.
Fred M. Crowe, eighth cock; fifth hen;
fourth cockerel; fourth old pen; fifth young
pen. C. W. Case, seventh cock. John B.
Greenan, seventh hen; fifth cockerel; first
pullet. Helen Endlich. sixth cockerel; first
young pen. A. E. Hedke, seventh pullet;
sixth rid pen; third young pen. John Wil-
dig, third old pen; seventh youne: pen.
Harms Bros., fifth old pen; sixth young pen.
Helen Endlich. third pullet.
Buff Wyandottes— Ewald Scheiwe. first,
second, fourth, sixth and seventh cock; first,
second, third, fourth, sixth and seventh hen ;
first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth cockerel ;
first, second, third and eighth pullet; first,
second and third old pen: first, third and
fourth young pen. Sam'l Ledgett, third
cock; eighth cockerel. J. O. Lange tb Sons,
fifth and eighth cock; fifth hen; second and
seventh cockerel; fourth and fifth pullet.
Louis Grey, sixth and seventh pullet.
Single Oomb Rhode Island Beds — Allen &
Burt, first cock; second and fourth hen;
second and third cockerel; third pullet;
second younsr pen. John H. Tomlinson. sec-
ond cock: first hen: first pullet. Jos. Toyn-
ton, third cock; fifth hen; fifth cockerel;
third young pen. R. W. Schmidt, fourth
cock: first cockerel. Sam Hicks, fifth cock.
Frank O. Hill, third hen; first old pen.
Harms Bros., fourth cockerel; first youn^
pen. Geo. Bahn. second pullet. .Tohn Wil-
dig. fourth pullet. Wm. Vine, fifth nullet.
N. H. Decker, fourth younjf pen. Wm. A.
Rotarius. fifth younjj pen.
Rose Oomb Bhode Island Beds — John King,
first hen. Fred Pearson, second and third
hen: third cockerel; first pullet. Geo. N.
Grounds, first cockerel. Wm. Mrock, second
cockerel ; second pullet. Mrs. W. G. Low-
ery, third pullet. R. Daniels, first young
pen.
Light Brahmas — F. J. Cassar. first rock :
fir«>t cockerel: first, second, third and fourth
pullet. A. J. Garcean, second cock; third
hen. John A. Richter, third cock: fourth
cockerel. E. T. Johns, fourth cock; first,
second and fifth hen; second cockerel: first
old pen; first young pen. A. W. Chalcraft
k Sons, fourth hen; third cockerel. Wm.
A. Rotarius. second old pen. M. Kurkowski.
third old pen.
Black Langshans — William Sharp, all
awards.
White Langshans — Wm. A. Rotarius, all
awards.
Single Oomb Dark Brown Leghorns — Ed.
L. Kalis, first cock; second pullet. O. B.
Gordon, second cock, Claud LaDuke, frot
and second cockerel; first pullet; first
young pen.
Single Oomb White Leghorns — Robt. Col-
lins, first, third and fifth cock; first, second
and sixth hen; first, fifth and sixth cock-
erel; seventh pullet: first old pen: third
younsr pen. C. C. Cadwallader. second rocV- :
third and fourth hen; third, fourth, seventh
and eighth cockerel: first and sixth pullet;
second old pen; first young pen. A. D.
Neale. fourth cock; fourth and fifth puMet:
second young pen. A. B. Embree, sixth
corV: second, third and eighth pullet. Claud
LaDuke, seventh cock, Frank Adcock. fifth
hen; second cockerel. Maple Crest Farms,
sevAuth ard eighth hen.
Single Osmb Buff Leghorns — A. A. Os-
walt, first and third cock; first and seeond
hen; first, third, fourth and fifth
first' ai» I second j-uilel ; lirst old \,^
1). Lapiiam, seroud, fourth and Hfih
third fourth and fifth hen; se<o.,4
erel; third, fourth and fitih puliei;
old pen; first young pen.
Single Comb Black Leyhorns— p(
Allen, all awarils.
Single Comb Black Minorcas— (.,
VanlJund, tir.-t an<i second cock ; first,
and fifth hen; first pullet; first youL
Jacob Bauinan, th.rd and fourth cocH
ond and third hen; first, second, fours
fifth cockerel ; second, third, fourm
fifth pullet: first old pen; second
pen. C. li. McClellau, fourth cock.
Johns, third cockerel. C. R. Wilkei,
young pen. ,
Single Cmb White Minorcas — Mrii
nette Auer. all awards. '
Bose Oomb Buff Minorcas— Dat
Tucker, all awards. .
Blue Andalusians — T. H. King A
all awards.
Single Oomb Anconas — Oscar R.
first and second cock; first, seconi]
fourth hen; fourth and fifth pullet. \\
Gregor. third hen ; fourth and fifth
erel; second young pen. Jos. C.
fifth hen; first cockerel; second
first yoiing pen. Geo. W. Baer. secom
erel. Rev. E. L. Kalis, first and tlui
let. I'aiil Bechler. third younjc pen.
Single Oomb Buff Orpingtons— r]
Preston, first cock- fifth cockerel;
and fifth priHot. H. A. Jackson,
third, tourth and fifth cock; seconi
third hen; fourth cockerel; second]
first old pen. N. Schauroth, first and
hen; first young pen. H. A. Hacksoi]
ond and third nen. P. E. Anderioa.
hen; second and third cockerel; fir*
third pullet. Frank W. Englert, firit
erel. .
Single Oomb White Orplngtona— ?J
k J. G. G. Henderson, all awards.
White Crested Black Polish — M. E
bitt, first cock; first hen; first co<_
Raymond Clark, second cockerel; fint
let.
Bearded Golden Polish— K. H. Babbi
ftWArds
Buff' Laced Polish — K. H. Babbit^j
awards.
Silver Spangled Hamburgs — Ivan
bert. first cock; first hen; first and
cockerel; first and second pullet. L|
Babbitt, second hen; third cockerel.
Jersey Black (Hants— Dr. W. L. 8cl
all awards.
Silkies — Konczal Bros., all awards.
Brown Bed — H. S. Lockwood. all r
Dominiques — R. S. Lockwood. all n
Golden Sebrlghts — C. F. Taylor, first
first hen. Geo. N. Grounds, first cod
first and second pullet.
White Bose Combs — C. F. Taylor,
ftwftrds
Black Bose Combs — C. P. Taylor,
cock ; first hen. Geo. Baker, second
second hen.
Busslan Orloffs — Dan'l Tucker, all r
Silver Oampines — C. W. Carter,
awards.
START A HATCHERY
For years past the baby chick bw
has doubled itself yearly, and yearly I
demand has been far greater than th« '
ply. If this department of poultry
duction interests you. get busy now, i
delay longer in ordering the incul
necessary. Every section of our e«
should have its hatcheries and here iij
East, particularly, the need for them i»
Being able to buy baby chicks has
thousands upon thousands of new p
keepers, breeders and f«nciers. It i« •
cal way to make your start and lewj
standard production.
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Snouncements
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lose. There
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hTrooical Mid-Winter Fair. » ^^•
away, Sei'y. Orlando. Fla. Feb. 12-19.
ILLINOIS „ , « ,
L«5onal Poultry Show. D. E. Hale. Sec y.
tet 6?th ^t.. Chicago. 111. Jan. 14-
feofs State Shew AD. Smith. Sec'y.
lev 111 Ja"- '^■^' ^^2*- «,. n TT
Vrthern Illinois P^l/^y , Show 4 ^1924'
i Sec'y Belv dere. 111. Jan. 9-14, 1V£*
tXnlon County Poultry Show. John
'igst, Sec'y. Freeport, III. Jan. 22-27,
IN MEMORY
On December 10. Louisa Haefnw
Schwab, mother of Editor H. F
Schwab, was laid to rest at Ironw,
?uoit, N. Y.. having died Decemwr
— a mother devoted to her child'*
— a woman unusual for her ye*"^
active to her very last — a mother tr
ways. To our associate and I'^'^'t
as well as to those others v»rliom de»w
has robbed of man's closest fricuc
we extend our heartfelt svmpath'
We have visited this home, we kn''«
of this mother now gone, we kndji
of her love for her o'l'ldren, a'**' ,f|
theirs for her. and yet amidst tnli
feeling of loss, one ;jreHt tonsolati*
should be for those whom she has U^
behind, always have thoy rcverencw
her in life, and from knowing thea
we also know her memory ^i*
throughout their lives, be a sacrd
thing.
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INDIANA ^ _
heater Vincennes Pcultry Show Geo F
Br Sec'y. 705 N. 13th St.. Vincennes
'inn 7-12 1924.
Bkomo Poultry Show. H. G Dotterer,
f, 1036 S. Webster St., Kokomo. Ind.
IdVa^na^^^Premier Show. , Wayne Little
v. Plymouth. Ind. Jan. 30-Feb 4, 1924
ifayette Poultry Club. Henir Wvp'"^
ly, Lafayette, Ind. Jan. 7-12. 1924.
Ydiana's Quality Show. Claude Enslen
h Marion. Ind. Jan. 1013. ^924
Edison County Poultry A Pet Stock Show.
I?. Bohannon, Sec'y. Elwood City. Ind
I 22-27 1924.
plumbia City Show ?"«f®°«, .^e^lL'S-
ry, Columbia City. Ii.d. Jan. 9-l*.,.iy24.
Bone County Poultry Show. Pli»l»P O-
res, Sec'y, Lebanon, Ind. Jan. ibiv,
IOWA , ,
*milton County Poultry Association. J.
nmstead. Sec'y, Webster City, la. Jan.
I 1924
Arlington Poultry Show. E. H. Oerdom.
fy 2045 Highland Ave.. Burlington, la.
14-19. 1924. „ -- . .
pjdar Valley Poultry Show. Ray Mabie
fy, Osage, la. Jan. 3 6. 1924.
KENTUCKY ^ ^
lue Grass Poultry Show. L. Gentry
[y, R. R. No. 8, Lexington. Ky. Jan
1924.
MARYLAND _
pimberland. Md.. Show. H. H. Robinson.
y. 542 Fairview Ave., Cumberland, Md.
15-18, 1924. Entries close January 10
. BIASSAOHUSETTS ^ , ,^^
foston Show. W. B. Atherton, Sec'y. 166
lent St.. Boston. Mass. Jan. 1-5. J!«.i4.
jiherst Poultry Show. Dan Bray, Sec y.
lerst. Mass. Jan. 8-9, 1924.
mOHIGAN
lonroe County Poultry Show. A. ni'ls,
'•y, Monroe. Mich. Jan 23-26, 1921.
MINNESOTA
Landiyohi County Poultry Show. D T.
Ison, Sec'y, Willmar, Minn. Jan. l^ 18,
. MISS0X7BI
[our Star Show. Cameron. Mo. January.
r^indsor Royal Poultry Show. Eden C
kth. Sec'y, Windsor. Mo. Jan. 2-5. '924.
I NEW YORK
Bayuga County Poultry Pair. Chas. Mear-
\ Sec'y. Weedsport. N. Y.
hflfalo Show, Buffalo. N. Y. W. A. ATol-
I. Ass't Sec'y, Box 297. Lockport N. Y.
I 9.13, 1924.
Madison Square Garden Poultry Show.
W York, N. Y. D. Lincoln Orr, Sec'y
rs Mills, N. Y. Jan. 23-27, 1924. En-
W rlf>Re January 1, 1924.
Rochester Fanciers' Show. James H.
Ptcott Sec'y. P. O. Box 472, Rochester,
IJ. Jan. 7-12. 1924.
lohawk Valley Poultry Club. A. A. Van
' Sec'y. 14 Van Zandt St.. SchenecUdy.
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N. T. Jan. 8-12, 1924. Entriot clo«« Dec.
80. 1923. ^, ,.
Chautauqua County Poultry Show. C. (i.
Loucks Sec'y, 56 Broadhead St.. Jamestown.
N. Y. Jan. 21-26, 1924.
NEW JERSEY
Riverside Poultry Show. U. A. Eaton.
Sec'y, Box 303, Riverside, S. J. Jan. 16.
19 1924.
frrmton Winter Poultry Jjow, Trenton.
N. J. LeRoy Sked, Sec'y, Fenaioifton, N. J.
Jan. 14-18. 1924.
OHIO
Jackson Center Poultry .^how. Mrs. A.
W. Davis. Sec'y, Jackson Center, O. Jan.
1-4, 1924. ^ „
Springfield, 0., Poultry Show. B. 8.
Shirey, Sec'y. 1022 Cypress St., Jan. 7-ia,
1924.
Kenton Poultry Show. Jno. P. Siemon,
Sec'y, Kenton, O. Jan. 14-19. 1924.
Edon Community Poultry Show. Earl J.
Knapp. Sec'y. Edon, O. Jan. 8-12. 1924.
PENNSTLVANIA
Lebanon County Poultry .Show. E. R.
Worcester, Sec'y, Lebanon. Pa. Jan. 15-19,
1924. Entries close January 5.
Meadville Show. Frank Remler, Sec y.
692 Arch St., Meadville, Pa. Jan. 28Feb.
2 1924.
' Pittsburcrh Show. J. Leonard PfeulTer,
Sec'y. P. O. Box 884, Pittsburgh. I'a. Jan.
14-19, 1924. , „.^
Mercer County Poultry 8how. A. C. Mld-
dleton. Sec'y. Sharon, Pa. Jan. 14-20 1924.
Lock Haven Poultry Show. John B. Mo-
Cool. Sec'y, 142 E. Water St., Lock Haven,
Pa. Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 1924. Entries close
Jenuary 19. _ , „ ,
Philadelphia Show. H. W. Bntton, Sec y,
Moorestown. N. J. Jan. 8- 12, 1924. Entries
close December 18, 1928.
New Kensington Poultry Show. P. F.
Guenther, Sec'y, New Kensington, Pa. Jan.
1-5. 1924. . ^ « T V
Johnstown Fanciers' Show. G. Ray Johns-
ton, Sec'y. P. O. Box 416, Johnstown. Pa.
Jan. 1-5, 1924. , «^ .^r i
Pennsylvania State Poultry Show, Harris-
burg. Pa. H. D. Munroe, Sec'y, Room 206,
Hort Bldg.. State College. Pa. Jan. 22-36,
1924. Entries close January 1.
Forest County Poultry A Pet Stock Show.
J. H. Osgood. Sec'y. Tionesta, Pa. Jan. S-11,
1924.
Warren County Poultry Show. E. B.
Lasher. Sec'y. 116 Elm St.. Warren, Pa.
Jan. 14-19, 1924.
TEXAS
Southwestern Exposition . »»»d Pat Stock
Show. Ed. R. Henry. Sec'y. Tort Worth,
Tex. March 8-15. 1924^
VIBOIKIA
Virginia State Poultry Show. J. A. Halli-
han, Sec'y. 2914 E. Broad St., Richmond.
Va. Jan. 7-12. 1924^
WISCONSIN
Ripon Poultry Show. Louis B. Farvour,
Bec'y. Ripon, Wis. Jan. 8 11, 1024.
Sheboygan Poultry ft Pet Stock Show.
Ott E Zickhart, Sec'y. 1816 Penn Ava.,
Sheboygan. Wis. Jan. 9-13. 1924.
Green County Poultry Show. O. M. King,
Bec'y. Albany, Wis. Jan. 7-11, 1924
Wisconsin State Poultry Show. R. W.
Luts, Sec'y, Qshkosh, Wis. Jan. 17-20,
"24. ^ . ,
BUTP BRAHMA MEET AT "qAEDEN*'
The newly organized ''American Buff
Brahma Club" has decided to hold its first
annual club meet at the coming Madison
Square Garden Poultry Show. January 23-
27 1924. The show management did aot
receive notice of the club's decision in time
to include same in the premium list, but It
is expected these announcements will come
to the attention of enough live breeders to
bring out a record entry in this new stand-
ard variety of the "Grand Old Breed." The
club has adopted as its object and slogan,
"Boost the breed and help boom business
for its breeders." . , ^ .
The club offers for competition of members
onlv four special ribbons, for best shaped
male, best shaped female best colored male
and best colored female.
Marshall Fsrms. Inc.. of Marshsllton. Del.,
also offer a $25.00 silver championship cup
for the first club member to win three of
its special ribbons for the best cock. hen.
cockerel, puHet and pen. to be awarded at
the annual club meet each year until won
three years fnot necessarily consecutive),
points to count as per show rules.
To be eligible to compete for these spe-
cials applications ffr membership must be
received by John Marshall, secretary pro
tern. Marshallton. Del., previous to the show,
and these names will be Included In the list
of charter members and published In the club
year book free of charsre. Membership fee
is only |1.00. Do it now I
• • •
MEET OF PENNSTLVANIA ANOONA OLUB
The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania
Ancona Club will be held In connection with
the Pittsburgh Poultry Show at Pittsburgh,
Pa.. January 14 to 19. 1924 and will offer
some very attractive prises.
The Pittsburgh Show is offering wonder-
ful inducements for exhibits from our mem-
bers and no breeder can afford to overlook
the importance of mfaking at least a few
entries.
We hope every member will strive to
show at Pittsburgh even if it be but one or
two birds each.
Membership and Ancona World may be
obtained by ueudiug one dollar to club sec-
retary, C. E. Johnson, Route 3, Ligonier. Pa.
• • •
BIO EGO EXHIBIT EXPECTED
AT FABM PB0DU0T8 SHOW
The egg exhibit that has been planned in
connection with the State Farm Products
Show, at Harrisburg. Pa., January 22 to 26,
Kromises to be the largest that has ever
een held. Last year there were some 300
plates of eggs displayed at this show, with
the farmer* of Hegins Valley in Schuylkill
county Hending the largest exhibit from any
one county. This county walked away with
a beautiful silver loving cup, ten and one-
half inches in height, which was presented
by the Pennsylvania Sl»te Poultry Associa-
tion. Schuylkill county was represented
with 85 dozen eggs in 76 different entries.
Out of these 76 entries, 29 received prizes.
The sweepstakes prize for the best dosen
white eggs in the show went to an exhibitor
in Hegins Valley.
This Egg Show is staged to encourage
more farmers and poultrymen to send a
"real" product to the market and will em-
body many a valuable lesson for Pennsyl-
vania farmers and poultrymen. The princi-
pal aim of the exhibit this year will be to
create a greater appreciation of the market
demands. Too often Pennsylvania shippers
ignore the dollar and cents value of a pro-
duct that is strictly uniform as to color,
size and quality. It puzzles a great man^
foultrymen to explain how it is that Cali-
ornia eggs produced two or three weeks
ago, taking a week in transit, can appear
on our eastern markets tomorrow and com-
mand a higher price than the Pennsylvania
product. It is not the fault of the Penn-
sylvania hen, neither is it because the Cali-
fornia hen lays a better egg than our birds,
nor that the California farmer has a "pull"
with our eastern dealers. The secret, if it
may be so called, of the California system,
is that they ship a clean, uniform product
in neat, clean containers.
• • •
MILWAUKEE NATIONAL SHOW
The Sixth Annual Milwaukee National
Poultry and Pigeon Show, held at the Mil-
waukee Anditorium, November 25 to 29,
1923, was a great success, the show was
well balanced and of high quality, breeders
from everywhere exhibited their birds, and
in most all breeds and varieties competition
was keen and plenty of it.
As you entered the hall you were amaied
at the beautiful display, the pigeons in a
semi-circle, then the bantams, a number of
display coops, the pen coops in the center
and the singles branching from these across
the width 180 by 208 feet all single decked,
giving you a clear view of the entire hall
beautifully decorated to please the eye; a
scene long to be remembered and cherished
by sll.
The Barred Rock class was of exceptional
high quality and large. Theo. Dann ex-
hibited the first oock, this bird was in gooil
plumage and had excellent barring. Hack-
ett and Altman Bros., showed some very
good birds but they were not finished
enough to do any serious harm to F. 0.
Zeimer, of Waconia. Minn.: he received the
display reward in this variety.
The White Rock class was a beauty, tbe
well finished and conditioned birds of H.
W. Halbach A Sons, of Waterford. Wis., arr
in a class by themselves and fortunate, in-
deed was H. H. Paulsen to get second cock
and U. R. Steil. fourth cock. Brismere
Farms showed some good birds and will
soon break into the ribbons if they keep at
it. The silver cup donated by the Milwau-
kee Association of Commerce for best dis-
play was awarded to H. W. Halbach A Sons.
W. A. Fuchs donated a silver cup to the
best pen of White Plymouth Rocks which
was also taken by H. W. Halbach A 8'>ns.
A great class of Silver Penciled Rocks
was shown by John Scharhag and John
promises to make this class again as large
bv next year and have competion worth
while.
The Silver and R"ff Wyandotte classes
were weak. The Golden and Partridre
Wynndotte and Partridge Rocks were well
represented.
The White Wyandotte class was large and
of good quality with honors well divided.
The Rhode Island Red class was a large
representative class of the best breeders
^rom all parts of the state: a few back-
''^♦fers ren their bird- <n v.''*h the b'" fal-
lows and took some of the ribbons. Walter
Achwister, Jos. Neuman, A. cE. .totat rTL.UB BULLETIN
H. Laabs and Robert IngrahsA^^^^ *^
birds but it was H. A. FiaekS «««^AM HTTPP
Cr.sse, Wis., who took the 5B M PR I CAW U U 1 i
ribbons and the Milwaukee ^P^*" ^^
Commerce silver cup. Mr . ..TT^i^'PTtJ I T T TT\
Rhode Island Whites had M/ Y ANDO l 1 i- V-'i-ULI
and Edw, Flanders, from MeiS^
received the silver cup for bcnp ^^ ta OOLGLAZIER, Pres.
The two Dominique cockenSl^- , "^V^n Sec'y Hanover. Pa.
bv Geo. Davidson, from \fgj, aLWOOD, sec y. xa»
Mass., caused a lot of good ci
I
-.-»
iUMBB., cauBcu m luii u* kviuu (
Brahmas, White and Black i^^ -
Jersey Black Giants were weuM ».„_- were notified by letter and
Tlie Single Comb White Legli*i«°^°®"hr Boston premium list, call-
large and the quality w»i*eivea *n« urging you to at-
good. C. W. Courtney. BadgsrK *ihihit at the cluh show and an-
ery, W. H. Bruggeman and «#*,?*„ ''i sincerely hope that many
.__. ._. w;... .... ... „ ^if ra%osUion to d^o so have respond^
M*v I have the pleasure to report
^K's issue of ETverybodys a com-
JJn of a successful national meet.
some fine birds but Geo. H.
Sheboygan, Wis., had the bi
tured display in this clasi.
horns, of good quality; clssi
Leghorns, R. E. Bodenhagea
sweep. The quality of Min
show is very good and descri
competition. The Ancona clsii
largest, but the classiest, ^'ly
made a good win in the Roit^
made a good win in the Rowik «,.„« intters coming to this
the Single Combs competition Jh »re S? W litlrature and photo-
the awards fairly well scatt^n request for ^'^^^^f/J^J^* .^^ variety.
Daugherty's first hen was in « perteiniof ^^ our ure^
condition and Geo. Hoffmsn'.lletters are mailed to ^us"om ^^ ^^^
is sure to make a record in thievery staie in v ^ ^hree
,.. XX ,x.„.„w ,.„..„.H ♦.. M recei;jd^rf„«,Jr^ colleges. It is
.jbiSon to^secure this literature for
live purposes m their classes oi
This club is in need of such
■; and steps should be taken to
sJme The c*lub is missing a wonder^
ance to make new friends for the
as msny of these students in our
will surely take up a breed in future
Bear in mind if this club does not
. proper literature io place in our
_- - -- , '^tural colleges and high schools, other
lual at this show. Kt clubs will and are doing it at
The bantam class was Kood. K^ 'JV'''" making great strides in
we missed Messrs. Cushman ii^. f °" ^jf j ^^^^ j* „»ny states. Re-
but Messrs. Dailey, Herr R»'"^«XJ Breeder, we' cannot live
and others helped to^ m^l'* " K'eed Buff Wyandottes forever; we
Best display was awarded to El*',!? interest and start the coming
West Alhs. Wis. Etions or Buff Wyandottes will pass on
The champion cockerel ?/• irroad that many other once popular
mouth Rock exhibited by H. Vi.W /""" t-v*!*
u ^t \tr.»A.#»./i \vi« ■ nave laxen.
W. H. Handorf received the iM
best display by the Associiti^
merce.
The silver shield offered for
play of Single Comb White Or
awarded to Novak Poultry ft
was so many good birds let «■
Hoffman said: "Take out thi^
you have enough good birds U
far above the average at any iki
could be said about several of-
classes as well for the quslitj
equal at this show.
Sons, of Waterford. Wis.
Every one connected with thij
feels proud in the manner thii
conducted. The judging was sU'
day by Judges Hackett, Weill, 1
Monilau. All awards were vt
show opened to the public on
ing ana bv 2 p. m. the msrki
was for sale on the floor of thi
y person who has been a member of
;b for the past two years has received
• from this oflice inviting them to re-
tbe dub and help boost and put for-
fthe variety. Quite a few of these let-
ive been returned to me, mostly those
id to life members whom the club has
in aauition to tnis every cooibo word from in many moons. We
bered and the name and addreaB appreciate a line from these members
hibitor, breed and variety w«Bn a while, it would at least show that
coop. The junior department viwre interested in our efforts. If I no
nted : tne Milwaukee JounKear from the parties that have re-
• -^ . . - - ^ to me in due time it is my intention
ike them off the list and save the sub-
Jon money paid out each year for the
ll organ. Any member making a
J of location should inform me at once
e can arrange our books accordingly.
» m m
awarded to Frederick Juftsr.
class did not come up to the ._
the general public. Criticiim
about the birds that were ihi
lack of pride their owners
showing them. Every eveninjr w
try was sriven away at sll thi
booths. The Krause Milline '^
booths. The Krause Milline 0& Toronto, Allentown. New Orleans and
played their line of poult rv ff^Shows all had fine classes of Buffs the
James Mfg. Company displayed |.month. The Southern Sectional Meet
moth incubators and poultry ■ held at New Orleans and the Pen^
Kneisler Bros., Quaker Oats Co.i
A .Sons, Rosenbaum Bros.. Thw
CB ounn, rvoBenoauin nros., inw
cady Milline Co.. Blatchford Ct
Brismere Farms. The Albert D;
and the Badger Advancement A
had attractive booths and r
business. A number of sales
lunin. A lie duuhici" vjc« nv...o,. —
held at New Orleans and the Penn-
ia State Meet at Erie, at this show
' Wvsndotte cockerel won a silver cup
e champion bird of entire show, all
competing. President Colclazier has
ped this office that the larjrest class
luff Wyandottes ever exhibited in a
show is at this date being exhibited
e Western Sectional Meet being held
•nnection with the Hutchinson, Kan..
Show.
• • *
the time is approaching that many
will be purchasing breeding birds. I
,! ,• »^ *_»! : .1-. «* «t.^ will
business. A number of sales viSm show is at thin v.-.> ......... ^-
good cockerels; also several n«»Be Western 8ectional_Meet being Jield
at attractive prices. One shipaiAnnection with t'
bur«rs was sent to Australia P «>»."—
Thursday evening at 9 o'dod
ing out was begun and at 11:30^
bird was ready for his iourney. ^e will be purtuooiug, u.^cv....* ""-"•.
ment reached its owner and sBoiBublishing the following rule of the ^]^°-
score given to the sviperinten<l«B members must make all sales of slocK
offlicial workers. Thus anothwBthe understanding that if birds are not
National Show has gone dowiBely satisfactory after inspection, they
as a perfect success. ■ be returned, and full purchase prirt
Aded immediately, with proviso that tne
Aaser pay express charges both ways.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Owing to the illness and
Editor Schwab's mother,
quoit, N. Y., Mr. Schwab
attend several December
which we had planned he
— especially do we make
nouncement as rejfards
and Detroit, where the b-
been informed Mr. Schwab
tend. This also accounts f<
ports of these shows beini
from this issue, much to
Vaccinated Hens
Weigh-LAY-Pay
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Protect your flock aealnst Cholera anci the infections 8«:ompau> ln« Koup.
ColiU. Canker, Catarrh. <-hU:ken I'ox. Diphtheria etc. healthy.
reel or Uitouiti yout ile.ltt. «'•''"'«•• rj voBtwld.
THE OIUaiNAI. A. 8. »'• .*\Jf^'^J'Se f. 8. IKPl. ot innculiur..
Poultry Health,- by Dr. b. C. usiw
• •5**
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Olab Secretary Address
American Rose Comb White Lesrhorn Club... J. M. Chase Wallkill, N. Y. 185
American ColMmbian Plymouth Rock CIub....T. H. Breiti^an Lititi. Pa. 192
.Ralph C. Alwood Hanover. Pa. 192
.C. W. Walker Manninjc, la. 193
.G. O, Truman Perry sville, O. 194
.C. M. Page Belmar, N. J. 194
American Buff ^'yandotte Club.
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Jersey Black Giant Club,
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AN00NA8
POST'S "SUPER" ANCONAS. OFFI-
cial contest winners bred in line for heavy
flock average. Winners at America's great-
est shows and egg contests. They possess
wonderful vigor, size and egg capacity,
Standard-bred, useful, Single Comb and Rose
Comb Anconas. hatching eggs, baby chicks.
Egg and show stock. Prices reasonable.
Quality guaranteed. Free catalogue. Write.
Sweet Briar Farms, Box D, Ontarioville, lU.
189bf
SOUTHLAND ANCONAS MAKE EVERY
day a payday by laying more and eating less.
Heavy laying hens mated to cock birds direct
from Sheppard's pen one, chicks $25.00 hun-
dred, dayold eggs $2.00 to $5.00 per setting.
Chas. Watt, Jr., Camilla, Ga. 186
"HI GRADE" SINGLE COMB ANCONA
chicks bred for high egg production, tine
color. Write for prices, prompt delivery.
Knapp's "Hi-Grade" Poultry Farm. Box
CE-10, Shelby, O. 188b%rii
A FEW CHOICE BIRDS— COCKERELS
and pullets that will prove their value as
breeders. Full value for your dollars in
every bird purchased. G. H. Hubbard, Lock
Haven, Pa. 184
ANOONAS
ANCONAS — SEE MY WINNINGS AT
Syracuse and Hanover. Select breeders
cheap for immediate sale. Eggs from these
winners. Catalogue. G. G. McLaurin, Dil-
lon, S. O. 186
SINGLE AND ROSE COMB ANCONAS
from America's leading strains, $1.50 up.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Write, Wallace
Brattrud, Waseca, Minn. 185
SINGLE COMB MOTTLED ANCONAS.
Birds of fine quality. Heavy egg strain.
EgpR $1.50 per setting. F. S. Bowen, Route
2, Bellefonte, Pa. 189
SINGLE COMB ANCONAS. HENS, PUL-
lets, cockerels; ressonable. Write G. W.
Simms, Lake, N. Y. 184
STANDARD BRED ANCONAS — STOCK,
eggs, chicks. W. R. Showalter. Harrison-
burg, Va. 184
BANTAMS
FOR SALE — THREE WHITE COCHIN
Bantam cockerels. $3.50 each; 1 cock, $5.00.
C. D. Reynolds, 1409 Main St., Peekskill,
N. Y 184
BANTAMS
CAPONS
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I^rahmaH, lloudang
Hed.H, fowl. EgKs. %{[
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HUBBARD'S SPECKLED SUa
tarns. Unusually attractive little!
expensive but useful. G. H. Hub
Haven, Pa
BANTAMS, EGGS. 22 \t
Circular, 2 cent stamp. Fenn BaaS
Desk 32, Delavan, Wis.
FOR SALE— LIGHT BRAHMaI]
at $3.00 and $5.00 a pair. Osciil
ner, Littlestown, Pa.
DARK BRAHMA BANTAMS, Flrl
at any show. Alf Cress, 147 Amf
don, Ont., Canada.
PIT GAME, EXHIBITION Gi,
bantams. Wesley Lanius, Greemk
PONS— siMPLicnj ^^^^ 10
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WHITE CORNISH
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ITE ?.^¥^8mith. Deep River. Conn
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BABY CHICKS
EXHIBITION BUFF AND Bl
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UOHT BBAHMAS
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Write for prices on growing stock i
Valleyview Poultry Farm, Bertraal
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SINGLE COMi WHITE LEGHORNS.
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BROWN LEGHORNS — COCKERELS
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"MINORCAS OF EVERY COMB AND
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SINOLE OOMB WHITE MIHoi
TRAPNESTED SINGLE COMB ^
Minorcas. Hatching eggs. Hesv}|
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WHITE ROCKS, WINNERS ST. LOUIS
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EGG-BRED EXHIBITION BUFF WYAif-
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R. A. Page, North East, Pa.
185
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES—AT NEW
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finest pens. Cockerels, hens and pullets for
sale Austin G. Warner, Whitesboro, ,N^ Jt^
186bm
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTE EGGS FOR
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SPECKLED SUSSEX
BLAOK oBPoroToira rs ;
BYER8' STRAIN. OOOKERBUi
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TTRF-BRED PRIZE WINNING COLUM-
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184
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WYANDOTTES
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■ ■_ 1.. i>.rir>' nAdiirreed laying strain.
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ARISTOCRAT BARRED ROCKS. I
»ve 15 cockerels and two yearling cocks
^d a few pullets for sale, farm raised^for
;.00 each. Jas. Fenstermaker. 414 White
mg and breedinR of Wyandottes
hv H A Nourse. published by American
Poultr'y Association, illustrated ^J Sch'll.ng
Price $2.50, postage prepaid. Address or-
dlrs to EveryVodys Poultry Magazine. Han-
over. Pa.
••HIGRADE" WHITE WYANDOTTE
chicks, also Silver Laced, from finest bred
stock wonderful all year 'round ejcg pro-
Aur^r» Send for prices and free pamph^t,
o raise chicks." Knapp's ' Hi-
■poultry Farm, Box CE-9. Shelby a
ducers
"How to
Grade"
UARTRinoE WYANDOTTE HENS.
puUetrjs'o'o^ six fo\ $15.00. mite Wyan-
dotte hens, pullets $1.75
'Thompsonville, 111.
Springs.
186
WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKEREL^
Nixon and Ramapo strains $o.00. $10 00.
Sxhibition and utility. Hatching e^g*
Happy Hour Poultry Farm. Route 3. Ewt
Stroudsburg, Pa. ^ _^
"regal WHITE WYANDOTTES OF
nuSitv Stock shipped on approval. Eggs
f,^r hatching. No chicks. Mating list free
for hatching . Hanover. Pa. tfbjl
Frank P.
1.000 PURE
dottes for sale,
yorton. Pa.
REGAL WHITE WYAN-
Allen Sechrist, Port -Tr^e-
Toledo. O.
184
PARKS' STRAIN BARRRED ROCKS
Kks and cockerels for sale from trapnested
tnn with records up to 252 eggs. Prices
rht. Write me. Norton Ingalls. Green-
lie, N. Y.
184
THIRD BEST DISPLAY NEW
State Fair — 3 and 4 cockerel, 8 p«
young pen. Stork and eg« orden
booked early. Piedmont Poultry T«
P. Pettyjohn, Owner, 207 Federal St..
burg, Va.
PARKS' STRAIN DIRECT. COCKERELS
>r sale. Egg record of dam 232. Record
pedigreed sire's dam 230. Write for
rices. James L. Manning, Meshoppen, 1 c
184
SINGLE COMB RED COCKER!
hood and Tompkins' strainn. |5.<
Eggs in season from selected hesTfj
Mrs. W. E. Miller. Assumption. Hi
HATCHING EGOS — T R A P N I <
ppdi«»re«Kl Single Comb Reds. Bsf!
299. Price, $2 to $15. Write ttt]
list. J. M. Stutter, Salem, W. Tt.
HOLTERMAN'S STRAIN BARRED PLY-
fcouth Rorks. Cockerels for sale. $5.00 and
Ip. Mv guarantee stands back of every sale
Bircheoff. Cannon Falls, Minn. 184
THOMPSON' S "RINGLETS" DIRECT.
100 eggs, $8.00; 30 docen case. $2.5.00.
prepaid. Cockerels, $5.00. J. C Kolb
irdonville. Pa. 186
COClffeREL-BRED BARRED ROCKS—
Sither sex. Fine stock. Wm. Swanton,
1600 East Main Street, Springfield, O. 186
OuALiTY Chicks
^m^ .,.,.- * .„. 200 egg record, farm raised^stock Live
^ . onn ocro. rpcord farm raised stock. Live
We offer high quality chicks from o"^, ^^^ f /f "^rektment ; prompt shipment,
deliver; «ua%^ntfedV prepaid parcel post ;^^c^^^^^ ,,, twenty-five
Je'i;." O-r^er^ frortMs' a'dv^e^rViUlifen? or send for free booklet.^^
' per 100
$?.5.00
Jersey Black Giants ; * *. 15.00
••Tarron" White Leghorns ' / ' 25.00
"Sandy's" White Orpingtons is.OO
"Parks'" Barred Rocks 18.00
••Sheppard's" Anconas " 18.00
Rhode Island Reds •..■.■.■.■.".'.■. 20.00
Black Minorcas ; ; ; 20.00
White Wyandottes 20.00
White Plymouth Rfx-V".
Indian Runner and >N »«
e Pekin Ducklings
35.00
EGOS
per 100
$-20.00
8.00
12.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
12.00
Glen Rock Nursery and Stock vm^^^^
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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WHITB W7AND0TTES
QUALITY WHITE WYANDOTTES. SEN-
•IbTy priced. Ten years breeding for eggs
and show. Rockland White Feather Farm,
Elisabethtown, I'a. 184bd
REGAL WHITE WYANDOTTES. PUL-
lets, good cocks and cockerels at $7.50 and
up. Peola Poultry Yards, Beaver Springs,
Pa. 184
CHAMPION WHITE WYANDOTTES :
large White Holland Turkeys; all vaccinated.
Write Mrs. Sabe Gary, Mayfield. Ky. 184
R E G A L DORCAS — COCKERELS. $5.00
each. Eggs, $2.00 setting. Hedrick's Poul-
try Yards, Freeland, Md. 186
COCKERELS — REGAL-DORCAS $3.50,
96.00; pullets $2.50, $3.50. L. M. Strick-
lett, Vanceburg, Ky. 185
SEVERAL VARIETIES
90 VARIETIES — POULTRY. PIGEONS,
dogs parrots, pheasants, peafowl, hares.
Write wants. J. A. Bergey, Telford, Pa. 184!
PARKS' PEDIGREED BARRED ROCKS,
laying strain. Every cockerel from egfts
bought direct. March hatched cockerels
$6.00, $7.50 and $10.00. White Rocks,
Fiahel strain, pullets $2.50; cockerels $4.00.
W. N. Thomas, Stanford, 111. l65
TURKEYS
EVERY BREEDER OF TURKEYS WILL
be interested in the new book by Harry
Lamon and Robert Slocum entitled Turkey
Raising. Cloth bound, heavy book paper,
Sofusely illustrated and beyond any doubt
e best work of its kind to date. Your or-
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pottage prepaid. Address all orders to
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"" MAMMOTH BRONZE. WHITE HOLLAND,
Bourbon Reds. Geese — Mammoth Toulouse.
Xmbdens, Africans. Chinas. Ducks — Imperial
Pekins. Rouens, Buffs, Indian Runners. Mus-
eoTies. Write A. A. Ziemor, Austin, Minn.
187bm
MAMMOTH WHITE HOLLAND TUR-
keys from 50 lb. toms, 20 lb. hens; state
faur winnt^rs. All stock vaccinated against
diaease. Stock and eggs for sale. Mrs. Lee
Ohapman. Mayfield, Ky. 184!
THOROUGHBRED GIANT BRONZE TUR-
kvjB, Goldbanks from Bird Bros. Prise win-
ning stock. Mrs. F. J. Schneider, LaFarge-
▼tlle. N. Y. 185
WRITE FOR FREE COPY "TURKEY-
Talks," description and price list. £. C.
Litchfield. Waterloo. la. 184
FOR SALE — BOURBON RED TURKEYS.
100 egg strain. E. W. Jones. Woodlawn, Va.
186
DU0K8
HORTON'S HIGH QUALITY INDIAN
Runner Ducks and Ringlet Barred Rocks.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Sylvan View Poul-
try Farm, Curryville, Mo. 1^"*
DUCKS AND OEESE
CAYUGA DUCKS WON FIRST. SECOND
young drake, duck: first young pen. Also
Toulouse Geese won fourth, fifth ganders
old; fourth goose old; second goose young
at 1923 Chicago Coliseum. Boony Doon
Farm, Elkhorn, Wis. 184
CANARIES
CANARY BIRDS RAISED FROM HARTZ
Mountain and Roller stock. Fine singers,
$4.00 each. A. H. Meyer, Route 1, Eupene
Ore. 184
PURE BLOODED ROLLER'S. HIGH
grade exhibition stock, splendid singers.
Frank Oaduff. 640 So. 11th St., Newark.
N. J. 184
PHEASANTS
FANCY PHEAS.ANTS. MANY KINDS.
Charles F. Denley. Box 1, Rockville. Md. 191
INCUBATORS AND BROODERS
ONE HEN SAFELY BROODS 100 CHICKS
without artificial heat in the Nature-Plus
Hover. Easy to make. We sell plans and
rights. Write for information. Nature-Plus
Company, 2076 Oak St., Hillsboro. Ore. 186
FOR SALE— OAKES ELECTRIC INCUBA-
tor, 100-egg capacity. $20* 250-chick size
oil brooder. $10; both used but one season.
P. J. Tawney, Hanover, Pa. tff
BELGIAN HARES AND RABbTtS
RABBIT SALE— IT PAYS TO BUY THE
best, $2.00 up. Maikranz Rabbitry, New
Bethlehem. Pa. 184
POULTRY FLATS
POULTRY FLATS — BROOD 600 CHICKS,
house 72 to 90 hens. 6 separate yards on
24x36 ft. space. Book and complete building
plans 50c. Inland Poultry Journal, Dept. 83.
Indianapolis, Ind. 186bm
POULTRY REMEDIES
TURKEYTONE CURES BLACKHEAD,
sick and droopy turkevs, $1.00. Guaranteed.
L. Wright. Rt. 5. Atlanta. Mo. 184
DORAN'S GAPE REMEDY CURES GAPEP
or money back, 25c. Agents wanted. W.
H. Doran. Brandenburg, Ky. 189
POULTRY SUPPLIES
SHIPPING COOPS. BROODERS. BABY
chicks. Cut prices. Empire Supply House.
I Seward. N. Y. 186
BRADLEY BROS., Lee, Mass.
Barred Rocks WIN
At Madison Square Garden 1922
First, Second, Third and Fifth Cockerels
First, Second, Fourth and Fifth Cocks
Ereiy bird we exhlMted was placed (all bred and raised by ns) thus rounding out
SO Tean of Madison Square Garden First Prize Winning Reputation by
Birds of Our Breeding
FOR SALE — 1,000 BIRDS— Our Best Lines, comprising both
Old and Young Stock, for Show and Breeding
Light and Dark Bred
Including also some very valuable unused Cock Birds — Classy Speci-
mens we can recommend. Many of these birds are bred from our New
York Prize Birds. Write for wants, whether desiring some of the most
choice or just g^eneral purpose stock, and if favored by your order we
will select for your individual needs and send the full money's worth.
We specialize in highest gr&d^s but can furnish all values.
Bradley Bros.
Box 314 Lee, Mass., U. S. A.
tlUutrated Circular Frem
REAL ESTATE
WANTED TO HEAR FROM 0\V),
ing poultry farm or other proi,ej(j
State cash price and particuiari.T
lilack, 272Dd tit., (JUippewa if'silt,
SALE— POULTRY FARM. },]
Fine buildings. Mile from Hi]
Write, sterling, Holland, U.
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PLANTS
FREE. SEND NAMES ANDJ
pedigreed strawberry plants fre«.
Nursery Co., Piedmont, Mo.
BLACK RASPBERRIES PAY
proflts. Easily grown anywhi
plants for sale reasonable. Fr
bhawnee, Kan.
OIOARS
DIRECT FROM FACTORY, 51
ban twisters, long fillers. Sweeti
$2.00 for 50. Frank Miller, 120t|
St.. Dept. 4, Los Angeles, Calif.
FRESH FRUIT
ORANGES. DIRECT FROM 0|
size box. $4.00. W. D. Empii^]
Beach, Fla.
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market. 2c stamp gets them,
ing Co., Washington, la.
GOOD PRINTING QUICK— lOol
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500 each $6.00, postpaid. Rom I
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less money. Don't use plain pap
printing when you can ootain "i
ing that will sell your poultry, itj
prisingly modest prices. Cuts
thing prepaid. Send stamp imin«
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250 BOND LETTERHEADS OU,
opes, $1.50. Other printini; m^'
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more ways than one. LittU
ence in price between eztreiD«ljJ
and extremely poor. Write tii
you order your preaant
•upply.
Erarybodyi Ponltry
HanoTar Pi
The owner, now permanently residing
in New York City, has decided to sell
the property. The hens have been sorted
into pens of twenty, each pen containing
eight newly certified hens and the balance
made up of those nearly as good, but
not quite good enough to pass the criti-
cal examination of the inspector. Pens
will be sold for sixty dollars each, mak-
ing an average of three dollars for each
bird. Poultrymen know that our certi-
fied breeders are worth from seven to
ten dollars each. ^ ^^ BUSINESS WITH LISTS OF OUS
THE FIRST ONE TO BUY TWENTY PENS WILL BE GIVEN THE" GOOD Wll^ u •-
TOMERS AND ALL INQUIRIES FOR CHICKS. EOGS, ETC. «. -,
We have a few cockerels and •ook-
birds priced at from three to ten dollara
each.
We have four Oandee incubators, with
twelve, ten, nine and four sections, re-
spectively each section having capacity
of six hundred eggs. Write for low
prices we have made on these.
Remember that this is the cream of the
nationally-known Sunny Crest Strain
the birds haviag been recently severely
runed and the undesirables sent to mar-
ket.
This is a great opportunity to secure
foundation stock or new blood for the
breeding season which is near at nana.
SUNNY CREST POULTRY FARM,
Box E»
EAST AURORA, N. Y.
FEBRUARY, 19X4
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MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
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The Greatest Record of All Time
EVERY PRIZE AND RIBBON OFFERED
Cocks
Cockerels . .
Hens
PulIeU
Young Pens
Old Pens . .
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27 First Prizes out of 27 Offered — Every Bird Bred on My Farm.
The competition at these shows was stronger in quality than at all
other shows of America combined — a fact that every breeder kn
only too well.
Supreme at Madison Square Garden Is
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MORE PRIZES AND SILVER CUPS
are being won by IMPERIAL ''RINGLETS" in the hands of my custom-
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ST" ARISTOCRAT' ErVs which you shipped me on March 24. 1923, I hatched and raised 12 healthy.
^iMr.iv -ARISTOCRATS' and I am truly prmid of Uiem. Of these I entered one pen and two cock-
Sin ^ur large ^.ow this week. Ti»e p^ won First Prize, also Grand Championship over all Ply-
^ft) C* oLifs Vdso Grinil SweepstakesChamplonship over all pens in the entire show The judge
ri»n Li^r^d^ne' of thesTpullelT as Uie Grand Champion Female of the entire show, making another
THINK THIS OVER!
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an* other kind of chicken.— producing nol only a number of Fir.l Priie
Winner, but al.o Three Grand Champion.hip. of the Entire Show
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i» •. *„ „n,ir intprpqt to know that the very same male birds and females
<THE SAME IDENTICAL COCK BIRDS AND HENS) which produced
(THE ''AMli ii^tw ii^«^ prize-winners last season are agam
the greatest of all AKlt.UJl.KAipri PRODUCED SUCH
S'l^^i 'i?TMMF'7<? TaST Eon THEY WILL NATURALLY PRO-
have in eggs for hatching? _
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VOLUME 29
FEBRUARY, 1924
NUMBER
EVERYBODYS
Amerfca s ^dost Popular Poultry ^dagazine
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Cover
by L. A. Stahmer
Operating the Modern Incubator 111
by Prof. H. R. Lewis
Making Ready for the Pedigree Hatch 113
by Mrs. Helen Dow Whitaker
Madison Square Qarden, N. Y., Poultry Show 114
by H. P. Schwab
The Housewife and a Few Hens 116
by H. H. Collier
Some Thoughts on Mating the Breeders 117
by Chas. D. Cleveland
The Casserole ng
by Harold F. Barber
Are You Planning on Hatchable Eggs? 119
by D. E. Hale
English Breeds 120
by T. F. McGrew
The Preservation of Poultry Manure 122
by Harold F. Barber
Experiment Stations
by Prof. H. R. Lewis
Editorials
Improved Breedinf; for
Consideration; Egps f r
12a
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1024; Some Matters for
. --. Hatching; Another Show
Season Gone; Be Exi>licit ; Postal Guide; Second
World's Poultry Congress.
Everybodys Chats
by H. P. Schwab
Need for Activity
by H. H. Collier
Boston's Marvelous Poultry Show
by H. P. Schwab
The International Baby Chick Association is
Forging Right Ahead
by Prof. H. R. Lewis
The Chicago National Show
by H. P. Schwab
Editor's Desk
Factors Affecting Fertility
by Prof. L. E. Card
Hale's Henographs
February in the Poultry Yard
Waterfowl on the Farm
by Oscar Grow
Pittsburgh Show a Complete Success
by Thos. J. Gallagher
Horticultural Department
by Prof. Arthur J. Farley
American Buff Wyandotte Club Bulletin 202
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GIVING THE BABY CHICKS A CHAI
By Prof. H. R. Lewi.
Here you have somethinfj that you esn apply. You
Harry Lewis, if not personally, you hsTs foms to know"
pretty well by reading Everybodys every month where v
rogtilarity he "(Vghes up" the very things you need
your poultry keeping. For March this feature article (i
fusely illustrated) is goin^ to be about as timely s« t
can wish. We have read it, perhaps our judgment will
of value, so we want to say it is the best article on
and raising of baby chicks we ever read.
BRINGING OFF THE LUCKY HATCI
By Helen Dow Whitaker •
Well, how do you like Mrs. Whitaker's article in t
number of Everybodys t It just seems that we "feel"
answers of thousands of our readers all over this broad „
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her. While she is a very busy woman and may miss a f
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title of March story gives you an idea of what to expect a,
told in this fine woman's characteristic and pleasing way-i
no practical poultry raiser in the country is more qailiSiJ
than Helen Dow Whitaker.
THE SUPERLATIVE HEN
By Harold F. Barber
There is something about Mr. Barber's articles th<
make them stick in one's mind and at the same time d
the "whole works" intended. You know our job here
to know what you want, what "Bill" Jones wants or ne<_
and this applies to all of Everybodys' family. You donl
always tell us but we work it out on "pulse feeling" tW
readers in general. Our big job is to supply you or rsth«
assign some writer or other to the task at hand. You liki
Barber, you cannot help it. because he helps you ; and bei^
one of the closest students, we ever came in contact with, «
poultry subjects — and gained out of practical knowled^
All we have to say is don't miss "The Superlative Hen" ii
March Everybodys.
TWO MORE READERS ASK OUR
OPINION
By D. E. Hale
Questions and answers get awful stale. To us they usually
r.ad like stock reports to a person not interested, so ti
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time one of these stories ai)pears by Mr. Hale. The Msrck
questions, as answered, are indeed of interest to an army d
you just now.
THE MEDITERRANEAN BREEDS
By T. F. McGrew
Continuing a most interesting series, finely illustrated by
Louis Stahmer. Where can you find a greater fancier, i
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American Steel & Wire Co..
Armour Tire & Rubber Co..
Automatic Nest Co
Allendale Egg Farm
Arnold. Aug. D
American Incubator Mfg. Co.
1 A(^
• ••••••.••••••■•••• *"*'t
American Fruit Grower . . .
Adams, H. C
Anderson Box Co
American Scientific Labora-
tories, Inc
American Supply Co
American Poultry School . .
Arey, M. S
Anderson, R. H
American Poultry Journal .
Arcady Farms Milling Co. .
201
202
166
170
152
167
206
205
152
130
129
145
166
186
164
Ball Mfg. Co.. A. L, 132
Bridges Mfg. Co 192
Burrell-Dugger Co 15^
Bonnie Brae Buff Orpington
Farm \^l
Baringer. M. F 1»»
Belle City Incubator Co. . . 175
Buffalo Incubator Co 1«5
Brower Mfg. Co 19]
Berry's Poulrty Farm 174
Burn Brae Poultry Farm . . 170
Barber. Harold F. •••••••, ^50
Barr's Knobby Stone Poul-
try Farm 1^*
Bradley Bros. ........... f !»
Brown Fence & Wire Co. . 105
Blamberg Bros.. Inc 190
Beuoy, Geo |*9
Bailey. L. W J93
Bird Bros • • 106. -07
Buckeye Incubator Co 1*7
Battles. C. G • . • • • 1*5
Bloomer Bros back cover
Bowers & Sons Co., F. M. . 18-
Bradford. J. A 162
Brownstown Poultry Farm . -03
B»ehm. J. C 199
Bowman, John 179
Bolgiano Seed Co., J 1»7
Boyer's Hatchery 19J
Bridgman Nursery Co -00
Balch & Brown )-"9
Boyer, Luther *"11
Camp Meade Salvage Co. . .
Collins. W. H
Cornish Fowl
Crosby. A. S
Commercial Poultry Raising
Cooper. H. W
Call of the Hen
Close-To-Nature Co
Consolidated Products Co. .
Cook & Son, F. G
Curtiss Co., W. R
Cosh. Newton
Cleveland. Chas. D...back c
Collier. H. H
Clardy. P. F
Cook, Jr., C. Sydney
Cedar Grove Farm
Conkey Co.. G. E 135,
Charters Mfg. Co
Cassel's Son. F. P
Cyphers Incubator Co
Carbolineum Wood Preserv
ing Co.
Cycle Hatrher Co
126
193
201
170
203
168
202
19«)
198
167
194
144
over
175
173
134
197
174
153
194
195
186
198
Dickinson Co., Albert .....
Detroit Alliance Incubator Co,
DeVilleray, L. R
Des Moines Incubator Co..
Darling & Co
Davey, F. H 1*9,
Daniels, H. A
Dorchester Pottery Works .
Drew Line Co
DirtEneme Chemical Co. . .
Duffield Farm 166,
Empire Supply Co.
Edmonds, D. J
Edgerton Mfg. Co
Electri.' Controller Co
Edgetown Farm
Ferris, G«-o. B
Fairview Farm
Fleischmann Co
Frantz, Osoe C
Fishing Creek Poultry Fnrm
Fidelity Scientific Labora-
tories
Federal Land Banks
Greenwood Farm
Greensmith, Rev. Harry G..
Gastonia Poultry Farm . . .
Guile & Windnagle, Inc. . .
Grangers Mfg. Co
Graham, C. S
Gibbins. R. J
Grove Hill Poultry Yards . .
Grow, Oscar
Glen Rock Nursery & Stock
Farm
Grandview Poultry Farm . .
179
'l79
211
148
143
206
211
140
187
201
209
128
162
177
174
144
127
191
161
197
151
194
134
133
163
163
127
199
180
200
141
134
217
149
Hankins. W. H 195
Hillpot. W. F 169
Hertz. Jos. H 1*0
Holterman. W. D 103
Homestead Campine Farm . 156
Halbach & Sons. W. H. ... 155
Hall. Edward F 151
Hodgson Co., E. F
He.ss & Clark, Dr
Hay, L. A. . . . .•
Homespun Farm
131
173
156
217
International Baby Chick As-
sociation 1*1
Inland Poultry Journal .... 179
Indep'^ndt'nt Mfg. Co 181
Ironclad Incubator Co 178
.Tohnson Co., M. M.
.Tacobus. M. R
James Mfg. Co. . . ,
... 109
19.->
190, 194
Kitselman Bros 200
Krejci, James 190
Kerlin's (irand View P( ul-
try Farm 103. 194
Keipper C'><>ping Co 174
Kulp. W. W 190
Keeler. Chas. V 171
Lancaster Mfg. Co 16S
Leghorn World 1H2
Larimer. A. P 192
Lord Farms 110
Long, J.. Elmer 16G
Lee Co.. Geo. H 182
Lay well Farm l-*l
Lewis. Harry R J J"
Lesher. J. Guy 214
Lee's Chickc'ries 16-
Linesville Hatchery 211
McMurray. Murray
McGuire. Walter J
Monmouth Poultry Farm .
Mayhill Poultry Farm ....
Morris Farm back
Mann Co.. F. W
Marcy Farms
Myers. C. N
Martin, John S
Missouri Poultry Farms . .
Moeller Co., A. E
Meredith Co., Helen A. . . .
Morris Mfg. Co
Mittendorff'8 Leghorn Kancl
Michel & Son. Henry . . .
Montgomery Ward & C<). .
Metal Egg Crate Co
Mailwin Mfg. Co
190
167
206
144
cover
1H2
143
170
, 139
, 193
, 189
, 177
, 193
1 194
. 152
. 188
. 175
. 148
Norwich Automatic Feeder
Co ., ..........
Nunda Poultry Farm
Neuhauser Chick Hatcheries
Neubert C »., R. F
National Poultry Institute .
Nixon, Chas
Nabob Hatcheries
Newtown Giant Incubator
Corporation
National Poultry Band Co..
189
140
166
176
133
162
192
150
186
Ossoge Hatchery, J. W. ... 140
O. K. Company 133
Owen Farms 156
"Oculum" Co 171
Ohio Marble Co 171
Ovie's Poultry Farm &
Hatchery 190
Outdoor Enterprise Co. . . . 194
Oak Dale Farm li>'
Poultry Sticcesg 186
Portable Hfmse Mftf. Co... 198
Pedrick Poultry Farms ... l.""*')
poultry Diseases 2 Hi
Purina Mills 186
Puritas Springs Poultry
Farm back coY"r
Poltl. A. F l-'>2
Putnam. 1 160. 180
Parks, J. W 148
Tape, Chas. G l.")!
Potter & Co 179
Pennsylvania Poutry Farm
158 159
Payne Bros 170
Peerless Wire & Fence Co. . 200
Prairie State Incubator Co. 191
Poultry Item £03
Pratt Food Co 188
Page. R. A 2<t2
Poorman. John G 146
Pardee. Roy E 140. 211
Practical Poultry Production 168
Quisenberry Feed Mfg. Co.. 197
Quaker 'Oats Co front cover
yneen Incubator Co 130
Rockway White Leghorn
Poultrv Farm 168
Rice. J. L
Rhode Island Red Jc
Royal Mfg. Co. .
Rat in Laboratory of Pij
Revonah Poultry pf
Co
Reliable Incubator k ^
er Co
Rice. Inc., A. L. . . ." "
Ridgeway Poultry Fsr^
Resseguie. L. B.
Roseniont Poultry
Hatchery
Royal Puritan Poultry
Shaw. Arthur H
Suburban Orchards Co.
Sutton's Orpington Fir.
Standard of Perfection
Smith, B. Hazelton ...
Stillwagen. F. II
Scheiwe Poultry Farm
System Syndicate ....
Sheppard, H. Cecil ..
St. Helens Incubator 0
Shaw Products Co. ...
Seaman-Schuske Metall,
Silver Ward Hatchery
Smith Co, Wellington J
Htruven & Co., Chas. M.
Sunnyside Poultry Finj
Scott. C. P
Spratts Patent Ltd.
Schilling Leghorn Fun.
Sheer Co., H. M.
Spahr Breeding Estate,]
Sheffield Farm . . .
Sunnyside Poultry Fl
R. C. Blodgett ..
Tioga Mill & Elevat«|
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Tarzinol Co
Tompkins, Harold
Thoruwodd Poultry Ym*|
Thompson, E. B..205,
Trapuost Designs ...
rtility Corporation ..
I'liited Brooder Co. .
United Steel & Wire
Van o'Dale Farm ...
Vineland Trap Nest Pi
Ranch & Hatchery ..
Watchbury Stock Farm -
Wilburtha Poultry F»ni
Weidner, H. S
Wilkinson & Wilkinson
White Mfg. Co
Whiting Farm
Walck. L. R
Walnut Kidgo Hatchery
Weber, W. A
Wisconsin Incubator Ct-\
NVacker Remedy Co.
White Hill Farjns Co. .
Winters, LeRoy K.
Young Co., E. C. .
Z.vick. K. H
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Operating the
Modern Incubator
Good chicks means winning half the battle in successful
poultry keeping. One cannot have good chicks
without they are hatched properly
By Professor HARRY R. LEWIS, Associate Editor
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HILE selection, careful mating and breeding are
fundamental in insuring a high quality hatching
egg, good live vigorous, husky chicks which live
and grow well,' are dependent in large measure
upon the efficiency of the incubation process.
There are so many kinds of incubators, and so many rules
for operating them, that the amateur is apt to be con-
fused and even the professional mammoth incubator
fperator is sometimes up against it to know just what
¥)nditons to create to insure ideal hatching conditions,
he solution of the incubation problem must, after all,
be up to the individual operator for the fact that every
incubator cellar is slightly different, requiring different
•mounts of ventilation and different handling of the
machines. There are, however, a few definite principles
Which can be laid down which apply under all conditions,
f nd which if carefully followed, lead the way to success-
ful hatching. But let us remember first that we must
put good eggs into the incubator if we expect satisfactory
results. So often poor hatches are attributed to ^a^^^y
incubators or to faulty operation, when the hen could
|iot have done any better herself, due in the majority of
leases to the breeders themselves being out of condition
['due to the forced production, lack of natural range con-
ditions or to disease. Given good eggs, the following
points will help insure their efficient hatching.
The Incubator Cellar
We hear so much about this incubator and that incu-
bator and the efficiency of one over the other. Did you
ever stop to think that so often all bad results in arti-
ficial incubation are due primarily to the place in which
the incubators are operated? There are three funda-
mental things which must be present in a suitable incu-
bator cellar. First of all, a uniform temperature and
, means of controlling the temperature to a point which
is most desirable. If the incubator itself is subject to
extremes of temperature on the outside, it is bound to
vary more or less in the temperature readings in the in-
cubator compartment. Furthermore, great changes in
temperature makes the operation of running the incuba-
tor extremely laborious and nerve racking on the opera-
tor Even the best incubator perfectly installed, will do
better if it can be run in a more or less uniform tempera-
ture condition. What is the best temperature you ask?
This will vary somewhat for different types of incuba-
tors but a room temperature of from sixty to seventy
de^ees is probably ideal, both for the ease and efficiency
of operation. . , ^ ^ ;«
Another important factor in *f '"'="''f ,<";„^°°Ve
that it shall be easily and completely ventilated. The
hatchinK of a large number of eggs in a smal compact
room means that large amounts of carbondioxide gas .s
bei^ eiven off continually. This gas must be earned
out ff the building and replaced with fresh oxygen-laden
ah- This process of change of air must be going on
Continually, yet it must be brought about without -y
drafts blowing directly upon the machines Oftentimes
fncubators arf operated in the basement of a residence
n a room where a furnace or heater is operated, m
which ca" louble precaution must be taken to msure
rdpouate ventilation, because of the fact that the heat
ft4?f burns up much of the free oxygen in the air leav-
ng an insuffident supply for the ^™''^° .'='"=^^, " ^*
nfubator Just how to bring about this ventilation
^,1 !!;« essential is a problem, and must be worked
Tut to meet n^v dua conditions. Just a few sugges-
?• in ^.In The incubator room should be provided
*'T windows' preferably double sash; the inner sash
MnginT at *e bottom and opening in, thus causing the
air which enters the cellar to be deflected upward against
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the ceiling, from which place it gradually circulates
throughout the room, not blowing directly into the cellar
and on the machines. The outer sash should be hinged
at the top and open out. This further breaks the draft,
but does not hinder the free entrance of the air, and
at the same time has a tendency to keep storms of rain
or snow from beating into the building. The outer sash
call well be whitewashed on the under-side to keep out
direct rays of sunlight, for if direct rays of sunlight
shine through on the incubator, the portion upon which
it strikes, or the section of the mammoth upon which it
hits is apt to run a number of degrees warmer. The
space between the two window sash should be provided
with a frame which fits the window casing securely
covered with one-quarter inch mesh cellar window wire.
This will prevent the entrance of rodents such as rats,
mice, etc. It will keep stray cats out of the building
and insure the protection of the machines. Oftentimes
a stray cat entering an incubator cellar and walking over
the tops of the machine, will so damage the self-regulat-
ing device that a
hatch may be
ruined. Another
excellent piece of
equipment is a
frame made to
set into the win-
dow between the
two sash, covered
with cheese cloth.
The use of this
frame breaks the
draft of air en-
tering the build-
ing, causing the
incoming air to
be diffused and
to come in slow-
ly. This general
arrangement of
windows is prac-
tically ideal and
should be applied
to all rooms
where incubators
are operated.
If the incuba-
tor room is lo-
cated partly be-
low ground as is
often the case,
of factors which should be thought of in loc
incubator. One important one is to avoid the
from fire; being sure that the lamps or heal
placed in such a position that should they catch
serious damage will be done; and then see that tl
ing is of such a shape and the machine so local
the work of operating same can be done efficieni
the placing of eggs in the machines and the rei
the ch'cks can be accomplished as expeditiously
ble. These precautions relative to the incubator
itself, are vital to the success of the hatching o
Ask any experienced incubator operator and he
you the same story. If you want to see artific^
bators going on in a most efficient manner, yon!
visit a large commercial hatchery and note witl
Making Ready
For the Pedigree Hatch
By Mrs. HELEN, DOW WHITAKER
HE fairy tales we read as children created for us a
happy world of happenstance in which Jack-of-
the-Bean Stalk appeared at the critical moment
to slay Bluebeard and the Prince to fit the slipper
to the foot of Cinderella. We live to learn in a
,.«.v « .«.few ^w...„.^,v..«* ..«^^,.c.jr «iiu nuie witk^ .j^.a-day world that the star of destiny is not ruled by
detail and precision these arrangements, which hai^npenstance. Back of happenstance is a more wonder-
been enumerated, are worked out. fjl world than that of the fairy tales — a world ruled by
Operatinf the incubator jg^ and order. Marvelous in the nicety of the adjust-
When we come to a dicussion of the operation «ent of an infinity of most intricate and complicated de-
incubator itself, the problems are so many and thejtwls to make up a perfect whole. Fairies there are in
80 n u meSis world but all the gifts they bring to mortals are full-
that it bftSments of natural laws working in logical sequence,
almost iuWhat seems to us happenstance sometimes, only seems so
ble to outibecause we do not yet perceive and understand the law
single sftat brought it to pass. In the next three months you
rules whir and I will hold in our hands many eggs for hatching,
apply t( Wrapped up within those shells cradled securely there by
There is oik the mother hen, lie the tiny vital sparks that are to give
however, «!il8 the chicks of 1924. Laws of heredity and environment
fundamentilave determined what manner of chicks shall come frem
that is, » tach egg. Shall we blindly ignore these laws and witless
operating t of what is within the eggs proceed to hatch them child-
c u b a tor less by believing that some fairy will wave her wand and
should acrfive beauty plus production to the chicks? If not, then
himself thor make ready for the pedigree hatch, the only means of
'y with tin determining what heredity and environment are doing
structions i for our chicks as well as the only means of working in
are furnishf »ccord with them for improvement of future chickn.
the mannfi The first step preparatory to pedigree hatching is to
er, and ti determine which male fertilized each egg. The influence of
should be fi the male upon the fertility of eggs may last three weeks
ed expliciilj ^^ perhaps even longer. Eggs are fertile as a rule three
no one U ^^yg ^^^^^ service of rtale to female. Hence to make sure
better hoi ^j^at a certain male fertilized a certain egg the female that
1 t tT- ^*^^ ** ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^®" separated from all other males for
a or tha- ^ period of at least three weeks and penned with the
male to be used in the mating not less than three dayy.
m a
A uniform temperature and a means of controlling that temperature is most ImnnrtAnf
Extremes of temperature on the outside is bound to lary more or less tho"emDe?£:u^ in
BidVatiot*''' ^°"^P"'°^«"^ ^^"•^o". the incubator ceUar shouli"be^vin every co^
jjj Where a single male is to be mated to a number of fe-
cubator shal ^^^^^ ^^ ^s good practice to place the male in the yard at
which does not admit of the natural exit of the heavy
gases which accumulate near the floor, it is a good plan
to install a simple system of ventilation whereby one or
more pipes either galvanized or wooden box pipes pass
up through the building and out into a cupola in the roof
These pipes should be carried to within one foot of the
floor, and should be provided with dampers so that they
can be opened or closed at the will of the operator.
These will insure the proper removal of the impure air,
allowing the fresh air to come in in abundance and take
its place through the window.
Then the question of the moisture content in the
cellar itself is of equal significance. Eggs seem to
hatch better in an atmosphere which is quite moist, not
exceedingly dry. This factor is not so important as it
used to be, because all modern incubators are equipped
with moisture appliances, which make it possible to add
moisture to the machine itself. One advantage for locat-
ing an incubator in a building which is partly submerged
below the surface, is the uniform temperature which
prevails, and secondly, that a building partly below
ground is apt to be more uniformly moist than is a
building above ground. See to it, however, that the
room in which your incubator is operated can be pro-
vided with moisture at will. Then there are a number
ous that tk W^^^^ » single male
cubator shal ^^^^^ ^^ ^s good pract.v,^ ^ ,. ...^ ^ - ^
successful least ten days before the first egg is to be reserved for
its manufac: hatching. No complete pedigree hatch is possible when
And then, too, there are no two makes of incub J^ore than one male is placed in the pen; the so-called
which are operated exactly the same. There are "Pen pedigrees" with unrelated females or males or both
tricks about this one, and peculiar features aboo: give us data on blood lines but have little to offer in re-
one, which can only be gotten by experience, so to> S^^d to the individuality of the chick. Flock matings can
out, at least follow the instructions which 'come' only plunge us back into a world of happenstance un-
your machine faithfully, and then it may be nectf known. Our first step in the preparation for the pedigree
to make minor modifications as experience may dis ^atch is competed, then, only when we have made sure
There are four or five principles in the operation o: ^^^^ o"e male only, and that one a known one, has had
incubator which must be appreciated. They are i influence upon the fertilization of each egg to be hatched,
portant and success is due to the proper solution of! The second step in preparation for the pedigree ha^ch
of these problems. By far the most important, hor is to determine which hen lays each egg and to mark each
IS that of temperature. Unless the incubator is open egg for future identification. Two methods are possible,
at the correct temperature, you cannot expect «f First we may pen each hen by herself and if more than
hatch, for heat is the one factor which causes the e* one hen is to be mated to the male, he may be placed for
to grow and develop within the egg shell. In tl« ^ ^^^ hours daily in each pen or at least once every three
spect, follow the temperatures advised by the * ^^^^- "^^^^ method is known as single penning. The
facturer carefully, being especially sure that the J second method is to place all the females to be mated to
mometer is located in the exact position described ii. °"^ ^^^^ ^^ one pen together with that male and trap-
instructions, and be sure further, that the thennol» Ij'^^^^he females to determine which female laid each egg.
is a good one and reads the correct temperature (rf , ^'^^g^e penning eggs may be gathered once a day, un-
machine. To insure this fact, it is a good plan t«f ^^ frequent rounds of the single pens are necessary to
the thermometers at least once a year by placing^ P^^^ent eggs from chilling. In trapnesting, the pen must
together in the center of one compartment of otai visited approximately every hour from dawn to dusk
chine, and take readings every ten minutes for an^j
or so, changing the positions (Continued on pag«l"
to release the hens trapped in the nests. As each hen is
released, the number on her leg band is written in pencil
upon the egg and the egg is taken from the nest before
the trap is opened to the next layer. No egg is left in
the trapnest when the hen that laid it is released. Care
must be taken to see that no two females in the same
mating wear leg bands of duplicate numbers; also, if
more than one breeding pen is mated, it is advisable to
write upon each egg the number of the pen to later
Identify the male that fertilized the egg. A record should
be kept for each breeding pen showing the leg band num-
ber of the male in the pen and of each female mated to
h.m. If one is interested in production records, trap-
nest record sheets can be purchased from Everybodys
Poultry Magazine Publishing Company for a few pennies
each and upon these record sheets can be recorded quickly
for each hen each egg laid and date of the month. From
these sheets, month totals and year totals of the lay of
each hen are computed. Even with good trapnests and
good care, egg3 are occasionally laid with doubt or un-
certainty as to identification. With even a shadow of a
doubt clinging to it, that egg must go to market and not
to the hatch. Pedigree breeding involves too much labor
and gives results of too great value to have all vitiated
by even a single doubt or uncertainty at the source. If
a female escapes from her pen where it is possible that
service from another male than her pen male could have
been received by her, then for three weeks at least, her
eggs must have no part in the pedigree hatch.
Having made certain of the identity of the hen that
laid each egg and of the male that fertilized it and hav-
ing a definite record of these two facts written upon the
shell of each egg, the third step is to proceed to incubate
the eggs as usual up to the eighteenth day of incubation.
If an incubator is used for hatching, the eggs may be
placed upon the trays without thought of keeping eggs
from any one hen or pen in a lot by themselves during
the process of turning eggs because we plan on the
eighteenth day to sort and seggregate them for the hatch.
Mix them up if you please, up to that time. If hens are
used for hatching it will be found necessary to renew
the pencil markings upon the eggs perhaps more than
once before the eighteenth day as the oil upon the hen's
feathers and her rubbing of them over the eggs are quite
sure to obliterate your record upon some or all of the
eggs. Note also this bit of my own experience in pedi-
gree hatching with hens. When I have, let is say for
illustration, eight eggs from hen No. 10, pen No. 1 and
five eggs from hen No. 6, pen No. 1, the temptation is to
place these together under one hen until the chicks pip
and then seggregate by putting Broody No. 2 on the job
to take the eggs of one of the two hens and complete the
hatch in order that we may know of each chick which of
the two hens laid the egg from which it hatched. But
my experience in doing this has many times been dis-
astrous because the hen the first week of incubation sits
close and the third week she rises upon the eggs to give
the added fresh air the growing chicks need and by so
doing saves the chicks from being smothered in the shell
or crushed by the broody.
Test, turn, and cool eggs for the pedigree hatch up to
the eighteenth day of incubation exactly as you would
for any hatch. Before that day make ready a record for
each tray as follows: (Continued on page 210)
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link in the chain of Standard advancement. Let us-
remember this fault and give to one and all the best.
is in us.
This year, thanks to the management, we havec
tiers of coops and birdst
each one shown to equi
vantage and under thci
conditions. We hope :
the management can r
w^ HEN you come to
ri^ think of it, what
a wonderful in-
s t i t u t i o n the
Madison Square
Garden, N. Y., Show
really is. Standing in
the "Great Garden," the historic as well as the most fa-
mous of all exhibition halls, with its flag-draped sides and
roof, you hear the crow of the cock and the cackle of the
hen — then realize that here before you are the chosen
thousands of feathered beauties entered in contest for
the world's greatest honors. They have come from Coast
to Coast, from Canada and from over the ocean, all with
the one purpose in view — to win; but whether to win or
not they are the chosen representatives of our Standard
breeds and varieties and as such carry the merit that has
yearly insured poultry prog-
ress and has made poultry
breeding a leader among the
great industries of our coun-
try.
The claim is made that
yearly the world's best are
exhibited here, this is true to
a far greater extent than
some are willing to admit.
The breeders fully appreciate
that it takes their very best
to win here, they realize this
and after you once have seen
their winners at other shows,
you want to come here to see
those reserved for The Gar-
den, then you have seen their
best, without question.
We have referred to this
as the ''Supreme" show or
exhibit, not for the purpose
of comparisons of any kind
for we don't believe in such,
but for the fact that — go
where you will — West, South.
North and East — and you
will find one desire, one pur-
pose amonp: the breeders, the
ambition to attend, to ex-
hibit and to win at Madison
Square Garden, N. Y., is gen-
eral, that is the one hope
they cherish and which they most desire to attain. It is t due in great part to that dozen of early breeders whofr
* 1860 to 1870 bred to
i-ebruary, 1924
,. • «,nst difficult to even comprehend a small part of
' " '' Tvllue and worth of this mammoth show to the
I'the real v ^^^ thousands of reasons, every one a good
industry, ^ne^^_^^^^^^ ^^^ success and influence carries
' A nterest and future effort to every nook and cor-
"Tnilr country, it extends the whole world over and
""''-rZZlL we have a better estimate of future poultry
^^ ' kSs It is a fixture, an institution created by the
r'ter's spirit and proven a necessity by the demands of
u"^^«n in which we live.
vTthl present, with both very limited time and space
/v.oV/ we will content ourselves in writing a general
at ha"ci» ^ magnificent exhibit and in publishing the
report of tnis ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^p^ to publish
Tv?ew of the winners and classes for we feel that the
\ «Hc nf readers of Everybodys desire a descriptive
thousands of l^^^^^'l.^^ ' ^^ ^^^^^ ^^o found it im-
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
115
WITH a record of seven hundred
and eleven more entries than last
year, this 1924 Garden Show was
a fitting climax to the most successful
poultry show season in history. The
marvelous quality classes with balance
and fierce competition assures highest
honor for the victors and great credit for
the unsuccessful whose quality entitled
them to a try for these greatest honors.
The New York Show management again
proved its efficiency and has renewed its
hold upon the good will of the exhibitors
and the public alike. The exhibit was
superbly arranged with coops in single
tiers, wide aisles and draped benches as-
suring to every entry equal chance in
judging and for public view. The dis-
plays of incubators, feeds and poultry ap-
pliances, the largest and most complete
ever seen. New records for sales and at-
tendance made. And now for the next.
r— «„ «rf nf the birds shown here so
that today in Pre, Se to attend may have an idea of the birds :,hown
Havemeyer and Se ^^d the quality these models of the breeders' highest art
tary Orr we have tt ^ ntained
the greatest apostle "" while there were many marvelous classes, each with
progressive Stant Hs feature birds and exhibits, they were in the main of
breeding that havej the grade and sameness that
presented. Long may they live and prosper. ^^^^ balance to the entire
We are strong for the poultry shows, each one,^ exhibit. The special lover of
the smallest to the largest; from the county town J Barred Plymouth Rocks would
to our great state and national exhibits; for eachk gurely claim that this great
own way has a niche to fill and a purpose to serve;* ^lass of 222 birds, the largest
is as important to the progress of the industry; eacl class of Barred beauties seen
here in several years, was the
feature exhibit of the entire
show. The breeders of Rhode
Island Reds, of Single Comb
White Leghorns, of Wyan-
dottes, of White Plymouth
Recks, Anconas, Jersey Black
Giants, Orpingtons, etc., would
challenge this for each of
upon and preserve thisp these classes and many others
It means a great lossii' were here in quality and quan-
tries and in fees and as tity; each most excellent and
advantage is all with the each worthy of equal mention;
hibitor, he should willc the combination of all made
agree to the increased «r possible this exhibit, each did
fee necessary. its share supremely.
It was a real treat to.c
in any part of The Gr
and to be able to lookr
the entire display, butit^
a still greater privilege
see those fine birds, onei^
the other, under the s:
best conditions. We «f.
express the hope that :
same plan of cooping t
prevail in the future.
This great and famous
Garden has, during itsii
years of existence, hoar
this country's greatest ■:
hibits in all lines of bret.
ing, manufacture, etc., bs:
has never before held an
hibit to be compared tot
one in worth, or of intfl*
to more people. All thi?
a truly great and most worthy ambition; it is, the one
thing above all else that has made this exhibit supreme.
Ever since attending our first New York Show, nearly
30 years ago, we have been duly impressed with a feature
most notable. The New York Association has been com-
posed, from the first to this day, of capable fanciers and
breeders who have ever been staunch supporters of
Standard quality and breeding. They have ever played
but one tune, over and over again, through all these years
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improve and finally in 1874 met*
formed the American Poultry Association. They P
the breeders a Standard and at the same time paveF'
try a standing with quality breeding, uniformity of sbs?
size and quality; greater production possibilities ^^-
has resulted into an industry valued at over a bilHo"?
dollars yearly, an industry that no set or corporation t^
buy or control, one that will ever remain in the hands
our millions to their advantage.
The Barred Plymouth Rock
class with the Iniperial "Ring-
lets" tgain competing brought
happiness to the heartti of
poultry lovers and again ans-
wered the question of suprem-
acy in breeding. Mr. Thomp-
son, in the strongest kind of competition, added more
honor to his achievements and again won every prize in
every class with a line of birds of unquestioned quality.
In White Plymouth Rocks the opinion prevailed gener-
ally that this was the best class ever shown at The Gar-
den. We won't di.spute this, it was a wonder class and
the veteran Frank H. Davey made the most substantial
record of his career. Condition, with quality, shape and
sameness, was in plain evidence here in every one of
the 128 coops.
Buff, Partridge and Columbian Plymouth Rocks were
seen in superior classes. Type in its highest form was
a feature.
Silver Wyandottes, a choice class with famous birds
and famous breeders competing. White Wyandottes, a
marvelous class; the size, shape and condition of these
birds was commended on every side. Heads showing
extra well. Buffs, a rich, beauty class with the best of
color and true Wyandotte forms. Partridge and Colum-
bian classes, very strong and of a sameness in marking
that was good to see.
For years the Single Comb Rhode Island Reds have
Wn a banner clars here. This year 167 birds were en-
tered for New York honors and they had the makings en-
titling them to compete. At this writing the awards are
not posted. You will find them complete in this issue.
Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds, a large class with im-
proved heads and fine type predominating.
Nearly 200 Jersey Black Giants exhibited their size
and quality here to the satisfaction of their breeders and
friends. The interest this rather new (although old)
variety has created was seen here and the general im-
provement the birds show in like is commendable.
The grand old favorite Light Brahmas — magnificent in
size and supreme in color and markings — were here in
goodly numbers; they have that captivating quality that
endures. Dark Brahmas were never better than seen this
year here and at Boston.
The Cochin exhibit was the best seen here for years.
The great size and the beautiful color of these birds was
most pleasing.
Black Langshans were another superior class of very
superior birds.
Single Comb White. Leghorns formed the best quality
class of birds we have ever seen here. In every class
there was quality of highest order with condition and
finish supreme. In size it was the banner class of the
show with 236 birds exhibited.
The size and carriage of the
birds was highly appreciated.
In Single Comb Brown Leg-
horns, the Grove Hill birds
were missed for we like to see
all the good ones competing
together. The birds seen here
were fine, very fine and a
great credit to this grand old
variety that ever will appeal
strongly to breeders with an
equal love for beauty and
worth in poultry.
Single Comb Buff Leghorns
were also a monster and
beauty class with very i^trong
competition.
Rose Comb White and
Brown, excellent classes. The
Whites very choice and of
rarest Leghorn type.
Single Comb Black Minor-
cas, one of the feature classes
with several famous strains
competing. The size, quality
and general condition of these
birds was good to see. It is
evident that they are in able
hands.
Anconas, in Single and Rose Combs, were popular
classes. In the Single Combs, the entry and quality was
superior with improved type, fine size and carnage and
splendid mottling features.
Orpingtons in Buff, White and Black, massive m size
and of soundei;t color were here in abundance.
Blue Andalu<ians, Dark Cornish, Speckled Sussex, Sil-
ver Spangled Hamburgs, Campines and several other va-
rieties formed choice classes.
The exhibit of turkeys and waterfowl were one of the
lar-est ever i^een here and no doubt one of the best.
Bantams were a great show in themselves, and pigeons a
most wonderful display of quality.
Notes of the Show
Five minutes after his arrival, Frank Piatt found a
large, fine, brown shelled egg in the coop of a prize
Barred Rock hen. How conrie? ^
It was most pleasing^to aglin see the "Ringlet" Barred
Rockr'ompeting for more New York honors-and they
won th;m too. The best of everything i.expec^^^^^^^^^^^
yearly and the New York Show without the Ringlets
does not seem natural or complete.
Hanov
.-er has long been noted (Continued on page 204)
The Housewife and a Few Hens' Some Thoughts on Mating
By H. H. COLLIER, Associate Editor
|EBRUARY comes with its rain and cold that causes
lots of trouble in the poultry yard if we are not
ready for it. This is the month when one looks
back towards winter and forward to spring. It
is the month when we are supposed to get out
our early chickens. The February chick is the one that
will mature those big fine cockerels that will take the
blue ribbons at the early fall fairs and at the same time
be the equals to yearling cocks as breeders next spring.
The early hatched cockerel is about right to go with the
March and April pullet in the show room. Pullets al-
ways mature much faster than cockerels. The cockerel
is longer getting those nice sickle feathers and tail coverts
that go to make the well furnished fowl.
If you have not already set hens, now is the time to
do so. Better get a small incubator and not depend on
the hens. It is only those hens that commence to lay
the first of January and the later part of December that
are apt to set. Some time the old three year old hen
that started early will get broody, but as a rule the hens
are laying their best and few get broody.
This is the month to plant early lettuce for the young
chicks. Where one has a brood house with glass front,
it will be an easy matter to make a trough along the
floor below the windows. By using good soil that has
been fertilized one can soon have tender lettuce grow-
ing. They can protect their lettuce with inch mesh wire
in front or over the top of the trough in which the let-
tuce is planted. Green food to begin with gets the young
stock off fine and gives the vitamines that go for health
and vigor.
If you have no brooder house, you can plant boxes in
front of the kitchen window or in any place where the
growing greens can get the sunlight and not be cold
enough for the ground to freeze. Freezing weather will
not kill lettuce but it will so stunt its growth as to make
it come too slow to be used when wanted.
Buy a good oats sprouter and sprout oats for the young
and cover the boxes with inch mesh wire and allow the
chicks to pick off the tender shoots and not get enough
fibre to choke them. The hulls of the oats is not good
for baby chicks but the tender shoots from the oats are
fine for them.
Have a hopper of fine grit where the young chicks can
get their fill. Keep a hopper of finely crusheJ charcoal
for the youngsters and feed lots of sour milk. Be care-
ful that the fountain for the milk is so made that the
youngsters cannot get into the milk. Have the fountain
so made that they can get their little beaks in but no
part of their head. Little chicks that get stuck up with
sour milk are not good to look at and at the same time
the cold milk often chills them. Dampness must always
be avoided with baby chicks and especially so when the
weather is chilly and damp.
Gather the eggs often on cold days. Eggs that stay
too long in the nest are liable to get broken or be
frozen. Frozen eggs will break and thereby spoil them
for either hatching or selling on the market.
When you take a hen off the setting nest, clean the
nest and burn the old straw. Paint the nest with a good
liquid lice killer and the nest will be ready for the next
setter. Where a hen shows signs of being restless when
hatching, take away those baby chicks that are dry and
put them in a basket near the fire. If you have a fire
place, the hearth is an ideal place provided you do not
get them too warm. By the kitchen stove where the fire
is kept going is another good place. Keep the babies
warm until the mother hen gets through hatching and at
night give the chicks back to the mother hen on the nest,
that is unless you run fires all night, in that case you
can keep them in the basket. Let the mother hen .stay
on the nest until the baby chicks are strong and then
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place them in their coop. Unless the coop be one
gives good shelter and keeps out the dampness, hav«
baby chick coops under a shed. A lean-too, piQj^
on three sides is ideal and let it open to the direr
from which you have the least bad weather. On }
Sound the bad weather comes from the south, west
north. The east front is best as very little bad wet
comes from that direction e.xcept when it snows d
is very seldom). For the east or middle west, j
recommend the southern exposure as there is lots of
and very little bad weather comes from that direr
when it is cold.
Do not keep eggs to be hatched in a warm room
give them a temperature not lower than forty
and not higher than sixty.
Watch out for frozen combs. When you note a c
turning blue, take the fowl and rub the comb witht
until you get the frost out and then rub the conbt
I
The Breeders
"It's all in the mating" a slogan that should be carefully kept in mind.
The most difficult and most interesting part
of the breeders business
By CHAS. D. CLEVELAND, Associate Editor
HY is it that so few really succeed in breeding
something better than that with which they
started? Did you ever stop to think of this
matter? Did you ever apply it to your own
operations?
In the ranks of breeders the motto, "Many are called
■ but few are chosen" applies with great force for we
wattles with camphorated vaseline. Rub this wellj g^ch year so many men who have the enthusiasm and
the affected parts and if you use the remedy in time; !^^e and energy and, often, the money who do not suc-
comb will not blacken and come off. A little workali ^ j^ producing really good Standard-bred poultry,
the lines of looking after the combs of the f owls i .*%hese men want to succeed and are willing to work
bring more eggs and the eggs will run more fertile. I . ^.^hey just can't understand why" "Jim" Jones and
can not hope to get fertile eggs from hens that are sal *gni,» g^ith are able to raise a lot of winners each year
ing with frozen combs. ^^^ ^hey themselves have to be content with fourth or
If you note the hens with the feathers gone frorni TL j^gg Some of the unsuccessful ones believe that
backs, examme them closely and see if they show s !} • {I. g^ 'juck" that plays an important part and are
of sores. Males with long spurs do a lot of daina» " Jjj to give credit where credit belongs,
hens by cutting their backs when mating. If you b ^ .« ^ i u«i;.„n tv^af fhpr*. is some
bracket saw, saw the spurs off close to the leg f, Others are mystified and believe that there is some
the spur is .awed off, rub some flour or soot on the subtle knowledge that is possessed by the ^^^^ breeder
of the spur where it is sawed off and that will prev -» sort of secret process that is, m its nature a gift
too much loss of blood. A bracket saw is The b^ ^^^^'^ ^own from generation to generation and which
strument to use. It makes a good square end wher will forever be withheld from them. Both of these classes
spur is sawed off. Cutting the spur with a sharp b of unsuccessful breeders are wrong— there is no magic
will work all right if you do a good job and get thejt or %lack art" in breeding. It is true that some men
cut off evenly. ' are more "gifted" in this line than others, but it is only
Where you find a hen cut by the male bird, put he those who have no observation or fitness for the work
a room by herself away from the male until the ^ that make failures at it. These men might make sp en-
heals. A little carbolized vaseline on such sores t did executives or might do well in almost any other line
help to heal them and at the same time save the itek of business— they are simply not cut out for poultry-
that comes when a sore is healing men. And all this applies not only to the breeders of
If the eggs prove infertile when you set your k ^^^'^ition stock but of production stock as well. ^ ^Ju^t
change the males. Test the eggs on the sixth day ant as many mistakes are made in mating up "^ility ^>^^^^^
they show no signs of germs, break one to be surefc ^^r production as are committed by breeders of fancy
they have not started. Do not let a hen go the iH: ^^^^s; we deal here, however, with the breeders ot
three weeks on eggs that will not hatch. Set three hf Standard-bred exhibition birds only.
at the same time when it is possible. Test the egp One reason, and probably the leading reason, why
the sixth day and take out all those that are infer- men do not breed better birds is that they have no fixed
Oftentimes where the fertility is not running good ideal of what they wish to breed; there is no definite
the early spring, the three settings can be placed nic? conception of the exact type that they wish to reproduce,
two hens and the other hen set with fresh eggs. Ttis!- People as a rule are not particuarly observant — little
a good practice to use more than thirteen eggs to» things, and even big things, evade them unnoticed and
setting in the early spring. Give the hen just enotc American minds, on the average, are not apt to conceive
eggs so that she can cover them well. an ideal in the animal and bird kingdom — and then work
Set the hens on the ground, where it is possib' for that ideal. In all livestock judging we have great
Some people recommend setting the hens in a boxJ^ difficulty in getting uniformity and that is becaur.e all
putting a sod under the nest material. This is not t^ the judges have not the .same ideal in mind. One man
because the so-^. as it drys will absorb the moisture fw bas a clear cut vision of one type and the other an
the eggs and often spoil a mighty good hatch. equally well-fixed conception of quite a different type.
On very cold days it is a good idea to feed one rtti' In poultry there should be less cause for any dis-
of good com. One wants to be careful though to nc- agreement as to type for we have the Standard of Per-
the condition of the hens. Where the hens show sif fection with its rplendid illustrations as a guide. If a
breeder can and will study the text and the illustrations
»n the Standard he should have a perfecty clear idea
of the ideal bird in his breed and he should get to know
and perceive that ideal without looking at his Standard.
The shape and color of the ideal bird should be fixed in
bis mind so firmly that he cannot forget it when he goes
of being overfat, do not give the extra corn butt'
down on the corn in the scratch. Where hens are \it^
lots of eggs, they can stand more fattening feed ^
they can when they are not laying so well. These thin?
are a matter of observation. One should handle ^'
hens often when possible. Go at nights and lift thehe^,
from the roost. One can handle a whole house in •^''k ^"to his pens to mate up his birds.
minutes in this way when the hens are on the rfljl This is a fundamental thing which every man must
Where you find an extra fat (Continued on page 1"| bave before he can expect to breed superior birds — he
must have a mental picture of what he is after before
he can hope to attain it.
Now, in order to apply this ideal, he must cultivate
observation. He must not only look and keep looking
but he must see when he does look. "Unseeing eyes"
have no place in the work of mating up poultry, for we
know that every bird has defects, and these defects, as
well as the good points of the birds, must be observed
and appreciated. One cannot cultivate observation too
much for after he believes himself very observing he
will be startled to find how many things he does not
see. Then, in mating up, one must not become fascinated
by the good points of a bird to the exclusion of the de-
fects. The best bird you have is apt to be a pet and to
excite your profound admiration; this is a good thing
because it shows enthusiasm but you must not let it run
away with you. The bird has faults and you must be
able to see them and to give them as much weight as
his good qualities— getting "stuck" on certain birds so
that you are blind to their faults is a very bad thing and
will spoil many a well directed effort. Treat each bird
like another and consider that each is a cog in the
machine only — to be used or not as it has the necessary
elements that you wish to employ in the business of
putting together a pen that will produce offspring that
are better than the parents.
If anything, try to look more for defects than for
good points — these generally show for themselves.
Breeding counts tremendously in poultry. Should
you be in the position where you have kept records of
the breeding of your birds it will be a wonderful assist-
ance in dealing with the breeders at mating time. Some
poor looking hens are excellent breeders when mated to
the proper males and that is because they are well bred
and have a long line of good ancestors to fall back on.
Such birds, when mated in line, that is with stock that is
related in blood, will give wonderful results and line-
breeding is the only way in which progress— real, lasting
progress— can be made. If you have a line on a certain
male or a certain female, because of your records of the
previous season you can see just what mistakes you
made with this bird before and can aim to correct them
during the next year. If the previous mating has been
satisfactory stick to it and get more stock of the same
quality; should there be some faults that you believe
you ca;i correct see if you have a bird that does not
have these faults so that the two can be put together this
season and even better progeny result.
Should you find yourself in the position of knowing
nothing of either the previous ancestry or the breeding
"b lity of the birds which you have on hand your task
wi be much harder and you must rely upon the principle
That the faults of one bird must be corrected by the
absence of those faults in the bird with which it is to
be n^ated In other words do not mate together birds
w'th the same defects for by so doing you are multiply-
with tne same ^v will be useless. Balance the
Taul t's? :ne^)X%7o, points of the other and you
wil h.ve fair success if you do not mate extremes to-
eether Extremes do not go (Continued on page 181)
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The Casserole
Written And Arranged Expressly for Everybodys
By HAROLD F. BARBER
Are You Planning On
Hatchable Eggs?
By D. E. HALE, Associate Editor
IR.
^11^. J. H. PETHERBRIDGE, who is a good deal of a
I prophet as well as a wise man in other directions,
says that beginners are most apt to go wrong
through a tendency to "rely too confidently on
the written word, overlooking the possibility
that the written word may be tinged by self-interest, or
the output of one who rides a hobby and sees nothing
beyond his horse's head." He goes on to say that many
a one writes to him for written advice about something
which they could get much better by word of mouth
from some one right at home with the subject of their
inquiry. It is true that a beginner wants to read definite
instructions, and he would rather read them, get them
in a black-and-white form that he can cut out or paste
up on the wall, than to merely be told by some one who
ought to know. Doubtless the psychology is a variant
of the old saying, "A pro-
phet is without honor in his
own country," or as a strip
cartoonist used to have it,
"They all look good when
they're far away." If we
talk to some one, he is only
one person of thousands,
but if we read the word as
written by some one we
don't know and can't see,
then it is authority. Well
do I remember in my own
early chicken-raising days,
being puzzled as to what
temperature to start my lit-
tle box brooder at? No-
where could I find any tem-
perature laid down for the
little day-old fluffs I read
about a hundred letters
from different people on
how they raised their chick-
ens; not one gave the in-
formation I sought, but from
all the accumulated mass of
evidence, I was able to set-
tle on the fig^ure of 96 de-
grees, for a start, and then
drop the temperature one
degree a day for a couple
of weeks. I find most peo-
ple start at about 100 de-
of hatchability of eggs kept for varying periods
incubating. He doesn't give data as to temperature
other conditions under which the eggs were
and not very many eggs were incubated which were
weeks old or more; but the figures seem to show
roughly speaking eggs are as good up to about
seventh day as when laid. (64% to 68%.) Then 4
m
the
\ST spring was one of the worst in a great many
* years for hatching chicks. It didn't make much
difference whether you were using old hens or
incubators. The early hatches were simply no
good and many could not account for it. Later
season hatches improved and many again won-
A Whole "Lot" Boiled Down
For You
STANDARD-BRED, exhibition-bred,
production-bred fowls, kept for eggs
or feathers, for profit or pleasure —
all are good, and I hold no brief for any
of them to the exclusion of others. The
things and thoughts presented here, were
what seemed to me of the greatest inter-
est of what appeared in the various De-
cember issues, the country over. A bit
of information here, of friendly question-
ing there; with now and then a grin in-
terspersed with a thought-provoking hint
— such is The Casserole and the tidbits
warmed up therein.
The several items were taken from
different journals, referred to by the fol-
lowing respective letters: (b) Poultry
Item; (c) Poultry Tribune; (e) O. K.
Poultry Journal; (f) American Poultry
Journal; (g) Rhode Island Red Journal.
say that eggs wfll hatcb
best if not over seven :
old, though up to 12 :
is pretty near all right
maturity, whereas Ai
grees, but I have hung to the schedule doped out some^is only about five and one-half months. Somehow
years ago from that mass of evidence, and it has givenlpearly hatched chicks seem to develop faster than
me good results. I would suggest to other beginners — ' ' -- — .
not figures — but the principle of reading everything you
can get your eyes upon, and then from the mass of evi-
dence, doping out your own figures. At least, if they
don't work, you'll have no one to blame but yourself;
and in a business where there is so much seemingly con-
tradictory testimony as there is in chicken raising and
poultry keeping, I do believe it is the safest way. Read,
read, and read some more. Weigh each man's testimony
as to how much you believe he knows about his subject,
then form your ovim conclusions. When I went to High
School many years ago, we had a wise old fox for a
physics teacher. When examination time came, he would
counsel us, "If you don't know the answer to a ques-
tion— don't guess; form a shrewd judgment." That's
what we should do; read, read, then form a "shrewd
judgment." (b)
is a sudden drop in hatchability to about 58%, fort^ riered why. . ,.
kept from eight to twelve days, inclusive. Hatcha- in our opinion, it was merely a case of lack of vitality
stays above 45% for 18 days, but beyond that it t in the egg. The early eggs were from hens that had
very rapidly. Funny thing: several years ago U been closely confined all winter with probably a lack of
some eggs away up into northern Maine to my sisttr. exercise and green feed and no contact with the ground,
law. She had no incubator, and waited more thanfe Later as they were able to get out on the ground, get
weeks for a broody, it being a very cold April up tl^ more ' fresh air and sunshine and get in direct contact
Out of 15 eggs, she got 14 lively chicks, and raise; with the earth and some green feed, hatchability im-
but one of them. It would be interesting to i^^ proved.
whether this long wait With all the agitation that has been going on for
fected the future egg br winter egg production, forced feeding for eggs, electnc
abilities of those chicks'- lights and long working hours, close confinement, etc.,
we shall never know ; it is no wonder that hatchability was poor and if the
don't seem to know u same methods are followed we will again have the same
about these things, anyit reports. There is no use in trying to make ourselves be-
However, it seems safe lieve that the pullet or hen is a mere machine that we can
work to death and still get the best of results at all ends.
We simply cannot eat our cake and keep it.
Success in the poultry business is a matter of special-
izing. You can specialize on one thing or many, but you
will have to use different birds for each class of special-
Charles H. Chesley, ^izing if you expect the best of results. If it is winter
ing on commercial ejeggs you are after, you can get them by selecting your
farming, says that he ijpullets that have been bred for egg production and then
by using the lights, forcing feeds and methods get plenty
of eggs, but when you do 'that do not ask the same bird
to produce you good, hatchable eggs nor strong, sturdy
chicks. It is asking too much.
The winners at the fat stock shows are conditioned to
win. Some of those baby beeves were dreams for meat
and fat, but they had probably never had anything but
milk. The draft horse conditioned to show is in no con-
dition to breed. The racing stallion or mare is not bred
when in racing condition. The same rules can be ap-
plied to poultry.
The hen or pullet that is conditioned for and forced
This maturi^ for egg production is in no condition to breed because
of March-hitdf she has used up her vitality in producing eggs. The egg
that does not contain plenty of vitality is not going to
produce many chicks, nor strong, husky chicks. There
is a great difference in fertility and hatchability and it
is the latter that we want.
The baby chick hatcheries are becoming good markets
for egg farmers. They have been badly stung in the
past by buying eggs from high producers on a fertility
guarantee only to find that while the eggs were fertile
they were low in hatchability. The hatchery men now
know the difference and you will hear them talking more
about hatchability than about fertility.
These hatchery men want eggs from hens that have
had plenty of range and contact with old Mother Earth.
In some sections they can give you the difference in per-
start a small flock first 1
gradually grow larger,
would start by buying!
chicks, and would have I
in two lots, one
hatched and the other A-
hatched. He says -
March chicks of the gene
purpose breeds will r;
laying in August, bat
April pullets will pay
when Christmas time
around.
August,
Rocks, agrees with my
experience; though onei
ten reads of seven inoi*
later ones. Mr. Chesley starts culling in March,
tries to get the old birds about all culled out before
young stock need to be housed. He says that it is
as easy to hatch too early as it is to hatch too late.
February hatched chick of the American breeds viD
only a few eggs before acting like an old hen, mo
through the period of high egg prices, (c)
* * *
The poultry press is getting quite full, these daj^i centages of hatches from pullets and hens, also from
5Cussion regarding so-called "Utility Classes" in | hens or pullets that have been forced for egg production
ows. Mrs. Edith E. Johnson sets forth a coup^f and those that have not. The day is coming when the
oughts worth listening to, thus: "Who wants to spP| only egg that hatchery men will buy will be those from
life time and more than likely, dollars galore, toFl f^gg ^^^^ ,
Professor Waite, of the Maryland College, has a table
Utility is going to walk in, take a seat, and have il
ribbon pinned on? And if utility breeders are bi
just for eggs regardless of looks and standard
ments, why should they want to enter the show rofli'
all and why should they be (Continued on page l'*l
range hens.
Now if this hatchery field opens up another avenue of
sales for the poultry raiser whereby he can get as good
price for his eggs in the spring for hatching as he did in
the winter for table use, then it is a good field to cater
to and pay some attention to.
In our opinion, an ideal method would be to keep the
hen.s and pullets separate. Force the pullets for egg pro-
duction the first year so as 10 get their production rec-
ords, but do not use any of the eggs for incubation. Let
the hens take it easy and instead of feeding egg mashes
and other forcing feeds during the fall and winter, feed
them good hard grain and make them exercise to get it.
Feed plenty of good, succulent (juicy) green feed, and
get them built up for producing hatchable eggs. They
must store the vitality in their bodies and then when
they do begin to lay and are properly mated, they ought
to produce eggs that will not only hatch well but also
produce a strong, sturdy chick that will thrive and do
well right from the start.
Personally, we would confine the pullets closer, use
electric lights, feed for egg production, trapnest and
then the next year select for the hens to be kept over
those that had made the best winter egg records the
previous winter. The poor layers could be culled and
marketed and the hens put in another house or pen where
they would be conditioned for breeding. In addition to
feeding more solid grains and green feed, we would see
that they got out on the ground every day, is possible.
There is something about the contact with the earth,
both for chicks and mature fowls, that is of untold
value. Just why we do not know, but we know it is a
fact.
If it is too late to separate your flock as suggested
above, then select those that you wish to use as breeders
and cut off the egg mash for two or three weeks. Let
them slack up on their egg production and feed more of
the solid grains and force them to dig and scratch for
them. In this manner they can be rested from egg pro-
duction for a few weeks and their bodies built up and
restored with vitality. Then, when you are ready for
hatching eggs, you can again put them on the egg mash
and green feed, mate them up and try them out.
The egg that is to be used for hatching shouH have a
thick, firm white, one with the yolk standing up in the
center where it belongs. You will notice, if you will in-
vestigate, that the egg from the pullets or hens that have
been laying heavily for any length of time will have a
thin, watery white. Such an egg is lacking m vitality
and hatchability will run low.
The dairyman who is going to put a cow on test knows
that he must feed so that her body will store up lime and
ash as she simply cannot store it up when on he.ivy milk
production. These are facts that will pay the poultry
raiser to think over. There has been too inuch hap-
hazard methods of feeding and caring for the flock; not
enough attention paid as to just what we are after either
for the present or future. The breeder must make his
plans for the year and follow them out. He must decide
in advance just what he is after and then go after it in
the right manner. , , . , v « fV,of
It will soon be time to be hatching and we hope that
these remarks are in time to cause some thought and
study and thus help many get their flocks m condition
so that there won't be so many complaints of poor
hatches this year.
Do not worry over the early chicks if you are raising
them for egg production or show purposes. There are
more May and June chicks winning ribbons and making
eood egg records than those hatched in February and
early March. Every year, about this time, it is the same
old story of the breeder who was defeated m the show
room resolving that this year he will get some out early
and be in shape next season. (Continued on page 17 J)
119
118
English Breeds
rebruary,
1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
121
... vArietv which was, perhaps, one of
^hite variety w ^^^ g.j^^^
*^ ''i^rWs which has been bred with
1. r , , ' 'GJ-ay r , " nd rose comb, some of them
e time is now here for mating your fowls for production of better quality lor next year s shov both f'^'^^^^^y.e greater part of all of
Remember, first of all, that producing hens are of most value. One hen may produce alio! ^^^^^witii five toes, were at one time the
good quality. She is the kind to count on. The hens that produce one hundred .^J^^t' popular ;;-;;;^;^^f ?^'e^tl!!!^
per cent good quality are of most value. Those that produce only a few y the "^^^^P'^colored Dorking that was
good ones are not to be counted upon for much. A male is |Then came ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^
one half the pen. Be sure that each specimen used for
breeding is first class from tip of beak to toes
"„^o to have more size
la Silver Gray and the Colored va-
l^il re ^e^af weight. — -
I rieties m^ ,__„4. j:„oTir»Am
The White
Written Expressly for Everybodys
By T. F. McGREW
ILLUSTRATIONS BY LOUIS A. STAHMER
,r,Ptv has almost disappeared, the Col-
' ^variety not so plentiful nor so popu-
, tr None of them so generally bred for
market as formerly.
No other fowl is more attractive for
.vhibition, for market poultry than are
I h« S ve^ Gray Dorking, and they are
I the Silver y ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^
Prize Winning Enfflish Gol-
den Wyandotte. Good in color
but the type does not compare
with the poorest specimen we
find at a state fair.
0 matter what breed it may be or where it origi-
nated, if bred long enough by the fanciers of
England, the fowls will gradually assume the
heavier form. This is true even of the Leg-
horn, some of which with them are almost as
large as our Minorcas. Even the Hamburgs, some of
them, are far distant in size and form from our American
type.
When we stop to consider, we do not know of any
breed or variety that could be brought here and be bred
into our fowls with much hope of success.
Their Brahmas and their Cochins are so
different from ours as to be almost of an-
other kind. The same is true of the Ply-
mouth Rock and the Wyandotte. We all
of us know how very different their Orp-
ingtons are from ours. Even the bantams
that come from over there are quite dif-
ferent. They do breed some Laced Wjran-
dottes that have fine color, but for shape
not of our kind. We shall tell of the Eng-
lish breeds, as they are described in our
Standard and we will make mention of
the noticeable differences between what
our Standard describes and the kind
selected there by judges as prize winners.
First of all, let us step aside and consider
the Langshans as they have them of the two English
types.
The Croad Langshans, as they are called, are one type,
the Exhibition Langshan the other. The Croad Lang-
shans are shorter on legs and heavier in body than are
our Langshans. The Exhibition Langshan of England
have very long legs and bodies that are slender as com-
pared with all other Langshans. Some Black Hamburgs
that came from England two years ago for the New
York Show were much the same type as are the most
extreme Langshans. One writer has made mention of
some Langshans
as having a small
body set up on
stilts, very long
necks and overly
large combs. This
is not a bad de-
scription of them.
Some of the illus-
trations that are
shown in the Eng-
lish papers, of
Langshans, would
prompt one to call
them the giraffe of
the poultry popu-
lation.
120
The combs of these fowls as they have them in I; \-^l^' Some Taim' ThTt^hey lay eggs that ^J^ white
land, judging from illustrations, and of the i^^ Ss. The facts - «J. sheUs c^ ^^^^!;;^^^M"
specimens that I have seen they are rather larg^ a cream tmt^to^a^^iigJJ^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^.^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ .^
speciiiiciio bimw X xiwTv, ov.>^.. v.'w^ ~-~ -.^-..^ — .^^g^c-^ jj v»v-~ — , shells of whicn are as paie m
is over size, as compared with our type of comb, i Wyandottes lay eggs^ ^^ ^^_^ variety of Dorkings. The
are not regular as to serrations nor are they triial color as are me bb reeular form and usually of
An acquaintance of^ Dorking lays an egg b Dorkings of proper
- ^^^- .«1_^!«* fl^'trr'^JnX^^ trio of good ones
Colored Dorking, one of the
oldest of English breeds.
gula
attractive as we have them,
went to Scotland some ten years _
with him a trio of Langshans of the extreme type. J
had fairly good combs. He bred the male with od«
the hens he brought over and with two of his own
hens. From these matings he got
very good English type and the cro
offspring were better in some ways
were his own home-bred stock.
From this stock has come quite i
fowls, both males and females, that
won honors at New York. The
should stand up on legs of re
length. They should have a body
proper size, and to be attractive,
necks should be as shown in our S
illustrations. Head, comb, neck, back
tail, are shown as they should be,
same is true of body and legs, all of
is pictured fully in our Standard.
English very extreme type is so diff
from this as not to show any similarity
Red Caps are, perhaps, the second most peculiar
of all the English breeds. They have a rose comb
is of unusual large size, their name undoubtedly
to the comb which might be called a red cap. the
or some eggs oi ^^^^^ ^^ selection, and a
larger per cent of the fowls
you rear will be fit for ex-
hibition.
The Sussex are a very old
breed. The Red Sussex and
the Red Dorking may have
been one and the same in
their early day. As we have
said, some of them had four
toes, some of them five toes.
I remember when I was a
boy at home, working among
the rose bushes, my hens
would get into the garden.
Old man Mclsaacs, an Eng-
lish gardener, who grafted
our rose bushes and our
to get me some red fowls
Modern English Langshan
When
Exchequer Iieghoma, a new English breed for which great dalmi are being made.
fruit trees, told my father -. „_
from England, that they had five toes and that they could
. not scratch up the ground. We got some, but, as my
I father said, the more toes, the harder they scratched.
That was the end of my keeping chickens for quite a
to ine como wnicn mignt oe cauea a rea cap, ^^k^ ^ years
as the fez or Turkish brimless cap that are knowj nf ^^ recognize the Speckled and the Red Sussex. In
red cap of the shrine. The plumage color of this^ England they have them of numerous varieties. The
is a combination peculiar to itself It is a combiM« ^^^^ attractive of all are the Speckled variety,
of mahogany red, deep brown, black and bluish l^ ^f f^^^ jj. ^^ey are beautiful, when of
It will be quite interesting to study the shape and«| ^^^^ ^ledium, or of poor quality, they are
description of this fowl in our Standard. If yoaj^ot worth consideration. They are most
never seen i ^.^.^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ quality. They
of them tn» ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ difficult problems in
first class mv po^ii.^ breeding. Any one who loves to
*^y' y°". .t" study color problems in breeding poultry
judge of iB^ should try the Speckled Sussex. At one
be a u t y. ^j^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^.^^ ^ controversy as to
like the bpe» ^yiether the Jubilee Orpington was a
Sussex, ^^r^ Speckled Sjssex under another name. Be
tiful when^r this as it may, they are so near alike as
quality; tMJJ[ to pass ore for the other. We are led to
repeat that no other fowl offers more real
problems in breeding for. show quality.
The numerous varieties of Sussex, other
^^an the Light Sussex, cannot interest us.
The Lij;ht Sussex are almost a counter-
part with our Columbian Plymouth Rock.
The Lig-ht Sussex that have come to us
"om the other side are rather long in
as bad as
grels when of
quality.
The Engli
Dorkings are
in three * .
varieties. *
leg. Their legs are considerably longer
than are the legs of our Columbian Ply-
mouth Rocks. Their plumage color is
pure white, the black markings not so in-
tense as are the markings of our Colum-
bian varieties. They have the pinkish
white shanks that are beautiful. They are
used largely on the other side for table
poultry and for capons. We know of one
large farm over there that is devoted to
them exclusively, where thousands of
capons and soft roasters are made. We
might do well with the Speckled and the
Light Sussex for all lines of poultry, both
show and commercial. They are very at-
tractive in appearance.
The Cornish, in three varieties, are
favored both here and in England. One
variety known here as White Laced Red
are known over there as Jubilee Indian
Game. Some of the pictures that I have show fine
form and color. The English are far ahead of the bal-
ance of the world with the White and the colored varie-
ties. For some reason or other, the Indian Game or
Cornish fowls have not gained general favor. They are
only sparingly bred in England. One of the oldest and
best breeding farms, where Cornish were supreme, has
sold out entirely within a year. The secretary of the
Cornish Club in this country has done fine work for this
breed, and while we have
them better and better all
the time, only a compara-
tively few breed them.
The Dorkings, the Sussex,
the Cornish and the Red
Caps grade in number and
in popularity as mentioned.
But very few people, com-
paratively, know much
about them. They are all
of them told of in our new
1923 Standard of Perfec-
tion. Those who would like
to breed some of them
should study the descrip-
tions of them in the Stand-
ard, become fully acquainted
with their form and color, you can purchase very good
quality in all of them. The greater part of all of them
breed true from specimens of quality. If you purchase,
be sure that you get good ones, then breed and reject the
best and continue in this way to have better all the tiine.
You must learn by experience how to mate and handle
The Orpington is the world over the most favored of
all the English breeds. More of them by far are bred
in this country than of any other of the
English breeds. The prime favorites of
them all are the Single Comb Buffs and
the Single Comb Whites. None of the
rose comb varieties are accepted by us as
Standard. Only a few of them have ever
been shown in this country. The same is
true of the Jubilee Orpington that is so
much like the Speckled Sussex. The
Black Orpington has been bred sparingly
with it, and some of the Blue variety are
shown, not many of them, however.
There are three distinct types of the
Black variety. The laying, or utility type,
as bred in Australia for the egg laying
contests, where they have gained the high-
est honors. This type might be compared
with the show type, by saying that they
are no more English Black Orpingtons
than are the (Continued on page 173)
Speckled Sussex
Light Sussex— EngUsh Prize
Winner— the type of tJ»i» ^^Irjl
would cot do in America »t »U.
The Preservation of Poultry Manure
By HAROLD F. BARBER
M
XjT'S funny when you come to think of it. I've
seen chicken fanciers who thought it was un-
mggm dignified and unworthy to keep chickens for the
S^j eggs they would lay. What would a man like
that say if you told him you kept chickens for
the manure they would lay?
But don't laugh too soon, for if you don't take some
care of what yours lay for you, there is a laugh on you,
too. You may not keep your chickens for that purpose,
but if you were an orange or a lemon grower out in
California, you might be keeping them primarily for
their droppings. Somewhat recently a long article ap-
peared in a California farm paper, analyzing the fer-
tilizer situation, and advocating the keeping of hens;
one hen for each citrus fruit tree in the orchard. Pri-
mary object manure, to be marketed in the shape of
oranges and lemons; by-product, the eggs they would
lay.
The wealth of America has been built up largely on
the economic use of by-products. Coke, coal-tar, ex-
haust gases, thousands of things once thrown away or
let escape, now used to make money, through being
made into dyes, or base-
balls, or something else.
What do you do with
your orange food? You
ought to get all the good
out of it you can; and to
find out just what to do, and
how much of it to do, isn't
an easy thing. At least I
haven't found it so.
The fertilizer trust has
been pretty sick since 1920,
but it might be even worse
off, if all the poultry manure
raised, or "dropped," in this
country were used to its full
value on our lands.
Everybody knows that
poultry manure is a strong
fertilizer, but not all know
just what it is composed of,
and just how to treat it to
get the most out of its fer-
tilizing elements. Maybe
nobody does — certainly they do not, as regards the com-
position, because no two samples are alike. They are
not even enough alike to be sure of a decently accurate
average. There's one reason why you may hear a poul-
try authority — as I did — recommend using 8 lbs. acid
phosphate and 3 lb s. muriate of potash for every 30 lb s.
hen manure tcT get a fertilizer of the value of a 3- to
4-8-6; and then come across some figures which would
plainly show this proportion to figure out to a 3-12-12
basis. Where do we get off, we poor poultry keepers,
when the doctors disagree so widely?
It is because of these differences that I have given
some study to this matter for my own satisfaction, which
I am passing on. So many of these things are all easy
and plain sailing, if we see but one article, or one bul-
letin on the subject; but the next one we come across
says something different.
It is not my desire to repeat what is better told by
those who issue those helpful bulletins from the Experi-
ment Stations; and I certainly do not consider myself
capable of advising counter to their recommendations —
but where there are different sorts of advice on the same
subject, to accomplish the same purpose, it is surely per-
missible to examine several of these, in an endeavor to
understand better the reasons and the evidence behind
the varying advice.
122
Knowledge Boiled Down
ANURE should be kept dry. May-
be this article is dry, too. But
for five years, I have been taking
notes at lectures, and cutting out articles
from the papers, and getting Experiment
Station bulletins, and writing to the pro-
fessors with a lot of fool questions, and
borrowing experts from the Fertilizer
Trust to help me figure out how to mix
my hen manure into fertilizer and know
what 1 had when I got through. At last
I found out what I wanted to know, and
I've written it down for you.
We all know that the three chief elements of fertili.
zers are nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash, and that
these are expressed by formulae showing their respec-
tive comparative strength in any fertilizer by three fig,
ures, written thus: 3-10-6 or 4-8-4. Poultry manure is
comparatively strong in nitrogen, the first-named figure,
though it also contains some potash, and considerable
phosphoric acid. How much of each? That is indeed a
question! No two samples analyze alike — and the differ-
ences are so great that it is difficult to settle on any-
thing which will provide a fair working basis, in the
majority of cases.
Extension Circular No. 53, issued by the Massachusetts
Experiment Station, in February, 1918, showed eight
different analyses of various samples varying in age
from one day to six or eight weeks, the average of which
was as follows: Nitrogen, 1.44</o; phosphoric acid,
.99%; potash, .39%. Dr. L. L. Van Slyke, in his "Fer-
tilizers and Crops," gives the following figures: 1.01 '/c,
.8% and .38%. Extension Leaflet No. 57, issued by
M. A. C, in October, 1922, thinks that the best way to
figure is to average these two sets of analyses, and set-
tles on the following con-
tents of poultry manure for
these three fertilizing ele-
ments: Nitrogen, 1.22%;
phosphoric acid, .89%, and
potash, .38%. The potash
content, you see, agreed
very closely in both conclu-
sions, but the big figure, the
nitrogen, showed a varia-
tion of more than 40%, the
phosphoric acid figure varied
more than 20%.
Certain facts are defi-
nitely known about poultry
manure. We know that it
is richer than the manure
of the more common farm
animals which are ordinar-
ily looked upon as producing
fertilizing material, and we
know why it is richer. It is
richer because of two
things; first, a hen eats and
voids less fibre than does a horse or cow; and second,
and more important, much of the fertilizing value of any
manure is in the liquid portion., and a fowl's urine is
very much more concentrated than is that of a horse or
cow. Now the manure of poultry contains much nitro-
gen— ^which, however, escapes quickly in the form of
ammonia. That is the smell you have so many times
noticed in a dirty henhouse — the valuable nitrogen leav-
ing for parts unknown, never again to be of any value.
There are two ways of preventing this waste which
takes place by evaporation: physically, ly drying the
droppings almost as they fall, with dry loam, or sawdust,
or coal ashes, or something of that sort; ard chemically,
by neutralizing the base of the ammonia b/ some acid.
Commercial acid phosphate is cheap and effective, and
it also provides the second element of a br^anced fer-
tilizer— phosphoric acid. Or you may use a combination
of the two methods, the dry loam or sawdust making
your home-made fertilizer work much easier, particularly
with machinery; and then adding acid phosphate to
neutralize the ammonia.
The simplest way of keeping the goodness in your
poultry manure, is to gather it often, and store in bar-
rels, boxes or a covered pit of some kind, sprinkling acid
phosphate over every lot stored. But for the most scien-
tific fertilizer preparation, (Continued on paj^e 171)
f
EXPERIMENT
at
Cf
A 300-Egg Hen at
Bergen
There is no more satisfactory
place for us to secure exact infor-
mation and knowledge * pertaining
to the results which might be ex-
pected from our birds, than at an
Egg Laying Contest. Not only is
this true of egg production, but it is
equally true of all the problems of
management, such as smtipunt and
cost of feed, value of eggs, returns
over feed cost, and many other
problems of equal significance.
Study the Contest records.
[^
rq^. HE New Jersey Egg Laying Con-
jH) tests closed on October SI, last,
^^ and we are just able to report
fully regarding some of the in-
teresting records made
these two competitions.
These figures cover the third
year of the Bergen County
Contest; the birds being pul-
lets, being the daughters of
birds which occupied the pens
at the Bergen Contest during
the previous two years. At
V'neland the report covers the
first year of the Contest; the
birds being pullets sent in by
the owners of the respective
pens. The average production
made at the Bergen County
Contest for the year wa<* 43.2%,
or an average production of
167.7 eggs per bird. At Vine-
land, for the same period, the
production was 40.6%, or an
average production of 148 eggs
per bird. These figures are
made at Contests where the
birds are housed in flocks of
twenty each, making two thou-
sand birds competing to make
up this average.
Leghorns Again Prove Supreme
At the Bergen County Con-
test, the Leghorn flock aver-
aged 165.2 eggs per bird, while , , t i j
the next highest were the Single Comb Rhode Island
Reds wth 143.7 eggs, with the White Wyandottes nex
with 130.8. At Vineland, the Barred Plymouth Rocks
won the variety championship with an average of 163.1
eggs per bird, while the Leghorns were second with 153.8
eg^s The leading pen at the Contest was Smgle Comb
^te Leghorns, fv^ed by James Whetsel, of Vineland.
This pen laid 3,998 eggs, or practically 200 eggs per bird
The Vineland Contest records for the past year do not
show up as satisfactorily as they would, due to serious
epidemics of bronchitis in the fall and winter and a
material loss from theft of birds during the ";»^d-.unimer^
The Bergen County Contest was won by Manning
Potts, of Stockton. His pen laid 4,223 eggs, which is an
average production of 211 eggs per bird for the year.
Hollywood Farm, of Hollywood, Wash was second w^th
George B. Ferris, of Grand Rapids, Mich., third; both
of these latter pens averaging over 200 eggs per bird per
year. This is a wonderful production when it was con-
sidered that there were twenty birds in each pen.
Bergen Produce* a 300-Egger
Bird No. 17, in Pen No. 46, at the Bergen County
Contest, laid exactly 300 eggs in the year. She was a
White Leghorn owned by the Hoean Farms, of Brook-
lyn, N. Y She is the second bird since the inauguration
of the New Jersey Contests sj^ce 1916 to reach the
coveted 300-egg mark. This bird did not start to lay
until November 20, 1922 and she did not lay an egg on
the last day of the Contest, October 31; thereby making
a production of exactly 300 eggs i" ^x^J^^y 344days. It
was back at the first contest in 1916-17 that a White Ply-
mouth Rock hen beat her by one egg, producing ?01 eggs
in the contest period. It is interesting to note in observ-
ing the breed records of each of these two j^oj^.^^^^^^' ^^^J
Single Comb White Leghorns have the d^stmction of
winning high individual honors; both breed honors and
individual breed honors. It simply ^%^."«f ^„*"".^^^fte
contest records go to prove that our Single Comb White
STATIONS
Leghorns as bred today by the commercial
egg farmers, are well termed *'ezS ma-
chines." It is interesting further to note
that the ten leading pens at the Bergen
County Contest were T eghorns,
and that of the ten leading
pens at the Vineland Contest,
eight were Leghorns and two
were Plymouth Rocks.
How Do Your Hens Lay?
Did you ever stop to take
the trapnest records and ana-
lyze them to see into what pro-
duction groups the birds in
your flock arrange themselves?
In making their report on the
New Jersey Egg Laying Con-
tests for 1923, Professcrs Han-
nas and Clickner show a table
grouping the birds in ten
classes of thirty eggfi each.
The table follows:
Production by Classes
No. of Birds in Class
Egg LaTjing Contests Teack
Us Many Lessons
Production Bergen Co. Vineland
Class Contest Contest
0.30 84 36
31-60 88 42
61-90 62 74
91-120 150 180
121150 275 284
151-180 416 429
181-210 421 385
211-240 257 181
241-270 58 39
271-300 5 ,1.
In observing this table, it is
interesting to note that in the
case of the Bergen County
Contest, the greatest number of birds falling in one
group, was in that division laying from 181 to 210 eggs,
there being 421 birds making this wonderful record. At
the Vineland Contest, which you will remember nveraged
somewhat lower in total production, the heaviest group
was the 151 to 180 egg group, in which 428 birds fell.
It will be noted in each contest how a few bir Is group
themselves in the very poor or low production <*lasses;
that is, below 90 eggs. These birds are in all prc^ability,
or the majority of them at least, duds, or so-called real
slackers, which either through disease, physical deform-
ity or a low inherited egg production, never produce a
profitable egg yield. Then we see the next five divisions
from 90 to 240 eggs contain the great bulk of our poul-
try population, with the maximum number coming in the
CTOup which represents the average production of the
contest, while at the very top of the list we .^ee a few
birds representing the superior individuals forming the
two groups 240 to 300. This division of production is
typical of all flocks, and the one point which we should
clearly note is that as our flock average increases, the
group having the greatest number of birds in it continu-
ally moves up the scale into a production class of heavier
and heavier egg laying ability. Supplementing this
table it is interesting to note that at the Bergen County
ConU there were 451 birds which laid 200 eggs or
more during the year. This is 22^ % .of the to^^l num-
ber of birds entered. Of this 451 birds, it is further
interesting to note that 412 were Leghorns, 27 were
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, 6 were While Wyan-
dottes 5 were Barred Rocks, and one Ancona. While
at Vineland, there were 342 birds which laid 200 eggs
or more These were divided as follows: 282 Leghorns,
27 Tarred Plymouth Rocks. 17 Rhode Island Reds, 13
White Plymouth Rocks, and 3 Wyandottes
How Much Feed Did the Bird* Eat?
The following tables show the feed consumption, the
cost of feed, the value of eggs (Continued on page 172)
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
February, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
125
EDITORIAL
Improved Breeding for 1924
We have been talking system, plan, records, etc.,
in Everybodys for a long, long time and c.en this
mention won't be the last we will make of these
features in poultry keeping and production for we
believe in them and we wish to have them consid-
ered and adopted generally for both the extra re-
sults and satisfaction they will give to the poultry-
man.
Every breeder should know by this time just
what his plans for 1924 are and they should be
followed to the letter.
Whatever your plans for 1924 are they ehould
include an effort to improve your stock in general
quality, and wherever possible; also in quantity.
TTie breeder who does not aim higher 'or im-
proved stock, and reach further for a greater suc-
cess each year is not doing himself or the industry
justice. You don't realize what you can accom-
plish until you try, so keep trying year by year, for
who knows but that you may be the one to ferret
out some marvelous new system in poultry produc-
tion or unravel some of nature's secret breeding
laws that will felicitate you and mankind for time
to come.
The older breeders, and those of long past days
handed down to us in Standard-bred poultry a
legacy of untold value, and as time passes, we
breeders of this day are shouldered with a responsi-
bility to hold safe and to improve, to build up,
higher, better and stronger in beauty and practical
worth that for which they spent their lives to start
and for which they laid a very substantial founda-
tion. One far better than perhaps they knew — and
in time, we, like they, must hand this over to others
to continue and it is up to us to improve, to en-
hance it, so we may know that we are giving greater
value than received.
But — all this hoped for poultry improvement
must not be expected from only a few breeders as
heretofore. Every breeder should consider this his
special work, there is plenty of work, room and
profit for all and we believe that if our breeders in
general will get down to tacks, each doing his best,
that astounding results will follow and many new
"wizard breeders*' be discovered.
TTie work and the fame attained by our many
great breeders will last forever and grow brighter
with time as the results of thier work keep show-
ing. We. cannot even determine their worth if we
tried, but we can ever increase it, and every breeder
has equal opportunity to place his name beside
those we so highly cherish by giving his best every
day and every year to improved poultry breeding.
The breeding season for 1924 is now before you.
Make your start now. Let this be your real begin-
ning for your greater try, and — ^here is hoping for
your success.
Some Matters for Consideration
It is very evident that with certification as prac-
ticed, private egg records, the Hogan System, and
the innumerable other individual systems practiced
by the so-called poultry experts that a broader
breach has been opened between the sellers and
buyers of poultry stock than has formerly existed.
This condition we greatly regret, both for the errors
that have and will ever be made and for the loss
that is sure to ensue.
Following we quote extracts from a few of the
several letters lately received, from them we are
made aware that there are poultry experts (so-
called) in every community whose poultry knowl-
edge is paramount and whose opinions are infalli-
ble. They are the "law" and their say-so goes wirfi
all those breeders who haven't the confidence in their
own opinions to appreciate quality and value m
poultry. As a natural consequence the expert's (?)
advice is followed, the seller loses a sale with time
and personal expense and the buyer, besides losing
some confidence in the business and in mankind,
returns birds of breeding and rare blood lines that
would have insured him improved quality and poul-
try progress.
We cannot conceive of a condition where a third
party is at all necessary to any transaction where
breeding and blood lines are the important factors
desired and surely no expert, either real or other-
wise, can ever give a worth while opinion upon such
questions. This is the fundamental question in
poultry and in all livestock breeding, where only
the breeder is qualified to pass an opinion that is
dependable.
The extract of letters above referred to are as
follows:
One of our best known breeders writes: "I have
lately had two shipments of fine birds returned to
me with the statement made in each case that the
birds were satisfactory in appearance, but that some
local expert had claimed they did not stand the
college 'pelvic' test and that their combs were too
small and fine for those birds to prove layers."
Another of our foremost breeders writes: "An-
other college expert has just found fault with an-
other chicken and in consequence on the expert's
advice the bird has been returned to me. 1 wonder
if you think it is right for these experts to venture
so nriuch expert opinion. It takes a long time to
qualify as an expert and I wonder in what way these
men have qualified to give decisions on Standard-
bred poultry for breeding and exhibition. The
decision of an expert is always final. They arc
backed up by the credentials of their college and
state and when a decision is made it is final. Pelvic
bones are part of the anatomy of a fowl but let me
say to you that this expert business is serious."
This from a bred-to-lay breeder, "I sold ten certi-
fied laying hens all with a substantial r<:cord and
each banded with a sealed leg band to e breeder in
Ohio. On November 7, he wrote me that the birds
had arrived in good shape and that he was very
much pleased with them. He wrote me November
2 1 , saying that he had returned the birds to me the
day before on the advice of an expert graduate
poultryman who said they were not worth ten cents
each. While I am really glad to have the birds
back I do not want a stain of this kind to show upon
my record as a poultryman."
We have two other letters along the same lines as
the above and another that intimates that the man
J^o condemned a trio purchased so that the buyer
i -gturned them to the seller, bought that same trio
I by >^i'® before they had reached their home and
1 were at once reshipped to him. This word comes
I from the original buyer and we have written for
full particulars.
1 From our observations, we are perfectly satisfied
that no single one, or all the tests and signs com-
bined, that are known of, for the selection of layers
(excepting the trapnest) are absolute or positive.
For breeding birds of highest exhibition quality,
their blood lines and breeding are of first and great-
est importance and only in their breeding values do
we have the answer of their worth. No method
other than their breeding will ever give the right
answer to their quality and worth.
Our compliments to the "experts. We have
much faith in a few of the many we know, and they
are the first to know that all signs often fail, are
most unreliable, and that the progress made re-
sulted from breeding experience and not from the
haphazard methods of feeling, measuring, etc. Fur-
ther, such acknowledged experts as Lewis, Graham,
Thompson. Philips, etc., are far above the practices
above referred to.
Here is a condition that must be met in a broad
and liberal way. It can best be met between the
seller and buyer. The seller is most anxious to
please customers and to give real value. He fully
realizes that satisfactory sales are his greatest asset
and he is not going to pawn off worthless stock
upon anyone. TTie average poultry breeder (buyer)
has a pretty good idea of quality, of his condition
and his wants, he is far more apt to discover ini-
proved quality and to impartially observe the birds
bought and his opinion, backed by the statements
made by the seller of the^ birds, is far more certain
to give results, than are those of one who knows
nothing of their breeding, who fails in personal
breeding experience and banks on theory alone arid
who may have only superficial knowledge of Stand-
ard exhibition quality. When a buyer refers a bird
to an expert for opinion on quality, this opinion as
the evidence at hand clearly shows is usually preju-
dicial to the bird and unfavorable.
We believe equally in our breeders and m our
Standard-bred poultry industry and we urge all
poultrymen to have like confidence m both tor
poultry progress.
Eggs for Hatching
We often hear the seasons spoken of as either
good or bad for hatching eggs, and no doubt the
season, according to its weather, climate, etc., has
much to do with this and to some extent at least is
accountable for the difference. v l u u
Still the main cause is otherwise and the natch-
ability of the eggs depends mostly upon the breed-
ers, their condition and the care and handhng or
the eggs. J 1 I.
The breeders receiving the proper feed and at-
tention wont be greatly affected by weather changes.
You can't expect fertility of high record unless the
birds have been cared for corresponding to condi-
tions. The changes of condition must be noted and
arranged for and resulu will follow.
The care and handling of the eggs is of far
0
greater importance than it is usually given credit
for. It is a well known fact that many breeders
who have experimented and adopted a system of
handling hatching eggs have met with about the
same good results year after year in producing satis-
factory fertility.
Don't expect your breeders to give you the high-
est rate of fertility unless you give them the best of
care. Conditions are seldom twice alike year after
year and the poultryman must know conditions and
be prepared to supply the foods and care required
by observation and experimenting. To produce
strong fertile eggs that produce improved livable
chicks should be the aim of every breeder.
Eggs for hatching, particularly, and all eggs in
general should be gathered several times daily.
Supply plenty of clean, dark nests in a moderately
cool, dry place when the temperature holds about
uniform and turn the eggs half over daily, or twice
a day when convenient.
In packing hatching eggs for shipment they
should be selected with care for soundness and uni-
formity. One or two extra large eggs with general
small ones will never make a very satisfactory set-
ting in either appearance or results to the buyer.
For hatching we prefer the medium size egg, rather
smaller than larger when true to form, coloi, etc.
We have before stated that it is the so-called
minor things in poultry keeping that are of great
importance and that require attention, not one day
a week, but every day when the limit of quality,
quantity and worth of production is wanted. Look
well to the little things and many of the bigger
things will take care of themselves.
Another Show Season Gone
Another show season, that of 1923-24, has
passed and we can repeat in full truth, the same as
at the end of previous seasons, that it wa? "the
greatest and best ever.''
We believe that during the past season more
poultry exhibits were held, more entries were had
and that greater interest with a record attendance
was the general rule.
From every exhibit attended and from every sec-
tion comes the same good word, that the quality of
the birds was ot a uniformly higher grade than in
the past and that the future prospects for Standard-
bred poultry breeding offers more and more oppor-
tunities to those who will follow this work.
To give our readers a first hand view of the pro-
gress poultry has made, we here quote a statement
made to us at one of the great shows by a promi-
nent breeder who said, "The great work our breed-
ers have accomplished by careful mating and selec-
tive breeding has produced such marvelous results
that today many of them are marketing birds that
twenty, yes even fifteen or ten years ago in many
varieties would have been champion winners at our
greatest shows." . r . . • j
There is an abundance of satisfaction m the ad-
vancement made. It is so conspicuous that no
question remains, so sound and dependable that still
more quality and more business can be expected
with certainty which assures more possibilities and
an ever greater industry.
BE EXPLICIT
At this season of the year, every-
one engaged, in any way, in the
poultry business is working at top- • and women
notch speed, whether breeder or en
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gagea ui »ui.t^ n^^Z, -rp husv men are in the market for an incubator
'r/j^Smer-It'S'Ul^ ^:Z^^ or brooder, fountains, grain sprout-
rush and endurance. Be considerate
of them in your inquiries. If you
are in the market for an incubator
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If wTiting a breeder, state about
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that same advice can be at least put
to good use in weighing with your
own experiences and ideas.
The guarantee you see month af-
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of Advertisers, is a real guarantee.
We want it to keep out of our col-
umns every dishonest advertiser.
None of them shall profit at the ex-
pense of our good subscriber family,
and they evidently know it, as we
seldom are presented with objec-
tional advertising. Once in a great
while, one comes in which is on our
black list, and it goes hurrying back
to the sender with more than a gen-
tle reminder that Everybodys does
not want that kind of business.
Next to the "get rich quick or
poultry quack" is that fellow who
shops around as a space buyer, who
fprgets or desires to forget to pay
his advertising bills. Of course,
such advertisers are questionable to
us, so as to be quite sure of "who is
who" we tell them it costs money to
publish a magazine like Everybodys
and that our advertising space turn-
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justified in expecting the other fel-
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We are proud of our advertisers.
They know it, and they as well, we
believe, are proud of us. Every-
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POSTAL GUIDE
The United States Official Postal
Guide, published by the Post Office
Department, for December, is surely
an interesting and inspiring number.
Perhaps we are blessed here at the
publishing office at Hanover with an
unusual postmaster with arv organi-
zation which realizes the many diffi-
culties of a publisher and who always
are on the job to facilitate the
prompt delivery of the tons upon
tons of magazines and other mail
which goes out from this office
monthly. At any rate Postmaster
D. Guy Hollinger and his worthy as-
sistant, Harry B. Winebrenner, to-
gether with every clerk and employee
demonstrate to us time and time
again that service is ever uppermost
in their minds.
The public at large are so apt to
jump with both feet on the Post
Office Department, or for that mat-
ter any other public carrier, for the
very slightest inefficiency as they see
it, yet in nine cases out of ten the
same errors in their own business
would be overlooked as pardonable,
yet when it comes to government ser-
vice their kicks start without de-
liberation or cause — it is because of
this proneness to complain that
Everybodys desires to commend a-
service that deserves it.
We started to speak of the Postal
Guide but got on another track.
What we wanted to say was this:
Under heading "Magazine and News-
paper Advertisers" there appears the
following :
Magazine an^ Newapaper Advertisers
To Postmaster:
In the campaign which we are
waging to secure the co-operation of
the public in addressing letters and
other mail by street and number, we
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The records of the Ferris White Leghorns at the 1923 and previous egg con-
tests demonstrate beyond question that the egg breeding of our stock will
insure profitable results in all parts of the United States, confirming reports of
thousands of customers. Trapnesting and pedigreeing on the most extensive
scale ever attempted are responsible for these remarkable results. Our winnings
over thousands of hens of all breeds at egg contests under Government and State supervwiwi is
SS^rtndSg evidence that you should not overlook Ferris stock if you want the best laying strain.
19a4 PRICES of EOG8 and CHICKS
From Our SOO to SM BSS Strain
Day Old Chicks
• $
25 Chicks
50 Chicks
100 Chicks
250 Chicks
500 Chicks
1000 Chicks
Fay only 10%
anceC O D. ^
guaranteed anywhere east
of the Rockies. Delivered
prepaid to your door by
Parcel Post.
7.50
13.00
. 24.00
- 57.50
- 110.00
. 210.00
, down; bal-
Safe arrival
Begs for Hatching
15 Eggs- - $ 2.50
50 Eggs - - 6.25
100 Eggs - - 11.50
250 Eggs- - 27.50
500 Eggs- - 52.50
1000 Eggs- - 100.00
Safe arrival and a good
hatch guaranteed. De-
liveredprepaidtoyour
door anywhere in the
I United States or Can.
Week of April 28 10% rha.
Week of May 5 12%
Week of May 12 15% ''
Week of May 19 15%
Week of May 26 20% "
Any time in June 25%
Sooclal DIscoants from ahova prices on
Order RacalTcd this Month for
ghlpmont as rollowsi
Any time in Feb. No Dis. "'
Any time in Mar. 5%
Week of Mar. 31 No
Week of April 7 No
Week of April 14 6%
Week of April 21 8%
LET US HELP TOU
Fourteen of the foremost White Leghorn spe-
cialists of America are at your service when
vou become a Ferris customer. We know niat
Ferris White Leghorns will give you a secure in-
come if properly housed and cared for and our
Service Department is ^l^^^Y'f^ 1*1/.^.^^
and instruct you in the methodsfoUowed in the
m^t UD to-date plants. We mu.st have successful cus-
Smers to nTake our business pay and if you buy now wa
wm do everythinK we can to make you so successful
That you vdU be buying from us years m the future. A
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Pay only 10% with order-we ship C. O. D. for balanc(^
lto6 Hens or Pullets, each . - - - M.ffi
6 to 14 Hena or Pullets, each " ■ ' ' JS
15 to 30 Hena or Pullets, each - - - - d.w
31 to 60 Hens or Pullets, each . - - - ».au
61 to 99 Hens or Pullets, each ^- • " * Six
lOOormoreHenaor Pullete, each . - - a.oo
Early Hatched Breeding Cockerels
All males specially selected, fully mature and
ready for immediate use in your breeding pena.
1 Cockerel - - ^ W-^
2 to 4 Cockerels, each »•""
5 to 9 Cockerels, each 'o"
10 to 24 Cockerels, each ' •""
25 or more Cockerels, each - • - - - o-oo
EIGBT-WEEK-OLD PULLETS
Our earliest hatches are ready for shipment
now and we will have some coming eight weeka old,
every week until next August.
1 to 5 Pullets, each •f\
6 to 14 Pullets, each \*l
16 to 30 Pullets. ««h }-^
81 to 60 Pullets, each j~
61 to99 Pullets, each j"^
100 or more Pullets, each ... - - i.*o
WONDERFUL EXHIBITION MATINGS
See Cataloe for list of winnings at more than
^ho^sfu?h as Chicago. New York, Washington, etc.
EXHIBITION EGOS AND CHICKg-
Prom oner No. 3 .,„ ^
iR ir<»Fa 110 00 8 Chicks . . $10.00
i^F^S ' * 17 50 16 Chicks . . 17.60
MfSS ■ * 25 00 25 Chicks . . 25.00
100 IS : : ^:00 50 Chicks 45.00
Rn»« or more earn or 15 or more chicks and if you do not
SL chiclTs t'i^af^ll win a blue ribbon at any show up to
800 entries we will duplicate your order free of charge.
In 24 years of breeding Blue Ribbon Winners
and Record Layers, we have built the world s
r^est pouUiy ^.tabliihrnen Our new 1924 catalog
aiUSating list contains a world of information on White
Lcffhornsind Egg Production. It will increase your o
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Hatching, your losses will be re-
duced to a minimum. They have
•toed the test.
Pack as foUows: Place a layer of ex-
celsior in bottom and sides of
basket. Wrap eggs in fine ex-
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them in basket with a layer of
excelsior on top. Then hook
the cover down and tie handles
together over top of basket. This pre-
vents other packages from being piled on
the basket. You can send them by ex-
press or parcel post. For prices and fur-
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with saw. hammer and augur bit you can make your
box. Will last for years.
The No. 1 win aooommodate 85 to 7.» chicks.
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brooder U right No safer brooder could be made
thah one heated with the EMPIRE KLECTUIO
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Thousands of chicks are sold in small lots to
people who will not buy expensiTe brooders but who
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wish Egain to call to your attention
the fact that many big advertisers in
magazines and newspapers do not in-
sert in their advertisements the
street and number of their place of
business.
This causes those who answer
these advertisements to address such
advertisers leaving off the street and
number.
While such advertisers may be
well known, yet the omission of the
street and number in the address is
at times the cause of much delay in
a post office which otherwise would
be avoided.
Every advertiser should note this
statement by the Department. Quite
frequently we receive letters from
subscribers stating they had not re-
ceived quotations and catalogues
asked for, in almost every instance
we have found that these advertis-
ers, while nationally knovni, had
failed to carry their street addresses
in advertising copy. Later perhaps
these subscribers have written that
they had heard from the advertiser
after several days delay. This is an
important matter, particularly to the
advertiser selling by mail.
SECOND WORLD'S
POULTRY CONGRESS
Considerable activity is being
evinced among the poultry interests
of the United States in the success
of the Second World's Poultry Con-
gress to be held in Barcelona, Spain,
May 10 to 16, 1924. Recently there
was held a meeting of the United
States Council of the Congress and
definite steps are under way for
proper representation of the poul-
try interests of the country.
The Congress is being held under
the patronage of the Spanish Gov-
ernment, the Ministry of Agriculture
and the Municipality of Barcelona.
The first World's Poultry Congress
was held at The Hague in 1921 and
was a decided success. The place
for holding the third Congress will
probably be decided upon at the
time of holding the Second Con-
gress.
These World's Congresses provide
a common meeting ground for all in-
vestigators in poultry husbandry,
breeders, producers, poultry supply
dealers and others associated with
the poultry industry of all countries
of the world. In connection with
the Congress next year an exhibition
will be held, embracing educational,
investigational, and commercial
phases as well as exhibits of repre-
sentative breeds of poultry char-
acteristic of the respective countries.
Recent reports from Barcelona in-
dicate that in practically every coun-
try of the world, where the poultry
industry has attained any degree of
significance, great interest is being
taken in the forthcoming Cong^ress.
In many cases official delegates have
already been named and plans are
under way for extensive exhibits. It
is understood that England is mak-
ing a strong scientific exhibit; Hoi.
land an exhibit on breeds; Canada t
comprehensive exhibit on egg gradei
and classes; Denmark an extensive
exhibit on co-operative marketinf
and quality in eggs.
In the United States a strong Ej.
hibit Committee has been organized
and plans are already under way for
making an educational exhibit, t
commercial exhibit and a live bird
exhibit. Several states have inti-
mated their intentions of prepariQ| '
educational exhibits dealing with in- i
vestigational, extension, and produc- '
tion features. The commercial in-
terests expect to have exhibits in the
form of incubators, brooders, equip-
ment of various kinds and feed sup.
plies. The breeders expect to ex-
hibit a ctrong line of standard breedi
and varieties. One criticism of the
First World's Poultry Congress waa
that the educational exhibit from
the United States was not adequate.
Only three or four States sent ex-
hibits over and there was practically
no uniformity. The result was that
the United States' exhibit appeared
in poor light as compared vdth ex-
hibits from other countries, even the
smaller ones. Another adverse bit
of criticism respecting the first Con-
gress was the absence of any stand-
ard birds from this country. That
was very unfortunate indeed, since
nearly all other countries were well
represented. It is felt by many in
this country that the United States
has made notable contributions to
the breeding industry and that it
has probably higher standards of
quality in the stock than any other
country.
The Latin American countries will
be well represented at the Congress
in Spain and this should be of con-
siderable interest to American breed-
ers and producers. The poultry in-
dustry in the South American coun-
tries is being developed rapidly and
there is a keen demand for breed-
ing stock. Representatives of the
various American breeds and varie-
ties of poultry will command world
wide interest and will serve to im-
press other countries with the record
of achievement that has been ob-
tained.
The various organizations in the
United States interested in the
preparation of exhibit material in-
clude the following: The American
Association of Instructors and In-
vestigators in Poultry Husbandry,
the American Poultry Association,
the International Baby Chick Asso-
ciation, the American Incubator
Manufacturers' Association, the Na-
tional Poultry, Butter and Egg Asso-
ciation, American Feed Manufactur-
ers' Association and other national
organizations.
So Writes /Mrs. Norman D» IMUi, of Pennsylvania^
**l Never Lost a Citick Vlith Bowel Trouble and I
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
February,
1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
13T
Doni Hatck
Weak Chicks
With Cheap Incuhators
It's not how many you hatch that counts after all; it's
how many you raise. Chicks that hatch out weak and
wobbly, and live but a few days, mean nothing to you
except trouble and loss. They make one sick of the poultry business.
Most of the chicks you lose in the first two weeks die because they
did not hatch out with enough vitality or strength for a good start.
Queen
Incubators
Are famous for big hatches of
Strong, Healthy Chicks That
live and Grow
Mrs. 1. N. Girard, Victor, Iowa, summed up the experience of thousands of Queen
users when she wrote us: "I have had splendid luck with my Queen. The chicks are
so much stronger than the chicks hatched in two other machines of different makes."
It is not luck that chicks hatched from Queen Incubators are stronger and healthier
— it is because the Queen maintains accurate and uniform hatching conditions
throughout the entire hatching period, producing almost always a perfect chick fully
equipped with the strength and vitality for a good quick start.
The Queen is accurately regulated, taking care of sudden temperature variations
without danger. The Queen is built of genuine Redwood,
which does not absorb the odor from hatching eggs. The
Queen has double walls of California Redwood, with in-
sulation between. The Queen hot water system prevents
the eggs from drying out and provides ample moisture
for the hatching chick.
<<I never lose any of my chickens
with white diarrhea that are hatched from the Queen,"
wrote Mrs. Bessie Taniges, Herrick, 111. *'I have a Queen
Incubator that has been used since 1907— bought it second-
hand six years ago and have used it ever since. I would
not give the Queen for any two machines of any other
' make I ever used."
Read what J. C. Coulter, Sardis, Ohio, said, who wrote as
follows: "I have had my Queen 9 or 10 years and have
made several 95^ hatches. Made as high as 98%. It is
easy to run — almost runs itself
—and chicks live after they are
hatched." .—
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Even heat all the time
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describing the full line of Queen
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Stoves, etc.
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1102 North i4th St., Lincoln, Nebraska
Pleaie s«nd me yoar Free C»t«loK of Queen Incabatori
and Urooden. The Bite I am interested in ia about
eggs.
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Hatth some February chirks.
• • • •
Are your matinffs fully Patisfactory f
• • •
If not, buy to improve. Don't waste time.
• • •
Keep your courage \ip and your temper
down.
• • •
Earlv birds make early layers, early show
birds and early breeders.
• • * >
Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, I
1809.
• • •
George Washington was born February
22, 1732.
• • •
Let us remember those dates in 1924.
• • •
The show season is over. Now down to
work for the one to come.
• • •
Life is full of ujis and downs — keeping '
expenses down and appearances up.
• • •
They tell us we are going to have an early
spring — let's hope for it.
• • •
Many great poultry records were made
this season. Did you make yours!
• • •
All man can do is to assist nature in its
v.'ork, and this we should do.
• • •
The shows were wonderful, the winners
superb and poultry interests flourishing.
Surely a great season.
• • ♦
And the best of it is that poultry pros-
pects for the future are brighter than ever.
• • •
Following the line of least resistance is
what makes rivers and men crooked.
• • •
•*Wid" Card was sadly missed at Boston
and at several other shows. Gone, but not
forgotten, and never will be.
Read this issue of Everybodys with care.
Read every page, there is much of interest
herein. The ads speak for themselves. Buy
from Everybodys* advertisers and be fully
satisfied.
« • •
E-xperimental knowledge and conclui^ions
are commonly more exact, tangible and cer-
tain, than theoretical.
• • •
Every good and faulty quality in every
breed has been canvassed and the verdict is
that all reach a high average of worth.
• • •
You are right now at the very beginning
of a great poultry year. Somebody wants
what you have to sell. Advertise it >n
Everybodys.
Free man: A bachelor who is too old for
military service and owns a bale t)f tax-free
securities.
• * •
Smile when you meet a friend. Shake his
(or her) hand and wish them well by recom-
mending them to subscribe for Everybodys
• • •
The inventors of new breeds have »l«o
shown a wonderful ingenuity in inventing
names for them.
• • •
No one can be happy without friendij
and none can know what friends he has. till
he is unhappy.
• • •
You cannot got something for nothing.
Everything has a value that is dependent to
some extent upon the demand. By creatine
a demand vou create a greater value. Ad-
vertise in Everybodys and create ft demano
for your goods.
The path of duty runs parallel with the
road to happiness.
• • •
If you missed the great Madison Sqnare
Garden. N. Y.. Show, read the reports in
this issue and resolve now to attend we
next.
• • «
"Ted" told us that since "Doc" K«}
married he is more docile and the ^.«". °i
men to get along with. Perhaps this nao
some bearing on making the great National
greater.
• • • •
Imitators are only the echo of those they
imitate.
Whatever gloom may happen to hang
^nd is quickly dispelled when we thiuK
Tour many poultry friends.
Polonel Ri<ldick has sent in some excel-
unt sampler of Virg nia corn with_ the ad-
,• that it avera„'es better than bo gallons
l^She acre. » , .
ThB ereat Royal Show, held at Toronto
a marvel exhibit. More Americans
*i,'nnld exhibit there both f<.r the hon(.r their
aids carry a.s well as for business. Re-
member the next Royal.
* • •
Vnii can't be prnu<l of all your ancestors.
i,lam was u bad sj.ort wlio told on the
iuman when he got in a tight place.
• • •
Was pleased to note the picture of the
Hon John S. Martin in the Feathered World
(England) and a splendid mention written
Jy Edward Brc.wn. ^ ^
It is good to note that some old time ob-
iJiions against color of phuniiue and meat
r^ about f>ruotten. also of while and brown
Ihelled eggs. Quality and results are the
S of the<e da>s while colors are about a
fifth considerat it'll. ^ ^
The progress of some men is so rapid
that they outstrip tlieir wisdom and pru-
dence and make a shipwreck.
The object of an advertisement is to at-
tract the Attention of the public and put
he seller into communication with the buy-
ers. Try an ad in Everybodys for results.
* • •
If it wasn't for their hunches and intui-
tions, women would be deprived of half the
fun of living. ^ , .
Our readers can show Everybodys to their
feliow fanciers and friends and feel proud of
it. and the opportunity of advising others to
subscribe. ^ ^
Give us Standard-bred poultry and we
will answer for the results.
Putting up a "front" lands many a man
through the back door.
* • •
Boston's beauty show more than sus-
tained its reputation for beauty, quality, in-
terest and attendance. Secretary Atherton
is the kingpin of entertainers antf managers.
* • •
We like to have our readers discuss live
poultry topics in Everybodys. The niere
details of caring f<»r poultry are easily fur-
nished, but matters of current interest, aside
from details are always welcome.
* • •
"What ruined your business."
"Advertising."
"How?"
"I let it all be done by my competitors."
* • •
No man makes money advertising until
he ceases to look upon it as an expense and
considers it as an investment which is cer-
tain to pay dividends if it is kept up.
* • •
It is rumored that the House of Lords
contemplates makinsr insanity a cause for
divorce. Hitherto it has only been recog-
nized as a cause for marriage.
* • •
No matter what attitude a woman may
tike -ou'U save a lot of trouble if you will
igree with her.
* • •
Another great Chicago National Show is
history. It was a wiin<ler show with a mar-
velous attendance and credit for the manage
meat and exhibitors alike.
* • •
Those who read the poultrv publications
and do not apply their teachmes lose the
money their subscriptions cost them.
* • •
When one says. "It ♦al'r .'*".u^'ll^^ °I
people to make a world": he's thinking a
lot of uncomplimentary things about some
'»°«- . • .
That smile of "Link" Orr's is gettine
broader and pleasanter year by year. it
jUBt radiates fjood will and confidence in
«elf and mankind.
* • ♦
The successful breeder pushes his busi-
ness- the unsuccessful one lets his business
push him. He is always behind and in
trouble.
*
America has over three and a half million
widows. After the experiment they re will-
ing to hire their work done and fire the booo
when he proves unsatisfactory.
Hodgson Baby Chick Houses Every Time
For Brooding 250 Chicks or Less
Handsome* economical and efficient
beyond anvthinss else on the market.
A Colony Brooder and Brooder-
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you have NO coal stoves, NO
brooder-houses, NO cold corners,
NO crowding, NO chilling, NO
dead air for the chicks to breathe.
Chicks raised the HODGSON way
are healthier, mature quicker, and
show more profit than those
brooded by coal stove or box
brooder.
Steady Heat
No Fumes
Little Oil
Fresh Air Always
Booklet free; but if you need one,
two, three or four Chick Houses
right away, we can make imme-
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Sixty Rocks. Reds, or Dottes eight weeks
old will not crowd a BABY CrtiUK
House. Price (construction the best
that can be produced) :
$30.00 each
E. F. HODGSON CO.
"It is a pleasure to recommend the Hodgson
Baby Chick House as a complete brooding
outfit for the most exacting. It is under the
control of the caretaker at all times. V/e have
five, and alwayssay " Wigwarm" when asked
about brooding for the backlotter and the
specialty breeder. The ventilation is splen-
did, chicks having warm, FRESH air all the
time. Every part can be opened to the direct
rays of the sun." _ . . ^ ^
Herbert A. Daniels, Grafton, Mass.
"The best brooding equipment that money
canbuy isnonetoogoodlorthe chicks hatch-
ed from mv high record "White Rocks. My
pullets which are entered in theLaying Con-
tests are raised In Wigwarm Baby Chick
Houses. 50 or 6<) to the flock. The system of
forced fresh air ventilation is really wonder-
ful, and means the atmost vitality for every
chick. HodR^^on Chick Houses for Valccroft
Wtiite Rocks.' _
Harold F. Barber, Dover, Mass.
"This brooder was put out in the open weather
on Feb. 19th. The weather was very cold, but
lost no chick from overheating or being
chilled. They are surely dependable. Really
they are more dependable than any coal
burning stove, and are very little trouble."
Mrs. T. E. Bunting, Crosswicks, N.J.
"Brooded 500 baby chicks for us last year with-
out losing any. . . . Being right on the lake
here the sudden and severe changes in the
temperature are very hard on baby chicks or
other poultry."
A. F. Zimmerman, Kenosha, >Vts.
"I had a bunch of chicks when it came, and
they were going at the rate of two and four a
day. We got it about 3 o'clock in the after-
noon and started it up and had the heat up
and running right before 8 o'clock that night;
put the chickens in and only lost two more
out of about 40. They sure do grow and keep
happy in a Hodgson. It is a real Brooder."
Frank Harrow, Callaway, Neb.
"One hundred chicks put Into it. against your
advice: ninety-six taken out. The four lost,
no fault of the Brooder. The Brooder^ and
Chick House Combined is the best ever."
Leon G. Ayer, W. Somerville.Mass.
71 Federal Street, Boston, Mass.
6 East 39th St., New York City
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Need lor Activity
How best can the American Poultry Association advertise
Poultry Products?
By HARRY H. COLLIER
There has been many suggestions
along the line of advertising the
product of the American hen. Many
seem to think that it is the duty of
the American Poultry Association
to put forward this campaign. The
American Poultry Association has
done a great work for the poultry
industry. This organization has
given the pure-bred fowl on which
the foundation was laid to make a
hen that would more than reproduce
herself. In order to bring that
about the makti? of the Standard of
Perfection have tried to give a fowl
full of vigor, good in type and with
a healthy feather that goLS to make
beauty along with utility. W^h thi3
foundation we have raised the lay
of the hen from fifteen eggs per
year to as high as three hundred and
if we would recognize the claims of
some, to nearly an egg per day.
Great progress has been made with
laying hens in America and the rest
of the world has been working along
that line. The American hen does
not take a back seat for the best
that the world has produced but the
possibilities of hens as layers are
just beginning. To make a great lay
with one hen is a great accomplish-
ment but to get a flock average of
from twelve to fifteen dozen eggs
per hen is an accomplishment that
is still in its infancy. It is said that
the average hen in America lays
about 80 eggs in 365 days. Where
the claimers get their figures it is
hard to find out. The United States
government has given out figures
that were estimates but no census
has been taken that would give the
facts. That feature, taking the
actual census of the lay of the fowl
is a thing to strive for on the part
of the poultrymen.
Editor F. W. Kazmeier, of the
O. K. Poultry Journal says in his
December paper:
"The greatest need for a national
poultry organization is now very ap-
parent. We need this organization
to carry to the nation a wide adver-
tising campaign to increase the con-
sumption of market eggs and poul-
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Millions of Chicks Die Each
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My 40-pa<e book "Ju»t Common Sense
in Brooding and Raising Chicks" tells
why. ^ It tells how to prevent it. I don't
say, just use our brooder stoves and
they will all live," but I tell you my ex-
perience in raising chicks before I ever
made a brooder stove.
A Coal
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I have devoted the greater part of my life to
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1923, sold the other half, giving them right to use
my patents on the No-Cold Brooder Stove and
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Our new improved oil burning brooder stove
is the result of seven years* study. It overcomes
all the weak features in oil brooder stove construc-
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Our new improved coal burning brooder is
made in our own factory. It burns slack coal just
as well as any other. The new improved grate
and automatic gas control makes this possible.
We have stoves in our warehouse ready for ship-
ping. We ship by prepaid express.
We have a baby chick book and catalogue for
you. We will send it by return mail if you will
send us your name and address.
WM. BRAY AND WIFE
Floronco, Mi
They raised 95<^'o of their Parks
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try. From outward signs the old !
American Poultry Association win
never attempt this work. Twice the
directors asked the ofRcials to do
this job. On each occasion it ^^jjj
completely ignored. We do not
know the exact reason, although
several reasons have been advanced
The fact that they have been re^
quested to undertake this job, and
failed to do. In every day business
that means we must look to other
means of accomplishing this task."
The above paragraph is true, yet
not true. We need advertising along i
the lines of creating a greater de- '
mand for poultry products. I have
been on the board since 1911 except
for three years. I have attended
conventions at Denver, Nashville,
Atlantic City, Chicago, San Francisco,
Chicago, Kansas City, Seattle, Knox-
ville and Philadelphia but at none of
these meetings did the directors re-
commend that the officers advertise
poultry and eggs. No one came for- '
ward with a feasible plan for or- j
ganizing a force for advertising. If \
Mr. Kawneier's figures be true, there
are 412,000,000 hens laying eggs in \
the United States. These hens are '
in the hands of many million people
and only a few thousand have availed
themselves of a membership in the
American Poultry Association or any
other kind of poultry organization.
If Mr. Kazmeier can show how this
force can be brought within an or-
ganization, then he will have made
the big discovery that the American
Poultry Association has been striv-
ine for since it was first founded
^y back in the seventies.
If it be possible to get such an or-
ganization, the American Poultry
Association is the place to begin.
We have at least seven thousand
members who could multiply seven
times seven and once that many join
together, we could have a fund with
which to make the start.
Again, if we could induce one per
cent of the millions who keep fowls
to donate one cent for each hen that
they own, then we could have a fund
with which we could reach the pub-
lic in the way suggested by Mr. Kaz-
meier in his editorial. By organiz-
ing we could realize the big dream.
The writer has sent in nearly a
thousand members to the American
Poultry Association and I never quit
in this work. I have subscribed to
every fund that has been raised in
the state of Washington to advertise
poultry and eggs. When called on
for one cent for every hen I owned,
I have made it four cents per hen.
I do not sell a dozen eggs per year
in the markets. I have sold neigh-
bors a few eggs but never made a
business of producing eggs for mar-
ket. I have advocated the advertis-
ing of eggs and poultry for years but
find it hard to even get the support
of those who make their living from
marketing eggs.
But let's get back to our subject.
Not one man or one woman ever
came to President T. F. Rigg or Mrs.
E. B. Rigg, our secretary, with a
plan for advertising eggs and poul-
try products. There has been lots of criti-
ciim but not one constructive suggestion has
ever been made to my knowledge or the
board of directors would have had these ad-
vertisements going today. .,.,., .u
Mr. Kazmeier. in his editorial, is like the
rest of the signboards. He tells one to go
but makes no suggestions as to road condi-
tions, how to get gasoline that will run this
peat advertising car.
Let Mr. Kazmeier cut out moonshine and
come into the sunlight with a campaign out-
lined that is feasible and the board of di-
rectors of the American Poultry Association
will jump at the chance to adopt it, put it
before the annual convention that will be
held at Toronto next August. T. F. Rigr
tnd Mrs. E. B. Rigg, our president and
tecretary, will be in the front seat advocat-
ing his suggestion.
Give us something 1 Tell us how, and if
we fail, then call for your nation wide or-
nnization. Do not be like the captain on
board a ship who was howling for water
He asked a passing ship to give him water
The captain of the passing ship replied
"Put down your buckets, you are in the
mouth of the Amazon."
Constructive thoughts are what counts in
everything, a criticism is only good when
it is useful. To thoughtlessly criticise io
like trying to build a fire with a newspaj.er
You can start a blaze but you can not get
»ny heat unless you have wood or coal to
«dd to your fire. ...
If we could get five per cent of the bene
organized into one body by the owners and
if these owners would subscribe one cent
for each hen, we could obtain a fund of two
million dollars, provided there are over
four hundred million hens in the United
SUtes.
With two million dollars, we could ge^
•dvertising in every magazine in the Uniter
States, all farm and poultry papers and
bsve a fund left for the daily newspapers.
One may ask why use poultry and farn-
Pipers. That answer is easy. There are
three poultry papers in the United States
that reach at least two hundred thousand
TObscribers each month. It is safe to say
that these three papers are read by six hun-
ire<I thousand people each month. Fut
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February, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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How Federal Land Banks
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Through the twelve Federal Land Banks these farmers are
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Money for these mortgage loans is gotten through the sale of
Federal Land Bank Bonds. Money invested in these Bonds helps
to build up the farming business by providing needed capital.
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Federal Land Bank Bonds may be had in denominations
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UGHT BRAHMAS— They're Coming Back
My Circular Tells Why
Won more firsts at last Chicago Coliseum Show than any other ex-
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C. Sydney Cook, Jr., 73 Vdentne St., West Newton, Mass.
I«t P u M e t.
BOSTON. 1921
the arBuments used l»y poultrymen favoring
the use of eggs into the mouths of these
Kix hundred thousand readers alone, ^jn
be a bij; thing.
There are three farm papers in the United
SStates that are read by at least three mil.
lion people. There are many other far^j
papers that it would pay to use fur the same
reasi»n that the poultry papers should be
used.
Then there are the bitr magazines th»t
go to millions of subscribers each month
The great daily papers, some of which issue
a hundred thousand papers each day and
one «!r two claim to reach a million readers
each day. If we could have the two million
dollar fund, we could reach the twenty-fly,
niiliion housewives at once and tell them
the reasoi:s for the use of eggs.
If we could pull together and quit knock-
ing, this groat work could be uccomi)lished-
Imt carping criticism will not even get us
started.
Kverybodys Poultry Magazine hns carried
many suggestions along poultry advertising
This great paper has done its share to boost
the great undertiikinp: and every poultryinan
will find it behind any feasible advertisine
campaign that can be made to go.
The officers of the American Poultry As-
sociation are more than anxious to carry
forward a great constructive campaign if
they could get the money for such work.
"You cannot make brick without straw"'
was the answer to the Egyptian king, nor
can you advertise without money.
Mr. Kazmeier is afraid that we will pro-
duce more eggs and poultry than we can
consume. This I -do not believe. We can
never reach that point in America as long
ns the cities continue to grow faster than
the country.
I believe that the time is ooming when
our urban i)opulation is going to grow much
larger than it is now. that it will only be
a few years before <iur cities will begin to
go backward and urban i)opulation to go
ahead. There are three things that will
make urban t>opulations grow and these are
the three things:
Electricity.
Good roads.
Automobiles.
The time is coming when state lines will
be crossed by big super power companies
who will develop our groat ele<'tric ])roper-
ties. These companies will make power so
cheap that it will be used l>y every one.
People will move to the country fast whon
they can have all of the conveniences that
a city can offer and be free of the dnst Hid
congestion found in the crowded tenements.
Good roads and cheap cars bring the city
to the door. Electricity brinp? light, heat
and all the things that make cities appeal.
With new suburban populations will come
more poultrymen and a larger market for
poultry jiroducts. More fowls and eggs will
be consumed by the urbanites than would
be consumed if the same ))eoj)le lived in
the cities. By living urban, ]>eople will have
the money saved from high rents and they
will live better. Better living brings more
fowl, lots (if i)astry and cake, pastry and
cakos consume eggs regardless of the fact
that some baking powder firms advertise
eggless cake. They might as well advertise
coffoeless coffee or pancakes without flour.
A strong pull together will bring the
money to do this advertising but we do n'lt
need any other organization in the field.
The baby chick men are a live ])unch that
are doing good work and with proper encour-
ag<'ment on the part of the breeders of
jtoultry. the American Poultry Association
will take the lead and put the big work
over. There is a big field for this work
and there are lots of poultrymen who would
join in the big venture. Boost all you
can along the line.
One way to set the ball rolling is to
write an article to your home paper and
throtigh that medium tell the housewife thi^:
When you see a baking powder advertis-
ing eggless cake, buy some other baking
powder, use eggs in your cake and you will
have a lighter cake, a better cake and one
that is more healthful. When you see a
l»ancake firm advertising pancake flour
without eggs, buy some other pancake flour
and ndd two or three eggs to every hatch
of panciakes and your children will n"t
complain of the cakes being heavy nor will
they be loggy when they go to school. Oct
that thought before the housewives of your
town. It will be to her benefit and at the
same time help the poultry industry.
Good care is always an essential natter
in poultry keeping. You can buy the be**
stock and mate the best you can, but if 7°^
don't take the best of care of the birds you
will ruin your chances. Start right with
good stock or eggs from a reliable breeder
and give all the best of care regularly.
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This is happening every day during the growing season. We
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A doctor of Waco, Texas, experimented last season with two pens of chicks, both
from the same hatch. One pen he fed Conkey's. The other pen he fed a "just
as good as Conkey's" feed. In a few weeks the Conkey-fed chicks were a third
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Regardless of Winter's blasts, snow and
ice, and all that goes to make up cold Janu-
ary and February there is something in
"Old Sol" in his slant on these smiling
afternoons that makes us know that spring
is in the offing. Glorious Spring, the sea-
son when all nature is awake in beauties in-
describable, the season of work for every
poultry keeper, yet a harvest time as well;
truly a season of opportunity.
Thousands of Everybodys' subscribers
are beginners with poultry this Spring of
1924. We have made sure of that, i. e.,
that in circulation effort we would place
Everybodys as a monthly visitor in as many
homes as possible where husband or wife
or both have become interested in keeping
poultry and who right now are in the mar-
ket for purchases of all kinds of poultry
Equipment, as well as Breeding Birds,
Hatching Eggs and Baby Chicks, this say-
ing nothing of the other thousands of our
readers who will spend thousands upon
thousands of dollars in purchases of all
kinds.
TTiis little reminder here is primarily to
the breeder having stock, chicks and hatch-
ing eggs for sale, the breeder with a vision
only, perhaps, but yet who has quality
stock, the kind that will do some one a lot
offgood to own and whose ambition is to
build a demand for his or her strain of
fowls. We say to you, "Now is the oppor-
tune time," right now, beginning with the
March issue of Everybodys, let the world
know what you are doing with poultry.
Build a Reputation and which is Demand
for your strain of fowls — that those inter-
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not as yet settled on a variety, may be at-
tracted to your line.
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Foreign Lands as well. Everybodys is read
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that is RELIED ON as is evidenced by
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Our Advertising Department is at your
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Boston's Marvelous Poultry Show
Xhe Winter Fancier's Poultry Exhibit of America. A mammoth exhibit of superb birds featured
in great quality classes with valuable winning records made. Beauty classes of Brahmas,
Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Reds, Leghorns, Giants, Orpingtons, Ham-
burgs, etc. A record attendance with even more Standard-
Bred Poultry interest noted.
Boston has added one more suc-
cessful poultry exhibit to its long
list of annual shows and although
we cannot give the exact number of
this one in its proper rotation, we
can truthfully say that it was the
best of the 25 Boston Shows that
we have seen in quality and quantity
of birds, in attendance, progress and
interest.
Never before have so many people
commented upon the fine quality, the
grand condition and the great classes
that the breeders brought to exhibit
here. Praise was offered on every
side. Satisfaction was complete and
it was very evident that those who
made this exhibit possible as well as
the public that came in great num-
bers to view it were pleased at the
results attained.
There is no question as to who is
the guilty party for this and the past
Boston Show successes. It is that
H. P. SCHWAB
same man, W. B. Atherton, whose
hair has turned gray with time but
whose spirit for the fancy and love
for his fellow breeders and the
Standard-bred poultry industry has
ever kept him active with the result
that we can well place him foremost
in the ranks of accomplishment for
his worth and value, to you and I —
to every one who loves poultry, pige-
ons, etc., or has an interest in any
section of the industry. If you talk
to Mr. Atherton, he belittles his
work, but there are those who have
followed him for years and years
who well know the success he has
made and the credit that is due him.
May he ever receive it.
The next Boston Show will be the
seventy-fifth anniversary of Ameri-
can poultry shows and special efforts
will be made to make this the great-
est of all poultry exhibits. Bear this
in mind, friends, and make your
plans now to come to Boston in Janu-
ary, 1925. You owe this to poultry
and to Mr. Atherton.
The general plan of the exhibit
was about the same as usual with its
evergreen decorations and displays
of choice wild and domesticated
fowls and birds near the entrance.
Following were the exhibits of feeds
and poultry supplies and an un-
usually large and fine display of
poultry houses, chick coops, brood-
ers. Bird houses, etc. In the rear of
this were the turkeys, pigeons, etc.,
and above in the gallery were the
geese, ducks and pet stock. The
main building, one of the largest and
best of its kind in the country, was
the general poultry exhibit and upon
the stage the junior exhibits. AH
birds were shown in single coops in
single tiers — all had equal chance
and the best of care.
The total entry, according to the
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Boston, Mass.9 Jan. 1 to 5
In the keenest kind of competition and in the largest class of the entire
show (199 birds shown by 20 exhibitors) Martin Regal-Dorcas White Wyan-
dottes again assert their supremacy by a most wonderful victory.
At the Great Quality Show of the Ea.t they won, a* follows:
(J. Harry Wolsieffer. Vineland N. J.. Judge) rorTTT'TlT'T.S—
COCKS-nm. second and Third. HENS-Second Fifth '^d smh. COCKEEELS-^
First Second and Fifth. Pttt.t.p.ts — Second, Fourth and Sixth. OLD PENS— First hecona
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Color Special on Females. Special for Best Cock snd Four Hens, speciu ivf M»no^ v
'''''iX^%Vsi!nfr%onoinlSi the Whit. Wyandotte Classes at Boston as the strongest ^;/" -•' ^;^^^. 7, J,^^;,.^^
T^tin Heventy-flv'e per cent of the First .nd Second Prizes in suphcornpet.t.onprov^ ^.trnJ^^oV^^rr '?uiuVle%o^^^^^^^^^
The RegaU as bred by myself and exhibited at Boston have the length of b.Kly^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^
greatest ,>ossibilitie8 along Utility lines. They are the true American Standard type ana a
are unsurpassed. .. „ j- □ ..».. n.^/ion lOlO mv winning of First, Second, Third, Fourth
My Winning Reeal males are marvelous. At Mad.son Square Garden 1919 my winmng ot r . ^^^ .^ ^.^^ ^^
and Fihh on Cocks 1.as never been equalled and my. ••testw.nnng at Boston w,. no^ douDi e ^^ winnfng males
come. I had many tempting offers to sell these winning birds »>»» nf^r^Pnl f?r 1924
and females are back in Port Dover and they will be '\J^y^l^Vl«l\l\\°J^^^^^^^ in the whole feathered kingdom. Send
Regal Dorcas White Wyandottes are the fin^est combination of beauty and utu^^^^^^ ^^^^ .^ possible for you
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BREEDING PENS (male and 4 females)— $30. $40. $50. $75 and $100.
STRONG UTILITY COCKERELS— $5.00 and $6.00 each.
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cataloffne, numbered 5,950 ])ird8 which in.
eluded l.:i.'H» piROons and 295 entries in pet I
Ktofk. This formed a record poultry show I
for lio8t«)n with all the Standard varietieg '
well represented. In viewing the hirdg ««
noted a uniformity that was pleasing, gupij
I'ven quality insures competition which ii
always had here to add double value to the
awards. The judsrinK was in the main very
satisfactory, it was nuickly done and the
marked catalnt^ue in hand for the infonnn-
tion of the pCiblic. Boston is a cood sollinc
show and its record for sales again sur-
passed all former exhibits.
There were feature birds and feature ex-
hibits in about every class and variety seen
here but the three outstanding features were
the record winnings made by John S. Mar-
tin with his famous White Wyandottes, Har-
old Tompkins with his Rhode Island Rtnig
and the well known Grove Hill line of Sin-
le Comb Brown Leghorns of Wm. EUery
right.
John S. Martin made his third exhibit
and his third great Boston record here by
winning first, second and third cocks, sec-
ond, fifth and sixth hen, first, second and
fifth cockerel, second, fourth and sixth pul-
let, first, second and third old pen, second,
fourth and sixth young pen, gold medal for
best display (with 97 points), specials for
host shape and color males, best color fe-
male, best cock and four hens, best cockerel
and four pullets and the New England
Hroeders' silver cup, etc., completing a rec-
ord that has never been approached here in
tho largest class of the show (199 birds com-
j)cting) with '20 exhibitors competing. To
api)re<-iate this win one had only to note
the competition.
In Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, with
159 birds comi)eting. Harold Tompkins made
his fifth great Boston show record. For five
years this line has been a strong winner
here and this late record again proves thin
strnin. There were "J9 exhUutors competing
in this beauty class and Mr. Tompkins w^n
sixteen ]»riz«'s ini-ludinir five firsts and three
seconds, a total of more awards than all
others combined.
In the class of Single Comb Brown Leg-
horns. Wm. Kllery Bright, owner of the
(frove Hill Poultry Farm, won every one of
tho ten first i>rizes in tho Light and Dark
classes and other awards including five sec-
ond prizes. In other words he won nineteen
prizes on nineteen entries. The real feature
iiere (aside from the awards) was seen in
the shape, size, style and colt r and mark-
ings of these birds. They have the size and
style of the best White Leghorns, the same
long, sweeping conrave back and are full
feathered with most excellent saddles, tail
coverts, etc., nice heads, the bi'st of style
and vigor noticeable in every bird.
There were other feature birds and fea-
ture classes that we will aim to mention in
))roper order for this great show with its
^'rand birds and loyal breeders and exhibit-
ors and our wcmderful friend. W. H. .\thor-
ton. combined deserve the best we can give
them.
The Classes and the Birds
The Itoston Show is iust old fashioned
enough to begin numbering their birds with
the Brahmas, followiiig with Cochins. Lanif-
shans, etc. Well, it is a good fashion to
stick to, for we all owe much to these varie-
ties that with their great beauty attrarte*!
early attention and kindled the spirit of
the fancy in the breasts of thou-ands. I
am going to admit right now that I ppent
more time viewing that marvelous first
prize ])Pn of Buff Cochins than was spent
upon any other one exhibit. First love took
deep root.
The Brahmas. in both Light nnd Park,
formed large and handsome classes and w'ere
trrandlv iudged by that veteran breeder.
(Jeorge V. FMetcher. who weighed the birds
and insisted on size. shat>e and nmrkings.
The first pen of Dark Brahma*, headed hy a
marvelous male, was as good as we have
seen. ,
Cochins, in all varieties, were shown ana
besides the first Buff pen mentioned there
werf» manv b'rds to a<1mire.
Black Langshans have a strong hold in
New Kngland ami ovcrv year a fine cla*"
is formed here. The 72 birds shown tni*
year were conspicuous for their everi qualii>-
fine size and oxtra god surface color.
Plsrmouth Bocks .
Barred Plymouth Ro< ks numbered i»«>
birds which poos to show that this old f«v-
rrite is ever painine in favor and ii ""*^^.T,
Our delight was to again see the Grove H'''
"•train, now owned by .Tudge F. fl. Cook *
Son. c-omi)eling -an<l winninir strong witn
first, fourth and sixth cock, first nnd ttn"
hen, second and fourth pullet and tirst ana
second pen. Here also were ' ther old la*'
orifes evhibiting. including Chas. Shayior.
Haldie Nicholson. M. 8. Arey. etc. "Sir Arey
among other tirizfs won third, fifth and "'^'^
cockerel. Thev were just a little young •P"
not at their best. But they are very promis-
ing.
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Third, also
was one of
Cocks — A fine class with several birds
fullv finished. The winner the great star
of the class, fine shape and .strong rare color.
lleuB — Clean cut straight barring, fine
contrast in color, good sizo and shape. Sec-
ond very nice in every requirement. Third,
a model in form. No. 177 (Shaylor) a ruro
heu. The juilge considered her u shade
Cockerels — The winner had shape, stylo
and finish. Second, style, condition and rare
barring. Third, a young fellow of great
form and snappy barring. No. 185 (Wood)
and lt*7 (Shern>an) b«'auty birds.
Pullets — First and he<'ond, vt-ry close;
both grand birds well shown,
a charmer. This entire class
quality.
Pens were extra well mated and showed
to advantage. It di<l seem that their qual-
ity was us good us that in the single classes.
The pullet-bred males were a rich class.
The winning cockerel carried a wish to own
him. Fifth cockerel (Arey) not fully fin-
ished but one that carries great promise;
we can only think of him as a wonder bird.
There were 112 White Rocks which
formed about the best class ever seen at
Boston. The general shape and condition
of the birds made it most attractive.
Cocks— First, a model in form with rare
finish and condition. Second and otliurs, all
very worthy.
Hens — First was just right at her best,
a wonder in body shape and carriage. Sec-
ond ran a strong race for honors; excellent
condition, nice head, eyes, etc.
Cockerels — Perhaps the strongest of the
classes. First, a large bird of good form
and condition. Second, typical and had
rare condition; very fine body and breast;
deep rich eyes and golden yellow legs.
Third, the best head we have seen on a
White Rock and as good form, with a mite
more weight probably unbeatable. No. '2'JS
(Whitman) a very attractive form, style
and finish.
Pullets — First, a chico bird with shape
and size and tho best of conditions. Such
are due to win any show. There was an
abundance of quality in this class.
Pens — The winners in both old and young
were of the choicest. The first young i>en
stood out strong, a credit to its bre»'der.
The exhibit of nearly lOO ButT Plymouth
Rocks was larger than for some yoars and
showed a marked improvement over la^t
year. Judge Cook has the right idea of buff
y)\0T and the breeders have gained by fol-
lowing his work.
Partridge and Silver Penciled Rocks wore
about the usual classes seen Aere.
Columbian Itocks, a very strong class with
two great breeders. Henry L. Wilbur and
DufBeld Farms, competing and both winning
strong. The birds showing excellent shape
with beauty color and markings.
Wyandottes
The class of White Wyandottes was the
largest at the show and from first to last,
one «if the best in quality ever brought to-
gether. High and uniform quality was the
rule, the average of form was very hiirh
while fine heads were the rule and condition
at its best.
-, Cocks — First, we would name this fellow
The Honorable" for every honor we could
bestow belongs to him. We can gloat over
his wondor form, his style and carriage, his
sound color and other features, but we must
specially mention his vigor which is the
basis of all quality. Vitalitv was seen in
all his line (J. S. Martin ""Regal") but
never to better advantage than in this bird.
He simply wa-s the goods. Second and
third, both of the same line with the same
characteristics. An even dozen more here
that had to be considered for place.
Hens — A choice collection, condition had
much to do with the awards here. In size
and form with nice heads it was a likeable
class.
Cockerels — A very strong class of grand
birds. First and second, very much alike
in form and eharacteristics and both well
finished in back and tails. Third and others
worthy birds. No. 597 (Mirimichi) a splen-
did fellow shown in dandy condition.
Pullets — First, a well shown bird; we
thought a little short. Second, a very su-
perior bird in form and finish. Deep full
oody of right length; excellent head, back
*nd tail. Third, a very neat bird, shows
yell. Fourth, just about the rig!it thin;:
m every way.
Old Pens — First, second and third, all
grandly mated : all of the same line and
*U of highest worth. The males an excep-
tional lot of magnificent birds with size and
«hape and with deep full breasts and bodies.
Young Pens — First and second, nearly
equal. First, grandly mated headed by a
strong character male. Second, very high
quality in every bird. Other pens very
choice and worthy.
This class wa.s highly pleasing, showing
the up-to date Wyandotte form with good
length and depth of body at its best. Color
nOME of these days some other breeder wtll wm '*Best Display" over
ij my exhthit, but since 1919, etery Harold Vompkms strmg has sivept
the boards. Single Comb or Rose Comb, tikichever I show, makes no
difference. Sometimes ii 's one, sometimes the other, but whichever it ts, the
ribbons hang on my coops, and that "Best Displajf'* is for the "TJompkms
entry, in the hottest Red classes in the wot Id.
Wouldn't you advertise "The Finest Reds in the World"?
My yards show a whole lot of the same quality^. Come and see.
Slock and eggs for sale, at very reasonable prices, quality considered.
Try some of the real 'Vompkins Quality this year,
1924 MATING LIST IS READY
1924
BOSTON
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COCKS. 4-6-8
BENS. 2-S-8
COCKERELS. 1.2-3-4-5-6
PULLETS. 1-3-5
OLD PEN. 1
YOUNG PENS. 1-2
(SO RIBBONS ON 34 ENTRIES)
SINGLE
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omDkins
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Get Ready for The
Breeding Season
We still have many very
good Snow White breeding
Cockerels for sale. Great
values— $5, $7.50. $10, $15
and $25. All splendid breed-
ers— many of them good ex-
hibition birds.
Eggs for hatching from
Prize Winning stock — the
same bloodlines as our great
Coliseum, Chicago, 1923.
Winners.
Our new illustrated Sales
Book is ready. Ask for it.
Also our Special Mating
List for 1924. Notice our
splendid winnings at the
Chicago Coliseum Show in
1923 — Detailed in our Sales
Book.
If you want good produc-
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— Real Money Makers, get
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ment stock from Zwick. Let
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We will ship when you say
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R. R. 5, OXFORD. OHIO
all through was of the soundest grade, the
l)urp white plumage showing strong in con-
trast to the rich yellow legs and deep rod
eyes.
Silver Wyandottcs were splendid in qual-
ity but not as large a class as last year.
The feature here was the four winning pul-
lets AVilliams' that were grandly lacod with
open centers and showing fine forms.
Golden, Partridge and Silver Penciled
Wyandottes formed good classes with sev-
eral superior birds. Color, markings and
shape, all along the same right lines.
Buff Wyandottes were a feature class
with 141 birds competing. Here was beau-
tiful Wyandotte type and the rich buff color
seen at its best. Well finished birds were
the rule. The evenness of quality color
was very noticeable here.
Columbian Wyandottes were 79 birds
strong and a highly commendable class.
They were the equal to the Brahmas in
contrast of color and markings and the
heads were excellent. Wing markings were
extra and tail finishings with abundance of
feathers very good.
Rhode Island Beds
Boston is close to the original home of
the Reds and as may be expected they are
very popular here and are bred to their
choicest and highest quality by several able
breeders who annually exhibit here. The
entry on the Single Combs was very large
(169) and very attractive. Shape was a
feature with size and sound color in which
grand jirogress has been made.
Cocks — ^tMrst, a large clean colored bird,
finished, nice shape and style. Second and
third, extra sound, rich color, grand shapes.
Fourth, a beauty in form and color. No. 898
(Mirimichi) and 900 (H. Tompkins) very
choice specimens in every way, well finished
and rare color, wings and tails.
Hens — First, a beauty bird with grand
quality, shape and finish extra. Other win-
ners and others strong compeition. Fifth
and sixth looked excellent to us.
Cockerels — First, a real Rhode Island
Red in every way with second and third
up close all of the same line and of the
same shape and quality; a grand class show-
ing color at its best.
Pullets — First, wo believe here one of the
two best pullets seen. She also won shape,
color and championship specials. She is a
wonder. Second, nice color. Third, resem-
bles the winner but is younger; a bird of
promise. Several other stars here.
Pens in old and young were splendidly
mated. Shape a feature and evenness of
color another. First and second old and
young strong favorites and winners.
In the Rose Comb Reds we believe a few
slips were committed in the awards. The
classes were good with high quality birds
in numbers and made a beautiful showing.
Cocks — The winners, with good shape,
size and carriage and very good color, were
a feature.
Hens — Several nice birds here. Color
very good.
Cockerels — First, a young, rather small,
fine bird of nice color; a little more rooster
is dt'sired in a winner. There was a great
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placed.
Pullets — First a rare bird in color, fin©
form and well finished. Second and third
excellent.
Old and Young Pens — In both these
classes the first and second pens should have
changed places. This was the popular opin.
ion with which we fully agreed. The sec-
ond pens in both classes were headed by
strong, sound males with shape, color and
heads of rare quality while the females were
uniform in shape and matched well in color
Orpingtons
Single Comb Buffs were a class cf jg
birds, they were of size and as a rule in
good form and finish. Pen No. 2G24 was let
down by the judge for a speck of white in
the lobe. We have the opinion that too fine '
a line was drawn in calling it jxtsitivc
enamel white. Well the judge has the last
say and it was to disqualify one of the fin-
est pens in shape, evenness of coh.r and
condition that we have ever seen.
Single Comb Whites — A great class of
rare quality birds. The feature here was
size and finish. Pullets, e-vtra nice and
big; some over weight.
Black Orpingtons, a small class of mam-
moth size birds.
ODrnlsh
Dark — We were somewhat disappointed in
this class seeing the extra low down, broad
back, bow legged birds placed under some
of the ribbons. Extremes are not to our
liking and not productive to best results.
Some splendid White Cornish were seen
in small classes.
White Laced Red Cornish were a feature
class with many birds of wonderful quality
in color, markings and type.
Leghorns
We will ever remember this class of Sin-
gle Comb Brown Leghorns for their super
quality and condition. In shape and size
tney were most excellent, in heads very fine
and in style of carriage, finish and marking
of the very best. They have the equal in
shape oif body, sweep of back, finish, with
full low carried tails that any Leghorn owns.
To describe the winners would bo to re-
peat the Standard. We will omit that and
content ourselves in saying that it was a*
high quality a class as we ever expect to
0 A p
There was a good entry and class of Sin-
gle Comb Whites, probably better than
usual. The winners all choice birds with
the fourth cockerel and first, second and
third pullets feature birds.
Single Comb Buff and Black and Rose
Comb Brown and White were small classes.
Mlnorcas
Single Comb Blacks formed a strong class
of nice big birds. Size surely was an at-
traction in the winners here and they also
carried features in shape, color and head
points.
Jersey Black Giants
Jersey Black Giants, with a class of 145
birds, were one of the leading attractions
of the entire exhibit. There is great and
an ever increasing interest in this variety
and we with others were kept busy directing
».
The White Wyandott« class at the Chicago Coliseum, December, 1923, was one of
wonderful quality thronghout, and the winnings made by K. H. ZWick established a r?^'*
at this show, in fact, was one of the feature displays. The complete winnings of Mr. Zwick
appeared in January Everybodys. Here is a farm devoted to the breeding of high quality
exhibition birds, and as well being bred true to Standard, that are ideal for general PU^P^'Jr:
Arthur O. Duston, as farm superintendent, plus the ideal conditions as provided o^ *Tf
plant, mean that great things can be expected in the furtherance of this popular AmericsD
variety. The Coliseum Show winnings are but a forerunner.
February, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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1922 WINNINGS
CHICAGO COLISEUM
Annual Meet of the
NATIONAL SINGLE COMB
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FIRST COCKEREL
and fourteen other ribbons including
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Columbia, m the kef nest oomivBtlUon ever seen
h^re. 250 birds comi^ling U,ey won : 3-4-7
Corfs. 1-2-5 Hen, 1-2-6-9 Cockerel. 1-5-7
Pn^^t. 1 Younir Pen, 3 Old Pen. Bent Dla-
pay in wholle 5.ow. JudRes Hale and Nixon
say there Is no belter anywhere.
White Wsrandottea
Nixon Strain
In the biggest and heat class of White Wysn-
dnUes seen In the south In a long time, we
won: 1-2-6 Cock. 1-5 Hen. 6-7 Cockerel, 4
Pullet. 1-5 Old Pmi, 2-3-8 Young Pen, Best
Female In Entire Show.
The next week at Spartanbunc we made
practically the same win, taking more 8weei>-
stake specials. List of winnings in next ad.
Judge Hale says he never saw so many good
CT)cks on one farm as are ranging my yards to-
day. Not a creamy or brassy feather in the
flock. Beadty to suit the most exacting.
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the millions of "Famous" Anoonas scattered
over Uie world.
Slie works her toe nails shabby and then
hunts up the nest and lays bis white eggs.
She's a beauty, too— and a consistent
Madison Square Garden winner!
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AND COLUMBIAN ROCKS
Big, strong chicks hatched right from
carefully mated and best bred stock.
I have Exhibition and flock matings
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HATCHING EGGS from special mat-
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LAYWELL FARM, Route 1. Beaver Sprinfls, Pa.
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They aro winning at the leading;
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MAYHILL POULTRY FARM. R. 18. Marion, Imliana
inquirers to their section. We thought the
winners were well selected, at least thero
were no "kicks," the breeders being good
winners and excellent losers, ai» the case
may be.
To our notion the feature of this great
<'las.s was the first old jien (Wilburtha) the
five birds weighing (iO pounds, all of the
same shape and size and with excellent
color. Surely they deserve their name.
Buttercups
To see this class of GO single entries of
Buttercups was to become an everlasting
friend of this beauty and attractive variety.
The birds were splendid and each shows
the progress made. In size, form and head
points the birds were excellent, while their
color and markings, both rich and beautiful.
First cock, first and second hens and eocK
erels and first pullets were real charmers.
Other Varieties
Hamburgs, at> usual, were large and
strong classes. Yearly, Boston has the
lliiniburgs to show in all varieties. The
Blacks and Silver Spangled were the most
p(<pular in numbers.
Polish, in all varieties of color, were at-
tractive.
Anconas, in both Sidgle and Rose Combs,
were hot quality classes. Uood size and
nice color here.
IMuo Andalusians, a good sized class of
good birds.
Campines, Games, Sussex, Houdan.'<.
Faverolles, Rhode Island Whites and Chan-
teclers were small classes of good birds.
Bantams, a large entry in all varieties.
Turkeys, geese and ducks formed great
classes, the turkeys especially made a rari
exhibit.
Notes of the Show
The annual Boston banquet, as usual, wa.*-
most successful — thanks to Atherton ant
some of the "Red" men.
• • •
We all missed Mr. Delano and his Owen
Farm liirds. "Del" came later to see the
show and book some orders awaiting him.
• * •
Captain Ambrose Gaines, of Knoxville,
Tenn.. was a visitor on Saturday. The Cap-
tain breeds Dark Cornish. Jersey Black
Oiunts and good fellowship.
• * •
,Iohn S. Martin stayed the week, lookinff
after his great winners. This is his third
Boston record, one that will stand for sume
time — perhaps until he comes to beat it.
• * •
Victor Bradley devotetl all his time to a
study of the Barred Rocks shown. He re-
ports having a large stock of quality birds
and does not expect to exhibit this year.
• * •
The Sabrina Farm did not exhibit for
competition. . They had their nsual disjilay
of sales birds and sold out. This line has
been bred for show and j)roduction records
and has made (rood.
• * •
It is always a pleasure to meet "Jack"
Payne, of Payne Bros. (Rhode Island Reds)
"Jack" is so pood natured and such a good
loser that I fear sometimes the judge take:
advantage of him. We with others like.^
his second pen very much.
• * •
W. H. Saart, of the Mirirait-hi Farm, is
one of Boston's famous standbys. He proved
a good winner in his three varieties.
• * «
Judge F. G. Cook had his hands full with
that big class of big White Rocks. Well, he
selected good ones for his winners — there
was great quality to i»ick from.
• * •
The usual display of the Homestead
Carnitine . Farms were a missint; feature this
year. This line « f Silver Camjtines adds
quality to any show.
• * •
Judge Woodward di«T>Iayed a rare peii
of his Barred Rocks. The male, in shape
and color, was a beaut v' and the females
were birds of great worth.
• * •
If yon ever w«nt to pet the right "Germ
for the Hen Fever" you want to meet Wm.
Kllery Bright and have him show you his
charming Single Comb Brown Leghorns. To
this man as a breeder and champion of
Standard breeding for over 40 years, every
credit is djie.
• * •
Now don't forget. The next Boston Show,
January, 1025. will be the seventy fifth an-
niversary show. Plan now to -make it.
The Awards
Light Brahmas — Willow Brook Farm. fir>t.
third ami fourth cock; third, fourth an»i
fifth hen; fifth cockerel; first old !»en ; first
youns pen. Frank K. Silloway, fifth cock.
Fairview Poultry Farm, second cock; second
old jten. Willow DaVe Poultry Farm, sec-
ond hen. Mrs*. Hammar, first hen; third
and fourth cockerel; second and fourth pul-
let. J. W. Shaw, first and second cockerel;
first, third and fifth pullet. Foatherfoot
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Write the climax to achievements in
BAKRP:D KOC'K history in indelible
fashion at NEWARK. N. J.. DECKM-
BKR 11-15. 1923, hy duplioatinp
their perfect win of last season:
Cocks 1. 2, 3. 4. 5: Hens 1. 2. 3. 4, 5 ;
Cockerels 1. 2, 3. 4. 5: Pullets 1. 2, 3,
4. 5 ; Old Ten 1 ; Youhr Pen 1 ;
Hest Display ; Best Female in entire
show, and the ureatest of all awards,
The Prescott Memorial for Best Indi-
vidual all varieties competine. Does
not this ofTicial endorsement of "
COSH'S
BARRED ROCKS
answer yoiir question as to where
you may ojttain the be^^t T
800 birds for sale in singles, trios
and pens at very attractive prices.
Circulur.
NEWTON COSH
Box E Vinelana, N. J.
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February, 1924
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145
Farms. Inc. third old pen; second young
P*« ,1, Wrahmas — Willow Brook Farm first,
gecond and
hen; ti"*-
second
berund and third cockerel; hrht,
and fiftli pullet; hrst old pen.; hrst
"- « i>eu Walter 11. Brown, second hen ;
>:?"."* .o^kerel. Henry J. Lathen, fourth
^i ker^ t»'i'\l and fmirth pullet.
Ba^Brahaiaa— K. J. lluiirem, hU awards
SSff OJchiuB— W.ih.w Brook t arm nr..t
.nrk- first, second and third hen; hrs . scc^
*^°?. •and third cockerel; hrM. second and
fourth pullet; first old pen; first youn«
fourin P Poultry Company, second cck ;
^*°-.h hen fifth cockerel; third pullet;
SSid yoX I-"- J"'"^'« ^'"y- ^""'^^•' ^■"'^^''•
'"pirtridge**"cocliin-Willow Brook Farm
..Vul tifird and fourth rock; first, second
'^ third hen Cieorge J. Lewell, first cck.
* Black Cochin— A. W. Lewis, all awards.
wSxte Cocti.ii— H. K. Foss, all awards.
Bla^k Laugshaus— Willow Brook tarm
♦hiri and furth cock; first, .second and
\i.\r,\ lien* second and third co.kerel; sec-
Ind and third pullet; second old pen; third
™i-" A- ^'- «^'^^^'""^' «^''' cook; fourth
Joung pen. J. C Berrane second cuek.
ThomaK Fowler, first cock; fourth hen. L.
r Hiillip.s. filth hen. Arthur F. Thompson,
ti^st and t'uurt.i cockerel; fifth pullet; hr.st
old pen; second young pen. J. b. Kol.in-
Ron fifth cockerel. K. 8. Colprit, third pul-
fet; fir^t >'"""« i'*^"- ^^'""''^ ^^- l*'*^**"'*' '^'""^
'^'^Vnxite Langshans — K. S. Harris, all
**Barred Plymouth Eocks — R. L. Piper,
third cock; fifth co(kerel-bred pullet. C.
Arthur Tower, second cock; first, second
and fourth cockerel; first and second cock-
erelbrod hen; first cockerel bred pullet;
first cockerel-bred old. pen; first cockerel-
bred young pen. Haldie Nicholson, fifth
tock F. tr. Cook & Son. first and fourth
cock- first and fifth hen; first old pen;
second young pen; second cockerel bred
young pen; second and fourth pullet. Fred
E Sherman, third hen; fifth pullet; second
and third pullet-bred cockerel; first pullet-
bred yoting i.en. II. A. Carey, fourth hen;
third pullet ored cock. Joseph H. Jones,
second hen; third cockerel-bred hen; third
cockerel-bred pullet; third cockerel-bred
young pen. M. S. Arey, third and fifth
cockerel; fifth pullet bred cockerel. F. W.
Guild, first pullet; fourth pullet-bred cock-
erel. P. W. (Jnild, first pullet; fourth pul-
let-bred cttckerel; fourth pullet bred younj:
pen. C. H. Shaler. third pullet. K. Bert-
hold, fifth pullet-bred ♦co<k; fifth cockerel-
bred hen; second cockerel-bred pullet; third
pullet bred youmr pen. Henry ,F. Kennedy.
• second and fourth pullet bred cock, tieorjie
A. Bowker. first pnllet-bred cock; second
cockerel bred old pen. Corkhill Farms,
fourth corkerel bred hen. Mrs. A. D.
Fisher, first i)ullet bn^tl coekerel. Lambert's
Poultry Farm, first younp pen. Francis B.
Coffin.' fourth cockerel-bred voung pen. H >-
man Bros., first jmllet-bred old pen ; fifth
pullet-bred young pen. S. D. Bugbee. sec-
ond pullet bred youni: pen.
White Plymouth Rocks — Mirimichi P< u!-
try Farm, first and fourth coik : second and
fourth hen; second cockerel; first and fifth
pullet; first young pen. B. F. Whitman
third cock; fourth co<kerel. John M. Evans,
fifth cock. Rosemarv Brook Farm, ser-oiol
cock; first and third' hen; third and fourth
pullet; first old pen. Clyde H. Swam, fifth
hen. Ch.jrles W. Pratt. fir>t and fifth cock-
erel. Wilburtha Poultry Farm, third cock-
erel. Vi»tor Noe, second i)ullet. Home-
stead Farm, fourth young pen. S. 11. Fes-
senden. third younjj pen. Van o'Dale Farm,
second vounir pen.
Btiff "Plymouth Rocks — L. D. Ackerman,
second cock; fourth hen. Ashline & Croft,
first cock; first co<kerel. L. K. Curtiss &
Son. third cock; second and third hen
Luther Boyer, fifth cock; fifth hen; fifth
pullet. Kl)en F. Gay. fourth cock; fifth
cockerel. Charles OUiver. lirst hen; fir»t
pullet. Walter F. Howell, third cockerel.
Kerlin Farm, second co<kerel. Charles B.
Coffin, fourth cockerel; third pullet. Ar-
thur R. Brown, fourth pullet; fir-^t young
pen. Dr. C. W. Coolidue. second pullet.
Kinsman Farntx, first old pen.
Partridge Plymouth Rocks — Herbert \N .
Seymour, third c<.ck ; thir<l cockerel. H. Ci.
Page, first cock; first hen; second cock-
erel; third pullet. H. R. Lillibridtre. Jr.
second cock; first and second i>ullet. C' rii
F. Worcester, third and fourth hen; fourth
»nd fifth cockerel; ftmrth pullet. Mrs. A.
P. W. Heath, second hen. Herman R
Sweet, fifth hen. George H. Hendry, first
cockerel. , , .,,
Silver Penciled Plymouth Bocks — Oakhill
Poultry Farms, third cock; first hen; third
cockerel; first ].ullet. K. I). Baker & Son.
first pullet; fourth and fifth co<kerel. Clydf
H. Small, fir t and second cockerel; second
and third pullet. . , ,
Oolumhlan Plymouth Rocks — Duffield
Arey's Barred Rocks
Three times in five years winning BEST DISPLAY at Boston. Many
consider Boston the greatest Barred Rock exhibit in America.
Finest Lot of High Class
COCKERELS AND PULLETS
I Have Ever Offered for "Sale
200 COCKERELS 200
At $10.00 each — extra fine breeders
300 PULLETS 300
At $3.00, $3.50 and $5.00 each and good ones.
If
taken in lots of 50 or more at $2.50 each.
Our general utility flocks have made wonderful egg records. Eggs
from SELECTED EXHIBITION STOCK and of matings of CHOICEST
BOSTON BLOOD LINES, $10.00 per 15. Eggs from GENERAL PUR-
POSE matings, $10.00 per 100. Day-old CHICKS after April 15th,
$30.00 per 100.
My farm is one of the largest exclusive Barred Rock breeding plants in the
country. Siitisfi«Ml customers have built and equipped my plant. Catalogue.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
PnORMANS
ZDD ECG STRAINS
TMt
WORLD'S
REST
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LadyjUf araU Record 301jtl»^
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Customers can vouch for the
superior laying qualities of my
White and Barred Rocks. White
and Buff OrpinKtons. Rose and
Single Comb Reds. White Wyan-
dottes and S. C. White Leg-
horns. My strains will meet
your most exacting require-
ments.
ONE UNIT
1080 egss
|Bara«r I
ONK UNIT
1080 ecits
i
One burner heats two unita
The Poorman Incubator
is the only incubator in the world
wherein the outside fresh air is
thoroughly heated and moistened
to the i)ruper degrees of temjiera-
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a constant. NATURAL (not me-
chanical) circulation of fresh,
heated, moist air. GUARAN-
TKKD to hatch 85 to 100 per cent
of all egss after the 10th day
test. Hatched in a Poorman
means a 100 per cent chick — not
merely alive, but full of life.
Come to my iarm and inspect this
REAL incubator.
The Poorman Colony House
with Feather Hover
The house is four by eight feet,
32 sq. ft. of floor space. The
house with Feather Hover will
accommodate 75 chicks up to
three months old. Thousands
of poultrymen are using my
Feather Hovers with the utmost
>ati8faction. many of whom re
p< rted absolute failures with
heated hovers. Read their let-
ters in my Catalogue.
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My 24 years' experience; results
attained by my customers; prices
of Stock. Eg?*!. Chicks, Incubators
Colony Houses. Chick Flats and
Feather Hovers; and descriptive
matter of my $75,000.00 plant
by the leading poultry journals
is all yours for the askine. Mv
instructive catalogue has helped
rthcrs and will, undoubtedly,
help you.
Write for it todaj
JOHN G. POORMAN
Box 300 TINIiEY PABK, ILL.
23 Miles from Chicago
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Farm, first, second and third <-ock ; first,
second, third and fourth hen; fifth cockerel;
first, second, third and fourth pullet; first
and third old pen; first and second young
pen. W. L. Allen, fifth pen. Henry L.
Wilbur, first, second tliird and fourth cock-
orel ; second old pen.
Silver Laced Plymouth Bocks — L. A.
Peterson, first cock; first pullet, Myron E
Haker. .second cockerel; second pullet.
Rose Comb Barred Plymouth Bocks — R. &
P. W. Souter, second cockerel; first pullet.
Fred Whitworth, first cockerel.
Silver Wyandottes — R. G. Williams Co..
third cock; second hen; second and fourth
cockerel; first, second, third and fourth
imllet; first old pen; first young pen. J
F. Van Alstyne, second cock. F. {I. Davey.
fifth cock; third hen; fifth pullet. Ed. 0.
Fritch, fourth cock; fourth and fifth hen;
third and fifth cockerel. N. C. Rublee, first
cock; first hen; first cockerel; second
young pen.
Golden Wyandottes — O. P. Chase, first,
third and fifth cock; fourth hen; first and
third cockerel; second and fifth pullet. Mel-
vin F. UphofF, fourth cock; third hen. Lo-
rine H. Brown, second cock; first hen; sec-
ond cockerel; third pullet. Prank Ward,
second hen. George N. May, fifth hen; first
and fourth pullet.
White Wyandottes — Mirimichi Poultry
Farm, fourth and fifth cock ; third hen ; first
young pen. C. W. Diggle, first and fourth
hen; third and fourth cockerel; first and
third pullet; fourth old pen; third and fifth
young pen. John S. Martin, first, second
and third cock; second and fifth hen; first,
second and fifth cockerel; second and fourth
I)ullet; first, second and third old pen; sec-
ond and fourth young pen. Prospect Hill
Poultrv Farm, fifth pullet. Barr's Knobby-
stone 'Poultry Farm, fifth old pen.
Black Wyandottes — C. H. Nesbitt. first
cock; first hen; first and third cockerel;
first and second pullet. Charles Howe
French, second hen; second cockerel; third
pullet.
Buff Wyandottes — French & Gies. second
old ijen. 'Stewart A. Howland, first cock;
fourth cockerel. Frederick H. Stillwagon,
third cock; second cockerel; first old pen.
Clark & Mahar. fourth and fifth cock: sec-
ond hen; first and fifth cockerel; fifth pul-
let; fourth old pen; first and second young
pen. Walter F. Howell, fifth pen. William
F. Moore, first hen; third old pen. Otselic
Farms, third hen; fifth old pen; fourth
young pen. Oliver N. Eastman, fourth hen.
Ralph C. Ahvood. third cockerel. Frank L.
Morris, fourth pullet. John M. Roberts.
third pullet. Edward E. Backus, second
pullet. George M. Bell, first ]»ullet.
Partridge Wyandottes — Agnes Bertram,
third cock. H. S. Weidner. fifth cock; sec-
ond hen; second and fourth cockerel; first
and second pullet. Elbert V»\ Lincoln, first
cock; first cockerel; f<'urth pullet. H. J.
Hunt, second and fourth cock; first hen;
third cockerel; third pullet. Otselic Farms,
fifth hen. F. W. Guild, third and fourth
hen; fifth pullet. Axel Malmsten. fifth
cockerel.
Silver Penciled Wyandottes — OakhiU Poul
try Farms, second cock; third hen; second
cockerel; third pullet. F. W. Rogers, first
cock ; first hen ; first cockerel ; first pullet ;
first and second young pen. F. A. Herman,
fourth cockerel; fifth pullet. C. H. Pope.
third cock; fourth hen; third cockerel. Er-
win E. Cummings. fourth cock; second hen.
Thomas W. Harwood, fifth cockerel; second
and fourth pullet. «. . . ^ xt
Coltimbian Wyandottes — Richard G. Har
wo'd. third and fifth cock; second, third
and fifth cockerel ; second and third pullet ;
second young pen. George Lyman Hall,
fourth co«k; third hen. Gilbert Poultry
Fi'rm. first cock; second hen; fourth pullet;
third voung pen. James E. Perkins, second
cock- fifth hen; fourth cockerel; fourth
and fifth pullet. A. Geofrey Smith, first
hen; first cockerel; first pullet. Charles
Howe French, fourth hen. James A. Brack-
ett. first v ung pen.
Black javaa — Hiram W. Schriver, second
cock; second pullet. Captain John A
Fisch. first cock; first and second hen; first
and third cockerel: first and third pullet;
first young pen. Davis & Johnson, second
cockerel.
American DominJques — George A. David
son, all awards.
Single Comb Bhode Island Beds — General
C. R. Edwards, fifth cock; third young pen
fjester Tompkins, second and third cock:
fourth old pen; fourth young pen. HaroH
Tomjtkins. fourth cock; secorul and fifth
hen; first, second, third, fourth and fifth
(o-kerel; fir't, third and fifth pullet: first
old pen; first young pen. Harry M. O'Brien,
fifth cock; fourth hen. Elmer F. Benson
first hen; third old pen. F. R. Sweet, third
hen. Juniper Farm, fourth pullet. T. Ed-
ward Cordis, second pullet. Mirimichi Poul-
trv Farm, second old pen; fifth young j^c^
Bose Comb Bhode Island Beds — F. H.
Stillwagon, first cock; second hen; first and
second cockerel; fifth pullet; first old pen-
first and fourth young pen. T. Edward
Cordis, second cock; second pullet. Joseph
B. Berry, fifth cock; third hen. p. g
Clark, third and fourth cock. Payne Bros
fifth hen; first, third and fourth pullet-
second old pen; second and third younir
pen. Asa C. Morehouse, first hen; third
and fifth cockerel. Chester T. Adams
fourth hen; third old pen. Clarence W
Reed, fourth cockerel. A. E. Alden, fourth*
old i)on.
Silver Gray Dorkings — Charles H. Yaj.'.e
all awards.
Single Comb Buff Orpingtons — p. g
Frasier, second cock. Henrietta E. Hooker*
third cock; fifth hen; second and fourth
l)ullet. MacNear & Son, fifth cock ; second
and fourth hen; fifth cockerel; fifth pui-
let. Clifton C. Nickerson, first and fourth
cock; first hen; first, second and third cock-
erel; first old pen. Fred W. Lorenz, third
hen. George E. Bessom, first and third pul-
let. Mrs. P. H. Babcock ; first youncj p,.,i
Single Comb Black Orpingtoiw — w. s
Williams, fifth cock; fifth hen; first and'
third cockerel; first and third pullet. Hill-
crest I'ouitry Yards, first cock; first and
third hen. Robadel Poultry Farm, second
cock; second hen; first old pen. Sunnyhill
Farms, third and fourth cock. James A
Griswold, fourth hen ; second and fourth
cockerel ; second pullet.
Single Comb White Orpingtons — Sydney
W. Dovey. fcnirth cock; fifth hen. David
Hopwood, fifth cock. Robadel Poultry Farm
third cock; first and third hen; third cock-
erel; first pullet; first old pen; first young
pen. J. R. Johnson, first and second cock-
fourth hen; first cockerel; second and third
jmllet; second old pon. Eleanor R. Oettin-
gen, fourth cockerel; fifth pullet. Hillcrest
Poultry Yards, second and fifth cockerel-
fourth pullet. Mrs. M. E. Jordan, third ol(i
pen.
Dark Cornish — Hnrry Butterick, first,
third and fourth cock; second, third and
fourth hen; third cockerel; fourth and
fifth pullet. Ernest B. Stanley second cock;
first hen; second and fifth cockerel; first
and second pullet. John M. Priske, fifth
hen; ftfurth cockerel. Fred H. Philpot.
fifth cock; third pullet; first young pen.
Charles E. Burt, first cockerel. John H.
Erdman, first young pen
White Cornish — L. J. Smith, first cock:
first cockerel. Edwin C. Vennor, second
and third cock; first, second and third hen;
first old pen, first voung pen.
White Laced Beiid Cornish— Ernest B
Stanley, first cock; first and second hen;
first and second cockerel; first and fourth
pullet. F. S. Burbank, second and third
cock; fourth cockerel; fifth pullet. How- •
ard H. Read, fourth cock; third cockerel;
third pullet. John L. Morrison, second
pullet.
Buff Cornish — Harry L. Butterick. all
awards.
Single Comb Light Brown Leghorns —
Grove Hill Poultry Yards, first cock; first
and second hen; first and second cockerel;
first and fourth pullet; first old ]»en. Harrv
W. Weeks, fifth hen; second pullet. J. H.
Raddin. third and fourth hen; third and
fifth pullet. Frank Zienski. third and fourth
cockerel.
Single Comb Dark Brown Leghorns —
Harry W. Weeks, third cock; fourth cock-
erel. Charles Miers. fifth cock. Grove Hill
Poultry Yards, first, second and fourth cock;
first and second hen; first, second and third
cockerel; first and fourth iiullet ; first old
pen. George J. Lewell, fifth cockerel; sec-
ond and third pullet.
Bose Comb Light Brown Leghorns-
George A. Davidson, first cock. John L.
Woodbury, first cockerel.
Bose Comb Dark Brown Leghorns —
Charles J. Williams, third and fourth cock;
first old pen. Arthur LaClair, second cock;
first hen; first and second cockerel; first
pullet. John L. Woodburv. first cock.
Single Comb White Leghorns — Mrs. Jane
A. Pracy, fourth cock ; first old pen ; third
young pen. William Hulcup, second cock:
first young pen, George A. Davidson, fifth
cock. R. W. Bruce, first cock; first hen.
Poster Brothers, third cock; third and fourth
hen; fifth cockerel; fifth pullet. John Mc-
Dougall. second hen; fourth pullet. H. P.
Clark, first, second and fourth cockerel; first
and third pullet. Wilburtha I'ouitry Farms
third cockerel. Dr. S. J. Fairbank, secoud
pullet. Whitney Poultry Farm, fourth and
fifth young pen. Fretus & Roberts, second
young pen.
Rose Comb White Leghorns — J. M. Chase,
first hen ; second cockerel ; first young pen.
H. H. Lyon, first pullet: first cockerel.
Single Comb Buff Leghorns — Herbert
Almquist. fourth cockerel; third and fourth
pullet. Mrs. A. P. W. Heath, second, third
and fifth cockerel; first pullet. Wendell
Dean, first cockerel ; second pullet. F. R-
Freiwold. fourth tmllet.
Bose Cimb Buff Leghorns — Wendell Dean,
all awards.
700,000,$ati$£iecl tisets
backed ttQr ju^metit i^heti
Ilnmgkt mybuCKJSYE
incubators and hrooders
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a million successful poultry-
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hatching every hatchable egg
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These facts insure your suc-
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»
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manufacturers. More Buck-
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fl// other manufacturers. Al-
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agricultural colleges uses
Buckeye equipment. 1600
of the most successful baby
chick hatcheries use Buckeye
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Buckeye ranks first in all
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commercial incubators, mam-
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148
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
February,
1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
149
35TH ANNIVERSARY
OF
PARKS' STRAIN
Bred-to-Lay-and-Do-Lay
Barred
Plymouth
Rocks
HISTORY
1S89 — Sixteen Hena Aver-
aged 96 Effga Each.
INTERVENING 35 YEARS
— Were Carefully Selected,
Trapnested and Pedigreed for
EGGS.
RESULTS — bayed Their Way Into
Uuiver^al Popularity. Made and Hold
About All the WORLD'S CERTI-
FIED liARRKD ROCK LAYING
RECORDS.
JUSTLY CONCEDED — America' s
Oldest, Greatest Laying and Most
Extensively Bred Strain.
DEMAND IS SUCH— That Hun-
dreds of Breeders and Hatcheries
are Making Money Selling Them.
Their Heavy Laying. Especially Win-
ter Laving Alune, Makes Them Front
able E'ven for Market Eggs.
CHOICE HENS, PULLETS & COCKERELS
EGGS for Hatehing
DAY-OI.D-CHICKS
•'Get Your Orders Booked Early"
35th Anniversary Circular, with
Prices and History of strain FREE.
80-page Copyrighted Catalogue Book-
let Joe.
J. W. Parks, Box E, AHoona, Pa.
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MADE IN THREE SIZES
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Capacity
Diam
Weight
Price
1
150 chicks
rjo in.
22 lbs.
$16.00
2
;}00 chicks
38 in
24 lbs.
$21.00
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000 chicks
52 in.
44 lbs.
$31.00
(Price f. o. b. Seattle)
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safe and economical. Has asbestos lin-
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chuks. Eapy to ke« i> clean and ^uni-
tary and very simple to operate. Write
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Maflwin Manufacturing Co.
Seattle. Wash
1202 Stewart St.
Black Leghorns — Elmer H. Trapp, all
II w&fds
SUver Penciled Leghorns — Oakhill Poul-
trv Farms, all awards.
Black Mlnorcas — Wendell Phillips, second
cock; third and fifth hen. John O. Leaver,
first cock: sec<»nd and fourth heji^ second
cockerel; second pullet; first old pen. Dr.
B. J. Hovestadt, third cock; first hon; third
cockerel. C. J. Gardener, first cock; first
pullet. J. M. Barlow, fourth cockerel. K.
S. Harris, fourth pullet. Rowland Story,
third and fifth iiuUot.
White Minorcas — Charles H. Hodgate. all
awards.
Rose Comb Black Mlnorcas — Lawrence
Buckley, first cock. Mrs. E. A. Washburn,
second and fourth cockerel ; first and sec-
ond pullet. Donald D. Strange, first cock-
erel. Charles M. Floyd, third cockerel;
third pullet.
Rose Comb WTiite Minorcas — Lawrence
Buckley, all awards.
Single Oomb Buff Minorcas — Howard B.
Wing, first cock; third and fourth hen; first
pullet. Valero Van Durme. first and second
oen
Rose
Durme.
Blue
Minorcas — Valere Van
cockerel ; first,
first and second
young pen. Mr.
ond cock ; fifth
third
Gen
Comb Buff
all awards.
Andnlusians — Thomas Sweeter, sec
ond oock • third and fourth hen; third cock-
erel; fifth pullet; first old pen. .Tohn H
Spence, first cock; first pullet. Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Koons. third cock; first and sec-
ond hen; second and fourth pullet; first and
f<»urth cockerel. L. D. Stedman & Son. fifth
hen. E. 8. Colprit, second cockerel; third
pullet. Samuel E. Rice, fifth cockerel.
Single Comb Anconas — Morris C. Peters,
first cock; first young ])en. Gennaro S
Riccio. third cock. LeRov L. Lambert, sec
ond cock; third hen: first <iMkerel : first
second and third pullet. E. R. Post, fifth
cock. Howard W. Mercer, fourth cork.
Willinm J. Hayes, fifth hen. Harry W.
.Tones, second and fourth hen; fifth cock-
erel. George L. Stillman, first hen; third
cockerel; fourth pullet. yiHiam E Pal-
mer second and fourth cock. Robert Ai.g^
lin fifth pullet. Ernest S. Drub, sec i,d
young pen. William Hulcup, third youn;
^^Rose Comb Anconas — Leo M. French,
third, fourth and fifth cock; first, second^
third, fourth and fifth hen; first and serond
second and third pullet :
old pen; first and second
and Mrs. O. W Dnv. s.m
pullet. E. R. Post, first
cock- fourth cockerel. William Hulcup.
and "fifth cockerel: third young pen.
nam R'ccio fourth pullet.
Mottled Houdans— Daniel P. Shove, first
cock- first hen: second cockerel: fir«t nul
let Clarence C Kinne. second hen. Nathan
H Brow^n. first, third, fourth a'ld fifth cork-
er el ; second, third, fourth and fifth pullet-
'White Crested Black PoPsh — Oh-^rles E
Smith, fourth cock; third hen: first y^'
vecond cockerel: first and second T»nllot.
Charles L. Seely, fifth cock: f-urth li«n
fourth and fifth pullet. Will .7. Kelly,
vprond and third cork; first and second
third fourth and fifth cockevel: third
lot; first youne pp" : first old ]<en. A.
pel <»ocond voung pen.
Silver Polish — Hiram W
award *{.
White Polish — Lewis ^\
awards. «.,,».
Any Other Variety Polish
ner nil award«.
LaFlechc — Captain John .\. Fish,
awards. ». • ,
Black HambuT^s — Lyman S: Storer. third
cock- f'urth and fifth cockerel: four»h an.'
fifth T.ullet. Endicott P. Saltonstall. first a"d
second rncV- fir^t. second, third and fonr»^
hen- fir«t, second and third cockerel: fir«-t.
second and t^ird pullet. Adrian Christoff-l-
fifth cock: fifth hen. James H. Lowell
fcurth cock.
(Jolden Spaneled Hamburgs — Jnmes H
Tyowoll. atl awards.
Silver Spangled Hamburgs Dr.
W'lfe. fir t. third and fourth cock:
hen; fifth cockerel. Robert Treat
fiffh cock: fir«t. second and fifth hen
and third cockerel; first, second and
Shriver,
.Tohnson,
-John r.
firvt
hen :
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Kes
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all
Kr'
all
J. S
fourth
Paine
fir^'
third
nullet. James H. *TiOwell. second cock :
fourth pullet. Otto Christoidi. third hen
T;«iac Sprague. Jr.. second and fiurth cock-
erel; fifth pullet. Wilkinson & Wilkinson,
first old pen; first young jien.
Golden Penciled Hamburgs— I<aac Spragne
Jr.. first, second and third cock; first, sec-
ond and third hen; first and second cock
erel ; first and secoml KuUet; first old ikmi
James H. Lowell, fourth hen.
Sliver Penciled Hamburgs — James H.
Lowell, all awards.
White Hamburgs — James H. Lowell, all
awards.
Silver Campines — E. S. Harris, first c^ck.
Ernest J. Willis & Son. first cockerel; first
pullet. Lieut. Gov. Alvin T. Fuller, first
pen.
A NEW
World's Record
For years we have been lell-
ing the readers of Everybodyt
Poultry Magazine what our
birds have been doing for us in
the great shows and in the egg
laying contests. Perhaps it will
be interesting for a change to
hear what our birds are doing
for our customers. Watch our
ads for the next few months
and find out. The following it
a copy of a letter from Prof.
L. F. Payne, of the Kansas
Agriculture College, at Man-
hatten, Kansas:
"You and others interested
in the Jersey Black Giants will
probably be glad to hear the
records of a trio of Black Giants
purchased by the Poultry De-
partment of the Kansas State
Agricultural College last year
from Mr. M. L. Chapman, of
Trenton Junction, New Jersey.
The two hens have just finished
their first year's production, one
laying 162 eggs and the other
247. 54 strong chicks were
hatched from 84 eggs set, near-
ly all of which developed to be
handsome birds and typical of
the breed."
— Prof. L. F. Payne.
So far as my knowledge goes
this production of 247 eggs is a
world record to date for the
Black Giants trapnested by re-
liable parties.
Wilburtha Poultry Farm
Harry Fisk M. L. Chapman
Box 28, TRENTON JCT., N. J.
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Let the
''Successful''
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of Hatching
Worries
31 Years'
Experience Has
Made Them
Perfect
Hatchers
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« i4.n OMnplnes— William A. Castle, first
^ Hrst hen William J. Lewis, first
'"'t'rel Hrsl and second pullet.
coc»«5A.J„.,„a A. I.awrence Brown,
second
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— A^^^\ny^ timc-trio«l. dcix-ndablc hatchfr"**4A ■ ■ ■
ill I to inalt<» tin- niust 1)1' your otumrt unity '.'.'.
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this yiar. Write for n>y V>1\ oiler on
"SUCCESSFUL nKSI
Hai ki'il hy.il years' cxiH-ricni <■. C.ihi-
nct made; scientifically veiitiltlcJ. Hot
water hiuting iil:int.
Writ* tor Catalog — ask about our
HnxMler Stove, to<), and "Sui ccssful"
Grain Sprouters.
FaniousIittlelvMjklet.'TropcrCarcand
Feeding of Cliieks. I>ucks, and Turkeys."
sent Fr«« on request.
XUii cat.iloK is Fr««.
J. S. OILCREST
Pres. ind Gen, Mgr
Oes Moines Incubator Co.
vX>l Ssconil Siccet
Oes Maines, lowi
KoHtern ruatorrnTrt will
be MiTveil quickly from
our E<iatrn\ Wart-hou*!'.
rig Successes ^^^
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c<"^ »*»,'/.iina A. Lawrence Hrown, secona
B"*^S,MuM.; fourth co.kerel ; second
co<;k; *"., y.-jiH-y Cook, .Ir., fir.st and third
''"'I first second and fifth hen; first, third.
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^"' .'h ISd fifth i.uilet; first pen. K. .1. La
fourth and^ni^ J fifth cock. Dr. Uufus J.
third hen; third cockerel. Robert B.
second and fifth cockerel. J. L.
first c<ickerel.
FaveroUes — E. W. Kdmonds, Jr..
.•ond hen; first cockerel; second
l{in;inette
E. Arn<dd,
Clark, all
third c(
first and
Lone.
Howe,
Rich,
Thomas
Salmon
S t'h'iid'puTlet. Fred A. Er.ckson. second
ol,<.rel- first pullet. J. \N .
^,">,i cockerel; fourth T>ullet.
' Black Briksted Red Games— H
^'E^'pyle Oame-CJ. Henry
"^Jersey Black Giants— Lt. Col. Thomas S.
Hradlee; third cockerel. L. A. Peterson,
ock. Pilgrim Farms, fourth co( k ;
fourth cockerel; third old pen.
Mvron Bacon, first cock. Fred S. Barton,
fifth cock. M- ^- Lamont, second cock;
third hen. Wilhurtha Poultry Farm, second
hrti- second pullet; first old j.eii ; first
youne pen. Hiram W. Schnver. fir t Im'u
Uuffield Farms, fourth and fifth hen. Em
est V. Stanley, fifth cockerel. Eden F. Ciay.
second cockerel; fifth pullet. F. W. Spald-
ing, third pullet; second old pen; third
youne pen. Captain John A. Fish, fourth
pallet. W. B. Revere, first pullet. E. V.
Thomas, second younj; pen. Harry Colkitt.
fifth young pen. The Homestead Farms,
fourth young pen.
Speckled Sussex — Wendell Phillips. s»>r
on^ cock • second hen. James William Do-
herty. first cock; first, third and fourth
hen; first, third and fifth cockerel; third
fourth and fifth pullet; first young pen,
Mrs. Emeline Freeilman. third cock ; fifth
hen. David F. McCarthy, second and fourth
cockerel; first nnd second pullet.
Single 03mb Bbode Island Whites — Wil
liam Baines, third and fourth hen; third
cockerel; third and fourth pullet; first
youne pen. F. W. Cumpst >ne, first and
second hen; first and second eockerel ; first
and second pullet.
£0Be Comb Rhode Island Whites— R. L.
k Ti. E. Perry, second cock; third hen;
fourth cockerel; second and third pullet.
William Baine«, Pr t cork; fifth hen. James
fifth cock: fourth hen. F.
fourth Cf^ck ; first an<l sec-
and second cockerel; first
F. Meyer, third cockerel:
Pvne. third and
W. Cumpstone,
ond hen; first
pullet. Victor
fifth pullet.
Forestdale Farm,
all awards.
third
third
cock ;
third
young
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fourth and
first vou"g: pen.
Chanteclers— W. C. Wilkins
Bantams
Black Breasted RM Games —Oeoree H.
Clark, sec nd cock; first, se< ond and fifth
pullet. Norman N. Lemoine, fifth cock. W.
L. Varney. first co( k ; first, second, third
and fnnrth hen. T. C. Richards,
C'ck; fifth hen; second cockerel;
pullet. Georee N. Pierce, fourth
fourth cockerel. T. H Linehan. first,
and fifth cockerel; foiirth pullei; first
pen. Mary Jane Wilkinson, first «dd pen.
Brown Red Games — Ge rse N. J»ierce.
first cock; first hen. E. O. Freeman, third
rockerel; second pullet. O. T. & O. L.
Morris, first and third cockerel: first pullet
Silver Duckwing — F. (J. Tripp, first and
fifth crck; third and fourth hen; second
pullet. Hi-ward C. Rice, fourth cock; first
hen; first cockerel: first pullet. F. D. E.
Stowe, second cock; second hen; second,
third and f«»urth cockerel; third, fourth
and fifth pullet. Walter E. Bennet. third
cock; fifth hen. E. (J. Freeman, fifth co<k-
erel.
Bed Pyle Game ->L»ry Jane Wilkinson,
third cock; first and second hen. Norman
N. Lemoine. second cck : first cockerel;
third, fourth and fiffh pullet. (J. T. & Ct. L.
Morris, first cock; first pullet.
Wheeler, fourth cock: third and
fifth cockerel. J(din McKenzie,
fourth cockerel: second pullet.
Birchen Game — -Marv J:»!ie Wilkinson,
fourth and fifth cock; fourth and fifth hen:
fifth pullet. C. W. Hoitt. first and thir»l
pork; first and third hen; first and secnd
'•ookercl; first, second and fourth
^- T. tt O. L. Morris, second cock :
nen. T. C. Richards, third cockerel
"'"Kenzie. fourth and fifth cockerel
pullet.
White Game — F. D. E. Stowe. all awards.
Old Enplish Game — Richar<l To<ld. second
«nd third cock: first and second hen; first
••ockerel; second and third pullet. A. Mowll.
first cock. Lawrence B. Iloyt, Jr., fourth
cork; first pullet.
Any Other Variety Game — Richard Todd,
first hen. W. L. Varney, first cockerel;
fi"t pullet.
Silkies — Edward P. McCarthy, third cock;
fifth pullet. Walter E. Bennet. first and
«econd cock ; first and second hen ; second
Stuart T.
fourth hen :
.sec'>n<l and
pullet
second
.Tohn
; third
(HAMPIONPJPRIZEHEK IL^ PRIZE COCKEREL f^r PRIZE HEN
III State 6is Laying' Mich. State FdirOeircit Chicago Mtl. 5/iow
Contest 1921 ECC PRODUCTION CLASS l^r) [CO PRODUCTION CIASSI9Z3
Chicks! Chicks! Chicks!
From World's Champion Layers
American Hollywood "« Improved English
SingleComb White Leghorns
250-300 Elgg-Bred Line
Our 15 years of careful breeding, typetesting, trapnesting and pedigreeing
have produced for us our world famous American egg-bred Busmess Hen; that
meets the requirements and the demand of every purchaser of quality Baby
Chicks; and possesses Standard and great Egg-Bred Qualities Combined.
Our famous Leghorns are the STANDARD bred UTILITY
business birds. They are lon^, deep-bodied, wedge shaped
birds with widebaclcs and low-spread tails, big lopped combs,
and keen alert eyes. They produce large white eggs that com-
mand premium prices in the New York and other markets.
910 Pullets Bring $1,038.90 in One Month WINNERS
*I will bo in the market for 3..SO0 or 4.000day old chicks ▼ ▼ *X ^ A ^ M.^M,^9^^
From the 2.0UO chick s bought from you last SpnnK 1 raised
VIO pullets. In D.cember we gathered 17.213 ckcs an
average of S5 per day. The month's income was$L<KS8.S0.
This you will see is a little over 61% production, which is
pretty good, don't you think?" „^^ „ . ».- u
(Signed) FRED L.\ROS, Hart. Mich.
Buys $200 Worth of Chicks, in Four Months
U Offered $1,500 for Them
"Last Sprinjr I bought l.OtX) grade A chicks from you and
have over ♦.ti') puilets 4 months old. I doubt if there are
any hner pullets in Ohio, or their equal «">^here I was
ottered $2 25 each for th.m by a buyer from Oxford. O.
Theyaresuch exceptional large pullets heiUbyand vigor- .
ous, and were raised with less than 3% loss.
(Signed) L. L. GESSING. Cincinnati. Ohio.
Virgin Egg Farms. Baldwin. L. I.. N. Y.. writes. "The
lO.oio chicks purchased from y^"/;,^ » '^.^^K U^jJe
bought You can ook for my order agam in IV 4. >> -"te
H<.usc Egg Farms. Klaple Plain. M|""' ^;'^,^> ,\fj
2.=4K) chicks are the best I ex^r bought in my l.^> ears ot
chick buying." The Gould Egg Farm. Lake Gro%e. L. 1..
N V wri es "Your 7.(*^ chicks arrived all Ok and am
well pleased! 1 see no reason why you should not get my
1'*_'4 order." , . c, „
We have hundreds of letters like these in our files all
t.'stifving fo o r high quality chicks and service. H /lyfake
^//mv"7«7/<°" V;/ can;:ct this tried and Proxrn sfratnfron
ttlarjsl^^^^^^^ b^'^'i^''^ />«///«/»<^« tn the State?
At Leading Shows, Fairs
tmd Egg Laying Contests
1st Prize Champion Hen. 111. Mur-
physboro Egg Laying Contest,
1922.
1st Prize Pen. Dec. Jan.. March.
May. June. Sept. at 111. State Egg
Laying Contest. V)2\.
1st Pen. 1st Ckl.. 2nd Ckl.. 1st Hen,
3rd Hen. Best Display, Detroit
State Fair. 1V23.
1st Hen. 1st Pen. 1st Ckl., 1st Pullet,
Best Display in Ecg Production
Class, Zeeland. Mich.. 1V22.
Hundreds of other prizes too
numerous to mention.
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^sf:I SiTder the Hlbbons.^^n^'^te Koc^^^ won Best Display, Bot. Champions and
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
February, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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NEWTOWN
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Made in Four
Convenient Sizes
Double Bottom
Powerful Metal-Bar
Thermostat
Regulated by One
Adjusting Nut
Heavy Construction
Burns all Gases
Special arrangement of draft openings insures constant change of air
under deflector — a vitally important feature. Fully described in
Circular No. 14. Prompt shipment now.
Oil Burning Brooder
New
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A Depend-
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Simple to operate and regulate. Lights with ordinary match. Will
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Ask for Circular No. 44.
1924 NEWTOWN INCUBATOR CATALOG IS READY
Write for it regardless of machine you expect to buy — compare that
machine with the Newtown. Gives detailed description of wonderful
Triple-Deck Newtown, th'e last word in incubator construction.
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COCKERELS
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You must be satisfied '' — that is our slogan
Our chicks are produced under the personal supervision of Professor Harry R. Lewis,
on his own poultry breedinf? farm, Davisville, R. I. No effort is spared to produce the best.
Trapnestintr, careful mating, and official pedigree records mean that Lewis Farms' chicks
will make heavy laying pullets for you.
Every m^le used in our breeding flocks this year is pedigree bred, out of Contest record
birds of our own breeding.
We specialize only in Single Comb White Leghorns, Ban-ed Plymouth Rocks and White
Wyandottes.
Do not delay! Order your baby chirks today, and thus insure delivery when yon wish
them, and take advantage of the wonderful opportunity which commercial poultry keeping
offers.
Write For Ulnstrated Descriptive Circular
See for yourself what Prof. Lewis is doing at Lewis Farms. Visit ua at the farm.
LEWIS FARIVIS
DAVISVILLE Box E RHODE ISLAND
and third cockerel; third and fourth Dullof
Hillcrest Poultry Yards, third and fouith
hen; first and second pullet. Lawrenc
Rich, fourth cockerel. •
Oolden Sebright — Kiley J. Devine, third
cock; fourth hen. Frank W. Mains. 8^
cock; first and third hen; first cockerel-
first and third pullet, Ray C. Brown, sec'.
ond cock; second pullet. Daniel p. Shove
fourth and fifth oock ; fifth hen; second
cockerel; fourth i)ullet. Sumner Perkins
second hen.
Silver Sebright — W. Lee Kelly, fn^^
cock. Ariel B. Poultry Yards, first, second
and third cock; second and fifth hen; firgj
cockerel; fourth pullet. Frank W, Mains
fourth cock ; first and fourth hen ; second
cockerel; first and third pullet. Daniel p
Shove, third hen; third cockerel; second
pullet.
Black Rose Comb — William T. Dunbar,
second and fourth cock ; first and third
hon; second, fourth and fifth pullet. Ralph
F], Simmons, third and fifth cock; second
hen; first cockerel; first pullet. Lowell
K. Newgegin, first cock; fourth hon; third '
pullet. Sumner Perkins, fifth hen', fifth
cockerel. Charles N. Kvans, second cock-
erel. Alfred L. Cutting, third cockerel.
Vasil Costa fourth cockerel.
White Rose Oomb — W. Lee Kelly, all
awards.
Buff Cochin — Alfred L. Cuntting, second
cock; fifth hen; first and third cockerel;
first second, fourth and fifth pullet. L. p'.
Hodgkins, third cock; first hen. F. C. Car-
penter, fourth cock. Henry G. Miller, first
cock; second and fourth hen; fifth cockerel.
Ray C. Brown, third hen. Nathan H. Brown,
fourth cockerel. R. S. Dick.son, second
cockerel; third pullet. Raymond S. Pierce,
first young pen.
Partridge Cochin — George A. Knieht,
first cock; fourth hen; third and fifth
cockerel ; fourth pullet. Herman Sweet,
second, third and fourth cock; first, second
and third hen; first, second and fourth cock-
erel; first, second and third jtullet. Sum-
ner Perkins, fifth hen. Frank B. Carter,
Jr.. fifth pullet.
White Cochin — Frank B. Carter, Jr.. first
cock; fourth hen; first cockerel; third pul-
let. Poch Brothers, third cock; first hen;
second pullet. A. E. Jessel, fourth and fifth
cock; third hen; fourth pullet. R. V.
Burgess, second cock ; second hen ; second
cockerer; first pullet. Woods Poultry Com
panv, third cockerel; fifth pullet.
Black Cochin — George H. Clark, fifth
cock; first, third and fifth jtuUet. E. G.
Freeman, fourth cock; second pullet. A.
E. Jessel, second cock; second cockerel.
Burleigh A. Jones, third cock. R. V. Bur-
Rpss, first cock; fourtfh hen; first cockerel;
fourth pullet. F. H. Davey. first hen; fifth
cockerel. Ray C Brown, third hen. Fre<l
H. Haac, second and fifth hen; fourth cock-
erel. W. S. Williams, third cock. G. Edg«r
Folk, first young pen.
Light Brahma — Stuart T. Wheeler, first
and second coi-k ; third, fourth and fifth
hen; first, second, fourth and fifth pullet;
first old i)en. Burleigh A. Jones, first hen.
Kay C. Brown, second hen; third pullet.
bark Brahma -James R. Reilly, all awards.
Black Tailed Japanese — Burleigh A.
Jones, all awards.
Barred Plymouth Bock — E. G. Freeman,
fir-t Click; first hen; first cockerel. A. E.
Jessel, second cock; first jiullet. L. R-
Twonidlev, first pen.
Mille rieur-Mrs. Edith M. Babcock. sec-
on.l cock. Kay C Brown, first cock; second
hen; first cockerel; first pullet. Sumner
Perkins, first hen.
Cornish — A. MowU, all awards.
Any Other Variety Bantam — George N.
Pierce, second cock; second hen; first cock-
erel; first pullet. Daniel P. Shove, fir^j
cock; first hen. James Christopher, second
pullet.
Capons — Harry Colkitt, second. O. «•
HouKhton. third and fifth. Henry Lemire,
fourth, Henry I. Morris, first.
Ducks
Pekin — Homan Brothers, first old drake;
first nnd fourth old duck; third young drake;
first and second young duck; first young
pen; first old i»en. Corkhill Farms, third
(Id diake; fifth old duck; fifth young
drake; fourth young duck. Howard B.
Ellis, second old drake; second old duck;
second young drake; third young duck.
White Rock Farms, third old duck; fourth
young drake; fifth young duck. Ernest
Leach, first young drake. .
Boucn — Peffer Duck Farm, first old
drake; first old duck; third young drake;
third young duck. Dr. Willis J. Middleton,
second old drake; second young drake; fi'st
young duck. Alice O. Leach, first y<MinJ
drake; second young duck.
Cayuga— Dr. Willis J. Middleton, iU
awards.
r!»11— Burleigh A. Jones, second old
Gray 0»" '?.'^. ^. ^ir 11 Uf^i-oin first
ake;
^!'}f'J' Iclnd old; duck
r' trd"oia duTk.
Jirdrake: "rst old
Viva- first
W. B. Brorein, first
ui duck; first young
Dr. Willis J.
Kleton. B-ond old.d ^^^^ ^,^^
, r^-o!^"Wl duck. l>r, Willis J. M:A.
3'^ «7ndi'^-D"'- Willis J. Middleton,
J""*'^ 'J Muscivy-Winto IK.ck Farm, fir.st
colored Muscovy ^^^ first young
old drake '^«^^'j.\.;,„i,„a„, third old drake;
drake. ^1- ^'- f„,,rth young duck; first
tM o\Ajn.Kj^^^ A.' Jon?s,. second old
young pen. ^j^^^.j^ cjaptain John A.
d"»''®=x=/.v. oiH drake Dr. Willis A. Middle-
Fish, fi^'^"***,,, drake Howard B. Ell.s,
^""%h";^ du k; tlnrd young duck. Nathan
rtroin fir.st old duck ; fourth young
^1, Alice G. Leach, third young drake
i'*^'V feach second young drake; first
^'°*' Hn.k H B. Richardson, fifth young
>°"u" h^rd voting duck. Burleigh A.
drake; third y"""ake Dr. Willis J. Mid-
Jones, «%-^"*^„.firaLe; first old duck. Hnw-
^Tn' EUis ocond ..Id duck ; second young
f^e' Peffer- s Duck Farm, first young
4;^'"lnd^an"*^RtmJer-Peffer's Duck
^ rnusi pTncUed Indian Runner-Harvey
^^AYtrinLn^BuSner-Ernest Leach, first
„i.l drake second old duck. I'^flfej-'s Duck
v.rm second old drake; first old duck;
S'd y'Sng duck; second yo"ng drake
Edw°n C. Venner, first young drake; first
yTl5e'^"swedl8h-H"rleigh A. Jones, all
"'wUd MaUard-Dr. B. J. Hovestadt. all
awards.
Bttff-Captain John A. Fish, all awards.
Turkeys ^. ,
Bronzfr-Harry W. Fisher, fifth cock;
, ,T.^kerel L. Sherman Adams, sec-
1?/ thrd and fourth cock; first, second
^ third hen first and third cockore ;
flj.t second fourth and fifth pullet. Elsie
?i HaUock fourth hen; second cockerel;
Jhird^puHet! David F. McCarthy, fifth hen.
^•^'itn^'reLr^^K; first and sec-
S?r?cc^k • No'n tone Farm: fifth pullet.
^Black-br. Willis J. Middleton, all
"Ta'rJagan»ett_L. Sherman ^Ada-s, first
cock; first hen; first and seconu y
Elsie M. Hallet, second hen. ^^.-.^g
Bed— L. Sherman Adams, all aw arcs.
/Xaasa
ToTdouse— Ernest Leach .econd old JJ^."
der Corkhill Farms, third old gander
der; second old goose. .„^Ar-
Embden— M. J. Cain, fourth old Kj^der
second old goose. Dr William J- M.dd^e^
ton, first Hnd third old K*"der ; third and
fourth old goose; first «nd »«*^°°** ^^r^
goose. Zach Kinne, second old gander.
first old Roose. . _ #^.,«»k
Broim Wesi^-Burleigh A "^"m ''eander
old gander. M. J. Cain, third old gander .
aecofd old goose. Dr. Willis J-^ Middleton,
second old gander; third ^J^ K°f"/„o8; ^•
Brorein, first old Kinder; first old goose.
Whiti Ohinese-M. J. Cam «'^h <,ld gan
der; third old goose. Alice O-Leacn
fourth old gander. Ernest Leach third old
gander; first young gander; first young
goose. J. P. Southwick & Sons, second old
gander; second old goose; "econd young
gander: second young goose. vv. «. oru-
rein, first old gander; first old goose. Bur-
leigh A. Jones, third young gander.
African— M. J. Cain, third old Render
third old goose. Zach Kinne, second old
gander; second old goose. W. B. Brorein.
first old gander; first old goose.
USE GOOD FEEDS FOR EESXJI^TS
Do not entertain the idea that because
prepared poultry feeds cost a trifle more
per pound than do the ordinary grains and
ground feeds that they are any costlier \V .
believe that most of the prepared 'eeds are
»old at a very close price and when results
•re considered are in fact the c»>eaPest a;-
well as the best to use. Knowing the com^
positions of some of the prepared feeds we
»re inclined to wonder where the miner
Biakes his profit.
1.000 Tancred- Barron heavy laying, heavy weighlna select breeding hem.
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250-330 eggt heavy laying, heavy weighing stock
Single Comb White Leghorns
The Cream of the World's best egg bred stock
Insures you big profits in large white eggs and plenty of them. Our
High Gride breeding hens are all two and three years old, every hen
weighing four pound, or more, carefully selected for laying ability, big
lopped combs, mated with TANCRED Cockerels, will produce Chicks of
Supreme Quality.
Baby Chicks-Hatching Eggs-Pullets
Stock have generations of heavy egg bred stock back of t^iem and in-
sures you a high average egg yield. Our stock not only ay eggs but
■ ire good size No wonder we have customers coming back U us year
after year booking their orders for thousands of Chicks before the first
of the^year and ordering as many as 15,000 Chicks, and reporting egg
yields as high as 278 eg|s. and pullets laying in less than four months.
Cyru. waddle, aearfleld. P... write.: "Our hen ^^«y; -.d^j;^tr*Pne.^ '^'^foh^BetSf?;
raised from your chloka. t^'^r than 95% of the North AmenMn ^«"^^j, ^^ fl„t one laid Atijust
bera, P... write.: "From the 5« fhlcks re«iv«d Apri^^7, r^^^^^^^ „ ^^^^^ ,.jj ^^
12 five days less than four montl..». i.'" ^r^iiiL' rtln; frMn 40 oullets. I know where to get line
m«Uh« ^d six day, and ^tO'-f.-S'^iy ^dyt^Sneot^ pLue^s laid 31 • cts In 31 day«. m!«ed
rdtTd iald"^. ^o./tr5olkS"e^;''S,o*^o^'i^Sic.eSs* welg"^ 6^ Po-ds. I want some more clucks.
WE BREED THESE CHICKS ON OUR OWN FARM AND THEY ARE
WE BKttu inr.^ WISHBONE HATCHED
BARRED ROCKS and SINGLE COMB REDS .ame Superlative Heavy
Laying Stock
OET OCR BEAUTIFUL FREE CATALOGUE i.;,^., .o„d_..^
X?:/;o?.°rhTnV"erp'l«inrP-"'- %'» n,.y h^ve in your pouUr, wo.X.
ViPlDinir VOU Willi a'lf f^' I " *- - . . !•
^ , ..TT »*<> -p.-^ Pnnltrv" 112 naffes, 8 V4 by 12 inches, beauti-
FREE! ?„",[,«?S,;™",°J,"mo7.'*c<r.?ytfI'bo'„l'or.hU .ubilc ,^« publUhed.
free to cuBtomers.
Heavy
Don't keep 'those little Lecihorns" f«t «ome of_ the Ta_ncr«|.
Barron, Heavy Layers. Heavy Weighers.
Profit Payers.
FISHING CREEK POULTRY FARM. Box D, LAMAR, PA.
hVll* s B u fT^^'rocks
Vest displJ^y'"""" """""""fti^rYOUNG pen
F- .tS fS^I Third Hen, Third and Fifth Cockerel. Second
F.r.t Cock. F.^.t p , ,H the best. ^^
EDWARDFjaAU, «• F- o. No. i
First Prize Cockerel,
Chicago Coliseum Show,
Decemher, 1923-24
For 15 Coaseeilne Yem. lacW«g Deccber 1923 Skew
PaDC Mammoth S. C. Black Minorcas
.ere awarded Be.t Display at^he CJ1«||' Coliseum ^Show. ^in^^n^^
tt.e world comi>etltion. ,^^^Z>^^ P^tV ^nd he9t 2 Old Pens. Our
3 Hen«. best 3 Co<*ereU be»t 3 Pu Jets »^« "^j ^^^ Continuous
oi.stomers Insist that »;o^^''"Lmos^ prolific producers of glorious.
I>aycr Mating females to *>e.^ne ™09i prouu jj , ^g custmer
larie. prt-mium 'r}i\'f ^^^^'^ from Tou produ^d 28^ 2S9..291 and
' ()ne"man poultry plants »^^y^„»'^'^^,?,en one of thravailable^^
$5,000.00 and up »n»»»''y-'?''^o" ,d7or our big free iUustiatexl cata-
i, is on the farm or city lot? Send lo[J"^,j ^^ partly matured chlx
ocue inveet in our eggs that n»'f^' J^.f^ "Vhesty prepotent cockerels,
S ilve anJ,thrlje from txapn^ed stoj che^^^^^ estabUshing
•Mavers" or foundation pens, w'ui » hii*ini»<«? Catalogue also ex-
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White Quill
White
Rocks
The 200-Egg Exbl-
bition Strain
At the Chicago Coliseum Show,
December 10-16, 1923, we ag-ain
win in both the Exhibition and
the Bred-to-lay Classes; 41 birds
under the ribbons out of 50 shown
by us, proves that we have the
goods. Sweepstakes Special Ameri-
can Production Class.
Our best matings for 1924 will
be headed by the following star
male birds: 1st Cock Production
Class, December, 1923; 1st Pen
Cock, Production Class, December,
1923; 1st Young Pen Cockerel.
Exhibition Class, December, 1923;
1st Old Pen Cock, Exhibition
Class, 1923, and many other blue
ribbon Chicago Coliseum winning
male birds. Place your order
early for Hatching Eggs and Baby
Chicks.
SPECIAL — Exhibition Bred-to-l»y
CoclEcrels, real Rood ones, $10. OU each;
good breeders. $7.50 each; husky utility
rnckerels. $5.00 each; Hens and Pullets,
$5.00 each.
Catalogue Free
ADAM F. POLTL
Box £
Hartford, Wis.
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS of Quality
Our birds an- brtnl from the best First I'riVA} Males
at Madison Square Ganian 1021. 1922 and 1923
Stopk for sale. .NO baby rbioks. KtfRS $5.00 and
tlO.OO per 15, prepaid. .Mating list ready
AUG. D. ARNOLD Box E DILLSBUR6. PA.
Vard Off
through
Vaccinationyy^ roup
CANKER
CHOLERA
CATARRH
DIPHTHERIA
CHICKEN POX
the Infections
Accompanying
■ <ciei
THF
Protect your flock through the logical
ientiflc method — vaccinate with
THE ORJGINAL A. S.L AVIAN MIX£D BACIERIN
A. ^8. L. Avian Mixed Bacterin as a preven-
tire inereases reslBtance and as a treatment saves
an unusually large percentage of birds already
Infected.
A. 8. L. Avian Mixed Bacterin Is produced un-
der Government License No. 165 Issued by U. S.
Dept. of Agriculture to the American SdentlHc
Laboratories, Inc. Properly stored. It retains its
potency for 2 years from date of manufacture.
Order direct or through your dealer. Three con-
venient sizes: — «0 doses, $2.00; 250 doses, $5.00;
500 doses, $7.50. SyrinRo and needlta, $1.50.
postpaid. Write for free
bookb't on the Vaccination
of Poultry.
THE AMfRICAN SCIENTIFIC
LABORATORIES. Inc
DeptB-2 59 W. Austin Ave.
Chicago. III.. 0. S. A.
FRtE--Ca»toiti»'r» ordpHnK both
■yrinKC and b«rferin (■ny aizp)
will be ffivt'Q FKKK a SI .00 park-
■ae of GAI.LI-CURA, the real
preventive of White Diarrhea and
aimilar bowel diseaaea.
THE CLEVELAND SHOW
The wonderful Cleveland Show,
staged in Cleveland's grand Public
Hall, December 11 to 16, 1923, is
now history. It proved to be, as was
freely predicted, the finest quality
show ever held in this city. In size,
it is only necessary to state that
there were 476 more specimens of
poultry than last year; birds had to
be cooped in space usually given over
to concessions. Cleveland is indeed
fortunate in being able to secure
such a beautiful hall for their ex-
hibition, which was artistically laid
out, also decorated with palms and
evergreens, creating a sight rarely
seen at our average poultry show.
The same organization — Frank C.
Stier, Pres.; J. B. Holmden, Treas.,
and J. 0. Somers, Supt. — that hand-
led their first exhibition, had charge
of "this one, the eleventh, who, with
C. A. Hanriksen, as secretary, assist-
ed by the other members of the asso-
ciation, is the answer to what a
group of fanciers can accomplish
who lay out a plan and stick to it.
The annual banquet and party,
Thursday evening of show week,
held in the lounge room of the Hol-
lenden Hotel, was voted as being
better than all previous ones, which
to those who have enjoyed them in
the past, speaks for itself. It is
recognized as the finest social event
held in connection with any of the
country's shows. Close to 200 poul-
trymen and friends enjoyed the
evening — further evidence of what
the fancier spirit, coupled with har-
mony and co-operation, can produce.
All classes were well filled, but as
is usually the case, some were
stronger than others. In Brahmas.
over 200 specimens were shown — a
fine tribute to the officers of the
newly organized Brahma Club. The
national meeting of the Single Comb
Brown Leghorn Club brought out
the leading breeders of the country,
with clo.se to 200 birds; the Eastern
District Meet of the Rhode Island
Red Club attracted over 350, and
the National Winter Meet of the
American Bantam Association, over
900. Just analyze these figures,
with record entries in White Leg-
horns, Wyandottes, Jersey Giants,
Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, and
many others, and it will give you a
fair idea of what a show it was.
D. LINCOLN ORR GOING
TO SOUTH AMERICA
The time has come for the Ameri-
can breeders of Standard-bred poul-
try and the manufacturers of poultry
supplies to go after foreign trade
and the man to lead the way has
been found in D. Lincoln Orr, the
secretary and manager of the Madi-
son Square Garden, N. Y., Show and
a judge and breeder of record.
Mr. Orr is going to Argentine to
judge their poultry and as the repre-
sentative of such breeders who may
wish to send birds for exhibition and
sale and also to introduce American-
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for satisfied customers, re|>eat orders
and profits. Anderson boxes are low
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ventilated, accurate uniform Assuci*
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reirardless of outside temperature varia-
tion. Ko<niires no attention. Saves half
the oil. If not sold by your dealer.
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our circular with full partlni-
lars. Agents wanted •verywhert.
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WEBER'S ""^
ickens'
running!
May be ROUP. Act at once!
Every minute counts.
Quick, whoro's tho Koup-Ovor?
A fow drops (lof'H tho work — then in »
few hours the Blck fowl is on the road to
good health. So easy! So sure!
Loading poultry raisirs t'viTvwhpro are
now tisiiig Koup-Ovcr. the ovtr-iilK'ht roup
rctnody. Its a woiidt>r! There's nothing
else like It. nothinjr -just as ^ood." Made
by the JiianufjieturerH of Don Siiiij? and
Avi«-o!. Send r»oc for a bottle (or pin a
•lotlar bill to your b'tter for l:ir>?e size,
holding 3 times as inneh). Or. if you pre-
fer, send xio uioney, but pay tho postman on
delivery. If not pleased, your luoney will
be promptly refunded. Burroll-Dugger Co.,
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February, 1924
«.de supplies, such as incubators, I I
Jlv/rs trapnests, fountains, etc.
^ W^'hear and know of the won- I
Herful trade and progress of the
S American countries. We also
^ow that England and other coun-
ter have had the majority of its
S and we feel assured that now
Tour opportunity to claim and get
Sie trade in poultry and supplies due
%he American breeders and manu-
facturers have the dependable qua -
itv to show, offer and sell in all
breeds, varieties and in manu-
Jactur; and here is the chance to
U the goods for introduction un-
der extraordinary conditions Write
Mr Orr (Orrs Mills, Cornwall, N.Y.)
for further particulars. Do this at
once as the time is short Be one
o?the first to back Mr. Orr in the
effort he is making in the interests
of the poultry industry.— H. F. b.
ROCHESTER. N. Y., SHOW
1 Beauty Show With 2.000 Exhibits. Great
mawes of Beds. Leghorns. Barred and
^miteEofks, Columbian and WMte
Wyandottes
H. P. Schwab
Tear after year the Ro.hoster fanciers
have held a .reditable poultry show and tins
v!Ir with the lUiffalo and other nearby
Jj;is Tompe iuK. it outstripped them a m
iSs and in interest. The creat hall at
Csition Park is ideal ^^ ,-,^-'-1;,;^ i'/;
kind We know of none bettor. 1 he snow
was well planned and very attractive through-
"^The -class of Single C-mb Rhode Island
Reds won first jdare with largest entry and
wUh TeTeral prominent breeders competmu'.
?irst Sekero bv Dr. Harry (Ireensm.th.
won cXr sLape and champi..nslup male
rnecials Mr. Greensmith nlso won many
othei awards. China lUn.hett won first
pen firsrhen. etc.. and C. L. Wh.t.n,' made
nparlv a clean sweep <m pullets.
In the Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds, we
aeabi find Dr. (Jreensmith a winner in pens
tfd E G. Jones and Wm. Kl^er strong win-
nprs in the single classes. « . . ,, i
For real quality this class of Single ComJ>
White Leghorns was tho best ever .een at
Rochester The birds were shown in ele-
gant c-ndtion and were of the proper shape
fize and style. C. L. Whit.nu' showed Is
line here and won first, second, third ami
fourth cock; first, second an. third hen
first, second, third, fourth and t^fth cm k
erel- first second and fourth pullet, first
Sd pen; first and second young pen and all
specials. A record win of great ^^"^rth
Barred Plymouth Rocks were a ?"ort « '»'=''•
really above'the average. Fir.st cock Oio^^f)^
and first corkerol (I'fistncr) were the
charmers here. _ _ _. „,„__
While Plymouth Rocks were a f ^a* ^;«^''
of quality birds. Nice forms and fine con-
dition here. , i^„ „.,.„
In White Wyandottes. one breeder j^on
about all offered with a bno worthy "' ':^^.^'^>
compliment. The winners were real ^M* "
dottes; excellent in type; nice heads and
grand carriage .
Columbian Wyandottes were a so a fea
ture class with first co.kerel and first hen
(A. O. Warner) the ouUtanding beaut>
birds. Fine shape was the rule »'«";^.
Jersey Hbuk (Jiants. Light Hrahn as.
Single Comb Black Minonas. A-H-nnas. Ilam-
burjs. White Orpingtons and lioudans all
formed good classes. ^ , . i„ »
Bantams, particularly in Cochins, made a
strone showing with 159 birds „,,:.„
ThSre were 32:J pige<.ns and 2..b entries
of pet stock to complete this hue cvbiuii.
BUY THE BEST
The beginner can well afford to go the
limit of his purse in buying »''^7^\"-. .^^'i' ^
or hatching eggs for improved ^reeding^
When ynu buv birds for breeders >ou are
not buying poultry at market price poumJ
rates. You are buying the years of .me the
expert breeder spent in producing the qua
ity he presents, and the advautago >« »"
yours. Never lose sight of the fact tlu^t
time has a greater value than money and
that the best is always the cheapest.
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153
ClhC/ Educated
It Remembers
Even if You
Forget
Charters
Incubator
The Convincing Testimony
of Authorities
"There Is just one trouble with the Charters IncubaU)r. You can't
tei aU the\ruth about it. ^^f \^« ^°^°,tfed^o^ ilhS^ more
• •Tt ifi iust too eood to be true, uoiiea qowu, »""**"'" ° v--*-
chicks. 'U"'bet*?er 'cVcks. with less fuss and no worry. It beats
any hatching machine I ever saw."— Harold F. Barker.
Mr. Barber is a poultryman. rr°S°\"^„^:fXdVrPo"Jltr?
authority. He contributes regularly to Everybodys rouiiry
Magazine. The Item, Poultry Tribune and Pacific Poultry-
man.
••The test to which I placed this machine was a most y}SOTons one.
I p?i:erthis m^ine In an unheated room, on south of house At
Jne time the mercury dropped ^^ 1^^°^^^ .^'^l^'^n^^^
when the direct rays of the sun ^oue ^^« ^P^^^'SJS as one de-
chamber heat remained ^^^.^o"^;^ ^,^^^5. J^JT^ut i watched the ma-
gree. I could %^««^y ^,^JTi7?^iyof^W^^^^^
^ iTifl ^ci e'r'ta's'rre'aii'i^ e'ss So' liglt at any time, but I found
'' ThU:^m7 t^t'^n' low temperature -se-essive.^it showed t^
CHAlTEES^to have the f/affe over nine other make^s^w^^^^^
have personally 7«i*t«^;„^"TTTSlDE temperature. Many machines
TJ^^e *slS"o\'de^- to^of^ ^«H ^^^^ ^^^^^^
-^k^US^urf d?^e« sT^e^lnl ?f S, -hine can be
opcrited successfully In an above ground apartment
"^"The hatching through three settings gave an average of 78 per
^^"atL'sCnTpUtre ^^y^ C^^^^^ ^t Ta^T-
and I give it my unqualified e?^,f°"'=S attention once a week for the
?hJt vou can forget you have eggs setting. ^ v. ^n
^'^^ThereTre otLr ^oo.Jn^^^^ZV^^^
hatch any better; and certa^y none ^^^^^^^^^^ns in temperature
tion to the lamp, or wh ch wUl stand sug v^ jj^^ls.
without 'turning a hair . — i'eari in. v«"
Mr,. Daniel, i» . "«"-,tX^rfrrre?»Ur c"mributor
Journal.
AGENTS
To Dairy Poultry Supply Co.— Dallas
T S. Albrecht— Greene la. T^oviston St.. Boston
H. F. Barber-80 »«> l^^^J^^itnam-Portland. Oregon
K. W. Engstrom-Ke^.U.JN5J»'^ ^^^^^.^^ g,., Qiendale. Calif.
u 'n Roston Denver. Dallas. Chicago. Seattle, Portland.
We have stocks '^^^^oston.^ Denv^^ .^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^
""""""" ^"""" """Z QTo <;»flu»I St. Santa Cruz, Calif.
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Gentlemen r Please send me yo^f ™EE
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Tke International Baoy Chick Association
Is Forging Right Aneaa
The ^Rapid Formation of Active State Baoy Chick Associations J^eans
S^uch for the Future of the Industry
By Prof H. R. LEWIS, President
The constant desire to serve the industry and
its members, are the primary factors wh^ch lie
behind the nnjrecedented success which has fol-
lowed the activities of the Inte^'national Baby
Chick Association since its organization, nine
years ago. The current year of the Association
will, without doubt, be the most
prosperous and progressive which it
has ever experienced. This wonder-
ful progress can be measured first
by the marked increase in member-
ship which is taking place. With a
membership during the past two or
three years with around two hun-
dred, representing a great many
States as well as Canada, it looks
now as though at the close of the
current year, the membership would be over
five hundred, and may possibly reach eight hun-
dred or a thousand. This marked increase in
membership is accounted for in part by the
policy of the International Baby Chick Asso-
ciation, in encouraging the formation of local
baby chick associations in those States where
the industry is of sufficient prominence to war-
rant same. Already the following States have
their own baby chick groups and are affiliated
with the International Baby Chick Association:
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri, Wiscon-
sin, New Jersey, Virginia, and even a larger
number are perfecting their local organizations,
with the idea of affiliating immediately. Mem-
bership in a local affiliated baby chick associa-
tion, carries with it, membership in the Inter-
national Baby Chick Association. The Inter-
national Association, on the other hand, works
with the local group to build up their own or-
ganization, and does not accept membership
from affiliated States, except when it comes
through the local group.
The Publicity Program
The publicity program of the International
Baby Chick Association will be conducted along
similar lines that proved so successful during
the past two seasons. The monies made avail-
able for publicity work are secured through
voluntary pledges from the members and through
substantial contributions from allied industries.
The Association is in the process of raising a
budget between ten thousand and twenty thou-
sand dollars for this work this coming year. Its
publicity work will be carried on through farm
papers, poultry journals, and a new departure
which will be tried out this year, is the use of
some fifteen to twenty large metropolitan pa-
pers, having a large rural circulation, which
papers make a specialty of maintaining Poultry
Departments, and catering to the needs of the
poultryman. The object of this publicity work
is to sell the baby chick idea and to show the
consuming public the wonderful value possessed
by poultry and eggs as human food and their
place in the human diet. Supple-
menting this feature publicity, the
Association is preparing and distri-
buting thousands of press notices
Lt% and popular articles, which will have
for their object, the furthering of
these two important aims.
The Annual Convention
The annual convention of the In-
ternational Baby Chick Association
will be held at Chicago 111., at one
of the large beach front hotels the first week in
August. It will be a really worth while conven-
tion with a wonderful educational program, edu-
cational exhibition, an exposition and baby chick
show, at which all appliances used in the produc-
tion, sale and distribution of baby chicks will be
shown. Full information regarding this conven-
tion will appear in subsequent issues of the farm
and poultry press.
We are living in a period of organization. We,
but well organized particles of matter called
human beings, are beginning to realize that just
as we are successful as individuals through the
proper co-ordination and organization of our
body, so as an Association or as groups of indi-
viduals having a particular object in view, we
can succeed only in proportion as we work
through our particular organization or group.
The International Baby Chick Association is
making a very creditable record on the basis of
service to an industry and the individuals, both
producers' and consumers which go to make up
the baby chick business. Every person inter-
ested in the activities of this organization should
write to the Office of the Managing Director,
Davisville, R. I., and secure literature which will
tell them in detail of the aims, purposes and ac-
complishments of this big national organization.
To every baby chick producer, we wish you a
most prosperous and successful year. Your pros-
perity and success means the prosperity and suc-
cess of the poultry industry as a whole. Yours
for the safe, sane, prosperous development of
baby chick production in America.
Folks, we wish you a most successful New
Year.
HARRY R. LEWIS, President,
International Baby Chick Ass'n
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February, 1924
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The Chicago National Show
A monster exhibition of charming quality and worth while breeders of the North, East, South and
West meet to compete for National Show Honors. A marvelous display of S. C. Bufi
' Orpingtons, superb classes of Barred and White Rocks, S. C. White
Leghorns and S. C. Rhode Island Reds, Etc. A quality
exhibit, meeting the approval of a
record attendance.
This ^eat Chicago National Show
of 1924 was from first to last a huge
success and most pleasing to us. If
we were asked in what special or par-
ticular way, our reply would be for
the fact that "The Spirit of Standard-
bred Poultry Progress was in clear
and abundant evidence here." Here
were famous strains of birds compet-
ing in about every class, and here also
were the novice breeders and exhibit-
ors, each pulling to win and each, in
the same breath hoping that the best
may win, and win or lose, promising
to come back again for the next with
improved birds to improve ^their rec-
ords.
While we have never been short in
our confidence in Standard-breeding
and quality, shows like this National
add to our stock, urging us on to ever
^eater efforts and Jjroving that our
breeders who exhibit and make such
shows possible demand every effort
and that to them this and every
credit is due.
By H. P. SCHWAB
The officers and members of the
National Association are well known
breeders and fanciers and their one
idea is to annually put on a show
that is a credit to the industry. We
have attended all but one of their
many exhibits, have noted the prog-
ress made year by year, and compli-
mented the members for the good
work done and the advancement
made. Their efforts have not been
in vain. President MacKenzie, Secre-
tary D. E. Hale and Superintendent
Thos. Windrom know the demands of
the exhibitors and public alike and
cater to their wants most satisfactor-
ily. The good old fancier's spirit is
in evidence here at all times.
The show hall, for light and con-
venience, is one of the best in this
country and the arrangement of the
exhibits under the personal care of
Albert Keipper, of the Keipper Coop-
ing Company. Single tiering is fol-
lowed here with all coop benches
draped, making a fine appearance
and adding beauty to the exhibit.
With Keipper cooping, as arranged
here, one can see the entire exhibit
of any one class at a glance, and this
feature has a great advantage.
We feel that we and every poultry
interest owe much to the work and
exhibits this association yearly pre-
sents and we hope the readers will
realize this from the above. It is in
fact a National Show, one of great
benefit to the industry where annual
progress is noted.
Here we were pleased to meet
Governor Len Small, who not only
offered the "Great Trophy" for best
display in the entire show, but who is
himself a breeder and fancier and
who has supported every effort of
the breeders in his state.
Birds from every section of the
country and Canada were competing
here for honors. Quality was the
rule and most excellent classes with
strongest competition tl:e evident
feature. The sensational class of the
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CMcUo National! 1924, showing pens only, we -n every pnze 1-2^^^^^^^^
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HOMESTEAD
jCil vey campings
*'The Vigorous Strain''
The Name "HOMESTEAD" Dominates in the World of Campinea
The Cainpine i s a natural
laver of great, big, white shelled
eggs, and the '*Vlgorou8 Strain"
lead the procession not only as
wonderful layers but their win-
nings at Madison Square Oar-
den and Boston have astounded
the breeders and lovers of
Standard-bred poultry for years
— not "once in a while win-
nings" but Best Display time
after time — with birds that
have been sensations at these
Greatest of All WorlcF Events.
At these (Jreat Shows IIOMK-
STKAD Campines have won
more First and other prizes
than all other exhibitors com-
bined.
A trio of the most beautiful fowls on earth.
Start 19M by Deciding on Homestead SUver Campines
Write me now for reeervatloni on Hatohins Eire*. Order early and you never will regret havli.jc
taken up this ever-growing more popular Belgian fowl. If you are dlMaUsfled wUh j mir prwwU bre^
>-i>u will fall in love with xive Campinoe and they will pay you in U»e finest eggs imaginable and in
abundance and will WIN you prizes as well.
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4 Females and Male
$40. $50 and $75.
$10, $15, $20
$25 and up
Homestead Campine Farm
O. A. PHIPPS, Owner
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Another Crashing Victory
FOR
OWEN FARMS
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The Chicago National Shoiw^
January 14th to 20th, 1924
First and Fourth Cock; First, Second and Third Hen; First, Third and
Sixth Cockerel; First, Third and Fifth Pullet; First and Third Old Pen;
First and Second Young Pen; Champion Male; Champion Female and
BEST DISPLAY.
All these star birds and many others equally good are included in
my 1924 matings. Every mating is made with the greatest care to pro-
duce quality chicks that will win, lay and pay.
Send for my 1924 mating list, study it carefully and you will send
me a share of your egg orders.
Single Comb Buff Orpingtons of the same high quality are de-
scribed in the same list.
OWEN FARMS
MAURICE F. DELANO, Owner
Office at 163 Williams Road VINEYARD HAVEN, MASS.
February, 1924
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Hhow was the Single Comb Buflf Orpin^ona
Never before was there such a class of birds
brought together, quality and superb condi-
tion were the features and Judge Oke proved
himself a master and placed the awards most
justly.
Harred Rocks, Single Comb Reds, Single
Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and
White Wyandottes followed close in size
quality and interest. It took the best of
quality to win. and the quality was here for
the judges to j»lace.
The National Show is making evident prog.
ress yearly. Famous strains by famous
breeders come here for their honors and re-
sults in quality which assures worthy com-
petition and adds value to the honors. vVe
note here a companionship between the ex-
hibitors that is most promising, one that
should ever be commended and improved
upon, and one that is given every oppor-
tunity to grow and spread here. Let us ever
have more and more of this.
THE BIRDS AND CLASSES
Sinffle Comb BufI Orpingtons
First i)lace here belongs to the Single
Comb liuff Orpingtons. The marvelous class
was the delight of all for here were our
foremost breeders competing for honors that
carry unusual prestige with them.
The Bonnie Brae Farm proved the great
winner, as the awards show. This line has
made several great records, but never one to
conii>are with this. Besides their regular
awards, they won the "Governor's Cup" for
best display in the entire show, gold medal
for best display in Orpington class, best
shaped, best colored and champion female,
best "cock with three cockerels, his get,"
best "hen with three pullets, her get," etc.
Bear in mind this record was made in the
feature class of this season. L. Black, the
owner, has met all comers and the honors are
his.
In connection with the above we extend
our compliments to George Moore who con-
ditioned the Bonnie Brae birds at this and
for their previous exhibits. Mr. Moore is
an old time breeder and a master handler
and his efforts deserve credit as this line was
in the "pink of condition."
The Campbell Soup Farm liirds were in
charge of Manager Wm. Hobbs and they won
many exceptional awards and made a record
to be proud of. This line was also show^n at
its best and received the compliments of all
breeders.
The Owen Farm birds won several honors,
each of value and distinction, while other ex-
hibitors were in the also ran class which w»s
no discredit to them.
Eight prizes were placed in each class and
it would take pages to describe the birds, so
just let us say that they were beauties, close
Standard requirements, in every section mar-
velous and formed the best class, bird for
bird, that we have ever seen at any one show.
There were 223 birds oomi)eting.
Barred Plymouth Bocks
This great class of 2:»7 birds was a clow
second in general favor for both its quantity
and quality. The winners and many others
were of the exceptional kind with splendid
forms and color and barring of the choicest
kind. The general evenness of high grade
quality was very evident. It is a credit to
these breeders.
Among the most prominent winners here
was J. A. Schneider.* of the Itoyal Puritan
Poultry Yards. LeRoy. Minn. This line was
a prominent winner here last year and made
a most substantial record here this year.
Their first jtrize cockerel-bred hen and pen,
along with first exhibition hen, were feature
birds. Mr. Schneider has made a specialty
of Barred Rocks for many years and has
shown us a line here for two years that car
ries much promise.
'other breeders of note here were John Mc-
Pherson, who as usual won first cockerel;
F. C. Ziemer. K. A. Webb, W. E. Russell, Dr.
Anthony, Fitz Farms, etc.
Wlilte Plymouth Bocks
A royal quality class with birds from Can-
ada competing. W. H. Halbacli & Son ex-
hibited in pons only and won all awards, aj
usual, from first to fifth. This display of
pens was conspicuous for their rrre quality
and general evenness, they were alike m
form, carriage and size snow white plumage
and strong vellow legs. This is one of our
oldest and best lines of White Rocks with a
great many years of careful breeding back oj
it, one that yearly looks better and proves of
greater worth. ,
L. A. Hay, one of Canada's famous breed-
ers, exhibited here for the first time and
made a splendid record. His first, second
and third prize pullets were of the appcalinf
kind with most excellent forms and finish.
White Wyandottes
We have never been di-^appointed in tM
^V^lite Wyandotte classes at the National.
This year the class again was one of meru
I
•♦». the lines of two prominent breeders
Tti^ng winners. W. N. Davis (the sheriff)
h«mrfit his beauties up from the South and
JIh fll but two birds placed out of 22. We
"■,{"- this to be a record in this popular
S and variety at the National
Tohn B Greenan has shown here for four
vpars and made his usual record of winning
\ZZ highest awards in pens, hens and pullets.
Ur Greenan holds the record for winning
the blue ribbons here for the four past con-
aftcutive years.
Charles Keeler spent a day at the show,
.hnwing the effects of his late sickness. Mr.
VAPler told of his fine birds and was very
enthusiastic over the future poultry pros
^**^*'' Single Comb Wlilta Leghorns
A zreat class of 177 birds judged by the
veteran A. C Smith. This was a superior
1\1m with many fine birds in every class.
Competing here were F. A. Rogers who won
strong and well with his popular line, and
n A Wilson who has every reason to be
vprv proud of his almost clean sweep in
Dullets First pullet a remarkable bird in
form nice head and the best of style.
Mr Rogers made what is a show record
we believe, in this class; being particularly
Ttrone in males with nice heads and good
finish W. N. Davis, W. J. Govern, Jr., and
T H ApP** were prominent winners here.
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds
The exhibit of Single Comb Rhode Island
Reds were made a quality class feature by
the exhibit of the Owen Farms birds and I tie
personal attendance of M. F-^ Delano who
made another great record with his lino of
wonder birds. We have in the i-ji^t com-
mented on the exquisite color of the Owt-n
Farms Reds. To our mind they are the
ideals of the Standard in shade, the color
that is both rich and brilliant along with the
shape and carriage desired. Mr. Delano's
record of winning all of the six first prizes
with several seconds and thirds was most
worthy and of great credit. In sameness this
line won special attention with both m-il»s
and females super birds. Judge W. H. Laabs,
L. L. HJall, Mrs. A. Wilson and others were
exhibiting here. , , j
In Rose Combs. Mr. Laabs was the lead-
ing winner with H. Adams and Winterbirn
Bros, following closely. Jud»e C. P. Scott
placed the awards in his usual satisfa tury
manner.
Single Comb White Orpingtons
A rich class of massive birds with many
valuable i)rizes going to the East. R. F.
Soree, of New Jersey, being the big w nncr
with H. F. Kendall following closely. The
site and condition of these birds was com-
mendable.
Other Classes
Silver Laced and Partridge WyandotT«s,
both fine quality classes. Buff Wyandottos,
a beauty class. The severe weather of the
past two weeks caught some of the bent.
The entry of F. K. Cook winning special
honor.
Single Comb Black Minorcas, a fine class
of 76 birds. Birds of great size with su-
perior station and finish were here for
honors.
Specklfed Sussex — In this class we wer.;
most pleased with the rich, clean ground color
and the equal mottling. Good size and fine
condition here.
Jersey Black Giants, a small but yro'i
class.
Dorkings. Orloffs. Brahma.*, Buff Leghorns
Anconas, etc., small but nice classes.
Special Show Notes
One re«8on for the great National Show at.
tendance is the ticket seller. Ask the Sheriff
or the Captain.
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Ann's Restaurant, discovered by Captain
"Tommy." was the popular luncheon place
for all the boys.
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Those Owen Farm Reds again proved them-
selves supreme. They meet the Standard
ideal for brilliant, sound color with excellent
shape, size and style.
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The Sheriff, from North Carolina, proved
himse'f to be a popular sample of the South-
ern breeder and fancier. More Southern
breeders should exhibit and visit our North-
ern shows.
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Just leave it to the Senator and you won't
get lonesome while in Chicago.
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Tlie judging met with general favor. A
little slip now and then only proves that all
are human.
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Pleased to report that the Doctor's wife
still insists upon getting his breakfast and
all is serene.
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Mr. Black's great record with his supreme
Bonnie Brae Bred to L^ay
BUFF ORPINGTONS
VICTORS AGAIN
At National Show Union Stock Yards, Chicago. 1924
In addition to winning as many First Prizes and
as many Second Prizes in both Single and Pen
Classes as all competitors combined we have won
the following much coveted specials:
Souvenir Silver Cup
A Beautiful Award, presented by Hon. Len Small, Governor of Illinois,
for the Best Winning Male in the entire show, all breeds competing.
i Gold IV/Iedal
For Best Buff Orpington Display— won with more exhibition winning
points than our next two competitors combined.
Other specials: Silver Cup for Best Display Buff Orpingtons; Best
"Cock with three cockerels his get"; Best "Hen with three pullets her
get"; Champion Female, Best Shape Female, Best Color Female.
Above winnings with Richard Oke judging in class of niore than
two hundred of the Country's Greatest Buff Orpingtons— The Best ever
assembled in an American Show Room. Among the contestants being
the winners of Best Display for the two previous seasons m the other
two leading shows of America. . ^^v:uif
We have never failed to win over all competitors m any exhibit
where we have shown.
In the Utility Classes we win
r^ O 1 \ limited number of Exhibition and Utility Birds.
For Sale . , * t*.
_, « U a. L* Oet our Illustrated Catalogue and Mating List. It s
|l,gg8 rOr riatCning krkK. Mention Everybodys, please.
THE BONNIE BRAE BUFF ORPINGTON FARM
L. BLACK Prop. SANDUSKY. OHIO
Royal Puritan
BARRED
PLYMOUTH
ROCKS
Both Light and Dark Lines
Bred for Eggs
and Exhibition
Trapnest record for our Puri-
tans are the Equal of any strain
on earth and range from 208 to
316 Eggs.
Win at
CHICAGO NATIONAL, 1924
First Prize Hen and (Jhampmn be-
male Special for Shape and Color
First Prize Coekerelbred Hen. Jirst
Prize Cockerel-bred Pen—A total of
seven awards including Three First
Prizes in this great class of 238 birds.
Also winners at Omaha Club Show, etc.
CHOICE STOCK
In Cocks. Cockerels ond Females,
Mated Trios and Pens for quality
breeding a specialty.
HATCHING EGGS and
BABY CHICKS
We are bookine orders for Eggs and
Chicks from some of the frandest
matings it is possible to put together.
We ha^e the quality »nd deliver exact-
ly what we promise. Send tor ont
catalogue today. Our special prices
on stock will interest you.
RoTal Puritan Poultry Yard«
J. A. SCHNEIDER, Mgr.
Box E LsEOY, MINN.
Formerly Adams, Minn.
OAK DALE
S. C White Leghorns
100 % Pure D. W. Young Blood
Oak Dale 1924 Breeding Pens
mated by that Master Breeder,
HARRY M. LAMON, along the
same lines as for the past two
years which have produced such
wonderful results.
17 Ready to ship February 15.
£a^^S Be sure and get your order
in early so as not to be disappointed
as the demand for eggs is always
greater than the supply.
O 1 /^UI^L.« This season Oak
t>aDy V^niCKS paie Farms is
equipped to supply Baby Chicks in any
quantity desired from heavy laying
flocks and choice exhibition matings.
Don't overlook the fact that Oak Dale
has
THE WORLD'S GREATEST
LEGHORN BLOOD
and it's bred-in-the-bone. it's bred-in-
the flesh and it's bred in-the-feather
influence is shaping successful careers
for all who have sought its use.
BOOK YOUR ORDER NOW
for Eiigs. Chicks or a choice Cock
rr Cockerel to head your pen. Re-
member, Oak Dale is the home of the
original D. W. Young and famous
Owen Farms (pure Young strain)
flocks. Sooner or later you will come
to the foundation flock for poultry re-
sults. "Hreed up" this year, put
v(iur faith in the strain of all strains
—the handiwork of Master Breeders.
Send for Our New 1924 Catalog
Oak Dale Farm
Box E LeROY, MINN.
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— miw wintering in the Arjreii-
.tine— fly hack 7.000 miles U-iV.re
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as cxtrenu" nt^rlheavtern AUska.
the <;ray cukekeU
THKl'SH. Vliich travels about,
60 miles |)oi' day up as f#r as.
Iowa, suddenly inereases his "
speed to over Ittt) niik's .i dnv.
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(;<>intf Stftitli, flies" ovciNeas'-fil^n
jsbrador <>r Nova Sc-tttia till tl»e
time he Mf;hts the north o<>n.st of
brazil U'k)w liiiii. Oxnintf north.
in his haste to reaeK his ncctinp
jiU<*e, h<* takes IIk* nK>re dii"«ct
overland, route , up thefMisisivsippi'i
Valley. What instinet le.ids to tlw ]
. lMistv*Hhich diMVtrarils tlic hiintcr
vkndhi.^ firun?
The I'JNTAIL DLCK wint*'i>.
in Hau'6ii. and on hi'« way hack,
us well as on his way there, risk.s
a stniii;ht U.OOO mile
flipht aeroK!* the Pa-
cific from Hawaii to
the Aleutian Isk-s—
the last iaii<i between
hi*> winter home and
his .^i.isk.sn sunmjer
home. What calls on
him to take such
risks<
neiiv is tlie worlds niijjratioM ohampion-tlie
ARCfiC TERN— wliicli flies 'J'J.UOoinilcs over the sea.
During the \\ inter he is not sojourning in .some nice, warm
section of St)utli America, but is in tlie south-most lands of
the Antarctic. When summer comes it will find the Arctic
Tern n*)t in some temperate portion of Nofth America, but
as far North as ever the explorer has discovered land. There,
ill the Arctic regions, the young are reared, starting as soon
as they are grown, to their far-south winter home. Few are
ever seen along the Atlantic Coast- -the majority must tnake
that 11,000-mile flight each way largely over the. ocean. J
What is the instinct which leads thej
Arctic Tern to take that ll,0()0-mile trip
_ northward?---the instinct which leads the
Pintail Duck to risk a i.OOO- mile flight across tlit
Pacific to its Alaskan breeding ground^--the instinct
^vhich leads the Purple Martin and Gray Cheeked Thrush
to so greatly hasten their speed at the end of their northwarc
flight?
The little Golden Plover flies over the" sea from
Labrador to Brazil on its way south, yet on its way north,
toward the Hudson Bay in Canada, flies directly up the
Mississippi \'alley, defying the hunter's gun. What is the;
urge it feels; what is the call it hears which is stronger
even than the principle of self- protection?
It is the cajl of the ^^^.
The same call the Nighthawk hears in its winter
home down in the Argentine, which leads it to ''
forget the twistings and the turnings which char*'
acterize its southward flight and to hasten north
until perhaps in the far North Yukon, without
even waiting to build a nest, its two speckled
^eggs are lai(l.
The Nighthawk travels north 7,000 miles to lay two
eggs. There is one great American hen---LADY VICTORY
I— which has laid 1,371 eggs in her lifetime; which travelled
1,300 miles to lay 304 eggs in its pullet year; which can now
say truthfully that the sun never sets on all her offspring, for
in the coldest winters of Canada her descendants are produc-
ing remarkable ft^^ yields in zero weather, while other
descendants in Cuba, Mexico. Jamaica and farther south, defy
the tropic's heat and lay, lay. lay. Over in Europe in official
^contests— and in Hawaii and Japan, on government experi
ment stations, her descendants are increasing the world's
respect for America's high-record, true-bred hens.'
T&.
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Thi- I'lJUPLK MARTIN on
his way hniHc fnun winterinjj in
Sxith Anterica flies 120 mijjs a
• nifrht. Why sneh h.-Vste?
'•"^ ■*»'»-
WIm-hv is the C HIMNEY
SWIFT today.^ An innuineiaWe
!u»st of Clhmney Swifts, and their
yunc- l^f^^'SII )jcrtions <(f the
i.'n'rteil States l)ef ore tsJd weather.
In eountk'ss nund>crs. they fli-w
down to the iiulf of Mexico,
there to disapinar eiitin-lv for
live months. What is the rajl
tliat hrinifH tiK'm Imek nffainr
,/^*?,^
■KW SC'AHLKT TANAGER
is now in Peru. When lii' left jast '
F^all it Was ill disjfuise. He wor? -
. a suit «>l' jjiT>eni%li yellow whieftif
he will discard for the. Histin-
Lmishrd irarh iri which'he will
rttiiiM "WInt hrini^i-hiin
V |«.*? >'
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A Famous American Hen.
who hears tl»c sune cull. Her
descendants head pn;.e |)ens in
far otf Jaitan. Hawaii. Mexiiv,
Peru. Cuba. etc.
On hi% w:iv .South, tlie IK)IK)-
IJ,NK folkjwed tJie cast to,
^ Floritla. neross to Ctiki. then to^
Jamaica ami then 50«) miles a<-ri>ss the sea to .S»uitli AnK*riea.:-
wintering in Southern Itrar.d. C'<jniiiiff North lie fo|k<wi» much
the same route as tlie <i(t|<icn Plover, across LVntral .\iTH"iie^
and up the Mississippi Valley, the route of his ancestors a.H tin')'
wont North to tlic ilisliict aliose the Ohio River, never further
west th.tn Iowa. Now, witli IIm- irri^'ation in the West, the B^iho-^
link ap|>eat^ in di.strii-ts whicli never knew him^lieftiie. Who.
ti>i<l them tlH-so western ilev-rts had lieen irrijtatcd? Why vQ'
thcv seek them?
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Experienced poultrymen of long standing just boil over with enthu-
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Being a World's Champion is a habit she
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I bought a Putnam Brooder Heater of
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I made a brooder according to your di-
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Rovt« ««»•■
Elaiira« N* Tt
Single Comb Buff Orpingtons will evw xt-
main a nleaHant memory.
• • *
"Ted" Hale proved himself a friend, in-
deed, but leap year proposals don't seem to
be i)opular in Chicago and no cloar advance-
ment has been made.
• • *
Wm. Halbach was satisfied to win all Whit«
Rock prizes on pens this year, by only ex.
hibiting in these classes. I'll tell the world
he had the goods and made a beautiful ex-
hibit. ^ , .
The "Hay Maker" was a popular hero
with Judge Oke and others.
• • *
The Keipper method of cooping and ar-
ranging poultry exhibits adds beauty to the
exhibits and proves a great drawing card.
Mr. Keipper has the right idea of cleanlinesi,
it is his personal interest to make the shows
attractive to the public.
• • *
Glad to meet Mr. Hay and his White Rocks
here. Other Canadian breeders should also
come and make a record like Mr. Hay.
• • *
Numerous sales were made here and untold
orders were booked. We positively know
that Mr. Delano, up to Saturday noon, sold
nearly $1,500.00 worth of stock and eggs.
The National is a business getter.
• • *
John Poorraan displayed his incubators and
brooders and we hope another year will show
his strains of layers.
• • *
For the past two years J. A. Schneider
surprised the boys with his line of Barred
Rocks, winning three first prires this year.
We here met one of the partners who
bought the Oak Dale Farms and its famous
line of Leghorns. We are glad to know that
this grand old line of D. W. Young and Owen
Farms Leghorns are in good hands and that
they will be bred for more and greater re-
sults. , _ ,
The Awards — Large Fowl
Barred Plymouth Socks — John McPherson,
first cock; first, second, fourth and fifth
cockerel. Steven E. Covert, fifth cock.
Fred C Ziemer. first and second pallet; first
young pen. W. E. Russell, third cock. Dr.
Herbert Anthony, fourth cock. Fritt *;»nn8,
second ro< k ; second hen. Herman Timms,
fourth hen. E. A. Webb, third and fifth hen;
fifth pullet. J. A. Schneider, first hen. E. L.
Stewart, third cockerel ; second young pen.
J. A. Barnum. fourth pullet. A. t. « a.- o.
Lesem. third pullet. «».w._
Cockerel-bred Barred Plymouth »o^»7
Rev O. E. Schmidt, fifth hen. E. A. & H. 8.
Lesem, fourth hen. E. L. Stewart, second
hen- fifth pullet: second young pen; third
old pen. W. E. Russell, third hen ; second
old pen. J. A. Schneider, first hen; second
and third pullet; first young pen. K. A.
Webb, first pullet. Dr. Herbert Anthony.
fourth pullet. Fred C Ziemer fourth younf
pen. Bert Anderson, first old pen r. B.
Oauble, fifth young pen. Peter M- Jonnwn.
third young pen. -b^^w. p. W
PoUet-bred Barred Plymouth Bocka— R. w.
McMillan, second cock. Fritz Farms, third
cock. Dr. B. M. Tunnison. first cock. J. a.
Barnum. first and fourth cockerel. A. E . •
H S. Lesem, second cockerel. J. A. »cnnei
der. fifth cockerel. E. L. Stewart, third cock-
erel. Herman Timm. first pen.
White Plymouth Bocka— Frank E- ?•!"":
second cock; first cockerel. ^L. A. H»y. »'"
cock; first hen; second, third and fourth
cockerel; first, second and third pullet V.
H. Halbach ft Son. first, second, third, four «
and fifth old pen; first, second, third, fourfi
and fifth young pen.
Buff Plymouth Bocka— E. C Dindisch. sec-
..nd cock. John Carroll. Jr.. first cock; sec-
ond hen; third young pen. Geo. Aikers. on*
and fourth hen; first and «e»o"<* «°;J*5r!:
Packwood Poultry ft Game Farm, third nen.
third ccokerel; first pullet. Frank W. «»
gen, first old pen; second young pen. <i- »•
Krenmyre. first young pen, . T,«„itrv
Partridge Plymouth Bocka- Union Poultry
Yards, first rock; first and second hen; sec
ond cockerel; first pullH; first and second
old pen. C. A. Benedict, third, four h and
fifth hen. Koy Armitage. first <o<'''f '^^'- ...j
Columbian Plymouth Bocks — J. A. Leiana,
all Hwanls. ,,, Ji.nm
Silver Laced Wyandottes — ^^«*'**'SS
Farms, first and third c,o,k ; first l'*"": ""i
third and fifth cockerel; first, second. in'"»
and fourth pullet; first young pen. l. ^ •
Cox. fourth cork; second cockerel; 87." .
young pen. John C Boyd, fifth cock; third
hen. .1. A. Beall. second cork; fourth cocK
erel. Alvah Stegenga. second hen. ...
Golden Laced Wyandottea— N. Mallo".
first cock; fir*t hen. C. B. Rothernel, fl"*
and second cockerel.
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Whit* Wyandottee — Fred A. Ruf. fourth
^- third ttixl fi^th hen; fifth pullet; sec-
*^-^ knd third old pen; third young pen. W.
V Davis first, third and fifth cock; fourth
?:„. fourth old pen; fourth young ]»en.
jihn B Orennan, second cock ; first and sec-
-J h«n- first, second and fourth cockerel;
* -nd second pullet; first old pen; first
nen F. M. Sawyer, fifth cockerel.
fl«t and second pullet; first old pen; first
«nn/ pen. F. M. Sawyer, fifth cockerel.
Sr 0 Cure, third co<kerel ; third pullet;
:2.nnd voung pen. Otto Newlin, fourth pul
Why chicks die
.^nnd young pen. uiio xsewiin, lourvn \iui-
fet C. F. Cramer, fifth old pen. Helen End-
"'^Buff'^WyiSdStt^S^Lea M. Munger. fifth
iwk- second hen. Francis K. Cook, first.
:«^ond third and fourth cock; first, third
Ind fourth hen; first, second, third and fifth
cockerel; first, second, third, fourth and fifth
Dullet; first old pen; first and second young
pen Geo. C Holle. third young pen.
Partridge Wyandottee — Aug. Blose, firpt
cock- third hen; fifth cockerel; second pul-
let ' D. H. Hyland, second cock ; second
hen- third pullet. Niles Churchward, first
hen' fourth cockerel. I. N. Rounsevil'.e.
third cockerel; first pullet. W. H. MUward,
fourth pullet; first ybung pen.
Single Comb Rhode Island Beds — Listo:i L.
Hall, second cock- second pullet. W. H.
Lasbs, third and fifth cock; third and fourth
hen; second and fourth cockerel; soc«)nd old
pen'; fourth young pen. Owen Farias, firtt
and'fourth cock; first, second and third hen;
first and second cockerel; first, third and
fifth pullet; first and third old pen; first and
second young pen. Fritz Farms, fifth cock-
erel. M. C Davis, fourth pullet. Dr. C. O.
Sullivan, third young pen. Mrs. A. Wilson,
fifth young pen.
Bose Comb Bhode Island Bed8--\V. H.
Laabs, first cock; first and second cockerel.
Winterburn Bros., third and fourth cock ;
first and second hen; second pullet. P. W.
Jsmes, fifth cock; third hen; third and
fourth pullet. Harry Adams, third cockerel;
first pullet.
Bote Comb Bhode Island Whites — \]. A.
Berg, all awards.
White Langshans — Thomas M. Campbell,
all awards.
Black Langshans — Randall J. Elmer, all
awards.
Single Comb Dark Brown Legjiom.;- Dean
Theobald, first cock; first and sccoixl hen;
flrt»t, third and fourth cockerel; first and
second pullet; first old pen; first young jicn
J. Amos Kennedy, second cockerel.
Bose Comb Light Brown Leghorns — Geo. A.
Mcintosh, all awards.
Single Comb White Leghorns — Rodgers
White Leghorn Farm, first, third and fourth
cock; fifth hen; first, second, third and
fourth cockerel ; second and third old pen ;
first young pen. W. N. Davis, second cock;
third young pen. Harry J. Luscher, fifth
cock; third and fourth hen; fifth old pen,
W. J. Qowern, Jr.. first hen. E. C. Miller,
fifth cockerel; fourth pullet. Glenn A. Wil-
son, first, second, third and fifth pullet.
Philip Smith, fourth old pen; fourth young
pen. John H. Apps, first old pen; second
young pen. W. C. Fallon, fifth young pen.
Single Comb Buff Leghorns — Wm. B.
Rhodes, second cock; first old pen; first
young pen. Dean E. Roberts, first cock;
first hen; second cockerel; fourth pullet;
second young pen. Mrs. Archie Turner,
third and fifth cockerel; first and second
pallet. Claude Mason, fourth cockerel; third
pullet. Lea M. Munger, first cockerel.
Single Comb Black Bfinorcas — Carl Gyllesk.
first cock. Frank W. Young, fifth cock ; third
hen. A. Didriksen, second, third and fourth
cock; first, second and fourth hen; fourth
•nd fifth cockerel; second, third and fourth
pallet; first and third young pen. E. D.
Geiger, fifth hen; second cockerel. Wm.
Harley. first and third cockerel; second
young pen. Heere G. Duit, first pullet. W.
A. Aeppli. fifth pullet.
Single Comb Anconas — L. F. Wenzel. first
cock; first hen; first cockerel ; second pullet.
C. M. George, second cocJt ; third and fourth
hen; first and third pullet. H. A. Daugh-
•rty, second hen; second cockerel. W^ater-
ford Ancona Farm, first old pen.
Buff Orpingtons — Tepee Poultry Farm,
fifth cock. Bonnie Brae Orpington Farm, sec-
ond and fourth cock; first, fourth and fifth
l>Pn; second, fourth and fifth cockerel; first,
third and fourth pullet; second, fourth and
fifth old pen; first and fifth young i>en.
Campbell Soup Farms, first and third cock;
third hen; first and third cockerel; fifth
pullet; first old pen; second and fourth
young pen.' W. F. Galitz. second hen. Owen
Psrms, second pullet; third old pen; third
young pen.
Black Orpingtons — J. A. Hannah, first,
•econd and third cock; first and second hen;
««eond cockerel; first and third pullet; first
••d pen; first young pen. E. A. Berg, first
cockerelj secoiid pullet.
White Orpingtons — H. P. Kendall, second
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and fifth cock; third and fifth hen; second
and fifth cockerel; first and fourth pullet;
third and fourth old pen. J. H. Hartshorn,
fourth cock. A. P. Soree, first and third
cock; first, second and fourth hen; first and
fourth cockerel; second and fifth pullet; first
and second old pen; first and second young
pen. Mrs. Harnly, third cockerel; fifth old
pen; fourth young pen. Robt. D. Con-
greve, third pullet.
Speckled Sussex — Winkler & Langdon,
fir.st second, third and fifth cock; first, sec-
ond and third hen; first, second, thir^,
fourth and fifth cockerel; first, third, fourth
and fifth pullet; first old pen; first and third
voung pen. J. A. Fields, fourth cock; second
i.ullet. Harold W. Kuhl, fourth hen. Chas.
A. Simmonds, second young pen.
Jersey Black Giants — H. L. Hemard, third
cock; first and sfcond hen; third cockerel.
Hedgewood F"rin. fir.st cock. R. D. Clow,
.xeiond cock; third hen; third pullet. W. M.
Drake, fir.st cockerel; second pullet. J. & A.
Petranek, second rockerel; first pullet.
White Crested Black Polish — A. J. Schlag-
heck, all awards.
Buttercups — E. L. White, all awards.
Silver Gray Dorkings — Chas, H. Yafle, m
fiwArds .
Light Bralunas — W. H. Hankina,
February,
1924
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awards.
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Bantams
Black Breasted Red Gam»^- Louis Rij^^
all awards.
•Hart & Orimoldby, g|
-Jennings Yard
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CHAS. NIXON
Box 21 WASHINGTON, N. J.
While Orpingtons
That Lay and Win
Won this season at Laurel, Jack-
son. New Orleans and Baton
Rouge: 13 Firsts, 7 Seconds, 2
Thirds. 1 Display, 6 Specials, 1
Medal, including Best Shaped and
Whitest Male and Female at New
Orleans Winter Garden Show.
J. A. BRADFORD
P. O. Box 904 ^^^l^J^;^
—they win--2nd Pen at Boston
— Aey lay— l$t Pen, Dec, Quincy !
Van o'Dale Pedigreetl White Rook, lead all peni.
«11 varieties for Deoember »l Qumo' I'?>"1K ' o"^;**,
Cockerels from these hens $10. $15. $20. $25. tW
n^ ready $5. $10. $15. $30 p«r Mtting. Send for
tnatinK list.
Van o'Dale Farm, Catonsville, Md.
^-^«««>^v^^ Vigorous baby chicks
I H It Iv ^ from free range, heavy
V^1I1V^*V»^ laying gtock. Well
hatched chicks that will thrive, grow rapidly
and mature early into heavy laying pullets
you'll be proud to own. White and Brown
Leghorns, Anconas, Barred and White Rocks,
R I Reds. Wyandottes, Hlack Minorcas.
circular. 2.000,000 FOE 1924
LEE^S CHIGKERIES
643 Arch gt^ _ r. or-.or%^^rJ^?!?^^
EDHONDS'Mttry
ACCOUNT BOOIC
Know yout.proflta: wbat thw ar; and whera ttw
ara Beat book aw I«u«l. Worth many dollara.
poatpaid for ONB DOLLAB. Mooay back guarantaa.
D. J. EDMONDS, C. f». A.
Bax 858. M _„_„_,,_,,_f,^^^yyy^^^yr^r^r^^-*' ^"^
WHITE
WYANDOTTES
A few pullets left at $5.00 and
$7.50. Cockerels bred from our
show winners and 2 00 -egg record
birds priced at $5.00, $7.50 and
$10.00. 20% will reserve your
bird.
BABE'S KNOBBY STONE POULTRY FARM
J. J. BARR. B. S., Mgr.
Box 13-E Narvon, Pa.
Brown Red Oaiu<
awards.
Red Pyle Gam
awards.
Rose Comb Black — P. J. Fritsch, tni
cock; first and third hen; third cockerel-
first i)ullet. James Martin, second and third
cock ; second and fourth hen ; fifth cock-
erel ; second, third and fourth pullet. Hgj,
W. Olson, first, socond and fourth cockerel.
Golden Sebright — C. O. Zimmerman, \\\
awards.
Silver Sebright — Thomas M. Campbell, %\\
awards.
Buff Oochln — Anna Morgan, all awards.
Black Cochin — V. R. Lynch, first cock;
first and second hen; first rockerel; tn\
imllet. A. J. Schlagheck, third hen.
Wbite Japanese Silkle — Pack wood Poultry
& Game Farm, all awards.
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First Prire Single Comb Ancona Cockerel, Madison Square Garden,
New York City. Bred and owned by H. Cecil Sheppard, Berea, O.
A HAPPY MEMORY
A happy memory is one that re-
flects only the happy events of the
past as a pool of water gives back
the image of the sky only on bright
days.
What a thing memory is; world
without end! By it vacant chairs
are filled again, old scenes are lived
over. In the memory the dead may
live, and the living may be with us
whenever we will, by simply think-
ing of them. Memory repeats a
thousand times over the little kind-
nesses and the tender words of life.
Of all living creatures man seems
alone to possess the power to live
again in the past through memory.
Have then a happy memory. Not
necessarily a memory that retains
only happy incidents, but one that
brings to the surface of conscious-
ness only the joyous recollections
and that forgets and buries the sad
and wrong. There is no life without
its shadows, but that is no reason
why we should dwell in the shadows.
People can develop the happy mem-
ory refusing to brood over the un-
toward events, but delving into the
memory as the housewife digs into
the attic trunks, always seeking
bright colors.
Happiness is a mosaic composed
of very little stones, each one of
them taken alone being of small
consequence. But grouped together
they form a pleasing whole. We
carry with us the beauty we visit
and the song that charms us carry it
in the happy memory.
Bdifors ^osAd
We are often asked for information ro-
«rding the snipping of day old chicks and
frVr ilie information of IhiJ general public
.;iil rtay that very unusual success has been
rhe reueral result obtained. Li^e ch.cka
ftl luhued through m suiety and can be
Sittued most any distance. The buyer
tnr.ws the conditions and train service at
hiv end and this should be noted Nvilh his
"ider 80 the shipper can propeny arrange
This is of special advantage if the buyer
iivL on a branch line with but one train a
iftv service. In ordering, send full instruc-
tions and the shipper wul uo nii level best
* serve you in the best way possible. Ihe
aame will apply aiso to hatching eggs and
live stock. , . *
If you don't first learn to answer promptly
to the order "Come!" you are litti© likely
to reach ilie position ot giving the order
"Go!"
Believe that a man gets what he goes
after; that one deed done today is worth
two deeds ti.morrow, and that no man is
dawn and out until he has lost faith iu him-
uelf. * • .
You should know just what your plans
are ur 191:4. whatever they are they should
include an attempt to improve your stocn.
The breeder whe does not aim higher each
year will never get to the top and attain all
possible success. Give this thought now,
act now, never be satisfied while you have
even one untried chance to improve.
* • •
Success is captured by interest and ouly
held by interest. Interest is the universal
instinct of mankind. We must be interested
in what we are doing, else we shall do little.
* • •
Get the best, is a piece of advice not u.i-
famil.ar to the readers of Everybodys, but
it needs to be constantly emuha-tized so it
may be properly impressed upon the minds
of all poultrymen. The best for you de-
pends upon your circumstances and that
must be determined by you aione. Hut don't
ever fi-rget that blood will tell.*
It Is not the number or variety of talents
that we possess that makei us the most u e-
(ul — but the way and extent to which we
deyelop what we have.
* • •
There never has been a time when the
breeding of Standard-bred poultry was us
popular as it is right now. There are thou-
sands of breeders and fanciers today where
there was but one when the Ameri<'an Poul-
try Association was organized and thousands
more are being added to the ranks every
year. This same condition will ever pre-
vail while the breeders aim to combine
beauty with practical wortii. The best in
Standard quality must also be the best in
productive ability, this is most consistent,
most desirable and a natural resu r
* • •
Achievement comes only through attempt-
ing. If we do nothing but float fanciful and
highly colored dreams about our eyes, deed.-
will continue to sleep and their birth into
the afms of thrilling events will remain only
a speculation.
* • •
No publication that deals with one indus-
try «f imi>ortance like the poultry industrj-
could be complete unless it constantly koi''
its readers in touch with those who breed
and sell the things that enter into that in-
dustry and its affairs. The advertisements
are a necessary adjunct to all such periodi-
cals. No person <an know too much about
advertising or of the things advertised.
Read, study the ads in Everybodys. Each
one is a lesson of some worth, each carries
a feature of some interest to many people
The breeder that advertises steps into the
open to sell his jpoods. such action breeds
confidence and results in business and sue
CMI.
* • •
Mistakes are well worth thinking over —
but it is destructive to brood over them
The best place to put your mistakes is be-
hind you. Then as y u go forward you will
not stumble over them.
* • •
In our monthly notice of work in the poul-
try yard, we trv to cover the seasonalMo
questions that arise for the beginners and
w© would like to extend this feature depart-
ment in any wav that would make it more
valuable to our readers. The many letters
we receive tell us that this department has
m interested following and we are always
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IZGiCCS IN
ONE YEAFU
265 to 331 (Pedigreed) Egg Strain English-American
Single Comb White Leghorn
BABY CHICKS
If you want chicks that live and grow, chicks that have heavy-laying bred into
their veins for 24 years; that you can "bank on" to average 185 to 200 or more
eggs a year; and reasonable in price, then you want
^^KerUn-Quattty** Chicks
Long before we could get our new catalog and
price-lists from the printers, last year's custo-
mers literally flooded us with advance orders for
1924 deliveries of Baby Chicks. "Just like you
sent us last season" they write. They know the
value of "Kerlin-Quality." If you don't it wiU
pay you to get acquainted right away.
Get Free Catalog and Prices Now
You will be astonished at the remarkably low pri^s and
the high quality of our stock. Let us tell you all about it;
the history of our farm from the very first day of us exist-
ence up to our remarkably successful season of lira. Let us
tell you about the carloads of Free Feed we give our custo-
mers; our Copyrighted Formulas and Methods; and our
Service Department absolutely free to all customers.
Mo.t of all, let ua tell yoo about the Big Mon*y to bm
madm with our World Famous Eii«liah -American i. i«
Wh.te Leghorns.
Get your copy of our literature now. Special low prices
and ducounU on orders booked early for later delivery.
Big Income All Winter
—Must Have Another
1,000 Kerlin Chicks
"Please quote me prices for 1.000
chicks just like you sent me last
year. I mast have another 1,000
'Baby Kerlina,' and want them for
March delivery.
"My 1923 'Baby - Kerlina' have
been more than pleasing:. My laying
house has been a cackle and song
from 7:00 A. M. to 9:00 P. M. They
have afforded me not only lots of
pleasure and fresh air but a big in-
come all winter. And they are beau-
ties too. I am not ashamed to show
them to anyone, even the most
critical." ^^. .^
(Signed)
MRS. JOHN HORTON
Andover, N. Y.
RERUN'S GRAND VIEW
POULTRY FARM
Drawer 7C, Cmtor Hallt Pa., U. 8. A.
Member International Baby Chick Aas'n.
Stop "Keeping" Chicken» — Let
"Kerlin- Quality" Chickens "Keep" You
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Route 7. Bo^X**' *^ Peoria. Ill
REV. HARRY G. «EEMSMim49UrierSuJRjch^e^^
We
At the Chicago National Show, January 14-21 in the
Keenest Competition Seen Thu Year
WE WON
ON SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS
second and Eighth Coc'; Seventh Hen; Sixth Old Pen; Third Young Pen; Second
Best Display. WHITE WYANDOTTES
First Third Firth and Seventh Cock: Fourth. Sixth and Eighth Hen; Seventh Cocker,!; Seventh and
Elahth Pullit: Fourth Old f«",: f«"'^J,rouSt t"; Smith, Is p-^tty Kood proof of Gastonla Quality.
MatSi^rs^aS. "/let ^Zr ^'TJ^"^^ booK your order for early delivery^
CASTOWIA POULTRY FARM, w. n. davis. prop Castonia, W, C.
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Do
You Know
Why?
Twelve (12) baby chicks
start life together. They
are separated and raised in
two different places. One
batch will usually stagger
along and not amount to
much, and the other batch
will make the next-door
neighbor envious. Do you
know why? We do.
Chiefly it's what they eat.
Nursing baby chicks to ma-
turity requires much more
than "guess work.*'
It's what they eat that de-
termines what they will be.
Give them a chance to
amount to something and
they will.
Just the correct amount of
DRIED YEASTandBUT-
TERM ILK is contained in
WONDER Starting Mask
to give it the necessary VITA -
MINES which assure ra^id
and sturdy growth, -hesides re-
ducing mortality.
You can make real poul-
try profits if you feed WON-
DEIR Poultry Feeds now.
Ask your dealer. If he
cannot supply' you with
WONDER Poultry Feeds,
kindly send us his name and
address and we will put you
in touch with your nearest
WONDER DEALER.
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Arcady Farms Milling Co.
Chicago, 111.
Mills at
Chicago. nL Buffalo. N. T.
E. St. Louis. 111. No. Kansas City. Mo.
Write for this
free book now
Please mention
your dealer's
name.
anxious to improve all departments and
Everybodys as well, ho we may give our
readers the greatest value for their money
in sound, timelv and practical advice and
prove of special service both to them and
the industry.
* • •
To desire nothinc^ beyond the ordinary, to
be satisfied to float with the stream, to sit.
or walk, or even work in part idleness and
not to strive continually for something bet-
ter and something higher and happier, is to
drop partly out of life itself.
* • • ■
There are always some breeders, come-
spondent« and editors who are not at ease
unless they are preaching this, that or some
other kind of reform. We don't just like
that word, and never have, for under its
cover the most shady tricks ever heard of
have been nulled olT by the would-be reform-
ers. We nave confidence in mankind and
we believe there are more good intentions
in the world than credit is given for. The
poultry industry suits us pretty well as it
is, but give us more breeders of the kind
we now have and always more effort and
the reformers can go hang.
* • •
It is worth everything to you to have
people believe in you. to have 'aith in your
ability to do the thing you undertake, to
bank on you. Your own attitude will have
more than anything else to do with estab-
lishing this condition. The world believes
in the man who dares, the man who trusts
himself.
* • •
Keep planning ahead and keep living
ahead. What you do right now is a sparse
of the bigger thing that you shall do to-
morrow.
* • •
The question of location for a poultry
farm is not near as important as it ».,
some years ago, because of the improvemenu
in transportations, the parcel post, etc. Th
matter of soil and cJiniate are now as then
the factors for consideration, and thev
should be carefully looked after. Many of
our most progressive poultry farmn are what
we may term hillside farms where th*
buildings are placed on high land and thn
range for the growing stock is over th«
hills, through th© brush and in the vallev
They are ideal for poultry growing viKor
and health. ' *
* • •
Just as soon as a man begins to thinV
he commences to work. Just as soon sg
imagination begins to work, vision looks
ahead. Just as soon as a man begins to
look ahead, he goes ahead. And here w«
are right back to the starting point. Think!
We have but two general requests to
make of our subscribers and readers that
we hope they will ever bear in mind. Th«y
are: when writing advertisers always men
tion Everybodys. It is important that the
advertisers know where to give credit for
the inquiry. This is due to both the ad
vertisers and to Everybodys. Our other re-
quest is that those who like Everybodys will
speak a good word for it to their friendr
and the poultrymen they meet. We shall
appreciate all such kindnesses whether the
results show or not for the spirit of help-
fulness counts greater than the dollars in-
volved.
* • •
Progress comes through the introduction
of new ideas into the mind. Life is the ex-
pression of ideas. When the mind becomes
fixed in certain habits of thought and action
and its rigidity is not broken by frequent
change the individual begins to lose his grip
on life and go backward.
Factors Affecting Fertility
Prof. L E. CARD
As I see it, the most interesting
and, at the same time, the most valu-
able characteristic of hen eggs, with
respect to their quality for incuba-
tion, is their ability to stand rather
wide limits with regard to such fac-
tors as temperature, moisture, venti-
lation, and so on. We may say that
the correct temperature for incubat-
ing eg^grs is 100 degrees Fahrenheit,
101, or 103, depending on type of in-
cubator that we are using and the
point at which the thermometer is
placed. Assuming, however, that we
have established definitely the opti-
mum temperature, it is remarkable
what eggs will stand in the way of
high and low temperatures for short
periods and still hatch. This past
season our practice course in incuba-
tion afforded an excellent case in
point. Each student had fifty eggs
in a 100-egg machine.
One of these machines was found,
on the fifteenth day, with the ther-
mometer reading 115 degrees Fah-
renheit. As it had been observed
four hours before, the eggs could not
have been subjected to this tempera-
ture for longer than four hours, and
in all probability it was for a much
shorter time. As far as could be
judged, from the hatching of the
eggs, they were in no way affected.
As a matter of fact, they hatched
better than some of the machines
which ran at a normal temperature.
Professor Lamson, in his work at
Storrs, found that eggs could be sub-
jected to a temperature of fifty de-
grees Fahrenheit for as long a period
as fifteen hours after the third day
of incubation and before the nine-
teenth, and the strongest eggs would
still hatch.
Slight Variations Not Important
As a result of );his, he suggested,
as a test for vitality of breeders,
that a trial hatch be run, using five
to ten egrgs from each hen and sub-
jecting them to this low temperature
in order to determine which eggs
and, consequently, which hens really
had the "punch". I would not, for
a moment, advocate that the hatch-
ing temperature be allowed to vary
or that one can neglect the manage-
ment of the incubator to such an ex-
tent that he can forget where the
temperature is going. It simply
means that reasonable variation is
not a factor of sufficient importance
to account for a poor hatch.
Within limits the same thing is
true of moisture. In other words,
while the optimum relative humidity
in the incubator chamber may be at
about fifty per cent, it is neverthe-
less true that practically as good
hatches will be obtained from good
eggs with the relative humidity rang-
ing as low as thirty per cent or as
high as sixty per cent. This again
means that under usual operating
conditions moisture will not be a de-
ciding factor in causing a poor hatch.
It should be borne in mind, however,
that if each of several factors varies
slightly from normal or optimum,
the resulting effect may be just as
bad as though one factor varied
widely.
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Hbulliaisebm
under
Wishbones
100% chickens! Fine, heavy,
healthy chickens— full of life and
vitality! That's the kind you'll
raise if you put your chicks under
Wishbone Brooders.
Highest possible raising record ! Chick
losses almost eliminated. All your livable
chicks raised to healthful, profiuble ma-
turity. That's the record you can make
I with Wishbone Brooders. '
The Wishbone is the best way to raise
best chickens! It's the safest, surest,
\ brooder money can buy. It's powerful
enough for mny weather; it's lOO^o safe
and trouble-proof. It's the most econ-
omical brooder to operate.
I ItRequiresNoPrimingorPre-heating
f You touch a match to the burner and a
I hot blue flame shoots right up. And it's
* a powerful and economical flame. It gets
* more heat out of the luel than any other
brooder ever built. We guarantee this.
It Is Valveless!
. Nothing to get out of order— no valves,
I no thermostats, no strainers! The oil
j flows down the big ^ inch feed pipe as
i regularly and continuously as if you
1 poured it through a funnel. That means
! a steady, big flame— and absolutely no
cAance of the flame going out.
It Is a Cinch to Operate
Nothing ever goes wrong with theWishbone.
It takes less of your time than any brooder
you ever saw. With its simple construction,
there's no work to do You simply set it and
forget It-except tor occasionally refilling ine
Kenerous oil tank
The Most Powerful Brooder Made
The Wishbone Brooder can produce several
times more heat than you'll ever need. Here's
an actual experience that shows how Wish-
bones operate under winter's bitterest con-
ditions. In Ontario. Canada, a poultryman kept
his chicks under Wishbones in a muaUn- front
brooder house. One night the temperature
dropped to 12° below lerol The cold was ter-
rific. Next morning he expected to find all
his chicks dead. Imagine his joy to find every
one alive, chirping, moving happily about
under the Wishbone.
Chicks Thrive Best Under Wishbones
Chicks simply leap into well *»«*"«""**"
Wishbones. There's aIvvaysp/en/yo/-/rBs/i air
just at the right height f°;th«^»^*i''»j^tele'l
always an abundance of heat. And there s
Ms of room for the chicks to exercise and
grow strong.
Most Economical! Safest! Simplest!
Requires No Speaal House!
The Wishbone Is unquestionably the best
brc^dVr you can buy on every count. P"t your
chicks under one for a week-and you U praise
it more loudly than we do.
Don't put it off. Order from this •<*• O"' '"^
-VIZ ^-^^s^^^--^^^^
500 ?Sicks"$l9:T000 chicks $22. A little higher
In far west. Send your order today.
In any case-whether you buy or not-if you
ifr^hJrks at all you'll want our wonderful
Eiok thi? telU Sow\°o develop 100% chickens.
Send the coupon now.
AMERICAN INCUBATOR MFO. 00.
413 NeUson St., New Brunswick, N. J.
Don*t be fooled!]
Ask these questions before
YOU buy a brooder!
1. Is it beat for tha chicka?
The Wishbone develops the health-
iest, strongest, besf chickens because
there's always plenty of fresh air,
plenty of heat, plenty of room.
2. la it eaaieat to operate?
The Wishbone is a cinch to operate.
You set it, and forget it, except fo'r
occasionally refilling the big oil tank.
3. la it ralveleaa?
The Wishbone has no valves, no
strainers, no thermosUts— no^Ain^
to get out of order.
4. Poea It give a blue flame
without priming ?
No priming, no pre-heating. Touch
a match to the burner and a hot blue
flame shoots right up.
S.Doea it give plenty of heat?
Winter's iciest blasts never bother
Wishbones. The chicks are always
comfortable.
6. la It aafe?
There's nothing to go wrong in a
Wishbone. The oil flow is always
steady and continuous. The flame
can't go out unless you turn it out.
Thm Wishbone » }f^^^,^y^^'^
that answers Yt.^ to aU
these questions.
Wishbone Brooder
7faiu£l£SS'-Blue Flame
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413 Neibon St., New Brunswick, N, J.
1 m willing to be convinced that I can raise
better chicks with less trouble and expense.
Send along the free book.
Name.
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Here we have it, Four in one
And the only nest that works by the walk of the hen
Cut below shows the hen
has been trapped, as you will
notice the small lugs at the
bottom of door.
This cut shows the lugs have been turned to the
Inside and the nest opened automatieally.
Every egg saved when the hens are laying.
Every fertile egg hatched when the hens are hatching.
An accurate record kept of every laying hen.
The nest will also make a good Brooder coop.
The nest is built of heavy galvanizekl iron, is balanced by a four
pound weight, therefore has nothing to wear out, and with ordinary care
will last a lifetime, not the lifetime of the hen, but the lifetime of
the owner.
Size of nest: Height, 15 inches; width, 12 inches; length, 24 inches;
weight, 17 pounds. Shipped one in a carton. Price, $3.75 each; in lots
of six or more, $3.45 each; f. o. b. factory.
This nest is gfuaranteed, and if not as represented, your money will
be refunded.
AUTOMATIC NEST CO.
1223 Harrison Street DAVENPORT, IOWA
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wwi.. Varletle. . „ _ , ^ Prl«w ea 50 100 300 500
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Barred and White Roekt. R. C. fc 8. C. Reds. Anoonas 8 IS 44 72
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Ventilation has received consider-
able attention with respect to arti"
ficial incubation. The result of many
studies is that there is usually enough
ventilation in manufactured incuba-
tors. The carbon dioxide range dur-
ing incubation will practically never
be outside the limits of zero to 150
parts of carbon dioxide in 10,000
parts of air drawn from the egg
chamber. The usual range is from
thirty to sixty parts in 10,000. This
in connection with actual experimen'
tal evidence, would seem to indicate
that airing of eggs is not necessary.
Furthermore, cooling is not neces-
sary. If the operating temperature
is too high, then cooling will give
good results, but with a normal tem-
perature it is unnecessary to use up
time and effort in cooling egg^s.
There is one factor, however,
which is of prime importance for
securing best results. This is the
turning of eggs during incubation.
Just what the reasons for the neces-
sity for turning may be is not en-
tirely clear. Apparently eggs must
be turned for the proper develop-
ment of the chick, but no one has yet
completely solved the question of
why. However, this may be, there
is ample evidence to show that the
more times daily eggs are turned dur-
ing incubation the more chicks will
be hatched. Where a turning device
is provided that makes it possible to
turn thousands of eggs in a few
minutes, one does not need to be con-
cerned with the labor cost of turn-
ing. Where eggs must be turned by
hand or by turning trays, it is easily
consumed in turning than the extra
chicks hatched will be worth. Care-
ful observation has shown that the
hen while incubating eggs turns them
many times during the -day, oftener
than is ever practiced under artificial
methods.
The Effect of Constant Turning
In this connection the question
has been raised as to what would be
the effect of constant turning
throughout the period of incubation.
If our plans mature, we hope to find
out, this winter, something about this
question by arranging an incubator
in which eggs will be constantly on
the move from the time they are
placed in the machine until time for
the chicks to hatch.
To sum up the important points in
this rather lengthy discussion, let me
again call your attention to the fact
that the individual hen is the primary
factor aflfecting both fertility and
hatchability of eggs. Of course, it
is easily possible to vary incubating
conditions so that no eggs will hatch,
but assuming reasonable manage-
ment, the infertility and dead germ
eggs which can be traced to the
characteristics of individual hens
will prove, in most instances, the
largest factor in poor hatches. Of
course, the obstacle to finding and
eliminating the undesirable hens is
the cost of trapnesting and pedigree
February, 1924
^ hftlching, because it is absolutely out
' f the question to make progress in
' ?hi8 direction without following a
Isonably detailed scheme of pedi-
Le records. Under certain condi-
tions it may pay, but probably, it will
not pay farmers for some time to
'^^The question of incubator manage-
ment and all the details which it in-
volves has been fairly well worked
out already, but I think all of you
will agree with me that there is still
, much to learn in this direction. By
pooling information as it is collected
" here and there in small quantities,
we should, in the course of time, be
able to operate artificial incubators
so the loss which is due primarily to
variation in management will be
practically nothing.
HEN FEVER
This disease, strange to sav, affects
both the hens and their keepers.
Sometimes I have seen men have
the fever very bad before they owned
a single hen. This is a very danger-
ous symptom, because no one can
tell what wiU become of the patient.
He may become frantic and buy up
all the hens in the neighborhood and
run a corner on hens. The hen fever,
like some others, ends with a chill.
I have seen a man shake hard after .
a high run of this fever. The man
most subject to the hen fever is the
man that has made a failure of all
things he has ever undertaken and
suddenly wishes to becom€ riph. He
figures out the cost of several hun-
dred hens, their keeping for a stated
period, and their increase, and finds
there are "millions in it." There
Ts no business that shows up so well
on paper. — G. H. H.
• • •
ADOPT A SYSTEM
To begin keeping poultry with
fixed ideas in mind, a system of
breeding, caring and managing is
all important. The first considera-
tion is to get good fowls, though they
may cost a trifle more than ordinary
ones. A man raising prime stock is
always pleased with their looks, con-
dition and egg production. He knows
that every kernel of grain fed to
them is turned to good account.
This alone is an incentive for one to
bestow proper and continual care on
them, and often a real love springs
up and is fostered by the adiniration
of prime fowls in the beginning.
• • •
FOWL RAISING FOR
YOUNG CHICKS
We know of no branch of home
industry that is better adapted to
the task of young folks than raising
poultry. There is amusement, re-
creation, innocence and health in the
employment, it is a school of nature
and industry from the moment the
fiVst egg is deposited in the nest un-
til that little germ that is encased
and hidden from view quickens and
develops itself into the full-fledged
cockerel or pullet.
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If you are a big hatcher— the ^V^shbone is the
biggest profit maker you can buy. Many of the
country's largest hatcheries— with yearly pro-
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If you've been hatching in a small way— using,
perhaps the obsolete "lamp machines"— this is
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The "Wishbone, fanious all over the world for
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1-.^ HALE'S a^
Ri^ht at the barrier for the barrier for
the National Show that opens in two d«yg
so not much to write at this time. '
• * •
I
Entries for the National are fine but the
recent zero weather all over the country
(auHed quite a few changes from males to
females.
a * . •
Understand "Ben" Adams will have two
candidates against him for election to the
executive board of the American Poultry
Association. "Ben" has been an able repre-
sentative for his district and has literally
put it on the map, and the members should (
think twice before making a change. "Ben"
has been a real representative of his dis-
trict and that is what the members want
and need.
• * •
The show season is about over and the
birds will be soon settled in the breeding
pens.
• • •
Jt will be found that prize winners do
not always produce prize winners and that
more May and June hatched chicks win
ribbons than those hatched in February and
March.
• * •
Feed and care for your breeders so as to
impart vitality. Hatchability is more im-
portant than fertility.
• * •
If you are using the old incubator again
this year, test the thermometer and wafer
and see that they are working all right.
Boil the burner in soda water and put in a
new wick. Clean the chimney and remove
all old soot.
• * •
If you are u.sing a hot water machine, test
thi> tank and see tliat it does not leak. It
is a jtoor time to find a leak in the tank
after you get eggs in the machine.
• * •
There i.« nothing like being ready.
• « •
A stitch *in time, et<'.. you know.
FEBRUARY IN THE
POULTRY YARD
X»irn the eggs you are saving for incuba-
tors at least once every day. Let them lie
naturally on their side. Only clean e?gs
should be used. Use great care in cleaning
soiled eggs if wanted for hatching.
• • •
During incubation test the eggs on the
eighth and the fourteenth days and remove
the infertile ones.
• • •
Breeding from a male lacking in consti-
tutional vigor is sure to result in disappoint-
ments in fertility and in weak chicks that
will never do well.
• • •
Hatch some February chicks. Make yoi'"
1924 start this month. F:arly hatched birds
are early layers and will be oerly setters
next spring, they will also enable you to
show at the earlv fall shows.
Like produces like, sometimes, possibly
when there is a breeding reason for it. But
to simply produce like is not enough, try
to improve quality whethar for exhibition
or utility puri>ose«. Don't be satisfied until
you have done something worth while.
• • •
It is unquestionably true that either a
hovel or a palace is all the same to the
fowls. Their tastes are simple and wants
few. None are beyond that which common
sense dictates.
• • •
We all have a preferen«'e in both breed
and variety and it is reasonable to expect
that from them wa can get our best results.
But we all should be fair minded enough
to recognize good qualities in other kinds
and varieties. The other fellow has the
same results with his choice and don't you
ever believe that any one variety of poultry
is far ahead of any other under the same
j>roper breeding and conditions.
• • •
I^et us give the new breeders this time-
M-orn but good advice: Begin with gooa
Standard-bred stock and erow in knowledge
and experience with the business.
• • •
Prevention is better than cure, but c^W
is better than loss. It is well for the PfWj
tryrnan to have on hand some stan^larf
remedies for colds, etc. Note the a^» '"
Everybodys of poultry remedies and Jfi*^^"!'
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February,
1924
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rph.t breeder is unmerciful who does not
.f^riv attend to the drinking vessels, par
F'ffly when the poultry is confined.
Kls require much water and they are .sure
L^uffer when the suj.ply is either short or
not fresh and clear. ^
Poultry will stand for a groat deal of
.«.l«.ssne«B and thrive after a fashion even
'foul air poor light, etc. But in time the
*'#-I-u will ho noted and the results show
«;• damage done. Better not try to keep
poultry unless you aim to properly care
lor it- * • •
Do not expect eggs to hatch as well in
ffahruary as in April. May or June. It is
not natural of birds of any species, domestic
«r wild to produce their young when the
weather' is too cold for them to live out o.
doors. « • •
The first requisite for a good setter is
-entlenesB, with fair size and activity. An
ftverKrown hen will not generally cover a
Urce number of eggs as well as a smaller
one Try every hen for two or three days
on nest eggs to be sure that she is in
earnest. * • •
Are your matings fully satisfactory? Do
they in your honest opinion assure you im-
nrovementf If not, don't delay; make youi
change now. Buy if necessary and don't let
this season pass without your greater effort
to improve and advance. Act today.
Where you will find one breeder who is a
day ahead with his work you will find hun-
dreds who are from a week to a year be-
hind.
• • •
Do not trust a valuable setting (.f eggs
to a broody hen until she has fully proved
her staying qualities. The incubator is the
answer when chicks are wanted, particularly
the early ones.
• • •
The knowledge that the beginner daily
gains While pursuing his business will dis-
pel enormous ideas and marks for him the
right path to folhiw to insure his success.
• • •
Clean the dropping boards re;cularly.
Sifted coal ashes or sand are good absorb-
ents to use on the boards, Sweep down the
cob webs and clean the windows. You wrnit
light so you won't miss ♦gathering all the
eggs.
• • •
A varied diet is specially advisable at
this season of the year. The various grains
and vegetables, green cut bone, grit, oyster
shells, meat scraps, etc., furnishes the ma-
terial that makes eggs and promotes health.
• • •
Reply to S. M. — If you feed buckwheat
sparingly, it will prove a first class ejjg-
producing grain. Care should be taken not
to feed it too freely, as it is very fattening.
All grains should be fed in deep fljor litter.
• • •
This is one of the coldest moqths of the
year, and it will pay the breeder to have
everything snug and dry and the birds com-
forUble.
•• • •
Geese should have more friends than they
have among the farmer-poultryman. They
liv; and grow on pasture alone and are
easily and cheaply fitted for market. Geese
•re profitable stock to have.
• • •
Keeping poultry is no boy's work, in the
usual meaning of that term, if it is ])roj)erly
attended to. He who begins with a firm in
tention of doing the best he can, starts with
the strongest possil)le element of success in
his favor.
• • •
A breeder may be getting good results,
in fact, way above the averaee from his
flock, and may be perfectly satisfied, but he
cannot truthfully and positively say that he
has reached that point, beyond which there
is nothing more to attain,
TRAPNESTING IS IMPORTANT
Trapnests, used continually, not
spasmodically, will determine which
are the profitable layers, and setting
the eggs of each hen separately,
marking the chicks when hatched,
will show the true breeder which
transmits the laying qualities from
generation to generation. A large
number of the heaviest layers do not
transmit their laying qualities to
their progeny, no matter how they
Are mated up.
They speak for themselves
**They speak for themselves"
245 Pullets: 5868 eggs—
in January--24-egg average
On January 1st, I had 245
White Leghorn pullets from
the lot of chicks received
from you April 21st. In
January they laid 5,868 eggs
— or practically 24 per bird
this cold month; and at the
same rate for February.
That's why I am ordering
1,000 this time. C. W. Haf-
ley. New Jeriiey.
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Their superior vitality
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Their superior egg-laying
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THE IDEAL BREEDING PEN
The object of the breeding pen ig
to produce the best possible birds
at least, this is the object of the
breeder in mating up the pen. By
the best possible birds is generally
understood those which wil' prove
prize winners in the next season's
shows. This is commendable, but
it ought not to be the sole object.
The best birds ought not only to be,
the ones which will score the high-
est, but which possess the power of
reproducing their excellencies in
their progeny, and add to their
beauty the valuable practical quali-
ties for which the given breed is
famed. Were the object solely to
produce prize winners, the problem
of mating would be simpler of solu-
tion than it is.
The ideal breeding pen, then, is a
pen of the best and most useful birds,
mated so as to secure a continuance
of their usefulness, to produce high-
scoring progeny that will not only
be valuable to exhibit but to breed
from, and thus demonstrate that any
given variety is thoroughbred. We
are on the threshold of another
year's breeding. Our breeding pens
are to be mated. Let us carefully
consider this matter set IfefoVe us
the highest and most complete ideal
in breeding, and make our breeding
pens, so far as it is possible, ideal
breeding pens, whose progeny will be
even more valuable than they are.
I
THE BEST BREEDS
Which is the best breed is a prob-
lem not easily solved, on account of
not knowing one's taste, objects, cli-
mate and surroundings. From indi-
vidual standpoints there is a wide
difference of opinion, some claiming
one breed and some another, as the
best for all intents and purposes.
Practically speaking, the best
breed or breeds are those which re-
turn id the owner the most money
for the labor and food expended.
Those that are prolific and will put
on flesh quickly and make good eat-
ing when slaughtered, are the kinds
you want. If your desig^n is to breed
for the highest qualities, and to rear
and sell for exhibition purposes, that
is quite another thing. But it mat-
ters not whether you breed the fancy
varieties for sale or for exhibition,
the coarser breeds for the food mar-
ket, or the medium sized ones for
their eggs alone, the best of either
class should be selected when start-
ing in the business and properly
cared for afterward.
THE NEW BROOM
The old proverb says "the new
broom sweeps clean" and this is often
the case. The beginner in the poul-
try business often is over-particular
at first and ends by losing his en-
thusiasm and so neglecting his flock
that it loses condition, ceases to be
attractive and runs down to the loss
of the whole amount invested.
February, 1924
THE PRESERVATION OF
POULTRY MANURE
(Continued from page 122)
we should pay more attention to the
respective amounts used, and also
add some muriate of potash, for mo^t
formulae. These two ingredients
can be purchased of almost any fer-
tilizer or agricultural supply house,
and cost much less than does fer-
tilizer.
Several bulletins were issued by
State and County Experiment Sta-
tions during and soon after the war,
when potash was not available.
These bulletins say that for garden
use manure should be mixed with
acid phosphate two to one, and that
the mixture makes an excellent fer-
tilizer for garden crops. A fertil-
izer formula which would approxi-
mate this mixture would read 4-29-
1 ^ ! Can you imagine that for-
mula being recommended for gen-
eral garden use? The reason of its
recommendation, and I have found
it several times, was that no muriate
of potash, and no kainit, could be
bought at that time, so we just had
to get along without any potash, ex-
cept perhaps a few wood ashes.
And by the way, if you must mix
wood ashes with hen manure, do it
on the ground at the time of use.
Wood ashes are alkaline, and drive
off the ammonia content^ of the ma-
nure even faster than its natural
rate of evaporation.
Another favorite prescription is
100 pounds manure with 20 pounds
acid phosphate, along with some ab-
sorbent filler like dry loam or saw-
dust. This for top dressing lawns or
grass lands. This, according to the
analysis as determined upon above,
will assay about as follows: 4-13-1.
The trouble I have found with these
bulletins, is that they do not explain
that the omission of potash is of
necessity rather than choice; and
they do not any of them, figure out
the terms of fertilizer equivalents,
80 you feel that you know what you
are mixing.
^ Using the figures in Extension
Leaflet No. 57 as to the composition
of poultry manure, I have figured
out some formulae, which are here
presented. In every case, you will
get a better working fertilizer if
you use a mechanical or physical ab-
sorbent like loam or sawdust, peat or
coal ashes, and it makes little differ-
ence how much of these you use, or
i how little — it is only to keep the
mixture dry, so it will be easier to
j handle and work. For this reason, I
do not include in these figures any
of these absorbents, the use of which
. would not affect the proportions of
I the three plant food elements, though
' the amount used, would of course
iwike a difference as to how much of
your home-made fertilizer should be
'Pplied to a given area of land.
Poultry manure, with nothing
*dded, corresponds to commercial
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If you think you need a 4-8-6 fer-
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In all these formulae, we are
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ures are approximate, of course, and
are based on the manure analysis of
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As for the comparative strength
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readily available.
Even as little acid phosphate as
five pounds, will save you a lot of
nitrogen evaporation from 100
pounds of droppings, and supply ad-
ditional plant food for your garden
or farm. By all means^ lay in some
acid phosphate anyway, and muriate
of potash, too, if you want to be a
little fertilizer trust all by yourself.
the reason why many flocks do not
lay better; namely, because they are
not fed sufficient amounts of mash
which contains the rich protein by-
products which are so essential to
provide the raw material for the
eggs. I wish that we had time to
discuss more of these figures and
more of the lessons which th«y teach.
The most of us have not the time
and cannot take the trouble to dig
into these facts regarding our own
flock, so it is that the Contest fur-
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about our birds and their care and
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this same thing for their respective
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our own poultry flocks. A prelimi-
nary report of the Bergen and Vine-
land Contests in New Jersey has re-
cently been issued as Volume 12, No.
3, of the Hints to Poultrymen of the
New Jersey Agricultural College,
for December, 1923. Many of the
figures and tables presented here are
derived from that bulletin.
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THE EXPERIMENT STATION
(Continued from page 123)
produced per bird, and the returns
above feed cost for both contests.
These tables are presented for
ARE YOU PLANNING ON
HATCH ABLE EGGS?
(Continued from page 119)
It is proper care and feed that will
mature and condition the bird rather
than early hatching. If we are rais-
ing Leghorns for either egg produc-
tion or exhibition we would not get
out a chick before the first of May.
The heavier breeds such as the
Rocks, Wyandottes and Reds will do
as well if hatched in April, while the
still larger birds like the Orpingtons
and Brahmas it might do to get them
out in March. When the new grass
begins to sprout, the spring showers
still warm, the worms cominqj to the
Item Rock
No. of Birds 120
Lbs. Grain Consumed 34.73
Lbs. Mash Consumed 45.15
Ratio Grain to Mash 1—1.2
Feed Cost per Bird $2.17
Value Eggs per Bird $4.36
Returns Above Feed $2.19
R. I. Red Campine
Bergen County Contest
Plymouth Wyan-
dotte
80
34.27
43.74
1-1.2
$2.11
$4.89
$:
200
34.18
46.56
1-1.3
$2.20
$5.25
$3.05
20
32.60
32.05
1-098
$1.73
$4.86
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Item Rock
No. of Birds 220
Lbs. Grain Consumed ....37.92
Lbs. Mash Consumed ....53.28
Ration Grain to Mash ...1-1.4
Feed Cost per Bird $2.99
Value Egjrs per Bird ....$5.72
Returns Above Feed ....$2.73
Vineland Contest
Wyan-
dotte
80
31.97
35.90
1-1.1
$1.84
$4.24
$2.40
R. I. Red
220
33.95
45.62
1-1.3
$2.13
$4.50
$2.37
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Leghorn
20
1.560
33.94
34.72
34.14
41.70
i 1-1
1-1.2
$1.82
$2.15
$4.66
$6.30
$2.84
$4.15
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Av
Giant
Leghorn
60
1,420
37.79
37.66
56.54
45 52
1-1.4
1-12
$2.58
$2.25
$3.56
$5.82
$0.98
$3 57
Av. for 2.000
hens
2.000
34.07
40.55
1-1.1
$2.01
$5.89
$3.88
Pullets
2.000
35.89
47.37
1-1.3
$2.27
$5.54
$3.27
February, 1924
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your study and observation and they
contain many valuable lessons. Note
especially the proportion of mash
and grain consumed at each contest.
Note the cost of this feed as well as
the value of eggs produced and the
returns above cost. Not only note
these figures for the contest as a
whole, but note them especially for
the various breeds. Note how in
practically every instance the birds
consumed more mash thnn grain,
which possibly is one explanation for
surface and the sun at its best is the
best time to start chicks.
We have rather drifted from the
subject onto that of chicks, but they
all go together. Without hatchable ,
f^ggs you are not going to get good j
chicks, and the old saying is that a
chick well hatched is half raised.
Think ahead; get those breeders
into breeding condition; take care
of them. You cannot figure your
profits entirely by the eggs they lay>
not if you are after hatchaHe eggs.
ENGLISH BREEDS
(Continued from page 121)
English laying type of Wyandotte
American White Wyandottes. Nei-
ther one of them come within a
njile of the real show type. We
have some photos of the English
show type of Black Orpingtons.
Their breast feathers touch the
ground. They are in fact as full
feathered as are our Cochins. We
do not know of any Black Cochins
that are as full feathered and as full
of fluff as are these prize specimens
of the English show room. These
Black Orpingtons, like all black plu-
maged fowls, have not found favor
with us.
The poultrymen of Australia have
evolved a breed of black fowls that
they claim are better for egg pro-
duction and for table meat than are
their utility Black Orpingtons. How
this can be, I cannot tell, for they
now claim that six of their Black
Orpingtons have averaged in a pub-
lic contest 3091/^ eggs per hen in a
year. America, not to be outdone,
claims that a Barred Plymouth Rock
hen laid 314 eggs during the same
year and another hen, they claim,
laid an egg every day in the year.
Our good friend, "Dan" Lambert,
will not believe these statements.
Our information leads us to believe
that thousands like "Dan" wink the
other eye.
The Buff Orpingtons and the
White Orpingtons are American
favorites of this breed. Both varie-
ties are bred here to the very finest
quality. Nothing equals for beauty
and attractiveness the displays of
these two varieties at our largest
shows. No other classes are better
shown. The master hands that guide
these two varieties have made them
to fit our Standard, or they have
made the Standard to fit them. The
size, shape, color and finish, they
are as close to perfection as fowls
can be. These men have succeeded
in establishing a system of judging
by a few who understand the breed,
and while this has not made all ex-
hibitors fully satisfied, these judges
always face some of the largest
classes in the show.
Those most expert in breeding
Dorkings and. Orpingtons have de-
monstrated that one of the points
that I wish to make is practical; that
is, that all breeds and varieties can
be bred with combs uniformly even.
Orpingtons came to us about twenty
years ago, the greater part of all of
them with bad combs. In the short
space of fifteen years, their combs
have been greatly improved. In
fact, as a class, the Orpingtons grade
up to the best Plymouth Rocks. This
being true, why is it that some breeds
are generally bad off as to comb?
Also, why is it that when we can
have such beautiful combs on some
of all the breeds, why not all good
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combs? This is a point that should
have the close attention of breeders,
Standard makers, show secretaries
and judges alike.
We have written this article for a
triple purpose. First, to make men-
tion of all the English breeds and to
call attention to the natural or exist-
ing differences that occur between
our form of breeding and showing
as compared with over there. No
class of breeders the world over can
surpass the English in the producing
of livestock of all kinds. At the
seme time, they differ greatly with
the rest of the world in many things.
My second reason is that I wish to
show that our breeders can so handle
some of the English fowls as to make
them excel in some ways, even our
own best breeds. Third, here is a
living example of the possibility of
careiul handling for the improve-
ment of a special feature that is
very bad.
We have done our best during the
past nine months, not only to point
out the little things that count for
success, but to try to show the way
for improvement. The big shows of
the year have come and gone. The
show reports have, or will tell of im-
provements or otherwise. It is to
be regfretted that it is not possible to
have the full truth told in these re-
ports. This cannot be, however, be-
cause of the publicity value of
praise. But one thing can be, if the
whole fraternity wills it so, and that
is, that all breeds and varieties can
be improved. It is a matter with
the breeders themselves whether or
not they do better.
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tion of utility classes was brought up
by a fancier stating that they had
no place in the show room." Gee!
I wonder if he meant me? I had an
article to that effect in one of the
magazines, but I am not a fancier in
the way of shape and feathers.
Never showed a bird in my life ex-
cept in a utility class, where I won
the blue ribbon on a bird that laid
nine eggs in all her life of about 12
months. And after that I'm all done
with beans-in-the-bottle-eggs-in-the-
hen guessing contest. But what are
we going to do about it? The All-
Utility Show is an idea — maybe not
so bad. In Boston every Labor Day
occurs an event of considerable in-
terest— the annual Work-Horse Pa-
rade. Some fine work horses are
shown, and they get blue ribbons
and everything. But they have their
own parade — they don't go into the
Horse Show with the hunters and
jumpers and hackney cobs — or what-
ever they call 'em. Both kinds are
horses — but one kind is bred for
work, the other for sport. If I ever
see a horse show advertised where
they have a Utility Class for draft
horses alongside the fancy equines,
I'm going to take it in for the ex-
perience— because there probably
won't ever be another chance like it.
But Utility Classes in poultry shows
—Oh! that's different! (e)
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secure a flock average of 180 to 200
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black of the bird, the male chick
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female. The professors call it "sex-
linked inheritance." Deep stuff, but
interesting, (f)
February, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
177
I have a friend who says there is i
more fascination in breeding Reds
than any other breed. You're al- ]
ways trying to get two the same j
color. However that may be, these
Red breeders are always starting j
something new. Their motto seems
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alley." This time it's J. L. Harrison,
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Standard. But why wouldn't that
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of one; and on the other hand, n
you wanted variety of color as the
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might make the double mating un-
necessary; or more necessary. Who
knows? (g)
THE HOUSEWIFE AND
A FEW HENS
(Continued from page 116)
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able to get out because he can not
climb up the smooth sides of the
metal bin. Take a good club and
kill the rat or better still get the
cat and let her do the killing by
dropping her into the bin. You
teach the cat to kill rats in this way.
All cats seem to know that it is their
business to kill rats and if they are
not good ratters that is the fault of
the owner who has failed to give
them a few lessons.
When the housewife reaches that
point where she has stock for sale
or better when she can see far
enough ahead to see that she will
have stock or eggs for sale, then is
her time to advertise. The mere
placing of an advertisement in a
poultry paper and saying that she
has Buff Plymouth Rocks for sale
will not always bring inquiries. It
would be far better for her to ad-
vertise that she could furnish cock-
erels at from $5.00 to $20.00 each
and eggs from $3.00 to $10.00 per
setting. If she has shown her fowls
she should tell of her winnings. If
any of her pullets have made good
records in the trapnest or at some
contest she should give the readers
of the poultry press that infonna-
tion.
When she receives a letter she
should answer that letter at once.
To have a neat little circular to put
in each and every letter will answer
a lot of questions and save her lots
of time but that personal letter
should go with each circular.
In the course of a year I get
hundreds of circulars about poultry
and poultry supplies. Many of these
circulars go into the fire place as
soon as they are opened but if there
is a personal letter well written, I
put it on my desk to look into when
I have more time than I do when
first opening the mail.
To have something to put in a
letter saves postage and has a ten-
dency to interest your writer. To
wait until you have something ready
for sale wastes time and one is
forced to hold stock that might
otherwise move. One can not hope
to make sales the first time their ad-
vertisement appears, unless they
have some attractive bargain sale
that would appeal to the reader. To
merely advertise your fowls and
eggs without being able to back them
up with prizes won or records made
is not apt to bring much business
but if you keep an advertisement
constantly before the public you are
bound to get returns.
To place an advertisement in a
paper with little circulation because
the advertising appears cheap is a
poor policy. To advertise in a paper
where the advertising is too high is
another bad policy. For instance
few poultrymen can afford to adver-
tise in a magazine like the Saturday
Evening Post. This paper has mil.
lions of circulation but will hardly
reach as many people interested in
poultry as one would through Every.
bodys Poultry Magazine. One can
afford to advertise in the later but
not in the former for in many cases
a small advertisement in the big
magazine would cost more than one's
business would be worth if he sold
every fowl on the place, along with
his or her good will.
To use sense in advertising is to
set aside say fifty per cent of the ex.
pected income for the first few
years.
Liberality in advertising is bound
to bring results if you have some-
thing worth while to tell the readers.
You can use your best experience in
your advertising, you will learn as
the time goes by. First try advertis-
ing that appeals to you. You note a
lot of advertising in the poultry
press that appeals to you when you
first open your poultry paper and
other advertising you skip because it
does not interest you. Do not copy
the other fellow but remember that
there is "nothing new under the sun"
and one has to get his ideas from
others.
Make up your mind that this year
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vou are going to get big returns next
vear You plant a crop of wheat in
fhe fall and again plant another crop
in the spring. If the winter is favor-
able you get a big crop from your
fall wheat and if the summers are
too dry you get a poor crop from
the spring wheat; but when one has
a two to one bet, they stand more
chances of winning. It is said that
the average man is about fifty-fifty.
In other words he is fifty per cent
good and fifty per cent bad. He will
make fifty mistakes and make good
fifty times out of each hundred.
That is the law of averages. You
have good hatches one time and poor
hatches another with either hens or
incubators. It is up to you to bring
that average up to a higher mark.
The man that can get one hundred
and twenty eggs out of a hen is
beating the average of 84 eggs per
hen in the United States. The man
that can get twelve dozen eggs out
of a hen is far above the average
and he makes a good profit but the
man or woman who can make hens
lay sixty per cent for the whole year
beats them all. It is the flock aver-
age in fowls that brings the pay for
upkeep and the feed bill. It is the
extra eggs that one gets out of the
flock that goes to make the real
velvet.
Make up your mind that 1924 will
£66 better fowls on your place than
you ever grew before and that you
will not breed from*poor specimens,
under any condition. If your males
are not as good as they might be, get
better ones. If you do not like to
change your line of breeding, get a
couple of extra good hens, breed
them, save the cockerels that you get
from the new hens and use them for
breeders another year. If you do
this you only get one-fourth away
from your blood and the first thing
you know you will have changed
your blood lines, yet not changed the
type and shape of your fowls. It is
the good breeder that breeds in line,
yet always introduces new blood
when needed without spoiling what
he has tried to build up.
OPERATING THE MODERN
INCUBATOR
(Continued from pagre 112)
of the thermometers slightly if any
continued variations are noted, and
any which do not register correctly
had better be discarded and replaced
with new ones. A second big prob-
lem in the operation of the incuba-
tor is that of moisture. The amount
of moisture which is present within
the atmosphere within the machine
determines the rapidity with which
evaporation is going on within the
* eggs. If evaporation is too rapid,
the eggs will become dried down too
much, the hatch will be injured and
the resulting chicks will be small
and under-sized. If, on the other
hand, there is too much moisture,
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the eggs do not dry down rapidly
enough, the hatch will be a small
and delayed one, and the chicks will
come out sticky and wet. The best
method of determining whether the
correct amount of moisture is pres-
ent or not, is to observe the air cells
carefully, at least, on the following
dates. On the sixth to the seventh
day, the air cell in the large end of
the eg^^ should be about one-quarter
of an inch deep. On the twelfth to
the fourteenth day, it should be
about one-half an inch deep and on
the eighteenth to nineteenth day, it
should be five-eighths of an inch
deep, and just about hatching time,
the air cell itself should occupy from
one-fourth to one-third of the entire
egS, and should be about three-
quarters of an inch deep; the depth
in each instance being measured
from the center of the large end of
the egs i'^ ^ direct line downward to
the center of the air cell; remem-
bering all of the time that if the air
cell is growing in size too rapidly,
more moisture is necessary. If the
air cell is too small, too much mois-
ture is being added and it should be
reduced to encourage greater evap-
oration.
Then there is the question of
turning which must be done faith-
fully from the second or third day
right straight through the hatch up
until the time when the first egg
starts to pip, being sure that, re-
gardless of what method of turning
is used, each e^^ is moved once a
day, preferably twice; that its posi-
tion in the tray is changed and fur-
ther that the trays themselves are
changed from day to day in order to
overcome any slight variations in
temperature in different parts of a
given compartment or in different
compartments.
It is today considered rarely
necessary to cool the eggs, except
where the temperature has gone to
too high a point or in the late sea-
son in very warm weather, when
cooling may be beneficial. It will
depend, however, upon the type of
machine which you are operating, so
regarding this point follow the in-
structions carefully which come with
the machine.
The Hatch
Then finally, after you have been
faithfully caring for your machine
for eighteen or nineteen days and
the first sign of pipping is seen, close
the machine, and do not open it for
any reason until the hatch is over.
During this time it is a good plan
to darken the windows with black
cloth or paper, which keeps the chicks
quiet and does not allow them to
crowd to the front, which they do,
being attracted by the light entering
the glass front. After the chicks
are taken out and the machine is
being prepared for a new hatch, be
sure to clean all trays and compart-
ments thoroughly and disinfect them,
Try the Sure Way
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/*. hen worried to death with Hct
can not lay if she wants to. You
might as well "throw money to the
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Make Layers Out of Loafers
To make hens lay thiir be.'^t in winter, oroMJtiff
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fil
so that each succeeding hatch may
he given an equal chance and no
danger of an infection held over
from one hatch to the next. I sup-
oose we may consider these points
enumerated above as the high lights
in the operation of the modern incu-
bator. But we must remember that
it is a big and important operation
which requires careful study and
much experience. If we approach it
with that spirit, we are bound to
succeed.
SOME THOUGHTS ON
MATING THE BREEDERS
(Continued from page 117)
well together either in shape or
color— you will have in the end
about fifty per cent of each.
In all matings use the best females
you can possibly find and yet remem-
ber that the male is one-half of the
pen.
It is the male that will be the
father of all the chicks while each
hen will be the mother of but a few.
The choice of a male is, therefore,
of the greatest importance and he
cannot be too good. Generally
speaking, it is the male that begetr;
color and finish while the female is
responsible for size and largely type.
Some males are very prepotent and
all their chicks will look like the
father and, again, some females are
so prepotent that they will breed
good or bad chicks irrespective of
the male with which they are mated.
Both of these kinds of birds are
eagerly sought after and should be
retained as long as they will breed.
It will generally be found that out
of a mating of, say, ten females,
only two or three will be the dams
of all the really good chicks — the
others will be wasters and are not
worth keeping. That is why it is so
important to trapnest and mark the
chicks, if that be possible with the
time at one's command. The trap-
nest is really the greatest labor-sav-
mg device that was ever invented
because it saves so much unneces-
sary work for the following year.
There is no manner of use in retain-
ing poor breeders — either male or
female — and the trapnest is the only
sure way of getting a line on the
breeding ability of each individual
bird.
Constitutional strength is of prime
importance in the breeding pen. Do
not mate up the best bird you have
if he or she is not in good health.
Birds with poor constitutions or out-
of-sorts will not breed strong chicks.
If you wish to use such birds during
the season wait until they have fully
recovered their health before you
place them in any mating. Be sure
to band your birds with some good
permanent band; enter these band
numbers on your record book for
reference the following season and
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THE ROUEN DUCK
^ile the Rouen has never been
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waterfowl breeders; for it is the
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tribe for splendor of plumage. No
domestic breed of practical fowls can
compare with it in this respect and,
as a result, its complexity of color
requirements offer breeding prob-
lems to tax the skill and patience of
the most adept fanciers in the poul-
try world. Furthermore on top of
all this the male and female differ
radically in color of feather to still
further aggravate matters.
The head of the drake is a rich
lustrous green, this color extending
down the neck to within about an
inch of the shoulders where a dis-
tinct, well defined, narrow, white
collar divides the neck plumage from
that of the breast. This collar is
often erroneously called a ring and
thus is responsible for the impres-
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the neck, when as a matter of fact it
should not meet at the reaik
Below the collar at the base of the
neck, the breast plumage in the best
specimens is a deep rich claret color,
free from any lacings, pencilings or
foreign colors, whatsoever. This
claret hued area should extend
backward, and downward until it
meets in a vertical line just touch-
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commonly observed to find the
breast -color failing to carry far
enough underneath.
Just between the shoulders of the
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claret, grey, and green; first the
claret and then the grey disappearing
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be made in scoring the specimen if
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as it is.
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entire plumage of most fowls. The
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flrts a clear steel grey, while the pri-
maries are a slatey black with just a
^uecrestion of brown to them. The
Standard specifies that white ir
either the primaries or secondaries
disqualifies the specimen, but if this
provision was interpreted strictly, all
Rouens with a wing bar would have
to be thrown out, inasmuch as the
^Tig bar, which is a bright blue
band edged on either side with first
black and then white bars, is located
upon the secondaries and secondary
coverts — corresponding in fact, to
the wing bay observed upon many
breeds of chickens, and is, there-
fore erroneously described in the
Standard as being upon the flight
coverts.
Although the plumage of the fe-
male is rather more somber, it is
«carcely less beautiful. The head
is a bayish tan, with a broad band
of darker shade extending from the
bill over the crown and well down
the neck. There are also two lines
of darker feathers traversing the
side of the head, one intersecting the
eye and the other parallel with the
mouth. But aside from the wing bar
and flights, which should be similar
in color to those sectons in the
drake, the balance of the duck's
plumage should be an even, rich ma-
hogany brown, every feather dis-
tinctly marked with pencilings rang-
ing from a very dark brown upon
the breast and body to a rich green-
ish black over the rump. Any sug-
gestion of a white ring upon the fe-
male, as well as white in the flights,
are disqualifications.
The bill color in the two sexes
vary considerably, also. The drake's
bill is described as greenish yellow
and very little variation from this
color is permitted by the Standard.
Too many breeders and judges, never-
theless, interpret greenish yellow as
yellowish green and as a consequence
the correct color of the Rouen
drake's bill is often penalized. The
bill of the female should be a deep
orange, marked with a black saddle
extending about two-thirds the dis-
tance toward the tip. Clear yellow,
dark green, blue or lead colored bills
in either sex disqualify. The feet
and legs of the drake are generally
inclined to be reddish orange, while
those of the duck appear orange or
dusky orange in color.
The type of the Rouen very close-
ly resembles that of the Aylesbury,
viz., the carriage is level, the keel
deep and long and the back outline
is slightly convex. Again the neck
should be long and tapering, al-
though the head and bill are perhaps
not quite as large and possess a
slightly depressed or concave, in-
stead of a straight, top line. In dis-
position, too, these two breeds are
very similar, both being very quite
and not readily excitable.
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quite as highlv for its utility, as for
its beauty. While its color of plu-
mage handicaps it for the green duck
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For the average farm flock, prob-
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WINTER CARE OF WATERFOWL
Each spring brings its quota of
complaints upon the part of Water-
fowl breeders concerning poor fer-
tility of the eggs incubated. In fact,
there is a widespread belief among
Waterfowl breeders that certain
years are just natural unfavorable
ones for the propagation of ducks
and geese; perhaps, due to certain
astral influences or something of that
nature. While it is true that there
is much difference in the effect of
the successive years upon the hatch-
ability of Waterfowl eggs, still, the
cause for these variations are quite
patent, instead of obscure, as is so
often supposed.
Wild ducks and geese are not
troubled with this periodic lack of
eZZ fertility and, if it is inquired why,
it will be discovered the conditions
under which they pass their winters
are always similar. Their winters,
like their springs and summers, are
ones of activity, during which they
are continually swimming, diving and
flying in quest of food. The result
is that the wild species do not accu-
mulate excessive flesh while sojourn-
ing in their winter haunts; hence
when they arrive at their breeding
grounds the following spring they
are anything but fat. Moreover, Qgf^
production does not take place un-
til some time after arrival, or in
other words, until fresh green vege-
tation for them to feed upon has
put in its appearance.
Now contrast these natural condi-
tions with those under which the
average breeding flock of domestic
Waterfowl is kept and it will not be
difficult to explain the failures of so
many keepers of ducks and geese.
To begin with, most breeders are too
good feeders, if such an expression
may be employed, and as a conse-
quence the flock is not required to
rustle for its rations. If the winter
happens to be a severe one, especi-
ally, if the g^round is covered with
snow a good share of the time, the
situation is aggravated by the incli-
nation of the fowls to sit around a
great deal between feeds, so the
greater part of the winter is passed
in inactivity. Naturally, an over-
fattened condition is certain to fol-
low. The same excessive in nourish-
ment, which causes an excess of flesh,
also, causes a production of eggs
long before there is green grass for
them to feed upon, therefore, it is
not surprising that few eggs hatch;
indeed, it is remarkable that any
hatch at all, under the circum-
stances.
The wise breeder then will see
that his stock birds are not allowed
to accumulate flesh during the
months prior to the breeding season
and that the flock is kept upon the
move as much as circumstances will
permit. A morning ration of wet
mash composed of equal parts
ground oats, middlings, bran, corn
meal and alfalfa meal is excellent
for this purpose. During the day
they should be allowed access to
roughage in the form of clover or
alfalfa hay, ensilage, etc. The finn]
ration at night may consist of a small
amount of whole corn, particularly
if the weather is extremely cold!
Grit and charcoal in liberal quanti-
ties should, also, be constantly be-
fore them. Rations of this kind
should be supplemented once or
twice weekly with fresh cabbage, let-
tuce leaves, or sprouted oats (long),
but, unless early eggs are desired,
care should be exercised against giv-
ing too much of the green ration, as
it has a tendency to induce early lay-
ing, an undesirable state of affairs
in northern latitudes.
Should the breeder be so fortunate
as to have a running stream some
distance from the feeding yards it
will be found expedient to force the
flock to go there for their water to
drink; otherwise the water troughs
should be placed as far from the
feeding and sleeping quarters as
convenience will permit, so as to en-
courage as much exercise as possible
through this arrangement.
As the laying season approaches, a
more concentrated laying mash
should be substituted and the
amount of green food augmented as
much as practical. In other words,
the breeder who can nearest stimulate
Nature in the manner in which he
winters his flock of stock birds will
be rewarded with the highest per-
centage of fertility in the eggs he in-
cubates in the spring.
MISS SALLY BRADLEY WINS
NATIONAL CONTEST PRIZE
Miss Sally Bradley, the 13 year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Bradley, Lee, Mass., has won the
"Scout Hike Prize" given by the
American Girl Magazine for the
best story of a hike.
There were contestants for this
honor from 48 States and Territor-
ies. Miss Bradley chose the subject
of "Our Cleanup Hike" and related
in a charming manner the true
story of one of the many hikes she
took with her company.
We have met this little lady both
at her home and also at the New
York Show with her father, Victor
Bradley, and we here extend our
compliments to Miss Sally and her
parents. She has won a great honor
deservedly, may she ever win more
distinction in her chosen line and
prove a leader which is a natural
Bradley habit.— H. P. S.
February, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
187
PITTSBURGH SHOW A
COMPLETE SUCCESS
What Co-operation and Capable
Management Can and Doe«
Accomplish.
ThoB. J. Gallagher
The word "great" is quite fre-
quently abused by correspondents in
reporting poultry shows. Some writ-
ers seem to believe that they must
preface their report of a show by
saying "great."
Under the able management of
J. Leonard Pfeuffer, the Pittsburgh
Show has become one of the institu-
tions among poultry exhibitions of
America and demonstrates what an
active secretary can do in the pro-
motion of a real show in a real city —
a great show.
This year's exhibition at Pitts-
burgh, which closed on January 19,
surpassed in interest and value to the
poultry business all other previous ex-
hibitions.
Mr. Pfeuffer believes in publicity
and knows how to attain it, working
hand in hand with the newspapers and
other community interests of the
"Smoky City" in making the poultry
show an event up to Pittsburgh's
ideal.
The writer has attended exhibitions
in all parts of the country, covering a
long period of years, and this year':
event, in our mind, places Pittsburgh
as among the leaders. The atten'l-
ance unusually large, excellent sales
by breeders in the aisles of the show
room, and the concessions were of the
highest order in a well rounded ex-
hibit appreciated by everyone exhibit-
ing there as well as the thousands of
visitors attending.
Below are the awards in full:
Awards — Large Fowl
Barred Plymouth Bocks — O. W. Gilbert,
third cock. Art Mason, second and fourth
cock; third cockerel; fourth hen. Frank
M. Pletz. fifth cock. Charles P. Dufford. first
cock. C. W. Pfistner. fifth cockerel. Calvin
Gates, fourth cockerel. Fred Geyser, second
cockerel. J. C. Looney, first cockerel. Oliver
M. Kenyon, first and fifth hen; first, second,
third, fourth and fifth pullet. W. E. Kelly,
second hen; first old pen. C. L. Knestrick,
third hen.
Cockerel-bred Barred Plymouth Bocks —
Calvin Gates, fourth hen. Art Mason, third
hen; fifth pullet; fourth young pen. C. L.
Knestrick, second hen. Charles P. Dufford.
first hen; first and third pullet; first younp
pen. Fred J. Pannier, fourth pullet. E. C.
Snyder, second pullet; third young pen. "Mrs.
Ola Henck, first old pen. Robert S. Beau-
mont, fifth young pen. Fred Batcher, sec-
ond young pen.
Pullet-bred Barred Plymouth Bocks— Art
Mason, first cock ; first and second cockerel ;
first young pen. C. L. Knestrick, third cock-
erel.
White Plymouth Bocks — Robert Walker,
fourth cock; first hen; first cockerel; first
pullet; first old pen. Jas. Murray, first and
second cock; second and third hen; second
cockerel; third pullet. J. H. Boyer, third
cock; fourth hen; third cockerel; second
pullet.
Columbian Plymouth Bocks — J. Guy Grif
fith, first and second cock; first and second
cockerel; first, second and third pullet; first
young pen. J. p. Queries, first and second
hen; first young pen. C. D. Scott, third and
fourth cockerel.
Golden Laced Plymouth Bocks — Golden
Rook Yard, all awards.
_ Partridge Plymouth Bocks — Delafield Part-
ridge Rock Yards, first cock; second hen;
second and third cockerel; first, second, third
;nd fourth pullet. A. H. GofT, first hen;
"St cockerel.
White Wyandottes — John Jarvie & Sons,
"th «ock; fifth hen. Allen R. Rice, first
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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cock; third jmllet. W. T. Bennett, third and
fourth «o«k ; firKt hen ; first and third e„p|j
frel ; second ])ullet; first younj^ pen. Charles
I>. Cleveland, second cock; third hen; 8^^.
co<'kerel ; first and fourth pu].
P. Clog^er, secoTul and fourth
Kaler, fourth cockerel
pullet. W. 1). Loos,
fourth and fifth cockerel;
Lt Vogel Brothers, third
l»ul-
John
second
Chleage
City •cPanl Portlaad, Or*. Port Worth Oakland, Caf.
ond and fifth
let. Charles
hen. W. (}.
Welsh, fifth
youTig jieii.
Buflf Wyandottes — Louis Hapit. first coclj.
fifth hen; first and fifth coikcrd; first, see'.
ond and fifth i)ullet. .lohn A. Mohr. first and
foiirth hen; second, third and fourth cock-
erel. Louis K. (irey, second and third
hen; tliird an<l fourth ])uilet.
Silver Laced Wyandottes — Wni. Kurtz,
first cock; first hen; first crxkerel; thira
jiullet; first old i)en. C. R. Weinman, second
and third hen; first and second pullet.
Black Wyandottes — (). (J. Hryte. Jr., first
cock; first hen. I'aul K. (Jilihs, first puUet
Partridge Wyandottes— Norris Cockcrofti
first cock; fourth hen; thir<l »ockerel; first
pullet. Henry .1. Bast, second cock; third
hen; first cockerel; second piillet. Anton
Swanson, first and second hen; second cock-
erel.
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds — Carnegie
Red Yards, first cock ; first and fifth hen;
fourth cockerel; first pullet; first young
pen. Fred C. Kintf. third co<k. Kev. C. T.
McCann. second, fourth aTul fifth cock; fourth
hen; first, second and fifth cockerel; third
jiullet; first old pen; second young pen.
IJeechuood Farms, second and third hen;
second and fourth i»ullet ; fourth young ])en.
Dickson & Baer, third cockerel. (»eorge New-
ell, fifth jmllet. Wm. H. Mason, third old
j>en. C. A. Muri»hy. se<-ond old pen; third
young j»en. Ililldorfer Farms, fifth young
pen.
Rose Ccmb Rhode Island Reds — Lucy J.
Siiratt, second <-o»-k ; fourth and fifth cock-
erel; fourth and fifth jtuUet. Charles J.
Lo<hinger, first cock ; first, secpnd and third
cockerel; first and second piillet. Charles C.
Sweet, first hen; third pullet. Albert J.
Fischer, first old pen.
Rose Comb Rhode Island Whites — Howard
W. Krstler. first cock: first hen; fourth
cockerel; third i)ullet ; first young pen. Hill-
dorfer Farms, second hen; fifth cockerel;
fourth and fifth jtullet. R. W. Martin, flrit
and third cockerel; first and second pullet.
A. R. (iunde<'ker. second <-ockerel.
Black Javas— Dr. S. B. Davis & Son, sec
ond cockerel. O. H. Cox. first cockerel; first
pullet.
Buckeyes — S. G. Dunning, all awards.
Jersey Black Giants — M. T. Anion, first
cock; first hen; first cockerel; third pul-
let; second old jien ; fir.>t young pen. 0. E.
Anderson, third cock. John W. Quivey, ssec-
ond cock; second hen; third cockerel; fourth
pullet. T. C. Clark, Jr., third hen; second
<o<kerel; first, second and fifth pullet; first
old pen; second young i)en. Hedgewood
Farm, fourth cockerel.
Rose Comb Jersey Black Giants— C. J.
Clark, all awards.
Light Braihrnas — George Seath & Son. first
and second < o«k ; first, second and third
hen ; first and second co< kerel ; first, second
and third pullet. Daniel Turner & Son,
fourth cock; fourth pullet; first old pen.
J. H. Dimling. third cock; fourth hen; sec-
ond old pen.
Dark Brahmas — Daniel Turner & Son, »U
•w<ards. ^ ,,
Black Langshana— Marshall W. F*""*"-
second cock; first and fourth cockerel; fifth
pullet. N. Kieffer, first, third and fifth cock:
first and third hen; second and fifth cock-
erel • first and secoind pullet; first old pen;
second young i»en. R. L. Gill, fourth cock:
second and fifth hen; third cockerel: third
and fourth pullet; first young pen. Boyd L.
Spragiie Poultry Yards, fourth hen. tiem
Bachus, third young pen.
Single Comb Dark Brown Leghorns — John
C. Greenewalt, first and sei-ond cock; nr^t
and second hen; second and fourth cockerel,
first and second pullet. Ernest Dale, thini
cock; third hen; third and fifth cockere .
fifth pullet. John S. Norris. first cockerel,
fourth i)ullet. Marvin Stauflfer, third pullet.
Paul E. (Jibl.s, first young pen.
Single Comb Light Brown Leghorns— brnest
Dale, first cock ; first cockerel. John t-
(ireenewalt. first and se«-ond hen; first »n<»
se«-ond jMillet ; first young pen.
Rose Comb Dark Brown Leghorns — Paul t
(Jihhs. first cock; first hen; first cockere,
second pullet. K. H. Uber, second cockerel,
first pullet. -
Single Comb White Leghorns— J. H. hea-
ler, first, second, tliird and fifth cock; »"•
and fifth hen; second and third •'"'•''V iiTrV
old pen; first young i.en. R. S. ""l')*"'
fourth co<k ; second cockerel. ''""„ ri!'
Poad, friurth hen: fourth i>ullet. T. H. 1"'
land & V. H. Johnston. se<-oiid hen; nr"
cockerel; second viung ]>en. ^'^^^^uA
Hobbs, third hen. Charles W. Hodges, tmro,
first and fifth
. vogel Brothers, third young pen.
Single Comb Buff Leghorns — Jacob Bedel.
and fourth cock; second, fourth and
hen- second cockerel: third and fifth
first
fifth
Rall'h O. McKee. third
cockerel. Ililldorfer
first hen; third ami
cock ; third
Farms, sec-
fourth cock-
B. B. Hill
first yi.ung
lien.
E.
pullet
hen; flr»t
"rpl*^"flrst and second pullet.
;inrfer fifth cock: fourth pullet;
»n George H. Ricker. first .>ld .
'single Comb Black Leghorns — Paul
rihhs second cock; first cockerel; first hen;
first iMM; ^rst young pen. Elmer E- Sny-
Ser! second hen; second pullet. P. C. Tan-
"^S'ngle Comb Black Minorcas — Charles W.
rnnnor first, secoini jhkI third hen; first
.^ond and third cockerel; first and third
nllet Wm. J. Elliott, fourth cockerel. Wm.
friffith. fifth cockerel; fifth pullet. Ilowanl
Kramer second ami fourth pullet.
Eose'Comb Black Minorcas — C. J.
""white' Faced Black Spanish— Dr.
Davis & Son, ail awards.
Single Comb White Minorcas — T. A
hpl Jr., all awards.
Buff Minorcas— J. (JilTord Tebbs. nil
awards. ,» w -«' i
Blue Andalusians — Mcseley Poultry \ards.
all awar'^-'*-
Boae Comb Blue Andalusians — Cliarles ().
Wetzel, all awards.
Single Comb Anconaa— T. C. Parker, fourth
cock. J<:hn Carnegie, first cock; second hen.
F M. Bauer, third cock; first hen; first pul-
lef first old pen. Jcdin Harrison, fifth cock.
George A. Mitchell, second cock; third cock-
erel: fourth pullet; third young j.en.
J Higgins, fourth hen; fourth old pen;
ond young pen. W. J. Crick, third
first young pen. John S. Htaab, fifth
^econd pullet. Duquesne Ancona Yards,
cockerel; third i»ullet ; third old pen
Clark.
S. B.
Greu-
Wm.
sec
hen ;
hen ;
fifth
John
J Donohue, first and fourth cockerel; second
oid pen. Thos. Foy, second cockerel ; fifth
pullet. J. S. Kaniensky. fifth old pen; fifth
voung pen. E. D. Broadt. fourth young pen.
' Bose Comb Anconas — E. D. Broadt, fourth
cock- first hen; first cockerel: se<'ond )>ul-
let. J. S. Kamensky, first and thinl cock;
second cockerel ; first imllet ; first young
pen. Thos Foy. second cock; third ]iullet.
Buttercups— ^R. J. La Lone, fifth cock;
second, third and fourth hen; fifth cockerel;
first, second and third old pen; first young
pen. Almon H. Williams, third and fourth
cock; second and third cockerel; first and
third pullet. Roselawn Poultry Farm &
Hatchery, second cock; second young pen.
Sam B. Nicely, first cock; first hen; second
and fourth pullet. Wm. Freise. fifth hen.
Dr. Rufus J. Howe, fourth cockerel; fifth
pullet. J. L. Thomas, first cockerel.
Single Comb Buff Orpingtons — F. A. Poert-
ner, all awards.
Single Comb Black Orpingtons — John Mc
Laughlin, all awards.
Single Comb White Orpingtons — Di<kson
& Baer. fcurth cock; fifth pullet. Wm. J.
Kleylein, third cock; second hen; third
cockerel; first old pen. Oak Hill Poultry
Yards, fifth cock; first cockerel; second uul-
let. J. C. Fosnot, first and second cock;
fifth hen; second and fifth cockerel: first
and third pullet; first young pen. A. Cal-
lender. third and fourth hen. Grant Ritter.
first hen; fourth cockerel; fourth pullet;
second young pen.
Dark Cornish — C. J. Clark, second cock;
first, third and fourth hen; second and
fourth cockerel. C. B. Musher. first cock;
fifth hen. Dickson & Baer, third cock;
second hen; first cockerel; first pullet. O.
G. Crawshaw. third cockerel; second pullet.
White Cornish — C. J. Clark, all awards.
Sflyer Spangled Hamburgs— H. L. & T. W.
Burgess, all awards.
Lakenvelders — J. (lifford Tebbs. all awards.
Houdani
Houdani
-John
-John
A.
Mauchen,
Mauchen,
White
awards.
MotUed
awards.
Bantams
Golden Sebright — J. A. Greubel, Jr., sec-
ond cock; first hen; fourth ]»ullet. Moseley
Poultry Yards, first cock ; second and third
^len; first and third cockerel; se<'ond and
third pullet. C. Edwanl Hartung. third ( ock
erel: first pullet. Mathew Bell, fourth co( k
erel- fifth pullet.
Sflter Duckwlng Game — Linstead Farm,
all awards.
surer Sebrlght^Wm. Kurtz, all awards.
Ctolden Duckwlng — Gambles & Nonnau, all
»ward8.
Blue B. Red Old English Game— A. A
''ent^ Jr., hI| awards.
Oiban B. Breasted Red Game— A. A.
'•nt, Jr., all awards.
Bed Pyle Old English Game — .\. A.
Jr.. all awards.
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That's what the guard rod is there for — so they won't do anything to
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Untold thousands of chicks die every year from polluted feed.
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The Conkey-Ndrwich Chick Feeder
keeps the feed in and the chicks out. The one feeder which keeps every bit
of the feed clean and sanitary until it is all eaten up clean.
The detachable guard rod prevents the little chicks from getting into the
feeder, and is too small for them to stand on. All they can do is to line up,
stick their heads under the guard rod, and eat, and eat. And grow and ^ow.
The round body of the Conkey-Norwich Feeder prevents waste of feed. Feed
saved — chicks uaved. . , ^ ^ u- i. n T<rnj>wjrrj
Not built like the 25c kind, but up to the standard for which all NORWICH
poultry helps are noted. Built on honor and with reasonable care should last
a hfetim^.^^ ^^ conkey NORWICH for water, and sour milk, too
20 inches long (the photo shows two of them end
to end on a board) sent postpaid anywhere in
U S. for $1.15 with Rain Top; 90c without Top.
If you find them at your dealer's, you will save
the jioRtiage of 15c each.
The Norwich Automatic
Feeder Co.
2972 Trvmbiill St.. New London, Conn.
Be sure of
healthy hatches
rent.
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•M Pyla — Linstead Farm, first cock;
It's the chicks that come out with a vigorous
kick, that count-the chicks that have made
a normal, healthy g^?^' /^j^, t'thl^eu!
the germ to hatching day-health in the sheU.
Right eggs, right incubator and AEM Ther-
mometers make you sure of results.
These perfected thermometers must meet
a rigid test for absolute acairacy - ^nst^^^^^- ^ors from flawle^
Sia^e^Tatfo "aJriinJst^^^^^^^ th^oroughly .'ripened" and teste<i
^^^In an AEM Thermometer says so. it's so. If your incubators arent
«i^Sd>^^hlhese thermometers, it will pay you to put them m.
Tsk^tT^eaTer for AEM-if he can't supply you we will, prepaid:
rw^ ^.»«r t\ 00 Brooder Thermometer $1.00
,„cul«tor Th.nnom.t«^^ tj-^ Incubator Hygrometer $1.50
Y^rite for helpful booklet "Hatching Hints." FREE.
A. E. MOELLER CO. „ ^. „ ^
2617 Sumpter Street Brooklyn. N. Y.
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February* 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
191
UilliJ<
it a Good
Start
Cornell Brand Buttermilk
Chick Starter makes
healthy, laying pullets by
giving the new bom chick
the proper nourishment,
insuring quick, sound
growth.
Write today for free sam-
ples and valuable feeding
instructions.
CORNELL BRAND
Chick Starter
means profits for you
BLAMBERG BROTHERS, Inc.
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Price Ust— Prepaid to You— Pure- bred Stodi
100 50 25
Wb. ft Br. Lechonu .. .$13.00 17.00 $3.75
Buff A Black Lefftiorna . 13.00 7.00 3.75
Anoonas ^^-^S
Bl. Minor »s 15.00
8. C. ft R. C. Bed* .... 15.00
Barred Bock* 15.00
Buff ft W>i. Bocks 16 00
Wb. ft 8. L. WyandJtlM . 16.00
Buff Orplnftoni ..... .... 16. 00
lUack Lanifslians 18.00
Light Brairaaa 20.00 10.50
All alisohiu^y rtrst class pure bred stock.
Prompt shipments made. Mail orders to
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7.50
4.00
100
4.25
6.00
4.25
8.00
425
8.50
4 50
8 60
4.50
1(50
4.50
9.50
5.00
0.50
5.50
Madison Square Garden
Rote Comb Browns. 285
record.
Single G«nb Browns. 266
reoord. <
Both big. up to 7 pound
eorks : big eggs.
Single Comb Whits. 288
and 30a line: big, witite,
American lines.
Rose Comb White. 244 line. »—. »■»,
SlRfle Comb Reds, big deed Beds, 243 line and
•Tcry utility cockerel red.
Barred Rock», Parks" 270 line.
Eggs, $2 for 15; $5 50 and $10 per 100; $18 per
Seo. Catalogue. Baby Chicks.
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GETTING EGGS
tO the time, eren when thev moult; othm do it, so
aan rou. Qivo WACKEB'8 B. T. O. F. TabUt* In
the water. No meat or greeoa then neodod. nothing
das la naodod for th« moult FMd is tnrood to ogts
not all fartiliisr. Makas no tflfforanes what fosd you
(if». you wiU gat more and larger egga. ^ _ _ ^
Bun two pona. glto one pan ttM B. T. O. F. Tab-
lots and the other no B. T. O. W. Tablets, tha poo
tht ceta the B. T. O. F. Tablata will produflo eggs
right along, while the other pen falls flat Tan know
agga are hard tn get after July hut not if you glTe
WACKKB'S B. T. O. F. Tablata in the drinking
water. 8TABT NOW AND OET E008 WHEN
TEST ABB mOH AND 8CABCE.
All Takitts •00. tl.OO; 1. 300. 12.00; LOOt. tO.00
C. O. D. Ordera promptly filled.
Raauiti ar Yaur Maaay Baefc. Bookist Fraa.
WACKER REMEDY COMPANY
Box 167-10 Oamdon, N. J
cockorel ; first pallet. Gambles & Norman,
second cock; first and second hen. Daniel
Turner Ss Son, third hen; second cockerel;
second and fourth pullet. Moseley Poultry
Yards, first cockerel; third pullet.
Birchen Oame — Moseley Poultry Yards,
second cockerel; second jiuUet. Oamble.s &
Norman, first cockerel ; first pullet.
White Japanese Sllkie— Betty Braun, all
awards.
Spangled Old English — Linstead Farm, all
awards.
Black Games — C. E. Burton, all awards.
Rose C3mb Black — Moseley Poultry Yards,
first and second cock; first, second and third
hen; second cockerel; first pullet. Linstead
Farm, first cockerel.
Buff Cochin — Wm. H. Rea. third younpr
pen. Betty Braun, first young pen. Lee M.
Moore, second young pen.
Black Cochin — W. A. Marshall, first ccok ;
second cockerel; second pullet. C. E. Bur-
ton, second cock; first and fourth hen.
George H. White, jr., second and third hen.
Raney McCullough, third cockerel ; third pul-
let. O. S. Bell, first cockerel; first i»ullet.
THE CARE OF CHICKS
The rearing and growing of chick-
ens, in order to be in any degree suc-
cessful or profitable, requires all the
care that can be bestowed upon them
and without going to the other ex-
treme of cuddling them to death, for
proper care is one thing, and cuddling
is another, the first means the sup-
ply of all things needful, so as to grow
into a sturdy maturity, the other the
supplying of the things not needed,
or more often of them than is needed
until we have nothing left but the
ruins of what might have been.
If the hatching has been carried
on under a hen there is little to do
but to give the hen a chance to pro-
vide for her little ones, simply leave
her alone with them, without feed be-
ing provided her, for a day or two,
for what the little ones need the first
few days more than any other thing
is brooding, and after the provision
that nature made for them has been
exhausted your time comes to pro-
vide in small quantities suitable food.
Here is a hint that will do more
for you than anything I can tell you
in the way of raising your stock
with a good, sturdy and healthy
frame, a frame that will be strong
enough to hold all the flesh and fiber
to go on it, namely, from the very
first meal you give the chickens mix
a little bone meal, not cracked bone,
or coarsely ground bone, but fine,
flour like bone meal, and keep this
up at least once a day after they get
to be a month old, but in the begin-
ning give it to them in every meal.
If you do you will have no leg
weakness, no bowel trouble, and your
birds will put on frames and bone
amazingly. It is one of the most
valuable size producers we have ever
known in an experience of nearly
twenty years with poultry.
Keep charcoal before them all the
time, and don't forget a good supply
of chicken grit, both are necessary
to health. Change water as often as
is gets warm, but don't give ice water
to little chickens, it is sure death,
and you might as well give them ice
water as to give them water that is
very cold, take the chill off before
giving it.
^^BabyChicks
Murray McMurray selU diy-oW
chirks, hatching eggs and raatiire
s^j„^ sti»ck whatever yoi iioi'd to Increue
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15 Popular, utility breeds, 7 haiitanw. 11 ducks md
gwse, 34 rare varieties including Laiius'.iaus. Uraiimts
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No waiting when yon order from McMurray. 25.000
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Get an Early Start — Order Now
Quality Clilcks are yigorous, healthy. They tlirWe and
grow. Order now. Karly layers pay the best.
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It's FRI-a;. Write for It today.
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Box 01 Wrbster City. lo«i
Member International Baby Chick Association
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CHICKS
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Prices very reasonable. Before pl»e- *
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Low Jamesway Prices
Stron^r, healthierrhickaarethe
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trolm humidity, ventila' ^^A^
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New revolving hover,
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Insures happier, contented, livelier, healthier, ■"''"T
chicks. Extra savinu in chicks in one year easily P»yV^",
FRKE. Write for literature. Get Jamesway pr»e« "J
brooder stoves, self feeders, sanitary waterers, etc *■■
helpful information. Write direct to ... Mk.
jAmESWAY D«Pt c^Stl""-!?:'^
As to food in general, give them
what they like to eat, but never more
than they will eat up clean, keep
them scratching for small grain, if
in an enclosure. If there is freedom
of the farm or place they will get all
the exercise they need, but where
brooders are used provide it until
they are weaned from it.
To the man who raises a few
chickens for his pleasure and the use
of his household, as well as the fan-
cier who only raises a few fowls, it is
much cheaper and much better to
buy the different mixed grain in the
j^j^rket they contain more of a va-
riety than you can generally provide
for them by buying in the home mar-
l;ets, and as they are mixed by ex-
perienced feeders, you are more sure
of success.
Green food of course, must be pro-
vided early in the season when this
cannot be gotten from the ground.
Lettuce can be grown in the same
length of time it takes to hatch a
batch of eggs, that is, grown large
enough to supply the first need of the
newly hatched chick.
Early in the season, during Febru-
ary and March, the night is very long
and it is well to feed the last meal by
lamplight. Where fine chicks for ex-
hibition purposes is a consideration,
this little attention will more than
pay for the trouble it cost.
There is an evil that must be shun-
ned in the successful rearing of
chicks, and that is foul, close, ill-
smelling quarters, better let the chick-
ens be out under the open heaven,
with the hen to brood them on the
bare ground, than to close them up
at night in such places.
See to it that the coop if of good
size, that it is kept scrupulously
clean, day by day, and not once in
a while when it gets so filthy that it
has to be done, and I have visited
hundreds of people that failed in this
very respect and simply because they
did not know any better, and when
the chicks began to sicken and die
they would come to me and ask what
was the matter, and when I went to
investigate, all that was the matter
was dirt, filth and lice.
Then, sometimes, a good price is
paid for a setting of choice eggs and,
of course, the chickens must have
extra care, and so they are closed up
in a little enclosure, too valuable to
lose sight of them even for a mo-
ment, if one of them gets through the
fencing it must be put back immedi-
ately to its imprisonment and sickly
existence, with the ground scattered
full of food, till they are sick of the
sight of it, and the common scrub
chicks are having the freedom of the
farm. Then, when those pining lit-
tle fellows sicken and die, one by one,
those same good people will write the
^n from whom they got the eggs,
wying, "We took the very best care
of them," and then later, fancy poul-
try is not hardy.
The Distinctive Individual Incuhator
WITH the poultryman and
fancier who values unusual
ruggedncss in his chicks — the pe-
culiar "hatched-in" vigor that
comes from perfect incubation —
the reputation and efficiency of
Prairie State is appreciated.
The acknowledged standard for
over forty years, as other machines
have come and gone, proves Prairie
State unique. Dependable, regular
action and constant hatching effi-
ciency in the hands of thousands
of owners prove Prairie State su-
preme in its field.
Prairie State Incubators are the
highest type of lamp-heated, indi-
vidual-size machines — perfect m
design; scientific in construction;
simple and dependable in opera-
tion. They hatch the highest per-
centage of strongest chicks — and
do it with the least care and atten-
tion. They are guaranteed to do
this — guaranteed for ten years.
They cost more than ordinary in-
cubators but the uniform satisfac-
tory results make them cheapest
in the end. You take no chances
with Prairie State.
Prairie State Brooders Raise the Chicks
Made to the same high standard
as Prairie State Incubators. Several
types and sizes to meet your needs,
from the small lamp brooder to the
larger coal-burning colony hover.
All are absolutely right and do their
work with least care and no worry.
Prairie State is the accepted
standard of poultrymen and fan-
ciers who demand highest efficiency
and known practical worth in their
equipment. If you have not known
this old-time-and-now reputation)
ask any leading poultryman.
Prairie State Electric Hovers Simplify Brooding
The newest developrr.ent in the perfected and proven Prairie State
line— convenien% practical, economical. Three sizes, for home or
commercial use.
Write today for the Prairie State Catalog.
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35 MAIN STREET
HOMER CITY, PENNA.
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Old Reliable Sunnyside
birdsrpairs, trios 5r mated flocks. I will please you, and at a reasonable price.
„.„ „ SUNNYSIDE POULTRY FARM p^,«sTLVA»lA
F. I. BRADFOED, Owner *"^ '
AMin maintain their supremacy at the State Meet just held at th«
biff Newark N. J., State Show. They won:
Firat Fourth and Fifth Cockerel; Second. Third and
Fourth hS: "cSond, Fourth «»d Fifth PuUet; Second
and Fourth Cock; First Young Pen and Best DispUy;
(No old pen shown).
A«* nt In pnlrv of 17 birds we had 16 birds placed under the ribbona.
tX s biJwin in competi^t^on with New Jersey's best White Wyandotte
breeder clearly esTablishes the superiority of Pair^iew Whte Wyan-
doUeH Stock. Hatching Egps and Baby Chicks. Free booklet if you
are Interested. ..-.,«
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The. Quick Developer
The Feed That
^^ Makes Chicks Grow
Less Mortality
Chicatine lowers mortality. Here's another loss that
Chicatine saves.
Chicatine is a pure, clean food for chicks without medica-
tion or stimiilaiit. Start your chicks with Chicatine and con-
tinue until five months old. TTie elements required for
growth are correctly proportioned. Your chicks will mature
quicker and grow larger; be stronger, healthier, better lay-
ers. And you'll raise more of them.
This is a claim you can prove for yourself. Try Chicatine
with your chicks.
If your dealer doesn't have Chicatine ask us for sample,
feeding directions and price, stating number of chicks you
are feeding.
TIOGA MILL & ELEVATOR CO.
Box C Waverly, N. Y.
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ILLINOIS A.CCREDITED CHICKS
Be aure of tho purity vf brverf and cm pradueiiia quality of the ftocks from
wiilch your I'aby Chlks oome. W« sell only itroiif. vi|«rouB hMltky ehieks from
pure bred florJu insfiected and aecradlted by til* llllnaia DapartMaat of Afrienl-
tur«. All flocks BuperrlMd ><y iu4f D. T. HelMll*!). carefully selected and bred
for high egz production. Ufe dellfery cuarante«d. Wrlt« for oatalogue and
diBci>unt on early orderi.
WALNUT RIDGE HATCHERY
MRS. DOROTHEA RAINEY. M|r.
Box E-i4
BUTLER. ILLINOIS
L.arlmer's Wtilte Wyandottes
I/lne bred with tho power of
I offer Aoko Oookanla. Hena and I^lIlots at reduced prloes now
reproduction. Send for droular,
A.. F*. L^arlmer,
R. D. No. 2«
Coraopolls* Pa.
gsHOTCOBO -
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YOUR OWN
;le:ctric hover
T)ERFECT electnc incubation and brooding ia here at laat
•'' The Bridges HOT CORD ( patented ' is an electric element
that lasts forever and heats exactly as a boiler or hot air pipe.
With this simple attachment you can either electrify any in-
cubator or build your own electric hover Complete directiona
explain everything. The cost to build a 60<hick brooder, in-
cluding HOT CORD is $1.20 or less The 400-chick hover
ahown cost only S12.40 Best of all, operating costs are low —
E. Jullion, Rupen, Idaho, writes, " We raised 1,200 chicks and
our electricity cost us only $3.50."
DEALERS:
correapondencc la invited
r deaUr ••//« theat attachment* and olio complete Bridget HOT CORD HOVERS
Write for $p*cial illuttrated folder, "Electric Incubation and Brooding. '
THE BRIDGES MANUFACTURING COMPANY :.•:'.?::.':, :^^-S"c:rl'
They simply murdered them by so- J
called care, the safe kind of care that
the devil gave to the Dutchman, he *
killed him before he got through
with him.
If you do get some high grade
chickens, give them their liberty, i
Let the hen run with them wherever '
she will, you can easily enough keep *
an eye on them for all that. Fancy
fowls will stand as much roughing as
any fowl will, and with the same
chance take care of themselves.
In rainy days try to provide a dry i
place for the chicks, rainy seasons |
make havoc with little chickens, and
if they are closed up in leaky coops, \
so much the worse, it does not take '
many days under such conditions to
ruin an otherwise promising flock of
little chickens.
Do your best to provide comfort-
able and dry quarters for them. As
to chickens hatched in an incubator, )
and which are to be reared for the '
first few weeks in a brooder, we have I
something else to say.
Don't take the chickens from the
incubator until they are fully dry,
and all of them on their feet.
Then be sure to have your brooder •
under the hover, the same tempera- \
ture as the incubator from which the
chickens were taken, that is, the same >
as in the place from which the chick- ,
ens were taken under the tray called
the nursery — a hundred degrees is
about right.
Thousands of chicks are killed an-
'nually by dropping the temperature
too quickly, causing chill and bowel •.
trouble and finally, death.
Where the right kind of brooder
is used, with two or more depart-
ments containing different degrees of
heat, there is no need of lowering the ^
temperate under the hover. Keep
it up to a hundred, the hen doesn't i
lower her temperature after she is ,
through with the hatch, she keeps the |
same, and the chickens run under
her, hover a little, get warm and leave
her again. This same thing takes
place in every good brooder, for the
chicks can easily find a colder place
if needed, but when the temperature *^
is kept as low as 80 degrees, and we
have seen that degree of temperature
recommended, there is little chance
for it to warm up quickly.
No more chickens should be put
in a brooder than are easily hovered* ,
whatever number it may be stated it \
will accommodate.
The important matter is not how
many chicks the brooder will hold,
but how many it will successfully
take care of till they don't need it
any longer.
D«pt. 29 21 TERRACE, BUFFALO, N.Y
Addret* ALL Enquiries To Buffalo Office
Branch at TOR0NTO...eANAOA
I
Clean the brooder every day, keep
it ventilated, provision for that, and |
it is an important one, is made in all
first class brooders. Most any kind
of an incubator will hatch a batch of
eggs with more or less trouble lO^
three weeks, but not every brooder
will raise the chickens. I
February, 1924
We have said nothing so far about
how often to feed the little ones, and
it is almost useless to give any rules
n this direction, as very few follow
them Every man makes his own
rules, and if he succeeds with them
they are good rules, and what is the
use of changing them?
One person succeeds with one
thine and another person makes a
dismal failure with exactly the same
thing.
One person feeds so many times a
day with good success, another per-
son follows his advice and he lives to
rue the day he did, and so it goes—
every person his own methods, his
own ways and if, by study and care-
ful examination into the real needs
of his particular breed or variety of
a breed, he has found out how best
to succeed with it, it does not say
that the same care and the same
methods would succeed with any and
all breeds, and in every state and
every climate in the Union.
There is no branch of poultry hus-
bandry that can be taught in theory
alone, practice and experimentation
by each individual is necessary, and
this is really the reason why some per-
sons succeed and others fail, the one
gives personal attention to his stock,
he keeps records of most of his trials
in feeding and breeding, and he
knows just what to»do and how to do
it, and at what time to do it, and suc-
cess is almost assured him from the
beginning. He has handled chickens
before, studied their requirements m
his particular variety, and he has lit-
tle trouble in the rearing of them.
There is, however, one rule that
may be safely followed in the feed-
ing of little chickens, and that is to
feed little at a time and often for the
first three weeks, and never any
more than they will eat up clean, so
as to keep them in appetite, which
means healthy and sturdy growth
from the beginning.
As has been well stated by a noted
expert in poultry breeding, the six
things to keep in mind when raising
chickens are:
First — Keep them warm.
Second — Keep them dry.
Third — Keep them clean.
Fourth — Keep them busy.
Fifth — Keep them hungry.
Sixth— Keep them growing.
THE CHEAPNESS OF A START
The cost of getting a start of
thoroughbreds is very insignificant
considering the advantages gained,
and no one need hesitate for that
reason. I would advise any one de-
siring to get better poultry to sub-
scribe for one, or more, good poultry
magazines and study the different
breeds carefully, then open up a
correspondence with reliable breed-
ers of the breed desired and you will
be agreeably surprised at the cheap-
ness of a start in the poultry busi-
less, which can be built up to a
fttrge and profitable avocation.
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sum HAr(H mOBATOR
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The Safety Hatch gets a live, husky
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Water is then automatically drawn back
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?Z?ie information on care of cbicka and poultry
Latching COGS IN SEASON at very reasonable prices.
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DAY-OLD CHIX
AND DUX
Bond for our SPECIAL DISCOUNT PRICE
LIST covering day-old stock ordered in
adykiioe.
SUrt right tills season by onloring ciilz
from our tamuiis Niagara Strains wiUi llogaii
Tested, ili^li Vlock Average egg producing
parentage liack of them.
R. I. Reds, Barred and White
Rocks, White Wyandotte*,
White, Buff and Brown Leg-
horns, Indian Runner and Pekin
Ducks.
URXISS
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LOVER
Cheaper, easier to handle and MOKK
EFFECTIN'E than sprouted oats or alfalfa. It
furnishes Vltaminea and Mineral Salts with-
out which no mash is properly balanced. Its
use assures you of getting Uie greatest num-
ber of eggs possible at the time you want
them the most Orders promptly fliled. If
your dealer does not tiandle send direct to us.
NIAGARA POULTRY FARM
W. R. CURTISS CO., Prop.
RansomTtlle New York
Members International Baby Chick Association
l^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^C^^^^^^^^^^^^^^X^^^^^^^
Sa^^imeFeed-Chicks
•JameswivNoWasteBungalowFeedor
-Saves OM day's feed cseb week, with t—i-nwr pan
Easy to
nil
Easy to
Clean
fMiiara. watorcrs. Bcata. »ll-aU«l •qulptneot. _^__
lAMESWAY, DepL 29, 8^
QDder feed tfeoffh. Chieka cannot scatter and waste.
Bongalow roof keeps feed clean and dry. Platform raises
feeder o<itof litter and dirt. Roof tilts op for flllins.
IklSa f ••d for 200 ebieka o«« w»«k . . S f jjt ioosi IS inebM wW«:
18 IcUiZThtoli. No otbor foodcr Ilk* It., Writ, today for prieoo oa
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V vsa at* not a rsfular sabseribw. siad IIjH tat
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Copyrighted Formulas and Meth-
ods Make Chrckt Grow
Like Weeds
It 18 now easy to raise 95% to 100% of
your chicks. First, buy only the best quality
chicks, which cost no more than much in-
ferior stock. Second, feed them the right
kind of starting feed, which we give free to
all rf our customers, and your success is as-
sured.
Just write to Kerlln'a Grand View Poultry Farm,
Box 57-C. Center Hall. Pa., for their new big FREE
Illustrated catalogrue. It tells how you can get your
feed free. It descxiliea one of the most modem
White Ixhom breeding establishments In America
^rhe.e for twenty-four years English-American Leg-
fioms hare been bred for high egg production. Birds
on th'.i fa ra hare trapnest pedigreed records of from
265 to 331 eggs a year. Big farm flocks of customers
average 185 to 200 or more eggs a year.
Mr. Ernest Kirtley, of E. Palestine. 0., made a
flock arerage of 240 eggs per hen In one year from
«tork purctiased as day-old chicks. Mr. Phelps T.
Taylor, of PennsJxjro. W. Vs.. writes, "Last spring
1 purchased dilcks from tlie best layer maXingi in
America (?). Hut I And that 'Keriln-Quality' 265-
:370 Egg Strain has thera backed off the map, when
4t comes to producing eggs. I hare four other stralna
all higher priced Uian 'Kerlln-Qualitjr' that can't lay
lialf as many eggs."
The price of our ohicks Is low; and we are offer-
Inff a dlsoount right now fer early orders. The ooat
«;f the free feed we giro you It not added to the price
of the chicks. Write us today and profit.— Adv.
PREVENTION AND CURE
OF POULTRY DISEASES
Writing of poultry diseases, the
prevention and treatment of same, it
will only be my intention to speak of
the more common diseases that are
met with in the average poultryman's
flock.
There are numerous things to be
considered in relation to health and
disease of poultry.
It has been said, and well said, that
an ounce of prevention, is worth a
pound of cure, and no place is it more
true than with poultry, and it is an
evident fact that it is easier to pre-
vent disease than it is to cure it
rmong poultry. The government in
establishing an army post looks first
to the location as to its sanitary situ-
ation and the prospects of keeping
such location in a sanitary conditon,
and the same rule should apply to
those about to establish a poultry
plant, for if you expect to have a
healthy army of chickens you must
take the necessary sanitary precau-
tions first.
The land selected need not be
high-priced, but must be well-drained,
plenty of good water the year round,
a sand soil, with more or less shade
and a dry location for dampness and
wet breeds disease among poultry
qu'ckly, the land should have a
smooth, southeast or southwest slope.
The buildings should be so con-
structed as to give the proper amount
of warmth and ventilation and the
climate should govern the con'.truc-
tion of the buildings to a certain
extent.
The initial stock should be well
selected, for upon this depends to a
great extent the future success of
the poultryman. If you expect to
make a success of the business, don't
be content with scrub stock, and see
to it that the stock you start with
is of a healthy, strong kind, for upon
the parent stock depends the vitality
of the coming flock, and eggs from
an unhealthy flock will not produce
healthy chicks and you will be dis-
appointed every time you try to raise
stock from such.
The feeding and kinds of feed has
a great deal to do with the health of
a flock, and if you expect a healthy,
vigorous flock follow a proper system
of feeding, for it is an easy matter
to ruin a good flock by injudicious
feeding.
If you want health give them a
feed that will contain all the ele-
ments demanded by nature, a bal-
anced ration, if you please.
Study and understand the differ-
ent kinds of feed that you may know
which contains a proper amount of
protein and carbohydrates and feed
accordingly. The feeding continu-
ously of a feed over-abundant in fat
will cause a number of diseases, such
as liver troubles, digestive derange-
ments, etc., as well as to stop the egg
supply and the matter of feed is of
330 EGG
m rouNDAnoN
TRAPNE8TED WHITE LEGHORNS
Tancred Strain, with 5 years of Ofllciai Contnt
Pen Records from 1299 to 1421 Eggs a year. Soni
sf the (500 Tanerrd male in our 1924 matlngi.
STOCK, EGGS, CHIX— 15c and up. Catalogue fr««.
MrTTENDORFF'S iiCHORN RANCH. Box C UNCOLN, ILUNOiS
MnMMMMMMMW
Th§tf thrivt wonderfully on it
-..^■^ eriginatad 15M .^ —
/4 ■ ' ■■■^VCASSEL'S/*^' '"
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CHICK MANNA
For Chicks. Turkeys, Pheasants. DnHu^ Prodocss
unusually healthy. Ttgwous, quick growth. Only
wholeHume, higti rpiality material. Prevents bowel
iroiihle. Fed ilry or wot Always tfepesAsMi.
DlfTerent from other starting feeds. Statisfactioo
or money hack. At yoor dealer's, or send to u«.
F. P. CASSEL'S SON Box 32 Laastfalt. Pt.
Feed Your Fo^firU
SPRATT'S
Poultry Food No. 3
A wonderful conditioner fov
fowls intended for exhibitiona
or returnicfr from long journeys.
An easily digested cooked food
that keeps the egg basket foil.
Its benefits are apparent at once.
S<>nd for trample and pamphlet
on feeding.
SPIiATT*8 PATENT LIMITED
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— it Pnvs to Viiccinnte NOWl
Thoosands of pooltrymen now Taednate. It is the
most scientiile and reliable method of preventing sod
treatinc mixed infections in pooltry,
ineladine eomplieationa of chicken
cholera, reap, etc
Avian Mixed Bacterin
Made ondcr U.S. Veterinary Lieenaa
is safe, scient'Se, inexpenKive and , .
easy to use. GOdoaea, 12.00: ZSOdoaas. ''-^
15.00; 600 doses. $7.50; id dose all-
metal hypodermic syringe for ad-
rainiateruiff $1.50. Postpaid with fall instmetions.
Pm^^ with order af 250 doses or more. oar "Fidelity
■ IVV FsTorite" 8 dose glass barrel syrinire with two
needlaa. A very sendeeable syringe, regular price aloDS
$1.00. Write iatfrf* booklst on Taeeination.
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much more importance than is gener-
kllv supposed by the average poultry-
man and should have more thought.
Bran, hulled oats, beef scraps, wheat,
1 ten meal and those feeds high in
Protein should be fed to the laying
Lna in order to increase the egg
supply and at the same time keep
them in a healthy state.
If you desire to prepare them for
market without any danger of disease
from over-feeding of improper feed,
give them the feeds strong in carbo-
hydrates and at the same time keep
them busy scratching.
To aid the digestion do not forget
the box of grit, also the oyster shell,
which not only aids digestion, but
furnishes the necessary properties
for the forming of the egg shell and
has so much to do with the stopping
of soft-shelled eggs.
Feed all grain in a deep litter that
the birds may be made to exercii,e
and thereby promote health.
I have followed the above rules for
several years, using a dry mash that
is strictly a balanced ration and pro-
duces the eggs and can be fed either
wet or dry, and since following this
method I have not had a sick bird as
a result of digestive derangements.
Keep your roosts clean and the
birds and houses free from lice, for
filth and lice are ready breeders of
disease and birds wiU not lay and
keep in health in a filthy house in-
fected with lice.
Use disinfectants often, and you
have done much toward the preven-
tion of disease, watch the little
things, for it is the neglect of the
little details that so often contribute
to disease in the flock.
The many diseases found among
poultry are very similar to those of
man, and the symptoms and treat-
ment are practically the same.
In the diagnosing of disease among
the flock one must consider the gen-
eral appearance, temperature, char-
acter of the discharges, position
which the bird affected assumes, the
action of the bird, and a close watch
of the flock. The temperature should
be taken with a clinical thermometer
placed next to the bare skin and
within a. fold of the skin if possible.
Such a thermometer can be bought
for $1.00, and every poultryman
should have one in his possession, for
it comes quite handy for family use
and the fact that many of my patients
have one has saved me many a cold
drive by being able to diagnose and
prescribe from temperature and
symptoms of the patient, and it will
be found just as valuable for the
poultry.
The diseases most commonly met
with among poultry are roup, gapes,
tuberculosis, lice, scaly leg, chicken
pox, oviductitis, worms, rheumatism
and bumble foot. As a rule roup is
the most common disease among poul-
try although I have not had a case
of it in my own flock for several
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Gentlemen: —
Please send me yoar cata-
log and prices of the Cyphers
line. I used one of your in-
cubators and am t>oand to
say I have never seen any-
thing that would near come
up to it.
Want another machine this
season, and it will be a
Cyphers.
Thanking you for past fa-
vors, I am.
Yours very truly,
W. R. Hamilton.
Box 806
Winston-Salem, N . C.
C ••"'.ll •;*•'«' Co
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of
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for 25
Years
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bator Co., ,
lliiffalo. N. Y.l
Gentlemen: — ll
lave a No. 3l
Qn>hor9 whirlil
is ten years]
old and fUIII
doing business
If a man had]
all the chicks
this marhlne
has hatched it
would take a
carload of fee<l
a day to feed]
them.
Yours tnily.
O. L. PIxley,
Route No 2,
Wayne, Midi.
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The Choice
of Leading
Poultrpien
Everywhere
EVERY OWNER
OF A
CYPHERS
IS A BOOSTER It
Read the letters above from owners of Cyphers Incubators— we
have thousands of similar letters— they tell better than we can tell
the story of the superiority of Cyphers Incubators. Every manu-
facturer can make claims but it's the actual performance for
the poultrvman that counts and CYPHERS ALWAYS
M^KES GOOD. That's why it has
Won Its Way Around the World
It has proved >ts merit in every country where poultry is raised
*and has rightfully won its leadership among discnminatmg poul-
trynien Made in 144-egg. 244-egg and 3'X)-cgg. there is a style
and size to meet the requirements of every poultry raiser.
Without a good incubator profitable ooultry raising i3*nn-
possible with the present high cost of eggs.
Pays to Buy the Best
Wnrn you buy • Gyph»ri you ran r*«t assured th*t you have
. mrchin* Ui." will ha.ch .very h.tch.bl. tgs .nd pro-
rdurf BtruiiK. hrallhy. vigorous chicks. n.nh.r.
' Mall < oui.«n today and set our n«w catalos or Cypneri
In'ubato!-. and Brooder*— the best poultry e^julpmeai
money <-*n buy
CyrHers Incubator Co.
b^t. E. p. M., Buffalo, New York
Cyphers In-
cubator Co..
Buffalo, N. Y.
GenUemen: —
I had charge
of i>oultry
yards at "Elemendort
Farm" near Lexing-
ton, Ky.. where we
had about six 244-
egg incijbato-s v*-^*
pherB of co'irsc) and
four 400-eKe incuba-
tors, which gave en-
tire sntisfactlon In
every way. even to
minutest deUil. I
helleve Cyphers are
the best incubators
In the world. fl
Yours respectfully.
W. J. Easley.
WH10 For
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Use Coopon
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Send me |r*« Cataloff ol Staadar^
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. Tl* .-ift^^K, Mva wrdi: Tlila food la NOT WASTED. It fall! back Into Iwpptf
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i^*t'^„S2?^kS mtte n»ra (tor rtort«e md are easily owrled boine by tho par-
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A WINNING PEN COCKERELr
CHICAGO COLISEUM DEC 1923
•I 3-
ji jperhis white leohorn-exhibitedby
GEO.B.F£RRrS. GRANP RAPIDS, MICH.
February, 1924
1st prize exhibition COCKEREL
CHICAGO COLISEUM, DEC 1925
A FERRIS WHITE LEGHORN
GEO. B. FERRIS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
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A p'-ize winni'p: Wh>*« •p'-T^'^nYi w^'-k »"».1a Bred, owned and
exhibited by H W. HalblM:h & Sons, Waterford, Wis.
The above is a reproduction of a photograph of the First
Pnze White Wypndotto Cockerel at the Chicago National
Show, January, 1923 — a bird that was recognized as one of
the choicest productions of the year. Bred, owned and «»'
hibited by Chas. V. Keeler, Wlnamac, Ind.
Rosemont
**DMinctive Chick* from
Qualified Breeding Flocka"
Preferred by those who look
ahead — who wAnt an«i are deter-
mined to have a fine ft xk of heavy
laying pullets next fall.
Rosemont Distinctive Cliifks are
big value. From superior, quali-
fie<l, free range flocks of heavy lay-
ers headed hy choice males of
America's foremost strains: Tan-
cred and "Helle of Jersey" \Vhite
Leghorns, Thonii)son and Holter-
man Harrod Rocks, Wilhnrtha
White Rocks, Martin and Mattison
White Wyandot tes. Owen and Sked
R. I. Reds, Sheppard Anconas.
Every flock culled l»y exjierts for
type, color, health and laying ca-
pacity.
These distinctive chicks are not
expensive to buy— they are most
profitable to own. First hatch
Feb. ."Jth, then every week.
Write for unique, beautifully
illustrated catalog. If$ FREE.
ROSEMONT POULTRY FARMS & HATCHERY
Bosemont, Hunterdon Co., N. J.
Member Iiitortiat
i.mal I'atiy Ctilck Assii.
10 ACRES PAY $10,000
ANNUALLY
0«ee C. Franlz, Box E,
Rocky Ford, Colo., a poor boy,
one of 14 children^ began 15
years ago, breeding more profit-
able poultry. Today bis thou-
sand of world famous winter
laying Leghorns make the
above possible, and lay barrels
of eggs when prices are the
highest. You can do the same
with his stock, results are cer-
tain, free book telling how.
Browers Non Freeze
Lample^s Poultry Fountain
Keeps water at drink
Inc temperatore wioier
and ■ommer; cool in
■aomMr and warm in
winter. Made of saj-
vanised iron, on prina-
pl« of thermos bottia.
with iin«l «nd eeal^d air
■pac* batween Urocr
from advcrtitciDent.
Satiafaetioo gamr*nt»«a
or mooey retoroeo.
1 gaU, t2J0 — three for $6.75
2H gal., 3J0 — three for 9^
5 gal., 430— three for 12.00
Bb« ar« 74% water, bo give yoor chickens ptonty
af tood freeh water at the riitht temperature
Write for Catalog of Fooltry Sappliee.
BROWER MFG. CO., Box 70 QutncT* Ul.
Best
S. C. R. L REDS
& Jersey Giants
BEDS — from stronn«>st niatinir Hitmld
Tompkins .'ver owned— Heail.Ml \,y Champion
Male, Host on. i;>'J'2.
GIANTS— from Marry Farms * ' 1'''", ^\",'"
All (;ar«l»M) niwl Moston winners — Headed by
undefeated cftck.
Day Old Chicks. $20.00 per 100 up.
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years, but I see a great deal of it in
other's flocks in my rambles around.
The cause can usually be traced
to an overcrowded house, a poorly
ventilated one, or to exposure to cold
and rain.
Roup is one of the most infectious
disease? to be found among poultry
and great precaution should be used
ihat it does not spread when once
in the flock. I have known flocks to
be suddenly infected that had been
proptily ho\ise(i and cared for and
upon mvest'j'a'.ion found that there
had boon a b rd introduced into the
flock that had ^jeen previously ex-
porsed at liOJr.o or in the showroom.
The germ from an infected bird is
possibly thrown off, dries, is carried
by the wind or in some manner to a
healthy pen, thereby infecting healthy
flocks. Roup is a germ disease of
the mucous membrane of the nasal
or respiratory tract and of con-
junctiva.
The symptoms first noticed are
those of a slight cold or an occa-
sional sneeze, a watering of the eyes,
a wheezing at night especially, the
bird will select some dark corner and
seclude itself there with ruffled feath-
ers, the nostrils become closed by the
discharge. If the disease has not
been checked by this stage you will \
find a rapid development of the di- j
sease and the air passage filled with I
a cheesy matter and that very char- j
acteristic odor which once scented, I
you will never forget and from which
you will always be able to diagnose
ro:il), the comb will become cyanosed, !
eyes and head swollen, fever becomes ,
very high and the chances are that
when this stage is reached that death
will claim your valued bird.
The first thing to do upon dlLCOv-
ering roup is to isolate the infected
biid put it in your hospital if you
have one, and if not get busy and
establish one, for at this date all up-
to-date poultry plants have their
hospital to which all ailing birds are
removed and the majority are saved.
Disinfect the quarters which the
bird has just left, begin at once to
treat the symptoms. If the disease
has just started and there is no fever
you will find that one of the little
sewing machine oilers filled with
pure coal oil is a valued weapon,
place the tip of the oiler in the nos-
t^il. fill the nostril with oil, then the
other one, then a few squirts irto the
throat, this will generally abort the
disease, but if tl e disease ha^ pro-
gressed further than the watery dis-
charge, more vigorous methods must
be followed and I would suggest
tincture of aoonlic for the fever and
for the coryza give one tablet rve\y
four hours of quinine U grain, cam-
phor H grain, morphine sulphate
1-120 grain, atrophine, 1-4,000 gmm,
and in the drinking water place one
ounce of glyco-thymoline to each
nnar* of water and allow no other
('rink.
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This line of treatment has provoii
very satisfactory to me, as it will to
you, or you may use some of the com-
incr( ial roup cures as advertised in
tl e < 1 lumns of this paper, all of
which have more or less merit.
^hrlera, of which we hear much
and ?ee Lttle (the so-called c.iusi's
of cholera being nothing more than
some digestive derangements), is
caused by stagnant drinking water,
filthy quarters or is introduced into
the flock from contagion from con-
taminated coops, fowls or utensils.
The symptoms first noticed are
that of a watery discharge, like unto
diarrhoea, lack of vigor, feathers
turned up and bird half asleep, the
discharges will be streaked with
green with more or less blood in the
droppings from an inflamed intes-
tine, comb will turn black and fever
will be high and rapid and very ex-
treme weakness. The early treat-
ment is a tablet of calomel, ipecac
and soda 1-10 grain each every hour
until four are taken, followed by one
grain tablet of bismuth-beta-naptha
every two hours with creoline in
drinking water.
Gapes. — Gapes is a disease of
"childhood" seldom seen only in the
chicks. Caused by a worm found
attached to the lining membrane of
the trachea, there are always two or
more present and they vary in length
from 1-16 of an inch to 1-4 of an
inch.
The first symptom noticed is that
of a hackling cough which develops
into a gaping as the irritation in-
creases. Treatment is the gap worm
extractor, which has been very suc-
cessful as are also some of the in-
halent treatments, which can be pro-
cured from dealers in poultry sup-
plies.
Liver Diseases. — The liver of a
chicken, like that of a man, is one of
the largest and most important glands
we have to deal with. The liver has
control of digestion in that it secretes
the bile and brings about chemical
changes in the blood. When the liver
fails to do its duty you find an en-
larged, conjested or degenerated
liver, either of which will cause some
trouble.
The most frequent cause of liver
trouble is an error in diet, lack of
exercise or the feeding of an un-
balanced feed. The symptoms are
those of a whitish comb and wattles,
changing to a purple, then black, and
if there is obstruction of the bile
duct you will find an extreme yellow-
ing of the skin and jaundice, the fowl
becomes amaciated very rapidly,
there is loss of appetite and diar-
rhoea is present and a sub-normal
temperature. The treatment is to
first "set the house in order," that is,
clean up, clean out and keep clean
the system, give a teaspoonful of
Dorsey's mixture, followed by a hepa-
tic tablet known at the drug store
as Tablet Hepatica Kenyon, and one
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should be given every morning, noon
and night. Give a light diet, such as
boiled rice, oat meal and the easily-
digested foods.
Tuberculosis is a disease more often
^et with in poultry than recognized.
This disease is known as going light,
consumption, etc. The symptoms are
loss of weight, loss of action, a pale
comb, a slight cough. Treatment—
the axe, as soon as diagnosed.
The first thing I look for upon
visiting a poultry yard and being
informed there is disease or no eggs
is lice, and nine times out of ten I
locate them as the cause of the di-
sease or lack of eggs in the basket.
You are no doubt familiar with the
body lice, the head lice, and the little
red lice or mite. The body lice is
found on the old birds about the vent
and on the fluff feathers and is a
source of much annoyance. The lit-
tle red fellows are found on the
roosts and in crevices, and only
bother the fowls at night, and they
de their work well. The head lice
i.8, as the name indicates, found on
the heads of the young chicks. The
fowls show an uneasiness, are con-
stantly picking themselves, they lose
flesh and quit laying and. often a set-
ting hen will leave her nest.
Treatment — kill all body lice by
using some one of the reliable louse
powders, the head lice by applying
vaseline to the head of each chick
and venus turpentine should be added
to the vaseline, the red mites should
be exterminated by applying crude
carbolic acid to the perches or by
using crude coal oil.
Scaly Leg. — This disease is of
parasitic origin and is very contagi-
ous. It is easily recognized and easy
to treat with such simple remedies as
coal oil or carbolated vaseline, care
should be used in using coal oil that
none touches the skin, for it will
blister, and one more objection to the
oil is that it has a tendency to bleach
out the yellow leg«, whicl\ hurts
them in the showroom.
Bumble foot is nothing more than
a bruise caused by jumping off the
roost, and is usually found in the ball
of the foot, which becomes extremely
sensitive and quite often an abscess
forms. Occasionally the injury will
be found in the knee instead of the
foot, but the symptoms are the same.
The treatment should be to reduce
the inflammation by the application
of antiphlegi.stine, and should this
fail and an abscess form a poultice
of flaxseed meal should be applied
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PRUNING THE YOUNG PEACH TREE
The life and productiveness of the tree are directly
affected by pruning
The pruning of peach trees not
only has a direct effect upon the size,
color and general quality of the
fruit, but also influences the produc-
tive life of the tree to a marked de-
gree. Apple trees even though un-
pruned and otherwise neglected for
a period of years will usually weather
the storm and continue to produce
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whereas peach trees under the same
conditions will usually die or be-
come so weak that they will mature
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very 5- mall crops of almost worthless
fiuit. In other words unpruned and
otherwise nejjlected peach trees have
a limited capacity for the production
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Pruning the Nuraery Tree at Time
of Planting
The averag:e one year peach tree
secured from a nursery will consist
of a straight trunk three to s'x feet
long- with numerous side branches
and a well developed root system
The large or heavy grades of trees
will have a number of fairly strong
side branches with well developed
buds, while the light to medium
g*ade trees will have rather thin,
weak side branches with the strong-
est buds on the trunk itself rather
than on the side branches. In view
of this condition the heavy grade -
of trees should be pruned in a some-
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to medium grade trees. The latter
should be cut back to a straight whip
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all side branches removed, while the
former should be cut off at a point
just above three or four strong well
placed side branches. These side
branches should then be cut back to
stubs about four or five inches long.
All broken or badly injured roots
should be removed and long straggly
roots cut back to within six or eight
inches of the tap root. All cuts
should be made with a sharp knife
or a good pair of pruning shears to
insure a smooth clean surface that
will readily heal over.
Pruningr After the First Season's
•Growth in the Orchard
The pruning of young peach trees
after they have completed one sea-
son's growth in the orchard is a sim-
ple, but at the same time a very im-
portant operation. Pruning at this
stage has to do directly with the de-
velopment of the tree, fruit produc-
tion at this time being a secondary
consideration. The kind and amount
of pruning that is desirable may be
briefly outlined as follows:
1. Select three or four main
branches that will make a strong,
well balanced top and cut off all
others close to the trunk. If only
two main branches have developed
and both form strong unions with
the trunk, retain the two, but if one
is poorly placed or forms a weak
union with the trunk, remove it en-
tirely and cut back the other so that
it will form a desirable head.
2. Remove all side branches that
show a tendency to grow toward or
across the center of the tree.
3. Where two or more side
branches cross or parallel one an-
other thus tending to oc<?upy the
same space, remove the least desir-
able in order to allow plenty of
space for the normal development
of these branches that tend to form
a well shaped head.
4. If the main branches are
thirty inches long or more, cut them
back to the first strong side branch
growing in an outward direction.
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Weaker branches if cut back at all
should only be .shortened enough to
insure a stocky, compact tree. If the
main branches selected to fonn the
framework of the tree are not uni-
form in length the amount of cuttng
hack should be varied enough to in-
ure a well balanced symmetrical
!^ee In other words the longest
scaffold branch should be cut back
more severely than the shortest scaf-
fold branch on the tame tree.
Pruning Two Year Old Trees
Healthy, vigorous peach trees grow
rapidly during their second summer
[n the orchard and therefore greatly
ncrease in size. Under favorable
soil and climatic conditions, peach
trees will reach a height and spread
of five to eight feet by the close of
the second summer. In view of this
great increase in size the pruning
of two year trees presents a some-
what more complex problem than the
pruning at the close of the first
year's growth.
Develop and Maintain an Open
Center
The first step is the removal* of
anv strong branches that show any
tendency to shade or fill in the cen-
ter of the tree. The peach tree
should always be developed as an
open center tree in order to maintain
vigorous fruiting branches toward
the inside as well a ; the outside of
the top. It is very desirable.to leave
plenty of sm ill to medium fruiting
branches throughout the center of
the tree, but at the same time re-
move all branches in that part of
the tree that show a tendency to be-
come leaders. This particular phase
of the pruning of peach trees two
years of age or older, should receive
careful attention. The common ten-
dency, particularly with the inex-
perienced pruner is to go to one ex-
treme or the other; that is, allowmg
the center of the tree to become over
crowded with large side branches or
on the other hand removing too
many of the small fruiting --purs and
branches. The removal of these
fruiting branches not only de-
creases production but causes the
tree to become leggy, and more
difficult to manage.
Selection of Secondary Branches
Each main branch left at the end
of the first season's growth to form
the framework of the tree will de-
velop a large number of secondary
branches, and fruiting twigs. The
number and distribution of the:,e
branches largely determines the size,
shape and productiveness of the
young tree. It is, therefore, import-
ant that the secondary branches be
selected with care in order to avoid
weak crotches, dense tops and un-
symmetrical trees. Furthermore, the
small fruiting twigs and branches
found throughout the entire top of
a strong, vigorous two year old tree
should not be thinned out too
severely. Well grown trees of early
bearing varieties, such as Carman.
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should produce a small crop of fruit
the third summer unless pruned too
severely at the close of the second
season's growth. A large part of
this crop will be produced on small
twigs and fruiting branches through-
out the lower half of the tree within
three or four feet of the ground.
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thinning out of small twigs through-
out the top of the two year old tree,
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"Fine feathers make fine birds,"
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multitude of small acts from the
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betray the true nature of Ms keeper.
The staging of the Annual Meet
and Club Show at Boston brought
forth an entry beyond the expecta-
tions of many of us. In the past few
years the entries ran high at the club
shows, but it was then noticeable
that large strings of bird were shown
by a few breeders that have done
notable deeds for Buff Wyandottes.
If the club could have depended
upon these same large entries as in
the past there is no doubt that the
largest class of Buffs that ever went
to the wire would have faced the
judge at Boston.
The meet at Boston was very con-
spicuous in more ways than one. In
looking over the list of exhibitors
you will find just twenty-one differ-
ent breeders represented in the class
of one hundred and forty-two Buffs.
These breeders sent their birds from
eight different States as far south as
Florida and west as far as Ohio.
I am safe in saying that Boston
had the largest class of Buff Wyan-
dottes shown in a good many years.
As to the quality of the same, I
heard many remarks that it was
above ordinary, there being many
birds out of the ribbons that were
good enough to win in any other
competition in the country.
On Wednesday afternoon the an-
nual business meeting took place in
a room in Mechanics Hall. I have
been to meetings of the club which
were more largely attended, but with
the number on hand there was much
enthusiasm shown. A few good
ideas were brought forward and
voted upon. The best thing the club
has done was to vote the secretary
the power to spend sixty per cent of
the club funds on publicity to fur-
ther the interests of Buff Wyan-
dottes each year. A ballot was cast
for the election of the election com-
missioner for the coming year, which
resulted in the election of Frederic
Stillwagen, of Allentown, Pa.
Following is a list of the winnings
at the National Meet;
Cocks — Stuart Howland, first; Finch A
Oies, hOfond ; Frederic Stillwagen, third;
Clark & Mahur, fourth and fifth; Oliver N.
Eastman, sixth. Hens — Wm. F. Moore, first;
Clark & Mahar, Hecond ; Otselic Farms,
third; Oliver Eastman, fourth; Walter
Howell, fifth; Frederic Stillwagen, sixth.
Cockerels — Clark & Mahar. first and fifth;
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/.rk A Mahar; cqp for most points on
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£ TUTftore- best colored male. Frederic Still-
Lren- best colored female. Edward Backus ;
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Z A member who never won a ribbon at a
7at?onal Meet. Wm. F. Moore.
Former club secretary DeHass,
who has done noble work for the
club in Louisiana, has formed a part-
nership with R. G. Hall, of Cuth-
bert, Ga. This new firm will special-
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Wyandottes and will be known as
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In concluding this month's notes
I want to thank each member for the
grand support accorded the club in
making the National Meet the grand
success it was. It goes to show what
a little co-operation on behalf of the
members will do to aid your officers
in their work for the welfare of the
breed and breeders. New members
are lining up with us every day. I
am here making a sincere and per-
sonal plea to you old members who
.have not as yet sent in your yearly
dues to do so at once. I am sincere
in my effort to put forth our breed
in popular favor where they justly
belong. I need your help and co-
operation.
• * •
It was my ambition tp give you a
full report of the classes by Judge
Drevenstedt, but owing to a holdup,
was not able to get it in this issue,
but will have his complete comments
on the birds and classes in our col-
umn in March.
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
Editor of Evcrybodys: — Through your
splendid magazine, permit me to express to
the members of the American Buff ^^yail
dotte Club my appreciation of their unanp
mous preferment of myself for president of
oar splendid dub. which represents one of
the leading breeds of poultry in all poultry-
dom. While I did not ask for or seek the
oflfice and fully realize that it carries with
it a responsibility of no mean degree. an<l
we mav not bo able to measure up to the
respons'ibilitv. but will give to it our best,
and with the co-operation of the membership
of the club, a reasonable success may be at
tained. We all realize that the great bur-
don of the work an<l i)U.-h falls to the secre
tary of our club and from all of the reports
that come to me, am convinced that no mis
take was made when Kalph C. Alwood was
chosen for secretary. He is starting out in
the work in a splendid way and will make a
fine auccess. if we all lend to him the co-
operation and encouragement he merits at
our hands. Our membership should be mo.-tt
■' tubstantially increased, our secretary can-
not do it alone — write him and ask for a
'ew of those blank applications for members
, *nd select one or two or even three pros-
P««tive members who are breeding Buffs, and
to after them. If one effort doesn't bring
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tJuMn, keep it up until you win. Show them
the merit (f the splendid breed and make
them to understand we need them and their
fo operation — you ran win — try it. If one
hundred of our members could win one or
even two, see what it would mean to our
rlub's strength. We should have one of the
leading speeialty clubs — lot's work to that
end. ^
And nv.yf, my Brother Buff Breeder, one
of the most potent ways to make the BuflP
Wyandotte popular is to show them and
advertise them — get in line with your local
shows and fairs, also the state shows and
fairs, show a nice string of your birds and
it will result in both pleasure and profit —
try it — ^advertise in Everybodys, the great
poultry journal, for real results.
The adoption of the sectional meets of
the club i^ i> ni st commendable move and
means much for the Buffs. A line from our
worthy friend and central vice president, B.
Hazelton Smith, tells me they had a splen-
did meet and show ut Detroit with something
like ninety Buff Wyandottes in show; and
the western meet, at Hutchinson, Kan , was
the big thing of the show, with over sixty
high class Buffs jand thanks are due our
western vice president. Judge Sayler, for
bis splendid help in making the show a real
Buccess. Good reports will also come from
the southern meet, we have no doubt, and
as to the east, the boys are always up and
coming, and my great regret is that we are
unable to meet all the boys at. the big Bos-
ton Show and enjoy that coveted pleasure
of meeting them all face to face, and al.so
take a look at th )se splendid Buff Wyau
dottes of which we read and hear so much
■bout.
The famous Buffs need no eulogy from me,
they speak for themselves, if given the
chance. Boys, let's get busy and make the
year 1924 a great year for the Buffs. Write
our secretary ati<l encourage him. Be a
booster and a jmshcr.
Yours for the Buffs,
D. D. COLOLAZIER.
Hutchinson, Kan.. January 1, 1924.
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WESTERN BUFF WYANDOTTE MEET
The first western se<'tional meet of the
American lUifT Wyandotte Club was held in
conjunction with the (Jreat Arkansas Valley
Poultry and INt Stock Association at
Hutchinson. Kan.. DccMuber 1014, 1923.
Judge K. C. Branch, one of the best judges
in America, said it was one of the best
classes of Buff Wyandottes he had over
judged in his twenty odd years experience.
The west is coming to the front with their
Buffs. The class contained til birds, of
which si.\ were cocks, five hens, ten cock-
erels, fifteen pullets and five pens. The
awards were hs follows: Judge Joseph H.
Sayler. Maryville. Mo., fifth cock; first and
third hen; second and si.xth cockerel. Mrs.
Klv Broyles, Maryville, Mo., fifth hen. D.
D.Colglazier, Hutchinson, Kan., first and sec-
ond cock; second hen; first, third and fourth
ccH'kerel ; first, second and third pullet;
second and tiiird pen. W. A. Mudge, Bur-
lington, Kan., fifth cockerel. W. J. Coffin
S: Son, Waverly. la., sixth pullet. Wyckoff
Bros.. Luray, Kan., fourth cock; seventh
cockerel ; fourth pullet ; first pen, Ira E.
Hnll. Zenith, Kan., third cock; fourth hen;
fifth pullet. Judge Sayler won sweepstakes
hen. all classes of Wyandottes competing,
and D. D. Colglazier won sweepstakes cock.
also best display in entire show, which c»»
ried with it a |50.UU cup, and the |5000
Curtis Store cup for best cock, hen, coiik
erel and pullet in the Buff Wyandotte class
also the Amerioun iiuff Wyandotte Club cu '
for the best di.niiluy in the liuff Wyandott^
class. The Bull Wyandotte ulley was ou!
of the big attructioxis ia the show.
GRAND lIXHiBxT OF. BUFF WYAND0TTE8
'llie li>- 1 exhibit of Bull" WyunUottes m
Madison Square Garden, while .^mall in uuai
Ijcr.s us compared with last year, had quality
well up to the standard of any exhibit held
there to date. As proi.f of tho spread of in.
tercet in this variety, it is wortliy of note
that fourteen exhibitors w«'re in competition
from seven states, as follows: New York, 7;
I'ennsylvania, 2; Mi<'higan, 1; Massachu-
setts, 1; Georgia, 1; Maryland, 1; West Vir-
ginia. 1. The high spots in quality were
first and second cocks, first cockerel, fir.n old
],tMi and first ynung pcTi.
The variety is indebted to every one of
the pxhibitors for this grand collection and
osjx'cially for the veteran breeder, "Ron" H.
Smith, of Niles. Mich., who stepped in with
22 birds «)f rare tpiality end ste]>i'ed out with
a wider mnrtrin on best di-^play than we have
any record of in this variety.
A feeling has existed among eastern breed-
ers that the fellows from the west either
could not or would not come across at the
Garden. Any ideas heretofore held on this
l»oint may now be dis(ar<lcd. Nothing that
the eastern breeders came in with hampered
the string from the west or had them in any
trouble. Why not some more of tliose fine
birds from the west next year?
a Tunison, Morristown, N. J. (Club),
^ ?' Twoml>ly. Medford, Mass.
B B. Ul»"'<^^' Reading, Pa.
» rjlaseow. Supervisor. Mahwflh, N. J.
Klph Sweisfurth. Assistant. Philadelphia,
^•" Pet Stock Judge
j^. G. Sherwood. Nyack, N. Y.
Reserve Judges
Harry M. Lamon
John 0. Kriner
The Awards
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Madison Square Garden Poultry Sbow
for its quality and variety of fine
chickens, but it remained for 'Jimmy'
Huston to make a special exhibit in
the beauty class and to carry off all
honors. The "Three Muses" surely
had nothing on this trio.
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The South was strongly represent-
ed here both in entries and in breed-
ers in attendance and yearly more
and more New York honors cross the
Mason and Dixon line.
• • *
Frank Davey has made the record
in White Plymouth Rocks that he has
striven for these many years. His
efforts have brought results.
• • *
Harold Tompkins still retains that
^abit of winning in the Red classe:;.
The fact is he is going stronger year
by year.
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There was evidence here in plenty
that the Jersey Black Giants are go-
ing stronger daily. There is a reason.
• • . *
Judge Whiting finished his work
and rushed back to Rochester for the
auto show and business with many re-
grets. He was greatly missed.
• • *
We owe special congratulations to
the breeders who made possible this
phenomenal class of Single Comb
White Leghorns. It was the supreme
class of the exhibit.
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If you wish to get a dose of the
simon pure "hen fever" you want to
meet R. H. Anderson and mention
Black Minorcas.
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^ow, Mr. Bright, we may forgive
Continued from page 115
you this time, but don't let it ever
happen again. The Grove Hill Single
Comb Brown Leghorns are a real
necessity at the New York Show.
• • *
We don't blame R. G. Williams for
playing the Silver Laced Wyandottes
as favorites. This grand old variety,
as bred by him, appeals strongly to
every lover of the beautiful and are
ever gaining in popular favor.
Officers
T. A. HAVEMEYER, President,
New York City
HARRY M. LAMON, Vice President.
National Poultry Institute,
Wa-^hiuKton, D. C.
n. LINCOLN ORR. Secretary and Treasurer,
Orr's Mills, Cornwall, N. Y.
CHARLES I). CLEVELAND, Eatontown, N. J.
S. EDWIN MEdARtJEE. Jr.. New York City
WILLIAM J. STANTON. East Orange, N. J-
HARVEY C. WOOD. Bound Brook, N. J.
And the Officers
In Ciiarge During the Show
D. Lincoln Orr, General Manager,
Orr's Mills, Cornwall, N. Y.
Fred W. Otte. Recording Secretary,
Peekskill, N. Y.
Harry M. Lamon. Director, Educational,
National I'oultry Institute,
Washington. D. C.
Harvey C. Wood, Director, Publicity,
2r> East 2r.th St., New York City. N. Y.
Barney W. Mosher, Superintendent,
Johnstown, N. Y.
James Glasffow. Pigeons and Bantams,
Mahwah, N. J.
Rudolph Sweisfurth, Assistant Pigeons,
Philadelphia, Pa.
W. D. Keeney, Assistant, Bantams,
Mahwah, N. J.
Roy E. Pardee, Waterfowl,
Islip (L. I.). N. Y.
Wilfred M. Anderson, Pet Stock,
Millbrook, N. Y.
Poultry Judges
Anderson, W. M., Millbrook, N. Y.— Cam-
pines. Buttercups, Black Lejfhorns. A. O.
V. Mediterranean.
Ti nfoey. L. C, Deep River, Conn. — S. C.
White Lephrrns.
Congdon. W. H.. Oak Lawn. R. I.— E.xhibi-
tion Game Bantams, Feather Legged Ban
tams.
Cosh, Newton, Vineland. N- J.— Buff 1 ly
mouth Rocks. Javas. Blue Andahisians. Fav
erolles. A. O. V. American. Minorcas.
Dnvev V. H..' Middletown. N. Y. — R. C.
White Leghorns, Partridge Plymouth
Rocks. Silver Penciled Plymouth R'xks.
Columbian Plymouth Rocks, G"lden \\yan
dottes. ,., .. ^ V V
Drevenstedt. J. H., Port Washington, N.V
— Partridge Wyandottes. Blue Edged NVy
andottes. Silver Penciled Wyandottes Hou-
dans. Hamburgs, Lakenvelders, Malays.
E.xhibition Games. A. O. V. French.
Emch A. H.. Toledo, O. — Anconas, Brown
LeKhorns. Silver Wyandottes.
Glasgow, James, Mahwah, N. J.— ^\hlte A\>
andottes. „ « j t>iv
Hazlett. T. H.. Newburgh. N. \ .—Barred Pl>
mouth Rocks. ^
Hobbs, Wm. J.. Riverton, N- J — .""'^„^^['
ingtons. Black Orpinctons. Cornih. Uorit-
iuRs. A. O. V. EnKlish.
Unwell, L. D.. Minoola. N. Y.— Buff ^^.^»n
dottes. Black Wyandottes. .
Huvler, Fred, Gladstone, N. Y.— N\ hite Ply
mouth Rocks, Silkies.
Ives, Paul P., Guilford. Co«»" -A' » ');»*.;.
KrinVr. J. C. and Kriner. J. C. Jf- '^t*^^*'^"
ville; Pa.-Waterfowl. Turkeys, Pheasants.
Guineas. t% o T ••
Lamon, Harry M., Washington, D. C— w
monas. Buff Leghorns.
Nixon. Charles. Washington. N. J—j/X
Black (Jiants, R. I. Whites. Buckeyes, Co
lumbian Wyandottes. p;.
Stanton, Wm. J.. East O'-*"^^;. N- ^.-[j^h
(James. Pit Game Bantams, i;"!'^^^,^^*"';:.
Slillwagen, F. IL. AHentown, Pa.— Rhode is
land Reds. ,,r. ■»„ rtrnin^
White W. W.. Oaklyn. N. J.— White Orpine
tons, Blue Orpingtons, Sussex.
Smith. Charles M.. Shawnee. Okla. — All Clean
Leg'^ed Bantams.
Pigeon Judges
Alex. Hay, Jer.^ey City. N. J. (Club), ^'hite
Fantails. ,01 .k^
F. H. Howland, Worcester, Mass. (CluDj.
.Saddle Kantmils. .
V. D. Solley, New York City (qiub). Colorea
Fantails. ,
D. ClifT rd. Brooklyn. N. Y. (Club). O^ls
Henrv Johnston, Boston, Ma^-s. (Club), un
ental Frills. „
Herbert Smith, Work-^oj.. N ttingham, Js-n*
land (Club). Jacobins.
A. M. In.-ram. Ponemah. N. H. (Club). M«^
I'ies.
Barred Plymouth Books — E. B. Thompson,
"' white^^Plymoutli Eocks-F. H. Davey, frst,
second and fifth cock-first hen; /ir.n, third
»„d fourth cockerel; first, third and fourth
Idle second and fourth old pen nrsi and
P"„_V vounir pen. L. C. Boni .ey, third co.k ;
ronl^hird.' fourth and .i.lU i.en ;. secood
5?et- first and fifth old pen; third and
?n, rth voung i.en. Koons Farm, fourth cock.
Tg sii'""*"' ^^'^' '"•""'• ^^'^'■^":*' ^'•
Chapman, second cockerel. \ e.n o'Dalo larnY
fifth cockerel. Joseph JI. Curry, third old
Bnff Plymouth Bocks — Daniel S. Rickard,
♦i,ir<l .ock- first hen; first, second and fourth
okereT; fifth pullet. E. H. Lichtenwalter
Srthcock. P. W. Noyes, second c-ck; fir.st
..nllet- fifth ccokerel. Foster & Lounsberry
llth cock. James H. Vincent, second and
?hrd hen. B. N. Duclos, first cock; f..urth
hpn- third cockerel; second and third pullet.
Edward F. Hall, fifth ben; fourth pullet;
first young pen. Kingman Farm, first old
pen.
Silver Penciled Plymouth Bocks — Monroe
Bros., first cock; first hen; second and fourth
cockerel; first and second pullet. Clyde H.
Swam, first and third cockerel.
Partridge Plymouth Bocks — Bird Bros.,
first second, third, fourth and fifth cock;
first', second, third and fifth hen; first, sec-
ond third, fourth and fifth cockerel; first,
second, third and fourth pullet; first old pen;
first young pen. Roy Armita'^e. fourth hea.
Columbian Plymouth Bocks— Frank b
Smith, fifth cock. James F. Harnngtcm, first
cock; first hen; first cockerel; third pullet;
first old pen; first y> un^ i^en. J- W. Wil-
liams fourth cock; fourth cockerel; fourth
pullet. Duffield Farm, second cock; second
and fifth hen; second and fifth pullet; set-ond
old pen; third young pen. J. M. Jo"es. third
cook; third hen; third cockerel. C. K. Ire^,
fourth hen. James Moore, fifth cockerel. T.
J. Enslin, second cockerel; first pullet. N.
B. Hartman, second young pen.
SUver Wyandottes— F. H. Davey, fifth
' cock- second hen; second, third and fifth
pullet. R. G. Williams Company, first and
fourth cock; first and fourth hen; first and
second cockerel; first pullet; first and sec-
ond old pen. William F. Garland, second
and third cock; third hen; third and fifth
cockerel; fourth pullet. Boys' and Girls
Poultry Club, fifth hen. J. Frank Van
Alstyne, third old pen.
Qolden Wyandottes — Frank P. Seamon
second cock. Melvin F. Uphoff, third and
fourth cock; first hen. H. O. Emmons, first
cock. Walter E. Sponsler, first and secon*
cockerel; first and second pullet.
White Wyandottes — A. S. Harle, third
cock; fourth hen. J. W. Andrews, fourth
cock; first and fifth hen; first, third and fifth
cockerel; third and fifth pullet; second old
pen; first young pen. Samuel Little, fifth
cock; fifth young pen. C. P. Davis, second
cock; third hen; second pullet; first old
pen; third young pen. A. J. Fell, first cock;
second cockerel; first pullet; second young
pen. White Wyandotte Poultry Yard, sec
ond hen. Walter F. Krone, fourth cockerel.
W. R. Taylor, fourth pullet.
Black Wyandottes — Bradley Cook, first
cock; first hen. C. H. Nesbitt, second cock;
second hen; second cockerel; first pullet.
R- A. Hickman, first cockerel.
Buff Wyandottes — B. Hazelton Smith, first,
second and fourth cock; second, fourth and
fifth hen; first, second and fifth cockerel;
first and fifth pullet; first old pen; first
young pen. Finch & Gies, third cock; second
pullet; second old pen. Steward A. How-
land, fifth cock. Frank Ritchie, first hen;
third pullet. George M. Bell, third hen.
R- A. Page, third cockerel; fourth pullet.
Hobart S. Langdon, fourth cockerel.
Partridge Wyandottes — Sheffield Farm,
second and fourth cock; third and fourth
l>en; third and fourth cockerel; first, fourth
and fifth pullet; first and second old pen;
first and second young i)en. Roy C. Lester
& Son, first cock; first hen; first cockerel;
third old pen. H. J. Hunt, third cock; sec-
ond hen; fifth cockerel. Buck Brothers, fiiili
cock; third pullet. H. S. Weidner, fifth hen.
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Madison Square Garden
(N. Y.) Show
Just closed, January 23rd to 27th, 1924
EVERY PRIZE AND RIBBON OFFERED
AS FOLLOWS :
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Pullets Ist, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Old Pens Ist, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Yocns Pens 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
30 Prizes Out Of 30
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WILKINSON & WILKINSON
Box C
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ArkimilC' Single Comb Dark Brown
ADAMS LEGHORNS
TriuHM.h at Mud.son Square Garden. January. 1924-winning as
'""°7o rnrk 1-2-3-4-5 Cockerel 1 Old Pen
2 Hen * Pallet ^ '^^"''^ ^'"
At the Club Show. Annual Meet. Cleveland. O.. December. 192..
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\V. L. Bender, second cockerel; second pul-
let. Mrs. Doniiahnnly, fourth old pen.
Oolumbiaix Wyandottes — Wilkinson & Wil-
kinson, first, second and third cock; first,
second and third hen; first, second and
third cockerel; first, second and third ]tul-
let ; first old pen; first younjj pen. Otsolic
Farms, fifth h«Mi. Oren Hanes, fifth cotk.
Charles A. Mason, fourth cock; fourth hen;
fourth corkerel. W. P. Douglas, fifth cock-
iTfl. Walter D. Clark, fourth pullet. Ben-
ton Kuv, fifth pullet.
Blue-Edged Golden Wyandottes — Wildwood
Farms, all awards.
Black Javas — ^Cai»tain John A. Fish, first
cork; third hen; first cockerel; first pullet.
Thomas L. Sherer, first and second hen; sec-
ond and third cockerel; second and third
pullet.
American Dominiques — Lem McMahon, first
cock. Thurlow Travis, second cock; first hen.
George A. Davidson, first cockerel; first pul-
let.
Single Comb Rhode Island Beds — Harold
Tompkins, fourth cock; second, fourth and
fifth hen; first, second and third cockerel;
first, third and fourth pullet; first old pen;
first and fourth young pen. High Acre Farms,
second and fifth cock; first and third hen;
fourth cockerel; second pullet; second and
fourth old pen; second and fifth young pen.
C. L. Smith, first cock. Ralph Knicker-
bocker, third cock. W. J. McOaflfrey, fifth
cockerel. B. Mc. Quackenbush. fifth pullet;
third young pen. Beebe & Reel, third old
pen. ililldorfer Farms, fifth old pen.
Rose Comb Rhode Island Beds — Harold
Tompkins, first, third and fifth cock; first
and second hen ;* first, second, third, fourth
and fifth cockerel; first, third, fourth and
fifth pullet; first old pen; first and third
voung pen. Ralph Knickerbocker, fourth
i-ock; fourth y >ung pen. High Acre Farms,
second cock; third hen; second pullet; sec-
ond voung pen.
Single Comb Rhode Island Whites — O. G.
L. Lewis, second and fourth cock; first, sec-
ond ad third hen; first and third cockerel;
first, third ami fourth imllet ; second young
pen. Gem Poultry Yards, third cock. Rus-
sell p. ultry Farms, first cock. Harley E.
Caldwell, second and fourth cockerel. Wil-
liam Baines. fifth pullet; first young pen,
Jame> G. Steele, second pullet
Rose Comb Rhode Island Whites — William
Baines, second cock. Dogwood Farms, first
cock Puritan Poultry Farms, first hen;
first cockerel; first pullet. Glenwood Poul-
try Yards, second hen. Delta Farms, sec-
ond cockerel; second pullet. J. & A. Jones,
third pullet; first young pen.
Chanteclers — William Milne, first, fourth
and fifth cock; third and fourth hen; second,
third and fourth cockerel; first, second and
fifth pullet: first and second old pen; first
and second young pen. L. R. DeVilleray
second cock; first and fifth hen; first and
fifth cockerel; third pullet. MiFav< rite Pool
try Farm, third cock; second hen; fourth
pullet; third old pen. L. L. Lucas, third
and fourth young pen.
Single Comb Jersey Black Giants — Marcy
Farms, first, second, fourth and fifth cock;
third and fourth hen; second and fifth cock-
erel; first and third pullet; first and fifth
old pen; first, second and fourth young pen.
Greenlane Farm, third cock; first and fourth
(ockerel; fourth and fifth pullet; second
old pen; fifth young pen. C. M. Page &
Sons first and second hen. Herbert C GuUi
ford, fifth hen. Wajacket Farm, third cock
erel. Mrs. L. W. Jones, second pullet. Mrs.
Thomas F>. Hunting, third ol<l pen. Pedrick
Poultry Yards, fourth old pen; third young
pen. ^
Rose .Comb Jersey Black Giants— Green-
lane Farm, all awards.
Sin?le Cimb Speckled Jersey Black Giants
— Pioneer Poultry Plant, all awards,
Lamonas — Hurry M. Lami>n. all awards.
Golden Dlstons — William Disston, all
a^vnr'K
Light Brahmas — .Vlbert D. Gilbert, sec-
ond cock; second hen. C. H. King, first
cock. C. H. Tyler, third and fourth cock;
fir~t and third hen; second cockerel; first
and third pullet; swond old pen; fourth
voung pen. Balch & Brown, fifth cock;
fourth hen; fifth cwkerel; fourth and fifth
pullet; first old pen; first young pen. Mrs.
(}. r B. Hiiinnier. fifth hen; third and
fourth cockerel; second jiullet; third old
t)en ; second an<l third young ])en. A. B.
Curtis, first cockerel. Daniel P. Shove,
fourth old pen, S. S. Newton, fifth young
pen.
Dark Brahmas — C. H. Tyler, first and sec-
ond cock; first hen; first and second cock-
erel; first and third pullet: second old pen;
first young pen, Henry O, Pavemeyer, fourth
cock ; fourth hen ; third cockerel ; second
and fourth pullet; first old pen; seiond
vonne "»n. Tom HoUeday, third cock; sec-
ond, third and fifth hen.
cock
Buff Brahmas — Frank J. Hochrein, gecond
»ck ; second cockerel. Marshall Farms, Inc
third cock; first hen; third cockerel;' flfgi
pullet; first old pen. Lloyd M. Halle'nbeck I
firxt cock; second hen; first cockerel; second '
pullet; first young pen. " '
Buff Ciichins— C. H. Tyler, fourth coclf *
first and second hen; first and second cock'
erel; first and Be<'ond ])ullet; second old pea-
first young pen. W. N. Watson, first and sec-
ond cock; fifth hen; first old pen. Egg-A-
Day Farm, Inc., third cock; fourth hen-
third cockerel. A. P. Ingram, third hen-
third and fourth pullet.
Partridge Cochins — C. H. Tyler, all
awards.
White Langshans — Frank DeLancey, j,
first cock; second hen; third cockerel; gee! "
ond i)ullet. Carl Olsen, first hen; first coclc.
erel; first pullet. Coons Farms, second cock-
erel.
Black Langshans — M.S. Barker, third cock-
third hen; first and" fourth cockerel; second
and fourth pullet; second old pen; first
young pen. William Snaith & Son. fourth
lock; fifth hen. M. Kieffer. first and second
cock; first hen. Innes & Jones, fifth cock; .
fifth cockerel. R. L. Gill, second hen; third
cockerel. Frank DeLancey. Jr., second cock- /
erel; third old pen; second young pen. \Vil.
liara H. Tuthill, fifth pullet. W. A. Meyer,
fourth hen; first pullet; fir-st old pen; third
young pen. C. T. Busk, third pullet.
Single Comb Light Brown Leghorn»-
George H. Burgett, first cock; first cockerel.
H. W. Leibensjterger. first and third hen.
Harold B. Dorman, second hen; first pullet.
C. U Krauss. second pullet.
Single Comb Dark Brown Leghorns— H. C.
Adams, first and second cock; second hen;
first, second, third, fourth and fifth cockerel;
fourth pullet; first old pen ; first young pen.
Mrs. C. W. Robinson, third cock; fifth hen.
Dr. Don Preston Peters, fourth and fifth cock.
.Vllen Mead, third and fourth hen; third and
fifth pr.Uet. A. K. Lowry, first hen; first
imllet. William J. McLean, second pullet.
Single Comb White Leghorns — Harry P.
McKean, first and fourth cock; second and
f(urth hen; first, second and third cockerol;
second and fourth i-ullet ; first, third and
fifth old ])en; second young pen. Schillinu
Leghorn Farm, second, third and fifth cock;
first, third and fifth hen; fourth nnd fifth
c'ckerel; first and fifth pullet; second and
f'Hirth old j»en; first young pen. White
H.ll Farms Co.. third pullet. C. S. Phelps,
fourth ycung i)en. Greenlane Farm, third
young pen. Henry Mooney. fifth young pen.
Sngle Comb Buff Leghorns — L. E. Meri-
hew, third cock; fourth cockerel; second pul-
let; second old pen; first young pen. Georee
W. Rex, first cock: second hen. Dean E.
Roberts, fifth cock. L. L. Smith, second cock.
George W. Cico. fourth cock; third hen; first
cockerel; frurth pullet; first old i»en; second
voung pen. Paul C. Koch, first and fifth hen;
fifth cockerel; first pullet. Mrs. Paul Koch,
fourth hen. John Quincy Dawson, third cock
erel. Jacob Bedel, second cockerel. Orange
Farm, fifth pullet. George J. Gable, third
i.ullet. C. S. & A. A. Oswold. fourth old pen.
Homer W. Simpson, third old pen. Charles
Mearson, third voung i)en.
Single Comb Black Leghorns — Mark E.
Johnson, second cock; third cockerel; first
pullet. E. B. Howard, first cock. Alexander
Jenkins, first hen. Johnson Boys, second and
third hen; third pullet. Harry Pease, first
co«-kerel; second pullet.
Rose Comb Light Brown Leghorns— Her
bert F. Giff rd, third hen. tins Stadler. sec
ond hen; second pullet. W. W. Kulp, first
and f urth hen. Morris G. Mortner, first
pullet.
Rose Comb Dark Brown Leghorns — James
.T. DuBois, first and fifth co.k ; fourth hen:
first and second cockerel; first and fourth
lullet. W. W. Kulp. fourth co(-k ; first hen.
Kerlin Farm, third wck ; third cockerel
W i;iani T. Liddell. second co.k; fifth cock-
erel. Harry R, Blackburn, second and thira
hen; f( urth cockerel; second and third pui-
Rose Comb White Leghorns— J. M. Chase,
fourth cock; third hen; fourth rulM; tirsi
ol.i j.en. Parkland Poultry Pla<e. fiitV^^"-
Damon's R se Comb White Leghorn laros,
fir-t cock; first hen; fourth cockerel. NN- "•
Crale. second and third cock; fifth t\en.
.sec- nd and fifth cockerel; first, se<-ond. thira
a!Hl ffth pullet; second old pen; first ana
se-oid voung pen. H. W. Durland. second
and fourth h.n : first and third cockerel, in
dependen- e Poultrv Yards, third old P*""-
Rose Cjmb Buff Leghorns — J. Everett Mc-
Ca'l. all awHKls.
Single Comb Black Minorcas -(»• H- «
CJame Farms, first, second and f f""" ***/.?*!, J
first, second and fourth hen; second and tnira
cockerel; third pullet, first and third oia
pen; second and fifth young pen. H*'^"'"
C. (iullif.rd. third cock. R. H. Anderson,
fifth cock; fifth hen; first and fifth coc*
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I. -econd pullet; second and -fourth old
*' • first and fourth young pen. Charles
£*° cross third hen; first pullet. Brish
Mothers ^)urth .-ockerel. Ililldorfer Farms,
fourth pullet. High Acre Farms, liftl. p.ll.i;
second yo"»e pen.
fiinsle Comb White Minorcas— J. J Tru
.n first iM-n: third |.nllet Hamilton Kg r
Cii. sec -nd and third cw-kerel ; first and
*^" '^ nnllet M. K. Fi^h. first cockerel,
^'singli Comb Buff Minorcas— Charles B.
aose C mb Black Minorcas — George \\ . &
vj^*tA W Terwilliger. all awards.
Rose Comb White Minorcas- -Cecil Corn-
""yjASuslans-E. 1). Bird, first <-ock ;
♦hirJ and fourth hen; first cockerel; second
Ind fourth pullet; first old pen. Mosey
Potltry Yardl. third cock; fifth hen; third
«nlet Thurlow Travis, secon.l cock. 1- red
Sh. Stillwagen, first hen ; second and
third cockerel; fifth pullet. Koons J arm.
•Innd hen- first voung pen. Roy M. Armi-
S fif?h cockerel. Bri.hthome Farms,
Crtii cockerel. Walter C. Dobe. first pullet.
<HMle Comb Anconas -H. Co( il Sheppard,
first third, fourth and fifth cock ; first sec-
«nrl *nd fourth hen; first, second, fourth and
Sfth cockerel ; third, fourth and fifth pullet;
first and second old pen; second and third
^nnne pen. Frank C. Stier. second cock:
third and fifth hen; third cockerel; fir.t and
seiond imllet; third old pen; first younr
««n DuQuene Ancona Yards, fourth old
Jen W. J. Higgins. fourth young pen. Betz
Bros., fifth young pen.
Boss Comb Anconas — H. Cecil Sheppard,
first second, third and fourth cock ; first
Mcond. third and fourth hen; first, ^^econd^
third and fourth cockerel; first, second third
and fourth pullet; first and ^f^^^xd old i.en ;
first and second young pen. Harold B. ^^ ide-
man. fifth hen; fifth cockerel; third young
^*Silver dray Dorkings — Watson West fall.
all awards. „ ™. n i f
Colored Dorkings— H. Therese Bock &
Son. nil awards. . ^ t »
Single Comb Buff Orpingtons — Lynne A.
Wollader. third and fourth cock; fifth pullet:
third young pen. Joseph R. Seitz, second
cock; fourth hen; second cockerel. LucK-
now Farm, first cock; second and third hen;
first third and fourth cock#rel ; first, third
and fourth pullet; first old pen; first and
second voung pen. Frerer tc Luckens. fifth
cock. Fred W. Lorenz. fifth hen; second
pullet. Joshua Shute. first hen. Harry John-
son Duff, fifth cockerel. Egg A Day Farm.
Inc., second and third old pen; fourth young
^* Single Comb Black Orpingtons— C. S.
Purdy, second and third cock; first and
third hen; first, second and third pullet;
first and second old pen; first and third
young pen. Mrs. W. C. Gerst, first cock;
second hen: first nullet; third old jien ; sec-
ond young pen. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. All'>n,
fifth cock; second cockerel; fourth lu'Ut
Dr. Charles J. Inperatori. fourth cock; fifth
hen; fifth pullet.
Single Comb White Orpingtons — C. S.
Pnrdv. fourth cock; fifth hen; fourth and
fifth cockerel; first and fourth pullet; first
and second old pen; first and third young
pen. Miss P. R. Cross, third cock. A. H.
Honevman. first co<-k ; second cockerel. Ro-
badol Poultrv Farm, fifth cock; first, sec
ond snl third hen; fifth T)ullet ; third, fourth
and fifth old pen; second and fourth young
pen. Jill Farm, second cock; first cockerel:
third pullet. Irad T. Lane, fourth hen; third
cockerel. D. A. Strayer. second imllet.
Single Comb Buff Orpingtons— Manetto
Hill Poultrv Farms, fourth cock; fifth hen;
third and fourth cockerel; first and second
pullet; first young pen. Raymond D. Mar-
tin, first cock: fir>;t, second and third hen;
''econd cockerel; first old pen. E. H. Aller-
ton. third and fifth cock; third jmllet. The
Brighthome Farm. second cock. Henry
Kiseman, fourth hen; fourth cockerel. C. C.
Roecker. first cockerel. Mrs. Henry Wahn.
fourth and fifth ])ullet.
Dark Cornish— Cortland H. Smith, fourth
eock; second hen; first pullet; first old pen;
, first young pen. Harry W^ Stoffer. second
oock. ' 0!an Barnes, third cock: third hen.
A. H. Kirk, first cock. Albert M. Bratt. fifth
cock; fourth hen; third cockerel; fifth pul-
let. Silas H. Andrews, first and fifth hen;
third pullet. Stuart D. Talbot, first and sec-
ond cockerel. Dawn-to-Dark Poultry Farm,
fourth cockerel. .Tames W. Huey. second and
fourth pullet T'rsino Farm, second young'
pen. Frank R. Willis, fifth cockerel.
White Cornish — Treweryn Farms. Poultry
^ept., third cock; second hen; second i-o«k-
<'rel; first pullet. J, D. Lesher. second cock;
fl"t hen; first cockerel. L. J. Smith, first
cork.
Eed Laced White Cornish— Robert Cole-
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(See other adv. on page 106)
Whiting Farms
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS
At the Great Rochester Show, January.
1924, mv Leghorns won: Cocks 1-2-3-4;
Hens 1-2-4; Cockerels 1-2-3-4; Pullets
1 2-:].'>; Old Pens 12; Young Pens 1-2;
Rest Display, Champion Male and Female.
In .Single Comb Reds I won: Pullets 1-2-3.
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made with great care and have my com-
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Excellent Breeding Stock for Sale.
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Rochetter, N. Y., 1924
O. L. WHITINO
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man, first cockerel; second pullet. R.
Townsend Harrison, first pullet.
Black Sumatra — Chanter Cornish, all
A ^y A r (i S
Speckled Sussex— Harold W. Kuhl, fifth
cocJt • fifth hen. Joseph Preece. second cock :
second hen; second cockerel; first and third
pullet Willow Poultry Farm, first, third
and fourth cock; first and fourth hen; first
and fourth cockerel; second and fourth pul-
let; first young pen. J. D. DeVer Hogers &
Son. Jr., third hen; third cockerel; fifth
White Breasted Black Polish — A. Kessel,
first hen; first cockerel; first pullet; first
old pe4i; second young pen. James Hen-
drie, second cockerel; second pullet. Charles
E. Smith, first young pen. , , „ ,
Silver Spangled Hamburg — J. J. Bryden.
fourth cock; fifth hen; fifth uullet. Dr J.
S Wolfe, first, second and third cock; first
hen- first cockerel; second pullet. Arch L.
Mavo, sec( nd and third hen; second cock-
erei- first and third pullet. Charles C. rirau,
fourth hen; third cockerel; fourth pullet;
first old pen. , , ,, ^^
Lakenvelders — Wildwood Farms. all
Mottled Houdaus — Morj;an Steinmotz, first
coi-k; first hen; first cockerel; first pullet.
Will-am Mackay, second cock.
White Houdans — H. F. .Goenann, all
LaFlcche— Captain John A. Fi.sh, all awards
Silver Campines — Jerome Thompson, all
*^ Goideu Campines— Thomas O. Perry, first
cock- first and s-econd hen; first and second
cockerel; first and second pullet; first young
pen. C. G. Battles, second cock; fourth and
fifth cickerel; third pullet. Mrs. W. B.
rraincrd. third cockerel; first old pen.
Buttercups— C. Sydney Cook, Jr., first
cock; first hen; first cmkerel; first and sec-
ond pullet. J. Harry Eddy, third pulle^
Exhibition Game Black and Red—Mu»lge
& Son. first code; first and third pullet Ld-
ward Kessel, first cockerel; second and four.h
'^^Black Red Pit Game — Thomcroft Stnbles
second, third and fuorth cock; first second
and third hen; fourth cockerel; fifth pullet.
Wildwood Farms, first cock. James Anthouy
fifth cock. Thomas Cadwallader. first and
fifth cockerel ; first and second pullet. Dr.
W B. Cadwallader. second and thirl cojk-
erel- third and f urth pullet.
Blue Pit Game — Brighthcme Farms, an
"^'srown Bed Pit Game— Wildwood Farms,
first cock. James Anthony, first hen.
White Ha<:klcd P.t Game— W ild wood
Farms, all awards.
Pyle Pit Game — Wildwood Farms, first
cock. John H. Irwin, second cock.
Hennle Pit Game— Wildwood Farms, all
*^Oray Pit Game — Richard Markle, all
*^Du<iwlng Pit Game — Brighthome Farms,
second cock. Wildwood Farms, first cock.
AGO. Pit Game— Richard Markle. first
cook.' Mips Joanna Karles. second ccok ;
third cockerel; first young pen. Harry Ris
den. first and second cockerel.
Black Java — Captain John A. Uisn, au
awards. ^
Geese
Toulouse — Samuel G. Thayer, second old
gander; fourth old goose. Ferguson Farms,
fifth old gander; third old goose; third
young gander; third young goose. Forest
Farms, third and fourth old gander; third
old goose; first young gander; first young
goose. Dawson Bros., first old »»»<*•' v "f]
old goose. Twin Brook Game Farm, A'th o Ul
goose; fifth young gander. Dr. Kendall,
fourth young gander, fifth young goose. H.
A. Seeger, second young gander; second
young goose. Maple Farm, fourth young
^^^Emhden — John Stickles, fourth old gan-
der; fourth old goose; third young gander;
third young goose. C. W. King, third old
gander; first old goose; second young gan-
der Forest Farms, first old gander; second
old* goose; fourth young gander; second
young go'<se. Dawson Bros., second old gan-
der- third old goose. Mrs. Henry Wahn,
first' vounc gander; first young goose.
African— Dawson Bros., first old gander
Forest Farms, third old gander; first old
goose; second young gander. Twin Brook
Farms, second old gander; second old goose;
first young gander; first young goose. Mrs.
Henry Wahn, fourth old gander; second old
goose. ...» i tj.
Brown Chinese — Dr. Kendall, first old gan-
der- first old goose. Forest Farms, second
and' third old gander; second and third old
^"whlte Chinese — Dr. Kendall, third old gan-
der- third old gaose. Forest Farms, first and
third old gander; first and second old goose;
first young gander; second and third young
goose. Twin lirook Farms, second young
gander; first young gt>ose.
WUd Canadian — Twin Brook Farm, all
Egyptian — Twin Brook Farm, all awards
in old stock. II. O. Havemeyor. all awards
in young stock.
Top-Knot — Dr. Kendall, all awards.
Sehastapol— Twin Hrook Farm, all awards.
Ducks
Pckin — H. C. Sharkey, fifth old drake. Roy
E. Pardee, first and fourth old drake; first
and second old duck; fifth young duck; first
old pen; third young pen. Mrs. Daniel Gug-
genheim, second old drake; fourth youmg
drake; first young duck; third old pen; sec-
ond young pen. Green Tree Farm, third old
drake; third and fourth old duck; second.
third and fourth young duck; first and tift
young drake; second old pen; first young
pen. Homan Bros., fifth old duck. Jersey
Ridge Farm, second and third young drake.
Rouen — Mrs. M. Seaman, third old drake.
Wajacket Farm, first and second old drake;
second, third and fourth old duck; first and
second young drake; first and second young
duck; first old pen. Dawson Bros., third
young duck. Clarence King, first old ducK.
Cayuga — Clarence W. King, second old
drake; first old duck; first young drake;
first young duck; first young pen. Fon-t
Farms, first old drake; second old duck;
second voung drake; second young duck.
Wood &' Watson, third young drak»'; tliird
young duck.
Gray Call — Twin Brook Farm, first old
drake; first old duck. Clarence W. King,
first young pen. Wood & Watson, second
old drake; second old duck. Mrs. Henry
Wahn. first young drake; first and second
young duck.
White Call — J. A. Seeger, second old
drake; second old duck. Twin Brook Farm,
first old drake; first old duck.
East India — J. A. Seeger, first old duck;
first old drake. Twin Brook Farm, second
old drake; first young duck.
Colored Muscovy — J. A. Seeger, first old
drake; fourth and fifth young drake. Forest
Farms, first old drake; first old duck; first
young duck; second young drake; first young
pen. H L. Penniman. third old drake. Rev. J.
0 Taylor, fourth old drake; second, third
and fourth old duck; second, fourth and
fifth vourg duck. White Rock Farms, second
old drake; first young drake. Twin Brook
Farm, third voung drake; third young duck.
White Muscovy — Ophir Farm, third and
fifth old drake; fourth old duck; second
young drake; second young duck.; second
voung pen. I. A. Church. M. D.. second old
drake; first old duck; third young drake;
third young duck; first old pen; first young
pen. J. N. Hazlett. fourth old drake. Mrs.
Henry Wahn. first old drake; second and
third old duck; fourth young drake; first
young duck; third young pen. Twin Brook
Farm, fifth old duck; first young drake;
fourth young duck. , „ t^ a »
Blue Muscovy — I. A. Church, M. D.. first
old duck. Brighthome Farm, balance of
awards. ...^ , ^ m t.
Buff Muscovy — Twin Brook Farm, first
young duck. Captain Fish, second young
drake. ,, ,
Wild Black — H. F. Havemeyer. all awards.
Fawn and White Runner — Gaebel Bros
second old drake. Geo. B. Hall & Bros., bal-
ance of awards.
Penciled Eunner — Gaebel Bros., all awards.
Mallard — Twin Brook Farms, first and sec-
ond old drake; first and second old duc^;
first young drake; second young duck; first
old pen. Westwood Farm, third old drake;
third old duck; second old drake; first
young duck; second old pen; first young
pen. Ursino Farm, fourth and fifth old drake;
fourth and fifth old duck; fourth and fifth
young drake; third and fifth young duck;
third old pen; second young pen. H. O.
Havemeyer, third young drake; fourth young
duck.
Pheasants
Several Varieties — Mrs. Arnold, all awards.
Turkeys
Bronze — Bird Bros., first, second, third and
fifth cock; first, second, fourth and fifth hen;
first, second, third, fourth and fifth cockerel;
first, second, third, fourth and fifth pullet.
E. C. Spain, fourth cock. O. F. Decker, third
hen.
Narragansett — Forest Farm, second cock;
second hen; third cockerel; first nullet. Ax-
tell Farm, first cock ; first hen ; second cock-
erel; second pullet. Wood Bee Farm, third
cock; first cockerel.
Bourbon Red— Forest Farm, first cock;
first hen. Axtell Farm second cock; second
hen; first cockerel; first pullet.
White — E. J. Niben. third cock; fourth
hen; second and fourth cockerel. J. H.
Stickles, second cock; fifth hen; fifth cock-
1 erel; third and fourth pullet. Forest Farm,
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fourth 0( ck ; first and second hen; thiid
(Mickcrel; first and second pullet. A\tell
Farm, fifth ccok; third hen; fifth piillet
Ha|>py Valley Farm, first cock. J. A. See-'fir
first cockerel. " '
Bantams
Golden Sebright Itussell Pope, third and
fourth cock; second and fourth hen; second
and third cockerel; first, second and fifth
pullet; first old pen; first young pen. Frank
W. Mains, fir.t and fifth cock; first hen-
filth » ' < k«'rel. Fred lieyler, second cock-
third and fifth hen; fourth cockerel; third
pulU't ; second young pen. J. Hart Welch,
first cockerel; fourth jiullet. Daniel p|
Shove, ^ocond old pen. Polk E. Moore, third
old pen.
Silver Sebright — J. H. Mehring, second
cock. Frank W. Maines, first and fourth
cock; first and fourth hen; third and fifth
cockerel; third and fifth pulh't. .1
Hart Welch. third cock; third hen.
Frederick H. Stillwagen, second hen;
second cockerel ; first pullet. Alfred K.
Robinson, fourth cockerel; second jtuUet. C.
Higelow iJ. Sayres. fifth hen. B. K. Starr.
first cockerel ; fourth . pullet. Daniel p.
Shove, first old pen. P(i)e E. Moore, second
old pen.
Rose Cimb White — Herbert C. Gulliford.
second cock; fourth hen. Albert C. Keeney,
first cock; first hen. Allan Georgeson, sec-
ond and third hen; fir>-t, third and fourth
pullet. J. Hart Wi'lch, first cockerel; second
pullet.
Rose Comb Black — Elizabeth H. Sealy, sec-
<»nd and third cock; third youn-: pen. Ellen
Day Ranken, fifth cock; first and second
hen; fourth cockerel; fifth pullet; second
young pen. Stanley W. Trethaway, first and
fourth cock; third and fourth hen. (}. K. R.
(;nnie Farm, fifth hen. Lintcad Farm, first,
second and fifth cocken«l ; fir-t, si'.-ond. third
and fourth j>ullet ; first young |.cn. William
V. Babka. third cockerel. J. N. Hazelett.
first old i)en.
Black Tailed Japanese — E. Darby Moore
second cock; fir>t hen; second cockerel;
first pullet. B. W. Musher, first cock; fourth
cockerel; second and third pullet. Willium
F Albers. first cocker I ; fourth pullet. Ir-
ving Spivack. third cock. Winterthur
Farms, third «ockerel; fifth pullet.
Black Japanese — William F. Albers, all
awar«ls. .... ,
White Japanese — V. N. Markle, all awards.
Frizzled Japanese — William F. Albers, all
awards.
Golden Japanese — William F
awards.
Gray Japanese — William F.
awards. ... a »
L'ght Brahma- Carl H. Munkelwitz, .irst
and second cock; first and second hen; first
and second cockerel; first and second pulle*;
first young pen. (iilbert Wilson, th:rd cock;
third cockerel. John C. Konam. fourth co.-k;
third hen; fourth cockerel; third pullol ; sec-
ond young pen. Frederick H. Sti w«<en.
fourth hen; fifth cockerel; fifth pullet. J.
Hart Welch, fourth pullet.
Buff Cochin — Theodore Helm, first cock.
M L. Parr, fifth cock; second and third hen;
second cockerel; first pullet. C. B. Schlcyer.
second and third cock; fourth cockerel; sec
ond. third and fifth pullet; first young pen.
William T. Fillman, fourth cock; fifth cocii
erel. Empire Poultry Yards, fourth hen. J.
Hart Welch, first hen. Henry W. ^harpe,
fifth hen; third cockerel; fourth pullet. Loais
Fletcher, first cockerel. Russell Pope, seoua
old pen. Charles M. Smith, first old pen.
Partridge Cochin— James V. Johnson, sec-
ond and third cock; first and third hen; hrst
and third cockerel; first and second pullet.
George A. Knight, first cock; second hen.
second cockerel; fourth pullet. Louis u.
Fletcher, fourth cockerel; third pulh^t.
Wte Cochin— Harold H. Munkelwitz.
fourth cock; fourth cockerel, Charges JN*^
gel! fifth cock. Sunset Hill Farm, th ra
f!ck; tiiSd hen; second cockerel ; first pulhj;
Thomas J. Ellis, second cock. "^ /'■%
erts. first cock; second hen. 9*^"%,";
Hart first and fourth hen. Louis B.""
Cher fifth hen William A. Orr. third and
fifth cSckerel. Joel H. Moyer, first cockere
second pullet. John H. Butters fourth pul
let James V. Monaghan, third pullet, i-
M. Goldsby & Son. second young pen.
Black Cochin— Ockers & Maasch, first ami
second cock; third and fourth hen; nf \ ™
erel; first and second pullet. i;^,"i'*^r2ii
ster. fifth cock; fifth cockerel \V . H. Cra'K,
third and fourth cock; second and fifth nen.
second cockerel; fifth pullet John H H«
tars, first hen. Oram S. Bell third cnckerel.
third pullet. M. L. Parr, fourth cockerel.
W. A. Marshall, fourth pullet.
MUle neur— Edith M. Ra'^^o''^-,^''"*, ^hiJd
third hen. Julian M. Platz. second and thir"
cork; second and fourth hen; second cock
erel; first pullet; first young pen. ^-^^
Welch, first hen; first cockerel; second puu"-
Albers. all
Albers, all
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plain White Polish— Fonn Bantam Yards.
""Rlngle' Comb White Leghorn— Satisfaction
n ,urv' Yards, all awards.
^* Stogie Comb Rhode Island Red-James
\t'ilits all awards.
Buff' Orpington— James Christopher, all
*^^SiiveV Spangled Hamburg -Arch L. Mayo.
•"cilden' spangled Hamburg— Mrs. M. Sea-
""whUe |uk5^.Tc.rsey Ri.lge Poultry Yards,
, ,!rih cock. (i. D. Tilly, fifth cock; fifth hen;
Pre F ll'nkel. third cock. Wood Bee Poul-
frv Farms, first aod s.-.,nd cock; se<M.n<
;7n- second and third cocker.'l; first and
JnAh pullet. Klizabcth 11. Scaly. f..urth
Ln first cockerel; second and third pullet.
Forde Whitfield, first and third hen; fifth
fo.kercl; fifth pullet. Allan Day Kankin.
^'SlS'^BreaSted Red Game-J. K. & H. 1.
Pr,)kaw first and second cock; first, second.
!lir;i and fifth cockerel; second pullet. Ir
in J Mfttla.-k. fourth cock; fifth hen; fifth
m let ' Evan Davi.e. third cck ; first hen.
'a raliam Pearson, fifth cock. Herbert L.
\V..i.llev second hen; socond youn-r pen.
lV,., is'w. Hummell. third hen. William
Hftmmal f -urth cockerel; first and third piil-
w \l HobiMson, fifth hen. C. & K. Ka.ilT
man. fourth pullet, .lohn U. Metcalfe, fourth
''"Brown Red Game— T. D. Hook, first co. k ;
fir then- fourth .-ockerel ; third pullet. Wil-
liam Hammall. first cockerel; first pullet
u-ili^Mi W. II hues, third cockerel; fourth
jMiUet. (Mover Lawn . Farm, second cockerel;
Rpcond i>ullet.
Go'dcn Duckwing— Irvin ('.. Matlock, sec-
ond co.k ; first hen •'"»'" Wilkin, first cock ;
first a !>1 second cockerel; third pullet. A bra
ham IVarsrn. third cockerel; first pullet
Weoervelt Havwood, fifth cockerel; fourth
)»ullet. R. Robinson, fourth cockerel; sec-ond
'"silver Duckwing — James H. Vincent, sec-
rnd cock; first and second hen; first l;"'l«'t.
p u K Stowe, first cock; first, third and
fourh coikerel. Robert H. Gould, second
cockerel- fourth pullet. M. D. \N mg. fifth
cockerel: fifth pullet. Joh^ Filkin. second
millet. Irvin J. Matlock, third j.ullet.
Birchen Game— H. C. & M. L. Knglish.
tlir.l and fifth c'.ck ; first and third hen;
third and fourth cockerel; fifth pullet; first
old pen; first young pen. Mrs. Ro»»ert .).
Walden. first and second cock; sec.nd lien;
fifth cockerel. Joe Needle, fourth cock;
fdirth and fifth hen; first ccokerel; fourth
Millet. William irammall, second cockerel.
J. Hart Welch, first and third pullet. Fran-
ri W. Hummell. second pullet.
Red Pyle Game — Linstead Farms, second
cock- first pullet. Harry Dawson, third cock.
J. Hart Welch, first cock; second hen. C.
ft E Kauflfman, fourth cock; first and thir«I
hen; fourth and fifth cockerel; third and
fourth pullet. Al Robinson, fifth cock ; fourMi
hen- first cockerel. William V. Babka, fifth
h^n.' William Hammal. third cockerel. Wil-
liam W. Hohnes. second cockerel; second
pu'ipt. Westervelt Haywood, fifth pullet.
White Game — W. D. Keeney, second hen;
first cockerel. Jacob Eberly, third hen; sec
ond cockerel; second pullet. F. D. E. Stowe.
fir t hen; first pullet.
Black Game — Charles M. Smith. all
awards.
Black Red Old English— Wood Bee Poultry
Farm, all awards.
Spangled Old English Game — WMlliam W.
Hhnes. first cock; first hen; first cockerel;
fir t pullet. Wood Bee Poultry Farm, first
hon.
Dark Cornish — Jacob Eberly. all awards.
Black Red Pit Game — Ancell H. Ball, sec-
o-d third and fourth cock ; first, second.
third and fourth hen;third and fifth cockerel;
fir t, third and fourth pullet; first, second
and third yi ung pen. John I. Downey, first
••""k; fifth hen; second and fifth pullet
Walter Teagle. first cockerel. H. E. Klein,
fcurth cockerel.
Brown Cochin — Daniel
awards.
P. Shove, all
Display Booths — Main Floor
American Poultrv School. Kansns City, M".
Wm. Bartels Co.. 4.'^ Cortlandt St., New
York City- — Poultry .Supjilies.
Beacon Milling Co., Auburn, N. Y. — Poul-
try Feed.
Buckeye Incubator Co., .Springfield, O. —
Incubators and Brooders.
•Albert Dickinson Co.. 30 Church St., New
York City — Poultry Feed.
Pleischmann Yeast C »., 701 Washington
St.. New York. N. Y. — Poultry Feeds.
E. F. Hodgson Co.. 71 Federal St.. Boston.
Maas.— Portable Houses.
A RECORD OF TRIUMPH & ACHIEVEMENT
At the World's
Supreme Poultry Exhibition
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
JANUARY, 1924
SCHILLING'S SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS WIN
Cocks — Second, Third
Hens— First, Third, Fifth
Old Pens — Second, Fourth
Cockerels — Fourth, Fifth
Pullets— First, Fifth
Young Pen — First
Winning One-Half of All Firsts Against the Field
or Jis many firsts as all other exhibitors combined. Prtiuounced one of the super classes
of the ]\i2l (iarden .Show. Where National Club Show winners as well as champions
of the West together with the Jjest of the Ka>t battled for honors.
Choice Breeders In Cocks, Hens, Cockerels, Pullets and Mated Pens
are ready for you now — all pure in the Schilling blood lines that com-
bine the breeding qualities that produce champions as well as birds that
are proven layers.
from all our matings. Send today for Free, beautifully illustrated
catalogue that pictures and describes the Schilling line.
Customers by the score tell us of remarkable egg records — both individual as well
as flock — and we know these reports are accurate by our own records. We are ready
to serve you.
ROCHESTER
SCHILLING LEGHORN FARM
Box A, Brighton Sta.
NEW YORK
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COLUMBIAN
PLYMOUTH ROCKS
AT "THE GARDEN" SHOW. JANUARY, 1924, THEY WIN
Cocks — Second Pi'lletc — Second and Fifth
Hens — Second, Fifth Old Pen— Second Young Pen — Third
This following on ( ur win at Boston, January 1. 1924 where Duflfield Farm won Best Display.
LJ ATrr^UIlM/^ Cr^r^Q from 30 selected matings now ready for you. Duffield Farm
rl/\ 1 L^mi^Vl ILOVJO ,J,.vi.tes over :!i' acres to the puri)Ose (f breeding and raising
COLUMBIAN PLYMOUTH ROCKS and JERSEY BLACK GIANTS
Hook your order now for immediate or future delivery. We never before have had such
quality to offer you.
DUFFIELD FARM, A. C. B.IHnger, Mgr. Box A LITTLE COMPTON, R. I.
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LIGHT BRAHIVIAS
Madison Square Garden, N. Y., Winners, 1924— First Young Pen, First Old Pen.
Our Strain Bred for 35 years. A choice lot of selected breeders for sale. Eggs for
hatching. Write for circular and prizes.
BALCH & BROWN
MANCHESTER, CONN.
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In the feature class rf the show my birds won Cock 1-2, Hens 1-2-3-4-5, Cockerel 2-5,
Pullet 1-2-3-5. First and Second Old and Young Pens. Chamidon Male, Shape and Color Male
and Female. Mayor's Cup for Best Display etc. * * v^- -
EGOS FOR HATCHING from selected matings. Book your orders now. A few choice
cockerels f( r sale.
MILLERS, N. Y.
L. B. RESSEGUIE
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Win Best Display Madison Sq. Garden, N. Y., 1924
Thev also win First and Second Old Pen; First and Second Youn-r Pen; Second Cock;
'Second Hen-' First. Fourth and Fifth Pullet. This line has won Best Display at
THIS GARDEN. NEW YORK, SHOW FOR 13 YEARS
selected Stock for Sale. EGGS FOR HATCHING. Circular free. Satisfaction assured.
SHEFFIELD FARM, H. B. Hark, Mgr., GLENDALE, OHIO
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M. R. Jacobus, Ridgefield. N. J. — Feed
Hoppers. . .
MaoNiflF Horticultural Co., 195 Greenwich
St., New York City— Poultry Supplies.
Martin R. Maurer, Box <56, Harrison, N. J.
— Meat Scraps. , „ , , „, ,
Marcy Farms, Freehold, N. J. — Jersey Black
Oiftnt 8
Model Poultry Supply Co.. :io Barclay St..
New York City — Poultry Supplies.
National Poultry Institute, 1426 You bt.,
N. W., Washington. D. C.
The O. K. Company, 157 Water St., New
York City — Poultry Litter.
Park & Pollard. 131 State St., Boston,
Mass. — Poultry Feed.
Pedrick Poultry Farm, Flemington, N. J. —
Jersey Black Giants.
Pratt Food Co., Philadelphia, Pa. — Poultry
Foed
Quaker Oats Co.. 17 Battery Place, New
York City — Poultry and Dairy Feed.
Quisenberry Feed Mfg. Co., Kansas City,
Mo. — Poultry and Dairy Feed.
H. L. Raud, Box 52, Shrewsbury, Mass.—
Artificial Flowers. ., , t^ ,*
Spratt's Patent, Newark. N. J.— Poultry
Supplies. ., ^ . ,.
G. L. Stillman. Westerly. R. I.— Dahlias,
Flower Seed.
I. J. StrinRham. Glen Cove. N. Y. — Honey.
G. D. Tilley. Darien, Conn. — Ornamental
Land and Water Fowl.
United Brooder C<>.. Trenton, N. J. —
Brooders. .„«,., ,
Universal Products Sales Co., 126 Liberty
St.. New York City — Buttermilk.
Washburn. Crosby Co.. Minneapolis, Mmn.
— Flour, Poultry and Dairy Feed.
E. C. Y'oung Co., Randolph, Mass. — Port-
able Houses.
Display Booths — Lower Level
Ace Farm. Highland Mills, N. Y. — Milk
Ooftts
American Incubator Mfg. Co.. New Bruns-
wick, N. J. .^ — . XT V T
Buffalo Incubator Co., BuflFalo, N. Y. — in-
cubators and Brooders. ,. , ,, ^, ,
Carter Feeder Co., Medford. Mass. — 1 oul-
try Supplies. ^ ,. *
Drew Line Co.. Elmira. N. Y.— Poultry Ap-
Educating Games Co., Inc., 600 Ogden St.,
Newark N J
H W. Whiting. 601 W^ ISOth St.. Now
York, N. Y.— H ney ^aple Sugar
James Mfg. Co.. Elmira, N. Y.— Poultry
Appliances and Incubators. ^ ^^ .„ ,
Kohler Co., 20 W. 4r,th St.. New \ork
City, N. Y.— Electric Lighting
Lone Oak Poultry Farm, Babylon, N. Y. —
Single Comb White Leghorns. „ , .„
I^ng Island Hatcheries. Inc.. Rockville
Centre. N. Y. _ „ . «. vt
Phinotas Chemical Co.. 237 Front St., New
York N. Y. — Disinfectants.
Stone Tar Products Co., 97 South St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.— Cement and P»>nt-
The Ratin Laboratory, Inc., 116 Broad St..
New York, N. Y. ^ ^
Thermo Electric Co.. Inc., 3110 CarroUton
Ave.. New Orleans. La. — Incubators.
Twin Brook tJame Farm. Middlettiun. N. J.
— Ornamental Land and Water Fowl.
Vertical Housing System. 5 Beekman 5?t.,
Room 634. New York City— Poultry Ho'ikihs.
Wellington J. Smith Co.. Dans-Farley i.Idp..
Cleveland, O. — Incubators.
Yardley Mfg. Co., Yardley, Pa. — Feed Mix
era.
Display Booths — Restaurant
Wm. Bartels Co., 4.5 Cortlaftdt St., New
fork N. Y. — Poultry Supplies.
D M. Joseph. Farm Agency, Vineland. N J.
Lord Farms, Methuen. Mass. — Single Comb
White Leghorns. , v t vt^f
Maurer Mf?. Co.. Newark, N. J.— Meat
Northwestern Yeast Co., North Ashland
Ave., Chicago, 111.— Poultry Feed
Rosenbaam Bros.. Chicago, III.— Pou.try
and Dairy Feeds.
Publications
American Poultry .\dvocate. Syrncuse. N. Y.
American Potiltry Journal. Chicago. 111.
Everybodys Poultry Magazine. Hanover. Pi.
Inland Poultry Journnl. Indianaitolis. Ind.
New York- American. New York City.
New York World. New Y'ork City.
Poultry Breeders' Publishing Co., Waverly.
lo^'*- . ... ^
Poultry Item, Sellersville, Pa.
Poultry Press. York. Pa.
Poultry Keeper. Quinc.y, III.
Poultry Success, Springfield, O.
Poultry Tribune, Mount Morris, 111.
Reliable Poultrv Journal. Dayton, O.
Rural New Yorker. New York City.
SHOWS AND
ASSOCIATIONS
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CINCINNATI SHOW
T. J. Sexton
This season's poultry show, held in Cin-
cinnati, O., December 29 to January 1. at
the Freeman Avenue Armory, caged in addi-
tion to 200 cats, approximately 1,200 birds
of Standard varieties and 1,500 pigeons.
This year's show, under the secretaryship
of Edw. Kiel, was favored with the club
meetings of both the White and Buff Orp-
ington Clubs with the result that both of
these varieties presented especially strong
quality displays. This is particularly true
of the Buffs which as a whole possibly of-
fered the most uniform quality of any breed
in the show although Barred Plymouth Rocks
of outstanding quality in several instances,
l»redominated in point of numbers whil8
the champion male of the show fell to the
White Leghorns.
The poultry awards were placed by Judges
Poertner. Stream and CHpp to the apparent
satisfaction of all e.xhibitors.
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SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR
Our many readers and exhibitors of poul-
try who are living in or planning to enjoy
Florida's sunshine during the next month
will be pleased to note that the annual South
Florida Fair and Gasparilla will be held in
Tampa, Fla., January 31 to February 9.
1924.
The poultry department has for several
years been one of the real leading features
of this fair caging as it does one of the
Southland's most representative displays.
Coming as it does during the Winter Tour-
ist season it not only attracts from the en-
tire Florida West Coast but from practically
every State in the Union as well, thus en-
joying i)08sibly the largest attendance of any
fair in Florida. From a breeder's and ex-
hibitor's viewpoint the jtoultry department
of this fair is worthy of sj>ecial consideration
as its reputation as a "sales show" has
lieen well established among those who have
had the pleasure of exhibiting at Tampa.
Letter just received from P. T. Streider,
the genial and efficient general manager of
the South Florida Fair, advises that the
prospects for their poultry department are
exceptionallv bright, and the indications are
that 1924 poultry show will be the largest
in the history of the fair. It looks as if the
capacity of their new poultry building, lOOx
200 feet will be taxed to the limit. Inci-
dentally, this new building with roof of
"sawtooth" type affording an abundance
of light and ventilation, is one of the finest
and most spacious poultry buildings in the
South.
To those of our readers to whom the op-
portunity may bo afforded we can offer the
assurance that a visit to the poultry depart-
ment «if the South Florida Fair will be both
especially interesting and instructive.
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MANATEE COUNTY FAIR
The poultry exhibit at the Manatee County
Fair, Bradentown, Fla., February 19-22, 1924,
is to be the outstanding feature of this sea-
son's exhibition.
O. A. Spencer, the capable secretary of
this association, has been directing work in
remodeling and enlarging the poultry build-
ing to the extent of accommodating the larg-
est and most complete poultry exhibit ever
caged in connection with this fair.
The premium list comprises jjrizeg for all
popular breeds and is now ready for mailing.
Address O. A. Spencer, or N. B. McLeod,
Superintendent Poultry Department, Manatee
County Fair, Bradentown, Fla.
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DANVILLE. ILL., SHOW
Thos. J. Sexton
The Central States Poultry Show, held in
Danville, III., during the week of December
18-23. 1923. was one of the best and most
successful .vhows in the history of this or-
ganization. The total number of spceimens
caged approximated 1,000 while the attend-
ance was especially good considering the
proximity to the holiday season.
Barred Plymouth Rocks made up the larg-
est disi)lay of any one breed and also brought
out some birds of more than average quality
while Dark Cornish formed possibly the
strongest quality class as a whole of any
breed in the show and included the grand
champion. Awards were place<l by Judge
W. W. Zike, of Morristown, Ind., in his
usual satisfactory manner.
The officers of the Central States Show,
and whom we understand have been re-
elected for next season, were W. E. Russell,
president ; Leonard F. W. Stuebe, secre-
tary, and R. L. Willet, superintendent.
These gentlemen certainly know how to put
"on a real show and are deserving of even
more entries to their splendid exhibit of
this season.
TOO LATE rOE CLASSIFICATION
LAKENVELDEBS
L.VKF.NVELDKRS— AMKKICA'S FINEST.
Stock, eggs, chicks. Bernard Brorein, Wa-
pakoneta. O. t'^™
Making Readij for tke Pedigree Hatck
(Continued from Page 113)
TEAY NO. 2,
SET MARCH 20, 6 A. M.
Hen
Number
eggs set
Out
Chicks
hatched
Other
Pen
N«a.-Fcr.
Dead(rfrM
Data
No. 1
No. 10
(yellow)
10
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No. fi
No. 2
(green)
8
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0
and so on for each lot of eggs on the tray
Totals
.
With these record sheets in hand make or
purchase supplies, as follows:
Wire cages or muslin bags of a size suit-
able to bring off the hatch separately of each
hen's eggs. For example, referring to the
above record we find we shall have 9 eugs
to cage or bag from No. 10 (yellow) Pen
No. 1. A cage for the purpose may be made
from hardware cloth, one eighth inch mesh,
and should be not less than 3 i/i inches high
and afford not less than 8 square inches floor
space for each egg. A cage 8x9 inches or
6x12 would serve for this lot. Fly screen,
unless wired at all edges is too limber for
these oages. If eggs are to be b.ieged, allow
ample space in the bag for egg shells, chicks,
and for the chicks to escape death by emi>ty
shells or piling up; slightly more space than
in the gage. I think. Mosquito netting is
often used for bags but toes, wing tips, even
beaks catch in the open mesh and I prefer a
coarse cotton scrim costing about 9 cents
per yard in the basement gection of a de-
partment store. Chicks will smother in a
closelv woven muslin bag. Us.' your jun«-
ment'in making either cages or bag-< whioi
we are later to place on the egg tray of n e
...»,. i.;..„ ...,i thoroin hatch our various K'"
we are later to place on the egg tray oi u c
ma.hine at.d therein hatch our various lots
of e.'gs. Provide for all cage covers tliat ma>
hv wired or tied down to prevent «)>"»' V***!!!^
hopping out; or coarse white thread and
long large eyed needles (several of them aj
one mav be lost in a rush) to ''a-^K ^""if^,^'
bags after egfirs have been placed in tiem.
Have ready to your hand tags upon >*h> J
rre recorded exactly the notation upon e
ergs that go into each receptacle for i""
Pedigree trays to replace the regular egK
travs of your machine may be »»<'me-™*^*' °'
,,„rchased through a reliable in<-'i»"jto%;«;.
panv. They < ffer the advantage of pemiH
ling chicks to drop into a ""'''^7^ ^°"'!;e
below. However, their fences «"'». P^.^f. '^'
permanent: hence they do not «djust them
selves so readily to the varying needs oi ■
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211
.5«n of oedigree hatches as do a va-
»o';*'«''?° ages and bags of varying shapes
""FuL Whatever pedigree devices are de-
•?, H uDon great care must be exercised to
cided upoi K ehamber of your machine
*' !ta?they do m!t touch or interfere in any
'"i with any hot air or hot water pipes, the
^ImosUit thermometer, or any other de-
*•!! withi^^ the egg chamber essential to the
IlceeTsful operation of the machine.
Also order in ample time marking devices
, , the chicks. I will give you what I my-
*»'/„.Vand recommend, not for pen or flock
"'•iiarees so called, that is merely blood line
^AWrlel but for individual complete pedi-
Keeffor «tock that is to be kept under close
faUy individual observation from hatch to
breeding pen- ...
First comes a toe punch; next a H^antity
„f colored npiral leg bands, choose a different
^ninr of spiral band for each hen in each pen
"InL chicks are to be individually pedi-
Treed You may buy these bands (see ad-
^IrfiainK columns) in twelve colors so that
«^ need not duplicate colors in any one pen
^/♦h« number of females in that pen does
it wceed 12 and if that should happen
;?ve the thirteenth hen two bands for ex^
*^JnlP a white and a blue, one above the
nSer oS the same leg and select another com-
h nalion for the fourteenth hen and so on.
} you have mated two pens, t is merely a
lor nf accurate record keeping to identify
•"J^lv. from Pen 1. Hen No. 10 (yellow).
'i^'^^^ll? Hen No 14 (yellow) so long as
Xr^" n^^^^a^e Juplicatrieg b^
Vou should hatch not lesg than 25 chicKs
from each hen under individual pedigree for
h« FMson and more than 25 if possible; but
order at least 25 bands of each color yot.
Save uJed upon the hens; and this number o
tinds must be ordered in each of at least
ihree s^es (j.ossibly a fourth later), in each
*olor T^ make this perfectly clear let us
SuDDOse you will pedigree hatch 25 chicks
JoTeach of four hens banded respectively
eTw red. green and black. Your spiral
oSnd order, allowing for breakage or loss
should be as follows: 30 chick size spiral
"bands in each of the four color.; ^Oj*"/*™
aiie spiral bands in ea. h of the same four
Jdors- 30 female size (state breed) spiral
Tands'in each of the same four colors; .and
later if males outgrew their bands, you will
nid' to order a «"ffi^i-"; """»^^' .^t Te
for your breed to give them ^P a . ir.
will proceed from the eighteen h day of in^
7ubation next month. ^Meanwhile, watch that
incubator.
branches of trees, or on sheds or
fences in any kind of weather.
HATCH EARLY
You know the proverb of the early
bird? Well, say you do. You know
early hatching is advised by the ma-
jority of veteran poultrymen under
certain conditions and facilities, for
they know by practical observation
and experience that it pays to do so.
It is not a very difficult task to get
the chicks safely out of the shell,
but from that time till the birds lose
their downy coat and put on their
dress of feathers, they require extra
care, food and attendance to bring
them safely through the usually in-
clement days of early spring.
Early hatching is desirable, par-
ticularly with the large breeders, in
order to enable them to make large
and heavy birds by fall. They take
a longer time to mature, and they
must be well developed before cold
weather or they will fail to meet our
expectations in the show room or in
egg production.
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Very careful pack-
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Mating list almost
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TURKEYS
The raising of these- valuable
fowls is profitable to the poulterer
or farmer, and not troublesome
where the proper locations and sur-
roundings for their comfort and
thrift are at hand. Ample room for
the young and old flocks to roam
over, where they can pick the tender
blades of grass and the myriads of
insects in their daily walks during
the mild and warm months of the
year is the most natural condition
for them.
The turkey retains the habits of
his wild original ancestors to a cer-
tain extent, he is of a restless, mi-
gratory habit and loves to wander
through fields, hedgerows and wood-
land during the daytime incessantly.
They are a secretive as well as a
wandering bird. The hens will steal
their nests whenever they have an
opportunity, in preference to de-
positing their eggs in convenient
places.
There is very little expense at-
tending the raising of turkeys after
they are a couple of months old, un-
til a few weeks before Thanksgiving.
Those intended for early market
need no housing particularly, they
are hardy, love the open air and are
content with a roosting place on the
HOW TO MAKE THE
POULTRY BUSINESS PAY
Subscribe for Everybodys, if you
are not already a subscriber. Read
its pages carefully, and decide what
you want, whether a fowl to pro-
duce a great number of eggs, or a
fowl for the market, or both. Then
purchase of some reliable breeder,
even if it does cost a little more to
start, it will be money saved in the
end. Let care and vigilance be your
watchwords, and remember that if
you fail it is because you have not
attended to your business as you
should. Get all the subscribers you
can for Everybodys, for by so doing
you will double the value of your
advertisement. ^
LEGHORN CHICKS S.C. Brown & White
Frw rar.EP. heavy producing stock; Wyckoff,
liarron, Jlollywood, Taucred strains.
LINESVILLE HATCHERY
Box K, LINESVILLE, PA.
BOYER'S BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS
J903.04 wtnner3 at Boston, Mass.; Toronto, Canada;
ISaltiinore, M'l., and Hanover, Pa. Choice breeders
at $10 and up. EgtfH from selected matings. $5 for
15; $9 for 30. O.der direct from ad and I will
LUTHER BOYER HANOVER^ PA,
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COSTS ABOUJ $1.00 TO BUILD
You can build this oat sprouter In a few hours
with a few tools and your handy lumber.
Hlue print and instructlors. Only 25c.
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and pay them well. Some are
making better than $25 a week,
and in spare time only. Liberal
commissions. Interesting work.
A letter will bring you terms
by return mail.
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American Columbian Plymouth Rock Chib....'. H Mreitipan Lititz. Pa. 192
American p.rfT WyaMdotte Cluli Ra • b C. Ahvood Hanover. Pu. 1H2
Amoriran Wliie <>ri'iMglon Club C. W. Walker Manninir. la. 193
American Sinjrle C( rab White Minorca Club-.n. (;. Truman Perrysville. O. 194
.l<rsoy Hlark (iiant Club...
National Hrnnze Turkey Club.
ANCONAS
C. M. Patre. . .
Chas. E. Bird
. .Helmar, N. .T. 194
, Meyersdale, Pa. 194
POST'S "SUPKR" ANCONAS. OFFI
rial contest winners bred in line for heavy
fl )ck average. Winners at America's great-
e t shows and egg contests. They possess
wonderful vigor, size and e;;g cajiacity.
Standard-bred, useful. Single Comb and Rose
•C imb Anconas. hatching eggs, baby chicks.
E'j:h and show stock. Prices rc-asonable.
<}uality guaranteed. Free catalogue. Write,
4Sweet Briar Farms, Box D, Ontarioville. 111.
189bmr
LEWALLEN'S EXHIBITION EGG STRATN
Single Comb Anconas. The Two in One egg
machines. Won 102 ribbons and four silver
cups this show aesson. Still have a few nice
breeding cockerels at $5 and $10.00 each.
Haby chicks and eggs in season. Write for
big illustrated catalogue and price list — it
is free for the asking. Worth M. Lewallen.
Ifigh Point. N. C _^^
SINGLE COMB ANCONA BGOS. '^7.00-
100. prepaid. 85 guaranteed fertile. Heavy
laying blue ribbon winners Illinois State
Poultry Show, State Fair and Peoria Exposi-
tion. Wiedman Bros., Morton, 111. 18o
SOUTHLAND ANCONAS MAKE EVERY
day a pay day by laying more and eating leas.
Heavy laying hens mated to cock birds direct
from Sheppard's pen one. Chicks f 25.00 hun-
dred, dayold eggs $2.00 to $5.00 per setting.
Chas. Watt, Jr.. Camilla, Ga. ^ 1S6
IVY HILL ANCONAS AGAIN CHAM
pions at great York and Lancaster Fairs;
won best display. Rose and Single Combs.
Orders taken for chicks and eggs. Circular
free. Box E. Hellam, Pa^ 187
A FEW CHOICE BIRDS— COCKERELS
and pullets that will prove their value as
breeders. Full value for your dollars in
every bird purchased. G. H. Hubbard. Lock
Haven, Pa. ^^^^^
"HI-GRADE" SINGLE COMB ANCONA
chicks bred for high egg production, fine
color Wn'te for prices, prompt delivery.
Knapp'8 "Hi-Grade" Poultry Farm, Box
CE-10. Shelby. O.
ANCONAS
KAMKNSKY'S ANCONAS. WINNERS AT
Pittsburgh. Cocks, cockerels for sale, both
combs ; pullets, single combs. Egcs for
hntchiiisj. J. S. Kamensky, Box 4a, Sykes-
ville. Pa. IS.'j
COCKERELS. FAMOUS ANCONAS, SHEP-
Itarrl'.s .strain. World's best. 3.19 eggs year.
Prize \viniier strain. Write, M. I. Rumbaugh.
r)S22 Park Ave., Cleveland, O. 185
SKLLINti OUT CHOICE SHKPPARD
strain .Ancona yearlinirs, breeders $1.60.
worth $.'>.()0. Riverdale Farm, Mamaroneck,
N. Y. 1«5
SIN(;LK AND HOSE COMB ANCONAS
from .America's leading strains. $1.50 up.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Write. Wallace
Hrattrud. Waseca, Minn. 185
SINGLE COMB MOTTLED ANCONAS.
Birds of fine quality. Heavy egg strain.
Kijirs 11.50 per setting. F. S. Bowen, Route
2. Bellefonte, Pa. 189
SHEPPARD STRAIN SINGLE COMB AN-
cona.*. Etrgs $1.75. $2.25. $3.50 per setting.
Sam Sandow. Box 150. Cumming. Ga. 190
ANCONAS— SEE MY W^NNINGS AT
Syracuse and Hanover. Select breeders
cheap for immediate sale. Eggs from these
winners. Catalogue. 0. G. McLaurin, Dil-
lon, S. C. 186
SINGLE COMB ANCONAS. HENS. PUL-
lots, $2.00, $3.00, $5,00. Guaranteed. G.
W. Simms, Lake. N. Y. 185
SHEPPARD STRAIN ANCONA COCK-
erels. Write your wants. Lyle K. Lewis,
Lake Crystal. Minn. 185
BANTAMS
lH8bam
"* GIES' ANCONAS— GOOD SIZE AND
dark. Combined exhibition and heavy egg
producers. Canadian strain. None better.
Write for prices of hatching eggs, R. S.
Thomas. Saltillo. Pa. 18'
BRED TO LAY SINGLE COMB ANCONAS.
Eegs for hatching, dav old chicks of quality.
Price reasonable. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Catalogue free. Bernard M. Stover, Box E,
Bellefonte, Pa. 187bm
^
Mass.
SHOVE'S GOLDEN AND SIL-
vor Sobrights; Black. Buflf and
Brown Cochin Bantams. Light
Brahmns. Houdans and R. I.
Reds. fowl. Eggs, $5.00 per 15.
Daniel P. Shove, Fall River,
tfbn
HUBBARD'S SPECKLED SUSSEX BAN
tams. Unusually attractive little birds. Not
ev pensive but useful. G. H. Hubbard, Lock
Haven, Pa. 185bm
PIT GAME, EXHIBITION GAME AND
bantams. Wesley Lanius, Greensburg, Ind.
185
SILKIES. $5.00 PAIR. EGGS, $2.60.
Packwood Poultry Farm. Packwood, In. 187
BANTAMS
MANTAMS. K(JGS. 22 VAKIKTIES. ciR
cuiar, 2 ct-nt stamj). Fenti liantam YaH.
Desk 32, Delavan, Wis, jg*^
FOR SALE -LKJllT BRAHMA BANTAM^
at '?3.00 and $r>.0(» a i)air. Oscar H. Har
ner, Littlestown, Pa. jgj
DARK BRAHMA BANTAMS. FIT TO WIN
at any show. Alf Cross, 147 Ann St., Lon.
don. Out., Canada. ' jgj
GOLDEN SEBRIGHT COCKERELS $2~5^
$.''). 00. (Tobly's Poultry Yards, Bowline
Green, Ky,
187
LIGHT BRAHMAS
LIGHT BRAHMA HATCHING EGGS
from my Washington, Pa., winners. Pri?*
pen mating. $4.00 per 15; yarded flock
lieade<l by second |)ri/-e cockerel, $2.50 pot
lo; .$11 per 100; baby chicks, 2.') $9.00; W
$ir>.00; jiostpaid. Mrs. Ola Honck, R, No. 1,
Scenery Hill. Pa. 185
EGGS FROM PENS CONTAINING BOS^
ton and (Jreat Allentown Fair winners $3
setting. Empire Light Brahma Farm, Sel-
lersville. Pa. tfbm
"OHIO'S BEST" LKJHT BRAHM.XS.
Breeding stock and eggs. J. Fred Seas, Orr-
ville. O. 187
BUTTERCUPS
WHITE EAHLOBE COCKERELS FOR
sale. Etrgs from winners at New York and
Bii«i»oii, .$.'). 00 per setting. Dr. Kufus Howe,
.'Ml Main St., Worcester, Mass. lH7bm
BUTTERCUPS — B L U E RIBBON WIN
ners. Stock and eggs for sale. Walter
Hastings, Jefferson, Mass. 186
BUTTERCUP PULLETS AND COCK
erels. Noted blue ri)»b in winners. Osmsn
Waterman. Delhi. N. Y. 18o!
WONDERFUL BREEDING COCKERELS, |
hens and show stock. Hattie D. Reed, Mar-
cellus, N. Y. H5
GOLDENROD BUTTERCUPS. SE:: Ai"i-
vertisement. page 134. C. Sydney Cook, Jr.
COCHINS
NINTZKL'S FAMOUS PARTRIDCJE CO-
chins. America's best. Stock, eggs. Nintrel
Bros., OshkoMh, Wis. 185
WRITE E. A. HARRIS, AMHERST,
MASS., for price on standard bred Buff Co-
chin eirgs. 11^5
CAMPINES
SILVER AND GOLDEN. BY F L. PL.\TT.
Illustrated by Sewell and Schilling. Gives
the history of this beautifuj and protit.iMe
Belgian fowl. A book you should have, if
interested in Campines. Price, postpaid, 75c,
Address all orders to Everybodys poultrT
Magazine, Hanover, Pa. '^5f
HIAWATHA SILVER CAMPINES SHOW
their quality at Newark, N. J., on four en-
tries, winning four firsts and special for be«t
male and best female. Egu's, $2.00 per IS.
Hiawatha Poultry Farm, Hop Bottom, Ps,
185
SILVER CAMPTNE HENS. HERING
strain direct, $1.75; six for $10.00. Muit
have room for pens. Cockerels, $2.50, $4.00.
Rae Penniman, Pardeeville. Wis.
18S
SILVER CAMPINE EGGS. $5.00 PER 15:
fifteen dollars per hundred. Benj. Pelster,
Gerald. Mo.
187
CHANTECLERS
SNOW BANK STRAIN CHANTECT.ER9—
Canada's cold weather breed. Palmer Farrn*.
Cos Cob. Conn. ^^°
CAPONS
CAPONS— STMPTJCTTT PERPECTTOV
Mpthod — No slips. No deaths. Book "i"^-
E. King. fi3fi Sheridan. Chicago. 111. 19'
WHITE CORNISH
WHITE CORNISH. 19'?4 WTNNKRS.
E-cs. $5.00 per 15. L. J. Smith. Deep Ri'"''-
Conn. l^'*
February, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
213
ENGLISH RED CAPS
-""^T^^NDFRFUL LAYERS. NON SETTERS,
rPttv For stock and egps from i)rize
vefy ^P" Jrite to Kobt. Mourning. C clinino.
Wis.
J 'Hi?
n^NOLlSH RKI> C.\PS AN I)
Sussex hatching e«gs. Albe
Cochrane. W is^^__
" BABY CHICKS
AND SPcXJM.KD
rl Sa"..'rt.
M7
BABY CHICKS
'';;i7?7vHREDC'HlX OF SUPERIOR QUAL-
./Ld vigor fr.m high producing.^ selected.
■ " . . - . I, . .« lay,
ity a"f ;'''^w., "anize.l "flocks. Bred to
*"''t , to lie Sati,sfa,ti..n and 97'/. live
Sllii^fy KuarVntee.1 $1 per hundred dis-
•^'^ from foll<»w"'K l"-i'"« f"r early order.
ni- Reds, Rocks, Anconas, $15;
Wvandottes, |1K. Free catalogue
'.tation tablt' Illinois Mammoth
cou t
Leghorns
Urahtnas,
BABY CHICKS. BEFORE YOU BUY,
get our free illustrated catalogue. You will
appreciate tb" reasonable prices on pure-
bred stock. Edwiird A. Zienier, 157 Wash-
ington Market, Buffalo, N. Y. I87bni
CHICKS FROM TKAPNKSTEl) BARRON
White Le;;lw rn>. Our pen is among Icadert
at Illinois Egg Laying Contest. Send for
circular and order your chicks now. Alvin
Tervree, Holland, Mich. 187
BABY CH I C K S— WYCKOPF'S LEG-
liorns and Mart in '.s Wyandottes exclusively.
.Strong, vigorou^i chicks at rockbottom prices.
Write for circular. Ulsli Poultry Farm, P( rt
Trevorton, Pa. 187
containing gt;^
Hatcheries,
Metropolis, 111.
185
AnconJis,
for free
ONE MILLION BABY
chickK. strong, vigornis. pure
bred Barred, White, Buff and
Partridge Rocks, Reds, Wyan-
dottes. Langshans, Brahmas,
Orpingtons, Minorcas, Mottled
Wliite. Brown, Buff Leghorns
illustrated catalogue
The
Write
W. H.
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS—
Pennsylvania Poultry Farm strain. Chicks
that will live and pay. Free circular tells
the story. H. M. Evans. Dillsburg, Pa. 18G
g:^,.rWu'heVy7^oxJ\^^ O- '^^
iHlY CHICKS AND EGGS. AMERICA'S
BAUi wx u„d e.xhibition strains. High
Tancred, Hollywood,
OLD RKLIABLE. STRONG, VIGOROUS,
true to breed. Thirteen varieties. Twenty-
fifth annual catalogiie free. Uhl Hatchery.
Box E. New Washington. O. 18G
PURE BRKD BUFF AND WHITE ROCK
chicks. Very best quality. Prices right.
Write u«. Orchard Hill Hatchery Company,
Box 331-E. Akron, O. 188bm
foremost laying
"llW 1
Barron
q"»>i*>;. ^".'lJr'Vhite":Leghorn8; Smith
Anconas; Parks'
Wyckoff. ^^, ,
Ruff Leghorns; bhoppard ^. . , wi,w«
■ Thompson's Barred Rocks; Fishel White
White and Buff Orpingtons,
and -
Ki'i:^nY'silfrWy.n-doUe, C^^^^
Holtzai.ple Hatchery, Box 35, t'^''^j»'_^J ^^"^ '
■ TOOK! 150.000 CHICKS, 9C AND UP.
20 varieties. From highest producing cn-
t^t layers of Michigan. Just what you want
Tr foundation stock or to improve your lay-
ig pens for larger profits. Hatching eggs.
CifctSlar free. I-^-\,^'?)^-^'"?.rand Rap:
Lawrence Hatchery. EPM. R. 7. Grand Rap^
ids, Mich.
■"free circular' (DESCRIBING OUR
best method of feeding baby chicks) with
each order. Barron strain White Leghorns,
the large heavy winter laying kind also
euellenf Barred^ Rocks, from heavy laying
Rto.t Valley View Hatchery, Harrison-
burg, Va.^ ^
"WoOO QUALITY BABY CHICKS—
PuieSred, faSn range, 100% Uje delivery.
postpaid. Barred. Buff «"<!« ^J,^'^^Jrl.^•
Buf! Orpingtons. Reds, $16.00; Anconas
White Orpingtons, Wyandottes, $17.00.
Light Brahmas, $18.t)0; Leghorns,
Beatrice Hatchery. Beatrice, Neb.
PURE BRED \\'HITE ORPINGTON
chicks from wonderful stock. Write us for
prices. Orchnrd Hill Hatchery Company,
Box 331-E, Akron. O. 188bm
BABY CHICKS— HARDY, HEALTHY—
lOd'r safe arrival. Prepaid parcel post.
Catalogue free. Starved Rock Hatcheries.
Box 2H-Y, Ottawa. 111. 187
15.000 EGG BRED, QUICK MATURING
Single Comb Re«l chicks weekly. February
to June. Reasonable prices. Arthur Colby,
.Manchester, N. H. 1^6
75.000 CHICKS FOR 1924. LEGHORNS.
Rocks and Reds. 100% alive and satis-
faction guaranteed. Circular free. Penns
Creek Hatchery, Box B. Selinsgrove, Pa. 187
$13.00.
186 f
PURE BRED COLUMBIAN AND WHITE
Wvandotte chicks. Very highest quality.
Pric«s right. Write us. Orchard Hill Hatch-
ery Company. Box 331-E, Akron, O.
188bm
BABY CHICKS AND BREEDING STOCK.
All leading varieties purebred. Bred and
tested for heavy laying. Chicks 10c to 18c
each. Postpaid. Live delivery guaranteed
Breeding stock $100 up. Write for cata-
logue. Steinhoff Hatchery. Osage ^ty. Kan
"HOW TO RAISE BABY CHICKS" BY
the world's greatest poultryman insures
success and big profits free upon request.
State variety that interests you ^■""''PJ'
"Hi Grade" Poultry Farm, Box CE-1. Shelby.
0.
BRAMBLE POULTRY FARM. CHESTER-
town, Maryland. Barred Rocks, Reds, \VTiite
Leghorns. Own stock exclusively.
100. $17, until April; then $15.
"baby chicks, strong and sturdy
Best laving strains, all leading varieties
Quality and service, prices right.
Hatchery, Caledonia, Minn.
188bam
HILLPOT QUALITY CHICKS-STRONG,
vigorous, true to breed. Leghorns, Reds,
Rocks, White Wyandottes, etc. Safe deliv-
ery guaranteed 1.200 miles. Catalogue free.
W. F. Hillpot. Frenchtown. N. J.
189bam
ACME QUALITY CHICKS— WHITE LEG-
hrrns. Reds. Barre<l Rocks. White Rock.'<.
White Wyandottes, Minorcas, Anconas. Stock
selected for vitality and egg productio_n.
Wy Har Poultry Farm, Denton, Md. 18* f
TOM BARRON ENGLISH WHITE LEG-
horns, the large, long, deep bodied birds, the
most profitable and persistent layers. Chicks
12 cents up. Descriptive catalogue. Kuhn's
Leghorn Farm, Sycamore. O. 1^^
BETTER BABY CHICKS. LEADING \ A
rieties from finest free range flocks. Cata
lo^e free. Ulster Poultry Farms, Box
Wallkill. N. Y.
BABY CHICKS
RHODE ISLAND RED BABY CHICKS.
Good color, heavy layers, free range stock.
Linesville Hatchery, Box I, Linesville, Pa.
187
CHICKS — ALL VARIETIES — PURE-
bred. Send for catalogue and prices. Guar-
anteed. Will L. Hughes, Piedmont, Ala. 187?
BABY CHICKS, ALL LEADING VARIE-
ties. Sati: faction given. Write for circular,
Fanview Hatchery, Chatfleld, O. 186
Chicks :
187
South Side
189
PARKS' STRAIN BARRED PLYMOUTH
Rock baby chicks from carefully mated par-
ent stock. Send for price list.
McAlisterville, Pa.
Nevin Stuck,
185
E,
187
BETTER HATCHED, BETTER BRED
chicks from purebred stock. Free catologue.
The Co-operative Breeding & Hatching^Co.,
Box E. Tiro, O.
BABY CHICKS FROM PUREBRED,
select, heavy laying flocks on free range.
I'o8ti)aid. Live delivery guaranteed. Send
for free circular. The Monroevillo Hatch-
try, Box A. Monroeville, O. 1^^
' CHICKS. SINGLE COMB WHITE LEG-
horns I only hatch from 2 and 3 year old
hens. Bred to lay. Prices
Eugene Showers, Palmyra, Pa.
ANCONA CHICKS, SHEPPARD STRAIN,
Range stock, heavy layers. Linesville Hntch-
ery, Box G, Linesville, Pa. 187
CHICKS AT REDUCED PRICES. CATA-
logue free. Square Deal Hatchery & Poultry
Farm. Rt. 1, Corydon, Ind. 187
QUALITY CHICKS. LEADING VARIE-
ties. Price list free. Quality Poultry Farm,
Dept. A, Flemington, N. J. 185
liABY CHICKS— 12 BREEDS. SAVE
money. Get our catalogue. Emi)ire Hatch-
ery. Seward. N. Y. 186?
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS
187bmr
BABY CHICKS — BARRED ROCKS.
White Leghorns. Black Giants of quality.
Satisfaction guaranteed on all shipments.
Place orders early. C. B. Reubush. Penn
Lftird. Va. ^*^^
reasonable.
185
OWKN FARM STRAIN SINGLE COMB
Rod chicks. 20 cents and 40 cents Eggs 10
cents and 20 cents. H. B. Goodl.ng, .Glen
Rock, Pa.
187
BABY CHICKS— BE.ST QUALITY. PRICES
low. 25 years heavy laying. 73 acres.
Catalogue free. Specializing White Leg-
horns, Barred Rocks, Reds, Buff Orpingtons.
Cioshen Poultry Farms, Goshen, Ind. 185bm
BARRED AND WHITE ROCK CHICKS.
Good type and color, heavy layers, free range
St ck. Linesville Hatchery, Box H. Lines-
ville, Pa.
"purebred CHICKS: 15
H.'st laving strains. Lowest
catalogue. Booth Farms, Box
Mo.
187
50C APIECE IN hundred LOTS. BLACK
Giants are the most profitable chickens you
could raise — and these are the sturdiest
Black Giants you can buy. America's heavi-
est weight chickens. Mature early and lay
extremely large egj:s. Splendid winter lay-
ers. Finest market fowl. We sell chicks
and eggs — by buying chicks you are sure of
1009c, chickens. Prices: 25 chicks $15, 50
chicks $27, 100 chicks $50. Send for book-
let or, to avoid delay, order from ad. Deliv-
eries begin February 1. Goodflox Poultry
Farms, 26 Neilson Street, New Brunswick,
N. J. 188bam
FINE BUFF ORPINGTON CHICK S
Range stock. Linesville Hatchery, Box tJ.
Linesville, Pa.
NOW BOOKING ORDKKS FROM MY EX-
tra big Jersey Black Giants, blue ribbon
winners at York, Hagerstown, Frederick and
Maryland Mid-State. Eggs, ■?3. 00-15; $8.00-
50- $1,"). 00-100. Fertility guaranteed. Chicks
$30.00-100; $17.00-50. J. E. Stoner, Woods-
boro, Md. 1^5
HOFF'S "VITALITY" JERSEY BLACK
(fiant chicks. Stock cannot be surpassed.
Buy your stock direct from the originati"ng
district. Chicks $22.00 to $40.00 per 100,
aecording to season. Circular. Write me.
I). C. H( ff, Neshanic Station, N. J. 18rt
WON FIRST COCKEREL GREAT ALLEN-
town Fair. Eggs $2.50 and $4 setting that
will produce winners. Stock priced reason-
able. Empire Giant Farm, Sellersville. Pa.
tfpni
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS. EXHIBITION
stock. Chicks, eggs, cockerels. David Ht
Loyer, Chatfield, O. 186
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS. HATCHING
eggs from blue ribbon winners. Shadylawn
Poultry Farm, Friedauer Bros!, Demarest,
N. J. 185
PIT GAMES
WARHORSES AND MOUNTAIN EAGLES,
"Dead Game fowls" for sale. The "win or
Die" trying kind. Eggs. $3.00 for 15. S.
M. W^hite, Keytesville, Mo. 187
HAMBURGS
SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS. COCK-
erels from healthy, heavy laying flock, $3.00
each. Also baby chicks. Evergreen Poultry
Farm, Kewaunee, Wis. 186?
187
VARIETIES.
prices. Free
596, Clinton.
189bamr
SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS. TRAP-
nested eleven years. Eggs, chicks. Circular,
Fred Brenon, Box C, Water town, N. Y. Ic9
"" HOUDANS
~ MOTTLED HOUDANS, 278 EGG STRAIN,
trapnested eleven years. Eggs, chicks, stock.
Circular. Fred Brenon, Box C, Watertown,
N. Y. 189
AUSTRALIAN KIWI
AUSTRALIAN KIWI CHICKENS. CAN-
not fly Beauty, meat and layers combined.
Hatching eggs. Circular. Mrs. H. A. Brener,
Originator, Lawrence, Kans. 186
LAKENVELDERS
EGGS FROM EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL
Lakenvelders, $3.00 for 15, postpaid. Maple
Hill Farm, Port Plain, N. Y. 185
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEOHORNS
WHITE LANGSHANS. EGGS. CHICKS
«nd cockerels. Myrtle Doyle. WoodlandviUe.
Mo. ]^
LEGHORNS
THE LEG ilO.iN S — i'll K V E T E K A N
Judge Drt/bist.)lt is tlie uuihor ot this
work and one of his best. A complete text-
book about Leghorns— all varietios. Dwells
on thoir origin and development, covers every
phase. A book for the fancier and e^K pro-
ducer. Illustrated by Sewell and b.hillmg.
color plate reproductions. Book M^at you all
charges prepaid, on receipt of price, fl.OU.
Address all orders to Everybodys Poultry
Magazine. Hanover. Pa. '^•"
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS
VERY CHOICE SINGLE COMB WHITE
Leghorn cockerels, pullets and hatching eggs
from our Extra Super Special Mating of 312-
306 and 316-306 high pcdipreed frWio
hens daughters of Lady Read II and III 312
and 316 egg hens whose dam s dam BaiTon
258 Official Record and sire s dam Cam 28^
Official Record, sired by 806 Official Record
sires, their sire 304 Official Record), mated
to 313 Official Record males, their sire 315
Official Record, grandsire 275 Official Record.
Also 329 and 337. Write for lengthy copy-
righted description and *-»<^^"l™e°'**\|°°5, **;
triordinary. stating wants fully. The Read
Poultry Farm. Watervlict, N. Y. j^
LARGE ENGLISH AMERICAN PRODU-
cer White Leghorns. Five to si^PO^^od hen*.
Sg combs. Chicks. $14 00. EgS". ^-O"'
Catalogue. Mapleside Leghorn Farm. Box U
Tremont, III. ^^*^
arnm
IMMWW
IMMIMWW*
HMMMW
000
VIGOROUS CHICKS
I L^«.>- LAYING
Lesner s leghorns
"The Profitahle Kind''
WyckofI Strain Direct
Big. husky, vigorous chicks, the
kind that live, grow and make
PROFITABLE LAYERS
20c each, f 18 per 100, |170 per 1,000
by prepaid parcel post; lOO'/c live
delivery guaranteed.
J. GUY LESHEH Northumberlani Pi.
WYCKOFF S.CW. LEGHORNS Direct
Some breeders cost us $1.00 •« «««:..,
3 Grades Chix and Eggs. Bred Right,
Hatched Right. Priced Right.
Every Grade worth more than price asked.
Get our circular and pncea now.
miOOBWAT FOUtTMY FAmii
M. A. CampbeU, Prop.
g03j A JAMESTOWN, PA.
NORTHLAND WINTER LAYERS — ENG
li^h Sinj;le Comb White Leghorns of the
world's famous Tom Burron strain, ]>ro-
nouiiced the finest 8i)ecimen8 ever shipped to
Amorita. Loading Leghorn pen and cham
pion individual layer Illinois International
KgK Laying Contest at Murphysboro. Official
records of over 200 eggs per hen in Michigan
and Missouri Egg Laying Contests. 10%
discount on early orders for hacthing eggs
and chicks. Beautifully illustrated cata-
logue fro«'. Northland Farms, Dept. E.
Grand Rapids. Mich. 11^5
BARRON. ENGLISH AND HOLLYWOOD
strains trapnest i»odigreed 250 313 egg bred
White Leghorns, the long, deep-bodied, large
sized birds, the most profitable and persi.st-
ent layers known. Winners at Egg Laying
Cont»>sts. Orders booked now for chicks and
hatching eggs at 10% discount. Large beau-
tiful catalogue free telling all about our fa-
mous layers on the largest hatching and
breeding institution in the state. Grandvi*>w
Poultry Farm & Hatchery, Box. E, Zeeland,
Mich. 187?
.SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN BABY
chicks and hatching eggs from stock trap-
nested 365 days in year with records
from lSO-200. These hens weigh 4 pounds
and over. Give us a trial and be convinced.
Our i)rices are very reasonable for this class
of stock. The Ideal Poultry Farm, Robert
Smith. Prop., R. F. D. 2. Port Jervis, N. Y.
187
SHADY BANK FARMS' TRAPNESTED
Single C<»mb White Leghorn hens, mated to
high record, pedigreed Tancred strain males.
Hatching eggs, 200 to 243 egg hens, average
215%. $5.00 per 15; 160 to 198 egg hens,
average 175>^. $3.75 per 15; 150 to 160 egg
hens, average 156. $2.00 per 15. W. R.
Dewsnap. Owego, N. Y. 187
WE DO NOT EXAGGERATE ABOUT
Angelhurst White Leghorns. You cannot
get better value for price paid. Bred for
.Standard requirements and heavv egg pro-
duction. Cockerels. $5 up. Chicks. 15c up.
Eggs. 7V4c up. Order early. Angelhurst
Farm. Catonsville. Md. 186
240-314 EGG STRAIN "TOM BARRRON"
Single Comb White Leghorns. Large. l9pped
combed type. Excellent layers. Eggs, $3.50
per 50; $6.00 per 100; $25.00 per 500;
$50.00 per 1.000. Chicks. $15.00. postpaid.
Catalogue free. Pelster's Poultry Farm, Box
E. New Haven, Mo. 188
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEOHORNS.
Eggs for hatching. I have a few cockerels
left of good quality low tail birds. Won
ribbons at Taneytown, Hanover, Westmins-
ter. Timonium and York. Eastview Poultry
Farm, Rt. 5, Westminster. Md. 186
FERRIS 265 300 EGG STRAIN DIRECT
White Leghorns. 50 eggs, $4.00; 100$7.00:
200-$14.00. Henry Heitkamp, New Bremen.
O. 187
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN EGGS.
$1.75 per setting; $9 i)er hundred. Branch
Brook Farm, Townshend, Md. lf<"
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEOHORNS
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEqhorm
hatching eggs. Foundation stock direct from
Ferris ;JU0 egg strain, bred for years for hijrh
egg iiroductioM. Write for illustrated cats-
lo^jue. Clover Dale Leghorn Farm, Stanley
Dulany. (Jwner. Clark, Mo. jyy
ITKE "BAHHON" LEGHORNS. I
import direct. Hens records 270 to 275,
Sire from 314 i^gg hen. Large type. trap,
nested. iJedigreed stock. Hatching eggs aud
chicks my specialty. Mating list free. Qhas.
W. Johnson. Linton, Ind. jgg
"HI-GK.VDE" SINGLE COMB WHITE
Lej^'horn chicks, good type, color and high
•'g*? product i(.n. Send for free literature (Je-
scriliing stock and most note«l baby chick
farm. Knapp's "Hi-Grade" Poultry Farm
Box CE 2, Shelby, O. 188bam
A SILVER CUP! WIN ONE AND GET
complete poultry library absolutely free by
investing in Seacoast certified Leghorn chickg.
The "lay" bre<l into them for nineteen
years. 25.000 for 1924. Unequalled low
prices. Write for booklet. Seacyast Farms.
Pine Beach. N. J. 1871
BUY OUR ENGLISH BARKON SINGLE
Comb White Legh« rns. Reasonably priced
cocks, cockerels, hens and pullets, baby chickg
and hatching eggs. Superior quality from
Pennsylvania Poultry Farm foundation stock.
Write Sam Kuhn. Flinton, Pa. 185
"bARRON STRAIN WHITE LEGHORNS
exclusively. Big. husky chicks from farm-
raised stock. Chicks that grow fast, mature
quickly and lay early. Write for free circu-
lar. Progressive Poultry Farm, P. Ver Hage,
Zeeland, Mich. 187?
' FERRIS STRAIN WHITE LEGHORNS—
Cockerels, three fifty; eggs, first pen. set-
ting, three dollars; flock eggs, two dollari
setting; ten dollars hundred; ninety per
cent fertile. Harold Hoppler, Princeton, III.
185
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS.
Egigs and chicks from 2 and 3 year old heng
closely culled and moulted after October
Ist Bred for egg production. Eggs. |8.00
per 100. Chicks, $16.00. Milton Fox.
Palmyra, Pa. 1^6
BARRON TRAPNESTED SINGLE COMB
White Leghorns, official records up to 258,
Vineland contest. Booking orders for hatch-
ing eggs and chicks. Price list free. LeRoy
Wilcox. Speonk, Long Island, N. Y. 185
QUALITY BRED WINNERS, BOTH IN
exhibition and utility classes. Stock, eggs,
chicks from pens which will j.rodure win-
ners. Monticello Leghorn Farm. R. R. Zim-
merman, Prop., Monticello, Wis. 187!
HEAVY LAYINti PEDIGREED IMPER-
ial Single Comb White Leghorns. World's
best foundation stock. Trapnested for 18
vears. Catalogue free. Imperial Poultry
Farm, Berea, O. ^
SINGLE COMB WHITES, 288-303
lines. Big and fine. W. W. Kulp, Box 60
Pottstown, Pa. l**'
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SINGLE COMB WHITE LEOHORNS
— ^;:^T(jRKE COCKERELS. HATCHING
5- Rired by Tancred double triple iJOO egg
ffing males direct. Catalogue. Meekjs
?Uver FOX Farms. R. 5. E. Madison. Wis. IHo
TTrGK WIN-FeR LAYlNti WlllTK LK(i
t.«rna Trapnested. pedigreed. St.)«k. vgas
^'n^ chicks Circular free. C. T. Patterson.
^"^^4, Spring^ld, Mo. ^>^
■"TaGiTFOR HATCHING— TOM BARRRON
.train White Leghorns; pure-bred; blue nb
»- ^""'"wick'Sr'Va"''"'' '"'" "85
Garrison, NV ick, » . v »•
"harrojThtrain. eggs. chix. PUL-
iPts Scientifically bred from best egg pro-
ducers. Better-Lay Leghorn Yards.^^Sy-^a^
more. O.
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
215
*~R ARROWS WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS
„^n»ivelv We import direct. Matins list
f?^"" Bishop's Poultry Farm, New Wash^
ington, O.
""rTrTrON. ALSO BARRON-TANCRED
<?g^8 from blood tested stock. H. D. Bruner.
Vevay. Ir-ti.
BEOWN LEGHOENS
185
"^HI-GRADE" SINGLE COMB BROWN
Lezh^rn chicks, also Rose Comb; 2.000 per
veek- bred for high egg production; 40 years
1 breeder of this variety. Send for Prices
«nd free pamphlet: "How to raise chicks.
^"Vp'« -Hi Grade" Poultry Farm Box
CE-3, Shelby. O. ^^^^'""^
^SINOLE COMB BEOWN LEGHOENS
"brown leghorns — cock e r e l s
three dollars, eggs eight dollars per hundred,
dollar fifty per setting; ninety P^r cent fer^
tility. Harold Hoppler, Princeton. III. 185
"see DISPLAY AD. SINGLE COMB
Browns. Won two contests. Baby chicks
W. W. Kulp. Box 60. Pottstown. Pa. I»<
EOSE COMB BEOWN LEGHOENS
SINGLE COMB BLACK MINOECAS
"HI GRADE" SINGLE COMB BLACK
Minorca chicks. Our stock is large, good
(•olor, good layer-!. Send for prices, prompt
fldivcrv. Knai)p's "Ui Crude" Poultry
Farm. Box CE 11, Shelby, O. 18Hbam
SlN(iLE COMB BLACK MINORCAS.
Papc's strain direct. First and second cock,
Hampton Roads Poultry Show, December,
l!rj:t. Eggs, ;BU.<»0 per hundred. Chiiks,
$18.00 per hundred. L. H. Hogge, Odd, Va.
185
SUNNYBROOK TRAPNESTED SINGLE
Comb Black Minorcas are great layers. Eggs,
$2.00 per 15; $3.50 per 30; $5.50 per 50;
$10.00 j»er 100; prepaid. Sunnybrook Poul-
try Farms, Hanover, Pa. 187
DAY OLD MINORCA CHICKS OF EXHI-
bition grade and utility bred. 40 cents each,
and 20 rents each for March delivery.
Eclipse Minorca Farms, Box E, Selinsgrove.
Pa. tfbj
""sFF DISPLAY AD. ROSE COMB
Brawns. Won contest. W. W. Kulp Box
60, Pottstown. Pa. ^
187
SINGLE COMB BUFF LEGHOENS
""^HI GRADE' SINGLE COMB BUFF
Leghorn chicks, most wonderful of all lay-
ers solid golden buff exhibition type; 2,000
*>hi'ck« ner week. No better at any price.
LStu';; fr'ee. Knapp's "HiGrade" Poul-
try Farm. Box CE 4. Shelby, O^ ^^88bam
.DAVIDSON" S BUFF LEGHORNS. BLUE
ribbon winners. Chicago Coliseum, etc. Grand
matings. Eggs and chicks Mating list free_
Davidson Poultry Farm. R. 1. Bath. Pa. l«7
BUFF LEGHORN CHICKS. GUARAN
teed thirfv days. $30.00 per hundred
Charles Mearson. Weedsport, N. Y. ^""
WHITE LEGHOENS
BETTER HATCHED. BETTER BRED
chicks from imre-bred stock. Free catalogue.
The Co-Operative Breeding & Hatching Co..
Box E. Tiro. O. ^^'"'°'"
^SE COMB~WHITE LEGHOENS
THE WORLDS BEST — ROSE COMB
White Leghorns. Baby chicks especijly.
J. M. Chase. Box E, Wallkill. N. Y. 13.
MINOECAS
"MINORCAS OF EVERY COMB AND
Colrr." Onlv boi»k on Minorcas published.
Revised and " enlarged. Illustrated. F/.>t"e.
50 cents. Inland Poultry Journal. Indian-
apolis. Ind. 186bm
SINGLE COMB BLACK MINOECAS
SINGLE COMB BLACK MINORCA
ehicks. $20.00 per hundred. Eggs, $3.00 per
15; $10.00 per hundred. Ideal Poultry
Farm. R. 1, Lancaster. Pa.
BRISH BROS.* FAMOUS SIN(JLE COMB
Black Minorcas bre^l in their absolute purity
for years. Winners at America's greatest
shows. Hatching eggs from selected matings
that will produce yon winners. Choice breed
ers also. Brish Bros., Frederick, Md. 196bm
SINGLE COMB BLACK MINORCAS—
pullets now laying, hens, winter layers,
breeders. Table Egg Farm, Lookout, Pa. 185
FINE SINGLE COMB BLACK MINORCA
hatching eggs. J. J. Jenkins, Greenville,
N. O. 189
SINGLE COMB BLACK MINORCA COCK-
erels. Pape strain, $3.00 to $5.00 each. Karl
Nelson. 508 E. Wall. Morrison, 111. 187
EOSE CDMB BLACK MINOECAS
~COYS HIGH QUALITY ROSE COMB
Black Minorcas. Eggs and babjr chicks. Mat
ing list. Vernon Coy, Greenwich, O. 18i
85
SINGLE COMB BUFF MINOECAS
BUFF MINORCA EGGS: PENS, $2.50
per 15: range. $7.50 per 100. Roy E. Fan-
ning. North Manchester, Ind.
187!
SINGLE COMB BUFF MINORCAS.
Stock, chicks, eggs for hatching. Circular.
H. J. Hansen. Berea. O. 190
SINGLE COMB BUFF MINORCAS.
Stock and eggs. Circular. Rud Eichelmann.
Waterloo. III. 1*7
BUFF MINORCAS. SCHMIDT'S STRAIN.
Chicks, ej;gs, cockerels. David H. Loyer^
Chatfield, O.
186
SINGLE COMB WHITE MINORCAS _
TRAPNESTED SINGLE COMB WTHTE
Minorcas. Hatching eggs. He^vy l»ye".
Richard Scharmer, Chaska, Minn. 189
SINGLE COMB WHITE MINORCA COCK-
orels. $5.00 up. Ed. Weiss. Union Road
Forks, N. Y. ]^
~ ORPINGTONS
NO MAN WHO KNOWS ORPINGTONS
loves them more than J. H. Drevenstedt in
his book The Orpingtons. This book meets
the needs for authentic information, gives in-
formation on breeding mating, care etc^
Price postpaid. 75c. Address all orders to
Evervbodys Poultry Magazine, "anover, Fa^
"HIGRVDE" WHITE AND BUFF ORP-
in-t. n chicks, big type, good color, from rec-
ord laying strains. Send for prices «n|i Jj^t
literature on "How to , "'^e^*^*'^^^- ,
Knapp's "Hi-Grade" Poultry Farm Box
CE7. Shelby. O. ^^^'^'^"^
■" BU^ BUFF. WHITE ORp'iNOTONS.
Tompkins' Reds. Rouen ducks. Robert
Black. Lincoln. Neb.
BUFF OEPINGTONS
185
SINGLE COMB BLACK MINOKCA COCK
•tela. $3.00 and $5.00 each. Bill Dailcv
Somora, O. l'*^
WHITE ORPINGTONS
BLACK OEPINGTONS
BYERS* STRAIN. COCKERELS, $5.00
each. Eggs, $3.00 setting; special mating,
$5.00. Hedrick's Poultry Yards, Freeland,
Md. 186
POLISH
WHITE CRESTED BLACK POLISH
stock for sale. Eggs for hatching. Write
for wants. Seely, Afton, N. Y. 189
RHODE ISLAND EEDS
" hX¥^ING eggs ?2.00 $3 00 setting
Kayin:; and show strain. >N rite, Ed. ^VoU^e.
Fairmont. W. \ a.
- l^^^^n^I^fi^^^^^UNDATIO^^^^
Buff Orpingtons c. ns.st.ng of » f 'J^.^^'^.^^^^^;,
frin and four choice hens. Pur. Iiaser geis
mailing list Paige Westfall. Parkersburg^
W. Va.
"HI-GRADE" ROSE COMB AND SIN-
gle Comb Rhode Island Red chicks from
heavy laying stock, good color and type.
Send for literature describing most noted
baby chick farm. Knapp's "Hi-Grade"
Poultry Farm, Box CE-8, Shelby, O. 188bam
"AMERICAN BEAUTY STRAIN" ROSE
and Single Comb Reds. Blue Ribbon win-
ners at Allentown, Trenton, Hagerstown
fairs. Stock, eggs, chicks for sale. Order
early. Illustrated booklet. Edward S. Lam-
brite. Pipers villa, Pa. 187
SINGLE COMB AND ROSE COMB RHODE
Island Reds, Large red birds. Eggs and
day old chickg. Safe delivery guaranteed.
Peeps, 16 cents. Eggs, $9.00 per hundred.
Eclipse Farms, Selinsgrove, Pa. 186
~PURE TOMPKINS' SINGLE AND ROSE
Comb Red eggs. J. J. Jenkins, Greenville,
N. C. ]^
SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND EEDS
Stock and eggs frr sale cheap. C. M. Streby.
Belleville, O.
~ xvTVTFRS' WHI T E ORPINGTONS—
Eirly^h'k? and\?eeding stock. See adv-r^
tisement, inside back cover. 185«>ra
HANSEN'S RHODE ISLAND REDS
have just won at Chicago Coliseum: 1st cock,
color and type special; 1st pullet, color and
type special, defeating 1st prize Madison
Square Garden winners. 22 years line bred.
Stock, eggs and mating list. Hansen Red
Cloud Farm, Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati, O.
185
HAROLD . TOMPKINS' SINGLE COMB
Reds direct. Show quality and bred-to-lay.
All my stock is from his best pens. Cock-
erels. Orders booked for baby chicks. Prices
reasonable. Eugene Showers, Palmyra, Pa.
189
SINGLE COMB REDS. OWEN FARMS'
strain direct. Select, vigorous cockerels,
$3.00 to $5.00 each. Eggs from selected
matings $2.00, $3.00 and $5.00. Baby chicks.
Pendleton Lester, Route 3, Rome, Ga. IBS
"hatching eggs— T R a P N E S T E D,
pedigreed Single Comb Reds. Egg record,
299. Price. $2 to $15. Write for mating
list. J. M Stutler, Salem, W. Va. 186
SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND RED
hatching eggs from quality heavy laying
strain. Prices right. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. Esbenshade's Turkey Farm, Box E,
Ronks. Pa. 18^
H J. HUTTEN'S SINGLE COMB RED
chicks possess vitality, disease resistance,
laving ability: alive arrival; 20 cents each.
Eggs. 10 cents. 326 Hoover Ave., Hamilton
O.
SINGLE COMB REDS, HAROLD TOMP-
kins* strain direct. Eggs and chicks. Large,
vigorous, dark red cockerels reasonable.
Milton Fox. Palmyra. Pa.
186
FABRY'S TRAPNESTED. PEDIGREED
Single Comb Reds. Bred for eggs, type and
color. Heavy layers. Prices reasonable
Send for mating list. Fabry Bros.. East
McKeesport. Pa^ ^^
BIG DEEP. CHERRY RED COCKERELS.
$5.00. '$8.00. $12.00. Best blood, heav-y lay-
ing strain. Eggs, $3.00 per 15; $1200 per
100 Lvman U. Fram, Box 3, Pottstown.
Pa. '_ i!r
"sINgTe comb REDS, OWEN'S STRAIN
cockerels- excellent color and type; $3.00
and $5.00. Eggs $2.00. Sutton's Red Farm.
Freeland. Md. 185
SINGLE COMB REDS. PURE OWEN
Farms' strain. Baby chicks. Greenmount
Farm, Hillsboro, Md.
186
SINGLE COMB REDS. OWENS' STRAIN.
Strone. vigorous breeding cockerels. Eggs
for hatching. Levi Fishel, Dillsburg. Pa.- 187
PLYMOUTH EOCKS
WHITE AND BUFF ROCKS — EGGS. $3.00
per setting. R. R. Routson, Freeland, Md.
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COLUMBIAN PLYMOUTH RCOKS
COLUMBIAN ROCKS— JONES, WILBUR
and Duffield Farm strsins. Show winners in
mv brt'oding jions. Eggs, $2.50 per fifteen.
Mai.y chicks. C. D. Scott. Box 247, PunxKU-
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WELL ESTAHLISHED. HKJII QUALITY
Columbian Hocks. Egg.s, chicks. T. J. Ens-
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KOK THE REST COLUMBIAN ROCKS,
writo .T. M. Jones, New Egypt, N. J. 186
BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS
KRAMER'S RUFF ROCKS ARE REAIj
champions. Hundreds of fine breeding and
exhibition birds bred from my Chicago win-
ners. Calalo^,ue free, Frank Kramer, Fort
Atkinson, Wis. 185
BERLIN'S EVERGOLD BUFF ROCKS,
Madison Square Garden and Boston winners.
Stock and eg-^s. Catalogue. Kerlin Farm,
Route 3, Pottstown, Pa. 187
BOYER'S BUFF ROCKS. BOSTON, TO
ronto. Baltimore and Hanover winnings, 1923-
24. Stock. Eggs, ^5.00 per setting. Luther
Bcver, Hanover, Pa. IHTbra
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
ARISTOCRAT BARRED ROCKS, DIRECT
from Holterman's be>^t raatings. Baby chicks,
35c. 50 eggs, $8.50; 100 eggs. $10.00.
Special light and dark matin^'s, |5.00 for 15.
Cockerels, $5.00 up. Circular free. Steiner
& Wendt. Kenton, O. 185
E(a;S FROM PEN OF ARISTOCRATS,
direct from Holterman'.s best matings, $5.00-
ir>; seennd pen, $3.00; flock. $1.50; stock
range raised. Limited number baby chicks,
$25.00 100. L. Brooke. Brooksburg, Ind. 185
LIGHT MATING COCKERELS: VIGOR
ous, fine barred birds of quick maturity and
normal feathering. $8.00 to $10.00, Hatch-
ing eggs. Marshall Blackman, Broadmeado\v
Road, Needham, Mass. 185
PARKS' PEDKJREED BARRED ROCKS
direct from Parks', Baby chicks, 25c, 50
eu'gs. $G.50; 100 eggs, $12.00, Selected
cockerels, $5.00, Circular free. Steiner &
Wendt. Kenton, O. 185
PARKS' STRAIN BRED TO-LAY BARRED
Rocks from best pedigreed stock direct.
Eggs, 15-$1.50; 50-$4.50; 100-$8.00, B. F.
Morgan, Independence, Ind. 188
BETTER HATCHED. BETTER BRED
chicks from pure-bred stock. Free catalogue.
The Co-Operative Breeding & Hatching Co.,
Box E. Tiro, O. 187bmr
THOMPSON'S STRAIN; DARK. NAR
row Barred Rocks. Large boned, yellow legs.
Eggs for hatching, hundred $R.50; fiftv.
13.50: thirty. $2,25, Mrs, Julia Denny.
R. 5. Hedrick. la. 187
LIGHT OR DARK BARRED ROCK EGGS
from six selected pens, won fifty-five ribbons
tliis season. $5.00 and $8,00 per fifteen. Wil-
liam Arenholz. Freeport, N. Y. 187
RINGLET BARRED ROCKS, MATED BY
E. B. Thompson, 15-$4.00; 30-$7.00. Stand-
ard bred baby chicks, 22 cents. Geo. W.
Baker. Lombard, 111. 187
PAKKS' PEDIGREED STRAIN DIRECT.
Stock trapnested. Eggs and chicks. Prices
riEjht. Write your needs to James L, Man-
ning. Meshoppen. Pa. 187
BARRED ROCKS. BRED TO LAY. FREE
range. Chicks, 18c, 50 eggs, $4.50; 100
P<rgs. $8.00. Circular free. Steiner &
Wendt, Kenton, O. 185
THOMPSON'S "RINGLETS" DIRECT.
100 eggs, $8.00; 30-dozen case, $25.00.
Prepaid. Cockerels, $5.00. J, C. Kolb.
Gordonville, Pa, 186
BEAUTIFULLY BARRED COCKERELS,
big bone, fine type. $3.50 to $10.00. Eggs
from prize pen. Wilhelmena Coyner, Waynes-
boro, Va, 185
COCKEREL BRED BARRED ROCKS
Either sex. Fine stock, Wm. Swanton.
2500 East Main Street, Springfield, O. 186
PARKS' STRAIN BARRED ROCKS. FREE
range. Chicks. 18c. 50 eggs. $4.50; 100
esrgs, $8.00, Peerless Poultry Farm, Kenton
O. 185
EARRED PLYMOUTH ROOKS
"HI GRADE" BARRED PLYMOUTH
Rock <'hicks bred for eggs and uniform color
Can su))ply Parks' pedigreed layin;; strain.
.Market quality in thousand lots. Send for
jtamiililet, "How to raise chicks" free.
Knapp's "Hi-(;rade" Poultry Farm, Box
CE-5, Shelby, O. 188b»m
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS
NON SETTING WHITE ROCK BREED-
ers with several years of heavy laying, non-
setting breeding back of them. Pullets in-
herit their laying and non-setting qualities
from the sire. Price reasonable on stock and
eggs, A<lelbert Cheesbro, Dansville, N. Y.
A breeder since 1901. 185
CHAMPION WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKs!
Six birds entered at Northern Indiana Poul-
try Show, won 1st cock; 1st hen; 1-3 cock-
erels; 2-3 pullets. All stock blood tested
for bacillary white diarrhoea. Eggs and
baby chicks. H. K. Cook, Markleville, Iiid.
187
"HI GRADE" WHITE PLYMOUTH
Rock chicks, good layer.^, fine type, pure
white. 3 (too j)er week by parcel ])ost. safe
delivery guaranteed. Write for free litera-
ture and j)riceK. Knai>p's "Hi (ira<le" Poul-
try Farm. Box CE-G, Shelby, O. ISSbam
KENDALL'S WHITE ROCKS. HEAVY
layers. Eggs from mated pens, iJI^OO per
\fy. I'ure Fishel strain. No more stock un-
til our June sale. B. F, Kendall. Winches-
ter. O. 189
KOIIKHAUGH & SONS, BREEDERS OF
White Rocks for commercial farm use and
for backyard poultry raiser. All farm range.
R. No. 10, York, Pa. 189
LARGE HEAVY-BONED WHITE ROCK
cockerels direct from Halbach's finest mat-
ings. W. Lueth, Walworth, Wis. 185
LOtJAN'S WHITE ROCKS. STOCK AND
eggs. Joseph Logan, DuBois, Pa. 186
SPECKLED SUSSEX
SPECKLED SUSSEX COCKERELS AND
eggs for sale. G, D. Smith. 30 Upland Rd.,
Brookline, Mass. 185
TARBOX'S SPECKLED SUSSEX— STOCK,
eggs and baby chicks in season. Send for
catalogue. A, & E, Tarbox, Box E. York-
ville, 111, 187
SPAinSH
WHITE FACED BLACK SPANISH.
Eggs, $2.50 for 15. None better, Norman
Thomas, Fayetteville, Pa, 187Lm
RHODE ISLAND WHITES
EICHELMANN'S STRAIN RHODE is-
land Whites, Rose and Single Comb. Stock.
$3; pens, $15.00. Also eggs. Catalogue
free, Henry Eichelmann. Waterloo, 111. 187
WYANDOTTES
THE WYANDOTTE STANDARD AND
Breed Book is the guide of all judges and
breeders of Wyandottes — all varioiies---one
of the finest books yet given the poultry
world. Handsome clcin binding, profusely
illustrated, covering e/ery phase of the mat-
ing and breeding of Wy.-indottcs. Compiled
by H. A, Nourse, publi<*a«'l by American
Poultry Association, illustr.ilel by Schilling.
Price $2.50, postage prepaid. .Address or-
ders to Everybodys Poultry Mai^azinc m";
over, Pa.
lS5f
PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE HENS,
pullets $3.00; six for $15.00. Whita Wyan-
dott hens, pullets, $1.75. E, J. SpriuK"
Thompsonville, HI.
BXTTF WYANDOTTES
185
.STURTEVANT. ORIGINATOR, BUFF
Wyandottes. We furnish winners. Wonder-
ful layers. First prize Coliseum, Ohicflgo ^8-
tional, Kansas City. Michigan State Detroit.
Birds mated. One hundred grand males, im-
prove any flock. Mating list, Ralph Sturte^
vant, Winnetka. 111. ]2l
EGG BRED EXHIBITION BUFf WYAN-
dotte cockerels, show birds, $10.00. Choice
breeders, $5.00, four $13.00. Frank Myers
Freeport. 111. ^°**
BUFF WYANDOTTES OF ;^irPERTOR
quality. Get our prices before you biy.
R. A. Page, North East, Pa.
February,
185
1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
217
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES
WYANDOTTES- .VT NKW
won 5 firsts and all 8))ecial
strain bun the etr^' laying
rhU 'bred into it. Eggs $5.00 per 15 from
5 pit pens Cockerels, hens and nnl.et.-i for
COLUMBIAN
York State Fair
priie**'
aiul my
finest .1
( Jale Austin G. Warner.
Whitesi^oro, N. Y.
l»if)bm
"roTui^lMlAN WYANDOTTE COCKERELS,
^;,\r duality; show room winners, hgirs
LTlatching in^»^"«""- ^^''•*»" ^^'- A- John-
Ion. R- K. No. 16. Constance Avenue, Dayt;^^
0. '
"TtaTCHING E(i(iS FROM PRIZE WIN
•nl Dure id«il Columbian Wyandottes.
K'onable 'prices. Address: Dixie Highway
?oaUry Yards, J. T, Dick, Prop.. Aubur^n^
Ky^^ ,
"T^TTuNIMIAN WYANDOTTE COCKERELS.
Hwivv' laving stniin. Big business bird^*
Sith «h'»'''»'"" 'l""'"^^- »a»*'hing eggs. Mrs.
T. H. Walter. Cheshire. Conn. 1H;>
■"toLiTmBIAN WYANDOTTE COCKERELS
JV"- Eggs $1.50 and $2.50. Mrs^
GeorKe Burnham. Pikesville, Md. 1S7
^COLUAIBIAN WYANDOTTE K^i<iS FOR
hatching from exhibition la/er.v Charles f ,
Buck. Succasunna, ^' '
N. J.
1 =.6
GOLDEN LACED WYANDOTTES
"golden laced WYANDOTTES. PRIZE
stock Orders booked for eggs and baby
chicks, Geo, Heggestod, HoUandale, Wis
lo7
SILVER LACSD WYANDOTTES
SILVER LACED WYANDOTTE EGGS
for hat.hing. Rollie Davis. Huntsville, III.
lo7
TVKUOX'S SILVER WYANDOTTES --
St ck ecgs a!ul baby cbi.ks in season. Send
f r oi'talogue. A. & E. Tarbox, Box E, York^
ville. 111.
187
WOODLAND SILVER WYANDOTTES—
winners New York. Chicago. Detroit. Large
oi.en laced exhibition stock. Free catiUKjue.
AVoodland Farm. Route E 3. Ann Arbor, Mich
1 rt J
IF YOU WANT fHE BE.ST \S sILM:R
Wyandottes that have the Wyandotte type,
sire and lacing, write W. E. Samson, vetenni
breeder and judge. Kirkwood. N.JY.
PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES
185
HOOSIER STRAIN PARTRIDciK ^^ YAN-
dottes. Madison Square Garden and Chi-
cago Coliseum winners. Stock for sale at all
times, eggs in season. W. L. Bender, Box
81B. Angola, Ind. l«'
PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES. TWENTY
years a breeder. Premier blood. Cockerels.
Eggs, $3.00. Fertility guaranteed. ^^■^■
Arbuckle. Davidson, N, C !*>'
WHITE WYANDOTTES
REGAL DORCAS FROM MARTIN'S BEST
matings. Eggs from prize winners 15-$2.00,
;J0$3.50; other matings 15-$1.50, 30-$2.50,
100 $H. 0(1. Mating list. L. M. Stricklett,
Vameburg, Ky. 1**7
WHITE WYANDOTTE EGGS. SPECIAL
l»en8 mated to jiroduce high egg and exhibi-
tion stock combined. Eggs from these pens,
'■(••2.'>0 j»er 15. Guarantee 9 chicks. Guy
Mumper, Taylorstown, Pa. 187
HKGAL DORCAS HIGH QUALITY
hatching c«gs from stock direct from Martin;
also few utility pullets for sale. Wm, Mon-
sees, Voluntown, Conn. 187
TjUALITY WHITE WYANDOTTES, SEN
sil)iy priced. Ten years breeding for eggs
aiwl show. Rockland White Feather Farm,
Elizabethtown. Pa. 1«7
R E G A L-DORCAS — COCKERELS, $5.00
ea<ii. Eg«s, $:j.00 setting; special mating,
.$.'). oo Hedrick's Poultry Yards, Freeland,
Md, ■ 18G
R E (J A L WHITE WYANDOTTES OF
(juality. Stock shipi^ed on approval. Eggs
for hat<hing. No chirks. Mating list free.
Frank P. Altland, Hanover. Pa. tfbjl
CRUSADER STRAIN PARTRIDGE
Wyandottes, Heart of America wivners.
Write for catalogue, Mid-West Poultry
Farm. Butte, Neb, ^
PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE EGGS. ONE
setting. $2,75; two settings. $4.d0. W. H..
Rhodes, Jr., Linville, Va. l^^*^™
WHITE WYANDOTTES
"HI-GRADE" WHITE WYANDOTTE
chicks, also Silver Laced, from finest bred
stock, wonderful all year 'round egg pro-
ducers. Send for prices and free pamphlet.
"How to raise chicks." Knapp's ' Hi-
Grade" Poultry Farm. Box CE 9, Shelby. O^
188bam
WHITE WYANDOTTES. SELECTED MAT
ings, Martin strain, November to January
*verage 21 eggs per hen. Heavy boned, vic-
orous stock. Eggs, $3.00-15; chicks, ^o
cents. ■ Satisfaction guaranteed, .\. Drager.
Rrchmond, Mich. ^^'
lets
REGAL WHITE WYANDOTTES. PUL-
iris, $1..''jO and up; cockerels. *5,no and up.
ElCjrs and chicks for sale. Pri.es reasonable
Satisfaction guaranteed. Peola Pi'ultry
Yards. Beaver Springs. Pa. '''•'
WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS—
Nixon and Ramapo strains $5. (to. ?!<><>'•
Exhibition and utility. Hatching egK>;.
Happy Hour Poultry Farm. Route 3, East
Stroudsburg, Pa, *^^
COCKERELS — REGAL DORCAS
$.',.00; pullets $2.50, |3.50. L, M,
lett, Vani-eburg, Ky.
$3.50.
Strick-
185
1.000
for sale.
KEGAL WHITE WYANDOTTES
Allen Sechrist, Port Trevorton. Pa.
1H5
( HOICE REGAL DORCAS COCKERELS,
$.-,.00. Clifford Wilcox, Wellsbnro, Pa. Icio
SEVERAL VARIETIES
P\RKS' PEDIGREED BARRED ROCKS,
laying strain. Every cockerel from egiis
bought direct. March hatched cockerels
$5 00 $7.50 and $10.00. White Rocks,
Fishei strain, pullets 52.50; cockerels $-l'»0;
W. N. Thomas, Stanford, 111. 185
RHODE ISLAND RED COCKERELS. EX
celient breeders. Barred Rock cockerels and
i.ullets. Black Mincrca. Black Lecrhorn i.iil-
\v\< BuflF Leghorn males. Toulouse and
Kent Island geese. Prices right, S. ^"1"^""
Co., Sharpsburg, Md. lov
SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS
and White Wyandottes. Eggs from fine pens
and heavv layers. $2.00 per setting. J. A.
Kern, R. R. 6, Frem .nt. Mich. 1H.>
SETTINGS, TOMPKINS' OR OWENS'
Reds $3.00. Aristocrat Barred Rocks. $3.00
and '$5.00. Charles RuUman. Aurora. Ind
187
1.000 WHITE AND BROWN L^-^^'HORNS
Cocks, cockerels, hens, pullets 1 000.000
strawberry plants. August Schroeder St.
Peter. Hi: l^Gbm
WINNING STRAINS. FERRIS. YOUNG
Leghorns; Boyer. Martin W>"andottes: three
dollars upward. Gillies. Dunloop.
W. Va. 187
90 VARIETIES — POULTRY. PIGEONS,
dogs, parrots, pheasants, peafo;*^'- ^^l^^:
Write wants. J. A. Bergey. Telford, Pa. 186 1
BLACK LANGSHANS, HOUDANS, WHITE
aiKl Blaik Minorcas. Quality cockerels; eggs^.
O. W. Dengler, Cressona. Pa. J^A
IMPROVE YOUR GRADE
The GILT EDGE EGG SCALE
shows the grade INSTANTANEOUS.
Simple in construction. Quick and easy to
operate, weighs 12 Rrades, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
23. 24. 25, 26, 27. 28, and 29 ounces to the
do:en,L'niversallv used throuuhout the United
States and fortiKn countries for the past ten
years, hiuhly recommended by all aKricultural
collcKCs, poultry associations and the large egg
packers. Those uho are making a succes are
those v\ho are grading their eggs both for the
market and incubator.
SEND FOR CIRCULAR
Prepaid $2.00 or mailed to any address in U. S-
or Canada on 10 days FREE TRIAL
WHITE MFG. CO.
GARDENA, CALIFORNIA
r PRINTING
Labels, Stickers, Seals, Shipping
Tags, Circulars. Folders, Book-
lets. Catalogues. Stationery, Em-
bossers, Gummed Tape. Sealing Machines,
Reasonable ])rices. Catalogues free.
'^" ""^J^^FIHE BROILERS
rCnban Reds and BlocBooDCi ^'^J
^Kggs, $3. for IS. Babf Chicki. SOc each
Oar ttock i* raited oo 10 acre estate in lb*
natnral way. HOMESPUN FARM
ClaTton A McKnight Roads, St. 1 onis. Mo.
ARC
DEAD
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HITCHII^G IIP CHICKENS
TO A THRFSHING
MACHINE
Not literally, of course.
But through a recent ar-
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mitted to offer the fol-
lowing two-magazine bar-
. gain buy:
The American Thresherman
ONE YEAR
Everybodys Poultry Ma£azine
ONE YEAR
Regular price, $1.75
Both for
Sl.OO
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Jersey Black Giants ' ' -
Barron" White Lcghorng ..
"Sandy's" White Mri.iuijtons
"Parks'" narred Rocks ...
"Sheppard's" Anconas
Rhode Island Reds
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iM.lian Runner and White I'ekin Ducklings
15.00
25.00
18,00
18.00
18,00
20.00
20.00
20.00
35.00
EGGS
per 100
$20.00
8,00
12.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
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TTTBKEYS
EVERY BREEDER OF TURKEYS WILL
be interested in the new book by Harry
liftmen and Robert Slocum entitled Turkey
Raising. Cloth bound, heavy book papeT,
profusely illustrated and beyond any doubt
the best work of its kind to date. Your or-
der will be filled on receipt of price. $1.75,
postafre prepaid. Address all orders to
Everybodys Poultry Magazine, Hanover, Pa.
PIGEONS
I
PIGEONS — RED CAHNEAUX, MATED
pairs readv to work. |2.00 and $:».00 a pa.r.
Howard F. Winn, Whitewater, Wis. l»?5
INCUBATORS AND BROODERS
MAMMOTH BRONZE, WHITE HOLLAND.
Bourbon Reds. Geese — Mammoth Toulouso,
Embdens, Afrcians. Chinas. Ducks— Imperial
Pekins, Rouens. Buffs, Indian Runners, Mus-
covies. Write A. A. Ziemer, Austin, Minn.
187bm
MAMMOTH WHITE HOLLAND TUR-
keys from 50 lb. toms. 20 lb. hens; state
fair winners. All stock vaccinated against
disease. Stock and eggs for sale. Mrs. Lee
Chapman. Mayfleld, Ky^ ^°^
MICHIGAN'S BEST GIANT BRONZE
turkeys. Extra good values in young toms.
Splendid exhibition pullets. N. E. Ramsdell.
Ionia, Mich^ ^^^
THOROUGHBRED GIANT BRONZE TUR-
keys. Goldbanks from Bird Bros. Pnre win-
ninK stock. Mrs. F. J. Schneider. LaFarge-
YiUi. N. Y. ]ff
QUALITY BRONZE TURKEYS — STOCK
and eggs. Satisfaction guaranteed. EsbeJi-
■hade's Turkey Farm, Box E, Ronka. Pa. 185
MAMMOTH GOLDEN BRONZE TUR-
keys. Splendid markings. Eggs and stock
Mapiecrest Farm, Loudonville. O.
ONE HEN SAFELY HKOODS HH) CHICKS
without artificial heat in the Nature Plus
Hover. Easy to make. We sell plans and
rights. Write for information. Nature-Pl'is
Company. 207(5 Oak St.. Hillsboro. Ore. 180
FOR SALE— OAKES ELECTRIC INCUBA-
tor. lOO-egg capacity. $15; used one season;
rood as new. P. J. Tawney, Hanover, Pa.
tff
FOR SALE— THREE QUEEN INCUBA-
tors, 1,100 capacity each; used two seasons.
Bargain if taken at once. H. E. Weight.
Crandall. Ind. 185
185
BOURBON RED TURKEY EGGS $4.50
per 10 registered strain. Mrs. Fred Simp-
gon. Salem. Ind. ]°_l_
~FOR SALE— BOURBON RED TURKEYS,
100 egg strain. E. W. Jones. Woodlawn, Va.
■^ 185
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEY EGGS
Merrynook Farm, New Brunswick. N. J. 1»7
iHEASANTS
THREE AUTOMATIC STANDARD INCU-
bators, 250 egg. never used. $45.00 each.
Clarence Burton, Cisne. III. 1^5
POULTEY FIATS
POULTRY FLATS— BROOD 600 CHICKS,
house 72 to 90 hens. 6 separate yards on
24x36 ft. space. Book and complete building
plans 50c. Inla'id Poultry Journal, Dept. 83,
Indianapolis, Ind. 186bm
POULTRY REMEDIES
DORAN'S GAPE REMEDY CURES GAPES
or money back. 25c. Agents wanted. W.
H. Diiran, Brandenburs, Ky.
POULTRY SUPPLIES
189
SHIPPING COOPS. BROODERS. BABY
ohicks. Cut prices. Empire Supply House^
Seward. N. Y.
186
MISCELLANEOUS
EGGS. LIVE AND DRESSED POULTRY
wanted. Write for prices and shipping tags
and references. S. Betman & Son, 317
Greenwich St., N. Y. C, N. Y. 186bm
FANCY PHEASANTS. MANY KINDS
Charles P. Denley, Box 1, Rockville. Md. 191
DUCKS
HUBBARD'S FAMOUS SPOTTED DUCKS
with an egg record of 290 each for the year.
Choice stock for sale. G. H. Hubbard. Lock
Haven, Pa. ^^^bm
GEESE
MAMMOTH EMBDEN GEESE THAT
have the size; show birds and breeders; 27
lb. sires. Reasonable prices. Frank Borcher.^
German Valley. 111. 1'^''
FOR SALE— SOL HOT BROODER. FIVE
hundred chick size, never used. Buckeye in-
cubator, bc>ne and shell grinder, oat sprouter.
.Sacrifice price. Arthur Clough, Wiconiscn,
Pa.
185
MILK GOATS AND ALL BREEDS OF
rabbits for sale. Dedricks. Kinderhook, N. J .
BOOKS
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POULTRY DOCTOR BOOK — CAUSES,
symptoms, treatments — for lOc postage, etc
South Mountain Hennery Co.. Middlctown
Md.
185
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) I BRADLEY BROS., Lee, Mass.
Barred Rocks WIN
At MacGson Square Garden 1922
Firtt, Second, Third and FifA Cockerels
Firtt, Second, Fourth and Fifth Cocks
Bverr bird w« exhibited wm placed (all bred and raised by u«) thus rounding out
KTvrj °T\Zm'^ ^lij^^ijion Square Garden First Prlie Winning Reputation by
Birds of Our Breeding
FOR SALE — 1,000 BIRDS — Our Best Lines, comprising both
Old and Young Stock, for Show and Breeding
L^ht and Dark Bred
Including also some very valuable unused Cock Birds — Classy Speci-
mens we can recommend. Many of these birds are bred from our New
i York Prize Birds. Write for wants whether desiring some of the most
choice or just general purpose stock, and if favored by your order we
will select for your individual needs and send the full money s worth.
We specialise in highest grades but can furnish all values.
Bradley Bros.
Box 314 Lee, Mass., U. S. A.
Illuttrated Circular Free
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE— SMALL POULTRY FARM
includin)^ H room frRme dwolliiig with a|i
modern conveniences, new layinjj house for
70(» hens, equipped with lights, two brooder
houses, feed house other outbuildings and he-
fessories, about three acres loamy soil; qq.
quarter mile from railroad on state road* edge
of town of Snow Hill, Md. Address Robt. H
Renshaw, Jr., Snow Hill, Md. ISTbni
CHICKEN FARM FOR SALE— VINk^
land, N. J. Center of chicken industry, pjf.
teen hundred capacity, with brooder house;
eight room, semi-bungalow; garage; all
new; modern improvements. Shade and
fruit trees. For particulars, address, Q. x
Zisetto, The Colonial, 15th and M Sts., N. W.[
Washington, D. C 185
WANTED TO HEAR FROM OWNER HAV^
ing poultry farm or other property for sale.
State cash price and particulars. .John J
Hlack, '^72nd St., Chippewa Falls, Wis. 185
I~WANT FARMS FOR CASH BUYERS.
Give full description, price. R. McNown, 317
Wilkinson Bldg., Omaha, Neb. 185
SALE — POULTRY FARmI 25 ACREs!
Fine buildings. M'le from Hillsdale, Mich.
Write, Sterling. Holland, O. 185bin
PLANTS
FREE. SEND NAMES AND GET 25
pedigreed strawberry plants free. Piedmont
Nursery Co., Piedmont, Mo. 186bam
BLACK RASPBERRIES PAY $500 ACRE
profits. Easily grown anywhere. Good plants
for sale reasonable. Frank Payne, Shawnee,
Kan. 187
CIGABS
DIRECT FROM FACTORY. 5-INCH CU-
ban twisters, long fillers. Sweet as a nut.
$2.(10 for 50. Frtink Miller. 1208 West 8th
St., Dept. 4. Los Angeles. Calif. 192
PEINTINO
BETTER POULTRY PRINTING FOR
less 'money. Don't use plain paper or poor
printing when you can obtain "real" print-
injf that will sell your poultry, at our sur-
prisingly modest prices. Cuts used, every-
thing prepaid. Send stanij) immediately for
prites and samples. Model Printing Com-
pany, Manchester. la. 185
BETTER POULTRY PRINTING. LOWER
prices. Cuts used free. Write today for
printed samples, Mtating your breed. E. W.
Spafford Co., Martville, N. Y. 185
WE WRITE ADVERTISEMENTS. LET-
ters, folders, booklets for i)oultrymen who
demand results. Suggestions free. Ross
Weygandt Company, Borea, O. 185
SAVE ON PRINTING. BUSINESS 8TA-
tioiiery for farmers, poultrymen, dairymen .It
rock bottom prices. Samples. Free cut
service. National Printing Co., 393a Main St.,
Worcester, Mass. 1*5
POULTRY PRINTING — DON'T HESI-
tate to get our 1924 8am]>le8 ])est on the mar-
ket. 2c stamp gets them. Renoux Printin?
Co., Washington. In. 1^5
~ 250 BOND LETTERHEADS OR ENVEL-
opes $1.50. Other printing reasonable.
Geyer Printery. B<'x H8C F. Dayton. O. 187
EVERYTHING PRINTED SAMPLES
free. Franklin Press. B-20, Milford. N. H.
lort
TYPEWRITERS
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Easy iiayiiionts. Payne Company. Ro"<e^*'*
Station. Kansas City, Kan.
POSITION WANTED
188
WANTED— SOUTHERN POSITION BY
jtoultryman, age :U. married, graduate agri-
(ultuntl collere. twelve years practical ex-
perience, jiedigreeing and exhibition expert.
Knows every ithase of i)oultry work. Salary
must be liberal. Address. R. O.. care Every-
bodys Poultry Magazine. Hanover. Pa. l""
HELP WANTED — MALE
SHOES— BECOME OUR LOCAL SALES-
man aellinif high-grade shoes direct to
wearer. Quick seller and good commusi""-
F^xperience not required. Tanners J^*""® *J *;
Co., 1012 C St., Boston, Mass. 185M»
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You cannot afford to go without them at the present
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Samples and Prices on Request
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behind them. Contest Pens.
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At the Washington, D. C, Show, November 27, I won the Silver Trophy presented by The President of the United States for the Be^t
Pen in the entire show and The Secretary Wallace Cup for the Best Young Pen in the American Class. Incidenially, I also won: First
Cock, First Hen, First and Second Cockerel and First and Second Pullet. Watch my birds at the coming shows. If you wish EQ08,
pleHse book ortlers NOW.
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The Ideal Fowl -Beauty Meat,Eggs
I am prepared to make immediate shipment of early baby chicks or
high class breeding stock. My prices are fair and I will guarantee safe
delivery. Write for free circular and 1924 mating list, containing de-
tailed list of my great winnings and pictures of my superb, massive,
typical WHITE Orpingtons.
Leroy E« Winters^ 1411 pnce st, Scr anton^ Pa>
Baby
Chicks
Lady Puritaa
C6tt some of
Mjr Chlelis.
delivery
fuarantoed.
Copak Falls. N. Y— Have 49
pullets; started to :ay at 4H
mo. Lajred 45 ecRi a day last
January. "Best bunrh I ever
had." Never found their
equal.
Miss Marie Leto.
Hady LAYcnr
Laid 32o Eftfts
RuseellTllle. Ark. — Baby chicks
arrfveij flno shape. I helleve your
chicki show more vitality and pop
than any I have seen, and we hav©
hatched hundreds.— Luke S. Parish.
PURITAS SPRINGS
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
WORLD'S GREATEST WINTER LAYERS
Trapnested for 13 year* w'tho"* "'«•'"• •''••'"•ll,"'^;:^ ^"^^ TuS wVto
farm is a trapnest. Wo trapneat every day of ovary year. Tho auro way lo
produce heavy layers. ^ ^ mw^w-mw^^ m.
THE MOST SCIENTIFIC FARM IN AMERICA
... » ^ ♦- h. f.r«ii. BABY CHICKS by Parcel Post
rrT'C All ouaranteed to bo fertiio. vnu* vm»»w -j
EGGS They arTall large and white. Safe arrival iuarantoed.
Our pedigree COCKERELS Increaie e«g production, put health and beauty In
veur Tock Order a pen or trio of our pedigree Leghorns, then you will have
Teihorns you wn be proud of. Send today for our free catalogue, it describes
ouJ Ickf Jive, pricrfor eg... chick, and .tock. You will enjoy raadin.
thi. book.
OUR CUSTOMERS ALWAYS
COME BACK
Baltimore. Md. — Rush your cata-
logue. I own 43 hens of your strain
and they are marvelous layers. I
want prices on chicks, pullets and
licni. I only want your strain.
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The Greatest Record of All Time
FVFRY PRIZE AND RIBBON OFFERED
Cocks 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Cockerels Ut, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Hens l«t, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Pullets l»t» 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Young Pens 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Old Pens Itt, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
60 Prizes Out of 60 Offered ut Botti Shows
Sweepstake Championship Male and Female and Every Special Prize-
This is the crowning achievement of their unexampled record at New
York for more tha/ss victoriou. y-^'^t-y last Five Ga^^^^^^^
hibits— Five Years in Succession— THE IMPERIAL RINGLETS won
27 Fir.t Prize, out of 27 Offered— Every Bird Bred on My Farm.
The competition at the.e shows was stronger in quality than at all the
other shows of America combined— a fact that every breeder know,
only too well
Pint Prize imperial **RingUt" Cock
of MadiBon Square Garden, New Yarn
— Th« nne»t c€>ck ever exhlbiteO,
Supreme at Madison Square Garden Is
Supreme Everywhere
IMPERIAL "RINGLET" EGGS
If you desire to have egp^ from the finest birds and matjn.s that have^ ^!^Yrs?'prizes*tnd 'siwlr
the history of the breed I will furnish you. It will be a P'^^'"" .*° j 'J^i^^^^^orth hundreds of dollars each
cups at next season's shows. Hundreds of my customers have Pfoduced birds *""" """V[|y STAND PBE-
from my IMPERIAL "RINGLET" eggs. You may do the same. AS LASERS IHtY siaxnu r
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My Eggs Are the Best Money Can Buy-They Produce First Prize Birds |
. XT V 1 Burlinffame, Calif., July 23, 1923.
7J^''^Sr^fi':^tZTepftls a^raand°ofeg"on i^tTFa^'fim and s^veep.takes at California State
ilfow ft oklandj^firstTnd^weepstakes at San Carlos-ui.der different judges,
Grand E*IUI.«lon and Breeding Bird* tor Sale of this Riche»« FirsI
PWz" Su.e"p"«"k« New York Blood. They will improve any Barred
rSc*. in America. Elegant Catalogue mailed upon request.
EGGS
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From the finest exhibition mating*
One setting $20.00, two settings $35.00, four set
tings, $60.00, 100 eggs $90.00.
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past is due to the fact that its base is our own high-grade Oat-
meal to which is added Hominy, Bran, Middlings, Puffed Wheat
and Minerals in easily assimilable form.
Oatmeal as the base for cereal food for chicks, calves, pigs and
babies has been the acknowledged leader for years. Ful-0-Pep
Chick Starter has always contained the best grade of cereal
products produced in our own mills— that's why it has always
given poultry raisers such splendid results.
And now this season we have added to this splendid chick ra-
tion another high grade product— one which marks a great ad-
vance in the science of chick feeding— it is Cod Liver Oil— the
highest grade obtainable. Science has recently discovered that
Cod Liver Oil greatly reduces leg weakness and other chick
troubles. Thus we have kept step with progress and have made
an extremely good chick feed still better.
Your Dealer can supply you withFul 0-Pep
Chick Starter.
vv nie lor Free iilustraccd Circular
telling all about Ful-O-Pep Chick Starter— why it will make
your chicks grow faster and why it will greatly reduce
your death losses. Just fill out coupon, mail to us and this
valuable circular will be sent you by return mail.
The pL 0 "P Way of Feeding Poultry
provide* the proper feed for every mtage of growth:
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Ful-O-Pep Egg Ma»h \ far laying hen.
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Preferred by those who look
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laying pullets next fall.
Rosemont Distinctive Chicks are
tie value. From superior, quali-
fied, free range flocks of heavy lay-
ers headed by choice males of
America's foremost strains: Tan-
cred and "Belle of Jersey" White
Leghorns. Thompson and Holter-
man Barred Rocks, Wilburtha
White Rocks. Martin and Mattison
White Wyandottes. Owen and Sked
B I. Reds, Sheppard Anconas.
'Every flock culled by experts for
type, color, health and laying ca-
pacity.
These distinctive chicks are not
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profitable to own. First hatch
Feb. 5th, then every week.
Writ* f«r unique, beautifuily
Illustrated eataloi. It'* FREE.
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Member International Paby Chick A»«n.
SOFF "WYANDdttE PUllETS
Sixty production-bred, free range pullets
Uid better than 50% during coldest weather,
no forcefeeding. PRICED TO MOVE, NEED
'^^Thwe will make egg records and give you
nuality chicks. Oldest production-bred prixe
winning strain. Also choice cockerels and
hatching eggs, guaranteed. „ , ,. _-
Mrs. Ely Broylea. R. 8, SedabaflV^^
CHICK BOXES
At Slashed Prices
100-si*©, complete with staples, $2.90
per dot.; 50-8iie. $185 per dor.; 25-
size, $1.35 per dox. Freight P«>d to
many points on orders over $10.00.
These boxes are officially approved by
the Mid-West Baby Chick Ass'n and
are unsurpassed in quality. Buy them
at our risk. Your money will be re-
funded in full if you are not convinced
on inspection that these are the finest
boxes you have ever seen.
Also LOW FACTORY TO USER
PRICES on HATCHING EGO BOXES.
15egg size, $1..'>0 doz.; 30-size. $2.10
doz.; 50 epjc si*^. $2.85 dox.; lOOegg
size. $4.95 doz. Freight paid to many
points on orders over $10.00. These
are the standard Premier, double
walled, corrugated fibre board boxes
that have been used by leading ship-
pers for years.
Oonplete price list with interesting
shipping instructions free for the
asking.
WESTERN BOX & BASKET CO.
OMAHA NEBRASKA
HOLTERMAN'S
Thousands of the greatest Prize
Winning Showbirds and greatest
Layers the world has ever seen
have been produced BY "ARIS-
TOCRAT* CUSTOMERS out of
•ARISTOCRAT* BARRED
ROCK EGGSl (Read this sen-
tence again.) Holterman's
'•ARISTOCRAT* Customers are
winning out in thousands of show-
rooms throughout the United
States and Canada — yes, through-
out the entire world — winning out
in the very biggest, the very larg-
est shows of all.
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THE KIND THEY PRODUCE
"ARISTOCRAT"
THE "ARISTOCRAT" EGGS which are producing all these grand Prize
Winners, all these marvelous Layers for Barred Rock breeders, every-
where, are only $15 for 15. $25 for 30, $40 for 50, and $75 per hun-
dred. It is well-known throughout all America that HOLTERMAN is
the man who is sending out to his customers the Real Quality in Barred
Rock eggs for hatching.
Please have your order booked at once and allow as much time to fill it
as you possibly can. The aemand for "ARISTOCRAT' Eggs thU .ea-
.on U breaking ALL previou. record.. You will be wi.e if you telegraph
your order today for later delivery.
EGGS
PLEASE NOTE that the .ame identical Cockbird. and Hen. which pro-
duced the greatest of all "ARISTOCRAT" Prize Winners and Layers
r^t season are again mated up in the "ARISTOCRAT" yards RIGHT
NOW THEY PRODUCED THOSE PHENOMENAL WINNERS AND
SrS LAST SEASON, THEY WILL NATURALLY PRODUCE
^IICH QUALITY AGAIN THIS SEASON. These are, therefore,
TESTED breeders, breeding birds which have been tried out, have been
proven, and THESE SAME birds actually ^id produce man^^^^^ the
greatest of all Barred Rocks this last year. THINK THIS OVLK^^
PRODUCE PRIZE WINNERS
Is this what YOU would like to have in YOUR eggs for hatching? Then
simply write or wire TODAY. ^^^^ information in
?;Vo" have not yet received it be sure and 8.t
down and write for this nice Booklet RIGHT ^
NOW! You surely ought to have it I ^
W. D. Holterman, Fancier,
Fort Wayne, Indiana, U. S. A.
W. D. HOLTERMAN, Fancier
Box V
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MARCH, 1924
NUMBER 3
EVERYBODYS
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Cover
by L. A. Stahmer
Giving the Baby Chicks a Chance
by Prof. H. R. Lewii
The Mediterraneans, Part I
by T. F. McGrew
The Housewife and a Few Hens
by H. H. Collier
Bringing: Off the Pedigree Hatch
by Helen Dow Whitaker
Experiment Stations
by Prof. H. R. LewU
The Superlative Hen
by Harold F. Barber
The South is in the Race
by O. A. Hanke
The Casserole
by Harold F. Barber
Hints on Securing Fertility
by Chas. D. Cleveland
The* Madison Square Garden, N. Y., Show
by H. P. Schwab
Two More Readers Ask Our Opinion
by D. E. Hale
Editorials 244-247
Eariu'-st Kndcavor; Perliaps This May Help You;
Rt'ad Your Poultry Magazines; How to Improve
Business; Practiral Poultry Breeding; Responsive-
ness; Our Advertisers; When Writing to Adver-
tisers; When Like Begets Like; Early Chickens;
Ahnut Poultry Profits; Excellent Business Condi-
tions.
Editor's Desk
Everybodys Chats
by H. P. Schwab
March in the Poultry Yards
A Debt We Owe
by Prof. H. R. Lewii
Hale's Henographs
The Great West
bv H- H. Collier
American Buff Wyandotte Club Bulletin
Jersey Black Giant Club Bulletin
Horticultural Department
by Prof. Arthur J. Farley
The Time Measure of Performance in Egg Pro
duction
by C. T. Patterson
Bantam Department
by George Fitterer
Waterfowl on the Farm
by Oscar Grow
Shows and Associations
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'I'htT*' art" tr iiig io ln' so many good features in April
Everybodys that we can only here mention a few. So be on
tlu" loi>koIit for this Spring issvic. and may we ask that you
ti'll your friends and neiijhhors, keeping poultry, of the feast
of good things partially mentioned below.
POSSIBILITIES OF BABY CHICKS
By Prof. H. R. Lewis
Whether you are hatching bnt a fow clii. ks with a mother
hen or a larger number with tho use of small incubators or
a breeder using large ineubator capacity, you will want to
read tins Ai'Vil i>tory by Associate Kdilor Lewis — one t-f his
very best series now running.
BROODER CARE AND RATIONING
By Helen Dow Whitaker
With April the thou>;hts of poultry keepers will be in the
care and rationing,' of baby chicks, and Mrs. Whitaker gives
some most excellent advice that will be of benefit to every
reader. Manv letters have been received eomi»limentary to
our ad<liiig Mrs. Whitaker to our long list of contributors,
ami she tel'.s us that she enjoys greatly this new acquaint-
ance with Everybodys" large family.
THE MEDITERRANEANS. PART II
By T. F. McGrew
The second part of the Mediterranean Hroed series, by
Mr. Mc(irew. will ai)pear in April — this article profusely
illustrated by Stahmer. We know that it will be of great
interest to every lover "f the various breeds and varieties
in the Mediterranean class. In fact, we would consider it
the best article < f the entire series.
DONT BE AFRAID OF THE GROUND
By Chas. D. Cleveland
Associate Editor Cleveland has written on almost every
subject that one can think of in his lonj years of servwe
with Evervbodvs, but we doubt if any writer has found a
subject, to dale, as that ««f this feature Ai)ril article, and
Mr. Cleveland deals with the subject in hi.s own character-
'how much profit may I EXPECT?
By D. E. Hale
The letters received bv Mr. Hale and dire.t tn this office
are evidence of the interest displayed by our readers in his
series of answers to queries coming Irom all sources by those
who aro considering e^itering into poultry keeping as a busi-
,„.ss or side line. The Ai-ril story by Mr. ILile is .f unusual
interest, so be on the lookout for something e.xtra good.
OTHER FINE FEATURES
In addition to the above. The CasseroU* will have "boiled
down" for v'.u. valuable information a^ culled by Mr. Bar-
ber, and, wliile, we may not have a feature article in April
from Mr. Barber, we take this opportunity of advising our
readers thut a seri-.-s is now in preparation that will be
uii'isual in its imiH.rtance and value. There will also be
t'lp E\i>erimont Stations with condensed report.s of the
several national contests, as wtMl as Tiie H<)usew.fe and a
Few lions and other good things from Harry II. Collier, uy
all means, do not miss April!
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Aldham Poultry Farm
Alden. Edgar F. ..........
American Steel A Wire Co..
Armour Tire & Rubber Co..
Arnold, Aug. D • •
American Incubator Mfg. Go,
249,
A.merican Fruit Grower . . .
Adams, H. C
Anderson Box Oo
American Scientific Labora-
tories, Inc
American Supply Co
American Poultry School . .
Arey, M. S
Anderson, R. H
American Poultry Journal .
335. 338, 341,
Arcady Farms Milling Co. .
Bridges Mfg. Co. 342
Burrell-Dugger Co. ... 274, 285
Bonnie Brae Orpington Farm 260
Baringer, M. F 268
Bellp City Incubator Co. ... 279
Buffalo Incubator Co 331
Browor Mfg. Co 314
Berry's Poultry Farm 294
Burn Brae Poultry Farm . . 329
Barber, Harold F • 279
Barr's Knobby Stone Poul-
try Farm 290
Bradley Bros. 350
Blamberg Bros.. Inc ^»»
Beuoy, Geo. 277
Bailey. L.W 269
Bird Bros • 220
Buckeye Incubator Co j6W»
Battles, C. O /'•,•• ^®^
Bloomer Bros back cover
Bowers & Sons Co., F. M. . . 296
Bradford, J. A 3^0
Brownstown Poultry Farm . 287
Brehm. J. C. 313
Bowman, John • • • • • ^^i
Bolgiano Seed Co., J ^j*
<Jhas. I. Balch 307
Boyer. Luther • • • • ^»°
Branch Brook Poultry Farm 318
Bryan, Daniel 268
Broyles. Mrs. Ely • . . . 223
Blanks Red & Bronse Farm 335
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Chubb Farms ....
Collis Products Co.
Collins, W. H. ...
Crosby, A. S
Cooper, H. W
Call of the Hen
Consolidated Products Co.
Cook & Son, F. G
Curtiss Co., W. R
Cosh, Newton
Cleveland, Chas. D.
Cycle Hatcher Co.
Collier, IJ. H
Clardy. P. F
Cook, Jr., C. Sydney
Cedar Grove Farm
Conkey Co., G. E
Charters Mfg. Co
Cassel's Son. F. P
Carbolineum Wood Preserv
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Davy, G. R 814
Detroit Alliance Incubator Oo.
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Dickinson Co., Albert 277
Des Moines Incubator Co. . 298
Davey, F. H 247
Daniels, H. A 322
Dorchester Pottery Works . 283
Dirt-Eneme Chemical Co. . . 334
Duffield Farm 268
Eberhart Poultry Farm . . . 253
Empire Supply Co 326
Edmonds, D. J 285
Kdgprton Mfg. Co 284
Electric Controller Co. ... 280
Edgetown Farm 332
Fairview Poultry Farm
Ferris, Geo. B
Fairview Farm
Fleischmann Co
Frantz, Osee C
328
323
271
263
326
Fishing Creek Poultry Farm 293
Federal Land Banks 283
Farmers Tobacco Union . . . 338
Greenwood Farm
Greensmith, Rev. Harry G.
Gastonia Poultry Farm
Guile & Windnagle, Inc. . .
Grangers Mfg. Co.
Graham, C. S
Gibbins, R. J
Grove Hill Poultry Yards . .
Grow, Oscar
Glen Rock Nursery & Stock
Farm
Grandview Poultry Farm . .
Happy Hen Remedy Co. . .
Holtzapple Hatchery
Hare Incubator Co
Homestead Farm
Hankins, W. H
Hertz, Jos. H
Holterman, W. D
Homestead Campine Farm .
Halbach & Sons, W. H
Hall, Edward F
Hodgson Co., E. F
Hess & Clark, Dr 288,
Hay, L. A
Homespun Farm
333
309
327
273
291
314
316
260
279
344
305
314
3:^3
837
341
293
254
223
247
325
297
251
291
287
838
Lee Co., Geo. H 338
Laywell Farm 310
Lewis Farms 809
Lesher, J. Guy 345
Lee's Chickeries 335
McMurray, Murray 290
McGuire, Walter J 260
McKean, Henry P 205
Mansfield Hatcheries 338
Mating & Breeding of Poul-
try 342
Monmouth Poultry Farm . . 314
Mayhill Poultry Farm 312
Morris Farm 313
Mann Co., F. W 285
Marcy Farms 813
Mvcrs, C. N 335
Martin, John S 246
Missouri Poultry Farms . . . 294
Moeller Co., A. E 315
Morris Mfg. Co 297
Mittendorff's Leghorn Ranch 290
Michel & Son, Henry 280
Metal Egg Crate Co 303
Mailwin Mfg. Co 808
Norwich Automatic Feeder
Co 259
Nunda Poultry Farm 281
Neuhauser Chick Hatcheries 307
Neubert Co., R. F 280
National Poultry Institute . 271
Nixon, Chas 300
Nabob Hatcheries 311
Newtown Giant Incubator
Corporation 315
National Poultry Band Co. . 301
New London Hatchery .... 814
Ossege Hatchery. J. W. . . 807
O. K. Company 287
Owen Farms 253
"Oculum" Co 813
Ohio Marble Co 282
Ovie's Poultry Farm A
Hatchery 290
Ontdoor Enterprise Co 278
Oak Dale Farm 252
International Baby Obick As-
sociation 309
Inland Poultry Journal . . . 276
Independent Mfg. Co 279
Ironclad Incubator Co 281
Illinois Band & Supply Co.. 338
Johnson Co., M. M 839
Jacobus, M. R 307
James Mfg. Co 828, 332
Jones, L. W 337
Kitselman Bros 816
Krejci, James 278
Kerlin's Grand View Poul-
try Farm 273
Keipper Cooping Co 282
Kulp, W. W 278
Keeler, Chas. V 311
Klass, J 31-2
Kerr Chickeries, Inc 329
Little, Samuel 254
Lancaster Mfg. Co 327
Lord Farms 262
Long, J. Elmer 341
Pittsfield Poultry Farms Co.
Picturesque Poultry Farms.
Poultry Success
Portable House Mfg. Co. . .
Pedrick Poultry Farms . . .
Purina Mills
Puritas Springs Poultry
Firm
Poltl, A. F
Putnam, I •
l^arics, ti . w . •.•......•...
Pape, Chas. G
Potter A Co
Pennsylvania Poultry Farm.
Payne Bros
Peerless Wire ft Fence Co..
Prairie State Incubator Co..
Poultry Item
Pratt Food Co
Page, R. A
Poorman. John G • • •
Pardee, Roy E
Practical Poultry Production
322
838
328
817
813
288
313
817
275
308
260
278
335
825
316
841
339
297
313
806
337
301
Quaker Oats Co front cover
Queen Incubator Co 295
Rice, J. L. ...
Royal Mfg. Co.
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312
286
Ratin Laboratory of Phila..
Revonah Poultry Products
Co
ReliOible Incubator ft Brood-
er Co
Rice, Inc., A. L
Ridgeway Poultry Farm . .
Resseguie, L. B
Rosemont Poultry Farms ft
Hatchery
Royal Puritan Poultry Yards
Rentzel, P. E
Rose Lawn Ancona Farms .
Rideau Specialty Co
Rugh, James G
814
834
272
282
845
254
223
252
322
269
832
333
Spang, J. C 825
Speitel & Kirachbaum 322
Stauffer ft Son, H. M 268
Shantz, M 338
Sutton's Orpington Farm .. 807
Standard of Perfection back cover
Smith. B. Hazelton 818
Stillwagen, F. H 268
Schiewe Poultry Farm .... 318
Sheppard, H. Cecil 317
St. Helens Incubator Co. . . 274
Shaw Products Co 888
Silver Ward Hatchery .... 281
Smith Co., Wellington J. . . 325
Struven ft Co., Chas. M. . . . 300
Sunnysido Poultry Farm . . 281
Spratts Patent Ltd 278
Schilling Leghorn Farm ... 819
Sheer Co., H. M 320-321
Spahr Breeding Estate, H.
M 300, 807
Sheffield Farm 823
Sunnyside Poultry Farm,
R. C. Blodgett 295
Tioga Mill ft Elevator Co.
287, 294
Tarzinol Co back oover
Tompkins, Harold 259
Thornwood Poultry Yards . . 833
Thompson, E. B back cover
Trapnest Designs 881
Utility Corporation . . . 256-257
United Brooder Co 277
Van o'Dale Farm 828
Vineland Trap Nest Poultry
Ranch ft Hatchery 885
Wyckoff ft Son. 0. S 260
Walker Remedy Co 286
Woodward Farms 800
Wolf Hatching ft Breeding
Co 327
Wayne County Duck Farm . 328
Western Box ft Basket Go. 228
Watchbury Steck Farm ... 269
Wilburtha Poultry Farms . . 248
WeJdner. H. S 296
Wilkinson ft Wilkinson ... 337
White Mfg. Co 328
Whiting Farm 247
Walck, L. R 322
Walnut Ridge Hatchery ... 827
Weber. W. A 294
Wisconsin Incubator Oo. .. 801
White Hill Farms Co 227
Winters, LeRoy E back cover
Young Co., E. 0.
Zwick, K. H. . . .
296
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HANOVER, PA., MARCH, 1924
No. 3
Giving the Baby Chicks
A Chance
In the baby chick lies the future success of your year's work. As the mighty oak from the acorn grows,
so the fine quaUty roasting chickens and heavy laying pullets will come from the baby chicks
which we brood this spring. '^Give them a chance to live and grow
naturally", mu?t be our slogan for the spring of 1924
By Prof. H. R. LEWIS, Associate Editor
VERITABLE tidal wave of ba:).\ chicks has swept
the country durinp: the pr.st two years. This
rapid growth in chicks has been occasioned by
many factors. Without the <levelopment of the
mammoth incubators, our in.mense hatching
plants would have been impossible and the baby chicks to
meet the natural
growing demand
of the American
public, could not
have been pro-
duced. Then too,
our American
farmers and sub-
urbanites h a V e
come to appreci-
ate the fact that
in baby chicks
they have the
safest, the mnst
convenient, and
the most eco-
nomic way of es-
tablishing their
poultry flock each
year. Ready
made chicks, pur-
chased from a re-
liable breeder or
hatchery, deliver-
ed to their door
by Uncle Sam
over the parcel
po'ot route at
whatever date
they wish them, with guaranteed satisfaction to them, is
probably the biggest factor which has brought about the
rapid and unprecedented development in the baby chick
industry. "I buy my chicks ready made" is the slogan
which has been adopted by a great and growing army of
poultry people. But good chicks is not all of the prob-
lem. When the
chicks are re-
c e i v e d by the
poultryman or
farmer, or when
they are taken
out of one's own
incubator, the
next few weeks
immediately fol-
lowing, will de-
termine in large
part, the livabil-
ity, growth and
develop ment
which the result-
ing chick will
make. As the
care and nourish-
ment given a
child during the
early months of
its life deter-
mines in large
part its ultimate
growth and de-
velopment, so the
care and atten-
tion and nourish-
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ment which we give our flock of little
fluffy youngsters during their early
days in the brooder, will determine in
large measure, their growth, their
ultimate size, and their productive
ability. Giving the chicks a chance,
involves certain definite obligations
on the part of the heavy poultry
raiser. These are not extremely hard
or impossible of accomplishment, but
they do require first, a definite knowl-
edge in advance, of conditions which
must be supplied. Secondly, they re-
quire the fulfillment of these princi-
ples regularly and systematically.
Hare Everything Ready for the
Chicks
Whether you buy your chicks
ready made, or whether they come
from your own incubators, the first
step in the brooding season is the
preliminary overhauling and preparation of the brooding
equipment. See first of all, that the brooder house itself
has been thoroughly cleaned, disinfected, and dried out.
Have a thin layer of sand on the brooder floor immedi-
ately under the stove or hover, and over this a light layer
of chaff, cut clover, fine cut straw or some short cut ma-
terial of this kind. Then be sure your brooder stove,
whether it is a coal burner, or an oil burner, is running
and regulating properly. To do this, it must be operated
for a few days before the chicks are due. This not only
gives you a chance to check up on the condition of the
stove, but it also warms up and dries out the house, which
m«ans that everything is snug and comfortable for the
precious little peeps when they arrive. Be sure that the
equipment, such as drinking fountains, hoppers, and all
other appliances, are of proper type, sufficient in number
and clean and sanitary. Also have prepared around the
brooder stove, a low fence or partition of some kind,
whereby the chicks can be confined close to the stove for
a few days of their life. Probably nothing is better for
this purpose than inch mesh wire eighteen inches high.
This will stand of itself, and should be shaped in the form
of a big circle about one and one-half feet outside the
outer edge of the hover or reflector. In very severe
winter we?.ther, it is possible to lay burlap bags which
can be ripped into strips, over this wire, to prevent a
floor draft and to keep the chicks snug and comfortable.
As the chicks grow in size, this wire can be expanded and
the circle enlarged, until finally the front of the wire can
(Above) On their way from the in*
cubator to the colony brooder. The
lonely little white fellow says, "What
strange company I am keeping."
(Left) Out of doors when a few
days old, makes hardy chicks that Hts
and grow.
be opened up and the chicks given
the whole run of the front of the
house; this wire simply being allowed
to form half a circle at the back part
of the house, to keep the chicks from
crowding back into the back comers.
The Chicks Are Here
Now that the chicks have arrived,
there are two very definite problems
which the poultryman must appreci-
ate and practice. First of all, one
must understand that chicks require
for their health and normal develop-
ment, a certain degree of heat. They
must not be kept too warm or they
must not be allowed to chill. Either of these conditions
will bring on digestive disorders and bowel trouble, which
wi.l cause a heavy mortality. What is the correct tem-
perature, you ask? No thermometer can give it to you
accurately. The proper temperature is a temperature in
which the chicks are comfortable and appear normal and
natural. If the hover is too cold, the chicks will crowd
under the reflector up against the stove or heater in an
effort to get warm. This banking or crowding of chicks
causes the complete or partial suffocation of some, especi-
ally those underneath the pile, the chilling of others, and
trouble is in store for you immediately. If the chicks are
too warm, they will pant, and try to get away from the
stove just as far as possible, but if the temperature w
correct, they will lie about on the floor, stretched out in
a contented, happy position, or be singing very merrily
in their search for grain or feed. At night the tempera-
ture should be such that they will form a ring or circle
around the hover just outside of the edge of the reflector.
They usually prefer, during the first few days, a tempera-
ture of about 90 degrees to 95 degrees, which means that
the temperature under the hover, where it is usually
taken, if in a coal-burning or kerosene heated brooder,
should be at least 100 or 105 degrees, or even higher. A
slightly too warm temperature is to be desired over a too
cool one, for the chicks always have the opportunity of
getting away from the heat by moving farther from the
hover rim.
Feeding Is the Second Big Problem
In brooding chicks, one must appreciate, first of all,
that nature furnishes the young chick with its first food
upply. This is in the nature of the yolk, which is drawn
? ?j ^jie body on the nineteenth day just before the chick
hatches. The proper absorption and digestion of this
volk material is just as necessary for the development
nd health of the young chick, as the colustium milk which
Jomes from the cow after calfing. It is laxative in
nature, starts the digestive system working properly, and
means health and good growth. This natural food supply
^11 suffice to meet the requirements of the young chick
for from 48 to 68 hours, and they should not be fed heav-
Uy previous to this time. Then again, we must remember
that baby chicks are exceedingly small, which means that
they have a small digestive system ; that is, they cannot
store up in their bodies, large quantities of feed for fu-
ture use, and then again, bearing on the same question,
ia the fact that chicks grow very rapidly. They make, in
fact, a more rapid growth, during their early life, than
any other animal; that is, in proportion to their original
weight. Taking into account the peculiarities of the
chicks as above mentioned, means that if we are to feed
them properly, they must be given little at a time, but
they must be fed
often. Four or
five times a day
for the first few
weeks is none too
often. They
should be given
at each feeding,
what they will
clean up quickly,
and apparently
be satisfied, yet
they must be hun-
gry when the
next feeding time
comes around.
The first feed
given should be
easily seen, high-
ly nutritious and
palatable. For
that reason many
feeders give a
very limited
quantity of rolled
oats as the first
feed for chicks.
do well when they reach your hands. This association
has evolved a simple feeding plan, which has for a num-
ber of years now, been used successfully throughout the
country by a great many feeders. The plan is this:
"The first day in the brooder, the chicks should have
sour milk to drink, plenty of fine grit or sharp sand on
the brooder floor, and a fine litter of clover chaff or fine
cut straw. They may be fed sparingly of a fine chick
scratch feed once or twice if they have been on the road
a considerable period of time. There are many efficient
chick scratch feeds on the market. When choosing one,
be sure that it is made up of good clean grains, that it is
free from an excessive amount of millet, and that it is
not heavily loaded with grit.
During succeeding days in the brooder, continue to
feed the chick scratch from four to five times a day, feed-
ing little at a time, but often. As the chicks are given
large quantities of mash feed and wider range as they
grow older, the frequency of the grain feedings may be
reduced. They should be gotten onto an intermediate
scratch feed when they are about five weeks old, and on
growing scratch when eight to nine weeks old.
When the chicks are a few days old (from two to five
days) they should be given access to a good chick butter-
milk starting
mash and when
about three weeks
old this may be
changed to a but-
termilk growing
mash. There are
many excellent
commercial ra-
tions of this kind
on the market.
The buttermilk
mash should be
fed in hoppers or
feeding troughs
so arranged that
the chicks will
not waste the
mash, but so that
they can have ac-
cess to it at all
times. Begin to
feed the mash
sparingly until
the chicks get
used to it. Be
sure to keep sour
The d*y of the setting hen in her cozy barrel is rapidly passing.
Along with this should be scattered on the brooder floor,
sharp grit, extremely fine in size. Hard grains are rarely
given to chicks the first day in the brooder.
The Value of Sour Milk
It is coming to be generally known that sour niilk offers
peculiar advantages to young chicks. First, it is very
palatable and highly nutritious. The chicks relish it.
Secondly, the lactic acid present seems to act as a tonic
and an appetiser, as well as an internal disinfectant,
cleansing the digestive system from undesirable bacteria
growth, which means health and a normal growth of the
chicks themselves. In other words, it has certain medici-
nal properties which no other feeds seem to possess;
hence, in feeding brooder chicks, it is excellent to give
them, in addition to a fresh supply of drinkmg water
which is constantly before them, sour skim milk to drink
or in the absence of which, buttermilk, or semi-solid
buttermilk; the latter being fed as a paste just as it
comes from the barrel.
A Simple Successful Feeding Plan
The International Baby Chick Associaton, an organiza-
tion of upwards of five hundred baby chick producers,
who will make a business of producing close to one hun-
dred million baby chicks during this spring, of 1924, are
interested in seeing that these chicks live and grow and
milk, or semi-solid buttermilk before the chicks all the
time if possible, throughout their growing life.
Get the Chicks Out of Doors
It is true, especially with the chicks, that they live bel-
ter and grow better if they can be gotten out of doors
fairiy early in their life. There seems to be some stimu-
lation and health giving properties which they acquire
from coming in contact with Mother Earth. Then again,
chicks relish young tender green food, and it is very
essential for their growth and development. Green grass
especially the clovers, and the legumes, is rich m protein
and it is also rich in other life giving properties, especi-
ally the vitamines, which recently have been found to
be so essential to normal development. For this reason,
the yards immediately adjacent to the brooder houses
should be seeded to a permanent sod, and the young
chicks gotten out on this just as soon as possible If the
season is eariy, and there is snow on the ground, it will
pay to shovel away the snow for a small place in front
of the brooder house, so that by the time the chicks are
a week to ten days old, they can be let out ^ pleasant
weather. Do not worry if it is a little cold and a little
snow. The chicks want to get on it. It will not hurt
them providing they know where the heat is, and can
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The Mediterraneans
PART ONE
The Italians, The Fowls of Spain, The European Fowls and now The Mediterranean
Fowls are all of them producers of eggs with white shells— They are the most
plastic of all fowls and they respond most genorously to good treat-
ment—They have been to the front the world over in
beauty contests for exhibition, and in the com-
mercial contest for egg production
Written expressly for Everybodys
By T. F. McGREW
ILLUSTRATIONS BY LOUIS A. STAIIMER
March, 1924
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BN uncle of mine, who was one of the earliest grad-
uates of the United States Naval Academy, told
me that they had, in early days, carried quite a
few of the little hens from Italy with them on
their voyages here and there and everywhere.
They were the one best kind because they would lay their
small, white eggs wherever they were. He said that one
little hen was only a fair sized meal for him on board
the ship.
Combs of large size were formerly cultivated on fowls
\'t so that the combs, the wattles and other parts of the fowl
might be used for a specially fine dish as served direct;
the same being properly prepared for putting into bottles
for shipment to this and to other countries. Prepared
cocks' combs and wattles in bottles were formerly plenti-
fully shown in
our delicatessen
shops, now but
seldom seen.
They may come
again as condi-
tions settle to
normal. The use
of the combs and
wattles was an
Incentive for
growing combs
as large as possi-
ble.
There seems to
be a good rea^^on
for everything.
White Leghorn
Buff Leghorn
The above is one reason for the natural inclination of the
combs of both males and females to revert to — wh it we
call abnormally large. Whenever you are bothered with
bad combs, or* combs much too large for our ^how type
Leghorn, you can remember that the very much too large
comb was a cultivated feature during the early days of
exhibition of our Leghorns and of all of their kind. We
have done wonders in making better combs on fowls of
all breeds and varieties. Let us hope that no inHuence
will be strong enough to make us return to careless meth-
ods of breeding for commercial prospects. It i::; not
necessary, nor will it be profitable to do so.
There is no fowl on earth that is more artificially Ived
than is the White Crested Black Polish and the Golden
Penciled Hamburg. They v/lll, both of them, lay a h)t
of eggs in winter and at all times and none of them have
combs of large size. A hen of the White Leghorn family
that has won prries at the New York Show was an in-
veterate layer and seme of her pullets are doing splendid
work now in an egg laying contest. This to prove that
showtype, layin;,' type and winning type, in both show
form and prod cing form, can be bred in one and the
same fov'. T.iis is presented as a prelude for what is
to come.
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Let us remind you that to gain the greatest benefit
from these articles, you must study the description of
these fowls as printed and illustrated in the new Stand-
ard of 1923. Our Standard describes eight varieties of
Leghorns, five varieties of Minorcas, one each of Spanish
and Andalusians and two varieties of Anconas. All of
these fowls have new illustrations devoted to their in-
terests. No other fowls have found more favor in Stand-
ard illustrations than have they. In fact the greater por-
tion of all the Poultry Departments of our Agricultural
Colleges pay really more attention to the Leghorn than
to all other kinds combined, and many of our writers,
and some of our publishers would have you believe that
the White Leghorn is about the one and only fowl.
There is no doubt in the world but that the White Leg-
horn is the be?t
fowl, so far as
we know, for
keeping in large
flocks and for
commercial poul-
try farms. They
do increase and
multiply faster
than do, or can,
any other fowl,
as far as we
know. Please
note that I say,
as far as we
know. The facts
are that the
gi-cnter part of all who start farms for large flocks, fol-
low the beaten path and select the White Leghorn. No
one has tried any other kind for this purpose, so we do
not really know whether or not other kinds do so well.
The one kind that rivals the White Leghorns are the
Rhode Island Reds. I have written of them that the one
and only Card, now deceased, all alone was the guiding
star for the Reds and that he was giving all other in-
fluences a hot run for supremacy.
The Smgle Comb Brown Leghorn has been separated
into two classes: the Dark Brown and the Light Brown.
To make this more plain to those who do not quite under-
stand its meaning, let us say, that to produce males and
females such as the Standard describes, there must be
two distinct lines of breeding — one to produce the males
with the rich brilliant red with greenish-black striping.
In mating for this color, you must follow a system of
separate matings and use females in this mating that have
a much darker shade of brown in plumage color; breast,
dark salmon, stippled with a brown. These two, the male
and the female, are now shown as Dark Brown Leghorns.
The females of the Light Brown variety, let us call
them, are of a much lighter shade of color called light
brown. Evenness of color throughout is of most im-
Black Leghorn
Showing the high degree of perfection in type attained by some of the
winners at the big shows.
f nee. Some of the females shown are most attractive skin, shanks and beak. Again, they tell me,
K°' use of the even, soft brown shade stippled with color as made by heavy laying loss of color
h wn that is just a little darker than is the body color. this; if true, lobes would be very white on h
"'^, .-..,1.. ..e ih\< vjiriotv is miirh liiihter in color instead 300 eir'rs: not so with the most of them, thej
•own III***' '- J"-" " •"."- , , ,• . ^ . 1 • . 1
The male of this variety is much lighter in color instead
f a rich brilliant red. He has a roddi: h-brown shade
° th striping of neck hackle and saddle feather less
nrominent. The saddle feathers of the male should be
light orange or lemon color, showing some hen stippling
or feathers. A real good specimen should have consider-
able of this and should show salmon shading on feathers
f the neck, below the beak, and down onto the breast.
The facts are that the present Standard has made a mar-
ket value increase for all four fowls, two separate males
and two separate females. To understand all of this,
one must study Standard description, section by section,
and compare these
descriptions with
living specimens.
You will find that
there are quite a
few disqualifications
for Brown Leghorns.
Study these for the
Single Comb, for the
Rose Comb, and see
general disqualifica-
tions on Pages 48 to
52. Do not forget
the Leghorns now
have Standard
weights and that
they can be disquali-
fied for under-
weight. This, I
think, will prove to
be a mistake. If
this under-weight
clause is imposed
rigidly, as it should
be, it will shut out
many a fine pullet
that should other-
wise win. All of us
know that a Leg-
horn pullet is at her
best just before she
lays. See what is
printed on Pages 44
to 45 as to economic
qualities of Stand-
a r d-b r e d fowls.
Where will some of
these beautiful pul-
lets, just in prime
condition to show.
land when the judge begins to feel their bodies for inter-
nal improvements? This may be all right for laying con-
tests, but never for exhibition.
For years we have had printed in our Standard for
Leghorns: "Shanks other than yellow to disqualify." If
this were imposed on White Leghorns, what would hap-
pen? We see a few cockerels and pullets that have
shanks so pale in color as not to be even "lemon." L'P^^^er
than pale yellow would, if imposed, shut out some of the
very best pullets and cockerels. This being true, why
burden the Standard with a rule that no judge, so far as
I know, dared to impose. Who has seen a real yellow
shank on a New York winning White Leghorn m ten
years? If one were to win, it would be almost a miracle.
Some call them yellow, just as some call a certain shade
"buff." but neither will come under these shades of color.
Compare a real yellow shank with some of the winners
and see where you are.
There is another feature to be considered on White
Leghorns. That is the lobe. White is the proper Stand-
ard color. How many real white lobes do you see Ihe
whiter the lobes, the paler will be the shade of yellow of
the natural
comes from
till.-., 11 nuc-, luu^;.^ wv.LAiv^ uc very wnite on nens that lay
300 eg<;s; not so with the most of them, they show a lot
of red and yellow in lobes. On the other hand, cockerels
and pullets do not lay the color out of their shanks and
skin. This very pale lemon color is the result of breed-
ing for pure white plumage.
To breed pure white plumage on any fowl, one must
breed from males and females that have pure white plum-
age, quill and web white to the skin. Such fowls have
but very little color in shanks and skin, so naturally they
will produce cockerels and pullets that are lacking in
shank color. We wrote as follows, in November, 1898,
a part of a series on "Science of Breeding."
Notwithstandi ng
all the work that has
been done and is
still being done to
produce pure white
plumage with yellow
beaks, shanks and
skin, no one has yet
been able to so con-
trol these two colors
so as to keep the
color of the skin
from influencing the
plumage, though of
course there have
been many cases of
partial success, run-
ning from the very
lightest taint to all
the different degrees
verging to yellow.
Neither has any
plausible theory
been advanced as to
how the same can
be accomp 1 i sh e d
other than by the
shielding from ex-
posure to the sun-
light. In the major-
i t y of specimens
raised during one
season, it is almost
useless to strive to
obtain perfect
white, but it is well
to select the very-
best and to give
them complete pro-
tection from direct
sunlight. It is even safer yet, to confine them in quarters
where even the reflection of the glare of the sunshine
cannot reach their plumage.
This is probably the hardest problem which the fancier
has to solve, and instead of trying to guide nature in the
channel which circumstances make a logical way, he
strives to go against the laws of nature and compel that
which has been proved incompatible, that is, to produce a
pure white fowl in a specimen that is required to have
vellow pigment. The result is nothing more than the
natural blending of colors which are kept in dangerous
nroximity. We are by no means prepared to state that
Ihe producing of fowls with white plumage and yellow
beaks legs and skin is an impossibility, but it must be
borne' in mind that producing is not even half the battle
The aim must be to obtain the qualities desired, so firmly
established in the specimen, that reproduction will not be
a matter of doubt but an assured fact, and no extraordi-
narv care shall be needed to avoid the discoloration which
at this writing is the bane of every breeder of white
fowls.
In everything there is a (Continued on page 325)
Above— Dark Brown Leghorn.. Below— Light Brown Leg»«»-ns
lUu.lration. show the difference in the color of thi. breed.
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The Housewife and a Few Hens
By H. H. COLLIER, Associate Editor
lARCH is the real opening of the hatching season.
This is 'the month when one should hatch next
winter's layers and the fowls for the winter's
shows. The pullet hatched in March is the one
that will have the good color in the December
shows. She also will have the best type, provided she is
kept back from laying. The March pullet seldom moults
the first year and she will lay a greater number of eggs
that will bring the best prices.
If you have not already mated your yards, do so at
once. Get everything going because time is precious in
the spring months when the weather is fine. One can
raise good fowls any month in the year if they will give
them the same care in the later months that they do in
the early spring. The trouble with the average breeder
is that they put too much thought in their early hatches
and run out of enthusiasm later in the season. It's good
care that counts throughout the year that goes to make
show fowls as well as good layers.
Mating Fowls
We are prone to put too much responsibility on one
male and not get the results that we might if we used
more matings. To put one's whole dependence in one
male is not to take advantage of what can be had with
using several males.
For instance, the male will change the breeding in nine
days when males are changed in the yards. I have used
three different males in a season on one pen. I first
breed the best male I have for one month and then
change to another male and do this three times. That
gives you three different matings all in the same season
and if one of the males do not nick with the hens, you
have not lost a whole season's work like you would, had
you depended on one male.
One can never tell when he is bringing in new blood
how much change he will make in the type of his fowls.
If one uses the male as what is called a top-cross, then he
gets half new blood; but if he will use an under-cross or
hen, he will only have new blood in his flock from that
hen and the rest of his fowls will be of his own blood.
One can then take these cockerels and use them another
year if they turn out well. By working new blood into
one's flock in this way he still retains three-fourths of his
own blood and one-fourth of the new blood.
If your new blood has not worked well, you can kill off
the fowls raised from your new blood and your flock
will not be hurt.
Mating for Color
A few years ago I added a new male to my flock. He
was fine in type and color, good bone and just the new
blood I needed if it worked all right. Former experience
had taught me that if you mate outside blood that you
were liable to spoil a season's work. Realizing that I did
not know what was back of the new male, I decided to
use him one month and then change to another male. The
offspring from the new male was fine in everything but
color. My fowls being Buff and having reached that point
where I had eliminated black and white in plumage I was
more than disappointed to find every one of the cockerels
from the new mating with black in tail and only two pul-
lets that were free from this defect.
The next season I took these two pullets and bred them
to a new male of my own blood and raised a fine batch of
youngsters but all the males showed the same defect in
their color but I raised several pullets that were fine and
the next season, using some of the same blood, I pro-
duced a male that took first wherever I exhibited him.
Hatching the Youngsters
There is just one way to get real good healthy chicks
in the early spring and that is to use good incubators.
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One seldom gets hens that are setting in early spring
and when he does then the worry of lice and mites must
be contended with while if they use the artificial hatch-
ing he starts his youngsters off free from any disease that
might be given them by the mother hen and they will be
free of lice the whole season provided you place them in
clean quarters that have been well sprayed with some
good lice killer and the chick quarters are fumigated with
some good disinfectant.
Bringing the youngsters off free from vermin is a big
thing towards one's success. With a good incubator one
has another big advantage. They can hatch as many at
one time as the hens will lay eggs. You get a good batch
of early youngsters and then have a good brooder in
which to rear them and your spring work is soon over,
that is provided you only want a few but with an incu-
bator you can hatch all season and have pullets come into
lay at all seasons of the year.
Good Feed is Essentia!
In this day and age of good feeds one has little trouble
getting a balanced ration for the baby chicks. The great
feed companies are putting out feeds that have been bal-
anced to a degree that they fairly make the youngsters
jump. These feeds are scientifically prepared. Most
every feed company not only makes a chemical analysis
of their feeds but they try them out in actual feeding and
as a result they know just what kind of mixture one can
depend on to get the best growth. In the early days of
poultry little science was used in feeding fowls and if one
happened to strike it, he raised his chicks but if he failed
in some particular, he had a poor batch and raised very
few of them.
With commercial mixed feeds last season I did not lose
one per cent of my youngsters. They had plenty of good
milk along with good feed and lots of green stuff and the
May chicks were ready for the show room when the Octo-
ber fairs came on and many of the pullets were laying
when November rolled around.
Brooding the Youngsters
There are several kinds of brooders on the market
One can get them in most any size from fifty chicks up.
There are also brooders made that will hover one thou-
sand youngsters all at once. These big brooders can be
placed under any shed that is free from drafts and they
do fine if properly cared for. No incubator or brodoer is
fool proof but if one will follow directions in their .use
they will have little trouble. In feeding the youngsters,
one should not give them anything to eat for the first
twenty-four to forty-eight hours. Chicks when shipped
as babies often do seventy-two hours with no bad results.
Mother Nature stores enough feed in the yolk of an egg
to care for the baby chick the first three days of its life
and if they are kept warm and not allowed to chill they
are better off without feed for that length of time.
The feed companies send out a chick starter that is
composed of much smaller grains than the regular chick
feed. This is known as "chick starter" and it can be
bought from most any reliable feed company. The chick
starter is made of selected grains, finely ground, and al-
ways g^ives good results when fed according to directions.
Most feed mixers recommend that one feed the chick
starter in a litter in the brood room and have a hopper
for mash. These hoppers can be had from most any good
poultry supply house and they are often sold by incubator
manufacturers. The main thing with the baby chick is to
feed it often but not too much feed at a time, only
enough that will be eaten up the first half hour. Feed
about every two hours during the day but always keep
the brooder warm so that they can get under the hover
any time they feel cold. (Continued on page 327)
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Bringing Off
The Pedigree Hatch
Written expressly for Everybodys
By HELEN DOW WHITAKER
ERSONS of savoir-vivre do not wear their hearts
Cupon their sleeves; likewise Mrs. Biddy and her
hubby do not exhibit all their potentialities in
their combs; but wrapped up in their invisible
germ cells are the determiners of the manner of
chicks that shall represent their line of breeding. So
true that they have become proverbial, are the phrases:
noblesse oblige, blood will tell, a chip from the old, old
block. On the other hand, mad as a March hare is he who
expects to drop down into a community house and yard
birds of haphazard breeding, mated for hit or for miss,
and therefrom to bring off a hatch to bank on. Not so
many years ago poultry production was referred to as a
"eame"- frequently it was — a game of chance. Today
poultry production is a billion dollar business offering the
same stability to the trained man with reasonable capital
that any other line of business offers. It is to the pedi-
CTee hatch that credit belongs largely for this stabiliza-
tion* for forget-me-nots do not bloom upon thistles, nor
does the leopard change her spots. Therefore, before
closing our incubators for the hatch we will make provi-
sion for tagging each chick to show which hen laid the
ege from which it hatched and which male fertilized it.
Naming the baby has always been a matter of importance
and rightly so.
In the February article, of which this is a continuation,
it was noted that upon each egg from which the pedigree
hatch is possible, is written the number of the hen that
laid it and that hen mated» to a single male indicated
upon the egg also by his band number or, more often, by
his pen number. Also bags or cages, toe punch and spiral
colored bands were listed to be ordered. Meanwhile, in-
cubation has been proceeding as in any hatch. For the
pedigree hatch, it is well to begin not later than the eight-
eenth day to seggregate the eggs laid by each hen: to
illustrate, we search out upon the tray all the eggs marked
No. 11 (yellow) p. 2 and, supposing we find seven, we
place these seven eggs laid by hen No. 11 banded with a
yellow spiral band and mated to the male heading pen No.
2 together in one cage; the nine eggs laid by hen No. 14
(green) p. 5 in another; and so on. Sometimes a group
pedigree suffices to carry on a blood line: for example,
in case two or more full sisters (same dam, same sire)
are of nearly equal lay and quite uniform in all other re-
spects and all have been mated to the same male, a
breeder sometimes cares to know of the chicks he hatches
from these sisters, not which individual female was the
mother, but only the blood line and hence eggs of sucn
Bisters may be caged together and what is known as the
group pedigree is the result. Of course, such a group
pedigree does not permit of progeny testing except of tne
male for which purpose it is most often made.
When seggregation of all the eggs in the machine is
completed, each cage or bag is given an outside tag which
clearly and fully denotes contents: for example, seven
eggs-hen No. 11 (yellow)-Pen 2; or twenty-three
eggs-sisters 4, 5, 8, 17 (green all)-Pen 13 It may be
well to reiterate the warning against crowding bags or
cages. Each should afford room for living chicks as well
as discarded shells and somehow it always seems that tne
hatched and dried off chick never could have been en-
compassed by anything so small as his cast off shell.
Here perhaps is a good place to freely and frankly
make confession that the per cent of hatch is lessened al-
most invariably by the pedigree arrangements. Where
the regular egg trays are replaced by specially con-
structed pedigree trays providing for each section a nur-
sery compartment below, it frequently happens that the
first chick to hatch, perhaps while still wet, falls into the
lower and hence colder compartment and being alone
there, chills. Were we hatching on regular trays, we
could guard against this contingency by darkening the
door with a curtain so that there was no light to attract
the first hatched forward; and as in the regular trays the
exit to the nursery is always forward and not in the
center as it is in each section of the pedigree trays, it fol-
lows that we may keep the first chicks upon the trays
until they are dried off and a number are ready to drop
into the nursery together and cuddle to keep warm.
Again, in pedigree hatching in bags or cages placed on
the regular egg trays, all chicks must remain closely con-
fined there until the hatch is over, with the result that
some half shell may be moved around by the hatched
chicks until it caps an egg just pipped whose small occu-
pant may be unable to break through the double shell or
smothered thereby. Other complications arise in the
crippling of chicks whose beaks or wing tips or toes be-
come entangled in the wire or cloth or strings of the
cages and bags. Chance happeneth to them all and many
a time have I peered helplessly through the moisture
beaded door of my incubator within which was caged my
fondest hopes and prayed to all the little Gods of Luck to
smile on me. However, the gain of the pedigree hatch
far exceeds any loss or heartbreak. When I view m my
brooders the wee known sons and daughters of the stars
and star specials of Wayside Farm's Rhode Island Reds, I
see KNOWN quality over whose show and trapnest rec-
ords the little Gods of Luck do NOT rule.
I like to begin the caging of eggs for the pedigree
hatch two days, or even three, before the first egg is due
to pip. I do it at cooling time. By starting long enough
in advance of the hatch, I seggregate a part of the egg9
each day and try out the fit of my various devices with-
out hurry or the necessity of keeping the eggs out of the
machine to complete the task at any one cooling tor this
might take so long that the germs would be fatally chilled
or the hatch retarded. Of course, I do not cover cages
or baste up the open ends of the bags until the last cool-
ing as I continue to turn the eggs until one is found
pipped. I make very, very sure that no cage or bag or
string or wire comes in contact or interferes with the
action of any heating or regulating device withm the egg
chamber; especially I remember that when I have liad
the machine open and the eggs out to cool, rods and bars
have contracted which later when the machine warnis
UP will expand and I see that there is space for them to
act freely. Last of all, I make a survey sheet of each
tray showing exactly what eggs, the number and the posi-
tion on the tray.
With all in readiness, I close the machine and bring
off the hatch in the usual way; except when pedigreemg
upon the regular egg trays so that no chicks have access
to a nursery and all must remain closely confined m cages
or bags, I generally take off the hatch slightly earlier than
I wouM do if chicks were mostly in the nursery drawers
and others at liberty to move (Continued on page 322)
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EXPERIMENT
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aN reporting the progress of our vari-
ous Egg Laying Competitions for
March, four only are included.
They are, however, four of our
important Eastern Con-
tests, which are probably
watched more closely than any
other similar Contest in Amer-
ica today. These competitions
are all state controlled and
supervised and are following
most similar results in care and
management which would tend
to indicate that the results
might be more or less compar-
able, with the one exception of
the fact that some of the com-
petitions are under artificial
illumination, while others are
not.
The Connecticut Egg Laying
Contest, Storrt, Conn., Re-
port for January
The Connecticut Egg Laying
Competition consists of 1,000
birds, divided into one hundred
pens of ten birds each. Since
the start of the present Con-
necticut Contest, last Novem-
ber, it has made the best start
and the most consistent record
which it has ever attained.
This competition is using arti-
ficial illumination on the basis
of the evening lunch method,
the lights being turned on at nine o'clock in the evening,
and shut off at ten o'clock.
At the end of the first quarter, the hens in the annual
laying contest at Storrs are 5,637 eggs ahead of the pro-
duction for the corresponding period last year. During
January they laid 13,800 eggs or a yield of 44.5 per cent.
This means that every hen in the contest has averaged to
lay to date 37 eggs, which is 16 eggs per hen more than
the same sort of pullets averaged to lay over a period of
eight years when no lights were used.
The accompanying table shows the total number of
birds in each breed, the Jtverage amount of grain and
mash consumed by each pen, the average number of eggs
laid by each pen, and the average for all breeds.
Mash
260 Plymouth Rocks 49.0
100 Wyandottes '♦l-^
240 Rhode Island Rods 40.3
400 White Leghorns 43.6
STATIONS
The Superlative Hen
By HAROLD F. BARBER
Tkis Evenjbodtjs Feature
You Will Relisk
PPKKCIATING the wondtTful position wliifh
<mr Aiiieri.nn K^K Laying Competitions have
taken in shapinj; the destinies of Ameriean
Poultry Husbandry, and in view of a persistent
demand from our ren<lers for an autlientic re-
port on the^e Competitions resularly. the Experi-
ment Station Section of Kverybodys Poultry
Macazine will from now on. <over in as (^niplete
a way as possible, a systematic report of the Egp
Laying Competitions of the United States. It
will be our pur!)Ose as the months go by, to
make this special department of extreme value
to our readers.
674
622
C03
578
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America's Egg Laijing Contests
are Pointing tke Wav| to
Increased Production and Profits
Grain
EgJCH
34.8
123
32 2
158
34 9
127
86.7
160
:J5.3
138
Avera?;<;, all breeds 40.2
Fernside Farm's pen of Rhode Island Reds, from Attle-
boro, Mass., won the blue ribbon or first prize for Janu-
ary, with a score of 239 eg^. D. O. Witmer's pen of
White Wyandottes, from Joplin, Mo., was an uncomfort-
able close becond, with a production of 238 eggs. Third
prize for January has been awarded to C. T. Darby, from
North Branch, N. J., whose White Leghorns laid 210 eggs.
The following scores show the leading pens to date in
the four principal breeds:
PLYMOUTH ROCKS
Purdue University, Lafayette. Ind 460
Ameliajf Farm. Rolla, Mo. (White) ■■■■■■• : ; *l\
Ontario Agricultural College. Guelph. Ont. (Barred) 4-|
Maurice E. Bride. Hartford, Conn. (Barred) dOl
WHITE WYANDOTTES
D. O. Witmer, Joplin. Mo ^\
Frank P. Matteaon. Davisville. R. I ^i*
Albert W. Buckbee. Wisner, N. Y
Harvey I. Byerly, Sharpsville, Pa
236
475
409
RHODE ISLAND REDS
Fornsido Farm. Altloboro, Mass
K. Newt<in Searles, I'omfrct Ceiitrr, Conn. ..
Sunset Poultry Farm. Amlierst, Muss
Forest H. Cli'kner, Now I'.runsw i.k. N. .1. .,
WHITE LEGHORNS
Hilltop Farm, Svitticlii. Conn. . .
Francis F. liincolii, Mt. Cannel.
Conn
F. M. Johnson, Waldoljoro, Me.
('. T. Darby, North liranch, N. ,1.
New York State Egg Laying
Contest ^
The New York State Egg
Laying Competition is conduct-
ed at the Now York State In-
stitute of Applied Agriculture,
at Farmingdale, Long Island.
This also is a 1,000 bird Con-
test, consisting of one hundred
pons of ten birds each. Arti-
ficial illumination is not used at
this Contest. The following
table shows the per cent pro-
duction for each breed for the
last week of January, ending
January 30th, together with the
weekly totals for the Contest.
PER CENT PRODUCTION TOR
EACH BREED
Plymouth Rocks 30.0
White Wyandottes 31.7
Rhode Island Rods 26,3
White Leghorns 24.1 j
Miscellaneous 18.7 I
Total production, week 1.78S >
Total production, to datt . . . 21,809 j
Per cent production 25.6 ^
The Vineland Egg Laying Con*
teat, Vineland, N. J.
The Vineland Egg Laying
Contest is a 1,200 bird contest, containing one hundred
pens of twelve birds each. The brids at this Contest are
yearling hens, having spent their previous year at the
contest as pullets; the twelve birds in each pen at the
present time being the twelve best which were selected
after their pullet year of production, and held over for
the breeding year. The following report and discussions
of the Vineland Contest shows the standing of this com-
petition for the last week in January, ending January
30th.
The birds at the Vineland International Egg Laying
and Breeding Contest continued to gain during last week
in spite of two or three days of severe cold weather. The
production for the week was 2,298 eggs or 28.2 'T'r, which
is a gain of 301 eggs over the production of last week
and 99 eggs less than the average for previous yearling
years at this contest and the Bergen County Contest.
High pen for the week was Pen No. 7, a Barred Rock
pen, owned by Norfolk Specialty Farms, St. Williams,
Ont., Canada, with a production of 44 eggs; Pen No. 74, a
Leghorn pen, owned by S. Olsen, Westwood, N. J., was
second with 42 eggs; and Pens No. 35 and No. 63, both
Leghorns, owned by A. L. Causse, Jr., Toms River, N. J-,
and Kerr Chickeries, Inc., Frenchtown, N. J., were tied
for third place with 39 eggs each. Hollywood still main-
tains the lead for the entire contest with 393 eggs to
date, with G. B. Ferris, second with 321 eggs, and S. C
Price, third with 284.
It is interesting to note that the production of the nign-
est bird to date is 72 eggs, this is owned by Kerr Chick-
eries, Inc., Springfield, Mass., and is a Barred Plymoutn
Rock; with a Rhode Island Red in Pen No. 16, owned by
Englewood Poultry & Pet Stock Association, second witn
67 eggs, and a Barred Rock in Norfolk Specialty Farntf
pen and a Red in Maple Farm's pen tied for third witB
60 eggs to date. (Continued on page 310)
iFTER last month's heavy article on how to pre- . South can cotton be grown, wheat grows in colder climes,
serve hen manure (for the land's sake!) I thought but not in sweltering heat; corn is widely distributed,
perhaps it was time to lighten things up a bit. but the season in the northern parts is too short to make
This article won't take much brain to read — it's a crop; no corn, no dairy cows, is the usual rule. But
<. 1 1- 1 1:1. i xr l:i._ li :~ l i. rkr i. ^e „11 .T.^^w^r. ,,r:4-Vi<-wiif onir
sort of hammock-hen-literature. If you like
hickens, and you know some one doesn't but you wish
they did[ maybe you will send them a copy of this. This
thing can be read by anyone who knows nothing about
hens, except that the breast meat is white and the leg
is dark.
We poultry keepers realize that the hen lends herself
to superlatives. The biggest bird, the oldest bird, the
most universal crop, the most profitable crop.
Let's take a few minutes to look over a few of these
points.
In the first place, the American hen is a billion-dollar
fowl. She is worth more than all the wheat raised in the
country — at present or better prices for the wheat. She
increased nearly 50 per cent in the twenty years from
1900 to 1920, and last year there were approximately
412,000,000 of her in the United States. China may
have more hens, but barring
Inspiration
s
OMETIMES we need instruction.
Sometimes, wre need to be made to
think. Sometimes we will get more
real good, by just being inspired. Or, as
they say nowadays, "pepped up." This
article by Mr. Barber is in a different vein
from his usual style; it contains very lit-
tle in the way of information, perhaps, but
it will be found of interest to every chicken
lover, and ought to make chicken lovers
out of some who do not yet appreciate the
great little hen.
that possibility, the United
States leads the world. But
statistics are dry, while the
hen is interesting, so let's
pet back to the hen. She is
the biggest fowl known to
man.
Mo«l Ancient of Fowl*
I do not know that a satis-
factory answer has been
given to that old problem of
which comes first, the egjl^
or the hen; but there is an
answer, and here it is: to the
baby chick hatchery man,
the egg comes first, while to
the breeder, the hen comes
first. Something like the
flight of stairs; when you
are at the bottom they run
up, and when you are at the
top they run down. But whether the e^g or the hen was
the origin of the species, that origin was away back in
antiquity, and without doubt primitive man kept hens
very early. He soon found out that a hen or two tethered
nearby meant that a dinner was always waiting when he
•lid not feel like hunting. Three thousand years ago, the
Egyptians had large incubators run by men skilled in that
trade, which must have been passed down from father to
^on, much as it is done in China today. The hen is the
most ancient of domesticated fowls.
And the readiest source of meat yet discovered. The
suburban back lot in the summer, or the most isolated hill
farm when six feet of snow block the highways, need
never be meatless if there is a flock of hens kept. And
not only the readiest source of meat, but a source of the
most delicious meat which the ordinary purse has access
to. Every "banquet" costing from three dollars a plate
up serves chicken as one course. Motor inns make a
specialty of chicken dinners. Chicken, steak, lobster-—
but the greatest of the.'^e is chicken. Is it not remark-
able that the most toothsome meat is the readiest to be
had, and is found absolutely all over the country?
As poultry is the readiest source of the most delicious
meat we know, we should expect that it would be not only
convenient, but profitable, to land owners every^yhere.
And it is. It is the one universal farm crop. Only in the
poultry is kept on 95 per cent of all farms, without any
regard to latitude or longitude. The two greatest egg-
producing centers in this country are Petaluma, Cal., and
Vineland, N. J. The fastest growing poultry district is
probably Texas and the Southwest, and New England was
certainly the cradle of the industry. The most famous
production breeders of the country are up in Washington
around Seattle, while a very prominent breeder has re-
cently established a branch of his large breeding estab-
lishment in Florida. The most universal crop on the
farms of America is another of the superlatives which is
due our friend the hen.
Most Helpful Crops
Not only the most widely distributed crop, but I believe
the most profitable crop, taking the avera^^e the country
over— or at least, the most helpful crop. There is a dif-
ference, I will admit, between "most profitable" and
"most helpful." A good wife
is likely to be more helpful
than necessarily profitable.
Other crops, such as wheat,
or corn, or cotton, or pota-
toes, may bring in more
money; and at times more
profit. But these big money
crops fail in yield and in
profitability from year to
year, so that they are gam-
blers' crops; while the hen
is comparatively stable in
her profitability. During the
deflation period of 1921,
when so many farmers were
hit so hard that it seemed
as though there was no way
out for many of them, all
over the country the cry was
taken up by farm papers
everjrvvhere, "Keep more
poultry!" Many a poor renter farmer faced the winter
of 1922 with nothing to eat, no money to buy something
to eat, and no credit by which to raise money to buy
something to eat. They lived somehow — each one tackled
his own problem in his own way, buckled his belt a little
tighter and worked out the problem somehow. A well-
known editor started a slogan in Oklahoma which was
taken up and pushed by the banks in about every town
the State over, "A cow, a sow, and a dozen hens." It
was dinged into the ears of almost everyone in Oklahoma.
Othei-where in the Southwest particularly the cry was
varied to read, "Raise food and feed!" One newspaper
in the Red River country of Texas made its business the
cultivating of prosperity for that county and preached,
"Raise food and feed" and "Keep a few poultry" in sea-
son and out. It did much to change that county to com-
paratively self-supporting, and greatly increased the bank
accounts of people in that vicinity.
Money the Year 'Round
Poultry is not the main, or principal cash crop, on the
farms of America; it is a small sideline. But poultry
and dairy cows are the only crop that bring in real cash
money every week in the year. Their products can al-
ways be sold for cash, as well as eaten at home, and the
prices, as compared with prices of other crops, are stable
Poultry is the most helpful (Continued on page 287)
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The Housewife and a Few Hens
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{A urn \n the rm) oponing: of lh« hiitchinir ftmnun.
Thin iH'thp ntonth when ono nhouM hntch next
wintn'n Uyrni niul Iho fowlw for tho wintor'n
phown. Tho pullrt hntchptl in Mmvh in ihi* i»no
Ihftl will hiivo tho uood color in tho Dorrmhor
Sho rNo will hnvo tho howt typo, |>rovi»!o(i nho in
ki»pt hark fn»m Inyinfr. Tho Mnrch pullot ^loldom mouU«
the firni yoar and ^ho will lay n urontor numhor of oggH
that will brinjf tho bout pricon.
If you hnvo not alroady matod your yards» do no at
once. (Jot evorythinsr troinK hocauso timo i« prociouR in
the wprinif monthn whon tho woathor i« fino. Ono can
rai^e poo*! fowls any month in tho yoar if thoy will »j:ivo
them tho samo caro in tho lator months that thoy do in
the early .iprinif. Tho trouble with tho avorajjo breeder
is that they put too much thought in their early hatches
and run out of enthusiasm lator in tho season. It's good
care that counU throughout the year that goes to make
show fowls as well as good layers.
Mating FowU
We are prone to put too much responsibility on ono
male and not get the results that we might if we used
more matings. To put one's whole dependence in ono
male is not to take advantage of what can be had with
using several males.
For instance, the male will change the breeding in nine
days when males are changed in the yards. I have used
three different males in a season on one pen. I first
breed the best male I have for one month and then
change to another male and do this three times. That
gives you three different matings all in the same season
and if one of the males do not nick with the hens, you
have not lost a whole season's work like you would, had
you depended on one male.
One can never tell when he is bringing in new blood
how much change he will make in the type of his fowls.
If one uses the male as what is called a top-cross, then he
gets half new blood; but if he will use an under-cross or
hen, he will only have new blood in his flock from that
hen and the rest of his fowls will be of his own blood.
One can then take these cockerels and use them another
year if they turn out well. By working new blood into
one's flock in this way he still retains three-fourths of his
own blood and one-fourth of the new blood.
If your new blood has not worked well, you can kill off
the fowls raised from your new blood and your flock
will not be hurt.
Mating for Color
A few years ago I added a new male to my flock. He
was fine in type and color, good bone and just the new
blood I needed if it worked all right. Former experience
had taught me that if you mate outside blood that you
were liable to spoil a season's work. Realizing that I did
not know what was back of the new male, I decided to
use him one month and then change to another male. The
offspring from the new male was fine in everything but
color. My fowls being Buff and having reached that point
where I had eliminated black and white in plumage I was .
more than disappointed to find every one of the cockerels
from the new mating with black in tail and only two pul-
lets that were free from this defect.
The next season I took these two pullets and bred them
to a new male of my own blood and raised a fine batch of
youngsters but all the males showed the same defect in
their color but I raised several pullets that were fine and
the next season, using some of the same blood, I pro-
duced a male that took first wherever I exhibited him.
Hatching the Youngsters
There is just one way to get real good healthy chicks
in the early spring and that is to use good incubators.
234
One Roldoni gotn hon« that are netting in oarly gprinv
and whon ho doon then tho worry of lire and mites must
bo contondoil with while if thoy use tho artificial hatch-
ing ho ntarts hi« youngntors off froo from any disoaRc that
might bo givon thom by tho mothor hon and thoy will be
froo of lice tho whole noanon provided you place thom in
• loan quarters that have boon well .sprayed with noine
good lice killer and the chick quarters are fumigated with
Homo good disinfectant.
Hringing tho youngsters off free from vermin is a big
thing towards one's success. With a good incubator one
has another big advantngo. Thoy can hatch as many at
one time as tho hons will lay eggs. You get a good batch
of oarly youngsters and then have a good brooder in
which to roar them and your spring work is soon over,
that is provided you only want a few but with an incu-
bator you can hatch all season and have pullets come into
lay at all seasons of the year.
Good Feed is Essential
In this day and age of good feeds one has little trouble
getting a balanced ration for the baby chicks. The great
feed companies are putting out feeds that have been bal-
anced to a degree that they fairly make the youngsters
jump. The.se feeds are scientifically prepared. Most
every feed company not only makes a chemical analysis
of their feeds but they try them out in actual feeding and
as a result they know just what kind of mixture one can
depend on to get the best growth. In the early days of
poultry little science was used in feeding fowls and if one
happened to strike it, he raised his chicks but if he failed
in some particular, he had a poor batch and raised very
few of them.
With commercial mixed feeds last season I did not lose
one per cent of my youngsters. They had plenty of good
milk along with good feed and lots of green stuff and the
May chicks were ready for the show room when the Octo-
ber fairs came on and many of the pullets were laying
when November rolled around.
Brooding the Youngsters
There are several kinds of brooders on the market
One can get them in most any size from fifty chicks up.
There are also brooders made that will hover one thou-
sand youngsters all at once. These big brooders can be
placed under any shed that is free from drafts and they
do fine if properly cared for. No incubator or brodoer is
fool proof but if one will follow directions in their .use
they will have little trouble. In feeding the youngsters,
one should not give them anything to eat for the first
twenty-four to forty-eight hours. Chicks when shipped
as babies often do seventy-two hours with no bad results.
Mother Nature stores enough feed in the yolk of an egg
to care for the baby chick the first three days of its life
and if they are kept warm and not allowed to chill they
are better off without feed for that length of time.
The feed companies send out a chick starter that is
composed of much smaller grains than the regular chick
feed. This is known as "chick starter" and it can be
bought from most any reliable feed company. The chick
starter is made of selected grains, finely ground, and al-
ways g^ves good results when fed according to directions.
Most feed mixers recommend that one feed the chick
starter in a litter in the brood room and have a hopper
for mash. These hoppers can be had from most any good
poultry supply house and they are often sold by incubator
manufacturers. The main thing with the baby chick is to
feed it often but not too much feed at a time, only
enough that will be eaten up the first half hour. Feed
about every two hours during the day but always keep
the brooder warm so that they can get under the hover
any time they feel cold. (Continued on page 327)
Bringing Off
The Pedigree Hatch
Written expressly for Everybodys
By HELEN DOW WHITAKER
— lERSONS of savoir-vivre do not wear their hearts
I upon their sleeves; likewise Mrs. Biddy and her
J hubby do not exhibit all their potentialities in
their combs; but wrapped up in their invisible
germ cells are the determiners of the manner of
chicks that shall represent their line of breeding. So
true, that they have become proverbial, are the phrases:
noblesse oblige, blood will tell, a chip from the old, old
block. On the other hand, mad as a March hare is he who
expects to drop down into a community house and yard
birds of haphazard breeding, mated for hit or for miss,
and therefrom to bring off a hatch to bank on. Not so
many years ago poultry production was referred to as a
"game"; frequently it was — a game of chance. Today
poultry production is a billion dollar business offering the
same stability to the trained man with reasonable capital
that any other line of business offers. It is to the pedi-
gree hatch that credit belongs largely for this stabiliza-
tion; for forget-me-nots do not bloom upon thistles, nor
does the leopard change her spots. Therefore, before
closing our incubators for the hatch we will make provi-
sion for tagging each chick to show which hen laid the
egg from which it hatched and which male fertilized it.
Naming the baby has always been a matter of importance
and rightly so.
In the February article, of which this is a continuation,
it was noted that upon each egg from which the pedigree
hatch is possible, is written the number of the hen that
laid it and that hen mated to a single male indicated
upon the egg also by his band number or, more often, by
his pen number. Also bags or cages, toe punch and spiral
colored bands were listed to be ordered. Meanwhile, in-
cubation has been proceeding as in any hatch. For the
pedigree hatch, it is well to begin not later than the eight-
eenth day to seggregate the eggs laid by each hen: to
illustrate, we search out upon the tray all the eggs marked
No. 11 (yellow) p. 2 and, supposing we find seven, we
place these seven eggs laid by hen No. 11 banded with a
yellow spiral band and mated to the male heading pen No.
2 together in one cage; the nine eggs laid by hen No. 14
(green) p. 5 in another; and so on. Sometimes a group
pedigree suffices to carry on a blood line: for example,
in case two or more full sisters (same dam, same sire)
are of nearly equal lay and quite uniform in all other re-
spects and all have been mated to the same male, a
breeder sometimes cares to know of the chicks he hatches
from these sisters, not which individual female was the
mother, but only the blood line and hence eggs of such
sisters may be caged together and what is known as the
group pedigree is the result. Of course, such a group
pedigree does not permit of progeny testing except of the
male for which purpose it is most often made.
When seggregation of all the eggs in the machine is
completed, each cage or bag is given an outside tag which
clearly and fully denotes contents: for example, seven
eggs— hen No. 11 (yellow)— Pen 2; or twenty-three
eggs-sisters 4, 5, 8, 17 (green all)— Pen 13 It may be
well to reiterate the warning against crowding bags or
cages. Each should afford room for living chicks as well
as discarded shells and somehow it always seems that the
hatched and dried off chick never could have been en-
compassed by anything so small as his cast off shell.
Here perhaps is a good place to freely and frankly
make confession that the per cent of hatch is lessened al-
most invariably by the pedigree arrangements. Where
the regular egg trays are replaced by specially con-
structed pedigree trays providing for each section a nur-
sery compartment below, it frequently happens that the
first chick to hatch, perhaps while still wet, falls into the
lower and hence colder compartment and being alone
there, chills. Were we hatching on regular trays, we
could guard against this contingency by darkening the
door with a curtain so that there was no light to attract
the first hatched forward; and as in the regular trays the
exit to the nursery is always forward and not in the
center as it is in each section of the pedigree trays, it fol-
lows that we may keep the first chicks upon the trays
until they are dried off and a number are ready to drop
into the nursery together and cuddle to keep warm.
Again, in pedigree hatching in bags or cages placed on
the regular egg trays, all chicks must remain closely con-
fined there until the hatch is over, with the result that
some half shell may be moved around by the hatched
chicks until it caps an egg just pipped whose small occu-
pant may be unable to break through the double shell or
smothered thereby. Other complications arise in the
crippling of chicks whose beaks or wing tips or toes be-
come entangled in the wire or cloth or strings of the
cages and bags. Chance happeneth to them all and many
a time have I peered helplessly through the moisture
beaded door of my incubator within which was caged my
fondest hopes and prayed to all the little Gods of Luck to
smile on me. However, the gain of the pedigree hatch
far exceeds any loss or heartbreak. When I view in my
brooders the wee known sons and daughters of the stars
and star specials of Wayside Farm's Rhode Island Reds, I
see KNOWN quality over whose show and trapnest rec-
ords the little Gods of Luck do NOT rule.
I like to begin the caging of eggs for the pedigree
hatch two days, or even three, before the first egg is due
to pip. I do it at cooling time. By starting long enough
in advance of the hatch, I seggregate a part of the eggs
each day and try out the fit of my various devices with-
out hurry or the necessity of keeping the eggs out of the
machine to complete the task at any one cooling for this
might take so long that the germs would be fatally chilled
or the hatch retarded. Of course, I do not cover cages
or baste up the open ends of the bags until the last cool-
ing as I continue to turn the eggs until one is found
pipped. I make very, very sure that no cage or bag or
string or wire comes in contact or interferes with the
action of any heating or regulating device within the egg
chamber; especially I remember that when I have had
the machine open and the eggs out to cool, rods and bars
have contracted which later when the machine warms
up will expand and I see that there is space for them to
act freely. Last of all, I make a survey sheet of each
tray showing exactly what eggs, the number and the posi-
tion on the tray.
With all in readiness, I close the machine and bring
off the hatch in the usual way; except when pedigreeing
upon the regular egg trays so that no chicks have access
to a nursery and all must remain closely confined in cages
or bags I generally take off the hatch slightly earlier than
I wouM do if chicks were mostly in the nursery drawers
and others at liberty to move (Continued on page 322)
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EXPERIMENT
tests,
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aN reporting the progress of our vari-
ous Egg Laying Competitions for
March, four only are included.
They are, however, four of our
important Eastern Con-
which are probably
watched more closely than any
other similar Contest in Amer-
ica today. These competitions
are all state controlled and
supervised and are following
most similar results in care and
management which would tend
to indicate that the results
might be more or less compar-
able, with the one exception of
the fact that some of the com-
petitions are under artificial
illumination, while others are
not.
The Connecticut Egs Laying
Contest, Storrs, Conn., Re-
port for January
The Connecticut Egg Laying
Competition consists of 1,000
birds, divided into one hundred
pens of ten birds each. Since
the start of the present Con-
necticut Contest, last Novem-
ber, it has made the best start
and the most consistent record
which it has ever attained.
This competition is using arti-
ficial illumination on the basis
of the evening lunch method,
the lights being turned on at nine o'clock in the evening,
and shut off at ten o'clock.
At the end of the first quarter, the hens in the annual
laying contest at Storrs are 5,637 eggs ahead of the pro-
duction for the corresponding period last year. During
January they laid 13,800 eggs or a yield of 44.5 per cent.
This means that every hen in the contest has averaged to
lay to date 37 eggs, which is 16 eggs per hen more than
the same sort of pullets averaged to lay over a period of
eight years when no lights were used.
The accompanying table shows the total number of
birds in each breed, the ^erage amount of grain and
mash consumed by each pen, the average number of eggs
laid by each pen, and the average for all breeds.
Mash
260 Plymouth Rocks 49.0
100 Wyandottes 41.9
240 Rhode Island Rods 40.3
400 White Leghorns 43.6
STATIONS
Tkis Evenjbodijs Featvire
You Will Relisk
PPRECIATING the wonderful position whi»h
our Aineritan KjjK Laying Competitions have
taken in sliapinc the destinies of American
I'oultry Hiisltaiuiry. and in view nf a persistent
demand from our readers for an authentic re-
jiort on those Competitions reffularly. the Experi-
ment Station Section of Kverybodys Poultry
Magazine will from now on, cover in as eomitlete
a way as possible, a systematic report of the Egg
I^aying Competitions of the United States. It
will be our pur;)ose as the months go by, to
make this .si)ecial department of extreme value
to our readers.
America's Egg Laying Contests
are Pointing tke Waij to
Increased Production and Profits
Grain
EgfTn
34.8
123
H"' 2
158
34.9
127
86.7
150
35.3
Averaj;e, all breed- 40.2
Fernside Farm's pen of Rhode Island Reds, from Attle-
boro, Mass., won the blue ribbon or first prize for Janu-
ary, with a score of 239 eggs. D. O. Witmer's pen of
White Wyandottes, from Joplin, Mo., was an uncomfort-
able close second, with a production of 238 eggs. Third
prize for January has been awarded to C. T. Darby, from
North Branch, N. J., whose White Leghorns laid 210 eggs.
The following scores show the leading pens to date in
the four principal breeds:
PLYMOUTH BOCKS
Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind 460
Ameling Farm, Rolla. Mo. (White) 451
Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. Ont. (Barred) 423
Maurice E. Bride, Hartford, Conn. (Barred) 391
WHITE WYANDOTTES
D. O. Witmer, Joplin, Mo 534
Frank P. Matteaon, Davisville, R. I
Albert W. Buckbee, Wisner, N. Y
Harvey I. Byerly, Sharpsville, Pa
236
138 pen
RHODE ISLAND REDS ^
Fernsido Farm, Altleboro, Mass 63ft '
E. Newton Searles, I'omfret Cciitcr. Conn. .. 5^,^
Sunset Poultry Farm. Amherst. Mass ^^
Forest H. CMckner, New r.runsw i.k. N. ,1. .. 47^
WHITE LEGHORNS
Hilltop Farm. Sullield. Ciiuu. . . gy^
Francis F. Lincoln, Ml. Carmel,
Conn 622
F. M. Johnson, Waldoboro, Me. 603
C. T. Darby. North liraii.h, N. J. 573
New York Slate Egg Laying
Contest ,
The New York State Egg
Laying Competition is conduct-
ed at the New York State In-
stitute of Applied Agriculture,
at Farmingdale, Long Island.
This also is a 1,000 bird Con-
test, consisting of one hundred
pens of ten birds each. Arti- '
ficial illumination is not used at
this Contest. The following
table shows the per cent pro-
duction for each breed for the
last week of January, ending
January 30th, together with the
weekly totals for the Contest.
PER CENT PRODUCTION FOE
EACH BREED
Plymouth Rocks 30.0
White Wyandottes .^1.7
Rhode Island Rods 26.3
White Lejjhorns 24.1 j
Miscellaneous 18.7 I
Total production, week 1,78^ '
Total production, to date . . . 21,809 (
Per cent production 25.8 ^
The Vineland Egg Laying Con*
test, Vineland, N. J.
The Vineland Egg Laying
Contest is a 1,200 bird contest, containing one hundred
pens of twelve birds each. The brids at this Contest are
yearling hens, having spent their previous year at the
contest as pullets; the twelve birds in each pen at the
present time being the twelve best which were selected
after their pullet year of production, and held over for
the breeding year. The following report and discussions
of the Vineland Contest shows the standing of this com-
petition for the last week in January, ending January
30th.
The birds at the Vineland International Egg Laying
and Breeding Contest continued to gain during last week
in spite of two or three days of severe cold weather. The
production for the week was 2,298 eggs or 28.2 </r, which
is a gain of 301 eggs over the production of last week
and 99 eggs less than the average for previous yearling
years at this contest and the Bergen County Contest.
High pen for the week was Pen No. 7, a Barred Rock
owned by Norfolk Specialty Farms, St. Williams,
514
475
409
Ont., Canada, with a production of 44 eggs; Pen No. 74, a
Leghorn pen, owned by S. Olsen, Westwood, N. J., was
second with 42 eggs; and Pens No. 35 and No. 63, both
Leghorns, owned by A. L. Causse, Jr., Toms River, N. J-,
and Kerr Chickeries, Inc., Frenchtown, N. J., were tied
for third place with 39 eggs each. Hollywood still main-
tains the lead for the entire contest with 393 eggs to
date, with G. B. Ferris, second with 321 eggs, and S. C.
Price, third with 284.
It is interesting to note that the production of the high-
est bird to date is 72 eggs, this is owned by Kerr Chick-
eries, Inc., Springfield, Mass., and is a Barred Plymouth
Rock; with a Rhode Island Red in Pen No. 16, owned by
Englewood Poultry & Pet Stock Association, second with
67 eggs, and a Barred Rock in Norfolk Specialty Farms
pen and a Red in Maple Farm's pen tied for third with
60 eggs to date. (Continued on page 310)
The Superlative Hen
By HAROLD F. BARBER
m
— iFTER last month's heavy article on how to pre-.
a I serve hen manure (for the land's sake!) I thought
J perhaps it was time to lighten things up a bit.
This article won't take much brain to read — it's
sort of hammock-hen-literature. If you like
chickens, and you know some one doesn't but you wish
they did, maybe you will send them a copy of this. This
thing can be read by anyone who knows nothing about
hens, except that the breast meat is white and the leg
is dark.
We poultry keepers realize that the hen lends herself
to superlatives. The biggest bird, the oldest bird, the
most universal crop, the most profitable crop.
Let's take a few minutes to look over a few of these
points.
In the first place, the American hen is a billion-dollar
fowl. She is worth more than all the wheat raised in the
country — at present or better prices for the wheat. She
increased nearly 50 per cent in the twenty years from
1900 to 1920, and last year there were approximately
412,000,000 of her in the United States. China may
have more hens, but barring
that possibility, the United
States leads the world. But
statistics are dry, while the
hen is interesting, so let's
pet back to the hen. She is
the biggest fowl known to
man.
Most Ancient of Fowls
I do not know that a satis-
factory answer hasr been
given to that old problem of
which comes first, the egg:
or the hen ; but there is an
answer, and here it is: to the
baby chick hatchery man,
the egg comes first, while to
the breeder, the hen comos
first. Something like the
flight of stairs; when you
are at the bottom they run
up, and when you are at the
Inspiration
s
OMETIMES v^e need instruction.
Sometimes, we need to be made to
think. Sometimes we will get more
real good, by just being inspired. Or, as
they say nowadays, "pepped up." This
article by Mr. Barber is in a different vein
from his usual style; it contains very lit-
tle in the way of information, perhaps, but
it will be found of interest to every chicken
lover, and ought to make chicken lovers
out of some who do not yet appreciate the
great little hen.
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top they run down. But whether the egg or the hen was
the origin of the species, that origin was away back in
antiquity, and without doubt primitive man kept hens
very early. He soon found out that a hen or two tethered
nearby meant that a dinner was always waiting when he
did not feel like hunting. Three thousand years ago, the
Egyptians had large incubators run by men skilled in that
trade, which must have been passed down from father to
?on, much as it is done in China today. The hen vi the
most ancient of domesticated fowls.
And the readiest source of meat yet discovered. The
suburban back lot in the summer, or the most isolated hill
farm when six feet of snow block the highways, need
never be meatless if there is a flock of hens kept. And
not only the readiest source of meat, but a source of the
most delicious meat which the ordinary purse has access
to. Every **banquet" costing from three dollars a plate
up serves chicken as one course. Motor inns make a
specialty of chicken dinners. Chicken, steak, lobster —
but the greatest of these is chicken. Is it not remark-
able that the most toothsome meat is the readiest to be
had, and is found absolutely all over the country?
As poultry is the readiest source of the most delicious
meat we know, we should expect that it would be not only
convenient, but profitable, to land owners everywhere.
And it is. It is the one universal farm crop. Only m the
South can cotton be grown, wheat grows in colder climes,
but not in sweltering heat; corn is widely distributed,
but the season in the northern parts is too short to make
a crop; no corn, no dairy cows, is the usual rule. But
poultry is kept on 95 per cent of all farms, without any
regard to latitude or longitude. The two greatest egg-
producing centers in this country are Petaluma, Cal., and
Vineland, N. J. The fastest growing poultry district is
probably Texas and the Southwest, and New England was
certainly the cradle of the industry. The most famous
production breeders of the country are up in Washington
around Seattle, while a very prominent breeder has re-
cently established a branch of his large breeding estab-
lishment in Florida. The most universal crop on the
farms of America is another of the superlatives which is
due our friend the hen.
Most Helpful Crops
Not only the most widely distributed crop, but I believe
the most profitable crop, taking the average the country
over — or at least, the most helpful crop. There is a dif-
ference, I will admit, between "most profitable" and
"most helpful." A good wife
is likely to be more helpful
than necessarily profitable.
Other crops, such as wheat,
or corn, or cotton, or pota-
toes, may bring in more
money; and at times more
profit. But these big money
crops fail in yield and in
profitability from year to
year, so that they are gam-
blers' crops; while the hen
is comparatively stable in
her profitability. During the
deflation period of 1921,
when so many farmers were
hit so hard that it seemed
as though there was no way
out for many of them, all
over the country the cry was
taken up by farm papers
everywhere, "Keep more
poultry!" Many a poor renter farmer faced the winter
of 1922 with nothing to eat, no money to buy something
to eat, and no credit by which to raise money to buy
something to eat. They lived somehow — each one tackled
his own problem in his own way, buckled his belt a little
tighter and worked out the problem somehow. A well-
known editor started a slogan in Oklahoma which was
taken up and pushed by the banks in about every town
the State over, "A cow, a sow, and a dozen hens." It
was dinged into the ears of almost everyone in Oklahoma.
Othei-Nvhere in the Southwest particularly the cry was
varied to read, "Raise food and feed!" One newspaper
in the Red River country of Texas made its business the
cultivating of prosperity for that county and preached,
"Raise food and feed" and "Keep a few poultry" in sea-
<=on and out. It did much to change that county to com-
paratively self-supporting, and greatly increased the bank
accounts of people in that vicinity.
Money the Year 'Round
Poultry is not the main, or principal cash crop, on the
farms of America; it is a small sideline. But poultry
and dairy cows are the only crop that brmg in real cash
money every week in the year. Their products can al-
ways be sold for cash, as well as eaten at home, and the
prices, as compared with prices of other crops, are stable
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Written expressly for Everybodys
By O. A. HANKE, Sup t A. & M. College of Texas Poultry Farm
March. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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pUTUERN hens have reached almost as high a
state of efficiency as have Northern hens. There
have been no 300-egg hens produced in Texas.
The highest official record is a record of 269
eggs which were laid by a Single Comb White
Leghorn in the Texas National Egg Laying Contest from
November 1, 1922 to November 1, 1923. This pullet was
retained by the Contest management until November 15
to finish her year, during which time she laid nine more
eggs. This total of 278 eggs is the greatest total any
single hen has laid
officially in Texas to
date.
The Southwestern
district, which in-
cludes that section
lying south of the
Western area and
West of the Missis-
sippi as far as the
Rockies, has undoubt-
edly advanced more
rapidly during the
last decade than any
other section of the
United States. This
is due quite largely
to improved methods
of producing and
handling poultry
products throughout
Kansas, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana
andTexas. The
population of these
parts is becoming
more dense each year
and cattle ranging is
giving place to crop
raising and smaller
farms. Many who
were attracted to the
South by the oil
booms, have settled
for a permanent agri-
culture. The facili-
ties of these districts
compare favorably
with the North, since
the meat-packers have
established chains of
packing houses
throughout the district. This, together with the inde-
pendent buyers, gives this neighborhood exceptional mar-
kets. The South need not rely entirely on these sources
for distribution, for just recently G. T. Piatt, manager of
the Texas Farm Bureau Poultry Producers' Exchange,
has announced after returning from the East that he has
waged a successful campaign with New York egg dealers
who are now accepting Texas eggs in marked packages
for sale to the fancy New York trade. Previously, Texas
eggs have been shown a discrimination of three to five
cents per dozen on the New York market.
According to the 1920 census, the 1919 production of
Texas was 70.6 millions of dozens of eggs. In 1920,
Texas ranked eighth in number of dozens of eggs pro-
duced. Although Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana
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and Kansas still are great poultry states, Texas, however
before long, will be not far from the front line. In 1923
the value of its poultry products exceeded forty-two mil-
lion dollars.
Why should not the poultry industry thrive when such
hearty co-operation is shown as exists in Texas? Jugt
recently the Stephens County Poultry Association and
Chamber of Commerce have purchased a 10,000 capacity
mammoth hatcher. This is the initial step toward build-
ing a big poultry industry in the county. There are
numerous other cities
in Texas whose Cham-
bers of Commerce of-
fer land, lights and
water to enterprising,
experienced men who
will locate their poul-
try farm near the
city. When business
men in general take
such a kindly atti-
tude toward poultry
affairs, is there any
doubt regarding the
future of the poultry
industry in Texas?
There are also
many educational
agencies at work in
Texas, instructing the
poultry men for bet-
ter and more efficient
egg production. There
is the Poultry Depart-
ment of the A. & M.
College at College
Station, the Experi-
ment Station Poultry
Farm at the same
place and the Poultry
Extension Service.
There are numerous
County Agents who
are real poultry en-
thusiasts. The Texas
National Egg Laying
Contest, which is lo-
cated at College Sta-
tion, Tex., at the A.
& M. Poultry Farm,
exerts a beneficial ef-
fect on Texas poul-
try keeping. (The writer has charge of this Contest,
hence can explain thoroughly the method of managing
this Contest.) Each contestant sends six birds to the
Contest, which are housed and yarded with two other con-
testant's entries, making a total of 18 birds in a house
10x10 feet which has a yard 40x104 feet. The five birds
of each entry which lay the greatest number of eggs
count for pen total and total to date. The Contest is now
in its seventh year, which has proven unusually success-
ful to date.
The system of feeding employed at the Contest is as
follows:
9:00 A. M. — One-half pound grain to 18 birds. Trap-
ping. Clean and fill water pails,
11:00 A. M. — Trapnesting.
l-OO P. M. — Trapnesting. One-quarter pound ger^
inated oats to 18 hens. Refill water pails.
^ 3:00 P. M. — Trapnesting. Eipht pounds wet mash to
100 hens. Buttermilk used for making mash.
5:00 P. M. — Trapnesting. One and one-half pounds
if nf erain per 18 birds. Eggs are gathered.
' The records are kept in the following manner: When
' the hen is iV-moved from the nest the egg is removed and
laced in an empty nest used for the purpose of storing
I the eggs, iin^l ^^e hen's number i:^ recorded on the trap-
■ est sheet. Floor eggs and eggs found in the nest from
"hich the hen has escaped are recorded as unidentified
* The Irapnest sheet has the hen's record for the month
^n^ at the tnd of the month it is sent to the Contest
Statistician who makes the Monthly Report. A new sheet
is placed on the board for the next month's records. The
feed is weighed each time the hoppers are filled and any
feed remaining in the hoppers on the last day of the
month is weighed and then subtracted from that month's
feed consumption. That amount is placed on the feed
sheet for the ensuing month.
It requires only 70 pounds of feed to feed a Leghorn
hen a year in Texas. The heavier breeds require pro-
portionately more. This is undoubtedly accounted for
by the green range which is available throughout the year
for the birds. At present writing (February 6) the yards
are all green with barley which is about six inches high.
The birds forage
out into this barley
range early in the
morning and late in
the afternoon. One
often finds them out
there as late as six
o'clock.
I stated when I
began this article
that Southern heni
have reached almost
as high a state of
efficiency as have
Northern hens. The
' one limiting factor
f in Southern egg pro-
duction is the fix-
tremelyhot weather
Fig. 1. ThU hen laid 278 eggs from November 15, 1922 to
NoTember 15, 1923, at the Texas National Egg Laying Contest. She
is the highest official hen in the State of Texas. Fig. 2. House on
A. St M. College of Texas Poultry Farm, showing open front.
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which prevails during the summer months. Tempera-
tures of 106 degrees in the shade exist at times, which
are very disconcerting to high egg production. Few hens
have long cycles at that time of year for the heat exerts
a powerful strain on the hen. Hens which have ex-
tremely long cycles soon break down under the strain ot
high egg production. Although Southern hens are at a
great advantage during the months of November, Decem-
ber, January and February, they are at a much greater
disadvantage during the summer months.
More people are engaging in the poultry business m
Texas each year. The climate of Texas offers a two-fold
advanUge to the poultrymen of this State. The hot cli-
mate necessitates no elaborate housing system. The
houses can be constructed very cheaply, three sides and
a roof being all that is necessary for a house. The con-
struction can be very cheap since only single boards such
as ship lath or drop siding are necessary. Expensive in-
sulation such as is used in the North is not necessary.
This reduces the building cost immensely. The favonte
type of house is the Missouri type gable roof house. The
favorite size is the 25x25 feet size which has a capacity
of 250 hens. The 40x40 feet size has a capacity of oOO
hens. The front side is constructed almost entirely ot
one-inch mesh wire and there are ventilators on all four
sides. During the summer months all four sides of the
house have the ventilators opened for aeration. Fig. 3
shows the popular type of gable roof house front.
The gable roof house is most popular because it can
be cooled more easily than any of the other types of
houses. The hot air accumulates in the gable and the air
cu-rents blowing through carry with them this hot air.
This point [r. so advantageous in the housing of laying
hens that some poultrymen are advising the use of
brooder hou ;es of the gable roof type, stating that young
chickens m ly be grown in them more successfully due to
the cooling effect.
The hot climate affords a supply of green stuff during
the months when Northern poultry keepers are supplying
mangels, ka-e and cabbage for greens. The chickens on
the farm have not been confined to the houses one single
day this winter. This supply of natural greens aid:, in
the health of the hen and also saves labor for Southern
poultrymen. The yards are sown to barley or rye about
November first which remains green until March. At this
time the yavds are resown to Bermuda grass and partly
to sunflowers for shade. During the months of June,
July and August not much green stuff is available but
oats is very easily sprouted artificially and is part of the
hen's diet at this time. The Southern poultryman has
the advantage in the long run.
Production in Texas is still insufficient during the win-
ter months. The demand for eggs within the State ex-
ceeds the supply. As a result, Texas poultrymen were
receiving 15 and 50 cents per dozen for their eggs in
January when the Northern market had dropped to 30
and 35 cen :s per dozen. There are many poultry farms
in Texas but there is still room for many more. There
are still great areas
where there are
scarcely any chick-
ens.
One of the world's
large poultry farms
is already located in
Texas and there will
undoubtedly be more
in the future. There
are great areas of
slightly wooded land
which can be bought
very cheaply. Thete
acres of shade with
the free range are
most excellent for
Fig. 3. chicken raising.
M. Johnson, at
Bowie, Tex., has 350 acres of similar land devoted to the
culture of the Single Comb White Leghorn. He has a
double row of laying houses of the gable roof type which
are nearly a mile long. These house 10,000 laying hens,
all of which are trapnested. Ninety acres of free range
is given over to the growing of cockerels. Mr. Johnson
matures each year, 5,000 cockerels and 10,000 pullets.
He has 200 acres devoted to the pullets and devotes 60
acres to the breeding houses which have large runs, and
to the brooder houses and range for the chicks.
The poultry industry in the South is still in its infancy.
Mr. Johnson began only twenty years ago and was alone
in the hatchery field for a long time. As Texas grows m
State wealth, the poultry industry will also grow. It
promises to be one of Texas' greatest assets.
MAINTAIN THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESS
The true breeder succeeds often in spite of obstacles,
while the over-enthusiastic and misguided beginner, who
takes up poultry breeding as a last resort, or as a means
of making a living without work, invests only to fail even
when conditions are favorable.
The only way through which the spirit of progress may
be kept alive and the fire of enthusiasm brightly burning
is to do -very day the things that need doing. The
poultry-keeper who concludes to take a rest, give himself
a vacation and let the birds take care of themselves has
taken the first step towards failure.
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Written and arranged expressly for Everybodys
By HAROLD F. BARBER
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|R. WARD OSTROM is a backlot breeder of chick-
ens, and a writer of parts. He thinks, and has
the £.bility to set forth his thoughts in easily read
and easily understood lan^iiafo. In a little article
which he calls "Why the Speciulty Breeder?" he
says the poultry industry owes much to those breeders,
small and large, who breed for an ideal, regardless of
expense or other deterrents. At first thought we say at
once, "Oh! Yes! the Fancier!" But he includes both
those whose ideal is Color and Type, and those whose
ideal has to do with production. So we can't very well
call them "Fanciers." Dr. Ostrom calls them Specialty
Breeders, and perhaps that's as good a term as any; it
would include Shape-and-feather Fanciers, and Production
Breeding Nuts — any kind of a Breeding Nut — that's a
Specialty Breeder. Speaking
of "Nuts," if you think that
is a hard word to use, re-
member that Francis Park-
man once said that if a man
would make a real success,
he must be so enthusiastic
over his project that the
world would esteeih him as
mad. Your Specialty Breed-
er may have a small back-
yard to work in, or his birds
may range over a thousand
acres; it's the aim, and the
fidelity with which he fol-
lows that aim, that makes
him a Specialty Breeder.
Such men are the real Breed-
ers, as distinct from the Re-
producers, or the Producers.
A good example of a Repro-
ducer is a man I know, whose
birds make good records
every year; mighty good
records, consistently. Rec-
ords just as good as were
made by the first birds he
bought ten years ago — and
no better. Ten years "breed-
ing" with no improvement!
He is a Reproducer, all right,
and not a Specialty Bre<»d-
er. (b)
youngster, his father was "sold" on the family physician
who put his finger to his nose and looked very wise and
said very little. Such a man did not impress the scientific
mind of the Dr. who thought a man who knew enough to
be good, ought to be able to talk a little, intelligently.
That's the way I've always felt about doctors, and I am
very sure that is a good way to feel about all the con-
tradictory poultry advice we read. One man says one
thing (like "one pound per 100 birds") and somebody
else says "That is altogether too much." What are you
going to do about it? Well, at least it can't hurt any, if
you consider carefully the man who says a thing; who he
is, what he is, what his record is, and how does what he
says sound to your own intelligence. That's why I told
you what Dr. Kaupp's position is, before I told you how
much salts he prescribes.
Now feed your salts any way
you want to, but don't blame
(b)
Help Wanted
AN use two or three good secre-
taries through the winter months
when the poultry journals are par-
ticularly thick and juicy with worth-while
articles, to read them over and save some
of the time necessary to read them, and
pick out the best thoughts for Every -
laodys* readers. TTie job wasn't so bad in
the summer when the pages were fewer,
but I didn't know what I was getting into,
when last July 1 promised to pre-digest a
lot of the other journals for Everybodys*
family. In the January issues, there were
so many good things, tfiat the trouble was
to stop telling you about them, before you
got tired of my "slant** on things.
The January issues of several maga-
zines are referred to in what follows by
the following letters: (b) Poultry Item;
(d) Pacific Poultryman; (e) Poultry Life;
(f) American Poultry Advocate; (g)
American Poultry Journal; (h) Leghorn
World.
Dr. B. F. Kaupp is a wise man on diseases of poultry
and the cares thereof. He is Poultry Pathologist of the
North Carolina Experiment Station. In an article on
"The Post Mortems of a Poultry Hospital" he fires a
couple of hot shots that made me sit up and take notice.
Chiefly Epsom Salts. We all have read many times that
salts are good for fowls in the winter-time, the dose be-
ing a pound for 100 fowls. Now here is Dr. Kaupp, "One
pound to 100 birds is too much and I venture that if you
give this much to la3nng hens it will interfere with egg
production. Ordinarily we prescribe one tablespoonful
to each twelve hens, and where a little heavier cathartic
is wanted, two tablespoonfuls to the dozen birds, or one-
half pound per 100 hens." Also he tells how much per-
manganate of potash to use. Usually we read "enough
to color the water" and we are always wondering how
much color it ought to receive. Five grains to the quart
of water, says the Dr. He tells about when he was a
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You learn a lot in the
poultry business. Funda-
mentals, business principles,
philosophies of life. Many
a captain of Big Business
would be a better business
man as well as a better
client for his Advertising
Agency, if he had learned
what Mrs. H. C. Kleinsmith
has learned in her chicken
business about Advertising
with a capital A. Says she,
"The longer your name is
before the public the better
results your ad. will bring
if you back it up by quality.
It will seem hard to begin-
ners to invest and invest he-
fore the returns seem to
justify the expenditure.
You have got to have that
ad. working for you; then
by the time you reach the
point where you have con-
siderable for sale there will
be a demand for it. Have
your market ready made and
waiting when you are ready
for it." She has learned that the new advertiser cannot
demand as high prices as the breeder with an esUblished
reputation; he must make a start at smaller prices than
he will get later on, when the cumulative effect of his
advertising has made itself felt. So much for the right
advertising viewpoint. Now for a bit of wisdom, which
she says she read some years ago in a report of an inter-
view by Thos. A. Edison. Edison said that we must work
eight hours to live. We must sleep eight hours to k^p
healthy; and what success we may be able to achieve de-
pends largely on what we do with the third eight hours ol
the day. In other words our "recreation" time. I know
a world famous breeder who told me only last evening
that he had been studying for three weeks as to just what
male bird to mate with a particular pen of pullets. H«
hasn't yet settled the question to his satisfaction. Now
you know what one breeder does with a good part of nis
"other eight hours." He uses (Continued on page 296)
Hints on Securing Fertility
Most males and nearly all females are fertile, but there are a number of things
that tend to decrease fertility unless remedied— There is no
pleasure in trying to hatch infertile eggs
By CHARLES D. CLEVELAND, Associate Editor
iQR the average breeder the hatching season is
H short. The man who sells bred-for-production
J stock usually confines his incubating operations
to three months — March, April and May.
The fancier generally makes use of a longer
neriod— about five months — because he has a smaller
number of birds and because he plans to have birds ready
for the early shows and also for the very late ones.
A jrreat deal depends upon the kind of birds raised
for that determines the rapidity of its growth into matur-
ity We all know that a Leghorn or any one of the Medi-
terranean breeds matures much faster than one of the
heavy breeds, such as Orpingtons, Rocks or Giants. But
we may fairly say that all of the hatching must be done
in the short space of three to five months and the effort
must, naturally, be to secure
the highest per cent of fer-
tility during this important
period, for, as indicated in
the title, there is nothing
but gloom in trying to hatch
infertile eggs.
Much has been written on
this subject of securing fer-
tility in hatching eggs and
some of the difficulties along
this line will never be 'over-
come, but there are a num-
ber of things that will help
and we propose to deal with
some of them.
We read a great deal
about the high fertility of
farmers' flocks — those that
have free range and are gen-
erally exposed to the wea-
ther and have scanty shelter
at night The conclusion^
drawn by those who advo-
cate such treatment of fowls
are that because the birds
are compelled **to rough it"
their eggs are more fertile
and their chicks are hardier.
Such conclusions are partly
right but mostly wrong be-
A Store House
of Good Things for You
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EGINNING with this article. "Hints
on Securing Fertility," Mr. Cleve-
land starts a new series covering
subjects that have had little attention
heretofore, but which are of vital conse-
quence once they have been gone into in
Mr. Cleveland's masterly way. We give
you below the subjects for the next three
months. Read this article and enjoy the
happy expectation of those to come.
APRIL— Don't Be Afmid of the Ground--
Some comments on the advisability
of letting young chicks run out at
all times. _,
MAY— Colony Hou.e Problem.— The proper
colony houses and the number oi
birds per house. .
JUNE— Some Remark, on Culling- Begin
culling as soon as you can possiDiy
tell the real ones.
cause they do not go far enough. It is not because tne
birds are compelled to withsUnd hardship that we get
more fertile eggs from them, but because such buds have
lots of proper exercise and because they have a chance
to balance their own rations.
They are compelled to rustle for their grub which
keeps them physically fit and which carries them to all
parts of the grounds where they can find those foods that
make a complete balanced diet. If they do get tired of
whole corn which is probably the only food that the far-
mer gives them, they seek the manure heap where the
other grains are found in a state still palatable and they
find animal life in corners and under stoves and along the
fence lines as well as securing a variety of seeds from the
weeds that abound on every farm.
Then again these farmers' birds do not lay as many
eres as the fowls that are specially taken care of— not
enough in nine cases out of ten to pay for their keejK—
and, in consequence, the constitutions of the birds are
generally at the highest pitch because there has been no
drain whatever upon the fowls.
If we can, therefore, plan things in our yards so that
the birds can get as much exercise as is necessary and
can get a properly balanced ration we can duplicate the
performance of the farm flock as to fertility— and get a
lot more eggs. The first essential to fertility must be
robust health. A bird that is off condition or whose con-
stitution is impaired will be sluggish and inert and,
whether it be male or female, will not produce strong,
fertile eggs. The bird that is forced to the limit for
egg production is found to be either quite infertile or
one whose chicks lack vitality.
This is because too great a strain is being put on the
bird and is like the cow that
is being run on test; she can-
not produce a very large
amount of milk and carry
a calf at the same time —
without danger to both her-
self and the calf. She is be-
low real normal condition,
for she will try to do both
things and will naturally im-
pair her own health in the
meantime.
Birds which are to be
used for breeding pruposes
should be in prime health to
start with and they should
never be forced for produc-
tion, but should be fed to
give their highest normal
yield during the hatching
season— anything beyond
the high normal is danger-
Breeding stock should
never be fat and the breed-
ers should always be in the
condition where they wiU
come quickly to the "grub
call." We do not mean that
they should be thin or under-
fed but that they must »t
all times have their appetites on edge. The art of ^e
feeder lies in securing this condition and ^rim^'^^uimg
it and is of no little difficulty. A pen of pullets or a pen
of hens is one thing, but a mixed pen of hens and pullets
is much more difficult and the feeder should go through
his pens Tt night after the birds have gone to roost and
thus ascertain the real condition of his birds. Shou d
ome be found either too fat or too thin these should
be removed for a few days and fed accordingly.
Exercise is of primary importance. The birds must
aii^er be starved or coaxed into exercising as much as
«1hlP D^^ dry litter should be provided in every
Sr and aS g?iinTed into it. Green food is not only
abLlutely necessary but it should be fed so as to nduce
eSse If you fTed cabbage, suspend it in a net hung
Wh enough to compel the birds to jump for it. Man-
eel may be fed in the same way. Sprouted oats or
wheat must be given in small (Continued on page 296)
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The Madison Square Garden
New York Show
A review of the classes, winners and birds with happenings
and general show notes and news
By H. P. SCHWAB, Editor
I'^HN the February issue of Everybodys we published,
as complete as time would allow, a general report
g... of the Supreme New York Show and a complete
WSS list of awards, being one of the very first, if not
the first, to give our readers, the great majority
of which are deeply interested in this national poultry
exhibition, as early as possible a pen picture of the ex-
hibit, the awards, and now a special review of the birds
and classes.
From whatever angle one would review this great ex-
hibit of Standard-bred poultry, several thoughts present
themselves all of which harmonize and lead to the one
conclusion, viz., "That this 1924 New York Show was
the superior in quality and arrangement of all previous
New York poultry exhibits." There were more birds,
more exhibitors, larger classes and a general higher grade
of quality than any other show has brought together.
In number of entries this 1924 show contained 711
over the exhibit of 1923. There were 842 exhibitors com-
ing from about every State and Canada with the South
particularly well represented. In all the poultry classes
there were 3,106 birds entered for competition; in tur-
keys, geese and ducks, 490; bantams, 745; pet stock,
315; pigeons, 1,518, and displays, 365, making a grand
total of 6,539 exhibits as shown by the 136-page cata-
logue.
The attendance, during part of the week, was not up
to the usual standard, due perhaps to the wonderfully
mild weather, but on Saturday and Sunday the people
came in droves, crowding the three great floors to their
capacity and dispelled all fear of failure.
As before stated, this was the first New York Show in
twenty or more years where all the coops were placed on
the same level in single tiers, and we trust this plan will
ever be adhered to for it places every bird and every class
upon the same footing with equal chance to all. As this
plan somewhat reduces the number of entries that can be
accepted, we believe the exhibitors would prefer an entry
fee of $5.00 per bird and a limit to entries than to go
back to the old system where they were obliged to make
double entries to insure top coops for their choice birds.
The displays and special exhibits occupied the entire
space around the main floor as usual and a great part of
the lower level along with the section usually used for
the testaurant. The displays were very complete, those
of the feed and incubator manufacturers especially so.
In about all cases these exhibits were in personal charge
of their leading men to whom we owe much for their sin-
cere efforts to gain the confidence due, and to lead the
public to improved poultry production with improved
modern methods of hatching and feeding that assures
best results and greater profits.
Several club and association meetings were held here
during the show reports of which we hope to publish
when received. We were pleased to attend the National
Poultry Institute Students' Convention which proved to
be a large meeting of special interest as we have obtained
first hand ideas of the methods followed. President H. M.
Lamon and Secretary Kinghorne, with other officials
struck the keynote of quality breeding as the basis for
all poultry successes and we are strong for such.
The general interest in standard quality breeding was
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noticeable here in every department. Quality was the
general demand on every side. Another pleasing feature
was the fellowship noted between the exhibitor and the
breeders. Each was anxious to meet and know the other
fellow and a greater general acquaintance was had all of
which points to further poultry progress. The officers,
especially Secretary Orr, were about at all hours and we
feel assured that this great exhibit must have been a
great personal satisfaction to each and every one.
General Show Notes and News
Frank Davey's young pen of White Plymouth Rocks
won the $100.00 cash prize for the best pen at the show.
The award was unanimously commended as one most
worthy and deserving.
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Tex Rickard paid one thousand, five hundred dollars for !
the Schilling first prize pen of Single Comb White Leg-
horns and five hundred dollars for R. H. Anderson's first
prize pen of Single Comb Black Minorcas. Tex got value ;
received.
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While Tex Rickard and his mother were inspecting
their new possessions, two of the Leghorn pullets laid
eggs and thus early made a first payment on their cost.
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Mr. Meloney, of the Marcy Farm, sold F. J. Ward a
pen and two single birds of his Jersey Black Giants for
$750.00 and here also full value was given.
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Frank Davey sold an unplaced White Rock cockerel
for $200, and many other sales at from $50 to $150 for
single birds were reported and several three figure offers
were refused. The demand for New York Show birds
and winners was immense.
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Birds from the Southland and their breeders were not
only in evidence, but most welcome and proved strong
winners.
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Although only side issues Messrs. Scotch and Gordon
were a popular pair in several localities.
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The visit of the "Three Graces from Hanover" was
altogether too short. It did not seem like the same place
after their departure.
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We now realize what a proud father really is after see-
ing "Tom" Quisenberry at the New York Show. Every
luck and success to you, "Tom."
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The real feature of the Henry P. McKean, Jr., dinner
was that it resulted in organizing what is hoped to be a
"United Leghorn Breeders' Association." The thought of
this day and the demands of the times favor breed and
not variety clubs.
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Senator Aldrich proved himself to be an excellent fixer
and his services were in constant demand; his advice was
gladly accepted and followed.
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Judge F. H. Stillwagen handled the difficult Red clases
in an able and just manner. (Continued on page 303)
Two More Readers Ask
Our Opinion
By D. E. HALE, Associate Editor
r^^ E appreciate the value apparently placed on our
ffS advice by our readers, but we have found that
^^ once in a while, when we do not show much en-
thusiasm or where our opinion does not agree
with that of others, that it often causes a little
trouble. We hope the following may be of help to the
correspondents.
The following letter was recently received:
"I have been reading the articles in your magazine for
a long time and I am desirous of going into the chicken
business. I have a very nice place in South Coventry,
Conn , about an acre of ground and a house which is all
oaid for. I also have a few thousand dollars in cash. I
would like to ask you what is the greatest pitfall in the
poultry business as I have heard of so many people fail-
ing. Would like to have your opinion as to the general
cause of this.
"Will you also let me know how many chickens would
be required to make a good living for a man and wife;
also what breed and strain would you recommend?
"I have not had any practical experience, but have
been reading your magazine and others for a long time,
and I have become very much interested. My home is
about four miles from the Connecticut Agricultural Col-
lege. Would you advise me to take a course?
"Thanking you for an early reply, I am
"Yours very truly, W. A. L."
With the property and cash on hand that this party
had, plus a liking for the business, we can see no reason
why this man and his wife could not make a very com-
fortable living and be independent.
They have the same size place as the writer is looking
forward to. We have the acre of ground and if we had
a home on it and paid for with a few thousand dollars in
cash, we would consider ourselves very fortunate. Per-
haps our experience would be worth something, but with
his accessibility to the Connecticut Agricultural College,
where he could probably get valuable information at any
time, this should not deter him.
What We Would Do
We would first consult the college regarding proper
style and build of house most suitable for that climate.
We would plan on putting up either one large or several
smaller houses to properly house about five hundred
birds.
We would build these buildings early and use part of
them for brood pens, using colony brooder hovers and
start with about 1.500 chicks. Allowing liberally for
chick loss on account of inexperience 1,000 chicks L;hould
be raised. These should run about half cockerels and
half pullets. We would select some of the so-called
heavy breeds such as Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds,
Wyandottes, Orpingtons or Brahmas.
We would caponize the cockerels and use them for a
cash revenue the following February and March, ine
pullets would be kept for egg production and for tnat
reason we would try and buy chicks from a well de-
veloped egg laying strain.
Five hundred capons should bring in an average of at
least $2.50 each if properly developed, fattened and tne
right market in say. New York found for them.
Five hundred pullets should give an average egg pro-
duction of 40% to 50% after six months of age. Con-
tinuous contect with the college men should enable him
to properly mature the pullets in six months and also
keep them laying. Two hundred eggs per day would
make a nice income from eggs.
While the young stock was growing, a good garden
could be kept that would supply the family table the year
around.
In building the poultry house, unless there was room
in the basement of the residence, we would build a well
ventilated incubator cellar and the second spring have
installed an incubator so that not only chicks for the
home place could be hatched, but custom hatching could
be done and also a nice commercial business in baby
chicks carried on. These all help in the general income.
A man and his wife on one acre of ground ought to
easily make an income of $2,500 to $3,000 per year, be-
sides raising enough fruit and vegetables for home use.
As the fortune teller would say, "We can see no reason
for failure with such prospects."
As for what breed and strain we would recommend,
we would first decide what we prefer to sell, whether
merely eggs or meat or both. We would then select the
breed to suit our needs and the color of the variety to
suit our fancy.
The big reason for so many failures in the poultry
business is lack of experience and capital. One cannot
get very far with experience and no capital and vice
versa, though capital and lack of experience stands a
better chance of success if the person is anxious and
willing to learn and will do as he is told until he gains
his own experience.
ANOTHER INTERESTING LETTER
In this case the wife is anxious for some advice before
agreeing to embark in the business and we think she is
wise in so doing as it is a big question to decide.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Gentlemen: — Should a man start farming at the age
of 38*^ My husband is a man five feet, eight inches in
height physically well developed, a city mechanic, with
an income of $2,500.00 per year. We have $4,000.00 in
cash My husband's ambition is to raise chickens and
ducks. He is about to buy a ten acre farm near New
Brunswick, N. J. He has no experience whatsoever. The
little that he knows is by reading books and Magazines,
including yours. We have two small children. I am
therefore seeking your advice in this manner
"Yours truly, Mrs. J. D. H.
The man's age should be no detriment to his success
on the farm. There are two questions he must answer.
Does he really know that he likes the poultry business
well enough to st'ck to it, and. would the wife feel satis-
fied on the farm after having lived in the city for years?
With the family discontened it would be harder to over-
come discouragements.
We would suggest that this man and his wife both
consult the poultry department at the New Jersey Ex-
perimental College at New Brunswick, N. J., and then it
mght be better to rent or buy a place with a reasonable
amount of ground on say. Long Island, so the husband
could hold his job and try out the poultry business as a
«;ide line The ten acre places can always be bought
when wanted and in this case it seenris to us the wise
bourse would be to first satisfy both ^^^^band and ^fe
that they wanted the poultry business and that there
was a real future in it.
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Earnest Endeavor
If ever a poultry success has been made without
earnest endeavor, it has not come to our notice.
Success in any undertaking can only be attained in
one way. and that as the result of study, of master-
ing conditions, and of earnest labor toward that
object. * J
All this most strongly applies to poultry produc-
tion when breeding for improved quality combined
with the greatest possible worth. If you will but
study the lives and works of our many great breed-
ers, you will find that they were, first, students as
well as workers: and, second, that they have the
confidence in themselves and in poultry possibihties
to give their best and their all to its production.
Nothing short of your best can or will win for
you. Your most earnest endeavor will bring to you
in full measure the results that your efforte merit,
and when you attain that, you will then realize best
your worth to self and to your fellow-man and that
you have not labored in vain.
The progress made in improved poultry produc-
tion during the past years is not confined altogether
to the older breeders. New and younger breeders
are continually springing up who have produced
marvelous resulte. More of these each year make
their record and show their worth, and one does not
have to tax their memory for over a few years to
appreciate the wonderful advancement that has
been made in all breeds and varieties by both old
and new breeders.
All that we have today in our improved poultry
is the result of earnest endeavor; all that we can
hope for in the future will also result from endeavor.
So let us ever remember that anything worth doing,
is worth doing in the best and most thorough man-
ner -direct your efforts and labor to one object
and end — that of poultry success.
Perhaps This May Help You
If memory serves us correctly, there is in this
country 6f ours an association called the American
Poultry Association. Probably this fact has also
nearly slipped the minds of others for it is months
since any article of interest, or news, or any men-
tion (excepting that applying to be a candidate for
office) has appeared in the poultry publications to
assure its members and the industry at large that the
association still exists.
Yes, the American Poultry Association still lives,
after a fashion, and that to its membership and the
industry is about all. Here we have just paf»5^
through another great poultry show season which
certainly should be the harvest season, the great
round-up for new members and more blood, with
no apparent change, no results and no advance-
ment. We are just drifting. But where to?
We believe, that in the main, we have a splendid
selection of officers for the American Poultry Asso-
ciation, and these lines are not personal and are not
written in malice or jealousy. They are written in the
interests of these officers, of our membership and
the poultry industry in the hope that those at the
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wheel will observe the indicator (public opinion)
and respond with the efforts due and expected of
them, or else make room for others that will.
Surely, we, as an association, are getting no place
and the cause may well be laid in perhaps a dozen
directions. Here we have a breed specialty club
with double the number of live members the Ameri.
can Poultry Association has that is supjbosed to be
the paramount poultry association representing
nearly a hundred breeds and varieties.
What is the cause for this condition > Is it for
want of system, for lack of push and effort, for want
of hustle and accomplishment, or can it be that our
able officers, either singly or combined, fear to take
the initiative in the work for membership and prog-
ress demanded by standard poultry's best interests?
Perhaps all of these features, with others un-
known, are playing a part in the present very un-
satisfactory condition. Still facts are facts and tbe
work that should be done, day in and out, for the
benefit of the general poultry interest is slighted
dreadfully or else left without any effort whatso-
ever.
Just about once a year, at election time, are the
flags run up and the drum choir hesurd; that we
poultrymen are made aware that the American
Poultry Association exists. Then we read of the
business administration's accomplishments, of the
records made and the sound platforms adopted
upon which the candidates stand. • It is then that we
pin a Barred Plymouth Rock feather in the lapel
of our coat and walk up main street proud of the
poultry industry and happy in the thought of pos-
sessing membership in the American Poultry Asso-
ciation. But in a short time, when the "Thank
you s" for election have been said, business, plat-
forms, records, etc.. are all forgotten as needless
articles that have served their purpose. They are
laid carefully away in moth balls labeled for future
time and service. , .
Our interest in the association, as well as in its
members and the industry in general causes us to re-
gret the conditions as they exist and have been car-
ried on for some years, particularly when we are
aware that the American Poultry Association in
right and live hands, with proper effort made, could
and would become the world's largest livestock as-
sociation in a very short time. We. therefore, ask
the members to consider conditions as they see
them, then try to imagine what they could be and
how great a benefit a great and ever-growing poultry
association would prove to every poultry interest
We have an abundance of faith in the member-
ship of the association and if this prove a prod to
some good end with some near-at-hand advance-
ment evident, we will ever rejoice at writing these
lines.
Read Your Poultry Magazines
The beginner would save much money and time
if he would carefully read and ponder over, before
moving too fast, the articles in the columns of m«
poultry paper. FacU and actual experience should
rimarily absorb his attention and prognostication
Siould be left for the reading of future years. And
«rhy 80^ Because he must learn the **A B C* of
noultry culture, as he learned the "A B C" of the
English language, and he will soon learn that one
thing at a time is sufficient to start with, when it is
remembered that he must practice at the same time
he studies in the practical management of some one
breed of thorough-bred fowls, for reading without
action would be invariably as fruitiess, yes, much
more so. than action without reading or studying, or
investigating and comparing the experience of
others with his own. The two must be combined to
warrant any aggressiveness.
The advantage to be gained by the reading of the
poultry press are legion and every successful poul-
try fancier will so testify, and we urgently advise the
novice of today to avail himself of the superior
poultry literature at his disposal, and so with the
professional breeder. He well knows the value of
his papers, for they hold out to him the ropes of
safety which he must cling to in times when his own
discrepancies confront him. He must grasp this
means to keep from sinking from public gaze into
oblivion. Through the columns of his paper he
communicates and negotiates with the public, and
is able to draw universally upon it, and it is also
the messenger which brings him the reporU of the
various exhibitions throughout the land, and tells
of the prizes won by courtly birds. So, reader, from
the few lines above, you can easily see how neces-
sary "you^ paper" is to your success.
How to Improve Business
One way to make biftiness better is to talk about
your particular line. If you breed poulti-v let peo-
ple know that you are proud of your birds and of
being a fancier. No business grows without it is
pushed and the poultry business is no exception.
Help the business by getting those who do not take
a poultry magazine to subscribe for one. If they
think some other magazine better than this one. get
them to take that one. Every subscriber one otour
contemporaries gets helps the whole business and
this helps us.
Encourage beginners by helping them in even^
way you can. Tell them how lo mate, how to feed,
how to care for their young birds.
If you meet any one who is thinking of going into
the poultry business give him pomters about buying
and ^ell him how much plfasure he can get from a
few birds. If poultry fanciers would, every one.
do their best the business would grow more rapidly
than it does, although it is doing pretty well now.
Practical Poultry Breeding
If the breeding of thoroughbred poultry was
more generally conducted on business principles,
\ 1 igaged in largely for the sake of expected
piofits, we would not hear of so many disgusted or
badly disappointed breeders. A large proportion
or the beginners commence with an enormous
amount of self-conceit and false ideas aiid a very
small amount of experience, and until this is directly
and completely reversed, success and profit will
never be attained.
When a breeder or farmer starts in with common
poultry — common only so far as not being P^^e-
bred is concerned — he watches everything carefully,
and works every known point to make a good profit.
With those who commence with pure-bred fowls,
however, most beginners first figure on getting a big
price for all the surplus birds they can raise, basing
this on what they paid for the stock they com-
menced with. Many good birds may have been
bred, but the orders at good prices come in very
slcwly, and soon the breeder gets out of heart, and
his castles in the air are dispelled, forgetting that it
takes time to build up a reputation and trade which
will pay largely in this connection.
Let the breeding of pure-bred poultry be con-
ducted so that it will pay a fair profit, even if all the
surplus birds have to be sold for food, and then
whatever number of birds are sold at good fig^fr
for breeding stock, will be so much clear gam. This
is the most business-like and satisfactory plan to
work on.
RESPONSIVENESS
Our readers surely have been re-
sponsive to our request that they see,
personally, their friends and neigh-
bors who are poultry keepers and
need a magazine like Everybodys
and who are not subscribers. To say
the least, we are gratified and wish
to thank each and every one of you
who through "speaking a word" have
caused your friend or neighbor to
send in his or her subscription.
The policy of Everybodys, from its
initial issue, has been to rightfully
earn reader's confidence, believing
that alone on reading contents, can
any publication become a power. To
that end our efforts have been and
always will be to give our readers the
very best we are capable of — eniploy-
ing such writers whose ability is un-
questioned and who write absolutely
from experience of a sensible, practi-
cal, every day kind.
We want your help. While that
help may seem very little to you, it is
tremendous assistance to us for you
to see one or more poultry keepers,
whether they have but a backyard
flock or a good sized i^ant in opera-
tion, and in seeing them speak the
word that will make them a sub-
scriber. You are doing for Every-
bodys an act of appreciation that we
shall never forget and, incidentally,
making it possible for us to steadily
improve Everybodys as its influence
is broadened by numbers.
A subscriber out in Colorado
writes us under date of February 5:
"Dear Evervbodys:— A year ago I believe
I was the only' subscriber to your pubhcat.oTi
in mv mtle town, but today at least thirty
.ouUry keepers are getting Everybodys at
trlJl to me as^I recommended it as the
best «'f them all." _^«l,o9 TViiq
Don't you see how it works.' inis
one friend of Everybodys in a round
about way is responsible for thirty
readers and he is proud of it. An-
other subscriber right here in Penn-
sylvania writes:
"Dftar Editor:— I am anxious to know just
how manv subscribers you have m and
now ni»n seems everybody
in mj "fllTTer" to round up a few of my
friends in the country in response to your
•Every reader get a new subscriber' cana-
paien. I called on five or six and they all
were subscribers and swear by Everybodys.
v,w.y one of them as much as read any other
poultry or farm publication. Last evening I
had better luck and got six whose names
with remittance I enclose. They are all be-
ginners in a small way but have started right.
I am sure Everybodys will help to keep
them right, etc., etc."
It has been in this way that Every-
bodys has gone forward. A growth
fostered and developed out of read-
ers' interest and that interest is what
we are striving for always. We want
to earn completely every advance-
ment we make and our greatest ad-
vancement lies in your co-operation.
That co-operation one hundred thou-
sand subscribers of the same quality
it is our pleasure today to have on
our subscription list — men and wo-
men who keep poultry and really
want a poultry magazine and who
subscribe for same on its merits in
value to them.
Will you help us to our ultimate
goal? Will you, after you have read
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for us a subscriber or two? Think
of it, two full years for a single dol-
lar to any one address — twenty-four
months of Everybodys. As a sub-
scriber just how much do you value
Everybodys? Let your answer be in
the form of sending us one or more
new ones. Will you do this, please?
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OUR ADVERTISERS
It is because of our very good
advertisers that we feel like recom-
mending them to our readers. The
highest compliment we can pay an
advertiser is to accept his business,
for that is a notice that we fully and
freely recommend him and his busi-
ness methods. When we accept the
business of an advertiser we believe
we put him in the best company to
which he can be introduced. We put
him among other honest and honor-
able advertisers and recommend him
to our thousands of readers who are
the kind of people it is good to know
and be known of. When our friends
do business with our advertisers,
satisfaction results, because we do
not have any other kind of adver-
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lieves what is true, that the best are
much more likely to produce the best
than are those of poorer quality.
Let one, who breeds few birds, fol.
low for several years the practice of
selecting eggs and marking chicks, so
that he can trace his birds through a
fine pedigree, not only on the male
but also on the female side, and he
will find his breeding a much greater
success than before, both as regards
the production of a larger proportion
of exhibition birds, and an increase
of the general excellence of his
stock.
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EARLY CHICKENS
Early chickons require a great deal
of care and attention, and if it is
given them they ,vill amply repay you
for it. Broilers of medium size will
bring a good price in April and May,
and if you are bleeding fine stock
surely your early b.r.!' intended for
the exhibition room n( xt season, will
require every personal attontion you
can give them. There are rnr.ny little
delicacies that they can have, a.^d al-
ways remember that you force them
more rapidly if you are particular in
WHEN WRITING
TO ADVERTISERS
Nearly all advertisers use what is
called a "key number" in the address
they give in their advertisements.
Sometimes they use a different letter
catalogue "A" or **B*' using a differ-
ent letter for each medium they take
space in. They do this so they may
know from which advertisement the
inquiry received comes. If our
friends will be careful to address ad-
vertisers exactly as the address ap-
pears in the advertisement in Every-
bodys this magazine will get credit
for the inquiry. A better way is to
say, "I saw your advertisement in
Everybodys." If this is done, there
will be no possibility of making mis-
takes in giving proper credit and the
advertiser will be better pleased. We
ask our friends to remember this.
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WHEN LIKE BEGETS LIKE
The common saying that "like be-
gets like," is true to a greater extent
than some imagine. Not only within
the species, as some affirm, is this so,
but the whole breeder's art, in the
selection of birds, shows that he be-
"THE LAYERS WIN AND THE WINNERS LAY "
Regal Dorcas Eggs Bring Success
'•THE IViARXIIM STRAIN FOR IVfE "
Turner, Me., Jan. 21, 1924.
One year ago last Spring, I purchased COO eggs from you and I raised some of the best laying
stock it ha.s been my jtleasure to own. In their i>ullet year they laid very heavily right through the
severe Winter, and as yearlings they kept producing the eggs. There were many beautiful birds
among them and they constantly attracted attention of passersby. Certainly one of the best flocks
in this section. The Martin strain of White Wyandottes for me.
Very truly jours,
E. I. BECK, Editor Maine Poultryman.
Prop. Rosemont Poultry Farm.
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Dofla-'iRP, O.. Jan. 15, 1924.
I Pliov^eil a string o. 20 bin!* at the Indiana
State Mei't last wet*. Oilier straina wore thor«
strtHig l)'it I won llest Display, also alx Silwt
O'ips ouliiKlit »'!<• wnnlngs o.i two others. First
("ock w,»ii Cup for Champion Male of the Show.
Have cfitainiy made some lino wiunlnes with
your strain.
Verj' tnily,
W.M L M.\NAHAN
289 Hen Produces Winner
Llnd. Wash.. Fob. 3. 1924.
At the Spokane Show I won First and Third
Cock, Fifth Cockerel, Third Pullet and First
Yotin? Pen. Also SilTcr Cup and Ilest Display.
Cockerel and two of tJie puUeU In Pen were from
eggs purchased last year. Winning Pullet was
from 289 egg hen and cockerel you sent me a
year ago. Am still trying for 300 egg hen.
Sincerely yours,
WM. BisrnoKK.
Dorcas Wyandottes Are the dreat*
est Layers
Hucysvlllo. Iv>.. April 19, 1923.
I have some Dorcas Wyandottes from egg?
iKHight from you three years ago. I have pullela
h«tcl;e<l in May that started in laying In October,
and have kerit it up right thnnigh the Winter and
still going siroiiK. I have rai.ted Leghorn*. Rock*
and Rrahnias, but the Dorcas Wyandottes are b)
far the greatest layers evi-r raised on the farm.
Yours sincerely,
R. S. ALLEN.
Reaal Dorcas White Wyandottes are the Ideal Fowl
REGAL. DORCA.S IWfATINGS FOR 1024
For ypars 1 have made It a practice to n^serve my priz* winners. With but York Stat* Fair and Kansas Clti are all In my breeding P«i« »^ ^"'^.^"I'J^I;
feu excxT)")iis. tiiy winners at ll..ston, Madison Square Garden, The New as wHl ay hui dreds of others of the samo breeillng. and ver>- close up to them
EGGS FOR HATCHING
(Dorcas Matings)
$5.00 per 15 eggs
$15.00 per 50 egics
$27.00 per 100 eggs
SPECIAL MATINGS
(Exhibition or Dorcas)
$10.00 per 15 egg»
$18.00 per 30 eggs
$25.00 per 45 eggs
$50.00 per 100 eggs
Special Utility Matings
$20.00 per 100 eggs
Regular Utility Matings
$14.00 per 100 eggs
All-star Matings
$20 and $25 per 15 eggs
in quality.
What Does This Mean To
My Customers?
It means tliat my cu-^tomers who send to m*
for oggs will get them from the wry best lot of
matings In America. No pens reserved. I hare
always sont out eggs from my best birds, and
this fad lieing gBnerally known, has done more
to build up my business than anything else
What other breeder has sent out eggs Uiat have
pro<lMoed First Prlz.e Winners at Boston, Madison
Square Garden and Chicago?
For the sea.non of 1921 my 68 exhibition and
Dorcas matings are the Anest I have ever ofTered,
and represent the result of years of careful breed-
ing.
FRKE— Send for 20-page Catalogue, fully lllui-
trated. telling all about the Begal Dorcas strala
and my matings for 1924.
2,000 COCKERELS, HENS
AND PULLETS
FOR IMMEDIATE SALE
Special Value — Male and Four Fe-
males— $25, $40, $50, $75 and $100.
Choice Pedigreed Cockerels
$7.50, $10, $15, $20, $25 and $35.
HENS and PULLETS— $5.00, $7.50,
$10, $15 and $25.
JOHN S. MARTIN, Box 44, PORT DOVER, ONT., CANADA
March, 1924
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changing their diet as often as pos-
sible, and if giving them comfortable
and healthy quarters. Better not try
to raise chickens at all than to neg-
lect them. They cannot be cared for
too well and nothing can repay your
care any better. The poultry inter-
ests in this country are very rapidly
on the increase, thousands having
gone to work in earnest to make the
business remunerative.
ABOUT POULTRY PROFITS
The question of profits from fowls
is no longer a doubt, but the question
of breeds and how to make them
more profitable is now the one of im-
portance. However, it is a matter
of surprise to know that there .are
many persons who realize very little
or none at all from keeping poultry,
while others with the same breeds are
making a comfortable living or re-
ceiving a handsome revenue yearly
by the sale of eggs and fowls.
One may have the best known
breeds of poultry and yet fail to
make them remunerative if he man-
ages them badly. To raise fowls and
make them profitable requires time
and care. "What is worth doing at
all is worth doing well." The one
who neglects taking care of his fowls
when they need food, drink and suit-
able shelter will never gain much by
their keeping.
To secure a good return from poul-
try they must be kept clean, well fed
and comfortably housed*. Fowls can-
not thrive on an occasional mess of
food or on stagnant water no more
than human beings can thrive on it.
On the no-care principle, no profits
will be the consequence. Poultry,
r.ke all other domestic animals, will
y eld a profit commensurate to the
care taken of them. You may feed
plenty of hard corn day after day
and get very few eggs, they need
plain nutritious food in variety to
keep them in thrift and in good lay-
ing condition.
Wheat among the cereals is first
for egg production, but it will not do
to make wheat an exclusive diet.
Buckwheat will start the egg machin-
ery going, and corn will supply oil
and fuel to keep up animal heat.
Barley and oats will make flesh and
muscle, insects serve the place of ani-
mal flesh, while grass, cabbage, let-
tuce, sprouted oats, turnips, carrots,
potatoes and rowen are best for
green food, summer or winter.
• • •
EXCELLENT BUSI-
NESS CONDITIONS
The poultry breeders of this coun-
try have been experiencing good
business and the prospects are excel-
lent for still greater and more busi-
ness. Breeders reports are most en-
couraging, they are getting better
day by day and the best of all is —
they have the better quality stock
and eggs to sell and do business with.
Keep up the efforts and everybody
will be satisfied.
Davey
's WHITE ROCKS
Make Another Sensational Win at
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 1924
The greatest of all prizes at the hnperial Show of the World,
$250.00 Cup and $100.00 Cash for the Best Pen in the entire
Show, all varieties competing; and regular awards: Best Display,
Champion Male, Champion Female, Champion Pen, both Shape
Specials, 1-2-5 Cocks. 1 Hen. 1-3-4 Cockerels, 1-3-4 Pullets,
2-3 Old Pens. 1-2 Young Pens.
Breeding Birds in White Plymouth Rocks, Sflver Laced Wyan-
dottes and Single Comb Rhode Island Reds at $10 up; splendid
Mated Pens at $50, $75 and $100. Eggs for hatching, $5 to
$30 per 15. Get our mating list.
F. H. DAVEY, Route 4, Middletown, N. Y.
WHITING FARMS
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
Win at Rochester Show, New York
State Club Meet, January, 1924:
Cocks 1-2-3-4; Hens 1-2-3; Cock-
erels 1-2-3-4-5; Pullets 1-2-4; Old
Pens 1-2; Young Pens 1-2; Best
Display; Champion Male; Cham-
pion Female, etc.
S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS
Win at Rochester Show, New York
State Club Meet: Pullets 1-2-3;
First Prize Cock, Champion Male,
winner of Shape and Color Spe-
cials; also First Prize Hen, winner
of Color Special, now in my yards.
cTub"M.et Roche.ter. 1924. EXCELLENT BREEDING STOCK FOR SALE
EGGS from Choicest Matings. Satisfaction guaranteed. Write
me your wants and for circular.
C. L. WHITING :: « PITTSFORD, N. Y.
Firtt Prize Cock and Champion Male. New York State
HOMESTEAD SILVER CAMPINES
'THE ViaOROUS STRAIN"
A trio of tht most beautiful fowU on earth.
The Campine is a natural
layer of Big, White Shelled
Eggs. "The Vigorous Strain"
leads the procession, not only
as persistent layers but their
winning at Madison Square
Garden and Boston have estab-
lished a record for all time —
Best Display at both Boston
and the Garden — winning prac-
tically all First Prizes at New
York covering ten years of
showing.
Start 1924 by Deciding on
Homestead Silver Campines.
EGOS — $10 per 15, $17.50
her 30. STOCK — Mated Pens
(male and 4 females), $40 up.
The Name "HOMESTEAD"
Dominates in the World
of Campines.
0. A. PHIPPS. Owner
CAlVfRINE
Box H-2
FARM
WAYI«AND, MASS.
Ut P u 1 1 at.
BOSTON, 1921
BUTTERCUPS
Cook'n Goldcnro** BuMercups— Heavy Lay<>r8
WIN ALL FIRST PRIZES AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,
WIN ALL f'«*[jR^p;^sT PRIZES /^T BOSTON. 1924
WIN ALL FIRST PRIZES AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
m.ioJc to- ^le PrioM reaaonahlo. Special: A good trio for $20 __ ..
PMPuUrii Huttercups wJl ^n my best eggs 15 for $10 wlU. no replaoemants.
Hem\ for clrcula
ll C. Sydney Cook, Jr., 73 Valentbe St., West Newlon, Matt.
1923
1924
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WHAT IS WRONG
WITH THIS PICTURE?
Practically Nothing
This is our Old New York
Champion that I believe re-
ceived more favorable com-
ments than any other White
Rock ever bred, and who was
largely instrumental in estab-
lishing the type that has since
been adopted as our American
Standard.
For over twenty years we
have been exhibiting our birds
at America's leading shows,
winning over 70% of the blue
ribbons competed for. We will
not show our birds as frequent-
ly in the future, but will inter-
est ourselves more in the prog-
ress of our customers who have
made wonderful winnings this
past season. All of these we
are not at liberty to mention
but we have permission to say
that the First White Rock cock-
erel at the Chicago National
and the First Jersey Black
Giant cockerel at Madison
Square Garden were birds of
Wilburtha Strain.
Here is another letter from
Denmark:
Dear Mr. Chapman: , * ,, .«„
I am certainly going to t«il you
about my chickens. The eggs I Rot
from you last spring hatched very
god. I got 21 White Rock chickens
from the 30 eggs and I have kept
them so that I have 11 pullets and 8
cockerels. Very truly yours,
(Signed) Elinor Brummerstedt.
If you are interested in
White Plymouth Rocks or Jer-
sey Black Giants for any pur-
pose, perhaps I have the very
bird or the setting of eggs that
can help you. I suggest that
you write to me. I will con-
sider it a privilege to send you
our catalogue that describes
over thirty breeding pens of
America's finest fowls.
M. L. CHAPMAN
General Manager
Wilburtha Poultry Farms
Box No. 28, Trenton Junction
New Jeraey
OWNERS:
Harvey Flsk and M. L. Chapman
If ever March meant progress, it seems to
mean it in this year of 1924. With moment-
ous national questions before us, with prog-
ress and increased business in every line, it
is up to each of us to make a general effort
to increase our efficiency and to banish the
usual "Spring fever." March surely means
progress, development and service. The
poultry business was never so abundant in
opportunities as right now. The time is ripe
and at hand for you to start, to increase and
to get your share of the business. Act now
by either making your beginning in poultry
production, or by increasing your production
and your efficiency so that greater results
may follow.
' • • •
Every truth we know is a candle given us
to work by. Gain all the knowledge you can
and then use it for the highest purpose. —
John Ruskin.
• • •
A beginner should never attempt to handle
more than one breed. The trouble, however,
with most amateurs is that they are too am-
bitious, and, if they have the necessary
funds, they are apt to invest largely and
sometimes foolishly. This has been the fatal
mistake made by many who, of course, after-
wards learn the cause of their failures by
experience. Moral — look before you leap.
• • •
The most essential part of the education
of a human being is to learn to do things
for himself. — Prank Crane.
• • •
We can well blame carelessness both on
the part of the judges and the breeders for
most of the disappointments that so often
appear in the show rooms. There was al-
together too much evidence of this at the late
New York Show when a year's labor was
shot and some great records ruined by care-
lessness on the part of one or the other »nd
also on the part of both combined. Our t.est
advice to the judge is to follow the Ptanc5Td
closely and to the exhibitors to pay more
attention to the "little things" to detail.
• • •
Success in poultry raising is conditional,
like success in everything else, upon m due
observance of the laws of true economy. If
these are riolaiwl, whether through oarsi-
mony or extravagance, su^cef-s is placed just
out of reach, and the hand that graspe after
it meets with the fate of a Tantalus. It
dances before his eyes, a pleasant ▼lijon. t>ut
its realization becomes an imposslDluty.
• • •
The modem plan rf organisation seems to
point toward breed clubs in place «' ^•"•yy
clubs as we now have them. We believe in
this plan as sixe is strength and with tlie
greater numbers much that is Impossible now
ran be accomplished. Each breed has popu-
lar varieties and others not so popular but
!.till iust as good and a combination of the
breeders of each breed is sure to be con-
ducive of greater publicity and vrofTMB ior
each variety. At Boston a new Ply^o^*;
Rock Club was formed and »*. New York a
new Leghorn Club that has for its fo^ndj} «J
the idea of » united breeders' association
This is progress in truth.
• • •
One way of finding out how much you
reallv have is to forget what you haven t and
use the time counting up the many things
that you have.
• • •
Manv people think of success as they
think of a four-leaf clover. I' ^t-^ey. f «
the chosen favorites of fortune, they think
they will find it. But success is not luck.
Success is playing the game; playing on the
team. Organised effort will produce a more
far reaching brand of success than individual
work. It is a curious contradiction of nature
that the greatest help towards the success
of one's self is unselflshness. and he who
works best for all certainly works best for
himself.
• ♦ •
.7u-.t like the sun has to shine through an
awfully gloomy sky sometimes, that's the
way a person sometimes has to make him-
self anpear cheery when he feels — gray.
• • •
What are the economic laws which under-
lie poultry success t Briefly stated, they are
the adaptation of means to ends, and of
supply and demand. The first includes the
necessity of proper stock, ijroper food, proper
care, proper appliances. The second me»nj
that there must be raised what the maritet
calls for, in the right quantity, and thit
both buying and selling must be thoroughly I
understood, so as to buy at the cheapent
price and sell at the dearest, it also means
that where there is a greater supply than a
demand, products are cheapened, and vice-
versa.
• • •
A successful man must hold his hand otit
to the weaker ones, nut his head to work 'or
the higher ones, and shove his whole heart
into his present position.
• • •
There is no interest that better or more
uniformly holds its own than the poultry m.
terest, and there is none on the farm more
slighted. That, neglected as it is, it should
pay, is more proof that it deserves and
should receive more attention.
• • •
There is no more profitable way to make
thi» a grand world than to keep discovering
the good side of people.
• • •
It is claimed that the average matured
bird has between five and six thousand feath-
ers. In the case of Barred Rocks the aver-
age feather has fifteen bars each of which
is to be straight and strong in contrast, «o
that each bird has upwards of 85,000 bars
for consideration when selecting for awards
and for breeding. Wbii.^ handling many of
the winners at the late New York Show, we
were greatly surprised to note the Rencral
even, sound barring they possessed. In
every section the barring was marvelous, far
above our expectations and we are free to
acknowledge that E. B. Thompson's forty-Sve
years of breeding this variety stands for
something real, something beautiful, as well
as for progress and the hoped for extreme
quality desired.
A great many persons seem to think that,
as a matter of course, if anything is the
matter with their fowls they must bejrin
dottorine them. So far as this desire
sprincs from a humane dispositioa it is *ell
worth commendation. But it may be well
to inquire whether success is often attained
in efforts for the alleviation of the suffering
of a sick fowl. No doubt if the proper dnifs
were applied, the sick bird might he cured,
or at any rate be made more comfortable.
But how many persons are there who are ac-
complished fowl doctors! If novices in the
healing art. as from the very necessity of
the case most poultrymen are, the question
is well worth asking, what good will they
probably do to the fowls after all their
efforts t
KEEP ACCOUNTS
Keeping strict accounts not only
serves to show the debits and credits
clearly, but goes far toward insuring
success, for it shows just where the
failures have occurred, and suggests
a remedy for them to the practical,
sensible person who wishes to correct
errors, and thus turn them eventually
to a profitable account. It is thus
that records of failures and losses
serve almost as good a purpose as ac-
counts of successful operations.
When we read of eminent successes,
we are apt to jump to conclusions,
but when we hear of the opposite, we
are morally sure to give the matter
full benefit of mature consideration
before embarking in an enterprise
from which others have failed to
make a profit, and thus success is al-
most certain to follow. In the mat-
ter of poultry breeding very lew
breeders keep an account with their
fowls. There are very, very few
flocks of fowls which will not, if prop-
erty fed, more than pay for them-
selves, and the very best way ta
prove this is to keep an honest ac-
count with them, giving them credii
for all they do, both for market ana
home consumption.
N*hy
Chicks raised under
Wishbones
develop best !
4 sizes
Plenty of heat in any weather,
plenty of fresh air, plenty of
room to move around.
That's what chicks want — and that'a
what chicks get under Wiahbonea.
No wonder they develop into fine,
heavy, healthy chickens!
Chicks live under Wishbones. Every
chick that could live under any possible
circumstances develops into a fine,
paying bird under a Wishbone. '
The Wishbone is the best way to raise
chicks. It's the safest, surest brooder
money can buy. It's powerful enough
for any weather. It's 100«?fc safe and
trouble-proof. It's the most economi-
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could any poultryman ask for ?
ItRequiresNoPrimingorPre-heating
You touch a match to the burner and a
hot blue flame shoots right up. And it's
a powerful and economical flame. It gets
more heat out of the fuel than any other
brooder ever built. We guarantee this.
It Is Valreless!
Nothing to get out of order— no valves,
no thermostats, no strainers I The oil
flows down the big M inch feed pipe as
regularly and continuously as if you
poured it through a funnel. That means
a steady, big flame— and absolutely no
chance of the flame going out.
It Is a Cinch to Operate
Nothing ever goes wrong with the^Vishbone.
It takes lets of your time than any brooder
yon ever saw. With lis simple construction,
there's no work to do You simply set it and
forget it— except for occasionally refilling the
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The Wishbone Brooder can produce aeveral
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one alive, chirping, moving happily about
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Chicks simply leap into well being under
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FYBODY^
VY HBmrY Pt aCMWMB
The world owes us a living —
This truth we hold to be,
But nevertheless it always comes
To us marked C O. D.
• * •
March 1 on to poultry progress.
• * •
Everybody now make a strong, long pull
for more poultry.
• * •
We have the feeling that Everybodys'
show reports gave the information desired by
the poultry public.
Everybodys is now in its new home with
increased capacity and a desire for ten thou-
sand more subscribers. Tell your friends
cf Everybodys.
• * •
Progress isn't a journey, it is only a step
at a time.
• * •
March always struck us as a great month —
kind of sandwiched in between Old Man Win-
ter and the "Spring Fever."
• * •
Don't think yourself too wise; every one
you meet knows something you have not yet
learned.
• * •
• A change very often works wonders and
from reports many American Poultry Asso-
ciation members have an idea that it would
be good for the association.
• * •
If you failed to make your record the
past season, don't give up, there is still hope
for you. Another show season is just ahead.
• • •
Well timed silence hath more eloquence
than speech.
• * •
March on to better poultry results than
heretofore.
• * •
Give us Standard-bred poultry and we will
answer for the results.
What did we tell youf Election time is
here and the American Poultry Association
is very much alive. At lewst the office-
seekers are.
• * •
Advertising is your insurance — it is the
noarest thing to a guarantee of business yet
discovered.
• * •
The greater poultry interest noted at the
shows is the assurance that the "Hen
Fever" still is the general complaint of
nature's lovers.
• * •
P. Lincoln Orr will soon board ship for
Argentine to spread the worth of American
poultry there and over the South American
continent. "Link" hfts the ambition, the
desire and the ability to make good.
• • •
Walk fast — Eat slow.
Talk easy — Let's go.
Sleep nights — Work days.
Look wise — It ])ays.
• • •
Those members who have the progress of
poultry interests at heart will think twice
before they vote this year.
• • •
Some of those poultry experts (?) have
evidently set out to raise h--- with our Stand-
ard breeders and the buyer. What they
don't know about quality and real worth will
soon be evident to all. (Jive them plenty
of roj)e.
• • •
The poultry business grows bigger every
year and the poultry imblic shows its appre-
ciation of a good poultry magazine. The
evidence is the enlarged size and the greater
circulation of Everybodys.
• • •
Those who read Everybodys regularly are
bound to i»rofit by its lessons, advice, etc. —
if followed.
• • •
The first time Eve gave him a call-down,
Adam probably referred to it as a rib roast.
• • •
The nice thing about being cultured is
that you can act common without being con-
sidered a low-brow.
• • w
Some Red men may be good dancers but
that fact was not noticeable at the Boston
banquet.
Kriner's wrecking crew was on the job &»
Boston. We had a look into their head.
quarters and now understand the cause of
their efficiency.
The Owen Farms' usual exhibit was miji.
ing this year at Boston. Business before
showing is Mr. Delano's rule and it is []^^
l)roper one.
• • •
When you find a man who has no preju.
dice, you have found one who has no con-
victions.
• • •
The Chicago National made its "rep" two
years a>,'o and every ywar we expect and
do see a great exhibit there. Their attend-
ance is wonderful and interest great. More
success to you.
• • •
If you have cause to consult a poultry ex-
pert, be assured that he be a breeder of ex-
perience.
• • •
We have seen the exhibits of the 330 e^
strain (so-called) layers and others of simi-
lar breeding and we still believe in Standard-
bred quality.
• • ♦
There are many ways to get increased cir-
culation but the only readers we care for
are those who have (or should have) poultry
interests. That is our aim. That is the
reason that Everybodys gives best results
to its advertisers.
• • •
If top-notch effort yields you no happiness,
there's something wrong either with you or
your efforts. Sit down and do some analyz-
ing.
• • •
.lust why the buyer who invests his money
should follow the advice of the so-called ex-
j»erts, in place of that of our successful
breeders is one of the questions put to us
that we can't answer.
• • •
Full faith and dei»endence between the
seller and the buyer of poultry is highly ad-
visable, and no third party with an axe to
grind is at all necessary to insure fair deal-
ing with full value given.
Even sensible men like to nibble at flat
terv once in a while.
March,
1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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Wyckoff's S. C White Leghorns
Americans Business Hen
Their 43rd Year of Direct Breeding and Improvement
Acknowledged by the world's most noted and competent poultry authorities as being the
foundation blood of the greatest laying flocks in Christendom, and at the same time being
bred closer to the Standard of Perfection than any other laying strain of Leghorns. Almost
without exception, the most successful Leghorn farms in the country, and those makmg the
h'ghest records at the greatest laying competitions in the world have ^een proven to be of
WYCKOFF LEGHORN foundation — conclusive proof that they are THE GOLD STANDAKU
OF SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN VALUE.
Eggs For Hatching
from the most carefully selected matings. Our
breeding matings for 1924 are made up of the most
exceptional lot of carefully selected stock in the
country, barring none.* All eggs furnished will be
from our own pens and produced here on our own
farm from a grand lot of specially selected birds
representing our highest quality in every particular.
For size, strength, vigor, and laying qualities, to-
gether with the true Leghorn type, they are un-
equalled.
POSITIVELY NO SECOND GRADE OR IM-
MATURE BIRDS MATED. Place your order for
some of the eggs from this famous stock and get
in line with the most profitable era ever known in
the poultry business. Send for free descriptive
catalogue with numerous photographic illui;trations
showing type of the birds and sections of this most
completely equipped model plant.
C. H. WYCKOFF & SON, AURORA, CAYUGA COUNTY, N, Y.
«r„m»n wft« created to do pretty much as
.^nHses bv i.lcnsinK to do pretty much
she P"^,
,g she does. ^ * •
^.^„ Hewes has nt Iftst found n good
, R.ck iudiM- in Ciooruo Kob.'rtson who
»"■'■' thtSt»"««'««-'l d.'mu.uls and follows
thetn. « * •
u'P have romo to beliove that those bU^k\o^
..^.•iimtor" hands out so freoly are only
fended f'-r I'i^ .•on.i.ctitors and uot for
fustoiners. , « •
no A Kood turn for the other fellow when- "^^^
"r vou '•»"• ^'"••* ^'y aJ^'«'°« '""^ ^" =-=^
libscribe for Ev;..rybodvs. ^ -
nnn't urMio over trifles. What's the odds
whether Ho'v^r «lied on Friday or Saturday?
tt'P want otir subscribers to get bijf value
fnr their money. Look over this issue of
Everybodys and tell us whether or not they
are getting it. ^ ^ ^
Boston's lt«2r> show will bo the seventy-
fifth annivernnry show. Let us all try to
make this a record breaker in quality and
site. , ♦ •
Better one safe way than a hundred on
which you cannoj rely^ ^
If you missed the last Boston Show you
curely missed seeing wonder classes of White
Wyandottes. Rhode Island Reds, Single Comb
Brown Leghorns and Jersey Black Giants.
• * •
Everybodvs for January was the first issue
from our new home. We hope you are one
of the thousands who complimented it and
who will take an active interest in its future
progress, ♦ * • •
The 19*2:1-24 show season was closed in
maeniflcent shape with the great New York
Show Now for the next "The greatest
ever." , ^
Times don't change much. Even in the old
days, reaching for the hip indicated that
somebody was going to suffer.
• * •
If anv one has the idea that all breeds
and varieties have not shown, good and sub-
stantial progress made the past season, they
had best have their eyes examined at once
before they pay out a ten spot for a one.
• * *
Some judges take themselves far too seri-
ously—may we say too important! They
AK engaged to impartially apply the ^^tana-
ard and are apt to incorporate their own
foreign ideas far too often for the good ol
the industry.
• ♦ •
Oh, yes. the "Ringlets" came back and
won everv New York prize. You who missed
the New York Show missed something worth
seeing. ^
Attempt the end. and never stand in doubt;
Nothing BO hard, but search will find it out.
• * •
The Reds of Harold Tompkins have made
HO many records at New York and Boston
the past few years that we have lost record
of his totals. To win year after year at such
shows is some accomplishment.
• • •
Well, "Ted," vour efforts have brought
several delightful 'letters and one honest to-
goodness proposal due for further considera-
tion.
Tex Rickard bought the winning young
pens of Single Comb White Leghorns and
Black Minorcas for his mother and sisti-r.
He paid the price and received great value.
Glad to welcome you and your folks into
the Standard-bred industry, Tex.
• * •
While it is always just fine to win—one
always hopes to win with their best birds.
Therein lies the greatest credit.
• ♦' * •
Nature has given us one tongue and two
ears that we inav hear more than we speak.
• * •
Those breeders who aim to incorporate
their own ideas of quality in place of the
Standard, the judges and public opinion are
on the wrong roud ; they should make a
sharp right hand turn.
• * •
Gladness comes only to those who are in a
receptive mo(d. The troubles of a grouch
Multiply faster than a twin six.
Hodgson Baby Chick Houses Every
For Brooding 250 Chic((S or Less
Handsome, economical and efficient
beyond anvthins^ eise on the marltet.
A Colony Brooder and Brooder-
House combined. With the
HODGSON Baby Chick House
you have NO coal stoves, NO
brooder-houses, NO cold comers,
NO crowding, NO chilling, NO
dead air for the chicks to breathe.
Chicks raised the HODGSON way
are healthier, mature quicker, and
show more profit than those
brooded by coal stove or box
brooder.
Steady Heat
No Fumes
Littie Oil
Fresh Air Always
Booklet free; but if you need one,
two, three or four CHICK HOUSES
right away, we can make imme-
diate shipment.
Sixty Rocks, Reds, or Dottes eight weeks
old will not crowd a BABY CHICK
House. Price (construction the best
that can be produced) :
$30.00 each
E. F. HODGSON CO.
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"It is a pleasure to recommend the Hodgson
Baby Chick House as a complete brooding
outfit for the most exacting. It is under the
control of the caretaker at all times. 'We have
fivc,andalways8ay"'Wigwarm" when asked
about brooding for the backlotter and the
specialty breeder. The ventilation is splen-
did, chicks having warm, FRESH air all the
time. Every part can be opened to the direct
rays of the sun." _ , , ^ ^
Herbert A. Daniels, Grafton, Mass.
"The best brooding equipment that money
canbuy isnonetoogood for the chicks hatch-
ed from my high record "White Rocks. My
pullets which are entered in theLaying Con-
tests are raised in "Wigwarm Baby Chick
Houses, 50 or 60 to the flock. The system of
forced fresh air ventilation is really wonder-
ful, and means the utmost vitality for every
chick. Hodgson Chick Houses for Valecroft
"White Rocks."
Harold F. Barber, Dover. Mass.
"Thlsbrooderwasput out In the open weather
on Feb. 19th. The weather was very cold, but
lost no chick from overheating or being
chilled. They are surely dependable. Really
they are more dependable than any coal
burning stove, and are very little trouble."
Mrs. T. E. Bunting, Crosswicks, N.J.
"Brooded 500 baby chicks for us last year with-
out losing any. . . . Being right on the lake
here the sudden and severe changes In the
temperature are very hard on baby chicks or
other poultry."
A. F. Zimmerman, Kenosha, >Vis.
"I had a bunch of chicks when it came, and
they were going at the rate ot two and four a
day. "We got it about 3 o'clock in t&e after-
noon and started it up and had the heat up
and running right before 8 o'clock that night;
put the chickens in and only lost two more
out of about 40. They sure do grow and keep
happy in a Hodgson. It is a real Brooder."
Frank Harrow, Callaway, Neb.
"One hundred chicks put into it, against your
advice; ninety-six taken out. The four lost,
no fault of the Brooder. The Brooder^ and
Chick House Combined is the best ever."
Leon G. Ayer, W. Somerville,Mass.
71 Federal Street. Boston. Mass.
6 East 39th St., New York City
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v/
ith valuable hintson brooding, tothename a
nd address plainly printed on the margin below.
E F HODGSON CO., 71 Federal Street, Boston, Mass.
* Please send illustrated booklet telling all about HODGSON BABY CHICK HOUSES
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OAK DALE
S. C. White Leghorns
100 % Pure D. W. Yoiiii|[ Blood
I Supreme «t Madison Square
Garden for a Quarter
Century
EGG RECORDS TO 288
HATCHING EGGS
From the rarest, moit auperb matinft
in America.
BABY CHICKS
This season Oak Dale Farms is
equipped to supply Baby Chicks in any
auantity desired from heavy laying
ocks and choice exhibition matings.
Don't overlo«k the fact that Oak Dale
has
THE WORLD'S GREATEST
LEGHORN BLOOD
and it's bred-in-the-bone, it's bred-in*
the flesh and it's bred-in-the-feather
influence is shaping successful careers
for all who have sought its use.
REMEMBER
Oak Dale is the home of the
original D. W. Young and famous
Owen Farms (pure Young strain)
flocks. Sooner or later you will oome
to the foundation flock for poultry re-
sults. "Breed up" this year, put
your faith in the strain of all strains
— the handiwork of Master Breeders.
Send for Our N«w 1924 Catalof
Oak Dale Farm
Box E LeROY, MINN.
Royal Puritan
BARRED
PLTMoirra
ROCKS
Both Light and Dark Linos
Bred for Eggs
Trapnest record for our Puri-
tans are the Equal of any strain
on earth and range from 208 to
316 Egg;
Win at
CHICAGO NATIONAL, 1924
First Prise Hen and Ohampioa Fe-
male Special for Shape and Ooknr,
First Prise Oockerel-bred Hen, First
Prise Cbekerel-bred Pen — A total of
seTea awards including Three First
Prises in this great class of 288 birds.
Also winners of firsts at Omaha Olub
Show and of 8 firsts and other prises
at Minneapolis this season.
HATCHING EGGS and
BABY CHICKS
We are booking orders for Eggs and
Chicks from some of the grandest
matings it is possible to put together.
We have the quality and aellTer exact*
ly what we promise. Send for oa>
catalogue today.
J. A. SCHNEIDER, Mgr.
Box E LeKOT,
Formerly Adams, Mian.
MARCH IN THE POULTRY YARD
As the chicks grow you should increase
the amount of grain fed and reduce the tem-
perature of the house in proportion to the
conditions. Feed and harden them for vital-
ity.
• • ♦
We do not like wet or even moist mashes
for chicks. They sour too quickly and also
prevent the adequate action of the digestive
juices on the other feeds.
• • •
Little chicks, probably more than the ma-
ture birds, require a plentiful supply of
grit, charcoal and oyster shells in the correct
chick sizes. Never let the little fellows want
for fresh, dean water.
• • •
Hatching time is also lice killing time.
Keep an everlasting lookout for head and
body lice.
• • •
Look over your chick coops. No doubt
you cleaned and repaired them before put-
ting them away. At this time it is well to
again clean and disinfect them. Be fully
assured that no vermin or germs are left.
• • *
Nothing tends to better results in poultry
keepini; than the reproductions of a thrifty
and healthy progeny.
• • •
The higher understanding nowadays is —
hardiness, earl/ maturity, delicacy of flesh,
laying qualities and Standard quality and
breeding.
• • *
As hens take on an abundance of fat they
usually fall off in laying. Be careful in
feeding such birds. TSry feeding more oats
and make them scratch for all food.
• • •
Health, comfort and results in poultry
keeping are only obtained by thorough
cleanliness. Look out for cases of sickness
and immediately separate the sick birds and
disinfect all buildings.
• • •
Root vegetables boiled and mixed with
meal will, to some extent, answer in place
of green food. Sprouted oats, cut clover and
alfalfa are the best.
• • •
Fowls can live and thrive without any
meat feed of any kind. Still beef scraps and
limited quantities of green cut bone pay
better than any feed atuff that can b«
bought.
• • •
Oeese are easv to raise, cheap to feed and
are long-lived if they are kept for breeding.
They are perfectly hardy and will live out of
doors in seemingly perfect comfort during
the coldest weather, yet the poultry farms
of our country raise but comparatively few
of them. More geese should be kept.
• • •
No man can learn the whole of the poultry
business by simply reading the magasines
and poultry books, but in them he oan find
the knowledge and a foundation on which to
begin which will not fail him.
• • *
It (• flaimed that chicks that are forced
when very young do not make M rapid a
growth as they approach maturity as do
those that have been fed regularly on a mod-
em and substantial ration.
e e e
Try to breed good fowla and follow up
your improvement. Do not rely oa eulls for
they are only a "eateh penny.**
• • •
The chickens hatched in March or April
(of the large breeds), eonmenee Uying in
the fall and keep it up until Mareh. Then,
if sitters are wanted, ther are ready for
business; if they are not allowed to sit they
are in their best condition to produce a vigor-
ous progeny.
• • •
Those who should know, claim that neat
in some form is necessary when fertile eggs
are wanted.
• • •
The best line of advice that we can write
at this time is, "Raise more poultry this
year of 1924.*'
• • •
The particular matter in using incubators
is to follow directions and use good common
sense. There is nothing complicated about
the modern incubator.
• • *
Sprouted oats, wheat or barley are among
the beet and most popular of green feeds
now and at any time.
• • *
Keeping poultry is not hard work, it is
work that must be done regularly and thor-
oughly if one would succeed.
It is one of the hardest tasks of life for
a perfectly well chick to break the hard shell
which encases it, being confined as it is tnd
without much room or purchase with which
to brace istelf, and it is generally imposslhu
for a weakly, unnatural chick to break th«
shell at all.
• • •
Turkeys are among the most economical of
farm animals. The adult turkey is a gmall
eater, and, more than once when the bun
were about to destroy our squashes or beam
our flock of turkeys saved our crops and
thrived wonderfully on the animated diet ihe
season afforded. Later on in the leagon
our turkeys were herded in the corn field
where grasshoppers and corn worms de'
lighted their epicurean tastes. — E. 0. P.
• • •
Make the nests of sitters in a secluded
spot, far from the busy haunts of laying
hens, make it warm and give the hen nino
er ten eggs, after she is well settled to busi-
ness. Try her on nest eggs first, for a sit-
ting hen is a changeable "critter," and she
may conclude that her desire for a fsmilj
was premature after all. If she does, your
expectations will surely prove premature, and
your hopes, like the unprudently provided
eggs, will be addled.
Eggs should be gathered promptly in cold
weather and be stored where the temperature
is even and cool. A good dry cellar makes
an admirable place to store eggs for hatch-
ing, for it is never very cold nor very hot,
and is more even in temperature than build-
ings above ground.
• • •
When a hen manifests a disposition to sit
by remaining on the nest over night, by
clucking, or rufSing her feathers when
touched or approached it is time that some
action be taken to find out if she means
business. Select a comfortable place in your
hatching room, if you have one, make a clean
nest, mould and fashion it like the laying;
one, remove the hen at night and place her
gently on the new nest, with a few porcelain
eggs under her, and put a cloth or board in
front to keep her quiet. If she shows a
determination to attend to business in thp
next twenty-four or thirty hours contentedly.
eggs may be entrusted to her keeping.
March, 1924
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ADVERTISING BENEFITS ALL
We believe that all kinds of adver-
tising: helps all kinds of advertisers.
If we can increase the total amount
of advertising done by the poultry-
men of this country we can help
build up the industry and make it
more profitable for every one who
advertises and we are willing to take
chances on getting our share of it.
Every advertiser should lay his
plans ahead so as to have his cam-
paign all mapped out when the time
comes for him to begin advertising.
During the summer plans should be
laid for the fall advertising. Circu-
lars, catalogues and booklets should
be written and all the work pro-
vided for. Right now— start with
April the big month for orders.
THE ADVERTISEMENTS
ARE READ
Advertisements are the life of i
publication in more senses than one.
They are the boiled down extract
of business. Ask any old stager in
the poultry business what part of its
columns attracts his closest atten-
tion, and, take our word for it, he
points out the advert^ing pages. No
old fogy idea is so completely ex-
ploded as that advertisements are
not read. Let any one advertise, in-
conspicuously as he pleases, for al-
most anything in the poultry line, or
out of it, and he will receive con-
vincing proof that his advertisement
is read.
REARING IN THE NATURAL WAY
-.. Treatment of Chicka Hatched
^^ Under Hena
The claim is frequently made,
fVinujrh I think without justification,
Sat hens hatch and rear a larger
nercentage of chickens than an in-
cubator and brooder. Some go so
far as to forbid entirely a machine
upon their place. A few days ago I
visited a very large and exceedingly
successful poultry plant where the
moprietor carries on the whole of
his hatching operations by means of
hens, and yet he rears about three
thousand chickens every spring. At
Se same time it must be admitted
that for early work the artificial
method is the only practical one.
During the winter months, when
hatching is necessary for the suc-
cessful carrying on of any branches
of the poultry industry, broody hens
are conspicuous by their absence,
and those who rely entirely upon the
latter oftentimes find themselves
woefully behind their rivals who em-
nloy incubators and brooders. Some
winters sitting hens are less sfrce
than others, but, as a rule, little or
no dependence can be placed on
them during the cold weather. Many
and many a time have I known cases
in which a hen has gone broody dur-
ing the winter and has had some
valuable eggs placed beneath her,
only to forsake her nest perhaps at
the most critical period of incuba-
tion, resulting in serious 4isappoint-
ment and loss.
Early Treatment
The chickens should remain in the
nest for about a day, or, if the hatch-
ing is protracted, a day and a half,
before being removed to the coop.
This is important at all times, but
more particularly during cold or wet
weather, for if the chickens are re-
moved when still damp, a great risk
is run of giving them a chill, the
effects of which may prove very seri-
ous, retarding development and
stunting growth. Before moving
the hen and her brood to their new
quarters it is advisable to give the
former a good feed, as she will then
be more likely to look after the
chickens. It sometimes happens that
a hen is extremely restless during the
first few hours after she is placed in
the coop, but a good feed has generally
a soothing effect. Some hens are
very clumsy indeed, and require
careful watching during the first day
or two, after which time the young-
sters are well able to look after
themselves.
Coopa and Coepinff
The exact form of coop employed
is not a very important matter, so
long as it is dry, well ventilated, free
j from draughts, and affords ample
shelter to the inmates.
Chickens quickly taint the ground,
but this must be avoided at all costs,
as it is an almost certain forerunner
•f disease. It is unwise to use the
— OWEN FARMS — 1^
S. C. R. I. REDS
FOR
Butt Orpington Matings tor 1924
Stand Pre-eminent
My new mating list is now ready and you will find a careful description of Ajnerl-
ca's Premiere Matings, and a history of these flocks that have been carefully llne-Drea
for nineteen years for Standard quality and Egg Production.
Trap-Nests
are being used In all my fln«it matin*.. All hen. uwd were splendid 'W"*" 1^23. and *» P""«J«
wore BplenUld layer, during December and January. They are fed on }»>* PfoP^ ration ^, »«»™ ^^
tlllty and strong chicks wid no fordng feed or arUfldal lights are used. The primary object In W
trapneetlng 1. to secure strong, husky hreedorg that are fine natural layers and no effort is made to
drive them for full capacity egg yield as Uiat would mean debilitated chickens.
Crashing Victories
hare be«i made in the showroom by Owen Farms birds wherever they have fope- "o other J'''' •'}"Ji
their rwoord over a long term of yean. From MadiMn 8quar« Garden In 1904 to Chlcaoo National in
'•^rJsirJs'lS'f'tili'Wover the conth^ent have "-^^^ rtlrff^bouThrhfre^^'ThS^^^t'Sn";:
They have won with chlok. hatclied from Owen Fa.ms ejcKS or wiUi birds bought here. These strong^
sturdy producU of Owen Farms have also made superb egg records and passed the 300 egg marK in
the trapaeit* of customer..
SALES BIItDS
100 superb breeding cockerels at 110.00. $16.00 $25 00. $35.00 ^^^ $50^0 each
are ready for you. A few breeding hens tc mate with them if you ^'sh. W^ue me
your exact wants. "Your absolute satisfaction means my permanent success.
OWEN
MAX7BI0E r. DELANO, Owner
lOffice at 163 William. Road VINEYARD HAVEN. MASS.
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Arey's Barred Rocks
Three times in Ave years winning BEST DISPLAY at Boston. Many
consider Boston the greatest Barred Koclc exhibit in America.
Finest Lot of High Clu*
COCKERELS AND PULLETS
I Have Ever Offered for Sale
200 COCKERELS 200
At $10.00 each — extra fine breeders
300 PULLETS 300
At $3.00, $3.50 and $S.OO each and good ones. If
^_____^ Uken in lota of 50 or more at $2.50 each.
Ir^LSn^'^x^K^' - '^-^.d^^ic'kTX?^!'^ ?F5.
$30.00 per 100. ..clusiva Barred Rock breeding planU In the
El>ePliai**» S %.« •^^tSOQioi katchln. «^d baby ohlcta. fr«.
our tr.pn-^^«2*.Ji '*'i^]^ ^SST PUKX8UTAWNEY. PA.
SterKng Quality Chicks
qualiti^ superb, producing^ the ^«''?«;^'f "^/turn of investment
P. F. CLARDY, Mammolli Hatchery
View Poultry Fapm
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Educated Charters Incubator
"/f Remembers even if you forget"
READ THESE LETTERS
Here are poultry authoriti^, even in Massachusetts, paying trib-
ute to this California incubator. Practical hatchers know no state
boundaries. They are influenced alone by practical demonstra-
tion and performance. Read these letters, then mail the coupon.
"Tho lost to whicli I jilaced tliis machiiu' was a most vi>r
orous one. I j)lu«'i'd this inacliiiu' in an unlu'atftl room, on
'south of house. At one time the nu'nniry (lrop|»e<l toizero
anl at another it reached HO when the direct rays of tho
sua shone in this apartment. The ejrK chamber heat re-
mninetl uniform, never varying as much as one degree. I
could scarcely believe this possible, but I watchwl the ma-
chine closely as I had about $17r>.()n of high class Pedi-
greed Red Eggs in it. An oil heater was in readiness to
liirht at any time but I found it unnecessary to use it.
"While my lest on low temperatures was excessive, it
showed the CHARTERS to have the advantage over nine
other makes which I have i)crsonally operated, in that
there is a real and positive control against drop in outside
temperature. Many machines have some sort of device to
hold the heat down. This machine meets the need of
both variations of heat control.
"The moisture device is unique and such that the machine
can bo operated successfully in an above ground njtartment.
"The hatching through three settings gave an average of
78 per cent of fertile eggs.
"It has been a pleasure to use a Charters incubator the
past season and I ifive it my unqualified endorsement as a
reliable, safe, labor-saving machine. The care is reduced
to attention once a week for the heating device, and the
necessary turning of the eggs. Other than that you can
forget that you have eggs setting.
"There are other good incubators, but I know of none
which will hatch any better; and certainly none which re-
quires so little attention to the lamp, or which will stand
such variations in temperature without 'turning a hair'." —
Pearl M. (Mrs. H. A.) Daniels.
Mrs. Daniels is a
wMl-knowu poul-
trywoman, whose
experience quali-
fies her to speak.
She is a regular
contributor to the
Rhode Island Red
Journal and the
Western Poultry
Journal.
Mr. Barber is a
poultryman, reco|f-
nized everywhere
as an authority.
He contributes
regularly to Ev-
erybodys Poultry
Ma^zine, The
Item, Tribune and
Pacific Poultry-
man.
"There is just one trouble with the Charters incubator.
You can't tell all the truth about it, because nobody will
believe you.
"It is just too good to be true. Boiled down, it hatches
more chicks, and better chicks, with less fuss, and no
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.^ame plot of land year after year for
rearing chickens, because even
thoupfh it may not become tainted
yet much of the animal and vege-
table life is exhausted, and every
one admits that there is no food so
pood for young stock as worms
grubs, seeds, insects, etc. i
Later Treatment
As soon as it is observed that the '
hen is becoming restless, and anxious
to get rid of her brood, she should
be removed, as, if she remains, she
is likely to do the chickens more
harm than good. As a general rule, ,
the best time to separate the hen arid
her chickens is when the latter are
from about seven to ten weeks old.
Some breeds develop much quicker i
than do others, the light, non-sitting
varieties grow very rapidly, and are
able often to dispense with the hen
when no more than a month old.
From the coop the chickens should be
removed to a small house, preferably
without a floor, and with a large win-
dow. A semi-open fronted house is
an excellent form, provided there is
a shutter which can be closed on cold
or wet nights. The removal from
the coop to this small house should not
take place, if one can avoid it, on
an extremely cold day, as this is run-
ning a grave and quite an unneces-
sary risk.
Until the chickens are quite four-
teen to sixteen weeks old they should
sleep on the floor of the house, and
not upon perches. A large propor-
tion of the chickens offered for sale
in the market and in poulterer's
shops have their value greatly re-
duced by reason of the fact that
their breast bones are bent. This
is generally caused through the birds
having been allowed to perch when
too young. Until they are about
four months old their breast bones
are merely muscle, and it stands to
reason that if these come into con-
tact night after night with a hard,
narrow perch, they are bound to be
put out of shape. The floor should
be covered with straw, dried leaves,
or the like, which forms a soft and
comfortable bed. If there is any
danger from rats, a shelf, five inches
or six inches wide, should be pro-
vided, raised a foot or so from the
ground.
Cleanliness a Great Point
A theoretical advantage that arti-
ficially hatched and reared chickens
possess over those brought out and
reared by hens, is that they are
more free from vermin : I do not
think, however, unless the hen is ex-
ceedingly dirty, that there i-^. much
difference to choose between the two
methods in this respect. It is im-
portant to dust the hen regularly
with a disinfecting powder, special
attention being paid to the breast,
under each wing, and on the back,
immediately in front of the tail
The nest boxes and coops should be
lime-washed between each occu-
pancy.
A Debt We Owe
The Initiative, Vision and Persistence of American Manufacturers, Together With Ameri-
can Inventive Genius, Have Been Powerful Factors in Making Possible Our
Immense Poultry Industry Today.
PROF. H. R. LEWIS. Associate Editor
Did you ever stop to think, friends, of what we
as poultry keepers, owe, and what our national
poultry industry owes to the great group of
American manufacturers, who for many years
past, have been striving in every way possible to
give to the poultry industry, the best, the latest,
and most efficient products which they were able
to develop? Just let us see for a minute what
som.e of these products have been, and what their
influence has meant to the poultry industry.
Our Debt to the Feed Manufacturers
In the same way, did you ever stop to think of
what a powerful factor manufactured feeds have
bean in the extremely rapid development which
our poultry industry has undergone? Feed
manufacturers, as a whole, have rendered the
poultry industry of America, a service which is
hard to measure, but which is nevertheless, real
and constructive. It is true that our Agricul-
tural Colleges and Experiment Stations have
rendered valuable service to the American pub-
lic through the working out and recommending
of formulas, which may be used in the home-mix-
ing of rations, and there are possibly cases, espe-
cially on the larger poultry establishments,
where home-mixing is a paying proposition. But
when we stop to fhink that the great bulk of our
American poultry raisers keep relatively small
flocks, the great majority of them less than one
hundred birds to the farm flock, so small that it
would not pay them to buy the ingredients and
mix rations themselves, first because they could
not secure the necessary ingredients economic-
ally, and secondly, because the care and .accuracy
in mixing would probably not be supplied, and
thirdly, the labor envolved, considering the ap-
parent saving, would more than outweigh the lat-
ter. These are just a few of the reasons why the
American farmer and the suburban poultry
keeper, has come to depend so largely upon the
reliable manufactured feeds. But there is still
another feature which makes our debt to the
American feed manufacturers even greater, and
that is, they persistently desire to make their
rations better all of the time, and to include in
them, the very latest discoveries and practices
which are known to mean more efficient results.
As examples of this, we have the rapid develop-
ment of manufactured feeds containing milk and
milk products, and we have the developnient of
specialized feeds such as dried buttermilk and
semi-solid buttermilk, yeast, feeds with cod liver
oil, and many other ingredients of specialized
nature, which when used intelligently in the ra-
tion, materially increased the efficiency of the
manufactured product. The feed manufacturers
are quick to take advantage of the modem meth-
ods of nutrition and in all of the problems of mix-
ing and feeding rations developed at the Egg
Laying Contests, Agricultural Colleges and our
Experiment Stations, with the result that the
modern American hen is probably fed more etti-
ciently than in any other country in the world
today, and the universal efficiency with which
the American hen can be fed efficiently from
coast to coast, from North to South, is due in
large part to the initiatve and the service which
is rendered by our American feed manufacturers.
Gone Forever (The Setting Hen)
It was but a few years ago, that you and I
were hatching our eggs under setting hens, and
brooding them with old mother hen, in the up-
turned barrel placed in the lea of the woodshed
or along the south side of the old stonewall.
Within the memory of even the youngest of us,
this condition has changed; gradually at first,
and then more rapidly, until the past few years
has witnessed a veritable landslide in favor of
the modern incubator and the modern brooder.
The commercial development of this phase of
poultry keeping is, I think you will agree, the
prime factor responsible for the unbelievable
growths which our industry has made. Especially
is this true in the case of the coal-burning
brooder stove and the more recent development,
tha oil burning brooder. Without these, no far-
mer, nor commercial poultry keeper, and in fact,
any poultry raiser who produces any number of
chicks, could do so efficiently and successfullly.
We would not have witnessed today the greatest
development of poultry on farms, which by the
way, is the backbone of the poultry business in
America, unless we had had the development of
the modern incubator. Both the individual ma-
chines and the mammoth machines have contri-
buted, to the greatly increased number of chicks
which are hatched every year, and without the
advent of the mammoth incubator, the develop-
ment of big commercial hatcheries would have
never materialized, and the baby chick industry
as we know it today, would never have been
dreamed of. It is, I believe, a truthful state-
ment, to say that the low cost of these modern
appliances and the efficiency with which they
operate, have relegated old mother hen with her
brood of fluffy youngsters forever into oblivion.
Manufactured Products Are Many and Varied
We cannot mention our debt to the manufact-
urers of America, without saying a word in com-
mendation of those concerns which for years,
have been studying the problems of sanitation
and disease prevention, and which have been
presenting continually to the Americari poultry
keeper, remedies, disinfectants, medicines and
supplies of various kinds, which make it possi-
ble, if intelligently used, to keep one's birds in a
high state of health and productiveness, and sec-
ondly, when disease does make itself felt, to at-
tach the problem promptly, with every certainty
of quick success in curing the flock. Of course,
there are new diseases coming up constantly and
new problems presenting themselves. Many of
these are matters for fundamental research, and
their answer cannot be gotten in a day, but our
manufacturers are ready and willing and always
anxious to put on the market in a form available
to all the results of these scientific discoveries
and findings. Then there are our poultry supply
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What Poultry Men Say
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President of the Utility Corpor-
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Grade A
250 EGG STRAIN
Females from this grade are **Hogaii
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Prices Sharply Reduced
utility prices are the very lowest. We give you chicks that
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Dept 29 • Zealand, Mich.
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A Sutter Gradt
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In Writing Advertisers
Kindly Mention Everybodys Poultry Magaiine
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
March, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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manufacturers, who are turning out
a great variety of lines of supplies
and appliances for the poultryman to
use in his everyday business, includ-
ing a great variety of equipment, the
use of which reduces labor, conserves
feed, and makes it possible for the
American hen to be cared for most
efficiently.
You and I are in the poultry busi-
ness to make a living and a little
something besides. So the national
manufacturer, devoting his business
interests to serving the poultry pub-
lic, is in business to make money.
That fact, we all must recognize and
appreciate. In order to make money,
he must put a product on the market
that will win the confidence of the
poultry keeper, in order that his busi-
ness may prosper and develop, and so
it is that in striving to meet these
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THIRD Plreias COCK
ideals, the manufacturer of poultry
products, supplies and appliances,
has been an important link in our
present poultry prosperity. He has
lessened our labor, and he has given
us at reasonable cost, the advantage,
of years of research in nutrition and
disease prevention, and in increased
efficiency in all lines of our business.
Without the American manufacturer
and his product, the American hen
and the poultry business which you
and I are so much interested in and
so dependent upon, would be as noth-
ing compared to the exalted and pros-
perous position which it occupies to-
day.
ELIMINATE THE UNFIT
The prompt and thorough elimina-
tion of the unfit is one of the first
laws of breeding, and the one that is
most neglected.
I^lRSt PKl^ COCK
SPECIALIZE WITH ONE VARIETY
To obtain the best results I would
urge poultry raisers to select a stand-
ard breed of a recognized strain and
breed them exclusively. Make a spe-
cialty of this one breed, then give all
your time and surplus money to the
raising of the best of this breed.
What could be more pleasing to the
eye than a flock of chickens of one
breed? Uniform in color, all of a
size and all of one pure breed. Aside
from their beauty, they are the most
profitable as well. The market and
poultry dealer will always give a few
cents more per pound for a coop of
uniform poultry where their dressing
qualities are about equal. I am sure
a coop containing one breed will al-
ways attract the eye of the buyer.
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HALE'S
NCXJRAPH
The nominating ballots are out f(.r tli«
1 Jriran Poultry Association elottion and
re elad to note there is no competition
r the offices of president and vice president,
nis poor policy to change horses in the mid-
ile of the Btream. ^
from what we have heard we can expect
rflnort from President RigK at Toronto,
* ,V Aueust, that will surprise those who
??.! hein "knocking" his administrat-
ion.
have jj^*°^j^ the refns we were practically
broke. Now we are what we shall hear »t
When
broke.
Toronto.
Better plan on being there.
We have probably never had a more popu-
lar or more efficient vice president than H. A.
K.iurse His speech at Philadelphia, last
Anrust' proved to many that in him we have
nresidential timber. The American Poultry
Association will be wise to keep him where
be is until they can promote him.
In District No. 2, we note that the present
incumbent, Frank L. DeLancey, is giving way
to M. L. Chapman. Mr. Chapman will make
a good member of the executive board and a
representative his district can feel proud of.
We like some others, have had our differ-
ences with Mr. DeLancey, but no one can say
he hasn't been for what he thou^'ht was the
best iaterests of the association.
District No. 4 has brought out some com-
petition, as we predicted a month or so ago.
Mrs. Florence Forbes and Russell F. Palmer
are running against the present member, Ben
E Adams. Far be it from yours truly to
meddle in local affairs, but it is our candid
opinion that the members of District No. 4
will vote wisely if they retain Mr. Adams.
In District No. 6, our old friend. V. O.
Hcbbs, is dropping out and E. C Branch will
return without any opposition. Both are
good men and we would like to see them both
on the board.
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Out West, in District No. 8, they also
have some competition. Mr. Blackman has
served his district well. J. C. Williams, for-
merly of the Eiast, is everything that could
be desired as a member of the executive
board. The third candidate. E. H. Butler,
we are not personally acquainted with, so
have no comments to make. This is a live
district and we hope they choose wisely.
• • •
District No. 10 will send back the Hon.
John Martin, without any opposition. Nuf
sed.
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The management of this paper should open
an advertisement department listing places
for sale and also for those who want to buy.
Since answering "T. O. M." in a recent
issue we have any number of letters from
those who have fine places for sale and good
reasons for selling. One of them came from
"T. 0. M.'s" home town. If you want to
1>07 a place or have one for sale, put an ad
in Everybodys and you stand a good chance
of moving it.
• • •
You will note by the last issue of Every-
bodys that Editor Schwab was in attendance
at the National Show. You will also note
that he called particular attention to the
ticket seller and also to the fact that it was
leap year. I don't know whether it worked
or not, but Henry was hanging around that
ticket window a whole lot. I promised not
to five him awav, so I won't say any more.
• • •
^inny how shy these bachelors get leap
year. Now "Line" Orr is going to South
America. Must be some one on "Line's"
trail also.
• • •
They tell me that the boys at the home
ollce are so puffed up with their new home
that you have to send in your card when
ypu call, but I don't believe it. Anyway
I'm going to drop in when I get down that
way and inspect the wonderful new home of
Everybodys. They say it is well worth see
ing.
• • •
Wonder if Henry Schwab will be moving
to Minnesota! I just read in a Minneapelis
magasine where someone up there has offered
• Uw providing for three wives, each work-
»0f eight hours.
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If they get too many the wivwi -will organ-
tse a anion, go on a strike and the first thing
SINGLE COMB REDS
Cock8
Hens
(Cockerels
Pullets
Yountf Pens
Old Pens
1-4
2-4-6
1-2-3
1-3 4
1-4
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ROSE COMB REDS
MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN, 1924
61 Birds Entered — 65 Under the Ribbons
Cocks 1-3-5
Hens 1-2
Cockerels 1-2-3-4-5
Pullets 1-3-4-6
Young Pens 1-3
Old Pens 1
BEST DISPLAY
BEST DISPLAY
"Harold Tompkins of Concord, Mass., won Best Display in both the Single
and Rose Comb Classes, and in again accomplishing this great feat at the
world's leading poultry show, he has- placed himself in a posit^n where he
can honestly advertise himself as the crowned king of all the Rhode Island
Red breeders and exhibitors, past and present.
He has met them all both great and small on the R. I. Red field of battle; viz.,
the American showroom in general, and the Boston and Madison Square
Garden poultry shows in particular; but their efforts have been futile.
In his march to the top, Judge Mapes, the late lamented Judge Card Judge
Wood. Judge Rigg, Judge Samuels and lastly Judge Stillwagen — allmenot
unimpeachable integrity— have placed the awards at the shows where he
competed, and their judgment was always the same. Their choice rested
upon the entries of Harold Tompkins."
George W. Tracey, in Poultry Success,
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1924 Mating List is Ready. Why not get some of
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Treat them right this year. Give every chick his full chance. He 11
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fry Association and haven't received your
ballot, write the secretary or the election
commisKioiier. O. L. McCord, Peoria, Hl.^ ^^j
ask for a ballot. If you haven't voted in
two years your name is oflf the active Hit
(Jot itusy, take part, and help make theij
elections show a live membership.
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During the National Show many ag^^j
what had btMome of the Order of Fleas, y^io
was the last treasurer and how much
did he have? Who can answer!
money
The National was a great show if we do
say it. Now, look out for something big|ai
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TO THE LEGHORN BREEDERS OP
AMERICA: —
At a dinner given by Henry P. McKean to
the Leghorn breeders and their friends dur-
ing the Madison Square Garden Poultry
Show, Arthur Schilling made the remark thtt
there should be some way or some organlu.
tion whereby the breeders of all varieties of
Leghorns could combine their strength on
any questions or issues involving the inter-
ests of the breed. After some general dii-
cussion of the subject, it was thought by all
those present that a meeting should be called
during the annual meeting of the Americtn
Poultry Association at Toronto to further
take up this matter. J. H. Drevenstedt then
got up and said, "If you gentlemen here
really wish to do this and are in earnest
about this matter, you will form a tentatire
organization right now. The way to do this
thing is to start it now; it is a laudable pro-
ject and I feel sure that if you gentlemen
start the ball rolling you will be much
stronger by the time of the meeting at To-
ronto; that you will already be in touch with
and have enlisted as members the leading
Leghorn breeders of America and will have
better plans with which to work."
After further discussion it was agreed to
do this and temporary officers were elected,
as follows: President, William EUery Bright;
vice president, Henry P. McKean; secreUry
treasurer, M. L. Chapman.
It was also decided to ask for suggestions
and plans as to how such a club embracing
all varieties of Leghorns could best organise
and function.
It should be clearly understood that this
is not in opposition to any other club; thst
the offices and plans are purely tentative;
that the officers nominated are simply to
gather suggestions and plans that they will
submit at the meeting to be held in Toronto
in connection with the annual meeting of ths
American Poultry Association.
Members present who joined were: J. H.
Drevenstedt, Frank Davey. Henry P. Mc
Kean. E. O. Aldrich. A. Schilling. B. Schil!
ing. Wm. Ellery Bright. A. J. Hindman. Frink
Buttman, Fred W. Smith. H. P. Schwab, L
C. Bonfoey, M. L. Qhapman.
Since this meeting, Mr. Bright has sen] '"
several more members as follows: Dudley
Cokley, H. C Adams, Prof. A. C Smith. Mrs.
M. M. Green, S. E. Winters, Wm. W. H»r
rington, Frank 0. Stier.
All of the members have paid an initiation
fee and first year's dues of $5.00.
It seems to me that this plan must haw
some merit, because Messrs. Davey. Dreven-
stedt, Bonfoey, Aldrich and Schwab are not
Leghorn breeders and have only that interest
in such a movement that any unselfish mw
would have who is interested in the genersi
good of the poultry business. As many oi
vou know I have only recently sold my W
horn flock but still have a warm spot •»
my heart for this wonderful breed; many «
my best friends are Leghorn fanciers and «
will give me great pleasure if I can do some-
thing for the Leghorn breeders to show m/
appreciation of their friendship and the MB-
ors they have sh'awn me in times p»«*-
If you think well of this plan. g»ve «« •
vote; are you for it or against it! **o .'"j
ganization can live and grow unless it nw
some useful work to accomplish and tne c
operation of its members. What wiU »«
tackle first! Don't be afraid to swamp tnw
office with letters, we will answer them some-
how. Without your co-operation this mo""
ment will not be a success. . .
All who join before July 1, 1924 will M
charter members. Initiation fee and nn
year's dues are $5.00, which should he leo*
to M. L. Chapman, secretary-treasurer, iTen
ton Junction, N. J.
Very truly yours, ^,
UNITED LEGHORN ChV^'
M. L. Chapman. Sec'y-TreW.
Trenton Junction, N. ••
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than ever before at this time of the year, but we can
still take more orders for March and April delivery on
account of having thousands more breeding birds, and
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Shipped before May 16th
25—49 $30
50—99 29
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Shipped before May 16th
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FOR POULTRY KEEPING
I suppose most every breeder of
thoroughbred poultry now has his
pens made up for the coming season
If there are any of you who have not
it is to your advantage to do so as
soon as possible, as the time for set-
ting your hens for hatching what are
to be your winter layers will soon be
here. I don't advocate setting them
as early as some people do, but it is
a real good plan to have your breed-
ing pens made up from three to five
weeks before you expect to begin
setting your hens. This enables the
birds to become thoroughly accus-
tomed to the surroundings and to
each other, and also gives you a
chance to get each individual fowl in
the best of condition before begin-
ning to save eggs for hatching. Let
me say right here that this is one of
the most important, most vital, oi
any of the steps to be made in a suc-
cessful poultry business. Some peo-
ple pay little attention to these pre-
liminaries, and go on the theory that
any one can hatch chickens. So they
can, but the successful hatching and
rearing of chickens depends very
largely upon the condition of the egg
before the process of incubating it
was begun. It behooves every
breeder, amateur or professional, to
get his breeding pens in the best
condition he possibly can before he
begins to save eggs for hatching, if
he expects to make a success with
poultry. The methods of caring for
the birds depend very largely upon
the surroundings. Presuming that
you have selected good, strong,
healthy birds for your pen, there still
remain six essential elements for a
successful season, viz.: First, food;
second, water;, third, house; fourth,
exercise; fifth, grit; six, shell.
1. Food — A variety of food has
been and is discussed so much that
it is scarcely necessary for me to
say that for the best — or even good
— results, your poultry must have a
variety of food. If your lot is small
and barren of vegetation, then yon
must pay particular attention to the
variety of food. I, or any one else,
can't give you a specific formula for
feeding which would be an absolute
success in the hands of every one,
and with different varieties of poul-
try. You should see that your chick-
ens get a mash and different kinds
of grain every day, also beef scraps
and some kind of green food each
three or four times a week. I would
suggest that you read the experi-
ences of different successful poultry
raisers and then use your best judg-
ment and adopt a method and for-
mula which best suits your own cir-
cumstances, at the same time keep-
ing in mind that you must have at
least the varieties mentioned above.
2. Water — Place your receptacle
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for holding water in such position
that the chickens cannot get into it
^ith their feet or in any other way
throw dirt into it. Wash out and re-
fill it with fresh water before your
fowls go to it for a drink, which is
usually soon after they leave the
perch. The fountain should be
scalded out at least once a week, and
in warm weather it should be refilled
two or three times a day.
3. House — Provide a house that
is free from dampness and draughts
of air at night. Have the perches
about 30 inches high from the ground
on a level, about 22 inches apart, and
allow an average of 15 inches on the
perch to the bird. More than this
should be allowed if you have a large
breed. See that your house is fre-
quently cleaned, has plenty of light,
and is well aired during the day.
4. Exercise — You should provide
your chickens with a scratching shed
and fill same several inches deep with
straw or other litter, and in this feed
some small grain so as to keep them
working all day long. Like a person,
exercise is very essential to their
health and usefulness.
5 Grit — Place a box in the pen
and keep plenty of sharp grit in it.
If vou shut biddie up in a small place,
you must be her dentist and keep her
supplied with the proper kind of
teeth, otherwise she will soon be suf-
fering with indigestion.
e. Shell — In order to be success-
ful in hatching eggs, specially un-
der hens, the eggs must have good
solid shells or the hens will break
one or more of them, and you don't
only lose the ones that are broken,
but the ef^g gets on the shells of the
others, thereby preventing the neces-
sary percolation of air and moisture,
and the result is a very poor hatch.
So don't neglect to furnish your hens
with the shell-producing elements.
The easiest way to do this is to place
a small box of crushed oyster shells
in the pen. It is surprising how much
grit and shell a small flock will eat.
Perhaps it will not be anything
amiss to say that you should never
have more than one male bird in each
pen. The number of females de-
pends upon the variety of your chick-
ens. You may have from ten to fif-
teen Leghorns to the pen, while of
the heavier breeds, such as Plymouth
Rocks, Orpingtons, etc., it is not ad-
visable to have more than ten to the
pen — seven is better. To the breeder
who has only twenty-five or thirty
hens I would suggest that he take
his best male bird and mate him with
the three or four best hens he has
and hatch eggs from this pen only
for his breeding stock next year.
This will enable him to improve his
stock each year.
If the above suggestions are sub-
stantially followed, success is yours.
— T. D. G.
The Growth and Health Vitamin
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' ' We hatched over 600 chicks," writes F.
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than chicks that were receiving
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"I have 100 baby Reds 2
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All are very husky and
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Fleischmann's Pure Dry Yeast is
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Without this vitamin (B)
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The average grain fed hen
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Geese are a Profitable Fowl
By H. H. COLLIER, Associate Editor
The history of geese is a history of
the world. One can not go any-
where in history without reading of
this faithful fowl. Wild geese for-
age in every country on the face of
the globe and flocks of wild geese
will fly as long distance as two to
three thousand miles. They seem to
know the world and go anywhere
that their fancy pleases them. Do-
mestic geese have been known in
most every country. It is claimed
that they were first domesticated in
China. The China goose is less liable
to take to the wing than any knovni
variety. There is no question but
what the Toulouse goose was first do-
mesticated in France and there is no
doubt but what they came originally
from a Chinese cross.
Rev. Edmund Saul Dixon, an Eng-
lish clergyman, writing of geese in
1848, s:\ys that geese appear so often
in history that in his opmioa they
vere domesticated long before the
Christian era. He points out the
fact that geese saved Rome in the
year of 365 B. C. and other ancient
writers speak of them at an earlier
date. Some writers said that the
geese that saved Rome were white,
while Virgil sstys that the goose that
saved Rome was a silver goose. Lu-
cretius, referring to the incident at
Rome, says;
"The white goose, the preserver of
the citadel of the descendants of
Romulus, perceives at a great dis-
tance the odor of the human race."
Pliny, speaking of the occurrence,
says:
"The goose is carefully watchful;
witness the defense of the capital,
when the silence of the dogs would
have betrayed everything ♦ ♦ • ♦
It is possible, also, that they may
save some discernment of wisdom.
Thus one is said to have stuck per-
petually to the philosopher Lacydis,
never leaving him, either in public,
in the baths, by night, or by day."
Geese are easily tamed by those
who handle them but they seem to
recognize strangers the minute they
come on the place. A goose is a bet-
ter watcher than a dog. Nothing
strange can come on one's place with-
out the goose noticing it and they al-
ways give an alarm. I bred geese
for some time and found them one
of the easiest fowls to rear of all
domestic fowls. They need little
feed other than grass but seem to
grow larger when fed grain. Geese
crops the g^ass very close to the
ground and they leave very little for
any other animal to feed on. They
are destructive to a certain extent
and should not be allowed to roam in
young orchards f#r they will cer-
tainly spoil the young trees. I got
rid of my geese for that reason, i
planted a lot of young apple, peach
and plum trees along with a few pear
trees but before I realized it ay
flock of geese killed more than half
of the young trees. They start in
and skin off every vestige of baric
and leave the young tree as clean as
if one had peeled it. They do not
bother roses or horn growing plants
or vines. In a blackberry patch they
do little damage but they are glut-
tons for gooseberries and currants.
If one will keep the young gos-
lings shut up with the mother hen
for ten days they can turn them loose
to roam where they will. They will
stay close to the house so long as the
grass is good but as they eat their way,
they will wander for some distance.
Water should be kept where they can
get it at all times. They consume a
lot of moisture in the course of
twenty-four hours and they do not
thrive well without plenty of drink.
It is always best to feed geese a
soft food. They will pick up grain
when there is no soft feed handy bat
they seem to enjoy the wet mixture
best.
A feed of one part corn and two
parts ground oats, with the same
amount (bulk) of wheat bran or mill-
run. Millrun is richer in protein
content than com and is not so fat-
tening. Geese are ready to eat at
three months old where they have
had good pasture but get their best
size for eating at nine months.
In hatching geese, the goose makes
a good mother but if allowed to set
she will not produce as many young.
One can set the eggs under chicken
hens. The average Plymouth Rock
hen will cover three to five eggs. I
have set as high as six eggs under
extra large hens. They hatch well
when set this way.
Goose eggs hatch very slowly and
if one should come out of the egg
hours ahead of the others, it is best
to take the goslings from the setter
as these youngsters are very active
and will get from under the hen and
make her want to leave the nest.
When the goslings hatch put them
with the mother hen in a coop and
do not allow them to run for at least
a week, ten days is better. Have a
coop that you can move each day and
place the coop on a good grass run.
For the first feed, give the young-
sters a pan of sour milk and after
they are forty-eight hours old you
can mix a little com meal and bran
with their first feed. Corn meal
seems to agree with them but should
not be fed too lavishly A mixture
of corn meal, oat meal and bran in
equal parts makes a very good feed
if one will soak the mixture with
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WiUo^ir Tree Poultry Farm
HENRY P. McKEAN, Proprietor
Beverly Farms, •• Massachusetts
A Few Facts
Please—
Willow Tree Leg-
horns have been shown
for the past five (5)
years in the face of the
world's keenest compe-
tition and have clearly
demonstrated their
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over all comers at the
world's premier poul-
try show
Madison
uare
Garden
feated all recor
combination of
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for 1924. Catalogue upon request
Hatchine Eggs from the most phenomenal mat-
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Beverly Farms, Mass.
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sour miliv for c.t least three hours be-
fore fpfcdiii^. By moving the coop
often the ^'oslings will get lots of
green food ar»d grow from the start.
After the goslings are ten days old
you can allow them to run with the
hen but always feed them in their
coop so that they will come back to
it. Keep milk before them at all
times and for lack of milk give plenty
of fresh water. Have your water in
a small vessel so that the youngsters
can only drink out of it and not get
into the water or milk.
It is hard to say which is the best
domestic goose. Toulouse geese are
the largesc goose recognized by the
American Standard of Perfection.
The weights of geese are as follows,
for Toulouse: Adult gander, twenty-
six pounds; young gander, twenty
pounds; adult goose, twenty pounds;
young goose, .sixteen pounds. The
Toulouse goose is a nice domestic
fowl and gives little trouble. They
are easily confined in a yard (wire
fence) four feet high.
Embden geese are another great
favorite. They ere favored for their
beautiful white plumage and the
feathers bring the highest price. The
Embden makes a good table goose
and the weights are as follows: Adult
gander, twenty pounds; young gan-
der, eighteen pounds; adult goose.
jghLcen pounds; young goose, six-
teen pounds. Embden geese grow
very last and they take on flesh very
easily.
African geese are another good va-
riety, smaller than the Toulouse but
good foragers and they cost very lit-
tle to raise. They carry beautiful
brown and white colors. The heads
of Africans are black or dark gray,
with gray neck and light gray breast.
The adult gander weighs twenty
pounds; young gander, sixteen
pounds; adult goose, eighteen
pounds; young goose, fourteen
pounds.
Chinese geese are another very
good variety. They are colored simi-
larly to the African but are small in
size. The adult gander weighs twelve
pounds; young gander, ten pounds;
adult goose, ten pounds; young
goose, eight pounds.
Brown Chinese geese are beauti-
fully colored fowls and their weights
are the same as the other varieties
of Chinese geese.
White Chinese geese are very
pretty and they are good table fowls
and produce lots of white feathers,
the plumage being pure white.
Wild Canadian geese are another
beautiful goose. They have beauti-
ful color beginning with black on
head having a light and dark gray
in plumage. The weights are: Adult
gander, twelve pounds; young gaj^.
der, ten pounds; adult goose, ten
pounds; young goose, eight pounds.
Egyptian geese are beautiful in
color markings, running from black
and gray heads, with chestnut patch
around eyes. This variety also car-
ries lots of white and black stripes
are bars. They are prized for their
beauty and make a very good table
fowl. The weights are: Gander, ten
pounds; young gander, eight pounds;
adult goose, eight pounds; young
goose, six pounds.
Geese do well but they will eat
most anything and should not be al-
lowed to run in either the kitchen or
flower garden and where one has
young trees geese should not be al-
lowed to run for they will strip every
inch of bark from the growing trees.
HELPING EACH OTHER
GET AHEAD FASTER
Co-operation is a word that is be-
ing heard more and more among poul-
trymen. Boiled right down, it simply
means teamwork. And this princi-
ple of teamwork can be applied in
many different ways. Let us con-
sider for a few minutes how poultry-
men can use teamwork in investing
and borrowing money.
The machinery is all set up and in
Orandvlew Poultry Farm, 0. H. Wyckoff & Son, Props.. Aurora. Cayuga County, New York, is Indeed one of the most beautiful PO^^
farms In America — ideally located with every advantage that nature can provide. The farm proper is upon the eastern shore of O*'^
Lake, at its broadest point, just far enough back from the water and i»t sufficient elevation to insure Its dry and healthful condition at au s«^
sons of the year. The above illustration was taken in June and shows young White Ijeghom pullets growing on edge of cornfield range. i»
It any wonder that these birds grow iuto robust, prolific, profitable fowls?
March,
1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
267
<rood.working order. It only needs to
he used. The entire country is di-
ided into twelve Federal Land
Banks, and each bank is supported by
everal hundred local national farm
loan associations. These local asso-
ciations are made up of farmers who
are borrowing from the Federal Land
Banks. They are strictly democratic,
making their own by-laws and manag-
ine their own affairs.
Through this machinery, farmers
can borrow money on long-term,
asy-payment mortgages at reason-
able rates. These same farmers own
through their membership in the
local association 95% of the stock in
the Federal Land Banks. Through
this teamwork they find that they can
l)orrow on better terms than they
could do individually. Besides, any
dividends paid by the Federal Land
Banks— and all are regularly paying
dividends— go into the treasuries of
the local associations which are
owned and controlled by the borrow-
ers themselves.
So much for the borrowing end of
the machinery. Of course, in order
to have money to loan there must be
a source of supply. For this reason,
the Federal Land Banks issue bonds,
known as Federal Land Bank Bonds.
So great is the security behind
these bonds that 37 States permit
savings banks to invest in them — and
savings funds are closely guarded.
The United States Government also
accepts these bonds at par as secur-
ity for Postal Saving* and other
funds.
If these bonds are a safe invest-
ment for the savings banks and for
United States Postal Savings; they
are a safe investment for you.
Perhaps you have thought of these
bonds as an investment for the
-wealthy. But it was especially de-
sired by those who framed the Fed-
eral Farm Loan Act, under which the
bonds are issued, to provide a safe
and profitable investment for the
average man and woman. For this
reason, the bonds may be bought in
small denominations, as low as $40
and $100, while there are large de-
nominatons for the convenience of
those who have large sums to invest.
Probably the best investment for
any poultryman is in improving his
own plant. But every careful man-
ager aims to build up a reserve which
can be called upon in emergency.
Many, too, are accumulating a nest
egg for that little place in the coun-
try. All such funds can be safely in-
vested in Federal Land Bank Bonds.
They will earn a good rate of inter-
est and can be turned into ready
money when needed.
Federal Farm Loan Board Circular
No. 16 gives full particulars and ad-
dresses of the twelve co-operative
Federal Land Banks. Address: Fis-
cal Agent, Federal Land Banks,
Treasury Department, Washington,
D.C.
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?X?iJ^{i5;?S2. RHODE ISLAND REDS
Famous Breeders and Layer* — Winners at
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Won at Boston, 1924, on Rose Combs: Cock, First and Color Special;
Cockerels, First, Fifth and Color Special ; Hens, Second and Sixth ; Pul-
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THOSE WHO EXCEL
In every community there are »
few persons who wish to excel, p
they farmers, merchants, stock-
raisers, manufacturers or poultry!
men. Each is endeavoring alone
legitimate lines to produce more
satisfactory results than his neigh-
bor. This has been especially true
of the manufacturers and stock-
raisers, but not until the last quar-
ter of a century was the poultry
business considered of sufficient im-
portance, save by an exceptional few
as to even suggest a scientific investi'
gation. People who owned chickens
were content with what eggs they ob-
tained without any special effort, and
consequently but few eggs were ob-
tained, comparatively speaking, ex-
cept at certain seasons of the year.
But in these later years of high
prices it has been found that by the
employment of proper methods the
production of eggs can be made a
profitable industry, and consequently
greater efforts have been made to
obtain more eggs from fewer hens.
And as the breed, feed nor manage-
ment alone would produce the de-
sired result it was found necessary
to begin the breeding from the
healthiest, strongest, best layers ob-
tainable year after year, until a
"laying strain" has been produced.
To do this it is necessary to keep a
correct record of each hen's produc-
tion, and no better method has been
found than the use of trapnests and
leg bands.
It has been thoroughly demon-
strated to the satisfaction of all
thinking people that to obtain from
a flock of hens more than the or-
dinary number of eggs something
more than the mere breed is neces-
sary. Housing, feeding and care are
very essential, but even the best
housing, the most careful feeding,
and the most excellent expert, pains-
taking care will not produce the de-
sired results without previous prepar-
ation, either directly or indirectly.
You must have either prepared your
flock for the emergency yourself, or
some other person performed the
duty for you.
Accurate knowledge presented by
the trapnests with leg bands to pre-
serve the records are the niodem
poultryman's demands. Quality oi
production is the other side of indi-
vidual quality and the flocks that
combine both qualities are the popu-
lar strains today and for time to
come, and the answer for all is—
Trapnest, band your birds and keep
records. — H. P. S.
March, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
269
POULTRY POST MORTEMS
Post mortem examinations are our
greatest aids, our best teachers in
the diagnosis of fowl diseases. A
chicken does not simply stop breath-
ing, does not die from old age or
senile dimentia; there is a reason
for every death, and in order to doc-
the flock understandingly it is
ecessary to note the symptoms of
fhe fowl while alive, kill it and ex-
mine it thoroughly. In dressing a
healthy fowl look at each organ to
learn its appearance in a normal
tate. The good poultryman is al-
Lavs more or less ashamed of sick-
ness and death in his flock, he feels
t is a reflection on his care, and
lakes steps to prevent the spread of
the disorder. Sickness and death
«r\\ occur, however, in the best of
flocks, and the only thing the poul-
tryman can do is to discover the
cause of the loss and improve the
conditions of his flock. W.e have
been having some trouble in our own
flock, indicated by discolored feath-
ers about the vent, loose, black drop-
pings, and a stiffness in the walk of
a few hens. Eggs laid by these hens
were infertile, shells weak and white
of egg thin. We killed the fowl
showing the most symptoms of dis-
order and held a post mortem. She
had weighed eight pounds in per-
fect health, after death she weighed
six pounds. The liver was slightly
enlarged— no spots, e^S organs in
good condition, gizzard a little soft,
and no sourness of the digestive
tract Then we cut open the intes-
tines with a pair of sharp scissors,
submerged them in warm water and
immediately the pan seemed full of
ribbon-like forms, winding and tv«nst-
ing like a snake — the bird was badly
infested with tape worms. Our
treatment has been turpentine fed in
mash, a tablesp«onful to a pint of
mash. Three feeds of this will be
followed by a dose of castor oil, and
for a few weeks we will feed in the
mash once a week a teaspoonful of
powdered pomeg^ranate root bark to
fifty fowls. It is claimed that Upe
worms propagate in the livers of
mice and that fowls may become in-
fested by eating these. The appear-
ance of worms of any kind calls for
a thorough cleaning of the houses
and yards, and the disposition by
burning or removal of the litter in
the houses and about the yards, also
disinfection of the yards — A. F.
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OPINIONS HAVE CHANGED
The poultry breeders have made a
great advance in the face of many
difficulties. The hardest fight ever
made in this country was for pure-
bred poultry. It was never consid-
ered a serious matter by those who
looked upon poultry breeding as a
diversion for boys, women and in-
valids, or a little business for those
who were contented with small
things. Covert sneers and open rail-
ing were the weapons of those who
imagined that they had a higher mis-
sion in life than to breed chickens.
Old women and little children might
put their time in earning the odd pen-
nies that came from the poultry yard,
but real men had something else to
do.
A RECORD
Never Before Equaled!
Never in the history of the Chicago ColiBeum Show and
the NationaJ Show, Chicago, has any breeder of White
OrpiriKtona shown at both these arreat shows the same
season and made such a Sensational WinninK. In what
was conceded the stronffest competition ever held atthese
two shows. December, 1922, and January, 1923, I won 26
regular and 11 special prizes, both silver cups and only
fold medal offered. Specials for Best Cock, Best Hen,
test Pullet, Champion Pen, Best Display, Whitest Male,
both shows, Best Shaped Female, both shows. Sixty-eight
birds under the ribbon. My 19z4 matinss are the beat I
have ever pat tosether.
EGGS-Baby Chieks
Can famish Breeding or Exhibition Stock. Baby Chicki
and Efmi from my prizewinners and from birds that
produced these srreat Stay White Male prize winners.
lOgh Quality '^ Low Prices
Don't think becaase of the saperior qaality of my birds
that my prices are high, for they are not. My prices are
within reach of all.
E'DFFI Illustrated catalog and matin? list, which
■ ■•^^a yives fall particolars regarding my great
Stay White Male Line of White Orpingtons-the greatest
producers of eggs and meat of any variety. Demand
always greater than the supply, so don't delay. Writ*
today. Your name and address on a postal will do.
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Win at Philadelphia, 1924
Fifth Cock. Second .nd Fifth Cockerel. First, Second and Fifth Cockerel^red Hen F^^^^
Second Oockesel-bred Pullet. First and Second Pullet-bred Codcere Se«>°d ExhibU^on Pen^
83 birds in class, from nine exhibitors; Wolsieffer. judge. Vigorous. weU-grown^ SSrht Dr^te
OHESTESTOWN
Watchbury Stock Farm
E. F. D. No. 3
MABYIAin>
ToANCONA FANOERS and EXHIBITION BREEDERS
»'"" <="' " ""TsHRsfs OUT OF A POSSIBLE 16 IN 1923
a«^ a aawat^ ww _,^ ., p„„ Hed^ewood Strain. (No local eggbred crosses.)
OnUiriovlUe, Illinoii -
Soath "Elgin, lUlnoii
BAILEY'S
ARRED
ROCKS
Have amply demonstrated their high quality by
Winning Highest Honors at America s leading
ShowsL. They have just won at the 16th Annual
FxiTbitlon Jamestowii. N. T.. In an Exhibition
riaw of 12 Cod^H. 14 Hens. 19 Cockerels, 16 Pul-
eu 8 PMi»-Codw 1-2-3-5: Hens 1-2-4: Cock-
erels 4-5- Pullets 3-4: Pen 1: the Chambers Cup for Best Display, all b«»ed. competing; Champion
Male and Female. Shape and Color Specials, eta gnntiH
From the best mating, I ever owned. No P"!^' "•fd In n^,^"?*"Xf ''g^AI^ 'P^S 'Zt'S ft^S
TcS^tUe Kggs that hatch Chicks fv.ll of ''K»^^%*i,™*X» iSK' onV^our^ with order, balance on
which I can fill your orders prompUy. Book your oroer* ©•rw,
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L. W. BAILEY
R. F. D. No. 2
EDEN, N. Y.
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These photographs are taken from Kerlin's Grand View Poultry Farm Drawer 70-0, Center
Hall, Pa., one of the most modem and most progressive Breeding EstablishmenU m the U. D.
of thi« interestinK poultry farm. Here we •«« Mr. Keriin "\^}^i^'^* ^^^
from southern Florida who later ordered 4.000 Kerlm-Qual.f v ' Chicka Thi» i
hia third seaaon for ' Kerlin-Qaality" Sto<*. No, 8. One of the able awist*
No. 1. Back in 1899 this was "Keriin'a Grand View Pooltry Fann"-<>ne 10x12 shack
and 26 birda. Their "incabator" conaiated of ais broody hena. No. 2. A portion of
hennery No. 8 and erranary, as it now appeara. Five hundred "Kerlin-Quality"
English-American S. C. White Leghorns enjoying a "aun bath." No. 8. A glimpM
of incubator room No. 2. This ia a 2-story buihiing. 25x100 feet and cares for three
triple-deck Newtown Incubators. No. 4. A portion of Incubator Room No. 3. This is
a cement block building, 26x86 feet; contains three Smith Standard Ineulwtors in
addition to furnishing ^rage for aeveral car-loads brooders. "Kerlin-Quality*'
Poultry Fooda, etc. No. B. Interior of incubator room No. Sand the battery of Smith
Standard Incubators. No. 6. Looking north; from left to right, 2-8tory office, resi-
dence of the owner, granary No. 1, Henneries Nos. 1 and 2. No. 7. Every customer or
prospective customer has the assurance that hia or her correspondence always re-
ceives PERSONAL attention from W. W. Keriin, the junior member and Manager
to a costonwr
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-listening in" to the dictat'i'^^i^^ke'n by Mr.'Keriin^tlTr^^he Dictatiiig^^^^^^
No. 9. Summer colony houses anJ a flock of pedigreed >"K>'«h-Amencan Cockerfi^
Thaae are the CREAM of -Kerlin-Quality" trap-neated stock. No. If • Six ^lU^^'tfr
6-month8 old pullets, just brought in from the colonv houaea. They «r« '"*;■; ^f
quarters and getting down to the business of laying chalk white eggs to the turie «
70* or better. No. 11. Portion of Hennery No. 4 and colony houses on rantf.e^ ""»«
are the pullets later moved to laying house as shown in Phofo No '" . "°p' ,ut,
$3,000.00 shipment of "Kerlin-Quality" English-American St:. W Ltn^horn Pone^
to a customer in the far west. "Kerlin-Quality" is bred and '<"«''"'" •J^'^'ee the
country on the alobe. No. 13. "Kerlin-Quality" is true to name. They produce iw
LARGE, WHITE Eggs that bring the price.
Mr. W. W. Keriin will send everyone who write* to him a big free caUlog which describes his Baby Chicks, free feed a
discount offer, and contains valuable money-making information. Write him today.
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Everybodys Poultry Magazine is
fortunate in securing Mrs. Helen
Dow Whitaker for Everybodys' fam-
•(„ We needed a good woman writer
'to help balance the force. Mrs.
Whitaker went into poultry because
she liked fowls. She has had an ex-
nerience that few women ever get.
As head poultryman (or poultry-
woman) for the big State of Wash-
injrton, she had the chance to try out
breeding all kinds of pure bred fowls
' and a great tryout of the real utility
;n fowls. One big thing in favor of
\\tx Whitaker, she never lost sight
„f the beautiful in the calling of
breeding good poultry.
So many men, as well as women,
ride hobbies. To ride hobbies one
must be very narrow minded. To
ride that hobby to destruction seems
to be the aim of so many experiment
station people. In other words, they
can not be good utility people with-
out always taking a fall out of the
beautiful in fowls. They take a de-
light in speaking of show fowls as
"Fuss and feathers." In Mrs. Whit-
i aker we have a woman who tries to
' combine the utility with beauty and
we will find her a great advocate of
Standard-bred fowls.
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On many occasions I have had so-
called utility judges no follow my
work in the poultry show and I keep
my ears open to hear their comments.
At one show recently I heard one of
the utility advocates say when de-
monstrating fowls that, "Of course
these are beautiful exhibition fowls
but they will not lay as many eggs
as the fowls who do not carry such
shapely lines." I went around to
this party and asked him to pick out
what he considered the best laying
hen in the show in the larger breeds
and he went over and picked on my
first premium Rhode Island Red. I
again asked him to pick out the best
small fowl for eggs and he took out
the second premium Leghorn hen and
pronounced her the best in the show.
At the Yakima State Fair, the year
that Hogan picked out the layers he
followed James Tucker, who was the
judge, or it might have been Judge
William Coats. There was a fine dis-
play of fowls that year and the one
got the first premium for Standard-
bred stock, invariably was picked on
by Mr. Hogan as the making of the
great layers. He sometirties skipped
over the first premium fowl but he
more often placed the award in the
three ribbon winners.
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At the Waterville Poultry Show, in
January, I had to give the champion
cock, cockerel, hen and pullet along
^ith the champion pen. In picking
champion fowls I make it a habit of
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taking the one that is the most typi-
cal of the breed and vftriety. I found
that the White Leghorn cock more
closely fitted my ideal as the best of
his breed in mature males while the
first cockerel took the honors for best
youngster of the year. I then found
that the Rhode Island Red hen repre-
sented that breed better than any
other hen stood for their kind. In
pullets there were lots of nice ones,
but I found a Marcy Farm Jersey
Black Giant that stood out as the
most typical as well as the best col-
ored fowl in the show. I thought
this remarkable for so new a breed.
The same champions in cock and pul-
let took the premium at Wenatchee
for championship but the beautiful
Red hen and White Leghorn cckerel
had to take a back seat for th ? A hite
Wyandotte cockerel and ;•
Barred Rock hen.
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When a judge goes to get a <h m-
pion fowl of a show, he must first for-
get his likes or dislikes for a ccrtair.
kind and then go in and pick out l»io
fowl that he would rather have in
the whole show. If he will do this,
he will never go wrong,
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If you want real early fair win-
ners, you had better get them out
during March and April. Your April
hatched pullets will be ready to show
by September but it is hard to get
cockerels with furnishings mature by
that time unless they are hatched !
early. Your April and May cockerels
will be fine for the D?cember and
January shows but you will find that
your May hatched pullets in the
medium, as well as the Leghorns, will
make your best colored fowls. The
early June hatched pullets will have
the beautiful color that makes a win-
ner for the last of January shows.
One trouble in America is that we
do not have shows all year. What
we should do is to pull off shows
nearly every month in the year.
This woulil be like the big stores.
They will have all kinds of sales that
go to make business. They decorate
their windows, put out special bar-
gains and make sales where otherwise
there would be nothing doing.
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We must show the people that we
can have spring, summer, autumn
and winter shows. If we will do that
we will double the chance to sell our
fowls. The department stores find
that there are two great sources of
advertising, first the newspaper and
second their window displays. If
they can get the people to ccme, win-
dow displays suggest things to buy
and prices in front of people give
them an idea of just what it will cost
to buy. The man who says in his
advertisement just what e^%^ will
cost will sell far more than the man
who advertises "Send for circular."
The question of utility is always to
the fore but to carry the ^%z laying
proposition up to its last analysis is
going a little too far. In order to
get lots of eggs from a hen one must
have health and vigor and the hen
that lays lots of eggs must be vigor.
ous or she could not carry on.
One writer in the Petaluma Poul.
try Journal says that he would not
breed a hen and expect her to repro-
duce herself if the hen had laid over
two hundred eggs but he would want
his sires to come from one of the big
layers, provided he raised a vigorous
male from the high laying hen.
To use lights on breeding fowls is
to lower the vigor of the hen. No
hen can lay three hundred eggs under
forced conditions and then reproduce
herself in her progeny.
The men who have made the great
reconls year after year, have never
used lights on their fowls but have let
th<' hens lay their best under natural
o«»nditions.
I have 1 oard som:* men call atten-
r;on to the fact that many of the
high layers carried high tails. They
have never figured what caused this
cond tion. They never looked into
the houses where such hens were
raised. They did not take into con-
sideration the roosts. Some poultry-
men in order to save space in their
houses have placed roosts too close
to the wall. These pullets in setting
with their tails to the wall have had
their tails rest against the walls and
not take their natural pose. Allow
hens to roost this way for any length
of time and they will carry high tails.
The trapnest is another reason why
hens carry high tails. These nests
are built so short that the tails rest
on the walls of the nest and never
get down to a normal pose. The hen
that goes often to such a nest get> ^
the habit of carrying high tail'i when
otherwise their tails would be car-
ried low.
The double compartment nests are
the best. The back ne.st of laying
space should be at least fifteen inches
long and at least that wide. If the
trapnest was made roomy, the hens
tail could rest in its natural pose.
With a front part to the nest where
the hen can go after laying her ejf
and this front compartment be fif-
teen inches square, there is little dan-
ger of the tail being spoiled.
If high tails are natural to a preat
lay, one should breed Japanese Ban-
tams, they carry the highest tail of
any fowl, the Fan-tail Pigeon not ex-
cepted.
One of course is allowed to na^e
their own ideas about the structure
of fowls but if we had uniformity"
would be much better for all con-
cerned and in time we might be able
to discover the laying type.
My baby girl said to me, "I am go-
ing to the "Turch." I said do no
say *Turch.' but say 'Church.' S'D*
said in answer, "I won't say 'Turc'i,
1 would rather say Sunday School
March. 1924
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The man who would rather have
hieh tail hens than low symmetrical
"typy" ^o^^^ ^^ ^*^® ^^® ^^^^* ^®
sees things that way and no one can
change him.
President Coolidge, in his message,
tells the farmer that he must help
himself and that he does not believe
in price fixing on the part of the gov-
ernment or giving a subsidy to far-
mers. This is sound doctrine if it is
carried out.
When the President tells the wheat
farmer that he could do better by co-
operating in the selling of his pro-
duct, I for one consider that poor ad-
vice.' Where the price of a com-
modity is fixed by the world markets,
as it is in wheat, co-operation would
avail little. The farmer produces
about a fourth more wheat than the
United States can consume. This
extra wheat fixes the price for all
of the product.
It is all right to co-operate in per-
ishable things like eggs, fruit and
vegetables. These products are con-
sumed in the United States and the
farmer, by co-operating, fixes
the price and he can co-operate in
buying the things that he must have
on the farm but so long as there is a
duty on the things he buys and abso-
lutely no protection on the things he
sells, then the farmer is up against
the real thing. The duty on wheat
in the United States has very little
bearing on the price of wheat. If
the farmer on'y produced enough
wheat for home consuruption, then a
duty would help and a duty would
keep out foreign wheat.
The farmers in the wheat belt are
making up their minds to co-operate
in planting. They are going to cut
down the crop. This will lower the
amount of wheat that must be sold
foreign each year. If this system is
carried into effect in 1924 we can
expect higher prices another year. I
believe that the poultryman can buy
wheat cheaper today than he ever can
again. Wheat at a dollar per bushel
is cheaper than it was at 60 cents per
bushel in pre-war times. Now is the
time for the poultryman to put in a
large stock of wheat. Wheat will
keep for years if kept dry. If one
will have good metal bins in which to
keep wheat he can buy enough to last
throughout the year of 1924 and
have some to spare in 1925. In the
days of Pharoah there was once a
sevpn year's famine but it was first seven
years of good crops. Joseph taught the peo-
ple of Egypt to store wheat and as a result
many parts of the known world came to
Kjcypt for hroad. If the farmer should cut
down wheat to any great extent, then we
would be up against liiKh i>rires. The world
raised lots of wheat in \S)1'A and there is
quite a little wheat plante<i and the winter
crop will be good. The cut d»)wn on acre-
nge will come in spring wheat and that is
the wheat that is mostly fed. for the reason
that a greater i)ortion of the winter wheat
is used for bread.
I have just retiirned from one of the great
>»heat belts of Washington. This section is
semi-arid but lots of wheat is rai ed in that
section, when there is a good fall 'f snow.
^^Tien I was over in Douglas county, judging
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months 7 days. They laid 4,652 eggs
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(Signed)
ERNEST KIRTLEY
East Palestine, Ohio
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Baby Chicks Sick
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If they're weak, wobbly, "pasted up**. %<ith
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WHITE DIARRH E A
Easily stopped in 48 hours
White diarrhea kills half of nearly
every hatch of chicks. It's strange
how many people do nothing either to
prevent the trouble or end it. thinking
this loss can't be stopped. But it can
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troublesome dosing, and at almost no cost.
For years, thousands have saved tholr sick
chicks and raised nearly every chick in
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Trouble gone in 2 days
Chas. N. Kittinger, Willows, Calif.,
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by the second day, the trouble disappeared
and now they are all as lively as crickets.
If I had only known of Avicol sooner, I
would have saved lots of chicks."
It is wonderful how sick, droopy chicks,
within 48 hours after they get Avicol, be-
come just as lively as Mr. Kittinger says.
No matter how rapidly the trouble is
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day Avicol is put in their drinking water.
''Stopped dying at once'*
"Last spring I bought 25 baby
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Owen, Wis. "When about a week old, they
began dying, would get droopy and in a
few hours would die. When I had 15 left,
I began giving Avicol and they stopped
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Why should anyone sit back and let
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the poultry show at Waterville, I talked
with many farmers and found that they had
III a good crop. Lots of snow has fallen in
this Kei'ti n and the winter wheat is well
covered against the extreme cold weather.
While at Waterville the mercury stood
around twenty below zero and when I left
I'ugot Sound the thermometer had dropped
to 10 above zero, extremely cold for Paget
Sound, but the weather on the east side of
the Cascades was a little below normal
weather f r that section, for the season of
the year. The farmers reported that thoir
wheal WHH in fine shape when the snow fell
and as the wheat was well protected they
looked for a fine crop. The wheat averaged
ab' ut 25 bushels to the acre for that section.
Owing to the very low price that wheat
was bringing the farmers told me that there
would be very little spring wheat sown and
if the same conditions exist in the great
wheat belts of the United States, we can look
for a high price in the fall.
Waterville put on a beautiful poultry show
despite the e;ctreme cold weather, lots of
combs were froaen and the fowls looked de-
jected where they were not properly cared
for but those fowls that were kept in good
houses were in fine feather, good health and
they were laying like an egg contest. There
was a little show contest staged for the
week and the Wyandottes and Barred Rocks
laid 80 per cent, the White Leghorns also
laid about the same number of eggs during
the week.
At Waterville there was a good turn out
of fowls. Rhode Island Reds, White Leg-
horns and Barred Plymouth Rocks seem to
be the popular fowls for this section, yet
there were many other varieties shown, and
some good ones came out. County Agent F.
H. Zentner, who is about as live a county
agent as I ever saw, reported big interest in
poultry and said that despite the fact that
Douglas county was a wheat section, eggs
and dairy products would pay fifty per cent
as well as the big wheat crop or would bring
in half as much money.
At Wenatchee I found another splendid
show. Here is the real home of the Rhode
Island Reds and there were lots of good
ones in this fine show. White Wyandottes
were another class that came out in large
numbers with quality that was way ahead
of any that I have seen this fall. The first
premium cockerel was a splendid fowl in
both shape and color and he was made the
grand champion of the show and thereby
hangs a tale. We have a good breeder of
White Wyandottes in Seattle tMat takes
great pride in his fowls and he advertises
them as the chickens that bring home the
bacon. He ii a utility man to the core and
says that show Wyandottes are not the ones
that lay eg:r«- When I asked the ancestry of
the fine cockerel that made the rest of the
show bow down, the owner told me that the
sire was from one of the best exhibition
strains in the state and the dam came from
the noted utility breeder in Seattle. He said
that the mother hen had laid well over 200
eggs for the year of 1923 and that the sister
pullets from this champion w^ere shelling out
lots of eggs despite zero weather. He, the
owner of the champion, was proud of his
flock and he insisted that the writer go out
and see them. When I got there at noon
(even writers will eat) I found the hens as
busy as one would find them in the best
spring days and the nests were full of nice
brown eegs that have gone to make White
Wyandottes famous.
At Wenatchee, Reds lead in numbers as I
said before, but Barred Rocks were just be-
hind them with Buff Rocks out in larger
nnmberi than I have seen at shows for ten
years in this section. Here was real buff
beauty that were much admired and the su-
perintendent, John Weithman. said that he
was satisfying his hunger with eggs from
the Buff Rock coops. And as "Sam'* Robert-
son would say, "They will do it every time."
In White Leghorns there was a wonderful
display of fine fowls and some that would
have done honor to Mr. Young in the days
when he was always winning at the big Oar-
den Show. Anconas were also out in goodly
numbers and my friend, Nancekilvill. told
me if I did not mention the fact he would
never read Everybodys again.
Wenatchee is the heart of the great apple
country but in the U«t twenty years I have
never seen apples sell so cheap as they did
this year nor did Wenatchee ever produce
better fruit. Any kind of apples could be had
in the markets when in former years all of
this fine fruit went east at big prices. New
York turned out a big apple crop this year
and so did Michigan, that made cheap apples
out our way as it costs so much to ship
them to the big Eastern markets.
The Seattle Show was another great event
out our way. The superintendent told nie
that they cooped nearly fourteen hundred
fowls and there was quality to burn. T^g
Harred Rock classes were filled with all kinds
of good Dark, as well as Light Rocks, and
Arthur C Smith, of Minnesota, had his work
cut out for him in placing the ribbons in
this big class. Rhode Island Reds were an-
other fine class of good fowls and the win-
nings were never so scattered among the
breeders before. There were Reds from all
over the Northwest and every sction got in
somewhere. The winners of former shows
came and fought it out and the man who
took one blue in this class was very for-
tunate. Mrs. Livensparker, secretary of the
Seattle Show, says that she got through the
big job alive but never worked so hard in
h«'r life. The extreme cold weather cut down
the visitors at this great show but the warm
show room made the crowds slick and talk
chickens much longer than they would have
had the weather been warmer.
• • *
W^enatchee Show will be held December
10 to 19, 1924 and Waterville will come just
^head of this big gathering, commencing De-
cember 8. At the meeting of the Chelan
County Poultry Association the same officers
of last year were all re-elected, as follows:
O. T. Clawson, president; Archie Broderick,
vice president: J. H. Tyrrell, corresponding
secretary; James Oormley, show secretary
and treasurer. The boys hope to have the
best show ever held next year and they want
all of the specialty clubs to meet at Chelan's
capital in December. The Buff Rock breed-
ers are out for the coast meet for this show
and the Red men hope to land their meet.
• • *
President P. W. Schults, of the big bank
and trust company, of Wenatchee, visited
around the poultry plants of Puget Sound a
short time ago and he found that poultry
and eggs in Whatcom county brought in more
money than any other product. This made
Mr. Schults sit up and take notice and he
made a speech at the Chelan County Poul-
try Association meeting in which he pledged
that his bank would back any poultryman
who needed money to begin the poultry busi-
ness and he said that he was going to put
in a good sized plant and see if he could not
become a real poultryman himself. The far-
mers in this county all major in apple grow-
ing, yet dairying and small fruits also do
well. Mr. Schultz says that the county has
raised all kinds of apples without much fer-
tilizer but the time was coming when fertil-
izer would have to be used and he said he
found one farmer who found that by cleaning
his poultry house every day that he could
get enough fertilizer to go around one tree,
that the farmer claimed that he got nearly
as much fertilizer for his trees as it cost
to feed the flock. Fertilizer must be placed
around the trees if one wants good fruit and.
properly used, hen's droppings is about the
best fertilizer for the Chelan county mjI
that one can use.
• • *
I did not make the Spokane Show this /ear
but the reports come that there wa« » good
entry and fine attendance despite the extreme
cold weather that struck the Northwest.
Spokane had the big show of the east side but
coming on Wenatchee dates few fowls went
over from Central Washington. Spokane ban
always followed the Wenatchee Show and the
winners would take in the big Falls City
show.
• • •
This year the shows will be held in De-
cember in Central Washington and it is hoped
that a circuit can be made starting with
Waterville and ending with Spokane, m
case a circuit was made where one show
would follow the other, then we can bring
the winners together in one big show.
INDIVIDUALITY
Be yourself. Don't mimic the
other fellow. A brilUant minister
once said: "Most people live in quo-
tation marks all their lives. They
would die in them if they could and
go to some one else's heaven. But
folk are really much more interest-
ing than other folk if they would
only dare to be it." For my own
part, I like to do things the way the
other fellow doesn't do them. Its
a heap of satisfaction to know that
you aren't a rubber stamp. Try it
and see. — "Uncle Jerry."
March, 1924
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VENTILATION
Without an adequate supply of
pure air neither man or beast can
thrive. It is an inexpensive essential
to the well being of fowls, yet how
many poultry houses there are that
are insufficiently ventilated. Many
poultry keepers insist on having the
ventilators fixed only above the
roosts, and at the extreme height of
the house, and this is right as far as
it goes, but how can there be a
proper interchange of air unless
there is an indrawing of pure fresh
atmosphere from below? When the
fowls are at roost the air naturally
becomes warmer and more buoyant,
and rises to the top ventilators and
escapes, but not unless there is an
equal volume of air drawn in below
to take its place. The warm, vitia-
ted air, therefore, in spite of the top
ventilators, hangs about the house
and being breathed over and over
again by the fowls, it loses its vital-
izing oxygen. Can one wonder why
fowls sheltered under such condi-
tions lose their health and activity?
If the house is not an open front one,
see to bottom ventilation or, better
still, have the front removed entirely
and* convert the structure into an
open front one. If the house is un-
adaptable to the open front principle,
have a row of two-inch holes
formed along its front and back, and
in such a position as to be well below
the roosts. Cover the holes with
lengths of boarding in such a man-
ner as to slant downward and a little
away from the holes to prevent keen
currents of air from playing directly
upon the birds when at roost. But
be it understood — and I write from
practical experience — no mode of
ventilating a poultry house can ex-
cel that adopted where the open
front structure is in use. I, like
many more, used to coddle the birds
during the winter months, and when
the open front house was introduced
I was guilty of being among the
suspicious, and thoughts of empty
egg baskets, and fowls with colds
rankled in the mind till the thought
struck me that our American cousins
experienced more severe winters than
we, and their birds laid as well or
even better than ours, in face of the
fact that all the protection they got
in the coldest weather was a canvas
blind. That was some years ago,
and during which time I have used
nothing but open front houses. In
the house whose front is provided
with canvas covered sliding frames
we not only get a free interchange
of pure air during the night time,
but during the daytime we can allow
the full sunlight to stream into the
structure and do its beneficial work
in destroying the microbes of disease.
The benefits to be derived from the
stream of sunlight which is allowed
to enter the poultry house cannot be
overestimated.
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SOME THINGS TO AVOID
To insure your success in the
poultry business there are some
things you should know and do, sev-
eral you must fully consider and
many you must avoid.
Perhaps we can briefly tell the be-
ginner some of the things to avoid
and in this way he will understand
what to do as well as what not to
do, so here are the "nots".
Do not start in too heavy, on too
large a scale. Remember that you
are a beginner and that some under-
standing of the business and experi
once in mating, breeding, growir.g
and feeding are necessary for results.
It is much better and a great deal
safer to begin in a small or modest
way and grow as you gain experi-
ence. No matter how small your be
ginning may be, it will have no
bearing on what you may accomplish
later, the real question is to begin,
make your start, do this now.
Do not start with any but the best
of quality oi Standard-bred stock
that you can afford to buy. The old
and true saying that "the best is the
cheapest in the end" is doubly true
in poultry production. Select the
variety that appeals strongest to
your ideals and make your beginning
in a way that assures your entire
satisfaction.
Do not start with more than one
variety, this is the day of the special-
ist and the breeder who gives his
time and energy to just one variety
will not only learn that there is an
unlimited field for endeavor before
him but that he can accomplish niuch
more and advance more- rapidly.
Just consider the work of Thompson
with Barred Rocks, also that of
Holterman and some others; John S.
Martin with White Wyandottes, D.
W. Young with White Leghorns, Har-
old Tompkins with Rhode Island
Rfds, H C. Sheppard with Anconas,
H. W. Halbach with White Rocks,
and others who have been loaders in
their various lines. None will date
to «ay that those and others lacked
la abil'.ty for their woric proves they
had ability in abundance and if any
set of men ever were capable to suc-
ceed with several varieties, they
would be the first ones mentioned.
Each of these and all our best, larg-
est and most successful breeders
have found in their one favorite va-
riety plenty to amuse and to keep
them busy with their think cap and
efforts the year 'round. The suc-
cessful breeder and improver of any
one of our Standard varieties can
gain no greater honor or attain a
greater profit or success with several
varieties than he can attain with the
one.
When you have made your start
plan your work arid do not fail to
give it regular attention. A sick
chicken allowed to remain with the
flock, or lice are sure to bring dis-
astrous results. Do not become dis-
satisfied with your work, d lu't ex-
pect results too soon, they will come
only if your effjrts warrant them.
Read the pou.try p-ublications, sev-
eral of thom No industry has a
stronger or more able press than
that of t>ie poultry industry. You
can always le:;''n something and get
some nev idias from the poultry
magazines and your own sense will
tell you whether or not they are
practical m your case.
Advertise. W<; believe that more
breeders have failed or at least have
become dissatisfied by not advertis-
ing, than from any other cause. A
beginner starts out with a fine pen
of birds, he hatches more and more
and before the summer is over finds
hii has doubled the number he can
profitably care for and also finds no
o>i'.* to buy. His expenses are dou-
p rd, the birds are overcrowded and
are eating their heads off, sickness
comes and loss follows and Mr. Man
(if he is of the ordinary kind) in his
narrow way faces the loss with blame
for the poultry business, and not of
his own making.
Poultry advertising should com-
pare with your quality, quantity and
your future prospects. There is al-
ways somebody who wants that which
you can spare and sell and judicious
advertising carefully followed to
make every inquiry tell is the surest,
cheapest and safe way to poultry
progress and individual success.
We began this article with what
we thought was some needed advice
along the line of what the breeders,
the beginners in particular, should
avoid in order to make a success,
and as you will note we end it with
the opposite question of what they
should do, not for the purpose of a
joke, but just as the thoughts came
and if the reader can appreciate our
sincerity we wish them to believe
that their best interests are our in-
terests, we want every breeder to be
a success and when we think of our
years in the business and the great
successes we have seen, met and fol-
lowed, we are ready to say that the
failure in the poultry business would
be a monumental failure in any line
and that it is only he, the breeder
h'mself, that is at fault and not the
poultry business or the industry. —
H. P. Schwab.
WATER A NECESSITY
A large proportion of an egg is
water. Obviously, a 200 egg hen
must obtain a great deal of water
straight, in wetted food, in succulent
vegetable food, or in fruits. Whether
or not fowls utilize nitrogen from
the air in their business we do not
know. The bird's juices and fer-
ments that do the marvelous works
of transformation and protection
come from somewhere. What aid
does it get from the bugs and the
worms?
March, 1924
BROILERS AND ROASTERS
People pay highest prices for pro-
ducts which are naturally out of sea-
Broilers command highest
^rices in winter and early spring.
With plenty of winter eggs and the
necessary incubating and broodmg
equipment the raisii.u of winter
broilers is comparatively easy. The
hatching should begin in the fall so
as to have good si/t^l broilers for
the holiday trade. TUe broiler busi-
ness is hard, tedi( r.s work and re-
auires, like most t.ranches of the
poultry business, plenty of experi-
ence, but it can r^ i made profitable.
The chicks shor J be well fed but
not forced .for growth until they are
about six wee' .s old when they should
have made a ^ood start and may be
fed mashes, soft or dry, with a goodly
per cent of sweet beef scraps or milk.
When one and one-half to two pounds
the pair they may be sold as squab
broilers, while from three to three
and one-half pounds the pair they
are known as regular broilers, and
from four 1o five pounds the pair as
large broilers or friers. Surplus
cockerels are usually kept over until
they weigh from three to five pounds
apiece and then sold as roasters. But
frequently it is advisable to caponize
surplus cockerels. When rightly con-
ducted this branch of the business is
very profitable. Ordinarily a capon
will weigh at least three pounds
more than a roaster of the same age
and under the same conditions. The
meat is always tender and much more
palatable and commands a much bet-
ter price than the ordinary roaster.
The cockerels should be caponized
when from two to three months old.
Only strong, healthy cockerels should
be used for capons. They should be
kept closed in without food for two
days before the operaton is per-
formed, and given soft food and free
range for a week or so after the
operation. Sometimes after the
operation a wind puff forms, caused
by the skin healing before the inner
wound. In such case with a small
sharp blade make an incision and
. let the air out. Capons fatten read-
ily and may be kept in prime condi-
tion for some time. They make a
most excellent plump, juicy table
fowl.
As a rule the markets are well sup-
plied with poultry products of ordi-
nary quality, but the supply of good
poultry is much behind the demand
for same, hence high prices for first-
class poultry. The object should be
then, the production of high-grade
stuff, especially in building up a
fancy private trade. Along this line
much may be accomplished by proper
fattening, but this does not mean the
addtion of a layer of fat over the
carcass. The main object of fatten-
ing is to finish the bird, to make it
more meaty and the meat tender,
juicy and more palatable.
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MANAGEMENT OF
INDIAN RUNNERS
When young Indian Runner duck-
lings are six or seven weeks old the
sexes can easily be distinguished by
the voice, for by this time the ducks
have a decided quack, while the voice
of the drake is fine, thin and very
low.
At this time the surplus drakes not
of good type and marking suitable
for breeders should be separated fiom
the rest of the flock, yarded and fat-
tened for market by the time they
are nine weeks old, or when their
feathers are ripe, which is usually
between the ninth and tenth week.
Early hatched drakes can be made to
weigh five pounds at this age.
The young breeding stock should
now be given free range and fed only
twice a day until time to get them
ready to lay. The morning feed con-
sists of two parts wheat bran, one
part corn meal, one part middlings,
one part beef scrap, one-quarter part
sand about the size of wheat grains.
Cut clover or alfalfa equal in bulk to
the amount of mash used is added.
When green food can be obtained alf-
alfa meal may be used, by pouring
boiling water over it to soften it and
letting it stand ten or fifteen minutes
before adding to the mash, which
should be wet just enough to be crum-
bly but never sloppy. The use of
something of this kind reduces the
cost of feeding and is much better
for the ducks, as it offsets the heavy
grain ration. We soak these grains
in lukewarm water for about an hour
before feeding.
A great many breeders emphasize
the fact that the Indian Runner dock
wil lay at four months. In order to
do th:s they are usually forced, and
it is not advisable to continue this
practice to any great extent, as it is
a well known fact that an3rth!ng
forced to maturity has not the vital-
ity of those specimens left to mature
as nature intended them to. In
breeding any poultry we must aim to
keep our stock physically perfect
with good, stro'^g diges^^^ive powers
and esperially w *^ t^"*. Indian Run-
ners if w" expect \.htii. :•» maintain
their recoi m as prolific layers. From
five to six months seems to be about
the right age for runners to begin
to lay and there is little or nothing
to be gained in forcing them to lay
before they are fully matured.
When getting them into laying con-
dition, the grain mixture should grad-
ually be changed to four parts wheat
bran, two parts middlings, two parts
corn meal, one part oil meal, one part
beef scrap, one-quarter part sand.
Allow green stuff and boiled vege-
tables to equal about one-fourth of
the feed. When well started to lay-
ing, omit the vegetables and allow
one-fourth of the amount of feed
to consist of alfalfa meal. This mash
should be fed morning and noon and
whole corn given them at night. We
March, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
279
have tried a number of rations, Vnt
like this best and are getting good i*
suits from this method of feeding
The food should always be mea.
sured and great care taken to finj
just the required amount for a given
number of birds. This is important
for if fed too much it will start the
fat and stop them laying. If giyg^
too little they will soon get poor and
thin and, of course, can not make
eggs from nothing. The food should
not be changed for laying ducks. Be-
gin with a good ration and stick to it.
During the first fall, the Runners
do not lay quite so many eggs as in
succeeding falls for several Vean,
Those that do lay should be marked
by leg bands and in the spring should
be yarded by themselves and the eggs
used for hatching. In this way a
strain of layers can be built up. The
best layers can usually be told by '
their appearance as they attain what
is known as the *'Iaying form" their '
bodies almost touching the ground.
It will generally be found that those
confirming most nearly to the type of
the genuine Indian Runner will prove
better layers than those of the most
perfect markings. Those bred to the
English Standard invariably lay eggs
of a transparent white.
If Indian Runner ducks are pro-
vided with comfortable houses and
given proper care they will lay well
in winter. The market stock should
always be fed a more fattening ra-
tion than is ever allowed the breed-
ers. Double the amount of com meal
in the first formula given above for
fattening and lessen the green stuff
so that the last few days but little if
any green stufT is allowed them.
In addition to the food supply all
ducks are very dependent rn an
abundance of drinking water. They
should also have crushed oyster
shells, ground bone, charcoal and
sand and these should all be accessi-
ble both day and night.. Keep all uten-
sih a;^ sanitary as possible and sup-
ply dry sleeping quarters, well
bedded.
We have been very successful with
these methods and others will find
them equally beneficial if carefully
followed.
POULTRY FAILURES UNCOMMON
To successfully conduct a large
market poultry plant one must have
incubators, brooders and some method
or system of doing the work. Regu-
larity and systematic work count ^
large for success and the bigge' ^J \
business the greater the need oi
them. We doubt very much if the
actual failures in poultry work are
any greater than in many other call-
ings. This, if we are right, is most
remarkable when one considers the
very great number of inexperienced
persons, wholly lacking in practical
poultry knowledge, who undertake
to conduct poultry work without any
preliminary preparation for it.
CEEDING CHICKS IN THE
'*• FAR WEST AND SOUTH
When chicks are very young it is
very easy to overfeed them, as they
have not yet acquired a 3ense of
knowi'.ig when they have had enough
and their digestive organs are not
fully in working order, but after they
become two weeks old there is no
danger in giving them all they will
eat if the feed is sound and pure.
Giving explicit directions how to
feed and care for chicks is all right in
its way and for those who are so situ-
ated that they can follow directions.
The writer has had some experience
this season in discovering how to get
along with a lot of chicks in a place
where there is a very limited choice
of feeds and many things that east-
em poultrymen think indispensable
are hard to get. It is impossible to
get the mixed chick feeds at any
price within reason, transportation
charges being three cents a pound
above the original cost and service
very irregular, as far as promptness
is concerned. The chicks came out
with the choice of just wheat and
corn as feed, with an occasional
chance to secure meat scraps at the
butcher's.
There was plenty of green stuli
and unlimited range among sage
brush, where the ground is partly
shaded. The soil is loose and dry
and rain is practically unknown.
Cracked wheat and cracked com
besides the things the chicks could
find on the range were about the
limit. The chicks were fed wheat
bread for a few days *af ter coming
out and after that they were given
the wheat and corn raw. The result
so far is encouraging. Not a single
chick has been lost and every one in
the flock has grown as rapidly as
could be wished.
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A breeder of one of the profusely
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killed, a fact which his owner la-
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aged he proceeded to dres'; him for
the table. "As the dressing pro-
gressed," said the gentleman's wife,
"I heard exclamations, and flnally he
rppeared holding out the c:\rcass.
'How much damage do you suppose
this fellow has done my flock?' he
asked."
The fine feathers had covered a
deformed body. One hip bone was
hlpher than the other, and was bal-
anced by a low shoulder. The
breastbone wt:s crooked, and the
bird mis-shapen to the point where it
was hard to cirve him. His ances-
tors traced back to Madison Square
Garden winners, his brothers and sis-
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he was a line-bred, trapnested, pedi-
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dcmage dtme was hard to estimate.
Noi only had bir<ls been retained in
this breeder's yards wh.ch were sred
by tho cock in question but he had
sold both stock and ej^tr^ from th^
pen. The faults present in him will
in all probabilUy appe.ir in his off-
sprii.ji^. possibly in thf vounp: of some
of his progeny, the .!■ formed bird lias
been multiplied, to the disadvantage
of the poultry ir.<liistry.
We don't handle our br^-'eding
birds enough. H'.'fore a bir ! is ad-
mitted to the breeding pen he should
he handled and searched for imper-
fections. Feel tHo wreastbonc. run
your hands over his body and back.
it takes an exceptionally well bal-
anced breeder to discard a bird beau-
tiful to the eye because he is a bird
of poor constitution. Appearances
too often have more weight than
vigor. Sound constitution and per-
fect health on both sides must be
present where line breeding is prac-
ticed. Mr. Bates' rule in cattle
breeding was, "Always put the best
animals together, regardless of any
afiinity in blood". But in choosing
tln'se best animals let us see that
vigor is the first es.^ential. When
w«; find one or two birds with desir-
able charact'-'btics which we wish to
perpetuate we can more quickly se-
cure this object by inter-breeding
the few individuals possessing the
propertiej. with their offspring which
have inherited the same qualities, but
this must he carried on judiciously
or our flock is ruined. Defects and
diseases are intensified by inbreed-
ing as well as good qualities.
GOOD EGGS MEAN
SUCCESSFUL INCUBATION
The greatest, most common cause
of poor results or failure in incuba-
tion is the use of eggs of low vitality.
Successful incubation begins long be-
fore the eggs are laid. The eggs
must be from stock of high vitr^ity,
that have never been forced, that are
fed all the grton food they will eat
and a portion of animal food as well
as grain. While fowls will by a
goodly number of eggs upon grain or
even a com diet, yet the egg-* are
lacking in those food elements that
the embryo requires and they hatch
poorly and those chicks that do hatch
wid be of impaired vitality, very diffi-
cult to raise. The vitality of the
breeding stock, food or housing and
the range should be carefully looked
after as the neglect of any one of
these factors will impair the vitality
of the stock, consequently the eggs
will not give good results in an incu-
bator, or unde^ a hen.
Egq-s sKouM never be exposed to
extremes of heat or cold while in
stonge and should bo incubated as
early r.s possible. Eggs a few days
old are mu.rh t / bo preferred over
eggs m<»rj then ten days old as after
the fivit week egp's will rapidly de-
teriorate, even with the best of care.
KEEP YOUR POULTRY
HOUSES CLEAN
How about the hen house? jg u
clean and in the best of order? u
it is not, don't put it off another day
You will lose in dollars and cents if
you do, and perhaps in birds besides.
If it is a rainy day, have a wagon
placed by the door or window where
the refuse is to be taken out, and
one or iwo men can work to best ad-
vantage and put everything in good
condition. Then with great care re-
move all dirt and refu^^e material
being doubly particular as to corners
and irregular places, as these are
harbors for insects and disease.
Have the windows cleaned and the
walls white washed. Each of these
operations is very inexpensive and
produces best results, that of light
and a wholesome atmosphere.
Lice, mites and bedbugs multiply
very rapidly in warm weather, if
they can only have for their encour-
agement filth, moisture and darkness.
Hence the necei^sity of having every-
thing about the hen house free from
dirt and moisture and allowed plenty
of light and ventilation.
Right here, by way of explanation,
it might be well to say that nests of
English sparrows and swallows are
swarming with bedbugs, and they
are liable to be transferred to the
houses of our domestic poultry. We
cannot too strongly guard against
them. If these insects have already
found lodgment in your hen house
you can do no better than to close
it as perfectly air tight as possible,
then prepare an old iron kettle
partly filled with ashes, place tins
kettle inside your hen house, near
the center, put a shovel of live coals
on top of ashes, lay on this a paper
package containing about two pounds
of sulphur. Retreat in haste, being
sure to leave the house tightly closed.
Do not attempt to disturb it for two
or more hours, then ventilnte thor-
oughly. If the sulphur fumes were
closely confined, any living thing in-
side the house will be lifeless, in which
case you can proceed to replace tli'-
furnishings and admit the fowls. The
floor should he spread with a thick
coat of fresh simd and gravel, and on
this a generous supply of dry straw
and chaff.
The perches being returned must
needs be cleaned with an application
of some good cleansing disinfectant.
AH nest boxes are carefully emptied
of thoir contents, then in each one-
is placed a handful of dry straw, over
which i.«« sprinkled kerosene. Upon
bt».ng ignited the quick intense heat
deft'«ys all insect life and vile odors,
and is immediritoly extinguished when
the w ork is finished.
These processes are particularly
effective and have been selected af-
ter years of experience. No danger
from fire need be feared, as it is
used only on the perches and nest
boxes when removed at a distance
jiarch, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
281
i m liie buildings, and water is at
A for immediate use. A hen
, "a Thus prepared for the warm
fher is a source of solid comfort
Tthe birds and profit to the owner.
Tice mites and bedbugs generated
filth in and around the hen house
the deceptive cause of all man-
*pr of poultry diseases, and disease
Smong poultry is usually contagious
and fatal. . ^ , a
So our summing up is short and
.imole and amounts to the fact that
a clean, wholesome hen house means
healthy vigorous birds, and birds of
this description bring satisfactory
returns to their owner.
0,RECT.ONS FOR^^^^,^^.^^oS
Per packing eggs, the light should
be'good enough for grading, so that
any defective eggs remaining may
be noticed and removed. The top
layer should be absolutely typical of
the whole case. The poultryman
should build up a reputation for put-
ting out a uniform case of eggs so
that inspection of the top layer is
sufficient. The eggs should be packed
with the large ends up. Every egg
chould fit fairly snugly in its com-
partment, and the filler should be
held firmly against the side walls of
the package. Any looseness of either
the eggs or the fillers is likely to
cause breakage and water egg con-
tents, on the other hand, if the eggs
are crowded, breakage will result.
Sometimes a little padding is needed
to tighten the fillers in the case.
Padding should n^ver be placed on
more than one side and one end of
each half of the case, care must be
taken not to crowd the eggs. The
following is a convenient way to pad
a case. Place a division board up-
right where the padding is needed,
then after the case is filled or at in-
tervals during the filling, force a very
small amount of excelsior between
the division board and the case with
a thin paddle. By this method a
more even pressure is exerted on ail
the fillers than if the divisional board
is not used.
No musty nor moist fillers or pack-
ing mat«rials should be used. If the
filled packages are subjected to a
change of temperature so that there
is danger that the eggs will sweat,
they should be immediately repacked
into dry containers. In some in-
stances it may be advisable to pre-
vent damage from sudden changes
of temperature by lining the case
with paper. After the package is
filled, a division board should be
placed immediately over the eggs and
, enough excelsior added to make the
contents press against the cover and
the case should be closed properly to
protect the contents from dirt, air
currents, and direct rays of the sun.
The case should be securely fastened
on all sides, carelessness in this re-
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CARE AND FEEDING CHICKS
If little chicks are hatched in an
incubator they need entirely different
treatment than if they were hatched
under the good old hen. There is as
much difference in their care as rais-
ing a lamb in the old fashioned way
with its mother, or employing the
bottle.
In order to obtain the best results
they must be hatched in a well regu-
lated and properly heated incubator,
and left in it until they are thoroughly
dry before thinking of their removal.
In the meantime the brooder must
have been well warmed up for the re-
ception of the little fellows, and they
must be removed quickly to it, using
a box or basket lined with woolen
cloth.
The brooder should be warmed up
at least twenty-four hours before
their removal to it. Now, if you are
satisfied that the proper temperature
has been reached and ample ventila-
tion has been provided for, they can
be placed in it. Cover the floor of
the brooder with sand that has been
dried and warmed in the oven. Upon
this can be sprinkled fine chaff or
straw. This should be changed fre-
quently so as to keep it dry and
clean. This floor covering should be
frequently changed in order to main-
tain the most comfort and best health
for the little ones.
Another item that must be kept in
mind is the matter of feeding. The
most frequent mistake is the forcing
of feed on the chicks. I say forcing
because this is nearly often practiced.
They will tell you when they are
ready for something to eat by their
picking at the floor covering. At
this time a very little dry rolled oats
can be given them. A too frequent
mistake is the forcing upon them
some wet feed that soon sours within
them, and then they are ready for
the undertaker.
One of the important things is to
give the baby chicks a very little
to eat, but to give them tha*: little
often. The older they become the
coarser the feed may become, and
soon they can be given cracked wheat
and corn that is cracked into fine
parts. Be sure and give them plenty
of fresh water often, and if the
weather is unusually cold it should
be warmed slightly.
Too much feed, or overfeeding, is
the cause of more trouble r.nd death
in the ch'ck family as well as in the
human family. Do you remember the
old speckled hen that stole her nest
in the hedge fence when you were a
boy? Do you remember that she
hatched out nearly every egg? You
don't remember of her losing any
chicks do you? She was likely not
seen until a week or ten days had
elapsed, and then showed up with a
likely bunch of chicks. The only rea-
son for this was that some one had
not the chance to crowd wet, soggy
food into their little frames. Don't
take it for a minute that they should., b x becomes too small they must
not be fed at all, but I am just usin^ gloved to a larger one.
this illustration to show that ofJ^ [ --g an ever present enemy of
that too much of the wrong kind ol ^^^l\rVs and a constant warfare
food is forced upon them, and theJ|*^ k1 W up against them. They
have made way with it to their sori"^, ll fought with persistent deter-
row. rJon and intelligence. Keep
It will be needless to say that more free f^om them by constant
brooder chicks are stuffed to deaft' **'fhine This lousy condition is
than are starved to death. The dif. *Jl brou?^^ about by crowding
f erence between grain food and soft ". \n too small a space. Get ahead
sloppy food is that the latter »* - "^^^ - ^'" --"
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grain passes on into the gizzard
is ground up as it should be.
Sloppy looa is mat vne lauer stops /them by using eggs in the incu-
bef ore it reaches the gizzard, and tin 'tL that are perfectly free from
trvain nnsspR on into the ci^rnr/i njl** j jf they are hatched under
fl^the hen shoild have a treatment
hens,tnene» ^_ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^
Be sure and get the chicks out oi>!t least once a week to rid her body
the ground as soon as it is possibk of them, and the day before she
With boards a foot high and nettin, should be examined carefully ana
of one inch mesh (that has beenrJlLen a good dusting with one of the
dipped) to cover the enclosure, makj widely advertised lice powders,
a pen joined to their little house tha: Raising baby chicks is not unlike
can be readily moved about the lawi| ^jging a child, and if one would be
Thus moving it each day the width o!i ^^j^\n of the best results they must
the pen they always have a f resh plo ' ^^rt with the parents or grand-
of ground, and are healthier for bt -agents. Therefore in the chick busi-
ing on fresh ground and having greet Lg select the strongest and most
■ ' ' vieorous stock, and then you can hope
to have the offspring strong and
vigorous— as the old rule applies here
that "Like begets like."
Havii.j? selected such parentage,
carefully look the eggs over and re-
feed every day.
If you have the benefit of fr«
range, this enclosure will need no;
be used long, as each morning aftc
it becomes settled weather they cai
be allowed to run and chase tht careiuny i"«« v..~ -„„-
worm, and they will be all the betU:| jg^t any that are malformed — those
for having done it. On the other' tj^t are too large and those that have
J :^ -.^..~ ...vl^VtUnve OVA olnca n..j 1.U .^u^ll Coln^f nnlv those
not a smooth shell. Select only those
eggs of a medium size and shape and
perfectly formed ones.
nand, if your neighbors are close and
they have no chickens of their own,
they will need be confined, but wil
do very well in this kind of an en
closure. HATCHING EGGS
Not a bad idea where one raises ^f^*^*^ ^ u ^A u^
chicks very early, with her maje^ For best ^^^^^^^ «^f , J^^^^^/^^^^'
the hen, is to have her coop set withii set as soon after being laid as pos
a large dry-goods box with the sontl' sible, but if properly cared for they
side entirely open. This allows the may be kept as long as two weeks
little ones to have the run of the boi after being laid without any appar-
and to bask in the sunshine, whicl ent loss in results being obtained. A
does them worlds of good. A boaro cellar is the best place for keeping
a foot wide can be set up at the bet- hatching eggs, as it is easily kept
tom of the box, which prevents thei- damp and even in temperature. If
getting out until it is warm enougk kept in a dry atmosphere the eggs
for them. This scheme keeps the will evaporate and there will not be
cold March winds from blowing upoi enough water left to produce a per-
them, and for health, fresh air and feet chick, where the eggs are kept
runshine is equal to any sanitariun any length of time. If it is neces-
treatment. ; sary to keep eggs in any but a quite
A mistake is made by trying t( damp atmosphere they sjiould be
• ♦«« «,»,,„ KirHa nn ft «?mall dIoi Sprinkled with water once a day and
raise ^^"^ J^^''^ .^'^^^ ^^^ ~ covered with a cloth to retain the
of ground-and the only way to ^ temperature of 45
this successfully is to use one of tt ^^^^^^ .^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^
systems that is employed by mm ^^^^^ completely over every other
and keeping them confined to cm ^^^ .^ ^^^^^ enough. The turning
quarters. This in my opinion is i^ p^^^^g^ j^ simplified by keeping the
right, but the caretaker must be cot ^^ .^ shallow trays of even size
tinually on his guard for any lurt; and having an empty tray. They
ing disease, and be constantly amoii?J ^^^ ^^^ ^^ turned by placing the
them and keep their quarters rcnipB- ^^^^^^ ^^^^ upside down over the
lously clean — and this cleaning mos t^^y containing the eggs, and holding
not be done weekly, but daily. ^ them firmly together, turn them half
If the birds have been raised in* over, which will leave the eggs in
heated brooder, the temperature ctf the tray that was formerly empty,
be gradually lowered, and when thtj The turning is merely to prevent the
birds are well feathered it can be r^l yolk from becoming lodged on the
moved entirely. Above all they m"^! shell instead of remaining in the cen-
have an abundance of room, m ter of the white. One should be
when they become crowded in w|l very careful not to jar the eggs
brooder, moved to a box — and wbi«| while turning, or any other time.
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HATCHABLE EGGS
The hatching season is here again
and we soon will have the young
chicks to care for. In order to realize
the best results in hatching and rear-
ing the chicks we must pay careful
attention to the eggs we use for
hatching purposes and the stock that
produces them.
The breeding stock must essenti-
ally be healthy and vigorous, under
no condition use birds that are lack-
ing in vitality. They must be free
from disease and vermin, lice in-
fested hens cannot be expected to
produce eggs that will possess a high
per cent of fertility and hatch vigor-
ous, liveable chicks.
Careful selection of the hatching
eggs is absolutely necessary if we
are to expect good hatches. Hap-
hazard selection of the eggs with no
regard for their age or condition i3
not conducive to best results. I
would not advise using an egg for
hatching purposes that is over a week
or ten days old, unless absolutely
necessary. While they will hatch, of
course, we cannot expect them to
bring forth chicks possessing an
abundance of vitality. An egg that
is fresh will hatch several hours
earlier and produce more vigorous,
livable chicks than one that has been
laid a week or more. Eggs showing
imperfections or irregularities in the
shell should not be used for hatching.
They .should be discarded and. used in
the kitchen or for market purposes.
The shells of some eggs are often
thin and weak in places, which makes
them unfit for hatching. Use the
tester on all eggs before setting them.
The advisability of using hen's eggs
instead of pullet's eggs for hatching
has been discussed often by the poul-
trymen. I would advise using eggs
laid by hens whenever possible to do
so. The pullets usually are, as a rule,
immature and undeveloped and not in
fit condition to produce strong
germed, highly fertile hatching eggs.
It is far better to use hens for breed-
ers that have proven their worth as
layers in their pullet year. In using
trapnests the heavy laying pullets
can be selected and banded and used
the next season when yearling hens,
as breeders.
Where and how to keep the hatch-
ing eggs from the time they are laid
until placing them in the incubator
is also of importance. In cold wea-
ther they should be gathered often,
zero weather can soon chill the eggs
to such an extent as to render them
unfit for hatching. The hens often
remain on the nest for several hours
and if the eggs are allowed to re-
main in the nest they will reach
hatchng temperature, and if allowed
to cool again while holding until
ready to set, will become chilled and,
of course, worthless as far as hatch-
ing is concerned. The eggs should
be kept in a room where the tempera-
ture does not vary a great deal.
March, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE
Disease is a most difficult thing to
wrestle with in poultry. It is f^^
easier to prevent it than it is to
combat it when it obtains a foothold
Often a person will employ more time
and medicine than a bird is worth
The following will help most poultry^
men to locate a difficulty and will
also suggest treatment:
When the excrement secreted by
the kidneys, which is normally pujg
white, appears yellow, though the
droppings are solid and the bird ap-
pears perfectly healthy, look out for
bowel trouble.
When the crop is hard, distended
and unyielding there is danger of
the bird becoming crop bound.
When the discharges are streaked
with blood it is time to give preventa-
tives for diarrhoea.
When the joints are hot and i
swollen and the fowl is disinclined to j
stand, rheumatism has taken hold.
When the nostrils are clogged with
dirt and the eyes water, ward off
possible cases of roup by timely treat-
ment. If the case is bad, apply the
hatchet.
When the bird is lame in one foot
and a small swelling is observed re-
move it to a place where there is no
roosts and compel it to roost on some
straw or other material. It is bum-
ble foot and is cured in this manner.
When a hen drops down behind,
goes to the nest often but does not
lay she is suffering from a disorder
of the oviduct and might as well be
killed and eaten.
When a bird is "going light", has
a good appetite, but passes food from
the bowels undigested, it is the early
stages of consumption and treatment
is useless.
When a bird has leg weakness with
no disorder of the liver, feed lighter
and give plenty of bone forming
food.
When new fowls are bought they
should be quarantined until one is
assured that they have no disease
that is communicative to the flock.
When a bird has difficulty in
breathing it is well to look out for
pneumonia.
When a fowl is dangerously sick
with any organic disease it is worse
than useless to use it as a breeder as
it will communicate the same ten-
dencies to its young and thus weak
flocks are established.
When a fowl sneezes, waters
slightly at the eyes and nostrils and
the face puffs up, it is a common
cold. When accompanied by rattling
it is bronchitis. Difficult breathing,
pneumonia. Canker in the mouth.
diphtheria.
When the discharges from the
nostrils are profuse and ill-smellin?
it is roup. Looseness of the bowels
usually accompanies this trouble.
Greenish discharges, turning to
frothy white, are given as a symptom
of cholera.
COLONY BROODING OF CHICKS |
With the development of efficient
-oal burning brooder stoves, the col-
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come into great popularity among
the poultrymen of this State. Where
two hundred or more chicks are to
be brooded at one time, this system
will give good satisfaction, both as
brooding device and as a labor
saver. Flocks of from two to five
hundred chicks can be accomniodatel
under one hover, but best results are
secured when the number in one flock
"does not exceed ^hr-ie hundred. A
house of sufficient size must be used,
80 that the chicks may have plenty
of room for exercise. Under crowded
conditions, the dhicks will develop
bad habits
With proper management, the
stove will require thorough .shaking
down and recoaling every twelve
hours. These brooder stoves are
self. regulating, and the thermostats
and other regulating devices should
be given good care. Imp.ope/
methods of taking care of the stove
will result in poor fires, and frequent
going out. There is more dan.cjer
from keeping too low a fire th n
from keeping one too hot, as the
chicks regulate their own comfort by
moving toward or away from the
stove, and they are likely to crowd
when the fires become low. Alter
using the colony system of brooding
for over three seasons, the poultry
department of the New Jersey Ai?ri-
cultural Experiment Station reports
that results obtained by this system
compare favorably with those secur-
ed by other methods.
AVOID PRODUCING CULLS
We lately read an article which
says "The prevention of culls mu.st
be .(started in the brooders". That is
gocd as far as it goes but why not
go :jack tw the beginning and mak^^
vnur start for prevention at the
'■•nndation of things, at the matin,^
and follow the method for pre-
vent on right through to maturity?
Thf above quotation would lead
the beginner to believe that the
•rooders are the cause for culls. Un-
less properiy managed the brooders
will produce culls in liberal numbers,
but isn't that the fault of the oper-
ator? We think so, for culls can
just as easily be made in any other
department of mating, breeding,
hatching, brooding and growing, and
it is safe to say that the great major-
ity of culls are the result of pure
iind simple carelessness in one or
i^ore of the above, on the part of
th«' owner or keeper.
Our modern systems of incubating,
hatching and brooding in the hands
t^f an expert are ninety-nine per cent
perfect, and they can also be man-
aged by a novice who uses common
sense to give highly satisfactory re-
sults and such a novice after a hatch
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White Diarrhoea
Remiurkable Experience of Mrs.
C. M. Bradshaw in Prevent-
ing White Diarrhoea
The following letter will no doubt
be of utmost interest to poultry rais-
ers who have had serious losses from
White Diarrhoea. We will let Mrs.
Bradshaw tell of her experience in
her own words:
"Gentlemen: I see reports of so
many losing their little chicks with
White Diarrhoea, so thought I would
tell my experience. I used to lose a
great many from this cause, tried
many remedies and was about dis-
couraged. As a last resort I sent to
the Walker Remedy Co., Dept. 390,
Waterloo, la., for their Walko White
Diarrhoea Remedy. I used two 60c
packages, raised SOU White Wyandottes and
never lost one or had one sick after giving
the medicine and my chickens are larger and
healthier than ever before. I have found this
company thoroughly reliable and always get
the remedy by return mail." — Mrs. 0. M.
Bradshaw, Beaconsfleld, Iowa.
Came ol White Diarrhoea
White Diarrhoea is caused by the
Bacillus Bacterium Pullorum. This
germ is transmitted to the baby chick
through the yolk of the newly hatched
egg. Readers are warned to beware
of White Diarrhoea. Don't wait un-
til it kills half your chicks. Take the
"stitch in time that saves nine." Re-
member, there is scarcely a hatch
with'ut some infected chicks. Don't let
the-'e few infect your entire flock. Prevent
it. Give Walko in all drinking water for the
first two weeks and you won't lose one chick
where you lost hundreds before. These let-
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Never Lost a Single Chick
Mrs. L. L. Tarn, Burnetts Greek, Ind.,
-M-ritei: "I have lost my share of chicks
from White Diarrhoea. Finally I sent for
two packages of Walko. I raised over 500
chicks and I never lost a tingle chick from
White Diarrhoea. Walko not only prevents
White Diarrhoea, but it gives the chicks
strength and vigor; they develop quicker and
feather earlier."
Never Lott One After Pint Dose
Mrs. Ethel Rhoades. Shenandoah, Iowa,
writes: "My first incubator chicks, when
out a few days old. began to die by the
•lozens with White Diarrhoea. I tried differ-
ent remedies and was about discouraged with
the chicken business. Finally, I tent to the
Walker Remedy Co., Waterloo, Iowa, for a
hnx of their Walko White Diarrhoea Remedy.
It's just the only thing for this terrible
disease. We raised 700 thrifty, healthy
chicks and never lost a single chick after the
first dose."
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your losses and double, treble, even quad-
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Walko, or $1.00 for extra large box — give it
in all drinking water for the first two weeks
and watch results. You'll find you won't
lose one chick where you lost hundreds be-
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or two will soon become an expert
and ever show increased results.
The germ of the egg and the new-
hatched chick are very sensitive to
temperature changes. A strong
germed egg will often hatch under
very unusual conditions and many
changes of temperature, but in most
cases it will prove a stunted chick
and result in a cull (so-called) noth-
ing more can be expected from mis-
management where extremes in heat,
or for the want of same exists dur-
ing incubation.
Every one of the several sections
of poultry production are important,
we believe equally. In mating only
sturdy birds should be selected, birds
that are tjrpical, of good bone and
size with an abundance of vitality.
Incubating and brooding should be
fully done, but never overdone, main-
tain a uniform temperature even in
changeable weather and with equal
interelsts and attention to feeding
and growing there will be less culls
and more quality produced. — ^H. P. S.
THE PRODUCTION LIMIT
OF THE HEN
A reader of Everybodys writes to
ask, "What is the limit of the pro-
ductiveness of the hen?" and "Have
we reached the limit?" and "Are we
getting the best results possible?"
This reader surely gives us some
questions for thought and for much
consideration before we dare publish
them in Everybodys as requested.
But here goes and our answer to the
three questons submitted are: "There
is no limit." "We have not reached
the limit" and "We are not getting
the best possible results in egg pro-
duction."
We do not consider that there is a
limit to anything. There probably is
one, but we don't know what it is and
never shall for most anything is likely
to happen either in fact or in mind
and we are not going to be disturbed
by either to any great extent.
To the second question, "Have we
reached the limit?" our reply is em-
phatically no. Just at this time we
are not certain as to what is the lat-
est official high record for egg pro-
duction. We know it is something
over 300 eggs and it seems to us to
be about 316 which with all consid-
ered is very remarkable, to say the
least. But here and there and in
time probably better records still will
be made, they are claimed now, but
as far as we know they haven't the
"Official Tag" on them. That is the
endorsement they should have so that
no question of doubt may remain.
That the breeders in general are
not getting the best possible poultry
results in eggs or in any particular
must be evident to all. We have rec-
ord laying hens, it is true; there are
heaps of them, and the interest in
greater production is ever on the in-
crease, but a few record hens here
and there, don't in themselves, give
extra cause for the joy that carries
more money and a greater poultrv
profit with it. we want to see the 200
egg and better flocks of poultry
Flocks of from 100 to 1,000 or more
birds that wouM «»verage from I75
to 200 or more ojrjr. ner bird per
year would assure i:rotU and prog,
ress, and the owners of such a strain
would never have to worr> over
money matters.
By scientific study, combined with
careful selecting, mating and feed
ing the record females have been pro-
duced and it will be by these same
methods that more advancement will
be made, especially in producing more
birds of standard high average pro-
duction, with a greater per cent of
like reproduction.
We all well know that every year
shows marked improvement in breed-
ing for Standard quality, that more
and more good birds are shown and
that a greater uniformity is yearly
being produced. We yearly expect
this, and we can as safely also yearly
expect a like improvement with
greater productive qualities and of
more practical worth.
The breeders have every right to
feel highly gratified over the records
obtained and the progress made, and
we would suggest this one thought
for their consideration : Is there not a
limit to a hen's laying qualities at
which she is best as a reproducer of
like? To put this in other words—
won't a 200 to 235 egg hen or per-
haps a 175 egg hen produce larger
eggs with stronger fertility that will
hatch more livable, strong chicks that
will grow fast and prove to be layers
of 200 eggs per year, than will a hen
with an egg record of 275 to 300
eggs?
We know it is rather unusual for
an editor to ask questions of this or
of any kind, but we, like many of our
readers, want to be shown and we
would appreciate greatly the replies
and information that our bred-to-lay
breeders can give us on this sub-
ject.— H. P. S.
Jlarc^'
1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
287
MYSTERIES
Whatever we do not understand
is mysterious to us. The hen has
mysterious powers. She manu-
factures large numbers of strongly
shelled eggs and masses of quilled
plumage from materials that with
few exceptions, are the same as those
consumed by other animals that do
not produce similar products. The
exceptions are rock and mineral sub-
stances which fowls eat, digest and
assimilate, hereby because we may
not fully comprehend the process,
we are not justified in doubting
them. The organs of the fowl un-
doubtedly manufacture specific fer-
ments that are capable of dissolving
inorganic substances, that have been
mechanically and chemically macer-
ated and reduced in the gizzard in
order that they may be applied to th«
needs of the organism.
THE SUPERLATIVE HEN
(Continued from page 237)
crop because, although a small side-
Ine'it does more to turn the scales
from loss to profit, from want to
livableness, than anything else. Isn't
that a wonderful superlative for the
hen to enjoy— **the most helpful crop
^nthe fanns of America"?
New England farmers were not hit
nearly as hard during the last two
or three years of depression as were
the one-crop, cash-crop farmers of
the West. In New England the far-
mers have always retained some de-
gree of the spirit of the Pilgrim pio-
neers, when every household was
pretty nearly suflRcient unto itself.
Farming there is less a business of
manufacturing food, as it is a mode
of living. You will scarcely ever see
a barnyard there without a flock of
hens, as well as a cow or two. The
cow and the hen saved New England
from the more extreme forms of de-
pression, just as they are today doing
much to relieve, and to insure relief
from, the pinch of selling-below-cost-
of-production. Talk about the Ameri-
can Eagle — ^what's the matter with
the American Hen!
We poultrymen know full well that
the hen has more sides to her than
there are to a well-cut diamond.
There is the farm flock, the commer-
cial flock, the hatchery, the big
breeder for chicks or pullets, the
backyard plant, and the specialty
breeder. The fancier who finds
nothing so interesting as working
more or less in the» dark, with his
Creator, to produce better living
birds than have been before him,
whether the aim be eggs, or meat, or
feathers, or shape, or whatnot.
There is always a lure to the mys-
terious and the most mysterious thing
in the universe is life itself. It is al-
ways more interesting to deal with
living things than with things inani-
mate. The hen provides the smallest
practical unit for breeding opera-
tions. Breeding animals is sharing
with the Creator the joy of creation.
Many a wealthy man spends hundreds
of thousands in maintaining a breed-
ing establishment for horses. He
could breed hens for a little money,
but with all the same difficulties and
the same satisfactions. He would get
his returns quicker from his care-
fully considered matings, and in case
of loss, the loss would not be so
severe; but the game would present
\ enough of difficulty to prohibit ever
attaining perfection — to present a
fascination always.
There is many a fancier (and most
of them get all their interest out of
^e job itself, content never to ad-
vertise their stock) who has pain-
stakingly bred the same flock of
fowls for twenty or thirty years, al-
ways working for something better,
and never arriving at the point where
^e is satisfied with the result. He
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It,
may be working for a certain color-
pattern on his fowls, or for a higher
egg production; for a lower angle to
the tail of his birds, or to eliminate
the "winter pause" in the laying pro-
pensities of his pullets; but always
there are too many of the chicks
which do not show the qualities he
wants; always some accident of na-
ture or of human origin that does
much to undo a year's work and
planning. Only about twenty years
ago was the theory of the monk Men-
del published for the world to under-
stand more of the laws of heredity.
We will probably never understand
one-half of how heredity works and
refuses to work — but the breeder of
any kind of livestock is merely di-
recting the forces of creation in a
given direction. If there is a lure
in the breeding of thoroughbreds for
the Kentucky Derby, there is the
same lure in breeding hens for the
great laying contests, which last one
year, and in which fowls are entered
from all over the country and for-
eign lands. There is less luck in a
race of this sort than there is in a
"mile and a furlong" at Pimlico, or
Belmont Park.
When you go into a large poultry
show, and look over the wonderful
color-patterns of some of those birds,
just remember that it has taken years
and years of unremitting study and
care to get those colors to come that
way. Remember, too, that these few
prize-winning specimens stand out
from all these years of work in
breeding, as the very best, of a very
much larger number.
Just remember that the Rhode Is-
land Red, or the Silver Spangled
Hamburg, or the White Crested
Black Polish, or the Barred Plymouth
Rock that takes the blue ribbon and
the $5.00 first prize money is the one
best bird which a great many earnest
breeders have been able to raise and
fit for this show. Just one out of
thousands, every other one of which
had defects greater than those which
this one bird has. There are always
defects — never is there perfection in
even a single specimen.
It is so, too, in breeding for ege:
production. The other day I saw a
pedigree chart of a wonderful hen.
She was a wonderful hen because
just seven of her eggs were sold for
$235.35 — and she was so good that
her owner would sell only those seven
eggs. Her pedigree went back for a
number of generations, and the aver-
age production of her mother, two
grandmothers, and four great-grand-
mothers, was something more than
266 eggs per year, with the lowest
of the seven records better than 242
There is fascination in breeding that
sort of stock — or in trying to breed
that sort of stock. Few indeed have
done it — certainly not more than two
or three in this country, though more
in Australia and in England than
here.
March, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
289
Yes, the superlative hen is th
smallest practical unit with which t
enjoy the delights of sharing creation
with the great Creator, in breedim?
better generations.
Although the hen is old, and old
as an aid to human progress and life
the poultry industry in its larger as'
pects is almost brand new. Almost
the newest industry connected with
agricultural pursuits. I have not the
data on the invention of the trapnest
but certainly it cannot be more thail
a quarter-century old, and in general
use it is very much more recent. In
fact, it is used very much more in
articles in the poultry papers, than it
is on real chicken farms. It is by no
means common yet in actual experi.
ence.
But without the steadily-continued
use of the trapnest, the highest re-
sults of breeding effort are unattain-
able. Even the shape-and-feather
fancier, needs a trapnest to deter-
mine the blood lines which give thej
best results; and any attempt to!
breed for eggs, or to combine the
highest beauty with productiveness,
can scarcely get on without trapping
The trapnest has changed the whole :
complexion of breeding, within thej
last few years, to a great extent, sub- \
stituting knowledge for guesswork in
this creation business.
And again, the whole industry has
been altered by the use of incubators
and brooders. It's only less than
fifty years ago, when an incubator
shipped from Massachusetts to the
Centennial Exposition at Philadel-
phia, caused the utmost amazement,
by hatching out chicks before the
eyes of the astonished beholden.
(The eggs were incubated at home
till nearly ready to pip, then wrapped
in cotton and shipped along with the
machine, where tJiey were again put
in, right at the Exposition.) Only in-
cubators have made it possible to ship
one-day-old chicks to any distance •
where delivery can be made in 72
hours or less by parcel post or ex-
press. To illustrate : recently a man
from Texas told of driving through
the country, and seeing a new bunga-
low, surrounded by a couple of thou- '
sand young pullets, and some hen
houses. Not remembering the place
from previous trips in that neighbor-
hood, the party stopped, and made
their way to the owner, who intro-
duced his wife. Asked how long they
had been there, the owner replied
that on January 1, 1923, there was
nothing there but virgin sod land. A
house had been built, 5,000 baby
chicks purchased and brooded, hen-
houses put up, and within a fe*
months it was a going poultry ranch
of no mean proportions, fully eqiMp-
ped and making money. No such de-
velopment would have been possible
except for mammoth incubators and
"baby chicks." As an industry, the
hen is one of the newest.
I Yet these commercial sides of »«
u,.iness have been grafted on the
lid stable foundation of the old
Scy"— the breeding of domestic
/nwls for shape and for feathers.
The breeding for beauty has been
Practiced for many years but pri-
marily as a hobby, for the love of the
Tame as a game, though many have
lade a livelihood from selling stock
Z hatching eggs to others who
wanted to play that sort of a game,
A game requiring as much skill
as billiards; necessitating looking far
ahead as chess; producing a result as
beautiful as a painting-oftentimes
much more beautiful than most
paintings. ^
The Superlative Hen
There are other superlatives which
mieht well be applied to the hen ;
only a few have been touched on
here She is well-nigh universal, but
never the same in the hands of any
two breeders. She has many points
common to all varieties, though there
are several hundred varieties, count-
ing bantams, no two alike. But,
whatever your make-up, there is a
field for your best efforts in the busi-
ness, or the hobby, of poultry rais-
ing and poultry keeping.
The hen has been the means of
bringing back to health many a nian
who needed outdoor work. She has
been the means of a larger outlook
on life and a new enjoyment of lite
to many a farm woman. She is truly
the little emancipator from the grind
of city life, and the assurance of
comfort on the farm to thousands of
human beings.
GIVING THE BABY
CHICKS A CHANCE
(Continued from page 231)
of the hover compartment. Do not
let them out of doors in a strong
wind, especially where they have to
go up and down a ladder, where
there is a possibility of some of them
getting chilled and not finding their
way back into the brooder. If this
happens, they will pile up in a cor-
ner, and many of them die and be so
checked in their growth, that it is
doubtful if they ever recover fully.
Remember last of all that baby
chicks should not be pampered or
petted. A limited amount of atten-
tion of the right kind is all that
they desire remembering, first of all,
that temperature is the most import-
ant factor, and proper feeding the
next. Chilling, over-heating, or over-
feeding, are probably responsible for
90% of the digestive disorders, or
the disorders which are often attribu-
ted to bacillary, or infectious white
diarrhoea. It is true, of course, that
chicks are oftentimes affected with
this dreaded malady. If they are,
proper brooding conditions will re-
strict the loss from this cause to a
minimum.
Yours for a fine brooding season
through 1924.
It Pays to Know
The Buffalo
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five No. 3 to Mr. Howard O. Coy, Mechanic Falls.
In Northwest Ohio is another big group of prosperous poul-
trymen— those who produce nearly all the millions of eggs used
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hatching in BuffgJos. ,
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GritwoMyiUe • - - Georgia
Raising Guineas — The Game
Bird of tke Farm
By Mrs. Virginia Belle Pet way
Uarch, 1924
The value of the Guinea Fowl as
a substitute for game birds such as
grouse, partridge, quail and pheasant
is becoming more recognized by those
who are fond of this class of meat
and the demand for these fowls is in-
creasing steadily. Many hotels and
restaurants in the large cites are
eager to secure prime young Guineas,
and often they are served at ban-
quets and club dinners as a special
delicacy. When well and properly
cooked, Guineas are attractive in ap-
pearance, although darker than com-
mon fowls, and the flesh of young
birds is tender and of especially fine
flavor, resembling that of wild game.
They are delicious broiled, fried or
roasted. When roasted strips of fat
pork laid across the breast greatly
increase the flavor and juiciness of
the meat.
Guineas are not a back lot fowl,
but require plenty of room. Locali-
ties where trees and low brush are
abundant are especially adapted to
them though it increases the diffi-
culty of finding the nests which they
are usually very cunning about hid-
ing. On such range they require lit-
tle, if any, feeding except perhaps
during severe weather, for they are
the greatest of foragers, even sur-
passing the turkey. Here in Dixie
Land they are accredited as being
the greatest destroyer of that arch
enemy of the cotton farmers, the boll
weevil, also boll worms, that the
farm has.
Nothing excels the Guinea as a
protector of the barnyard. No hawk
or owl can successfully attack an
enraged Guinea cock. The Guinea,
always on its guard, is the first fowl
around the place to spy marauders,
and will set up a noise that gains
instant attention.
Domesticated • Guinea fowl are of
three varieties — Pearl, White and
Lavender. The Pearl is by far the
most popular. It has a purplish-gray
plumage reg^ularly dotted or "pearl-
ed" with white and is so handsome
that frequently the feathers are used
for ornamental purposes.
Like quail and most other wild
fowls in their wild state mate in
pairs, and this tendency prevails
among domesticated Guineas, though
we have no diflPiculty in mating from
three to five females to one male,
and this way there is less trouble in
finding the eggs, as frequently sev-
eral of the hens will lay in one nest
and are usually accompanied by the
cock to the vicinity of the nest. Of
course as profitable egg producers.
Guinea hens can not compete with
chicken hens, but they are industri-
ous producers, seldom missing laying
their daily egg during the laying sea-
son. They begn laying along about
April and continue until in autumn
depending somewhat on the latitude*
of course. The eggs are smaller
than the average chicken egg, but
just as good for eating and culinary
purposes, in fact, some people very
much prefer them for their superior
flavor and fine texture and they are
considered superior for cake baking
and custards because of the greater
proportion of yolk to white. !
We have the best success in hatch-
ing the earlier eggs with the ordi-
nary hen. A medum large hen lil(e
the Wyandottes or Plymouth Rocks
can cover eighteen to twenty-one
eggs. Later in the season the Gui-
nea hens can be allowed to bring off
broods of their own as I think they i
are not inclined to hover the little
ones as much as an ordinary hen |
does and should when the weather is
a little cool. It takes twenty-eight
days for Guinea eggs to hatch and
the young birds are very tiny and
active, but still so very susceptible to
cold and dampness that you must be
prepared to care for them until they
are about ten days or two weeks old.
To do this planks may be set up to
make a temporary pen in front of
the coop. At first the little fellows
are very tiny and can slip right
through ordinary mesh poultry net-
ting, and wander away, usually never
to return, for they retain the wild in-
stinct of skulking along and hiding,
and are almost impossible to locate
when they have wandered away.
After the first few days they become
attached to the mother hen and will
follow her on the range and return
safely to roost at night in their own
coop. Keep confined in the mornings
until the excessive moisture is off the
grass. The coops should be rat and
vermin proof yet well ventilated, with
screen wire over the openings, though
protected from rain.
After two or three weeks the
young Guineas will find most of their
own living on range and glean con-
siderable seeds and insects from the
fields and woods, or even from the
garden, for they will not likely do
much damage there. At first feed
about as you would to start chickens,
beginning with boiled eggs, fine grit,
sour milk and pin-head oat meal,
gradually changing to ground feed
and cracked grains. The best start-
ing feed I have ever found for ail
little fowls is made by breaking an
egg in a small vessel, adding two
tablespoonfuls of sweet milk a""
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beating slightly. Set this on the
stove and boil to a thick custard,
tirring now and then to prevent
'scorching. This, with a little fine
^it, makes a complete food and if
tjie weather is chilly and damp I may
add a very slight dash of black pep-
per Always feed sweet — never af-
ter it has soured, and keep clean
vater where the little Guineas may
drink without getting drabbled.
Dampness and cold is fatal to them
at first as they are very delicate when
quite young, and very beautiful and
cute, resembling little quail.
There is another critical time in
their lives, and that is when they be-
gin to change the feathers of brown-
ish tint for the sober gray, with the
white **pearls" of adult birds. Leave
them on range, but in addition feed
them some good mixed ration at this
moulting period. Some sunflower
seed added to the ration at this time
would be beneficial in growing new
feathers, or a limited portion of cot-
ton seed meal added to a mash of
shorts, com meal and ground oats
would be good.
The Guinea is most disliked be-
cause of its shrill strident cry, but as
already stated, this is a protection to
the farm flock. The Guineas like
best to roost outside except in ex-
treme cold and wet weather, and
perched aloft in trees or on roofs
are ever ready to sound the alarm if
anything disturbs.
Summing up, the Guinea hen is
good for eggs during the summer
months; good for market when
weighing from one and one-half to
three pounds, and retailing anywhere
from sixty cents to $1.50 a pair, de-
pending upon the market, good eat-
ing on the home table, and good on
guard duty about the place.
•'I HAVEN'T TIME"
I wonder if there is any other ex-
pression behind which zo many peo-
ple hide, and excuse themselves from
doing the thing^s they ought to do, as
*i haven't time!"
We can all find time to do the
things we really want to do, but
multitudes of us plead the "haven't
time" myth every day to cover up
our selfishness. Many of us get the
"haven't time" habit fixed so that we
never can spare a moment to do our
duty as citiens or to give a helping
hand to our fellowmen.
And who ij so busy that he has
not t.me to do some kind thing every
<iay? With all the burdens of the
nation pressing upon him during our
Civil War. Lincoln found time to
give comfort and encouragement to
mothers who were agonizing about
their sons. Gladstone, when prime
minister of England, found time to
'Visit a little sick crossing-sweeper
and bring him flowers.
"I haven't time" is the excur.e of
*he little head and the little heart.
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WORLD'S POULTRY CONGRESS
Arrangements for Shipping Live
Birds and Other Exhibits
Prof. Wm. r. Klrkpatrick
The World's Poultry Congress that
opens at Barcelona, Spain, May 10,
next, can accept from any country
only two trios of each breed and
variety. The selection of breeders
who will be privileged to make an
exhibit at the Congress has been left
entirely to Thomas F. Rigg, president
of the American Poultry Association,
Fort Wayne, Ind. Breeders who wish
to avail themselves of the opportun-
ity to exhibit a trio to delegates and
visitors from more than a score of
countries of the world, should
promptly communicate with Mr.
Rigg concerning this matter.
The cost of sending a trio of birds
to Barcelona will probably not ex-
ceed express charges from your sta-
tion to New York and return. In
other words, the Congress committee
has arranged for the transportation
and care of poultry exhibits from
New York City to Barcelona. It's a
wonderful opportunity for breeders
of high class stock to exhibit Ameri-
ca's best bred birds to delegates and
visitors from European, South Ameri-
can, and other countries. Birds in-
tended for this exhibit must reach
New York before April 5. Mr. Rigg
will be glad to send to any inter-
ested breeder a more detailed state-
ment that shows how to mark and
consign shipment, how to obtain
health certificates for the birds, and
all that sort of thing, also blue print
plans for coop of satisfactory size
and design.
A number of agricultural colleges
are preparing educational exhibits.
Shipments of this sort, including
printed matter, all kinds of poultry
appliances, and other items for the
exhibition will be handled by the
Spanish Royal Mail Line, Pier 8, East
River, New York. There are, how-
ever, some very specific instructions
to follow in order to avoid mishaps
and delays. All this, including ocean
freight rates, cartage in New York,
broker's fees, etc., can be obtained
from the chairman of the transporta-
tion committee. Prof. Wm. F. Kirk-
patrick, at Storrs, Conn.
Transportation Committee Completes
Arrangements for Delegates
and Visitors
After thorough investigation, the
transportation committee has selected
SS. Cleveland, of the United Ameri-
can Lines, as the official steamer for
delegates and visitors to the World's
Poultry Congresj that opens May 10,
next, at Barcelona, Spain. The
Cleveland is a twin screw, oil burner
of 17,000 tons register and has re.
cently been reconditioned. She is
practically new from stem to stern.
The itinerary, as arranged by the
committee, is as follows: April 25
sail from New York per SS. Cleve^
land; May 5, arrive at Cherbourg,
special train for Paris; May 6, leave
Paris via sleeper 9:15 P. M.; May
8, arrive Barcelona 7:25, two days
before the Congress opens.
The steamship passage to Cher-
bourg will cost $130.00, including
the run of the entire steamer as the
Cleveland is a one cabin boat. This
is the minimum rate; better accom-
modations can of course be obtained.
The overland trip to Barcelona in-
eludes second class rail from Cher-
bourg to Paris, hotel accommodations
and meals in Paris and first class
transportation including sleeper from
Paris to Barcelona, all for $55.00.
The American Express Company
has been appointed manager of trans-
portation. Those who desire to re-
serve accommodations should
promptly get in touch with the Amer-
ican Express, Travel Department, 65
Broadway, New York, or any of their
offices nearer your city. They can
answer fully and in detail any in-
quiries concerning passports, sailing
permit, income tax regulations and
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11 that sort of thing. In short, the
Imerican Express has assured the
committee that its organization is at
nur service,
persons interested in any phase of
ultry work are invited to attend
fhis Congress. AH will go direct to
Barcelona. After the Congress those
who wish to spend a little time in
Europe may avail themselves of a
number of tours at reasonable prices.
There are two important things to do
0^ Take immediate steps to ob-
Lin your passport, applying direct to
L Department of State, Bureau of
Citizenship, at Washington, D. C, or
to your District Court with a witness
who has known you at least two
years. It is likewise important that
vou consider now the matter of re-
turn accommodations. If you expect
to land in New York on the return
voyage before the first of July little
or no difficulty is anticipated. Prof.
Wm. F. Kirpatrick, of the Connecti-
cut Agricultural College, at Storrs,
Conn is chairman of the transporta-
tion committee. He will be glad to
forward to any of our readers inter-
ested in this trip a much more de-
tailed outline concerning the com-
mittee's plans.
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HOW TO RAISE
EVERY CHICK HATCHED
The successful rearing of chicks
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the parent stock. To my mind, it is
useless to try to raise chicks that
have not been hatched from eggs
laid by vigorous thorpughbred stock.
Vitality is the foundation of suc-
cessful chick raising. To obtain this
we must breed only from the most
vigorous birds. The vitality of the
eggs must be preserved while saving
for incubation. The eggs should be
turned daily and kept at a tempera-
ture from 40 to 60 degrees Fahren-
heit You often hear the old saying,
"Never count your chickens before
they are hatched." I make it a rule
to count them immediately after they
are hatched and fully expect to raise
all I count, but never try to raise a
chick that is in any way a cripple. I
prefer to hatch with an incubator, in
fact, have not used anything else for
several years. I always leave the
chicks in the incubator until the
hatch is completely cleaned up; then
take them out and place them in a
brooder that has been heated up to a
temperature of about 90 or 95 de-
grees for the first few days, then I
try to run it about 75 degrees or
whatever degree of heat that seems
most comfortable to the chicks. I
am very careful not to let them chill
while transferring to the brooder as
I believe this is the main cause of
"white diarrhoea." To avoid this, I
put them in a box or basket that has
been warmed and cover them with
cloth, then take them to the brooder.
When placing them in the brooder I
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of the nursery, or exercising room
with litter composed of dry cut clovei
or chopped alfalfa, then on top of
this I place a paper and throw the
feed on this paper and when soiled
take out and replace with clean
paper. After five days old I discard
the paper and scatter feed in litter
and make them scratch for it. I Jq
not feed chicks anything for twenty.
four to thirty-six hours after they are
hatched. I first feed them a small
quantity of fine grit and charcoal,
then nothing but dry prepared chick
feed which can be procured at most
any feed or seed store. I am careful
not to feed too much at first, using a
pinch, what I can hold between
thumb and finger, per chick several
times a day, then I increase the
amount as the chicks grow. When I
they are a week or ten days old I feed !
beef scraps twice a week, just what
they will eat up clean. Too much
will cause bowel trouble. After they
are three or four weeks old I com- ,
mence to feed fresh cut green bone |
twice a week, a very small amount at
a time. When ten days old I keep
coarse wheat bran before them all
the time in open hoppers. For green
feed I feed them sprouted oats, green
rye cut up in short lengths, lettuce,
etc. In summer I feed clippings from
the lawn. I keep plenty of fresh wa-
ter before them all the time. I clean
out the sand under the hover every
day. If I am scarce of sand I sift
out the droppings and use the sand
again.
I have found the following essen-
tial to chick raising. Keep them dry,
feed nothing but dry feed, plenty of
water, lots of green stuff, grit and
charcoal before them all the time and
above all keep them warm and sani-
tary.
March,
1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
295
WHY POULTRY DOESN'T
PAY SOME PEOPLE
Now if poultry is kept at all, .
whether for pleasure or profit, it is
surely worth while to use rational
means for securing the object in viev.
To have good poultry it is necessary
to provide a dry, warm, ventilated
house for them. Cleanliness and
freedom from moisture must be
secured if the greatest success is to
be attained. Constant and careful
attention is absolutely indispensable
It is a lamentable fact that a grea'
many of the farmers permit their ^
poultry to roost in trees or any plj««
it suits them, and then insist tha
poultry raising is not profitable, i :
never seemr? to enter their minds m
if poultry is to be made profiUbi«
it must be housed properly, fed proP"
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HINTS ON SECURING
FERTILITY
(Contiiiueil from page 241)
nieces, one at a time so as to make
the birds run about and chase each
other for possession of each portion.
Raw meat is splendid once or twice
a week provided it can be obtained
cheap enough and it generally can,
where horse meat takes the place of
beef. As much variety as possible in
the ration is highly desirable and will
tend to produce fertility if fed in
small amounts and often — instead of
all at once as we see in many flocks.
Sour milk — either whole or skimmed
_is wonderful for breeders but we
have had no experience in feeding
yeast. , ,, i
In other words, exercise and feed-
ing has much to do with fertility and
the breeder must watch his birds so
as to know that they are neither too
fat nor too lean.
The conformation of most breeds
of poultry makes it possible for the
male to fertilize the female without
undue effort, but in some of our
breeds the physical proportions of the
fowls renders them really unfit for
this sexual act unless aided by arti-
ficial means.
The heavy feathered breeds which
have an abundance of soft, fluffy
feathers on the hocks and under ana
around the lower parts of the body
are often found to be quite infertile
—that is the eggs do not show the
fertility of the lighter breeds.
In such cases it will be found very
beneficial to cut away all ih^ feath-
ers around the vent and on the sides
of the body, including the hocks,
both on the males and on the female.^.
This makes the act of coputation
easier and in some cases is the only
thing that renders it possible for we
must remember that many of our
Standard breeds are artificial crea-
tions and that they are to a certain
extent unnatural.
This clipping should be done as
soon as the birds are mated and while
it somewhat destroys the appearance
of the pens it will be found to in-
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the male. The trapnest is the surest
way to determine these matters and
it should be used wherever possible.
We remember one case now of one
of our good lines which seemed to be
infertile. She was tried out with
four different males and proved bar-
ren— so she was consigned to the pot.
We also remember the case of an-
other female who would not mate
with either of two males, but proved
fertile with the third. Infertility is
generally blamed on the male but it
is not always his fault.
We recall the instance where a
wonderful White Wyandotte cockerel
was about to be slaughtered when
he was placed with a pen of White
Leghorns — and the eggs proved over
90% fertile. In this case the con-
formation of the females was not
suited to that of the male, both were
so deep that it was physically im-
possible for him to fertilize the
White Wyandotte hens, while with
the Leghorns he had no difficulty.
It is wise, however, to watch the
male very carefully and to take him
up once a week for special feed and
attention. Many males are so
"polite" that they will turn over all
feed to the hens and grow thin and
run down themselves. Such birds
will not get strong, fertile eggs un-
less they receive special feed away
from the sight and sound of the hens.
Most of us know that it is not
necessary to keep the male with the
females more than half the time in
order to secure fertility and, if we
have the time, it is well to take the
male out of the pen for two days a
week, at regular intervals, say Wed-
nesday and Sunday. In this way we
can keep the male in perfect condi-
tion all through a long breeding sea-
son. One other matter should be
mentioned in connection with the
fertility problem and that is the
keeping of the males from fighting.
Do not let the male see other males
if it can be avoided. When out in
the yards males often spend half
their time running along the wires
and attempting to fight with the
other males in the adjoining yards.
In this way the attention of the male
is diverted from his flock and he gen-
erally succeeds in injuring himself in
some way as well as tiring himself all
out in his futile efforts to reach his
enemy. Divisions between yards
should be boarded up or arranged in
some manner so that the males can-
not see those on either side of them.
Don't be afraid to let your birds out
of doors — the best fertility is secured
where the birds have an opportunity
to get on the ground and if they
don't like it in the yards they will
come back into the house.
Interest in your work is the best evidence
'n the world of your sincerity of service.
When time hangs heavy on your hands and
you can see no chance for progress or pro-
motion— when your interest in your work
lags, it is ycur duty to get interested or
get out.
THE CASSEROLE
(Continued from page 240)
them in the finer points of perfection
in his breeding work. That's why he
is a world-famous breeder, instead
of just a breeder, (d)
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An unnamed gentleman, evidently
a poultry instructor of some sort
finds much fault with the judging of
the production classes at a show, as
done "by one of the best judges in
the American Poultry Association."
The unnamed writer had instructed
his students according to the latest
dope of the Cornell judging school,
and by that they had entered their
production birds. The judge was a
terrible back-number, because "he
used the obsolete methods outlined
by Hogan when culling was first sug-
gested. This was of course absurd \
and our men took it as such." The
Hoganizing judge sized up a 160-plus
hen as a 115-egger, and said a male
wouldn't fertilize which had fertil-
ized 90 per cent all season. The ;
writer suggests that the American
Poultry Association ought to have a
special license for production judg-
ing. That's interesting — or isn't it?
In the first place, a judge would have
to be licensed to judge according to
some standard set of rules, and there
ain't no such thing. Second, if there
were such a thing in the Standard
(under which the judges must work)
they might as well hold their judging
school dope only once in as many
years as the Standard is good for.
They never would want to do that,
because the production judging rules
are changed and amended pretty
often. Some people still swear by
Hogan. Many more swear at him
and his system ; others swear by Cor-
nell, or Quisenberry, or "Tom" Bar-
ron, or some of the other gods or ad-
vertisers. But one thing I have to
suggest, and that is, that it ought to
be against the rules for anybody to
trapnest a hen which has been given
a prize in a production judging con-
test. Why go to all that needless
trouble? Besides, it stirs up so much
discontent, when the trapnest figures
are known. It ought not to be al-
lowed, unless the hen will agree be-
forehand to lay within ten eggs of
what the judge says she ought to
lay. (h)
March, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
297
"Most of the glowing tales of great '
profits from poultry breeding plante I
exist largely in the imagination of
the reporter," says an editorial of
unusual force and wisdom, written
for the poultrymen of the great >
Northwest, where a lot of folks have
gone crazy over chickens. Consider- j
ing further some of the advantages
which lie with the man who sticks to
e^f^ farming instead of launching
forth blithely into breeding opera-
tions, the point is made that not
every poultryman is fitted by nature
vje a successful breeder. It re-
uires special qualities, just as being
^ electrical engineer requires cer-
f«in Qualities for success. As a sort
7" oof of this, the fact is cited that
there have been far more failures
omone breeders than among the eg^
armers. And here: "You who are
breeding your own, when it would be
better business for you to be buying
chicks, may say. 'I'm likely to get
stung if I buy my chicks; I'll hatch
ovni and then I'll know what I am
eetting.' But will you? Ten chances
to one, Brother, you will sting your-
self by your own breeding oftener
than you will get stung by buying
from an established breeding plant.
And the statement is often made 'I
can't afford to buy chicks, the price
is too high !' Yet this same man will
be obliged to hatch three or four
times and run chicks of different
ages together in the growing season,
and then wonder why his Fall pro-
duction is not making him a profit;
while his neighbor, who bought his
chicks all at one time, has reared
them together, brought them into
production at about the same time,
and gets enough high-priced Fall
eggs to pay for his chicks several
times over." What a lot of truth
there is in that! The commercial e^^
farmer has less investment in his
plant; less equipment; less labor; less
advertising and catalogue expense;
less time wasted showing visitors
around; less letter writing. He can
care for a lot more hens with easier
chores, and pay all his attention to
feeding and managing for eggs ; while
the breeder who is a breeder, must do
without some of those eggs, to get
hatchability and vigor first and fore-
most. Another point is brought out,
that a commercial e^K farmer could
get out of the business and get into
it again without very much loss of
money or time; while the breeder
must spend years and years to build
up his business, and once out, can
never get back in, but must begin all
over again. I'll just bet the man who
wrote that editorial has bred chicken*;
himself — if he hadn't he never could
have been so sympathetic. Yes,
breeding chickens is just like getting
married — keep away from it until the
time comes when you can't get along
any longer without it. Then go to
I it, with full expectations that it is
going to take some care and almost
genius to make good at it. (e)
"There is enough miscellaneous
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a business of twice the size, if the
producers are influenced by opinions,
and much of it is mere opinion." So
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Agricultural College, and he says a
mouthful. He is discussing the rea-
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and he punches a mean typewriter.
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once a poultryman has the experi-
ence." Congested quarters and con-
taminated soils he blames more than
anything else for the empty houses
around the country, and he takes a
fling at the Real Estate men who ad-
vertise **Two acres and financial in-
dependence." Here in New England
they don't guarantee the same re-
sults, but they show still greater
**nerve" when they advertise "One-
quarter acre chicken farms." The
pity is that so many hardworking and
soft thinking people swallow the
stuff — it's worse than bootlegger's
poison, because it kills more slowly.
Mr. Cosby says truly that thiS buga-
boo of soil contamination creeps up
on a man during the same years in
which he is increasing his investment
in his plant, and in which he is fast
losing touch with the trade or other
work he left to become a poultryman,
seeking the golden fleece of financial
independence on two acres of con-
taminated soil, (e)
• « *
A breeder, on being asked to write
about his favorite breed of poultry
writes that as a breed they do not lay
large eggs, nor many of them. Is
he throwing down his chosen race of
fowls? No, he explains that any-
thing that a hen does, is not a breed
characteristic. Everything that makes
a breed what it is, is set down in the
Standard of Perfection, and the
Standard says never a word about
laying eggs. He says that every
breed characteristic can be either
seen or felt of in the show room by
the judge, or in the yard of the
breeder, and that anything which a
fowl does, whether it be laying eggs,
or setting, or not laying eggs, or not
setting, ii. a strain or an individual
characteristic, rather than a breed
characteristic. Most of us have got-
ten used to considering Reds as a
"broody breed," but this article
makes the point that a strain of Reds
which have had the broodiness bred
out of them are just as much Reds
as they were before, when they were
broody. So broodinesj is not a breed
characteristic. Guess he's right, at
that. Sounds sensible, (f)
* * *
"Forced and drained to the limit"
— "For premature egg flow" — "sen-
sational and abnormal theories" —
"narrow-escape imitation" — "inten-
sive, L>trenuous forcing" — "disre-
gard of the fundamentals" — such is
the language ured in a letter from a
prominent breeder of exhibition fowls.
The remarkable thing about such in-
temperance of language is, that it is
so common as to cause little remark.
It's a queer thing, as I see it, that so
many of us Fanciers are unwilling
to admit there is any way to play the
poultry game except as we ourselves
see it. That isn't true at all, of
course; but it does reem to be too
true of altogether too many breeders
who have been breeding for a good
many years. Your production breed,
er will almost without exception ad-
mit there are other ways besides his
own which can be played without
fear of eternal damnation; but youj
old-time, dyed-in-the-wool Fancier Is
too apt to froth at the mouth when
somebody whispers the word "eggs"
somewhere within hearing. Let's all
be temperat). 'in all things" as St.
Paul told us Lo ba. Let's all be will-
ing to admit that we ourselves are
not the only intelligent folks there
are, and that our fellow man who may
have beliefs differing from ours in
religion or in chicken breeding, may
perhaps be almost as right as we are.
To read some of the things said about
production breeders of fowls by the
Fancier element, you'd think that St
Peter was going to start his cate-
chism at the gates of Heaven by the
question "How did you breed your
fowls, for feathers or for eggs?" (g)
March, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
299
We've heard about lights in the
short days of winter, being used to
get more feed into the birds. A. E.
Vandervort makes the point that
without lights, it may well be that i
the ration in the short dark days '
should be more concentrated than in
the long days of June. He thinks we
should go more lightly in winter on
bulky foods like sprouted oats, oat
hulls, cut clover and alfalfa, and
bran. Why not? It is worth think-
ing about, at least. But on the other
hand, do not make the mistake of in-
creasing your meat scrap without
enough green feed to help take care
of the heavy protein ration. Too
much protein without the green feed
is a real poison for the fowls; yet
here we see that there is a nice divid-
ing line between too much protein
for the bulky material of green food,
and too much bulky material for the
smaller winter ration to produce the
wanted eggs. Oh! It's a great sub-
ject. Feeding! (g)
QUALITY IS WORTH THE PRICE
It is not uncommon to hear caustic
remarks on the folly of paying high
prices for poultry, but is it folly?
Can it be expected that a man will
give all the best years of his hfe in
p oduclng a bird of higher standing
than those previously produced, and
one that will transmit these features,
g ined only by years of patient toil
and many times great disappoint-
n-ents at the start, for a figure that
does not give some real return on the
cost of production? If then it is de-
sirable to secure just the very best
results of the year's work in a fan-
cer's yard whatever the breed, some
temp.ation must be offered that will
induce him to take the risk of break-
ing his line of breeding in exchange
for dollars and for giving away nw
success to another who has had none
of the years of toil and patient worit
CLEAN VITAL IMPORTANCE
Feeding is only a portion of the
nroper care of the breeding pen.
fleanliness is of vital importance.
House, roosts and yards should be
kept clean and fresh. Vermin should
L destroyed. Everything that
threatens the health or lowers the
tone of the fowl should be removed.
An occasional fumigation of the
house with sulphur and freely applied
white wash is proper and good and
both may be profitably used. The
runs should be as large as the
breeder can afford, the larger the
better, for the larger the run the
longer it is in becoming filthy and
the less is the care needed to keep
it healthy. Some runs, just as soon
as the frost is out of the ground,
should be dug over, and this process
repeated as often as needed. If it is
done oftener, no harm will rei:ult. I
believe fowls may be kept in very
small runs and bred very success-
fully, provided proper care is given.
If a run is large enough to enable
the fowls to take exercise, and is kept
clean, and proper food is given, it is
difficult to see why the fowl should
not breed as well in it as if it had the
run of acres. The mischief of small
runs is that they are not properly
attended to, get filthy and unhealthy,
and the breeder does not furnish the
hundred and one things that the
fowls crave, and that, when at lib-
erty, they find for themselves. It
often, therefore, happens that when
the owner has very limited quarters
his fowls do not lay well, the eggs
hatch poorly, and many of the chick-
ens which are hatched *are puny,
weak and worthless, and mercifully
die young. He attributes his failure
to the size of his runs, when the true
cause is in himself — he neglected to
give proper care and provide proper
food. A lazy or ignorant poultry-
keeper ought to have but one pen of
fowls and they ought to have the
range of a farm. An industrious and
intelligent poultry-keeper, one who
is willing to work and knows what to
do, can win success on a very small
' plot of land.
POSSIBILITIES OF PURE BLOOD
Pure blood in poultry has greater
possibilities than any mixed blood
can have, but the possibilities abso-
lutely depend upon a number of fact-
ors other than the blood. With pure
' blood, a higher degree of excellence
I in any direction may be secured by
competent selection, breeding, feed-
ing and care than is possible with
»nixed blood. But if the selection,
' breeding, feeding and care are neg-
) lected some of the superior potenti-
alities of the pure blood may never
develop. Competent selection, breed-
ing and care continued long enough to
establish high general or specific ex-
cellence are not always and essenti-
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THE DOMESTIC FOWL
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Zoologists consider that all the dif-
ferent breeds of poultry have been
produced from wild jungle fowl, by
the action of changed environment,
and selection. Unconscious selection
must have been at work for thou-
sands of years, in fact, from the first
day that our forefathers took notice
of the red jungle fowl. Breeders in
the past, like those of today, would
select the best for breeding purposes,
and they would only rear the best.
It seems probable that many of the
male birds were kept and trained for
fighting, and early man would boast
of the skill of his birds in the cock-
pit. All this would have a tendency
to improve any existing breeds, and
the spirit of competition would in-
duce breeders to combine desirable
characters; thus would arise new
breeds.
Gallus Bankva, the red jungle bird,
possesses a wide geographical range,
for it inhabits Northern India, as far
west as Sinde, and it ascends in the
Himalaya to a height of 4,000 feet.
It is found in Burma, the Malay
Peninsula, and Indo-China.
Jungle Fowl and Black-Breasted Red
Game
The wild red jungle fowl agrees in
color, and in all details of structure,
except size and position of tail, with
the Black-Breasted Red Game. The
tail of the latter being carried more
upright. The voice of both the wild
form and the tame are similar. In
addition, some breeders in India have
reared chickens from a cross between
the red jungle cock and Chinese ban-
tams. Chickens have also been
reared from the eggs of the wild fowl,
and even if wild at first have been
tamed.
Charles Darwin in his book on
"Animals and Plants under Domesti-
cation," says: "From the extremely
close resemblance in color, general
structure, and especially in voice be-
tween the wild jungle fowl, and the
game fowl; from their fertility, as
far as this has been ascertained, when
crossed; from the possibility of the
wild species being tamed, and from
it varying in the wild state, we may
confidently look to it as the parent
of the domesticated breeds."
Many experiments have been per-
formed with various breeds of fowl,
to ascertain if the offspring would
revert to the parent stock when
crossed. In some cases at least, the
feathers have had a reddish-yellow
tint.
At present the materials do not ex-
ist for a full account to be given of
the history of the domestic fowl. No
remains of the fowl have been found
in the Swiss Lake Dwellings, nor have
they been found in the Danish Shell-
Mounds or Kitchen-Middens. The
fowl is not mentioned in the Old
Testament, and is not figured on the
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ancient Egyptian monuments, like
the pigeon. Homer, who lived 2,900
years ago, does not mention the fowl,
but other Greek writers refer to it as
existing in Greece some 500 years
B. C.
Reached Europe 600 B. C.
It is figured on some of the Baby-
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found in the British Museum. These
cylinders date back to about 600
B. C. It seems probable that the
fowl reached Europe about 600
B. C., and Julius Caesar found the
fowl domesticated in Britain some
2 000 years ago. In India it was
domesticated when the Institutes of
Manu were written, i. e., some 3,600
years ago, for in them the tame fowl
is forbidden as food, but the wild
form may be eaten.
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writers, the fowl arrived in China
3,400 years ago, and came from the
West. This would give the time at
which, according to history, the fowl
became domesticated some 4,000
years ago. We may conclude that
long before the dawn of history, the
wild jungle fowl was tamed and bred
from by our prehistoric forefathers,
and that they, by selection, laid the
foundation for the production of the
ancient breeds of fowl.
Columella, 2,000 years ago, de-
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some local breeds, among which
dwarf fowls were mentioned, but
these cannot have been the true ban-
tams, for they, were introduced into
Java from. Japan at a later period.
Some of the Chinese writers describe
as many as seven breeds of fowls, in-
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bones and flesh. In the sixteenth
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meal, alternating the two. Grit is in
every feed, whether moistened or
dry, and charcoal at least once a
day. When the young poults begin
to get their long wing, flight, feath-
ers, they require extra care and at-
tention. These seem to grow so
rapidly sometimes as to sap their
vitality and when they begin to walk
around with wings drooped, we pull
these flight feathers out. By the
time they start again, the young birds
are much farther advanced and it
does not seem to affect them. We
have followed this practice for two
years with excellent results.
By this time the poults are six
weeks old and weigh a pound and a
half or two pounds, they are fed
more liberally on grain and we also
keep before them pot, or cottage
cheese in which we put onion tops
chopped fine. This makes a good
feed. After they shoot the red, at
which time most of our troubles are
over, we place where they can get it
whenever they want it, clabbered
milk, which is an excellent feed at
this time and they will eat large
quantities of it. Besides this, know-
ing that it is always waiting for them,
they will return from time to time
during the day from their foraging
to eat it and thus form the habit of
coming home at stated periods.
From this time on they are practi-
cally given their liberty to roam over
field and prairie, receiving a light
feed of grain at night just before
they are shut up. This induces them
to return, without trouble. From
ail this, it will be seen that the first
four weeks of a turkey's life is the
critical period. A baby is less care
we have often thought during this
time, than a lot of young turkeys,
but when in the fall, they flock
around for their daily ration, plump
and fat with plumage a wave of
fridesence and sheen, which no art-
ist could place upon canvas, and you
know that each one represents two
or more big round dollars on the
market, one feels amply repaid for
all the care, vigilance and attention
bestowed upon them in their infancy.
— F. J. O.
FOOD FOR BREEDERS
Few poultry keepers consider the
importance of the influence of food
on the breeding stock. If the neces-
sary food elements for making hatch-
able eggs are not supplied in the
food in excess of the needs of the
fowl for its own upkeep you won't
jret eggs of the right sort. As it is
not possible to know precisely what
may be needed and what may be
lacking, chemistry and near-science
won't help you much. The best plan
is to supply an abundance of good,
wholf'some food, fed according to the
appetites of the birds, and to provide
a suflicicnl quantity and variety to
meet all needs.
As a rule, it is easier to keep
fowls in good condition on an ex-
clusively dry ration of dry mash
mixed dry* grains, beef scrap and
green food, grit, charcoal, oyster
shell, granulated, kiln-dried raw
bone, salt and an abundance of pure
drinking water must be supplied
whether the ration is dry or moist.
Make your breeders work for part
of their living in deep scratching-
litter, unless you have them running
on a large range, when this forced
exercise is of less importance. Keep
them busy, active and with keen ap-
petites, but at the same time well
fed. Don't try to force your breed-
ers for heavy egg yield. What you
want is quality in the eggs, not
quantity of eggs. Keep the breed-
ers comfortable, happy, bu-jy, con-
tented and well fed, but not too well
fed.
Don't change rations or methods
too often. If you adopt a method
that has been proved by successful
poultry keepers and that is well
recommended, stick to it long enough
to try it out. If you change every
few months you will never get any-
where. If you already have a good
method that is giving you good re-
sults, don't be in a hurry to change
it for some other. If you are sure
that you have a good thing, write us
about it and give a detailed report of
your methods, your poultry work and
your results, that we may report
them for the benefit of other read-
ers of Everybodys.
March, 1924
THE MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN SHOW
(Continued from itage 242)
/ The awards were gnindly i>l»ii-fd with evident
gatisfaction to aH. ^ ^
The wonderful exhibit of K. B. Thompson's
"Rinelets" was the talk of the town. E\ory
award ottered free to Jhe sage of Amenia.
Just as soon as M. L. Chai)maM was elected
' trea^urPi" of the newly oricanized Leghorn
Breeders' Clnh he hou :ht himself a new hat
and gloves. We are strmx for both Chap
^ man and the new <lub. ^
Judge A. H. Kmch. l»y his eai»nhle and con-
gistent work, has won his way into the
hearts of all fair minded, loyal breeders and
exhibitors. , , *
Mrs. Harold Tompkins, Mrs. Stillwngen,
Mrs. E. B- and Mrs. Valentine Thompson,
Mrs Benson and other wives of the exhibit-
ors and judges, proved their interest in
1 poultry by regular attendanee. Perhaps the
' 'Fritter Ice Cream Sandwiches" were partly
the cause. , • ♦
The amateur judging contest was won by
New York State students.
We wonder what the waitress told Arthur
about the tender calf's liver.
• • *
It would be well for some judges to con
c aider the advisability of doing less talking
and of using more judgment. The benefit of
a doubt must be given to the exhibit and
this Standard rule was broken in several
place..
We would suggest that next year Secretary
Orr consider the plan of starting with the
American Class birds on the right side of
the center aisle and with the Leghorns on the
left. Such arrangement would add interest
and beauty to the display. The general pub-
lic has no interest in naked necks and such.
• • *
Wm. Ellery Bright was on hand early and
late to boost for the Single Comb Brown Leg
horns. He had a capable aid in H. C.
Adams and others.
• • *
, The united Veteran Fanciers' Associa-
tion failed to hold a meeting here.
• • • *
Among the notables met here was Chas. H.
Welles, of Barred Rock fame; Victor Brad-
ley, Geo. E. Peer, the veteran Cochin and
Pigeon breeder; Albert Angell, Jr., of the
» Vitality Feed Company; W. H. Saart, Doctor
[ Kent, of the Ful O Pep Feed Company; Prof.
' Kinghorne. Prof. "Tom" Quisenberry. the
only "Billy" Atherton, Geo. Cugley, of the
Buckeye Incubator Co.; Chas H Cyphers, of
the Buffalo Incubator Co.; Mr. Watson, of
the American Incubator Co.; Judge C. H.
Whiting, Mr. Lord, of the Lord Farms.
• • *
What is hoped to be a "United Leghorn
Breeders' Association" was organized at
I the New York Show with the following ten
tative officers elected: President, Wm. Kl-
lery Bright; vice i»resident, Henry P. Me-
Kean, Jr.; secpetary and treasurer. M. L.
Chapman (Trenton Junction, N. J.); direct-
ors— George Robertson, H. C. Adams, A. (».
Schilling, W. H. Shands and Floyd Purdy.
It was voted to hold the first anniial meeting
at Toronto, Ont.. Canada, during the Ameri
can Poultry Association convention.
• • *
I Chas. I). Cleveland highly praised this
I class of ^Vhite Wyandottes and the winners
particularly. Mr. Cleveland knows Wyan-
dottes and bree<ls some of the best, bavin:;
made three fine records this year. His win
at Pitteburgh was one of special interest
, and value.
' » • •
A Review of the Winners and Classes
We hope that the following review, made
as imi»artially us it is i>ossible for humans
I to make, will enlighten our readers and
picture to them the quality required to win
at New York. No doubt we have over
looked some of the "good ones" just as the
judges did for we must say that in two und
perhaps three rf the great classes we co<ilJ
not follow the awards with approval. In one
class particularly the birds were very poorly
placed. The exhibitor that should have won,
did win so the honors were given where due
to the breeder, but net to his best birds by
a long ways.
The Plymouth Bock Classes
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niflcent <Jft8« «' HHrred Plymouth Rocks with
.. 222 birds forniirn; one of the two banner
classes of the show and presenting a display
iinapproached for several years bark. This
marvelous quality class with E. H. Thompson
and 34 other breeders exhibiting was a
spectaf^le to gladden the hearts of the breed-
ers attending, for they have seen the finest,
the most worthy class of this favorite Ameri-
can variety ever presented.
To E. B. Thompson, whose birds won every
prize offered, credit and congratulations are
(lue. As soon as his birds were cooped, the
Rponce was thrown up by other contenders
for it was evident to all that the "Ringlet"
quality was supreme — and so the awards
proved. .
To the other 34 exhibitors, we also owe
respects for to them and their birds the close
contest and the great class are due. They
did not win a ribbon, but they won respect
and great credit for the excellence of their
birds. I am sure they were satisfied to see
quality win and that they have gained new
ideas that will prove valuable in their future
breeding. ,, ^, ,
The exhibit Mr. Thompson made was one
to satisfy all minds as to his "Ringlet"
quality. The wonderful evenness and same-
ness of this line was noticeable, the birds
were alike in size, shape, style of carriage
and in color and barring, big boned, strong
birds, full of vigor, with good heads, rich red
eves and a general make-up and finish that
left no doubt as to the high quality and the
breeding worth of this line.
Cocks— First, a snappy, straight barred
bird; excellent wings and well finished. Sec-
ond, a model in shape and carriage; grandly
barred; even from head to tail; strong eyes
and fully finished; wings with surface and
under-barring ideal. Third, another super
bird of marvelous color and barring with
the, form and finish. Fourth, of finest type
and rich, sound barring; back and body in
short feather; surely one of the very best.
Fifth, a narrow, even barred bird. No. 2
and No. 10 (Thompson) cocks of beauty type
and even, straight barring. The surface and
under barring of this line was a feature of
their great quality. No. 13 (Anderson), No
17 (Hudgins), and several others, were of
the kind to make competition for the best.
Hens — First, a superb bird in form; splen-
didly barred and very rich in clean, nice
color- wings extra; finish and style of the
best. Second, a model in shape; well shown
and of highest grade. Thicd, a superior hen
in barring with excellent wings and neck and
fully finished. Fourth, a bright, clean barred
hen; fine quality of feather. Fifth, very
much like the second and truly a beauty r
worthy of higher mention. Nos. 33 and 36
(Thornpson), we regret that there were no
more honors to award surh beauties. No. 39
(Anderson), No. 41 (Hickson), No. 47
(Huey), Nos. 51 and 53 (Myers), all rare
hens of great worth.
Cockerels — First, a large, well finished
bird that stands well and is very narrow and
evenly barred; excellent wines and under-
color and good style. Second, a model in
form and a wonder in color and barring with
fine head; rich, large eyes and j)prfect in car-
riage and finish. The true body and back
shape of the Rocks was seen in this bird;
his broad, f^at shoulders, with broad, long
back and finished tail made him the wonder
of the class, in our opinion. Third, a bird
of rare color and barring; excellent bead
with excellent hackle, saddle and finish.
Fourth, similar to third; also has a beauty
head and is finished. Fifth, nice type; full
breast; deep bodv and fine back. Nos. 57,
59, 61. 64. 67 and 75 (Thompson), all very
attractive and leaders in finest Barred Rock
quality. We particularly considered Nos. 57
and 67 birds of rarest merit. No. 91 (Hick-
son). No. 97 (Boileau) and No. 108 (Mal-
kin). very choice and rare specimens.
Pullets — First, a choice, bird with grand
form; splendid size and very rare quality of
feather, color and clean cut barring. Second,
nice and evenly barred; excellent form; good
wings and well finished; sound necks that
corresptind with back color is a feature of
this line. Third and fifth, both well barred
birds*. Fourth, grand size and form; very
even, sharp barring of rare, rich color; fine
head and eyes. There was an unusual fine
lot of jiullets here besides the winners and
we would mention Nos. 115, 116 (Thomp-
son), No. 132 (Hickson), Nos. 143 and 145
(Myers), No. 148 (Dixon), and No. 150
(Fells) for consideration.
Pens — In this class Mr. Thompson exhibit-
ed five old and five young pens and won all
•wards in each. Here was the master evi-
dence in the matchins: and mating of quality,
We ha»e never seen their like and they dis-
tanced competition with their uniformity of
•hape, size and carriage which has not been i
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Nurpassed by birds of solid color, and their
HHmonesH in barring, color and finish proved
them worthy of highest honor.
The class of 125 White Plymouth Rocks
was another feature class with an abundance
of quality birds competing. He it known
that to the first prize young pen, shown by
Frank Davey, went the one hundred dollar
cash prize for best young pen at the show.
We arc also glad to make special mention of
this veteran breeder's record of winning five
out of six first prizes and several others; all
in the very strongest competition with a
great line of birds of unusual quality and
worth.
Cocks — First and second, with ideal
bodies; grand size; nice heads and fully fin-
ished. They were of the same type and
style; a truly great pair. Third, good body
and condition. Fourth, typical with good
style. Fifth, grand body; nice size. A
beauty class.
Hens — First, a marvel in shape, condition
and finish; a great winner. Second and
others, good, strong quality hens.
Cockerels — First, as rare and fine a bird
as one could expect to see; ideal in
shape with correct carriage; fine comb;
strong eve and excellent finish. Second, a
good looking bird. Third and fourth carried
nice forms and sound color. Fifth, extrw
good type. No. 180 (Davey). a remarkably
fine bird, should have been jilaced high up.
No. 1H7 (Davey), No. 192 (Silliman), No.
199 (Bonfoey), all hummers.
Pullets — First, a fully matured bird of
size, finish and quality. In back, breast and
body an ideal. Second, a fine shaped bird
with size and condition. Third and fourth,
very much alike; both of rarest quality.
Fifth, fine condition. No. 206 (Davey), one
of the best in form; grand style and finish.
Old Pens — First, very fine birds grandly
mated and in rare condition. Second, headed
by a beauty male with excellent females.
Third and other winners, very choice.
Young Pens — First, winner also of the
$100.00 cash special for best pen at the
show. Truly a remarkable pen with four
pullets just alike in size and matching in
shape and style ; headed by a marvelous cock-
erel with a natural style and carriage most
attractive; a beauty pen fully worthy of all
honors won. Second, also a choice pen of
very high jrrade birds grandly mated and
conditioned. Third and others of the quality
to insure strong competition.
Buflf Plymouth Rocks, a rare class of 57
birds where improved type and even, sound
color was very evident. Combs and head
points also show that the breeders are in
the progressive -line.
The winning cocks were superb in color
and averaged well in type. No. 221 (Hall), a
bird strong in shape and finish with nice.
rich color. „ « . • ,
Hens— A small class of fine Buff birds.
Cockerels — A large, strong class with both
excellent type and color; good breasts and
eood finish a feature here. Nos. 237 and
239 (Hall), both young birds of promise; they
were in short feather here.
Pullets — First, grandly finished but some-
what shaftv on back. Second and third, nice
even color'; good type. Fourth, very choice,
even color.
Old Pens — First, a well mated pen oi fine
birds.
Young Pens — First, rich in even, sound
buff color; the male a beauty in shape and
style and females of extra quality in shape
and color. ..,.,. n
Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks — A small
class of extra fine birds.
Partridge Plymouth Rocks — \ smaller
class than we like to see, still one "'the
highest quality classes at the show. Bird
Brothers winning all but one fourth prize
with the best line they have ever shown. In
true Plymouth Rock type this line has no
equal, while the evenness and soundness of
color and markings are truly remarkable. In
hackles, saddles and wing bows the one and
same rich cherry red was found and is to be
commended.
Columbian Plymouth Rocks — A large qual-
ity class of r»5 select birds that show good
improvement in general type and tail finish.
Cocks — First, grand in shape, size and
he«(l points. Second, extra fine wing; nice
body and fine carriage.
Hens — First, a rare hackle; good color.
Second, a model in form; extra fine tail and
coverts; grand type. Fifth, surely one of
the very best.
Cockerels— First, a beauty bird with form
and extra ha<kle and saddle. Second, fine
saddle; nice back and breast; good style.
Third and fourth, good birds. Fifth, extra
fine shape with extra hackle and saddle. No.
322 (I)iiffield), a beauty bird with extra
fine head; full tail and rare forjn.
Pullets — First, nice shape; excellent tail
extra
and finish. Second, clean surface;
wings; nice tail.
Pens — In »)ld and young, very good.
The Wyandottes
In the Silvers, (io choice si>ecimen8 ans-
wered here, respresenting several of our best
known lines. Birds of real Wyandotte shape
and rare open lacing were her«' in plenty.
Cocks were a clean, silvery lot with good
shape and very good finish. The winners
had fine body, breast, wings and extra good
head.
Hens — Both first and scK'ond, birds (f bgj,|
quality, size, shape and markint:s with extra
good i»acks noticeable.
Cockerels looked extra fine; nice, clean
birds of rare color and markings.
Pullets — A great majority of the pullets
fit to win any show. Color and markings,
excellent; wings good and size and shape
highly commendable. '
Pens, well mated.
(Golden Wyandottes — A very small class.
AVhite Wyandottes — A great quality class
of 125 birds with shape and condition fea-
tures. The general average of this class was
most excellent and the winners very superior
birds.
Cocks — First, fine he«d points; rare fonn
and grandly finished; a worthy and very re-
markable bird. Second, good type and size.
Other winners and No. 3H3 (Harle) l)eautie».
Hens — First, rare form and finish here.
Second and others, worthy birds; a class of
grand forms with good size and style.
Cockerels — First, back, breast, body anj
finish of tail most excellent; truly a rare, fine
bird. Second, a bird of superior shape and
well finished. Third, fine head; grand shape.
Many (ither good ones here.
Pullets — First, a model in form and style:
a strong winner. Second, extra in size and
condition. Third and fourth, we could not
see. Fifth, a beauty; one that appeals to the
eye.
Pens in old and young were well mated
and most of them headed by excellent males.
Condition at its best was seen in this class.
Black Wvandottes — But seven birds shown.
Buff Wyandottes — \ beauty class of 60
birds upon which a special report was writ-
ten for Everybodys. Note same in this is&ue.
We do not care to trespass on the other
report but in a general way commend the
exhibitors for the splendid winners shown.
Ideal Wyandotte shape was noticeable with
sound, even buff color; nice finish and splen-
did carriage. lUith the record and birds of
B. H. Smith stand out as show features.
Partridge Wyandottes — A rich class of 66
birds. Here also type was prominent and
rich, even color and markings of highest
grade. Heads unusually fine with splendid
finish and style. First cock and cockerel
were grand birds. The first and second youne
and old pens were evenly mated and matched
to perfection with superior males in each.
Columbian Wyandottes show good progress
made in both color and type. "The 33 birds
here averaged very high in shape and ex-
cellent tails and coverts were noted. Ever.v
winner was a star.
The Rhode Island Beds
A great class of 169 Single Comb Rhode
Island Reds that was ably handled by Judge
F. H. Stillwagen who has the right idea of
Standard color and is a stickler for shape
and Standard size. The placing of the
awards here added to thoir value and the
public can be assured the right birds won
and that the birds that won were right.
The exhibit and record made by Harold
Tompkins, in both Single and Rose Combs,
was of sujierior worth and stands out as one
»f the best ever made at the Garden Show.
His winning of first, second and third in
cttckerels in both classes is a new record
unapi)roached at this greet exhibit.
Cocks — First, a strong, big bird; even.
sound color; well shown. Second, rich color;
good type, head, etc. Third, nice shape:
even color. Fourth, extra nice form and
stvie; good, even color. Fifth, nice station:
good color. No. 575 (Tompkins), model
shape and carriage; even, rich color.
Hens — First, a medium sized hen of rare
color and good finish. Second, ni<-e size;
even, rich color; nice tail. Third and fourth,
grand, even colored birds. Fifth, from the
outside looked like one of the best. *
Cockerels — First, the same color in baclt.
breast body and fluff; very even surface snd
rich under; grand wings; fine head. Second,
close up with superb type and color. Third,
a voung bird; excellent shape; grand color;
nice head. Fourth, extra nice finish; nch
color; good wings and tail. Fifth, »/*'y
pood bird. No. 613 (.Tompkins), one of tno
rarest in quality of color. No. 616 (Budge;,
a bird of rare type. No. 620 (Hilldorferj.
No. 630 (Beard), No. 631 (High Acre). «•
very superb birds. ,
Pullets — First, here was a super bird ana
a super winner; a bird of choicest form; tne
. f at style and of rich, brilliant, sound
tL with nice finish. Second, a grand.
• h and even colored pullet. Third, nice
r*"-. kize and color. Fourth, excellent style
'°„d grand finish; nice wings. Fifth and
toyerll others, good birds.
nid Pens— First, a fine pen of well mated
/.males headed by a strong, fine cock ; shape
»■ a feature here. Second contained select
females of good size and a rare colored male.
mhflr choice pens here.
Young Pens— One of the largest and
♦,on«rest of all pon classes. First pen grandly
fp^eeted and mated. Just the kind we would
!p ect for breeding. The male has size, bone
fnd body with fine wings, tail. etc. Second,
«l8o a very rich pen of grand quality; sev-
«rRl more commendable pens here.
^'^^ The Chanteclers
This new Standard variety was grandly
represented by 82 birds. . It was the be.st
.Ufis we have seen to date in America and in
r.litv and size was a counterpart of the
ffss at the late Royal Show at Toronto. The
sameness in type and size was very notice-
*^Cock8— A fine, even lot of sturdy birds
with excellent carriage; good heads and deep.
^'^Heni-^First. a real charmer; grand size
and ideal shape. Truly a fine collection of
^^CockVr^el.s— First, a model in form and car
riage; nicely finished: good size and bone.
Second and third, handsome, desirable birds ;
several other rare specimens here.
Pullets^The three high winners, a great
trio of nearly equal worth.
Pens— In old and young, show, well for
evenness in forms. Surely this variety made
mmnv friends here.
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We all know that the popularity this new
Standard breed has gained in the past few
veirs is wonderful, but all do not know that
heir improvement in quality and breeding
worth has perhaps made more rapid gains.
The general quality of the birds shown was
simply immense; their great size, strong
bone, model style of carriage and their rich,
sound color was marvelous and most pleasing
We can well commend all exhibitors here
for all had birds of high merit, but our hat
is off to Mr. Meloney and the Marcy Farm
birds whose large entry won a large share
of the awards with four first and three sec-
ond prizes with best display, etc.
Cocks- First, a great big fellow strong m
bone; ideal in forni and «plendid style of
carriage; color superb. Second, another
beauty very similar in size, shape and style.
Third, a beauty bird, shown well; of great
size and very choice color. Fourth, extra m
body, form and size. ... j ^#
Hens- First, great size; fine form and of
choicest color with most excellent condition.
Second, close up in every quality. Third, a
bird with rare form and good size; nice bead,
etc. No. 785 (Barringer), a superb colored
hen. ...
Cockerels — First, a marvel in shape, size
and style with the best of color and finished
to the dot; truly a wondei* bird. Second,
good size and bone; good form; nicely fin
ished. Other winners, splendid. Other birds
of fine even quality average.
Pullets — First, a fully matured pullet of
size and rich color. The sheen on the fe-
males compared fully with that on our older
black varieties. Second, extra fine body;
sound cplor. Third, fourth and fifth, very
hich grade and worthy.
Pens— In both old and young the winners
stood out strong with merit in every bird.
In first and second old and young pens su
perior males were noted.
Rose Cnmb Jersey Black Giants were small
classes in numbers but ereat in size of birds
and general quality. Heads, extra er.od.
The Brahmas
"The wonderful Light Brahma" wa< the
exclamation often heard when passim: their
wav. The Lifht Brahma has an attractive
nes's for about all people alike and when
f'een in quality as shown here by the xfi birds
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them. The birds were of msgniflcent size,
Krand fini>h artd excellent condition.
I Cocks — .Superior in size and bone, excel
* lent hackles and fine full tails. , ^ • i
Hens — Biir in bone; nice backs and finish
and grand ne<ks, tail coverts, etc.
Cockerels — \n extra strnnir. fine class of
h Kh quality birds. Besides the winners we
^vould mention No. 894 (Mabh & Brown), a-
" creat bird of merit.
Pullets — (iood size and type with exirsi
fine ne<'k<<. tails ami win^s.
PeMs — Stroni; classes in old and youo'.;
Th'' first prize winners in both were grandly
1 a ed for quality j:nd uuif rniit.v. Tli -ii
ninti-hiis: i:i sliape, size .ind markings w.is
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Dark Hrahnias, a grand class of 40 birds
and one of the very cboiceat classes seen in
many long years. The birds were very bu
perior in < olor and niarkings.
Buflf Hrahmas — A small class with some
good birds.
The Cochins
A large fine entry of Huflf Cochins and
some very rich Partridge Cochins. The Buffs
were a class of rarest quality.
The Langshans
The breeders «)f Black Langshans succeed
every year in making this variety a New
York Show feature. This year with 82 select
specimens competing it ag»in was a feature
class. The winners all through were a classy
lot. In first and second c«»ckerel8 we found
two of the best young males of this variety
seen in some years. The first and other
cocks were noble birds with great size and
fine station.
The Legborns
We are glad, as we are free, to say that
this class of 242 Single Comb White Leg-
horns was the best class in general quality
that we have seen to date. It was a contest
between the choicest creations of several
master breeders with the result that each
class was bristling with so many birds of
rarest quality that the five prizes failed to
reach only a small share of the worthy of
mention birds.
Henry P. McKean again won best dispiay
with an exquisite exhibit and the Schilling
Leghorn Farm won the Crawford Cup for
best young pen of the variety having the
largest i)en entry. This winning pen was
later sold to Tex Rickard. of fistic fame, for
one thousand, five hundred dollars. It was
a bone fide sale paid in cash as dozens can
attest. There were 23 exhibitors compet-
ing and beside the above we would mention
the birds of the White Hill Farms and the
tJreen Lane Farms.
We have a monumental duty on hand to
properly describe these winners in a manner
to carry the ct)rrect idea of their quality to
our readers.
Cocks — First, a fine headed cock with
clean lobes; extra nice comb. eyes, etc.; good
body; fine, full tail; just right in carriage;
yellow legs and in rare condition. Second,
splendid type; nice size; fine head; body,
back and tail fine. Third, extra fine body;
deep and full; good breast and good tail and
finish. Fourth, a beauty in back, breast and
body; typical carriage. Fifth (McKenn.
catalogue has error in giving this to an
other), an ideal Leghorn with grand body
and size; excellent carriage; well propor-
tioned anil with fine long sweeping back and
full tail carried just right. No. 1054 (Mc-
Kean), grand shape; extra nice body with
jrood underline. No. 1055 (McKean), a bird
with great style of carriage. No. 1059
(Schilling), a bird of marvelous feather and
finish; wonderful in back, body and breast;
a strong, robust fellow of rarest beauty and
worth. (The judge bore a wrong thought
regarding this super bird). No. 1065 (Schil
ling), typical and of high merit in every
section. , , .. .
Hens — First, a model in form, feather and
finish with fine head and beauty tail. Sec-
ond rare in condition with choice body and
extra nice head. Third and other winners.
very good. Nos. 1108 and 1109 (^Vhite Hill
Farms Co.), rare good hens.
Cockerels — First, grand condition; fine
style and good type. Second, a good bird in
every section. Third, superb body form;
fine size and style; fully finished; a true
beauty. Fourth, nice type with excellent
back and finish. Fifth, similar to fourth.
Nos. 1113 and 1114 (McKean), birds of
rarest quality, the last (1114) to our notion
the quality of the class. No 1117 (Schil-
ling) also a marvel high in all Standard de-
mands. Nos. 1122. 1124 and 1125 (Schil-
ling) birds of unusual quality in shape, fin-
ish etc. The last (1125) an extraordinary
fine fellow. No. 1134 (Elm Poultry Yards),
a fine specimen. No. 1139 (Phelps), extra
fine head and back. No. 1146 (White Hill
Farms), good body, nicely finished.
Pullets— First, nice size and good bone:
extra good head and tail with fine breast and
rare condition. Second, gran(J, full body.
Extra back and finish. Third, size, body,
finish and style commendable here. Fourth
fifth and others, highly worthy.
Old Pens — There were eleven old pens of
very rare quality competing. First, headed
by a rare, fine cock of size^ style and finish
with four grandly mated females. Second,
close up and grandly mated and shown.
Third, another superior pen; the male a
beauty. Fourth, fifth and others, commend-
able. .. J .
Young* Pens — First, quality was evident
here and finished to perfection. Such pens
are not always to be had or seen. The male
was one of the choicest and the four pullets
as alike as they can be made. Second, also
a rare male here with type and style; pulleti
well shown and of high quality. Third, «
very promising pen of young birds, well con-
ditioned. Fourth, fifth and four ot]ierH, fit to
win most any class.
The class of Single Comb Brown Leghorns
was a beauty as far as it went. The entry
on Standard females (Light) was small, and
this, one of the handsomest of jtoultry crea-
tions, should bo bred and shown in abund-
ance. The exhibitors met here are real fan-
ciers whose one aim is to produce the bet,t
and to ever see the best win, that is the
spirit for all to follow, to ever increase in-
terest and make new recruits for Standard
breeding.
H. C. Adams was the big winner here with
four first prizes. A. K. Lowry also won well
as did the veteran, George H. Burgott. The
Grove Hill line was not shown here, but Mr.
Bright was the chief marshall and entertainer
for the breeders.
The Light males were birds of fine typo
and station. The females very nice in color
with rich finish and good forms.
The exhibition males were a rare clas.^
with splendid hackles and saddles; good size
and nice finish. First cockerel, a real rare
one; very even, rich color and grand head.
The Dark females were large classes of
good birds.
Pens, in old and young, very nice in mat-
ing and headed by select males.
Single Comb Buflf Leghorns were represent-
ed by 94 birds. A great beauty class where
great improvement in size, shape and car-
riage was noted and many of the winners
were birds of rare quality.
Single Comb Black Leghorns were a small
class of eleven birds. The average was good.
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns numbered 34
birds and Rose Comb Whites, (53 birds. Good
type was the rule. Many of the birds were
small and not up to the average of the
Single Combs. The Whites were a hot class
with good finish.
The MinorcaB
In Single Comb Black Minorcas. we had
another feature class with 122 birds and 12
exhibitors competing. For high quality, it
was one of the very best ever brought t«
gether. R. H. Andrews sold his first prize
young pen to Tex Rickard for five hundred
dollars cash and we believe he could have
sold his first prize cockerel for same amount
if he had wished to part with him. That
kind don't come every day.
In this class we were glad to meet our old
friends T. D. Hook, Brish Bros., Jos. Hill-
dorfer. etc.
Cocks — First, grand size; nice body and
well finished. Second, extra fine body, breast
and back; grand style and finish; a rare one.
Third and fourth, good classy birds. Fifth,
extra size; strong bone; fine head.
Hens — First and second, a beauty pair in
rare condition. Other winners, ^ood. No.
13:i7 (Anderson), a hen of form, size and
marvelous color.
Cockerels — First, the quality of the class.
A big, strong fellow with grand shape and
wonderful style and carriage; nice body;
finished tail. Second, grand in size^ bone
and color; well feathered, full »ail. Third,
nice in every wav. Fourth and fifth, desir-
able birds. Nos. 1362 and i:jn4 (Hook),
youngsters of promise. No. 1369 (Brish),
extra fine color, good bone and size.
Pullets — A beauty class with high qnuli'.v
birds in plenty.
Old Pens — Five grand old pens well mated.
Rare cocks in first and second.
Young Pens — First a marvelous pen in
quality. The same size, shape and color in
females and headed by one of the rarest ot
males. The other winners ran a close ra«e
among themselves for honors.
White and Buff Minorcas were nnial!
classes of quality birds.
The Andalusians
The Blue Andalusians, one of our oldest
varieties, were seen here in a magnificent
class full of quality birds and with new
breeders and old friends competing, in color
and markings the winners were superior to
those usually seen. The first hen (Stilly
wagen). second hen (Koons). first cockerel
(Bird), second and third cockerel (Still-
wagen). were beauty birds of highest merit.
The Anconaa
The Single Comb Anconas numbered H'-»
l,irds of surprising quality, value and beaut)
where good size, proper carriage comhinea
with Standard form and exquisite color an<
marking-* to make this one of the very be«i
classes shown to date. The Ancona hreeders
have shown remarkable results in breedini^
and in producing the exacting color »n(i
mottling the Standard demands and they ano
have given this variety a form and carriaC*
that will make it many new breeders anfl
friends. .. „. j a *ha
The exhibit of H. Cecil Sheppard and the
A m«de were both remarkable. We will
'?*®'jl Temember his first prize Single Comb
giways ^•^ ^ wonderful bird, one far above
""w^^JTlso* owe ■ our special compliments to
I n Stier who also made a wonderful
^«?oVd in this wonder class His first prize
'■'"' ^ n«n were models in form and mating
y°?h» super male, while his first and second
*uilets St. od out clean as champions of their
*^'*Pncks— First, n great bird of size, shape
ni' as near perfect in mottling as one could
uh for- full tail, nicely carried; sound, yel-
) il/s' Second, rare in form; nice car-
'•rJ Jnd ex'ra hackle and saddle. Third.
nrcf body; good tail. Several grand ones
''*Hpns— First, truly a wonder hen. The
.nft of color and the choicest of mottling
oJJr the entire body, back and breast; nice
?Ia!^- beautiful form. Second, of same type
tith' fine color and markings. Third and
"'cockerlTs-F^rst of good size and style;
^ood head; grand wings and fine tail; a rare
Iwi Second, extra in body and back; well
Snished. Third, high up in every quality;
Jn shown Five or more beauties here.
' 'pulleU-I^olh first and second pullets rs
^. -like as could be; extra nice sire and
todies iith wonder color, mottling and finish.
Third and fourth, also alike and rare speci-
""^ofd Pens— A grand collection of birds well
mated in "first and second Pens; size, shape
^nd finish seen at its best. Third, a well
matched pen of females with a nice male.
^ Young lVns':-First. grandly mated females
wifh a super male; this pen has all the de-
Sed quality in shape, color and myk.ngs^
¥Je females in head and style resembled ope
inother to a marked degree. Second, also a
Jare pen in grand condition and rich qu.ality
Rose C.mb Anconas, a fine class of 4.1
birds with Mr. Sheppard winning all prizes
competed for.
The Orpingtons
Ninety-two Single Cmib Buff Orpingtons
fa. cd .ludge Hobbs for »>onors an.i be it sajd^
he made a fine job of his work. There vere
many feature birds competing; each class
had its 'hare and we would specially men
Uon first cock and first cockerel (Lucknow)
and second cock and cockerel (Sietz) and
fijft hen (Shute) as birds of >l'^^''«l "'^^^V
The average size of the b.rdii was N.-ry good.
<v»lor tine and condition of the best.
sfngle Comb White* Orpingtons-A rare
class of 88 birds with famous lines cmpet^
ing Here was size, shape and condition ,n
Dlentv with a general evenness good o .^ee^
Fir8t,\econd and third hens (Robadel) were
'"singfe Comb Bla. k Orpingtons numbere.!
nSrdl with massiveness and rare color an.l
condition as features. First cockerel and
first hen (Purdy) were wonders; we don t
see them any better. ^ . ^ ... .,0
Single Comb Blue Orpingtons, with .iw
birds competing, formed a handsome class.
The site of these birds was magnificent.
The Oornisli
There were 52 Dark Cornish shown of a
quality that appeared superior to those seen
here for three or four years
White Cornish— A small class. A few
years ago these looked like coine".
Red Laced White Cornish— Small entr>.
Other Varieties - ^c v ^
Speckled Sussex— A rich class of 25 birds.
Black Javas- Some of the best seen in
years.
Dorainiques — A small class.
Lamonas— A fair entry showing improved
'"irkings— In Silver Gray and Colored. 23
birds were entered. i:,Ha-
Golden Campines— A nice class of birds,
nice size and shape noted. wi..-.
Silver Campines — A imall ciasi. wnere
was the Homestead line I
Silver Speckled Hamburgs numbered 3J
very fine birds. , ^ , « a
Polish. Lakenvelders. Houdans, Orloffs and
La Fleche — Small classes.
Buttercups — A small entry of fine birds.
I Games— Nice classes of about 50 birds.
Turkeys
The exhibit of turkeys was very large and
complete. That of the Bronze being extra
ilne; birds of great size, heavy bone and
the richest of bronze were here as winners.
The Bird Brothers making a remarkable ex-
hibit and record.
The White Turkeys were next m general
interest ; excellent birds of size here.
0«ete
The exhibit of geese, of all varieties, was
a feature and very complete in variety.
Ducks
Also a beauty exhibit, very complete. The
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1924
Day-Old-Cldx
and Dux
Sand for our SPECIAL DISCOUNT PRICB
LIST ooffliinf day -old stock ordered In
adranoe.
Start rlirht this season hy ordsrlns ohii
from our famous Niagara Strains with Hocaa
Tested, Hlich Flock ATera«B en produclni
' parentage back oT them.
R. 1. Reds, Barred and
White Rock$, White Wyan-
dottes. White, Bofl and
Brown Leghorns, Indian
Runner and Pekin Ducks
Bloomlngton. Ind.
Dear Slrt: — Please send me your latest
price list. Your last year's cf>tx have done
wonders for us. They started laying In Sep-
tember and are doing tlielr insst now. In
l>ecember, I got 484 eggs: Januarj-. 535 eggs,
and February. 708 eggs from 40 pulleU and
10 yearllfigs. Yours truly,
D. A. GALLOWAY.
LOVER
FEED — Oartiss-Oat-OloTer for high
osg production, higher fertility, more
hatchable egg». Unexcelled as scratch-
ing material for little chix. Orders
promptly filled. If your dealer does
not handle send direct to us.
Niagara Poultry Farm
W. R. CURTISS CO., Prop.
RansomTtlle New York
Members International Baby Chick Assodatioa
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While Orpingtons
That Lay and Win
Won this season at Laurel, Jack-
son, New Orleans and Baton
Rouge: 13 Firsts, 7 Seconds, 2
Thirds, 1 Display, 6 Specials. 1
Medal, including Best Shaped and
Whitest Male and Female at New
Orleans Winter Garden Show.
J. A. BRADFORD
P. O. Box 904 Laurel, Miss.
SINGLE
COMB R. I. REDS
AND COLUMBIAN ROCKS
Big, strong chicks hatched right from
carefully mated and best bred stock.
I have Exhibition and flock matin^s
in Single Comb Reds and also offer
HATCHING EGGS from special mat-
ings. Winners at Hanover, Hagers-
town, etc. Write for mating li^t
and prices.
LAYWELL FAR^, Route 1, Beaver Springs, Pa.
winning old Pekin K»nd«'r and goose, by Mr.
Pardee, were superl) in niie and quality.
Muscovy IHueks. a large, fine class.
Bantams
A wonderful quality exhibit with large, fine
rlasHos. The Rose Comb Black, Golden Se-
lirights, SilkicH and the Huff. Hlack and
White and Hirchen Games were marvelotis
classes.
Pet Stock
A large entry of rabbits and hares of all
varieties and a splendid display of cavies.
Whenever we missed Judge Wbiting we knew
where to find him.
Pigeonp
We fear that but a few of our readers are
specially interested in pigeons, still here was
as fine an exhibit as was ever shown, so the
experts say, and we are not one of them—
with regrets.
Prom the foregoing it is plain to see how
very complete and how very grand the New
York Show really was. It was a great sue
cess and every poultry interest is enhanced
thereby. You want to be one of the many
breeders who already are busy planning for
the next exhibit. No show is either too great
I r too small for you. breed for quality and
have pride in your efforts. That and our
p( ultry exhibits lead to success.
THE EXPERIMENT STATION
(Continued from page 236)
BARBED PLYMOUTH BOOKS
Pen Produciion
3 A. C. Jones, Georgetown, Del 352
7 Norfolk Specialty Farms, St. Wil-
liams, Ont., Canada 287
4 W. H. B. Kent. Cazenovia. N. Y. . . 271
WHITE PLYMOUTH BOOKS
10 The Training School, Vincland, N. J. 117
H Harold P. Barber. Dover, Mass. ... H4
1 1 WMlburtha Poultry Farm, Trenton
Junction. N. J. 4rt
WHITE WTAin>OTTES
94 D. O. Witmer. Joplin. Mo 220
14 August Weiss, Upper Saddle River,
N. J 179
SINGLE COMB BHODE ISLAND BEDS
13 C. C. Poultry Farm, New Brunswick,
N. J 281
20 Maple Farm, Crosswicks. N. J 23 I
18 Etjon Farm. So. Vineland, N. J. .. 211
JEBSEY BLACK OIAlTrS
26 Rosewood Place, New Brunswick.
N. J 169
27 R. L. Stotesburv & March Farms.
Marlboro, N. J 14.')
25 Good Flox Poultry Farm. New
Brunswick, N. J 116
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEOHOBNS
62 Hollywood Poultry Farm. Holly
wood. Wash 393
.51 Geo. B. Ferris. Grand Rapids, Mich. 321
77 S. C. Price. Hazleton. Pa 284
The Bergen County Competition
The Bergen County Competition is
a 2,000 bird contest, consisting of
one hundred pens of twenty birds
each. This contest is not und^r
lights and while formerly operated as
a three. year breeding contest smilar
to Vineland, is at present under oper-
ation as a one-year pullet contest.
The following data gives a report of
the special honors won at the Bergen
County Competition the last week of
January, ending January 30th.
The production during the thir-
teenth week of the Bergen County
International Egg Laying Contest
suffertd another drop, losing 41 G
eggs from the production of last
week. The weekly productioa was
2,715 eggs or 19.39' r. which is way
otiow the average f.r previous pullet
years. The sudden change in wea-
ther, with a zero temperature was un-
doubtedly the cause.
Five pens .'-hare the honors for this
week. They are all Leghorns. Pens
48 and (53, owned respectively by
Hollywood Poultry Farm, Hollywood,
Wash., and C. T. Darby, North
Branch, N. J., tied for first place
with a production of 60 eggs each.
Pens 51 and 56, owned respectively by
Windy Brow Farm, Newton, N. J.
and Circle (W) Farm, Gates Mill, o[\
tied for second place with a produc-
tion of 53 eggs each, and Pen 53
owned by R. O. Knapp, Little Britain)
N. Y., was third with a production of
51 eggs. Circle (W) Farm still heads
the contest with a production of 760
eggs and Wellward Farm is still sec-
ond with 747 eggs, while Hollywood
Poultry Farm and Whitegg Farm are
tied for third place with 721 eggs
each.
The high individual to date, No.
7-17, owned by the Barred Rock
Chicken Farm, Englewood, N. J., laid
six eggs during the week, making a
total production to date of 72 eggs.
Mr. Olsen's bird 65-1 is still second
with 68 eggs, and Windy Brow Farm
51-7 is third with 65 eggs.
PLYMOUTH BOCKS
Pen Owner Production
10 W. C. Matthews, Wilmington, Del.
(White) 517
9 Chas T. .Stran. H bhy Farm, Kiver
vald, N. J. (Barred) 441
3 A. C. Jones, Georgetown, Del.
(Barred) 439
G Kerr Chickeries, Inc., Syracuse,
N. Y. (Barred) 3t3
WHITE WYANDOTTE S
i:^ .\ujfUht Weihs, Allendale, N. .1. ... 451
11 Oktusha Farm. Oxford. 0 296
12 Walnut Crest Poultry Farm, Little
River, Conn 208
SINOIJ3 COMB BHODE ISLAND BEDS
15 Beacon Poultry Yards. Linden, N. .1. 427
16 C. C. poultry Farm, New Bruns
wick. N. .T.' 378
18 F. S. Chapin. Li)nffineadow, Mass. :i09
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEOHOBNS
56 Circle (W) Farm, (iate.s Mill. (). 760
43 Wellward Farm. East Setauket,
L. I., N. Y 747
48 Hollywood Poultry Farm. Holly
wood. Wash 721
97 WhitegK Farm, Inc., North Hale
don, N. J 721
Summary
You will be interested in studying
the above reports of these four com-
petitions, to observe the persistency
with which some strains of fowls are
mentioned in the winning pens regu-
larly and in many of the contests at
the same time. This certainly shows
an efficiency in developing an excel-
lent strain of producing individuals.
In judging the relative production of
the various competitions, it is inter-
esting to note from the following, the
relative efficency in the production
of the birds a.'j measured by the aver-
age number of eggs laid to date, re-
membering thai these figures include
thirteen weeks, or the period begin-
ning November first and ending
January 30th. During this period,
the Connecticut Kgg Laying Compe-
tition has produced 3<>,438 e^f:^. or
an average per bird of 36.4. The
New York State Egg Laying Contest
has produced 21,809 eggs, or an
average of 21.8 per bird, while the
Bergen C< J.Uy Contest has pro-
duced 3<),121) or an average of 18
eggs per bird, while the Vineland
Competition produced 14..')11 eggs,
or an average of 12 eggs per bird.
In .studying these productions, it
must be borne in mind that the Vine-
land Competition is compo.^ed of
yearling hens which has only recently
gotten under way to a good produc-
tion. The other three competitions
gre more or less comparable as they
are all pullet contests, with the ex-
ception of the fact that Bergen
County contains 20 birds to the pen,
whereas New York State and Storrs
contain ten. The wonderful lead
which the Connecticut Egg Laying
Contest possesses over the other con-
tests can be explained to a consider-
able extent that artificial illumina-
tion is used there. We could have no
better example of the efficiency from
a commercial egg production stand-
point of artificial lights than a com-
parison of the total egg yield to date
of these three pullet contests. For
example with one-half the number of
birds, Connecticut has produced a
trifle more than the same number of
eggs which was produced by the Ber-
gen County Competition. During fu-
ture months, the data from the vari-
ous contests in so far as possible, will
be tabulated graphically, in order
that one may compare the relative
economies and efficiency of the vari-
ous flocks according to breeds.
STANDARD BREED-
ING COMMENDABLE
To produce a perfect specimen is
the one question that confronts the
breeder that will never be attained.
The ideal (Standard) has been set by
man and it will ever remain an ideal
to breed up to. The breeders who
devote their efforts to Standard
breeding are to be commended for
the advancement made, they come
close and score high and as improve-
ment is obtained it carries with it the
higher understanding of the ideal
and keeps perfection in the distance
before us.
BREED CAREFULLY
Whatever you do, be sure and do
it well. Far better to breed a dozen
good chicks from which you can se-
lect a trio of prize winners next fall,
than to breed a large number, the
majority of which are worthless for
anything except the butcher. Go
carefully, take a little advice from
some older head in the business if
you are not sure you have properly
mated up your yard of fowls. Go to
work with a determination to suc-
ceed, use every precaution to pre-
vent disease and vermin from visit-
ing your yards and work with a will.
IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS
No busine.ss can be so finnly estab-
lished that it can not be improved by
advertising. A business built up by
advertising can be kept going with-
out more advertising unless it is a
n^onopoly without competition and in
th'\t civ.e it requires advertising to
inc^ea?e it very materially. The
poultry business is no exception.
KEELER'S
CHAMPIONS AT CHICAGO 1921-23
First Exhibition Cockerel, Chicago 100.
QUALITY EGOS
Eijrht pens of Quality birds headed by sons and
brothers of the Chicago winners mated to sisters
and daughters of the winning females
Eggs, Pens 1 to 8. $5.00 per 15; $9.50 per 30,
$14.00 per 60; $25.00 per 100.
THE REX ALL STRAIN
(SUndard Bred-to-L»y and Do-Lay)
Persistent, heavy all the year 'round layOTs-
Two and one-half pound broilers at 9 weeks Fast
growth heavy laying ability, with fine Standard
points. Eight pens headed by sons of my 27 d-
279 283 and 288-egg record hens.
Rr.TAT.T. EGOS— $8.00 per^S; $16.00 per 30,
$22.50 per 50; $40.00 per 100. t ♦ «#
My illustrated Art Catalogue and Mating List of
AMERICA'. S FINEST WHITE WYANDOTTES .8
waiting for you and your wisest act before buying
eggs for hatching is to send for same.
Eggs for hatching from 24 choice matings.
Every pen headed by a Chicago Winner or a
superior son of a Chicago Winner.
CHAMPION ALL-STAR MATINGS
PEN HEADS: ^^„^
Yard A, First Cockerel, Chicago, 1923.
Yard B, First Pen Cockerel, Chicago, 1923.
Yard C, First Cock, Chicago, 1923.
Yard D, First Pen Cock. Chicago. 1923.
Eggs from Yards A, B, C. D, $15.00 per 15;
$30.00 per 30; $45.00 per 50; $90.00 per 100.
SUPERIOR EXHIBITION MATINGS
PEN HEADS: ^ , , ^^.
Yard E, Best son of First Cockerel, Chicago,
1923.
Yard F, Best son of First Pen Cockerel, Chi-
cago, 1923. . . , „„„
Yard O, Best son of First Cock. Chicago, 192.i.
Yard H, Best son of First Cockerel, Chicago,
^^Eggs from Yards E, P, O. H, $10.00 per 15;
$20.00 per 30;
$30.00 per 60;
$60.00 par
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ADAlVlD LEGHORNS
Triumph at Madison Square Garden. January, 1924-winnmg as
follows:
1 2 Cock 1-2-3-4-5 Cockerel 1 Old Pen
2 Hen 4 Pullet 1 Young Pen
At the CIul. Show, .\nnual Meet, Cleveland. O.. December, 1923,
^"¥l.^r J\nr'^l the llHr'^t American classics should be con-
evincing. Cir.ular and prices on request.
H. C. ADAMS LYNCHBURG. VIRGINIA
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A Garden Winner
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BARRED ROCK
HATCHING EGGS
For the past two months my won-
derful, clean sweep victory at NewarK
has been featured in my ad. This
month the featured item is a letter
which will prove of interest to ev«.ry
seeker of the best in Barred Rocks.
South Porcupine. Ont.. 1><^,, 31 1923
jw-r Sir:— I am very pleased to let >o
ta!ow of my ■UC00S9 at the tirat show. I B')t
Fl^T. 8eSI?(.d and Third on the pullets and
First and Second on raickerels.
"""' 'herb SULLIVAN.
This and other letters of interest
appear in my circular 8^J?d for it
before placing y^'^'l'^Z ^^HlivTx
supreme matinga, ;i5 per 15 »28 per
30, f 40 per 60 and $80 per 100.
Wonderful values in everything in
breeding birds.
NEWTON COSH
VineUnd Box E New Jer.ey
CHICKS and EGGS
Now is the time to plan on next win-
ter's Layers and Winners. A few dol-
lars invested in MayHiU chicks or eggs
will soon grow into beautiful Money-
Maker's.
TRAPNESTED •«* PEDIGHEED
MayHill breeders are trapnested and
pedigreed. Their dependable blood
lines will reproduce their high egg lay-
ing qualities, as well as exhibition win-
ners They are the most proOtable
strain in America.
BIG FREE CATALOGUE
Write today f< r this helpful cata-
logue. It tells all about the wonderful
MayHill Strain and gives low prices
on eggs, chicks and stock.
HAYHia POULTRY FARM. R. 18. Marion. \uAum
BLACX JACK
National Champion 1922
BICE'S PRIZE WINNING
S. C. BLACK MINORCAS
NATIONAL CHAMPION HEADS
FLOCK
CHAMPIONS OF OHIO
TUAPNESTED WINTER LAYERS
Price* Reatonabl'
HATCHING EGGS B xBY CHICKS
Discount on early orders.
Free Mating List Now Ready
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American Buff
Wyandohe Club
D. D. COLGLAZIER, Pres.
R. C. ALWOOD, Sec'y. Hanover. Pa.
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BUFF WYANDOTTES AT
THE NATIONAL CLUB MEET
Judge J. H. Drevenstedt
Buff Wyandottes ranked next to
the Whites in numbers. It was the
annual club show, and we must con-
gratulate Secretary Alwood on his
success in bringfing out the finest ex-
hibit of Buff Wyandottes we ever
judged at Boston. It was the re-
markable evenness in color that sur-
prised old time breeders of this beau-
tiful variety. It is also noteworthy
that shape was far more uniform in
males than at past shows. Cocks
(17) First an even, sound-colored
bird of good type and well finished;
second and third fine birds in color,
good in shape, not as finished as first;
fourth, fifth and sixth all three above
the average in color and type. Hens
(24) First a grand old hen in shape
and beautiful in color; second very
close to her, not in as finished condi-
tion; other winning hens high class,
shape and color good, albeit not as
even over surface. Cockerels (22)
First the most typical Buff Wyan-
dotte young male we have ever hand-
led, a real ''bird of curves"; fine head
and good comb, nicely arched neck,
broad and curvilinear back to saddle
running into a full furnished tail,
with well rounded breast, even gol-
den buff color over neck, back and
wing-bows, this cockerel was the star
of Buff Wyandotte alley. Close be-
hind him was the second, a beautiful
bird in color with fine head points,
nice shape of body, losing to first
only in back and tail, the former be-
ing somewhat short and narrow, the
latter not fully developed. The third
prize cockerel is a very young bird of
excellent type and very sound in sur-
face and under color, and when ma-
tured and his tail is full grown,
should prove a hard bird to beat in
all around qualities. Fourth, fifth
and sixth cockerels all very good in
color, lacking in finish and type some-
what. Pullets (24) Another hot
class, first being put down in fine
form, even and rich in color, and of
nice type; second very close in color
and shape to first, with third, fourth,
fifth and sixth all fine birds in color
and type, albeit not as even in sur-
face color as first two. Old pens (6)
First a very evenly balanced pen of
four shapely hens with uniform sur-
face color, headed by a cock of good
type and size and sound over surface
color; second another fine pen, not
quite as evenly matched in females;
other winning pens had plenty of
quality, although not as well balanced
in females as the first two, or quite
as strong in males. Young pens (5)
First and second pens very close,
cockerel in former being cleanest in
color. Both cockerels and pullets in
these two pens were excellent in
shape and color; third pen was also
excellent in respect to color, although
not evenly matched in females.
• • •
It may interest the readers of this
column to learn that the Ontario Ex-
perimental Farm, which is run in con-
nection with the Ontario Agricultural
College at Guelph, Ont., has pur-
chased a yard of one cock and ten
pullets of Buff Wyandottes from E.
R. Durand, a popular Buff breeder
and judge in Canada.
This college has been breeding
Barred Rocks, White Leghorns and
Rhode Island Reds and has bred them
up to a high degree of efficiency.
Prof. W. R. Graham, who is in charge,
has now added Buff Wyandottes and
I am sure that the breed will not dis-
grace itself and will give good ac-
counts of themselves in the trap-
nests. The Buffs, as well as the other
birds on the farm, will be used in the
classroom for students to study and
will also be viewed by the thousands
of visitors who come to this farm
every year. In this yard will be
found the second Guelph cockerel of
1922 and winning pullets at the
Royal this season. So, in reality,
this yard was not selected from a
strictly utility standpoint.
With interest, we will watch the
performance of these birds in the
hands of Canada's foremost poultry
expert, W. R. Graham.
Now that most of us breeders have
our pens mated, why not start some
likely boy or girl in your community
with a few settings of eggs? I am
sure that you would not miss them
and at the same time you will be
starting a new breeder in Buflfs.
Probably there is a Boys' and Girls'
Poultry Club in your state. Why not
write to their agent, offer him a few
settings of eggs for his members?
You can do a worthy turn for the
Buffs in this manner.
• • •
Last, but not least, if you have
any stock or eggs to offer at this sea-
son, stand behind your official organ
and advertise them in Everybodys
Poultry Magazine, and I will guaran-
tee you will get results.
NOTHING SUCCEEDS ^^^.^
LIKE SUCCESS
It is said that nothing succeeds
like success. Did you ever think that
success is brought about by continu-
ity of effort along a certain line? He
who expects his business to keep it-
self will fail and would better not
begin. Begin well within your means,
even if you must begin with one set-
ting of eggs. Don't be discouragea
over small things. Rome was not
duilt in a day and no man ever maoe
a fortune in a week, unless he ais-
covered a gold mine.
Lady Purltas
Get aome of
our egg>. all
guarantetd to
be fertile.
They Are Bred to Lay in Winter
Watieca. Minn.. Jan. l!t. 1!»24.
Puiitta Hprings Poultry Farm:
We l)ought bab.v ciilcks of you
two years a«o and still have tlie
hens wo raised from
them ; they are so
much l)etter layers than
any other Leghorns we ever had that
we never want any otiier strain. The
15 to 35 below 74?ro weather we have
had here In Minnesota the past
month does not l)other ttiem at all.
They kocp right on laying. Inclosed
find check for which please send me
300 grade A eggs. Yours truly,
H. E. Caley.
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We Receive Many Letters Like
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Fairhury, Neb., Jan. 11,
Puritas Springs Poul-
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We have been hav-
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weather here the past
two weeks mostly around 22 below
zero, but the puUets I bought of yoM
have kept on laying even though
aome of them had their combs froxen.
Yesterday I gathered 71 eggs from
almut 120 pullets. Have some
hatclied July 4th that are now lay-
ing; nearly all my pullets are sired
by your oockerol bred fmm your
t_ADY Layer
in One
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WORLD'S GREATEST WINTER LAYERS
Trapnested for 13 yeais without missing one tingle day. Every nest on our
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— produce heavy layers.
3« BELOW ZERO
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1921
1922
1923
1924
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OFFICI.M. RULLKTIN
Jerseij
Black Giant
Club
C. M. raK»\ Sec. Treas.
Helinar, New Jersey
U. li. Meloney, President
M. L. Chapman, vice Pres.
Jersey Black Giant Club Members,
Greetings —
At the annual meeting of your
club, held at Trenton, January 17,
1924, a committee was appointed to
make selection of a poultry journal
as our official organ. They have
since reported that Everybodys Poul-
try Magazine was their selection. So
be it, ''Say we all."
The subscription has been paid
for all members in good standing at
this time till September 1, 1924, as
the fiscal year runs from July to
July. All members in arrears July
1, 1924 will be dropped and the
magazine discontinued. Look up
your membership card and see that
you are in good standing.
We should make this page interest-
ing to every reader of this journal,
so come along with your experience
with Giants. All articles should be
sent to the secretary by the first of
each month.
The club year book will be issued
after July 1 and will contain the
names of all members in good stand-
ing at the beginning of the new fiscal
year. — C. M. Page, Sec.-Treas.
• • •
A WOED FROM THE EDITOR
We are very gla«l to have the luciubers of
the .Jersey Black Giant Club join Every-
bodys* family as a complete membership of
the club. It is very pleasinR to us and we
trust you mav all be benefitted through re-
ceiving Everybodys into your homes each
month. , ^,. ,
Your secretary. C M. Page, has outlined
a plan whereby this particular page cannot
help but be "f irreat influence in further
popularizing the (iiants as a breed and va-
riety and Everybodys is glad to assist your
eff< rts as an organized club.
In the matter of articles, let these be of
general interest. Tell of your experiences
with them and in a way to show to the be-
ginner as well as experienced with poultry
that the Giants are a most worthy breed —
forget all i)er8onalitics and make these short
articles constructive to the greatest number
. free from personal referem es. broad in
value to all. We wekome you to Every-
body;'.
• • •
EEPORT or ANNUAL MEETING
We ha<l a KO(»d altendaixe at tlie amuial
meeting held at Trenton. N. .1.. .laimary 17.
at :» P. M. I're-ident Melonev wjts in the
chair.
The financial rej>ort chowed that thi' lUib
was in a healthy condition with $1«',1.64 in
the bank and all l>ill.-< paid.
A lonimittee with M. L. Chapman a^ chair-
man, was apltoitite.i to <!e(id.- on the under-
coh.r < hanee to be submitted at the next
Anierii an I'oultry Association convention.
It was vol I'd that the club make an exhibit
of .Ter<iey Hla' k (iiants at the World's Poul-
try C'inuress to be heM in Spain, in May.
Size is what i.- wished for tlii>» exhibit. If
vou have vuch that you w )i:l 1 be wi'.lin,:
to make this trip confer with M. L. Chap-
man. Trenton .Junction. N. J., or A. C.
McLean, Court House, Trenton, N. J.
Alexis L. Clark, of Crosswicks, N. J., wai*
appointed as election commissioner.
The new executive board (onsista of M. L.
Cliapman, Trenton .Tunction, N. J.; Alexis L.
Clark, Crosswicks, N. J.; C Newton Hutchin-
son, Robbinsville. N. J.; H. C. Hoflf. Ne-
shanic, N. J., and C. A. McLean, Court House,
Trenton, N. J.
Hoston was selected for the next club
meet with Ray Hrown, of East Hampton,
N. Y., to judge Giants.
Capt. John A. Fish, Fishtown, Mystic.
Conn., was appointed state vice president f r
the State of Connecticut.
Meet with us at Boston. — C. M. Page.
• • •
On behalf of the Jersey Black Giant Club,
I extend sympathy to the relatives and
friends of the late J. M. Cameron, St. Cath-
arines, Ont., Canada, who up to the time of
his death held the office of district viie
president.
E. B. Roach, 19 Davenport St., Hamilton.
Ont., Canada, will take over the office for
the present or till the next nomination ballot
goes to the members.
** • • •
The club meet show was the greatest erer
— 425 Giants in the show room. Classes
farge: 40 cocks, 50 hens, 42 pens in all.
Oscar Search won the best display, receiving
the president's handsome cup; Arthur Per-
rine won the cup for best cock; Judge Schri-
ver. Groton. Conn., hen cup; Andrew Ely,
cockerel cup; H. C Benedict, Trenton, pullet
cup; Oscar Search, New Egypt, young pen
cup; Chas. Baldwin, old pen cup; Mrs. Har-
vey Davison, first young capon cup; C. M.
Page & Sons, first old capon cup, they were
also the largest winners in the hen class
with second, fourth, ninth and tenth hen*
with their four entries.
The Madison Square Garden Show brought
out 185 Giants in competition, besides a lot
of Giants in displays.
With the exception of third cockerel, every
ribbon awarded on Single and Rose^ Comb
Jersey Black Giants was won by club mem-
bers. _
Birmingham, Ala.. Show, held in Decern
ber. had 149 (iiants. Quincy, III., at the
January Show, had 77 (iiants; Hoston alsa
had a fine showing of Giants.
The show room is the place to bring your
favorites before the i»ublic notice.
THE BACKYARD BREEDER
The largest group of poultrymen
today is composed of the backyard
fanciers — those men who are con-
fined to offices and stores all day se-
cure diversion and pleasure from
their little pen of thorou,:j:hbreds.
While handicapped to some extent
their success is often preater in pro-
portion to their number of birds than
that of the more extensive poultry
men.
The moe:t important difficulty they
have to contend with is lack of room.
To overcome this, B. Y. Fancier must
(1) not overcrowd, (2) secure, as
far as possible, natural conditions,
(3) maintain perfectly sanitary con-
ditions, keeping his fowls, houses and
ards free from lice and dirt. This
fast is probably the most important
of the three.
The greatest difficulty lies m rais-
ine the young birds. " Here natural
conditions should be secured. As
their yards are neces.sarily small, a
bed of green food, such as lettuce or
rape should be provided outside, to
feed' in small quantities as needed.
The old fowls must all be provided
with lawn clippings or other green
food To secure the best results,
animal food of some kind must be
orovided. This is most conveniently
procured in the form of beef scraps,
although cut bone or fresh meat is
recommended by some. In grain, the
best feed is the mixed feed, as this
supplies the variety of seeds they
obtain under natural conditions. For
the man who is away from h()me all
day dry grain, hopper fed, i-J con-
venient. Also fresh water and grit
must be kept before them all the
time. Dry bread, obtained at a
wholesale bakery for two cents a
pound, is good feed and supplies
variety.
Young birds must not be over-
crowded. This promotes disease and
hinders correct growth and develop-
ment. In crowded space a larger
profit can be made with fifteen birds
than with twenty-five. Open front
houses, such as are rapidly coming
into favor, are the most sanitary and
successful form of houses. There
should also be shelters from the sun
where natural shade is not provided.
Birds cannot develop in badly
ventilated or dirty houses. They
should be white washed and cleaned
three timed a week. Also the runs
should occasionally be spaded under.
Lice are more trouble.some in the
city than in the country, probably
for the reason that English sparrows
are so prevalent. You cannot raise
chickens and lice in the same house
and obtain good results. The roosts
should be painted once a week and
the houses sprayed several times a
year with a good liquid lice killer.
White wash is cheap and should be
used freely.
In the winter birds in a crowded,
close house do as badly as those in
a damp, draughty one. A house
partly open on the south and tight
on the other sides is best. With
curtains before the roosts at n=ght
and a good litter and warm .water
in the day time the fowls will be
warn and contented during the win-
ter. A good variety of grain fed in
the liter gives them needed exercise
* and cut bone and green food should
be supplied regularly. Cabbages and
other vegetables, alternated with
steamed alfalfa make the best green
food.
By maintaining theie conditions
and not neglecting details there is
no reason why a backyard fancier
should not succeed and make a good
profit on his investment. — P. R. A.
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II
PRUNING THE BEARING PEACH TREE
Intelligent Pruning is Essential to Profitable
Peach Production
The development of a strong
framework was emphasized last
month in connection with the prun-
ing of the young peach tree. This
framework should be maintanied and
developed still further after the tree
begins to produce fruit and at the
same time special attention must be
given to the fruiting wood and sec-
ondary branches. A well grown peach
tree will produce some fruit the third
summer with practically a full crop
the fourth summer after planting. It
is very desirable to have the fruit
uniformly distributed throughout the
top of the tree or in other words
utilize as much of the tree as possi-
ble for fruit production. This in-
volves the careful, systematic re-
moval each year of branches that
tend to make the tree too thick, or
which are improperly placed. Fur-
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should be kept open by the removal
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rees
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1 — stimulate and maintain
vigor.
2 — Develop strong trees of
desirable form.
3 — Produce larger and bet-
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4 — Facilitate spraying, har-
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Intelligent pruning will ac-
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while blind pruning witnout
any definite purpose or ideal in
mind may do more harm than
good.
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annual pruning of bearing peach
trees, particularly with trees three to
six years old. At the same time, it
is important to leave the small to
medium sized twigs and branches
that generally develop in the center
of a peach tree that has a well de-
veloped open top. These branches
are usually well supplied with fruit
buds and should not be romoved, but
simply cut back slightly if they are
over ten or twelve inches long.
In thinning out the top of a bear-
ing peach tree, it is always advisable
to remove first any weak, slender
twigs or branches which have poorly
developed fruit buds incapable of
producing fruit of good size. Such
branches use up a certain amount of
moisture and assimilated plant food
that should be available for stronger
twigs, and in addition produce fruit
that decreases the average size of
the entire crop. Furthermore, weak,
poorly developed branches tend to
shade adjoining branches that are
fruitful, or in other words occupy
space without increasing the size of
the crop or the vigor of the tree. Af-
ter the weak branches have been re-
moved it is usually necessary to thin
out some of the strong, well devel-
oped branches in order to insure a
uniform distribution of light and air
to all parts of the tree. This will be
particularly important if the tree was
cut back rather severely the previous
season. In the removal of such
branches it is important that the gen-
eral framework of the tree be main-
tained and developed by retaining
those branches that are well placed
and removing those that do not con-
form to the desired type of tree.
Leading branches that have made
twelve to fifteen inches growth or
more during a season should be cut
back from one-quarter to one-third
in order to keep the tree compact
and stocky. Trees that are not cut
back at all soon develop long pole-
like branches with a large part of the
bearing wood some distance from the
head of the tree. Such trees are not
only expensive to handle, but also
produce a large amount of small
fruit, owing to the decreased vigor of
the fruiting branches.
Fruit production will also cause
some of the lower branches to hang
down so low that they will seriously
interfere with cultivation. Such
branches should be removed, but at
the same time branches that do not
seriously interfere with cultivation
should be left. It is a great tempta- /
tion to cut off too many of the lower
branches, thus encouraging the de-
velopment of an upright, "leggy"
tree.
Pruning Neglected Trees '
Peach trees that have only been
neglected for one or two sesaons can
usually be put into good shape by a
comparatively .small amount of in-
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proper procedure would be as fol-
lows : '
1 — Remove all dead or broken
branches.
2 — Remove any strong branches
that show a tendency to shade the
center of the tree.
3 — Cut back the leading branches
to a strong outside lateral.
4 — Remove weak fruiting twigs
and cut back those that have made a
growth of fifteen inches or more.
Renewal Pruning
Peach trees that have not been
properly pruned for several years
will need more severe treatment than
trees of the same age that have been
well pruned from the start. Further-
more, the average eight to twelve
year old peach tree will have many
weak branches throughout the lower
part of the top, while the uppe^
branches will not produce fruit of
good size. Under such conditions
the method of pruning known as re-
newal pruning will be found bene-
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ficial. This consists of a rather se-
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branches, combined with a thorough
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branches should be entirely removed,
particularly if they are in the center
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bined with tillage, cultivation and
fertilization will increase the vigor
of the tree and result in the develop-
ment of new fruiting wood. It is al-
ways desirable to retain as much
fruiting wood as possible during the
renovation process in order to secure
some fruit at the same time that new
wood is being developed. This is one
reason why "dehorning" or the prac-
tice of cutting the tops back to stubs
of the main limbs is unsatisfactory.
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and makes necessary the develop-
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of such severe pruning, while many
of the new shoots that develop from
the stubs of large branches make
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HATCH FROM WINTER LAYERS
It has been a common belief th^t
hens which laid well during the win-
ter lose some of their vitality and
that eggs from them will not produce
chicks as strong as those from hens
which do not begin to lay until to-
ward spring, but this theory is not
well founded as close observation has
shown that eggs from winter layers
are fully as hatchable and that the
chicks from them are as good in
every way as from the poorer layers.
It follows that it is best to select
eggs for hatching from winter laying
hens not only because we want to
breed for winter layers but because
the winter laying hen is naturally one
that has matured at an early age and
has a strong constitution. If this
were not the case she would not have
become a winter layer.
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MEETING THE NEEDS
OF EGG CUSTOMERS
The particular quality of eggs to
be sold to a customer depends on his
needs. If there is a guaranteed
standard, the quality sold should al-
ways be enough above that standard
so that the producer is reasonably
sure that every egg will be satis-
factory The consumer is concerned
not with the quality of the eggs
shipped but with the quality of the
eggs consumed.
How much are fresh eggs per
dozen per day? Suppose you
•ould go out and secure them
'or one-third or one-quarter
hat price— large, white, uni-
form eggs, strictly fresh each
layt
It la the experience of more
rhan a thousand "Famous"
owners throughout the wide
world that Anoonas produce
eggs at the lowest cost per
dozen of any bird. This 1?
largely attributable to iheli
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wbiter weather.
In my 100-page Illustrated
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At the Chicago Coliseum Show,
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Our best mating.«« for 1924 will
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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March, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
319
TkeTime Measure of Periormance
In Egg Production
By C. T. PATTERSON
In Everybodys for January, page
14 Mr. Barber attempts to show that
the year's record is superior to the
per cent method where 100 days is
used as a measure.
In this article, referred to, the
year was assumed to be correct and
the percentage compared with it.
Perhaps it did not occur to the writer
that the same hen would not lay the
same each year and that the different
years could not all be correct. To
show more clearly what we mean, the
following table showing the yearly
production and the per cents will give
a fairly good idea.
Hen eggs eggs egics oggs
1 vr. 2 yr. 3 yr. Total
1 86 151 1:M) 379
o- 220 64 79 363
3 163 110 66 3IH
These records are from one of the
best known colleges in the United
States.
Now, if the three year total is
taken as the hen's actual production
we would like to ask where there is
any relation between any year's pro-
duction and the three year record?
The highest record shown is 220 eggs
for hen No. 2, for the first year; but
p. 0. p. <•. p. c.
1 vr. 2 yr. 3 yr.
62 74 74
75 41 63
7 5 6«> 5<>
we notice the second year, she has the
lowest record of all, yet her three
year record is neither highest or low-
est. We notice also that hen No. 2
laid three times as many eggs the
first year as she did the second, while
hen No. 1 laid about twice as many
the second year as she did the first.
Notice the wide variation between
the different year's production of the
same hen and the wide variation be-
tween the different hens for the same
year. Yet the three years total about
the same.
Now we will go to the per cent.
We find a variation between the
different .hens and the hens for the
different years but note the differ-
ance shown by the yearly records.
As to the efficiency of the two sys-
tems the best I can figure from all
records available from all the col-
leges and experiment stations in the
United States, I find the one year
test to be 74 per cent accurate when
a three to five year record was taken
as a basis, while the percentage
method proves to be 87 per cent ac-
curate for the same time.
We could give at least ten reasons
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for using the per cent measure for
each reason we have ever heard for
the year measure, but the two rea-
sons we believe are of greatest con-
cern to most of us is, first, it is at
least thirteen per cent more accurate
than the year test and, second, the
year as a time measure gives an un-
just advantage to the breeders who
happen to live in a specially favored
climate and works a great hardship
on the breeders who are not thus
favored by nature, although when
their birds are all brought under the
same conditions they prove to be
equal.
It has been our view and is yet
that if the American Poultry Asso-
ciation adopts the year as a time
measure it would be indorsing some
breeders and condemning others be-
cause of climate over which neither
had control.
If any one has any reasons for
using the year as a time measure we
would be glad to get them to balance
with our reasons for using the per-
centage test. Or, if there is any
other test on which all breeders in
all climates and under all conditions
can meet on a common level, we
would be glad to learn of it. But, at
present, we believe that performance
expressed in per cent and using 100
days of the hen's highest production,
as a time measure, is the most accu-
rate, just and practical.
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about upon the egg trays. When the
hatch is practically tver but before
you open up the machine, make all
arrangements and place everything
in instant readiness for marking the
chicks. I prefer to work in a room
where the temperature is 80 degrees;
that is, I prefer it for the chicks'
sakes. Your are certain to lind some
late hatched chicks, some even wet.
and it is of the utmost importance to
guard against chilling these vnluable
birdies while establishing the family
tree for each one. At Wayside Farm
house we heat up the big kitchen
range and place a work table very
near to it. We have at hand two
pairs of shears or wire cutters, sev-
eral pencils, because one of any thing
can so readily drop out of sight in
the rush of the work; a basin of
water and a soft old towel or two ; a
bottle of iodine and a brush to apply
it if needed. Four or five baskets,
one large enough to handle all the
chicks from one compartment of the
incubator, are softly lined and pro-
vided with covers of warm, light flan-
nel or old comforts and then placed
on warming oven doors. We decide
upon the most convenient spot upon
which to place the toe punch and re-
solve to return it each time used to
that spot so as to lose no time hunt-
ing it. We lay out spiral bands of
all colors needed and those colors
only and in chick size only. Spindles
are convenient for holding each lot
of bands and home made ones made
by driving a long nail through a four
by four and one-half inch block serve
adequately. Here the survey sheet
comes into use. We note from it
that we shall find for instance seven
eggs from Hen No. 11, Pen 2 to band
yellow; hence we count out seven
yellow bands and place on one spindle
and so on. We need then take no
thought of keeping record of the
hatch while working with the chicks
because when the chicks are all cared
for the number of bands, if any, re-
maining on a spindle, subtracted from
the number placed there gives the
number of chicks banded.
When the stage is all set we re-
move from the incubator to the table
one cage at a time if we can do so;
but if the entire tray must be re-
moved, cover without smothering the
chicks until their turn comes. One
works as quickly as one can, remem-
bering that haste may make waste,
also mistakes sometimes. A mistake
is a very serious thing in pedigree
work and especially would it be so if
not discovered for it might lead one
to a set of conclusions as to a result
of the test (wholly erroneous).
Therefore I double check every move
I make with W. K. if possible to
watch or help me. To the beginner
let me here suggest that it is well to
hold in mind some soothing thought •
such as — the stars of night look
CALMLY down — about the time you
attempt to put your first band on the .
very soft and wrigley leg of the first '
shrill peeper; indeed, it is better un-
til some efficiency has been acquired
for the beginner to work with a
helper who can hold the chick while
he toe punches and bands it.
In the system I am now recom.
mending to you, in every case the toe '
punch tells "you the pen from which
the chick came and hence its father,
while the color of the leg band that
it wears tells you the mother. The
toe punches will take care of sixteen
pens.
Every chick from Pen 1 is punched
in the outside web of the left foot; ,
every chick from Pen 2 in the inside
web of the left foot; every chick
from Pen 3 in the inside web of the
right foot; and so on. If then next
fall you pick up a chick so punched
you will refer to your chart of toe
punches and find he belongs to a cer- •.
tain pen.
Do toe punches ever grow up?
Yes, if not correctly made; NEVER
if punched with due observation of
the following points:
1. A circular piece of skin must
be actually cut out of the web and
removed therefrom. If partially cut f
and left dangling, the hole probably
will grow together.
2. The hole must be clean cut
and not less*than one-tenth of an
inch in diameter. Use a good punch
and keep it filed sharp but do not file
it to a point and expect the resulting
pin prick to be permanent. Practice
cutting on a piece of paper and mea-
sure the hole you are making. If
less than a tenth of an inch in di-
ameter, it may grow together but if
at two weeks of age the hole is show-
ing, it is permanent and will increase
in size with the growth of the web.
Leg bands may be had in the fol-
lowing colors: dark blue, light blue,
yellow, red, pink, amber, green, pur-
ple, black, ruby, brown, cerise and
also white but this last color I re-
serve for a purpose to be explained
later. Each hen in Pen 1 wears a
colored leg band. Full sisters all
wear the same color but if it is de-
sired to distinguish their chicks, band
one single, the next double, the neirt
triple and so on. All hens not fuU
sisters and in the same pen must
wear different colors. Since bands
may be had in twelve colors (white
being reserved) if more than twelve
hens are to be used in a pen and
none are full sisters, it will be neces-
sary to indicate such additional hens
by two bands for example, a red and
a green, or a green and a pink, and
so on. Likewise hens in all other
pens are color banded. No confusion
will result from a yellow hen in ren
1 and a Yellow hen in Pen 2, Pen 3
and all the other pens as will be seen
later. Each chick upon hatch »
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323
banded to exactly match (except in
size of band) the banding of its
mother. The band helps you to lo-
cate the mother of the chick but must
be taken in connection with the toe
punch. For example, next fall you
Jnay pick up a chick with a green
band and ask, "Who is your mother?"
It will be a green banded hen, but
suppose you have a green banded hen
in each of three pens. Pen 2, Pen 3
and Pen 4. Which of the three is the
mother? Look at the toe punch of
the chick. Suppose you find a hole
in the outside web of the right foot.
This says it is a Pen 4 chick and the
band says it is from the green hen
in Pen 4. You need only to look up
the pen record to get the numbered
leg band of the mother and as we use
no duplicate numbered leg bands in
any pen, a permanent record can be
made.
A very important part of band
pedigreeing is the change of the
bands to suit the size of the growing
leg of the chick. Chick size bands
must come off in about two weeks
and be replaced with bantam size
which, at about six weeks for Reds
and varying periods for other breeds,
must give place to the permanent
size for pullets although another size
sometimes is required for the males
at nine months of age. Unless one
gives careful attention to these two
or three changes of bands, this sys-
tem of pedigreeing should not be
used for the bands will cut most
cruelly into the growing legs and
crippled birds result.
The system I have outlined admits
of the pedgireeing sixteen pens with
any number of hens to the pen. If
more pens are to be used then males
in Pens 17 to 32, inclusive, can be
indicated by giving chicks from Pen
17 the Pen 1 punch and a white leg
band; from Pen 17 by the Pen 2
punch and a white leg band, and so
on. However, when more than 200
females or more than 16 pens are to
be pedig^reed, I recommend wing
banding.
Wing banding consists merely of
buying chick-size numbered leg bands
which are inserted in the wing in a
slit made in the skin between the
shoulder and wing joints. Care must
be taken in making the slit to avoid
cutting the blood vessel in the wing;
also in clinching the bands to avoid
pressure that causes a swelling and
a droopy wing later. This is the
chief objection to the open pigeon
bands formerly used which depend
, upon being pinched together to hold
them in place. The growth of the
wing must be taken into account.
Some poultrymen find that the wing
bands placed on newly hatched chicks
are objectionable because of their
weight on the small wing and because
they tear out of the tender skin;
hence they prefer to place the bands
on the legs of the chicks until they
are outgrown there at about two
ax\$ JUDGE STANriEl^D -
Dear Mr, Ferris:
Recently it was my pleasure
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Pooltry Editor Northwest FamastMd.
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they are trans-
In this case it
weeks of age when
f erred to the wings,
is well to dip each band in a disinfect-
ing solution before inserting in the
wing I" bo^** ^^® punching and
wing banding, I like to have a bottle
of iodine at hand to place a touch
upon any cut surface that may show
blood. Leg bands do slip off and
wing bands do lose off, but with care
the percentage can be made smaH.
In wing banding, the number of each
wing band is recorded with the chick's
pedigree and any other data desired.
To sum up, I regard wing banding
as the practical method for quantity
production and I should use it if
hired help reared the chicks, but
spiral banding and toe punching is
the method that has most to offer the
breeder who makes a limited number
of matings and wishes to keep the re-
sults continuously under his own eye
for detailed study. To such a lover
of birds his chicks become the "yel-
lows," the "blacks," the "greens."
As he works among them he does not
need to go to his office to refer to a
filing cabinet for a pedigree number.
He soon has committed to memory
his few pen toe punches so that a
glance of the eye matches colors to
locate the mother of a chick without
even picking it up. What a wealth
of information and a world of in-
terest those tiny bands reveal. As
he cleans the brooder he notes, "the
blacks are fast growing and quick
feathering"; "the greens are throw-
ing few cockerels"; "the yellows are
coloring up." Then day by day out
on range as he f eedS he notes the
■distinguishing marks of the different
■blood lines as they begin to starid
out. He begins to see the father in
the son, the mother in the daughter
as the bands and toe punches always
before him tag the offspring for com-
parison with the parents, and the
mating for his judgment. To be sure
a record in a filing cabinet has its
value which we fully recognize; but
the great joy and the high reward for
all the detailed painstaking work of
' pedigree breeding lies in the breed-
er's increasing interest and daily in-
timate study of the line as he creates
it.
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seum. December, 1923. Bred and owned by Adam r. rw-
Hartford, WU.
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(Continued from page 233)
right and wrong way, and if you wish
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will find in the quills, whence it is ab-
sorbed from the yellow skin. Select
for breeders the purest white plum-
aged specimens you have, pure white
in quills, with beaks and shanks very
pale^in color, using these as the foun-
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your pure white strain. From year
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so far found any evidence to change
our prediction made at that time. It
was as good then as now. Those who
have followed the rule then laid down
by me have succeeded. It still looks
as though the production of the com-
binations of pure white plumage with
yellow skin, shanks and beak, was
against the laws of Nature.
The pure black plumage of the
Leghorn must have a lustrous green-
ish-black finish. To produce this with
no white, red, or yellow, is a hard
task. The shanks, skin and beak of
the Black Leghorn must be yellow.
Please study the disqualifications for
this variety. Go over them three or
four times. They set a task for the
finest expert. One breeder told me
that it w*as much easier to make a
good one than to breed one. It is
very difficult to breed true black with
yellow shanks and skin. The shad-
ing of black in shanks will help.
In the consideration of colors, the
laws of Nature point to black as the
kindred color to white, so closely al-
lied that either may be produced
from the other.
The production of pure black plu-
mage is most difficult, for the great-
est danger is that too much color may
result. This color, to be substantial,
must carry with it rich black quills
even to the point of tainting the skin.
The quills must be black to the very
skin and of a bright shiny black,
neither dull nor brownish; the under-
color flights and fluff must be free
from brownish shade. The legs, like
the plumage, must be bright, as dull-
ness detracts from the appearance.
In order to produce a true black with
any certainty, only rich, true, black
colored birds must be tolerated as
breeders; rich, deep black to the skin
— in fact, that the color of the whole
plumage extends well to the skin so
as to include the under-color. The
less shading or fading at the skin the
better. Both male and female must
possess that lustre which comes from
a rich, greenish sheen, and this green-
ish sheen must be far more pro-
nounced in the male than in the fe-
male. This excess of color will
rarely affect the females to the de-
gree of injury, being far more pro-
nounced in the male birds; but where
possessed in moderation it will be
found most useful in reclaiming fe-
males showing a tendency to fading
and will insure that sheen without
which black cannot be perfect. The i
finest black pullets yet produced have
come from males showing the rich,
bronze red in necks and wings.
While our aim with the white birds
is to eliminate color as much as possi-
ble, when breeding black birds, we
have to contend with the natural ten-
dency to fading, and to avoid this it
is well to infuse new strength in col- ^
oring matter from time to time, or
whenever we find that the greenish '
sheen is merging back into dull black.
On general principles, it may be dan-
gerous to encourage any of these bad
colors in plumage, and especially so
in the hands of the novice. But in
practice it is found that the proper "^
mating for females lacking somewhat
in color, though extra fine in other
respects, is a male with a grand color
right through to the quills. The time
may come when perfect specimens
can be produced year after year from ,
perfect specimens suffering any loss
in color, but there must first be found
some way to arrest the natural de-
terioration which affects all life, color
not excepted ; and until then he who
strives to maintain perfection with-
out resorting to excessive or super-
abundant color, must be resigned to
see others produce the best speci-
mens.
The two problems of producing
pure white plumage and pure black
plumage on a fowl that has yellow
skin, shanks and beak is a difficult
one. Then, again, you must remem-
ber the color disqualification. All of
this makes a breeding problem of the
greatest consideration. It is quite
easy to remove a white feather that
is marked or spotted with black, or
to remove a black feather that is
marked with white. In black fowls
this trouble usually comes in the
flight feathers that cannot be re-
moved. Those who are of the opin-
ion that pure white plumage or pure
black plumage is easy to produce in
fowls, either do not understand the
problem, or do not know just how
pure white and pure black looks
when of the finest finish.
We will endeavor to finish these
classes next month. At that time we
will have something to say about the
comb, head, belongings and special
tail formation of these fowls. There
are distinct features of head and tail
that belong to this family. These fea-
tures are so marked as to link certain
ones with others. If we will study
Standard descriptions, the fowls and
their make-up, section by section, we
will find the connecting links as we
shall try to forge them into families.
We should, all of us, pay more atten-
tion to breed characters, or cha^c-
teristics. Character is the combina-
tion of qualities distinctive to tne
breed
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THE HOUSEWIFE AND A
FEW HENS
(Continued from page 234)
Toe Picking
Some baby chicks become canni-
bals and eat the toes of each other.
This is a pernicious habit. One more
often finds this trouble with the
smaller breeds like Leghorns. It
starts when some baby chick hurts its
foot and that starts the picking and
it comes when the droppings adhere
to the fluff below the vent. Picking
at this dropping will often result in
making the parts sore and raw.
Where one notices their flock, this
seldom gets a good start. Where you
note this trouble try and pick out the
most persistent picker and take i t
away from the flock. A little aloes
mixed with lard and rubbed on the
vent will often stop the trouble. But
a piece of meat in the coop hanging
from a string and the smell of blood
will attract the babies away from
their bad habits.
Leg Weakness
Leg weakness is often caused by
too much heat in brooders and weak-
ness in the parent stock. One seldom
gets much trouble along this line un-
less they over-feed the chicks and
grow too much body for the legs to
carry.-
Green Food
Where the hen and chicks are kept
in coops, they should have plenty of
green food. Lettuce is one of the
early spring green foods and cabbage
is to be had at most ^ny season of the
year and that can be fed to advant-
age. Where the spring is early and
the grass is green, spade up a sod of
grass and put it in the brood house.
This gives the chicks something solid
to pick on and they will not get bits
too large for their little throats to
swal'.DW.
Sprouted oats is also good but one
should be careful that the youngsters
do not get sprouts too old as they will
often choke the chick. The first ten-
der shoots are easily broken and will
not hurt the chick. In feeding
sprouted oats, shake off the fiberous
matter that is loose. Fibre in too
largiB quantities is not good for the
young of any kind as the digestive
organs of a young fowl cannot as-
similate much fibre and only feeds
carrying little fibre should be fed.
Cull Early
Do not keep the runts but kill them
as soon as they are broiler size. The
runts of a flock should not run with
those that are growing normal. If
you are using a brooder take these
runts and put them back with the
younger chicks that are coming on
and keep the runts with the small or
younger chicks.
Watch out for feathered legs in
clean legged chickens and also the
first signs of side sprigs, squirrel or
wry tails, crooked back or breast.
Get these culls out of the flock as fast
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as they develop and cull often. The
more you cull now the more you save,
it is the first eight to ten weeks when
one can grow chicks at the lowest
cost. The first pound of chicken will
not cost more than half as much as
the second pound. There is a big de-
mand for pound broilers in the early
spring and two pound broilers find a
ready market at any season of the
year.
One should get broilers at eight
weeks when he uses any of the Amer-
ican class fowls. The Asiatics will
be large enough at the same age but
they are slow maturers and do not
take on flesh as fast as the smaller
breeds like the Wyandottes, Ply-
mouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds.
The Orpington also matures faster
than a Brahma but they do not make
flesh as fast as a Wyandotte, Ply-
mouth Rock or any of the American
class breeds.
In rearing baby chicks, treat them
like you would a human baby. Never
neglect them. See that they have
plenty of green feed but not too
much. Use good horse sense with
your youngsters and you will make a
big success. Neglect the baby chicks
and you have a lot of runts Uiat will
be slow to mature, slow to lay and
not be worth much even when they
do grow up. The life of a chick is
short. All fowls will reproduce them-
selves inside of twelve months. Leg-
horns will reproduce in seven months,
the American class fowls will repro-
duce in eight months while it takes at
least twelve months for an Asiatic
to reproduce itself.
There are big claims made for the
Jersey Black Giant. These fowls
seem to grow very fast and make lots
of meat when matured. A black fowl
gives very little trouble in color ex-
cept a tendency to show purple barr-
ing, but one can breed that out and
get that beautiful, greenish sheen
that is so much admired in good Black
Minorcas and Black Langshans. Lang-
shans make a mighty nice fowl for
table use and if you get a good strain
you will be pleased at the number of
eggs that they will shell out in the
course of twelve months. In this day
of contests in laying, one sees great
claims made for the different varie-
ties. The Langshan was one of the
first fowls to make a big egg lay.
They won the Australian contest
twenty years ago. The Black Giant
raisers have made some great egg
records in the last contest.
The lay of the hen is in the strain,
the feed and general care. Most
breeders have found that the hen that
makes the great lay seldom repro-
duces herself in that particular but
her cockerels get the pullets that
make the great lay. If one is breed-
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BLACK COCHIN BANTAMS
Just what variety of Cochin Ban-
tams is the most popular is now be-
coming a hard question to answer
for the Black Cochins are pressing
the Buffs as to quality and numbers
in most every show room. If you
are looking for a variety that will
come up to the requirements set by
the Standard you could not pick a
better variety than the Blacks. It is
a fact that most awards on the
feathered legged varieties are placed
on the Black Cochins and only be-
cause they are bred to such a fine
degree of perfection.
In some strains of Black Cochins,
the color seems to have a tendency
to be of a purple sheen with foreign
color in the under coloring. The
coloring is very important for we
often see good shaped bantams with
very poor color. A Black Cochin
should have a solid surface color of
a greenish sheen black with under-
color of slate. The old Standard
called for black which was very hard
to get but now the Standard calls
for a slate under-color. This is a
great help to the Black Cochin breed-
ers. In mating Black Cochins a sin-
gle mating will produce both exhi-
bition males and females. The
breeders should be in color of a rich
grreenish sheened black with a good
under-color. Birds that run too light
in under-color are not good breed-
ers unless carefully mated to an ex-
tra strong male in color.
Black Cochins, like other Cochins,
have the same three important fea-
tures, namely: color, shape and
feathering. If you are off on color
you do not have a real exhibition
bird, so strive to breed them with
good color. Shape is indeed very
important in Cochins. A bird that
is too high on legs is not shapey and
one too low is not very good either.
The leg must be of medium length.
Often Cochins, and especially the
males, carry their heads too high and
then with their tails low make them
a rather funny sight. A bird shown
that has medium length of legs and
well feathered and then carries his
head too high which throws him out
of shape is not often a breeding
fault but a fault in not training
properly. When you are training
them never feed from the top of the
cage for that makes them stretch
their necks up and they form that
bad habit. If the bird has that habit,
put him in a low cage and he will
come down. Feathering does won-
ders to give shape to a Cochin. It is
possible to breed short and tight
feathered Cochins so you must use
care in selecting well feathered birds
for breeders. Good feathered birds
Breeding will tell
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JERSEY BLACK GIANT COCKEREL HEADING FIRST PEN
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"BONNIE BRAE ORPINGTON" COCKEREL ^
First Prize Buff Orplngt<m Pen Cockerel, Oblcago National Show,
January. 1924. Bred, owned and exhibited bj Bonnie Bra* Orplnf-
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The aboTe aiustraUon Is of the First ^^le ^lU OnjlJ«tJ
Cockerel at the Allentown Fair, 1922. ExhlblUMl by L^T »*
Winters, 1411 Price St., Scranton, PA.
often appear to be tight feathered
but that all disappears when the bird
is washed.
Black Cochins should have a broad,
deep and well rounded body with
legs of medium length. Feathering
loose and plentiful and they should
be well feathered in cushion, fluff,
hocks, shanks and down to the end
of the middle toe. Remember that
the one main thing that is character-
istic of all Cochin Baiitams is long,
soft and fluffy plumage. Head is
short and broad and furnished with
a neat but rather small single comb.
A large comb on a Cochin detracts
from its other good qualities so the
smaller the comb the better. Face
is smooth and fine texture of skin.
A good healthy Cochin will have a
bright red comb, wattles and ear
lobes The neck is rather short and
thick and neatly arched with an
abundance of hackle plumage. The
breast is broad and well rounded.
The back should be short and broad.
The shorter the back, the better,
for the hackle feathers and tail al-
most meet on a good bird. Wings
short and neatly tucked up. The
tail is full and spreading at base.
The coverts sort of come up and
help build up the tail and the feath-
ers in the Uil come up and bend
over in sort of a half moon shape
which with an abundance of feathers
make the tail look ball shaped. Avoid
the so-called pinched tail bird for
they are more like Booted Bantams
than Cochins. The thighs are set
moderately wide apart and are well
feathered. Legs are medium length,
stout and heavily feathered. Cochins
should be free from the fault known
as vulture hock. Legs and beaks of
a bright yellow. Do not keep Coch-
ins with the color of the legs and
beaks off in color. It is hard to
breed out foreign color in legs and
beaks.
Black Cochins hatch out a gray
color. The raising of Black Cochin
chicks is very easy. Once they are a
week old they just seem to spring
right up. They are not subject to
disease as much as some varieties
of bantams because they are not so
delicately bred. With just a bit of
daily attention you will be able to
raise every chick hatched. The baby
chicks are fed on dry bread first
soaked in milk then squeezed dry.
They like it and it gives them the
right start. A few finely chopped
hard boiled eggs is very good. After
the first week a good grade of chick
. feed is added to their menu. On
rainy days keep the little fellows in-
side where it is dry and also do not
let them out in the wet graFS in the
early morning. Provide clefn fresh
water at all times. The adult birds,
when fed on a good mash in the
morning and a feeding of grain at
night do very well. The general
feeding and the housing of your ban-
tams depends a great denl on the
section of the country you live in.
Cyphers builds the Buffalo.
The very best hatcher man
doth know.
It Pays to Know
the Buffalo
The Great Repeat Order
Incubator
Used by successful breeders every-
where, who "repeat" their orders year
after year.
Poultrymen the world over who make
REAL MONEY use the No. 3 Buffalos.
They give them the uniformly large
hatches of big, sturdy chicks that keeps
up the vigor and productiveness of their
flocks.
The prominent Experiment Stations
recommend the Buffalo. New Hamp-
shire University has bought thirty-five or
more so that each student may have the
advantage of this perfect hatcher.
My famous toggle-joint thermostat gives you perfect heat con-
trol. Easy to adjust, it is always on the job. For thirty years it
has made it possible for the big breeder to Jsleep easy dunng
the hatching season.
Diffused warmth and ventila-
tion— that perfect system of heat-
ing and ventilating that made my
incubators the standard of the
world their first year on the mar-
Itet — with an unfailing reputation
all the years since for largest
hatches of strongest chicks.
UTiy not start right? Begin
with a Buffalo and enjoy success
from the start.
Standard Buffalos are built in
sizes of 60 eggs, 1 20 eggs, 240
eggs and 360 eggs — and
priced under all other standards. ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
The Electric Buffalo is a
little gem of a Hatcher. Per-
fect heat distribution and con-
trol, uniform ventilation, ample
nursery. Made in oak, cabinet
style, with thick packed walls.
Handsome finish. 1 1 0 volt.
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Ask for Standard Catalogue
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by feeding
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It builds vitality and disease re-
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is battermilk paateuHzed and condenMd
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Look for the Semi'SoHd label. It as-
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Study the conditions and adapt your-
self accordingly.
A real good exhibition Black Co-
chin Bantam is indeed a real pretty
sight. For the city fancier that has
a small space; he will find Black
Cochins an ideal variety. The smoke
does not aflFect their color lil;e white
or parti-colored birds. They do well
in small enclosures and will repay
the back-lotter well in eggs and an
occasional roast bantam.
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tion and temperature. ^VJ-
New revolvinar hover,
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Inwires happier, contented, livelier, healthier, sturdier
chicks. BxUa saving in chicks in one rear easUy pays cost.
PIIBK. Writo foe Titeratore. Get Jamesway prices on
brooderstoves.self-feMlers.ssaitary waterers. etc. Also
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THE HOME FLOCK
Being of the disposition which
nature implanted in us, we do not
know of a ir.ore pleasant hobby, avo-
cation, amusement, recreation, what-
ever you may feel like calling it,
than taking care of a little flock of
hens. Twenty, thirty or fifty hens
m.ay be kcpl in a backyard in a place
anywhere from thirty to fifty feet
square. In these days they are even
keeping hens confined in houses the
year throup.h. There is no objection
to this as a hen is not given to reflec-
tion and does not appreciate the joys
ot liberty, fine scenery, or any such
things. Gi\e her plenty to eat and
drink and she is just as happy in a
house as she would be with all out-
of-doors for her range. We prefer,
however, to h.nve at least a small
yard for the henb. They are prettier
out-oi-dcors where the sun can shine
on them.
One soon gets acquainted with a
flock of fifty hens. He knows them
individually. Some are more tract-
able than others, some are impudent,
some familiar and some shy. They
soon get acquainted with one who
take } care of them and act as if they
were elad to see him. They talk to
him in hen language which every
poultryman soon learns to under-
stand.
Don't imagine that hens have no
language. The good poultryman sit-
ting within hearing of his hens can
tell by their "talk" about what is
happening. They express content-
ment, anger, alarm and their brand
of affection by different sounds which
are easily differentiated. They give
warning, signify hunger and quar-
rel very plainly to one who is fa-
miliar with them.
A little flock of this kind may be
kept in the pink of condition without
taking any time from business. After
the waste feed from the kitchen is
{r'wen them they red aire very little
else. Kitchen refuse and table
scraps make the best egg-food known
to man. Supplement lawn clippings,
dandelion tops, extra heads of let-
tuce or similar green stuff and a
flock of fifty hens may be kept at a
very small actual outlay of money.
Such a small flock, familiar with their
owner, fed on the variety that is
found in kitchen and table refuse will
lay amazingly. The man who can not
make fifty hens return him $150.00
in a year under such circumstances
doesn't take good care of the hens.
Although for several years past it
has been evident that a great per-
centage of the loses experienced by
chicken raisers were directly trace-
able to intestinal worms, yet most
waterfowl breeders have been con-
gratulating themselves upon their im-
munity from such trouble, believing
that ducks and geese were not affect-
ed by these pests.
Nevertheless, occasional specimens
and, at times, whole flocks of water-
fowl were found which refused to
take on weight; many, in fact, be- **
coming so badly emaciated that death
resulted. These cases have in the
past seldom been satisfactorily diag-
nosed and as a result the patient
"just died," without anything in par-
ticular being the matter with him. It
is now known, however, that such
symptoms generally indicate intesti-
nal worms in waterfowl and, more-
over, the source of infection is fairly
well ascertained, also.
To be sure, these worms are of an
entirely different character than those )
affecting land fowls, but their action
is very similar to those found in the ^
alimentary canal of the common
barnyard hen. That is to say, the
affected individual in either instance,
gradually wastes away and dies, al-
though retaining a ravenous appetite
up to the last.
These worms attacking waterfowl
are found, as a rule, imbedded in the
lining of the stomach, just anterior
of the gizzard, where they multiply
in enormous numbers.
Apparently, they are taken into
the system through the consumption
of the small water crab, which in-
habits most of the small ponds and
creeks frequented by domestic water-
fowl when opportunity permits. This
theory is supported by the fact that
flocks not having access to watering
places of this nature are seldom
known to become infested with
worms.
To date there has been discovered
no dependable remedy for worms of
this character, so the main effort
should be toward preventive mea-
sures, such as excluding the flock
from the source of infection, rather
than in an endeavor to save those af-
fected. Yet, notwithstanding, indi-
viduals apparently hopelessly emaci-
ated have been saved and restored to
their normal condition through a lit-
tle special attention. The treatment
recommended in such cases is to con-
fine those showing symptoms of
worms in a moderately small enclo-
sure, where they should be fed liber-
ally of high nutritious mashes moist-
ened with whole or skim milk, if po"*
March, 1924
QJble after they have been gradually
Lcustomed to this diet. Large quan-
tities of succulent green food, too,
are very essential at this stage, while
one-fourth teaspoonful of catechu
to each gallon of water, which later
may be by degrees increased to one-
third teaspoonful, seems to be more
or less beneficial, also.
If prompt measures are taken, a
laree percentage of the flock may be
saved and often a gosling, whov.e
growth has apparently become stunt-
ed from the ravages of worms will,
after a time, seemingly throw them
off and acquire almost 'if not quite
normal size.
The lesson to be learned from
these experiences is that natural,
fresh water is preferably to be dis-
pensed with in the growing of water-
fowl Its only advantage seems to be
in facilitating mating during the
spring of the year. Thereafter, both
old and young stock are better off
without it.
GATHERING EGGS
The nests often reach a tempera-
ture above that of incubation, during
hot days or even during relative^^^
cool days if the sun shmes brightly
Nests should be constructed so that
the sun cannot reach any part of
them, and so that there will be a good
circulation of air not directly m con-
tact with the eggs.
If fertile eggs that have been m-
jured by heating are removed from
the nest, cooled, and marketed prop-
erly a considerable number of them
win'probably reach the consunriers in
edible condition though some loss in
quality is apparent. Allowing too
many eggs to accumulate in the ^lest
or leaving them too long ungathered
tends to increase the number of
broken and dirty eggs which are due
chiefly to overcrowding in the nests.
Ordinarily, with good nesting ma-
terial, four eggs in a single nest is
enough, if there are more, the nests
should be increased in number or re-
arranged. One nest for each six
hens is about the right proportion.
If the eggs are merely stained or
soiled by only a small amount of mat-
ter that has dried quickly and left
no odor, they will reach the market in
better condition if they are left un-
cleaned until just before shipment,
but if the fecal matter on them is
■ still moist or if a distinct odor is
noted, they should be set aside when
they are gathered, cleaned, and used
within a few days. Cleaning eggs
hastens deterioration. Dirty eggs
should not be placed in the fillers of
egg cases or in any other package to
be used for shipping, as the packages
^ may thereby be soiled or may absorb
odors that will later contaminate clean
«ggs.
Checks that are noticed and leak-
ers should be separated from the rest
of the eggs when gathered, and either
used at home or sold for immediate
consumption.
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SHOWS AND
ASSOCIATIONS
MINNESOTA STATE POULTRY SHOW
D. E. Hale
The thirty-eijjhth annual show of the Min
lu'sota State Poultry Association was held a't
Minneapolis. Minn., January '2,i'2G, 19 J t and
was a biK success in every way. It was
sluKi'd in thi' State Armory, ono of tli«' host
liirlUt'd liiills wf have seen in a long time.
It was a Kri'iil pleasure to again ju<lg«,' at
tins old sli(»w, as it was lu-ro we not <iur
start ba»k in 1904. then in 190G, 19U7, 19li8
and 1909. Many of the old fanciers su» h as
Ualph Whitnev. John Osinondson. "Deck"
rul.l)s, White Kork K».Minfdy. H. A. Nourse.
and a few othi«rs are still in the ring and
kt'eping right uj) to date. The manaKonuiit
is in the hands of a younger generation who
are keeping up the high standard of shows
set by tiie management many years ago.
In all there wore about 'J, 500 birds on ex-
hibition. The cooping was uniform and sin-
-le decked, making a very attractive show.
Competition was keen all down the line,
especially in Barred Rocks. White Rocks,
Khode Island Reds. Buflf Orpingtons. White
Orpingtons. Speckled Sussex (National Club
Meet) Single Comb White Leghorns and Sil
ver Wyandottes. The Bronze Turkey class
was probably one of the best brought out this
year anywhere. The great Northwest is fast
stepping to the front in turkey culture and
some wonderful specimens are to be found
up here. » /-,
The judging was done by Judges A. C
Smith, John McPher.son. Harry Aitkins, F. C
Cross and yours truly. We nearly forgot
to mention the big class of Cornish Indians
This was one of the features of the show and
brought out some wonderful quality.
First Single Comb Rhode Island Red pul-
let carried off honors for rhampion female
of the entire show and the first Speckled
Sussex rock carried off honors for champion
male of the show.
The disabled veterans put on a show of
their own along production lines that was a
great credit to the work they are doing up
there. They have a community of their own
where they have bought their land and are
making a great poultry center of it under
the direction of Judge Cross.
A. C. Chapman, of the State Poultry Ex-
tension Division, is doing a great work with
his educational programs and these meetings
were well attended at all sessions.
The weather man was out knocking the
show and run his thermometer down to 16
below tero, but that did not keep the poultry
fans of the Twin Cities at home and the at-
tendance was very good, considering the
Secretary Jeo. H. Nelson and his wife won>
right on the job and busier than the rest all
put together. A show secretary has our
sympathies for we know just what they have
to do. The Minnesota State Poultry Assona
tion is to be congratulated on having such an
able and hustling secretary.
Take it all in all it was a great show
and one that was a lot of credit to the North-
west. The only thing those exhibitors up
there nee<l is a little more courage to strike
out with their birds and make some of the
larger national shows and they will be heard
from in louder tones. They have the quality
and all they need is the courage to get far-
ther away from home and show some of it.
Many of them did come to the Chicago Na-
tional this year and took home some of the
ribbons.
• * •
NATIONAL SPECKLED SUSSEX MEET
The annual meet of the National Speckled
Sussex Club was held in connection with the
Minneapolis, Minn.. Show. January 24 to 27.
The quality was above the average and in
numbers the classes were well represented.
There were exhibitors from six states and
125 birds were entered. After the winners
were eliminated there were gtill enough birds
left to make a good class in the average
show. The meet was a good illustration of
the progress that has been made in this va-
riety during the past few years. The males
especially showed a great step forward, the
class being uniform in color and none of the
light, orange colored saddles and harkles
were in evidence. The rich, dark glossy
surface colored birds with neat, sharp speck-
ling in saddle and hackle predominated. Th©
female!*, both hens and pullets, were a re-
markable class. There is still a tendency
toward dark hackles in the females, but this
defect is being gradually eliminated and
breoilers are beginning to realize that th«
Standard calls for hackle plumage identical
with that in other sections. An even Bhada
«»f ri. h reddish l.rown, each feather tipped
with white, the tip divided from the ground
color by a narrow bar of black, is desired in
females from I lie toi) of the head to the bate '
of the tail. The severol classes as a whole
were good in type, long deep, broad bodies
the chief ( haracteristic of the Sussex. i% be- )
ing followeil. Breeders must constantly keep
this type in mind in order to retain the re-
niarkable tnlde qualities as well as the ew
capacity for which the Speckled Sussex are
noted.
That the Speckled Sussex are gaining in
popularity was shown from the interest dis-
played by those who visited the show. \
breed or variety with real merit will forge
ahead and fanciers as well as farmers are
learning that in this variety they have a gen-
eral j)ur|)oso' fowl that is unexcelled. Speck-
led Sussex art* a large fowl, still are active
and great foragers. They are excellent lay.
ers of large eggs at all seasons of the year,
especially during the winter months. They
seem to be especially adapted to the northern
climate and when the thermometer is below
zero it does not appear to affect them in the
least, laying all through the coldest kind of
weather. In a<ldition to their laying quali-
ties they are acknowledged to be superior
to all other breeds as a table fowl by the
Knglish. and we all know that in England a
bird in order to become popular must fulfill
this requirement. As to the plumage, there
is no color combination among Standard poul-
try that is more attractive and tho fancier
has a prwblem of breeding that is very fasci-
nating. In this connection it might be said
that Speckled Sussex are no more difficult to
breed true to color than any other parti-
colored variety and both Standard males and
Standard females can be bred from a single
mating. This fact appeals to the breeder
with a limited amount of room, who has nei-
ther the time nor the space to devote to sev-
eral matings in order to raise exhibition
males and females as is the case in a num-
ber of other varieties. It was many of these
])oints that were being discussed and ex-
tdnined to the visitors at the Minneapolis
Show and therefore the meet was not only
a success in exhibiting the variety, but also
educational to those who were seeking infor-
mation regarding this worthy breed.
Plans are already being laid by the Na-
tional Siie<kled Sussex Club for the next an-
nual meet and already a number of show
managements have extended invitations to
have it held with them. New members are
oonstantlv being added to the club and
Spe<kled' Sussex are well along the road of
popularity and advancement.
THE TAMPA EXHIBITION
T. J. Sexton
Tho poultry show held in connection with
the South Florida Fair, at Tampa. Fla.. Jsnu-
arv 31 to February 9. 1924. was one of the
most comprehensive dis]day8 of poultry ever
caged in the South. The exhibition compris-
ing over 3,000 birds, representing more than
200 varieties, was held in an ideal show
building, large, light and well ventilated. The
show room was beautifully decorated and the
entries caged in Keipper coops were artistic-
ally arranged with a splendid display of
waterfowl occupying a prominent position in
the center of the exhibition. Exhibitors were
present from all parts of the South and »s
far North as New York State. All pro-
nounced this to be by far the largest and best
display ever shown at Tampa.
That the people of Florida are taking •
much more active interest in the poultry in-
dustry is attested by the size of this season s
show. Much credit is due Frank J. Oor-
mican. show superintendent, for the »^'® J"?
efficient manner in which same was handled.
Mr. Gormican is one of the oldest and mot\
widely known breeders in the South, having
been extensively engaged in the poultry busi-
ness for over forty years.
The largest class of the show was '"f"JJ
by Barred Plymouth Rocks with over 20U
specimens caged. White Plymouth Rocks
were well represented both in number snd
quality and produced the best pen in tte
show.
White Wyandottes were especially strong
in both quality and number, bringing out
both the best cockerel and best pu'l«'-%i5i
show, while Single Comb Rhode Island «•«•
rounded out a splendid quality display oiw
American breeds and brought forth the ow
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ors for both the best cock and best bird,
either sex. of the entire ♦'x»» '»>•»";"■ .^^ „ n
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I)iiM)Ol Indianapolis; Clov,. Stout. AukU in.
Mo E W. Hrown, Deland. Flu and Judge
Alden. of Binphamton. N. Y.. to the apparent
satisfaction of all exhibitors.
THE PENNSYLVANIA
STATE POULTRY SHOW
C. D. Byrne
The poultry show held in connec-
tion with the Penn!*ylvania State
Farm Products Show, at Harrisburg,
January 22 to 25, surpassed all previ-
ous exhibits both in quality and num-
ber of birds. A total of about 500
birds, representing: about 30 varie-
ties, filled the entire first floor of one
of the buildings housing the show.
In addition to the display of fowls,
726 dozen of eggs from all parts of
the State competed for the prize
money and cups. It has been stated
that this was the largest egg show
held east of the Rocky Mountains.
This is the first year that more
than one breed has been represented
at the Farm Show. Previously, a
single breed was permitted to put on
a display. The judging was per-
formed very satisfactorily by Newton
Cosh and J. Harry Wolsieffer, both
noted poultrymen. William F. Kelly,
of Doylestown, won two gold medals
for exhibiting the best shaped bird
and the best old pen of the entire
show. His birds were Barred Ply-
mouth Rocks. The medal for the
best young pen of the show went to
Watson Koons, of Yullinger, on Sin-
jrle Cnml) Dark Brown Leghorns.
Nevin F. Hoy won the fourth gold
medal on the best colored bird of the
show. His champion was a Huff Orp-
ington.
Mr. Brightman, of the Poultry De-
partment of The Pennsylvania State
College, judged the egg show. Fif-
teen classes were arranged for the
eggs, two of which were boys' and
girls' classes. The best dozen white
eggs of the show were exhibited by
C. E. Brenner, of Carlisle. Mrs. Wil-
liam Cope, of West Chester, showed
the best dozen of brown eggs. The
grand championship cup finally went
to Mr. Brenner on his white eggs.
Lancaster county was awarded the
cup for the largest entry of eggs.
Editor's Note:— The State Poultry Show
is h'^ld in t-ninu'i lion with the Farm Prodvicts
Show, at llarrisburg. and wl)i(h is an un-
usual exhil)ition in many respects. It is
hoped that the ])Oultry show will become one
of it> uji.in features. The vg)i displays have
luMMi of great interest.
A FINE START FOR
CUMBERLAND, MD.
The first annual exhibit of the Tri-
State Association of Poultry, Dogs
and Pet Stock, held in the State
Armory, Cumberland, Md., January
15 to 18, inclusive, brought together
one of the greatest arrays of poultry,
pigeons and rabbits ever exhibited in
Western Maryland. Not only was it
a success but a surprise. Exhibitors
from many sections who attended the
show were astounded at its im-
men.'^ity.
John R. Kriner, veteran poultry
judge, who placed the awards in the
poultty department, stated while in
the progress of his work that many
ol" the classes were better than any
he had hcindled during the present
show season. He said the Cornish
class at Cninberland was bigger and
the quality was better than the Bos-
ton Show.
Harry Brish, the Frederick, Md.,
fancier, wlio spent two days at the
show, was loud in his praise of the
excellent quality shown in the vari-
ous classes. When it is considered
that the exhibit was brought together
in less than two months, the manage-
ment feels elated, and work on the
1925 show has already started, with
an aim to make it bigger and better,
and the ''Quality Show of Maryland."
With few exceptions the different
classes were of such quality that little
distinction could be drawn. The
Rock and Wyandotte as well as the
Leghorn cl^^ses were big. The at-
tendance during the week was good.
The awards were as follows:
Barred Plymouth Rocks— George P. Clark,
fourth cock; fifth c«)ekerel ; first oM pen.
\V II McCJill. second old pen. P. O. Weber,
(irst hen; first pullet. P. T. Kuhn, second
and Jifth hen; second and third cockerel;
third p»illet. L. E. HoflFnian. fourth you:.g
pen Hartman Sons, third and fourth hen;
third young pen. W. S. Sicrist, first and
second cock; first and fourth cockerel; sec-
ond and fourth pullet; first and second
youiiB pen. H. M. Grove, third and fifth
*^*wiiite Plymouth Rocks— W. E. Farrell.
.s.-cnd cock; first and third hen; second cocic-
or.-! • first and fourth pullet. K. Spiker, fifth
luMi- fourth cockerel. J. F. Martin, fifth
■vrVvrA W. II. McGill. first cock; second
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The above is from .n unretouched photograph of the First and Third Prize ^^^'^?^^^^;^„%l^:f^'''ot i?o^^ Tu'fke?.
Januanr 1923 Bred, owned and exhibited by Bird Brothers. Mcyersdale Pa. -.^•rothers^ the nation's greatest Poultry
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A fourth hen; third cockerel; third and
flfth nullet; first old p.-n. J. George Smith,
2„t cockerel; second pullet.
Buff Plymouth Rocks— W. A. Schneider,
*''white Wyandottes — L. E. Good, first, sec-
nd and third cock; first and second hen;
firHt second and third cockerel; first, sec-
ond' third and fourth i.ullet. George P.
riark fifth cock; fifth co( kerel ; fifth pullet.
W H McGill, first old pen. J. IJ. Sheetz,
fmirth* cockerel. G. M. (iillette, third hen;
«rut voune pen. (i. W. Hradour, fourth hen.
R Hierraan. fourth cock. (J. F. Gloss, fifth
hen Mrs. W. L. Soothe, fifth cock.
Columbian Wyandottes- -R. Bierman, all
**SUver Laced Wyandottes — J. B. Work
man third hen; second cockerel; second and
third "pullet. Mrs. Eleanora Wiland, second
rock- fifth hen. .1. F. Martin, fourth and
fifth 'pullet. J. T. McNeatley. third cock;
first and second hen; first, third, fourth and
fifth cockerel; first pullet. George P. Clark,
first <o( k ; fourth hen.
B'ark Wyandottes — J. 11. Burkhart, all
ftWUl'lis. ,,,_..
Single Comb White Leghorns — John Knieri-
eum third hen; fifth cockerel; second young
pen H. M. Grove, third cock; second hen.
T (ieorgo Smith, first cock; first hen; second
cockerel; first and fourth pullet; second old
nen L. .T. MiHer. third young pen. F. T.
Phillips, fourth pullet. W. II. McGill. first
vounK pen. .1. F. Martin, fifth cock. Vernon
'Miller, fourth young pen. H. H. Robinson,
second and fourth cock; fourth and fifth hen;
first, third and fourth cockerel; second and
third pullet. ^
Rose Comb Buff Leghorns— T. B. Cosgrove,
first and second hen; second cockerel: first
and second pullet. R. Beeman, third hen;
first cockerel.
Single Comb Brown Leghorns — Ij. J. Mil-
ler first nn<l second cockerel; first pullet.
Gaien Miller, first cockerel. \V. C. Price,
second cockerel; first, second and third pul
let. R. Beeman. first cock; first hen.
Single Ojmb Anconas — Ler<»y Bradour, sec-
ond and third hen; second and third pullet;
second young pen. G. W. Hartunp, first hen;
first cockerel; first pullet; fir.st and third
young pen.
Single Comb Buff Orpingtons — W. J.
Carscadon, all awards.
English Sussex — Mrs. W. L. Soethe. all
awards.
Speckled Sussex— M. G. Anderson, all
awards. ♦
Golden Campines — M G. Anderson, all
awards.
Silver Campines — R. Beeman. all awards.
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds — (J. M.
Gillett. fourth cock; fifth pullet; first young
pen; second young pen. George P. Clark,
second cock; second and fourth hen. J. L.
Brooks, third cock; first an<l fifth cockerel;
seci nd, third and fourth pullet. Aphir Farm,
first cock; first hen; fourth cockerel; fifth
pullet; second young pen; first old pen. R.
Beeman, fifth cork.
Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds — C n\ .
Webster, first old pen. Get)rge P. Clark
first cockerel; first and second pullet; third
young pen. R. Beeman, first cock; first hen.
Vernon R. Miller, second cock.
Dark Cornish — George P. Clark, second
cock; fifth cockerel; third pullet. A. L. Mc-
Cullough. fifth cock; first old pen. Landis &
French, first and third cock; first, second,
third and fourth hen; first, second and third
cockerel; first, second and third pullet. Mrs.
A. E. Thomas, fourth cock; fifth hen; fourth
cockerel. C. G. Taylor, fourth and fifth pul-
let
Buff Cornish— Mrs. A. E. Thomas, all
awards.
White Laced Red Cornish— Mrs. A. E.
Thomas, all awards.
Light Brahmas — Mrs. G. P. Clark, first
cock; first, second and third hen; first and
second cockerel; first, second and third pul-
let. C. G. Taylor, first young pen.
Single Comb Black Minorcas— H. D. Riley,
fifth cockerel; fifth pullet. Brish Bros., first
and second cock; first, third and fourth hen;
first, second and third cockerel; first, second
and third pullet. Mrs. O. P. Clark, second
young pen. C. W. Webster, first young pen.
R. Spiker. second and fifth hen; fourth cock-
erel; fourth pullet.
Rose Comb Black Minorcas — E. R. Coak-
ley. all awards.
Silver Spangled Hamburgs — R. S. Bonie.
first cock; first hen; second pullet. H. M.
Evans, first old pen.
Qolden Sebright Bantams — M. G. Ander-
son, second cock first hen. O. C Zink, first
and third cock; second and third hen. Mrs.
Eleanora Wiland, first cockerel; first, second,
third and fourth pullet.
Japanese Silkies — M. G. Anderson, first
and second hen. J. F. Martin, first pullet.
Booted Mllle Fleur — J. F. Martin, first
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co.k ; first hen. /^ n
Partridge Ctcbln Bantguna— Mrs. G-. P.
Cliirk. all awards. « « i^, i
Buff Cochin Bantams — Mrs. O. P. Clark,
first cook; first hen; second cockerel; fourth
and fifth h.Mi. C. \V. Webster, first cockerel;
first, second and third pullet. ^ „ ^, .
White Cochin Bantams — Mrs. O. P. Clark.
all awards. ,„»,»• .n
Black Cochin Bantams — J. F. Martin, all
"^Jersey Black Giants— E. P. Welshouse.
first co<kerel; first young pen. H. M. Grove,
second cockerel; first pullet.
Lakonvelders— M. G. Anderson, first cock.
Mrs. Elcannra Wiland. first cockerel; first,
second, third and fourth pullet.
White Crested PoUsh — M. O. Anderson, all
White Embden Oeese — \V. H. McGill, all
awanls. .^ . r^ -^r on
Wh'te Indian Eunner Ducks — G. M. Oii-
Irtt, all aM-ards.
REPORT OF BOYS*
AND GIRLS* DEPARTMENT
Boston Poultry Show, January 1-6, 1924
The fifth annual junior poultry ex-
hibit in connection with the Boston
Poultry Show was held in Mechanics
Hall, Boston, January 1-5, 1924. The
entire stage in the big auditorium
was filled with birds and there were
35 pens upstairs with a rabbit exhibit.
It was the largest and best exhibit
ever put on by our boys and girls.
Over 600 birds were entered, 52 ca-
vies, 45 pieces of poultry equipment
and six poultry club exhibits, each
exhibit taking up eight feet of space
and each one demonstrating some-
thing practical in poultry raising.
The largest entries were in the Bar-
red Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island
Red, White Leghorn and Ancona
classes, and there were some especi-
ally good birds. With from 15 to 35
birds in each class, competition was
very keen.
All birds entered except cock birds,
bantams, and pens were judged for
both fancy and utility points. Pro-
fessor Luther Banta, of Massachu-
setts Agricultural College and Wil-
liam Ryan, of Stoughton, judged for
exhibition, and Professor Osgood, of
the Norfolk County Agricultural
School, for utility. This method gave
a boy or girl an opportunity to see
whether or not he had a combination
of fancy and utility bird. It proved
that many of the exhibitors' birds
were good utility birds. For example,
the first and second exhibition Barred
Rock cockerel also got first and sec-
ond utility prizes in a class of 20
cockerels. In order to compete in
both fancy and utility classes there
had to be at least ten birds in a class.
Comp?.ring the exhibition with the
utility birds, it was found that 39
birds winning prizes in tht* exhibition
c'ass-e-. al.^o wo.i prizes in the utility
classes. This is an excellent show-
ing and certainly provi's that club
members are working toward the
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Among the most prominent prize
winners in the Junior Department
were: Anton Scholz, Roslindale, who
won the grand sweepstake prize and '
also had the best female bird in the
show, a White Wyandotte pullet;
Stanley Kasprizak, Melrose, who had
the best pen of birds in the show and
the best display of Rhode Island
Reds; Viola Albee, Amherst, who had
the best display of Barred Plymouth
Rocks and the best male bird hi the '
show; Chester Munroe, of Attleboro,
with best di.splay of White Leghorns;
Stanley Chalke, of South Weymouth,
with best display of Anconas. In ad-
dition to cash prizes offered several
special prizes were offered by various
poultry breeders and companies. <
Most of the prizes for poultry equip,
ment, consisting of brood coops, trap-
rests, oat .<;prouters, feed hoppers,
etc., went to members of the Jamaica
Plain High School Poultry Club. This
equipment was well constructed and
attracted a great deal of attention.
Norfolk County Agricultural School •
won first place in an exhibit of Pre-
serving Eggs in Water Glass; second
and third place went to Jamaica Plain
High School on Caponizing and Feed-
ing.
Twelve demonstrations were put '
on by poultry club members in the
main lecture room. " Three demon-
strations, a part of the main pro-
gram, consisted of Vaccination, Cull-
ing, Lice and Mite Control, etc. They
were well attended and many people
in the audience asked questions of
the boys. .
On Wednesday, a poultry judging
contest was held for boys over 15
years of age, participated in by 13
teams and 39 club members. Six
classes of birds were judged, three
fjncy and three production classes,
with five birds in each class. A team
from Hampshire County won the
state championship, and this team is
entitled to a trip to the Madison
Square Garden Poultry Show to com-
pete for the national honors. The
three highest individuals were: Roger
West, of Hadley, Stanley Kasprizak.
of Melrose, and Osborne West, of
Hadley. .
On Thursday, a junior judging con-
test was held for boys under 15 years
of age, wh'ch was participated in by
-'x tea'^ s of three members each.
!\ur cl.sses of b.rds were judged,
two fancy and two utility. Jamaica
Plain High School team won first
place, second place going to NorfolK
County Agricultural School, and
third to Middlesex County Club mem-
bers.
National Boys* and Girls'
Poultry Judging Contest
Held at Madison Square Garden, N. Y.,
" January 25. 192 4
The second annual National Poul-
try Judging Contest for club mem-
bers was held at the Madison Square
Garden Poultry Show, January 25,
1924. Four club teams and eight
college teams took part in the contest,
11 judging the same birds. Club
teams were from Massachusetts, Con-
necticut, New York and Virginia.
The Virginia team consisted of all
jrjrls. Judging .started at 10:30 and
the following breeds were judged:
Fancy Classes: Barred Plymouth
Rock pullets, Rhode Island Red cock-
erels, White Leghorn cockerels.
White Wyandotte pullets. Production
Classes: Rhode Island Red hens. Bar-
red Plymouth Rock hens. White Leg-
horn hens. White Wyandotte hens.
There were five birds in a class,
and 20 minutes were allowed for
judging each class. No reasons were
given. Results of the judging by
club teams were as follows: New
York, first, 1,490 points; Massachu-
setts, second, 1,390 points; Connecti-
cut and Virginia, tied for third, 1,180
points.
Fred Schmiest, of the New York
team was high man with 560 points,
while Osborne West, of Massachu-
setts, won second place with 490.
Last year Massachusetts won first
place in the contest.
After the show was over, it was
voted to hold the club and college
contests separately hereafter, and
Mr. Taylor, of Connecticut, was ap-
pointed chairman of the club commit-
tee— E. H. Nodine, Assistant State
Club Leader, Massachusetts.
ANNUAL MEET JEBSET
BLACK GIANT CLUB
M. L. Chapman
The annual meeting of ttfe Jersey Black
Giant Club, held in connection with the Tren-
ton Winter Show, brought out a splendid
class of over 400 Jersey Black Giants, as fol-
low.s: 29 cocks, 50 cockerels, 51 hens, 53
pullets, 15 old pens. 29 young pens, 8 capons.
In addition to the above there were many
Giants in display cages not entered in the
classes.
The light is very poor in the Trenton
Armory, where the show was held, and this
condition makes the judging a little difficult.
The first thing I did was to walk through the
cla8!:es and put a white placard on all the
outstanding birds which would insure their
getting handled and considered later on. I
then began to look over the birds carefully.
I finally emptied out eight coops and put in
them all the birds I was considering for the
high classes and I lined them up together.
The lisrht was still so poor that I could not
get a definite impression so I had to carry all
these birds out into the open to compare the
colors and to make my final decision.
The first and second cock birds, belonging
to Mr. Perrine. were birds without serious
fault in any section; they were the iiroper
sue. had good heads and wfre .shown in very
fine condition. The third cock, belonging to
Mr. Ely, was also a verv fine specimen, the
largest in the class, but 'fell below first and
seocind in head points.
One of the closest decisions I have ever
na<l to make was between first and second
''■en. Schriver'.s hen that I finally gave first
^ Was slightly better in color and in head
, points; Page's hen that got second was a
Jittle more massive in type and a little
« 1?"' **'^y were both' splendid hens.
* Schriver's hen was first at Boston the week
preceding where she beat the second 1923
Madison .Square Oar^len hen. Page's hen
jnat got second was first at the Garden Show
»ne following w«M'k. Schriver's hen not
Z^ at the Garden.
The first cockerel went to Mr. Ely; this
?*' 1* 'P'^ndid sjiecimen. great size, wonder-
•«I disposition and a bird hard to fault any-
^nere, he might have been a little broader
■ffoss the tail, but was an outstanding speci-
^fn- The second cockerel went to Mrs.
larnered, this was an almost perfect bird.
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HanoTer Paima.
l8<kinR only in si/o; third cookerpl. very
mil. h like tho Rerond, went to Mr. hly.
The first pullet was one of the best Re^n
to date- jfood size, splendid shape, very syni-
metricni. marvelous (jreen sheen and a splen-
did fmthered hird that was also first at New-
ark Show, fails a trifle in color of eye but
an almost perfect bird. This first pullet went
to Mr Benedict. Second and third pullets,
also were very ffood. Later in the week in
looking the class over I thought possibly I
should have ^iven the third pullet Re^-ond.
The first old pen went to Mr. lialrtwin;
this was one of the best old pens ever shown,
thov were beautifully matched and in almost
perfect condition. The male bird was very
fine, especially brond across the tail and in
I>erfect feather. a %.
First young pen went to Oscar Search,
also very Rood but not quite the high quality
as the first old pen. Second young pen went
to Harnered. also very good
I am writing <his a month after the show
and as I took no notes at the time, it is
possible that I have omitted some outstand-
ing birds but these »ro the high points that
stand out in my memory. Mr. A. L. ClarK,
of Mapip Farms, had very high q"ai|ty
throughout the entire exhibit, as did also
Mrs. Hamered.
I think best display went to Oscar Search .
best male to the first cock; best female to the
fir«t hen; best pen went to Baldwin.
This exhibit of Giants was the largest class
of any N-«riety shown this year and about the
best in quality up to that date. Quite a good
manv sales were made at good prices, in-
cluding the first old pen a"d first pullet.
The breeders of .Tersey Black Giants have
made wonderful progress and they take espe-
ciallv to the exhibition end. they are not
afield to show their birds and they are a fine
lot « f exhibitors to judge for.
yesterday, who have developed and bred up *
according to the Standard, these egg mj!
chines. Suppose we pause a moment in the
mad s( ramitle for utility and think what will
beoome of our Standard-bred birds if we give \
ct.nsitleration only to the number of eggs j
hen will lay in our matings. It takes no
prophet to tell where we will land. On the (
other hand, let's take our Standard of Per.
fection when we mute- our j»ens, putting in
.: .:-... „.. „,„ r.„,. *. — -"isqualificj.
«"-..^, „ — - • ■ - .-;.-.y layers.
By doing this, we will get offspring that are
fit" to grace any show room and which will
only sucli birds as are free from disqualificj.
tions, but which are proven heavy layers.
Ill V*» |Jlt»V»^. %»--J — ■-.iH.il Wl
also fill the o\i£ basket in the laying house.
I trust you will i)ar<lon my lengthy letter
but wanted to give you my idea of this que«!
tion. I'erhaps I am wrong, but the above
are my views and if you can induce some
one to' give us an article along these lines
it will be greatly ai»preciated. Would also
be pleased to hear from you at your conveni-
ence.
With best wishes, I am
Yjnirs very truly,
J. A. BRADFORD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Editor Everybodys Poultry Magazine,
Hanover. Pa.
Dear Sir- — For two years I have been a
subscriber to your valued magazine and con-
sider it one of the best publications in the
poultry field today. Each month I >^*J« /7«
with much interest the various articles by
your staff and have great confidence in wliat
hese gentlemen say. There is one q";'«t Tn
however, on which T have seen very Jit/le in
your magazine and would like, if possible for
Vou to have some one write an article on
••Utility Classes." There is ''-'"f..:"*";
fested so much interest in so-called Un ity
Classes" and some shows are laying so much
Sress on these classes that I fear great harm
will come if we do not call a halt somewhere.
Only yesterdav I received a catalogue from
a large Neighboring state poultry ^--^^^^^l^'^?'
covering a show held in .Tsnuary. and »n l"«^k-
ing through the list of cash premnims offered
der 'aTtility Classes" appears this notation:
"Hogan test, including color P'K")^"*' -^'^
tanre between keel and pelvic bones, flexi^
bilitv of pelvic bo»es and abdomen. Each
Standard "^disqualification (except clipped
wings) will count off five per cent us
Til rieht to have •'Utility Classes." but think
:y I : biAs that are disqualified, •'•^ord.ng
Vo thi Standard of Perfection, provided the>
"Hoganize" well, are offered tliree /nio, the
amount given for a pen «' .^♦''"'^"'^ ^^^f,
fowls that have no disqualifirstions an
which represent years of careful mating and
breeding Please do not misunderstand me
when T sav "Hoganize." I have Jrreat re
^pect for Mr. Hog?; and »>• ^-^ P--.^,>' /;;,
eotten more about poultry than I w.U exer
know His theory is fine and s a eood imlcx
to the laying ability of a bird " » J^J^^.
manv cases, but I do not believe the poiiltr>
breeders of America are quite rea^y. to adopt
the Hogan system solely as a guide in mating
and breeding winners. , « . .-^ ;„
The American Standard of Perfection is
the result of the best efforts of «<-o3«'" «' J"*",
ter breeders for a period of seventy five years
or more and if we are going to t»l'«'.^'J^;
?hat are disqualified by t^^'" / J^'^-T'^X,
eive them the choice places and the big prize
monev in our shows, then I fear the work of
thes7great breeders will soon be ,torn down
and the American Poultry Association will be
^-recked upon the rocks of ^l^^'^Y^^^^^. .u^
T would not. for a moment. <^»''«'"""* J^J
value of utility; after all. the real P'-rP""* "'
a fowl ii to produce eggs but we /»" ^^^T
bine Standard q"«li<y •"«* J^yJ"^ 'I'ii'^TJ"
the fwime bird. This has been proven time
and time again. Who ever "'^ » '^J" P'",
duce 200 eggs or better in one year t'^** Y»*
not a Stan'ilard fowl and bred from a W
line of birds that measured iin ♦''^^''*' .^**"^,
ard of Perfection T The utility \>reeder« of
foday are indebted to the fancy breedera of
KEEPING TAB ON THE FLOCK
The average poultry breeder is ex- ^
ceedingly complaisant over the loss
of a few chickens or a hen or two.
He seems to accept such losses as in-
cidents to the business which must
be expected and dismisses them from
his mind as being among ♦hf^ things
that must be accepted without mur-
muring. •.
It is not at all unusual for a poul- '
tryman to rear less than 75 per cent
i
The above Illustration shows a Bnf
Orpington puUet weighing four and on^
half pounds at four months of »««
owned and bred by Edgetown FtfO.
Qalesburg, HI.
, g qI one hen in ten is a more seri-
ous loss than it wo;ald be to lose one
cow in t^"' because the return in
proportion to the invcstnieiit is
ereater in the case of the hen.
A pood hen will pay 100 per cent
en the investment and often twice
a.s much, while it is a good cow that
pays fifty pe^ cent on the money in-
vested in her.
^ very large proportion of the
joshes among young chickens is
easily preventible. The poult ryman
.houia begin to feel that he is netr-
lecting his flock when he loses as
many as ten chicks out of every 100
and to lose two hens out of every
100 is losing too m:iny.
To lose chicks by disease, over-
crowding, stress of weather, or in-
sects or animal enemies is to show
carelessness that is inexcusable, be-
cause healthy chicks, which are prop-
erly fed and properly protected,
have about as good chance to live as
any other farm stock. The same
may be said of a flock of hens. If
the old hens are weeded out, as they
should be every year, the flock will
consist of young, healthy and vigor-
ous birds. Protect them from ani-
mal enemies and keep the sleeping
quarters free from insects and there
should not be a loss.
Often a flock is allowed to run
down in vitality by being kept in
quarters too close for health. At
other times, cracks which breed
draughts are allowed to remain open
and roup gets in. Nine times in ten
the careless poultry keeper will be
found wondering where his flock
could have become Infected with
disease when the cause is patent to
every one who observes the condi-
tions under which it is kept.
Given good care, proper whole-
some feed and pure water, the health
of a flock will remain perfect year
after year. Where hens are allowed
to sit week after week without being
broken up, disease is likely to creep
in, and occasionally a ca'^e of tuber-
culosis, the origin of wh'ch is hard
to determine, but this is a rare
disease where fowls are properly
bred and carefully attended to.
Every poultryman should try to
conduct his business as carefully as
he would any other business, for it
is the small savings that make for
profit in every business.
COBRECTIONS
. ..' We find an error in our Garden report in
c tu^ />Vi;^lrs hp hatches, nor is v. RanUms. The Finn Bantam Yards. Hamil
of the chicks tie natcne , ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ .^ ^^.^^ ^^^.^^^
uncommon to lose ten hens ouw „. ,„
each hundred kept. \
If a sheep or swine breeder wen
to lose 25 per cent of ^lis pigs «"\
ten per cent of his b-edrng stc^^
he would at once begin to seeK «
the cause and try to find a way
preventing such losses. The P
tryman, as a rule, takes such matters
entirely too easily. ^
The loss of ten per cent oi
capital stock of any business H
matter to consider seriously. *T
We are glad to make this correction.
• • •
An omission occurred in our report of the
New York State Fair, in October issue, in
the winnings of O. O. McLaurin. Dillon, S. C
Mr. McLaurin won on his Anconas: First
<""ck; first, third and fourth cockerel; fifth
P'lllet and first youtig pen. We are glad,
♦"ven at this late date, to call this to our
readers' attention.
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principles of breeding and mating. The latest Information is at your
Command on exhibition Ivwls, breed ng pens and farm flocks^ The liNO
:^oultrvman in these days of high prices, cannot afford to be without th«-
newe^^ok It is absolute.y original and authentic-instructor and guide
to young and old in the poultry business.
The Mating and
Breeding of Poultry
By Harry M. Lamon
Senior Pool trrman. Bureau of Animal Induatry.
U. 8. Department of Asrlcultura
AND
Rob R. Slocum
Povltryinan. Bureau of Animal Tndaatry.
L'. tJ. Departmwut ot AKTlculture
As the name implies, the book deals
primarily with mating and breeding. Us
principles, practices and laws as applied
to all varieties of standard -bred chickens,
bantams included. It describes In detail
the desirable characteristics of all stand-
ard varieties, both male and female, de-
fects to be avoided and proper matlngs to
make. It may properly be called the Key
,^-.— ^— ^^ to the Standard, so completely does it
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l"tirdart%rPeyecflol supplying thfvery Information necessary to pro-
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POULTRY ON THE FARM ,
No one feature that naturally be-
longs to the agricultural pursuits of
our country has so thoroughly bene- »
fitted the farm interests as poultry, if
properly cared for. At the same t
time, nothing is more discouraging
and unsatisfactory than poultry neg-
lected either by feeding or housing.
It is a well-known fact that there are
thousands of hens and hundreds of
cows kept in the country at a finan-
cial loss on account of careless meth-
ods. Filthy house and improper food.
There are millions of dollars made
each year in raising chickens and
selling eggs, and many millions more
could be made if the farmer would
provide better accommodations for
his hens, instead of being so selfish
and putting so much money in that
hog house, cattle barn, automobile
garage, when nine times out of ten
the hen is the one that pays the
grocery bill, buys Johnnie's clothes
and the gasoline that makes the au-
tomobile go. Then why is poultry
raising not profitable?
For these reasons we do not hesi-
tate to urge every one living in the
country on a farm to raise as much
poultry as possible, but at the same
time not to try to raise more than
they can properly care for in the
right way, for if they are neglected
they will prove aloss which is disc(
There is no better place to raise
poultry than on the farm. Why? If
you keep one variety you can give
them free range all over the farm,
which means plenty of room to roam
about, which means good health to
your stock, plenty of shade during
warm weather, and where the win-
ter is not too cold and long the
fowls will care for themselves two-
thirds of the time, and try to not im-
pose upon you for their food, but sail
away to green pastures to hunt for
bugs, worms, grasshoppers, weed
seeds, etc., and the grain they pick
up around the bam and feed yards
would go to waste otherwise— you
would never miss it. .
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ANOONAS
"bargain sale— selling out sin-
iriA Comb Ancona yearling hens, Sheppard
ftrain. Some cost $1.00 per chick. Lar^e.
!trone healthy, vigorous stock. Will make
Slent breeders. Worth $5.00 to $15^00.
Tureain price for immediate delivery while
r»!iu lasts $3.50 and $5.00 each. No cata-
olie. Superior quality is all you ^et and all
',* „.y for. Satisfaction guaranteed. Order
from^ this ad today. G. W. Simms. Lake
N. Y.
POST'S "SUPER" ANCONAS. OFFI-
cial contest winners bred in line for heavy
flork average. Winners at America s great-
est shows and egg contests. They possess
wonderful vigor, size and egg capacity.
Standard-bred, useful. Single Comb and Rose
Tomb Anconas, hatching eggs, baby chicks.
Eee and show stock. Prices reasonable.
Quality guarantee<l. Free catalogue. Write,
Sweet Briar Farms, Box D, OntanoviUe 111.
"" 189i)a
ANCONAS
HKED TO LAY SINGLE COMB ANCONAS.
Eggs for hatching, day old chicks of quality.
Price reasonable. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Catalogue free. Bernard M. Stover, Box E,
Hc'llefonte, Pa. 187bm
SINGLE COMB MOTTLED ANCONAS.
Birds of fine quality. Heavy egg strain.
EgKS $1.50 per setting. F. S. Bowen, Route
2, Bellefonte, Pa. 189
BANTAMS
ANCONAS— SEE MY WINNINGS AT
Syracuse and Hanover. Select breeders
cheap for immediate sale. Eggs from these
winners. Catalogue. G. G. McLaurin, Dil-
lon, S. C. 186
OAK GROVE ANCONAS. A FliW CHOICE
birds. Six prizes at Southeastern Fair last
fall. Hatching eggs, $3.00 to $5.00 per set-
ting. H. D. Leo, East Point, Ga. 188
LEWALLEN'S EXHIBITION EGG STRAIN
Single Comb Anconas. The Two-in-One egg
machines. Won 102 ribbons and four silver
CUPS this show season. Still have a few nice -
brSedini cockerels at $5 and $10^0 each
Baby chicks and eggs in season. Write for
bie illustrated catalogue and price list— it
U free f«r the asking. Worth M. Lewallen
High Point, N. C ^^
"single COMB ANCONA (SHEPPARD
Strain) eggs, two dollars per hundred; nine
dollars per hundred. Baby chicks twenty
cents each or seventeen dollars per hundred
Special prices in larger lots. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Schuerman A Sons, R. 4. »e-
dalia, Mo^ ^
SOUTHLAND ANCONAS MAKE EVERY
day a pay day by laying more and eating less.
Heavy laying hens mated to cock birds direct
from Sheppard -s pen one. Chicks $25.00 hun-
dred, dayold eggs $2.00 ^o $5.00 per -etting
Chas. Watt. Jr., Camilla. Ga. J^
REAL POST'S SUPER SINGLE COMB
Anconas. Best official show and egg con^t
winning blood. Hatching eggs, $3.50 per 15;
$6.00 per 30, postpaid. Satisfactory hatch
guaranteed. Bert E. Pennington, Route i.
Cisne, 111.
SINGLE COMB ANCONAS, SHEPPARD' S
••Famous" strain. Wonderful winter layers.
Eggs for hatching from select bred to lay-
everyday stock. Guaranteed. Mrs Irene
Rumbaugh. 6822 Park Ave., Cleveland, O^
ANCONAS — EAT LESS, LAY MORE,
kind. Eggs. $11 per 100. Baby chicks,
$20,00 per 100. The Mayflower Ancona
Farm, Sabina, O. 186
SINGLE COMB ANCONAS, SHEPPARD
strain direct. Vigorous winter laying quality
stock. Eggs, setting $1.50 up. Coplin Bros.,
Payne. O. ^
"single COMB ANCONAS. EGGS FROM
244 egg pedigree cockerel mating. $2.50 per
15; fllock, $1.75. D. Spurrier, Calhoun, Mo.
186
GOLDEN AND SILVER SEBRIGHT BAN-
tam eggs from winners Madison Square Gar-
den. 1924, $5.00 per 15. Polk E. Moore,
Portland, Tenn. 186
WINNING GOLDEN SEBRIGHTS. EGGS,
$2.50-15. Giant Light Brahmas, choice,
$3.00-15. Dagmar Nelson, Hustler, Wis. 186
DARK BRAHMA BANTAMS. A PEW
good birds left. No eggs. Alf Cress, 147
Ann St., London, Ont., Canada. 188
FOR SALE — LIGHT BRAHMA BANTAMS
at $3.00 and $5.00 a pair. Oscar H. Har-
ner, liittlestown. Pa. 186
QUALITY BUFF COCHIN AND BLACK
Rose Combs. Stock, eggs. Waldo Pence,
Marshalltown, la. 188
BANTAM EGGS, GOLDEN SEBRIGHT.
$3.00 for setting of 15. Lyle DeWitt, Frank-
linville, N. Y. 186
GOLDEN SEBRIGHT COCKERELS. $2.50,
$5.00. Cobly's Poultry Yards, Bowling
Green, Ky. 187
EXHIBITION GAME, PIT GAME AND
bantams. Wesley Lanius, Greensburg, Ind.
188
ANCONAS— CHICAGO COLISEUM WIN-
ners. Bredto-lay. Catalogue free. Settings.
$3.00. Harry Daugherty, Streator. 111. 186
SHEPPARD STRAIN SINGLE COMB AN-
ronas. Epgs $1.75. $2.25, $3.50 per setting
Sam Sandow. Box 150. Gumming, Ga. 190
SILKIES. $5.00 PAIR. EGGS, $2.50.
Packwood Poultry Farm, Packwood, 1\. 187
LIGHT BBAHMAS
ROSE COMB ANCONAS. STOCK, EGGS
and chicks. Vigorous. Heavy winter layers.
Write. Theo. Oberholz, Peru. 111. 188
SINGLE COMB ANCONA COCKERELS.
Sheppard's best. $3.00 to $7 00. H. Cecil
Smith, R. 2, Rapid City. Mich. 186
KAMENSKY'S ANCONAS WIN AT MADI-
Bon Square Garden, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and
egg laying contests. Hatching eggs and
chicks. Both combs. Stock for sale. J. »•
Kamensky, Box 4a, Sykesville, Pa. i»o
IVY HILL ANCONAS AGAIN CHAM-
pions at great York and Lancaster Fairs ;
won best display. Rose and Single Combs
Orders taken for chicks and eggs. Circular
free. Box E. Hellam. Pa. i»^
SINGLE COMB ANCONA EGGS. $7 00-
100. prepaid. 85% guaranteed fertile.
Heavy laying, blue ribbon winners leading
nhows and fairs. Circular free. Wiedman
Bros., Morton, 111. ^_
"HI-GRADE" SINGLE COMB ANCONA
chicks bred for high egg production fine
color. Wn'te for prices, prompt delivery.
Knapp's ••Hi-Grade" Poultry Farm Box
CE-10. Shelby. O^ ^"^''*°'
DIES* ANCONAS— GOOD SIZE AND
dark. Combined exhibition and heavy egg
producers. Canadian strain. None better.
•Write for prices of hatching eggs. K. »•
Thomas, Saltillo. Pa. ^
SHEPPARD STRAIN ANCONA COCK-
erels. Write your wants. Lyle K. L©^'*-
Lake Crystal. Minn. ^86
SHEPPARD'S ANCONA HENS. ALSO
•gg» for hatching. Earl Holmberg, Stratford
la. 186
ANCONAS — EGGS FOR HATCHING
from free range flock. $1.50 per 15. Norman
E. Hall. Greens Creek, N. C ^°_
WHKN NOT SATISFIED WITH ANCONA
hatching eggs. Derfla Ancona Farm has what
you want. Mntawan. N. J. ^°°
"ancona CHICKS. SHEPPARD STRAIN.
Range stock, heavy layers. LinesviUe Hatch-
ery. Box G. LinesviUe. Pa^ ^°'
ANDALUSIANS
TRULY MAMMOTH LIGHT BRAHMAS.
Recognized by leading judges as one of the
best strains in America. Now booking orders
for hatching eggs that will produce winners
for next season's shows at $5.00 per 15;
$9.00 per 30; $12.00 per 50; $18.00 per 100.
Stock for sale; mated breeding pens a spe-
cialty. Valleyview Poultry Farm, Bertram J.
Dole. Prop.. Rt. 1. Harrison, O. 188
NOW BOOKING ORDERS FOR LIGHT
Brahma baby chicks and hatching eggs from
prize winners and heavy laying strain. Pen
mated. Write for mating list. Mrs. Ola
Henck, R. No. 1. Scenery Hill, Pa. 186
EGGS FROM PENS CONTAINING BOS-
ton and Great Allentown Fair winners $3
setting. Empire Light Brahma Farm. Sel-
lersville. Pa. "^m
LIGHT BRAHMAS. LARGE. SELECT
lavers Standard color eggs. $2.00 per 15,
prepaid. D. A. Morelock, Morristown, Tenn
188
PENNIMAN'S BEAUTIFUL BLUE ANDA-
lusians. Quantity and quality egg strain.
Eggs! $2.00 and $3.50. R. E. Penniman
Pardeeville, Wis. ^^^
BANTAMS
Mass.
SHOVE'S GOLDEN AND SII^
ver Sebrights; Black, Buff and
Brown Cochin BanUms, L»»nt
Brahmas. Houdans and R. 1-
Reds, fowl. Eggs. $5 00 Per 15.
Daniel P. Shove. Fall Rive^
JUMBO LIGHT BRAHMAS. PRIZE WIN-
ning blood. Large flocks. See advertisement,
page 268. Daniel Bryan. Portland, Ind.
lo T DID
"OHIO'S BEST" LIGHT BRAHMAS.
Breeding stock and eggs. J. Fred Seas, Orr-
viUe. O ill
BUTTERCUPS
"wANTAMS EGGS. 22 VARIETIES. OIR-
cufaf rc'Jft sump, Fenn Bantam Yards
Desk 32. Delavan. Wis.
BUTTERCUPS — BLUE RIBBON WIN-
ners. Stock and eggs for sale. ^^aUer
Hastings^^flferson^Mass^ i22
"superior prize winning butter-
cups. Eggs, chicks. Inquire. Oscar D.
Reese, Emaus, Pa. tzZ
GOLDENROD BUTTERCUPS. SEE AD-
vertisement. page 247. C. Sydney Cook,^Jr.
Specialty Club Directory
This Directory is for the benefit of the Specialty Club 0,,nizaU^ r^ead-
l\^ ^oi^AlTZ^ll'. I'nnrwh^ch^^- "r. n/mmal charge of $3.00 a year.
Ut3 «a»*»v« --^ — — - ,
payable strictly in »5-^*"<=^
American Colnmbian Plymouth Rock Club
American Buff Wyandotte Cub.
American White Orpington Club
American i
Tersey Black Giani y^"--;: .cha
secretary i iml'"'??' 192
■L&rX-ood-.-./.v.-.-.-.H.n'iC- 1|: I
White Orpington Club........... ^- • Truman ^f'Ty*"^' T loi
Single Comb White Minorca Qlub. . U u • •^el'"''"', ^J' \li
»ck Giant Club }^:" y %i-^ Meyersdale. Pa. 134
^S^^.yJ rv..,v^^ pi„h Chas. J- ^«'y« ••;;;; Wallkill, N. Y. ir
344
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BUTTERCUPS
WHITE KARLOHE COCKEKKLS FOR
Rftle Eees from winners ut Now \ork and
Boston. $5.00 por setting. l>r. Hufus Howe
311 Main St., Worcester, Mass. i»^
BUTTERCUP EGGS FOR HATCHING
from Rtotk that will lay and I'uy. Osuuin
Waterman. Delhi, N. Y.
188
BpRQISCHEN SCHLOTTEB KAEMMEN
'~FOr"¥aLE— SETTING EGGS FROM IM-
ported BerKiRohen Schlotter Kaommon ; prize
winners. Spt-itol & K.rschbaum, 1010 W hI_
nut St., Utica. N. Y. ]^
CAMPINES
BABY CHICKS
GOLDEN AND SILVER OAMPINE STOCK
and eggs. Prizewinners. Eggs. $2.00 perl fv
Edwin Hixson. Millfield, O. l^O
SILVER CAMPINE EGGS, $5.00 PER 15
fifteen dollars per hundred. Benj. Pelste'"
Gerald, Mo. ^
CHANTECLERS
FREE CIRCULAR (DESCRIBING OUR
Lost ni.'thod of feeding hahy chicks) with
each order, l^arron strain While LeKhorns,
the large, heavy winter liiyini: kiml, also
oxcellent Barred Rocks, from heavy layiii;;
stock Vallev View Hatchery, Harrison-
l.urg, Va. ' ^"^
1U(\000~ QUALITY lUBY CHICKS —
I'lir.'hrcd. farm ranice, \0()'.'o live delivery.
|.,wtiai-l. Barred. HiitT and White R...ks.
Huff Ori)ington.s, Reds, $16.00; Anconas.
Wliite Orpingtons. Wyandottcs, $17.00;
I.i>;ht Kraiuiias. $l><.00; Leghorns. $i:i.(>0
Beatrice Hatchery. Beatrice. Neb. 1H6!
BABY CHICKS AND BREKDINtJ STOCK
All leading varieties purebred. Bred and
tested for heavv laying. Chicks lOc to 18c
ea. li Postpaid. Live delivery guaranteed.
Breeding stock $100 up. Write for cata-
lojfue. Steinh».ff Hatchery. Csage City. Kan.
* IHBbamr
" CHANTEOLERS - BOSTON ^VINNERS.
Eggs. 15— $8.00. 30— $15.00. W. C AUl^-
kins. North Attleboro, Mass.
191
SNOW BANK STRAIN CHANJECLRRS—
Canada's cold weather breed. Palmer J'a"^"'
Cos Cob, Conn. *
BARRED ROCK CHICKS FROM VIGOR-
..us good laying, free-ranije flocks. ^^hite
Leghorns from fl'-cks with Hillview and Bar-
ron foundation. Price $1:1 lOO. Satisfaction
assured. Member International Baby Chick
Association, d). & L. Wampler, Penn Laird
Va.
186
CAPONS
'" CAPONS-SIMPLICITY PERFECTION
Method— No slips. No deaths. Book K^e
E. King, 636 Sheridan, Chicago, 111. 195
VIGOROUS. GUARANTEED BABY
chicks each Wednesday. Parks' Rocks. Hol-
lywood Leghorns. Shepi)ard Baker Anconas
lioasonabie. Must please. Lot.H of testimon-
ials. Catalogue free. Laid at 4V4 ">"n\"*-
Seibert Bros.. Box B. Elizabethtown. Pa. 188
ENGLISH BED CAPS
WONDERFUL LAYERS, NON SETTERS,
very pretty. For stock and eggs from prize
winner^, write to Robt. Mourning. Cochra^ne.
Wis
' ENGLISH RED CAPS AND SPi'-CKLED
Sussex hatching eggs. Albert «*'«^'';-|^^-
Cochrane, Wis. ■___
BABY CHICKS
ONE MILLION BABY
.hicks. strong, vigor nia pure
bred Barred, White. Buff and
Partridge Rocks, Reds. Wyan-
dottcs. Langshans. Brahmas,
_ Orpingtons. Minorcas, Mottled
Ancouas. White. Brown. BuflT I-eghorn*- ^rite
for free illustrated f»»«loK"«,, Th®r^ i«ft
Geiger Hatchery. Box F. Chatfield. O. 186
~~EAB*Y~CHicKS^AND EGGS. AMERICA'S
foremost laying and exhibition strains High
Quality, bw price. Tancred. Hollywood
Wyckoff. Barron White Leghorns; Sm>th
Buff Leghorns; Sheppard Anconas; larks
and Thompson's Barred Rocks; Fwhel White
Rocks; R>ds. White and Buff Orpingtons.
White and Silver ^yindottes Catalogue
Holtzapple Hatchery, Box 35. Ehda.J). 187
LOOK! 150.000 CHICKS. 9C AND UP.
20 varieties. From highest producing con-
test layers of Michigan. Just what you want
for foundation stock or to improve your lay-
ing pens for larger profits. Hatching eggs.
Circular ffee. Latest hatching methoda.
Lawrence Hatchery, Boxn B. 7, Grand Rap-
ids, Mich. ]°^
BUY BABY CHICKS FROM PROPERLY
mated, purebred, free range flocks. They
will thrive; improved hatthing methods in-
crease vitality. Eight varieties. Giant Sin-
gle Comb Black Minorcas specialized. An-
der.Min Baby Chick Co.. Anderson. Ind. 188
LIVELY BABY CHICKS, HATCHING
piTgs — twenty popular varieties. Live deliv-
ery guaranteed. Incubators, brooders, poul-
try supplies, feeds, remedies. Lower P"****"
HO-page illustrated poultry book free. South-
ern Hatchery. North, S. C. 187
BABY CHICKS OF SURPRISING SIZE
and vitality. Barred Rocks (Hogan tested).
ISc- Rhode Island Reds. 18c; White and
Brown Leghorns. IGc; parcel post prepaid to
v.m. 20th season. Fred S. Pettit. Nuangola
Pa. ^
"'"HOW TO RAISE BABY CHICKS' ' BY
the world's greatest poultryman insures
success and big profits free upon request.
State variety that interests you. Knapp s
"Hi Grade" Poultry Farm. Box CE-1. Shelby.
Av 188bam
LEGHORN CHICKS, SINGLE COMB
Brown and WTiite — Free range, heavy produc-
ing stock; Wyckoflf, Barron. Hollywood. Tan-
cred strains. Linesville Hatchery, Box K.
Linesville. Pa. 187bra
CHICKS — PRICES REDUCED — 100.
$1.->00. Leghorns. White, Brown; Rocks,
Barred, Buff; Reds. Folder. Fine «tock.
Bramble Poultry Farm, Chestertown. Md.
tfbmy
^^UALITY Chicks
We offer high quality chicks from our 200 egg record, farm raised "^ock. Liva
^^liv^v Guaranteed l)y prepaid parcel post; courteous treatment; prompt shipment.
This U n*S' a commc7ciSr K;?h^ry. bul^ a breeding farm established for twenty-five
years. Order from this advertisement or send for free ^oj,^J;^3
per 100
.$?,5 00
. 15.00
. 25.00
. 18.00
. 18.00
Jersey Black Giants
"Barron" White Leghorns
"Sandy's" White Orpingtons
"Parks' " Barred Rocks . . . .»
"Sheppard's" Anconas iflOO
Rhode Island Reds "0 00
Black M norcas O(io0
White Wyandottes " •
White Plymouth Rorks ■■■■■.■■-■ •,-,.
Indian Runner and White Pekin Ducklings
Breeding Stock and Hatching Eggs in case lots a matter of correspondence.
Glen Rock Nursery and Stock Farm
RIDOBWOOD WBW JEKSEY
20.00
35.00
EGOS
er 100
20.00
8.00
12 00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10 00
10.00
12.00
BABY CHICKS
BABY CHICKS — BARRED ROCKS.
White Leghorns. Black Giants of quality.
Satisfaction guaranteed on all shipments.
Place orders early. C. B. Reubush, Penn
Laird. Va. ^^^
HOLLYWOOD 270 llOO TRAPNKSTED,
jteiligreed egg strain. , supreme <inality baby
chicks; Kerlin 2r>.">-'JT0 trapuested, pedi^'reod
strain baby chicks nnil hal<hing e;;i;s; prices
reasonable! R. K. Sandy. Box H, Stuarts
Draft. Va. IHtibm
HILLPOT QUALITY CHICKS- STRONG.
viiroriMis. true to breed. Leghorns. Rj'Jg'
U'.i ks. Wliite Wyandottes, etc. Safe deliv-
ciy giiarjniteed 1,20o miles. Catalogue free.
W. F. Hi II pot. French town, N. J. iHOliani
ACMK QTALITY CHICK.S \VinTl'rLKo"-
h'rns. Weds, Barred Rocks, White Rocks.
White WyaiHlottes, Minorcas, Anconas Stdck
selected for vitality and egg production.
Wy-Har Poultry Farm, Denton. Md. 1871
!D. I
BABY CHICKS FROM LARGE. HEALTHY
winter layers; Byers' strain, part direct from
Byers; 20 cents each. i)repaid. Satisfaction
and 100',J^ live arrival uuaranteed. May
Smith. Mosby. Clay Co.. Mo. 188
TOM BARRON i:N(iT>lSlI WHITK LKO-
horns, the large, long, deep-bodied birds, the
most profitable and persistent layers. Chicks
12 cents up. Descriptive catalogue. Kuhn'g
Leghorn Farm. Sycamore, O. 189
BABY CHICKS FROM PUREBRED,
select, heavy laying flocks on free range.
Postpaid. Live delivery guaranteed. Send
for free circular. The Monroeville Hatch-
ery, liox A. Monroeville, O. 186
BABY CHICKS. (BEFORE YOU BUY.
get our free illustrated catalogue. You will
appre<-iate the reasonable prices on juire-
bred stock. Edward A. Ziemer, 157 Wash-
ington Market. Buffalo, N. Y. 187
CHICKS FROM TRAPNESTKD B.VRKON
White Leghorns. Our pen is ainonir leaderk
at Illinois Egg Laying Contest. Send for
circular and order your chicks now. Alvin
Tervree. Holland. Mich. 187
BABY C HIC KS— WYCKOFF' S LEG-
horns and Martin's Wyandottes exclusively.
.str'>ne. vigorous chicks at rockbottom prices.
Write for circular. Ulsh Poultry Farm, Pert
Trevorton, Pa. 197
75.000 CHICKS FOR 1924. LEGHORNS.
Rocks and Reds. 100% «live and satis-
faction t'oaranteed. Circular free. Penns
Creek Hatchery. Box B, Selinsgrove. Pa. 187
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS—
Pi'unsvlvania Poultry Farm strain. Chicks
that will live and pay. Free circular tells
the storv. H. M. Evans, Dillsburg, Pa. 186
BABY CHICKS— ANCONAS, LEGHORNS.
from egg pedigree flock matings. 8 cents up.
Best stock, best service. Catalogue free.
Rali.h Van Raalte, Holland, Mich.
188
PURE BRED ^V^^TE ORPINGTON
chicks from wonderful stock. Write us for
prices. Orchard Hill Hatchery Company^
Box :i:n E, Akron, O.
188
OLD RELIABLE. STRONG, VIGOROUS,
true to breed. Thirteen varieties. Twenty-
fifth annual catalogue free. Uhl Hatcheir.
Box E, New Washington. O. 1»»
BABY CHICKS. STRONG AND STURDY.
Best lading strains, all leading varieties.
Qualitv and service, prices right. South Side
Hatchery. Caledonia. Minn, l89
PURE BRED BUFF AND WHITE ROCK
chicks. Very best quality. Prices right.
Write us. Orchard Hill Hatchery Company.
Box 331 E, Akron. O. 2_1
BABY CHICKS— HARDY. llEALTHY-
lOO'-'r safe arrival. Prepaid parcel post.
Catalogue free. Starved Rock Hatcheries.
Box 28 Y, Ottawa, 111. ]^
QUALITY BABY CHICKS. ORDERS
booked one-third deposit, balance 10 days M*
fore shii.ment. New York Pet Stock OOj,
Waterbury, Conn. ^''°
iToOcTegG BRED. QUICK MA-TURINO
Single Comb Red chicks weekly. February
to June. Reasonable prices. Arthur OolBy,
Manchester. N. H. ^
PARKS' STRAIN BARRED PLYMOUTH
Rock baby chicks from carefully mated Par-
ent stock. Send for price list. Nevm Stucic.
McAlisterviUe. Pa. ^ _
BABY CHICKS— 12 BREEDS. SAVE
money. Get our catalogue. Empire Hat**-
I ery. Seward. N. Y. "•'
March, 1924
BABY CHICKS
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS
345
TtfrSEY^ black GIANTS. CHICKS,
r?5 00 ,!er 100; $1H.00 per 50; $9.00 per 25.
5'rder from ad or send for list. Cedar Oapon
Farms, Flemington, N. J. ^"^"°^
'"bETTErTbABY chicks. LEADING VA-
rieties from finest free range flocks. Cata-
Se free. Ulster Poultry Farms. Box E.
Wallkill. N. Y. ___l!l
"TURE BRED COLUMBIAN AND WHITE
Wvandotte chicks. Very highest quality.
Price" right. Write us. Orchard Hill Hatch-
r/y Company, Box 331E.Akron. O. 188
BETTER HATCHED, BETTER BRED
rhicks from pure-bred stock. Free catalogue.
The Cooperative Breeding & Hatching Co.,
Box E, Tiro, O. 18'^fa'^°>'-
OWEN FARM STRAIN SINGLE COMB
R«d chicks, 20 cents and 40 cents. Eggs. 10
fents and 20 cents. H. B. Goodl.ng. Glen
Bock. Pa. _1L
"'PUREBRED CHICKS: 16 VARIETIES.
Rest laying strains. Lowest prices. Free
Catalogue. Booth Farms. Box 596. ^Chn^o^n.
Mo. ^
CHICKS — ALL VARIETIES — PURE-
hred Send for catalogue and prices Ouar-
Inteed. Will L. Hughes, Piedmont. Ala. 187!
' BABY CIHCKS. ALL LEADING VARI«-
ties Satisfaction given. Write for circular.
Pairview Hatchery, Chatfleld. O. 186
' WYCKOFF STRAIN SINGLE COMB
White Leghorn chicks. $14.00 per 100. Weber
Bros.' Hatchery, Mauganaville, Md. lor
QUALITY CHICKS. LEADING VARIE-
ties Price list free. Quality Poultry Farm
Dept. A, Flemington. N. J. ^""
CHICKS AT REDUCED PRICES. OATA-
logue free. Square Deal Hatchery * Pottj-^jy
Farm. Rt. I. Corydon, Ind. ^'^
50C APIECE IN HUNDRED LOTS. BLACK
Giants are the most profitable chickens yon
could raise — and these are the sturdiest
Bla(k Giants you can buy. America's heavi-
est weight chickens. Mature early and lay
extremely large eggs. Splendid winter lay-
ers. Finest market fowl. We sell chicks
and eggs — by buying chicks you are sure of
100' J) chickens. Prices: 25 chicks $15, 50
chicks $27. 100 chicks $50. Send for book-
let or. to avoid delay, order from ad. Deliv-
eries beL'in February 1. Goodflox Poultry
Farms, 36 Neilson Street, New Brunswick,
N. J. 188bam
CHICKS AND EGGS FROM VIGOROUS
free range farm flocks. Chicks, 30c each in
hundred lots; eggs, half price of chicks.
Eight other breeds. Catalogue free. Nor-
walk Chick Hatchery, Box 5, Norwalk, O. 1^6
WON FIRST COCKEREL GREAT ALLEN-
town Fair. Eggs $2.50 and $4 setting that
will produce winners. Stock priced reason-
able. Empire Giant Farm. Sellersville, Pa.
tfnm
LANGSHANS
MEYER'S BLACK LANGSHANS AGAIN
win at Madison Square Garden; first pullet,
first old pen and other ribbons. Mating list
free. W. A. Meyer, Bowling Green, Mo. 187
~ BLACK LANGSHANS— THE VERY BEST.
Washington and Cleveland blue winners.
Eg#k, ipS.OO, $9.00 for 30. O. W. Taylor.
Altoona. Pa. 188
WHITE LANGSHANS — 60 PULLETS
laid :55 eggs. Christmas. Eggs, chicks. Viola
Smith, Salem, la. 188
BliACK LANGSHANS— THE BIRD Su-
preme. Eggs and breeding stock. S. T.
Terry, Ashland, Va. 188
"white LANGSHANS. EGGS, CHICKS
and cockerels. Myrtle Doyle, Woodlandville,
Mo. 187
REAL JERSEY BLACK GIANTS. HATCH-
ing eggs, 15-$3.95. Show winners. Growing,
mature stock reasonably priced. Campbell-
Pugh, Siler City, N. 0. ^86!
BETTER JERSEY BLACK GIANTS AT
lower prices. Breeding stock and hatching
eggs. No chicks. Emery Dillenback, Fort
Plain, N. Y. 1**^
WHITE LEGHORNS
BETTER HATCHED, BETTER BRED
chicks from purebred stock. Free catalogue.
The Co-Operative Breeding & Hatching Co..
Box E, Tiro, O. 187bamr
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS
JERSEY BLACK GIANT EGGS. BLUE
ribbon winners three years at Chicago shows,
also champion male and female. H. Bernard
ClUton. III.
"jersey BLACK GIANT COCKERELS,
Marcy Farms' Pen A strain. Alex Klein.
Port Washington, Wis. 186
PIT GAMES
COCHINS
IMPORTED BLACK COCHINS (NOT
bantams). Big catalogue free. Hoffnaan
Farms, Oshkosh. Wis. ^
"write E. a. HARRIS. AMHERST,
Mass.. for price on standard-bred Bufif Cochm
eggs. •^^
DARK COBNISK
WARHORSES AND MOUNTAIN EAGLES.
"Dead Game fowls" for sale. The "win or
Die" trying kind. Eggs, $3.00 for 15. S.
M. White, Keytesville, Mo^ ^^'
HAMBUBGS
DARK CORNISH, YOUNG STOCK FOR
sale. Extra large. From imported atock.
Eggs in season. Chas. Brantner, R. 7, Polo.
111. ]2_l
DARK CORNISH HATCHING EGGS, $3.00
per 15. preiiaid. Geo. Travis. Box 142
Marion, Kjr ^ ^
WHITE CORNISH
SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS. CpCK-
erels from healthy, heavy laying flock $3 00
each. Also baby*chicks. Evergreen PouKry
Farm, Kewaunee. Wis. lO" '
NORTHLAND WINTER LAYERS — ENG-
lish Single Comb White Leghorns of the
world's famous Tom Barron strain, pro-
nounced the finest specimens ever shipped to
America. Leading Leghorn pen and cham-
pion individual layer Illinois International
Egg Laying Contest at Murphysboro. Official
records of over 200 eggs per hen in Michigan
and Missouri Egg Laying Contests. 107o
discount on early orders for hatching eggs
and chicks. Beautifully illustrated cata-
logue free. Northland Farms, Dept. E,
Grand Rapids, Mich. _____
EXTRA SUPER SPECIAL MATING
White Leghorn cockerels, pullets, hatching
eggs from 312-306 and 316-306 pedigree hens
(sire 306 official record, his sire 304 official
record), sired by sons 313 official record hen
their sire 315 official record. Catalogue and
recommendations free. The Read Poultry
Farm, Watervliet, N. Y. i"?
I I.I.IIM. " ' '■'■■I'i""" "
SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS TRAP-
nested eleven years. Eggs, ^-hioks. Circu ar
Fred Brenon. Box C, Watertown. N. Y. 1^9
" FANCY HAMBURG EGGS. AUSBY ARM-
strong, Cardington. O ^°"
HOUDANS
WHITE CORNISH. 1924 WINNERS.
Eggs, $5.00 per 15. L. J. Smith, Deep River
Conn. ^*^^
DORKINGS
WHITE AND SILVER GREY DORKINGS.
Eggs. $3.00 per 13. One pullet with record
of 52 eggs 61 days. H. Merriam, Ashburn^
ham. Mass.
FAVEBOIiLES
WHITE AND SALMON FAVEROLLES.
$2.50 ai.d $5.00 setting. Percy Robinson
Rt. 6. Auburn. Me. ^
JERSEY BIAOK GIANTS
MOTTLED HOUDANS. 278 EGO STRAIN,
trapnested eleven years. Eggs, chicks, stock.
Circular. Fred Brenon. Box C. Watertown
N. Y. ____i__
"mottled HOUDANS. SELECT LAYERS.
Beautiful birds. Eggs. $3.00 per 15. prepaid
D. A. Morelock. Morristown. Tenn. i»o
FREE RANGE. PRIZE WINNe'rS. EGGS
and chicks. Catalogue free. W. Shampanore
Box E. Little Silver, N. J. ______
■ MADSEN'S MOTTLED HOUDANS FOR
utility. L. Madsen, Gardner. 111. l»»
AUSTRALIAN KIWI
VIGOROUS CHICKS
f L -»» LAYING
Lesner s leghorns
"The Profitable Kind"
Wyckoff Strain Direct
Big. husky, vigorous chicks, the
kind that live, grow and make
PROFITABLE LAYERS
20c each, $18 per 100, $170 per 1,000
by prepaid i.arcel post; 100% live
delivery guaranteed.
J. GUY LESHER, Northumberland, Pa.
HOFP'S "VITALITY" JERSEY BLACK
Giant chicks. Stock cannot be surpassed.
Buy your stock direct from the originating
district. Chicks $22.00 to $40.00 per 100,
according to reason. Circular. Write me
D. C. Hoflf. Neshanic Station. N. J. ___2__
MARCY FARM STRAIN. PENS HEADED
by wonderful 11 lb. cockerels hatched from
eggs direct from their Madison Square win-
ners. Hggs. 15-$4; 30-$7. Few above cock-
erels left $5 each. Jas. L. Cook. Montpelier.
0. ^^^
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS. EXHIBITION
etock. Chicks, eggs, cockerels. David W.
Loyer, Chatfleld, O. ^"°
JERSEY GIANT HATCHING KGGS FROM
exhibition atock. W. J. Barnes. R. 7, Deca-
tur. III. *'»^
■ AUSTRALIAN KIWI CHICKENS. CAN-
noi^ fly Beauty meat and layers combined.
Hatching eggs. Circular. Mrs. H. A. Brener
Originator. Lawrence, Kans. ^°°
"kiwi— EGGS AND CHICKS. SNOW
whtte. Cannot fly. "^^^^'/^^^vUlUm'T
bined. Illustrated circular. William l.
Frank. Sherman, Tex.
LAKENVELDERS
n^m
■ EGGS FROM EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL
Laken'^ddefs'' $3.00 for 15 postpaid. Maple
Hill Farm. Fort Plain. N. Y. ^°^
■ T AK'FWELDERS — "AMERICA'S FIN-
es^-'^'^EyU Chicks^ Circular. Bernard
Brorein, Wapakoneta, U.
■ FANCY LAKENVELDER EGGS. AUSBY
Armstrong, Cardington, O.
^_^ -■. Ill I --■ II«MM
Best
S. C. R. I. REDS
& Jersey Giants
BUDS — from strongest mating Harold
Tompkins ever owned— Headed by Champion
Male, Boston, 1922.
GIANTS— from Marcy Farms "Pen A"—
All Garden and Boston winners — ^Headed by
undefeated cock.
Day Old Chicks. $20.00 per 100 up.
Hatching Eggs, $12.50 per hundred up. Cata-
logue free.
CEDAR GROVE FARM
RED HILL Box E PENN A.
"■■■ '■" "
WYCKOFF S.C.W. LEGHORNS Direct
Some breeders cost us $1.00 •« JBt
3 Grades Chix and Eggs. Bred Right,
Hatched Right, Priced Right
Every Grade worth more than price asked.
Get our circular and pricea new.
lUDOBWAT POUlTmY PARM
BOX A "*• ^' ^"'"•SxiS&OWK. PA.
I'
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March. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
347
SINGLE 00MB WHITE LEOHOENS
Ml
II
BARRON. ENGLISH AND HOLLYWOOD
strains trapnest pedtfireed 250 313 egg bred
White Leghorns, the long, deep bodied, large
sized birds, the most profitable and persist-
ent layers known. Winners at Egg Laying
Contests. Orders booked now for chicks and
hatching eggs at 10% discount. Large, beau-
tiful catalogue free telling all about ou» fa-
mous layers on the largest hatching and
breeding institution in the state. Grandview
Poultry Farm & Hatchery, Box E, Zeeland
Mich. ^^^'
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN BABY
chicks and hatching eggs from stock trap-
nested 365 days in year with records
from 180 290. These hons weiprh 4 pounds
and over. Give us a trial and be convinced.
Our prices are very reasonable for this class
of stock. The Ideal Poultry Farm, Robert
Smith, Prop., R. F. D. 2, Port Jervis, N.^Y^.
SHADY BANK FARMS' TRAPNESTED
Single Comb White Leghorn he-;s, mated to
high record, pedigreed Tancred strain males.
Hatching eggs, 200 to 243 egg hens, average
215% $5.00 per 15; 160 to 198 egg hens,
average 175 V4, $3.75 per 15; 150 to 160 egg
hens, average 156. $2.00 per 15. W. R.
Dewsnap, Owego, N. Y^ *«_*
~ WYCKOFF TANCRED — LEGHORNS
mated to Tancred Imperial (direct). Chicks,
$25.00 per hundred. Eggs. $12.00 per hun-
dred Backed by 25 years breeding on our
55acre farm. Special mating list. Feeding
and brooding methods with each order. Marsh
Creek Poultry Farm. Gettysburg. Pa. 186
240-314 EGG STRAIN "TOM BARRRON"
Single Comb White Leghorns. Large, lopped
combed type. Excellent layers. Eggs, $3.50
per 50; $6 00 per 100; $25.00 per 500;
$50 00 per 1.000. Chicks. $15.00. postpaid.
Catalogue free. Pelster's Poultry Farm, Box
B. New Haven. Mo. __i_
WYCKOFF WIUTE LEGHORN CHICKS.
350 March 5th; 700 each March 12th, 26th,
April 1st; 350 April 23rd: 16c ••ch. Egga.
$1.50 per 15; $7.50 per 100. First check
gets them. Cockerels. $2.50, $3.76, $5.00,
|7.50. Angelhnrst Farm, Catonsville. Md.
loo
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS.
Eggs for hatching. I have a few cockerels
left of good quality low tail birds. Won
ribbons at Taneytown, Hanover. Westmins-
ter. -Timonium and York. Eastview Poultry
Farm. Rt. 6; Westminster. Md. _____1
SINGLE COMB WHITE L E G H O R N
hatching eggs. Foundation stock direct from
Ferris 300 egg strain, bred for yean for high
-egg production. Write for illustrated cata-
logue. Clover Dale Leghorn Farm. Stanley
X)ulany. Owner. Clark, Mo. 187
PURE "BARRON" LEGHORNS. I
Import direct. Hens records 270 to 275.
Sire from 314 egg hen. Large type, trap-
nested, pedigreed stock. Hatching eggs and
chicks my specialty. Mating list free. Chas.
W. Johnson. Linton. Ind. 186
"HI GRADE" SINGLE COMB WHITE
Leghorn chicks, good type, color and high
egg production. Send for free literature de-
scribing stock and most noted baby chick
farm. Knapp's "Hi-Grade" Poultry Farm,
Box CE 2. Shelby. O. 188bam
A SILVER CUP I WIN ONE AND GET
complete poultry library absolutely free by
investing in Seacoast certified Leghorn chicks.
The "lay" bred into them for nineteen
years. 25.000 for 1924. Unequalled low
prices. Write for booklet. Seacoast Farnis.
Pine Beach, N. J. *""'
BARRON STRAIN WHITE LEGHORNS
Mclusively. Big. husky chicks from farm-
raised stock. Chicks that -grow fast, mature
<,uickW and lay early. Write for free c.rcu-
lar. Progressive Poultry Farm. P. \ er Hage.
Zeeland. Mich. \^
" SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS.
TJggs and chicks from 2 and 3 year old hens
.lofely culled and moulted »ft"_/^^i;^"
a St. Bred for egg production. Kf8«. »«00
per 100. Chicks. $16.00. -Milton Fox
Palmyra. Pa. ^"°
' TANCRKD, HOLLYWOOD AND WYCK-
r^tr males head my carefully selected breed-
ing pen- Choice eggs. $3.00 and $200 per
15 My stock i. of the very b«st. Write
nie. F Arthur Martin. Indian River, Mi^ch.
SINOLE OOMB WHITE LEOHOBNS
FREE CIRCULAR OF (MODEL T.
strain) Single Comb White Leghorns. 256
oggH each flock average. 1923. Something
wonderful. Model T. Leghorn Farm. Fred
Cole. Prop., R. D. 4, Adrian, Mich. 188!
QUALITY BRED WINNERS, BOTH IN
e.\hibition and utility classes. Stock, eggs,
chicks from pens which will produce win-
ners. Monticello Leghorn Farm, R. R. Zim-
merman. Prop., Monticello, Wis. 187!
JIOLLYWOOD WYCKOFF HATCHING
egg.s from foundation stock, 284-328 egg rec-
ord. Every hen on this farm is trapnested.
Eggs $10.00 per 100. Catalogue free. Sheck-
ler White Leghorn Farm, Nevada, O. 187
HAKHON TRAPNESTED SINGLE COMB
White Leghorns, official records up to 258,
Vineland Contest. Booking orders for hatch-
ing eggs and chicks. Price list free. LeRoy
Wilcox. Speonk. Long Island, N. Y. 180
BARRON WHITE LEGHORNS FROM IM
pctrtod stock. The large, long, deep-bodied
hirds that lay. Chicks, pullets from free
range stock. Catalogue. Kuhn's Leghorn
Farm, Sycamore, O. l'*"^
NORTHLAND STRAIN. BEST IN BARRON
Leghorns. Eggs. $1.25 setting; $6.00 hun-
dred; $50.00 thousand; 90% fertility.
Chicks. $15.00 hundred. Egyptian Poultry
Farm. DuBois. 111. 186
liABY CHICKS, HATCHING EGGS. REC
ord^ from 200-250 eggs. Now booking or-
ders. Safe delivery guaranteed. Catalogue
free Pageland Leghorn Farm. Abbott Road,
Hamburg, X. Y. 186
HEAVY LAYIN(} PEDIGREED - IMPER
ial Single Comb White Leghorns. World's
best foundatiim stock. Trapnested for 18
years. Catalogue free. Imperial Poultry
Farm, Berea. O. 188
BARRON'S IMPORTED WHITE LEO-
hom breeding flocks. Specialising in chicks,
pullets. Other stock in season. Circular.
Plankton Poultrv Plant. R. 3. Sycamore. O.
187
LARGE ENGLISH AMERICAN PRODU-
cer White Legh«)rn8. Five to six pound hens.
Big combs Chicks, $14.00. Eggs. $7.00.
Catalogue. Mapleside Leghorn Farm, Box L.
Tremont. III. • 188
SINGLE COMB WHITE L E G H O R N
chicks and hatching eggs from big. vigorous
three year old hens. Quantity limited.
Kemp Leghorn Farms. Annapolis, Md. 180
FERRIS' 265-300 egg strain direct. Great
layers. 30 ejrgs. $3.00; 50 — 14.00; 100 —
$7.00; 200 — $14.00. Orders filled at once.
Henry Heitkamp. New Bremen. O. 187
~ PISANI'S REAL QUALITY HEAVY LAY-
ing Leghorns. Line bred over twenty years.
Stork, eggs and chicks. Oatalogne. A. Pit*
nni. Box E. White Hall, Md. 188
SINOLE COMB WHITE LEOHO&NS
SlN(iLK COMB WHITE LEGHORN5
I) W. Youn? strain. Eggs for hatching from
exhibition and utility matings. J. A. Barnes.
R. R. No. 7. Decatur. 111. 188
TANCRED HATCHING EGOS— MALES'
dams 312. grand dam 309. great grand dam
303. Catalogue. Meek's Silver Fox Farm.
R. .'i E. Madison. Wis. 1H6
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN EGGS.
Tancred strain; pens headed by i>edigreed
irales; $!..'■)<• per setting prepaid. Moore
Hro«., Portland. Tenn. 186
LARliE WINTER LAYIN(r WHITE LEG-
horns. Trapnested, pedigreed. Stock, eggs
and clii.ks Circular free. C. T. Patter><on.
R. 4. Sprinu'field. Mo. 187
LADY VICTORY — KEY.STONE MAID —
304-3«»r> rfficial strains. Remarkable prices
on liatrhiiig e^'gs — chicks. Glowing Sunset
Farms, Slitzer, Wis. 186
SIN(;LE COMB WTIITE LEGHORNS—
Winter lavers of large white eggs, $3.00 and
$.-..00 ].er' setting. M. A. Calkins, 1137 Vine
.St.. Beloit. Wis.
e
188
SINGLE COMB W H I T E S. 2R8 303
lines. Big and fine. W. W. Kulp, Box 6<^
Pottstown. Pa.
187
TANCRED 300 EGO LEGHORNS. EGGS.
7c- chicks, 16c. Meadow Farm. Coulterville.
111.'
BARRON'S WHITE LEGHORN CHICKa
exclusively. We import direct. Mating Hg*
free. Bishop's Poultry Farm, New Wsgh,
ington, O. igg
BARRON STRAIN EGGS. CHIX, PUl7
lets. Scientifically bred from best egg pr©.
ducers. Better-Lay Leghorn Yards, Sys-
more, O. 187bmt
TANCRED BREEDING COCKERELS AND
hatching eggs; j)rice reasonable; circular free
Edwin Carey, Agosta, O. igg
TANCRED STRAIN HATCHING EGGS
chicks. Stock direct from D. Tancred. V. y',
Veach. New Castle, Pa. igg
ST. JOHNSVILLE POULTRY FARM-^
13th year. First grade chicks. Get circalsr.
St. Johnsville, N, Y. igj
LEOHOBNS
THE LE(}iI.).<NS — .ilK VETERAN
Judge Dre/bisr*«k is the iiuihor of thfs
work and one of his best. A -completo text-
book about Leghorns— all varieties. Dwells
on their origin and development, covers every
phase. A book for the fancier and egg pro-
ducer. Illustrated by Sewell and Schilling,
color plate reproductions. Book sent yon, alj
charges prepaid, on receipt of price." $1.00.
Address all orders to Everybodys Poultry
Magazine, Hanover, Pa. I86f
BBOWN LEOHOBNS
"HI-GRADE" SINGLE COMB BROWN
Leghorn chicks, also Rose Comb; 2.000 per
week; bred for high egg production; 40 yean
a breeder of this variety. Send for prices
and free pamphlet: "How to raise chicks. "
Knapp's "Hi Grade" Poultry Farm, Box
CE 3, Shelby. O. 188bsm
SINOLE POMB BBOWN LEOHOBNS
SEE DISPLAY AD. SINGLE COMB
Browns. Won two contests. Baby chicks.
W. W. Kulp. Box 60. Pottstown, Pa. 187
SINGLE COMB LIGHT AND DARK
Brown cockerels; Chicks; 15 eggs, $1.50;
100 — $8.00. Beauties, heavy layers. Lewis
Martin, Newtown, O. 188
DARK BROWN LEGHORNS. SELECT
layers. Eggs, $2.00 per 15, prepaid. D. A.
Morclock. Morristown, Tenn. 188
BOSE COBfB BBOWN LEOHOBNS
SEE DISPLAY AD. ROSE COMB
Browns. Won contest. W. W. Kulp Box
60. Pottstown. Pa. 187
ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORNS. EGOS,
100 $4.00. Pirtle Poultry Farm, Bloomfield.
la. 187
SINOLE COMB BUFF LEOHOBNS
"HI GRADE" SINGLE COMB BUFF
Leghorn chirks, most wonderful of all lay-
ers, solid golden buff exhibition type; 2,000
chicks i>er week. No better at any price.
Literature free. Knaiip's "Hi Grade" Poul-
try Farm. Box CE 4, Shelby. O. 188bain
DAVID.SON'S BUFF LEGHORNS. BLUE
ribbon winners. Chicago Coliseum, etc. Grand
matings. Eggs and chicks. Mating list free.
Davidson Poultry Farm, R. 1. Bath. Pa. 187
SIR ROYAL'S. TRAPNESTED AND
pedigreed. Exhibition and laying. Send for
official contest and winning records. Hatch-
ing eggs. L. B. Pence. Conway, Ark. 186
BUFF LEGHORN COCKERELS. HATCH-
<ng eggs, $10.00 per hundred. Heavy laying
strain, Silas Hunt. Penn Yan. N. Y. 186
BUFF LEGHORN CHICKS. GUARAN-
teed thirty days. $30.00 per hundred,
Charles Mearson, Weedsport. N. Y. ^186
"bargain — ELEVEN BUFF LEGHORN
hens and cock, all beauties; $20.00. Must
sell. C. F. Beebe, Susquehanna. Fa. l»'o
~ QUALITY BUFF LEGHORNS. $2.00 PER
setting; stock and chicks. Alex J. Munn, lOJd
Midwell Street. Pittsburgh. Pa. *"^
BLA.OK LEOHOBNS
186
BIJVCK LEGHORNS. HEAVY LAYERS.
Exhibition strain. Hatching egga »nd breeo-
ing stock. Frederick Greanoff, 73 Carlyi*
Ave.. Buffalo. N. Y. "'
SINOLE OOMB BLA.OK LEOHOBNS
"TITTck LEGHORNS— MADISON SQUARE
n.rden winners. Eggs. $2.50 and $5.00 per
^fv H Howard, 793 Adelaide St., London,
15. E>. »•**•" ' i Qc
C«n«<l»| _^
ROSE OOMB WHITE LEOHOBNS
186
\
'THEWOKI-r>'S BEST — ROSE COMB
«•»!;»« Leghorns. Baby chicks especilly.
3 M Chase. Box E. Wallkill. N. Y.
SILVEB LEOHOBNS
187
SINGLE COMB WHITE MINOBCAS
SILVER LEGHORNS — "AMERICA'S
finest" Eggs, $2.00. Bernard Brorein.
Wapakoneta, O.
MINOBOAS
186
1 1-
'MINORCAS OF EVERY COMB AND
Color" Only book on Minorcas uublished.
Revised and enlarged. Illustrated. Price,
50 cents. Inland Poultry Journal. Indian-
spolis, Ind^ l»6bm
■^ SINGLE COMB BLACK, WHITE AND
Buff Minorcas — Eggs, chicks, stock m sea-
j^QP Better bred for business and beauty.
i;rp«rir's Matchless Minorcas, R. 3, Sycamore,
" ** 187
BOSE 03MB BLACK MINOBOAS
' COY'S ROSE COMB BLACK MINORCAS.
Winners at largest shows. Bred for exhibi-
tion and heavy egg production. Mating list.
Vernon Coy, Greenwich, O. 186
200 EGG STRAIN. ROSE COMB BLACK
Minorca eggs. A few chicks. Geo. Konrad.
Richfield. Wis. ^^^
SINOLE COMB BLACK MINOBCAS
' BRISK BROS.' FAMOUS SINGLE COMB
Black Minorcas bred in their absolute purity
for years. Winners at America's greatest
shows. Hatching eggs from selected matings
that will produce you winners. Choice breed
ers also. Brish Bros., Frederick, Md. 196bm
"HI GRADE" SINGLE COMB BLACK
Minorca chicks. Our stock is large, good
color good layers. Send for prices, prompt
delivery. Knapp's "Hi Grade" Poultry
Fsnn, Box CE 11. Shelby, O. 188bam
8UNNYBROOK TRAPNESTED SINGLE
Comb Black Minorcas are great layers. Eggs,
$2.00 per 15; $3.50 per 30; $5.50 per 50;
$10.00 per 100; prepaid. Sunnybrook Poul-
try Farms, Hanover, Pa. 187
DAY OLD MINORCA CHICKS OF EXHI-
bition grade and utility bred. 40 cents each.
and 20 cents each for March delivery.
Eclipse Minorca Farms, Box E, Selinsgrove.
Ps. *'^i
FINE SINGLE COMB BLACK MINORCA
hatching eggs. J. J. Jenkins, Greenville,
N. 0. 189
SINGLE COMB BLACK MINORCA COCK-
erels, Pape strain, $3.00 to $5.00 each. Karl
Neison. 508 E. Wall, Morrison, III. 187
SINOLE OOMB BUFF MINOBOAS
JOHNSON'S SINGLE COMB BUFF Mi-
norcas will serve you well. They win and
lay. Schmidt strain direct. Eggs, $3.00 per
15. . Alonzo Johnson, Payne, O. 186
BUFF MINORCA EGGS: PENS. $2.50
per 15; range, $7.50 per 100. Roy E Fan-
ning. North Manchester. Ind. 187?
.^INGLK COMB BUFF MINORCAS.
Stock, chicks, eggs f r hatching. Ciryulnr.
H J. Hansen. Bcroa. O. 19^
SINGLE COMB BUFF MINORCA S.
Stock and eggs. Circular. Rud Eichelmann.
Waterloo, 111. l'^'^
.SiNCiLK COMB WHITE MINORCAS—
Excellent layers, size, shape and color.
Hat<hing eggs, |3.00 per 15. Coplin Bros..
Payne. O. 188
BOSE COMB WHITE MINOBOAS
BUFF MINOBCAS. SCHMIDT'S STRAIN.
Chicks, eucs, cockerels. David H. Loyer,
\ Chatfleld. O. 18«
Single combTutff minorcas. eggs
•nd chicks. Chas. Lung. Syracuse. Ind. 187
SINOLE COMB WHITE MINOBOAS
ROSE COMB WHITE MINORCA EGGS
from range. 30 — $4.00; 100 — $12.00; pen 15
— $5.00; prepaid. H. L. Carson, Middleport,
O. 188
ORPINGTONS
NO MAN WHO KNOWS ORPINGTONS
loves them more than J. H. Drevenstedt in
his book The Orpingtons. This book meets
the needs for authentic information, gives in-
formation on breeding, mating, care, etc.
Price, postpaid, 75c. Address all orders to
Everybodys Poultry Magazine, Hanover, Pa.
186f
"HI GRADE" WHITE AND BUFF ORP-
ington chicks, big type, good color, from rec-
ord laying strains. Send for prices and free
literature on "How to raise chicks."
Knapp's "Hi-Grade" Poultry Farm. Box
CE 7. Shelby. O. 188bam
BLUE. BUFF, WHITE ORPINGTONS.
Tompkins' Reds. Rouen ducks. Robert
Black, Lincoln, Neb. 187
BLACK ORPINGTONS
BYERS' STRAIN. COCKERELS, $5.00
each. Eggs. $2.00 setting; special mating,
?5.oo. Hedrick's Poultry Yards. Freeland.
Md. 186
TRAPNESTED SINGLE COMB WHITE
Minorcas. Hutching eg^s. Heavy layers.
Richard .Sdiarnier. Chaska, Minn. 189
~ SINGLE COMB WHITE MINORCA COCK
*'»'»1«. $5 00 UD. Ed. Wei.sH. Union Road,
Porks. N. Y. 180
BHODE ISLAND BEDS
BUrr OBPINOTONS
BTFF ORPINGTON EGGS. REASON-
able; champion winning birds; guaranteed.
Free mating list. Raymond Linback, R. 5,
Rensselaer, Ind. 186
BUFF ORPINGTONS. EGGS. CHICKS.
Guaranteed. Trapnested. Heavy layers. Ex-
hibition mating. Harry Staunton, Mount
Vernon. O. 186
BUFF ORPINGTONS. EGGS AND BABY
chicks from my great Orpingtons. John
Flagle. State Road, Phoenixville, Pa. 188
BUFF ORPINGTONS. LARGE. PURE
Buff eggs, $2.00 per 15. prepaid. D. A.
Morelock, Morristown, Tenn. 186
HATCHING EGGS $2.00, $3.00 SETTING.
Laving and show strain. Write, Ed. Wolfe.
Fairmont, W. Va. 18"
FINE BUFF ORPINGTON CHICKS.
Range stock. Linesville Hatchery. Bo^t J,
Linesville, Pa. 18'
WHITE OBPINOTONS
ROSE COMB WHITE ORPINGTONS—
Stock and eggs for sale cheap. C. M. o"eoy.
Belleville, O. 18^
WINTERS' WHITE ORPINGTONS—
Early chicks and breeding stock. See adver-
tisement, inside back cover. 18oDm
POLISH
WHITE CRESTED BLACK POLISH
stock for sale. Eggs for hatching. Write
for wants. Seely. Afton, N. Y. 189
BHODE ISLAND BEDS
"HI-GRADE" ROSE COMB AXU SIN
ele Cnmb Rhode Island Red ducks from
heaw laving stock, good color and type
Send for literature describing rnst n tc*.
habv chick farm. Knapp's "Hi (.rade
PouHry Farm. Box CE-8. Shelby. O- _188bam
"AMERICAN BEAUTY STRAIN" ROSE
and Single Comb Reds. Blue Ribbon wm
ners at Allentown. Trenton. Hagerstown
fairs. Stock, eggs, chicks for sale. Order
earlv. Illustrated booklet. Edward S. Lara_
brite. Pipersville, P»^ ^_ ^
SINGLE COMB AND ROSE COMB RHODE
Island Reds. Larsre red birds. Eggs and
(lav old chicks. Safe delivery guaranteed.
lN.eps. 16 cents. Eggs. $9.00 per hundred
Ellipse Farms. Selinsgrove. Pa. i»"
PURE TOMPKINS' SINGLE AND ROSB
Comb Red eggs. J. J. Jenkins, Greenville,
N. C. 189
SINGLE COMB BHODE ISLAND BEDS
HAROLD TOMPKINS' SINGLE COMB
Reds direct. Show quality and bred-to-lay.
All ray stock is from his best matings. Or-
ders booked for baby chicks. Prices reason-
able. Eugene Showers, Palmyra, Pa. 186
H. J. HUTTEN'S SINGLE COMB RED
chicks i)osses8 vitality, disease resistance,
laying ability; alive arrival; 20 cents each.
Eggs, 10 cents. 326 Hoover Ave., Hamilton,
O. 186
RHODE ISLAND RED BABY CHICKS.
(Jood color, heavy layers, free range stock.
L.,.e>vi.le Hat.h.ry. Box I. Linesvi.le, Pn^
HATCHING EGGS— T RAPNESTED,
pedigreed Single Comb Reds. Egg record,
299. Price, .$2 to $15, Write for mating
list. J. M Stutler, Salem, W. Va. 186
SINGLE COMB REDS, HAROLD TOMP-
kins' strain direct. Eggs and chicks. Large,
vigorous, dark red cockerels reasonable.
Milton Fox, Palmyra, Pa. 186
SINGLE COMB REDS. TRAPNESTED.
state tested stock. Eggs, $2.00 per setting;
$12.00 per hundred. Chicks, $25.00 per
hundred. Postpaid. V. Meyer, South St.,
Needham, Mass. 186
FABRY'S TRAPNESTED, PEDIGREED,
Single Comb Reds. Bred for eggs, type and
color. Heavy layers. Prices reasonable.
Send for mating list. Fabry Bros., East
McKeesport, Pa. 187
DICKINSON'S FAMOUS PEDIGREED,
Hoganized Single Comb Reds. Eggs from
exhibition Reds that are real layers. Cata-
logue free, Dickinson's Red Farm, West-
field, Mass. 186
SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS
bred from Owen Farms' New York winners.
Eggs from this great strain at $3.00 per 15.
S. L. Hetriok, Punxsutawney, Pa. 188
SINGLE COMB REDS — COLOR, SIZE,
eggs. $2.50 setting; $6.00 — 50; $11.00 — 100.
Chicks. $18.00 — 100; $10.00 — 50. N. A.
Smith, Woodsboro, Md. 186
HATCHING EGGS FROM "STAYRED"
strain Single Comb Reds; dark, healthy stock;
$2.50 per 15. Green Hill Red Farm, West
Chester, Pa. 186
SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND RED
hatching eggs from quality* heavy laying
strain. Esbenshade's Turkey Farm, Box E.
Ronks, Pa. 186
SINGLE COMB REDS. OWEN FARMS'
strain direct. Eggs from selected matings,
$2.00, $3.00 and $5.00. Pendleton Lester,
Rome, Ga. 188
SINGLE COMB REDS. QUALITY STOCK.
Winter layers. Eggs, two dollars per fifteen;
prepaid; insured. W. E. Metcalf. Hunting-
ton, Ind. 188
SINGLE COMB RHODE ISIJIND REDS.
Best quality, dark rich red. Send for mat-
ing list, free. Samuel J. Thompson, Marietta,
O 188
SINGLE COMB REDS, OWENS' STRAIN.
Strong, vigorous breeding cockerels. Eggs
for hatching. Levi Fishel. Dillsburg, Pa. 187
HIGH QUALITY RHODE ISLAND REDS.
Eggs and baby chicks (Tompkins). John
Eagle, State Road, Phoenixville, Pa. 188
DUMOND'S REDS WIN AND LAY, OWEN
Farms' strain. Eggs, stock, chicks. William
Duniond. Columbus. O. 183
SINGLE COMB REDS. PURE OWEN
Farms' strain. Baby chicks. Greenmount
Farm. Hillsboro. Md. 186
PLYMOXTTH BOCKS
ANY BREEDER OF ANY VARIETY OF
Plymouth Rocks should have the book Ply-
mouth Rocks. It dwells on all the varieties
of the Rock family, is a practical breed book
that should be ever in reach to guide you
right in the mating and other problems that
confront you every day. It will pay you
the price of the book every day in helpful
suggestions and facts. We will fill your or-
der by return mail. Price. $2.50. prepaid.
Address orders to Everybodys Poultry Maga-
zine, Hanover, Pa. 1861
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PLYMOUTH BOCfKS
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
BABRED PLYMOUTH BOOKS
March, 1924
BARRED AND WHITE ROCK CHICK§.
Good type and color, heavy layers, free range
■lock. Linesville Hatchery. Box H. Lin^B-
ville. Pa. ii;
""white and buff ROCKS— eggs. $3.00
per setting. R. R. Routson. Freeland. Md^
COLUMBIAN PLYMOUTH BOOKS
COLUMBIAN ROCKS. BRED FROM OUR
first prize winners. Madison Square Garden.
Trapnested. pedigr.ed. breod 2n0-23.-> egK
records. Hatching eggs. Baby chicks. List
free. Address, James F. Harrington, Ilanv-
monton, N. J^ _____
COLUMBIAN ROCKS— JONES, WI LB UR
and Duffield Farm strains. Show winners in
my breeding pens. Eggs. $2.50 per fifteen.
Baby chicks. C. D. Scott. Box 247, PunxBii-
tawney, Pa. ^^^
"prize COLUMBIAN ROCKS. NONE BET-
ter. Eggs, chicks. Oscar D. Reese. Emaus
P^^ i!^
WELL ESTABLISHED. HIGH QUALITY
Columbian Rocks. Eggs, chicks. T. J. Ens-
lin, Hackettatown. N. J^ ^^°^
FOR THE BEST COLUMBIAN ROCKS
write J. M. Jones, New Egypt. N. J. ^p"
BUFF PLYMOUTH BOCKS
BRED TO LAY BARRED ROCKS. AMER-
ica's greatest laying strain. Prize winners
at national shows. Champions at ©gg laying
contests. Ejrgs, l.*;— $2.25; 30— $4.00; 100
JIO.OO. W. O. Booth. Greenbush. V«. 187
HOLTERMAN'S ARISTOCRATS DIRECT.
Cocks and cockerels. $3.50, $5.00. Eggs from
winners. $5.00; second pen. $3.00; flock.
$1.50 per 15. Stock vigorous, healthy, range
raised. L. Brooke. Brooksburg. Ind. 186
PARKS' PEDIGREED BARRED ROCKS
direct from Parks. Baby chicks, 25c; 60
egjrs. $6.50; 100 eggs, $12.00; selected cock-
erels, $5.00. Circular free. Steiner &
Wendt, Kenton, O. 186
THOMPSON'S STRAIN; DARK. NAR-
row Barred Rocks. Large boned, yellow legs.
Eggs for hatching, hundred $6.50; fifty.
.$:J..50; thirty. $2.25. Mrs. Julia Denny,
R. 5. Hedrick. la. 1*5?
KRAMER'S BUFF ROCKS ARE REAL
champioi.s. Leading winners at Chicago for
years Ecgs and chicks from very select mat-
ings. $:?.C)0 and $5.00 per 15, postpaid.
Chicks. $24.00 per 100. Complete P"ce list
«nd catalogue free. Frank Kramer, Fort
Atkinson. Wis. ^
KERLIN'S EVERGOLD BUFF ROCKS.
Madison Square Garden and Boston winners.
Stock and eggs. CaUlogue. Kerlin iarm.
Route 3, Pottstown, Pa^ ___
BOYER'S BUFF ROCKS. BOSTON TO
ronto, Baltimore and Hanover winnings, 1923-
24. Stock. Eggs, $5.00 per setting, lather
Boyer, Hanover, Pa. IMTUm
WALKER'S BUFF ROCKS— PRIZE AVIN
ning stock. Baby chirks. $20 per hundred.
Eg-s. 92 per setting; $10 per hundred. Satis-
faction guaranteed. Geo. Walker. Oldhams
Va. ^^^
PARKS' BRED-TO-LAY BARRED ROCKS
direct from best pedigreed matings. Wonder-
ful winter layers. 85% fertility guaranteed.
Eggs. 15 $2; 50-$5; 100-$9. Jas. L. Cook,
Montpelier, O. ' ^
YEAR OLD BARRED ROCK PULLETS IN
full laying bloom. Parents made official trap-
nest record of 250 eggs. Price $2.50 each.
Robert S. Ledbetter, Jr., Rockingham, N. C.
187
ARISTOCRAT BARRED ROCKS, DIRECT
from Holterinan's best dark matings. Blue
ribbon winners. Heavy layers. Eggs, t^-OO
setting. Joel Thrasher, Hannibal, Mo. 187
LIGHT OR DARK BARRED ROCK EGGS
from six selected pens, won fifty-five ribbons
this season. $5.00 and $8.00 per fifteen. >jril-
liam Arenholz. Freeport, N. Y. 187
BUFF HOCKS— EGGS AND CHICKENS
from great trapnested layers and winners.
Breeder 24 years. Circular. Orrin Hanes,
Potsdam. N. Y. .1^™
FOR SALE— PURE BRED. PRIZE WIN-
ning Buff Rock corkerels. $5.00 each. ERgs.
$1.50 setting. Ella Ballenger, Rt. 4, Colum-
bia, Mo^ ]2!_i
BARRED PLYMOUTH BOCKS
PARKS' STRAIN BRED TO-LAY BARRED
Rocks from best pedigreed stock direct.
Eggs. 15 $1.50; 50-$4.50; 100-$8.00. B. F.
Morgan. Independence. Ind. 188
PARKS' PEDIGREED STRAIN DIRECT.
Stock trapnested. Eggs and chieka. P«J«««
right. Write your needs to James L. Man-
ning, Meshoppen. Pa. 18*^
"parks' BARRED ROCKS EXCLUSIVE-
Iv Bred from pedigreed stock direct. Eg^s
$2.50. 15; $12.00, 100; prepaid. Paul G
Winey, Richfield, Pa^ 18Q
RINGLET BARRED ROCKS. MATED BY
E B. Thompson. 15 14.00; 30 $7.00. Stand
ard bred baby chicks, 22 cents. Geo. W.
Baker. Lombard, 111. 187
BETTER BARRED ROCKS. TRAP-
nested. Fifteen years' breeding. Eggs,
chirks. Rtock. Circulars. Arthur Searles
B A. Milford. N. H. 191
QUALITY LIGHT AND DARK BARRED
Rocks. Consistent winners Pittsburgh, Wash-
ington. Cumberland. Some light real breed-
ers. $5.00 and $10.00. Eggs, same pens I
hatch from. $5.nO. Eggs from even colored
farm flocks with many winners among them.
fl.50 per 15. W. S. Secrist. Keyser. W. Va
loo
THOMPSON'S "RINGLETS" DIRECT.
100 eggs, $8.00; 30-dozcn case. $2.S.OO.
Prepaid. Cockerels, $5.00. J. C. Kolb
Gordonville. Pa. 186
••HI-GRADE" BARRED PLYMOUTH
Rock chicks bred for eggs and uniform color.
Can supplv Parks' pedigreed layinj strain.
Market quality in thousand lots. Send for
pamphlet. "How to raise chicks' free.
knapp's "Hi-Grade" Poultry Farm.^Bo*
CE-5, Shelby. O^ 188bam
ARISTOCRAT BARRED ROCKS DIRECT
from Holterman's best matings. Baby chicks.
35c; 50 eggs. $8.50; 100 eggs $16.00; spe-
cial lieht and dark matings. $5.00 for la.
cockerels. $5.00 and up Circular free
Steiner & Wendt. Kenton. O. 1_88
ARISTOCRAT DARK BARRED ROCKS—
Have two pens each headed with a fine, nar-
row barred exhibition cockerel. A few grand
cockerels for sale. Eggs for hatching after
March 1st, one setting $4.00; two settings
$7.00. Jas. Fenstermaker, 414 White St^
Toledo. O^ 1^"
"~ COCKEREL-BRED BARRED ROOKS—
Either sex. Pine stock. Wm S'*'*"*""-
2500 East Main Street, Springfield, O. iHo
PARKS' BEST DIRECT. PRIZE WIN-
ners. Eggs, 80% insured fertile. Mrs.
James Whitesides, Memphis, Ind. loo
WHITE PLYMOUTH BOOKS
NON-SETTING WHITE ROCK^^REED^
ers with several years of heavy laying, non!
settinjj breeding back of them. Pullets in^ i
horit their laying and non setting qualities )
from the sire. Price reasonable on stock and
eggs. Adelbert Cheesbro, Dansville, N. Y i
A breeder since 1901. ^gj '
CHAMPION WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS
Six birds entered at Northern Indiana Pouj!
try Show, won Ist cock; Ist hen; 1-3 cock-
erels; 2-3 pullets. All stock blood tested
for bacillary white diarrhoea. Eggs and
baby chicks. H. K. Cook, Markleville, Ind
187 '
"HI-GRADE" WHITE PLYMOUTH
Rock chicks, good layers, fine type, pure *
white, 3.000 per week by parcel post, safe
delivery guaranteed. Write for free litera-
ture and prices. Knapp's "Hi Grade" Poul-
try Farm, Box CE-6, Shelby, O. ISSbam
KENDALL'S WHITE ROCKS. HEAVY
layers. Eggs from mated pens, $3.00 per
15. Pure Fishel strain. No more stock un-
til our June sale. B. F. Kendall. Winches- '
ter. O. 189
STIRDIVANT'S BRED-TOLAY EXHIBL
tion White Rocks. Eggs, chicks from prize
winning stock. Eggs, $3.45 a setting.
A. Stirdivant, R. R. 8, Grand Rapids, Mich.
137
ROHRBAUGH & SONS, BREEDERS OF
White Rocks for commercial farm use and
for backyard poultry raiser. All farm range.
R. No. 10, York, Pa. 189
W^HITE ROCK EGGS AND STOCK. HAL ^
bach sensations. Burkholder's White Rock
Yards. 3309 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown, 0.
188
WHITE ROCKS. WINNERS AND LAY-
ers. None better. Delivery and fertility
guaranteed. Eggs, $2.75. Fackler's Yards,
Glenwood, la. 188
LOGAN'S WHITE ROCKS. STOCK AND »
eggs. Joseph Logan. DuBois, Pa. 186
SPECKLED SUSSEX
BARRED ROCKS. BRED TO-LAY FREE
range. Chicks. Iflc; 50 eggs, $4.50; 100
eggs $8.00. Circular free. Steiner &
Wendt. Kenton. O. 1^^
BETTER HATCHED. BETTER BRED
chicks from pnr«>-bred stock. Free catalogue.
The Co-operative Breeding & Hatching Co..
Box E. Tiro. O. 187bamr
"parks' strain barred ROCKS. FREE
range. Chicks. 18c; 50 eggs. $4.50; 100
eggs $8.00. Peerless Poultry Farm. Kenton.
O. ' *^^
THOMPSON'S STRAIN DARK BARRED
Rocks, beautifully barred. Eggs. $2.00 per
15 prepaid. D. A. Morelock. Momstown
Te'nn. 1^*
PABTBIDOE PLYMOUTH BOCKS
SPECKLED SUSSEX — STOCK. EGGS
Chevy Lane Poultry Farm, Walhonding, a
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES
349
-rrrT^TnilAN WYANDOTTES -NON E
^, Heavy winners at tlie Nnticnal Co-
^u',Ln Wyandotte Meet this year in larK"
"^' 1. of the world's best. Great layers
rlasses
Stock ft»d eKgs
Mass.
Goo. Lymim Hall, Dudley,
188
■:^7^i^^^nim kcjgs from prize win-
• nure ideal Coluinhiaii Wyan. lottos.
"'"^•» rpnsoniible. Cir<ular free. Address,
i;''-flSwav Poultry Yards. Auburn. Ky.
Dixie lllfcl'wa.v X J ^yg
■;;;^77Ji»iAN wyandotte cockerels.
nrinr finality; show room winner.s. Kg;:8
ri.acldng in^^«'^''"- ^^''•i»« ^V. A. John-
H i N- 10. Constanre Avenue. Dayton.
for
son,
187!
"TmiJMHlAN WYANDOTTE HATCHING
,,,%^om range flo.k. $1.50-15; $7.00.100;
^hihition pfn. .'p:{-00-15. Also baby chicks
TTllZzi Turkey eggs. Henry Groeni^ng^
Hillsbon), Kan. ^^
"ToLUMHlAN WYANDOTTE EGGS FOR
hatching, excellent laying strain $1.50 per
?5 Wood O'Neal. R. 3. Clcarville. Pa. 188
■"rOLUMBIAN WYANIXJTTE COCKERELS
and pJ^nr E.gs. $1.50 and $2.50. Mrs
George Burnham. PikesviHe. Md. 1^
-^.UMBIAN WYANDOTTE EGGS FOR
hatching from exhibition layers. Charles F
Buck, Succasunna, N. J. ^°^
"COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES. WINNERS.
E«s $3.00. M. F. Yegge. 2305 So. Broad^
wir Denver. Col. 186
1 —
BUFF WYANDOTTES
GRAND CHAMPION MALE, MINNEAPO-
lis; six firsts, Chicago National. 1924. Stock, ,
eggs, baby chicks. Catalogue free. Winkler
& L.ingdon. Wheatfield. Ind. 188
TARBOX'S SPECKLED SUSSEX— STOCK,
eggs and baby chicks in season. Send for
catalogue. A. A E. Tarbox. Box E. York
ville, 111. __^
""first prize speckled SUSSEX '
eggs. $3.00. prepaid. Cockerels. $5.00. Cir-
cular. Dell Knight, Olena. O. 187
speckled SUSSEX — EGGS. S-rOCK
from National Winners. Fields Sussex Farm '
Sandwich. 111. ""
BUFF WYANDOTTES. EGGS AND
month old chickens from Boston winners.
Fees $2.00 for 15; chickens. $10.00 a dozen.
K Hanes. Potsdam, N. Y. 19_lbm
" EGG-BRED EXHIBITION BUFF WYAN-
dottes Winning five firsts at Freeport.
Choice breeding cockerels, $5-00. Ek^s. $5 00
„er 15. Write for price list. Frank Myers
Freeport, 111.
BUFF WYANDOTTE EGGS FOR HATCH-
ing. Send for circular. William E. Wool ey
Route 5. Sidney. O. ♦ 18«
GOLDEN LACED WYANDOTTES
GOLDEN LACED WYANDOTTES. PRIZE
stock. Orders booked for eggs and baby
chicks. Goo. Heggestod. Hollandale. W^s^.
CHOICE GOLDEN WYANDO'TTE HATCH-
ing eggs. $2.00 per 15. T. E. Ceilings. Per-
sia, la. _2ll
"golden LACED WYANDOTTES. EGGS
for hatching. $2.00 per 15. Henry Exley &
Son. Mildred. Pa. ^ i*''*
SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES
SPANISH
PARTRIDGE PLYMOUTH ROCKS FOR
sale. Cocks, cockerels, hens and pullets;
show and utility stock. Six entries at St.
Louis Show — six wins: 1-3-4-5 cocks, 1 hen.
2 pullet. Pullets. $2.50; hens. $300; cock-
erels, cocks. $5.00 and up. Sold on approval.
J. Brower. 4417 Beethoven. St. Louis. Mo.
186
WHITE FACED BLACK SPANISH.
Eggs. $2.50 for 15. None better. Normn
Thomas. Fsyetteville. Pa. ^^'^"^
~* WHITE fTo E D black SPANISH
Qualitv stock. Eggs. James S. Wilson, W-
1. Lockport, N. Y. ^
BHODE ISLAND WHITES
IF YOU WANT THE BEST IN SILVER
Wyandottes that have the Wyandotte type,
size and la. ing. write W. E. Samson, veteran
breeder and judge, Kirkwood, N. Y. ivi
WOODLAND SILVER WYANDOTTES—
winners New York, Chicago, Detroit. Large
open laced exhibition stock. Free catn'ogne.
Woodland Farm, Route E-3, Ann Arbor, Mich
WHITE PLYMOUTH BOCKS
GIANT WHITE ROCKS— SWEEPSTAKES
— Ten shows — Literature. Mary Barnit,
Logansport, Ind. l'»
EICHELMANN'S STRAIN RHODE IS
land; Whites, Ko.se and Single Comb. ato»-
$3; pens, $15.00. Also eggs Cs Ulojje
free. Henry Eichelmann, Waterloo, I"- *^
"rose COMB RHODE I3I^ND WHITES-
Eggs, $3.00 per 1.5; $5.00 per 30 StocJ
for sale. Fred Danforth, Owego, N. Y^ "
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES^
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES-. H' NK^
York State Fair won 5 firsts and all •PW'"
priies, and my strain has the «'-'? 'V' '
habit bred into it. Eggs $5.00 Per 15 f'JJ
finest pens. Cockerels, hens and pullets i«
sale. Austin G. Warner, Whitesboro, ^^^»^
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES. .BOOj
and chickens from great trapnested w
and winners. Breeder 24 years. C'rj[\,,
Orrin Hanes, Potsdam, N. Y.
IIOOSIER STRAIN PARTRIDGE WYAN-
dottes. Madison .S<|iiare (iardon and Ciii-
<-ago Coliseum winners. Stot k for saU; at all
times, eggs in season. W. L. Bender, Box
81-B, Angola, Ind. 187
I'ARTKIDliE WYANDOTTES. TWENTY
years a breeder. Premier blond. Cockerels.
K^gg'^, $:5.<)'». Fertility jrnuranleed, IL li.
Arbuckle, Davidson, N. C. 1^7
PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE EGGS, ONE
setting, $'J.OO; two settings, $3.75. W. E.
Rhodes. Jr.. Linville. Va. 186
WHITE WYANDOTTES
"III GRADE" WIIITi: WYANDOTTE
chicks, also Silver Laced, from finest bred
stock, wonderful all year 'round egg pro-
duc«'rs. Send for prices and free pamphlet.
"How to raise chicks." Knapp's "Hi-
Grado" Poultry Farm. Box CE-9. Shelby. O.
IHSbam
REGAL WHITE WYANDOTTES. PUL-
lots. $1.50 and up; cockerels. $5.00 and up.
Eggs and chicks for sale. Prices reasonable.
.Satisfmtion guaranteed. Peola Poultry
Yards. Beaver Springs. Pa. 1^6
WHITE WYANDOTTES. SELECTED MAT-
ings. Martin strain. November to January
average 21 eggs per hen. Heavy boned, vig-
orous stock. Eggs, $3.00-15; chicks. 55
cents. Satisfaction guaranteed. A. Drager,
Richmond. Mich. 187
~RK(iAL DORCAS FROM MARTIN'S BEST
matings. Eggs from prize winners 15-$2.00,
;j0-$3.50; other matings 15-$1.50, 30-$2.50.
100-$8.00. Mating list. L. M. Stricklett.
Vanceburg. Ky. ___1^
~ WHITE WYANDOTTE EGGS. SPECIAL
pens mated to produce high egg and exhibi-
tion stock combined. Eggs from these pens.
$2.50 per 15. Guarantee 9 chicks. Guy
Mumper, Taylorstown, Pa. 1^"^
REGAL DORCAS HIGH QU A L I 'T Y
hatching eggs from stock direct from Martin;
also few utility pullets for sale. Wm. Mon-
sees, Voluntown, Conn. 1°*
QUALITY WHITE WYANDOTTES, SEN-
sibly priced. Ten years breeding for eggs
and show. Rockland White Feather Farm
Elizabethtown. Pa. 1°'
" TARBOX'S SILVER WYANDOTTES —
Stock, eggs and baby chicks in season. Send
for oatalogue. A. & E. Tarbox, Box E, York-
ville, 111. ^
SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES. SELECT
layers. Eggs, $2.00 per 15, prepaid. I'- A.
Morelock, Morristown, Tenn. 1°°
SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES. HATCH-
ing eggs, $2.50 per 15. Nabob quality. O- O.
Vinson, Rose Clare, 111. 2_
SILVER LACED WYANDOTTE EGGS
from choice matings, $2.00 per 15. Geo. W.
Moore. Portland. Tenn. 1°°
SILVER LACED WYANDOTTE EGGS
for hatching. Rollie Dayis. Huntsville, 111.
187
PABTBIDOE WYANDOTTES
SEVERAL VARIETIES
QUALITY HATCHING EGGS. LAYING
strains. White Wyandottes Martin-Fishel
strains; Dark Barred Rocks. Thompson-Hol-
ternian strains; Double Comb Brown Leg-
liorns, Kulp strain; French Mottled Houdans.
Francois strain. Orders jjlaced now insures
future delivery. Setting of fifteen eggs, $3.50;
tliirty. $G.00; fifty. $9.00, Parcel post pre-
Iiaid. Satisfaction guaranteed, H. W. Low-
ell, 418 Willow St., Lockport. N, Y. 186
RHODE ISLAND RED COCKERELS, Ex-
cellent breeders. Barred Rock cockerels and
imllets. Black Minorca. Black Lo;,'horn pul-
lets. BuiT Leghorn • males, Toulouse and
Kent Island Kuese. Prices right. S. Burtner
Co.. Sliarpsburg. Md. 187
HATCHING EGGS— LEGHORNS. LAKEN-
velders, Anconas. Jersey Black Giants. Bar-
red Rocks, Send for mating list and prices,
Grayland Farms, Luxomni, Ga, 186
1.000 WHITE AND BROWN LEGHORNS.
Cocks, cockerels, hens, i»ullets. 1,000.000
strawberry plants, August Schroeder. St.
Peter, 111. 196bm
EGGS FOR HATCHING— PURE FISHEL
strain White Rocks and Barron strain White
Leehorns. C. E. Minich. R. 3, Gibsonburg,
O. ]^
HATCHING EGGS. 15— $1,50. SINGLE
Comb Anconas. Partridge Plymouth Rocks,
Rhode Island Reds, OHie Loar, Carbondale.
111. ]^
"winning STRAINS. FERRIS, YOUNG
Leghorns; Boyer, Martin Wyandottes; three
dollars upward. Gillies. Dunloop, W, Va, 187
90 VARIETIES — POULTRY. PIGEONS,
dogs, parrots, pheasants, peafowl, hares.
Write wants. J. A. Bergey, Telford. Pa. 186!
"black LANGSHANS. houdans. WHITE
and Black Minorcas. Quality cockerels; eggs.
O. W. Dengler. Cressona, Pa. 187
HATCHING EGGS— WHITE HOUDANS,
Mottled Houdans. Silver Spangled Hamburgs,
Jos, Richards, Manitowoc, Wis. 186
TURKEYS
REGAL WHITE WYANDOTTES OF
Quality, Stock shipped on approval. Eggs
for hatching. No chicks. Mating list free
Frank P. Altland. Hanover, Pa. "PJ'
"TVHITE WYANDOTTES (MARTIN
strain). Eggs, selected matings. 15-$3.00 30-
$5.00; flock. 100-$8.00, Guarantee 75%
hatchability. Fred Miller. 310 Marion Ave
Salem. IlK ^^Z
25 WHITE WYANDOTTE PULLETS AND
hens laying at $2.50 each. Show quality.
MaA'in's'^sf^ain. 'W. F. Ulrich. InterviUa
Pa. i!!
"■"rEGAL-DORCAS WHITE WYANDOTTE
Carmi. 111.
WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS,
.hicks eejTS Highest quality. Trapnest
records. 241 io 294,^ Lewi? Martin. Newtown^
O. _^___
' REGAL DORCAS-EGGS. ^^2.00 HEAVY
laving strain. Fertility puaranteed. Hed
rick's Poultry Yards. Freeland. Md.^
BIGGER. BETTER BOURBON RED "TUR-
keys. Size and color unsurpassed. Register-
ed Bauman tone. Eighteen. 24 lb. hens.
Eggs $1.00 each. Other matings. 50 cents.
Postpaid. Mrs. Stanley Hoskinson, Glendale,
Ky^ ^^^
~ MAMMOTH BRONZE. WHITE HOLLAND.
Bourbon Reds. Geese — Mammoth Toulouse.
Embdens. Afrcians. Chinas, Ducks— Imperial
Pekins. Rouens. BufTs, Indian Runners, Mus-
covies, Write A, A, Ziemer. Austin. Minn.
187bm
186
■ WHITE WYANDOTTE EGGS FROM
choice breeders. Martin's strain. J. E
Weisenauer. Rt, 6. K^>komo^Ind. 1^8
" 1 000 PURE REGAL WHITE ^WYAN-
dottes Allen Sechrist. Port Trevorton. Pa^
SEVERAL VABIETIES
MAMMOTH WHITE HOLLAND TUR-
keys from 50 lb. toms. 20 lb. hens; state
fair winners. All stock vaccinated against
disease. Stock and eggs for sale. Mrs. Lee
Chapman. Mayfield. Ky. ]°2.
"bourbon red TURKEY EGGS $4,50
per 10. registered strain, Mrs, Fred SimT._
son, Salem, Ind, ^
"turkey raising — FEEDING, Dis-
eases, treatment, 10 cents. Erie County Tur-
key Farm, Edinboro, Pa. ^°*
"quality bronze turkeys, stock
and eggs. Write Esbenshade's Turkey Farm.
Box E. Ronks. Pa. ^"'*
"for sale— bronze TURKEYS. 10
eggs. $6.50 delivered. Aaron J. Felthouse,
Goshen. Ind. ^
"white HOLLAND TURKEY EGGS.
Merrynook Farm. New Brunswick. N, J, 187
INCUBATORS AND BEOODEBS
CRUSADER STRAIN PARTRIDGE
Wyandottes. Heart of America winners.
Write for catalogue. Mid-West Poultry
*'»rni, Butte, Neb. 1°"
1^Inc7 HATCHING EGGS. $1^0 PER 15
Pane's strain Mammoth Singe Comb Black
OPTTINGS TOMPKINS' OR OWENS'
Reds $3 00 Aristocrat Barred Rocks. $3^00
!?nd $5 00 Charles RuUman. Aurora. Ind.
ONE HEN SAFELY BROODS 100 CHICKS'
without artificial heat in the Na ure-Plus
Hover Easy to make. We sell plans and
J gWs Write for information. Nature-Plus
Company. 2076 Oak St.. Hillsboro. Or^J^
TWO ELECTRIC BROODERS AND SIX
wire exhibition coops for sale cheap -The
brooders cost $18.00 each, will sell the two
for $15 00. Address. Box 286. Hanover. Pa
' WANTED— OANDEE INCUBATOR. MUST
be in good condition. Geo. L. Bachman
Wauseon, O.
I'll
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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INDIAN RUNNER DUCKLINGS FROM
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Indian Runner breeding stock. Moderate
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«T Y IDobm
WHITE INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS. QUAL-
ity stock, great layers; 12 eggs. $2.50; 60,
$8.00; postpaid. W. Bent. Addington, Route
8. Nickelsville, Va. loo
REAL ESTATE
CHICKEN FARM FOR SALE— VINE-
land, N. J. Center of chicken industry. Fif-
teen hundred capacity, with brooder house;
eight room, semi bungalow; fcarage; all
new; modern improvements. Shade and fruit
treo.s. For i)articularH. address, Q. A. Zis-
ette. The Colonial, 16th and M Sts.. N. W..
Washington. D. 0. 186
WHITE PEKIN DUCKLINGS, 4, 8. 12
weeks stock. Hatching eggs. Write for price
list. Pearl Poultry Farm, Pearl River, N. Y.
186
PAWN AND WHITE RUNNERS. EGGS.
$1.25 per doten, postpaid. Edwin Unger,
Greenwood, Del. 1°°
PAWN RUNNER DUCKS. STOCK, $9 .00
trio- eggs, $2.00 per 16. Harold Mosher.
Daiey. N- Dak. 186
PHEASANTS
FOR SALE— SMALL POULTRY FARM.
including 8 room frame dwelling with all
modern conveniences, new laying house for
700 hens, equipped with lights, two brooder
houses, feed house other outbuildings and ac-
cessories, about three acres loamy soil; one
quarter mile from railroad on state road edge
of tdwn of Snow Hill. Md. Address Robt. H.
Renshaw, Jr.. Snow Hill. Md. 187
PANCY PHEASANTS. MANY KINDS.
Olutflei P. Denley, Box 1. Rockville, Md. 191
PIGEONS
PIGEONS — ALL VARIETIES. WRITE
for price list. John Smith. 1407 Mill St.
Alpena, Mich. 188
FOXES
CHICKENS, EGGS AND PECANS— ONE
acre "In Sunshine Ij«nd" and ten pecan and
forty orange trees, $120.00. $10.00 monthly.
Guaranteed care. Ultimate production, $1,000
yearly. Suburban Orchards Company. Dept.
X. K., "On the Gulf," Blloxi, Miss.
186
FARMS— SUNNY SOUTHERN JERSEY.
Many bargains. Catalogue just out. Copy
free. Stocked and equipped. Some require
only $500 cash. Income producing homes.
D. M. Joseph, 549 — 13 Landis Ave.. Vine-
land, N. J.
188bam
SILVER POXES. TIME
Pred Alger, Waukau, Wis.
PAYMENTS.
191
OANABIES
PURE BLOODED ROLLERS. CHOICE
breeding stock. Splendid singers. Frank
Cteduir, 040 So. 11th St., Newark, N. J. 186
POXILTBY FLATS
WANTED TO HEAR FROM OWNER HAV-
ing poultry farm or other property for sale.
State cash price and particulars. John J.
Black, 272nd St., Chippewa Falls, Wis. 186
BULBS, FIiOWEES, TREES, SHRUBS AND
PLANTS
POULTRY PLATS — BROOD 600 CHICKS,
house 72 to 90 hens, 6 separate yards on
34x86 ft. space. Book and complete building
rlans 60c. Inland Poultry Journal, Dept. 83,
ndianapolis, Ind. 186bm
P017LTEY REMEDIES
DORAN'S GAPE REMEDY CURES GAPES
or money back, 26c. Agents wanted. W.
H. Doran. Brandenburg. Ky. 189
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219-W, Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pa. 187
BLACK RASPBERRIES PAY $500 ACRE
profits. Easily grown anywhere. Good plants
for sale reasonable. Frank Payne. Shawnee,
Kan. 187
EGOS. LIVE AND DRESSED POULTRY
wanted. Write for prices and shipping tags
and reference*. 8. Betman A Son, 817
Greenwich St., N. Y. C, N. Y. 186
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SHIPPING COOPS. BROODERS. BABY
chicks. Cut prices. Empire Supply Houie.
Seward, N. Y. 186
MILK GOATS AND ALL BREEDS OP
rabbits for sale. Dedricks, Kinderhook, N. Y.
PIANO BOX POULTRY HOUSE, 6x12;
prints and directions for constructing. 26c.
F. M. Reid Co., 226 Paine Ave., Toledo. O.
186
BRADLEY BROS., Lee, Mass.
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srfc^-K^ <r;S^L-^^ -".s-.-^^
„ ,ou d^ir. to have .^ from th. finef brrd^and jnatin.s U,«t^^^^^^^^^
«• iStorr of the breed I will furnish you. It w" be a P'^f "'^^° j '^ir^s worth hundreds of dollars eack
SrS^fl.^TR^ll%TNG"^T^:«^%- ^-^^^^^^^ ^s'IaVEES THEY STA»n> PKK-
My tggs Are the Be.t Money Can Buy-The^- Produce F'^** P"^«J;^*
Th. pfrat Prix, and Silver Cup Winner, that customer, are producing from IMPERIAL RINGLET
^^: 'e'^"?rom mytam have produced leading prize winner, in showrooms from one end of th.s broad
'?7.*e.^'sute'and Province where shows are held the Blue Ribbons hang on IMPERIAL ■'RINGLET
IZIZ frSm IMPERIAL "RINGLET" ere..
^^^ )SXIS5S. Ete»a«» Catalogue maUcd upon request.
l-rom Ih. finett .lUbitioB m«tmj. in the world.
^, ..tti«, $20.00. two ..ttm,. $35.00, four „t-
tiac*. $60.00, 100 stf* »»0.00.
EGGS °
Lock Box 198 AMENIA. N. Y.
ia»Bfs
y
opics, Ten Cents
You will obtain
the best growth,
health and future
t
egg productton
.u iw
w'li im'
When yon raise your chicks on
A GROW!
Ful-0-Pep Growing Mash will meet your fondest expecta-
tions in producing rapid healthy growth, and developing
EARLY laying pullets. The above pen of birds won 1st
place in the Missouri Egg Laying Contest. They were Ful-
0-Pep raised by St. John's Poultry Farm, Oronogo, Mo.
Ful-O Pep Growing Mash is a revelation as a growing and
developing feed. It is known from coast to coast as the
greatest feed for growing chicks rapidly. Its base is OAT-
MEAL— the high quality produced in our cereal mills.
Oatmeal is recognized by all authorities as having no equal
for making large bone, muscle and rapid growth in the de-
veloping fowl.
Write Today for Our New 1924 Poultry Book
that tells all about "The Ful-0-Pep Way" of
feeding and caring for poultry. Decide to follow
"The Ful-0-Pep Way" this season and you will
see a marked increase in your poultry profits.
Your dealer can supply you with Ful-0-Pep
Poultry Feeds.
The F"^ 0 "P Way of Feeding Poultry
provides the proper feed for every mtage of growth:
Ful-O-Pep Chick Starter » , ^ „„„„„ ^fc.vl,.
Ful-O.Pep Fine Chick Feed ( '*"^ >*»""« *^''"'*'
Ful'O-Pep Crowing Math \ , ,_„«,•_- -*«_t
Ful-O-PepCoarBe Chick Feed ] '**^ *rowmg stock
Ful-O-Pep Egg Maah \, , . .
Ful-O.Pep Snatch Grains | '«'' '°>'"« '""••
IN
OCTOBER
When your cockerels have de-
veloped into magrnificent, superbly
grand males and your snow white pul«
lets are shelling out eggs and profit,
you will be glad you decided to buy
OAK DALE
$.C. WHITE lECHORN
Baby Chix
Hatching Eggs
SUPREME FOR A QUARTER
CENTURY AT MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN, THE WORLD'S GREAT-
EST SHOW.
TO
In 3 days a beautiful free catalogue,
describing our Matchless White Leg-
horns, will be in your hands. A
postal card will rush it to yon.
OAK DALE FARM
Box E
Le-Roy, Minn.
L
WE DELIVER JUST WHAT WE
SAY WE WILL
BABY CHICKS
Price LUt— Prepaid to You— Pure- bred Stodi
100
Wh. & Brown Lechoma J12.00
Buff & Black Lejhoms $12 00
AnoonM fM.OO
a C. BladK Mlnorras IH.OO
a C. 4 B. C. Re<l« f 14.00
BaiTPd Rocks $14.00
Buff tt White Rocks $16.00
Wh. * B. L. Wyandottes $16.00
Buff Orplnctons $16.00
Black Lannhans $18.00
Urht Brahma* $20.00 $16.50
White Minorca* $20.00 $10.50
All absolutely first class pure-bred stock. Prompt
shipments made. Mail oriiera to
JAMES KREJCI, 2165 E. 86tli St.. OEVEUND. OHIO
White Rocks- Rose Comb Reds
Exhibition — Utility Stock
EfV* for Hatching Mating List Free.
OHXTBB FARMS, GWEOO. Tioga Co., N. T.
' Th« Quaker Oars Q>mpany
' 1602 Ry. Exchange BIdg:., Chicago
I Send Me Y< ur New 1924 Poultry Book.
^ (23)_ nred-To- 1 ay
Drhwn UVC
I
The Quaker Qais G>mpany
Poultry Service Dept.
1602 Ry. Exchange Bldg. Addrem CHICAGO, VJS^.
Name
Town
State.
ROWN I^EGHORNS
Sagle CMib Uf kt and Dark
The Only "Bred-to-Lay" Strain
Every egg and chick pedigreed. Brown
Leghorns are much hardier, easier raised,
better Winter layers than most other Leg-
horns. A trial will convince you.
Effgt — $2.00. $3.00, $5.00 and
$10.00 per 15. Pedigree Chicks —
$20.00 per 100 and up. Write for
mating list.
A. S. CROSBY, Originator
GritwoMTillc ... Georgia
HOLTERMAN'Sn
"Aristocrat*' EGGS
Produced the above
Produced the above
MARVELOUS 300 EGG
PRIZE-WINNERS LAYERS
yes, produced THOUSANDS of similar prize winning Show-
birds and Layers.
"ARISTOCRAT" EGGS in fact are producing the grandest quality
Barred Rocks the world has ever aeen.
"ARISTOCRAT" EGGS are doing this for "ARISTOCRAT" CUS-
TOMERS EVERYWHERE (note the last four words).
How would you like to breed such chickens in YOUR yards?
"ARISTOCRAT" EGGS are producing »uch chickens!!!
••ARISTOCRAT"
ef^gs laid in APRIL
and MAT produce
the neatest Prize
Winners and Layers
of the entire year.
The •ARISTOCRAT'
Prize Winning Show-
birds at our largest
National and Inter-
national Shows are
usually hatched out
in MAY!
-FREE"
New ••Purple-and-Gold"
Aristocrat Egg Booklet!
It's a wonderful Bookletl
You need it really to be
posted on the World's Best!
Your name on a Postal Card
will bring it! Simply sit
down and send in your card
RIGHT NOW
Holterman's 'Aris-
tocrat' Barred Rocks
are such quick ma-
turing birds that
many hatched ont In
BCAY are fully ma-
tured, are laying,
and are ready for
the show room in
October and Novem-
ber. Please study
this statement.
Ud
W. D. HOLTERMAN, Fancier, Box V, Fort Wayne, Ind., U.S.A.
J
In
Writing Advertisers Kindly Mention Everybodys Poultry Magazine
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
VOLUME 29
APRIL, 1924
NUMBER 4
EVERYBODYS
menca
's Most Popular Poultry Magazine
This Month
Cover
by L. A. Slahmer
The Possibilities of Baby Chicks
by Prof. H. R. LewU
Brooders
by Helen Dow Whilaker
The Mediterraneans, Part II
by T. F. McGrcw
The Casserole
by Harold F. Barber
Experiment Stations
by Prof. H. R. Lewi*
The Housewife and a Few Hens
by H. H. Collier
How Much Profit May I Expect?
by D. E. Hale
Chick Raising: in the South
by O. A. Hanke
Don't Be Afraid of the Ground
by Cha«. D. Cleveland
Do You Know?
by Archie E. Vandervort
^^'^Thl^Past and the Future ; Recomrnend Everyb^dys to
Fvervbody Select Your Variety ^^>th Care. ^eP«"«'
able Poult^ Advice; The OriRin of Our Breeds- f
"^itt^nter'L to the »;;eedor: JW tl^e Fanoers^^^Co..
^^Sr-Nelcli^inc: ^rfn,^ Ruin; Poultry Keepin.
Profitable; The Beautiful Polish.
361
363
364
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
374-375
7<[ext Month
Editor's Desk
April in the Poultry Yard
Everybodys Chats
by H. P. Schwab
The Great West
by H. H. Collier
Hale's Henographs
The Value of Capcnizing
by G. Vinor Forrest
The Day-Old Chick Trade
by C A. Houae
Breeding Toulouse Geese
Jersey Black Giant Club Bulletin
Amencan Buff Wyandotte Club Bulletin
Shows and Associations
Horticultural Department
by Prof. Arthur J. Farley
Waterfowl on the Farm
by Oscar Grow
Bantam Department
by George Fitterer
387
412
413
415
424
432
434
435
438
Uijrht through the Summer months Evorybodys will be
crowded full of the same high quality reading matter as con-
SVd in our big Winter and Spring issues. Constant ,m-
.rovement is the idea of the publishers of this Poultry Maga-
zii?o keening in mind thnt tho beginner with poultry as well
Hs the ex pefienoed poultry keeper appreciate our efforts in
giving them a distinctive Poultry Publication.
GROWING THE YOUNG STOCK RIGHT
By Prof. H. R. Lewis
niany unusuaV artules contributed by this notod writer.
COLONY HOUSE PROBLEMS
By Charles D. Cleveland
L- . 41..* «-;it iii» iif interest to all our renders
:.;;!'„nfh;,uTs"rr'on, a'[o ^':nd"«o'kno« J-u a.l will be in.e-
esled in his May article.
CHICKEN FEVER
By D. E. Hale
Quite a subject and written j^^^^r Hale's charaj^rist^ic
h^^^ "^'^^ ^ '»^e \;U:;mur ill'lL^^athered tribes.
THE ASIATIC FOWLS
By T. F. McGrew
V • . ^# xr» \f..nrpw in his series now a|»pear-
ing. will be The Asiatic *o^ '"• ;^"*^.^'*'® " „,der breeds and
.vil, stimulate interest in the A;;,»;''-,«"\he lovers of the
varieties. .\t any rate we »"o^ '" V delighted that the
MANY OTHER FEATURES
present Winter.
SchillinO*s LeOhorns
NEW >rORK
3 Firsts, 2 Seconds, 2 Thirds, 2 Fourths and 3 Fifths
At
Madison Sq. Garden 1924
Winning one-half of all Firsts or as many Firsts as all other exhibitors combined.
Customers also report VICTORIES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
Many raised winners from our eggs last season. We supplied others with winners
direct.
SCHILLING LEGHORNS are bred to lay as well as for Exhibition. A limited number
of Valuable Breeding Males at $20.00, $30.00 and $35.00 each.
EGGS For HATCHING
FROM OUR WONDERFUL 1924 MATINGS. W^RITE FOR CATALOGUE.
SCHILLING LEGHORN FARM Rochester, Box A, Brighton Sta., New York
HA.RE: GIANT RADIANT HEATER
.^^^-.— — — ^i^^— ^i»-»^-^-=^— ■-^— i^ Capacity 500 Chicks - 48-inch Hover
Make World's liest Colony Brooder for $10.33 using Giant
Radiant Heater which burns one week without attention and
costs only few cents to oi)erate. Absolutely firejiroof. No smoke
or poisonous fumes can possibly reach chirks. Visible flame, with
control which positively jirevents smoking or going out. Send
$9.75 for Giant Radiant Heater, including simple plans for mak-
ing successful 500 Chick Hover, and raise big, healthy chicks at
the least cost.
HARE RADIANT HEATER
Acknowledged World's Best Brooder Heater for 50 to 75 Chicks
Hums 7 to 10 days without attention. One pUon kerosene
keeps chicks at mother heat until weaned. No daily trimming of
wick needed. No smoke nor fumes. Will not go out. Absolutely
fireproof. Seethe-Flame always and regulate it without chilling
chirks. Thousands of delighted customers. Price $4.75, postpaid
anywhere.
HARE ELECTRIC 75 CHICK RADIANT HEATER
Little two watt Electric Bulb keeps Brooder at proper heat.
Very economical and dependable. Same efticient hot-air drum and
radiator as kerosene Radiant Heater. Price $5.75, postpaid any-
where, including socket and extension cord. You supply bulb.
HARE 50 TO 75 CHICK RADIANT BROODER
All complete, ready to use including kerosene Radiant Heater
$6.75, or with Electric Radiant Heater $7.75.
SFNI) NO MONEY unless vou wish. Send check or money order, or pay on arrival Every Radiant Heater °»H,!* Pjease you
or it can be Returned anryou^ money refunded. Illustrated folder showing successful Indoor and Outdoor Brooders FREE, ^^r.te
today sure.
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the »li«ht difference In prtoee. Western Advertl.Inf A»»"*» . . .,„ ni
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wllh Kv.o^.K^y» Povntry Ma«a7^.^^J^^ .TiJIthT ti „. r. sho«a:t?r 214 W. 2Ul St . Kan^ City. Mo. ^, w^amjer.Uo marked, ^^^^o'^^.^l^j^^;' .an al-
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Box 2
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FROM MY RECORD BREEDERS
JERSEY BUCK GIANTS, BARRED ROCKS. RHODE ISLAND REDS, WHITE WYANDOTTES and WHITE LEGHORNS
All from breeders that have been bred for size and superior egg production. Write for price list, mating list, etc.
PICTURESQUE POULTRY FARM, Box 71-H TRENTON JUNCTION, N. J.
Lady Purltaa
»292i
;(a:s ikuni: ri:AH.
1.AOY LaYEHT
Laid 32o £&^
in One
Year
>^
Puritas Springs
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
IVorld's Greatest Winter Layers
Trapnesled for 13 years without miwinR one single day. Every nert on our farm is a trapnest.
A™ trai»nest every day of every year; Uie sure way to produce heavy layers
$10.00 PROFIT ON EACH PURITA8 SPRINGS HEN -T-i^~
proflU from them ei«H^l by far ti.e pr-flts of any "l''" b^*"^^. * . V"!!."^, f? a Koo'l price. Recrds show a
ttiey are hl^h and then during the hatd.ing wason. 1 »™*'''^,,"^_'lLH^lt during the coming year. So great
profit of $1.1 00 per hen during l-J^.I. an. 1 believe Uie I""" « _^ " "'^JjoJ fSo mi the orders. an.I the season is
Is the demand for eggs from i.).ir strain that 1 am *;'''"«'''«„ "V;'''«..^'rV^rdlay^^^^
just beginning. It ceruinly pays to rai.^ high grade »'":^\ ''»'•"/» *^^^ I shall buy a few more
Janr^Zt:a=l'\^\rfLrrhe''^ ^^^^^'"^^^ '' =^"^'^«^-
WE RECEIVE HUNDREDS OF LETTERS LIKE THESE f^^^lj^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^, ,,,,
Purltas Springs Pf>Mltr>' Fa'm, __ „ .. ,„_ -i,i_fc_ hnmrht of you last year started to lay at
8. J. Bchenk. Dear Sir: I want tome of your egga. The P"««t» '™" ,?"*=Sn^ Vours ven rui *
the age of 5 nu.ntli.s. 1 have a M.m.i.s, -...j oi jo.us. tlu-y aic Itadn.i; Ihu bunch. xours ^^^ ^ aLDERSON.
F-tJRIXAS SPRINGS LEGHORNS LAY AND PAY
'^*-^'* ^^^^ "^^ «-^»»^ ^,,^1 ,,,,,,1 j„r heavy ogg production Oiat today tlu-y can-
Puritas Springs Ix-ghoms lay wherever you put tl>em. Tlu-y hf;« ^^' V^P.V Iwge w»,H^ Puritas Springs Leghorns have made records of over 200
not be equalllnl for sbHlIng o.it egw. The*- are also »•*»" . "' J,''^^%,, J^l.^tomers w^u. have iMM.ght our hatching e«g9 and baby chicks have ma.le r^^^Js "|
eggs at the Michigan International Egg Laying C.ntest, 1922-1923 ""T^-'L"''"™/ 0^^210 ami 230 eg^s per year. Let us have your or'^r f^r^l^^a^y fn ^^r, tn
ov..r 300 ens in one year, and many of our customers rei»ort Hock a'crMes «^ "^^; - (j," ^n chicks to reach you alive and lively and guarantee aH eggs to
h.lctiing ^ ind you wiil have Leghorns that will lay and P^y yo, well }i^,/"jK^riccs for chicks, eggs and stock from all our grades and maUngs.
be fertjle. Send lo.lay for our largo free caLal.nrue. t descrll^s our stocK rui.y. gv
The world's heaviest layers are hero on the Puritas Springs I oultry tarm. «««-» wn* V 111 AVON LAKE. OHIO
IPUMTAS SPRINGS POULTRY FARM, S. J. Schenk, Owner. Box Y-Ul, AVOW i.iui^, uixxu
In Writing Advertisers KindlyMentionE^
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
INDEX TO GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS
* *^ . ^ . ... _,.«„rth, r,«>t,l». ud to pro« onr faith w..gii»»ntM oat ■nbnub.
424
408
424
885
407
Aldham Poultry Farm . ... M
American Steel & Wire Oo. 439
Armour Tire & Rubber Co. 417
Arnold. Aug. D. *«°
American Fruit Grower ... 438
Adams. H. 0. . J"J
Anderson Box Co. • • • • • • • •
American Scientific Labora-
tories, Inc. • • • • •
American Supply Co. . . . ..
American Poultry School .
Arey, M. S
Anderson, R. H. ....••••
American Poultry^ JouniaK^. ^^^
Burrell Ducger P®- • • j; ' • * til
Bonnie Brae Orpington Farm 878
Barlnjcer. M. P. • • • • • • • • • • JiJ
Belle City Incubator Co. . . JOZ
Barber. Harold F . . . . • • • • • *«»
BMT's Knobby Stone Poul-
try Farm .^n
Bradley Bros. *^q
Blamberg Bros., Inc •"^
Beuoy, Geo. ^3,
Bailey. L. W Jj|
Bird Bros. . . . . . • • • • • Soi
Buckeye Incubator Co. ... »»J
Battles. 0. O • • • • * V*
Bloomer Bros back cover
Bradford. J. A. ••••.;•••• 405
Brownstown Poultry Farm. 405
Bowman. John *qq
Bolgiano Seed Co.. J J^"
Balch. Ohas. I \i%
Boy^r, Luther ... •••• iSi
Brinch Brook Poultry Farm 437
Bryan, Daniel • • • • • *Vi
Blinks Red A Bronie Farm 411
Byerly. Harvey V J^J
Betman A Son. S •""
Commercial Poultry Raising 419
Cornish Fowl "."-"Y'' ^^^
Cogswell A Associates, Inc.,
Guy K lis
Chubb Farms ^^
Collis Products Co Jo*
Crosby, A. S J?5
Cooper. H. W JJ"
Call of the Hen *"
Oook A Sons. F. O "^
Oortiss Co., W. R. • • •
Cosh, Newton . . . •
Cleveland. Chas. D. . .
Collier. H. H
Clardy, P. P. •
Cook. Jr., C. Sydney . .
Oonkey Co., G. E. . • • .
CarboUneum Wood Preserv
inc Co
Daniels. H. A • • • • • •
Dorchester Pottery Works
Dirt-Eneme Chemical Co. .
Duffield Farm
414
397
439
413
Eberhart Poultry Farm . . . 431
Empire Supply Co *"*
Edmonds. D. J *'^*'
Edgerton Mfs- Co.
Edeetown Farm . .
Estes. Chas. M. . .
• • • • •
Fairview Poultry Farms
Ferris, Geo. B
Fairview Farm
Fleischmann Co
Frant*. Osee C
410
414
882
435
397
418
383
359
Fishing Creek Poultry Farm 401
Farmers Tobacco Union . . . ••o
Fackler. J. U
440
• • • • •
Greenwood Farm
Oastonia Poultry Farnv .
Guile A Windnagle, Inc.
Grangers Mfg. Co
Graham, C S V ' J
Grove Hill Poultry Yards .
Grow, Oscar • . • • • • •
Glen Rock Nursery A Stock
Farm • •
Grandview Poultry Farm . .
421
488
859
410
437
382
401
446
879
• • • • •
Hawkins. A. C . .
Hall Bros :' 'A" '
Happy Hen Remedy Co. .
Hare Incubator Oo
Homestead Farm
Hankins, W. H
Herts, Jos. H
Holterman, W. D. ••••••
Homestead Campine Farm
Halbach A Sons. W. H *3^
Hall. Edward F.. ,.„„• 887
Hess A Clark. Dr.
Hay. L. A
Homespun Farm .
433
485
404
357
<82
409
419
855
382
Lee Co.. Geo. H JJJ
Laywell Farm 5»»
Lewis Farms ***
Lesher. J. Guy *4o
McMurray. Murray JJ*
McKean, Henry P »»!
Mansfield Hatcheries 4^»
Monmouth Poultry Farm . . 390
Mayhill Poultry Farm 3»6
Morris Farm ^ao
Mari-y Farms *^^
Myers, C. N ^t^
Martin. John S. . ^^^
Missouri Poultry Farms ... 390
Moellor Co.. A. E 437
Morris Mfg. Co *1»
Michel A Son. Henry 408
Metal Egg Crate Co. ...••• J3J
Mutual Food Products Co... 410
Nivison-Weiskopf Co. ..... 859
Norwich Automatic Feeder
Oo *"^
Nunda Poultry Farm 431
Neubert Co . R. P.^ . ... • • • • JJJ
National Poultry Institute.. 892
Nixon, Chas ***
Nabob Hatcheries *^o
Newtown Giant Incubator
Corporation vi ' '
National Poultry Band Co..
New London Hatchery ....
Rice, J. L
Hedbird Farm
Royal Poultry Farm ....
Ra'bbitoraft
Ratin Laboratory of Phila
Hidgeway Poultry Furm .
Resseguie, L. B. ...
Royal Puritan Yards
Rentzel, P. E
Rose Lawn Ancona Farms
Rideau Specialty Co. . . .
• • • • •
413
485
485
437
400
445
421
384
414
435
440
Spang, J. C 385
Stauffer & Son. H. M 419
Shantz, M 427
Sutton's Orpington Farm .. 421
standard of Perfection.back eovet
Smith, B. Hazelton 484
Stillwagen. F. H 413
Schiewe Poultry Farm .... 434
Sheppard, H. Cecil 384
Struven A Co.. Chas. M. . . . 402
Sunnyside Poultry Farm . . 895
' ~ ~ 446
392
357
417
• ••••••
407
417
406
Ossege Hatchery, J. W.
O. K. Company
Owen Farms
"Oculum" Co
Ohio Marble Co
Ovie's Poultry Farm
Hatchery 'A ' ' '
Outdoor Enterprise Co. .
Oak Dale Farm
A
401
393
378
419
414
428
402
855
393. 398
, ... 405
. ... 445
Independent Mfg. Co. . . ... JJJ
Illinois Band A Supply Co. 4-8
Idyldell Farm '*^**
Jacobus, M. R.
Jones, L. W. .
890
359
489
897
886
878
877
440
428
Dale Laboratories
Davy, OR • ;,' Vo »
Detroit-Alliance Incubator Co. 428
Dickinson Co., Albert . . • • • 8»&
Des Moines Incubator Oo.
Davey, F. H
410
418
Kitselman Bros
Kreici, James ..•.•••••••,•
Kerlin's Grand View Poul-
try Farm
Kulp, W. W
Keeler, Chas. V
Klaas, J •
Kerr Chickeries, Inc
Kent, W. H. B
Little, Samuel
Lancaster Mfg. Co
Lord Farms
Long, J. Elmer •••••••■•
Lancaster Farms Hatchery
891
432
439
855
415
414
885
435
860
427
409
408
425
421
435
410
428
432
898
Page, Geo. W. J??
Page. Jr., W. A. • •-*
Production of 800 Eggers A
Better by Line Breeding. 429
Picturesque Poultry Farm . 6^1
Poultry Success
Portable House Mfg. Co. . .
Pedrick Poultry Farms . . .
Purina Mills • • • •
Puritas Springs Poultry
Farm 2x1
Poltl. A. F JJJ
Putnam, I rzi
Parks, J. W •"•
Pape, Chas. O J '5
Potter A Co Vi°
Pennsylvania Poultry Farm 860
Payne Bros • • • • *^i
Peerless Wire A Fence Co.. 439
Pratt Food Co
Page, R. A.
Scott, C. P. , ^
Spratts Patent Ltd
Schilling Leghorn Farm
Sheer Co., H. M
Spahr Breeding Estate, H.
M Z69, 417
Sheffield Farm 407
Sunnyside Poultry Farm,
R, C. Blodgett 405
Shaw, Arthur H 431
Southard A Gresham 437
Tioga Mill A Elevator Co.
V T '
Tarzinol Co back cover
Tompkins. Harold ........ 387
Thornwood Poultry Yards . 887
Thompson, E. B back cover
United Brooder Co *0I
Van o'Dale Farm 359
Vlneland Trap Nest Poultry
Ranch A Hatchery 428
889
434
427
Pardee. Roy E. •••••••••.•• 2qi
Practical Poultry Production 431
Quaker Oats Co. ..... front cover
Queen Incubator Co *^"
Wyckoff A Son, C H
Walker Remedy Co. . . • • • .
Wolf Hatching A Breeding
Co •••
Wayne County Duck Farm .
Watchbury Stock Farm . . .
Wilburtha Poultry Farms . .
Weidner, H. S
Wilkinson A Wilkinson . . .
W^hiting Farm
Walck, L. R
Walnut Ridge Hatchery . . .
Wisconsin Incubator Co. . .
White Hill Farms Co. • . • • •
Winters, LeRoy E back
Toung Co.. E. C **''
Zwick, K. H *^^
389
394
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446
415
412
437
435
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^ the cover down and tie bandies
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(Member International Rahy Chick Assn.)
Newark, N. J.
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VOL. XXIX.
HANOVER, PA., APRIL, 1924.
No. 4
The Possibilities of Baby Chicks
By Prof. H. R. LEWIS, Associate Editor
B
CHE poultry industry, in the last five years, has made
an unprecedented growth. It has made this
growth as a result of the development of efficient
methods of poultry management, which have in-
sured maximum success with the birds. This
phenomenal growth would have been impossible if it had
not been for the development of intensive commercial
methods of handling the birds. Among the mo.st import-
ant of these accomplish-
ments has been the creation
of the commercial appliances
to make possible the produc-
tion and handling of hun-
dreds of millions of baby
chicks. Without these, the
old setting hen could never
have accomplished the hatch-
ing and brooding of the
chicks required to build the
poultry industry as it has
been built. So then, the
baby chick occupies the
unique position of being re-
sponsible for these immense
happenings in the poultry
business.
Baby Chicks Are Time
Savers
As we Americans increase
the speed at which we travel, as we work faster and ac-
complish more each day, we are always looking for time
saving methods. We are also looking for methods which
will make possible volume production, because it has long
been an appreciated fact in American business, that a big
volume of business handled on a small profit, is a much
more efficient enterprise than a business envolving small
volume on a large margin of profit. Baby chicks repre-
sent just this idea. How many of us in this day of hustle
and bustle have time to take care of hundreds of broody
hens, watch over the chicks, and do the necessary hun-
dred and one routine jobs which are necessary in the
successful handling of Mistress Biddy? So it was that a
Spring Spirit
ABY chicks have led the way to art
immense increase in the develop-
ment and prosperity of our poultry
industry. They have made possible, the
great commercial poultry farms of today.
Through them the immense hatcheries all
over the country have been developed.
It is our baby chicks which bring the true
spring spirit and enable so many of us to
get close to nature in this beautiful month
of April.
decade or so ago, the broody hens began to disappear,
and the small unit incubators were firmly established, do-
ing a great volume of the hatching enterprise of the
country. Even this efficient piece of equipment was soon
to be replaced in part by more modernized appliances;
namely, the mammoth incubators. The farmer, with his
mind and hands busy operating his farm, soon learned
that the most efficient way for him to replenish his poul-
try flock each year, and the
most efficient way to stock
up with a new breed or flock,
was to buy ready made baby
chicks from a reliable
breeder or responsible hatch-
ery. The economy and
efficiency of this practice
was early appreciated and it
did not take but a few years
for commercial hatcheries to
spring up all over the coun-
try, and for the American
public to buy their chicks in
large volume ready made.
There are a number of rea-
sons back of the phenomenal
development which baby
chicks have experienced.
First, is probably the elimi-
nation of the expense of an
incubator equipment; the elimination of labor and worry
envolved in operating it; the elimination of the necessity
of maintaining a breeding flock and bothering with hatch-
ing eggs, for it is true that when baby chicks are pur-
chased ready made, the entire adult flock can be managed
efficiently for maximum egg production, and can return
a much more satisfactory profit from market eggs. Then
too, there is the factor of ease of acquiring any number
of chicks of any breed desired at any time one wishes, de-
livered to their door by Uncle Sam over the parcel post
route. Is it any wonder that the baby chick idea has
grown by leaps and bounds, with the result that here m
1924, four times as many baby chicks will be produced as
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were produced in 1922? Expressed in round numbers,
the commercial hatcheries of the country alone, will prob-
ably produce this season, more than one hundred million
baby chicks, and this is a very conservative estimate to
say the least.
B*by Chick. A« Future Egg Producers
We hear a great deal these days about egg production,
commercial egg farms, and the egg business of the coun-
try It is quite evident that the average poultryman has
felt for a number of years, that there was the most
money in it for him, if he operated his business on the
basis of primary market eggs, and took as much income
as he could from the surplus carcasses when they were
sold for meat. Possibly this has been true here in the
East, where feed has been expensive, where there was an
elegant egg market with very attractive prices right at
the door. So it is that the baby chicks which have been
produced, have primarily been hatched from egg produc-
ing stock. They have been so advertised and have been
purchased on the basis of their ability to produce eggs as
pullets and hens in years to come. I am just wondering
if this is the only thought we should give to baby chicks
when buying them, or if this is really the only possibility
for baby chicks. It was not long ago, that I happened to
be speaking with W. E. D. Stokes, president of the Ameri-
can Meat Poultry Association, which association meets
every year in the Chesapeake Western Railway Station
at Harrisonburg, Va. A real epoch making meeting is
this in that it is one of the few efforts in America today,
to demonstrate quality and value in market poultry meat.
Mr. Stokes is a keen thinker and observer on poultry con-
ditions. He believes forcefully that more attention
should be spent to breeding fowls on a basis of their meat
production qualities, for as he expresses it. It is not
looks we are after, but what we want is a hardy, vigorous
fowl bred to put on meat efficiently and lay eggs at a
profit to its owner." Mr. Stokes further said, "The high-
est and truest purpose of any poultry activity, should be
to assist breeders in the production of poultry that have
a high egg record, of early maturing meat of proper
grain, best suited for eating." Mr. Stokes is a great be-
liever in baby chicks and the future possibilities they
possess, in enabling the development of a big commercial
enterprise in the poultry field. So many people come to
him with the question of what kind of chicks shall I buy,
where shall I buy them, etc., and it was with pleasure
that I asked him to outline his ideas on this point, and
here is his answer:
•'Which is the proper breed of baby chicks to be
secured by a party who is going into the poultry busi-
ness? My answer to this is that it all depends on what it
is your purpose to produce, eggs or meat. If your object
is to produce and sell eggs, purchase White Leghorns,
day old chicks from healthy birds with the highest egg
records obtainable on both sides of the house, especially
on the cock side. To produce chicks from a low egg pro-
ducing strain of any fowl means you have failed in your
business before you have begun. Purchase chicks from
nothing except healthy 200 egg or over flocks, so it is
best to buy your baby chicks from a reliable large hatch-
ery, who will give you a guarantee.
"A flock of 10,000 hens with 200 egg record a year
production means 2,000,000 egg production a year. With
such a flock you should make at least $30,000.00 net a
year, if properly managed, for it will take the money
realized from the sale of the first 1,000,000 eggs to pay
your overhead, upkeep, etc., and the other 1,000,000 eggs
at three cents should yield a profit of $30,000.00 a year.
There are A-1 hatcheries all (Continued on page 413)
Brooders
Written expressly for Everybodys
By HELEN DOW WHITAKER
A First Pri« S»,l. Co-b Anco« Tri, .. .h. M.di.o. S,«.r. G.ra.n Show, .. br«l. owned ..a ..hibl..a by
H. Cecil Sheppard, Ber«a, O.
lEBSTER says, "To brood: verb, intransitive, to re-
main a long time in anxious or solicitous thought;
to brood, verb, transitive, to sit over, cover and
cherish as a hen broods her chicks. I think Web-
ster has about covered the subject of brooding
for I am sure if we took time for solicitous thought that
our brooders may cover and cherish the chick as does the
mother hen, successful brooder manaj^ement will be
achieved; only the thought must be without confusion and
the chicks be cherished in accordance with chick nature.
Biddy was the original brooder. She may be the true
mother or only a spinster aunt serving as a foster mother
but her instinct is the operator. It fails sometimes, to
be sure, but on the whole it does twenty-four hours* work
in every twenty-four hours and gives as good if not
better results than any substitute to date. Biddy, the
brooder, trails her chicks in the early morning dew, did I
hear some one say? And scratches them galley west and
steps on them? Perhaps this is her system of culling for
vigor and we mortals in late years have had considerable
to say about culling for vigor as an essential, you must
admit; but neither do I forget that often she cuddles
them under a loving wing and croons to them a sleepy
song; and when I see a pair of deep brown eyes peeping
out from under her fluflF, I know that mother love is on
the job and will compete favorably with tin and kerosene
or galvanized iron, wood and kilowats. For brooding
200 chicks or less in a season where wide range is avail-
able, I recommend the broody hen with lots of 15 to 20
chicks; coming home to comfortable, safe, clean housing
at night and faring forth by day whenever there is no
snow on the ground. .
When I first began brooding chicks (1907) the fireless
brooder was quite popular in the West. Many of my
readers may not be familiar with the fireless, so let me
offer a bit of history. The original fireless was, I believe,
home-made. It began life as an apple box; acquired, m
the center bottom of one side, a chick exit and entrance
four by six inches; opened or closed by swinging up or
down from a corner nail or screw, a board six by eights
inches for a door. Inside the box, all around and about
two inches below the top, was nailed a cleat A frame
of lath was then built to fit exactly inside the box and
to rest upon the cleat. Over the frame was tacked a
piece of burlap to sag down at the center to within four
inches or so of the bottom of the box and to simulate the
breast of a brooding hen. Upon the burlap rested a layer
of cotton or a discarded feather pillow, and over all was
thrown a gunny sack or rug or piece of blanket whichever
happened to be obtainable from bam or house. All that
was needed to complete the fireless was a ventilatmg sys-
tem which was provided by boring a row of holes one mch
in diameter in both ends of the box, the row in one end
being near the top and in the other near the bottom; the
theory of ventilation being somewhat hazy but perhaps
that fresh air would come in one set of holes and foul air
fo out the other. The apple box fireless required 35
chicks at a day old to warm it up; while at two or three
weeks of age, the survivors were divided into two lots to
warm up two fireless brooders. At five weeks of age the
chicks overflowed their boxes and slept outside. The ad-
vocates of the fireless waxed eloquent as to its merits;
chiefest of these being that it reared only vigorous
chicks; a claim, so far as I know, never disclaimed as all
but the vigorous failed as coal miners. I do not know
which of two things overthrew the reign of the fireless—-
whether scientific research convinced that the bodily heat
of the chick must be maintained by digestive energy, if
not otherwise; or whether the operators brooded (see
Webster, verb, intransitive,) upon the general smelliness
of the fireless, the endless need for drying out the bur-
laps on sunless days, on the eternal vigilance required to
herd the chicks into the fireless to warm it up and take
a nap and then to turn them out for air and exercise and
feed, or the loss from too many crowded into one brooder
or the flock of brooders required to raise 1,000 chicks.
At any rate, I think it was down in Petaluma that some
man jumped the job and went on a strike one chilly day
and into the room around whose walls were ranged his
rows of fireless boxes, carried an ordinary heating stove,
stuck its pipe through a tile out through the roof and
soon had a fire roaring therein. The chicks cuddled in
comfort round about it day and night; and behold the
evolution of the room brooder for 1,000 lots.
The east adapted California's idea of room brooding to
lots of 500 chicks about a coal heated stove with canopy.
Only yesterday a California publication came to hand
containing the statement that now the State Agricultural
College of California was offering the advice to brood
chicks for best results in brooder lots of not to exceed
150 chicks. This idea will never meet the favor of quan-
tity production but it is already the practice of quality
production. In the interests of economy of operation,
the unit of 150 chicks limits us to coal oil, gas or elec-
tricity for heat; with probably a canopy of some sort to
conserve and deflect the heat down over the heads of the
chicks. Strange as it may seem, the chick is the one
individual I know of who gets through life best with cold
feet and a hot head. Therefore, we reject the brooder
with bottom heat in favor of one that, like the mother
hen, supplies the heat from overhead.
The good brooder must supply ample heat under con-
trol A chick's normal temperature is 105 to 106 de-
grees. Good brooding temperature is 95 to 100 degrees
at the edge of the hover. Ventilation is good when it
leaves no taint in the room nor under any part of the
hover, and directs cold currents of air away from the
chicks and warm ones toward them. Sanitetion includes
dryness and ease of complete cleaning and disinfectaon.
Labor, first cost and operating cost must be secondary
considerations as they are for the welfare of the operator
rather than the chicks and in this light are worthy of
consideration. Finally fire hazard must be token mto
account. Beware of any brooder furnished with any sort
of regulating device to which the chicks have access.
Their regulation for me in one case a year ago consisted
in their perching on a wafer thermostat until a flow of
oil was induced suflicient to flood the burner and set fire
to the house. A kind Providence and a faculty I acquired
lone before^I went into the poultry business of being on
a job long hours saved the building and all but two chicks.
The essential thing to the success of any brooder is the
"^Haii'ng selected a brooder, one's solicitous thought
should then be directed to a suitoble Pjae^t^'^ '^\^l^!^'
tion— "thought that lends birth to dead" is the nght kind.
Personally, I like a house with west and south lighting
from windows at least four inches above the floor and
an open front to the East. This matter of facing the
colony house is one of locality for when I say east front
that means to me away from the prevailing winds and
storms of the Palouse which drive in from the southwest
Were I living in sunny California or raismg chicks at
Palm Beach, I should doubt- (Continued on page 420)
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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II
The Mediterraneans
PART II
No other fowl or class of fowls have had the equal attention paid to them as has been accorded
to the Leghorn family— The whole world has tried to make them both King and the
Queen of Poultry Culture— Just how lasting this elevation will be is now at
its height for final judgment— The world has found itself also
fowls of other kind that can match every point
made in favor of the Leghorn family
Written expressly for Everybodys
By T. F. McGREW
ILLUSTRATIONS BY LOUIS A. STAHMER
E have, in our Standard, Rose Comb varieties for
both the White and the Brown Leghorn. There
is a Rose Comb Buff Leghorn not admitted, or in-
cluded, in our Standard. The one difference in
these is, or should be, the comb. We will write
of this later in this article. The quality of the Single
Comb Buff Leghorn has been improved in size, shape,
color and comb. We hope that enough has been written
about buff color in this series of articles printed in Every-
bodys. So we will only say at this time: Study all you
can find in the new 1923 Standard about buff as a plumage
color and follow its teachings.
The Silver Leghorn, formerly called the Silver Duck-
wing Leghorn is, or can be, beautiful in plumage color.
The combination of silvery white with black in hackle and
silvery white back with the black breast of male, the gray
color of the female, finely stippled with ashy gray, breast
of salmon and rich yellow color of shanks in both can be
a color type that is only equalled by the
Dark Brahmas at their best. If I were
younger, I would attempt the making of
a flock of Silvers fully one thousand
strong. They are wonderful layers,
breed fairly true to color and markings.
They might be made the attraction of
the world. The Anconas of America
were made perfect and prominent by
one man. The Silver Leghorn presents
a living opportunity for some young
man or woman to build up a fortune
upon.
We have in the five varieties of Mi-
norcas a family that is well worth con-
sideration. Let us all understand that
the two crowning features of the Mi-
norcas, all of them, is their large .>ize
and their white skin. Some of them do
lay eggs of larger size. Not all Minor-
cas lay white eggs; some of them lay
eggs over two ounces in weight. There
IS a fraction that clamor for less weight,
claiqfiing more eggs for the smaller size.
The small Minorcas lay small eggs.
When of smaller size, they come in com-
petition with the White and Black Leg-
horn that can and do outclass them at
the egg basket. We say, without hesita-
tion, that all Minorcas lose their dis-
tinctiveness with the loss of size.
The following words may be consid-
ered harsh, but they may help the breed.
Those who breed, keep, show or offer
for sale Black, White or Buff Minorcas
of small size had much better have Leg-
horns of the same variety colors, for
they will prove of more value in every way. The ques-
tion is, when is a Minorca not a Minorca? The answer
is: When a pullet is under five pounds, in show condition;
other ages in proportion. When one sees a beautiful
Black Minorca pullet that weighs about seven pounds,
they wonder why any one will contend for five pounds or
less for Standard weight. I have seen Black Leghorns
that weighed over five pounds. You may think, perhaps,
some Minorca in them. I have heard it claimed that they
have laying Minorca pullets that were English Black Leg-
horns; so, honors in that line are even.
The general make-up of the Minorcas, the Black Span-
ish and the Andalusians would indicate close relationship.
The females of all these do have, when of the best qual-
ity, body formation all of them quite alike and fashioned
after the body formation of the Rhode Island Reds rather
than like the Leghorns. This indicates two things com-
bined — production and meat. These are, or they were.
the original crowning feature claimed
for them. The White Faced Black Span-
ish of forty years ago did not have
much inclination towards white face.
They were more like our present day
Minorcas and were known as Spanish
fowls. Whites, one variety; Black, an-
other variety; Spangled or broken col-
ored and Black and White were seen at
times. The white face was added by
the fancier who bred them.
The comb of the Minorcas has six
points. At one time the comb of the
Minorca was overly large. Some of this
is now seen occasionally, but seldom
among fowls of the best breeding. I
have seen in early day Minorcas, fe-
males with combs fully two-thirds as
large as my hands — scarcely none of
this today— while their heads, combs
and wattles are considerably larger than
are those on Leghorns. They should not
be overly large, nor should the combs of
the males lap over or have thumb marks
or indentations. The combs of the Mi-
norcas, both single and rose, are con-
siderably larger than the same on other
fowls. In fact, they have naturally
what is called large combs, but not so
overly large as formerly.
The white face of the Spanish musi
be seen to be understood. I have seen
some of them with white faces that ap-
peared to be much larger than Standara
illustrations indicate. Some of them
have a white face that hangs down so
low as to look like an apron of sniaii
size hung under the wattles. When tne
Ancona Male
April, 1924
hite is smooth, soft and white, like a kid
]ove they are fine. When they hang in
fnlds'and are not smooth, their beauty is
e The same is true of the ear lobes
^f"the Minorcas, Andalusians and Leg-
horns They must be soft, white, smooth,
of proper size and shape. Some of them
are quite the opposite to this.
The shanks and toes of the Black Mi-
norcas are black or dark slate; for the
White and Buff varieties, white or pink-
ish white- for the Black Spanish, shanks
and toes are black; for the Andalusians,
chanks and toes are leaden blue. The
color of all of these do conform to
nlumage color. This is beneficial for
breeding. It is surprising, however, the
trouble that comes from white in plumage
of these fowls that have black, blue and
buff plumage. One might really hope for
security from this, but like the poor, they are continually
with us All of this is upheld by proper under-color for
each Nothing like you have in the Black Leghorn, and
no opposition is to be found against plumage color, either
in skin, shanks, beak or under-color.
The plumage colors of the Andalusians are, for body
nlumage of both male and female, slaty blue; so-called.
P*" ^ When at its best, it is
one even shade of soft
or delicate blue. The
one even shade is of
utmost importance,
each feather laced
about the edge with
blue of a darker shade.
The real beauty of
plumage color is the
soft delicate shades of
blue, laced about with
blue of a darker shade.
When the body color is
of a darker shade and
the lacing so dark as
to be almost black, the
beauty is not there.
The Standard tells us
that both hackle and
saddle shall be a clear,
even shade of slaty
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Blue Andalusian
Black Minorca
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Ancona Female
blue; each feather sharply laced about the edge with
very dark, lustrous blue. This same color description is
used to describe the Blue Plymouth Rocks.
When you have a fowl with blue plumage so marked,
you have a thing of beauty. The trouble i«' ^^^^^J'
that but few so beautiful have been produced Black
spots, speckr, and markings, come to destroy the even
shades. The colors of body and lacings
are usually darker than they should be.
Then of necessity, the lacings of the
feathers are almost black and this makes
not a blue fowl, but an almost black one;
then the beautiful combination is good.
The Blue Plvmouth Rock must have yel-
low shanks and feet. The Andalusian
will have, or rather must have, s^hanks
and toes of slaty blue. No one has so far
been able to produce many Andalusians
that come close to color description. So
far no one has produced a Blue Plymouth
Rock that fills the bill.
This is no disgrace to the breeders, for
after over forty years of breeding, only
a few Silver Laced Wyandottes have
come to the front. The color type of the
Laced Wyandotte is difficult to produce
of the best quality. The color type of the
blue fowl is more difficult. Anyone that
is fond of a difficult task in breeding
should take the Blue Andalusian. They
are a fowl of more than three-fourths the
size of the Wyandotte. They are, or can
be, strong and vigorous. They lay an egg
of more than average size and they lay a
lot of them. Their carcass is good for
table meat, and they plump up nicely
when fattened for market. There could
be built up a trade in Andalusians that
would fully equal the Anconas.
Study the Standard as to body, tail and
head formations of these fowls. Study
carefully the comb formation for all of
them. Be sure that you understand fully
the comb formations of each, also the
face of the Black Spanish, for only then
will you appreciate fully the beauty of
them, when perfect, or almost so, at the same time con-
sider the difficulties that hamper those who breed them.
Remember that while all of these fowls have the white
and not the yellow skin of the Leghorn, at the same time
it is not amiss to mention that the first White Leghorns
that came to Mount Kisco, N. Y., had white shanks. The
report of them tells us that they were about the size of
Minorcas. Mr. Simp-
son, who lived at West r-
Farms, N. Y., had some
about 1850. They had |
white shanks and very !
pale skin, so it is only I
fair to suppose that all
of the original Italian
fowls had very pale
skin. I
Mr. Brown, of Eng-
land, wrote years ago
that white flesh and
skin is correlative with
white shanks. White
or gray flesh with blue
or black shanks and
yellow flesh with yel-
low shanks. White
fleshed fowls stand first
in meat value in Euro-
pean markets; grey, •
second; and yellow, third; while with u. the yellow flesh
a e best considered for market. Soil and feed have much
o do with the color of skin and flesh. AH fowls that are
fully or any part Asiatic have yellow skm and meat. All
t fan and European fowls did have white flesh and skm.
The soil the profusion of growing greens, feed and yel-
^ow Tot live a lot to do with our fowls having such
bright color of shank and skin.
We have the Anconas, now better from
an exhibition standpoint, than ever be-
fore They have been completely made
over in the last twenty years in size,
shape and in plumage color. This is the
most direct evidence of what can be ac-
complished in breeding poultry. If such
great improvement can be made in them,
why not in all breeds and varieties. We
have mentioned this breed in several of
our articles, so need not repeat our-
selves.
None of the separate breeds mentioned
in this article have combs alike. The
Leehorns have combs of one kind and the
Minorcas have another kind. That there
is a correlative between the combs and
wattles and the (Continued on page 410)
Black Minorca
Front view of While
Faced Black Spanish Male.
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The Casserole
Written and arranged expressly for Everybodys
By HAROLD F. BARBER
IROF. F. H. STONEBURN, who, I believe, was the
first Professor of Poultry Husbandry in the
country, breaks into print with a very fine article
entitled ''Wanted — More Amateur Fanciers." He
sketches for us the vast changes that have come
over the industry since 1900, and reminds us that at the
beginning of the twentieth century there were no experi-
ment stations; no laying contests; no open front houses;
no dry mash; no electric lights for your hens; no baby
chicks by parcel post or express; no brooding in quantity,
as there were no brooder stoves; no systems of culling
the loafers out of the flock; and but few incubators. The
successful keeping of commercial flocks is a "cinch" to-
day compared to what it used to be. And in spite of the
conditions as they used to exist, there was a tremendous
interest in poultry in those old days. The shows of those
days were very exciting af-
fairs. The only breeding
there was, was breeding for
exhibition. And if so many
folks got a lot of fun out of
the fancy in those days,
surely the fancy will be
found interesting today by
many people, if they would
only try it. Breeding for
exhibition is easier than
breeding for production.
Trapnests are not a neces-
sity. It can be done, and
done well, by the man who
is away all day, and can at-
tend to a few birds only
mornings, nights and Sun-
days. It is healthful ; it gets
you outdoors; it enables you
to satisfy that "urge" for
breeding live stock without
having to pay for your
hobby as though it were an
expensive automobile. More
really worth while results can
be obtained with less work
and less birds, and less room
in the fancy than in the attempted breeding of a high-
producing strain of fowls. There is much to recommend
this backyard fancy. Were there more of it, the indus-
try would be better off, as well as the individual who
took his pleasure that way instead of chasing around in a
flivver, as most of us insist on doing, (b)
Poultry keeping is one of the most discouraging of
projects. Always there seems to be something to go
wrong. Disease, or incorrect feeds, or lack of green
stuff, or of sufficient room to grow young stock, or any
one of a hundred and forty-two other things, may knocTc
a year's operations into the proverbial "cocked hat" —
whatever that may mean. Archie E. Vandervort lists a
lot of "Don'ts" for chicken keepers, and says a couple
of things that are pretty cute as well as true — we might
call them "chicken wit." Says he, "Don't give up when
your plans go amiss. The place to look for lost money
is where you lost it. The man who lies down because of
some trifling failure is not fit to rise, though his position
indicates that rising is the only thing he can properly do."
We don't need to say "chicken wit" to that. It's just
plain wit, and wisdom, too. (b)
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Here's a good one! An unnamed writer, who, how-
ever, docs not hide behind his anonymity, as the pub-
Ushers agree to furnish his name on request, takes a
"crack" at the way poultry shows are managed. His
criticism isn't at all bitter, or destructive, or acerbid. On
the contrary it is constructive and should be helpful.
Several things he says ought to be done which are not
commonly done, for the health and condition of the valu-
able birds entered in the show by exhibitors. Feeding,
for one thing; at home they get both scratch and mash—
they should have both at the show, with grit, oyster shell
and charcoal, and grreen feed at least three times a week.
"Ventilation without draughts" is preached all the time
for poultry houses and he
would have the shows strive
for the same condition, for
the continued good health of
the fowls. Disinfection that
really disinfects, and a hos-
pital under the most expert
supervision installed to care
for any bird which shows
signs of illness. Surely these
things are logical, and are
no more than we have
learned to do for our valu-
able birds at home. I sup-
pose the reason they are not
done, is that these things are
of comparatively new origin,
and the shows are still run
as they used to be run be-
fore there was any mash,
and before we knew much
about disinfection, and hen
hospitals, (b)
* * •
D. E. Hale, who is in the
hatchery business, but who
knows a lot about poultry
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A Lot of Good Things
MID-WINTER brings its usual, and
this year perhaps more-than-usual
thickness of poultry journals.
Big issues, full of interesting articles and
advertisements. A wide range of sub-
jects are presented, and more than usually
well treated by authorities in different
lines. So much did I find of worth while
material, that only the limitations of
space prevented an even longer Casserole
this month.
The papers from which the various
items were taken are indicated by the fol-
lowing letters: (b) Poultry Item; (c) Poul-
try Tribune; (d) Pacific Poultryman; (e)
Leghorn World; (f) American Poultry
Journal.
outside of that interest, says
that any farmer who can brood chicks can make good
money by buying a large brooder hover and raising 500
or 1,000 early broilers. I've heard of some who have
done so, and surely that is a good viray to get the nia»-
mum return on the minimum amount of labor in the
poultry business. Eternal vigilance and quite some
ground for ten weeks, and then it's all over, unless you
do it over again once more. The trouble with that is, that
most men who are good enough poultrymen to make a
success of that stunt, can't bear to sell them all off, and
be without any chickens the rest of the year. It's too
commercial a stunt to be played purely that way, for ^
most of us. But the pullets from the early hatch wouia
make good Fall layers, and good breeders the next Spring, |
and from the second crop, in which the broiler profits!.)
would be small, would give good Winter-laying pullets. )
But of course when you get into those ramifications,
you're out of the broiler-specialty stage, and back mto
the commercial egg game again. Which is where most
would land anyway, if they tried it. (c)
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The subject of chicken (Continued on page 403)
EXPERIMENT
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Are Your Birds Beating
the Contest Layers?
U
A MERICAN Egg Laying Contests are
•**" still racing ahead to a heavy year's
total. It is too early to predict the win-
ner, but the race is close, and there are
thrills aplenty. For the man or woman
who really loves hens, if there is any
information you would like to have or
any facts you would like to know about
our American Egg Laying Contests and
the work they are doing, just shoot them
back to us. Everybodys is at your ser-
vice as usual.
O— lUR American Egg Laying Contests
I are rounding out a heavy winter's
I lay just now. The records made
during the past four months of
severe winter are most
enlightening. Some of the
things to expect and not to ex-
pect, some of the things to do
and not to do, can easily be
learned from the reports of
these competitions.
Thirteenth Annual Storr* Egg
Laying Contest
Although making a very satis-
factory lay, the Connecticut
Contest was not quite up to its
usual form during the short
month of February. Egg pro-
duction in the Storrs contest
for February for all pens was
11,966 eggs or a yield of 41.3
per cent. This is 241 eggs
more than the February aver-
age without lights, but is 1,100
eggs less than the February
production for last year with
lights. In the contest at Storrs,
lights for two successive years , ^ ^r v
have been most effective in the months of November,
December and January.
The accompanying table shows the total number of
birds in each breed, the average amount of grain and
mash consumed by each pen, the average number of eggs
laid by each pen, and the average for all breeds:
Mash '^---•-
260 Plymouth Rocks J®.®
100 Wyandottes ^^-^
240 Rhode Island Reds *"-^
400 White Leghorns % ^^•*
Average, all breeds S**-^
White Leghorns entered by C. T. Darby, of North
Branch, N. J., and Rhode Island Reds owned by Fernside
Farm, at Attleboro, Mass., tied for first place for Febru-
ary with 223 eggs each. The blue ribbon for the month,
however, has been awarded to the Leghorns because their
eggs averaged to weigh more than half an ounce per
dozen better than the Reds. Second prize for the montn
went to the Reds, of course, since they were Practically
two dozen eggs ahead of the next nearest pen. The third
prize for February went to W. E. Moran, of Bethany,
Conn., whose Wyandottes laid an even 200 eggs for the
"" The' ten leading individual pullets and their records to
date are as follows:
STATIONS
the time the winter layer goes broody the
winter loafing begins to lay. Setting the
first broody hen in the spring means then
that the good winter layer is set on the
non-winter layer eggs and as a
result the good winter layer
spends three weeks incubating
the eggs and perhaps six weeks
brooding the chicks. In other
words, the good hen has spent
nine weeks raising and brood-
ing chicks from the poor hens'
eggs while none of her own
have been used for incubation."
New
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York State Egg Laying
Contest
The New York State Egg
Laying Competition is racing
ahead giving its neighbor, the
Connecticut Contest, a thrilling
few weeks in the straight-away,
for the birds are just straight-
ening out for their heavy
spring's lay. Although the
total eggs laid to date at the
Storrs Competition is far ahead
of the New York State Egg
Laying Contest at Farmingdale,
during the last week in February, the New York State
birds had the edge on their Connecticut sisters; the aver-
age production for the week being 43.08%, while the
average production for the Storrs birds was just a shade
under 42%. The heavy breeds, especially at the New
York Contest, laid well during this short month of Febru-
Orain
36.7
31.5
37.6
41.0
38.1
Eggs
119
137
123
114
120
ary
Breed
Rhode Island Red
White Leghorn
Rhode Island Red
Rhode Island Red
White Leghorn
Rhode Island Red
Rhode Island Red
Rhode Island Red
White Leghorn
White Leghorn
Hen No. Place
60« Attleboro, Mass.
795 Suffleld, Conn.
501 Attleboro, Mass.
432 Amherst, Mass.
823 North Branch, N. J.
440 Amherst, Mass.
425 Spencer, Mass.
504 Attleboro, Mass.
058 Farmington, Conn.
790 SuflField. Conn.
No. Eggs
104
100
98
97
V6
96
95
95
95
94
In the Press Bulletin which the Storrs Egg Laying
Contest issued for the week ending February 27, there is
an interesting comment on a recent bulletin issued from
the Missouri Experiment Station. The mating season is
well along, and since you believe in better breeding, did
you ever think of this angle of the proposition and how it
affects you? This bulletin says: "It is a mistake to set
the first hen to go broody in the spring. The best hen is
the one that lays during the winter months and usually
she is the first to go broody in the spring. Thus about
The production by breeds follows:
Per Cent Production for Each Breed
Plymouth Rocks *J°
White Wyandottes *°-*
Rhode Island Reds Jo a
White Leghorns J^J
Miscellaneous
Remember in analyzing these figures, that the Farm-
ingdale Contest is not under lights, whereas the Connecti-
cut Egg Laying Competition is lighted. Possibly we
should not worry so much about a heavy production just
now with egg prices where they are, providing our birds
have laid heavily during the past five months.
The Third Vineland International Esg Laying Cf «»«•*
Remember in studying the results o^/^®.^'"! • ^
Competition that these birds are hens; twelve birds being
in each pen; they being the best twelve selected at the
end of the pullet production. You would not expect these
hens to hit off quite the heavy pace Oiat their younger
sisters do, but nevertheless, they are giving them a close
race for at the end of the seventeenth week ending
February 27, the production at Vineland was 36.61%.
ProdiTctioA at the Vineland Contest during the four
weeks ending February 27, continued to show a ^in
The monthly production was 11,903 eggs or 35.9%, which
is a gain of 4,468 eggs over last month's P^of ^^.^^o.^.^J^^
trifle over 15%. The total production to date is 26,414
eggs or an average production of 18.8%. The average
pfoduc ion to date last month was 13 3% This mak^s
?he average number of eggs per bird for the month 10.0
or 22.3 eggs per bird to date.
The ten highest present pens are as follows: ^^^^^^^.^^
A. 0. Jones. Georgetown Del. . . • • • . 445
George B. Ferris, Grand Rapids. Mich ^^^
<j o Price Hasleton, Pa ; • • • • • • • 007
C 8: louUry Farm. New Brunswick. N. J l i l 891
W. H. B. Kent. CazenoNia, N. Y. '.'.'.'.'.'..... 884
Lewis N. Clark. Port Hope. Ont.. Can
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The Housewife and a Few Hens How Much Profit May I Expect?
By H. H. COLLIER, Associate Editor
IPRIL, the month of sunshine and showers, is the
growing month for the young chicks. We are
now looking back at winter and towards summer.
What we do this month will count big in the egg
yield in October. To keep the youngsters grow-
ing one must be careful that they do not get chilled and
that they have plenty of wholesome feed. One can not
get better feeds than they will find on the market at this
season of the year. The well known feed millers are fur-
nishing freshly ground grains that go to make the layer,
the show fowl and that roaster that we are so fond of in
the winter. By taking up a good line of feeds and fol-
lowing out the directions for feeding, any novice can
raise good chicks. When you find just the feed you need
do not change but keep on. , . ^ m.
The millers put out a chick mash and a starter. Ihese
two are fine to start with. The millers then put forth a
growing mash and scratch that is a little stronger in pro-
tein and then these feeds are followed by egg mashes and
adult size scratch feeds. By following the line one gets
the advantage of the other fellow's experience and there
is no need to ever have sick chickens if one follows closely
the directions given by any good feed mill.
Green food is essential to the growth of chicks. Ihis
is something hard to buy and must be grown if one keeps
such foods before their youngsters at all times. On Puget
Sound the Spring seems to be only a short distance away.
March looks as if it is going to be an ideal month, when
this is written. One of the indications of early Spring
is the hens laying out of their nest and on the ground
When hens begin to lay on the ground early it is one of
the signs that Spring will be in Winter's lap before very
^ This is the season of the year when the average house-
wife wants to get out of doors. She wants to see things
growing and she begins her kitchen garden. This kitchen
garden is a big thing around a poultry yard. It not only
furnishes food for the family but it produces lots of
green food for the chickens. Lettuce can be sowed out
doors in April in many climates. You can start turnips,
rutabagas and other root crops. Plant the English pea
and all hearty vegetables that are not easily killed by
the late frost. Potatoes can be planted and onions set
out. One should plant lots of onions and carrots along
with parsnips. These vegetables are all good for both
the fowls and the family. Lots of green stuff in the gar-
den gives health to both humans and animals. If one
eats lots of greens and other garden "sass" they do not
have much use for doctors or medicine. The trouble with
many of us is the fact that we do not follow the animals
more generally in their eating. With Spring comes the
tender grasses that do so much for the butter fat we get
in our milk. It is the green food that keeps the cows
healthy and at the same time puts that beautiful golden
color in our butter. This same green food gives our
yolks in the egg that deep yellow that makes them look
so good when they are served with ham. It is this deep
yellow color that gives the man that breakfast appetite
that sends him to work in a joyous mood. We do not eat
enough eggs nor do we consume enough milk or vege-
tables. Healthy people realize that eggs, butter fat and
vegetables make a mighty good balanced ration for
human beings as well as for poultry.
Back to the Land
Spring brings that feeling of wanting to go forth to
the country. To buy a home cheap one should make up
their minds early. They should make their plans early
and get forth to the country before the prices of land
go too high. . , TT 1 J
I have a friend that now lives retired. He worked
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hard in his younger days with his fowls. He ran a trans-
fer company but soon found that he could stay at home
and make as much money as if he worked hard each
day. In order to carry on his poultry ranch he was
forced to buy lots of land. In the early days of Tacoma •
the schools had much land and these were easily bought
on long time payments. My friend kept buying more
land as his fowls needed the room and before he was
through he had several acres. As time went by the peo-
ple began to settle all around him. His chicken land be-
came valuable and he platted it into city lots and then
he began to sell those lots farthest removed from his
home. As he made money out of the land he com-
menced to build houses on his other lots and today every
available space that was once a big poultry ranch is
now in lots and many of these lots are covered by sub-
stantial homes. These houses being available to a good
ward school, were easily rented and then a big high
school was built within walking distance of this land and
people began to buy the homes at good prices. As the
lots sold off and were built on my friend gradually re-
duced his chickens and today he has only a few lots left
and, therefore, only a few fowls. He made his money by
being a poultryman and the lands he bought for his fowls
have made him what might be termed well to do and to-
day he can set back at home, be a back lot fancier and
only raise the fowls that he loves and cares little whether
he sells any fowls or not.
This friend of mine took advantage of everything
connected with the poultry yard. He ran incubators and
sold incubators. He made shipping coops for himself
and always had some on hand to sell. He showed his
fowls at every fair or show for hundreds of miles around,
he did not always win the blue ribbons at all of the shows
but before the season had gone by he could pile up more
silver cups and ribbons than any man in his county. He
was a modest winner and a good loser in the show room.
He made friends by the thousands and was known from
one end of the state to the other. His love of poultry
brought him wealth and contentment. He made money
on his fowls, made money on his land, he educated all
of his children and now when he has passed the fifty
mark, he can retire and take things easy the rest of his
life The love of fowls made him friends and his friends
boosted his fowls. He always advertised his fowls in the
leading poultry papers. Having won lots of ribbons
in the show room, he found that he had something to
advertise that the people wanted.
The commercial poultry industry has come to stay but
it is not every housewife that can make a go of i* and do
the work like some of the big poultry plants. The day
of trapnest has come to stay but it is not every housewife
who can devote the time to this end of the new business.
Trapnests are one of the big things in poultry but u
takes time. No one can trap their hens 365 days each
year without giving up to that work all of their time cr
hiring some one to do the work. In order to make a
profit and pay an intelligent trapnest man, one shou a
not have less than one thousand females; five hundred to
pay the expenses while the other five hundred hens pay
the profit. The housewife can not do this on a town lo .
she must have room and to the country where land is
cheap is the mecca of many who started with only a lew
hens. When one makes a business of poultry then they
must get the lands that will give them the room to have
the long houses and the yard room.
Lots of housewives have made such successes of tne^r
home plants that they have enthused their husband ana
he has quit a good job to make poultry his business^ un
big instance here on the coast (Contmued on page 4Uo;
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;OWN near Syracuse, N. Y., is a party, if he is still
O alive, that would, no doubt, like to have his hand
J on our neck. The reason is that along last sum-
mer he wrote us a nice letter in which he asked
us if it was reasonable to expect from $1.00 to
$1 50 per head profit on a flock? Someone placed that
letter in the bottom of our basket and in digging through
it we just came across it, hence this late answer. How-
ever there may be others interested in the same question
so we are herewith publishing his letter and our reply.
Syracuse, N. Y., July 14, 1923.
"Dear Sir- — Another reader has an idea he might be
Able to profit in raising poultry'. I have a farm of about
twentv acres which is inherited and is at present leased.
Tt is situated some six to eight miles from Syracuse.
«'I had thought that with a year or two of serious study
and sufficient capital to carry me for a couple of years
after that I might succeed. ^ ^ ^•
"Your article states that your experiment station
showed a profit of over $1,600.00. (He refers to our re-
rvnrf in Tulv issue of 1923 of our work on an experimental
T^lt) Was this for one year? At that rate (for 241
?Wckens) the average per bird was better than $6.00.
This was beyond my wildest dreams .,.,,. .01 a t
"Lippincott's 'Poultry Production' PU^^^shed m 1916 I
believe; gives profits per bird on a number of flocks. The
greatest profit shown was
$1.47 per bird. What is the
difference?
"Would it be possible for
one under ordinary condi-
tions to expect a profit of
more than $1.00 or $1.50
per bird?
"Can you suggest any pub-
lication as good as Lippin-
cott's of later date? Some-
thing that embraces the sub-
ject as completely as he does.
"Any suggestions you have
to offer will be gratefully re-
ceived.
"Very truly yours.
"E. P. S."
We trust this early reply
will not be too late to be of . ,. j u*.
Tome use. With twenty acres of land, free fro- debt
and with the means to take two years serious study and
then have capital enough to tide him over for another
two years, this man ought to make a grand success.
He does not say whether the farm is equipped with
dwelling or other buildings, but that it is leased, so we
presume that it has some buildings unless leased to a
neighbor who may be using it for crop purposes.
There is some mighty fine land around Syracuse and
in all the traveling the writer has done there is one spot
that my wife has said she would like to settle and that
is around that lake not far from Syracuse.
There, too, he has good access to local markets and the
New York markets. Shipping facilities are of the best
and we could not select a better location for him.
There are many means by which he could get a good
workable knowledge of poultry culture. He could start
in a small way, right away, and thus gain some valuable
experience as he progresses with his studies. He is evi-
dently quite a reader and could buy the best 01 Poultry
books such as Lippincott's, also the book written by Frot.
Lewis; Poultry Culture and Sanitation, by Kaupp; Poul-
try Breeding and Management, by Dryden; and the many
breed books and books on housing, feeding, care 01
chicks, etc., as put out by various poultry publications.
(Full list supplied by our subscription department.) uy
reading these books and taking one of the good corre-
spondence courses advertised in Everybodys, plus some
of the short course work at Cornell, which would not be
far away for him, he ought to obtain a good workable
knowledge in one year's time.
With no mortgage hanging over him and no living ex-
penses to worry about he could accomplish a whole lot
along the lines of study in one year's time. In addition
to this period of study he would have a year left that he
could probably use to good advantage in working on some
of the many good poultry farms in that section of the
country and thus add to his book knowledge some valu-
able experience and be thoroughly equipped when he
started a year later.
In the report he refers to of ours where we reported a
profit of $1,600 on 241 birds we will repeat those figures
so the reader will understand what we refer to.
KKCKIPTS ^^j
Number of eggs under trapnest ^ "gg
Number of eggs produced (dozens) Vol 2
Average egg i»roduction per day ^^^^
Average egg production per hen ^gg^.
Average i)rice received for eggs sVsis 63
Price received for all eggs sold "*^ $475.27
Price received for fowls sold ^^ 993 90
Total cash rec^e^^t^ CONSUMED AND COST OF ' SAME ' ' " ^^^^^^
7,630.06 lbs. egg mash
5.784 lbs. scratch feed
266 lbs. oyster shell .
350 lbs. charcoal
Why Worry?
WITH no need to worry, no need
to fret— With 20 acres of land
and not a debt, with a location ideal and
a love for the work, there are many of
our readers that would like such a chance.
Read this article, it may give you a tip.
109.89
. . 6.26
//'/.'.'.'..'.'.'.'..'. 7.65
C ■.'*.! lt»s. grit ^-^^
1.080 lbs. oats for sprout-
■ 16. d9
1,590 lbs. straw 15.90
Total cost of feed and
straw $000. <Jo
Profit above* feed costs . -^^'^^^-^^
All feed consumed, lbs. 17,325.76
Average amount per bird, lbs. 71.88
Eeg mash per bird, lbs ^^^a
Scratch feed per bird, lbs. . . . .24
Charcoal per bird, lbs 1-*
Oyster shell per bird 2.6
(I'rit per bird, lbs 2.5
Oats (sprouted) per bird, lbs. 4.4
It is noticeable that with
the above flock no very
great egg average was made
although there were about
seventy hens that went above
the 200 egg mark. The fowls
sold were young stock sold
on the market during the year and made a nice increase
to the annual income. j , . *
These birds were from well bred stock and but for our
keeping in the flock a few very poor producers for experi-
mental purposes that should have been culled on a com-
mercial plant, the individual egg average would have
been much higher. They were fed under electric lights
from October first until March first, given the very best
of attention, and a fairly good market was at hand at all
times for the product, although they were not sold at top
market prices on account of being sold to employees.
The profits of $1.00 to $1.47 per bird as quoted by
Mr. Lippincott were probably made by the general run of
farm flocks where no culling was done, Probably no
efforts made to get the best bred-to-lay stock and the
stock no doubt kept under ordinary farm conditions In
fact we presume that the conditions of the general run
of fal flocks and the conditions under which our flock
was kept were entirely different.
In answering as to what he could expect in the way
of orofits we would expect him to use the very best of
bred-to lay stock, house them comfortably and m keep-
in^ them according to the instructions he would get in
he n^Ttwo yeafs would -y that he ought eay to
make at least a profit above feed costs of ?2.50 to $3.00
ner bird and, perhaps more.
•^ It ought nit to be much trouble to make a flock aver-
age of 150 eggs per bird. We (Continued on page 410)
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Chick Raising in the South
Written expressly for Everybodys
By O. A. HANKE, Supt. Texas A. & M. Poultry Fann
U
ONG before poultrymen of the Central and North-
ern States ever began their hatching season,
Southern poultrymen have begun their season's
activities. In fact there is no real beginning and
end to the chick business in the South. The
hatching season runs from September to September at
which time the next season's hatching begins. Many
Southern people are finding it practical to hatch chicks in
September, October and November and bring them into
production in April and May. Real fresh eggs are very
scarce at that time of year so that one who specializes in
fresh market eggr,, can reap a considerable profit. The
type of winter weather which Southern poultrymen en-
counter, together with plenty of green stuff and outdoor
exercise, is of material assistance in the hatching of
healthy, livable baby chicks. The Southern hens need
never be confined to the house. After barley is sown in
September or October, green stuff will be available all
through the winter months, at which time Northern poul-
trymen are forced to supply artificial greens.
With this natural assistance through green stuff and
outdoor exercise, there is no reason why the Southern
poultrymen should not have a decided advantage. We
never experience the poor hatchability which Northern
poultrymen experience during the late cold Springs, such
as that of 1923. Hatches of 70% to 80% and even
90% are common in January and February. There is no
such great chance of chilling chicks in transit as there ij
in the Northern states during the early Spring months.
Chicks can comfortably be shipped all through the winter
months in the Southland.
Southern people are making use of these remarkable
natural advantages which favor them, with the restih
that the poultry industry is growing immensely in Texai
and Southern States. The poultry industry now exceeds
the swine industry in Texas. Hatcheries are g^^owing and
more are begun each year. A representative for one
type of mammoth incubator sold over sixty thousand dol.
lar's worth of mammoth incubator equipment this Spring.
Several large poultrymen are using incubators having
forty thousand capacity each. The hatehing season
seems to be lengthening each year and the public is buy.
ing chicks earlier each succeeding year.
There are many reliable commercial feed companies in
Texas and other states which are placing on the market
feeds which will make chicks live and grow.
It is an excellent practice to allow the chicks only some
form of milk as drink for the first few weeks. Dried or
semi-solid buttermilk are especially preferred because of
the lactic acid content. This tends to correct the diges-
tion of the chick and eliminate bowel troubles. Lactic
acid has an antiseptic effect on the contents of the bowels.
Feeding the Chicks
One satisfactory way of (Continued on page 427)
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Don't be Afraid of the Ground
Old Mother Nature is pretty wise— Better follow her
teachings as much as possible
By CHARLES D. CLEVELAND, Associate Editor
1. Basking in tke morning sun. 2. Time and labor are MiTed by lining up the chick hontes
i« a row. 3. Showing the type of bouse used, also the open front wkicli is covered with muslin.
[HIS is the month when the thoughts of the young
man, the middle aged man and the old man,
lightly turn to thoughts of chicks. The hatching
season is in full swing — all energy is devoted to
hatching and raising the best youngsters that
were ever reared. Some men want to raise as many as
they can while others strive to grow the few chicks that
they intend to raise in the very best manner possible.
But whatever the object of the man who is raising
chickens may be, all will readily admit that no chicks can
be too well taken care of or too carefully looked after,
and just here we want to know what is meant by "well
looked after" or "carefully attended to." What consti-
tutes good care or proper treatment or, in other words
what is the ideal environment for the chick during its
younger days? Men seem to differ much on the question.
Some believe in the "pampering" method whereby the
chicks are nursed along like the sick children of our
wealthy classes. Under this system the chick must not be
either too cool or too warm; it must not be exposed to
drafts or open air; it must not be allowed to eat at its
own will but must take small and frequent doses of "what
the doctor ordered" and, above all things, it must not he
permitted to touch its feet on Mother Earth — because it
might get its feet wet or contract the "sniffles" or some-
thing like that.
Other breeders believe in primitive methods. Accord-
ing to them, exposure and hardship is what the chick
needs. If quite a few die under this treatment their loss
if considered a blessing" because they must be weak and
really not worth raising — the "survival of the fittest" is
the law that regulates and dominates these men. Under
this plan the chicks are kept in cold houses with the win-
dows all open; the brooders are at the rear of the house
10 as to give the chicks a big, long yard to run in; grain
and mash are given the chicks at a very early age and at
least once a day they are driven out into the outside runs,
no matter what the weather conditions may be.
Now which of these methods is the correct onQ to use,
asks some one, and promptly we reply — neither. One is
too "good" and the other is too "bad" and so we cannot
endorse either. What we want and what ever>' one wants
is a medium between the two. We rather think that the
**pampering" man will lose about as many chicks as the
fellow who believes in "rough" conditions but neither of
them is using common sense and neither is listening to or
trying to imitate the laws of nature. We often hear the
expression "Nothing can beat Nature" as applied to li%'e
stock — and we believe in the principle, slightly modified.
We think that it is wise to get down to natural meth-
ods as far as it is possible to do so — and no further.
As an instance of what we mean it must be perfectly
manifest that the modern brooder beats old Mother Hen
» mile. We can raise chicks better, in larger numbers,
with less labor and with far less loss with brooders than
we can with hens and we can raise them the year 'round
if we wish.
Nature does not provide for such practices and, there-
fore, the brooder is an advance and an improvement upon
Nattire. But, again, the brooder imitates Nature as
closely as it can^it is Nature modified. And, just as the
brooder imitates Nature, so must the care of our chicks
imitate Nature as far as we are able to do so. We would
not think of setting up a brooder stove outside of a houj^e
in the middle of winter and putting under it a bunch of
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new hatched chicks; we would modify natural conditions
by covering the brooder with some sort of tight building
and making the interior of the house as nearly like spring
weather as we could.
What we are after is natural conditions and we don't
want to make them any more artificial than we can help.
What we are actually doing is advancing the season and
creating an atmosphere of May when, as a matter of fact,
it may be February or March on the calendar. May is
perhaps the ideal month for chick.*; and a month when
the hens themselves will bring ofT and care for a bunch
of chicks for themselves if allowed to take their natural
wish.
If we study the Mother Hen with her clutch of chicks
at this season of the year we will learn much that will
help us — and, sometimes, quite a number of other things
that we do not fancy quite so much. An observation of
the Mother Hen at this period will reveal the fact that
for a number of days — a week and sometimes longer,
she will hover and brood her chicks for the greater por-
tion of the day and, of course, through the entire hours
of darkness. The chicks will be out of sight almost all
the time and will eat and exercise but little. Gradually
the hen will break her youngster* to the outside air and
gradually will she see to it that they exercise and eat
what she considers good for them. Little by little will
they become stronger and bolder and will venture away
from the comforting warmth of her body.
Heat — the proper amount of heat — they must have
very often for their bodies are tender and are coated
with fine down which is no protection against cold or
wind. Food they need but in very small doses at first —
a little very often but not much at any one time and this
old Mother Hen knows only too well so she does not drive
her offspring into eating coarse dinners until she believes
that they are ready for them. We are free to admit that
many hens seem to be "unnatural" mothers. They ap-
pear to ignore the fact that their children are young and
tender and they insist upon taking them for long hikes
before their legs are strong enough to stand the strain
and, as a consequence, one and then two will drop out of
of the ranks, never to return.
We have never been able to understand why it is that
a hen does not know about how many chicks she has with
her and, therefore, never misses those that succumb to
her too strenuous wanderings, but it does seem to be a
fact that Mother Hen cannot count and that she doen not
miss one of her children when it does not respond to the
mess call. Ordinarily a hen is a poor mother unless she is
controlled in her apparent passion to make six day walk-
ers of her entire brood. But if she is a "motherly" hen
and is kept in a proper coop with a confined yard for her
chick.H, there is nothing that can equal her as a raiser.
The trouble with her is that she don't want to set at
the right time and that she can only care for a j«mall
number of youngsters at a time. But it is of great —
indeed, vital — interest to see a good hen care for her
brood and, just as soon as she realizes that hfr children
can stand it, she entices them to go out from the coop
and put their feet on terra firma.
She knows that the sooner she can get her chicks
"hardened" off enough to be without the heat of her body
for a short time, the best thing for them and for their
young legs is to get on the ground and run about in the
fresh air and the sunshine. (Continued on page 407)
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Do You Know?
Three words that mean a lot— Read these "Do You Knows" and perhaps you will
agree that all of them are "Well to Know", at any rate it will do no
harm to refresh your memory on these helpful points
By ARCHIE E. VANDERVORT
April, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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|0 you know
That no successful poultry farm was ever es-
tablished with mongrel stock?
That there is no business that more persist-
ently demands a well ordered system of opera-
tions than the hatching and brooding and general care
of fowls?
.That every business has iU failures? There must be
failures to make the successes all the more complete.
That a healthy fowl shows a bright eye. a red comb,
smooth, bright, well kept plumage, is quick in her move-
ments, and has a keen appetite?
That the weak, poorly hatched chick is the first to fall
prey to the destructive louse?
That eggs are perishable goods and that they must be
looked after systematically?
That it is about time to take the hen away from her
young when she begins to lay? Some hens become cruel
to their chicks about that time.
That even during hot weather, the business hen is not
laxy? That much cannot always be said of the keeper.
That it is best for the beginner to settle down to one
variety, and get all the possible good out of that breed?
As a rule beginners never get their eye teeth cut until
they have tried a dozen or more varieties.
That one of the greatest leaks in the poultry business
comes from carrying unproductive stock? Females
should not be kept after the second year unless they are
retained for breeding purposes. Surplus males should be
sent to market. With the high price of grain no poultry
raiser can afford to feed dead heads.
That dirty eggs mixed with clean eggs in a shipment
cheapens the price of the clean ones?
That there are many different varieties of hens, but all
of them produce what is known as the cold storage eggt
This egg is laid in the latter part of March and kept in
the original package until December when it is sold to
New York people many of whom have never had any
other kind. This is not the fault of the hen which keeps
on laying until run down by frenzied tourists.
That you should read every good article you can find
on the subject of poultry and mentally digest the same?
Subscribe for at least one good poultry journal.
That quick fattening is the secret for success in table
poultry? Tender meat is not the rule with chickens hav-
ing the range of the farm.
That a fat chicken is always desirable, and a full,
plump body and limbs will go a long way toward finding
a customer? Most of the chickens sent to market are too
lean and lanky.
. That impure water has as much to do with ill health of
fowls as has musty and mouldy feed?
That it requires about four geese to make a pound of
feathers? Picking geese for the feathers is a practice
that has been practically discontinued in this country.
That many people think that successful poultry raising
is just the industry for semi-invalids but experience
teaches us that to be successful it takes plenty of muscle
and energy to make it pay.
That the unsightly scaly legs can be cured by apply-
ing a mixture of lard, sulphur and coal oil? Use two or
three applications and then wash the legrs with castile
soap.
That contentment is the best egg tonic? When fowls
feel at home and are properly cared for, they will pro-
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duce eggs in plenty; but move them about from house to
house, or ship them to some distant point, and it will b«
noticed that egg production quickly drops.
That ten early-hatched pullets laying in the fall are
worth a hundred that hatch so late they won't lay until
next spring? Winter eggs pay best.
That putting the chicks in cold brooders before they
are ready for the change causes many losses every year?
It is not a difficult matter to tell when the chicks no
longer need warmth; their conduct will indicate this quite
clearly. And as long as they need artificial heat, it is the
poorest kind of economy to deny it.
That scattering poultry droppings in big lumps is not
»n efficient way to utilize their fertilizer value? When
spread on growing crops in that condition they are liable
to injure the plants, owing to the comparatively high per-
centage of nitrogen contained.
That one of the very best feeds for young chicks is
either dried or semi-solid buttermilk or skim milk, either
sweet, sour or curded? If the above are not available it
will pay to buy whole milk and remove the cream, to feed
young chicks up to a month old.
That every poultry yard of whatever size should have
some fruit trees growing in it? They furnish desirable
shade for the hot, summer weather and may be made a
source of income as well. Trees should be planted in the
center of the yard and not next to the fences, which often
causes injury to the limbs of the trees.
Hints on Starting Babij Chicks
By Archie L
Don't take anj cbanretl Start the little fellowa rifht, on tk«
rifht feed, and the effort, worry, time and expense of hatchiag
will not be wasted.
Many poultry raisers make a practice before placinc the
chirks in the brooder, to dip each chick's bill into a cup or paa
of lukew«rm sour skim milk or buttermilk, being sure that eaek
chick gets a swallow or two.
Fountains of water and milk or buttermilk should be witkia
reach of the chicks from the first. The milk diet from tks
start goes a great way to prevent bowel troubles.
It is a good plan to use plenty of fine sand on the floor of tk«
colony house for the chicks to work at. Also to provide thallev
boxes of grit where they get it. .,,.*.,
It is best not to give the little chicks any food the first day
you put them in the brooder. Wait until the next day.
A mixture of bread crumbs, ground oat flake and a very tittls
hard boiled egg, ground shells and all make a good first fee4
for baby chicks. ,, -
The different adrertised starting feeds make excellent first
food for baby chicks. They are compounded right and coauia
the necMsary elements for the chick's first food.
Sprouted oats are one of the best green feeds for baby chicks.
Begin feeding after they are three or four days old and be sure
and see that the sprouted oats are absolutely free from mould.
Leg weakness in young chicks results from lack of bone mak-
ing food in their rations. , .w
Don't feed the young chicks too often. Feed nothing for tit
first 72 hoars, and then only every three hours for the first six
weeks, after this four times a day for six more and then ontU
maturity three timet a day.
There is no best method of starting baby chicks. One perset
succeeds with one method and another person with another,
while failures are experienced by every method. The msln poltt
to follow is to always keep the chirks hungry, never swowtnf
them more at one time than they will eat up greedily^
In any ration for young chicks calling for ground oats M
sure and sift out the hulls as too many hulls are not good ler
the young chicks. »f i ju.
A constant supply of clean, fresh water is very essential ler
baby chicks and should be kept before them all the time even tf
milk or buttermilk is given.
Wheat bran is a valuable adjunct to the baby chick ntio^
It is palatable and rich in protein. Give them a shallow box er
bran to pick at from the start. ,■ i ^
Plenty of green food in the form of lettuce, lawn clippinjpj
sprouted oats or any tender greens cut fine, must be 8uppl»««
babv chirks Green food adds to the palatability of a ratios
and' makes it more dijfestible and keeps the chirks """^'^y-
During the brooding period fine rharcoal and rround boot
should be kept before the chicks in hoppers. The chares^
helps to correct gases in the digestive tract while bone fumliiitt
phosphoroui for bone building. . . m , w^^t
Whpn you buy shirk grains be suro that the feed Is brig«t
and fresh. If it Is musty or mouldy or very dusty it is aimos*
certain to cause sickness and loss.
It usually takes about one pound of feed to grow a ciiicB «F
to the time when it is five weeks old. . .
Don't make the mistake of over feeding baby chicks at ■"»•
Keep them so hungry that they will come to meet you eacs
time you come to feed them. , ..
One great trouble during the early part of the season !• *■•
reluctance of many poultry raisers, and esperially those " ew «•
the' work. In allowing chirks access to outdoor Mother ksm-.
Snow removed Mother F.arth beats the sunniest glass parlor i"
wias ever made for little chicks. They should not be '»"■■••
indoors longer than one week after hatched or leg "^/'T-
and going light tendencies will appear and. strange ^* ^IJun
aeem; too dry quarters are about as bad as damp quartern
Vandcrvort
BaCtar lat them puddle in snow broth and freete a few than to
stunt tke masses by denying them outdoors, fresh air and good
Old Mother Earth.
Tm an old hen and chicks, a good-siied dry goods box with
glased sash for a door is » grand coop for the earliest hatches.
Having the floor covered with dry sand and hay chaff or cut
straw, never allowing the hen outside. On bright sunshiny
days the sash may be opened enough to allow the chicks to
get to the ground and they will tlirive wonderfully even in quite
cold weather.
A whole lot of warm weather sickness among baby chicks is
caused by nothing but cold water, too cold for the little wee
insides, which chill snd produces indigestion and death. Murh
of the water on plants will register no higher than 45 degrees
even when the outside temperature is at 95 degrees. A dlffer-
•ace of 50 degrees between outside and inside. Is it any won-
der that chirks die from that fresh, cold, sweet, pure, clean
water t It will pay any poultry raiser to test his water supply,
whether it be a well or spring water. It costs hut a little time
to tamper the water and it will »ave many chicks.
Hawks and crows destroy many thousands of baby chicks each
vaar. Keep your shot gun handy. Long red streamers of tur-
key red cloth, nailed to tall poles set on a barn or trees near
and about the chicken park araa will keep off these pirates of
tke chicken farm most effertually.
Avoid wet or sloppy feeds for baby chicks. If a moist feed
is fed be sure and remove any left after they have had access to
it for fifteen minutaa or a half hour.
Don't put chicka of different ages together in the same
brooder and don't keep them in the same runs as the old or
Mature stock.
Don't hesitate in buying baby chirks in June. K^ep the
yovagsters growing by good care and management and next fall
yon will And that your June hatched chicks have proved well
worth while.
Tha poultry raiser who raises but a few chicks, and who is a
novice at the business, will save time and money, and perhaps
chicks, by feeding commercial chick feed and mashes, all coji-
poaaded and ready for use. These chick feeds aro compounded
scientifically, and one doea not have to worry over a balanced
ratioa.
Shade is an imperative requirement in growing latohatched
chicks. It is useless to try to raise them if they must be ex-
posed to the glaring rays of direct sunlight most of the day.
Chicks thst are raided in an orchard, a piece of woodland, or
even a field of corn will do quite well and suffer comparatively
little disadvantage from ordinary summer heat.
la providing green feed for baby chirks be careful not to let
them overeat at first. Lettuce is especially apt to cause bowel
troable if fed too freely. After they become used to it, it can
be kept before them with safety all the time.
Upon the slightest indication of diarrhoea it is a good plan
to give the rhicks sralded milk to drink to which has been added
• llttie grated nutmeg. Of course, if the attack of diarrhoea be-
•••aa general and severe you will need to take more strenuous
■•thods. It is a good plan to keep on hand some of the
Advertised remedies.
Reduce the number of chicks to earh hover after the first
•^k. putting those that are making the best development in
••• lot and the less thrifty ones in another. If you do this, in
• Month or two th« weakers onaa, if properly Uken care of will
be as good as the others. . ,
Baby chicks from any reliable hatchery, within a reasonable
distance from you. ara a good, ssfe purchase. Of baby chirks
beaght last season we raised about 95 per rent and had only a
•■•ll percentage that failed to make good growth. Out of one
baach of 200 baby chicks we raised 108 thrifty pullets to matur-
ity* Good care and good feed did it.
That cripples and weakly chicks should be killed just
as soon as they are taken from the incubator? This will
!<ave feed, jjive their room to better birds and help to con-
trol di.sease. It is the weakly, inferior chicks that most
quickly succumb to infectious diseases, after which thfp
become centers of infection for the better members of
the flock that otherwise mifcht not be affected at all.
That the jn^eate.«»t art in poultry culture is to increase
the egg record without decrea.^ing the vitality of the
stock?
That feeding market chickens on fish or onions, or
making; them search for their living by scratching over
the manure pile, is not a good way to have a delicious,
attractive flavor to the flesh? Purity of food is im-
portant.
That dampness in poultry houses, yards or runs It
often a source of trouble?
That improper food or food fed irregularly is a long
step toward that horrid word, failure?
That raising chicks in confinement and under condi-
tions too artificial lead to ultimate troubles in the laying
and breeding pen?
That failure to understand what things are poisonous
and detrimental to fowls is a pitfall some readily fall into
by their ignorance?
That in one county, during one month, 62 demonstra-
tions in culling of home poultry flocks were held, 6.833
birds were handled and 2,000 culled out, thus saving their
owners $3,322? A toUl of $1,200 was realized from the
sale of the non-productive birds.
That poor ventilation, which is conductive of disease,
is an apparent cause of much failure in the poultry
business?
That by adding a teaspoonful of salt to the water, a
cracked egg can be boiled without any of the white
coming out?
That carelessness on the part of the keeper in feeding
and caring for a flock of poultry is not conductive to the
best results?
That the shell of an egg is porous, and will quickly
asborb such odors as kerosene, camphor, onions, etc.?
Be careful where you keep your eggs.
That a mixture of one part spirits of turpentine with
four parts of sweet oil is good for rattling in the throat?
Administer ten drops daily.
That the best way to clean the lamp and burners of in-
cubators or brooders is to place them in hot water to
which about a teaspoonful of wa.shing soda has been
added, and boil them for several hours? This will thor-
oughly clean them of dirt and make their use safer.
That sprouted oats are one of the best green feeds to
feed young chicks after a week old?
That to be rid of disease and vermin, one must be con-
stant in his attention to the little things?
That broilers are in better demand the latter part of
April and the first of May than in any other season?
That filth and chickens do not agree? Whether filthy
food, filthy litter, filthy water or filthy air, one or all,
you cannot raise good chicks in combination with it.
That damage to eggs occurs when the standard cmaei
are placed on the ends instead of being laid flat?
That it is a very good plan to put a colored leg band
on a hen every time she is broody? If a bird carries a
number of bands in the fall, discard her.
That free range is desirable in order to grow good pul-
lets in the shortest possible time?
That ventilation that comes through cracks and be-
tween loose boards is not ventilation at all? It is dis-
comfort boiled down. Close the crevices. Ut in fresh air
at the right place and at the right time. Birds will do
better. , , ,„
That impure drinking water has as much to do with ill
health in fowls as has musty or mouldy feed?
That more depends upon the strain or breeding of a
variety as to the number of eggs it will produce than upon
the variety iUelf?
That some hens have a born (Continued on page 408)
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E D ITO RIAL
The Past and the Future
In our last issue of Evcrybodys. wc briefly re-
ferred to the late poultry show season which is still
a fresh memory, and as it passes into history along
with its 73 predecessors, its place as the foremost,
the greatest and the most successful season to date
is fully assured.
The 1923-24 season merito our highest com-
mendation. There were as many or more exhibits
held than any other season, there were far more en-
tries in the aggregate, and there can be no question
as regards the greatly improved quality of the birds
shown.
You can tie or have doubts regarding the first
two subjecU if you will, but the last, that of the
general improved quality of the Standard breeds
and varieties, is the one foremost and fully up for a
verdict, and upon that question, there can be but the
one answer, that: "Greatly improved quality was in
strong evidence at all exhibits" and the general ad-
vancement plainly seen.
But wc hardly finish with one season before an-
other is directly before us. We now have a few
months of hatching followed by a few months of
growing and maturing, and almost before we are
aware 5iat time passes rapidly, the glad tidings that
another season for exhibiting your choice creations
will jingle in your ears and the faithful workers of
every poultry association will don their overalls, pre-
pared to serve you and give to you and your birds
the opportunity for records and publicity that can-
not be obtained in any other way.
Whatever you may have accomplished in the
past has been the result of your efforts with the ad-
vantage taken of your opportunities. Whatever you
will accomplish in the future will result only by the
same means. So be up and doing now. Begin to-
day to plan and work for the season with its greater
opportunities to come. Make every day count for
some effort in the direction of progress and im-
provement, don't overlook a chance, let your every
step be forward.
We commend the breeders who form the poultry
associations, they have the proper fancier's spirit
while their efforts deserve every consideration and
support. Join with them, they will welcome you as
a member or exhibitor. The great poultry industry
needs the general co-operation of all interests. Get
in line and do your mite for the cause.
' Recommend Everybodys to Everybody
From the very first we have had the utmost confi-
dence in Everybodys to satisfy its advertisers with
results given, to please its subscribers with season-
able and dependable text of merit, and to prove a
valuable addition to the great cause of poultry prog-
ress. Our readers who have followed Everybodys
for the past years have seen its substantial growth
in size, make-up and beauty with quality material
far superior and with ever new and original text sup-
plied by authors of highest practical ability, who
also have the gift of writing and expressing them-
selves in a way that all can understand and profit
thereby. Considering all this, we feel that in Every.
bodys we are giving the poultry public that which
they desire, that which they need and want, and in
this we find cause for the progress made.
We are just human and like all humans "We want
some more." We want a still larger circulation for
Everybodys. We want more readers. We want
every person with poultry interests to profit by the
great monthly issues as they appear for each is one
of education that carries new thoughts for others to
follow and profit by, we are here to aid the industry
in general and every subscriber individually.
If you are in sympathy with this cause and every
poultly breeder should be, for it is his as well as curt,
you should then make a try to extend Everybodyi
circulation and influence by commending it to your
friends, to every one you may meet who has poultry
interests for we are anxious to serve all worthily and
alike. The only prize we offer is a greater and bel-
ter Everybodys each month with the assurance of
heaping value in every issue. When your friends
come to know Everybodys as you and upwards of
fifty thousand others do. they will thank you for
recommending it.
Select your Variety with Care
In order to reap from the culture of poultry the
greatest amount of profit in a given time it behooves
every one who is entering the ranks or contemplat-
ing a change in the breed kept, to first carefully
and honestly look over his possible market condi-
tions, find what will be demanded at this market,
determine whether his facilities will adequately sup-
ply this demand, or permit of such alterations to
secure comfortable quarters with which to enter
upon the production of that which will meet this de-
mand. Having determined these things one must
then build carefully the foundation of the flock that
is to produce this required output.
It is in the selection of the foundation stock that
so many fail, not because they court failure, but by
reason of the working of that infallible rule regard-
ing the production of imitation and cheaper articles.
Then, too, the varied claims of the breeders hi
their particular variety is at times confusing, and the
desire to secure fowls possessing every good trait
works detrimentally at times. It is doubtful whcUier
any breed or variety can fairly claim superiority
over all others in every qualification, and in purchas-
ing one is obliged to make allowances for these
discrepancies. However, the one who buys with a
specific idea in mind usually is able to determine the
average worth of the variety by a little investigation.
Dependable Poultry Advice
Elsewhere in this issue of Everybodys we publish
an article entitled 'Dependable Poultry Advice to
which we wish to call the special attention of our
readers for to our mind it is an article of exceptional
quality, one that merits particular consideration by
all poultry keepers at this time.
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In this article the several important questions per-
taining to poultry production and keeping are
touched upon in a manner that all can understand
and profit by, every word and every line rings with
facts and truths and underneath all we find that
etfort and attention combined with quality stock are
the foundations to poultry success.
We have touched upon these truths many times in
the past, but perhaps not in the same way, nor in
as thorough a manner, still such facts are always
interesting, especially to the beginner, as they are a
dependable guide for the direction he should take
and the methods he should follow.
From the monthly complimentary letters we re-
ceive, we judge that the greater share of our sub-
scribers read every issue of Everybodys thoroughly
and with this assurance we are quite contented: it is
the condition we desire which carries with it the
hope and the promise as w^ell that those interested
in poultry breeding are interested in the best possi-
ble ways of its production and improvement.
The Origin of Our Breeds
There has been much dispute concerning the
origin of our breeds of chickens. It is now generally
conceded that the original fowl was the Indian Jun-
gle Fowl, the home of which is in Northem India.
It is now generally considered that our domestic
fowl comes from that branch of the Callus family
known as Callus Ferrugineus. more commonly called
the Red Indian Jungle Fowl. Some writers call this
the Callus Bankiva, but this title belongs rather to
another branch of the family. It has been claimed
from time to time that other members of this genus
were the ancestors of our domestic fowl, but without
very good grounds when we take into consideration
the fact that the Red Jungle Fowl is the only one of
this genus which resembles in color and shape our
domestic breeds or crows in the same way. TTie
crow of the Jungle Fowl is almost the bantam of to-
day, the size is a little above that of the bantam
and the color is that of the Brown Leghorn and
Black Red Came.
OF FIRST INTEREST
TO THE BREEDER
One of the first interests of the
man or woman who takes up poultry
raising, after securing the right kind
of breeding stock, is to become thor-
oughly posted on everything con-
nected with the business; to learn
just how fowls should be .sheltered,
fed and cared for; all about their
peculiarities, habits and diseases; in
.«hort how they may be made to yield
the greatest profit from the invest-
ment.
• • •
FOR THE FANCIER'S
CONSIDERATION
American breeders are missing an
opportunity by cbnfining their opera-
tions to a few of the breeds which are
just now mo.st popular. If more
Hamburgs, Polish and French fowls
were bred they would find a ready
market at good prices among those
who are able to indulge in beautiful
fowls, without considering the com-
mercial side of the business. Com-
mercialism is all right in its place but
there is growing up in this country a
large class of fanciers who are look-
ing for Leauty as well as profit and a
Ifood many who seek beauty rather
than profit. To this class the more
ornamental varieties appeal very
strongly and this makes an opening
for sales at good prices.
• • •
A LITTLE TALK ABOUT GAMES
Games must always be of peculiar
interest to amateurs, no other breed
will ever satisfy their longing desire
«o well. Games really possess marked
attraction, and aside from their fight-
ing qualities they are among the
most beautful fowls we have. THeir
flesh is excellent and not surpassed
in flavor by any fowl. They are
^rdy and well adapted to any cli-
"^ate. They are good foragers, for
^hey do not fear to go to places where
^hey can obtain many little tid-bits.
Tliey are good layers and sitters, and
as mothers they have no equal for
protecting their young. The chicks
feather out quickly, and at this time
they must be well cared for. as it is
a critical time. They should be kept
away from wet or rain, and fed on
highly nourishing food until they
grow up.
• • •
SELECTING A VARIETY
The selection of a variety is not a
simple matter. There are many ele-
ments which enter into it. With the
fullest light, one has still a chance of
making a mistake, and perhaps the
experience that comes from mistakes
is worth having. We feel that many
beginners will, in spite of all advice,
go it blind, and after they have had
the run of four or five or more varie-
ties, will settle upon one, saying: *'I
know that I might have chosen this at
the first; I was advised to do so; but
I'm glad I now know the advice was
good. If I had started with this va-
riety I might have felt all the while
that perhaps I was making a mistake,
perhaps all those which I have now
discarded were better than this, and
I should have been just as unsettled
then as I am settled now. I know
now. There is lots of satisfaction in
being able to say that others may try
all the varieties in the Standard and
out of it, but this one is the one that
best meets my needs and I intend
to stick to it hereafter."
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NEGLIGENCE BRINGS RUIN
Negligence brings ruin to the poul-
tryman's yards as well as it does to
those engaged in other pursuits. It
is an inexorable law of nature, and
no one can shrink or deviate from
her rules without incurring the pen-
alty. Fowls and houses should be
kept clean. No preparation yet de-
vised can compensate for or make
fowls productive while infested with
lice or allowed to live in a fetid at-
mosphere. Cleanliness should be the
first duty of the poulterer and the
first rule in poultry culture, for it
promotes health, productiveness and
fertility, saves food and also an hon-
orable name.
• • •
POULTRY KEEPING PROFITABLE
It has been often said that poultry
keeping is the poor man's "main-
stay." Ordinarily there is more or
le.sa profit in every hen, and the bet-
ter she is cared for the more certain
the profits. This principle is as well
established in the culture of poultry
as it is in any other industry.
Few sane persons nowadays but
will acknowledge there is profit in
keeping domestic stock. The force
of public opinion coupled with indi-
vidual exertions has brought about
this change. But it is a well known
fact that domestic poultry has been
greatly under-valued in past years as
a means of entertaining study and
pecuniary benefit.
• • •
THE BEAUTIFUL POLISH
Fanciers of this and other coun-
tries have always regarded the White
Crested Black Polish the most orna-
mental of our domestic breeds. Of
late y(>ars much attention has been
given to the development and purity
of color in cre.st. At our annual
shows they are the center of attrac-
tion and many a time the half sup-
pressed exclamation, lovely, perfec-
tion itself, is heard through the hall
from admiring visitors who are look-
ing on those huge white crests so
nicely and coquettishly posed over an
intelligent eye.
Among men of taste the Polish will
ever be a grand favorite. They are
good layers of medium sized eggs.
Fn)m spring till moulting lime they
will compare favorably with other
good laying breeds. They are non-
sitters, therefore, cannot be praised
nor criticised for their motherly quali-
ties.
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HOW TO MAKE
ADVERTISING PAY
The poultry business is largrely a
mail order business. The buying and
selling must be done by mail and the
transactions completed between en-
tire strangers.
The province of the advertisement
is to bring inquires. What each in-
quiry is worth depends altogether on
the advertiser or the one who ans-
wers the inquiry. Merely sending a
circular or booklet in answer to an
inquiry will not get the full value out
of the mass of inquiries received. The
average inquiry comes from one who
has written to several different breed-
ers, with a view to getting the full-
est possible information. Which of
these will get the order depends on
the way the inquiry is handled.
We believe a nicely written per-
sonal letter will get an order many
times when the sending of a circular
or booklet would never be heard
from.
Our best advertisers keep a record
of every inquiry and if they do not
get an order, send additional printed
matter or a follow-up letter asking
why the inquirer has not been heard
from.
The writing of letters in answer to
inquiries. from advertising is a mat-
ter that requires some thought. The
advertiser should write in a friendly
manner and express real interest in
the needs of his possible customer.
Tell him just what is on hand for
•ale and give prices. Express a sin-
cere desire to get acquainted with
the inquirer and make him feel that
you have something more than a
mere dollar-and-cents interest in sell-
ing him eggs or birds. Show a will-
ingness to advise him and help him
in every way. Above every other
thing do not exhibit disappointment
or resentment if a sale is not made.
Politeness never costs anything and
often makes money for one. It is a
good rule to use good letter paper
and envelopes. These cost only a
few cents a hundred more than cheap
ones and often turn the scale in favor
of the user.
CAPONS ARE POPU-
LAR AND PROFITABLE
It is not uncommon for capons to
sell for twice the market price of
roosters. This, coupled with the fact
that with the same feed capons will
make considerable more weight than
would be put on by roosters, shows
that the rearing of capons may be
made very profitable.
A great advantage in breeding cap-
ons is that they are very quiet. Af-
ter a cockerel is caponized his whole
effort is to eat and wander around in
a rather aimless manner, quiet and
unambitious. This makes it perfectly
feasible to keep them in flocks of
large size and house them together
without danger of quarrels and the
consequent disfigurements.
Cockerels should be caponized at
about twelve weeks of age. A week
or two earlier or later does not mat-
ter, but it is best to caponize them
about the time they begin to crow.
The operation is very simple and ap-
parently not seriously painful. Any
one with nerves at all steady may
perform the operation with perfect
success after a few trials. The be-
ginner is likely to kill a bird occasion-
ally. The most expert will lose a few
birds from every day's work, but
these may be used on the table or
sold as dressed poultry as death
comes from rupturing the artery
along the backbone and they bleed
to death exactly as they would if
they had been killed by cutting their
throats.
FACTS ABOUT
WHITE DIARRHOEA
Of the causes of white diarrhoea
after hatching we have those due to
feed and those due to brooding. The
principal cause due to feeding comet
as one can readily see from feeding
too soon after hatching, as the chick
when bom has its entire abdominal
cavity filled with the unabsorbed
yolk, the viscera being pushed back
and up to make room for it. They
should not be disturbed for from
forty-eight to sixty hours after hatch-
ing, being left in a temperature of
about 95 degrees during that time.
Any food given before the yolk hat
been nearly absorbed will start op
peristaltic action in the gizzard and
intestines and these being crowded
out of place will cause peritonitis and
death or cause the absorption of the
yolk to cease and lean to the symp-
tom we are discussing. Almost u
fatal to the chick is the pemiciout
habit advocated by most writers and
dealers in chick feed, of feeding
bright, sharp, grit at the first meal to
chicks. A chick will pick up any-
thing bright and the large quantity
of sharp grit taken into the tender
and empty gn^z*^^*^ sets up a violent
inflammation extending into the in-
testines, causing closing of the bile
oviduct and death through the white
diarrhoea. As the grit is only needed
to foitn the frame work of the featb-
"THE LAYERS WIN AND THE WINNERS LAY"
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ABTIM'R C JOXK8.
Wllklnaon, Ind., Feb. 1«. ItU.
I took four
t<ausht from
to drclile lK«lw«n flrtt and •^ooiiJ Cockerel. ^"'"» ''li-*
* "•^"' ADELINE C. HITTLI.
Wllklnaon, inn., reo. lo. _»»— _
Lir puUett and one oockeral. hatched fro* tm
you laat Spring, lo the IndlanapoUa Show. •■
Pullet and Jnd CockaraJ. Tha Ju^^ffJ
_ ...- — i_k ^t .^^ysHHnty anil It araa hara lOr t^
Krte. ra.. Feb. 7. 1823.
I am breed ln« pure Bogal Dorcai
Whlta Wyandot tea and I Ond they
are fplendUl layora ai well at »how
btrda. I »»«d all hena Uiat afwaced
til ««» *»<* >" If^e"' P""" ye«r. I
aball be aendlnt (or another aetUng
of acsa toon.
Youra •Inoerely.
R. I. FULLER.
SkovJu^an. Me. Fob. 2«. 1923.
At Hkowhetan Show. I won 1-1-3
CockMTl and 1-2-3 IMillct, cm an
entry of «lx birda. hatched from yout
SpedaJ Dorcas Matinfi. There are
a lot of good Wyandottaa tn thU
rectlon and mo«t of them ara of
Rj^al Doroaa breedinc
Toura alnoerelj.
GEO. A. INNE8.
Westmoroland. N. Y.. May 1«. 1923.
We hare about 400 chlcka frowtng
In our bnxMlw hotiae at preaent and
expact to keep only your strain of
Wyandottaa In tha future, as your
birds exoel all others In taring and
beauty coml>lned. tyw also weigh
and s*U weU. Uy birds are bred
fntm U»e selUng of All-Star agga I
purchased from you In 1921. I cer-
Ulnly bellere I got my money's worth.
Tours tmly. ARTHl'B W COOK.
Newberrr. P».. May 15. IMI.
Out of the 51 tmt^ I rvcrlfed trtm
you. I got 42 of the atrongatt tocfc-
Ing little ohicks I e»er saw. ThW
are one week old today and art aU
as lirely as erlcketa.
Yours truly.
C LEE BERT
100.
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EGGS FOR HATCHING
noreu Matlng»-$5 00 p<» 15; $15 00 par W : 1*^ ^
BMdal Mating^ (Eihlbltloo or DortMl-llO.OO par
ISS.0O par 4», tW.OO P« 100. . .„ .. ,^ ,,
All-Bur Matiiiga— 110.00 and $15.00 par 19.
rtUtty IUtlnca-414.00 par 100.
ivHeM UUlltrM»""«»-»W 00 per 100.
^^ for lO.paca Catalfl.ua. MUf UIuMrata*. trtlln. 11 kbout
«JOHN S. MARTIN. Box 44
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1 000 aurplui males and female for Immediate sale at »^*'«»'",J^"; .IttH
Bpedal Value Breading Pans (male and fire femalea)— $40.00, $50 00,
•nd $100.00. ^ *^
Choloa Breeding Cockerels— 11. 00. $10.00. $15 00. $20.00 and $25.00. ^^
Hens and Pulleta— $5.00, $8.00 and $10.00. i
Utility CockeraU (In loU of 0fa)— $5.00 eaah. 1»»
natingik pY
PORT DOVER. ONT., CA
theMOST
Successful
Methods of
Raising Cliicks
That's why E. B. Thompson, Amenia,
New York, writes: "It is a pleasure
to state that we have used Conkcy's
Buttermilk Starting Feed and Chick
Grain for young chicks with excellent
results. Our Imperial "Ringlet*
chicks are very valuable and we are
always very careful as to the feed
they eat For this reason you may
consider it complimentary when we
say that we have had results with
your Buttermilk Starting Feed and
your Chick Grain."
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B. B. Thomiwoo and ton. Valentine Tliompwa,
Proprietor* kA the Valley View Farm. Amenta. NY..
are recoaniied as the worWt «reate«t brr«Jer»
ol atandard Exhibitkm Quality Barred Fivmouth
Rocka. Mr. Thonpaon ia the onainator of thr Inn-
penal "Rinflet" Strain of Barred Ptyroouth Rocka
TNB OmOINAL
Battemiilk Starting Feed i
Be Sore to Get Conkesr^s
iBlke oritiMl pMka.M~lH. 5. 10, 2S
100 wmmA .Mkaaaa. Dm*!
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Conkey's is different - it is so clean, sweet and genuine. No
mill ends, shriveled or unsound grain, weed seed or mill sweep-
ings used-only the best and purest grain. Yet it costs so little
tot those first 8 weeks no poultryman can afford to be without it.
Semi-Solid Bnttermllk Only
Conkey's is the only feed made bv^the Original ConteyProc^
No dned buttermilk is ever used. Weuse.Semi-Solid Butter-
milk only, combining it with the other mgrediente m the
original and successful Conkey way.
Dont Break the Chain of Conkey's Bntterailk Feeds
Three in number-one for Starting, one for Growing one for
Lavina-each the best for its purpose. If your draler can t
lSp3yT^^th Conkey's, wrfte us. Big Poultry Book free.
The G. E. Conkey Co.
CtorelMMl. OU*
For the
FIRST
6678
THE C E. CONKEY CO.. 6«78 Br««dwoy. CU««U«a. Oki.
1 am interested in the following that are checked:
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Bool^ Buttermilk Startina Feed
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OWEN FARMS
Matings for 1924 Stand Pre-eminent
IN
S. C. R* !• REDS
and Buff Orpingtons
Every male and ever>' mating is carefully described in my complete
80-page mating list and catalogue. Yours for the asking.
' E^gs from Urouj.n I. II. Ill ind IV. reHpeotively. nre 125.00. $18.00. $12.00 and
$6.00 per setting. Splendid h«tcheH have been rei»orted from all over the country
frt)m early ahipmentJi. Customers are sure to secure the finest average quality ever
prnduccKl from Owen Farms matings. and. in addition, ouperb laying qualities from
trftpnMUd brMdert.
Every good shelled egg laid to date has gone to a cuHtomer or been set here.
Have you ortlered yours?
Owen Farms has become famous through itH satisfied customers all over the
world. The strong, sturdy bmi* produce chi< k« that "Win. I.4iy and Pay" wherever
they are raised. Send for and read my matin/ list. Then be guided by your best
judgment.
OWEN FARMS
163 Williams Road
Vineyard Hayen, Mass.
MAX7BICE r. DELANO. Owner
l.e:x*s L.OOK a.he:a.d
Will you be paying fabulouji prices for eggs and
jMiultry this Fall anif Winter or will you be among
the thrifty who have started a flock of
PAPE MAMMOTH SINGLE COMB BUCK MINORCAS?
They not only produce as many egrgs as any breed confined or on range, but
they will produce even a greater number of larger, premium white eggs with
less resistance. Cockerels make enormous cap- ^
ons — hens immense roasters — delicious meat.
Our Hig. Free, Three Color Catalogue illustrates some
of our priie winners, quotes introductory |»rices on well
mated luundatinn penn, chesty prepotent cockerels that
will improve any flock, hens and pullets laying. EtittS
THAT HATCH. DAY OLD and PARTLY MATURED
CHIX that live and thrive — all from the finest Triumph
Exhibition and Continuous Layer Matings in all America.
8tate requirenientH. please, our help is free.
Ourln G. Pipe, Box D-74, Fort Wayne, lodiana, U. S. A.
lit Pal 1st.
BOSTON. It2l
BUTTERCUPS
Cook's Goldcarod BnttercapsK-Hcavy Laycra
WIN ALL FIRST PRIZES AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. I»23 aatf It24
FOUR FIRST PRIZES AT BOSTON. 1924
Stock for sale. Prices reasonable. Special: A good trio for $20.
To help popularize Buttercups will sell my best eggs 15 for $10 with
no replacements. Send for circular.
C. Sydney Cook, Jr., 73 VAlcatiM St.. West Newton, Mnis.
and
AF»OIM
Why?
A book that explains why Capons are the most profitable part of the poultry business and
evorythinff you will ever want to know about CAPONS. 50 pictures from life that show each
steii in the operation. List of Capon Dealers' addresnes. Tells how to prevent "Slips."
where to eet the best and cheapcKt oapon tools. Capons are immense eating. Big profits
realised Get wise. This book tells how. Copyrighted new and revised editions. Regular
RO.- eoi.v nrenaid to your address (a short tim^ only) for a Dime in coin «»r stamj.s.
OBOBOE BEUOY B. B. No. 6 OEDAB VAI.E. KANSAS
Cooper *8 White Plymouth Rocks
1I-*kI ristJl iS«h1 rtitht ami M«»»lent m pru.lticw^s Tt»« kitui that will psj s proltt and are a pleswire to
own Wo«ii **t* siul »«ahy chJck* In iirsiwt*. My narantae stan.l* t«ck of sll sales and any cuntom^r not
sattsdetl win' t* rt.nm.l.'ii lil« monoy and rrtuni r>»iarf.'». Your or.ler* *)lln«i«.l.
H W OOOPER SPABOUBSVII.LE. OHIO
Bonnie Brae Bred-to-Lay
BUFF ORPINGTONS
Omh^Ims •! Avfrici Oir String Has Never Beea Defeated
EOOS rOB HATOHINO Send for free catalogue and mating lUt, Mention Everybodys.
BONNIB BRAE ORPINGTON FARM
L. BUiOK. Prop. SANDUSKY. OHIO
ers and bones and to a less extent to
mechanically separate the food, ordi-
nary clean, sharp sand and f^ne gri.
vel on the floor of the pens where
they are fed is all that is necessary
to healthy development and after the
first week a small amount of artificial
grrit may be used.
The cases of white diarrhoea
caused by defective broodinj^ are
many, but it is not the purpose of
this article to go into them exten*
sively. There are good brooders on
the market which if not crowded and
run according to directions, with a
little common sense, will raise every
healthy chick. Crowding, chilling
and over heating are the main causes
of failure, but if these are avoided
and every chick that tries to huddle
is removed and killed, there will be
little trouble. The moment a chick
learns that it can get warm by hud-
dling against another chick, that mo-
ment it is not only doomed, but is i
menace to the health of the others,
as one huddler will in a very short
time demoralize the whole pen.
PROFIT IN POULTRY KEEPING
If one will breed pure bred poul-
try, taking care to keep for breeding
only birds of high quality, give his
birds every necessary attention and
give his business the same considera-
tion he would if he were farming or
merchandising, it is quite within the
bounds of possibility to make from
$1.00 a year up clear profit from
each hen kept. This estimate allows
the breeder to pay himself out of the
proceeds of the business before tak-
ing account of profits.
Facts are needed rather than wild
guesses or exagrgerated estimates
which are arrived at by figuring
loosely in round numbers. The man
or woman who is seeking a pleasant
and profitable business where the
work is not heavy, the market de-
mand for the products good and the
returns ample, will find the poultry
business adapted to such a need. On
the other hand, the work of poultry-
keeping must be given careful, in-
telligent and constant attention. Hit
or miss methods will not lead to suc-
cess.
RAISE MORE POULTRY
Egg-farming is becoming more
popular every year. The price of
grain sUys about the same all the
time but the price of poultry and
eggs ri.«es year after year.
Raise more poultry. It costs a lit-
tle more to produce a pound of poul-
try than it does to produce a pound
of pork but the price of poultry is al-
ways higher than that of pork.
Don't hesitate to buy an incubator
for fear of fire. We have never
heard of a single case of a fire from
an incubator. There is no more rea-
son why an incubator lamp should ex-
plode than any other. No one to
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afraid of a house lamp and an incu-
bator lamp is just as safe.
The matter of using incubators is
simple to follow directions and use
good common sense. There is noth-
ing complicated about the modern in-
cubator. It is simply made and easy
to operate.
THE YOLK OF THE EGG
"It is now pretty generally con-
ceded that the deep colored yolk
contains a greater amount of the
vital property upon which the em-
bryonic chick feeds while it is de-
veloping in the shell than the pale
yolk. Why this is the case is not
well understood, but since it is
known that a single blood corpuscle
has a yellowish appearance when
taken separately it may not be be-
yond the bounds of reason to pre-
sume that the deeper yellow color
represents a greater number of blood
cells than are found in the paler
yolk."
The above, which we clip from an
exchange, shows what sort of guess-
work is indulged in by people who
want to put on the appearance of
being familiar with scientific facts.
The idea that the embryonic chick
feeds on the yolk of the egf^ is a mis-
take that a good many labor under.
The fact is that the moment the
chick comes out of the shell the yolk
is absolutely unchanged from its
condition the day the process of in-
cubation began. The embryonic
chick feeds on the white of the egg
and that alone, and the yolk is not
changed or used 'in any way until
the chick emerges from the shell.
Almost the last progress of incuba-
tion is the drawing of the yolk into
the stomach of the chick, where it
serves as food for the first days of
its life, being nature's provision for
food to add to the strength of the
chick until it is strong enough to run
about seeking food for itself.
The color of the yolk depends on
the quantity of iron in it. This iron
is a peculiar form of this metal which
is found in eggs and a deep yellow
yolk denotes the presence of larger
quantities than will be found in a
pale yolk.
Iron has much to do with making
red blood and it is probable that an
egg with a deep yellow yolk is more
nourishing to an invalid than one
with a pale yolk, although the differ-
ence is so small that we cannot
prove this. Reasoning that iron in
certain forms is good for those with
thin blood it is probable that an
^gg with a proportionately large
quantity of iron in the yolk is better
than one with but a small quantity.
We all know that an egg with a
deep yellow yolk appears better to us
•nd for this reason we should try to
produce eggs of this kind. Proper
feeding with especial care to supply-
ing green stuff or cut clover in win-
ter will make deep colored yolks.
FirM Pria* Pea, En ProdvctioB CUm. Mick. Suto Fak. If 23
Brmd mmJ omtf^l hy Q. />• Vr***
Chicks
From World'
Champion
Laying Blood
.' Chicks
American Hollywood ^^ Improved English
Single Comb White Leghorns
Our Famou* Lefboms ar« the Real American Standard Br«<i Utility Bustnett
bird*. They are winner* at National Egg Laying Contest*, Poultry Shows and
Sute Fair*. They are the real egg type birds, with long, deep wedge-shaped
bodies,clean refined heads, big lopped combs, keen alert eyes.
They possess Standard and great Egg-Bred Qualities Combined.
Over 4000 wise investors puiThas<»<i their baby chicks from
DeVries Grand view Poultry Farm in 1923; and are proud owners,
for their investment brings biit returns. Intelligent chick buyers,
all over America take no chances, but buy real conimenial
Leghorns from us; for they want pr^du, rr% that lay large white
eggs in big quantities, and that command premium prices.
These buyers have confidence in the Grandview Product and in
their honest business dealings and in getting what they order
when they want them.
910 Pullets Bring $1,038.90 in One Month
"I will \w in thr nisrkrt fur 3.500 or 4M00 day okl rhUka.
From thp2.UiiOrhicka houtfht from you latt Spring I raitrd
9'0 puilro. In Drcrmbrr we gathrrrd 17.213 rgjjji. an avrr-
atf« of SSS per day. Thr monrh a im-omp wa« $I"SM 90 This
you will s*^ is a littlr over 61% production, which is pretty
tood.dootyou think!" siloed FRKDLAROS. Hart. Mich
Buys $200 Worth of Chicks, in Four Months
U Offered $1,500 for Them
'Last Sprinu I Iwuuht 1.000 grade A chick* from you and
have over 600 pullrts 4 montha old. I d«>ubt if there are any
fitier p illets in Ohio, or their e<jual anywhere I was ofTered
12 25 each for them hy a huyer from Oxford. O. They are smb
exceptional large pullets, healthy aod viforous. aod were
raised with less thjo 5J 'osj^'^j^j^^, GndonaU. Ohio.
Virgin Fgg Farms. Baldwin. L I.. N Y.. writes."The 10.000
chii k« puri.ha»r<l from you are the best I ever r«ught You can
liuk for mv or<l -r again in rr24 White House Kgg Farms.
MaplePlaia.MiDD .writes." Your 2.500chuk» are the best I ever
bought in my 15 years of chick tHiyioi
We h»»«> handr«d« of l»tter« likr ih««« (n <»ar
AIm all (ratifr na to our hitfh fju*lil)r rhirka
• fwU^'rvifi' Hkw lakt rtxanram ufhtn |r>ttraa0«t
(Ai« Irttti and pff»»#« tlram from |A« target
kaUking and brttdtng tmslttulutn intAtStaW
ijK^^^^I
Hfd ^ MM •/ ««r
frnma ttttt »'"
Abov* <• s ptMtoaraph of K«« B«*k*t
Htrsin l.«ahartts tmkrn on (WmiWI's i.tt
fwim. L. I.. N. Y. Mr MmM wril«« .
"Your 7S0S rhkrlia mrri^<n\ on d«t«
or>towd I wtah to iKanh f n«i fur your
•«C«tl«nl ••rvM'* •rui lh« hiKh qu«iitv
ehlrli* IfsTr h*<i wofMt*f ful MK<waa»iih
thvm You will hava • laftfrr unSvr fru«n
p^Pp Our four r<4ar Invirvil**
l*ICI*^IV r»laiu|f la IfMr l«ra*«l ai'l
• ama«a« f^nt^% ,\x^\i <-mUk>a pub
ltah*(J ll cW«<-r*hp« our lary* )>tr«<«ltrK
r«t*bllahnM>nt anil our fMfVNi* 1^ tfho ria
ll lt>IU ho* you ran ffMkoMa monrv wilh
thrtn It vi*«a faMttnff forMulaa brotMl
ingmvthoiU. ih^rririMi ^.Ktf l^arfnina fur
i'roAl Jual RMil nju|»«n (•J>la|r
We Wire Answer On Rush Orders
We have enlarged our plant thin year and are in piMtiion to furntah our ri:a
tomers. old and new. with real egg tved certified chltks when they want them
2U.<«W «juality chicks every Monday ...
Writ* or wir* ua your rvquiromcnts today for qeolitT cMcks. slato l»ow
many you want and when you want tkant.
DeVries Grandview Poultry Farm. Box C . Zeeland. Michigan
M»mh^r Intmrnational Bitbjr Chick Aa»tt€talioi*
MAIL COUPON FOR BIG FREE CATALOG
I DeVRIES GRANDVIEW POULTRY FARM. Bon c . Zeeland. Mich.
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FIRST PRIZE WHITE LEGHORN COCKEREL
MAOISON SQUARE GARDEN N.Y.JAN. 1924
BRED AND OVMEO BY
H.P» MCKEAN Jr. ^ &EVERLY FARyS MASS.
THIRO PRIZE WHITE LEGHORN COCKEREL
'MAOISON SQUARE GARDEN N.Y.JAN. 1924
BRED AND OWNED BY
H.P.McKEAN Jr. BEVERLY FARMS MASS.
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Flnt and Obu&plon Exhibition Barred Plymoath Bock Oock-
«r«L OhleMO national. 198S. Bred, owned and exhibited by
ISykl Pnrltan Pooltry Tarda, J. ▲. Schneider. M<r.. LeBoy,
Pint Old Pen White Plymoath Bock Cock, Ohicafo OoUe****
192S. Bred and owned by Adam P. Poltl, Hartford. Wie.
rvfTT^: Af/::vey, ,veyj • veA.vey, .ve/, >•/. .vev. .ytr.v^^^
WiUoi;«r Tree Poultry Farm
HENRY P. McKEAN, Proprietor
Beverly FarmSf « Massachusetts
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A Few Facts
Please^
Willow Tree Leg-
horns have been shown
for the past five (5)
years in the face of the
world's keenest compe-
tition and have clearly
demonstrated their
phenomenal supremacy
over all comers at the
world's premier poul-
try show
V*
' WHITE LEGHORN COCK HEADING FIRbT OLD PEN
UADIbON SQUARE GARDEN N.Y.JAN. I 9£4
BRED AND 0>WNED BY ^ • ^
H.P.McKEAN Jr. • BEVERLY* FA RUS MASS-)
»»aae»s»e— •♦
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Madison Square Garden
Figures for the above mentioned period of time show that my Leghorns have not only de-
feated all records made by any individual breeder but have defeated all records made by any
combination of breeders, active today, in the breeding of Single Comb White Leghorns at this,
the greatest show in the world.
These facts surely indicate that should you really want the best possible you could do
no better than obtain some of this supremely high quality blood. Your business is solicited
for 1924. Catalogue upon request.
Hatching Eggs from the most phenomenal naal-
ings I have ever combined are $ LOO per egg.
Henry P. McKean.
Beverly FamiSf Mass.
IB Writl0i UrvUtm Kl»*lT M««llo« ■.•rrlM^ri P<>»IU7 M»fM''
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330 to 336 Eggs per year
ESXES'
HOLLY-CRED TOP-NOTCHERS
I secured bird* DIRECT from Mr. Tancred's 1384 WorldB Content Pen mated to
•oo of hii 330 egg hen. I secured bird* DIRECT from HOLLYWOOD Poultry Farm*
300 U) 336 egg hens mated to son of their 336 egg hen. From them my flock has been
established and I have 280 acres of land on which to grow thousands of healthy, free
range birds.
1 ,000 Single Comb
White Leghorn Breeders
WHY MOT BUY E008 AND OHIX THIS YEAR BACKED BY 300 EOO SIRES
Until balance of my supply is Uken I will book at following prices from GRADE
A Mating. Headed by 100% Tancred and Tancred Hollywood cockerels. Their sires be-
ing from son of Mr. Tancred's 330 egg hen. and their dams are dausrhters of 280 to 319
tgg hens. Sires of all heos and pullets in this mating are from 300 egg hens or sons of
300 to 328 egg hens or both. That is some had 300 ^gg dams and 328 egg »ires.
16 efffft
SO egga
60 ftffgf
100 •Cfi
500 eggs
1000 •§!■
I 2.26
4.16
6.86
11.26
52.25
97.50
25 chlx
50 chix
100 chlz
600 chiz
. 24c each
. 2Sc each
.22ytC each
.21c each
1000 chlx 19c each
Superior Matinc" Higher
I might add that this grade of birds reached 90r'o production latter part of Febru
ary after a continuous heavy production extending from October all through the win
ter. If you will raise pulletn from this mating, a OLAD SURPRISE awaiU you when
"egg time comes." You may order direct from this ad. Supply is limited. Cata-
logue free.
CHAS. M. ESTES, Box E, EVERTON, MO.
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1876 TWO MORE TYPICAL GROVE HILL WINS 1924
17 FIRST PRIZES at ! ^ '^b^I^TST'' ""
S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS
Including 7 on Males, 6 on Females, 4 on Pens
Bird! and Egga for
I Sale In SeMon. Send
I for winning tbeet.
GROVE HILL POULTRY YARDS
WM. ELLERY BRIGHT. Owner
Box E Waltliam, Maaa.
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HOMESTEAD SILVER CAMPINES
'THE VIOOBOUS 8TBAIN"
The Campine ii a natural
layer of Big. White Shelled
Egifs. "The Vigorous Strain"
leads the procession, not only
as persistent layers but their
winning at Madison Square
Garden and Boston have estab-
linhed a record for all time —
Best Display at both Boston
and the Garden — winning prac-
tically all First Prises at New
York covering ten years of
showing.
Start 1024 by Dedding on
Homestead SUrer Campines.
EOOS — $10 per 16, $17.50
her 30. STOCK— Mated Pens
(male and 4 females), $40 np.
The Name "HOMESTEAD"
Dominates in the World
A tr«« ef ta« Mst bMMttfiil fnrts ea sartH. of Oamplnes.
HOIVIESXEAD CAMRINE FARIVI
Box H 2 WAYIAND. MASS.
0. A. PHIPP8. Owner
Editors ^GsA^
MADS
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The dinner given by Henry P. McKean, Jr..
to several of the Leghorn exhibitors ' aa^j
friends during the New York Show was s
feature of more than passing interest and
merit. Mr. HcKean had made another great
record in superb competition in the supreac
Single Comb White Leghorn class at the
(Jarden. .\ cla*« acknowlediced by thone who
should know, to be the best as well as one of
the largest ever seen here. But Mr. MrKeaa
did more than this for his dinner was a regu-
lar get together affair where the fancier't
spirit combined with followshi]) in a way that
should always prevail aniong thone with th»
Fame interests at heart. Friendly rivalry
for supremacy in breeding is the true (sn
cier's spirit, it is the broad road, the high
way to poultry quality and progress and Mr.
MrKean has Kct an example both sn an tt
hibitor and a host that nil may profit by.
• • •
If yon will do yonr work just a little bet-
ter than it has ever been done before, yon
will b«» a grand success — no matter what
you do.
• • •
Life is mean only to him who makes It go.
Though one's name may never be heard b^
yond the narrow limitx of his neighborhood,
his mission in life is none the less a hi(S
one. I/ife is an earnest, essential vital af
fair. Taka It like a man. Not as though tks
Aorld had watted fur your coming.
• • •
What the world needs is not something to
cure human ailment^, but somethinc to get
i>eoi>le over the notion that they need curiof.
• • •
The old maxim. "He sure you are right,
then go ahead." never applied better than ia
keeping poultry on a large scale. I hsv«
tried to show tha» knowledge gained by «
perience in the most costly of all. also that
pure theory is entirely out of the question.
Experience, in addition to being expensive, it
slow, it may take years for experience to
cover every detail. The only guide to the
beginner is study. Treat poultry keepinj
like any other business, and not commence
without knowing something about it. The
day for guesswork has gone by. now let lu
xee a little common sense.
• • •
There i* something most unusually fin*
about the man who aska odds of no one — not
even himself.
• • •
Poultry breeders are beginning to realiie
that the eeneral average quality of their f|i>ck
and the (lock average of ^tsK production is of
greater value than are a low average with
but a few Standard quality birds and a few
record layers. The general average of all
laving contests held in this country in 1922-
23 was 163 eggs per bird. This was very
ifood from a general point of view, but ^t^^^
very poor when we consider that the thon-
Hands of birds were selected as the best lay-
ers from hundreds of flwks (five to ten bird*
from each flock). This well illustrates the
old time worn statement that. "One r«bin
doesn't make a summer" and it is evidwJt
that one or a few record layers does not i"-
Hure a great producing line. Breed up for
flock quality and flock laying. Let us ooi
mend the first breeder who can show trapne«t
re<ords of 175 eggs j.er hen for a flock Of
100 or more.
• • •
The life of a breeding bird is brief, and
when ended, must be replaced by another,
and a better one if possible. This process of
rapid maturity and death will keep breeder*
busy for all time, and it is for them to de-
termine whether their pure varieties shall im-
prove or deteriorate.
• • •
Standards are what rule us. They are
either high or low. Kither we live on a sort
of J. lain that ke<»ps uh "so so." or we have
established peaks toward which we climb and
aspire.
• • •
Really competent poultry judges are fe*
and their number is not increasing to any
noticeable extent which is to be regretted.
There are plenty of so-called judges, but mo»l
of them are not even near judges A good
judL'e must have natural ability in the par-
ticular direction that leads to the P*"*?*'
atljudiration of the merits of the birds thi*
come under hin observation. He must D«
able to distinguish small differences and oe-
ride between them; he must be able *<> know
without any mental reservations which »■
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. best second best, etc.. of a doien or
]zL^ birds after having carefully examined
h«» He mUHt be positive in his own mind
II to their quality and at no time depend
aooo guesswork for his awards. Breeder* of
•bility and experience can. by patient perse-
rrrance train their faculties and fit them
lives for this work to some extent, and they
Uoold try for this for capable judges are in
great demand. , , .
So fine thought or generous impuUe is
•ver lost. It wends its life through count
less ages, continually being born anew in
the li»** »"** efforts of people.
Logically, weighing is the only fair way to
i^ell market egg", because there is almost as
nach difference in the sue of eggs as there is
in the si** of potatoes. It is self evident that
a doten egg* weighing thirty ounces \% worth
considerably more than a do«en eggs weigh
in. twenty or twenty two ounce*, yet in any
market in this country the producer gets a
level price without regard to site.
Prejudice is made up of roots that sink
into perfectly good soil, only to sap away
iU life sod richness, and prevent useful
growth from producing its natural fruit in
That winning New York pen of Leghornn
sold by Schilling Leghorn farm to Tex Rick
ard for $l,500.0o started right in to pay the
interest on their cost by giving a '><» per cent
egg production on the second day, l<to per
rrat on the third and 75 per cent on the
fourth and fifth days at the show. The birds
were bought by Mr. Rickard for his mother
and were shipped to her home in the \Ne.-it.
Mrs. Rickard wa« in attendance and a wit
nesa of their j.roduction quality. We pre-
suae she will now devote her time to poultry
breeding and if Tex ever goes broke in his
proaiotion game, he will have a mother and
Tchicken farm to go back too that will prove
sUble and abundant for all his future wants.
• • •
Concentration is probably at the bottom of
Boat of the achieving done. And yet. there
is a phase of scattering that takes its place
as one of the great elements In the happy
rendering of a life It's to scatter your use
fulness and helpfulness.
• • •
The beginner, no matter how small a scale
he may wish to commence on, has for his
selection all the poultry bred by breeders
and advertiser* all over the world. It is no
wonder that the business grow^ when the
material to start with can be had with so
little effort on the i»art of the beginner
The breeder can b© just as much a breeder
on a town lot as he can on one of the govern-
ment grants of the great West. It i« just as
easy to produce high scoring birds on a
poultry plant of an acre as it i* on the
largest one in the country. No one need be
deprived of the pleasure of keeping poultry
who has a back yard or a vacant lot.
APRIL IN THE POULTRY YARD
Increased stock and efforts count when the
stock and efforts are of the right sort.
• • •
Keep the chicks growing. The old advice
to feed them little at a time and often st.ll
kelds good.
• • •
If the chicks stop iprowing. even for a sin-
gle itoy, they may get a setback which they
may never be able to make up.
• • •
It is not a question whether »'pring. sum-
mer or winter eggs are the most profitable.
Eggs are always a profit at any season. Aim
for a regular production in all seasons.
• • •
Turkey raising is becoming more profitable
every year. With market price* ranRinit
from 50 to 65 cents per pound (Rocheitter)
this season the breeders don't have to guess
what the profit was.
• • •
Por those who have the space a few geese
or ducks, or both, will prove very profitable.
Every farm poultryman should raise a va
riety for home use.
• • •
Top dress yonr gardens, your shrubbery
and flowers with poultry manure and note
the results in an abundance of large bloom*
and foliage.
• • •
The season has arrived to remove all f^^f*
from the poultry house to be replaced by
fnrtains. Fre«h air and plenty of it with-
out drafts ia what the |»oultry desires.
• • •
An old gardener once told us to "trim our
»eeee, shrubs and fruit trees whenever our
knife is sharp." This also applies to cull-
tog. Cull whenever you see a weakling chick.
It^s the chicks you raise
that count
**1 used FlritcKmann's Pttre DlT
YrM( in raiaina l.OOO hahy chAcks
with great succi
Rubriaht of South SMurill*.
"The fni>rtalitv was »«nr low
practicallv no c«m« of diarrlkoc*.
lh« chicks Me consA«irrmblv mi>r«
mash when it wms aiven w«( oiiaed
with yeast uverniaht."
**1 find that Fteischmann's Pure Dnr Y«Mt has a
tendency to lower the tnorialitv rate sprrrciaMy
in Kxh old and voung. insamuch as It increase*
disease reaistsnce in the fowls." write* A. j.
Schncll of Indianapolis. Ind. "In tny opinion th«
buying of FleiKhmann's Pure IVv YeasC Is no< aa
expense, hut a good, sttund inv«*tisMnl for aoy
pt>u;irvman."
**Thc growth of both cockerels and pullets has
steady and uniform." write* Mr. U. S. Arl»uthnot off
Daytoiia. Fla. (.>f»« of his ctxkerel* I* shown ai left —
weight 6*4 lbs. in 17 weeks! "1 give to Heischmann'*
Pure r>rv S'rast the credit for this unusiial growth mnd
development." savs Mr. Arhuthnot. "As our other
feedn and management have been the same as in former
seasons, either tall or spring. 1 believe that bv the ua«
of the yeast 1 have produced markeiaHe bri>ilcrs atk4
fryers In half the time ctf h«rwise retjuired."
CHICKS LOST mean profit loet.
Diarrhoea, leg weakness, lameness,
malnutrition, slow growth and off*
feed — you can avoid them!
Scientitfg have found that the rap-
idly growing chick requires an ahun«
dance of Vitamin B. when this was
supplied through yeast growth was
faster aiu! resistance to disease re-
markably increased.
Fleischmann's Pure Dry Yeast is
the highest concentrate of Vitamin B
available in all nature. It will work
wondert in your flock, as it did for
the scientific feeders quoted above.
Feed a tablesptxvnful daily to every
50 chicks for the finrt two weeks aiul
}i pound to 100 pounds of maah
thereafter. On this basis one can will
last 1 SO chicks three months. It's th«
cheapest insurance you can buy for
your flock and your profits.
Fleischmann's Pure Dry Yeaat cornea
In 2':2 lb. cans and will keep indefi-
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Order a supply at once. Send check*
money order or cash or pay postman
on arrival. (Free bcx>klet on requeaC.)
Dealer*—
Write for
pricca
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Order direct from The Fleischmann Company'*
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WhOT oo th* roftd I vwd to bear Um pUln-
Uw wnU "I Mfw bftva food liMk wltb mr
tmt9 dUdkM."
Ton wUI htfo good lufik If TOO ord«
**PaaMn" Ammm Baky Cbtaka. W« Alp
thotuanda and ihoiiiand* annaally.
And then oonildar that la aaeh wlroty
Asaan of tboM iBfaatic thw* may b« a
world's rooord lajrar— or a maatar eoek bird
«apab]« of wbuUBC Mnt at Madlioa Bqvara
Oardan. Tou bat* tbt Mtlsfaetloa of know-
tnt that aach and ofory "Tamoua" baby
«hlcb U thoroushbred stock with tnhomt
vitality and Inbrad laylac bablt. They aro
fmvtul lUUa bMttUaa— that dowlop Into
bandooaM MIowa and prollflo layatm.
My tm-wm If !■■■■ tft two ilfoa tto
blkory of nj arparMoo* with Aneona* and
talla what vood lock thoaaandi of ownan
art havlnc wltb tboir "raoMms" blrda
Don't erdor ahMa or ana for bal<t>tn« «!•
m yoa raoilva thla baautiful U-
hwiralMl fatalofua.
H. CECIL SHEPPARO
Bra I.4M BKREA. ON 10
Fna Imomatlanal Aneona Club
BARRED
ROCKS
Haodaoma m«laa. — •ap«rblf barrad,
rrand. bir-bonad fallowi, — and beauti-
ful pullata, that wilt shell out proflts
and afga will b« daTelopad this sea-
son from
ROYAL PURITAN
BABY CHDC
HATCHING EGGS
You will ba rl»d to be identified
with this line, that annually wins at
both Chicam Shows, Minnoapolis. St.
Paul and MinneaotA Stata Fair.
A Non-Broody Strain
with Egg Records to
316
▲ poatal eard will rush our fine
PRRE Oftt«log«a to jon.
ROTAL PURITAN YARDS
J. A. SOmrSIDEB, MfT.
LeEOT Box B mifV.
We deliver Just what we saj we will.
Cull for vitalitr. Cull for quality. Closa
culling will insure leas culling later when
your loaa would be freater.
• • •
The reason for the dust bath is that the
hens w^ork the dust into the feathers, down
to the skin and this smothers every insect
of every kind that it comes in contact with.
Insects cannot live when there is plenty of
dust.
• • •
If every one who takes up poultry breed-
ing could do so with enthusiasm and atten-
tion to detail that characterisea the average
backyard poultryman, failure would seldom
be heard of and success would become very
(umroon.
• • •
Refularity is the most important thing to
cultivate in keeping poultry. Fowls are good
timekeepers and soon learn routine and do
better because of regularity in their care.
• • •
It is a great deal better to keep 50 fowls
as they should be kept than to half keep 150.
It is plenty of room with good care that
makes poultry keeping profitable.
• • •
Hatch to your capacity. Produce mora
than laat year and aim for better quality.
Quality poultry has always been a double
assured investment and in the future will
double again many times.
• • •
Give your youngsters a chance with soma
bantams this seaaon. A few bantam pets to
rare for will enlarge their ideas of life and
its responsibilities.
• • •
If you intend to hatch with hens do not
let them waste any time on the nests. Oatch
them the first night and place them in a light
roop with slat or wire bottoms. They will
soon forget their broodiness and begin Uyinf
again.
• • a
April and May are the ideal months for
hatching the early chicks. Hatch all you can
right now and keep hatching as long as pos-
sible. Make your poultry venture a regular
year 'round business.
■ • a
Keep the chickens growing. Growth and
development require quality, variety and
quantity of food for vitality, bone and frame,
(live the young every chance and you will
have better layers, better quality and stronger
and better breeders for the future.
• • •
Milk in any form is one of the rwy best
foods you ran give to chicks or matured
birds. We are rather partial to skim and
Kour milk and the prepared buttermilks.
• • •
Better purchase that set of caponising tools
now. memorise and practica the instructions
given and one effort will give you the experi-
ence required. It is no real difficult job to
perform and it pays.
• • •
It is a very good plan to allow some of
your best hens to set. hatch and mother a
clutch of chirks. It rests them, gives re-
newed vigor and brings out the best there is
in them.
• • •
Standard sise is one of the important fac-
tors for the breeders to aim for. Wa have
noted with regret that some strains seem
to have been bred more for color and mark-
ings than for site. This is a mistake and
we must breed and feed to keep site and
shape up to Standard demanda.
e e •
The early fall layers are hatched in April
and May. Fall layers usually mean winter
layers as well. The production of eggs at
from 7S cents to 91.00 a dosen is worth
while.
e e •
Have we said anything lately regarding
the drinking water for your fowls? It
should always be fresh, clean and given in
abundance.
• a •
And don't forget the grit, shells, etc.. as
the clean, deep and dry litter on the floors.
• • •
The little chirks would delight in having a
side dish of hulled oats (old fashioned oat
meal or rolled oats) and wheat bran before
then at all times. Try this for improved
bone, frame and sise.
• • •
Don't overlook sprouted oata. cut clover or
alfalfa. Green food is absolutely necessary —
our choice is the rotation given above.
• • •
Watch otit for sudden showers and heavy
raina. Wat chicks are apt to chill and if the
chill is severe they are not likely to ever
grow or matura as they should.
Spring is coming — don't you know itt
Are you blind and de«f and dumb!
Are you not sufficient poet
To perceive when she is come f
Can't you see above the city
That the sky's a softer blue?
Can't you feel it! N\'hat a pity!
Darn the luck — I'm just like you I
• • •
April — the poultrymen's busy season.
• • •
Hatch more, grow carefully. Produce bet-
ter stock.
e • •
April is guilty of both the "Hen" sod
"Spring" fever.
e • •
The ideal hatching season extends for three
months ahead.
m • •
When you see it in Everybodys — you can
fully depend upon its reliability.
• • •
Never trace a family tree too far. Yoa
may discover that some of your anceston
roosted in it.
e • •
New subscriptions keep coming in lively.
They are a reliable indicator of new and
more interest in poultry.
e • •
Frank Davey sold that unplared New ^ork
rockerel — No. 180 — for $200. We mentioned
that bird and somebody got a wonderful
White Rock cockerel.
e • •
Roth Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Walden exhibited
at the Garden Show and Mrs. Walden woa
the most prizes, as usual.
e • •
There is nothing so silly aa the look on s
cunning man's face when he gets caught in
his own trap.
• • •
Have you ordered your aggs for hatohiog
or baby chick t
a • •
The man who owns his home and don't
keep chickens is either short in ambitioa
or else fails to realise the enjoyment and
profit they assure.
• • •
Looks aa if Districts No. 4 and S will be
hotly contested sections in the coming .Vmeri-
can Poultry Association election. Kvery
member should vot»— vote early.
• • •
Nobody can tell what the grain Market is
going to do. except that it is going to do the
farmer.
• • •
There is no fun in an election without a
contest, and there won't be another election
for two years. Somebody start something.
• • •
The unexpected ie sure to happen at times,
"Ted" Hala «»• very brief in his February
Henographs failing altogether in givinc <•>
hia usual good advice and raising our hopes
that a chance may atill coma.
• • •
W. 8. Crandall was an interested visitor
at New York with eyaa only for the Bof
Wyandottes. Next year wa hope to sea hia
back as an exhibitor.
e • •
When TOU cheat yourself, yon try to cheat
others. Let us reverse this thought. Whan
you try to beat your neighbor, you short-
chango yourself.
• • a
M. F. Delano was one of the ol'J timers
missed at the New York Show. His laU
Chicago record was a charmiag one and his
business, as usual, had first call upon bis
time.
• • m
That exhibit of Single Conh Buff Orping-
tona at the Chicago Natioral wai the season's
best with cards to spare.
• • •
Charity for revenue only is a mistak*.
• • e
Give us credit. When writing advertisers,
mention Everybodys.
• • •
Give us Standard-bred poultry and we «'i11
answer for the results.
• • a
E. B. Thompson's New York exhibit typi-
fies intelligent breeding. Mr. Thotnpsoi has
improved Barred Rock quality one hundred
per cent.
He — "Do you mind if I throw yoa a
kisst"
Sha— "Are you as lasy aa all thatf"
\
Vote your American Poultry AHsoci.ttion
ballot. You won't have another <-ha:u-« for
two year*. ...
Judge C. L. Whiting informs us that Ho«
ton bulls with corkscrew tails are "ut of
fashion. The police dogs are in.
• a •
Philosophy is the art of pegcing »'\my at
your job and not worrying about Fjr Is in-
come. . • .
It is rumored that the next N^w .Jersey
State Show will be held at Atlantic City in
November. Looks like a good move to make.
• • •
The general average of the liirds 6ecn at
exhibits this past season show a iuhstantial
improvement in all varieties.
• • •
Stop worrying over things that can't be
helped and go and do things that ran be
done. • a •
We forget in just what production or spe-
cialty Argentine leads, but if "Line" Orr is
properly supported we feel assured that in
the near future Standard bred poultry will
be one of them.
• • •
Love: The emotion that persuades a girl
she would enjoy sweeping up a man's cigar
athes for life.
• • •
When the "Senator" saw the dog back of
the cashier's desk there was no more cause
for conversation or other introductions.
• • •
From the comparison of the tenderness of
liver, made at New York, we are of the
opinion that it cannot be easily digested and
refuse to recommend it.
9 m •
People now know that the moon isn't made
of cheese, but they are still innocent con
earning the composition of moonshine.
• • •
Tht Homestead Campine Farm's usual ex-
hibit of Silver Campines was missed at both
Boston and New York. Sorry to know an
accident waa the oause.
• m •
Upwards of 30 exhibitors at New York
have agreed to exhibit at the comtng Han-
over Fanciers' Show this Fall. "Jim" Hus-
ton played a deep game in bringing the
"Three Gracea" along, be has a purpose in
every move made.
• • •
Every achievement that you are working
for is based on confldence— confidence in
f'onraelf and the confidence that others have
a yoo.
• • •
Not only the best looking chickens are
yearly seen at New York, but also the roost-
ers, for proof consider these: "Line" Orr.
Harry Lamon. Harvey Wood. Harold Tomp-
kins, H. C. Sheppard. H. P. McKean. Dr.
Kent, Prof. Kinghorne. Senator Aldrich, ate.
Sorely some roosters.
• • •
I park mv heart in a little lane where
Spring and the lilacs glow;
There are no rules to tell me when I shall
crank the engine and go.
I shall bury it under a sumac bush, with
a long-leaf pine close by.
And shall roll on the grass and watch the
lark that is skimming the April sky.
Two experiment stations have conducted
tests to show that when laying bens are fed
cottage cheese made from sour milk or when
sour milk is used to mix a mash hens will
lay as well as they will when fed meat. This
■lay be true, but for our part we will continue
to feed all the milk we ran get and also feed
green cut bone and beef scraps as usual.
• • a
We have the idea that aome breeders of
Rhode Island Reds are giving all their at-
tention to color breeding and but very little
to shape and sise.
• • •
As good Light and Dark Brahmaa aa we
have ever seen were at the late Boston and
New York Shows.
a e e
It seemed natural to again sea "Charlie"
Welles and Arthur Duston at New York. Not
■o many years ago they were leading exhibit-
or* and atrong winners. We never will for-
Sii Mr. Welles* masterpiece, the famous
arred beauty "Fluffy Rufllea."
KEELER'S
CHAMPIONS AT CHICAGO 1921-
First Exhibition Cockerel, Ohicago lOO
QUAUTT BOOS
Right pens of Quality birds headed by sons and
brothers of the Chicago winnara mated to sisters
and daughters of the winning females.
Eggs. Pens 1 to 8, 16.00 per 15; 99.60 per SO;
914.00 per 60; 985.00 par 100.
THE nSXAlX STRAnC
rSUndard Brad-to-Lay and DoLay)
Persistent, heavy all the year 'round layers.
Two and one half pound broilers.at 0 weeks. Fast
growth heavy laying ability, with fine Standard
points. Eight pens headed by sons of my 278-
279 2K.T and 2M« egg rerord hens.
TtRTAT.T. EGOS— 98.00 par 18; 918.00 per SO;
922.50 per 50; 940.00 per 100.
My illustrated Art Caialojue and Mating List of
AMKRICA'S FINEST WHITE WYANDOTTES is
waiting for you and your wisest act before baying
eggs for hatching is to send for same.
CHAS. V. KEELER R. F. D. No. 15
K^-ifw for hai.hin,: from 24 chol. e matinga.
K^iT) pen headed by a t'hirago Winner or a
M.perior »'>o of a Chicago Winner.
CHAMPION ALL-STAR MATINOO
I'KN HKAD.S:
Yard A. First Cockerel. Chicago. 1933.
Yard ». First Pan Cockerel. Chicago. 1929.
Yard C. First Cock. Chicago. 1933.
Yard !>. Kir»t Pen Cock. Chicago. 1923
Eggs from Ysrds A. B. O. D. 918 00 per 18;
ISO 00 per 30; 945 00 per 60; 990.00 per 100.
SUPERIOR BXHtRITION MATINOS
I'KN HEAP.S: , ^^,
Yard E. Best son of First Cockerel. Chicago.
1923
Yard F. Best son of First Poo Cockerel. Chi-
cago. 1923. .^^.
Yari O. Best son of First Cn-k. Chicago. 1921.
Yard H. Best son of First Co«keral. Chicago.
Eggs from Yards B. F, O. H. 910.00 per 18;
920.00 per SO;
tSO.OO per 60;
$60.00 par
flrat Naa. •rad-lsLay Class. Cbleata
WINAMAC IND.
S PANG'S S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
B.laet«l Hatching K<o st 15 JK) and IT^p- •^"-« 'il:^;:!; JJ? '"" »»••»«••
Mgs tlS 00 par 100 «csa BaOslscHon aaaurad Wrtla ■• your wani*
I C. tPANtt
rad
■ax MS
ROONUTm. NIW YORK
MnM
Arey's Barred Rocks
Three time, in five ye.r. winning BEST DISPLAY •» B"^" »*«.y
consider Boston the createst Bured Eock exhibit in America.
Fiaect Lot of High Cla*t
COCKERELS AND PULLETS
I Have Ever Offered for Sale
200 COCKERELS 200
At $10.00 i»A — esln fin* breeders
300 PULLETS 300
At $3.00. $3.50 and $5.00 e«ch and good one«. If
Uken in loU of 50 or more at $2.50 each.
Our general uUlity flocka have made wonderful egg ^•^^^^'J^
from SELECTED EXHIBITION STOCK and of "-^'"f °' ^HOIC^^
BOSTON BLOOD UNES, $10.00 pjr »^ ^ggi from GENE^L PUR-
POSE mating., $10.00 per 100. Day-old CHICKS after April 16th.
f 3U.UU per u-,-^. eKclusiva Barred Rork breading planU la Ik*
M. S. AREY
BAR HARBOR. MAINE
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CmCKS and EGGS
Now is th« time to plan od next win-
tor's Layors and Winners. A f«w dol-
Ure invested in MajrHiM chicks or eggs
will soon grow into beautifal Money-
Makers.
TKAPNCSTCB ••« PEDIGSEE3>
MayUill breeders are trapnested and
pedigreed. Their dependable blood
lines will reproduce their high egg lay-
ing qualities, as well as exhibition win-
ners. They are the most profitable
■train in America.
MC mCE CATALOfiVC
Write today for this helpful caU-
logue. It tells all aboat the wonderful
MayHill Strain and gives low prices
on eggs, chicks and stock.
■ATMLL POOLnY FAU. LIS.
HALF MILLION
SterUng Quality
CHICKS
from SUndard-bred, heavy egg
lajring strains of fourteen va-
rieties. Catalogue free. Prices
reasonable.
P. F. Clardy
niglii—i Vlaw FMUtnr Wmrm
Box 11 Ethel, Mo.
White Wyandottes
Se Ce R. I. Reds
White Orpfngtaiis
Goltunbiaii RocIls
Jersey Rladi Giants
HARVBT V. VTSALT
Get my Bill of Particulars.
I may be that fellow you are
looking for.
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White Quill
White
Rocks
TUc M#-E^g Exhl-
MtloM Str«la
Thoutands of RARY CHICKS from my
CHICA»}<» COIJHKCM winnem. REST
IIATLN'OS April and Mav dclivfrv. «t
ISO.OO for 2^; 9^5.00 for 50 or 9100. 00
for 100.
F.(}(tS from Ihewe ^ame flnr malinir*' «t
tlO.OO for 15; 919.00 for SO; 930.00 for
60 or 960.00 for 100; April delivf>ry.
OrJrr direct from this ad or writ* for
fre* de»<Tl|»iiv* ratalogMe.
ADAM F. POLTL
9ox B
Hartford. Wit.
April >howert brinx May flowers but they
ar« DOt good for the chicks.
• • •
Thfre in a time in every man'K life when
he will flght for a woman and then cornea a
time later when he will flfht with her.
• • •
Roston's next nhow will be the seventy-
flfth anniversary show and "Rilly" Atherton
will expert you to attend and to exhibit. Let
all aid to make this a great »ucceRS.
• • •
Goose pimple* are
All right on a goose.
It's when they hop
Over ou us human beings
That they are criticised.
• • •
We were very grateful that no suggestion
to match coins for the eats wa* made at the
late New York Show. The crime of 1923
was not forgotten.
• e •
Wm. Ellery Rright chaperoned the Rrown
I^eghorn exhibitors at New York and all is
well for we know the chaperone reported
early each day.
• • •
From every side we hear compliments ex
pressed for the late Cleveland. O.^ Show. The
general opinion is that it was one of the very
befit.
• • •
The important affair in life is to do some-
thing— and then to keep right on doing
things.
• • •
Reputation is the indirect and intan^ble
return the advertiser gets, but advertising
brings more than this. It brings good, hard
dollars.
• • •
One of the very best ways (if not the
best) to improve the quality of your stock is
by purchasing a setting of eggs. This is the
hatching season. Act now — improve.
• • •
Unless a man has courage he has no
security for preserving any other virtue.
• • •
Do it now, for now's the time to do it.
• • •
Those original "Casseroles" by Harold P.
Rarber have the right flavor. The general
opinion is that they All a long felt want.
• • •
"Advertisers and runtomer* think more of
each other when brought together by a high
cIsBS publication like Everybodys " — R. O.
M.. Iowa. We in turn are proud of the
quality of our subscribers and our adver-
tisers.
• • •
This world is full of good things. Have
a care that you do not become one of them.
• • •
He who first produces a strain of any
Standsrd )ir*'pd nf fowls that will laT an
average of 2O0 eggs a year has fame and for*
tun» at his command.
• • •
Eve is probably the only person who could
return to earth after a itrotra<ted absence
and feel really at home.
• • •
"Put me on your subscription list forerer.
I don't want to miss a single copy of Every-
body"."— Henry IV MrKean. .7r. (February
H. 1924.)
• • •
Time was when the Light and Park Rrah-
mas made up a large part of every show and
these good old varieties are coming back
strong.
THE AGE OF BREEDS
Some of those who have been en-
g^aged in poultry breedinjr for a long
period of time are inclined to be in-
tolerant in respect to newer forms
of poultry, and to which we apply the
term breed, .«;imply because these
have the capacity for reproducing
themselves to a greater or lesser ex-
tent. Study of this question, how-
ever, says Edward Brown in "The
Feathered Worljl'," shows us that
practically all the breeds we know to-
day are comparatively recent, and
therefore it is merely a question of
a few years. If we except the Game
fowl and the Dorking the history of
nearly all our European races of
poultry may be comprised within
very little more than a century. That
is a long period of time to the indi-
vidual, but is a mere span to Nature.
Even with regard to the two breeds
named it does not appear that the
former types would have been ac-
cepted in accordance with our mod-
ern ideas of standards. That they
had general characters and type is
undoubted, but in what may be re-
garded as the secondary characters
these were very variable and uncer-
tain. When, therefore, anyone
speaks of an old breed, that is totally
different to when they refer to an
old species. That the history of all
classes of poultry goes back for thou-
sands of years cannot be questioned.
Such, however, is not the case with
the individual races. The effect is
that poultry-keepers, as a rule, limit
their vision to a very small extent,
and if a breed was in existence
twenty or fifty years ago they look
upon it as an old one; whereas, in
degree, it is only one or two stages
in advance of those which have been
evolved within our own days. I have
often wondered what is the oldest
breed, using that term in its modem
sense. Further, when we read the
very meagre descriptions of fowls
g^ven in various publications, say,
about 100 years ago, these differ con-
siderably from birds carrying the
same desig^nations at the present
time.
Among those who are engaged in
poultry breeding there appear to be
very few who grive any attention to
origins and evolution of our various
breeds, much less so than was the
case in my early days, when there
was a number of men who made a
study — for the love of it — of poul-
try on other lines than purely utili-
tarian. In this respect is a wide field
as yet unexplored; and I commend
this aspect of poultry breeding to
some of the younger men and wo-
men who have time and opportunity
ior searching out the facts. They
would contribute irreatly to our
knowledge by so doing, and at the
same time would find great fascina-
tion in probing the problems that are
involved. My opportunities of doing
so, both as to absorption in other di-
rections and also from the fact that
I am one of the older generation,
must necessa'-ily be limited; but it
would be a satisfaction to see the
work taken up.
ONE VARIETY SUFFICIENT
Many new breeders aspire to do
too much in the beginning, they com-
mence with several varieties which is
their first mistake and as time passes
they are crowded for room with the
result that none of their stock re-
ceives proper attention and none of it
can grow and mature as it should.
Make your start with one variety,
master that and you will be looked
up to a- one who has done something
I real.
The New Jersey Poultry Depart-
ment has been making experiments
along the line of egg production.
They tried to find out if it was the
male or the female that produced the
layers. After many experiments,
they came to the conclusion that the
pullet inherited her lay from the sire
instead of the dam. This same con-
clusion i:^ considered a fact among
the breeders of milk cows. The
mother cow will not always reproduce
herself in her female calf but the
young bulls will generally throw the
calves that give the great flow of milk
along with the butter fat.
• • •
"Tom" Qui.senberry has a splendid
article along advertisng lines for
poultry products. This is one of the
big things before the poultrymen. If j
we could once make the housewife
lee the real value in eggs, she would
•erve more on her table. One cannot
serve too many eggs to the family.
There is no cheaper food nor none
that will give better results. You
can not make good cake, batter, bread
or high class pastry without eggs.
The eggless cake is like the near beer.
It does not taste good nor is it satis-
factory to one who loves good eats
along with good drinks.
• • •
Turkey growers in Colorado or-
ganized a co-operative sale of tur-
keys and by this method realized
seven cents per pound more on their
output had they sold in the hit or
min way. This pool consisted of
four thou.Kand turkeys and they were
•ble to deliver them in a lump.
• • •
There is one thing that should be
taken off the tax roll and that is the
surcharge on Pullman berths. There
is absolutely no reason why the rail-
road should get pay for a passenger
in a Pullman car any more than they
would get pay for a passenger in a
day coach. The railroads should be
tble to make money on a straight
three-cent fare and should not be al-
lowed to charge one cent over that
fare.
• • •
Down in the Hawaiian Islands they
have a milk route where the cow's
product is carried by a flying ma-
chine. This route goes over a coun-
try in less than an hour where if the
milk was shipped by boat it would
t*ke six hours. If this traffic con-
tinues to improve the eggs from the
•verage hennery will be delivered be-
fore they get cold,
• • •
One lady writes to Capper's Far-
>Ber that she bought eight acres of
l*nd and set it out to fruit and then
^'ith her flock of chickens she made
^ place pay from the start. This
t«
klac •! aU Um m. L ll«4 bre»dTa aadl asMMt^ra, r^Mt
« la 'Poultry Success.
SINGLE COMB REDS
Gocka
Hens
Cockerels
Pullets
Young Pens
Old Pens
1-4
2-4-5
1-2-3
1-S 4
1-4
1
ROSE COMB REDS
MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN, 1924
61 Birds Entered - U Under the Ribbons
Cocks 1-M
Hrne \-t
Cockerels 1-2-1-4-5
I^llUt• 1-3-4-1
Youns Pens 1-3
Old I^M»s 1
BEST DISPLAY
BEST DISPLAY
It i.'j a fairly well-known fact (anyway it's a fact) that .Madison Square
Blue Ribbons have in very recent years hung on coop:* which c<»ntained
birds hatched from my eggs; hatched and entered bv my customer.
Those blue ribbons cut into my own winnings, too. nut at any rate,
they went to real Tompkins' bird.s.
Give yourself « square deal. Brother! Remember that
THERE IS NO DEPENDABLE SUBSTITUTE
FOR THE REAL TOMPKINS' QUALITY
Play the Best Bet; play the Most Reasonable Chance, (live your own
self and your chicken ambition a square deal. Get your hatching eggs
this year from
omDkins
CONCORD, MASS,
WHERE THE RNEST REDS IN THE V^ORLD COME PROM
1924 Mating LUt U tntere»Ung. Egg% arm pretty wrnti •old out.
Why not get •omm of **Th€ Finest RedM in the World** thU year?
HALL'S BUFF ROCKS
BEST DISPLAY at the Garden, Chicago Coliseum, New York SUte Fair.
Fine Breeding Stock
EDWARD F. HALL R. F. D. 1 ERIE. PA.
Quality Bred, Vigorous and Hardy
97% LIVE AND PREPAID DELIVERY
IN LOTS OF
26
S. C. White, Buff and Brown Lefborn* $3.75
Anconas (Sheppard't ttrain, the boat) .$400
Barrod, Buff and White Rocks
R. I. Red* and White Orpington* . . .
Mixed for Broiler* $3 00
50 100
$7.00 $13.00
$4.25
$7.50
$8.00
$5.75
$14.00
$15.00
$11.00
500
$60.00
$65.00
$72.00
$50.00
This is our tenth year. 100,000 Egg Capacity. Order direct from
this advertisement for immediate or future delivery. Ask for handaome
48-page catalogue listing 16 popular breeds.
Thomwood Poultry Yards
CRANDALL
Dept. A-24
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can be done in most any country if
the average family will get acreage
and get back to earth.
• • •
Down in Shelby County, Ind., the
boys' and girls* clubs signed $750.00
in notes at $3.00 each. A local trust
company furnished the money. These
children worked under the direction
of the county agent and in the fall
gave a poultry show of 696 fowls
where 236 children exhibited their
fowls. This was one of the largest
poultry shows ever held in that
county. The fowls were auctioned
off and brought an average of $1.20
each. The children made good, they
got a start in good fowls and paid
off all of their notes. This suggestion
should be taken up by bankers all
over the country.
• • •
A housewife in Colorado drove to
town with three dozen eggs and a
five gallon can of cream. The next
day her husband drove to town with
a wagon load of corn. The wife re-
ceived for the three dozen eggs and
the can of cream $6.96, while the
husband sold his corn for $14.00.
Who is making the profit on this
place?
• • •
Keeping the hens too closely con-
fined during the winter is often the
cause of infertile eggs. Let the hens
run every fine day even if there is
snow on the ground. Hens will not
be hurt if allowed out of their
houses when the sun shines for they
will not go far if the snow is too deep
and if they get uncomfortable they
will go back to their houses. Do not
forget that green food is very neces-
sary when you want to get eggs.
Some people advocate lota of protein
foods for the poultry. This is all
right to make hens develop quickly
but if you want standard sized eggs
it would be best to let the pullets get
their natural growth before you force
them for eggrs.
• • •
When marketing your fowls you
should first fatten them. People like
to see nice plump fowls when they
go to market. The extra feed one f
gives in order to fatten fowls brings
in a splendid profit.
• • •
It is not very profitable to keep
hogs on the same place with heng.
Hogs will eat chicks as fast as they ^
will eat corn. Some people claim that
hogs that do not learn to eat chick-
ens will not give trouble but my ex- \
perience teaches me that hogs soon /
get the habit and once they begin, the
only way to stop them is to hit them
back of the head with a good axe and *
then cut their throats after once '
hanging them up to be scalded.
• • •
Siberia shipped 3,000 tubs of bat-
ter to New York City recently and
China shipped 43,369 cases of eggs
along with 128,262 tins of frozen
eggs and 16,000 cases of dried eggs.
There is a bill in Congress to repetl
the duty on eggs. This duty is very
low at present, not half enough to
protect the American hen. The bill
before Congress is known as the Wei-
ler bill. Representative Weller
V-
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Svmm«r «ttlthration ia th« poultry jt^ U of Taat importance. C. H. Wyckoff & Son, Prop*, of GranJrWw
Poultry FaroK, Aurora, Cayuga County, N. Y., aro firm bolioTors in kooping oTory thing frowing •*, ^i^V* _ .TIL-*'^
Tlio akoTo illustration is an unusual
tlM jar^s, and all tko ground is koi
tko roots of tko growing Togotation. Tko many acros on tko WyckoflF
poultrj.
»unty, N. Y.. aro firm bolioTors in kooping oTorything growing at Gran^inow rar-.
tual ono and skows wkat actually takes place after every rain, that ia, plowing a^
keavily seeded with rye during the fall for still further absorption of impurities by
tion. The many acres on tko WyckoflF farm are ideal for tke successful keeping of
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Wyckoff S S. C. White Leghorns
Americans Business Hen
Their 43rd[ Year of Direct Breeding and Improvement
Acknowledged by the world's most noted and competent poultry authorities as being the
foundation blood of the greatest laying flocks in Christendom, and at the same time being
bred closer to the Standard of Perfection than any other laying strain of Leghorns. Almost
without exception, the most successful Leghorn farms in the country, and those making the
highest records at the greatest laying competitions in the world have been proven to be of
WYCKOFF LEGHORN foundation — conclusive proof that they are THE GOLD STANDARD
OF SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN VALUE.
Eggs For Hatching
from the most carefully selected mating^. Our
breeding matings for 1924 are made up of the most
exceptional lot of carefully selected stock in the
country, barring none. All eggs furnished will be
from our own pens and produced here on our own
farm from a grand lot of specially selected birds
representing our highest quality in every particular.
For size, strength, vigor, and laying qualities, to-
gether with the true Leghorn type, they are un-
equalled.
POSITiVELY NO SECOND GRAPE OR IM-
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some of the eggs from this famous stock and get
in line with the most profitable era ever known in
the poultry business. Send for free descriptive
catalogue with numerous photographic illustrations
showing type of the birds and sections of this moat
completely equipped model plant.
C. H. WYCKOFF & SON, AURORA, CAYUGA COUNTY, N. Y.
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We are breeding to improve
qtiality and increase egg produc-
tion. Every breeder is a hen
which laid in her pullet year
160-281 eggs. Our birds look
well, lay well and are well.
Send for hatching eggs and chick folder .
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prevents little chick troubles
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Feeding has more to do with rais-
ing baby chicks successfully than
any other factor.Wrong food kills
more chicks than all chick diseases
combined. Baby chicks are babies.
They need special baby food.
Predigested. Rich in buttermilk.
Low in fibrous matter. In Pratts
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Pratts is the oriffinal. Nothing: has
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It is the best kind of life insurance for
baby chicks. In actual dollars and
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comes from New York .«;tate. The
poultrymen throughout the United
States should write their congress-
men and tell them that we do not
want the duty on egjrs repealed but
that we would like to have about ten
cents more added per dozen egrtj's and
about the same money per pound on
frozen ejrg''- The poultr>men who
live in Congressman Weller's district
should call his attention to the big
shipment of Chinese eggs coming into
the New York market and see if they
can not convert this gentleman to
the point where he will work for the
industry in New York state and not
for the Chinese in Hong Kong. A
little missionary work done with
Congrressman Weller might get re-
suits and if it did not work, the poul-
trymen could get busy and leave this
gentleman at home.
President Thomas F. Rigg, of the
American Poultry Association, writes
that he has Uken the matter of Chi-
nese eggs up with Senator Watson,
of Indiana, and that he also called
on President Coolidge and spoke to
him about this bill in Congress that
would throw our markets open to
Chinese eggs. Get behind President
Rigg and we will get what we should
have from Congress and that is pro-
tection for the poultry industry.
• • •
The great trouble with raising tur-
keys is the fad that they will roan
over lots of country and lay their
eggs often a mile fr -m home. It is •
good idea to build a small com! ,
around the house in which they roost \
and keep the hens penned up until •
about three o'clock each day. In that ^
case one could have nest inside the j
corral and thoje that do not lay wiU »
not be able to get very far away b«j
fore they will make their nest. I
have eleven acres of land for my heni
to roam over yet they go off at times
at least a half a mile from home.
The corral that you make need not
be very large, a space fi^^V /*^
square for a dozen turkeys w>» j;*
plenty of room. The great trouble
with turkeys is teaching them to roost
in a house. They much prefer a tre«
or on top of some house. Turkey?
suffer little from lice because they
insist on roosting where lice can not
grow. Where one ha:; a house lik«
the one suggested above, that house
should be kept perfectly clean and
no lice allowed around the premises.
I recently sold a Buff PlymoutiJ '
Rock cockerel in Ohio, from my «d- j
vertisement in Everybodys Poultry
Magazine. This only shows how ,
Everybodys does circulate and tnij
people will buy all over the United
SUtes when your advertisement W*
an appeal. Selling things is simplJ
letting people know what you have t«
sell and what they can expect fof
their money when they buy. When i
lived in the South we insisted on ga-
ting Northern grow.n seed. The ret-
\
fon for that was the seed was thought
to be more hearty. This is true when
buying stock away from home. One
fets good new blood far removed
from their own. I bought eggs as
far East as New Jersey and got good
results from them. I have shipped
fgga to Alaska that brought fine
chicks as well as good turkeys. One
lady bought a setting of eggs from
me and she hatched nine turkeys
from ten eggs and raised them all.
She raffled one of her gobblers at
Christmas time for one hundred dol-
lars and then was invited by a bach-
elor to cook and serve the turkey and
he took Christmas dinner with my
customer.
• • •
The North Pacific Fair Association
held their annual meeting at Seattle,
in January, and gave out the follow-
ing fair dates:
Gresham. Ore., August 4 to 9;
Vancouver, B. C, August 9 to 16;
Skagit County Fair, Burlington,
Wash.. August 18 to 23; Southwest
Washington Fair, Chehalis-Centralia.
August 25 to 30; Spokane and Elma.
Wash., along with Victoria, B. C,
September 1 to 6; New Westminster.
B. C, Coos and Curry counties and
lledford. Ore., September 8 to 13;
Washington SUte Fair, Yakima, Al-
bany and Eugene, Ore., September
15 to 20; Oregon SUte Fair, Salem.
Northwest Fair, Lynden, September
23 to 27; Western Washington,
Puyallup. Vancouver, Wash., Septem-
ber 29 to October 6; Snohomish
County Fair, Everett, Wash., October
6 to 11. Everybodys' representative,
Mr. Thomas J. Sexton, writes t)iat he
expects to make this circuit in 1924.
Mr. Sexton made most of the same
circuit the fall of 1923 where he made
a lot of friends who will be glad to
see him come back.
• • •
The fair circuit this year promises
big in every way. The winter poul-
try shows have all been splendid and
it is expected that more fowls will
turn out this fall than it will be possi-
ble for the fairs to accommodate with
coops. Fred A. Johnson, of the West-
em Washington Fair, that holds forth
at Puyallup, promises to double all
premium money where there is a hun-
dred fowls shown to the variety. Last
year he gave this money in Barred
Plymouth Rocks and there were over
two hundred fowls shown. It is ex-
pected that Rhode Island Reds and
White Leghorns will duplicate the big
Rock showing another year.
• • •
Not long ago I .saw an article in a
paper where the writer made the
statement that he used a high tailed
cockerel in his breeding pen in pre-
ference to a cockerel that ha<l : cored
S>2 points by a well known judge. He
**id that the cockerel in question did
not carry the lines he wanted for the
laying pen. therefore he would not
use him, though that cockerel scored
d2 points.
M^ShouldYouGimMe?
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sands upon tkomsumds «/i.-
cmbators and br—ders art
actuaJiy being thrown away
tvery year f ke replaced
with
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chicks a year in Buckeye Incu-
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Big hatcheries, with capacities of
50.000 to 500,000 eggs, are using
Buckeyes.
Nearly all the agricultural schools
teach with Buckeyes.
Why gamble, then? Why ex-
p>eriment? Buy a Buckeye first,
and know you'll be successful.
Buckeye Incuoators arc built in
every size from 65 -egg to 10,368-
egg capacity. Buckeye Brooders
are built in all sizes up to 1.200-
chick capacity, to burn oil, coal
or gas.
The best book of real infonnn-
tion you can get on poultry rais-
ing for profit is the new Buckeye
catalog. We want you to have
it, and will gladly send it on re-
quest. Mention whether you arc
interested in incubators, coal-
bum ing brooders or bluc-flamc
brooders.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
April. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
393
nb lUtk His SUn tk WAY TO PRO-
FITS TtTWvsaB^ •( Ptdtry Riiscn
Tti« mort iMoaMafui. mott OBiapUU. and
K5w TO MiJ« MONEY rWOilFOVLnYU
SiMrlted In (hla book. Mr. Uury U. ^aon.
Um dMO of Poultry KiparU. and rvoofnlied as
!S SufSA pouZtbtman of thk world.
wtll tium you how to mooomL
WHAT WE CAN DO FOR TOU
W« can ihow yon how lo RAIgB EVEET Uf
abU audi to earl/ malurlljr and oarty ^>«nn«.
how to fowl for BEUT rMuTla. what to do with
Mtra OMkonli. bow lo pick out poor lajrort. bow
lo eaoonia*. ett. tta In fact, we »how you how
to TuiTiii and MAKE MUNET from poultry.
Mr. Hany M. LamoB. PrMldant of tbo Nattonal
Poaltry Inattuitac will «!*• you prv^m mothodt—
faou that wUl mean niooMa and prottt for you.
READ WIAT OTHERS SAT
•1 WOULDN'T SELL WHAT I HAVE
LBAmNED FBOM TOUB OOUB8H FOB OVE*
IIMM^' aan LouU M. Wrlcbt. Md. "You bat*
Llowa DM bow to Tara lam lata Prott" wrltM
AtSmt PMrKM. N. T. WOMEN 8UCCKED
tSoi MfTTp. OrtMifor. Ptnna., wriua. -^ou
ba«o Aown u« bow to m*toa proflt •«»««»«
with poultry: In My laat batch I DID NOT L08E
A CtllCK.'*
SOID QUICK FOR THIS NEW FREE ROOK
Urt thit book NOW. IT 18 FREE. It !• youn
for th» aaklnc. It leUt about tho many wonder-
ful optmrtunltloa for maklnc monay from va»^.
•lid all about tha snl group of poultry aipwta
wtio hava onaolaod for tha purpoaa of taamlng
SJltry rmSSr^W TO BUCCEED. Writ.
May. Hpodal offer now balnf made.
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M^^Baat book oeor teaued. Worth many dollara.
pMlpald for ONB DOLLAR. Monay back guarwitaa.
D. «f. EDMONDS. C R. A.
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Very few fowls have been scored
in the Northwest within the last ten
years. Most all of the shows have
been judged by comparison. In the
old days of score card, the White Leg-
horn breeder would not think of us-
ing a cockerel in his breeding pen
that scored as low as 92 points. A
White Leghorn that is white that
would only score 92 points was a
mighty poor fowl in the old days.
I venture to say that the winning
cockerel at either Seattle or the Port-
land Shows this year would score 94
points or better under a competent
judge and there were winning pullets
that would have scored as high as 96
points. Under the new Standard the
comb of a Leghorn is only valued at
six points while the wattles are only
valued at two points, the ear lobe is
given four points for shape and three
points for color. In other words, the
total value of the whole head and ad-
juncts are only worth 27 points where
in the old Standard this section of
the fowl was worth 34 points, or more
than one-third of the fowl. The ex-
tra points were placed on utility.
A good Leghorn that gets away
with good type today will score
higher than they did under the old
SUndard and the values will go in
shape of sections that go to make the
utility fowl.
In order to make a point against
the SUndard fowl, some people will
go out of their way to criticise. I
have seen 92 Leghorns that were only
fit for the pot. A bird that has some
serious defect, not one that would
disqualify but have a section where
a judge would cut the limit of such
section is not fit to breed even when
reaching 92 points. A fowl with an
extremely high tail, yet not high
enough to be called a "squirrer* tail,
is not fit to breed even though his i
mother laid 300 eggs. When one uses
a fowl with a defect so extreme that
it will throw that defect into its pro-
geny, that kind of a fowl is no good
and should not be used.
• • •
I have seen women so ugly that
they made a man have bad dreams at
night, yet these same women would
often come from families that were
noted for being very numerous, but
if the stage wanted a bunch of girls
for "The Follies" such a woman
would not be picked, even if she could
speak ten different languages and
could sing like a mocking bird.
I once knew a colored woman who
was said to be one of the best cooks
in the country, yet she had a growth
of quills on her like a porcupine and
there was not one family in a hun-
dred that would allow her to come on
their place. The poor woman was so
ugly that even the children were
afraid of her.
• e e
I have seen White Leghorn cock-
erels so extremely mis-shapen that I
would prefer to eat a sick fowl to
serving such a monstrosity on my
table, but in either case I would go
without chicken.
• • •
In fruit, California and Wa.shing-
ton have made great reputations. No
fruit is shipped to market until it is
gn'aded to a standard shape and size
and one apple or one orange look '
like the rest in the packagre. Wash-
ington and California have made a
great reputation on eggs in the New
York market and they did it by .«5hip.
ping the best shaped and the stand-
ard size egg to market. Once one
standardizes their fowls they can
standardize their eggs but if they
breed from any kind of shaped egj,
they soon get all shapes and the price
is only allowed for culls.
• • •
I scored the famous hen that made
295 eggs, seventeen years ago, 94H
points and this hen could have won
many blue ribbons in the show room
the year I scored her. The pen that
won at the State Experiment Station
in 1923 at Puyallup could go to the
best shows in the country and many
of these females would have taken
ribbons and it would have taken bet-
ter than a 93-point hen to have
beaten the poorest one. On the other
hand the winning pen of the Cali-
fornia egg laying contest would have
found it hard to score an average of
90 pointa, that is, unless they were
pure white in color and had no color
cuts at all. I have seen such fowls
but seldom. Hens may be pure white
in nearly every section yet in wing
quills be off color. Some times they
will be creamy in color of quills in
tail and often they will be creamy to
brassy in neck and on wing bows.
• • •
There is a lot of talk about show-
ing utility classes in the show room.
This seems foolish to me. When a
SUndard is fixed for the utility fowl,
then we will have ideal type by which
the laying hen can be judged and un-
til that time, we judges are in the
dark as to how to place them.
• • •
I was once judging in Yakima in
the early days and there was some
cross-bred fowls in the .show room.
They were crossed between a White
Leghorn and a White Cornish. Some
of them had single combs while
I others had rose to pea combs. The
j owner asked me to score them and I
I asked him what kind of combs he ex-
pected to breed for and what kind of
I type did he expect to create? That
1 fellow got so mad with me that he
\ wanted to lick me and had it not been
1 for a fellow about his size who had
real brains, I would have had to take
a beating, because that fellow with
the chickens was about twice my site
and strength.
• • •
The more we study the utility end
of the poultry industry, the greater
Usk we have before us. I have a hen
that is nearly perfect in type and
beautiful in buff color. She is one
of the best layers on my place and
i
^e has won many blue ribbons under
the best poultry judges. I have an-
other hen that has been placed sec-
ond to this .same hen in several shows,
yet she is a very indifferent layer and
has not laid enough eggs this season
to hardly pay her keep. I have
studied these two hens but to save
me I can not see why the second one
is not as good as the first hen.
One seas.in I had a cockerel that
was perfect or nearly so in type. He
seemed to be attentive to the hens.
He was in perfect health, yet he
never fertilized an egg as long as I
owned him and today I do not know
what was wrong. I killed the fowl
and examined his organs and found
them seemingly normal but from that
day to this that fowl has been a mys-
tery to me.
• • •
The Wa.shington Co-Operative Egg
and Poultry Association held their
annual meeting in Seattle recently
and it was the largest attended meet-
ing they ever held. The membership
of the organization represents sixty
per cent of the Puget Sound produc-
en of eggs. This organization ship-
ped 326,000 cases of eggs and .showed
an increa.se of 59,851 cases for the
year of 1923. The average price re-
ceived for eggs was 29.01. They did
a toUl business of over four million
dollars, or an increase of one million
over 1922.
The Washington corporation does
not control all of the eggs on Puget
Sound, there are several shippers of
eggs who also do a big business. Over
on the east side of the state they
have an organization at Spokane that
takes care of the eggs in that section.
Yakima, which was for a time with
the Puget Sound organization, is now
tending their eggs to Spokane.
Chelan county with headquarters at
Wenatchee, is organizing the four
counties of Chelan, Okanogan, Grant
and Douglas. These counties are be-
ing organized through the Chelan
County Poultry Association that gives
an annual show at Wenatchee each
year. They hope to have a shipping
and grading sUtion at Wenatchee
started soon. A fcommittee of five
was appointed to gather all of the
poultrymen into one body where they
can handle a large output of eggs
and poultry. This organization will
build a demonstrating plant and try
•nd run an egg laying contest. Wen-
•tchee apples are known the world
over, the fruit men are well organized
but they lost money this sea.son on
their apples. The United SUtes had
• big apple crop this year and as a
fwolt the demand for Washington
apples was not as great as it was in
1922.
Every poultry house should be rat-
Pfoof. Rats are not wanted where
poaltry is kept, not alone for the feed
uid eggs they steal, but as a matter
of health.
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Do it this way :
Keep them healthy.
Keep them hungrry.
Feed the old reliable H 7*^^
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You will see a mighty difference in th»
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Pan-a-ce-a will develop your pullets into
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Tell your dealer how many hens you have.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
White Diarrhoea
Remarkable Experience of Mr*.
C. M. Bradshaw in Preireot-
ing White Diarrhot:a
The following letter will no doubt
be of utmost interest to poultry rais-
ers who have had serious losses from
White Diarrhoea. We will let Mrs.
Bradshaw tell of her experience in
her own words:
"Gentlemen: I see reports of so
many losinff their little chicks with
White Diarrhoea, so thought I would
tell my experience. I used to lose a
great many from this cause, tried
many remedies and was about dis-
couraged. As a last resort I sent to
the Walker Remedy Co., Dept 390,
Waterloo, la., for their Walko White
Diarrhoea Remedy. I used two 60c
packafes. raUed 800 White Wyandotte* and
never lost one or had one tick after fiving
the medicine end my chRkene are larger %nd
healthier than ever before. I have found this
company thoroughly reliable and alwayi get
the remedy by return mail." — Mrs. 0. M.
Bradkhaw. Beaconiifleld. Iowa.
Caive of White Diarrhoea
White Diarrhoea is caused by the
Bacillus Bacterium Pullorum. This
germ is transmitted to the baby chick
throuf^ the yolk of the newly hatched
egg. Readers are warned to beware
of White Diarrhoea. Don't wait un-
til it kills half your chicks. Take the
"stitch in time that saves nine." Re-
member, there is scarcely n hatch
with: ut some infected rhirks. Don't let
these few Infect your entire (lock. Prevent
It nive Walko in all drinking water for the
flrst two we4*s and you won't lose one chirk
where you lost hundreds before. These let-
ters prove it:
Never LotI a Smgle Chick
lire. L- L. Tarn. Burnetts Creek. Ind..
wrttea: "I have lost my share of rhirks
from White Diarrhowi. Finally I sent for
two parkagee of Walko. I raised over 600
chirks and I never loet a single rhick from
White Diarrhoea. Walko not only prevents
White Diarrhoea, but It gives the chicks
strength and vigor; they develop quicker and
feather earlier."
Nerer Lort One After First Dose
Mrs. Ethel Rhoades. Rhenandosh. Iowa,
writes: "My flrst inrubstor chicks, when
nut a few days old. began to die by the
dntens with White Diarrh' ea I tried differ-
ent remedies and was about dismuraged with
the chicken bnsiness. Finally. I sent to the
Walker Remedy Co.. Waterloo. Iowa, for a
bo» of their W^alko White Diarrhoea Remedy.
It's just the only thinr for this terrible
disease. We raised 700 thrifty, healthy
chirk* and never loet a single chirk after the
flrst dose."
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Walko. < r f 1 •»(> f»ir eitra Isrire boi — ^^give it
In alt drinking wster for the flr«t two weeks
and watch reaults. YouMI flnd you won't
lose one chick *»here you lott hundreds be-
fore. Il'« a ponitlve fact. We guarantee it.
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Wilkef Reme^r Ct., Deyt 3C0 Waterloo, Iowa
CHICKEN LIFE AND
WHAT PERTAINS TO IT
Hatching Out
From the begrinning of this world
spring was always synonymous with
life, and in both prose and poetry it
has been hearalded as the best of all
seasons of the year, and it seems to
us that the sky is bluer and the fu-
ture looks brighter and the whole
realm of nature full of promise of
things to come, for at such times
when the day is soft and mellow
dreams come easily, and whatever
may be said about "idly dreamng"
most of our life is made out of
dreams, some of which are and some
of which are not realized.
The winter has its beauties and its
charms, but it is white and cold and
most of us love warmth, and the
spring is full of this, even in its
worst moods, and this love of warmth
makes our heart glad at the return of
spring, and how amazing is the
change in the face of nature, when
the earth from being bound with
frost, or covered with snow, begins
to put forth her plants and flowers,
to be clothed with green, diversified
with ten thousand various dyes, and
to exhale such fresh and charming
odors, as fill every living creature
with delight.
It is at this time of the year that
the poultry fancier is putting to the
test how correct his judgment was in
the making up of his breeding pens,
and as he gathers the eggs which now
come in plenty it seems to him that
each one of them contains a future
prize-winner and it is with regret he
parts with these eggrs as he has
booked earlier in the season, for he
is not sure whether he has not like
Esau "sold his birthright for a mess
of pottage."
Preparations have been going on
for .several weeks and everything is
ready for coming events, the coops
are clean and sanitary and ready to
be occupied by the little new comers,
and warm sunny places have been
carefully selected in which to place
the coops that they may be sheltered
from any unfriendly blast of the
breath of winter which seems always
reluctant to leave us too early, par-
ticularly here in New England with
our 136 different kinds of weather
which furnished Mark Twain with one
of his most delightful themes.
And it is well to make preparations
for every contingency, for it is too
late to make preparations after the
chicks are hatched, they should have
been carefully made long before.
If a hen is to be used in the hatch-
ing out of the eggs, and where only
a few chicks are desired it is always
best to depend on the hen, she ought
to be picked out from the flock as
one worth keeping when the culling
took place in the fall of the year.
A good brood hen "is a joy for-
ever," or at least as long as she lives,
ind ought to be carefully treasured
for this purpose. There are hens and
hens, you know that, there is the hen
that you can handle and take froQ
the nest and she seems to know that
you are her friend and not her enemy,
and then there is the other kind — she
begins to stand up on the eggs when
she sees you coming, and before you
get near enough to the nest to get
your hands on her she flies into your
face with a yell of terror and makes
a commotion such as sets the whole
plantation screaming from one end to
the other, and every other sitting hen
is now on the watch for some terrible
happenings, while their curmudgeon
is yelling out her heart's desire.
Now the first mentioned hen is the
kind that makes a desirable brood
hen and will watch over her flock,
carefully lead them around, let you
handle them and her and clean out
the premises and full well knows that
you will not hurt either her or her
little ones.
The other hen should never be
u.sed as a hatcher or brood hen, is
in either capacity she will be very
undesirable and more than likely ruin
the eggs before they are hatched, and
if she should manage to hatch them
kill many of the chicks before she is
ready to shake them off, or if she
does manage to see them through she
will make every one of her brood ex-
actly like her own self, wild and un-
manageable, which is very much to
be depreciated in fancy poultry, as
one of the chief plea: ures in this oc-
cupation is to have your birds tame
and easily managed and ready to be
handled at all times when this be-
comes nece.ssary.
A few good docile and motherly
brood hens are an accessory to every
establishment where fancy poultry is
raised that is not to be despised. It
is common at this time, when litters
are in demand, to purchase them
wherever they can be gotten and of
any sort of breed and variety, and
except the greatest care is taken this
may be fruitful of much future trou-
ble in the rearing of the young and
their future excellence.
Roupy birds have at this time of
the year been introduced with this
dreadful disea.se lingering in their
systems, and though no visible sign
of it, the germs are still present, and
ready to do damage to the flock into
which they are introduced.
Now in most every case it can be
detected by a rather unpleasant per-
formance, namely, open the bill of
the bird, and by getting a smell of
her breath, if any \rouble, the foul
odor will be there to a more or less
extent. We firmly believe that this
seldom leaves them completely.
Scr.ly feet is also very common in
this cia.ss of stock gathered from
everywhere, and a scaly-legged hen
should never be used as a sitter or a
brood hen, for she will invariably
give this foul trouble to the whole
brood, for it is easily transmissible,
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as the scale mite will leave the feet
of the mother hen for those of the
growing chickens, and we have seen
chickens a few months old infected
with this di.sease and communicated
to them by the mother hen.
It is useless to try to cure this
disease at this time, for if the com-
monly used remedies such as oint-
ment of one kind or another is used
it will simply ruin the eggs for hatch-
ing by the hen smearing them with it,
and though I know of a case where a
person dipped the legs in common
kerosene before sitting her, I should
hope that such a specimen of the
breed of "know little or nothing" is
rather rare.
Refuse absolutely to use a hen for
a sitter that .shows any sign of scaly
feet, for where the scales are even
slightly rising from the leg the para-
site is there and she will communicate
it to the chickens.
Select a hen for a sitter that is in
good flesh, bright, active, red combed
and healthy and with a good strong
appetite.
Never use a hen for a sitter that is
loose in the bowels. She will foul all
the eggs before or later and cause
you lo.ss, also be sure that she is
cleanly, and comes off the nest regu-
larly to perform her necessary func-
tions, dust and eat.
There are hens that are naturally
filthy. They will dirty the eggs with-
out any reason for so doing. Such a
hen should be discarded as soon as
this bad hahit is discovered, for it is
no use to fuss with her, she will as a
general thing continue to soil the
nest, which will very much impair if
not ruin entirely the whole clutch of
eggs as far as their hatchmg strength
is concerned.
A week before placing eggs under
the hen dust her well with a good in-
sect powder and do this .several times
so that as far as it is possible to make
her, she i.* free from lice, which,
when plenty, will make her an un-
steady sitter and sometimes make her
desert her nest entirely.
Place the nest in some secluded
place where she will not be molested
either by other poultry, rats, or other
marauders, and let her finish her
batch.
A word or two about the making
of the nest will not be out of place
here, and so let me say that the nest
should be roomy and made in such a
way that she can move the eggs
around the nest without breaking
them.
Place some moist dirt in the bot-
tom and keep it moist all during the
progres., of the hatch. When hen is
off nest, pour a little warm water
down the bottom of nest and this will
keep the moisture question from
troubling you.
Make the nest shaTow as a saucer,
then plaic the e;j:gs in the nest and
let the hen atten<l to the busi less.
At the t;me of hatching stay away
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from the nest, don't go near her and
don't trouble her by putting your
hand under her. It will take 21 days
to hatch the eggs from our ordinary
varieties of poultry, and when you
see a lot of little heads on the morn-
ing of the twenty-second day then it
is time for you to attend to their fur-
ther comfort, but till then let them
severely alone. The hen knows her
business, at least I think she does.
If an incubator is to be used, and
by all means have one if hatching
more than 50 chicks, select it with
the same care as you would a hen.
See that it don't suffer from bad
lungs, its breathing capacity mur,t be
all right or it cannot properly care
for the chicks inside of the eggs.
Ventilaton is the lungs of the incu-
bator, and if constructed right will
act right. Anyway, try this experi- i
ment. Close up all ventilators, and i
then put a piece of burning paper |
into the machine, enough to fill it ]
with smoke, now open all ventilators i
and notice how quick the smoke is
carried out of the machine, and if it
is soon dispersed the ventilation is
good, though this does not by any
means say that it is correct in its
working principles. This must be
trusted to the makers of it, and for
this reason never buy a cheap ma-
chine.
If it has been used a past season
then more than likely the machine is
not really in a good healthy condi-
tion, and so to make it so it should
be well fumigated with a creolin solu-
tion, a ten per cent hot solution that
is one part of creolin and nine
parts of water. Wash the egg cham-
ber with this solution, trays, regula-
tor, everything inside the machine,
till it stands in floods on the floor of
the nursery, and then light the lamp
and heat her up and run her till dry,
and it will be sweet, wholesome and
clean, and a better hatcher.
When placing the eggs in it do the
same — spray machine and then put
eggs in. You will find that eggs will
be wet all over in a few minutes, but
there will be no harm, and this will
fumigate the eggs, kill any germs
that might be on the outside of the
shell and much increase the chance
of raising the chicks hatched.
Place incubators, if possible, like
the hen where it will not be disturbed,
and where the outside temperature
will not vary too much either during
the day or the night. The best place
is in a cellar, and the next best place
to be chosen is an empty room where
the temperature does not rise too
much in the day or fall too low at
night, but here also the make of the
incubator has much to do ^th keep-
ing the temperature, for though it is
true that the best incubator will not
do its best except when subjected to
the best conditions, it will do a great
deal better in poor situations than a
poorly made and poorly constructed
incubator will, for though this last
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one may hatch some chicks under
proper conditions it will hatch none
at all if subjected to conditions that
are not exactly favorable.
Most brooders are too heavy to
handle, and as a general thing too
many chicks put into them. A hun-
dred chicks in a flock will crowd and
thin themselves out until the half of
them is a dead loss, when if in the
beginning they had been properly
placed the loss would have been re-
duced to a minimum.
The hen should also be used ac-
cording to her capacity, a small brood
early in the season, not over a dozen,
and later in the season it may be in-
creased to fifteen, but never more. I
do not say that she might not raise
them, but I do say that they will not
grow into as fine stock if crowded
under the hen, or in the brooder, or
finally in the colony coop, where
sometimes a number of weaned chick-
ens are placed together for what
would seem their own destruction.
Lack of room is the frequent
cau.«»e of this, and it would be much
better to hatch fewer chicks and raise
most of them than to hatch a great
many and lose the half of them and
impair the vitality of the other half.
"What fools these mortals be," is still
true, and we are sorry to confess that
every now and again in spite of all
our experience we find ourselves
amoag them.
Another thing that I want to say
in connection with the raising of little
chickens and young weaned stock
that is of the utmost importonce is
this, they must have dry quarters and
sunny, though well sheltered runs,
and on as high, dry ground as poi^si-
ble.
Chicks will not thrive in damp and
wet and ill ventilated coops, and it is
worse than useless to try to succeed
with them under such unfavorable
conditions.
Make the brood coop roomy, have
the floor perfectly dry and well lit-
tered with chaff or bam sweepings
from the hay mow, keep the little
ones in on rainy days and give them
a small run on sunny days, give them
fine grain to scratch for, good clean
water, fine grit and some fine beef
scraps, a little moist food every day,
moist, not wet, and they will grow
into happy and steady fowls with very
little more care.
DON'T GIVE LICE A CHANCE
The person who undertakes to
make a succe.ss of poultry keeping
I should steadily keep in mind the fact
j that fully three-fourths of the losses
which occur in the business are trace-
able to lice, and the only certain way
of keeping lice in subjection is to
proceed on the theory thiit there is
always an army of them lying in wait
ready to take advantage of any neg-
lect which opens to them the oppor-
tunity to come in and occupy the
field.
PURIFICATION OF
POULTRY YARDS
The poultry keeper who has un-
limited range and permits his fowls
to go at large, is not vexed with
questions relating to the purification
of the yards. Kind nature with its
hungry vegetation, rapidly absorbs
the droppings, converting them into
additional feeders and purifying
agents. But for every one poultry
keeper who can do this there are
ten or a hundred that can not, and
this larger number are obliged to con-
fine their fowls in yards of limited
area for the whole or the greater part
of the year. They are obliged to
seek methods of purification, for af-
ter a time the accumulated droppinpt
become a festering source of di8ea.^e.
One of the first methods to be em-
ployed and really one of the best
methods, is to spade up the ground,
turning the filth underneath and
bringing the fresh soil to the surface.
Earth is a great purifying agent, and
the droppings turned below the sur-
face become mixed with and ab-
sorbed by the earth, robbed of their
poisonous character to a considerable
degree, and thus become innocuous
for the time being. But after a time,
dependent upon the size of the yard
and the number of the fowls kept
therein, the soil becomes so satur-
ated with the poisonous evacuations
that merely digging over the ground
is insufficient.
Another method, and one used fre-
quently in connection with the first,
is to add fresh earth or sand to the
yard. This answers for a time, and,
by being dug over extends the time
when other methods must be em-
ployed.
A third method is to remove the
soil once in two years to the depth of
three to six inches and replace it with
I fre. h earth. The removed soil is rich
in fertilizing materials and well re-
pays for the labor of removing and
for the bringing in of fresh earth. A
market gardener or a farmer can well
afford to do the necessary work for
the profits to be derived from this ex-
change of soils. The greatest diffi-
culty, however, is in finding the mar-
ket gardener who will attend to this
work. The poultryman is ready to
make the exchange, the gardener can
afford to do it, but how to get these
parties together and effect the ex-
change has not always proved an
easy problem.
A fourth method, and a thoroughly
good one, where it is practicable, is
to grow a crop upon the richly ma-
nured :^oil. This can be done by hav-
ing two yard."^ for each pen of fowls.
a practice which we most heartily
commend. One yard can be kept in
gra.ss, to which the fowls can have
access for a .short time each day. and
the next year this yard can be used
as a run and the other seeded down.
Where the yards are at all adequate
to the needs of the fowls they can be
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used on alternate years, in this way.
for an indefinite period of time. Even
if this cannot be done, it often hap-
pens that a breeder can double up his
fowls in the late summer, or by sell-
ing some can free .some of the runs
of stock, and thus get a growing crop
to refresh the land. A yard that has
lonjf been used for a poultry run, if
allowed to be empty for a few
month.s, though nothing be sowed or
planted thereon, will he covered with
a most luxuriant vegeUtion. We
have seen a yard so left grow up to
weeds as high as a man's head and
sUnding almost as thickly as the
feathers on a fowl's back. A yard
which is thus given up to vegetation
for even a few months will be in con-
dition to be used another season.
A fifth method can be employed
which answers a temporary purpose
very well. This is to sprinkle the
ground with some good disinfectant,
such as sulphate of copper diluted in
,^ter a cheap and effective disin-
fecUnt — or by sowing it with com-
mon land plaster, which is a very
ready absorbent of noxious gases.
We have tried the latter method with
very satisfacttry results.
Some one or a combination of two
or more of the.se five methods of puri-
fying the yards ought to be employed
by each poultry keeper who is so situ-
ated as to be obliged to confine his
fowls. The necesiiity of this will be
made apparent by it^ neglect. Fowls
will more easily become sick, and sick
fowls will, even if they do not die,
become a source of loss rather than
of profit. Too often the house is
kept clean but the yards are neg-
lected, and the poultry keeper won-
ders why his fowls are ill. The
house ought not to be neglected, but
we believe, especially in summer and
the months when fowls spend the
Bost of their time in the open air,
that there is vastly more sickness due
to filthy yards than to filthy houses,
and that if either must be neglected
the yard ought not to be. But nei-
ther should be neglected. It is bet-
ter to keep only so many fowls as
can be and will be properly attended
to, for a few fowls well cared for will
be more profiUble than many which
are neglected, and one of the essen-
tials to the successful care and man-
agement of poultry is the purification
of their yards.
CAREFUL SELECTION OF
MARKET EGGS PAYS
A few small, ill shaped or inferior
eggs in a crate make the value for
the whole crate. It is better by far
to select out and use at home all the
small, rough, badly shaped and badly
colored eggs than to send them to
market. Many imagine that because
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Colo., reports that his Putnam Heater
carried chicks safely through a 3»i-hour
blizzard that buried the bi>x under 3
feet of snow. Made throughout of
bra.ss and heavily iralvanized iron, the
Putnam Brooder lUater is practically
indestructible.
These Poultry Keepers Use and Endorse
This Home-Made Brooder
Received Iho Ilroo<UT lI»Kt«Ti» and am
Wfll pleawd with th«m I havt- Immh unlnir
Xhem a mtle lens than thrt<. wet-kw ami
consldiT thpv have already paid for them-
The hr.MMl.r l» workmK llni-. Put forty
chicks In when three days old and have
raliud everyone no far and they are pretty
safe now — S. M. Strohm. Oreunon. I'a.
S«nd me another of your Hn>oder Heat-
ers Thin makts the third one I have pur-
cham-d thlH HprinK Have the other two
..peratlnK at full oapaeity and haw- not
had a KlnKle loss I ex|>ected to uw- larser
hnHHl.r when the chicks ait« ne,l their
present age. but find the smal .ro«Kl.rs
pVra e HO nlrely and with a minimum of
care that I have deCl.led to UHe them alto-
j^.ther.— K. K. round. N.umun, III.
My Httle Putnam Heater Is Just doln»
(^ue —Grant Kireaton. fonnellsvllle. Pa.
I houKht a Putnam Uroixler Heater of
yol, eirfy this sprms. and think It a Juat
wonderful- •«» t«»> to care f»r. It a better
than a half d..»en old hena. as It st«>«
where you put It. always ready to m..ther
the chicks. -^H W. Tussle. Flndlay. Ohk>.
I made a broo<ler according to >"ur *!•-
rectlons and placed nft.en chicks In t to
try out and ralse<l . v.rv one. Anil they
certainly did gr<»w. an.l im) nice and timoolh.
too. every one of them. I put »*' "J> ^i
the same time with an "Id h.n and she
lost all but eight 8.. I to*.k them 'fom her
and put them In the broinler. ami raiaro
them. tr>o It c.rtalnly b.wi»« th- hen —
J Llnctdn Knight. Trenton Junction. N. J.
How to Get the Brooder Heater
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PROPER METHODS OF
GROWING QUALITY CHICKS
Every beginner in poultry ought to
supply himself with a copy of the
Standard of Perfection, for without
this book he is working in the dark.
He can get a correct idea of the
Standard weights and markings from
no other source.
It is not the number of chicks one
hatches that counts for success, but
the number that are kept growing
until they arrive at perfect form at
the earliest possible age. Many a
cull is discarded because of imper-
fection which would have had no ex-
istence had it not been for lack of
proper attention after its brooder
days were past
Do not let the chicks need any-
thing during the hot months. No mat-
ter if they are reared simply for mar-
ket purposes, the difference that good
care will make as compared with poor
care always means the difference be-
tween profit and loss.
It is only good economy to feed
good feed and feed it at regular
time.s. The flock of chicks which is
fed at regular times soon learns to
know when to expect feed and does
not look for it every time any one
appears in sight.
Plenty of good water is as import-
ant as good feed. Remember that
much the larger part of the weight
of all animated nature is simply wa-
ter, and unless this is supplied, good
growth and thrift are impossible.
It will not do to trust to nature
after the dangers of early chicken-
hood are safely passed. The poultry-
man who trusts to Mother Nature
puts his trust in a very careless
mother. Nature keeps her children
in existence not by good care, but by
extravagant production. If this were
not true, many .^^pecies of birds and
animals would disappear at once. The
less able of any of nature's products
are to persist, the more prolific they
are. Fishes reproduce themselves by
the million, yet few of them grow
to mature size. Birds reproduce at a
rate which would soon caver the
earth, yet birds do not get more
numerous, than when not molested.
We need look for little help from
nature in rearing chicks. In the first
place, the wild hen lays only about
thirty eggs and that ends her labors
for the year. From the thirty eggs,
she often does not raise more than
two or three chicks to the age where
they are comparatively safe. We
must try to circumvent nature by
safeguarding the chicks we hatch.
We use incubators and hatch hun-
dreds, not with a view simply to con-
tinuing a species, but to make money.
We must watch our broods not only
through chickenhood, but every day
of their lives, protecting them from
storms and stress of weather, fur-
nishing them feed and water, and
protecting them from natural ene-
mies.
It is a very poor policy to take the
trouble to secure good stock, labor
diligently to get chicks hatched and
through the perils of infancy, only to
neglect them after they have arrived
at the place where we may look for.
ward to receiving some compensation
for what we have done.
It is just as necessary to give good
care during the summer as at any
other time in the year. We may seem
insistent on this point, but we want
to impress it on the minds of those
whose experience has not taught
them the importance of good care
every day in the year.
GREEN FEED DURING SUMMER
Every poultry breeder who has had
experience showing the benefit of a
supply of succulent green feed for
laying hens during the summer
months understands how necessary it
is to the best results.
Even where hens have perfect lib-
erty during the warmer months, they
need green feed other than that they
can get for themselves in the way
of grass and other green stuff.
During the drier part of the sum-
mer, grass becomes tough and taste-
less and in many parts of the coun-
try dries so thoroughly that it is of
no value as an egg food.
At such a time some succulent
green feed keeps the hens in laying
condition more by promoting bodily
vigor than from the nutritive quali-
ties of the green stuff they eat.
It is fortunate that we have an op-
portunity to supply green feed, even
if we neglect to plant the crops used
for this purpose until late in the sea-
son.
This feed, too, is a kind that hens
particularly like, as it contains a
spicy oil which imparts to the leaves
a taste which just suits the appetite
of a hen and at the same time has
certain condimental qualities to keep
the digestion good.
The best green feed of which we
know is dwarf essex rape. Swiss
chard has been recommended, but it
does not have the spicy quality that
goes with all members of the cabbage
family to which rape belongs.
Rape has the advantage of grow-
ing very rapidly and of growing
quickly even when planted late in the
season. Many farmers who have
found the value of rape in feeding
pigs and sheep, sow it in their com
as late as the last of July or even the
first week in August, while it is quite
common in some sections to sow it
after wheat or oats have been har-
vested to be used as a late pasture
for sheep, pigrs or beef cattle.
Rape makes a heavy crop and as
soon as the plants are eaten off they
renew themselves in a short time
thus furnishing a succession of feed
from one sowing.
In the South and on the West
Coast rape can be sown in the fall i
and be used for winter green feed. \
It grows quite well in the fall months,
in the warmer parts of the country
and does not die down anywhere be-
low the line of severe frosts, passing
through a light frost without injury.
This plant is a bi-ennial, that is, it
does not produce seed until the sec-
ond year after it is planted, after
which the plant dies. The seed is not
costly and from six to ten pounds are
enough for an acre. Six pounds is
enough if sown in the spring or early
summer and ten pounds for fall sow-
ing in the warmer latitudes.
While rape will produce a good
crop on quite thin soil, it responds to
fertilizers and grows rankly on rich
land. It is the ideal quick pasture
crop and should be grown much more
extensively than it is.
The importance of green feed is
not appreciated by poultrjTnen to the
extent it should be and we would be
glad if more of them would supply it
abundantly.
MAGNITUDE OF
THE POULTRY INDUSTRY
As has been estimated, the hens of
this country last year laid 2,350,000,-
000 dozen of eggs, and we believe
these figures to be as sound as an
estimate can be made, then, the
American Hen is in fact some pro-
ducer and we find special interest in
these figures, not in comparison with
other products and their values,
which they clearly out-di.stance but
in themselves, for themselves.
Taking 2,350,000,000 dozen of
eggs at an average of eight eggs to
the pound, this product in total would
weigh 1,782,500 tons.
It would require 59,416 freight
cars to move these making 1,485
trains of 40 cars each over a trail 450
miles long.
To lay tho.se eggs end to end they
would reach a distance of 100,142
and a half miles or just about long
enough to encircle this earth four
times.
Allowing that the average egg pro-
duction per hen per year is 100 egga
(whch is above the U. S. Govern-
ment estimate) it would require 282,-
000,000 hens to lay this number of
€gg8.
To place each hen in a space one
foot Hquare would require ♦5,473
acres with 43,560 head on every acre
of land, or if they were to form a
single line they would cover a dis-
tance of 53,409 miles, a distance of
over twice the circumference of this
earth.
This massive number of eggs and
this great amount of poultry means
but a trifle when compared to our
population and the ever growing de-
mand for these products. These
grand totals give but about 16 dozen
of eggs and 1 1 pounds of poultry per
person per year, surely but a frac-
tion of the amount that could be
Qsed to advantage.
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PRODUCTION AND THE EGG
Reports come to us almost daily
of laying: contests from all sections
of the world and from many breed-
ers who are trapnestinpr their birds
with records of production that plain-
ly show that the efforts being made
are producing results. The breeders
in general, particularly those with
show records are trapping their birds
and consider their record of produc-
tion along with their individual qual-
ity for mating and breeding. With
this plan in general use we can ex-
pect more and better resultr> with
added opportunities for poultry keep-
ers.
We believe in and strongly com-
mend those breeders' reports that
don't extol any one or a dozen birds,
but report a hundred or more indi-
viduals and give flock averages of
100 birds and upwards. Such rec-
ords mean something for most any
one can own a hen or two with mar-
velous records, that is but reason-
able to expect. But the real test of
production quality and worth lays in
the whole line or flock average, not
upon any one two or a dozen birds.
We have a report before us now
that states:
"My hen No. 146 laid 217 eggs
during the past year up to April 1,
1923. Hen No. 142 laid 187 eggs
during the same period and twelve
other hens, all either sisters or half-
sisters to the above laid an average
of only 103 eggs each. All are of
the same breeding. Kept in the same
pen and were fed and cared for
alike.— L. F. C."
Here is the story: This breeder
could advertise his flock as a 217 egg
strain and be in line with what some
have done according to our observa-
tion, still the fact remains that this
pen of birds have a pen average of
only 165 eggs which, while nothing
extra for a selected pen to crow
about, would be a very fine record
for a flock of 100, 500 or a thousand
birds.
We must not lose sight of the fact
that according to the government re-
ports the average is but about
seventy eggs per year, so when we
consider this along with the above,
the difference stands out in com-
mendable fashion for the breeders
who are making the effort for greater
production and a higher general
average.
An egg is an egg, but still there is
a difference, and this is one of the
points we had in mind when writing
this article. The difference we refer
to is in the size of the eggs and in
our opinion the records for produc-
tion are very incomplete as we now
get them without mention of the size
and weight of the eggs. A hen with
a record of 200 or more eggs is
pointed to with pride, but what about
her eggs — are they of standard size
and shape, have they proper quality
shells and are they all salable as No.
1 quality? These are questions that ^
have an important bearing upon sales
worth and the general reports re-
ceived would be of much greater j
value and interest with those items
included. They would surely mean
more.
The matter of the size of eggs is
becoming of more importance every
year. Consumers are beginning to
understand that they get more for
their money when they buy large
eggs than when they buy small ones
and this is affecting the price in some
places.
The accepted weight for an egg is
two ounces and anything much
smaller than this will soon command
a lower price than will be paid for
those of normal size. This question
of the size of €gg•^ is certain to come
to the front in the near future and
the man whose hens produce eggs
that weigh above twenty-four ounces
to the dozen will get a higher price
than will be paid for those that run
below that weight. The larger egg
certainly is worth the most.
We heartily approve all the efforts
being made and as we note the prog-
ress, would urge all breeders to make
more and still gp*eater efforts for the
results are there to be had. Stand-
ard bred poultry is the foundation of
all the progress made and the higher
we hold Standard quality and com-
bine it with quality breeding for ever
greater production the greater will
be the results obtained. — H. P. S.
CHARCOAL IN THE
POULTRY YARD '
The beginner who keeps charcoal
always before his fowls will save him-
self a great deal of trouble, provided
he follows proper methods in other
directions. Charcoal has the power »
of absorbing large quantities of gases
and of neutralizing their effects.
When fowls are given access to
crushed charcoal they will eat large
quantities of it and this not only
absorbs and neutralizes noxious gases
in their stomachs but it seems to have
beneficial effects in other directions.
In most towns crushed charcoal for
fowls can be bought and most supply
houses and incubator manufacturers
keep it on sale, but in the event that
these sources of supply are not avail-
able it is quite easy to make a sup-
ply of charcoal for home use. Where
com is grown a good charcoal may
be made from com cobs. Pile up dry
coby and set them afire and when
they are a glowing mass oT coals ex-
tinguish the fire with water, or,
better, cover the pile with earth un-
til the fire is smothered and let the
cobs cool down. A very good substi-
tute for charcoal is parched corn,
which has been kept over the fire un-
til it is thoroughly charred. The hens
may not eat this readily at first but
after they have become accustomed
to it they eat it greedily.
THE CASSEROLE
(Continued from page 866)
thieving is receiving a good deal of
attention in various parts of the
country. Richland County, Wis., is
gaid to have prpduced a novel way to
gtop it on your plant Tie a string
from your chicken coop door to a bell
in your bed room. When the bell
rings, have your wife "cover" the
thief with a spotlight and a gun,
while you go through him for what-
ever he has that you could use in
your business. Wonder if Richland
County has any wives to spare that
will get down to that chicken coop
before the man can get away, with
that spotlight and the gun and the
knowledge and the will to use them?
Sounds like Adam had a snap, while
Eve did the dirty work, (c)
# e a
P. W. Harries is editor of the
Pacific Poultryman, and has been
connected with publishing for a good
many years. Speaking of the North-
west, he says that a good year is
ahead for poultry, because the signs
are favorable. There are signs and
signs, and they say all of them
fail in a dry season; but the signs he
judges by are those which he has
found to be really good indications of
the immediate future of poultrydam
the way subscriptions come in, and
the interest shown, at the winter
shows. He says 1924 will be a good
year, (d)
• e •
Mrs. H. C. Kleinsmith, that enthu-
aiaatic production hound of the North-
weat, who has the courage to breed
Barred Rocks in a pretty nearly 100%
Leghorn country, calls attention to
the firmness of the whites in the eggs
of those hens which are giving good
hatchability. She knows full well
that hatchabilty is largely an inherit-
ed factor, but thinks there is prob-
ably a good deal in the theory of a
firm, rich, albumen being necessary
lor the hatching of good, strong
chicks. Only yesterday I received in
the mail from an amateur experi-
• L^enter, a tabulation of a setting of
eggs in an incubator last season, of
which each egg was tested in advance
for the richness of its albumen con-
tent, and a careful record kept of
which eggs hatched and which did
not This gentleman found very lit-
tle (indeed, no) correlation between
a rich albumen and one not so rich,
as to the percentage of chicks
hatched. Somewhere I have the re-
aults of a whole season's work I did
myself along that line. Every egg I
set that season was tested, marked,
and duly accounted for in the pedi-
gree trays. I, also, found little cor-
relation, in spite of the theory which
at first looks so well and sounds so
likely, that the richer an egg is, the
better will it hatch. It seems to be
Joat another illustration of the truth
Both Sides Facing IN!
Only the HEADS of the chicks are over the feed
They cannot pollute,
neither can they contaminate,
nor introduce any foreign deleterious matter into
Clean Feed
Clean feed means feed aaved.
Clean feed meana healthy and stay-healthy chicka.
Treat them right this year. Give every chick hia full chance.
He*ll have mighty little chance if he muat eat polluted food.
The Conkey-Norwich Chick Feeder
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to line up, stick their heads under the guard rod, and eat, and eat And
grow, and grow.
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PRODUCTION AND THE EGG
Reports come to us almost daily
of laying contests from all sections
of the world and from many breed-
ers who are trapnestinj? their birds
with records of production that plain-
ly show that the efforts being made
are producing results. The breeders
in general, particularly those with
show records are trapping their birds
and consider their record of produc-
tion along with their individual qual-
ity for mating and breeding. With
this plan in general use we can ex-
pect more and better results with
added opportunities for poultry keep-
ers.
We believe in and strongly com-
mend those breeders' reports that
don't extol any one or a dozen birds,
but report a hundred or more indi- j
viduals and give flock averages of
100 birds and upwards. Such rec-
ords mean something for most any
one can own a hen or two with mar-
velous records, that is but reason-
able to expect. But the real test of
production quality and worth lays in
the whole line or flock average, not
upon any one two or a dozen birdn.
We have a report before us now
that states:
"My hen No. 146 laid 217 eggs
during the past year up to April 1,
1923. Hen No. 142 laid 187 eggs
during the same period and twelve
other hens, all either sisters or half-
sisters to the above laid an average
of only 103 eggs each. All are of
the same breeding. Kept in the same
pen and were fed and cared for
alike.— L. F. C."
Here is the story: This breeder
could advertise his flock as a 217 egg
strain and be in line with what some
have done according to our observa-
tion, still the fact remains that this
pen of birds have a pen average of
only 165 eggs which, while nothing
extra for a selected pen to crow
about, would be a very flne record
for a flock of 100, 500 or a thousand
birds.
We must not lose sight of the fact
that according to the government re-
ports the average is but about
seventy eggs per year, so when we
consider this along with the above,
the difference stands out in com-
mendable fashion for the breeders
who are making the effort for greater
production and a higher general
average.
An egg is an egg, but still there is
a difference, and this is one of the
points we had in mind when writing
this article. The difference we refer
to is in the size of the eggs and in
our opinion the records for produc-
tion are very incomplete as we now
get them without mention of the size
and weight of the eggs. A hen wiUi
a record of 200 or more eggs is
pointed to with pride, but what about
her eggs — are they of standard size
and shape, have they proper quality
shells and are they all salable as No.
1 quality? These are questions that
have an important hearing upon sales \
worth and the general reports re-
ceived would be of much greater
value and interest with those iteiat
included. They would surely mean
more.
The matter of the size of eggs » ;
becoming of more importance every ^
year. Consumers are beginning to
understand that they get more for
their money when they buy lar^
eggs than when they buy small ones
and this is affecting the price in some
places.
The accepted weight for an egg is
two ounces and anything much
smaller than this will soon command
a lower price than will be paid for
those of normal size. This question
of the size of egg:; is certain to come
to the front in the near future and
the man whose hens produce egg% ,
that weigh above twenty-four ounces
to the dozen will get a higher price
than will be paid for those that run
below that weight. The larger egg
certainly is worth the most.
We heartily approve all the efforts
being made and as we note the prof-
ress, would urge all breeders to make '
more and still greater efforts for the
results are there to be had. Stand-
ard bred poultry is the foundation of
all the progress made and the higher
we hold Standard quality and com-
bine it with quality breeding for ever
greater production the greater will
be the results obtained. — H. P. S.
CHARCOAL IN THE
POULTRY YARD
The beginner who keeps charcoal
always before his fowls will save him-
self a great deal of trouble, provided
he follows proper methods in other
directions. Charcoal has the power
of absorbing large quantities of gases
and of neutralizing their effects.
When fowls are given access to
crushed charcoal they will eat large
quantities of it and this not only
absorbs and neutralizes noxious gases
in their stomachs but it seems to have
beneficial effectis in other directions.
In most towns crushed charcoal for
fowls can be bought and most supply
houses and incubator manufacturers
keep it on sale, but in the event that
these sources of supply are not avail-
able it is quite easy to make a sup-
ply of chafcoal for home use. Where »
corn is grown a good charcoal may
be made from com cobs. Pile up dry
cob:; and set them afire and when
they are a glowing mass of coals ex- '
tinguish the fire with water, or,
better, cover the pile with earth un-
til the fire is smothered and let th«
cobs cool down. A very good substi-
tute for charcoal is parched corn,
which has been kept over the fire un-
til it is thoroughly charred. The heni
may not eat this readily at first hot
after they have become accustomed
to it they eat it greedily.
THE CASSEROLE
(Continued from pase 866)
thieving is receiving a good deal of
attention in various parts of the
country. Richland County, Wis., is
said to have produced a novel way to
stop it on your plant Tie a string
from your chicken coop door to a bell
in your bed room. When the bell
rings, have your wife "cover" the
thief with a spotlight and a gun,
while you go through him for what-
ever he has that you could use in
your business. Wonder if Richland
County has any wives to spare that
will get down to that chicken coop
before the man can get away, with
that spotlight and the gun and the
knowledge and the will to use them?
Sounds like Adam had a snap, while
Eve did the dirty work, (c)
p. W. Harries is editor of the
Pacific Poultryman, and has been
connected with publishing for a good
many years. Speaking of the North-
west, he says that a good year is
ahead for poultry, because the signs
are favorable. There are signs and
signs, and they say all of them
fail in a dry season; but the signs he
judges by are those which he has
found to be really good indications of
the immediate future of poultrydam
the way subscriptions come in, and
the interest shown, at the winter
shows. He says 1924 will be a good
year, (d)
m • •
Mrs. H. C. Kleinsmith, that enthu-
siastic production hound of the North-
west, who has the courage to breed
Barred Rocks in a pretty nearly 100%
Leghorn country, calls attention to
the firmness of the whites in the eggs
of those hens which are giving good
hatchability. She knows full well
that hatchabilty is largely an inherit-
ed factor, but thinks there is prob-
ably a good deal in the theory of a
firm, rich, albumen being necessary
lor the hatching of good, strong
chicks. Only yesterday I received in
the mail from an amateur experi-
• L^enter, a tabulation of a setting of
eggs in an incubator last season, of
which each e^g was tested in advance
for the richness of its albumen con-
tent, and a careful record kept of
which eggs hatched and which did
not This gentleman found very lit-
tle (indeed, no) correlation between
a rich albumen and one not so rich,
as to the percentage of chir^'-.
hatched. Somewhere I have the re-
ralta of a whole season's ^urk I did
myself along that line. Every egg I
set that season was tested, marked,
and duly accounted for in the pedi-
free trays. I, also, found little cor-
relation, in spite of the theory which
at first looks so well and sounds so
likely, that the richer an egg is, the
better will it hatch. It seems to be
Juat another illustration of the truth
Both Sides Facing IN!
Only the HEADS of the chicks are over the feed
They cannot pollute,
neither can they contaminate,
nor introduce any foreign deleterious matter into
Clean Feed
Clean feed means feed saved.
Clean feed means healthy and stay-healthy chicks.
Treat them right this year. Give every chick his full chance.
He'll have mighty little chance if he must eat polluted food.
The Conkey- Norwich Chick Feeder
is the ONLY Chick Feeder in which the feed atays clean and
sanitary until it is all eaten up clean.
The detachable guard rod prevents the little chicks from getting into
the feeder, and it is too small for them to stand on. All they can do is
to line up, stick their heads under the guard rod, and eat, and eat And
grow, and grow.
Good for water and sour milk as well as for feed.
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that these mysteries of life and death
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••Should You Line Breed or Out-
cross?" asks A. W. Wauchek, and
goes on to state that line breeding re-
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pense, than most poultrymen can af-
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There has been a lot written about
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or poor breasts or some other defect
that will before many seasons have
rolled around, make you wish that
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.\nd you may not even get the pro-
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MOMT^OEIXO.
Fred W. Neal — "a small breeder"
comes to bat with his ideas of what
is what in breeding. He says that
the original jungle fowls were all one
color, und that the breeding which
has produced many different colored
varieties is a wonderful thing; but
that, because the original jungle fowls
laid a few eggs, and all production
breeding has done is to increase the
number of those eggs, therefore pro-
duction breeding doesn't amount to
much. In other words, if you can
make two colors grow where one g^ew
before, you are a breeder wortli
while, but two eggs for one isn't the
same thing at all, and isn't worth
while. All right, Mr. Neal, go ahead
and breed your colors — that's the
right thing to do, for you. But don't
make the mistake that so many fan-
ciers do, of throwing rocks at the
other fellow's way of breeding. May-
be he thinks the same way about
your stunt that you do about his, but
is too broad minded to say it out
loud, permitting you to have your
fun unmolested. And here is a bit
that is really quite funny: "I have
seen male birds bought on the breed-
er's reputation alone. Outside of
the fact that they came from stock
bred for egrg production, they were
not worth more than market price,
about seven or eight cents a pound."
Now that statement is undoubtedly
true; but the funny thing is that some
fanciers cannot realize that anyone
should want male birds that come
from stock bred for egg production
instead of stock that looks well.
Queer that "Handsome is as hand-
some does" is a saying all right in
general, but blasphemy when applied
to poultry breeding, isn't it? Gee!
I wonder if the fanciers all pick their
wives for their looks alone. Al-
though I'll cheerfully admit that looks
do help, in a wife or a chicken, (e)
C. T. Patterson says that fertility
begins to decrease at ten days, and is
gone at twenty days. Goodness!
Why doesn't some experiment sta-
tion give us real authoritative dope
on this question? Probably most of
us have known of actual cases where
fertility was not gone at twenty days,
but eggs more than that old when
set, hatched pretty well. And as for
the time it takes the influence of a
male to pass away after he is re-
moved from a pen, that is a matter
many a pedigree breeder would like
to have settled, but on which there
seems to be a good deal of uncer-
tainty. Several years ago I read a
Uble of experiments which showed
that fertility began to decrease at
three days and was gone at nine
days; so that twelve days after you
had changed a pen-head, the eggs
would all be fertilized by the new
male. I have proved the falsity of
those figures. Maybe Mr. Patterson's
figures are the right ones as to that
question. But I sure would like an
array of experimenUl figures that
would be convincing, (e)
• * •
F. D. Rogers is president of the
National Single Comb White Leghorn
Club, and he says that his club has
advocated for some time to have
utility classes in the shows filled with
specimens that have actual official
trapnest egg records. And then have
them judged by the one and only
SUndard. I knew that this plan had
been advocated, and* I have never
heard any reason from anyone why
it would not work, and work well.
Certainly it would do away with a lot
of ciiMci.sm and a lot of ''bunk
which results from the ^'judging" •
chicken's laying ability by feeling of
her outside. I didn't know, though,
that the National Single Comb White
Leghorn Club was squarely back of
the idea. If they are back of it, why
don't they do more pushing? They
couldn't do a better thii g for the ad-
vancement of the poult*-y industry,
especially for a poultry industry
which shall combine beauty and pro-
duction, as a good many would like
to see it do. Let's have classes of
high record birds judged for exhibi-
tion qualities! That would be really
worth while! (f)
• • •
I don't know who C. L. Dinsmore
is, but he knows a thing or two about
trapnests, what they will do for and
to a poultr>'man. He says that
"Thousands of hens are trapped every
year and finish with a record of 120
eggs and less." So don't let that
magic phrase "trapnested stock"
mean too much to you — necessarily.
Further: "Despite the popularity of
300-eggers, 200-eggs are still rare."
You bet they are, and the trapnester
knows it only too well. There is so
much talk about the 300-eggers, that
the ordinary utility enthusiast thinks
a 200-egger hardly worth his while,
nowadays. This, also, from Mr. Dins-
more, "It takes about ten years of
persistent trapping, pedigreeing, and
progeny testing to obtain a flock
average of 200 eggs." Right again!
How many flocks are there which
have maintained such an average for
several years? Editor Piatt tells of
the one at the Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College, where they have
had a 200-egg average since 1920-21,
every year. He calls that flock "The
most valuable flock of Rhode Island
Reds in America" and the project
represents "The greatest poultry
breeding project that has been car-
ried to the point of results accom-
plished, in the hstory of agricultural
experiment station work in Ameri-
ca." But to get back to Mr. Dins-
more's trapnests. He says that the
master breeders have accomplished
wonderful things with traps, but then
he shows quite clearly that tending
traps is no job for the ordinary com-
mercial egrg farmer. It would mean
hiring an extra man and paying out
the profits of the enterprise. "What
is one man's meat is another man's
poison" as the old saw runs, and trap-
nests will make a breeder or break
an egg farm. They are mighty ex-
pensive things to run and keep track
of and digest the results of. (f)
• • •
Any Red breeders in the audience?
Here's how the master breeder Harold
Tompkins picks his breeding cock-
erels for producing exhibition Reds.
He says that in August he put a blue
band on those cockerels which showed
the best growth, looked the best, and
carried a little bit of smut in their
under-color. Those that later "clean
up" and show no smut in their under-
color, he picks to use as his show
birds and breeders of show birds.
"These birds," says he, "have a lat-
ent strength of color, and I do not
have to make extreme matings with
tmutty birds. The black, with its
Quality for reinforcement of the red
color, is in the blood of the male."
Deep stuff, I should say. (f)
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are nature's months for hatching and rearing baby chicks. Right now is
the logical time to place your order for
BABY CHICKS AND HATCHING EGGS
Our 35 year's experience in Hogan testing an«l trapneslng enables us to
fill your order from breeding stock that has the "LAY" bred into them.
SUNNYSIDE BIRDS
This la th^ kind of utock yon n^t^A to fill tht> f^c basket
next winter. Can aupply eggt or rhirka from the foUowtn(
varieties:
White, BirfF Leghorns, Barred, Whke Rocks,
White Wyandottet, R. 1. Reds
and White Orpingtons
THE BEST ARE THE CHEAPEST
HAVE
i8o-ase Eaoi
EGGS PER 100
180-200 •ffc breii $10
210-248 eff br*<l 12
240-256 egg bred IS
CHICKS PER 100
180-200 effff bred $28
210-248 effg br^i 30
240-256 •!! bred 40
Start now with V.tf. lUhy Chicks or Mature Stock that
will produce bic <iividen<lii f<>r you.
SUNNYSIDE: POULTR
R. C. BLODGETT, Prop. Box 1015
RULLEXS
S !• 8 MMtkt OU
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Briotol. VI.
World's IVfost Famous Strains
S. C. white: L.EGHORNS
248 to 334 Pedigreed Egg-bred Lines
We ha?» «i rrmnd t flork nf Mr<U m nui i>* fatinii In AnMnr* - I'wtlifd. trepnealed. ttne bred -
fed on l<r*t f(<r«U plxniy of milk »f«i etiei>lut« frrc reiifK.
We have Imttwrt^d Tom Ilerran Mrein. bnxl berk in llnr arvvn yrera. with no hen under S«*-rn
renKii ftJid with r«><«>r<li up to 334. AI*o l> \V YiMing tttxk with rro'tds from 200 to SOO in • y»»r -
foundation ttoek dlrv<n frura Young and 100 per rent pur« l^acti alraln kn>t dialtnrtjjr ■et«rai*
With t>ie aFCMid largpet puuliry farm east of lite ll<irklee. we rmn aii|>|><r Jvoor n««<t* In •«« bred
•took and rhirlu a/id rcca In apaiMKt- ALL PKiHtt TKO OV Ot R OWN KAHM Oalal-iri* Tr**
OUR THOUSANDS OF SATISFIED CUSTOMERS SAY OUR STOCK IS "OREATIST LAYERS
ON EARTN"
BROWNSTOWN POULTRY FA R1V1« Browns town. Ind.
LARGEST SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN HATCHERY IN THE WORLD
Win
Chicago
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS
Win
Toronto
Mjr ttrain of White RoHu have won hlgheat honor* at our OrMteei rihlbllt. Al the Toronie
Royal Cbck 1. Cockerel 1-3; Chlcaco NaUonal— Co«* 1. lien 1, Cat^tni H «. Pullet III. Heel
Dliplay. ror 20 r**r* if bird* baee profen winner* and wnr^derfUl layer*. Tliey will ple«w ywi
Ecca from Spectai MaUnga tl 00 mob. Stock prteae reMonablak Write mm your wanta. SaUafa^Wkat
aaaured.
Box E LONDOM. ONTARIO
HAY
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PONGRCE,
EXNIBmONand UTILITY MATINCS^
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Crovi
LsiyPay
itOO NCNt UNOn mAPNOT AU. THE TIMI
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
April. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
407
I
I
Why You Should Breed
BARRED
PLYMOUTH
ROCKS
LATINO CONTEarS Prof» lh«t M •
whol* tiwf will Iv M ■*nJ ««■ " •"'
•tlMr brMd.
orriCIAL BEC0BD8 Show Ibey do their
tMSTlMt Ivlnc in t^ wlnur UnM wtirn •«*
ar« bIctiMt.
COilMISHION H0U8K8 lUport Uma th«ir
crvAtMt Milan mnd tt hlfhetl prt«« for
TIW 1»0% AMKBICAW Byd. Aj iturdf
M Um Ptlfrtin*. M dep«idftbl« u Ui» PlJ-
Boath Eoci wb«« tb* Pllffrtms landed aad
fiMH wbleb th« dOTlf* UmIt Dtm*.
PARKS'
Br(4-T*-Uy
Barred
Plymoath
Rocks
Arc Africa's OMcH
Mi Greatest
NOW CELEBRATING THEIR
35TH ANNIVERSARY
la IU9. !• b«ii« avarwd but M esc* •
Afiw 15 TMun of Careful B#ter«ion. Tr»p-
aeettnc and Pedlcreetnc for kXiUH. they'w
•ade and hold al>out etl the WORLD'S
CBHTiriED BOCK LATINO EECOBDB.
JU ttrala TlMt LaM Tbek Way late
Pe9«lar«ty.
Mr. M. Ilarrod. Flat Bock. lod . writea.
•Todajf. Petoruaa ». we got T5 ecsa tram
our TS heua (right In our rougheet wvather).
IWS AND DAY-OLD CDCKS
L
■cga running over 9S% fertile.
LOMTtook oil I only 145 dear. Mr. L Wag-
ner. Bchwenlnrllle. Pa^. wrltce. "Just tested
the 101 eggs, only S dear."
tSth Annlfetiary Cimilar PBCB. Lane
ooprrighted eatalogue booklet. 25«.
J. W. Parks, Ux E, AHmm, Pa.
ALCK
lot kr ««irlag mm.
hraaal ijeMrnT guarai —
OllffllCAtTCc. PA.
$14 pM" IM
r*U«rs. SU
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the eerl>
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Improve Your Flock
With our baby chicka.
Over forty years in the
chicken business, ship-
ping better bred and bet-
ter hatched chirk*, from
standard-bred and heavy-
laying parents. Our ex-
perience and standing
guaranteea high-grade
stock, either for improv-
ing flocks, or as foundation stock for be-
ginners. Ask for catalogue and price liat
giving full deUils.
NEW LONDON HATCHERY
Box B V«w London, Ohio
THE HOUSEWIFE AND
A FEW HENS
(Continued from page 368)
was where a man was a purser on an
Alaska steamer. He made good
wages but his wife showed him that
he could make more money and not
be away from home. It is hard to
make a seafaring man give up his
life's calling so this man was not so
sure that he wanted to quit but old
Mother Nature stepped in and laid
him out and he then had to quit. De-
spite the handicap of losing the use
of legs, this man made one of the
greatest successes that the Pacific
Coast has ever known. He had all
of the time to think about the work
and his wife's start made it possible
for him to go ahead and not be
forced to start at the bottom. I saw
this plant grow from two hundred
hens to seven thousand and do a fifty
thousand dollar business each year.
All men could not do as well as the
plant I speak of, but there are lots of
half sick men working today with the
fear of losing their jobs constantly
in their minds. If these men would
go out into the urban districts near
their own cities they could build up
poultry plants that would release
them from their hard work and in
time they could make more money
than they ever made in their lives
and at the same time regain their
health and live to old age in peace
and contentment.
rmpptnf H«n« in the Breeding Season
Mrs. Helen Dow Whitaker made a
suggestion not long ago that was a
big thought. She said that it was a
waste of time to "cull" pullets. That
the way to cull was to trapnest dur-
ing the breeding season and instead
of being forced to trap the pullets,
trap the breeders and in that way get
that old hen out of the flock that did
not lay, the hen that laid the small
or misshapen egg and showed the
ugly lines that goes to make a hideous
fowl in one's yard. These are not
her words but it is the substance of
what she said. The tlTought is more
than worth while.
If the housewife would put in a
battery of trapnesta and get at those
hens of the misshapen eggs, she
would breed that kind of layer out of
her flock. If she would trap her hens
she could always set eggs from those
hens that were most pleasing to the
eye and those that carried the beau-
tiful Standard lines.
Whenever you find a man or a
woman who says that they do not
care for looks but utility is all they
want. Go in to such couple's home
and you will see the same conditions
exi.sting in their whole household.
The man or woman with no artistic
temperament is a mighty unhappy in-
dividual or they are so filled with
their own ego that they do not know
what contentment means. Some
houses have bare walls, free from
pictures. Everything from the chairs
to the beds are substantial but there
is no idea of what goes to make a
cheerful home. Everything is utility
around such a home and there is no
tendency to have things real "comfy"
like the women with the artistic na-
ture. You will find in such homes all
kinds of calendars cluttering the
walls, carpets of the most sombre
hue, the house is poorly lighted sim-
ply because in order to have more
light one must use too much elec-
tricity. You will find such men and
women, when they leave a room, con-
stantly turning off the light and leav-
ing the house in gloom. It is such
women we call thrifty and they often,
by stinting, accumulate a small bank
account but they get little pleasure
out of their money, because they will
not take a chance to make that
money work for them, being satisfied
with the very small interest it may
bring forth.
Some people will work their chil-
dren every moment that they are out
of school. They will refuse to allow
them to take in the movies or have a
good time as they grow up and as a
result some night their daughters
come up missing and they find that
they have married some young fellow
not because they love that youngster
but in order to get away from the
grind at home. I know many house-
holds of this kind and there is no
satisfaction in visiting these homes.
The husband has lots of work laid out
for his offspring but never once
thinks of giving them the little
pleasures that are so cheaply had in
this day and age.
There would be more get back to
the land if the same conditions could
be had on the farm that can be had
in the cities. Electricity, hot and
cold water and the things that go to
bring comfort to the home. The time
is coming when the manufacturing
interests will be brought to the coun-
try where cheap taxes are to be had,
where labor is easy to get. When
this day comes the boy or girl on the
farm will be able to earn a good in-
come and still be able to go to school.
There are about thirty-one per
cent of our population on the farms
today. Many have left the farm for
the cities for the simple reason that
the work on the farm has not brought
in the income as large as one can get
in the citj^ but that day is fast pass-
'ng. The city is getting so congested
thfa* the rents have gone so very high
that no Tamily can live and be com-
fortable in the city. One thing
against the city in favor of the coun-
try is the fact th.'t when work shuts
down the expense i.- so low that the
urbanite can live awhile even if they
do not work. In the cHy one's rent
keeps on, everything on ^ buys must
be cash when the goods ire carried
home and even if one buvs on the
installment plan, the payments come
weekly and monthly and must be
met
Milk and eggs have saved many a
fanner in the wheat belt these last
few years when the bottom dropped
oat of all food prices. The city man
did not reap the benefit of these low
prices. Bread, today, is higher than
it was in 1914 despite the fact that
wheat does not bring a cent more per
bushel than it did that year. The
same thing goes down the line in all
kinds of food products. The middle
man seems to be a necessary evil in
the distribution of the food products.
Without the many middlemen to con-
sume these products the prices would
go 8till lower. The cities are neces-
sary as places of market but there is
no reason why the majority of the
people could not live ouUide of these
cong(«ted populations and at the
same time work at their callings.
Near my home is a big paper mill
that makes all grades of book paper.
This mill runs twenty-four hours
each day and only stopping twenty-
four hours each week, when the ma-
chinery must be cleaned up. Few of
the workers live near this big factory
bat most of them come to work in
their Ford cars. There is a pavement
all the way from Tacoma to this big
mill and it only takes a few minutes
to make the trip. This mill gets the
cheapest of taxes. They have their
site (n Puget Sound with all kinds
of shipping facilities, both by rail-
road and water. The land on which
their mill is built cost very little and
they get plenty of fresh water from a
creek that runs into the Sound.
More mills will eventually move out
on such lands and there will be built
up small communities where land is
cheap and homes are easily owned.
When a man can buy an acre for the
price of a lot, that man is foolish if
he lives in an apartment house.
Where a hou.sewife can have an acre
for her kitchen and flower garden,
plenty of room for her chickens,
good pavements to her front door,
why should she insist on living in a
congested district in the city where
her children never have a chance to
get off a pavement to play and at the
same time be in con.stant peril every
time they go forth to play. There
are thousands of children killed
yearly on the city streets. No
mother can deny them that chance to
get out from home yet when she gives
in, she is constantly anxious about
her offspring until they come home
safe when the lights are lighted.
DON'T BE AFRAID OF
THE GROUND
(Continued from page 371)
There is something in the contact
w^ith the ground that gives strength
»nd vitality and absolutely prevents
'^ weakness — a very common ail-
ment in young chicks that are con-
fined indoors. Perhaps you have
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Buming
The sure, nt>-risk colony brmnlcrs that raise chicks in large fl«Kks with the least
trouble and lowest cost; the perfected brmiders that emb<Hly every advanced feature
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Kither coal-burning or oil-hurninK — each the most practical of its type. There it
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Order NOW — have your brooder ready
when the chicks are due.
We can still supply Newtown fiiant F -
ctibators — sincfe. double or triple deck if
y<Mi order immediately.
If'ritr or tcire for Complfte Catalog.
NEWTOWN GIANT
INCUBATOR CORP
M Warsaw St.,
Harrisonburg,
irginia
ANDERSON'S
S. C. BLACK MINORCAS
1924 Winnings at the Garden
In one of the Urgest ftnd best clM««a "ren at Ifadiaoo
Sqnsre Garden in years, ther win : First sd4 Tltlh
Oocksrsls; First sod Fottrth Tonnf Psiu; Socoad sad
Fourth Old Fmu; Socood PoUtt; Fifth Ooch sad FlfU
H«a. - Also winners At Chicsgo. in Decomber, of Threo
'•»lu*«" in big claa*. Tho Kir«t Young Pen at lladi
Ron Square Garden told to Tex Ki<-kard f>'r fancy price
Mating list.
R. H. ANDERSON,
LYNCHBURG, VA.
rtrvt CevftarM,
Madlaea Sseare
il^^*^l \H}
'?JiiTVihiE WYANDOTTES
Win Best Display Madison Sq. Garden, N. V., 1924
They also win First and Second Old Pen; First and Second Young Pen; Sec-
ond Cock; Second Hen; First, Fourth and Fifth Pullet. This line ban won
Best Display at
THIS GARDEN, NEW YORK. SHOW FOR 13 YEARS
Hatching Egfft from prise matinga. $10.00 p«r 15 egg*; from our choic* flock
matinga, $300 per 15 egga; $5.00 pmr 30; $«.00 per 50, and $15.00 per 100
eggs Selected Stock for sale. Satisfaction as.iured. Circular free.
Ill
GLENDALE
SHEFFIELD FARM
H. B. Hark, Mgr.
OHIO
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April. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
409
Try the New Way
To Kill Lice
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Potter Redubill Poult rij Houses
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HotiaM, Coopa and
Booatlaff andMMtiiic
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IMPKOVED MICHEL
Al KIMMIt i I AMI KK.U AIOH
^ ^ I overheating or
"chilling of "eggs in Incubator.
AolMBiittcally adiutts 6aine on lamp.
Maintains even tpmp«roture in Incubator
revardlrst r.( ooiMde temperature varia-
Kequirrn no attention. Save* hall
th« oil. If oot«o»dby yoard^ator.
• postal eard »UI tirlnc you
our <«r(Mlar with full partlnj-
lar*. Af ati wuatt* mmrn^tn.
HENIY MICIEL A SON
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Save Your Chix!
Colony
Brooders
Blue Hen
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that your chicks ^
will live. be»«l ^'
fuarante« «»f ,gif*
perfectly c«>n-
trolled warmth. $2L00
with leasl co«t •30drtcwK»^
of coal and
least waste of
time firing up.
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seen pictures of chicks running: out
on the snow as they used to do when
there were so many of the small out-
door hovers in use. These chicks
were hardy and rupjfed in the ex-
treme and the death rate was small.
You have also, no doubt, seen chicks
paddling through wet mud in the
yards of a brooder house — without
any ill effects. I
But in any event you can rest ar,-
sured that there is something in this
contact with the ground that gives
strength and life to a chick that
nothing else will give — it is Nature's
way and that is actually the best.
We do not know whether the cause
is electrical or what it is, but we do
know the result. This contact with
the ground, however, must be at the
right time, for the proper length of
time and in a way that will enable
the chick to seek shelter and warmth
easily and whenever it wishes it.
It is positively cruelty to animals
to drive chicks out into yards — and
let them find their way back if they
can. •
It is senseless to expect chicks of a
young and tender age to be without
proper heat for any length of time;
they must ward off a chill the moment
they feel it.
It is equally foolish to think that
a young chick will be so wise as to
find ita own way back from a yard
that looks as big to him as a ten acre
lot when he felt the need of that life-
giving warmth. A brood of chicks
should be jrradually broken to the
ground just as the hen breaks her
brood — little by little — in easy sUges.
Open the door to the outside run and
leave it open on a good day and see
how many chicks will go out of their
own accord. If only a few have the
courage to venture, chase the others
out and let them stay out until you
see signs that some of them are get-
ting cold — and then gently steer
them all back into the house — and
close the door. One or two trials
will teach them and very soon they
will be running out and in to their
heart'.^ content. If you keep the
door shut too long the chicks will not
thrive or grow as they should, of that
you can convince yourself by one
season's experiments for the ground
is what they need and must have.
Just as a chick will try to balance
its own ration so will it accustom it-
self to the outside run. It knows
when it wants to go out and it knows
equally well when it wants to come in
and if the attendant attempts to in-
terfere he will injure the chick.
But whatever you do, don't prevent
your chicks from getting on the
^ound if they want to. Don't force
them to go out if you see that they
are not inclined to do so but give
them the opportunity.
Teach them what the outside is like
and they will take as much or as little
as Nature intends them to take.
Don't you be afraid of the ground!
DO YOU KNOW?
(
(Continued from page 373)
tendency to lay and others have a
born tendency to put on fat?
That more depends on the breed-
ing of the male as to the number
of eggs the offspring will produce
than upon the female?
That you should select the variety
which suits you best as to color, size
and .««hape, and breed them up until
they satisfy you as to quality and
productiveness? You make a mis-
take by jumping from one breed to
another.
That so many starting in the poul-
try business aim too high? They
want to walk before they are able to
creep. The most successful poultry
farms in the country today are those
that started small and gradually grew
up. No business can be successfully
conducted without experience.
That it will pay the average poul-
try raiser to trapnest his flock in the
fall and winter months and breed
from the pullets which lay earliest in
life and from the pullets and hem
which lay in winter?
That many high egg producers lay
thin shelled eggs, and that the germs
are often weak? A few high produc-
ers are able to lay large numbers of
eggs, fertilize them, and put vitality
into the chick.
That the Mediterranean breeds can
stand more protein and fattening
food than birds of the American,
Asiatic and English breeds? There
is not so much danger of a Leghorn
becoming too fat, and they require a
richer food than the other classes
mentioned.
That popcorn contains more nitro-
gen and phosphates than the regular
Indian corn and yet we never hear of
popcorn entering the bill of fare of
poultry?
That hens must not be excited or
chased, but should be handled in a
quiet, gentle manner at all times?
That rape will color the yolk of the
egg green, and onions or fish scrap
will cause the eggs to taste of these
if fed in too large quantities?
That the heavy laying hen will lay
practically all of the color out of her
legs and plumage in one year?
That hens will lay a few more eggs
in a year when a male is not used in
the pen with them?
That most good layers moult late
in the season? They look tough,
dirty and weather-beaten as a rule as
a result of their hard year's work,
but the poor layers spend their time
in dressing up and putting on a beau-
tiful coat of feathers, and get them
as early as possible.
That the best producers have broad
bodies? The back is broad and the
ribs widespread, giving plenty of
room for the egg organs and diges-
tive organs. Their bodies are solid
and the birds are not loose jointed but
compactly built.
HOW TO TELL CHOLERA
Fowls may get cholera at any time
of the year, but its ravages to the
^•eatest loss set in from the hot
months on into the late fall. This
disease begins with lassitude and no
inclination to move. As a rule, diar-
rhoea is a prominent symptom, al-
though at times it does not occur.
The birds, if young, may eat until
they die, says the Twentieth Cen-
tury Farmer. Others again refuse to
eat and are very thirtsy. The tem-
perature of the body runs to 110 de-
grees. Sometimes the comb turns
very dark, in other cases it turns a
jfrey white. Excrement is voided
often and is largely made up of
urates, thin and yellow, sometimes
frothy. It may change to green. Its
crop is often full of food and para-
lyzed. Inoculation from one bird to
r another occurs in from ten to more
hours. In some cases the disease
runs a rapid course, in other cases
longer.
Examination after death finds the
liver enlarged, very large in some
cases, and very dark, sometimes a
dark green, sometimes spotted. Its
gall bladder is mostly distended with
a thick, discolored bile. Its rectum
and intestines are congested. When
attacked a bird rapidly loses weight.
Literally the flesh seems to shrink,
shrivel and disappear into the air.
The germ under the microscope
shows up in form both oval and
round. Ita deadly effect is felt be-
tween a temperature of 85 and 100
and over. Damp, hot weather is best.
It cannot move of its own accord, as
some other forms of germs do. And
it is easily killed, will die out of itself
when dried; has weak resistive power
and can be easily killed by disinfect-
ants, such as carbolic, bonzoic. sali-
cylic, or sulphuric acids. By playing
a spray of hot water on infected
spots for ten or fifteen minutes the
germs are killed. One per cent solu-
tions of the above acids will utterly
destroy it.
The value of disinfection in the di-
seajie goes without saying. Kill off
and burn the sick fowls, then disin-
fect, is the remedy. Germs must
pass into the stomach or get into an
abraded place on the fowl to cause
the disease. It is brought on the
place usually by other fowls, or wild
birds; or the disease germs, yet rife
in the soil, are carried on the feet of
dogs or cats to the yards. Fowls are
now in certain localities inoculated
against death by cholera. The virus
inoculated upon sheep, horses or man
forms an abscess where the virus en-
tered, but shows no other symptoms
and docs no harm, but some of the
smaller animals it immediately kills.
In passing from the sick to the well
fowls be very careful that you do not
carry some of the virus on your
hands or clothes, to the fowls not yet
inoculated.
Fint Prin Cock and ChaaptM Male. N«w Y*rt ttata
Club MMt RMliMtw. in4.
EGGS from Choicest Matings.
me your wants and for circular.
C. L. WHITING ti
WHITING FARMS
S. C WHITE LEGHORNS
Win at Rochester Show, New York
State Club Meet, January. 1924:
Cocks 1-2-3-4; Hens 1-2-3; Cock-
erels 1-2-3-4-5; Pullets 1-2-4; Old
Pens 1-2; Youn|r Pens 1-2; Best
Display; Champion Male; Cham-
pion Female, etc.
S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS
Win at Rochester Sh<»w, New York
State Club Meet: PulleU 1-2-3;
First Prize Cock, Champion Male,
winner of Shape and Color Spe-
cials; also First Prize Hen, winner
of Color Special, now in my yards.
EXCEUENT BREEDING STOCK FOR SALE
Satisfaction guaranteed. Write
PITTSFORD. N. Y.
AnAMC Single Comb Dark Brown f
AUAMO LEGHORNS
Triumph at Madison Square Uarden, January. 1024 — winninf as
follows :
1-2 Cock 12-3-4 5 Cocker^ 1 Old Pen
2 Hen 4 PuUet 1 Younf Pan
At the Club .Show. Annual Meet. Cleveland. O. Derember. 102 3.
they won a total <>f 147 {iuint«.
The«e wina in th<> two irr<>at Am«>riran clatairs should be roo-
Tinring. Circular and jirires on request.
H 0- ADAMS
LYNCHBURG. VIBOIKLA A Saidea WlM«r
BROILERS, CHICKENS AMD EGGS WAMTED
Ship uh your i.ouUry (\\s^ ai.d .lr.s».'d) by rxi.ros*. We ray more money for liva poul-
try than y.'u ran *oll it f<>r in v"ur home town. We aUo want your white and brown e<f«.
Writo for ^hij-pintf ta«« m\u\ our i»rne . urrent whi<h quote* the New York prirea.
We mako retuma daily and pay net pri' ei». No .iommiii!il« n charjed.
We return coopa to any part of the country free of char^r
S. Betman & Son
317 Oreanwlcb St.
NEW YORK CITY KEW YORK
CatablUhed 1808
KKFKIIKXCK.S:
.State Hauk, 14«m> ',th Ave. N»-w York City
Dun'n Commercial Agency
Itrad»ttre««t'« C >minerf ial Agency
Aok your bank to look ua up.
LIGHT BR AHM AS Chicks-Eggs
5cr;'*'Br«V yTf oM.7 now for mrvrV^^ **^'r J!j:iL '": 'i •'.'t^M-*!
«2^^»0 for 100 Mortal matlr.f rt.irka SOc rad, AU prt-oaia l-r .p«-'a .Wli»-ry i-arr,-! p.-t aii.t ••♦
Livi? I)rLIVFliri:i ARANTKEl. llatcMn. e«j ai-.H-r-A^a WrIU for fr« raialu.,.. an4 r»-
Btemlier tn> fuarantee of BaUrfact»««» on ALL HALTS.
W. H. HANKINS, Light Brahma SpecialUt, t*% E-3, StraHf^. MUa— H
Little's Wliltc Wyandottcs
stork and Einrs for sale from my Baltimore. Wilmington, Philadelphia
and New York winders. Cockerel, and Cocka $5.00. $10.00. $15 00. $20.W).
I have some fine breeders for sale. Eff. $3.00, $5.00. $10.00 per fifteen. No
better blood can be found. Let me fill your order.
Samuel Little, IMewarR, Delaware
190S
1914
LIGHT BRAHMAS
.... t. A^rt.tX ^\ntM^ Uvara. bl« "Golden brown" eggti Ifoat
li— .,tif,.l biiMneaa hena wonderful winter layert, big "Golden brown" egga
Beautiful »'";\^;;„'„p*^;;i,/,,,y. n.trhmg Kgr.. Chick., lirr^ding Htork Vary baat
Large range flocka. Price* low. Stamp appreciated
DAHIEI. BEYAJ. »:_>» POETIA»D. H.DIA»A
firofltable fowl.
blood Kive prize yarda.
YAUXKUf 1 breeding plant
LtSjOTlK ROCKS
HAROLD r. BARBER DOVER . MABS.
ii.AT( iiiNc; K(;(;s
Not many, but fcood
Htatt Atk fot Cirtulat
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April. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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Ship Hatching Eggs
^— * Safely in
I ■ ■
\ ■ ■ / Packages
Take no chancest Ship your batchiDff emr» m
the SAFEST conUineri.
rLTHOOniPACKACBSare used exclusively
by the large saccessf ul hnt-drraand batcncnet:
are the type recoromrndtd by poultry achoolt,
ioarnala, and brecdori evrrrwhrre. This dis-
tioctive colored packave makes your shipm«nt
appear of real value to your customer. FLi -
MOUTH PACKAGES not only lc<.k ifood but
thrf «Mi««r vooranaany dMsnea. •oproiMUdUiat
tb* ■iitiffyn cannot M dainac«d by rnptar*.
Madcin foaraisM: I aHtin«. tamirws. *• ••fi *~
•OS. Can ba aawl safety for agSMf aUUndi and slscs.
wTTu for priM list and trm »«*«?«. "!"« g^-*^
WAY TO BHIP BETTINGS OF BGGS. " whwh wm
prvoarod for as by ono of tbo londinff mm in th«
poot^nr indostfy.
TBB MMHSMMCfOM MANUFACTTUBIBK: CO.
M W. Mttmn&m lU ny
YOUNG'S'Hr^E"^
Now Is ths Urn* to rslM your flock for
hooM acn noBt Wlntor WrlU for frw
IxMkloC Aowlnc 40 ailftrmH euU of
POULTBT HOrsKS ANI> BQUIPIIKNT.
C. C. YOUNS CO.
I Ospsttt.. fissdslsk. Mass.
8lio SOkSIsI*
COOP sad nun Ur H«a sad Cklsks
Trlple-Pupppse
GRIT
Does away with Oyster Shells.
Send dealer's name and we will send
you free sample.
Grmwtottrm IWfl anulacturlno Co.
Box 1002 Hartford, Com.
ICKEN LETTUCE
Be« r«en food for poultfy. Will F^' ■"▼
whec Send, up w^ut «alk 3 fc<J^^
losded with tender Ic.ve*. Yield e«t*«7*JX
/heavy. Small .psce will furniJx green food
^ ^fbrbtgfl^k. Thrre bi. psckspe. of
Chicken Uttuce tred snd fix »non<J"
•ub«:ription to PtnihrvSucceMonlv Wc.
HOW TO MAKE MORE MONEY!
^0^^^ UnuHUslly attractive profits
^^i^^^H\ tskily and quickly mads at
^^B ^Hr home in apare time, raisinf
^^H ^_C^ KViinra pifs. squabs, ttc.
^^K^^"^ Thousands being u*ed.
^^^ Highest price paid to rais-
»rs. Markst guaranteed. No experienca
necessary. Write today for free booklet.
MUTUAIi FOOD PE0DU0T8 00.
D^pt. o 1*00 Broadway. Haw York
I HOW MUCH PROFIT MAY
I EXPECT?
(OoBtlnuad from pace 869)
know this is not the government sta-
tistical fij^ures, but we are speaking
of the flock that is bred for egg pro-
duction, carefully housed and fed to
promote egg production. One hun-
dred fifty eggs per bird is twelve and
one-half dozens. At an average of
45 cents which he ought to average
on the eastern market he would have
an income of $5,625 per bird. It will
cost about $1.50 to feed a bird one
year at present prices. These are
not the so-called paper profits, but
what have actually been done and
can be done again.
With twenty acres to work with,
this man could work up a wonderful
business. He would have plenty of
room to raise his young stock. He
could raise his fruit, vcgeUbles, pork
and keep a few cows to furnish but-
ter and milk for his flocks. He could
develop a good egg laying strain of
fowls, enter them in the egg laying
contests and show what they could
do, thus creating a demand for his
breeding stock that would make him
more money than commercial eggs.
Only this past week we met a county
agent who gets a salary of $3,000.00
a year, but his flock of about 750
head of bred-to-lay Leghorns made
him more than $5,000 last year. He
started this flock only a few years
ago by buying a trio or pen of care-
fully selected bred-to-lay stock and
by applying careful methods of selec-
tion and mating he has a flock that
is making a great reputation for him,
and he is selling the output with very
little advertising.
What he has done, this man can do
if he will follow out his suggested
plan of getting some poultry knowl-
edge before he sUrts, and supple-
ments it as we suggest with some
practical experience and start easy.
We know of many an experienced
poultry man that would like to have
his opportunity of that twenty acre
farm, paid for, and with money
enough to insure running two years
until he was established.
WN«r« You t— Lots off
Chicks You Will Find a
SUOOeSSrUL* in Uso
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ThU U provrd by the "Succeanful 31-
,p«r rxx^nJ. Vou w»nl the " S«icce»«-
lul" ft>r s •<•«• •iiccT«« thi» yrar. Sril
m.»r« rgffS snd ctikkens and help feed
the world.
"SUOOESSFUL" ■"SSSSS*'
Mmiurvt. • M'Ct>_SSFl'l •
Grain Siiruutr r« ( ui m*h ^rr^n '
luuil iiiaks hrna Ijiy jn win-
tv. Ask your pef^t de^.
m 1"^" a pootsl. Oct our oiler.
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THE MEDITERRANEANS
(Continued from page 865)
reproductive organs of fowls cannot
be questioned. Evidence of that fact
is within the reach of every breeder
of poultry. In the males the comb
is largest and brightest during the
breeding season, and when a hen is
about to begin laying and whilst she
continues in profit it is large, firm
and bright. So soon as she ceases
production it shrinks and becomes
comparatively dull. So far is this
recognized that it is a common say-
ing that a hen "looks like laying."
Further, during the growing stage
the comb indicates the time of pub-
erty. Races in which the comb shoots
early arc those which come into profit
soonest. From these evidences it is
apparent that there is a direct con. ;
nection between the head ornaments
and the egg or generative organs, fop
which reason they assume a mor«
important position in our considera-
tion of the relationship between char-
acters and qualities, and are an indi-
cation of practical value to th«
breeder.
The most prolific fowls are apt to
have the largest combs up to a cer-
tain limit. At one time Minorca
males had combs of such large size
that the fowl was useless as t
breeder. Such fowls were dubbed,
their combs were cut oflf, and this im-
proved their producing qualities.
Whenever an unnatural size of comb
is encouraged, you not only spoil the
looks of the fowl, but you will, or
have injured their real worth for
breeding. It is by far best to make t
rule that you will follow the laws of
the Standard.
The ear lobe of a fowl is of no
relative value other than it is a
beauty spot. The while ear lobe of
all Mediterranean fowls is a made
product that is continually trying to
get back to at least part red. All
naturalists agree that to breed for
white lobes on fowls that have yellow
skins is working against nature. Yet
it is continually done. Then, again,
we find foreign or bad color showing
in red lobes. I have seen Cochins
with yellow or bronze colored lobes.
I have seen Cochins that had no lobes
because they had been cut out be-
cause of bad color. I have also seen
little Game Bantams that had creamy
white in lobes before they were
dubbed.
Buff Leghorns have Cochin blood
in them; that is why their lobes are
apt to have red in them. There is a
real reason for all such troubles.
That is why we have so many trou-
bles in breeding our fowls to profit
from any color. The love of the
fancy for producing things most diffi-
cult has given us the large number of
beautiful fowls. Our next will tell of
Asiatic fowls.
BLACK PLUMAGED
FOWLS GAINING FAVOR
We would not be surprised to see
black fowls come into much greater
favor than they are v^w accorded.
Any one who has seen t^ perfectly
colored Black Minorca, Jersey Black
Giant, Black Langahan or Black Orp-
ington must be lost to all sense of the
beautiful if he does not admire the
beautiful play of the greenish sheen
reflected from its plumage. The pre-
judice against black feathers is all
the more senseless when we consider
that the big markets do not discrimi-
nate against them in any way. No
one every saw black fowls given »
separate market quotation in a mar-
I ket report.
DESIRE TO SUCCEED
No one will succeed in making
poultry raising profitable unless he
has a genuine love for the business
and a desire to succeed. Poultry
raising is not a business which can
fully be taught by books and papers.
The best we who write for poultry
press can do is to point out the way
and jfive warning against serious
mistakes.
When we direct a stranger on his
road we simply give him the general
directions, telling him, perhaps,
about the steeper hills and danger-
ous fords he will find, but we do not
attempt to tell him of all the stones
that lie in the road nor of the mud-
holes and rut*; along the way: We ex-
pect him to look out for these him-
self, as they are incidents to every
journey.
So it h in givmg directions for
raising poultry. \^e can show the
way anil tell about the most promi-
nent factors that make for success or
failure, but no book or series of
papers could be so complete that it
would i.ive a line of ect on which
should be taken at every possible
emergen- y.
Every poultry raiser is constantly
meeting new problems which must be
solved if success is to be reached.
On the individual capacity to solve
these unexpected problems depends
the result of undertaking.
The poultry press of today is the
strongest factor in making success
possible that is enjoyed by any class
of breeders. The poultry business is
a great succe.ss because it has a
strong array of journals devoted to
its best interest, in the columns of
which may be found set down the
experiences of the most successful
poultrymen.
The poultry raiser who depends
on his own knowledge or thut which
he acquires **by word of mouth" al-
most invariably finds he is traveling
a rough and stony road which often
ends in complete disaster. The his-
tory of poultry raising is filled with
the accounts of wrecks brought by
undertaking to work without help.
Those who support the poultry press
have no need to fear disaster if they
will read and heed what is published
month after month in the pubica-
tions devoted to this great and grow-
ing industry. — P. H. R.
REAL QUALITY EGGS
There was a time when it was
thought that the quality of an egg
fairly might be judged by its age,
but that time has passed. No longer
do those who seek the best take age
as the sole criterion by which to
judge the gustatory delights that
may be experienced by eating fresh
eggs. Those who have knowledge of
all the conditions necessary to the
production of eggs of the highest
qMtttj want to know not slone the
f of the egg but the surrounding."*
of it« production.
rirat Cocksrsl. Annual Meat of National
Single Oomb Wbite Legbom Olnb. Hs*rt of
America, 1923.
SHA.NDS*
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
COMBINED
Quality - Tjrpc- Production
WINNERS
Maditon Square Garden
Chicago Coliseum
Heart of America
HATCHING EGGS - BABY CHICKS
12-Pop%dar Brw^dM-12
Free, illustrated catalogue No. 20E
WHITE HILL FARMS COMPANY
10 Weal 13th St.
KANSAS CITY, MO.
SNOW WHITE WYANDOTTES
K remsrksblfl islet record in being insde in egg« for bstcblog
in ZwirkB excellent Snow White Wysndottes. White Wyan
<l»tte breearm •hould get their orderi in tarljr. otberwlse thsra
will b« dukspt'ointtu^nta.
ZW1CK*S SNOW WHITB WTANDOTTB BOOS
for hst«hing sre from Chicsgo Collaeum snd Indiana 8Ute Fair
winningn (rum '20 up'*"*! bifh grade insling.. These «*"<[>•;'•
— «i-izz=5=;--^ di"veloi.e«l by Arthur O lm»ton. our •uperintendeot. ^ '>♦•
for listing List snd lUuttrated Hales Book containing photographic views of ^wlch s
White Wysndotte Fsrm. , ^ ^ ... ^ %i^i iin..
A rhoioe lot of cockerels still on hsnd. line iturdy itock from go<»d blood Hoes
Letters of spprovsl from buyers indicste their ssli.fartion >\ s wsnt you as s
■ stisfied cuntonmr.
K. H. ZWICK, SpMteltyBrMtfer, s.s.« OXyORD, OmO
Blanks F»e<llopeecl, Exhibition
8. C. R. I. Reds and Giant Bronxa Toriiays
GREAT EGG REOORD GREAT SHOW RECORD
The birds in our bree.ling pen. won at Madi.on 8<\"*"«!.^«**",, ""•!*»• Cbicafo.
Syracuse. Virginia and Raleigh. N. C. 25 out of a possible 29 First I'rii.s
100% Owen Fsrm.' snd Hsrold Tompkins' straint. each bred separately, trapped
*"** EOlS'Sr SALE from dsm. snd daughter, of dam. with recards of from 201 to
278 egg.. Egg. HALF PRICE sfter May 15th.
Prices rea.onable Write for Mating Li.t and Prices. _^... w.-«.««s.
BLANKS mSO it aaONZB WAMM WAfALlB, VIBOIMIA
*'LADY BEAUTIFUL
ff
Barred Plymouth Rocks
Two Remarkable Winning, at Two Great Shows in Two Succe^lve
Weeks
Chicago Coliseum, Dec. 1 1 Baltimore, Md., Dec 4
ENTRY— 117 Sin^ts. 24 Pans
Oock 6 Hen 12-4 5. Oocksral V'/*'« w
SJl 5:4". Oocksralbrad He- » ^. <^
i?albrsd Pullet 1. PRllet^bred C^k\2.
SSst-bred Ojcksrel 12. Cock.rrt bred
Toiiiig Pan 1. PuUst bred Young P«n 1.
BEST DISPLAY
EVTRT— 135 Blnglaai. 5 pass
Oock 14, Has 4 5. Pullat 12 5. Oock
eral brad Hen 4. Cocke ral brad Pullet 1-4
Pallet-brad Oock IS, FttllaVbrsd Otk-
erel 2.
BB8T DISPLAY
m— 1.*. ..nsrfttA strinc. at two great Bsrreu !'|y»oath R^k Rihibitloni;
^.J7t\^rC':r::T-Vc:p»fmnoi.. .iJ^b. e-t... h^-A, .. b...—,..
». nw^ '%^r\t1 tux Kir en 7 I'erhsp. your Sock need, rh-ire new blood •
ARE YOU IlN INttL^ . msle or ferosls. or two; nr perhsp. yon de.tre
Vfresh .tsrt with selected breeder, thst will producs tba quality from wbkh great
wlunerj^ome.^^I^can helpjo^^ ^ ^^^^ ^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^_^,^,^ ^^^,,^^
on request, giving prices as well.
C, N. MYERS
Box E
HANOVER, PA.
412
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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WILBURTHA
FARMS
Introduces
"SNOW BALL"
Our sensational winning cockerel at
New York State Fair, and one of tha
blackest birds that ever lived.
For complete information about our
Jenej Black Giants and White Ply-
mouth R«»cks, write for <»ur caUlofue,
or, (or quick anion, order from this
advertisement.
Hatching Egga. Exhibition Mating*,
$1.00 each. ^ « ».
Hatching Egga. Selected Flocka,
$20.00 per 100.
Babj Ohicks, ExhlbiUon Mating*.
$2 00 each.
Baby Chicks, Selected nocki, $40.00
per 100.
Baby Ohlcka, Selected Flocka, $20.00
per &0.
Baby Ohlcki. Selected Flocks. $10.60
per 25.
Wilburtha Poultry Farm
Box 28, Trenton Junction, N. J.
Harvey Flak
OWNERS:
M.
It. Chapman
Rice's Prize Winning
S. C. BL/ICK MINORCAS
Cliamplons
CHICKS
Free Mating Lint
J. L. RICE, Box 84, PBONETON, QUO
NIXON'S
WhiteWyandottes
Grand Cliavtiplons and mA
Smtmmptiakm Wknneru at
Madison Square Garden
LXSTESri
Send today for
my 19S4 Matinc
List deacrlblnir 35
of the finest mat-
inic* in all America.
Free.
Special for
April: 4 $10.00
females and «
•?fi *^?'"i!!?. ^•^ S20 male for
•eears Oardea. 9oV.
ItZS
CH AS. NIXON
Box 21 WASHINQTON. V. J.
r^NOCRAPHf^
Well, the nomlnatlnf ballot of the Ameri-
can Poultry Aasociation election looks as if
there were still a few live members. With
President Ri(yc getting 1.693 and Vice Presi-
dent Nourse gettinjc 1.637 vote*, it looke as
if there was stiU some interest in the old
association.
• • •
Down South In District No. 4, Ben Adams
received 115 votes. RumpU P. Palmer 53. and
Mrs Florence Forbes 45.
Out in California, in District No. 8. Mr.
Blackman received 82 vote*. Judge Williams
17 and Mr. Butler 10.
The Hon. John 8. Martin will be returned
without opposition. The Canadian fanciers
»eem to know when they are well off.
* • •
Down East, in District No. 2. Judite M. L.
Chapman will replace Frank W. DeLancey
without any opposition. He should make a
strong man for the board.
* • •
The weather man is utill playing havoc with
the spring weather at this Mrltinjr and he
does not promise much relief for the next
month or so.
* • •
That means be prepared to take care of
thnne l>aby chicks. Have a draft-proof place
for your brooders; jmt some dirt on the floor;
bee that they have sunshine and fresh air;
remove the chill from the drinking water and
they will get along o. k.
Careful attention to details is what counts
in raising chicks.
• • •
I^aby chick orders have been reported an
nlow. probably because the buyers are not
prepared to take care of the early chicks in
bad weather.
• • •
It will probably be like last si»ring — the
latter i»art of the season will be ifood and the
usual number of chicks turni>d out.
• * •
As we predicted last winter, the bottom
fell out of the exg market. With a large
hupply in cold storage and an open winter
with the country hens layinfc aoo^, there was
a good supply of fresh eggs to be had. The
rosult wa? there was not much call for
Ktorage eggs and once they were dumped on
the market to make room for the fresh ones
(x>ming in, the price wa^i bound to drop.
• • •
You cannot beat that old law of supply
and demand. It always has and always will
»el the price.
• • •
We have received so many calls for loca-
tion* for poultry jtlants that we are beicinninr
to keep a list of such places for sale and if
at any time you are interested you miicht
drop us a line, perhaps we can tell you where
you can get the pla< e you want.
• • •
Wonder how some of the 300 ejcg boosters
will feel when they realite that an over-
supply of eggs knocks the price down to
nothing f
• * •
And don't forKCt. friend-*, that it was the
fancier who made the many beautiful breeda
we have today. It was the fancier who built
and maintained the American Poultry Asso-
ciation. It was the fancier who has produced
the beautiful and that is what has made
chicken cranks. Some poultry papers will
find they rannot afford to push the fancier
into the backitround in favor of the specialty,
commercial egic producer.
• • •
A beautiful, well-bred fowl will always be
admired and be in demand. The 300 egg
iliK ken will be popular as lonjc as egic* are
hi^'h. WIh'H orjcs ro to lej»» than 20 cents a
doten they won't be so jtopular and their
other sales will drop in proportion.
• • •
People are not so anxious to go in the
chicken business when eirgs are low in price,
but the fancier will start any time.
What we would like to aee is a reviTtl
of interest in some of our old-time fancy '
breeds.
« • •
"Billy" Halbach. the well-known White
Rock breeder of Whitewater, Wis., says he is
way behind on orders and that it looks Iik«
the beet spring for business in a long time.
• * *
The state inspection of farm flocks suppij.
ing eggs for the hatcheries is proving very
popular in Illinois. The accredited hatchery
iisinj; eggs from inspectetl flocks is the o&«
that is going to get the business in the
future. It will be a little slow in developing,
but it is bound to come.
• • •
A wi rd to the wise. Some of the adTer-
tising being run nowadays with thone olaisu
of enormojis ejftr strains, etc., is going to g«t
an awful bumping some day. The "Truth la
Adverti.<ing Committee" of the Associated
Advertitting Clubs of the World has their ey«
on the chicken business and some day will
check up on it.
Tell the truth about your commodities. If
you have good stuff that is enough. The
truth will stand about .so much stretchiog
and then it will break.
We were pleased with that article in lut
month's issue by (>. A. Hanke, entitled. "Tbs
South is in the Race." You bet khe is, ao4
our article last fall, after our trip dova
there, was but a forerunner of what is t«
come. They have the climate, soil, nearnesi
to market and many things that will giTt
them a big advantage.
* • •
We told you it paid to advertise in Every
bodys. Did you note that Editor Schwsb
knid our remarks had brought several inter-
eating letters, one of which was an honestto-
goodness proposal f
We will give our Editor credit for stickint
to his ship and not rupning off to Soatk
America with "Line" to avoid the dangeri
of leap year.
• • •
May 18 the ideal month for baby chirki
The grass is green; the t>un is bright; tb»
frost is out of the ground ; green food and
bug life are plentiful; the temperature is
pretty even and the chicks will get a start
in May that will honn enable them to catcb
up with those that were started six weeki
ahead of them.
• • •
It didn't take Prenident Rigg long to get
on the job when he heard that a bill bad
been introduced to lower the duty on Chinese
eiTgs. lie hastened to Washington, talked
with Congressmen. Senators, Secretary Wtl-
lace and President Coolidge.
That is one advantage of having a presi-
dent who is on the job every day in tb«
year.
• • •
It might interest you to know that Presi-
dent Rigg is putting in 12 hours a day in tb*
American Poultry Association office — and for
whatt Only to have some critics lake »
crack at him every once in a while.
• • •
Well. 1.693 American Poultry Association
members evidently appreciate it any way.
e • •
The fanciers are awakening. Out in Cali-
fornia they have started an association called
•California Breeders of Rare Fowl." They
are soliciting memberships from all over the
country and should they adopt a broadcf
name like "The National Rare Fowl Breed
ers* Asswialion" will undoubtedly gain s
large membership. The objects of the asso-
ciation are cooperation and encouragement
in breeding, selling, advertising and exhibi-
tion of the rarer varieties of poultry, w***^
fowl and aviary birds. One does not need
to be a breeder to be eligible for membership.
If vou are interested, write the secretary.
Paul E. Kennedy, 215 E. Center St . Pomoas.
Calif.
• * •
This Is planting time as well as chick
time. Make it a practice to plant some treea.
shrubbery and roses oach year and when yea
see the blooms and harvest the fruit ye«
will be glad.
April. 1924
THE POSSIBILITIES OF
BABY CHICKS
(Continued from pn»?e 362)
over the country who can supply ex-
cellent stock. Be sure from whom
you buy.
"If your intention is to raise squab
broilers, say one and one-half pounds
to two and one-half pounds, for the
high dollar New York market to sell
in February, March and April, when
I paid at wholesale last year from
eighty cents to one dollar and twenty
cents a pound for fresh killed broil-
ers, purchase Barred Plymouth Rocks
or Jersey Black Giants and in twelve
or thirteen weeks, the last three
weeks of which they should be shut
up and fed plenty of buttermilk, and
then properly killed, picked and ship-
ped, you will make money. 10,000
of such baby chicks should cost per-
haps 15 cents $1,500.00
Upkeep, overhead, etc., total
cost say 2.500.00
$4,000.00
10,000 2H lb. broilers at
say 50c per pound (which
is lowest price I have
heard of) $12,500
Less cost • • . 4,000.00
Net profits $8,500.00
"If you want to breed capons to be
killed in December, January and
February, Black Giants are unques-
tionably the best to purchase as they
dress off to the best advantage and
make a very economic growth. Real
money can be made from the produc-
tion of capons on an intensive basis,
especially if you have fine range con-
ditions and plenty of cheap feed."
Something to Think About
These figrures which Mr. Stokes
gives us, are presented here with the
idea that they will give us something
to think about. Some of us might
like to debate them with him. Ob-
viously all of us would not have the
business ability or the initiative to
handle such big proportions as he
outlined, but there is no question but
what in the main points of his argu-
ment, Mr. Stokes is absolutely sound
and his conclusions justified. Just do
a little figuring, and see if from your
own experience and practice, more
baby chicks handled intelligently,
would not be a worth while, money
making proposition for you.
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
413
I
THE VALUE OF CAPONIZING
O. Vlnor Forrest
Caponizing is not a thing one can
wy much about — the chief item
about it is practice, and more can
be learned from a few minutes' work
than a great deal of talking or read-
ing. Where many make a mistake is
in imagining it to be a serious opera-
tion, but it is remarkable in its sim-
plicity, and once it has been tried on
Davey's WHITE ROCKS
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Breeding Birds in White Plymouth Rocks, Silver Laced Wyan-
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ped. We can supply 701
with p«difre« *ff« and
chicki. Alio chicks in
laif* nambers from well
■elected hens hSTing site,
vigor, good bone and large
combs. Th«7 will make
good as well as please your
eye.
Hollywood Farm blood
Write for circular.
P. E. SEHTEEL
X>oT«r. York County, P*.
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moM. ProAt producing poultiry can
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They're going fast
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TE ETH and^-
TONIC/or
POULTRY
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TNI ONIO HABBLI CO.
tt CteealaadBt. PI««a.Ohle
^^1
a bird one can go straigrht ahead at
it.
Poultry has been provided as a
food for human beinj^, and as such
it should be made the most of, and
there is no way of doing this better
than by caponizing. The flesh of a
capon is succulent and tender, and
at eighteen months old they weigh
approximately a third heavier than
their brothers which have not been
caponized. Even at three years a
capon will be as tender as chicken.
In France and America these birds
are appreciated very much, and they
bring a much higher price than any
other kind of poultry.
How Can • Capon be Diatinf uiskad?
It is a comparatively easy matter
to tell a capon, for it loses its male
characteristics in regard to the comb,
wattles, crowing and general be-
havior, yet will continue to grow its
feathers.
Those who are experienced in
handling table poultry can in-
stantly tell a capon just by looking
at its head, but many housewives are
deceived when buying as, when
trussed, special fatted fowls may be
passed off as a capon to the un-
initiated. After the operation cock-
erels give up fighting and crowing,
and they make splendid broodies.
At six months a capon can be used
for brooding a batch of chicks, and
with very little handling they become
extremely tame; it is possible to do
anything with them, even children
being able to pick them up. It is
noticeable, however, that after they
have brought up a batch of young-
sters they appear to grieve when
parted from them, and will not adopt
another family immediately, but
need a rest for about a fortnight.
Instances have often occurred where
a capon will go on brooding a batch
of pullets even when they reach the
laying stage, and it has also hap-
pened that when brooding turkeys
the latter have grown far bigger than
their foster parents, and yet he ha«
attempted to cover them with his
wings.
Where magpies and hawks cause
trouble among young chickens, a
capon is most useful. One capon in
a large brooder house of, say 500,
chickens, will save considerable loss
where these pests are present, and
they will even attack dogs in defense
of their brood.
How It la Done
There are certain instruments
necessary, and it is important to get
the correct ones. When I first took
to caponizing the instruments were
extremely cumbersome, and I drop-
ped the work because the operation
was irksome, but now it is possible
to get a splendid set. One should
be careful what appliances they buy.
A ?harp knife to make the incision
is required, also spreaders to open
the wound and a pair of tweezers
specially made for the purpose.
The first thing is to get the birds
quite young, just so old that one can
distinguish the sex, and they most
be starved for forty-eight hours in
order that the intestines may close
and display the organs. When starv-
ing the birds it is necessary to have
no litter in their coop, as occasion-
ally they will eat this. Some folks
are so su.<«ceptible that even this ap-
pears to be cruelty to them, but in
one of the birds which was killed for
demonstration purposes the intes-
tines still contained food after this
period without a meal. It is also
thought sometimes that the patient
is nearly dead after being operated
upon, but this fallacy was also ex-
ploded very effectively.
A live bird was done, and directly
it was released it strutted about and
began to feed immediately without
the slightest attention to the incision
which had been made. The part
heals up readily in two to three days.
The spot selected is between the
last two ribs and if this is dabbed
with a little water the young feath-
ering will lie flat out of the way.
Sometimes a small vein may appear
in the way, but it is possible to move
the skin and avoid it. If any blood
should flow a little dab with cold
water will stop it, but this will not
happen in the ordinary course. When
the incision has been made, the or-
gans can readily be seen; and one
should be gasped with the tweezers,
which, when twisted round two or
three times gently, will come away
with a thin membrane attached, the
latter should be cut with a knife and
the operation is finished. When cor-
rectly done the bird will take no no-
tice of the operation, not even turn-
ing its head. It is, therefore, obvious
that cruelty does not enter into the
proceedings. Danger to the birds is
practically non-existent, for out of
nine hundred cases I did last year I
had only two accidents, and these oc-
curred afterwards when the birds
were put back into the pen and be-
gan fighting.
There is an old saying among fan-
ciers that one never finds a good bird
with bad lobes, and a cockerel with
one of the lobes shrivelled has in-
variably had the opposite organ in a
similar condition.
A bad hatching season may be due
to this. I have found as many as
fifty per cent cockerels in a season
with this weakness. It is a point
which need.s investigating, and no
doubt the Poultry Institute will make
this one of their subjects for re-
search.
Every bird which is caponized
should be marked. Leghorns do
splendidly, and for the hotel trade
they are eminently suitable where a
bird of three or four pounds is pre-
ferred. Heavier breeds should, of
course, be kept longer, and they can
readily be grown up to ten or twelve
pounds.
i April 1^24
, THE DAY-OLD CHICK TRADE
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
415
of^t It Haa Done and la Doing for
the Poultry Industry
C. A. House
If one were asked which is the
most striking feature in the develop-
ment of the poultry industry within
the last couple of decades, one would
at once reply, "The day-old chick
trade."
The development of incubator sci-
ence and manufacture, and the won-
derful improvement in artificial rear-
ers, or foster-mothers is, without
much doubt, the reason why the
trade in day-old chicks, as we style
them, or baby chicks, as they are
known in America, has attained such
great dimensions.
From now till the end of June hun-
dreds of thousands of chicks will be
hatched and dispatched to new own-
ers, even before they have hardly
realized the fact that they have left
the shell and burst into an unknown
world.
Wonderful Impetua to Houaehold
Flocka
One of the most striking results of
this twentieth century development
in the poultry industry is the impetus
it has given towards the realization
of the dream of our good friend, Ed-
ward Brown, that every house should
have its household flock of poultry so
that we may become more and more
a self-supporting nation in the mat-
ter of new-laid eggs.
Those who are interested in back-
yard poultry keepers, and have
watched the progress they are mak-
ing, must have been struck by the
fact that had it not been for the op-
portunity of securing a dozen or two
ready-hatched chicks, together with a
broody hen, many who today rear
chicks would not do so. It gives an
added interest to the household flock
when the chicks are home-reared.
The women folk of the house always
think more of a flock of pullets they
have reared themselves than they do
of a dozen or two pullets which
father may have bought and brought
home when they were just on the
point of laying. Had it not been for
the ease with which day-old chicks
may be obUined, I am certain we
should not have had the wonderful
and encouraging advance in back-
yard poultry keeping that we have
seen in recent years. That is one
thing it has done.
Another aspect of this day-old
chick trade is that it has opened up
an absolutely new branch or section
in the poultry industry. We have
firms whose sole interest in poultry
keeping is the production of day-old
chicks. These people keep no stock
themselves, but they buy eggs from
fsrmers and poultry keepers in their
own immediate neighborhoods. They
have a stock of incubators and from
December till the end of June they
are kept busy producing chicks for
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for 500. wJil. (or IrM illu.tr.ud m.tlng 1..I .nh unr.t.«cl>.d pholo(r.i,h. ot .!»«•.
Watchbury Stock Farm
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i
riTBt Prl*e White Wy»ndott« Hon In bred to Uj «lf" "ii
ChlcA«o CoUscum Show, December. 1923. Bred, owned »nd ew"^
by ChM. V. Keeler, Wlnamac, Ind.
those thousands of small poultry-
keepers who have not the time nor
the facilities to attend to a flock of
breeding birds.
This hatching of day-old chicks has
become a great industry, not only
among the class I have just named,
bat also among our general poultry
farmers, both utility and exhibition.
It is really astounding how vast is
this trade. Only when one begins to
inquire into it does one realize how
jrreat are its ramifications. Quite a
number of our poultry farmers who
ten years ago hatched and reared
only sufficient chicks for the purpose
of their own farm— utility or exhibi-
tion as the case may be — now hatch
thousands of chicks each season,
with no other object than selling
them as soon as they are fit to travel.
These men, many of them, used to
veil sittings of eggs. They still do
go, but they now sell far more day-
cld chicks than they do eggs for
hatching. On many such farms any-
where from 20,000 to 2,000,000 are
sold in the course of the season.
Important mnd ProfiUble
Day-old chick hatching has come
to be looked upon as the most im-
portant, as it is the most profitable,
MCtion of the year's work on some of
our farms. Big repuUtions have
some men made in this direction, and
also big profits. These men rear,
keep and mate their stocks almost en-
tirely for this side of their business.
The breeding stocks are selected with
the greatest care. The cockerels are
specially selected for their vigor and
virility. The hens not altogether be-
cause of the great numbers of eggs
which they laid as pullets, but be-
cause of their stamna and good
health. They are fed and managed
in such a manner as shall make them
produce eggs of high hatchability.
The man who is out after a big share
of the day-old chick trade wants high
hatching percentages, and to secure
these he selects and feeds his stock
so as to secure high fertility and a
strong germ. He wants eggs that will
produce strong, lively, healthy chicks
which will stand transportation in the
first days of their life, and then grow
on into strong lusty cockerels and
pullets in the yards and runs of those
who buy them.
These men have brought incuba-
tion, too, to a high state of efficiency.
They handle their incubators with
what one may describe as almost un-
canny skill. Over and over again
from fertile eggs their hatching per-
centage is round about ninety, and
if by chance they should have a hatch
that drops to somewhere round the
eighty figure, they become seriously
perturbed in spirit.
They Study the Problenns
These men, as well as those who
specialize in hatching only, make a
deep study of all the problems con-
nected with incubation. The egg
rooms in which the eggs are stored
Here's your opportunitv to order a Sol-Hot Brooder direct (rom this advertisement
and get it without delay. You take no risk if you d«>n't find the Sol-Hot entirely
satisfactory you can return it and get your money l>ack.
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Ai.i. run r.n f o. u.. gi ix y. ill.
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Baby Sol-BoC-capacity 100 chick*. $8*ft0
When you buy a Sol Hot you know you arr Rrlting thr bc«t
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n»k - wc Kuaranler ftattafaction Order your Sol Hot now—
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32 Hampshire Street, . . . QUINCY. ILL.
Capacity 5uO chicks.
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Maltldek Catalog
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Sell TIRES
DIRKCT FROM FACTOIIY
W« waat an •ato ewDor Is <
ity tu atlrvriiar Armour (Ofd* )<>u cMt
•ko l>t< nxxMT aiid (t4 y •ur u«n ••inpl*
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prr*! Rl«*H«l offrr lo Aam^ia. aoo »•»•
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Kccf EfCTT Ckdi Ym Pit Oil TW
Sfrav Fraa Ccttiii Wlile DunWa.
WO COST IF i FAIL
lUAROKI'R'KM No. 3 I* an
oiMirrly rirw mviiuid \V« a«k
yiKi as mail to man on a fair
and (uiiiarv IxKliir** propi>«lt!<>n
In put HIAROKI R KM No 1 to
any tr«t yuu ilt^lrf. tilre it to
fialf •»f y««ir etiirk* Ihrn n«»«lf»
tlie diffpnwu*. T»i» ctiick* gel-
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not Ket «hlt« diarrlMira. 11x7
will fruw and de»«»lop fastrr on
V) per rwil leM frnl. Welfti
them and aer Their rItaJltjr U
not uaed up fl«hUiif off the whlln
dlarrh.K-a germ. lUAIlOKIRKM
No S doe« thU. Toe imnrli of
mark the lUAHOKl KKM No. 3
irratcd rhlckt. then neit fall or
M inter have t>!o<Ml tr«!t taken l>y
a r«im|>etrint » arterloUntUt Tt»o
Hilrfcji Uiatre.-I»e IHAROKI RKM
No. 3 will I* from 50 to TO i>rf
t^eatment. wlUuj-.t re«ilt^ N" 'J^* 'hMokT KM^ THE TP *HANT»:i:i. »«M I' i I »K ' HMOKK KM-
adTrrtl«rm«.U U.at we »'•<» '"rTT. . ...a liIARoIci RKM No 1 will .K, «!.• t^mm ThU Br«Mllnc UutMutm
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'5
Baby Chicks Sick
and Dying
If tlM7*ra weak, wobbly, "puted vp'. wkli
no appetite, don't waale a minntal
WHITE DIARRHEA
Easily stopped in 48 hours
White diarrhea kilUi half of nearly
tvery hatch of chicks. It's strange
how many people do nothing either to
Srevent the trouble or end it, thinking
[lis loss cant be stopped. Bot it can
be itorped, wIttaoQt extra work, without
troublevome doting, and at almost no cost.
Per years, thousands have saved their sick
chicks and raised nearly erery chick In
tTery hatch, by merely dropping an Avicol
tablet In the drinking water. Successful
Knitry ralaera aay there la nothing else
M AtIcoI for thla porpoae.
Trouble gone in 2 days
Chas. N. Kittinger, Willows, Calif^
writes: "Twelve of my chicks had
diarrhea by the time 1 received my
AtIcoI. I Immediately gare them some, and
by the aecond day. the trouble disappeared
•nd now they are all as lively as crickets.
If I had only known of Avicol sooner, I
would have saved lota of chicka."
It is wonderful how sick, droopy chicka,
within 48 hours after they get Avicol, be-
come just as lively as Mr. Kittinger says.
No matter how rapidly the trouble la
spreading, thoy stop dying almost thp very
day Avicol Is put In their drinking water.
""Stopped dying at once**
**Last spring I boneht 25 baby
chicks," writes Mrs. John Shaffer,
Owen, Wis. "When about a week old. they
b«gan dying, would get droopv and In •
few hours would die. When I had 15 left,
I began giving Avicol and they stopped
dying at once. I did not lose another one.'
G>sts nothing to try
Why should anyone sit back and let
baby chicks die? It costs nothing to
try Avicol. Readers are ursred to write
to the Burrell-DuKKcr Co., 70 Allen Ave.,
Indianapolis, Ind.. sending &0 cents, as a
deposit, for a package by mail preoaid (or
pin a dollar bill to your letter for the extra
large sl«e holding nearly 3 times as rouch>.
If you prefer, send no money, but deposit
the money with the postman on dellverv.
Either way, you wont risk a cent. ii
Avicol doesn't stop your chick losses imtne-
dlately. If It isn't superior to anything
•ISS you ever heard of. if it doesn't satisfy
SOU In every way. every cent of the money
you have deposited will be promptly re-
funded by the manufacturers.
i>ss««««sssaisssaissss«sssassssss»i
Clip this Ad for
Free Safety Hatch
incubator Book'
IsMmHatdsscSsccea
Ths Safety Hatch gets a live
btalthy chick from •▼•ry fertile
igg of normal vttsUtr. This l>ook
lella WHY and HOW. Get It now
—team how our patented circulat-
ing hot water syttem keeps heat
constantly at batching tempera-
tare; ell about our double-wall
coBstmctlon and other safety fea-
lorea. Mall thla ad today with
your name and address for free
book, our "Evidence Folder" and
name of nearest dealer.
THK MOmilS MPQ. CO.
•4 1 K. RmmM SU n R«M.OIite.
while waiting to go into the ma-
chines, are most effectively ventilat-
ed and kept at a given temperature
so that in the early part of the season
they do not become chilled, and in
the later months do not get too hot.
Then the ventilation of the incu-
bator room, and the incubators, the
temperature of both, to say nothing
of the all-important questions of
moisture, and the turning and cool-
ing of the eggs. All are points which
these men study so thoroughly that
in time they become veriteble geni-
uses in the art of managing incuba-
tors and securing satisfactory results.
Does it not sUnd to reason that these
experts must of necessity hateh far
better chicks than the man who keeps
only a few birds, runs a solitary in-
cubator, or a number of broody hens,
attends to all the ordinary work of
his small stock, and possibly some
other business besides. The results
prove that it is so, and the general
high quality of the chicks sent out by
such men has been the greatest fac-
tor in extending and popularizing the
trade in day-old chicks.
Sell Satiafaction to Buyera
Before I close I would address a
few words to those who sell day-old
chicks. From all that I have seen
and heard they are not all as free
from guile as the innocent little
chicks which they hatch and pack.
The remarks that follow here are
written quite as much in the interests
of sellers of day-old chicks as the
buyers. Because unless there is per-
fect honesty on both sides the trade
cannot be satisfactory.
When day-old chicks have to be
sent off they should be brought to a
table in trays so that they may be
carefully examined as to health and
perfect formation. Chicks that look
weak or possess deformed bodies or
limbs should not be sent. Remem-
bering your customer pays for
twelve, twenty-five, fifty, one hun-
dred or five hundred, as the case may
be, and the onus of delivery is on
you. Your reputation, and not only
your reputation but that of many
others, is in your hands. Never for-
get that a satisfied customer is the
best friend you can have, he be-
comes a publicity agent for you. But
every dissatisfied customer becomes
an enemy, and he seeks to harm you
and spoil your business all he can.
Never pack chicks too soon after
hatching. Let them be properly
dried off and well on their legs before
being placed in the boxes. If not,
they will die ere they reach their
destination. Use properly ventilated
boxes. Ill-ventilated boxes mean the
loss of chicks from suffocation. Half
the boxes used are insufficiently venti-
lated, and the chicks are not able to
breathe anything but foul air all the
while they are travelling. This means
death on the journey, or else soon
after arrival.
Never forget that the bottoms of
the boxes are slippery, and that the
feet of the newly-hatched chicks are '
smooth, and unless some well braised
hay, or some litter is placed in ths
bottom of the box the chicks will *
have no foothold and will be slippio*
and sliding about all the time they
are travelling with the possible result
of broken or dislocated limbs. So
much depends upon the proper pack-
ing of chicks, that no effort should b«
spared to make it as sure and safe u
human thought and care can possibly
ensure.
THE BEGINNER
SHOULD ADVERTISE
To the beginner it seems that an
advertiser must possess a large 8ti|h
ply of courage, or an entire lack of
business acumen, to start out by
spending what would be considered
"Lady Flora," a 312 egg hen. Bred
owned hy Pnrltaa Sprinca Potiltry
▲tod Lake, O.
a comfortable fortune by most people
in buying advertising space, hopinf
to make it profitable, but such is not
the case.
The business man who has had any
considerable experience in advertb*
ing is not afraid to spend money fw
advertising. The truth is he ii
afraid not to advertise, for he knowi
this is the foundation on which proflti
are built and business perpetuated. ^
The man who begins advertising
should begin with determination to
keep on, following the Biblical in-
junction to look not back once hii
hand is put to the plow. The mw
who desires to spend a little money
advertising in an experimenUl way »« ^
taking a dangerous course. He li
taking a chance to lose his invest-
ment.
The new advertiser appeals w
strangers. He has no reason to ex-
pect that those to whom he appesB
will have large confidence in him *»«
send him money until they have so»J
reason to believe he will do as M
agrees.
SQUAB BREEDING
It has been our policy from the
beginning not to encourage undue
expectations of rapid money making
by engaging in the poultry business
and it is perhaps more important to
speak the word of caution to those
who have been thinking of beginning
the breeding of squabs for market.
Our experience in breeding pigeons
is confined to fancy birds entirely
not one of which ever went into a
•quab pie, so our information comes
from observation and hearsay. We
have visited just three squab breed-
ing plants where the business might
be said to have been carried on for
the purpose of producing revenue
enough to make it justifiable. In
each of these we have found men
busy at work and have been able to
see that the opportunities for con-
stant work were good.
We have reason to believe that
squab breeding? is profitable, as is
any other legitimate business, but
there is work attached and the profits
are not exorbitant.
Aside from raising pigeons for
pleasure the raising of squabs for
food is destined to become a great
and profitable business. The frame
laws prohibit shipping quail or keep-
ing game birds in cold storage, and
squabs are taking their places on our
bill of fare and all our leading hotels
have on their menus ''Philadelphia
Squab Pie".
This business is especially attract-
ive to ladies, as the work is light
Yon do not have to be bothered with
the setting, hatching and raising of
the young, as the parent bird attends
to an this, and all that is required of
the owner is to feed and water the
bhrds twice a day. As these birds
are usually sent to the market with
feathers on, they have no trouble in
dressing them.
In squab raising the pure Homer
is the best, as they average from
seven to ten pairs per year and mar-
ketable at four weeks old. Some
breeders cross the Homers with the
Duchess and the Runts to gain size,
but as the Runts are very slow
breeders, there is nothing really
(rained thereby, and I prefer the pure
Homer. Homers have to be kept in
aviaries as the homing instinct lasts
for life, and these birds sometimes
attain the age of sixteen years.
These birds often maintain a speed
of a mile and a half a minute for at
least a hundred miles, and in Bel-
irium pigeon racing is the grandest
of sports.
Raisinf^ of pigeons for breeders and
squabs for market is comparatively
in its youth in this country, although
in other places there are quite exten-
sive pigeon ranches which are yield-
"»g handsome revenues each year.
There are many poultry breeders who
^'•▼e some loft that could be used for
pigeons and with but little extra
^« could be made to add quite a
Make Yonr Own Buttemiilk Mash By Using
OORC
Reinforced Buttermilk
in powdered form
ij
Ton-Gors is the cheapest and most convenient form of Buttermilk
for mixing your own poultry ma.shes.
The price of TON-GORS is $17.00 per barrel of 175 lbs., delivered
your station.
Get it from your dealer or write us for free sample and feedinir
directions.
Tli« Bourse
IVf. F. BARINGER
P!ia«d*iphw. p«.
Leola Brooder
House
The L«oU Brooder Houae is flrealar in
• hape. eliminetinr derk. cold cornem Three
Claied window* end d<>or furoiah plenty of
■ unlifht and air Kerpa the rhirk« in cood
hMlth. ilateriali are of the flnen through
out. Shipped in aectiooal form and can be
asicmblrd by two men in half an hour. Is
ricid and perman«nt. Kvery poultry raiser
•hniild have a "Leola."
Write for full drsrription and prices.
H. M. STAUFFER & SON
Boa J LooU. Pa.
100% HATCH RAISED BY ""OCULUM"*
"I nvrrr thoufht It poaBlbtac" wrote D. A
acatnut illaca««>. It makr* b«nt is^-
OCrLl'M" made 48 hens jump fruis I to 43
Lecan. I. I . N T. "OCrLl'M" i.N8UR£it poulirr
s dai." Mjrs II. K. MUlsr. in
' uci L.I M msiie 48 rtens Jump rruis • to 43 •«« s d«i. Mjrs II. K. MUlsr. iudfs^ Aasriren
Poultry AasDClstion. Akron. O Lrsdrrt IIIhi llsiiklni. rtahai pralM IL irsere b«j It lo sanonsL Ttils
Juum&l O K B It. Sold for 15 jrrsr*. Sanipis (240 tonls) 10a BotUse, Ma and tl 99 posCpeld.
Booklst FREE.
THE "OCULUM" CO..
GHsrssts«d.
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poscpeld.
Afssls Wsatsd.
SALEM, VA.
I-IFRT7'^ RUFF ROPKS *'■'•■ '«■'" r'"**"" i^"*"" gu»iity by wiomoc the
nCJ\l£^0 DKjrr I\\^\^IVO niur. at Ch!ra»o. Toronto. Canada; Wajhington.
D. O. ; IUIei|rl>. N. O.. and Hanover. Oaa fomiah joa whatover you aeed in the line of Huff/
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COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING
600 Pages-340 Ulastratlons aid Plaas-FiUy Indiexed-CloUi Bond
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PARTIAL LIST OF OONTEWTB
AeisclssB PsHltry ladestry: (Hidn of iamsstls fMvtaL maaalTsis ef tte
Inttiittrr. tst>l«« •hu«ln« Ut« nunih«rs and ktada at fowls raised la dISsJWN
i
*«AY
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BtsiM. sipurt trade. a*sra«e prtcas on poultrr aiul
for pMl twMtv TMra AaalMis ef Staadard frei
tn
vartair. not aJons (rum the fancur's stendiwlal but
euallflcallana. Inctudtnc stity pan drawtnes ef idseJ
poultrt artiit Ceaaaalees ef the Nee: Spettel afeai
lur1if>T«. ffiiin^a fowla and p«M«na. care and fssdtna.
bsttes sMd Brsedlat: NatairaT and artUMal aMfhi
mrnt. inoiiiator ManaMsaanL salseUoa of batAlae eaaa
|i>ilii»trv. •iitinc h«na testuui tmt*. bow to NUIdIr
tpUea ef
■• talaa. laea^
fertility, bektr «Mefe
hr»<.(l<<r hiMiawk PsaHrv Nsess Ceostrestloa : Iiw^ms for all kinds of betid-
Ui(«. lavirui housM. ODleai hoiisss. brood cuopsi eunalo-fronl and saaa^niaM
htfiisri. Interior niiurss. aesta, psrslisa. waiertoc sisisiss. laber saftaa d»-
noas. Fsedlaa: Analnls of ftsodeaurs ef eserv dsaorlpdoo. how u eom-
pound ra(io<>« fur luulirr of all aces and for all purvuese. rurmwlas recBm>
■sendsd »it li>a<llnt aulhonuaa. fsod boptwra. Mlisra. samera. SMitieds ef
dULr1>>utJon. r««urtl(. slorsfsttlna. aoets. forosd fssitlng. fallenlna.
ustA Otssaass: armpioou and causae of all tfummau ailMsnta.
with aiiM^al ntfMwiM le whita diarrhoea, worm* and vvrsaln. bow te
dlsinr*rtanta and dusting powilora n«s ohaotors ar« dototod lo Um traet-
mont of diMaaM. Thla U a UoetiM |n itmit. Brasdiae: ManaaaMonl ml
•fa>rk fi>r tnrrsaard wu production, sslsmlna aalaSk irapnssilmc. hrrtalda
PflTlr-tun* tssta. pnvotmtet. capedUse of henSL podUrao brasdUMT. Marklns
fowla MssaessMet: Aii««rValn<. seltlna ■sthoiti. ■Mrttstlaa. eaaealtfa*.
fiT pruduru of ti>s poultrr Auta. tnducttna ths praasrvauon and eessef
msniiro. fsettisra. and au on. ttxlpvitiM Insiruaclana, pr«(>anne Mrda
aihltilllan. pn>«ertUi« sua. kJiltn« a/id drssalnf pooltry. practlsal s*»dr st
tiis furnisUon of snr*. smhrroloer. ■
HiiHi*. hroilsr ralttnc. tasportanes of
Working p>ana ar^d Inatritdlena an how to
. _ __ ■» fc_ "J anora. avlf-rlslng doors, fsntllalora
PriC«, ^3.lKl* rOatpBId uatxtMta. fal toning pane, an cendlsrs.
tine, raefca for aprootlnc eeta hatsMnc S>f«^>«ne«B sle«rt« a« laaiar.
fssdsr fraMa. eta Caaasrslal feal^ Rdalaa. la tuLU aa .
ODOTsbeald he la the haada ef esea sos whe waau te sake aiseSt
BVEBTB0DT8 POULTBT MAOAZnTE PUBUBKDIO OO.
rsaalng pc
irse that
all ktada ta
■evtajity aaMaa
da teelagisati
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InsMbeter
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MASTER BREEDERS
CHICK BOXES
Follow the lead of the Suo-
oMmful HaUherymen. U(*e the b««t
JSlui 5ux^. If. the be.t in»ur.ncj
for satUftod cu.tomerm rei»emt orders
Lnd proftU. Anderson ^^^^»^.^\^ ^Z
in price, very .tron* <^«"''' ••;!l"'i"^S
ventil«t«l. »ccur«t4J uniform AMOCl-
•tion •i»e«. oMily set up. ^^__«
WRITE TODAY FORSfi^K^S
PRICE LIST AND ATTS^J7*oN
DERSON EYRIE COOPS.
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little income to the resources of the
plant. Nearly any loft could be i
made suiUble for breeding pens, al-
thoujfh a properly built house espe-
cially for the raising of pigreona
should be about twelve by sixteen
feet, six feet to the eaves and about
two fi-et off the ground, with plenty
of windows for light and ventilation.
The windows should be covered on
the inside with mesh wire to protect
Ihcm from being broken. In front
of this should be a flying pen covered
with one or two inch mesh wire net-
ting to keep the birds in. One inch
mesh is the best, as sparrows will go
through the two inch and eat a con-
sidoral Ic amount of the food. There
should be two nest boxes for each
pair of pigeons, on the back and the
ends of the house, but not on the
.side the flying pen is atUched to, as
they should fly directly through the
window to their nests. The food
should be varied, including red
wheat, cracked corn, buckwheat, kaf-
fir corn, grit, ground oyster shell, fine
salt, and water to drink and a separ-
ate place for them to bathe. This is
very essential. You should never
leave unmated birds in your pen, but
should have an auxiliary cage for all
the young stock and unmated birds,
and as soon as a pair begin to build,
they should be put in their perman-
ent quarters.
BROODERS
KILLS MITES IH HEN-HOUSES
MtM. Hichly recommended.
Write for Cireulwm. ^ . -,^
CMbolmeom Wood P»f»«7*«^jS^
C4rv»* Hatching Weak <#
^lOP^ and Wobbly Chichs!
with Cheap Incubatora
Remember, it Is
not how many you
hatch out that
counts, but how
many you raiu.
Chicks that hatch
out weak and wobbly,
and live but a few
days, mean nothing to you ex- _
ccpt trouble and loss. Most of thechicks
you lose in the first two weeks die be-
cause they did not hatch out with enough
vitality or strength for a good start.
Queen Incubators
H^teh Chicks that LIva and Grow
Stmrt your chick, with a Ouwn constitution
and they will make nu.nevlor you. A Queen
oZt but little more, and the extra chick* that
live and «row »c»n pav the difference. Bui 1 of
genuine Redwood, which doe. not "bsorb thr
Sor from hatching chick., to weaken later
Stchea. TbeQueenhot water system preven.s
eginfromdrvinK out and provide. moi.tuiefor
the hatching . hick. Accurately regulated.
You will have "luck;* with chick, tf you u«;
• Queen. A»kyourdealeror.endforfreelxx)k.
QUKBN INCUBATOR COHPAIIY ..i.
1101 •• 14lh ntr»«t Hit—m. W>r««fc«
(Continued from i>a(t« Mi/
less subscribe to a south opening.
This opening is wire screened so
closely as to exclude mice and spar-
rows and is also provided with a mus-
lin curtained frame with which to
close the opening at will. Further,
the opening is at least three feet
above the floor and not more than
three feet wide; its length must not
be great enough to permit the sweep-
ing through and round the house of
drafts. My latest colony brooder
house is eight by eighteen feet and
the front has two solid doors, one at
either end with an opening between
two feet, eight inches by eight feet
three feet above the floor and one
foot down from the eves. In my
brooder house. I find convenient a
shelf, high enough to be above the
reach of the chicks so long as they
arc of brooder age. It holds small
chick fountains and feeders, shears,
a bottle of iodine and a can of zeno-
leum, snap clothes pins, matches, a
small scale, pencils, record sheet and
«uch other things as I may need for
any lot of brooder chicks. Such an
emergency .shelf saves many trips to
house or storage room and time when
trouble arises and time is at a pre-
mium. My favorite brooder tools are
a basket for carrying chicks, another
suited for litter, a cleaning box, a
.'^hort handled broom, a dust pan and
for a scraper an ordinary putty knife.
A quart size hand spray pump is also
useful. Since my brooder house will
later serve as a colony house for
growing stock it has no built in bins
or feed boxes or hoppers. Movable
boxes and small barrels serve nicely
for supplies as my brooder lots range
in size from 50 to 125 chicks. These
things which W. K. calls my "acces-
sories" are all collected and in place
before the hatch comes off. My list
of accessories is not offered for any
beginner to adopt but as a suggestion
to him to plan for tools and utensils
and ways and means before his hatch
comes off. I wish here to confess
that my own expenditures for acces-
sories have always been almost negli-
gible for I have often preferred the
home-made or the makeshift if the
added money in the exchequer meant
better birds and feeds and care for
them. After all, the bird is the thing.
Upon the center of the brooder
house floor I place a light sprinkling
of sand. Formerly I recommended
and used sand to a depth of an inch or
two. I changed to the sprinkling
because sand holds heat and may
with some types of brooders make a
floor too warm for chicks to sleep
prone upon. Over the .sand is spread
a layer of chaff or finely cut straw
for first litter and over all is
stretched and tacked down tightly a
canvas or muslin carpet covering
every bit of space that the chicks are
to have access to under and about the
hover. This is removed as soon as
they have learned what to eat, for
chaff and sand are neither very di-
gestible or nourishing to youngest
chicks; nor are the .shreds they may
pull off and swallow if you use a bur-
lap carpet and paper is so slippery it
may cause spraddle logs. Next the
brooder is placed in the center and •
heat is supplied to give a temperature
under control of 95 to 100 degrees.
It is a f oreminded poultry-woman who
operates a new brooder several days
before any chicks are placed therein
so that she may know its every quirk
and wile, illusion and delusion and
what she is going to do about them, '
Don't let it Uke you unaware it «
snows next Fourth of July.
Round about the hover and six to
twelve inches from it, I find it help-
ful to place a wire guard made of a
strip of inch mesh poultry netting
about eighteen inches high. It inr .
ends are woven together, the netting
will sUnd up in a circle which I take
care to see is equally distant at ever)
point from the hover. If weather i» •
severe and drafts on the floor are
feared, a strip of muslin may be fas-
tened by snap clothes pins to ne ^
guard on the outside to add to me
cozyness within. After two or three
feeds the muslin carpet may sale >
come up and chicks may be Uught to
scratch for all their grains in the tine
litter underneath. After two or
three days the chicks will ha^'« J.,
come hover wise, that is they wm ,
know where to go for a nice wairn
nap and then the circle of the win
^uard may be gradually increased
and finally removed.
0 the joy of raising them — the
feeling that the wee things have so
much of hope and possibility wTapped
up within them for future revenli»\g;
so much of confidence in us for iheir
present welfare. To me it is never
a light thing to win bird love and con-
fidence. It means that all harshness
and all abruptness must be laid
aside; it means an understanding of
bird nature and bird ways. We need
to recall that verb transitive — to
cheri.'^h as does the hen her chicks. I
like that word cherish. Sentiment?
Yes, indeed; but not sentimentality.
I know as does every experienced
breeder that in this Spring of 1924
there will be thousands of little
graves upon which might be erected
little tombstones engraved: "Killed
by mistaken kindness."
Cheri.sh your chicks but do not con-
fine them closely in an over-heated
space. Supply abundant heat with
PURE BRED BIG VALUE CHICKS
Beit p.yinc ttandtrd ▼•riftien from ho.Uhy. fre* r»nc». alility florka carefully in-
■pected. culled .nd llo^.n totted. Quirk nwiturinf. Ilich V.fg Trtxlurtion.
8. C. Wlilt* L«fli«ni(
8. C. Brawn La«ltar««
8. C. Buff La«li«ni(
8. C. Black Mlaartat
8. C. Aacoaat
Barrr4 Radu .
8. C. R. i. RMt
Whita Ra«li( .
R. C. R. I. Rt4a
Wmta W)aa4otlM
8. C. Whit* Ortlnatoat
8. C. BufT OrfiMftani
MUed. all brwrfi
Chlckt
t3 25
• J 75
14 00
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CIlMit
t«2S
• 7 SO
ta 00
lot
CkkU
tl2 M
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ChlcU
180 00
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1.888
C8laU
IIM.OO
1148 80
tiM.08
) U7i MM tl7 00 182 SO tl88 88
t2M »5 00 II0L08 ISO 00 1188.88
Oat our big lUuiiUal^U cataloc aiM pric»« i ;> o«»r Hi Qu»ll'jr Chtalu. It la Fr^ Itig iHtmt gn BnoMtem
WOLF HATCHINO k BREEDING CO. Dopt. 10 OtbK>nburff. Ohio
SUnON'S ORPINGTONS Buff, White and Black
till. TYPE AND COLOR
CiMbltloa MatlMf*. Paa Na. t Uj wtnnlno at tha fall ahtm* pro** that I haf« ih* auallty: airavr ana
of it\mt> l>lril« arv now niatml up In mjr hr<«r«lttic prr.«. jixir o|<i>>rtiinltjr t» •r<nir« foutitlaUan ai<>rk lhruu<k
hatoliing «c(s fntm thf«* pMia. ittvir u'lality ai>«i>lui<7 KMaraiit#<ral IS. 00 oar IS aoo^
Paa H». 2 -Hnnl for eihlhltton aiid laxtng qualUktw ruintiUvv^l. 12.00 oar IS aooa. Kct« ant liy tnaurad
parrot p<>«t. aafa arrlral rMara()l««r<i
1 •till haT« a r«^ flri« laiTP r«tok*r*U to offar at 13.00. IS.OO aa8 110.00 raoh. n«<tjr for your br««<lln4 pan.
Order (llrt>ot from ttiU •<!. or writ* tarn.
SUTTON'S ORPINGTON FARM FRCELAND. MARTLAITD
RESSEGUIE
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
Winnert at Ih* Gr*€tt
isa^t BUFFALO. N. Y.. Sktiovv lea^t
12 Oock; 1-2 3-4 5 Hen; 12-3 56 PaUet; 1 Old Pen. Dark: 1 Younf Pen, Dark; 1 014 Pen.
light; 1 Toung Pen. Llfht; I Pallet-bred Ooch; 1 Oockerel-bred Men Mid Pullet; Mayor*.
Trophy &nd all Specials.
EGOS FOR HATCHINO from aelvrtfd matinc*- Book your ordf»ra now. A few choir*
corkprels for aale.
L. B. RESSEGUIE tt >! MILLERS. NEW YORK
50,000 BA.BV CHICKS FOR 1024
Bred-to-Lay S. C. White Leghorns. World's Heaviest Ikying
Strains. Bred right for 13 years. Hatched scientifically and priced
•^j] to make you real money. A happy combination that has made
.^ "Slaty Ridge Farm" famous. Descriptive catalogue. Bell 'phone.
Champion Black Orpington
Cock. IlUnol. State Fair. 1923.
Bred and owned by Nabob
Hatcherle., Gambler. O.
an opportunity to get away from it
into a cooler, if more comfortable
place. Provide clabbered milk for
drinking — not for head plunges or
foot baths. Foul milk is most dan-
gerous to chicks and no milk belongs
in a chick's eyes for sore eyes are apt
to result. Form the habits that you
wi.sh your chicks to have. Scratch-
ing is one of the first and mo.st im-
portant; ranging i.s another and
mu.st be formed by taking advantage
of the curiosity of the chick to find
out how big the world is before he
concludes that the brooder house is
ita limit. But never try to induce a
chick to range beyond the spot from
which he knows the way back to his
hover to warm up when chilly. From
cats and rat.s and lice and mites de-
fend them. Keep them clean and al-
low increased space for increased
growth. Active, healthy, well cared
for chicks may make you a profit next
Fall; no other kind can.
Here is wishing you all the joy of
the season, all the success of the be-
ginner, all the jewels in the crown of
the faithful servant. Here's to the
chick of 1924. May you raise him
well.
SLAXY
•J. Flmer Lonfi. Prop..
RIDGE FARIVl
R. 1. Box H, Palmyri
Laymany Strain White Wyandottes
Pmlirrved males from trapnoeted. hiffhproducing femalra. tha kind that will Improvo
your flock for standard and enr layinc qualitiea. t5 to $15 each.
Hatching eggs from my beat matinr* at attractive prtroa. Send for mating llat.
GREENWOOD FARM
THE HOMK or
Laymany Strain White Wyandottes
Pompton Lakes S^!;.\\Va S°55?S;? New Jersey
ILLINOIS A.CCREDITED CHICKS
«rtty af kraa4 and aoo »ra<aa4ao eaallty af tha fl<M*a tnam
tilka noma. Wa Mil will itraaa. vtaaraat baaltay aHlaas ftaaa
twru<l and aeart^ltatf by taa lllla«U Daearlaaat af Aartael.
wrvtaad itf Judfa 0. T. HvlailMi. raivfuhjr aaUctMl and Nwi
Re aura of tha Mrtty af braa4 and ai
which yctir Tahy Chlka t
Sira bM«d do*** lnii»ct*<
ira. All fl.K-k« auparTlM- _, .- _ -. -,
Uh h)«h an pnnlurtlon IJwr .lulitery r<aranla«d.
dlMVunt on early onlrri
Wrti« for oaiaiucua and
VVA1.NUT RIDGE HATCHERY
MRS. DOROTHEA RAINIV. Mffr.
Bai EI4
BUTLIR. ILLINOIS
BATTLES' GOLDEN CAMPiNES-Madison Square Garden and Chicago Coliseam Winoers
Tha h*aut« hrsMl oT llkrni all and iImtt turn (Ul Mc w^»lt•••^•ll•«l »«|« a»'« m\U\ a nKuiartty untiMiMi by any
*"" "••'"' "" fo^i ,„ ra III I am l«>okiii« rgg .)f.l.f» n.>«
C. t. BATTLES
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WtLLINQTON OHIO
**You must be satisfied** — that is our slogan
Our rhirka are i»ro«lure«l ur>»J«T thr personal »up«»rvi«ion "f l*rof»««of Harry It I/«wia.
on hi* own poultry l.rfedinr farm. Davi.Mlli-. K I No (pfTort i» ajarrd |o produ<-<i th«. |.«iat
Trapneatinir. rar«»ful matini;. and offKial i>«Mlifrc« rvrorda reran that I,«»w|» F'artn^' rhirke
will make heavy laying pulleta for you.
Kvery nwle uned in our hree.linK f!«M kn thm year i» pedigree hr«d. .'. of (untevt racord
birda^of ^j;j^?,'][",^*'|^^7y"ln Single Comb \\'hlta Lechorna. Barre.! I'lymouth Rork. and White
Do not^'l'^y' Order your bahy fhi.k« to<!»y. and thu« ln«<ire delivery when you wlah
thera. and take advantace of the wonderful oppi.rtunity whirh f«in.merrial poultry kiwptng
***^'*'""* WrlU For XUaitrated Descrlptlre Olrealar
See for yourself what Prof. Lewis la floin^ at I^wla Farma Vlell ua at the farm
LEWIS FARIVIS
DAVISVILLE
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
April. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
423
Swat
the
Drones
Dont Kill the
Laying Hen/
KMW
Whidite
KEEP
^
£J^,
S^
Th9m
Book^'^yilkh&m
THE HOGAN-QUISENBERRT
METHOD U fully ezpUiiMd in
thif n0w book* "Tto M tf i» In".
Bo SIMPLE A child can do it
lUi Utk Hmws Yoi ^i
U iMUt Yttr Prtfili
U fiek ProffiUMt irtttot
-Itw Tt Ml Ovt n^w-fniwe^n
Tf Stifet Qto^ Laytrt
Tt Sawt Oi FMtf
Thousands of poultrymen hsTO
i— blid prsAts la ft mngU y/mt thitwrt
llM HOOAN-QUI8ENBERRT METH-
OD. Why ptty far fMd for Imbs thftt
mUooi layt Laam bow to cnll laaata
•a wall as hana. Dan't kaap at at of
iMlara and baardar. Gat rid off
*.y -
Which Hen Ai^ You Keeping ?
Dent bother with non-productive hent.
Cull out "boarder*". Kaapooly rood la>«r«.
Tbla baok abowa yoa bow aimple It la.
oo Postpaid
•H^M Y»mr Mofmv Bmrk if
Not Fully SaH»fimd.
Smndmt Oncot
BTarybodjs Ponltry Matasiiia
SaaoTax Panaa.
THE EXPERIMENT STATION
(Continued from i>»Ke n*?7)
Pen No. Production
44 C. T. Darby. North Branch, N. J. 384
2 (tlenljn Farm. Downingtown. !'».. 377
r.'> Krnest Helmert. Dover. N. J 367
It will be noted that five of these
are heavy breeds and the remaining
ones Leghorns.
The ten highest individuals to date
are as follows:
ing February 27, the production at
the Bergen County International Egg
Laying Contest showed a decided
gain. Production for this period was
19,139 eggs, or 34.2 </o. This is a
gain of G,G07 eggs over the produc-
tion of last month. Last month's
production being 'iO.O^c. The total
production to date is 55,929 eggs,
which is an average production to
date of 23.2 r'r. The average produc-
Hen No. Breed
5 20 Barred P. Rock
R. I Red
Harrtsi V. Kork
W. Leghorn
16 18
7 12
62 9
17 1
20-6
.M 1 8
6113
62 II
39 13
R. I. Red
R. I. Red
W. Leghorn
W. LeRhorn
W. Leghorn
W. Leghorn
Owner Production
Kerr ChickerieB, Inc.. Si>ringfield. Ma>« 8»
Knglewood Poultry 6i Pel Slock ARsociiition. Knglewood, X. J
Norfolk .Sj»pcialty Knrm. St. Williams. (»nl.. Can
ilollvwood Poultry Farm, Hollywood. Wash
KngU'Wood Poultry k Pet Stock Association. Kniclewood. N. J
Maple Farm. CrosswH kii. N. J
(Joo. \\. Ferrin. Cirand Rapidn. Mich
Thv? Hnehn Farm. Brooklyn. N. Y
Hollywood poultry Form. Hollywood. Wash.
Columbia Poultry Farm. Toma' River. N. J. .
87
79
79
7«l
76
7.'>
74
74
73
The production for the various
breeds represented to date are as
follows :
Per Cent
Barred Plymouth Rocks 25.1
White Wyandottes 21.5
Single Comb Rhode Inland Reds 20.4
Single Comb White Leghorns IS. 4
.tersey Black Giants \% a
White Plymouth RockH 12.4
Single Comb Brown Leghorna "•
Here we again see the heavy
breeds making an exceptionally fine
showing and even in the warm balmy
climates of New Jersey, the Leg-
horns, for .some reason, this winter,
have not come up to their previous
performance.
The Bergen County International
Egf Laying Conteat
Here we have a Contest, in which
there are twenty birds to the pen of
pullets, groomed and hitting the
stretch hard to make up for a slight
disadvantage which they have experi-
enced during the past months.
During the four weeks' period end-
tion to date on January 30 was 19.8**^.
The average number of eggs per bird
for the past month was 9.6, while the
total number of eggs per bird to date
was 28. According to standard fig-
ures, this is 12 eggs behind what it
should be to obtain an average of 160
eggs for the year. It is hoped, that
as the birds are in excellent condi-
tion, these eggs will be made up in
the latter part of the year.
The ten highest pens for the month
are:
Production
Holly-
wood. Wash 1.024
Circle (W) Farm. Oatea Mill. O. . 1.020
Wellward Farm. East SeUuket.
L. I.. N. Y »»9
C T. Darby. North Branch, N. J. 983
Windy Brow Farms. Newton. N. J. 982
Barlow Leghorn Farm. Sugar
drove. Pa • • »^*
Whitegg Farm. Inc.. North Hale
don. N. J '*■
W. C. Kckard. Paw Paw. Mich 922
L. C. Beall. Jr.. Vai»hon. Wash. 8M
S. Olsen. Went wood. N. J »'»*
Pen No. Owner
4H Hollywood Poultry Farm
43
6:i
41
97
64
47
65
The twelve highe.st individuals for
the month; that is, through Februar>'
27, are as follows:
project is now in its second year of
operation. It is a one thou.<and bird
contest of one hundred pens of ten
B«a No
717
•6 1
»IT
4-»
4« 1'
«43
51 12
64 15
n 20
6516
9MS
Breed
Barred P. Rock
W. Leghorn
W. Leghorn
Barred P. Rock
W. Leghorn
W. Leghorn
W. Leghorn
W. Leghorn
\, Wyandotte
»V. Leghorn
W. Leghorn
W. Leghorn
Owner
Barred Rock Chi.ken Farm. Kngl'«w.>od. N. J.
S. Olson. Westw«H>d. N. J
Wm.iy Br.'w Farm. Nt>wton N .1,
W. H. li Kent. Catenovja. N. V
Hcillywoo«i Poultry Farm. Hollywood Wa*h
W. C'. Kckar.1 Paw paw. Mich'
Win.ly Brow Farm. Newton. N .'
Dr. J. S. Nief. Flemington. N. .1.
AUifiLHt Wei<*H. Allendale, N J
K.igenrauch k DeWinter. Bed Bank .N .'
S Olsen. Westwood. N. J
\Vhit.t:K F.irm hic. N rth Haledon. N .'
Production
97
Hll
78
Below is given a table showing the
mash and grain consumption per bird
for the various breeds represented at
the Contest, together with the feed
cost and number of eggs produced
per bird.
No
birds each. Being out in the heavy
breed country, one thinks that Leg-
horns would be a minority and that
the heavy breeds would be making
the biggest records, but a study of
the reports week by week, show us
I
of bird.4
Breed
(Jrain. lbs.
M
nsh. lb«.
F
oed Cost
F.iCg*
252
Plymouth Rocks
3.06
320
.177
•• 7
84
White Wyandottes
3.29
3.09
.181
7 9
168
Rhode Island Red*
2 <>9
3.3f»
.154
7 r>
1.575
Leghorns
8.37
2.92
.17H
:• 7
21
Houdans
3 3
3 47
.191
6 ••
It will be noted when compared
with last month's figures that the
production increased for all breeds,
the smallest gain being one ef^f^ per
bird for the Houdans, the largest be-
injf 8.7 per bird for the Leghorns.
The amount of grain consumed in
every case except Rhode Island Reds
increased, as did the mash. The feed
cost necassarily increased owing to
the increased consumption of feed,
but the profit per bird increased also,
since more eggs ware produced per
bird than in the previous month.
The standing of the various varie-
ties is given in the following table:
Bread Per Cent
White Plymouth Rock-* 33.3
White I^<Hrborna 25.
Harred Plymouth Rorks 20.2
White Wyandottes 18 8
Rhode Island Reds 17.7
Hlack Leghorn! 14.9
Mo'tled Hnudann 9.5
The leading pens in each of the
principle breeds are as follows:
Pljmoutb Bocka
r»n Owner Production
»'J W. C Matthews. Wilmington. Del.
(White) 793
3 A. C. Jones, Georgetown. Del.
(Barred) 649
:» Chaa. T. Stran. Hobby Farm. Riv
ardale. N. J. (Barred) 616
• The Kerr Chickeries. In< .. Syra
cuse. N. Y. (Barred) 601
Wblta Wyandottea
'• August WeiH.H. Allendale. N .1. .. 687
»- Walnut Crest Poultry Farm. Little
River. Conn 375
Oktuftha Farm. Oxford, 0 366
Single Oomb Rhode Island Beds
Bearor. poultry Yards, Frcl L.
Hoerl. Linden. N. J
C C. poultry Farm, New Brun.s
wick. N. J
Meadowdale Poultry Farm. Sto. k
'on. N. J. .
that is not just what we find. For
instance on the week ending Febru-
ary 27, the Michigan Competition
produced 3,017 eggs and has laid a
total to date of 48,768, ahead even
of our Connecticut Egg Laying Com-
petition at Storrs. But what is most
interesting to us, is the fact that the
Leghorns are apparently showing up
the most efficiently. The leading pen
at the Contest, as well as the leading
pen for the week were Leghorns.
They were both Michigan bred pens,
too, coming from the intensive poul-
try centers of Michigan. The per
cent production for each breed fol-
lows :
Per Cent
Marred Rocks
3-* 2
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WHILE I do not profess to know
all there is to know about geese,
nevertheless I have been very suc-
cessful in their production and I am
very glad to give my experience and
advice through your columns for the
benefit of the readers of Everybodys.
The Toulouse goose is in my esti-
mation the most profitable goose to
raise. I have made many trials with
others, but I prefer the Toulouse. It
grows the largest, matures the quick-
est, is not so much of a rambler and
flyer as other kinds and as it does
not take so readily to water as other
varieties, it grows more rapidly and
accumulates fat faster. They are not
so noisy, and you need not be afraid
to let your horse stand in the yard
for fear the flock might rise and fly
away and scare the horse and wagon
into flying too.
The Breedera
I allow two geese to one gander,
though generally they will pair off
and you will notice that a gander will
stay with his actual mate nearly all
the time. The gander is the protec-
tor of the goose, especially in breed-
ing time will he defend her and her
nest — fearless and vicious. It is not
an easy matter to distinguish the sex.
When six or seven months old, or at
maturity, you can usually, by obser-
vation, tell the ganders from the
geese. The male, in most cases,
grows some larger than the female.
The goose is deeper in the body, a
trifle slimmer in neck and smaller in
head. The call of the gander is loud,
long and shrill, while that of the
goose is merely an answer to it.
Separate a flock by driving part on
each side of a fence or building and
you can distinguish most of the
ganders by their calls. Never look
for a curled feather in the toil or any
outside marks such as I have seen in
some cuts, for there are none. Early
in the spring it is easier to tell them,
for instance, by tasting, but it must
be understood and done with care.
Geese grow to a great age. The
females are profitoble up to ten or
twelve years of age and the males up
to six or seven years. It is not pro-
fitable to raise geese in confinement.
They must have a pasture where
from early spring they will live al-
most exclusively on green rye, clover
or grass, needing little grain and
thriving well. Do not feed too much
com in winter, as it is apt to get
them too fat for breeder?^. Oats and
barely are better. The way I feed
is this: I toke some boxes about eight
inches deep and put in the oats or
whatever grain I want them to have.
These I place in the pasture, away
from other fow)s, and invite them to
help themselves. One need not be
so careful in feeding them as in
feeding ducks and other poultry. You
can not spoil their appetites, and by
putting the boxes of grain in the
runs they get a good run and a light
feed, and are in no danger of over-
feeding. I should not advise you to
feed corn in this way. Give them
corn only in the hardest weather,
when it is storming or there is so
much snow they can not go foraging.
Toulouse geese only need enough
water to drink, none to swim in.
When in proper rondition young geohewill
lay from eighteen to twenty four egK* th«
to thirty BIX and even forty eggs m a tfm%m
flr.vt aeason and old goo»e will lay fromthirty
You ask how I manace I will tell yoa.
Karly in the i»i)ring I ]>la'e mome boxea aa^
liarrels in out -of the way y.la. *•■* and rover
them with ruhbinh. having straw or litter
..f -iorae kind in«»ide of them. Some of the
geese will hegin laying in February, at^
they will find the places provided for them
We gather the eggn every day. but atoiJ
diaturbinir a goodie when ahe ia on the na»t.
and we always arrange the nest a« nearly
an posaible the name as we found it. Alway*
leave a nest egg — any kind will do. A
goo«e will cover her egg with the nent m»
terial. and in winter instinct teaches her to
bury it deep. . .v #• .
Young geese seldom get broody the lint
year. We seldom let a gooc© aet bat break
them up as soon as they become broody. Wt
put an extra gander in a yard by himwU
away from the other geese. Into this ysrt
goes the broody g'>ose or gee^e. Her nait
is destroyed, or if It ia In a barrel or box
It is moved to a new position. In four «
five daya turn the goose out and m moal
cases she has forgotten she wanted to .rt
and goes to work again. In »»>'• '^•^.J"
keep the geese busy laying eg ga and a laift
common hen attends to the hatching for her
We put the goose eggs under a »>*»».•«"
ing as many aa we can at the "'"•»'«'
On the fifth or sixth day we test the e«»
and divide the fertile eggs among the heo^
giving each four eggn. ^^^x-^i •f* »• "■■!
as a hen can well cover. It take, thir^
daya to hatch them. Then you want to b^
on the lookout. The hen will set all rirb
but when the young one- break t*-* •^';'
and the hen sees a big green little «'«»"«
with a lone, wide bill saluting her. she tak«
k for a freak of nature and off comes it.
head Not many hen. will claim the youaj
«.e,e. ao take the goslings away a. they
hatch and try the hens Saving them to^
..ood. alow gentle hen. As soon as 'h *»•«;*
them without any fuss there is no further
danger. p^^dlng the Qotllnga
The first two or three days keep them ij
a wa?m place and give them a l.ttle staked
bread and water. When the weather is jkj
?urn them out in a small .ncloMire wh^^
an be changed V^^ ,^^IJII*'*S:! ^'X:
six feet long and twelve inches wL e^ A''*;
a week let them K'*— •"^J*''^" *^ ,^u IS
mother's trouble begins, for the l.ttle ««•
lings do not care a snap for ^J\'^^l'''lt
They are off hustling for ^>*'''y,''^»'Her
grass, and she has to go •'»^%*5[", Vnd
business is to keep them warm nt mght ana
warm tbem In the day time »f they r
chilled. ^ , »%,««i not%-
The flrat four or five weeks 8«ve t»»«° "^';
ing but stale bread «'"'•• ^i«n»"y„'";L"J;«
leave them at liberty to get »" /J^'.J^j
or clover they want. Do not soak ^^f)^^,.
«» they do not like ,t so well. M or ^^
wcekH give them a mash of t^" ^!»'^';'^,^ ,„
and one third corn meal. If > "" ^i"A,i(
fatten them, after '*'' ^^r^" ''^'il^^t'^So nol
bran and one half cracked corn. "» "^^ ^
let it be sloppy. Never allow 5"^''"f„.4^5
to water to swim until fully '-•'^'-red and »b^^
t those go that you wish to keei
only Ic
breeders. Any of them ^'" . •'" A"is peVla*
they never go swimming T)"^'"t.v «a tk.J
vou must ke..p the old K<'7%*7»/' "or
will f^ght the ben and mol*;'* ^^? J^J'Vil
It will sometimes happen tnai y"»
fc.i.h and rai«e a rosUng with a broken
ring it '" '"* serious fauU at all. only
. nrnformation in the egg. If it is a nice.
a "" I. ..J An „nt Ir.ll •» nnr l.«
Bai dttice I. and it will »oon heal and yu
«ili never note the difference afterwards.
Yrt'i will tienerally find such to bo the larg
«at birds.
Gosling:, when nine and ten weeks old.
»-(kh from tw Ive to fifteen pounds. That
it the I'tfst lime to marki-l them as they will
brr g my* nioii.y then than in the fall and
winter and yo.i ha\e no trouble fattening
them The fir>t gr.en tiecse in the New
York and llo^ton markets this year brought
frni 18 to 25 cent* a pound and now, when
nin- months and not weighing much more,
they bring from 14 to !•» cents. Will you
not agree with n>e that they are j-rofltable
to raise I I do not generally paint things in
the Lrightcht colors, and I do n.>t advocate
everybody going into goose culture. You
ran not rai^e gee^e as you do thickens and
ducks — on an acre lot. They must ha\e a
PBAture It is a wrong belief that geeso or
the r droppings will kill gra>s or dt-striiy
A i.ssture. I will explain this aa follows:
If you have a large flock of geese and a
•mall pasture they will dean it up. that is
they will eat the grass as fast as it sprouts
and give it no chance to grow, jusl as a
cow on a city lot will »»oon have only bare
ground and you have to lie her out in the
road If you could do the same with geese
you would find the grass coming again au-i
growing as before.
To provide a good pasture for gee-e for
the late fall, winter and early spring, plow
a pie*e of ground in September and sow it
to rye. It will make good picking for them
B the winter and provide them with a good
living in the early spring before the gra»a
cornea in the pasture.
(;eeftd are more profitable than either
ducks or chickens, but you cannot raiae
them in such quantities. I have tried, but
cannot hatch them successfully In incuba-
tors. It would be tjo much *ork to rai»e
them in brooders. iJut you ci«n raise quite
a flock In a season and make It nay. Have
oc fear of glutting the market. Orecn ga««e
always find a ready sale, and there is a |
tood demand in the fall and winter. Their
feathers are an Item worth considering, but
do not pluck your geese twice a year and
expect them to be good breeders. A gooet
ao treated will not lay as early, nor as many,
nor as fertile eggs aa one that la Kft alone
to go through the changes naturally •Always
*#od your fowls to market i»roi»erly dristed
Kerar aend them alive. The difference In
the price of the carcass and toe feathers
will pay you three fold for the extra vork.
Oeese are eaaier to raise than any other
fowl. There is no mortality atnong the
yoang stock from disease. Lameness is the
only ailment with which I have had to con
tftid It is caused by too dose confinement
unwholeaome food, too warm bousing, and
cloae quarters in the fall. Let your geese
stay out under a shed with some litter under
them in the hardest weather and they will
b« more vigoroua than those cloaely housed.
To treat lameness proceed as follows: If
TOQ notice one that is rather bad, put it by
itself in a dry place and give light food
<*tale bread) and water. If it shows signs
of fever aad diarrhoea, give a table»poonful
of castor oil oy holding its beak open and
working It down its throat. Kepeat the
second day if it ia not better.
Do not mistake the common crown goose
for the Toulouse. The following is a short
description of the Toulouse:
Held large and short, especially in the
■snder; rolor dark gray: beak, reddish-
flaah, not pink; eyea. dark-brown, or hasel;
neck on gander, long and carried erect — by
long I do not mean extremely long: neck of
roose. medium In length : plumage, dark
Cray, shading a trifle lighter toward the
hack: hack slightly curved, bng and broad,
color dark gray: breast. f''ll and d»'o>
plnmage li^ht gray, not white- body broad
aad da«p In old birda in good condition it
slmokt touches the ground; plumage down
to the keel is light gray; the lower and
fluffy parts are pure white.
The tail ought to be short, in color black
and white, the end of the feathers being
»hite. Wings strong and large, with smooth-
'" folded, dark gray primariea. brown sec
ondaries and dark gray coverts. Thighs
•nort and stout, covered by light gray plum
art di>tinctly laced. Shanka and web of
feet dark orange color — not pink. White
k^*" '** wings or any other part of body
**ther than above mentioned shows impure
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A great deal has been said about
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The fact is that when we have tried
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the same machine one of the classes
would be a comparative failure,
•ometimes one and sometimes the
other. For these several reasons we
desired to buy about a dozen hens
which would be likely to make re-
liable setters. We found some that
we thought would meet our require-
ments. Of these we bought eight.
Six were put into a light, airy house,
eight by fourteen feet in size. When
we bought them the lady who sold
them to us said they were old hens
and we believed her. She said they
had laid a few eggs but not regularly
and that three of them had been
jrood mothers last year. We bought
them out of a yard of liberal size in
which there was no sign of green
stuff of any kind. Out of curiosity
we concluded to apply the Walter
Hogan test to them. One we con-
cluded was not a good layer, two of
doubtful value, and three would pass
as really good layers. Three of these
hens were of mixed Barred Plymouth
Rock parentage, two deeply crossed
with Partridge Cochin blood and one
evidently of Buff Cochin blood. The
last is a very large hen, coal black,
with but few feathers on the legs.
It was this one we condemned as a
layer. She has been in a pen by her-
self ever since we bought her. She
has plenty of room and is comfort-
able in every way. She eats well,
.sings gaily and is in the pink of
condition, but she has not laid an
egg since we bought her. We doubt
very much if she ever laid one in
her life. She is not over two years
old and probably not over one year.
These hens cost us fifty cents each
and would have sold at the nearest
store for more money as they were
very fat and in fine health, free from
lice, and in a prime market condi-
tion.
We took them to our home and be-
gan to feed them a mixed ration
composed of cracked com, wheat,
barley, kaffir com, millet seed, sun-
flower seed, crushed charcoal and
crushed oyster shell. This mixture
was not scientifically mixed as we
bought it from a seed dealer who
mixes his odds and ends together and
sells them to poultry keepers without
knowing anything about feed values.
A light feed of this was given in the
morning and all they would eat at
evening. Every day these hens have
had all the green stuff they would
eat This has been lawn grass on a
few occasions, but largely dandelion
tops and sweet clover, both of which
grow as weeds conveniently near on
vacant lots. The green stuff is chop-
ped into short lengths with a sharp
hatchet and is greedily eaten.
Now for the results. The hens,
remember, have not been out of
doors for weeks. The floor has been
torn up in part of the building in
which they are kept, so they have
part wood and part earth flooring.
They have all the water they want
and a wide window covered only by
poultry netting in the south, so they
have plenty of sunlight and air.
Of the six hens we know one has
not laid since we bought her. The
other five began to lay almost at
once and up to this writing have
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sit, although we have been wishing
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and often four. The regular laying
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three days from every hen in the
pen, not including the non-layer.
No meat has been fed these hens,
nor any stimulating feed of any
kind. We believe the excellent lay-
ing record they are making is doe
to the abundance of green feed they
are getting. Possibly the character
of the green feed has something to
do with it. The dandelion tops have
excellent blood purifying qualities
and the sweet clover is richer in pro-
tein than even alfalfa, it being a
member of the leguminous family to
which alfalfa and clover belong.
The cost of feeding these six hens
and one cock is about three cents a
day for the lot for grain. The green
feed costs nothing but the five min-
utes it Ukes to cut it and chop it
fine for them.
We might possibly induce these
hens to begin sitting by cutting out
the green feed and putting them on
a corn ration if they could be in-
duced to eat com. Just now a hand-
ful of whole corn has been lymg in
one corner of the house almost un-
touched for a week. The hens re-
Tk« farm of M. S. Am.
1 a McUon of th« b— ^'
eoadltloaa for tfco
roMiaff of poaisrr.
April, 1924
fuse to recognize it as feed. They
eat the green feed with eagernss but
take the grrain very deliberately.
They seem so fond of green stuff
that we haven't the heart to deprive
them of it and are looking for other
sitting hens to hatch our chicks. It
has now become so late in the season
that we are going to have an oppor-
tunity of exercising our skill in rais-
ing chicks in hot weather, an oppor-
tunity that does not frighten us in
the least as we have already on
hand a supply of prepared chick feed
against the time when the chicks
shall appear. — R. L. C.
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
427
CHICK RAISING IN
THE SOUTH
(Continue from V^t* 370)
feeding chicks in the South has given
good results. In this method the
chicks are allowed to remain in the
incubator for forty-eight hours after
hatching. The machine is darkened
80 that no light can enter through
the glass front. In this manner the
chicks sleep for the first period of
life, which aids them materially in be-
coming strong. healthy chicks.
Chicks which are kept sleeping dur-
ing this period are much easier to
raise. At about sixty to seventy-two
hours of age the chicks are moved
from the incubator to the brooder
house. The bottom of the brooder
space has been filled with a layer of
coarse sand and upon which cotton
seed hulls are placed. Cotton seed
hulls make a very comfortable bed on
which the chicks can rest and also
serve to keep them very warm. A
strip of hardware cloth one foot high
is placed around the brooder so that
the little chicks may be yarded in
quite closely the first few days in
order that they may not wander too
far from the heat. Every precaution
must be taken, however, so that they
are not yarded too closely, otherwise
over-heating is the result, the conse-
quences of which are as great as are
those of chilling.
When placing the chicks in the
brooder house the windows should be
darkened so that only subdued light
is prevalent. Milk of some form
should be placed in the founts so that
the little fellows may begin drinking.
When only a small number are brood-
ed it is practical to dip each chick's
beak in the milk but this practice is
impossible when large numbers are
brooded. It is an excellent practice
to place a plentiful supply of fine
oyster shell on a board where the
chicks may have free access to it.
The first feed is usually a light feed
of a good growing mash.
The second day in the brooder
house, the chicks may be fed scratch
five times a day and mash five times
a day. This mixture ia fed up to the
third week period.
At the three week stage the great-
er difficulties have been passed in
Lafi^
The Feed that
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More Eggs Produced at' Lower Cost
EGATINE makes hens lay more cgga, keeps them in belter
condition and the eggs cost less per dozen to produce.
But don't take our word for these claims, you can prove
them for yourself by feeding EGATINE to your own hens.
If your dealer doesn't have EGATINE. ask us for sample,
feeding directions and price, stating number of hens you are
feeding.
TIOGA MILL & ELEVATOR CO
Box C, Waverljr, New York
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Three Kourthv <)ni» Fifth and One HUth Trii* on An-
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■erulivft yearn. Catalo^e.
M. SHANTZ
AYR. ONT.. CANADA
OHIO CHICKS ARE BEXXER
ANCONAS EXCLUSIVELY. Winners at leading shows. Our
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June Chicks, $14.00 per 100. Deduct one cent on Chicks in lots of 200
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131 Beeti Shaet Marlee. letflaaa
the brooding stage and the problems
from then on are largely matters of
attaining good growth in the chicks.
This matter of growth involves
plenty of bone building material, to-
gether with clean range and a liberal
supply of green stuff and a good
palatable mash and scratch grains of
a size most beneficial for digestion.
All during this growing period, the
problem of supplying greens is prac-
tically of as great importance as that
of supplying a good ration. Barley
or oats grown to the height of two
or three inches provide very succu-
lent green material. Even during the
first few days in the brooder house,
it is often possible to dig up a chunk
of sod which contains some fresh,
succulent green clover, and place it
in the brooder house for the chicks
to eat. This system of growing
chicks has proven to be very satis-
factory and the writer is confident
that Southern poultrymen will get
equally as good results with it.
Chick Management After the Third
Week Period
Up to the third week period it has
been most practical to have the
chicks definitely confined to yards. A
great time saving help can be had
by lining up the brooder houses in a
row near the farm house so that not
so many steps are necessary in order
to see the little chicks quite fre-
quently the first few days. Each
house has a yard fenced in the front
of it in which the little fellows may
run for the first three weeks. After
this they are quite capable of caring
for themselves and are very much in-
dependent of the source of heat. It
will now be very practical to break
up the row of houses and move them
out on the free range, spacing them
not nearer than 150 feet apart. In
this manner there will be no difficulty
encountered through getting the
chicks mixed together and all fre-
quenting one house. They will range
out from their respective houses and
will return to them at night. Chicks
which are incubated around the first
of March will be independent of the
source of heat at about four weeks
of age, even though some cold wea-
ther may be prevalent at that time.
In case cold weather strikes the chicks
at the third week
period, it will be
necessary to hold
them over in their
quarters until the
fourth week period.
It is very essen-
tial that the little
chicks be taught to
roost as soon as
possible and this is
sometimes begun as
early as four to six
weeks of age. Lit-
tle roosts may be
placed in the house
near the brooder,
I upon which the lit-
tle chicks may roost, and they can
gradually be raised. The growth of
the chicks must determine the time
at which they shall begin roosting,
for early roosting sometimes causes
crooked breast bones.
Two Satisfactory Types of Brooder
Houses
The type of house most satisfact-
ory for the Southern poultryman is
either the gable-roof or the shed-roof
type, eight feet wide and twelve feet
deep. The gable-roof type of house
is favored by some poultrymen inas-
much as the space to be heated is re-
duced somewhat and later on in the
summer the extreme upper portion i«
cooled by breezes blowing through it
and a better cooling effect is pro-
duced in the house. The type of
house which is at present used on the
A. & M. Poultry Farm is a house
eight feet wide and twelve feet deep
of the shed-roof type. The front has
a door in the center and two opening
two and one-half by six feet on either
side. These are covered with poultry
netting and also with muslin during
the first few weeks of the brooding
period. The brooder is then placed
very near the rear end of the house,
consequently outside changes in tem-
perature do not influence the brooder
temperature so quickly. There is
also less space to be heated, since the
rear height of the house is only five
and one-half feet while the height
in front is seven and one-half feet
During the early Spring months, the
front part of the house serves as a
hardent-'r. The little chicks run from
the heat to the front part of the
house which is naturally cooler. This
change of temperature seems to be
very beneficial for successful growth
of young chicks and is practiced by
many successful poultrymen all over
the United States. A house eight
feet by twelve feet has sufficient floor
space for six or seven hundred chicks
for the first three or four weeks.
Later the cockerels may be separated
from the pullets and there will be
sufll^cient space to carry the remain-
ing pullets through to maturity.
Special Brooding Precautions in the
South
It is very essential to inspect the
brooder each season before the brood-
Mammoth Wlilts Holland Tom, w»UJ»ing 50 pounds,
by Mrs. L«e Clupman. Mayfield, Ky.
Ownsi
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Let's All Join In Placing the Poultry
Industry on a Higher Level
One of America's Closest Students of Poultry Breeding Prohlems Writes
in Strong Terms of Praise Alwut That Latest Remarkable Poultry n«K>k,
**The Production of 500-Eggers and Better hy Line Breeding/'
ELOOM arc authors rewarded a< have
been Messrs. Atkinson and Curtis by
having so many men of lonj; expcri-
enco an«l special knowlcclj^c write
in commendation of their recently
pui)ii>hed poultry l>t)ok. Following is a letter
from \Vm. A. Lippincott :
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
W. W. Campbell, Preaident
Collrite .»f .VKritullurr ]lr.im-h of thr CollcRr of
IHviMon ot Poultry Hu.l.an.lry .\BncviItvur. I nivcrMty larm.
Wm. A. L.i.p.ncott in Charge Dav... I alifum.a
K.litnr Reliable Poultry Journal, Berkeley. CI.. Nov. 8, WZi
I>ayti>n. Ohio.
My dear Mr. Curtis:—
DurinK the month* I h-nve heen in Californi.!. 1J;»^<'^ »»;*•"*
a msior part of my time travelin,? about the Mate K^tmiK
Icmia ntr.f with its KroKraph> . .ts poultry i.,.lustry.v»d the
f.eo, fe^^ ho are reSH.nMble tor the latter. As a travelmK com
people Vu i!,! -Tt,- Prr-biriion of .'WiO KijK'-r* an<l Hetter
panion. I have ha«l 1 ne fro^iuction oi .> •r'^\. . vf- i."UI-*;t
bt I-.ne Hree,linK." IT HAS ]\^OVE\ A \ IKN M tK^ST
Ac AND PROFITABLE <-<J^V»' J,^ »^»^,.,;V;!i VrrV.UK
l^^^flRSBr
Fibre Paper Bound Edition.
Art Cover Ih.^ign by
F. L. Sewell
Yt)U AM> MK ATKIN
SON ON THK ORKAI
SERVK K Yor , HA^I.
hkkkdkrs and iirkki>
INC.
BeRinners in poultry bree.l^
itiK have heretofore labore<l
un<ler certain disa<lvantaKe4
which the novue in other
linen of livestmk bree«linic
has not had I refer, particu
larly. to the fact that the
ancestry of the out»tan<hnK
individual* of the various
breeds of horses, cattle,
sheep and swine is a matter
of public record. ^) *'<;". •
wouM he breeder of dairy
cattle, for instance, attends
a sho* and sees an in«livid
ual that fills his eye. he is
not under the necessity ol
cautiously api»roachinK the
breeder and asking him
about his breeding methods.
He can investii^ate the
breeding of that in.livMiual
on his own account and in-
dee<l follow up the brred.ng practices of the man wh^ prc.
,\\ur<l it bv means of the herd book. This, ol course, n«>
not been true with regard to poultry, whether one is interested
in breed-type and color, or in pro*luction.
1 f r c T Tti NT YD!' JVND MR ATKINSON HAVE
■pK\rTI(FS I SHALL (KKTAINLY KK( < »M MKN D r HK
m^oK'^T(^.^LI;Tl^()^r.HmM^
c^T'^^•^,^^^•NIVKKSIT^'" F^N IFOR^^A^
::^R'^i^';V.\N CeI) 0)URSE lurLTKY BRLEUINCi.
I am dtli«hte<l to see by the current issue of ''The ^f^^^l^^'
that you are going ahead with a si.tular 'YV;.""', Ldv dr.t h
cred's breeding meth.Kls. I w.-»s ^<-»^*VV'Vha it wrid not ».e
might have left the matter so inc.mplete hat t ^oiild not ne
possible for you to carry out your a"»«""^«: interest as I
Uk forward to its publication with very keen interest, as
am sure poultry breeders will everywhere.
ONF VFRY r.RF.NT SF.RVICE WHICH THE BOOK
\I wi.^l\- wriVl ISHFI) IS PERFOKMIN*; IS I HK
cLAKiVl^A■^oy'oF ^^^( ii)K.>s of »«»<';/>»-«^;^ ?
THF MATTER OF INBREE1>1N<. AM> LINL .^^^'^';'-'
InV;: There ha, been great need for a. frank d.s-s-ot. o >>
breeding in order that the popular l'.^'' '»'*.''•«•,. ^«»!"r''V " Jvr
be overcome. Bree.lcr, of high »'.-»nd'ng_.Jti__thj«_coujntry._^»M^^^
.\tkin«<fn and l«><»kin|t <
«>T
Wm. A. Lti>itincoU
Proffsmr of Poultry llunfMindry
VniverMly of ( 'alifornia
thrtn THE SOONI K HIE BIMN^. nnut :« .\M\>'
THAT Nt) t.KFAT FAMILY oF ANN KINI» »> ..'.'>.h
<TO( K HAS KVFK BFKN l»FVKI.orKI> W IMlol I
INTFI l.n.ENT. THor(;H OITEN olllK « l.oSE IN
BKFFDlNt.. THF BETTER OFF TlIF PolLIKV IN
DCS IKY WILL UK.
.^gain ct-tncratulating you and Mi.
ward to the pr«M|iict
of yotir further efforts
in this line. I am.
Yours \er> tnilv.
Wilham A. LijM'tnfott
Professor of Poultry
Hu^b.ifi'lry
For tip\var<l>* of
a dozen years Prof.
Lippincott w a »
head of the p«>nltry
Department of the
Kansas State Col-
lege of -Xnriculture.
Manhattan, where
he dill e.xceptionally
vahiahle work as
a n Investigator
and Instrtutor in
Ponltry HreedinR.
condnctinK numer-
ous tests extending
over peritxls of
years — and with
profitable results.
Last summer he
was sclectoil by the
University of Cab- , „ . tt i i
fornia to occupy the chair of Poultry lln.sbandry at
this great educational institution, located in one of
the foremost poultry states of our Cotintry. Prof^
Lippincott is also the author of several b<H>ks and
pamphlets on poultry prohlems. each one of which
is a capable and timelv contribution to the proKre«kH
<.f poultry culture. It is for such reasons that Prof.
Lippincott's strong approval of this book, " I he 1 ro
duction of 300-F.KKers
and Better by Line
Breeding." is especially
valuable.
This latest great
poultry book consists of
416 pages. 6 by '> inches
in size. It is illustrated
by the use of many half-
tones ami also contains
numerous blood line or
mating charts, showing
how to proceed step hy
step in l)reeding any
Standard variety of do-
mestic fowl f<»r greatly
increased egg prodisction.
It is published in two
editions: One bound in
heavy tought- fibre paper
with art cover design by
Iranklane L. Sewrll. tlu
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\ng operations befirin, to make sure
that the brooder will burn satisfactor-
ily durinjf the season.
It is very essential that brooder
hovers never be filled with chicks up
to the rated capacity. 300 chicks is
sufficient for a 500 chick hover and
700 chick.H is sufficient for a 1.000
chick hover. Many difficulties are
experienced if the limits are in-
creased beyond the amounts given.
If at all possible, it would be better
to brood chicks in lots of not more
than 250, inasmuch as better results
with rtjrard to heat and ^owth are
attained within this limit.
Considerable difficulty is often ex-
perienced with toe-picking if too
many chicks are brooded in one lot
without allowing them sufficient room
for exercising. A ration low in ani-
mal food also sometimes causes toe-
picking. Toe-picking may finally
cause a type of cannibalism, which
is very difficult to check and which
not infrequently causes serious loss.
Whenever toe-picking is discovered,
roomier quarters should be given the
chicks and also some form of animal
protein. If some type of milk is used
throughout the first three week
period, very little difficulty is usually
had with the chicks with regard to
toe-picking. Sometimes if roomier
quarters are not available, good re-
sults are obtained by feeding the lit-
tle chicks plenty of green stuff. If
chunks of sod are dug up and placed
in the house, the little fellows will
pick at the clover and will forget
about the other fellow's toes. All
chicks with picked toes should be re-
moved from the house and given in-
dividual treatment. If the toe is dip-
ped in tar, a black coating will be
effected about the toe and the other
chicks will not pick at this toe again.
Cotton seed hulls form a very satis-
factory brooder bed and are especi-
ally valuable in case of fire since the
hulls are very hard to bum, which
aids materially in checking many
possible disastrous brooder fires. The
hulls also form a very cozy bed for
the little chicks to sleep on. They
are one of the most satisfactory
brooder house litters in the South
and if bought in ton lots can be
secured very cheaply.
It is very important to guard
against over-feeding of little chicks.
Each feeding should be cleaned up in
ten or fifteen minutes so that no
mash remains in the troughs from
one feeding to another. It is always
better to remain on the safe side and
under-feed rather than over-feed.
Over-feeding proves much more dis-
astrous than under-feeding. It is
surprising how quickly the little
chicks' crops fill up and how a little
over-feeding may cause diarrhoea.
Sometimes after a few days of ex-
tremely warm weather, a cold .spell
suddenly .strikes the Southern region.
It is sometimes impossible to suffici-
ently heat up the brooder house dur-
ing these cold spells. On such days
the amount of mash fed should be re-
duced materially and the scratch feed
should be increa.sed. In this manner
the little chicks will have to work for
their feed and they generate some
heat within themselves, which aids
materially in keeping them comfort-
able.
Sometimes during the month of
March sudden cold spells strike parts
of the State. On these days it will
be necessary to confine the little
chicks until past noon, after which
time they may be allowed to be out
of doors two or three hours if they
are not less than four days old.
The writer has not attempted to
cover the conditions over the entire
State of Texas, ina.smuch as there are
different localities in which different
climates and conditions or weather
are encountered. The feeding ad-
vice, however, should work out very
satisfactorily for the entire State and
I for other Southern states. Cotton
I seed meal has never proven very
satisfactory as a chick feed, conse-
quently there has been no mention
made with regard to it. In case any
one wishes to substitute cotton seed
meal for meat scrap, it is very un-
safe to ever replace more than one-
half of the meat .scrap with cotton
seed meal. Conditions in Northern
Texas are very much different than
those in Southern Texas and also dif-
ferent from that in Ea.stern Texas, at
which place the A. & M. Poultry
F'arm is located.
Chick raising in the South presents
many problems to poultrymen just
as it does in other states and any ad-
vice given for the benefit of poultry-
men, must be used only as it best
suits each poultryman's conditions.
First Cockerel Michigan Stale Exposition
Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 1923
Bred and Owned By
George B. Ferri*. Grand Rapids, Michigan
Male Heading one of the Winning Old Pens
Madison Square Garden, 1924
Owned By
George B. Ferris, Grand Rapids, Michigan
CLUB ELECTION
The election of the officers of the
Silver Wyandotte Club of America
resulted as follow.'^: President, J. A.
Bistline, Longwood, Fla.; vice presi-
dent, T. B. Cox, Lancaster, O.; secre-
tary-treasurer, Carl H. Sommer, Rush
City. Minn.; executive committee:
E. S. Tarbox. Yorkville, III., R. G.
William-''. Barre. Mass., D. P. Bar-
ret, Ann Arbor. Mich.; election com-
missioner, A. K. Rettig, Briphtwood.
Ind.; Eastern sectional secretary. N.
C Rublee, Fitchhurp. Mass.; Central
5ectional secretary, B. C. Phillips,
Baltimore, O.; Western sectional sec-
reUry, Horb Reisinger, York, Neb.;
Southern sectional secretarj-. W. D.
Topp, Tupelo, Miss.
The Silvers were the first of the
Wyandotte family and originated
over 60 years ago, they are one of
the very few breeds and varieties
thtt have held their popularity all
these years, and you will find them
on the farms, back yards and fan-
ciers' homes. They are great layers
and an elegant table fowl. Their
contrasting color of black and white
makes them the most beautiful bird.
The club has always been very ac-
tive with a good list of breeders.
Our aim this year will be to enroll
every breeder of Silvers. The dues
are only $1.50 a year and a year book
is sent to each member. If not a
member, joint the club and help to
boost your Silvers. Send your appli-
cation to Carl H. Sommer, Sec'y.
Rush City, Minn.
LETTER OF APPRECIATION
Charleston, S. C, March 13, 1924
Everybodys Poultry Magazine,
Hanover, Penna.
Dear Sirs: —
I want to express through you my
deep appreciation to the members of
the American Poultry A.ssociation for
the splendid vote given me for di-
rector from the P'ourth District.
Election Commissioner McCord ad-
vises that I received more votes on
the nomination ballot than my two
opponents combined.
This is gratifying and leads me to
feel that the members appreciate the
efforts I have made in behalf of the
poultry industry since my election to
the hoard three years ago.
I want to urge that all members in
^y district take advantage of the
opportunity given to select their rep-
resentative on the board of directors.
If re-elected to the board it will be
wy purpose to serve the association
in the future as in the past, always
having in mind the greatest good to
the greatest number. Your support
of my efforts to aid the association in
»ny district is appreciated.
BEN E. ADAMS.
Director, Fourth District.
Sablina White Wyandottes
Tradr Mark
Insure
Profitable Egg Production — Flock average 180 eggs per year.
Individual records up to 250.
Profitable Meat Production — Bred strictly to Standard. Have al-
ways been in the ribbons at Boston and wherever shown.
A Sound Investment — Backed by a reliable Farm.
KGGS: $3 for 15, 50 or more, 16c apiece.
SPECIAL EGGS, on Sale May l«t, $5 for 15, 50 or more, 30c apiece.
Arthur H. Shaw, 504 Grove St.. Wcllesley, Mass,
ROSE AND SINGLE COMfi
PAYNE BROS, rhode island reds
BEED EXCLUSIVELY FOE 2S TEABS->MAK£ SENSATIONAL WINNINOS 192S-a4
Madison SaOAr* Oarden. 192S — 18 birds p)sr»d out of 22 ent^rvd. including rirsl.
Third »nd Fourth (Shsj.r snd (V»lor) Tullet ; H^rond and Third Vt>nt. rtr.
Sprlncflflid. Mms.. D«c. 1925— Stste KM Meet — Hind* Comb*: Kir»t snd 8«N-ond
Pens First Second. Third »nd Fourth Corks; First. Herond snd Fourth Hens; F»r»t
(Shape »nd Color) Corkerel ; Second snd Third TuUot Ko»« Comb. : Fir.l l'#n ; First
Third And Fourth Cocks; 8«cond. Third and Fourth Hen.; Second and Third 0«»ck»r»ls;
First. Fourth and Fifth Pallet. Best DispUy in both Ysnetir. ..»,^
Bolton, M»Mm 1924 — Rose Combs: Second snd Third \oun« Pen; Second um
Pen- Sixth snd Seventh Cocks; Fifth snd Seventh Hen.; Siith (Shspe Specisl) and
Seventh Cockerels; Fimt. Third snd Fourth (Shsne .nd Color) »*">l»«"^ ^^ ^^^„
60 OEAND BEEEDINO OOCKEEBLS— IBOO. $10 00. 116 00 and 126 00 EACH
CUE SPECIALTY— HAtcblni E(fs from soms of ths rtOMt Pens In America.
Catsloftie Free
PAY»« MOe. ■« ■ »0«T1.AMD.|C0MM.
Big, Strong Chicks
■ATCICD FIOH IK! aASS. ltI»^T«IAV ST«C1.
A >0 (Mtr c»«ii .trpo«lt will «•«>»»* »•»■•' ""»•• »"' fuiure tWlli»nr
n.l »..u will fl »"«" rtiirfca •tien "SiiUJ
B.M1B Barred Eocks. Bnff Eocks. Black Minorca*. Anconaji _ •
ST: SiTligK^": 1 C. » S. C Br. Lthom.. 8. 0. Buff Lef^orn. • • |JJ
AprU
lOc each
14c —eh
Broiler Chicks
Write fur prices on
iOO
and 1.000 lots We pay parcel po.t and fusrantee safe deliverr.
NUIMDA ROULTRY FARM,
NUf^DA, f^EW YORK
Ebertiapfs S. C. Wtilte Leflliopna
we can niml»h the hrtl <Mr«ilsr fr**
EBEEHAET POULTEY FAEM
E. D. 3
PUNXSUTAWKEY. PA
ion I
Practical Poultry Production
A NEW 368 PAGE BOOK
Written by Harry M. Lamon and J. W. Kln«Horf»»
of the United State. Uepsirtment of A«rlcuUur«.
^^^^ Makes Poultry Raising Profltnble
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Jerseij
Black Giant
Club
i:
C. M. P»ge. Sec.-Trea*.
Belmar. New Jersey
U. L. Meloney, Pr««idenl
M. L. Ch«iim»n. vice Pres.
pointed from Maine. M. L. Cbipman. Trca- 1
ton Junction. N. J.; U. L. Meloney. Freehold '
N. J.; C M. Page. Belm«r. N. J., and Raj c'
Brown. Hampton, N. Y.. were elected honor-
ary members of the New Knpland Branch.—
Buchanan Burr, Sec'y-Treac. Yarmouthport
Mass.
Oorrectlon »
In my write-up of the Harden Show. Uft
month, i made the statement that rvery Giaai
under ribbons, except third cockerel, vti '
owned by club members. Third cockerel w^i
shown under the name of Wajockety Ftrn
I have since learne<l that F. (> Bean. Collej*-
ville. Pa., who joined the club at the club
meet at Trenton the week before the Gardes
Show, i« the owner of Wajockety Farm — C.
M. Page. Sec'y.
Illinois has organised a State Branch with
Mrs. Casper Mast. R. F. D. 4. Quincy. 11..
Jresldent; A. D. Smith 601 J«':>"'«« ,,f»-
Quincy. HI.. Tice president; Mrs. William
Reeser. Areola. lU.. ••«^'«tV''"*'*^*"''r..«.r
At their first club meet show. Mrs. Casper
Mast won best display cup ifiven by the par
•nt clab.
Up to this date. March 1. fifteen new mem-
bers have been listed since February 1.
Let all members try and send In a new
member for the coming month. With nearly
600 members listed we should have at least
1,000 by the fall shows. , , i v
I still have a few cock and cockerel club
ribbons left, others all gone.— C. M. Page.
goc'y-Treas. ...
THE JEB8ET BLACK GIANT
The Jersey Black Giants came to us In
New England four years ago. as an unformed,
orer advertised breed. After it had been ad-
mitted to the Standard aome of us secured
tood specimens and found upon breedinR
them that they had good qualities and would
fill an Important place In the poultry world.
A heavyweight bird, with yellow akin that
pat on weight evenly and rapidly, that did
well in confinement, but could out range a
turkey. Kasy to raise, hardy, as good a
Winter layer as the Rock. When up to
Standard weight and true Giant type, a thing
of beauty, with dark eyes, black plumage
with the brilliant green sheen and clean
lofs large enough to bold op the frame.
Before the breed had been established it
was taken up by the hucksters and the
country flooded with Blacks that were not
Giants at all. One concern advertising 60,-
000 Jersey Black Giant chicks sold last yesr.
when there are not 2.000 Standard Blacks
in the world. o j j
Our first problem was to keep to Standard
weights, for unless the Giant is up to weight
th«y have no ©xtuse for existence; rejecting
all under Kise females as not good breeders.
The type and shape of the Giant is dis-
tinctive, which means the throwing out of all
i^hort backs and Orpington types. Clean legs
are indispensable. Don't fool yourself by
ever breeding birds with stubbs. they will
return to curse you as long as you keep the
strain.
The black plumage with no purple and the
green sheen will keep us busy for some time.
White will throw out from too light under-
color, but is not faUl. A few red feathers
in hackle occasionally are an advantage to
the fancier, who knows that this red means
Dark Cornish blood away back, which esUh-
lishes the yellow skin and gives the green
Kheen which we must have, killing the purple.
In order to keep the Blacks true to type
and shape we hare established a New Eng
land Branch of the Club and have agreed to
keep up the highest SUndard of weight and
type. No undesirable birds to be sold except
to the butcher or capon raisers. The stamp
of the association means line bred quality.
The officers of the association are: Col.
Thos. 8. Bradley. South Sudbury. Mass.,
president; Hiram W. Schriver, Groton, Conn.,
vice president ; Dr. Buchanan Burr, Yar-
mouthport. Mass.. secretary treasurer and an
executive committee consisting of the presi-
dent, secretary and state vice presidents who
are Robt. J. Handy. East Greenwich. R. I.;
Capt. John A. Fish. Mystic. Conn.; Fred W.
Spalding. Poultney. Vt.. and one to be ap-
•JERSEY BLACK GIANTS
OF STANDARD WEIGHT, TYPE AND COLOR
BREEDERS. YOUNGSTERS. HATCHING EGGS and DAY OLD CHICKS
Birds to Win anywhere— New England Fanciers have perfected all their breeds. Oome to Ui.
Xlie Homestead Fapm
DR. BUCHANAN BURR TARMOUTHPOBT. MASS.
aONES* JTERSEY BLACK GIAIMXS
winners at Ma^llson 8qusr« OanVm. N. T. : Phlladslphla. Pa.; Newailc N. J.. Stats Show; Allentown. Pa ;
TlnalaDd. N. J.; BrldiHon. N. J., and nunsrous othsra.
8T00K AND E008 FOR SALE. A big rednctton In prices. Send for free circular.
L. W. JOBTES BtARLTON. NEW JERSEY
THE VALUABLE
INCUBATOR CATALOGUES
He who misses reading the incu-
bator catalogrues of this year misses
much valuable information. In the
race for supremacy the catalogue is-
sued by the incubator makers of this
country has become something more
than a mere recital of the merita of
a certain incubator or assertions,
based solely on the reputation of the
publisher for truth and veracity—
that is, that or the other incubator
is better in every way than any other
one that ever happened.
The incubator catalogue of this
year is a serious book on the science
of rearing chickens by artificial meth-
ods. The information in any of these
books if taken out of the advertising
company in which it is found would
sell by thousands at a dollar each.
From a mere advertisement the in-
cubator catalogrue of this country has
become a book for the information of
the public, offered without price, fur-
ther than stamps enough to partly
pay the postage. We have not seem
an incubator catalogue this year
which was not worth sending for and
keeping permanently.
We do not hesitate to urge our
readers to send for those advertised
in these columns, knowing that by
doing so we are advising them for
their own good.
We thoroughly believe in the arti-
ficial method of rearing poultry and
do not hesitate to say that the only
way to secure the best possible re-
sults is through the use of incubators
and brooders, but quite aside from
this the incubator catalogrues are
worth much more than they cost and
should be read by every poultryman.
MARCY FARMS JERSEY BLACK GIANTS
■TBESX
DISPL.AY
MADISON
SQ. 42ABDEN
isai
1922
1023
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SUPREME EXIIBmON MATINGS
VIGOROUS UTILITY MATIMGS
Noted Msrry Fsrms quality and rlsor. Efft and Stronc. practical jtock. eqnsi In «!"■"*';•»/';*'[:??!
n«»>y Chldm for promrt sh'-proent If ordered early. of maiiy hrcedem. K«i and chlcki If onlereJ prompt
Ltmltetl qusntlty only. Prices on request. ly. Prices on requc*i.
At Intrrxlurrrn of th* Olsnts, we uke speclsl pride In mslntalnini Marcy Farms' leadership. Bend 5c stamp
for inutUstr<l csuli*rie — droulsr fr«»e.
lif ARCY FARlVflS. Box 28, Freehold, Ne^^ •Ierse>' (F«r«erfy II*hwib. N. J )
AMERICA'S
LEADING
STRAINS OF
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LARGEST
DOMESTIC
FOWL
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS
You can buy no better utility Giants at any price. Our flocks are approved by New Jersey Dept. of Aj?riculture.
Chick. $45.00 per 100; $23.00 per 50; $12.00 per 25 Egg. $22.00 per 100; $11.00 per 50; $5.50 per 25
We (guarantee safe delivery; full count; 1,200 miles. Check or money order must be sent with order. Can-
not ship C O D^^^^^^^ FARMS FLEMINGXON. NEW JERSEY
April. 1924
ADVANTAGES OF THE OPEN
FRONT POULTRY HOUSE 1
Open front poultry houses have
won their popularity on sound, prac- '
ileal merit and have come to stay.
Poultry keepers who have once used
a good, open front or "fresh air"
house and piven it a fair trial, would
not return to the old-fashioned closed
buildinjrs for their flocks. Even the
large combed Minorcas and Leghorns
have been found to do better in an
open front house than in a closed
one. The size or style of the house
does not matter so much provided the
front is kept always open and the
pens are deep enough to have the
roosts well back from the opening.
Some of the advantages claimed
for the open front house are:
The front being always open there
is no ventilation to worry about.
Pure, fresh breathing air for the
fowls both day and night.
Freedom from frost and dampness.
Not an uncomfortably cold house, be-
cause air is dry and pure.
None of the penetrating chill com-
mon to closed houses in cold weather.
Comfortable at all times and all
seasons in all locations.
No breathing over and over again
of bad, foul, dead air.
Cool in summer and warmer and
more comfortable than a closed house
in winter.
Better health for the flocks at all
times.
Better egg yield, with less ten-
dency to be affected by weather
changes.
Better fertility and better chicks
from the eggs.
Better returns for the food and
care given the flock.
Economical to build, easy to use
and in every way practical and satis-
factory.
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
433
LET ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE
The first principle to be adopted
in the successful handling of poultry
should be to eliminate weak stock
whenever we see it. This applies at
all stages of development, from the
baby chick to the mature fowl. The
chick which shows physical weakness
at any time should be killed or be
distinctly and permanently marked
and kept apart from the strong stock,
later to be marketed if worthy. A
chicken may overcome weakness, .so
far as external appearances show,
and still retain the inherited ten-
dency to weakness. It is well known
that certain weaknesses are trans-
missable from parent to offspring.
The best safeguard against transmit-
ting weakness in a breeding flock is
the elimination of all stock that
shows or has shown weakness. Some-
times this may mean the disposal of
the entire flock and the starting with
strong, new blood.
We told you so!
At the Chicago National Show. January 14-21, in the Keenest
Competition Seen Thi» Year
WE WON
ON SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS
Second and Ki^hth Cock; Seventh Hen; Si.x»h Old Pen; Third Young
Pen; Second Be^t Display.
ON WHITE WYANDOTTES
First Thir*!. Fifth and Si.v*«nth Cork. Fourth, .^iiith •uJ Ki^hth Hon; !*<^»««nth Cock
erel Sev.«nth and Kighth Pullet. Fourth Old I'm; Fourth Younc r»n.
The iihovo. on toj. o( our winning throughout the South. i» |>rrtty €oo,i proi»r of
Gn-itonin gual.ty. Matmj I.i»t r.«d>. iiet your coyy at onc« ai»d book your orU«r
ftif early delivery.
CA6TON1A, N. C.
CA8TONIA POULTRY FARM,
W. N DAVIS. Prop.
Dam /C<l><i
I'lfi
" Tfit Pnnyttt /IouUaa:
//? it
Our wonder maUnn fw IM4 ara now rra.ty . TW eont*in th« fin-
r>tivf to Pfoduoa Iha wortdi a«»aUoo chli for O*. «»J'^,»*V?2;
U-Tarv rMUty to aupply you with mft for tatohin* or bahy AU. thai
will dallvar you rMulta and aaUaraAlon.
At C».>«««o. fn« 1»U-1M4. th.y ^^.^T^^l^ ^JZl^'^^S^^^
Ai MiiwuhaM itta. ih» wwi m^n rtr* rrtao •aarao— Aiao tif«f»«
ChaJSton^^t bS^ taShow. ^patrn. Malna« •^Ij^^^ ^^
1»M Uw haw woo of« JO Orvid Cha«i»4«oa uodar Ofiy Jud«a*
That'a iha kind wa offar am froaa.
Tou want Ih. t-^ Oat Ihaa* Wrl* ftor our IM« «lHoc Clroulaf.
You will and It full oC Intafwtin* bai«alna.
t<i
"^^'h^
'ma
he focj'
Yaterford m
330 Egg White Leghorns
-n.. only White LeghTf f.mi atooked rnt.raly from tho product of ben, wUh trapnaot
recordi of 300 to :i:iO e^fi in a year. .i «. „# aAfl
Vr^ntt from world', record in»Un«i ront.ininr only I'^^d- with .,. rjner^onj^ of «00
ECP8 \^^ IHUH in thoir pt-d.^ree.. Freo rataloruo of tho wofld I graAUlt Uy«».
A. C, HAWKINS, Lock Box 9t Umcater, Ma—a
EVERYBODYS CLASSIFIED ADS. ARE MONEY MAKERS, TRYTHEM
The Cornish Fowl : by Fred n. Bohrer
This New Book should bt- in ihe h«nd« of
Every Ck>rnUh Fancier
It is the most comprchrnsivr. authohtalivr and
practical work ever produced on thr Comith.
The most hrlpful l>o<)k that has In-tn Ki>ltrn out
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Invaluahle to the novice and extremely interesting
to the experienced fancier. Written in a clear,
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Genetics, feeding. Housing. Kranng. Kxhihiting.
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Send your order direct to this ofWce.
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OrFIOIAL CfLUB BULLimi
American Buff
Wyandotte Club
D. D. COLOLAZIER. Pres.
B. 0. ALWOOD. Secy. Hanover. P»
^ ■ ■
It is very gratifying to note that
members are supporting this page
with their advertising. I sincerely
hope that you fellow members will
continue to do so in the future. It
is my ambition to see this page a
solid page for Buff Wyandottes. If
you have anything to sell, place your
advertisement with your official bul-
letin.
• • •
Much of the club corresponder.ee
has gone unanswered the past few
weeks, due to illness of your secre-
tary. But as things are going better
tigtdnt it is my ambition to be caught
up in a short time.
• • •
Now that the show season is over
the attention has turned to the brc« cl-
ing pens and probably you all have In
mind that champion male and female
for the next national meet, ll would
also be a good idea to try and raise
a few early females for the egg lay-
ing contests which are run in all sec-
tions of the country. A few entries
in these contests, by the breeders,
will go a long ways in attracting
prospective persons planning to go in
the poultry business that Buflf Wyan-
dottes are a real general purpose
breed as well as exhibition.
• • •
It is interesting to note that in
every contest in which Buflf Wyan-
dottes are represented they are al-
ways among Uie leaders in the gen-
eral purpose classes. At the Inter-
national Egg Laying Contest at
Michigan Agriculture College, the
Buffs led all other Wyandottes.
I^st month we spoke of Canada's
Experimental Farms who added a
flock of BuflTs to their farm. This
month we will take you to the other
end of the continent — to Sunny
Florida — wfiere the University of
Florida and College of Agriculture is
situated at Gainesville. At this col-
lege thoy have a large flock of Buffs
doing their stunts through the trap-
nest. From information at hand this
is the only Agricultural College in
the United States that have Buff
Wyandottes for experimental and in-
structive purposes. This flock is not
a disappointment to the men in
charge of the work at the college,
In a short time the club elect^or.
will be upon us again. When th«
time comes, let's make it snappy and
vote promptly and give the officers
elected a chance to make a good .start
for a successful 1924 Buff year.
• • •
Until this date we have not heard
much what show would care to have
the National Meet for 1924. From
Michigan a voice has invited the
club to meet at the Detroit NationiL
The Buff breeders of this state do
things in great shape, as was demon-
strated by the wonderful list of spe.
cials these breeders oflfered at the
past 1923 Detroit Show. Personally,
jlBtllfTTTTTTTTTTT
SHOWS AND
ASSOCIATIONS
i^tii«»«>»»
• •>>•>•■
AMSmiOAN POni<TBY
*"^ ASSOCIATION NOTES
President Tkoi. F. Biff
Tli*t Bnff Wyandottes are terriilc Uyers is evidenced by the sboye pen h*Tln^ won st
the International Efi Laylnf Contest at the KlchigMi AgTlcultural CoUege, 1923. Bred tad
owned by B. Haselton Smttli, NUes, Mich.
fair Census Taking of Poultry and Pooltry
Prodncta
I sm at work in connection with the pro-
per centos report so far as it concerns potil-
trr sod ecr* — ()>** '* poultry and egCi pro-
duced on land of lena thsn five acres. Thin
has never been considered in the report of
1^ yearly production of poultry end eicipi
This it wrooK and a creat injustice to the
pealtry industry. I took up this matter with
Ssrretary of Agriculture Wallace, while in
Wa«hinfton. He is giving na his support. I
jup ronfident we will be sble to correct this
wTvag. There is much to be done in the
istercst of poultry and egg producers of this
e0tmlTf. I am working more than twelve
hew. a day ^ . .
The Hannfol WaUer BUI
We ar« busy at work in an effort to defeat
the Weller bill, introduced in Congress. This
bill propose! that the rate on eggs in thell be
rsdnced from eight cents to two cents per
dosea; that the rate on whole eggs, yolks,
etc.. be reduced from six cents to two cents
per pound; that the rate on dried eggs be
replaced from eighteen cents to ten cents per
posad. on all cKga brought into the United
Stales.
I hare enlisted the support of National
Parai Bureaus, numerous farm organisations,
•late Agricultural Boards and others. I hope
•very member of the American Poultry Asso-
ciation will do hit duty in this all-important
■Mtter. We mutt defeat this vicious bill.
I went to Washington. D. O., for the pur-
IKise ef enlisting support for the defeat of
tk's bill. While there I had a conference
with iecretary of Agriculture. Henry O. Wal
Isee, and several senators and members of
the House and Senate, impressing npon their
Binds the importance of the defeat of these
bilU. By courtesy of Senator Watson, of
Indiana, I had a conference with President
Coolidge and placed the matter before him.
• • •
Baby (Day Old) Chicks to Canada
We are in rereij>t «>f the followinc notice
from Hon. Paul Henderson, Second Assistant
Postmaster General of the United States:
"This department is in receipt of a notiv-e
issued by th<* Ottawa oflTice to postmasters in
Oaaada governing the acceptance of baby
rhirks in that »ervice in the psrrel post mails
for the United States, which notice is quoted
below for the information of postmssters in
this service when accepting baby chicks
destined f<T ofHces in Canada:
" 'Postmasters are informed that from
April 1 to June 15 — except in British Oolum-
^is. where the mailing period will be from
Marth 15 to May 31 — live day-old chicks
may this year, as an experimental service, be
•rrepted st the risk of the sender for trsns
mittion St psrcel post rates to places within
Canada and the United States, provided the
parkace in which they are contained is prop-
«riy prepsred and that delivery can be made
<o the addressee within 36 hours from the
time of posting.
'Dsy-old chickn must not be accepted
for timnsmission in baggage car service,
■'■stchposf service or service by water routs
ti Bscessary — this does not include short wa-
^*T routes, which are virtually ferry services.
Shippers should consult the district superin-
tendent of Postsl Service for information as
to places to which day old chicks msy be
>ent.
" 'Po' the present parcels containing day-
•W chicks must not be insured.
'Shipments of dsy-old chicks are to be
transported outside of mail bags. It Is re-
*''T"«n<i«d that the shipper affix a legibly
•ntten or printed notice to each such pack-
SCIEIWE'S ROYAL BUFF WYANDOnES Winner Best Display Detroit National Show Last Two Years {||f | Wy3I|d0ttCS
AT DETROIT. DECEMBER 4th TO 9th, 1923 ^
1-2^6-7 COCKS 1.2-3-4-6-7 HENS 1-2-3 OLD PENS
1.3-4.5-6 COCKERELS 1.2-3-8 PULLETS 1-3-4 YOUNG PENS
BEST DISPLAY. THREE SILVER CUPS AND EVERY SPECIAL
EGGS FOR HATCHING Write for Mating List
SCHEIWE POULTRY FARM, Box 12, ALGONAC, MICHIGAN oE^'d 'pi^^ w
who is none other than Dr. N. W.
Sanborn and his son-in-law, R. C.
Blake. It is remembered by many
how the Doctor used to win in the
show room and egg laying contests u
few years back. This ilock we are
advised, is showing a flock average
of 180 eggs per bird per year.
WinKT^'S BestDisplay
WINNING WYANDOTTE PEN AT M. A. C.
NATiONAL ECC CONTEST LAST SEASON
1893.
B. HAZELTON SMITH.
STOCK aid EGGS
Seed far Free GrnUr
NILES, MICHIGAN
BUFF WYANDOTTES
From Nowato Farrrt
win si Erir. Ruffslo snd Ihe Osrden. Erics for hstchinc from six in'*n<l matings. Order now.
Get ihrm out rsrly snd hsve «ome winners for the esriy shows.
A few choice msles at $10.00 esch. If in need of one. order it; money bsrk if not suited.
R. A. RAGE
Box A NORTH EAST, PA.
we think the meet should go West
this season, but as this is decided by
the ballot it is hard to guess where it
will go, but nevertheless the boys out
there will do their best to have it
voted to Detroit.
THE PERSISTENT EFFORT
OF POULTRY FANCIERS
The numerous poultry shows and
poultry associations of the country
are the outward signs and symbols of
the change of opinion which has been
brought about through the persistent,
intelligent effort of poultry fanciers.
They may not have done as much •«
they might in the way of adding to
the practical advance of poultry, but
they have been the pioneers who, car-
ing less for money than for the prin-
ciple for which they gave time,
thought and labor, aroused an inter-
est in more practical men and brought
out of small and obscure beginning!
a great industry, which promises to
take the lead in a very few years.
800 OFFICIAL EOO STRAIN
esabined with Msdison Square Garden
Priie birds. Kgg* reduced.
a.
■^▼Sm DAM,
WI800NSIN
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n
BAILEY'S Df\rVC scrJfJr
ARRED KULKj E-rrn:r
Mvis 4-5:
Male and
Puiiru
S-4: Pwi 1: ih* ChsahOT* Cup for
Shsp* ftod Color Hc>MiaiK. •(&
<Umanmr%tmi their h\gtt QwaliQr fe9
MtStw«( llocMirB St Am»r\<m» L#a<tl«f
hMr» Kisl wtMi St tho ISth Aiuntal
lowti. N. T . la an Kahlhlttaa
Oorlu. II ll«n*. )• OMtervt*. IS rul-
INn*— CMS* t-S IS. Hens 1-I-4: Ob(*-
Dl9ls7. all breeds ewapiUns; Ct
I:
f-^-'^--r.V"?*?^ *,,JT!L°!r!r* . ^^ P*»"**« «»«i^ tn "J ■silns» thJt SMMn. thU tasurM U/«s
-THi? if!!- -V ll?5** 2"*** '*'" "' '^- «*»•» ewiure <|ul<*tjr. TW» OllAXI> PKNS Mated ttvm
i M^^ "" '^' *"**' PfwnpCj bgpk rour ortteri tartr. ono-fourtJi wtUi enlM. baJaiu* ea
DAY OLD CHICKS frM these GnW Halkf s 7Sc eack. EGCS $6.00 per 13 itraiik
m J?^I?^ **" '"J duplloau th«ee prtess wtMn ywi take tnie oontidoriilan tlM tsfll that aur Barred
5'*r*ow.!*J5!l!L."*J*'***^f* "i!* **'•* •• »*»>»««• NsUonal. RulTalo IntMitsikmal. New T<»fk Male
Fair. Pt^l^fMphls Mca^phle. BoelMetM-. JuaMtown. Trwiion, llecwviown. Ilenow. snd aMnir othMvt
nJ2^*."^J^*"*w^ ^fCT? ■*•* •»*»* • «*••»« ""^ »"^ > •^ P"* »»«• • «»^ ■«• "^
nan) by MB on MT rAmM. not hoasht to WIN This U food for thouaht U«t b«v. »l»f* jour
order st ones. SaUsfacUim •uaranleed siwaya ^^ ^^
SEHD FOB MATINO U8T
I hsfs for iBuaMlleto aale feiy elSMy 0)«*s and Ca(*Mtea, Uf*»t snd Dartt si tS SS snd IIS M
must be dispoaMl oC st ontm Order dIrMS rrots this ad. «aitn« wttei rou want
MATBD PAIBS. TEIOl and PEJTB A 8FB0IALTT
L. W. BAILEY
R. F. D. No. 2
EDEN, N. Y.
GUARANTBBD PURS-BIIAD CHICKS AND PULLBTS
SfccuJ Star Matkf S. C. BARtON WHITE LEGHORNS aaJ SHEPPARD'S STRAIN ANCONAS
.__,. Per IM M* I.WS
ASHI . |ii.M 177.M IIM.M
M*y . IISM m.M iisa.M
either Grade A Barron WhllM snd 8hci>t«r<1 « S'rsln AnAmaft.
^P"' ••••••••••••••••••••• •••*••«••.•»••■••• V I#t99 9S«.9v ■ ISv«Q9
Msjr II2.M U7.M iH«.M
(tllltj Bradto-lsir Bocke— AprtI snd May prlers the Mae as or Htwctal Batlnci of
I^tsttxim*
Hprdti Star Meting Arletorrat Strain Barrvd PlyoKiulh Moekm. fMiKft. Chicks snd
Ecs* of both dark and Ilsht matUisa (Hitj a Umtt«i number of thoea
PsMets ef Qaaltty at a Hederale Pr«ee
• wks twtu tSwU Ism. Ssm.
M eta M els II.M ll.lt ll.M
Two tank*. 100% at your dour Don't wait but ordrr risht from ihia ad or wrti* today.
FAimVtBW POUl.TmT FAmMS
for ifoetr mmMt
loyrs
Buy Lancaster Qaality Chicks
They are from Pure Bred, Culled Flocks* and hatched
Write for interesting* catalogue or order from this a
riirht.
d.
White. Ist. Reee ssd tisflle CeeiS Srswa Leflherst
White. BarreS Reelu. Stefit tn4 Bom Ceaik Redi
White. Silver WyaaSett ». Beff Orflafteat
thessard't Fames* Ancoaa*
■ lied heavy. $12.00: catrhi Is 500 let* l« lets 9fr ahMi.
VaJley Bank. Ofil«<r UNlay.
LANCASTER FARMS HATCHERY
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100
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100.00
70.00
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Box 30
LANCASTER. OHIO
TO ANCONA FANCIERS AND EXHIBITION BREEDERS
BOSK LAW.N ANCONA FABMR w.^ Flrvl »'oe*. rir»t Co<toivl. ru*t Pullot. rirvt Yvninf ai^d
Old Pmi and Htivvr Cup at t*hlcaco roliarum. isrt
15 FIRtTt OUT OF A rOttlBLE It IN 1023
Kwtry Winner ratted on mtr Faniu. Frank »*. Hller'e I*ur» Itrdsvwuud Htialn «No local aat<rrd
THE NOME OF tUPCRlOB OHOW QUALITY ANCONAt
Now UMAIna .wii«r» for MHit* anil niHKM at ntaannaMi. v*\<\-% r.o Ilr.l4rvwood Cuflwielt for
Iminetltate ilcllvory. Or.Wra mutt be plawd early rree auUns Ue(.
ROSE i^AWN ANCONA FARMS
ONTAfllOVILLC. ILLINOIS tOUTM tLOIN. ILLINOIS
Columbian Wyandottes
Blcbth OonsscvtlTa Bbowlng at "Tbs Oardsn"
First, Second. Third Cock First, fecood. Third Oochsral
First, Second. Third Hod Flwt. Second. Third PtUlet
First Old Psn Tvtt Toimg Pan
Boot Columbian Wyandotte Special and all Shape snd Color 8ps<ftals BEST DISPLAY.
No Kk'C* '"»r Ssle. Will not nh.-w at tianlm in l«.'.'.
WILKINSON * WILKINSON
Bos C
BLAIR8VILLE. PA.
S. C. RHODE ISLAND RED BABY CHICKS
PfKlicrMd. trapneeted. Flneet In the world IU<«>rd, tM
that Be<ttilrd rar« etocii li v
Oe«t •
RCDBIRD FARM
rrar Rrvn our rumpirtllort ha*« adaltud
Catalosuo rrv«L
WRIHTNAM. MASa.
Connecticut
Chicks'
Hirh quality, etsle tested R. I. Reds.
Bsrred Rorks. 8. C Wblts Lefhorne.
WTiite Wysnduttes.
^SSmtk 1*^ Free[Circular 3
HAU BROS.
Bsx E
WalBagferd. CsM.
CHICKS
Wr sr(> offmnc you •trooff. bralthy day
old CHICKS from our Bred to I^y flork of
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
fnr 1140 oo prr one thousand rhirks. In
luta under thoaeand. l&e per rhtrk. THi*
i> a rrmsrksble price ronaxlerloc their
qusliiy. We pay parrel poet and ffuaraa-
tee you safe delivrry.
ROYAL POULTRY FARM
NBW LEBANON
OHIO
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
I April. 1924
I^Tinr the following Instruction*, whio
!!o»'ul «*inp'">'''^'' •''^ *** rnrcfully observe :
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437
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Eg
FIRST PRIZE BUTTERCUP COCK
« MADISON SQUARE GARDEN NEW. YORK JANUARY 1924
g BRED AND OWNED BY
1 C. SYDNEY COOK Jr. WEST NEWTON MASS.
" •!>»>• oI«l chirks.
•• *Thi« iidp "P-
•• H*"**!^ *''h special cnro
«• *i)o not give food or drink to the chicks
white in tr»n»it.
•• •I)isi>«tch •"« quickly »« possible and de
liref to addressee promptly upon arrival at
o«r.« of «lc timitjon.
•• '1)0 n<'t pla' e packaco^ in mail bajc cr
foTer with other mail matt»'r.
•• *Do not place near hot pipcw. stoves or
'»ijitor'. nor rxposo to coM winds or hot
•• 'A« f*f »•" po'«'<ible pr<'tcct from all o\-
irfme* of hcnt < r i i-M.*
"In the ori umstanci's. ordinary (not in-
•tjretl I parceU containin;; baby cbiik* will bi»
accepted at the sender's risk when destined
(. r points in Canada during; the sea-on of the
year »pe<iHed tn the excerpt quoted above.
Ea<-h parcel so riveived should bear a labi-l
leif'hiy written or printed, irivinc the sarnt*
informatiin as that retpiired of Canadian
shipper*. "
Thi"* i"> Ifood news tn tho fanciers an<l
breeders < f the I'liiled Sf-ates, and I am m-rc
Iban pleaM*«l to l>e ubie to giw thi-< nifornja-
tion.
• • •
World's Poultry Congress
The fam iers and breeders < f the United
State* and Canada will make a lartre and
creditable exhibit of Standard bred fuwU at
the Herond World 'h Poultry Conffresa, to bo
held in Barrelona. Spain. June next.
Prof. W. C. Thompson, Ajfncullural C"!-
lefe. New Brunswick, N. J., will accompany
the exhibit to Spain en route and whilo in
Spain.
I hare appointed Dr. Francis D Kendall.
former president of the American Poultry
Association, a^ rejiresentative of the Am^-ri-
can Poultry Association, to this C'lnjfress.
Pr. Kendall will ably repreeent the interest
of the fanciers and breeders and the assoria
tii>n.
A 1923 Chlcaffo Oollaeum winning Dark Bwred Femtle.
•wn«d and txhlblted bj C. N. Myen. HanoTtr. Pa.
Bred,
The first Chicago National and first K*"«^^C.ty »°5*» ,S^,it«« W
la^plon Cock Single Corab Brown Leghorn. Owned ana exm
ft Qrenbam. Parkvllle, Mo.
C
Southard
ORLANDO, FLA.. WINTER FAIR
Tbos. J. Sexton
Throujjh the courtesy of S. D. Ilardaway.
Superintendent of Poultry, we had the plea
»>ire of attendiiii; tbf> poultry show held in
connection with the Sub Tropical Mid-Winter
Fair at Orlando. Kla , February I2\f>, in-
clusive.
The total number of birds on exhibition
nunbered over 'J.uuii embracinjr every knoA-n
btandard variety. The largest class of the
show was formed by White Wyandottei with
150 specimens caKe«l- The quality in this
class and Sinirle Coinh White Leifhorns led
all other varieties. The rrand chamjiionnhip
of the show ir^inic to a White Leghorn cock.
The State Poultry Show was held at Hr
ando this season but despite the increased
interest created by same the poultry depart-
ment of the Sub Tropical Mid-Winter Fair
will require a larger buildinir next season rs
the present one is entirely inadequate for a
fair which is making such rai>id progre-is as
Urlanda.
The awards were placed by J'i.lj,o« H. C.
Dippel, Indianapolis. Ind : F. J. Gormlcan.
Apopka. Fla.. and Claude Moore. Ilriines Cilv.
Fla.
MANATEE COUNTY FAIR
T. J. Sexton
The poultry show of the Manatee County
Fair held at nradentown, Fla.. February 19
22, was the outstanding feature of the fair.
Over 900 birds were cooped representing 25
varieties. The gr«»wth of this show this sea
•on shows the interest which is being taken
in pure bred poultry raising in this section of
Florida.
^Tiite Wyandottes formed the largest dis
play while Hlack Orjiingtons were the out-
standing variety In quality closely followed
hy Single Comb White Leghorns.
Although a new builditit; was erected for
this year's show it in already inadequate
to judge from the splen<liil entry caged this
«eason. E. J. Mallory wan again supenn
teadent and the awards were placed by
JMga Claude Moore, of Haines City. Fla.
LEE COUNTY FAIR
T. J. Sexton
The I.^e County Fair was held at Mt.
Myers, pla.. February 'J'i _••». and brought «.ut
*^ exhibition of p«»iiliry that indicates the
K'try industry is niHking ra|)id stri<les in
thern Florida. About 200 specimens
*^* ''•g«*d of Standard breeds besides an ex-
'Hlent displny of waterfowl. White Wyan
wttcs led all other varieties in quality, the
' hampion male of the show being a White
Wyandotte cock, whle Rhode Island Keds
( re.lominated in number".
H. H Lansden. of the Agricultural Kxten
vi >n Service, placed the awards. Mrs S W
iCxhardson was again superintendent of the
i'.>ultry show and informed us that the build
• lie used this season was only a temi'orarv
>tructure anil that a new and larger build
iiiiT will be available nest year
A REAL POULTRY
EXHIBITION FOR CUBA
Iinlianapoli.'j, Iiui.. Mar. 1.".. 1923.
Pi'ar Kditor: —
Just home from Cuba. Will stnsre
the Cuban Gfcat International Show-
in Havana the la.<t week in Kebruar>',
1025.
The >hn\v will l)e competitive with
Anjerican and Cuban birds compet-
injr. There will al.'^o be clas.-^es for
Cuban birds, where only birds bred
on the Island will be elijrible. The
American breeder.s and poultry ap-
pliance men will receive an invitation
fiom the Cuban jrovernment to dis-
play their poods there duty free. Our
government will be asked to .send
their best informed poultrymen to
help in the right way to enlighten the
('uban fanciers on the proper care
and management of the Standard
breeds of fowls.
It will be well for all breeders to
hatch a few late birds so they will be
ripe for this show. You may think
now you will not go, but before I get
done telling you the real truth about
a country I have personally visited
you will go. After a man that has
spent a life time in the show business
is willing to risk $7,000 on a venture
there is not much danger of any real
American backing out when the faci.s
are put up to him.
I have spent ten days in Cuba. I
was invited there by the Secretary of
Agriculture of the Cuban govern-
ment, and this exhibition will have the
endorsement of every department of
the Cuban government. This is
er.jugh for this time, but I will tell
you a lot of things about Cuba that
you want to know.
I am rushing this copy for the
April issue on precious short time. —
Theo. Ilewes.
AN APPOINTMENT
THAT WILL PLEASE
D. Lincoln Orr has been appointed
Superintendent of Poultry at the
New York State Fair to succeed Wm.
H. Manning who has been compelled
to resign on account of ill health.
This appointment will meet with
the universal approval of thou.sands
of poultrymen all over the country
and especially in New York State.
We wish you success, Mr. Orr.
HAKE none 1^
profit'
liyMAlL
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irmil.l nrlfsittr s ctiani'^* In Hir ttl-
rtct S'sri t"iti.»!nf a t»f<^fUaM«» msll
•r«W<r t'o«»f<»«« It f»nii>4 In kMicti
«tlh C.t/ fnr. ■!« s^ii! »*T«-Hn4t |.> Uilp
»hrm It, ^"-^^f. I«i<> I'KATKM
T^c« ii^'rr .: pri»t'l#in» IImiH-
In i'.^-k s — - * «'»• «si»h'.>ti ami
pf««»«»nt t rvskacK FU.#rs t •«*• m<>tsJ
•Hiri»s i»r«!i>rtu>t tlf» iJghl •♦!«hl.
Ms<(e In l8«! jf^ Wnim fi^ »f*«
.|.»«*Tlplir»> f >'.trr
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10) Wsif* St.
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HERMOMETERS
IME V CR V/SRY
;n»«fr srcxjrvy— rrt b*t hatch f—n<0r
Tt(r<r<ou*ct>Klii wiibprrfrcted A. I. Moclirf
1>'- ■ -rim ami Hrcnxnrtrr* for inoibston atwi
Stii.«iff«. Write for >rr« booklet. "Hairhinc Hini*"-
A. E. M»*lt»r C« ?«t 7 Sumatvr St . BnMklya. N. V
'&'S0;^ Barred Plymouth Rocb
WallliaHi.
8. C. WHITE LEGHORN EGGS
}l 7} a«r Mttiaa. t* 00 a«r Iiua4r«4
JCR8CV BLACK OIANT CGOS
%2 00 s«4 %\ M 9f Mlllac
WAWCM WOOt rOtlTlY fkHn. TOWWNMtWD ■UTUUH
PARTRIDGE WTANDGTTES
START NISHT STAY RtSMT
0«l sC4>rti. m» or <1iiHi« rri>ia Wsfthliict<>n. nalU<
OMK*. HiMliiti aii<i oUivr RasUni Wi >w •tnna^s.
H S. WCIDNtR HAMOVIR. PA.
BOYF.B*S BUFF RLYMOtrTH RCKIIK
lii.l '.'I «U:ii<*r« St II >«tixi. \lsi« . !'•- •«<(••. rs>>s-i«
llsltliiiur*. M>l . srxl llattoTM. |>s (T> >li-* t>rM»|rr«
• I 110 ar<t up llcr* rrt>i« s»l4><t««l matings. |3 tot
n. 19 fur 'SO iit<Wr illrvrt frora s.| anil 1 «|||
pisas* you
LUTHER BOYER HANOVER. PA.
TaMcr«d Strals
s. c. whixe: leghorns
eortwrrt* IS to. 110 on p^iiiMt It so. 11 0«.
Pans. TVIos. llatrMnt r^t%. Raf-y Chtrka
C. t. SRANAM SOWLINO ORCtN. KV.
jMBREEDSrr.'
Ctootre. p«jrt»-br»<il r><*t
n«| ProlttahU rht<-ki<n^
|i k*. turkry* SIM] crrw*.
purt»-br»<il rxclhtm raMnl. f <i«U,
SCBS arMj l(KuK«l«r«at to* p*H9», Amtft'
ea'l ffrttt pouUry f<vn% At It 31 yrttfm
VaJuabWt MW-vmfw* btiftk «im1 rat«l<« frvwu
lljr.NKUBtirr0a, ti tU IteaUla. !!••••«
RABBITS
W^wky If Kept RIottt
■Aunaun wui sm« t*« bmv
n<-n<l 50 flHtts for IS months s«it>«rrtp(lae lo
Rahliitrrsfl and r«<«l«« fr** Ua,* "liu« lo R*ll
l»rMM»'l Hst'MtA" flaiBpt* («ipT fr*«
RAailTCRArT Bas SSS LAMONI. IOWA
LUMIMVM
fsr flCO. ORIT. MILK sr WATIR.
Mmpto. saf» and sanitary «'hi<-at
ra/itiol («< f**< Into nirlanls ftand
JOa rs»h rtc ttsrsi^ fuf »«!• p'latpa'il
Mrwwy >srk If no( ssticA'd
AaisrlcaB Pity Jsarasl IMSn PlyaMatfeCt
A
30c
oak
III.
S.C.DarkBrownLeghorns
WINNERS AND LAYERS
Itrccditir StcMk. ulU r»r ymn*. Mat-I !'••'• I? K«»« ami Hal.jf
f',1. ks in ati) «|'ianti'x. .»4ati«f» ?i n auaranlr. I
SOUTHARD A CRESHAM Bo« 9 PARKVILLE. MO.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
^^pmJRALDEPARI^^
PRUNING AND TRAINING THE GRAPE
Intelligent, systematic pruning increases the quality
and quantity of the fruit
The prape, although one of the
«Mie8t fniiU to prune, is often sadly
neglected, and allowed to develop
without any attempt to prune and
train the vines to a definite form.
Fortunately, the grape thrives un-
der a wide range of cultural condi-
tions, but at the same time it quickly
responds to careful, intelligent man-
agement. There are a great many
different systems of grape training,
all of which are advocated to a
irreater or less extent. On the other
hand, the pruning of the grape should
be fairly uniform since it is really a
thinning process involving the re-
moval of sufficient wood to insure the
production of better and larger fruit.
R«UtioB of Pruning to Boaring Habit
All intelligent pruning of the grape
resu on the fact that the fruit is
produced in a few clusters, usually
two or three, near the base of the
growing shooU of the season, these
shoots developing from wood of the
previous season's growth. Canes of
medium size, about the size of a lead
pencil with plump, round buds are
generally more desirable than real
■mall or extra large canes. Further-
more, shoots which grow from wood
older than one year are usually less
productive than those that develop
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from the previous season's gfrowth.
There is a limit to the amount of
jfood fruit that a grape vine can pro-
duce. Production depends upon such
factors as age, vigor, variety and size
of vine, together with the type and
general condition of the soil. In
other words every vine in a vineyard
should not be pruned the same
amount Generally speaking a vigor-
ous vine will stand more fruiting
wood than a weak vine of the same
age and variety. Under average con-
ditions a vigorous, healthy vine
should produce from sixty to eighty
bunches of grapes. Assuming that
an average of two bunches will be
produced from each bud left on the
canes after pruning, 30 to 40 buds
should be left on each vine.
Kniffin System of Training
Although many systems of training
the grape are now practiced in differ-
ent sections of the country this dis-
cussion will be limited to a descrip-
tion of the four-arm Kniffin system
recognized as one of the best and
probably in more general use than
any other.
TrellU
The trellis for the four-arm Kniffin
system consists of two wires tightly
stretched on strong posts sot from
16 to 24 feet apart. The lower wire
is placed two and one-half to three
feet from the ground and the top
wire two to three feet above the
lower one.
Pruning and Training the First Two
Years
The young vine should be pruned
before or immediately after planting.
This pruning should consist of re-
moving all but the strongest cane and
cutting it back to two or three strong
buds. The shoots that develop dur-
ing the first season may be tied to a
stake or simply allowed to trail on
the ground.
The second year's pruning should
be similar to that just described for
the first year; namely, all but the
strongest cane removed and that one
cut back to two or three buds.
During the second season the grow-
ing shoots should be tied up to a
strong stake five or six feet high. At
the close of the second season, the
trellis should be erected and the
vines pruned in such a way that one
strong cane from each vine may be
carried to the top wire and securely
tied. This cane should also be tied to
the lower wire. If some plants do not
develop a cane long enough to reach
the upper wire after t^vo season's
growth the strongest cane should be
selected and tied to the lower wire,
and the following year another cane
extended to the top wire to continue
the main trunk. During the third
season several shoots will develop
from the main trunk, each producing
a few bunches of grapes. At the end
of the third season the pruning
should consist first of selecting two
strong canes near the lower wire, one
to be trained in each direction along
the wire, second two canes should be
selected and trained along the upper
wire in the same manner. In addi-
tion to the two canes trained along
each wire, two more canes, located
close to the trunk near each wire,
should be cut back to spurs contain-
ing one or two strong buds. From
these renewal spurs, canes for train-
ing along the wires njay be developed
for the following year. All other
canes except those selected for the
side arms and renewal spurs should
be cut off close to the trunk. Fur-
thermore, the canes on the upper wire
should be cut back to six or eight
buds each, while those on the lower
wire should be cut back to four or
five buds each.
The pruning during each succeed-
ing year should consist of selecting
four* renewal canes and four renewal
spurs, two of each for each wire
located as near the main trunk as
possible. After the third year the
renewal canes may be left somewhat
longer so that those on the upper
wire will have ten or twelve buds
each, and those on the lower wire
eight or Un buds. The actual num-
ber of buds to leave each year will
depend upon various factors, such as
vigor of the vine, soil condition and
variety, but under average conditions
a mature vine should support from
thirty to forty buds profitably.
Arbor Pruning
A modified Kniffin system may be
used for training grape vines on the
ordinary arbor. At least one good
arm or trunk bearing a number of
bright, vigorous canes should be
selected from each vine. This trunk
should reach from the ground to a
point near the top of the trellis. The
canes growing out from the trunk
should be cut back to a few buds, the
exact number depending upon the
vigor of the vine, and the number of
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY M.XGAZINE
4 39
canes. The total number of buds
left on each vine should not be over
fifty, while thirty to forty is enough
for the average vine to carry. The
trunk and side arms or canes should
be securely tied to the arbor and the
canes removed each year in very
much the same manner as described
in connection with the regular Kniffin
system.
PREVENTING CONTAGI-
OUS DISEASES
Roup, cholera, enteritis, chicken-
pox and contagious and infectious
diseases may largely be prevented by
the use of permanganate of potash in
the drinking water of chicks and
older fowls. Permanganate of pot-
ash is a good disinfectant which has
the advantage of not being poison-
ous. It may be used quite freely
without the least danger of ill ef-
fects. A writer in an English jour-
nal says he has succeeded in prevent-
ing outbreaks of epidemics by put-
ting a little permanganate of potash
in all the drinking water he gives his
poultry. He uses just enough of the
mineral to give the water a slightly
red color, renewing it as often as
the color disappears from the drink-
ing vessel. This method has the ad-
vantage of killing germs that might
be conveyed in the drinking water.
In England, dairymen have succeeded
in standing off some diseases which
have long been held hard to handle
by giving their cows regular and re-
peated doses of carbolic acid in small
quantities. Carbolic acid is too
strong and too hard to handle for the
average poultryman to undertake to
feed it to his fowls, but permangan-
ate of potash is an effective germi-
cide and non-poisonous. The theory
is that a long course of feeding this
germicide caused the system of the
chick to become saturated with the
germicidal qualities of the drug and
iaves them from contracting the.se
diseases when they are exposed to
them. One of the most popular roup
cures we have is largely made up of
permanganate of potash and the suc-
cess the maker has had in exploiting
his cure shows that it is very effec-
tive.
It is so much cheaper to combat
several of the serious diseases in this
way than to fight them in deUil that
every beginner should get into the
habit of trj'ing to keep diseases away
father than Uke the chance of fail-
ing to drive them away when thoy
tppear in his yards.
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At Vtwark. New Jervey'i StaU Show, in thi^ Urffst ind h««iit rl»«i<»« i-vrr iMown in thp Ht«t». I won: rtr«t and TMlk Oack; TXtrX aad TMXk
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BATONTOWN, N. J*
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April 1924
HEARING RESTORED
OFTEN nU HOURS
A«..in, Re.ulU Secured in One D.y
By U»e of Virex Formerly Known
As R*ttJ« Snake Oil
It ni«^vtinK
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THE INCUBATION OF
WATERFOWL EGGS
Duck epKs from fami flock.s are
generally hatcheti untler chicken hens
but upon the larpe commercial plants
incubator.s perform this function al-
most exclusively. While the deprree
of temperature applied in the hatch-
ing of duck epp.s corresponds very
closely to that prescribed for chicken
epRs. * the amount of moisture re-
quired durinp the period of incuba-
tion, which extends over an interval
of twenty-eipht days, instead of
twenty-one, is decidedly jrreater. In-
deed, the opinion is held by many
successful hatchers that after the
first week there is little danper of too
much moisture beinp supplied. Many
incubator operators wet their duck
epjfs thoroughly with a spray nozz'e
ho.«e twice daily until the shells bepin
to chip, and even on occasion once or
twice thereafter if the hatch is slow
in cominj? off. While such a proced-
ure may not be absolutely essential
to a jTood hatch, still this practice is
additional proof of the necessity of a
liberal application of moisture when
eirjrs of this kind are being incubated.
This large supply of moisture ap-
pears just as essential when hens are
being used to hatch duck eggs as
when incubators are employed, so un-
less the hen is setting upon the
ground where the eggs may draw the
required amount from the earth, it is
very important to sprinkle them daily
after the first week has passed.
Just how much more cooling duck
egKs should be given than hen's eggs
does not seem to be definitely settled,
but it does not seem to at all impair
their hatchability to allow them to re-
main outside the machine until they
cease to feel warm when touched to
the face. Upon the other hand it is
contended by some that cooling is
not at all necessary, so the unexperi-
enced duck raiser, to be on the safe
side, should strictly adhere to the in-
structions accompanying the particu-
lar incubator he is operating; for
there is good reason to believe that
the amount of cooling, which will
prove most beneficial to the eggs in
question, is, in a great measure, de-
pendent upon design of the incubator
in which they are placed.
Like chicken eggs, the more fre-
quently duck eggs are turned after
the fifth day the better the results
secured. In any event, they should
be turned not less than twice daily
and three to four times if possible.
Of course when hens are utilized the
turning by hand may be dispensed
with inasmuch as the hen will attend
to this task herself.
As for goose eggs, the chicken hen
seems to be the only dependable
means of hatching them; since they
have never responded successfully to
artificial methods. As a result when
set in incubators the percentage
hatched has generally been so small
that such vintures have proven very
unprofitable ones.
Owing to the groat size of goo.>e
eK'gs, however, but from four to six
can be assigned to each hen. More-
over, few hens are .strong enough to
rotate goose eggs sufficiently, hence
it is advisable to turn them by hand
at least once daily after the fifth
day.
The amount of moisture required
and the duration of the cooling period
are much the same as prercribed for
duck eggs, but pericui of incubation
of goose eggs varies from twenty-
eight to thirty, being slightly longer
than required for most duck ejrgs.
Goslings, too, are much slower in
emerging from the shells than are
ducklings and at times it is necessary
to assist .some of them out. This
should only be attempted as a last re-
sort, however. Too often, the begin-
ner becomes impatient and does not
allow the gosling its normal time of
from thirty-six to forty-eight hours
to liberate iU^elf from the shell.
Strange as it may seem, neither
ducks or geese make desirable moth-
ers. Most of the more popular
breeds are practically non-setters,
but, when those which do become
broody are allowed to bring off a
brood, their excitability, coupled with
their clumsiness, proves fatal to a
large percentage of their young. The
wi.se waterfowl breeder instead of
employing them for hatching pur-
poses, keeps them laying as long as
they can be induced to do so.
POULTRY IN THE ORCHARD
Intelligent ob.servation will prove
where flocks of poultry are kept in-
sect depredations are not near as
great as where no attention is paid
to poultry. Fruit orchards are
greatly benefitted by allowing the
poultry access to them. It is always
best to give the poultry nothing but
the cleanest, sweetest, purest feed.
There arc many things on the farm
that are fed to swine that could be
utilized for poultry and secure more
profitable returns. Poultry will al-
ways pay conducted on business prin-
ciples, but when the occupation is
cnrried on as a side issue, irregular-
ity in feeding and general neglect re-
sults, and it follows that the hens be-
ct»me a nuisance whether the season
is s.'mmer or winter. Let farmers
who do not believe poultry keeping
pays, start now this fall and keep a
.^elected lot through the winter,
housing them comfortably, feeding
them with a varied diet of grain,
mixed food and the "greens", and
they will find the hen:; pay even m
winter.
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
441
^ U-
BANTAMS
Conducted by
OEOROE FITTERER
^1^ ....■■■I
SEBRIGHT BANTAMS
The question is often asked as to
what is the most popular variety of
bantams. If you ask the breeder of
the Cochins, you will hear that the
Buff or Black Cochin is the most
popular, yet when you take all the
shows in consideration you will find
few .-hows that do not have a few
Sebright Bantams. In England, the
Silvers are the most extensively bred
while in this country the Goldens we
see the most of. Both the Golden
and the Silver make up two of the
mo.«t prettiest of the bantam tribe.
In .chape the head should be of
medium size surmounted with a
rather large rose comb, that is broad
in front and tapering to back of head
to a neat spike. The comb should be
evenly serrated and free from any
hollows. The wattles and ear lobes
are of medium size and of fine tex-
ture. In the male the comb, wattles
and ear lobes are a crimson red while
in the female a reddish purple. The
neck is of medium length and carried
so as to have the head well back.
Both male and female are free from
hackle plumage. The back is rather
short. The tail is well spread and
carried back. The tail of the male is
free from sickles. Wings are large
in comparison to general size of the
bird, and carried very low. Breast is
full and prominent. Legs are med-
ium length, and free from feather-
ings and of a slate color. The feath-
ering is of medium length and of a
semi-hardness. The width of the
feathers should not ha've appearance
of being narrow for narrow feather-
ing does not show off the lacing to
advantage.
In Silvers the ground color is a «lis-
tinct white with all the surface feath-
ers evenly and distinctly edged with
a narrow black. In the* Goldens the
ground color is of golden bay with
the feather propers each evenly an»l
distinctly marked with an edging of
black. The coloring in the Goldens
is hard to get in all sections an*! even
golden bay color. Often we will find
birds with (»ne section, one color, with
another section a different shade.
Another fault is finding well coh»re<i
feathers mixed in with poorly colored
ones. Such faults must be done
away with in the breeding pen.
Many fanciers do not have the
room nor the birds for «louble mating
so in selecting breeder.-^ to produce
both exhibition cockerels and pullets
it is necessary to make such selections
that will give the desired results.
The male bird is half the pen and he
should be well laced and especially in
tail and wing. There are narrow
lace<l and some with rather wide lac-
ing, so select one with medium lac-
ing. Mate to him females that are all
good in .<hape. Select half with nar-
row lacing and the other half with
heavy lacing. The results from such
matings have proven to produce very
good birds.
When purchasing Sebrights you
will find the best rather expensive
but they are the only kind to buy if
you would be succe.ssful. As little
eKV^ machines the Sebrights are first
class. They make an ideal variety
for the backyard fancier and do well
when confined to small quarters.
Table scraps with a bit of grain will
keep them well fed.
BANTAMS FOR EGGS AND MEAT
"-L^uraatrlAn"
Had anyone a few years since
written about the utility side of
bantam keeping, he would huve been
considered a likely specimen for Col-
ney Hatch, or one other of those in-
stitutions where they care, watch and
guard those poor unfortunates who
lose the balance of things in life. In
those days writers on bantams would,
in an apologetic kind of manner,
say: "Bantams are pets, and most
beautiful, lovable creature.n, but they
cannot he consiilered as in any way
u.seful. although their eggs :<.re par-
ticularly nice in flavor and are i>flen
mo.st acceptable as a change i»f «liet
for an invaliii."
That was just about as far as the
most radically unorthodox writer on
bantams would venture. Had he
dared to have gone further, some one
or other would have been seeking his
blood, asking if he knew anything
about poultry, or if h«' only imagined
he did.
Today we find our out -anti -out
utilitarians keeping bantams, and our
utility poultry societies providing
classes for thmi. and f».r their eggs,
at the .shows held under the style of
utility p«»ultry shows. That bantams
are of use from the utilitarian stand-
point was shown by that wonderful
collection of Columbian Wyantlotte
bantam eggs which secured the pre-
mier awarjl for .Mr. Wace. the secre-
tary of the Columbian Wyandotte
Club at the N. U. P. S. Show held at
Westmin.Hter last season. Those
eggs weighed one and three-quarter
ounces each. Quite up to the stand-
ard of some of the commercial eggs
which we purchase in the shops at
half a crown or three shillings a
dozen in the autumn months.
It is, nearly forty years ago that
I commenced keeping bantams, and
during that time I have owned Indian
Game. Malay, Old Knglish Game.
.Modern Game, Sebrights. Minorcas,
Rose Combs, Frizzles, Japanese and
Wyandottes. True it has been for
their exhibiton value that they were
primarily kept, but I have ever had
to consider their utility value, be-
cause the good mistrc>ss of my house
looked to me to keep her supplied
with eggs for the family. Not only
that, but when her friends have been
indulging in partridges and other
kinds of game I have been called on
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to provide from my banUm runs
gomething »weet »nd Usty for the
family dinner Uble. What is more.
I have been able to do it.
Tk« Poor !!»••• CU«o
Those who have never tmsted ban-
tami would be surprised at the fUvor
and delicacy of their flesh. Malays
and Old English Game roasUd and
served with bread sauce, and toasted
bread crumbs, are quite equal to any
partridge that ever graced a lordly
table. Those of you who have not
tried such a dish have no conception
of ita luxury.
In most varieties of bantams we
And people who keep their birds just
as a hobby, because they like some
kind of livestock about them and
have not the accommodation that is
necessary for the keeping of a flock
of Urge fowls. Half a dozen ban-
tam hens will do well in a house four
feet square and a run eight feet by
four feet Half of the run should
be covered. I do not care for the
whole of the run covered because the
birds are never on moist ground, and
it has a bad influence upon their legs.
Birds that never get on to ground
that is moist are very likely to get
scmly legs, and what is more their plu-
mage is never so nice, nor is the
health of birds which always have a
bone dry floor so good as those who
can enjoy a scratch in ground that is
natural. But although I like half the
run to be open I am no believer in
the whole length of the run being
open, because it means that in wet
weather the birds have to sUnd about
in mud and water, they get chilled,
catch colds and roup, and more than
that, their economical or utilitarian
value is lessened because they do not
lay so well as when they have dry
ground for their feet Although it
is good for them to have damp
ground to run on, mud pools and
water pools for them to stand in are
far from being good or profltable.
TIm Bo«t Layort
With bantams, as with the big
breeds, there are good and bad lay-
ers, and while some breeds lay better
than others, it must ever be remem-
bered that laying is more a matter
of strain than breed. My experience
leads me to recommend Columbian,
White and Black Wyandottes, Minor-
cas. Black Rose Combs and Spangled
Old English Game as the best layers.
Any one starting with either of these
breeds would in a very short time
be able* to build up a strain of good
layers.
In building up such a strain they
would have to proceed on exactly the
same lines as do our pedigree utility
poultry breeders. The birds must be
watched to see which lay the most
•CfB. If dedrmble they can be trap-
nested just like the big birds, and
then the best layers selected for
breeding purposes. Care must be
taken in the selection of the cock-
erels used for breeding, because
upon them, quite as much as upon
the hens and pullets, will depend the
prolificacy of the strain.
In-breeding Needed
Some people are very much afraid
of in-breeding, but if you want to
increase the egg production you
must do a certain amount of in-
breeding. The science of in-breed-
ing is very much misunderstood.
Many seem to think it is the mating
together of birds that are very
closely related, such as brother and
sister, father and daughter, and so
on. But it is not It simply means
that an in-bred strain is one in which
careful selection is made from mem-
bers of the same family. That Is
birds which are related and showing
that they are good layers. Thus a
cockerel heading a pen may be a
nephew or a cousin of the hens to
which he is mated. Certain it is that
you cannot increase the egg produc-
tion of a flock unless you do breed
from birds of one family, and those
that show a disposition to be layers
of a goodly number of eggs. The
one cardinal feature to be ever main-
Uined is that every bird bred with,
is thoroughly sound and healthy.
There is no need to in-breed very
closely, only sufficient to have the
same blood running in the veins of
every bird in the flock.
Bantams for Food
Bantams in addition to laying well,
and they do lay well if properly bred,
fed and managed, are also most de-
lightful as producers of fine meat
The best breeds from the table point
of view are Malays, Indian Game,
Old English Game, Light Sussex,
Black Leghorns, Frizzles and Wyan-
dottes. These are usually very
plump and carry a large amount of
flesh on their small bodies.
The young cockerels of any of
these breeds killed when they are
about fourteen to sixteen weeks old
are really most delicious. Killing
the cockerels in this way prevents
the stock from being overcrowded,
and gives more room for the develop-
ment of the birds that are to be kept
for breeding.
One word of caution in conclusion.
Many people overfeed their bantams.
When this is done they lay on fat,
become lazy, and lay few eggs. Keep
your birds active, feed moderately,
let them, have plenty of grit and
green food, and they will lay well.
Bantams have not reached the status
of the 300 egg hen yet, and I hope
they never will, but I have known
birds that have laid from 140 to 150
eggs in the year, and when they do
this they will repay ther cost of keep.
There is far more profit, and infinitely
more pleasure in utility bantams than
many people are inclined to think.
FEEDING ANIMAL FEEDS
Sometimes it is rather hard to get
animal feed for young chicks and the
caretaker is very likely to think it is
not absolutely necessary to feed ani-
mal feeds to chicks. The little fel-
lows eat heartily and seem all right
They even grow along in pretty good
shape, but this should not be taken as
an indication that the birds have all
that is needed for perfect develop-
ment They may be getting fat in-
stead of building up bone and mus-
cle. The little chick that is fat in the
sense that any considerable quantity
of fat is stored in the fibers of the
flesh or the cavities of the body, has
not been properly fed. The chick
that develops properly will have thick
bones and hard firm muscles, but will
not be very fat. If we are raising
chickens for market we try to make
them fat for two reasons. We know
that the feeds that make fat are
cheaper than those that go to make
bone and muscle, and the people who
buy chickens to eat have a mistaken
notion that a fat chicken is better
than a lean one. If the lean chick is
plump and round its bones are cov-
ered with flesh that is more valuable
as food than the one which shows a
large quantity of fat
Professor Dryden sajrs that milk is
almost a perfect substitute for other
animal feed, if it is allowed to sour
and is made into cottage cheese.
Souring the milk and making it into
cheese adds nothing to the value of
the milk, but it Ukes away something
which is of no value. When sour
milk is made into cottage cheese the
^hey — ^which is the water in the milk
— separates from the caseine, which
is the valuable part of the milk, and
the chick can get more of the valu-
able part of the milk than it could if
it were given whole milk to drink.
While it is probably true that green
cut bone is the ideal meat food for
chicks and grown fowls it is also
true that prepared beef scrap is a
cheap and valuable meat feed with
the advantage that it may be kept
any length of time in good condition,
while green cut bone must be fed at
once or it is unfit for use*. In many
places where neither beef scrap or
green bone can be secured, scraps of
lean meat which the butcher trims
from the meat he sells may be
bought for a few cents a pound.
These scraps of meat cut in a meat
chopper, or boiled to shreds and
thickened vrith middlings, make a
first-class feed for fowls at any age.
Even if it does seem expensive, it is
best to provide meat in some form for
growing chicks and laying hens. A
little meat goes a lonp way as a pound
is enough for thirty full grown hens
at one feed and half an ounce a day
is enough for a full grown hen. For
chicks, a pound of green cut bone or
chopped meat is enough in a day for
fifty chicks, gradually increasing the
quantity as the chicks grow.
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POST'S 'SUPKR" ANCONAS. OFFICIAL
coatMt winners, bred in line for heavy flock
0V«rafM- ^^y jrour rhirkH and 9fK* from
proven breeder*. Hoth rombt. Cuttomcr*
winning now. And for years, at the big efg
contests and largest show*. Egg%. $7.00 per
100 and up. Chicks. $17 00 per 100 and up.
frM cataloini*. Write. Sweet Hrisr Farm.
Box D. OntarioTill*. III. I89bmy
I HAVE MATED HUT 26 FEMALES TIHS
season. They are the rhoireHt I ever owned.
H^M bred to them that have generations of
tho best blood behind them. Have been a
brooder of standard fowls for 20 years. An-
It are my favorite. Hatching eggs. $3.00
I "
p«T 15; $5.00 per 30. I will jriT« you choico
Tal««. O. H. Hubbard. Lock Havea, Pa. 188
LEWALLEN'8 EXHIBITION EQO STRAIN
Single Comb Anronas. The Two in One egg
Baekines. Won 102 ribbons and four silver
cap* this show season. Still have a few nice
breeding cockerels at $5 and $10.00 each.
Baby chicks and eggs in seiMon. Write for
big illustrated catalogue and price list —
It free for the asking. Worth M. Lewallen.
High Point. N. C 187
SINGLE COMB ANCONAS. SHEPPARD
strain, superior quality. Healthy, vigorotis
stock. Many of our breeders coKt $1.00 p.'r
diiek. Eggs. $2.00 fifteen; $3.75thirv.
$«.25 fifty; $12 00 hundred. Chicks. $13.00
Ifty; $25.00hundred. Prepaid. Limited
supply. Order from this ad. now. Satisfac-
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0IE8' ANCONA&— GOOD SIZE AND
dark. Combined exhibition and heavy egg
producers. Canadian strain. None better.
Write for prirea of hatching eggs. R. S.
Thomaa. Saltillo. Pa. 187
IVY HILL ANCONAS AGAIN CHAM
pions at great York and Lancaster Fairs;
woB b«wt dioplay. Ro^e and Single Combs.
Orders Uken for chicks a^id eggs. Circular
free. Box K. Hellam. Pa. 1«7
••HI GRADE" SINGLE COMB ANCONA
rbieks bred for high egg production, fine
color. Write for prices, prompt delivery.
Knapp's "Hitirade" Poultry Farm. Box
CF 10, Shelby. O. I88bam
SINGLE COMB ANCONA.S HEAVY LAY
ing. blue ribbon winners. Eggs. $7.00 100.
prepaid; 85 guaranteed fertile. Chicks.
ilS.OO 100. prepaid. Circular free. Wied
■an Bros . Morton. 111. • l****
BRED TO LAY SINGLE COMB ANCONAS
Eggs for hatrhiniT. day old chicks of quality.
Price resKonabl*- Satisfaction griaranteed
Catalogue free. Bernard M. Stover, Box E.
Bellofonte. Pa. 1^7
OAK GROVE ANCONAS. A FEW CHOICE
birds. Six prizM at Southeastern Fair last
fall. HatrhinK egg". $:»-00 to $5.00 per set
ting. H. I). Lee. East Point. Ga. 1»8
SINGLE COMB MOTTLED ANCONAS.
purebred quality birds. Heavy layer*. Se-
lect hatching eKKs. $1.50 per setting. F. S
Bowen. Rt. 2. Bellefonte. Pa. 189
SINGLE^ COMB ANCONAS. SHEPPARD
•train direct. Vigorous winter laying qtiality
stoek. Eggs, setting $1.50 up. Coplin Bros..
Payne. O. 1"^
ANOONA PULLETS. COCKERELS. EG(.8
and chicks 331 336 egg strain. Both combs.
Write. Wallace Brattrud. Waseca. Minn. 1H7
SHEPPARD STRAIN SINGLE COMB AN-
ronaa. Eggs $175. $2 25. $3 50 per aetting.
Sam Sandow. Box 150. Cumming, Ga. 190
SINGLE COMB ANCONA EGGS FROM
free range two year old hens, $1.25 per 15.
Mra. O. E. Parker. Wakeman. O. If*?
ROSE COMB ANCONAS. STOCK. EGGS
and chickn. Vigorous. Heavy winter layem.
Write. Theo. Oberholx. Peru. 111. 18S
ANCONAS
REAL POST'S SUPER SINGLE COMB
Anronas. Bent official show and egg contest
winning blood. Hatching egg*. $3.&o per 15;
$r> 00 per 30; poittpaul. Satisfactory hatch
guaranteed. Bert E. Pennington. Route 1.
Cisne. 111. 188
WHEN NOT SATISFIED WITH ANCONA
hatching egga. Derfla Ancona Farm has what
you want. Matawan. N. J. 188
ANCONA ClilCK.S. SHEPPARD .STRAIN
Range stock, heavy layers. Linesville Hatch
ery. Box O. Linesville. Pa. 187
ULTRA QUALITY ANCONAS. DEPEND
able chicks. Guaranteed. Circulars. Earle
Wilson. Hammond. N. Y. 187
Ain>Ai.usiAjri
PENNIMAN'S BEAUTIFUL BLUE ANDA-
lusiani. Quantity and quality egg strain.
Eggs. $2.00 and $3.50. R. t-:. l'pnnMn-%n.
Pardeeville. Wit. 187
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SHOVE'S GOLDEN AND HIL
ver Sebright!; Black. Buff and
Brown Cochin Bantams. Light
Brahmas. Huudans and R. I.
Red*, fowl. Kggs. $5 00 per 15.
Daniel P. Shove. Fall River.
tfbn
BEAUTIFUL WHITE JAPANESE SIL
kien. Priie winning stock. |5.00 pair and
up. Eggn. $2.50 for 15. Beech Crest. 7474
Lower River Road. Cincinnati. O. 189
LIGHT BRAHMA BANTAMS. EGGS.
$2 (HI prr 15. B. S. Klugh. DilUburg. Pa
188
EXHIBITION (iAME. PIT GAME AND
bantams. Wesley Lanius. Greensburg. Ind
188
HAXTAMS— BUFF CtR'HIN WINNERS
evrrywhrr** Second corkrrrl. Allentown.
$8 00 Fifteen eggs. $2 50, Write. Jacob
Kerlin. pottttown. Pa 187
DARK BRAHMA BANTAMS A FEW
good birds left No eggs. Alf Cress. 147
Ann St.. London. Ont.. Canada. ISi
BANTAMS. KGGS 22 VARIETIE.«» CIR-
ciilsr. 2 cent stamp. Fenn Bantam Yarda,
l>ei>k 32. Delavan. Wis. 187
QUALITY BUFF COCHIN AND BLACK
Roue Combs. Slock, eggs. Waldo Penco,
Marshalltown. la. ^ IM
(JOLDKS sVbrTgHT COCKER eT^sT $3.50.
$r> oo. Cobly's PoulUy Yards, Mowllaf
Green. Ky. 1»T
~BANTA MS— WHITE COCHINS— PAIRS.
$3oo; pens. $7.00. ClMurlffa ScblegeU Ckiiii-
cothe. O. 1ST
SILKIES. $5.00 PAIR. EGGS. fa. 50.
Packwo4>d Poultry Farm. Pack wood, !». 18T
ZaOBlT BEAHIIAS
TRULY MAMMOTH LIGHT BKAHMAR.
Ke<-ogniied by leading judgva as one of Iko
best strains in America. Now booking orders
fur hatching eggs that will produce winner*
for next season's shows at $5.oO per 15;
$9 00 per 30; $13.00 per 50; $18.00 per lOn.
Stock for sale; mated breeding pens a spe
<ialty. Valieyview poultry Farm. Bertram J.
pole. Prop . Rt. I. Harrison. O 188
JUMliO LKillT BRAHMAS PRIZE WIN-
ning blood. I.4irge flocks. See advertisement*
page 40U. Daniel Bryan. Portland. Ind.
■ lH7b»
LKillT BRAHMA BABY CHICKS CAN
supply a few more if ordered at once. Mrs.
Ola Henck. R. D. 1. Scenery Hill. Pa. 187
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Brcedinc »io. k and eggs J f'rr*i S«hmi. t»rr-
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MatB 8t.. Wurr— ter. Um». *°*
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187
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BOOS PROM GARDEN WINNERS. $10 00
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(laying) and one cockerel, first $60.00 takes
then Three months old stock, ready in May,
|3 50 esfh. No better stock in U. 8. Whis-
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CHANTECLERS — BOSTON WINNERS.
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SNOW BANK STRAIN CHANTECLERS—
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Ooe Cob. Cono. 189
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"^ ENGLISH RED CAPS AND SPECKLED
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Cochrane, Wis. 187
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CHICKS — PRICES REDUCED — 100.
915.00 Leghorns: White. Brown; Rocks:
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nine pound sire* and good strong hens. Also
Uhtnle Inland Red and Barred Rock chicks
of great layers Fine Leghorn chicks.
Eclipse Parma. Port Trevorton. Pa. 189 f
B\BY CHICKS FROM LARGE. HEALTHY
winter layers; Byer*' Hirain. part direct from
Byers: 20 cent* each, prepaid. Satinfaction
and 100*^^ live arrival guaranteed. May
Smith. Mosby. Clay Co.. Mo. 188
75.0ttO fHK'K.M FOR 1924. LEGHORNS.
Ro4-k* and Red*. loO'V alive and oatis-
farlion guaranteed. Circular free. l'enn<«
Creek llaUhery. Box B. Selintgrove. Pa. 187
BABY CHICKS
BABY CHICKS OF QUALITY. HEAVY
laying i«trains. Blue ribbon winners. 100%
live arrival. Prepaid. Satisfaction guaran
teed. Write for catalogue. Loup ValU»
y. Box 705. St. Paul, Neb. is?
Hatchery,
BABY CHICKS. BEFORE YOU BUY '.
get our free illustrated catalogue. You will «
appreciate the rcuHonable prices on pure-
bred stock. Edward .\. Zicmer. 157 Wash-
ington Market. Buffalo. N. Y. 1^7
CHICKS FROM TRAPNESTED BARRON
White Leghorns. Our pen in among leader*
bt lilinoiit K.gg Laying Contest. .Send for
circular and unlcr your chicks now. Alvia
Terxree. Holland, Mich. jg-
BABY CHICK S— WYCKOFF' S LEG^
horns and Martin's Wyandottes exclusively.
.Str>ng. vigorou* chicks at rockbottom pricee!
Write for circular. Ul«h Poultry Farm, Port
Trcvorton. Pa. 1^7
TOM BARRON ENGLISH WHITE LEG
horns, the larire. long, deep bodied bird*. th«
most profitable and pcrsisttent layers. Chicks
12 cents up. Descriptive catalogue. Kuhn's
Leghorn Farm. Sycamore. O. 189
BABY CHFCK.S — HARDY. HEALTHY—
lOO'f safe arrival . Prepaid parcel post.
Catalogue free. Starved Rock Hatcheries.
Box 28-Y. Ottawa. 111. 187
OXFORD BABY CHICK HATCHERY—
Barred Rock*. Reds. White Dottea and Whit*
Leghorn*. No hatchery has better stock. S4
Ho. 5th St.. Oxford. Pa. 187
BETTER BABY CHICKS. LEADING VA-
rieties from finest free range flocks. Cata-
logue free. Ulster Poultry Farms. Box E.
Wallkill, N. Y. 187
PUREBRED CHICKS: 15 VARIETIES.
Best Inying strain*. I.K)west prices. Free
catalogue. Booth Farm!«, Box 596. Clinton
Mo. 189bamr
ST. .TOHNSVILLE POULTRY FARM—
nth year. First grade Leithorn chick*. 0*j
circular. St. .Tohnsville, N. Y. »»'
HABY CHICKS. LOW PRICE.*^. ILLUJ-
tr«t»Hl t.ooklet. Empire Hatchery. Sew»r*j
X Y "•
BABY CHICK.S— ANCONAS. LEGHORNS
from egg pe<ligree flock malings. 8 cents up.
Be.1t stock, best service. Catalogue free
Ralph Van Raalle. Holland. Mich. 188
PURE BRED WHITE ORPIN G T 0 if
chicks from wonderful stock Write u« for
Iirices. Orchard Hill Hat< herv Company
)ox 331 E. Akron. O. 18<
BABY CHICK.S. STRONi} AND STURDY
Best laying strains, all leading varieties. ^
Quality and service, prices right. South Sid*
Hatchery. Caledonia, Minn. igf
PURE BRED BUFF AND WHITE ROCK
chicks. Very be*t quality. Prices right.
Write us. Orchard Hill Hatchery Company.
Box 331-E. Akron. O. 188 1
PURE BRED COLUMBIAN AND \VH1TE
Wyandotte chicks. Very highest quality.
Price* right Write us. Orchard Hill Hatch-
ery Company. Box 331-E, Akron. O. 188
CHICKS, lie UP, C. O. D. ROCk7.
Reds. Leghorns and mixed. 100% delivery
guaranteed. 19th season. Pamphlet. C. M.
Lauver. Box 31, McAlisterville. Pa. 187
BETTER HATCHED. BETTER BRED I
chicks from pure-bred stock. Free catalogue, j
The Co Operative Breeding A Hatching Co.. \
Box E. Tiro. O. l«7bamr f
OWEN FARM STRAIN SINGLE COMB
Red chicks. 20 cents and 40 cents Ejrgs. 10
cents and 20 cents. H. B. Goodling. Olea
Rock. Pa. 1*T
CHICKS — ALL VARIETIES — PURE-
bred. Send for catalogue and price*. Guar-
anteed. Will L. Hughes. Piedmont. Ala. 187 f
WYCKOFF STRAIN SINGLE COMB
White Leghorn chicks, 9U.00 per 100. Weber
Bros.* Hatchery. Maugansville, Md. 187 ^
QUALITY CHICKS. LEADING VARIE ,
tie*. Price li*t free. Quality Poultry Farm, j
Dept. A. Flemington. N. J. ^^'_ ,
CHICKS AT REDUCED PRICES CATA-
logtie free. Square Deal Hatchery it Poultry
Farm, Rt. 1. (Nirydon. In<l. 1*^
April.
1924
EVERYBODY'S POULTRY MAG.AZINE
445
COCHINS
' IMPORTED BLACK COCHINS (NOT
kantam*). Big catalogue free. Huffman
Farms. 0>hkosh,
\Vi(i.
188
DARK CORNISH
DARK CORNISH. YOUNG STOCK FOR
gjje. Extra large. From imported stock.
Vrr^ in reason. Chas. Brantnor, R. 7, P»>lo.
WHITE CORNISH
WHITE
r.gi.-v f i '>^^
Conn.
CORNISH,
per l.S. L.
1924 WINNERS.
.Smith. Deep River,
187
DORKINGS
WHITK ANl> SILVER liRKV DORKlNtiS
Egr». ♦•* *^" l'^'"" '••• *'"*• pullet with rec<)rd
o'f 52 egg*
ham, Mas*.
»)l day*. H. Merriam.
Ashliurn-
188
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS
.•ioC AIMECK IN HUNDUKI) LOTS BLACK
Giants are the ino>.t profitable chukcnH you
fould rai*e — nnd theine are the sturdiest
lilack Gisnt* you can buy. America's heavi
eiit weitchl chickeiii.. Mature early and la>
extremely larirc vcc*. Splendid winter lay-
ers. Finc-t market fowl. We *ell chick <
and egg* — by buying chick* you are *ure of
100*rc chickens. Prices: 25 chicks |15, 50
chick* 127. H><) chick* t'tO. Send for 000k
let or. to avoid delay, order fr.m ad. Deliv-
eries begin February 1. Goodflox Poultry
Farms, 4<'» Neils"n Street, New Brunswi. k,
j{ j_ ' 188bam
HOFF'S VITALITY JERSEY BLACK
Giants have been carefully Belected f"r slie.
laying ability .ind .Standard re«piirement*.
Cannot be siirpanBed Flock* approved for
certification by New Jer*ey Experiment Sta-
tion Buy your stock direct from the origi
rating district. Chick*, 912.uO per 25;
140 (M) per loti. Ek'K". 94.00 per 15; 918.00
per 1<»'». Sharp reducti<»ns after April 26th.
Descriptive circular free. Write me. D. C
Hoff. Neshanic Station, N. J. 189
"jERSF^BLACK GIANT EGGS, TWENTY
cents each in any number Single orc'ers
limited to five hundred eggs for shipment at
one time. We have the real show bird* and
lot« of them. Now booking orders. First
fome. first served. Order quick from thl* ad.
Fletcher S. Scott. Newark. O. 187
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS — CHICKS.
935.00 per lOO; flH 00 per 50; 99-00 per 25.
Eggs. 92000 per 100 ; 910.00 per 50; 95.00
per b^j. .Safe delivery guaranteed. Order
from ad or semi for list. Cedar Capon
Farms. Flemington, N. J. 187bm
MARCY FARM STRAIN PENS HEAD
ed by wonderful 1 1 lb. cockerels, hatchetl
from ecK* direct from their Madison Square
winner*. Egj:-«. 15 $3.50; 30 96. Jame* L.
Cook. Montpelier, O. iHrtbm
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS— AMERICAS
premier heavyweight fowl. Hatching eggs
Growing, breedinir and show stock. Cata-
logue free. C M. Page A Son*. Box h99.
Belmar, N. J. ''♦^
WON FIRST COCKEREL GREAT ALLEN-
town Pair. Egg*. 92.50 and $i setting that
will prmluce winners. Stock priced reason-
able. Empire Giant Farm, Sellersvllle. Pa.
tfbm
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS— GOODFLOX
strain. Trloa. 916.50. Chicks. 30 cenU. 15
hatching eggs. 92.50. Campbell Pugh, Siler
City. N. C. 187
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS. HATCHING
•Cfs from blue ribbon winners, 93 00 and
1^.00 per 15. Cockerels, 95 00. Circular.
Fred Munro, Island, Lock Haven. Pa. 189
BLACK GIANT HATCHING EGGS. 10
cent* each Order from this advertisement
Satisfaction guaranteed. Also stock. C. B.
Reubunh, Penn Laird. Va. 188
JERSEY BLACK GIANT EGGS. BLUE
ribbon winners three year* at t'hi'-ajo ►how*,
also chami'iun male and female. H. Bernard.
Clifton. III. 188
MATINGS OF EXHIBITION Ot'.VLN'V
Circular. Wrenn A Seamans. Herndon, Va.
189
JERSEY BLACK (HANTS. STOCK.
Hf«. A. T. Miller, Fayetteville. Ark. 1H7
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS
HATCHING EGGS - JKK.sKV B L A C K
tiianti*. |;: .Si> and I.'*!'-* per netting of 15
egg*. 7o'V fertility gusranteed ; prepaid to
your post office. \Villiam E. Kater, Hsrn
-on. o i-^y
BETTER JERSEY BLACK GIANTS AT
l<'\\er prices. Breeding !»ttM k and hatching
cj:gs. No chickii. Krt.cry Dillent^a k, Vert
nam. N. Y. iHrt
PREMIER BLACK. GIANTS ARE BEST
Cener-il pun>ose bred. Very Isr^-e and vu
roils .Mating li^t free. W. H. Avre». Will
shire, O. l.-»7
HEAVVWKKiHT JERSEY GIANTS. SET
tmi:* fr-'Ui special mating. Fifteen egt;*.
•Iiii' doll.irs Mrophy I'.rothcr^. Sktlimsn.
N. .1 1h:
JERSEY GI\NT H XTCHlNti EGGS FliOM
••vhibition stock. W. J. Barnc*. R. 7, Dc, a
tur. III. lf*H
PIT GAMES
WARHORSKS AND MOUNTAIN EAGLES.
■'Dead (iunie fowl*" for *ale. The '•win ««r
die" trying kind. Ki:*:-. 9^100 for i:> S
•M. White, Kcytesville, Mo IH?
CLE.\NEMUP (tAMES BLUES. TASSEl <.
HIack IG^I*. Brown Bed*. White Hackles.
Keg*, f.l "Ml per IS Stebbina k Hurlburt.
Hox 326. Gill.erLsville, N V. 187
HAMBUROS
SILVER SPANGLED IIAMBIRGS. TRAP
nested eleven yeors. Eicg*. chick*. Circular.
Fred Brenon. Box C. Watertown. N. Y. l«l>
SILVER SPANtJLED HAMmUlJS WIN
ner*. layera. Eggo. 9^.i><) Melting. Jo*epli
.Miller. Box ir>. Cedar Falls, la 187
HOUDANS
MOTTLED HOUDAN.S. 278 EGtJ STRAIN.
trapne*ted eleven years. Eg^s. chick*, stock.
Circular. Fred Brenon. Box C. Watertown.
N. Y. 1«9
FREE RANGE. PRIZE WINNERS EGGS
and chick*. Catalogue free. W. Shampanore.
Box E. Little Silver. N. J. 187
MADSEN'S MOTTLED HOUDANS FOR
quality. L. Mad*en. Gardner, III. 188
AUSTRALIAN KIWI
KIWI — EG(}S AND CHICKS. SNOW
white. Cannot fly. Beauty, eggs, meat com-
bined. Illustrated circular. William L.
Frank. Sherman. Tex. 187
AUSTRALIAN KIWI -- THE SNOW
while chM ken that cannot fly. Eggs for sale.
Mr*. Paul Engle, Wautoma. Wis. 187
LAKENVELDEES
EtKJS FROM EXTKKMKLY BEAUTIFUL
I.akenveldt r*. 9:t.o«) for 15. postpaid. Maple
llill Farm. Fort Plain, N. Y. »'<7
LAKENVELDER8— AMERICA'S FINEST.
EggH. Chi<k*. Circular. Bernard Broreln.
Wapakoneta. O.
189
LANGSHANS
MEYERS BLACK LANtJSlIANS A(iAlN
win at Madison Square Garden; fir*t puUet.
first old pen and other ribbons. Mating list
free. W. A. Meyer. Bowling Green. Ky. 1m7
BLACK LANGSHANS -THE VERY BEST.
Wa*hington and Cleveland blue winner*.
Kggs. $5 00, 99 00 for 3i» O. W. Taylor.
Altoona, Pa. ***
WHITE LANI.SHAN AND SPECKLED
Suss.'x egg*. 92. .^o setting. Laying and »how
strain. Write, R J. Robert*. Biltniore. N. C
18 /
BLACK L\N<JSH.\N EGGS FROM LARf.E
first prue pen*. H-ican le*I.Hj. U hite tUi
i:ese g«>o«e eggv U S. Dora. Malloon. ^Uj^
lONESPUN p'T6»ME$^.'r,K
-. Cabas R»J* "ad BUsB»»e«» " ^^
Kgft. $J for IS. B*br Cfc.rki. 50< r«cfc j—--.
0«rils<kiirai<'<)oa 10 s«r« t«lsls»a Ih* ^^.^
..l.r.l«.T HOMESPUN FARM
Clsfl'>w /■ M<Kai|kl K>*d«^_5»J^<ii*J«_
LANGSHANS
WHITE LANGSHANS — 60 Pl'LLETS
Isid .!-'> r^'g* Christmas. Eggs, chicks. Viola
Smith. .Salem. la. 188
I'LACK LANGSHANS -THE BIRD SU-
j-rem.». Ecijs and bre*nling stock. 8. T.
Terry. Ashland. Va. Igfl
WHITE LANt.SHANS EG<;S. CHICKS
• n.l cockerels. Myrtle Doyle. Woodland* lile.
Mo. 187
WHITE LEGHORNS
HKTTEU HATCHED. BETTER BRED
ch|.-k« from pure bred stock. Fr»-e ralaiocue.
The Co Operative Breeding and Hatching Co .
B..X E. Tiro, o lH7baror
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS
Nt)RTHLAND WINTER L.\V>mS KNG-
li»h Singlo Comti White Leghorns of the
Grid's (anio'i« Tom Marrori strain, pr\>
n<unced the finest si<e«-imen* ever shipped
to America. I.i-ad.ng Leghorn pen and cham-
pion individual layer I't'J I Illmuit Inter
national Egg Laying Conle«l at Murphysburo.
Mrtuial r«'curd* of ovi-r 2oo egg* p«>r hen io
Michiican ar.<l .Missouri Y' ^g Laying Contt'sts.
I'r CO* nn .hick« slashed t» 9-2 .^»» per 100.
April; 91H.0O. May; 912.60. June llit.hing
c^gv f'.» per 100. April; 97 2<>. May Spe-
cial price on I.OOO Iota. Be«uti(ul)y illua-
irated catalogue free. Northland Farms.
l»«'j' K. Grail. I Uapi.|«. Mich 1?»7
BARRON. ENGLI.«H AND HOLLYWOOD
strains trapnesi pe«ligrred 25i»:il.l eirg bred
While I/eghorti*. the long, deen li'died. large
«i»ed bird*, the roost profitable and persist-
ent lav.Ts known Winner* at V.^^ La)tng
Contest*. Ord'T* booked now for chick* and
hatching e^-gii at lo'r discount. I^rge. hean-
tiful catalogue free telling all a>>oiii our fa
niouB layers on the larttest hatching and
breeding instiliiiion in the slate Gran«lview
poultry Farm A Hatchery. llo\ K /.eetand
Mich. M7I
STNGLI CO.MU WHITE I EininUN BABY
chick* and hatching eggs from slock trap-
nested 'Ui.'t day* in year with records
from 180 200. These hens weigh 4 pounds
and over. Give us a trial and l>n convince*!
Our price* are very rrasonaMe f^r Ihi* c!»sa
of stock. The Ideal Poultry Farm. Robert
Smith, Prop., R. F. D. 2. Port Jervis. N Y.
1611
WYCKOFF WHITE LEOIIORNS . EGGS
for hatching from a crand lot of selected
hen* in their second and third year, mated
with yearling cock* direct from Wyckoff'a
farm. b<*ing world famou* f.>r their wonderful
laying characteristic* together with sue and
vigor. Eggs. 915 00 pi-r loo. Acahmun
poultry Farm, Will Bunnell, Prop . Alwaler
N. Y. 187
TANCRED. HOLLY WOOl» AND WVCK
off males head my carefully selected bread
ing pens. Choice eggs. 93.00 and 92 00 per
l.'i. My stock i* of the very best. Write
me F. Arthur Martin. Indian River. Mich.
I8M
WYCKOFF sew. LEGHORNS Direct
iS'inie hreedi r» cost us |1 ou an egg
3 Grades Chii and Egg* Bred Right.
Hatched Right. Pricrd Right
Every Grade worth more than price aakad.
Get our circular and prtrea now.
miOOBWAY FOULTmr rAR»l
M A Campbell. Prop
Box A JAMBRTOWN. PA.
VIGOROUS CHICKS
I ^eli^..'c LAYING
LaCsner s leghorns
**The Proiitable Kind''
Wyckoff Strain Direct
BiK. husky, ^igfirotis rhirk*. the
kind that live, grow and make
PROFITABLE LAYERS
20c each, 118 per 100. 9170 per 1.000
by pfpaid |.sr. rl po»t. |i»<»'i Ii»«
delivery gtiaranteeil
J. CUY USHER. Noilhulniaca. P>.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
QUAUTT, taiABIUTY,
savicE
MlMMd
Dockliigs
d iwt fewtiw npd
Runnvr* bf^ tot bick ytuaumun.
f,4< our ratAloTM b»f«e» ?•• ■■»•
WAYNE OMmn MXX FAU
Clytf* M. V.
WHITEIORPINGTONS
WIN
Won thi* •««aon st l4iurel. Jackson. New Or-
lean, and Baton Roufe: 13 Fir.U. 7 Second •.
S Thtrdt 1 Diaplay. 6 8P«»«-lal«. 1 Medal,
iorlodioc ll*-*! Shaped and Whitest Male and
Pvraale at New Orleans Winter Garden Show.
J. A. BEADFOED
p. O. BoK »04 Lfttiral MUa.
C. P. Scott's S. C. R. I. Reds
KHOWN FROM COAST TO COAST
CR. •COTT
BooU T. Bos X Foort*. IlL
MMto^WOMMaXto
A
S^fSff'^IIIT. MILK er WATER.
Wnpls^ safe sod sanlUry. Chirks
fanno* »H r««« Into eontflnu H««l
jar, cmth Of stamps for one postpaid.
Momr »•/* If no* aaUsftwt. ^ . . ...
AMHMa rity looraal IM-US Ptys»tli Ct. CklsaRa. IM.
30c
UeS UCC KILLER
The OU IMiabi9 ^^^
) «raf to Hd poaltry
Pstatariyray
(«•« It at
its aM ylwMa
DONT LOSE BABY CHICItf
9mU
I
elaskycai«-7««
viVlMtlMt. Nesstn
am. H. LKs CO.
JERSEY BL4CK GIANTS of Quality
at^.js?.i;; '£.';';? sr^^iW. '?si-i':„"fS'
tUMk S'lil rfo '»' taJ* No bahjr rtiick*. All csgS
nraeaid iWo.il for ctraular and mstinc llsl.
A0«. 0. ARNOLO. Boa f. OILLttURS. PA.
Kcninckv Natural Leal
TOBACCO
8M«klDc. 10 Iba.. $2.50: 20 Iba.. $400
Clivwiac. 10 Iba.. $3.00; 20 Iba.. $5.00
rABMBBS TOBAOOO XJVIOV
EotiU IB SadAllA. Blj.
8UIOLE COMB WHITE LEGHO&NS
SHADY BANK FARMS' TRAPNKSTED
Single Comb White Lefhorn hens, mated to
hifh record, pedicreed Tancred strain males.
Hatrhing ogf«. 200 to 243 egf hena, averaco
215\ l-SOO per l.'i; 1«»<) to 190 ofC hen*.
averafe 175^. $3.75 per 15; 150 to 160 ecff
hfns. average 150. $2.00 per 15. W. R.
Dewsnxp. Owego. N. Y. !«*'
HEAVY LAYIN(J KNCJLISH LEGHORNS.
First pen direct from Pennsylvania Poultry
Farm. 270 300 strain, headed by cockerel
from 313 egf sire. 15 egg*. $3.00; 80$5.00.
Second pen. English hens headed by cockerel
from 298 egg sire; 15 egrs. $2.50; SO $4.00.
Eggs delivered free. Top Notch Poultry
Yards. Portville. N. Y.
167
WYCKOFF TANCRED — LEGHORNS
mated to Tancred Imperial (direct). Chirks.
$25.00 per hundred. Egga. $12.00 per hun
dred. Backed by 25 years breeding on our
.^5 acre farm. Special mating list. Feeding
and brooding methods with each order. Marsh
Creek Poultry Farm. Gettysburg. Pa. 187
240 814 EGG STRAIN "TOM BARRON*
Single Comb White Leghorns. Large, lopped
combed type. Excellent layers. Egga. $3.50
per 50; $6.00 per 100; $25.00 per 500;
1.^0 00 per 1.000. Chicks. $15.00, poatpaid.
Caialogtie free. Pelsier'a Poultry farm. Box
K. New Haven. Mo. 188
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN
hatching eKgn. Foundation stock direct from
Ferris .<00 egg strain, bred for years for high
egg production. Write for illustrated cata-
logue. Clover Dale Leghorn Farm. Stanley
Dulany. Owner. Clark. Mo. 1«7
~ "HI GRADE" SINGLE COMB WHITE
Leghorn chicks, good type, color and hisrh
egg production. Send for free literature do-
■rriblnsr stock and most noted baby chirk
farm. Knapp's "Hl-Grade" Poultry Farm.
Box CE 2. Shelby. O. ISrtbam
A SILVER CUP! WIN ONE AND GET
complete poultry library absolutely free by
investing in Seacoast certified Leghorn chicks.
The "lay" bred Into them for nineteen
veari. 2.'>.000 for 1924. Unequalled low
i.riies. Write for booklet. Seacoast Farms.
Pine Beach. N. J. >»7f
BARRON STRAIN WHITE LEOHOUNS
exclusively. Big. husky chicks from farm
raised stork. Chicka that grow fast, mature
quicklv and lav early Write for free rlrru-
lar Progressive Poultry Farm. P. Ver Hage.
Zeeland. Mich. 187t
PUr¥1»ARRON LEtJHORNS I IMPORT
dir»ct. Hens records 270 to 275. Sire from
288S14 hen. Large type, trapnested. pedi
greed stork. Big reduction on eggs and
rhirks. Mating list free. Chas. W. Johniion.
Linton. Ind. 188
FREE CIRCULAR OF (MODEL T.
"train) Single Comb White Leghorns. 256
rggs each flork average. 1923. Something
wonderful. Model T. Leghorn Farm. Fred
Cole. Prop.. R. D. 4. Adrian. Mich. 188?
TANCRED STRAIN DIRECT CHICKS
and egg*. Circular. V. V. Veach. New Cas
tie. Pa. 18^
LADY VICTORY— KEYSTONE MAID —
304 306 oScials; Wbite Leghorns. Remark-
able prices. Glowing Suntiet Farm. Stitxer.
Wiv 189
Quality Chicks
quality rhirks from our 200 egg record, farm raised stock.
K«arantced by prepaid parcel post;
W« offer high
deli«er> K^s's^teed \y prepaid parcel post; courteous treatment
Thi* !• not a romroernal hat< hery. but a breeding farm aatabluhed
years Order from this advertisement or send for free booklet.
OHIOKS
par 100
Jersey Black OianU . . $35 0.»
"Barron" Whita Leghoma 15.00
"Bsndj's" White Urfingtoii* 25.00
"Parks' " Barred Rorks 18.00
"Sliappard's" Ancona« 18.00
Rhode Island Reds 18 00
Black Minorcas . 20.00
White Wyandotte* 20.00
White Plymooth Rocka 20.00
Indian Runner and White Pakin Ducklings 35.00
in
Live
prompt shipment.
twenty-flva
for
ECKIS
per 100
$20.00
8.00
12 00
1000
10.00
10.00
10 00
10 00
10.00
12.00
Breeding Stock and Hatching Egga in case lots a matter of correspondence.
Otett Rock Narsery and Stock Farm
NBW JERSEY
SINGLE COBCB WHITE LEGHORNS
QUALITY BRED WINNERS. BOTH IX
exhibition and utility classes. Stork, eggi,
chicks from pens which will produce wia-
ners. Monticello Leghorn Farm. R. R. Zxm
merman. Prop., Monticello, Wis. iSTf
HOLLYWOOD WYCKOFF H A T C H I X o
gM from foundation Ktock, 284 32 8 egg r«c-
<... d. Every hen on this farm is trapnested
Eggs $10. OM per 100. Catalogue free. Sherk-
l<*r White Leghorn Farm. Nevada. O. H7
ejrg
ord.
BARRON WHITE LEGHORNS FROM IM
ported stock. The large, long, deep bodied
bird.t that lay. Chicks, pullets from free
range stork. Catalogue. Kuhn's Leghorn
Farm, Sycamore, O. \Hi
HEAVY LAYING PEDIGREED IMPER
ial Single Comb White LeghoniK. World '»
be«t foundation stock. Trapnest;d for 18
years. Catalogue free. Imperial Poultry
Farm, Berea. O. 18^
TANCRED STRAIN PURE— HATCHINO
eggR from high trspnent record hens, headed
by son of Mr. Beall's |500 cock. Pricea rea-
sonable. Mating list free. Edwin Carey.
Agoata. O. 1^7
BARRON'S IMPORTED WHITE LEO-
horn breeding flocks. Specialising In rhirkt.
pullets. Other stork, in season t ir.Mi'ar.
IMankton Poultry Plant, R. 3. Syoamoro, O
187
LARGE ENGLISH AMERICAN PrT7i7F.
rer White Lejjhorns. Five to six ponu.l lie»i«.
Hig romb.s. Chicks. 114.00. Egg*, $7.00.
Catalogue. Mapleside Leghorn Farm. liox L,
Tremont. III. IH*
D W. YOUNG WHITE LEGHORN.S. LAY
ers that win; winners that lay. Winners at
Virginia State Fair, Virginia State Poultry
Show. Washington. D. C. W. B. Lloyd. Glen
Allen, Va. 187
FERRIS' 265 300 EGO STRAIN DIRECT.
Great layers. 30 eggs, $3.00; 50-14.00; 100-
$7.00; 200 $14 00. Orders filled at once.
Henry Heitkamp, New Bremen. O. 187
PISANI'S REAL QUALITY HEAVY LAY-
ing Leghorns. Line bred over twenty years.
Stock, eggs and chicks. Catalogue. A. Pis-
ani. Box E, White Hall, Md. 188
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS—
I). W. Young strain. Eggs for hatching from
oxhibitinn and utility matings. J. A. Barnes.
R. R. No. 7, Decatur. III. 188
HATCHING EGGS AND BABY CHICKS
from heavy winter layers. Safe delivery
guaranteed. Write for prices. Juan Prosser,
Rt. 2, New Berlin, N. Y. 187
I
LARGE WINTER LAYING WHITE LEtJ-
horns. Trapnested, pedigreed. Stork, egga
and chicks. Circular free. 0. T. Patterson.
R. 4, Springfield, Mo. 187
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS—
Winter layers of large white eggs. |3.00 and
$5.00 per setting. M. A. Calkina, 1137 Vine
St., Beloit. Wis. 18$
BARRON'S WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS
and pullets exclusively. We Import direct.
Catalogue free. Bishop's Poultry Farm. New
Washington, O. 189
SINGLE COMB WHITES, 288303
lines. Big and fine. W. W. Kalp. Box 60.
poitntown. Pa 187
LEGHORNS
THE LEGHORNS— THE VET E R A N
Judge Drevenstedt is the author of this
work and one of his best. A complete text-
book about Leghorns — all varieties. Dwells
on their origin and development, covers every
phase. A book for the fancier and egir pr»
durer. Illustrated by .Sewell and Schilling,
color plate reproductions. Hook sent you. all
charges prepaid, on receipt of price. $1.00
AddreoH all orders to Everybodys Poultry
Magasine, Hanover, Pa. 187f
BROWN LEGHORNS
•HI GRADE" SINGLE COMB BROWN
Leghorn chicks, also Rose Comb; 2,000 per
weok : bred for high egg production ; 40 years
a breeder of thit variety. Send for Pfi*"^
and free pamphlet: "How to ^aise chicks.'
Knapps -Hi Grade" Poultry Farm. Box
CE 3. Shelby. O. 18dba»
April. 1924
SiyOLE COMB BBOWN LEOHOBNS
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
SINGLE COMB BUTT MINORCAS
447
AgE DISPLAY AD. SINGLE COMB
Rrowns Won two contests. Baby chicks.
S*. W. Kulp. Box 60, Pottstown. Pa. 187
SINGLE COMB LIGHT AND DARK
Brown cockerels; chicks; 15 eggs. $1.50;
100-$8.00. Beautiea. heavy layers. Lewis
** * loo
Martin. Newtown, O.
I —
ONE VZ'S SINGLE COMB DARK BROWN
LiAchorns. fine exhibition quality, good layers.
glloO. Walter Howell, Kiverhead. N. Y.
'*"* 187
B08B COMB BROWN LEGHORNS
SEE DISPLAY AD ROSE COMB
Browns. Won contest. W. W. Kulp. Box
60, Pottstown. Pa. 187
ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORNS. EGGS
100-14 00. Pirtle Poultry Farm. Bloomfield,
la. _^ ^^
SINGLE COMB BLACK LEGHO&NS
BLACK LEGHORNS— MADISON SQUARE
Garden winners. Eggs. $2 50 »nd $5.00 per
15. E. B. Howard, 793 Adelaide St.. London,
Canada. ^^"^
SINGLE COMB BUFF LEGHO&NS
••HI GRADE" SINGLE COMB BUFF
Leghorn chicks, mout wonderful of all lay-
4ir« solid golden buff exhibition type; 2.000
chicks per week. No better at any price.
Literature free. Knapp's "HI (Jrade ' Poul
try Farm. Box CE 4. Shelby. O. I88bam
DAVIDSONS HUFF LEGHORNS. BLUE
ribbon winners, Chicago Coliseum, etc. (trand
natings. F/ggs and chicks. Mating list free.
Davidson poultry Farm, R. 1. Bath. Pa. 187
»ren
SINGLE COMB BUFF LEGHORNS. DE-
!>ndant* of firt.t cock. Madison Square. 1923.
Eggs. $3.00. $5.00. Stock. Correspondence.
Dr. billon. Colcheater. III. ___**?
' BUFF LEGHORN LAYING PULLETS, $2
Exhibition laying pulleU. $3. Chicks $3)
hundred; guaranteed thirty days. Charles
Maarson. Weedsport. N. Y. 187
" QUALITY BUFF LEGHORNS. $2 oo I'ER
setting: stock and chirks. Alex J. Munn. 1033
Didwell Street. Pittsburgh, Pa. 188
BOSE COMB WHITE LEGHO&NS
THE WORLDS BEST — ROSE COMB
White I.,eghorns. Baby chicka especially.
J. M Chase. Box E. W-allklll. N. Y. 187
MINO&OAS
SINGLE COMB BLACK. WHITE AND
Buff Minorcas — Eggs, chicks, stock In aea-
son. Better bred for business and beauty,
liregg's Matchleas Minorcas, R. 3, Sycamore.
0. **''
BOSE COMB BLACK MINO&OAS
200 EGO STRAIN. ROSE COMB BLACK
Minorca eggs. A few chicks. Geo Konrad.
Richfield. Wis. 188
SINGLE COMB BLACK MINO&CAS
BRISH BROS ' FAMOUS SINCiLE COMB
Black Minorcas bred in their absolute purity
for years. Winners at America's greatest
shows. Hatching egga from aelected matings
that will produce you winnera. Choire brerd-
ars also. Brish Bfos.. Frederick. Md. 196bm
••HI GRADE" SINGLE COMB BLACK
Minorca chirks. Our stock is large, good
color, good layers. Send for prices, prompt
delivery. Knapp'a "HI Grade" Poultry
Farm, Box CE 11, Shelby. O. l»bbam
SUNNYBROOK TRAPNESTED SINGLE
C>mb Black Minorcas are great layers. Egga,
•2.00 per 15; $3.50 per 30; |5.50 per 50;
110.00 per 100; prepaid. Sunnybrook Poul-
try Farm. Hanover. Pa. 187
DAY Oi]d^ MINORCA CHICKS OF EXHI-
bition grade and utility bred. 40 cents each
and 20 cents each for March delivery.
Kclipse Minor<a Farms, Box E, Sellnsgrove,
Pa. tfbj
PINE SINGLE COMB BLACK MINORCA
hatching egga. J. J. Jenkins. Greenville,
M. C. 18$
SINGLE COMB BLACK MINORCA COCK-
•rels. Pape strain. $3.00 to $5.00 each. Karl
Nelson. 508 E. Wall, Morrison. III. 187
.loHN^JONS SINGLE COMB BUFF MI
tiorras will win. lay and pay. Schmidt strain
direct. Eggs. |J uo per 15. .\lonxo J <hnson.
I'ayne, O. 187
BUFF MINORCA EtUJS: PKX.*<. 12 50
per 15; range. $7.50 per 1<'<>. Roy E. Fan
lung. North Msnchester. Ind. lt*7f
SINGLE COMB BUFF M I NO R C A 8.
Stock, chicks, eegs for hatching Circular.
H. J. Hansen. Berea. O. 190
SINGLE COMB BUFF MINORCAS
Stock and eggs. Circular. Kud Ei> hclmann.
Waterloo. III. 1H7
SINISLE COMB Bl'FK MINORCAS. Ei;GS
anti chicks. Chas. Lnng. Syracuse, Ind l**!
SINGLE OOBffB WHITEMINO&CAS
SINGLE COMB WHITE MINORCAS -
Excellent layers, site, nhape and color.
Hatching eggs, $3.00 per 15. Coplin Bro«..
Payne, O. IHH
SINGLE COMB WHITE MINORCAS.
blue ribbon winners, heavy layers. Egg*.
13.00 15. $10 00100. Mrs. Lester Beery.
Lintner, III. 18H
TRAPNESTED SINGLE COMB WHITE
Minorcas. Hatching eggs. Heavy layem.
Richard Scharmer. Chaska. Minn. 1^9
ROSE COMB WHITE MINO&CAS
ROSE COMB WHITE MINORCA EGtiS
from range: 30-|4.00; 10O.|l2.00; pen: 1.1
15.00; prepaid. H. L. Carson. Middle|>ort.
O. 18«
o&Lorrs
ORLOFFS— THE GREATEST WINTER
layers on earth. Egg<t. $4.50. Also other
rare breeds cheap. It J. Roberts. Biltmore.
N. C. 187
O&PINGTONS
NO MAN WHO KNOWS ORPINi»TONS
loves them more than J. H. Drevenstedt in
hi.« book The Orping'ont. This book meets
the needs for authentic information, gives In-
formation on breeding, mating, care. etc.
Price, postpaid. 75c. Address all orders to
Everybodys Poultry Magaiine. Han<»ver. Pa
i-*:f
"HI GRADE" WHITE AND BUFF ORP-
ington chicks, big type, good color, from rrr
ord laying strains. Send for prices and free
literature on "How to rai«e chick*."
Knapp's "HI Grade" Poultry Farm. Box
CE 7. Shelby, O. 18rtb-in
SEE MY DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENT
page 421 In this Issue. Sutton's Orpington
Farm, Freeland. Md. l(J7bm
BLUE. BITFF. WHITE ORPINGTO N S
Tompkins* Reds. Rouen du.ks. Robert
Black. Lincoln, Neb. 187
BUTT ORPINGTONS
BUFF ORPINGTON EGGS FROM SEC
ond priie young pen. Illinoi* State Show
$5 00 per aettlng. Pen two, $3 oo per set
ting; range, $8.00 per 100. Fertility. 8o%
(». C. Long. Hamburg. III. 187
~ BUFF ORPINGTONS. EtiiJS AND BABY
rhlcks fn»m my great Orpingl4.ns. John
Eagle. Slate Road. Phoenlxville. Pa 188
BIG BIRDS. GOOD COLOR. GOOD LAY
ers Fifteen eggs. $1.25. postpaid. Harper
Grimes, Woodsfleld. O ^^^
HATCHING EGGS $2 00. |3 00 SETTING
Laying and show atrain. Write. Ed. Wolfe.
Fairmont. W. Va^ 1|J7
FINE BUFF ORPINGTON O If I C K H.
Range stock. Llnesville Hatrhery. Box J.
Linesvllle. Pa. 18^
BLACK O&PINGTONS
BYERS" STRAIN— EGGS. SPECIAL MA*!;
ng. $5.00 setting; general mating, $2 oo
delivery guaranteed. Hedrick's Poultrj
i
Delivery _
Yards. Freeland, Md
ry
187
WHITE OBPnOTOVB
ROSE COMB WHITE ORPINGTONS -
Sto«k and eggs for sale cheap. C. M. 8»»"*'»/'
Belleville. O. *8'
WHITE O&PINOTONS
WINTERS' WHITE ORPINGTt»NS--
Early chirks and breeding ttock. See adver-
tisement, inside back co«er I87bm
P0U8B
WHITE CRESTED BLACK POLISH
stock for sale. Kggs for hatching Write
for wants Seety. Afton. NY. 18t>
BHODB ISLAND BBDS
•HI GRADE" ROSE COMB AND SIN
gle Comh Rhode Island Red clicks from
heavy laying stock. go<>d color and type
.Send for literature deacnblng mo.i noted
baby chirk farm. Knapp • "HitiraU"
Poultry Farm. Box CE 8. Shelby. O. IHHI^m
•AMERICAN BEAUTY STRAIN ' ROSE
and Single Comb Reds. Blue ril>!>on win
ner* St Allenlown. Trenton. Ila^erstowa
fairs. .Stock, egg*, chicks for »al''. Order
•'arl>. Iliuntrated booklet. Kdwari S. t^m
brite. Pipers ville. Pa. 187
RHODE ISLAND RED IlAir*' CHfCRN.
Good coltir. heavy layers, free range st<'<k
LineaTllla Hatchery. Box I. Ltu««v|lto. Pa.
187
PURE TOMPKINS* SINGLE AND !:oSE
Comb Red eggs. J. J. Jenkin*. Grrvn.ille.
N C 189
SINGLE COMB &H0OB ISLAND BEDS
HAROLD TOMPKINS* SINGLE COMB
Reds direct. .Sh<<w quality and bred to lay
All my stork I* from his beat matings Or
<ler» booked f<>r baby chirks Prices reason-
able. Eugene Shoners. Palmyra. Pa. 187
FABRY'S TRAPNESTED. PEDIGREED
.Single Comb Reds. Bred for eggs, type and
color. Heavy layers. Priraa reasonable.
.Send for mating list. Fabry Bros.. East
McKeespurt. Pa. 187
SINGLE COMB RHODE I.-»LAND REDS
bred from Owen Farroa* New York winner*.
Kggs fr«tm this great strain at $3.00 per 15
S. L Hetnrk. PunxsuUwncy. Pa. 188
THOROUtlH BRED SINGLE COMB RHODE
Island Red egga Eighteen yeara a breeder
Prepaid. $3 (»o 15; $5 00 30. J. A. David-
son k Son. Oberlin. O. 187
SINGLE COMB RRDS. RICH RED. FINK
type, splendid layers. Eggs. $3. two for $3.
Satisfa< lion guaranteed. Friend Steven*.
Hillsboro. O \A1
SINtfLE COMB RF.DS. OWEN FARMS'
• train direct. Eggs from selected matings:
$2 oo. 83 00 and $5 oo. Pendleton l^wtar.
Rome. Ga. 188
SINGLE COMB REDS. QUALITY STOCK.
Winter layers. Eggs, two d<>llara ner fifteen :
pre|>aid- insured. W. E. Metrair. Hunting
ton. ind. 188
SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS
Beat quality, dark rich red. Send for mat-
ing lial. free Samuel J. Thompson. Marietta.
O. 188
SINGLE COMB REDS. OWENS' STRAI.4
Strong, vigorous breeding cockerels. Eggs
for hatching Levi Fishel. Dillsburg. Pa 187
hTgH QUAlTtY RHODE ISLAND REDS
Kggs and baby rhirks (Tompkma). John
Eagle. State Road. Phoenlxville. Pa. 18H
DUMOND'S REDS WIN AND LAY. OWEN
Farms' atrain. Eggs, stock, chicks. William
l>umond. Columbua. O. 188
PLYMOUTH ROCKS
ANY BREEDER OF ANY VAUIRTT OF
Plymouth Rorks should have the btjok Ply
mi>uth Rorks. It dwells on all the varieties
of the Rock family, is a practical breed book
that should be •^*r In reach to guide you
right in ihe mating and other probkna that
confront you 9i*ry day. It will pay yo'i
the price of the book every day m helpful
suggeationa and facts. We will fill your or
der by return mail. Price. $3 50. prej>al'l
Address orders to Everybodys Poultry Mags
sine. Hanover. Pa. 187f
BARRED AND WHITE ROCK CHICKS
Good type and color, heavy layers, free ran^ce
slock. Linesvllle Hatchery. Box H. Lines
ville. Pa 187
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
■ WHITK AND BUFF R0CKS-E008 |3 oo
■ riSHKL WniTK AND RISOLET BARRED
pS" A. O Hokl*. 8tr«lford. U- |«9
OOLOTtBIAMFLYMOUTH ROOKa
'■ COLUMBIA N^K«CK.S. BRED FROM OUR
«^. «^.« winoem M«di»on Hqu.re Oarden.
amntoD. N- 4. -
■ /vitrURIAN ROCKS— JONES. WIUiUR
".VTSnck. C. D Scott. Box 247. I'unyo^-
Uwa*]r. P« ^
""^^rMHIAN ROCK Ht^TTINO F.c;<!S.
tS 00 and IVOO per flft*^n. Tbe.dore Kunk-
ley. Bo« 117. Ambler. l*%. ^
II^EUrEHTABUHHED. HIGH j^^^ALITV
Columbi.n Hock. Ew. rhick.. T. J. Kn^
tin. Hackettatown. >■ J- |__
"TiuZlTcOLUIIBIAN ROCK8 '^^^l-ifEi
!«•%«•. chick.. 0.c.r D. R*«*. J-ni.u.^
Pa.
BUFF PLYMOUTH BOOKS
KIIAMER'8 BUFF "^'^^8 AKK REAL
ehampiuns. L«idln« winner, at <-»»irar' «o'
Chick.. »24 00 per 100 CompM. price U.l
•nd catelofu* free. Frank Kramer. Fort
Atkln.on. \\i». _^ 111
SHKPARD-S BUFF ROCKS BLUE RIB-
bM winner, recent American R«3/'' Jf '"ourl
Bute Fair Hhowa. Bff.: P*n«. »?^2i..U"^
Mttinf. uiiUty. 15.00 100. J. O. ShepanI
Rt. 89. Warreneburg. Mo. ^^
""b^ERS BUFF ROCKS. BOSTON TO-
rooto. BaUlmore and Hanorer wlnninf.. 1923-
i5l Stock. Eff. tS 00 P" '«'»»»°«- V2ih«
Boyer. Hanover. Pa. ]^]^
WALKER'S BUFF ROCKS— PRI7E WIN
•IBK .tock. Baby chick.. $20 per hun<Jred.
Bm« 92 per •cttloc: UO P" hundred.
BatUfactlon r»»ran»«*^ Geo. Walker. Old-
kama. Va.
KRRLIN'S EVKROOLD BUFF ROCKS.
Madi.oo Square Garden and Bo.ton winner*.
Stock and eff«. CaUlofoe. Kerlln Farm.
Rout« 3. Poll. town. Pa. '°«
BUFF ROCKS— E(»OS AND CHICKENS
froBi »reat tr*pne.led layer, and winner..
Brewler 24 yuara. Circular. Orrin Hane*.
Potadam. N. Y. mbm
FOR 8ALF,— PURE BRED. PRIZE WIN-
nlnff Btiff Rock cockerel., f 5 00 each. E|fC«.
$1.60 .ettioff. Ella Ballenfer. Rt. 4. Cojum-
hU, Mo. '^^*
ONE TRIO BUFF ROCKS. SOLID COLOR.
■Imw bird., rood layer., irearlinn. $12.00.
Walter Howell. Rlvcrhead. N. Y. 187
BAEBBD PLYMOUTH BOUK8
ARISTOCRAT DARK BARRED ROCK.S—
Have two pcnn ea- h headed with a fine, nar^
row barred exhibition cockerel. A few grand
rockereU for .ale. KgKn for hatching after
March lit. one .etting f4.00; two .ettingR
$7 oo. Ja.. Fen.termaker, 414 White St
Toledo, O. 1^
~ ARISTOCRATS. LKJHT. FIRST PEN
direct from Holtormiin. Winners wherever
«hown. Egg». 15.00 15: second pen. $3.00;
flork. 11.50: $8.00 lUO; po.tpaid. ,. Using
only iMdigricd male. L. Brooke. Brooke-
burg. lod. ]^
PARKS' PKniGREED BARRED ROCKS
dirort from Park*. Baby «hi<kH, 2jr: 5<i
egg., 10.50: 100 eggH. $12.00; .elected cock-
erel.. $5.00. Circular free. Steincr &
Wendt. Kenton, O. *_^
BRED TO LAY BARRED ROCKS. AMEU
Ira', greatest laying Mrain. Pri**- winners
at national show.. Champion, at egg laying
^intent.. Egg.. 151225: 30.$4.op: 100^-
110.00. W. (I. Booth, dreenliush, % a. i"*
~ IMPElClAh RINCJLET EG<JS FROM EX
tra well barred large birds. narri.^onlMirg
firt.t pen. first cockerel, champion pullet ;
$2.<tM per 15. Special pen. ?5 On per I.k
Wilhelroena Coyner. Waynoboro. Va. l^^
TlloM PSON • 8 STR A I N ; DARK. NAU
row Barred Rock.. Large bone.1. yellow legv
Erg. for batching: hundred. $6.50; fifty.
QUALITY LIGHT AND DARK BARRED
R«eka. Con.l.tent winner. PitUbnrgh. Wa.h-
iBffton. Owabarlaad. Some light real bread-
•ra. $5.00 ftnd $10.00. Eggs, .ame pens I
hatch from. $5 00. Egg* from even colored
farm flocka with many winner* among them.
•1.50 per 15. W. S. Secrlat. Kayaer. W. Va.
188
•HI GRADE* • BARRED PLYMOUTH
Bock rhicka bred for eggs and uniform color.
Can aupply Parks' pedigreed laying strain.
Market quality la thousand lot.. Send for
pamphlet, "How to raise chicks." free.
Knapp's "Hi Grade" Poultry Farm. Box
CK 5. Shelby. O. l«8bam
ARISTOCRAT BARRED ROCKS DIRECT
from Ifolterman'. be.t mating* Baby chicks.
•5c; 5*^ egff*. $f* 50; 100 egg*. $10.00; .pe-
elal light and dsrk mating*. $5.00 for 15;
cockerels. $5.00 and up. Circular free.
Steiner A Weodt. Kenton. O. 187
FOR 8ALB—BARRED PLYMOUTH
Roeka. Pans headed by first cockerel at
Philadelphia and .econd and third at North-
west. flOOO a setting. Light line. $5 00:
utility. $2.00. CloTerly Runs. Box 35. Rydal.
P». 188
fj.^O; thirty. $2.25.
U. 5. Hedrick, la
Mrs. Julia
Denny.
187
PARKS* BRED TO LAY BARRED ROCK.<
direct from be«l pedigreed mating.. Wonder
ful winter layer*. 90% fertility guaranteed.
Egg* 15 $2- 50 $5; 100 $9. J«*. L. Cook.
Monlpelier, O. ^^^*>"*
YEAR OLD BARRED ROCK PULLETS IN
full laying bloom. Parent, made ofTirial trap-
ne.t record of 250 egg*. Price. $2.50 each.
Robert S. Ledbetter. Jr., Rockingham. N. C
187
ARISTOCRAT BARRED ROCKS DIRECT
from Holterman'e be.t dark mating.. Blue
ribbon winner.. Heary layers. Egg., $5.00
.etting. Joel Thrasher, Hannibal. Mo. 187
THOMPSON'S RINGLETS DIRECT. 20
egg* 12.00; 100$6.50; 30 doien caso.
$18.00; prepaid. Cockerels. $2.50 up; pul-
lets, $1.50. J. Kolb. OordonTille. Pa. 187
LIGHT OR DARK BARRED ROCK EGGS
from .IX .elerted pen., won fifty five ribbon,
this season. $5.00 and $8.00 per fifteen. Wil-
liam Arenholi. Freeport. N. Y. 187
75 ELEVEN MONTHS OLD BARRED
Rock pullets, all laying. $2 25 each; 4 cock-
erel*, large and vigorous. $3.25 each. Ray
Simmon.. Rt. 1. Halifax. Pa. 187
PARKS' STRAIN BRED TO LAY BARRED
Rock, from best pedigreed .tock direct.
Egg*. 15 $150; 50 $4.50; 100-$8 00. B. F.
Morgan. Independence. Ind. 188
PARKS' PEDIGREED STRAIN DIRECT.
Stock trapne.ted. Egg* and chick.. Price-"
right. Write your need, to Jamea L. Man
ning. Me.hoppen. Pa. 187
PARKS' STRAIN BARRED ROCKS FREE
range. Chick.. 18c: 50 egg*. $4.50; 100
egg.. $8.00. Peerle.. Poultry Farm. Kenton.
0._ 1|^
RINGLET BARRED ROCKS. MATED BY
E. B. Thomp.on. 15 $4 00; 30 $7.00. Stand-
ard bred baby chicks. 22 cents, Geo. W.
Baker. Lombard. III. 187
BETTER BARRED ROCKS. TRAP-
ne.ted. Fifteen years' breeding. Egg*,
chick*, .tock. Circular.. Arthur Searle*.
B A. Milford. N. H. 191
BETTER HATCHED. BETTER BRED
chick* from puro bred .tock. Free catalogue.
The Co Operative Breeding A Hatching Co.,
Box E. Tiro, O. 187bamr
BARRED ROCKS— BRED TO LAY. FREE
ranice. Chick*. 16c. Circular free. Peerle*.
Poultry Farm. Kenton. O. 187
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STTRDIVANTS BRED TO LAY EXIIIBI
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.etting. A. Stirdivant, R. R. 8. Grand
Rapid., Mich. 187
NON SETTING WHITE ROCKS. WITH
Mneral years of heavy laying, non-setting
breeding back of them. Very large, perfect
nhape and color. They have won highest
honors for me, they have won for other,
they will win for you. Hatching ecgs at fair
price. Class A. strictly non-setting, proijfif
layinj; hen. mated to male* from champion
n'«n-set'ing jmir. 15 eggs only ?7..'')0; loO
eggs. f.'SS.OO. Class B. daughter* from fowl,
of Class A mated to excellent males. 15 cgip
$;i.5'»; 100 eggs. $20.00. Class C. large
heavv Living hens mated to male* from Cla««
A. 15 eggs, 12.00; 100 ogg*. $10.00. 90*
fertility guaranteed. Cash with order. Adel-
bert Cl.cesbro. I>.insville, N. Y. 187
CHAMPION WHITK PLVMorTH ROrKsl
.Six birds entered at North«rn Indiana Poul-
try Show, won 1st cock; 1st hen; 11 cock-
.re'.'*; 2 3 pullet*. All stock blood tested
for bacillary \v)»ito diarrhoea. Eggs and
l.abv chi<ks. H K. Co-'k. Markleville. Ind.
187
•III <;RAI)K" WHITE PLYMOUTH
Ro< k chicks, good layers, fine tyjie, pure
white, :i.O<iO per week by parrel post. »afe
ilehvery guaranteeil. Write for fr«M> litera-
ture arid prices. Knapp's "Hi (Jrade" Poul-
try Farm. Box CEO. Shelby. O. If^Hbam
KENDALL'S WHITE ROCKS. HEAVY
layrrM. Egtf* from mated pens, $3.00 per
l.*i. Pure Fishel strain. No more stock un
t!l our June sale. B. F. Kendall. Winche*.
ter, O. IM
ROHRBAUGH & SONS, BREEDERS OF
White Rock* for commercial farm u«e and
for backvard poultry raiser. All farm ranife.
R. No. 10. York. Pa. H*
WHITE ROCK E(;(;S AND STOCK IIAI.
bach .-sensation*. Burkholder's White Rock
Yard*. 3;l09 Mahoning Ave.. Youngstown. O
188
(ilANT WHITE ROCKS-
— Ten shows — Literature.
Logansport, Ind.
SWEEP.STAKES
Marv Barnit.
188
BED SUSSEX
EGGS FROM LAYMORE RED SUSSEX
guaranteed; $3. $4 and $5 setting. Karl
Yoho. North Canton. O. 1*7
SPECKLED SUSSEX
GRAND CHAMPION MALE. MINNEAPO
lis; six first.. Chicago National, 1924. Stock,
egg*, baby chicks. Catalogtie free. Winkler
ft I.Angdon, Wheatfleld. Ind. 188
SPECKLED SUSSEX. MADI.^ON SQUARE
Garden winners for last seven years. Ejcg.,
$5.00 per 15. prepaid. Jti.eph Proece. Fort
Washington, Pa. 1*"*
TARBOX'S SPECKLED SUSSEX-STOCK.
eggn and baby chick, in season. .Send for
catalogue. A. A E. Tarbox, Box E. York^
vllle. III. '"^
FIRST PRIZE SPECKLED SUSSEX
eggs. $3.00. prepaid. Cockerel*. $5.00. Cir-
cular. Dell Knight. Olena. O. 187
SPECKLED SUSSEX — EGG.S, STOCK
from National Winner.. Field. Sussex Farm.
Sandwich. III. '^'^
SPECKLED SUSSEX — .STOCK. EG<!S
Chevy Lane Poultry Farm. Walhonding. O
SPANISH
WHITE FACED BLACK SPANISH
Egg. $2.50 for 15. None better. Norman
Thomas. Fayetteville. Pa. lH7bm
EBONYSHEKN SPANISH. NOT HOW
cheap but how good. James S. Wilson. Rt. L
Lock port, N. Y. >*•
RHODE ISLAND WHITES
EICHELMANN'S .STRAIN. RIIODF. IS
land Whites. Rose and Single Comb. Stock.
$3; pens. $15 00. Also egg*. Catalogue
free. Henry Ei.helmann. Waterloo. 111. 1"^'
ROSE COMB RHODE I.'^LAND WHITES
Eggs, $3 00 per 15; $5.00 per 30. Stork
for sale. Frwl Danforth, Owego. N. Y. 18»
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTE.'!
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTE COCKERF.LS
and pons. Eggs. $1.50 and $2 50. Mr*,
(ieurge Burnham. Pikc.ville. Md. l"'
?
April, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
449
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES
"^LUMBIAN WYANDOTTES— AT NEW
Y.rk State Fair won 5 first, and all special
nriie. and my .train has the egg laying
hsbit bred into it. Egg*. $5.00 per 15 from
finest pens. Austin O. Warner. Whitesboro,
^. Y 189bm
'COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES — NONE
better Heavy winners at the National Co
himbian Wvandotte Meet this year in large
classes of the world's best. Great layers.
axoek and eggs. Geo. Lyman Hall. Dudley,
Mass. 5^
"hatching ElHJS FROM PRIZE W Li-
ning pure. i«l»»al Columbian Wyandottes.
Prices rea.^onal.le. Circular free. Address,
Dixie Highway Poultry Yards. Auburn. Ky.
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTE COCKERELS.
»uperior quality; .how rtwm winners. Lggs
for hatching in .eas-n Write. W. A. John-
.on R. R. No. 16. Constance Avenue. Dayton.
'" ' 1871
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTE HATCIUNG
-rt. from range flock. $1.50 15; $7.00 100;
exhibition pen, $3.00 15. Also baby chicks
•nd Bron«e Turkey eggs. Henry Orocning
Hitlsboro. Kan. I08
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES EGOS
*nd chickens from great trapnested layers
and winners. Breeder 24 years. Circular.
Orrin Hane*. Potsdam. N Y l^^t^*"
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTE EGGS FOR
hatching, excellent laying strain, $1.50 per
15. Wood O'Neal. R. 3. Clearville. Pa. U*9
BUFF WYANDOTTES
BUFF WYANDOTTES. EGOS AND
month old chickens from Boston winners.
F.«. $2.00 for 15; chickens. $10.00 a doien.
Orrin Hanes. Potiulam. N. Y. 19l»>m
EGG BRED EXHIBITION BUFF WYAN
dotles. Winning five fir^t. at Freeport
Choice breeding cockerels. $5.00. Egg*. $5.00
per 15. Write for price list. Frank Myers^
Pireeport. 111.
187
BUFF WYANDOTTE EGC.S FOR HATCH
ing. Send for circular. William E WooUejr
Route 6, Sidney. O.
188
ONE TRIO BUFF WYANDOTTES. SOLID
color, good laying .tock. $12.00. NN alter
Howell. Riverhead. N. Y.
187
OOLDEM LAOED WYANDOTTES
GOLDEN LACED WYANDOTTES, PRIZE
atock. Order, booked f««r egg. and baby
chirks. Geo. Heggeetod. Hollandale, Wn
1 oT
CHOICE GOLDEN WYANDOTTE HATCH
Ing egg.. $2.00 per 15. T. E. Collings. Per
aia. la.
188
SILVER LAOED WYANDOTTE**
IP YOU WANT THE BEST IN SILVER
Wyandotte* that hare the Wyandotte type,
site and lacing, write W. E. Samson, veteran
breeder and judge. Kirkwood. N. Y. 197
XICELY'S WINNING AND LAYING SIL
▼er Laced Wyandottes are guaranteed to
please vou. Eggs, $3.00 and $5.00 per 15.
C. Ro.s Nicely. R. No^3^ L|gorner,^a. _187
WOODLAND "silver WYANDOTTES—
winner* New York. Chicago. Detroit. I^rge
open laced exhibition .tock Free catalogue.
Woodland Farm. Route E 3. Ann Arbor. Mich
I H If
TARBOX'S SILVER WYANDOTTES -
Stock, egg. and baby chick, in season. Send
for catalogue. A. ft E. Tarbox. Box E. York^
ville, III. l*^"
SILVER LACED
for hatching. RoUie
PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES
PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES
CRUSADER .STRAIN PARTRIDGE
Wyandottes. Hc»rt of America winner..
Writ© for catalogue Mid Weet Pouhrv
Farm, Butte, Neb. 18*7
WYANDOTTE EtWJS
Davis. Hunt.ville. III.
1H7
WHITE WYANDOTTES
"HI GRADE" WHITE WYANDOTTE
chicks, also Silver Laced, from finest bred
•■tork, wonderful all year 'round egg pro
ducers. Send for price* and free pamphlet,
"How to rai.e chick.." Knapp's "Hi-
Grade" Poultry Farm. Box CE », Shelby. O
IHribam
WHITE WYANDOTTES. SELECTED MAT-
ing., Martin strain. November to January
average 21 eggs per hen Heavy boned, vig
orous stock. Egg.. 1.100 15; chick., 35
cent.. Satisfaction guaranteed. A. Drager.
Richmond, Mich. 187
REQAL DORCAS FROM MARTIN'S BEST
mating*. Eggs from prite winner. 15 $2. no,
3(»$:».5o; other mating. 15 $1.50. 30 $2 50.
luo $rt.uO, Mating lint. L. M. Stricklett.
Vanceburg. Ky. 187
WHITE WYANDOTTE EGOS SPECIAL
pen* mated to produce high egg and exhibi
tion *t04-k combined. Egg. from the.e pen.,
$2..')*) ]>er 15. (iuarantee 9 chick.. Gut
Mumper. Taylorslown. Pa. 187
WHITE WYANDOTTES (MARTIN
strain). Eggs, selected mstings. 15 $3.00; 30
$5 oil; flock. 100 $8.00. Ouarantee 75%
hatchability. Fred Miller, 310 Marion Ave..
Salem. III. 188
HOOSIER STRAIN PARTRIDGE ^yVAN
dottes. Madison Square Garden and Chi
cago Coliseum winners. Stock for sale at all
time., egg. in season. W. L. Bender. Box
81 B. Angola. Ind. ___^__
"^PARTRIIHJE WYANDOTTES TWEN-TY
year, a breeder. Premier blood Cockerel*.
Egg., f'l.oo. Fertility guaranteed. H B.
Arbuckle. Davidson. N. C 1»'
^^^IITE wyandottes of salopia
The flock that won Virginia State Conte.t
with 222 e»g. per hen for whole flo.k .'^tock
and egg* for .ale. A. W. Amphlett. Hay-
market. Va. 1''7
REGAL WHITE WYANDOTTES. CHICKS
and egg. for .ale. Pens headed by male,
direct from Martin's Pens F and H. Satis
faction guaranteed. Peola Poultry Yards.
Beaver Springs. Pa. 1*7
REGAL DORCAS HKJH QUALITY
hatching egg. from stock direct from Martin;
al.o few utility pullet, for sale. Wro. Mon
sees. Voluntown. Conn.
187
QUALITY WHITE WYANDOTTES. SEN
sibly priced. Ten years breeding for egg.
and show. Rockland White Feather Farm.
Eliiabelhtown. Pa. 1*7
REGAL WHITE WYANDOTTES OP
quality. Stock .hippe<l on approval. Egga
for hatching. No chicks. Mating list free.
Frank P. Altlaod, UaooTar, Pa. tfbjl
REGAL DORCAS— EGGS. $2.00 SETTING.
Heavy laying strain Delivery guaranteed.
Hedrick's Poultry Yatda. Freeland, Md. 1«7
WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS,
chicks, eggs. Highest quality. Trapnest
rec. rds. 2 11 to 290. Lewis Martin. Newtown.
O.
188
' WHITE WYANDOTTE EGGS FROM
choice breeders Martin's .train. J. E.
Wei.enauer. Rt. 6, Kukomo, Ind. 18*
1 000 PURE REGAL WHITE WYANDOT
tea. Allen Sechrist. Port Trevorton. Pa. 187
SEVERAL VAKIETIB8
FANCY HATCHING EGGS. $100 PER 15
Pape'a strain Mammoth Single Comb Black
Minor- a*; .SheppanU. .train Single Comb An
cona*- Ferris' .train Single Oomb White Ler^
horn* Fishel*. White Rocks; Cook'. Buff
Orpington*; Holterman". Ari.tocral Barred
Ro.k- Blue Ribbon Itlack Lang.han.. Ed-
ward* ft Edward*. Van Wert. O. 1«8
SEVERAL VARIETIES
EGilS FOR HATCHING FROM PRI2B
winning Light Brahma*. Buff (\H-hin., Mot-
tled Hi'U<lan.. BruwTi Leghorns, Silver Wyan-
dotte., Ringlet Barred R«>ck.. Buff Orping-
ton*, Kinbden Grc«e. Rouen Ducks. PrlceJ
res*on.^ble. D. A Morelock, M»rri.town.
Tenn. 187
RHODE ISLAND RED COCKERELS. EX
cellent breeders. Barrivi RiH-k cockerel, and
pullet*. Black Minorca. Black Leghorn pul
letii. Buff Leghorn male*. Toiil»u»e and
Kent Island f**»r. Prtcaa right. 8 Ilortner
Co. Sbarpsburg. Md. 187
DON T BUY MY EtJGS IF YOU DESIRE
hatchery quality. For paving Red. and Eg-
lantine Leghorn*, write for circitlsr. Rea-
sonable William Knerr, Rt. I. PhoenitviH*.
Pa. I8S
PUREBRED ROSE COMB WHITE WY-
and'tte. and Jersey Black ttiants. Hatching
egg*. Sati»faction guaranteed Circulars
\*nh iirices. Mr. M. F. Gooch, .*iomer.et.
Va. 187
SELECT EGGS. PURE BRED. FROM JER
-ey lilack tJiants. Ringlet Barred Plymouth
Rock. White Wyandotte.. Mammoth Bronie
ttl*o White Holland turkey.. White African
guineas Satisfaction to cu*tomers^ Circu
lar free. Mention japer. E. t. ^omm^r*
.S«.morset, Va. *"*'
"buy a pacific COAST BUFF PLY
mouth Rock and increase your egg yield
Ku'g- ?3. $5 and $10 per .ettmg of 13
lir.mie Turkey egg., $5 for 10. Uj^rry II.
Collier, Route 1. Box 2fi7. South Taroma.
W^^^h. Have bred Buff Rock, since l«»f^..,
1 B • I
•lo VARIETIES — POULTRY. PIGEONS
dog*, parrot.. phea.anU. »'«»/»*'•. ''•r*',,
Writ- want.. J A Bergey, Telford. Pa. I •"•
BUFF WYANDOTTES. SALMON FAVKR
ulles. Bred for 25 year* fur exhibition and
egg production. Breeder, over standard
wiigbt Kgg* 15 J.tlHt J. W. Rmguelte.
North Attleboro. Maaa. 18t
SETTINGS. TOMPKINS' OR OWENS*
Red*. |:i 00. Aristocrat Barred Rock.. $:i oO
and $5.uo. C'harlo. RullniJin. Aurora. Ind.
U7
EGGS FOR HATCHING—PURE FISHEL
.tram White Rock* and Barron .train White
Leghorn.. C. E. Minich. R. 3. Oibsonburg.
O. 187
WINNING .STRAINS FERRIS. YOUNtl
Leghorns; Boyer. Martin Wyandotte., three
dollar, upward. Oillie.. Dunloop, W. Va. 187
BIJ^CK LANGSHAN8. HOUDANS. WHITK
and Black Minorca.. Quality cockerels; egg..
0« W. Dengler. C'ressona. Ps. 187
TUKKBYS
MAMMOTH BRONZE. WHITE HOLLAND.
Buurbofi Re*!*. liee.e -Mamniolh Toulouse.
Embdens. Africans. Chinas. Ducks —Imperial
Pekins. Rouen.. Buff.. Indian Runner.. Mua-
covies. Write. A A. Ziemer, Austin, Minn.
lM7ba
MAMMOTH WHITE HOLLAND TUR-
key. (rum 5o lb. torn, 2U lb. hen.: .late
fair winner.. All stock vaccinated against
di.ea.e. Stock and eggs for .ale. Mr.. IjO*
Chapman. Mayfield. Ky. 187
EGGS FROM EXTRA LAROB TWO
year old Bronte .tock. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. E.ben.hade's Turkey Farm. Box B,
Ronks. Pa 187
TURKEY RAISING — FEEDING. Dis-
eases, treatment. 10 cent*. Erie County Tur-
key Farm. Kdinburo. Pa. 187
BOURBON RED TURKEY EO<»8. $4 60
per 10. registered strain. Mrs. Fred Simp-
son, Salem. Ind. 187
FOR .MALE BRONZE TURKEYS 10
affft. $0.60 delivered Aaron J. Felthuo.e.
Goshen. Ind. 101
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEY EG<IM.
Merrynook Farm. New Brun.wick. N J. 187
OEE8E
TOULOUSE GEESE— E008. 86 CENTS
each. Mr.. Schnatterly. Good Hop*. III. 187
CANARIES
PURE HIX)ODED ROLLERS. OHOICC
mating .lock. Super .ong.ters. Frank C«-
duff, 640 So. Iltli St.. Newark. N. J. 187
PHEASANTS
FANCY PHEASANTS MANY KINDS
Charlee F Denley. Box 1. RockviUe, Md 101
GOLDEN AND LADY AMHERST HATCH
in( •*<![« *'*d »lo.k. Beech Cre.l. 7474 liower
River Road. Cinnnnail. O. !••
Ph.KuNS
for priir li*i
.\lpcna. Mich.
PI0B0N8
\LL \ AltirTIKM WRITE
John Hmitk, 14u7 Mill St..
!$•
450
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
IVOUBATOBS AVD BBOODBES
FOR 8AL»-OAKE8 ELECTRIC INCUBA
Si M Z«. Tint tktrk for 110 00 UkM
K F. i- Tawo»7. lUnover. P«. if
DUOKS
IKDIAJI RUMMER DUCKLINGS FROM
•w fasoa* Niar*r» ■trftin of hMTj UyiBff
I»4iAa Runner breeding tlork. ModetftU
prlc«d, •••jr to r»w«. li»yio« 75* throofhout
viaUr. iruc>ra Pooltry r»rni. RAiuoaiTnU.
If y ISObm
waart madirom square imdian rum
B«r, OUot Room and Mammoth Pckin ducks.
a>>eUI »Hc« hsUhiaff «cr«- Dackliog*. U»«
b«l Broikcn. Marrtatowo. M. J. 18'
WHITE INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS. QUAL-
fly stock. fr«at layers ; 12 acra. •2.50; 60,
M.OO: poatpaid. W. Bent. Addington. Roata
I. MkkilaVuia. Va. 188
BLUE MUSCOVIES. FIRST PRIZE ALL
wtatar akowa. Bgf*. M 00 par alevan. Os-
oar A. Joa«. 1180 Fairfield Ave.. Indianapolis.
lad. 18»
FAWN RUNNERS. BOOS, f 1 25 PER 12
SaUctad siMk. Haaa. tSOO: drakaa. $3.60.
Bdvla Uagar. Oraaowood. Dal. 187
OIAMT ROUBM DUOK BOGS. $2!obll.
CIrcaiar. H. L. Qriawold. Woodbury. Conn.
188
aiLVBB FOXBS. TIME PAYMENTS.
Frad Alcar. Waokaa. Wia. 1»1
OF IfAXAOBMBVT AMD
OWVBBBKXP or BTBBTBODTS POUIr
TBY MAOABUTB PITBLISHIMO 00.
Uanover, Pa.
Editor and Vice Praaldant. U. P. Schwab.
BoekasUr. N. Y. „
MaaaffiBK Editor. Jaa. T. Hoatoa. Han-
VI9*, Pa. ,
orrxoBBS *
0. M. Myars. Prasldant. HanoTer. Pa.
8. A. Oalsalmaa. SacreUry and Treaaarar.
Hanovar. Pa.
DIBBOTOBS
0. M. Myara. Jaa. T. Huston. Hanover. Pa. :
H. P. Hchwab. Rochaslcr. N. Y.
STOCKHOIDEBS HOLDIBO OMB FEB
CENT OB MOBB OF THB
CAPITAL 8T00K:
0. M. Myara. Jas. T Huston. U. P. Schwab.
Wa have no bondholders, mortcaceaa or
otkar sacurity holders whataoavar.
a A. GEI8ELMAM.
Hwretary-Traasurar.
BWORN TO and Bubscribrd before ma, a
BOiary public, in the County and State afora-
aaid. on March 2.S, 1924.
EMILY H. SWARTZ.
NoUry Pvblie.
My eoBMlaaioB aipiraa March 14. 192S.
POULTRY BEMEDIBS
DORAN'S OAPE RKMEDY CURES OAPES
or money back. Sc. Agents wanted. W.
H. Doran. Brandanburg. Ky. 189
BELOIAM HABES AMD BABBITS
IT PAYS TO BUY RABBITS FROM A
breeder. Pedirreed stock. Hooklet, Ih centn.
Maikrant Rabbitry. New Bethlehem. Pa. 187
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE— SMALL POULTRY FARM,
including 8 room frame dwelling with all
modern conveniences, now laying bonse for
700 hena, equipped with lights, two brooder
houses, faad Bousa. other outbuildings and ac-
cessories, about three arrea loamy soil; one
qaartar mila from railroad on state road edge
of town of Snow Hill. Md. Address. Robt. H.
Ranshaw, Jr., Snow Hill. Md. 187
FARMS— SUNNY SOUTHERN JERSEY.
Many bargains. CaUlogue just out. Copy
free. Stocked and equipped. Some require
only $600 cash. Income producing homes.
D. M. Joseph. 549 — 13 Landls Ave.. Viue-
land. M. J. 188bam
POSITIOM WAMTBD
POSITION WANTED— ALROUND POUL-
tryman. Have three letters of r«*commanda-
tions and over 20 years experience. Edwairf
Stuck. 1304 Crystal St.. Tolado. O. 187
PRINTINO
FOR SALE— CALIFORNIA HOME IN
heart of faat growing district. Suitable fur
chickens and garden truck. Immediate re-
turns. Price cheap. Terms. For particu-
lars, address owner, H. S. Potee. 507 Robin-
son St.. Orovila. Calif. 187
BULBS. FLO
TBBB8. SHBUBS AMD
DAHUA8 — A WONDERFUL COLLEC-
tion of world's leading Tarieties; including
cactus, peony aad decoratives; field grown,
strong, tuber* ; great bloomers; guaranteed;
12 for $2.00. Choice gladiolus. 5 centa each;
94 00 per 100; poatpaid. Frank Q. Schwarts
219W, Chaatnut St.. Lancaster. Pa. 187
FOR SALE — GLADIOLUS, LARGE FLOW-
erad. mixed variety ; bulba. 1 % inchea up,
$1.60 per 100 or $12.00 M; 1 inch to 1 H
inches, $1 00 per 100 or $8.00 M. Also
smaller ones. Walter R. Landis, Sterling. HI.
187
BLACK RASPBF.RRIES PAY $500 ACRE
profits. Easily grown anywhere. Good plants
for sale reasonaola. Frank Payne, Shawnee,
Kan. 187
CIOAB8
•
DIRECT FROM FACTORY, 5 INCH CU-
ban twisters, long fillers. Sweet as a nut.
92.00 for 50. Frank Miller. 1208 West 8th
St., De|tt. 4. \jo* Anrelys, Calif. 192
TYPEWBITEB8
TYPEWRITERS. $20 UP. FREE TRIAL.
Easy payments. Payne Company. Roscdale
SUtion. KimHSH City. Kan. 188
POULTRY PRINTING — QUALITY WORK
manahip. Cuts uned. Everything |irepaiii
Prices half what others charge. Send staap
immediately for samples and prices. Model
Printing Company. Manchester, la. igg
1,000 20 LB. BOND LETTERHEAD^
$4.50; 5,000, 91600; lU.OOU. $26 00. Otksr
printing reasonable. Oet our pricaa. Few
samples free. A. H. Kraus, Kraus Bldg.
Milwaukee, Wis. 197
QUALITY POULTRY PRINTINO. ~PrJ!
paid. Cuts used. Prices reasonable. 8aai.
plas, two cants. Banouz Printing Co.. Wash-
ington, la. I8T
250 BOND LETTERHEADS OR ENVEL^
opea, $1.50. Other printing reasonahU
Gayer Printery. Bos 880-F, Dayton, O. 187
EVERYTHINO PRINTED. SAMPLES
free. Franklin Press, B 20, Milford. N. U.
188
MI8CELLAME0US
DOMESTIC RABBIT SKINS WANTED
and fnra of all kinda. Price list free, alsa
Fur Rabbit breeding booklets. United Statsa
Fur Company, Shawano, Wis. 189ha
MILK GOATS AND ALL BREEDS OF
rabbits for sale. Dedricka, Kinderhook, N. T.
187
BOOKS
EVERY BREEDER OF TURKEYS WILL
be interested in the new book by Harry
Lamon and Robert Slocum entitled Turkej
Raising. Cloth bound, heary book paper,
profusely illustrated and beyond any doabi
the best work of its kind to date. Your or-
der will be filled on receipt of price. $1.75.
gostage prepaid. Addrens all orders lo
Iverybodys Poultry Magasine, Hanover, Ps.
187f
POULTRY ACCOUNT BOOK— SIMPLK.
compact, complete. Neatly printed. T»o
years' permanent record. 35 centa, postpaid.
.Sample sheet free. Clarence Barnes, Eagle
grove. la. ***
DOGS
FOR 8ALF,— WHITE COLLIE PUPS.
Registerable A. K. C. Satisfaction guaran
teed. Henry Morrison, R. 7, Shalbyville, Ind.
188?
Iowa.
"^lilriu^ Barred Rocks WIN At Madboe Sg. Gardep 1922
Firfi, Seoond« Third and Fifth Cockerels
Firrt, Second, Fourth and Fifth Cocks
Bt«t7 bird wa exhibited waa placed (all brad and railed by ns) ttaua rounding out
SO Yaan of Madiaon Square Garden Firit Frisa Winning Raputatton by Birds of Our
Breadinf.
We have today a Better Lot of Male Birds even than our Prixe Winners at our last
exhibit at Madison Square Garden, N. Y., Show. These were not shown this season but
their full vigor ia being used in our own Breeding Pens and is not depleted by ordeal of
the exhibition hall. They are narrow barred, shapely, have nice surface color and pro-
nounced under-barring.
We have for sale brothers and sisters of these superb malea and at prices according
to merits. (A very few low priced enough for utility uses though suitable for fancy.)
These birds are first class and we can recommend them for producing First Class results
in lines both light and dark bred. Tell your wants and if with order we will be able to
benefit you as our patron.
PI^I^C for Hatching from Pens We Use for Our Own Raising, carefully packed to
'•^A^**^ carry any distance. From light matings or dark matings or part from each:
$15 par 15; $20 par 84; $25 per 32; 930 per 39; 140 par 52; $76 per 100. For parcel
poat, add 25 to 50 cents for nearby points and 75c to $1.00 for western points. Sales
limited, so order at once, even for later delivery.
Corvallis, Oregon. December. 1923.
I raised 12 fine birds (now 7 months old) from the 15 eggs. I really hatched 14 out
of the 15 and one died after being 8 weeks old. This is the largeHt hatch I ever heard
of to ba shipped so far. They are the best looking birds I have. I have "n**
stock but yours look the best. s. K. HARTSOCK.
J Boone. Iowa. January. 1924.
raised some vary nice cockerels from the eggs I bought of you a year ago. I showed at our shows and took First at Nevada,
and riral aad Second at JefTarson Show. JOHN R. PATTERSON.
IX«LnSTRATED CIRCUZ<AR FREE
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"The Production of SOO-Eggers and Better by Line Breeding."
ELDOM are authors rewarded as have
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in commendatioi^ of their recently
published poultry book. Following is a letter
from VVm. A. Lippincott :
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Ihem. THE SOONER THE Bl'YINC. PUBLIC LEARNS
THAT NO <;REAT FAMILY OF ANY KIND OF LIVE
STOCK II A5 EVER^ BEEN DFVELOPEJ) WITHOUT
INTELLir.ENT. THOT^r.H OFTEN oriTE CLOSE IN
BREEDING, THE BETTER
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OFF THE POULTRY IN
UNIVERSITY OP CALIFORNIA
W. W. C«nipb«U. Prewdcnt
Collrffe of Agriculturt Branch of the Collc^ of
Division of Poultry llutbandry Agriculture. Univcrwty Farm,
Wm. A. Lippincott in Charge Davis, California
Rdiior Reliable Ponltry Journal. Berkeley. Cal., Nov. 8, 1923
Daytoo, Ohio.
My dear Mr. Curlb:—
During th«? month* I have been in California, I have apent
a major part of my time traveling about the mtate getting
acquainted with it« geography, iti poultry induttry and the
T O CONGRATULATE
YOU AND MR. ATKIN-
SON ON THE CREAT
SERVICE YOU HAVE
RENDERED POULTRY
BREEDERS AND BREED-
INC.
BMfinnert in poultry breed-
ing have heretofore labored
under certain disadvantages
which the novice in other
lines of livestock breeding
has not had. I refer, particu-
larly, to the fact that the
ancestry of the outstanding
individtuls of the various
breeds of horses, cattle,
sheep and swine is a matter
of public record. When a
would-be breeder of dairy
cattle, for instance, attends
a sho4' and sees an individ-
ual tliat fills his eye, he is
not under the necesfiity of
cautiously approaching the
breeder and asking him
aliout his breeding methods.
He can investii^ate the
breeding of that individual
on his own account and in-
deed follow tip the breeding practices of the man who pro-
duced it by means of the herd book. This, of course, has
not been true with regard to iwultry, whether one is interested
in brc«d-typc and color, or in prodiKtion.
I FEEL THAT YOU AND MR. ATKINSON HAVE
RENDERED A VERY C.REAT SERVICE IN PUBLISHING
THE PEDIGREES OF THESE OUTSTANDING BIRDS
AND AN ACCOUNT OF HIS BREEDING METHODS AND
PRACTICES. I SHALL CERTAINLY RECO.MMEND THE
BOOK TO ALL THOUGHTFUL BREEDERS OF THIS
STATE AND SHALL REQUIRE ITS USE BY STIIDENTS
<JF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WHO TAKE
OUR ADVANCED COURSE IN POULTRY BREEDING.
T am delighted to see by the current issue of "The Reliable"
that you are going ahead with a similar account of Mr. Tan-
cred's breeding mcthtnU. I was fearful lest his untimely death
Fibn Paper Bound Edition.
Art to9tr Design 6y
F. L. Sewell
would not be
plan. I shall
interest, as I
might have left the matter so inctimplete that it
tKMsible for you to carry out your announced
look forward to its rtubiication with very keen
am sure poultry breeders will everywhere.
ONE VERY GREAT SERVICE WHICH THE BOOK
ALREADY PUBLISHED IS PERFORMING IS THE
CLARIFICATION OF THE IDEAS OF BREEDERS ON
THE MATTER OF INBREEDING AND LINE BREED-
ING. There has been great need for a frink discussion of in-
breeding in order that the popular prejudice against it might
be overcome. Breeders of high standing, in this country, have
fre*'uently felt under the necessity of bring <juite secretive about
their breeding practices for fear that the prejudices against
inl reeding which tSey, of aaccsaity, practiced would react against
Wm. A. Lippincott
Professor of Poultry llwslKindry
University cf California
Again congrati:laM'ng you and Mr. Atkinson and looking (or-
ward to the product
of jrour further efforts
in this 'line, I am.
Yours very truly,
W'illiam A. Lipnincott
Professor of Poultry
Husbandry
For upwards of
a dozen years Prof.
Lippincott was
head of the poultry
Department of the
Kansas State Col-
lege of .-Xgriculture,
Manhattan, where
he did exceptionally
valuable work as
a n Investigator
and Instructor in
Poultry Breeding,
conducting numer-
ous tests extending
over periods of
years — and with
profitable results.
Last summer he
was selected by the
University of Cali-
fornia to occupy the chair of Poultry Husbandry at
this great educational institution, located n one of
the foremost poultry states of our Country. Prof.
Lippincott is also the author of several books and
pamphlets on poultry problems, each one of which
is a capable and timely contribution to the progress
of poultry culture. It is for such reasons that Prof.
Lippincott's strong approval of this book, "The Pro-
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VOLUME 29
MAY, 1924
NUMBER 5
EVERYBODYS
mertca
*5 ^ost Popular Poultry J^agazine
This Month
Cover
by L. A. Suhmer
Growing the Youngr Stock Right
by Prof. H. R. Lewi*
Colony House Problems
by Charles D. Cleveland
The Asiatic Fowls
by T. F. McGrew
The Housewife ar.d a Few Hens
by H. H. Collier
The Chicken Fever
by D. E. HaU
Experiment Stations
by Prof. H. R. Lewis
The Casserole
by Harold F. Barber
Ect« Sell at Ridiculous Prices — Why?
by T. E. Qttisenberrj
Marketing Poultry Products in the South
by O. A. Hanke
Editorials
461
463
464
466
467
468
469
470
471
472-475
He Erer Up and Doinc: More About Efn for Hatching;
Make Frimdi of Your Fowli; Wiiely Improve the
Preeetii ; llie Duyer's Greatest Opportunity; Upbaildera
Are Benefactor*; The Miracle of Chicle Life; Leaaons
the Layinc Competitions Hava Tanght; Only the Beet
Ts Worth Havinx; The AdTsntare of Beinc a Specialist:
Con-.pariaoDii Rc!ati%-e to Inbreedinir; Fe«d Oata for Site
and bone; The Difference Between Breeds and Varie-
ties; Hat. 'hint: and Qrowinc Torkeys.
Editor's Desk
May in the Poultry Yards
Everybody!! Chats
by H. P. Schwab
Hale's Henogrraphs
The Great West
by H. H. Collier
Jersey Black Giant Club Bulletin
Horticultural Department
by Prof. Arthur J. Farley
478
478
480
484
485
508
510
C. N. MYERt. Pres.
NKNRY P. tCHWAR. VIm Pr««.
y^ext Jylonth
The poultry keeper ^'^'o ncRlect* hia poultry during June
mifcht juht MS well have nejcleite<i the irrnwinjp chicks or the
babies as they came from the incubators at the beijinninK of
the seanon. Many a fine start has been ruined by mid
Bummpr nejrlert.
All the hne ront«'ntH of June Everybodys are d»'si|fned to
hell* yo" bepinner anj experienced alike, in fact these fum-
m«'r numbers are Koinp to be expensive for you to nii-s. May
wo aok rijrht h«To about your Rulmcription ? Are you paid up
well in n'lNanre? Remember. Everybodys stops at expiration
of date paid f«>r. The top line of your address on wrapper
Ifivps you drtte your siibsrrli)tion runs. Look it up. please,
and one other requ»'<«f Have you tried to got that other one.
two or three ne«v ones for us. if not. will yi>u. please, during
this month! See that neighbor or friend who needs Every-
bodys. WiP you do this, please f
CONTROLLING SUMMER PARASITES
By Prof. H. R. Lewis
Surely a timely article, you will immediately agree, per-
haps just what you are looking for; at any rate, whether
yiiu Relieve you have the parasite problem under control or
not. you are ir>in» to get dollars worth of value out of
this June story. The hot day? are to come and they last. a«
you are well aware, bo prepared to keep those chicks grow-
ing without a break. Prof. Lewis Roes into the matter of
"ConiroUing" in a truly comprehensive manner. Do not
miss this June article is our advice.
SOME REMARKS ON CULLING
By Charles D. Cleveland
It will not be long at any rate before you will want to
carefully cull that flork of yours. Read Mr. Cleveland's
timely article in our next issue on this imporUnt subject.
Thouands of columns of type have been aet on articles on
culling, hardly a publication devoted to poultry but haa
given their readers information on this subject, and we
have read theae articles, too. but are roing to say right here
that we believe this June article by Mr. Cleveland on '•Cull-
ing" is the b«it written to date. A lot of careful poultry
keepers, good in practically all branches of poultry culture.
fail miserably when it comoH to rull out their pp<^«"— »"»j;
■imply blunder. We beliere Mr. Cleveland has hit the nail
right on the head.
ORPINGTON AND SUSSEX FOWLS
By T. F. McGrew
It is surely evident that Mr. McGrew's articles are being
enjoyed by thousands— not a day but some one or more of
Everybodys' family writea of the pleasure and aatisfaction
of the latest article. For June, Mr. McOrew take, up the
Orpingtons and Sussex. Mr. Lewis Stahmer is illustrating
this article as he has been doing from the beginning of this
aeries and will continue with those to come.
OTHER SPECIAL FEATURES
There will be next month special articles by D. E. Hale.
H H Collier and othera including timely newa with Tlie
Casserole and Experiment Stations filled with the choicest of
the choice. In fact, we are going to make you *•»>» U>
read every page of Everybodys. loo-'o good, clean cut read
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P. F. Clardy
H*ghUa4 Vl«w Pottltry Wmrm
Box 11 Ethel, Mo.
MxyHiu^
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HALF PRICE SALE
Eggs and Baby Chicks
Aftor May 15th ws are oflTertnt Ecss and
Chicks from the proflubit Maylllll Strain
St half prtos. Maylllll treeders ars uap-
nastad and pedlcrsed and thetr depandabla
tilood Unas rpt>roduos their on laylnc and
■itow winning quslUlrs. Chicka as low as
tl:' M> par hundrwL
Breeding Stock Bargains
We srs now shl(«p(nf at half price Maylllll
surplus brwdlnf stock, llsre Is a ^.sncs to
sees &0% on real MayHlli yearltnf p«illeta.
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for early pullets
Fenncnt your poultry food tilth
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"Your dry yeast is wonderful
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June — five months old."
"The chicks to which I fe^l Fleisch-
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SchermcThorn of Greenwich Village,
Mass.. "attatneil a weight of 2 lb«. in
right weeks and were miuh healthier,
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eleven and twelve weeks."
•'I never used anythlngbetter
foe my chickens than Fleisch-
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Nick Unden of Duluth. Mmn.
*' My chickens have good appe-
tite and look and feel better now
than ever before."
FOR growing birds, exercise it im-
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But food, after all, is what affects
them most. If the ration is not
balanced, or if the birds have a hard
time digesting it, healthy growth is
checked and weakness and disease
infest your flock.
Fleischmann's Pure Dry Yeast makes
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Fleischmann's Pure Dry Yeast cornea
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One can will ferment 1000 lbs. of feed.
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U your dealer cannot supply you. order direct from
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
458 cy>^^^--^"'
INDEX TO GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS
Armour Tire k Robber Co. . 617
Arnold. Auf . D •^
Adtfu. H. C *"
jiaiUnou Bo« Oo. »»«>
AaoHcAn Sclonliae lAbor*
loriw. Inc *««
ABM-iron 8appl]r Co *»*
A«oHcnn Poultrj B^bool . . 49«
Aroy. M. 8 **'
^^'?''".!'!~!*.T.^:'T604. 605
BurrellDucffer Co d»0
Bonnit Bm« Orpin«ion Form 491
512
494
, 609
Dickinson Co.. Albert . . . .
Dm Moines Incubator Co.
D»vey. V. H
Danieli. H. A
Dorrbester Pottery Works
DuffieU Forra
45 7
&1A
4i)8
493
511
458
Bnrincor. M. F.
Belle City Incubntor Co. . .
Barber. Harold F
Barr't Knobby Stone Poul
try Form
Bradley Bros
BUmbefff Broa.. Inc
Bouoy. Ooo
Bailey. L W
Bird Bros
Bockeyo Incubator Co. .476 477
Battlos. C. O *'•
Bloomer Broe back corer
Brown«town Poultry Farm . 491
Bolffiano Seed Co., J 491
Balrb. CbM. I **'
Branch Brook I'oultry Farm 493
Blank! Red A Bronso Farm 489
Byerly. Harvey V 480
Bartholomew. Wm. A 497
Fairvlcw Poultry Farui* . .
Ferri«. Oe<». B
Kair^i<*w Farm
FloUrhmann C"
Franti. 0«eo C
Fiihjne Creek Poultry Farm
Oreenwood Farm
Oaatonia Poultry Farm . . •
firanccrt M't Co
Graham. C 8
OroTO Hill Poultry Yards . .
Grow. Oscar
Olen Rock Nursery A Stock
Fvrm ...••
Grandview Poultry Farm .
Hswkins. A. C
Ilsll Bros
Hnppy Hen Remedy Co. . . .
Hanitins, W. H
Herts, Jos. IL
Holterman. W. D
Homestead Campine Farm . .
Halbsrh A Sons. W. H. . . .
Hall. Kdward F
Hes* A Clark. Dr
U. W. Co.. The
Independent Mfc Co
Illinois Hand A Supply Co..
Jacobus, M. R
Jones. l<. W
503
484
479
500
503
497
513
4'<3
499
457
500
489
511
507
496
494
480
501
514
481
459
500
498
485
483
455
410
499
491
488
501
501
490
493
509
Mansfield Hatcheries 604
Monmouth Poultry Farm . . 512
MayHiU Poultry Farm .... 457
Morris Farm 455
Marcy Farms 508
Myers. C. N 512
Martin. John 8 475
MiRnouri Poultry Farms ... 491
Moiller Co.. A. K 496
Mutual Food Products Co... 498
Nivi^on-Weiskopf Co 505
Nunda Poultry Farm 489
National Poultry Institute . 484
Nabob Hatcheries
N.'wtown Giant Incubator
Corporation
National Poultry Band Co..
Nsuvon Fruit A Poultry
Farm
487
493
486
511
509
455
493
499
484
Colli* Products Co.
Crosby. A- 8
Call of tha Hen
Cook A Son. F. O. . .
Cvrtiss Co.. \V. R.
Coah. Newton
Cleveland. Charlea I
Collier. H H
C'ardy. P. F
C wk. Jr.. C Sydney
Cooley. KIden E. . .
Cedar Grove Farm .
Cloviu Food Co. . . ,
YOU
487
500
502
604
601
467
609
487
467
501
504
514
450
Kreici. James 478
Kerlin's Grand View Poul
try Farm 459
Kulp. WW 478
Kerr Chickeries. Inc 460
Keipper Coopinc Co.. Inc. . . 517
Lord Farms 507
I/onir, J. F.lmer 485
Lancaster Farms Hatchery . 512
LKJesr. Dr. L. I) 495
I/ee Co.. (ieo. H 459
Laywell Farm 60J
I^ewis Farms 497
Leiher. J. Guy 516
O K. Company
Owen Farms
"Oculum" Co
Ovie's Poultry Farm A
Hatchery
Outdoor Enterprise Co
Pare. Jr . W. A 498
Production of 300 Keren* A
Better by Line Hreedinr
front cover
picturesque Poultry Farm . 4.%«
Portable House Mfff. Co. . . 492
Pedrick Poultry Farms . . . 508
Puriia Mill" 484
Puriiaii Sprinifs Poultry
Farm 485
Poltl. A. F 478
Putnam. 1 498
Parks. J. W 480
Potter A Co 494
Pennsylvania Poultry Farm. 511
Pavne Broa 504
Peerless Wire A Fence Co.. 5 10
Pratt Food Co 4Q2
Pare. R. A 600
Pardee. Roy E 485
Poultry Chemists. Inc. 4.'>9. 5'>5
Poultry Houses and Fixtures 460
Poultry Diseases 459
Queen Incubator Co 4go
Rice. J. L 504
Redbird Farm 499
Rabbitcraft 48C
Ratin Laboratory of Phila. . 49€
Ridrew'sy Poultry Farm . . . 51$
Rentiel. P. E 51t
Re Scrch Publishinf Co. . . 51t
.^outhrate. Gerard 492
.Southard. Tbos 49t
.Staufr<r A Son. H. M 50S
.shants. M 509
Standard of Perfection ....
back cover
Smith. B. Hatelton 507
StillwaRen. F. H 511
Schiewe Poultry Farm .... 506
Sheppard. H. Cecil 478
Struven A Co.. Chas. M. .. 490
Kunnyside Poultry Farm . . 491
Hcott. C. P 491
Spratt* Pat«tnt Ltd 486
.Srhilline Leirhorn Farm . . 513
Khivr Co . H. M 505
Spahr Hroedinjc Entate. 11.
M 496. 510
Sheffield Farm 501
Sunnyside Poultry Farm.
K. C. Blodrelt 4»5
Tiora Mill A Elevator Co...
495. 509
Tarzinol Co ba<k co»er
Tompkins, Harold 479
Thomwood Poultry Yard* . 499
Thompson. E. B back cover
United Brooder Co 501
Van o'Dale Farm 504
Wyandotte Standard A Breed
Mook 4.'>*
Walker Remedy Co 4i^l
Wolf HatchJnr A Breedinr
Co 497
Wayne County Duck Farm . 504
Wilburtha Poultrv Farm . 500
Wilkinson A Wilkinson . . 5»'7
Wal.k. L. R 5(H
Winters. LeRoy E....ba<k cover
Younr Co.. E. C.
Zwi. k. K. H. . .
498
479
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Winnlnf
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Oocks 1-2 S-
Old Pen 1; Toung
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UfTf \» the 1924 record — Bronsa Turkeys: Cocks 126
Oockerals 1 2-S 4 6; PtilleU 1-2-S-4-6. ParUldga Plymouth Rocks
4-6; HoiM 12 3-6; Oockerela 1-2 3-4-6; PullaU 12-3 4-5;
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Sinclr bird*. I.S. $10 and $15 and up: mated pens (4 females and male) at
$25. 150 and $75.
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KERLIN
QUALITY
2SS'33l
{P^di^fd) Egg Strain
CHICKS
''Kerlin-Qaality'* chicks have made
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ISM Arrived SafHy S3 Evlraa
"Kcrlla" Hlaniag Fm4
"1 trust vou will t>ardon tbedelav
In advisintf you of (he %mlr arrival
of my l.flUO KerhuQuatity' lUhy
(hicks
You rtave me S2 eitra rhit^ks and
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You will recall I visited rour farm
before tfivint you my ftrder I was
deliKhted with yuur siocli aud busi-
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Fund is a wonder Many poultry
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Mr Kerlln. I want to thank you
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treatment. I shall be glad to recom-
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frirnds "
Signed) Breere HIM Poultrv Farm.
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Such breeding as this telU every time. Not only in
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OVER 200 HELPFUL ILLUSTRATIONS
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VOL- XXIX.
HANOVER, PA., MAY. 1924.
No. 5
Growing the Young Stock Right
By Professor H. R LEWIS, Associate Editor
E think of the growing period of the chickenf^, as
the time extending from weaning until they reach
maturity. It is true that the chicks grow, and
grow rapidly during the brooding period but as
this time, maximum growth is not as essential as
is the problem of securing a normal, healthy chick, free
from disease, well starte<l on his road to maturity, but
from weaning on, evei::y ounce of feed and every thought
of the poultryman is centered upon securing that unifomi,
continuous growth, which
marks maximum efficiency
for any purpose when ma-
turity is reached.
Weaning the Youngsters
The best time to wean the
chicks from the brooder, will
depend in large part upon
the breed, the season of the
year, the location of the
colony houses, and the pro-
tection which can be given
the chicks. Leghorns and
other light, active breeds are
very susceptible to sudden
changes early in their de-
velopment. This is due to I
the strain on the system by ~
excessive feather growth.
Greater care must be used when changing them. They
crowd badly if the temperature is too low; a heavy mor-
tality follows. In the cold ^weather of early spring the
weaning period must be postponed until the chicks attain
a greater age than would be required if they were
hatched later in the spring, and were transferred during
warmer weather. It is very undesirable to wean the
chicks during damp weather.
Then again, if the colony houses are in protected spots
especially early in the season, and located near the resi-
dence, where the birds can be looked at late at night and
«arly in the morning for the first week or two after wean-
ing, the chicks can be carried without heat earlier under
these conditions than as though the colony houses were in
Uniform and Rapid
Development
THE object of feeding and care of all
chicks from hatching time to ma-
turity is growth. Uniform, rapid
development is essential in the production
of good layers and in the production of
high quality of market poultry. Without
good growth satisfaction and a reason-
able profit cannot be expected.
460
distant, unprotected .npots. For the first few wei'k.H after
weaning, the chicks require quite close watching, as they
have to be protected from sudden showers and extremt-
changes in weather conditions. The coops often require
special manipulation during cool spells in late spring. If
it is po.ssible to arrange a portable hover in the center of
the colony house, the chicks can be weaned much earlier.
These hovers can be simply construct«'«l and can be raised
and lowered from the ceiling. Anything of this kind
which will prevent the chicks
from chilling and crowding
at weaning time, is highly
desirable.
Factors Affecting Growth
of Chicks
There are a great many
factors affecting the growth,
development and maturity
of the chicks. These fall
distinctly into two separate
classes; first, inherited con-
ditions; and, second, envir-
onmental conditions. True,
it is too late right now to
change the inherited condi-
tions of our chicks, as the
breeding season is well ad-
vanced. It is a good time,
however, to appreciate the importance of good breeding,
and to make a resolution that another year we will give
even more attention and care to our mating pens than
we have in the past. This much is true. Good care and
handling, will enable a chick to develop during iU grow-
ing period, all of the good point.s which it has inherited
from its parents, but it cannot develop tho.ne points of
extreme quality and good breeding, if it has not them
back in its inherited make-up.
The thing which especially interests us now, and the
factors which we can vary ourselves during the next few
weeks, greatly affects the growth of the chicks aUo.
They may logically be termed environmental conditiona.
Knvironment is a term used to mean all of the conditions
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.urrounding the chicks. It i> a factor which is constantly
chanifinic for good or for bad. Did you ever stop to think
hotTmany ways in which environment affected the quality
Kr layTJJg pulleta at maturity? As the surroundings
Und toward bringing about the desired results in environ-
mental conditions, rapid growth is atUined '"[O"* .^>»«.;^^7
be«nning. The growth which a chick makes is deter-
S "n part, bfthe vigor and vitality of the parent
gtock. and the condition of the parent stock, also in turn,
ii largely influenced by the surroundings to which they
are subjected. Again, the vigor of the germ m the fer-
tUe en is influenced by the conditions under which the
eggs were kept previous to hatching, and the develop-
ment of the embryo is entirely determined by the sur-
roundings to which the egg is subjected during the hatch-
ing process, such, for example, as variations in tempera-
ture the degree of moisture, the amount of turning and
cooling, and the general care of the incubator. At hatch-
ing time, differences in size and weight of chicks are in
direct proportion to the humidity in the incubator, which
directly affecU the evaporation.
During the brooding period, the factors of environ-
ment are also of paramount consideration, feed and tem-
perature being the controlling ones. It should be the aim
of every poultry keeper to constantly study his birds, and,
by careful selection and elimination, keep fewer but bet-
ter birds This is especially important on the range
where crowding is detrimental and results in stunted
birds and slow growth. When the chicks come from the
brooder, any weak ones, whether due to faulty environ-
ment or to lack of inherited viUlity, should be disposed
of as broilers. The remainder should be provided with
ideal environmental conditions. These environmental
factors may be conveniently grouped under the following
heads:
Fr«« Rang* tk« First NMAttity
The best growth and the most vigorous chicks can only
be realized by giving the growing birds an abundance of
free range. Overcrowding, both as to area of land and
housing space, will cause much trouble during the de-
veloping period. With small flocks, it may be possible to
rear birds satisfactorily on limited range or in bare yards,
but this is the exception. Such a plan requires more time
•nd expensive methods of feeding. Many large farms
have tried limited range for the growing birds, and have
abandoned the practice. Large areas for young stock are
preferred even if close confinement is practiced with the
layers. Abundance of range room not only means more
vigor, but it also aids in reducing the cost of feeding.
Much feed can be obUined from worms and insects. If
the range is properly seeded in alfalfa or other legumi-
nous crops, the grains fed can be reduced in proportion
to the amount of such green feed available. Best of all,
abundance of range, means clean ranges, which in turn,
means healthy birds.
Green Fe««l Essential
There is nothing more essential on the range for grow-
ing chicks than an abundance of green feed. Green feed,
of a succulent thin leaf type, carries with it, large
amounts of vitamines, which have proven to be so essen-
tial to good growth. Where limited range is attempted,
considerable expense must be incurred in growing and
providing the greens from an outside source, and a per-
manent sod range is ideal. Where the chicks are reared
in such numbers as to destroy the grass, it is often found
necessar>' to divide the range and practice rotation, in
which case quick growing succulent crops are grown, and
the birds allowed to eat them first from one crop and
then the other. The best mixture for seeding brooder
ranges, is timothy, red top, alsike clover, mammoth red
clover, and alfalfa; the proportion of the legume seed in
the above mixture depending upon the amount of alfalfa
desired in the resulting crop.
Do Net Leave Out th« Shad*
An abundance of sVade is necessary for the healthy
development of the chicks. The most desirable shade is
that which i.«? made by a growing plant, as it is much
cooler and gives off considerable moisture. The best
practice is to plant the range in fruit trees, such as
peaches, plums or apples. An old apple or peach orchard
can be profitably maintained as a ranjre area for the
shade which can be derived. When no trees are present,
or while the trees are getting their growth, it will be
found profitable to plant such crops as corn, sunflowers,
and, if there are fences, flowering beans may be grown.
The Colony Houses
The health and growth of the chicks in summer, de-
pends in large part upon the design and construction of
the colony houses. These shelters need not be large; «
house ten by twelve being easily portable and handling
ITiO to 200 pullets through to maturity handsomely.
There are three essential factors which good colony
houses must provide. First, they must be moderately
small in size. Secondly, they must be portable, and
lastly, they must be so provided, that they can be flooded
with an abundance of sunlight and fresh air. Crowded,
.stuffy quarters will weaken the vitality of the chicks.
When providing ventilation, plan to have the front of the
house largely open, the back and end walls solid, thus
preventing drafts. Too small colony hou.ses are undesir-
able, as the tendency is to put too many birds in them and
hence insufficiently ventilate them. By all means, place
the colony houses at frequent intervals about the range.
Place them on high spots, where the ground is dr>- and
free from water, in wet, muddy weather. Placinjj the
hou.se from fifty feet to seventy-five feet apart, means
clean ground for the birds, keeps the flocks from feeding
all together, and produces ideal range conditions. The
ideal plan is to brood the chicks in the house in which
they will be reared. The less movings which the chicks
can be subjected to during the growing period, the better
growth they will make. The ten by twelve house makes
an ideal brooder house, and an ideal rearing house. The
cockerels can be sold as broilers or separated and put in
the cockerel growing yard, at broiler age.
It Is Especially Important to Separate the Sexes
Too much stress cannot be laid upon the importance of
separating the sexes at broiler age. or earlier. The pul-
lets will come along and grow better, and the cockerels
will make a much better growth, if kept by themselves.
So as soon as the chicks are weaned and artificial heat is
removed, and the sex can be easily distinguished, the
broiler cockerels should be shipped to market; the
selected males placed in the cockerel range; all scrub or
runty pullets, or those which are mal-formed should be
sold as broilers also, leaving only good, normal, healthy
birds on the growing range.
Look Out for the Feed Supply
In feeding the growing chicks, provide them with an
abundance of feed of the right composition, and supply
this in such a way as to reduce the labor to the lowest
point, and yet consistent with best resulU. This can be
done by using dry mash supplemented by cracked grains.
The dry mash should be fed in large, outdoor, self-
feeding hoppers, which are made waterproof. It is also
possible to feed a part of the cracked grain in hoppers,
but at least one feeding a day should be made by an
attendant going around from house to house and scat-
tering it. This provides a certain amount of personal
attention, which is necessaiV for best results. In the
case of growing stock, this personal attention can be cut
down more than in any other line of the poultry work,
but should never be entirely eliminated. Lastly, let us
remember that in handling the growing stock, continuous
growth is the object of all of our endeavor. A material
check in growth, due to faulty environment in any of the
poinU enumerated above, will result in small, undeveloped
birds, with a lowered viUlity. It is especially imporUnt
that pullets be brought to maturity at the right time in
the fall. If growth is retarded, their development will b«
slow, and they are very apt to be unprofitable as winter
egg producers.
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Colonv House Problems
The better the colony house and its surroundings the better the tlock.
The real colony house may be used the year 'round.
By CHARLES D. CLEVELAND, Associate Eiiitor
|N the days of our forefathers the word "colony
house" would have been a.-< easy to understand as
some of the Indian sign language. Those were
the days when old mother "biddy" raised her own
flock in her own way and with very little assist-
ance from her owner — and she generally succeeded in
raising mighty few of her original brood. Foxes, minks,
hawks, owls and accidents in general got a lot of the
chicks; poor food got some more and bad weather still
further reduced the total. Chickens, then, were raised in
small numbers and were strictly a side line. Accommoda-
tions for poultry' were of the poorest and the old birds, as
well as their offspring, were compelled to rustle for them-
selves; those that lived until Fall truly represented the
survival of the fittest. All this has, of course, been
changed and the poultn.' crop has become the main —
and in some cases the only — source of income for many
people.
Better methods of mating, hatching and brooding have
been developed and scientific feeding has taken the place
of guesswork. It is safe to say that where chickens were
raised by tens in the old days they are raised by thou-
sands today and they are better raised, despite the
quantity.
An important improvement in the poultry industry has
been the development of the colony house system. As
we all know this is the plan of having a number of small
houses scattered about into each of which a brood of
chicks of the same age is put and kept until .sold or
moved into winter auarters. The chicks are no longer
kept in an old fashioned brooder house until they are .so
big that they cannot get out of the exit doors and no
longer are they seen roo.sting on the wire partitions and
soiling the entire building — those days are pa.st and gone
forever. There are two main ways in which colony
houses are used for chicks. The first of these is where
the owner has a brooder house as is the case on the
writer's plant.
The chicks are taken from the incubator and placed in
the long brooder house which is provided with hovers
heated by hot water pipes. Here these chicks stay until
they are perhaps six or seven weeks old and can do with-
out much heat.
At this age (if not too early in the year) they are
then moved out into a big, roomy colony house and sup-
plied with a "cold hover", that is, a hover under which
they can run but which is supplied with no other heat
than that generated by the bodies of the chicks them-
selves.
This colony house is on runners and is located at some
favorable place on the summer range — near a stream of
good water if possible and always near some abundant
shade. The chicks are * hardened" off for some little time
with the cold hover which is then removed because the
chicks are big enough to do without it. In this colony
house the pullets remain until they are about two weeks
tway from laying when they are removed to the per-
manent houses for the winter.
With hen hatched chicks we watch for the time that the
hen makes up her mind to leave her brood and then
gather up the chicks some evening and put several broods
together in a colony house, care being taken that all
chicks placed together are approximately the same age.
The other method of employing colony houses for
chicks leaves the brooder house out of it, for there is
none. Colony l>ro<»«K'rs are instJiUetl in large colony
houses which should be nearly square and the chicks are
placed directly into these hovers from the incubator.
When the chicks are old enough t«» do without heat the
caretaker lets the fire go out and then, shortly there-
after, the entire stove an«l lirooder is removed anil the
hnu<e hauled out to its permanent location on range.
This system has been found extremely economical and
very good, especially where large numbers of chicks are
raised. It eliminates tho cost of a br»)oder house, always
an expensive item and it substitutes a cheap, portable
house, which can he moved at will and for which a tem-
porary' run can be built quickly. A brooder house once
built cannot be moved but a colony house may be located
in a different spot whenever desired and then in the win-
ter it may be placed near the main buildings and be used
for a special mating, for wintering males or for setting
hens. This should always be borne in mind and colony
houses should always be haule<i away from the range
every fall. If they are not to be used during the winter
they should be placed in some shelteretl position and
thoroughly looked over for repairs; but on most farms
they will be kept in use at least ten months of every
year.
Colony houses are, of course, of every conceivable site
and type, but a good size where a small brooder is u.ied
is six by eight feet, that is, six feel wide by eight feet
deep. The side.s and back should be tight and the front
planned like an open front laying house — mostly wire
netting and muslin — no gla.ss. If the houses cannot be
placed near gooil shade, ventilation should be pri>vided in
the back by having a hinge<l boanl near the eaves which
can be raised in very warm weather. We have seen
colony houses ma<le entirely open on all sides, the roof
alone protecting the birds from storms. The idea seems
jjood because it is so similar to what nature would pro-
vide, but, as we have never tried this style of house, we
would not like to commit ourselves upon its merits. Kvery
colony house must have a good, strong, tight floor well
covered with sand; two good roosts in the back; a grit
and shell box and a substantial lock for the door. It may
not be necessary to lock the h«»uses but it is generally
best to do so and to keep a good watch dog which may
be turned loose at night.
Some breeders never close their birds in at night but
we do not believe in this Hystem— too many birds are
lost through the visits of foxes, stray cats or weaseU to
take any chances and it is better to get up early ami let
your birds out. There are two things that should always
be borne in mind in using colony houses -first, don't
crowd too many birds into a single house; and, second,
keep the houses clean and disinfected. As soon as the
cockerels can be taken away from the pullets, get them
out and place them on a separate range or get the culls
ready for market. Don't let the birds huddle together on
the fioor and overheat themselves by contact; place them
on the perches and see that they perch every night.
It is an awful sight to see a bunch of birds crowded
into one comer of a colony house, lying on a dirty fioor
and breathing into each others faces— indeed panting for
lack of cool, fresh air. That is what makes soft honen
and gives them the Fall colds that arc so dangerous Kach
bird should have at least five inches of perching room and
in a house six feet wide with two perches this would
mean about thirty birds— per- (ConUnued on page 601)
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The Asiatic Fowls
The Asiatics are all of them very high class general purpose fowls. The Brahmas are among the
very best for egg production. They are good table poultry from broiler size to capon. If I
had a suitable place to keep fowls I would select the Dark Brahma for my own
home producers of eggs, table poultry and for exhibition.
Written expressly for Everybodys
By T. F. McGREW
ILLUSTRATIONS BY LOUIS A. STAHMER
IT has been most grratifyingr to note the renewed
interest in the Asiatic breeds. This has been not
only in the United States but in both Canada and
in England as well. The reports printed in the
poultry papers and poultry journals of the world
indicate renewed interest. Not long since one of the
leading poultry papers of England had a full page illus-
tration of Dark Brahmas and this same paper carries al-
most every week illustrations of Light Brahmas and
Leghorns.
We have seen in
print in the columns
of our poultry jour-
nmU A printed state-
ment of transfer of
some Dark Brahmas
from Connecticut to
California. With this
statement of transfer
was the pedigree rec-
ord of breeding cov-
ering many years.
Knowing, as I do»
that Newton Adams
had sold all of his
Dark Brahmas to one
living in Connecticut,
we have associated
this with the other
which might account
for the extended pedi-
gree. I think that
Mr. Adams had bred
his line of Dark Brah-
mas as long and as
tme as Mr. Mitchell
has bred his Part-
ridge Cochins. No
other men so far as I
know have bred con-
tinually in this coun-
try any breed of fowls
for so many years as
have these two, ex-
cept Frank C. Nut-
ters, of Maine, and
MesMCs. Fletcher and
Shaw, of Massachu-
setts, who are now
perhaps the oldest
continual breeders of
Light Brahmas.
Now that the
American Poultry
Association has de-
clared for pedigreed
stock the following
facts become more
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important. For more than fifty years the Sweet-Williams-
Adams strains of Dark Brahmas have been the best the
world over. It is a pleasing circumstance to know th:n
the three strains of Dark Brahmas were merged into the
one Newton Adams strain and from Mr. Adams to the
Connecticut strain, and let us hope that it was some of
this combination that has passed on to California.
Then again there are at least three who have the
Mitchell strain of Partridge Cochins pure and true. Now
let us hope that some
breeders will con-
tinue the Frank John-
8 o n (Indianapoli<<|
strain and the other
good ones including
the Balch & Brown
strain of Connecticut,
all of which have
been bred true for
many, many years.
It is true, perhaps,
that others have
strains worthy of the
highest consideration
but in this we are
only alluding to
strains of forty or
more years standing.
I visited the homes
of Fishel Brothers
and I. N. Barker more
than forty years ago.
There I saw the first
lot of real good Lang-
shans that I had ever
seen. These, all of
them, were merged
into one flock as I
understand and these
have been bred con-
tinually true for
more than forty
years. It is a plea-
sure to note that the
Ingram strain of Buff
Cochins, perhaps sec-
ond in the line of
breeding as to years
(Mr. Proctor, of Eng-
land, being first), are
bred in fine quality
by the originator. It
is also a pleasure to
me to write that Har-
vey Wood, the en-
thusiastic poultry-
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Abo¥« (left) Modern Engliah Lan^tkan male. Below (left)
Modern English Langtkan female. Winners at leading English
Shows. Above (right) American Langshan male. Below (right) t av
American Langshan female. Winners at Madison Square Garden »"»" of New Jersey,
Show, New York. ^'«« crRthered some Ol
has gathered some
Light Brahma White Langshan
Prize winners at leading American Shows — shov
all of the best strains of the four varieties of Brahmas
which he is breeding for continuance, not for profit. Mr.
Watson, of Pennsylvania, is doing the same with Cochins.
The one and only way to have the very best quality in
Asiatics is to have the most perfect quality in your breed-
ing stock. No half way quality will answer. There is no
other breed or variety that deteriorates so quickly as will
Light or Dark Brahmas under poor treatment, nor are
there any others that will bloom out more beautifully
than will these same fowls under proper treatment and
good breeding. About the mo>t beautiful si^rht that I
have ever i^een in poultry' was three or four flocks of
Light and Dark Brahmas that I saw in New England
more than thirty years ago and the two kinds of Cochins
that'I saw on the same trip at the home of D. W. Hear-
stine, in Philadelphia. Mr. Hearstine has been dead a
long time.
The crowning feature of a Brahma is their head or
skull and comb. To fully understand this one has only to
turn to Page 22 of the new Standard to find an illustra-
tion of a Brahma head and comb. Then turn to Page 140
and read head .«!hape, crown projecting over eyes. This
tells you that the comb of a Brahma must be a triple or
pea comb. Turn to Page 29 of the new Standard and
study the definition of pea comb. Please note that we say
study these three illustrations and descriptions and here-
after do not call a Brahma a Brahma that has a head like
a capon, that is, a head that is round over the crown and
no overhanging eye brow. Both the male and the ft-male
of both varieties should have heads of this type and no
other kind fills Standard demands for their head forma-
tion.
The new illustration of the Light Brahma male, by
Schilling, 1922, shows plainly the present type for both
shape and color. One feature made plain in this illu-
tration is the full formation of both
the upper and lower thigh, as now
called, as per illustration on Page 12
of the new Standard. Do not imagrine
for one moment that this much too
prevalent stooping at the hock joint
is correct. It is not, such stooping or
leaning forward belongs to the
Cochin and not to the Brahma. There
has been a tendency for too much
heavy feathering on Brahmas. Please
study description on Page 140 and
see if you can find there any excuse
whatever for a semblance to Cochin
feather on a Brahma.
The color and markings of the
Brahma of both varieties has been
written so plainly in the new Stand-
ard that even the casual reader will
note that the heavy striping on back
Dark Bmhma
ring ideal type.
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or saddle of male is not cor*
rrct. Have you studied back
liescnption of mnlo? It is quite
evident that some of our breed-
ers and some of our judges
havo not done so. for the plac-
ing of some awards are a wrong
index to both breeding and
judging as dfscribod, "What's
the use.** says our frion«i Orr.
I say that all of us should fol-
low Standard descriptions as
near as possible. Many do. but
quite enough do not to cause
confusion antl dissatisfaction
among those who try to live,
move, show, ju»i>re antl breed
within Standard rule. There is
every reason on earth why wo
shouhl follow Standard descrip-
tion and no sensible reason why we should not.
The color markings of the Dark Brahma male are
usually very gootl. This is not quite true of the females,
hut there has been improvement so marked of late that
one may be satisfied with progress in this way and hope
for better things. Size and shape can stand more im-
provement. We think that more care in selection of
hens for size, shape, color and markings will help this a
lot. One must breed two lines of the same variety until
better form and color are establsihed. Then bring your
breeding lines so close together that they will finally
verge one into the other and good males and females will
come from the same matings.
Cochins
No other fowl is more difficult to breed to high quality
than are Cochins. They must be large in size, their body
formation must be correct and they must have a world of
fluffy plumage. The Cochin is a fowl of massive feather
or plumage. They are rotund of form. They are low set
on their legs but the feathers of the breast should not
touch the gr(»und. We know full well that some of the
females that win prizes are so low set as to have the ap-
pearance of the creeping type. They should be low set,
the body should lean forward, the feathers should hide
their hocks from sight, but their feet should show and
their plumage should not hang so low as to touch the
ground.
I am well aware that some breeders and some judges
will not agree with me as to the feathers not touching
the ground. With me there is a reason for all I say. My
reason for this is as follows: Before I left for the South,
I went to see a friend who is one of three friends who are
doing all that can be done to build up the Cochins. I
asked him why he did not exhibit his fowls and to my
nirprise his answer was ju^t (Continued on page 492)
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Black Cochin Male
White Cochin Female
Buff Cochin Male
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The Housewife and a Few Hens
By H. H. COLLIER, Associate Editor
lAY if the month when one hatches the beautiful
colored fowU and the hens that will be laying
next December. The May pullet is always a good
colored fowl for the December and January
shows. This pullet gets her good plumage and
juat enough maturity to get good type that carries away
the blue ribbon. The cockerels hatched in May. as a rule,
will not be the winners at the December shows because
they do not get their full furnishings before the January
shows but they come in fine for that month. The May
hatched cockerel should not be bred before February, but
after that month they make good breeders.
The May chick hatches well and matures fast. The
weather is now open and not hot enough to cause much
trouble. The best way to hatch these youngsters is to
get a full incubator of eggs all at once or get some com-
mercial hatchery to get them off for you in a big bunch.
With a good hatch at this time one can lay by the hatch-
ing aeason and watch his young.sters grow as the summer
months come on.
May is a good month to clean up everything. Get some
good commercial spray and thoroughly paint every crack
In the houses, clean out the nesta and give them a good
spraying and put in new straw. You will find wheat
ttraw good for this kind of work. If one would take
tome good liquid lice killer, take warm water and add
about ten per cent lice killer to ninety per cent water,
put the mixture in a tub and spray all of the straw with
this mixture, after the straw drys, some good warm sun-
shiny day, put the straw in your nests, after first spray-
ing the nests. Do your spraying early in the morning so
that it will have all day to dry before the hens come back
to their roost.
Spraying the house does two big things, you disinfect
them and that rids the houses of the germs and at the
same time kills all of the vermin, lice, fleas, etc.
Cleanliness is half the battle in keeping healthy fowls.
No one ever saw a sick chicken that was free of lice.
Lice and filth go together. A clean-up campaign is what
counts before the hot days come on. One should have
the houses so clean that they smell clean. If you notice
a foul smell in your house there is either one or two
things wrong. You either have filthy houses or your
ventilation is poor. Hens should have plenty of fresh air
at all times and in the summer when the weather is warm,
fre.th air is essential.
The housewife can find a big sale at this time for pul-
lets from ten weeks old to three months, provided she
hunts her market with advertising. The baby chick busi-
nc5,s has gone a long ways towards relieving people from
the burden of hatching their own chicks and buying pul-
lets at ten weeks to three months old gives many a chance
to get rid of brooding their own youngsters. La.st season
one breeder tried raising pullets. He found at the be-
ginning of the season that all of his baby chicks did not
sell. His hatchery turned out 140,000 baby chicks every
three weeks and as there were some cancellations, he
made up his mind to try rearing a bunch of pullets. He
sold baby chicks at $15.00 to $25.00 per hundred, or
fifteen to twenty-five centa each. He decided to sell these
puUeU at $1.50 each. He found himself with five thou-
sand pullets three months old when he started his adver-
tising and when I talked with him he was much con-
cerned about the sale. I saw him a month later and he
bad not only sold all of his five thousand pullets at $1.50
•ach but he turned back enough orders during that
time to cover nearly another five thousand.
There are a lot of people who buy baby chicks in the
Spring months that have poor success with raising them.
They are new in the business and they do not follow di-
rections closely when raising their youngsters and they
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find themselves, when it is too late to buy baby chicks,
short their quota of pullets that they hoped to have in
their houses in winter. There are many of these people
who would buy these pullets if they knew where to get
them. The three months old baby is a new way to get
started and one that will grow very fast when the people
get onto the idea.
Many commercial plants have done away with raisin;
their own stock. They find it much better to buy their
youngsters from the commercial hatcheries and let the
other fellow do the breeding. Breeding is a science and
getting eggs a great study. One can do the two but it
would pay the average commercial man to buy his baby
chicks or pullets and let the other fellow do the hatching
and it would pay to also allow the other fellow do the
raising as well.
Where one runs an intensive laying yard they find that
they must get the eggs when the prices are best and these
people lengthen the days for their flocks by using lights
in their laying houses. Give the average flock a twelve
hour day and they lay well but when the time is made
longer, then the pullets are liable to get bowel trouble
and they will some time go into a moult. One wants to
get eggs as fast as they can and the flock used for eggs,
kept under lights, should not be used for breeders.
The poultry business on an intensive scale should have
about two thousand pullets. One thousand to pay for
help and the other thousand for the family's expense and
the profit. BMock averages is what should be striven for.
One can make more money on a flock that will average
twelve dozen eggA than they can on a flock that will run
all the way from a hundred eggs up to two hundred. It's
the average that counts big.
Culling pullets is a mighty poor practice and Mrs.
Helen Dow Whitaker. suggests that it is better to cull the
breeders. That is trap your pullets and use only hens with
records for breeders. If you do this you stand a good
chance, when bred to a male that had a mother that laid
well in her pullet year.
Where one hopes to carry two thousand hens they
should have a place of at least five acres. The land where
the yards are built should be well drained and the soil
should not be clay but a loam that will absorb lots of
rain and drain well. There should be land on the place
that will produce good green food like kale, cabbage, let-
tuce and rape. The soil that is cropped should be well
adapted to raising sugar beets and mangels. To get this
kind of place one should look around. Then there should
be at least two acres where one can pasture a couple of
cows. Milk and chickens, along with vegetables and
berries all go together on a five acre place. These kind
of places can be had if one will not be satisfied until they
find just what they want.
It took me several years to buy the kind of farm I
wanted. I first sold my Black Langshans and good will.
I had won lots of blue ribbons on my flock in the show
room and when I offered them for sale I found customers
galore. I soon closed a deal and used this money for the
first payment on the new place. I bought eleven ucres
of land. Six acres were in a wood lot, three acres in gar-
den and two acres a gravel soil that drained well towards
. the garden patch. The soil in the garden was a sandy
loam but very deep. It was not as rich as I would have
liked to have had it, but with the droppings from the
chickens, the manure from one Shetland pony and two
cows I found that I would have enough fertilizer to build
up my garden land. I did not use any commercial fer-
tilizer because the soil was light and it needed build-
ing up.
I had no running water on the place but I found that I
could get water at less than (Continued on page 494)
The Chicken Fever
Nothing Like It— No Cure
By D. E. HALE, Associate Editor
I
.very
— IHGRE is no fever quite like the hen fever. Old and
I young, rich and poor, all are susceptible to it
' The patient contracts it in many different way.^.
The germs may be flying in the air; he may fall
in love with a beautiful fowl and desire to possess
gome of the same kind for his own pleasure or he may
have a real desire to reduce household expenses and in
looking about for ways and means thus contract the
disease.
Whether he starts because of his love for the beautiful
or to produce poultry and egps for his own household or
to get out in the back yard and get next to nature, he
will never be satisfied until he has produced a real blue
ribbon winner.
We could fill a book with tales of big, successful busi-
ness men who have poultry for their hobby, and they are
making it pay them, too. We have in mind one of the
most successful and best known breeders in this country.
He is at the head of a big manufacturing establishment.
He joined the local golf club, but he was not a successful
golfer because his mind was
back home with the chickens.
His friends laugh at him
quite a bit, but he takes it
all good naturedly and says
that while they talk of the
exercise to be gained from
tramping all over the golf
links, taking good, healthy
swings at the little white
ball, etc., then coming back
to the club house where the
bootlegger is the most popu-
lar man who visits there, he
thinks of the good times he
has at home with the chick-
ens. He doesn't have to do
the dirty work as he can well
afford to hire it done, but it
is a great pleasure to get into
some old clothes, a soft shirt
and "putter" around the
chicken house and yards, in-
spect this and that mating
and picturing in his mind's
eye what the offspring. He
likes to imagine the judge
stopping in front of their
cages next winter and begins to figure on this and that
bird to see which is really the better and finally, not hav-
ing found anything quite as good, he hangs the blue
ribbon on the cage of his favorite. It is a great and
glorious feeling fully equal to any that is to be had by
driving the golf ball a little farther than the other fellow.
Did you ever stop to think that it was the man with the
hen fever who not only originated but developed and im-
proved the many beautiful varieties we have today? At
the beginning there was but one kind of a chicken. Some-
body had to do the thinking and mating to improve and
develop what we have today and no person that was not
inoculated with the hen fever would have had the vision
and courage to do it.
How many of you have a SUndard of Perfection? Do
you just look at it to see why your birds should or should
not win or do you ever take it and sit down to enjoy it
as you would any other good book? Do you realize that
this book describes sixty-two different breeds that are di-
vided into one hundred and fifty-one varieties, that it con-
tains one hundred and twenty-eight full page illustration!
of these beautiful birds? Do you ever take that Standard
and look at it from the real fancier's viewpoint? If you
will do .so you will find it is a very enjoyable book. You
will begin to plan and dream of the day when you can
produce a bird like your favorite that you see pictured
there. Then, as you begin to get the spring fever along
with the hen fever you will be anxious to get out in the
poultry yard and try your skill ut boing a real producer.
The fancier must havo the hen fevor. The man who
has it has something he need not be ashamed of because
it brings him down about as close to nature as anything
we know of. Perhaps there comes to your mind's eye a
nt'w combination of colors that can be bred onto the form
of a certain breed, or perhaps you will form a picture
of a new type entirely covered with y<»ur favorite colored
plumage. You will begin to study the laws of breeding
and as you get into that subject and couple that with
the knowledge you will gain on feeds and feeding, hous-
ing and ventilation, etc., you will learn more about human
anatomy, human nature and
the care of the human body.
Nobody but the man with
the hen fivrr will get that
far and tht* man who does
progress that far will have
something that no one can
take away from him.
A person may develop the
hen fever for commercial
motives. He may picture
himself as the producer of
world champion (>f[\i[ pro-
ducers and he sees in the
little ht'n a chance to make
a reputation and an inde-
pendent livelihood. Such a
person will get a lot of en-
joyment out of it, but we do
not think he will enjoy it as
much as the man who is
striving to improve or pro-
duce something different in
the beautiful.
We can see where the big
egg producer can work up a
nice business, but we can
Man Has a HobLij
THERE'S the man who likes his auto,
and the man who likes to play.
There's the man who likea his
golf and who would like to make it pay.
There's the man who is all business,
and who makes himself a pest.
'Cause he talks of only business and
and gives his friends no rest.
Tlie man who has a one-track mind will
some day surely break.
Unless he gets a hobby that will his
attention take.
The man who gets the hen fever will
have a hobby real.
That will take his mind off business and
give him a balance wheel.
Moral: Don't be afraid of the hen
fever.
also .HM' tho day when the
250 to 300-egg hen might become quite common and then
the commercial price of vgfr* will go down and take m lot
of joy out of life. Not so with the fancier who is striv-
ing to perfect the bc'autiful. Nevrr will he produce the
perfect specimen. Once he comes close to it the Standard
requirements will be set a little in advance and he will
again strive on. That is the reason our fine fowls are so
much better today than they were twenty years ago.
This does not hold true in all breeds, because m some of
our roal fancy breeds, we found better specimens years
ago than we do now. This is, perhaps, because they were
so hard to perfect and produce that there are only a few
real, dyed-in-the-wool hen fever patients that have the
patience to stick with them long enough.
For several years we had as an acquaintance a man
high in the business world. He was the manager of a
large corporation. We had often tried to get him to come
to the poultry show and look at the many beautiful fowls
but he always had some excuse for not doing so. Chick-
(Continued on page 502)
iway
ens to him meant the scrub
4ST
EXPERIMENT
IRUE to form, America's Egg Laying
Contests have hit their heaviest
pace during March, and are shell-
ing out eggs at a 50 9f' pace. The
mild winter and the rather
late cold, wet spring will prob- FS:
«bly result in a slightly lower
average production during the
peak of laying than is usual,
due to the detriment of bad
weather right now, and the
aifect of a heavy winter's lay
previously. Let us see just
what some of these Contests
have actually accomplished dur-
ing the muddy days of March.
Til* CoBiiMticut Eff Layittf
Contest, Storrt, Conn.
Egg production in the Storrs
egfc laying contest for March
for all pens was 16,930 eggs or
a yield of 54.6 per cent. While
this is 141 eggs less than for
March of last year, the toul
score from November first to
April first is 4,306 eggs more
than for the corresponding ^
period a year ago. From the
records for the past two years it has become apparent
that while the use of artificial lights in the laying contest
have greatly increased winter egg production, they have
likewise postponed the rush of spring production. Since
the price of November eggs is usually double the price of
May eggs, perhaps this is precisely what the commercial
egg producer desires.
The accompanying table shows the total number of
birds in each breed, the average amount of grain and
mash consumed by each pen, the average number of eggs
laid by each pen, and the average for all breeds.
Mn-h
260 Pfynouth Rocka 33.5
100 Wyandotte* 29 4
t40 Rhode Island II<k1h 32 9
400 Whlt« Leghorns 27.1
STATIONS
Which is Ahead, Your
Birds or the Contest
Flocks? Why?
Leghorns, with production of 1,022. The
leading pen of Barred Rocks at the end
of March, has a record of 811 egps; while
the leading pen of Rhode Island Reds has
888 eggs, and the leading pen
of White Wyandottes has 914
and the leading pen of Anconts
has 769. These are all at-
tractive records and show the
results of good breeding and
good care. During the last
week in March, the per cent
production for the various
breeds in the Michigan Contest
was:
THE Contest birds have all gotten into
^ their Spring stride. Are you follow-
ing these Contest performances?
Are you observing the practices in vogue
and the results secured? Much can be
learned by each poultry raiser if they
will take a few minutes each month and
study Contest management and Contest
performances.
i
■
n
life*
^
Grain
Efft
46.9
174
44.0
167
45. S
101
43.8
156
45. <•
169
A^tngr. all breed* 30 4
C. T. Darby's pen of White Leghorns from North
Branch, N. J., won the blue ribbon or first prize for March
with a j«core of 26.3 eggs. The second prize has been
awarded to Femside Farm, at Attleboro, Mass., whose
pen of Rhode Island Reds came through with 255 eggs for
the month. Hilltop Farm's pen of White Leghorns, from
SuAeld, Conn., was third best pen for March with a
score of 244 eggs.
The ten leading individual pullets and their records to
date are as follows:
BtMd Hen No.
Rlioda Ikland Red 6U«
Mhil« Lecborn 61t
Rhode lifand Red Ml
Whit* Lechorn 79ft
Rhode Island Red dSft
Rhoda Island Red 4tl
White leghorn 799
Rhoda Island R^ ft04
White I^shorn 796
NVhite Lexhorn 880
PUre
Attleboro, Haas.
North Brantb, N. J.
AHlehnro. Mass.
SufSeld. Conn.
Bpancer. M»sa.
Amherst. Mast.
Suffield. Conn.
Attleboru. Maat.
Bufleld. Conn.
North Branch, N. J.
No. Euirs
133
126
124
124
123
122
122
121
121
119
Harred Rocks 33.6
KhodA Inland Ked^ . 35.8
Wynndottea 31.1
Minrellaneous . 25 0
Anrona^ 38.5
White Leifhori.' 46.?
The Vineland International Egg
Laying and Breeding Contest
The contest at Vineland is
making decided gains and u
usual, is continually oflFering
new and attractive possibilities
to other Contests. Announce-
ment is made in the April sec-
ond report, that a new service will be rendered New Jer-
sey Egg Laying Contests in that the blood agglutination
test for White Diarrhoea will be made on all birds which
are returned to their owners. The yearlings at Vineland
will be te.sted during the summer as well as the pullets at
the Bergen County Contest, and notification sent to the
owners as to which birds, if any, are carriers of this
disease. This will aid the poultry breeders in the control
of Bacillary White Diarrhoea, and will provide a new and
distinct service which the Contest has not been in a posi-
tion to provide before.
Production at the Vineland International Egg Laying
and Breeding Contest showed a decided gain during the
month of March. Production in this report includes
thirty-five days. This is from February 27 through April
2. The production during this period was 21,328 eggs
or 53.1% for the month. This brings the total produc-
tion to date 47,742 eggs which is an average production
to date of 26.7 </f. Expressed differently, the production
for the month is 18.6 eggs per bird, making the total to
date 41 eggs per bird for the entire contest.
The ten highest pens to date are as follows:
Owner TroductioB
Hollywood poultry Farm. Hollywood. Wash. . . 788
Norfolk Specialty Farm. .St. Williami. Ont.. Can. 714
A. C. Jones. Owrgetown. Del 659
Lewia N. Clark. Fort Hope, Ont.. Can. 641
C. T. Darbv N<>rth Hranch. N. .1. . . . «2«
Fred J. MathewB, Lambertrille. N. .1. . «24
Lei. George B. Ferrin, Grand IUt>id.<«, M»«h 622
Lee. 8. 0. Price. Haxleton. Pa 6»»
Pen Breed
62 W. Lejc.
7 B. P. R.
3 B. P. R.
88 W. L«c.
44 W. Leff.
69 W. Lee
51 W
77 W
4 B. P. ft. W. H. B. Kent. Caxenovia. N Y.
2 B. P. R. Glenlyn Farm, Downinftown, I'a
607
&99
The twelve highest individuals to date are as follows:
Breed
TIm latcraatioBal Egg Laying Contcat, E. Lanaing, Mich.
In spite, of a winter more severe than usual, the Michi-
gan birds are laying well, and have gotten away to the
end of March with 2,554 eggs, better at that time than
the previous year. At Michigan the Leghorns are lead-
ing, and are far ahead of their nearest competitors. W. C.
Eckard, of Paw Paw, Mich., has at the end of March, the
leading pen of Leghorns, with a production of 1,085 eggs.
This is quite a phenomenal record. It is also worth while
mentioning that Mr. Eckard has the second high pen, also
468
Owner
Mrs. Pont. Enfrlewood, N J.
rroductioa
R. I. R. Mrs. Pont. Enfrlewood. N J • • • \\l
B. P. R. Norfolk Specialty Farmn. St. WillJamn. Ont . Can. 10»
B. P. R. The Kerr Chickeriea, Inc.. Spriniffleid. Mai.«. . 10^
R. I. R. Engl'd Poul. ft Pet Stotk Aaan.. Lnclewood. N.J. JO*
W. Ler Hoehn Farm. Brooklyn. N. Y JOl
W. Lef. Hollywood Poultry Farm. Hollywood. Wash. . . i"!
R. I. R. Maple Farm. Crosswiiks. N. J
W. Lee. George B. Ferris, Gmiid Rapids. Miili
62 11 W. Let. Hollywe>od Poultry Farm. Hollywood. Wwih. .
18- 8 R. I. R. Etjon Poultry Farm. South Vineland, N. J. . ^
27 6 Jer. B. O. R. L. Stoteabury A Marcy Farma. Marlboro. N. J. »•
29 13 W. L©c. Columbia Poultry Farm. Tom's River. N. J. . • »*
It will be noted that seven of these belong to the heavy
breeds and five are Leghorns. (Continued on page 504)
Bird
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The Casserole
Written and arranged expressly for Everybodys
By HAROLD F. BARBER
CiROF. M. C. KILPATKICK makes a little point that
I all of us ought to have impressed upon us, toward
J the latter end of the brooding season. It is, that
when you think the chicks no longer need heat,
and you let your brooder stove go out, immedi-
itely lay the fire for instant relighting. The stove may
be idle, but have it ready to start up again if a cold wind
comes up to chill the chicks; or if a hard summer rain
should half drown them; or if any one of half a dozen
things may promise ill. Have that fire ready to light! (b)
• * •
An editor says that a trio of birds bought at good
prices from a breeder who trapnest.<, have paid him won-
derfully well. Speaking of trapnests, I am afraid we are
too prone to apply that Packard slogan, "Ask the man
who owns one." Some of this trapnest dope is being put
out a little stronjr. By that I mean that every breeder
who owns trapnests, does not
use them. A great many
use them, for a little while
only. Now I'm not con-
demning the use of trapnests
in the breeding season only,
or through the winter only,
or for 100 days only, or on a
few birds only, or any other
only kind of use. Any use is
good; only you should un-
derstand clearly just what
use is being made, and what
use is made of the records
grained, or missed, thereby.
Only recently I saw in some
poultry paper a write-up of
a certain farm which had a
pen win in a laying contest.
The write-up said that these
people were fortunate to be
able to breed such fine lay-
ers, or something of that
sort. The fact was that the
"breeders" probably never
even saw their wonderful
layers until the contest was
all over and their birds had
Job s Filled
I
won. 'Their birds" — yes.
theirs because they had paid
another man to ship the
birds to the contest for them,
in their name. Now there's
nothing crooked about buying a contest pen of Leghorns
or any other breed — any more than it is crool^ed to buy
a string of birds to win the blue ribbons in a show. But
when claims are made that breeding on the owner's plant
was responsible for the winning, that is crooked; and if
such is implied, then, that is deceit. This editor captions
his story, **Trust the trapnest." Yes, trust the trapnest,
every time, but sometimes you need to be sure that it is
the trapnest you are trusting, not some hazy or mislead-
ing reference to some trapnest. In the editor's case he
proved the worth of the breeding, by the way the birds
laid for him in his own yards. The proof of the trapnest
is in the egg basket, (b)
Lots of people ask every year "Why do chicks die in
the shell, without hatching, though completely formed?"
Nobody knows in your particular case, Dear Reader, but
Archie Vandervort lists 25 separate and distinct causes
N the March number I said I could use
two or three secretaries to help me
read the magazines, to pick out inter-
esting items for you. Some applications
were received for the job, but as my bud-
get for the year's expenses does not in-
clude "secretaries' salaries" I have had to
decline help, and do all the reading my-
self. So if you don't like the choice of
items as culled from the March issues
which follows, you can blame nobody but
myself. But it's an ill wind that blows
nobody any good, and next month there
won't be so many pages of advertising or
of reading, in most of the papers. For
your subscription to Everybodys. you get
everything in this paper, and also what
seems to me best worth while in a lot of
other papers, too. The others are re-
ferred to by the following letters: (b)
Poultry Item; (c) American Poultry Jour-
nal; (d) Pacific Poultryman; (e) Leg-
horn World; (f) Pacific Poultry Breeder.
of this question which has puzzled you. Maybe the
answer is one of these 2r». And maybe it isn't, but is
something else. One thing he doojin't mention, which is
a prolific cause of dead-in-shell; and that is. that the little
chick's head is under a wing, or between hi.** legti, or in
the small end of the egg, or some position where it is an
inipo.ssibility for him to swing the little pickaxe of his
beak on to that egg shell, (b)
• • •
Prof. Willard ('. Thompson, of New Jersey, tells about
how to feed for winter eggs, and of course as part of the
program comes in lights. Prof. Thompson favors lighta
in the morning, rather than evening, morning nn<l even-
ing, or the evening lunch methods. He says the reason
why morning lights are preferable is "obvious." .Appar-
ently all the authorities can not agree with him as to the
obviousness of the advantages of morning lights; for
instance they use the even-
in>f lunch method of lighting
at the Inlying Contest at
'.'^torrs, as against the morn-
ing lights at the Nrw Jersey
Contests. They make pretty
good records at Storrs, too.
.Speaking of Laying Contests
reminds me that there is a
body which has some sort of
recognition powers of, or
over, these contests — The
American Record of Per-
formance Council. Just
what they do, or what pur-
pose they serve, I am not
quite sure; but I suppose
the idea was to have them
certify to official records of
certain hens. For twenty-
five cents you can get a s.irt
of a diploma for a hen which
you own which has laid over
200 eggs in certain officially
conducted contests. T h i ■
you can file, or frame; but
there is no mark of identifi-
cation put on that bird, as is
done in Canada; there is not
even a description of the
bird which did the good Job
of egg-laying — just a "Ac'rap
of paper" to prove to the
world that you really did have such a record at one of
these contests. Why couldn't there be some way of hav-
ing these official records of definite benefit to American
Poultrydom? As it is now, you cannot even use these
Certificates in your advertising, unless you want to use
them a long while afterward. For instance, I applied
for a couple of them last October; records were complete
that month. Asking about them in January, was informed
that there had been some delay in getting the blanks from
the printer. Here it is March 29 as I write this, and no
Certificates. On the other hand, I received the other day
a printed catalogue of the R. O. P. Poultry Breeders*
Association of British Columbia, full of real dope as
guaranteed by the Canadian Government as to records of
the various birds heading pen.^ and of those making up
those pens, many of these records having been completed
November Ist, la.st. All these birds are marked so that it
would be a very easy matter (Continued on page 497)
4SS
Eggs Sell at Ridiculous Prices- Why?
Nobody to Blame but Ourselves. Let's Organize a National Poultry Council,
Then Grade, Advertise and Sell Our Products at a Profit. Possible to
Double and Treble Consumption and Maintain Profitable
Prices. No Reason to be Discouraged
By T. E. QUISENBERRY
HAT has the producer to look forward to when he
is forced to Uke from ten to sixteen cents per
dozen for his epgs in the Central SUtes and from
sixteen to nineteen cents per dozen in the Coast
SUtes? That is what is being done in cerUin
sections at present. Thousands of producers had to sell
their eggs at a big reduction in January and had to Uke
unheard of prices in February and March. No one can
make a profit at the above prices, and it is high time
that the American poultrymen begin to look around for a
solution. There is a way out. Eggs will be as high this
Summer. Fall and Winter as they have ever been. The
man who sticks is the man who will win in the end. 1 ou
cannot base your year's profits on two or three month's
receipts. There is hardly any business that does not have
a dull season when they lose money, but they show a
profit for the year. But these same business men, when
they find a bad situation facing them, set about to solve
it. If they allowed it to drift, they would go broke. They
face the facU and set about to remedy them. They Uke
means to stop the loss. That is what we must all join in
at this time and give due consideration to certain facts
and form cerUin organizations and do certain things, or
the producer will go on the rocks in too many cases.
When he suffers, every branch of the business is cerUin
to suffer alike.
Some reUil stores in Kansas City, in March and April,
were advertising fresh country eggs at twenty cents per
dozen. We found that the producer of those eggs had
only netted about ten cents per dozen for them after he
had deducted the cost of the eg^ ca.se, the express, the
local buyer had gotten his profit, the city dealer or jobber
had gotten his profit and the reUil grocer had gotten his.
Out of this ten cents, the producer had to pay for his
feed, his labor, his interest, his Uxes, his depreciation,
and his living. The reUiler told me he was really
ashamed to offer them at that price for he knew what
they were netting the producer.
One large hatchery near Kansas City has been paying
seventeen cenU per dozen for high grade eggs from
Standard bred stock of all varieties with which to fill his
machine and from which to ship baby chicks. Not much
profit there to the producer who has paid fancy prices for
his breeding stock, exhibited at poultry shows, and who
ia trying to produce a good article.
One good producer in Michigan writes; "Can you tell
me any place where I can market my Uble egrgs and get
the cost of production out of them? The market is
flooded. I am having trouble. What do you think the
outlook .for eggs will be in the future?"
A good business man who holds a responsible position
with a railroad company, and who owns and lives on his
poultry farm writes: "With eggs at fourteen cents here,
w# have decided to call the chicken deal off for the pres-
ent. The big packers or whoever is responsible for the
9gg market, has cerUinly put a damper on the chicken
business in this neck of the woods."
The owner of a hatchery writes: "Eggs are so cheap
that I cannot get a price for my chicks that will make it
profiUble. Eggs being so cheap and hatcheries so plenti-
ful, people will not pay a living price for chicks. If you
can find me a buyer, I will sell my new incubators and
hatchery for half what it cost me. I want to quit."
470
From Maryland and New Jersey come letters that some
producers arc only getting eighteen cents per dozen for
their eggs and that things will have to change soon or
many men who are forced to take these prices will have
to quit.
Another Northern state producer says: "It don't look
like there is much in poultry for me when eggs are only
twelve cents a dozen here. Is the industry going to be
overdone by overproduction? I am undecided what to do
about the future."
A California man, who owns a poultry farm near Los
Angeles had this to .say: "I have $7,000 invested in my
poultry ranch. My eggs only bring me eighteen centa
per dozen. I have got to get a better price soon and get
some relief from somewhere or I will lose all. I have
decided to quit poultry and go back to my job to earn
enough to live on."
These are conditions my friends that we are facing.
There is no use to shut our eyes to the facts or try to
cover them up. There is no use to get alarmed. The
man who sticks with his poultry and goes on with it is
going to profit most. During the war, the first few
months after this country became engaged in same, feed
advanced to unreasonable prices and eggs remained low.
As a result, thousands of poultrymen became discouraged
and closed their poultry houses. But this condition did
not exist long and during the following five years, the
producers made more than they ever made and got better
prices than had ever before been heard of. Every man
who stuck and went on with his poultry venture as he had
planned, made more profit during the years that followed
than he had ever made. The same is true at this time.
My advice is to cut out all your loafers. Cull your flock.
But make no let-up in any plans which you have for your
future poultry work. Don't be discouraged for ont
minute for there is no reason to be. My honest opinion
is that we can double and treble the present production
of eggs and we can be paid and will be paid profiUble
prices for all we can produce. But we have got to fact
the situation as it exists, advertise and organize. I am
not one bit discouraged. I am planning to enlarge my
own business. I expect to produce more poultry and eggi
and baby chicks. I am doing it because I think it wiU
pay me to do so. And my advice to you is to prepare to
do the same. .
This situation is one that is comparatively easy solved.
A month or so ago I wrote an article and pointed out the
necessity of an advertising campaign to convince the con-
sumer of the value of poultry and eggs as food products.
My contention is that we must advertise poultry and eggs,
especially eggs, the same as the orange growers, raisin
growers, milk producers, and in the same way that other
articles of food are put over, and production and profit-
able prices mainUined by judicious advertising.
The poultry producers, incubator and feed manufactur-
ers, storage men and egg handlers and dealers seem will-
ing to join with us in such a campaign. One writes:
"You hit the nail squarely on the head. Your plan for
an advertising campaign should be put into effect with-
out delay." Another says: "You have sounded a bugl*
call that we should all respond to. Every man and womi
who keeps 100 or more layers should shoulder arms, jo
together and get what we de- (Continued on page 49
Marketing Poultry Products
in the South
Written expressly for Everybodys
By O. A. HANKE, Supt. of A. & M. College of Texas Poultry Farm
T
|HE marketinjr of poultry products in Texas hinges
about a great co-operative organization known as
the Texas Farm Bureau Poultry Producers' Ex-
change. This organization has its headquarters
at Dallas. Tex., at which place its socri'tarj' and
treasurer (I. T. Piatt is located. Several years ago the
Farm Bureau of Texas came
to the realization that if the
Poultry Industry was to
grow in Texas, co-operation
i must pave the way. The or-
ganization known as the
\ Texas Farm Bureau Poultry
Producers* Exchange was or-
ganized and a man who had
had many years of experi-
ence in poultry and egg
marketing in the United
States and Canada, was se-
lected to take charge of the
operation of this co-operative
enterprise. Every great co-
operative organization is
often beset with legal diffi-
culties which require the aid
of experienced lawyers. The
Texas Farm Bureau people
realized the necessity of hav-
ing men to represent them in
their legal affairs who had
had years of experience, and
they secured the services of
Messrs. Aaron, Sapiro & Co.,
of San Francisco and New
York City, to represent them.
In all co-operative endeavors too much emphasis cannot
be placed upon the necessity for the correct formality in
the proper legal advice and guidance.
This Farm Bureau Poultry Producers' Exchange is the
combination for supervision purposes and as the market-
ing agency of the Poultry Producers* Association of the
State of Texas.
These Poultry Asso-
ciations operate in
ck)se harmony with
all other commodity
associations market-
ing agricultural pro-
ducts which may be
affiliated with the
Texas Farm Bureau
Federation.
The enormity of
the poultry business
in Texas has made
necessary this great
co-operative work.
Last year the poultry
•ales exceeded forty-
three millions of dol-
lars. In order that
The Need ol Marketing
HF-. unstandard character of the far-
mers product as it comes to mar-
ket; the small lots in which it is
sold; and the fact that the farmer does
not guarantee its variety, quality, stand-
ard or its delivery, are large factors in di-
minishing the net return which the farmer
reaps from the final consumer's dollar.
Today there is the chance for every far-
mer to realize a greater net return from
the final consumer* s dollar. Today be-
cause of the protection of the Co-Opera-
tive marketing, egg farmers everywhere
may join together to market a product
standard in every respect and of sufficient
volume, so that they may guarantee its
variety, quality, standard and delivery.
Read what the Poultry Producers of
Texas have done.
the State may be profitably remunerated f«»r their w»>rk
with their respective farms, it is necessary that the pro-
ducts of the co-operative organization be marketed co-
operatively for the greatest profit to all. Every farmer
who joins a co-operative organization expects to get im-
niniiate unusual results. He may expect these results
«>!ily if he w»»rk.H untiringly
= fi.r the best interests of the
organizatii»n after he has be-
come an active support«-r
antl partner in it. The poul-
try producer who thinks he
knows more about poultry
marketing than does the man
who has had years of train-
ing and who has beon hired
to do the marketing for the
organization, sehlon) makes
a staunch supporter for the
organization with whi^h he
is affiliated. It is necessary
for every man who joins a
co-operative marketing or-
ganization, to whole-heart-
edly support that organiza-
tion and market his products
only through it, for
<•:
I ithe poultrymen of
Two ityUs of cartoM ui«4 for tho marktttni of Mloct ocfs.
in
(juantity t h e r e is power."
Too often the members of
the organization maintain
that the man who has charge
j of the selling for the entire
I organization, is too highly
- — -— ~ paid. Few men realize the
situations which marketing
specialists encounter as they endeavor to market their
organization's products for the greatest profit to all. It
is nece.s.sary for a man of this sort to understand thor-
oughly the principle kinds of work to be performed in
connection with marketing for best results. Some of
these kinds of work over which the manager has control,
are standardizing or
^^1 grading, packing, as-
xembling. storage,
transportation, finan-
cing, risk taking, pro-
cessing and manu-
facturing, selling. <li»-
persing or dividing.
It is more neces-
sary today than ever
before that a pr»)duct
be placed on the mar-
ket in a 8 t a n d « r d
form, carefully grad-
ed. The great ad-
vantagefi of grading
to standards are. the
elimination of the ne-
cessity for inspection
on purchase; (('on-
tinued on page 488)
471
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
May, 1924
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D 1 T O Rl A
Be Ever Up and Doing
Our poultry breeders will have to be up and do-
ing to surpass in the next show season the quality of
birds shown the past winter. In nearly all varieties
the advancement made was very evident, still we
feel perfectly assured that progress will again be
seen. Year by year breeding worth becomes more
firmly established and improved results follow,
partly as a natural cause, but more evidently from
the greater skill and experience in mating and the
improved modern methods in hatching, growing,
feeding, etc.
The important factors that give improved results
are a combination of all of the above in perhaps
about equal proportion, but if we were to designate
one above all others it would be that of the estab-
lished breeding worth found in the many Standard
strains we have today of all varieties.
Blood lines (strains) when given half a chance
are bound to ever improve and to yearly stronger
establish themselves so that like can be depended
upon to reproduce like when the proper care in mat-
ing and growing is given.
To the student-breeder who follows pedigree mat-
ing, marking, system, records, etc.. advantage must
tc conceded. He has his system in mating, his
plans in growing along with his years of experience
in noting results and it is safe to gamble upon all
such to yearly produce improved Standard quality.
But. as we improve both the breeding value of
our stock and the individual value of the birds, we
get more precise and stronger in our demands. We
also equally gain a higher knowledge of the Stand-
ard and its demands, we become more critical, see-
ing the smaller flaws and then realize that the Stand-
ard is still many laps ahead of us and that perfection
has not as yet been reached.
It is just this point we aim to make. Perfection
will never be reached, but the better and the higher
grade we reach, the more we will appreciate that
which we have and the harder we will study and try
for the best that can be and that also is a million
years before us.
Take heart, you can be a leader of this time and
day; that is the goal to have in mind and to ever try
for. This coming season you will eee at the shows
more high grade birds than last year and the follow-
ing year will show even better results and so on for
ages and ages to come. Our part in this is to make
our readers now produce more, to produce better
and thereby make it possible for tl^e future to show
the expected returns.
More About Eggs for Hatching
The buying and selling of hatching eggs has from
the beginning of Standard poultry production been
the favorite method of the new breeder to make bin
start in poultry keeping, and also of the older as well
as of the young breeder in improving and enlarging
their stock.
These breeders who primarily are breeding for
quality, both for exhibition and laying records, have
found that eggs for hatching offers them advantages
that are rarely, if ever, secured by any other
method. They can buy hatching eggs from straini
and birds with national show records, and with
world's laying records at very moderate prices, but
they cannot buy those birds themselves, at any
price. Therefore, in buying hatching eggs they can
secure these most valuable blood lines that has taken
years and generations to perfect.
In the very nature of the transaction of buying
eggs for hatching, the buyer assumes some chances.
If he buys eggs from a good strain of a pure-bred
variety he may count with certainty of getting chicks
of that variety with certain characteristics, but every
chick will vary slightly in some minor particulars.
No strain has, or ever can be so carefully bred and
so thoroughly developed that it will exactly repro-
duce itself in every chick from it. It has taken
untold generations of straight line breeding to per-
fect to their present standard the crows, hawks, owls
and other wild birds, and yet no two of these are in
every way alike. We cannot expect that a variety
of fowls which has been made from crossing two or
more varieties will never throw sports or show varia-
tions of a marked character.
Tlie fundamental laws that govern the processes
of life are as yet a sealed book to us. to a large ex-
tent. We do not know, perhaps we never will
know, what influences lead to wide variations in
birds of exactly the same blood. Until we under-
stand the laws governing these things, we shall not
be able to predict with any degree of accuracy what
any bird or any certain mating may produce. This
should not be asked or required.
The chances the buyer takes are very small and
of little consequence compared to his opportunities.
A single bird is often worth many times the cost of
all the eggs, and a bird, a pair or a trio are usually
the foundation birds upon which the breeder builds
his strain and reputation and upon which his results
and progress follow.
We are still in the height of the 1924 hatching
season with May and June, two of its best months,
before us. May and June chicks are among the
best yearly hatched. Weather conditions are inost
favorable for them so take advantage of this time
and do not let another hatching season slip by with-
out another effort made to improve your quality
and to enlarge your flocks.
(
Make Friends of Your Fowls
Poultrymen of long experience will tell you how
very important it is to become thoroughly acquainted
with your birds and to handle and care for them in
a way so that they may become friends to the owner '
and caretakers. Fowls brought up on friendly termi
with their breeder will have many advantages on
their side that will stand in their favor in producing ^
the results expected from them. «
Friendly fowls mean contented fowls, such require
less feed than wild or scary ones, because they 9''
more quiet in their natural disposition and the full
value of every grain of food is used to its full value.
lYie chicks grow and mature quicker, and at less
cost for they also are more content and less nervous
and active.
It is an established fact that hens which are so
kindly treated that they are on familiar terms with
their owners and keepers will produce more eggs
than wild ones. If a hen is so fearful of a human
being that she will fly from her nest when ap-
proached, she will not lay that day and her capacity
to produce eggs will be greatly reduced. An un-
comfortable hen will not lay, nor will she put on
flesh.
As a matter of satisfaction as well as of profit, it
should be the policy of every poultry keeper to seek
after the comfort of his flock in the way of housing,
feed and care. Study their needs and cater to them
in every possible way. A well-fed hen is the first
requisite to large egg production. The theory that
fat hens will not lay was exploded years ago. As
long as a hen has all the exercise she will willingly
take, there is no danger of getting her too fat to lay.
if she is fed the largest possible variety of food and
has a plentiful supply of water, grit, shell, etc.
A hen will not take the required amount of exer-
cise for the mere pleasure of roaming about. If she
is confined she must have something to scratch
about, even if she only gets a few grains from it. If
she has her liberty she will keep going in her search
for toothsome insects, seeds, greens, etc.
Give the hens the opportunity to get into the
cool shade in summer and a clean, draft-proof house
in winter. Keep ever on good terms with them by
treating them kindly and attending regularly to their
needs and they will repay you many times over by
producing eggs to the highest possible limit.
Wisely Improve the Present
In reply to a special request for advice from a
reader of Everybodys, who has evidently met with
some unusual and very discouraging experiences in
his poultry venture we offer the following for both
him and others whose results have not proven satis-
factory.
First of all our advice is "Do not get discouraged."
The person who gets discouraged easily is most
usually one of slow thinking and slow growth calibre
who thereby places a handicap upon all his ambi-
tions and the prospects he may have. The person
who is persistent and does not look mournfully into
the past, but wisely improves the present, will stand
a much better chance for success in any venture.
When persons wonder why they do not get along
faster, when there is a lack of growth in their busi-
ness, they should just step out of the old rut in which
they find themselves, look for the leaks and find the
causes and correct them at once.
The poultryman who does not attain the expected
success should make a study of those who have. In-
formation is free for the simple asking, the breeders
in general are always glad to aid and serve another
and if you will go to them they won't let you go
wrong if they can help it and if it is your real am-
bition to honestly work and try for success.
From the experienced breeder one can very soon
i»d out what their methods lack and where things
are wrong. Keep your eyes and ears open and you
will note many good reasons why your business ship
was sinking. You will find that the successful poul-
tryman's houses are kept clean, that his yards are in
healthy condition and his birds always at their best.
You will also find that he knows what to feed, that
he feeds regularly daily. That the so-called little
things are really things of importance and are
treated as such. If. so far, your poultry has not
given proper returns, don't give up but find the
cause.
There can be a hundred or more reasons why you
did not make a go of it. and the chances are ten to
one that the reason is not in your poultry (if you are
keeping Standard quality) but in you and your
methods. Study the cause, find the reasons and
then you will be able to apply the proper remedy to
insure poultry success.
Once again, don't fail to ask for advice from any
breeder who in your opinion can aid you, they will
cheerfully comply. It is the right of every poultry-
man to place himself as far in advance in business
as honest effort on his part and ability to profit by
experience of his own and others \v'iil permit.
The Buyer's Greatest Opportunity
Nearly all the established poultry breeders have
adopted the fashion of annually reducing their prices
on hatching eggs and the selling of special breeding
birds, beginning with June. The selling of choice
eggs and of stock at lower prices at that time, after
the early trade has been satisfied is most commend-
able for the opportunity it gives to the beginners
and those who desire tt> improve and to introduce
valued new blood at very liberal costs.
These special price sales are of particular ad-
vantage to the beginner where he may buy extra
quality cheaply from dependable breeders and se-
cure the right start to carry on to success. There
are several good, sound reasons for these special
sales and their advantages are by no means all one
sided. Tlie particular one to here consider and to
commend, is the one that proves the breeders who
offer these sales are both broad and liberal-minded,
that they are working in the interests of better qual-
ity, larger production and the general poultry suc-
cess.
Tliere really should be no special season for
hatching. It is one of the greatest mistakes ever
made to believe that successful hatching and grow-
ing can only be accomplished early and in a month
or two and that late hatched chicks cannot be prop-
erly grown and matured of equal value. Our great
breeders hatch both early and late, they hatch earlier
than most people expect and also very late with the
result that they have for sale any day of the year
that for which there is a demand. That's poultry
business as it should be. and that is their one great
secret of success.
The special breeders' sales also come in June and
July, in these more and very special opportunities
are offered. You can then buy proven breeders at
half or less value that could not have been purchased
earlier at high and long prices. Look well into these
sales and plan ahead for your future. See and
know your wants and needs, buy now for your next
season's matings and aim to enlarge and to improve.
Act now and gain every advantage offered to you.
474
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
May, 19-^
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
475
UPBUILDERS ARE ^.^^^„c
BENEFACTORS
Upbuilders of thi« industry benefit
their fellowmen by diatributinjr stock
bred to SUndard demands, produced
by careful selection and a close .*tudy
an to what conforms to the SUndard
requinments. The most skillful and
careful poultrymen become the fan-
ciers and breeders who aim to estab-
lish a repuUtion which will j?ive them
prestige as producers of quality
fowls. In this field there is room and
opportunity for greater success than
has yet been reached by any one. It
is wide open to the specialist who
may determine on any of the hundred
or more varieties of fowls given re-
cognition in our SUndard. And, if
he has it in him by study and perse-
verance to overcome obsUcles that
others have already in part overcome,
he may atUin pecuniary success.
Every day and hour devoted to his
work will prove an inspiration to
greater endeavor to reach a goal,
which is gratifying even though the
full accomplishment of his eflforU be
not reached in a life time.
• • •
THE MIRACLE OF CHICK LIFE
Under our very eyes, almost, goes
the wonderful miracle of the genesis
of life. From an inert mass of
chemical elements, the composition
of which is well understood, we see
produced a living thing, endowed
with that mysterious quality we call
life, perfectly formed, intricately
fashioned, and in every way adapted
to support iUelf, if its environment is
that which nature provided for it.
And the miracles do not end with
the breaking of the e^v: shell and the
entry of the chick full formed and
alive into the world. It comes from
the shell covered with down, and
many if not all these separate fila-
menU of down change to the plumage
of maturer life by a process that is
very interesting.
LESSONS THE LAYING COM-
PETITIONS HAVE TAUGHT
The egg laying competitions have
broken down the old methods and
tabttituted the new. The old method,
which is still continued on our gen-
eral farms today; the new methods
brought out by our laying competi-
tions only as yet have been adopted
by the specialist poultry farmer. The
general farmer allows his poultry to
run promiscuously together, in num-
ber and sexes, and to roost anywhere
and lay anywhere. The old method
means losing money, from the fact
that at times fowls are over-fed and
at times under-fed. Both produce
low returns and encourage disease,
and the result from the ledger spells
loss.
The competitions have demonstrat-
ed that dividing hens up into small
loU, providing them with good shelter
from wind and rain, and with plenty
of good seasonable feed, varied in
character, with good breeds, early
breeding, and breeding every year,
this loss can be turned into large
profits.
• • •
ONLY THE BEST IS
WORTH HAVING
The man or woman who is satisfied
with just ordinary chickens, does not
as u rule, care for the poultry club.
will induce him to spend a lif.» time
simply trying to raise good chickens.
I like to think of such a man as an
artist, a poet, a benefactor, if you
please.
• • •
THE ADVANTAGE OF
BEING A SPECIALIST
We believe in the specialist most
thoroughly. He is the man whvi ^ivos
his whole mind to the one breed,
AN INFORMAL LETTER TO THE READERS OF
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Dear R.ader» :— The w.-rUi i» «o full of • number of thinr* an.l among the t.Io»«-
ant on.s have been yotir I.-tter» frratefully reooived. May I an^w.T th. m a. I in one f
Thev have made me. with their beginners i.rnblems. think ba.k to the cla.v« Revt-ntt-en
Tears ato U..t Kebruarv when I bepan rhicken raisinic with -4'. eRcs in a C.vi.h..rs in-
?ubL"oI Sprit'irt.me then otIerM uo lh..u^Hnd lotn of br..<l to lay \S hite Leghorn s_at
least not m my Western Worbl. Vv^>v\i, Renrrally were juiU beK.nnmic to take notice
of State Colb-ge I'oultry Dei-artrm ntH chiefly beraune of the wonder wl w-ork of Mr.
Oowell of Maine. Such articles as Mr L.wis in ..flTerinK monthly in hverybody, P«ul.
ry Miira.ine with their wealth of information and practical ai-i-hcation were tin-
dreamed of. The meat and fixings in one of Everybo.Iys Ca^semles M-rved by Mr. !
Barber make a monthly banquet ser>ed at ten cents • plate that poultry men of my
STrly day. were not privileRc^d to attend. Mr. Cleveland and Mr McC rew standing for
Jhe finest thing that ever ha. been or will be in the poultry world standard breeding.
•re relching tliou^and. today helpfully where they reached ton then. And yet the
!ame old Sol turning bark a. ros. the equator, brings the same urge to be out at work
"ui a lot of little peeps. We renew our youth and hope, and ambition, with the
'***Tnd as I was .aying. the day i. ao full of a number of things. Up at 5 A. M
froien founta-n. to thaw out. brooder lamps to be trimmed, fro^h straw to be cut and
.«tt?red. .od. to be dug. hurried trips back and forth from the kitchen range with
new batches of clabber, curtain, to be dusted, perchance alas a dro,. of o ivo oi to be
put on top of a wee head and another beb.w the chin to repel invadern the setters to
be let off and fed and hurrie*! back before the e,nrs chill incubators to be cleaned and
rerulated and reset, eggs to turn within and without the machines, pedigree bags to
Te made eggs .orted into them and labels to be sewed on. toes to punch and wee
binds to* be imt on and taken off and replace<l by tho n.»xt larger .lie for growing leg*,
the hole n he brocnler fence to be found and plugged, the new »^«->oder house to be
finished and made ready for the hatch, record sheets to be made out and ported and
copies fil'd and every hour the round of the trapnests to be made, a .nat. h to eat
laUn early and late and .ometime. in between, one's husband to greet occasionally
.' he hustles in or out from the field with eight horses hitched to a plow "r f^r on the
disc or drill- and the too abort evenings with egtrs for hatching to pack out »nd the
di>-'. mail to In.wer-a. I wa. saying, the day i. so full of a number of things that
I like to think of you a. I hope you may sometimes think of me. In and "Ut amone the
chicks, loving them, working for them, growing th««n. trying to do our bit to offer the
world of little children and hungry men and women a needed wholesome food and to
create beauty in a useful bird and in mi doing to earn by honest efTort our living; to
support instead of being .upi>orled.
Dirty work! And common as dirt. j„„.«.
As for dirt there are many kind, and som« are dirtier than others My dr.ctor
in hi. ministry must sometimes treat a featering sore; my lawyer go into .the detail.
of a divorce case that soils- my clerg>man face ugly .in; my j«.urnalistic friend ferret
out A nasty scandal; and frr the politician there is oil. O yes. some kind, of dirt are
dirtier than other.; and chicken dirt can be quitt clean in compari.nn with some .ort.
of filth. As for common work, out by my bromler house i. a tree, the variety is ju.t
scrub pine. It grew in babyhood about two feet Ull and then somehow a twist and
crook came into iu life. That little scrub pine mi^t have •U>ppt,d Crowing but in
stead it made a turn to the right and then shot straight up toward the blue sky mail-
ing a thing of interest and beauty from out of its hurt. Little children coming to see
my chickie. see the tree and ask to be lifted up to it. crook and sitting there th««y
throw their loving little arm. about its trunk and say "Dear tree, you "'^e a sejt
for me." Ju«t a common .crub pine but a thing of intwe^t and beauty. Rare tnmg.
we can do without but the coir.mon things of the common day brinf peace and happi
nes. and daily comfort to our live*. » j . .w- .*.*. *^
And when the day's routine i. about done and we go out under the stars, lo
inspect the last brooder lamp and catch cuddled benaath the hover we^e birdlings with
black beady eyes curiously opening to our flash liirht and closing with • j^'Pl'^. ''[f***"
when the little owners find It is only Big Friend who has come to say good night, then
we may rightly feel that no love is won without some merit and we may go •o"'y
away to a night', repose earned and hence deep and peaceful to wake to another day—
".o full of a number of things. I am .ure we should all be as hsppy as king*.
With my best wishes te you.
Cordially yours,
HELEN DOW WHITAKER.
It is the real lover of the hen who
wishes to obtain the best that usually
makes up the personnel of the fan-
ciers* club. And if he is a true man
he does not seek the best merely for
the best's sake but more to satisfy
that natural desire for the true and
the beautiful. In truth, nothinp: but
the best is worth having, whether it
is a statue or a beautiful painting,
or — just a hen. It takes more than
a fancy or a fad to make a man ex-
pend his best and it is more than
just "the money there is in it" that
notes and learns all its peculiarities,
discovers its merits and failures and
works intelligently to increase th«
one and decrease the other.
It is a pleasure to take one breed
and see what can be done with it If
a man wishes to develop a strain of
egg layers of exceptional ability he
will need to settle down to one breed.
It is by this process that our brecdl
have been improved. Long befor*
the **hen fever" struck the country,
about the middle of the last century,
specialists were at work. In the
main they did not strive to produce
new breeds but only bettor strains of
the breeds they already had. In this
way the old jungle fowl of four thou-
sand years ago, which laid thirty cgjjs
a year, has been developed so that
she produce.*; many times that num-
ber of eggs annually.
• • •
COMPARISONS RELATIVE
TO INBREEDING
Nature work."^ very directly. She
selects the best by the most vigorous
methods. In tho first place she woods
out the weaklings mercilessly. Of a
brood of wild birds of any kinil the
weakest perish from various causes.
They may fall behind the others in
the Fcarch for food and starve, or
bad weather may kill them, or natural
enemies may devour them. It is only
the strongest that live to reproduce
themselves. Those physically perfect
specimens breed in and in and repro-
duce themselves exactly year after
year, one quail being the counterpart
of every other one or one mallard ex-
actly like all itr, kind. This is as true
of animals as of birds. We have no
reason for thinking the closest in-
breeding is not practiced in all ani-
mate nature. We know a brood of
pheasants or grouse keep closely to-
gether until the breeding season the
year after they were hatched, and
there is good reason for believing
members of the same family mate
together the next year.
Wild birds and animals are
healthy and vigorous and rarely die
from disease. This .shows that the
closest inbreeding is not detrimental
to health or reproduction, if only per-
fect specimens are bred together.
• • •
FEED OATS FOR SIZE AND BONE
To attain the largest size, the
chicks should never be allowed to put
on fat during the growing period, but
should be fed to develop bone, muscle
and large digestive capacity. Larger
chicks can be reared on oats than on
any other feed, as the grain is high
in ash and protein, the elements
which go to produce bone and muscle,
and the hulls cause the development
of large, strong digestive organ>i —
which is tho prime factor in produc-
ing either large sized birds or heavy
vftfT protiucers. Boiling the oats af-
fords variety and renders them suit-
able to feed to younger chicks than
should be fed the dry o:\{^.
• • •
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
BREEDS AND VARIETIES
Any breed that i.> being \vi«lely
bred by competent biee«lers is a gt>od
breed. None of them havi- any faults
that are not wholly arbitrary, for so-
called faults all depend upon indi-
vidual points of view.
The distinguishing peculiarities of
the different breeds anil varieties are
bo.st described in tho Standard and in
the advertising literature of compe-
tent breoilers who handle them. The
important economic differences are
not numerous. Prolificacy is not one
of them. Prolificacy depends upon
strains, stocks and treatment, not
upon breed or variety.
The frequent comparison of suc-
cess with one breed with failure with
another are wholly without value.
They prove absolutely nothing so far
as the relative merits of the breeds
are concerned.
HATCHING AND
GROWING TURKEYS
If your turkey hen is becoming
broody (which will happen when she
has laid 15 or 18 eggs) catch and
coop her for a few days, she will soon
get over the fever and go to laying
again. When tho turkey lays her sec-
ond lot of eggs, usually 10 or 12, let
her hatch them, but give the little
ones to chicken hens if you want to
raise them. A turkey hen should
never hatch her first lot of eggs. If
she lays two clutches of ef:g^, and
hatches twice in the season, it brings
her too late to moult We have seen
turkeys almost bare at Chri.stmas
time. The turkey will not moult un-
til she hatches. If you follow our
plan you will have your turkeys in
tine c«>ndition by cold weather. Watch
carefully your brood of y»»ung tur-
keys. No poultry pays better. As
soon as the hen comes off the nest
with her brooil, smear salt grea.Hc un-
•ler her wings to kill vermin. The
turkey chick is oxcee«lingly tender
and delicate, antl u very stupid little
creature. It i'j n goo«I plan io have
an ordinary chick with them, it
teaches them to eat and care for
themselves. Confine the hen in a
large, well ventilated co«»p. and let
tho chicks run about. no«^e the front
up with lath antl place the coop so
as to ailmit plenty of light ami sun-
shine. Keep them in yar«l.s until the
little things can fly over a foot board,
which should be set up e<igewnyi to
form the yanl. .\fter thi.s they can
be given full liberty, but you mu*t
teach thenj to come back at night
Keep them out t»f the w«'t. Watch
the thunder st«>rm». Keep them in
mornings until the tlew is off the
grass. Feed very carefully, very lit-
tle at a time, but often. Overfeeding
produces ".scours," which is fatal.
During the first week fee«l only hard
boiled eggs, mixed with stale bread
crumbs anil moistened with milk,
(live milk to drink from the first —
sweet, or .sour or buttermilk into
which a little bran nmy be stirred for
variety's sake. After the first week
feoil curds, mixed with chopped
onion, garlic or dandelion tops.
Dandelion is said to he the natural
green food of the turkey, and always
hunts it when at liberty. .\d<l gradu-
ally wheat and corn, give finely chop-
ped meat three or four times a week.
They require very little care an»i at-
tention after three months old, when
they begin to "shoot the red." Then
they may be left to forage for the
greater part of their food, and,
strange though it may seem, become
the hardiest of our domestic poultry.
Don't fail to make war on the lice
and vermin at once. They kill more
birds, old and young, than all diseases
together.
REGAL DORCAS
Half
More prita wlnninf Refal Dorcas cockerels and pullets are hatrhe*! in the month of May than
in any other month of the year. . -. . . • «.
Weather ronditiom are ideal and the chicki ar^ ao vlcorom. ao thrifty, and make Mirh rnnark^
able growth that they mature very early. On arrount of ihi> roid l»a<-kward Hprmc. the m.»nth of
May will be choien by a rr««t many a» the month to bat. h th.ir wtnnrr*
EoO® Half Price Alter IVf ay Stti
ATTEB THE 8TH OF B«AY EOO PRICES WILL BE AS FOLLOWS
Pens 1-10— (Exhibition M.tlniD -IS.OO per i:.. tl5 00 per 50. laftOO par lOO
Pana 1120— $3.00 per 1^. $9 00 per &0. $17.00 per 100
Pens 21-40 fDorca*)— $2.60 per 1 >. $7.60 per 60. $13 60 per 100
pSS; li sSUcsJSi Dorcaa)l$5.06 per l6. $16.00 per 6b. $;JV00 per 100.
ALL^STAB MATIlfOS — $10.00 and $12 ."iO per 16.
UTILITY MATINGS— (At Jiey rui)— $10.00 per 100.
All e»fg« ,-u.ranteed 7.'> per cent or over ..rongly f.rt.l>x.Ml. 'T^--- r'^^-'^:'''^ {''^j;,'^';^^^ '"' *"*
balance of the .nea.on. I^.^h your ord. r direct from thi. ad. and produce .oine of America • kine.1 White ^NyanUotlr..
FBEE — Seud for 0*talotue. and Summer Sale Llit ready May Ut.
[JOHN S, MARTIN, Box 44, PORT DOVER. OIMT.. CAN.
i
Where istheVrp^t
in the Poultry Busincssl
7
r* you want to make big
profits in the poultry busi-
ness— if you want a safe,
sound, fast-growing business,
one that will bring an immedi-
ate return and has unlimited
opportunity for growth— then
this is your chance!
Amazing Profits Being
Made Today
The big profits in the poultry
business today are being made
by the hatching and sale of
baby chicks. We have the
facts and figures that show
how one operator in Illinois
made a profit of $5,856.33 in a
single month; how another in
Canada made $5,060.92; how
a woman in Kansas has de-
veloped, from a very small
beginning, a business that
amounts to more than $50,000
a year. These, and hundreds
of others, started with small
initial capital, and have grown
rapidly to big sound successes.
Hundreds of
Opportunities Now Open
We are the world's largest
manufacturers of incubators
and brooders. We are in the
closest possible touch with
conditions in every part of
A •ln«l«» nurkrvn Mammoth In ir>;i— and In 1924 •
haU-btvy »1U» a cai>*rlty of orrr 10«.()00 riic*! That !•
Ih.. rvrard madi. br Mr. «* A Nonnaii <1 Kiioirllli..
Ti^inMM«u Ilia Mi^nrnor la Juat one rxamrlr of IM
l>n>nu ihat *r» atMirfuUty aaauird thrt»u«h Ituckrjre
Squlpnifnt.
the country — in every state
and every community. And
we know that today there are
opportunities in hundreds of
cities, towns and rural com-
munities,— opportunities for
someone to make tremend-
ous profits.
How Success Is
Assured
Back of the big success of
the baby chick business is the
Buckeye Mammoth Incuba-
tor. It has reduced hatching
to a scientific certainty. It
has taken the gamble out of
the baby chick business.
The Buckeye Mammoth
hatches more chicks, stronger,
healthier, livelier, more valu-
able chicks, than any other
incubator in the world. It
does this because of certain
exclusive Buckeye features.
The double thermostatic con-
trol guarantees absolutely uni-
form temperature. A constant
gentle movement of moist air
supplies oxygen to the eggs
and promotes incubation un-
der ideal conditions. No cool-
ing of the eggs is required -
that means a saving of time
and work. A patented de-
vice turns all the eggs posi-
tively and gently— in a few
moments.
Thirty years of research work
— countless experiments-
hundreds of thousands of dol-
lars spent in developnrient—
these have produced in the
Buckeye Mammoth Incuba-
tor—the acknowledged leader
of the world.
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An Opportunity Open
To You Today
Vou, today, whether you pro-
duce eggs and poultry for
market, whether you are a
fancier-breeder, whether you
have a large or small flock, —
even if you are not now in the
poultry business — can take
advantage of this remarkable
opportunity.
You can start at once. You
will not need to invest a large
amount of money. You will
not need a special building.
A Buckeye Mammoth can be
installed in an ordinary room,
— in your own house. The
same amount of space will
give you four times the egg
capacity that you would have
with other types of mam-
moths. A few minutes a day
is all the time required to
take care of it. The saving
in fuel also adds greatly to
the profit you will make.
The "Buckeye Plan*'
Helps You Succeed
We provide you with the
complete ** Buckeye Plan*' for
the operation of the baby
chick business, a plan so
simple that anyone can follow
it. It provides for every step
from the selection of hatching
eggs to the marketing and
shipping of the baby chicks
Rudrbrck. of Maq\ic4c^a,
trd ■ frw yrrnn •«<> with ■
2400 rcs«. Sht la now
latchcrv with an e££
15.000. All Buckc/c
themselves. Nothing is left
to chance. Success is assured.
Unlimited Demand
Unlimited Profits
Buckeye-hatched chicks are
known as better chicks. Buy-
ers know that they are strong-
er, sturdier, chicks, easier
chicks to raise. Over $12,-
000,000 worth of Buckeye-
hatched chicks were sold
last year, and twice that
number could have been
sold.
Write For The Facts
We want to send you free the
amazing facts about the baby
The Buckeye Incubator Co.
1383 Euclid Ave., Springfield, Ohio
_ uckeye
mammoth moneymaken
S \
chick business. We w
show you the proof of pi
made by others. We
to show you how you
make profits just as larj
how you can get started
a very small investment
you can grow rapidly
you can make big pr(
while you are growing.
All of this information
the 'Buckeye Plan**. ^Vte
for it today. It will b^Bnt
to you without co^or^Hga-
tion. Fill out thc^^Kiat
the bottom of thi^^HBmd
mail it today.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Hay, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
479
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Everybodjs in Ita new home with irreAtly
rnlarced quarters and about doubled press
capacity with ImproTed facilities to serre
every poultry interest now wishes to ex-
tend its influence and to reach every worth
while poultryman's homo where the service
it irivca will be appreciated and prove con-
ducive to further poultry proipreiis. We fully
realize that the beat way to reach the kind
of aubucnbers winled (thoBO who are dr
rectly interested in poultry production and
thojie who should be) is through our readern
and we ask them to bear these, our wants,
ever in mind and to recommend Every bo.l>>
to their friends and those they meet who
have interest*. Your aid to make Every-
b..,|y»' family the largest poultry producer*
family in America is desired.
Never think that you are very rood in
what you do — but that you are goinjc to be
better.
• • •
The poultry breeder who does not use ♦rap-
nests in his breeding pens makM a serious
mistake, for nothing else gives an oppor
tunity to keep tabs on the hens as this does.
The trapnest does not work according to
theories nor has it any convictions al»out
egg types. It is not concerned with the
Ilogan or Potter methcMU of i»electi:iK tho
».e»t layers. It deals «ith hens as it finds
them.
• • •
Do the thing today that vou kno*- you tan
do. Tomorrow you will do Ihin.'H 'liat >ou
never before dreamed you -'iH «1".
• • •
There is no reason why the poultry breeder
should not follow any side industry I'ml i.i«y
yield a i>roflt than there is why a farm<r
should confine his efforts to stock raising «r
trrain raising alone. There is an eld favin.:
that we should not put all our eggs in one
l.nKket which is pretty good even if Mark
Twain did say he believed in putting all hi-
eKgs in one basket and sitting close to Mie
basket.
• • •
Success obliteratea much of failure. Just
the same as joy evaporates sorrow from our
hearts.
• • •
The breeders' catalogues and circulars re-
ceived this season well show that egg laying
and producing qualities have had equal con-
sideration with Standard reqnirements in
their mating selection. The trapnest has
come into common use by most of the breed-
ers, records are kept and knowledge of pro-
duction Ability gained. This is a marked
sten in advancement and should come into
still greater use and practice. We have never
doubted but that with the aid of the trapnest
to gain absolute records and with proper
selection for mating but that our best and
highest grade of Standard-bred fowls would
have the advantage and the proof of it for all
to see to their satisfaction.
There never was a humAn being who be-
came happy by striving only to make himself
happy. Happiness is a reflected thing. You
only get it by giving it out.
Nature's storehouse is open as never be-
fore in the history of this world. Hhaping
and molding the form and perfecting the deli
rate penciling or barring of an animated re-
sponsive object like a chicken is certainly of
as great import as perfecting en ear of corn
or • beautiful flower.
It is with great regret we hear that Wm.
H. Manning has resigned as poultry superin-
tendent of the New York State Pair which
has for years past, under his able manage-
ment, grown to be one of the beat as well as
one of the largest fall poultry exhibits of the
world. Mr. Manning proved himself capable,
he gained the confidence of every breeder and
exhibitor and gave the visitora at the fair an
annual display that was a great credit to the
Empire State. Mr. Manning, while we regret
your ri>ing more than we can tell you, you
lake with you our best wishes for your
health and success.
Everything that you do and think is ^
product of the simplest beginnings. fi^^
profoundest thinker who ever lived, first ka.|
to leern his letters.
• • •
One of the very best ways to make ae*
and more poultry breeders i« to five tb«
boys end girls of your neighborhood a chanc«
The young have a natural liking fur animals]
for something to own and care for and this
liking can be greatly increased and new
breeders made by a little help at the proper
time. Our breeders c«n do no better work
than by donating yearly a few settings of
egcs where they will be appreciated. Maks
friends with the "younger set" and prgvt
yourself a benefatcor t<» them and towardt
poultry's future greater success.
The next annual meeting of the .Vmcrican
I'ouUry Association will be held the secortd
week if August at Toronto. Canada. \\«
have already heard that the Canadijin men.
bers have orcanirt-d and assure a large and
successful as well as enjoyable tueeting. Nut
since lbi>H has the aHs«>(iation met in Canada
and we wore one of tho nineteen mcmbert
from the United States attending. The
Cunadian breeders have always been loyal
supl»orters of the American Standard, they
have proven themselves capable and progres
Mve breeders ail of whii h is duly a<-know|-
edged by huldini; this meeting in their home
< ountry.
• • •
We have lately visited a few baby chick
hatcheries and were pleasantly surprised to
note that at each the U>«tding prevailing ides
is to breed up and improve their quality. At
<»ne hatchery, particularly, we found trap-
nests and records kejit in modern fashion.
H<*re also were car>able puultrynten in charge
of the matings and birds and every evi-
dence that long prices have been paid for
record laying birds t>f Standard rjwnlity. We
hope in our next issue to again refer to this
subject as its importance is very great and
moht interesting.
MAY IN THE POULTRY YARD
May. .tune and .luly hatched chuks gener-
ally prove to he superior in color qualities.
The late hat< h''d chicks will also prove to b«
your winning cocks and hens the following
year.
• • •
The late hatched chicks will require some
special care of which shade is one. Plant
sunflowers now for both shade and food.
Plant them thickly and later transplai.t thfin
where wanted.
• • •
The poultryman has regular dutii>s to per
form daily that we should not be obligod to
refer to in every issue. One of these is to
look regularly after the water supply. Have
it clean, keep it fresh and you will avoid
trouble later.
• • •
Egga are not created, nor do they just hap<
pen. Eggs are manufactured and if yon
want them in quantity and quality you must
supply the material (food) for Ihem. The
better the supply in variety and regularity,
the better and greater the production.
• • •
If you will trapnest you will know posi-
tively just what each of your hens are doing,
where to improve and how to improve their
egg production.
• • •
Dependable quality can always be found
in the birds, eggs, baby chicks and goods
advertised in Everybodys. When writing
advertisers just mention Everybodys, please.
• • •
The slogan of the gambler is "Don't over-
look a bet." We advise "Don't overlook a
cihance" to improve and to produce more.
Better have an over-supply than a short one
An over sujiply offers cause for gain and op
jiortunities and givee experience. Reach out
for every possible chance, therein are your
opportunities.
• • •
No matter what division or part of the
poultry industry you cater for, your interest
in same should be such that you will keep
tabs and records. Keej.ing records will add
interest to your venture and ahow correct
results.
>r\frt are but few if any better green
I ^- for jHiultrv during the winter months
than mangels, the fowls ere very tond of
ihem and they are so cheaply grown that
•"erv poultr>nian should have a good supply
for next winters feeding. This is riongel
planUng time. , , ,
If by feeding one bushel in a week, instead
ct in two weeks, you get the increased siie.
the birds will be ready for market so much
the sooner and one week often makes e wide
difference in the net receipts from young
chicks.
In feeding the growing chicks, give them
variety of food, consisting of cra.ked grain
nixed, and meat food of some sort On the
farm atid country places, where there are
countless grasshoppers and other insect.*, lit-
tle care need be taken about ftirnivhing meat
food, as the chicks, ducks end turkeys will
help themselves.
^ ^ "
There i» one source of loss that is ofte
overlooked by the p«>ultry breeder, and whet
many chickens ari' raisM. it becomes quite
* .— ... nf Ij.bm tf^liii-Wtt that i*i>tnA 1
ten
pre
^^^ - quite a
M>rious source of loss. Chicks that come to
A standstill in growth — an<l how many do
reach this stationary position each year — are
consuming food and makin,: no returns there
for. A chicken that is not kept growing
ceases to be j.rofltaMe. The profit f r food
consumed is the growth made, and where
there is no growth there is. of course, no
profit.
Seasons vary, as to being favorable i-r
otherwise for the raising of fowls. Some-
t mes a wet. col. I Spring makes havoc with
early hatched broods. Yet by taking ad
vantage of a goTual. plea-ant interval which
occurs later, other bnx.ds may be rai-e.1 suc-
cessfully, with but a very small percentage of
lOM. ♦ • •
A hen should not ncessarily be in poor
flesh to be a good layer. On the contrary,
•he should be in prime condition and in go,.d
flesh, but not too fat. The pro-luction of
eggs' mainly depends upon the quality and
proper qua»itify of food and upon the layini:
qualities of the breed. The best layers will
not yield a large supply of eggs unless they
have the proper kinds of f"od f'>r the
material.
• • •
Milk in some form is a necessity for little
chicks.
• • •
Vegetables of any kind are relished by
fowls of all ages.
• • •
Boys are fond of bantams, end boys of
mach older gr< wth do not by any means con-
sider it beneath their dignity to carefully
breed one or more varieties of bantams dur-
ing their leisure hours from business.
• • •
When broody hens and the leying hens try
to crowd into the one nest the result will he
broken egirs and this means the first lesson
ia egg eating.
Hen manure is one of the most valuable
fertilisers used on land, particularly for flow-
ers, vegetables end corn. Every j.racticel
agriculturist and florist knows the value of
guano as a fertiliser, and yet it seems
strange thet more attention is not paid to
collecting and applying it.
• • •
Feeding regularly is one of the great
secrets of succt-ss in n«>ultry keeping. If
hens are overfed one aay and starved the
next they can not perforin their duties prop-
erly and loss will follow the lack of system.
Do not be afraid of feeding too much as
long as the hens have e chance to dig in litter
or scratch in mellow soil.
• • •
One of the things specially to be guarded
against is the drenching of young chicks. The
poultryman should study the clouds and con-
sult the weather reports of the signal ofllce.
The«#> latter are not always to be relied upon,
though generally correct.
• • •
At it and always at it. is a very good
Botto for a poultryman. If he attends to
hta business properly he will be obliged to
live up to it. and if he doesn't he need not
hope for any marke«l success.
• • •
Pood may be wasted by giving too much
as well as too little. The wise poultryman
»s he who avoids both extremes and feeds
J«at enough to keep his chicks growing rap^
Wly, bat gives them none to be trampled
enaer foot, grow sour, and breed disease.
EGGS from the fineet RaJ nAlinfa ATer put lOfAtliAr,
will b« aold At HALF PRICE
Bei^nniiig May lOth
(either Single or Rose Comb). If you will send
me $7.50, $10.00, $1*2.50 or $15.00 (no more) I will
ship you a .setting of ejrjrs that will mean to >t»u more
REAL JOY FOR YEARS TO COME
than anything elfe you c«»iil<l possiMy jrt tsith th^i amoi.nl t>f money.
Send for Mating List, or order from this advent •itM.--ii «'.Atit)( whi' h . •ml. V4»u ». refer
omDkins
BOX E
CONCORD, MASS.
WHERE THE RNEST REDS IN THE WORLD COME FROM
BARGAIN SALE OF
Snow White Wyandottes
iw«ii iitii< Ms; lOiti «<« will ofTff a i>uni*w<r ^f nvrtal tsrtsiDs In IIMII
«'I.\S<4 I rrsxlirt »bMk In onlor l» ni*lk<t roi>iii f<>r th« (r»«tnc lUxA
ih«l u «s.in'iis of). Th**» ♦>lt.U s-w frr.m I'lr •am* b!<»»«| Ur>*« iluil wvn
tr.I >ll«'>i«f St <1 SwrtK lln' i-l*»» Si Uie I'hl-ni^i <' •tUvuni Hh.»w In
Ih'.^.in^^r *•>.» •)••> St f • I-xlUr.s H««tt» Fslf f't Uie |-a<l l«-i JWT%,
' S^** " HATCHING EGGS-HALF PRICE SALE
also tMVtns on May I'^th This Is sn uniisnsl eppt>rtUD'ijr tot \V|wi.|,.<i# llr««iil<-r« i.» MrvrcttMn wmr
f1..1u with KNOW WIIITK WYAMHUTI: II-smI t^f srr lu.tt* «« n»* ..r Ihe l»«l msJlno lo Itie Isi».l
si rxc»t»*ionsil> I.-w t«rl«»«. ^ , .. . . , . ...
We osro a .Si-r^lsl 'Sslei I'.iilipUn «r«i.-ti .le*Tl»*« lJ>««* tsrfsln. In »>w»llr f tlorA and hatrhln« ncft
It Is rraily ti>r mall dk n..». If you haw not i»*-«lfed y-'ur oiT. •"»• P««nii«lr foe It I*-- i..>i U-t
Uiea» li«rfS!M ..•.■-.'i.,,>lti««« !>•«•.
K. H. ZWICK, AHTHUH C DU8T.N Supt ||, ||^ 5^ OXFORD^ OHIO
Davey's Wliite RocRs
- — Mdfcs' Another Senuttional Win at
MADISON SQUARE GAROEN t91MA
The createi^t .f all pri/e. at the Imperial .Show .f the World. fiSO 00 Oup and |100 GO
Caah for the Best Pen In the EnUre Show, all varieties rompeting and regular •«*M":
Best Display. Champion .Male. Champion Female. Champion I en both Shape «p.^ lals. lik
C^ks 1 Hen I .: 4 Cockerel-. 1 3 4 I'ull.ts. J ;i t»ld Pens. 1 'J ^«ung Pen. ^ , ^ ,
Chemi ioA Male, winnirg American I'.ultry Asso»iution 8pe«iel. Best CoekrrrI in Amerl
can class wli-h iii.-!rded 'J4 varieties.
WHITE ROCKS SILVER AKD WHITE WYANDOTTES AND SINGLE COMB REDS
WHITE *0^«'*j.„™;5**fo to 530 00 per 16. Mall Price after May 6.
F. H. DAVEY ' Route 4 MIPPLETOWN. N. Y.
BATTLES' GOLDEN CAMPINES-MadisoD Square Garden ami Oucajo Coliseum Wiwien
HOMESTEAD SILVER CAMPINES
•THE VIGOROUS STRAIM
A trie sf tA« aest fceairtMel »»wH ta se^t*.
The Camplne is e netarel
layer of lllg. While Hhellad
Kgcs. "The Vig'-rous Hirain"
leads the procession, not only
as persistent layers but their
winning at Madison Hiiuare
(iarden and Moston have eslab
li«hed a record for all Ume —
Beet Display at both Boston
and the tiardeo — winning prae
tirally all First I'riies at New
York covering ten years of
• ?i(>wi ng
Start 1034 by Deciding on
HonesUad Stiver Caaplnes.
EGGS — 110 per 18. 117 50
her .10 STOCK— Mated Pens
(male and 4 femalee). 140 op.
The Name "HOMESTEAD'
DoaUnates in the World
of CamptneA.
0 A. PHIPP8. Owner »o« it s
480
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
May. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
481
!
If
Why You Should Breed
BARRED
PLYMOim
ROCKS
LATrNO rONTF.8TII Pnif* th«l M •
Mhftr brawL
orpin AL IIEC0R08 Show ihey 4o lb«lr
bMirlMi lajrtnc in th* vlniw Una when aco
•r« bl<h**L
roMMtAMlOS IIOl'SEil IUt>ort th«n thrtr
frv«uti MllMH wkI al hl«he»l prt»« for
MlllliC.
TUB !••* AMERICAN Hrwd. Ai rtuntf
M Dm rilfTlBUk M diT«'»l«bl« M !»»• I'ly-
nciuUi tUxi where the Pllciinu landed and
tmm vbldi ihar darit* UMir nam*.
PARKS'
Bred-To-Uy
Barred
Plymouth
Rocks
Are hmeikM'% OMeU
tmi Crratrst
Uyfaig Strain
NOW CELEBRATING THEIR
35TH ANNIVERSARY
In IftI*. U batis af«ra#rd l<ut H an* a
Afu* a r*^n of Caraful Belcrtlon. Trap-
nMting and I' edicrfrii^c for K<;(;S. thay'f*
Mad* and hotd al«ut all tit* WORU>'8
CeRTiriKI) ROCK LATINO R>:euRus.
TIM Stral* That Laid Thtir Way late
Pat«l*rtty.
BEST EGGS Half Price After May 20
BEST CHICKS Half Price After Jnoe 1
BEST BREEDERS Half Price After May 20
Vo 12 WMk Old Stock nntU Jaly 16th
SMh AnnttaraaiT Ctrrular KRKB. L«rsi
«ap>rt«liUd caulocu* booklat. U«k
J. W. Pirks. Box E, AllMBa, Fa.
"■iVl^ s. c. brown leghorns
UORT DARK
Won 17 First PrtsM
At Otab MMt. 01*T«l*Dd. December. 1023
and Boston, Jaaiuxy, 1024
Soad for achrdule of matinxa and winntnK
«BOVC BILL PODLTBY YARDS
\VM. KLLKKY HKHillT. Owner
Box B WALTHAM. MASS.
White Wyandottes
Sa C. Ra la RCdS
White Onrtngtoiis
Colanbian Rodit
Jersey RlaelL Giants
HAAVBT V. BTBELT
Get my Bill of Particulars.
I may be that fellow you are
l<>okinjf for.
Maj contra stepping croas the fields.
Sratterinc her poaiea
Krom her apron's atore that yielda
LadieH* lorks and meadow rue.
Hiitterrupa all drenched with dew.
June waitR hack, with haughty air.
Not a button does May care —
June may have her roses.
• • •
May with its chicka and flowers.
• • a
Are vou doing your very beat every day!
• • •
Slackers will never win at New York or
HoHton.
• • a
You are just in the sIno ran class until you
hsve proven otherwise.
^ • •
It is both chick and apple blossom time in
this garden section of the world.
• • •
Thought followed by vigori ua action brings
results every time.
• • •
Time now for the Jun© briilos to begin
iteli*! ting the grooms.
• • •
If you want to get the hen fever, visit one
of the many famous plants of our breeders.
• • •
Tin re are seasons for everything except
opt'ortunity. Opportunity's season is today
and every day.
• • m
A aetting or two of hatching eggs are a
n'nind yearly irive!>tmcnt for breeders who
aim to improve their stork and make prog-
ress. Buy fr<m EvirybodyM* advertisers.
• a •
Next best thing to doing big things is do-
ing little things well.
m • m
If every month of the year were May we
would wi«h to live a thousand years, and
thi'n some.
• • •
In three more months Xhv fall show season
will be here. Only three more months be-
fore you can show the results of your efforts.
• • •
For good lu<'k you want to have a hen with
n rlutcli of fine < hicks housed close to your
l>a<-k door. They are friendly neighbors as
well.
m • •
Think what you please, but put a premium
upon your sj>ee(h.
• • •
If this is your tenth year in the chicken
business you are now able to roalize that
there are still some things you have to learn.
It usually takes about ten years of breeding
to appreciate this fact.
a a a
Nineteen twenty three had 365 opportuni-
ties of 24 hours each: 1924 being leap year
adds one more day. and who knows but what
— your opportunity.
a • •
The coming Boston Show will commemorate
the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of America'a
First Poultry Show. Let us all try to maice
this a record event.
• • •
The breeder who combines Standard qual-
ity with production is the one who makes his
poultry pay. Neither one alone will bring
Kreatest results.
• • 9
Criticism isn't ao bad after all. It ahowa
that somebody is interested in your work.
It's awful to bo ignored.
• • *
The roMignation of Wm. H. Manning aa
KUptriritendent of the New York State Fair
is greatly regretted. Health and peraonal in-
terefts must have first consideration.
• • %
Generosity ia the finest, best mannered
and most obnervant trait that any one can
lortunately possess.
• • •
Better baby chicks, better quality breeding
and production is yearly improving this in-
duitry and making poultry keeping more
popular.
Drevenstedt, in the American Fancier, coa.
lents very favorably upon our editorial
'Some Mattera for Consideration." Etwt.
odys aims to assist and protect every bran/i!
body
of the poultry industry
e^ery braoek
Arrange to attend the American Poultry
Ashociation annual meeting August 5 to 8 l7
cluaivei, at Toronto. Canada. An attractira
program ia being arranged.
• • •
Chickens often die in the shell. But mot* *
go<»d intentions than chickvtis do that. ^^
• • •
Give a helping hand. Start some boy «•
girl neighbor with a netting of eggs. H«h
to make more ami better breeder.n. Help t«
popularize StandarJ-bred poultry.
• • •
Europe must have had a tough time g^
ting along before Columbus di.*«covered ua.
a • •
Prolo.t the birds. The dove brings pea-t
and the stork brings tax exemptions.
a • •
Spring is advancing and the breeders «h«
are not energetically advcrtixing in Evfry
bodys ate missing a great opportunity.
• • •
In making up your list of future exbibiti
don't overlook th»' Hanover Fanners' Exhi .
bition in September. I'articularg later.
... \
When they ro ndjust taxc«. they alvayi i
put the accent on the "ad" instead of tb« '
"juvt." ■
9 • * >
If you wish to make a success of yo«r
!>• ultry venture you will want to fully roa-
"iiler these three evsenti.il.s : quality, exhibit-
ing and advertising. Kach is an essential to
your KUrross.
• • *
Your not having the convenience to hstck '
chi< ks does not eliminato you a^ a poultry
k«'«per these days. Baby rhi< ks of quality 1
all ready to grow and mature into profit pay |
ini; poultry can be bought at reasonabif {
]>rices.
• • m
The man who raixe* fruit. I think.
.Should I all him.self a lucky gink:
Uei ah\ay« shakes a nasty limb
And all the peaches fall for him.
• • •
Our respects to Artist Schilling, the cuts
be ha<« made thiH season are natural in pose,
life-like and wondt-rful creation?* in art and
finish. .Such work is commendable for its
beneficial efforts to the entire poultry in-
dustry.
a • *
The latent definition of an egg ia: "chicken
not yet."
a • •
Kgg^ and poultry are two of the most ta-
l><»rtant and necessary it<ms in the daily food
supply of the world. Year by yi-ar their coo-
•-umption is nearly doubling. i'oultry and
egg pr^'duction offers every one a home bu»i-
nesa that can be made a success.
• • *
The world that we are living in
Is mighty hard to beat:
We get a thorn with every rose.
But aren't the rosea sweet t
m • •
Just try a three month's classified ad is
Kverybodys and you won't have any dull sea-
son. These little ads cost little, but they
pull strong.
9 • •
Shipping conditions for stock, eggs aud
baby chicks have been greatly improved.
Shipping in perfect safety is as near lbs
idt>al as it can be.
• a *
It is never too late to do what you should
do. If late you may not accomplish all thf
results hoped for. but the very fact that yoo
are up and doing will prove of advantage.
% • •
A farm journal says Adam was the flrtt
gardener and his garden was ruined by ibt
first chicken.
9 • *
We can always learn something new •^•'[J
day of our lives if we are observant. f<x»<|
listeners and give due consideration to sU
matters h»'ard and read.
m • •
The past winter started in very respectabU
but it hung on and grew most disaicreeaW*
and most likely placed a limit upon tM
number of early chicks hatched. Keep hales-
ing. Do not let the crop be a short one.
WHEN AND HOW TO CAPON IZE '
Kow, the time of year does not
make any difference, except that Feb-
ruary and March fowls, operated on
in' April, will cost little through the
summer and will .»^ell well at Christ-
mas time, as prices are always sure
to be quite high at that time of year.
Late-hatched chickens, operated on
late in October, will make, you will
find, splendid table fowl.s the follow-
ing April, and, as I have said before,
during the interim they will take the !
place of old hens in protecting incu-
bator chicks for certainly one of the
great advantages of caponizing cock-
erels is the gentle, placid nature they
develop. Put a capon upon a nest
at night and tuck as many as eigh-
teen chicks, just out of the incubator
under him. and he will wake up next
morning with every quality of an
ideal mother scratching for and feed-
ing his babies in the most approved
way. Besides, he will never dream
of deserting his happy little family.
In this way he can be made to more
than pay for his food while growing,
which he does rapidly enough, reach-
ing ten or twelve pounds in weight.
As his frame retains its normal size
the addition is all meat of a very de-
licious flavor and as tender as that
of a squab broiler.
One thing sure, the advisability of
adding this branch of the business to
the farm or to the poultry yard must
entirely depend upon the possibility
of getting the work done and the cer-
tainty of a good market demand.
Now, as to the first steps in capon-
izing. Select such cockerels as you
intend to caponize, confining them in
a clean, and airy coop or room with-
out either food or water. I think the
best time to confine them is early
morning, as their long fast will then
end about noon, of the following day
at which time the operation is best
performed. Should it be a cloudy or
wet day do not caponize them but
let the operation go, if possible, until
you have a bright and fair day. It
is necessary that you have all light
possible. If it be a cloudy day and
you decide not to caponize, the fowls
may be given a little water and food
if you think it really neces.sary, but
you will find it much better to avoid
this if possible, as it is very desirable
to have their intestines quite empty.
This allows the testicles to be more
readily seen, besides giving the opera-
tor much more room in which to per-
form his work. All cockerels, as soon
as they have been caponized, should
be marked with numbered leg bands
or a poultry punch. Either one, you
will find, a very good means of mark-
ing so that a record may be kept of
them. The top of an ordinary barrel
^11 meet all the requirements as an
operating table, it admits of the fowl
being easily secured, brings it to the
proper height for the operator to
work — in brief makes as good a table
•• can be desired.
First Prise Peo. Eci Production Claaa. Mick. Suie Fak. 1923
Brmd and own*d by Q. Dm Vrtea
Chicks
From World's
Champion
Laying Blood
Chicks
American Hollywood Thi Improved English
Single Comb White Leghorns
Our Famoua Lefhorna ar* the Real American SUndard Br«d Utility Buaineta
birda. They are winnera at National Egg Laying Conleala, Poultry Showa and
Sute Faira, They are the real egg type birda, with long, deep wedge-ahaped
bodiea. clean refined heada.big lopped comba. keen alert eyea.
They poaaeaa Standard and great Eigg-Bred QualitieaCombined.
Over 4000 wise investors purchased their baby chicka fn>m
DeVriesGrandview Poultry Farm in 1923; and are proud owners,
for their investment brinjts bi»t returns. Inif llijteni chick buyers,
all over America take no chances, but buy real contmrrciul
Le>{horns from us: for they want f>r^uiu. rrs that lay lunlr white
e>iM» in bijt quantities, and that command premium prices.
These buyers have confidence in the ('.raniivjpw Pr«>duct and in
their honest business dealings and in jjeuiiiji what ihey order
when they want them.
Mm^ mf •«« a/ amr
910 Pulleta Bring $1,038.90 in One Month
I will be in the markrt for J.'iiiu or 4.«J0 day old chicks^
From the 2.W«»> chicks NmUbt (roni you last Si<ring I raised
«»I0 pullets. In DrcemlMT we Uatherrd 17 211 ;«v •" •:LI\
atteof 555 perday The month a Income was II t'.w w ihis
you will are is a little over 61% production, whu h is pretty
dood. don t you think? ■ .Sltfned FRKDLAROS. Hart. Mich
Buya $200 Worth of Chicka, in Four Month*
la Offered $1,500 for Them
•Last Sprinjl I Umnht I,<"i tfrade A chicks from you and
have over WK» pullets 4 months old I douht If there •'^•nv
finer pullets in Ohio, or their equal •"> wh«-re I was oHered
12 25 each for them hy a buyer from Oiford. O They are such
AboT* is a pbo««nfr«l>h «»f >»« H»«k»«
.Slr*tn l.«thurvw lakm on <;«Mfal • l««
Karni. I. I . N. Y Mr (kmM writ.*
S2 25each for them ny a Duyer irom "iiuiu. w ....,-.. — y^^ ■•^g^ rhirk* arrivvtl on d*i«
Z.ri-ntional lartfe pullets, healthy and vigorous, and were ortJ»r.«l 1 wWh i.. \hmik f.«i to* your
ra.,e.i with less th.^n 5% •- ^^,^^ Cincinnati ohto^ ':^':::'i'-^L--x:;ir:::xrd
Vlrfiin F4W Farms. Baldwin. L I.N Y . •'j'*^- P« >••"» u. »..t ,ma '
chicks purXsed from you are the hrst I ever t<m<htY.j«r^^^ ,^, f„or c»»o, .n..rvr,..,
look for my order attain In 1'I24 " White H.Hisr KM harmv pIiPF Z^u^ .. •»»• i.r--i .nJ
Se Plain Minn .writes.-Your2.5-»»chicksarrthrl-.st lever I I\I^Li n„^,',h,,|, «,.!„. p..t
W- hkvr hundr«l« of l«tl«T« likB Xh—m In our ••tmWt.hmrni %tx*\ our f •m-m. U,h« ia>
We Wire Answer On Rush Order*
We have enlanM our plant this year awl arr in posiiN.n to furoUh our cvt-
tomers. Jid aod^. with real etf bred certlfted cbkk. when they want thrm
20 'SKI quality chicks every Monday n,. ,k..i.. .*.t. k««
Wnle or wir« us your r*q«iir«m«nU lod.f foe oMiilr clwchs. slat* Kow
. , many you want and wkan you want lb«m.
n^4^JZ^r DeVHa* Grand»iew Poultry Farm. Bo. E . Zealand. Michigan
'J.'StfjTmiT:'. ^* ^ " Mmmbmr tntmrnatianal Bab, Chirk >4.sor.ar«o«.
fr^m* »/*»#• *^ ^^ ^___ „«^ _ — ^-^ — ^ — — — ~" ~^~ ^^ ~"~ """ ""^ "~"
MAIL COUPON FOR BIG FREE CATALOG
DeVRIES GRANDVIEW POULTRY FARM. Boa K , Zeeland. Mich.
I Ontlemen I'lcaae send me. f.e. and without oWlaatloo your tM free . a.aWnt
I
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Hay, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
483
I
!
White Diarrhoea
Remarkiible Experience of Mr*.
C. M. Bradthaw in Prevcnl-
■ig White Diarrhoea
The following letter will no doubt
be of utmost interest to poultry rais-
ers who have had serious losses from
White Diarrhoea. We will let Mrs.
Bradshaw tell of her experience in
her own words:
•'Gentlemen: I see reports of so
many losing their little chicks with
White Diarrhoea, so thought I would
tell my experience. I used to lose a
great many from this cause, tried
many remedies and was about dis-
couraged. As a last resort 1 sent to
the Walker Remedy Co.. Dept. 390,
Waterloo, la., for their Walko White
Diarrhoea Remedy. I used two 50c
p*ck*K«a. r»i»e<l auo Wh»l« Wy»ndotle« ftnd
a«vrr lo«t on* or had one tick after fivlnc
the medicine and my chickens are Urir«r and
h«>elthirr then •▼»t before. I have found Ihie
conipaoj thoroQffaljr reliable and alwayi fat
the remedy by return mall." — Mn. 0. M.
Bradihaw. Beaconifleld. Iowa.
Caoie ol White Diarrhoea
White Diarrhoea is caused by the
Bacillus Bacterium Pullonim. This
germ is transmitted to the baby chick
throufrh the yolk of the newly hatched
egg. Readers are warned to beware
o? White Diarrhoea. Don't wait un-
til it kills half your chicks. Take the
"stitch in time that saves nine." Re-
member, there is scarcely a hatch
withoat aome infected chlrka. Don't let
lhe«e few inffct ynor entire flock. Prevent
It Give Walko In all drinking water for the
flr»t two we«>ka and yon won't loee one chick
where you lott hundreds before. Thaae let-
Mrs proTt It:
Never Loal a Single Chick
lira. L. L. Tarn. Burneltn Creek, Ind..
writM: "I have lott my ahare of chlrka
frwa White Diarrhoea. Finally I sent for
tw« pAckaffes of Walko. I raiaed over 500
ticks and I never lost a alnfl* chick from
bit* Diarrhoea. Walko not only preventa
WhiU Diarrhoea, but It fivea the chicka
Btrengtii and vifor; they deralop qnicksr and
feather earlier."
Never Lett One After First Dom
Mrs. Ethel Rhoadea. Shenandoah. Iowa,
wiitaa: "My Arst incahator chicka. whan
kat a faw daya old. bsfan to die by the
<— as with White Diarrhoea. I tried differ-
•at rsaiedies and was about discouraved with
tka chicken boslneaa. Finally. I sent to the
Walker lUmedy Co.. Waterloo. Iowa, for a
box of their Walko White Diarrhoaa Remedy.
It's jnat the only thlnr for thia terrible
diasase. We raiaed 700 thrifty, healthy
ehlcka and never loct a aingls chick after the
flrst 4os«."
Yoo Rod No Risk
Wt will send Walko White Diarrlioaa
lady entirely at our risk — poatac* pre-
paid— an yon can see for yoaraelf what a
woadartrorkloff remedy It la for Wbita Diar-
rlM«a In baby chicka. So yon can prora—
as thottaanda have proran — that It will atoo
your loaaea and double, treble, even quaa-
rvple your proflta. Send SOc for a box of
Walko, or SI .00 for extra larr* box — five l|
In all drlnkinc water for the flrst two weeka
and watch reaulta. You'll find yon won't
loae one chirk where you loet hundreda be-
fore. It's a positive fact. We guarantee It.
.The Leavitt k Johnaon National Bank, the
•Idest and atrongeat bank in Waterloo. Iowa.
alanda back of thia cv*nintee. Yon run no
riak. If yoo don't And It the freateat little
chirk aaver you ever oaed, your money will
bo Inttanlly refunded.
Wiler Reaedy C«., Dcyt 390 Witerloo, Iowa
THE SELECTION OF PUL-
LETS FOR LAYING TESTS
Miss N. B. Maddlson
There is so much in these daya
that is written and discussed about
the "handling system" of choosing
the best layers, that perhaps by the
beginner, and also by others that de-
pend too much on the figures on the
score card at utility shows, it is over-
looked that it is one's eye and not
one's hand that is required to do
most of the choosing. Keen observa-
tion mu.^Jt be practiced; the hands
can come later.
The part which first attracts my
attention is the head, and I consider
head points the most useful guide,
either in picking out the pulkts or
the year-old hens. The alert, bright
red eye, set high in the head, short
beak, though head rather long and
thin, the breast wide, and the body
deep and long, the tail being carried
at an angle of about forty-five de-
grees, so that it adds to the length
of the bird. The Uil itself should
be neat and not too large, while the
legs should be of medium length set
well apart.
Coarseness of bone is undesirable,
but the birds must not lack size, as
this invariably means small eggs and
lack of sUmina. It is generally con-
sidered that small birds lay the most
eggs, though I find it is my largest
Rhodes that make the best records,
one pullet which has laid 246 eggs
and is still, at the time of writing,
laying, weighs five and one-quarter
pounds.
In handling the bird it is the tex-
ture that should first be studied; fine
small scales on the legs and soft
sinews; tht feathers should be tight,
with not too much feathering on the
thighs. The comb and wattles fine,
and as the bird comes into lay I like
to see the comb grow. I consider
the large comb birds the best layers
(in single comb birds) and small
combs denote broodines.«s. Fineness
of pelvic bones and the distance be-
tween the pelvic and breast bone
should be studied, but the novice can
easily be led astray here if the birds
are to be picked out several weeks
before they come into lay.
The pullets should have an abund-
ance of vitality and energy, and from
the start they should always be un-
der one's eye and handled frequently
to see they are keeping in good con-
dition and to get them accustomed to
being picked up. The tamer the
bird the better she lays. Nervous
and timid birds are thought to be
poor layers, but the attendant is
often responsible for the tempera-
ment, and I do not consider it a guide
in choosing the layer; though if she
is made tame you will be able to get
the best out of her.
Pullets should be plump when they
first come into lay, it enables them
to bear the strain of heavy produc-
tion in winter, and the right sort sel-
dom remains too fat.
To be entered for the November
test the heavy breeds should be
hatched about the beginning of
March and the light breeds a fort-
night later. One wants to pick out
the bird.>< that aro just coming into
lay or the ones that have not lai<l
more than half a dozen cg^s. The
rate of maturity can be somewhat
controlled by feeding. They are pul-
lets in highly productive stock that
are inclined to mature too quickly,
and if you can check production these
birds will make the best records.
There are always a number of im-
mature birds sent to laying tests,
probably the fault lies in not suffi-
ciently understanding the feedinjf;
the pullets should be gradually
brought on to a laying mash, and be
put on to the full mash about a fort-
night before they are dispatched.
Care should be taken that hampers
are not over-crowded. Even after
arrival the birds probably have to
wait several hours before they are
unpacked, and if they become over-
heated this may lead to a partial
moult. As a final word, I would say
that all these points are very simple
when studied on paper, but in prac-
tice, when one's object is to pick five
out of a possible fifty or more bird.i.
it is "some nice" work; but if it
were not so it would never be so in-
teresting.
Editor's Note — The ahnre ia taken from
itu* Nati'nal I'ntiltry Journal (England) and
i« an arti«'l*» of worth and ed^'ire iciven by a
very capable breeder whoae aucceaa ia well
known. Layinir rontesta are very popalar
and are Kainini; daily in popular favor ia
our own country ao that this foreiirn advire
will prove very interestinn both to thoae
who aim to enter aome official texts aa well
as to all breeders who aim to imrtrove the
cfiC prodacinc qnalitles of their birds. Every
l.rtMvler rnn and should aim to improve to
the hUhcnt standard the quality and pro-
durtioti value of his birds. This rombina
tion aseures the best reaalts from every
viewpoint. — H. P. Schwab.
COMBINE GRIT, PERSE-
VERANCE AND JUDGMENT
FOR POULTRY SUCCESS
Go into the business cautiously
and carefully and only after mature
deliberation. Don't be in a hurry,
make haste slowly. Don't be over
sanguine. Many beginners almost
expect the old hen to lay golden eggs.
When disappointments come you can
bear them better if you do not come
in with a sanguine rush. Bear in
mind that success is only the result
of hard work, mentally and physi- I
cally. You will not become famous
in a day, and you never will, if you
imagine that all you nee4 do is to
throw a few handfuls of grain daily ^
to your fowls. Unless you pursue
the right course you will never attain
to eminence as a breeder. If you ex-
ercise grit and perseverance and
judgment, you will by and by reach
the top round of the ladder, then you
will occupy a position of which you
can justly feel proud.
PRESERVING EGGS I
Every year about this time we be-
gin to get requests to say something
about preserving eggs. The process
is well understood and the best meth-
ods have been developed and tested
until this matter has become quite
common. Below we give the be.-t
method that has yet bei-n discovered:
Use pure water that has been thor-
oughly boiled and then cooled. To |
each ten quarts of water ad»l one j
quart of water glass. Pack the eggs
in a jar and pour the solution over
them, covering well. Keep the eggs
in a cool place; a dry, cool cellar is
good. If the eggs are kept too warm
the silicate is deposited and the eggs
mre not properly protected. Do not
wash the eggs before packing, for by
so doing their keeping quality is in-
jured probably by dissolving the
mucilaginous coating on the outside
of the shell. For packing, use only
perfectly fresh eggs, for stale eggs
will not be saved and may prove
harmful to the others.
Water glass is a very cheap pro-
duct. One gallon will make enough
solution to preserve fifty dozen eggs,
so the cost of material for this
method would only be about one cent
a dozen. If wooden kegs or barrels
are used in which to pack the eggs,
they should first be thoroughly
scalded with boiling water to sweeten
aad purify them.
SCALY LEG
Scaly leg is a disease which comes
altogether from carelessness. It is
caused by a minute insect which bur-
rows under the scale on the shanks
and caus^es the shanks to assume a
rough and ragged appearance. This
trouble never comes where the
perches are regrularly painted with
kerosene as the oil kills the mites
before they can get a strong hold on
the birds. When it appears, a thor-
ough greasing with almost any oil or
with lard will stop the work of the in-
sects and prevent further operations.
It is well to take preventive measures
and grease the shanks of all the fowls
two or three times a year. Where
large flocks are kept, in such a man-
ner, the disease has no chance to
appear. — H. J. R.
WORMS IN FOWLS
Worms in fowls have been very
uncommon until within a few years.
There are quite a number of worms
which find their homes in the intes-
tines of poultry, but usually not in
numbers enough to cause any serious
trouble. Of late we have heard of
a good many cases which plainly in-
dicated the presence of these para-
sites. If the fowls seem weak and
sluggish and begin to fall off in flesh,
it is likely that worms are the cau.se
of these conditions. Give a dose of
castor oil in which half as much tur-
pentine has been mixed and withhold
feed for a day. — R. S. E.
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May, 1924
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THE NATIOHAL POULTIT IKSTITUTE
0*9^ It-t WAtNIMaiON. 0. C.
l^^wciEral^
There h»« \>v>en ft gjent deal of diRcussion
St to bred to Uy and fancy poultry lately
and youra truly \% one who hft» been claiminic
that the so railed utility end of the buninesii
waa betni; ov«rclone. I believe this because
it ran lead to but one thine over production
and with that will come low prices for ejcira.
That means diNcouragement and a lot of k<kx1
men qtiittinK the poultry business with the
name old crv, "There's nothing in it."
• • •
However, it is a well known fact that not
only pouItr>' •>"! hog. dairy. ].igoon and horse
breederi" are all wi rkinjc ftlonjc the lines of
production. The dftiryraen get their high
prices for bull calves from cows that have
made eood records. I£<>|t buyers are after
stock from thone that have made good pro-
duction records along the lines of prolificacy
and quick growth. Horses are judged by
their actual pulling power now as well as by
their looks, conformation and action. Squai)
breeders are also working along the same
line, and so it goes.
Bears Roebuck Co.. of Chicago, have in-
stalled one of the strongeat radio distributing
stations in the country. It is under the
supeoision of the Sears Roebuck Agricul-
tural Foundation, with the broadcaj'ting pro-
grams in charge of Mr. Hill- Mr. Bill, who
is thoroughly familiar with what the farmer
wants and needs has recogniied poultry and
yours truly is broadcasting twice a week
from atation WL8. The wave length i^ 34.1.
These talks are, so far, put on at noon, but
by the time this is in print they will prob-
ably be a part of the evening programs.
The Radio is destined to be one of the great-
est educators yet produced. Radio fans get
a little tired of straight musical programs
and derive a great deal of satisfaction in lis-
tening to the lectures, sermons and practical
talks now being put on bjr the various radio
stations.
• • e
The writer is now living at Glen Ellyn, 111.,
one of the finest little towns in the country,
iust twenty three miles west of Chicago's
loop.
Saturday evening we sat and listened in on
a j>rogram from New York that came through
the Searii Roettuck station as clear as if they
were in the next room. We heard Arthur
Itriot.ane. INter H Kyne. "Hugs" Hear, and
many other notables tell what they think of
the future of the radio. "Bugs" Baer, who
is a humorist, said that the radio was nothing
new. a^ Adam, when he took a rib and made
Kve was but nutking a loud speaker out of a
^pare part.
• • e
Everybody*' readers will be sorry to learn
of the death of Mrs Ben K. Adams. Ben has
the sympathy of all and we only wish there
wai Hoinething we could do or say that might
make the load seem easier.
• • •
Ren is a candidate for Congress from his
diKtrict with a good chance of being elected.
Mm. Adams was a leading factor in the
women's organisations of .South Carolina and
wan doing some good work for Ben's cam-
paign.
• • e
Mr. Barber, in "The Casserole," last
month does not just agree with what we had
to say regarding the farmers running a brood
of the heavier breeds through their brooders
for broiler purposes. It is a fine plan, espe-
cially for thoae who raise L^ghornn. Leghorn
chicks placed in the brooders May first will
mature in fine shape for all that is expected
of them next fall and winter. There is no
reason why the farmer, or any other breeder,
cannot start a bromi of some of the heavier
bre.'ds about February 25 or March 1 and by
the time the Leghorns are due the others
will be largo and old enough to be taken
away from the brooders, placed in the colony
houses and finished off as broilers.
• • •
Rroilera ready for market May 1 will bring
a top price and bring a good profit.
• • •
The rank and file are waking up to the
facts regarding vitamines and are beginning
to realize that these growing vitamines must
be fed to the chicks while young. Experi-
ments in England showed that more good
along thin line could be done by giving them
the proper vitaminea when quite young, than
later.
• e •
One of the most important for growing
stock is known as vitamine B.
A. F. Rolf, of Detroit, lays in one of y.
recent valuable bulletins. "The chick can
make no growth or develoitment excebt
tlir< ugl' the use of nutritive elementa cm.
tained in its foo<i. The wholo matter of
its health, gn^wth and future value dep«o4
upon furnishing feed which contains ererr
fa«tor in the right projfortion. If the fc«4
is deficient in any element, that deflcieort
will determine the chick's limit of abilitj foV
proper development. On the other hand, m
excess of almost any of the elements will
subject the digestive system to a strain,
lower vitality and give undesirable results
generally.
"I'.se the best commercial starting ma»k
obtainable and sui>pIoment it with a chick
R<ratch feed which contains good, sound
'weet grain. It is impractical, if indeed not
impossibV, to build a 'home made' mixtare
whifh will be as good as the best corom«>rcia]
chick nia.she.s now on the market."
Mr. Rolf goes on to say that «<« the pro-
ductive capacity of the chicken was gradtulU
increased, we came to know that scrat<.*h
alone would not supply enough nourishment
to produce satisfactory reaults. This brought
about the development of the mash feeds
through which we can furnish more proteins
and vitamines.
Later as we have acquired knowledge re-
garding the growth of baby chicks, we havs
dincovered that a mixture of grain, milk and
meat products, which make up most chirk
rations, is nearly always deficient in vita-
mine B.
In looking about for other sources whereby
this important vitamine B could be found it
was discovered that yeast was one of tha
most potent sources of vitamine B. It is
now on the market in what is called the dead
form, that is so that it furninhes the vita-
mines but lacks the fermentation propertice
of live yeast. It ia a valuable adjunct to aay
mash feed and being used in such small
quantities makes a very reasonable food or
adjunct to any ration.
• • •
A gf od help for leg weakness is to mix
some good chick mash with tomato jaica
every other day. Do not feed sloppy, but
mix to a crumbly consistency.
• • e
Cod liver oil is also high in vitamine B
but we do not know at this time just how
expensive it ia.
• • •
We have had a few complaints from breed-
ers who have been using table scraps and
were having the chicks show bowel trouble,
and they then blamed the feed.
• • •
Bowel trouble in chicks, ia, as a rule, but
a svmptom of digestire diHorders.
• • a
Table scraps should be handled with rare.
Canned vegetables left in a tin of any kind
are very apt to develop ptomaine with re-
sultant troubles.
» • *
Never feed any tainted table scraps or yoa
are sure to have trouble.
• • •
Begin saving your nickels for the Ameri-
can Poultry .\s8ociation meeting at Toronto
in August. The Hon John Martin is making
Kome great plans for entertaining the crowd
and we hope to see a large attendance.
• • •
Fresh, clean table scraps such as the dry
scraps and side dishes or vegetables can be
used to advantage if not allowed to stand
and spoil. They are best used if run through
the kitchen meat grinder and then mixed
with some of the chick mash for the chicks
or egg mash for the hens.
• • e
Yours truly, after ten years as secretary
of the National Poultry Show. Chicago, has
resigned that position. Stress of other work
has f<trced us to do this. We have tried to
give the exhibitors of this country a show
that was a real breeders' show; a P'*'**
where the small breeder felt that he could
show and get a fair chance to win, and it
has always been a pleasure for us to see
some small, unknown breeder come in with
a good bird and get in the ribbons alongside
our best and biggest breeders. I shall con-
tinue on the board of directors and do what
I can to help the National along, but havt
merely passed up the mass of detail work
that goes with the job of secretary.
• • •
C. J. Behn, formerly the live wire secre-
tary of the Barred Rock Club, has been
elected secretary of the National and h«
should make a good one. Traine<l in ahow
work, book work and a hustler and knowing
so many breeders and what they expect from
a show manager he ought to make a succest-
ful secretary and bring the Chicago National
still closer to the ton of the poultry ahow
liat of this country. Mr. Behn will hare n«J
only my bewt wishes, but my hearty support
in every way )iossible.
t •
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAG.AZINE
I I
485
The man or woman that would not appra-
riate the April issue of Everybodys Poultry
Maratine would cerUinly be hard to please.
if there i" anything that was overlooked that
was seasonal, I failed to find or discover it.
• • •
One ran always tell when "Ted" Hale
Kas finished up his show work. He turns his
thooghts to other directions and always has
some mighty interesting dope m his Heno-
craphs along with his special article.
• * • •
Harold F Barber's digest of the other
papers is s..me handy stuff It save, a lot
flf Veading on the part of the poultryman and
he puts forth his criticism in a most inter-
esting way. ...
That thought of "Oiarlie" Cleveland
about getting the baby chicks on the ground
Thould sink deep into the minds of every
t»oaltrvman. Keeping hens penned up at all
leasons of the year may bring a lot of eggs.
hut I would h'te to try an.l breed good chi. k
«ns from the hens so treated.
• • •
You can not get the youngsters on the
rround any too soon to suit these little
bunches «»f down. They must have Old
Mother Earth if you plant vigor in their
makeup. . ♦ •
Harrv Lewis has some mighty good stuff
about the contests but he sh.»uld not leave
out the big Puyallup contest where some
great records have been made. I know that
it takes lots of space but it is space well
filled.
The trapnest is making a \>ig liar out of
many advertisers who claim trapnest fowls.
To trat nest is easy but to make three hun-
dred egg records is another utory. The mere
advertising of trapnest fowls means little in
this day and a^e.
H the aver.ige poultryman would trapnest
bis breeders and cull out nil of those that
failed to lay. there would be loss boarders
in the averag..' ba< kyard.
Getting three hundred egg hens is some
accomiilishnient. I saw one lady get just
one out of two hundred, that pullet laid 32-
hut her next nearest sister '-nly pr<H|iic.««l
•-•5»5. another pullet manage<l to lay T2 eggs
in the same time, fed m the same way and
kept in the same house.
Breeding fowls to lay is a big accomidish
meat but the most important thing before the
poultry in<luHtry to^lay is finding a market
for the large number of vgtr* that are being
produced, at a price that will pay.
,\ few dollars placed in advertising would
bring about a gr»»ater demand for eggs and
poultry and that would take all of th« hen
fruit t!iat America can produce. There is
not an over production of eggn and fowls but
there is an under consumption. We will not
have accomplished our rcHil w«»rk until the
l>o|.ulation is measured at one egg per day
for each inha)>itant. When that is accom-
plished then we may talk about over produc-
tion.
<»ne cent for each hen kept, used in adver-
tising, would make eggs as popular as Doug
las Fairbanks <mnd Mary Pickford. Advertis
ing IS what made them. Seeing this couple
on the screen each day made tneir names a
household word.
If we poultrymen would put a dish of ham
and eggs on the screen aach day for one
month, in every movie house in the United
States, we would not be able to fill the de-
mand. The price of hogs would rise at once
and so »-ould egg*.
A'lvertising is the life of all trade If it's
bad advertising, like that turned out in Wash
injcton. the people will win anyway. There
are lots of men and women in these I'nited
Stateit that are independent when it comes to
fioliiirs and this advertising at Washington
will no doubt bring out a third party that
^•M give these independents a party m«»re
to ihe;r liking.
• • •
Every once in a while some man will rise
in hu mighty feelings and try to tell some
ene how things should be done. Like the
bankers all know how to farm and the farmer
is sure be could run a bank. W E. D. Stokes.
• man with money and a deabr m rhicken
flesh. i« out in a tirade against the poultry
• how. He tells the poultrymen that they are
ruined if they follow their present course.
He does not tell us what to do but tells us
what we are doing is all wrong.
Quality and "Pep"
is what you get when you buy "Sunuyside" strain Baby Chicks, EfC« or Mature Stock-
Remember there is :t5 years of .-sreful breeding and trapncstmg behind tbis •'.rain.
"Stmnyslde" birds are the foundation «f a large number of the best laying f|i>ck« In
this country. If you purchase komc of our
Baib>^ Ctilcks in Xtety
you will be laying a foundation from which vou will reap a hardest netl winter when
tho price <f eggs is high, as Sunnyalde Birds can and do lay in the eold winter
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180-200 egg bred $10 [ 180-200 egg bred $23
27
35
start noA- with K^rgs. Itaby (Miii ks or Mature Stork that
will produce bii: diviilends ft>r you.
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ft«jH>ri JO I*' rwfil «IlM*»iiil '>n S to 13
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Mty, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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Hatching >^'eaK of
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wHh Cheap Incubators
Remeinber. it is
not bow many you
hatch out that
counts* but bow
many you rout.
Chicks that hatch
out weah and wobbly,
and live but a few
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causethey did not hatch out with enough
vitality or strength for a good start
Queen Incubators
H^oh Chicks that Llv« and Grow
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lUriMln Is a aafr. ln«i(<m-
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i«rtiiic. yoar blrtta fit«a
('bi>t<f« and tho lnr«<ni<«is
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doBM. ir M. wiUi full tamrrtMima. arrtnso and
NMdlas II.M. Paatpald. Caataa«f« onVrlng both
Byrtego aad BaatarNi (any alto) vlll r«vvl«« niEB
a II •* pariaga oC nalM-c^vra. tho tnrri dla««ao
vrmmitm, or at OaIII-l*«ata. tho arimUflo product
Aw liilii laa. a* dMirad.
Wnia for wv nu» boeklrt. "TlnrM aod Paett
aa Pwiltry Hoalth." fay Dr. S. C. Khu«i.
AMIRieAM SCIENTiriO LABORATORIES. INC
SS Waal AaMa A«M«a. 0*at t-S Chlaaaab lU.
How Mr. Stokae fot all of thU knowledfe-
leas ktJOwledge we do not know but when a
man aita up to tell other* where they are
wTonr. be certainly abould have aoma
thougbta that would put that man on the
richt track. To tell a man he m ^on* la
like "liob" Inceraoll. who would take away
the relifion of the Cbrlatian and not pve him
anything in ita place. Tha one track tnan-a
mind i- all riEht if be wil atay on he irack
but wh.n he jtet. to rambling over tbe b,gh-
way- and the bywaya. with |'««,.*'5"*°5";
Then that man i. doing himsel little good
and jcettinn nowhere In thia world.
• • •
Poultry judges are told just bow to judfe
fowls if they fail to follow the Standard
irPeVfection .n making their awards that i.
up to the show manaceraont and not to the
"Hullrymen at large. The man ''^^o canno
j.laro award* with the prcaent Standard ol
Perfection is a poor stick.
• • •
\V. E. D. Stokes, president of the American
Meat Association, takes a h»^t J*" .^men
he poultry exhibitions, just »'»">.•" ^'J
who hove a one idea mind and that m.nd
'""M;.":s;.?k?r «;r'h'a'?Vll of the pouUry ex^
hibitions and bench shows t- M-'*"/ ^^«
dog along with Uie chicken. JI''/*>** *;;!
,h?,.herd do,:, that in «'"'^" f""^ .'?, aojs
bred to herd sheep are now 0"'^ '•^> ,' J"*?
,„d UMful only as dogs around 1?* ^ a" men
wonder how many real sliepherd dog* do men
Uke Mr. Stokes find In dog shows!
The rollie dog can be made to do an> thing
that itrowJer frains it to. If he is made a
ho'use dog. thei, be beconiej • .»;^- %«»;?, 'Jj
iralVk^n'd.^'irSo-n:* rjd 'hlf rbilf a' do
de?blt flmi*!^ have always been workers
but they left great fortune, -nd .^^^^^^
ah thinn .nd it's d..ubtfu '' »»;j "',, rce"
could make a living today if they «ere lorcea
to go out and work. „,^_- ,n#t th*v
I have bred collie dogs for year* and tney
are i '.t as useful as I make them. I h«<l
oZ old dog that saved the Uvea of two chU
dJin and one of tho.e children waa my o>»t^
They are iatchful around the place and will
drive th* cow or Pony anytime that these
animals get into places where the dogs know
fhirth%rare not allowed. My mother dog
.„ been' trained to .top a flgbt betw^n the
voung turkey toms or the young ^"^>'y«;;
knd she needs no telling but doe. this work
without any suggestion from me. My collies
Javenever\een house dog* and they seldom
ever come into the bouse ««<^«P* ^j»*° '".
vited. Doors can be left open all dAT^^fd
not one of them would think <»' <-o";>«J, '"^
The fact that these doga are not ""y' '"
the ..me fact that make, the children of the
rich so dependent and useloa. in th la word.
One family work. hard. "'•«•.,• '•""J^:
makes money and then leavea a P»>« »« ,• jj{
of u-eless people who have never been Uught
,ny form of labor. Theae people are help^
less like the same «illie dog bred In the
same wly. These rirl. from the same fami^
lie. often make great hit. for the.r beauty
at the horse show and in the model rooms ol
^^*Mr'^8u.kes makea the atatement that the
poultry show, pay no attention to meat, lie
ilays that judging in shows depends purely
on "Shape, feathers, comba and legs, and
little consideration i. given to egg or meat
production." . „
Now. what Is shape but meat! How can
you get a good shaped breast without plenty
of inMt f How can you get a good broad
bark without lots of good bone structure that
will carry lot. of meat! How ran you tell
anything about the health of a fowl without
neeing the condition of the comb! If a fowl
is well and in fine vigor, where else does the
fowl i>how it except in the comb and feath-
ers! How can a fowl do without good legs
and carry any kind of weight! Will a knork-
kneed fowl carry murh meat on its breast !
Can a bow-legged fowl carry any weight of
m«>at or be in a condition of health that will
enable it to lay eirgs!
Mr. Stoke, .ays that In Bolivia. South
America, it haa been demonstrated that tail-
less hen. lay more egg^ and their egg* are
more fertile than eggs from hens with good
tails. That has not been my experience in
over forty years with fowls. The rumples,
hen has been found on many farms. This
fowl is generally a freak but one can breed
them up to anything and the rumple., fowl
could all be made In time to throw hena with-
out tall, but it could not affect the lay of
the hen one egg per year or the fertility of
the egg when laid. No fowl carrys more tail
than a turkey and that fowl, under good con-
ditions, will lay a hundred per cent fertile
efgx. The peafowl that carries more tail
always lay. one hundred per cent fertile tmmm
when bred to the niale .he wants. ^^
To breed fowla too loosely feathered will
interfere with breeding but good breedgg^
look out for that. The Cochin fowl yru
spoiled by tho breeder, who introduced tk.
heavy feathered English blood into ««r
American Cochins but what wa. the reaalt!
You will not aee one in the poultry .howi
today. I have not seen one in any sh««
since the 1915 exposition at San Kranrisco.
The fancier will not breed a hen that will not
lay eggs because a ben will not and can not
reproduce her kind unless .he doea lay eggt.
To get back to the tailless fowl. Tkt
runipless fowl did not prove them.elvM
above the average in fertility nor did they
lay any quantity of eggs. I have wateka4
them for years and I would not breed thaa
except to have a freak in my flock, somethiag
that would go along with the bob haired giri
of today. A w<inian'8 glory is her beautiful
hair and when fhe getn too lazy to keep her
a«lorument in perfect condition, she is like a
sh»'ep and should be sheared.
Mr. Stoke, says that the true object ai
poultry breeding is the production of good
meat and lots of eggs. That is as true as
gc^p.l and that is .'"st what every i>ooltry
hhow teaches t«» tho^e who have braia*
enough to see it. Take the description of
any fowl in the Standard of perfection aa4
if they do not find the shape desoriptioai
rnrrying out these ideas, then I will eat tk<
book without either salt <.r pej.per.
Mr. Stokes says unless home changes art
made in the way premiums are awarded is
the show room, that we are g«»ijig to ruin tb«
IK>ultry industry. That is just what was
said when I first announced that Tancrad
had produced a hen that laid two hundred
and ninety five eggs. I was called a liar
from one end of the continent to the other
but juht as soon as the conteat wa. startad
Tancred fowls proved what I wrote m 1905
and to<lay no one who reads would dispute
the fact that hens do lay three hundred eggi
in this day and age. \Vh«n I commenced
raising poultry, if a hen laid ten doien eggs
iier year, that hen was considered a marvel
but today the hen that does not produce ten
dozen eggs is a boarder on one's place and
should not be kept.
There has neen more shows since the time
I started (IhTH) than in the whole history
of fowls before that date. In.stead of fowls
going backward, there never was an agt
when more beautiful, useful, egg laying, meat
producing fowls were being produced than
in the year of 1924.
If we had poultry hhows in every hamlet
in America tonwirrorw, the pe<»ple would
breed more good fowls and those fowls
would be more useful than th.y are today
even at the high peak we have reached.
Here is one quotation that Mr. Stokes sayt
that I endorse most heartily and that is a.
follows :
"In twenty Ave years, seventy five per cent
of our people will be living on vegetables.
eggi«, p<»ultry. fish and milk and red meat
will be little in use."
I believe that when the housewife reallias
the real worth of milk, eggs and poultry
meat, that we will not be able to aupj.ly the
demand. When the doctor* quit recommend-
ing pills and tell the patient to eat apinach,
cabbage, lettuce, young oniona and all kinds
of vegetables, that the health of the people
will increaae to the extent that the patent
medicine man will be aa acarce a. rood
whi.key.
To appreciate what W. E. D. Stokes Mfs
about the poultry show, one should read Mr.
Stokes' article in the Scientific Age of Marck.
The gentleman who wanta the scalea to be
the only judge in the poultry .how ha* a
tirsde against poultry exhibition, in thst
psper that would do Old Nick «ood to read.
The gentleman seems to have it in for every-
thing that is beautiful. He reminds me of s
man who would not allow a looking gl*«»
around bis home for the reason his face waj
too ugly that he did not want to be remindes
of it. This man was like the veiled propMt
who kept his face veiled and told his follow
ers that he wa. .o beautiful that he kept hta
face veiled in order to not daiile them with
his beauty. When this gink got ready to dl*.
he invited hi. followers to a great feast aad
in each cup he poured poison and about las
time he felt this poison getting in it. wort.
he exposed his hideous face to his peopj*
and informed them that he was going to die
and what wa. worse everyone at the tabW
had been poisoned and they would die w»a
him.
If we would take the advice of the sa-
called utility people, we would be fo'*^*^,*?
veil our chickens because none of us wiia
the least fsncier blood in our mske-up cooW
stand tha ugly thinic* around and then so»»
dsy. one of those chickens would lo*e '*• Jfr
and we would put out poison, kill the whole
lock and we might be so disgusted that we
MMMld take poison ourselves.
A. Mrs. Asquith said to Lloyd George. "If
I were your wife I would give you poison."
lad Lloyd George replied. "If I were your
hssband I would take it."
If wa were forced to put up with the
horror of some poultry yards. I would quit.
I have spent several w«H>k8 lately gv>ing the
rottnds of many commercial plant.s. Some of
the horrible looking cockerels I saw in those
yards would drive a man to moonshine. I
l^w some cockerels, so called utility, that
had knock knee*, bow legs, so thin in body
that they did not have fl«'>h enough on them
to hold up their tails. Instead of being high
i»i!» the vigorless coi kerels went around
with their tails dragging the ground. Look
iag st them from the stern one wi>uld come
to the conclusion th.it if su« h cockerels could
tirodaoe hens that would lay egg*, then the
egg tyi>e accepted by many hfls nothing.
\igoT and staniina is what we want in
fowls and not lack of luster in head i>oints
aod plumage. You novi-r saw a fowl with
bedraggled feathers, pale face, or lack of
losler in ear lo>es that you would breed
IrtMB if yo" knew anything about breeding.
o • •
Mrs. Klcinsmith who has made a reputa-
tion breeding Barred Plymouth R4)cks for
their egrs. i» out in a letter to Poultry Life
asking ine breeders to join her in getting an
ett laying contest started in Oregon. She
IS asking each breeder to come through with
any amount of money that they can spare to
begin auch a contest with the hope that the
Oregon legislature will appropriate enough
■oaey to carry the content on after it is
oare started.
Oregon should have a contest and each
aad every poultryman of the Webfoot State
ahoold join Mrs. Kleinsmith in her laudable
andertaking. Oregon haa thousands of
breeders who would be benefitted by such a
taataat and the fanciera would be greatly
helned by a larger interest in poultry. The
writer, although living in Washington, has
written Mrs. Kleinsmith that he w-ill donate
towards the fund and the rest of the Wash-
ington poultrymen might join in.
Oregon is a neighbor state and what will
help that section will be a real benefit to
Wskhington. What we would like to aee
is a real man or womAO placed in charge of
the contest that has no craty bone in his
make a p that makes him favor one breed over
another. We want a contest in Oregon that
will represent all breeds and it would be
well if it was ao started that there were as
many heavy fowla in the contest aa Leg-
boms.
An all Red contest would be fine, that is
on* fall house of Reds and the same thing
of Rocks and Wyandottes. It is hard to get
best results where Barred Rocks. Reds and
Wyandoiifs are all placed in the same house.
Thr»«» breeds diflTer and should have differeiit
treatment.
• • •
Idaho has organized a marketing poultry
organization with head(|iiarterH at Caldwell.
This is constructive work and it should be
backed by the poultrymen of that section of
Idaho. Idaho is a big state and it would be
a hard matter to ship all fowls from over the
•tale to such a market but the poult rynu'o
ar-und SiK)kane who have homes in that
section of Idaho can join with Spokane and
build up a great market center in that s«m--
tion. Idaho is a great poultry state. The
writer has judged all over Southern Idaho
and the possibilities I found to be gr^at for
a good poultry section.
Caldwell will also hold an egg laying con
test this year. It will bt»gin in October and
skoold be well patronized. The more trap-
asat* that the people use with their hena the
better. We are in our infancy in the egg
laying world. We are finding out a few
things about layers and a lot of things tlict
sone one claimed can not be justified by the
trap record.
If we will trap our hens, give them larger
aesU so that they will not break their plu-
mage and cause high tails and rough feath-
•ra, the time will not be long before the Leg-
horn that gels her record will hold her tail at
a normal angle instead of trying to ride her
"erk. Give a hen a fourteen inch square
■est and high tails among trapnest Leghorns
will be a thing of the past, provided we put
•ar roost fifteen inches from the back wall
•f our roosting houses. These are two things
that shows u|» the great recor<l I^i-ghorn with
• high tail.
• e •
There are certain men in the commercial
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Will tell all kinds of stories about the feed
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HELP EACH LITTLE
CHICK TO LIVE !
Feed
"CORNELL BRAND"
Buttermilk
Chick Starter
It li to well b»Unced th«t th«
rrowth of the chick becomet ▼•*'y "°»-
form. thi. bodjr lon< and "turdy. Cor-
n«U BrMd" Bntt«nnllk Oblck Starter
mftket yoMT chickt rrow to •troof and
healthy that in about three weeki
their dlf»«tlTe orrans are readj to
receive a utronfer nutrtmeat or rapid
body builder.
WriU tor Free Bookiei
"Secrets m RaiaiM Ba^T Ckkkt"
The fimple methodn •ucire»ted will
Bimiitt y<u in ifTowinf your cJilcka rap-
idly without hardly any lotae*.
BLAMBERG BROTHERS, Idc
197-E Ci— rrce Street
BALTIMORE. MARYLAND
Save Yoar Chicks
From Lice
Safe — effective — quick in its
action. Sprinkle it on the roosts
— in the cracks — in the dust
bath — on the young chicks — use
it on lousjr stock — it*8 a sure
lice destroyer,
DR. HESS
Instant Louse KQIer
kills lie* on poultry and farm atoek.
abo deatroya bucs on cucumber, squash
and mefcrn vines, cabbac* worms, ahiga
(m roaa ImmIms, etc
8oU in slftinc-iop cane — guaranteed —
1 lb. 2Sc : 2H lbs.. 60c : except in Canada
and the far West.
OIL HCSS A CUMIK,
kV«?
monthn I handled every feed on the market
«nd sampled them and had them analyzed by
the Mate chemist. Ninety per cent of the
feeds I found on the market were better than
claimed on the laifs when these feeds were
found. I wonder if the same thing ran be
•aid about any other business organiiation f
The feed men are glTing real service to the
people. They are making better feeds each
day and not trying to put anything over, be-
cause in the first place they make money on
good feeds and do not have to adulterate
the^e feeds. In the second place they will
be fined more, if caught when putting out
poor feeds, than they could make in the extra
profit. In the third place these feed men.
many of them, realire what they are doing
for the poultry and live stork industry and
thev take a real pride in having something
just a little bit better than the other fellow.
e • e
8.»ll your cockerels as fast as you can cull
them. The fryer and broiler will bring a
better price per pound than any other chick
en. Sell him on a good market and get a
good price. One can often get more for an
early one and one-half pound broiler than
they can for a full grown hen in the season
when the hens are being dumped on the mar
ket Sell on a good market but buy on a
t.oor market should be the poultryman s
slogan. , • .
When a man says that he has no choice ex^
cept for the dollars and cents, then you want
to hold on to your pocketbook when he is
around. Where dollars be the god of man or
woman, then that man or woman has a pea-
nut brain. j- ^# >
Dollars are a fine thing as a medium of ex-
change but if every poultryman had only seen
dollars when they started with fowls, there
would not be enoug^h egg« laid in this world
to feed the sick babies. It's not dollars that
always counts in this world. Many people
have lots of children that have very few
dollars. When you hear a man say that he
can not afford babies, look him in the eye
and ask why he married.
my. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
489
Have you written your congressman call-
ing his attention to the bills in Congress that
would lower the rate or duty on Chiang-
eggs t If you have nut, get bu^y at oanT
Wo i-an not compete with China in eg^t ^j
more than we can compete with the Chinaaaa
in woik or wages. President Thomas f
lligg. of the American Poultry .Vssociatioa
haw called your att«>ntion to the low d^tT
asked in the Weller bill and other bills tkat
have been introduced in Congress. Now 4«
your duty and write at once to your rn
greKsman and 8U):geMt that he he!p kill » |
fcurh bills.
It does not matter where you live jj
America, the New York market sets yo^.
]>r\rc for eggs. Let Chinese eggs comt it
without a duty and they will be dumped «,
the New York market and whether yoo Ji,,
in Alabama. Maine "r California, you wi".
feel tho jolt of low prices that will foi;„,
dumping Chinese eggs on tho New York ir»r
ket. The writer is not a high protecttoout
and never has voted that way in his ltf« ^^
there are all kind* of protection on evtry. t
thing y<Mi use in this world and if you sr* i
poultryman you have a richt to ask tks!
your calling gets the same ]>rotection acror4.
ed other rommoilities. (Jet busy and wrjt#
your senator and tell him to kill any bill tkai
would lower the duty on eggs but to tot*
for any bill that would make it iropo«»ilt;»
for Chinese eggs to come into our marketn
* • •
The election of officers of the Amerirat
Poultry Association will be about over wV.n
vou read this in your May number of Evwy
iiodys but we hope that every member wii:
avail himself of his voting privilege. Prw
dent Rigg and Vice President Nourse rt-
r»»ived a fine vote for the nomination and tt»
fact that there was no opposition shows thst
the membership in the American Poultrt
Association are ready to endor-«e the f*v<
work done by these two officers. We hnx^
that the vote is large because we believe tkst
.Me*«rs. Rigg and Nourse have deserved year
ondoriement for the good work they hsT»
accomplished for the American I'oultry A»t»
ciation.
Marketing Poultrij Products in tke Soutli
(Continued from page 471)
the avoidinj? of the payment of
freijrht, storapre or other marketing
costs on Roods that may later be
sorted out and discarded; and the
facilitation of financing:. To illus-
trate: Eggs which are carefully
graded as to size and color, thus
standardized by being placed in car-
tons of uniform size, are more easily
handled and command a much greater
price for the producer. Eggs of that
grade need not be checked over be-
fore selling for the producer takes
the risk on the shipment. All pro-
duce leaving his farm bears a num-
ber which acts as a check upon his
reliability. Eggs which have been
graded and packed into cartons, have
no additional freight, storage or
other marketing costs attached to
them through the loss of part of the
shipment due to eggs of inferior qual-
ity. It is much easier for an organi-
zation who places on the market a
standardized product to secure finan-
cing on it. No other step in market-
ing enhances the value of commodi-
ties than this one work of grading.
Thi.s makes possible sale by sample
and sale by type. Storage financing
and the whole i^ystem of warehouse
receipts are all based on the use of
generally recognized grades.
The Texas Farm Bureau Poultry
Producers' Exchange not only per-
forms this first important marketing
function, but also goes farther down
the road to the final dispersing stage.
(TEXAS) as a brand on goods ship-
ped out of this State to the greit )
markets, had fallen into disrepute be-
cau!^e of the haphazard manner in
which her poods had been handled by
people who have no interest beyond
that of greatest financial returns by
buying as cheaply as possible and
dumping for a quick turn-over in '
profit. The Poultry Producers' Ex-
change of Texas is endeavoring t<
put out a product so good in quality
so uniform in grade and so depend
able throughout, that it will demam ;
the confidence of the buyer.s. (Thes«i
eggs bear the stamp "Texas Maici
Brand Infertile.") Think of whatj
the "Sunkist" brand of the California)
Fruit Growers' Exchange is worth-
probably at least a million dollars.
Advertising has succeeded in building
up part of this enormous value butj
the standardized product which has,
been advertised has gained the re-^
spect and confidence of the trade.
The man who orders a box of "Sun-:
kist" oranges is confident that he wiH|
got the grade he desires, consequently j
the word "Sunkist" means reliability-
to him. Likewise with "Texas Maid \
eggs.
In order to sUndardize a grade or j
product of the highest order, it «
necessary that that product in the
first place be of good quality. Wito
poultry marketing, perhaps more thM
gny other branch of marketing, this
point is of utmost concern. Market-
ing of poultry products involves all
of poultry prt)duction such as climate,
jioil, water, breeding stock, methods
of raising, housing and general care.
The marketing of eggs begins at the
hens and the marketing of broilers
and fr>'ers begins with the chick. The
new laid egg is absolutely sterile and
is one of the most perfect food pro-
ducts in the world. Immediately af-
ter it is dropped into the nest it
comes in c«»nUict with contamination
and with influences which tend to im-
pair its quality and thereby reduce
its value. Care of the egg, therefore,
begins at the nest. For this purpose
it is necessary that the nesting mater-
ial be cl«*an and sweet and be changed
frequently. The next consideration
is that of gathering eggs often. Fer-
tile e>:g> begin incubating in the nest
during the hot summer months, there-
fore they .-hould be gathered three or
four times a day an<i placed in a cool
place. Of course the kind of egg to
produce during the summer months
for the market is the infertile vgg.
This egg will not incubate and its
food qualities do not deteriorate so
rapidly. An egg should be laid in a
clean nest. Dirt directly affects the
appearance of the egg, making it un-
attractive to the buyer. It is impos-
sible to clean an egg which has once
been dirty so that it will appear like
unto the normally clean egg. By
washing the egg, the protective al-
buminous covering is di.ssolved and
the decomposing bacteria are given
free access through the pores of the
shell, causing the egg to spoil rapidly.
Eggs should be stored in a moist at-
mosphere. Excessive drying causes
shrinkage of eggs which reduces the
quality and causes the eggs to be
graded as a baker's egg according to
the amount of shrinkage.
Appearance of a Freah Egg When
Broken
To test the freshness of eggs, an
egg may be broken into a dish and
the contents noted. The yolk of a
fresh egg when it is opened out into
a saucer, lies in a relatively rounded
form and is three times as broad as it
is deep and ruptures easily. The
germinal disc appears only as a small
light colored spot on the surface of
the yolk. The yolk may be light or
dark yellow, according to the season,
food, or individual characteristics of
the hen.
The white cords at either extrem-
ity of the yolk, perpendicular to the
Kngth of the egg, are called Chalazae
cords. They are drawn up close to
the yolk and are very distinct in
fresh egg^. The albumen of the fresh
i'Kg except for the Chalazae cords is
nearly colorless. When an egg \^
first laid and still contains some of
the animal heat, the contents com-
pletely fill the shell and there is no
air space at the large end of the egg.
As the egg begins to cool the contents
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From the two oldest trapnested strains in America and England today.
Our Tancred-Barron Heavy Laying. Heavy Weighing. Profit Paying
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of the year and ordering as many as 15,000 Chicks, and reporting egg
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BARRED ROCKS and SINGLE COMB REDS aame Superlative Heavy
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(JET OUR BEAUTIFUL KKKK CAT.Vl/Oiil'K. if« a« r'^o.l •• • vl«tt to .mr iTtn
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fiyra. UBS. VirKinia and lUleijcJ.. N. C. 25 out «.f » poaaihie 29 Kirat I'rn*"*
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kT}*;.^ for SALK from dam^ and dau^-htrr* ««f dama with recvrda of from 301 to
27n eKifH. Kgf* HAtK I'KICK after May IMh
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Hay, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
401
Baby Chicks Sick
and Dying
U tkey*r« w«ik, wobbly, -p*»ted up", with
no appetite, don't waste a minute I
WHITE DIARRHEA
Easily stopped in 48 hours
White diarrhea kills half of nearly
•very hatch of chicks. It's stranj^e
how many people do nothinpr either to
prevent the trouble or end it, thinking
this loss can't be stopped. But it can
I* Kloppcfl, without extra work, without
troublcvoim* «loglnir. and at aliuoHl no cost.
For yparn. thounaiidii hnve ured th<«lr wlrk
cblrkx and raiMnl nearly erpry chirk In
♦rery hatch, bjr merely dropping an Avicol
tablet In the drInkinK water. Siiccennfui
Kaltry ralnera aajr there It nothing else
:e AtIcoI for this purpose.
Trouble gone in 2 days
Chas. N. Kittinger, Willows, Calif.,
writes: "Twelve of my chicks had
diarrhea by the time I received my
AtIcoI. I ImmedUitely g^^e thnn jtome. and
by the aecond day, the trouble dtimppeared
and now thev are all aa llrely as cricketa
If I bad only known of Avlrol soooer. I
would bare aared lota of cbicka."
It la wonderful how Hirk. droopy chicks,
within 4K bourn after thfy get Avirol. be-
come Just as lively as Mr. KItttnger says.
No matter bow rapidly the truuhle la
spreading, they stop dying almost the rery
day Arloul Is put In their drinking water.
''Slopped dying at once**
**I>a8t spring I bought 25 baby
chicks," writes Mrs. John Shaffer,
Owen, Wis. "When about a w»»<'k old. they
began dtlng. would g<-t dro4ipy and In a
few hours would die. When I bad IS left,
1 began giving Avicol and they atopped
dyliif at once. I did not lose another one."
Costs nothing to try
Why should anyone sit back and let
baby chicks die? It costs nothing to
try Avicol. Readers are urged to write
to the IJurnll nuuger Co., 70 Alb'n Ave.,
Indianapolis, lud.. sending &o cents, as a
depoalt, for a package by mail pn-pald tor
pin a dollar bill to your lctt«-r for the extr.i
large sUe holding nearly .3 timiM an much).
If you prefer, iwnd no money, but depoHit
the money with the postman on delivery.
Either way, you won't rink a cent. If
Avlrol di»e«n't i«top >«iur chl«*k lonws Imme-
diately. If It Isn't HUperlor to anvthltig
else vou ever beard of. If It doesn't s:itlsfy
you in everv wav. everv cent of the money
/rou have deponit^'d will be promptly re-
uuded by the manufacturers.
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ISs4 SBSpl«a«it for PsitlU7. Hoes simI Csttt*.
II Is HSk In praulM and aOMnU mttmr ttwt
lH«liKi frowth and tnsurw futurs peattu.
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II4.B SMrtH Friiirtik St. Baltl
contract more than the shell and a
Fpace between the outer and inner
shell membrane is filled with air
which is drawn in through the shell.
A fresh epg should have an air cell
not deeper than one-fourth of an
inch and a diameter not greater
than the size of a dime. As the epg
ages the evaporation causes the air
cell to become larger becau.se of the
further contraction of the yolk ma-
terial.
Produce Only Infertile Eggs
The presence of males in the flock
and the consequent fertilization of
eggs, is the cause of nearly all rotten
eggs as well as the large proportion
of other inferior qualities. This is
especially true if the eggs are not
gathered frequently and cooled to at
least sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit
soon after being laid. Forty degrees
Fahrenheit is the ideal temperature
for storing eggs. Do not allow the
male to run with the hens during the
summer months. After the breeding
season is over, remove the males and
place them in a special pen if they
are of special value or else market
them.
Every Poultry Organization which
specializes in a special brand of eggs
tries to drive home the lesson of the
infertile egg. The following is one
of the Campaign Slogans of the
Texas Poultry Producers* Exchange:
Infertile Eggs Are
In Demand
And Sell at a Premium
Even in
The Hottest Weather
Moral :
"Swat the Rooster"
Essentials of Gradinff
The grading of eggs is a difficult
problem because of the fact that no
two eggs are alike. The two import-
ant considerations to be considered in
the grading of eggs are: Interior
quality and exterior quality. Inter-
ior quality involves the condition of
yolk, condition of air cell and condi-
tion of white. The exterior quality
involves size, color, shape, cleanli-
ness and soundness of shell. The
grading rules of the Texas Poultry
Producers' Exchange are:
All g^rades of eggs should be fresh,
white, clean, sound, sweet and full,
reasonably uniform in size and shape
and must not be washed or otherwise
cleaned before delivery to the Asso-
ciation.
Extras — Extra eggs must weigh
over twenty-two ounces per dozen
and average not less than twenty-
four ounces per dozen.
Pullets — Pullet eggs are those
weighing twenty-two ounces or un-
der per dozen, but must not include
any eggs weighing less than nineteen
ounces per dozen.
Under-sized Pullets — Under-sized
pullet eggs are those weighing less
than nineteen ounces per dozen, but
must not include any eggs weighing
less than fifteen ounces per dozen.
Browns — Brown eggs (and this
means all eggs that are not entirely
white) are graded according to sii^
the same as eggrs with white shells.
Firsts — Eggs of this grade include
in-egular .'^hapes, rough, soft or thin
.«;hells and those showing excessive
evaporation. Weight per dozen the
same as Extras.
Dirties — Dirty eggs are graded ac-
cording to size as Dirty Extras, Dirty
Pullets or Dirty Under-sized Pullets.
They are also clas.sified as Light
Dirties or Heavy Dirties, dependinjf
upon the amount of dirt on them.
Light Dirty eggs can be easily
cleaned, and if they have been kept
dry, can be processed and stored dur-
ing the packing season.
Heavy Dirties will not keep in stor-
age, consequently they are cleaned
by the Association (in so far as it
may be profitable to do so) and then
sold for immedigite use.
Chex and Bakers — Checked and
Baker eggs are those with cracked
and broken shells.
Baker eggs include all grades that
do not conform to the quality and
other requirements of the standard
grades classified above.
The Association also gives the fol-
lowing packing and shipping instruc-
tions to its members:
Eggs shrink by the evaporation of
the contents and thus lo.se weight
quite rapidly, especially if exposed to
heat, wind or drafts of dry air. An
egg that is just over the standard
weight when it is laid, if kept several
days before shipping, may shrink and
lose weight so much that it will have
to go into a lower grade. It is there-
fore important to pack promptly and
.ship as often as convenient, at least
twice a week. If not packed imme-
diately the eggs should be kept cov-
ered in a cool place.
Use only clean fillers and flats. See
that cu.shions are properly placed in
the bottom and on top of the cases;
and also between the second and
third layer from the top — on each
side of the case. Do not use the flat
where a cushion is used. Very large
eggs are best packed in the top fillers,
and should be tilted diagonally so
that they do not project above the
filler. If allowed to stick above the
filler they are almost sure to be
broken or cracked in transit.
The poultry marketing work covers
not only the egg trade but also the
market poultry trade. In distribut-
ing poultry to the market poultry
trade two important classes of trade
are to be considered. First, the
dressed poultry trade, supplying those
consumers who are particularly in-
terested in the quality at the time of
purchase, regardless of where the
bird was killed and dressed. Second,
the live poultry trade, supplying those
consumers who must either hsv«
their poultry freshly killed in the
market or have some preference for
?o doing. Different breeds of poultry
I
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are adapted to different types of mar-
ket poultry. Leghorns and Anconas
make excellent squab broilers. Wy-
andottes. Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Is-
land Reds and Orpingtons make ex-
cellent heavy broilers. Plymouth
Rocks. Orpingtons and Cornish are
best adapted to eating as mature
fowls. The Cornish are especially
good and have a greater percentacre
of meat to carcass than any other
bird. The Brahmas. Orpingtons, Cor-
nish, Black Giants and Plymouth
Rocks are best adapted for the pro-
duction of capons. Squab broilers
weigh from three-fours to one and
one-fourth pounds each. Broilers
weigh up to two pounds apiece. Fry-
ers go over the two pound weight.
Many hotel stewards prefer the Leg-
horn for squab broilers, while they
u.se the Plymouth Rock for a heavier
broiler.
Factors Influencing Quality of Mar-
keting Poultry
Size is one of the first considera-
tions in determining the suitability of
a fowl for market purposes. Some
people prefer large fowl and some
prefer small. Eating houses and
hotel stewards usually prefer mature
birds of the four pound size. Birds
of this size may be served to two cus-
tomers, each getting identical parts.
The shape of the carcass deter-
mines the number of desirable cuts
which may be made from any parti-
cular fowl. The shape preferred is
one having a well-fleshed compact
body with relatively short legs and
wings. White Wyandottes ordinarily
make the best broilers, inasmuch as
the dressing loss is the least compared
with other breeds.
The rate of growth determines the
suitability of a breed for various pur-
poses. The slow growing breeds pro-
duce a very bony, undesirable carcass
at the broiler stage but flesh up bet-
ter when the bird becomes older.
The color of skin preferred in mo.st
markets is the yellow-skinned breed.
The Orpington and Minorca are given
preference in some markets.
The color of feather determines to
«ome extent the suitability of the
fowl with regard to the presentation
of an attractive carcass. Birds hav-
ing colored plumage often have some
of the pigment remaining in the
feather follicle after the birds have
been plucked, which gives the carcass
a less attractive appearance.
Various buyers give a preference
for flesh of various textures. Some
prefer fine and some coarse.
There is a distinct difference be-
tween the flavor of various domestic
fowl such as turkeys, geese, ducks
and chickens but the difference in
flavor of different breeds of chickens
is undoubtedly due more to the meth-
ods of feeding and preparation and
marketing of the carca.ss than to any
breed distinction.
In buying market fowl, the age of
the fowl is an important considera-
1.
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tion. The connective tissues sur-
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become thicker and tougher as the
bird grows older.
The men who manage Poultry Pro-
ducers' Associations are students of
the marketing subject. They are
cognizant of the many facts which
are essential for most profitable mar-
keting. Only recently G. T. Piatt,
Manager of the Texas Farm Bureau
Poult r>' Producers' Exchange an-
nounced after returning from the
East that he had waged a successful
campaign with New York egg dealers
who arc not accepting Texas eggs in
marked packages for .sale to the fancy
New York trade. Previously Texas
Q^r^ have been shown a discrimina-
tion of three to five cents per dozen
on the New York market. It costs
more to sell in small quantities than
in large quantities; to sell an un-
standard commodity than one that is
.standard; to sell a product for which
the seller assumes no responsibility
for variety, quality, standard or de-
livery than one where the seller
agrees on the variety, quality, stand-
ard or delivery of the commodity.
The?e are the fundamental ideas upon
which all marketing is based. The
American farmer in the past has been
too much tied up in the problems of
production and has left the more im-
portant marketing problems to men
who u.^e them for their own personal
interests. Too often that part of the
profit to which the farmer is rightly
due is taken by the various selling
agencies for their own excessive
profit. The marketing problem, es-
pecially the poultry marketing prob-
lems, has been solved in Texas to an
extent far greater than many of the
other States of the Union. Much
credit for the unusual success of this
Texas Poultry Producers* Exchange
must be given to the man who guides
the affairs of the Association. How
wonderful it would be if there were
more marketing leaders in the United
States today with the strength of
character, the wonderful personality
and the business genius of this Texas
leader.
THE DIVERSITY IN TASTES
How varied are the tastes of poul-
try fanciers. One man can see noth-
ing but beauty in the heavy propor-
tions of a Cochin, while another de-
clares that the same fowl violates
ever>' principle of good taste. One
must have a fowl rivaling the rain-
bow in variety and gorgeousness of
hues, while another regards a solid
simple white the perfection of color-
ing. It is well that it is so. This
diversity of tastes gives us a great
variety of fowls, preserves the rare
breeds, sustains the old, and makes
the new possible. There is room
enough for all, and no one breed will
ever be found that will supply the
wants of all poultry fanciers.
THE ASIATIC FOWLS
(Continued from page 405)
as I have always thought and it tella
my reason for objecting to Cochins
dragging their breast on the ground.
These were his words, as I remem-
ber them: "When I begran to gather
my breeding stock for Cochins of all
varieties I had very great trouble to
find specimens of good quality. When
I did get them they laid but few eggs,
the eggs that they did lay were round
and small and very few of them
hatched. This was discouraging. I
know all about using the scissors to
clip about the vent, but that did not
help much. No relief came until I
had both males and females so full
of vigor that they laid more Q^f^^. \
selected the eggs for hatching and
now my Cochins lay better, more
eggs of larger size an<l the eggs are
fertile and the chicks grow strong,
feather faster, the feathers are
longer and full of fluff." With this
has come the real Cochin shape as
pictured in the Standard. His fowls
are a very fine lot. when they are
shown they will win.
The best Buff Cochins ever bred in
America were the Oakland Farm
Cochins. They stood up well on
their legs. They had plenty of size
and most profuse feathering. Some
of their old hens were low set but the
greater part of them filled the exhibi-
tion pens and they were the models
of fine art in Cochin fowls. The
greater part of the Mitchell Cochins
stood up well on their feet. The
greater part of all Whites are low set.
The Black Cochins do not have so
much feathering. In fact some Bhck
Orpingtons are more of the Cochin
type than are the Black Cochins. We
will have more to say about this later
when we consider the Orpingtons.
No type or character of fowl
should be considered correct that will
not reproduce themselves to a reason-
able extent. For years and even now
there has been trouble with the low
set too much feather kind of Wyan-
dottes and Orpingtons and it ha- al-
ways been a trouble with Cochins. I
am writing this in Florida. A letter
came here to me in January' from a
man who lives in Illinois in which he
asks me to overcome non-fertility in
the eggs his hens lay. I have a let-
ter from England asking the same
question. My answer to all of these
is the same. No kind or breed or
type of livestock has any value unless
it will reproduce a fair per cent of its
own kind. These troubles are likely
to belong part to the male and per-
haps an even one-half to the female.
We must have health and vigor in
both to create a desire for reproduc-
tion. We must have proper body
formation to have successful con-
nection. To assure this there can not
be any interference in the way of bad
form or feather. All of which arc
good reasons for proper feather for-
mation in fowls of all kinds.
M»y. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
493
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On the other hand a Cochin must
not be close feathered like either a
L«ng?han or a Brahma, nor must a
Brahma be loose feathered, both have
the distinctive feather formation for
the breed. Too much feather n»j for
the breed is just as bad for one : - for
the other. Vulture hocks should be
as much condemned in a r ,chin as
in a Brahma. The soft leathers that
«-ow on the thighs of a Cochin should
cover the hock joint and hide them
from view. The hock joint and feet
and shanks of a Brahma male should
be exposed to view as should the feet
and shanks of the female. Do not
imagine for one moment that I am
oppo.scd to full feathering on Coch-
ins. They should have all the feather
that they can have and hold up off
the ground. No vulture hocks or stiff
hock feathers and no tendency to a
creepy appearance. They should
«tand up like the Cochin illustrations
in the Standard.
We scarcely think it necessary to
say more than we have written in
former papers about the plumage
color of any of these fowls. Nothing
but the most perfect color and mark-
ings should pass muster for any of
them. Those that have white plu-
mage should have pure white with no
cream or straw tint, perfectly
free from black markings. The
tendency for two much black on
back and saddle of Light Brahmas,
both males and females, should be
discouraged. A pure, true white,
properly marked with black that is
rich and true, is beautiful; too much
black is very bad. Did you ever stop
to think that the color of the hackle
of both male and female are de-
scribed web of feather a lustrous
greenish black with a narrow lacing
or edging of white around the outer
edge of each feather. This describes
a black feather edged with white, not
a white feather striped with black.
The saddle plumage of the male is,
or should be, white striped with a
verj' narrow marking of black. The
under-color of the Brahma should
be light bluish slate and not black.
The surface plumage of all Cochins
should be true to Standard descrip-
tion. If this is as it should be, it is
quite safe to permit nature to settle
the shade of under-color. In Cochin.*
this will be quite safe. White and
Black Cochins are disqualified for
impure color. Why on earth do we
permit so many shades in bulf and
disqualify white fowls and black
fowls for bad color? I read a criti-
cism the other day in an English
paper. It was as follows: In buffs
some deterioration in color was no-
ticed. The judges selected the faded
out lemon shade of buff like is now
preferred in the States. We are so
absolutely determined for pjr. white
only and select any old color that
pleases the judge for buflf.
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Our Standard describes two shaaes
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of color for Lanj?shans. The Black
and White varieties. In addition to
these there are two non-Standard
varieties, the Blue and the Buflf.
But a few of the Buff variety have
ever been shown. More of th? Bine
variety are seen and mentionej'. in
poultry papers, of this more *n Knj?-
land than in America. Whenever
there is a black fowl of any breed
there is almost sure to be a white
fowl of the same and where white
fowl and black of any breed exist
there can be broken colored black
and white, blue and barred. I saw a
flock of Lanjfshans a few years ai?o.
The l)egnnning of this flock wa« some
fine Black Langshans, then some pood
Whites, finally all were tarned l-.o^e
on a small farm. Results — black,
white, broken colors, blue and
barred. U was astonishi^.p how all
of them had lost their quality. The
most marked change was in size ar»i
length of legs. We have seen two or
three of what they call Buif Lang-
shans. Not much quality in them.
There are three distinct types of
Langshans. To us our Standard is
the one true type for us to cultivate.
In addition to this there is the very
tall kind that some call the giraffvJ of
poultry. This is the now selected
type for the English exhibition Lang-
shan. Then the low set type known
as the Croad Langshan. They are
more compact, more low set on legs
than our American type, and our
American type is much more bulky
and compact than are the taller Eng-
lish exhibition type. We saw a photo
some little time ago of a White Lang-
shan that looked to have a body not
near so plump as have our Langshais.
The legs of this fowl looked to be
twice as long as are the legs of any
White Langshan that I have ever
seen.
I have never had the opportunity
to feast from the carcass of a male
Langshan. I have, however, eaten
part of a roasted Langshan yearlinp
hen and have eaten part of sevcril
pullets. The meat of all wa.s very
good. I have handled two Lanjc-^han^
of the extreme English type. They
were about nine months old and car-
ried very little meat on their carcass,
their body was not plump and heir
thighs and shanks were very spare or
spindling. I mention these things in
connection with their influence over
table poultry qualities. No kind of
fowl of any breed is ever so good
quality table poultry if shank and
thigh development is other than nor-
mal for the fowl. Some of the Ameri-
can breeds have a tendency towards
too great length of leg. Wherever
this occurs breast development is not
so good. Of all things when mating
fowls for best results in breeding, be
gciverned as to shape of body and th«,'
length of shanks and thighs as de-
scribed in the Standard.
One is very safe to adapt and to
follow the illustrations of Langshans
in our Standard. These illustrations
show the proper type for these fowls,
both male and female. There are not
any other illustrations in the Stand-
ard that show breed type better than
do these. Many of us have seen
Langshans that equal these illustra-
tions for form and whenever there
are any so good shown wo may call
them excellent. One of the most
prevalent defects in Langshans is the
lack of proper breast formation in
cockerels, not so frequently shown in
cocks. That is, body should be broad
and deep, breast deep, broad and
round. Whenever this formation is
lacking the specimen fails in quality.
The round deep breast is nearly a].
ways found on the females and on the
cock birds shown. We presume that
if a cockerel is lacking in this way
and does not develop as he should,
he is not sent to the show room to be
defeated, as he surely will be if com-
petition is keen.
At one time the Black langshan
had the most brilliant black plumage
of any fowl. Today some of the
Black Orpingtons rival them in the
richness of sheen on plumage. The
Black Langshan must have llustrous
black plumage that glistens with
greenish sheen. The White variety
is described as having pure white
plumage. No White Langshan that I
have ever seen is pure white, the
same as a White Wyandotte or White
Plymouth Rock. The plumage color
of the White Langshan is very slight-
ly shaded with what might be called
a shadow of just a little dark color
that turned the white into a shaded
color almost white. It is the true
color that belongs to all white plu-
mage fowls that have shanks of a
slaty blue color.
The Blue Langshan has plumage
color the same as the Blue Orpington
described on Page 233 of the Stand-
ard. The Buff" Langshan is not good
in either form or color. Its plumage
should be buff.
Our next article .will tell of Orp-
ingtons and Sussex fowls.
THE HOUSEWIFE AND
A FEW HENS
(Continued from page 466)
fifty feet. I built a thousand gallon
tank an^ put this up on the highest
ground on the place. Th supports
were twenty-four feet high and the
tank was six feet above the supports.
This gave me a pressure of thirty
feet. This water was piped all over
the ground.
Owing to electricity not being
available I bought a one and one-half
horse power gas engine and coupled
that to my pump, this cost was very
small and I soon had plenty of water
for everj'thing on the place and
found that by running the pump when
watering the garden I had plenty of
water for all purposes.
The land was twelve miles out
from Tacoma in what is known as the
lake district. Not far from Camp
Lewis where over a hundred thou-
5;and soldiers were trained during the
war. In this district there are sev-
eral lakes. There being five good
sized lakes within less than a mile of
niy place. In this district the water
lowers and rises with these lakes, i
They are at their low level in October
and if you dig your well at that sea-
son of the year, you will always have
plenty of water. Once you strike a
jfood flow of water in October when
the lakes are low you can figure that
vou will never be short.
On this place I found that all kinds
of berries did well and fruit trees
that were put in, in the early fall
irrew from the start. I have cherries
that bear well and a peach tree that
prew over a thousand peaches last
jseason. My apple trees not being
protected against the cow were
ruined and I was forced to set out
new trees. I had a lot of young trees
spoiled by geese, they ate every bit
of bark off these young trees in
August when the grass was dead.
One should not allow geese to run
where they can get to young trees.
On my ranch I have never gone
into commercial poultry or 0^::^ rais-
ing. I found that I could do well
with a breeding yard. I have never
used lights on my hens but have al-
lowed them to come to their natural
lay. I have never had any trouble
getting fertile eggs with my flock nor
many of the troubles one finds when
they go into commercial flocks for
eggs. Health, I have secured by
keeping the houses clean, spading up
the yards and turning under the foul
earth. These yards were large, and
so far the fowls have never eaten all
of the native grass that grew in these
yards. When I came to the place, I
found a lot of Scotch Broom. The
neighbors warned me to get rid of
this beautiful flower or it would take
the place. The flower is a beautiful
yellow and against the green of the
fir trees and the preen leaves of the
bush, it was beautiful in the spring
when in bloom. I made up my mind
that if the bu=hes took the place I
would have something beautiful any-
way .so I let it do its worst.
Scotch Broom grew fine each year
when it was cultivated by the hens
scratching under the bu.shes but it did
not take the place and today I have
only about a third of the bushes that
I had when I oame here.
When the Scotch Broom bloomed,
I found that the hens along with the
turkeys picked off all of the blooms
that they could reach and when they
got the lower blooms many of the
hens would fly up on the limbs of the
bushes and eat the blooms as far as
they could reach when the little pods
matured with seed they would climb
the bushes and eat every pod in sight,
those that fell to the ground were
eaten as fast as they came down.
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Under these bushes today you can not
see a green bush where the seed
would drop and grow had not the
hens eaten all of the seed. So what
I was warned against proved to be a
real chicken feed that the fowls liked
and in order to keep the bushes on
my place for .«5hade I will be forced to
replant it in many places.
On the prairies near my place
there are acres of this Scotch Broom
and it grows wild and rank but where
poultry can get the seed it is dying
out.
Where one wants a quick growng
shade and one that would furnish lo»s
of green food for the hens, I would
tell them to grow Scotch Broom but
they may find their neighbor? kicking
against getting this flora started in
their vicinity but if one will allow the
hens to do the exterminating then
they need not expect any trouble
from that source.
Shade of some kind is essential and
May is a good time to plant the quick
growing shade that will give the
youngsters a cool place to go when
Old Sol is on the job next August.
Now is the time to get that shade,
that is if you want to grow it Any
kind of quick-growing bush or vine
will give shade and under this shade
the chicks will find a good place to
scratch on the warm days. It is un-
der these shady places one will find
it damp enough to encourage worms
to stay near the surface where the
chicks can get their fill of nature's
proteins that all fowls must have in
the spring of the year if you want
vigor in the flock. Hens that are
raised in lots with no shade will do
well for awhile but I would hate to
depend on that kind of yard if I
hoped to keep my vigor in the grow-
ing chicks.
Blackberry bushes is another good
shade. The evergreen berry is about
the best. One should set this bush
out and trail it over a trellis. This
gives good shade and the berries are
high enough so as not to get the dust
when the dry weather comes on.
Water these berries often and that
will help the berry crop and at the
same time make a moist place for the
hens to dust when the weather is
warm.
Morning glories, planted and train-
ed over a trellis, make a quick grow-
ing shade. Blackberries make lots of
.shade but it takes time and if you are
late with your shady places, get
something that will grow quickly.
One can drive stakes in the g^'ound,
open a grain sack and make a tent
that will give lots of shade when most
needed.
If one is unable to get all of his
hatches in May he can continue into
June and have nice hens that will
mature in six to eight months. These
later hatched chicks do not always
reach the size one wants in the
youngster that gets an earlier start
but they make good layers and when
%%y, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
497
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they come into lay, lay some times §
larger egf^ than those that mature
more early.
One should give lots of growing
grains and growing mashes to their
youngsters. Keep them well filled
with good food but never feed more
than they will clean up in about
thirty minutes. Never feed Qgg maah
to the growing fowls. These feedi
are too high in protein and will often
bring the pullet to her lay before sht
is ready for eggs. The early laying
pullet is something to brag about but
it does not pay. These precociou*
pullets seldom lay a standard egg and
it is the standard eigiis that hatches
the best chick and brings the top
prices in market.
Leghorns should not lay before
they are five months old and if they
go six months they are better for it.
The larger fowl like a Rock or Red
should lay about the age of seven
months and the Orpington lays her
best egg when she is not started be-
fore she is eight months old. Never
hurry the lay but let the pullet conre
to her lay when well matured. The
early layer will break herself do*n
before she gets well started if fed
foods too high in protein. The com*
mercial growing foods are mixed for
best results when the fowl is grow-
ing. Commercial Mgg mashes are
mixed to bring eggs and should be
fed as soon as the pullets are well
matured. Keep the cockerels on t: e
growing foods until they are mated
in the spring. Cockerels do not need
the high protein feeds but when they
get into the breeding yard then they
eat with the hens and get the same
food.
If you want that Christmas turkey -■
you had better hatch him this month.
If you use good eggs for vigorous
stock, you can get a ten pound pullet
by Christmas and a ten pound torn '
by Thanksgiving. Some turkeys will
be larger at the age named but they
do not fatten as easy as those hatched
earlier. On Puget Sound the season
is very early and the turkeys begin
laying the first of March. It look:* as '^
if everything will be early in the ■
Northwest this year. There has been
little snow and not much cold wea- |
ther. When one finds the hens mak-
ing their nest on the ground early in
the season they can figure that .spiiiig
is just at our door. |
Get a few trapnests and trap a few •
hens and learn which hen is the \
boarder. One that handles their flock ;
and is often with them can pick the
layers but unle.ss they can be in the
yards when the hens are laying they
will find that the trapnest will be the
handiest thing for the purpose.
If one has a trapnest they can get
rid of that boarder that is a drag on
the rest of the flock but to try and
pick the layer without the trapnest
will often work where one knowf
their hens but it is a guess at best
THE CASSEROLE
(Continued from pajre 469)
to distinguish the identity of each
one. This is written not in a spirit
of tearing down, but of building up;
why can't we in this country get
more good out of the records our
birds may make? Why can't these
good record.s be made of more bene-
fit to Poultrydom, with a capital "P"?
Why can't Officialdom be a little
more interested in this sort of thing?
Why cannot the buyer be made a
little more certain that the stock he
is buying is just what it is represent-
ed to be, in the way of production
values? (c)
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Turning to the Fancy, that veteran
Arthur G. Duston, noticed at the New
York Show that a good proportion of
the prizes were won by the "old
puard" that were winning prizes
there ten or twenty years ago. He
wonders if the younger generation
•liad failed to grasp sufficiently the
underlying principles of breeding to
enable them to produce the quality
to go to the Garden and win." If
that is so, the "old guard" must turn
to and ^how the youngsters how to
breed good birds. On the other hand.
that keen ohser\-er and analyst. Frank
Piatt, is not so pessimistic. He says,
"There are new faces and fresh
minds. They are subjecting our past
work to analysis. Their new interest
m poultry matters leads on through
questions and struggles to the facts,
the truth. Of all the dreams that
have come true within the magic
walls of Madison Square Garden the
finest is this new birth of interest.
which is going to build a greater and
better industry." As long as folks
go to poultry shows, and talk just as
fast as they can all day and more
than half the night, sometimes; as
long as people will travel more than
a thousand miles and say, "I want
three hours with you here next year";
as long as newcomers in the poultry
game will pay a thousand and a half
for a single pen of birds; so long,
Mr. Duston, there is hope for the
chickens in their battle with the
flivvers, (c)
m • •
"Spring makes us all humble," says
Mrs. Helen Dow Whitaker, and in the
words of the Latin poet "ain't it the
truth?" We run along through the
winter with a fair supply of eggs, and
the best laid plans we ever devised
for the finest lot of chicks we ever
had, and a: Mrs. Whitaker says, "But
in the Springtime when we begin to
Uke a hand along with Mrs. Biddy
and her Hubby in a matter of re-crea-
tion, we find one or two or more little
variables thut upset annoyingly the
best laid .schemes." Many the time I
have envied the farmer who lets hi-;
birds run all over the place with a
bunch of male birds mixed in anyway,
and who thereby gets the best fertil-
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ity and hatchability with the least
amount of trouble and care. While
the careful breeder must have small
pen.s with a sinple male, so he can
test every individual of both sexes
for results. He .spends time, and
money, and thought and care; and
lose.1, must lose, fertility and hatch-
ability, and does ^nthout a lot of
early chicks which would mean a lot
of profits next winter. It is no easy
thinjT, this breeding for quality; it is
a very difficult thing. Such a »>rice
mu.<;t we pay for really quality stock,
however. So if you run into some of
these "little variables" and get rcil
humble in the Spring, do not iespair;
other breeders have the same troubles,
and it is he who perseveres in spite
of the difficulties, who will win. It is
all right to be made humble, but
don't let it get to the point of despair.
The Q^ farmer has the easier time,
but the breeder the greater satisfac-
tion just because of the difficulties I
he must overcome to be successful. |
Now for a couple of hints for tho lit-
tle chicks. If you have a two-room
brooder house, Mrs. Whitaker sug-
gests you make two chick doors from
the heater room into the exercising
room instead of one; make the two in
the corners, and for the first days run
a wire fence around in a sem'-circle
from one corner to the oth(T, so as
the chicks run around the wire, they
will come out of one door jind ar<)und
into the other; thus they will easily
learn where the heat is. Th'.' other
hint, is to teach the chicks before
they are a week old, the scratching
habit. It will mean more ruggei
chicks, as long as they live. (d>
a a •
Discussing breeding for exhibition
and breeding for production, N. C.
Westerfield points the difference in a
nut shell, thus: "The production
breeder's motto is Production, Vigor,
Type. The exhibition breeder's motto
is Type, Vigor, Production." There
you have it! Both are breeding for
the same things, but in a different
order, a different proportion. "Pro-
duction, Vigor, Type"; and 'Type,
Vigor, Production." That says it all,
and says it well. Of course in the
case of colored varieties like the
Barred Rock, for example, there
comes in Color, too; and in that ca.se
the Color is usually placed first by
the exhibition breeder and last by the
production breeder. You see one
breeder exactly reverses the order of
the other breeder. The exhibition
man thinks the production breeder is
putting the cart before the horje, and
the production man thinks the exhi-
bition man is going at it hind side be-
fore. Now, how about the breeder
who attains the all-around ideal of
exhibition and production in the same
bird? He can work either way, theo-
retically, though it is usually done
from the exhibition end first, or else
outside exhibition blood is brought in
at some stage of the breeding opera-
tions, (d)
• • a
At a recent meeting of the Oregon
Agricultural Conference it was urged
that no one be encouraged to begin
raising poultry on less than ten acrei
of tillable land per thousand birds-
and much more than that if it is to
he a breeding plant. No comment is
necessary on that. Gue.«s none of
those in charge of the Conference
was in the real estate business on the
side, advertising "Quarter acrt
chicken farms." (d)
a • o
Harry Embleton, Poultryman of
the University of Arizona, is inter-
ested in values. One of the mo.st in-
teresting things to figure the value
of, is an egg-bred male running with
a flock of hens. He found that egg-
bred males used on his flock of Leg-
horns, increased the production five
dozen eggs per bird per year. He
figures out that a male mated to fif-
teen hens in the Spring, ought to be
responsible for 169 mature pullets in
the Fall. The extra five dozen eggi
which each of these would lay, due
to the influence of the ef^ blood in
the sire, would come to $253.50, fig-
uring at only thirty cents per dozen.
So the male would be worth to the
owner more than $250.00, for market
eggs alone, not counting any sales he
might make of breeding stock, hatch-
ing Q^v^, or chicks, on account of
having this production-bred blood in
his flock. Sounds like the best male
that could be found, ought to be i
cheap investment, doesn't it? (e)
A lady and her husband got so in-
terested in how and when a hen
turned her eggs in the nest that they
sat up all night after a day of watch-
ing, to get the whole story of twenty-
four hours setting on the part of Mrs.
Broody. They had a nest rather high
up, made of a gla.^^s mixing bowl, so
they could see the eggs; and they
had marked the eggrs carefully, so
they could tell just what position
each e^fi was moved to, both in the
nest and as to being turned over.
Diagrams of the q^^ positions were
made, and it all sounds quite con-
vincing, the article being copied from
the Breeders' Gazette. "During two
hours of close attention, Biddy's turn-
ing exercises were practiced ten
times, and each ef^z was shifted three
ways: top to bottom, or rolling over,
end for end, and front to rear of
keel. There were fifteen eggs, and
each turned three times every twelve
minutes." They figured out that
Mrs. Broody planned and carried out
5,400 moves every 24 hours. I'll say
that's a whole lot more moves than t
chess player would make in the same
time, (e)
• a a
A small article calls attention td
the fact that no matter how good
from a Standard point of view, or
oniform, is a flock there are some
colU; ^^^ concludes "These should
be sold not for breeders as repre-
sentative of the stock, but to the
butcher or fish dealer." That sentence
baa puzzled me ever since I read it.
Some nights I have trouble sleeping.
trying to figure out how they sell
culls to fi.'^h dealers out in California.
Do the fish dealers feed poultry scrap
to their fishes, same as we feed fish
scrap to our poultry? Or what is the
answer? (f)
EGGS SELL AT RIDICU-
LOUS PRICES-WHY?
(OoDtinupd from \i%z« 470)
serve." Another man, who is the
jobber of grocery articles and who
also owns a large poultry farm and
is secretary of a large poultry asso-
ciation in one of the leading states,
writes: "In my work, as field man for
the wholesale grocer, I have noticed
how various industries have built up
large sales on articles of food by
judicious advertising, in fact, have
taken advantage of it and profited
thereby. The poultryman should also
advertise the wonderful food value
of eggs."
My idea is that two things, the
grading and selling of our eggs on a
quality basis, and then advertising
our products, will contribute more to
the future of the poultry business
and have more to do with the profit
made from breeding stock, commer-
cial eggs, baby chicks, incubators,
brooders, poultry supplies, poultry
feeds, and all other branches of the
poultry business than any other two
factors that can be thought of.
The Canadian government now re-
quires certain grades for certain eggs
and they are sold on that basis, and
prices are paid according to the
grade. When you buy a certain
grade in Toronto today, you can go
to Quebec tomorrow and call for and
get exactly the same grade there and
know just what you are getting.
Since this Standard has been set in
Canada, the consumption of eggs has
tioubled in Toronto. It has also in-
creased in other Canadian cities.
Why? Because the consumer knows
when he calls for a certain grade of
eggs that he will get it. He has es-
tablished confidence in the article he
is buying. Therefore, he is not afraid
to invest in eggs as an article of food,
and when he buys he knows just what
he is getting. But you go to a mar-
ket in Chicago or the average Chi-
cago restaurant and you call for eggs
and you get "just eggs." Nine
chances to one you will be dis-
appointed in what you get. If you
go to the average New York mar-
kets and restaurants and call for
eggs, you may get even worse or bet-
ter eggs. You have to take all the
chance. For that reason many hesi-
tate to call for eggs, and pa.ss them
up for some other article of food.
Quality Bred, Vigorous and Hardy
97 r LIVE AND PREPAID DELIVERY
In loUt of 25
S. C. White. Buff and Brown Leghorna $3.75
Anconaa (Sheppard'a alrain, the beat) .$4.00
Barred, Buff and White Rocka / id 2<
R. 1. Reda and White Orpingtona . . . \ *^^^
Mimed for Broilers $3.00
60
$7.00
$7.50
$8.00
$5.75
100
$13.00
$14.00
$15.00
$11.00
500
$60.00
$65.00
$72.00
$50.00
Thin id our tfiilh >*v»r. U)0,noO Kc» Caj>a< ity Ordrr .lirwl from lhi« advertiaa
inont for inimi'diate or future doUvery. .\tk for hattdaonie 4!* l'»<e t-atal«>c«e tiattnf
IC (Kipular brevdn
Thornwood Poultry Yards
CRANDALL
Dept. A-24
INDIANA
" ^hf^ Pnyvtn /^^aaaJ
Our wander matlnga ^gr ItM are now r»ady Thev eoataln the ta-
aat ooneeOon of quality bea»y layere e«« put tucethar They aiw
aolnc to prmhiee the wnrld • eneatton «hli for the flumlnc tmaon
We %t% ready to flupoty ran with egaa tor hatclUn< or bahy <<itt. thai
will deliver yon meulu and aaUtfatalon.
At Chteaco. fn>" l»l«-l»»t. they wen every «ra» priae <»mpe(ed Urn
At MHwauhee. Itn. th» wwi every Plr* Prtae offered -Aiaa Orand
ChaaptoB Beet Bird In Show, enopetlnc acatnac all o<het% ^f?"*
irn Ih^ have won over S* Orand CSiaaMan* a<><lw A^V >"»— .
Tliat'a the kind we offer eoa fren.
Too want the beat Oet theea Wrtto tvt mu l»M »Hii« Circular
Tor wlU And It fuU o< InlerveUn* b*malna.
faterford m
Fairview White Wyandoltes
TIii« winninf etrain wine at Madiaon 8ouare Oarden. January.
19J4: Srrond Cock. Hetond Pullet. Third Hen. rirat Old l*aa.
Third Y'ninif Vi^n. Thia foUowinf our aeoaatiunal wina al Newark
in Drrf-mlM-r. Ia»t. » hero Fairview White Wjraudottea won Baal
DlapUy.
UATCHINO E008 AND 8CLE0TED B&SCDUrO BIROS
Si'ii.l for Vxv llookL't and I'laoe ordrrt early.
FAIRVIEW FAIM. C. P. Dayia. Raal. I. NEW BRUNSWICK. H. J.
S. C. RHODE ISLAND RED BABY CHICKS
Ped.irr^ed. trapneated. Ftn-t In the world Hea»rd ;^0 HM^ p^ ,^ K.,,. our_o^pt»..»> U*.. . .mia-d
■ that Kr.».lrd Pana aoHi la uniryaaaiil tatalar»e ff**
n..( Q WRKRTNAII. HAM.
REDBIRO FARM ***** ° '
S BABY CHICKS
BIG REDUCTION ON CHICKS
" Profit Making Chicks at low priceit. Breederit of high
ecrp production, combined with .-sturdy free range stock in
your .success. Prices after Muy lath: ^^^ ^^ ^^
« w»M. 110 00 16 50 IS 00
White. Brown L^homa •[ '^^^ , a©
Barrad Bocka. Rada ^^ , ^q ^^75
RBBBAUTY ^'^Ini^h^kr" .1" 1.0.K> rhlrka. Ir leaa: a.ooo Chi.ka l^c leea
MWrr ""''"' w^ Taa— CtiUka 4. ■•••-r
Twelve breeda. Hhl,.,.rd prefald and l.». deUvery «uaranW^.
Writa for Bic Pre. Catalorne 30.000 Chi. k. weekly
OVIE9 POULTIIT FARM « HATCHimY. i>I ■##ta %t
if
500
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
May. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
501
10 ACRES PAT $10,M0
ANNUALLY
0«e« C. Fr«nt«, Box E.
Rocky Ford. Colo., • poor boy,
on« of 14 children, began 15
j«art •! o, breeding more profit*
able poultry. Today his thou-
sand of world famous winter
laying Leghorns make the
above possible, and lay barrels
of •gff» when prices are the
highest. You can do the same
with his stock, results are cer-
t«in« free book telling how.
Connecticut
Chicks
High qnsJlty. stst* tested R. I. Red*.
Barred KoAm. 8. C Vrhilt Lefhorns.
W^ito Wyanduttes.
-Otr Hoarsty 1$
Yf«r PrelectkM"
Free Circular
HALL BROS.
■as E
WaUlDflar4. Cann.
Bred-To-f ay
ROWN LiEGHORNS
Sbgia Caiek Ugbl aad Dark
Tba Only "Bra4to-Lay" Strain
Krery ejnr and chirk pedljfreed. Brown
LagtiorDt are much hardier, eaiier raised.
belter Winter layers than most other Leg-
koms. A trial will convince you.
B«g»— $2.00. $3.00. $6.00 and $10.00 per
15. Pedlgrev) Chicks— $20.00 per 100 and
«p. AtUr May lOtb— Eggs Half Price and
CnUcks $16.00 par 100. Write for mating liht.
A. S. CROSBY, Originator
Grisweldirille Gewfia
SINGLE
COMB R.I. BEDS
AMI COLUMBIAIS ROCKS
Pleaae a»k for catalogue. Pricea low.
UYWELL FAIR. Iwrte I. Beaver Spriagt. Pk.
QANiElS*
Vedkreed
■EIBERT A. DANIELS
Not io be odd. we
alto sell our eggn at
hslf price after May
15th. But we make
DO delirery protniaes.
We can't. Get In line.
t>lt>.'ite 1
Box 100 E
Orafton, Maas.
Wilburtha Day Olds
White Rocks
aad
Black Giants
100 chicks $40.00
50 chicks 20.00
25 chicks 10.50
WILBUBTHA
faallry Fara
Why is it that, for several years,
the Pacific Coa.^t producers have been
shippinj; clear across the states of
Missouri, Illinois and Iowa, paying
the frcijrht on thoir epg.s to New
York and then selling the eggs upon
the New York market at several cents
per dozen more than fresh eggs sold
for that were shipped from these
states just mentioned? Simply be-
cause the Pacific Coast man has been
making a living from the sale of his
egfi^ii. He learned several years ago
that quality counted. That eggs
must be graded and sold as a uni-
form product of uniform quality. So
their Poult r>' Producers' Associations
have been formed, and if it had not
been for these associations to pro-
tect their industry and to protect one
another, the producers of the Pacific
Coast would never have been able to
exi.st and do so well. Quality counts
in any product, that is, uniform, de-
pendable quality. That is one thing
which is holding our American eggs
down to ridiculou.^ly low prices at
this time.
Now when you have a quality pro-
duct, when you have a product which
is one of the greatest articles of
human food in the world, then the
next thing to do is to tell the world
about it. The American hen and her
product have grown by leaps and
bounds up to this time in spite of our
shortcomings, in spite of our mi.s-
takes and neglect. The poultry busi-
ness is not overdone and never will
be overdone becau.'^e of the food
value of poultry and eggs. The live
stock business is rapidly becoming a
thing of the past. The great cattle
ranches are being settled up and di-
vided into small farms. Our popula-
tion is on the increase. They must
have meat food of some nature and
there is nothing equal to poultry and
eggs. It is simply up to you and me
and others to tell the con.sumer what
we have, and instead of him spend-
ing his money for questionable manu-
factured articles of food, encourage
him to make his morning meal of
eggs and the trimmings that go with
them. Encourage him to use eggs as
one of the most useful and beneficial
foods in keeping up the health, vigor
and happiness of his family. Eggs
are an un-matched article of food
which supplie.s most of the vitamines
that are needed to supply health and
strength, and fit a man best for life's
battles. They contain the protein,
fat, iron, sulphur, muscle, blood, bone
and brain building materials that can
be found in but few, if any other
articles of food.
My idea would be to have Dr. Mc-
Cullum or some noted food specialist
give us the facts which we should
know about eggs as food, in addi-
tion to what we already know. Then
combine these facts into attractive
advertisements to appear in the lead-
ing city dailies, the home and house-
keeping magazines, and in the poul-
try journals and other places where
they will do us the most good. With
a uniform egg of quality, and with
an advertising campaign back of jf
we can easily sell three eggs to where
one is being sold now. In addition to
direct advertising, I would get these
same facts before our teachers and
students in the home economics de-
partments of our high schools, col-
leges and universities.
IIow are we going to accomplish
these ends? I would suggest that we
call a national meeting at Chicago or
some central point about the first
week in August. That we ask the
Producers, the /\merican Poultrj' As-
sociation, the Baby Chick A.^socia-
tion, the Incubator Manufacturers,
the Feed Manufacturers, the Storage
and Egg Handlers, the Instructors
and Investigators, the Poultry Jour-
nals and anyone interested in any
and all branches of the poultry busi-
ness to meet at that time for the
purpose of forming a National Poul-
try Council, which must be a combi-
nation of all these interests mention-
ed. Form a National Poultry Coun-
cil after the order of the National
Dairy Council. It is a.^ much to the
interest of the Incubator Manufact-
erer and the Feed Manufacturer that
eggs sell at profitable price.-; as to
the producer. It is as much to the
interest of the Storage man, the Fan-
cier and the Baby Chick man as it is
to these various other interests.
When the producer suffers, we all
suffer alike. We may not do it at
the time but we do later. Then we
should all be bound together in a
common council in matters of mutual
interest like this. No one association
or one branch of the industry can ac-
complish this alone.
In the Fall of 1922, the storage
men in the Central States put on a
little advertising campaign in three
cities, principally Detroit, Chicago
and St. Louis. They had more eggs
in storage than they ever had and
they became uneasy. They raised a
comparatively small advertising fund.
They run their ads in the newspapers
of these three cities for a short length
of time only. As a result, they sold
750,000 cases more of eggs than they
had ever been able to sell before or
since, when they did no advertising.
If they can do this in a small way,
what can we do if we are all united
and putting on a systematic national
campaign?
Campbell's Soup sold a half million
cans a year a few years ago. By
judicious advertsiing they now sell
nineteen million cans a year at a cost
of one-sixth cent per can.
Pearline, one of the greatest soap
powders ever manufactured, evidently
did not believe in advertising. So
they were replaced with Gold Dust
Twins and a half dozen other soap
powders that did believe in and did do
advertising.
The California orange growers
ggw disaster facing them twenty |
years ago. They set about to save '
the day for themselves and save their
industry and their investment, so
they raised a small advertising fund
and thought they would always be
satisfied if they could sell 5,000 cars !
per year which was really more than
they were producing at that time.
But what has been the result? They
are now selling 75,000 cars of oranges
per year at a cost of one-fifth cent
per dozen.
Each producer should be willing to
pay so much per hundred hens. Each
hatchery so much per thou.sand chicks
gold. Each incubator company pay
so much per incubator put out by him.
Each feed manufacturer pay a cer-
tain amount on each ton of poultry
feed sold. Each storage man pay one
cent per ca.se on all eggs stored. In
this way the cost would be distributed
so that no one would feel it and a
million dollar fund for advertising
could soon be raised.
My poultry friend, will you co-
operate in this movement to help your
own business? Can the great Ameri-
can hen and the indu.stry depend
upon your support? This is no time
to be discouraged. We have nothing
to be discouraged about. We have
one of the greatest businesses on this
continent today, in my opinion. It
has a most wonderful future, far be-
yond anything that you and I can
conceive of at this time. Go on with
your plans ju.st as you have done up
to this time. Prepare and equip
yourself to raise more and better
poultry. Back this movement and
you can make this Fall and Winter
and the years to follow the greatest
and best you have ever experienced.
This is po.ssible because we have one
of the greatest and best articles of
human food the world has ever
known. It is simply up to us to tell
the world about it.
COLONY HOUSE
PROBLEMS
(Continufsl from \>%i:v 4«>.'l)
haps twenty-five would be better.
The best birds are raised under favor-
able conditions and where no set-
backs should occur. If you start with
75 birds you will have about thirty
left after you have taken the cock-
erels and culls out — unless you have
too many culls!
Keep the houses clean — this can-
not be emphasized too strongly.
Regular days must be assigned to
cleaning the colony houses and the
cleaning must be done on schedule.
The heat and stiiell of the droppings
are no more agreeable to the birds
than they would be to you and a dirty
condition multiplies lice, mites and
disease. Water must not stand out
in a shallow pan in the sun; it should
be covered and placed so that it will
get a.-< little sun as possible and there
must be plenty of water at all times.
DAY-OLD CHIX AND DUX
VKJOROIS, HFAI.TIIV. I.IVAHI.K Chit an.l Dut that w»U crow. tlirtTa
• till tievrlop into |>rotit )trodu> in< •I'r.-imrni l*»rrnt Stork •♦I»<'Iit#
innitMl for irrnrritiiinn l>> Hocan and Corn*ll m«>th'Hl« Thirty »<>«*n
yoan of {trariical e\]««<rirnrr hack «f tb«ai. .^u|>«nor klork at i>opalar
pric*"*. Lib«>nil diicounl on ftp<-k or-liTt^J m advaoc*
Cttjitomar's X^ettar
Ittoomincton. Ind
I>«'ar Sift: — rip«!kf> »<.nd me your l»t<iMt pri<-# lint V<'ur Uat Ti>ar*» rhi«
h«vp dona wondrr* for xi«. They atartei! Uyinf in Sert«"'^«r •nJ are
dojutf their l.o«t now In Derembar. I cot 4^4 rgt* : January. .N3.'» ecc«
and February, 70H ttt* from 40 |iuilet« and 1^ yrarlinf*.
Youra truly. D. A. (lAl.UnVAY
Rhode laland Reds, Barred and Whit* Rox. WkiU Wyan-
dottes. White, Buff and Brown Lrghorna. Indian Runner and
Pekin Dux
PULItETS — riar* yi>ur order now for thre* months old
Whit' I.pgborn i»ullet» f'»r June flr»t to tenth d»UT»fy. Hrad
from our b«»«t i>tork. Very at'ni«*tl»e. bic. Iwp ro«l»e • btrda
that wi'I iiiart to earn m<>ney HHin after you c»t ihem
OrdiTA aoriplcd from «ni> doien up to on« thounand bird* in
on» l>>t,
Niagara Poultry Farm
RANSOMVIILK NEW YOBIC
% W. R. CURTI88 CO . Prop.
Member* International Haby i'hiik A«*oclatton
lit Pa Mat
BOSTON. It2l
BUTTERCUPS
Cook's GoldfMrotf Butlrrrupi*— Heavy Layer*
WIN ALL FIRST PRI2ES AT HAOIAON SQUARE CAROtN. IKl ••< tlM
FOUR FIRST PRI2LS AT BOhTON. IW4
Stock for nale. Hp^rtal : A r>«>d trio for f'-'o To h»lp po^ulariia
l»utter.u|.» will sell my bent e«k"« li for $10 with no raplacanaota.
.s.nd f<r tir«'ular. Yearling breeder* at »|>arial pnc»a.
C. Sydney Cook. Jr.. 73 VaUaii.. Si.. Weil Newtoo. Miu.
LIGHT BRAHMAS— They're Coming Back
Mil Circular TelU Why
Won more firsU at last Chicajpo Coli.st-um Show than any other ex-
hibitor. Effirs and Chicks.
OSCAR GROW, 1533 Waterloo St, CEDAR FALLS, IOWA
.:XI%^Sge wyandottes
13 YEARS CONSISTENT WINNING AT THE GARDEN AND OTHER NATIONAL SHOWS
Choice Eggs. $10 par 15; Flock MaUng. at SS per 16. 15 par SO. 18 par 50 or 115 par 100.
Circular STtMK Ft»U SM.K. Hat,.f«r....n A..ured
SHEFFIELD FARM. H B Hark. Mgr. CLENPALE. OHIO
INDEPENDENT'S BEEF SCRAP
*'Great Stuff!!" Samples on Request
INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURING CO.
Wheat Sb««f L«n« and Aramingo At*.
PkiUiUlpkU, Pa.
3 ounoa Boltia 60o - 8 ouoca Btf^ • ? r, . *«,.h.^ m u II
MAGIC BROODER
, ,.V,.Bi Hold Ml J« d*/» r«M«««« ^rt«» '•' "^
mir «♦• f*"*
oi(><tati«allan
at
United Brooder Company
II) y»r«iaia«ta« Atmu*
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502
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
gay, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
503
Swat
the
Drones
Dont Kill the
Laying Hen/
lEEP
^
fija.
1^
Thim
MfcNiilsff'
THE HOGAN>QUISENBERRT
METHOD U fally explmiiMd in
thii new book. "TIm Cdl tf Hn Mm*.
8o SIMPLE ft child can do It
■Mi MM MMfS TOI ,k
^ll«w 1% loiMe Ytir ProfRi
— Itw Tt Piefc ProffilaUt IrMdart
— Rtw Tt Ml M ■•■-frtdsctrt
—low 1% S«lt€t Oood Liytrt
•^low T» lave On Feed
Thousands of poultry men haro
4— blid praAtB la • mn^U pmr throagk
lk« BOQAN-QUI8EN BERRY METH-
OD. Whf pay f«r tmd for Imbs that
MMam lajrt Laam baw to evil rawta
a« woll a* bona. Daa't kaop al ot of
G«trtdof*«
•7h0
VMob Rm Ar« Tm KetpitcT
DM't bothw with Boa-prodoctivo h«i«.
^Dettt'boardara". Kooponlrvood layvra.
Tida baok showt yoa how aiapU tt Is.
oo Postfiald
ra«r il#MMV a«c* if
Nm4 Fmtty SmHtfmd.
Smmdmt Ommmt
A range that is bordered by a
brook is extremely convenient and
saves a lot of labor. Dry mash
should be kept in covered, wooden
hoppers outside of each house so that
the chicks may have access to it at
all times and the grit boxes should be
full of grit, shell and charcoal.
We believe in feeding milk in some
form and have found dry and semi-
solid buttermilk a wonderful feed.
We use this after the chicks are a
week old and never have them with-
out a supply. If one has skim milk
that he is .sure is free from tubercu-
losis it i.<, perhaps, equally as good,
fed after it is sour. In spite of all
our precautions, chicks will pick up
lice on range. This seems to be ju.st
as mysterious as where puppies that
are kept in clean kennels get them;
but the fact remains and we must go
over our birds once a month and give
them a good powdering if necessary.
If one has very many houses a
horse-drawn cart provided with feed
pails and a water barrel will be found
very convenient, for it is quite a
chore to look after the colony rang©
each day.
Whatever style of colony house you
adopt be sure that plenty of air can
get into it and out of it without
creating a draft. Place your houses
80 that they will face a little west of
south; this will give them the proper
exposure — not too much sun but
enough to act as a disinfectant.
And remember that a colony house
can be used every month in the year
— first for chicks, then for growii/g
pullets and cockerels, theji for win-
tering males and finally for sp»c'al
matings or for setting hens.
THE CHICKEN FEVER
(Continued from l>»Ke 467)
kind he had seen running around his
grandfather's farm when he was a
boy. Finally, after several years ef-
fort, we made him promise to come
out. He came out one evening and
hadn't got fifty feet away from the
door before he stood spell bound be-
fore some beautiful birds. Before
the evening was over he had paid
$1,000 for ton of them and was in-
oculated with the hen fever good and
plenty. His wife thought he had
gone crazy and told him so, but he
came again every evening as long as
the show lasted. He literally talked
the arm off of the breeder he bought
from. He never dreamed there was
so much knowledge attached to pro-
ducing chickens like those. The re-
sult was that he became a confirmed
fancier. His backyard poultry plant
became his hobby and he says that
$1,000 was the best investment he
ever made. Now, instead of going
down to the club in the evening or
out to the golf club Saturday after-
noon and Sundays, he is out with his
chickens and it has saved him more
money in real ca.sh than he wonld
have spent for other pleasures, given
him more complete satisfaction than
an>^hing he ever invested in for
pleasure before or since.
When he takes the auto out on
Sunday for a ride in the country it ig
to drive out to some poultry farm
or to some other town to visit some
fancier and look at his fowls, see
what he is doing, how he does it, etc.
It is real enjoyment that cannot be
found in any other business. He
realizes now why those ten birds were
worth $1,000 to the man who pro-
duced them or to the man who
wanted to produce something like
them. He realizes that not every ten
birds are worth $1,000. He likes to
boast to his friends about the fresh
<?g^ he has for his own use and to
present to some of the more un-
fortunate friends who have to depend
on market eggs, but he doesn't
worry whether they lay 144 eggs a
year or 200. He realizes that they
cannot break egf: records and win
blue ribbons at the same time, not
just yet, although he thinks the day
will come when they will. To condi-
tion a hen and put her through a
poultry show would put her out of
laying condition for too long a
period. The big gsk producer is a
day laborer. Her plumage is soiled
and broken and she has the bo(*y and
stamina of the hard worker. The
good show hen has the form and pK-
mage of the being that is good to
look at, doing just enough work in
the nest to make a desirable article,
yet not enough to make her go ?'ound
in her working clothes all the time.
She is the fancier's fowl and the kind
that the man with the hen fever likes
to have and to look at.
Judging from the subscription lists
of the poultry magazines, the average
run of the hen fever is about two
years. That is the average life of a
subscriber and if it could be checked
back it would be found that such a
sub.scriber or patient went into it
for the money that could be made
out of it. They started with a nish
and thought that it took no brains to
raise fine chickens. The cash results
didn't come with a rush and the>
soon joined the ranks of those who
say there is money in the ehicken
business because they put it in. The
small percentage of renewals aro the
real fanciers. The persons that
caught the hen fever in such a man-
ner that they are not looking at the
cold dollars and cents, but at the real
plea.sure they get out of it and the
good health it brings them for
being nearer nature, more out of
doors, etc., are the ones that .stick to
it. They figure the acquaintances
and friendships of the other real fan-
ciers as something that makes lif*
worth while and the moments and
hours they spend with such breeders
make them feel well repaid for hav-
ing caught the hen fever.
VALIDITY OF PATENTS DECIDED
It does not pay for anyone to in-
fringe on patents as is demonstrated
in the United States Court handing
down a decision in protection of the
Buckeye Incubator Company in their
suit brought against an Ohio hatch-
ery for infringement of patents cover-
injf the Buckeye Mammoth Incuba-
tors.
There seems to universally exist,
an idea, with many people, that an in-
fringement does not incur where an
article is made and not for sale, but
this decision proves otherwise.
Under the United SUtes Patent
Laws, the Buckeye Incubator Com-
pany and its licensees have the ex-
clusive right to make, use or sell in-
cubators that embody certain claims,
and any person or persons who build
incubators for their own use or for
the use of others that are covered by
these claims will be guilty of in-
frinffement and accountable to the
Buckeye Incubator Company for
profits and damages.
We believe this information will
be of value to every reader who may
be contemplating building a machine
with the wrong idea as to the inter-
pretation of the Patent Laws. It is
far better to proceed with a decision
as to the make of machine you desire
and purchase from the manufacturer,
which will prove a great .saving as
litigation in court is always expen-
sive.
HATCHING JUNE CHICKS
June Chicks — When they get
through hatching we will have about
two hundred June chicks. Many claim
the June chicks can't be raised; but
there is no reason for this common
belief. We find them ju.st as easy to
raise as those hatched earlier or later
in the season. And they can be
brought to maturity with less care
and feed than the early hatches. We
can't have as good success with the
June hatched brooder chicks as we
can with the early hatche.*^. When an
incubator hatches we divide the chicks
among a number of broody hens,
never giving more than fifteen chicks
if we can possibly help it to each
hen, and the hens raise nearly every
chick we give them. ''They stand
around and sleep themselves to
death," we have often heard it said
of the June chick. If they are put
out in the hot sun where there is
little or no shade they will stand
around asleep and finally die; and
lice will also cause this "sleepy"
disease.
HENS MUST HAVE EXERCISE
Too much stress cannot be laid
upon the necessity of exercise for
hens. Lack of exercise may result in
barrenness in animals. The ef^ is
the first stage in the reproduction of
the hen. It is important that grain
ahould be fed in short, deep litter to
induce exercise.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
(\nyrXhkks that Grow/
Jersey Black Giants
vooley Chicks
tl« (MT 15. •!• Prf '.0 $50 por 100
w .! mJuwl priw*. U fn* UJ ymi on rw|U«M.
Writ* t»<ay. <•• t 4tl*y.
"••^(^le,', Cktcki That Craw:
1 77 >»ari' nwn»»9:
2 Larv^tt Individual Hatchary.
J n ffrtat Br»fd»
4 Ptrtaaal ■tt»«lioa to all •«^»'*-
J Lo»f«l ^rtcrt. M»fh«»l quality.
ELOIN t. COOLEV. Frtachlowa. N. J.
QUAUTY, RtUABiLITY.
SERVICE
Mammoth Pekin Doddings
fir npii gravllL
Tti* faimnu iwr-laylnf IndU
K'lnfiem bred for hUrti productton.
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WAYNE COilNn DUa FARM
Cly««. N. Y.
— stin they win— and lay!
Vaa a'Oala PatflfrM4 Whita Raalu wla Flflli CmH-
tti in daM or n. aDd fifth Paa at Ma^laaa M«ar*
Oartfa*. rir^t and Hroorid lllcb Indlrlduala for
January at Q^iinry lATtnc Contaat. Illct> pan. All
tartatlM. for l>M»inl>w. Hlfti pan. h«ary fartaUva.
for thraa monUta C|f« tar hatahiM IS. tlO. t IS par
a-rttlat. CaafcaraH af 200 -aft hraatftM 110. tiS. tM.
m. Hand for natln* ttaL
Van o'Daie Farm, Catoiu?ille, Md.
iS^N Barred Ptymooth Rods
BraSn
Wallkaai.
RIce'8 Prize Winning
S. C BLACK MINORCAS
Ctiamplons
EGGS CHICKS
Tv— llhtinc Liat
J. L. tlCE, B«x 84, PIONETON, OHO
PAYNE BROS.
Rose aid Sligle Conb Reds
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Pre* CatAlocue
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EXPERIMENT STATIONS
(Continued from p»fe 468)
The production to date for the
various varieties represented is as
follows:
Khrred Plymouth Rocks 30.8
White Wyandottes
lersejr Black tlianta
Single Comb White I.l•|fhnrI»^
Single Comb Hhode l>laii<i I{tMi>
White Plymouth Rocks
.Single Comb Hrown Lt»j;horiir
A glance at these figures will show
that the Barred Rocks and White
Wyandottes are holding their own
while the Black Giants and White
Leghorns have shown a gain.
In the following table is given the
amount of mash and grain consumed
per bird for breeds together with the
feed cost per bird and the number of
eggs per bird. It is interesting to
note that the amount of total feed
consumed by all breeds has increased
during the month and that the birds
are getting nearly twice as much
grain as mash. This will serve to
keep the bird.s in excellent condition
allowing them to go through the
breeding season in a good condition
of flesh. The number of eggs per
bird is more than twice as much as
last month in many cases and in some
cases almost twice as much.
3
4
11
A. C. Jones. Georgetown, Del. . . »t^
W. II H Kont. Caienovia. N. Y.. ! eJJ
White Plymoath Socks
The Traininjr School. Vineland, N. J. sm
Harold F. Harher. Dover. Ma.ns. ..." 3^*
Wilhurtha Poultry Farm, Trenton
Junction. N. J 31*
Wblte Wyandottes
D. O. Witmer, Joplin. M<> jjj ;
AiiRust Weiss, Upper Saddle River,
single Oomb Rhode Island Beds
C. C poultry Farm. Nfw Hruns-
wick. N. J 5J2
Etjon Poultry Farm. So. Vineland. '
Mwple Farm. Crosjwirks. N. J. ... 524
Jersey Black Giants
Wilhurtha Poultry Farm, Trenton
Junctiuti. N. J 522
R. li .StotoRhury k Marcy Farms.
Marlboro. N. J 4)2
Guodflox poultry Farm, New Hruns-
wii k. N. ,T 43m
Single Comb White Leghorns
Hollywood Poultry Farm. Hollywood,
Wash 7jj .
Lewi.-* N. Clark. Port Hope, Otit.. j
Can 841 i
C. T. Darby. North Hranrh. N. J. . «2t
Bergen County InternatioRal Egg .
Laying Contest, Westwood, N. J.
The production at the Bei^en
County International Egg Layinf \
Contest has shown a steady increase /
during the past month. The records
reported on in this report are for a
35 day period, that is, from February
27 through April 2, with the excep-
tion of indixndual records which are
j;iven through the month ending
March 31. Production during this ,
04
14
13
18
20
20
27
2 r>
C2
38
44
Nu. o( Uirds
79
4.5
23
109
36
811
Breed
liarred Plymouth Kocks
White Plymouth Rocks
White Wyandottes
Rhode Island Reds
Jersey Black Giants
White Leghorns
The leading pens in each of the
principal breeds are as follows:
Barred Plymouth Bocks
I>(>Q Production
7 Norfolk Specialty Farms. St. Wil-
liams, Unt.
Can.
714
Grain. lbs.
M
ash. lbs.
Food
Cost
K«.n
6.36
2 64
.31
U.I
6 38
3.12
.25
18.T
6 13
2.27
.22
18.1
6.31
3.24
.25
174
il.Ol
3.43
.25
22.1
7 69
2.50
.26
lb.}
I
time was 42,777 eggs which is a pro-
duction of 61.1 r'r. The total produc-
tion to date is 98,706 eggs, or ac
average of 32 Tr to date. Expressed
I
v'?:yy?y'A-!y?:.y??:y?^?>:gggggg:B
K MAYHILL POULTRY FARM MARION INDIANA pg
The above Is a most excellent reproduction of a photograph
of the First Prise Oock. Slni^lo Comb White Ijeghorns. at the
Indiana State Fair. 1923. Bred, owned and exhibited by May-
Hill Poultry Farm. Marlon, Ind.
May, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAG.AZINE
505
differently, the production for the
nionth was 21.3 eggs per bird, mak-
ing the production to date 49.4 eggs
per bird for the entire contest.
The ten highest pens for the month
are as follows:
Likewse, interesting has been the
continued intensity of production of
Hen No. 3. Pon 93. likewise a Barred
Plymouth Kock. This little hen with
a wiight of 4.5 pounds laid her first
Pen No.
56
48
63
43
SI
47
44
65
42
ti
Rreel
W.
Lee
W.
Leic.
W.
Leg.
W.
Leg.
W.
Leg.
W.
Leg.
W.
!.••»:•
W,
Leg.
w.
L«^K
w.
L.V
Ciwncr
Circle (W) Farm. Gatea Mill. O
Hollywooil Poultry Farm, Uollvwooj, Ws.^h
O. T. Darbv. North Hranch. N.'j
Wellward Farm, East Setauket. L. I., N. V.
Windy Hr«w Farms. Nowton. N. J.
L. C. lieall. Jr.. Vashon, Wasli
Parlow Lctthorn Farm, .Sujjnr GrrwH pn
S. Olsen. Westwood. N. J
.\meling Farms. KulJa, Mo. . . .
W. C. Eckard. Paw Paw. Micl-.
It will be noted that all these high
pens are Leghorn pen.s. They have
seemed to have things their own way
almost from the start of the contest.
The ten highest individuals for the
month; that is, through March 31,
are as follows:
i^fif^ on December 6 and produced :i
total of 22 eggs for December. She
produced an e^'g a day for the fir.«t
ten days in January, then going
broody and taking a rest for exactly
J!i.n No Breed
M B. P. R
65 1 W. I>««.
4 5 ». P R-
51 7 W. Leg.
1.120 W. Wyan.
86 15 W. Leg.
4(* 17 W. Leg.
«4 3 W. Leg.
5112 W. Leg.
Owner
Harred Rock Chicken Farm, Engle.vood. N. J.
.«». Olsen. Westwood. N.J
W. H. H. Kent. Casenovia. N. Y. .
Windy Prow Farms. Newton. N. J.
August Weiss. Allendale. N. J
Dr. J. 8. Neif. Flemington. N. J
IJollywood Potiltrv Farm. Hollywood. Wa*h.
W. C. Eckard. P:»w Paw. Mich. .
Windy Hrow Farms, Newton. N J
L. C. H.all. Jr . Vashon. Wa»h. .
47 4 W. Leg
The standing to date of the various
varieties represented is as follows:
Breed
White Plymouth Rocks
White Leghorns
bsrr^ Plymouth Rocks
>\Tiite Wyandotten
Rhode Island Redx
Itlack Leghorns
Mottled Houdans
The ten highest pens to the end of
March are:
39.7
:i:i 4
29.0
2<^ 0
2f. H
22.4
20.
one week, starting to lay again* on
January 18 and producing a total of
23 eggs for the month. Continuing
this record, she laid 27 eggs in Febru-
ary, and now with 29 eggs in March,
giving her a total of 101 eggs, from
December 6 to March 31, and al.so the
record of 69 eggs in 74 days from
I>n No. Breed Owner
:»i W^. I^g. C. L. Flaccus. Glenshaw. Pa
37 W. Leg. Hollywood Poultry Farir Hollywood. Wasli
39 W Leg. George B. Ferris. Grand Rapids. Mich. . .
45 W. Leg. J. F. Francai*. Westhampton. B. L. I. . .
1 W. Leg. Meadowedjce Farm. Cedarhurst. L. I. ,N Y
88 B. P. R. A. C. Jones. Georgetown, Del
M B. P. R. Member L. I. P. A.. Roslyn. L. I . N. Y
tl W. Leg. A. R. Scott. Toms RiTsr. N. J
67 R. I. H West Neck Farm. Huntington. L. I . N Y.
66 R. I. K. J. W. Everitt. Glen Cover. L. 1. N Y
Pen 72, Single Comb Rhode Island
Reds, Deer Brook Poultry Farms,
Short Falls, N. H.. laid 199 eggs for
the month of March. This was the
third highest pen in its class.
New York State Egg Laying Contest,
Y.it*
XI7
MO I
7.^1»
7 n
7n.%
«?>•.>
60.)
675
Farmingdale, L. I.» N. Y.
The birds in the New York State
Egg Laying Contest have responded
rather to the season of the year than
to the weather of the season as some
very pronounced variations both in
temperature and condition of the
weather took place in this section
during the month of March. Even so,
the total during the month of March
was 17,789 eggs or 67.9% produc-
tion. The best daily yield was made
on March 27 with a total of 653 eggs
or 65.8%.
Changes in standing of the pens in
the contest are now taking place al-
most daily and notably among these
is the lay being made by Pen 90,
Barred Plymouth Rocks, which pro-
duced 240 eggs for tiie month or the
following weekly production for the
past fire weeks:
January 18 to March 31, with a con-
tinuous cycle of 36 eggs from Febru-
ary 8 to March 14.
Mortality continues to be some-
what low with a loss of 15 birds or
1.6% for the month.
The grand total was 17,189 or an
average of 17.9 eggs per bird. The
average per bird for the different
breeds was:
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leghorns
Rhode Liland Reds
Miftrellaneous .
Plymouth Rocks
White Wyandottes
The leading individual birds to
March 31 were Bird No. 9, Pen No.
39, Single Comb White I^eghorn and
Bird No. 1, Pen No. 90, Whit« Wyan-
dotte; each bird producing 107 eggs.
The standing of the three leading
pens for March is as follows:
Pen I^W
90 Member L. I. P. A.. Roslyn. L. 1 .
N Y. (B P. R.) 2*0
42 P. D. Zlmmaroian. HarrUbarg. Pa.
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The three leading birda for March
Ecc»
Rotlyn.
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20
20
were:
L. I.. N. Y. (B. PR) • • w Y
«3 9 Umbtl L. NuU. Mousey. N. 1
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The three leading peiis m eacn
variety were aa follows:
^* Do'rn* lirove K.rm. Ka.y Quocue.
L. !•. N. Y
C L ri»«-<"a«. OI«ii»h«w. !»•
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Robert 8e«m«n. Jenrho. L. I.. H- X
We«l Neck P*rm. Huntinicton. L. i.
Downrori;;* F»riiV EeVt Quofue.
L. I.. NY
43
85
•7
219
210
78
eo
70
le
ito
7»
•0
• 1
213
201
102
194
lai
IHl
100
various breeds. It will be noticed
that there is very little difference be-
tween the amount of mash and jn*ain
consumed per bird, and that the feed
cost is smallest for the Rhode Island
Reds. The feed cost is highest for
the Leghorns, which is rather un-
usual. This is accounted for by the
fact that they have consumed more
feed per bird than any of the other
breeds. The Barred Rocks have the
largest number of eggs per bird.
No of Bird* ^. R«"**<* .
252 Plymouth RorkB
H4 White Wyandotte*
15H Rhode IsUnd Reds
157.1 Leuhornt
21 Houd»n8
The leading pens in each of the
principal breeds are as follows:
Plymouth Rocks
I>^n Production
10 W C Metthew*. Wilmington. Del.
(White) • • 1.222
A. C. Jonee. Georfelown. Del
(Barred) J-®®*
Thf* Kerr Chirkerie.. Inc.. Syracuse
N. Y. (Barred) • • • • 1.0«5
Chan. T Stran. H-M-y Farm. River
Tale. N. J. (Barred) ..:.•••■ „*'®^®
W. H. B. Kent. Caienovia. N. Y.
(Barred) '.O**
WlilU Wyandottes
Aucust Weins. Allendale. N J. •• l.HO
F. A. Woodward, Larobertville.
U J 813
Walnut' Creit* Poultry Farm. Little
* River. Conn '3^
SEPARATE THE SEXES
Upon most farms it is custom-
ary to see the chickens of both sexes
running about together, and little at-
tention seems to be paid to the fact
that when pullets and cockerels are
separated both thrive infinitely bet-
ter. Of course keeping them apart
may involve a certain amount of
work, but any extra labor is well re-
paid by the improved growth and the
3
6
9
13
14
12
Grain lbs.
Ma»h IbH.
Feed Cost
Kcp
:j.25
3.61
19
20.1
3.02
B.'ie
lrt6
I*!
3.21
2.87
.17
18.S
3.68
3.70
.21
20S
:».25
3.36
.18
lti.4
better stamina of the chickens of
both sexes.
There are several reasons for ad-
vocating the separation of the sexet
at as early an age as possible, and
it will be found that both the cock-
erels and pullets thrive much better
when such a plan is adopted. When
they are permitted to remain to-
gether the cockerels will worry the
pullets a good deal, besides which
they will fight among themselves for
the mastery of the flock. When the
cockerels are by themselves they will
v.MA Panns Napanoch, NY
otTrce W^Aui. Old Westbury.
O^rfi • W* All«; '6id ' 'w'e.tbuVy'.
I "l %f Y
' witU WyandottM
Member L- I. P- A . Medford. L. I .
Ha^;.T' V * ByVrlr' "shaVpsViii;; Pa*. 191
Ckaarde Farm. M^lt.tuck. L. I.. ^^^
Member L I P A.. Koalyn. L. I.
M Y *•«
Fire PUr# Faim. BTookhaven. L. I..
If Y 1* mnm
•8 A C'jonea. Oeorfotown. Del 22»
The sUnding of these various
breeds and varieties is exactly the
same as for last month.
The manage-
ment of New Jer-
sey's Egg Laying
Contest is glad to
announce at this
time a new ser-
vice which \he
contest will ren-
der to the con-
tesUnts; namely,
the testing of all
birds which will
be returned to
the oviTiers in the
fall, for WhiU
Diarrhoea. This
test will be made
during the com- wyandotu chlcka aa iUuftrat#d aboTt w«r« hatch«l from egga by John 8. Martin. Port »<>▼«. 0°*'
Ing summer, and oanaJa. during the stunmor or 1923. Hatchod July 11th and the photograph waa taken when thjy were fUj* ^f^
Awnera will be and twi daya old. Mr. Martin wrltea ns that SO'i of those puUeta were Uylng by J*n«»7. l*". ^^J^^Jyj!
"J J ♦ Sem^eSgod 24 egga each In three months. It la oTldent that summer hatched chicks from strong, rlgoroua, aa-
notified as l O ^^^ can be quickly developed dnrtng nature' a MMoa of growth.
which birds in
their contest pens, if any. are carriera
of this disease, so that they will not
use these birds as breeders when they
are returned to them. All adult birds
at this contest and the Vineland con-
test will be tested this summer.
Following is a Uble showing the
amount of grain and mash consumed
per bird, with feed cost and number
of eggs produced per bird for the
single Oomb Rhode Island Eeds
15 Brecon Poultry Yards, Linden.
N J 1.098
16 C. C. Poultry Farm. New Brunswick.
20 Meadowdale Poultry Farm. Stock
ton. N. J v—w
Single Oomb White Leghorn*
56 Circle (W) Farm. Gates Mill. O. . 1.611
4H Hollywood poultry Farm, Holly-
wood. Waih 1.487
r.3 C. T. Darby. North Hrsn. h. N. J. 1.476
eUFF WYANDOTTES
From
IMOWAXO FARM
Win at Erie. Buffalo and th« G«rdeQ. Eggs for hatching from six grand roalmgs. Order now.
Get them out early and hav* some winner* for the early shows. ».,..#. i«_i
A few choirs males at $10.00 each. If in need of one. order it; money back if not suited.
ft. A. RACE. Box A. NORTH EA^T, RA.
all live in peace, and little difficulty
will be found in keeping large num-
bers together, but, on the contrary,
when there are any pullets present
they will fight, frequently causing
one another a great amount of harm.
Especially is this the case with birds
that are to be kept for stock pur-
poses, as, should the comb or wattles
become damaged or deformed
through fighting it may seriously
aff'ect their sale. It is important to
separate the sexes immediately as
.soon as they are large enough to be
distinguished.
SCHEIWE'S "ROYAL" BUFF WYANDOTTES Great Redactions on Eggs for Hatching
COMMENCING MAY 15TH. THE FOLLOWING REDUCTIONS WILL BE MADE
$17 50 aettinga reduced to $15.00 $7.50 aettinca reduced to $5.00 Order direct
$15.00 aettbift reduced to $10.00 $5.00 aeltinfa reduced to $4.00 fmm iMs Ad.
$10.00 aettiatt reduced to $ 7.50 $3.50 aettinga reduced to $2.75 ^^^"^ "*" ^"•
EWALD SCUEIWE POULTRY FARM. Btx 12, E scheiwe, Prop, algonac. mich. geo. t. pilcher. Mr-
will you support a
national poultry council
in the united states?
The great majority of straight
thinking, keen minded, energetic
poultrymen in the United States have
already come to the point where they
feel the urgent need for the organi-
tation within this big country of
ours, of a National Poultry Council
organized along the lines of a Na-
tional Dairy Council, an organization
in fact somewhat similar to the
Canadian Poultry Council and the
British Poultry Council. Such a
body would be representative of all
lines of organized poultry endeavor
in the United States, including not
only poultry producers but poultry
and egg handlers, as well as all of
those industries which provide suf-
ficient equipment, supplies and feed
for the poultrymen. The organiza-
tion of such a council is a big task.
Some individual or some organization
nu!«t make the initial move in calling
a conference to consider the organi-
sation of such a group. So it is then
that the directors of the International
Baby Chick Association have decided
to issue a call for such a conference
to be held in Chicago, on Saturday,
August 9, to discuss and consider
ways and means of organizing the
poultry indu.stry of the United States
so that it may protect its interests as
a whole, in a national way. Official
invitations to participate in this con-
ference will be extended in the near
future, and it is hoped that every or-
ganized group in the United States,
in any way allied to the poultry in-
dustr>', will find it convenient to par-
ticipate in this important conference.
If any of the readers of this an-
nouncement have any ideas bearing
upon .such an organization, it>s field
of usefulness, or any suggestions as
to its scheme of organization, we
shall be more than pleased to receive
them for study and presentation at
the conference. The time set for this
national poultry council conference
if just following the annual conven-
tion of the International Baby Chick
Association, and just previous to the
annual convention of the American
Poultry Association. Watch the col-
umns of this paper for additional and
more detailed announcements regard-
ing the plans for this most important
meeting.
For the Board of Directors of the
International Baby Chick As.sociation,
by Harry R. Lewis, President, and
Gilbert R. Spitzer, secretary.
WIN BEST DISPLAY
W Car.. '24: Cihw. Cbcac*. Dk. 73
Winnlnff Wjandott« Pan at
H. A. 0. National Egg Contest
Laat Season
Bfod eicluiiively sinre 1M93. Send for free
rirrular.
Braedars, Half Prlca June ISth
■ RAZELTON SMITH. NHJSS. BOOR.
tV,.<.fi
*■:-««
REDUCED PRICES
After the nineteenth of May
Lord Farms Leghorns
Day. old Chicks can be bought for $20.00 per
hundred; $190.00 per thousand. Cheaper every
week in June.
Late May and June chicks are profit-makers if the
poultrymen will realize they require nearly aa much
attention as early chicks. They require a littl©
different attention than early chicks, and some com-
mon sense with it.
Late chicks must have the riaht breeding
behind them so as to make sure they do not
fall behind in coming to a profitable eu
yield next fall.
They must have lots of stamina to carry them
through the hot spells ahead of them.
LORD FARMS sold more June chk:ks last year than
ever before We believe nearly every customer
found that late May and June chicks were profit-
able. Send for 80-page Catalog.
LORD FcIKMSmeTHOEN. MASS.
p. S. — As this advertisement Roes to pr«M w« ar* not quit*
■old out fnr early May delivery. If you want early May
chicks from this ad at $28.00 per hundred, we will return your
check if shipment cannot be made before May 9.
«|M
^.-..
Columbian Wxandottes
Eighth OonaecotlTe Showing at "The Garden"
Tint, Second. Third Cock FUet. Second. Third Oockarei
First, Second. Third Hen First, Second. Third PoUet
nr»t Old Pen T\ni Tomac Pea
Best Oolambian Wyandotu Special and all Shape and Color Spe^ala — BB8T DISPLAY.
No EcKi for Hale. Will not •h-w at <i»riUn io 193&
WILKIlfSON * WILKINSON Boi 0 BLAIBSVILLB. PA.
We told you so!
At the Chicago NationiJ Show, January 14-21, in tha Kaaaatt
Competition Seen This Year
WE WON
ON SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS
Second and Eijrhth Cock; Seventh Hen; Sixth Old Pen; Third Young
Pen; Second Best Display.
ON WHITE WYANDOTTES
First. Third. Fifth and HeTenlh Cork; Foorth. Si.Ui and Eighth Hen; Bevealh Ooci
••^1 Seventh and Kifhth I'ullet; Fourth Old Pen; Fourth Toong Pea.
The aboJe on top of our w.nn.ng. ihroughoul the Hoath. I. P'^^^fJ-^ p,o.t ot
GaBtonia guality. Mating Li.l r^eJy. 0«t your c^pj at core and booh yoor order
fur early delivery.
1
GA8TONIA POULTRY FARM,
W. W. DAVIS, prop
508
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
May, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
509
OFriCIAL BULLETIN
Jersey
Black Giant
Club
0. M. Pat*. SecTreti.
Belrosr, New Jeriey
U. L. Meloney, President
M. L. Chapman, vice Pret.
:i
THE ORIGIN OF
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS
A. L- OLABK
Chief. Biir«Mi of MftrkeU
ir«w Jertey Bute Department of Afrtcttltnre
Since the boom struck Central
New Jersey on Jersey Black Giants
the tempUtion has been strong to
supply inferior stock for the urgent
demands. As a matter of fact, many
crosses of different varieties will pro-
duce a goodly pro-
portion of black
chickens with clean
black legs and sin-
gle combs. The
color of the second
generation, of
course, is a matter
of conjecture. This
is being counter-
acted pretty well
now by the efforts
of the Jersey Black
Giant Club and the
"Originators*
Branch," both of
which organizations
are striving with
might and main to
maintain and im-
prove this great
breed of poultry.
This part of the "Garden SUte"
has done much for American agrricul-
ture. The original Quaker settlers,
who bought every square foot of land
they occupied from the tribes of
Delaware Indians, knew strong land
when they saw it. The typical farm
vras and still is of around 150 acres
with a colonial type, substantial brick
house near the center. A lane nearly
a quarter of a mile in length fre-
quently leads from the highway to
the homestead. The barns and all
Old Homeatead of
Jersey Black Olanti
Black' i OUnte.
John and Thomaa Black who orlflnAted
around 1880. They were llrat known aa
other buildings are of frame con-
struction. In the gable of some of
these old "manors'* there is printed
with colored bricks the initials of the
man and wife, and in some the date
the building was erected or the date
of marriage. This is high up on the
end of the houses so it can be seen
from the road. These old, original
homesteads are scare now and only
to be found in parts of Burlington
County. Over in Mercer County and
the borders of Monmouth and Middle-
sex Counties the land lies more level
and was early used more exclusively
for grain farming. Livestock raising
was always a part of the fanning
operations in the slightly rolling sec-
tions of upper Burlington County and
the western edges of Ocean and Mon-
mouth Counties. It was at Cranbury,
in Middlesex County, and at Cross-
wicks, on the line of Burlington and
Mercer Counties, that David Brain-
erd, the famous Baptist missionary,
established schools for the Indians in
the early part of the eighteenth cen-
tury. The people were and still are
a class of thorough-going land-own-
ing farmers, who look ahead ten or
fifty years in their farm planning.
Fences are built of locust posts now.
Years ago they were of cedar and
chestnut rails. A few generations
ago these farms brought out the origi-
nal Duroc Jersey hogs, or Jersey
Reds, as they were first known. Sheep
and fat cattle were a regular thing on
these farms fifty years ago. Now
poultry and hogrs and dairy cows con-
stitute the livestock industry on these
farms. General farming, with some
specialized potato growing in the
northern part, is the general rule in
the Black Giant belt.
Along in the seventies of the last
century, buyers from Philadelphia
first began to notice the superior
quality of poultry that was raised in
this section. Among the best raisers
were two bachelor brothers at Jobs-
town, by the name of John and
Thomas Black. They scoured the
country over for large, plump breast-
ed, yellow skinned cockerels every
MARCY FARMS JERSEY BLACK GIANTS
REDUCED PRI
tUPKEMf EXHIBITION MATINOS
i'omr(>«(^i of wlniMT* at U»e Madlaun Square Oardrn
SiMiw. N>w Yorti, Jftnuarr. IM*.
rroa Pwi* AAA. AA. A— Etfi SO aentt: Chicks $1.50
Trvm P»nt B. C. D end X— Eco 50 cmti: C3ilrks
tl 00 fdki.
A\toy mettnca ennalit of th« flneat eihihIUon bird*
•tvr prodticrd tay Merer Fannt. and with tmm csotp-
Uont pMliapa the AnMt wrwt ptwhievd In Aroerlcm.
At tnlraduoM* of Ih* Jot«9 Blet^ Olant*. we t«l
llMi4 5e Meap for lllusUmlvd muloc. Ctmilar frw an
MARCY FARMS. Box 38. Wr
CES FOR IVIAY
VIGOROUS UTILITY MATINOS
.Mattrr* fr»m unr Marr> Kami* wliKCtwl flocks, prob-
■^■:y Uk ttnmfMt blo>Nl lln«
15 ccn
so ccva
50 acs«
100 cffga .
500 ana .
tlcc* on :\
In America.
S S.OO
e 00
9.00
15.00
60.00
ilai. I'otlop. Chlrkii rrcry Tuesday,
a mattpr of currtwpufidetioB. No
chlrkJ . 110 00
phlcki 1«00
ctilrka 35 00
1«-M U»*n 15 r«f» or 25 chlHu.
Wa do not know a breeder that can mH quality GlanU
for lew tiiai) these moitarate prloea.
(• apMlal pride in matntaininf Martgr Farms' leadership.
r««iest
ehold. Ne%v •Jersey (FerwrH Matewia. N. J )
AMERICA'S
LEADING
STRAINS or
THE
LARGEST
DOMESTIC
FOWL
«J E R S E Y B I^ A. C K GIANTS
Yon can buy no better utility GianU at any price. Our flocks are approved by New Jersey Dept. of Agrriculture.
Ckicks $36.00 pmr lOOj $18.00 p«r 50; $9.00 p«r 25 Efff* $16.00 p«r 100; $6.00 per 50; $4.00 per 26
We iruarantee aafe delivery; full count; 1,200 miles. Check or money order must be sent with order. Can-
not ship C. O. D. .•^•«A«>v
FARMS FX-EMINGXON. MEW JERSEY
fall. They mated these to females
selected from their own flocks. Other
poultr>' raisers went to them for cock-
' erels and before the Black brothers
died the term, "Black's Giants," was
I known as descriptive of a dark, mot-
ley colored, extra larpe strain of
fowl. In about 1910 a man from
Rhode Island boupht a trio which
' were lost in transit. A year or so
later a man from the Far West
claimed to have discovered a "New
t and remarkable meat breed of poul-
try in Burlinpton County. N. J."
The June number of the .American
poultry World, of 1911. carried an
article by Frank L. Piatt in which he
describes a visit to this section. All
of this shows that the breed had a
ffradual development an<i that there
was a sinple purpose in the mind of
the early breeciers; viz.. hiph class
market poultry. The terms. "Phila-
I delphia Roasting? Chicken" and *Thila-
delphia Capons," became familiar
' market terms in the East and referred
directly to these Central Jersey mar- |
ket fowls. A few breeders kept the
\ original strains pure, an(i by constant
selection a splendid, true breeding
variety has been perfected. In Janu-
ary, 1918, a pen of young "Black
Giants" was .shown at the Trenton
Poultry Show in connection with the
State Agricultural Week. It re-
mained for U. L. Meloney to rename
them Jersey Black Giants. Since
1918 their popularity has grown rap-
idly. They are now bred in all parts
of the world and give every promise
to become a permanent American
breed to fill the demand for a high
i grade, large, meat breed.
. CLUB NOTES
I Two trios of Jersey Black Uiants left fur
flpain the first wfek iii April. County Airent
A. C McLean and M. L. Chapman, of Wil-
burtha poultry Farnii*. I>eini{ in rharico of
Krttinc the birds totf««tht>r.
Wilhurtha furni>hit\ic a trio of yearlings
headed with a fourteen pound cork and two
food hens around eleven pounds each. Th4
younc P«n wa)* made up with a cockerel from
Arthur Perrin<>. Cranbury, N. J., and on«>
SDnet from Clifford Conover. HiKhtstown,
'. J., and the other from Maple Farms,
CrosRwirks. N. J. These trios are to go to
the World's Poultry Conin>e«in at Barcelona.
Spain, with the fiftv trioe authoriied hr the
American Poultry Association and in direct
chsrfre of Prof. W. C. Thonn.aon. of the New
Jersey State College Prof. Thompson will
endeavor to sell the birds in .Spain and
thereby avoid the risk of re-shipping them
back to this country.
• • •
Thank you. Received lietween twenty and
thirty new members during the month of
March.— C M. Page. Secy.
OORBECTIONS
In Mr. Chapman's rtport of the Trenton
Show be stated that the first pullet was also
first at Newark wh«>re he should have said
Madison .Squnn* darden as Mrs. L. W. Jones,
of Marlton. N. J., won first pullet at Newark.
In reportinic the members of the ex©<-utive
committee appointed at the annual meetinir
t>'e name H. C. Hoff should have read
D C R. Hoff. Neahanic. N. J.— O. M. Pajre.
Hecy
The Quick DtvcLOPCP
■Mj^"
The Feed That
Makes Chicks Grow
The Right Food For Chicks
Chicatine has proved itself a.>< tht rif Kt food for chick'*. l»rnctical
poultry keepers who have u^«Mi Chiontine and made comparative
te.^ts with well known chick f»'cds, will now hnv.» no other.
Fed to chicks at the start and continue*! for hve months, it
brings them to maturity quicker. You get big, >trong, healthy
pullets that prove better layers; big, heavy broilers rca»ly for
mark?t sooner and with greater profit.
Chicatine is cloan. pure food without stinuilant or mt^licatitm.
Because it has all the food element.** in correct proportion, it de-
velops chicks quickly and lessens mortality.
Ch'catine increases profit for the poultry keeper.
Try it on your chicka.
If your dealer doesn't have Chicatine. ask us for sample. fe<H|<ti( d>rri-iiana
nti<l prnc. statin-.; number »tf chicks you are ft'cdmc.
TIOGA MILL & ELEVATOR CO.
Box C. Waverly, N. Y.
TI-O-CA FEED SERVICE
Dealers Wanted ^ ^ ^-^ w^ 9 9
Sanitary KconamlemI
ONCE TRIED ALWAYS USED
.Mam|ile bale tl.OO postpaid. Covers .H sq ft. 2 in. deep.
Send for booklet. q j q^ ,57.^ l/f^^ j„^^ ^^ y^
TAAlMoitilUJm Ibreedingpldnt ;>;;:*f^'
HATCHING EGGS
■"•^irHITE ROCKS
Half Price after May 10.
nirans f.^ on per IS.
t filled strictly la
order a* rvrrived
Hedvy Laying
BARBER
HAROLD
DOVER * MASS.
f^east A$k /of Circular
No. 5
SHANTZ'S ANCONAS
AND WATERFOWL
Win at Canada's largest show*. Ths ONTARIO and Th*
ROYAL, where over 200 Aocunas and 400 Waterfowl
were shown: One First. Four Seronda. Foar Thirda,
Three Fourths. On* Fifth and One 81ith Prlia oa An-
conas; also Heel Collection of Waterfowl for all cos*
•erutlvp years Catalogue.
M. SHANTZ AYR. ONT., CANADA
•JOIMES* JERSEY BLACK GIANTS
winners st Ma^llson JVjusr* Oardwi. N T ; Philadelphia. Pa.; Kewaffe. N J . ftaU Hhew; Allentowti. Pa .
Ttneland. .N. J.: Br1d«»tyn, .N J , and numerous olhera , . . .
STOCK AKD EGOS FOB SALE. A bl< radoctlon In prices. Send for free circular
L. W. JOKES MAKLTOW. WBW /BUST
•JERSEY BLACK GIANTS OF QUALIXV
EGOS HALF PRICE FOB HAY AKD JTJKE. Remember, our birds are fall of blood from the
be^ First Pri.e Males at Mad.son Kquare tiardon. lO'Jl 22^2:1 N\« •'« J""* ^'•i'^*'^";*"'
esffi our hens wlU lay in May and June will be sold. No eblcas. All efC* prepaid. Ifaliof
list and cirtMilar free. f\n t jiwrrwn »A
AUG. D. ABKOLD Bo« E DILLBBUBO. FA.
Sunnylwook WHITE W YANOOTTE8
MAIKTAIK THEIB WINKING 8TBEAK OF THE SEASON
AtKnrark. New Jeraey'. SUt. Show, in the largest and be,tcU..e,.versbow^
H«i; Third Cockerel; Third PtUlet; Sacond Tonnf P«n; FUrt Old Pen »f,?;|~/°^,"VS "... .^Bed Hank. K. J. and Wa.hingtoi, D. O.
FiraU. I »|ao aupplied First Pullet (br perm.».ion) Thi^ wtnninr followed by Hweeps ai Ke« nan.. *..-..
1 can furnish wonderful BREEDINO STOCK and EGGS.
CHAMJCS D. CLEVELAND Box 7
EATONTOWN, N. J.
510
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
May. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
511
^^DCrURALDEPARTMENT
TIMELY NOTES ON THE SPRAYING AND FERTILE
ZATION OF APPLES AND PEACHES
Spraying is Essential to Profitable Fruit Production
The man who claims that he can
produce clean, sound fruit without
tprayinp: or dusting: is hard to find in
these days of specialized farming:.
Systematic spraying not only bene-
fits the fruit itself, but also prolongs
the life of the tree by the prevention
of disease and insect attacks.
Scab, Codling Moth and Curculio
Scib. codling moth and curculio
arc the chief sources of trouble to
the average fruit grower during May,
To control these pests on the apple,
at least three applications of spray or
dost are usually recommended dur-
ing the period beginning just as the
blossom buds show pink and ending
from ten days to two weeks after the
blossoms fall. The most imporUnt
application for codling moth control
during this period is made immedi-
ately after the petals fall. A large
majority of fruit growers depend
upon spraying during this period, al-
though dusting has given very satis-
factory results in some parts of the
country.
Spraying Mixture* for Apple*
A good spray mixture to use dur-
ing this period consists of concen-
trated lime-sulfur solution mixed
with lead arsenate. The former
should be diluted with water at the
rate of one gallon of lime-sulfur to
forty or fifty gallons of water. This
means approximately one quart to
ten gallons, or five tablespoonfuls to
one gallon of water. Powdered lead
arsenate should be used at the rate
of one and one-half pounds to fifty
gallons of spray mixture. Seven
Ublespoonfuls to ten gallons, or one
and one-half teaspoonfuls to one gal-
lon will make a mixture of the proper
strength. Starting with the peUl fall
application, a mixture known as Dry
Mix Sulfur Lime, or WetUble Sulfur,
may be used in place of concentrated
lime-sulfur. This mixture should be
used at the rate of twelve and one-
half pounds to fifty gallons, two and
one-half pounds to ten gallons, or five
tablespoonfuls to one gallon of water.
Although a trifle more expensive.
G«t Mt 30 Dim !• ^ra>• I Cm
Imp E»«T Qkk Y** Pm Oil Hm
na CfrtHii Wyir DiwrWa.
NO COST IF i FAIL
Don't let WhiteDiarrhoea
*'/25LVi*»^>'- Kill Half of Youi
CHICKS
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(•lUto dtarrttoM) and ahlcka baicbvd frea Umm puUoU n«t yoar wUl bo 100 (wr owt
bo«Urtaa pullartuai TIIIH WR OCAaANTR.
U approiimatoly Xe prr mauirad fowl. 1 know mom of too maj bo
I know that pornapa you ha«o trtod dooana of dUNrvt r«M«dUo and
wllhMt rMulta. No itoubt a nuahor of you woto ■iaiitlflal aovvral raara ago whao wo lald In oar
that wo bad dUn>f«r«d -HMOKK KM." THK GUAaANTKKT) BOUP crRB. "RMOKK 'EM"
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not aanafacturo worthloa proparaOona that aro Intondod to got tho poultrraan'a money. If w« rant kMp
wlitto dtarrtkOM froa klUlnc your ehlcki and DIAKOKl'B'EM No. I falU to do what wo aay. w« doit't want
aao aMl of yuur aonav.
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S. aoAotaat to iMdiMta 24 mIImm at watar
S. aiHMlMt to HMdlMli 4S Mllaaa of watar ftS.M
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ANDERSON BOXES'- SAFEST FOR YOUR CHICKS /^d EGGS
QUICK DEl.IVKKlliS-<X)URTEOUS SERVICE-LOW PRICES
1 he brot poultrymrn now uac Andrraon Hoxe*. ThousandH of
aatiafWd cuatomora. Twentjr yoara of continuoua aervire to
tho indttat47 Um Um Rovulation Aaaociation Standard Ship-
piat r*ckM« ibr OUaka aad let* (>>oiplH»- quirk pwc\- •tit ka<1 mir*. Al»
■ H»U»t4» tyrt* Oiiin. WrMa k^af fr aUrM^** cirrular aod pHea*. Ttt*
^••Iractlv* p«rkac« wtUi Ik* r>iOTk*r«<l border
ANDCnaON BOX CO.. ANDERSON, INO.
TMrV T^Kt TMt PRIZC
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Dry Mix i.s more a^eeable to use, less
apt to cau.^^e injury to fruit or folia^,
and just as eflFective as concentrated
lime-sulfur.
Dust Mixtures
Amonj: the dust mixtures now on
the market, the 80-10-10 and 70-10-20
sulfur-lead arsenate-lime mixtures
have been found safe and effective.
It is advisable to apply dust more fre-
quently than spray, since it does not
stick to the smooth fruit and foliage
of the apple quite as well as the aver-
apc spray mixture. On the other
hand, du.sting is three or four time*
faster than spraying, thereby making
it possible to even double the num-
ber of applications, and still save
time.
Spraying and Dusting the Peach
Dry Mix Sulfur Lime, or self-boiled
lime-sulfur and lead arsenate are re-
commended for the early summer ap-
plications to peaches for the control
of scab, brown rot and curculio. The
first application should be made just
as the husks that cover the newly
formed peaches start to split and the
second application should follow two
or three weeks later. Any delay in
making these applications is likely to
result in unsatisfactory control, par-
ticularly of curculio, one of the in-
.sects that causes wormy peaches.
Dusting is even more effective on the
peach than it is on the apple, the
same number of applications usuaUy
giving satisfactory results. The 70-
10-20 sulfur, lead arsenate-lime dust
mixture for the early applications
followed by an 80-20 sulfur, lime
dust for the late applications will be
found safe and effective. In apply-
ing dust, care should be exercised not
to use too much material at one time.
An excessive application not only in-
volves a waste of material, but may
also cause injury to the fruit or
foliage. A bearing peach tree of
average size will not require over one
pound of dust at each application,
while young trees may be thoroughly
protected with one-quarter to one-
half pound of material.
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^oat Out! New 104 pae** emtaloo Baji
ffor it today— o«« tba big tavinir our ww. «'
|r«ct from factory pricea Bive you <»" rf^J*
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PBCRLSaS WINK A ^■'SS'i ^
Fertilixation
The fertilization of fruit trees is
largely a local problem, general re-
commendations being of doubtful
value, because of the wide variation
in type a"d condition of soil. How-
ever, it has been clearly shown by
numerous experiments that nitrogen
is deficient in most orchard soils.
Nitrogen may be supplied in various
ways, the most common being le-
rtminous cover crops, manure and
commercial fertilizers. Nitrate of
soda and sulfate of ammonia are both
good nitrogenous fertilizers for use
on fruit trees. One or one and one-
half pounds of either material ap-
plied to a peach or apple tree of aver-
age size will be beneficial. A large
apple tree standing in sod will use
five or six pounds of material to ad-
vantage, while a very young tree
jihould not have over one-half pound.
Fertilizers, such as Nitrate of Soda
and Sulfate of Ammonia, should be
applied early in the spring, just be-
fore or soon after the trees blossom.
Furthermore, it should be applied
over an area extending two or three
feet beyond the spread of the
branches.
A liberal application of poultry
manure mixed with Acid Phosphate
makes an excellent fertilizer for fruit
trees. A scoop shovel full of poultry
manure to a young tree, and three to
six to older trees will produce results.
Four or five pounds of Acid Phos-
phate per tree, or 400 to 600 pounds
per acre, will be sufficient under aver-
age conditions. It is usually desir-
able to apply acid phosphate broad-
cast over the entire orchard, rather
than around each tree, since a large
part of its value lies in the beneficial
effect it has upon cover crops grown
in the orchard.
PoU.sh is not essential to fruit
trees on most soils, particularly thor,e
of the heavier type. On light soils,
PoU.sh is often beneficial and may be
applied in the form of Muriate or
Sulfate of Potesh at the rate of one
or two pounds per tree.
HAVE YOU NOTICED
That truth and poultry love the
light?
Roup and rheumatism are the chil-
dren of dampness and poor ventila-
tion?
That chicken cholera and typhoid
fever are the result of ignorance and
criminal carelessness?
That hen lice and itch hate cleanli-
ness?
That a hen scratches where she ex-
pects to find a bug?
That wasted hours, like shed feath-
ers, are without value?
That the fellow who mixes brains
with his chicken feed gets the most
eggs and he that mixes most brains
with printer's ink makes the biggest
sales?
l57-to50%
All thoa* who fll'.iM thair r»<jnir»in«»nta latt year durtitff out
Imc 17lh Annirvntary Sal* aavixl l.S'\ to ftC*- oo thair par
rhaa*^ of WORLDS CllAMl'It>N I.AYF.R,** If you »«r« aot
one of the larky ones than — htie's your rhanr«i NoW dunnc our
ANNIVERSARY
5 Three Big "Opening Dayt" for These Reductions \ ;
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f
May lit "^^z:: ALL HATCHING EGGS, Z^<fc to 50% OFF
May 15th rf^S^ ALL BABY CHICKS, 15% OFF
June Itt f£:rtir SPECIAL LOW PRICES ON
COCKERELS, BREEDING STOCK, YEARLING HENS
From Oflllclal Contest Champions
Nothirs r»fpaJfi^ at mrilar liM prtca rturlnf thU frri Ui* R
all o,r f'Mt linsi ti)-l ay Hrrwla—*. C. W. Laabaraa. ». C. a
W>an4*tt»« f.l Barrr4 Rvcki and art alau In •ffrri In rM«>r«t t
PROTECTED CHICKS.
Wril« today tor (lk« IStk Anniv€T»ary S^U CirruUtr
PENNSYLVANIA POULTIY FARM. B«i F. UNCASTIR. PA
T ^ ^ ^ ! ! 1 ! f I I M ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ fTTT-n-rxl
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r«««w«t to PEDittflllO
1 SS-iXi^JiSb RHODE ISLAND REDS
Famoua Breeders and Lajrera — Winners at
Boston, New York, Washington and other National EHkibits
Won at Boston, 1924, on Rose Combs: Cock, First and Color Special;
Cockerels, First, Fifth and Color Special ; Hens, Second and Sixth ; Pul-
let, Fifth; Old Pen, First; Younjf Pen. First; Best Display
Won at Washinjfton, December 1923. on Single Combs: Cocks. First
and Second; Hens. Second. Third and Fifth; Cockerels. First, Third
and Fifth; Old Pen. First; Young Pen, First, Best Display.
SELECTED BREEDING STOCK FOR SALE
Prom Selected Matlngs. Writ« your want* Sati. faction
Kiat Fr»<» f-T th«» Aakinc
EGGS
F. H. STILLWAGEN
A««urr4l Matlnc
Box E
ALLENTOWN. PA.
Laymany Strain White Wyandottes
7T^ nuile. fTom trapneated, h.»h produc.n, f,mal.. th, k.nd thai will l-pro.a
"S.[\\Tn'!r'L-Jr rat''rtr„;;'^'^:;.^^^^^ - .at.. Uat
CREENWOOO^FARM
Laymany Strain White Wyandottes
«. , , p HARRY SCHEFERS NpW lefSeV
PomptOn Lakes Ownmr and €>Hginalor *^^^ S^
BARRON WHITE WYANDOTTE
^" " -J --^ ^„ ^... K,^ from import.'d .tn.k with rarorda of 3«»» !•
Nauvoo Fruit a Pooltry Farm
From h#»na brad from importi'd
■T-* at ri'du.od irirf* after Umy 5lh
R. 1.
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Ettcr«. Pa.
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Haw ampUr 4raao»i*ral«l ihair hl«ti «ualiur t»T
m,..»» TI-* hat» lu.l m.m at Ilia l«i»> Xnnuti
«ta 4.S Pu.»»u l-«; P- l: th. Cha«»*r. Tup for fi^al I>up..7. all bra-d. ..-.-U^*. i ha-P«.
STalT. and frJi^. Bhapa and Color 8,-^.1^ .ir
Barred RULIvo
BOO0 tor HATCHINO
SIS r*^ nil "i^TJSi^^P^y "X:/'r-ur acd^ -rU. -^f-rU. ...I. «d^. »--.-• •
DAfoLD CHICKS from these CraiJ^^
i5i"a;*a..i ''Hall^amon --axan^. ..-^J^ MATIMO U8T
^ •"— --' '-^'SS PaIbS TWO^ aad FEMB A bPEOlALTY ^ ^ ^
L. W. BAILEY R F ^ ^o. 2 EDEN. N. Y.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
May. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
513
Make Your Own Buttemulk Mash By ^^'"g
•ZOW-GOR
Reinforced Buttermilk
in powdered form
Ton-Gors is the cheapest and most convenient form of Buttermilk
for mixing your own poultry mashes.
The price of TON-GORS is $17.00 per barrel of 175 lbs., delivered
your station.
Get it from your dealer or write us for free sample and feeding
directions.
IVf. F. BARINGER
Tli« Bourtc PHiladelphia, Pa.
THE MONMOUTH STRAINS
SINGLE COMB WHITE AND BUFF LEGHORNS
BABY CHICKS AND HATCHING EGGS
Ijtni now mAted and am readjr now to tend either CHICKS or EOOS of the
noted M(.>nin<iu(h 8treini. Price Liit on roquett.
WUITC8 won Beat DiapUy at Mineola and Ilimpstead and Three Firsts at
Newark.
HITFS — For yearn our Huff* have ntorn] mipremp — Best Display at Madinon
Square — More Firatt Than All Competitorii Combined at New York State Fair. Mineola,
Iletnpttead and Newark.
MONMOUTH POULTRY FARM
ANTHONYS. Owners
Box B
FRENEAU, N. J.
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LOOK! LANCASTER QUAUTY CHICKS /"if/^ ^IS*"
(litelu rrcm ttm rmiif«. pure hn^i. heavy lajtnf cune<1 flocka. that lay and par.
(Mlvared IMK alive Order dirrrt frum tlili ad. Get Quality, rattlofue. Referanoe.
I{wkin« Valley NaUonal Bank.
II*M aa4 Siaaja C«nb Brawa LafliarM
Raaka. Slafllt aatf Raac Caaik Ra4»
WkHa. Stlvar Wyaadattr*. Ball dvlaftaaa
lkaefar<'* FaaMa* Aac«aai
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mm/ 1 1 I Ar /if T7r«"'r vtdnltyr Wa will aand ymi aaaala «D»t«a an4 allew Maal
VV ll.^«l_^ M V^l^ 1 llharal noBUBlartona. Writ* fat tanaa _^
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llharal ««eualaatona. Writa rar tamu.
gVmVODYt rOULTWY MA«A2IWI
'*LADY BEAUTIFUL**
Barred Plymouth Rocks
Two Remarkable Winnings at Two Great Shows in Two Successive
Weeks
Chicago Coliseum, Dec 1 1 Baltimore, Md., Dec. 4
BNTET— 117 Slnglas, a4 Pens
Oock ft. Han ia-4-S. Oockersl IS-fi. Ptal-
let 1 S-4 ft, Cockerel bred Hex 14. Oock-
erel-bred Pallet 1. PoUet-bred Oock 1-2.
Pallet bred Ojckerel 1-2. Oockarel-bred
Tooac Pen 1. Pullet-bred Totuif Pen 1,
BEST DISPLAY
ENTBT— 136 Sinxles. 6 Pens
Oock 1-4. Hen 4-6. Pullet 1-2-3, Oock-
erel bred Hen 4. Oockcrel-bred Pullet 1-2.
Pallet-bred Oock 1-2. PnlleVbred Oock-
erel 2.
BEST DISPLAY
Two roniplate aeparate atrinfa st two rreat Plarrea Plymouth Reck Exhibitiona;
wlnnittf the Oovemor'a Onp at Illinoia. alao the Emeraon Trophy at Baltimore.
ARF YOU IN NFFn 7 Perhapa your flock needa choice new blood, a
'^*^*-' ■ vrw 11^ l^K^Cl/ • m,i« or female, or two; or perhapa yoo deaire
s freak atart with selected breeders that will produce the quality from which rreat
winners come. I can help you.
MaIm at $10. 116. ISO Md op; Psmalss ftait st $7.60.
•a requeat. giving prirea aa well.
My complete ctlalof^e
C N. MYERS
Box E
HANOVER, PA.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO
POULTRY CLUBS
Nearly three hundred farm boyi
and girls in Maryland, Illinois and
Delaware are this month receivine
high class purebred egg settings from
the Comm.crcial Development Depart-
ment of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, thus entering on a two-year
poultry club project which the rail-
road is .«iponsoring in co-operation
with the Agricultural Extension Ser-
vice of the Universities of Maryland,
Illinois and Delaware.
The first railroad in America was
also the first to engage in this high
type of agricultural development
work, and fortunate indeed are those
persons living in the communities
served by this transportation system.
The plan, as announced by General
Agricultural Agent O. K. Quivcy,
provides that ten club members in
each county traversed by the rail-
road, will receive 50 setting eggs, or
a total of three settings with five ex-
tra eggs to cover po.^.sible breakage in
transit. Only the highest class of
egg settings are being furnished
these club members, the contracts for
same having been entered into with
some of the best known poultry
breeders in the country.
The Baltimore and Ohio Poultry
Club members in Cecil, Harford, Bal-
timore, Howard, Montgomery and
Prince George Counties (Maryland)
will receive Rhode Island Red egg
.settings which the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad has purchased from
Aaron Fell, president of the Mary-
land Poultry Breeders* Association,
and one of the best known breeders
of Rhode Island Reds in the East.
The Baltimore and Ohio Poultry
Club members in Carroll County
(Maryland) will receive White Ply-
mouth Rock egg setting^s which the
railroad has purchased from a West-
ern breeder.
The Baltimore and Ohio Poultry
Club members in Anne Arundel,
Wa.«shington, Allegheny and Garrett
Counties (Maryland), and New Cas-
tle County (Delaware) will receive
Barred Plymouth Rock egg settings
which the railroad has contracted for
with C. Briscom Randall, a Maryland
breeder; C. N. Myers, Hanover, Pa.,
and from the Purdue University farm
flock at Lafayette, Ind.
"Purdue's Princess," a Barred Ply-
mouth Rock hen in the Purdue Uni-
versity poultry farm flock, indicates
the kind of foundation stock from
which the setting eggs are being se-
cured for distribution to the Balti-
more and Ohio Poultry Club mem-
bers in Maryland.
The Baltimore and Ohio Poultry
Club members in Illinois will receive
Barred Plymouth Rock egg settings
which the Baltimore has purchased
from D. F. Palmer & Son, Yorkville,
111.
Beginning in the late summer, i
series of county poultry shows will
i
I
be held to permit each Baltimore and
Ohio Poultry Club member to exhibit
his pen of five birds, four pullets and
g cockerel, and single pens of the
be.«t individual pullet and best indi-
vidual cockerel. Suitable cash prizes
ure offered by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad in each county and the win-
ners of fifst place in each county are
required to exhibit their birds in the
SUte Baltimore and Ohio Poultry
Clubs' Exhibit which will be held next
December, in Maryland as a feature
of the Baltimore Poultry Show at the
Fifth Regiment Armory, and in Illi-
nois, at a place not yet decided upon. ,
To the exhibitors at the Baltimore
and Ohio SUte Poultry Clubs' Ex-
hibit, the railroad will offer the fol-
\ovr\ng prizes for the "best pen of
five": First, high class breeding pen
of Barred Rocks (five pullets and one
cockerel) ; Second, high class breed-
ing pen of Barred Rocks (four pul-
\ei» and one cockerel); Third, fifteen
dollars in cash; Fourth, twelve dol-
lars in cash; Fifth, ten dollars in
cash; Sixth, eight dollars in cash;
Seventh, six dollars in cash; Eighth,
four dollars in cash.
Although Baltimore and Ohio egg
settings are available to only ten boys
and girls in each county, this plan in
no way excludes other boys and girls
who receive egg settings from some
other source, from taking part in this
project, and in showing at the county
and state shows, providing that they
meet the requirements for member-
ship and they raise standard-bred
poultry of the same breed selected
for this particular project in their
home county.
Following the state .«;hows next
December, the Baltimore and Ohio
Poultry Club members will continue
their poultry work in what is known
as the Flock Management Project,
which is designed to acquaint them
with every detail in the management
of the farm flock and making it pro-
fitable.
In this project, the Baltimore and
Ohio will be represented by General
Agricultural Agent O. K. Quivey,
Agricultural Agents E. B. Baugh and
P. 0. Hurley; the University of Mary-
land being represented by E. G. Jen-
kins, State Boys' Club Leader; Miss
Margaret Emerson, State Girls' Club
Leader, and W. H. Rice, Poultry Spe-
cialist. The University of Illinois by
E. I. Pilchard, State Club Leader; L.
E. Card, Professor in Poultry Hus-
bandry, and G. W. Mcllroy, Poultry
Extension Specialist. The University
of Delaware by A. D. Cobb, State
Club Leader, and the respective
County Agricultural Agents in those
counties traversed by the Baltimore
and Ohio.
Keep your eyea open for the apecial bree<l
era* sales to come next month. Inveatinc a
few duUara to improve your atock will pro\e
to be a Kood buy for you.
• • •
One hundred or more Standard bred hens
«a STerr farm is a poasibility. Help to
asks this • fact.
Arey's Barred Rocks
Three times in five years winning BEST DISPLAY at Boston. Many
consider Boston the greatest Barred Rock exhibit in America.
Fiaaat Lot of High Class
COCKERELS AND PULLETS
I Have Ever Offered for Sale
200 COCKERELS 200
At $10.00 each — extra fine breeders
300 PULLETS 300
At $3.00, $3.50 and $5.00 each and good ones. If
taken in loU of 50 or more at $2.50 t'nch.
Our general utility flocks have made wonderful egg records. EgK*
from SELECTED EXHIBITION STOCK and of malings of CHOI -EST
BOSTON BLOOD LINES. $10.00 per 15. Eggs from GENERAL PUR-
POSE matings, $10.00 per 100. Day-old CHICKS, $30.00 per 100.
My farm \» one of the largest e«rhi»«ve Harred U»rk t>r«-^dif>< planU in the
country. Satisrt.yl rui»toin.T» h«v^ built and ec}»itpj.e«l ny i>lent l'atal<»£in»
M. S. AREY BAR HARBOR. MAINE
5%cblllin6's LcOhorns
CMAMPIOMS AT MEW >irORK
% rirats, 1 tec^ai^s. t Tkls^s. a r««r«hs •«« % WtttUm
PrIsM at
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. 1924
Cu«t..w.r« aUo report VHTtUtlK.S FU<»M A 1.1. fAUT8 OF
THK (OrNTUY
EGO BREEDING COMBIKED WITH STANDARD QUAUTT
Valuable Breeding Malea at •l.'SOO. 120 00 and las 00 eaea.
KtitlH (or HATrillNO WUITK f r C A T \ I.4M,1 F.
SCHILLING LEGHORN FARM
BRIGHTON STA. (Bos A) ROCHESTER. K T.
miARANTEED PURK-BR£D CHICRS AND PULLETS
Sp.ci?"^.itr7TrARR0N WHITE LEGHORNS sad SHEFf ARDS STRAIN ANCONAS
m-sf %fii» iiys
"" EVo,;fGr.<t. 'AlUrruA Whli- a..d H..m.j;r Ann*** ^^^^^
"" rtnity Bred to lay Rorka-^Ma, prlcea the .a»e a. of Hpecial Matiogs
Pellet* ef QaaMtir at a MeS'rala fr««
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rAlRVIBW POULTBT rARMt
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caot FOR MATCMtMO. MAHCHEBTEE* COIHI.
CHA8. I. BAIiCH. Formerly Salch * Brown «^
EVERYBODY
Why take chancea
»nd pay hiich
prirea for mixed
paints that may
be impure and
destructive to
1o u r builditifc* >
ix your own
paints and have
the Beat at 18
the coal (50 col
that la contatn
ClaUDK on palnt-
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for oar paint csl-
ctilator glTtnf
Secret
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Mixing
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or^'^'We".; formula, are P<»*»«'7 ^""^ P;'.
man.nt and will rive »*^y /"-^.^"i"" ,, ^T.J
for calculator how to make paint. " •>•«
50
inc. asgging.
blistering of
running, spot ling, mi
paint. Postpaid oOe.
RENXZEL'S
S. C. While Leghorns
^
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tE.SEici rvMUsmm co.
405 Fish* It. KAIAMAXOO. MICH.
ARE WHAT TOU ITCBD.
1 300 birds ara t«ing trap
p^ We can supply yoa
with padlgrea egga and
chirks AUo chicks la
larga numbera froai wall
••te<tad bans bavlog slia.
vigor, good bona and large
combs They wilt make
gi>od M well M pleaae ro«r
eye.
UoUjrwood Feras bl«o4.
Writs for clrealar.
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AMOOWAS
FOST'B "SUPKR" ANOONAfl. OFFICIAL
contest winner*, bred in lln« for httry «o<k
•▼•rftffe*. Buy your cbie«c» »nd efKi froui
oroTtn bre«lor«. Hoth rornS*. Customer,
wiaoiof now. and for yoar.. nt I »«•»'}« •««
ronto«U nod Inrfost showi. Rgf*. •? OC per
100 »nd up Chick*. $17.00 per DO and up.
Free ctafofue. WriU. Sweet «»•»•'*'""•
Box D. OnUrioTilU. lU. >89bmy
I HAVE MATED BUT 26 FEII\I.K3 IIUS
Ma«on They are tho chokeel I ever o****";
Male* bred to them that have fenemtlont of
the beat blood behind them. Have been •
brooder of ttAndard fowU for 20 yoors. An
eooat aro ay fntorite I will five you rboue
vAlne. O. H. Hubbard. Lock lUven. Pn. J 88
SINGLE COMB ANCONA8. SHEPPARli
•tnin direct. Heavy Uyinf blue ribbon win
oert. Eff*. 1500 too. Hf> cuaranteed fer
tile. I^yinc hon« rfanonable. Circular free.
Wlodaan Bros.. Morton, III. 1<*8
OIES* ANCONA8 — GOOD SIZE AND
dark. Combined exhibition and heavy ecff
iirodureri. Canadian atraln. None better.
Write for price* o( hatch inc etCX«- B. 8.
Tbomaa. SalUllo. Pa. 1^
80,000 STOVKR'8 BRED TO LAY 81 N
{le Comb Anrooa*. $15 OU per lOO up for
lay 8i>ocial price on 300 or more. For
delivery after June IMh. price lower. Wo
can plea»e you. Caialojcue. Bernard M.
Stover. Ballefonte. Pa^ ^^^o"
SINGLE COMB ANCONAS. SHKITARD
Btrain. Kc»«. •- "" fifteen; 112 Go hundred.
S repaid. 10 week* pulleta. $1.60. O. W.
Imn.v Uke. N. Y. ^^^
RO.SE COMB ANCONAS STOCK. EGGS
und «Jn.k» Vlforouii. Heavy winter layera.
Writ*. Theo. Uberholi. IVru. HI. 188
AK00HA8
REAL POST'S SUPER SINGLE COMB
Anconas. Beat official show and ece contest
winning blood. lUtchinj; effa. $3.50 per 15;
<:0.00 per 30; postpaid. Satisfactory hatch
iruaranteed. Bert E. Penninfcton. Route 1.
Cisne. III. 188
OAK GROVE ANCONAS A FEW CHOICE
birds. Six prixM at Southeastern I-^ir last
fall. Hatching o<n5«. $3. 00 to $5.00 per set-
ling H. D. Lee. East Point. Oa. 188
SINGLE COMB MOTTLED ANCONAS.
purebred quality birds. Heavy layers. Se-
lect hatchinir erf". $150 per setting. F. S.
Bowen. Bt 2. Bellefonte, Pa. 18»
"sTnGLE COMB ANCONAS. SHEPPARD
strain direct. ViKoroos winter laying quality
stock. Exipa, aettinf $1.50 up. Coplin Bros..
Payne. O. 188
WHEN NOT SATISFIED WITH ANCONA
hatching »tK*. Dorfla Ancona Farm has what
you want. Matawan. N. J. 188
SHEPPARD STRAIN SINGLE COMB AN-
conas. EirK> $1-75. $2.25, $3.50 per settinK.
Sam Sanduw, Box 150, Cumminf. Ga. 190
QUALITY ANCONAS BLUE RIBBON
winners. Write for matini; list. Ideal An
cona Yardw, New Freedom, Pa. 188
BANTAMS
DARK BRAHMA BANTAMS. A FEW
Itood birds l«'fl No ejfifn. Alf Cress. 147
Ann St. London, Ont., Canada. 188
LIGHT BKAHMA BANTAMS. EGGS.
$2.00 per 15. B. S. Klugh. Dillsburs. Pa.
188
EXHIBITION GAME, PIT GAMK AND
bantam*. Wesley Lanius, (ireenftburg, Ind.
188
Specialty Club Directory
This Directory is for the benefit of the Specialty Club Oricani sal ions and that our read-
on may know the names and addresnes of the Live Specialty Clnbo. All club notices must
bo uniform, as found below, and for which thero i« a nominal charjce of $3.00 a year.
bo
payable strictly in advance.
Olob Secretary
Ameriran Columbian Plymouth Rock Clnb....» H Hreitij:*" .
American Buff Wyandotto Club Ralph C Alwood
American Whito Oriiiu^'tori Club C. W. Walker . .
American Sinffle Comb White Minorca Clab..G. G. Truman..
Jrrtey Black Giant Club C. M. Paje
Nbtional Bronse Turkey Club Cl«as. K. Bird. .
Ameriran Roae Comb White Lefhorn Club. . .J. M. Chase
Addreii
Lititi. Pa 192
Hanover. Pa. 192
.Manning, la. 193
Perrysville. O. 194
Belmar, N. J. 194
Meyersdale, Pa 194
.Wallklll, N. Y. 197
American Java A»»orution..
S. \V. Morton, P. O. Box 587, Albany. N. Y. 198
2S-ACRE POULTRY FARM FOR SALE
Flvo Acrea Valoabla Oodar and Other Timber. Fine Meadow, Never Failing Stream, Kruit and
Nat Troaa. Hotua. part stone, part frame; 6 rooms, laryo attic; new barn, sarase and incu-
bator cellar; new notiltry bouses. Cost $8,000.00. Will aell for $7,000.00 net. Owner coing
to Oaliforala. A chanco for aome one.
CEDAR GROVC FARKf
lAMUBL VAV BOrVEB^ Owner B. F. D. BED HILL. PA.
Quality Chicks
Wo offer high ouality chicks from our 200 egf record, farm raised stock. Llvo
dollvcrji guaraotood oy prepaid parcel post- courteous treatment; prompt shipment.
This is not a commercial hatrhery. but a breeding farm oatablished for twenty-flvo
years. Order from this advertisement or send for free booklet.
0HI0K8
Jersey Black GlanU
•Barron" Whlt# Leghorn,
"Handy'a" Whito Orpington*
"Parks'" Barred Rocks
"Shoppard's" Anconas
Rhode Island Reds . .
Black MiBorcas
Whito Wyandottos . .
White Plymouth Rockt
Indian Runner and Whito Pokin Ducklings
par 100
.$.15 Oo
. 15.00
. 25.00
. 18.00
. 18.00
18.00
. 20.00
. 20.00
. 20.00
35.00
EGO!
per 100
$20.00
8.00
12 00
10.00
10.00
10.00
1000
1000
10 00
12.00
Breeding Stock and Hatching Egfo In caao lots a matter of eorrespondenco.
Gten Rodk Nnrtery and Stock Farm
RIDOBWOOP NEW JSmSBT
BAKTAMS
^
SHOVE'S GOLDEN AND 8IL
ver Sebnghts; Black. Buff aB4
Brown Cochin Bantams, Llgkt
Br^hmas, Houdans and R. ]
Rods. fowl. Ejfg«. |.'>.<H) i,f,f 15
Daniel P. Shove. Fall Rirer
tfba
BEAUTIFUL WHITE JAPANESE sTl
kiea. Prise winning stock. $5.00 pair ae4
up. Eggs. $2 50 for 15. Beech Crest. 7474
Lower River Road, Cincinnati, O. Igy
Mass.
BANTAMS. EGOS. 22 VAKIETIK.S CIR
cular. 2 cent stamp. Fenn Bantam Yards.
Desk 32, Delavan. Wis. i89
QUALITY BUFF COCHIN AND BLACK
Rose Combs. Stock, eggs. Waldo Pence
Marshalltown, la. i^g
SILKIES. $5.00 PAIR EGG.S. $'J 5u.
Packwood Poultry Farm, Packwood. la. 184
UOHT BBAHMAS
TRULY MAMMOTH LKJHT BKAHMAH
Recognised by leading judges as one of tb«
best Htrains in America. Now booking order*
for hatching egicn that will produce winners
for next season' h showH at $5.00 per 15;
$9.00 per 30; $12.00 per 50; $18.00 per 100.
Stock for sale; mated breeding penii a spo-
cialty. Valleyviow Poultry Farm. Bertram J.
Dole. Prop.. Rt. 1. Harrihon, O. 188
JUMBO LIGHT BKAHMAS ARE BET
ter. Circular telln why. Kgsn. chirks, stock.
Daniel Bryan. Portland. Ind. 188bm
BUTTERCUPS
BUTTERCUP ECiGS FOR H.\T('HING
from Rtock that will lav and pay Osmao
Waterman, Delhi. NY 188
OOLDENROD BUTTKRCUP.S. SKE AD
vertisement, page 5ui. C. Hydnev Cook. Jr.
190bm
OAMPINES
8ILVKR AND GOLDEN. MV F L PLATT.
Illu.strated by Sewcll and Sihilling Gives
the history of this beautiful and profitable
Belgian fowl. A book yi u should have, if
interested in Campinen. Price, pootpaid. 75r.
Address all ordem to EverybodvH Poultry
Magazine, Hanover, I'a. 188f
CHANTE0LEB8
EGGS FROM GARDEN WINNER.S. $10.00
per 15; $25.00 per 30. Pen. four pulleU
(laying) and «>"e cockerel, firitt ftio.OO takes
them. Three months old stock, ready in May,
$3.50 each. No better atock in U. 8. Whis-
pering Pines, Box 221, Vlneland, N. J. 188bm
SNOW BANK STRAIN CHANTECLER8—
Canada's cold weather breed. Palmer Farm*.
Cob Cob, Conn. 189
CHANTECLERS — BOSTON WINNERS.
.Stock and eggs in season. W. C. Wilkin*.
North Attleboro. Mass. 191
CAPONS
CAPONS — SIMPLICITY PERFECTION
Method — No ulipx. No doathn. Book, 10c.
K. King, 636 Sheridan, Chicago. 111. 195
ENGLISH BED CAPS
WONDERFUL LAYERS. NON .SETTERS
pretty. I have high quality, ten week* old
Ktock for *ale: aUo hatching egg*. Robt.
Mourning. Cochrane, Wis. 188
BABT OHIOKS
LOOK I 150.000 CHICKS. 9C AND UP.
20 varieties From hiithent producing con-
tent layers of Michigan. Just what you want
for foundation *tock or to improve your lay-
ing pens fiir largvr profits. Hatching eg<«.
Circular free. Latest hatching methods.
I.awren.e Hatrherv, Boxn U. 7, Grand R«P"
ids. Mich. 1"**
Miy. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
515
BABT CHICKS
QUALITY CHICKS FROM SELECTED,
heavy Isymg strains. Big. husky rhuks. lh»»
kind es».v to raise. Place order now. Don't
delay rri.'w right. 100', live arrival.
<*ti»fa«tion iruaranteed. Free catalogue,
foao Valley Hatchery, Box 705, St. Paul,
g ^^^^''^
liABY CHICKS AND BRKKDING STOCK.
All "leading varieties pun«l>r»Mi Hrcd and
i^ted for heavy laying. Chirks lOc to ISc
,i^h Postpaid. Live delivery guaranteed.
Breeding stock $1.00 up. Write for cata-
loffue Steinhoff Hatchery. Osage City. Kan.
^ lH8bamr
100,000 QUALITY BABY CHICKS —
Purebred, farm range. lOO'i, live delivory.
irostpoid. Barred. Buff and White Rocks,
Hoff Orpintrtons. Re<ls. flTviM); Anconas,
White Orpingtons, Wyandottes, $17.00;
Light Brshina.%, IIHOO; Leghorns. $13.00.
Beatrice Hatchery, Beatrice. Neb. 189
VIGOROUS. GUARANTEED. BABY
fkirk» earn Wedne.sday. Park.-*" Rocks. Hol-
Ijvot'd Le^hi'ms. Sheppard Bak«>r Anconas.
Reasonable Must idease. Lots uf testimon-
ials Catalogue free. Laid at 4 V« mouths.
Setbert Bros.. Box B. Klitabethtown, Pa. 188
BUY BABY CHICKS FROM PROPERLY
mated, pure bred, free range flocks. They
will thrive; improved liat<)iing methods in-
rrease vitality. Eight variotios. Giant Sin-
(Ir Comb Black Mtut>r(-aH specialised. An-
derson Baby Chick Co., Anderson, Ind. 188
BABY CHICKS OF SURPRISING SIZE
and vitality Barred Uock.i (Hogan tested),
liic; Rhode Inland iieds, 18c; Whito and
Hro«n Leffhorns. 16c; i»arcel post prepaid to
TOO 20th season. Fred S. Pettit. Nuangola.
LET US SEND YOU SECRETS OF RAIS-
Ing baby chicks succoasfully. Brooder tem-
perature and feeding directions outlined in
simple And comprehensive manner. No
rhargr Blamberg Bros.. Inc.. 107 Commerce
HI.. Baltimore. Md. 189bam
CHICKS — PRICES REDUCED — 100.
$15.00. Leghorns: White. Brown; Rocks:
Barred, Buff; Re<ls. Folder. Fine stock.
Bramble Poultry Farm, Chestertown, Md.
tfbmy
' BABY CHICKS — BARRED ROCKS.
NVhtte Lechiirns. Black Giants of quality.
Satisfaction guaranteed on all shipments.
Place orders early. O. B. Reubush. Penn
Uird, Va. 1««*
HILLPOT QUALITY CHICK.S— STRONG,
vigorous, true to breed. Leghorns. Reds.
Rocks. White Wyandottes. etc. Safe deliv-
ery guaranteed 1.200 miles. Catalogue free.
W. F. Uillpot. Fronchtown. N. J. 189bam
HIGH CLASS MINORCA CHICKS OF
nine pound sires and good stronr hens. Also
Rhode Island Red and Barred Rock chicka
of great layera. Fine I.^gborn chicks.
Eclipse Farms, Port Trevorton. Pa. 1891
BABY CHICKS FROM LARGE. HEALTHY
winter layers; Byers* strain, part direct from
Byers; 20 cents each, prepaid. Satisfaction
and lOO'"^ lire arrival guaranteed. May
Smith. Mosby. Clay Co., Mo. 188
TOM BARRON ENGUSH WHITE LEG
horns, the large, long, deep-bodied birds, the
most profitable and persistent layers. Chicks
12 cents up. Descriptive catalogue. Kuhn's
Leghorn Farm. Sycamore. O. 1*^9
JERSEY BLACK GIANT CHICKS $30.oO
per 100. $15.00 per 50, $7.50 per 25. All
free range stock. Safe delivery guaranteed.
Order from ad or send for list. Cedar Capon
FarmK. Flemington. N J. I'*8
CHICKS, 11 CENTS UP. ROCKS. REDS,
Leghorn*, Wyandottes and broilers. Price
list fri-**. Quality Poultry Farm, Dept. A,
Flemington. N. J. 188
OLD RELIABLE. STRONG. VIGOROUS,
true to breed. Thirtwn varieties Twenty
fifth annual catalogue free. Uhl Hatchery.
»«oi E. New Washington. O. 190
CHICKS. 9 CENTS UP. C. O. D. ROCKS.
Reds. Leghorns and mixe«l. lOO'i delivery
fuaranteed 15)th season. Pamphlet C. M.
Lsuver. Box rti. McAlisterxille, Pa. 188
t I.SU'
' It
BABY CHICKS — ANCONAS, LEGHORNS
tr m esrg peditrree flock matings. H cents up.
Be»t (.tock. best service. Catalogue free.
R'Iph Van Raalte, Holland. Mich. 188
BABT CHICKA
PURE BRED WHITE ORPINGTON
chicks from wonderful stock Write us for
prices. Orchard Hill Hatchery Company.
Bo» .t;il E, Akron. O. 188
BABY CHICKS STRONG AND STURDy!
Beat laying strains, all leading varieties.
Quality and service, prices right. South Side
Hatchery, Caledonia. Minn 189
PURE BRED BUFF AND WHITE ROCK
chicks Very best quality. Prices right
Write us. Orchard Hill Hatchery Company.
Box 331 E. Akron. O. 1()8
PURE BRED COLUMBIAN AND WHITE
Wyandotte chick*. Very highest quality.
Prices right Write us. Orchard Hill Hatch-
ery Company, Box 331 E, Akron. O. i88
FERRIS STRAIN SINGLE COMB WHITE
Leghorn chicks. $11 (>0 per 100. Eggs. $1 00.
15; postpaid W A Todd. Aulander. N. C
188
BABY CHICKS. LOW PRICES. ILLUS
trated booklet. Empire Hatchery, Seward.
N. V 189
BABY CHICKS—HIGH CLASS STOCK
Cut price* for May. June and July. Lin*^-
ville Hatchery. Linesville. Pa. 189bm
000HIH8
IMPORTEI> BLACK COCHINS (NOT
bantams). Big catalogue free. Hoffman
Farms. Oshkosh. Wis. 188
DARK COEKISH
DARK CORNISH. YOUNG STOCK FOR
sale Eitra lari;e From imported stock.
Eggs In season. Chas. Brantner. R. 7, Polo.
III. 188!
WHITE 00BV18H
WHITE CORNISH 1924 WINNERS
Egg". $5.00 per 1 .'> L J Smith. Deep River.
Conn. 188
DORKINGS
WHITE AND SILVER URKY DoRKINGS.
E^g*. $3 00 per 13. One i.ullet with record
of 52 egg* 61 days. H- Merriam. Ashbum-
ham. Mass. 18S
PIT GAMES
WARHORSES AND MOU.NTAIN EAGLES.
"Dead Game fowls" for sale. The "win or
die" trying kind. Eggs. $3.00 fr.r 15 8
M. White. Keytesville. Mo. 188
JERSEY BLACK 0LANT8
50C APIECE IN HUNDRED U>TS. BLACK
(fiants are the most profitable chicJiens you
could raise — and the«e are the sturdieat
Black Giants you can buy. America's heavi-
est weight chickens. Mature early and lay
eitremely large eggs Splendid wmtrr lay
ers. Fineet market fowl. We sell chicks
and fggs— by buying chicks you fre sure of
100% chickens. Pricoa: 25 chicks $15. 50
(hicks $27, 100 chicks $50. Send for book
let or. to avoid delay, order from ad , Deliv
eries begin February 1. Goodflox Poultry
Farnis. 56 Neilson Street. New Brunswick.
N. J 188bMa
~ HOFI-^S VITALITY JKRSEY BLACK
Giants have been carefully selected for sise.
laving ability and SUndard requirement..
Cinnot be surpassed Flocks approved for
certification l.v N^w Jersey K/P*-""""'"* *;*•
tion Buv your stock direct from the orlgt
natin« district Chicks. $12 00 per 25.
Slooo per loo. E«s. $4 00 per J^. $1/00
per 100 Sharp reductions after April ^6tb
nesrriptive circular free NWite me D. C.
Hoff. Neshanic Station. N. J- _ '^l
~ MARCY FARM .STRAIN PENS HEAD^
od by wonderful 11 lb. cockerels, hatched
from egg. direct from their Madi.on Square
winder." Eggs. 15 $3.50. 30 $6. J^^-^j^
Cm.k. Mortpelier. O. **'*""
\VOV fTrST cockerel (JREAT alle.n^
town Fair Kegs. 12 50 and $4 settmc that
will priiure wmners St<M k t-riced reason
Tbe.*^ Empire Giant Farm. SellersviUe. Pj^
.l^T^SEY GIANT HATCHING F.miS FROM
xhibit.on sto<k W J Barnes. R. 7. Dec^a^
tiir. Ill-
WILHURTHA .STRAIN filA^fTS EOOS^
Mrs S A. r.assett. I!innewo«»d, Kan. lew
/BBSBT BIsAOK OXAVrt
JKRSEY BLACK tilANTH— AMERICA'S
prerairr h<<a«y«ei(ht (owl. Hatching egg*.
tirt^wtng. t>re«Htinc and show stock Caia
logue free C M Page A S«>os. Box 599.
Belmar. N. J 18«
JERSEY BlJkCK GIANTS HATCHING
eggs from blue ribbon winners. $3 00 and
$5 00 t>«r \S Cockerels. 15 00 Circular
Fred Manro. Island. Lotk ICavea. Pa. Uf
BLACK GIANT lUTCHlNG EtHJa 10
cents each. Order from this advertiseoient
.^^atitf action guaranteed Also stork. 0. B.
lUubnsh. Penn I^lrd. Va. Ufi
JERSEY BLACK GIANT EGtlS. BLUE
ribbon winners three years at Chicago shows.
also champion male and female H Bernard
CliftoB. III. 10«
JERSEY BLACK GlANTs" CHICKS.
$3u.OO; eggs. $ 1 S 00 hundred July rriceni
lower. Elm liodge Karma. Oeatrevillo. Md. 190
JKRSEY BI*ACK GIANTS FIRST PRI8lt
winners at Ro<-he«ier and other New York
State shows Kggs. |2 50 p*r 15 Willis
Van Dewalker. R. 2. Romo. N. Y. IM
MATINGS OF EXHIBITION QUALITY
Circulsr. Wrenn k Seamana, Uerndon, Va.
HATCHINO E008 - JERSEY BLACK
tiianU. $3 50 and $:> on |>er setting of IS
eggs. 70';r fertilitv cuaranle«>d. prepaid to
vour post office. William E. Kaler. Harri
son. O. 189
BETTER JERSEY BLACK GIANTS AT
lower prices. Bree<lifig stock and hatching
cKc* No chicks. Kmrry Dillenback. Fori
Plain. N. Y. 188
UAMBUB08
SILVER SPANGLED HAMBUR(» HATCH-
ing eggs. Healthy, farm raised st«M-k. Ex-
rrllent layers. $1 7.% per 1.% eggs. i>ostpaid
The .Sprmgisater JNirm. Kunklolown. I'a. IHrt
SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURG.S. TRAP
nested eleven years Kggs. chirks fircular
Fred Breoon. Box C. Waterloo n N Y l»»
HOUDAMS
MOTTLED HOUDANS. •-•7'* KOt» STRAIN
trapneste*! eleven y^ars. Egg*, rhirks. stork.
Circular Fred Ilrenon. Box C. Waiertown.
N. Y. »«»
MADSEN'S MOTTLED HoUDANS fOR
quality. L. Madsen. Oardner. III. 180
BLACK JAVAB
BLACK JAVA EG<JS FROM FIMKIIT
matings. $3 00 per doiea . $5 oO for 34.
Mre.>derm for sale. Dr llarwuod. Maiooo.
N Y *••
LAKENVELDEB8
EGGS FROM EXTREMELY BKAUTirUL
Lakenvolders. $3 oo for 15. poetpaid Mapio
Hill Farm. Fort PUln. NY. !«•
LAKKNVELDERR-AMERICA'S FINEST
Eggs, chirks. Circular. Bernard Bn»relo
Wapakoneta. O.
109
lAMOSHAirS
BLACK LANGSHANS— THE VERY BEST.
Washington and Cleveland blue winners.
Kggs. •'» *"». $» "0 '"' '^^ ** ^' Taylor.
Altoona. Pa *••
WHITE LANt»SHANS - «" PULLETS
laid 35 egas Christmas Eggs, chicks Viola
Smith. Salem, la. _ »*■
BLAcir~IJrNGitHANS--THE HIKD SU
prame Eggs and bre«Miing stork. S T
Terry. Ashland. Va.
108
BLACK IJiNt»SHANS EGGS. H {.^ 15.
prepaid Boy Rideia.ower. \ ienoa. IM 100
_. LBOHOKM8
THE LEGHORNS - THE V B T KB A II
Judge Drevenstedt is the aathor ol %hiM
^ork and one of his beet. A complete taai-
bouk about leghorns- all varieliee Dwell*
on their origin and develcFpment. rovers ovary
i.hase A book for the fancier •od egg pn»
.l.icr Illustrated by Sewell and Hrhllliag^
color i.late repr.^durtions Book sent you all
charges prepaid, oa receipt of !•'**•• .•».?*'
.\d.lrr.» all ordrrs to Etrrybwlys • •«»'»^
Msgatine. ||ann««r. Pa »••«
W
516
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
SINGLE COMB WHITE LE0H0BJI8
KORTHLANU WINTER LATtERS— ENO
li»h Hiofle C«»inb White Lefhorni of the
world'* r»mou« Tom BMTon •train—the bic.
lopped combed type Loedinc LeKhorn pen
•nd Grand Champion Uyer iyJ3 Illinoi* In-
tornationai Egg l^pnt Contest .t Morphy«
boro I'rirea on chick* sl»»hcd to flH per
too Ms/- $12 60 June. 8poci»l price* on
1.000 lot*. Hfttfhinc *gg» 9T.20 per 100;
•70 00 per l.oou. Uur annual aummer *ale
•UrU June Ut 800 biif. *crappy ye«rlinjc
vale* at almott half price. aUo fine *electiou
of cockerel*. Foundation bre«dinff pen, ten
aelected ben* and male, onljr $25.00. BeauM-
fully lUuatrated catalofue free. Northland
Farm*. Depl, E. Grand Rapid*, Mich. 188
SINOI.K CiiMlt'wHITE LKGIIORN BAB Y
chick* and hatchinir eu* from *tock trap-
Dotted 3fl5 day* in year with records from
1 MO 200. The*e hen* weifh 4 pound* and
over Give tu a trial and be convince*!. Our
price* are Tery reasonable for thi* cla** of
•tock. The Ideal I'oultry Farm. Robert
Smith. Prop., R. F. D. 3. Port Jervi*, N. Y.
1 oo
240314 EGG STRAIN "TOM BARRON"
Binria Comb White Leghorn*. Large, lopped
combed type. Excellent layer*. Kggt, $3.50
PM> 60; |«.00 per 100; |25 00 per 600;
tSO.OO per 1.000. Chick*. $15 00. po*tpaid.
^talogue free. PeUUr'* poultry Farm. Box
E. New Haven, Mo. 188
HOLLYWOOD LEGHORN. SUPREME
Quality chirk* $14.001U(). $120,00 1,000;
prepaid. Hatching egg*, $6.00- 100. $50.00-
1.000; prepaid. 10 week* uulleU, $1.25 up.
Prompt nhiproent on all order*; no waiting.
8eti*faction guaranteed. R. E. Sandy. Box
H. StaarU Draft. Va. tfbm
PURE BARRON LEGHORNS. I IMPORT
direct. Hen* record* 27U to 275. Sire from
299 314 hen. I..arge type, trapnested, pedi-
greed stork. Big reduction on egg* and
ckiekt. Mating li*t free. Cha*. W. John*nn.
Linton, Ind. IBS
TANCRKD, HOLLYWOOD AND WYCK-
off male* head my carefully aelected breed-
ing pen*. Choice egg*. $3.00 and $2.00 per
15. My Btock i* of the %-*ry beat. Write
me. F. Arthur Martin. Indian River, Mich.
188
PURE TANCRKD DIRFCT. CHICKS:
flock* $20 00, pen $25.00 per hundred.
Egg*, one half. Po*tpaid. Fertility 100%.
DeTiverr guaranteed. Riverriew Leghorn
Farm, Bowling Green, Ky. 188
PULLETS— BARRON STRAIN WHITE
Lechorn pullet* H, 10 and 12 week* old, for
delivery after May l*t. Shipped on approval,
aatiafaction guaranteed. Progreaaive Poultry
Farma, Zeeland, Mich. 189
LADY VICTORY— KEYSTONE MAID—
804-80^ ottciala; White Lci;horna. Remark-
able price*. Glowing 8un*et Farm, Stitser,
Wto. 189
WHITE LEGHOIiN EGOS, 4C; CHICKS,
lOe. Taacred 300 egg. 7e: chick*. 16c. Mea-
dow Farm. Coulterville. 111. 188
WYaOFF S. C W. LEGHORNS DIREQ
•*»* •reedac* mat e* II.M aa •••. Spe-
cial late Majr and June prtoas on ehlcka.
Mardi hatdied eodMeU prleMl rlgbL An-
■aung of pur* Wyeiog aaala*. female*
•toartb* Wrekoff. Um pileM. Wriu.
RIDGEWAT POULTIT FARM
M. A. CAMPBKLU Prov.
A JAMttTOWN. PA.
VIGOROUS CHICKS
I ^•L^.-'e LAYING
Lesner s leghorns
''The ProHtable Kind*'
Wjekoff StnlB Direct
Big. knaky. Tigorona ehlcka. the
kind that live^ grow and make
•li par 100. $170 »«g 1.000
ky prepaid parcel poet; 100% live
4ellvery gvaraataad.
J. Onr LESHER, WiiHiwiiilari, Pi.
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEOHOBNS
BARRON. ENGLISH. LARGE SIZE. LOP-
red comb*, 304 egg *train June chick*, $8.50;
July, $8.00. Cu«tomer*' report pullet* lay-
ing at 4 montha, IH day*. Circular. Cloae'i
Kgg Farm. Tiffin. O 189
FREE CIRCULAR OP (MODEL T.
atrain) Single Comb White Leghorn*. 256
eggs each flock average, 1923. Something
wonderful. Model T. Leghorn Farm. Fred
Cole, Prop.. R. D. 4, Adrian, Mich. 1881
'baRUON WHITE LEGHORNS FROM IM-
ported atock. The large, lon^'. deep bodied
birds that lay. Chick*, pulIeU from free
range 8te<k. Catalogue. Kuhn'a Leghorn
Farm. Sycamore. O. 188
HEAVY LAYING PEDIGREED IMPER
ial Single 0«mb White Leghorn*. World'*
beat foundation *tock. Trapnoated for 1'^
veara. Catalogue free. Imperial Poultry
Farm. Berea. O. l^^*
LARGE KNOLISH AMERICAN PRODU
cer White Leghorn*. Five to «ix pound hena.
Big comb*. Chick*. $14.00. Egg*. $7.00.
Catalogue. Mapleside Leghorn Farm, B<>x^ L.
Tremont, III.
188
PISANI'S REAL QUALITY HEAVY LAY-
ing Leghorna. Line bred over twenty years.
Stock, egg* and chirk*. Catalogue. A. Pi*-
ani. Box E, White Hall. Md. 188
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS- -
D. W. Young Btrain. Eggs for hatching from
exhibition and utility mating*. J. A. Barnea.
R. R. No. 7. Decatur. III. 188
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS—
Winter layer* of large white egga. $:t Ou and
$5.00 per aetting. M. A. Calkin*, 1137 Vine
St.. Beloit, Wia. 188
BARRON'S WHITK LKGHORN CHICKS
and pullets exclutiivcly. We import direct.
Catalogue free. Bishop'* Poultry Farm. Now
Waahington, O. 189
ROSE 00MB WHITE LEGHORNS
THE WORLD'S BEST — ROSE COMB
White Leghorns. Baby chirk* especially.
J. M. Chase, Box E. Wallkill. N. Y. 188
SINGLE COMB sfbWN LEGHORNS
SINGLE COMB LIGHT AND DARK
Brown cockerels; chicks; 15 egg««. $1 50;
lOO-fH.OO. Beautiee. heavy layers. Lewi*
Martin, Newtown. O. 188
BDIOLE 00MB BUFF LEGHO&NS
SINGLE COMB BUFF LEGHOKNS. DE
ercndants «>f first cock. Madison Square. 1923.
Egg*. $3.00, $5.00. Stock. Correepondenre.
Dr. Dillon. Colche*ter, III. 188
QUALITY BUFF LEGHORNS. »2.00 PER
sotting- *tnck and chick*. Alex J. Munn, 1033
Bidwell Street, Pittaburgh, Pa. 188
MINOBOAS
WHITE AND BLACK MINORCAS RO.^E
and Single Comb. Eggs. $2.uu and $3.U0.
Blue Kibbon winners at Chiragt' National.
A. Kuchemann. Galena, III. 188bm
HOSE COMB BLACK MINOBOAS
200 EGG STRAIN ROSE COMB BLACK
Minorca eggs. A few chick*. Geo. Konrad.
Richfield, Wi*. 188
SINGLE OOMB BLACK MINOBOAS
HKISH BROS.' FAMOUS SINGLE COMB
Black Minorca* bred in their absolute .purity
for year*. Winner* at America'* greate*t
show*. Hitching egg* from selected matings
that will produce you winner*. Choice breed-
ers also. Bri*h Bros., Frederick, Md. 196bm
DAY OLD MINORCA CHICKS OF EXIII
bition crade and utility bred, 40 cents each
and 20 cent* each for March delivery.
Eclipae Minorca Farm, Box E, Selinagrove
Pa. tfbj
FINE SINGLE COMB BLACK MINORCA
hatching egfs. J. J. Jenkins. Greenville.
N. 0. 180
8IMOLE OOMB WHITE MIN0R0A8
SINGLE COMB WHITE MINORGAS—
Excellent layer*, siia, shape and color.
Hatching eggs. $8.00 per 15. Coplin Bros..
Payne. Q. i8$
SINGLE OOBCB WHITE MIN0R0A8
SINGLE COMB WHITE MINORCAfi
blue ribbon w-inners. heavy layers. Eget'
Be«ry;
188
$3.00-15. $10.00100.
Lintner, III.
Mrs. Lester
TRAPNESTED SINGLE COMB WRITE
Minorcaa. Hatching eggs. Heavy layer*
Richard Scharmer, Chaska. Minn. jg^
ROSE OOMB WHITE MINOBCaF
ROSE COMB WHITE MINORCA K(JG«|
from range: .l0-$4 00: 1U0-$12.U0: pen; 15
.*5.00; prepaid. H. L. Caraon, Mi.ldleport
O- 188
SINGLE COMB BUFF MINOBCAS
SINGLE COMB BUFF M I N O U C A 8
Stock, chick*, t'gga f»)r hatching. Circular
H. J. Hansen. Berea, O. 199
ORPINGTONS ^~
NO MAN WHO KNOWS ORl»IN(JTCiXS
loves them more than J. H. Dreven^tedt ia
liis book The Orpintctons. This book meet*
the needs for authentic information, gives in-
formation on breeding, mating, care. etc.
Price, postpaid. 75c. Address all orders to
Ever>bodys I'oultry Magazine. Hanover, I»»
188f
SUTTON'S ORPINGTONS BUFF. WHITE
and Black. Size, type, color. Eggs froia
these fine matings, $2.00 per 15; three set-
tings, $5.00. Prepaid, inaured. Sutton'*
Ori'ington Farm, Freeland. Md. IA%
BUFF ORPINGTONS
BUFF ORPINGTONS. F.GGS AND BABY
chicks from my great Orpington*. Joho
Eagle. State Road, Phoenixville, Pa. 188
BLAOK ORPINGTONS
BYKRS' STRAIN. EGGS, $1.50 pER
setting, insured, postpaid. Hedrick's I'oul-
try Yard*. Freeland. Md. 188
WHITE ORPINGTONS
WINTERS' WHITE ORPINGTON8-
Karly chick* and breeding stock. See adver-
tisement, inside back cover. lS(<bia
WHITE ORPINGTONS. ALDRICH MOR-
ri« Ktraina dire<t. Eggs 15. $1.75; 30. $3 00;
loo. ${3.00. Delilah Speelman, Martin<tville.
O. 188
POLISH
WHITE CRESTED BLACK POLISH
••took for «a1e. Eggi for hatching. Write
for want*. Seely. Alton, N. Y. 189
RHODE ISLAND REDS
PURE TOMPKINS* SINtJLE AND ROSE
Comb Red egga. J. J. Jenkins, Greenville.
N. C. 189
SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS
SINGLE REDS. EXHIBITION. TWO
dollars setting, four dollars fifty. Fred Kull-
mar, Whitehall, Md. 188
SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS
bred from Owen Farms' New York winner*.
Eggs from this great strain at $3.uo per 15.
S. L. Hetrick, Punxsutawney. Pa. 18A
SINGLE COMB REDS. OWEN FARMS'
atrain direct. Egga from selected matings:
$2.00, $3.00 and $5.00. Pendleton Lester.
Rome. Ga. 188
SINGLE COMB REDS. QUALITY STOCK.
Winter layer*. Eggs, two dollar* per fifteen;
I>repaid ; inaured. W. E. Metcalf. Huntinr
ton, Ind. 18*
SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS.
Beet quality, dark rich red. Send for mat-
ing li*t, free. Samuel J. Thompaon. Marietta,
O. 18«
HIGH QUALITY RHODE ISLAND REDS.
Eggs and baby chicks (Tompkins). John
Eagle, SUte Road. Phoanixville. Pa, 1**
DUMOND'S REDS WIN AND LAY. OWEU
Farms' strain. Egg*. *tock, chick*. William
Dumond. Columbas, O. 1^8
PLYMOUTH ROOKB
FI8HRL WHITE AND RINGLET BARBI^
Rock*. Eggs and *tock la eeason. 1^^
pens. A. O. Hukle, Stratford. Ia. H*
Hay. 1924
PLYMOUTH ROOKS
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS
517
"^Vy BREEDER OF ANY VARIETY OF
Plviiiouth Rocka should have the book Ply-
mouth R'^fk*. H «l*e"« "" •." J^* 'V'f*'"
nl the R'^<'k family, is a practical breed book
Ihat »hould be ever in r.'a<h to guide you
i«ht in the mating and oth«'r problems that
^aafront you every day. It will j.ay you
iK» trice of the book every .l»y in holpful
loggeations and facts. We will till your or
5#r by return mail. Price. $2.5o. prepaj«l.
Add-eaa orders t-. Everybody* Poultry Maga^
Joe. Hanover. Pa. [^^
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
QUALITY LIGHT AND DAKK B.VKRKD
Rocks Con.-*i>tont winners Pitthburcb. \Na*h
..-ton Cumberland. Some light r»'»l brc.vl
Ir* |h oO and $lo.OO. Eggs, aame \,vn^ I
hatch from. !'> '><». Egga from even colored
/»rm flick* with many winners among them.
$1 50 per 15. W. S. Seorist, Keyser. W. Va.
!•<?<
FOR SALE — B.VRHEI) P L Y M O U T H
Hooka pens hendtMl by first orker.l at
Philadelphia and ae<-(»nd and third nt North
vest $1K">'> a aetting. Light line. !P5(>o;
utility $2.00. Cloverly Runs. B-'x ;<•«. Rylal.
Pa.
PARKS' BRED TO LAY BAKUED ROCKS
direct from be»t pedigreed matmcs. N\ ""der
ful winter layers. 90'/r fertility guaraiiteed.
Frra 15 $2- 50 $5; 100-|9. Jas. L. Cook.
M^tpelier, O. ^""^'"^
THOMPSON'S .STRAIN: DARK. NAR
row Barred Rocka. Large bonod. yellow legs.
Fr« for hatching, hundred $n.5o: fifty.
»*^'i- thirty. |2 25. Mrs. Julia Denny.
R 5. He«lrick. I». l^^^
' p\RKS' .STRAIN BRED TO LAY BARRED
Rocks from be^t pedigreed st»>ck dirert
K^. 15-fl.5<»: .5014.50; 100.$8.00. B. F^
Morgan. Independence. Ind. 1'^'*
BETTER BARRED ROCKS. TRAP
neated. Fifteen year*' bree«ling. Eggs,
chicks ato«k. Cinu.ars. Arthur Searlea
B A. Milford. N H. 1»1
THIRTY GOOD MARKED ROSE COMB
Barred Rocka. four dollar* each. HarriMjn
Yeomans, Goshen, O. '"^
BUFF PLYMOUTH ROOKS
BUFF ROCKS. REDUCED PRICES ON
eggs and chickens from great trapnested lay
er* and vrinners. Circular. Orrin H»n<*.
Potsdam. N. Y. ]^]^
WALKER'S BUFF ROCKS— PRIZE \yiN
ning stock. Baby chicks. $20 per hundred.
Kgn. »2 per setting; $10 I»*r ,J»"°**'?J-
Satisfaction guarant^. Geo. Walker, Old-
kams. Va^ ^
COLUMBIAN PLYMOUTH BOOKS
COLUMBIAN ROCKS. BRED FROM OUR
first priie winners, Madison Square Garden.
Trapneated, pedigree bred. 200 235 eg g rec
ords Hatching eggs. $5 13. Baby chicks.
10 or more. 50 cents each. 1924 list free.
Address. James F. Harrington, Hammonton
y. J. ]zl
COLUMBIAN ROCKS— JONES. WILBUR
and Dnffleld Farm strains. Show winners in
my breeding pens. Eggs. »2.50 per fifteen.
Baby chicks. C D. Scott. Box 247. Punxsu-
Uwney, Pa. _J__
WELL ESTABLISHED. HIGH QUALITY
Columbian Rocks. Egg«. chicks. T. J. Ens-
lin. Hackettstown, N. J. *"
tfbm
PARTRIDGE PLYMOUTH ROOKS
ROHRBAUGH k SONS. BREEDERS OF
White Kot-ko f"T commerrfal farm u«e and
f'T i'ackyard poultry r»i»«r. AU farm range
R. No. 10, York. Pa. lr*9
WHITE ROCK EiJiJS AND .STOCK H.\L
bach ^en^stil>I.«. Uurkholder'a White Rock
Yards, :)3()9 Mahoning .\ve.. Youngntown. O
iHlt
I OFFER. ON ACCOUNT OF MOVING MY
home, my flock of Partridge Plymouth Rock*
ia *ingle bird*, pairs or mated pen*. Write
me for prices. Madison Square and Hanover
winning blood linea. O. H. Hoatettor, Han-
over, Pa. IPP^
PARTRIDGE AND BARRED ROCK EGOS
15. $2.00. Maude Barlitt, Fostoria, O. 188
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS
NON SETTING WHITE ROCKS ALWAYS
prolific layer*. Standard typed. Stock,
hatching eggs for sale. Adelbert Cheesbro.
Daaaville. N. T. A breeder since 1901. 188
KENDALL'S WHITE ROCKS. HEAVY
layers. Egg* from mated pen*, $3.00 per
15. Pure Fishel strain. No more stock nn-
til our June sale. B. F. Kendall. Winchee-
tar. O. !»•
(ilANT WHITE ROCKS SWEKl'.ST.KKES
— Ten shows — Literature Mary Harnit.
Loi;»nsport. Ind. 188
1'. WHITE PLYMOITH Rt>CK EtJtiS $5.
Infertile egea replace«l fr»*«». I'en $.'>0. J H
.Martin, M. D.. Binghamton. N. Y. l***
SPECKLED SUSSEX
GRAND CHAMIMON .MA I.E. MINNKAIMI
lis; »l\ hr>ta. CtiK'ago National l'.»J» .*<t.'.-k.
egkTs. baby chicks. Catalogue free. Winkler
A- l.anc'lon. Wheatfield. Ind. l-^**
SPECKLED SUSSEX. M.MUSoN Sgl'ARF.
(tiinlen winners f«>r la»l ^e^en >ear». Keg*
:«.*)» Ml pf-r l.*>. prepaiti. Juaeph I'reeie. Fort
Washington. Pa. l"*?*
Sl'ECKLED SUSSEX — EGGS. STtH'K
from National winners. Fiebi!> Su.*iipx Farm.
Sandwich. III. IHtt
SPECKLED SUSSEX — STorK. Et.tJS
Chevy Lane Poultry tarni, Walhouding, O.
l!<r»
RHODE ISLAND WHITES
EICHELMANNS STR.\IN RHODE IS
land \Nhite.4. Hoi«e an>l .Single Comb. Special
>ale of Snule Comb ftttw-k. Jlooo p,.n Eg»:»
reduced. Catalogue free. Henry Eubelniann.
Waterloo, III. 1«<»
ROSE COMB RHODE ISLAND WHITES
E^ga. 13.00 per I.*!; $5 00 p,.r .10. Stock
for sale. Fred Danforth, Owego. NY. 1^'*
WYAND0TTB8
THE WYANDOTTE STANDARD AND
Breed Book i* the guide of all judges and
breeders of Wyandottes — a'l vanoiiea-- *»ne
of the finest books yet gi»en ili* poultry
world. Handsome clcn binding, profusely
illustrated, covering e.-ery phase of the mat
ing and breeding of Wy»iidrite«. Compiled
by H. A. Nourse. public i-I by Amerit an
Poultry Association, illustraiel by Schilling
I»rice $2.50, uostag* prepaid. Addre** or
der* to Everybody* Poultry Maganne Han-
over, Pa^ ^'♦^
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES— AT NEW
York State Fair won 5 fir*t* and all special
pri«ea, and my Btrain ha* the egg laying
habit bred into it. Eggs. $5.00 per 15 from
fineat pen*. Au*tin G. Warner, \N hiteab..ro.
»T Y lM9bm
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES - N O N E
better Heavy winner* at the National Co-
lumbian Wyandotte Meet thi* year m large
cla**e* of the world* be.t. «/'*V*J»"-
Stock and egfs. Geo. Lyman Hall. !>«<*•/■
Mass. _i**j!
HATCHING EGGS FROM PRIZE WIN
ning, pure, ideal Columbian Wyandotte*.
Price* reasonable. Circular free Addre.a.
Dixie Highway Poultry Yard*, Auburn. K^
COLUMBIAN WYANIn»TTE HATCHING
.gga from range flock, $1.50 15 ; $7 00 joo.
exhibition pen, 130015. Al«> baby chicks
»nd Bronie Turkey egg*. Henry Groening
Hillaboro. Kan. _J.l
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES it E^
duced pricea on eCf« "nd chicken* '''"« •^•a*
trapn«.tod layer* and winners. Circular
Orrin Hane*, Pot*dam, N. Y. \9\bm
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTE «<;•;»/*'';
hatching, excellent >»yin« "»'*'" .•',.^'' L!
15. Wood O'Neal, R. 3, Clearville. Pa. 1>^>«
BUFF WYANDOTTES
GOLDEN LAOCD WYANDOTTES
GOODWIN GOLDEN WY.%Mh>TTKH.
Win ten ribbona at ChKago i'. l^'um t'-ti*.
one half price after May '»th. |: •" and ♦:» "O
per setting. Fertility guaranteed Circtilar.
William Manahan, Deflanc*. O li««
CHOICE tiOLDES WYANDOTTE H.^TCII
ing eggti. $2 'M) p<.r li. T E Colling*. Per
sia. Ia lf>8
BUFF WYANDOTTES EGGS AND
month old chickens fn>m »"?;«« 7 ' J""
Egga, 12.00 for 15; chickens, $10.00 a dojjo^
Orrin Hanes. Potsdam. N- Y.
• BUFF WYAMmlTE f^,«,S ^«g '^.^^'j}
ing Send for rirrular. \^ ilUam fc. \%ooiiev.
Route 5. Sidney. O.
SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES
IF YOU WANT THE BEST IN SILVER
Wyandottes that hav» the \\;*n.|otte t>pe.
• ite a'<d la<'ing. virite W. E .H«ir.*«n. \eteraa
breeder and judge. Kirkwu«>d. N Y 107
WOODLAND SILVER WYANDoTTEH -
Winnera New York. Chi<ac>. Delruil l^rge
open lace<l ethlbition »t««« k Fre«» raiaUigue.
Woodland Farm. Route E 3. Ann Arb<-r Ml h
1-9
WHITE WTANDOTTCS
WHITE WYANDt»TTE8 (MARTIN
olrain). Kgg*. aelr^-trd mating*. ISfJUO.
I . Mil; fiork, l<'0 $■* lo. liuarantee 7 • «■
liAtrhability. Fred Miller. 3 |o Marion A«e..
Salem. III. !)««
REGAL WHITE WYANDOTTES OV
quality. Stotk »hipped on apprt>«at. Ecg*
(or liatrhing. No rhi<-k» Mating list trr*
Frank P. Altland. Hanover. Pa. Ifbjl
W It I T E WYANDOTTE (Nu KEU» l.«<
cKick*. egga. lli£he*t quality Trapneat
re«-«>rd*. 241 to 2yo. Lewia Martin. Newtown.
O. J""
WHITE WYANDOTTE E«.«.> FUoM
« hoice breeder* Martin's atrsin J. E
Weiaenauer. Rt. 0. Kukumn. Ind I*"*
1.000 PI UE REtiAL WHITE WYANI>oT
ten. loo ogga, ♦'• 00 .\i:«»n S<-chrisU P«rt
Trevorton. i'a. **•
KEt)AL DoRCAS EGGS, ft 5o PER
setting: heavy laying strain lledrik'a Poi!
try Yard*. Freeland. Md l"***
SEVERAL VARIETIES
SELECT EGtiS. PURE BRED. FROM JEH
■fty Blark tiiatil*. Ringlet Marred Plymouth
Kock* White Wyand"tt»a. Mammoth Itruni*
also White Holland Turkey.. White African
Guinea*. SaUsfactlon to cu«tomera Cirru
lar free. Mention paper. E F •**•'«»•»•'••
Somerset, Va. ■••'
DONT BUY MY EGGS IF YOU DESIRE
hatchery quality For paring K»da and Kg
lantine Leghorns, write for nrcular Kea
sonable. William Knerr, Rt I. Phoeoixville
Pa. **"
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
EVERY BREEDER OP TURKEYS WILL
U lot«r««t«d In Ui« iK-w book bj Hmtj
Lamoo •nd Robert Slocum entitled Turker
BAUinf Clolh bound. hf»Ty book P«pe/.
profoMly illa»tr«t«d end beyond mnj doobt
tiM bMt work of it* kind to d»to. Your or-
4ar will b* ftHed on receipt of price. »1.75.
MctAC* prepeld. Addrwe ell ordere to
Everybody! Poultry Megeiine. HanoTer. Pe
MAimOTH WHITE HOLLAND TUR
key* from 50 lb. torn. 20 lb. bene; eUte
feir wlnnem. All etock vecclneted efeinit
dice***. Stock end ecn for sele. Mre. Lee
Chepmeo. Meyfleld. Ky. ^»°
TURKEY RAISING — FEEDING. mS
•Me*, ireetment. 10 cenU. Ene County Tur-
key Fenn. Edinboro. Pe. *88
BRONZE TURKEY EGGS. POULTS.
SatUf Action ruerenteed. Write. Eebenehede ■
Tvkey Fenn. Box E. Ronk«. Pe^ 188
MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEY EGGS.
t5« eech; b*by turki. 65c eecb. Irvin O.
MuMer. Route 4. Sbippeneburc Pe. 188
MAMMOTH BRONZK TURKEY EGGS
$3.85 per 9. poetpeid. Toma. $^.00. Sunny-
eide Fenn, CeUmine. Wi*. 188
FOB SALE— BRONZE TURKKYS 10
•fge. $6.60 delivered. Aeron J. Felthoute.
Ooebea. lod. 191
MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEY EGGS. 60
U eech. P. V. Crook*. Forest. O. 188
PHBABAMT8
FANCY PHEASANTS MANY KINDS
Oberlee F. Donley. Box 1. RockTille. Md 191
GOLDEN AND LADY AMHERST HATCH-
tiiK eff* end stock. B«>ecb Crest, 7474 Lower
River Road. Omrinneti. U. 180
PIOBOH8
DUOKS
FIR8T MADIS<JN SQUAKK INDIAN RUN
ner, Gient Rouen end Memmotb Pekin duckr
Speriel i>rice hetchinr eicjr*. Duckling*. Gee-
bel Brother*. Morriatown. N. J. 188
DUCK KGC.S »2 "iO 8KTTINO. PREPAID.
Lerceet, queckle** Munrovys; ceKient, rheep-
e*t end quicke*t reised. Short'* Duck Fermn.
Lonrwood. Fie. 190
WHITE INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS. QUAL
ity Btock, p-eet leyer*; 12 ejcKi*. $2. So; 50.
$8.00: postpeid. W. Bent Addington. Route
3. NickeUviHe. Ve. 188
BLUE MUSCOVIES. FIRST PRIZE ALL
winter show*. Err«. UOO per eleven. O*-
cer A. Jo*e. 1160 Fairfield Ave , Indi*nepoU».
Ind. 189
GIANT ROUEN DUCK EGGS. $2.00 11.
Circuler. H. L. Griswold. Woodbury. Conn.
loo
WHITE PEKIN DUCK VMiiA, $1.50 FOR
11- $10.00 per 100. P. V. Crt>oks. Fore*t, O.
188
INCUBATORS AND BROODERS
FOR SALE— 3.600 EGG NEWTOWN USED
for e few het^hee. Incubetor i* ea food e*
new. Eufone W. Showera. Pelmyre. Pe. 188
BELGIAN HARES AND BABBITS
WANTED — 4.000 PIGEONS (LIVE) AND
will pey highest merket price; eUo merket
poultry. Addree*. Peon Poultry Jk Pigeon
Oo.. Sit Oellowhill St.. Philedelphie. Pe. tfbm
PIGEONS — ALL VARIETIES. WRITE
for price list. John Smith. 1407 Mill St..
Alpene. Mirh. 188
DUOKS
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKLINGS FROM
our femouB Niegere strain of heery leying
Indien Runner breedinx alo<-k. Moderate
priced, eaay to reiae. leying 75',c throuchout
winter. Niacere Poultry Farm. Renaomville.
N. Y 196bm
IT PAYS TO BUY RABBITS FROM A
breeder. Pedicreed etock. Booklet. 15 cent*.
Meikrens lUbbitry. New Bethlehem, Pe. 188
DOGS
FOR SALE— WHITE COLLIE PUPS.
Reristerable A. K. C Setisfection rueren-
teed. Henry Morrison, R. 7. Shelbyville. Ind.
188t
FOXES
SILVER FOXES. TIME PAYMENTS.
Fred Wgrr. Waukau, Wia. 191
POULTRY REMEDIES
DORAN'S GAPE REMEDY CURES GAPES
or money back. 5c. Agents wanted. W.
H. Doren. Brandenburjc. Ky. 189
REAL ESTATE
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. MONEY
mekinc farma, selected sections New Jersey.
Pennftylvanie. Deleware. Marylend, New
York. Copy free. U. S. MrKillip Farm
Agency, 1328 Chestnut St.. Philadel|ihie, Pa.
190
COME SOUTH. IDEAL LOCATION FOR
poultry farm on main line R. H. ten hours
from WaMhinrton. D C Write, H. E Dixon.
Klor.'nc*'. S (V 1M«<
REAL ESTATE
FARMS SUNNY SOUTHERN JERsEy"
Many bargains. Cetelogue just out. Cop*
free. Stocked end equipped. Some req^ra
oaJy $500 cesh. Income produrinj hc>ie«/
D. M. Joseph. 549 — 13 Landis Ave. Vi»»."
lend. N. J. i88be»
ESTABLISHED BABY CHICK BUsT
nes«. Pey* ilo'r on investment "Plant •
cmre Everybodyn Poultry Megaiine. Hanotar
Pe.
190
PRIITTINO
POULTRY PRINTING — QUALITY WORR.
menship. Cut* used. Everything pre|>eid
Prices helf whet other* cherge. Send steap
immediately for semplos and prioea Modal
Printing Company, Manchester. la. m
EVERYTHING PRINTED. SAMPlS
free. Franklin Press. B 20, Milford. N. H
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BOOKS
POULTRY ACCOUNT BOOK— SIMPLE
compert, complete. Neetly printed. Tw«
yeers' pormenent record. 35 cent*, postpeid.
Samiile sheet free. Clarence Barnes, Kagit
grove, le. IM
BilSOEUJkMEOUS
FOR SALE — 18 DARK CORNISH GAMK
hens, 2 cocks; eUo eggs for setting. One 7&,
one 140 Gem Incubators in good i<hape: else
pen of Blue Andalusiens. A. Larhenmeaa.
2259 HesB Ave.. Cincinnati, O. 188ba
AUTO OWNERS! GET YUUR TIRM
Free! Be our Fectory Axentl Big sttert
time moneymekerl Sempie tirea furnished.
No cepitel or experience needed. Write to-
day. Armour Tire Sc Rubber Co , Dexk 754,
Dayton. O. 188bea
DOMESTIC RABBIT SKINS WANTED
end fura of ell kinds. Pnce list free, else
l-'iir Rebbit breeding booklets. United State*
Fur Company, Sheweno. Wis. l89bB
FARMS WANTED
FARM WANTED. FROM OWNER. WRITE
immediately. Raymond Smith. Maplewood, Mo.
tfbani
OIOARS
DIRECT FROM FACTORY. 5 INCH CU
ben twisters, ionK flllera. Sweet as a not.
$2.00 for 50. Frank Miller, 1208 Weat 8tb
St., Dept. 4. Los Angelea. Calif. Hi
TYPEWRITERS
TYPEWRITERS. $20 UP. FREE TRIAL
Eeay peyments. Peyne Company. Rusedel*
Station. Kaii.xtts City. Kan H8
Flr«t PriM CMk.
HadHee teeert ttardMi tlMw. If»
'^^'ut'- Barred Rocks WIN At M.di«>n Sg. Garde, 1922
Firsts Seoood, Third and Fifth Cockerels
First, Second, Fourth and Fifth Cocks
Erny bird we exlUblted w&s pieced (ell bred end reised by ui) thtii roandloi ont
SO Tears of Madlaoa Square Oardec First Prlie Winning RepiUatton by Birds of Onr
Breeding.
We heve today e Better Lot of Mele Birds even then our Prize Winnera at our last
exhibit et Medison Square tierden, N. Y.. Show. These were not shown this seeson but
their fall vigor is being used in our own Breeding Pens end is not depleted by ordeel of
the exhibition hell. They ere nerrow berred, abepely. he^e nice eurfeco color end pro
nounced under-barring.
We heve for eale brothers end sisters of these superb melee end et prices eccording
to merite. (A very few low priced enough for utility uses though suiteble for fency.)
These birds ere first clese end we cen recommend them for producing First Cless results
in lines both light end derk bred. Tell your wents end if with order we will be eble to
benefit you es our petron.
p/^/^C for Hetching from Pens We Use for Our Own Reising, cerefuUy pecked to
*^^^^-'*^ cerry any distance. From lijtht matings or dark metings or pert from eech:
$16 per 16; $20 per 24; $26 per 32; $30 per SO; $40 per 52; $75 per 100. For percel
post, edd 25 to 60 cents for neerby points end 75o to $1.00 for western points. Seles
limited, so order et once, even for later delivery.
Corvellis. Oregon, December, 1023.
I raised 12 fine bird.^ (now 7 months old) from the 15 eggs. I really hatched 14 oat
of tke 16 end one died efter being 8 weeks old. This is the lergest hetch I ever heerd
of to be shipped so far. They ere the best looking birds I have. I heve 'n"
stock but yours look the best. g k. HARTSOCK.
I
raised some very nice cockerele from the eggs I bought of you a veer eco
lowe. and First end Second et Jefferson Show. '. ^ *
IIiLUSTRATED OIEOULAR FREE
• t Box 314,
Boone. Iowa. January, 1924.
I showed et our shows and took First et Nevada.
JOHN R. PATTERSON.
LEE, IVIASS., • U.S. A.
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I am prepared to make immediate shipment of aarlj baby cbicka or
hi^h class breeding stock. My prices are fair and I will fuarantae safe
delivery. Write for free circalar and 1924 mating lift, containing de-
tailed list of my i^reat winnini^ and pictures of my saperb» masaiT*.
typical WHITE Orpingtons.
I,er«]rE*Wlaters,uiiM.»«. Scrant«B,Pa.
Baby
Chicks
ARZINOL
The Chlckenpox Remedy
It Cures Where Others FaU
A mU rmmmdj f*r Ckick«apos« Smw H«ad, P«p Mw
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at both thowt, the tame ae at thii la«t 1924 iihow. EVERY BIRD
BRED ON MY FARM.
Tke c*MF«titioB at tkU show was %tromgmr ta qaality tkaa at all tka
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May and June arc the Bapwer Months to Hatch Silver Cup and 1st Prize Winners
Hundreda of my cartomen' Fint Prixe and Silver Cup Winnert have been hatched in May and June,
▲t my last New York exhibit my lit, 2nd, 8rd, 4th and Bth pnte cockereU; Ist, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th pnia
psllati were hatched tn Joae; my lit and 8rd prize cocki and lit and 2nd prize hens in July.
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The First Prise and Silver Cup Winners that customers are producing from IMPERIAL "RINGLET*
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From the fia**! •xhibitioa matiafs ia th« worU.
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Industry on a Higher Level
One of America's Closest Students of Poultry Breeding Problems Writes
faTstrong Te™. of Praise About That latest Remarkable Poultry Book
"•n.e Production of 300-Eggers and Better by Lme Breeding."
THE SOONER THE BUYINr, PIBLIC LEARNS
NO r.REAT FAMILY OF ANY KIND OF LIVE
K HAS EVER BEEN DEVELOPED WITHOL'T
ELDOM are authors rewarded as have
been Messrs. Atkinson and Curtis by
having so many men of long experi-
ence and special knowledge write
in commendation of their recently
published poultry book. Following is a letter
from Wm. A. Lippincott:
UNIVERSITY OP CALIFORNIA
W. W. Campbell. Prewdent
Tnlloire of Aariculture Branch of the College of
IWion'Sf Po«hfy'nu.b.ndry Agriculture IWrjajr F.rn,.
Wm. A. Lippincott in Charge Davis. Calilomia
F^litor Reliable Poultry Journal. Berkeley. CaL, Nov. 8. IKS
Dayton, Ohio.
My dear Mr. Curtis: —
During the month. I have Wn in California. I h«ve .pent
a major part of my time traveling about the .tate gctling
Icoulinted with it. geography, it. poultry indu.try and the
JSJfe Iho Ire re.^!;!i»de lor the latter A. a traveling com^
rr V'-;,'in^' i^nXs^p'SirNrFN rvlt"YiNTi,{V!;.*T^
by Line Breeding. Ii rlA> t^'lv-V.rCv^ii avt» i U'AVT
ifcc AND PROFITABLE ^OMPANION^^AND^ ^I^^N^^ ANT
YOU AND MR. ATKIN;^
SON ON THE C.REAT
SERVICE YOr ,HAVE
RENDERED POULTRY
BREEDERS AND BREED-
ING.
Beginner* in poultry bree«l-
ing have heretofore labored
under certain diiadvantagen
which the novice in other
tinea of live.tock breeding
ha. not had. I refer, particu-
larly, to the fact that the
ancestry of the outstanding
individual, of the variou.
breeds of hor.e., cattle,
.heep and .wine i. a matter
of public record. When a
would-be breeder of dairy
cattle, for instance, attends
a sho4i' and Ke. an individ-
ual that fills his eye, he is
not under the necessity of
cautiously approaching the
bree<ler and asking him
about hi. breeding methods.
He can inve.ti^ate the
breeding of that individual
on his own account and in-
deed follow up the breeding practices of the man who pro-
doccd it by mean, of the herd book. Thi.. of cour.e, has
not been true with regard to tmultry. whether one is interested
in breed-type and color, or in production.
I PEEL THAT YOV AND MR. ATKINSON HAVE
RENDERED A VERY t.REAT SERVH E IN PUBLISH INC.
THE PEDIGREES OF THESE Ol'TSTANDING BIRDS
AND AN .VCCOUNT OP HIS BREEDING METHODS AND
PRACTICES. I SHALL CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THE
BOOK TO ALL THOUGHTFl'L BREEDERS OF THIS
STATE AND SHALL REUl'IRE ITS USE BY STUDENTS
OP THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WHO TAKE
OUR ADVANCED COURSE IN POULTRY BREEDING.
I am delighted to tr by the current issue of "The Reliable"
that you are going ahead with a similar account of Mr. Tan-
crc<1'* breeding inrthtMlo. I was frarful lest his untimely death
might havr left the matter so incomplete that it would not be
possible for you to carry out your announcetl plan. I shall
look forward to its oublication with very keen interest, as I
am sure poultry breeaers will everywhere.
ONE VERY GREAT SERVICE WHICH THE BOOK
NLREADY PUBLISHED IS PERFORMING IS THE
CLARIFICATION t)F THE IDEAS OF BREEDERS ON
THE MATTER OF INBREEDING AND LINE BREED-
ING. There has been great need fur a frank discussion of in-
breeding in order that the popular Drejudice against it might
be overcome. Breeders of high standing, in this country, have
frcoueotly felt under the necessity of being quite secretive about
their breeding practices for fear that the prejudices against
inbreeding which they, of necessity, practiced would react against
Fibre Paper Bound Edition.
Art Cover Deaign by
P. L. Sewell
A. Lippincott
Professor of Poultry Husbandry
University of California
them.
THAT
STOCK
intelligent/ THOUGH OFTEN OUITE CLOSE IN
BREEDING. T^IE BETTER OFF THE POULTRY IN-
DUSTRY WILL BE.
Again congratulating you and Mr. Atkinson and looking for-
ward to the product
of your further efforts
in this line, I am.
Yours very truly,
William A. Lipoincott
ProfeMor of Poultry
Husbandry
For upwards of
a dozen years Prof.
Lippincott was
head of the poultry
Department of the
Kansas State Col-
lege of .Agriculture,
Manhattan, where
he did exceptionally
valuable work as
a n Investigator
and Instructor in
Poultry Breeding,
conducting numer-
ous tests extending
over periods of
years — and with
profitable results.
Last summer he
was selected by the
University of Cali-
fornia to occupy the chair of Poultry Husbandry at
this great educational institution, located in one of
the foremost poultry states of our Country. Prof.
Lippincott is also the author of several books and
pamphlets on poultry problems, each one of which
is a capable and timely contribution to the progress
of poultry culture. It is for such reasons that Prof.
Lippincott's strong approval of this book, "The Pro-
duction of 300-Eggcrs
and Better by Line
Breeding,** is especially
valuable.
This latest great
poultry book consists of
416 pages, 6 by 9 inches
in size. It is illustrated
by the use of many half-
tones and also contains
numerous blood-line or
mating charts, showing
how to proceed step by
step in breeding any
Standard variety of do-
mestic fowl for greatly
increased egg production.
It is published in two
editions: One bound in
heavy tought-fibrc paper
with art cover design by
Franklane L. Sewell, the price of which is $2.50
per copy postpaid; the other edition is bound in rich
red cloth with gold lettering, the price of which
is $3.50 per copy. .Address all orders to Everybody's
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Half Price E0g and Stock Sale Now On
My SO-pajre Booklet carefully describes the fineal matings in existence to pro-
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OWEN F>\RIV1S
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MAURICE F. DELANO, Owner
MARCY FARMS JERSEY BLACK GIANTS
DISPLAY
MADISON
90. GAKDEN
leai
1922
1923
1924
Hold thHr own as •xhlblUon tcm\* with sny btmA on f«rth. Bi(»ll all t>r««id« sa nark<>l fowl* In rrrst w*l^t
obtainable and low ciiAt to i>nMlua». At iajran. at«ra<<M f»ait>«r« with tit* !>••(— t«ti*r tlia/i n»<>«t !»#«*) t>rr«>lft
.No t>rroi has rrrr mail* the nam* and r«<»r\i of thi> (iiar.ls ur «un fam* In miA atxtrt tlm*
LlmlKHl quantlu of Kzhlbltlan BrMden. S.OOO lUliiy llravtlcra r.OOO llutk;. (Srowlnx Y<.>unc9t«r* -13 to It
wwkA old
Kcs* for hatchlns In loU of from 15 to 1.000 on thre« da/i' nottr* Baby Chtcka. tn lota of 3S to SM Al»-
mantA eaci) Tueailay in the month
Writ* for Fr«0. llluitratfd Catalncce ard prior* Mum )udc« If you ran afford to miM hating Marrr rarm*'
stock
IVfARCY FARIVfS. Bo^K 28. Freehold, New •Jersey (Fwwrh l^uw*. R J I
AMfJIIC Alt
LEADING
»TBAIN» or
THE
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DOMEIftTIC
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REDUCES FEED BILLS
a. R. JACOBUS
The tray hlngrd to front
of hopper rmtrttr* foo<l
■plllod by the bird* aiul
rtHuma fiiod to hopiwr
when trajr la Invert4-d
(Mi« doltrd Unas I to
rioae hopper acalnat rata
and inl<« at nlsht Kend
for rlrcular.
BoK 5X. Rldfeflrlrf. N. J.
Btl\^l^ ROCKS— EGGS FOR HATCHING
$6.00 per IS from exhibition mstlncs; tlO.OO per 100 rrom bred to isjr stock
L. W. BAILEY R r. D No 2 EDEM. K Y.
We Want All Your
FANCY BROWN
Write f»r «Mir prop«i*ltlon
Refermcr. Itank of Amerlra. N. T.
U. L. MELONEY. Inc 339 Graeswich St. Nrw Yerk
EGGS
HOW MANY EGGS
WILLTHISHENLAY
An average hen lay» 75 e«r» a year.
TON-GORS (Reinforced Buttermilk)
in powdered form, when fed nccordinif to direc-
C"
iGetth<*n«-wl'«T«
^^ |«iMi Kancain Book
^^ before yoa unond a rt-nt ft* F«t»r«—
Barb Wirf -Stwl l'.iati»--<;at«i»--Fooflnir
or fainta. All now Hold dirert from factory
you. Wait! H«-forf y«»u buy irrt our pno«^.
104 pavf cataJou FKKK. Vartoneii at ( Irv. Un.1.
Adrian. Mich .and Mt-mphia. Tcnn. WnteNOW to
ivnuss «M s run c«. saet. 1022 cunuuw. mm
I
^ It will incrtN
the yielti of 100 average hens 7,500 vg^n a year.
TON-GORS also i.«t an excellent base for Starlmif
and Gruwintr Maj<hen ft»r Haby Chick.n.
iTire of TON li<Hi.S la $17.00 per Lbl. of
I7r> ll*« dfUvefrd your atstion Ciet U from
your d»-«trr or write ua for free aaiBi'le sna
feeding dirertiona.
M. F. BARINGEI
Ylie BosarM-. miUdelplil^, Pis. L*
THIS?
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In Writinc Advertisers Kind'y Mention Everybodys Pooltry Mscsiia*
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
11
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VOLUME 29
JUNE, 1924
NUMBER 6
EVERYBODYS
Americas Most Popular Poultry Magazine
This Month
Cover
by L. A. Suhmer
Can We Stand Prosperity?
ControllinjT Summer Parasites
by Prof. H. R. Lewit
The Orpingrtons
by T. F. McGrew
The Housewife and a Few Hens
by H. H. Collier
Some Remarks on Rearing the Sexes
Separately
by Charles D. CleTeUnd
Poultry on the Radio
by D. E. Hale
Experiment Stations
by Prof. H. R. Lewi*
The Casserole
by Harold F. Barber
Announcinj^ Our Beginners' Department
by Prof. H. R. Lewit
530
531
532
534
535
536
537
538
539
540-544
J<[ext MontJi
Editorials
Fed I o Lay and Hrc^i to Lay ; Late Profitable PoiUtry
R«'oordn; From n^irinnpr to Experit-nred Breeder; June
tti« Natural Hreedinf Season; Separate the Sexe* ; A
Tonic for More Ambition; Charms in Poultry Keepnic;
The Be«t Kind of tVver to Ha\-«; The Be^t Br.ed ; The
Trapneat Telia the Truth; The Advantajce* of Kiepinjr
Arcounin; SuroMn; Make Y'»ur Own Selection of Breed
and Variety; Give Care Purin- JJrowth and Development
Editor's Desk
June in the Poultry Yard
Everybodys Chats
by H. P. Schwab
Shows and Associations
Jersey Black Giant Club Bulletin
American Buff Wyandotte Club Bulletin
Horticultural Department
by Prof. Arthur J. Farley
Hale's Henographs
545
546
546
560
562
563
564
566
.Su'-h a fea*t of pood th»ni;!« are being prepared for July
Everybodys that we hardly know whore to start in jcivinif
you '% brief outline.
With .Tulv. Charles D. Cleveland and Prof. H. R. Lewis
bt«oiiie nrtive ARsociatc Editors of Everybodys. Mr. Cleve-
land has been a Contributing Editor since our first issue.
With Julv. he steps into the Editorial rbair thoroujrhly con-
vf-rsant with the poliry. aims and purposes of the publishers.
As for I'rof. Harry U Lewi^. afcain we have a man lone
identifiod on our staff a« a Contributing Editor Mr. Lewis
needH no introduction other than to say. that with July. Mr.
Lcwix will (five nlill more of hi;* time to Everybodys, not
only a feature article, but he will broaden the scope of the
Experiment Station Department and initiate a n»w feature
outlined on Pajte 539, this number. In f»ct. under the
Editorial assitrnments. a* beKinninjr with July, every reader,
every poultry k«'«por. every one encajrod in poultry pursuits,
may feel prntifiod. n«« do we. in acquirintr the active associa-
tion of Messrs. Cleveland and Lewis in the newly or^anucd
Editorial Staff of Everybodys.
Aside from the broadened fields of the«e .\ssociate Editors,
our Snerinl Contributors will be as follows: H. H. Collier,
n E Hale. T. K. McfJrew, Harold F. Barber and Mrs. Helen
l)I.w N\1iitaker, all of which will give Everybodys of their
best In serien'of articles and deiiartmeutn that represont
their be}»t efforts in service to Everybodys' ever growing
larger familv of i.lea«»'«l readers.
A FEW JULY FEATURES
Hecinning "neginm-rs Department" conducted by Arso
• iftte Editor Prof. Harry K. Lewis. Subject:
SIMPLE PRINCIPLES IN GROWING THE
YOUNGSTERS RIGHT
SUSSEX FOWLS AND OTHER ENGLISH
BREEDS
By Thos. F. McGrew
HOW TO CARE FOR COCKERELS AND
PULLETS SEPARATELY
By Charles D. Cleveland. Associate Editor
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN
POULTRY ORGANIZATIONS
By Prof. H. R. Lewis, Associate Editor
THE HOUSEWIFE AND A FEW HENS
By H. H. Collier
TEN HENS EQUAL ONE COW
By D. E. Hale
These are but a few of the u-o-d thir.c* j.r- arranged f-r
July May we ai^k that if thst nciu'hbor of yours gets
Everybo«lys regularly! If not. ^^nt you '"''"' «»';™ ";."♦:'
to subscriber Kvery isnuc worth a dollar, yet that i. all it
cosU for two full years subscription
iu»v» lui .^ ^^^ ^ HTSTON. Managing Editor
C. N. MYCRS. rr.«i4 at
%. A. QEISCLMAN. SecrrtsryTrcavurer
EVERYBODYS
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•rrtmVHir rvoulrs addlttonal p(Mla<«. therafOre
the allgtit dltTerwa* in prloM.
THal SelMeriptieaa
In order to aeijuslnt prospxHif MbMrltwn
Willi Bvenrtiodn Povllrr Uagsxtns. «• will aaU
v\9 ron) a Okontti for flw cDnsoouilve months t«
any poir.t In the rnite<1 StslM for SSc The
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nnr aubeertbrn only and not tubioct to rwMwal
for !««• than one r»ar
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Atioelst* Editor*
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Spoelai CoatrilMitlBfl SUIT
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JAS. T. HUSTON. Msasiinf Editor
Chaat* of Addrcu
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your sulmcrJption notify us at once glrlii* your
old as well ai your new sddrpss and si to the
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tear the addrea off the wrapper and marli «»•
chaiife thereon.
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330 Egg
Leghorns
The only White Le;;horn farm "storkeM
entirely from the prrxluct of :i<h) to :i.'li»
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Lock Box 8 LAlfCASTER, MASS.
HALF MILLION
sterling Quality
CHICKS
from Standard-bred, heavy egf^
laying strains of fourteen va-
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reasonable.
P. F. Clardy
Hl«hlaad Vl«w Poultry Farm
Box 1 1 Ethel, Mo.
-stiU they win-and lay!
Vaa e'OaU Pedigreed Whits Reelu via Flflii Geek-
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• artpUM. fur Dvnrmtwr. lllfti imn. haavy vartatii^
for ihreo moritha Efflt for hatehlai $5. $10. SIS Mr
aattlar Ceelurala of 200-af« kraadlag flO. tIS. t20.
123. Hoiid fur maUiig Hat.
l^ Van o'Dale Farm, Catonsyille, Md.
Bred-To- 1 ay
ROWN LiFf
ROWN t^EGHORNS
tlMCLE COMB LIGHT AND DAKK LINES
BABY CHICKS AND EGGS
Chlekt— $19.00 »cr 100. Egta— Half Priea
klatlng I.i«t (Ml nniiir^t
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MdvilU Gferglj
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POtJLTHY FARM
I 5,O0 BUYS A TIM ISCXS
OLD COCKtRIX THAT WILL
IMPVIOVE THE LAXDiG
STRAIN Of AWY TLOCK.
I 15.00 BUTS THE SAME
nw AT SIX MOKTHS OF
ACE. TOM barhon strain.
SEND US YOUR ORDER NOW.
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KERLIN'
QUALITY
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26S331
{Pedigreed) Egg Strain
CHICKS
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Kerlin-Quallly*' chicks have made
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They will make bij* money for you now.
Flocks can be depended upon to con-
sistently average 185 to 200 e^s
a year. This is the kind of chicks you
want Get them now.
Thousands of customers all over the
United States have a^ain ordered
''Kerlin-Qnalitv'* Chicks this year.
based on record performance lust
year and the years before. That's the
best proof of qnallty we know.
Read the testimonial to the h^ht
FREE
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paat two aeaaoaa tot S2 UO to $1 Ki
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but they will all be tor punrhrd to
allow our cuaiumrra to krrp record*
Price Reductioii
Ooour2SS 27nr«AalralD chirk* thrrr
Will be a fiioatdrraMf t>rkv rrtiurl i<»o
aftrr Juoe lai Thrar rhkka arr
tM>und to makr you moory Send
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FEED WITH CHICM OROEK -With rvrry ordrr of rhkkt
wr itivr you frrr frrd whith hrl(>« ytMi aiart >our rhlck* ritfht
Our Copyritfhlrd Formula* and Mrihnd*. and fNir free
Srrvirr i)r{)artnirnl ia ai>iM)lutr|y free to all our cuatomera.
You %tt bouod to make big mooey with our chlcka and atork.
FREE
PULLETS
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Order 12. l^ 20 weeka-old pulkta ix»w. for
Immrdlatr or futurr driivrry Thr quality
isnotaurpaaard anvwhrrr rrgardlraaof the
pricr you pav Krrlin Quality ' Lrthorna
arr World Famoua »or thrir great ail yrar
'rouod iayiof qualities Read irtter •( right.
KERLIN PULLETS SHOWED
miN DIFFERENCE
Avtraf 94 14« Icfs la rwtkei Year
"1 got SO ol your 2iO 27S rgg brrd rhn k« la*(
yrar I raiard 19 floe pullrta Thry laid 4 SS2
rgga thrir flr«t yrar. ao avrra^ »j< pra< ik ally
240 per pullrl Vrry good, doo l you Ihlok?
"I toM afrieDd totry aomrolyourrhkkaand
he ia having fJnr aurrraa Hia pullria arr |«v
ing good Mr uar<l lotir a atrktiy B t.fr«^'r
until my Kerlio Pullrta ahowrd him thr
diffrreoce " (Slgord ERNFST Klirn.CY
E«at Paleellor. Ohka
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our
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World Famous English-American S. C. White I>egh«>rn«
Special low prices oa ckldcs and pallets for lauaedlale or fataro 4cllvcnr
If yoa order aow.
Kerlin's Grand View
Poultry Farm
Drawer 7^,CeatcrHan,Pa.,U.S.A.
afop "mmemlmw" Chtekmm*^
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In Writinf Advertiaert Kindly Mention Eterybodya Poultry Magmiipe
53&
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526
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
INDEX TO GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS
•rt •falnrt Iom da- 5»/n^»f*il°^J?!I*?;*t i o?d«?n^ goods, yoa nienUon to the adTertlser that you «aw tho adTerti.emStt;
- -yr M*C^«- ^J^f„r. t;fo that ihfpurcSSf be made dunSg the n.onth or months in which the adrertlaement is inserted, and S
j^f P^»/*'y ***« ^*°Vrauda!e^ miireprwent^^^^ advertiser, giring us fuU particulars as soon as it occurs. This guaraatS
i' K'lr «bV?ib«rs Vho" . o^ouT^^^^^^^ U.t who mention Fverybodys Poultry Magazine when writing advertU^J
523
555
Baringer. M F
Barber. Harold F
Bart • Knobby Stone Poul-
try Farm 6J>0
Bradley Bro« 570
Blamherc iJnwi.. Inc 654
Beuoy. Geo 5«5
Btlley. I' W 523
Bird Broi 526
Bttckeye Incubator Co. ..542 543
Battles. CO 557
Bloomer Br«»ii back cover
BrowDstown Poultry Farm . 529
Byerly. Hartcy V 550
Bartholomew. Wm. A 585
Betman A Son. 8
Fern*. Oeo B 54D
FairMcw Farm Sfi."*
Fl**»!»«-hmann Co 5J7
Fishinjr Cre«»k Poultry Farm 547
(;a*tonia Poultry Farm .... 51*>
(JrariifcrH Mfjf. Co 553
(;raham. C S 557
Grow. Oncar 555
Glen Itock Nufhery k Stork
Farm 569
Miller Co.. J. W
Meloney, Inc.. U. L. ...
Monmouth Poultry Farm
Morris Farm
Marry Farms
Martin. John S
MiKKOuri poultry Farms
Moeller Co.. A. K
563
523
559
563
523
544
561
529
Queen Incubator Co 5^ h
ireoresentation in any advertiaement of the louowing aoTeruaera. apprarmg m uua i«.ue 01 t^reryhodys
. ^ ;-„-;».., — «k 1. that in ordariM the fowls or goods, you menUon to the advertiser that you saw tha adTertisement ta
Poultry M*C^«- ^J^f„r. tjfo that ihfpurcSSf be made dunSg the n.onth or months in which the adrertlsement is inserted, and S
£T«nrbod7* Poultry M^Mlne^. ^^^so tnal ine purcnw _»« ^u*-- .^„.,»,»., »w,n» us fnU oartlculars as soon as it occurs. This »iixr.«»"
eM« of " " ' * "
apyUas
Amerirao Fruit Grower . 564
Armour Tire * Rubber Co. . 529
Adams. H C 556
Anderaon Bok Co 551
American Scientiflc I^abora-
toriea. Inr 556
Amerirao Supply Co 548
American Poultry 8c»hooI . . 557
Arey. M. S 555
Ral»bit< raft . .
Hentzel. P. K.
S5«
54«
Hawkins. A. C
Hall Bros
llankins. W. H
Ilwltermaii. W. I>
Homestead Campine Farm
Halbarh ft .Sons W H. . .
Hall. Edward F
H. W. Co . Th.'
525
550
529
523
552
557
557
.',61
Hibred Poultry Farm 525
Hanover Fair Poultry .Show. 528
557
565
Myl.lell Farm
Independent Mfg Co 551
Collis Products Co 529
Crosby. A. 8 525
Curtlis Co.. W. R. 547
Coah. Newton 525
CU»«land. Charles D 563
Collier. H. H 551
Clardy. P. F 525
Cook. Jr.. C Sydney 552
Clovita Food Co 586
Coliseum Show 528
Dickinson Co.. Albert 551
Darey, F H 553
DaoioU H A 552
DuflS^ld Farm 501
Jarobus. M. R.
Jone«. L. W. .
>63
K«'rlin'» Grand View Poul
try Farm 525
Kulp. WW 557
Keipp**r Cooping Co.. Inc. . 553
Keystone Hatchery 567
I.or<l Farms •''•.'•9
Laywell Farm 557
LewiH Farms 553
Lesher, J. Guy 568
Lilac poultry Farm 553
I..i!ira-'t.r MfK Co 555
Nunda Poultry Farm 553
National Poultry InstittJte . 556
Ni'Wtown Giant Incubator
Con>oration 561
National Poultry Hand Co. . 556
O. K. Comj)any 555
Owen Farm« 523
"Oculum" Co 552
Outdoor Enterprise Co 548
Page. .Jr.. W. A 529
Pro«lurtion of 300 Eggers ft
Hotter by Line Hreeding
front cov. r
Picturesque Poultry Farm . 526
Pedrick Poultry Farms . . . 526
Purina Mills 566
Puritas Springs Poultry
Farm 550
Poltl. A. F 552
Putnam. 1 552
Park.s. J. W 554
Pott»T ft Co 557
Pennsylvania Poultry Farm. 527
Payne Bros 557
p. .rless Wire ft Fenre Co. . 523
Pratt Food Co 548
Pardee, Roy K 545
Poultry Chemists. Inc 529
poultry l)ihea>es 56?
Poultry Item 563
.Shaw. Arthur H 545
.Southjrato. Gerard 5$o
Shantz. M 55$
Standard of Perfe<^tion . . . .
back coTar
Smith. H. Hazelton Sdt
Schiewe Poultry Farm . . . . 5«J \
Sunnyside Poultry Farm . . 549
S«ott. C. P 523
Spratt.-* Patent Ltd 552
Sheer Co.. H. M 527
Spahr Breeding Estate. H. {
M ■>**<>
Sheffield Farm 565
Sunnyside Poultry Farm.
R. C. Hlodgett 546 )
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Tioga Mill ft Elevator Co... 553
Tariinol Co back cover
Tompkins. Harold 54S
Tbornwood Poultry Yards . 54«
Thompson. E. B back cover
United Brooder Co.
549 }
Van o'L)»le Farm 525
Wolf Hat'-hinir 4 Hreeding
Co 551
Wilkinson ft Wilkinson . . . 561
Walck. L. R 557
Winters. LeRoy E....back corer
Young Co.. E C .
Giant Bronze Turkeys
Partridge Plymouth Rocks
Aga:u sweep the Garden Show 23 Years of ConsUtont Winning
H*rH i» the 1924 record — Bronie Turkeys: Cocks 1-2-6; Hens 1-2-4-5;
Cockerels 12-3 4 6; PolleU 1-2 3-4 6. Partridge Plymontb Rocks: Cocks 1-2 3-
4 6. Hens 12 36; Cockerels 12 3-4-6; PuUeU 12 3-4-5; Old Pen 1; Young
Pan 1.
PRICES Toms. $1'> and up; Turkey Hens. $15 and up. Partridge Rocks:
Singl.- t.jrtl-. «'>. 1 10 and 115 and up; mated pena (4 femalea a»d male) at
$25. $50 and $75.
Our new 1924 Catalogue now ready. Write for it.
BIRD BROS^
Box J,
MeyersdalCt Pa.
JERSEY BLACK G I A IM X S
CHICKS, $25.00 PER 100; $13.00 PER 50; $6.50 PER 25.
All flocks inspected by New Jersey Department of Atrriculture.
Effft OB«-1ialf the price of chicka. 12 weeks old pullets, cockerela and capons, $2.50 each.
You can buy no better utility Giants at any price.
ROULXRY FARMS FLEMIISIGXOPW, MEW JERSEY
F^amous F^IctupesQue t^i-iit^ivs
FROM MY RECORD BREEDERS 1
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS. BARRED ROCKS, RHODE ISLAND REDS, WHITE WYANDOTTES and WHITE LEGHORN
All from breeders that have been bred for size and superior egg production. Write for price list, mating list, etc
PICTURESQUE POULTRY FARM, Box 71 -H TRENTON JUNCTION, N. J.
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Slap it
in the face!
Wh»t a chi»nce you have to get
back »t Iho backward season for
kno*"kin« your profits clean out of
nicht!
Theie's on.« sur.- way to recoup—
300 EcKeri.. Take tJyit way-
jjqW — iiurin? "ur
BIG
18th Anniversary
SALE
1
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(iollar
V'Mi ve
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For every
through Winter n late ^t«y.
can i^t it l.ak DOlHLK ».y tak
inir Bilvantane of thene biK re.lu.
t?on" «t the home of W(.UI.1»S
CH.VMI'K^N LAYKRiJ:
15% to 50%
REDUCTIONS
on all BABY CHICKS
including our PEDIGREED PRO
TECTED CHICKS-
HATCHING EGGS
all BREEDING STOCK
Early-Hatched Pallets aad Cockerels
Yearling Hens. etc.
Stock is limited so swiaf your
"Write" band^iato action
bv goxxiug off AT t>Nl'K a request
for y..ur roi-y of our *'*''J..^, ^,j
VKKSAHY SAl.h
U'n free — and will
prove wonderfully
profitable.
Pennsylvania
r Poultry Farm
L Box F
LJ Lancaster,
KXrxxx
Mott
Profltiible
^ Poultry Y't
CANOPY BROODERS
t -ii^4-.
Wicklesa <M1 Bumiag
EversincetheH.M. Sheer Co. built the first
oil-burninR Canopy brooder several years
aRo.Sol Hut broodershave maintained their
Undisputed Leadership
With itsnew metal oil container; improved,
pateiitetl. wicklrss burner — positive, de-
pendable oil control and scientifically con-
structed canopy - ii leads tktm all.
MUL-TI-DEK
Sectional Incabator
The ideal Baby Mammoth Incubator for
the poultry man who wants to start with
one 540eKg section and add additional units
as his business Rrows — one to eight sec-
tions, operated with one SoUHot burner.
«I7-^
Write today an.! gft oar Cataloa
Foid«-rof Brooder*. Incubator*. etc.
H. M. SHCKII COMPANY
3S NampaHtra St .QUINCV.ILI..
If you want early layers next fall
Make sure your growing birds get
the nourishinent they need now
" I was feeding
your yeast to one
bunch of my
small chickens
last spring,"
wri te« Herman F.
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Can We Stand Prosperity?
THERL i' no question in the mind of
anyone who has been at all acquainted
with poultry conditions the country
over during: the past decade, but that the
American hen has experienced a period of un-
precedented prosperity; a period of prosper-
ity which has been made possible through the
wonderful strides which have been made in
our fund of knowledjfe pertaining: to the prac-
tical handling and management of the poultry
flock on an economic commercial basis. It
has experienced a period of prosperity which
has been accompanied by an expansion of the
industry such as has never before been ex-
perienced. During the short span of but ten
or a dozen years, the successful commercial
poultry farm has become the accepted fact in
the large producing centers of the Atlantic
and Pacific Seaboard, where previous to this
time, they were the exception rather than the
rule. This period of prosperity has meant in
all phases of the business, an unequalled de-
velopment and expansion. More farmers are
raising chickens than ever before. They are
raising them more efficiently. They are keep-
ing more of them. More city dwellers and
suburban people have flocks in their back
yards. This all means an immense increase
in the production of market poultry and ejrg^.
Along with this growth in the commercial
phases of the business, there has been the
development within this same period of time,
of large e.stablished breeding farms where
high quality stock, bred essentially for pro-
duction, have been produced in large numbers
and at a substantial profit. Immediately
after the war, the poultry industry of Amer-
ica, was the quicke.st to rally from the depres-
sion of war times and has maintained a higher
level of prosperity during the post war period
than any other agricultural pursuit.
Can these conditions go on forever? This
is the question in the mind of every sane
thinking poultryman. Are we, in this period
of prosperity, taking steps to safeguard our
industry and build for a still further and
greater period of growth and development, or
are we sitting idly by, patting ourselves on the
back, i-atisfied with the immediate present?
If we are doing this, the future holds anything
but good cheer ahead. If, on the other hand,
we give serious thought and action to the im-
mediate problems of the industry as a whole,
the future promises many years of success and
prosperity immediately ahead.
The immense increase in the production of
market poultry and eggs, due to so many more
people becoming engaged in the industry and
due to such an increase in the efficiency of
production through the use of modem meth-
ods, must, if profitable prices and safe mar-
keting conditions are to continue, be a.ssoci-
ated with a very distinct and persistent effort
on the part of the united industry, to open
up new markets, to encourage a greater con-
sumption, and hence, to create a greater de-
mand for the product of the hen. As indi-
viduals, we can accomplish nothing in this ef-
fort. As scattered organizations we can ac-
complish little more, but if the industr>' as a
whole rallies to this problem, each of us fur-
nish our moral support and our financial sup-
port to an organized national campaign of
this kind, there are few who realize the im-
mense potential possibilities which are possi-
ble. Prosperity in any business is followed
invariably by periods of depression. These
periods of depression are made less often and
less severe through the forethought and or-
ganization displayed within the industry, in
anticipating them and guarding against them
in advance. So, if the poultrymen and women
of these United States are to prove that they
can stand the prosperity of the past ten years,
they must look and look quickly to the prob-
lem of concerted effort in the conduct of a
campaign which will make possible the con-
sumption by our people, of the greatly in-
creasing volume of human food which the hen
is producing. This is not a hard problem if
we all work together. But you ask, how can
I do my part? Simply by lending your .sup-
port to the organization of a National Poultry
Council within which group will be recognized
every org^anized group of poultrymen and al-
lied industries in the United States. It will
then be the duty of this one super-organiza-
tion to organize, plan and put into effect, the
activities which will make our industry .safe
for years to come. Everybodys Poultry Maga-
zine stands solidly behind such a program of
advancement. Time is rapidly passing. We
cannot delay or wait. Now is the time. Are
you ready?
VOL. XXIX.
HANOVER. PA., JUNE, 1924.
No. 6
Controlling Summer Parasites
By Prof. HARRY R. LEWIS, Associate Editor
X
T is true that clean birds are probably the most
necessary attribute to success with hens. No
young chicks can grow successfully, nor can an
adult hen lay profitably, nor can a market chicken
put on flesh advantageously, if they must fight
body parasites all of the while. Parasites are probably
the cause of more unsatisfactory results in the average
poultry flock than any other one condition. Summer is
an especially bad time for these little beasts because of
the fact that thoy multiply
rapidly in warm weather.
Space does not permit for
the classification and discus-
sion of all of them, but the
most important and the most
injurious and common ones
will claim our attention for
a few minutes.
Curse of the Hen Man
The Mighty Red Mite
How many times you have
been in a poultry house,
lifted the perches, taken
broody hens off of the nests,
or been hammering or re-
pairing the house, and for
hours afterward, have suf-
fered a continual torture and
have been compelled to
scratch, scratch, scratch. These innocent but damaging
little creatures are what are known as the red mite. They
are found hidden in the cracks and crevices of the drop-
ping boards, perches, nests and walls of the house. When
in an active state, they are hard to distinguish because
they are almost flesh color, but after they have spent
some time on the birds, sucking the blood, they become
bright red in color. They are not much larger than the
point of a pin. but they live in masses and through the
active movement of the individuals the entire mass seems
to be veritably alive. When mites once get firmly estab-
lished, it is hard to get rid of them, although it can be
done by a persistent and faithful application of strong
disinfectants and sprays which kill them by contact. It
OF all the curses of which the hen
man is heir to, there is nothing
more pestiferous and annoying than the
ravages of uncontrolled summer parasites.
Their elimination is easy providing
their nature is known and preventative
measures applied early.
is here that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure. Every poultry house in the early spring, nhould be
treated for red mites. The best procedure is to paint the
perches, the perch supports, the dropping boards nnd the
walls immediately around the roosting quarters, al.so the
nests, nest supporLs and walls back of the nestJi, with
.some good oily wood preserving paint. Carhojineum is
excellent for this purpose. Nothing is better than ga.n
tar, by-product from a fj^xs house resulting from the
manufacture of gas from
eoal. TheHo product.'* pene-
trate the wood and leuvc an
oily gr«*asy film on the sur-
face, over which the mites
cannot travel; hence they
cannot reach the birds. The
painting of the?«e part.** of
the house should be done
again in the late .summer.
Mite.n are especially common
in the houses of adult birds.
They rarely make their ap-
p«'arance in the colony grow-
ing hou«M'M, unlejts through
carele.'isnes.H, some of the
e<|uipment from the adult
hen hou.se ha.^ been taken
over to the growing house,
and the mites transmitted in that way. (*olony houses
.vhould be watched, however, and at the first appearance
of the mites, the same treatment should be applied there.
Pullets cannot grow to good size and to normal tlevelop-
ment while they are fighting the ravages of thin minute
insect. Since preventative and control mea.HureH a* above
outlined are effective, no poultryman is excuHed for allow-
ing his birds to suffer from the red miten.
The Body Lout*
Next is the body louse which has an injurious affect on
the birds. He is different from the mite, in that he livea
on the bird's body continually, staying in the abdominal
region in the vicinity of the vent, where he goen in search
of moisture. These parts if (Continued on page 553)
St
II
The Orpingtons
June. 1924
EVER^ BODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
533
We of America can without hesitation grant second position in show popularity to the Orpingtons.
We of course must not permit any breed or kind of fowl to go ahead of our American breeds.
I see in a report of the Dairy Show of England that Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, Sussex
and Dorking fowls are on the advance, while Asiatics have declined. Wyandottes
and Rhode Island Reds are popular in England, more so than Plymouth Rocks.
Written expressly for Everybodys
By T. F. McGREW
ILLUSTRATIONS BY LOUIS A. STAHMER
IN our last article we told at length the possibility
of the Brahma and the impossibilities of the
Langshan with the much too long legs. We now
have the approval of our statement in the report
of the Dairy Show of England. Brahmas in Eng-
land have fully as much feather as do our Cochins and
they have stiff hock feathering. The Cochins over there
have stiff hock feathers, and many of them are lacking in
breast development. It is not best to go against com-
mercial value to the extent they have done with the
Brahma, the Cochin and the Langshan in England. The
best proof of this is the loss of popularity in a great show
like the Dairy Show of England.
Mr. Cook, of England, created the Orpington. They
were and they now are a fowl of wonderful possibilities,
but they cannot withstand much longer the strain of too
much feather. I have a communication from the other
side, a part of which reads as follows. "A wonderful dis-
play was staged at . You will undoubtedly be
surpri''^*! to know that some of the Black Orpingtons out-
feathered the most pro-
fusely feathered Cochins in
the show." A print of one
of the.se Black Orpingtons,
enclosed in the letter, con-
vinced me that his state-
ment was true. The
Brahma has become almost
useless in England as a
commercial possibility. The
Cochin has long since
ceased to be even thought
of other than as an extreme
fancier's possibility. Now
the Black Orpington, both
there and here is becoming
a fowl of plentiful feather-
ing and there is some dis-
position on the other side
to add feathering to the
Buff and White varieties.
We have now in sight
four .separate types of
Black Orpingtons, The ex-
treme full feathered Eng-
lish show type of what I
will call full feathered Orp-
ingtons. Our American
type of Black Orpington
not quite so full feathered
as the English. Then comes
the Australian of^f^ laying
type, five of which have
won the highest honors in
Gatton competition con-
ducted by the Queensland
Aflrricultural Department of
583
AboTe: White Orpingtons — male and female. Below:
Blue Orpingtons — male and female. The Blue female
was a winner at Crystal Palace, England. The others win-
ners at American shows.
.\'jstralia. In addition to these there is a type of Orping.
ton called the Australorp. There has been an effort put
forth to introduce them into England but so far without
much success. It is pitiful but true that the standing of
our Standard of Perfection is being lowered. We now
i^ec in the distance the coming of the clouds that will try
to force the Pacific Northwest Leghorn into the Standard
which is fast becoming a commercial selling agent for
new breeds.
Another feature of consideration is what can be done
to help our American breeds not only on the other side
but all over the world. We note the following in the
paper of the Canadian Poultry Record, of Toronto. It is
from the pen of the Rev. T. N. Williams, of England. He
writes Buff Wyandottes seems to be coming forward. I
never could understand why the Buff Plymouth Rock
went out of favor. Possibly it was the yellow leg and
skin. Dorkings for this reason will never die out. In
fact thry were better thi.^ year at the Dairy than for a
long time past.
We cannot quite under-
stand this, for surely the
Rhode Island Reds and the
White and Buff Wyandottes
have the same color of
shank and skin as have the
Buff Plymouth Rocks. Just
why the Wyandottes and
Reds should meet with such
favor over there and the
Rocks not seems queer.
Surely the Reds are rivals
of the Red Su.**.sex yet they
hold their own against all
comer.s and the Black
Giants are fighting their
way to the front as favor-
ites against all the many
types of black fowls that
are bred and shown in Eng-
land.
There was printed in the
pages of the American Fan-
cier, of Boston, an appeal
headed "Somebody should
defend the Standard exhi-
bition breeder," in addi-
tion to this the following:
The fanciers will not
grudge happy and prosper-
ous days to the commercial
poultry keeper who minds
his own business and con-
ducts it on sane and honest
lines; the utility poultry
keeper will not deny tht
fancier the privilege of
Above: Black Orpingtons — male and female. Below:
Bnff Orpingtons — male and female. Winners at leading
Anerican shows.
conducting his breeding operations according to widely
divergent lines.
The lines may never meet; but that should be no reason
why the opposing **line.smen" should not meet on common
ground with friendly feeling and good will.
All of this is presented for the consideration of the
fancier who is now between the upper stone of the
mighty dollar and the nether stone of commercialism,
which are joined with a hinge like a waffle iron. These
two are liable to close down or together at any time and
crush out the very existence of the fancier. For proof of
this look at the publicity of the baby chick men, the .300-
egg hen men, the guarantee of sex selection and the pos-
sibilities of making nine and ten dollars per hen by doing
as I tell you. All of which is ru.shing the chicken busine.ss
on to the same kind of a financial ruin that came to the
duck business and the Belgian hare business of some
years ago.
Orpingtons as bred in America are a fowl of wonderful
possibilities. They are beautiful to look upon. They are
producers of a profitable egg yield. The eggs they lay
are of fine form, size and color. They are fully the equal
of any fowl for broilers, fryers, small and large roasting
fowls and capons. They are a pleasure to have about
because of their domestic qualities. They can be kept
safely within a five foot fence and they do not run, fly
and squawk at the least intrusion. The Orpingtons have
to their credit some of the very best egg laying records.
If as many millions of the people's money had been spent
through the poultry departments of our agricultural col-
leges to push the Orpingtons as have gone to help the
Leghorns it would be the Orpington and not the Leghorn
that would be heralded the world over as the one and
only fowl.
What can be more attractive than the di.splay of Orp-
ingtons each year at the Madison Square Garden, N. Y.,
Show? Let me make use of these displays as an object
lesson for this article. We have watched these for years
»nd we are lead to say that we are of the opinion that
fewer specimens of poor or even medium quality have
been shown in the Orpington clas.<«os than are shown in
any other classes. When I mentioned thi.n to an ob.^erv-
ing man two yrars ago ho said that the Orpington bribed-
trs wtTo an exclusive set who help each other to do bet-
ter all the time. To this I did not quite agree becau.ic,
sa'.d I. no .set of fanciers work harder to win and none are
more out,<poken about what they con.nider to be a wrong
award. Each one is most jealous of his own righl.s and
quite unwilling to a«!mit to a defeat sf there is the slight-
est dt>uSt as to being correct.
I am personally of the opinion that other reason.i than
this may be found for the general good quality of the
fowls shown. T(» try an«l tuui this let us gt) over the
general make-up t.f the Orpington for exhibition under
the re(iuinmenls t.f our Standanl and see jf there is not
a good reastui for the specially fine quality of the exhibi-
tion Orjiington. It may be that Standani descriptions
have something t»> do with thi.s. We have always held the
opinion that such descriptions should be so simple and so
true that all couhl understand them.
The Coming of the Orpington
When Mr. Cook came to New York antl to Boston with
his first lot of Orpingtons the two nrnst noticeable fea-
tures were very bad combs anil very good plumage color.
For s».me reas(»n or other Mr. (*uok. Father Cook as I
called him. attach«'d himself to me. We met twice at
New York shows, twice at Boston shows nnil once at the
Coliseum .'show at Chicago. The Cook Orpingtons brought
to the fancier fine size. form, vigor, beautiful plumage
color and bad combs. The combs have been greatly im-
proved until n.»w but few combs of p«n)r quality are seen
in the show room. We refer to single combs only as no
ro>e comb variety has been admitted to our Stan<iard.
If you will turn to Standard description of the Orping-
t(»n. Pages 22r» to 228 of the new Standard, you will find
comb de.*icription very plain and simple. This description
was written by those who had put beautiful combs on
them as the result of care and selection in breeding.
Combs being the one and only feature or section that
was bad the breeders c(»uld concentrate on comb alone
and have them of the best quality. There is no good ex-
cuse today for bad combs on any of the Single Comb
Orpingtons. If any breeder is bothered with bad comba
in his flock of Orpingtons all he need do is to go to some
one of the most successful breeders of his variety, hunt
among his flock for what he needs to improve the comb
(»f his own home flocks. It might be best to purchase
from twelve to twenty-four eggs, hatch and rear the
chicks, see the per cent of good specimens produced and
the per cent of good combs in the lot. You will then hav«
a living test of the breeding quality of the flock you pur-
chased from.
I learned the lesson years ago that quite as much im-
portance must be given to the quality of comb on the
mother hen as on the male. I never could produce fowls
with the best of combs until an acquaintance who lived in
Philadelphia .-showed me how (Continued on page 564)
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Illustration showing old stjrU loosa f«alk«r*d Black
OrpingloBs
The Housewife and a Few Hens
By HARRY H. COLLIER
lUNE is the month of brides, picnics and real broil-
ers. It is the culling time in all poultry yards
because the broilers and fryers will brinj? their
best price. One can raise broilers up to July at
a lower price than they can at any other season
of the year and one should get their profit out of the first
two pounds of chicken.
Picnics that go with the season often make the poultry-
men neglect their fowls. They go away on these picnics.
The sun is good and warm and the poultrymen often fail
to put out enough water. What one should do is to have
good sized fountains that will hold lots of water. These
fountains should be placed in a shady place where the
sun can not reach them and the fountain should be well
covered with old sacks, wet down so that the water will
not get hot and grow stagnant.
With modern hoppers for feed, one can fill them the
evening before they take their day's vacation and leave
plenty of mash for the youngsters to eat. If they are
feeding in a litter, they can throw in enough scratch to
last all day. Where the youngsters are allowed to run
they will get lots of grains that come natural with plant
life in some climates but in the colder climates they will
find very little to eat outside of green food and bugs
along with worms. Where the soil is damp the worms
will stay near the surface and the youngsters can get
their fill of nature's proteins that balance well with their
grain diet Where the youngsters are in lots where there
is no green food growing, a good bunch of lawn clippings
thrown in some shady place in the yard will take care of
the vitamines that are so necessary to their growth.
Cull hard at this season of the year. Get all of the off-
colored fowls that .show a sign of keeping the off-colored
feathers. It does not pay to cull too closely for white in
black fowls for they will often carry white tips in their
feathers nearly up to maturity. They show more white
where they are not getting enough green food. Old
Mother Nature puts in the color through green food and
if the fowls go without their greens, they will often show
it in their plumage.
If you are raising buff fowls and they show black in
plumage, cull them out of the fiock. One can not get rid
of black in buff fowls by feeding them because they in-
herit the black.
Cull out every high tail cockerel or pullet, where the
tail has a tendency to go beyond the perpendicular. One
cannot afford the high tail fowls where the tails seem to
come up out of the back of the fowls and not off the
"Pope's" nose where the tail feathers should grow.
Crooked breast is another thing one should look out for
along with crooked backs and wry tails. Wry tails is
where the fowls hold their tail to one side instead of
straight out where it should grow.
Feathered legs or fowls with stubs or down in legs
should be culled out of the flock. Take your Standard of
Perfection and read the disqualifications for your breed
and throw out every youngster that has the defects
named. The Standard makers considered everything
named under disqualifications as defects that would breed
back into the progeny of your fowls. Once breed out dis-
qualifications and you have little trouble along those
lines, but breed disqualified fowls and you intensify the
defects in your flock.
Now is the time to make that clean* up in your poultry
houses. Wake up some morning when it promises to be a
good clear day, sweep out the houses of every vestige of
dust and dirt, put this dust on your kitchen garden and
you will get paid for your work in extra fine vegetables.
Once your house is clean, both floor and walls, take
some good lice killer and paint the floors, spray the walls
I
well and you will be apt to get every mite on the place.
Spray the nest boxes well with your lice killer and allow
the house to stand all day without allowing the hens in it
After a thorough spraying, put in one inch of sand on
your floors and cover this over with about four inches of
wheat or oat straw. This starts your hens free from lice
and the fleas will also keep out of the house so long a5
they can get a smell of the lice killer. Paint all of the
roosts with a good lice killer or if you prefer, you can
use the old oil from the crank ca.se of your **flivver."
If you are troubled with rats under your houses, attach
a ho.se onto the exhaust pipe of your automobile, stick
this hose well under the house and start your machine
The gas from the engine will kill every living thing under
that hou.se so be careful that you leave none of the chick-
ens under the hou.*^os. By runnin^r the machine for about
half an hour in the way described above, you will get rid
of the rats along with any mites or fleas that you missed
when you sprayed the house with the lice killer.
If you planted green stuff early you should be able
to feed all the greens that the young.sters should have
Hy planting kale thick in the early spring one should have
lots of plants that can be thinned out and these plant.«
make tender green stuflT that the youngsters enjoy. The
best way to feed green food is to make a bracket or bas-
ket against the side of the chicken house where you can
place your greens. If this basket is made like a wall bas-
ket, the greens will slip down as the youngsters consume
them, and it will hold the greens so that the youngster?
can eat them without wasting them. If the green food i»
fed in this way the youngsters will only get a mouth full
at a time and not stand a chance of getting choked by
getting too much in their mouths at one bite.
Where one has running water it is not too late to plant
more kale, along with lettuce. Plant the kale, keep it
well watered and you will have a good fall crop that will
last a long time in the winter where the climate is not so
cold as to freeze it out. On Puget Sound, this winter,
the kale lasted throughout the year. The weather was
very mild and no freeze went deep enough to hurt the
roots and as a result there was plenty of kale well into
the spring.
In planting kale there are several varieties. The curly
kale makes a good green food as well as a tender green
for the table but where one wants an abundance of kale,
the thou.sand head kale produces the most green food.
Set out a bunch of mangel plants. Mangels are fine for
the youngsters as well as the old hens. Sugar beets are
also fine for both the chicks and the hens.
Do not forget to provide lots of shade for the growing
chicks when the houses are too warm for them in the heat
of summer. The young.sters are bound to suffer unless
they can find a shady place to go in the middle of the day.
Now is the time to feed lots of growing mash along
with growing scratch. Growing ma.shes contain more pro-
tein than the chick mash and the growing food contains
larger grains. Where the youngsters are about three
pounds they can be fed ordinary commercial scratch food
and they do well on it. Variety is the growing feed for
youngsters. It pays to keep them eating lots of bone
making feeds at this time and not feeds containing too
much fat. The commercial feed men do not put in much
corn at this season of the year but have more oats and
wheat Wheat is one of the cheapest grains on the market
today and is about the be.st feed at this season of the year.
Where you have not hatched all the young.sters you
want it would be a good idea to get some June hatched
fowls. The June hatched fowl does not, as a rule, get ts
large as those that are hatched earlier, yet they make •
fine broiler for the fall and (Continued on page 548)
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Some Remarks on
Rearing the Sexes Separately
Cockerels must not have the same range or be fed in the same manner
as pullets. Free range for all is a mistake.
By CHARLES D. CLEVELAND, Associate Editor
8rt4
IS wt' drive along the country roatls and observe the
farm flocks of poultry we generally hear the oc-
cupants of our "Rolls-Rough" say: "Oh. what
nice chickens." In many ways, nowaday.s, they
are nice because the flocks are gt*tting uniform —
gradually, but steadily.
In the old days 99 out of every 100 flocks were mixed
Rocks, Leghorns, Wyandottes and even .Asiatics had
been allowed to breed together until the offspring were
typical "barnyard" fowl.
Today the farmer is a wiser man in poultry lore than
he was even a few years ago and he has learned that
dung-hills are not as good as pure breeds. All the old
stock has been consumed on the table and he has probably
bought a lot of day-old chicks from the nearest hatcher\'
pure breeds of whatever breed he cho.se — and good
chickens in any event, of one of our Standard varieties.
They are all of about one size, we can see; are all the
same color and show breeding.
What a difference this makes to the farmer as well as
the casual passer-by I Here we have something which
both the farmer and his wife - tis well as their children —
can be proud of and that will attract and hold the eye of
anyone who chances along.
The n-nuirk about how well the chickens looked was
also right in another respect — the birds looked healthy
and vigorous. They were allowed to roam over the whole
farm fmm morning to night and there is nothing that
will make chickens grow and thrivt* better than free
range.
These birds have the opportunity to balance their own
rations. They can find all the green food in the world
and they also get the chance of securing an abundance
both of animal life and of a variety of seeds which they
find in the hedge rows. One notices how sturdy they look
with their strong legs and well feathered bodies. Their
eyes are bright and their heads are strong and intelligent
looking. As a matter of fact these particular farm chicks
may not be getting as much mash as thi-y should have
but they are making up for it in other ways. The chicks
that we are considering as an example have been seen
about the middle of June and at that time, they appear
to be all that any one could a.sk, but we are prompted
to take our friends past this same farm a little later in
the season and to see this same flock of chicks during, we
will .say, September. It is to be ob.served on the second
visit that the youngsters do not seem to have grown as
much as we .should expect, nor are they developed as
evenly as we had hoped; there is more unevennes.s in size
than is desirable and we note that some of the most pre-
cocious of the males do not look any bigger than other
males that have not been so quick to develop.
The l.irds also are .scattered into smaller groups to each
of which is attached one or more of the quickest de-
veloped cockerels.
Pullets at this time seem to be rather wild and appeared
to be afraid of the males. Any or all of these symptoms
may be observed in any flock in which the males have not
been separated from the females and if this has not been
done a general falling off in the whole lot is sure to
follow. There are a number of reasons why the sexes
should be ki'pt apart diirinu the sea-son when each sex it
making it,s real gn>wlh toward adult form. Not only
must the sixes be separated but each .-ex must have it«
own kind of feed and attentii>n.
We wish to bring our pullet.s along by gratlual develop-
ment into strong layers that will have lots of constitution
to withstand a continual peritui of heavy la\-ing. Quiet
and freedom from annoyance are two re(iuiHite.«» f«»r such
development. If we allow males to run with pullets they
will continually annoy them with their atlentjoni long
before thoughts of this kind .should enter their head.n.
Young, precocious males will chase females all tlay long
and will practically give them no rest.
Such attentions from the males make the females timid
and wild; they are not ready to begin breeding and re-
sent the approach of the males and can escape only by
flight.
This sort of thing retards their growth to an astonish-
ing degree and often brings them forwani to the laying
stage quite a while before they are physically fit for the
task.
The feed for pulleta .should, also, not be a force<l feed.
We want our pullets to lay early but not too early. We
want them actually mature before they are put into the
laying houses. As a matter of fact pullets mature earlier
than cockerels and we should give them all the time that
Nature requires to build a strong, fully-roundeil body
before we ask them to undergo the labor test a year of
laying will require.
Pullets, therefore, should have a ration that will con-
tain all the essentials for a moderate, steady growth, but
they should never be force«l to develop before they arc
really rea<ly ami, never, under any circumstances, should
they be allowed to range with growing males during the
growing season.
If such a practice is continu«'tl for many .neason.n the
size, stamina and constitutional vigor of any flock will
be reduced.
On the other hand, it is just &» important that the cock-
erels be kept by themselves for their own b«'st advantage.
While it is true that males are slower to reach maturity
than females, still the cockerels soon learn what a female
is and they try to force their attentions on them before
either they or the pullets are ready and a.s a consequence
both suffer. A male should not be u.se«! for breeding until
he is fully mature and he never will get his proper matur-
ity unless he is kept away from females until the time
that he is to be used ft)r breeding purposes.
Young males run their heads off and simply stop their
growth if they are permitted the free range which is the
life of the pullets; they grow better, as a matter of fact,
if they do not have too much exercise at this period of
their lives. Then again, as the male is slower to attain
complete maturity than the female he shoubl be subjected
to a ration that is more of a forcing food than can or
.should be allowed the pullet
We want our males to get their adult plumage as soon
as pos.sible — the American breeds are slow enough any-
how and we must push them along just as fast as we
can without fee«ling so much as will "put them off their
legs" as the Knglish breedem (Continued on page 5»*0)
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Poultry on the Radio
By D. E. HALE
E have often heard the remark that poultry was a
"hot air" proposition and have never agreed with
it, but now we have it on the air as a rejrular part
of the agrricultural progrram put on the ether
waves by the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural P'oun-
dation. Station WLS.
Just a word about this wonderful apricultural founda-
tion work being carried on by the Sears-Roebuck Com-
pany. It is not an advertising scheme as some might
think who have no knowledge of what is going on. For
many years this great firm has been doing business with
the farmer and rural people, and it would surprise you
to know how many city people are doing business with
them. They perhaps real-
ire that their success of
the future lies with the
success of the farmer.
City business folks would
do well to realize the
same thing, because, as
the fanner prospers so
prospers the city man.
L#et the farmer be hard
hit financially and the re-
sult is felt clear down the
line to the office boy in
the city, the city laborer
and all.
Agriculture is going to
undergo many changes in
the future. Perhaps the
biggest change will be in
methods of marketing.
Perhaps there will be
more diversified farming
without any one section
gambling their year's work
on some one crop. The
farmer, like the poultry
breeder, has put all of his
time and study along the
lines of production. He
has been a poor salesman
and has had to accept
what the market offered
him. That is a hard fact
to realize, but unless we
do face these facts we are
not going to help matters
any. It is a good deal
like Mark Twain when he
said: "Everybody is talk-
ing about the weather but nobody seems to do anvthing
about it."
There are three cash crops that have been the farmer's
bread and butter. In the South, cotton was practically
'his only cash crop. The recent few years have shown the
southern farmer doing more diversified work, raising
more hogs, dairy products and poultry. Up North, it
hat been the dairy and the hennery that have paid the
grocer when the grain prices went so low they could
hardly be seen. The dairy has always held its place in
the sun in the North, and will continue to do so. The
farmer was slow to recognize poultry and what it could
do, but he is getting his eyes open. We know of one case
here in Illinois where the daughter came home from the
Illinois Agricultural College and persuaded her father to
build her a decent hen house. Last year she made nearly
as much with four hundred hens as the father and broth-
era did with 380 acres of land. Now some wise young
&3«
Th« abov* is a good likeness of Judge D. E. Hale as he ap-
pears speaking to thousands of people through the micro-
phone at Station WLS, Chicago. This will give many of our
readers a good idea of what the broadcasting instrument
known as the microphone looks like.
fainur has married the girl and taken her to a farm of
their own. but father and brothers will continue the
poultry work.
I have dijrrepse<l. The point I want to make is that
poultry is ^roing to become an important part of the
farm work.
The Searr-Roehuck Agricultural Foundation has been
endowed with a large fund to carry on this work of help-
ing the farmer. There, is no end to the many things they
can and will do. When they gave their opening program
on their new broadcasting station, we sat and listened
to speakers in New York and heard them as plainly as
if they were in the room. Arthur Brisbane, the highest
salaried editorial writer
in the world, said, amonj:
a lot of other good thingj;,
that the radio was des-
tined to be the biggest or
greatest educational fac-
tor of the future.
Every noon and even-
ing this foundation puts
on an agricultural pro-
gram. They have the best
authorities they can get
to do the speaking. The
talks are alternated with
musical and entertaining
numbers so the programs
are interesting from start
to finish. Each week they
have what is called their
guest speaker. He or she
is some agricultural au-
thority engaged for the
week who talks twice a
day on some particular
phase of farm work, and
everything regarding the
farm and farm problems
is covered. The mail, aa
a result of these talks,
runs over 300 letters and
cards each day. There
are over 800,000 radios
on the farms of this coun-
tr>'. Just think of that
audience to talk to. The
radio is but a small part
of the proposed plan of
work to be carried on by
this foundation.
As we stated at the beginning, this foundation was the
first to recognize poultry and give it a regular part on
their program. The writer was honored by being the first
speaker to handle this subject for them. He has now
given twelve talks and will continue. Others will be
called in as they can be had. Talks are not and cannot
be of an advertising nature, but must be instructive and
as entertaining as possible.
Perhaps you would like to know something about the
broadcasting room or station. There are really three
rooms. In a little closet sets the radio engineer with his
ear phones in place. It is his business to regulate the
volume of the talk and he can amplify it or reduce it Mi
he desires. Just outside of this small room is a large
reception room and oflTice where those who are to speak,
sing or play await their turn. There is a loud speaker
receiving set in the room so that they can hear what w
going on. In the broadcasting (Continued on page 558)
EXPERIMENT
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STATIONS ^1?
A Fast P
k
a.PRIL this year did not present the
I best weather conditions for a
J maximum production. A rather
cold, backward Spring with much
wind throughout the en-
tire country, would, many of us
supposed, have a tendency to
hinder maximum production,
but such was not the case as
won out by the records of our
competitions. The birds came
through the winter in fine con-
dition and in almost everj- con-
test, are making a record for
them.-elvt's. Readers of the Ex-
periment Stiition Section in
Everybodys will be interested
to know that beginning with
next month, July, we are plan-
ning to devote each issue of
Everybodys to a complete story
of at least one of our national
efCfr laying competitions each
month, together with a com-
parative report of the progress
made by the contests for the
previous month. These figures
are being compiled in co-opera-
tion with the Contest Manairer an<l it is hoped that their
presentation in this manner will be of extreme interest
and help to those who follow the contest <lata regularly.
New York State Egg Laying Contest
The birds in the New York State Egg Laying Contest
are holding their peak of Spring production somewhat
better than we have ever had at the contest, pr(»<iucing
at the rate of (50.8 '^r for the month of April, or GK'r for
the first week, GOTp for the second week. 60 'V for the
third week; 60% for the fourth week, and 02 TV for the
last wej'k of April, giving a total of <».'J.»»''# . There have
been no out>landing spurts in production by individuals
or pens ilurintr the month, and the standing of the pens
run pnictically the same as at the first of the month.
Pen No. 4l!, Single ('omb White Leghorns, is high pen for
the month with a total of 22G ei:K» produced. Their
highest production was made the week ending April 30,
of 56 eggs.
Now is the season when we expect a great increase in
the number of individuals showing broody tendency, and
for the month of .April, there were eight broody hens in
the contest. These were grouped:
1 Ivh.Ml- I^lari.l n.'.I. . 1
5 I.-jflxTn 1 ■ 1
Therefore, it is noted that the per cent of birds going
broody in the contest is still moderately low, and we trust
that this will continue so that our production may be kept
to as high a per cent for the next five weeks during the
month of May, as it has been during the month of .April.
The grand total of eggs for the month was 17,1)91) eggs,
or an average of 17.9 per bird. The leading individual
to April ,30, was Bird No. 4, Pen No. 8.'), with a total of
26 eggs for the month of April, an<l a grand total to April
30, of 131 eggs. The standing of the three leading pens
for April is as follows:
''*n Variety OMi.r an. I \.i>ir«'-s Kittc«
42 S. C W. I. P. D. Zimmerman. Harrisb-irc. !'» ■-"-''
6H 8. C. R. I. R. Kobtrrt Seaman. Jefi. ho, L. 1.. N Y 217
"2 H C K. I. R. Ue.r Brook Poultry Farm. .><hort Kalh. N. H. 216
The three leading hens are as follows, for the month
of April:
Pen Variety Owner »nd Address
*^ B. P. Rock Fire Plai o Farm, Hr.>«)khav.-n. N Y
•* B. P. R«)ck A. C. .Tones. Gt'oruetown. Del
9* B. P. Rock Ontario A»cri«M:ltural OoHeg.'. <iiie!i h. Onf. .
*5 W p. Rock KUen O.iv Ranki-n Huntiniffori I. I \ Y.
The leading pens for each variety for April are
Xj^fhorn*
)'ori Owtu-r and Ad«ir«-«^
I"- I' I» /inimi>rtnan. |{arri«)Mirif Pa
•J 7 .i.l.n n.»*t!.-r. I(rmtMiea<l. I, I N \
4 4 1U;( H..;:ow« tVirm. Wjandan. h LIN Y
Rhode laland R^kIs
lie*
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=^
ace
JHE Contests are surely hitting off a
merry pace this Spring. The records
for April show as never before, what
jTood birds, well fed and carofullv min-
aged will do in the way of i very .satis-
factory vgg production.
Ju.st check these reports over and «'^o
if your ovnx birds aro doiii-,' as well.
Observe the varieties which ur* leading,
and note especially the nun \^ho are
Ineeding the winning birds. We can
never cease learning fn)m our contests.
irftZL
X Y Ji:
7 J I>frr llrv>ok P«»ultrjr Farm,
Sh. rt Fall.. N It 21«
• n>«»%n« «;r«>\.- Farm. Fa»t
gu.Mtue. I. I N Y •.'••»
Mlaceilanrou*
7.T Yama Farm* Napanix-h. X Y '2<">2
'■> O li U I.<>«i* I'aoh I'a I'ii
»'.9 M W Atl«>n o!.l W^.thury.
1. r. N Y i:«
Wyandotte*
'.'-> M.ra»..T I. IP A . Mrdf.^r.l
I. I N Y .'•»!
Ilar^oy v. H)»Tly. .Shan»
villo Pa 143
71 Will K-ith Poultry Farm
Mi.k.viltr I. IN V :»i3
PlynoQtb Bocka
'."1 Nfrmhrr I. I I* \ . Ho«!yn.
I. I . N Y .'01
>>•» Pa^idaon tlrath»ra. l*|»t«>n.
Ma»» 2HS
89 Ilowanl \\»\\%. Kiverhead
I. I . N Y >ii*
The ten highe.^t penn in the
^S contest to the end of April are
as follows:
Y
Frf..
I.<'4>)
l.«U'.1
073
Mil 7
1*1. J
Ui»7
9»1
Fco
I II
l.i'J
1>0
\:\
17 1
1:3
xn
lij
i-'i
131
r.'l
Wyandottes . . .
I'lym-.iith Uorks
P'-n Varu'ty Owner and Ad<lrr««
15 .S. C. \V. L. C L. Flaccun. lilen»havr. P»
17 .S. (V W. I.. Hollyuo ,| Poultry Farm. IIo|iyMiM>d. We«h
■ ■>'* S C. W. U (itN». » Ferris. (Jr»r..l lUi.id«. Mih
4'> S. 0. W. L. Jul.«ji Fran< ait We«thamv>lon H.a. h. I, I.N
1 S. C W. I. Meadowidge Farm. C'edarhurm. I, t . N Y
'JO n. p. Hock Member L I P A . linilyn. I, I , S Y .
'"* M. P Kork \. »' .louiM. «i«<>rffe(own. Del.
•Jl S C. W. L. A. H .s.ot!. f.-m, H.v. r. N J
•17 .S. C. K I K. \Ve..t No. k Farm. H-inttnct..ii. I. I . N V
42 S ('. \V I, P I> ZMumtTinan. ll%rr\*\,MTt. I'n
The ten highest birds in the contest to the end of April
are as follows:
P«»n Variety Own«r and .\'l"lre««
•*'» W. p Ho, k Kllen hay Hankcn. If intmjrton. I. I.N Y
"'• \V. IV Ho. k Kllen Day Har.ken. H-intiritfton. I. I., S. Y.
:.» .S V W. I,. tJeo ii F.rrM. t.ra^d H«|'uU. .Mi. h
HO W Wyan Ilar%ey V liyrly. Sharj-nv tile, pa
:»7 .S. C. W, U Holly w.M.d poultry Farm H-ll) wood. Wanh
1 S. V \V I. Meado>».M|ge Farni. Cedarhunt. I.. I . N Y
••t". .S r. W. L. tV L Flac. u*. tiUn»»)>»w. I'a
4'. S. C. W. L. .luloa Franraia. WeMhampton Ilearh. f. I . M
76 W. Wyan Member L. I. P. A . M-df rd. I. I . N V
■»."• .S r. W I. <• I. Fla. iM, (}|..r>»».aw. P«
79 Wyan. Wal Hith Pou'try Farm. lfirk»ville. I. I . N.
!» ! n. 1* H" k ^!n•.■l I. .S r- V.<i.,.-^ N Y
Storra, Conn., Egg Laying Conl«at
The hens in the contest have ju"*t lini.shed their firnt six
mc»nths with the 100 pens havinj^ laid n grand totjil of
«l,2t)'> I ggs t)r an avera^re yield of nb<»ut 4.'>'/. . The total
for the month of Aprd was l.'»,.'»r2 eggs, or a yieM of
about '}'!'',. Although the hen.n in the present content
laid l..')89 eggs less than was obtained during the .name
month last year, they are, however, entering the second
six mor'ths period with 2,717 vgycn more than the six
months total for last year. Not «»nly thin, but they are
I 1,707 eggs ahead of the eight year average for the nnw9
period when lights were not used in the content.
The accompanying table show.n the total number of
birds in each breed, the average amount of grain and
mash consumed by each pen, the average number of eggn
laid by each pen and the average for all breeds.
260 Plymouth Kork* .
100 Wyandotte*
240 Hh<Mie Inland Ke<l<i
400 Whit? Letfhorn*
la«h
(train
K.-O
I ', n
.!« J
Ii7
J7.ti
;i6 1
Ml
41 4
»7 4
I7n
i 1
37.5
144
S9.7
37 O
ns
29
. 29
2-*
.Xverag.'. all breedii
The ribbons for the month are tlistributed between the
White Leghorns and the Rhode Island K.mIm. the Keds
capturing two «»ut of three ribb<in,H. A pen of White
Leghorns, owned by ('. T. Darby, of North Branch. N. J.,
was the best pen for the month, with a total lay of 239
eggs. A pen of Rhode L-^land (Continued on page 556)
ftS7
The Casserole
Written expressly for Everybodys
By HAROLD F. BARBER
June, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
539
IHIS is an age of specialization. Specialized fowls
for special purposes. Joseph Shakespeare, (he
knows more about chickens than his ifreat jrrand-
father "Bill" ever did) is a Fancier lOO^V, be-
cause he breeds bantams. He is also a ^^-ise man
on the commercial side of poultry keeping, and a gentle-
man of patience and forbearing disposition. Over in
England they have developed the commercial side of poul-
try keeping, otherwise the specialty egg farm, for a
longer period than we have in this country. Their ex-
perience has taught them some things which many of our
poultrymen object to; and one of these experience-taught
matters is that first crosses are profitable egg producers.
Now don't jump at conclusions, and go and mate up any
old birds you have on the place, just because they are of
different breeds. Listen to the lessons of experience,
then do as your conscience dictates. First, according to
Mr. Shakespeare, your crosses will not lay any more eggs
than will pure breeds. But, says he, they will hatch bet-
ter, rear easier, mature
quicker, and lay more eggs
in winter. Any particular
crosses? Oh! Yes! If you
want these results, they must
come from a really bred-to-
Uy male of a light breed,
mated to real bred-to-lay
females, of a heavy breed.
Our fanciers will say "Amen"
to at least a part of Mr.
Shakespeare's introduction.
'*The intensive and highly
rtificial methods during the
ist quarter of a century,
iind the craze for phenome-
nal egg records, have un-
doubtedly had a deleterious
effect upon many of our
most popular breeds of poul-
try. So great has been the
craze for the 300 egg strain
of birds that 50% of the
eggs incubated either fail to
produce chickens, or they
produce chickens that suc-
cumb to artificial brooding."
If you want to cross for
Iggs, then you must have real production-bred pure-breds,
and keep a sufficient number of these to raise your
cross bred chicks annually. Keep the cross breds where
they belong; they are of no use as breeders. Sell off the
cockerels early, keep the pullets confined and push them
for all the eggs you can get in one year, then clean out
the lot and raise another flock from your pure bred breed-
ers. Treat these breeders well — no forcing, plenty of
range, and so forth. Verily, the "Utility is built on the
Fancy" and the production of table eg^s in profitable
quantities depends upon the keeping of pure bred fowl — •
•vcn if these pure breds are not the ones to lay your
table eggs. Now, Reader, if this goes against your par-
ticular grain, don't blame me — I'm only reporting; and
don't blame the Englishmen who have learned these
facts from experience. Blame Experience, from which
iome one said that even a fool should learn. Of course
if you like your chickens for themselves, you wouldn't
keep the kind that you couldn't hold over at least two
years. But if you care only for the money from the eggs
from your chickens, you may decide to lay in some real
688
brtd-tu-lay pure bred stock as a preliminan,- preparation.
Yes you will! If all you want is eggs, you'll much more
likely buy your hahy chicks, and let the hatcher stand the
lo.sses of that 50 Tr that may die in the shell. Or maybe
you'll do something: else. Anyway, the subject is inter-
esting, and seems to be logical as an example of real
specialization, pretty near lOO^f • (b)
* * •
Professor H. C. Knandel, of Pennsylvania State Col-
lepe, hits another nail square on the head, telling in a few
words what is necessary for success in poultry keeping.
"A successful poultryman," says he, "has an actual love
for fowls, and is trained in the best principles and prac-
tices of poultry culture." Recently I had a man at work
on my place who was a fine, hard worker. He would dig
post holes all day wthout complaint; stretch fencing with-
out asking any help; anything so that it was real, red
blooded, hard, he-man work. But he couldn't "fuss" to
.«!ave his life. I couldn't teach him to be a poultr>'man and
hav'l to let him go. The
straw might be out of the
nests a month and the hens
break their eggs; the male
bird in some pen be getting
thin in flesh — he would not
renew the straw nor ever
notice the male bird. He
cared for only the money
that poultry might bring in
— he did not love fowls. A
breeder must consider an in-
dividual hen as an important
thing, and he who cannot do
that will never succeed as a
poultrj'man. (b)
• • •
"Thirty-five years with
Standard-bred poultry-" is
the title of an excellent arti-
cle by M. L. Chapman. Mr.
Chapman has shown birds
for many years, of course;
but while he has exhibited in
the open classes, he has kept
an open mind. Thirty-five
— — years, and not in a rut yet!
He is a Fancier, but not
rabid. He is a "Utility" man, too, though not a crank.
Such a two-sided viewpoint is refreshing and helpful.
During his story, he tells one or two anecdotes that are
interesting. "During the late war," says he, "I over-
heard in the show room a utility breeder, who had a p^'n
on display, discussing at great length the merits of his
birds; and. in rather a di.sparaging way, put the question
of who was doing the most for their country, those fellows
wasting their time growing 'fancy birds that don't amount
to very much,' or 'those who are working hard to increase
egg production to get more eggs for the babies and to
send to the sick soldiers,' etc. Now this man had actually
bought the stock from me with which he made such a good
record at a local egg laying contest; he had never been,
and never would be, much of a chicken man or much of
a breeder. Such insUnces have made many of the old
time breeders a little bitter." He tells about abuses of
the contests, by men who buy pens which make good rec-
ords, and then let the public think they are breeders.
That's a bad thing, and one thing I like about the con-
test out in Puyallup, is the (Continued on page 660)
Considerable Tkouglit
THE items below were taken from
April issues of the poultry maga-
zines so that our subscribers may
have before them much of interest that
appears throughout the country in maga-
zines other than Everybodys.
Mr. Barber does a great deal of read-
ing, a good deal of writing and we sus-
pect considerable thinking to prepare
each month this casserole feature.
The accompanying items were taken
from the April issues of the several publi-
cations indicated by the following letters:
(b) Poultry Item, (d) American Poultry
Journal, (f) Reliable Poultry Journal,
(g) Leghorn World, (h) Western Poul-
try Journal.
u^nnouncj'ng Our
Beginners Department
Conducted by
Professor Harry R. Lewis, Associate Editor
IT is with the greatest of pleasure and satis-
faction that Everybodys Poultry- Magazine
announces the establishment of a new de-
partment to begin in the July issue of the Maga-
zine. This department will be conducted by our
As.sociate Editor. Professor Harry R. Lewis, and
the material present will be the latest and most
modern facts and findings regarding the success-
ful management of poultry. The subject matter
will be organized and presented with the idea of
helpint; and insuring the success of the beginner
with chickens.
The Importance of the Beginner to the Poultry
Industry
The staff of Everybodys has appreciated for
some time, that the future of the American poul-
try industry depended not only up<»n the expan-
sion of poultry farmers already establisheil, but
more especially upon interesting new people in
the poultry business and upon insuring their suc-
cess with the birds. What we want to see is the
success of every one who starts with a few hens,
whether they expect to keep but a few for
pleasure and profit, or whether, as in many in-
stances, they wish to begin with a small flock
and as they gain experience, enlarge to a point
where they are operating a successful exclusive
business. There are dozens upon dozens of
small items, minor practices and details, which
if the br^nnner could appreciate when he starts
out, wouKl avoid many losses and much discour-
agement, and so it is that in this new depart-
ment for beginners these especially important
questions will be answered in a practical, inter-
I'sting way. They will be seasonable and pre-
sented in such a way that they can be applied
immediately by the beginner in insuring the day
to day success with his flock. The poultry indus-
try is one of America's leading agricultural pur-
suits. Its potential possibilities for the future
are hardly appreciated. New persons are going
into the business continuously. What this new
department of Everybodys proposes to do. is to
make the early experiences with the chickens, a
great pleasure as well as a financial, success to
their owner. No labor or expense will be spared
in planning: this series of special filature stories,
in order that they will be up-to-date, authentic
and accurate in every way. Profe.ssor Lewis is
putting forth his be.st effort to make this series
interesting and popular, as well as scientifically
accurate. We feel sure you will find this in-
formation of great value in approaching the
problems of handling your birds in an under-
standable, practical way. If we can a.ssist you in
solving the problems which you will meet as a
beginner, do not hesitate to take your poultry
questions up with us.
The Requisite* for Success
Remember above ail things, that succofis with
the birds comes first of all to tho.so who have
a natural liking for then\ and to those who take
pleasure in giving them the proper can*. .HtudyinR
them and watching their behavior from day to
day. Success comes secondly, from a lyevious
knowledge and understanding of the require,
ments of the birds. So many losses can be
avoided and so many disturbing element.s elimi
nated if one is forewarned a.H io what conditions
to expect and as to how to avoid the common
mistakes. Correct housing, proper feeding, di-
sease prevention, proper .sanitation and many
other similar qurstions can be. anti have bren
reduced to simple expression antI practice. It
is these things which the beginner must know if
he is to meet the full success which should be hi?».
The Special Features for Our Beginners'
Department
We take extreme pleasure in givinjf you below,
the special subjects which will be discussed in the
Beginners' Department in the next twelve issues
of Everybodys P»»ultry Magazine.
Everybody*' Poultry Schedule for Beginners
July — "Simple Principles in (irowing the
Youngsters Right."
August — "Culling Metho<|s Made Simpb'
and Easy."
September- -"A Simple Hut EfHrirnt
Poultry House."
October — "How to Finish and Hous«« the
Layers."
November — "Efllcient Feeding Practices
for the Home Flock."
December — "What You Can Exp<ct from
the Use of Lights."
January — "A Simple Breeding Practice
for the Beginner with Hens."
February — "How to Insure the Fertile
Hatching Egg."
March — "Hatching Efficiently in a Small
Way."
April — "Simple Rules for Brooding
Chicks."
May — "How to Practice Cleanlinons in all
Poultry Operations."
June — "Poultry Parasites Must an«i Can
Be Easily Controlled."
We trust you will enjoy this feast of poultry
facts which will be presented to you through thi«»
new department in Everybodys. Wr sincort-ly
hope that the information presented will moke
your work with the birds more succeMful and
hence of greater pleasure an<l profit. That w*-
may make Everybodys Poultry Magazine of
greater help and assistance to itii readers in our
everj- aim and purpose.
540
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Jane, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
541
ITO Rl A L
Fed-to-Lay and Bred-to-Lay
Wc do not know whether or not it was "Uncle
Billy" McNeil who first brought forth the slogan
'Ted to Lay" but the fact remains that in this ques-
tion we have a subject as great in general interest
as it possibly can be in importance to poultry breed-
ers and keepers.
We should like to give Mr. McNeil credit for this
if due to him, for he is one of our oldest fanciers
and one of our most successful breeders. Years ago
when he was raising record winning Hamburgs, Pol-
ish, etc.. we visited at his home in London, Canada,
observing his methods and care and noted particu-
larly the little extras he gave to his old and young
birds, to which he credits most fully the success he
has made.
•Ted to Lay and Bred to Lay" can well be con-
sidered of equal importance in progressive poultry
production. Either one is of same worth and of
tame necessity to the other, and neither one can be
•aid to be more than half efficient without the other,
so let us consider them equal in importance and
make our efforts accordingly.
During the past few years the entire scheme of
poultry production, keeping, handling and selling
has been practically re-made to such an extent at
least that quality of stock combined with egg pro-
ducing qualities are the demand of the day in equal
proportion. For years past the breeders have seen
this coming, they have trapnestcd, kept records, and
in matng and breeding have given their best efforts
to combine the two to their highest possible degree,
the result of which is so evident at this time.
Whatever we can say favorable to breeding, can
also be said in favor of feeding. Here we would
compliment the commercial feed producers who
have gone thoroughly into the subject of feeding
for growing poultry and for the manufacturing of
egg** Fed to lay has been their problem which they
have handled most successfully and which combined
with breeding has given the results that has greatly
enhanced every poultry interest.
The future for successful poultry production is
like an open book before us. Standard quality for
the foundation and vitality, selection for type and
uniformity, mating for quality and production and
feeding for bodily necessities and the manufacture
of eggs.
When referring to successful egg production we
have in mind flock averages and records. One, two
or a dozen 300 egg hens will not show a profit in a
flock of 1 00 ordinary layers. The efforts should be to
increase the entire flock average and this is possible
only by care in selecting and breeding and by feed-
ing.
Proper efforts along this line have shown that a
gftin of from five to ten per cent is possible yearly
until a substantial average has been attained, after
which the gain made is dependant upon the fineness
which eyperience has taught the breeder and the use
he makes of it. Be assured that there is always a
chance to improve and for greater results and the
greatest and best efforts with poultry are always
worth while.
Late Profitable Poultry Records
Of late we have received a great many reports
from breeders relating to records of production and
to profits made that portray so plainly that general
progress is being made by the poultry breeders as
well as that there are increased possibilities that call
for both mention and special consideration at thu
time.
These reports of profitable poultry keeping are
just what we expected, they are most gratifying,
they are both substantial and dependable and as
they are not that which was done years ago but that
which is being accomplished today, they should
prove of special interest to those who are now con-
sidering the advisability of becoming poultry breed-
ers. Here at least is something to think about to
compare with any other advantages offered.
While most of the reports received lack in detail
and are not as complete as w^e should like for publk
mention, they nevertheless show profitable results
that range from $2.2 3 to $4.62 per bird per year
with an average profit for seventeen flocks of $3.21
per bird, which as gently as we can express it, is
very satisfactory.
To be convincing facts are in order and we here
cite two cases reported in detail by A. M. Hulbert,
New Jersey State Club Leader, which are self ex-
planatory:
Raymond Adams, (New Jersey) —
Average number of birds for the year 77
Total number of eggs produced 12.866
Average production per hen 166.7
Total feed expense for the year $258.98
Total value of eggs produced $522.83
Total returns above feed costs $263.85
Total returns above feed cost per hen .... $3.59
The following record is that of Elmer L. Burd and
is for ten months, from January to October, in-
clusive—
Average number of birds kept 228
Average production per bird (10 months) . 153.6
Average pounds of grain feed per bird 29.7
Average pounds of mash feed per bird 43.4
Average extra expense per bird 20
Total value of eggs produced $955.15
Total returns above feed cost per bird .... $4.05
The above are not only most reasonable records
but they also are from a dependable source. Note
that the average egg yield from the above flocks is
but 166.7 for the year and 153.6 for ten months,
respectively, surely most conservative, still in this
the breeder will find both consolation and excellent
opportunities for improvement. Flock laying aver-
ages are the goal to work for and breeding and feed-
ing can be depended upon to increase these aver-
ages and the profit, the results.
It may be that in the above special trade or mar-
kets were had, these also may be had in most any
section of our country where climate and conditions
are favorable to poultry breeding. The selling and
marketing of your produce, whether it be eggs, poul-
try, or any other staple commodity to advantage, i*
part of every producer's business, it is just as un-
i
I
portant as is its production for upon its success the
profit made depends.
Here in the above are shown late poultry possi-
bilities. What these two breeders have accomplish-
ed can be fully duplicated by others, and, after all.
there will still remain unlimited fields for other thou-
sands to breed and make profit in poultry keeping.
From Beginner to Experienced Breeder
The steps of the poultry breeder from beginner
to experience and a prosperous termination form a
gentle incline upward and onward to the goal "Suc-
cess." The distances are of varied length which are
regulated in part by the personal interests and
amounts of ambition, but mainly by understanding
the lessons taught and the experience gained.
First we have the amateur breeder, whatever his
ideas or motives in keeping poultry may be, the want
of some practical experience is bound to cause him
some setbacks, this is but natural, but these setbacks
will not prove to be of sufficient greatness to seri-
ously obstruct his progress if he has the real desire to
live and learn and to master the minor obstacles as
they appear. 1 his is not an unusual or modern con-
dition of these times, it always was just so and it is
the same road that all others have traveled before
they reached the higher smooth road, and it is the
same road that all who follow must travel to attain
success.
The mating, hatching and breeding seasons fol-
low each other closely and are perhaps the most
trying times in the amateur's life. On every side
there is something to do and to learn, some new
condition to face. The habit of observation and the
using of one's judgment are habits to cultivate. Ob-
serve and keep busy, do the best you can and results
will follow your efforts this year and assure you of
experience that will make progress yours for time to
come.
To keep the chicks growing steadily is a good
summer's job, even with experience. In the fall
when maturity is reached comes the universal ques-
tion "Why don't they lay?" In this the amateur
has had expectations that perhaps are not backed
by reason, surely not by experience. The produc-
tion of eggs is with all the one desired result and the
failure to receive them in satisfactory numbers are
all lessons that require thought and experiments in
housing, care and particularly in feeding. Unusually
good results from the first in egg production would,
in many cases, lead to carelessness in future atten-
tions and would impress the breeder with the
fact that experiments in feeding must be made in
each case in order to obtain the limit of production.
Strain and quality are important factors in produc-
tion as bred-to-lay stands for all it implies and has
advantages of worth that are bound to show.
Of all the delightful persons one can meet in a
lifetime none compares in interest with the amateur
exhibitor who is filled with pride and expectations.
He makes his first entry and with it makes his first
attempt at conditioning which in the end he realizes
-tl'^ ^'^^^' over-done or far short of requirements.
Ihere is always the questions in selecting his best
birds to exhibit and of what preparation to give in
order that they may show at their best. It is a fact
that we generally find that conditioning has been
over rather than under done which is a credit to the
breeder's interest and his efforts in doing the best he
knew.
V/hen we look back to our own first exhibit and
remember of a trio shown, two were disqualified and
the other unplaced, we cannot help but wish this
same experience to other first exhibitors for the im-
pressive lessons it teaches. The fact that we had
over-rated both our knowledge and quality were
truths burned deep in mind and for after years noth-
ing was taken for granted.
1 ime passes quickly and the slops of a poultry-
man's life quicken as the seasons swiftly follow one
another from mating to breeding, to growing, to
production and to exhibiting. During this lime the
poultryman reali/ea that his first les.ions were not
the only ones for him to experience, there are others
each with a purpose and deeper interest and each
with a demand for knowled^je until finally general
experience prevails and before him in plain sight lies
the goal poultry success.
It is then that success gives the brerder the assur-
ance that his efforts were worth while and the satis-
faction that he has mastered his purpose. I lis in-
tere.st increases daily as he finds unlimited possibili-
ties ever ahead of him for which he aims for efforts
will always count when greater possibilities and
progress is desired and this always can be attained
by the poultry breeder who has traveled the road
from beginner to experience.
June the Natural Breeding Season
June is the natural breeding season, having the
most favorable weather of any month and also the
largest amount of vegetable and insect life. For thb
reason chicks hatched from eggs laid in June are
larger and more vigorous than those hatched out of
season. Also, the chicks that are hatched the last
of June and the first of July have three or four
months of ideal weather in which to start their
growth, it being so warm when they hatch that they
scarcely need brooding at all. and gradually getting
cooler as they become well covered with feathers, so
that if given a shaded run. such as a corn field or
berry patch, they never suffer from heat as do the
early hatched chicks, but. as previously stated, they
have nearly four months of perfect weather condi-
tions, after which large roomy houses and plenty of
proper food fed so as to induce exercise will enable
them to withstand severe weather much better than
their earlier hatched brothers and sisters can stand
the unfavorable weather conditions in which they
must begin life. Of course, late hatched chicks will
never amount to anything if thry are crowded into
the same houses with mature fowls or earlier hatched
chicks. If possible, they should have a range away
from chicks much older than they are.
SEPARATE THE SEXES
As soon as the hatching season is
about over the sexes should be sep-
arated in order that the eggs pro-
duced may be infertile and thu.s keep
in good condition much longer than
they would if fertilized. The main
cau.<e of bad cgg.s in .summer i.s .spoil-
ing by beginning to hatch during very
warm days. If the eggs were not
fertile thi.s proce.ss of growth would
not be possible and the quality of the
ejfgH sent to market would be so
greatly improved that much hiKher
pricesi w«)uld prevail. If every on*
could feel certain of getting good
••Kg-* during the summer more would
be bouf^ht.
i
$5856.^
Profit in One Month!
Does that interest Voul
DO you want to make more
money? Do you want a
safe, sound, fast -growing
business — one that is based
on scientific facts and proven ex-
perience, one that will pay you
bigger profits and has unlimited
opportunity for growth? If you
do, here are facts that you will want
to consider.
You have watched the growth
of the poultry business and you
know, as we do, that the most
sensational development of recent
years has been the baby chick
industry. We want to tell you
how you can get into the baby
chick industry and get your share
of the tremendous profits it offers.
Hundreds of
Opportunities
The Buckeye Incubator Com-
pany 13 the largest manufacturer
of incubators and brooders in the
world. As the leader and pioneer
in this business it is necessary for
us to keep in close touch with con-
ditions in every part of the coun-
try— in every state and every
community. And we know that
today there are opportunities in
hundreds of cities, towns and rural
communities for someone to make
tremendous profits.
Over $5,000 Profit In
One Month
We have facts and figures that
show how the breeder -fancier today
can greatly increase his profits and
make his business more certain,
sound and satisfactory through
the use of the **Buckeye Plan" of
hatching and selling chicks. We
have information that will enable
anyone to begin operation on a
small scale, without risk and with
very small invest-
ment, with the as-
surance of quick
growth and large
profits. We can
give you detailed
facts that will show
you how a man in
Illinois beginning
on a small scale
earned a net profit
in a single month
of $5,856.33; how
another in Canada
made a profit of
Joe Bdurffer of Sprincflrld.
IllinrHB. inirrhmaMl his flriK
Iturkiye M«minuth In li>20. He
!■ now <>i>er&Uns threr number
•even* with a c&{t«cltjr ot orer
SO.OtK) rKK*. He is pUnnltiic im
• D<rw buildinK and at least
two more Huck»»>eii next ynar.
(jnm-tli Is raiild and certain
WlUl BuNuTQ cQUlpoMnt.
$5,060.92 in a single month; how
a woman in Kansas beginning with
a very small incubator developed
a business that now amounts to
more than $50,000 a year.
It'i e«!«y to Btart
"H a small wale
with tlie Hurk-
e y a Mrs. ('.
Rudehpok of
Iowa M«rt«d vith a capifltT "f
2.410 cKts. Tixlav h«>r hatchery
has a caracity of ovtr 15,000.
All these facts are offered to you
free. They will show you clearly
how you too can make money in
the baby chick business.
Why The Buckeye Mam-
moth Insures Success
Back of all these successes is the
Buckeye Mammoth Incubator. It
has reduced hatching to a scientific
certainty and eliminated the gam-
ble from the baby chick business.
The Buckeye Mammoth hatches
more strong, healthy, lively, mar-
ketable chicks than any other
incubator in the world. It is
thoroughly dependable. Its double
thermostatic control guarantees ab-
solutely uniform temperature. A
constant gentle movement of moist
air supplies oxygen to the eggs and
Rucfceye
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In Wrilinf Advertisers Kindly Mention Evt^rx botlys IN-ultry Magazine
promotes incubation under ideal recognizes that Buckeye-hatched jfc
conditions. No cooling of eggs is chicks are better, stronger, health- \itjS^
required — that means a saving of ier chicks. Twelve million dollars vjr\
time and work. A patented device worth of Buckeye-hatched chicks vJ&*J
turns all the eggs positively and were sold last year, and twice that ^. p
gently — in a few moments. The number could have been sold. We ^ *^'
Buckeye Mammoth is the result of will tell you not only how to hatch
thirty years of research, countless them at least expense, but also to
experiments and hundreds of thou- sell them at top prices.
«ands of dollars spent in its dc- -•• . ^ r«^ n i
vciopment. Write For These Books
What This Means To ^e want to send you. free the
--. amazmg facts about the baby
I OU chick business. We want to send
It means this: That you can you the Buckeye Mammoth Cata-
start at once in the baby chick bus- log that explains and illustrates
incss and begin to make big profits. Buckeye Mammoths in detail. We
You will not need to invest a want to send you our valuable
large amount of money. You will bulletins that tell you just how these
not need a special building. A Buck- large profits are being made in the
eye Manunoth can be installed in an baby chick business— how you can _ m- k M /^ • #
ordinary room. It will give you egg get started— the small initial m- l^g^T ^VV /I f f
capacity for the floor space it occu- vestment required— how to sell ^/Uo& '^ZM^^^
pics more than four times as great every chick you hatch— how to ^^f • /^ ^ ^ ^^
as any other type of Mammoth. make the most of this great f if f T KjOuUOn
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all the facts you need to insure expense or obligation,
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The Buckeye Incubator Company
1378 EucUdAye. Springfield, Ohio | ^3^,^,,_»^,„co..
^ I 1378 Euclid Ave., Sprincfiekl, Ohio.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
June, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
545
A TONIC FOR MORE AMBITION
Don't gnimhU and grrowl over a
di«a^eeable task. It is easier for
you and for those about you if you
take it cheerfully and do your best
to get it over with well and quickly.
We have to Uke the weather as we
And it Bad weather always clears
up and is followed by fair — at least
it always has. As the old lady said
when making plans for another
Christmas, she knew she'd be here to
enjoy it, for she had always noticed
tiiat if she lived until the first of
June she always lived through the
rest of the year. Cheer up. If yoa
had a poor early chick season, beg^n
now to put in some good licks for
some of the best summer and early
fall chicks you ever grew.
CHARMS IN POULTRY KEEPING
One of the many charms in keep-
ing poultry is found in the difficulty
experienced in breeding them to a
hi^ sUndard of excellence. The
standard for poultry is intentionally
made nearly an impossible one, in
order the better to stimulate the
breeder in his efforts to produce birds
closely as possible approximating to
its requirements. The ideal fowl is
kept before his mind, and the chal-
lenge given to realize this ideal.
There is something in human nature
that responds to this challenge and
failure only intensifies the breeder's
determination to succeed.
• • •
THE BEST KIND OF
FEVER TO HAVE
Every now and then we hear of
someone having the "chicken fever."
We find, from past experience, that it
is about the best kind of fever to
have. It is about the only kind, too,
that will pay a doctor's bill, instead
of making one.
• • •
THE BEST BREED
Don't ask us to name the "best
breed." If we gave our choice, the
keeper of every other breed would
disagree with us. The real truth is,
if there was one breed a lot or even
a little better than any other, it
would not be long until very few of
any other breed would be found. It
depends, too, something on what you
wish the breed for, whether for eggs
or meat. Follow your fancy and you
will not go wron(^.
THE TRAPNEST
TELLS THE TRUTH
We have had theories without num-
ber concerning the best way to select
laying hens. One "expert" says se-
lect the hen with a body which is nar-
row in front and grows wide and deep
at the rear. Another will tell you the
hen with a comb larger than the av-
erage for her breed should be select-
ed and Hogan and Potter will sell you
their systems for a moderate price.
Without discussing these theories
and without discussing or calling into
question the merits of any of them,
the fact remains that the only definite
and certain way to select the bejt
layer in a flock is to install trapnests
and find which hen is trapped often-
est.
• • •
THE ADVANTAGES OF
KEEPING ACCOUNTS
It is the careful person who, at the
end of the year, can open his account
books, tell just the cost of feed, tools,
implements, incidentals and all other
expenses, and then by turning to his
cash received account will find a gain
on the proper side of the ledger. It
is the careless person who, at the
end of the year, don't know anything
more about his business than how
many chickens he has on hand and
about how much was made or lost —
probably the latter.
It is only with care, exactitude, an
eye for the small things, the reducing
of the leaks and constant attention to
business, together with the use of
common sense and judgment that one
can hope ever to reach any place of
worth in the poultry or any other in-
dustry.
• • •
SUCCESS
Much of our success is due to earn-
est labor in the right direction. It
cannot be expected, however, that
men from other pursuits in life can
at once take up the breeding of poul-
try and make it as successful and
profitable as the experienced veteran,
but it may be reasonably expected in
this age of poultry progress and im-
provement, that the novice or ama-
teur will commence with good fowls.
Poultry keeping can be made an
auxiliary to other vocations without
interfering with their duties, and it
will bring in a handsome return, if
manasred rightly.
MAKE YOUR OWN SELECTION
OF BREED AND VARIETY
Some fowls may possess more de-
sirable qualities than others, but all
have some, and the fowl with the
fewest may have just the qualities;
which make it desirable to a limite-J
circle of men. The fact that it has
the one or more qualities which no
other fowl possesses, or possesses in
a less degree, makes it the fowl of all
others for certain people. They de-
sire just these qualities, and if they
were eliminated they would no longer
care for the fowl. Argument with
them would be useless. The fact that
ninety other varieties were really
superior to their one would not con-
vince them. They know, or think
they know, which amounts to the
same thing, just what they wish, and
unless they can have that they will
have nothing.
It is well, therefore, that there is a
great variety of fowls. There is
something for the taste of nearly
everybody. The poultr>' interest is
greater, there are more fowls raised
and more men engaged in raising
them, because there are many varie-
ties. Decrease the number of varie-
ties and you decrease the poultry in-
terest. We cannot afford to do that
We wish to see the interest greater
instead of less. The greater the in-
terest the higher will it rank as an
industry, the larger number of men
will it draw into its ranks, the greater
good it will accomplish. There is
room for all. Like an omnibus, there
is alwa3rs room for one more among
breeds and breeders.
• • •
GIVE CARE DURING
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Take care that nothing interferes
with the growth and development of
the young chicks. Because many of
the broods are fairly on, do not neg-
lect them but give them proper care
and attention. Keep them comfort-
able, and, when the hot days and sul-
try nights come on, provide thorough
ventilation. Many chicks are smoth-
ered to death in close coops. Feed
often, and in small quantities, keep
the chicks dry, don't let them out un-
til the dew is off the grass. Upon
all these things depends the success
of poultry raising.
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REGALS-HALF PRICE EGG SALE
For thft Balance of the 8oa«on All Ekks NVill Be Sold at Half Price, as follows :
Pent 110— (Exhibition MaUngB) — «5.00 par -- — -„_-..-,
16; 19.00 per SO; $12.60 per 45; 926.00 per 100.
Pant 11-20 — 93.00 per 16; $9.00 per 60;
$17.00 per 100.
Pans 21-40— (Dorcaa) — $2.60 per 16; $7.60
par 60; $13.60 per 100.
Pent 26-32 — (Special Dorcas) — $6.00 p«r
16; $9.00 per 30; $12.60 per 45; $26.00 P« 100.
All Star Bisttngs— $10.00. $12.50, $16.00
and $20.00 per 16. -,«««—*
Utmty Matlngs (M they run) — $10.00 p«r
100.
All egss fuaranteed 75 per cent or over strongly fertillicd. These remarkably low prices wij
make a Tery beavy demand for the balance of the iioa^on. Runh your order direct from this so.
and produce some of AMERICA'S FINEST WHITE WYANDOTTES.
FREE — Send for Cstalo^e snd Summer Sale List — now ready.
JOHNIS. MARTIN, Box 44« PORT DOVER, ONT., CAN.
I
To the befinnw ^9 say: If you do not
already own rood stock, buy some at onca.
Qti rid of your culls and your scrubs, they
are fit only for the pot. Breeding from poor
birds is the pit into which many a beKinoer
has fallen. R«member that a pair of rood
birds is worth a hundred poor ones as breed-
ers. Breed not only from pure stock, but
from the best of your stock. The doctrine of
tiie iurviral of tbe Attest applies to poultry
breeding, as the ifrnorant. or careless, breeder
will learn, to his sorrow.
• • •
We note by the ads and articlea in several
Enfflish papers that a gTe%i share of their
poultrymen were officers in the late World
War and no doubt but that many others saw
service in the ranks. This is highly com-
nendable for the man whose heart beats true
for his country is a rood kind of a man to
tie to and it is pleasinr to find so many of
tbcm in the ranks of poultry breeders.
• • •
While we are improvinr our fowls in all
other respects, and brinrinf; them to a hiirher
decree of excellence, we should aim to gir*
tbem an inheritance of parental strenrth and
vitality, and avoid the nermsity for attri-
btttinr the frailty and debility of our fowls
to inbreeding. Unfortunately many flocks of
fowli which show a lack of vitality, and
streoffth of constitution, have attributed to
them the influence of inbreodini; as the cause
when, if properly investirated. the baneful
influence of immature parentare might justly
be assigned as the cause.
• • •
We urire our readers to take advantage of
the season's opportunities. You can now buy
tiia best in hatchinr egcs at about half ths'r
original cost and breeding birds from the best
blood lines at greatly reduced prices. If
yott have the future with poultry success in
■ind you will do well to thorouichly investi-
Rt« the sales and offers made in this issue.
lare are advantages to be gained right
BOW. This is the time to act, to plan for
future improvement. Do it now.
• • •
Nothing is more valuable to the practical
poultry keeper than to learn from his paper
the result of a careful experiment made by
a thoughtful man who does not Jump to oon-
elusions, nor over state facts. The careful
and close observation also of changes that
take place under our eyen, clearly stated that
they may be easily comprehended, are most
helpful to the learner. And who is not •
learner in this matter of poultry raising!
• • •
President Thomas P. Rigg. in the April
issue of the Poultry Herald, pays a very flne
and well deserved tribute to Prof. Arthur C
Smith, head of the poultry division of the
University of Minnesota that we are pleased
to refer tu and to second. Among other
things. President Rigg sars. "As a result of
ProT Smith's incessant labor and splendid
ability, the poultry interest of Minnesota has
increased many fold, the increase being a
substantial one every year during his eon-
nectioD with the University of Minnesota."
Prom all over the United States we have
letters heartily praising the work of Prof.
Smith. When work is well done and progress
Bade it sure is fine and it must bo a great
personal satisfaction to Prof. Smith to realise
ais efforts are understood and appreciated.
Every success to you, "Old Friend."
• • •
A breeder may be successful in breed
ing good stock in ample numbers, and yet
fall of success in meeting with sales, and vet
again there are those who succeed in raising
and selling large numbers at fair prices who
do not know the first principles of scientific
breeding. They are successful in a business
point of view, but not as breeders, and never
will be. Success in both respects is rarely
attained, but when a breeder having acquired
the proper knowledre of scientific breeding,
places his stock before the public, represent-
ing its true character, sustaining it by the
high standing of the individual himself, he
has alresdy attained a position at the top.
• • •
Study your Standard, a general acquaint-
•nee of Standard demands of all varieties will
prove to your advantage in more ways than
one. There is but • slight difference in the
descriptive form of several varieties, and this
difference, be it ever so slight should bo well
understood to avoid misUken opinions and
Uter errors in mating, breeding and select-
ing.
''The crowned king of all the R. I. Red
breeders and exhibitors, past and
present, * * G«orge W. Trmccy, in POULTRY SUCCESS
The finest mated pens of Rhode Island Reds the world has
ever seen, are about to be broken up for the season.
Write for prices on stock.
omDkins
BOX E
CONCORD, MASS.
WHERE THE nNEST REDS IN THE WORLD COME FROM
Sablina White Wyandottes
Trade Mark
Insure
Profitable Egg Production — Flock averagre 180 einpi per year.
Individual records up to 250.
Profitable Meat Production — Bred strictly to Standard. Have al-
ways oeeninthennDonratBos^ and wherever shown.
A Sound Investment — Backed by a reliable Farm.
SPECIAL BARGAINS
In Reliable Breeding Stock tbrougb tbe Summer
Arthur H. Shaw, 504 Grove St., Wellesley, Mass.
PERFECT DUCKS ^TAWAM
'Garden Winners"
DUCKLIMGS AMD EGGS
ANNUAL SALE OF BECCDCB8
Son-I for i^%^r% Hullplm •!)'! C'«Ul->c"«"
PARDEE Lock Bom 76 ISLIP. L. I.. N. Y^
"lOO PENS S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
50 PENS WHITE WYANDOTTES
Down In Di««r nr gi-t Ihrm out ••»rl) We hev W..II .i*rir<| tuw.nl lh« ». ..
rihbon? end tr.pn-«t. thou«nd. of line y.mnc't^r. in both J.ri.-U Tu nuik- r «
Ind I"*o to riv* ymi • ch»nc« to ohUin ..^e of :hi. flne .t«<k et • t.rr« n w er-
offerrni our fine brecd.r^ et t».^. »..rtf«.n l.r.r„. Thrr T. no. .« reUea "-t.l.ty
misfltB. but top notch quality birdi. ^__
"200 CENTS VALUE FOR EVERY $
A $25.00 Pen That Will Make You Money
We Ofifx In Lltber Br«e4
WHITE LEGHORNS
* For Only $25.00 Per Pen
Flrit Come Fir«t Hertrd Wrllr T.«J«y ^^
GASTONIA POULTRY FARM. GASTONIA, N. C
W. N DAVIS. Prop
546
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
June, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
547
r
s
8 to 10 Weeks Old
Pullets
DuridC tho month of June we will
tnkk* • •penalty of •ellinc 8 to 10
week* old pnllotg from our celebrated
■ train* of trapnested and pedigreed
layers. ThoM are the birds that will
make money for their ownera next
winter They have 35 years of care-
ful sele'-tioa and breeding behind
them.
3IJY NOW!
■ nd be |»re|rtired to All ejcr orders next
winter Theae puUeU will do it. Can
hupply them is any quantity in the
t Itowinir varictien:
White. BDff Lefhorni. Barred, WlilU
Bocks. White Wjandottet. B. I. Beda
and White Orp^nC^i**
Sl.TS Sa.OO S2.2S
180-200 egg 210-248 egg 240 266 egg
B_^_ J-_^ Hirdu that will cive
rCCaClo you sn opportunity to
make K«od protltx helling hatohinic
eCK*' with record* of
I HO 200 eM bred $2 50
210 248 eicc bred -^^O
240 '^56 eg If bred * **^
C from 180 to 2r.6 eijit hen«.
E«KK* trapn«i«t*d. pedigreed stork.
\\ .• cuaraiitee safe delivery, and send
>ou the K«me rtg* a'* we use ournelves.
100 ejfc*: any variety; 180 200 eKfCS $9
IMO t'lctn; any variety; 210 24H egirs 10
I'.i t.,f|f»; any variety; 240 250 eggs 12
''"'• eKJP«; any variety. . .. lOVt discount
KCK* fr«im %how birds and record lay-
ern rombined |3 and $5 per 15
r*ki#»lr« Hame hiffh quality as our
v^niCilkW other stock, and we have
m««le our !»rires exree«lingly low for
.lull*' and .luly.
liio to 240 egir chicks, per 100, , .f20
210 to 24K eicK chirks, per 100. . .$25
24'» to 2r)6 e»e chicks, per 100. . .$:»U
Order direct from thla ad aad
aak for catalogue
SUNNYSIDE FOIILTRY FARM
B. C. Blodgett, Box 1016. Bristol. Vt.
:^0
p
.$
Petligreed Laying bred 8. C. White Leg-
horns. More than 4.000 I.<ayers and
Itreedrrs Trapne«tin? l.H»0 Pullet*.
LOCUST KNOU POULTRY FAIM
P. E. BanUel
Dover (York Oo. ) PennsjUaiiia
^^^\^l(oinurt>o(i£a^,^fiu^^
REAL QUALITY BRED. VIGOROUS
AND HARDY
9 cdts tad np to 16 ceots each
I*lace your business for Immediate
or future delivery, as we never stop
hatching. Our 100. UOO e^g capacity
Is always at your service. Get in line
for Kail Hatched Chicks now. they
are the real money niakeri* ThouKands
of people ar« buying Late Summer and
Kail Hatched chicks now, as no brood-
er is necessary: Just a few hens wi'l
take care of them. The waste grain
will be turned into a very valuable b> -
product and marketed to a handsome
profit through the production of poul-
try
Ask for Mid-Summer or Kail prices
and our 48-paffe handsome cetalogue,
as it is free to you.
THORNWOOD POULTRY YARDS
Dept. E SI OBAMDALU IND.
issssssssesaasessessseieese
Plans were made for man and not man for
plans. If a breeder start* out with a plan,
he should use it as bis servant, and not let it
become his master. Ciroumiitances may arise
which will alU'r the "be.st laid plans of mice
or men" and the wise breeder in the one who
adapts himself to the varying circumstances.
• • •
We do not know of any home recreation
that is so suitable or aKroeable to the young
of either sex as raising and tending a few
poultry pets. The pleasure, the labor and
the care, consequent upon the keeping of
choice fowls, embody a vast amount of useful
knoMiedi;e. industrial tact, and health giving
enjovmcnt.
• • •
All correspondence should be promptly
answered. Promptness is a quality that men
like. The delay of a single day may mean
the loss of a customer. When letters contain
money, the next mail should, if possible, bear
with it an acknowledgement of its receipt.
A good circular is a great help to cvrespond-
ence, for In it the breeder can anticipate
many questions and has his answer ready and
more complete than if he were to write it.
This is the very best and most valuable use
of circulars.
• • •
Sameness and hardiness of character can
only be obtained by a long period of close
and ( areful breeding. The time given to the
estalilishinent of any one of the leadinjc varie-
ties of fowls involves the expenditure of
much money and valuable time of men. edu-
cated in the many complex laws governing
the breeder's art. All the Standard varie
ties of today are the results of some well 'aid
plan, directed to tho development of certain
characteristics of economy or beauty. The
chances of producing an even strain or
variety by selection from mongrels would be
H tedious ta^k that a life-time of man mitrht
not avail any superiority over the parent
fowl. for. as the commencement would begin
with blo<id of various characters, so would
be till- ending of any such e\|>eriment.
JUNE IN THE POULTRY YARD
The early hatched chicks are now ready
lor the airy roosting coops and the range.
• • «
If troubled with crows, hawks, skunks or
rats stealirg and killing chicks, go gunning
for them. Try to raise every chick hatched.
• • •
Little drops of water, little grains of sand.
.Make the mighty ocean and tho beauteous
land.
Think of this and mind the little things iu
poultry raising.
• • •
Anintals in general and fowls in particular
are most agreeable friends. Keep their
friendliness by looking well after their wants.
• • *
.Ml those who have much to do with pure
bred poultry know that the interest In the
Iiure breeds is rapidly increasing every year,
and much faster now than ever before, and is
consequently more noticeable.
• • •
TrapnestH will very soon point out to you
your boarding atid dead-head hens, increase
your production and nhow you the right way
to real poultry results.
• • *
Many families j>art with or destroy enough
scraps from the table and kitchen, to main-
tain two dozen f<<wls almost exclusively upon
tl.e waste of the household .\ very small
Hiul cheap houwe will suffice for the comforta
of a few hens.
• • *
Warm weather care of the growing stock
I- very exacting if best results are desired.
Besides supplying a variety of food close ob-
servation is neiessary to avoid lice and every
iin)>r'>per condition that may handicap their
irrowth and health
• • •
A ch«ra< teristic of our domestic turkey is
that when y uiig and until it ''shoots the
red." It if* the most delicate bird we have,
but when grown ii able to >>ear the rigors of
our winters extremelv well.
• • *
June hatched chicks are a profitable crop
in most all sections of our country. Up In
thi« section we look to our June hatched
chicks for at least part of our December and
.Tannery show birds. They usually, in the
parti color.»d verieties. ex«"el in color quality.
• • •
While it is true that some breeds do not
lay quite a'* many eggs per year as some
others, the difference Is pretty well balanced
in value bv the size and weight of the others
that sell better as fowls and weigh more as
individualt. Consider all and it is about six
and six between all breeds and varieties. All
sre a paying proposition.
JUNE
Oh, June, the month of rosea,
We welcome you again;
How sweet your soft warm breeies
That follow Springtime's rain.
How beautiful the flowers
That make the fields so bright;
How gently shines the silver moon
To fill our night with light.
• • •
June for chicks, roses and brides.
• • •
June chicks for winter show winners.
• • *
Keep on hatching and keep them growing.
• • •
Just a little more and greater effort — then
success.
• • *
There is no one best breed or variety.
Your choice is the best one for you.
• • •
Place your name on everything you send
out and be proud of it. This will make what-
ever you sell do more advertising for your
flock.
• • •
Hatching eggs are selling at half price now.
.lune chicks are winter bhow winners.
• • *
It is a quite common belief that high class
fowls form no part in the economy of the
poultry world. Such ideas are the outgrowtti
of the popular prejudice, that, as a rule,
adujtts the cheapest for the best.
• • *
The best breeders are those who muke
good. What i> your standing!
• • •
In the main the rfwult of the American
Poultry Association election Is very sstis-
factory. Now plan to attend the Torouto
meeting.
• • •
That small instrument, the tongue, often
makes or mars a man's career.
• • •
June 14. 1924 Is the one hundred forty-
seventh anniversary of the day when our
national flag was established. Every home
have a flair and display it.
• • •
President Thomas K. Rigg pays a glowing
tribute to Prof. Arthur C. Smith, in the Poul-
try Herald. Good. The splendid service
Prof. Smith has rendered to the poultry in-
dustry for maiiy years deserves the best we
can give.
• • •
The books and periodicals that hnve been
jiublished on poultry within the last twenty-
five years make a long catalogue, and have
cmjiloyed talent equal to that devoted to most
other subjects. People at large are better
informed in regard to the subject of poultry
raising than their fathers were. They have
better houses to shelter their poultry. Be-
sides, this has become a hobby, and in that
phase is very pofiulnr.
• • •
Have you noted the Plymouth Rock illus-
trations of last season's winners t To our
mind they show a general uniformity In type
and it is very evidetJt that Improvement has.
and i.s being continually made.
• • *
A man Is but a worm of the dust — he
conies along, wriggles ab(>ut a while and
finally some chicken gets him.
• • *
The evidence of poultry progress is seen in
the m»ke-iii». size and style of the poultry
publications. No industry has a larger, bet-
ter or more capable press.
• • •
The poultry bulletins published by the gov-
ernment and by se.eral states are free for the
asking They" are reliable and instructive.
Send for them.
• • *
Young and inexjierienced breeders should
go slow, examine carefully the way. raise at
first one breed only and stick to it, determine
to become one of the best breeders of that
variety, read about it. study its peculiarities,
lake the btv«t care of it. and talk and think
about it.
• • •
Karnest effort counts in every industry,
this is specially true In poultry production.
• • *
The se.ison for "special breeders' sales" l«
here with its opportunities. This Is the
logical time to buy new blood for next sea-
son's breeding.
The new S'a;i'!ard (h-mand* gr«nter qual
ity in our breeds and varieties of poultry.
While it >"> more explicit and more ea.sily un-
derstood, it al-o is uj )re ^trinBent and more
severe m ai! its diMiiands in a way that
promise^ m r- j.oi.ularity and progrcNs Tins
Standanl well meets t!ie tieiiiands of this age
of advanc.-meiit and poultry interests will
ben-fit hereliv. , ^ ^
In advertising there aro two essentials —
first, have > iKethiiii; worth telling about to
sell; second, tell about it.
• • •
After all. no happiness equals that flowin;:
from hoiie>t work well done.
• • •
It is now or never with some. Do it now,
have it done with and get it off your mind.
• • *
It may not be the en.siest thing in the
world, hut It Kurdy is poK.sible to inaugurate
a system of selecting and breeding that will
give the .same combined results in both
Standard and utility «jualitie.s. The improve-
ment of the one moNt naturally accompanies
the improvement of the other, both go hand
in hand to i»oultry success.
• • •
should be no end to the
There is a demand for both
thick -> and ea<'h assures it
There really
hat hiiig season,
early a^id la'e
profitable
I r
The ireativc mii-d never knows where to
atop. If n did. its life would begin to
crumble.
• • •
The (lii'k liiitcheries are still working to
capacity and tir >niise to keep going for some
time t" come
• • •
In any and every avenue of life, the ability
to blend and bring nature's forms and forces
under ihe dominion < f law, and render all
her operations subservient to the actual
wants of men and women is the worthiest
triumjdi of the m<»st transcendent genius.
• • *
T'le coming H<k»ton .Show will commemmor
ate the se\enty fifth anniversary of the first
poultry exhibit held in America and Secre-
tary .Vlherton is sure tu make this one of the
greatest e\er In those days the birds were
not judged but a committee made a report
of their quality, etc. We are proud to own
an original coj>y of this show report where
Daniel Webster was one of the exhibltorii.
• • •
We have Jill heard that exjierlence is the
best teacher. If we estimate value from cost,
it is certainly the best t*>acher in existence.
"The only reat«on why it is the best is because
being so costly, its lessons are more liable
to be rememberetl.
• • *
Reports say that the I'li'led Leghorn Breed
ers' Club is growing rapidly, thanks to the
apecial efforts of presiilent Bright and Secre-
tary Chapman.
• • •
The rooster who crows the loudest is al-
ys the bantam roonter. .\nd the bantam is
the smallest of the rooster family.
• • •
We believe that I>. Lincoln Orr will make
A capable succe».sor to Mr. Manning as super-
intendent of poultry at the New York State
Fair. Here's wishing you the best of suc-
cess. "Line."
• • •
Several New Jersey breeders have given
late evidence that poultry keeping pays, and
pays well when rightly cared for and fed.
• • •
Poultry experiments are usually accom-
panied by special interest for the fact that
there is always the question of chance
whether or not they will prove desired re-
sults. Probably the majority of experiments
fail while the value of those that make good
prove of greatest value and also iirove un-
questionably that those who try and don't
give up will prove winners in the en<l.
• • *
C. J. Behn succeeds I). K. Hale as secre
tary of the Chicago National Poultry Show
"Ted" Hale has made a great success of this
ahow and we w-ish Mr. Behn, who is a man
of experience, every possible success.
• • *
It is a good sign to see a periodical Well
supplied with advertising by worthy adver
tisers. The more the better. It presents to
each reader a broad field for investigation
and selection. It means that money is cir-
culating freely; and that benefits the whole
people. It means contributions of better
quality and more of them. Kvery reader
ahould be gla<l to see much good advertising
and should learn to read advertisements in-
telligently.
• • •
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
June, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
549
Hatching Weak of
with Cheap Incubators
Remember, it is
not bow many you
hatch out that
counts, but how
many you raiu.
Chicks that hatch
out weak and wobbly.
and live but a few
days, mean noth i ng to you ex- .
cept trouble and loss. Most of the chicks
you lose in the first two weeks die be-
cause they did not hatch out with enough
vitality or strength for a good start
Queen Incubators
Hatch Chicks that LIva and Grow
Start rour chicks with a Qaetn constitution
and they will make money tor you. A Queen
costs but little nsore. and the extra chicks that
live and crow soon pay the difference. Built of
genuine Redwood, which does not absorb the
odor from hatchins chicks, to weaken later
hatches. TheQueen hot water system prevents
eggs from dryinfi out and provides moisture for
the hiuching chick. Accurately regulated.
Yea will have "luck" with chicks if you use
•Queen. Ask your dealer or send for free book.
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THE HOUSEWIFE AND
A FEW HENS
(Continued from page 532)
the pullets will lay next spring when
the earlier hatched pullets are quit-
ting.
Get the colony houses ready for
those youngsters that are ready to
leave the old hen and brooder. These
youngsters should be taught to roost
as soon as possible and the cockerels
should be yarded to themselves. If
one culls closely and only saves the
best breeders among the cockerels
the supply of that sex can be cut to
a minimum. It does not pay to carry
cockerels that you do not expect to
sell or that will not be used in your
breeding another season. Keep over
the best, raise your price on these
males and deliver better quality to
your customers.
Take all of the males away from
the hens as soon as you quit setting
the eggs. Hens lay better and the
eggs will keep better than they will if
the males are allowed to run with the
hens. Pick out those males that you
want to save over for another year
and kill oif or sell all of those males
that you can not use unless you have
some mighty good ones that could be
sold as breeders. Many people will
buy good breeding yearling cocks
when they can find what they want
but as a rule the buyer prefers early
hatched cockerels for their next
year's breeding.
Do not feed your pullets any
mashes that are strong in protein, al-
low them to mature well before forc-
ing the lay. li one will continue the
growing mash and do not feed the
laying mash until their pullets are
well matured, they will get larger
eggs when they do lay and the pullets
will make better breeders when not
forced.
It does not pay to allow the early
hatched chicks to run with those
hatched later. The older youngster
is stronger and will keep the baby
chick from getting its share of the
feed. Some people who have lots of
ground make colony houses, around
which they have a fence that will
keep these youngsters in for a few
days. After they get acquainted with
the new quarters they go back to it
at night to roost. One should have
his mash hoppers in this house and
feed the youngsters in the small corall
around the colony house. In these
houses, have a box of grit, oyster
shell and charcoal where the young
fowls can get all they need. When
making these colony houses one can
have them just large enough to find
roosting room in them and they should
be built out in the open where hawks
can be easily seen by the fowls. To
place the houses in a woods would
make them easy to catch by the hawks
flying from the trees.
Have colony houses for both pul-
lets and the cockerels but have a line
fence between them so that the cock-
erels can not get into the pullet side
of such range. Range chicks do fine
and are very little trouble if one will
keep plenty of feed on hand for them.
Some people give them one feed a
day in a place to scratch and then have
hoppers where they can run to all
day long for their mash. Where one
feeds with hoppers, these hoppers
should be closed at night and opened
after they have been fed their grain
feed in the morning. Exercise for
the growing chick is fine and if they
get one good feed, fed in litter, they
will not over eat themselves like they
would if fed their whole ration in
hoppers.
There is a big i)oultry farm near
Olympia, Wash., where the hens run
in colonys instead of being yarded.
These houses are built on heavy tim-
bers made in the shape of skids.
There are axles at each end of the
house, four in all. These axles have
large wheels with very wide tires.
There is no floor in the houses.
When the above houses are to be
moved from one place to another, the
wheels are put on the axles, a team
or truck hitched to the house and
they are brought forward the length
of the house. When the houses are
moved the droppings from the fowls
are turned under with a plow and
the grround sown in some grreen food.
This fertilizes the ground and builds
up the soil.
The owner of the houses on
wheels says that they pay better than
houses with floors and tJiey save the
cost of cleaning. The roosts are so
made or built into the house that the
house can be moved without interfer-
ing with the roost. These houses are
long, about forty to fifty feet, and
about twenty-five feet wide.
I drove by this place a few dajrs
ago and I found the ground all
planted in garden stuff that looked
fine.
There is no better fertilizer than
that made by fowls. It contains all
of the elements that go to build up
soil and is worth as much as the aver-
age fertilizer that sells for twenty to
thirty dollars per ton. Where one is
saving fertilizer it should be kept
dry. I use barrels and when they are
filled the barrel is hauled to the gar-
den and spread over the land. I
have one house near the garden and
when I clean, I spread this manure on
the garden. Near this house I raise
my best vegetables.
When using poultry droppings one
should use plenty of water on the soil.
The fowl manure is very strong and
if the soil gets too dry the vegetables
will bum up but where the soil is
kept moist the plant life will do fine.
Poultry droppings are fine for a
lawn dressing in its raw state but is
somewhat unsightly on the lawn. If
one would dry the droppings and
gfrind them to the consistency of com-
mercial fertilizer, it could be put on
the lawn in a way that will not be
noticed and at the same time leave
no spots that would either be unsight-
ly or soil the clothing when one lies
down on the grass in the hot even-
ings, when a breath of fresh air is a
delight.
Every housewife who takes an in-
terest in poultry should join a poul-
try association and help to build up
through advertising the breed that
she loves. The club devoted to the
different fowls is a worth while club
but the breeders do not realize the
good that they can do. If ever>^
breeder of Buff Plymouth Rocks, for
instance, would join the club and keep
plenty of money in the treasury, we
would soon have as much demand for
our variety as do the Barred Ply-
mouth Rock breeders. Advertising is
the gpreat source of popularity. Give
a man enough advertising and let him
have character behind that advertis-
ing and he can he elected to any
office within the gift of a people.
Without advertising we would never
know that some of our big men exist.
There are several forms of adver-
tising that cost very little and one is
to show one's fowls at each and every
exhibition within their vicinity. Some
people fail to show their fowls at the
fall fairs because they do not look
their best. This is a mistake. One
should remember that their fowls,
though often in the moult, are in just
as good condition as those that are
shown. If every one kept their fowls
away from the early fairs because
the youngsters were not matured and
the old stock in poor plumage, the
fairs would have mighty poor poultry
displays.
Another cheap way of advertising
is to write interesting articles for the
poultry press about one's fowls. You
can use these same articles in your
local papers. The Sunday editions
of many daily papers have a poultry
department and they would be
pleased to publish something about
your fowls, provided you do not try
and advertise but tell something in-
teresting about your hens.
I have a yearling cock that is hav-
ing the time of his life. I found my-
self with an over production of males
this spring that I saved over. I have
a yard where I keep the hens and
chickens, most of my matings being
small and wanting to keep track of
the matings, I have set most of my
early eggs under hens. In this yard
I have Scotch Bloom for shade and a
few fruit trees. The hawks are bad
out my way and as I am surrounded
with big fir trees on every side, these
hawks swoop down before one real-
izes that they arc anywhere near. I
decided I would put one of my young
cocks (last year's cockerel) in the
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youngsters so I took him out. I then
put another cock in the yard and he
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proved a regrular g:od father. One of
the early mothers found that she had
to pret back to busines.s in the laying
vard and that loft her clutch of eleven
fine buffs to hustle for themselves
and as there is only coops for these
young-ters and no houses with roosts,
the cock was forced to go into one
of these coops for a roosting place.
One night I went out to see that
everything was in good shape for the
night and I found the brood of eleven
fine buffs all under this cock bird and
they seemed as contented as they
were with their own mother. In the
day time I noticed that these young-
sters followed this cock around the
yard and he would squat down the
same as the mother hen when the
youngsters .showed a sign of being
chilled. He is now a regular father
and as fast as the hens wean their
youngsters the cock takes them under
his care. Last night I found four
broods around him, the first lot will
new weigh about three pounds, yet
they stay by the same foster father
that looked after them when their
mother deserted them.
I am going to get a flashlight pic-
ture of this male bird and his brood
and thereby advertise the cock birds
as being the equals of capons, that is
when they are properly trained.
I find that a cock in the yards
where there are young chicks is al-
ways on the job and he ir, the first
one to note the hawk when he comes
around and he gives the alarm, al-
ways standing out where he can get a
whack at Mr. Hawk when he swoops
down. I do not think I have lost a
ch'ck since placing this cock in the
yard.
Another thing that helps around
the poultry yards and that is martins.
When I first built my house I did not
seal it close where the roof comes on
and the first thing I knew a pair of
mirtins had made their nest under
the roof. Feeling that these beauti-
ful little birds could not do any harm,
I allowed them to make their nest
and rear their young. Today after
ten years, there are at least twenty-
five or thirty pairs of these martins
making their home on the Collier
farm and they are as gentle as they
can be. I know that spring has come
when these little fellows come back
and the chidren are always glad to
see them. This family of one pair has
a whole drove today and that makes
me think. There has been a hue and
cry against inbreeding of fowls but
when I. see this great family of
healthy, vigorous martins coming back
each year, I wonder if there is any-
thing in this inbreeding that hurts the
vigor in fowls. There never was a
healthier lot of birds than these mar-
tins and they all look as much alike as
two peas. I believe I know the old
ones when they come each spring by
their habits of showing that they
know all about the place and thereby
can tell them from the youngsters
that do not seem to be so familiar
with the family.
Martins are terrors to hawks. Let
the cock sound the alarm and you will
see these martins fly up to where Mr.
Hawk is flying around and they will
not quit him until ho flies away.
Often the martins are the first ones
to see the hawk and they give the
alarm. It is hard for a hawk to get
many chicks where he must contend
with two enemies, one on the ground
and another that can meet him at his
own game — in the air.
THE CASSEROLE
((NnitiinuMl from pae** ."i:!f<)
fact that entries must be of birds
"bred and raised by the person en-
tering them." But that evil is surely
just about the same as that other,
whore a man buys birds for a .show,
and lets the public think he bred
these ribbon winners himself. Either
man is a passive deceiver and, to my
mind, not much of a sportsman. The
whole matter of the relation of Fancy
to Utility and vice versa, if there is
any, is vexing to many, and hard to
; understand. But if you want the
I real "dope" on such a subject, I
would recommend your listening with
most attention to some one who has
at least a sympathetic interest in both
sides. Not a man whose business is
such as to probably warp his judg-
ment, but either a two-sided, two-
minded man, or one who has no axes
to grind. Either one who loves the
whole realm of chickens more than
he does his own little chicken busi-
ness, or a trapnesting, contest follow-
ing Fancier, like Chapman, (d)
• • •
Elisha Morgan, away out in Puget
Sound, breeds Leghorns that lay $100
per setting eggs. The fellow that
paid $235.35 for seven hatching eggs.
Most of us wouldn't have money
enough or sense enough to do that.
Mr. Morgan has a remedy for chicken
pox, canker and swelled heads, which
he says has so far worked every time
it has been tried. The news seems so
encouraging that it is given to you
here. Get ready a small pail and a
barrel that is water tight, and pur-
chase two and one-half pounds of
copperas in crystal form, and two
and one-half ounces of sulphuric acid.
Dissolve the copperas with boiling
water first in your pail, then iK)ur it
into your barrel half full of water;
then add your sulphuric acid to the
half barrel mixture, and there you
are! Give them this, and nothing
else, to drink for three days, and af-
terward one day a week as a pre-
ventive. Also use this as a dip for
sick fowls, dipping the worst cases
two or three times the first day.
Sounds simple, and I hope I don't
have to try it out. But I will, if pox
ever gets going around here, (f)
* * •
John Robinson has something to
say about poultry shows that is inter-
esting. Attendance has been going
down hill for years, and progressively
so. says he. He thinks the succei^sful
show of the future will show every
kind and sort of poultr>% and be edu-
cational in its every aspect. Produc-
tion will be there as well as feathers,
and every exhibitor will know why
the birds were placed as they were.
Breeders will show collections of
fowls, and explain about them to the
public. In short, the public will find
things interesting, when they visit the
future poultry show, (f)
* • •
The Associated Advertising Clubs
of the World have started out to im-
prove the Ton Commandments, and
the Ten Commandments need im-
proving. One of them says **Thou
shalt not bear false witness against
thy neighbor" but does not prohibit
bearing false witness in favor of
your goods. It ought to, and the
Better Bu-^iness Bureaus established
throughout the country by the A. A.
C. of W. are doing good work in
squelching fraudulent advortsinp. be-
cause all fraudulent advertising
hurts all truthful advertising. But
the Better Business Bureaus haven't
gotten as far afield as to do any
clean up work with poultry "brood-
ers" yet. so wo have to rely on the
good intentions of the publications,
and our own common sense, to pro-
tect us from fraud. Every time I
have seen a certain "breeder's" ad-
vertisement which is headed "300 egg
strain" I have felt indignant. No
man who was honest with himself
and his public would cljiim any such
thing, for no such thing exists or
has ever existed. If he uses the
words in a headline, without any fur-
ther attempt to claim this for his
stock, then he is ^^^lfully trj'ing to
mislead. He is banking on the truth
that you can fool .some of the poopU-
some of the time, at lea.«t. and .selling
his conscience for a few dollars a
setting. Such a man could almost
surely be put down as a crook, right
off the bat; but here is what this
man does (I hate to use that word
"man" in referring to him). He
gets the late^Jt mating lists from some
of his more prominent betters — peo-
ple who have spent years to breed
and show the best birds in their lines,
and calmly obliterating the artist's
signature on their cuts, he photo-
graphs these cuts of their best birds,
and shows thom as his own. They
appear in his mating list all duly
named with names of his choosing,
and more than that, he calmly states
that these birds have been trapnested
on his own place to such records As
these: "308 eggs in her pullet year,
29r> eggs in her second year." If we
have any common sense, we would
assume that no such record was ever
made by any fowl — but the poor be-
ginner perhaps doesn't know that, and
may fall for this bunk, not only send-
ing his cash for something which he
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..r^fJL^*"^ PATENT UMITEO
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doesn't and cannot get, but thereafter
believing: that all breeders lie in their
advertising^. Now see how this hurts
le>?itimate business; another breeder
advertises "330 egg foundation/'
and a foundation relates to only a
few birds, maybe one bird. That is
possible, and not only possible, but I
believe that advertisement; first, be-
cause the breeder does not claim any-
thing which isn't reasonable, and sec-
ond, because I know of one case
where that breeder sold a male bird
for a ten dollar bill that has meant
about half her life to a rather promi-
nent and quite successful poultry-
woman. He is honest, the other is a
crook, but to the casual observer,
perhaps "300 egg strain" is not
worse than "330 egg foundation."
But to get back to our friend (?) of
the filched photos and fraudulent
headline. His advertising appears in
a publication, one of the best in the
country, which proclaims "All adver-
tisers are guaranteed. We use every
precaution, and admit the advertising
of reliable breeders only." Even pub-
li.shers get deceived, you see, so more
than ever we will have to use our own
common sense to guide us in our
choice of breeders with whom to do
busine.ss. But as to egg records,
thank God for the Laying Contests!
If this man had a 300 egg strain, one
little entry in an Official Laying Con-
test would do him a world of good.
But he dasn't, of course. Don't swal-
low claims, get evidence of some good
kind.
Now I'm not going to namo the
paper which carried this advertise-
ment, or even refer to it by a letter,
as is my usual custom. No good pur-
pose would be served thereby.
• * •
The government has done a lot of
testing to find the most efficient way
of fighting the chicken mite. All
sorts of experiments were tried with
all sorts of materials; drugs, oils,
powders, paints, sprays, medicines,
nesting materials, etc., etc. After
reading pages and pages of the re-
ports; mostly saying that this thing
and that thing were found almost en-
tirely inefficient, we finally get the
conclusions of the investigators, as is
the usual procedure in these scientific
reports. The work must be done with
paint and spray to reach every craok
and crevice in an infected hen house,
of course; fumigation doesn't do at
all. Use plenty of oil, at lea.st twenty
per cent to be heavy oil from eithe*-
coal tar or wood tar. The balance
can be lighter oil, such as kerosene.
You can also use a mineral oil emul-
sion of the same strength, but have
your heavy oil one-fifth of the sprav,
and use plenty, for the best results.
Kerosene alone is too light, and has
to be done too often, in consequence.
(P)
• * •
Mrs. Helen Dow Whitaker, than
whom there is no better all-around
poultry writer (she knows Exhibition,
and she knows Utility, and she knows
both of them theoretically in the col-
lege, and practically on the farm),
recently spent a month up and dv^wn
the west coast of Washington, in
poultry work. She says the amazing
growth of the industry in that North-
west country has been due to the
heavy egg laying of its flocks, and
that hea\^ egg laying is due first and
foremost to the breeding up of three
strains of White Leghorns — Oregon
Agricultural College, Tancred and
Hollywood. In a month's time she
tried hard to find a single important
t'RfiT producing flock that was built on
some other stock than one or more
of these three strains — and couldji't
find one. Every successful egg far-
mer had used blood from somo if
these sources. All three breeders had
built their strains on unremitting
trapnest work, and rigid culling for
productive and reproductive qualities.
She says the two are different. You
bet they are! Two of the best birds
I am breeding from this year (half
sisters they are) haven't given m*? a
chick either this year or la.st, and
they will get no more chances. They
produce to beat the band, but they do
not reproduce for a cent. And
wouldn't it almost break your heart
to have a hen lay 181 eggs her second
year, all 28 and 29 ounce eggs, she
herself weighing eight and one-
quarter pounds and fed a low protein
mash without lights — then not have
her eggs hatch? But to get back lo
Mrs. Whitaker. She says another
thing that struck me like a blow in
the face, almost: "Here and there a
few breeders of Rocks, Reds and Wy-
andottes are working by the same
breeding methods to put the lay into
their flocks, and they are succeeding
with almost incredible rapidity when
tKey disregard the Standard." (The
emphasis is mine, not hers.) Some
may think that means the Standard
is against heavy laying, but not so.
Simply you can breed for one thing,
and get it much quicker than you
can breed for two things and get
them. And breeding for Standard
requirements is not breeding for one
additional thing, it is breeding for
several: color and type, anyway, and
probably something for head points,
wide feather, and other minor con-
siderations, too. Of course it is
easier to get eggs and hatchability
than to get them, along with, at the
same time, color and shape and feath-
ers and good combs, and the rest of
it. But breeders there are, who re-
cognize the value to the industry of
Standard breed characteristics, and
who love fowls enough so that they
will never be satisfied to have any but
good lookers which are good layers
as well. Like bringing up the child to
be well educated and strong of body
— you could do a more thorough job
of either alone, of course, and "get
there" much quicker, (h)
June, 1924
CONTROLLING SUMMER
PARASITES
(Continued from page 529)
present in any considerable number,
^11 very seriously injure the health
of the birds. Since they are on the
birds all of the time, each individual
bird must be treated to bring about
an eradication. Two methods are ■
available; one the so-called sodium
fluoride method of treatment, and the
other the blue ointment method. |
Sodium fluoride is a fine powder in
the nature of an internal poison. It \
is dusted into the feathers and down
around the abdomen, under the
wings, along the breast and in the
region of the neck. The abdominal
section is the most important, how-
ever. The birds should be treated
in this way at least twice a year, and
if lice are especially abundant, two
treatments in the spring and two in
the fall, about a week or two apart,
will be necessary. Another method
quite commonly used to control these
irritating parasites is to use blue oint-
ment, which is a mixture of mercuric
ointment and vaseline, half and half.
A particle of this material about as
big as a pea is rubbed into the down
and feathers just below the vent,
where the lice will eat considerable
quantities of it when in search of
moisture. It is a violent stomach poi-
son, killing them quickly. One an-
nointing in the spring and one in the
fall will usually keep these parasites
reduced to a minimum. Look some
of your birds over occasionally, espe-
cially during the summer, and see
that they are free from lice. If
many are present, they should be
treated immediately by one of the
above methods.
Destroy the Scaly Leg Mite
Another quite injurious insect in
the poultry flock is the scaly leg mite.
These are not as common or as in-
jurious as the above mentioned para-
sites, nor does their presence in a
moderate number injure the bird as
seriously. They injure the appear-
ance of the bird more than her health,
although if present in abundance
they do considerable damage, often
making the birds lame. As the name
implies, these are a small minute
mite, which bores under the scales of
the shanks, throwing off a calcareous
deposit, which builds up layer by
layer, until the leg is mir.shapen.
These are more common in old poul-
try houses, among aged birds. Any
evidence of scaly leg mites should
be promptly noted and all affected
birds treated immediately, by bathing
the legs in crude oil and kerosene,
equal parts. Where the cases to be
treated are quite far advanced and
excessive accumulations of calcare-
ous deposits have been formed, it will
be necessary to let the birds stand in
warm water, and remove much of
these deposits by scraping with a dull
knife or sharp stick before applying
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
553
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Hens must have strong constitutions to be big protlucors and
Chicatine will produce the constitutions they need.
Chicatine will develop broilers more quickly and heavier with-
out the los.ses which occur when th»'y are forced too much without
receiving in the feed all the elements to maintain their health and
vigor.
You will make more money from your broiUrs when Chicatine
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If your dealer doesn't have Chicatine, ask us for sample, feetl-
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BALTIMORE. MARYLAND
the oil. Two or three treatments
about a week or two apart, are neces-
.sary in advanced ca.ses to bring about
a cure. From the standpoint of
health of the birds, and the attractive
appearance of your flock, keep the
.scaly leg mites under control.
The Dangerous Internal Parasite*
The external parasites of poultry
are bad enough, but of greater eco-
nomic importance, because of their
ability to cause great losses, are the
internal parasites, especially the
round worms and tape worms. These
parasites infect the birds at any time
during their life, when they are al-.
lowed to run on old infected yards.
The intermedium host of these para-
sites is probably the earth worm,
which enables the carrying of an in-
fection from year to year. The first
evidence of worm infestation is an
emaciation and a general condition
of debility. To make sure of the
diagnosis, before treatment is given,
a bird .should be killed and the in-
testines .slit, and the round worms and
tape worms will usually be found 'n
the upper part of the intestinal tract.
The presence of only a few is evi-
dence enouph that worm control mea-
sures should be promptly applied.
There is probably nothing better than
the tobacco treatment, which should
be applied as follows, being sure to
see that a good uniform grade of
tobacco is used, which has a substan-
tial nicotine content in it.
The treatment for worms is divided
into two distinct parts, first an emer-
gency treatment, which is designed to
rid the birds of most of the active
worms which are then in their intes-
tinal tract. This consists of giving
them a moist mash at ten o'clock in
the morning which is composed of
ordinary dry mash mixed with tobacco
tea to a moist, crumbly consistency.
The tobacco tea is made by boiling
one pound of tobacco stems in water
for at least two hours. The birds
.should be given no other feed what-
soever during the morning previous
to the feeding of this wet mash. The
feeding of this tobacco mash .should
be followed five hours later, with a
moist ma.sh mixed with a solution of
Epsom salts, dissolving one pound of
Epsom salts in water for each one
hundred birds to be treated. They
should be given no other feed than
here specified during the day that
this emergency treatment is given.
Then for about a month following
this emergency treatment, it is well
to put into your regular dry mash,
which is kept before the birds all of
the time, tobacco dust at the rate of
two per cent of the ma.sh mixture.
This should bring about complete
elimination of the worms.
Avoid Coccidiosis in the Growing
Stock
The poultrj-man must be keenly on
the alert to anticipate the ravages of
parasites or disease of any kind if he
is to succeed. One of the common
causes of losing chicks in the summer
is through coccidiosis, which is an in-
testinal infection of coccidia. which
if allowed to progress unhindered
causes serious losses among the grow-
ing pullets and cockerels. It is a
disease accompanying intensive meth-
ods of rearing. The common symp-
toms are a loss of weight, and emacia-
tion, the disappearance or a fading
of yejlow pigment in shanks, beak,
etc., and a general listlessness and
lack of ambition. The birds stand on
the perches or on the floor with their
heads buried in the feathers at the
side of their body. When evidence is
present that coccidiosis is affecting
your birds, move the birds immedi-
ately to a clean range, or if that is
impossible, plow the yards to turn
under the filth and to expose new
clean soil. Give Epsom .salts in a moist
mash at the rate of one pound of
salts to every four hundred pounds
of live weight chicken. Starve the
birds by cutting down their grain ra-
tion about one-half their given
amount, and give them nothing but
wheat bran as a dry mash, for a few
days. This starving process is an
important keynote in eliminating this
disease. Lastly, put in the drinking
water for from ten days to two weeks,
a solution of copper sulphate or blue-
stone made up of dissolving one
ounce of copper sulphate in ten
gallons of water. Clean out the
brooder house frequently, spray and
replace with dry, clean litter. These
are but a few of the problems which
the poultryman has to contend with
in the way of summer parasites af-
fecting the birds. They are among
the most important, however, and the
elimination of these will go a long
ways towards insuring healthy birds,
.satisfactory production and a profit-
able flock.
THE ORPINGTONS
(Continue<l from ]•«;?•• 5.'5;J)
to select the combs of breeders. He
would put leg bands on the pullets
that had the proper type of comb
when in full lay, only these were used
as breeders after a year old. In
breeding Buff' Cochins he would se-
lect size and comb formation when
the pullets were laying and he would
select from these when a year old for
Cochin form, comb and plumage
color. He bred from hens only and
the hens he bred from must have size,
shape, leg band for good comb when
a laying pullet, a good comb as a hen,
also good plumage both surface and
under-color. He sold me the first
pair of good breeders I ever had. A
cockerel and a hen. He trusted me
for Ihem and I paid ten dollars down
and five dollars a month. This out
of my small pay as a boy in a drug
store.
Those who hope to have a strain
of fowls of any kind can have them
only as a result of equal care in se-
lecting and breeding. It is best never
to breed from a hen or a pullet that
has a bad comb when in full lay and
when the comb of a male shows any
defect whatsoever do not use him as
a breeder unless you are willing to
take the risk of having bad combs in
your flock.
I went to Sedalia, Mo., many years
ago to either the fir.st or second state
show. I was then to lecture, to
judge and to speak at a banquet. It
was a score card show. Russel,
Branch and others of the former day
judges were there. I watched their
work for a time, then began on a
splendid lot of White Orpingrtons.
They were fine of size, shape, color
and comb. In comparison with some
White Plymouth Rocks they would
really score 150. I stood for quite a
while looking at these two lots of
fowls. Not one of the Orpingrton pul-
lets went below 95. One pullet as I
remember went 97. The males had
straw color on surface, the one in
charge said sunburn. I said no and
and told them that we would talk it
over at the hotel.
The methods followed by that man
and by one or two others can be ap-
plied to any fowl with white plumage.
Hatch a lot of chicks with hens. Let
them run continually out in the open,
in the rain and sunshine. Select the
cockerels and pullets that have the
most perfect white plumage. Breed
from them, treat the chicks from them
in some way, also continue the same
treatment of the older ones. Within
three years you will have white fowls
by selection that will be pure white
and that will produce white chicks.
This kind of treatment goes faster
with fowls that have pinkish white
skin than it will with fowls that have
yellow skin. This same kind of
treatment brought the present type
of comb and plumage color to White
Leghorns.
The Standard description for body
formation of the Orpington now de-
scribes what the breeders of this fowl
claim to be the best for egg produc-
tion and for exhibition. The strain
of BuflF Orpingtons that were in the
North American egg laying contest
has also been successful in the show
pen. There are other strains of both
White and Buff Orpingtons that win
prizes and that lay well, in fact that
lay a lot of eggs. We know full well
that only one hen in about every ten
. million of all hens in the States have
laid anywhere near to 300 eggs. We
know that hens to lay well must be
bred, fed and cared for in a way that
will induce heavy laying. We also
know that the men and women be-
hind the hens are .fully one-half the
game. This is true with horses that
run or trot, also with cows for milk
and butter.
An acquaintance of mine paid
$25.00 for twenty-five eggs from
White Orpingtons. I was at his home
about Thank.sgiving time. This was
.>:t//,
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SHANTZ^S ANCONAS
AND WATERFOWL
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Drat. 13 WASHINGTON. D. C.
six years ago. He had nine pullets
and some cockerels. These were run-
ning with three turkeys, two geese
and five ducks. I induced him to sell
the geese and ducks to a huckster;
to kill the turkeys, one of which I
bought and took home. He gave me
three of the pullets which I sent to a
friend. I also sent a letter asking my
friend to wash the pullets and to
trapnest them. He is an expert, or
was an expert at such work with Huff
and White Orpingtons. All of these
pullets laid well. One laid 216 eggs
from December first to November
first, eleven months. We then got
her in shape for a January show
where she won first and color special
and was sold for $25.00. The man
who kept her needed the money.
There are no differences as to what
is white or what is black in Orping-
tons. There is, however a lot of dif-
ference among both breeders and
judges as to buff color. There is one
strain of Buffs that wins continually
wherever shown. The one who
handles them, who breeds them, and
who prepares them for the show pen
and who looks after them in the show
room is a star performer at the art.
If he continues to show them for a
much longer time. Buff Orpingtons
will go back and they will not be seen
so much in the show pen. The faded
out lemon shade of buff, as they call
it in England, if continued in will set
all buff varieties into the background.
If those who champion the Orping.
ton will continue to demand the
proper size, shape, form, feather,
comb and color for all varieties they
will continue to hold a strong position
in the world of poultry. They have
every quality required for the very
best general purpose fowls. They can
be bred successfully for the triple
purpose of eggs, meat and exhibition.
They are beautiful of both form and
color. All they need is that a sane,
sensible method be followed in their
handling and they will go on con-
tinually for better things.
It was my misfortune not to be
able to see any of the last winter
shows. I was absent from New York
for the first time since 1890. I have
not as yet ceased to regret this but
one's health is about all we have and
I am now far better than when I
came South the first of November,
last, and it may be that I must go
South again for another winter. If
so I must be content another year
with Toronto, Syracuse and Allen-
town fall fair poultry displays.
Tke Experiment Station
(f*«>ntinue<l frinn |»tt|fe .')37)
Reds, entered by Fernside Farm, at
Attleboro, Mass., won the red ribbon
for second prize for the month with
a production of 238 eggs. The third
prize ribbon goes to a pen of Rhode
Island Reds, entered by H. P. Dem-
ing, of Winsted, Conn., who.se birds
laid a total of 216 eggs. A pen of
White Rocks, entered by H. F. Bar-
ber, of Dover, Mass., however, tied
with the pen of Rhode Island Reds
owned by Mr. Deming, and conse-
quently, according to the rules of the
contest, the ribbon was given to the
pen whose eggs weighed the most.
The ten leading individuals and
their records to date are as follows:
are in excellent condition and judg-
ing from present conditions, tlw re is
no reason why the production should
not average over 60% for the momh
of May.
The high pen for the month was
Pen No. 47, a pen of Single Comb
White Leghorns, owned by L. C.
Beall, Jr., of Vashon, Wash., with a
production of 502 eggs. The high
pen for the month was Hen No. 46-5
owned by The Hoehn Farm, 126
Dykeman St., Brooklyn, N. Y., wth
a production of .10 eggs, a perfect
score. The high pen to date is Pen
No. 56, owned by the Circle (\V)
Hreod
TihtKle I. slant] Ht'd
Rhode Island R«*d
\Vhitp L»»ifhorii
Rhode Inland Red
Rhode Islami Rfd
IChode Island Red
While Leghorn
White Leghorn
Rhoile Islutul Red
White Lezhorri
Hi
•n No.
.'>on
.'>01
H2:;
504
.'iO.-i
796
h;<m
4.12
H21
Plare
No. Ert*
Attleboro, Ma.ss.
l.'>9
Attleboro, Ma.sR.
1.51
North Hranch. N. .1
l.')l
.Spencer. Mass.
147
Attleboro, Ma.ns.
146
Attleboro. Mas.s.
14.5
.Suffield. Conn
14'.
North Hranch. N. .1.
141
AmherHt, Ma.-*"*.
143
North Rran.h. N. .1
142
Bergen County International Egg
Laying Contest
During the month of April, the
production at the Bergen County In-
ternational Egg Layng Contest was
39,924 eggs or 66.24 'r for the month.
The total to date was 135,974, or an
average of 37.4 ';^r from the first of
November through to April 30. Ex-
pressed in another way, the produc-
tion for the month of April was 20
eggs per bird, making the production
to date 68 eggs per bird. The binls
Farm, Gates Mill, O., with a produc-
tion of 1,927 eggs, while the hi;rh
hen to date is 7-17, a Barred Rock.
owned by L. Lafferty, Englewood, N.
J., with a production of 148 eggs.
The longest continuous individual
production to date has been made by
Bird No. 47-7, owned by L. C. Beall,
Jr. This bird laid 38 eggs without
mi.ssing a day.
The following tables give the high
pens, and high hens in each breed for
the month.
June, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
557
Pen
4
14
17
47
Breed
B. p. Rock
W. Wyan.
R. I. R.
W. Leg.
Owner and Address
W. H R. Kent. Cazenovia, N Y
F. A. Woodward. Lamlertvillp. N. .1.
Cedar View Poultry Farm. Hridfrevill.>
L. O. Beall. Jr.. Vashon. Wa^h. .
1>.
Hen
2 14
8 12
1212
17 12
46 5
Breed
n. P. R.
B. P. R.
W. Wyan.
R. I. R.
W. Ijeg.
Owner and Address
Garret W. Buck. Colts Ne<k. N. J
Ontario Apricultural CoUeice, tivielpl). 0'.\t
Walnut Crt-st Poultry Farm. Little Kiver.
Cedar View Poultry Farm. Bri<lge\ iiU«. Dol
The Hoehn Farm, Brooklyn. N. V. .
. Canmln
Conn.
Production
41f«
r.o2
rro<luction
21>
29
'-'■<
The ten highest pens for the month
are as follows:
sumed were very nearly the same.
The feed cost varied from $.148 per
Pen
56
4f<
43
47
51
63
64
44
65
42
Breed
W. Lee
Leg.
LCR.
Le,:.
Le»f.
Leir.
Leg.
Le-.
Leg.
Leg.
W.
W.
W.
W.
W.
W.
W.
W.
W.
Owner and A«l<lress
Cirtle (W) Farm. (Jntos Mill. (). ...
Hollywood Poultry Farm. Hollywood.
Wellward Farm. Ea.st Svtftukft.' L. I .
L. C. Beall. Jr.. Vashon. Wash
Windy Br.iw Farms. Newton. N. .1
C. T. Darhy. North Branch. N. J
W. C. Kckard. Paw Paw,
Barlow Le;:horn Farm. Supar
S. Olsen, Westwood. N. J. .
Ameling Farms, RoHa, Mo. .
W.i>h.
N Y
Mich . .
Grov»\
Pa
rr<Mi\irtioii
1.1»J7
l.!»i>2
l.f»s7
t
1
1
1
I
^7.'
H74
S3'.
7"»'i
1.722
The ten highest individuals to date,
through the end of April, are as fol-
lows:
Hen
Breed
7 17
B.
P. R.
65 1
W.
Leg.
4 5
B.
P. R.
61 7
W.
Leg-
86 15
W.
Leg.
64 3
W.
Leg.
4817
W
Lee.
51 12
W.
I^g.
86 .5
W.
Leg.
47 4
W.
Leg.
N. J.
J
Owner and Address
L. I>aflFertv. Englewooil
S. OLsen. Westwood. N. J
W. IL B. Kont, Cazenovia. N. Y
Windy Brow Farms, Newton. N
Dr. J. S. Nief. Flemington. N. J. .
W. C. Eckard. Paw Paw, Mich.
Hollywood Poultry Farm. HollywootI
Windy Brow Farms Newton. N. .1
Eigenrauch & DeWinter, Red Bank.
L. C. Beall. Jr., Vashon. Wash
bir«l for the Plymouth Rocks, to $.188
for the Houdans, while the number of
eggs per l)ird varie<l from 17.6 eggs
Production
. . . 14S
142
137
13 3
133
132
12H
12S
1 2 7
127
\Va-
N.' .1
The following table shows the
amount of mash and grain consumed
per bird for each breed, together
with the feed cost and number of
eggs per bird. It will be noted that
the amounts of mash and grain con-
per !)ird for the Wyandottes to 19.3
for the Leghorns. The co.<t of feed-
ing was lower for all breeds during
April than it was the previous month,
except in the case of the Houdans,
which was .8 of a cent higher.
A prize winning Buff Plymouth Bock female ««»• winner of note
during the seaahn of 1923 24. Bred, owned and exhlbltwl by Luther
Beyer, Hmover. Pa.
Potter Red ybi It Poultry Houses
Don't Build
Y<'U c.in buy th« fa-
moua I'utter I'ortable
Hoviiim, Coona and
RouAtinjr and Nedtiax
Kquipineot cheaper
than y>)U can build.
Easy ta mC ap ami taha
ComplotelTcnneTy Outtita ^rooaUi.neata,
ate.) IS up. Us«<<dovrrlO
years by thooaanda of ««
succeasf ul poultry
keepera. Nlakca it
•asytoatartnght. Cet
the best and anve
money. 8end4o(ttani;>a
for 1 M-paxe tiook. o«««n ts.«o
POTTEt a CO. 54 f arrat «««^
KtDlJCTlONS
Ro«» Comb Br»«-i*. SfRfl*
Camb Brtiwnt. 8lii«l« Caaa
Whlt»t RaM CoMb WmtM.
R*d*. Rock* and Whit* W»aa.
rfetir* S3 (HI Ct««. fl.IS;
ssoe. $2 50. t; 00. ii.M: 100
Utility Cm*. t7 00. .*VuU
f r ■»•» "t ,r
W. W KULP
t\n\ 60 Po(t«1»«a. r«
HIALBACFI'S
White Plymouth Rocks
*'The Proven Leaders**
HALF price: SALE
H. W. HALUACII Ai «ftONS
Box E-«. VVntgriorri. VVIia.
18,000 CHICKS WEEKLY
llrcl. I «'<-»ir.l »fi.| •'; ;'|x-l •■i«l r «t>l
8 C. Wbltt Ltt'tornt, luc 100. t' ,•
son. 9c 1.000. S C. Barrrd n—k,
Whito Rack. Ra«r C«Mb. Wyaa.
dottri. Rhod* litand RHt«. lie 100.
10' )C 5<>0. lOc 1.000. Heavy Brail-
•r*. tk too. •■ ,e 500. lOc 1.000.
I'W^ li»f arrival riaraiiU*«l Or-
<Jer iltrcHt (rutn (hi* a<l fur qul<-k
L. R. WALCK R R No 3 6RffNCA»TLC. PA.
Easy To Keep Chicks Growing
The aimplc methoda um-*1 by
ih<>uaan<l«uf •itrrrnsful poultry rai*
.•r« ar«. f>uilln<>il i n a N«*w ¥'rxr ll«x4i .
l><>Uara ftmi Hrn»r m th« l'»ulirir
liiinmraa " !• II* Im>w tu atart puf
Irta laying earlier, horar to prrvcnl
li<-« aiMi mit««, h"» I" ••»• f»"<l. ►><■<■ ••■
mall* bl«a«r proAta. •!( (*•«! I'aCa
If , 'U *r (• «> • AiUit»m».
kmmktn Poultry School. D«p' 1220. <!•■••• City. W^
RHODE ISLAND REDS
.miiijl.' «' rn) . Onrr. Farm Siram
LAVWELL FARM. Reuta I. B»a»»f %9ri»9*. ^a.
Wf a-«- • W N .|U! S Mfil-r, (,.r I.' wprkt tihl \VhU»
I..ghorri tmllfU at 11.50 ra«-tt ; jrarllng h"«»t. tl »
■rxl SI SU ra<<»i All our at—* ha* farm fAiiga and
r.rr«l for e»t a h-aty r«c prtwlu.-tit.n WhUa Intiian
Ki'ifrr lnj.xilfi««. 12'. 00 per JOO
IDYLDtLL FAilM WOLCOTT. W V
••SLJREKIOR"
GOLDEN CAMPINES
y.tli-> li«if l-no aji I I rv.-.! r.c .I-"* at T-lu'T.! |i»tf»«.
0 o BATTLES. Bo« E. WELUWOTOW. O.
RAYIME BROS.
ROSE and SINGLE COMB RHODE ISUND REDS
<'ttt«l'ij:u»> (r«>«
PAYNE BROS.. Box E. PORTLAND. COKH.
HALL'S BUFF ROCKS
Np* Y.rh Htat* Fair flaa Br*«4iaf tttk.
EDWARD r HALL. R F D I ERIE. PA.
Ta»rrrd flilral*
S. C. WHITE LEGHORFSia
rorfe*rr<a H M. •!• W PwltoU If M. liaO;
P«na. Trtoc IUU*»ln« Kta^ Brntrj Chlrba
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
June, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
559
Ko. of Bird*
•J 52
84
les
1,575
SI
Breed
Pljmouth Rock*
White Wyandotte*
Rhode Island Red*
Iy4>fhora*
Houdan*
Grain, lbs.
Masli. lbs.
.1.25
3.61
3.02
3.56
8.21
2.87
3.68
3.70
3.25
8.36
Feed Co»t
.148
.154
.163
.154
.188
18.8
17.6
16.9
19.3
18.1
Especial attention is called to the
fact that during the month the high-
est production was obtained for a sin-
gle pen, that has ever been nmde at
New Jersey's Contest with 20 bird
pens. This production of 126 eggs
for the week made by L. C. Beall's
pen of White Leghorns sets a new
record, therefore. The previous rec-
ord was 123.
Vtn*Und International Egg Laying
and Breeding Contest
Production at the Vineland Inter-
national Egg Laying and Breeding
Contest during the month of April
was lO^c higher than during the pre-
vious month. The total number of
eggs produced through April 30 was
21,303 eggs, or a production of
63.3 '^c . This is equivalent to 19 eggs
per bird through the month. The
production to date stands at 67,590
eggs or an average of 31.9% since
November 1, which is equivalent to
68.2 eggs per bird.
The high pen for the month was
Pen No. 73, owned by Henry Rapp,
Jr., Farmingdale, N. J., with a pro-
duction of 303 eggs. Two hens were
tied for high individual honors for
the month, each making a 100% pro-
duction, or 30 eggs. They are num-
bers 63-1 owned by The Kerr Chick-
eries, Inc., Frenchtown, N. J., and
92-5 owned by E. A. Ballard, Chest-
nut Hill, Pa. The longest continuous
production to date has been made by
number 65-17, owned by The Hoehn
Farm, Brooklyn, N. Y. This bird has
laid 36 eggs without missing to date.
The following tables show the
highest pens, and hens for the month
in the various breeds represented:
The ten highest individuals to date
are a.s follows:
Owner and Address
ord production for three weeks in
succession.
The Michigan International Egg
Laying Contest
At the completion of its first six
months, or half year milestone, the
Hen lireed
1618 R. I. R.
7 12 H. V. R.
17 1 R. I. R.
5 20 H. p. R.
62 9 W. Leg.
39 3 W. Leg.
18 8 R. I. R.
27 6
38 7
20 6
J. B. G.
W. Lee.
R. L R.
Production
Englewood Poultry & Pet .Stork A.ssociation. Knfflewood, X. .1 1.12
Norfolk Specialty Farms. St. WilliainH. C)iit . Canada 13o
Knglowood Poultry & Pet Stork Axsociation. Knglewood. N. J lid
The Kerr Chitkerien. Inc.. .Springfield. Muss 121
Hollywood Poultry Farm, Hollywood. Wu«^li 120
Columbia Poultry Farm. Toms River. N .1 117
Ktjon Poultry Farm. So. Vinelatnl. N I US
R L. Stotesbury k Marry Farms. Marlboro. N J 115
Lewis N. Clark. Port Hope, Ont., Canada lU
Maple Farm, Crosswicks. N. J ^^3
The table that follows, shows the
amount of ma.sh and grain consumed
per bird for the various breeds as
well as the feed cost per bird and the
number of eggs per bird for the
month. It will be noted that there
was considerable more grain fed than
mash, in some cases twice as much,
while the feed cost averages from
19.7 cents per bird for the Wyan-
dottes to 23.6 cents for the Black
Giants. The White Plymouth Rocks
were only one-tenth of a cent behind
the Black Giants. The production
averages from 15.2 eggs per bird for
the White Pl>Tnouth Rocks to 20.3
^Se^ per bird for the White Leg-
horns.
•N'o.
Bird*
79
14
23
109
35
795
Breed
Barred Plymouth Rocks
NVhitf Plymouth Rocks
While Wyandotte*
Rhode Island Red.^
.Jfrsey Black Oianta
White Leghorna
Attention is called to the fact that
Pen 73, owned by Henry Rapp, Jr.,
Farmingdale, N. J., for three weeks
.straight equalled our previous highest
record for weekly single pen produc-
tion with a production of 74 eggs.
This is the highest production for a
week that has ever been obtained for
12 bird pens at New Jersey's Contests
and while this production was ob-
p«ll
Bre«4
T8
10 W
W
. P.
Ro^'
4 D.
P.
Rock
•« J
B.
Oiant
18
R. 1
[ R«d
•4 W.
Wyau.
Hen
•
Breed
•3-1
W
L*«-
92 5
W
Le«
7-20
B.
P. R.
10 6
W.
P. R.
10-8
W.
P. R.
1013
W.
P. R.
10-4
R.
I. R.
29 -4
R.
I. R
94- 1
R.
I. R.
96- 11
J.
B. O.
96 12
J.
B. O.
14 14
W.
Wyan.
94 7
W.
Wyan.
94 12
w.
Wyan.
The ten hi
AS follows:
Pen
Breed
•2
w
L««.
7 B P
Rock
98
w
. Lee.
44
w
- Ler
72
4 F
w
. p
R<IS
8 B
I. p
. Rock
T4
w
. Lee.
99
w
. 1>^«
T7
w
Le«.
Owner and Addreaa
Henry Rapp, Jr., Farmingdale. N. J
The Training School, Vineland. N. J
W. H. B. Kent Caienovia. N. Y
Wilburtha Poultry Farm, Trenli»n .lumtiun. N. .1.
Etjon Poultry Farm. So. Vineland. N. 1
D. O. Ditmar, JopUn, Mo
Production
30T
273
255
233
232
223
Owner and Address Production
The Kerr Chickerie*. Inc.. Frenchtown. N. .1 30
E. A. Ballard. Cheatnut Hill. Pa 30
Norfolk Speciiilty Parmh. 8t. William*. Ont.. Canada 29
The Training School. Vineland. N .1 26
The Training School. Vineland. N J 26
The Training School, Vineland. N. J 26
Maple Farm, Croaswicka. N. J 26
Dr. O. M. Sneed. Oolumbia. Mo 26
Alfred Tipping. Knglewood. N. .1 26
Wilbortha Poultry Farm. Trent«m .Junction. N. .1 26
Wilburiha Poultry Farm. Trent«»n .1 unction. N. .1 . 26
Auguat WeiM. Upper Saddle River. N. J 24
D. O. Witmer. Joplin. Mt» 24
D. O. Witmer. Joplin. Mo 21
tained four years ago, this is the first
time that a pen has ever made a rec-
Owner and Addre«s
Hollywood Poultry Farm. Hollywood. Wan
Norfolk Snecialty Farmn. St. Williams. On
Lewis N. Clark. Port Hope, Ont., Canada
0. T. Darby. North Branch. N. J
Novint Pojltry Farm, Tom* River. N. J. .
W. H. B. Kent. Caienovia. N. Y
A. O. JontR. Geiirgetown. Del
8. Olaen. Weatwood. N. J
Fred J. MathewK. Lambertville. N. J. .
8. C. Price. Hasleton, Pa
h
t.. Canada
Production
944
941
H75
8.52
852
84.'>
844
831
828
827
Michigan Competition shows a mater-
ial increase over the previous year.
The total number of eggs laid at the
East Lansing competition up to April
30, 1923, was 71,954 eggs, while
one year later, April 30, 1924,
the same number of birds had
laid 75,269 eggs. The ten high
birds in the competition for the first
six months were all White Leghorns,
the highest record for the six month
period being 141 eggrs. Leghorns at
the Michigan Contest are making a
wonderful record this year and are in
practically all cases, leading all other
varieties. The following table shows
the per cent production for each
breed at the contest for the last week
Grain, lbs.
5.72
5.76
5.25
5.48
5.46
5.79
MaHh. lbs.
2.25
3 07
2.22
2 39
3.65
2.80
Feed Cost
.21
.235
.197
.207
.236
.212
Ergs
18 1
15.2
18.6
16.14
18.2
2W.3
POULTRY ON THE RADIO
(Continued from page 536)
room all is silent. The side walls
and ceiling are hung with heavy
plush draperies to prevent echoes.
There is a piano at one end of the
room and the announcer's station in
the other. The microphone used by
of April, or the week ending April
30:
Barred Rocks 31. S*/'©
Hhode Island Rc-ls 38.7%
Wyandottes ^3.0%
MiHcellaneous 36.0%
Anconas ^'i q^"
White Leghorns 48.8Vo
A Comparison of High Pens
On April 30, or at the half way
point, the leading pen at each contest
carries considerable interest to us.
Connecticut leads with a pen of
Rhode Island Reds having laid 1,346
eggs; Michigan is second with a pen I
of White Leghorns, having laid 1,282
eggs; New York Stete Egg Laying |
Contest is next with a pen of White
Leghorns, having laid 1,040 eggs;
Bergen County Contest is next with
a pen of White Leghorns, having laid
1,927 eggs, but since there are
twenty birds in a pen, reducing this
to the terms of other contests, it
gives the equivalent production for a
ten-bird pen of 964, and then comes
Vineland, with a pen of White Leg-
horns, having laid 944 eggs.
I
the speaker, singer or player can be
moved about at will. Sometimes the
piano player will have it on the floor.
Other time.-^ he will have it on the
stand near the piano. Speakers
generally have it on a pedestal so
they can stand up to it. The picture
with this article will give you a good
idea of what the microphone looks
like. It is a round instrument about
four inches in diameter. The front
and back are covered with a fine
screen, but it .^^ure has keen ears. If
you even breathe heavy, or clear your
throat, your audience can hear it.
During the services of the Sunday
evening club that are always broad-
casted from Chicago, you can even
hear the coins dropped in the plate
when they take the collection. Should
the speaker happen to sneeze the
world might think there was an earth-
quake.
One has a peculiar feeling when he
first talks on one. You cannot see
anybody or hear anything. You
might tell a funny story but as no-
body can be heard to laugh and no
Mniles are seen you wonder whether
they got it or not. Many prominent
actresses and actors who have faced
thousands of people in their daily
work, get very much stage frightened
at their first meeting with the micro-
phone.
It is a great work. You will enjoy
it and appreciate it if you will just
listen in. We understand that Prof.
Harry Lewis is also broadcasting once
in a while from Providence, R. I.
Others put on a poultry talk now and
then, but Edgar L. Bill, manager of
the WLS programs, is entitled to a
lot of credit for the recognition he
has given poultry in their big work
being carried on by the Agricultural
Foundation. Mr. Bill is a farm
raised man and has been in agricul-
tural work all his life. He knows
the farmers and their problems and
Sears-Roebuck are to be congratu-
lated in getting a man of this kind to
arrange and handle these farm pro-
grams. Mr. Bill's most recent con-
nection was with the Illinois Agri-
cultural Association, which is the Illi-
nois Farmers' organization. Samuel
H. Guard is the general manager or
managing director of the Agricultural
Foundation and he, too, is an experi-
enced agricultural man, and the
chicken men of this country can and
should appreciate his recognition of
poultry in this work.
If you should tune in on WLS and
enjoy the fine programs they are
broadcasting, just drop Mr. Bill a
line. Just address Edgar L. Bill,
WLS Broadcasting Station. Chicago,
III. If you like the agricultural talks
or any particular line of them, tell
him so and he will be glad to arrange
for more. Let's help keep poultry on
the air by dropping Mr. Bill a line.
Since writing the above, I find that
our old friend Walter E. Stanfield,
now located at Minneapolis, Mini:.,
Don't be too clever
In
a Trade in Chickens
^i^
LORD FARMS Leghorns day-old
Chicks can now be bought for
$17.00 PER 100
When you buy chicks for 12 cents or
less, figure out whether they are going
to be cheap or not.
Be sure that you are getting a bargain
June Chicks cannot waste any time
if they are going to be profitable, but
on the other hand properly handled
they can be made the most profitable
of the year.
Mr. Poultryman: If you have been
disappointed in your hatches or in the
way your chicks have lived, try once
more this month on LORD FARMS
advice, and we believe you will come
through pretty well.
LORD FnRnS methuen. mass.
PURE BRED BIG VALUE CHICKS
Best payinir tUndard varieties from hMlthr. fr»« range. utiUiy floekt Mrefully in
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Whlt« Plymouth Kodu
White ()rpln«toiii
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THE MONMOUTH STRAINS
SINGLE COMB WHITE AND BUFF LEGHORNS
BABY CHICKS AND HATCHING EGGS
Uens now mated .nd am re.dy now to .end either CUICK8 or EUU8 of the
noted MonoK.uth Straini. I'rice Lint on rwiueat
WHITES won Best Di«pl«y at MineoU end lirropateed end Three Flrelt at
Ncwerk. ^ ^i
uiTKFq For yeeri our Buffs h»ve iitood •upreme — Beet Dieploj et Medlaoa
Squere—Mo^Firtt; Then All Competitor. Combined »t New York Bteto Feir. Mioeole.
Hempeteed end Newark.
MONMOUTH POULTRY FARM
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has been broadcasting poultry talks
from Station WLAG, Minneapolis,
since September, 1922, and as he is
still giving these talks along with
other prominent poultrymen, we do
not wish to make any claim on being
the original poultr>* brmidcasters.
SOME REMARKS ON
REARING THE SEXES
SEPARATELY
(Continued from page 535)
say. Exercise the males must have
but only enough exercise to keep
them in good bodily condition and
they can get a lot of exercise in a
yard of comparatively small propor-
tions.
As soon, therefore, as the cockerels
begin to .«*how comb and wattles or
as soon as they are seen to begin to
pay attention to the females; they
should be placed in a confined range,
not small, but not too large and
from then on they should be kept
away from the sight of all females
and fed a good forcing ration.
If the plant is not large enough
to provide two large ranges the males
may be kept in comparatively small
yards, provided there is enough green
food and shade and also provided that
large males arc not allowed to run
with small males — the males must be
sized up and kept sized up or there
will be trouble. Should the oldest
males become a nuisance among the
other males they may be taken out
and confined in yards where say ten
or fifteen only can run together. If
one has a cockerel house for his best
males they may be placed in this in
pairs. This is ideal but cannot be
managed on most places.
In the meantime the pullets will be
unmolested; will have all the exercise
they desire, which is what they need
and will be as happy and contented
as possible. They will be coming
along by easy stages to a well-round-
ed development of body and they will
not begin to lay until they are well-
matured and ready to do so.
Whatever the size of the poultry
plant this scheme of dividing and
separating the sexes should be pro-
vided for and no more chickens should
be raised than can be accommodated
in the plan. It is to be borne in
mind that the males will need very
much less room than the pullets, not
only because they do not need it but
also because there will be many less
males raised. As soon as males have
reached a weight of two pounds they
should be carefully culled and all
those which are not going to be used
by the breeder in his own operations
or sold for breeding purposes, should
be marketed at once. It is often the
care that the sale of surplus males
will pay the whole cost of raising the
good males and the puUetAlso.
SHOWS AND
ASSOCIATIONS
INTERNATIONAL BABY CHICK
ASSN. TO HOLD IMMENSE
CONVENTION AND EXPOSITION
The ninth annual convention of the
International Baby Chick Association
will }>(" held at the Edgcwater Beach
Hotel, Chicago, 111., on August 5, 6, 7
and 8, 1924. This will be the biggest
and most important convention which
the baby chick men of America have
ever held. It will in all probability
be one of the largest, if not the larg-
est, poultry exposition which has ever
been held in the United States. Dur-
ing the past year, the International
Baby Chick Association has doubled
its membership. It has extended its
sphere of influence until its activities
reach into practically every part of
the United States and many sections
of Canada. The baby chick industry
has grown by leaps and bounds until
today it represents one of the largest
and most important branches of the
whole poultry industry. The rapid
growth which the industry has made,
results continually in the development
of perplexing problems which must
be successfully solved if the business
is to develop along sound, substantial
and economic lines. It is expected
that the forthcoming convention at
Chicago will have far reaching effects
upon shaping the future development
of the chick business. A progrram is
being planned which will be extreme-
ly educational and instructive, and
which will contain a great deal of in-
terest to every baby chick producer,
whether commercial hatchery, com-
mercial poultry farm, or small spe-
cialty breeder. In connection with the
annual convention this year, a baby
chick exposition will be staged includ-
ing exhibits from firms producing
supplies which the baby chick pro-
ducer uses, such as incubators, brood-
ers, shipping boxes, etc. Plans are
under way to stage an exhibit of live
baby chicks representing some of the
more common breeds and varieties.
This is just a preliminary an-
nouncement so that you may know
just when this big meeting will be
held and so that you may reserve the
fir.^t week in August, in order that
you may take in this meeting. Four
days of education and thoughtful dis-
cussion which will result in the de-
velopment of plans to further the in-
terests of the International Baby
Chick Association, its members, and
the purchaser of chicks, as well as,
four days in which you can renew old
acquaintances and enjoy the frolics
and social program which the com-
mittee are planning. Tuesday, Wed-
nesday, Thursday and Friday, Au-
gust 5, 6, 7 and 8 are the days. The
Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, 111.,
is the place. It is doubtful if any
more congenial and suitably located
convention headquarters could be
chosen. Right on the shore of the
lake, sufficiently removed from the
hustle and bustle of the Loop district,
the convention this year is bound to
be eminently pleasing to everj'one.
Watch the columns of the poultry*
journals for more detailed informa-
tion.
For information regarding the
above convention or regarding any of
the activities of the International
Baby Chick Association, address the
President of the International Baby
Chick Association, Davisville, R. I.
UNITED BRAHMA CLUB
At ihe annual muctint; of the Kxecutivc
CouiHiittre oi the Ln>tf<i l^rahina Club of
Ameriia, held at luncheon «.n Thursday, dur-
ing th,» Madison Square Garden Show, a num-
ber of matters were decided whuh liave an
iniportniit bi-arinjc on club policy and which
.ire f>f unusual interest to the entire lirahma
fan< y.
The pet-retary made a report of current
<lub busines."*, which indicates both a remark-
ably energetic jirou'ram and an jtitense in-
terest in the breeti. This is particularly gig-
nificant in an organization which ha«l been in
existence for houiethinj; less than four
months. The first annual meet at Cleveland
proved to be the largest show of the year,
with over 200 entries. For this meet $179. UO
was offered in cash specials which w»re paid
before the close of the sljow. Al><> a beaut'-
ful trophy was offered by J. W. Shaw.
The secretary also reported that the club
is doinj; considerable work of a practical
nature in the matter of bringing prospective
buyers in contact with members wh<< are in
position to supply them. In one weeli 18
in«tuiries were so referre<i and the secretary
lias in his files a number of letters from ap-
pretiative breeders who have made substan-
tial sales thntujfh this medium. Work of this
nature, toy^ether with the cHmpaign for
lirahmn publicity is convincing many that the
higher membersiiip fee of this club is thor-
ousrhly justified.
In the interests of uniformity in show
room type it was decided to compile a list of
approved judges to officiate at all club shows
and to be available to all show organizations
which might be interested. This list is be
ing prepared an<l will shortly be forwariled
to the membershiit for revision or additions.
It was decided to hold tho next National
>reet at Hoston in January, in connection
with the 75th Anniversary .show. This is
highly ap|>ropriate in view of the close identi
fication of the Hrahma with the onrly founda-
tions of standard-bred poultry culture in
New England; and it is prn«ti«ally assured
that this event will stage the greatest Krahma
exhibit ever seen. — Oscar (J. Clogg, ."^ec'v.
Herea, O.
* • •
C. P. SCOTT TO JUDGE AT COLISEUM
V. P. Scott, Peoria. III., has consented to
judire a part of the Re<l clas* at the Coli
seuin, December 9 to 14. Tliis practically
eonipletes the list of judges for this year, and
for the information of the poultry men and
women who exhibit at this show we are giv
ing you the entire list as compiled to date.
Chas Bront, Ocononiowoc, Wis.. Cornish;
C. W. Carrick. Lafayette, Ind.. Production
Classes; (Jeo. Greenwoo<l. Lake Mills. Wis.
Orpinirtons; Oscar Grow. Cedar Falls. I* • *"
Waterfowl; I). T. Heimlich, Jacksonville. Ill-
Hose Coml» Rarred Rocks (Club Meeting):
Chiis. McClave. New London, O.. Anconai:
A. H. Kmch. Toledo, O . Hamburgs. ^\^l^te
Kociis, several other varieties; O. L. Mc-
Cord. Peoria. 111.. Minorcas; C. P. Scott.
Peoria. 111., a part of the Red class; W. E.
Cowen. Waterloo. la, Harred Rocks; Dan.
Young, Highland. N. Y.. all White Leg^
horns; Walter Young. Dayton. O., a part of
the Reds. Buff Wyandottes and several other
varieties; W. W. Zike. Morristown, Ind..
I..an>:slians and several other varieties; Her-
man Rikhoff, Tndianai)olis. Ind., Hrown Leg-
horns; D. A. Walker. Memphis. Mo., all Tur
keys; Floyd Purdy. Tomah. Wis.. Buff Leg-
horns; H. A. Nichols, Indianapolis. Ind.
Bantams. ,
Note — Classification is not complete, antt
some changes may be made from above li»»
and judges changed to conform to wish of
club members. Where breeds are not meii-
tioned we are waiting for information of cluo
secretaries, but the list of judges as named
here will stand and other breeds or varietiea
added when all reports are in.
Remember th»» dates. De-ember 9 to 14. '
premiu'n list, November 1 Kntries .lose
November 20 — Theo. Hewes. Sec'y, 2.> West
Washington St.. Indianapolis. Ind.
• * •
UNITED LEQHOEN CLUB
Fellow .Single Comb Brown Leghorn Fancier:
\t the re«'er'.t New York Show tliere was
formed the I'nited Leghorn Club. It i> to
include all \arieties of Leshorns. and from
such a fie'tl >» expe<'ted to gather several
thousand members, thereby having enough
«a-h in hand to emj)U>y an able man i»r
wonisn as Se<retary who will attend to the
Cluli ofti<e work in a business lik«' nuinner
and g*'' out a lot of publicity to boom \.f^£
horns in ceneral. • , t . ,
Miuh against my wishe>. I was elected
president. Henry P. M'Ke:i!i. a g od ciean
i.pi rtsman and fancier of Single Comb
Whites, vice j>resi«lent and M. L. Chapman,
temporary sei retary and irea^urer of the
tentative organization. The flub is to meet
ht the American Poultry As-o. iation Con
vention at Toronto next Aujjust to p.rfe< t it>
or>:iinization.
It Is planii'vl each year to h >Id s,.',,.ral
iiie.«ts in different sections of the country, by
whi'h arrangement many members will be
enabled to exhibit, who. from force of cirrum-
stances or location, could not do so were but
one jneet held. The initiation fee is .|:roo
and the annual dues $2.<io. W«m"t you send
nie your .he.k for $r».00 covering the initia
t. on fee and tirst year's due< and let me ha\e
the pleasure of putting you in as a cliarter
memoer ? I feel that later on you will want
to join anyway, and would like you to have
|h>' sati<-farlion of feeling that y«iu were one
of those who made the thing possible in the
first place.
I am very keen on what the United will
be able to do for the l»reed. It was not
organized in oppositiini to tho present Spe
cialty Cluhs, but more on the lines of biir
business of today. Consolidations and combi-
nation.<« tend to reduce the overhead and can
really accomi>lish more and better results
than s.'veral smaller units.
Naturally I want as many fanciers of the
Hrowns enrolled, as possible.
Thanking y< u in advan>e for your check
av.d CO operation, believe me to be
Sincerely vours,
WILM.XM KM, FRY BRIGHT.
* * •
AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIA-
TION ELECTION REPORT
The following results are shi>wti by the
report of the election commissioner: Presi
dent, Thos F. Rigg, Ft. U ayne. Ind ; vi.e
president, H. A. Nourv».. St Paul, .Minn.
Hoard of Directors; District N«). 2, M L.
Chapman. Trenton Junction, N. .1.; District
No 4. Ben. F. Adams. Charleston. S. C ; Dis
trict No. 6. E. C. Braueh. Lees Summit. Mo.;
District No. .S. J Will Bla kman. Los An-
geles. Cal.; Distri.t No. M. .lohn S. Martin.
I'orr Dover, Canada.
The complete report follows; President.
Thos. F. Rigg. l.'»!>9; vice (iresident. H. A
Xourse, 1,498; lt<)ard of Directors; District
N >. 2, M. L. Chai.mau. 2'J«.» ; District No. 4,
H^'n E. Adams. 147; Russell Palmer, 77;
District No ♦>, K C. Braneh. 'Joo; District
No. •< .1 Will Itla.kman. "M ; J. C. Williams,
•"il; K H. Buttler, A:\; District No. 10. John
8. .Martin. 19. — O. L. MrC«jrd, Election Com
missioner.
* * •
8TATE FAIR OF TEXAS POULTRY
SHOW HELD ANNUALLY AT DALLAS
This year. October 11 to 2r), inclusive,
plans are bein^ made for the poultry dei-art-
went and a large entry is expected at the
State Fa r of Texas, Dallas, Tex. The i>re
miurns cffered by the F'air Association, as
usu.**!, are good and exhibitors all over the
• ountry know that there is no idace in the
Southwest tlut ecjuals the State Fair Poultry
Show for (ffering the exliihitors a chame to
sell their stock and get the very best show
room advertisinc. The index's will all be an
nouiiced as soon as contracts are made and
everything is being takiMi care of to make
the comfort of the br»^ders the best j)ossibie
We would like to hear from those who are
interested in this department. — Walter Bur
ton, .Supt. Poultry Dept. State Fair of Texas.
.\rlington. Tex.
* • •
PREMIER POULTRY SHOW TO BE
HELD NOVEMBER 25 TO 30, 1924
W. W. Brady, secretary of the premier
Poultry ShoM-, held in Dallas. < alle<l a meet-
ing of the directors a few days airo a'ld an
nounced the dates of the Premier Poultry
Show this year from November 25 to 30.
Praetiially all his jtlans are made and he is
now correspondinir with the judges, makinf
arrangements for a mu<li larirer show. There
i"«n't a breeder in the Southwestern States
Init what will speak of the Premier Poultry
Show in the highest way. It is a show that
has always offered the most liberal premiums
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•nd paid them promptly. It U controlled Lr
th« breeder! of Tex«« mnd i. not .n -ny w»y
lo^.I Mr Brady, who livei H Allen, lex..
;:^d th.r he w*. Jot m.kinc -^l\-\\lZutl
but w.. pl.nninir U> offer • "'°'« Vh^^'w
remium i.t »nd w.. K^'ing to '"•^e the »how
more up tod.te in every w.y th»n .1 has
Jler been before. The writer has beea srcre-
ury of the r?eo,ier Poultry Show for .e«'"^*'
v!.7r. Ind well know, th.t the poullrv tr.-ed
• «/ .h- stlte of Tex«« and the South ore
:Uoli.i?y -^cSind- it. which •«ount, for
•; bei.rif -o .ucc6..ful.-W.lter Burton. Sec-
retury. Arlinfton. Tex.
• • •
ALL ABOAKD FOE TOEONTO
A?^t 12 to 15. 1924. will be the best and
m^frUortlnt convention in the h».tory of
•'Ve""r"n'de7end upon our Caaadian broth^
:;^^C:i^^r^ar^s;h^^^«3^
«^^on H H Donovan. Jr.. E. R. ^"*^*°°'
(ttson. "..*/:. II uirkle J. A. Northey. C.
i« and many other prominent men "'<>»•''•
!^o.?«- -II thev ran for the comfort and
we'll 'birn'c of th'S^e wh"o will attend the con-
"Ai°?rTion.ly .Uted. Hon. John 8 M*rtm
win dSiver the addre.. of welcome ^ wHl
be followed by the Hon. W. W. HilU. «»»y«^
of Toronto. Judf L. D. Howell of New
York, will r^pond to th. addreti of wel
^1!: U. Ferfuaon. chairman of PobUctty
rommitiee. write*: ... .
"Tueeday evening a '•'"•PM^n '"'.>. ^*
Kiven t^e d.lerate. by the OnUrio Prov.nc.al
Government at the P-rliament BuildUnj
••Wednesday evoninif an enlerUinment wUI
be fTvon t*e delecatea. A number of auff-
ceatlon. have been made to the committee and
fhl character of the ontertainment w.ll be
determined very aoon. K.««««t will be
••On Thoraday evening a banquet wm oe
given at the King Edward Hotel.
*^ "There will be an evening vrith Hon. John
8. llarUn in the OnUrio Parliament Build-
'"'■•Wo will wrro the ladie* afternoon tea in
the Board of Trade Club Room, ''.^c** •'•
directly opposite the Hotel, every afternoon
not mikln; it forn.l but leaving it open
to any lady to take her fnond» and go over
there and have tea and light refreshments at
""'•U ^as'also been arranged that on Satar
day thoa* who remain over will take •«»•»»•
tomnbile trip to Mr. Martin'a farm and bara
a hinchean there." ...
Tha rogular business of the convention will
be interesting and instructive to all inter-
ested in the poultry industry in iU entirety.
F.ach day there will be an address by well
known and able authoritiea.
The official proffram will be issued in June.
I advise all members who will attend the
convention to make reservations for rooms at
King Kdward Hotel at once.
Railroads and steamship lines have indi-
cated that reduced rates vrill be made. —
Thos. F. Rigg. President. American Poultry
Association.
• • •
WA8HUIOTOV. D. 0.. EGO
LATINO CONTEST
The Washington. D. 0.. Evening Times and
Morning Herald have completed arrange-
ments for an international egg-laying contest
near the National Capital, to commence No-
vember 1, 1924.
New buildings and equipment will be avail-
able October 15, that the birds may settle
down before beginning the year's grind.
Monthly ribbons will b« awarded high pen
and high hen in each breed.
There will be no expenses if a full pen it
entered. (ienerally unknown breeds are es-
pecially desired, that thousands of visitors
"may set an eyeful."
It is stated that this is to be a business-
making contest — more sales for breeders of
quality stock and an opportunity for local
poultrymen to improve their flocks.
"This section of the East is backward as
regards quality birds." writes the content
manager. "There are too many 'chickens' in
this territory, and we hope to substitute
birds that have a value beyond mere market
pricaa."
Write for further details to the superin-
tendent. Andrew Jason Benton, Bowie. Md.,
R I) High Bridge.
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Jersey
Black Giant
Club
C. M. Page. Sec.-Treas.
Belmar, New Jersey
U. L. Meloney. President
M. L. Chapman, vice Pres.
CLUB NOTES
F. W. Rogers, secretary of the Brockton.
Mass., Fair, has writt4?n Dr. Burr, district
vice president, that he would claasify the
Jersey lilack (iiants next to the Rhode Island
Reds the same as is to be done at the Bos-
ton Winter Show. Ray Brown will judge the
Giants at the Brockton Fair and at Boston.
* * •
About thia time the renewal notices will be
received by all thoee in arrears. As we will
make renewal for the official organ (Every-
bodys Poultry Magazine) at the beginning of
the fiscal year, July 1, it is important that
you remit your duee on time, so aa not to
miaa a number. — C. M. Page, Sec'y.
• • •
THE HEW JERSEY PLAN FOE CERTI-
FICATION OF JEESET BLACK GIANTS
In the early fall of 1923, A. 0. McLean.
the County Agricultural Agent of Mercer
County, was retjooHted to call the Giant
breeders together for a conference. Some
of the older breeders were disturbed by the
rumors of inferior stock going out to meet
the strong demand and they were fearful of
the harmful rehults which might react on the
entire industry.
Meanwhile. Mr. McLean presented the
problem to this Bureau and we made some
suggestions. These suggestions were based
on the principles worked out in Wisconsin
for the certification of hatnheries and in New
York for White Leighorn flocks. A plan was
formulated and presented by Mr. Bennetch,
of this Bureau, to the breeders at their first
meeting. Most of these breeders are com-
mercial potato growers and they had experi-
enced an unsucceasful attempt to grade po-
tatoes and market them successfully, and
there were some who could see no good from
any co-operative effort aimed toward protect-
ing the reputation of their business. It was
voted, however, to adopt the plan and a com-
mittee was appointed to work out certain de-
tails with fhe Bureau of Markets.
Ea4*h breeder made a request in writing
for Certification. All breeders entering their
flocks were eligible for membership in the
Originator's Branch Jersey Black Oiant Club.
The annual dues are $3.00 which cover thu
due« in the National Association.
In the fall after the young atock ia well
grown, each breeder is notified by the in-
spector sent out by the Bureau to have his
flock penned np on a certain day and to have
at least one or two helpers to assist in catch-
ing and handling the birds. The Standard of
Perfection is used as the basis for ins{>ection
with such slight modifications as good breed-
ing practicea made advisable
A few months later, and before the breed-
ing season is well under way. a second more
casual inspection is made. At the first in-
apection every bird is handled and all those
that are passed by the inspector are banded
with a sealed leg band. All Black Giants
and cross-bred birds which have an appear-
ance of being Gianta must be disposed of be-
fore the breeding season, excepting the lee
banded flock. For the first y«%ar the flocks
were not declared ofliiicially "certified" by
the state. It was felt that it was a new
breed and this was a new work. Breeders
are permitted under regulations issued by the
Bureau to designate their flock as an "Ai>-
proved" flock or a flock "Entered for Certi-
fication." The law provide* a very strii-t
adherence to the rules and regulations made
for this work. Any misstatement regarding
the character of flocks, which carries the im-
pression of certification when such is not
the case, false advertising or misuse of the
word, "Certification." is a misdemeanor un-
der the Now Jersey law and carries a penalty
of a one hundred dollar fine. .\fter the in-
spection in the fall of the second year. 19'24,
it is intended to issue a "Certificate of Pure
bre<l Flock" to each breeder who has com-
I)lied with the rules of the Bureau.
Forty-eight breeders entered their flocks
this first year. On the average, alxjut one-
thiril of the birds inspected were discarded
and two-thirds passed. Nearly all breeders
have complied to the spirit as well an to th«
letter of the undertaking. This has made it
possible for the Bureau to carry on the work
at a comparative low cost. Under the law
this service can only be furnished on a cost
charge basis. The charge to breeders is four
and a half cents per bird, which covers every-
thing.
There was much discussion early in the
season as to whether buyers would appreciate
this attempt to maintain high standards in
the breeding flocks. This has apparently been
answered in the affirmative. Few of the
breeders, who have had their flocks inspected,
have experienced any difficulty in selling
their output of eggs this spring for ton cents
each, and many are. of course, receiving
much more.
Am we see this matter, it is only a question
of time when a definite system of certifying
or registering poultry will be introduced to
promote careful, systematic breeding of all
varieties of poultry. This will be along the
lines of liveatock reg^istration ; but with such
modifications aa the nature of the poultry in-
dustry necessitates.
• • •
Dear Secretary: —
As per your request in the first issue of
Everybodys as our official organ, I feel
prompted to relate an experience which I
think speaks a nughty convincing word in
favor of the Giants.
Last June I furni.shed a neighbor two set-
ting hens and eggs for each, from which he
hatched around 24 chicks the early part of
July. He now has ten pullets.
The chicks had to be confined on his lot
until the garden season was over, after
which they were left pretty much to shift
for them.nelves.
Severe winter weather set in here the fir<t
of January, !.•> to 2.') degrees below zero, and
continued throughout the month. The-^e
young chickens were quartered in a very
cold house, so cold that his two cockerels
had their combs froien to a perfectly smooth
edge, yet the pullets began laying January
13, at less than six and one half months old.
weighing at the time seven and eight pounds
<«« h They are now laying six to seven egg«
each day, Mlarch 8.
In view of the fact that these ten pullets
were not selected ones from a large flock, tl'St
they have never been even remotely "uV
jected to forced laying methods and that in
the first place the hatchintr eggs were taken
from my general flock after my breeding
season had be«'n closed. I consider the record
nothing short of remarkable.
With sincere wishes for the success of the
club, I am, fraternally. O. Balcar. Kenwood
Park, Cedar Rapids, la.
INTRODUCING NEW BLOOD
It is not an uncommon thing these
days for a poultry breeder, who
makes no pretensions to being a fan-
cier, to pay a good price for a bird
which happens to strike his fancy,
not merely because it is a pretty bird,
but because he recognizes the fact
that the introduction of better blood
into his flock will bring him adequate
returns in dollars; and cents.
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American Buff
Wyandohe Club
D. D. COLGLAZIFR. Pres.
R. C. ALWOOI). Sec'y. Hanover. Pa
^ •
• • •
• • •
• •
I owe the entire membership an
apology, due to the fact that through
a slip-up last month's notes failed to
reach these columns. They were all
ready to be placed in the mail, but
owing to the fact that my livelihood
lies out of my city, I left the notes
in care of my family to be mailed.
But through a case of neglect they
failed to reach the mail, hence no
notes.
• • •
I regret to state that your present
secretary will not be a candidate or
accept this office for another year.
My work carries me out of my city
daily and arriving home late in the
evening I have very little time for
club work. It is my ambition to see
the club go forward, but under pres-
ent conditions I can not give it the
work it demands to be a success. I
want to thank the loyal ones for the
kind co-operation and support ac-
corded me the past year and those
that will continue to do so until the
expiration of my term on October 1,
1924.
• • •
The Pachitla Poultry Farm, of
Cuthbert, Ga., offers five settings of
Buff Wyandotte eggs to the first five
boys or girls from the following
States of Georgia, Florida and Ala-
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should make it worth while at $2.00
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Poultry Magazine. Only one setting
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The peach tree borer is an insect
that causes a heavy loss of trees
every year. It attacks peach trees of
all ages and varieties in the orchard
and nursery. It has also been found
on cherries and plums as well as some
flowering shrubs. A young tree may
be completely girdled and killed by
borers in one season, while older
trees will succumb to the ravages of
this hungry insect in a relatively
short time if the infestation is severe.
A tree infested with borers will exude
a large amount of sap or gum during
the growing season, thus being par-
ticularly noticeable during the spring
of the year when growth is very
active.
If this gum is filled with fine saw-
dust-like particles or frasa it indi-
cates the presence of living borers in
the larval or worm stage. A severe
infestation will average from five to
twenty-five worms per tree, while a
light to moderate infestation would
range from one to five worms per
tree. The peach tree borer worm is
white or cream colored, with a dark
brown head. It varies in length from
one-sixteenth of an inch to one and
one-quarter inches, depending on its
age. Most of the young worms enter
the tree ju.st at or slightly below the
surfaco of the ground. Upon enter-
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The Peach Tree Borer
ing the tree they immediately begin
to make shallow channels through the
sap wood just under the bark. The
long slender worms or maggots
u.sually found in the exuding gum
caused by borers should not be mis-
taken for the borers themselves, since
they are harmless insects that de-
velop where an excessive amount of
gum is formed as the result of an in-
jury to the bark of the trunk or root.
Method* of Control — Removal of
Borer* by Worming
Two methods of keeping peach tree
borers under control are now recom-
mended. The older method now
largely discarded by commercial
growers except for use with young
trees consists of actually removing
the borers from each infested tree
with the aid of a sharp knife. The
general location of each borer is first
determined by noting the source of
the exuding gum. A cut through the
bark is made at each point where
gum mixed with frass exudes and the
borer channel followed until the
worm is found and killed. Cutting
of the bark should be limited to ver-
tical cuts as far as possible, since
horizontal cutting tends to destroy
the channels through which the water
and dissolved minerals pass from the
roots to the top of the tree. Since
the majority of borers will be found
close to the surface of the ground or
below, the soil should be carefully
pulled away from the trunk to a
depth of three or four inches to
facilitate the examination and cut-
ting and make sure that all of the
worms are located. After the borers
have all been removed the soil should
be replaced and firmly packed around
the trunk of the tree. The applica-
tion of a thick whitewa.sh or lime-sul-
fur sludge to the trunks of peach
trees each spring may reduce borer
infe.station somewhat by preventing
the laying of Qgg^ by the adult borer
moth. An examination for borers,
followed by removal, should be made
each spring during May or June, and
again in the fall during October or
early November. The method de-
scribed is effective if the work is
carefully done, but on the other hand
it involves a rather large amount of
labor and is often unsatisfactory be-
cause of carelessne.ss on the part of
the men who do the work.
Killing Borera with Para-dichloro-
benzene
Para-dichlorobenzene is a white
crystalline substance similar in ap-
mfkJ
pearance to Epsom or Rochelle salt.
It evaporates quite rapidly upon ex-
posure to air, giving off a gas that
has a very penetrating odor, but
which is non-poisonous to man under
ordinary conditions. Furthermore,
the crystals are non-toxic to poultry,
considerable amounts having been
fed to full grown pullets with no in-
jurious results. On the other hand,
para-dichlorobenzene is toxic to
most insects exposed to heavy con-
centrations of the gas for consider-
able periods. The following recom-
mendations are made by Dr. Alvah
Peterson, of the New Jersey Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, on the use
of para-dichlorobenzene for the con-
trol of the peach tree borer.
Short .spring applications in May
or prolonged late fall treatments will
kill many of the borers, but as a rule
the control is not as satisfactory' as
early fall treatment.
The best time to apply para-di-
chlorobenzene for the control of the
peach tree borer is immediately after
the eggs have hatched. In New Jer-
sey the best period for treatment ex-
tends from September 15 to October
10.
In applying the para-dichloroben-
zene prepare the trees for treatment
by removing all excess gum and mak-
ing a clear area about the tree twelve
or more inches wide. Then distribute
the crystals in a continuous narrow
band about the trunk one or two
inches from the tree and cover with
several shovels of finely divided soil
and pack down the same.
On trees six years of age or older
apply one ounce for a short or
prolonged treatment. On trees three
to five years of age apply one-half
ounce and permit the crystals to re-
main about the tree long enough to
kill the borers. Three weeks is suf-
ficient when the soil temperature
averages 55 to 70 degrees F.
P^or orchard trees one and two
years of age one-quarter and three-
eighth ounces respectively will kill
the borers in the trees if applied for
three weeks when the soil tempera-
ture is 55 to 70 degrees, but it must
be remembered that some injury may
occur. Under some conditions, which
we do not entirely understand, seri-
OU.S injury occurs, however in most of
our experiments and orchard obser-
vations little or no injury has been
found.
So far as observed infested cherry
and plum trees six years of age or
June, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
565
older may be successfully and safely '
treated with short or probably long '
exposures of one ounce of para-di- ;
chlorobenzene during the early fall.
Apple trees and blackberry bushes
should not be treated with para-di-
chlorobenzene for the control of
borers for slight, considerable, seri-
ous or fatal injury may take place
with short or prolonged treatments
with one-half or one ounce.
Whenever it is doubtful whether
or not para-dichlorobenzene should
be used, the "worming process" if
carefully and properly conducted
will successfully and safely control
the peach tree borer in p*?ach, plum,
cherry and other stone fruits and the
round headed apple tree borer in
apple trees.
WHEN THE MOTHER
HEN LEAVES THE BROOD
There is somewhat of a sameness
in young chicks as compared with
fowls. They are more equally alike in
each breed, and their engaging move-
ments and funny ways are always
agreeable. The majority of chicks
are generally healthy, except from a
few accidents, not many die for the
first three or four weeks. At the ex-
piration of that time the fancier be-
gins to watch for developments. Soon
the mother leaves them, and then
comes the time when all the experi-
ence of the poultrj-man must be
brought to bear to successfully raise
the chicks. At this time, as soon as
they lose the protection of their de-
voted mother, they are apt to be
picked up at night by prowling ver-
min, as skunks, weasels, rats, dogs,
etc. They must be locked up at night
and put in a safe place — ^the poultry
house, if it is not too crowded with
old fowls, if so, temporary houses or
boxes should be given them near
where the coops stood, and the chick-
ens driven gently into them. These
temporary quarters should have
perches, at first near the floor or
ground, that the chicks may easily
find them. Be careful that the bot-
tom openings are closed at night, and
have holes for ventilation near the
top always open. These temporary
houses should be kept very clean and
moved from place to place every day
or two, where there is room, or thor-
oughly clean and dust the floors fre-
quently. Be careful to prevent
crowding in coops, for chicks are rest-
less when they miss their mother, they
are apt to crowd from two or more
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filth and disease. This overcrowding
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counter-balance to the great number
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hatched. If hatched and neglected,
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[^,^i^g^|>
This is jtreat weather for ducks.
* * •
Ah Mark Twain said: "We all talk ahoit
the wt*ather but nobody seems to do anythinif
about it."
* * •
Whether you are a baby chick man or not.
it will j>ay'you to attend the convention of
the International Baby Chirk Association to
be held in C'hitvngo, August 5. 6, 7 and 8.
« * •
One pood reason is that you ran probably
arranKe a round trip ticket ho that y«Hi
rould Htt»*nd the Chirago Convention and then
i:o to Toronto for the .\nu'riran Poultry As-
Horiation.
* * •
Another (food reason is that Auf^ust 9, the
day foUowine the close of the Baby Chick
Convention, the big Poultry ConjfrwsH will be
railed, and judgine from all reports tliis is
the bijfKest thing that ever happened to the
poultry business.
Hm4^ Stem Contegt 192^-24^.
Snapped /Amy A,,t99A
Record:iy9 ei^AToV. 1 Iv Ai
Both conventions will be held at the Edve.
water Beach Hotel. This fine hotel is locatS
right i.n the lake >hore away from tlie noise
and dirt of tli«» I.tMiji. Th»' rat<»s they are
niakini; will make rooms as low as you can
pet at any pood hotel in the country. There
are places palore at which to eat so you can
suit your nocketbook on that scrp. Com«
and have a real lake shore vacation where
you can «*njoy yourself and take |>art in th*
big affairs of i>oultrydom.
* * •
The poultry raiser of t<xlny is learning
more ab«>ut fefnlinc and proj»er raising of
chicks than ever before. In a short time our
feeding methods will be greatly changed to
the betlerinent of |>oultry raising.
* * •
I am also glad to announce that I have
booked to judge Harry Collier's home town
show, Tnroma. Wash., and that 1 look for
ward with much pleasure to going uut there
again. There are a royal lot of fanciers and
breed some of the best birds in the country.
Perhaps Harry is going to make me sorry
for what I said about the coast. Harry'i
heart has always Iteen in the right place and
we both want Kverybodys' readers t > tni
derstand that there is nothing personal iu
our cjuibs in these columns. We each write
< f things as we see them.
• • •
Beware of bread
scraps as they are
apt to be moldy and
that also spells trou-
ble.
• • •
I have signed for
the same southern
judjfing trip I mad*
last fall, judging at
(ireenwood. Columbia
and Spartanburg, S.
C. It is a pleasure
to judge for these
great entertainers
and r6«l fanciers.
They are breeding
birds down there as
good as can be found
in any section and it
is a pleasure to judge
them and meet the
men who produce
them.
• • •
Some one has sug
gosted that the poul-
try breeders ought to
have a K. K. K. or
ganization of their
own as they Krow.
Kluck and Kackle.
A STUDY IN TYPE
The photo herewith is particularly well posed to show the type of
this high producing pullet. She is a White Eock, one of the Vale-
croft pen In the present International Egg Laying Contest at Storrs,
Ooun.. bred and owned by Harold F. Barber, of Dover, BCass.
Students of "the laying type" will be Interested in the great body
capacity as shown by the deep, fall breast and deep abdomen. She
stands strongly on her well spread legs, and carries an alert eye. On
the other hand, her comb does not have the sixe that many look for
in a high record layer, and her head Is long, rather than square and
blocky. She is a dangbter of Valecroft Maid, which laid 252 eggs at
Storrs two years ago, and completed her pallet year with 266 eggs.
Her daughter here shown has a Tery good chance to exceed that
record. Evidently "like begets like."
Both producing and selling ends of the
business will be represented by the biggest
and best men in the industry and the pro-
gram adopted there should be someUiing that
will greatly increase the consumption of
poultry and eggs and put new life into the
chicken business.
* • •
We have mentioned in these columns hun-
dreds of times that the old law of supply and
demand governs prices.
* • •
The Poultry Congress should greatly In-
crease the demand and that will mean better
prices all down the line.
* * •
Wake up! Get in line and be a part of
this big, new thing.
* • •
With all branches of the poultry industry
working to one end. no one, whether pro-
ducer or seller, should neglect thus oppor-
tunity.
* • •
A meeting of representative men of various
fioiiltry interests will be invited to meet in
Chicago some time in June to pre|*are a ten-
tative program so that much time will be
saved when the convention is called to order.
They are now try-
ing to get everybody
to learn to sp«^ak Ks
panola or something
like that as a univer-
sal language. Bris-
bane says that the
radio is bound to
bring about an in-
ternational language
and perhaps, some
day. we can talk
with the other plan-
ets.
• * •
Have you got a
radio yet f If no;,
you are missing some-
thitvg. It is almost
as bad as the chicken
fever.
I am no longer a cliff dweller in Chicago,
but have moved to the finest suburban town
in America, Olen Ellyn. III., just 23 miles
west of Chicago's busy Loop. Out here thejr
will not allow a flat building or a manufartur-
ing concern in the town. Everybody has s
fine home and yard and most of them keep
chickens. For thoee looking for an ideal
location for a poultry plant, Olen Ellyn is
the town. There are lots of fine places around
here with rolling land, fruit trees, good drain-
age, good water, the finest of schools, close
to good markets and everything that a poul-
tryman can ask for — and it is right in the
grain belt. I would like to see it made the
Petaluma of the Middle West.
• * •
No, I am not in the land business and have
none to sell, but if any of you readers are
interested in looking for a fine location drop
me a line and I shall be glad to tell you more
about Olen Ellyn and vicinity.
* * •
Yours truly has been appointed chairmen
of the entertainment committee and has on
his committee some of the biggest poultrymen
of the Middle West. At this time we can
only say that we hope to make you glad you
came.
I
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= l¥bcii Writing Advcrtliers Please Mention Everybodyt ;
ANCONAS
''is^f^^
BABY CHICKS — 100.000 SIN-
gle Comb Mottled Anconas. 27J-
egg strain. Pedigreed, exhibitiou
and utility mating. Prices right.
Catalogue free. Stamps appreci-
ated. Nabob Hatcheries. Dept.
16. Gambler. O. IQlbom
POST'S -SUPER" ANCONAS. JUNF.
low prices. Order now. Eggs, fiC-'c oflf
Chicks $15.00 per hundred up. Select 12
weeks ' pulletJi. 118.00 per dozen. Choice
breeder*, both combs, one half regular pricos.
Free catalogue. Sweet Briar Farms. Box 1>.
Ootarioville, IU.
18 J
SHEP
Choice
REDUCED PRICES. BUY NOW
nard strain Single Comb Anconas
selected hatching eggs. $1.50 fifteen: $8 00
hundred- prepaid. 10 weeks pullets, breed
itock. reasonable. G. W. Simms. Ijike
ing
N. Y.
189
OIES* ANCONAS — GOOD SIZE AND
dark. Combined exhibition and heavy egg
producers Canadian strain None better
Write for prices of hatching eggs.
Thomas. Saltillo. Pa.
R. S.
190
30000 STOVER'S BRED TO-LAY SIN
rle Comb Anconas, $15.0(» per 100 up for
May. Special price on 300 or more. For
delivery after June 15th, price lower. We
can please you. Catalogue. Bernard M.
Stover, Bellefonte. Pa. 189b<n
8IN(}LE COMB MOTTLED ANCONAS.
purebred quality birds. Heavy layers. ^ Se
lect hat«-hing egifs. $1 50 per setting. F. S
Bowen. Rt 2, Bellefonte. Pa 189
8HEPPARD STRAIN SINGLE COMB AN
ronas. Eggs $1.75. $2.25. $3.50 per setting.
Sam Sandow. Box 150, Cumming,
Ga.
190
Ain>ALnSIAKS
BABY CHICKS— 50.000 BLUE
Andalusians. Exhibition grade.
Price rirht. Catalogue free.
Stamps appreciated. * Nabob
Hatcheries, Dept. 16, Oambier.
O 191bam
BANTAMS
"*•
SHOVE'S GOLDEN AND SIL
ver Sebrights; Black. Buff and
Brown Cochin Bantams, Light
Brahmas. Houdans and R. I.
Rods. fowl. Eggs. $5 00 per 15.
Daniel P. Shove. Fall River,
tfbn
BEAUTIFUL WHITE JAPANESE SIL
kies. Prize winning stock. $5.00 pair and
up. Egg*. $2.50 for 15 Beech Crest. 7474
Lower River Road. Cincinnati. O. 189
WARWICK BUFF COCHIN BANTAMS—
Exhibition stock in singles, pairs, trios. War-
wick Bantam Yards. Warwick Terra -e. PitU
burgh. Pa. -90
LIGHT BRAHMA BANTAMS EGCKS.
$2.00 per 15. B. 8. Klugh. Dillsburg. Pa.
189
BANTAM EGGS. 22 VARIETIES. CIR
cular. 2 cent stamp. Fenn Bantam Yards.
Desk 32. Delavan. Wis. 1«9
IJOHT BRAHMAS
tlrSW''
BABY CHICKS — 100.000
Light Brahmas. Exhibition and
Utility Matings. Prices right.
C8talogu»> free. Stamps appreci
atod Nabob Hatcheries. D«'i>t.
1»;. Gambler. O. 19niara
BUTTERCUPS
f sra?"
BABY CHICKS — 50.000 Si-
cilian Buttercups. Exhibition
Mating. Price right. Catalogue"
free. Stamps appreciated. Nab«»b
Hatcheries. Dept. 16. Gsmbier.
U.
BUTTERCUPS
(iOLDENRGD BUTTERCUPS. SEE AD
vertisement. page 552. C. Sydney Cook. Jr.
199bm
CAMPIKES
''**^'^>^*'
BABY CHICKS — 50,000 QOL
den Campines. Exhibition Mat-
ing. Price right. Catalogue free.
Stamps appreciated. Na)>ob
Hatcheries, Dept. 16. Gambier.
O. 191 bain
BABY CHICKS— 75.000 SIL
ver Campines. Exhibition and
Utility Matings. Price right.
Catalogue free. Stamps appreci
ate*l. Nabob Hatcheries. Dept.
16, Gambier, O. 191bam
*^1?5>>'*
BABY CHICK S — 75.000
White Campines. Exhibition and
Utility Matings. Price right.
Catalogue free. Stamps appreci-
ated. Nabob Hatcheries. Dei>t.
16. Gambier. O. 191bam
SILVER AND GOLDEN BY P. L. PLATT.
Illustrated by Sewell and Schilling. Gives
the history of this beautiful and profitable
Bolgian fowl. A book you should have, if
interested in Campines. Price, postpaid, 75c.
Address all orders to Everybodys Poultry
Magazine. Hanover. Pa. 189f
CHANTEOLERS
SNOW BANK STRAIN CHANTECLERS-^
Canada's cold weather breed. Palmer Farms.
Cos Cob. Conn. 189
0UANTE0LEB8
CHAXTECLERS — BOSTON
.Stock and eggs in •tNkaon. W
North Attlettoro. Mass.
WINNERS
C Wilkins.
191
CORNISH
f st«»»'
BABY CHICKS 50.000 DARK
Cornish and a f«»w White Cornmh.
Exhibition mating Pnrp right.
Catalogue fr«^ Stamps appnecl-
al«>d Nabob Hatrheries. Di*pt.
16. GambiiT. O IDIhaiu
CAPONS
CAPONS — SIMPLICITY PERFECTION
Method No «lips. No deaths. Butik. lOc
E. King. 636 Sheridan. Chicagt*. 111. 195
BABT CHICKS
LOOK- l.^o.oo^> CHICKS, 1»C AND IP.
20 varieties From high<>*t producing ron
test layers of Michi<^an Just nhat you want
for foundation stork or to impro\t> your lay
ing pens for larger profits. Hatching rgg<
Circular free Latest hatrhing method*
I.awrence Hatchery. Boxn R. 7, iirand Rap
ids. Mich. Ib9
TOM BARRON ENGLISH WHITE LEti
horns, the large, long, deep bmiied birds, thv
most profitable and persistent layers. (7hicks.
12 cents up. Descriptive catalogue Kuhn'v
Leghorn Farm, Sycamore. O. l'*9
CHICKS. 7 CENTS UP. C O D. ROCKS.
Beds, Leghorns and mixed. 100% delivery
guaranteed. 19th season. Pamphlet. C. M
Lauver. Box 31. McAliatervllle. I'a. 192
1 <J 1 bam
Specialty Club Olrectopy
This Directory is for tha benefit of the S|MK-ialty Club Organisations and that our read
ers may know the names aud addresses of the Live Specialty Clubs All club ni'tices must
be uniform, as found below, and for which there in a nominal charge of $3.00 a year.
payable strictly in advance.
^ Oluh Secretary Addreaa
American Columbian Plymouth Rock Club... J H Breitigan Litila, Pa 193
American Buff Wvandotte Club Ralph C Alwood .Hanover. Pa. 192
American White Orpington Club C. W. Walker ..Manning, la 193
American Single Comb White Minorca Club..O. G. Truman . IVrrysnlle. O. 194
Jersey Black Gisnt Club O- M. I'-Cf • \. ""'"?'. ^ ,/ \ll
National Bronze Furkey Club .Chas E^ Bird HT^.n^m 'v *v Si
American Rose Comb White Leghorn Club .J M C»...e .......... >*allklll. N. Y 197
American .lava A!.soci«tion 8. W Morton. P O. Box &W7. Albany. N Y. 19«
30,000 Chicks Weekly
for Jane and July Delivery
Bred right, hatched Right, shipped
right
Hat' hetl by men nith li
of the lar^e.st. finest and
in the state. Order early.
years experience in one
best equipp««d hatcheriea
Prices
S. C. While Leghorns
S. C. Brown Leghorns
Barred Plymouth Rocks
S. C. R. 1. Reds
S. C. Black Minorcas
Broiler Chicks, H. B. ...
Broiler Chicks, L. B
MO per cent live delivery guaranteed to your d.wr by
Post Mr* Williams received .U chicks fr.mi is July '"• .'V 7*':
I 0 Many others report raising 90 to P.O per cnt Let K-XMon.
make g..ud money for you as they have done f-r hundred. ..f other,
iuio Member. 1. B. C Association. Fine catalogue free
$1.00 WUl Book Your
Earh
lOc
lOc
• " "^
l^c
12c
a«»v
, •^"
7c
Order
Per 1,000
$90.00
90.00
110.00
130.00
110.00
80.00
60.00
prepaicl Parcel
and rai»ed «i«ef
Vitality Chirk*
Leaders since
Box 104
THE KEYSTONE HATCHERY
(The OIJ ReliakU Hani} Richfield, Pa.
:
i ii
568
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
BABY CHICKS
100 000 QUALITY BABY CHICKS —
Pijrebr<Hl. farm ranee. lOO'/c live delivery.
KMtpaid. Barred, Buff and White Rorks.
uff Orpinrtoni. Rodii. $16.00; Anconas.
White OrpinKtoni. Wyandotten. $17.00;
LiKht Brahma*. $18.00; Leghorns. $13 00.
Beatrice Hatchery. Beatrice. Neb. 1H9
LET US SEND YOU SECRETS OF RAIS-
iug baby chickn «uccea»fully. Brooder tern-
}>fnitiire and feeding direction* outlined in
•imple and comprehentive manner. No
charite. Blamberic l3ro».. Inc.. 1U7 Oommercc
St.. Baltimore. Md. l«9bam
CHICKS — PRICKS REDUCED
$15.00. Leifhorni: White. Brown;
Horred. BufT; Kedn. Folder. Fin©
llrarable Poultry Farm, Chestertown,
— 100.
Rocks:
stock.
Md.
tfbmy
HILLPOT QUALITY CHICKS— STRONU.
viKoruus. true to breed. Leghorns. Reds,
Rocks, White Wyandottes, etc. Safe deliv-
ery guaranteed 1.200 miles. Catalojcue free.
W. F. Uillpot. Frenchtown, N. J. IdQbam
HIGH CLASS MINORCA CHICKS OF
nine pound sires and good strong bens. Also
Rhode Inland Red and Barred Rock chicks
of greet layerH. Fine Leghorn chicks.
Eclipse Farniii. Port Trevorton. Pa. 189!
BARGAINS IN CHICKS. GOOD HEALTH i
ones as low as $9.00 per hundred. See me
flr»t. Free catalogue. Edwin A. Ziemer, 157
Waihington Market, BufTalo. N. Y. IdUbm
"old RELIABLE. STRONG. VIGOROUS,
true to breed. Thirteen varieties. Twenty
fifth annual catalogue free. Uhl Hatchery,
Box E. New Washington, O. li'O
BABY CHICKS. STRONG AND STURDY.
Best laying strains, all leading varietieii.
8uality and service, pricee right. South Side
atchery, Caledonia. Minn. 189
BABY CHICKS LOW PRICES. ILLU.>-
traied booklet. Empire Hatchery, Seward.
N. Y. 189
BABY CHICKS— HIGH CLASS STOCK.
Cut prices for May, June and July. LinoM-
vtlle Hatchery, Linesville, Pa. IHObin
JERSEY BLACK 0IAMT8
HUFF'S VITALITY JERSKY BLACK
Giants have been carefully selected for size,
laying ability and Standard requirements.
Cannot be surpassed. Flocks approved for
eeri. Oration by New Jersey Experiment Sta-
tion. Buy your stock direct from the origi-
nating district. Chicks, $0.00 per 25;
$11 00 per 50; $20.00 per 100. Eggs. $3.00
r>er 15; $12.00 per 100. Descriptive circular
ree. Write me. D. C. Huff, Nesh&nic Sta-
tion. N J. 169
BABY CHICKS— 50.000 JER
sey Black Giants. Exhibition
Mating. Price right. Catalogue
free. Stamps appreciated. Na-
bob Hatcheries, Dept. IC. (iam-
bier, O. 191 bam
CHICKS. $22.00 PER 100; $11.00 PER
80; $0.00 j.er 25. All tr^e range stork. Ah
good as the best. Safe delivery guaranteed.
Send check or money order with order. 10
weeks old itulletH. rorkerels and capons S2 50
each. No le»s than six to a customer. Cedar
Ca|>on Farms, Flemington. N. J. l!i9)<m
H4TCniN(J EGGS— JERSEY BLACK
Giants. $3.50 and $5.00 per setting of 15
•ggs 70*"^ fertility euaranteed; prepaid lo
yi>ur post office. William E. Kater, Harri-
aon. O. 1.19
WON FIRST COCKEREL GREAT ALLF.N
town Fair. Egpi. $2 50 and $4 setting that
will pr<»duie winner*. .St«»rk priced reawon
able. Kmuire (t-ant Farm. .Sellersville, Pa.
tfbm
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS HATCHING
•ggs from blue ribbon winners. $3.00 and
$.'>.00 per l.**. i'otkerelh. $5 on. Cirtular.
Fred Munro. Island, Lock Haven. Pa. IH!*
JERSET BLACK (ilANTS. CHICKS.
$3 '00; egca, $15 oo hundre«l. July prires
lowtr. Elm I»dge Farms. Centreville. M«l.
190
MATINGS OF EXHIBITION QUALITY.
Circular. Wrenn & Searoans, Herndon. Va
189
WILBURTHA STRAIN GIANTS. EGGS.
Mrs. 8. A. Bassett, Homewoud, Kan. 189
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS
10 JERSEY BLACK GIANT HENS AND
one ro< k $25. OO; from the uriifinators. C. B.
ReubuRh. Penn Laird. Va. 18*»
BETTER JKRSFA' BLACK (JIANT.S AT
lowtr prices. Breeding stwk and hatrhius:
eggf. No chirks. Emery Dillenback. Fori
Plain, N. Y.
llUiun
HAMBUROS
't siHt^^
BABY CHICKS— 100. (100 SIL-
ver Spangled Hamburgs. Exhi-
bition and Utility Matings. Trice
right. Catalogue fn-e. Stami)s
apprt'cintc'cl. Nab«b Hatihorit'.s.
Di'pt. 10. Gambier. O. llMbani
SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS, TRAP
nested eleven years. Eggs, chicks. Cir<ulur
Fred Brenon. Box C. Watertown. N. Y. !»'*
HOUDANS
BABY CHICKS — 50.000 MOT
tied Houdans. Exhibition Mat-
ing. Price right. Catalo;;ue free.
Stamps api*rociate(l. Nalmt)
Hatcheries, Dept. 1(3, Ganihier.
O. lyibam
MOTTLED HOUDAN.S. 27» KCiG .STRAIN,
trapnested eleven yearh. Egg^. chicks, stot k
Circular. Fred Brenon. Box C. Watertown.
N. Y. 189
LAKENVELDERS
BABY CHICKS— 50.000 LAK
envelders. Exhibition Mating'.
Price right. Catalogue free.
Stamps appreciiited. Nabob
}latcheri«-s, I>ept. ItJ, Gamhier,
O. 191bam
*^s^^
LAKENVEI.DERS— AMERICA'S FINE.Sl.
Eggs, chicks. Circular. Bernard Urorein.
Wapakoneta. O. 1*^9
LAKKNVELDER EGGS NOW $2.00 FOR
l.'i. Also stock. Maple Hill Farm, Fort
Plain. N. Y. lH9bm
LAMGSHAMS
BABY CHICKS— lOo.OOO
Black Langhhans and White
Langshans. Exhibition and Util-
ity Matings. Prne right. Cata-
lof^ue free. Stamps appreciated.
Nabob Hatcheries, Dept. 16. Gam-
bler, O. lyibain
LEQHORNS
THE LEGHORNS— THE VETERAN
Judi;e Drevenstedt is the author of this work
and one of his best. Book sent yo:i all
< harge.s prepaid on rweipt of price. $1.00.
Address all orders to Everj'bodys Poultry
Marline, Hanover, Pa. 189f
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS
BARRON. ENGLISH, LARGE SIZE. LOP-
ptMi combs, :t04 egg strain June chicks, $8.50.
July. f.s.OO. Customers' report pullets lay
ing at 4 months, 18 days. Circular. Close's
Effg Farm. Tiffin, O. in\)
WYCKOFF STRAIN SINGLE COMB
White Leghorn pullets. 10 weeks old. $1.25
each in 100 lots. C. B. Reubush, Penn
Ijiird. Va. 191
TANCRED EGGS. CHICKS, PULLETS,
cockerels, half price. Meadow Farm, Coulter-
ville. III. 189bm
I pclip/e LAYING
Laesner s leghorns
WYCKOFF STRAIN
One Thousand Breeders
For Sale
To Make Room for Youmgatera
HENS $1.50 and $2.00
COCKS $3.00 aad $5.00
J. GUY LESHEH NorthnmbeHaod, Pa.
SINGLE OOBCB WHITE LEGHORNS
NORTHLAND WINTER LAYEHS-^ENa
lish Single Comb White Leghnrns of tj,.
world's famous Tom Barron strain — the bi/
lopped combed type. Leading Leghorn pen
and Grand Champion Layer 1923 Illinois in
ternational Egg Laying Contest at Murphjr
boro. Prices on chicks slashed to $12 GO dmf
100. $120 per 1,000. 1007c live chicks gut"
antv't'd. If in rush, telegraph remittance
Fi'ViiuJalion breeding pens, ten selected hem
and male, $25.00 after breeding season. Hit
.selection of cockerels and yearlin^j cock* %\
b.-jrgain prices. Beautifully illustrated cat*
logiie free. Northland Farms. Dept. R
Grand Rapids, Mich. ' i,,,j
HOLLYWOOD LEGHORN, S U P U E m7
quality chicks, $14.00100. $120.00-1.000-
prepaid. Hatching eggs, $6,0u-100. $50.00
1.000; prepaid. 10 weeks pullets. $1.25 up.
Prompt shipment on all orders; no waiting
."^atisfattioTi jruaraiiteed. R. E. Sandv B«n
H. Stuarts Draft, Va. " tfbin
PULLET.S — BARRON STRAIN WHITE
Lei:horn pullets H. 10 and 12 weeks <ild. for
delivery after May 1st. Shipped on ajiproval.
satisfaction guaranteed. Progressive Poultry
Farms, Zeeland, Mich. 199
LADY VICTORY— KEYSTONE MAID—
■{04 ;{(>r. offirials; White Leghorns. Remark-
able prices, Glowing Sunset Farm. Stitzer
Wis. 189
BARRON'S WHITE LEliHOliN ("HICK.S
and pullets exclusively. We imp-rt direct.
Catalogue free. Bishop's poultry Farm, N«-w
Washington, O. J8&
SINGLE COMB BLACK LEGHORNS
BABY CHICKS — 100.000 SIX
glo Comb Black Leghorns. Ex-
hibition and Utility Matings.
Price right. Catalogue free.
Stamps apj)reciated. Naboli
Hatcheries, Dept. IG, Gambier,
O. l»lbain
^''TsfBt^'^
BBOWN LEGHORNS
Gambier,
O
BABY CHICKS— 250,000 SIN-
gle Comb Br*>wn Leghorns and
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns.
Pedigreed. Exhibition and Util-
ity Matings. Price right. Cata-
logue free. Stamps appreciated.
Nabob Hatcheries, Dept. 16.
lUlbam
BUFF LEGHORNS
BABY CHICKS— 150.000 .SIX
gle Comb Buff Leghorns and Robc
Comb Buff Leghorns. Exhibition
and Utility Matings. Price right.
Catalogue free. Stamps appreci-
ated. Nabob Hatcheries. Dept.
10. Gambier, O. 191 bam
'1 STB'''
WIUTE LEGHORNS
BABY CHICKS — 500.000 SIN
gle Comb White Leghorns and
Rose C<»nib White Leghorns. Tom
Barron- — American strains. Pedi-
greed, Exhibition and Utility
Matings. Price right. Catalogue
free. Stamps appreciated. Na-
bob Hatcheries. Dept. 10. Crembier, O. 191 bam
'^^1t5?^
SINGLE COMB BLACK MINOBCAS
li.VBY CHICKS — 150,000 SIN
gle Comb Black Minorcas. Exhi-
bition and utility matings. Price
right. Catalogue free. Stamp*
appreciate*!. Nabob Hatcheries.
Dopt. 16. Gambier, O. 191 bam
'J SIB^
BKI.SII HROS.' FAMOUS SINGLE COMB
Bla<'k Minon-as bred in their absolute purity
for years. Winners at America's greatest
shows. Hati-hing eggs from selected matings
that will iirodiice you winners. Choice breed-
ers also. IJrish Bros., Frederick. Mtl. lyObui
D.\Y (H.l) MINORCA CHICKS OF EXHI
bition grade and utility bre<l, 40 cents earh
and 20 cents each for March deliver,v.
Eclipse Minorca Farm. Box E, Selinsgrove.
Pa. tfbj
FINK .SiNtJLE COMB BLACK MINORCA
hatching eggs. J. J. .Jenkins. Greenville
N. C. 1«»
SINGLE COMB WHITE MINOBCAS
TRAPNESTED SINGLE COMB WHITK
Minorcas. Hatching eggs. Hea\'y layers.
Richard Scharmer, Chaska, Minn. 180
I
June,
1924
SINGLE COMB WHITE MINORCAS
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
569
BABY CHICKS— 50.000 .^IN
gle C'-nib White Minorcas. Exhi-
bition and utility matings. Price
right. CatalogMe free .Stamps
Bpprcciated. Nabob Hatcheries.
I>ej>t. 1«>. (Jambier. O. lOlbam
BOSE COMB BLACK MINOBCAS
BABY CHICKS— .•>0. 000 ROSi:
Comb Black Minorcas. Exhibi-
tion mating. Price right. Cata-
logue free. Stamps appreciated.
Nabob Hatcheries. Dopt. 16.
(tambicr. O. lOlbam
SINGLE COMB BUFF MINORCAS
f ST«^
BABY CHICKS — 50.000 SIN
cle C'>m>» Buff Min<ir<-as. Ex*ii
liition :ind utility matincs Cata-
logue free. Stamps apnreciattMl.
N.iliob Hatcheries. Dept. Ifi.
(iambier. O. 191bain
SIN«;LE COMB BUFF M I N O K (' A .s.
Sto«k. chirks, ezcs f<>r hatching. Circular.
H. J. Hansen. Berea, O. 190
OBPINOTONS
OKPlNtJTONS — BUFF, WHITE AND
Hl»-k — Special .luno prices. Eggs. $1.00 set-
ting; ?fi 00 hundred. Sutton's Orpington
Farm. Freeland. Md.
I'^P
BLACK ORPINGTONS
BABY CHICK.S— 50.000 SIN
gle Comb Black Orpingtons. Ex-
hibition mating. Price right.
Catalogue free. Stamps appreci-
ated. Nabob IIati.*heries. Dept.
16. Gambier. O. lOlbam
-'is^tif^
BUFF ORPINGTONS
BABY CHICKS — 100.000 SIN-
gle Comb Buff Orpingtons. Pedi
-reed, exhibition and utility mat
mgs. Price right. Catalogue
free. Stamps appreciate*!. Na-
Dept. 10. (;am
19 I bam
^^^frSSi*^ bob Hatcheries
^^•""^ bier. O.
WHITE ORPINGTONS
BABY CHICKS— 100.000 SIN
ele Comb White Orpingtons.
IN-digreed. exhibition and utility
matings. Price right. Catalogue
free. .Stamps api>reciate4l. Na-
»>ob Hatcheries. Dept. 10, (;am
bier. O. lOlbara
't STH'
POLISH
*• t svn*^
BABY CHICKS — 50.000
Whito Crested Black Poli>h. Ex
bibition matings. Price right.
Catalogue free. .Stamps ai>preci-
ated. Nabob Hatcheries. Dept.
16. Gambier. O. lOlbam
WHITE CRE.STED BLACK POLISH
!«t«ick for sale. Eggs for batching. Write
for wants. Seely. Afton. N. Y. 1*^9
RHODE ISLAND BEDS
BABY CHICK.S— 500,000 SIN
(fie Comb Rhode Island Reds and
Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds.
P«-dicr»H>d. Exhibition and util
it.v matings. Price ri^bt. Cata
lomie fn-e. Stamps ai»|'r»'"''ated.
Nabob Hatcheries. Dept. 16.
lOlbam
l#ambier. O
PURE TOMPKINS' SIN(JLE AND ROSE
Tomb Hod ♦•egs. .1. ,T. .lenkins. (Jreenville.
N. C. l'<'->
PLYMOUTH BOCKS
KI SHET, WHITE AND RINtJLKT MAUUKD
R<H IkN. Ku'irs and stock in season. Mated
pens. A. O. Hukle, Stratford, la. 189
ANY BREEDER OF ANY VARIETY OF
IMyiuMith Rocks should have tin* book Ply
mouth Ko« ks It ilwells on all the v8rieti»'it
of the Rr)ck famil.v. i-t a practii-al bree<l book
that sh old b." .'v.'r in ri-a-h t<i tuido you
right in the mating and «»tber problems that
'onfront yovi every day. It will pay y'>u
the price of the book every day in helpful
■uggewtj<.n> and fa<ts. We will fiil your or
der by return mail. Price. $2.50. prepaid.
Address orders to Everybodys Poultry Ma 'b
line. Hanover. Pa. ' ' I^-^'
BABY CHICKS — :ioo .100
Barred Plymouth Rocks. Parks'
strain and H'!tern>an"s ,\rist'>-
crats. Pe«ligTeed. exhibition and
tJtility matings. I'nce right.
Catalogue free .Stamps appre<-i-
ated. Nabob Hatcheries. Dept.
16. Gambler. O. lylbam
VSS?.;
'*» ST«>'
BETTER BAURKD
ne.sted. Fifteen years'
• hicks, sto.-k. Circulars.
B A. Milford. N. H.
ROCKS TRAI'
breed inc. Eggs.
Arthur Searles.
IIM
BUFF PLYMOUTH BOCKS
1^>N^
M A B V C HICK .S— loo.ooo
Buff Plymouth R4Kks (tolden
Niicget strain. Exhibition and
utility matings. Price right.
Catalogu<» free. .Stamps ap|>reci
ated. Nabob Hatcherie.s. Dept.
16. Gambier. O lOlbam
BUFF ROCKS. GREAT TRAPNESTrU)
layers and winners. Most eggs. $2 00 for I .^
Best month old chicken.s, 60 cents ea<-h.
Ciriular. Orrin Hanes. Potsdam, N Y. lOlbm
COLUMBIAN PLYMOUTH BOCKS
1 si»»*^
BABY CHICKS -5o.n.H> (o
lumbian Plymouth Roi ks. Kxhi
biti«»n mating. Price right.
Catalo{;ue free. Stamps appre
ciated. Nabob Ilttt'heries. I),-pt.
16, (iambier, O. lOlbam
COLUMBIAN ROCKS. BUKD FROM OUR
first prize winners. Madison .Square Garden.
Trapnested. pedigree bred, 200 2:J5 ecg ree-
>rd». Hatching egk's, $.'"> 13, Hnl.y .hicks.
10 or more, 50 cents each. 1024 list free.
.\ddress. James F. Harrington. Haramonton.
N. J. isyf
PARTRIDGE PLYMOUTH BOCKS
'^^r^*
BABY CHICKS — 50.000
Partridge Plymouth Rtx-ks. Ex
bibition mating. Price right.
Catalogue free. Stamps appreci-
ated. Nabob Hatcheries. Dept.
16. Gambier. O. lOlbam
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS
B A B Y CHICK S— 150.000
White Plym< uth Rocks. Fishel'a
strain. Exhibition and utility
matings. Price right. Catalogue
free. .Stamps appreciated. Na-
b.'h Hattheries. Dept. 16. (Jam
bier. O. 191bain
NON SKTTINtJ WHITE ROCKS ALWAYS
prolific layers. Standard typed. Stm-k.
hat'-htiig e 'gs f'»r sale. .\ilell»ert Cheenbro.
Dansville. S. Y. A breeder since 1901. l^»
KENDALL'S WHITE K«»CKS. HEAVY
layers. Eggs from mated pens. $;i 00 por
1.'). pure Fishel strain N<> m'»re stock wii
til our June sale. B. F. Kendall. Winehes
ter. O. »'"•'
KolMlUAUtJH & SON, BUEKDKUS OF
Wh te H.K K-. (or e<'!iimer«-i«I farm use and
for l.a kvard poultrv raiser All f »rm ran»:e
!{ .No i<' VorW. l'« l"^*
SPECKLED SUSSEX
^ Sra*'
B A B Y C HICK S— 50.000
.Si>e«kled .Su.i,t.e\ Evhlbiti«>n
malinc Price right Cat«b«gu«
free. Stamp* apt>rt<«'iat«Hl Na-
letb Ilatt'herie*>. Dept. 10. Gam-
bler. O 191batu
SPANISH
BABY CHICK S— 50.000
White Fared Black Spanish Ex-
hibition mating. Price right
Catalogue fre«. Stam]** apprei-i-
■ ted Nabob Hatcheries D<>i>l
16. ilanibirr. O I'.tPam
RHODE ISLAND WHITES
^Tra*-''
BABY C H I C K S- l«Mi 000
KiKie Comb Hhoile Itilarul Wbilvoi
Exhibition and utility mating^.
Price right Catalogue fre«».
Stamps appre<-ial<*ii Nabob
Hatcherie*. I>cpl. 16. (;»ml>ior.
O liUl.am
KICHKL.MANN S .STRAIN RIB>DE IS
land Whites. Rose an<| Single C»»ml». Spet i«l
s.HJe of .Single t'onih st'>i k. $10. no p«>n Kgg«
reduced. Catalogue free. Henry Eichelmaan.
Waterloo. 111. lUO
WYANDOTTES
THE WYANDOTTE .STANDARD AND
Breed Hi»ok is ti.e i;<nde of all juilge^ and
hreelers of Wyandottes- all varieti«*«» «»ne
of th«« finest bi>i>ks yet given the poultry
world Handsome doth binding, profunely
illustrated, covering e\ery |dia«e of the mat
iiig and ttreeding «»f Wyaiid"ltes. t*oniji'|rt|
t'V H. A No.irse, )>ul>lishe<l bv .Vmerican
Poultry Assoriation, illustrated l>r .Srhiilmg
l'ri<-e $2 50, postage propaid .\ildr«wks or
ders to EverybiHlys poultry Msgaiino Han
over. Pa. l^Of
BUrP WYANDOTTES
BABY CHICK S— 60.000
Huff Wyandottes. Exhibition
mating. Pri>'e ri«:ht Catalogue
free. Stamps aiiomiated Na
boh irntcherie«. I)ept. 16. (iam
bier. O UJlbain
BUFF WYANDOTTES EGtiS FUOM
Ito-tMii winners, |1.50 for 15. Orrin Hane«.
Potsdam. N. T. I'Jtlin
COLUMBIAN WYAHDOTTB8
BABY CHICKS -5'».ooo CO
lumbian Wyandottes. K\hil>ilioa
mating. Price right Uatab gue
free Stamps appre< :ateil. Na
bid) Hattherien, Dept 16. Gam
bier, O. lOlbam
tol.U.MM!\N WYANDOTTES AT NEW
York State Fair won 5 rtrot** and all «|>.' lal
prizeit. anil my strain has the rgg lading
habii bred into it Egg*. $.'» oo i,t»r 15 fiom
•hie it pens. AusUn G. Warner. Whili««b..ra,
N. Y. lH'.»b;i|
tuLUMMIAN WYANDOTTES. tJRr: VT
•rapne-t«'«l layem and winners. Best "iCm^.
V- oo for !.'». Ht«iit month old (-htck«n«. oO
...fts eaeh. Circular tlrnn Hanes, l'o*»
dam. N Y. I O'.m
QUALITY CHICKS
We oir.r bitfh qual.ty . hi. k^ fr- -> o .r -'", ..g^ rerord. fann raised s«o. k I.-,
deliveo guaranteed by prepaid parcel p...l . ourt -on. treHtment prompt .hipmeo,
This i7 n.it a .-.mmer.ial hat.hery, but a br Hug farm e-abli.h.d f r t..e..i> Hx-
years <>rder from tin- id\ .rimement or semi f r tree bu4»klel
PRICES OF QUALITY CHICKS HATCHING EGGS
White Leghorns
Rhode Island Beds
Mottled Anconas
Barred Plyaiouth Rocks
White Orpingtons
White Plymouth Rocks
White Wyandottes
Black Minorcas
Jersey Black Giants
Pekln and Indian Runner DuckUngi
Ten ihouaand quality pulleta,
2.*
$4.00
I 50
4.ao
4. SO
7.00
.S.OO
5.00
5.00
9.00
9.00
60
$7.50
8.50
8.50
8.50
13.00
9.60
0.60
9 50
18 00
18 00
March
100
114 00
16.00
16.00
16.00
25.00
18.00
18 00
18.00
35.00
35.00
and April
1,000
32'> 00
hatched.
100
86.00
8.00
10.00
8 00
10.00
10 00
10 00
10 00
IS 00
10 00
at
2 00
bar*
cain pricea.
CIEN ROCK NlRStRV A\0 STOCK FARM. RID<;mOOD. MW JtRStY
570
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
OOLDEM WTAHDOTTBS
BABY CHICKS— 50.000 GOL-
den Wy»ndotte«. Exhibition
mfttinir. Price rlcbt. Cat.lofuo
free. 8t»nipi »ppreri«ted. >•■
>i^«.^^ bob Hatcheries. Dept. 18. 0»m-
^t^ bier. O. ^Q^»^»^»
PAKTRIDOE WYANDOTTE 8
BABY C H I C K &— 50.000
Partridff* Wjr»ndottes. Exhibi-
tion mating. Price ri«ht. C«U-
losue free. 8Ump« appreciated.
^^sA^^ Nabob Hatcheries, DeP^,^*^-
^S^^ Gambler. O. ^^^^^^
SIIiVEB LACED WYAHD0TTE8
BABY CHICKS— 100,000 8IL-
Ter Laced Wyandottes. Tarbox
itr»ln. Exhibition and utiUty
maUnfi. Price right. Catalogie
free. Stamp* appreciated. Na-
bob Hatcheriee, Dept. 16. Gam-
bler. O. I91bam
IF YOU WANT THE BEST IN SILVER
Wyandottei that have the Wjandotte type.
•IM and lacing, write W. E^ Sam.on. Teteran
breeder and judge, Kirkwood. N. Y. i»7
WOODLAND SILVER WYANDOTTES—
Winners New York. Chicago. Detroit. Large
open laced exhibition stock. f^e/> ^aUlogue.
Woodland Farm. Route E-3. Ann Arbor. Mjch
SEVERAL VARIETIES
PARTRIDGE ^VYANDOTTES. WHITE
Fs<-ed Spanish eggH. |2.00 prepaid. Mr».
Margaret Kmrirk. Butler. Pa. 191
TURKEYS
MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEY EGGS.
35c each; baby turks. 65c each. Irvin O.
Mimser. Route 4. Shippenaburjj. Pa. 1H9
FOR SALE— BRONZE TURKEYS. 10
eggn. $6.50 delivered. Aaron J. Felthouse.
(k>«hen. Ind. 1^1
PHEASANTS
WHITB WYANDOTTES
BABY C H I 0 K 8— 200.000
White Wyandottes. Martin's.
FIshel's and Keeler's strains.
Pedigreed. Exhibition and util-
ity matingfl. Price right. Ota-
lofue free. Stamps appreaiated.
Nabob Hatcheries, Dept. 16.
lOlbam
R E O A L WHITE WYANDOTTES OF
Jiuality. Stock shipped on approval. Eggs
or hatching. No chicks. Mating list free
Frank P. AlUand. Hanover, Pa. tfbjl
1.000 PURE REGAL WHITE WYANDOT-
tes. 100 eggs. 96.00. Allen Sechrist. Port
Trevorton. Pa 1*^
SEVERAL VARIETIES
SELECT EGGS. PURE BRED. FROM JER-
sey Blark Giants. Ringlet Hsrrcd Plymouth
Roeks, White Wyandottes. Mammoth Bronse
also White Holland Turkeyn. White African
GmiaeM. Satiaf action to customers. Circu-
lar free. Mention paper. E. F. Sunimfr*.
Bonersei. Va. 189f
90 VARIETIES — POULTRY. PIGEONS.
4«c«, parrots, pheasants, peafowl, hareh.
Write wanU. J. A. Bergey. Telford. Pa. 19u
RAI.SE RINGNI-:CK PHEASANTS. THESE
beautiful birds are in great demand and are
much more profitable than ordinary poultry.
They are very hardy, good layers, and easily
raised. A few choice birds for immediate
shipment. Possum Hollow Gamefarm. R.
9 35. Springfield. O. 192
GOLDEN AND LADY AMHERST HATCH-
ing eggs and stock. Beech Crest. 7474 Lower
River Road. Cincinnati. O.
189
FANCY PHEAS.ANTS MANY KINDS.
Charles F. Denley, Box 1. Rockville, Md. 191
PIGEONS
WANTED— 4.000 PIGEONS (LIVE) AND
will pay highest market price; also market
poultry. Address. Penn Poultry A Pigeon
Co., 219 Callowhill St.. Philadelphia. Pa. tfbm
DUCKS
DUCKLINGS — 100.000 DUCK-
lings. Exhibition and utility
grades. Fawn and Wlilte In-
dian Runners; White Indian Run-
ner*. Mammoth White Pekin,
Giant Rouen. Catalogue free.
Stamps appreciated. Nabob Hatcheriee, Dept.
16, Gambler. O. 191^^™
FIRST MADISON SQUARE INDIAN RUN-
ner. Gi»nt Rouen and Mammoth Pekin ducks.
Special price hatrhing eggs. Ducklings. Gae-
bel Brothers, Morristown. N. J. 189
DUCK EGOS 12.50 SETTING. PREPAID.
Largest, quackless Muscovys ; easiest, cheap-
eKt and quickest raised. Short's Duck Farms.
Longwxwd. Fla. 190
BLUE MUSCOVIES, FIRST PRIZE ALL
winter shows. E^gs, $4.00 per eleven. Os-
csr A. Jose, 1160 Fairfield Ave., Indianapolis,
Ind. 189
CANARIES
PURE BLOODED ROLLERS. CHOICE
mating t^tock. Splendid singerH. Frank Ca-
duff. .117 16th Ave , Newark. N. J. IH'J
INCUBATORS AND BROODERS
TWO IDEAL DOUBLE DECK JUu
moth incubators. 12.480 ege capacity eac),
A-1 condition. '^ •'»"" ...
192.']
Russell F. Piell, Pittstown, N. J.
idition. One 1922 remodeled, nn«
Make an offer. I don't need them
189
WANTED: NO. 7 M.\MMOTH HlCKXfg
incubator. Bertram Dole, Routt.. 1. HarrikOB
^^^ 191
FOXES
SILVER KUXKS — PUPS NOW ON SALfi"
registered blue ribbon stock. Radtke 4
Splaine, Wauuau, Wis. ig|
SILvlcR FOXES. TIME PAYMENTS
Fred Alger, Waukau. Wis. ijj
~, POULTRY REMEDIES
DORAN'S GAPE REMEDY CURES GAPE8
or money bark, 25c. Agents wanted. W.
H. Doran, Brandenburg. Ky. 189
REAL ESTATE ~
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, M O N if
making farms, selected sections New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland. M«v
York. Copy free. R. S. McKillip Fara
Agency. 1328 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. P».
WO
ESTABLISHED BABY CHICK Busi-
ness. Pays 20% on investment. "Plant,"
care Everybodys Poultry Maga^iae, Hanover,
Pa. 190
LARGE, MODERN POULTRY FARM FOB
sale. Souder Farm. North Wales, Pa. 191
MISCELLANEOUS "
DOMESTIC RABBIT SKINS WANTED
and furs of all kinds. Price list free, alse
Fur Rabbit breeding booklets. UuiteU b'tates
Fur Company, Shawano. Wis. I89bm
FARMS WANTED
FARM WANTED. FROM OWNEil WRITE
immediately. Raymond Smith, Mmplewood, Mo.
tfbam
CIGARS
DIRECT FROM FACTOR i, 5 INCH CL-
ban twisters, long dUars. S>vect as a uut.
$2.00 for 60. Franx Millar, rJt'S West Bth
St., Dept. 4. IXM Angeles, Calif. 192
PRINTING
PRINTING — 250 EITHER BOND LET-
terheads. envelopes $1.75, 500 «2.50. 1,000
$4.00, postpaid. Stamp brings samples.
Model Printing Company, Manchester, la. 191
QUALITY POULTRY PRINTING. PRE-
paid. Cuts used. Prices reasonable. Sam-
ples, tv.o cents. Renoux Printing Co., Wash-
ington, la. 18*
Bradley Bros, g^rred RoclcS WIN At MadUon Sq. Garden 1922
Lee, Mass
First, Second, Third and Fifth Cockerels
First, Second, Fourth and Fifth Cocks
rint Frin CMk.
MatflMS Seaan Gsi^m Show. \m
ETery bird we exhibited was placed (aU bred and raised by us) thas rounding out
SO Years of Bladison Square Garden First Prize Winning ReputaUon by Birds of Our
Breeding.
We have today a Better Lot of Male Birds even than our Prixe Winners at our last
•zhibit at Madison Square Garden, N. Y.. Show. These were not shown this season but
their full vigor is being used in our own Breeding Pens and is not depleted by ordeal of
the exhibition hall. They are narrow barred, shapely, have nice surface color and pro
nounced under-barring.
We have for aale brothers and sisters of these superb males and at prices according
to merits. (A very few low priced enough for utility uses though suitable for fancy.)
These birds are first class and we can recommend them for producing First Class results
in lines both light and dark bred. Tell your wants and if with order we will be able to
benefit you as our patron.
Pl^/^e for Hatching from Pens We Use for Our Own Raising, carefully packed to
■-•^*^J'^ carry any diKtanre. From lijrht mating* or dark matings or part from each:
$16 per 16; $20 per 24; $25 per 32; $30 per 39; $40 per 52; $76 per 100. For parcel
post, add 25 to 60 cents for nearby points and 75o to $1.00 for western points. Sales
limited, ao order at once, even for later delivery.
Corvallis. Oregon. December. 1923.
I raised 12 fine birds (now 7 months old) from the 15 eggs. I really hatched 14 out
of the 15 and one died after being 8 weeks old. This is the largest hatch I ever heard
of to be shipped so far. They are the best looking birds I have. I have — — ■ and
— stock but yours look the best. g k, HARTSOCK.
I raised some very nice cockerels from the eggs I bought of you a year ago.
Iowa, an<t First and Second at JefiTerson Show.
ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR FREE
• • Box 314*
Boone, Iowa. January. 1924.
I showed at our shows and took First at Nevada.
JOHN R. PATTERSON.
lee:, ivf>\ss., u. s. A.
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The Ideal Fowl -Beauty Meat.Eggs
I am prepared to make immediate shipment of early baby chicks or
high class breeding stock. My prices are fair and I will guarantee safe
delivery. Write for free circular and 1924 mating list, containing de-
tailed list of my great winnings and pictures of my superb, massive,
typical WHITE Orpingtons.
Baby
typical will It. urpmgtons. ^%%^% ^m ^
LereirE. winters, Mitrftoiu. 8craiitwi,P«. CMlCKa
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I
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Thorough revision of waterfowl
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Hois Itt, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
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One of America's Closest Students of Poultry Breeding Problems Writes
in Strong Terms of Praise About That Latest Remarkable Poultry Book,
"The Production of 300-Eggers and Better by Line Breeding."
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acquainted witb its geography, lu poultry inausiry
people who are re»pon«ibIe for the latter. As a travelii
Canton. I have had "The Production of aOO-EnKcrs aiu
» Line nreeding." IT HAS PROVEN A VERY INTl
ELDOM are authors rewarded as have
been Messrs. Atkinson and Curtis by
having so many men of long experi-
ence and special knowledge write
in commendation of their recently
published poultry book. Following is a letter
from Wm. A. Lippincott:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
W. W. Campbell, President
College of Agriculture Branch of the College of
Division of Poultry Husbandry Agriculture, University Farm,
Wm. A. Lippincott in Charge Davis, California
Editor Reliable Poultry Journal, Berkeley, Cal., Nov. 8, 1923
Dayton, Ohio.
My dear Mr. Curtis: —
During the- months I have been in California, I have spent
a major t>art of my time traveling about the state getting
acquainted with its geography, iu poultry industry and the
As a traveling com-
and Better
ITEREST
ifiC AND PROFltABLE COMPANION AND I WANT
TO CONGRATULATE
YOU AND MR. ATKIN
SON ON THE GREAT
SERVICE YOU HAVE
RENDERED POULTRY
BREEDERS AND BREED-
INC.
Beginners in poultry breed-
ing have heretofore labored
under certain disadvantages
which the novice in other
lines of livestock brceiling
has not had. I refer, particu-
larly, to the fact that the
ancestry of the outstanding
individuals of the various
breeds of horses, cattle,
shrrp and swine is a matter
of public record. When a
would-be breeder of dairy
cattle, for instance, attends
a aho^ and sees an individ-
ual that fills his eye. be is
not under the necessity of
cautiously apfiroaching the
breeder and asking him
about his breeding methods.
He can investigate the
breeding of that individual
on his own account and in-
deed follow up the breeding practices of the man who pro-
duced it by means of the herd book. This, of course, has
not been true with regard to twultry. whether one is interested
in breed-type and color, or in production.
I FEEL THAT YOU AND MR. ATKINSON HAVE
RENDERED A VERY GREAT SERVICE IN PUBLISHING
THE PEDIGREES OF THESE OUTSTANDING BI KDS
AND AN ACCOUNT OF HIS BREEDING .METHODS AND
PRACTICES. I SHALL CERTAINLY RECO.MMEND THE
BOOK TO ALL THOUGHTFITL BREEDERS OF THIS
.STATE AND SHALL REQUIRE ITS USE BY STUDENTS
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WHO TAKE
OUR ADV.\NCED COURSE IN POULTRY BREEDING.
I am delighted to see by the current issue of "The Reliable"
that you are going ahead with a similar account of Mr. Tan-
cred s brcc<ling metho<ls. I was fearful lest his untimely death
might have left the matter so incomplete that it would not be
poMible for you to carry out your announced plan. I shall
look forward to its publication with very keen interest, as I
am sure poultry breeders will everywhere.
ONE VERY GREAT SERVICE WHICH THE BOOK
ALREADY PUBLLSHED IS PERFORMING IS THE
Eb^^^li^'il^ii^II^N OF THE IDEAS OF BREEDERS ON
ISX' ^JATTER OF INBREEDING AND LINE BREED-
ill5i- *".*'^ *^*" **"" K"*» "*«** ^^r « frank discussion of in-
breeding in order that the popular prejudice against it might
be overcome Breeders of high standing, in this country, have
lre«juently felt under the necessity of bring quite secretive about
their brecdin(f practices for fear that the prejudices against
inbreeding which they, of necessity, practiced would react against
Fibre Paper Bound Editum.
Art Cover Design by
F.L.Sewell
Wm. A. Lippincott
Professor of Poultry Husbandry
University of California
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them. THE SOONER THE BUYING Pl'BLIC LEARNS
THAT NO GREAT FAMILY OF ANY KIND OF I IVE
STOCK HAS EVER BEEN DEVELOPED WITIIOUT
INTELLIGENT. THOUGH OFTEN OUITE CLOSE IN-
BREEDING, THE BETTER OFF THE POULTRY V
DUSTRV WILL BE. *
Again congratulafing you and Mr. Atkinson and looking for-
ward to the product
of your further efforts
in this line. I aqi.
Yours very truly,
William A. Lippincott
IVofessor of Poultry
Husbandry
For upwards of
a dozen years Prof.
Lippincott was
head of the poultry
Department of the
Kansas State Col-
lege of Agriculture,
Manhattan, where
he did exceptionally
valuable work as
a n Investigator
and Instructor in
Poultry Breeding,
conducting numer-
ous tests extending
over periods of
years — and with
profitable results.
Last summer he
was selected by the
University of Cali-
fornia to occupy the chair of Poultry Husbandry at
this great educational institution, located in one of
the foremost poultry states of our Country. Prof.
Lippincott is also the author of several books and
pamphlets on poultry problems, each one of which
is a capable and timely contribution to the progress
of poultry culture. It is for such reasons that Prof.
Lippincott's strong approval of this book, "The Pro-
duction of 300-Eggers
and Better by Line
Breeding," is especially
valuable.
This latest great
poultry book consists of
416 pages, 6 by 9 inches
in size. It is illustrated
by the use of many half-
tones and also contains
numerous blood-line or
mating charts, showing
how to proceed step by
step in breeding any
Standard variety of do-
mestic fowl for greatly
increased egg production.
It is published in two
editions: One bound in
heavy toiTght-fibrc paper
with art cover design by
Franklane L. Sewell, the price of which is $2.50
per copy postpaid; the other edition is bound in rich
red cloth with gold lettering, the price of which
is $3.50 per copy. .Address all orders to Everybody's
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
VOLUME 29
JULY, 1924
NUMBER 7
EVERYBODYS
America s T^ost Popular Poultry J^agazine
This Month
Cover
by L. A. Stakmer
International Baby Chick Association Program 580
The Development of American Poultry Organi-
zations 581
by Prof. Harry R. Lewis
Why Neglect the Breeders? 583
by Charles D. Cleveland
Sussex Fowls and Other English Breeds 584
by Tho«. F. McGrew
The Cow, the Hog and the Hen 586
by D. E. Hale
The Housewife and a Few Hens 587
by Harry H. Collier
The Casserole 588
by Harold F. Barber
Experiment Stations 589
by Prof. Harry R. Lewis
Editorials
A Chance in Machinery Without Hsitinc the Ship;
Oongtsory; Co-operation; All Roadii Lead to To-
ronto, Ontario, Canada; Rutland 'h Glory; Poultry
Work a Pleasure; Aid in the Work of the Specialty
Clubs; The Importance of Culling
Editor's Desk
Hale's Henographs
Beginners Department
by Prof. Harry R. Lewis
The Great West
by Harry H. Collier
American Buff Wyandotte Bulletin
Jersey Black Giant Bulletin
Horticultural Department
by Prof. Arthur J. Farley
Waterfowl on the Farm
by Oscar Grow
Shows and Associations
606
T^ext J^onth
WHY FORGET ABOUT THE BREEDING
BIRDS?
By Charles D. Cleveland
A subject thrtt will intereHt rvery jtoultry keeper. When
y<m st«)p and fon^idi'r tlie imporfunce of handling; the breed-
i!ifi; hird> from the time ymir matinfjs are broken uj) until
tlu'se liir<lN are needed a^ain. you will not be forgetful of
their care. Mr Cleveland tells you how best to care for
them.
TEN HENS EQUAL ONE COW
By D. E. Hale
The title gives one food for thought. The article, when you
read it, will make you think more of your poultry and it is
based on facts, not fiction. Mr. Hale gives figures to prove
every assertion. You n>ay question the value of ten hens
to one cow, but do not be biased until you read this article
in August Everybodys.
BEGINNERS DEPARTMENT
By Prof. H. R. Lewis
"Culling Methods Made Simple and Easy" is the subject
for the Beginners I)ei)artment next month. It is our pur-
pose to make this department of interest to every reader,
yet particularly to the beginner. Ka«h month timely sub-
jects will be in order, (see page 539, June Everybodys). Do
not miss an issue. Is your subscription paid well in ad-
vance! If not, note the wrapper on this month's issue and
be sure you are ]>aid in advance.
CORNISH AND OTHER GAME FOWLS
By Tlios. F. McGrew
Cornish and Game fowl fanciers will hugoly enjoy Mr. Mr-
Cirew's article for next month, in fact every lover of Stand-
ard-bred fowls. Mr. McGrew is a fancier, true blue aa it
were, and whose years have been spent closely identified
with all that goes to make up the fancy. We doubt if there
is a more respected writer on breed characteristics in the
country today. This article is the tenth of his breed series —
there are more to follow.
MODERN POULTRY HOUSES
By Prof. H. R. Lewis
A gubject that will be covered perhaps just a little better —
m little more thoroughly than any writer, past or present, has
done before. We have visited that farm at Davtsville, R. I.,
where Prof. Lewis works out every problem that faces poul-
try keepers. We know the man. we know what he has done,
and in this particular we know that he knows about p<»ultry
house construction. That he plans and builds them, not for
ornaments, but as a successful part of poultry keeping.
Watch for this article — tell your neighbors about it.
OTHER AUGUST FEATURES
Henographs, Great West, Casserole, Experiment Stations,
Editor's Desk, with a timely article by Mr. Collier and a
feast of other good things, that if read, mean dollars to you,
a> well as a lot of enjoyment.
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rorslcn l.SS 2.00 4.50
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th« slight dlffrrwioi tn price*.
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Adams, H. C .' * ' *
American Scientiilc Labora-
toriee, Inc
American Bupplf Co. ... ..
American Poultrf School . .
Arey, M. 8
615
607
614
604
698
605
605
Estes. Chas. M.
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Ferris. Geo. B 595
Fainriew Farm 596
FleiRchmsnn Co ^0*
Fishing Creek Poultry Farm 613
Barioger. M. F «0f
Barber. Harold F • 613
Barr'« Knobby Stone Poul
Gastoniii Poultry Farm
(fr«nK«*i"s Mfp. Co
Graham. C S.
Grow, Oscar . .
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611
602
614
595
600
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... 613
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592-593
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try Farm
Bradley Bros
Benoy, Oeo
Bailey, L. W
Bind Bros. .........
Buekeye Incubator Co
Battles. C. O
Bloomer Bros back cover
Barthoiomew, Wm. A 605
Betman Jk Son. 8 ^^^
Collie Products Co 607
Crosby. A. 8 ^05
Cnrtisi Co.. W. R 600
Oosb. Newton 6<^8
Cleveland. Charles D 575
Collier, H. H 597
Clardy, P. F 600
Oook. Jr . C. Sydney 600
Columbia Uatrhery 610
Croft's Poultry Remedy Co. 619
Call of the Hen back cover
Dickinson Co.. Albert 599
Davey, F. H. 596
Daniels. H. A 607
Dnfleld Farm 611
Hankins. W. H 614
Holtermsn. W. D 575
Homestesd Campine Farm . . 603
lUlbarh A Sons. W. H 60rt
Hall, Edward F 6<»5
Hanover Fair Poultry Show ♦>lf)
Hillview Poultry Farm . . . 619
Independent Mfg. Co 618
Jacobus. M. R 598
Jones. L. W 605
James Mfg. Co 579
Kerlin's Grand View Poul-
try Farm 598
Keipper Cooping Co., Inc. . 60H
Keystone Hatchery 621
Lord Farms 611
Laywell Farm 600
Lewis Farms 596
Lenher, J. Guy 621
Lancaster Mfg. Co 613
Myers, C. N 611
Mineola Poultry Show G19
Monmouth Poultry Farm . . 618
M»r<'y Farms 602
Martin. John 8 594
Missouri Poultry Farms ... 619
Moeller Co., A. E 604
Northland Farms 600
Nunda Poultry Farm 597
National Poultry Institute . 608
Newtown Giant Incubator
Corporation 577
National Poultry Band Co. . 607
New York State Fair 619
O. K. Company 597
Owen Farms 578
"Oculum" Co 619
Outdoor Enterprise Co 614
Oneida Community, Ltd. . . . 597
Production of SOOEgifers A
Better by Line Breeding
front cover
Picturesque Poultry Farm . 575
Purina Mills 606
Poltl. A. F 598
Putnam. 1 604
Parks. J. W 597
Potter A Oo 606
Pennsylvania Poultry Farm. 599
Payne Bros 614
Peerless Wire A Fence Co. . 615
Pratt Food Co 603
Pardee, Roy E 605
Poultry Chemists, Inc 610
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Popular Poultry Pointers . 613
Queen Incubator Co.
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Rabbitcraft 614
Rentzel, P. E 001
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and at the tame time deliver quality chick*,
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By R. A. Zimn>erm«n.
VineUutd. New Jersey,
M«y 8. 1924.
Jame* Manufacturinc Co..
incubator Department.
Fort Atkmson. Wiaionain.
Gentlemen:
We are very glad to report that our hatches
have been tplemlid throughout the season and
have averagetl about 70 '^ hatchet of all e«c*
put in the machine. Just took olf m 7i%
hatch thit week.
We appreciate very much your willingnet*
and cooperation anii fur the tervice you have
rendered ui. We have had a good hutinet*
so far thit season. Yours very truly.
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By Elmer Wcnc.
Lomira. Wisconsin,
March 17. 1924.
Tames Manufacturing Co.,
Incubator Division.
Fort Atkinson. Wis.
Gentlemen:
May we compliment you on the Jamesway
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ago. Tha hatch run 70Sr'. which was r«
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By Roy L. Waehler.
Spirit Lake. Iowa,
March 4. 1924.
Tame* Manufacturing Co.,
Fort Atkin*on, Wt*.
Gentlemen:
I have some good news for you and maybe
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these egg* at such an early dale. Conae-
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duce eggs for hatching purpr>ses.
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leaving 248 eggs on the trays. 19t chicks
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thank you and with best wishe*. I am
Yours sincerely.
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By B. A. La Duua.
Wabash. Indiana.
June 4. 1924.
James Manufacturing Co.,
Fort Atkinson. Wis.
Gentlemen:
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When setting up the machine we found
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Yours very truly,
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Program Ninth Annual Convention of the
INTERNATIONAL BABY CHICK ASSOCIATION
August 5th) 6th,
EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL
Tuesday, August 5 — Morning Session
9 a. m. to 11 a. m. — Registration — Balcony of
Convention Hall.
9 a. m. to 11 a. m. — Meeting of the Board of
Directors.
11 a. m. — Convention called to order.
Address of Welcome, Dwight E. Hale, Presi-
dent, Illinois Baby Chick Association.
Response, Harry R. Lewis, President.
Roll Call of Officers and Directors.
Treasurer's Report.
Appointment of Convention Committees.
Convention Announcements.
Tuesday, August 5 — Afternoon Session
2 p. m. — President's Address, Harry R. Lewis.
Reports from State Directors: Connecticut,
Almon B. Hall; Illinois, Lyle W. Funk:
Indiana, C. I. Bashore; Iowa, E. H Rucker;
New Jersey, Charles N. Warner; Missouri,
Manuel Drumm; Ohio, H. E. Ohls; Virginia.
W. H. Densmore; Wisconsin, John F.
Mueller.
4 p. m. — Recreation.
Tuesday, August 5— Evening Session
Z. C. Drumm, President, New Jersey Baby Chick
Association, presiding.
8 p. m. — "What Does the 1924 Baby Chick Season
Teach Us?" by W. J. Buss, Sec'y, Ohio Chick
Hatcheries Association.
"Our 1924 Association Publicity Program," by
Harry R. Lewis, Managing Director, Inter-
national Baby Chick Association.
Wednesday, August 6 — Morning Session
Dr. W. H. Guiss, President, Ohio Chick Hatcheries
Association, presiding.
The subject for toda^, "Producing Our Chicks"
10 a. m. — The Egg Supply.
"Breeding," C. B. Williamson, Virginia.
"Culling," J. H. Durfee, Wisconsin.
"Supervision of Flocks," Charles Cane, New
Jersey.
"Effect of Forcing," Elmer H. Wene, New
Jersey.
General Discussion.
11a. m. — Hatching Our Chicks.
"Reducing Production Costs," Manuel
Drumm, Missouri.
"Ventilation and Moisture," H. B. Hall, Con-
necticut.
"Incubator Problems," H. E. Ohls, Ohio.
General Discussion.
Wednesday, August 6 — Afternoon Session
D. E. Hale, President, Illinois Baby Chick Associa-
tion, presiding.
2 p. m. — The Bacillary White Diarrhoea Problem.
Address, Dr. L. P. Doyle, Purdue University.
Discussion, led by Almon B. Hall, Connecti-
cut.
3 p. m. — Accredited Hatchery Associations.
Report of the Accredited Hatchery Depart-
ment, H. M. Lackie, Chairman.
Discussion, led by Lyle W. Funk, Illinois.
(Continued
7th and 8th, 1924
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Wednesday, August 6 — Evening Session
6:30 p. m. — Annual Banquet, Convention Hall.
Program to be announced.
Baby Chick Moving Pictures.
Thursday, August 7 — Morning Session
John F. Mueller, President, Wisconsin Accredited
Hatcheries Association, presiding.
The sui)ject for today, "Selling Our Chicks."
10 a. m. — "Association Advertising," Gilbert R.
Spitzer, Virginia.
"Individual Advertising," H. Cecil Sheppard,
Ohio.
"Truth in Advertising," C. I. Bashore, In-
diana.
General Discussion.
Thursday, August 7 — Afternoon Session
D. Earl Sanger, President, Virginia Baby Chick
Association, presiding.
2 p. m. — Selling Problems.
"Handling Orders," Eden C. Booth, Missouri.
"Guarantees," James Weisel, New Jersey.
"Replacements," H. B. Kennedy, Missouri.
"The Price Question," E. P. Conrad, Illinois.
"Dealer Business," W. T. Leeds, New York.
General Discussion.
3:30 p. m. — Auto Tour through Chicago.
Friday, August 8 — Morning Session
A. B. Hall, President, Connecticut Baby Chick
Association, presiding.
The subject for today, "Shipping Our Chicks."
10 a. m. — The Standard Box.
The Warm Weather Box.
Weight of Box Material.
Ventilating.
Nesting.
Litter.
Discussion, led by Herbert H. Knapp.
Friday, August 8 — Afternoon Session
H. B. Kennedy, President, Missouri Baby Chick
Association, Presiding.
2 p. m. — Shipping Conditions.
"Parcel Post Problems," C. A. Norman,
Tennessee.
"Express Facilities," Hubert D. White, Ohio.
3 p. m. — Annual Business Meeting of the Inter-
national Baby Chick Association.
Friday, August 8 — Evening Session
8 p. m. — "Your Obligation to Your State and Na-
tional Baby Chick Association," Zeph C
Drumm.
Address, "What Is Ahead?" Harry R. Lewis.
Saturday, August 9
10 a. m. — National Poultry Conference to consider
formation of a National Poultry Council.
NOTE: — Special entertainment features will be
announced each day. For further information re-
garding program or convention details, address
Harry R. Lewis, President, International Baby
Chick Association, Davisville, R. I.
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VOL. XXIX.
HANOVER, PA., JULY, 1924.
No. 7
The Development of American
Poultry Organizations
By Prof. HARRY R. LEWIS, Associate Editor
F the poultry industry of America is to grow and
develop along permanent, substantial lines, it
must be an economic asset to the country. If it
is to be an economic asset, it must come from the
ability of the American hen to provide food for
our American people, and how fortunate it is, that the
recent trend of agricultural development has been along
sound, economc production lines. The awakening which
the poultry industry has ex-
perienced during the past
decade, has overshadowed
any similar development in
any other field of agriculture
for generations. C h ea p,
wholesome food, supplied in
abundance, is the crying
need of our great mass of
city dwellers, and that this
food must be produced at a
profit to the g^reat mass of
poultry raisers of America,
is also of primary considera-
tion. The production end of
the poultry business has been
reduced at the present time
to a position where, through
modern methods of housing,
feeding, culling and hand-
ling the birds, efficient eco-
nomic production is assured.
The big problem before us
as producers, is the economic distribution of these pro-
ducts. A system must be developed whereby the costs of
distribution are reduced to a minimum, and secondly,
whereby the quality of the product in its journey from
producer to consumer, will be maintained to the higher t
possible level. That this can best be done throujrh eco-
nomic organizations of producers, designed and built up
Are You Doing Your Part ?
WHEN historians write the agricultural
history of the United States for the
current period, they will designate
the progress of the times as one
marked by pronounced development of the
co-operative spirit among agricultural pro-
ducers. .
In the poultry field, this influence has
marked itself by the development of large
successful co-operative buying and selling or-
ganizations. These organizations are having
and will continue to have, an immense in-
fluence upon the successful development of
the business of poultry raising, and upon the
jrrowth and expansion of the industry as a
whole. Are you doing your part in poultry
organization work?
to market their own products, is unquestionably the
answer.
The Pacific Coast Problem
It was not but a few years ago, that the poultry in<lu.^-
try of the Pacific Coast, especially ('alifornia, Orejfon and
\V':ishington, experienced an immense growth and de-
velopment. The mild climate, the ideal soil conditions, and
the large and ever growing p<»pulation on our West coast,
created a demand fi»r an
ever-increasing volume of
eggs and poultry meat. In
gn)wing to meet this de-
mand, the industry became
so profitable and the amount
of products produced so vo-
luminous, that it was not
long before production great-
ly exceede<i demand. So it
was then that if the Western
poultry industry was to keep
its head above water, and to
continue to make money for
the persons engaged in it,
newer and larger market*
must be foun«l. It was early
recognized that the big
metropolitan section of the
Atlantic seaboard, offered
wonderful opportunities for
the outlet of this product.
It was appreciated also, at
the same time, that if those Western produced CKK^ were
to come to New York and compete with Kastern produc-
tion, only the very best could be shipped East and com-
pete favorably. In order to find and develop this market,
it was necessary that the producers them««elves develop
the organization to do it. So it was that some few yean
ago, the California poultry producem organized an im-
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mense diatributlng: orjranization, and some five or six
years a^, we in the East, begran to see Pacific Coast eggs
quoted as a special classification on our price schedules.
In the beginning we did not think much about it, but as
the volume began to increase, the eggs came in by car-
load and trainloads, as the quality was of the very best
and the prices secured equal, if not above the prices for
our own nearby product, the situation began to look seri-
oua. It was this competition of the Western egg, which
in 1920 compelled the Atlantic Coast producers, especi-
ally in the vicinity of New York, to begin to make plans
to organize themselves into a distributing agency. The
beginning of this movement found expression in the New
Jersey Poultry Producers' Association. This was
natural, because New Jersey supplied large volumes of
strictly fresh, new-laid eggs for the metropolitan section
of New York. As with all new organizations developing
a new field, much was to be learned and it was not to be
wondered at that the first activties of the association met
with many discouragring obstacles; among the most im-
portant being the fact that unless the Eastern distribut-
ing association could control the great bulk of the eggs
reaching New York, they could not set up grades and
maintain prices in a uniform, satisfactory way.
The AtUntic Coast Poultry Producers
Adjoining states, watching the results of the New Jer-
sey effort, soon began clamoring for admission to the
New Jersey Poultry Producers' Association, with the re-
sult that some two years ago, the organization was ex-
panded, its field of service enlarged and it is now operat-
ing under the name of the Atlantic Coast Poultry Pro-
ducers' Association. The Atlantic Coast poultry pro-
ducers are doing a great piece of work in standardizing
the grades of white eggs on the Eastern Coast, and in
maintaining satisfactory prices to Eastern producers.
Many problems yet must be met and overcome before the
co-operative marketing of our Eastern eggs is handled
with the greatest of satisfaction to all. This will surely
come as time goes on and as each problem as it presents
itself, is successfully met If you want to see the in-
fluence of co-operative marketing, just take your price
current of any recent date. I have before me the one for
May 10th. You will see the classification for New Jersey
and other nearby hennery white eggs, closely selected
extras 32 and 33 cents and even now Pacific Coast white
extras on that day, are 34 to 34 He. This simply shows
the power of organization. To most efficiently handle
their own business, and to meet the competition of the
New Jersey and Atlantic Coast hennery eggs marketed
under a co-operative arrangement, the various marketing
organizations of the Pacific Coast have recently organized
the Pacific Coast Poultry Producers' Association. They
maintain efficient, high salaried men, both on the Pacific
Coast and in New York, to handle grading, transportation
and selling problems. I simply quote these instances to
show the trend of time, and to point out the wonderful
advantagres to be derived by producers who organize
themselves in an efficient way to economically handle
their product.
The Hen Man I Fear
We, of the intensive poultry producing states, where
large commercial poultry farms predominate, especially
on the Pacific Coast and on the Atlantic Coast, have prob-
lems enough as it is, but the hen man I fear and the hen
man whom we must all look forward to competing with
in the future, is the com belt farmer, who is coming more
and more to appreciate the value of a well bred flock on
his farm. When these men come to the point where
through efficient organization and distribution, their eggs
can be collected promptly, g^raded carefully and shipped
to our large Eastern markets with the same rapidity, and
in the same efficient way that the New Jersey and Pacific
Coast eggs are now reaching New York, then we will have
real competition. Already such organizations are de-
veloping in an embryo stage. Some of them, as in Wis-
consin, are being handled through existing co-operative
creameries. In other States, organizations fostered and
developed by local Farm Bureaus, are already making
their influence felt on the Eastern market. The old
adage, "Together we Stand and Together We Fall" was
never so true as when applied to the future of the poultry
industry in America.
The Boom of "Ready Made" Baby Chicks
One of the most conspicuous examples of successful
organization, is the growth and development which the
baby chick industry of America has experienced, through
the organization about a decade ago, of the International
Baby Chick Association. This organization has not so
much concerned itself with the marketing of its product,
as it has with the standardization of all phases of the in-
dustry. First of all, the association has been of immenie
value in improving the quality of baby chicks produced
the country over. It has secured through co-operation
with the express and Post Office Department, extremely
efficient means of transportation. It has secured the
standardization of baby chick shipping containers. It has
conducted a persistent educational campaign, in.structing
baby chick purchasers, efficient methods of handling their
chicks to insure good livability to the consumer after the
chicks are once in their hands. Probably the biggest and
most outstanding influence of the Association has been
the education of the public, through advertising and
through educational propaganda, into the wonderful pos-
sibilities of "ready-made" baby chicks, which has resulted
year by year, in an ever and overwhelming increase in the
demand for day old chicks, until at the present time, there
are probably over one hundred million baby chicks pro-
duced and sold as such in the United States. Working as
individuals this industry would have never attained the
magnitude it has today, but working altogether at small
cost to each, the story has been told, and the results of
g^reat magrnitude accomplished.
Manufacturers* Organixations successful
As the poultry industry has grown by leaps and bounds,
so have the developments of poultry supplies, equipment,
feed, medicine, etc., gprown to keep pace with the needs of
the producer. Modem business is no exception to the
rule that co-operation and organization are necessary for
the mutual protection of one another and for the develop-
ment of a given line of effort. Notable examples among
the allied industries is the Association of incubator manu-
facturers, who for a number of years in the past have
successfully organized themselves to study the problems
confronting their industry. Likewise, the American Feed
Manufacturers' Association has maintained an efficient
organization to study and solve the problems in the pro-
duction and distribution of manufactured feeds. Survey-
ing the entire poultry field we see various types of pro-
ducers and the various groups of manufacturers, as well
as the various distributing agencies, organized in groups
to promote their particular branch of poultry husbandry.
But is this all we need?
Do We Need a National Poultry Council?
There are many big problems now confronting our poul-
try industry; their successful solution determining the
future growth and prosperity. There are many questions
of national moment, in which many producers, manu-
facturers, and distributors are similarly concerned. If
these big national questions are to be solved to the satis-
faction of these gp-oups, the only way they can go about
the problem of handling them, is as individual organiza-
tions. How much more efficient it would be if there could
be created in America, a super-org^anization, in which
all of these various isolated groups of producers, manu-
facturers and distributors could be organized together in
one big Association or Council. If the poultry industry
is to develop normally, one big thing which must be ac-
complished is the education of the public into the true
food value of poultry and eggs, and their wonderful place
and more extended use in the human diet. Such a cam-
paigrn will result in opening up larger markets and taking
care of the g^eat increase in (Continued on pag^e 604)
Why Neglect the Breeders?
The growing young stock should be our first consideration, but the true and
tried breeding birds must "not be neglected.
By CHARLES D. CLEVELAND, Associate Editor
HE natural course for the raisers of poultry is, or
should be, to give the greatest attention to the
hatching and rearing of the young stock during
the Spring and Summer months.
If a breeding establishment cannot reproduce
its flock year after year it is doomed to failure. We
naturally refer in this connection to those fanciers and
breeders who endeavor to hatch and raise their own
youngsters. As a matter of fact it is not necessary that
this be done, for it is perfectly possible nowadays, to
maintain a large commercial poultrj- plant without an in-
cubator or without setting a hen; and sometimes without
even a brooder stove. The flock may be kept up in num-
bers by the purchase of either day-old chicks or eight or
ten weeks old pullets. Everyone knows that the day-old
chick business has assumed huge proportions and that not
thousands, but millions of high-class, day-old chicks are
sold everywhere. The dealing in eight and ten weeks old
pullets is also very large. If a commercial poultryman
wishes to replenish his stock from either of these sources
it is, of course, unnecessary for him to use any males
or to hatch any chicks. On the other hand there are
thousands who wish to establish strains or families of
their own and they must carefully raise, brood and de-
velop their own young stock. All fanciers and breeders
of exhibition poultry, of course, raise and do not buy
their youngsters.
Young and growing chicks necessarily make heavy de-
mands on the time and energ^y of the breeder, and they
cannot be too carefully raised. As a consequence it is
often found that the breeding birds who have produced
this valuable young stock are neglected. As soon as the
hatching season is over the breeders are very apt to be
left to their own devices. Water and a little feed must,
of course, be given them daily, but aside from this little
thought or attention is paid to them, and they must get
through the trying period of summer, followed by the
moult, as best they can. Males and females which should
be priceless because of their ability to produce offspring
as good, or better, than themselves, are often found to be
in wretched condition by the time Fall rolls around, and
many of these birds, through neglect are so debilitated
that it would be impossible for them to go through an-
other breeding season with success. Good birds demand
good care at all times, and we believe that the neglect of
the breeders after the close of the hatching season is
one of the chief causes for the failure of many breeders
to continue for any great lengrth of time on the high
plane which they attained in their best season. As a mat-
ter of fact, if a man is a good breeder he will succeed in
producing better and better stock each season, but he
cannot do this without better breeders or seed stock, and
to be better the old birds must be in high physical condi-
tion.
It will not do to open up the trapnests; reduce the
feed; neglect to clean the houses; let the old males fight
together; or fail to clean the dropping boards. When the
breeder has finished his hatching operations, he should
carefully handle and inspect each breeding hen. Those
females which are either too old to keep over or which
show physical defects, should be taken from the breeding
pens and placed in separate yards where they can be
properly conditioned for the butcher. All other females
should be looked over for injuries and lice. All should be
carefully dusted and placed in colony houses or separate
buildings which are fresh and clean, and which have ac-
cess to good green grass and water. Here the hena
should be kept for the Summer on light feed and with
plenty of exercise, so that they may get the needed rest
for the coming Winter. The males should be caught up,
carefully powdered and taken to fresh runs, when after a
ft'W days or a week, many i)f them may be allowed to run
together, especially if they are hobbled so as to prevent
undue fighting. The ideal summer care fur a male is to
give him a separate house with portable run which will
be in the shade at lea.st sometime during the day. These
houses may be moved weekly so as to keep green food
before the birds at all times. At least once a month all
males should be carefully examined for lice; again pow-
dered, and any broken or twisted feathers removed.
Breeding males should be kept in light flesh during the
first part of the Summer, and brought into a little higher
flesh when the moulting begins. Care .should be taken
with all of the breeders during the moulting. It is m
great strain upon a bird to shed all its feathers and to
put them all back again and the drain on the constitution
will sap the vitality unless feather-forming food is g^ven.
Plenty of green gra.ss and an extra allowance of oil meal
and sour milk should be supplied at this time. Watch the
breeders for signs of scaly leg. As this is a parasitic
disease, it may readily be cured by applying a salve of
lard and sulphur with a few drops of disinfectant. Some
breeders apparently have much more success than others
in being able to keep the males running together without
fighting. We have seen as many as ten or fifteen cock
birds in a big yard together without any visible nignt
of combat and we believe that if one big vigorous male
is placed in the yard at first and then the others gradually
introduced, and all supplied with leather hobbles so that
they cannot strike with the spurs, that good results will
follow.
At least once a week the birds should be counted and
of course their eggs should be collected daily. But no
effort should be made to prevent any of the hens from
stealing their nests, as they will often moult out better
and come into better physical condition in the Fall if they
have the rest of setting for a few weeks. You must
watch for stray dogs and vermin while the breeders are
out on range. And must, of course, see that the houses
are clean, dry and regularly sprayed.
If you have not the space required to carry out the
above suggestions, you must at least put up temporary
roosts in your scratching sheds so that the breeders
are kept free of lice. See that they have sufficient green
food and exercise, and that the males are removed to
some place where they can be given proper attention. It
is hard, indeed, to get a breeding pen together that will
give entire satisfaction, and therefore, it is of the utmost
importance that every precaution be taken so that these
birds will be available again to give you another splendid
bunch of chicks for the succeeding year. If a hen is a
very high-class bird, she is practically never too old to
keep until she stops laying entirely, an«l with most of the
breeds the males sire betU?r chicks as they grow older.
Be warned therefore, that you must not neglect your
breeders simply because you have a large bunch of younff
stock. The poultryman works long hours in Summer, bat
some part of each day must be laid aside for the proper
care of that priceless pos.ses.sion, a good breeding flock.
ftsa
Sussex Fowls
and Other English Breeds
There can not be any doubt as to the close relationship of the Dorking fowl, the Sussex fowl and the
Orpington. It has been claimed that the BufT Orpingtons and what were known as the
Lincolnshire Buffs are one and the same. No matter how this may be, they are much
alike in many ways. Let us consider the English fowls as we have them.
Written expressly for Everybodys
By T. F. McGREW
July, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZhNE
585
HERE are three varieties of Sussex that are very
popular in England. Two of these, the Speckled
and the Red, are Standard with us while the Liprht
Sussex, which are the most popular on the other
side, have not gained admission to our Standard.
The Light Sussex is almost identical with our Columbian
Pl>'Tnouth Rock. So is the Red Sussex a clo.se companion
to our Rhode Island Red. The chief difference is that
the Sussex are rated as slightly heavier than are our
American fowls and the Sussex have white or pinkish-
white shanks — our American fowls, yellow :hanks and
skin. None of the Sussex fowls have so far become
popular in this country. There is only one way to make
any breed of fowls popular and that is by the use of
plentiful publicity, by advertisements, illustrations, pub-
lic favor, and the persistent showing of a lot of them at
the fair displays and winter poultry .shows.
In proof of this let me ask, how much if any better
fowl are the Anconas than the Campines? I have had ex-
perience with both. One lays fully as well as the other.
Both lay eggs that have white shells. The eggs of the
Campines that I had were some larger than either the
Leghorn or Ancona; the eggs of the Campine are whiter
than any Mediterranean eggs. These two fowls started
on even terms. We all know what publicity has done for
the Ancona, we also know what the lack of it has done
for the Campine. It is true that the fowl pushed for
prominence must have qualifications for purposes set
forth in the publicity. Any fowl of good qualifications
can be made the greatest
on earth by the use of
printer's ink.
St. Petersburg, Fla.,
has been built through
the use of publicity. More
than four thousand men
and women are engaged
in selling real estate.
Such publicity was never
known before. They are
after you before you are
up in the morning and af-
ter you go to bed at night.
They will pick you up on
the street, help you into
beautiful cars or auto
stages; they will take you
here and there and every-
where and show you lots
or houses or hotel build-
ings all for sale. On one
of these trips a salesman said to me: "Look at this beau-
tiful lot, only eight thousand dollars! But you must
agree to build a house within a year for not less than
fifteen thou.sand. Better buy right now for the price will
be advanced to nine thousand the first of next month."
Such publicity will sell lots to the thousands who come
here fiom all over the world. Everything in the town
584
Speckleii Sussex Male
is for sale. Did they catch me? No. I had my eyes
opened over forty years ago during the oil boom in
Northern Ohio. But that was a Sunday School procession
to what they have here.
While on this subject cast your eyes over the pages of
the poultry journals for January last, also over the pages
of some of the farm papers. Could any one who is dis-
posed to have better poultry fail to be attracted at such
wonderful publicity? Those who wish to push their wares
into public favor must use the most attractive kind of
publicity and they must use it plentifully or the best re-
sults will not follow. This is an answer to the many in-
quiries received during the winter as to why certain fowls
are not more generally popular.
There never was perhaps a more attractive fowl for
form and plumage colors than the Speckled Su.ssex and
the Jubilee Orpington. I am in favor of classing them as
one and the same. They have every quality that any fowl
can have. The one unsurmountable difficulty with both
of them is "Most difficult to breed to anything like show
quality." Mr. Schilling, the artist, told me that he had just
been able to master the art of producing them of exhibi-
tion quality when the opportunity came for selling his en-
tire flock. I do not now remember having seen any fowl
more beautiful and attractive than some Speckeld Sussex
Mr. Schilling had and some Jubilee Orpingrtons that Frank
Megargee, of Scran ton. Pa., had quite a number of years
ago. All of them so much alike that I can not tell where
they differ.
The Red Sussex, as I have seen them, differ but little
from what some have
called the Red Yorkshire
or Lincolnshire fowls. In
writing of the Red Sus-
sex, one of the most con-
sidered English writers
makes the statement re-
cently that so far as he
has been able to judge
from the season's show-
ing in England the plu-
mage color of the Red
Sussex has excelled the
plumage color of the
Rhode Island Reds as
bred with them. This is
the same person who
writes that the pale or
washed out lemon color
preferred for Buff in
America has crept into
the show room over there.
He also claims that the very dark color preferred for
Reds in this country is not red but dark chocolate or
brown. So you see that there are differences of opinion
as to these things the world over. Variety being consid-
ered as the Spice of Life we surely have a plentiful sup-
ply of it in the Poultry business.
Speckled Sussex Female
Red Sussex Male
The Light Sussex is now very popular on the other side.
One man that I know of has a very large number of them,
several thousand. Each year he claims champions for ex-
hibition, for egg production, for market poultry and for
capons. The illustrations of his home, his farm, his fowls,
his fattening and killing pens and houses for fowls old
and young would
indicate a very
big business. One
statement that I
read, places his in-
come from this
farm at a ver>'
comfortable fig-
ure. His show
champions have
been heralded
through the Poul-
try Press of En^r-
land by full page
illustrations. Why
can not some one
in America ac-
complish as much
for some of our
American breeds?
Mr. Fowler, of
England, writes
as follows to the
Feathered World:
Your leading article telling of Sussex alluded to Black
Sussex, and I believe I am the only person who has ever
had them. You say that it would be a handsome fowl.
I believe myself that if you keep the "white shanks" they
would be as popular as the Light Sussex. The white
shank should be one of the most important points of the
Sussex fowl, but if you have the under-color fad, as with
Reds, I am afraid Blacks with white legs would be out of
the arena. You can not call some of the Reds' legs white,
and does it not spoil the bird not to have a "white" leg?
Why do Britishers spoil good breeds of fowl by carrying
fads for size and under-color to ex-
cess? I lately saw a White Wyan-
dotte hen (exceedingly large Orp-
ington type) awarded seven special
prizes! What for? Size, and Orp-
ington size at that.
It was demand for size that
ruined the popularity of the Dork-
ing and the Orpington. Style and
type are much more important, I
think.
Have you ever seen Cuckoo Sus-
sex? I do not mean Cuckoo Orp-
ingtons, because style and type are
important with me. Blacks and
Cuckoos can be bred from the same
pen. It is about three years since I
wrote you about Black Sussex and
Black Rose Combed Mendela. I
have exhibited the Black Rose
Combed Mendels at Newcastle two
years running. I am gradually get-
ting along, but if all is well perhaps
I will get "Quill" to judge them in
the curio class at the Dairy next
year. Do you think the world of
feathers would stand the shock of
two white-legged black breeds in the same year? It was
strange that no one at the time, except "Quill," passed any
remarks on Black Sussex, but several people have asked
me during the last twelve months if I am breeding them.
I may here say no, so do not write me for any stock or
egrgs. I have none to sell.
Silver Grey Dorkinf^ Male
Light Sussex Male — A winner
England's foremost shows.
The Sussex fowl is an Engli.sh product; it was bred
for many years for its breast meat and "white legn." I
hope we .shall not spoil it and make it lose its popularity.
Compliments of the season an«l best wishes to all.
Where this article reads white legs it refers to the
color of shanks. Where Mr. Fi»wler refers to "red legs"
he means Red Sussex. I refer in this article to what one
writer calls bad color in Reds. Some breeders are of the
opinion that the
Red Sussex and
the Rhode Island
Reds have been
mixed. This shows
most in shank
color.
The Dorkings
of three varieties
are Standard with
us. The White
Dorking has a
rose comb some-
what like the
comb of a Ham-
burg with a blunt
spike. The White
Dorkings and the
American Domi-
nique of fifty
years ago had
combs quite alike.
In one of our
earliest books published in America telling of poultrj* are
two illustrations; one of the White Dorking and one of
the Dominique. These two illustrations are identical ex-
cept that one is white and the other barred. Both have
combs exactly alike. Early day poultry breeders claimed
that the Dominique or hawk-colored fowl came from a
mixture of the White Dorking and a fowl called a Java.
Some of the Java fowls of that date were black, st>me of
them a reddish-brown and some a mixed color of gray and
white like the early day Brahma or Chittagong fowl. The
Cooper Hawk and .*»ome of our Owls have barred plumage
thus the name hawk-colored fowl.
The Silver Grey Dorking and the
Colored Dorking are the two varie-
ties that are best known among us.
They are both of them splendid
poultry. Personally I prefer the
Silver Grey variety. The color and
markings of the Silver Grey are
most pleasing. The silvery whittf
color of both the male and the fe-
male, the black brea^^t, body and
tail of the male in beautiful con-
trast with the upper body color of
silvery white. The beautiful breast
of salmon red on the female is in
lovely contract with the back and
body color gniy formed by a mix-
ture of fine stippling of silvery
white and a.shy gray. The entire
plumage color of the Silver Grey
Dorking is plea.ning to the eyes.
The Colored Dorking should have
the .«uime Standard weights an the
Silver Grey. They do however have
the appearance of being larger.
Some that we hiive seen are consid-
erably larger and heavier. I once
weighed a ('olored Dorking cock of
an English-bred fowl that weighed over 14 pounds. Note
that Mr. Fowler claims that both the Dorkings and the
Orpingtons have been injured by the demand for more
size. Over weight or excessive weight for any breed or
variety is bad for them. Quite a little contention waa
started over a prize awarded (Continued on page 604)
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The Cow, the Hog and the Hen
The Housewife and a Few Hens
?!
^1
By D. E. HALE
fE other day we met a man who is interested in
both hogfs and poultry and he said: "What are we
going to do when the chicken business gets as bad
oflf as is the hog business?" We told him we
didn't think it would ever g^et so, provided a little
sound thinking was done. He asked us what we thought
was the trouble with the hog business and we told him
too much noise made over some one breed; fighting
among various breeders of different breeds; too many
$10,000 boars; over production; lack of proper care in
breeding and raising which had caused a lot of digestive
troubles, and that many hog raisers were yelling cholera
every time they saw some bowel trouble when most of it
wms nothing but a symptom of digestive disorders, etc.
The fact that too many people get the idea that because
a hog is a hog it can stand anythi-ng in the way of so-
called hog feeds, and for that reason gave them decom-
posed garbage and other things that ought to cause pto-
maine and other troubles. In fact we had quite a talk
and he was of the opinion that because eggs were bring-
ing a low price in the country that the chicken bu.siness
was headed for the rocks and would soon be in the same
position of the hog business with over production, poor
markets, etc. We told him if he just followed the lead
of some poultry editors and kept yelling about the 300-
egg hen and not making any noise about the other
branches of the industry, and especially along lines that
would create a greater demand for poultry and eggs it
might come to pass, but if they just used a little gas in
their think tank it would come out o. k.
We had hardly left hira before we met another friend
who was interested in dairying and he wanted to know
how the chicken business was coming on, that he had
heard our radio talks as to how ten hens would make as
much as one cow, etc., and if that was the case it must be
a great business to get into, but when he could get only
fifteen cents a dozen for the eggs his wife sent to town, it
must be that we didn't know what we were talking about,
etc. These things got us to thinking about the cow, the
hog and the hen, hence have reduced them to these ram-
bling lines.
The cow has always been a standby for most farmers.
After he had worn out or run down the reproductiveness
of his soil through raising some one grain on the same
field year after year, he found that the cow, through the
manure, and the grazing crops he had to rasie for her,
brought back the land to a productive state. While doing
this the monthly milk check kept things going and showed
the farmer that milk, cream and butter was a real cash
*rop and something he could bank with and on.
As milk became more plentiful, the distributors or mid-
•fllemen began to organize so as to control distribution and
the result was that the farmer began to get less for his
milk and cream and the city consumers to pay more. The
dairyman began to cry for help and finally organized milk
producers' associations, dairymen's leagues, etc. Then
was started a campaign to drink more milk, a very worthy
campafgn, and the result is the dairyman is beginning
to see light ahead. He is breeding for more milk from
fewer cows and will thus cut down his feed bill by having
less cows to feed. The dairyman, like the poultryman, is
studying the art of culling and getting rid of the drones.
The hog breeders for a few years literally "cleaned
up/* but not on the pork end of the business. Any
breeder who didn't have a $10,000 boar and who didn't
pull off a $100,000 hog sale every six months was out of
luck. The boar that could produce the big litters was the
race. Breeding for big litters is and was the thing to do.
With hog production increasing and surpassing the de-
mand for pork and lard, the price of pork went down
686
until hog raising is not considered a very profitable propo.
sition right now. They also forget the advertising cam.
paign put on for substitutes for lard. Just what the out-
come will be cannot be stated at this time, but they will
some day get their feet under them, push their heads up
through the clouds and hog raising will again be a profit. I
able business. We are not tryng to solve the problems
of the hog raisers in this article, though we have some
thoughts on the subject, but to show what may happen
to the poultry business if something is not done. The
cow and the hog have had their ups and downs, but in
their palmiest days they never had anything on the
chicken business as real profit-paying business.
Here's What Makes the Wheels Go Round I
The power of the press, the fourth estate, cannot be
too strongly emphasized. A few years ago a certain man
who was an experienced mail-order advertiser wanted to
start in the poultry business. He selected a variety that
was at that time not very well known. He bought up
about all the prize winning specimens in the world before
he advertised a word. When he started advertising he
used large space telling of the virtues of this variety, the
prizes his birds had won, etc. It was not long until he
was doing the largest poultry business ever heard of.
When he was forced, through ill health, to quit the poul-
try business, the business in that variety dropped until
today it is no grreater than that done in any one of several
other varieties. The same thing has been done with cows '
and hogs, feeds and appliances. It is publicity and large
space that count, which reminds us of a story told at a
gatherng of advertising men . Said the speaker:
"Supposing a man came to the door and asked the
usher what he would charge to whisper the name of Mr.
Jones? Ten cents,' said the usher. 'What will you
charge me to yell his name?' asked the visitor. 'One dol-
lar,' replied the usher. Now if you really wanted to get
the attention of Mr. Jones which would you prefer, ten
whispers or one yell?" It is a good point. It is the big
noise that gets the business.
The trouble with all these businesses is that people fol-
low the big noise often to the detriment of the business
as a whole. If the big noise tells us to quit eating meat
and take Blank's salts, we do it. If they tell us to be
sure and eat our iron today we run around with a pack-
age of raisins in our pocket. If a drink more milk cam- >
paign is put on, we drink more milk and cut out some-
thing else. All of which reminds us of another story. i
On one of our southern trips a friend asked us if we
had ever seen a real razorback hog. We replied in the
negative and he took us out in the country to see some.
On the way out he explained that these critters had more
space under the hood than they had under the chassis and
that they had a much greater road clearance than the
ordinary flivver. When they fattened them, if they were
ever able to fatten them, they fed them on acorns. When
the owner thought they should be about ready for market
he would pick them up by the ears. If they tipped down
in front they needed more acorns, and if they tipped
doMTi behind they were ready for market. As we were
going through the woods we noticed a herd of them.
They would throw it into high, dash off like the wind for
a little ways, then put on all four brakes, come to a
sudden stop, prick up their ears, listen a moment and
away they would go agrain. Finally we came to an old
man sitting on a log with a club in his hand. We spoke
to him and he answered in a very husky voice. We asked
him if he owned those hogs back there in the woods
and he reckoned he did. We told him about their funny
actions and asked him the reason. He said: "Wal sah,
the acorns have been right (Continued on page 604)
By HARRY H. COLLIER
lULY is the month that is the most historical, in the
United States. It was on the fourth of July that
this nation was started and ever since 1776 we
have always kept this date sacred in American
history.
July is about the warmest month of the year. In many
climates Old Sol comes down and dries up everything in
sight, grreen food for the fowls is mighty hard to find un-
less we have planted plenty and kept it growing by seeing
that water is often given to the growing plants.
July is one of the bad months for lice. It is a time
when a poultry house seems to fill with these pests over
night. If you have cleaned up as I suggested in the June
Everybodys, you should not tire of well doing but watch
the roosts closely and paint them at least once every
two weeks.
With the warm days of July one can dip their fowls,
get rid of all body as well as head lice and leave their
growing chicks, along with their hens, free of these pests.
The United States agrricultural department recommends
sodium fluoride as a dip. Use two ounces of this lice
killer to one gallon of water.
One should dip their fowls about the middle of the day
when the sunshine is good and warm.
Take a tub that will hold about ten gallons of water,
this would take twenty ounces of sodium fluoride. Heat
about half of the water or five gallons, pour this into your
tub, put in your fluoride and stir well until you get a good
even mixture. Have the water about as warm as new
milk.
To dip the fowl, take it up gently and hold it so that
it can not struggle. If the fowl is too fat one might
cause it to break a blood vessel if it struggles too much
on a hot day. I hold the two wings with one hand and
handle the fowl with the other hand the same as a judge
handles fowls in the show room. Dip each fowl, wash-
ing away any droppings that may adhere just below the
vent. Hold the fowl under the water until its plumage is
thoroughly wet and then dip its head under the water for
a fraction of a second. If you dip in this way every fowl
will be thoroughly cleansed of both lice and nits.
Before dipping the fowls put out some straw in a
good sunny place, take a bale of chicken wire and make
a circle fence around the straw, as you dip each fowl drop
her over this fence onto the straw. In this way you can
keep the fowl in the sun until it thoroughly dries and the
straw will prevent the fowl from^soiling its plumage on
the dirt and will also give the fowl a good comforUble
place to rest in the sun while the plumage dries out
One should not place the males with the females when
they dip them but have separate places for the sexes and
keep the youngsters separate from the old fowls.
Because you hatched your fowls in incubators and
raised them in brooders, do not jump to the conclusion
that your fowls are free from lice but give the fowls the
dip any way and even if you do not kill many lice in
your flock, you will have the satisfaction of cleaning up
the plumage and taking away any chance for lice bother-
ing your fowls.
You will also find dipping preparations advertised in
your poultry paper that will be fine for the dip.
Taking my own advice last month, I thoroughly cleaned
out one of my houses by first washing it out with water
(after first sweeping the house clean of all dust). I
sprayed the houses with a good lice k.ller, painted the
roosts and all nest boxes. As I expected to use this house
for young stock, I did not allow any old fowls in it but
left it to air out well against the time that I would need
it This house was located at the edge of some high tim-
ber and made a great place for Mr. Hawk to have chicken
dinners, so I decided that it would be a good idea to move
it to another location in the open, away from the timber.
Being a house that was built ten years ago and as it set
on wooden supports, I found them rotten along with the
sill at the back of the house and in moving it I found
that many of the battens came off and to my chagrin I
found that under each batten there was a good bunch of
red mites just waiting to feast on my youngsters when
they came to the new house.
Finding mites where I thought everything was clean
started me on another cleaning campaign. I took off
every batten that could harbor lice and mites and painted
the battens along with the places where they came from
with a good lice killer. I feel now that I have added
many pounds of good flesh to my growing stock by saving
them from lice, at the same time I am sure that the
houses are all clean and the chicks will only have to grow
and not to fight lice until they mature.
I tell the readers this to show them that Mr. Louse will
fool the best of us and the only way to get the best of
the pest is to do everything you can think of to beat him
and then do a little bit more.
Lice kill off fifty per cent of the fowls hatched in
America each year. Many of these lice would never get
a start if the average man or woman would use incu-
bators to hatch their fowls and brooders to rear them,
provided that you did not allow the incubators to get
near lice and that your brooders were kept free of the
pest. Lice grow on fowls and it is the dirty fowl that
grows the largest quantity. I mean the hen that has lots
of loose plumage under her vent in which droppings will
stick. Here is where Mrs. Louse lays her vggn (nits) and
it is from the vent that lice get their moisture.
There is a lice killer made in the shape of an ointment
that is used to rub under the vents of the fowls when the
hen is set and this ointment kills off the lice. This can
be used very satisfactorily with a few hens but it is quite
a tedious job when one has lots of hens to go over. The
dipping process is about the quickest way to kill off lice
and you can feel sure that you have rid the fowl of the
pests the minute that .she has dried off after the dipping.
July is the month when the growing fowl needs that
shade that many fail to provide for them in the spring of
the year. If you have not grown any .shade in the runs,
now is the time to put up the little artificial shades that
can be easily made by driving .stakes in the ground and
stretching little tents for the youngsters. These tents
can be made by cutting open grain sacks and stretching
them over the stakes that you drive into the ground.
Shade is essential to your growing fowls and more essen-
tial to those youngsters that are making their plumage
slowly.
If you want to get .some nice colored fowls for the
early fairs, now is your time to grow or sUrt the growth
of the plumage. Pick out some of the fowls that j-how
signs of molting or that are molting and put them in a
place where the sun can not get to them. Have these
places well lighted but where no sun rays come in. If you
will so coop the show fowls, the plumage will come in all
of one shade and will not spla.sh the plumage with faded
feathers. These motley looking fowls are the result of
too much sun and the feathers fading as they grow, and
by the time the new plumage is npe the hen is all
spla.shed in color. This is especially so in the buff vane-
ties, a plumage hard to get and if you hope for that
beautiful golden buff color you must help your fowls and
Mother Nature to get the best results.
If you have a bad color (Contmued on page 601)
SS7
The Casserole
Written expressly for Everybodys
By HAROLD F. BARBER
lUDGE D. E. HALE, writing on "The Hen Fever"
says "A person may develop the hen fever for
commercial motives. He may picture himself as
the producer of world champion egg producers
and he sees in the little hen a chance to make a
reputation and an independent livelihood. Such a person
will gret a lot of enjoyment out of it, but we do not think
he will enjoy it as much as the man who is striving to im-
prove or produce something different in the beautiful,"
He goes on to say that the man who is breeding for the
beautiful, rather than for production, will drive out to
some one else's poultry farm to see his birds, and how
he does it, etc. The point that Judge Hale is making, is
well taken: and the point is, that the poultryman who is
in it for the love of the game, will get more fun than the
man who is in it for the money only. True, quite true.
But one thing the author overlooks, we think; and that is,
that there are plenty of breeders nowadays, who are
breeding for egg production for the fun of it. For the
love of the game itself, apart from the cold cash proposi-
tion. In fact, many consider that production breeding is
a very much more difficult game when carried clear
through, than is breeding for color and type only. Don't
you suppose that the multi-
millionaire who hired the
best man he ever heard of, to
mate his birds — who sent a
man hundreds of miles to
wait for one certain hen to
lay a setting of eggs, and
then bring those eggs back
in person, who has paid all
kinds of fancy prices for
eggs oat of almost all the
highest producers the coi^n-
try has seen in a popular
breed— don't you suppose
that man is in it for the love
of the game? And the man
who led the Storrs content
for a good many weeks this
year, certainly doesn't need
the money from his hens to
keep him out of the poorhouse, any more than he needs
the money from the milk given by the Guernsey cows
which he has imported from the Island of Guernsey it-
self. These men, and many others, with less money but
just as large ambitions production-poultrywise, are truly
Fanciers, and not less so because they are interested in
breeding for the internal unseeable things, rather than
for the external things which are perfectly evident. Cer-
tainly the hen fever is most enjoyable for the Fancier,
and there is room for all sorts of Fanciers, just as there
is room for breeders of all the different breeds of domes-
tic fowls, (a)
• • m
**1 consider the large comb birds the best layers (in
single comb birds) and small combs denote broodiness"
says an English writer who is highly spoken of by Editor
Schwab. These definite statements are dangerous, for
the poor beginner is too apt to pay a whole lot of atten-
tion to the first of such articles that he may come across,
and forthwith cull out all his birds which, for insUnce,
have small combs. Two weeks ago yesterday as I write, I
took a photograph of a pullet at the Storrs contest which
ftts
Comments
FOR a little variety, this month, we
shall include some commients based
on articles in Everybodys, as well as
those based on things in other journals
not so well known.
The various papers referred to by let-
ters, were the May issues of the following:
(a) Everybodys Poultry Magazine; (b)
Canadian Poultry Review; (c) Poultry
Life; (d) Poultry Tribune; (e) Pacific
Poultryman; (f) Western Poultry Jour-
nal.
had laid 139 eggs in the six months to April 30th, and
had not shown any signs of broodiness; yet she had a
comb so small as to look as though it were "dried down"
as during a non-producing period. That doesn't prove the
English writer was wrong — the rule as there set forth
may have been a rule in the author's own strain of fowls
or in many English strains, or maybe it is true the major-
ity of times the world over, for all I know — but the point
I am making, is that there are plenty of exceptions to all
those rules. Don't think for one minute there is any rule
of thumb that can be applied to pick the internal char-
acteristics of a hen by what she looks like outside — not
without exceptions, (a)
* * *
The Reasebath School of Agriculture at Nantwich,
England, with assistance from the Ministry of Agricul-
ture, is going to carry out experiments to determine the
value or otherwise in fecundity, of breeding closely re-
lated fowls; also to find out whether there is a relation
between the external characteristics of a fowl and the
heavy laying quality, and other things. We thought
those thing^s had been experimented with pretty thor-
oughly already. Many an article we have read, to the
effect that you are lost in
breeding heavy layers if you
do not line-breed; also we
remember that at the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College
where they have developed
the nearest thing to a 200-
egg strain that has ever
existed, probably, they say
that they have not had very
good results with close breed-
ing among their high pro-
ducers. As for "the laying
type" we know a lot about
that — never a magazine but
what has hints in it of how
to tell the high layer from
the drone; books are readily
available on the subject, and
the Instructors and Investi-
gators meet every year or two and tell us what they've
learned since the last time about the same subject. The
country is full of experts who will cull your flock, and
some of them will even foretell how many eggs each pul-
let will shell out in the twelvemonth to come. And now
they're going to do the same thing all over again over in
England! We believe we can tell them right now a good
deal of what they will find out — a hen must have a good
body capacity to assimilate lots of food, and eggs and
meat are made out of food. That when heredity is see-
able and measurable, then we can have an iron clad rule
for picking the layers that will always work with each
individual hen — maybe, (b)
* * *
Dr. Morley A. Jull, in an article in Scientific Agricul-
ture about a year and a half ago, says that "The inherit-
ance of characters in the breeding of animals involves a
specific mechanism, and a knowledge of that mechanism
must precede the more fundamental lines of achievement.
Genetic and cytologfical evidence has fairly definitely es-
tablished the fact that the chromosomes are the bearers
of heredity." From this it (Continued on page 602)
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EXPERIMENT
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]00L weather, considerable rain, mak-
ing luxuriant early vegetation, to-
gether with good care and manage-
ment, backed up by good birds, are
probably some of the
outstanding reasons why ihe
majority of our E^^jr Laying
Competitions are making such
a fine spring reconl. The re-
ports for the leadinij content
show some very inttMesting
comparisons and data which
are of great help atul value to
every one of us who keep
chickens.
New York Average* 19.1 Eggs
Per Bird for the Month of May
Production at the New York
State Egg Laying Contest for
the month of May has exceeded
the previous month by 1,1 L3
eggs. This is the highest
monthly production that has
ever been had at the New York
State Egg Laying Contest, and
even though there was some
broodiness. particularly in the
heavy breeds during the month,
the production increased from the early part to the lat-
ter part of the month. There were produced during the
month, 19,112 eggs, or 61.0 per cent, and an average of
19.1 eggs per bird. The best daily yield was made on
May 12th, with a total of 6.')3 eggs or 65.3 per cent.
Changes in the standing of the leading pens have taken
place during the month, as follows: Pen 35, Single Comb
White Leghorns, owned by C. L. Flaccus, Glenshaw, Pa.,
continues to lead the contest with a grand total of 1,220
eggs to date. Second place continues to be held by Pen
37, Single Comb White Leghorns, owned by Hollywood
Farm, Hollywood, Wa.'^h., with a total of 1,201 eggs. Pen
39 drops back to fourth place from third place, which it
held at the end of April. Pen 39 is Single Comb White
Leghorns, owned by Geo. B. Ferris, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Pen 45, Single Comb White Leghorns, owned by Jule^
Francais, Westhampton Beach, L. I., N. Y., moves up into
third place with a grand total of 1,182 eggs to date, ex-
ceeding Pen 39 by 58 eggs.
There were 77 birds broody in the whole contest dur-
ing the month of May, grouped as follows
STATIONS
nteresting Comparisons
Wjandottci
Owner Hu>\ ati<lri'<ii KjtC*
\V»1 Uuth r. Farm. Hi.kiviU*. L 1.. X. Y. IH?
Mrm»..r I. I l" A. M.-.Jf..r.l. L I. N Y. 1««
\V«lt.r .lonnini;^. CoUi ."^pnni; H»rl»or.
NY 164
Bock«
I>«vul»on HroK . I'l'ton. Muta 223
K!h>n !>■>- U«iikrn, llunlitif
ton. I. I . N Y 216
1"" \V H H. K«»nt, OattMtovia.
NY 206
L. I
(h^
JARLY and abundant vegetation, due
to the frequent spring rains, has done
much in booming the egg laying con-
tests. The reports are interesting and
of value to all keeping poultry. New
York averages 19.1 eggs per bird for
month of May, breaking a record. Other
interesting facts and figures are
brought out by Associate Editor Lewis
in a most interesting manner. Com
pare these records with your own rec-
ords, are you above or below?
^^z
86
Wyandottes
Rorki
12 24.0«r'>
40 20.0%
Other l.rtM'ds
RedK
4
H.0%
10
11
1 !.«';?)
in.7'>
No serious setback has been experienced as yet in pro-
duction to date, due to this fact and broodiness now is
diminishing so that there is every indication that very
few cases will occur from now on.
The leading individual to May 31 is Bird 9 in Pen 85,
White Plymouth Rock, owned by Ellen Day Ranken,
Huntington, L. I., N. Y., with a total of 30 eggs for the
month, giving a grand total to date of 160 eggs.
The standing of the three leading pens for May in each
variety is:
Ifegtaoms
Owner and addrens
Connecticut'* Contest Birds
Still Ahead of Last Year'*
Wonderful Performance
The 100 pens in the egg lay-
ing contest at Storrs have just
completed their seventh month's
production in the contest which
started November first last. The
total production to date for the
100 pens was 98.100 egg^, or a
yield of 4r).l per cent. The
total for the month of May was
ir»,876 vgga or a yiehl of a lit-
tle better than f)4 per cent.
This is an increase of 1,323
eggs over last month's produc-
tion, but is 2,4 14 eggs le.ss than
last year for the .same period.
It is also 2,726 eggs less than
the eight year average for the
same period when lights were not used. However, the
birds in the present contest have a margin of 8,981 eggn
over the total producton for the eight year average. The
birds also maintain a lead of 273 vgg^ over last year for
the same period.
The accompanying table shows the total number of
birds in each breed, the average amount of grain and
mash consumed by each pen, the average number of eggs
laid by each pen and the average for all breeds.
2»)0 IMymouth Umk* .
loo Wyandott.'M
240 Rhode I^Und Kfd^
4U0 White Loich<rn!i . .
AvoraKc all brts'ds
The leading pen in the contest at Storrs is a pen of
Rhode Island Reds owned by Fernside Farm. Attleboro,
Mass. This pen won the blue ribbon for the month of
May with a total of 263 eggs. Its next nearest com-
petitor was a pen of White Leghorns owned by Mountain
Meadow Farm, West Rutland, Vt., which made a score of
229 eggs thus capturing the red ribbon for the month.
The green ribbon or third prize for the month was won
by a pen of Rhode Island Reds owned by Red Mount
Farm, Franklin, Ma.ss. The production for the month
was 227 eggs.
The ten leading individuals and their records to date
are as follows:
MllHh
(irain
V'tt*
4 « :.
:»7 6
\t\n
:io 7
yn 2
l.'.l
4»i 1
;».% 1
173
51.0
36.5
173
45 2
.12 6
160
Mr i
Khodf Inland }Ud
Rhode Inland R«d
White Lt'ichoruH
Rho4le Inland Red
Rhodf Inland Red
I(h<>di> NIand Red
Whit** I.eichorn
White I.«-k'horn
I{h<>di> Inland Red
Hen No
500
601
823
605
425
604
796
880
677
62 :«
IMare
Attleliorn. Ma«i.
Attle»)or'». Man*.
North hratxh. N. J.
Attlehorii. Man*.
H|>en(-er, Ma»a.
Attlrlxiro. Maaa.
Huffleld. Conn
.North Mranrh. N J.
Franklin, Maa*.
\H Carmrl. C«»nn
y-tf
IHU
HJ
175
174
17J
170
160
16il
167
165
Pen
27
25
14
m
63
67
75
60
73
John Hoshler. HempHtead, L. I., N. Y
Paul H. Leniker. West Haven. Conn. .....
!kranhasset Farm, Calverton, L. I., N. Y. ...
Rhode Island Reds
•T. W. Everitt, Glen Cove. L. I., N. Y. . ..
Downs Grove Farm. Kant Quoque, L I.. N. i
West Neck Farm, Huntington, L. I., N. Y.
Other Breeds
O. G. L. Ijewis, Paoli, Pa
O. W. Allen, Old Westbury, L. I.. N. Y. . . .
Yama Fami.s. Napanoch, N. Y
Kgt(<
25.»
241
240
203
201
197
230
323
223
White Le^jhom
The four leading pens in each of the principal breed*
are as follows:
Plymouth Rocks
H F. Barber. Dover. Mb»«. (Wh.t.) . j JJJ
Edgar Stoughton. W«J'l;"«C. <;""»>• (Harr-d . .70
Amellng Farm. Rolla. Mm (NNh.te) JJ
I'udue Univera.ty. Lafa.vMt^, ''ii, < •^•[J'"' > ''*"
* White Wyandottes
D. O. Wltmer. Joplin. Mo • • • ^ \\JZ
Albert W. Buckbee. Wii.ner. .N ^ j*^
W E. Moran. Bethany. Conn .
Frank P. Matteaon. DavlsvUle. R I ..
(Continued from pag« t*u«i
680
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
July. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
591
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E D ITO RIAL
A Change in Machinery Without
Hahing the Ship
With this number of Everybodys, certain changes
in the staff of the publication take place.
Henry P. Schwab, who has for many years been
active on the staff of the magazine, will no longer
be a member of our organization ; the June issue con-
tained his last contribution. We have not been in-
formed as to his future plans, but, whatever they
may be, we wish him well. This change in no way
will alter or effect the business management, as is
later pointed out, but has reference to the literary
aspects of our periodical.
In formulating our new staff the readers of Every-
bodys are not to be introduced to fresh acquaint-
ances, but some of your familiar friends have donned
new costumes, and will take up new parts in the
pleasant task of carrying forward this magazine into
a greater future. Such changes as have been de-
cided upon will be made without the necessity of
throwing out the anchor and heaving to the ship,
which will serenely continue on her way toward that
enchanted island known as the Pinnacle of Success.
While this announcement will necessarily appear
on the editorial page of our magazine, it must be
personal in character in order to acquaint the read-
ers of Everybodys with such changes in the editorial
and contributing staff as have been made, and I will
therefore lapse into the first person long enough to
acquaint you with the details.
In the future I Mrill assume the editorial chair and
be responsible for the thoughts that appear on the
editorial page. I assume this responsibility with
great pleasure, and yet with the feeling that there
are many who wield a mightier pen than my own,
and that I have taken upon myself a large responsi-
bility.
Everybodys Poultry Magazine was well started.
It was founded on sound and sane ideas and it has
progressed steadily ever since the first number was
published. I have contributed an article to every
single number that has been printed, and 1 am told
by the editor that I am the only person who can
make such a statement. This has been a source of
great gratification to me, and I shall in the future
try to be as constant to the magazine as I have been
in the past.
The poultry fraternity knows that 1 have been a
breeder for upwards of thirty years, but it may not
know that I am just as enthusiastic now as 1 was when
I started, and that I am just as firm in my conviction
that the poultry industry is as important and as high
a calling as any other industry. Great things have
been accomplished by poultrymen, and yet it seems
as if we were just standing upon the threshold of
what we could accomplish.
I know a great many poultrymen — certainly sev-
eral thousand — and many of these are my closest
Ihriends, but I hope in the future to know many more.
To enable me to broaden my acquaintance and to
get in touch with all those who read Everybodys, I
beg that you will feel free to write me at any time
and on any subject pertaining to poultry. Your
criticisms will be as welcome as your suggestions.
Professor Harry R. Lewis, whose articles you
have all read with the utmost pleasure and benefit
will continue to contribute both his leading article
his report of the Egg Laying Contests, and will add
a new department known as "The Beginners De-
partment." I know that this will create much inter-
est and that it will, no doubt because of its sound
common sense and practical advice, start some of
the doubtful ones.
The special contributors will continue to be
Messrs. Hale, Collier, Barber, McGrew and Mrs.
Helen Dow Whitaker. You know these people and
have known them for years and I am sure you realize
what splendid material they invariably supply each
month. Of course, there will be no change what-
ever, in the business management of the magazine.
Mr. Huston will continue as Managing Editor and
will pilot us all as before, and with his abundant
energy, common sense and acute business instinct,
will "father" us and spur us on to the mark which
we all want to reach.
We are a happy and congenial family, knowing
each other well ; each doing his part and each rely-
ing on the other. None of us are strangers to you,
but most of us old acquaintances of whose words
you have not yet seemed to grow weary. And thus
as I say, there have been minor changes in the ma-
chinery of the magazine, without arresting its for-
ward movement, and we doubt if you would have
known of these changes had we not announced
them.
Individually and collectively we make you a new
bow and crave your indulgence.
Constancy
Constancy is one of the virtues — and perhaps one
of the greatest of them all.
To be true and to adhere steadfastly to one's
original purpose or ideal are attributes that merit
praise and that induce admiration. We all like the
man who "sticks", but we detest him who mounts
one band wagon only to leap into another. Success
is given to those who persevere but failure is usually
the lot of those who vacillate.
These principles are just as true in the poultry
world as they are when applied to the human race
and the maxim that "the race is not always to the
swift ' seems founded upon sound experience.
How often have we seen men start up in the poul-
try business with one variety, which they then de-
clare was absolutely the best on earth, only to find
these same men less than two years afterward breed-
ing an entirely different variety. To our inquiry re-
garding the change we are told that the first choice
"was not suited to the climate" or "not what that
particular market wanted" or "was not popular
enough." In many of these cases the second choice
did not seem to have any better luck than the first
and the third or fourth year a third variety was seen
on many of these plants. These cases are typical
of inconstancy and lack of fixed purpose and it is
seldom that such farms make any money or win any
ribbons. Before a man goes seriously into the poul-
try game he should be confident that he prefers a
certain breed or variety.
It may very well be true that he should try out
several breeds for a year or two, but this will be
merely to convince himself that he prefers his origi-
nal choice. When he is sure that he has made up his
mind he should let nothing swerve him from his pur-
pose— the ideal of building up a better race or fam-
ily of the kind of chicken that completely meets his
fancy.
Do we all realize how long it takes to perfect a
strain of chickens?
Do we stop to think that five years must pass
around before we can justly claim to have started a
strain of our own? The reward will more than re-
pay us if we are constant and patient, but perhaps
some of us are not willing to wait. There are few
quick, easy roads to success in the poultry business;
but five years is not a long time within which to
build up a strong and sure foundation. Think how
much longer it takes the horse breeder or the cattle
breeder to produce stock that will reproduce itself
with any certainty. In the breeding of poultry we
can get results quicker than in any other branch of
the livestock business, and yet, as we say, some are
too impatient. During the five years in which the
constant man has been quietly working with a fixed
ideal and purpose in mind, the fellow who changed
every year has made no progress whatever; he is
just where he started and has practically wasted five
good breeding years.
The other fellow has the drop on him and he will
probably never catch up. Who wants to buy stock
or eggs from a man who has been breeding any va-
riety for a year or even two years? What reputa-
tion can a man build up in so short a time? These
are the questions we must ask ourselves in the poul-
try business, which does not differ from any other
business in this respect. Would one expect to estab-
lish a good commercial business such as making
fountain pens or men's clothing or shoe buttons in
a year's time? Certainly not.
Advertising will help you — just as it will in the
poultry business — but we must have the goods to
deliver.
The choice of a breed naturally depends upon
one's own individual preferences to a very large ex-
tent; one cannot make a success with a breed that
does not naturally attract him; but there are a great
many breeds and men do not all think alike. Every
breed and variety in the Standard has its merits and
a man can make a success with any one of them if
he is constant to it. There is no such thing as the
necessity of adopting one of the so-called "popular"
breeds in order to make a success with poultry.
There are many men today that are making good
money in breeding the varieties "that the other fel-
low does not want."
In order to make a complete fancy, every breed
must be continued and kept up to its Standard and
there is always to be found a man for every breed
and variety in the Standard — and a lot that are not
in it.
One man will swear by a Leghorn while another
can see his ideal only in the Silver Polish: the mass-
ive size and the color of the Black Giant appeals to
some men while others believe that While Cochin
Bantams are the greatest fowls on earth.
Fortunate indeed are we, that we have many
mmds and birds of many colors, for without this
diversity of tastes some of our feathered races would
be extinct.
But with whatever breed we start, let us "stick to
our last" — let us be constant. Let us hammer away
with courage and faithfulness to the task we have
set before us. for we know that by this means only
will we succeed. Constancy is a virtue — would that
there were more of it.
Co-operation
It is proverbial that co-operation between farmers
or breeders of livestock is difficult of accomplish-
ment.
Men who till the soil or who raise cattle or poul-
try do not seem to have grasped the full meaning of
the word co-operation. In many localities where
co-operative movements have been started they
have failed because of politics creeping into the as-
sociation; because of poor managers; because of
loss of membership and in a few cases because of
gross mismanagement. In other localities co-opera-
tion has worked, and worked well — indeed it has
been the only salvation for the community or the
county in which it was started.
Co-operation in the poultry field has been moder-
ately successful, chiefly when the function of the or-
ganization has been to purchase feed at wholesale,
and to sell eggs under some special brand at a price
slightly higher than current market quotation.
We believe, however, that much remains to be
done among poultrymen along co-operative lines,
and there can be no question but that on the com-
mercial side of the business, co-operation is ideal,
and will actually work for the benefit of all con-
cerned. Poultrymen are quicker to take advantage
of modem methods than our ordinary "dirt far-
mers", and it is rare, indeed, nowadays to see a com-
mercial poultry plant that does not have the latest
modern labor-saving devices and that does not keep
in touch with the last word in securing results.
We have no model constitution or set of by-laws
to present to the poultry world but we do advocate
a more careful study of the problem, especially along
marketing lines; for we really believe that two heads
are wiser than one.
In this connection we suggest a closer co-opera-
tion between the readers and advertisers of Every-
bodys, and the editorial and business staff. Our
magazine does its utmost to secure the best results
from the advertisements placed with it, and endea-
vors to publish the latest news of the poultry world
in all its branches, but it cannot achieve the best re-
sults unless breeders and advertisers keep in close
touch with it. Those who advertise in Everybodys
should see to it that their copy is fresh and really
tells what they have to sell. Stale copy is useless.
Yet we have often seen advertisers neglect to change
copy for months at a time. Advertisements should
be news. They should tell what the sellers have to
offer at the time. And this must necessarily involve
frequent changes. ^
Co-operate with us and we will co-operate with
you.
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Splendid Profits now Certain
in the Baby Chick Business
The Amazing Story of H. H. Knapp Points The
Way To a Wonderful Opportunity For Success
r'
>v
If you are interested in making
aioney — if you want a sure and
profitable buainesa-— then this story
of the success of H. H. Knapp will
interest you. Mr. Knapp was one
of the founders of the International
Baby Chick Association and its
president for five years. His bust-
ness today has an international
reputation and is one of the most
sijccessful in the poultry industry.
"The story I'm going to tell you
reads like fiction — and yet it is
only the bare truth. It is the
story of how I have found success
and profit in the baby chick busi-
ness. Tm telling about my experi-
ence because I believe others may
profit by it. There is a great
opportimity today for people to
make money if they begin now and
get started on the right track. If
my experience will help them, I am
glad to offer it.
"Fifteen years ago I became inter-
ested in the baby chick business.
I- felt that it had greater future
possibilities than any other branch
of the poultry business. I believed
that it would grow and expand —
that it would some day be the most
successful and profitable division
of the whole poultry industry.
**It was a hazardous business in
those early days. Mammoth In-
cubators were crude affairs. They
were expensive, inefficient and
very unreliable. There was no
telling how many eggs would hatch.
Many chicks died in the shells.
Many were weaklings. People
hesitated to buy them, afraid they
couldn't be raised.
"For ten years I worked imder
these handicaps and so did every-
body else in the baby chick busi-
ness*
"Then something happened that
put my business on the road to
profit.
'Today I have a business of more
than a half million chicks a year.
The demand for my chicks is
greater than the supply. I have
thousands of regular customers all
over the country.
"I am shipping chicks every week
in the season to twenty-five or
more states. I have a steady
business, a soimd business, a busi-
ness that is increasing rapidly
season after season. I have a
business that pays me satisfactory
profits and pays them* with ab-
solute certainty.
"And this is how It happened^
"For several years I had watched
The Buckeye Incubator Company
fttrhmrt H. Knapp intlall*d hit fir$t
Buckwym Mammotht in an old batn.
Thm tame buUdinf, uiih an inrxpennve
addition, nov hutuet hit 100,000-agg
hatchmy.
of Springfield in the development of
a Mammoth Incubator that was
entirely new in principle. Hun- (
dreds of experiments and tests had
been made. The company had
sent representatives to the leading
hatcheries in America, studying
the faults of other incubators,
finding what was needed to correct
these faults and insure success in
the Baby Chick Business.
"I was keenly interested in this
development and was very willing
to test the first machines, while
they were, still in the experimental ■
stage, keeping accurate records of |
results and suggesting improve-
ments.
"And finally, about five years ago,
the Buckeye Manunoth Incubator
was perfected. I bought three of
them. I knew that if they would
do what we hoped they would,
they would prove a miracle. And
they did.
**My first hatch was a revelation.
Each hatch thereafter was equally
good. More chicks, better chicks,
healthier, livelier chicks, and with
much less labor and expense.
"I knew then that my troubles
were over. My business started to
boom. My customers were de-
lighted. I soon established a repu-
tation for the quality of my chicks.
And from that time on it has
simply been a matter of additional
equipment and increasing volume.
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la Writinc Advertisers Kindly Mention Everybodys Poultry Mafcazine
The baby chick business bought this beautiful home for //. //. Knapp~<ind
paid him an excellent income at the same time.
•*It is a recognized fact that the
Buckeye Mammoth completely
revolutionized the Baby Chick
Business. It changed it from a
gamble to a certainty. And today
the opportunities of success are
enormous.
"I know of hundreds of cities and
towns and rural communities where
a man with good business qualifi-
cations could make money right
from the start and build up a
splendid business without the
slightest gamble or chance of loss.
The Baby Chick Business is still
in its infancy. Those of us who
have been in it since its beginning
know that it has grown to tre-
mendous proportions. We know
the demand for quality chicks.
We know it is far greater than the
supply. And we know that it is
the biggest future opportunity in
the whole poultry industry.
' — Herbert H, Knapp.
4t
9$
If you want to make more money,
the baby chick business — with
Buckeye Mammoth Incubators
and the Buckeye Plan — offers you
the safe, certain way to do it.
Whether you produce poultry and
eggs for market, whether you own
a large or a sniall flock, whether
you are located in a town or in the
country, and especially if you are
a fancier-breeder, raising pure-
bred stock, here is a real opp>or-
tunity to increase your profits.
We will send you complete infor-
mation about the Buckeye Mam-
Thousands of Buckeye-hatched chicks ready for shipment. They are
strong, hardy and lively — real money'tnakers for the hatcher.
moth Incubator. We will tell you
why it has reduced hatching to a
scientific certainty — why its owner
can depend u|X)n it for constant,
fixed results, why it hatches a
higher percentage of chicks, how
it provides much needed oxygen,
how it eliminates the work of
turning and cooling the eggs, why
it is economical in the use of fuel —
and, above all, why it produces
sturdier, bigger, livelier chicks.
We will show you how you can
start with a very small investment.
We will show you how, even with-
out previous poultry experience,
you can be sure of success. The
Buckeye Mammoth can be in-
stalled in almost any room of an
ordinary house. It does not re-
quire a special cellar. This means
that you can start in your own
home easily and with very little
expense.
We will tell you of hundreds of
communities — cities, towns and
villages — in which big opportuni-
ties are open r/^/if now. We will
show you how to take advantage
of one of these opportunities.
Mail the coupon TODAY.
The Buckeye Incabator Co*
1 379 Euclid Ave.,
Springfield, Ohio
MAILTHIS NOVTI
mammoth money mdkm
The Buckeye Incubator Co.,
i:n9 Euclid Avenue.
Sf>ring(icld. Ohio.
rira^r !»rrnl mc, without rharjT''. th«
comj»lclc factf about thr oi'tMirtunitir* (or
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
July. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
595
ALL ROADS LEAD TO
TORONTO. ONTARIO. CAN.
Poultrymen and their family and
friends, regardless of location will do
well to consider rhaking this journey
to Toronto this summer. The steam
roads, trolley and steamship com-
panies have combined in providing
the traveler with many comforts and
conveniences many concessions and
especially an attractive rate.
All passenger associations will have
in effect greatly reduced round trip
"Summer Tourist" fares to Buffalo,
Niagara Falls and Toronto, good re-
turning until October 31, 1924.
These tickets allow the privilege of
stopping off at any point either going
or returning or both, and the option
of returning by different route.
Passengers from anywhere, between
Cleveland and Buffalo have option of
using the C. & B. Boat Line. Arriv-
ing at Buffalo and Niagara Falls it is
optional to use Niagara Gorge Route
between Niagara Falls and Lewiston
and Canadian Steamship Line to To-
ronto, or all rail route via Welland
and Hamilton to Toronto. Passen-
gers from the Southwest and North,
as well, can also plan wonderful itin-
eraries via Chicago, Detroit and Port
Huron. Baggage can be checked
through to destination.
Call on your passenger agent to-
day, secure from him such literature
that he may have on your proposed
trip to Toronto and have your itiner-
ary arranged in plenty of time.
This also makes a delightful trip
by automobile, either via Buffalo all
paved road (118 miles) Niagara Falls
(96 miles) Detroit (240 miles) Port
Huron (115 miles) over what are gen-
erally termed the best highways in
America. American motorists re-
quire no Canadian license or bond to
enter Canada for thirty days. The
automobile registration card is the
only credential required to secure
permit by and from Canadian cus-
tom.
Additional information on touring
may be secured by communicating
with the Buffalo Automobile Associa-
tion, Carlton C. Proctor, Secretary,
Room No. 1, Hotel Staler, Buffalo,
N. Y. The Canadian members of the
American Poultry Association prom-
ise a very extensive program. King
Edward Hotel at Toronto has been
elected for the convention headquar-
ters and meetings — Charles G. Pape,
Chairman Transportation Committee.
>»
ENGLAND'S GLORY
("If there is one glorious thing in
England which must never die, it is a
breakfast of bacon and eggs.")
I have relished the rolls in Vienna,
I have played with the porridge in
Perth,
I have dreamt of an ice in Gehenna,
But never (for breakfast) on
earth;
The Picardy omelettes are grateful,
Tho' often the coffee is dregs,
But you have to come home for a
plateful
Of Bacon and Eggs.
There are some who find heaven in
honey.
While others are joyful with jam;
In Tunis they try you with tunny,
In Chicago they help you to ham;
Some persist in abusing the liver
By breakfasting largely on "pegs
And these would undoubtedly shiver
At Bacon and Eggs.
It is whispered that epicures favor
A kidney or even a sole.
While to others the sausage's flavor
Is an exquisite ultimate goal;
But the browner and brawnier Briton
For manlier nourishment begs.
And the Tale of the Empire was writ-
ten
On Bacon and Eggs.
Then here's to the earliest blender
Of the fruit of the hog and the hen ;
May the former be streaky and tender
And the latter be fresh from the
pen!
For the glorious fact that enables
Old England to stand on her legs
Is that nine out of ten breakfast
tables
Show Bacon and Eggs.
— G. K. Chesterton, in Punch.
POULTRY WORK A PLEASURE
The only way to maintain the
proper spirit is to resolve to do our
full duty. This may be to some ex-
tent irksome at times, the first year
or two, but we do not hesitate to
assert that after a real enthusiasm
has once been established and the be-
ginner has learned how really inter-
esting the study of a flock of fowls
is, when one is determined to suc-
ceed, the work will become a plea-
sure. Once this stage is reached the
danger point has been past, the poul-
try breeder has become a real fancier
and his work for life is settled.
AID IN THE WORK
OF THE SPECIALTY CLUBS
Without specialty clubs many
breeds, which now hold prominent
positions in the poultry world, would
be relegated far below their present
high station, and others, if properly
supported, would mount to the places
thus made vacant. No one will deny
the great work done for Reds and
that notwithstanding their many good
qualities, they would not attract the
attention they command were it not
for the active and intelligent support
of their admirers. What has been
done for one breed can be done for
all, for take them as you will, each
and every one has its special qualities
and attractions.
The object and purpose of a spe-
cialty club is the culture, protection
and prom6tion of the breed it affects,
and by all honorable means, such as
advertising, writing and publishing of
articles and books on the subject, the
offering of suitable premiums at ex-
hibitions and fairs, to awaken inter-
est in said breed, egg on its admirers
to strive for perfection and to make
known to the public in general its
valuable qualities.
THE IMPORTANCE OF CULLING
Too much emphasis cannot be
placed upon the importance of cull-
ing the flocks. It is quite as essen-
tial to cull out the unprofitable, non-
productive hens as to be rid of the
cows that cost more to keep than
they give in return. Select always
to keep the very best of all your pul-
lets, also the best one year old hens.
Sell all the poorest of the flock,
young and old, and keep the best.
Have them all of one kind or color,
if possible. Do not keep a nonde-
script lot, without attention to size,
age, color or quality. Divide the
hens and pullets into separate flocks.
If more than one variety is kept,
place each by themselves if possible,
also the pullets of each from the
hens.
There are plenty of good reasons
for all of this, the most important be-
ing that both hens and pullets do
better in separate flocks, as do differ-
ent breeds also if kept by them-
selves. Often such separation can-
not be entirely carried out on the
farm, but one kind only may be se-
lected and kept to better advantage
than three or four kinds.
1,000 BREEDERS FOR SALE!
REGAL DORCAS WHITE WYAWDOTTES
My Summer Sale List this season is the most complete list I have ever offered. The birds are all specially
selected and were in my matinfcs for 1924. Many of th«'m will win in the large shows next Winter and all nat*
grand l>ropdii>K with gpnerations of Regal-Dorcas ancestry back of them. Bargain prices.
SPECIAL — 500 JantuutT and Febmary cockerels and pullets that will be ready for September shows. Send
for a trio or pen of thesa beautiful chicks to ftU out your string.
FREE — Send for complete Summer Sale List. Twenty page Catalogue also free.
JOHN 8. MARTIN Box 44 PORT DOVER, ONT., CAN.
I
The I<al>y Chick Convention which is to
be hel<l at the Kticewairr Hoaoh Hot.-l, Chi-
cago. August 5 to 8 will bo the gathorin;:
place of many poultrymen and poultrywomon.
As usual great things will come of it hci nuso
here is an organization that does things —
past accomplishm«'nts are proof.
• • •
The late spring has been a trying one. No
use talking, business cannot help but be af-
fected when the seasons go wrong, especially
is this true with the poultry business. Yet.
the breeders seem to have accepted condi-
tions of weather and have done their very
bent. True, there are a b>t of late chicks,
but the Anu-rican poultrynian is resourceful
and it takes bigger reverses than a solid
month of rain and a cold late spring to seri-
oublv handi<-ap him.
• • •
Standard bred — would it not be a great
goal to strive for if in course of time there
was not a mongrel flock of fowls to be found
in the land f Suppose every breeder convert-
«>d just one other poultry keeper to the value
of standard breeding and that "one other"
another, etc., etc. It is not one of the things
that "cannot be done."
• • •
The larger fall fair poultry shows are al-
most universally adopting separate premium
lists for the i>oultry departments. It is an
advanced move — one that i>uts the fall poul-
try shows on an equality with the winter
events in recognized importance. The very
fact that the fair managements find the poul-
try departments of such importance is sig-
nificant.
• • •
If you have not read this issue of Every-
bodys thoroughly, we suggest that you start
with the first page and read every line — arti-
cles and advertisements. Try it and the
chances are that hereafter this will be your
way of reading Kverybodys.
• • •
The forty-ninth convention of the Ameri-
can Poultry Association, with Toronto, Can-
ada, as the place of meeting, should and evi-
dently will bring out a representative class
of members August 12 to 15. Toronto will
do herself proud and with the program (given
elsewhere in this issue) as outlined, much
good can come from this meeting of American
poultrymen.
• • •
When we reach July 4. it is not very long
before we are upon the fall fair poultry show
season. The trouble is, too many breeders
seem to fi rget this and usually they are the
ones complaining of undeveloped chicks in
September. The winners of the blue ribbons
are the men and women who plug the hardest
in keeping the chicks moving on to maturity
in the hot months of July and August. Watch
them, care for them, study them. Your do;
ing so will reap its reward at the shows and
egg laying contests later on.
• • •
A department that has been more fre-
3uently asked for by subscribers than has a
epartment covering any other subiect, is a
Beginners Department. So. beginning with
this issue, monthly will be found in Every-
bodys a department for the beginner. Suffi-
cient is it to say it will be of value to every
K>ultry raiser as Harry R. Lewis is in charge,
ead it and let us have your comments,
please.
• • •
If you are enjoying this issue of Every-
bodys, finding a lot of good, sound informa-
tion and worthwhile advice, will you just stop
a moment and resolve to see that friend of
yours and neighbor, who perhaps needs just
what you have found of such value in these
[>age8 f Such co-operation is the greatest
thing we can anticinate. Think of it I Two
full years of Everybodys for a dollar bill —
24 big monthly issues crowded full of the
best we can obtain. Speak the word that
means another subscriber. It will be pleas-
ing missionary work all around.
• • •
August 9 at the Edgewnter Beach Hotel,
Chicago, will be launched a movement to for-
mulate a United SUtes. or rather. National
Poultry Council, Nothing of recent years
has held more significance to thinking i»oul-
trymen than the possibilities of such an or-
ganization. A similar organization has done
noble work in England where its object to
unite the various poultry societies, clubs,
fHerations and institutions has been success-
ful in forward steps along all lines of poultry
husbandry. There is need of a National
Poultry Council in America and an abundance
THIS BIG
FERRIS CATALOG
A/^D ¥ /SSUES
OF THE
MONTHLY
BULLETIN
FERRIS LEGHORNS
Have Proved They Can Make
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They have been winning for years at the largest
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where and guarantee complete satisfaction. Right now is the
best time of the year to net started with this high quality stock.
AMAZING BARGAINS
Special Summer Sale
Pullets
Thousands
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Get our bar-
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before you
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sure of a big
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yield.
Hens
Hundreds
of our fin-
est breed-
ing hens are
now for sale
at half price.
Let us ship
you a pen C.
O. n. and on
approval.
Males
The males
that headed
our breeding
pens are now
for sale at
half their
vala« snd w«
h«v« thiHWSrHU
of corkrrplt
from January
hatch to aight
wfvks old.
Chicks
We sell eggs
and chicks all
year. Get our
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prices. We can
make quick
shipment, guar-
antee safe ar-
rival anywhere
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I want to tell you more about Ferris White Leg-
horns—their wonderful egg producing ability
and their show quality that has enabled them
to win everywhere. Ask for quotations on any-
thing you need. Our low prices will surprise
you and the quality will meet every require-
ment you may ask.
GEORGE B. FERRIS
•2 1 Unton Av«^ ORAND RAPIOS. MICN.
Qmmr-
to Win
Anywli«r«
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UGHT BRAHMAS— They're Coming Back
My CIrctiiar TetU Why
Won more firsts at last Chicago Coliseum Show than any other ex-
hibitor. Eggs and Chicks.
OSCAR GROW, 1533 Waterloo St., CEDAR FALLS, IOWA
The crowned king of all the R. I. Red
breeders and exhibitors, past and
present. ' ' G^rf W. Trac«j. in POULTRY SUCXJESS
C r r\if\:rrr r\ ^^rrM^'U ^
11 >J
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BOX E
CONCORD, MASS.
WHERE THE RNEST REDS IN THE WORLD COME TROM
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July, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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• • •
Wm. Kllery Brigrht. |»resident of the United
Leghorn Club, has issued a call for a meeting
at the Kinjf F.dward Hotel. Toronto. Canada.
Thur8«lay. August 14. during the progress o(
the American Poultry .V.ssooiation Conven-
tion. The club, in Mr. Bright, has a prasi.
dent of whom all members can be pmud. If
ever there wa.s a fancier, here is one and
•'simon pure" — the kind of a man who. if
given the co-operation of the club member
ship, will do great things for the Leghomi.
• • •
J. C. Taylor, formerly Extension Poultry
Specialist in Connecticut, has recently be^n
added to the staff of the )Miultry extension
department of the Pennsylvania State Col-
lege. He will work largely with pouitrymen
and farmers in the we«terji counties of Penn-
sylvania. Mr. Taylor was born on a farm in
New Jersey, graduated from the Connecticut
Agricultural College and spent three yearg in
I»oultry extension work. Much of his time
in Connecticut was spent working with white
diarrhoea in chicks and the Kxtension De-
fiartment at State College plans to have him
continue this work. The new pouitrymsn
also did considerable work with the famoa«
Storrs International Egg Laying Contest and
has had a creat deal of practical experience
on some of the best poultry farms in New
Jersey,
• e e
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Hatcherymen and pouitrymen will be in-
terested to know that Dr. J. H. Crum has
acrei)ted the position of manager of the poul-
try department of the eastern factory and
sales organization of the James Manufactur-
ing Company at Elmira. N. Y. Dr. Crum's
thorough knowledge of the poultry businetn;
his extensive experience in both the experi-
mental and practical pha<^e of hatching and
br(»oding brings a combination that will mean
a great deal to the friend.s and customers of
Jamesway.
TIME AND WAY TO ADVERTISE
A large proportion of the poultry
advertisers seem to think that the
only time to advertise is during the
fall, winter and spring months — and
no greater mistake than this can be
made.
The great and most successful
breeders, and every great business
success make yearly contracts and
use liberal space every month of the
year. They do this, not to spend
money or to simply see their name
in print. They do it because they
have found out that it pays, that con-
sistent regular advertising brings
best results.
Reason will tell you that if adver-
tising did not pay, no one would ad-
vertise, while truth is that advertis-
ing is increasing yearly, more money
is spent for it and ever more money
is made thereby. Put this question
to yourself, if you were to buy a
piano, which would you buy, a Stein-
way with an advertised and sustained
reputation of forty or more years, or
one of a make that you haven't be-
fore heard of? Surely you would
take the one that has made and main-
! tained a public record by publicity
and you would feel that the higher
price paid was a sound investment, it
was. There never was a greater
truth.
There is sound argument to prove
that continuous advertising pays
best. The regular advertser is never
overlooked or forgotten, he has no
dull season but finds business oppor-
tunities daily, and as time passes
finds that his business has created a
regular momentum that keeps in-
creasing his customers and sales and
assures his success.
HALES
NOG
RAPHf^
Fourth of July and com just peeping out
of the ground — way behitui its schedtile.
There has been considerable re seeding of
com and re-seeding never brings as good
a crop as first sei'ding.
Today I heard a corn expert say that the
weather, with the re Ree<iin>r. etc., woii ab«»ut
like 191" w-hen we had a frost every month
except July, and that unless we got some
hut weather from now on the corn crop would
be shortened, but he thought perhaps ihoil
was dt»in>; what Congress failed to do in
taking care of the sur])lus, and that he
thought a short crop would do more to bring
things back to normal for the farmer than
anything that couhi happen, in spite of the
fact that we all liked to hee good cn>ps.
« * «
I had luniheon with the Agricultural Com
mitteo of the Chicago Association of Com
merce. This coinniitti'e is composed of the
biggest agricultural men in Chirag«», plu.;
vours truly.
• * ♦ •
Today was poultry day and we had some
g«.od talks. One of the biggest egg dealers
in the country said that poultry raisers were
making a big mistake in talking about over-
production; that there was no such thing,
and he quoted figures to prove that nearly
33' r more eggs were consumed in New York
daring the past two months than for the same
period last year. There are 12';o less eglfs
in cold storage; that there were a lot of late
hatched chicks and that there was no danger
of overproduction.
* * •
He also made another good point that poul-
try raisers will do well to keep in mind. All
of the so-called specialty egg farms and poul-
try raisers produce but five per cent of all
the eggw put on the market. The other 95''c
come from the general farms, yet it is the
five per cent that make all the noise about
over pr«duction and begin to get "cold feet"
that causes a re-action all down the line. He
and others like him are not worrying over
the prospects for the poultry business, and
they know what they are talking about.
* * •
Eggs are being exported to Cuba and other
points, and that helps some.
♦ * •
The dairymen are also talking about over-
production, yet the figures show that we im-
ported about 12,tM)0.00(> pounds of cheeeo
and I forget the big figures as to number
of pounds of butter imfK>rt<^. Until this
country produces enough to supply home con-
sumption there will not be any danger of
over production.
• * •
It is a good time to get into the chicken
business. There isn't a thing on the farm
that is sold as meat that will bring anywhere
near the prire that poultry will.
• • •
One fellow said that if there was 25% as
many 3(M) egg hens in the country as a cer-
tain poultry paper was talking about, there
might be some caune for worry, but when
they cut a few of them out of their ads and
relied on those that actually were, we had
no cause for alarm.
• * •
The Kntertainment Committee of the In-
ternational Baby Chick Convention to be
held at Chicago, August .'">. 6, 7 and 8, are
hard at work and while they are not making
any ra#.h promises as ye*, they expect to
make you glad you came.
• * •
Have vou read their program! If you can
read between the lines you can see where
there will be plenty of action. Don't miss it.
* * •
Have your monogram sewed on the bosoiij
of your bathing suit. It wouldn't look well
to see Frank IMatt get into Harry Lewis
suit. They would think he had been to the
steam chamber and faded away.
* * •
The display of incubators and accessories
that go with the baby chick business will be
well worth going a long way to see. This is
a new feature that will make a hit and the
room for these displays is the finest thing of
the kind in the country.
• « •
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag
•nd head for Chi.ago. August 5, 6. 7 and H.
* * •
Then arrange to stay over for the ninth
and take in the National Poultry Congress.
This is going to be a live affair and there
will be a lot of discussions.
Rid your premises of
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A few of these traps properly used will catch the birdi
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
July, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
599
TCERUN-QUAUTV
2e8>331 (P*<U*r«*<l) E8« Strain
S. C White Leghorns
Pullets - Hens
Cockerels - Cocks
Let "KerKn-Qoality*' male« stamp the
Uy 00 your flock. Order cocks and 12. 16
•nd 20 weeks' old cockerels now. They wili
•urely improve your flock.
Our 12. 16 and 20 weeks' old pulleu will
make early winter lavers. You can depend
CO them lo avara** ISS to 200 eSfts in their
first yfar if properly caretl for. E Kirilry.
Ohio, writes: "I raised 19 fine pullets from
the 50 chirks I got from you. They laid 4552
eggs in their pullet year, an average of 24it
each." We also have a few choice breeding
bens to offer.
All prfcaa rmoBonahlm. Writm for
big frmm iUm»tratmd catalog todtiy.
Kerlin'a Grmad View Poultry Farm
Drawar 7.H Caatar Hall. Pa.. U. S. A.
REDUCES FEED BILLS
The tray hinged to front
of hoppar cmtohM food
■plltod Iqr Um bird* and
raturna food to boppar
wImb tiajp Is Invartcd
\ (Ma (lotted Unas) to
! eioaa hoppar scsinst rats
and niot at nl«ht. Bond
for ctreular.
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WHITE QUUl
WHITE ROCKS
TiM MO-Ea« ExMM-
niindrods of fln« bnwdlnc
l^rds rvadjr to go at half
prtrc.
Write for tpedal Bunuaaff
Bales LUL
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Box B Hartford. WU.
Try the New Way
To Kill Uce
akti««tff«sdla«aalk wtthlteaeaa
faTTaaartfktaswall "Vkraw mom
fmk kl«a arlsad food to lo«sy eaiak' ^
It^sadaadteas doa'tdoiu Uaa I
No daaUag. no dipplaf
aUag NAMO «l> THS Kf-
It aets uaa mmI'*- TosttsM>-
ifrowavory HIaia la tha Ualaa
I eff voadMfal Naiilts froa Its ass^
■ta raw drops la Mais aad
iMdhMit aaeerfcad koltia
a» or iMa hoMa. p»««gfa|
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aa«9MMt«ala tm\
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.asltao-ctilfgw*. bodlMga.
, roacass. ate., bar* »e
laa«a— tbay braAtlM tbnNigh
to tlM bMto^M
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of tho bodv.
"toyad by Llssailat Tavaca.
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•atUa. n.m: t bottlaa. .
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ol Paabfwl Hmh.
TMI BMO,
MOWmr BACK fF IT PAllA
AMOnCAM M^nv COMFARV. DM. M OOmCY, lU
Not nil that we have talked with are in
favor of Huch an oricanization and it is goini;
to be Kome jiroblem to brinjf all branches of
the egK business to board the same train and
head for the same point.
* * •
There is no question but what an advertis-
inir camiiai^n would greatly increase the con-
sumption of esres, but some claim we are not
ready for it until we have some better rules
regarding the standardization of e^^.
* * •
We shall see what we shall see — it will be
worth listening to.
* * •
The big reason there has been such a dif-
ference in price between what the pro<lucer
received and the consumer pnid is because of
the careless methods in which eggs have
been handled, shipped and sold in the past.
Producers are learning how to overcome this,
but there is still a lot of work to be done.
* * •
We talk and worry about the Chinese egg<».
In some ways they have it all over us. Here
we have but one standard size egg crate
filler. Fine hirge Minorca eggs are docked
because of breakage, because they wi!l nut
fit these containers. Small eggs are doc|<,>d
because they do not come up to our standard
of size and they, too, are liable to breakaicc.
The Chinese have a filler to fit most any size
egg that comes along. The ^g^i^ are sorted
and graded and when they are packed, they
are at least uniform in size. Some food for
thought there.
* * •
Glad to note that Professor Lewis is going
to produce more stuff for Kverybodys. What
Harry writes, you can bank on.
* * •
There has been considerable talk lately
about the fanciers waking up and producing
a bird of greater production. They say we
must pay more attention to what lies under
the feathers.
a • •
Show me one of our Standard descriptions
that doesn't fit a good producing bird. Broad,
long, deep: medium in length, breadth and
depth, etc., are common all through the book.
The Standard-bred hen has everything that
should make her a good meat or egg bird.
The matter of strain is what tells. Some
strains will produce more eggs than others
of the same variety. Some will produce more
pulleta than cockerels just as some families or
strains of humans runs more to ^irls than
boys.
* • •
Standard -bred or show birds do not. r>er-
haps, bepn laying as early as some, but they
do get to Standard size and if they are fed
for eggs and have the eg^s in them thev
will lay them.
* • •
Rreeders of egg birds, especially some of
our Leghorn friends, like to brag about thoae
pullets that begin laying when four months
of age. That is why they have so many small
Leghorns. The I^eghorn fancier who isn't
crowding his birds for early egg production
has no trouble in getting good size Leghorns.
* • •
The forced Leghorn pullet that begins to
lay before she is fully developed in all sec-
tions, not only fails to attain proper size, but
her eggs are also small.
* * •
It is time to cull. What are you going to
do with your culls t How are you going to
dispose of them f Did you ever stop to figure
what you could save by milk feeding and
crate fattening them at home, kill and dress
and then ship f
* • •
There is a large poultry and egg dealer in
Chicago who is trying to get his shippers to
do that. Here is what he says:
"At this writing a produce buyer in a
certain town is f.aying 12 cents a pound to
the farmer for live heavy hens. The farmer
with l.ooo pounds of such poultry gets $120
for his flock. The produce dealer has to ship
this poultry to Chicago or some other lar,ce
market where the receiver will sell to the
dresser, who, after dressing, sells to the hotel
supply man or a retail butcher for at least
28 cents a pound. That's the old way — the
expensive way.
"Under our new plan these 1,000 pounds
rf heavy hens would be killed and dressed
by the producer, packed in barrels or boxes
and shipped to us where the poultry would
be sold direct to large hotels, restaurants,
clubs, hospiuls, oamps, and retail butchers
at 2H cents a pound or whatever the prevail-
ing market price happens to be.
"Instead of paying a profit first, to the
local buyer: second, to the country produce
dealer: third, to the city commission mer-
chant: fourth, to the dresser, and possibly
fifth, a profit to the hotel supply man — you
pay only one profit of five per cent to us.
You get all the rest of the profit.
"On the 1.000 pounds of heavy hens there
would be a shrinkage of about nine per cent
in dressing, so you would ship about 9io
jiounds, which would bring returns about a>
follows : '
910 lbs heavy hens d^ 2Sc }2hi 30
Less exjiress on 1,000 gross @ about
13.50 per cwt fUS.oo
Less commission of 5'i 12.74
47.74
Check received $207 08
"Deduct about $5.00 for barrels and you
would have $202.00 for the dressed poultry
as against $l2i>.o0 sold alive to the local
buyer."
• • *
It will pay those who are going to sell
their cull hens to crate-fatten and milk-feed
and kill, dress and ship dire<t. An extri
profit of $82.00 is jiretty goid pay for killinjt
and packing those bir<ls.
• • *
Besides that, the extra weight you can fetd
on them will make up for the shrinkage you
would otherwise have.
• • •
Buttermilk is getting to be relied uoon
more and more both for raising chicks and
feeding fowls for miirket. If you haven't
the real article at home y«)U can get the semi-
solid and it is a good investment. The
liberal use of buttermilk will ])revent much
sickness as it keei).s the bird <-leaned <•» t.
built up and in general gomi health so ns to
throw off many germs and bacilli that might
otherwise cause trouble.
• • •
Look out for the rose chafers. They are
I>revalent at this time of the year anuiid
daisies, grape vines, rose bushes and iiiicu
trees, especially in certain sections. Thoy
are deadly poison to the chicken.s and it is
claimed that six bugs eaten will kili a fowl.
The birds die within about 24 hoirs after
eating. Prof. Lamson. of Storrs, Conn., t.d-
vocates, as a preventive, that chickens be
kept in yards, fields or runs which have been
mowed during the first week in June.
• • *
Fight the lice and mites these dayq. They
thrive in hot weather and filth. K?ep the
houses well cleaned and disinfected by spray-
ing or painting with some good liquid germi-
cide. A good fumigating will not hurt tliem
once in a while.
• • •
There are many remedies that are recom-
mended to be put in the drinking water. No
doubt these are good if the birds oonnume
it, but our experience has tauciit uh that
wnter is what makes eggs. When we i ut
certain preventives in the drinki.ig water,
the birds would drop off in egg production
simply because the^ did not drink enoui^h
water. When we dissolved the same remedy
in water and used the water to mix a moist
mash feed we got the birds to consume it and
their drinking water was kept fresh.
• • •
If you cannot attend the convention of the
International Baby Chick Asso<*iation, get
your radio in shape as the baby chick fellows
will be on the air plenty that week. You can
get the news right off the air if you tune in
on Chicago.
• • •
By all means separate those cockerels and
pullets. Mr. Cleveland made some t^onA points
along this line in his article last month.
• • •
Don't forget the American Poultry Asso-
ciation Convention at Toronto, August 12, 13
and 14. A very entertaining program ha»
been arranged and some live topics will be
discussed.
• • •
The question of proper registration of
fowls should come up and something along
this line should be started this coming year
This is something that should be handled by
the American Poultry Association.
• • •
Some folks have said that the American
Poultry Association was but a fancier's or-
ganization. It should be a breeder's organi-
zation. They produce our Standard of Per-
fection and they should also have charge
of registration and also be the supreme court
of all poultry matters. The egg laying con-
tests have practically adopted the uniform
rules as advocated by the American Poultry
Association and along the lines of beini the
keeper of registration and rules they should
be the ones that should do it.
• • *
We hope our Canadian friends will be abls
to see how the American Poultry Association
appreciatea the Hon. .Tohn S. Martin. The
Hon. John is a breeder, a fancier and a man
that everybody likes. He is a credit to the
]>oultry business and we would like to see
more like him.
• • •
The same can be said about a lot of our
other good breeders and fanciers.
- »~^ •*■-•-•-«.-•-«••♦-••♦ ■
Beginners Department
Conducted by Prof. Harry B. Lewis. Associate Editor
Simple Principles in Growing the Youngsters Right
To you who are jur-t making: a be
ginning in the poultry business; to
you who are starting out with a few
birds in the back lot, and to you who
are attempting to make the farm
flock really worth while, let me say
at the start, that there is no more
important step in the successful hand-
ling of hens, than to have the pullets
grown right. Unless they make a
rapid, continuous growth; unless they
are given an opportunity from hatch-
injr time to maturity to develop nor-
mally; unless they come into matur-
ity in the fall endowed with their full
share of vigor, health, and with good
body weight, well fleshed in all sec-
tions, no amount of good care later
on will get the maximum results from
them. The problem which confronts
every beginner of poultry during the
warm summer months is to keep the
chickens growing continuously. Do
not subject them to any check or set-
back. Chicks are not unlike all other
young animals, in that if they are
checked or retarded in their growth,
the time of laying their first egg is
retarded and they never retain their
maximum ability that they would
otherwise. Our slogan for the be-
ginner for July might well be, keep
the youngsters growing all of the
time.
The Hardest Problem of the Beginner
The beginner with chickens often
starts in a small way on a very re-
stricted area. This means usually
that there is rather limited room and
range on which to grow the chicks
successfully. It is a fact that the
laying hens and the adult birds can
be kept in more or less close confine-
ment on bare yards if necessary, with-
out any serious trouble, providing
green food and all of the other neces-
sary parts of their daily diet is pro-
vided, but with growing chickens, the
story is different Lots of room is
necessary. It is necessary first of all,
to avoid contamination of the soil and
ground on which the youngsters run.
It is a fact that even on new ground
if too many chicks are reared on a
limited area, they may become af-
fected even the first year, with cocci-
diosis and digestive disorders, due to
the rapid accumulation of infectious
material from their droppings. So
the first axiom of success with grow-
ing chickens which the beginner,
should put down in his mind with
great, big, red letters, is the fact that
P'owing chickens require lots of room
if th'^y are going to n^ake a normal,
healthy growth.
In providinq: this rootii. there are a
numhor of w.ys of doing it. First of
all and the most ideal, is to have |
.'^uflicient land, so that the little col- i
ony houses in which the chickens
grow, can be m oved about from place
to place, bringing them in contact
with fresh, clean soil and constantly
keeping them running on good, fresh,
clean sod. Where considerable areas I
of land is not available for this pur-
pose, or where only a few chickens |
are being raised, it is quite a com- '
mon practice with the beginner, es-
pecially where the chickens must be
kept out of a garden or oflf of the
lawn, to confine them in small wire
framed coops which are light and
portable, so that every few days, the
coop may be moved to a different lo-
cation. It should be moved before
the chicks entirely kill the sod under
it. so that upon its removal the grass
comes back quickly, and the coop can
later be returned to this spot after
other available locations are used.
This frequent moving of the yard in
which your chicks are being raised,
where it is necessary to confine them,
insures sanitary, perfect growing con-
ditions so far as soil and clean sod
are concerned.
The Great Value of Green Food
We are learning more and more
e'.ch day, about the requirements of
the growing chickens. Among the
most recent development has been
the discovery of the properties pos-
sessed by the so-called vitamines. or
those protected food materials which
bring about efficient growth and
which maintain a bird in pei^ect
health. One of these vitamine.-* which
is especially essential if an animal is
to grow normally, is found in thin,
tender, leafy plant growth. Green
leaves of grass, e.specially the le-
gumes, contain large amounts of it.
Where this vitamine is not present in
the diet of a growing chick, as in a
small bare yard, you will get chicks
which will not develop their full share
of yellow pigment in the shanks and
skin. You will get chicks which will
grow slowly. You are apt to get
chicks which may .show a tendency to
a weakness of the limbs and your
chicks may show signs of eye trouble,
cold and matterated eyes will come
under too intensive growing condi-
t ons, but if you plan to keep your
chicks on green gra.ss, the probability
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NORTHLAND KING"
ENOJSH SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS
of the world's famuut Turn lUrmn itrmin— the Mr.
loppMl flombMl tjrpp. I>rm(itnK IjcKhnm p«n anj
r.RANI) CIIAMIMON LAVKR 1923 lllinoli National
Bsi Lturlns Conle«t at MuntityitMiro. Knunitat'oii pens
(10 b«M Bfid 1 cockerel) t2H. Annual Buinmer ul«
of bre^dJjif »u»ck now on. Cataloru^ frf*.
NORTNLANO FARMS. D«»t. E. Grand Ra»ldt. Mich.
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Btaru pulieti lajrins parljr and keeps •U>ady
•n production thruuchout fall and Winter.
n««t fTMn feed on market. Order* prompUr
filled.
PULLETS and YEARUNCS
At ?«ry aUracUvc prloaa In all our popular
breeda.
NUGAIA POULTIY FARM
■at MMvllI*, New York
W. R. CURTIM CO.. Prap.
BUHERCUPS
Tearlinf Breeders at
rery low prices After
Jtily lit.
C SYDNEY coot JR.
73 Valentine St.
Weet Kewton ICms.
White Wyandottes
A few choice breeders for sale, if purchased
durinir the month of July, at a reduced
price.
BARK'S INOBBYSTONE POULTRY FARM
*m 1»-B f. t. BA«a KABVOH. PA.
RHODE ISLAND REDS
Hngte Oosfib. Owan Fam Btrala
tAVWtLL FARM. Rata I. Raawr Rprtatt. Pa.
SterUng Quality
BABY CHIX
nntll Ociobor at attnctlTt prices. Write
lor catalogue.
P. r. OULBDT
HIGHCAND VIEW POULTRY FARM
Bos 11 ETHEL, MO.
DON'T LET THEM DIE!
^iaauiCK]^>^)gET>cni jjvES by using
■SMOKR KM." T H B Xr '
«U-ARANTCB ROUP "^
ri'RK Alls the po«il-
try houae with nedl-
<«lnl HMoke and !• poal-
•••U OfARAXTKEn to
tMn coldt. roup, ran-
k^. diphtheria and ehlrkeil-pnt Sold
iitiiWr a mnney-back (JI'ARANTKK.
HICK CIIICRRN8 cannot be proflt-
atila. Write now for low pri«>f
M«t and PRrX CATALOG, THE H. M. SPAHR
• RCEOINR ESTATE. Deyt IS. Spahr. Frvderick
Cevaly. Manrlaatf. Taiecraph omoa, Tltunaunt.
Marrland. LITB DBALCR8 WANTKD.
NBN
is ninety-nine to one, that none of
these troubles will bother you.
Shade is Necessary
Then there is the necessity of pro-
tecting the growing chicks from the
extreme heat of the sun. You know
yourself, how hot it is in July or
August, if you have to work or stand
out in the direct rays of the sun with
no protection over you. Chicks are
covered with feathers, which normal-
ly are designed to give their body
protection and keep them warm. This
coating of feathers, together with the
high normal temperature of the bird's
body, makes them extremely suscepti-
ble to heat. It is not uncommon for
heat prostration to cause consider-
able loss in growing chicks if they are
kept in bare, unprotected and exposed
sunny places during the heat of a mid-
summer day. So it is then that shade
is absolutely essential for good
growth. You can provide shade for
your chicks in a number of ways.
Probably the shade given off from a
green growing tree or shrub is the
most ideal. The planting of com or
sunflowers, or any other erectly grow-
ing full leafed plant is good. If you
have not natural shade in the run
where your chicks are located, you
must construct one artificially by the
use of boughs laid over crutch sticks,
or frames covered with burlap or
muslin which are elevated from the
ground on posts, so that they are two
or three feet above the ground; any-
thing to break the direct rays of the
sun and to give the chicks a shady
spot to which they can retreat when
the heat becomes oppressive. Chicks
will fail to grow and will lose weight,
if during July and August, they are
not provided with the necessary, cool
shady retreat in which they can stay
during mid-day.
Then There is the Water Supply
How often do you let your water
pens for the growing chicks get
empty? In many cases, most too
often, I am afraid. Do you know
that the chick's body is over 55%
water? Do you know that the grow-
ing chick, when he gets about half
grrown or older, requires very nearly
as much water to drink as an adult
non-laying hen? The requirements
for body growth and the need for wa-
ter to fill up the tissues of the body,
means that if the chicks are to grow
rapidly, an abundant supply of clean,
fresh water must be available con-
tinually. A brook running through
the range is ideal. If water must be
provided in pans or fountains, place
the water in shady spots where it will
keep cool as long as possible, and
where the direct rays will not reach
it, or protect it, if possible, by a
slatted cover, so that the chicks can
reach their head in to drink, but can-
not get in it to soil and contaminate
the water. Water has many uses in
the chick's body, and without an ade-
quate supply continually available,
good growth and proper development
cannot be attained.
Coo! Shelters Absolutely Esseatisl
Growing chicks do not require ex
pensive, tight quarters. Any open
shed or lean-to building or small port!
able colony house which is entirely
open on one side, is ideal. The fai
that after the chicks get big enoori
to take care of themselves, if there
are trees on the growing range, and
they want to perch in the trees at
night, let them go. No place will be
cleaner or healthier, and it will
harden them off in such a way that
they will not be so apt to catch cold
or become stunted from over-crowd- '
ing in small, poorly ventilated shel-
ters. In this connection, do not pn: i
too many chicks in a colony house. I '
have so many times seen 100 to 15{i
pullets along in July and August \t\ \
colony house not large enough for |
more than 40 or 50. Such a houst
not being large enough, and poorlj '
ventilated, becomes filthy quickly anli
readily becomes contaminated with '
parasites, and the most serious, is the
lack of fresh air. Chicks you know,
are a rapidly growing animal. Their
vital processes move with great ra-
pidity. They breathe out a lot of/
carbon-dioxide. They require a lot
of fresh air to grow well. So be surt
that your colony house is laryt
enough for the chicks you have in it
or expressed differenty, do not try tc
put too many growing pullets in one
small shelter. A low shed or house
three feet wide and five feet long,
will accommodate between thirty and '
forty growing pullets as a range shel-
ter during the growing season. A
colony house six feet by eight feet in
size, high enough for a man to stand
in, will, with sufficient perches, ac-
commodate 100 to 150 growing pul-
lets. But, be sure that the front of
the colony house, no matter what
size, is entirely open with plenty of (
fresh air entering all of the time.
A Few Growing Hints
There are many little hints and de
v'ces which one picks up with expert
ence, which solves many of the pool
try keeper's problems, and induces
more satisfactory results. For in- ^
stance, g^-owing chicks do well if out-
door perches can be provided in a
shady spot on the range, where they
can sit during that portion of the day
when they are not at the mash hop-
pers, or ranging over the ground in
search of bugs, insects, and green
grass. Growing chicks like to elevate I
themselves and get above the ground.
Do not compel them to go into the
house to perch. Provide these quar-
ters for them out-of-doors. Watch
the colony house to see that red mites
do not get established. The best pre-
vention for this is to paint the
perches with gas tar or carbolineum;
either of which has been diluted with
50 ^f of kerosene, will make the col-
ony house a pretty unhealthy pls«
for the mites to live. Mites will
greatly retard the growth of pullet.%
so protect your growing youngsters
against these pestiferous insects. Do
not keep all of the feed in the colony
house. Keep the water pans and the
dry mash hoppers out-of-doors. Have
the dry mash hoppers of considerable
size, so that they hold two or three
day's supply of mash feed. Have
them with projecting eaves to keep
the mash dry and you will get a bet-
ter growth from your chicks, by hav-
ing your feed out where they can
eat more of it than wherg you compel
them to go into the colony house to
get it. Then change the litter in the
colony house every three or four
weeks during the summer. Do not
let the floor of the house become
inches deep with droppings and dirt
and filth. Clean it out and use the
accumulated deposit on your lawn or
on your garden, and put in just a lit-
tle clean straw or litter. This will
mean a lot of difference in the smell
and atmosphere in the house. All of
these things, if ffiven careful con-
sideration, will insure the success of
the beginner, in the growing of his
youngsters, and I can assure you,
there is no more important problem
which you will have to face in your
poultry career, than that of growing
the youngsters right.
THE HOUSEWIFE AND A
FEW HENS
(Continued from page 587)
in your fowln. I do not believe there i« any
way to get rid of that color except to breed
it out by culling out the off colored fowls.
In Jersey Black Giants. Black Ijangshans
and Black Minorca^ we often find purple an
one of the Berious color defect*. Purple can
not be fed out of the plumage but one can
heighten any color in the fowl that dominates
the color. ^ . ^
For instance by feeding fowls high protein
feeds and lot^ of green food, one can bring
any color that dominates the color pigments.
For instance if your fowl is full of purple.
Iou osn bring that out to the greatest extent
y good color making feeds. In the black
fowl that should carry that beautiful green
sheen, one can heighten that sheen by feed
and make the sheen dominate the puri'lf-
I bred Langshans and Black Minorcas for
years and in lioth varieties I produced fowls
that showed no Kigns of purple in time. I
first began to feed for color and those fowH
that dominated in purple color, I took out of
my flock. Those that showed that beautiful
green sheen, I bred together making a blend
if color from both sexes, of the color that I
needed. It took years to bring about the
de»ired color, but once I got what I wanted
I did not have any trouble keeping it. i
bred Langshans so long that I was winning
all the premiums, so I sold the flock and
good will, buying my first home with the
money that I obtained from the flock. It
thooe fowls had proved hard to breed. 1
would have kept them until I mastered th»>
color and tvpe. I began breeding Buff Ply-
mouth Rocks in 1894 but up to this time I
have never been able to fix the color to
suit my taste of what was best and as a
result I continue to breed them.
Good color can be helped, or you can brinir
out good color in fowls but you can not make
good color in fowls except when one breeds
for it. To make buff in point is to mix colors
with white i»redominatinK but in making buff
in fowls, white is hard to handle and so is
black. Black being the hafH color to eradi
cate. If there is any choice as between
black and white in plumage color in buft
fowls, I prefer to use white.
In black fowls they often throw white in
the tips of feathers. This is purely a bree<l^
ing defect, and to me it is an indication of
lack of green food. You must get vitamines
from green food and it is these vitaminen
that are so necessary to good color.
Only proper
summer feeding
can make many winter
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THE heaviest layers next
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That is why poultrymen
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If one wants ^ood color in buff fowls, they
.should never breed a male with any black in
his plumage. If they find themselves u]*
utrainHt a male with black, then breed him
only to females that show a lark of black in
plumage. Once you get your flock free from
i>lark, then breed close and hold to your
color. There is too much talk along the
lines of inbreeding and not enough intelligent
thought put forth along that line. Inbreed-
ing is a science. One caJi inbreed just so
long as they hold vigor and when the fowl.s
begin to lose vigor they will show it in the
egg.<i not hatching or the chicks being weak.
One knows then that they are losing vigor
and then they should reach out for new
blood.
When ^ou breed a long time to fix a cer-
tain quality in your hens, hold this quality
by breeding a fowl free from the defects in
the thing that you are breeding for.
The best way to go out for new blood for
your flock is to buy a couple of good hens
that have the good qualities that you want
to add to your flock. Save the cockerels
from your new matings and breed them back
to the dam that produced them. By doing
this you fl.\ your own blood in the cockerels
for your flock and then you are safe in add-
ing the new blood to your flock.
I had a present last fall of two beautiful
IJuff Plymouth Rock hens. These hens have
proven themselves invaluable to my own
flock. They had the length of back that I
wanted and carried good plumage in each
and every section. From this mating with
one of my best males I produced some splen-
did cockerels. I shall pick out two of these
cockerels and mate them to one of these hens
and another good hen of my own blood and
through that mating I hope to retain the
backs that I wanted. By toe marking the
progeny from the two hens, I can get at the
ones that would be best for my flock and in
time fix just what I bred for.
You can take aome of the best pulleta that
one produces from his new blood and mate
them back to the male that produced them
and in that way you have two matings
through which you can add new blood. I be-
lieve the same thing can be used in breeding
for eggs.
We have found, on the Pacific Coast, that
we produce our best layers from the male
side. In other words the cockerels from the
high laying hens seem to carry on the laying
to a greater extent than the females. If one
woula make one mating from a great laying
hen and save the cockerels from that matini;.
Mate another great layer to another cockerel
and save pullets from this mating and breed
them to a cockerel from the first mating.
then they would accomplish the work more
quickly. Do the same thing in mating for
good color.
The day of paying no attention to the lay
of the hen ia passed. We want our fowls to
reproduce themselves and they will not do
so unleai we breed them to lay along with
feed them to lay. In this day and age of
mixed feed, experiment stations, we are not
working in the dark, we know just what
feeds are needed to produce the greatest
Quantity of eggs and the only way to get
those egigs ia to give the hens the food out
of which they can make eggs. Even a poor
layer will respond to good feeds and a real
good layer will not produce unleaa she gets
good jfeed.
The commercial feed men are far out in
the lead on this subject. They not only have
the best chemist at their command but they
arrange for actual teota of feeds. This is all
free to thotte who buy those feede. No one
can mix their feeds as well as they can find
them ready mixed on the market. To put a
pound of chareoal into a ton of mash is no
easy matter and there never lived a man who
could mix a ton of feed and get an even
mixture when he mixes that feed with a
shovel on a barn floor. He is bound to get
one ingredient too much in a sack while the
other sack will not have enough of that same
ingredient. I saw one mill so well regulated
that it worked automatic. In other words,
there was beinjr mixed eight different kinds
of feedstuff, the smallest being the quantity
of salt. That mill was so arranged that if
any one of those ingredients failed to come
Into the mixture, that the mill automatically
stopped until the defect was eradicated.
When the ingredient missing began to come
into the mixture again, then the mill began
running as if nothing had happened. Most
of the mills have millers who have devoted
nearly all of their matured lifetime to mixing
feed and these millers know just when a mix-
ture ia coming through the mill as it should.
The mixed feed business is mighty young.
It has only been with us a few years but
lip to the time of mixed feed, the two hun-
dred egg hen was not even thought of. The
three hundred egg laying hen was considered
an impossibility.
Fifteen years ago a certain poultrv n.
offered hfty doll«r.s apiece for five L« '**'
tliey would produce two hundred ejres -! ^
The editi.r of the paper agreed to take tfc '
hens and feed them according to the ouiT*
directions. The offer was accepted anrf .V
contest started. These hens laid snLi^!
but they fell short of the two hundred '^
mark. I knew one hen at that time th.i*!'
the best of my knowledge and belief thst i..^
a.d 2.J5 egp in 36.5 days. I wrole*i,iS
this hen and was put in the Annania. n
Ml ui O.St every j.oultry paper in Anieri,* r
I had the real satisfaction of seeing a '.nr
descendant of this same hen lav 311 ee?» .!f]
five pullets, also descendants of this hen 1.
1.3IU eggs in \2 months in a contest u'nH.^
the supervision of one of our most noiL
poultry instructors. •'
I claim that fet>d is not what make, .k
layer but goo«l feed is what brings forth t*
great lay and without good feeds we conJ
not make the great egg laying records Vt
his we have none other to thank exc#M
the feed mixers them8elve.s. Trying to »m
feed that would sell, made them strive for \
feed that would bring great result* ,„i
the greater those results the more feed th,,
would sell There may be a few crook, il
the feed business but these crooks do nit
prosper along with those who are sthvinf
for best results. This is so not only in th»
feed business but in every line of merchsn
dising. The day and age of "buyer beware'
IS over and today we find the contents c'
each sack of feed on the tag and what ii
better the contents that are said to be it
a sack of feed will be found there by ant
chemical test or feeding test that the best
thought brings forth.
Intelligent feeding, intelligent mating auj
intelligent care is responsible for the bir
egg records, for the show fowls and for ths
prosperity of the poultry business.
I
THE CASSEROLE
(Continued from page 588)
might be said to appear that what we ne«4
to know, in order to pick the potential heavy
layer among our fowls, is what does a chro-
mosome which carries the heavy la vine
faculty, look like? How does such a chro
mosome differ in appearance and structurt
frt)m one which carries the low )>roducing fac-
tor! Will some one rise and explain, pleasef
"Take oare of the chromosomes, and the lay-
ers will take care of themselves." (b)
• * •
Often I have said that a study of poultry
leads one to many a fundamental truth. On*
can get much of philosophy, of human nature.
of good business practice, out of the littls
hen and the problems she brings with her.
Usually a good poultrjman is a ^ood thinker
He has learned to think straight. Not apropos
of the "farm bloc" or the Congress as at
l>resent constituted, or of anything in par
ticular, but just as a bit of the wisdom of
democracy, read this, and see if it isn't •
clear expression of a great truth by which
this country has achieved it* present state of
peace and comparative prosperity. "Wa
have so many 'saviors* of the country, in the
form of rabid advocates of this or that, each
with his disciples, and there is so much di-
versity of opinion on so many (jMJultry)
matters, that even the careful student (of
poultry problems) is often at a loss to know
to what extent each theory and practice has
merit. No one 'wixard' is ever going to
arise to 'put us right' as to the best prac
tices. It must be the combined work of many
earnest, careful, intelligent and unprejudiced
investigators, and the sensible application of
their findings to vastly varied sets of condi-
tions, which are continually changing. 8o it
must be with any work to be accomplished
for the general good. We must realize that
our own opinions may be neither complete
nor correct. We miwt correlate them with
those of hundreds or thousands of others, and
from the mass evolve a reasonable plan of
action." That is part of an editorial on the
Oregon Poultrymen's Association, written by
a straight thinker who can set his thouKhta
down straightly. And he is a good poultry-
man, too; a little later on I find this: "Lack
of summer succulence is responsible for a
great deal of low summer egg production, and
slow pullet development." How many poul-
try keei>ers have found that their pullets mi*
tured early when hatched early; but thost
that came along later, and consequently had
very little green feed in the yards when they
were growing, matured very much mora
slowly t I guess most of us have had »(*m*
experience along that line, particularly tho»'
who keep their stock yarded, and in dry
seasons, (c)
* * e
They are talking a baying Contest f<^r th*
State of Oregon, and most of the breeders
seem to favor a five-bird contest rather than
I
I
. ten bird entry. They express the opinion
•u r.«.nv a small bree*ler would find his
Ii*'*l ^ Jetty well "shot to pieces" if they
? r J send away 10 birds in one lot. That
\Xtntt to mind the thought that if isn't
!!««• to hatch and raise contest quality stock
■ laree lots. The bree<ier of the top notch
ll!rinr Quality stock is up against problems
hich the egg farmer knows little of. To
*me extent too. this is also true of the Ex-
hibition breeder. Only the other day a poul
irvman telephoned me that he was hatching
•onie choice stock with hens, because they
wouldn't hatch under incubator conditions.
He *■»» about disgusted, and blamed the
weakne^'S of the germs for the trouble, be-
fau.«e his other 8tt>ck hatched well en masse
in the machines. He jumped at conclusions,
and blamed the exhibition quality of the
stock when the fault probably lay in his too-
little knowledge of incubating. ".Vre you
trying to pedigree hatch in wire baskets f" I
anked him. and he admitted he was. "Well."
said I, "don't expect to do that and get a
decent' hatch along with your other eggs un-
less you know what you are doing." No.
the contest breeders cannot raise their stock
in anywhere near the same quantity you
rould raise common stock, and many of them
would rather si»are five pullets than ten. ap-
parently. (0) ^ ^ ^
Editor Voder says that he always gets the
best winter layers from May or June hatched
chirks, and says that "we think the early-
hatch idea has been much overworked." So
do we. So many times you read that Ameri-
can breeds should be hatched in March and
the lighter breeds in April. It doesn't de-
pend on the breed nearly so much as it does
on the strain — whether they have been bred
to mature early or not. One man told me
his Light Rrahmas took nine or ten months
to mature; they evidently had not been bred
for early maturity. My wife keeps a few
Brahmas. and we are trapnesting them.
Here's the story: chicks were hatched part
March 2. and part March 15 last year, im-
I>os<ible to tell which hatch any particular
chick came from. Seven pullets kept over
were laying in the trapnests. after being
taught not to be afraid to go in the things,
in Auguct and September. The earliest wa.s
August 24 and the latest September 24. the
seven averaging to lay September 6. That's
about six months to mature; and they say
February for the Asiatics! Three of them
stopped for a winter moult, but the others
kept right on. so they were evidently not
forced to lay too early, as records of more
than 100 up to April 30 well testify. I have
known Rocks to take 9 months to lay, while
others laid in five montha. The early-hatch
idea has been overdone, without a doubt. It
isn't the time of year or the hatch that
counta. but two other things: first, the breed-
ing or strain of the particular chicks, and
second, the care and the amount of green
feed available for those chicks throughout the
growing season. If you're going to grow
y<iur chicks in yards bare of green stuff,
you'd better get them as early-hatche<l as you
ran. (d)
There's a chap named C Cutting Hint*
who knows a lot about advertising, and
applies the knowledge to poultry problems.
He ^ays that many have gone br(«ke be«ause
they didn't see to it that they satisfied
their customers. That's true, but some of
them in the poultry business sure are hard to
satisfy! Just had a case in point. A cus-
t.'mer ordered some very special eggs, paying
a fancy price for them. When the time came,
as many as he wante<l. of just what he
wanted, were n<»t available, so I sent him the
best available, explaining what and why. He
kicks; I offer him his money back for the
eggs; he says "No," keeps the eggs, and
writes a na«ty letter. The only thing he
asked for which I wouldn't do. was to make
him a present of about $20.00 worth of eggs.
Now I suppose he'll do everything he can to
spread the news that I am a poor sort of
breeder to deal with. Can you beat it? (e)
• * •
"Many people come here to our little plant
and after going around and visiting awhile,
ask us who takes care of the birds when we
take our vacation!" says Mrs. H. A. Daniels
"When one is away the other is on the job
Since we have been at this work trapnestinic
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put in trapnests and tried them a while then
cut out the labor they entail, and decided to
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF
AMERICAN POULTRY
ORGANIZATIONS
(Continued from page 582)
)iroduction, which is bound to come within
the next decade. Such a campaign, financed
by the combined poultry organi/at ons of
America, can well be handled by a National
Poultry Council. When big problems of legis-
lttti<in come up affecting the industry, the
National I'oultr>- Council can handle them
more cheaply and more efficiently for all.
The develojiing of greater demands for
.\merican poultry abroad, and the building
up of a big export business, are matters
which ahould be entrusted to a National Poul-
try Council. The improvement of transporta-
tion conditions, both as to rajddity of .shi])-
ment and rates, as well as many other simi-
lar problems, are matt-ers for a super-council
of this kind. Are you ready to take part in
KUch an enterprise! It is a big problem, and
will require the united and whole hearted
support of every one. Just remember that a
call is being sent out. for a conference to be
held at the Edgewater Beach Hotel. Chicago,
on .Saturday. August 9th, to consider the for-
mation of just such a group. Keep posted
on the developments and jtrogress which this
activity takes. Study your poultry journals
and your agricultural papers for announce-
ments and reports of progress in this direc-
tion. Ita successful accomplishment means
everything to you in the years that are to
come. Will you put your shoulder to the
wheel and help put it acrowst
THE COW, THE HOG AND
THE HEN
(Continued from pgae 586)
scarce this Fall so I took to callin' 'em in
for feed. My voice done give out so I couldn't
yell so I took to hittin' on this hardwood
log with this club, and now the darn wood-
peckers hex got 'em plumb crazy."
And t^o it is with the cow, the hog and the
hen. The business of eoch needs to be
picke«l up by the ears and see how the bal-
ance is, and these fellows with the big clubs
have been doing so much kiio<'king on woot'
that it han got the producer as upset as did
the woodpeckers and the razorbacks.
The cow, the hog and the hen are safe
crops for the farmer. All they need is care
ful handling.
All agricultural organizations se«>ni to be
ftgreecl that what is needed most is better
marketiug, that there is too much difference
between what the producer gets and the con-
sumer pays— i)o argument tiiere. Hut there
are always two siiles to a storv. You will
hear the f.srmer talk about the citv man. his
white collar job, etc. yet we cannot help
but notice that when the farmer's organiza-
tion gets to town it has the swellest office in
town. Perhaps he believes in doing as the
K«mian«, do when he is in Rome. Xt)bo(ly
argues that his organization shoubl not have
fine quarters, but it makes a difference which
foot you get the shoe on.
"I'hings are changing all down the line
Labor IS getting scar.e and time will show
that acreage will get smaller and that the
biggest profits are to he made on the one-
nian farm, and the one man will not ]tut all
of hiK eggs in one basket. He will kee,.
fewer cows that will give nure milk; fewer
sows that Mill litter more pigs and fewer
hens that will average around IHo egL's ea<h
instead of 65.
There has been and still is a |..t to lean:
about balancing production and marketing
The poultry producers at first found fault
with the cold storage people, vet it is the
cold storage that keeps up the price of his
eggs by taking them ofT the market when
♦•ggs are plentiful and selling them when the
suj.ply ,8 scarce. The only fault we hav»
with this is that they don't handle enough of
them. As far as creating a demand for egcs
and poultry is concerned we have been whis-
penng about it instead of yelling. Ad.er
tising must be done. When a man is hn.
for meat he doesn't want a package of r.?*^"
or a dose of salts, but that is what m."**
have been doing because somebody w». . »
ing it at him. The public is a great JeS
and believes in signs, printed signs •^■«*r
Right now a great deal of noise is h*in
made over the ;{oo.eg- hen and she wiii t^
"put over" just as was the variety we ».Li
of at first, unless wo pick this hen bus?. *
tip by the ears and see how she baUn *
'Hie pure bred hen of beauty that will i.
goodly number of epx- in a'vear. be a ih!..*
enjoyable to look at and top the market .'
a meat product will be forgotten unlesi tK
men bark of her get busy and buv a ul
yells. The fancier-breeder is on the in,idl
of the old stage coach. He is whispering ».
wares to the public while the ;i<>0 egjc m,'
is going past in an aeroplane and yellin* T"
wares to the public. Kggs are low in ^rir*
beitiuse there are a lot of them. The woLi
peckers are busy, the flock is crazy and T.
thing n little out of balance. *
Perhaps the coining poultry congress win
solve the problem. Perhaps they will be
able to finance a big copy campaign to -»•
more eggs. Perhar-s if .something like th.J
18 done and the fancier-breeder begins to
again make some noise, the poultry busine*
will be picked UM by the ears, seen to balauc*
and again go forwanl with equanim ty
Don't worry. Don't listen to the'wooJ
peckers. He sure of the call you hear But
a yell instea.l of ten whispers and have fiitji
in the business because you cannnt keeu a
good thing down, and the poultry business i^
a good thing. Any business that has to do
with perishable eatables is a good busines*
because there is always a demand for them*
'They are eaten one day an<l more looked for
the next. The poultry and egg business U
not a one-crop per year proposition and it
bound to be a winner in the end.
SUSSEX FOWLS AND
OTHER ENGLISH BREEDS
(Continued from page 585)
to a White Wyandotte male that weighed over
fourteen pounds. A photo of the fowls shows
bad form and too much length of shank- and
rather too much length of neck and bsck.
There is entirely too much leniency shown by
breeders, judges and show managers as to
real quality behind the blue and the red.
I am not entirely alone in these opinion*.
There is one other who is poMwihly more out-
spoken See rej.ort by John H. Robinson.
Reliable Poultry Journal, page 974, January
issue. Mr. Robinson writes:
This year I am to visit and report thr'^e
(perhaps four) of the most important shows
in the West. As 1 begin to write the first of
these reports it seems to me that the hest
service I can render to tho«e interested ia
these shows, and to exhibitors and show
managers generally, is to descril>e these
shows as they appear to one who considers it
a M-ell rwttablished fact the K»«t is leading in
this field, but who can sincerely say that —
as he sees it^ — there is considerable room for
improvement in all shows and in most varie-
ties of poultry — and not much prosjtect that
the leiding e&stern shows will break away
from some of the traditions that handicap
them until jolted out of their self-comida-
cency by having a wtwtern show suriiass
them.
Here is repeated my contention for years
that the qualit.v of many kinds have gone
back not forward. Every show we read
about is the host ever held and quality the
best ever shown. Kntirely too much jmb-
licity gush for the good of the whole fra-
ternity.
Red Caps are seen but little any mop'.
They do not have features that seem to at-
tract. Their one special feature is their
overly large comb. The size of the comb
and its brilliant color accounts for its name
Rod Cap. They undoubtedly belong to the
Hamburg line of breeding. Their ear l"l'»'
should be bright red. there is however a
tendency for some white in ear lobe which
is allowable. Solid white ear lobe and l>aJ
or faulty color disqualify. The p|um«r«*
color is peculiar to this fowl. All who ctre
to know of this should study the color sad
markings of both male and female as jirinted
in the new Standard, pages 'J'J.'l and 'J24.
Study every word including shank and un-
der color.
The most difficult feature in briMMling these
fowls is to have the ciuub large, well pro-
portioned, free from hollows or indentation*,
this comb to sot square and even on the hesd.
Not to lean or droop over to either side. The
«olor is difficult to have of the best. The
bluish black spangle ut tlie end of each
feather of the female is a feature of beauty
that is la<-kin<: more times than it is present.
Kntirely too many of these fowls have s doll
I
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Kr«wii color with poor color in spangles. To
K Attractive they must fill the require-
We saw a few of th«»se
ort time
-ni to the letter. We saw a few
""r^ fgw Spangled Hamburgs a sh ...
•"•* They were siinplv dreadful to lt>ok at.
ir.V belonged to and 'were part of the dis
! V kept at a state college where poultry
I'aMure is taught
It inieht be interesting to some to have
. n*.n description of a gi>od quality female of
hU breed The Red Cap female shiuild
;"' - eomb of the Hamburg type only about
jree times as wide or broad, it should have
L sliirhtlv oval shape from side to side, not
rt long 'a spike in proporti.m a-< has the
Hamburg The cinb .vhoul.l be broad a«ross
nd SQuare in front and the entire head, fore
"titles and ear b»bes should be bright red.
Thi5 comb should rest like a crown or cap
' ,j,ev sav on top of her head. The head
tnd comb of the male the same as the fe-
male only much larg»M-. The plumaire color
«n head of male is rich dark red. on the fe-
male brown. The one red the other brown,
uite a contrast of color is demanded, not al-
ways present.
The hackle of the male should be blue-
hlark. ea<*h feather edged with re<l. The
'eathers on the neck or hackle of the female
i.lack laced with golden bay. One has blue-
black and red. the other black with golden
bav The blue black is very different from
greenish black. The general body color of
the male is mahogany red — rich deep brown
and blaok, all so beautifully blemled as to
rival the Jubilee Orpington. The femalo
►hould be .1 blaze of rich brown, bluish black,
and dull black, ^\^lenever the dull black e«'ts
the advantage a monicrel is present and it
is a f"«l most unattractive, for to be at all
interesting the Red Cap must be up to Stand
ard description. The Red Cap will average
1 full pound or a little less than the Rhode
Island Reds. They have a plump body for-
mation.
We do not believe that the Dorking fowl
will ever be brought hack into prominence
or importance of former days. This is be
rause they do not seem to attract the masses.
To prosper today means the favor of the
masses. No kind of merit equals public
faror if vou have that you can win out ; if
not you must be a trailer. Whenever a fowl
slips back it has lost public favor. This may
rome as a result of not having attractive
qualities <r from lack of push and publicity
to keep them to the front. No matter which,
the result is the same. We are fully aware
of the valuable qualities of these and of the
Houdan as well, neither one of which have
or hold public favor. Those who know them
best love them most but their admirers have
not attracted the masses.
There is a great future for the Orpingtons
provide<l those who foster them push them
for public favor. I was t^.ld the past winter
that not to exceed ten or a dozen breeders of
ten years standing with Huff Orpingtons were
now breeding them. Also that one or two who
had larjte farms devoted to them had cease.l
advertising them. The one who told me said
that he and others had been driven out be
cause judges selected the i>ale. washed out
ashy color. This msy be true and it may
not but there is general dissatisfa<-ti«»n all
over the worl.l with this same trouble. Such
things do not make a fowl gent>rally i.opular.
There is a remedy, will it be applie<l T
We shall in our next try to tell of t'l-
C< mish and with them something of the old
English <;jime and of the Mrxlern Kxhibition
Game. It has been a long time since Spald
ing. Twills an<l Pierce crossed swords with
the bt^st Canadian breeders «»f ilames. Sir. .«
then we had C 'rnman. our friend "Hilly"
Oreenman. of Cortland. N. Y., and a few
others but the day of the real Modern K\
hibition (iame is almost ancient history.
Let us say something in memory of other
days.
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Hens help the fruit trees and
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Established 1898
President Thomas F. Rigg, of the Ameri-
can Poultry Association, eonds out a warn-
ing to the effect that the parcel post rates
may be raised two hundred per cent. Thi.s
would affect the haby chick and egg business
thereby hurtinf? the poultry industry.
Between this and the first of November
a new congre^f will be elected. If there is
any bill passed to raise the rates it will
come after the firxt of December when the
prevent congress will convene for the last
time and adjourn March fourth.
You will have plenty of time to talk mat-
terH over with your candidates for conicr^ss
between this and November and you should
(ret busy.
We cannot stand a raise in postal rates nor
can we stand a lowerinjc of the tariff on
Chinese egg9.
If there is a change in the politics of the
I»re*ont congress, there is bound to come a
revision of the present tariff and it is at that
time that we will want a committee on guard
in Washington.
This committee cannot come out of the
American Poultry Association unless we will
awk congress for a higher tariff on eggs, with
reciprocity with Canada. There is abso-
lutely no reanon why we should put up the
bars against Canada on poultry products. It
costs as much to produce eggs and poultry
above our northern border as it does to pro-
duce eggs anywhere in the United States.
Canada is a part of the American Poultry
Association and we can not use the funds that
are {Mid into the ortranization by both coun-
tries to flght the tariff question unless we can
have a mutual law passed.
* • •
We meet at Toronto. Canada, in August
and that matter should be taken up. * In my
estimation there will be a tariff revision in
1925 or at le«st in 1926. With a change of
government the new president would call an
extra session and the chances are more than
even if the present government should con-
tinue in power there would be a tariff bill in-
troduced and passed.
If we would appoint a live committee of
Ave at Toronto, make the committee non-
partisan as well as take two members of that
committee from Canada, we could work along
the lines of allowing Canada to ship her poul-
try products into the United States and In
turn allow the United States poultrymen to
ship eggs into Canada.
* • •
The Northwest, especially the State of
Washington, has shipped lots of eggs into
British Columbia and with a duty we are
able at times to ship eggs to British Colum-
bia. If we couM ship duty free into Canada
and allow Canadian poultrymen the same
privilege, we would be far ahead.
Canada is as much opposed to Oriental
eggs as are the poultrymen of the United
Sutes and if we will go at this tariff bill in
the right way there is little doubt but what
we could get the law we need. What we
should have is a duty of 25 cents per pound
on" frozen fggii. 40 cents per pound on pow-
dered eggs and at least 15 cents per dozen on
eggs in shell.
The powdered egg and the frozen egg is
what plays the big part in the lowering the
price on eggs. These eggs come in packages
and can be used by the bakeries and they
save the trouble of breaking.
If we would get a good stiff tariff on eggs
and then allow interchangeable shipment of
eggs between Canada and the United States,
then the Canadian poultrymen would be glad
to join us but we have no right to advocate.
as an association, a duty against a part of
our membership.
* • •
President Thomas F. Rigg is always on the
job when anything comes up in Washington
that affects the interest of the poultrymen.
He lives only a short distance from Washing-
ton and he attendn to his work better than
any president in the history of the oreani-
zation.
Presiilent Rigg cannot do the whole job. he
can call our attention to what is going on in
VVashington. it is then our business and duty
to get in touch with our congressmen and
United States senators.
I believe that if the Washington law on
( hinese eggs wfs passed by every state legis-
lature, that we would get results that would
be fsr reaching. I do not believe many baker-
ies in America could stand the publicity of
bein^ forced to place signs in their places
o' **"/.!"*" "^^'« »««■>'« Chinese eggs." In
the Washington law any resteurant that
serves any kind of pastrj- in their ...
houses that is made from Chinese e J*. !!"'*
have a hign in their places "We eerv- ^"'^
nese eggs.'' If this law was enacted n i'l:
State in the Union, you would see nSi. '''
rise m the price of e^gs. ^ "* •
There is always a time in the States »k
there is more eggs than the market wiii "^
Bume and there is a time when iMille ^^^^
predominate and it is at this time these 1"^
should be broken, placed in cans and fro/.l*
\Ne could also build up fact..ries tht- Aa^l
they have in the Orient for manufactuL*!
powdered eggs. Work along this line Sf
be constructive and the American Poni,!,
Association could get behind the movem.^
provided we made Canada a part of the \^rk
The writer hoi)08 to introduce a regolufiVl
covering the matter at Toronto and I ^3
that some of the other members will eet «
their thinking cap along the same line.
• • •
.u^° J.-*'*^'**'^ "'y °' Tuysllup. the home of
the \Sa.shington SUte Poultry Experim.r.
Sution and Washington Egg Laying Conte,;'
there are lots of beautiful green Uwiu'
These lawns are the pride of the dweller* d
that little town and they try to keep them
smoothly cut. Lately the poultrymen of th#
Puyallup Valley have advertised that ther
would buy all of the lawn clippings that th«
town lots can produce and as a result. Willi*
and Bobbie are now getting their ice cresa
cones as often as they want them and mother
has no trouble at all keeping her lawn in fin*
shape.
Lawn clippings, where the base is tender
clover and blue grass, make fine green food
for chicks as well as hens. It is up to th«
boys in each town where beautiful lawns are
kept to get busy and beautify their home*
and make money at the same time. Here ii
a chance for that Christmas present that th«
boys want to give their best girls.
• • •
Now is the time to select those fowls thit
you hope to win with in the fall fairs. D«
not wait until the Last minute and then soms
night go grab a bunch, throw them into coopi
and expect to win with them. It is the poul-
tryman who looks ahead that finds the mo<t
blue ribbons on their coops after the judje*
go around.
Pick out the fowls that are in the best con-
dition in plumage and give them a little ex-
tra care. Pick out the youngsters that show
the greatest i>romiHe, give them a run t«
themselves and have them ready.
Make your entries on time. Get a bunch
of leg bands and enter your fowls. Keep
a copy of your entry blank and then you can
band them according to the band numbers
that you send in on your entry.
If you want to head the line of your class.
enter early and when the coop cards are
made up yuu are more than apt to be number
one in the row of your variety.
Some people think that things just bappea
but they do not. Men and women make
things happen. If you see some one headinf
a row in the show room with his variety,
you can figure that the breeder himaelf got
that concession by entering early.
It is said that the e«rly bird catches th«
worm and if the early worm ha<i -ti^ed in
its hole that it would not be caught. But
the early exhibitor always stands the i>cit
show in the show room. He gets hi* fowls
entered first, he gets them judged tir<jt and
he gets his fowls out of their coops, into th«
exhibition coops if he will enter early and
ship his fowls early.
• • •
In shipping your fowls to the fairs, hsvs
an attractive coop. Cover the sides of this
coop with your name, address and the variety.
If you will do this you will have little trou-
ble in losing your fowls when they go to the
show room and they will be easy to coop
when going back home.
Always tag your coops with the name of
the variety, the sex, the leg band and whether
the coop contains a pen or single fowl. If
you will do this the attendanu at the fairs
and shows can easily place your fowls in
their coops and they will be returned to
their coops at the end of the exhibition.
Never ship pen fowls in coops that con-
tain single entries unless your coops hsve
two compartments. Never under any con-
ditions ship two males in the same coop un-
less they are divided by partitions. You
may think because your cockerels or cocks do
not fight at home that they will not fight in
the show room. One week apart makes them
mortal enemies and they will come home
when shipped in the same coop, all battered
in combs and wattles and with badly broken
plumage.
Always have a cup handy where your fowli
can be watered. Often in large shows the
attendants do not get around to your fowls
on time, provided you are late getting your
fowls to the show. If there was a handy
watering place, the attendants would gladly
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•ive them something to drink and feed them
if it was handy to do so, even if they wire
late in being c'.oped.
If you are shipping any di-tan.e. put •-
enough feed for the trip. ^*
Some tiii'l it haiidv
|.i Tuit in ears of i-orn an'l allow tii«> fo«vU lo
t)irk < ff their own fed but it is alw.ws well
to feed them out of the cooj>n ia-«t \>i\\ re
* The superintendent of the poultry ph >w
will always he thankful for anything that
vou do to help m^kf his job ea-^y. It is t»'<ii-
ous at be-t to bundle a poultry show.
* * •
Dayton, Wash., in Columbia county, will
jive a score card poultry show in January*.
This little city is on the extreme edge of
^^'a^hington towards the Oregon boundary.
.John J- Kdward-. is sei-rctary of the show
snd promises the bc-t i.rcmiums ever offered
bt a poultry bh'iw in the .*.tate.
* * •
Do not forget that range chicks are the
ones that get the tine color and (|uick growth.
Quick growing tlwck^ arc the <>nos that wi:i
the most lilue ribbons in the show room and
they are the tir>t ones to lay those winter
e,nf- t'*'** bring the best jtrico. CondinientH,
^Timulants and dos.iii: «-an not take the place
of creen food and milk.
* • •
Plow up your poultry yartls and sow some
quick growing i;recn stiifT. You kill two
birds with one stone when you adopt this
plan. You get green food for the hens and
healthy ground for thein to run on. Turninir
up the soil and letting the hot sun get into
the ground will drive out the sour as well a.s
the foul in OI«l Mother Earth.
* • •
The Acricultural Experiment Stations are
doinft a great work for the poultry industry
and it is up to the poultrymen this fall to
talk with their candidates for the legislature
along the line of better appropriations for
Uiis work. Talking to candidates will do Iota
of good. One can not have near the influence
with legislators after they arc elected that
they can now. .\fter a man is elected there
«ili be thousands of things coming up that
will ask for money. The legislator must stop
somewhere in voting appropriations and if he
has not been fully imi>ressed with the needs
of the experiment station, he is liable to cut
off the only appropriation in which the poul-
tryman is interested.
* • •
Hatching baby chicks is some job. The
man who claims 90 per cent hatches is a man
that would lie about anything else. In my
estimation there are three egjjs set where one
rhiek is hatched and there are two chickt,
if not more, hatched where one matures.
"There are lots of people who make a miser-
able failure of their hatching and there are
others who do not raise a third of the fowls
that they hatch. The baby chick has a hard
time making maturity because the owner of
that baby chick is a failure and would be a
failure in any other calling.
* * •
Harry R. Lewis, president of the Inter-
national R.-iby Chick Ass«)ciation, has called
a meetine of that oriianization to be held
in Chicago, August 5. 6, 7 and 8. This or-
ganiiation is doing lots to encourage the poul-
try industry and gives it a lot of good ad-
vertising. President Lewis has also cal<e<l
a meeting of all who are interested in poul-
try to come to Chicago for a meeting Aug;iNt
9 to organize a Poultry Council to advertise
the industry. This is something that should
be done at once. We need some organization
that will advertise poultry products and en-
tourage co-operation in the sale of this hi:;
product. Every one who is interested and
that is every poultryman who sells egg^ in
market, should attend this meeting and bn.\
up what the meeting does after the meeting
i< held. To go to Chicajro an<l pass a lot of
resolntions will get the t»oultrymen nowhere,
but if they will agree and get others to agree
to donate one cent for each hen they keep
for a council fund to be used for advertising,
than will they make eggs as popular as Bar-
nuin's circus.
* * •
The Tacoma Poultrv Association has se-
f-ured the services of D K. Hale. CHen Ellyn.
III., to judge the poultry show the first week
in December. This will be the second api>ear
ance of "Ted" in the Northwest. Several
years ago. when "Ted" was out our way he
made lots »»f friends who will be glad to
have him back with us again. "Ted" will
find lots of good Rhode Island Reds, Barred
Plymouth Rocks and other middle class fowls
to judge despite the fart that there are ten
leghorns bred in Washington for every big
fowl. Leghorns are like Ford cars, one finds
them on every comer yet there are lots of
Lincolns, Oldsmobiles and other cars that
do not rattle.
"Ted" can also expect a big Leghorn dis-
play at the big Tacoma Show and he will
meet .lames A Tucker who will place the
nwArd> on the fowls at the Seattle Show the
next week when the pnget Sound Poultry
A'«sociation holds forth.
• • •
The >how committee of the Tacoma Poul
try Assot'iation has passed a resolution to
ke,'j. a'l premium money in a separate fund
and this money can n<'t be used for any
tbinc but for the pajment of the cash pre
iniiiins. .Some shows are mightv slow m
sett line their premium bill and it has had
a tendency to make the |»oultrynicn keep
their birds at In inc. Tj»< «»ma has never de
faulted its eash premiunis and at the la.st
show the checks were paid Friday before
the show closed. That is the way" Taci>m.»
doe^ business in everything They ahvayM
pay their just obligntmns and if tlicre is any
deficit, the Tacoma members put up the
iii'iney and charge it to g<><nl advertising
Tacoma is in the field for another judge
to assist Judco Hale. Our se.retarv, H»\
Leftwick. TO Fast B. Street, wouM »".e glad
to hear from judges who would like to visit
the crcat N«»rthwi'st and see the bic coinmer
cial ecg pl.'ints. You mixht write him if you
are intereste*!
• * *
A II. N»>tter has organized a live Rhode
Island Red Club f<>r Pierce county and he is
iiow after the coast meet for that variety. If
you are interested in Reds, join this club an<i
boost your breed Write Mr. Notter at Pern
hill Station. Tacoma. Wash.
• * •
"Ted" Hale has retired as secretary of
the big Chicairo Poultry Show. He is gosnc
to devote more attention to judging and will
visit the country from one end to the other
this winter. "Ted" is % fine judge, a good
writer and a general all around man to meet.
He will give Kverybodys' readers lots of
good dope in bis Henographs from the differ
ent sections that he visits. Everybodys'
writers cet around and that is why every-
body reads F.verybodys Poultry Magazine.
• * •
Our friend Mr. Stokes continues his tirade
acrainst the show hen and if one would be-
lieve what he writes they would come to the
(onclusion that once put a hen in a »h«>w
room and she would refuse to lay egi;s or
crow flesh. That to me is simply silly. Mr.
Stokes is doin? lots of good by encouraging
more meat and lots of eggs but he should
not try and tear down what the show men are
trying to build up.
• * •
This is a splendid month to hatih bantams
You want them small and if you hatch them
late they are more than a|>t to be small pro-
vided they get proper care and are riot fed
on feeds that go to make flesh. Hree«l a few
Bantams. Mr. Stokes would say that you are
foolish, but then there are lots of married
folirs in this country who only raise one
<"hild, and there are lots of other married
folks who woubl jump like they were shot at
if they heartl a baby cry.
• • •
Do you make friends with your hens or
do they go wild every time one g»>es into your
fowl houses? Leghorns, as a rule, are more
active than the larjier fowls and they will
frighten very easily but if you will gft them
so tame that they will not bother when vou
come around, it would be much better than
to have them fly to the highest place every
time some one steps into the houses. Feeding
the f<'wls from one's hand soon teaches
them that you are not going to harm them
and if you once get their confidence you will
have very little trouble with flighty hens.
• • •
My good friend J Will BIsckman is out in
a strone article advocating larger weights
for Leghorns. This article appears in that
good poultrv ma;:aTine. the California poul-
try .Tournal". I heard Will make his arg«-
ment at Knoxville along the same lines but
he did not convince the convention. We
cannot hope to make a meat bree«l out of the
Leghorn and the Leghorn breeders do not
want meat but they do want and are getting
lots of eggs; why spoil a good Leghorn for
an indifferent eeir layer Professor Shoup. of
the Puyallup Experiment Station, says that
the Leehorns that come to the contest do
not w»*igh over Standard weight, yet they
make three hundred eggs, some of them, in
twelve months. H you want meat, bre^d
Rocks, Reds, Wyandottes and Orpingtons; if
you want more meat, breed Brahmas, Giants
and Cochins but let Leghorns hold their job
as lavers of lots of eggs.
• ♦ •
If yow will have a house with litter in it.
a good vigorous male in said house, you need
not w. rr\ about setting hens. Put these
hens in such a hou^e where there is no roost
or dark places, the setter will soon forget her
d««ire to raise a family *nd the first thing
vou know these hens will be as spry as flai-
'pern who never Intend to raise anything
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pottltrym.a •h<>«i>>l liav •■ ^ < upy. Writr buw.
KEIPPEi COOPING CO.. Im.
KAMusi'mr. Mo. . MiLWAt an. Wia
JaMj(vTw«uH. N. Y. . JA(awM«viu.«. ruk.
WIN BEST DISPLAY
■adMs Sa. Csr. 74: CaiMB^ Okict. Dk. 73
Winning Wyaadott« Pen at
Brad exclasively
National Egg OonUst
Last Season
since 1893. Send for free
circular.
Breeders. Half Price
HABBLTOV SMITH. NILE8. MIOH.
EXPERIMENT STATIONS
1.609
1.225
1.2'J3
1,189
1,523
(Continued from page 589)
Rhode Inland Reds
Fernsiile Farm, Attlebnro, Msss. . ,
Rfd Mount Farm. Franklin. Mass. .
Sunset Poultry Farm. Aniher.st. Mas.s.
Pineorest Orcliards. Groton. Mass. .
White Leghorns
C T. Darbv. I* rth IJram h. N. J. . .
Hilltop Farm. Siifliold. Conn 1.438
Fran<is F. Lincoln. Mt. Carmel, Conn. 1,326
F. M. Johnson. Waldoboro, Me 1.294
Leghorns Continue to Lead at Michigan
A >r<*iieral inrroase in production is notice-
able throughout the contest, all groups show-
ing considerable improvement in production.
This we attribute very largely to the fact
that the birds are now on range, the pens
having been completed last week, the heavy
feeding of oat.s which was sown in the runs
hag practically been cloniifd up. Rai)o is
heing sown for green feed later in the sum-
mer. The range conditions seem to have
practically eliminateil the trouble with le^
weakness whi'h we experienced during March
and April. We believe that this condition
commonly called spring comjilaint, can be
torrectod in many ca-^es by getting the birds
out and supplying plenty of green feed which
is grown in the open. It shoubl not ho a"-
sumod. however, that this condition will cor-
rect ail forms of leg weakness.
In the hiwvy Lreeds. Pen No. 2.'>. Rhode
Island Reds, from the Milan Hatchery, pro-
duced 52 eggs for the past week which brings
them up to first place in the heavy Bection
This distinction has J>een previously malB
tained by the White Wyandottea»of the Etm
green Poultry Farms.
In the iiarred Rock section. Mr. Csde'«
pen with a production of 46 eggs for th«
past week moves up to third place.
Following is a list of the hiuh pens for th#
past weekly production, finishing with So
or more eggs.
W. E. Eckard, White Leghorns 5^
Purdue University. Barred Rocks 53
L. F. Heasley, White Leghorns . . jn
Milan HatcJier>'. R. I. Reds r.;
W. C. Eckard. White Leghorns 53
New Jersey's Competitions Develop Interest-
ing Indivldaal Performances
The production for the month of May at
tlie Vineland International Egg Laying and
Breeding Contest was 20.114 egu's or a pro-
duction of 58.H'/f . The total numher of egjft
produced to date is 87.703 or an avemi^e
production since November 1 of '■\r».><'"f . fix-
pressed in another way, the production w»i
18.2 eggs per bird for the month, making a
production to date of 7G.3 egifs i>or bird.
The high i)en for the month was Pen 70.
a Leghorn pen, owned by Meadowedte Farm!
Cedarhurst, N. Y.. with a production of 2^7
eggs. The high hen was Hen O.t-fi ou-r<>,]
l»y the Kerr Chickeries, Inc.. Frenchtown,
N. J., with a 100% j)roduction or 31 eggj'
Spe<'ial attention should be called to thin in-
dividual, as she lias made a continuou« lay
of 55 eggs thnmgh the end of the month.
This is 19 eggs better than the previous run
rejiorted on in last month's report.
The eleven highest individuals through
— May ;{1 are;
Owner Production
Enplewood Poultry and Pet Stock .-Vssociation, Englewood, N. J. ... 14*1
Hollywood Poultry Farm, Hollywood. Wash 114
Englewood Poultry and Pet Stcx-k A-sociation, Englewood, N. J. ... ll.i
Norfolk Specialty Farm, St. Williams, Ont., Canada 140
R. L. Stotesbury te March Farms. Marlboro. N. J 139
Lewis N. Clark, Port Hope. Out . Canada llfi
Columbia Poultry Farm. T<»m's River. N. J 1.15
Fred .1. Mathews, Lnmbertville. N. J ! t >
(J. H. Ferris, (irand Rapids. Mich 132
Maple Farm. CrosHwicks, N. J . i;il
A. H. Hall, Wallin^'iord. Conn 1 U
The standings of the various breeds to date as as follows:
Barred Plymouth Rocks 37. % Jersey Black Giants . .
White Leghorng 36. 4% Rhode Island Reds , . .
White Wyandottes 34.7':^r White Plymouth Rocks
l^rown L«'ghornH 29.3%
The following table shows the amount of mash and grain consumed for the various breeds
as well as the feed cost and the number of eggs per bird for the month :
Breed
Barred Plymouth Rocks
White Plymouth Rocks
White Wyandottes
Rh(»de Island Reds
35 Jersey Black Gianta
778 White Leghorns
The birds at the Bergen County Inter-
national Egg Laying Contest are continuing
to maintain their excellent production. Tho
production during the month of May, through
the nut, was 42,373 or a production for the
month of 68.3% or 21.1 eggs per bird. The
total production to date is 17><,3t7 eggs
which is an average production of 41 .'j'j or
H9 1 cgrs per bird.
The high pen for tho month was Pen 47
Hen
Breed
17-1
R. I. R
62-9
W. Leg.
16-18
R. I. R.
7-12
B. P. R.
27-6
J. B. 0.
38-7
W. Leg.
39- 13
W Leg.
69 17
W. Leg.
51-18
W. Leg
206
B. I. R.
58-5
W. Leg.
33.5%
32. 4 "^^r
29.4'7c
No. of Birds
79
43
22
105
Grain, lbs. Mash, lbs. Feed Cost Eggs
2.78 5.48 .227 16 3
3.72 6.02 .25 16.7
2.95 6.36 .256 16 1
3.03 5.00 .22 13.9
2.70 6.80 .26 15 3
2.93 6.75 .29 20.2
owned by L. C. Beall, Jr., Vashon. Wash.,
with a production of 550 eggs. This a pro-
duction of 88.7% for the month, which is an
exceptional production. This pen has been
high each week for the past twelve weeks,
and has equalled or better the highest pre-
vious weekly production \ip to the present
year, for the past six weeks. It also heads
the entire contest for total jirorluction.
In the following table is found the eleven
highest individuals to date, through May 31st.
Owner Production
L. LalTertv. I'n-lewx.d. N. J 16"
S. Olsen. We.vtwood. N. J l^S
W. H. B. Kent. Cazenovia. N. Y 1^«
Dr. J. S. Nief. Fleminirton. N. J ^^^
Windy Brow Farms. Newton, N. J 1-^7
Windy lirow Farms. Newtm. N. J i^*^
L. C. Beall. Jr., Vashon. Wash !'>«
W. C. Eckard. Paw Paw. Mich 156
Hollywood Poultry Farm. Hollywood, Wash l-'»5
Eigenrauch & DeWinter, Red Bank. N. J 152
Barlow Leghorn Farm. Sugar Grove, l*a 152
The standings of the various breeds to date as as follows:
Single Comb White Leghorns 43.5% White Wyandottes 36.3%
White Plymouth Rocks 43.3% Rhode Island Reds 35 4*^0
Barred Plymouth Rocks 38.2% Mottled Houdans . . •. 32.09fc
The following table shows the amount of mash nnd grain consumed for the various breedi
Hen
Breed
7 17
B
P. R.
65 1
W
Leg.
4 5
B.
P. R.
86 15
W
Leg
51-7
W
Leg.
51 12
W
Log
47-4
W
Log.
64 3
W
Le;:.
48-17
W
Leg.
36 5
W
. Leg.
44 2
W.
Ij^K.
as well as the feed cost and tho number of eggs per bird for the month:
No. of Birds
252
84
168
1575
21
Breed
Plymouth Rocks
White Wyandottes
Rhode Island Reds
Leghorns
Houdans
Grain, lbs.
2.91
3.12
3.17
3 23
3.23
Mash, lbs.
5.49
5.53
4.35
5.23
5.23
Feed Cost
.236
.244
.212
.232
.239
Egg»
18.8
17.2
16.8
20.9
19.0
UNIFORMITY PAYS
No one ever admired a mob of men
dressed in every-day clothes, but it is
the most natural thing in the world
to stop and watch a troop of soldiers
in uniform. It is the same with chick-
ens. A nondescript flock of many
colors never gets a second glance, but
a pure-bred flock all alike and of the
same size attracts attention even
from those who are not interested in
poultry.
53
INTERNATIONAL BABY
CHICK ASSOCIATION
CONVENTION
(Continued from page 580)
Convention Noticea
Headquarters — The Edgewater Beach Hotel.
349 Sheridan Road, Chicago, 111.
Kegistrat ion— Special registration booths
will be found in the balcony at the rear of
the convention hall. Everybody be sure and
register at the convention headquarters upon
Reception — Z. C. Drumm, Chairman of the
Reception Commitee. which committee ia
made up of the presidents of all State Baby
Chick Associations and their wive«, will act
as a reception committee. They are anxious
to meet you immediately upon arrival, and
they are to assist you in getting suitably
located, to acquaint you with hotel arrange-
ments, and they are going to try to see that
you meet personally, just as many members
of the internatitmal Baby Chick Association
as you possibly can.
Entertainment — U. E. Hale, Chairman of
the EnterUinment Committee, together with
his CO workers will have charge of all enter-
tainment features. Mr. Hale will make ap
propriate announcements pertaining to same
at each session.
Exposition — In the banquet hall, immedi-
ately below the convention hall, will be found
the First Annual Baby Chick Exposition.
This consists of a complete manufacturers'
exhibit, covering a great majority of the
equipment, supplies, etc., which the hatchery-
men and his customers use in the conduct of
their business. This is a business convention
and the exposition will be our market place.
The exposition, its staging and supervision
will be in charge of the Chairman of the Ex-
position Committee, H. H. Knapp.
Convention Sessions — All regular sessions
of the convention will be held in the beauti-
ful convention hall of the Edgewater Beach
Hotel, bordering on and overlooking Lake
Michigan.
Oar Program — You will note that our pro-
gram this year is arranged somewhat differ-
ently than at previous conventions. It is
planned more in the nature of a big. round
table discussion in which every baby chick
producer present, whether he is listed on the
program or not, is expected to take an active
part. "Let us learn from one another" will
be our slogan. The convention will be a
great success if these discussions are fully
entered into by every one present.
Be On Time — A consistent effort will be
made to run the convention on schedule time.
This must be done if we are to be able
to set aside our recreation periods and if we
are to be able to meet our entertainment
Bvhedule. The cooperation of every person
present in being at each session promptly
and on time will make this possible. Thanks.
The National Poultry Council — On Satur-
day, August 9, in the convention room of the
Edgewater Beach Hotel, there will be held a
Katinnal conference consisting of the leading
poultrymen and poultrywomen of the United
States, and representatives of poultry or-
ganizations, and all organizations represent-
ing the allied industries, to consider the pos-
sibility of forming a National Poultry Council.
Vou are cordially invited to remain for this
important conference.
Reservations — The Edgewater Beach Hotel
has made very satisfactory rates for the con-
vention. Make your re«ervationH immediately
if you have not already done so in order to
secure satisfactory accommodations.
Attendance — It is sincerely hoped that
every member of the International Baby
Chick Association will make a determined ef-
fort to attend in person and bring his family.
Members of all state and local baby chick as-
sociations, whether members of the Inter-
national Baby Chick Association or not, are
cordially invited to be present. This invi-
tation is extended to every person intereste<l
in the problem of baby chick production.
This ninth annual convention is going to be
by far, the largest, the most enthusiastic, the
most helpful, and the most enjoyable meet-
ing of the association which has ever been
held. The baby chick industry is facing
many perplexing problems. There is no bet-
ter place to solve them than at our conven-
tion and I am sure you could find no more
*njoyable place to meet than in the delightful
North Shore Section of Chicago, immediately
on and overlooking beautiful Lake Michigan.
The First Baby Ohlck Exposition
One of the most noteworthy developments
• n the national poultry field during the pres-
w»t year will be the First Annual Baby Chick
Exposition. This notable display will be held
•n connection with the ninth annual conven-
tion of the International Baby Chick Asso-
cUtioD at the Edgewater Beach Hotel. Chi-
10 Week PuUets viSijty
Hoffiman's Big
Annual Sale!
POULTRY MEN the country over
always wait for the annual Hoff-
man Pullet Sale before buying.
They know that Utility Pullets develop
into big, steady, year-'round producers
of eggs. Actual comparison of results
— coop against coop — has unfailingly
demonstrated the overwhelming super*
iority of Utility Pullets. It's the blood
strain, the feeding and scientific care
that Utility birds get that forces them
into being great layers.
Sctentiflcally Raised
on America's Greatest
Breeding Farm
Our outdoor method of raiains ttock hat been
endoraed by the greatest poultry authoritiea.
From the day a Utditv Chick ia hatched until it
ia ahipped to you aa a 10 week pullet, it recehrea
the moat acientific care. Up to the age of 1%
weeka Utility birds are keot in perfectly venti-
lated brooder houses under care of experts,
day and night. From the 2nd to the 4th week
they are let outdoors in an enclosed run-way
under heavy feed. Body and weight are derel-
oped. From the 4th to the 7th week they are
allowed lo run free on the range but still under
heavy feed. From the 7th to the lOih week they
are transferred to another range having the
choice of sandy loam, grass or deep woods.
Over 27 men are required to take care of the
enormous number of birds on the Utility
Breeding Farm.
Fill those gaps in your flock. Add to your pres-
entfiock. Remcmt>er it is just aa easy to Uke
care of 250 birds as it is lOOand your extraprof-
it will be more than doubled. By ordering now
you have the choice of April snd early May
hatched stock, recognized by experts as the
Here's your big opportunity
to secure finrst. s<-irntiticsliy
bred TEN WfcFK Fullets at
tovMtl prie«» in Aimmric^i,
comparinKqualityforquality.
TEN WEEK Pullets-that is
what we recommend — and
what we aell. No EIGHT
WEEK pullets for ssle here
—we hold them lor those two
extra weeka to budd body
and strength— the period that
largely determines the future
of the bird.
ILHOFnUII
aeasons choicest. Lose no time In getting
information on my big poultry sale. Mad
coupon for free illustrated literature today.
HI. HOFFMAN, PreMtdent
imUTY CORPORATION
Dcpt. 51 ZccUiid, Mich.
Big— Sound
lively Birds
Every Utility Pullet to ai sound aa a dollar.
Husky, heavy bodied, aingle combed, full of
life and pep. Have a reserve of atamina and
health to rrsist diseaae and adverse weather
conditions Grow fast— reach msturityqtikrk—
begin to pay a profit in record-brcakwg lima.
Lowest Prices
For Quality Stock
TTtlHty birds haw the blond of rltampiotM flowtnc In
thcoa. ll»«y <MKn« fr^Kn a •upcr-air«in now faaMiua
from coast to ro«at It is (lii* qualltr *(o«k that «•
offer ai ■laahc'd pricv*. For tK« uuality off»r«<t w*
paaitivrly untWratfll anv otbrr brr«>fin« farm In Amcr-
lea. Ttt* favinca at* bitf . You can douol* your Invwt*
SMot agaia aad aoin>
$100 CASH PRIZES
BiC prit* contact ia op«n In wrry poultry rmd. Na<K-
ing to liur — nothlna lo ••II. N<* «><>rk lo do. A frw
ninuta'a t;in« may wlo you tlM bis priaa. Mail Um
eoupun for dstaila.
Mail Coapon NOW,
Fill in •nd mail th« roupoo
richt now fur frooiUoatra^
ni:T^i:^^9^ ^^ M. Hoffman. IW
wook poliotaoffi
•d at th« lowMt
pricoa In ^^A, _^ . . ..
AnMh«a.^^F^ Please send me details on your
^^ annu.il aale of 10 week i^illcta, also
^^^ big caah prue contest.
FREE
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DepC. 1. Zcclaod. Mich.
I
ADDRESS.
TOWN STATE
HOW MANY EGGS
WILLTHISHENLAY
An average hen lays 75 eggt a year.
TON-GORS (Reinforced Buttermilk)
in powdered form, when fed according to direc-
tions, will double this number. It will increase
the yield of 100 average hens 7,500 eggs a year
TON GORS also is an excellent base for Starting
and Growing Mashes for Baby Chicks.
^.^I Price of TONOORS is •17.00 per bbl. of
THIS? »75 lb- delivered your .tatlon. ";• '[ ';""J
■ ■■■^ * I your dealer or write ua for free .ample and
feeding directions.
M. F. BARINGEI
<isA\'*t>j^n
l\ \«Vv
610
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
July, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
611
w
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Poultry
Leg Bands
Know th* ar* of your poultrj on Bight
— know their breedilif. pen matinffs, etc.,
by the rolor or number of the band.
You mutt band your fowls to be cuc-
reatful. Tell *Km Bands do the trick.
THE BEVONAH
hmrge printed numbern,
brijtht clear rolors — Red,
wliite, blue, (c>"e«o. yellow.
Made of celluloid and
sluminum. Adjustable. 112
for .SOc; 25-11.00; .50
$1.85; 100-13.50; 200-
Eevonah
CELLULOID SPIRAL TELL 'EM
Red. Pink, Amber.
(Jreen. Dark Blue,
Light Blue. Yellow,
Purple. Black, White.
ToU 'Em Bandi
No. 811* for 12 25 M 100 250 500
4 Baby chtrlu 10 20 -35 *" ^ " 2 S
5 PlfwWW 10 20 .3.5 .60 1.S5 140
ft r.rowlnc chldu 10 .20 .40 .75 1.T5 S.OO
T B»num« 15 .SO .50 .80 1.00 8.25
i I^tliom*. An/x)T)a». 20.^5 .50 .00 2 00.1.50
t I^TCw I.eft.orT»« 20 .35 M 1.00 2 25 S.T5
11 Rork.. Red*, ate. .. .20 .35 .00 100 2.25 4 00
12 A.lallr- 25 45 .75 1.20 2.T5 6.00
14 TurlwT., QffM, 30 .55 .90 1.40 3 25 6.00
16 Tjrtej Torn* 35 .60 1.00 1 60 S.75 7.00
TELL 'EM ECONOMY BANDS
Large numbers on cellU'
loid — a strong, durable
bnnd. Name breed. All
12 nOr; 25 50r.
10011.65; 200
Cceaony. 10 C«ion
rolorn •
.^n.90c
»3.25.
SEAL TELL 'EM BANDS
^c^T
SmI Bsad
Aluminum, raised fig-
ures. Sealed with soft
metal rivet. 25 65c; 50
$1.00; 100$1.50; 250-
$3.50; 500-$6.25. Fliers
JI.OO.
levonah Pooltry Prodocts Co.
Eichelberger St.
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--Still tbey win-and lay!
Vsa a'Dato P«4ltrM« White RMks wla FIftk Cm*
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$23. Hwtd for BtaUng list
Vai o'Dalc Farm, .CatonsyjBe^Md.
CHICKS 6c UP
BUudy, pur«<)r*«l rtilrks. fVMtpsId 100 — LectHimi. |g;
Brd. Rorlu. fit: Wtii Hack*. Ilwtii. $10; Buff Orp .
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Rend roupnn for free dojiar jtarkage
and copv of valuable book "Hack Yurd
ProftU."'
«.- • . i» . COUPON - — — "^
Ponltrj Chemtata, Inc.,
Hageratown, Md.
PleaKe itend me free $1.00 package of
I>ia<-o| and your bouk "Back Yard
ProflU."
Name
AddresA
City
rago. 111.. August 5 to 9. inclusive. Thia
will be a manufacturers' and dealers' exhibit
whirh will iiu lude every article in the nature
of Hupplies and equipment, feed, etc., which
the hatther of baby chicks and the purchaser
of baby chicks uses. The ninth annual con-
vention of the International Baby Chick As-
NOtiation will be a business convention. It
will be a plate where baby chick producers
the riiunlry over, <an gather to discuss their
important problems and it will be a place
where they tan plan their activities for the
year to cume. One of the most important
problems connt'fted with the.'^e future plans is
iht> question of incubator and brooder equip-
ment; to recommend feed.«H; utid feedirjg prac-
tices to recommend to consumers; type and
style of shipping- packa(;es to use; miscella-
neous .■.upjilies and e«|Uipment to use and to
reconimeiid : the anu unt And nature of advcr-
tisin;; which it is wi^e to use, and the medium
in wlii< h it should be displayed. All of these
and many nthers will be completely set forth
in the first annual baby chick ex|.*iitioM.
Over 3,000 square feet of fl or space is avail-
able for exhihiti ii purposes. The exposition
it.'-elf, will be held in the beautiful banquet
hall of one of the most beautiful hotels in
the ccuntry, the Kdgewater Be«ch. The ex-
exposition and its supervision will ba I
charge of an Exposition Committee of whij?
H. H. Knapp. of Shelby. O.. is chairman
1. The first Annual Baby Chick Expoti
tion will open Tuesday morninp. Aujpust 5th
at 9 a. m. and will close at 9 p. m. Saturifar
August 9. '•
Space will be rented acc< rdii.,; i© ii,,
classification on the reverse side of the apnii
cents per square
at the cost of 50
cation,
foot.
:». Only applications for space made
official application forms will be considerwl
Check covering the cost of space ap^
4.
Firit Jersey Black Oiant Pen Cockerel at the Madison
Square Garden Show, January. 1923. Bred, owned and ex-
hibited by WUburtha Poultry Farm, Trenton Junction, N. J.
position room faces directly on Lake Michi-
gan and an entrance to it may be gained
through the hotel proper or directly from the
Lake Front Promenade. It is anticipated
that thousands of persons will visit this
exposition and avail themselves of the won-
derful opportunities to become acquainted
with the various products disi>layed.
Application blanks for exposition space
have been distributed widely throughout the
entire country. Space reservations are com-
ing in rapidly and in all probability the avail-
able space will fall exceedingly short of the
amount needed so it is suggested that every
one desiring to exhibit in this unique exposi-
tion, write immediately to the Managing
Director of the International Baby Chick
Association. Davisville. R, I.
Btiles GoTeming Baby Cbick Exposition
In order that the exposition will be can-
ducted in an exceedingly orderly manner, and
in order that the entire exhibits may be in
harmony, the followine rules have been
adopted during its conduct. Every one is
cordially invited, first of all to be present
at our International Baby Chick Association
C-^nvention, and secondly, to inspect the ex-
position in all its detail. The staging of the
plied for, must accompany each applicti,^
in order to secure permanent booking.
5. All exhibits must be completely a>
sembled, decorated, and placarded before th.
opening of the Exposition Hall on Tue»di»
in<»rtiinjf at 5* a. m., August .'>. In order to
make this possible the exposition room will
be open for the assembling of exhibits ill
day Monday and Monday oveninc. August 4
«). During the last week in June, full thio-
ping instructions will be sent to all exhibitor]
who have arranged for space. All exhihit
material will be consigned to some tran»
portatinn ajrency who will arrjunje for the re
ceipt of same; the storing of same ui.on i(«
arrival if necessary, and the
transportation to the Expo-
sition Room at the Edge-
water Beach Hotel.
7. In order to lend har-
mony and dignity to the en
tire exhibit, the rule u
made that all backing and
decorating material used
shall be dark green, |)refer-
nbly dark green burlap.
H. The exposition man-
agement will have a carpen-
ter and heljters on duty
throughout Monday, August
4, to do such construction
work in the nature of tablet,
rails, etc., that the exhibit-
• rs might need ; each ex
hibitor personally arranging
and paying for this service.
9. It will nt»t be poss»-
lile to tack or nail decora-
tions. |)lacard<i. or other
material to walls or floor*.
Kacks «>r tables must be
provided for this pur)>ose.
Id. This first .\nnu.^l
Haby Chick Exposition b
in charge of the directors
of the International Baby
Chick Association. The
planning of the exhibition
space and the allotment of
same is in the hands of the
managing director of the
International Baby Chick
.\ssociation. Address. Davis-
ville, It. I. The staging of
this exposition and the
supervision of same during
the convention will be in
c harge of a special commit-
tee of which Herbert H.
Knapp, of Shelby, O.. is
chairman.
11. Make checks for
space payable to Gilbert R.
Spitzer. Treasurer, and mail
promptly, together with your
apl'lication and any addi-
tional request which yoa
may care to make with re-
ference to your spare, to
Harry R. Lewis. Managing
Director, Davisville, R. I.
Do it today if you are to
insure your space as it it
being called for rapidly.
Baby Chick Plans for Cbicago Convention
Every one interestetl in any phase of the
poultry business will be extremely interested
in the accompanying (irogram of the Ninth
Annual convention of the International Baby
Chick Association, which will be held at the
Edgewater Beach Hotel. 5:J49 Sheridan Road.
Chicago. 111. Without question this will he
the largest, most enthusiastic and successful
convention which has ever been held by this
organization. In fact, the convention prom-
ises to be one of the best poultry meetings of
its kind ever held in the United States.
The International Baby Chick Association
has exi»erienced an unprecedented growth sH'i
devel«)pment during the past year. Its tnem
ber.ship has been nearly double<l: its activities
have been expanded and its field of service
to the baby chick producer and to the poul-
try industry as a whole, have been much en-
larged. The International Baby Chick Asso-
ciation has accepted a position of definite
responsibility and leadership in our fast grow^
ing poultry Industry. Many questions "»
great significance and far reaching import-
ance will come up at the Chicago conventioa
for solution.
The program itself is filled from beginning
to end with im^>ortant addresses, valuable dis
fussions pertaining to the great jiroblems
which are before the baby chick j.roduiers
of Aineri<a totlay. Notably among them will
\,f a survey of the 1924 baby chick season,
and the lessons which it teaches. This in-
formation is of exceptional value in shaping
cn^'^ program and policy for another year.
The Association's Publicity Campaign will
be completely discusse<i and jtlans made for
the future along this line. 'The problem of
ba(illar>- white diarrhoea; methods of com
bating this disease and its great imp rtance
and signficance to the baby chick producer
will be completely discussed. The question
of accredited hatcheries and every means of
improving the quality of baby chicks which
are produced by the members of this great
association will come in for a full share of
■tudy. The problems incidental to the pro-
duction of bai>y chicks, including methotls of
improving the quality of hatching eggs, the
quality of the resulting chicks, methods of
improving hatching conditions, tho lowering
of pr duction costs, etc., will be :ire rented
and discussed in great detail on the second
day of the convention.
Un the third day, the session will be de-
voted largely to discussions incidental to sell-
ing our chicks, including the problems of ad-
vertising, prices, guarantees, replacements,
etc, while on the last day of the convention,
the big question of distributing our chicks
will come in for its full share of study and
discussion. Shipping containers, methods of
parking, ventilating, parcel post and express
problems will all be completely covered.
Throughout the entire program, every after
noon from 4 o'clock until 6 will be devoted
to recreation. The Edgewater Beach Hotel is
located directly <in the shore of Lake Michi
gan. Adequate provision is made for J)ath-
ing Every one attending the convention
wants to take their bathing suits wi'n them,
for arrangements are made by the hotel,
whereby suits may be changed in one's own
room, making the bathing privilege at the
convention extremely attractive.
The F^ntertainment Committee, and the effi-
cient chairmanship of Dwight E. Hale, is
planning fine things for the delegates. .\u-
tnmobile tours, banquets, theatre ,»arlies a!id
shopping parties for the ladies, are a few of
these anticipated pleasures.
Beaching the Convention Headquarters
When you arrive in Chicago the best way
to reach the Kdgewater Beach Hotel, is to
take a taxi from whichever station you arrive
at. to the Clark and Lake Street Elevated
Station. Take an Everston Elevated Train,
getting off at the Edgewater Beach Station.
There are many other ways of reaching the
Hotel, but this is by far the quickest «nd
most economic. Michigan Avenue bussee
through Lincoln Park reach the hotel in about
forty minutes from the Loop district. Taxis
make the run in about the same time to the
Hotel from the Loop district at $2.00 per sin-
gle person, and 25c extra for additional bag
gage. Where a number of persons wish to
reach the hotel with baggage, that is the
most efficient way. Do not fail to mark your
calendar now. Set aside the first full week
in August for your vacation time, and be on
hand at the Baby Chick Convention to take
part in the deliberations, to meet your fellow
baby chick producer*, and to have a grand
good time. Outside of the educational pro-
gram, there is the first annual baby chirk
exposition which you will see fully described
elsewhere in this paper, and then on Satur
day, immediately following the Babv Chick
convention there will be the National Con
ference to consider the organization of a Na
tlonal Poultry Council. Every member in at
tendance at the Baby Chick Convention shonld
by all means stay over to attend this imftort
ant meeting. Remember. August 5, fi, 7 and
8 and 9 are the dates. The Edgewater B«ich
Hotel in the beautiful North Shore Section
of Chicago, directly on Lake Michigan, is the
P'^ce. Engage your reservation today, as
the prospects are that the accommodations
will be taxed to their utmost. Ijooking for-
wsrd to meeting you personally, and assur-
ing you of the most interesting and helpful
meeting, we cordially invite you to be pres
ent.
Are Yon Willing?
Are you Willing to help boost our great
poultry industry? I am sure that every per
son interested or connected in any way,
directly or indirectly, with the progress and
development of poultry husbandry, whether
It be in the care of a few birds in the back-
yard, the keeping of a jirofitable farm flick.
W the conducting o{ a large commercial egg
farm, or breeding establishment, you will.
one and all. rally to the suojiort of a move-
ment which bids fair to e<'lipse in possibili
ties, anything of its kind which has ever been
attempted. And then if yon are a manu-
lacturer of incubators, brooders, feeds, poul-
try supplies, disinfectants, drugs, medicines,
•tc., or if you are a distributor or a handler
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Perhaps you would prefer to purchase your next year's Br'Tilinjf
Birds now — from a sUndpoint of pavinjr. it will pay you.
At the present time I have about 100 females, used in this season's
matingrs, that will go at
$7.50, $10.00 and $15.00 each
The same quality, wintered over, will bring double the money.
In MALES, about 25 choice ones at
$10.00, $15.00, $20.00 and $25.00 each
Remember, I have both lines and my birds have won nt America's
Greatest Shows.
C. N. MYERS,
Box E, HANOVER. PENNA.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
July. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
613
of poultry »nd poultry product*, you h«ve
•n equal and vital interest in the tucces* of
thi» movement. I refer to the conference
Ihirh h.H been died .t th« EdRew.ter Be.ch
Hotel at Chicafo. on Auifust 9. 1924. to or-
nniie a National Poultry Council, which
Rtinril .hall in the main, be an oritamni .on
of organiiations and associations. This is a
movement to fct together on common ground
with a common purpoHe. the power and the
influence, and the prestige of every orKanl-
r.Uon or association of poultry PfoJ"^«",«J
all of the allied industries in the United
States This will be a distinctly Ameruan
Sfort.de.icned to protect our f/e»J^ l*'"'""
dollar Industry, and deslicned. if the plans
undlf way materialize, to push it forward
to an even greater. m«re influential and pro-
lUable position than it has ever attained be-
fore. There are in Amenca. dozens of valu-
able national oriranizations connected with
or allied to the puultry industry. They are
aU doing valuable work in their own limited
r here There are abo literally h"°d'-«ds of
local stat« and sectional orKanuations which
ITe eachlerving a very valuable po^jfion >n
Tromotinit poultry husbandry , in their own
i ay and in their own particular section.
\lT,at an immense power, what a itreat pres-
^«J aSd iThat a foVceful influence the indus^
Sry a. a whole could create and exercise if
111 of these national, regional. sUte and local
^oup. could be amaHam.ted and worked
KJet'ier in the solution of those bigger prob-
lems m which we are all so vitally
concerned. That i» the purpose of
the conference which will consider
the formation of a National Poul-
try Council.
It Is not desired or anticipated
that this council will usurp or take
over any of the prerogatives or in-
dividual activities which any one
of these existinn organisations are
performing. The council will get
behind big national questions. It
will be essentially an educational
group which can possibly take for
aome of Its problems, a nation wide
campaign to educate the public
into the exceptional food proper-
ties possessed by eggs and poultry
meat and thus stimulate a justified
Immense Increase in the amount
of producU which are consumed at
the American table. Such a Na-
tional Council might well consider
national legislation, favorable to
the protection and promotion of
the poultry industry -. such as tariff
protection, the securing of suitable
funda for educational research and
extension work and such control
lerislation as may be necessary to
aafeguard and promote future de-
Telopment of the poultry biisine^-".
8uch a council should take a load
Ing part In American contribution
to world poultry development, es-
pecially through participation In
the World Poultry Congresses
which are held every three years
in leading poultry countries In the
world. These and many other
equally important problems, the
council can develop in a way in
which the results will be extremely
beneficial, first to the industry as
a whole, and secondly, to the vari-
ous organised groups which are In-
terested in particular branches of
the poultry business. Further-
more, such a council can. when It
Is mutually agreeable, co-operate
secretary will be elected. You will listen
to a keynote speech by one of America's
leading poultry authorities. You will have
an opportunity to listen o u di-i u^,»i«.7i <.f
this problem by leading representatives of
various lines of organized poultry efforts and
also from leaders in the allied industries.
You will be given an opportunity to discuss
the form which such an or^canization as is
proposed should take. You will be able,
through the consideration of committee re-
EortR, to take part in the organization of a
ational Poultry Council for the United
States. It will be your organization, de
signed to function for you in the promotion
and protection nf your business. Isn't that
worth while! Your presense at Chicago on
August 9 will prove that it is. — Harry R.
Lewis. President. International Baby Chick
Association.
POULTRY A PROFIT-
ABLE WINTER CROP
As poultry keeping is one of the
few side-issues which will pay one
hundred per cent on the investment —
when properly managed — it is aston-
ishing that on the farms of some
otherwise progrressive men one can
OFFICIAL CLUB BULLETIN
American Buff
Wyandohe Club
D. D. COLQLAZIER, Pres.
I. C. ALWOOD. Sec'y. Hanover, p.
I have written the Election Com-
missioner, elected at the Boston Na-
tional Club Meet, and have sent him
forward a list of club members. I
cannot act in his place and there are
officers to be elected for the cominp
year. If any of you breeders have
any candidates to place upon the bal-
lots please send them forward.
• • •
This should have been disposed of
long ago and as usual it will be late
until the last ballots will be in.
The MajHUl Poultry Farm. Marlon, Ind.. la one of the most Interesting poultry farms In and aroond
Ohicaco. The proprietor, I. J. Oveniukn. is a thorough going poultrjonan — a man who is making a busi-
ness through successful methods. The aboye illustration shows an interior view of one of their brooder
houses. It is a plan at MayHill to teach the chicks to roodt early. Note the roosts in front and hack.
rith existing national, regional and state or-
ganisations which iro to make up the council,
in adding additional influence and power to
the particular, speclflc line of work in which
these smaller irrou)>R may be concerned.
Surely yon cannot afford to miss this most
important conference.
Already, two minor conferences have been
held to consider the problem, from all of Its
aspects and to hare In more or less concrete
form, definite suggestions which can be sub-
mitted to*the conference on August 0. Such
• meeting was held in New York City on
Juna 7 and another similar meetinic was held
In Chicago on June 28. This l« your confer-
ence. Ii you are a member of an existing
national, regional, atate or local poultry or-
ganisation, see to It that your organisation
or aaaociation is officially represented nt the
ronference on August 9. See to It that your
group lakes an active part In the develop-
ment of the biggest poultry movement Ahich
has ever been undertaken; a movement which
if rightfully launched and rightfully adminis-
tered, has rreat potential possibilivies fur good
to the business In which you and I are Inter
•sted. Every one Is cordially invited to be
Sreeent at the conference on August 9. at the
dgewater Beach Hotel. 6319 Sheridan Road,
Ohieago. The conference will be called to
•rdar mi 10 a. m. A temporary chairman and
find mongrel stock poorly housed and
carelessly fed. A thrifty farmer
should regard the poultry as his win-
ter crop and give them the attention
that he bestows upon any other part
of his duties. It is doubtful whether
any other class of workers can get
better returns from hens than can the
farmer who realizes their worth. His
skim milk can better be fed to poul-
try than all given to hogs. The cow-
peas planted about the trees in his
orchard as nitrogen-gratherers are an
excellent food for the poultry which,
if allowed to run in the orchard, will
destroy more insects than sheep or
hogs can (though these are often al-
lowed this range in some parts of the
country) .
The American Buff Wyandotte
Club will offer its ribbons to any poul-
try show that will print the following
in their premium list:
"The American Buff Wyandotte
Club offers to members in good
standing four beautiful ribbons — one
for best shaped male, one for best
colored male, one for best shaped fe-
male, one for best colored female."
Send $2.00 to the National Secre-
tary, Ralph C. Alwood, Hanover, Pa.,
so that you can compete for these
specials and all other specials offered
by the club at any show in the United
States and Canada.
The above fee also entitles you to
one full year's subscription to Every-
bodys Poultry Magazine.
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SOUAB BREEDING |
WITH UTILITY PIGEONS \
Wilbur T. Helm j
Having been connected with the
production end of the pigoon indus-
try for quite a few years and as I
now am secretary of one of our pure- '
bred record associations, I would like
to add to the article that appeared in
the April issue of Evorybodys Poul-
try Magazine.
Due to my position as recordincr
secretary I can see the rise and fall
of every breeder within the breed,
which is the pure-bred Swiss Mon-
daine and I will say that the percent-
age of those who do not "make pood"
is very much lower than in any other
business that I know of. This I attri-
bute to the fact that the beginner
with the pure-bred Swiss starts wi<h
an improved article to work with and
in addition has a strong association to
guide him in his work.
The work, as the April writer
would lead you to believe, is not bur-
densome, in fact it is more like fruit
growing, where you wait for the right
period of development and then
gather, except that you are "gather-
ing" every month in the year. There
is no setting, hatching and raising of
young, as the previous article pointed
out, but merely the feeding twice a
day and the cleaning of each nest
from which the squabs are "gath-
ered." Today, modern utility pigeons
produce a squab that runs clo.se to
twelve pounds to the dozen at four
weeks of age. In fact the Registered
Swiss Mondaines produce squabs that
will run from fifteen to eighteen
pounds to the dozen at this age. The
present-day squab is never sold in lue
of a dark-meated game bird but is
sold as squab which is known as a
luxury. In fact these .small boned,
heavy, white meated, protein rich
.squabs make their growth in four
weeks of age and the average price
paid for them is throe times that
which is paid for broilers.
One person can care for 2,000 pair
of pigeons unassisted and such a
plant will not require more than two-
thirds of an acre of ground. The
returns from squabs sold, at the 19_'4
price of feed and squabs should be
$6,000 after deducting feed, labor,
depreciation and interest on the
money invested.
Registered pure-bred Swiss Mon-
daines readily bring fifteen dollars
a pair but as their period of produc-
tive usefulness is easily eight years
the first cost, compared with that of
chickens, which have a shorter period
of usefulness, is slight. As our pre-
vious writer pointed out it is not a
rapid money making business but by
buying high class registered birds
and by slowly building up a flock of
registered birds a person can within
a short period of years build up a
paid-for business that will bring in a
handsome revenue.
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U. L. Meloney, Presideot
M. L. Chapman, vice Pres.
DO JEBSEY BUICK GIANTS LAY?
Jer.soy Black Giants entered at the differ-
ent egg laying contests have demonstrated
that GiantH will lay as frreat a number of
eggs as any of the general purpose breeds.
The high birds in the pens entered by our
president produced 180. 184. 188 and 230
eggs.
A pullet fiold by our vice president to the
Kansas A^icultural College laid 247 eggs
in 365 days.
Mrs. T. W. Berry. Hood River. Ore., re-
ports a pullet starting to lay at four months
and nineteen days.
Dr. R. W. Thomaon. club state vice presi
dent for Florida, reports % pullet atarting to
lay at four months and ten days old, laid 73
^KF^< became broody and was set and laid
every day while getting but two, leaving the
chicks the first two days and laying. Chirks
taken away from her and she had kept right
on laying, missing a day once in a while.
Mr. Thomaon hatched most of the eggs from
this pullet.
• • •
Big OUnts
Mrs. G. F. Burdette, Route 1, Box 16,
Centralia, Wash., bought a setting of eggs
from Secretary Page, getting a satisfactory
hatch, but lost all but three when about
aix months old b^ fire, aaving two cockerels
and one pullet, killed one cockerel and when
the pair was eleven m'^nths old the pullet
weighed fourteen pounds and the cockerel
sixteen pounds (verified).
Lucis A. Begy. St. Catharines, Ontario.
Canada, reports a cockerel eight months old
weighing fifteen pounds and 17 H pounds at
one rear old. Another cockerel, 1923 hatch,
weighed eleven pounds at four months old.
These birds were inspected by Prof, Klford,
of the Dominion Government Poultry De-
partment.
While the above are exceptional cases, it
goea to show what can be done by careful
aelection and care.
• • •
Velma Johnson, nine years old, is our
youngest member as far as I know and she
is going to show the folk in and around
Dickens, la., what real chickens will do for
their state.
• • •
Theo. Hewes, secretary of the Coliseum
Show, Chicago, III., has offered specials for
the three best displays on Giants at the
next Coliseum Show. For an entry of 75:
no for first. $8 for second. $7 for third;
The LaieBi and Best Book on Pigeons— Just off the Prese
A to Z of Pigeons
By J. W. Williamaon
^"^^ il?* Tf®."* **" • highly profiUble induatrr, via. Pigeon Cul-
^* III* title truly repreaents the contenU of this well written
ftooic. The author, who has had many years' experience breeding
*« '^ ,»„!!**"?' varieties of fancy pigeons and marketing squabs
since 1«80. g^ve. all the vital facta needed by the pigeon fmtei^
nlty. Special efl>orU to help the beginner, the fancier and the
squab raiser are made. The commercial end of the industry is
outHned in a nr»oet thoro manner. We do not know what could
be added *o make the book more complete.
r>/^ ^"U*'. "■*^?' «>»>*•"*•:— Origin and History ef Pigeona,
Charaoteriaties. ClaaaiflcaUons, Fancy Varieties with their Re-
spective SUndaPds. UUUty Pigeons, including the Cameau. Horn-
•r, Maltese Hungarian. White Kinjr. Mondaine. Ducheaae, Etc.
Points on Squab Raising. Feeding. SaniuUon and Health. Pigmn
Houaea azul Equipment, MaUng. Recipes. Etc, Etc '^»*H»a
Price, Paper CoTer 75^; Leather flJU.
TBE POUITRY ITEM, 82 Maple Ave.. SELLERSVILLE. PA.
imiiiiinmiiiiiia
with 125 in the class: $2o for first, $15 fof
8e(«>iul ariil *]" for third, etc
As you remember, the rlub in annual »e«-
sion voted that at least Inn head of (tiants
be sent for this .show from the State of New
Jersey. Some one that understands the rare
of show birds will go with the shipment %it
that you may feel .«-uro tlie stock will receive
good treatment in transit.
• • •
Your Rccretary is just in receipt of a >opy
of the first year book of the British Jfrser
Black Giant Club, containing by-laws and
Standard as a<cepted by the British Poultry
Association. The reading is very much like
our own .Standard of Perfection with th*- ex-
ception of under-color which reads light grav
or slate. We wish the British Club the test
of 8UCC«SS.
• • •
Now just a word to our members in refer-
ence to articles for our official organ. With
the opening number I had hoi>ed that I would
not be called upon to supi>ly the reading
matter, other than notices from time to time.
This issue finds me without matter, although
I have had the promise of a number of arti-
cles for this July issue, but it has failed to
come in on time. We have a lot of members
able to write interesting articles. Do not
wait to be asked, but send an article in and
it will make me feel good to have an article
or two in reserve.
TURKEY POINTERS
There is no domestic fowl known
that is so valuable as is the turkey.
It is the largest of all poultry, its
flesh is esteemed the finest, it is as
easily bred as the hen, it will gather
more than half its living in the woods
and fields, in proper locations, its
meat is liked by every one, it conies
to maturity in early winter, when
poultry is best relished, and it may
be kept and raised to profit on the
poorest land in New England.
• • *
It is not so much of a task to raise
turkeys as many suppose. True, they
need a little more care at first than
chickens do, and must be kept out of
the way of the wet, but apart from
this, they are nearly as easily tended
as the common chickens.
• • *
The best place for a turkey's nest
is on the bare ground, taking care
to raise it above the danger of flood-
ing during rain, and to shelter it
above, locating it in some quiet place.
The turkey loves privacy in these
matters rather more than the com-
mon hen, and she is an excellent and
very patient sitter. Indeed, she sticks
to her business so well that it is often
recommended to hatch more than one
brood by one turkey hen, removing
the first brood as soon as out. But
the objections to this are the bad ef-
fects on the hen of sitting so long,
and the lateness of the second brood.
HORIigJlIUEALDEi^TgENT
Tkinning Increases Size and Color ol Fruit
It is a natural tondcncy for tvery
fruit tree to set more fruit than it
can properly develop into attractive
.specimens of large size and high
color. In their attempt to produce a
maximum crop of seed many trees
draw upon their resources to such an
extent that the edible or fle.^hy part
of the fruit is materially reduced. It
so happens that the market value of
our common fruits depends upon the
development of the edible parts and
not upon the amount of seed. There-
fore, any operation which tends to in-
crease the size and color and improve
the general quality and appearance
of the fruit should receive careful
consideration. It has been repeated-
ly demonstrated and is now generally
recognized that thinning of the fruit
on heavily loaded apple, pear, peach
and plum trees is a profitable and eco-
nomical commercial practice. The
demand for the better grades of fruit
usually exceeds the supply while
medium to poor fruit is often a drug
on the market. Systematic thinning
not only improves the size, color and
form of the fruit, but also reduces
the number of broken branches on
heavily loaded trees. Furthermore,
clusters of fruit afford ideal hiding
places for insects, and in the case of
plums and peaches assist the develop-
ment and spread of brown rot.
Proper Time to Thin
The proper time to thin fruit is
just after the so-called "June drop."
At this time all fruit that has been
improperly pollinated as well as fruit
that is weak from other causes falls
to the ground. The orchardist can
then tell just how many specimens
are reasonably certain to mature and
determine the amount of thinning
neces.sary to produce a crop contain-
ing a maximum number of well
grown specimens of good size. The
proper time to thin peaches is often
as.sociated with the hardening of the
pit or seed. This may be a factor
with early ripening varieties like
Green.sboro, Carman and Hiley, but
is not as important with varieties
ripening with Elberta or later. How-
ever, early thinning of any variety is
very desirable and will usually pro-
duce better results than late thin-
ning. Early thinning is particularly
important with early ripening varie-
ties, since it grives a maximum amount
of time for the remaining fruits to
develop before harvest time. It is,
therefore, advisable to thin different
varieties in the order in which they |
normally mature starting with those
that ripen first and ending with those
that ripen last.
Degree of Thinning
The actual amount of fruit that
should be removed by thinning de-
pends upon a number of factors, such
as age and vigor of the trees, variety,
pruning and fertilization methods, set
of fruit and moisture supply. Under
average conditions apples should be
thinned to one fruit on a spur with
the spurs at a minimum distance of
five or six inches. The same rule
may be safely applied to pears.
Peaches should be thinned to a mini-
mum distance of four to six inches,
while a six to eight inch spacing of
fruit along the branches is not too
much for most varieties. The aver-
age amount of fruit removed from a
peach tree by four to six inch thin-
ning will be thirty to thirty-five per
cent, while the average amount re-
moved by six to eight inch thinning
on the same tree will be forty-five to
fifty per cent. Severe thinning of
heavily loaded trees is neces.sary to
secure satisfactory results. Light
thinning may do some good, but the
results as a rule are not very satis-
factory. Plums should be thinned so
that the fruits will not touch when
they reach full size. This means
three to four inch thinning for the
smaller varieties, with a proportion-
ate increa.'^e in the distance for larger
varieties.
Method of Thinning
Peaches and plums are usually
thinned by simply picking or pulling
off the small fruit.s with both hands.
In thinning apples and pears many
orchardists prefer to use .«mall thin-
ning shears made for thit .special pur-
pose. The use of thinning shears en-
abler, the operator to remove several
fruits from a cluster without danirer
of loosening the fruit that is to re-
main. Without the use of shear.^. the
removal of one or more fruits in a
cluster is liable to break off or loosen
the fruits that should remain.
THE FLYING HOMER
The tradition of ages goes with the
Homer Pigeon. It has come to be
recognized as the emblem of hope,
fidelity and swiftness. Miiny a be-
sieged city has called into its service
the faithful Homer an<l many a love-
lorn man or maiden has tru.sted his or
her messages of devotion to the faith-
ful bird which never betray.s a tru.-^t.
From the time when Noah sent forth
the dove to explore the waste of wa-
ters and was gladdened by its return
with an olive branch in its mouth the
Homing Pigeon has had a warm place
in the hearts of men.
The Flying Homer, bold of bear-
ing, strong of wing and ready at any
call to leave miles behind it at a rale
that is absolutely astonishing, is the
type of courage and endurance un-
der every condition and a love of
home more strongly developed than
in any other living thing. Take a
Flying Homer away from \i» home
nest and it will brave wind and wea-
ther and persist in an effort to return
no matter how many miles lie be-
tween it and its beloved home, often
keeping on until exhaused, then rest-
ing and going forward until after
days or weeks it finally lands at home.
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WATERFOWL
ON THE FARM
OSC.XR GROW
For a considerable length of time
there has been a growing suspicion
among the more alert poultrymen
that waterfowl breeders, taken as a
whole, lack the progre.ssiveness of the
rank and file of the chicken fanciers.
This suspicion has been more or less
confirmed, it is contended, by the fact
that repeated efforts towards their
organization have never been re-
warded with a warm response; if, in-
deed, there has been any appreciable
response at all.
Whether or not waterfowl breed-
ers in general merit the indictment
of being unprogressive, it is, never-
theless, quite apparent that the large
majority of them are decidedly apa-
thetic and show little inclination to
better their present status.
Organization of waterfowl breed-
ers upon an extended or permanent
scale has always been attended with
the utmost difficulties. The spirit of
co-operation which the chicken breed-
ers have been so quick to imbibe
seems to possess little appeal to the
average waterfowl raiser. In the
realm of chickens it has become al-
most axiomatic that a new breed
brings with it another specialty club
to boost its popularity. Not so among
the waterfowl breeders, however, as
witness the fact that there is not in
this country today a thriving spe-
cialty club representative of any
breed or variety of ducks and geese,
regardless of the length of time they
have been established.
It has been said that each breed
of poultry is about as popular as its
merits warrant. Unfortunately, too
many waterfowl fanciers seem to be
obsessed with this mistaken idea. It
requires but a moment's reflection to
perceive there is little, if any, basis
for such a deduction. One has only
to recall how rapidly the Rhode Is-
land Red, later to be similarly fol-
lowed by the Jersey Black Giant, has
advanced from a meritless, non-de-
script mongrel into one of the most
popular and homogeneous fowls of
the present day, while older and bet-
ter established breeds, much superior
at the outset, were relegated to the
background, to appreciate that merit
must be constantly flaunted before
the public, else it is soon forgotten.
Or one has but to note the marked
preference for eggs of a particular
shade of color in certain Eastern
markets to convince himself that in-
trinsic merit has but little to do with
commercial popularity in these mod-
ern times.
What then is the lesson the water-
fowl should learn from these observa-
tions? Ostensibly the reason water-
fowl are not more popular for either
fancy or commercial purposes, is lack
of aggressiveness upon the part of
their advocates. There is no sound
reason why the Runner Duck, for in.
stance, should not be now a formid-
able rival for the Leghorn hen or the
flesh of the dependable goose should
not be quite as widely preferred as
that of the uncertain turkey. All
that is wanting in either case is a
campaign of education among the
fanciers and consumers of the United
States in order to place them upon a
parity.
The two most effective mediums
for reaching the public are the poul-
try press and the poultry shows. If
you are a breeder of waterfowl, be-
gin now, if you have not already done
so, to support your poultry paper by
advertising in its columns, and it will
in turn be more favorably disposed to
support your cause. Send in fre-
quent contributions to its columns
and, moreover, do not neglect to,
from time to time, commend your
publication for what it is doing for
the waterfowl breeding industry.
Supplement this with good sized
entries at both your local and state
shows. Nothing fosters greater in-
terest in any breed than large classes
at the poultry exhibitions. Last but
not least join .«;ome progressive
waterfowl club and become one of its
most active members. In other
words keep the public thinking and
talking waterfowl incessantly and it
i will be but a short time before the
waterfowl breeders of this country
will occupy the most enviable posi-
tion of the entire poultry fraternity.
Co-operation or concentrated efforts
of the entire industry is the keynote
of the individual waterfowl breeder's
success and will be required if such a
goal is attained.
During July and Augu.st the water-
fowl breeder is confronted vith prob-
lems of feeding aim:)/; as difficult to
dispose of as those appearing dur-
ing the winter months. At this sea-
son of the year the grass usually be-
comes tough and unnourishing, if not
quite dead, so natural forage is more
or less restricted, just at the period
when the growth of a new coat of
feathers place extra demands upon
the fowl's system.
Ducks, notwithstanding, will glean
a goodly part of their living from the
insects and worms infesting the
nearby fields, if given the opportun-
ity, although such a diet is insuiV<cient
in itself; but geese, not being in-
clined to a carnivorous diet, will lo.se
flesh as well as vitality, if suitable
pasturage fails them at this time.
It becomes imperative, therefore,
to provide some form of forage for
waterfowl, particularly growing
stock, during the late summer and
early fall if the best results are to
be expected. For mature specimens,
this can be readily supplied in the
form of rape, millet or other late '
sown crops; in fact, the second {
growth of clover, alfalfa or even tim-
othy makes excellent pasturage for
both ducks and geese. But for young
stock, nothing has proven superior
to a growing corn field in which to
range. Here will be found abundant
insects for young ducks to feed upon,
along with tender green food in the
form of small "sucikers" at the base
of the corn stalks.
Goslings, of course, cannot be
turned into a field of growing corn
as early as ducklings, but after the
stalks have reached sufficient height,
such a range is ideal for them. Not
only will they keep down the weeds
in such a field, but they also greatly
relish the "suckers" which have a
tendency to sap the vitality of the
main stalks. As the goslings be-
come larger and the small vegeta-
tion less plentiful, the lower leaves
of the stalks are consumed, thus
making the picking of the ears much
easier later on in the fall.
Moreover, cornfields being freshly
tilled soil are always free from con-
tamination and as a consequence
there is virtually no danger from
scepticemia infection.
SHOWS AND
ASSOCIATIONS
SHOW DATES
CUBA
Fehruary. 1925 (lam weok). CuUn In-
ternational, Havana. Theo. Hewci Sunt 25
W. Washington St.. Indianapolis. Ind.
ILLINOIS
necember 9 14. 1924 ColisPum Show.
Chuaico. Theo. Hewes. Sec'y. 2.5 W. Wa«h
insrton St.. IndianapoIiH. Ind. Kntriea clone
November 23.
INDIANA
September If.. Iy24. Indiana Stale Fair
Indianapolis. Wm. Monei*. Seo'y. Indiana
State Board Agriculture, State House. In
diannpolis. Ind.
January 3-7. 1925. TDUilinson Hall Show.
Indianapolis. Theo. Hewe*. Supt., 25 \V.
Washington St.. Indianapolis. Ind.
IOWA
December 3 5. 1924. Floyd County Poul-
try Show, Charles City. Frank Hrandan.
Sec'y. Charles City. la.
KANSAS
December 16. 1924. Tri State Poultry A
Pet Stock Show. Parson*. Mrs. U. H. Rob
inson. Sec'y. Parsons. Kans
December 16, 1924. Sunflower State Poul
try Show. Fort Scott. Sabime Cook. Sec'y
2115 E. First St.. Fort Scott. Kans.
January 15. 1925. Midwest Poultry
Show. Concordia. Georice H. Cook. Sec'y.
Concordia. Kann.
BIABYLANO
December 2 6. 1924. Baltimore Show.
Baltimore. H. S. Thompson. 8«c'y. 33 34
Franklin Bldfr . Haltimore. Md.
MISS0U1U
January 4 9. 1925. Heart of America. Con
vention Hall. Kansas Cily Theo Hewes.
Supt. 25 W. Washington' St . Indiana|K>hs.
Ind.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
November 16 2". 1924. Nashua P*>ullry
Show. .Nashua. (2<sirc« A. Champncr. Sec'y.
51 Amherst St , Naihua. N H.
NEW JERSEY
.*<eptember 29 October 4, 1924, TrentoD
Fair. Trenton Harvey K Rorer*. Sunt.,
1?»I2 Nottingham Way. Trenton. N. J. Rn-
trien close September 13.
NEW YORK
Septemb.r H 13. 19J4 New York Stat*
Fair. S>raruBe. J. Pan Ackt-rman. .Ir.. See'r.
Syraruse, N Y. Fntries close August !■*.
January 19 24. 1925. Chautauqua County
Poultry Show. Jamestown i\ IJ Ixiucks.
Sec'y. .'»» Hroadheail Ave , Jamestown. N V.
OHIO
January 5 10. 1925 Cleveland Poultry
Show. Cleveland. C. A. Henrickson. 8«**y.
H9\:, Broadway. Cleveland. O.
PENNSYLVANIA
September 9 11. 1924 Franklin County
Fair. ('hainlier<>burg. ii. R. Urissinger. Sec'y.
Chatnbersburg. Pa.
.September 23 26. 1924. Hanover Pair
Poultry Show. Hanover Jas. T. Huston.
Mgr.. Ilanover. Pa
October H 11. 1924. Rphrata Fsrmera'
Dny poultry and Bantam Show. F.tihrata.
Hugh F. F.isemann. Sec'y. Fphrata. Pa
SOUTH OAROUNA
October 2H 31, 192 4 Spartanburg Poul-
try Sh(»w. Spartanburg. J. J. Burnett. Jr.
Sec'y. Spartanburg. S. C.
TEXAS
November 22 2 5. I'.»2 4
seum Poultry Show. F«>rt
Spearman. Sec'y, P o
Worth, Tex
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Worth N B.
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Potrndi; perfect workman.hip. We will gupply yon either ;;J j;;';„~;. of Everybodys. Write today,
plain or engraved ae above. —
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Hanover, Penna.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
July. 1924
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AMEEIOAH POITLTRY ASSOOLATION
^^ ANNUAL CONVENTION PEOOBAM
TuetdAj. Aufiiit 12th. 9:00 A. M.
Convention called to order by President
Thomm F. Rijcu. Indian*
Invoratiun. Rev. John O. Inkster.
Addre«« of Welcome to Canada. Hon. Jobn
8 Martin. MmiMer of Aifriculture.
Addre»« of Welcome to Toronto, Hon.
W. Hilti. Mayor of Toronto.
Ketponke to Addresii of Welcome.
L«on D Howell. New York.
Boll Call. ... J
Announcement of Committee Appointed on
Credentialt. ^ • • f\ i
Report of Election Commisaioner. O. L..
McCord. . , „
KlectioD of Board of Review.
Report of Detailed Order of Businesa.
Address. "The American Poultry Associa-
llon, an All American InHtitution." H. A.
NourKe. vice president American Poultry As-
sociation, Minnesota.
W«dneadA7. Atiguit ISth. 9:00 A. M.
••What the Canadian Government is DoinK
(or the Poultry Interests." Prof. W. H. Ora
ham. Canada.
Re|M)rt of Board of Directors.
R«port uf Memorials. Petitions, etc.
Report of Committee on Credentials.
Report of Hoard of Review.
Address. "The American Fanciers." Hon.
E. B. Thompson. New York.
Thuraday. August 14th, 9:00 A. M.
Report of .Se. ret*r>-. Treasurer and of
Standinic and Special Committees.
rnflniHhed Busineos.
Ad4iress, • •8t«bilizinK Egg I^ymjc Con-
tests. How and Why," J. Will Blackman.
California.
Friday. Augurt 15th. 9:00 A. M.
Address. "Benefits of RegiHtration of
Fo»»U in Canada." Prof. W. A. Br..wn. Can
•da.
Jnaui^uration of New OliicerM.
New Business.
Flection of Election CommiK»ioner.
Address, "Registration of Standard bred
FowU in the United States." Maurice F.
Delano. MaK»arhusetts.
Diitcubsion.
Adjournment.
Entertainment for Visitor*
E. R. Duraiid. rhairman of the Ontario
Branch i.t the American I'oultry A^so«latioll
Committee, writes that the following enter
Ulninent has been arranged for those attend-
ing the convention:
TueHday. Augtii't 12th. 8:00 P. M — Re
'-reption by the Hun. John 8. Martin, MiniKter
of Agriculture for the Province of Ontario.
to be held at the Provincial Parliament
BuildingK. Queen's Park.
Wedne day. August 13th. 7:00 P. M —
Motor ride covering principal p«)ints of in-
tereHt. ending at the Boardwalk. Sunnyside.
where the visitors will be provided wtth en
tertainment at the Amusement Park.
Thursday, August 14th, 7:00 P. M. — Ban
auet to be held at the King Edward Hotel,
the Convention to bo guents of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture of the Dominion of Can-
ada. (Note: the Department will have one
or two officials on hand, who will address the
convention at this banquet, but this feature
of the pr >gram will not necessarily prevent
other upeakefK from taking part.) There
will be other entertainment at this banqui>t.
On Saturday. August 16th. there will be a
motor trip to Port Dover, Ontario, where the
Convention will be the guests of the H«>n.
John S. Martin at his hi>me and on his e.staie.
The hour of Ij'^vintf lia.s not yet been dei-idwl
upon, but will enable those, who, de.sire to
leave Canada on Saturday, to do so from Port
Dover if they so wish. It is on the way
home for most of the United States delegates.
King Edward Hi>tel has been selected as
Convention Headquarters.
Railroad companies will make a rate of
one and one tliird to one and one-half for
the ro'">d trip. Members who desire to go
from Chicago or Duluth via the Great Lakes
to Buffalo, thence to Niagara Palls and across
Lake Ontario to Toronto, may do so on the«e
excurion tickets. — Thos. F. Rigg. President.
American Poultry Association.
• ♦ •
FORTIETH ANNIVERSABY HAN-
OVER FAIR POULTRT SHOW
September 23 to 26. inclusive, marks the
celebration of The Hanover Agricultural 8o-
<iety. Hanover. York County. Pa., fortieth
INDEPENDENTS BEEF SCRAP
''Great Stuff!!'' Samples on Request
INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURING CO.
Wheat Slicaf Lane and Aramingo At«. Philadelphia, Pa.
I
THE MONMOUTH STRAINS I
SINGLE COMB WHITE AND BUFF LEGHORNS '
BABY CHICKS AND HATCHING EGGS
liens now mated and am ready now to send either CHICKS or EQOS of the
noted Monmouth Strains. Price List on request
WHITES won Best Display at Mineola and Hempstead and Three Firsts at
Newark.
BUFFS — For years our Buffs have stood supreme — Best Display at Madison
Square— More Pirats Than All Competitors Combined at New York Stat* Fair. Mineola
Hempstead and Newark.
MONMOUTH POULTRY FARM
ANTHONYS. Ownan Box B FRENEAU, N. J.
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conspoutive fair and its poultry departmeB,
will celebrate the event with more than uia!!
significance. ■■'
Hanover's Show for years has been
event of national importance — a fanciers' J/
hibition frnm every viewpoint — (lasses o^i
provided for Standard bred varieties, •fj-
was irade nece.ssary because from year to
year the entry has so increased that coo
.si)ace is at a preniiuin, notwithstanding t[j.t
three years ago. the then modern pouhrr
buildinK. was exactly doubled in siie th»
present building occupying a space 75 u,,
wide by 2<tO feet lone — completely equip^
^ ^^.jjjj Empire coopiof
Bantams for twenty
years or more have
been a show feature
They rre given, by
tlie inana<;eraent, pr*.
ferred space, occupy,
ing the entire ri^ht
of buildinir and in an
uninterrupted stretrk
of coops on an %\%[f
•joo feet long. Exhi-
bition pens, in both
larjce fowls and bsn
tains, are also a tf-
ture. there beine HO
such pens at the 192S
exhibit. Of Ut«
years there has been
no room for water-
fowl. pigeon<< or pet
stock, not that the
management would
not like to cla<«iiifjr
such varieties, but
the increasins entriei
in the popular varie-
ties of large fdwU
and all the (tsme and
Ornamental Hantams,
has made it neres-
^arv to ilrop out nuch
from the <-lasiiifica-
tions.
Hanover attracts
pxhibit.s from near
and far. all the way
from California at
well as Florida, not
a scattering of ex-
hiliits. but an evi-
dence shown by
J>ree<lers everywhere
that they recogniie
in the Hanover .Show
a national exhibition
where the prestige of
a win is world wide.
.TudL'cs engaged are
.Tohn C Kriner. Har-
old Tompkins. Vaien-
,ine Thompson. Dr. T.
H. Channbury. ]). (}. Witmyer and .1. H. Dre-
venstedt. Premium list will be ready on or
about August 1. Write to either C. N.
Myers, President, or Jas. T. Hust >n. Mana
ger, that your name be placed on the list to
receive from the first mailing of th«» premium
list. Be sure your name is on new and
revised mailing list, if not an exhibitor at
last year's show.
• • •
THE DIAMOND JUBIUIE
SHOW AT BOSTON
There are four acres of floor space in the
great Mechanics Building where the Boston
Poultry Show is held each year, but even that
large space bids fair to be taxed t" the ut-
most to accommodate all the entries that are
in prospect for the seventy-fifth anniversary
of the first poultry show ever held in .\merira.
One would hardly believe that at the time
this first show was held on the Boston Pnblir
Garden an arm of the sea extended un be
yond the site of the present Mechanics B'liM
ing and sailing vessels were docked there.
Seventy-five years have made a great chanr*
in this section of Boston but no more so than
has been the change in poultry during thes*
many years. The Hon. Daniel Webster, who
exhibited his birds at the first show, would
be wonderfully surprised if he could look
ui>on the Standard-bred birds of today.
From letters received, the poultry breed-
ers throughi ut the United States and Canada
are thoroughly enthused over this seventy-
fifth anniversary show and look upon it not
merely as a Boston Show but as a national
event to be heralded throughout the world
fi-i a wonderful exhibition of representative*
f .Vnterica's billion dollar industry.
The first show was held the winter of 1^49
aii'I the Dinmond .Jubilee will be celebrated
n"vt winter. December 30 to January '•
Ma y I rominent fanciers and organiiatloni
lire co-operating with the Boston Poultry Ai-
oi-iiition and the following specialty chibi
\<!'v a'ready voted to come to Boaton: Th«
National NNTiite Wyandotte. United »*iiihina.
American P"li«h.New England Golden Wy-
Antte- .lersev Bls'k (Jiant. Hamburg. Now
Fnriafld Turkey. New England Waterfowl
•7J Aineritan Fantail. Several other clubs
»re taking votes with prospects of selecting
Boston as their meeting place
Some breeders have alrea<iy ofTered sm,.
rials and others have written saying they
would like to offer something on their
favorite breed. As the premium list will !..«
1-r e «»nc. early notice of sjtecials should
be sent to W. B. Atherton, Seo'y. 165 Tre
mont St.. Boston. Mass.
• • •
CLEVELAND. O.. SHOW
The annual meeting of the Cleveland Poul-
try Breeders' Association was held Tuesday
evening. April 29. At this time reports of
the secretary and treasurer, coverinc our last
year's show' and general activities, were sub-
mitted and f'und to be favorable in every re-
apect. A very healthy condition was shown,
and the position of the Cleveland Show in
the poultry world is one that those interested
ran well be proud of. The following officers
•nd directors were elected for the ensuini;
vear: Frank C Stier. president; Fred H
Poeriner. first vice president; Edward De-
Mooy. second vice president; .1. H Holmden.
treasurer; J. O- Somers, superintendent; C.
A Henriksen, secretary. In this connection,
wish to say that this is the twelfth consecii
tive term Mr. Holmden is serving as treas
iirer. s record to be proud of. particularly as
Mr ilolm-len does it only for the pleasure that
he derive* from it. not being an active poul
trymsn Directors: C E. Ackerman. Oscar
Clofg A B Conkey. Dr. J. C. Simon. Frank
C St'cr Fred H. Poertner. Edward DeMo«.y.
J. B Holmden, .T. O. Somers. C. A. Henrik
Arrangements have been completed with
the management of the Cleveland Public Hall.
to »ta?e our next annual exhibition. .Tantiary
5 to 10. 192.'> We are sure that this will
meet with the ceneral approval of all inter
ested pnrties To the best of our kiiowledge.
it does not conflict with any other large ex:
hibi»i n. <• mine between Boston and Pitts
bnrgh. making it ideal in every way. The
association feels quit«» gratified in bein;: abb*
to make this announcement.
P'ans are licinj worked out for another
regular Cleveland' Show, and in particular,
there is a closer cooperation existing be-
tween the disjilay people, that is. tho manu
facturers and feed dealers are working in
ronjuH'tion with the association in staging
a very fiire exhibition. .Sevexal meetings
have lipen ^f\<\ pnd a great deal "f enthusi
asm aroused. They are becoming thoroughly
familiar with what is necessary to stage a
real high class show, and are bending every
effort to pive us all the assistance possible
in this direction. Steps have been taken to
necur*' our state poultryman to aid in the
same purp"se. A committee is working with
county nrcaniiers on a boys' and girls'
proposition, which is expjv-ted to create a
great amount of interest.
Within a short time will announce our list
of iudges and specialty clubs who will be
with us next year.
• • •
CHICAGO NATIONAL SHOW
Tlie National Poultry Show. Inter-
national Amt>hitheatre. Union Stork Yards.
Chics- will hold their twelfth annual show.
January 13 to 19. 192.'>. The following
i'udges have been engaged: ,T. H. Woodward,
lirhsrd Oke. A. C. Smith. Wm. A. Laabs.
.lam" .\ Tm ker. Wm. A Halbach. Z D.
Struble. Jerome A. Leland and Robert Mc-
Wherter. The Rhode Island Red Club of
America will hold their fourth district meet
inr w th this hIiow. James A. Tucker will
iudge the single comb classes and Robert Mc-
Wh»'»"*or will judge the rose comb classes.
All Red breeders are requested to send in
their 'isme for a I'remium li t. as a fine list
of spe< ials are being prenared. The meeting
prf>mi«e>« to nurpass all others previously
held. The Buff Plymouth Rock Club will
slsr, bo'd their district meet at this show, the
judge to be announced later. The Chicago
Pigeon Club and auxiliary will hold their an-
nual show in conjunction with the National.
Premium list will be ready November ir>.
Sen't in vour name now for one. Address.
Clarence J. Behn. Sec'y. 8408 South Green
St.. Chicago. III.
• • •
SYRACUSE PREMIUM LISTS NOW READY
The premium list of the New York State
Pair poultry department is now readv for
distribution.' Same mav be had by address-
ing D. Lincoln Orr. Supt. of Poultry. Orrs
Mills. Cornwall. N. Y. If you have not re
ceived a copy write today. You. as a breeder,
can not afford to miss exhibiting your stock
before the thousands of prospective custoni,«rs
that visit Syracuse daily. It is a proven fact
that once an exhibitor exhibits at Syracuse.
he always exhibits. Th»re must be a reason.
The premium list contains a liberal classi-
f
ANNOUNCING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Hanover Fair Poultry Show
Sept. 23, 24, 25, 26, 1924
ENTRIES CLOSING WEDNESDAY, SEPT. lOTH
Judges — J. H. Dreventtedt, John C. Kriner, Harold Tomp-
kin», Valentine Thomptcn, Dr. T. H. Charmbury and D. G.
Witmyer.
"The Fanciers' Exhibition of America ''
As a fancier you want competition. Vou will find it at Han-
over— a show conducted by fanciers for fanciers.
In large fowls you will find the classes in all popular varie-
ties equalling the quality and surpassing in numbers the largest
Winter Shows.
In Bantams — ask any Bantam fancier who has exhibited,
attended, or studied the classes, his opinion of Hanover's Bantam
Show. We believe it will influence your decision to exhibit with
us at this 1924 Anniversary Show.
Premium List Ready
About August First
C. N. MYERS, President.
JAS. T. HUSTON, Manager.
Address
BOX 286
HANOVER, PENNA.
U-KNO-US
Trenton Fair
••Xlie Stiow ol Opportunity**
Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 1. 2, 3. 4, 1924
POULTRY— PIGEONS— RABBITS— CAVIES
A Real Fanciers' Exhibit
Entries Close September 13th
('ompi«ti>nt Juilcps
Premium l.i*t ready Aur^iat 1st
HARVEY E. ROGERS, Supt.. 1812 Nottingham W«y. TRENTON. N. J.
Mineola Poultry Show ;;;
1446
Mlacola. L. I,. Sept. M. Oct. f . S. S. «. ItM
ri«<« clu«« Srptomhrr M. 1024 (not tll«
after). $6,000.00 in reful*r and ap*-
rials, handaome rupa .Mil ta II Andrew*.
Hupt. Hhow. Rend for prrinniin li*t and
formii. Serrelary Fair. Min«w>la. N Y.
THE NEW YORK STATE FA.IR
S7BA0USE. ITEW YORK
8 to 13,
1924
"BETTER THAN EVER"
Pl*n now to exhibit at the premier fall ahow of all America wtiere a winning will add to
your f^u^ aucrea. VJur atork will be di.pLyed in . wond^ful buildlnit with moat
modem equipment. They will be rared for by rnmpetent aaaiatant.
Capable Judfes. Uberal Regulw and Special PrUea
You cannot afford to nii«a having your atork on eihibit at Syraruae
ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY. AUGUST li. 1924
J. DAN ACKERMAN. Jr. Smj..
Bjrracnae. N T.
For premium lir^t addrea- D. UNCOLN ORR. SupL.
Orrs MlUa. Cornwall. N. Y.
Save Your Poultry
FROM LICE!
UiV LOUS-OLENE la tMIr drtaklai wataf- Cfceaf.
VlAeil New Prices
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rr«« iMffe. Uarrk blrlwd. Milk red
S. C. W. LEGHORNS & S. C. R. I. REDS
PbUHs I2.M: C«ckrr«b I2.M !• %%Mtmk
S.CW.Lreboni Icasll.M: C«rks IS Jt rack
IILLVIEW PeiLTRY FARM
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July, 1924
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|N'%
«c«tlon. rtrr low entry fee* with liberal
recular and cwh ipeciali. A •trooK stair
of jadre«. well known to breeders as men of
national reimtaliun, will make the awards
Syracuse has been rifhtly called the Marti-
.on Square Garden of the fall. TIuh great
■how offers wonderful possibilities for breed-
era The awards received here will place
a Btamp upon your birds that will be recog-
nised from coast to coast. Surely when
breeders from Pacific Coast, Canada and far
•way Encland enter at Syracuse there must
be • reason. When many breeders have ex-
hibited for a dozen or more consecutive years
there must be a reason. . . . j
The building is the finest m America de-
voted to exhibition of poultry and pet stock.
The equipment is in accordance. The at-
tendance is the best and the management is
efllcient. ^ ^
U-KN0-U8 TRENTON FAIB
The Great Trenton Fair will be held Sep-
tember 29. 30. October 1. 2, 3 and 4, in-
The Poultry. Pigeon. Rabbit and Ca^
Show will again be in charge of Haoey fc.
Rocers. Liberal regular and special cash
priae moneys will be awarded. The 1923 ex-
hibit had the largest entry ever aUged by
this great eastern fair. Up-to date manage-
ment is the keynote for Its success. A real
fanciera* exhibit. The judges selected are:
Reese V. Hicks. Kansaa City. Mo^ John
Kriner. Stetlersville. Pa.; J. Harry Wolsief-
for. Vineland. N. J., and M. L. Chapman.
Trenton Junction, N. J. Entries close Sep-
tember 13. and premium Hats will be ready
for mailing August 1. and may be procured
by writing to Harvey E. Rogers. Supt.. 1812
Nottingham Way. Trenton, N. J.
lONEOLA. POULTRY SHOW
Extra inducements in the shape of specials
and other prises are being offered this year
for the Mineola Poultry Show to be held in
connection with the Mineola Fair from Sep-
tember 30 to October 4. The fair manage-
ment offers more than $5,000.00 in cash pre-
miums; 1500.00 in cash specials while those
offered by friends in cupa, plates, ribbons
represent an additional fSOO.OO. bringing the
total value of prices up to and over f6.000.
Kvery winner will receive a ribbon, when
there ara five In single cUaaea. special rib-
bona will be awarded and special ribbons
when there are three in the pen classes.
There la a toUl this year of 1.446 classes
in the poultry department. Entries for the
show close on September 13.
• • •
FORT WORTH SHOW
The Southwest Coliseum Poultry Show,
Fort Worth. Texas., will be held November
22 to 25 — same datea aa laat year. We have
about all our plans already made, we have
apeciala that will bring quality birds from
all over the country, will have some of the
best jadgea to be had and It promlaea to be
one of. If not the greatest show ever held in
the Southwest, It will pay any exhibitor in
the Par North and East to exhibit with us
this season. This Is a real sales show, we
have one of the most wonderful Coliseum
and address for premium list with the secre-
tary. N. B. Spearman. P. O. Box 1601, Port
Worth, Tex.
• • •
ATTENTION. ALL LEGHORN FANCIERS
There will be a meeting of the United
Leghorn Club at the King Edward Hotel.
Toronto. Canada, on Thursday, August 14,
1924. at 12 o'clock noon, at which time a
permanent organization will be formed. I
tnint all Leghorn fanciers who attend the
American Poultry Association convention will
be present. — Wm. Ellery Bright. President.
• • •
JUDGES, ALL ABOARD FOR TORONTO
A. P. A. CONVENTION, 1924
We want to show our Canadian friends the
largest delegation of American Poultry Asso-
ciation judges in the history of the American
Poultry Association. You remember last year
at Philadelphia, it was voted that we have a
big banquet at Toronto this year and I have
a letter from John 8. Martin telling me that
we can get a "dandy feed" for $1.50 per
plate. I understand that there Is going to
be quite a full program of the American
Poultry Association. As aoon as we see a copy
of it. we then can plan our nart. Wo do want
the Judges' Section to hold several meetings
during the convention, aa you know there is
a great amount of work that we can do that
ahould >»e done. This is only a notice to re-
Mliid fou that August will soon be here.
L«t*a all attend. — Walter Burton, Secretary-
Trefttnrar, A P. A. Judges' Section.
Ponltry breeding is a science, and not a
••re pastime, where improvement is con-
cerned, and as soon as the rank and file of
our breeders fully realise thin, the march of
ImprovMBont will be correapondlagly rapid.
THE BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION
The following from Oliver N. Eastman.
M. D.. Burlington. Vt.. will be of vast in-
terest to Every bodys' readers. Doctor East-
man having recently returned from England
where he atten<lc'd the Empire Exhibition.
makes this information first hand and most
interesting to those desiring to keep in touch
with poultry conditions in England.
Editor, Everybodys Poultry Majrazine,
Dear Sir: — Have recently returned from
England where I attended the British Em-
pire Exhibition and believing that your read-
ers might be interested in the poultry ex-
hibit I will briefly give my personal observa-
tionK.
April 23, 1924. at Wembley. England, the
mammoth exhibition of the British Empire,
costing approximately eighty millions of dol-
lars opened wide its gates for the one hun-
dred and twenty thousand people who gath-
ered to see the King. Queen. Crown Prince
and others of the Royal family, present their
compliments and officially open the wonder-
ful exhibit which took years of engineering
to develop and to gather the resources of this
great empire which stretches her arms to
every nook of our globe.
No leas enthusiastic In heralding the ap-
proach of the Royalty than the thousands of
cheA"lng voices was tne cock a doodle do one
heard from the poultry house, between tho
cheers of the multitude and strolling here I
found a display of fowls and poultry appli-
ances scarcely comparable to any poultry ex-
hibition I ever attended in America. What
the exhibition lacked in sixe waa fully made
up In quality and artistic arrangement of
coops, plants and flowers, neatness and ac-
cessibility the outstanding feature of the dis-
play.
The poultry hotue waa built for the spe-
cific purpose of displaying the exhibits to
their best advantage, one row of roomy coops,
high enough raised to permit inspection with-
out stooping and still not high enough to
prevent even a child a good view through the
wire front while windows formed the backs
of the coops giving perfect light, the coops
reached around the entire building.
In the center of the building a mound of
ferns and flowering planta. while from the
rafters of the house hung many pota of
ferns, with others on the tops of the coops
with Easter lilies carried out a color scheme
of green and white so attractive that people
scarcely interested in poultry would drop in
to inspect an exhibit so striking and once
inside the building, young ladies, certainly
not the least attractive of the entire display,
offered their services to explain the differ-
ent breeds of poultry, the advantages de-
rived from the use of the different poultry
foods, and other details pertaining to tho
poultry industry. The keen Interest ahown
by these young ladies, entirely devoid of
commercial interests of their own impressed
me strongly that perhaps we were not mak-
ing our poultry shows as interesting to the
general public as we should and It would
seem quite plausible that we could Interest
many of the people who attend our show^s
partly out of curiosity, and make them ama
teur fanciers. At least such a course would
win their approval and make them feel that
they had learned something of the breeding
of poultry worth their while. Not to be mis-
understood, I grant that one can derive much
benefit from our shows from the commercial
exhibits but as regard the fowls displayed
the visitor has no way of telling a good sped-
men from one not as good, except of course
by the ribbons placed by the judge, this
however does not explain to him why the rib-
bons were so placed or why many oth'»r
specimens were not placed and perhaps more
important he has no means of telling the
good points of a specimen which the breeder
has tried to attain. These points were well
explained at the Wembley Exhibition and I
had no difficulty in understanding the ideal
fowl, tow-ard which, these breeds by the
selection of certain types and colors, efforts
were being made to attain.
The particular thing to impress an Ameri-
can was the breeda which one rarely if ever
seea at our poultrv shows and of these I wish
to describe several varieties which though n«»t
more beautiful or more practical, nevertheless
might well be added to our many varieties
and afford an opportunity for the fancier
who wants something different from his
neighbor.
Perhaps the most beautiful fowls displayed
were the Barnevelders exhibited by Mrs. J.
M. Walker, of Newdigate, Surrey. I was in-
formed that the breed originated in Holland
and had there remained until recently im-
ported to England. The cock is a broad,
deep bird weighing about eight pounds, well
legged, black lustrous tail and hackle, rod
bank, saddle and wing coverings, medium
sised single comb, bright red eye. dark beak
and legs, white skin. Hens, broad and deep,
weighing six and one-half pounds, beantifuUy
penciled black and red, except in hackle ft>j
tail which is black. Hens lay a large bro*!
egg weighing two and three-eighth ounces^
average two hundred and forty-six erri
year in laying trials, I was informed. '
The DuBerry. exhibited by Norrig si
non-broody, dual utility purpose fowl ]., *
of large eggs weighing two and one foum
ounces in pullet year, a first class table fo»i
maturing early putting on delicate whit
flesh are worthy of mention. These bird*
were much the size and shape of our Rhlj'
Island Reds but in color were a lustroe*
black throughout. ^
The Exchequer Leghorn, black and whiu
in color, the white color predominating. coT
trast to our Anconas. were shown in several
coops and were enthusiastically praised. Cni
formity in color was lacking, some specimen,
having entire white tails while others hid
much black. Except in color they were litB,
lar to other varieties of Leghorns and tht
superiority in any detail is questioned.
Coveney Whites, exhibited by Porter, wcrt
White Sicilian Buttercups with characteriiti;
comb, size and shape. The cock birds wert
noticeably brassy, the hens were whit*
throughout.
Light Sussex were numerous, large. b«>aati
ful birds, white with black lacing in hackii
and tail.
Of the other breeds, the Rhode Island Re^i
were quite too light, especially the hens; tk*
buff breeds were quite too dark to please tlit
American fancier; the Leghorns a bit cosru
and all white breeds a tendency toward brat
siness in the males.
It is the purpose of the exhibitors to
change each fowl every w-eek so as to diapUj
all birds in first claea condition as well as t«
show all varieties.
Bantams. Silkies, pheasants, etc. added t«
the Interest of tho exhibit. Grains, accesior
ies. poultry literature, etc., added to the edu
cational display.
It may interest the reader to learn tkst
England is well advanced in the scientific
management of poultry, pure-bred stock ii
generally seen, well housed, the colony systea
in evidence. This a marked contrast to tht
poultry generally seen on the Continent. Ii
Belgium, France. Germany, Austria. Italj,
Sicily. Algeria and Madeira where I wtt
privileged to spend a few months I was la-
pressed by the scarcity of pure-bred iroultry,
the average flock consisted of many colored
birds lacking uniformity of size or shape.
Brown and Black Leghorns. Minorcas, Brah
mas and Dominiquee were occasionally seen.
Exceptionally an American breed could b«
found and the specimens observed wer«
scarcely a credit to the breed.
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THE MAN AT THE TOP
The man at the top is the man who
was game,
When others were quitting and
crawling,
When blows and defeat and discour-
agement came
And critics were ceaselessly bawl-
ing.
Who stuck to his gruns, and would ^
never admit I
He was beaten, or conquered the
least little bit i
Till he won through, by courajre.
sheer pluck, and pure grit
To the heights of his calling.
No obstacle, barrier, ever could stop.
That chap from becoming the man
at the top.
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DUCKS _
MADISON SQUARE WINNERS— INDIAK
Runners. Giant Rouen and Mammoth P^'^
ducks. All ages. Sacrifice sale. Eggs, halt
price. Gaebel Brothers. Morristown. N. J- ,
190
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INCUBATORS WANTED— BUCKEYE OB
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OAMPINES
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CAPONS
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BABY CHICKS
CHICKS. 7 CENTS UP. C. O D. ROCK^^
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JERSEY BLACK Q1AMT8
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E M. Clayton & Son. Murphy. N. C. I'JO
JER.SEY HL.VCK G I A X T .»< \\.\U\
diukens. .'to cent.s. Hatching ««;:g«. $1 y«».
Sto<k matured. 10 weeks old Campbell Puith,
Slier City. N. C. 100
10 JKR.SKY RL.VCK GIANT HE.NS AND
one cock $25.00; rr«»m the onginalors. C H.
Reubuah, Penn Laird. Va. IttO
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS
WON FIR.ST COCKEREL GKE.VT ALLEN
town Fair, f^gtr*. $2.50 and |4 settini; that
will produee wiiiners. Sto( k pricinl reason
able. Empire Ctiant Farm, Sellersvilie. ,Pa.
tfbm
JERSEY BLACK GIANT.S. CHICKS.
$.30.00; egjis, $15.00 hundre<l. July prices
luWLT. Elm Lodge Farms, Centreville, Md.
190
LEGHORNS
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Ralph 0 Alwood Hanover, Pa. Itf3
, C. W. Walker Ilanninc. la ltf.l
,G. t». Truman Perryaville. (». 194
,0. M. I'age Hrliiiar. .\ J 1»4
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Jersey Black Giant Club
National Bronze Turkey Club.
Chss E. Bird
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TOM BARRON. BIO TYPE. ENGLISH
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BARRON. ENGLISH. LARGE SIZE. LOP-
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Tiffln, O. I9<J
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horns — Tom Barron strain. Summer salo
DOW on. See display ad on page 600. North-
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~ PULLETS— ENGLISH WHITE L E O-
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Sycamore, O. 191
BARRON'S WHITE LEGHORN PUI>-
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Poultry Farm, New Washington. O. 192
WYCKOFP STRAIN SINGLE COMB
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each in lOU lots. C- B. Reubu.sh, Penn
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8IHGLE COMB BLACK MIK0&0A8
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for years. Winners at America's greatest
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DAT OLD MINORCA CHICKS OF EXHI-
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Eclipse Minorca Farm, Box E, SelinsgroTe,
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SINGLE OOMB BXTTF MINOROAS
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H. J. Hansen. Berea. Q. 19o
POLISH
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Jatfers Poultry Yards, Oskaloosa. la. 192
BARBED PLYM0X7TH BOOKS
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BHODE ISLAND WHITES
EICHELMANN'S STRAIN RHODE is-
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Waterloo. III. 190
SILVER LACED WTAl^DOTTES
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4ise and lacing, write W. E. Samson, v«>teran
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WOODLAND SILVERS. THREE MONTH.S
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WHITE WTANDOTTES
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9 3.'>. Springfield, O. 192
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CDiarles F. Donley. Box 1, Rockville, Md. 191
DUOKS
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^£l^'- Barred Rocks WIN At M.di,o. s<i. Garde. 1922
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Hens l»t, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5ih
PulleU lit, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Young Pens lit, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Old Pens l«t, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
30 PRIZES OUT OF 30 OFFERED
Sweepstake Championship Male and Female and Every Special Pri
This amazing record is an exact duplicate — a reproduction — of tlM
100% perfect records made by the IMPERIAL ''RINGLETS" at their
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at both shows, the same as at this last 1924 show. EVERY BIRD
BRED ON MY FARM.
The competition at this show was ttronfer in quality than at all tko
other shows of Amorica combined — a fact that erery breeder lent
only too well.
First PriMm ImpeHal "Ringlmi'* Cock
ol MadUon Squarm Gordctt, Sew York
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through my S|»«ctol Sole U§t
Supreme at Madison Square Garden Is
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BARGAIN SALE FOR 1924
My Special Sale List is now ready and offers the most extraordinary bargains in extreme high quality
breeding and exhibition birds of First Prize Sweepstakes Champion Madison Square Garden blood. THIS
IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY to secure Madison Square Garden Winners, and sons, brothers, sisters and daugh-
ters of these winners, and birds of the richest First Prize SweepsUkes blood at prices FAR BELOW THEIR
VALUE.
is full of the rarest bargains ever offered in the history of Barred Rocks and it will be to your interest t«
Vrite me for a copy at once and secure the Grand birds you need at SAVING PRICES. A copy will b«
mailed immediately upon request.
Imperial "Ringlets" are the Standard for all th; Barred Rocks in all America. They have won
first prises and Silver cups for my customers in thousands of Show rooms in erery ciTilixed land.
BA^RGAlINSS in eggs Elegant Catalog Mailed Upon Req.est
from the finest exhibition matings in the world, one setting, $10,
two settings $17.50, four settings $30.00, 100 eggs $45.
These Are One-Half My Regular Prices Lock Box iss. amenia. n. y.
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No Mammoth Incubator
Can Equal the Buckeye
For High Percentage and Quality of Big Sturdy Chicks.
For Economy of Operation. For Dependability and Profiu
THE Buckeye Incubator revolu-
tionized the Baby Chick busi-
ness. It made it safe. It made it
sound. It made it profitable.
Don't try to get Buckeye results
from any other mammoth. It can't
be done. As a profit-maker Buck-
eye stands alone. And here are a
few of the reasons.
Fre^fi, Moist Air
24 Hours a Day
Think I The Buckeye supplies all the
eggs with fresh, moist, vitalized, oxygen-
bearing air, not once a day, not twice a
day, but every minute of every hour of
every day. Compare that with the stag-
nant, foul air in other incubators. Is
it any wonder that Buckeye-hatched
chicks are stronger, healthier, huskier?
More hatch. More live. They don't die
in the shell. Cripples are almost un-
known.
No Cooling
But that's not all. The constant sup-
ply of fresh air eliminates all the work
and time and trouble of cooling eggs.
That reduces expense and increases
profit
Only One Thermometer
and One Regulator
No other incubator is so easily oper-
ated. The Buckeye Mammoth has only
one thermometer — an outside thermom-
eter that tells inside temperature. It has
one double thermostatic control — a con-
trol so positive and accurate that every
egg is kept at the ideal temperature
throughout the incubation period. Other
mammoths have as many as fifty or sixty
thermometers — hard to see — ^hard to read.
And fifty or sixty regulators that need
attention and adjustment. There is no
comparison.
The Buckeye System of turning eggs
is quick and sure. It is easier. 10,000
eggs can be turned positively in a few
minutes by anyone. The Buckeye re-
quires only about a fourth the space
used by other mammoths of equal capac-
ity. No special buildings are needed.
Any room in an ordinary house will do.
These are a few of the reasons whr
Buckeye is the one practical, profit-mak-
ing mammoth — why the largest hatcher-
ies in America use Buckeye and why old-
fashioned mammoths everywhere are be-
ing discarded and replaced with Buckeyes.
1,008 to 10,368 Eggs
Buckeye Mammoths are made in five
sizes from 1,008 to 10,368 egg capacity.
All are designed so that custom-hatching
can be handled efficiently. All of them
include the features that have made
Buckeyes the outstanding success in the
Baby Chick business.
Qet the FcLcts
Yes, the Buckeye is the modern mam-
moth. It is the new way to hatch chicks,
the new way to make money in the Baby
Chick business. No other incubator can
do what it does. Write today for the
new Buckeye catalog. It tells the whole
story. It gives you all the facts. It con-
tains reports from America's greatest
hatcheries. It is a valuable book that
everyone interested in the Baby Chick
business should have. It is a guide to
greater profits. Write for it now. It's
free.
The Buckeye Incubator Co.
1380 Euclid Avenue
SPRINGFIELD. OHIO
jnt
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Buekeua MammolK
N«7>10.368 £990
The Buckeye Incubator Co.,
1S80 Euclid Ave.. Sprintfield. Ohio.
Please send me, without obligatioB. «
copy of the new Buckeye Mammoth Catalog.
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The«« are the Real "MONEY-MAKERS" for poultry breeder, and for
farmers everywhere — THE BIG PROFIT PRODUCERS!
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
VOLUME 29
AUGUST, 1924
NUMBER 8
EVERYBODYS
menca
*5 J^ost Popular Poultry J^agazine
This Month
Cover
by L. A. Sl*hnier
Letter from the President of the American
Poultry Association to all Friends and
Members of the Organization 632
Modern Poultry Houses 633
by Prof. Harry R. Lewi*
Some Remarks About Changing Matings 635
by Charles D. CleTeUnd
Cornish and Other Game Fowls
by T. F. McCrew
The Housewife and a Few Hens
by Harry H. Collier
Ten Hens Equal One Cow
by D. E. Hale
The Casserole
by Harold F. Barber
Experiment Stations
by Prof. Harry R. Lewis
Editorials
The Importance of the Show Ring; Pro-
geny Classes; Procrastination; Two Im-
portant Meetings; Cull Closely.
Beginners Department
by Prof. Harry R. Lewis
Editor's Desk
Hale's Henographs
The Great West
by Harry H. Collier
636
638
639
640
641
642-644
645
647
648
656
Bantam Department
by George Fitterer
Jersey Black Giant Club Bulletin
Shows and Associations
Possibilities in Poultry Registration
by Alexis L. Clark
* Ducks — Ancient and Modern
658
660
661
668
670
T^ext Jylonth
H«'re i» a "lay-out" »>f i)Oultry lore for Septembpr that
will be relishod by cvt-ry xxmllry keeper. Be sure your sub-
sorii'tion !•< itai<l up — remember, all subscriptions stop at ex-
i.iriition of time ])aid for — at «>ur low rale (2 years f<ir
1.00). We cannot keep on our list any subscriber who has
not ]iaiil in advance.
SOME THOUGHTS ON BRINGING THE
OLD BIRDS THROUGH THE MOULT
By Charles D. Cleveland
You are interested riirht now in the iinpirtant subje<>t «f
"Moulting." Perhaps you have some extra fine cocks and
hens that would round out your show string if in n«'w fea-
ther, or perhaps you have a lot of yearling hens and seierte»l
breeders that, to' be jiroductive and in best breeding condi-
tion, should be over their moult before cold weather. Mr.
Cleveland will tell you, not by hearsay, but from experience
and observation just how to handle your fowls best to ])Ut
them by this critical and important period.
FINISHING THE PULLETS
By Prof. Harry R. Lewis
The text explains the subject that I'rof. Lewis has selected
as extremely timely for September and we fed quite satis-
fied that thousands of Kverybodys' readers everywhere arc
going to profit by the le8S«ms taught. There are "tricks to
ull trad«*s" and poultry is no exiejition — here one is ox-
plained by a practical .breeder who knows -Finishing the
Pullets" means a lot to the poultrymen who know.
CRESTED FOWLS
By Thos. F. McGrew
Now von fanciers of our crested fowls, scores of you, who
have asited when Mr. Mdirew would reach the crested vane
tics, will have your fill with Septt-mber p:verybody8. Mr.
MctJrew is right in his element in this preparation of these
breed arti< Ics. A fancier himself from childhood, we doubt if
any living man is quite as qualified as he to speak with
Hiithority of our Stand«r«l varieties. Look for your next
month's* Kverybodys.
Beginners Department
A SIMPLE BUT EFFICIENT POULTRY
HOUSE
Conducted by Prof. Harry R. Lewis
This subject has been selected by request of njany. You
want to know how to house the pullets you have success-
fully raised, you are not going to spoil a season's work hy
indilTerent housing — not if Harry Lewis <an prevent it by
»»»und practical advice.
Here are a few of your favorites: Harold F. Barber and
the Casserole, a monthly feature that is as permanent as the
rover that binds your every number of Kverybodys. '/•*;•
Hale with his Henographs that poultry lovers read as faith
fully as do the followers of Briggs. The Housewife and a
Few Hens, by Harry Collier, brim full of "timely things ;
a writer you know bv his absolute forcing of himself into
your hearts and min.is. Yes. we are i)roud to be able to
Work ahead for you— it's Kverybodys* way— it s;^our pleasure
as well as duty— a happy duty performed when we have
helped you.
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Ui« allstit dlffereno* In prloea.
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trial tnbMripUon ofTor (S months for 25e) la for
oow nibaerilwrB only and not nibjeet to renewal
for iMa than on* year
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POULTRY MAGAZINE
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J&s. T. II\iiilon, Managing KUltor
Attoeiatc Editor*
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Special Coatributlag Staft
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NEWTOWN
Giant Incubators
Bring Success and Prosperity
Read this record — think what it means — let the experience of others he your
guide — get the hest incubator first and avoid loss of time and money.
The original machines purchased by 348 users of the Newtown had a total
capacity of 1,732,940 eggs. After one or more seasons' experience
with this master hatcher, these same people bought additional New-
towns with a total capacity of 5,251,400 eggs, or three times the origi-
nal purchases. The grand total capacity owned by this partial list of
our customers is approximately 7,000,(XX) eggs.
These machines are scattered all over the country, from the .Atlantic to the
Pacific— they are operating under all conceivable conditions. The
re-orders, now amounting to three times the original capacity, re-
sulted solely from the satisfactory performance of the Newtowns
originally purchased. A plausible salesman can often secure a first
order, but he won't get a repeat unless the goods are right.
These 348 owners of the unequalled Newtown ordered again because they
were satisfied with the machine— its sturdy construction, simplicity
of operation, labor-saving devices, the number of chicks hatched and
the surpassing quality of the chicks. Also because of the painstaking
Newtown service and fair-play methods of dealing. They were able
to increase their business because New town-hatched chicks please the
most exacting buyers and create an ever-growing demand. This
means bigger business, greater profits— success and prosperity.
The current Newtown Catalog contains a complete list of the people referred
to above. Get your copy— mailed free— and check them up. Learn
the details of Newtown design and construction. And place your
order early. We will explain how this is to your advantage.
When writing or wiring for your copy of this beautifully illustrated catalog,
kindly state the egg-capacity of the incubator you wdl require.
NEWTOWN GIANT INCUBATOR CORPORATION
55 Warsaw Street, Harraonburg, Virginia
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INDEX TO GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS
AU«ntown Fair Poultry Show 661
Anderion Box Co 665
Anwriran Fruit Grower ... 671
Adams, H. C 631
American Sfientiflc LaV>ora-
toriei. Inc 648, 654
American Supply Co 656
Ameriran Poultry School . . 658
Arey, M. S ^*9
Baringer. M F 66/)
Barber, Harold F 649
Barr'n Knobby Stone Poul-
try Farm 6^0
Beuoy, Geo 651
Bailey. L. W 655
Bird Bro« 630
Buckeye Incubator Co. front cover
Battles. C. G 668
Bloomer Bros bark cover
Gastonia Poultry F'arm
Grangers Mfjs Co
Graham. C. 8
Grow, Oscar
Happy Hen Remedy Co. . . .
Hankins, W. H
Holterman, W. I>
Homestead Campine Farm .
Halbarh Sc Sons, W. H
Hall. Edward F
Hanover Fair Poultry Show
6G1.
G.n
656
668
655
65S
654
627
C50
631
665
GC2
CoUis Products Co. .
Crosby, A. 8
Curtiss Co.. W. R. . .
Coah, Newton
Cleveland. Charles D
Collier. H. H
Clardy. P. F
Cook. Jr.. C Sydney
• • • • •
657
668
657
658
667
649
654
631
Croft's Poultry Remedy Co. 654
Call of the Hen back cover
Dickinson Co.. Albert 648
Davey. F. H 653
Daniela. H. A 654
Ferris. Geo. B 651
Fleischmann Co 647
Fishing Creek Poultry Farm 649
Illinois Band & Supply Co. 656
Independent Mfg. Co 653
Jacobus, M. R.
jMmes Mfg. Co.
650
631
Kerlin's Grand View Poul-
try Farm 646
Keipper Cooping Co., Inc. . 648
Kulp. W. W 631
Lord Farms 649
Lay well Farm 631
Lewis Farms 651
Lesher. J. Guy 673
Lancanter Mfg. Co 655
Lancaster Fair Poultry Show 661
Mating A Breeding of Poultry 674
Myern, C N 659
661
669
655
645
669
652
Mineola Poultry* Sho^
Monmouth Poultry Farm
Marcy Farms
Martin. John S
Missouri Poultr.v Farms ,
Moeller Co.. A. E
Northland Farms 650
Newtown Giant Incubator
Corporation 629
National Poultry Band C<». . . 648
New York State Fair 661
O. K. Company 651
Owen Farms 645
"Oculum" Co 656
Outdoor F^nterprise Co 656
Production of TJOG-Eggers &
Better by Line Breeding . 663
Purina Mills 665
Polll. A. F 650
Putnam. 1 656
Parks. J. W 657
Potter & Co 658
Penn.<*ylvania Poultry Farm. 631
Payne Bros 631
Peerless Wire & Fence Co. . 671
Pratt Food Co 646
Pardee. Roy E 651
Poultry Item 659
Popular Poultry Pointers . . 659
Paramount Mfg. Co 657
Plymouth Rock Monthly , . . 627
Poultry Diseases 674
Queen Incubator Co 652
Revonah Poultry Products
Co 668
Kabbitcraft 669
Rentzel. P. E 650
Ul
Sheffield Laboratories
Standard of PerftMtion
*>a<*k roTn
649
6S]
846
65;
649
Smith, B. Hazelton
Sunnyside Poultry Farm
Scott, C. P
Spratts Patent Ltd
Sheer Co., H. M
Spahr Hreedinjr Kstnte...
H. M
Sheflfield Farm
Sunnyside I'oultry Farm,
R. O. Blodgett .' e39
Stauflfer & Son, H. M ^55 I
Spiralet Co jj, '
State Fair of Texas Poultry
Show 6<il '
Trapnest Designs jjgj
Tioga Mill & Elevator Co.
653. fiST
Tompkins, Harold 1-2:
Thornwood Poultry Yards. . »;ri4
Thompson, E. B back rov^r
Trenton Fair 661
United Brooder Co 653
United Steel & Wire Co. . . 653
Van o'Dale Farm
6S0
Wilkinson & Wilkinson .... 653
Wyandotte Standard and
Breed Book 630
Young Co.. E. C.
653
0IRD BROS. GIANT BRONZE TURKEYS, PARTRIDGE PLYMOUTH ROCKS
AGAIN SWEEP THE GARDEN SHOW 23 YEARS OF CONSISTENT WINNING
Here is the 1924 record — Bronxe Turkeys: Cocks 1-2-5; Hens 1-2-4-5; Cockerels 1-2-3-4-5; Pullets 1-2-3-4-5. Partridge
Pljrmontli Bocks: Cocks 1-2-3-4-5; Hens 1-2-3-5; Cockerels 1-2-3-4-5; Pullets 1-2-3-4-5; Old Pen 1; Young Pen 1.
PRICES — Toms, $15 and up; Turkey Hens, fir> and up. Partridge Ho< ks : .Single birds, $5, |10 and |15 and up; mated
ptn» (4 females aud male) at $25. |50 and $75
Our Kew 1924 Catalogue now ready. Write for it.
Box «J IVfEYERSDA^I^E:, PA.
Standard and Breed Book
PubUthed by American Poultry A»»ociation Edited by H. A. Nourte
Tke oaly AnthoritatiTC Gaidc of all Jadfes and Breeders of Wyandottes
AH Varieties— Silver, Golden, White, Buff, Silver
Penciled, Partridge, Columbian and Black
In oomoIrtaneM. clrsmess and ezartjiess of text and Instructional falue and liaautT of lUua-
traUont It has never twen approached lir anr tiook dafoUd to this bread. roUowlng art a
few ot the tmtmrtant topics ooverad.
latraduetlaa: This Ineludaa Hiatoir 9t
Breed Standards. NoBfandatura. Oteaaary.
Official Hcora Card. Explanation of 8«ala of
Polnta. Instniations to Judaea. Osoaral Dla-
aualifloatiooa Cuuinc for Defeets. Standard
Measurementa. Brmmttrj. Ootor Tsriaa. •!«.
•raedlafl Staadard Fewls: This indodsa
Ortsin of Powla. Breedioc of Standard WwmXt.
Doaa "LUm Produe* Uk*"t Why Fowls Differ
in Breedlnc Value. Why the Male U "Half
the FlocT*. Prapot«o<7. MeadellSBS. Strain
Bulldlnx. In-Braedlnc and Line-Breedins.
Breedlnc from the Best. Doable Mating.
BfOlaUf* Talue of Charaetarsi Characters Ooo-
trolled by Sire and Dam. Mating to Offset
DefecU. Influenoe of IndlTldual Dispeattlon.
ImporUnos of Constitutional Vigor and Hon
to Preeerre It. Breedlnc for Color In Plumaca.
Relation of Tnder Color to Surface Oolar.
Imoortance of Trap-neetlnc Baoords. Am ef
These and all other subjects are treated In a plain eaay-to-anderstand manner t>y the best
authorlttes and Ulustrated by Arthur O. SchlUlnr Beery breeder of Wjrandottae. any ▼arlaty.
must hsra this book If he would be up-to-daU and aueesaaAiL The pleCuraa alone are wonB
many Umes the price of the Ixiok. Don't oealeca yeur oiiportanlty to aet ahead— eand your
order today.
Ttreedera. Number of Femalea U Male.
Matlnir, Period of FartiUty. How to Int»-
duee IJew Blood. Loncetity. Early Maturity.
Gradinc and Croadnc. eUL. _ .
Praetleal Peettoy Breedlai: How aai
When to Start. Baek Yard Breeding: Fw.
Housing and SanltatUm. Feeding the_ Breed-
ing Pea. Hatehlng and Brooding. Care of
Growing Stock. Feeding fbr Growth. How to
Maintain the Etoalth of the Breeding Flock
In OonflaeaMot. etc ,^
ExhibitiRg aad Judaina: Regulation. De-
Telopment and Cbndltioolng. Watfilng. Ooo»-
inr. Care at Show. Care After Show, lodc-
ing. etc. . _. _
Utiltty SeetlMi: Wyandottea in Laylnc
ConteeU. Wtandotto Standard shape and
weight with refereoee to Ear Producuoa.
Breeding for Egg Prodvetlon. Wyandottea as
Table Fowls. Broilers. Boasters. Soft
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From the President of the American
Poultry Association to All Friends and
Members of the Organization
Dear Members: —
The Forty-ninth Annual Convention of the
Annerican Poultry Association will be held in
Toronto, Canada, August 12-15.
The American Poultry Association, conceived
in the fancy by fancier-breeders for fancier-breed-
ers more than fifty years ago, has — and claims as its
right — the confidence and support of all men and
women who have a vital interest in the poultry in-
dustry in its entirety.
That the service rendered the fancier-breeders,
the show associations and the poultry industry as a
whole by the American Poultry Association is fully
appreciated is shown by the report of Secretary
E. B. Rigg for the fiscalyear which closed June 30,
1924. During the year a greater number of new
members were enrolled than during any previous
year in the life pf the Association.
The financial income of the Association was
greater than for any previous year.
There is not a phase of the poultry industry
which has not been served by the Association during
the year.
This increased amount of business, this added
support by the poultrymen of this country, is fur-
ther proof that SERVICE alone is what counts for
the most in the life of an individual or organization.
I am very proud of the result of our earnest and
constant labor in behalf of the Association. I wish,
too, to acknowledge the great debt we owe Secre-
tary Rigg for the able service she has rendered the
Association, not only during the past year but
throughout the past fifteen years.
I wish to urge upon the fancier-breeder mem-
bers of the Association to be present at the Toronto
Convention. If the American Poultry Association
has a paramount duty to perform — and I hold that
it has — that duty is in service to the fancier-breed-
ers of the American Poultry Association.
If the American Poultry Association did not
recognize and appreciate its duty to the fancier-
breeders it would be ungrateful to those whose sup-
port has, does and will sustain it.
In performance of this duty the American
Poultry Association should and will fully protect
the American Standard of Perfection. The fancier-
breeders of this country and Canada will not allow
alien hands to tear down the high ideals placed in
the Standard by men and women whose heads,
hearts and souls created these high ideals, and who
hold the attainment of them as worthy the con-
stant effort of all breeders. In thus preserving the
integrity of the Standard of Perfection the Ameri-
can Poultry Association is be.st serving the poultry
industry in its entirety.
The American Poultry Association should con-
tinue, with renewed effort, to serve the show asso-
ciations and the exhibitors therein. The amended
show rules, adopted by the American Poultry Asso-
ciation, are recognized by the great majority of
show secretaries and exhibitors as being wise, use-
ful and of groat service and protection to those con-
cerned therewith. The new offerings in medals.
cup.s, diplomas, etc., are exceedingly beneficial and
attractive.
The American Poultry Association should con-
tinue to be watchful of the poultry industry in its
entirety.
I wish to strongly urge all members to be pres-
ent at Toronto. As your chief executive for the
coming two years, I shall give the Association every
working hour of my time, putting into this work the
best there is in me. I shall earnestly seek:
To establish and maintain a general organiza-
tion for the United States, Canada and other coun-
tries through which individuals, organizations, local
associations and specialty clubs can co-operate ef-
fectively for the development of all branches of
poultry culture.
To enlist for the Association and in the fulfill-
ment of its purposes, and program, the full and
united support of every individual, firm, corpora-
tion, association or other organization that has to
do with or is interested in any branch of the poul-
try industry and its allied interests;
To make and periodically revise Standards for
domestic poultry and products thereof;
To encourage the breeding of Standard poultry
on every farm, city and village lot where poultry
can be kept; to increase further the productiveness
of Standard fowl; to stimulate a still greater inter-
est in the table qualities of Standard fowl;
To promote the holding of poultry shows, egg
shows, exhibits of dressed poultry and egg laying
contests, and to co-operate with state, local and dis-
trict poultry associations as far as it may be found
practical.
To stimulate all lines of poultry trade and
maintain the highest standards of business conduct
in all transactions directly or indirectly affecting
poultry interests;
To encourage government and state educational
and experimental poultry work, and to promote
legfislation beneficial to the poultry industry.
To disseminate accurate and reliable informa-
tion among consumers, shippers, dealers and pro-
ducers relative to the food value of poultry and eggs
and their proper use as foods;
To secure to its members improved transporta-
tion and storage facilities for poultry and its prod-
ucts, and just and equitable rates and charges for
same;
To encourage surveys of poultry resources and
to collect statistics which shall be classified and dis-
tributed with other data bearing upon the welfare
of the business, and to see that provision is made by
our National Census Bureau to include the entire
poultry industry, with proper classification;
To formulate and promote a sound and practi-
cal policy for the stimulation of increased poultry
and egg production and to secure to the producer a
fair remuneration for his investment and labor;
To help secure uniform, interchangeable stand-
ards for poultry and its products in all markets;
To foster and promote the passage of
such laws as will insure the economical production
of the largest practical volume of Standard-bred
poultry and eggs.
To stabilize the egg-laying contests of this
country. This, I hold, is a most important duty.
Plainly speaking, the American people have but little
confidence in the reports of egg-laying contests as
now conducted. I have been deeply interested in
the matter and am glad to be able to say to you that
(Continued on page 667)
VOL. XXIX.
HANOVER, PA., AUGUST. 1924.
No. 8
Modern Poultry Houses
By Prof. HARRY R. LEWIS, Associate Editor
3- lOU and I are vitally interested in the problem of in-
suring to our birds an ideal enyironnrient. By
_^-Hi that we mean surroundings which will insure
HBm perfect health and maximum production. We
recognize that our birds must be grown healthy
and in a clean, wholesome atmosphere, if thoy are to
do their best as egg machines. Just how to warrant
these ideal conditions is the
problem. It is not the pur-
pose of the writer in this
short discussion to attempt
to describe any given type
of poultry house, but to dis-
cuss with you certain fea-
tures which must be present
or can be adapted to all
poultry houses, which add to
their efficiency and useful-
ness. Regardless of the type
of house you have, these
suggestions can be worked
into its design and construc-
tion.
The Features Which An
Efficient Poultry Hou»e
Must Provide
Before we take up these
specific details of construc-
tion, let us stop for just a
moment and review briefly
the essential features in an
efficient poultry shelter. Since birds must be healthy
and happy, the house must first of all, be roomy; that is,
the birds must not be crowded. It must at the same
time be fairlv deep, so that the perches and dropping
boards can be removed a considerable distance from the
openings in the front, giving the birds protection against
extreme cold weather in the winter. Then we must not
overlook the importance of sunlight. The openings .should
be of such number and so arranged that the house is
flooded with sunlight as much of the day as possible, ana
Building a House
OF all of the problems associated
with the successful handling of
fowls, there is probably nothing of
greater interest and nothing which de-
velops greater enthusiasm, than that of
deciding upon and building the right type
and style of house. It is certain that there
are a very few definite principles which
must be provided by all poultry houses.
It is equally true that there are a great
many different ways of working out these
principles successfully. So there i. no
one house which it can be truly said is the
best or that meets all conditions perfectly
for all locations.
that the sun's rays reach all pnrt5 of thr floor some time
during the day. Then again, the inti-nor t>f thr house
must be absolutely dry and fn-e from moiaurr. Moisturr
is a great breeder of disease germs and will put a flock of
hens out of condition quicker than any olh*-r onv thing.
Then there is the <iuestion of fresh air. .\d.M|ual.' venti-
lation is essential in any poultry shelttr. an.l Iho amount
of ventilation required in-
creases just in pr«>|>ortion as
the number of birds and the
size of the flock increases.
Then la-stly. the construction
must be simple, meaning that
with ease and yet cared for
the binls can be cared for
eflleiently. Let us see th«n
how theic principles can bo
assured by certain features
in the design and construe-
titm.
The Value of a Deep House
The commercial poultry-
man and the large flock farm
poultryman. is rapidly com-
ing to appreciate the import-
ance of having relatively
,|eep hou.ses. They should
rarely ever be built le«s thnn
twenty feet deep, and many
are being built Mucce»sful!y
twenty four feet in <leplh.
or even deeper. This has the advantage of cheapening
the cost of the house per bird, of greatly increasing it.
capacitv, and of provi<ling warm n.osting quartern in cold
weather. In these deep houses the dropping bonrdn and
perches are generally not arranged in continuous row.
along the back walls as it would make too wide a .Iropping
board to accommodate the number of binls houned. but
a plan growing in popular favor, is to have the dropping
boards !n the nature of portable tables about five fee
wide and twelve feet long with four perche* arranged
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lengthwise on each table; these dropping board tables
with their perches being arranged in the back of the
house with one end against the back wall, sticking out
into the room. If they are placed two feet apart, simp!y
giving room to pass between them for cleaning the drop-
ping boards and collecting the eggs from the nests, which,
by the way, are placed on shelves just under the dropping
boards or table tops, this plan is very efBcient.
Keeping the Eggs Clean
When large numbers of birds are confined to the lay-
ing house, especially in the winter, they tramp over the
droppings on the dropping boards and get their feet
soiled, and then enter the nest, and soil many eggs, which
increases the amount of labor required in washing them
and preparing them for market. If two-inch-mesh poul-
try netting is placed over the top of the perches and
brought down over the edge of the table tops in such a
way that the entire perch with the wire can be lifted at
cleaning time, it will keep the birds off of the manure,
keep the eggs cleaner, and greatly reduce the labor of
cleaning the dropping boards as the droppings will not
get tread down in a hard mass on the table top. This is
a little thing, but it is worth considering.
Keep the Water Out
Anything which will result in keeping water out of a
chicken house not only keeps the birds healthier but
greatly reduces the excessive labor required in frequently
removing wet litter and in keeping the house in a dry,
sanitary condition. Two suggestions are extremely help-
ful in keeping driving rains out of the house. One is in
the nature of a drip or projection over the openings in
the front of the house. This should be about two feet
wide, placed about one foot above the openings, and should
extend out at an angle of about fifty degrees from the
front of the house; that is, a little flatter than a forty-
five degree angle. This will keep any ordinary storm
from drifting into the house.
The use of shutter ventilators in the place of curtains
will help keep moisture out, yet insure adequate ventila-
tion. The shutter ventilators, however, have a disadvant-
age in keeping out sunlight. There is probably nothing
better than muslin curtains on light frames, the curtain.^
being arranged so that they slide up and down on the out-
side of the front wall of the house. When opened the
curtains drop down the grooves or slides until the top of
the curtain is just on the line with the window sill. If
it is a bad storm and you desire to close the entire front,
the curtain can be pulled to the top, thus closing the aper-
ture or opening. In a moderate storm, the curtain can
be pulled half way up leaving only the top half of the
opening open. In this position with the projecting drip
or hood over the front, it is impossible for even a driving
storm to beat into the house.
Letting in the Sunlight
In deep houses, it is desirable that they be not built in
too long sections; probably forty feet units, where the
houses are deeper than twenty feet being sufficient. Thi*
makes it possible to put large windows in the east and
west ends. These should probably be provided with glass
sash protected with the overhead drip, and the sash so ar-
ranged that it can slide up and down just as the curtain
previously described. A large hotbed frame sash set just
ahead of the center on the east and west end of the deep
houses, enables the birds to get the full benefits of the
early morning and late afternoon sun and at the same
time provides adequate ventilation for warm weather in
mid-summer.
Giving the Birds Fresh Air
I do not suppose there is any one thing which causes
the average poultry keeper more concern, more uneasiness
and more loss and trouble, than moist litter and damp-
ness in the poultry house during the winter. This is
caused by just one factor, and that is, insufficient venti-
lation or lack of fresh air. This may be indirectly caused
by too many birds running in a given house, or insuffl.
cient openings in the front of the house through which
fresh air may enter, or as in many cases, by the un-
necessary closing of many of these opening? at times when
they should be left wide open. In discussing this question
of ventilation, it should be understood that hens require
more fresh air than any other animal. They have an ex-
tremely high body temperature, are extremely active in-
dividuals, and require large amounts of oxygen in order
to maintain themselves in a normal, healthy producing
condition. In the modern commercial poultry unit, it is
a good plan to have the entire front of the house open
from within three feet of each end and from the plate
down a distance of about four feet This long opi>nin?
can be provided with upright or supporting posts about
every five feet, which naturally divides the front house
into individual curtains each four feet wide and five feet
long, or approximately those dimensions. This largo
amount of opening in the front with sliding windows on
each end, will in the great majority of cases, adequately
take care of moisture conditions, and will insure dryness
within the house. Where an excessively large number of
birds are running in a given unit, it may even be neces-
sary to provide flue ventilators, having the outlet in a
cupola ventilator in the roof, the flues provided with
dampers to regulate the amount of air which is taken
out of the house in this way. Do not be afraid of a lot
of open space in the front of the poultry house. An open
shed with three sides made tight to the weather is a
much safer and better poultry house than the average
elaborate shelter in which many of us keep our bird.«J.
We do not, however, want to revert to that extreme, but
want to find the happy workable efficient medium.
Reducing the Labor of Watering
In the large commercial unit, where from one hundred
or more birds are kept in a single flock, the labor of
getting water to the birds is one of the most expensive
operations concerned in their management and with labor
scarce and expensive and with the need of an abundance
of water always available of paramount importance, one
can well consider the desirability of installing an auto-
matic non-freezing water system. There are many such
types on the market. The principle of pumping water
into a non-freezing automatic fountain is probably the
most correct one. The supply of water in the drinking
trough can be controlled by an ordinary closet float and
in the winter the water can be kept from freezing by the
use of electric light bulbs placed immediately under or
adjacent to the water tank. There are so many ways
of rigging such a construction that one can either buy
a patented device of this kind, or can use his own in-
genuity in working up his own plans. But it is safe to
say that automatic non-freezing drinking fountains are
of greater benefit in the efficiency of production and
labor saving costs to the poultryman than are the auto-
matic individual drinking fountains of the modern dairy
farm to the dairyman. Eggs are sixty-five per cent
water. The more water we can get into our hens the
more and cheaper eggs they will lay. In conclusion just
this word may be appropriate; namely, to house one hun-
dred or five hundred birds eflSciently, it may not always
be necessary to construct elaborate poultry houses ac-
cording to definite recommended plans, but it may be
possible to remodel sheds, buildings or even barns em-
bodying the principles outlined above in such a way that
a large flock capacity can be sufficiently housed at a very
low, reasonable cost. The reduction in the cost of hous-
ing earns for us every year a very definite income by
keeping down the expense or interest and depreciation
on an unnecessarily high overhead. EflSciency and econ-
omy is what we must have in planning the modern poul-
try house.
Some Remarks About .
-.Changing Matings
It is dangerous to break up matings until you know what they have produced.
Many sterling breeders have been sacrificed unwittingly.
By CHARLES D. CLEVELAND. Associate Editor
|LL poultrymen will agree that the secret of produc-
ing high-class specimens lies in the art of mating-
up. If a breeder does not know his own birds
or the Standard of Perfection well enough to
properly mate his pens, then he is in a bad situa-
tion and liable to failure. The diff'erence between the
successful breeder and the unsuccessful one does not al-
ways rest with the birds themselves, but is generally due
to the skill with which they are put together as a breed-
injj unit. A man may go out and buy the best birds in
the country', bring them to his farm and mate them in
such a way that the resulting chicks will not be even as
pood as their parents. Another man, with a little more
natural skill, can take these same birds and at the end of
the season have a flock that is head and shoulders over
the originals.
On the other hand, the best of breeders often fail;
they will take the utmost care and spend a lot of time
on mating a certain pen, only to find when fall comes that
they have not made a success of it. Generally speaking,
these failures are to be attributed to lack of care; undue
haste; or ignorance as to the actual breeding of the
specimens that composed the pen, but oftentimes the un-
desirable results can be accounted for only from the fact
that the particular individuals in question did not make
what is technically a good "nick." If a breeder is con-
sistently practicing line-breeding, his chances of failure
are comparatively small, but failures there will be among
the best of breeders and in the best of strains.
The cautious and careful breeder, therefore, has made
it a custom to keep until winter all of his breeders of the
preceding season. We mean by this that those pens upon
which the breeder places the greatest reliance will be re-
tained and no members thereof will be either .sold or
.^slaughtered until the offspring of that pen are old enough
to determine their qualities. Almost all breeders make
it a practice during the summer season of selling tried
breeding birds as an advertisement and for an attraction
to buyers, but the prudent breeder does not and will not
sell his best birds until he knows just how they are going
to breed. As a matter of fact, some breeders feel that
they never will sell their best breeders at any price.
If the breeder is a beginner he will find it absolutely
necessary to follow the practice of retaining every breed-
ing bird that he has mated up. except of course, those
individuals that either through lack of constitution or
age show that they must be done away with. It is very
appropriate that birds such as these be killed for the
table and not sold to anyone. The man who is first .start-
ing his breeding operations can have very little idea of
how his matings will turn out; it is largely a matter of
gues.swork the first year. If he is a wise man, therefore,
he will wait until the chicks from each pen are well de-
veloped and he can have some idea as to what sort of
progeny he is getting from each mated pen. Those who
do not line-breed are particularly subject to this rule,
for if the blood of the individuals composing the pen is
not related blood, one cannot possibly tell what kind of
chicks will be produced, either in type or color. Some-
times this sort of a pen will produce very good results,
but much more often, not, and it would be foolhardy for
the breeder to assume that he was going to secure desired
results from such a pen.
It is not to be expected that all pens will breed equally
well. Despite the best efl'ort of the breeder it frequently
happens that the pen which was considered distinctly in-
ferior will produce the best results, and that the mating
which was believed to be "the best ever put tojrether"
will turn out chicks that are a sad disappointment. The
reason for this is generally the fact that the poort-r look-
ing pen contained well-bred individuals, althoujrh. per-
haps, they were not as good looking as some others, and
the failure of the "best pen" was due to the fact that the
birds were mated more on thrir looks than on thtir blood
lines.
In urging breeders to keep intact their pens until the
results are known, we do not imply that a certain amount
of culling should not be done. As intimated above, indi-
viduals that are manifestly too old to be longer profit-
able; birds that have met with some injury; bird>< that
evidently are weak in constitution and birds that are not
good layers or not fertile, should, of course, be disposed
of. These birds make just as good soup and just an
good a fricassee as the best looking birds in the world,
and the route they should travel is through the pot and
not through the .sales ring. One must also n-member
that a certain number of birds will die, either through
debility caused by the moult or from other natural cause:*,
and, therefore, we cannot expect to begin a new season
with every member of every pen. These are additional
reasons why the surviving birds should be retained and
carefully maintained. No care is too good for a go(.d
breeding pen, whether one breeds chickens for a living
or a hobby, and such birds should be given the host of
care until they become too old to repro«luce them.selves.
We have, therefore, made some remarks on the care
of breeders during the off .season, and we can only repeat
our warning by saying that the workers .should not be
neglected and given the .short end of the stick merely be-
cause there were a lot of chicks to look after. It doe*
not take very long, especially during the trying period of
the moult, for an adult bird to get out of condition.
These birds have undergone the strain of the bretMling
sea.son, and need rest and recuperation for another year.
And it is really cruelty to let them shift for themselves
as is often done as soon as the young chicks begin to take
up the breeder's time. Cool, well-ventilated houses
plenty of water and light nourishing food should be fur-
ni.shed the breeding birds at all times during the heated
period. They should be kept free from lice, and carefully
inspected regularly, and the males should be taken away
from the females just as soon as hatching is di.ncontinuedf
All the.se thing.s have been repeatedly said, but perhaps
they have as often been neglected or forgotten.
If the breeder fails to keep track of his breeding birds;
does not keep each individual leg-banded, and the num-
ber written in his breeding book; .sells a larjre part of
them, or lets them die or get out of order, he will prob-
ably find himself at the vnd of each season just where
he started at the beginning; and it will be a quention
each year of mating up new pens, the breeding ability of
which is unknown and prob- (Continued on page 651)
«»5
lati
Cornish and Other Game Fowls
When I was a boy there came into our neighborhood a traveling caravan that proved to be a
complete outfit for a Frontier Evangelistic Series of meetings. This equipment set up for
business not far from the village. We boys were pleased to have some place to go.
Our part of the religious performance was to bring wood and water for the
camping outfit. It seems as though the American Poultry Association had
accepted as their part of a religious performance the keeping of the
Game Fowl, the one original God created fowl, out of the Standard.
Written expressly for Everybodys
By T. F. McGREW
August, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
637
(D
E can read in early day history that some great
warrior would build up the courage of his army
by having cock fights to prompt his soldiers to
courage. This was more than one thousand years
before our year one. Late discoveries have
blasted all of our former records. They say now that the
flood ended 34,629 years B. C. and that the duration of
the flood was 64,000 years. See Page 8. The Pathfinder,
January 19, 1924. And that Kish, eight miles from Baby-
lon, endured 24.000 years after the flood and 241,000
years before the flood. Game fowls were known during
the earliest days of Babylon.
There was printed on Page 10, January issue, Poultry
Tribune, a copy of a photo taken by my friend, Doctor
Clark, of Indianapolis, when in Ceylon many years ago.
These fowl are classed as Dark Cornish. The first fowls
that I remember as "Indian Games" were fully as ele-
vated as the tallest Malay and they were about as tall as
the present Modern Game, but their legs were very strong,
and they stood up as straight as a Pouter Pigeon at its
best. They were much more black than red in color.
They were a mixed color of black and brown-red, some-
what like the very earliest Brown Leghorns which were
really brown-red, as the name implies.
The Sharp family, father and sons, who lived in New
York state, were among the first to have the Indian Game
in large numbers. They had so many of them that they
scarcely knew what to do with them. They were of the
early day type
that have passed
so long ago. The
first real good
ones that I re-
member were
owned at Valley
F'arm, Conn. This
farm was owned
by Mr. Thomas
and presided over
by Fred Crangle.
This farm had the
first real good
Indian Games,
Faverolles and
Russian Wolf
Hounds that I had
seen. It is my
belief that now only the Wolf Hounds are kept there.
Mr. Crangle's late home was Washington Crossing Inn,
Washington Crossing, Pa. At Valley Farms, I saw the
first Indian Game Fowls of the Modern Bulldog type as
I call it. The next real fine lot belonged to Percy Ward,
St. Louis Exposition, 1904. Since then many fine speci-
mens have come to the States and Canada where they
630
BUck Breasted Red! Game Bantams
have been shown. Some remarkably good ones were
owned in California.
There are three Standard varieties of the now-called
Cornish fowl — the Dark Cornish, the White Cornish and
the White Laced Red Cornish. There is also a non-Stand- |
ard Buff variety. All of these breed true to variety color. •
There is bred in England a variety quite like our White (
Laced Cornish. The name over there is Jubilee Indian
Game. This breed of fowl is the most docile of all the
Game fowls. Those who keep them claim that they are •
not more disposed to be quarrelsome than are the Dork-
ing, or the Orpington, or any of the English breeds. |
One must see some of the best of them to fully under- ^
stand Cornish type. They are called, by some, "The Bull-
dog of Poultrydom." The legs of a high class Cornish
male are spread out like the forelegs of a very high class
show type of Bull-dog. Their thighs are, or appear to be.
double the size of any other fowl. Their breast is not
only wide or broad but very wide between the thighs. No
other fowl, not even the Aseel, is so wide across the
breast and between the thighs as are the best Cornish.
Some claim that no other fowl carries an equal amount of
breast meat. They have the appearance of filling this
claim, but I do not have the proof to back up this claim. |
The finest breast
meat that we
have had on our
table came with
a BuflF Orpington ■
capon of wonder-
ful quality.
I did sit in on
a contest dinner
of a White Wyan-
d o 1 1 e cockerel
against a White
Cornish. I do not
think that the
White Cornish
was a fair speci-
men of the very
best of the breed,
while the Wyan-
dotte was all he
could be. At an-
other time, I sat
in on a contest ,
between a Light Brahma and a Buflf Cochin cockerel.
None of the party could tell them apart nor was there
any noticeable difference in them so far as we could teU.
We are of the opinion that such dmner contests wouM
work up competition in better market poultry. The only
best way to tell is to have two or three kinds roasted all
by one person and all served at one time for all to f^
Malay Games
Dark Cornish Female
and help to eat at the same time. I was feasted this way
once on Belgian Hare pie and once on Pigeon pie. It
yfss an enjoyable time and a wonderful social event.
Why not try this for a church dinner?
If you wish to fully understand the shape or type of
the Cornish, you must study the descriptions and the il-
lustrations in the new Standard. Then remember that
some living speci-
mens are better
than those illus-
trations. Some
have been show n
at Boston, some
at New York,
some at Chicago,
and some in Cali-
fornia. There
were two or thr«e
breeders in the
Far West that
had good one.^.
There was at oiu'
time a fine lot
owned by a
breeder who lived
in Los Angelcj,
A man by the
name of John P.
Mercer, whom I
knew in New
York, moved to
Los Angeles. He
did have a wonderful lot of Cornish, He is now located
in Honolulu, Hawaii. There is now a much greater effort
to have size and shape than color. It is my opinion that
both can be produced on the same specimen. I saw in
January, 1923, at New York, a female that had both to
perfection.
When I saw the beautiful hen at the New York Show,
one of the exhibitors called mv at-
tention to another, a pullet of small
size and beautiful color. But, said
he, she is not much larger than a
Bantam. I was then told that it was
most difficult to get this fine color
with the best of modern type. My
reply was, no excellence without
very great labor, why not have the
combination of size, shape, modern
type and color as described in the
Standard. I wish all who see this
article could study the report of the
Boston exhibit by W. G. Minich. It
would be better for the fancy if show
reports, all of them, would state facts
as plain as Mr. Minich puts them.
The proper coloring for a Cornish
male is a pleasing combination of lus-
trous greenish-black with a dark red
intermixture, the wings marked with
bay. When this combination of colors
is bright and snappy it is beautiful,
but when the colors are dull or lack-
ing in brilliancy, the plumage detracts
from the general appearance. One
of the beauties of color is shaft color
of the plumage of hackle of both male and female. Study
this feature and give it due consideration and remember
that dull or indifferent color in these sections detract
from general appearance. The back and body colors of
the male should be a very brilliant blaze of greenish-black
and dark red. These colors so well intermingled as to be
attractive. When not of the best the rich color type is
absent. The shaft color of hackle is called red.
bay or, as the Standard calls it, bay approaching mahog-
any. This might be described as a brownish-rod. Thi.4
would make the color of plumage of the female just a
little darker in shade than should be the most perfect
Partridge Cochin *
female, each
feather penciled
or marked with
lustrous black,
each feather hav-
ing two pencil-
ings that follow
the shape of the
feather. When
these colors aro
clean, clear and
bright, you have
a comb ination
that is beautiful.
When brilliancy
is lacking, you
have a dull color
that lacks in in-
terest. So much
depends upon th«»
rich brilliancy of
these colors thit
when absent, dis-
appointment fol-
lows. We cannot
quite understand
why the Cornish
Club has not tried
as hard to have
Dark Cornish Male
thf sanu* a?* ha.**
the
White Laced Cornish Male
better color
Rhode I.slarul Red Club.
One of the most attractive features of the Cornish
is the color of beak, shanks and toes- -an attractive
shade of yellow. Some specimens have shank.n ho at-
tractive as to cause comment, while shanks other than
yellow will disqualify. There should not be any objec-
tions made to a slight tinge of the
same reddish c<dor allowable on the
shanks of the Rhode Island Reds.
Please note that I say a "slight
tinge." This does not mean reddinh-
brown shading to darken the color,
but just an imitation of color that
might follow a richer sha<le of color
in plumage. When thesf features
are made the very best that can be,
you will have a fowl that will attract
more attention.
The head formation i.«» one of the
belongings that comes from the
.\.seel. The projecting crown i«
prominent in the Aserl, the Malay,
the C^ornish and the Brahma. The
comb of the Cornish is a three part
or pea comb. It must be small and
must fit nicely to the crown of the
head. The projecting skull over the
eyes is important. This style of
head indicates strength or power.
The eyes shouhl be yellow or pearl
color, the same as the Malay, and I
think the Aseel has the same color of
eye. All Cornish should have the
same head formation and color of eyes.
The White Cornish should have, according to the Stand-
ard, pure white plumage and they should hav«* the same
general body formations as have the other varieties. The
Buff Cornish, which is not SUrrdard, should have buff
colored plumage. The real value of these must depend
upon their size, shape, Cornish type and finish and their
plumage color. When of equal quality with the others
The" body color of the female should be a mahogany they are quite .» .ttr.ctiv.. (Continued on pare 654)
The Housewife and a Few Hens
By HARRY H. COLLIER
Ten Hens Equal One Cow
By D. E. HALE
l«l
lUGUST was named after Augustus Caesar. Why
he should be given that distinction, history does
not tell but I suppose that the people of Rome
thought he was a "hot" number therefore al-
lowed the month to take that name.
August is the month when the fine fried chicken is ripe
and the housewife is full of excuses, so her family thinks
why she should not put some of those fine youngsters on
the table. The youngsters at this time are in their gawky
stage. They are just beginning to take on their type and
to kill them at this age one is liable to rid his yard of
what might be his best fowl. Culling is all right where
one culls for disquaJifications; but defects that show up at
this time are not permanent. For instance white tips in
bUck fowls are not a sign of poor plumage but it is a sign
of lack of the elements that go to make black in the color.
You seldom see the defects in the maturing feathers ex-
cept where the youngsters are on a run free from bugs,
worms and green food. These things go to give both the
animal and vegetable protein that is needed to bring
color.
To cull for wry tails, crooked backs, stubs on legrs, side
sprigs and squirrel tails, one is safe in going ahead but
it is no time to cull for white in black plumage, or black
in white plumage. One should give the youngster a
chance and see if he does not lose these defects. Where
you find tails in buff fowls maturing with black in plu-
mage, one is generally safe in killing such fowls but do
not kill too quickly for white in plumage but feed the
elements that will bring forth the buff color. If the ma-
jority of the color pigment is buff you should be able to
feed this color back into the tips of wings and at base of
tails in the growing stock. If later on they come with
^ite in these sections where the feathers are matured,
then one should discard all such fowls.
In Barred Rocks, do not worry if you see black feathers
sprouting on these youngsters, provided the other feathers
show good barring. Most all Barred Rocks will carry lots
of black feathers where they are well marked. The ma-
jority of the color pigrment in Barred Rocks is black.
The February and early March pullets are going on,
and are six months old in August. They are beginning to
mature their combs, are showing a tendency to lay.
There are also those precocious pullets that have laid n
month ago, but these youngsters have laid too soon and
are not near so liable to give you that 24 ounce egg that
is so much prized in the top markets like New York City.
If pullets are properly fed and given good care, they
should not lay before they are six months old. If one
matures the pullets to that age, then they can depend on
getting Standard weight as well as good shaped eggs. If
you find a pullet laying the "pee wee" eggs, that pullet
is not liable to add very much to your egg income. It is
these pullets that glut the market with a poor quality of
eggs each year and they have a tendency to drive down
the price when it is just getting good for those who have
raised the early layers.
Where one has pullets that have matured in their
natural way, it would be well to yard them to themselves.
Have uniform sizes. Do not depend on your eye but get
a pair of scales and try and have your flock average as
near three pounds as possible. It is the three pound pul-
let that goes into the house for the winter lay that will
hold up laying when eggs are high.
When you change the pullets over from the growing
mash to the egf^ mash, here is where one should be care-
ful. The egg mash, as a rule, will carry around eighteen
per cent protein. It's low in fats as well as roughage, but
higher in all three than the growing mash that has been
fed to the pullets.
688
Take a sack of growing mash and add a third of a sack
of the egg mash, mix this thoroughly and use this feed
for the first week. The second week, take a sack of grow,
ing mash and add to that a sack of egg mash, mix this
thoroughly and give the pullets this feed for a week. For
the next two weeks take two sacks of egg mash and one
pack of growing mash, mix thoroughly and feed this new
mixture. After this one can put the pullets on the egg
mash and not have any trouble.
Jumping from a fourteen per cent protein mixture to
eighteen per cent and higher is many times the cause of
sick pullets. If the new feed was changed slowly, then
there would be very little bad results. The bane of the
feed mill is the average amateur poultryman. He does
not seem to get wise to the question that governs feeds.
No miller can put forth feeds and then add brains to
every sack. It is up to the poultryman to use judgment
\Mien a baby is born and one is forced to start that baby
on cow's milk, the first thing the wise mother does is to
try and get milk from a cow with a young calf. If she
can not get that kind of milk, then she will add enough
lime water to the milk to cut down the protein content
and as the child grows stronger the milk is used raw.
This kind of milk is used just so long as the baby doos
well. The poultryman makes up his mind that his pullets
are matured and ready for their egg mash, he feeds that
mash without considering the great change that he is
bringring about. If he would take the advice of the mother
he would go slow with his change, as I have suggested be-
fore. Do this and you will quit blaming the feed men
for your troubles and your egg basket would fill gradually
until these young would-be mothers come into their
natural lay and have plenty of vigor to keep up with the
extra strain on their system.
You can breed fowls to lay but you can not make fowls
lay well without "feeding them to lay."
In maturing fowls for the show room, one should keep
all kind? of strong protein feeds from them until they had
fully matured in size as well as plumage. To start out
with high protein feeds you \vill, without a doubt, add to
the lustre of the plumage and if they are extra strong in
vigor you may not hurt them but you will bring on the
lay, which spoils the beautiful lines that one finds in the
well matured pullet just before she lays her first egg.
Plumage like fruit is only ripe once. Do not expect a
pullet that wins at one show to continue down the line
for many shows. That is expecting too much. When a
pullet reaches perfection, then like the tides, the sap in
the feather begins to fall back. With the sap going back
it leaves the feathers without that beautiful lustre that
is so much prized in the show room.
One will often hear the judge say, in the Rhode Island
Red alley, when judging the class, "This is a beautiful
fowl and in her prime has no doubt won the ribbons but
today the sap has gone out of the feathers and the under-
color has no snap to it, in other words the color is life-
less." The judge will then pass the winner of last week
for another pullet who is like the rose in her full bloom.
This same thing can be said of most any fowl. It's that
beautiful lustre that comes at full maturity that goes to
make that five hundred dollar cockerel. He has his high-
est colors, he has that perfect shape, his comb is red and
velvety. His face has that bright red that no paint or
powder can duplicate. Each feather stands out with lota
of vigor. He wins the ribbon but wait two weeks and the
snap goes out of that plumage and another champion
takes his place.
The day the pullet lays her first egg she is in her finest
plumage, as a rule. She then begins to fade and take
on that matronly shape of her (Continued on page 652)
I
f
lURlNG my radio talks I believe that the above sub-
ject brought in more replies and discussions,
more questions for more information, etc., than
anything that has come up in a long time. It is
a pretty broad assertion and when one makes it
he must be ready to make good on it, else he might find
himself in the same boat with the Irishman who was go-
ing to get married. This particular Irishman had a close
friend that had a very popular orchestra. He went to
his musician friend and told him he must furnish tho
music for the wedding, but he wanted it understood that
there was to be no slow music, no old-style wedding
marches, etc. He says, "When we come in I want you
to play 'Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here,' and when we
are married and march out I want you to play 'There's
Only One Girl in the World for Me'." 'The entrance
piece went off all right, but when they started out,
the orchestra leader handed his musicians the wrong
music and they played, "You're Up Against the Renl
Thing Now."
My attention was first called to this matter a few years
ago in attending the National Dairy Show where the U. S.
government had a display showing the amount of feed of
various kinds eaten by a cow in one year, also a large
imitation bottle of milk showing the amount of milk
produced. There was a chart explaining what the aver-
age cow produced and consumed. This average was taken
from 740 cows tested in Northern Indiana, and surely,
with that many cows used as an average, it ought to be a
fair average. The chart showed as follows:
One Cow Consumed
Winter
Grain l.Hf.fi ll.s.
Hay 1.837 Ihs.
Corn Stover 734 lbs.
Ensilage '».224 lbs.
Heading 720 lbs.
Tawture Cost
I^bi r Cost U0.3 hra.
Overhoad Costs flJOT
Sumiiu-r Tot.lI
r.7rt n.» -',016 ]\>h.
9:10 lbs 2.767 Ib>i.
734 lliv
2.042 lbs 7.27G ISm.
7J0 ll.s
$10. .-{fi f 10 :»(}
74.4 hrs 164.7 hn*
f 13.39 $27.<m;
Milk Pr<»dui-o<I . .
Manure and Heddinj;
Calf
Credit
Winter Summer
3.540 lbs. 3.397 lbs.
Total
6.037 Ibv
. ..'■..9 ton,
.... (r)
Now let us see what the costs are today:
2.767 lbs. hay (Ji $J0 a ton I 27.60
2,046 lbs. of jfrain for whi«h I will timiro th«» lowest prt<e
for a mixed dairy feed I ran find t day W $37 <»<» a ton. . .
37.00
.73
14..'»2
3 60
II). 16
r.i 2.'>
734 Ib.s. corn .sto\«T Qi f'2 a ton
7.276 lbs. onMilatje (r^ $4 a ton
720 lbs. straw bedding Qj, |10 a ton
Pasture at above fiKures
164.5 hour.H of labor (« $75 a month (no board)
Overhead (Gov. figures) -7.06
Total cost $172.12
I have wondered if that overhead co^^ts included the
work done by the women in caring for the milk, utensils,
etc.
Now for the credits. We note this average cow pro-
duced 6,937 pounds of milk, which, at $2.75 per cwt.,
which I understand is the average price the farmer ro
ceives today, would bring $190.72.
The Government did not give the cow credit for a calf,
which I am willing to do and credit it at $15.00, making
the gross income $205.72 and a net profit of $33.60.
My stenographer is in favor of the cow. She interrupts
to say that her folks kept a cow that would beat any ten
hens that ever lived. I asked her to get the figures from
her mother who kept the records, which she did, showing
as follows:
Feed for one cow cost for one year $68. 8S
No charge was made for pasture or labor.
She received milk from one cow in one year 5,692
pounds which sold at fifteen cents per quart to the neigh-
bors, bringing $42«.90. She sold the calf for $5.00. mak-
ing the gross income $431.90.
This was a net profit above cost of feed of $363.02.
That is some profit and mark to shoot at. If the farmer
could get fifteen cents a quart for his milk with no cost
for labor or pasture, etc., it would be a fine business.
Now let us see what the chicken.^ will do.
The Government says that the average ogg production
on the farm is but 70 eggs per hen per annum. The only
trouble is that the Government in taking its census did
not take into consideration any poultr>' kept on Icis than
three acres of ground, when the truth of the matter is
there is more poultry kept on space of Ic.hs than throe
acres than there is on the farms, and as a rule, they are
higher producing flocks becau.se the breeder is more care-
ful in selecting his breeders and breeds mostly from his
best producing specimens. Just think of the poultry
kept in the small towns, villages and cities and you will
appreciate that statement.
Well, let us be fair. Let us compare the Government
hen with the Government cow.
Ten hens laying 70 eggs each would produce 700 eggs
for the year, or 58.33 eggs per month.
Assuming that these were from pure-bred stock as a
majority of farm flocks are now pure-bred, during March,
April and May these eggs are worth $3.00 per setting of
fifteen, or twenty cents each. For the three months we
would have 174.99 eggs, which at twenty cent.i each
would be worth $34.99.
The other nine months would give us 525 eggs or 43.75
dozens which ought to average thirty cents per dozen and
bring us $13.12.
It costs not more than $1.00 to feed this kind of hen
one year. This would cost $10.00 for feed and leave us
a net profit, above feed costs, of $38.11 as against $33.60
from the one cow, and with hartlly any labor connected
with the care of the ten hens. This comparison takes
the Government statistics for both cow and hens and the
hens have just a little the best of it.
Now let us take the other case. Here is a small town
family that owns a good Guernsey cow. While the quan-
tity of milk she gave would not break any milk records,
it was good rich milk and sold right at their door for fif-
teen cents a quart. The cow probably hud better care
than the ordinary farm cow as she was a pet. hence con-
tented and giving a maximum milk yield. Sht- made a
profit above feed costs of $363.08.
In order to make our compari.><ons fair we will take a
.small town flock of poultry. If we could keep but t^n
hens they would be selected hens with an average of 250
eggs per hen for the year. This is not impossible for we
have had 67 hens at one time that averaged 238 eggs
each, and in that flock were 30 that avirage*! above the
250-egg mark.
Ten hens laying 250 eggs w<»uld produce 2,500 eggs.
That is 208.33 eggs per month. Kggs from such hens
would be well worth, for hatching, $10.00 per srttJng of
15 or 66 2-3 cents each, or $138.87 per month, giving
us a total of $416.61 for the months of March. April and
May. Those figures are not far fetched as breeders of
hens of that class cannot fill their orders. Besides, those
three months are the heavy laying months and we would
probably have more eggs to .sell for hutching than we
have given them credit for on the average.
That would leave 1.875 »'ggs or 156 dozens of eggs for
market purpo.ses. It would be no trouble to average 50
cents a dozen for them which would bring in $78.00
more, making a toUl revenue of $494.61.
Statistics show that it cosU (Continued on page 653)
6S9
The Casserole
Written expressly for Everybodys
By HAROLD F. BARBER
aiN editorial says that "June is a crisis month for the
I poultryman." Perhaps not many of us would
* have thought of it as such, off hand; but as for
that, what month is not a crisis month in the poul-
try world, and what week and what day is not a
crisis week and a crisis day? The point is brought out
that to keep the chicks growing properly a rounded ration
is necessary. Thus a chick on free range will provide for
itself, but a chick which is yarded is "practically helpless.
His rounded ration therefore depends altogether on
your thoughtfulness, and your intelligence, and your
faithfulness." Is not that well put? "Your thought-
fulness, your intelligence, your faithfulness." If you
have these three things you will have good poultry. If
you can hire these three things your hired man will raise
you good poultry, but those three things are hard to find
in hired help and that is why poultry raising is essentially
a one man occupation. Whoever wrote that editorial is a
poultry keeper. He says further, "it is really astonishini^
how many needs can be discovered by a wide awake an«i
sympathetic poultryman, if he will take the time to study
conditions among his birds." There it is again — wide
awake sympathy. Add to this intelligence and the knowl-
edge of modern methods of
poultry keeping and you
have a poultryman. With-
out these there are rocks
ahead and they are plainly
charted, for any poultry
pilot, whether he be in com-
mand of a 6,000 layer plant,
or only a 10x20 back lot. (b)
Interesting Review
HE June issues were an interesting
An editorial says "hatch
until July first," and among
other "reasons why" it is
mentioned that a larger per-
centage of eggs are likely to
hatch in June than earlier in
the spring.
I wonder just how much
truth there is to this state-
ment, in the form in which it
is given. A larger percentage of the eggs of some hens,
yes; but a very small percentage of the eggs of other
hens, al.so, yes. Those of you who trapnest have doubt-
less noticed many times that your heavy winter layers
have by May or June pretty well laid the hatchability out
of their eggs. If you want chicks from your winter lay-
ers, I should advise you to hatch pretty early in the sea-
son; on the other hand, birds which have not started to
lay until March or perhaps even April should give ex-
cellent hatchability through June. I am not giving any
experiment station results, but I would not be surprised
if a "hatch early" program would tend materially to in-
crease the percentage of good winter layers. By all
means hatch until July first if you need the chicks, and
have parent stock of high intensity which will still give
you hatchability at this season — and after all the winter
is not the only time of year when lots of eggs are de-
sirable, (b)
• • *
The chicken business is a wonderful teacher. From it
we can learn the principles of health and bodily efficiency,
principles of good business management, principles of
philosophy, if you will.
I lot. I found an unusually wide va-
riety of information; of human in-
terest; of humor; of inspiration, in them
The publications from which the items
were taken, are indicated by the following
respective letters: (b) Poultry Item; (c)
Poultry Tribune; (D) Pacific Poultry-
man; (e) Poultry Advocate; (f) Pacific
Poultry Breeder; (g) Western Poultry
Journal.
At lunch the other day, I had a conversation something
like this: "Violence is not permitted, and it is because of
his recognition of this law that the Hindu will not eat
meat." Said the other party, "What do you mean, 'Vio-
lence is not permitted,' — everywhere in nature violence
is not only permitted, but is the law. This sets man apart
from all other creatures and puts him in the same class
as the gods. Only with man is violence a crime."
And now in a little squib about separating cockerels
and pullets I find this "Might makes right in all animal
life. They know not love, and pity, and sympathy. Sel-
fishness rules, just as in the base criminal circles cf
human society."
Thus one may learn a lot from the chicken business, (b)
* • *
Some years ago in a little volume of the poems of Owen
Meredith, I came across a Hymn of Praise for the blithe-
hearted jokesmith. The only part that I remember now
is something like this "One handful of their buoyant chaff
excels our store of garnered grain."
However, that may be, there is a blithe-hearted joke-
smith who has broken loose in poultry journalism, and h's
name is Henniah (evidently
intended to be Americanized
Old Testament Yiddish for
Henry, I suppose). Here
are some of the words of
Henniah the Sage (you see
that I leave out some of the
verses) :
CHAPTER I
1. A proverb of Henniah,
the sone of Eggezer, the
Nestite.
2. My son, consider the
egg. For it knoweth humil-
ity and vaunteth not itself.
3. Lo, it raiseth not its
voice in self approbation, yet
it maketh the majority of
farm crops to appear like
unto a German mark when it
is gone.
7. Yea, it getteth under and lifteth the mortgage on
the old homestead and doth make the grade on high when
the twelve-cylinder Wheatmobile stalleth in deep freight
rates.
8. It buyeth the baby shoes and Junior a school suit,
withal.
9. It handeth out ready cash when the oat reclineth
in the granary awaiting a favorable market and the hog
quotation slumpeth and the farmer weepeth.
12. Look not down upon him who carteth the egg
crate to the grocery, for he is blessed beyond his neigh-
bor, and his tribe shall inherit the earth.
13. Yea, he shall dicker earnestly with the auto dealer
and his wife shall try out the back seat, while his neighbor
shall patch the upholstery in the ancient boat and shall
sigh, withal, (c)
* * *
Once a year the Pacific Poultryman devotes an entire
issue to women poultrykeepers who have been successful
in the Pacific Northwest. I do not know what Editor
Harries does with himself the early part of May each
year, but Mrs. Harries has (Continued on page 650)
EXPERIMENT
[?^
Tke Contest Race
tinues to te a Close
jlKDS usually take a decided drop in
production during June. The warm
weather and the fact that the
poorer birds naturally ease off in
production, are gener-
ally responsible for this condi-
tion. This year, however, all
contest records show a ten-
dency for the birds to hold up
well. The following reports for
the competitions for June will
be extremely interesting and
will convey to the poultry en-
thusiast many object lessons
of great importance.
Storrs Egg Laying Contest
The average production for
all the hens in the Contest at
Storrs at the end of the eighth
month was a little over 111
eggs each, which is an average
lay for the past eight months of
47 per cent. The total produc-
tion for the month of June was
16,192 eggs or a yield of about
45 per cent. This production
was 673 eirps loss than for last
month, 76 eggs less than la:>t
year's total for the same period, and 1,569 eggs less than
the seven year average for the month of June when elec-
tric lights were not used.
The accompanying table shows the total number of
birds in each breed, the average amount of grain and
mash consumed by each pen, the average number of eggs
laid by each pen and the average for all breeds.
STATIONS
Con-
One
JHE rather late spring, the moderately
cool weather with its accompanvinj?
abundance of green feed and ideal wea-
ther conditions, have been conducive to
a heavy early summer production at all
of our Egg Laying Contests, and the
same conditions are more or less true
throughout the entire United States.
horns, owned by Jules Francais, Westhamp-
ton Beach. liong Island, having laid 1.452
eggs to date. Also the increase in Pen 39,
Single Comb White I.eghorjis. owned by
Cii'org*' H. Ferris, ^and Rnp-
^ ids, Mich., moving^) to third
place with 1,370 vggn to date.
There were 8 1 birds broody in
the whole contest during the
month of June, grouped as fol-
lows:
\V> untlottcti
Thi
II
10
3
IS
44
17.5%
1-Vf.'*
32,0%
22 0%
(^
^te:
i
leading individual to
Juno 30 is Bird 9 in Pen 85,
White Plymouth Rocks. «nvned
by Ellen Day Ranken, Hunting-
ton, Long Island. This bird has
laid 26 eggs for the month, giv-
ing a grand total to date of 188
eggs.
The three leading h»ns for
the month of June are:
260 Plymouth Ilook- . .
100 Wyandottes
240 Rhode Island KtMls
400 White Lechorns . .
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Kirku|.» V. Farm, Muttilu.k. L. 1 30
•Tulf* Framai't. NV«">thampton lloarh. L. I. 30
I. I
No. No. HrtMj
B.") 9 W. I'ly
Korku
Average, nil hreedH •*' -
A pen of Rhode Island Reds, owned by Red Mount
Farm, Amherst, Mass., won the blue ribbon for first prize
for the month with a score of 225 eggs. A pen of Leg-
horns, owned by Hilltop Farm, Suffield. Conn., was .second
for the month with a yield of 221 egi^:^. Fernside Farm's
pen of Rhode Island Reds, from Attleboro, Ma.ss.. was
awarded third prize ribbon for the month. This pen of
Reds made a mark of 218 eggs.
The leading individuals and their records to date are
as follows:
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Breed Hen No.
Rhode Island Kod 506
Rhode Island R«>d 501
Rhode Island Red 605
Rhode Inland Red 425
White LoKhorn 79«
White Lefchorn 823
White Lo^horn 830
Rhode Island Rci 677
White Rock 243
Rhodt. Inland Rod 504
Whito Leghorn 623
Plare
Attleboro, Mans.
Attleboro. Ma«*H
Attleb»)ro. Mass.
Spencer, Mass.
Suffield. Coriti.
North Hrun.h. N. .1
North Itran.h. N. J.
Franklin. Mass
Hover, MiisH.
Attleboro. Mns«.
Mt. Carniel. Conn.
No.
21M
211
197
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193
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169
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New York Slate Egg Laying Contest
Production at the New York State Egg Laying Contest
for the month of June toUlled 14.342 eggs or 59.3 per
cent. Broodiness continues to play an important part in
the trend of production, and together with hot weatht'r.
this particulady true with the heavy breeds. The light
breeds continue to hold the intensity of production
which they have been showing for the past six or eight
weeks. There were produced during the month an aver-
age of 17.3 eggs per bird, and the best daily yield was
made on June 1 with a total of 630 eggs, or G3 per cent.
A number of changes occur during the month, among
the leading pens, the most outstanding one was the mov-
ing up to first place of Pen 45, Single Comb White Leg-
I'en Hird
No N". Variety
1« 9 A. V. W. L.
1.1 H S. C W L. _
9J to H IMy. R<ieks Kirkupi I' Kurin, NUtlHu. k
The ten high hens to date are as follows:
I'.n Hir<l
Own,»r and Adtlrc-.*
Kllen l»»v Ranken. Hu?itin|ft<>n. Ii. I
rixt.T r'. Karni*. Wal'kill. N. Y.
.lulos Fraix-Ni". Wf«ihi%in|>ton Hfxh
Holly worn! IV Farm. Holly wiM.d, Wa«h
Th.' Mi>i»|{ra-t«-«- •».••', .Statf 0<'!l.-go. I'a.
(' I. Kla<«i*. til.Mi^lm* Vm
•lule*. Kranrain. We»thaiiM'l"" lt»'aih. I.
II v. Hyt'riy. Shar|'»villiv Vm
C. L Klaccim, 01eii»haw. I'a
.\. (V .loncH. JH'orKet- ^» II. l»«'l
The three leading pens in each varir'y are:
White Leghorn*
Owner and Addrr**
.l»lf» Kran< nit*. Wefthainptoii lieai h
(' I.. Fla<««M. nien«haw. Pa
(f. !». FerriK. iJrand Rai>idM, Mi' h
Rhode Island R«ds
\Ve«t Nf. k Farm. IIuntini:ti>n. I, I
.1. W. Kveritt. <}len C'»ver, LI
Rol.iTt St-aman. .lerioho. I. T
Other Breeds
Yaina Fiirnm. Napanneh. N V.
(). (t. I. L.-wis. I'aoli. I'u
(}. W. A1I« ". OM W.'^tbury. L I
Wyandottes
If V. Ii\«rlv. .>^h»ri.»Mll«v I'a
Wal Ruth' IV ' Fsrm. Ili< k(»villi». I*. I
Member L I IV A , M.dford. L I
White Bocks
Ellen Day Rankin. Huntington I. I
Leberfs Poultry Farm. K N'>rt).i»ori
I.eberfs Poultry Farm. F. Northj.ort
Barred Bocks
A C. .lonei, tieorgetowii. !»• '
100 W. H. » Ktnt. Ca»rnovia. NY
90 Memb.r I, I. IV A . Ro.lyn. I. I
VineUnd International Egg Laying and Breeding Conleat
The production for the month «>f June at the Vinrland
International Egg Laying and Breeding Contest wan
17 *>83 egg^ or a production of 53.2 per c«'nt. Thm in •
production of IG eggs per bini for the month. The total
production to date is 104.983 eggs or 1»3 eggs per bird.
The high pen for the month was Pen No. 73. a White
Loghorn pen. owned by H.-nry Rapp. Jr. Farmmgdab..
N J with a production of 205 eggs. Therr are thrre
hens 'that were tie<l for highest honors for the month.
They are all Leghorns. Birds r..3-l. 63-6^ both owmd by
The Kerr Chickeries. Inc., Frenchtown. N. J., and *J-17.
owned by Rapp'^ Leghorn (Continued on page fi«7)
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642
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
August, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
643
ED ITO RIAL
The Importance of the Show Ring
We marvel at the short-sightedness of those who
fail to exhibit their poultry at any of the hundreds
of shows which are staged during the Fall and Win-
ter seasons.
The importance of exhibiting has been so clearly
demonstrated to the minds of itiost poultrymen that
we believe the failure of others to show must be at-
tributed to some well considered idea which keeps
the breeder away. We cannot believe that the vast
majority of poultrymen have not considered and
thought over the question of exhibiting their birds.
Too much has been written about poultry shows,
and there is too much advertising connected with
the shows to make it possible that these men have
not had the thought of showing thrust upon them.
To be sure those who have never exhibited can have
no definite conception of the benefit that the show
would be to them. It is something like the radio, if
you have not "listened in** yc^u cannot appreciate
the delight and education that there is in this most
marvelous of inventions. It is iinvariably impossible
to accurately gage the good that may ensue from
any new departure until one has actually made it
and had a chance to estimate the amount of good
obtained therefrom.
The secretary of the local sliow, or any member
of the show committee, who approaches a breeder
that has never before exhibited, is usually met with
four or five reasons why that particular person
should not, or could not show.
We want to dwell briefly ui^on these usual stock
objections to showing, in thff hope that we may
change the minds and inclinatipns of the men who
have consistently kept away from the exhibition
floor.
The first answer that we generally get is, that the
breeder has not the time to show. This is a silly re-
mark at best — no one is too busy to do something
that will really help him. And no one is actually
•o busy that he cannot show. It is true that the ex-
hibition of poultry takes a litltle time. The birds
have to have some degree of preparation for the
event, but those men who are so awfully busy will
generally be fond of motoring, or the radio, or fish-
ing, or some other thing not at all connected with
their business, to which they jfive up considerable
time. Any well-managed business will so arrange
itself as to set aside a sufficient amount of time to
accomplish something that will increase its revenue,
and no business can afford, nowadays, to neglect
things that will swell its income. Some of the busi-
est poultrymen in the world are some of the most
consistent exhibitors. This qu<estion of time is sim-
ply one of system.
Another answer that we often get from the non-
exhibitor is, that he hasn*t an3.r birds good enough
to show.
This in itself is a statement of weakness. There
b no breeder who is not striving to raise birds which
will conform to the American Standard of Perfec-
tion. That must be the work of every poultryman.
whether his plant be devoted to the production of
eggs, the production of meat, or the production of
exhibition specimens. He must breed true to, and
up to the highest possibilities of the Standard if he
expects to sell his stock.
It is also true that many a man who has said that
his birds were not good enough to exhibit, has, when
prevailed upon, been a big winner at a good show
he did not know how good his stock really was.
Tliis fact has been repeatedly demonstrated from
Maine to California, and from Squeedunk to Madi-
son Square Garden. Tlie breeder in question either
has birds that are good enough to show somewhere,
or else he is a poor breeder and ought to have better
birds.
A still further objection to showing is that the
man thinks that the exhibit .will not do him any
good — he cannot see the financial return from mak-
ing an exhibit.
This is the weakest argument of the three, for we
all know that the real big return is gained through
exhibiting. This particular pessimist ought to read
the poultry papers a little more where he couldn't
fail to see the reports of the sales of those who made
their reputation in the show ring. We venture to
say that this gentleman could get, in the show room,
about twice as much for one of his good birds as he
could at home. The bird would certainly be seen by
ten times as many intending purchasers, and if one
bird secured a ribbon, this would help all the rest of
the flock of that particular exhibitor. There can
be no doubt whatever but that the experience of
thousands of poultrymen has shown that the best
publicity is obtained, and the quickest way of be-
coming known in the poultry world is through the
show room. In other words, experience is against
this gentleman's argument.
Perhaps we are also met with the further objec-
tion that it costs too much to show.
This we believe again to be erroneous reasoning.
The entry fee, cost of shipment and expenses of the
owner (if he goes with his birds) is something to be
sure, but the experience of wise heads has demon-
strated beyond a doubt, that such an investment
brings better returns on each dollar invested than
any other scheme or plan that any breeder has in-
vented. There are many cases which could be cited
in which the sale of one bird at the show has paid
the total expense involved in exhibiting all the birds
and left a profit besides. Nowhere is there such an
opportunity afforded as in the show room for sales
at good prices, both of stock and eggs for immediate
or future delivery, and a successful show man today
is perfectly willing to exhibit his stock for ribbons
only. They count the outlay involved in making
the show a drop in the bucket compared to the re-
turns that they get from the display. At important
shows exhibitors are willing to pay any entry fee
required; no matter how large, because they know
from repeated experiences that the money is well
invested.
Tlie breeder who starts to show, should begin at
the local exhibition and gradually work up until he
is able to enter at some of our great national shows.
There is absolutely no good reason for not showing,
and every reason for making, at least, a small ex-
hibit at one or more shows during the season.
We take this opportunity, therefore, of urging our
readers and friends to make up their minds to ex-
hibit during the coming season. It cannot do you
any harm and will undoubtedly do you much good.
Your stock will be extensively advertised through
the mediunv of your exhibit. You will meet new
friends and you will get new ideas, and we feel sure
you will go home with a fair number of the ribbons
and an increased respect and liking for the poultry'
business.
Progeny Classes
Among cattlemen, and to a lesser degree, among
almost all kinds of livestock breeders, except poul-
try, the show class, known as "get of sire" and "pro-
geny of cow" are considered of the utmost import-
ance.
The bull who sires a considerable number of pro-
geny of comparatively uniform type and good pro-
duction, is the bull that everybody wants, and if
they cannot get him they will take one of his sons or
daughters. Bulls which do not produce such off-
spring are in no demand, and their progeny must
sell for very low figures. A sire whose daughters do
not qualify for a certain standard of production is
not sought for, and in some breeds the cattle asso-
ciations have gone so far as not to encourage the
registration of the offspring of such a bull. We all
know, of course, that one of the slogans in the dairy
world today, is: "The Better Sire Campaign" and
this is very encouraging for it shows a sincere desire
to increase production and establish uniformity of
type.
Tlie cow w^hose progeny qualify for a fixed stand-
ard of production is known in most breeds as "a
great dam," and is given special honorary mention
and a place in the Hall of Fame. Breeders eagerly
seek for her calves which therefore command a price
far in excess of those which are from ordinary cows.
She is known as a prepotent cow if she produces ex-
ceptional offspring of this character, and this is as it
should be, for she has demonstrated the fact that
she is able to give birth to progeny which are better
than herself.
High money prizes are given at the cattle show
for both get of sire and progeny of cow.
The thought which has been running through our
minds is: Would this be possible with poultry?
Could we not have classes at our leading shows simi-
lar to those which the cattlemen have adopted? It
certainly would be a most interesting spectacle to
see say, ten females from hen X-1, all these females
being uniform in type and having average records
greater than that of their dam. If the breeder did
not trapnest his birds, but kept them rnerely for
show purposes, he would be interested in looking
at the uniformity of type, both of the sons and
daughters of a good hen. We are inclined to think
that there would be enough interest in these classes
to warrant their consideration by show secretaries;
rules and regulations being established to safeguard
the honesty and reliability of the entry. So, also,
each proven sire could have an opportunity of
demonstrating in the show room his ability to get
show daughters, heavy-laying daughters, show sons
and sons that would sire increased production. We
can readily see how such classes would be enthusi-
astically received by the "Bred for Production"
poultr>'men. for it would be simply a public evi-
dence of one of those things which the trapnest
reveals. The man who breeds for the show room
is today the man who must have, and will have,
good layers. The times arc passed when it made no
difference with the show bird whether she laid 20
eggs or 200, and while the whole concentration of
the breeder in such birds is not given over to the
production of eggs, yet he knows that he must have
a good laying strain of birds in order to make them
real chickens. Almost all of the good show breed-
ers of this country realized this matter from the be-
ginning, and almost every one of them has consist-
ently declined to breed from a poor layer, no matter
how good a show bird she was. These men, it
would seem to us, would be interested in the get of
sire and progeny of hen classes, provided they felt
that the entries in these classes were bona fide and
reliable.
A male that sires uniformly good stock is interest-
ing to any breeder whether he be in the egg business
or the show business; and this, of course, applys
equally strongly to the female.
Concentration of desirable blood lines might be
made through studying these progeny classes. Some
males would be shown that bred well with every
female in the pen and these would indicate a line of
blood that one would wish to tie to; and if the in-
tending purchaser already had some of this blood
he would surely like a son of the winning cock to
continue his line-breeding work. Hens which pro-
duced pullets that did not vary greatly from the
desired type would be in demand and we think that
the eggs from the hens who got the first five places
would be eagerly sought for.
The whole matter is one which we leave to the
consideration of the breeders themselves, for if they
wish such classes, conferences with the show mana-
gers would, no doubt, lead to the formation of rules
which would make the entries really what they pur-
ported to be — actually the get of the indicated sire
or the progeny of a certain hen.
Procrastination
Why is it that the human constitution is so apt
to put off till tomorrow what it should do loday>
We do not know the real cause of this weakness
in the human family, but that it exists, there can be
no doubt. And all of us are making a constant en-
deavor to combat the inclination and to do our
work promptly and on time.
In many years of experience we have noticed that
the poultry business is. perhaps, particularly sub-
ject to the habit of procrastination, and it is for this
cause perhaps that a number of our poultry plants
have failed. It seems to be an especially dangerous
thing in the poultry game, and therefore a special
effort must be made to keep out of the program any
show of procrastination.
In every branch and at every phase of poultry
work, procrastination seems to do harm. If we do
not mate up our pens early we do not gel any early
chicks. If we do not attend to a sick chicken the
moment we observe the trouble, the chicken will
probably die, although prompt treatment would
have saved its life. If we do not clean our mcu-
644
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
AugtuU 1924
bator* at once after each hatch and at the end of
the tea^on. we do not get good hatches. If we do
not keep our hopper* full of math and look after
them daily, we do not get as many eggt aa we ought
to and to it runs through the whole gamut of the
poultry calendar.
Procrastinabon means a loss-— perhaps a fail-
ure-—<and poultry is something that needs action
and promptness and a regular time schedule in order
to be successful.
Sometimes it is hard to do what we ought to do
at the time we should do it We have had a hard
day or s hard week« and we feel tired and lazy and
disinclined to do anything which b not absolutely
necessary. All of us have experienced this feeling
and it is just at such bmes that we should be most
upon the alert. The days when we get up feeling
full of "pep" and ready for any kind of work are
generally die days %rhen all the work ixrill be
promptly done; but there are other days when a
feeling of quiet and lassitude steals over us like the
drug on the addict, and we must fight it off and see
that we do not put off till tomorrow what we really
ought to do today.
Perhaps the summer season is the one in which
this habit of procrastination appears most strongly.
At this time of year the poultry days are long days,
anyhow, and oftentimes we do not see how a single
other bit of work can be forced into the schedule.
And yet. all the time we know that things that
should be done are neglected.
The best way that we know of for overcoming
this bad habit of procrastination, is not to keep our
nose to the grindstone for the whole 365 days of
the year, as all work and no play is a bad proposi-
tion. It results in that condition of body and mind
which we term "stalenets." What we want and
what we ought to have is a vacation. And we firmly
believe that the average man can do more in eleven
or eleven and one-half months than he can in twelve.
provided two weeks to a month is devoted to rest
and change of scene. It is difficult, we admit, for
poultr>'men to take a vacation, and we generally
%nll have to take it in the printer, but there are a
number of things connected %nth his business, and
not necessarily a vital part of it. which could give
him the relaxation and rest that he requires. Some
of these things are his attendance at farmers' meet-
ings; conventions of poultry clubs or associations;
demonstrations by county or state representatives;
outings of poultry clubs and the like, which func-
tions he should attend, if possible, for that will
change his train of thought and give him that relaxa-
tion which he needs, as well as broaden his acquaint-
ance in his own business.
But in any event the poultryman must beware of
procrastination. He must keep himself physically
and menully in such condition that he will want to
do each particular job at the time it should be done.
And if such a program is carried out the chances
are failure will be exceeiingly small.
Two Important Meetings
The poultry world is. or should be. interested in
both the Pottltfy Conference at Chicago, and the
meeting of the American Poultry Association in
Toronto.
Those who are behind the Chicago Conference
are enthusiastic as to its beneficial effects on the in-
dustry, and it is perfectly possible that much good
may be done by this gathering of men %^o have
the best interests of the entire poultry fraternity at
heart. We like enthusiasm: we admire devotion to
a cause, and while we do not %irish to predict, yet we
feel that something good %vill come from the Chi-
cago Conclave. As far as we can see there are no
axes to grind, except those which may sharpen the
wits and cleave the poor ideas from the good and
we know that those %irho will attend have their hearts
in the effort to make the poultry industry greater and
better.
The American Poultry Association has been the
butt of sneers and criticism from not only some of its
members, but also from many who. knowing noth-
ing of iU real work, should have kept their lips
closed. Nevertheless, it must be remembered that
many great things have been accomplished by the
American Poultry Association. It is the only real
organized body of men in the United States that has
all the branches of the industry under its wing, and
we venture to say that no one has gone so far as to
say that it has ever done anything detrimental to the
cause of poultry.
Those members of the American Poultry Asso-
ciation who have taken pains to investigate what it
has really done, and those members who have been
workers in the ranks, know how much good it has
accomplished and what a stabilizing influence it has
had throughout the entire country. If those who
have defamed the American Poultry Association
had instead turned their energies into helping it. the
Association would have accomplished even more,
and we have no patience %vith thore who stand on
the outside and throw stones. A little more co-
operation between the American Poultry Associa-
tion and the entire poultry fraternity could accom-
plish wonders. A little less knocking from the
knockers, and just a little more work from those who
have never lifted a hand to help, would speed the
interests of the American Poultry Association and
give heart to the officers and the executive com-
mittee.
Of late years we have observed a tendency even
among the "doubting Thomases" to come into the
fold of the Arnerican Poultry Association with offers
of help — by which we mean co-operation, each man
according to his ability and facility ; and we. there-
fore, trust that our Canadian friends may be able to
count a very large attendance at the next American
Poultry Association Conference to be held in To-
ronto, beginning August I 2.
Those Canadian breeders are workers; are in-
clined to co-operate; are enthusiastic and are look-
ing forward eagerly for the clasp of hand that will
unite, even more closely, the poultrymen on each
side of a line which at this date may fairly be said to
be imaginary.
CULL CLOSELY
No matter how carefully the breed-
ing stork of thu year was selected.
we will And certain of Uis birds have
individual charsclerisUcs that mark to the sUndard toward which we are
them a« departures from the general striving. The culU should be sold as
average Some will be markedly | soon as po.«sible and the best onss
good, others just as cerUinly infenor marked for service another year.
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Beginners Department
Culling Methods Made Simple and Easy
Conducted by HARRY K. LEWIS, Associate Editor
645
Every beginner with hens can
readily appreciate how important it
is to maintain the flock up to a high
average production; that is. if there
are any considerable number of non-
Uying birds, it reduces the flock aver-
age; and hence the proflt very ma-
terially. Here is what we actually
And under average poultry condi-
tions. All hens will lay in the spring
and early summer days of July and
Aagtut. At that time there will al-
ways be found a certain per cent of
the flock which will cea.^e laying.
start changing their plumage or
moolting. and go into a rather long,
extended rest period. It is a fact
that hens do not lay while changing
their plumage. In order, therefore,
to pat into practice with the bird.n the
greatest amount of efficiency, it i.^ a
very succe9u«ful and profitable prac-
tice to eliminate from the flock regu-
larly through Augu.Ht and into Sep-
t«lBt>er. the birds which quit at this
time. This practice of weeding out
thest non-productive birds va called
culling. Culling accomplishes two
purposes in one operation. It elimi-
nates the inefficient non-producing
individuals and if these poorer cull
birds are sold immediately for market
meat, it brings in considerable reve-
nue from this source, or if they are
consumed at the home table, their
duposition enables quite a saving in
the family budget. Then too. we
most remember that the elimination
of these non -layers does not reduce
the egg jrield one bit. but at the same
time it accomplishes quite a material
reduction in the amount of feed con-
SQBed; hence reducing the operating
coat for feed. Then there is yet an-
other very deflnite advantage to be
derived from culling. While one is
regularly eliminating the poor birds
during the summer, there are gradu-
ally left in the flock, in the fall, the
better individuals, those which are
desirable to be held over a.s breed^TH
for the following spring's hatching
work. Culling is a practice then
which cannot be ignored and if the
beginner appreciated the importance
of this problem, and simple ways of
accomplishing it, an immense saving
will be realized at the very beginning.
Mid-tummer Culling
Mid-summer is the .season when the
culling operation can be more easily
carried on, and yet at the .same time
Are You Sure it is
Possible
to reduce your flock in size and
get as many or more eggs — to
reduce your flock in sire and
get more interest and pleasure
from your bird.s — to reduce
your flock in size and make
more money from your hens?
Just try culling and see.
• •••mmm»»»
♦ •••>>
it will accomplish an immense saving
at this period. Along about the first
of August, a normal poultry flock
shows quite a slump in production.
This is caused by the fact that a lot
or poor or mediocre birds have
reached the end of their producintr
period, and have quit cold and have
started to moult. The problem of the
beginner with his hens is one of de-
tecting these birds frtm the layers.
and in being able to select them out
and sell them regularly. By regu-
lar, it is important to empha.size that
this culling work can at least be done
once a week, and in doing it, it ia
well to have a deflnite day at a defl-
nite time, so that it is done regularly
every seven days. Since from the
middle to the end of the week is the
best market period for live poultry, it
is a good plan to do the culling either
Monday or Tuesday, so that the birds
can get on the market towards the
latter part of the week. Prices usu-
ally prevail just a little stronger
along the middle of the week than
they do just before the week-end.
Cull at Niffkt
The beginner must appreciate that
any unnecessary disturbance of the
layers, is very apt to injure them
and result in a lowered production,
so the culling practice should not be
one which will bring about the scar-
ing or unnecessary disturbance of
the birds; hence they .should not be
chased down and caught and handled
in the daytime. The best procedure
is to go through the birds at night
when they are on the perches with a
hand flashlight or if you have arti-
ficial illumination in your poultry
house, you can have an extension
cord with a small electric light globe
partially darkened to use for this
purpose. By flashing the light along
the perches, and looking the birds
over, one can detect almost instantly
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Aur«< 1924
EVER^ BOD^'.S POULTRY MAGAZINE
647
TCERLIN-QUAUTV
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- Hens
- Cocks
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•ad >l vwHit' oM rociiwto oov. Tbty triil
•vrrly Improv* your Bock.
Our It l« simS 9 «r««k«' otd tKtlW^* wit
mskf rftrtr «>loi#r lar<T« YauaiDdrprnd
ooibrm (o»v«r»«« lM«*200«t|»lD ibeir
firM y»«r If proprtly carod for. K Klrtl^v.
Ohio. wtHf^ "rraiM<d !• lot pullri* frr •
th' SO clikc k» I #iH from yoo Tlivy laid 4 :
*tM* in tbrtr t»ttlM v««r. so awru* of ' :
»«rb ' W» abo baw a Irm chakw brmUci
bvtw to oArr
All mritm* fmtmnmklm. Writm Ur
Karlin's Grand Vi«w Povltry Farm
Dnmmr fj C*«t*r Hall. P« . U S A
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iocrvaaa poultry dittfaar*. and kill thr.o
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drfr^ Lk« Killer aod cH nd of lic«>
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lufik't or akia. noa poiaoooua. pi<wrr1u!
C*aaraBt«<«d to do tb« work. Pratta K(^
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Tba Idaol Baby Mamnwih Incubator f<>r
the pa«||r>Rian wbo wanta to atart wttb
oa» MO««a M«tiaa and add additKmal unita
aa hia boaMaaa croara — ooe to eia ht »ec.
taoaa. opvr«tad artth ooa SoUHot but
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N.
•l.OWIMCV.ikk
Iho^p birds which have cea.«od pro-
duction, an between those which are
Uyini; at that time. They can be im-
mediately taken ofT of the perch and
placed in boxe.<« or fthippini? crate.*,
where they can be handled over and
examined carefully the followinjr
mominjf before they are sold. If any
mistakes have been made in the pre-
viou."* niirht'.H elimination, they can bo
detected and can be put back into the
pen a^in.
Simpla Faclora lo Look for in Callint
When the beirinner startji to cull
his flock, he does not immediately
want to take the position of an ex-
pert, and attempt to look for the
more detailed technical points of cull-
injr. He wants to fir.«.t thoroujfhiy ac-
quaint himself with three or four out-
standini; characters which differ ver>'
materially in birds which are layinjf
and in birds which are not layinjf.
Havinfc mastered these, the more
technical features of. cullinf? can be
studied later on and they will natur-
ally come into place alonfr in October
when the final selection of the breed-
ers is made, but just now we are con-
cerned with eliminatinir those birds
which have ceased to produce and
which will lay few if any, einr« until
way in the winter. It is a well known
fact that a bird's comb bears a very
close relation to her ovaries and that
when the ovaries are active and pro-
ducinfT yolks in abundance, the comb
is extremely red. larire, soft and oily
to the touch, due to the presence of
laripe amount* of blood circulatinjr
throujrh it rapidly. When the hen
ceases to produce and the ovaries
shrink and dry up and yolks are no
loniror produced, the comb takes a
similar condition, shrivelinfr, shrink-
inir in size and becominjr small, hard
and dr>'. So it \» then that in cullinp,
the comb is one of the first indica-
tions of production versus non-pro-
duction. You can ob.ser\'e the condi-
tion of the comb readily when the
birds are on the perch at night.
The second factor for the bejrinner
to look for in cullinfr is to see whether
the birds are moultinif or not. If you
note the shedding of feathers and
the irrowth of new feathers around
the neck or irenerally scattered over
the body, the chances are ninety-nine
to one that the bird has ceased to
produce and can safely be marketed.
Birds must change their plumage once
a year. Like all animals they require
a rest period during which they
build up their body weight, put on a
new coat and renew their individual
viulity and strength. This comes, in
the case of the hen, in the summer
and fall during what is known as the
moulting period. A very interesting
and definite correlation has been de-
termined between early and late
moulting. It has been found by ex-
perimental station data that poor
hens naturally moult early, and that
the heavier producer is the later
moulter. These conditions, of course,
must be consistent with good care
and management throughout tli«
year.
Another factor to look for in cull-
ing, is the condition of the venL In
a hen which is laying hi'avily the vent
is large, moist soft, while in a non-
producing bird the vont becomes
shrunken in size, small, round and
dry. Just compare two hen.<, one
which is laying and one which is not,
and .«iee for youri*elf the condition of
the vent, and note how marked the
differences are.
Then there is just one oiJur factor
which will interest every beginner in
culling, and that is, study the amount
of yellow pigment around the vent.
in the ear-lobes of the white ear-
lobed varieties, on the beak and
shanks, in all yellow-skinned, yellow,
shanked breeds. You have ail posjii-
biy noticed that when a pullet begins
to lay in the fall, take fi>r instance t
White Leghorn or a White Wyan-
dotte, she is heavily pigmented in all
sections, the body being yellow, the
beak and shanks yellow, and in a
Leghorn, considerable yellow in the
ear-lobes, and after this pullet bfginr
to lay in good shape, this yellow dis-
appears. It disappears almost im-
mediately from the vent, and in quick
succession in the ear-lobes, gradually
from the beak and gradually the
shanks become bleached out. This
absence of pigment in the pullet is
evidence of heavy and continuous
lay. It seems that the yellow pig-
ment which is needed, is used up in
the formation of egg yolk by the
heavy laying hen. Now, when thi<
tame hen reaches the end of her pro-
ducing period and ceases to produce,
pigment is quickly redeposited in
these sections. It appears first in the
vent, then in the ear-lobes, then in
the beak and then in the shank**, un-
til in a short time after production
has ceased, she begins to take on the
yellow color in a pron(»unce(l way.
So if you find a bird which carries
any considerable amount of yellow
pigment in August, especially in the
vent and ear-lobes, as well as in the
beak and shanks, you have a pretty
good indication that this hen has
ceased to produce or the pigment
would not have reappeared m these
sections.
Do Not Mia* tka Culling Opportunity
Now, all of you that are Ever>-
bo«lys* good friends, just do not let
the next week go by without tr>'inf
these few simple suggestions in the
culling of your birds. You will find
the interest which it will create will
be one thing which will well repay
you. You will find the increased
profit and the increased production
from the remaining birds after the
non-producers are eliminated, will b«
added inducement to you. Having
once culled and become acquainted
with the simple methods envolved,
there is no question but what yoo
will keep it up regularly.
With the rr^at polili<-al mnTentionii a mat-
ter of hutury. tho rountry ran now ttirn tU
AlteniioB to the poultry cathrrmKs at Toronto
aad ChKaC'V Aftrr all t« »ai(l and done.
(k«*e g^Xhrrxnt* of poultry brerdrra art a« a
l»ala to tired oervea rompared to the turmoil
«# a political ronTenti<>n.
Ko ba«ineaa or hobby in the I..t of man or
vMaan. to be ensaced in for a liveliho<»4| or
plaaaar*. civ<'* quite ai creat natiafartion a<
p«ailry rulture or the breedinr of fowla f<»r
plaaaure derived
• • •
E»erybodya probably maintains the moat
•«j»en«Me poultry journal editorial atafT in
the country, yet we could edit and rrn\»d full
#Tery column by volunteered artiolea cladiv
roatributed by aubacribera and fn.'nd» A
raaaoo back of all thia — that rea«on haa made
Everybodya the diatinctiva publication it ia
today.
• • •
Tbe fall faira «il| be lo full awmc ert- the
September K very body a reacbea you The late
•prsBc baa made Ihia aummer of 1924 ail too
akart and bera we are ricbt at the atart <>f
tbe aciMitiea of the early fair* -while it
•eema but a abort lime aco that we tramped
4«wn tba ai*lea of the poultry buildinc* to
tbe tunea of the midwaya. Truly time fliea.
• • •
Mora and more attention ia beinc ctren by
Ike faira of America to the arricultural dia
^ya. incloaire of all that pertaint to farm
rraoa. and it ia time. No fair ia a real fair
viiaaat ita amuaementa. they are aa nerea-
aarj lo auccea* aa are ita edu>ational featur(^a.
rat It cannot be diaputed that many fairs
bave loat their contact with the farmera
Ikroucb neclect of thoae featurea that uaed to
aMke every day of fair week a "farmora*
day."
• • •
Tba aiodern trend of city folka to patroniaa
tba faira and who perhapa are more intereated
la tha midway, racaa. etc., than in viewinr
edacational featurea. doe* not mean that the
fair maaaremenia ahould fonret tha prime ob
t9«U of holdinc arricultural eihibitiona Let
tba Midwaya be made up of the better claas
•f amatementa. fraa from objectionable fea
tarea. lat the racea and other attrartiona be
raadartad clean cut. but plua ail thia make
taa faira of educational value to *fry farmer
aad proapectiva one Iluild new baifdinffa to
baaae acriculturai di.playa. fruita. live .tock
♦te I>oBt ai>end tha last dollar availabla ofi
laprevementa in which tha farmer is least in
tarea tad.
e e •
^l T*" ."• ^^•'''^'•nc of inatallinc a mam
»ai» incubator, now la the time to place your
•Tier And have equipment placed The manu
Mctorara of larc- capacity marhinea uaually
are rrowled to the limit of production at the
«»e tae batcbinc aeason ia in full awinc
T"'"« *»•* yo"*" <»'<»»r placed now aaaurea
Promot delivery, whereas If you wait, you
■•y be pot back a full season on account of
late delivery.
e e «
ta/lI^jJ!^'" '• •««1»^ I'foud of ita adverua
kaTrnrtt?- • **/*««'«* to ,K,ultry culture, la
2I^Ju ?w P"**'**-**'"" '■•n be better for the
Jide^ Vl*!'%'\" !"•**•. '«' »'"' aubacr.ber
^JMer This t%rX abould be conaidered by
^ UlrVr: 1* *• '^' -ubscriber wbJ
•w |»«r eaat readers mean aomethinc
* * *
I *^^*°* o' quslity. is it not true in ev-ry
i«^.«;.i '^'•''"M''** '»"*''«y counts? That
Mill I*"'?, •'*'*• d-rtotyf Very true, we
•ar7!J J*"**'**"'"""" «»»T''ore. we attribute
attoa bt ?k '^'""*« l'«<ronace to an appre, i
!a £,.,L*Vk"**"V"' "' Kverybodya- effort.
aid aV"! **•; P«'««ry industry a hi(h . laa.
^^•d'Wrt'a t;y;;r:;cr ';'' ""•••"• '^
I^Sry^".:' "*-l" lo<,m. brlcbt for the
Ulal r!!^^? '^ indication points that way
Xltr, jrrf'? -fforts to standarti.e the |„
thW7..<r.!l V'"»»P''-h niurh The reaulta of
•re b-S«l.l' ''' orcani.ations and individusia
trv t^^ * '"°*'*' "»«nife«t every day poul
Wy rr^r"' ' *'-•' «-'** «' -naeavJr. creat
ibat ,Bi,!'; .V'"?''- '•"'"•-Ption. It ia time
Ultkeaa. "•*""««^ " '• -very succeaaful
T*» Bdsew.ter Bra. b Hotel. Chir.«o. has
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■lailf^ lo prtfi*r*-tirt •ttvo^aota •! Ihr Inter
Balt*»«l B»l>y <liirk A**o<-iat4on Convcniion.
AupMl & to M, • aioat iBlrrrctinc booklet de
•rtnpliv* of tDia hoiri «brrr tbe rofi«»ntk>n
will be bel4. It t* an anu«u«l bnokirt and
every one •ntiripstinc sltendinc thtt /"onven
tioB would do tiell to lia«r ii for read; refer
enre.
• • •
Manjr letter* rooie to Ibe editor'* de*k. a*k
xtig queation* abont rullin^ We endeavor to
an*«er all letter* of •ul»<-ril>»r* recardle**
of Ibeir nature, bowerer. wbere an arti I*-
• Pt>*ar* in a certain i**ue more tb«rou(bl)r
m an»«er to >urh queries. «e. of rourae.
antwer tbe reader hy referrinc to aurb art*
rlea in oueation In tbia «ay^ w>r>t fully
bel|>iBC Ine inquinnc t>erfton Iban would a
letter brirfly rotenng the aubjert
• • •
For tbe beneflt of tb<«ae wbo at an) Umr
max de«ire to ronraanirale witb Me««r«
Cleveland and l^wia. Aaaoeiate Kdllofa of
K«er;b«Kt>a, would alate tbat Mr fMe^e
land a mad aboald l»e addreaaed to Kal>>n
tovn. X J . and Mr l^wia" ««. I>a«ia«ille.
K I lifitb ba«e ri|>reaaed a deatrr Jo be
roaae in r|o»e tourb with Kver>l»<>djra' reati
era on any aubjert tbat their adriee may
beoell
• • •
llenn I' R«^hwab. former editor of «bia
tiabli'atlon. i* bow e4ilor of I'ooltry Trt
bane, of Mount Mom*. Ill Mr Hehwab vill
maiBtaiB an «>€ire at Roebe«ler. N Y . bia
home rity. and where he ha* resided a lifr
time We. a* r.»ery».ody*, wiah Mr Hchwab
well in hu sew ronnertton and knoai thi*
wUh wtll be the etpreaaion of bia many
friend*.
• • •
<»ur rlrrulation drpartroeot today banded
urn a Italrb of letter* ar<-nm|>an) in* aul>*«-rip
tlona re<eived dunnc the week t»f twenty
lellera read, aiitern of the writera take o«-
r«alon to aay ' F.verybody* I* tbe be*t |»obli
ration we lake" or word* to that effect. Wr
like to read •arh letter* and e<inally well
ibn«r from reader* offennf aucff'aKon* and
{•erliap* rriHriam* By tbeae our effort* are
*limalaled to. not only *tn«e to ut'boM a
rr|iut*tinn but to improve a* time (oe* on
• • a
Treaidenl Htgt- "t the American Toultry
Aaaociation. i» hammrrinc a«ay durinc the*e
*ummer month* on convention |>rrliminarte*
in addition to recular a**ociation buame**
The writer had the pleaaure. MNBe time ac<>.
of «i*itlBC the pre*ident and aerretary at the
Fort Wayne office. We wonder if tbe meml*er
ahip of the American poultrv Aaaociatinn
really know the tremendoua effort lH»lh the
{•reaident and aecrelary are pultinc forth in
con*trurti«e hard work to upbuild the or(ani
•aiionf Here are faithful and com|>etent of
•ciai* and who are r<viBc their very l»e*l
alone all line* of t»r«motinc the urcaniiatton
that represent* Htandard bred poultry and ef
fe4^tl«ely all tbe varied entrrpriae* wblrh are
It* owtcrowth
• a •
If ever in the vicinity of Hanover. |*a .
keep Kverybody* in mtnd and make a i>oint to
*islt our publiahinc offire It i* aurprlainr
tbe numl>rr of ralla «e have m a year from
frienda from all part* of the country. m^n>
of «h'm atop over en route to the (ietlya •
burc baitleAeid. fourteen mile* aviay. or Haiti
more forty two mile* Hanover i* richt in
the h««rt of louri*! travel from North. Hiiutb
Ka*t and Weet We have a prinlinc vlant
here that i» well worth aeeinc 1n<idenla!l>
It la our ambition to know per»opally aa many
'f our patrona aa it may l>e |>o*aible to meet.
The lairb atrinff ia alwaya out at Rvervl>odv»'
home
• a •
Jamea || I.«ird. prot>rietor of tbe I^ord
Farma, m Metbuen and Tevikaburr Maaa .
aailed July ^ for (ireal Mrit*in and Ibr t'onti
neni He la rombininc a a|»ecial aludy i>f
Kuropean |K»ultry and poultry conditlona laiib
a pleasure trip.
a a •
Tbe entertainment committee of tbe Inter
national Haby Chick Aaaoriation Convention
to |»« held at tho Kdcewaler Reach Hotel
Cbicaffo. Ancuat .S lo W. i* d<>in( evervtbinc it
• an lo make thi* an enjoyable and edura
tlonal treat. A complete profram of baby
hick talk* will be broadcaated from tbe
Hear* Roebuck Arricultnral Foundation Hta
lion Wl.S. Tuesday evening Au^al .^ Tbe
wave length for thia atalion i* 435. so if you
cannot attend thi* irre«te*t ratherinf of poul
try producer* ever brouirht tcnrether. iuai
•une in at abiMit M p m , Central Htandard
time, and hear some of the leadlnr baby chick
men and women talk rbicken
• a •
W*heB the mother hen leaves her chick* it
I* time for yoti to ret bo*y Thev mu*t be
I roperljr howsed and tiroterted. well fed and
kept free from lire if they are lo rrow and
mature ai their beat.
Aufiwt, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
649
Thi* la •-■•nvention month and murh p««^
try biaiory will be made.
• • •
Kditor Cleveland i* not new to t>o«iiry
rt-mti^r* and we predict tbat he will write
ediloriala that will be timely, intereatinc aad
w<irth tbinkmc over. Hi* feet are oq ik«
cround
• • •
Our ne« befinner* department, under tke
ruidan<^e of Harry K I.ewi*. will prove la he
a profltable and intere*ting department far
tbu«e juat atartmc in the buaineaa.
a • •
ttlad to note aome attention l«ein( |taid t«
that grand old variety, the Huff i'lymaaik
Rock We have received a letter from aae
of our readera a*kin( for an artirU < n bre«d
tng them and aball try to comply «itk ki«
request aa aoon a* tbe big rhief ran laf
r< o«n for *ame.
a • •
(Ine of the olde*l Huff ryno^xb Rork
breeder* in the country i* our co aaaociata
Harry Collier. Harry ought to write that
article
• » •
The International Haby Chick .Vaaociatiaa
Convention promiae* to be Ibe )>icre*t thiag
of the kind ever held
a • •
Tbe e&hibit* will l>e a big attra<tion aad
there i* more call for apace than there m
kpace
• a a
.K great deal of interest ha* been abown ta
the oming meeting of the National I'ovltry
t^ouncil. .%i a recent preliminary meeting to
map out a working progmm. aui h intereata
were represented aa tbe National Touitry.
Hutler and Kgg Aaaociation. the American
Feed Manufacturers, the American Inrabater
Manufacturer*, the American Poultry Aaae
elation the International Maby Chick Aaae
nation and the Council of Poultry Inatrqr
lor*
• • a
(Ince tbeae inlereat* all get to pulling ea
the aame oar. there will k>e aome npple*
spreading over the *urface
a • •
Aa It now atanda. all have their own inter-
eata to look after and each working al eras*
purt>o*e* with tbe other.
• • •
"In union there la airengtb " We need
united effort*
• a •
Tbe poultry producer* *hould dominate
Ihi* orgwniiation a* they are the fuundalioa
on wblrh the whole poultry *lnicture i* baiH
Tbe trouble ha* been that the producer «av
forgotten in Ibe ruah for boaine**.
• • •
When the producer* fall down on prod*'
lion, the whole *truriure totter*
• • •
The big que*lion lo In- decided i« who and
how la ihia big erganliation of urganitalioa*
to br run '
• • a
The flrsi question i* that of llnanring tke
pro|»o*ilion There will, be several plana
aubmilted. but it i* obviou* that unles* it i*
•elf *u*taining it will fall by the wayaide
a • •
This organiaation muai l»e bigger thaa •
begging proposition. Tbe Arms from wIm**
financial aid might be solicited do nut include
in their budget money to be given a«a«
They are tired of being •olicited and call ■<
l>olile blackmail Kven though they maten
ally betieit by tbe effort* of tho*e who *peiUI
tbe money, that i* tbe way many of the*
<eel alMtuI it There is no Use in "kiddlnr
ouraelv ea. '
• • •
Even should auch a plan go through il <"**
but burl other organiaation* thai have ei
laled by these mean* a* il will make but ear
more beggar
Home of Ibe itowers thai be had a* their
Arst thought what a great work such a" **
i ganiiation could do at Wa*hington in regard
I to legialative mattera. They alao seemed t*
! fbink that tbe managing dir<M-tor or aecreiarv
or whatever title the eieeutive bead mi(***
rarry. ahould live al Waahinglon where k'
would l>e right on the Job We do not agree
with tbi*
• a •
To pra|>erly flnance ibi* organitalion. k«T
the niemlterabip up lu the minute, be qualii*^
to truly represent the whole poultry ba*iae**
and be able to "*it in" with other* of lik«
caliber, thi* job *hould go to a man «■*
knaw* every angle ef the |K>ultrr baaii
_ rhe know* how- to manage an office, a
v-ka ran at le«sl do a little talking and
vftle an intelligent letter, a man in whom
lll^ poaltry fraternity ha* confidence, a man
who i* a hustler and not afraid of work
^^fh a man *hould l>e the executive head of
thi* orgaBualioB.
The lagialalive work of thi« Invdy could be
Uk*a rare of by Ibe president or a committee
OB legislation, romposed of men who can go
!• Wa*hingt"n when tbe rail cornea, men wbo
are rapable and able to meet with the legi*
iaior* and put over what they go after.
a • •
The eieculive head of such an organitation
ariil not have lime to hold down b<iih jobs
Tkiak it over
• • 9
There are men in vanoua line* r>f |>oultry
aad maaufacturing work who have made a
•acre** of their *pe<-ial line, who might be
hroaght in, but their work has been an
wrapped up in their one branch of the indus
try that we doubt if they rould grasp and
fa.rly carry out the ideas tbat are for the
of all. and primarily the producer
The plan that will be proposed I* to or
ganiae an organiaation of orramaaliona. ba*ed
aa a delegate l>asis. National orgamaa
lioaa would have three delegate*. *ectional
arfaataallon*. two; and *tate associations,
caa: membership to be ba*ed and paid for at
•• mach per delegate. This is a good plan
aad ia our opinion will bo adopted
a • •
Oae ef the big questiooa tbat will receive
atleatlon i* truth in advertising. This i*
a feed thing and all branches will be hit.
A rede of ethics i* badly needed for the
a*e of all ronrerned in the |>oullr>- indu*tr>.
aa matter what branch they may be in.
• a •
Well. A**oriale Kditor I<ewi* ran take a*
well aa give advice Harrr ha* *old all of
hi* revs and will put mio fine pullets in tbe
eld rew barn tbat formerly boused IH cow*.
He will make more money with half Ibe
RegiBBing with this month the fall ahows
will he with u* and we will again *ee th%l
the tae fowl* have no| all been swapped I'ff
far egf bird*.
as*
I note in the laai i**ue that Mr Harber
lake* i**ue with me regarding the fancier I
da not riaim that the egg producer i* not
aaraaat in hi* de*ire to gel and have thf
haal. bet a fancier, in my opinion, i* one
whe look* for the beautiful as well a* the
Cadartton end of the busine** It i* a giM>d
I that when the gentlemen he mention* who
r«a afford anything they want, were *eleit
lag their home* and wive*, they were *elect
lag aemething gtK>d to look at and not al
haw morh ihey could produre or how much
trrrk they could do
a • %
If Ihey worked everything along that Hoe
w«y veeld all u*e Ford* in*tead of "rolls
"Mfc " Many of them have their Packard*
aM Pierre Arrow*, but have the hired man
«M» a Ford lo do the real work They fancy
*•• ^Mffc priced rar because it is gi»od lo bmk
•taad ride* ea*y and they fancy the Ford
h*raa*e they want to get the work done
as*
Tkia riasa of men buy 3o(i »gj[ hens be
*»«»e they ro*| a lot of money and are «ome
tkiag everybody cant have
* * e
I do Bol mean to say thai all men of
wealth are not fanciers for I know many
•kai are. but they have their egg farm in
tae place and the birds they like to look at
aad ahew m another
• • •
The old Madison Scjuare (iarden will soon
*• a thing of the past As a la«l aend off
tae l>emorrat* have been holding a hot con-
veniioB there They are *til| at it al this
*'V"*5 ***** although they have been there
««ht day* they are atill yelling They must
aave seme wonderful rough syrup down there
*• ■•••• their voices in surb good condition.
a • •
kJl^* **' ""'■ '"««'••* ^h«<«» Plymouth K.M-k
•"'^••^ 'old me recently tbat he wa* *elling
•^re R4M-k* out on the Pacific Coa*l than
•••r. and I notice tbat Harry Collier bach-
*!?. *** when he say* we will find something
aaaiaaa Leghorn* when we gel out there
as*
IJat is fine I We *hall enjoy it. The Leg
■•■* haa it* place iu*l a* doe* the dair.v
™w. hat we reiterate there i* no u*e in ih'e
• k!!; ^" P^»ple trying to fo«.| ihem*elve*
1^' '*• I^thorn I* a meat bird It i* not.
••• the market i>eople will not be fooled.
a • *
A headline in the Poultry Press says that
J«»»a eaports over a billion ears. Just a*
img aa aha doesn't get them into America at
The Largest Specialty Plant In the
United States for the Purpose
Lord Farms, Tewksbury, Mass. branch of 300 acres is now
devoted exclusively to properly raising White Leghorn
pullets of good breeding, where conditions are made right
for perfect health and rapid growth.
W* need 7000 for our own laying hou»e«. but hav« as manr more for
•ale. Our prices are a little more than what cheap unproved stock
would cost jrou.
It will pay 70U to find out that well brsd Lag horns have the
greataat potential profit.
Tbe extra money paid for Lord Farms tfodi is ttis best
paying part of tbe investment
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•3 FoecsT smerr
MeTNUCN. MIISS.
LORD FARMS
Arey's Barred Rocks
Three timea in flva years wionioc BEST DISPLAY at Boston, llanj coaaider Boatoa
the vreateat Barred Rock exhibit in America.
Our r^neral utility flocks have made wonJerfuI en records. Rcr* from Releet
ed Rihibilion Hinck and of matinffs of Choirrsi Boston Blood Unes. 910 00 per 1ft.
Kffcs frf>m Oeneral Purpose matinga. 110.00 per 100. My farm is one of the larseal
exclusive Barred Rock breeding plants in the country. Hatisfled rustemera hare bailt
and equipped my plant. Calalofue.
M. S. AREY BAR HARBOR MAINE
2ft0 990 BOO SrmAIir TA]rOmBX>-BAUU>N white LfGBOEM
DITI I TTC BREEDING HENS AND COCKERELS
r U LLL lo Also, R. I. Reds and Barred Rocks
Order some of our 13 aad 30 weeks old Pullets and make big profits in large while
eye* And plenty of them this winter. Bred from large vigorous stork from the two oldaat
Irapnesled itrains ia America and England today. Hundreds of Pullets growing under ideal
conditions. Customers re|>ort egg yields as high*es 278 egga and Pullets laying at loss thaa
four months
Crru* Wsddle. OrarlWId. Pa . trrttee "Our hsm 'Retty' mads a Irapnrst rv4«ird s>t S7I seas. r«lw<l friMa
jmur rtiirtis. better ihsn *%% oC the North Anwrlcsn I'twttett hens." Wm K'lch. Ilethleh«fn. Tm.. vrtlea "Tivm
the M teilHu rsee4*«<l April TT. raised M pullets, the first une laid Aufust Jl. Bf* dsjs Isos than four Months "
I. K Kohr. Jersey Hhors. Ps.. wnies "Mj pullet Isid st four iMnihs and tii dajv a/>H g^iUnt sireadr tt
•««« dally frvm 4* iMillets I know where tii let fine siiica now " C A Ja<ot«. f*a(uv1IU. Pa. taya "line
at my pulleu laid II eas In SI dar*. mimed a daj and laid a douhle yoiked at*, one af aiy oMServIs wlfhs
• ^ laNintta. I «ant sums more ctiidu."
Prices SO rents each less than regular price list if ordered this month. Beautiful cata-
logue free.
FISHING CREEK POULTRY FARM,
Boi D
UMAR. PENNA.
BUFF F»LV MOUTH ROCKS
1 have bred Baff Plvm«Rith Rorks ainre 1S94. Bronte Turkey* aa goe4 as the beet.
Rock Rggs IS.OO to 910.00 par 13 Turkey Kgga tS 00 for ten egga.
HARRY H. OOXJJRB fteaU Mo. 1. Box M7 SOUTH TAOOMA. WASH
PREMIER PARTRIDGE WYANOOHES ""•£2SS'-^
Choice Breeding and Rxhibition stork for aale at all tiaea at reasonable prires l^t a*
know your wants.
SHSmSLD FAEM. H. B. Hark. Ugr. OUOrDAlA. OHIO
10 Weeks Old and Older PuUels
Iarre4 Racks. WyasMles, S. C. tksde Isias4 RHs. S. C. Whilr Uf lisrss
froei Old Reliable Dnnnyaide Farm — the same old reliable poultry farm that haa existed over
a qearter c4 a eentory. I will please yo« end at reasonable pnree BpeelAl Bale also of haevy
laying females and breeders Write me today
SUNNYSIDE POULTRY FARM
r. X. BBADFOBD. Owner TBOT. PBmiA.
exclusiv«Ii| for^Uiifn Dfll^ W
HedvyLdyingW nil£ KULIul
HAROLD r. BARBER
DOVER . MASS.
3<l Rock pen* at Hlorra
Conlest. H While and !<*
Barred Valecr<>ft p r n
lead* them all to July 2.
iilfrring cockrrej*
A*k f«r Circular Xe '.
M'i
650
EV^ERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
AuTMt. 1924
EVER^ BODY'S POULTRY MAGAZINE
651
••NONTNLANO KIMft*
OKun smoEoon wrnn leomms
«f ftm •««1tl • faro.;* T'<«i ll«rrar> •I/«1Q Uw Uc
taMMl awl I I ut» i^<«<llnc U^bam (wn aad
OKaITD ai«MriuN I.ATICII ins IlllnoU K«U4inal
>|« lM«i« •n<l t n.<t^i9t |:i Annual •uaMaM' Mto
■•■TNLAIIO rARMt. O90L f. SrvM RmM*. Bli*.
STANDARD
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WHITE WYANDOTTES
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nuT UY AM wn
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T<Hinc •t*rk r«>*4)r for doUx trj Aar«i«l ?
I&lli Fir»t I'ttlUt 9gK •*<ur^ in 4 '
moAlk* and 1 1 4mf*. bird wichmc S
DO TOU WANT CAILT LATUS?
B^md i0r FrM I9S4 Cafliif
hurt KaobbyttoM Podtry Farai
J J HAKK Mcr
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bora* Mur* ibaa 4.0O0 l^jwn »n4
Hr«*4«r« Tr»pa««Ua< 1.100 pallaU.
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WHITE QUIU
WHITE ROCKS
ta
H.irdrwS* or tn* brw«Mt
•4rtta f«a4r la ••
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lUkr* Um.
ADAM r. POLTL
Bob B BartforA. Wla.
HOMESTEAD
SILVER CAMPINES
Wbva on* tpaaba of Caaipiao* Uiar
laiaiadiai^lr tbink of ||oaiaataa4 tka
boM* of lk« --Viffroaa gtraia."
Xtm alii ti«trr r^cv^vt bavlag aola<>la4
tbu b^aallfal and proitebla varialy
HOMESTEAD
CAMPINE FARM
BM ■ t
prt«^« ibat trill r< mpel* wilb « ur (■KC* <■ all
«r r«r<> about Tbi* poultry Coun<-il will do
• *l| to in^p an *><• on this qu<%Uon.
• • •
If ihr Am^'ruan iiuhtir wa» edoralod aa to
bow Cbin«»« *n» wrrr produr^. thry would
not want u* ^ai anv of tHrm f>iihrr a* rfc* ft
in tbvir bak^ rood*
• • •
Tb*>«. y Hitf. rr#«idrnl of th<> Aai<*riran
foultrjr A«*oriation. will c^ In th«' Turonto
ronTrntioo wilh Ihv larc^tt am"unt in tb«
Irraaury that ha* b4>«n ihvr* for many yaara
• • •
Mr Itifff i» rifht in bit contention that b«
duecn't i>r*»iK>»*' to a^v theaa funda diMipaled.
Itut th« only tra^ to make a bank roll crow
ia to lako off the ruhlter band.
• • •
The fancier br«*edrra that make ap tha
Amenran I'oultrjr A^toriatton ara moiplain-
inr that the e«ff end of the boainata haa
•toleo all their thunder and protfta. Tba
}>oultrx preat. that i* part <>f it, maat rater
|o Ihoaa who »up|>ort it* adTertiatnc rolaiBna.
The power of tha preat la the createat thine
in thia rouoirjr. Therefore, we aubiait that
It Bicht be a (ood plan for the American
Poultry AaaociatioB to apand a littl* mtm^f
in promoting their end of tha buainaaa.
• • •
A ffood. anappy four or etfht pare bulletin
iaattcd monthly misbi anawer tbt QUcaUon.
• • •
Tha MMltry baaineaa it a big. a raal baal-
neaa. From April flrat to July flrat there
traa received at New York 1 r»o rar* of p*<ul-
try and fggt every day. Tha averaca Talua
of thoaa rara traa $4.o<io oo each.
a a •
Tha tralae of |»oal(ry and *tg* coaaamcd
dally averacea M^x^ooo 00 |»«r day.
• • •
Aa lone A* ^^*f '•* i* t*l* *t that rata, why
worry about over produriion f
• • •
From January I to April 3<t. thia year,
there traa tmportad 64.uuO.000 poanda of
rheeae and 13.777.000 poanda of battar. ao
It ia evident tha dairy paople naad not worry
oM>r over production aither until thia import
ran be tupplied at home.
• • •
In the Heptember i*aue yoti can look for a
reftort of the International Haby fThick Con
venlion. tha American Poaltry Aaaoctation
Convention and the National poultry Con-
creaa meeiinc. that |a providad Ohiaf Iloaton
ran And r<H>m for it all and w* can writa
faat encMigb They all come in a banch. yoa
know
THE CASSEROLE
(Continued from pace 640>
a|»en| a ffreat deal of tine travelinc around
inters lewing aorceaaful women poaltrykeep-
era. taking picturea and Catherine a line lot
of informational and inspirational material.
You ran )udc* for your»elf on ita value by
what fullowa
Ma) a lira || C Kleinamith. "Homelimea
when tha waaker part of my mortal bainc la
up|>ermoat. I Und myaelf woaderinc why!
Wh;^ all tha atrurvle for aocceaa and all tha
hard work f la it really worth while f Many
of theae baay daya I have had to quit and
retire while I felt that mora ahoald have l>e«n
d'>ne I have alwaya on aoch daya found
great ccNnfort in tha woHa of my T>artner
when he would aay. 'Come, mother, ret to bed
and reat. there |a another day coming, if
there tae't we won't need that work done '
Juai ihta morning I had a little itanlckr feel
ing whan I looked thia week'a work in the
fare, but when I got my daily mail the report
of a ail bird conteat brought four ribbona
for birda with monthly recorda nf 2«t. 37, 2'*
3M. all feelinc* r*f panir and wearineaa left
me. my faat fairly had wng* and I thoaght.
'Ye« I wi'uM ^ through it all acain for thi*
glorioua feeling of having acrompliahed "
The namea of Ur and kfr* Ceorce R
Hhoup are known far and wide throuchout
poultrydom aa the vrrv >urr«>aaful managera
of the Weatem Waabinfflan Kfr La>'in( Ton
te»t but only a few years mgn theae people
mo«ed from Chicago to Wa»hington on 30
acrea of wild, uncleared land They were
over a mile €»if tbr main r«>ad. with no road
into their acreage For more than a year
• uppliea were brourht over a trail in a wheel
barrow Hard work, aound ■leep and coar>e
food were a nereaallv It wa* ten miles (o
the neareal doctor. %i ith no telephone ao that
'h»-v t.ad no d'»ci«>r'a l.ilU Th««ir early efforta
with |>oultrv were ridirulrd by the neirhbr>ra
liul from all thoae earlr daya of hardahip ha«
'r>»nr a poailloa of aothoHty whtrh command*
•♦-e re*f>e<-f of >-rnrtically mv^rj |>oul try keeper
in t^e t7niled Htatea
Wr« Cora Weber of Oregon, ia another
tMNiMrytreman not afraid of work Hhe carea
for 1 lOO voung rhicken* and a large flock of
■aaliaga. three childrea in achool. and houae
hold dutiea With all thia ahe haa bad an ot>.
portunity to do « lot of research work t«
di«i over the rauae "f ao many egg* not *how-
mc hal<-hability Hhe aa) • lloet of the a*.
• ailed infertile or clear egg* hare a pornqa
or otherwiae faulty ahell which adaita too
much air for the embrjro chicka to devrl'.^.
Thia ran be eaaily deterted by ran.||)r,|^ p^^
egg* before aelling I he \ e dpetit my r«»(|
ing* aince January in the baaement ranilling
earh day's gathering, but I feel it paya a* i
have the anhatrhable egg* for market, and u
•avea valuable room in the marhine The
egga with the flaky white spot* in the ahell
^«ialble only through the tester); the «>^
wuh the rough place on the bic end: tht
• gg with thin apota in the •hell and chalky
feelinc egg might jual aa well ro to n>arket
aa they will not hatch. Then there la the e;g
with the ridge around it; if the ahell ha* a
perfert joining, it will hatch, but if there i* a
line of thinner ahell it will not In nearly
all dead germ e»ga I find •••me defect that
haa earaped ror noti<e in randhng
Mhe adviaea oeginnera t<» consider carefully
the trouble* and all the labor of breeding
and hatrhing: and aaya that she would cia'llr
pay tJ.** <H» j,cr hundred «hi«-k« if ahe foa'4
i'uy aa good chicka aa ahe i* hatching frota
her own atork.
Mra Marck aay*. ahe. m common «iih
other poultrykeepera. haa made many mi*-
takea. "I conaider them aa mistake* the
flrat time, the aec4%nd time aa carelessneaa.
and the third time never ha|>pena "
Mrs Covington haa an easy way of tearh-
ing chirks to roost She u*<*« 2x2 roost* ar.4
alanla them and the dropping board ao that
if the rhicka try to rooat on the dropping
Itoard they will alin to the floor They ha«*
;iiBt got to rooat the right way
Mra A K Hammond ha« a hu*band «ho
waa an engineer and who ia uaed to doing
thinga in a big way They started with I <"•'»
baby rhicka. Tbay trere a little appalled
whan the l.OOO ahowed up. but aaya Mr*
Hammond, •"we promptly moved our bed ta
the br»<»der hotiae to assume tha huge task
before UB I think that for the next thirty
daya no rhirk peeped during the nifht bit
that one or both of ua wa* promptly on tSe
at»ot to render flrat aid Our total loat w»a
only al>out seven per cent, and we |.ut o^er
4»o flne pulleta in the new laying house thvt
fall They gava atich a c«>od arcooat of them
aelvea that we were definitely embarked aa
the aea of poultrydom."
Mrs Hammond aaya that 9S ttmea in !'>'>
rhi< k mortality la due to the brooder rara
taker, and not with either the atock or the
feed Hhe thinka that a breeder is l>om aad
not made Hhe can bro<>d but she wanta na
|»art of breeiltng. They never employ more
than two men but no hired help la ever al
lowed to feed or care for the chirka -r to
retrulate a atove. thoae important detail* be
ing looked after by aither Mr or Mra. Ham
mond and no one elae It ia theae attent;ona
to fletaila which have enabled them to bro.id
• o *urri>asfully 24 ••"<• rhicka at one brooding.
They have learned much re»ardinr •«•! -on-
tamination V'>r inatanre. rhicka broucht out
on new- ground may be infected with in
teatinal T>araaitea by feeding rreen feed
pulled up by the roota from infected area*
while green feed mowed from auch area* »'II
not produce auch infection Hhe aaya that if
you are troubled with coccidloaia. If you will
move the flock to new ground immediately tha
diaeaae atarta you will hava little trouble
Yea. the June iaaue of the Paciflc poultrt
man ia worth much more than a ten cent
p'.ece to any poultryman or w«>man who needt
mora barkl>one or more inapiration (b)
* • a
Hometimea we breedera are apt to ret aa
idea that we are pretty amart and op to IKa
minute with our trapnaata. pedigree blanka.
and er» recorda Juat liaten to thia. from
good old "Cncle Mike" Boyer :
"In \>*9*. A J Hilbaratain. then living la
Framinghara Maaa . waa f»edirreeing I<irtii
Hrahmaa. He invented a trapneat ao that h*
would ba able to tell the exact number of
egra each individual hen laid in a year an-l
show what hena gave the best fertile er**
Mr Hilberatein waa ao emphatic in hia derlar
ation that he could tell juat what his hena
were doing, that I aecured 2* egga from h<«
He ttx'k out eg^ that were laid by ben« that
were noted to produce fertile egga Alonr
with the eggs came the i>edigre«a ahowinr the
egc recorda and the performance of the par
ents The erga were aet Kvery ec* *•'
fertile, and all but two hatched, they dyin/
in the ahell. Hilberatein showed that carefi!
atudy of the heng and their ability won'd en
able one to count their chickena l»efor • tbev
were hatched." Hilberatein trapne«ffd ani
t>e'lirreed in \<*9* — but it waa many v;Hira
before «hal when King Holomon aa«d ' 'There
I* nothing new under the aun " fe)
• a •
Joseph H Tumbach. in the courae of ahow-
inr how a man in the Petaluma country caa
make approximately 91 .^n per hen. refera ta
Ike aaoual report of the Petaluma Poultr/
l>lnara' A»»ociation This report givea fig
'^ * "take" from approximately one doien of
p laloma'i moat aucceasful ranchem whoa©
ulok* tr* accurately kept." Now. U<>ader.
what do 70U auppoae waa the profit of theae
,j.proxima!elv one doien of Petaluma'a moat
.,*fM*faI rancher* f Here are the flgiirca a*
«.ven in the rep< n The net profit per hen
fa 192 J wTi« -ftc; in 11*22. 2 2c: back in 191(4
■ l^y^'traa a pri>fit of tl ;»«i. and the ten year
Pf^.^tiT average waa »'>.'ic. It doea not aeem
|]^he clear whether interest on the inveat-
ia««t of theae aucceaaful ranchera haa been
cbarged in. If the interest was not charred
.^ Ihere aeems to be reason to doubt the 'me
of the trord "auccesaful." a* their poultry
rperationa in that raa© must ha\e been car
r-ed oa at a loas ....
Oh. yes! Another interesting ptint la the
af«raga production of the hena on theao
(4aaia Of course they keep nothing but
White Leghorna out there. The average pro
.tactjon waa ten and one half doien. 12ti egga.
|.er yaar. Mr Tumbach atatea "The curse
pf the poultry induatry. aa «»f every other in-
daatry f«'r that matter, is the operator who
yr*d*<** a prtxiuct at a loss Could we get
rid of aueh poulirymen the industry would in-
deed thrive and proaper at a heretofore un-
haard flf P«r« " (O
• • •
Judge Joseph Dagle believes that no article
•a the utility chararteriatica of the domestic
f«wi abould be allowed tp appear in poultry
)oareala. I canoot agree with everything
that Judge Dagia aays, but I can agree moat
kaarttly with thia "every boy at>d girl should
hart a good education, and when they gradu-
ate they ahould have a post grail uate courae
under aome one who haa engaged in. and haa
amda a aucreaa in the line that our newly
gradaated peraon i< going to follow "
Oaly yeaterday I auggeated to one of ottr
leading agricultural educatora that every col
laga man and woman who was specialiiing in
tba auhjec! of poultry in particular, ought to
ba made to apend one aommer. at leaat. in
practical work on a real poultry plant : what
tba plant manager aaid about tha atudent'a
aammar work would have a definite bearinir
tpaa the degree granted the atudent. We all
kaatr how ahaolutdv neceaaary are the little
tluDga which only interested and loving rare
raa give, but the atudent wilh hia newly ac
aairad diploma doea not realiie the abaolut**
aaraaaity of thia alert care for aucriaa wilh
paaltry. I hope, with Judge Dagle. that the
time may not b« l<ng when our lollegea wit!
teach both theory and practice 'o a greater
extent than moat of them have thua far f.iund
paaaibla or practicable, (g)
• • m
In d;*ruaaing the articU referred to Mra
Oaorga B. Himmona apeaka of William Kllery
Bright.
Mr. Bright ia preaident of the Tnited Ler
aorn Club a prominent busineaa man and
kaaker in Boston, a poultry fancier who haa
brad the aame atrain of fowla ainee l«7fl. and
T « .* *"** "•'"* ronaiatently at Boaton
•ad Madiaon Hquare Mra Himmona atatea
Uat aha had a letter from Mr Bright rerard
lar tome club matter "At that time I did
aat happen to be informed about Mr. Bhffht'a
yeara of iKiultry work. I read hia letter
•load to my husband, and aaid. 'Ther.* i* a
remafkable letter, one the like of whi-h
IT* .?*" ""* "'*'" »*•* ' Through it there
areatbea ao much of the tolerance, the mel
latraaaa. the total abaencp of bamiitiouaiieaa
•ad aaaumption of all knowledge, th^i one ia
JMt refreahed by reading it. I'll b..t you
[Ml what he really knowa would fill a li
-T*!?'' . '* *" ■"*'*' "*•'' — *'•<* •'^* tolerant,
■•now. lacking in bumpiiousneaa and know
" all. who ara tha real flowrr of the fancy.
SOME REMARKS ABOUT
CHANGING MATINGS
(Continue<l from page fi.15)
I^*.'y»' "nd will mean tha elimination of a
-# u*r^ I'^ft of the aureneaa or certainly
••all his breeding operationa. No breedrr
•»»ti to be put In aoch a aituation. He
••ate to know, and ought to know, what his
■any hour* devoted to mating have reaulted
•■. and he wanta to know, and indeed rau«.t
■now. whether hia malinga have meant prog
fTuLi*'"* * "'** •''••♦*• o*" whether he ha*
lit """^ therefore, must make renewed
• L?"P** *° •''* »>••««••' in the future The ea
Ubliabmant of a atrain ia wholly depandent
•J** y** retention of the breedera and the
••'•fal idenlifirati .n of their chicka No one
k.-5 "^'otent upon eatabliahing a family of
fill* '•>*< •'» reprodoca itaelf. aither in con
foraiation m in production, would think for
■•TT^*"' "' ''••'"'»« *''^ t^» breeding birda
■»»il he knew their ability to impart to their
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SPRATT'S
IhificgiP^m
TNc aiti IS «t.*«ts iHt CMiAenv
la TMi taaa aua
iksi vtu aif*
•raATra chick aiALa aaa. • a it
•^ oHicaaAia
•cvAaa
■IV itaacv
(ff«l>rlnf q«sliti#« %m ffood s« they them-
•#|Te« |>«»«»»ii»^. or beitrr.
It ma> ••^■i to •om* tbsi it i* »stt«n«iv<>
•nd unnn-raaary to bold ovrr lh« breeding
bird* for • vbolv ••••on To tbo«« 1st ui
•ay. tbsi if ihry will try tb<> |>lsn. w« belivfr
lb»y will And it tb^ mo«( rrnnooiiral snd
•aliafsrlorv tbst Ibry bsrr *\tt prsrlirf^.
Thr r<Mt of ke«^iin« • roa)(t«rslMrly voiftll
number nf adalt bird* darinc tb«> •umairr
••••on la ndirulnaaly •mall. No rxpvnsivo
boti*o«. no fffrat saoant of bicb prirvd feed.
• nd no sTvst MOioanl of U>>or la requirwd to
fi«f |hr brr^drr* an ideal aummrr. and to
briDf Ikrot into rondilion In tbr fall in prim.*
order If ibr hr«^drr la not willinc to take
a litlU trouble at tbi* \\m* b<> will undouhi
«Hlly Ir.d bimaflf in all kind* of trrtublv wbrn
lb* nrw brr^dinc ftea»«n b^cina
Wr may take ^sample and warninc fro'-t
tbe rattle brr^dvr* in tbia rrrard. How often
ba«» wf k*«rd of tbe raar wbrrr tbr brrd
•ir«> wa^ aent to tbe butrber ja»t t>«fore hia
dauffbier* rame into milk and pro««>d tb<«i
•«k|«e« irrval produrvr*. No iiowrr on earth
roald then rv*tore tbe air» to th» breeder.
• nd It micbt be many y*^r* b«for« be rould
And a bull M|ual t«> bi» fineinal aire How
many timr* bavr rattir men aarnflrrd rowa
b^«^aa»e tbry did not •••m to milk •• well a«
tbe^ oucbt to. and too late diarover that
tbeir 'laufbtera e««-e*ded the prodoflion of
the dama b> . |»«rbap*. bundreda of |>ound*
of milk Ho It la In tbe paultrr game: one
cannot tril wbirb bird* will t>e tbr l»#at
bre«>der« until their proce»r ba*e b*#n tried
out and. tbrrefore. tbe ability of tbe %\f or
dam. proven
All will acrr* that it ia murb Wtler to
rai** a f^w ;ood rbl<-k* from a amall number
of br<>«*dera.'* rather than to raiae a larfe
number of rbirk* frc#m mediorre breeder*,
and lb* leaaon we abould Ivarn. tberrf«>re. I*
plain I>*tertni»e wbirb are your «ood breed
era and tben br»e4 from them, and tbia you
rannot do unleaa you kwp ibem lone enoucb
to prove thecnaeUva.
THE HOUSEWIFE AND A
FEW HENS
(Oontinufd fiwm fiace «IJI«)
m^tber ben Kb* orver looka •• w»ll Sffaiii
until abe moulta ber t>lumacr all at onre and
take* on ber abap* juat brfor* abe befin^ to
lay tbt> neit y»ar Mam* ben^ moult •lowly,
drrifpinc a few feathera at th# tim* Tbe
aliiv moulter may be a e<>od layer but abe
r>ever look* ao well aa a b*n aa abe did
«ben abe matured from tbe pullet into tbe
ben
Tbe good breeder in tbia world watrbe* tbe
moulting hen aa be doe* tbe mataring pulleta.
He triea to give ber a feed that ia strong in
feather making and thereby bringing ber
through tbe moult in a *horter time, when all
fralbera will rome in at on^re without having
s part of tbe old faded plumage to mar her
otberviae t>«auliful rotor <
It i* more than hard to get tbe«e hen* that
one wants for the early fair* and unle** they
•re pre|»ared earlv for the *how room, the !
early vbowa uill •now a aorry looking lot of
hen*
If one would allow ha heat ben* to art
along July and Augual. roop tbem with their
Toungater* In a good abady plare. feed them
Iota of good feed, plenty of milk and green
food, ibey ran bring them to a moult \lak
ing the new featbera for tSe *how mom i* a
gift and only a few breeder* under*tand Ihia
uork The writer baa heard lota of dispute*
in the earl) abo«a over hena that ba«e been
moulted to |»erfertion Tbe breeder of the*e
hen* rontenda that thev are hen* « he'i they
• how that beaulfiol pUimage that i* mo*t
often on pullet* Thr judge, unle** he i* an
etprrt. i* often up a ttump If he will nb
»erve rlo*ely the dilTrrenre between tbe
*'ru<ture of hen* and pullet* along with the
plumage on wing*, be •hould not he fooled
Tbe pinion feather* in viing villi tell the *tory
if the judge know* hi* tiu*ine** but if he be
an amateur be la of few daya snd full of
trouhle
Tbe que«lion of bow to tell a ben from a
f>ailel *bould be plared in the Rtandard of
*erferiion There are a lot of wi*e old tK»nl
»ry Judge* who rould write *urh a de*rrip
lion and thi* *bould be added to the rule* on
iudging The di*pute* over ihia matter in
the abuw r«ont ba* rauaed Iota nf ill feelinf.
Tbe amateur I* often more than bard to ron
vinre when a fovi | that rarrie* the outward
line* of a pullei along with tbe pluma«e and
•aid fowl la entered aa a ben Thi* role
•hould be made ao plain that tbe Judge rould
rail It to the attention of the "kirker "
thereby saving Iota of diaarreeable argu
meni*.
Kvery bou*ewife who keef>« ebirken* *hoald
Join a •t'^riaity rlub Hbe ran add greatly to
\w ineoMe by hoaatiag s elub that will ad
verti^e her breed The Rhode laland h*j
and White Lechorn Clab^. along with iZ!
Barred IMymoutb Rork Club, have doa* .
lot to advanre the |»opolarity of tbo^e breeda
Tbe Buff Plymouth Rork breeder* have^I
vertiaed their rlub to a rertain etteat bM
lately that rlub ha* not been %n artive. raa^td
by the breeders not taking the interest.
Tbe HoUtein rattle breeder* are the gre«i
e*t l»oo*ter* of any live atork rlub in kmtt
ira and tho*e wi*e men have kept HoUi^tn
Ifefore ihe publir ao long that the averaM
family believe* that mn*t of their milk rome*
from the big white and blark rattle Xkt
Jer*ey breeder* have also l»een alive to tketr
great row. but not ao artive aa the HoUteie
t>ree>der»
(In the Tariflr Coa*t. the White I^gkora
fowl ha* the rail when it rome* to number*
Thev have l»een the majorit) in every lajiag
ronte*! and a* a re«ult tbe*e fnwU are |»
lieved to be tbe he*t layer*. Thr mediwu
• iied fowl* have ramed a bandirap hera«a#
the> did not get the advertising for tke«r
great lay
Aa*tralia romea forth in the late roat««t
with a Blark drpinrton that laid l l» egy,
Tbi* ben would never have had the rhaar*
to prove her*elf unle** her owner had entered
ber in the rg'^ laying ronie*i. What tk«
breeder* *bould do is to see that the egx
laying ronle«ts are belter balanred and that
their favorites are represented The graat
trouble with Ihe average egg laying ronle*t t*
the fart that there is not enough fowl* of aAy
of tbe medium viied fowl* to (ill the pes*
and a* a re*ult the Red*. Rork* and Wyan
dotte* have all been kept in tbe aaaie
house*, run in tbe same yards and fed tke
same Ilifferent treatment would have ahow*
a better result The Rhode laland Ked i«
more lively than the Rork and the Wrandoit*
will ahow more pep than a l^ngahan The**
fowla ahould )>e entered in au< h number*
that they ran have a yard to themaelve*. Ik*
aame a* tbe White l.«egborn*. and we would
find many three hundred egg hen* in the«e
yard*
Advertiaing one'* produrts i* the way to
yet tbe big result* It would not pay every
breeder to adverti*e in every |>oultry paper
but they rould all get together in a general
sdverti*ement wbirb would r^rry the nam*
and address of earh individual breeder For in
stanre the Buff I'lymouth Rork breeder*
' rould all join with a general advertisement
I fi^inff a desrription of their hree<l. setting
f< rth their riaims. Thi* advertiaement rould
be made into a i>age or half page adverti*e
meni and run In the twenty seven |>oultrr
i l«a|>er* that are now being pob|i*h^ If
two hundred breeder* would go into this kind
of a arbeme. they rould u*e every (>oultry
paper in Amerira and do it at a very little
ro*t to earh breeder. They then rould lake
general ad%erti*ing in their own favorite p-xtl
try paper Tbi* would not only build ap
the breed that wa^ advertised but would
build up the s|>erialty rlub that fathered the
movement
The great trouble with the average adver
User I* the fart that they make their adrtr
tl*ement* seaaonable in*tead of all of Ik*
time. If you want to *urreed. you mu*t have
your adver1i*ement* before the people all tbe
time There i* no month but what one raa
•ell •tork if they let |>eople know they have
•tnrk for Kale l>ot* of |»eople get the fever
at all *ea*on* of the ynir They begin te
write about *tork and when they look through
their t>ottltry pa{»era Ibey And onlv a few
breeder* adverii*ing the fowl they want The
re*ult uf thi* i* di*rouraging to the man whe
want* to buy and at the *ame time doe* not
S've variety enough to tbc»*e who are looking
r fowl*
Men a* well a^ women like to •hop around
They like to write to aeveral partiea and <:et
anawer* from many When one geta one of
tbeae letter* or even |>o*tal rards. there i*
a pruapertive buyrr and it ia up to you te
make the sale Do not depend on a < irrular
but be aure to have one When the inquiry
romea. write at onre; aend tbe l>eat pr<nt*d
matter you have along with a well written
letter. Make thia letter peraonal and not a
form letter Thousand* of form letter* are
*ent forth earh day They bring •ome re
*ult» but they do not give that per*onal toork
that often make* a aale
I>o not write aurh letter* in a hurry b«t
give them *ome thought Try and imagtn*
ju*t what that inquirer want* and when y««
do that you are more than apt to put that
|ier*onal tourh in your letter that will bnag
an anawer.
Tbe writer of the letter ahould alan pot a
fH>rsonal apfiesl in hia letter Write and tall
the advertiaer juat what you want and what
you will be sble to pay for Ihe fowl you want
Thia rivea the advertiaer a rhanre to anawer
your letter with *omething definite.
10 HENS EQUAL ONE COW
(Continued from page fi39)
^^pgl f 1 .SO to feed a heaw laying ben one
-y^r We are willing to feed theae hen*
Lore and belter feed and rharge Ibem $2 Oo
Mf bead or $><> **<* a* the feed bill for the
jm*, whirh would leave $474.61 You ran
^^n'ft for *hipping bote*. rorre«pondenre.
^t., another ♦!•»<• on. if you wish, and you
vtil' •till ^ *'!* *** ^^* family row spoken of
If. for the aake of argument, the dairyman
vanta to use a better grade of row fur his
r«mi^ri*on *o that he ran sell some of those
fjO«i and I400 ralvea. then we would raiae
l^f grade of the rhirken* runipared and tell
g| Pefgy and her four daughter* that wert>
valaed at •lO.ooo.
So it goes. There are any number of t»oul
try breeder* who ha«e to return money be
rasse they rannot fill ordrra for egg* at
fS.OO earh. Tbe (rovernment ben and ttov-
yniment row should protlure more They ar«*
feedinf too many drone* or alar lM>ard«-r«
that inrreaae their feed bills and rut down
Ike average of produrtion. This applies both
to the row and the h*n.
Now let u* go a step farther and t<'lt you
of aa experiment rarned on about thre<«
j«ara ago We all know that lal>or la the biic
farter on the farm today When either the
dairy v |>oultry farm get* at>ove the one
laan power, labor ruta a big Hgure in the *ur
ree* of that farm. .V few year* ago W. H
J«mkiB*. of I>elaware (V>unty. N Y . rarned
•• quite an eihau*tive inve«tigation on ° ° 1^
bur Comparuon of Hairy and Poultry." and
the following flgurea are taken from hia re-
port He writes:
"Having had ev|>erienre in dairy farming
with a herd of thirty row* and keeping a
gaek of l.(HM) ben* I am able to figure quit*
arrurately the labor inronte from ra< b und>*r
••••1 ronditions. namely a herd of row* wiib
aa averafe rapanty of A.ooo |»ounds of milk
••4 a flork of hens with an average rapanty
•f eight doien egg* earh.
"I will assume that one man ran do tht<
daily work in raring for 1 -S rows, for another
■an and myself did nearly all the work for
a herd of 30 rows, axrept sometime* extra
kelp wa* had for haying. .After Ilerember
trat, with rrop* harvested and tbe fall plow
lag done, the work of feeding, milking, draw
iOff milk, drawing and spreading manure daily.
keddiac rattle, rlfwning uten*iU nnd other
•aadry )obs. reouired al>out 12 hour* per
day. or A hour* for esrh of us. Tbe remain
isg eight months of the yeor. we worked,
•arb of us. more than lo hours |>er day It
fellows that to rharge 1.*) row* with 10
beura iiee day for eight months, and aix
hour* for four montha. la a minimum baaia
to tgare on.
"la round numbera. 15 rows required
I.ISO kours of work, or 312 days of 10 hour^
•ark."
Mr. Jenkins »ay«, in making hi* labor re
port oB l.ooo ben*, that he bad •urh ron
venieorea aa running water in earh of the
three aertion^ of the building, •o that all he
had to do was to turn the fauret* Helf
feeding dry ma*b hop|MW* were Ailed by
chataa that ronnert them with the storage or
■iiiag ro«Nn ; al*o rhute* to earh room to
rarry srralrh grain, •o all he bad to do w%«
ta set hi* pail under them. There are floor*
■ader the perrhea and the plan was to fre
queotly sratter either pla\^er or lime pho*
pkate over tbem to prevent r>dors. In thi*
way the house was kept sanitary by rieaning
•at oftener than onre a month The manure
alt goe* down through trapdn«ir« into a wagtin
••< uodernealh He said;
"I will venture that the ron^enienre* in
»y hennery are no more arrordingly than in
the modern, up to date barn Tbe daily work
I do in my hennery, namely, the routine of
'hares that rorre*|K>nd to the dairy rhorea.
er to make it plainer, those I do on Kunday.
wken I do only what \* nerea^ary to have the
kea^ well fed. I itemiie aa follow*:
"!■ the morning. Btatter arratrh feed and
■•'•Hng; at noon in winter, feeding green
'eed : at night, feeding *rralrh feed and
gathering egg*; not over one hour. Cleaning
htuldings onre a month and *preadii\£ the
maaare on land, two men al>out ten hour*, or
140 hour* for the year. Tbi* allowanre ia
**A<'>»nt for applying and phoaphate to the
dropping board*, frequently vrrubbing out
• aler rontainer*. and d<>ing all that i* nere*
■ary for •anitation
"Mite« are kept rompletely out of the
baildiaf* by •praying onre a year For re
pairiag egg ra*es. parking and •binping egg*.
•hlch are drawn to the >tation by a team
that i»a«ae« the iilare earh day. an average
•f one half hour per day for the year, or 1h3
houra.
"^•'^ three mtintb* in the apring the care
m Ihe iarubator and chirkena with the con
*••*•»«••« I have *urh a* running water all
•■'•Mh the rolony hou*e» and fanlitie* for
Bulag and handling feed, dve hour* per day
wc^
The Feed that
Makes Hens Lay
Keeps Hens Laying
If properly nouriahed. hens don't need to stop laying.
EGATINt ao completely nouriahes laying hena that thtry
keep producing when most other hens have stopped. This
is the time when fresh eggs bring the highest prices and the
extra eggs produced make big profits.
But, don't take our word for this, you can prove it for youn«clf
by feeding EGATINK lo your own hens.
If your dealer doesn't have EGATINK. ask us for sample, feed-
ing directions and price, stating number of hens you are feeding.
TIOGA MILL & ELEVATOR CO.
Bos C. Wavarly, Naw York
TI-O-GA FEED SERVICE
United Exhibition Coops
You
Direct
The orWrinal EWetrie Wahlad eonetruetkm. The stronceat
aad OMOt durahle coopa built. CoOapoibia. and can bo
up oe taken down ioetaatly. Modoki in appoaranre and
the boat foe aorviea. Mora Unitml " eoope aold than all
ochara. We makeeoopa for Carioa. Bantaaa. diicketva.
Turkaya. Rahhita. etc. Sand for catafc« and pricea.
Lnitrd Steel jndWire Lo
INDEPENDENTS BEEF SCRAP
''Greai Stuff!!'' Samples on Request
INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURING CO.
Wliaal Shaaf Lana and AramiDfo Ava.
Pkiladalpkia. Pa.
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DAVEY'S WHITE ROCKS
Seaaattaaal Wla al aAMSail SfOAM CAIKM. JANVAIT. 1»M
The graateat ef all prtiea at lh« Imperla) Khow of Ihe Woftd. I2V> Cup an<l IIM Caab for Ilea
Tmt In Um Bniire Sbow, alt wwum nMnpeUng. lb* Mgneat honor In ibo taMiiirr vorM IMaalar* and
ALL r^aaipiona In Rueka la«l two abovra aiwOal Hal* of mmnt uf aur S^m Tort tKlnnae* ttum
goliig un.
WNITI PLYIIOUTN ROCKS SILVES AND WMITf WVANDOTTES SINSLI COHS a. I. aiOt
Kegs one half pno* reatalndar of ••a«m
F. H. DAVEY
Rovtc 4
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y.
Columbian Wy^andottes
BUhth OonsacaHes BhewlBf at "Ths Oardsa"
first. Second, Third Oock First. Secoad, Third OacksrsI
first. Second, Third Hea first, Secoad, Third Pallet
first Old P«a rirst Tomac Pea
Bsst OolttBthUa Wyandotte Ipsdsl sad sU Ihaae aad Color- SpasUla — BBIT DISPUIT.
No Egga for 8ala Will oot abow at Uardea ia 1935.
wiuajisow a wiulutsom box o BUumaviLUi. pa.
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MAGIC BROODER
Tbe only brvMWr wlih a gaa «tta»lwe rmr if far Ugk
gr»<w rvnurunttm lame oaal raaacttr; aau-allnkar graie
top aiMl l>i>4b<M dran mgwlatlon . latpvaaad ihar»iiaiaii iti4*
for Hranlr.g wawfc» Sue TIm Uagtm Is paittlfuly «au !■*«■«
flr»-peaor. ga^ proof an4 aeoMwtaM* firwwa t^ittM ai
a poiSi Held aa M aara guaesataai WrMa lUr
raialogwe.
arriu for particular* abmit ear
drrful Invaniion CUUiMS all
United Brooder Company
Aaaota Vaatea
tit Peaal
Aeraaa
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654
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Aurwt. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
655
Lousy^ormi)
Poultrii
is Expensive
BIRDS that mn loo«7 and wormy
cannot Ihriv*. Thrjr ar* not food
toyani and ara not markvtabU. Uaa tba
practical ramadi** whtcb aflactivaly coo-
irol Ihaaa pitiUaa pMta.
CALU-PESTA
I an rlfcctlr* r»m»dr tor "linocklnc lh« Ilc«
6—A.' ttfooa r«« alMolulvlir harmlM* to iba
''"'•"'' GALU-VERMA
win •Ahrtlveir control t)i* <!»«tructhr« Ib-
Ivatioal worm* In your flock. Start yovr
Aorkon aparlncba*'*. Declara war on tha
■wo cr*«t*«t »n»nii*a of pouitrr proAta.
^rttaio dar tot full part icuJara which
will ahow froti how to do tha lob
•tmptr. aafc'r and aronomlcallr*
Frmm dm»crimli99 fntdmr »mnt
0o»tpaiJ. Ad MM*/
AaaMHca* Sctolific l.aharal«>Ua
M Waat Awattn AvattiM
Dapt H 2 Chlcaco.ni.
mtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmmm
Sterling Quality
BABY CHIX
•iBtll OctfoWr at attractlT* yrlcM. Wriia
l»r rataU>ffur
P. r. OLAftDT
mCHLAIfD VIEW POULTIY FAftM
11 ETREU MO.
Tana alitl inat«d.
H|>arUI rirmUr. Cork
arala. trina, pan* bainx
bookrd for Fall dallv
vrjr. Tottnf n • I a a
r^adf.
KIBEKT A. DANIEIS
Bos 100-B
Oraftoa.
LIOHX BRAHMAS
Twanina tlm* a«Ml Cnrk*. T»rl«a tfTaiaa Old IStlMa
and i'-itmw9U Can Mala I'ou ay pan* of raal «u«Uiy
»<r«<l I* lay tuttk al mmf rvAMid
aailtfartiaa caafaniawl tai ail aal^
W. M. MAMKIMt. LlflM
aa« II
SAVE YOUR POULTRY
FROM LICE!
T»a»
aad fclM taaa»aad> a«
Uw LaUtO-tlNI la tbalr dHalJa«
rrtm ti.M. CNorrt
rauLTRY atntov co.. ttaiiaa a. aaa nn.
RaMa* Clt». Ha.
YOUR BEST
BUY
8c
AND UP
WriU for our 48-pace CaU-
lofue and Special Mid-iummer
Pricei or Fall Prices.
We never stop hatching.
TMOtllWOOO POULTtT YARDS
D^t. ■ 91 ORAXDALL. DTD.
'or no da|B or 4&0 bour*. Kor aundrjr lobs
•urh a* Ipc bandinc bre^nl^r* ft«>l«>rted and
diapoaioff of tba old baaa tv^rj %ummrT and
fail thu»e »hl<^ rannot ba aaailjr it«niiK4>d.
entimatad at :>u buura. Fred la daliwrrii by
th« Iaa4 d'-atrr.
' "Tbla makiMk a total of l.2r<!^ hoara or in
round tiumlx-r* I ."j day*' wurk f<<r tbr jtar
to cbarcr tu the labor roat of l.uou hrna."
Itrm<«n«l»«>r thr IS rowa r«>quir»d 3.120
hour* ui moth <r 112 day* of l<i huura ra< h
E«tama from Eacb
Xant w# ar«» < ou, *-rn*>U m au th* nat r>roflta
(f l.'> row N arid l.OUO hrna. Mr. JrokiH*
wrilm .
"Fbr lb«> dairy cow 1 bava aoma dala ob-
tained in makinc anne invrati^ationa for a
ieadinc dairy |>a)>er. I viaited aevaral bun
dr«>d tarn<« in Nr«r York and triad to flcurt*
«ilh tbaoi. a* a<ruratrly aa |>oMibl«>. the
proflia inadr from tbair hrrdt. Witb lou
larmera in >nr wi\e»tig«tion tha avara^c
irobt |»ar COM. thai ia tba diffar«>nra betvrrn
III* r«<reii>ta tor milk and )>urcba»rd fr<Ml
waa laaa iban »'•«» per «ow. I will Uka thia
amount <ur a baaia for tbe rompariaona I
M ill Kiakr.
' \\r ba«e SZSu Uo m tba nat relurna
abo«a rwat of purthaaad faad for a h«ri of
I J fowa Much llama aa inleraat on invaat
ruriii. inauranra. up keep of plant and all
(»trrb*ad ra(««n*ea bat a nut beao taken Into
a(<<>unt on either tba baoa or cuw« aa one
al'uut offftela thr < tber.
Mjr Bgurea »huw that for 31 U daya' work
of l*t huura in doing the work fur IS cowa
tba averaga farmer, under normal rondltiona.
rtHeiiek • labor income of f 7.'>t' «io per ytmr.
Thia ma) not be the total inc • me for th<<
dair>mau. or the net intume from tba poul
trjr plant. The outride work doe* n<>t matter
"Aa 1 am lomparinf the labor incoaia of
ITt cowa and l.uuu hena. I will now try to
flcura the profit of tbe latter I will aaaame
that the a%eraj|;a production per ban la eight
dojrn rg£% rbia nay be better than the
average giveo by (•u\ernment atatiatica an.|
It may ba aa gt>od aa can be bad by tbe «&
penencad broMter. but 1 aUo Agnred a batter
cow than tbe average cow. when an inveaii
gallon made by C*>rnel| Univeraitj cava only
4.&tHi pounda of milk per y-ar.
"If tbe baoa began laying, wben palleta.
in November a minimum average price for
egg* would be .!<• cent*, or |2.4u for tbe year
fur aaicb ban. There la data to pro«a that
the l^gborn ben <an be well fed oaa year for
II '.'■'*. leaving a net iiroflt of $1 IS per ben.
Tbia i* ll.lSu fAr the labor income froiu
l.uou bena for I'.'V daya of lu houra.
"There !• mure to be aaid abotit tha result
of ihia roaipariaon. Tbere are mora difBcal
tiea to ba overcome in OMintaining the health
and vigor of the ben bred for high egg pro
durtion and keeping bar doing buaioeaa fur
the year than with the dairy row Tha hon
la kept under artiflrtal rundition*. and aba
foea out very ea«tly if not rightly handled,
n fact, it ne4^a much atudy and painataking
work to keep down the mortality ao it la
not more than ten per rent of the flock.
More than thIa woold reduce tha iiroflta. I
l.ave flgured Tbe failure to keep tbe flock *
% Igurou* la the cau»e of moat failures m the
{Miultry buainaas.
"The iKfultry buoineaa la a better propoai
tion than tbe dairy buaineaa only fur those
«ho will hold tbemaelve* cloae to the pro
gram that baa been worked out by agrf-ul
tural collegea and etperiment atatiun* The
poultry buaineaa la aafer wben combined with
•tairy. fruit, track and aome other kind of
farming "
That laat aentenca Jiiat about tella tha
truth We have ahown that ten bena will
equal one row. or l.OOu haaa will equal IS
cowa in earning capacity, and with le«a labur.
Of rourae they must ba taken care of. ao
niuat tbe cow The man who lan't going to
attend to any buaineaa will not make a auc
raas of It.
Dairying and poultry keeping, plua aoma
fruit and garden truck make an ideal combi-
nation, a profltable income and a home that
one ran enjuy and live on the beat to be had
h. one Kngliah called Jubilee Indiaa.
ir own .\merican atrain that undoakt
aaaaaaaaaaa
CORNISH AND OTHER
GAME FOWLS
(Conttnaad from page 037)
No one in thia eovntry of oura ran ae«.
think or wnta of tha White l^iced Kad Corniah
Without thinking of that i^nial aoal "Wid"
t'ard I have been «fltb hia under the nio«t
trying cirrumatancea. when hia body waa
racked with i>ain and be would look up and
amiie and aay. "It might be worae " I'er
mil me to aay in hia memory :
<*oody bye neighbor, brother, friend:
We ahall meet again.
If it were not for a belief in • her<«fter.
life would not be worth the struggle
There are two urigioaU or airaina of Lared
C'orniah
and our own .\meriran atrain that undovhT
edl) ori^ii.a:«Ml with <'ar<l othcra may kava
helped or may have done aome work aloag
the aame line but to our good friend goa*
not only the credit of origin but of a beaa-
tiful flniahc-d product, wb^h are ao Iteauii
fully ilioatrat^ in our Standard
Tbere ran not be any doubt but that tkt
tyiH* of tha Comiah haa <-ome tn it from ike
A»eel; one of Ihe %ery earliewt known fow|«
Uecorda of ihia fowl are i>ai<l to r\tn i,.ttf
before our preaent day recurda. many jean
U. C. some aay aisteen hundred yeara x«
matter, the AaeeU. aa we now have them a'ii4
a* they bate them m India, are of «ar>oa«
• olora. Tboae that I have keen were |p
puimage color a nmture of gray cob-r. oq»
pair while and one male in color not aniika
the Red Malay They are not a f<>wi of Urg*
aite. net over aix (Ktundt for the larre«i
malea. They are a low aet heavy bodied
fowl, rather ahort on leg with h<-ad (ormatioa
that gives a aatage app^'Arance
I wiab that it might be poaaible tn abow ik«
original picture ma<ie ycara air« by IIam*on
Wier. of Fngland. of tha (ireat Malay, u
then called In thia picture, the fowl i«
abown atanding on a atone of larce aiie. Thf
fowl haa the appearance of being more tbaa
Sve feet tall I^rge and strong, atandittg oa
an enormou* pair of legs, a* ahown in the
painting, the iargeat ahanka that I have aeaw
on a fuwi. Hut few Malaya or Aaeela ara
ever abown in this country. There la rea^y
no need of tbem an long a* the C'orniak 111
the need of aucb a fowl The Malay la fullv
dearribed In our Htandard.
Tbe aecretary of tha C •rniah Club. Mr
Hohrer. write* that it la not be»t to aacrill^a
KUperior ty|>e and vigor for color, most cer
tainly not at the aame time. It la quite p- •
aible to have all of theaa including color ai>4
j commercial qualitiea in tha aame fowl. Wb*a
thi* ha* been acromplithed. y<>u have thr bet
ter fowl
The Modern (iame Fowla. aa railed, art
described in eight varietiea. the aame for
Oame Hantama No recognition la given to
what are now called tbe Uld Kngliah liarae*
These are bred in the regular I'lt Oame *:ie
and in Hantama. Tboae of ua who can re
member the daya when ^paulding. HarI.er
Twill* and Tierce contendeti for honors wiik
the Modem (iame Fowls, can b»ok back ob
fuwia worth while Then rame Cornman a 4
tireenman and othera that I can not recall
Thia iyj[>e of fowl ia almoat a Ibtng of iha
paat. They are most diifirult to breed or l«
grow and they find bat little favor among tha
people. Personally. I am of the opinion that
a big miataka was made in having ao murh
length of leg The aame is on the way for
(iame Hantama No fowl ran hold public
favor or attention for any gr«wit length of
time, whenever it goes beyond what »eem» to
be natural pro|»ortlona
We And tha following in the Feathered
World. Kngland. I do not quote tha worda
of the several writers but tell what they aay
in my own way. Tha Jubilee Indian (iame
over there ia tba same as our Ked I^< rj
('orni*h In proof of this, one axpert writes
that he agree* with Mr. Clark that the plu
mage of the male Jabilae la too light in color.
that ha looka at tha illuatrations in the
.\merican Htandard where he sees a mo«t
handaome picture of a Jubilee cork laed
ihroQghout I^ced breaats. ha writea. ahould
be encouraged. There were 17 Jubilees si
Ihe Cryatal I'alaca Show. One evhibiior
wrttea that all ahowa ahould have aeparsle
rla*»ea for Jubilee Indian Gamaa.
There were 27 entries of Malays at tha
Cryatal Palace Show. Kngland; one cock
biH ao fine aa |o attract apecial attention I
am informed that fanciera call him the beat
of hia kind in the world He was ron*idere<i
the beat of all tn the Game rlaaaea. A frienj
writes that the fowl wrould have been a roa
tender for the best male in tha New York
Show if he had been ahown there
Mr Finaterbuach. editor of ram|>o. Avirola
.Santiago. Chile, writes that tha Aaeel is tha
oldeat recogniied breed known in domastica
tion and that its origin must have been a
fowl described by Temmick as Gallua (li
gantns. He atatea that tha Aaeel ia a concen
trated Malayoid. tha real ancestors being
aomewhat like the original Malay or Kulbtw
fo<vl. \rry acarre t'» llnd at this time The
oame man write* that breeders will remember
the Aaeel aa being a plump, thick ahanked.
heavy fowl If they bad been permitted to
grow aa nature intended on concentrated.
■ ucrulent food the reault woald have been a
fowl like the Indian or €orni*h Game. Thii
*ame writer grades the Oriental fowls aa ta
natural aiia aa followa : Malay. Ceylon. Aaeel
and Sbamo-Jap.
While attending a meeting about twaaty
year* ag<'. I made a)»out the aame atatement*
aa to the origin of fowl* claiming the orig:nal
f r our Aaiatic fowla hear old Henry Halea
waa very much exerciaed over what I sali.
He eoold not permit any one to differ with |
lae tfeBeral belief that the Hankiva waa the I
He origin*' 1' •»' could come back to earth j
t^ «. nder what he would think of recent di» I
f«vari*« •• mentioned in the fore part of
JTis article I am now of the belief that
fawla of aome kinda and pigeons, aa well.
.(ire made uae of by man in many ways
mora thouaand* of years ago than we ran
ILsreive of. I liatened to a lecture on the
lYYOty eighth day of January. la*t A ari
entiat who talke»l. placed the exiatencc of man
-t more than a billu.n year* I a»kcd hrn
h0m he knew thia and hia reply wa* that
it was oo» of the ro^ulta of reaearrh work
He then aaked me how long it took to work
Ml the great canyon* and I. like he. mu-t
iwfer to the reault* of rr»earch w<>rk
lOL PHIUPS EETXnLNS
Prof. A. *♦ I'bilipa. head of the poultry
department >'f Purdue Iniver^ity. who haa
•pant two montha in Kurope after attending
tba World' a poultry Congreaa at Har. elona.
gMin. raturneil to I^fayetta and reaumed
III, dutiea at tho univer*ity The iM>ultry
meeting wa« held May M to Ifl and Prof
Pkilipa. with aeverai other American educa
1^^ then apent the next five weeka atudy
ima vonXtry and general agricultural condi
liooa in Spain. France. Holland and Kngland
•The chancea of America's exporting p««iil
try product* to F-uroj»e is beroming leaa each
jfU^." said Prof Philips. "Thia is be<*au«e
Raaata and Hungary are getting back «»n their
laet and their poultry products are coming
anio the Hriti*h market*. The general qual
ity of their product* i* higher than th<'«o
oraduced in this country, because of the
cloae grading pra. licrd there under govern
meat au|>erviaion France. Helgium and Hoi
land al»o are exporting high quality egg* and
paallry to Kngland.
Prof Philips aaid that England waa very
modern in poultry production except in incu
batiOB and brooding but aucceeded with theno
t«o phasfw of the business becauae of at>
abandanre of labor. Nearly every county in
Ragland haa a trained poultry inaiructor
0)«lig with a county agent, all employed by
tha Miniatry of Agriculture. Prof philipa
vtaited one farm which carrie* 40 ouo hen«
aad which ia paying ita owner well. Vgit
layiag conteata are much more nuroerou*
ikere than in this country, he said, and the
British are following a definite ayatem of
hraeding for higher egg production the aame
aa in America. The production Leghorn*
ara like tho«e in thia country, he aaid. and
woald average three and one half to fi>>ir
pawads each Leghorna. Wyandotte* an I
.Haaaex. the latter rorreaponding to our PIv
month *Ro.k*. are the principal breed* in
Rogland. he said.
All Eur»>pe conserves ita natural reaour- .•%
wasidarfully but waate* labor in the same d.-
gree. aaid Prof Philipa "In France. Spam
aad England and to a certain exlotit in Ho',
land, the women do a great daal of what w .•
rottsidar men's work They still plow in
Hpain with the crooked sticks, and that coun
try ia juat about 100 years behind the time^.
Thar atiH uae in much of Europe the tandem
hitca. sometimea as many as aii in a row.
aa4 tapering down from a horse, to a pony
sad even burri. in the lead. In breaking
ground, one man handles tba J»l«'**' •"'• »V
other lead* Ihe bor*e or proceaaion of animal*
he may have bitched P. the plow Hnllo-k*
ara uaed quite generally in .^ipain an«l
France"
When Pntf Phihp* auggeated that th.y
■light get along with much less labor, the
Kngli*hman to whom he (puke replied. "You
Americana d«»n't know how to live Yon
work all tha time, do too much work
In Holland, the experimental \« ork wi:h
ducks and geeae waa an interesting point fur
Prof. Philips and other American poultry
laaa with him They viaited two tracts,
aach with loo. 000 du'k* or gee*e at Land*
mear and Volendam In each uf the*e com-
■anitiea. there are I'Ki pe«ipla who own
1.000 ducka each, all bred f<>r egg produ
tk«. The ducks are tniiJ>nrsted aa Amen
cana handle chickens. While he was on one
•I theae farmv, a large shipment of Imby
darks from a liatchery arrived by airplane.
"Holland »eemed t<> be a land of milk cowa
and bulbs." aaid Prof. Philips.
Ia England. Prof, philips visited a poultry
plant which fattens and »ella SOU oon quail a
y*ar, moat of which ara captured by Araba
aad shtpjieil to Kngland. Tha same plant alao
fattaoa .'.Mi.ooo aquabs each year. mo»t of
thaaa coming from France, Italy and Hel-
f^nai. He alao viaited the famou* Su**ex
Caaaty Poultry Fattening aection, where
chickens are fattened for market by the uae
a' a era — ming machine In Franca a funnel
ia uaed wb«n poultry la being forred for
Market
DI I TC UCNI MAMMOTH
DLiUCj ilHill INCUBATORS
give you MORE CHICKS per
square foot of floor space
Mora EGGS
per sqojurc foot
ber«u*e they are planned to
ecunomiif >our fli>or apace.
wtthoiil undue height
MORE CHICKS t<n-s-iM*. s< Manuel ttrumm w«ll says.
"Sltie Naat kalch avM^y hstvhakia aaa." Planne>l HcM.
Mi ji- llf<<.* fcilir tlif tlirre (rvat |>ru6lem« i.f inc«ii«Uoi>
trnua^rsiure rt>iitr<>i. moitinr s^I »r«iliist'"» ll>illl right.
ttn-ir t>ra<-iic«l. tl«t>t }.iiiiir»l c«>«ttininlnn means Mxturtng
•errli-r
^M>y ytMi let M<>K»: (IIU'K.h sod H^rTTKK rilK'KH I* ahewn hv the Blue lleti
II -'h . Ks«-t*. free on requaat Write lor your «»$«> Tti|>AT
LANCASTER MFG. CO., '="»Sff"'» 879 E. Janet Ave., Lancaster, Pa.
Jersey Black Giants — World's Leading Strains
T>teae Marry Psrma niania are the big
m.4>er mskera Onrta.iterlnfl tite vslua ••!
Uie many rgga and a<ipen<»r meat poi-
(liicrtl. Ie»a «>•! of p"*''"^'oo. iIkt out-
•l!*lar>rw other hTT*«i1» li«ht or hearr ^7
a «i<:e n.a'gtn J>tal teat •l-em !>■( rr-
aolU prvva their value
Our Hf<la Won ne*t !>l*plsv. Mali^m
)*.|usr« liar<V«i. l'».M. •?;. '31 so.l 'ti.
aj>d huld uirirlsl rag arxi walxtil n'o>rd*
Specially Br«0d0r*. ExMbito'^ a
MARCY FARMS Bo«
R4>s<tr fir mdimiert RthlNllon
sn<l ulllltj Itrrediiig *t.M-|i. 10 tti 14 weeks
|MilieU sod rt>rkrr«l* AIh> yuung grow.
Ins ratio '«. whMi wil! make Itie finest
lst>le ibtrli \)\ .America. All nr<le*«. lary*
at «mall. given moat cwrvful atietitum
Writ* fur i-aiat<ic>i' with i^it* •' lypKWl
winning Plnla TrII u* r(acil> whsi v>>u
waul anil we wilt promt't'y •i>i>>(i' i>i'rra
ltd Export0T*—Ctan9t Exctu»iv»ty
E FREEHOLD. N. J
Bj^•tlr^ ROCKS
Aliio a few Choice Males
L. W. BAILET
A « hoi... |o| of Hrerding and Kxhihilion Females lu
be di»po*ed of at $.J • •». •'» oo and 17 &0 each, worth
four tiniea theae prura. but must ba sold NOW.
Hotb Light and Dark.
B. r. D. No. 2 FDEW. NEW YORK
LIGHT BRAHMAS— They're Coming Back
My Circular Ttffia ¥fhy
Won more firsts at last Chicago Coliseum Show than any other ex-
hibitor. Eprga and Chicks.
OSCAR GROW. 1533 Waterloo St., CEDAR FALLS. IOWA
Protect Your Baby ChicLt
with a LEOLA BROODER HOUSE
The Leola Hr<H>drr Ifouae ia circular in
*hape. eliminating dark cornera where chPka
crowd t«»gether and lilter gccumulatea Three
large glaied wind w< and a door for^l^h
plenty of >iinlig'>l and «enlilalion MsV '•
a healthy home for yur chick*
''I<e«ila'' I* btult in •eriional form a' ••
».t- easily mo«e| from place to place Aa*em
bled by iwo men in half an hour Fine*t
nisli-rial* ' re ti»ed ihr«»'ighoul Owner* aay
thsi »fr> |. .ul'rn raiier »huuld baae a
l^ola Huy noH and be ready wlffi
. .ilder weather c#mr*
\\r-'r today f r i|r«.r pii»e b«.«kl»-t and
1 rii • '
H. M. STAUFFER 4 SON. B«i J. LEOLA. PA.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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you free pample.
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B«s 1002 Ht^rtUrd. Cmii.
I will m*9* jroti at Toronto
• • •
l>o ao« aiiaa lb* trip to Canada aa thf
rvMt of John Martin. H* proaiia«a a bip
tifliv ia th* aHrupolia of Ontario.
• • •
Politic* wrr* real warm in Naw York ia
Jan*. Tka show ran into Jnljr It'a aaid
that it waa tb* larc**t *ikibitioo *Tar tatk
<>ra4 ia Madiaon Hqaar* Uard*n and if
"Ume" Orr ronld prt that kind of rrowda for
hia hic Ahow iht>a h* could olf«>r tb* lar^Mt
prrmiun* trrr
• • •
Tha tariff qoMtioa will b« to tb« for* ihii
yoor. It ia ap to er^rr fKialirjaan to •*•
that *ffr« »in tlay on tii* datjr |i«i and try
and g*t proonarc of roor* duty.
• • •
W* ran not coaap*!* with Cbia*a* and
oth*r Ori*ntal *cg«. Oiv* afrtraltar* a pro
t*rtion on all tbiapa that will n**d th*m and
a low*r duty on tb* thine* that are aanu
factar*d that tb* farmvr moat boTr
• • •
Pnrcei (.olitica thia Pall and look to tba
beat intrrnt of yo«r pock*tbook. aboald b«
th* aloffan of *T*ry »an and woman
• • •
W* n**d a bicber duty on ecpa arain.t
the eff« of ih* (»rient and a trad* acreenent
»MMween the rnit*d Htai*a and Canada *h*r'
toy pooltry orodarta can rooi* into both coun
inea fr** of daty. That woold h* an id*al ar
ranc*ai*nt. W* bar* abttl out th* Jap and
niher OrientaU. now abut out tb* *««• and we
naie made a onciity ffo<>d lav
• • • ■
„ ?T^**' *" "•• '**•* ""^ Biooth dia*aa* in
( alifornia. tb* atat* fair will not be held in
>\a»binffton tbia aeaaon The 8outhw*at
^aahinvton Pair, at Centralia Cbehaha ha*
aUo been called off (k»«ernor Louia P Hart
aa,a that he will not .How a |it*»io<-k ahow
la lb* atat* tbia Pall.
• • •
Tb*re will be • Ug |K>uliry ahow and all th*
oh*r product, w.il b* on **hib,ti«n bu bl
• • •
thai 1^'* .'' "•'■«?«»• »h"» ««•• «ak*.
al*r on If you can not cet cabbac*. kai*
lni"7. "' '""* «"•*»'»•••»«» «•»«• -If-lfa Ieav*a
and bloaaoma and at*am tbeai orer nifbt
M! •..' *"•" •'"' • •»'*• »»»'«««« "r lake an
old oil «n and All .t full of hole. Tak^
th* ran and All ii w.ib ,|f,|f. .„d ,„ „ ,„
another **..el •.th water I^t ,be water
bo and .team the alfalfa. When it bll
nTrif^. '»."»'*» »*»»^ allowine the fo«|. to
pick it out of the water Tbi. make. . go,>4
f**d and one that will partially lake th*
plaro of other «reen food
• • •
The Pattern and Middle \V*atern Htalea r*
•ay that on tb* Coaal Our .ea.on ha. been
It a J!ll«?." *'"'*^ **' '*" '•^'» »' ^•"» •"«*
aa a roault our carden. that are not water*d
ar. dryin, up .„d ,he creen .tuff ,. more
than .carce.
.hi!!.*"ir* *• ?•*! *•'•"!' •' •••••' •»" •«"«
•hin* baa c*rUinly a»ad* tbiaca crow Tb*
condition, have been fln* for turkera a. ihev
i*.^ "^ '^*'"'' ^'►•ther to bother them
and they are cro« in» like the weed, where
there la plenty of mol.ture put on tb* cround
.1. V *■'''" *«^'*»»»' oa» ahould *nrouraffe
the bena to alay out of ibe bou>e. The onlv
V[i **' ^^a"' *■*• •»»ottt ia to hare plenty of
.had* outdoora^ If y,.u hare crow.nc vine.
water them well and the bena will go under
the.* vinea and du.l tbem.eUea in tb* moiat
cart n.
Wh*r* b*na ar* uiibout ahad* tb*y will
collort IB lb* arratcb ah*d and h*re i. where
the •f«^»««*»-« b*tin lb*ir work P.rery ne.t
.hould b* in the dark and then th* trouble i.
not ao liaM* to atart Rraftkinc on* «cr and
the bMia eatinp it atarU lb* trouble Wlier*
you And that trouble. g*t a lot of infertil*
»«0 and rire them tboir til— that ia Mm»
1*11 or»r from incubation.
• • •
Hon Jobo Martin. Miniater of Arricultur*
for lb* Prorioce of Ontario. Canada, ha. rone
to Kurop* to Btudy aprirallur* in tb* Hriliab
l*l*a John la eipoct«d to b* back in To
ronto in lime to welcome the Am*riran Poul-
try Aaaorlation tb* a*rond w*«4 in Auffuat
>** would not f*el at bom* in Canada unl*aa
( John waa on lb* job. H* baa attended »«•*.
American Poultn .\..ociation ronrentioa tZ
.rear, and b* mould not f**I richt if b* mZ
not in Canada to act aa boat wh*o be iariu2
the organiaatioa to m*el in bia bom* provia*^
A man aaid the other day that th* w«rU
wa. coming to an end The writer a.k*d kba
bow aoon. He .aid a* aoon aa K*w York g^
another national conrention Another ttvtmA
of mm* aaid. "That beinc lb* raa*. | vim^
hop* to b« on *artb wb*n it bapp*n»."
a • •
The Pnyallap P.cf I^yinc Cnte.i u ,,^
inff In* tbia y*ar and it looka lika --jT
mipbty bic r*corda ar* rung to be broknT
Tbia ia a plant that ahould b* ri.ited b«
*r*rir poultryman who riaita tb* 8ut* w
Ua.hinffton. Tb* atation ia nnd*r the charZI
of Profeaaor Linklaler. wbil* tb* poallrr b
under th* dir*ct chart* of Mr and Mr*
^i*^^rg* W Hboup I doubt whether ther* m
a married couple in th* whole of Am*ric«
who ar* aa Iborouck |M>oltrymen a. Mr. aad
Mra. Mhoap. I bad occaaion a f*w daya «(«
to lake a<Nn* younc Whit* I.«|^orna or*r fay
on* of my Irm'a rualomer*. Theae chirkt
were not doing well and I thouchi that the
alation migbt gire u. aomathinc that would
h*lp the flock W* found Mr Hboup on a ra
cotion bat Mra Hhoup waa at home It t^ak
bar jnat aboot two minut*a to diagnoae the
trouble and writ* a pr*acription for the flock
8b* waa ao thorough with h*r eiaminalMMi
that w* did not need any proof of what ab«
aaid but boing of a Mi..ouri turn of mind .be
took na to on* of the *«p*rim*nt houa*« and
th*r* abow*d a flock of yoanpalera .ufferiag
with tb* aam* trouble.
• • •
Tb* Mlat* of Waahington haa r*c*nlly b«i*t
two fln* poultry hou.e. and the cour.ea «a
poultry ar* well patronited by the peopi*
Mra 8hoap baa taught a lot of oeople how ta
banil* tioultry and Puyallup Valley alr>nx
with tb* people of the whole Htat* of Wa.k
ington. ow*« the Hhoup. a lot for the great
aucc*.a lb*y hare brought to poultrymea
• • •
Well T*nlilated hou.e* are abaolutely naeea
■ary during tb* warm montha that ar* now
with UB llouaea well rontilated doe. not
mean drafty hou.e* hut a houae .o built that
there ia no direri draft on the youngster*
It would b* far b*tter that the growing .i<>ck
be in o|»*n abod* for the .ummer rooatinj
than to b* in bou**.^ full of crack, that ar*
liabi* to dir*ct a draft to th* ere that brtngt
on that .amm*r cold, that turn, into roup
aa the colder wealhrr com*« on (tir* tb*ai
pl*nty of air but no direct drafta.
• • •
Auguat la a good month to breed Hantair.
The** little beautiea want to be .mall and th*
*ay to k**p them amall i. mature th*m in a
abort time but .till keep lot. of ricor Ifatch
Ing in Aagu.t gire* them only a .b<irt tim* in
which to mature before the cold weather
come* on and they naturally do not reach the
ait* that an *arly hatch would mature them
• • •
Krery ponltryman who think. Ihtt tb*
poultry induatry need, a booat ahould be on
nand in Chicago, .\utu.t 9. to tell the gather
ing what ahould be done to help the in'lu.tr.i
Profe.kor I^wi. ha* railed a meeting for
Auguat 9 Tb* writer hopea to attend thi»
gathering and I would ad^i.e every one wb >
ran to be on hand
• • •
J. C. Taylor formerly with the Connecticut
Piperiment Hiation. ha* joined the Pennayl
rania State College .taff in the poultry »*<
lion Mr. Taylor did good work in the old
"Nutmeg" HUte and .hould b* ■ great heir
among the poultrymen m the old ' K*y.tun*'
commonwealth
• ' • • •
The re|>ort. on cold .torag* are rery ea
couragtng for good price, for eggs tbi* wia
t*r The r*port June 1 abow. 6.044.000
caa*a a* againat T.MOo.oori caaea on Jun* 1.
19'J3 Cold alorage turkey ha. not moved a»
fa.t a. *g« and there i. now a larger holdiax
than th* flr* year average
• • •
A Illack Ori'ington hen baa hung up a ror-
ord of 339 J2S* >»» "««* daya in Australia
Thi* ia foing .om* for a general puri>oae fowl
and only .bow* that any hen "bred to lay"'
and "fed to lay" will produr* lot* of »gr«
r*gardl*a* of breed or variety
• • •
ll certoinly makea on* tirod for lbo*e Call
fomia br**d*r* to mak* tb* claim that th* ao-
rall*d "Turkin" i* a croaa between a turil*y
and a rbickan. Th*re i* no au.h animal aad
could not b* that kind of croa* Th* writer
ha* brod turkey* along with hen* for nearly
forty y*ara and n*r*r had on* raa* of aarh
croaa. Tb* "Nak*d .\*ck" rbick*n baa th*
••■• bar* n*<k aa a turk*y but tb*y har*
bo*n brad for y*ara and not on* of them *r*f
rama from a tnrkay Tb* fool kill*r ahoold
n*ad for California and g*t that turk*y pro*
raricalor at one*.
. lira aloe* and if it i* not off th* fair
*fj| ^ b*i^ without live *tock. That i*
JL|glbla thing to do. Th* i>*opI* of th*
t .k.^t mnat hare their fall fair and orrn
^"(^^,1 liv* atock th* big eipo.ition will givi»
^ l^mer and the poultryman. along with
v^ |«dM«' art and n**dlr work a chance to
V^^ Ibair b**t. The amu.ement feature.
trtn ba larp*T •'»<1 better than erer The
^tL ,^r- the Aral week in Heplember. If
r* ,raat a premium li*i. be sur* and write
H Palmer. H*er*tary. P.lma. Wa*b.. and
b* will gladly •'"«* y**^ <*"',
Proaidfot A H Noller. of the Puget Sound
H^^y iBland fUsl Club, through the Tacoma
Pavltry ABaocialion. haa inrited the r>i.trict
|l«4 Olah to m**t at Tacoma the flrat w**k in
p44jmbfr The Tacoma Poultry 8ho« prom-
^,0l t« b* one of the beat ever held They
bar* raotad a a.ed car building that i. Afly
If^ wt4* by two hundred and .iity feet |on,{
J%h bailding haa ligbla on all four aidea with
ak7lipkta in tb* top. It ha* ov*r S.ooo
raadla pow*r light* for night gath*rtng«.
Tb* ahow will bo giren in Houth Tacoma.
^11^ ^ Ta<'oma'* moat jtopulated •ubiirba.
^|0 auction of Tacoma i* where the real
bcawa of tb* city lire* Th* man who work*
vttll hia banda and own* hi* own horn*
J%tn ar* orer Afly thou*and |>*ople within
g f^diaa of two mil**. The building wher*
the bi« *how will b* .taged i. on a highway
«k*re l*o thou. and automobile* pa*.*, each
4ay.
* • • •
Bay L«ftwick. ft*rretary of the Tacoma
ito*. report* that h* will hare the Aneat
pffvmium li*t in the biatorr of Tacoma poul
try ahow* and the premium* will be the be.t
gitraa on the PaciAc Coa.t in the rear of
l9S4t5.
• • •
Ba aar* and b* in the Part* V N**<l
I>*cember I to 7. 1924 Ted"
rill judge th* iKtultrr and tell > uii
•boat lb* big show in K\eryl>od>«
• • •
On* of tb* Iroubl** of the ^»oiiltry yard at
tbi* aeaaon of the year i* *elling hen.. It i.
than hard to break the.e hen. of the
•a(h*rljr ferer if one allow, them to go too
I hare found where one watrhe* the
ea<'h night and «hen Anding a .etter
rea her at once to another yard that
thaa* b*BB anon go back to layin* I do not
kattar* in that .latl*d coop dungeon that
saaM «•* for breaking the .etter It i. cru»l
t* lake a hen and put her on a .tailed hot
lam coop and mak* her .tram erery nerre in
bar mak* up to k*ep her balance on .ome
*lat. By act'Og in time one get. the hen
bark to th* lay without hurting them. If
y*a allow a h*n to .*t for two or three day*
ta a we*b, then they will And that by re
aMviag ban. from on* yard to another ihev
will go on any ne.t they And in the new
foarter* Try changing them and do not be
rf«*l by making pri.oner. of them in a hear*
l«at way
• • •
I read with intere*t our new editorial page
ky my friend. Charle* !> Cleveland I have
kaowa thi* gentleman for twelve year* and
known of him fi>r many more year*. I have
'••ad bim ju*t the kind of man who .hould
■wk* Rr*rylK>dy. Poultry Magaiine everv
badya' medium for learning ail al>out p<>ul
tf7 and I feel that there will be no di*
appmntment* when the rear ia *nded under
ki* editor'a de.k.
• • •
T%9 artiel* by our *ditor on 'Cooper's
tiaa" aboald b* read by all It i* .ound but
doa* not go a. far a* I want to .ee .uch
aa artiel* go Th* real cau.e of r<* operalire
**cieiie« falling i. that word overhead. I >
•kick may be added ■■t«»o many cook* .|»oil
tka broth."
• • •
^"ben a coo|>*rati\e egg a.aociation .tart,
aut to a*ll egg*, they have organited for a
pol pnrpo** that, if it i* con.i.tently fol
|oo*d up, will bring big return* to it. mem
*•*■ and gel th* *up|>orl of all kindrrd or
caBuaiion* who ho|>* to profit by tb* in
^'^••'d bu.in*** that *uch *ocietie* will bring
••rtb. But let the organisation get .o large
**f* it tbink. that it .hould control it. mem
••»»bip in their erery walk of life, then your
'••P^'a'ire or^nnxation i* Hding for a fall.
I aaw one grand orKanisation go ahead
••Jl pat tb* aup|>ort of er*ry f**d mill in it*
territory I .aw tb* aolicitor* of thaa* mill*
recommending ib* co op*rativ* aa the thing
]^^ woald bring proaperity to the p lultry
■•P. Tbia great organiialion built one of
th* Btronge.t organiiation. of it* kind. The
airortor* *eldom met but allowed it* mana
*^*o handle tb* aal* of egg* unmoleated.
•*** tb*r* ram* a chang*. Th* director*
*■• "ara paid t*n dollara |>*r day when in
The Feed That
a ^^^
^b€ .Makes Chicks Grow
Lowers Mortality
Chicatine is a pure, clean food for chickn, without medication
or Htimulant. It should be used to Atari chicks and continued
until they are five months old.
The element* required for irrowth are so correctly propor-
tioned that chicks fed on Chicatine:
MATURE QUICKER
Grow LARGER
Grow HEAVIER
Ar* HEALTHIER
Ar* STRONGER
Mak* BETTER LAYERS and with LOWER
MORTALITY
If you ar* intere.ted in feed that Mill give the«e re.iilta the be.t plan i. for
you to try it with your •-hick, and prove fur your. elf what it will do
If your dealer dne.n't have (^iratine. a*k u< f ^r .ample, feeding dir*«-ron*
and price. *lating number of chick, you are feeding
TIOGA MILL A ELEVATOR CO.
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TIOGA FEED SERVICE
Parks' Annual Surplus Stock Sale
BRED^TO^UY BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
Means $ $ $ $ $ To You
PEDIGREED COCKS AND HENS 1-2 PRICE
YOUNG STOCK 1-3 MATURED PRICES
16-pafre Stock Circular Free. Catalog Booklet 25c.
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ply *o« with Ik* ftsrt bird* rMiair^
to inuh four ttrin« for th* r»T\j
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
• fnaton. rftmtn^nrt^d to ta^vt aior* often an-l
theo Bort oftrn. Thi* rai«*d tbt orrrbead '
qniio a little wblrb waa addod to ib« 9\
P«rBa« of lb* man vbo aold ecp Thao a<ain
%om0 in«>mb«r deridod that if •cfa «»r* proit
•hl#> wbrn bandliKl by a m operativa. tbeo
f<>«>d •hoold b« baadlad in th» aaa* wajr.
Wbm tbo ro op«rativ« ttM-irty took op thi>
M>llinc of f««^d tb^y «-«>re forr«>d to iro on
lb* market for all of their mill prodart*. a*
a r**ult. thejr drov« the raw mat^rialt up tn
prire. the flrat ihinc we knew feed be^an
to r)»e intlead of fall and then another thin.:
oerorred. the f<»od will of ererjr feed mil'
wa* |f«t Tbe •'•liritor* who went forth to
•ell feed quit vpeakinc » good word for tb<>
ro operalite orc*nitation. buyer* rorameneed
to buy independently of tbe orfanitatmn and
bid up for the «•<(• Tbi« rondition soon
pulled away member* fr'*m the orranitation
that >» ju»t becinnms to be felt Had tb<-
poultrymen been like tbe ah'^emaker* and
"»iurk to their la«t*" (•ellmc ere* ) thej
would have bad tbe frieodabip of everv miller
in tbeir teriion. but tba miller, beiny human,
went forth to cell feed and tbe boowtins dax*
f 'T the ro n|H>ralive were oTer.
How murb hurt la beinf done by tbi«. oaljr
time will tell, but it i« predirted by gott^i
l>u»ine«« men that the *^gg a»aorlation* tknt
Co into erery line of ro operation will erentu
ally l«*e tbe rood will of all kinds of bani
ne«i men and when they d>>. the poultrymen
will be where tbey were years aco when thry
were ihetr own >ale» acenta for their efc«
and the middle man who bad been buyinc
from tbe ro operative soriely will buy dirart
from the producer
• • •
No cooperative orraniiation can bujr on
tbe market and r(>m|>e(e with tbe bic mill
that la equipped to put f..rth hi* mill pr«>duct«
i»r by prodocia io bis feed There ta m band
line rharve In eartinc mill products from on«
place to tbe crtber tbat rn*ia lots of nonev
Ulien tbe mil ships forth feed, that feed *i«
ready f<>r tbe hens. When bjr pruduria are
• bipprd from the mill, tbey are in their raw
*tate and must be mixed in • rder that tbey
may be fed to tbe ben*. The c'> operative
orcanitation who bas million* m ra(>i>al couH
buy a mill and then rompete with tbe miller*.
but on ibe otl.er band the mills rould orran
i«e aellinff and buying a^enrie* and rompete
with tbe ro operative Bori*e<y in tbe etc bn«i
ne*a Tbis thine is like an endle** chain.
It ran beep r^inc like a *now ball r«llinc
down bill. Tbe average poultryroan i* in the
rbirken bo*ines* to rai<e *gc* and poultrr
meal to sail. H» dooa not care who buys
lbe*e product* i.r<iTided he ^et* the biche<t
market prire |f by ro opera tine b« does
he*t. then be will stick by the cooperative
but if be flnds on tbe other band tbat he ran
•ell to a private rompanr to bia advsntace.
then food bye to tbe co ot>erative.
Aofiut, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
659
BANTAMS
C"Odu<-ted by
UFORtiE FITTKRKB
*ssaaaaasssssa>saii*«».
HOW TO CURE BUMBLE FOOT
Bumble foot in a chicken m what
a stone bruise is in a boy. It is
caused by an accidental bruise to the
•oft pad under the foot and is very
painful to the victim as well as likely
permanently to disfifnire it. When a
fowl befrins to show lameness, look
for a Fwellinir on the under side of
the foot. If this is found, put the
bird by itself and carefully pare
down the surface of the pad until it
is thin but not enoufrh to cut througrh.
This will jfive the pus which is form-
inif under the pad a better chance to
swell out and save the fowl much
pain. Keep the surface well (greased
until the swelling: is ready to open,
which will be known by it becoming
soft at the apex. Then, with a very
sharp knife, carefully open the swell-
ing and let the pus escape. Then
clean by pourini? in peroxide of hy-
drof^en until it ceases; to foam, drop-
pinif in a ftw drops at a time and rc-
peatinfi: as often as necessary. After
this, annoint with carbolated var«eline
and keep the bird on clean straw a
few days. If carefully attended to,
a case of bumble foot can be cured
without leavinfp the victim with a
disfijfureJ or crippled foot. — D. T. C.
BROWN RED OLD
ENGLISH GAME BANTAMS
The brofd of bantams that '\% i>>e
talk of thr» hantnm fancy today i< i|,^
Old Enjrli.'^h Game Bantam.n. Th*y
can be bred successfully in all i^^.
tions of the country and e«<pefia|lv
so in the northern sections that hive
late springs and early winters. They
are a most hardy breed and very
active. Generally the Old Enitlish
top the list as little etn? machinet;^
The Spanfrles are the mo.««t popular
variety and when you read an article
on the Old Eniflish it is usually on
that variety. Other varieties such ai»
the Brown Red are new in the United
States and Canada to the majority of
the bantam fanciers but they are go-
inf^ to be popular in a short time as
many birds are imported each season
This article is probably the first ever
published in America on Brown Re<i
Old Enfflish Game Bantams.
The color of the Modern and the
Old Knfflish Brown Red differ fpreatly
for the former ha.»* a pale lemon top
color while the later has a dark
oranjTc nearinj? to red. The eyes of
the Brown Re<l are a dark brown. al>
most black. The face is a dark red
and inclined to be a mulberry. In
both sexes the lejrs are a dark willow
and the beaks dark horn. In the
male the neck and saddle feathers are
oranjre red streaked with black. TKe
back and shoulders a dark red. The
winfTS are a very dark brown. The
brea.st and thijrhs ahe brown or i -.-own
marked and shaded with black. Th»
tail is black. In the female the neck
hackle, black striped or .•<hadcd 'j^u'i-
den. The body is black or a U'liform
brown mottle. Tail is blacl..
The ireneral characteri.stics of the
cock are as follows: Head, medium
lenjTth and taperinj?; beak, strong at
ba^e and sliifhtly cuned. Eyes, lanfe,
br.jfht and prominent, full of expres-
sion and alike in color. Comb, sin-
irle and ^mall and evenly si'iralol
and erect and fine texture. Fact,
ear lobes and wattles small /in.l of
fine texture to match the comK
Neck, lonjf and very strong: at June-
ti<in of body. Neck hackle, wiry Iokt
feathers, coverinjj shoulders. Breast,
broad anti well developed, indicatitt
of Kreat vi^or. Straifrht brea?t bonf.
Back, j:hort. broad across the should-
ers, and flat, taperinfc to the '*il.
Winjfs, lonjT. full and round. incli»-
int: ti» meet under the tail and amply
protectinjf the thiirhs and lurnishci
with very hard quills. Sickle featb-
era of tail, abundant, broad, curvtNl
main feathers with hard stronp quilU
Th>hs, short, thick and muscular.
Will set and held wide apart. Shank*.
I
I
medium lenifth, finely and evenly
aealed and not flat on shins. Toes,
four on each foot, should be clean,
even, \onfi: and spreadinf?. the back
toe standinf? well backward and fiat
on the ifround. Spurs low on le^^?.
The appearance of the Old English
dhould be bold and smart, quick imd
graceful, proud and sprij^htly as if
ready for any emerifency. Th? plu-
nafe should be hard, g:Ioss> and frm
The ifpneral characteristics of the
hen should be the same as tbe cocU
with the exception of tail which is
inclined to be fan shaped ar <l carried
well up-
Very ifood specimens can be pro-
duced from a single mating if the
parent stock are well up in color and
shape. Let the male possess fir.^t
class color and mate to females that
have ideal type together with good
9olid color. The result will be •.exhi-
bition cockerels and pullets.
For a new variety in this country
and one that will turn your bark lot
into a i^od profit pick the Brown Red
Old English Game Bantams.
lATIOVAL POULTIT COtTNCIL TO
MMAM WOEIJ> MOTED POULTRTMEN
Tbe National Poultry Conferenre whicb will
W beld at the Kdfcwater Heavh Hotel. Cbi-
cafa, aa Aucuat 9. to conaidar tbe formation
ef a National Poultry Coaocil. la aspeciallr
lartaoaie in that tbare will appear balora this
wfaraace. some of tbe leadinc poultry au
tbanttea in Ammr*. in fact, in tb« world,
ten will represent all phases of the
activitiM. production, distribution.
tf»aa|>«rtatioo and tbe allied industries, |n-
rhidiaff tbe many manufartured products
«bkb tba pouliryman use*. It ia only by all
•f tbsae agaacies workinc to|^ther tbat tbe
fraalaat aad iBore permanent indu*try can be
ipliabad. Burely you are planning to be
It at tbis iaportant catberinc to par
tMipala In tbis epoch makinr movement.
Kvarraaa is cordially invited to attend.
•btwar a delegate or not, as it is planned
Ibis orKanisation meetinf shall be truly
ilaUva and cosmopolitan and that
•••ryaaa aball bave a votce in tbe sbaping
«l Ibto tmly national undertaking Tba fol
lawiag Is a tentative program which will give
raa aaaa Idea of tbe Conference plans.
BTarjrbody coma to Cbicagti on Haturdajr.
A«f«st f .
VATIONAL POULTRY CONPF.KENCR
Cdgewater Beacb Hotel. 5349 Hberidaa Road
Cbieago. III.
AUGUST 9, 1924
Ara yo« intereatad in tba success of Amrri-
ra's laadiag indastryf
Are you willing to help improve oar poul-
fy ladaaUj tbrovgb organised rooperatiou t
SURELY YOi: ARR
TTaa will sorely help organise a National
rtmhry Ooancil wbicb shall be truly repre
MMtauTa a( every iateraat connected with Ibe
P*aHi| ladustry. iacladlng production, distn-
^(tM and the many allied Industries.
^ HERE IH YOUR OPPoRTl'.MTV
■■twiajr. 10:00 A. M.. OaBTaottoa Hall
Oaaveation railed to order
'■»f»dactory Remarks. Harrr R Lewi..
rrtaMtat laiornational Baby Chick Aaaocia
tias.
'*Oar Interest in a National Poultry Conn
^« (15 minute addressas) — George Cugley.
^•«1can Incubator Manufacturing Aaaocia
•{•a: D. E. Hala. American Poultry Associa
*»••: A. O. Phillips. American A*aociation of
iMtnictors and Investigators in Poultry Hua
►••dry: M. A. Jull. Senior Poultry Husband
jasa. Ualtad States Department of Agricul
tare.
— 9iininc E«amples." (15 oiinala ad
••SMD '"Sun Msid R«l*ins." ;
Walloaal Dairy Council." U. O llaughan.
^i^go. Ill : -The Kngliab Poultry C-mn
J*** Willard C Thompaon. New Brunswick.
■• #•: "Tbe Canadian poultry Council." P.
V- Ellard, Ottawa. Got , Canada.
■acaaa.
, *••* P- M — General Discussion of Organ-
*«««iaa Problems
«:*0 p. M— Report of Organisation Com
PU LLEXS
10 TO 12 WEEKS OLD $1.50. $1.75. $2.00 ""IfJ,^ "*
SUNNYSIDE PULLETS »"• r'^y '° '•*',' •" ^'""V '""^*'
and have the ability to produce efnTR,
as they are bred that way. They have 36 years of trapnestinif and pedi-
greemg back of them.
7 LEADING VARIKTIKS— White and Huff Leghorns. Barred and
White Rocks. White Orpinjrtons, Rhode Island Reds and White Wyan-
dottes.
BREEDERS ^^'''*^'' **^*^ ^''" ^'^'** y^" **" opportunity to make
good pn>f\ts .celling hatching egir*. with records of
180-200 Efffbrad $2.50. 210.24« Eggbred $3. 240-256 Egg-brad $3.50
PULLETS 4 4 months old, same price. Or«ler direct from this ad
and a.«k for catalogue.
SUNNYSIDE POULTRY FARM. R. C. BI<k1(«H. Boi lOlS. Bristol. Vl.
Barred Plymouth Rocks
"LADY BEAUTIFUL" STRAIN
Perhaps you would prefer to purchase your next year'i Breeding
Birds now — from a standpoint of saving, it will pay you.
At the present time I have about 100 females, used in thia scaaon'i
matings, that will go at
$7.50, $10.00 and $15.00 each
The same quality, wintered over, will bring double the money.
In MALES, about 25 choice ones at
$10.00, $15.00, $20.00 and $25.00 each
Remember, I have both lines and my birda have won at America's
Greatest Shows.
C N. MYERS, Box E, HANOVER. PENNA.
SS1=:£.S7SZ.
nvsts
Popular Poultry Pointers
A book of popular, up-to-date recom-
mendations that have proved succeaafnl
on many farms; beginners in poultry hua-
bandry, the irreat maas of producers on a
small scale, and thousands of people who
are engaged in the industry and have not
been in a position to keep up with the lat-
est information will And this book doubly
helpful.
Hx Kolsten R Hannas. II. He. Hu|»eriatendeal of
Kkk l«axing I'onleats in New Jersey; fonaerlf kead
or Poullrv I)e|>arimenl at tbe Rad Croas losiiiuta
for Ihe Hlintl. Maltimore. Md 307 pagea, fullf
illustrated cloth binding — printed oa ine coaled
l-aprr $2.sn poatyatd.
EVCITBODTS POULTIT MACAZIIfE. lANOVEl. PA.
I
77k« Lai€9i and B—i Book on Pigoona—'JuBt off ihm Prm§
of Pigeons
I
Bf J. W. WltU
Tba last w«»rd on a bicbhr proAtable IndwCnr. Ha. Plgaoa Cttf.
tore. Tbe titia trvljr repraaenU tbe eoaienu ot tbia well wHtta*
book. Tba aoftbor. wbo baa bad many years' eaperience bras^ac
a great many vmriaUea of faacy pigaoaa aad marbetiac a«aaba
slnaa 18S0. glveo ail tha vital faeu needed by tbe pigaoa fraler>
nity. Spaelal em>rta to balp tha be«1an«r. tbe faaeiar aad tba
squab raiser are made. Tba aoarunercial end of tba lad— in |a
ouftNned la a moat tboro i—awar. We do not kaow wbat aoald
ba added *o make tba boak mora aampleCe.
A partial llat of aontanto:— OHgIn and Hlotarr a# Ptgaana,
Cbaraotartatlea. C'lasaiAeatlona. Fanry Varieties witb tbHr Re-
meetive Standarda. IHJllty Pigeons. Including the (amevu. Horn,
er. MmitM*. HunyaHan. Wbite King. Mondain*. I>tM>h«we. Kte..
PoInU on .SquAb lUisln«. Feeding. Han4tation and lleaHb. ^laaaa
Uooaaa aad EqalsMBent, MaUng. Recipaa. Ku.. Kta.
Prka. Papar Carar lUt UatlMr %IM,
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«»KFICIAL BrLLrriN
Jerseij
Black Giant
Club
H*lin«r. New Jer««y
n. L. M«loB«7. Pr«ai4rat
IL L. Cb«paiAa. Vie* Pr*i.
J
X>r B«cli«n«o Barr. Rer'y TT«»*t. of th*
]f«w Ea<U»4 Jmnmr Hi*«k Otaot Br%»c^
Tk« B««i«ra 8Ut«a RvpocHioB. at Sprinr
i«l4. Mam . 8«ptMnb«r 14 20. will hav* •
pMltry •Bbibll. Tliis i« th« UrfMt fair in
iIm Ami.
in* J»ni«r Bla^k (iUnt Br««d«ra' Ataocia-
tlott will kava a faaailr mact at iha Brorkton
Fair, bai waul iti" N>» Jara»jr br»#d«r« to
■Met llivai at Hcringfleld wKb tb* bMt o(
vMr Mork. Tbi* will niaka a try oat for tb«
400 Btarka for "Bitly" Ath#rton at Boston
CapU«o rub. Colonvl Bradl»«>. "Bill" R«
vora. ftodoMB and Hrbrhrr ara rrady for yoa
J*r««rtBan W» want >l»l"0»y. PaK*. Par
ria*. Coikitt and »"ma otb»r rood tport* to
gi%0 a* a roB for tb# monay. You will tbaa
kaow «bal i* ronlnc to yoo at Bo*t<>n (t).
W* •*Bl a rork and b«>B to T*>aa Tbr r*
caiTar writ«»: "Tbe«« ar* tba b««t Illarka
tlMl kava *var \'**n a^a in Taiaa " Naw
Kaglaod fanrtrr* ba«a alwayt dcv«loi>«d tbv
bo«l <*om«> Bi»#t u*
Writ* to Paul P IvM. Ouilford. Ooan., for
prMMtam lut of poultry.
Tb* Srm KncUnd Aaaorialion will o4r#r
•paviaU for tb« bo*t birda. I>o you want
af llila MOMyf Oaaa gal it.
JuAg^ Jont—, of c'onn^rtirat Acrirultiiral
Coll«(f>. will jadce <b«> Blarka at HprinsfleM.
• • •
Tba Kan*a« Htata Virt- Prviidant writ**:
I will art as oflrial for tbis 8Ula. if tbara
i« no on* al»a who wania it or will taka it.
I do not brlieva a atata orcaaiiatioa ran
!>«> form»<l this •I'aaon a* moat ar« juat bmlJ-
ing and not acilinf. bat by anoihar yaar tbrr
will a«« tba im|Kirian<* of it
R«0<'<l*'>( t*** bra*d her* la the \V#at. if
tb* nndar rolor qufttion ta acttled ao we ran
t>ri^ •rnaibljr. I look f^r a rraat advanr*
■ n tbr |><>^>ularity of tba (iianta for tba brred
I* pre rtainenlly a fowl for th* ran^S It baa
»i>o. ^iffor and ru»tlinc qualiti** tl «i ar* dia-
itnfuiahitic and ran be rerotnmendfKl aa an
«ixrrt)tional layer.
Tb*r«> ara aonia "Don'ta" tbat go with
tba braad. Don't try to f<>*d a rorn dirt.
Uua't rrowd tham in amall co<>[>a or raatrirt
ad rangaa. I^aa tba baat apto-dala matboda
in bandiinff domeatir fowl and tberr i« no
br«>rd tbat will mak# batter r^aiMn** An
otbcr don't, don't a*k tb«>m t<> rooat bicb or
iamp down into a neat if you aspect aound
I>o rveryfbing aflar aound, aenaibi* raa
• "ninr and an littl* on faith aa poaaibi*.
That !■. hen •*n»«>. not horaa iiaoa«. or naa
k<>naa. for biddy baa idraa of bar own. ^
runault her
Wc ahould have a »tata orfanitatioo her*
in Kanaaa an<) I have nfferrd to art •• a«rr»
tary free of fbarga and tbrn aome. but tkar*
la no raa|>on»« »ii<l I w<>uld be (lad if tom^
one rl«e would oreanne no the «lerd la <loo«
Now the leaat aawl the ft(>one«t mended and
aa thia ta my flmt effort to write for th*
t>ottltry j«reaa. I will n^w quit. Mra g. \
itaaaett. Homewo<>d. Kan
• • •
Bronaun. Kaa
C. M. Pace. Secretary: —
I am in receipt of a letter from Mrt. 8. \
Baaaett. of Homewood. Kan . aakinc me t«
take the offKe of atate Ti<e president for
the Jeraey Black (tiant Clnb and adviaed »•
to writa you if I would accapt I aa williaf
to try it for tbia yaar aa I am willinc to da
• II I can to help — A J. Hoover.
• • •
NOTR : — Kanaaa mambera note the abate
two ieltera and when you receive the noaii
nation ballot neit month. *irn and retara
for your choice. — C M Paja. Sac'y Traaa
YOUR DAILY WORK
Every day in the year there is
ttomething which needs doinfc in the
poultry yard. No projrre»« can be
made after neglect has be^n. The
welfare of the birds should be con-
stantly attended to and their indi-
vidual needs and characteristics
studied. No one can be too well ac-
quainted with his flock. Every bird
should be so well known that it is
recoi^nized at once and its peculiari-
ties, excellencies, or faults should
be so well understood that they are
brouRrht to mind at first sif^ht of tha
bird.
PaBaaytaaala PatUtrF
Dattf iBUUlcaacar. Laacaatar. Fa., in Ualr Farm and Oardan Dapartmant. pictured tba above In tbatr laana of Jana M
its at laafta aa taa yart ]>acaat«r Ooaatv li plajrinf m the reksbUltAtton of Oarmany aa far aa ponltry la eoncamad Ta«
~ " ~ The oval Inaat at left ahewa tba aaipm***
■may foralsa aalpmaata of atock—tkls la one of the Largaat. . . ._.
Btat«afta aft Vev Tarh. Wlula the Inaat at top at right ahowi B. O. Kopfar. the parchaaar. and O- W.
Mr. Caaai. prayrlator of the FennaylTaala Foaltry Farm, la an tnt^-raatla< lettar to ETarybodya. azpraaaaa hla gtati-
t ie OarMUiy a4da ta taaaa alraady mada to Maalco. Oaba. Biaall. Faro, Aaatralla. New SoatJi Walaa, Ba««b
f athar coaatrlaa.
POULTRY SHOW
DATES
FOR 1924-1925
ALABAMA
t»«c. 16. 1924— Birmingham. AU.. Inter
gute 8bow. Birmioicham. B. R. Moulin.
g»cy. 302 5th Ayo. Pratt City. Ala.
0^. 10 12. 1924 — North Alabama Show.
Haatavilla. Joe B. UiU. Sac'j, UuntaTille.
Ala.
OAIJFORKIA
Oct 14 IM. 1924- Lda Angelea County Pair
poultry 8bow. Pomona. Oeo. W. Cobb. Sec'y.
pamaa*. Calif.
CUBA
februanr. 1925 (laat weak) — Cuban Inter-
Mtlonal. Havana. Tbao. Hewaa. Supt . 2S
W. Waahington St.. Indianapolia. Ind.
OEOBOIA
Oft. 13 18. 1924— ChalUhoorhae Valley
poaltrr Show. Columbua. Owan Reich. Sec'y.
Cahuabua. Qa.
IUJH0I8
Sept. 13 20. 1024 Illinoia State Fair.
Spriagfleld. A. D Smith. Sec'y. Quinry. III.
KoT 26 10. 1924— gulncy Show. Quincy
A D. Smith. Her'y. Quincy. Ill
Dae. 9-14. 1924— Coliaenm Show. Cbirag<^
Tbao. Hewea. 8««'y. 25 W. Waahtngton St .
lailaaapolia. Ind. Rntriaa r|n«« N<>v 2n.
Jaa. 13 19. 1925~National Poultry Hhoxv.
Chicago. Clarence J Behn. Sec'y. 840H s
Oreaa St.. Chicago. Ill
UTDIAMA
Sept. 1-5. 1924 — Indiana State Fair. In-
diaaapolia Wm. Jonea. Sac'y. Indiana State
Baara Agricnltttra. Stata Houae. Indianapolia.
lad.
Jaa. 8 7. 192&— -Tomlinaon Hall Show. In
diaaapalla. Theo llewea. Hunt., 25 W. Waab
* St., Indianapolia. lod.
IOWA
Dae. 2 5. 1924— Floyd Countr Poultry
r. Charlaa City. Pranii Brand»n. Sec'y.
Obartaa City. la.
Dec. 17 21. 1934— Cedar Valley Ponltry
Shaw. Oaaga. A. J. Saakoake. Sec'y, Oaage
la.
KANSAS
Dae. 1-e. 1924 — Tri Hiate Ponltry A Pet
Staek Shew, Par«on«. Mra U. H Uo»,in«on
Sec'y. Paraon*. Kana.
t>^ 16. 1924- -Sunflower Stata Poultry
Show. Fort Scott. Salome Cook. Sec'y. 2115
E. Firat St . Fort Scott. Kana.
Jaa. 15. 1925— Mid Weat Poultry Show.
C5aacortia Oaorga U Cook. Sec'y. Conror
dia. Kana.
MABTLAKD
Dae. 16. 1924 — Baltimore Show. Baiti
•or* H. 8 Thompaon. Sec'y. S3 34 Frank-
lia Bldg. Baltimore. Md
MISSOURI
Jaa 4 9. 1925 — Heart >{ America. Conven-
*«f« Hall. Kanaaa City Thro Hewea, Supt .
la W. Waahington Kt , Indianapolia. Ind
KBW RAMPSHIRB
KaT. n 20. 1924 -Na.hua Poultry Show,
aaahaa. George A Chapman. Sec'y. 51 Am
kerai St. Naahaa. N H
VEW JERSEY
SarC 19 Oct 4. 1924 — Trrnton Fair Tr«n
«aa. Hanrer K Roger*. Supt. I«I2 Hotting
jam May, Tfcnion, N J Kntriea close Sept.
KEW YORK
••pt. 113. 1924— New York State Fair.
■m<«ae. J Dan Ackrrman. Jr. Sac'y.
■F»ae«aa. N. V Kntriea rloae Aug 1«
4. 1924'-Mineola Poultry
^1'» -V*n d* Water. Jr..
Entriea cloae
•apt, 80 Oct
Minenia „ _..
■•fy. MineoU. L. I.. N Y
■•Pt. 13
aoT lA 29
Clah. Pe^kakill
3. Feak.kill. N
Jan. 19 24
Pealtry Show
1924 -Cortlandt Fanciera*
K. N Jewell. Sec'y. R F. D
192r> Chautauqna County
, • Jameatown. C. (J Loucka.
••^ y. 56 Broadhead Ave . Jameatown. N. V.
tv- OHIO
J*^ » «. 1924— Akron poultry Show. Ak
'••• W. II. Moore, Hmr'y. t'niontown. ()
*•■ 8 10. 192 •»- Cleveland Poultry Show
vtarelaod C. A. Hennckaon. Sec'y. 8915
Braadway. Cleveland f>
__^ FEHHSYLVAKIA
■apt. 9 11. 1W2 4 Kraiii^lin County Fair,
«^amb«r»burg r, R (Jriamnger. Serv
<^«mb«niburg. Pa »
^•apt. 2326. 1924 Hanover Fair Poultry
"-»w. Hanover Jaa T. Huaton. Mgr . Han
■apt. 23 16. 1924— Great Allentown Fair.
lttoJ*i° ^^' *'"''*** Wittman. Supt Mgr .
Great ALLENTOWN Fdr
POULTRY SHOW
Seventy-
Annual Fair and Show
" Noted for the way it docs things and the things it does. "
A Poultry Show that, on its merits, has frrown so that it is now
probably the bigflrest annual poultry show in America.
Show there this year and prosper
Write W. Theo. Wiltman. Supt. -Mgr.. Ml. Gretna. Pa.
XHE MEW YORK SXAXE E>\1R
SYRACUSE. NEW YORK
Septeml>er 8 to 13, 1024
"BETTER THAN EVER"
Plan now to exhibit at the premier fall ahow of all Amerira where a winning will add to
your future aurceaa. Your atork will be diaplayed in a w.nderful building with moat
modem equipment. They will be cared for by rompatent aaaiataola.
Capable Judges, Liberal Regnlar and Special Prlaes
You cannot afford to nnoa having your atook on exhibit at Syraruae
ENTRIES OX/>SE MONDAY. AUGUST IS. 1924
For premitim Imt ad.Jre*. D LINCOLN ORR. Snpt.. J. DAN ACKERMAN Jr Secy -
Orra MlUi. Cornwall. N Y. Syracuae. M. Y.
SXAXE FAIR OF XEXAS
fOULXRV SHOW
Dallaa. October 11.20. 1924
TEN BIG. VALUABLE DAYS FOR POULTRYMEN
For Premium List and Particulars, address
W. H. Strattoa, Secretary, Dallaa, or
Waller Burton, Superintendent, Arlington, Texaa
ftEWUMS WON AT DALUS. THE SOtJTIi S GREATEST SHOW. MEAN YEAKS OF PtOFTT
Poultry Show J;
1446 CLJVSSES
Mlacola. L. 1^ Hrpt. M. Oct. 1. 1, S, 4. ItM
riea rioaa Heitlember 13. 1934 (aot the
. aftar). M.OOO.UO ia regular aad apa
cialt. bandaome rupa. HiUa || Andrew*.
Supt Show. Send for pr'niium llal and
forma. Secretary Fair. Mlnai>la. S Y.
U-KNO-US ••Xtie Stiovir ol Opportunity'*
Trenton Fair Sept. 29, 3§, Oct i. 2, 3. 4. i»24
POULTRY— PIGEONS— RABBITS— CAVIES
A Real Fanriara' Rxhibit
Entrtaa doaa September ISth
Competent Judgea
Premium Liat ready Augual lat
HARVEY E. ROGERS, Supt.. 1812 Nottinckam Way, TRENTON, N. J.
SEPTEMBER 30, OCTOBER 1, 2, 3, 1924
LANCASTER FAIR POULTRY SHOW
Judges
WITTMAN
OEMMY
BROWN
SELL
' J— ^>„ ^ C- WITMYER, Supt
^ UTITE. TA.
ATTENTION! BANTAM FANCIERS!!
Hanover Fair Poultry Sbow for oeer a ouarter of a century baa featured th«
Raotama. Never in all tbaaa yeare bave tbe "llidgeta" bran aide trarkrd Tin. beinc
The 40th Anniversary of Hanover Fair
«e are de«iroua of making a record in tba Hantam claaaea— alio a rerord in the
number of exbibitora
(Jet your Premium Liat and aaa bow Hanover baa ukea care of tba Rantama It
la ready now.
HANOVER FAIR POULTRY SHOW, HANOVER, PA.
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*'ocf^2H3l lV2 4"-8p«rt*i>bur« Tot,!
a . lilt l»24 — T«nnr»»#>* 8t*t* F*ir.
fVI 1150. I9J4-.8UU f*'' *»' /•i'J-
riltry g^ol fort Worm. N B 8pjj.n».».
m-W r O lloi 1«0I. fort Worili. T.«
wi; tS^O 1924— Pr««»»r Fo«Urjr 8how.
pJiH WW. Brsay. 8>r'y. All>n. T.e.
TBB CUmAJI "^»„oMAI. EXHIBITIOM
Tk*r* b«»« *»♦♦» ••»•''•• ii'»l»f»« pttbli»b#4
S.I .ru b, li*M kt IU»aw. Cub*. Krbnr
?;/,•'. fJ^^n PTt. of tko UolUd 8Ut«K
i.kir.c fur r.U.bU mform.tion in r*K^r4 to
if •fi.»»rins lh«*« Utter. Ihroofh tb« public
' '7i ••«•«! y*«r« ibor* k«« b^n • roq»««t
froai tlM C«b»o Oovorowonl. Ikroofb Ibrir
A£rir«U«r»l I>e|^rt«#nt, lh«l •oino A-erir.o
raio »li»r« aod «t*c« • tr.! cUm •jhibUion
mhmf Iko AmoTKM Attd ftoolh A»»rlcM
hir4» mii^t eoMpcU la ro«p«l«tl''B an4 wfctr*-
![ tr«t <Ja»» oiliiblUoo ro«l4 bo itAf^d •©
fkal lk» Cobaa poopU woaM kk»o aa oppor
lualty •! .ooiaf iho birdt oa osklbition aad
W abU to »alio tb»ir parrba»o« wkoa lk#
#w»or or BMaafor waa la fhar«a to asplala
fbo wmrtu €>t tb« difforoat •poclaoat aad to
C«vo rollablo infonaatloa U> tko Oobaa
l»ar aa «o bow t« auto th« diflr»T»nt tiork
J or Ibo bo»t rocalti aod kow to fr*d and raro
or lb* blrda on Cubaa aoil
Tk«r* i» oothinr phklaotkropic aboat It
It i» a butio*** pro|»o«iiion, pur# and a*Bi
pU Tb# Cuban poopio do not ain to »i»o
•I* a tkla« fnr aolhlac Thry waat a* to
• tkoro boraoft* tbty aood at. Tb»y want
«• to dUplay oar cood« •« th»y raa bor Ibria.
IMt in ord»r to bo cbartubla to ua. bat bo
Ma»o th#y r^llio tko iaiportanra of tko
Cillry »ndu»iry and th#y »ant aiora of oor
I br««dt r*prv*#8tod ta all parts of tbo
Salaada and Ury waat rvliabU infonaatton
froai tka oi#n and vaaioa wko arc brvodora
la tk» 8tat«o m> that wbaa tb* Cuban nako*
m parrbaao It will provo prolublo to tbaa.
riaaao aadorataad tkat tkla aikibitioa will
^ tatoraaUonal in rharartor. It will bo ma
•• iko aaaio broad caac* plaaa aa otkor
1%^^— - sBdor aiy inanac«<B*nt and Amrriran
jB^M will award tka prito*. Tba oatry
|9« witl bo tko aaai* as olbrr ■h«w« of like
ckararUr ia tko Btat** and tho pro»inni
aoD*y lk« **»« aa in tko HUte* but «• ran
pr«aii»« you an laiaionfto attendanro and an
eibibit that I* b«»nr »dt«Tti»rd today in
praMirally all of lh# Cuban i.ai>*r». inrludinf
tk* bi« HaTaoa dailies, and you ar« asked
to display your birds at a place and at a
time when prartirally all of tko important
buoine.* !• in Havana It is durin« the
Hprinc Fe«iMal. that brine* thousands of
j.eople to Havana, many of them remaininf
there for two or three weeks and it »• at
the •ame time and "n the ssme dates as the
hiz Trades K«p"sltion that opened in Havan*
in '9'i4 for It* first annual event.
Now. Amoriran fanciers, fet tkia pro|»erly
filed in your minds. You are not a*ked to
i>arii'"ipate in i»ome wi'd. Ti«tonary srh#me
I have spent the money to »o to Cuba to
find out wkat conditions were and I know
tkat thi« eihibition is wanted there I know
tkat the Cuban j^e^ple want to see your birds
and I know that they are wilhnc to pa»
yu aa rrt<*4 vrirrs »• you roald »et in the
8tate« and I know that I am introdurtnc you
and your bird* into » market that should last
for Maay years and ncbt at a tia* when
businoAs is awfully dull at hoaio.
As I have stated in tki« article, there is
nothing pkilanthropir about ii— It ia strictly
a hu«ine«s |.r«p' •ition I am proraotinf the
•how not with the intention of lo*inc money
bat wltk tko ©bjoct that it will at least break
even, and I am kelpinc y"U at a very rrurtal
time to find a market and Kood pricos for
•omethinc that is dracffinc just tho least bit
»t home
Now. what l« necessary to do to enter t
You will follow the same regular systoa
that you follow in this country. Hirds aro
all cleared tkroofk Key Wost. Pla. I am
arranrinff n"w with a party at Key West.
a "trutly reliable fancier, to rersiive all birds
and recoasicu by boat to me or to Mr. de
V -ol. I/oajia del Comerclo 31 A. Havsna. Caba.
where they will be received at the dork
You will waat to pay your oipreaa char^eo
to »nd frooi Kry West and tko promina li*t
will rivo you reliablo information as to the
amount necosaary to pay f«»r freight from Key
West to Havana and return, but the Cuban
Government kaa guaranteed that there will
h« no duty la or out on birds that are ea
tered for eihibition This also indudos
r«g«.«. feed and any other paraphernalia that
• pphe* to the show Faasenger* going from
tko Kattern aad Now F.ng!and HialM nad
best go by the w«y of N«"W York, as you
will find irst clasa service on aome of tbo
fruit linos that ply regularly between Nee
York and porto Rica, atopping ra^rularly at
Ila«ana
In order to make the best of it for tho et-
hihili' n you should have a small circular
printed and condensed, giving your name a'ld
address, tho name of your breed, a short de
*cription of it. aad a price li«t of all of the
Kirds tkat you hava aaterod Wo will ar-
range with a Cuban ftrinter to print tbeao
■mall circulars for you as cheap as y.^a could
have It done in the rnite<l Hiate* mad they
maat bo done in 8panisk. as many of yoar
beat custoaiers tkat r-u will find in Havana
do not apeak Kagliah. 8|»aaisk ia the uai
vermal language of the Islands.
A'olker ewtter that I know you are all la-
tereatod ia How are the hotel rates t I1ie
..•»v Mill h<> ■>• * sttoiit 'hr Ksme •• y<ui |>sy
Hanover*s Fortieth Anniverszury Show
SEPTEMBEP 23-24-25-26
Eirtriet CUtt Wc^M^ay. Sept. lOtk
THE QUAUTY
FANCIERS'
EXHIBITION OF
AMERICA
C. N. MYERS. ?r—id*mt.
JAS. T. HUSTON. Mmnmgmr,
A Poultry Show can usually be jud^d by the quality of jud^t it
eoiployii. How do these men suit you? On large fowls — J. H. Dreven-
stedt. Northport. N. Y.; Valentine Thompson, Amenia. N. Y.; Harold
Tompkins. Concord, Mass.; John C. Kriner, Stctlersville, Pa.; Dr. T. H.
Charmbury, Hanover, Pa. On BanUms — D. G. Witmyer, LitiU. Pa..
Game; John C. Kriner, Ornamental.
SHOW AT HANOVER IN KEEN COMPETITION THAT GIVES COM-
PLETE SATISFACTION AND PRESTIGE
Premium List and Entry Blanks are waiting for you to request them.
Write today — resolve to make an entry if no more than a pair of birds.
Don*t miss being an exhibitor at Hanover's Anniversary Show.
**The Fanciers' Exhibition of America **
Box 286, HANOVER, PENNA.
in New York or Chiraf o. Too aro coaiiac k.
miod you. at the time of y^ar whea Tj|*r« |)
•n awful lot of people ia Cuba and oepectatty
• lot of then in Havana but I «a« th«f«
royie'f dorinc the Carnival Week and I 4^4
not pay more for a riHim than I wo-iij ^
Chirftcn or New York and my meaU wera %
little rhea|>rr than they are in tome Ameriraa
ritien A* to wealhrr ronditima. y-i vtQ
find It pleainnt. about db to AS ie^ri >• dv
inr the«e two weeki. never rold and art«r
rttr^melT warm that early in the Araioa.
We will try and have e%erythine that wi|i
be of general interent to Amerirjin breedm
printed in the }>remium li»«. You raq ^^
pert competition from Cuba, the I«le of Ptaa*
and other .Houth American Ulanda «nd h
i«n't likely but that the majority of ikoM
breeders will be in p<»eiti"n to compete witk
the be«t in thi« country and for that raaaoa
• wei^rate award *ill be made. All rlamaa
will <-• mpete and should the C^iban or Soatk
American bird« l^ able to win io tho ope*
rla*»e« all well and c^od. but should they fat!
to win. then our judge* will make an a*ar4
to the Cuban entriea where only bird* aoatk
of the I'nited Staloa will compete
The premium li»t for thi« eihibitioa wfll
be readr January I Mr V. I> de P«*L
linnjia d^l Comer'-io. 21«. Havana. Cuba, la
rhairman of the Cuban affaire aod he ka*
with htm a number of fir»l rla»« faaeierv
located in and around Havana but all corr»
iipondea<-e of the American breeder* tkoaM
be throufh my ofllce at IndianaiHili*
I really feel that I am offertag the
Amenran fannert the greatest opportaaity
in recent yearn to ettabliab a trade whert
there la pleaty of money and a rood demaad
for what jroa have t« tell and I can tralf
•ay to you that all breeda are popular hat
the sinclo fomb varietjL are the moat popalar
00 account of the warm climate.
For further information mnte me at la
dianapolia. — Theo. Hewe*. Indianapoli*. lad
• • •
HAHOVZE'S rOBTlETH
AJnnVEESAftT TkXt
The fart of the Hanover Acrirultural S»
• iety rearhiOK its fortieth mile atone aa aa
ofcaniiation will be of particular •ifniflcaaea
in the conduct of the 1924 poultry •h<tw he:4 |
a* a part of the fair. September 23 to .'«. ia *
rlusive.
One thing is certain, no fair held in tk«
entire country la more tkoroughly advertised
than Haniiver and in parti<ular ita poahry
»how. The value of ihia advertising haa kaaa
demoairtated by the fart that during the pa«i
•even yeara noaltry breedera have beoa at
tracted to exhibit at Hanover aa repreacau .
tive of twenty-se\en States and Canada, all '
of which becomes rerogniied in the preattg* .
eaUblished by the Hanover Fair throagk |
capable manafoaaont of ita aeveral depart
ments. I
The aelortioa of jodfea for aay rompotiliv*
event ia of vaat aigniflcanre to the entrants—
in particular ia this true with poultry lo\er»
The aelortion made by the maoafrment <>f
the poultry department beara out the eatab
liahed policy that in seeking oaality rkhibiU
it ia tlio iatentioa of Uio llaajvrr Fair te
give tho exhibitor tho boat Uiara la ta tke
war of judges I
HaooTer haa alwaya maiataiaod a repata
i\
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f«BGneRaCRSBSREHGHaCiEHSBi9CRS6BEnERBIMaBBnt»
Let's All Join In Placing the Poultry
Industry on a Higher Level
One of America's Closest Students of Poultry Breeding Problems Writes
in Strong Terms of Praise Al>out That Latest Remarkable Pt>ultry B<M)k,
"The Production of 300-Eggers and Better hy Line Breeiling,"
': M'ft
ELFK^M arc autliors rcwar«lc<l a^ have
l>een Messrs. AlkinsDii ami Curtis hv
having so many men of long experi-
ence and special knowledge write
in commendation of their recently
published j>oultry b<H)k. Following is a letter
from Wm. A. Lippincott :
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
W. W Campball. Preatdcnt
Collegr of Agriculture Branch of the College of
r>ivisaon ol Poultry Husbandry Agriculture, l*nivcr»ity Farm.
Waa. A. I.ipptncott in Charge DavM. C*alifornia
F.ditor Reliable Poultry Journal. Berkeley. C«l., Nov. 8, \9Z\
t)aytoa. Ohio.
My dear Mr. Curtia:—
During the months I
ma;of part of my
I have «pent
slate getting
hare been in California,
of my time traveling about the
ac<)uaintc«f with ita geography, ita poultry industry and the
people who are responaiblr for the latter Aa a traveling com
panion. I have had 'The Production of .V>0 F^gera and Better
by f.ine Breeding" IT HAS PROVKN A \ KRY INTKRKST
ING AND PROFITABLE COMPANION AND ! WAN I
TO CONi.KATri.ATK
YOU AND MR ATKIN
SON ON THK C.RKAT
.SERVICK YtH- HAVK
RKNDERKD Pt)lI.TRY
BREEDERS AND BREED
iNc;
Beginners in poultry bree»l
ing nave heretofore lattore*!
under certain diaadeantagra
which thr novice in other
line* of Iivrstttck hrce«ling
ha« not had I refer, particu
laHy. to the fact that the
ancextry of the out«tan<hng
individaala of the varinua
breeds of horaea. rattle.
aherp and awir>e la a matter
of public report! When a
wouM be breeder of dairy
cattle, for instance, attenda
a aho# and aees an in<livi<1
ual that fills hia eye. h« ia
not uAtler the nereaaity of
cautiuusiy apfiroachmg the
br««dcT and a«king him
about hia breeding mrthoda.
Me can investigate the
breeding of that individual
on hu own accuant and in-
brcwding practices of the man who pro
of the herd book. Tbis, of courae. has
to i>oultry. whether one ia interetted
Fibr0 Pav0r Bound Edition
Ari CoMT IMngn by
F. L. Sewell
daad foHow up the
dacad It by meana
aot l>een true with regard
in btc«d type and color, or m production
I FEF. L THAT YOIT AND MR ATKINSON HAVE
RENDERED A VERY C.REAT SERVICE IN PlBLISHINt;
THK I'EDI(;REES of THESE Ol'TSTANDINt; HIRDS
AND AN ACCOUNT OF HIS BRKEDINc; .METHODS AND
PRACTICES. I SHALL ( ERTAINI.Y RECOMMEND THE
BOOK TO ALL THOUC.HTFUL BREEDERS OF THIS
.STATE AND SHALL REQUIRE ITS LSE BY STUDENTS
OF THE UNIVERSITY oF CALIFORNIA WHO TAKE
OUR ADVANCED COURSE IN POULTRY BREEDING.
I am Helighted to see by the rurrrnt iaaue of "The Rrliable"
that you are going ahead with a aimil«r account uf Mr Tan
rred'a breeding methoda. I waa fearful lest hia untimely death
might have left the matter so incomplete that it would not be
Eaible for you to carry out your announced plan. I ahait
k forward to its nablication »ith very kern interest, aa I
am sure |>onltry breeacfa will everywhere.
ONE VERY GREAT SERVICE WHICH THE BOOK
ALREADY PUBLISHED IS PERFORMIN<; IS THE
CLARIFICATION oF THE IDEAS OF HKEKDKRS ON
THE MATTER OF INHREEDIN(; AND LINE BREED
ING. There has been great need f<.>r a frank diatuaaiun of in
breeding in order that the popu'ar prejtidice againat it might
be overcome Bree<1rra of high standing, in this country, have
frn^ucntly felt under the neccaaity of being tjuitc secretive about
tbeir breeding practices for fear that the prr<u'ln e» againat
iabracdiog which they, of neccaaity. practiced would react against
Wm. A. Lippincott
Prof999or of Pouilry Hunitandry
Uniftrtity of (California
them THE SOONKH THE BUYINt*. PUBLIC LEARNS
THAT Nt> <.REAT FAMILY oF ANY KIND <»K LIVE
STOCK HAS EVER BEEN DEVFLOPED WITIIOUr
INTELLIGENT. THOUt.H OFTEN tH'ITE CLOSE IN
BREEDING. THE BETTER OFF TllE POULTRY IN
DUSTRY WILL BE
.Ngain c«>ngratuUttng you and Mr Atkinson and looking for-
ward to the product
«>f your further efforts
in this line, I am.
Yours very truly.
William A Lippincott
Professor of Poultry
Husbandry
For upwards of
a clo/rn yrarn Prof.
Lippincott \v a s
head ot the potihry
I^cpartnicnt of the
Kansas State <"oI-
leRe of .XKriculture.
Manhattan, where
he did exceptionally
vahiahle work an
a n Investigator
and Instructor in
I'ouhry Breeding,
conducting numer-
ous tests extending
over periods of
years — and with
profitable results.
Last summer he
was selected hy the
University of Cali-
fornia to occupy the chair of Poultry lltisl>andry at
this great educational institution, located m one of
the foremost poultry states of our Country. Prof.
Lippincott is also the author of several h<M>ks an<l
pamphlets on poultry prot)lems, each one of which
is a capable and timely contribution to the progress
of poultry culture. It is for such reasons that Prof.
Lippincott's strong approval of this book, "The Pro
duction of 300-F.ggert
and Better by Line
Breeding,** is especially
valuable.
This latest great
poultry hook consists of
416 pages. 6 by 9 inches
in size. It is illustrated
by the use of many half-
tones and also contains
numerous blood-l.ne or
mating charts, showing
how to proceed step by
step in breeding any
Standard variety of do-
mestic fowl for greatly
increased egg production.
It is published in two
editions: One bound in
heavy totfght-fibre paper
with art cover design by
Franklane I- Sewell, the price of which is $2.50
per copy postpaid; the other edition i* bound in rich
red cloth with gobl lettering, the price «if whi* h
is $J.50 per copy. .Address all orders to Everybody's
Potiltry Magaxine, Hanover, Pa.
Satin Finish, Gold UtUrtd,
Cloth Hound Kdilion
H
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Aurwt. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
665
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lios far ■Mlitr mm^ Ui« mP*«*<*'3 of bcr
fair p^mUrr •how hm* W«b -wd*. ^VJ-^Li^H
ZaUtn •T.iTw1i»r. lo .Blilblt St lUmoyr
ZS^b^Min • -in T« that »nd ih» .kow h«^
bMs kwildtfd rroai All anr*^offnit«d •mail
ImaI •«»iil •ntti today II l« known aod t^^r
alM4 wh»rm%9r HiandaH brrd poultry u hra4
mud raiaW
J«4ff«« Cor IW IM4 awnl liava b#*ri mUm
a4 froM Amrri'-a'* b*«t, mrladiaf John H.
rSmp*^. A«#nia. )l Y : Harold Tompkn..
OmmHT Ma*- ; n C) Wit.yw UUU Pa .
SSliC. Krtii#r. 8t#tl*r.»UI#. Pa . and Dr.
T H C1ian»bary. of lianor»r. wl...«# r#,'Jta
J;,"^ a iadf« of 8IW«r Wraodolla. hw be
flM* »alIoaal Tbtaa »•« "r* foramo.l
tmrrr Iha jadco* ntririatinc at Ainvrira •
CrvalMl pooHrr •••hibtlir.nt an«! ri*» «« H%n
•vor'* akow «bal di»tinc«iT»n#»a ihat bai
■Mrktd II aa a oalional mvmt of protmn»i»cr.
<|i|i^ posluy and agrirallural pat>lt«atlont
•f b«tJi lb* l'n«»»d HUI#« and Canada are
frvquanllr rrf^rrSnc 'o IIanoT#r'* «r»al fair
Moltry Bbow. lu famcp ba« •prraJ amonx
tb« brro4»r« of Standard Mhihilion i^ulry
Ibroticboat lb* land. !ho« not only *4v*rlU-
Amt Iba llanoT»r Kair. bul rrralio* that »•*
•rabi* dumaaton of a communily that doe*
tkior* «*il
Barly raportt from pr<'*i'»«« »iblbitor«
wmid indiraU an unuaual »nt««rr«l \hi» jraar.
IbU applK'* to botb larf« fowU and bantam*,
witb flUiBv ra^uMta for premtum U*ta rrcmi
%9w asbibllor* ronl^mplating tbowinc tbU
Utta will b« HiaiUd on Angvat 1 Any
Ml* wbo baa not »b«wt) durmc th» pa»i ibrer
yfl^ra and ara planomc to dn bo ;hia year
abo«ld »o advlM tb« poultry depar'tnrut man
a(*r. l*o«i Ottra H<'x 2(16. llanovtr. I*a.
Kaep yoar good ona* growing — plan to at
•Ut In Making lb* antry a ra<>ord hraakar at
tliia fortiaUi aanirar^ary abow. i^t avaty
voriby •itrrimm prf»du*ad fro«i tbia com
manity grara an akbibltion <-oop at tba fair
gr«>unda. H*pt»ml»*r 23 to 26. U« a winii«r
at the anniTffmary abow.
• • •
8TATB TAIM OF TEXAS
October II to Ortobar 20 ara tba date* for
tba 1924 Htata Fair of Ta«a« Poultry Show
at Dallas, and rarly indiration* ar« that roor<r
tban f»,o<»o fln* bird* will be on «xbil>itioa — •
a firur* wbirh ha* obtained at tba 8Ut« Pair
Hhow for the la*l three yean, and which ba«
e*tabl:»bed it a* the premirr abow of ita kind
in tbe roantry.
Date* for tbe 8tate Pair pr^'per are October
1 1 to Oriobar 26. the ten day poultry abov
l>4-nod having been acrred upon after confer
enrr* following •UKte»tion« by breeder*, who
Itointed out the benefit* that would accrue a*
a result of ability to make aucreeding abowa
in go«M| neaaon.
o.te of the intereating featurea of tbe State
Fair 8ho«r will be a mammoth incubator with
a ca]i«rity of 2.0'M) egg'*, which will be in
daily operation, turning out baby cbtrka Ar-
ransemfnift have been made by a well known
inrubator manufacturer to eatabliab tba ma
chine in advance of the abow datea. ao that
tbe dero<<n*tration will be of matinnm inter
e»t !• Ia>m<-n and l>reedera alike The ma
chine turn* tt« o^n egg*, juat aa a mother
hen doe* It i* declared
Tbe State Pair of Taiaa ia a mamber of
tbe American Poultry Aaaoriation and em
piny* nnlv reci*tered American Poultry Aaao-
elation judgea Waller Burton, the tuperir.
lendent. (i«ea a»*urance lhat the aame d*ie
and careful conaideratmn fr<r all exhibitora
will be oi<*er\ed thi* year, and lhat the Aame
eqaitable rulea and regulatinna will be in
forea.
• • •
ALLXKTOWII FAIB
Wilb tbia year'* ethibitton. Allentown. Pa .
round* out it* aeventy third year and of ibis
period. W. Tbeo. Wittmaa baa been >uperin
laadanl of tbe {loullry department twenty flva
year*. N»t many men have a lika diatia«t»oa
Allentown. by catali>cue of exhibits !««(
year. wa« tbe largeat fall poultry ahow la
America The premium li>t. ready a««
«hn«* that mo*t lil«eral cash premiuma ara sf'
fared, totaling •13.|.16<>0 <>n poultry aad
pigeona. Allentown. under Mr Wittmaa i
riiidsnce. i* one of this rounlrr'a great (t
hibiiiona —a show that all should are at ao^
time during a life time
Write to Mr Wittman. Mt Gretna. Pa, kia
summer home, for your premium list and
blank* Ha will be only too glad to acqaatat
you with any detail* incident to yoar entry
See advertisement, thi* ts*ue Dates: 8«^
I em her 2 J to 26
• • •
MINEOLA FAIR
Mineola. Ix>ng I*land. N. Y.. bid* yoa aa
invitation to *h<'w. Kepterober .1«» to Octabcr
4. inclttaive. #6.000 is offered in regular aa4
cash sjterial* and aiUer cupa in addition.
Mineola baa always held a high cla** pMl
try sh'-w. well ofTicared and wall ronductad
tbe kind that exhibitor* like to re|>eat y«ar
after year. I>>cated a* Mineola is. it is a la*
adverti*ing show— well attended by poaltrr
lover*. Write to Secretary. Mineola fait.
Mine«.la. I, I.N V . tor premium li*t aa4
hlatik*
• • •
U KKO US TEEVTON PAIR
We have just been advised by Harney E
Roger*. Hupt of the poultry. Pigeon Rabbit
and t'avy .*<how. held in connection witb tb«
tireat Trenton Pair. September 29 to October
4. that i-remium lists are now ready f^r mail
Thi* i» a real fancier's exhibit and a
mighty good sale show.
Situated midway between the gi^ft ine<r«y
politan citie. .f New Y-rk and Philadelphia,
this show annually draw ihousanda of prw
pective buyers of Standard bred poultry aad
ha. become known as the •Show of Oppor
tu»>iiy " . . . J
Trenton Pair always has competent )udg>«
• a* •••**•••••••••• •••••••••••"
You Can Earn This Cup Free
Attention Show Managers I
Tba "aimon pure" faociar. nina Umea out of tan. nrafara Prlia I
Cup* a* merit of awards as offered at Poultry Sbowa whara it ia hit «
or her intent lo exhibit their prosfectiva aaaaon'a wionera. of couraa :
taking into oonaideration tba quality of tba cup* offtred whalher
"real in valua or paaaabla cheap and *hoddy.
Evcrybodyt' Prise LoTing Cups
ara tba perfection of a Maiden Lana *iWer*mith— cup* that we doubt
you could purchase for le** tban 120 or |25 anywhere; especially da-
*igned and manufactured for ua in larga aaantity loU— aa beautiful
as fine material, beat of workmanship and art can combine. Thry
must be a credit to Everybody*. You will agree they ara.
114 Show S«crctafiM Earn«4
a«9 C«p8 la tw
Ona of them earned II. another t. another 6 and only 42 amall
aa*ociaUona that did not earn mora tban ona cup — and tvery one of
the 114 aaaociationa have written ua of thair delight of oar offer and
tbe eaaa with which thoy earned the cap*.
Here is How You Earn One or More
Call your member* toipather and collect one dollar from each. Tb
dollar paya for TWO full yeara' aubacription to Kverybody* Poulti
Tbi*
paya lor Twu luii year* auoacripiioo lo r.^rryuw^/* « «^altry
Magaalna — tba iSiggeat dollar'* worth of aoond poultry reading yoa
oould ever buy — aak any aubacnber Send ua 25 ■ub*criDtiona at
f 1 00 each and wa will aand you all cbargea paid thi* Heauttful
Tro|iby for your Bhow ; aand ua 50 subacriptioni and l&O and twa
cups ara youra. Tba offer is limited m no way— for artry 26 aob-
acrlpUona a Cap U aamad by your aaaodaOon.
Win Ten Briac this Off«r b«for«
Brlttf thi
■sM rflvsr. gaU Uaad;
pafffact varfcmaaafelp
•r aagraeed aa aboea
bws?
IS Inckaa klfk: walc^ tV^ . . . . ^ .
Wa will Buppty yoa altkar Wa will aand blank* and repr<»duced illuatrationa of the Cap — alaa
»ample copiea of Kverybodys. Write today
ETerjrbodjrs Poultry Magazlnci
Hanover, Peniiae
imtit— itmnniiimtn— — 401
kie liat of premium* and ui> to date man j
*Jflient "Biir" Kang*haw. the well known |
•P." manager of (ireenville. Del . will again !
tl •« charge of the poultry »h.iw Kxhibttors
klow that ••Mill*' M always c.n the job
jUiM't delay, write at onre for j-remium list
ifl l^rvey E. Koct-r*. Sujit.. I^IJ Nuilmgham
VVav Trenton. N J
CVTRIES FOR NEW YORK STATE
PAIR CLOSE AUGUST IS
The entries for the jmultry de',<artment of
the tireat New Y<>rk Slate Pair will cl<<se on
Aaguat I** ^Ve urge all our readers and
friend* to make sure and get their entries
la for this great fall show No ona who haa
•lock to sell or will have later, nan afford to
taiM this great fall show. Daily thousanda
of the better c|a«* of well t-. do farmer* and
tfjjdm from all section* of the state pa*a
tlifoa^li the building and view the exhibits.
H^ay will become interested in your exhibita
^^ prov* valuable customers. There i* no
•Iber place where you can display your stock
la s« g'MMl advantage
You «ill enjoy being t>re*ent in person, but
,f unabia to do ao. tlo not hesitate to aend
sm •tbibit of your stock aa you can re*t a*
^ar«j your stock will be well cared for by
««mpetent men in charge Superintendent
Orr will be glad to see that any special in-
»tr«ciions are carried out regarding your ex-
hibit. Y»a will never regret having ax-
kiblled
Pnie money and cash special* are very lib-
eral and entry fees nominal. You may aacura
a premium list and entry blank by addreaaing
D Lincoln Orr. Cornwall. N. Y.
• • •
MILWAUKEE ASSOCIATION
The eighth annual i>icnic of the Oreater
Sliiwaakee I'otiliry Mreeder*' Aaaociation
waa conducted at Nevy'a (irova on Sunday.
Jaae 23. IU'J4 The automobile parade pro-
cadad from the corner of Teutonia and North
Avaane on scbetluled tima to the picnic
graaada where everything waa in readineaa
Tot a good time
Tba Sheboygan lN>ultry Association, un-
dar tb* leadership of Wm. Marold and Wm
Baiaradol€. arrived with their baseball team,
tbay bad made special bata which they were
aara would hit any ball that could be pitched
by tbair op|»onent«. and used them with good
affart. winning by a acore of \H to II.
At about noon the beaeana wept with Joy
far about two boura in recognition of the vie-
tarr of tbe Sheboygan Poultry Aaaociation
ball team and at 2 P. M the aun again amiled
apaa aa. The entertainment committee bad
arraagad an elaborate program of gamea and
raeaa. Everybody who probably could, got
lata tbem and there were aurpriae* a plenty
of tba ability and activity disnlayad by thnaa
who participated. It waa the largeat and
merriest crowd of poultry breeder* ever
gathered together by our association.
President A O. Dentin, in a few well
cbaaen remarks, thanked the Sheboygan Pool-
try Aaaociation and all other* for their at-
taadanca and tbe intereat displayed and aaid
It waa evident that the poultry people could
play as well a* work together and enjoy the
anghtnes* of the sunshine that radiatea in
gathering* of this nature and makes it a
graad aoccaaa. also that this spirit of get-
together and work together will make the
Seventh Annual Milwaukee National Poultrr
aad Pigeon Show, to be held at the Audi
lorlnm. November 26 to SO. 1924. tba largeat
aational show in the country When evening
.abadowa approached, a tired crowd wended ita
%ay homeward and pronounced it a day well
apent. looking forward to the next annual
ptcaic.
• • •
MATIOVAL FOULTRT SHOW
The big event of the year will canter
•round Chicago. January I :i to 19. 1925 and
at tbe National Poultry Show. Union Stock
Tarda. Tbe exhibition is boosed in the Inter
Mllonal Amnhitheatre. which baa bouaad
•ore tboroughbred livestock than any other
building Of i.lace in the States. Such cluba
•• The Rhode laland Red Club of America.
Tbe American Bantam Aaaociation. The Buff
«^k Club. Chicago Pigeon Club and auxili
ones recogniie tbi* and have voted their con
Petition for this show. The Reds ara now
►'•paring a list of ca*h specials that will
»ake all Pourth District exhibitors start to
•oak for Winners The Bantam Club ia also
Jtwparing a li*t for their Central Diatrict
Moadan. The Buff Rocka ara diaplaying un-
J»««l energy Several other rluba ara now
•olloting and conaidering the National. Unl
*»riltiea bare consented to giea educational
|«lhs and eihibits for the benefit of the peo-
PJ» Feed and supftly houses have voiced
weir •np,>ort The beat of Judges have arain
••oil selected. New features have been added
!• •'•*' exhibits and viaitora. Nothing ia be-
•M left undone to atage an exhibit for the
aad for tbe breeder 'a welfare. For
mfor'Tiation. write t^ the se. retary. Clarenio
.1 Hfj. 1 ^4^•^ .So (irern .St.. Chicago. III.
• • •
NEW MANAGEMENT FOR THE .SOUTH
WLbr COLISEUM POULTRY SHOW
Th»» Soutba ••! Coli*eum Poultry Show,
Ft Worth. Tex. November -J J5. inclusive.
mIiiiIi male it* initial ai>pr«ra:ice la*t year
i:n<l«-r the directi <n of the late Dr. II l>
Harne* a« *e< retary manager atui Alma I.eona
Mrown a< a«!»i*tant secretary. announce*
.N' It Spearman, nationally known Brown
l.oghorn Ircedrr. a* the new secretary man
ai;t r vtilh D. D Wii<oii a« a*:ti*tant secretary
Thi«f «iffi' e» being niaile vacant by the deatn
• f Dr llsrne* and the removal from the atate
of MiH* Brown.
The .SouthMe«t Coli*eum. being i^ivt tuted
for the breeders and true fancier*, without
prejudice, and not for pri>flt, rapidly a<<umed
the pla e de»ic;nated for a pi-rmanent. auc
cruftful *how. and Mr. .Spearman auc '>• -iccv
that they are more det.«rinii\ed tha*. e. ,.r "o
make the Situthwe*t Coliseum the erea «t
*how held in the Southweat. annually
Several state and district roeri* are '>ei.i{
planned, real ape< lala. the be<>t of ju !«<•«
prompt and efllcient service both in the *ho»«'
rm>m and ofH. e. the i»ell known Colne'iiu
Building, keen competition, sales in the mo«t
rapidly advancing tK>ullry aection in the
.Southwest are all as*ured for exhibitor*.
Plan your entries now for November 22 -"».
Write N B Spearman, p. U Box 1 601. Kl.
Worth. Tes . f< r a catalogue and watch this
journal for further announ< ement* regarding
specials and meets.
• • •
SAVAKNAH. OA.
The Tri .Stale Kxposition will be held Oc.lo-
ber 27 to November 1. inclusive F. M. Por-
cher. State Vic* President of the American
Brown Leghorn Club, writes u* lhat the show
this year will be of unusual Intereat. that
.Judgea Kmeck and .Stone have been engaged
with plans on foot to make Savannah tbe
greatest show of the South.
The Brown I^egborn Club holds its diotrict
meet at Savannah as one of the features
Liberal priaes offered inclusive of cash and
cups. (iet in line witb this ahow by writ-
ing Mr Porcher. .SI4 Tattnall St . Savannah,
tie., fur premium list.
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT RED
MEET AT NASHVILLE
Tbe 1924 annual abow and meatinf of tba
Southern District of the Rhode Island Red
Club will be held with the Tennessee State
Pair at Nashville. September 15 to 22.
Bevidea the regular liberal rash firiiea,
over $500.00 will be awarded aad paid aa
priies on Reda Regular prixa money will be
doubled on Reds on account of tbia big dia
trict Bed Club Show. Thia ha* bean made
po«aible by a group of Soatbem breeder* of
Reds who have contributed to a larga purse
combined with the good buaineaa viaioo and
liberality of thoaa in charge of tba Taane**ee
State Pair
Tbe poultry department ia in charge o>f
Ruaaell F. Palmer. Laat year Mr Palmer
waa placed in charge and made it the largeat
and best poultry exhibit In tbe South in 192.1.
Present indicationa point to an even greater
show thia fall.
Judges Tucker. Burton. Hobba and Pickett
will place awarda. Mra. Palmer, wife of the
superintendent, handled the secretarial dutie*
of the department last year and will do »•*
again this year. Mra. Palmar i* an "old
hand" at tbia work and beat of all know*
how to pleaae and aerea. Tboa from any
angle tbi* year's poultry show at the Tenaes
>ee State Fair should and will ba worthy of
your evhibits
The management invitee exhibita from all
section* Let'a all get together where the
North and South meat, *topa or begina. J. W.
Russwurm. of Nashville, ia tba Fair Secre-
tary and will mail yoa a premium liat on re-
quest by card or letter.
• • •
MISSOURI STATE FAIR
"Competition Open to the World" ia tba
announcement supplementing tbe classlflca
tions for poultry in the 1924 premium list
of tbe Misaourl State Fair, to ba held at
Sedalia. August 16 23. Kntriea la tba poul
try department for the 12.000 in premium
money and specials, and tba 9150.00 awaep-
• takes, close August 7.
The poultry show at the fair thi* vear bids
fair to euual or excel any aimilar ahow ever
held at the State Expoaitlon. It la a abow
where no competition ia required and where
regular premiama will be awarded atrlctly
aicci>rding to the merit* of the bird*, ao an-
nounces O^oTf L Russell. Chilhowea. Mo.,
director, and T W Noland. Mountain (irove.
Mo . HUperintendent, of tbe poultry depart-
ment Tbe judges wbo have l>eea aelected
to take care of the awarding of priiea dur-
ing fair week are V. O. Ilobb*. Kanaaa City.
ANDERSON QUALITY
SHIPPING COOPS
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ll aav* *B /sgew f As tmtamfml itmJnt
Aaderaoa Coop* have smoA<h wall* that
proieci yoar bird*. Tbev are atiracttve,
very alrnng. casilv assembled, good
value and lake lowest eapresa rate*.
Quick abip«neni*. Peraonal cotirleoua
service Ssii*(*ctiun guaranteed or
money refunded.
OrJae today dirwet fvwaa ikU add
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Sue (:21il»t?2in high. 7:Sdot *«Hb..
Si«eD21x.Mi?:in high. A2Sdo< Wlb*.
F. O. B. Anderson, Ind. Hall doe. per
bundle. Minimum Order Please aend
check wilb order. Special price* on
quanliliea over S doaen. Small eitra
charge for your name nn coop as above
Write for prices. Cat saisilei pnna *a Basiw
ANDERSON BOX COMPANY
Aader*«si. ladiaaa
HALL'S BUFF ROCKS
nr.trr niflPI^T at th* nar<l«n Oi'rago Cellseum,
New Turli giaie Fair Flae •rsetflat tlaak.
EDWARD F. HALL. R F D 1. ERIE. PA
Foathers 8240
HELLOt Just wantad to ramind
you I na«d a lot of faathar-
making matarials in my f—^ now.
I hava to inaka about 8.000 naw
faathars bafora 1 atart my winter Uy>
ing-and I want to gat through my
molt qukkly. •© I can Uy lou ol
agga whan pricac ara high.
You tay Purina Chickan Chowdar
is full of that protein atufi that
make* faathara and egga^ That's
what 1 need. Send aoma right out.
If you don't know your
Purina daalar. writs as.
PUIINA MILLS
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AoffWt, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
667
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We list b«low what we
conader the beet Booke on
Poultry Keeping. Booke that
we cMXk recommend.
All theea Booke ere kept
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der mil be filled day re-
ceived.
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A LtTlac rr«a Ben »^ PMltrj 1.40
pMiiry f«r BshlblUM 3 00
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Hicli Iff Pr«4«e«tMi t.OO
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pMltry HoMM M4 PUi«r«« ... 1 00
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PtriB««tk BMk arM4 BMk ... t.§e
TM M«4«ra Ptena Baa I 00
UmUmt a»4 Ilraa4ia« of Paaliry S.ftO
Ommmmrri^l Pavltrj Rauiag . . . 1.00
Practical Paaltry Pra4acU«a ... 1.00
Oara aa4 Maaaf lat •€ Babbila 1.11
PavH^y IHaaaaaa 1.T5
AflMHcM Braa4a 9t Paallry . . . 1.00
Paallry Paa4a aa4 PM4lac l.Tft
Tariiay Baltlaf I. ft
Pra4araaa af lOO B«««f« l.ftO
Dm af ArtlArtal Uffct 1.60
Haw la Paa4 Paalur 'or Aay
Par^saa wnk Pralt MS
•arcaaafai Ba*kyar4 Paattry
Kaaf laff I .OO
ArtlMal lacabaflac aa4 Brao4-
Tka Lagliaffaa
Tba W|raa4attaa
Haaka* Kft Rac«r4 ....
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It4iaa4«' Aer««tit Baoli
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Mo., and To« H Woo4«. f^jrix* M" Mr.
Nolao4. tkrMch b>i •••oriattoo with lb* poal-
irj r«|.#riinrr»t ttatiuo »l li«»unlain («roT*.
I* profoundly r«p«bl* of brinfinc a lar»* »»•
hibil lo lb* fair and of arraoctnf mb« for
hm*i dl*|>layr pnrpo***.
In addilioB to lb* reffular rias*** arranr»
m«nl« bav* b««o ouida f<>r ■racial pru*« for
iha tolU-wing brradt: Harr«H! Ptjmootb
Kork*. HiUrr WyaodotI**. Riioda Ulaad
}U4». Lt«b! Hrabouk*. Km«l» Cowb Brown
I^fhorr.*, Hinfl* C^mb Whu* Mincrra* Hm-
glr Cooib Hla<^k Minor' a*. Anconaa. Wbita
and Buff <»n"«»Cl«n«. C'ornitb aod Bronta
Tarbr>» K^dalia will aI»o afford lh» flr«t
• niiual mr^ttnc "f tb# nrwiy orcaoit^d Bulf
<»rfinct4>n Clob of Mi»*oxiri oo Aacatt 20
Tb» pr^miaa l>*t. rontainms all rta«»ifl-
ration*. i«n«a«. •(►*<iaU aod aion^jr offered.
lo||*4hrr «Ub Bbippmc mrtrurtion* and tha
labinc '■ar* of poultry •abibil* after they
am*» on tha fair rroand*. l« bow ready for
ditirituiion Ii will b# »ent to all aiblbi'ora
.Q the atata fair mallm* li»l. and to all
olhem »bo will »end tb««ir name* and •d-
dre»a«>« to W. I» Boitlb. t<**-J Mia»'>uri 8tata
Fair. Hedalia. Mo. Tbere !• no charfe for
tbe premiaai U«t. and a suarleat nomher of
rof.iea ba*e been printed to provide for a I
wbo are intereated in Miasoun'a create*! fall
poaltry abow. ^ ^
ILLTMOia STATE POULTET
ASIOCIATIOII WOTBl
We ara pleaaed to ba«e tbe foll'>win» from
A D fMailb. Bacratary Illlnoia .MUia Toaltry
Aaaorialiofi. Qoinry. III. perUininff to "cooi
tnc eTenia" in pa«ltrydo«i in tbat 8taU:
Tbe hic IllinaU SUta Pair wtll be betd at
Rprinc4eld. Ht^teaiber 13 t« 30. 1034. witb
Mcaara lUle. Tarblll. Hclmlkb. Hayl and
Ballard •• ib* jadc«« of poaltry Tba Illlaoia
Hta|a Paaltry Asaociatloa loak tba aaltar ol
larreaaed preoiiaau at tba Pair ap wllb aar
(K>vernor. I.en Hmall. witb tba raaall tbat an
a tfty cent entry fee on ainglea. tba pra-
■iiuma «il| l»e |.'>. 13 and 13 Oa ao aatry
faa of II &0 on pant tba prcmiaais will b«
1«. |« and 14 Tbia !■ Juat doable wbat they
weira laal year witb aa iarraasa in antry fee*.
Catai'^caa* ran be bad by addraasioc W. W.
I.indley. Gen Mcr . 8princ4eld. III.
Tblity lacaBd miaaia BUta them
Tbe Tbirty aerond Illtnoia State Sbow will
ba beld at Kankakaa. Dae— bar 11 ta Jaau-
M7 4. ItIS Tba iadffas will ba P 8 Tar-
bill. Oao A Ileyl. D T. Heiailick. J A.
LeUa4. H C Dippl*. O L MrOaH an4 P W.
Ballard We will kkva a poaltry lodflnc can-
teat by tbe different arriraltural bigb BrbooU
in Illlnoia. Oar cararaar will award baaati-
fal allaar trapbiea ta tba wiaaart. Tba Illi-
aata Stata Poaltry Anoclatloa ia lUrtlac a
■ia«barabip cMspairn To tba poaltry
braader aendinr tbe larfaat aamber of entries
for tha alat* aaaoriatioa a craad pnte pen
of giacia CoMb Red« donated by C P Rrott.
will ba ffivaa To tb« aasl tii bifheat tbey
will kava tbeir rbaioa af a trio of Reda.
4attata4 by A D Balth: a trio of Wblta
Wyan4ntiaa. donatad by H. O Kavnnaacb :
a tria at Wbiie Ro'^ka. donated by H Oraena-
felter: a trio of Barred Rorka. donatad by
D T HeiBilirb. a trio of Wbite !/efhorn*.
froia Cbaa. I^pperf; a tno of Buff Orpine-
tea*. 1mm Grant Touag: •€ a tria af Oalam-
bian Wyfndntlea. frnai J. A I.<elaBd Naw.
braader*. aand for matabarsbip blanka to A D.
8a»tb. Qaiary. III., and aria one of tbe above
priiae
Qmtacy Sk*w
Qaiary. III., mill afam bold tbeir aanaal
thow duriac Tbankaci^inc Week. Koveaiber
S« to SO. 1034. witb Meaara Tarbill and Dam
barat a« Jadgaa. Qainry will give tba bread
*rm tbe aaaia bigb riaaa treatment, aam* gull
■pariala. aa baralafora. Qaiary ia indaad
proad of tba work done in tba Qaiary R/g
Laying Coateat aed we hope tba rowing ron
teat «birb opeas November 1. Will be llled
Wllb Illiaaia birda. K^rb month at tba ron
laal abowa a better re<-ord than the aam^
month a vear ago Rreedera ah<-tuld nni fail
to lab* advantage of getting offinal ecg !■>
ing recorda of tbeir birda Rntry blanka and
rales and regalatioaa may be had by addrae*
ing tba Depsrtment of Agrirallure. Diviaion
of Poaltrir Ifuabsndry. 8prinr4eld. Ill
Klfk U^U ia Xniaala Beg Laytaff Oontaat
The blab pen of tbe Mediterranean Cta**
in tbe IlTinoia Rgg Ikying Contcat to date
baa a31 egga to ila rredit for Ive birda.
Tbie ia OH 'ffff* above tba bigb paa mark for
tba algbt moatba of last year' a rontest Thr
bigb pen in tbe Amariraa (Maaa ia juat 112
eggs altove tbe higli pen of la«l year 'a ron
leal. 2«( pena ba«e Isid over 0<>o egr«. again«t
9 at tbia lime Isat ysar Outatde of a lot of
broodlness ia tha haavv breeds aad some in
tbe light braeda. roadltiona at the rontasta
are airellent Keg pnidartion atill eontinues
bigb. We bo|>e lo totally eriipaa all produr-
tioe record « heretofore ma«i« at these con
tr»ia Wp mrr rotng to liniii tba number of
pena st our ronleata We are going to open
•nother ronteat st Kankakee. We will »a|
arraftt any more pena for the three rantasta
than we did heretofore for tbe two ronteala.
If any breeder* deaire to enter their birda
•t our ronteat* we a<l«i*a tbem to «rita for
entry blanka and rules and regulationa to tba
liepsrtment of Arnrultora. Diviaion of Paal.
try Hukbardry. Springtleld. Ill . before it i«
loo late.
PCmilTLVAinA STATE
"^ PBODUCTION SHOW
plana are under way for the Herond Htata
Htandsrd rro.iuftion Poultry 8how which
will be beld at Htate College. Pa. O'toSer
21 24 and 2.S. The event, whirh is ona of
the few of ila kind in Amerira. «a managad
l.y the Htudent Poultry Club at tba Pennayl-
vania Hiale College under the auperv.a.on of
tbe poultry department of the School of Agrt-
8o •ar<-*a»ful wa» the abow staged last
rear that fsrmer* and poultrymen througboat
tbe Stale reqoealed that It be made an annaal
rvent I^al year more than 6o0 rhoire tirda
repre.enting eight different breads competed
for the pnte money offered in the vari-ms
rlasae* White I.rghorna were i» tba major
,ty but Barred Kmk. White N\yandottes.
While Rorha. Uh^e lalsnd Reda. J"^7
Black Giaals. l.lgbl Brahms* and MiUed
Anconaa wera well repreaented The rlaaa
frr rapon* aUo brought out a large dsas t*
rboire market bird*.
The abow thia year promises to aurpaaa tha
one beld last year both in quality and num-
ber of entriea Over 12uo .n special priies
will be distributed Theae include ailver
cups, caah prltas. and useful poaltry esuip
meni A baaulifal silver cup will ba r;*« ta
the rounly scoring the largest numbrr of total
polBia In tbe atandard egg production
claas the following vartetiea can enter: Barrad
and Wbite Rocka. Wbita Wyandottes. Sing •
and B^ae Comb Rhode l.lsnd Reds Singe
Comb White and Brown l^gbarna. ^aingle
Comb Black Mmorras and Bingia Oomb Mat-
tied Ancoaaa Tbe sUndard meal prodaciiaa
class incladaa bight Brahmaa. Black Lanj
sbans and Jarsay Black Giants ^^
Tbe objerl of the show, according to Sacra
Ury l^aon Todd, ia to offer tba pooHry pro-
dacers of tha State an opportunity to placa
their birds in competition with ona aaatber
on the baai. of egg and maat P»^»V*"« .f •;
causa the birds ara Judgad Wtb from lypa
and atility standpoiat^ the small Vr^^^
will bare equal cbaacaa with the poultry faa^
cler Tbe prodoring ability of the birds w U
be given equal conaideration witb ">«»»o'^»^
ta type in plaring awarda Tba birds wtU
be Judged by membara of tbe poultry staff
at Penn Stata.
a • •
ATTEWnOV. LBOHOBJf PAJfOIXBl
A short lima ago I received, unsollcltad.
two letters from La«born men. asking if they
were alirt»l« to Join the United I.,eghorn
Club Theae letter* were mora helpful to ma
than anything tbat baa bappaoeJ since tbe
Cniled waa formed, and I have been won
dering why I cannot racalvt more like them.
I certainly will be glad to Kive ar.v auch
letter* prompt atlantloB. ^ , . j .v-
I am working bard to make the In. ted the
saccass aack a projert daserres to be and
have pat in BMny hours at my desk. a«4
given tbe rlab my best thought^
I am canldent of results, if I ran only
eel tbe support of tba l^tt^orn breeders aafl
that sap|»ort and confldenca I need now. ■•
It will help far mora at tbia lime, than it
will later, "ben we are larger and stronger
Thia has been and will ba a labor of lore an
mv part. I only undertook it on ac-ount af
my lara for Ika dalaly Lagboms I ahall
try to handle the affairs of the I nited on
l.u^inesa tinas. and what we may alriva to ac
rompliah will ba for all variatiaa of L*ghorra
slika. and I honestly believa we caa ^^'*^
pliab mocb when we really gel atartad Wa
hava bad only one meeting and have already
Sfty^ma member*. 1204 00 in tbe bank and
all bills paid ^ . ^
Ooma »aw. lovar* of tbe breed, those wba
really W'va their favorites, lat mc lierr fram
vou The initiatioB fee is 13 00 and the
snnual dues are 12 00 Ara not our beautia*
worth that amount when it will help pai
what I hope to make the largest and ^esl
breed club in the world on the msp f
I may be dreaming, but at aome future
time I want lo sea tba Unitad bold •» •"
Lerborn abow. I^t'a all pot our •booldera
to the wheel and each lover of tha beat braaa
on rsrth do their share I have lots at
• tationerv and Cncle Ham will sell me a"
the stamps I may require 1^1 me hesr from
you Wra KMerr Bright. Pres . United Un-
born Club. Waltbam. Mass
Tbis is tba season of special breedera
sales and radaced prices for hatching egga
which means it ia the seaaon for you lo bay
f<ir imi>roved br«>«>ding and new blood.
EXPERIMENT STATIONS
(Ooatlnaad from paga 641)
Atlantic Highlands. N. J., ara the ihraa tbat are tied for higbeat bonora with s i-ro
4arlioB of 29 eggs each.
Tba
1^ revealed
W H Ii Kent. Csienovia. N Y
Tba following tables ahow the bifbeat pens and hena for the month in the variuua breed*
pan So Bread
4
10
14
11
IT
71
Bf
4^1
10-11
14 7
111
fill
1711
•1-1
414
7117
B P R
W. P R
W Wyan
R. I &.
J. B O.
W. Lag
Training School. V'inelsnd. N. J
D. O. Witmer. Joplin. Mo
Bergen Co l'<>ul. A*ao . Hackeniiark N. J
R L. Stotasbury 4 Marry Parms, Marlboro, N. J
Henry Rapp. Jr. Farmingdale. N. J.
Pro<lucti >n
2 11 1
2 12
|04
1.14
1«7
2»..'>
BrawKl
B. P. R.
W. P R
W. Wyan.
R. I Rod
R. I Red
J. B. O
W. Lag.
W. Lag.
W. Lag
l*r«H|iicti>»n
2.%
2rt
24
23
2 «
25
2'.»
2 '.>
2'>
Haa
IT I
14 11
41^17
41-1
Mil
374
It'll
711
74-11
W. If B. Kent. Oaienovia. K V
Training School. Vineland. N. J
D O Witmer. Joplin. Mo
C. C Poultry Farm. New Brunswick. N. J
Dr. C M Sneed. Columbia. Mo
R L. Slotesbury A Marry Farms. Marlboro. N J
Tha Kerr Cbickeries, Inc.. Franrhtown. N. J
Tha Kerr Chickenes. Inc.. Franrhtown. N. J. .
Rapp'a Leghora Farm. Atlantic Ilighlanda. N J
Tka alaraa bigbeit Individoala ibrougb Jona 3U ara aa follows
Breed
R. I. Red Fnglewood Pool 4 Pel Slock Assn.. Englewood. N - .1
Knglewood Poul A Pet Stock Aa«o . Englewood. N J.
Fred J. Malhewa. Lamhertville. N. .1
Hollywood Poul Farm. Holtywoo.l. Wash
Columbia Poal Farm. Toma River. N. J
R L. Slotesbury A Marry Farms. Marlboro. N. J. .
Elmar U. Wane. Vinaland. N. J
W. Lag. A. B. Hall. Walllngford. Conn
W. Lag. I.^wis Parms. Davisvilla, R. I
B. p. R. Norfolk Spacialty Farms. St. Williams. Onl . Can
W. Lag. 8. Olaaa. Waatwood. N. J
per bird for tbe month, and brings the total
produrtion per bird for the entire rontest uit
to 1**9 eggs. The total prodoctton to date
waa 2I7.901
R I. Rad
W. Leg
W. Uc
W. Laf
J. B. O
Production
111.'.
lAl
I. Ml
ir.7
1S4
1 .'.:i
I&3
152
153
149
149
Pallowiag i« a table showing Ib* par rant
pi«4tirtia« and number of egg* par bird for
aack month sinca tba beginning of the con
Isat ia Mevambar:
Varambar
Darambar
Jaatwry
fvbraary
Marrk
Jaaa
Avagag*
ImsMi Ooaakj iBtamaUoaal Bgg Lajlac
Cootaat
Tbe prodarlion for tba moath of Jona and
tarladiag tba Iral two days of July at lb*
Bergea Ooont* Intarnalional F.gg Laying Con
ts*t was :i9.5.s5 eggs or a production of 61.18
per cant This is a prodactioa of 10.8 agg*
Prod.
Ho. of Egf*
Par Bir4
71
1.1
11.1
18
314
C6
87 3
10 5
58.3
16 5
63.8
10
68.8
|M3
61.1
16.
88.8
oa.8
Paa Ma. Braad Owner
47 W Lag L C Beall. Jr . Vaabon. Wash
M W I.,ag Cirri* (W) Farm. Gates Mill. O
4) W. Lac. Wellward Farm. F.ast Hatanket. L. I
44 W. Lag Hollywood Poaltry Farm. Hollywood. Wash
48 W. Lag. C. T Darbr. North Branrh. S. J
44 W. Lac. Barlow Ix>ghorn Farm. Sugar Grove. I*a
11 W. Lag. Windy Brow Farms. Newton. N J. . .
11 W. Lac Oao B Ferris. Grand Rapids. Mich
41 W. I^a Amaling Farms, Rolla. Mo
43 W. Lag. W. C F.rkard. paw Paw. Mick
Tba tea bigbeat iadividnala through July 3nd are as follows
Haa Ka. Breed Owner
411 W. I..eg 8. Olsan. Weatwood. N J
7 17 B. P. R L. Laffarty. Englewood. N J
41 B. P. R. W. H. B Kent. Casenovia, N Y
44-11 W. Lag. Dr. J. 8. Niaf. Plemiagtan. N J
47-4 W. Lag. L. C Beall. Jr. Vaabon. Wa*h
11 7 W. Leg Windy Brow Farms. Newton. N J
«• 17 W. Lag. Hollyvrood Poultry Fanb. Holly wo<m|. Ws-h
44-3 W I^g Hariow leghorn Karm. Sugar Grove. I'a
441 W. Lag W O. Eckard. Paw Paw. Mich
11 II W. l^g Windy Brow Farma. Ne«t«>n. N. J.
Tba following table shows the per cent
production and number of egrs per bird f<>r
ea< b month during tbe present contest bcrm
ning with Norember. The production f»r the
month of Jun* inrludas tbe first two days of
July
Par Cent No Egg*
Production Per Binl
Norambar 16.1 4.5
Darember 33 6 7.8
January 30 0 6.6
February 36 8 10.7
March 61 6 11.1
April 66 5 30.
May AM 3 31.2
June At rt 10.8
Araraga 44.5 109.
Tba tea highest paas to date for the entire
contest through Jaiy 3 ara aa follows :
Prod
3.990
2.«01
1.850
2.7 M
2.7 U
2 »i'>4
2 >»70
2.A'.«
2 A.', 4
2.65.1
Prod
19'.
19 1
192
IMA
!«.'►
I"!
IMJ
IHI
Tba standing of tha various breads repra-
•wtad ar* given belaw :
Par Oant
Siagle Comb White I^gborna 42 0
Barred Plymouth Rocks 41 0
BAada laUad Rads 87.1
3A
1'. 7
15
28.6
of egg
N« af Birds
Breed
(train.
US
Barred Plymouth Rocks
2 M
14
While Wyand'-Uc"
2.57
148
Rhode NIand Red*
2 57
1178
LegborBs
2 57
31
Huudan*
2 57
White Plymouth Rocks
Wbite Wyandottes . . .
.leraey HIS' k Giania . .
Black Leghorns
The following table >howa the amount of
ma«h and grain ronaumcd for the various
breeda. as well as tba feed coat and numSer
of egg* per bird for the month.
Maah. lbs.
427
3 60
3.7M
4 02
4 24
red Cost
Frg.
111
15 8
174
15 2
181
12 5
111
17.1
I4M
17 2
LEFTER FROM PRES. RIGG
(CoBliaacd from paga 433)
J. Will HIackman. chairman of a spe-
cial committee appo'nt<'i| to forma-
late a plun whereby the AMociation
may (five .^lability to the etrg-Iayin|r
conte-Ht,** and .'secure for reports of
these conte.ttfl the confidence of the
people, will submit a plan to the To-
r»>nto ronvention.
.Another important matter which if
now beinu considered by the Asiiocia-
tion ia R method of providing, under
8uper\'i8ion of the American Poultry
A.viuciation, for the listinif, retrintnh-
tion and certification of superior, ex-
hibition, breedin|[ and productive
SUndard-bred fowl.t. This matter
was presented to the Association by
Maurice F. Delano, who is heartily in
favor of same. Mr. Delano, as chair-
man of a special committee, will
submit a report of this to the Toronto
Convention.
I wish and need your coun.sel and
advice, and this is the reason I urge
you to be present at Toronto, that
you RMiy participate actively in the
deliberations of the Convention.
This is the plan of the present ad-
ministration, enlarged as the mem-
bers in convention assembled nay de-
termine. To this I pledge my un-
divided attention and effort.
AMERICAN POUL ASSN..
Thos. F. Rigg. President.
IMPORTANT OOWTBMTIOir VOTBB
Contrary lo reports in circulation. aMm-
bar* of tba Amarla*a Fasllry inntgtlM la
the United Utatee wbo will attend the forty
ninth annual eonvtniioa of the association la
Toronto. Canada. Angaal 12 15. 1924. will
not be required to ablain paaaporta or idaall-
fication rrriifleataa to entar 0aaa4a. or tJia
I'nited HIates apon return bnma.
I am in rareipt of the following official
communicalioB from Hun. Harald Hbaala,
Ameriraa Coasul la Toronto.
"Tha racaipt ia ackaawledga^ of your Ut-
ter of July 14, 1024. with reference to entry
into Canada and re aniry into the l'oila4
Htalaa uf members af your associaliaa la
rca|»onae you are informed that American rill-
irna who come to Toronto for a temporary
viaii ahould have no difficulty in re anterine
tbe I'nited Htalea. and they are not raqalra4
to have documents of aay kind It would.
perhaps. b« adviaable. however, for them lo
r^rry copiea of tbeir birth certl6cate« ar
ather means of ideatilcalian aa Americaa
citiiaas.
"Any Canadian citisana now reaiding in
the railed HIates ahould. before their da-
pariure. obtain ihroagb iho Oommis*io»i«r
(fciteral of Immigrarion. Wa«hiogton. D (? . a
permit lo re enter the I7nile<l Htalaa Giber-
wise they will not ba allowed lo relarii to
the United Htalea for permanent rmmidtnem
without an immigratioB visa iaaaed by aa
American Consular aSca."
Again I urge all members to attend tba
convention - Tboe P Rigg. Praaident Ameri-
can poultry Aaaociation.
Tbose intending to eibibi al any ona or
mora of tha fall fair t>oallry shows should
read the announcementa of these evenia aa
found lialed monthly tn Kvarybodya' abaw
date column Many of the larger events ara
also adv«rti»ir>( their abowa with the ua* of
adverliaing apace Read these advertise
manls. they will tall you of the vaiae and
preatire rsin«Hl by esbibitiitg your fuwia.
Soiinybroofc WHITE WYANDOTTES
IMOTCD LAYERS AND WlfMfblERS
l'A*4iag Wiaaara at Red Bank. Newark. Washington and Pillahnrgh laat araaon PulleU average isn a^ga as lo^ka Now booking ardera l«r
EXUIBITIOW BIRDS— BOTH SEXES— TO Wl» AKYWHERE
ItALBt AJTD PEMALBS THAT WI1>L PRODUOB— Increasa your averaga by asing one of my eorkarala ar gat yaar order boobe4 far
P*^Uta. Was sold out early laat yaar.
CHAIlIf D. CLBVBLAND
■ox 7
BATCNTOWN, Na J,
666
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
AttfUft. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
669
Poultry
leg Bands
K»«w lb* •«# of foar {MMtltry on •t<ht
-liMw ib«ir brM4laff. |>«a MAtinff*. •(«
bf Ik* rolor or ■••b#r of ih« b»Dd
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rM«f«l. Toll IUb Band* do lb* trick.
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whit». bla«. ffTfoo. »«How
Mad* of rfllolnid ond
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for SOf. IStlOO: 50
ft 8S: 100 IS SO; 300
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luiffo nuaib«r« on roil*-
loid — 0 alrong. durable
band Ham* br»«d. All
rolor*— 13 SOc: 3SSor:
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GOLDEN CAMPINES
l^gi iMif prM« a^'t t«v*d)i«« •U«k at r«4i*<*<4
O O BATTLCB. Bos B. WBLLXBOTOW. •.
$1,000 FOR A NAME
hMi> nihvr l*i<— :
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fMral*
m. c. whitie: l.ex3Horns
tTifc MM. lit a*. r^llau MM. MM.
p«Ba. T«l«*. Hauiiiiit Kciii bafe« Cbtika
e. ^ •IIAMAM BOWLIHO OMCtM. «V
Scotfs
MNOWfi mOM OOA0T TO COAST
C R. BCOTT
7. Bm Z PaofUk in.
HAZELTON'S
BUFF WTANDOTTES
MieMcMi Bet Oontoat Wmaara
ALL MT BBBBDBB8. HALT PBXOB VOW
M*nd for Proo Ctrr«lar
m HABBLTOB SMITH VILBS, MIOH
Possibilities in Poultry Registration
B.J ALEXIS L CLARK
Chief of Bare*a of MArkrtt. SUta of N*w Jersey.
The brei'dinjf of livestock has been ! reaus in several counties in Califor-
a recoifnized science since the earli
est period of civilisation. The book
of Genesin records a scheme by which
Jacob amassed a fortune at the ex-
pense of his crafty father-in-law. The
Arabs and Moors were noted for their
purebred horses <if uniform stamina
and speed. Many years ajfo the cat-
tle breeders of the British Isles work-
ed out pedisTr*** systems for record-
inir the breeding data of all their in-
dividuals. Practically all improve-
ment in livestock from breedinfr has
been based upon the wise use of pedi-
gree records.
In the early days each breeder kept
his own data and we know that these
records were handed down from
father to .«»on as a choice heritaije. In
modern days, however, it has been
found necessary to organize a num-
ber of breeders and place the records
and authority in the hands of some
trustworthy person not directly inter-
ested in the records but who has the
confidence of all.
The poultry breeders of the United
States have made wonderful projfress
in the uniformity, beauty and pro-
ductiveness of their flocks. So far
this work has developed along indi-
vidual channels. It is natural that
the minds of forward-looking enthu-
siasts should be casting about for
practical means of systematizing the
breeding practices of a diatrict or a
in'oup of breedeni. As the recordin(f
and unifyinif of breedinif operations
become increasingly more important
so does the necessity increa.<^e of
knowing the breeding history of in-
dividual birds. Experienced fancien
have known of a certain male or fe-
male which has imprinted its char-
acteristics in a marked decree on it*
offspring. Our modem production
breeders are building heavy laying
strains upon their knowledge of the
laying records made by one or more
hens several years ago. The science
of poultry husbandry today calls for
a permanent, authentic system of re-
cordinir individual characteristic! and
records. Various attempts are being
made to answer this demand; but so
far nothing of a character which
promises anything gt>od enouifh for
this great industry has come to the
writer's attention.
The Poultry Department at Cornell
University instituted a flock registra-
tion plan among White I^efrhorn egs
producers and it is accomplishing juat
what ita author planned it to do. The
Wisconsin accredited hatchery plan is
betng duplicated in other states be-
cause it is filling a definite need. A
g^entleman in Texas is offering to re-
g^ister any afid all pure-bred poultry
for 10 or 15 centa a head. Farm bu-
nia are certifying to the purity of
flocks of poultr>'. In Illinois and
some ofher states the market bureaus
are taking up one or another of these
lines of work. The International As-
sociation of Poultry Instructors and
Investigators have carried out suc-
ces.««fully for a number of years a
plan in which a diploma is awarded
owners of hig^ producers at govern-
ment ejrg laying contests. In New
Jersey were confronted with the
problem of saving a new breed from
ruin by enthusiastic but unwise breed-
ers. After one season's experience it
has proven so popular and in every
way profitable that other breed pro-
moters and particularly the commer-
cial hatchery men are asking for a
very decided broadening of our work.
These various activities in this field
show two things. First, they prove
that the demand is upon us and is
acute. Second, they show the dan-
ger of further delay in establishing a
national sy.«>tem that shall hold the
confidence of all and which shall be
broad enough to cover the require-
ments of the fanciers, the production
breeders, the hatchery operators, and
all
Orvaaiaatiea
While the details in operating a
National Poultry Reifistry are im-
portant. nothing can take the place
of confidence. It is a service of trust
absolutely. Pure-bred animals of all
kinds are sold today larf^ely upon
their pedigrees. The rejpstration so-
ciety is the sole and absolute author-
ity for recording and transmitting
these pediirrees. Buyer, seller and
breeder must all have complete faith
in the trustworthiness of the society.
In the United Sutes most live.ntock
breeders' associations are nation-wide
in extent and most of them are closely
affiliated with governmental depart-
ments, agrricultural colleges and ex-
periment stations. All tests in milk
production for advanced rejristration
in any of the dairy animal a.ssocia*
tions are made under the supervision
of one of the state aflrricultural col-
le^es.
The International Association of
Poultry Instructors and Investigators
made up of the heads of all the poul-
try departments of the state ag^ricul-
tural colleges, who usually serve also
as the superintendents of the egg lay-
ing contests in their re.spective states
have taken the initiative in this move-
ment. The chick hatchery men have
already taken a forward step alonf
this line. The Amemican Poultry As-
sociation through its years of experi-
ence and influence in the breeding of
pure stock is qualified to take a lead-
lac part in thi» new fleld. The flr*t aunea-
rtlrti offer^ tbca U for tka eat*bli*haieot of
Batioaal Poaltrj HmgiMirj ander the con-
trol of tre mea. two aelected by the Ameri-
^n pooltry A*ao<-iation, one hj the Inter-
aatioaal A*«ociation of Poultry Insimcton
sa4 Investiffators. one by the Intematkmttl
^by Chirk Ataoriatinn and the fifth mem-
^„ (#|«Nrl«Ml by tho*o four. The flnanrtnc
•f the proj<><-t ahogld b« revered br loan*
ftMB the American Poultry Aaaociation and
the Baby Chirk Aaaociation Tbla work
akoold bo conducted on a aolf auataining.
"pay a* you fo" basi* and the loan* could
^^Atd bark dnrinc the flrmt five year* or ao.
All j«»<l«<** liceTMied by the American Poultry
j^aaatiauon thonld be authoriied to a<*t aa
l^M^tentativra of the National Poultry Recta-
try a* akould vuperintendent* of government
«gf layinji contest* which are approred by the
fU€^•try. In every *tate. aUo, soma one of
tke atate acrirultural ac^nrie* ahnuld be ae-
Igdl^d aa a co Kperatinc party.
Tka Plan
fleck certification form* the baai* of thi*
aatlra pIab. Member* of the American Poul-
try A*«oriation. either life or tho*o harins
ai«mbenihip thmnck a(filkaU>d ioral branchea.
will be eligible for flock certification Apt>ti
cation will be ma<ie to the state arency ae-
l«rted by the National poultry Refistry. In
Wlaroasin. doabtleiui. it would be the Bureau
of Markets of the Htate Oepartroent of Ar>^
failure, at Maditon. and probably similar
aceacies in mo*t of the state* which are so
erfaniied Inapertion and standardiiation
aork are ua>:ally ttlared hy atate laws under
the junadiction of the 8tate Market Acenry.
Tkese i'>rks would be eiamined by trained
•en aad all birds fallinc below rertain re
Mirerenls culled out. The Standard of Per
fecti<^n would naturally be followed pretty
etoaelr. modified in arcordanre with proven
breedinc practlre*. The simple blood arsluti
aatloo teat for bacillary white diarrhoea
•ko«ld be included in the examination. Own-
er* of fl>cks containinc only officially passed
•od banded birds would receive a rertiflrate
trotn the National Poultry Reristry
"Accredited Hatcheries"
Hatcheries owned by membera and uaing
••Ir ecc* from "Certified Flock*" and also
iBeetlnc certain sanitary requirement* in the
kaadlinff of their machine* would be c>ven
the term "Arrredited Hatchery" by the Na
tioaal Poultry Recimry. This is now beinc
4««o bv several atate acenrie*; but *hould
rsftlly be a part of thi* nation wide poultry
raiaers' own project.
"AdTMicod BAfflstry"
Oaly members with "Certified Florks"
VOSM be elicible to "Advanced Registry."
Licensed judfes. artinc for the Nations; Ponl
try K*gi»trr. would band in a permanent
manner to ln*ure future Identification birds
coaiinc ap to certain raqoirementa from an
•ikibition point of view as they found them
•t Anert<an Poultry Association shows and
rec«r<i them with the National Poultry Regi*
try in the Department of "Advanced Recis-
iry K.hlbition."
Ecff Isyinf contest superintondents. actioic
is a like capacity for the National Poultry
Beciatry. would identify and record indi
vldaal bird* meetinf certain production ro-
oeirement* and cominc from "Certified
nock* " These requirementa micht be 200
•CfB in twelve months during the pullet year
and 175 ecffs dunng any later year. These
birds would l>e recorded in the Department
of "Advanced Regiatry V-tt Produrtion."
Matlonal Poultry Beglatry Becords
All "Certiflrate*" f.ir flock*, hatcheries
and individual bird* rau«t of course be issued
••ly by the central oflTi.e of the National
raaltry Registry Mo«t of the atates have
|y>* which provide for atandards for fan.i
^o4acts nnd ft« penalties for the wrong uae
•I tke oflTirial term* All such "Certiflratea"
could be rernlleil at any time by the "Re
t'a'ry" Hreedera with "Certified Klocka"
••4 with or without "Accredited Hatcher
»••" or "Advanced Registry" birds couM
Uie advantage of these terms in their ad
vevtieing and selling practire*.
Oosts
A arnle ..f trr* must be fixed by the Na
tlontl l{egi«try to cover the coat» of doing
'■♦ »ork in all section* of the country. It
shouid not be n money making enterprise :
b«t It should be self sup|>orting The fees.
*^*t*'tor^. ahould be large enouKh to amply
c«*^ all cost* and establish a modest reserve
fund
In the "Certiflration" of Jersey Black
•Jsnt tocks in this state it was the experi
••«* of the New Jen»ey Mureau of Markrta
«at a fee »f %ix rents per bird would covrr
1^'"* '"^''x'ing a stamped and numbered
vui*^ **5 band. The flocks averaged aron-id
•SO birds each and were |o«-ated near to
gather This ins|»eciion. however, did not in
elude the white diarrhoea teat.
Is II Practical?
Practically every kind of livestock from
dogs to horses have breed record orgnnua
tion*. Through the proper correlation and
use of the various public tax supported in-
atitations and agencies regiatration of poultry
along Some «urh line as thia could be estab
liahed without any great amount of expenae
or organisation. Kven with one peraon aa
secretary of the National Poultry Registry to
begin with and with only one or two states
properly qualified to oo operate a beginning
could be made which should grow rapidly
from year to year Something of the kind
■ a Koing to he dune, all that really remaina
to be aettled ia to dende who ahall do it
Within another year, if not right now, the
ideaa and method* of many different agenciea
and groupa are g"ing to riash. and the trou-
ble* and diffirultien of the early Duroc Jer-
sey hog hree<Iera and the l'er«-hcron horae
men will be repeate«l.
OMISSION
We regret the abaence of our Horti-
cultural Department thia month, yet
are pleased to inform our readers that
the omission la but temporary — at thia
date. July 25, we have nut heard from
Prof. Arthur J. Farley, who has con-
ducted thia department ao acceptably.
aa to hi* failure to furnish matter
for August K\erybodya but know that
there has occurred something unusual
to break the regularity <>f Prof. Far
ley** always prompt furnmhing of
manuacript. S*) look for September
Kverybodya to contain, as uaual. Prof.
Farley's interesting and instructive
writing* of horticultural subject*.
tesssssasssssess
s s e e e s e
GOOD CARE NECESSARY
TO SUCCESS
No one can succeed in the poultry
indu.<«try who can not so care for his
hens that they will produce fertile
einfs strong in vitality. This is abso-
lutely necessary to the production of
chicks which will irrow and thrive
until they mature into strong, vigror-
ous fowls capable of bearing the
strain of heavy efrg production.
Many beginners fail because they
do not properly appreciate the value
of egfTs containing strong and en-
tirely normal germs of vitality. No
part of animate nature is more de-
pendent on the vigor of the parents
than are young fowls. Unless the
parents on both sides are in good con-
dition and so fed that hens will pro-
duce eggs strong in fertility, the pro-
geny will be of uncertain value and
often will be found impossible to rear
to maturity.
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HOW MANY EGGS
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An average hen lays /5 eggs a year.
TON-GORS (Reinforced Buttermilk)
in powclere<i form, when fed according to direc-
tions, will double thi.x number. It will increase
the yield of 100 average hens 7,500 eggs a year.
TON-GORS also is an excellent base for SUrting I OR THIS 7
and Growing Ma.shes for Baby Chicks
I'r.
,f Ton tiOKH is f 17 oo per bbl.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
671
Ducks— Ancient and Modern
The hultory of the domestic flack
rMches bmck to Egypt more than
3,600 yeam aifo. icttlpture* on tombs
of that time »howinic hunters net-
ting dackj and other* picking them
aod placing them in jars where their
flash waa pickled in spices and eaten
without further preparation.
Unleta descendants of these ducks
wera bred in China or some other
Oriental country, it is likely that
thcrv was a long period during which
domestic ducks were not known.
The Roman writers who flourished
about the baginning of the Christian
era mention ducks as if they were
only seen in their wild sUte. In no
plade does Columella mention do-
meaticated ducks but his writings in-
dicate that wild ones were sometimes
kept in a net covered enclosure and
perhsps they bred when thus kept
captive.
Cicero mentiona hatching duck
•fgt under hens, but the impression
left from reading his account is that
the eggs were from wild ducks.
Aaauming that domesticated ducks
were unknown to the ancient Ro-
mans and Greeks it is fair to
assume that they were not
introduced during the turbu-
lent times that followed the
diaruption of the Roman, em-
pire which reached down
through the Dark and Middle
Ages almost to our own time.
It seems to be proved by
negation that the duck as a
docnestic fowl has a history
very much shorter than that
of the goose, unless Chinese
records contain a more an-
cient account than is to be
found in the history of Occi-
dental nations.
At one time it was com-
monly believed that our com-
mon ducks were merely de>
scendanU of the Wild Mall-
ard, found in every part of
America and Europe. The
very close resemblance in
color would lead to this con-
cluftion. but later invasUga-
Uon« tend to prove that our
Wild MalUrd U not to be
credited with the lordly
Rouen or the toothsome Aylesbury,
structural differences denoting that
they do not come from a common
parentage.
Half a century ago the Rouen
Duck— then called the Rhone Duck-
was almost the only duck to be found
In thia country in a state of domesti-
cation. This breed commonly has
been credited to the city of Rouen.
France, but it is doubtful if this
honor can be so placed. There is
food reason to think the name refers
to the color rather than to the place
of origin. It was often called the
Roan Duck a few years ago. evi-
Tbt R«u»n dr«k* i* • nafniflrtnllf ....^
»4 bird N«ck And be*d ar* irnd«M«M
(ro«n.^br«*st niM#t and tli* lower p«rt «|
thr bo^y and ramp d«licat« atevl trmj, ptm
rilrd With ttry tint bUrk lin«« Abotit tk«
Btiddl* of Umy m r«m«rk»bl« rhanr* ukt*
|/»(« IB the drmkt He b«cin> to \o— k»t
tiiatroan fMklhera. tbu»e of th# nerk 4rm^
pine tut. »«in« r*i>l»c»d by fr*th*r« wf ,
ru»»*< brown Th« body »l»o . i»n.*(>« |»|,
m«<* ftnd in a few week* lh»t onr« cluU»
mc and s^orioaa dr»k« i* ri»d in sober k«M
for th« •ommer In October he •(•in r»
• am** bis L^Tfy^^* raiment and %• r««4y
to pUy It* iiMant for another fte*««« «f
dently because of it« color. The
French equivslent of this is "rouen"
M* the name easily might have origi-
nated in this wsy.
The domesticated duck is polyga-
mous while the wild Mallard is
monogamous. This, however, is not ,,,|..ndor
sbHolute evidence of a different , ,\tr^rir» hk« one breed of doine«ti-«t«i
origin as it has been noted that after ! 'i'^k* ih^t oncm.ted her. The,. ar« tk«
uriKiii «s 11. 11*9 u^ ^ Iil.-k C.yaca*. • breed which neT^ k«a
a few generations m domestication | ^.^^,^^^ ,b,i ...teem of market durk^n. Tk«
the Mallard, becoming civiliied. be- "^ ' — .w—
gins to contort with a number of
females.
It it not aoruntmoD for • wild bird or
animal to bre«k into «»rieti^a after a (-<>n
• ider^ble period < f dom»«tirfttion. and in
thia w^y no doubt wa m«y arrovnt for the
Ayleabary • pure wbit« duck, w.th pinkish
white b««k and ahanka Indeed tb« vvi
deor* of albinikm ia more ronapiruooa in
the A>le«bory than in •Imoat any oth»r
white variety of fomla
There !■ •n authenlir record of • i>«ir «f
while wild durka which were captured in
Kngland •nd bred together with the reault
U.«t all of ther progeny were white, •nd
iMa w»« the (sve •fter aeveral r''n^r*t><*»"
rill* taae make* it aM>ai pr< bable that the
flr»t .\yle^bur:- duck* cam* fr< m wbit*
«|Kina from th* Rouen.
In 1^7. a new breed of ducka waa
••r*>i:ghi to thia country and England from
I'.kin, China Raymond Harvey made :»i»
I- ngii h imtxtrtation and Jamea K Taimer
Htoning1<'n. fonn . imported th# flr»t one*
• Af'T • a
'••a'k plumage and amall aiie t"(cther w;tk
Ihf dark meal ha* be«n •^•inat thia br*«d
in a country where yellow ieab ii demanded
in all i-t.ultry
Ka»t Indian or Call Ducka rome in tva
colora On* very rioeely reaemblmg tbe
wild Mallard and the Rouen and the ether
|.ure white They are i>ot largely bred.
being too amall for prartiral pnrpoaea. Tbae
are ua^d a< de«-oyt and go«Kl •i^enmena aeu
at high prirea for eihibition t>uriK>aee.
Wofd ducka. a «ery ornamental native
variet) ha«e b«>en reduced to «emi domaeti
cation and are bred for uae in parks and
mu«euma. but are not often aeen oultide
theae placea
Tbe Mandarin t>uck it tbe m<*at beaali
fully '-nlored of all our bird*. It originated
m China and ta a a(>ecimen of th* akill af
Chine*e t>«ultry breedera excels ererythiag
eUe in tbe |>oultry line It ia nf the aiae
of the Wood Duck but baa ao many pecniiari-
tiea of color and ahape that it would re-
quire a flnely colored engraving to ^ve
rvrn a fair idea <•( ita appearance ^ ery
few of them are aeen and they aell at kifk
fncea Tbey rarely breed in Ibis cmiatry
tkat chicks reared nader condlUons as shown by the Tlev aboe*. a aectisa
Msrtoa, Ind.. cMWOt help but grow toio strong, robast mattintf. I J
VTvmaa. prwpnevor oi HayKOl Turm. taJies pATticvUr pride in showing th* visitors throuh his
■Ive pUai. Uerefera. If aay of BTWjhedjrs' r«iders have the opportvalty when in or near Ohlcaco
Uks sdTsatsc* of this lavltslioA.
The rMdOT wtu
of Uo MsySni Povltry
proprteier of MAyBD
In Kngland tbea* birds were need to !•»
I rov* and r*inf»rce the favorite Ayleabsry.
adding to their aiie. vigor and proliflcoc^.
trhil* in thia rountry tney were breu in
their original purity and immediately took
Ar»t plare a* the mo»t proliflr, and moat
rapidly maturing of tbe duck family. Bo
IKipular bare they t>eeome that it wotild
tirobsblr be Impoaaible to find • aingle larg*
|<.ck or any other breed of ducka in thia
<ountry. while I'ckina ere bred by the bun
dred tbouaand
The Ayleabury ia rarely seen in thia coon
try. Often when white durka called Ayloa-
liurvs ar* ethibiied in thia country the birds
-h><*- unmi»takably that they have Pekin
biAott in them
Here and there may be found amall flocka
of kouena or of 'puddle" ducks which givo
ei«idenre of having a Kouen croaa in thom.
lut aa far aa we have been able to looni
tber.; la not a aingle large market flock of
the breed in tbia country
Tbe Mnscovy Duck is aeomingly not alt*
retber a dock. The breed is a native of
.Houth America where it may atill be feo»4
in a wild atate It comea in two varietiee—
Colored and White The colored vari*tj
romea in black varioualy aplotched wHk
white and the White la a t>e. uliar ta«»«»
white not found in anv other breed of d«ck»
The malea are much larger than the female
Both aeiee have red caruncuUtlona •' **f
base of the beak, theae becoming larger ****
year
Muacovy Durkt are rather awkward **
the water, preferring to live on land ••*
•-ontent with a mud puddle rather than cIao»
w«ter They have rrry aharp clawt •"* *J'
acratch in a way that la not pleaaant Tk«
onalea are at home on tbe wing and Itko^
iterrb on the to|»a of booses, fences «»r irj*»
The femalea are too heavy to fly murh f^
nierly it waa aupttoaed that the flekh of IhM
durk had a muaky flavor. If thia wa« ttj
at the tim* tbe old writert pubii»hed tbsw
C
^^rks it »• «•* •<> oow. a* a good many peo
Zu Uh* them for tbe table and when young
lli«« are »eid to make very good eating
(treated Durka have been known f<>r a
igag time Tbey do not bred very true and
Med spocimena are very scarce They are
Jj^ly 0«a>n at the larger ahowa and not al
vay* •* theae
^ few year* ago a breed known aa Blue
j^^^.sS Ducka were introduced and boomed
until they were admitted to the Standard
-irn after they almoat diaappeared The
lacipoi pr< rooter of th>a breed i« aaid to
avo regorded them •• • joke We h^ve
^_f0^ very gfxnl Blue Swe<liah Durk« pro
4^e94 hy a flr«t cro»a of I'ekin* and Kouen*
ggj BO doubt thia rroa* wa* u«ed in makinic
1^ bre^ Brown di»miaara them with a
jlm^t paragraph and doe* not aeem to con
aider tbem of mu>h im{>ortan-e
Only a few yeara ago it aeemed aa if the
t^taa Runner Duck wa« declined to play
igi Important part in the poultry buainees of
Ibis coontry It waa praiaed aa tbe 300 egg
4a<-b. and for ita hardineaa and capacity to
farag* Ii vo* r>bviou«ly active and hardy
gad no one aeem* to feel like di<puting ita
preliflcacy In the Anitraiian durk layinr
tests the Indian Ranoor made roeords of
than if^O egg* in a year but f^r aome
a the breed haa almoat dropped out
of aieht
Brown speaks highly of thia breed, claaa-
ing it aa an egs producer. I^ewis Wright
also givos it a good nam*, aaying it has
boro«e verr popular in England on account
«f tiio ksrdineaa. capacity for foraging and
the namber of egga it will produce. Indian
Ranners are too small to be claaaed among
the market docks hot they are said io make
delicieos esting when killed young They
d* not wa«*dle lik> other ducks but run
•ere like % plover and they are very quick
in action It aeema to us that there is a
place for thia breed in thia country and that
It akeuld receive more attontion than it haa
hod for the last ieo or sis years.
SUGGESTIONS TO
POULTRY RAISERS
The above is the title of a neat
little booklet (Bulletin No. 325) of
thirty-five pages issued by the Divi-
■ioB of Poultry Husbandry, Spring-
itid. III., of which C. P. Scott is
ckitf poultryman and A. D. Smith,
int.
This bulletin deals with several
fO«ltry subjects of general interest,
MMh as poultry house construction
with pictures, plans and instructions
and with special chapters on the
foundation, concrete floors, etc.
Brooder house construction is alao
faUy handled.
How to cull your flock is shown
wHh six illustrations and is fully ex-
plained in a most practical way. The
common diseases of poultry with
thair cure are also referred to in a
■anner that all can understand and
profit by.
Tha B«st Br««d
Thia very important question is
handled in a very broad and clear
■ense as follows:
**Many people write to our office
inquiring for the best breed of poul-
try. To these, we must stat« that
there is no one best breed of poultry.
Our advice is for you to pick out the
^rariety that appeals to you and make
It the best breed for you. Proper
mating, careful selection, comfort-
able housing, and proper feeding and
care, will g«t results, that will please
you. At the Egg I>aying Contest in
Illinois, we have all varieties of
Rocks, Orpingtons, Leghorns, Minor-
cat, Rhode Island Reds and Wyan-
dottes and they all give us good rec-
ords. It is strictly up to you, when
starting into the poultry business,
purchase your eggs or stock, from
some reliable breeder of the variety
that appeal.*t to you. Then test your
ability to improve on the strain you
.-lUrted with."
The State of Illinois is to be con-
gratulated upon its poultry efforts
and organization. ('. P. Scott has
proven himself an able breeder with
large poultry interests and a poultry
success. Mr. Scott's reputation as
a breeder, organizer and judge is
nation-wide and he is one in a million
to lead the breeders on to poultry
success.
A. D. Smith, the a.i»istant, is an-
other breeder qualified in every way
for any poultry position. Knowing
him for over twenty years we are
entitled to speak of him. We have
always found him in the front line,
willing and able to do for poultry
and its breeders. We look for actual
accomplishments from Messrs. Scott
and Smith.
We also note the members of the
Advisory Board and among them find
other able men whose life work has
been devoted to poultry. O. L. Mc-
Cord, J. A. Leland, D. E. Hale and
Lyie W. Funk are especially worthy
of mention for they are favorably
known the country over.
We undersUnd that both Gover-
nor Iven Small and his son have poul-
try interests and are breeders of
Standard-bred birds and in this we
can account for the splendid selec-
tions made — an organization that
will give real results to the people
whom we are happy to congratulate.
SPROUT AND FEED OATS
While sprouted oats furnish one
of the most desirable winter succu-
lenU they are in truth the best year
around green food that can be fed to
poultry. The oat sprouter is as much
a part of the permanent equipment
of a successful poultry plant as are
the houses and birds themselves.
Sprouted oata are a necessity for re-
sults and supply at least cost and
labor, the best green food obtain-
able.
Sprouted oata provide the most
satisfactory way in which oats may
be fed, the absorption of water, while
not increasing the nutrient, makes
the grain more palatable and digesti-
ble. One hundred pounds of oats
will absorb enough water to make
nearly 350 pounds of sprouted oata.
SproMling
The sprouting can be done best in
a well lighted room, where a tempera-
ture of from sixty to seventy degrees
Fahrenheit can be maintained. The
grains will not sprout well in a tem-
perature below sixty degrees Fahren-
heit and mold will usually result.
The room should also have provi-
sions for ventilation. The grain, be-
fore it is put into the sprouter, should
be soaked and treated with formalin
to prevent the development of molds.
For each tray (two feet by two feet)
place in a pail six quarts of oata and
.six quarts of lukewarm water to
which has been added one teaspoon-
ful of formalin. Cover with an old
bag or burlap and allow to soak from
thirty-six or forty-eight hours. Then
spread out on the trays from about
three-quarters to one inch deep.
Sprinkle thon>ughly each day so a.n
to keep them always moistened. Stir
the oats daily until the sprouts are
about one-fourth of an inch long.
The trays should be reversed occa-
sionally .so that all .sides will have ex-
posure to the light. The oats should
be started on the bottom tray and
moved upward, the feeding being
done from the top trays. This gives
the growing oats at the top the most
light, which i.< nece.Hsary. Under
favorable conditions the oats should
he ready to feed in about a week or
ten days. When the trays have been
emptied they should be disinfected
with a five per cent solution of for-
malin, to prevent the development of
mold in the wet trays.
Focdiag
The oats are fed when the sprouts
are from two inches to four inches
high. The sod is removed, broken into
chunks, and fed in troughs or on
clean litter. From one square inch to
two square inches for each hen should
be fed regularly each day.
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673
FATTENING TURKEYS
IN CONFINEMENT
Without dottbt the cheapest and
Bioft convenient way to ftnUh tur-
keys for market by those who live on
farms is to feed them in the open
field, but that the»e birdf can be fin-
ished in confinement and the quality
of the meat grreatJy improved by the
finishing process, was proved by the
Utah experiment station with a lot
of young turlceyn.
This experiment shows that young
turlceys may be bought at regular
market rates and finished at a profit
The following account of the experi-
ment will be found intercf^ting:
A badly finished turkey when sent
to the market in that condition, ranks
•bout the same as a lean steer,
neither of them furnishing the best
quality of meat, both having too
much bone to the quality of meat.
It would pay those who buy turkeys
from farms in the fall to give them
this finishing process, and those who
want the best turkey meat for their
own Uble wilt be able to profit by
this method, as it would work as well
with two or three birds as with a
larger number.
Six turkeys were used in this ex-
periment and thea* were well
matured when bought from a farmer.
The six weighed sixty-five and one-
half pounds. On the following day
they had shrunk to a fraction more
than sixty-four pounds and the day
after they had gained a little over
three pounds. The average between
the weighU on these two days was
Uken as the sUrting weight
The turkeys were put in a pen ten
feet square. A roosting place was
provided, boarded up on three sides
with a drop curtain in front for cold
nights, but this curtain was never
ttsed, although the experiment began
November 25. They were kept In
this pen for four weeks, never being
allowed outside, and were in good
health all the time, except that two
of them had diarrhoea for a few days.
This was attributed to the mash
which was fed. The table given in
connection with the report quoted
from shows that these two turkeys
made but small gains. The turkeys
were fed as follows: Whole wheat in
the morning, scattered on the floor,
which had a little straw on it, corn
at noon* and in the evening a feed of
matUi. They had skim milk before
them to drink all the time. No other
animal feed was given except the tal-
low mentioned below. For green
feed they had sugar beetii and alfalfa
leaves, all they would eat. and also
all the grit they could use.
From November 25 to December 2.
they were fed a mash made of two
parta of bran and shorts and one-
fourth part of ground wheat, mixed
with water. On account of the diar-
rhoea the mash was discontinued be-
tween December 2 and 10, after
which it was resumed and fed regu-
larly, being changed by making it of
two parta of bran and one-fourth
part each of ground wheat and
ground oats. During the first three
weeks twice as much wheat was fed
as corn. During the last week they
were fed equal parts of these grain<t.
They were also fed a little beef fat
during the first two weeks.
At the end of the three weeks one
of the birds was fold. Up to that
time the six had gained thirteen and
three-tenths pounds. This added to
the gains made by the five remaining
turkeys during the fourth week made
a total gain of sixteen and four
tenths pounds, and of this more-than
thirteen pounds was made by four of
the turkeys. The total cost for feed
during the four weeks was $1.01 or
about seventeen cents for each tur-
key. The feed cost of each pound of
gain was a trifle leas than six and
one-fourth cents the pound.
The turkeys weighed alive eighty-
two pounds. They were dressed and
after dressing weighed a little over
seventy-two pounds, showing a loss
in dressing of about seven per cent
which is a small loss, as it is usually
estimated that ten per cent is lost in
dressing.
It should be remembered that the
experiment station paid a high price
for the birds u.^ed in this experiment.
A price that assured the man who
railed them a profit while the station
sold them at a net profit of over
forty per cent. Suppose the man
who raised these birds had shut them
up and fed them as well as they
were at the experiment station. He
no doubt could have made fully as
good a showing. He could have
dressed them as well as they were
dressed at the station and could have
sold them readily at the same price,
for they were sold in the local mar-
ket. The selling price was not above
ihe one at which turkeys were Fold in
Chicago or other Eastern towns at
the same time, so there was no condi-
tions of a Wal character to make
'.his showing in Utah better than it
would have been in Illinois, Iowa or
Ohio. In fact the conditions in the
East would have been in favor of
greater profits.
This experiment prove." the truth
of statements made in these columns
that the value of the turkey crop
could be increased by twenty-five per
cent if producers would take more
pains in finishing them for market.
The result of this experiment shows
that twenty-five per c»*nt would prob-
ably be the minimum and that forty
per c*ynt guin might be expected from
the better method.
Taking the size of the turkey crop
in this country the added profits that
might be derived from better meth-
ods would amount to several hun-
dred thousand dollars. This would
be worth while and the turkey raiser
who sends his brrds to market in poor
condition is wasting his opportunities.
THE BUSY SEASON
With September the busy season
for everybody approaches, provided
everybody takes the proper measures
to make business. The show seasoa
is before us with its special oppor-
tunities to exhibit and to make a try
for a record, as also are the "Hen
Fever" days that lays its grip with
unusual {severity upon all those who
have a natural liking for animals and
the ambition to keep in the front lint
of progress and self-betterment.
Progress in these days i.s a self.
serN'ing affair. You must help your-
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in poultry many find the quickeit,
best and the surest means to attain
it.
With the busy season right at hand
it behooves the breeders to be up
and doing so that they may be pre-
pared to handle conditions and meet
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effect and count big in the result*,
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to start who greedily study, read and
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at new
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Farm.
.Sycamore. O.
191
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OOLDEN SPANGLED UAMBURGS. THE
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J-raey Black Giant Club O. M. Page. . . .
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MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
New York, January. 1924
The Greatest Record of All Time
EVERY PRIZE AND RIBBON OFFERED
lit, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Cockerek lit. 2nd. 3rd, 4th, 5th
Hem l»t, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Pullets l*t, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Younf Pern Itt, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Old Pent Ittf 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
30 PRIZES OUT OF 30 OFFERED
Swe«ptUke Championship Msle snd Femslc snd Every Special Pris*—
This amaxinff record is an exact duplicste — a reproduction — of tka
100% perfect record, made by the IMPERIAL "RINGLETS" at tkeir
last two Garden EzbiblU when ther won every priie and ribbon offerad,
at both shows, the same as at this last 1924 show. EVERY BIRD
BRED ON MY FARM.
Tk« comp«litioB at tkis show was stroafer in quality tkaa at all tka
oikM> skowt ol Amarica combin*^ — a fact that avary braadar
only tea walL
~ piMiu CJiirJaw, IVsiir Yirrft
a# IMS avaal Bit^ to afl
Supreme at Madison Square Garden Is
Supreme Everjrwhere
BARGAIN SALE FOR 1924
My Special Salt List is now ready and offers the most extraordinary bargains in extreme hifh q«J^
brttdinff aVd exhibition bird, of First Prist SweepsUket Champion Madison Square Gsrden blood THIS
IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY to secure Madison Squart Garden Winners. •[»<! »ons. ^'o<^«"' "^Jjl" •"^^i"«5
Urs of these winners, and birds of the richest First Pnse SweepsUkts blood at prices FAR BELOW THEIR
VALUE.
U full pt the rsrast bargaiat ever offered in the hUtory of Barred Ro«»".*nJ .iV"^" .^^J^ ^our inter^ to
write me for a copy at once snd secure the Grand birds you need at SAVING PRICES. A copy wiU M
■tailed immediately upon request
InparUl •'RlaglaU" ara tka SUaJard for all tk^ Barrad Racks in all AmaHca. '^V^..^*^? .^^'^
first prisaa aad SiWar caps for aiy cMtaaiart ta tkausaads af Skaw roaiM id avary civilisad Uad.
By\^I^GA.INS IN EGGS EUga.t CataU, Mailad Up- RaqatI
froo the finest exhibition matings in the world, one setting, $10.
two settings $I7.S0, four settings $30.00. 100 eggs $48.
These Are One-Half My Regular Prices
Lack Baa 198, AMENIA« N. Y*
Single Copies, Ten Cents
Why 1600 Hatcheries Are 'SEPTEMBER SPECIALS!
Making Money With Buckeyes
THK Buckeye Mammoth In-
cubator pives rcsuhs thai can
noi be jfotten with any other incu-
bator. It i» making money for 1.600
halcheric«. It revolutionized the
Baby Chick business— made it safe,
ftound and profitable. And here arc
a few of the reasons.
Fresh, Moist Air
24 Hours a Day
Think I The Buckeye supplies all
the einr« with fresh, moist, vitalized,
oxyifen-bearinjT air, not once a day.
not twice a day. but every minute of
every hourofever>' day. Compare that
with the stairnant. foul air in other
incubatom. Is it any wonder that
Buckeye-hatched chicks are stronjrer.
healthier, huskier? More hatch. More
live. They don't die in the shell.
Cripples are almost unknown.
No Cooling
But that isn't all. The con.sUnt
supply of fresh air eliminates all the
work and time and trouble of coolinj?
ejrjTS. That reduces expense and in-
creases profit.
Only One Thermometer
and One Regulatm
No other incubator is so easily op-
erated. The Buckeye Mammoth has
only one thermometer — an outside
thermometer that tells inside temper-
ature. It has one double thermos-
tatic control — a control so positive
and accurate that every ejrff is kept
at the ideal temperature throughout
the incubation period. Other mam-
moths have as many as fifty or sixty
thermometers — hard to see — hard to
read. And fifty or sixty reirulators
that need attention and adjustment.
There is no comparison.
The Buckeye System of tuminjr
eggn is quick and sure. It is easier.
10,000 einn' can be turned positively
in a few minutes by anyone. The
Buckeye requires only about a fourth
the space used by other mammoths
of equal capacity. No jspecial build-
ings are nteded. Any room in an
ordinary house will do.
These are a few of the reasons
why Buckeye is the one practical,
profit-makintr mammoth — why the
largest hatcheries in America use
Buckeye and why old-fashioned mam-
moths everywhere are being di.ncarded
and replaced with Buckeyes.
1,008 to 10,368 Eggs
Buckeye Mammoths are made in
five sizes from l.OOH to 10.:i68 egf
capacity. .All are designed so that
custom-hatching can be handled ef-
ficiently. All of them include the
features that have made Buckeyes the
<nitj:tanding success in the Baby
Chick business.
The Buckeye Sert^ice
Users of Buckeye Mammoths have
the benefit of complete plans for
hatchery operations covering every
detail from selection to the profiublc
sale of chick.s. The Buckeye Plan is
based on the experience of more than
a thousand hatcheries. It is practical,
simple and insures success.
The Buckeye Incubator Co.
1181 Euclid Avenue
SPRINGRELD. OHIO
'^£V/VmL
MailThisNOW
B>ack«u« Mammoth
|lo7-10.368EqqS
• "Hi* Buckeye IncuHitor 0>..
«
» Pl««»« •end me. %»ilH..ut nbli<««i«»". •
J copv ol the new Bucket e Msmmolh ('^l*l«»t
I
• Nam* - - - -
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Town
Male.
On •^ARISTOCRAT" Barred Plymouth Rocks!
AMERICAS GREAT TRIPLE'- PROFIT FOWL: (a) WORLDS
PREMIER SHOWBIRDS— (Winners in THOUSANDS OF SHOW-
ROOMS) ;— (b) PROLIFIC LAYERS — (E«g Laying Contcat winners
and 300 egg record producers); — (c) GREAT MEAT FOWL —
(bringing highest prices on market at all times) ; — all this combined in
one strain! Tliey breed this, they produce this three*fold combination
for customers in all parts of the world.
Tli«M ar* tbe Real "MONEY-MAKERS" for poultry breeders and for
farmer. eTerywhere— THE BIG PROFIT PRODUCERS!
An ArlBtocr»t
8EPTCMBEB SPECIALS! Jast • f«w special Bjugains for ihi* month of Srftrmber in
eld kn-l >uunx ktock. Infurmatioo KKKK' \Vnl«- qui< k hrforo thi*> arr m\\ (*»)•*'
W. D. HOLTERMAN, Fancier, Box V, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, U. S. A.
Owen Farms S. C. R. I. REDS buff orpingtons
STAND PRE-EIVUNEIMX
Choice Cocks. Hens, Cockerels and Pullets to win your Fall Fair or Winter
Show. Males $25.00 to $150 00 each; Females $15.00 to $75.00 each.
Choice line-bred, heavy laying cockerels, $7.50 to $50.00 each; hen.i and pullets,
$5.00 to $25.00 each.
Come and see my birds; if you cannot come, write me your exact requirements
and will advise you on paper exactly as I would were you here talking with me. My
80-page booklet will help you.
OWEN KARIVfS
MAURICE F. DELANO, Owner
|$3 WILLIAMS ROAD VINEYARD HAVEN. MASS.
INDESTRUCTIBLE
Ribbon Bands
Th« Artvat rrlliitotti iHRillrjr
li«n<l »wr prt»<lu<»i Nuiahrrt
up lo u«i titouaand Tm (^1-
ut% A*a tot fr«« taiaptoa.
Tka RIOCAU SPECIALTY CO.
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tattk* Fall*. Oat. Ca«.
IfEITMOYS POULTRT MAGAZINE
If jroa arv not a rpyular •ub«crib«r. aeDd
$1.00 for 3 full jrrara* •ubarription. 24 iaauaa
for ■ dollar
Kvcrybotfjri Poultry lAa<a«ln«. HanoTvr. Pa.
BE READY
far tb« flrnt titn of di«»a«« in 7"ur flock and
•top a Mrnou* outbreak.
Ke<-p 0«nntcidt on han<i fur iirevrntton
and tr«>«lnieni of Roup. Uiphtheria (Canker).
fowl Tjrpboid and all Cholera like disease*.
HaTe Pr«toclda on hand for Corridial
Wkite Dtsrrlioc-A (l^c Weakness) of poultry
•f all afra Sjinptoms Dullness, sleeiiiness.
dlarrbora. \n% i of wrig:ht and \rt wrakn'*^s
latosltoal Cocridiosts is extremely ronmon
•n4 deadly.
Frotocldt is also a remarkable remedy for
VMriltoaal Lee Wnaknra* and "I'lxir C<>n
4ltlaa" duo to insumnent Vitamin H in the
faod. It is rt<-h in life savinc vitamin and
cvvoa within three days aftrr flr*t admims
t*»tloB. Try it and be con*inred.
a/id Prelaslds sr* piMtlpr* and are rox-
EARN CASH
ll<-a<ty nvDiry i« > >'ir« lur MM-ii'irtf rt»m mttmrritmn u> K*sry%o4ys
Ju«i drop ui a lP>r and mmbpIH* Infonaatlutt will Iw ctt«n It
rvtiini aiall _.
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COLL IS PROCESS PU5^
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The 100% RATION BALANCER
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Is the important p«rt of every poultry maah whether for
•UrUng. devrloping or laying. Only 10' ^ Orieti Buttermilk in
laying maah ha* resulted in • 234';^, increaae in « Dn>-
duction. It ia equally effective in aUrting and oeveiop
ing nuiahca.
Leading poultry maahea contain 6) ori
more CoUie Procwe Pure Dried Butti
milk. See that maah ferda >t>u buy con-j
tain enough or buy it in 50or 100 lb. bags
from your dealer and mix your own.
FREE— ValuaUo Book on Poullrf Feod-^
Inv. Written by a rrc«.t»»«w* aulI»or«ly.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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VOLUME 29
SEPTEMBER. 1924
NUMBER 9
EVERYBODYS
Amerfca's ^ost Popular Poultry f^agaxint
This Month
r<ivrr
by L. A. Stalimer
Finif^hjntf \\\v Pullot.H
by Prof Harrjr R. Lewis
Cre.stc'ti Fowls
by T. F. McCr»w
The Houwwiff and a Few liens
by Harry H. Collier
The Care of HouHeji and Yards
by Charles D. Cleveland
The Caftseroltf
by HaroM F. Barber
Experiment Stattons
by Prof. Harry R. Le%»is
ess
r,8r,
688
689
690
691
Ninth Annual Convention International Baby
Chick Aiuiociation 692
by Prof. Harry R. Lewi*
The National Poultry Council
by Prof. Harry R. Lewis
«»s
The American Poultry Ai^xociation Convention 695
by Cbas. D. Cleveland, D. E. Hale. H. H. Collier
Editorials 696-698
Stimulation of Consumption; Reports from
the International Poultry Confrress; Dis-
pUyinic Our Wareit; Watch Those I^te
Chicks; No Internal Insecticide Cure for
External Poultry PesU; F. Bliss Carpenter.
T^ext J^onth
Hale's Henog-raphs
Autumn Notes
American Buff Wyandotte Club Bulletin
Jersey Black Giant Club Bulletin
Horticultural Department
by Prof. Arthur J. Farley
Beifinners* Department
by Prof. Harry R. Lewis
Shows and Associations
The Great West
by Harry H. Collier
699
711
716
717
718
719
721
721
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If no fould i'« r«^ina.iv a«k all "i jrou cood rrsd«T« ju«l
• ^■t jou f*lt would hr xUf ino»t timely mhjrrt* for Octobir
K\ *Tj-l>«'dy(i lo five jr<'0. w# brIioTe • xrry \»rgf> in^r<'rnXmer
»»«uM r«"c,m»«t inf«»nn«iion on 'FiniBhinf the I^ayrm," "Ar
lirtriAl hiKht" snd "I'r^i'iritiK the Younr Htork for Th«>ir
I-if*"'* Work.** fir, 9\r. Antiripstinc thst th«»«io ■'.ihifriK
would |il<>a<v and broeflt. you will And thrm tirxt month in
*<»ur E**r>h<K|)».
BEGINNERS* DEPARTMENT
By Prof. H. R. Lewis
Thm •i-rrial (i<*2>«rtinf nt srtirle i* irrrtinj »ith murh f»\or
Mr. L«>wiii ftrrm* to hsvr nupplied. in • ronrrrte vsy. tho
»ery jnformstion ih^ becinnen in notiltrr wsnt The •ub)er|
for ()« lohrr la "'How t<> Ftni*h and H"ii»f» ihi- Layrr* '' You
are goiot to gam • lot of aatiafartion in applxinf the advir*
ftren lo rour < arinr t^r jronr aeanon'a rmp of jrounc*ters.
!•>•. thi* ''Hecinnera' Department" it s aurren*.
PREPARATION OF THE YOUNG STOCK
FOR THEIR LIFE'S WORK
By CKarle« D. Cleveland
f»n» "f the b*at arti«-l*'a erer wriltm— no full of '"meat"
that It holda jrour interrat like a lovrr of fl< tion i« attracted
to a atorir. Mr. Clevrland'a bu»ine«>« ia to know jrour nr«>da.
«nd hift rffurt always to aupply out of a «torrhou«e of prartiral
knowledc** •nd rtp^rif'nce Wat. h f^r thi» arli<le neii
month. Don't mita it.
THE CASSEROLE
By Harold F. Barber
KTerybody*' rradera have ronir to kii'-w Harold V narbrr
• nd to rerocnite that here la a prartiral. broad thinking
iuitid. all wrapped un in {>oultry . a atudent of the opiniona
nf other*: alwsja aeokinf knowledge, thrrefore. beat qualified
to girr adrira out of that wrifhinK of the prartical etpert
enrra of olhrra ti-oted bv hia own ]>ra<-1i<-al aT<pli(^atioo
MAKING UGHTS PROFITABLE AND
SAFE
By Prof. H. R. Lcwia
Ilrra jrou are, aII you c<>od friend* who have Ixen writinf
ua sa to "Ariiflcial I.ichtmc to Htimutate Wintrr T.gg Tro
du< tion " October Kver>bodya will tell you all about it
and told by an authority. ■ man who ha« rtp<>rimented. r^ven
thr »ubjert thoucht a»d api>li< ation Thf )>f>auty of all of
Ibta man'a writiOfa la that he never trila you what to do on
theory, bat rather flr»t e»p««rim«*nta. then r»*ea jrou the prarti-
cal kn<-wlfdr«* cained A fra<<i<'al rdurator
ANCONAS. CAMPINE5 AND HAMBURGS
By T. F. McGrew
The breedera and fanrirra of the Itreeda and varietiea hand-
led by Mr Mi-tirew fi»r o«iobrr are i>nug to rnj«>y thia in
atallment •"Tom" M<(>rrw ha<i the l.t-art of a faorier. lovea
the l*eautiful in all thine* that crew and live — no wonder
that hi> poultry atorif are »o untfht fi>r and reliahed.
OTHER GOOD THINGS
Tlie above are but a p«»rtion of the rontrnt* fur Oi-ti-ber.
iuat to five ynu an idea of what'* to come. Aa a friend of
kverybodya. teJI your friend* about 'Whafa to Come": help
ua <ibtain one hundred thousand reader* juat a* interr»ted
aa youraelf
trmn
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la tmUt to aaai'iaiwi »ii ai^wtaa aB^a^nherv
VI* B>an*o<»i frnmlln Macaflae. «* anU imU
an* mm • aMMia for •«• aanaaoiUaa a»<»ilM to
anf lalt.l Ht (IM I'nMerf Matoa for SSe TIta
leiat aMl»er1»>ii mPar <l aaanifca tor tttl la lar
nvar mtMcrilwea aaly and naa aabjaal
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JAS. T. HUSTON. »ltar aad Maaatar
Cliaa«a af Atftfraaa
ir Tfwi etiang* your addreaa (luring lh9 Urm tt
roar aut«rTlp(lcM) noiirj ua at oooa flrinc yaair
fid aa wall ai rmir new adilrraa a/)d t:ao the
«<it«-^tt»Uiin r.umhar vhlcft aptM>«r« an lh» wap-
(ler of eaeh tr.<v9 mailed to ynv If pnaaiMa.
tear the addreaa off the wrapper and nark the
rtia<>c* thereon
Captratteat aai Raaawala
K«aryta4ya l^mtXirj Macaiina dtaoantinuaa at
ilM aaaiplatlon of paid aui«er1p(lan In your
<aiat macatioe win i« fwind a renewal blank.
the arappar alae Markad. "Tour auhariipuan at-
vknm aiih thia l«au«." The au*«eni«r can al-
waM (Menaine the esptrauon date by ivferrlac
to "mpper addr
II R Rhmaailer. 114 W Hat H« . Kanaaa City.
B«tar«i M tceoAi OUm MAtt«r Aprtl ftt. ItlS aI Ui« Poat OAc« At Haaotw. Pa.« madar Act of MmcIi
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Announcement
To demonstrate how to get more eggs from fewer birds
on less ground than has been customary —to prove good
layers can make good egg records and produce eggs
high in hatchability— -to show how to cut the cost of
production and increase the weight of eggs — to show
how to keep a hen in good condition under high
production, and a few other things, we have engaged
judge D. E. Hale, widely known and recognized as an
experienced, practical poultryman, to manage not only
our experimental work, but our
International
"^ More EjiRS
Egg-Laying Contest
Open to the World
lb many, some of the statements made above
may seem impossible, but they are things Judge
Hale has been working on for a long time.This
contest will be something different from any
contest yet held. It will be located on Judge
Hale s plant at Glen Ellyn, 111. There will be
room for 100 contest pens, each pen to consist
of five contest and one reserve pullet.The con-
test will be run strictly according to the rules
of the American Poultry Association.
Entry fee will be $10.00 per pen. Prizes
will consist of Gk)ld Medals, Silver Cups and
Special Ribbons.
Contest repons will be widely published
both in the poultry press of the country and in
our own news bulletin, thus giving your birds
the very greatest publicity possible, if you
want it.
Contest will start November first and run
one year. You have two months in which to
condition your birds and have them ready
to start.
Write today and ask for Rules and Entry
Blank.
Prepare for Fa 1 1 and Winter Eggs
Our be«t-known business men and poultry editor* uill pre-
dict thai we are entering the greatest era ol prosperity »een in
many years. Eggs will be worth real money this fall and win-
ter— Get ready to get your share of this business.
ANIMAL-POULTRY
YEAST FOAM
Develops your birds in a uniform manner, furnishes and
helps them to store up the vitality needed for future heavy «"gg
production. Try a box and note how rapidly they develop.
A trial Ik)x will convince you.
4 it*, contatnrf t at 2Sc f*^ "»•• ••n«t««h fur %0 Krna or 100 ckttk»
fot \0 day UX^ If*. au4La ul 2 k |>rr Ih. ~ I Itin <uU Ml iOr f>rr lb.
NORTHWESTERN YEAST COMPANY
Dept. D, 1750 No. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IH.
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Araold. A«c II ''IS
Ailo«i«»a Fair Poult ry Show 713
AB4or*«n Bos Co TOO
Am*rum» TraU Urowar ... 71b
AdaaM. IJ. O *M
Aai#ri<-ao Scloalitc Inborn-
loriM. In* 70«. 7*0
Aaivrirao Foaltry H<^hool . . 6^3
Awy. M. B 707
1Uriaff»r U t 711
»orb*f. Ilsrold r 720
Barr* Kaehby Stoao Poul-
try Fsna 704
Boaoy. Ooo . . 70S
BatUy. 1*. W 721
Bird Itroo vl*
••ckoyo laeabatar Oo. froat eovor
Itla*. C 0 710
•or Bros back covor
8al«« Oorp f>^^
Banholoaiow. Wm. A ?!•
BrorktM tmit 723
Batll and Uaod by Poultry-
_^9 72d
Brad loy Bros.' !".!!!!!.!.. 726
Oaak. A W oad F P 701
OarboliDoaoi Wood Prao«r«-
70i
679
720
679
714
6HS
.-_ 709
Charloo D .back eoTor
71$
726
G«J
. 721
707
704
707
714
702
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706
7ui
6A3
70rt
715
la« Co.
CUMoTo^Koturo Co.
gatnut llalrhonr .
Ua Prod arts Oa.
•by. A H
SrtiM Co.. W. a. .
»h. N>wton
rvolaad. Chi
OalHoc. M H
Sirdy. P. F
•k. Jr.. C. Sydaay
II of ll>« Hon .
Dirkinson Co. Albert 7|0
Hovoy. F II . .
I>sni«>ls. HA..
IiorrhMtvr Pottrry Workt .
Usrlmc k Co
Forris. Ooo. B
KlvUrhaisnn Cn
Kiahing Croak Poultry Fnna
Forgo Works. C A. 8
(iastonlA Poaltry Fsna ....
<*roncera Mfg. Co
Grow. 0»<-ar
Hm» a Cork. Inr . Dr. 7ul. 708
Happy H»a R«aiody Co
bark rovar
Haokins. W. If 720
Uoltarman. W D (i79
Hoaioolead Canpino Farm 704
Haiba^h A Hon*. W H
Hall. F.dvard K
Ifaoovrr Fair Poultry Hhow
lilinoia Hand A Supply Co..
Indpp<>nd<>nt Mfg. Co . . .
International Hyaline C •.
Jarobu*. MR
Jamea. Mfg. Co
Korlin'a Grand View Poul
try Farm
Keipper Cooping Co
Kolp. W. W.
Kent. W H H
Kitaolmaa llroa
I^ndow Mfg. Co
l^«ii. Lyio K
I^ord Karma ...
Laywoll Farms
Lewis Farms
I^aber. J Guy
I^oraster Mfg. Co. . .
l.an' »»trr Fair Pmrirv
ln«
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704
7.'1
7.'H
709
700
7C«rt
707
703
706
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716
71*
v.* I
710
710
;o6
725
715
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Myera. C. N 715
Monmouth Poultry Fartn . . '>^3
Marry Farms 709
Martin. John H 701
Mtsaouri Poultry Farma . . . 702
M<>«ller Co . A F. 702
Mann Co.. F. W. . . 714
Memphi* poultry Sh iw .... IZO
National Poultry Institute 700
National Capitol Poultry
Laboratory 679
Northwestern Yeast Co. . . . 681
Northland Farms 70(1
Newtown (fiant Incubator
Corporation 703
Nslional poultry Band Co.
back ro»or
Revonah Poaltry Produrta
C'o 710
Kabbitcraft 7|«
Rentiel. P. K • |J
Kideau Specialty Co e7f
O K Company 705
flwen Farma f 79
'"Orulum" Co bark rOTcr
Outdoor Knterpriso Co Tod
Purina Mills To«
Poltl. A F 704
Putnam. I 7o»4
Park*. J W 713
potter k Co t,»,-k co»er
PennayUania Poultry Farm. 7<)4
Payne Itroa ',20
Pratt F.>od Co 7oS
Paramount Mfg. Co 708
Plym< uth Rr>rk Monthly . . . 709
poultry Diaeasos 720
portable Houae Mfg Co. .. 711
Qiri-n !nru)>al<ir Co 706
Simmona Milling Co
Smith Co . Wellincton J
Sunnyaide Farm
Sheffield I^boratoriea . . . .
Standard of Perfortion
Smith, il. llaselton
Sunnyaide Poultry Farm
.ncott. c p ; ;
St.ratt* Patent Ltd
Sheer Co.. H. M
Spshr Breeding F.state
Sheffield Farm
Sunnyaide Poultry Farm.
R. C. RIodgett
Stauffer A Son. H M . bark
Spiralet Co
State Fair of Texas PouKrT
Show
Vll
714
711
Tot
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719
796
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711
714
706
704
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rot
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Tioga Mill A Elevator Co.
back corar
Tompkins. Harold M3
Thom|>*on. R H back rovar
Trenton Fair 7H
Cnited Brooder Co "||
I'nited Steel A Wira Co. ... 711
Underwood Poultry Farm . 702
Wilkinson A Wilkinson . . 706
Wyandotte Standard and
Breed Book 661
Younc Co. K C.
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BIRD
Partrldga
AOAOI SWEEP THE OAEDEM SHOW 2S YEARS OF CONSISTENT WIKNING
Mrre la tho lf>24 rerord— Broosa Turkeys: Oocka 18-6: Hens 1 2 4-6; Oockersls 12 3-4 5; Pulleia 12-3-4-6.
Plymoatk Back*: Oacks 1 8 3 4-6: Haas 12 3 5; Oockerala 1 2 5^4 5; PoUeCa 1 8-3 4 r>; Old pen 1; Toung Pen 1.
FBIOBB' Toma. 61f> and up; Turkey Hens. 915 and up. Partridge Rorka: Single birds. 95. 910 and $15 and up; mated
l>en* (4 females aod male) at 925. |50 and 975
Our N'aw 1924 Catalogaa now ready. Writ* for it.
BIRD BROS.
Bo^v «J
^^EYERSDALE, RA.
Wyandotte Standard and Breed Book
m
PubU»h0d bw American Poutlrw A—ocUition Edited by H. A. Noune
TW aaly AatWrtUtivc Gaiit o4 al Ja^ges mi Breeicrt •< Wjaa4alles
All Varictiet— Silver, Golden, White, Buff, Silver
Penciled, Partridge^ Columbian and Black
In rT>mt^««««ieM. rb-anirM ai<>l eia'H>M>M r^f ivil an«l ln«lruru<x>al value a/id l»aulr of llt-ia-
triiioitt II ha* t«r%er Ihw«i ai^rxtc^ird lij any lui>k >lrvo4e«l Iv thia ttfeeit Fotlowtna are S
few of ttw Uainrtatii u«fi*r* nivrr^]
lalrsgaeCtea : Ttii* bM4u<k>« llisiofy of
HrrtO MiAnttarTlt. N jmai.r^alure. CiloMerr.
iKTtnai ICntnr Card. R>|4««>ati>in of Hcair of
Puinu l'.rtrwr< ons U) Ju<u«« (M«M>*al IM*-
quaJinckC >•!•. Ciiturk« fur |i»f«w««. Klsndard
Mraaurrmarta. Htmmfiry. Color Tarm*. rt4>
BrsaOia- ttaadsra FewH: Ttit* inHuJce
Onam ■•€ r'i«K llrrwlinc of Mt«i«<l«rl Fnwl*
l*<m* I, Se Pnxtur* l/ke?". tlk'hi Fu«l» fniTef
In Itnwilina Vattie. Whjr Utr Ma'a U "Half
the ruxh.." Vnffanm\«9. Ma»i.W>iiMi. M'ain
Itull't'na. In Rrredihc atiU fJrw rr«r<llrtc.
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lirfra^a Influerttv of li»dt«tdual Dl>t»>«llkMi.
twiviftairv of rv»ft«iii«iianal Vicnr anil Ifi.ar
u, prMTftv II, Brredlnt for Toktr In I'lunaa*.
Itr'anon of I'Mtar-i^olor to avrfanr Cotur.
liapiKianre of TraptieatUig Kooartta. Aa» of
TSew and alt i4her «!>•)•««• a** irralml In
BrwHfWra. Nttaihar of rraalea lo Ma'a. llti.J
Mailna. I'ertcMl of Fertilit/. liu« l» InUo-
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(iradinc aittl l*r<-««iti<. Hr
Praetical Poelto ke^^laf: llm* arU
WlMB la Mart. fUA Yard Rra«lln« Pan.
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for f\sM I'rtnlurtl'in. H'Tan<loti<H a*
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Mtlrf liMlay
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Big Profits from
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5sve Feed and Get More Egft
This Fall and Next Winter
One of the best and eaaieat ways to rut feed
(«ata. inrreaae the winter egg yielda and make
I Vigger (troflt the roming fall and winter is
la g*t pa"eia laying well before cold weather
f^^0*. «Mherwi»e. they will not lay well all
wtatec That mcana a )>ig ws*te of feed The
(all and winter /^'^v *«c •• '*>• froflt egg
if your Z'-?^ pulleta fail to lay.
|k#y will eat /? A4 "P murh of the i»rnflt
j^nr hena will /I ^ earn Cull rigidly al
tarity and get them in winter quai^era
\y Coatly miatakea in feeding and hand
liaf patleta and layinc hena ran he ab*«lulely
•vaMed and your itnitlta donbled. if yon know
j^al what to do and what n<>t to do. Have r\
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trying out theories of your own All you have
la do is to take advantage of what eiperta
liave proved throuch years of effort Advire
la available fr-m mariy aoarrea. One of the
kaal and mo«t r<*fnarka)-'<- hook* ever >»ritten
•a paaliry la "Dollars and Sense la tke Poal-
trf laalnaaa." by Prof. T E Quiaenherry.
fliia 100 page book, written in aimple language
ttel anyone ran underatand. may be obtained
free by any reader of thi« t-aper who writes to
4aeriran poultry Srho^.l. D.'pt 422. ». st either
Baffslo N V . or Kar.*a* City M >
BUTTERCUPS
Yearlinjf Breeders
at very low price*.
C SYDNEY COOK, JR.
73 VaJentlaa ft.
West Newton Maaa.
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**The Proven l^adert**
HALF PRICE SALE
H. W. HALBACH 4k SONS
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ha«» raptenxj a t.l<»e riMoti at Matttauo (^jtiare Uar-
4hai. Mew T«rS. Htv.w for the lad fwir «Mfceeav
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aaa p4^u«l<)n thrpu^out fall and Winter
fe«a« Kr*Mi f«»| on marfcei Oriier* prwafUy
tiled
PULLETS and YEARUNGS
At aery auractlve pric
kfa '
In all our
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«. m. CURTIM C«.. rraa-
The Fall Fair season is with us again.
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Single or Rose Comb, the Finest Reds in the World are here,
waiting for your order. How can I best serve you?
omDkins
CONCORD, MASS,
WHERE THE RNEST REDS IN THE WORLD COME FROM
Mr. Copleij Saijs
''Tell the World
about iV
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S.>ri(. lUMlim,
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418 Uth Street Oakland, (\ilif.
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A o Ramea A Bona (iar4ana. I'allf
r.ir one jn>ar prr*i.<«i« la July. I9.*1. I fed mj *■*!•
try. at inlerrala, Anelf tn»md U>banr«t lot wtarm%
•Ith trir r*«ult that the t.>»««^v rauwd the he«« and
|r^iur«a -^I'-aMi* to paaa tite vurma alia*, the muiimt Iw
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«ho> fk»<a vat infnrlr.l | t»«an itttnc ywir KMHtl-
ainn a^(■■l Ihe middl* of Juf \t I «•• maraetlna
hnth r'MiriC anil old •tora. Jrp««r>l. <«lri< a week. I
ha^l a rwrtalniy at lin<>«tna h»e the r.raulalun waa
• kWnc It* eork
llell»«« rae. t wa« glad In i»n«l<i» In a ah.>rt lime
thai the worm* wvr* ntH en |>)<w>tir<il. and ai iht«
lime D^.tT^' I ran aay MT TUtf'K ll« mtK
moM WORMH artd not only Ihla. Nil my tmltaaa
har« nnrne )nlo taflnf hotter than In pertltei* yeart.
aitd a^ vir>r'*ia. and ttmnf^r i> an tiria' \ •«. at
all an<1 a half montha. tliry are laylitg twtivr than
ftfly pmt refit.
I tliall k^p a nippljr of )mir W >rm Kmul«l<«i »«<
hand II u the heet rrmr' Y<>u may tell the amrld
what I think of your Kaiulalan
YiMira truly I» C l«>ri.rT
miMmmmmm
I
THE MONMOUTH STRAINS
SINGLE COMB WHITE AND BUFF LEGHORNS
BABY CHICKS AND HATCHING EGGS
liana now naled and aa ready now to aend ailher CHICKS •r COOS af Ua
noted Monaouth Htraina. Trica Lial on raqueal
WHITES won Heat Diaplay at MIneola and llempatead and Tliraa Pirata •!
Newark.
Hl'FFS — For yeara our Huffa have atood aupraina— Beat Diaplay at Madlaoo
Hquare -More Firata Tban All Competilora Combined at New Y»rk SUta Fair MlnaaU.
Hempatead and Nawark.
MONMOUTH POULTRY FARM
ANTHONYS. Owoora
Box B
FRENEAU. N J.
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100 Pens S. C. White Leghorns; 50 Pens White Wyandottes
Down in I>ixia we ^et them out early. \Vr hav» well started toward the blue
rihli<»na and trapneata thouaanda of fine youit(«trra in Intth breeda To make room
and alio to five you a chaura to obtain aoae »f lhl« flna atoek al a bargain wv are
«iflr«*riric "ur fine )>reedera at thaaa bargain |>ri<r» They are not to railed "utility"
mmflta. hut top notrh quality birda.
CEIMXS VALUE FOR EVERY
S.OO Ren Xlint Will K^ake You fVloney
Wa Offer in Cither Bread
WHIXE LEGHORNS
inn flne pena. White Lecborna. 4 hena and either one rorkeret or rnrk. aa yoa
prefer. a"d '>'> pena. While Wyandottea. 4 hrna and one male, rork or ro<kerel
For Oal7 t2ft 00 par Pan. Firat Cume Ftrat Served Wrtta Today
GASTONIA POULTRY FARM,
W. «. DAVIS. Prep
GASTONIA, N. C
1
In WrittDf Advartiaara. Kindly Maotlon Evarybodya rooltry Macaalaa
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
i
Dear Friends:—
If you were in the publishers* "shoes" you would feel just like we do. and
quite frequently, i. e,, a desire to talk confidentially with every reader of
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE. Impulse would prompt you. and
enthusiasm force you to. Knowing these facts we are making no apology for
taking this whole page for a confidential talk with you.
Our desire is to give you the best obtainable in poultry information, to
make every issue of this publication of utmost value to every reader. Some
of you breed poultry for pleasure alone, no thought of profit, while others of
you breed poultry as a business, as a livelihood, depending on successful sales
as your support. We keep this fact before our entire force of writers always—
that those who are breeding for exhibition qualities principally will find plenty
to interest and instruct, at the same time those who are engaged in poultry as
a living should find in EVERYBODYS a store house of useful information that
will mean dollars to them.
It has been proven to us beyond a doubt that our efforts to provide a
distinctive poultry publication is appreciated. It is needless that we comment
on the difference in costs of a magazine like EVERYBODYS and one we might
publish did we for a moment lower our ideal of that very "Quality" we have
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With your efforts, we can obtain our desired goal in a very short time.
The larger circulation we attain among interested readers like yourself, the
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Very truly yours.
THE PUBLISHERS.
/#\. /#\
VOL. XXIX.
HANOVER. PA.. SEPTEMBER. 1924
No. 9
Finishing the Pullets
By Prof. HARRY R. LKWIS, Associate Editor
OULD you like to find a way to help increase the
total yearly cjrjr production of your bin!?*? Would
you like to find a way, in other words, to make
ihem hold up bettor in production throughout the
summer and fall months? Would you. at the
Mime time, like to find a way to overcome much of the
frrowinf? lijfht and wasting away which is quite common
in layinjr flocks alonjr in the spring, especially after they
have been through a heavy winter's lay? Would you
like to find a way of overcj)nun(f much of the chickenpox
snd its related
disorders which
reap such a
heavy toll from
the poultry fra-
ternity ever y
year? Would
you like to find
s way of over-
coming m u c.h
mal-nutr 1 1 i o n
snd low vitality
li^ich is so ap-
parent in so
many 1 a y i n i;
flocks? Surely
you would.
While the suj?-
geition which I
sm about to
make is not a
guaranteed pan-
acea for all of these ills, it has, nevertheless, proven it-
self to be a valuable aid in accomplishinif these thinK*«
which you so much desire.
We All Know
It is a fact, physicians and surgeons will tell you, that
s human being which is well nourished, in good normal
condition of flesh, and is physically fit so to speak, can
withstand di.sease better, can stand up under heavy work
longer, and is generally a better risk for the life insur-
Early hatched pulleU being prepared for a heavy year'* Uy
;inoe company. The experienced poultryman can tell you
that flocks of laying hens which have been well grown,
which are heavily pigmented with yellow in the fall when
ihey are put in the laying quarters as pullets, and which
are fed and handled in such a way that they maintain
maximum body weight, are bound to go through the lay-
ing season much better than are a bunch of pullets which
have been improperly grown, incompletely fleshed and
which are allowed, through faulty feeding, to lose weight
regularly throughout the winter. These known facts
teach us s very
imp«»rtant les!<on
in the handling
of our birds.
Now is the time
to put this les-
son into practi-
cal application.
If you do so. I
feel positive
that your re-
Aults this com-
ing year will be
far more satis-
factory.
The Relation of
Body Weight lo
Production
Our egg lay-
ing contests,
over a period of
from eight to
ten years, have taught you some very interesting lessons.
One of the most important lessons is the relation which
exists between body weight and egg pro<luction. It is •
fact that a hen along in the summer, after she has been
through her first winter's lay, will cease to produce and
go into a moult if she is allowe<i to get thin or down in
body weight. Other things being equal, if she is kept in
a good condition of flesh with some surplus meat and fat
on her body, she will continue (Continued on page 710)
ess
S'^fJ
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Hi
Crested Fowls
ScpUoiber. 1924
EVERYBODY'S POULTRY MAGAZINE
667
The copy of the illustrations from Aldrovandus that was shown in our January issue is supposed
to be the earliest illustration of what may be called a crested fowl I was told by a long
time friend who was a student of the old-time languages, that the very earliest records
mention the Game Cock as a token of courage; that what might be called a crowned
or hooded hen is also mentioned. The dove, our domestic pigeon, is mentioned
as one of the earhest mediums for sacrifice or burnt ofTerings. The Jews
carried domestic poultry in their wanderings through the Wilderness
and the records kept in the Chinese Monasteries tell of fowls
domesticated more than ten thousand years ago.
Written expressly for Everybodys
By T. F. McGREW
SttlmoB F«v«roll« F
IHE introduction to this article was written as a
reply to numerous questions gent to me relative
to the earliest records of poultry ifrowing. I
spent laiit winter in St. Petersbunr. Florida. For
•ix months I had my first opportunity for over
thirty yemr» to listen. They have an Open Forum out in
the Park where ever>*-
thing but reliffion and
partisan politics can be
diFCUssed. Men from all
over the world took part
in the discuiutions. One
man claimed evidence
that the world was more
than a billion yean old.
lie made mention of the
myriads of emrs laid by
the fishes.
The allifrator lays
from twenty to sixty
efcfrs •!! in one day.
These egncs are laid in a
hole in the sand or earth ;
they are covered with
dr>' irrass, leaves and
other loose material.
When hatched, the younj^
care for themselves. The
man we rent from found
A nest and broufrht nest, eir^s and all home to his cellar
where the youni^ alliffatora came out. He sent them to
New Orleans to fill an order. The man who keeps the
Alligator Farm told me that virtually all the efnrs hatch
out in the open where they are laid. When put into a
hatching bed in one of his enclosures not all of them
hatch. When placed in an incubator quite a larn^e num-
ber of the eggf fail
to hatch.
The one who lec-
tured about the
earliest existence
of the world claim-
ed that the einr*
laid by fowls and
the meat of fuwls
formed a I a r g: e
part of the food
consumed by early lllutlratioa showing lh« peculiar
day man. It looks prolub«raBc*» on lk« skull of all
to me as thouirh crosiod fowls.
w« must find a new
wong to sinjr about the lay of the hen ; for wc are soon to
loae all evidence of the few efnrs they laid in their wild
stat«, which was to long ago that it will be useless evi-
•sa
tlence. I say no matter as to this, man has improved the
production of everything; tree, flower and animal, from
the bee to the cow and the hen as well. So the whole
matter now rests with man to build up and improve for
his own benefit.
The skull and
nostril formation
of crested fowls is
p e c u 1 i a r to the
race. The pro-
tuberance of the
skull on top of the
head and the bone
formation about
the nostrils and be-
low the comb is
different from
other fowls. Whe-
ther the I,a Fleche
had the protruding
skull or not I have
no authentic infor-
mation. I have
seen I^ Fleche
that had small
round crests. These
have been removed
by selection and
breeding. Our SUndard de.scribes the nostrils of the La
Fleche as of different construction from both of its an-
cestors, the Creve Coeur and Spanish. The Creve Coeun
are a made fowl. They were made by the French. These
and the Houdan
Wkito Cr«sto<i Black Polish
and the FaveroUes
we shall call the
side line of the
crested fowls. I
do this because the
FaveroUes have the
side whiskers and
beard.
The real beauty
in all kinds of Pol-
i.sh is the cre.st, the
beard and the
color and mark-
ings. Let us in-
fringe a little as to
the proper descrip-
tion of crest for all
Polish fowls. The
cre«t must be very large. Not only large, but very Urge
and it must be .so elevated in front as not to obstruct the
sight. Many fail in this respect because the crest fftU*
Creve Co«urs
White FaverolU
_ and obstructs the sight. What is most to be ad-
J^2f«d is ft crest that is large, full, round and beautifully
•od fymmetrically formed. The crest of some of the
Bale Polish is divided with a part in the middle. In .ome
(liis division extends from front to rear of the crest; in
plhers only a little in front. They should all of them, to
be correct, have cre.sts
like those shown in our
Standard illustration.^.
Study these illustrations,
also the descriptions as
printed, so as to have a
full und .»rst.*inding of
proper formation of the
crest.
The crest of the mal*'
should fiow down all
around from just over
and back of the eyc's
onto the hackle. The
feathers in f r o n t on
each side some lonjrer
than are the feathers
farther hack. All of the
feathers of the crest are
in formation like the
feathers of the hackle.
The crest of the female
should be large and as nearly round as possible. The
more perfect the crest the more beautiful. The crest of
the White Crested Black Polish, both male and female,
should be pure white, a few black feathers about the base
of crest in front will not count much against the speci-
Bcn. An expert at handling Polish seldom, if ever, shows
fowls with such defects. No one should ever show a fowl
of fine quality with minor color defects; if they do, some
one less squeamish will win the prizes away from them.
The head points of the Polish count thirty-eight points.
This includes comb, breast, beak, head, eyes, wattles and
ear lobes. The male of all varieties of Polish should be
profusely feathered about the hackle and saddle. The
crest of both male and female should be as large as can
bt within reason. The cre.st should not be so large or
heavy as to fall over to either side. A split crest on
female should count very heavily against the specimen.
A diniion or part, in the crest of a male, that extends the
full length of the crest, is very bad; when this division is
only in the front part
of the crest it is not so
bad. It is best not to
tt»e for breeding either
a male or a female that
has a defective crest no
matter how slight the
defect may be. A per-
fect crest is the mai.i
feature of the Polish.
Do not encourage defects
by breeding them into
your flock.
In bearded varieties,
the beard should be of
perfect form. See the
muffs and the beard on
Pige 22, Standard of
Perfection. Fitrure 15;
AhK> see illustration in
the SUndard. Page 2 GO.
To be the best, the beard
should join the muffs and the muffs should join the crest.
When you have such formation the presentation is glori-
ous. The neck of the male should be profusely feathered
^th a hackle that is long and flowing down over the
•houlders and onto the back. The ends of the hackle
feathers of some males will extend very close to where
the saddle feathers begin. This makes a beautiful color
Wkito Houdan Female
type for the Silver and Golden varieties. When the crest
is of beautiful form, color and markings, the hackle rich
and brilliant with the combination of colors and when
this flows like a cape down over the shoulders and onto
"Callus Turcica" Malr and FemaU
Old illustration of crested fowl of the siHteentk century
from Aldrovandus Book on Agricultur*.
the back, leaving but little .*<pace between hackle and sad-
dle, you have real beauty.
If, in connection with this, you have a saddle that if
well filled in with plumage that is equally rich you have
a back formation of beauty. Then from a side view you
see the wing with its two or possibly three well defined
wing bars. This only when what might be called the wing
bay a.sserts itself and claims prominence in the way of
helping the side appearance of the fowl. To be more ex-
plicit some of the Golden and some of the Polish males
have the shoulder or wing bow plumage composed of
feathers of smaller size than are the breast feathers.
These feathers should be laced about the edge with black.
Below these the wing covers which form the double
wing bar, then the secondaries which may have the ap-
pearance of a third bar; this only when the saddle plu-
mage is very full and when it extends up over the flights
or wing bay so far as to cover so much of the wing bay
a.s to give it the appearance of a bar. This only when the
fowl is quiet and at rest.
Then comes the saddle
plumage which should be
long and flowing. It
should extend down below
the feather line of the
abdomen and back onto
the tail coverts. The cov-
erts and the sickles should
be pure white, laced about
with black. The main tail
feathers white, laced with
black. The entire plu
mage from tip to tip
should be pure white in
the Silvers, each feather
laced about with black.
The Gobhn Poli.sh should
have golden bay color,
each feather laced about
with black. The flight
feathers of Laced Polish
should end with black; these feathers are not laced about
like the body plumage. The beard and muffs of th«
Bearded Polish are like the body plumage in color and
markings. There are only a few fowls that arc more at-
tractive than are Polish when they are of the best quality.
There is no beauty and but (Continued on page 704)
While Houdan Male
il
i
The Housewife and a Few Hens
I
By HARRY H. COLLIER
KPTKMBKR mijrht be termed the "Get ready for
winter" month. The warm weather has dried out
the lum!»er in the poultry houses and left lots of
.cracks that may cause cold« as the fall comes on.
The best way to find these cracks is to take a
liirhted lantern at nieht and set it in the house, WalK
around the buildinir and you can spot every crack. Any
crack that will show lifcht is the one that will cause the
draft on the fowls when the cool nif^hts cume on.
Where one has a battened houxe. it would be well to
pull these battens off and paint them with some f^oud lice
killer. If you will do this you will kill Mr. Mite in his
winter home and be rid of him for all season. When nail-
inir on battens, use six penny nails. These nails are lon^
enoufrh to make the batten secure and short enou^rh to
pull out easily in case the battens must be taken off for
any cause.
Kvery one should have their cockerels to them.selves
They should be in a jfood yard where there is lots of shade
alonir with plenty of ijreen food. The yard without nny-
thinir irrowinf? is the one that is liable to foul and cause
trouble. Where the yard has a jfra.ssy plot one can be
sure that the earth has not become foul. If you find your
yards bare at this time, plow them deep and sow some
quick ifTowinif stuff like rye or barley. Use clover mixed
with your rye and the fowls can pet this clover and they
will leave the rye or barley to make stools which will g'we
frrcen food for some months. Even if you are crowded
for room and can not spare the yard, turninf^ up the earth
will (five the fowls somethini? to scratch in and the barley
that you plant will not be lost because the younjrsters will
dig: it out and make a meal off the feed.
This is the month to cull until it hurts. Get rid of
every youngniter that is not (rood enoujrh to use or sell ns
a breeder. Do not allow a di.squalified fowl to stay on the
place. Crooked breast, unlesa so bad that it causes a
real deformity, is not a disqualification but it is a seri<»us
defect; it is advisable to kill all such fowls carryin(? that
defect. The crooked breast is the one that will cau«e that
fold in feathers that (foes to make a pullet look her worn
and cockerels with this defect are not fit to breed from,
as the defect is one that will come back into one's
pro(peny.
Side sprifTs on comb is another defect that should be
eradicated from the flock. Crooked backs, wry tails, wry
necks, lopped combs, are all defects that can be (gotten
out of the flock at this time.
If you note a sniffing on the part of your younjrsters.
locate the one with the cold and treat it with some (?ood
cold remedy. It is these small colds that cause lots of
trouble when we have that chance in weather that brinsr*
on colds in either man or beast. You can buy all kinds
of prepared remedies for colds. Do not dose fowls unless
they need it and it is always best to (ret the ailin(r fowls
to themselves to treat them. To treat a well fowl is a
waate of medicine and time.
It is a mi(rhty (food idea to use a battery of trapnests
when you place the pulleU in the layinif houses. What is
wanted is a flock of pullets that will lay a standard e(or.
The way to iret those cood markeUble e(f(rs is to breed
for them. Where you find a pullet that is layinsr that
little "pee wee*' e(nr. band her and keep track of her lay.
if she continues to lay that small egg. (fet her out of the
flock. The way to standardize e(nr8 is to (jet rid of the
pullet that lays that small e(r(r. One can not afford to
feed the pullet through the winter if she continues to lay
the small eirc
Pullets should come to their natural lay in about a
month. If they are layin(f the extreme small eir(f at the
end of the thirty days lay. you can be sure that she is
•flt
n<it (roin(c to be worth much in your flock. Sell her now
when there is a demand for hens or what mijfht be termed
.»-oft roasters.
Now is the lime to cull every hen on the place and
have none that is below or very near Standard weight
These ."mall hens do not pay and should be sold now.
One mipht pet better prices if they kept them until later
but the fe<d and attention that they will take, will cost m
much as they would brinp when you sell them later.
From the looks of the feed market, feeds of all kindi
are (Tijing hijrher and at this writing it looks as if wheat
is (fciinp to $1.50 per bushel. Buy as much feed now an
your bins will accommodate and you will make (foo<J
money. It is .said that the wheat crop is short in Canada
and other wheat (rrowin(f countries. Wheat is short on
the Pacific Coast and there will hardly be a normal crop
this reason. Com, in the Middle West, is ver>' poor thiii
year and oats are (roin(f up. Buy now and you will make
a (rood profit on your feed bill.
With the price of feeds (roinjr up, ejTK^ are bound to
brin(f higher prices this winter and dairy products are
also bound to rise. If one would go to ^(ime artifi<*ial ice
factory and buy a lot of the old ice tanks, they would find
them an ideal place to store their feed. These bins will
hold about two sacks of feed. They have tiny holes in
them that will let in enoujrh air to make the feed keep
well. The minute these tanks sprinjr a leak they can n^t
be used any lonprer for making ice. They can be bought
at a very low price.
If you are troubled with rats in your feed houses, take
one of the.ne tanks, set it close to the wall and have it
ab<iut one-half full of feed. The rat will .see the gTnin at
the bottom of the bin and drop in for his meal but when
he (rets ready to come out he will find that the sides are
so slippery that he can nut get out, (ret a club and kill
•Mr. Rat. When you get these bins, fit them with good
wooden tops that set in so that the rats can not get in
when they are full of feed.
Get all of the troU(rhs ready for the winter water and
fix all leaks that are liable to get the straw damp. Put
in new litter and start the youn(rsters in (rood warm
houses when they must be kept in. It is said that pullets
will not lay well if they have cold feet Keep them with
a nice clean dry litter and they will be contented when
they are shut in on stormy days.
Spray each and every nest with some (rood lice killer
and do the same thinjr with the roosts and drop boards.
Make thinfrs so clean that it will be a joy for you to gt>
into the houses. Have them fret* of fleas, m tes and all
kinds of vermin. You will ask the husban*! to help yoJ
with your ft>wls as the winter (roes on and if the houses
are clean and invilin(r, he will take a pride in helpinjr you
attend the flock. The same thin(r (roes for the husband
where he attends the fowls. It is the husband and wife
workin(r to(rether that makes success in the poultry yard.
Pick out those youngsters that (five promi.^e of beinir
the best for the show room and (rive them a little extra
attention. Handle them often and you will find that they
are easily posed and will respond when the jud(re come»
around. It is the well behaved cockerels that often take
the coveted blue ribbon. The jud(re only has a few min-
utes when he is placing the awards and when a fowl po<e»
well he helps the judge in his work and at the same time
helps its owner to win the ribbon.
Those slow (rrowing "gawky" cockerels may make good
ones later but unless they are extra good in color it would
pay to sell them in market now instead of carrying them
over to take a chance of their making good later.
One of the best paying buildin(rs that the housewife can
own is a cockerel house. This (Continued on page 706)
The Care of Houses and Yards
The condition of the quarters for the breeders is almost as important as the
condition of the breeders themselves.
By CHARLES D. CLEVELAND, Associate Fxlitor
IHE housing of poultry appears to run to two ex-
tremes— either the chickens are given veritable
palaces in which to live or they are cramped into
small, badly ventilated, dirty buildings without
any regard to sanitary conditions.
As a matter of fact neither one of these extremes is
desirable. It goes without .saying that a coop that is too
jonall; that has no ventilation; that is without proper
light; is kept in a dirty condition and does not have a
yard for exercise, is not the place to keep good breeding
birds. Stran(rely enough, also, chickens do not appear
to do particularly well in such buildings as we have de-
ncribed as poultry palaces. More often than not poultry
kept under these conditions is stru(rgling to overcome dis-
advantages which on a casual inspection of the buildings
would not appear to exist. These poultry palaces are
somewhat like the special nurseries in which the pampered
children of the rich are brought up — there are too many
luxuries and not enough solid comfort. In these poultry
palaces one will generally find a great excess of air space
which is very hot in summer and excessively cold in win-
ter. The birds are generally kept on the run because of
continual cleaning; the constant changing of litter and
the laborious way in which everything is shined up for the
inspection of the owner. In many of such cases the birds
are penned up continuously because poultry runs are con-
sidered unsightly.
These are the two extremes but fortunately there is a
happy medium in which the chickens are kept in low-
priced but neat houses and are provided with ample exer-
cising space which affords them some shade in the sum-
mer and plenty of sun in the winter. The common-senre
house is scientifically built; that is. the floor space is
correct for the number of birds to be kept in each pen.
The air space is also .scientifically measured and is found
to be sufficient to keep the birds moderately cool in sum-
mer and not too cold in winter. Ventilation is provided
through the way in which the house is constructed and
sunlight is admitted in the winter for the purposes both
of warmth and disinfection — for there is nothing like
sunlight as a disinfccUnt and as a preventative for germ
growth.
The common-sense house is provided with a c«)mmon-
sense run. large enough to insure ample exercise for the
number liberated; well sodded with good grnsn and hav-
ing some adequate shade in summer. The yard should be
large enough to insure the fact that the birds will not
pick off all the gra.ss and yet not so large as to have half
of the space really wasted.
It is comparatively easy for any one to build and main-
tain common-sense poultry accommodations. Every Ex-
perimental Station and almost every Poultry Journal pub-
lishes plans and descriptions which can be followed by
any man who can use a hammer and a saw; and there is,
therefore, little excuse nowadays for the makeshift
hou.ses which we so often see. A neat and well kept poul-
try outfit is an attraction to almost any place, and need
never be a drawback or disfi(rurement. If the owner has
a small place and does not wish to have his poultry corner
•eero too prominent it can be easily blotted out by the
planting of a few ornamental shrubs which in a year or
two will practically conceal the fact that there are anv
poultry houses on the place.
Almo.st every man or woman who breeds standard bred
fowl should take a pride, not only in the stock itself but
also in the way in which it is maintained and accommo-
dated, and a very short tmu* each day is needed to ke«p
the p«»ultry quarters in an ideal comiition, provided that
w»>rk is regularly done.
We have visited many poultry plants «»f consitlerable
prominence and alst) many backyarti plants where the
failure to look after the actual comfort of the birtis and
their surrountlings made the whole poultry proposition an
unsightly, unkempt and really disgraceful .•spectacle. We
rather imagine that, on the small places at least, the fail-
ure of the owner to keep his poultry proposition in at
least a respectable condition has been the source of many
a complaint by the wife of the hou <ehold, and has on this
account cause*! a number of men to abandon poultry.
All this is quite unnecessary. Kecular work, regularly
dont* at regular times of the year will obviate the neces-
*sity of excuses being made for the condition of the poul-
try plant, be it small or large; and as a matter of fact,
this regular work must be done if the best interests of
the fowls is to be taken into consideration, .\side from
the fact that clean and proper poultry houses are a good
advertisement for the breeder when visitors come, it is
necessary for the health of the birds that they be kept in
a sanitary and comfortable condition. Unclean dropping
boards; dirty water pans; filthy litter and windows
clouded with dust, do not assist any in keeping the birds
up to a high state of efficiency, but it is surprising how
soon all of these undesirable thinirs will happen if regular
and consistent attention is not paid to them. System is
the great thing in looking after poultry — a regular job on
a certain day every week will keep things spic and span
with apparently very little effort. In this way the regular
work becomes a habit, and because of the routine practi-
cally nothing is neglected and no accumulation of work
mounts up. There are no wasted motions; no great
length of time is spent in each pen, and the birds are very
little di.-'turbed. Cleaning dropping boards; washing
water pans and windows; spraying the roosting quarters;
raking over and changing litter, and supplying fresh nest-
ing material are things that must be done, and that can be
clone easily if given attention at perfectly regular inter-
vals. If we allow the regular routine to be interrupted
very often, we will find that there is so much to do that
we will postpone doing it until we have more time.
What applies to the inside of the house should apply
with almost equal force to the outside; that is, the yards
and fences. How often have we seen poultry runs matted
down with coarse grass and weeds, grown up with thistles ^
and briars, and with the fences in holes so that the male
birds are consUntly fighting and putting themselves out
of commission. If fruit trees are grown in poultry yards
they are generally left unsprayeti an<l neglected — particu-
larly peach tree.s — and in such cases they become un-
sightly; break down and are worse than u.seless. We
recommend the planting of some trees that do not need
spraying and that shed their leaves in winter. In any
event there should be just enough trees in some part
of the yard to give a good patch of shade, when shade is
needed, and these trees should not be planted too near
the house, for the birds should be ma<le to utilize all parts
of the run and must be induced to make use <)f the fur-
ther end of the run rather than to continually stay in that
part of it which is nearest to the house. Weeds and briars
have no place in poultry runs. They choke out the good
grass which the poultry would (Continued on page 713)
AN9
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The Casserole
Written expressly for Everybodys
By HAROLD F. BARBER
\E teanon I had a more than usually lar^ number
of crooked breast bones in my chickens. I always
wondered why it was, and wms particularly inter-
ested in an article on this subject by the eminent
Englishman, Joseph Shakespeare. He says, fir^t.
that chickens of the heavier breeds particularly should
not b« allowed to roost too early. He advocates their
■leepinfp on a litter. Secondly, they need a lance amount
of bone-forminfc material, and he lists as bone formers
chiefly oats, bran, clover meal, i^round bone and milk, to-
gether with green stuff — grass, clover and cabbage par-
ticularly. To this list he adds the necessity of plenty of
exercise. If your growing stock, then, has plenty of exer-
cise, green food, milk and oata, and are not allowed to
roost too early, you should not have very many crooked
breaat bones or mis-shapen bones anywhere in their car-
CMMS. (b)
• • •
A man by the name of R. H. Stabler raised last year
117 turkeys out of 182 hatched. This was no "beginner's
hick" because he admits that three years ago he could
only raise from 10 to 30 turkeys out of 150. Having
achieved wisdom through the
hard and thorough school of
experience, his words are
worthy of attention. Mr.
Stabler has found much
truth in what our agricul-
tvrmi colleges are teaching.
that turkeys and chickens
should not be allowed to run
together on the same ground.
The reason is that chickens
are carriers of the droa«K»d
blackhead ; the blackhoad
does not kill chickens, but it
does kill the turkeys, and is
carried by both. Only the
other evening, I was talking
with an eminent authority
on this same subject who
told me that the germs of
blackhead are extremely di(T^-
cult to find even with the
strongest microscope. The germs of many of our poultry
diseases are easily identified, but the blackhead germ is
very smsU indeed and diflficult of identification. If you
keep your turkeys on clean ground, there will not be very
* much trouble from this disease. Mr. Stabler keeps his
young poults in comparatively small yar<l8 which are fre-
quently moved, so as to keep the ground clean. Another
advantage of the yarding system is that the poult quickly
learns to run in out of the rain. He says they are easier
to raise than chicks, providing you keep the thermometer
under your brooder good and warm, about 95 degrees,
until the poults are a month old, then gradually reduce to
70 degrees in eight to ten weeks. A wetting will not
harm them, provided they have ample heat to run to and
get dried off and warmed up again, (c)
• • •
Breeders of Jersey Black Giants who have had trouble
In getting a white under-color, and in having their birds
attain to the huge weights called for by the Standard,
may take courage from some words of Theo. Hewes. Mr.
Hewes is secretary of some of the largest shows in Amer-
sto
Digested
TO be a reader is a duty one owes to
themselves, if they desire to obtain
knowledge; but to be a reader like Mr.
Barber is an accomplishment. You will
be convinced of this in the reading of the
Casserole.
The magazines from the July issues of
which these items have been taken for
comment, are as follows: (b) Poultry
Item: (c) Poultry Tribune; (d) Reliable
Poultry Journal; (c) American Poultry
Journal; (f) Western Poultry Journal.
ica and certainly knows something about Standard breed-
ing. He says, "When we call for a black bird with a
white under-color, and ask it to produce yellow flesh and
yellow feet, we have reached a point in Standard-making
where the intelligent breeder must admit that we are pok-
ing fun at ourselves; and when we adopt a Standard for
a clean legged fowl and ask for a fourteen-pound cock,
we are only making fools of ourselves and the breeders
who are trying in the right way to produce a really prac-
tical and worth while fowl." Mr. Hewes thinks that type
of male from which we are to build our ideal strain of
Giants has got to be ver>' much the same type as the old
Black Java, with only slight differences — a little wider in
front, a little longer in back. He suggests chan^ng the
Standard so that the color shall read "black, with a littJt
gray or slatish gray at the base of the plumage, not a
serious defect" Then shorten the neck of both male
and female, breeding a bird a little longer in legs than tht
Wyandotte, standing broader on their legs than the Ply.
mouth Rock, with back almost straight, sloping slightly
from shoulder to tail, and broad in entire length, with
good broad breast and body, (c)
• • •
As a part of a series of
articles on the work of the
late Douglas Tancrod. Editor
Curtis u.ses a great deal of
space reviewing the well
known breeding experiment
of Professor Gowell. of the
Maine State Experiment Sta-
tion some few years ago.
This is an interostintj- com-
parison — to compare this
ver>' famous experiment
which failed so dismally to
increase materially flock pro-
duction averages, with the
work of Mr. Tancred which
was so signally successful in
its results along these lines.
In the Gowell experiment
which ran. I believe, from
1898 to 1907. sons of 200-
ef:^^ dams were mated to hiph producing females without
any appreciable increase in the production, which re-
mained in the neighborhood of 140 eggs per year, show-
ing a slight advantage only over the original 120 average.
Trnpnests were used conscientiou.sly. but the reason for
the failure seems to be given in one short phra.se as fol-
lows. "During the entire period of seven or eight years,
Profe.Hsor Gowell did not. in a single instance, establish s
blood line known by him to be prepotent for productive-
ness, on either side of the house." This reminds me very
strongly of something which was said a year or two agi
by the man in charge of the breeding operations at the
Massachusetts Agricultural College where they have built
up as near a 200-egg strain as has probably ever existed.
The sentence was this, "Don't breed for high egg records;
but breed for those characteristics which make high sgf
rcK'ords." Professor Gowell did breed for high egg rec-
ords— and he did not get them : while Mr. Tancred bred for
those characteristics which make high egg records — and
he did get them. As Patrick (Continued on page 708)
T@| EXPERIMENT
(?=
e ^IM spite of adverse weather conditions
I 1 r the summer of 1924 is looking ex-
l^^y ceptionally fine from a production
^^P standpoint at our Egg Laying Con-
tests. Many of them are
making production in excess of
any prenous egg yields made
by them. They all, without ex-
ception, are making very at-
tractive scores. This year is
marked by the appearance at
the top of the lists, of many of
the contests, of breeders who
before have never been heard
of from the Contest field.
While it is true that many com-
mercial poultry' rai.sers get pro-
duction in excess of the Contest
performance, in the main the
Contest records set a high mark
of production to which the rest
of us can shoot at Well select-
ed birds, carefully handled, are
bound to lay well. The Con-
tests have many lessons for us.
Here is their July Performance.
Tk« Coonvcticul Efg Laying
Conl««t
During July the 1.000 hens at the Storrs Egg Ikying
Contest came through with l.S,965 eggs or a yield of 51.5
per cent. This means that the total score to date of the
group of hens now at Storrs is 196 eggA ahead of last
year's record for the corresponding period and more than
7,000 egg.s ahead of the average score for the last eight
years.
The accompanying table shows the total number of
birds in each breed, the average amount of grain and
mash consumed by each pen. the averag«» number of eggs
Isid'^by each pen and the average for all breeds.
STATIONS
February
=T)
Red Hot Scores!
LEATHER conditions have not stopped
m any way the fine records being
made at the Egg I^iying Contests. New
breeders are making top-notch records
and stand high in score lligh water
mark in production will almost assured-
ly be established. July performance re-
markable. It pays to carefully select
birds; they are bound to lay well. Get
the habit of reading these Contest Re-
ports. If a baseball fan you study box
scores and that's a "hobby"— study
then, if a poultr>'man, records that will
teach you many lessons. The Contests
are of great value, repre.-^ent all sections
of the country, giving you the diversified
round-ups of all parts of the country.
Mar.h
AlTll
Jul)
IVr r*.n! So
r.ce*
Prod i>#r
bir4
7 2
S.S
13 J
as
31 4
6«
S7 3
10 S
&.1 ^
1«S
AS .1
1».
SS M
ts.s
s^ .I
IS.
4S 7
146
39 4 107 •
&
I
The ten highest pens for the
entire contest to date through
July 30th are as follows:
I'm llrr<>J Ownrr Prod.
7 J \V I.^f Nnvina Toul Parm.
T..m« KiT^r. N J 1&»»
::» W I.oc H*'nrjr R«|»t». Jr.
rmrmint,im\p. S J \i^9
79 W. L«>ff Kappa !/•« horn
Farm. AtUnlie Hict>l*n«l«.
N J 1551
7<> W. I,r( Mva<low*dc« Farm.
<Va»rh»ir*l. N Y 1541
7 H l> U Norfolk HpMialtr
Farm*. .St WilUama. Dot ...1533
7 4 W I,«ic H OI»«»n. Wrat
wofxi. N J 1531
H'i W. I^c W. C. Voostlon.
I.rhanon. N J 15S1
41 W l.*g V. T. Darbj. North
Hranrh. S J ISlt
63 W I,«»c Tha Krrr Chlckw-
if>a. Inr . Pranrhtnwn. N J- . 150€
7S W. !.•« Ratnapo V a I I » r
I'out Ranrh. romittno l^akea.
N. J 14SS
The eleven highest individuals through July 30th are:
IVn
17 1
«9 17
Irt IH
*•* 4
7 13
r.1 4
»W l;|
3M 3
:!» n
4** 30
77 r<
nrr«d
R. I. &.
W L#f.
R. I. R.
W. L*>g.
h P R.
W. I.»c
W. L#c
w I^.
\V. I^f.
PrtHl.
ISS
17»
17«
171
171
171
171
170
17'»
170
170
?S0 pi > month |{»Hk«
100 Wjrandotto* ...
140 Rho<l(> I-land R«<l<i
400 Whilr hogh'-rna
Ma<h
.14 1
r»i 3
.IK 0
AS 3
(train
.IW .1
:t6.4
3S A
.12. H
ir>i
14I
144
ISO
Avrrap. all l.rc*^. i'* ^ ^'' " •••"
July turned out to hv a Leghorn month. Hilltop
Farm's pen from SufReld. Conn., has been awarded the
Wue ribbon or first prize for outlaying all other pens.
These ten birds laid 233 eggs during the month. G. T.
Darby's pen, from North Branch, N. J., was second with
a score of 231 egg.s. Third prize for July was won by
Andrew L. Ohr. of Wallingford, Conn., whose pen finished
with 226 eggs.
The ten leading individual hens and their totals to date
are as follows:
Kn(lf>w«>4><l Poul a Prt .Stork A«*n Kng.d. N. J
Krrd J MathrwB. I.amb<>rtTUI». N. J ......
Kniclrwoi) I'oul A IX Hlork A«an . Rnc'd. N J
Kitnrr H Wt«n*. Vioi'land. N. J
Norfolk Sprrialtr Farmi St. William*, Ont.
Thi« K-rr ('hi«-k«»ri«Mi. Inr.. Franrhtown. N J
|,t<w « Farm*. I>a«i«vitl«. R. I. ......
I.«*«i« N Clark. Port I|np«. Ont. Canada
Ctilumhia Pml. Farm. Torn* Kivwr. N J
Klmrr 11 Wme. Vinrland. N. J
.S C I'ri .• II»»l..ton. Pa .
The standings of the variou.s breeds of the contest are
given below.
Itrerda IVr <-#nl
Harrrd Plymouth Rork* .. 4n S
.SitiKir Ci'mb Whitp l.«jhi-rii« I0.5
\Vhit« Wyandotte* Hrt O
Siiiflr Comb Rhodo NIand Krda 34 4
NVhitr Plymouth Rork» :» « S
.?..r»iry |lla< k tfianta ... '3 «
Mrown Kochorna '-••♦1
In the following table is .«hown the amount of mash
and grain consumed per bird for the month of July with
feed cost per bird and the number of eggs for the month.
.X» Itirda Rraad drain Iba. Ma<li Iba. V<»rA Covt Rc««
77 Harrrd Plymouth Uork 3f>0 4 1 •« .IS! 15.
;t»
32
M2
4 4.1
lis
lOS
3 93
ITS
11 5
3 7S
ITS
O.t
454
.ISO
7 1
4 05
lOK
IS 3
Breed
Hen No
Place
Rhode I. land Hed
.^o^l
Attleboro. Maaa.
BlMd* Island Red
501
Attlehorn Maaa.
R^ode Island Red
42.-.
Hpenrer. Ifasa.
WkiU Rork
343
Dover. Maas.
Whita I^chnrn
S2S
North Branrh. N
Wkita I^chorn
7»rt
HuAeld. Cono.
Rhode Island Red
505
Attleboro. Maaa.
Rh'^e Island Red
577
Franklin, Masa.
Whita I^ffhorn
740
Corvalhs. <»re
Wkita I^chorn
S30
North Branrh. N
No.
KCK«
345
•-• t?
•I •» '»
3 1W
315)
3I«
31 H
31.%
212
311
TIm Third VincUnd International Egg Laying and
Breeding Contaat
During the month of July the birds at the Vineland
International Egg Ikying and Breeding Contest produced
15.434 eggs which is a production of 48.7 for the month
or 14.6 eggs per bird. The total number of eggs produced
to date is 120,417 which is an average of 39.4 per cent
or 107.6 eggs per bird. These figures are through July
30th only and do not include the last day of the month.
In the table which follows is given the per cent produc-
tion and number of eggs per bird for each month during
^ present contest beginning with November.
White Plymouth Rock 2 MS
White Wya'idnttea 3.41
Rhode Island Reda 2 fl5
Jrr-ev Blark Oiants 2 .17
Whit* Leghorna 2 .^7
The Bergen County International Egg Laying Conleal
The production for the month of July at the Bergen
County International Egg I^iying Contest was 32,413
eggs or a 54.2 9r which is equivalent to 16.2 eggs per bird.
The total number of eggs produced to date is 247,933 or
an average of 45.4% which is equivalent to 124 eggs per
bird. The production figures ju.st quoted are through
July 30th only and do not include the last day of the
month.
The following table shows the per cent production and
number of eggs per bird for each month during the
present contest beginning with November:
per Cent Prod No Rg(« per Rlr4
November
1.1 1
4 5
I»erember
23 ft
7 .t
January
2ni»
6.6
February
:is s
10.7
Marrh
SI 5
IS 1
April
S« 5
30
May
SH 1
31 1
June
SI H
IS N
July
.'.4
ISI
A*er«(r
4.S 4
(Continued on page 716)
134.
II
••1
Ninth Annual Convention Interna-
tional Baby Chick Association
Baby Chick Men of America Hold Enthusiastic Convention.
By Prof. HARRY R. LEWIS, Associate Editor
IHF Ninth Annual Convention of the International
Haby Chick Aiwocialion was a record breaker.
Ideal weather condition««, cool with frequent
nhowem. • perfect location at the beautiful
Kdgewater Beach Hotel on the chores of I^kc
Michifran, a majfnificent convention hall with perfect ser-
vice, tofrether with a record breakinjf attendance and a
wonderful profrram. all contributed to the success of this
fainou.<i mcetinjf. The membern befran to arrive early,
and by Tuesday noon, over three hundred reifistration}*
had been made. The toUl rejcist ration for the convention
wma approximately five hundred. One of the most inter-
Mting Muiont of the convention wa^ Tuesday afternoon,
followinfr the President's address, when the nine State
Director*, all of whom were seated on the platform, pre-
sented in a brief, but interesting way, the w<5rk of their
various State Associations. These reports were made
by Almon B. Hall, of Connecticut; Lyle B. Funk, of Illi-
noia; C I. Bashore, of Indiana; E. H. Rucker, of Iowa;
Charles Warner, of New Jersey; Manuel Drumm. of Mis-
souri; H. E. Ohls, of Ohio; W. H. Donsmore. of Vin^inia;
John F. Mueller, of Wisconsin. The wonderful proKTo%n
which thei«e state frroups are making, their uniform de-
mand for increased quality of chicks, their consistent
effort to further safeguard the industry, were apparent
to all
On Tuesday afternoon, the address by Professor W. J.
Buss, Secretary of the Ohio Chick Hatcheries Association,
on the 1924 baby chick season, and what it teaches us.
was received with great appreciation. Professor Buss
showed in a very definite way the many problems which
are constantly perplexing the hatcherymen, especially the
problems of varying weather conditions which influence
in such n material way, the fertility of eggs and hatch-
ability of chicks. The report of the 1924 Association
Publicity Program was presented by the Managing Direc-
tor and after extended discussions the A.ssociation voted
to continue its co-operative publicity activities during the
ensuing year. The various sessions of the Association
were presided over by the President of the various Baby
Chick groups. This plan proved extremely popular and
gave every state an opportunity to present its problem
in a very definite way. The program on Wednesday was
devoted to questions relating to the production of baby
chicks; the morning session dealing with the ef^ supply
and hatchery problems. In all sessions of the Convention,
the plan followed was to have the program take the
nature of a general di.'^ru.ssion or round table, in which
every member present was free to describe his own per-
sonal operations and to discuss with his fellow membeni,
ways and means of making their work more efficient
This plan proved extremely interesting and valuable as
evidenced by the large attendance present at every ses-
sion. Wedne.sday afternoon. Dr. L. P. Doyle, Purdue
University, Lafayette, Ind., addressed the Convention on
the White Diarrhoea problem, pointing out the import-
ance of the question and making suggestions as to the
best way of meeting this vital (Continued on page 7J2)
The National Poultry Council
A Sleeping Monster Has Awakened.
By Prof. HARRY R. LEWIS, Associate Kditor
|HK poultrj' industry of the United States has stead-
ily grown to such an unique position that it is
now one of the largest a^rricultura! pur.-uits; its
products* being valut'd during the past year at
nearly a billion and a quarter dollars. This in-
dustr>' has been ably organized durinjr the pa.*;t t'lfty years
as individual units, each pha^^e of the industry having its
own state and regional organization. There has never
been, however, an organization representative of every
phase of the industry as a whole. It was with great
anticipation that delegates from every State in the Union
and from practically every organizati«)n gathered at Chi-
cago at the FMgewaler Beach Hotel, on Satunlay. August
9, in the deliberations of a National Poultry Conference
to consider the formation of a National Poultry Council.
The following program of constructive adilre.sses was pre-
sented, following which the preliminary committee whiih
was appointed to draft a constitution and report at the
Conference, preented their report in the nature of Con-
stitution and By-Laws to govern the formation of such a
Council.
Our Interest in a National Poultry Council
"The Need of a National Poultry Council." Prof. T. E.
Quisenberry: "American Incubator Manufacturing Asso-
ciation," Frank K. Coatsworth; ''American Poultry Asso-
ciation," D. K. Hale; "American Association of Instruct-
ors and Investigators." A. G. Phillips; "The Farm Bureau
and the Poultry Industry." J. W. Coverdale; 'The Kng-
li!«h poultry Council." Willard C. Thompson; "The Cana-
dian poultry Council." W. R. Graham; "Co-ordination or
Tran portation and the I*oultry Irulustry.*' A. L. Moors-
head; "The Need of a National Organization," M. A.
.lull. Senior Poultry HuHhandman. U. S. Pept. of Agricul-
ture.
.Vfter extended and favorable di^^cussion. the Confer-
ence voted unanimously t" a-lopt the Constitution and
Bv-I>aws I temporarv constitution Thev further
t'leoted th»' foll«»wing temporary otTicers: Pre-Jident. Harry
R. Lewis. Davisville. ]\ T ; first vice presi«b'nl, pwight K.
Hale. GleM Kllyn. 111.; ^.m. ond vice president. George ('u\j-
ley. Springfield. ().; secretary. Dr. M. A. Jull. U. S. Oept.
• f .Xirrit'ullure. Wa'^hington, D. C.; treasurer, (*rant M.
Curtis. Dayton, ().
The Conferenre further auth<»rizetl the Preniilent to
appoint an Organi/.ation Committee to co-operate with
the officers in the perfection of a permanent organi7..»ti«»n.
The National Poultry Council is to he organiz«'d a*< an or-
ganization of organizations an»l consisting of delegates
of those representing every phase of the poultry inthntry.
'I he following Constitution. ndopte<l by the National Poul-
try Council on August 0. will give you an itiea of the aims
an<l purposes of the Conference, and within the next few
weeks, every State, Regional antl National orgnniration
and allied in«lustries will be approache«l regar«ling their
affiliating in this big national movement. It >s hopetl and
anticipated that every one will welcome this opptirtunity
to insure the proper representation of the interests of the
poultryman in national affairs. Your co-operation is
earnestly solicited.
Constitution and By-Laws of the National Poultry Council
Article 1 — Name
Section 1. The name of this organization shall be
The National Poultry Council of the United States of
America, and the Annual Meeting of the Cou-.cil shall be
known as the Nat o:iul Poultry C'ongrev^
lllustralioa
i4« from a r«marluibU pkotofrapk taken on the ahore of Lake Michigan of the assembled m*'
i|v
f' I
■!»l
aaii friends of the International Baby Chick Association. The
rkabb
>t shoi
6»S
694
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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Article 2— ObjecU
Section 1. The objecU of the National Poultry Coan-
cU ihall be to protect and further the interest* of the
poultry industry In all lU phases; to make a complete
■tattsttcal study of the American Poultry Industry in re-
spect to the problems of production, distribution and con-
sumption; to seek to improve conditions respectinR: same
And to make such information generally available; to
initiat4> and support leffislation favorable to the develop-
mtnt of the poultry industry; to initiate and conduct pub-
lic campaigns, in which the value of poultry and eggs as
human food shall be featured; to encourage and support
teaching, research and extension work as conducted by
the Federal and State Government; and to undertake
such other duties as may be axHigned to it by the National
Poultry Congress.
Article 3 — Membership
Section 1. All poultry aiwociations, clubs or societies,
both National. Regional and SUte. which include poul-
try in their operations, as well as associations of manu-
facturers engaged in the manufacture and distribution of
poultry equipment and supplies, as well as associations of
distributors engaged in the distribution of eggs and poul-
try, as well as
aaaociations of
transpor t a t i o n
agencies, are eli-
gible for mem-
bership in the
National Poultry
Council on the
basis as provided
in Article 6.
Section 2. — In-
dlviduab or flnns
contributing to
the financial sup-
port of the Na-
tional Poultry
Council thall be
known as **Sus-
taining mem-
beni/'
Section 8. —
Honorary mem-
bers may be
elected by the
Cooneil and shall
eoBsist of those
who have per-
formed some spe-
cial and distinct-
ive service to the
Poultry Industry.
or assessments.
Article 4 — Representation on the National Poultry
Council
Section 1. — The National Poultry Council shall consist
of delegates elected by their respective associations,
clubs or societies, as follows:
National Poultry Associations affiliating with the Na-
tional Poultry Council will elect representatives upon the
Council on the following basis: they shall elect two dele-
gates up to 500 members and they may elect one addi-
tional delegate for each additional 500 members or part
thereof, with a maximum of five delegates for any one
aaaociation, except those Specialty Clubs having a mem-
bership between 100 and 500 active members, who shall
elect one delegate. The membership in all cases shall
be computed on the basis of United States members.
The following National Associations are eligible: The
American Poultry Aaaociation, The International Baby
Chick Aaaociation, The American Association of Instruct-
ors and Investigators in Poultry Husbandry. The National
Farm Bureau Federation, National Poultry Specialty
Clubs having 100 or more members.
Tho EJt*wal«r*B«ack Hotel where Baby Chick Convention and Poultry
Coancil ••••ions w«r« held.
Honorary members shall pay no dues
Section 2. — National Associations of manufacturers
and distributors affiliating with the National Poultry
Council shall elect representatives upon the National
Poultry Council on the following basis:
Two delegates up to twenty f^rm or company member-
ships, one additional delegate for each ten membenUiipg
or part thereof with a maximum of five delegates per
Association.
The following Associations are eligible: The National
Poultry, Butter and Kgg Association. The American In.
cubator Manufacturers' As50ciation. The American Feed
Manufacturers' Association. Association of Agricultural
Publishers. Poultry Publishers* Association, American
Railway Development Association.
Section 3. — Regional Associations of Producers affiliat-
ing with the National Poultry Council shall elect repre-
sentatives upon the National Poultry Council on the fol-
lowing basis:
They shall elect two delegates up to 500 members and
may elect one additional delegate for each additional
500 members or part thereof, with a maximum of five
delegates for any one association.
The following .\ssociations are eligible: Atlantic
Coast Poultry
Producers' Asso-
ciation, P a c ific
Coast poultry
Producers' Asso-
ciation.
Section 4.—
State Associa-
t i o n s affiliating
with the National
Poultry Council
will elect repre-
sentatives upon
the National
Poultry Council
on the following
basis:
They shall
elect one dele-
gate up to 500
members and
may elect one ad-
ditional delegate
for each addi-
tional 500 mem-
bers or part
thereof, w i th s
maximum of
three delegates
for any one association.
The following Associations are eligible: State Poultry
Associations. State Producers' Associations. State Poultry
and Egg Shippers' Associations, State Baby Chick Asso-
ciations, State Certification or Breeding Associations,
State Farm Bureau Federations.
Section 5. — Delegates on the National Poultry Council
may be chosen by their respective associations, clubs or
societies in whatever manner they may decide. Suck
delegates, however, must be elected or appointed before
the time of holding the National Poultry Congress, and
the result of such election, together with credentials and
necessary membership fees reported and paid to the Na-
tional Poultry Council on or before the opening session
of the National Poultry Congress.
Section 6. — Associations or clubs other than thoit
listed above may become members of the National Pool*
try Council upon the same basis, in conformity with thii
constitution and subject to the approval of the National
Poultry Council.
Article 5 — Dues and Subscriptions
Section 1. — The annual dues of all Associations. €!•*•
or Societies affiliated with the (Continued on page 714)
The American Poultry Association
Convention
The 49th Annual Convention of the American Poultry Association, at
Toronto, was in many respects the most dignified, tolerant, beneficial
and progressive of any that I have attended.
By CHARLES D. CLEVELAND, D. E. HALE and H. H. COLLIER
FOL'R days' program including the departmental
meetings and special meetings of the Board of
Directors, wa.n condensed into three days and this
kept everybody busy, especially as the entertain-
ment features were extensive.
President Rigg is a business man and kept business be-
fore the Convention at all times. There were no \ot\k
bursts of oratory over trivial matters such as have char-
acterized some former meetings, but the chairmen of th»'
several committees presented comprehensive reports, full
of sound reasoning and abounding in common .sense.
The.se. taken as a whole, were the best committee re-
ports that I have ever heard presented at an American
Poultry Association Convention and the chairmen an* to
be congratulated upon them.
One of the most gratifying of these reports was that
of the Secretar>' and particularly with respect to the
finances of the Association.
One has heard rumors reganling the financial condition
of the American Poultry Association, some going «o far
as to say that it was bankrupt. Mrs. Rigg presentetl a
comparative report .showing the cash in the treasury at
the end of each fiscal year, beginning with 1010. Thi<
statement showed that the net balance had increased from
$980.00 in 1910 to $21,446.00 in 1924, the latter sum be-
ing the largest ever reported by the Association and
representing the amount on hand as of .August 1 with nil
debts and disbursement: paid.
Such a .state of affairs must be most pleasing to the
membership and should set at rest for all time any fur-
ther intimatit)n that the Association wa.s standing on a
fmil financial footing.
The arrangements for the care of the delegates were
complete in every detail and the committee, headed by
th Hon. John S. Martin, was extremely capable and effi-
cient Would that we could, in this country, secure the
co-operation of the local club, the Provincial authorities
and the Dominion government as the.se Canadians are
able to do.
If we could have the real aid of the city in which the
Convention is held; the State authorities and the National
government, what a truly wonderful Convention we could
have I At Toronto the delegates were made welcome by
the members of the Ontario branch and the details of
their comfort were .seen to by them. The Province of
Ontario, through its Minister of Agriculture, furnirhed
a delightful reception in the Parliament buildings, includ-
ing a meeting in the legislative chamber — an event of
unique character and relished by all.
Not content with this demonstration of welcome, the
Dominion government itself gave a splendid dinner to all
the delegates and their friends at the King Kdward Hotel,
the formal invitations being i.ssued by Hon. W. R. .Mother-
well, the Canadian Minister of Agriculture.
If one wished to go to Sunnyside, the amusement park
just outside the city, his badge admitted him to every-
thing and it was difficult indeed to pay for a meal, for
there was alway." a luncheon or dinner on the program,
at the expense of the entertainers. These Canadians
are royal hosts and splendid fellows and I thoroughly en-
joyed meeting them. They have sane ideas regarding
their poultry and realize that the business is a big one
and that it takes big men to run it.
Professors (traham and Brown gave excellent talks,
complete and interesting in their detail, hut tolerant in
their ideas and showing a spirit of fairne.ss and the wish
for help and a.ssistance from the breeders across the line.
It remained for an American breeder, however, to
make the t>utstanding address of the Convention and I
have never seen greater enthusiasm shown than was dis-
played at the end of his talk. K. H. Thompstm. that great
breeder of Barred Plymouth Rocks, itpoke on the subject
of "The .American Fancier" and every fancier in the
world should read this ad<lres> it was truly splendid
from every angle.
He demonstrated in language too clear and eloquent
for contradiction, the viewpoint of the fancier an«l show-
ed that beauty and production go hand in hand the fan-
cier must and does have both.
The love for the beautiful, said Mr. Thompson, will
never die and the beautiful must reprotluce it.self to en-
able the fancier to live and carry on his work.
The full text of this remarkable a<ldress will be pub-
lished in this magazine as soon as a perfectly correct
copy ^an be obtained. I am <leep!y gratified that I was
able to hear it.
The attendance was good and it was representative.
California touched elbows with Florula and Texas with
Maine. The delegates looked prosperous and they must
needs be, for the cost of living is high in Canada, as it is
with us.
American cigarettes are .'iOc per package; u fair break-
fast is $1.00 and rooms are not cheap.
One delegate who came with his wife .xhtiwed me his
expense account for railroad fares; it whs $t7.'{.00 — but
then, this particular gentleman had taken in $3.3.000.00
last year on a 5.000 head poultry ranch on tlie coa.st. so
I did not sympathize with him.
That sounds as if there was something in the poultry
busine.ss. doesn't it?
There were delegates there who represented practically
all branches of the industry, although not many baby
chick or incubator men were on hand because they hail all
been in Chicago the week before.
Nobody looked glum and reports of business were
pretty good. Some .^aid that the general business depres-
sion had affected the poultry business, just as it had other
lines, but that inquiries were increasing and a goo<l year
would probably result.
Maurice F. Delano was detained at home (wi* under-
stand by a customer!) and Prof. Alexis I.. Clark, Chief of
the Bureau of Markets of New Jersey, took his place on
the program and presented an interesting report on the
"Registration of Stantlard-bred Fowls in the I'nited
States." This report will bear careful reading and can
be reviewed when the proceedings of the Convention are
published, for they are going back to the custom of print-
ing the proceedintrs. Considerable discussion was in-
dulged in over J. Will Blackman's report on "Stabilizing
KgK Laying Contests." This (Continued on page 711)
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Stimulation of Consumption
Wc were talking chicketis the other day with a
man who »clU market eggs at retail, and in the
course of the conversation it developed that he was
serving one customer at the rate of two eggs every
other day.
Naturally we took the statement as a humorous
quip, but the gentleman seriously informed us that
the order was a genuine one and that these people
were actually consuming eggs at the rate of one per
day for two people. This sounds ridiculous to us
who are in the hen business and who use eggs in the
household practically without counting the number.
Strange as it may seem, however, the couple
above referred to were actually eating eggs more
freely than the average American, for such statistics
as we are able to get tell us that each person in the
United States consumes eggs at the rate of one-
fourth of an egg a day: these people were eating
eggs at the rate of one-half an egg a day I
As for the consumption of poultry meat we have
no reliable data at hand, but we have seen figures
that indicate without a doubt the low average use
of the flesh of chickens. Generally speaking.
Americans seem to be either eaters of red meat or
vegetarians, and the consumption of poultry meat
is nothing like what it ought to be. Physicians have
for many generations advocated the eating of eggs;
scientists have shown us the chemical constituents of
the egg. and have, therefore, demonstrated its com-
plete fitness for food; home economic lecturers
have demonstrated in a hundred ways the delicacy
and palatability of eggs in the cooked form, and deli-
cate persons have proved in thousands of cases the
curative and rejuvenating effects of raw eggs as
a part of the diet, yet the average consumption of
eggs is out of proportion to the average consump-
tion of many other food stuffs.
The flesh of poultry has been shown to contain
nourishment that will maintain the body in a high
state of health; poultry meat can be eaten by thou-
sands of those to whom the red meat of animals is
poison; doctors widely prescribe the use of poultry
meat for children, invalids and convalescents and
yet Americans do not eat poultry meat in anything
like the average amount that many European nations
consume it.
In the meantime science as applied to the poultry
business has caused a considerable increase in pro-
duction. The average hen lays a good many more
eggs than her granimother did. and the per cent of
300 egg hens is increasing quite rapidly: there is
scarcely any reason to doubt but that we may have
some dny in the near future the 365 egg hen.
Vastly more chickens are raised in this country
annually than was the case a very few years ago.
The improvement in hatching methods; the perfec-
tion of the artificial brooder and the establishment
of the day-old chick hatcheries are largely responsi-
ble for this increase— and the number of chicks
hached yearly is very much larger each year.
If conditions are as we have stated them, and if
thcrr are more hens every year and each hen layi
more eggs than they used to do. how are we going
to handle this increased production, a production
both in poultry meat and in eggs that apparently has
no set limit)
1 he answer seems plain to us— we must take
means to increase consumption, and we must lay our
plans for the future at once.
Some people have gone as far as to say that at the
present moment there is an over production of poul-
try meat and eggs in this country, and these people
view with alarm the present situation. We will not
attempt to analyze this condition nor will we cite
figures to prove or disprove the truth of the asser-
tion, but we believe the matter calls for serious con-
sideration, and will go as far as to say that unless
consumption is increased, prices may fall owing to
markets being glutted with poultry products that do
not have a ready and quick sale.
And why. indeed, should we not have a vastly in-
creased consumption of poultry and eggs? There
are no safer or saner foods to recommend than eggi
and poultry meat with the possible exception of
milk. Eggs, vegetables, poultry meat and milk are
ideal foods. Tliey can be consumed practically ad
libatum by humans of all ages, from the child to the
man of ninety years, and they will build up, nourish
and sustain the human frame in a way and to an ex-
tent far superior to any other foods.
The situation in regard to the consumption of
poultry products is very like the milk situation — ad-
vertising is needed, and advertising will accomplish
the desired results. It may very well be admitted
that milk is the ideal human food, but certainly next
to milk as a diet come eggs and poultry meat, and
the public must be made to appreciate and under*
stand the significance of this fact. It is well known
that until very recent years practically nothing was
done toward increasing the per capita consumption
of milk, although it was universally acknowledged
to be the most perfect food. We must have also
feen that practically nothing is being done to seri-
ously stimulate the consumption of eggs and poultry
meat, although they rank second to milk as the foodi
most nearly ideal for the average person. It be-
hooves us, therefore, to methodically set about the
work of instituting a nation-wide campaign for an
increase in the consumption of poultry meat and
eggs, lliis is a large undertaking and calls for con-
centrated and effective campaigns to be made
through every poultry channel. All branches of the
industry must be enlisted and would naturally co-
operate in such a campaign. The man who manu-
factures a watering device would be just as much in-
terested as the man who produces ten thousand lay-
ers. The backyard fancier would be as much in-
volved as the concern that turned out the largest
mammoth incubator.
All would realize that if there are to be more eggi
produced and more chickens raised to maturity,
more people must be made to eat those eggs and
thoce chickens, and the fact that the average con-
sumption is one-fourth of one egg per capita, is evi-
dence enough that there is a wide field open to teacK
the people the value of the poultry products that
they are now consuming in such small quantities.
We advocate in strong terms the thoughtful consid-
eration of this problem by breeders and raisers of
poultry and by all poultry organizations in this coun-
try.
The question to ask ourselves is very much the
same as that of a man who put this query to us the
other day — when we get the 363 egg hen. what are
we going to do with the 365 eggs>
Reports from the International Poultry
Congress
No doubt most of us have by this time received
some reports from our representatives that were in
attendance at the International Poultry Conference
at Barcelona. Spain.
No doubt, also, most of us were astonished to
learn of the number of delegates present; the num-
ber of nations represented; the very large attend-
ance and the intense interest manifested by the gen-
eral public.
The conference appears to have been run off in a
highly business-like and satisfactory manner with
great benefit to all those concerned, and the United
States delegates appear to be in one accord in say-
ing that they were greatly benefitted by their attend-
ance at the Conference, and that they believed that
they were also of some help to the advancement of
poultry interests throughout the world.
Those .Americans who were privileged to exhibit
at the exposition no doubt reaped a considerable
benefit since the Spanish people in particular seemed
wonderfully enthusiastic over the exhibit of the
American breeds and readily purchased at good
figures every bird exhibited by an .American.
From such facts as we are able to learn at this
early date, and without the full report of the Ameri-
can delegates, we conclude that .America was judged
to be far in advance of other nations in two respects,
first in the perfection of our methods of hatching
and brooding, and. second, in the superiority of our
American breeds as dual-purpose fowls. The con-
tinental people appear to have been breeding very
largely for meat and when they saw the exhibits of
Plymouth Rocks. Wyandottes. Rhode Island Reds
and jersey Black Giants and learned that these birds
were excellent layers as well as possessing fine car-
casses for the table their enthusiasm knew no bounds.
On behalf of the delegate from the State of New Jer-
sey and the breeders in that State a pen of Black
Giants was presented to the Heir Apparent of the
Spanish throne and enthusiastically accepted by him.
The incubator and brooder manufacturers put on
a splendid display that will greatly inure to their
benefit in the future for it will, no doubt, lead to the
installation of American incubating and brooding
equipment abroad in a greatly increased way. Our
representatives brought back with them much in-
teresting information particularly with reference to
the production of poultry meat; the number and
excellence of foreign egg laying contests and many
useful ideas regarding co-operative movements.
Altogether the conference seems to have been an
unqualified success and we look to even a larger
withering at the next session which will be held in
Canada.
Displaying Our Wares
At .Atlantic C ity. N. J., in November, ihe National
Grange will hold its annual gathering which will
attract persons intrrejited in agriculture from every
corner of the L nitrd States.
In accordance with the wishes of the master of
the National Grange, co operatmg with the master
of the New Jersey State Grange, a complete display
of the agricultural resources of the State of New Jer-
sey will be placed on view for the benefit and educa-
tion of the delegates. In this display, poultry will
occupy a prominent part, since New jersey is famous
as a state that produces an abundance of high class
poultry, both from the exhibition and the production
standpoints.
The knowledge of these facts, quite naturally,
led us to the thought that wr should more often and
on a larger scale exhibit our wares whenever the oc-
casion affords or an excuse exists. We have our
poultry shows, our fairs and our egg laying con-
tests, and these are ail splendid and wonderful
things, but the persons who view the exhibits at these
places are very largely those who live in the same
state with ourselves, and who are thus at least partly
acquainted with the poultry facts and figures relative
to the extent of the poultry industry in their vicinity.
Where, however, the opportunity occurs to let those
who come from different states, and from a different
environment, see and appreciate the extent of our
poultry operations, we should certainly take the
chance to show them the best and the most complete
exhibit that it is possible to stage.
By invitation of the New Jersey State Poultry
Association we attended the last meeting of the
Board of Trustees and observed with pleasure the
avidity with which the members of the organization
grasped the possibilities of this state exhibit at At-
lantic City, and the enthusiasm with which they re-
ceived the invitation to display their wares.
What applies to New Jersey would apply to any
other state in this respect, and if a national conven-
tion or any assembly to which delegates from other
states are invited is to take place, it would seem a
wise and a forward step for a state poultry associa-
tion to ask for the opportunity of exhibiting tf> the
members of the gathering a display of poultry and
poultry products. No doubt many such opportuni-
ties have been lost sight of in the past, and of course,
there are many occasions when there would be no
possibility of getting before the delegates any dis-
play of a live stock nature, but even if there were
only one such opportunity in a year, it would be well
worth taking advantage of. for we should advertise
our business in every possible way and on every
possible occasion.
The poultry show affords a splendid opportunity
of studying standard-bred fowl and of noting the
excellence in color and type of the specimens placed
on view, but it is a busy time and there are a great
many different breeds and varieties to be seen, nor
can one generally devote more than one day to the
exhibition unless he be an exhibitor himself. The
County Fair is wonderful educationally but there are
always distractions, including horse racing, to draw
the crowd to the spectacular, and it is difficult to
concentrate the attention. Farmers' Weeks arc in-
valuable and largely attended, but there are few
visitors from outside the state and the affair gener-
ally resolves itself into a series of meetings of those
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who are tpecialistt in certain particular branches of
agriculture.
A display of poultry and poultry products, how-
ever, before a national convention, is different from
any of th<se since it is a concentrated or boiled
doivn display of only a few chickens, a few eggs and
a few demonstrations summarizing the high-lights of
the general poultry situation in the state in which the
convention is held. Tlie delegates have an oppor-
tunity to concentrate and to become acquainted with
the general poultry data of that particular state, and
this would be prepared for them in such a way as to
avoid all unnecessary details or confusion.
We believe the poultry business would be well
advertised if some such display could be made in
each state once a year in a quiet, yet forceful way.
where there would be no competition, no individual
advertising and where the visitors could have the
opportunity of readily observing the magnitude of
the poultry industry at their leisure and without
any counter attractions to distract their attention.
Watch Those Late Chicks
Reports from all over the country indicate that
early hatches were not what they ought to have been
and that there are a lot of late hatched chicks.
Some breeders were fortunate enough to bring
out and raise without much loss a good early crop
of youngsters but the majority experienced poor
hatches and low fertility. A number of things may
have accounted for this situation. We all know that
spring was late and that almost continuous cold,
damp weather followed. The breeders were mostly
indoors and did not show the usual "pep" — we did
not feel very "springy" ourselves. Mornings were
much darker than usual and the birds remained on
the roosts later than usual, which, in itself, is not
conducive to high fertility. Our own birds did not
eat as much mash as they usually do during the
breeding season, due perhaps to rather low vitality
or spirits. In any event early eggs did not hatcit
well and almost every breeder has been compelled
to set many more eggs than he intended.
Scores of articles have been written about late
chicks, telling the breeders in many cases they are
the best: urging late hatching for the late shows and
giving instances where very late hatched chicks won
blues at Madison Square Garden. Tliis is all very
well and mostly true; but the late hatched chicks
that do not receive special care will not only never
win a ribbon but. in addition, will not be profitable.
It is hard to make a bird grow faster than it can but
it is comparatively easy to see to it that a chick gets
such care as will enable it to grow just as fast as it
possibly can.
We cannot unduly force our youngsters but we
can give them ideal conditions. Plenty of fresh,
clean water; an abundance of shade and free access
to a good mash are some of the requisites for good
growth at any season, but particularly with late
chicks— with emphasis on the shade. Clean quar-
ters; freedom from lice and mites and regular feed
ing all help to bring along the youngsters quickly
and sour milk is a wonderful food.
In September and October days we must watch
over the latest hatched members of our poultry fam-
ily if we are going to bring them to maturity before
snow flies; so ^e must watch our step and be on
the job.
A chick that is not mature when winter comes it
not of much account; it will neither be a good ex-
hibition bird nor a good layer and will have to be
carried over to the following year — an expensive
and unnecessary proceeding.
Let us see to it that this year's crop of chicks is
matured this year — not next season.
NO INTERNAL INSECTI-
CIDE CURE FOR EXTER.
NAL POULTRY PESTS
Manufacturing and selling prepara-
tions for controlling lice, mites, ticks
(blue bugs) and other external para-
sites of poultry by serving to the
fowls in their feed or drinking water
is a popular pastime of a number of
concerns and one which the United
States Department of Agriculture
sa^rs should not be tolerated. A num-
ber of the mixtures advertised for use
in controlling external pettts by ad-
ministering in the feed have been
tested by the Insecticide and Fungi-
cide Board of the Department and all
have been found to be ineffective.
Among the products which are offer-
ed as powders to be mixed with the
feed are several containing mixtures
of sulphur, charcoal, magnesium sul-
phate, ferrous sulphate, nux vomica,
capsicum, sodium carbonate, naptha-
lene, lime salt and sand. Some of
the mixtures were lime-sulphur solu-
tions to be added to the drinking
water; some calcium sulphide tablets
of various percentages and having
quantities of other chemicals as well.
All were tested and found to be in-
effective for the purpose advertised.
In view of these numerous testr.
the board has ser\-ed notice on the
manufacturers who may be selling or
contemplating selling the above men-
tioned products to be used in this
manner for controlling external pests
of poultry that they are guilty of vio-
lating the provisions of the in.iecti-
cide act of 1910. and that the prod-
ucts are misbrandod. The board is of
the opinion that these ter.ts are suffi-
cient to strongly indicate that .«:uch a
method is ineffective and further that
it is extremely doubtful if any sub-
stance will be found which will be
effective when used in the feed or
drinking water. Tests have not been
made of all of the mixtures adver-
tised against all of the pests named,
but, taking into consideration tho
tests which have been made and the
anatomy and physiology of chickens,
it is believed that it is unlikely that
any of the t-ubstances proposed, or
any combination of them, when fed
to chickens will control any of the
external parasites infesting them.
These preparations are sold for the
most part directly to consumers by
parcel post
"Caveat emptor," let the buyer be-
ware.
F. BLISS CARPENTER
All who knew F. Bliss Carpenter
and counted him as friend and ac-
quaintance, will mourn to learn of
his death at Sellersville, Pa.. Tues-
day, August 5. In addition to these
a multitude of acquaintances made hy
correspondence through his devoted
interests to the Poultry Item, of
which organization h<* was a member
covering many years, will regret hij
death.
When the new.'^ reachi**' us at Hsn-
over we felt the shock as a 'dou -;»«
it was to us so unexpected. We knew
the man, not as those who were hi.«
friends and associates on tht> .^tsff
of the Poultry Item of which Mr.
Carpenter was advertisini? mannger.
but just a friend, a friend w-? liked
because of himself — clean to the
limit — honest, fair, square — a man
whose very presence was an inf!u«?uce
for ri^ht thinking.
To those who loved him most, we
extend our sympathy — to those with
whom his associations made him re-
spected and admired, we extend oar
appreciation of their feelings in his
death.
F. Bliss Carpenter, quiet, unassum-
ing, leaves a pleasant memory, for the
very life he led. Such men reflect
integrity even after they are gone.
September, 1924
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n« B*b7 Chick Conrentlon
T1i# l*r(«>»t And li%<>*t Catherine of poultry
prWac*!** *^" *»»"ou*t'»* together.
Ov*r 43S reffiatrationii and all interratiHi.
^ • • •
|»r*«ident lUrrjr Lewi* was the bic. out-
•<andint fl««»'* of the conirentioa in every
Hi* pl*o of handiinc the ronveotion hy
hsvinf one of the .State rremdenta preside
si earh tteation. with a upenal floor leader
sptMinted to hrinc "ut the diBruimion on each
■•»i«<t. was a treat •urrea* Never in our
f%ptTitnc» have we neen a< much interent
,li«YB IB the qtieAliona under di«ru««ion.
HavtBff to do the running in and out we were
IB a poailion to notice thi*
••Chirk Chatter" the daily news hultelin
p«bli>hed by Frank H White and the writer
«a« a popular »u< re«s.
• • •
The hotel arrunimodation* and entertain
tnaat were the he«t ever »een anywhere We
ar* not tayinf thin heraune »a had anything
lo do with It. hut will leavo it to tho«e who
vera there
• • •
Tilt di»playa of tnruhatorii. feed*, piihlira-
thtm*, applianre*. etr.. wer.> the larseAt and
hMt ever teen anywhere
• • •
The larc«. beautiful room in which thf»e
display* were eKhibiled cave the room and
••tliBff to put on a diaplay that rould not be
l>at OB to tho ordinary nhow hall
• • •
Herbert If Knapp. of Shelby. O.. had
fkBr«e of thi« di»;>lay r<'«>rn and i» entitled to
m l»'t of rredit for itn BUri-es* "Herb'' wan
oa the Job early and lat»> kept thinea tn
i»e thapo and wa« ronrraiulated on all Hide*
• • •
The crowd began arri\irijr Sumlay atxl vta*
h%§f antil the la>t ininui«> Friday, many of
ihMi •laytrr over for th«« roiiltry Council
MevtlBc on Saturday
• • •
Ef^rybody wa* mii< h •■nthu«fd o\er the
kot»l arromm<»dati<>nii The bathing. niii»i<.
eating arriimmodationn. r<>om«. lounce^. «•!«•..
were •nmethini; out of tin* ordinary and very
■urh enjoyed.
• • •
President I.ewi*' addre«g at the openinc
•^•ioB. in whirh he told of the |>a*t vear'«
•4-li«itie«. w«* Kreele<i with long and lou.l
applauae. He r<*pi>rte<l that the niembiTihiii
bad Bora than doubled during the pa«t year.
• • •
Ka«-h 8tate Iiirertor made a report of fh«"
•■oaditioDs in their particular utate and the^e
reports were very Interenting and showed
*««-h progresK.
• • •
On all tide. HSR early heard the .ubje.l
of arrrodited fhi.k* beinj di«ruaaed Thi» ia
"■• •' the big. live questions rnnfronting
»■• Baby Chiik A«*oriati<>n and will be met
18 Ike aaaal manner, "head on '
• • •
Beginning with the «-vening i>e«*ion <>n the
•rst day. the meetings wrre opened with
^•S*. led by Mr Weims of Vineland. .V J
Ha IS an #iperienred >ong leader and added
fartkar laurels |o his already long li»t
• • •
,,-7V Bddress •What Does the 1924 Ilaby
»»lck 8ea<on Tearh U«F" delivered by W .1
n«ss. of Ohio, was a humorous one. yet full
K ?****** '**"'■ "Hussie" knows the babv
^»»ck business and also knows h<>w to pre
pare and read a good paper
• • •
Xeph" Drumm. of New Jer»ey. wa» one
••I the busy directors and added murh to
»•• already great i>opularily. And we want
to —f that hia gracious wife aUo madr a lot
of Dew frianda f..r the Drumm family.
• • •
„^*' ^* H Uuiss. Pr-mdent of the Ohio
* "fk Hatcheries Association, proved to be a
tp^ presiding officer, an did all of the Hiate
I re.idenu. and his winning smile naver faded
•II daring the week
• • •
And !)r Uuiss is alto a fortunate fellow
»B his lovable wife. They all love Mr*. Uuis*
• • •
Tha vntire program was made up of live
••ihjarls and every one was well handled by
'»• presiding officer and the debate* were In
|^*»»»ing and innlructive A* this program
published before we will not repeat it
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more e«gs. and Pleischmann 's Pure
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IN every flock, there are muny
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Fleischmann's Pure Dry Yeast,
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pRcm
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nb iMk Has Shm Ik WAY TO PIG-
FIT Tt TJbwmii 4 fmkj hmn
BTMtiaM aaOwd or t— eWiK piMltfT ral«n MuW
T«l MAKK MONCT FBOM fHHLTmT U anmi#<t
l« Ukto teti* Mr llamr M l.iwi. Uw 4Mn of
tSnilin Kxtiwtic And r«-<«jr>l*»d m Uw MAKTKK
r«H LTsrMA>E or tiii: woalu. win *«« }««
bo* la **inw4
WHAT Wt CAN DO POI TOU
MTty tanas. iw« i« fmd tor BKtfT iomIu. »fa«(
to 4m wtdl nt/a ffirferrria. Im« to piA o«t poor
l«»«rt>. •«« . •«<■ In fan. «• ttmm fvm htm t«
mmm4 AMI MAKK MUNKT fMB pMltry Mr.
ll*r«T M. !■■»■. rmMMit •( Om NttkmAj Pinil-
tn iMUtMlit. will 0«« fM pnmu MrtlMto («ru
UiAl wtU atmtn irn— mm) prvAl for yuw.
tEAO WHAT OTHEtS SAT
I WOMJiNT UriX WHAT I MAVK
UUkaMCI> »R4»M TUIR <(>tJU«K FOR OXKM
ll.tM." Ml* Luuu M Hrtcht. Md "You haw
ibowii Ml lM«w i« Imrm Lm* IbI* PrwM." wntM
Aitbwr rMtWM. !< T. WUMCN HIOCKKU
TUU' Mf« J P OrtMtfar, Vmituk . wni«^ "You
liAfw alKMni tt* bvw tu hmIw • proAl and aucrvcd
with puali/f "
SEND QUICK POt THIS NEW Ft£E lOOK
«;h u>u UwA now. it I« free II U rwira
fnr tit* muMUtt It tail* afaowt tiM laany wwmIw
rul «*«urV(nittOT for iBaldac wumn tram pnwltrr.
and ail •U<tii xh» (r»at grwup nf poultry viprrta
wtw ttaM •tgaiilard for ih« pur|>>iar at Iraminc
HMiltry ftmrt HOW TO fUtrKKI) Wriu to«ay.
RlMclal vVm new b«4n« Madr
THE NATIONAL fOU.TtT INSTITUTE
Lous^^ormi)
Poultrii
it Expensive
BIRDS that mn Iourj and wonny
. cannot thHv«. Thmj mn not good
Ur»r« and ara not markatabU. Uaa tha
practical ramadiea which aflacthraly coo>
I trol Ibm^iitiliai peats.
GALUPESTA
• n HTwrtl^r* r«fT>*df lor "kfMtchlnc th« He*
I «»«4 ' •Uong r«< abaolutely harmlaM to (b«
CH uttry.
GALU-VERMA
Get
FREE
FoUer
w tn *4iarttv«)r rontrol tha dawtrwcthr* Uh
ti-^tloal worm* In your flock, tlart irowr
tc<konap«rln«b«a<a. Dae la r* war oo tha
two ffraotaot artatniaa of pooHrr proAta.
j^rHato-4ay lor (wll parttcuUra wtilch
win ali«w vow how to do tbo lob
t'.tnptr, ••Mr •n4 •aonomlcony.
• SiiitHla
yt NVaat Aw»«lQ Airoowo
I>aff« I-t Cblcoco.DL
Th^ l.anqurl WrdriMkday ^v#ninr. «a» at
Irndrd by 24H folk* that y^rrr out for • ffoo<l
limr ami I ru<>«* ih^jr had H It waa a no»t
rnjoyal*lr affair Thr menu «a« not only
c^Kx), l.ui taklily arranr^d and i>er\«>d and
lhi> enlrriaininff vrofram thai wrnt with «t
wa* enjoyrd \,\ all
• • •
tJlrn Rowrll and Ford |{ij«h. Ihi* two |ioi.u
lar air artmlt fr< m WI.S radio »lalion. r»-n
drrrd their fatnou* hoir do you do aonr.
workinc in Ihe namm of many of thour
prrarnl. to the ainu»etnrnt of all.
• • •
Thit waa followed with their oririnal
rhirken aon. written etperially for the orca
• ion. 80 mnrh pleasure wa« manifest In
thi« lillle dittie that wr are C'Vinc you tli«
word* herewith;
AU Abont Scttln' Hens
We'll tell you a)»oat the Settin" Hen
In our little Mtnc
We won't Hop till you aay when
But that won't be very long.
Fir»t thinir we're conna tell you now
Hold yourikelf riffht steady
Heat time to aet the Hettia' Hen
la when that hen la rf«dy.
We ran't tell what the heat breed is
The riynx'uth la the rleaneat
But you'll And out at your diaadranlaffe
The tthancbai ia the meaneat
It rfMta a lot to hoard one.
It'll oat all you brine to it
Miffht a* well try to make a fannin' mill fat
Hy runnin' hay and oata ncht through it.
Beat thing we've foand to feed a hen
Beat thing to make one lay
Nire fre*h beefsteak, but at flrat
Only four or Ave |M>unda a day.
For aome folka they're lota of bother
Krom tbeir own yard they'll atrajr
Ain't no gain kwpin' hena for their rggs
If they lay leaa than one a day.
Hena aa a rale ain't airkly
Health la their brighteat bubble
Bui there 'a a great many goea to pot every
yar
And they moatly all go with throat trouble.
We ran't tell esa<tly how to tiirk a good hen
Though we've studied it for yeara
But the one least apt to arratrh up your
garden
la the hen that has long eara.
Now anythinc you folks want to know
To make your farm a sucreaa
Wire, wnte or telephone ua
fliirago Htation. Double you L 8.
• • •
Presidrnt Ix-wia aaid "The ronvention was
a humdinger." meaning ita greatneaa wat too
big for words to define
■ • •
ii K Hpitier. of Virginia, who has servrd
as a I»irert«<r and Kerretary of the Assoria
lion for several yeara. waa elected aa Treat
dent and delivereirt a \^ry flne apeerh.
• • •
Virtor K. Aubrey, known to hia many
friends as "Vic" was ele«-led Managing
hirertor to rarry on the work atartrd by
Mr. Lewis "Vic" i« full of pep. knows the
busineso artfi Dughl to make good in flni'
shape
• • a
Aii> time they rouldn't And "Herb"
Knapii in the display room and really needed
li'm. they lookrd oul on the bearh. "Herb"
said h* approved «•( the brevity of everything
thrre. including the bathing suits.
• • •
" i*r<»f ' Ston<»burn aaid it waa an ideal
s|K>l for a rhirk convention, ao close t«>
nature.
• • •
CIver SOU took the aight aeeing bus ride
around Chirago and found that we had some
%illaKr brre and that it waa not all located
in the loop.
• • •
K M Tretnt.er. Sales Manager of the Con
sofidaied rroduria Co . was on the )ob as
snappy aa ever "Sim" is one of the beat
»alrsmrn thai ever carried a sample raae.
.Sow he trils about aiity other live wire salea
mrn how to do it.
• • •
I>r O B Kent la going to l>e a real din
farmer, the (Quaker Oata C<>. having boucht
an allrartive plara near Liberlyville. III.
where ihey will install a model poultry farm.
• • •
"Prof" Htoneburn got in on lime, even
though he had to uae two bortha to stretch
hia legs. Nothing small about "Prof."
SUCCESSFUISHIPPING
September, 1924
EVER^ BOD> S POULTRY MAGAZINE
701
inprpve4
Design
ATHal
G>iivince
You
^5^1/^ I
»:.•:>»
Use *^^':^^^3P^
MasicrBiueederGdor
Quickly aadeftaily aet up. Improvad
r iMt^uri^^ Smsw «i4 »»n^t>iiiUn( t e s«4
K4a>a». f ■OWtl>. Slr-^c mmt»rpr>' tm* |' i tax. |
wsila F«iJI pr>*f€U -m %n I iir kirds. T>-f at.
t'srtlT* lallrfsaSi a Owaraa*— 4 or »<w*r r*«
fua4«d.
L«wa«t In c«at. NIcHaat In Qiaam«.
\S±h aMp witis aacli mt^mr f«c a
4asai« f wmmr;
SiMBSlvKvtZhich. tados. t .60 CAch
SiMC21xl^«.'2high. 7da«. .70 aach
Sis«D21z24jcaehi«fh. >> doa. J^)aach
F. O. B. Amle-KNi. Ind. Half doa. per
I«a4i« la oiiiitiuuBi or<i»r st d--* pt\e«. ft««a«
srn4 c hark wHh erd** %r»-
rtal ptSntm oa q«*aUtU«
ORDER
TODAY
DIRECT FROM
THIS
AD
yo* IKiak of
l(k>rtxM a^«s. lk*ak
Ifrs fi«^- <^^"''''>" *'■'* ^''^ ry** open. She
a«k»d tieorge where he k«» 'hat long hair «»n
fjr j^l Sure she has her a bobbed.
• • •
he fmt in on a pa»» 'rilh a . ar load of h-.gs
• • •
Tbe Jedge says L»-m SamucU has bouuhl
house so hi« wif«' «in hr.ve a perman.«nt
"j^y^» to h»^» c.mmIh •••nt on approval.
A A Y*^!*^ and Harry Lewi* had a fl<'at
,^^ BMtcb in ihe lakc.ju^t <ff the ion\«Mit:on
freat. Yoder w-n ^ ^
Everybody thought theri> waa a flood on-
tveniag when the lake noarly swamiud th.-
hotel, bul il was only Senator .Mdnch making
a kith di^r
"Patty*' Funk, young daughtrr of Mr and
Mrs. Lyle Funk, was the sweetheart of the
coaveatioo "Pat" loves everybody and
everybody lovea '^ Pal ^ ^
The lif* guard told me that from what he
kad haard from our crowd, we were all so
fall of hot air that none of ua rould sink. «o
he had an »asy week of it.^
He is rather sjK»ilrd. (»ne of the bell b<«y«
•aid the lif» »uards tan was more popular
I with Ihe ladiea) than the bootlegger.
' • • •
There were twenty two states represented
sad registered at the convention.
• • •
Enjoyed a very pleasant chat with Harold
Berber, of Masaarhusetta. who we expe«t will
give the convention a Ano write uit in the
various t>"<il<ry publicaliona he writea for
• s •
. O r PC '* •• ••"* **'•' ■"'^ *""' ^ ** Conkey g*»n
A04CrSOII MX t^ M tired manufacturing feed and remediea he
Artdcraon. IiMi.
Uae Cbeckered
Bctrd^r Bojrea
[
I R A^LEIXS
14 Different Colors
A 1 Quality
Slat Is OoU aad Ijanm Im
25-26C ftO-45c. 100-75C, IW
11.70. 600 $3.00. 1.000 $6.00.
Doable OoQ
Strong and Secure
16 40c. 60 70c. 100 $1.10. 260
$2.60. 600 $4.40. 1,000$7.76.
State breed and color. Samplet
lOc
Price Kist free Trade supplied
SPIBAUT CO Har»«Pot Park. ■■ T.
ILmf Powerful LMit
■fV^'^Gets More Eggs; '
Patented. BOO
r%m get a job on any of Ihe i>oullry farms
ralrhtng chickens. His chicken catching
slant at the banquet was a scream.
• • •
Tba aubjecl "Truth in Advertising" wa»
aae of Iho live subjects of the convention.
Ha^ljr all agreed that something must be
I
I raosls Mifrty. convenieiKc.
hrtllur>cy of fUxtrKity at 1 1Qcc«l.
H«ng it in the hm h<mi« night and
momina. (Wvessoft, bright, while
litfhl -like day lij{hl. SMtwa —'I,
air 4*f fwal tu*^><«ne or kcro
•nw CtrMt. odorlrsa. pn^ttw ly s«tr W
•Intrs brtcMer than wkk Unlvm aa
Ivslf the fwl . LigMa M«th mak h
rvo M-k k»— oo chtainrys. Cuaranlwd
Free Trial— *X'i~;
lor Hirll in ««««k or two. S>nd lf>r m<>n
ey-savlng intriHJuc1«f-)r ofirr and Nt dr
scrtpti^ c^takte giving valusMs p»uNf v
lads. FVwo. S«nd yoMr rtsm* ttidatr
<ai III I— Msti ate assBif.
WvMa #oe Frwo OovH OlSae
TNK AKIION LAM^ CO.
IS9
Tbe expected Aght on the accre^lited chick
treMailion did not develop
• • •
Joaephua Jedge says that Mike Callahan
told him that "Ihia waa a helluva convention
aa there aint been a single Aght
• • a
Frank B. While, of Chicago, la entitled to
a lot of credit for the hard work he did in
pabliahtng "Chick Chatter" mud m helping
to rarry out the entertainment i>rt)gram H**
la Ike Father of the liaby Chick Aasociation.
w«a MM of its foundrra and la alill much in
lerealed in its success
• • •
President l..ewi»' talk at the banqurt on
Good Will" was one of the big talka of the
roavenlton. yet aaid with Ihe fewrnt |>oasible
werda. They don't make many like Harry
• • •
O<iod goods aren't always done iii> in small
packages — look at Harry.
• • •
As a small token of their appreciation for
the work dona by Prr»ident I^wis. he was.
at Ihe last session, presented with a solid
gold Hamilton wat<h and chain. Mrs. Lewis
was also remembered with a huge Iwqurt of
raaea. The babv chick folks love them both.
UtMctttOa =
The Agricultural Committee of the Chicago
Asaoeialion of Comnirrf-e held their monthly
iaackeon at the hotel during the convention.
si»d lo order to i;et a<quainted with aome of
tha real producers entertained about sixty a*
their luncheon gtiewts.
■ • •
Chick Chatter was richt on the job. The
pkotoa taken Thursday noon were publiahfd
la Chick Chatter the next morning. The
daily papers had nothing on Frank tl. White
"' hia aon Phil when it came to printing tha
a while it was hot.
S-- .;
PANACEA
helps your moulters moult
Moulting scips a hen 's vitality
Just remember that forcing out
the old quills and growing a new
plumage of a thousand feathers is
a serious business.
It requires just so much feed, so
much grain converted into nutri-
tion to do that job.
Now. the more you can get your
flock to eat and assimilate each
day, the quicker your hens will get
back to laying.
Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a
keeps your moulters from getting
into that run-down, unhungry
stage.
It contains tonics that tone up
the appetite — tonics that promote
digestion.
It contains Iron — so essential
to a moulting hen — Iron that
keeps the paleness away.
Pan-a-ce-a your hens. See them
begin to eat. See the old feathers
let loose — see the new plumage
come.
CoMiM Little to U$e Pan-a-ceHM
The price of just one ejri? pay« for
all the Pan-a-ce-a a hen will eat in six
months.
There's a right-size package for every
fk>ck.
100 kana the 12-lb. pkc.
60 kana tka 5-lb. phg.
200 kana ika 2S-lb. pail
500 kana tka 100-lb. dnim
For 25 kana tkera ia a amalUr packag*
REMEMBER— U'A«'n you buy anu Dr. He$a product, our
Tegponnibility dor» not end until you are gatinfied that
your investment ia a profitable one. Otkertcise, return ths
empty container to your dealer and get your money back,
DR. HESS & CLARK, Inc.» AthUnd* Ohid
Dr. Hess Instant Louse Killer Kills Lice
H A cr *
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Amaainff lnTi.fitl(MS
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I • t*B t -< ;aaOil HuriMr
' mmlm in firrljnsof any
etoveor (uroac*: Ijuraa
M% air aad 4'^ oO.
(•)*•• tbr«a UoMia the
bswt of coaI, artd cb«w(».
9t. Kritrc e»<>kiac and
haktec Insialtrd with* I
eatdamacaioatovaia ]
f va Mi«ui«e-tof umara
la aa hear. Orar OO.aoO
la aaa^ ac4d oa taoarf
bark cwarmataa and SO-
dajr fraa trvU. Low ii»>
toadaaaary priaa to tnt
aaaealalMaUv. WHta
today for FrMi Book.
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INTEKNATIONAL HBATINC <
REGAL DORCAS WHITE WYANDOTTES
l.a«r «i,. ^1 Urn tr.« a/»l ma) rlitiiJj I* nairn^l ihr l.lral all p«irpi»^ f"«l T»»r» ar. •i>i«in<tlrl la»e^ of lar»» I.M.wti »««• ao I ha*e made
w.M..lrrrul rvo.r.1. In It* nmn.! lAitnc (.xitrais Tlio arr a aup^rt. laMr fowl ai..l aiaturo liiorti sumrr il.ao m».i ..» •« slralaa
«'afia<tlan winters ar« aetvrr hot th. H««ali U.ri«r a i<l hr*|. rt«ht -. lairinc wlO. U>e mmtruty X* |<, M tmU,m I raisr. a* a mlr.
re:ga.l.s
"Th€ idm^t FofI"
belwvMi ooe and two iliauHariU January simI K»l.ruarjr rfi iM. with i»racUcallf Ow l«»
As an axhlbltkm fowl. tht> ai«ata ImuI all »U>*r* \» strain ttas a ^rvatrr r»«*>r.| ot winnlnr*
tlriartet at tha New York Hiate fair has not I»n«i r<i<iallr«l tty a ■> oUwr strain
WHY SEEK FURTHER?
M; unbntkan rv<«>r<l ot •trt»ie*n
tir
nutt
At
If TOO ara Ihlnklnt about ata.'^tlnc Into U.r p.i.«iu» Umirwia, ».«jr aiic<re«i ..r fsilur*. will lsri»lir Ai^i.l • >.-ir rttoW of a
•tl If you ar* alrrady t.rwwllng Wh.tr W»a»M»wtir. a»<l are t»o< •allaard with ».jur flor*. glfv «»» lir<a:* a irlai Tt>»7 has* »m»
ri«^ for nM!> and they will tlo th« san»« for >u<i llok y.«jr or«l<-r at <*»«* to asaka aura «l ilrlisMy ah** »ii«i want Omm jaa
RKM IIEVOTKI* TO WIIITK WTAMMrTTKM
raEK Mend for 3« Paga CaUlogua and Hummer Mai* U»i. c«tlf»« a .iBarTt|4i..o ot ©••» l.aaa t«w«Wr« ihai
fur sale.
I am oflWetag
afOHN S. IVIARXIN
RORT DOVER. ONT., CAN.
702
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
FER9IS
LEGHORNS
-WILL
MAKE
OICEV
irou
For maojr yean Ferris Leghorns hare
been emoofC the leaders at egg coo-
tests in all parts of the country. Write
i *r IM ol winningt In past cootwtt mod look up
our wlanioct In th«s« 19^4 cootcsca-New
Jtrmr. New Yc>rk. Califorola. Oklahonis.
lUtooto. ArkaoMt and ocbars. Trapiir«cin< and
padigrcetaut uo tba okmI estaotiva •cal* aver
•tiaopCad ara responaibla for tbrae reiiMrk;
ablarcwalta. This winnlnf ovar lh«juMnd« of
b«w •# ft4 br««te •( «OT eonuvui •nd«r Covarnawat aiM
• «M to aMvlariaa vvtitMM ttet iTM •kMid
r*«rT* atodl if yM vaat Um b«C larliw
ir«MWn rlaiM smt rKonta for ite»
„_. . ._ . _ 9i..tttt U»|>uHlfc^b*n*« »««iMiii»»M««
w.ta iMMrfKtt ml »«M froM all •«•* lb*
Special Fall Sale
Loaraat prkaa ooar. A wonderful
to eat oar chotcaat atock. We •!
ana soaraolea aafa arrival anywl
yaars wm luiTa haea braadtna for
Loaraat prkaa now. A wonderful opportunity
We »hip a O. D
. anywbara. For 24
na for att* on tba
'• tew««« Wbii* |>MtMniF»raM. Write m tat
•• MijrUJaa yoo Mad. WteiMr* for
•tiow.
!
TbouMnda ofnuY vour Special prices
tba ftneat w© JJii^-' |L.oo or dart
avar Qffarad **"?"•'• '°1 placed now ft>r
for aala. Ra- «»•«< •••^ •* shlproaot any.
marks b I aonce.Laaatbaniima oast
banalna. iV^prioa. isprinc
I.4rf us tall yna mora about Ferris White Lea-
borns. Our frra catalog and monthly bulletin
aaortbca folly »n4 w« «ni< fvaata irav apWttl priw.
OM.B.r«rrUj:i:S<
«ts ll«l«« Ava»»a
CHICKS 6C UP
Qwair OhMs. foMfMi. >«• Li«tMrMuA »*.«»•. Latm
|MM4il: MM*it. iua>. SJ: «j£SM«tMM. WysiiaMtfls. |l«;
CTllr ■!!■■■ Mi; A—M tt. fWM
Tancred
Trap-Netted
S4aM IMS
WUte
Leghorns
Siuier Sale
f «iif rcctf Ceckcrds
^'nMB Sr.4 rvti. Inh Nau«na<. MiMMrt. ISM
'««• iMkriai AU» n>lsi#«l •• <n«r Pm \o If. •!
tail KMl)r««l. MtaMMn I^D *uin*r« pAM I
«■■*»« •••• sll li Mnlt timm Bwflsw^ v>A \mmr'.t%,
111 rwi ttia Hiatfa iiMtHkiH«r idi m^mUi
uaotRwaao pauLTsv rAaa
MSI iiai at N«tt*iMMi. kmm
The lows hslrh^rf men •nd «roni«>n present
hr\4 • me^linc and »4>le4-t«Ki • rooimitlee to
•dopt s plan of •rrrrditinc hstrhrriea Thia
la foinr to h* Ihe onljr ajrat«>ni. and in about
three )<>ara thc> hal'-hrrjr that ia not »rllinic
acrredit«d rhirka will he out of lurk.
• • •
The Illinoia Baby Chirk Aaaociation held
it« annual meeimc durine the convrntinn and
did •««me food w«»rk Their membership »•
now 3u to number and more rominc >n richt
alone
• • •
Profeaaor R C. <iraham. of Guelph Can-
ada, waa a viaitor at the rnnventinn. The
I'rofeaaor ftaj-a that Canada i« wafrhinc the
rhirk* sent into Canada and if the quality ia
ti'-X kept up. Ihero will b« no United Mtates
fhirk» »ent to Canada
• • •
The netf roorcntinn fo«a to Atlantic t'ily.
• • •
The National Poultry CotincU
On Saturday morning, in anawer to the rail
• ent nut by Harry K Kewiii. there rathered
several hundred men, all interested in aon*
branrh of the |>oultry buainea* Men wero
present ffttn the American P««4 Manufactur
era' A»aoriation. the Amrricao Incubator
Manufai turera' Aaaoriation. the Affricultaral
l*re*» A»a(K-iation. the Poultry fublinSer*'
A»MH-iation. the International Baby Chick
Aaaoriation. the National Poultry. Butter and
^•ffc A»anriation. the American Poultry .\tfSo-
r-alion. the Pariflr Coaat poultry Produr»ra*
,\k«n< laiion the Atlantic Coast Poultry Pro-
durera' A*a'»ciation. Specialty Clnba, .state
(>r(Sf)ifali>>n«. the Interrtatinnal Aa>"< i«tion
of In*trurior<i and Inveolicalura. the Amen
ran Farm Hnreau. the Railways Development
A*»ociation and ao on
• • •
Wr I<e«ri« outlined hi* reason* for -alliiic
Ihia meefinc and introdui ed T K Quiaen
berry who r^«<l ■ very interentinc l>si«er *n%
the ad«i*al>ilily and nert>ai>ity of the \ariona
branchea cetlinc tofether.
• • •
y \ Cnataworlh. atMMikinff f<>r the .\meri
ran Inrubatnr Manufariurera' Aaaotiation.
cave a very atronc talk on what rnuM be
done if we would ju»t '"fel to it"; how :hi«re
mu«l be a unity of effort and all pull tnz'-iber
to obtain the deaired reaali«
■ • •
Youra truly talked for the Ameriran Poul
try Aakocialion and a^ourfd them that the
Ameriran poultry A*«oriation alway* •too^l
for procrra* and would bark thta movement
• • •
F \V Priebe and othera apoke for the Fr r
and Poultry dealer* and brwuffhi out aon..
C«K>d |>oinUi.
• • •
l»r Taylor, repreaentmc the American
Farm Mureaii aUo rave an intercut :nc talk
tel)iii( of tbr Farm Itureau'a intereai m Ihu
movement
• • •
Dr. \V O. Jull. head of the U. 8 Poultrv
Departn^ent. read one of the beat patx'ra of
the nieetinc and we tru»t that Mr hrwia is
bavinc It re|iroduced in Kveryl>odys.
• • •
Mr. Moorhead. one of the repreaentativea
of the American Railway Development Asso-
ciation, alao read an intere*ttnt l>sper tellinr
of the railroad'a intereat in surh an orcani
tation.
• • •
Prof, (traham. of Canada, told of what lh«<
Canadian Poultry Council waa dninc and his
tslk ws« much appreciated.
• • •
Pruf. Willard C Thumpnon. of the New
Jeraey .\Krirultural Collece. represent inc the
Aaaoriation of Inttructora and Inveatirstora.
told of hia recent trip to the International
Poultry Council held recently at Barcelona.
Rpain.
• • •
We did not hear one word affsinal the per-
fection of auch an orcanitation and it looka
a* if aomethinc wa» utarted Au^uat 0 that will
make the National Poultry Council the blie
real thine of the kind in the world
• • •
It ia to be an orracisation of orcaniiations
A manaciaf director will b« employed in the
near future and work will be »tar!ed toward
building up the orranitation and making the
meal and egg of the fowl more popular.
• • •
An ecK week and an ecK day will ba de
cided upon and m^fry effort put forth to in
rreaae the rooaumption of i>oultry and ens.
• • •
The orffsniialion will be perf.*".«>d on a
delrfaie l>a«i«. with austainine individual
memberships.
• • •
The lem|»orary officers elected were: Presi-
dent. Harry R Lewia: first vire president.
D K Hale: second vice president. •Jeorye
Cufley . aecretary treasurer. Dr. M. •>. Jull.
VWWWWWA
Quick Molt
Now is the time to start feed-
ing plenty of Chicken Chowder.
It's the protein feed that makes
new feathers in a hurry.
It's the feed that means heavy
winter laying.
It's the feed that means more
money from your poultry.
Order Purina Chicken Chowder
from your dealer, or write us.
PUIIN A MILLS
•It Gratiot S«.
St. Louis. Mo.
K%9kt BuMv MxUm
1/er
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Free-writa ua
today (or the
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PURINA
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CHOWS
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HERMOMETERS
lasarr sccuracy— rn bif haichr •— rsiar
rtaaeooscbirfcawHbprHrcied A. E. Mori.#r
IlkrrnioiMtrra aad Hrtrenrtrn for I
%fi>o4rra WHw for frrr booklet. "Maichiaa H<
A C Maell>r C« 7«l-7 SMaipt^ St . Breelilya. N V
a
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"KERLIN
ae8-331 (Podicroed]
S. C White Leghorns
Pullets - Hens
-QUAUTY"
ticroed) Eaa Strain I
Let "KerKa.QttolitT'* males stamp the
lay on your (lock. Order cocks and It. It
and 20 weeks' oid oockerela now. Tbey wul
surely improve your flock.
Cor It II and » weeks' old pallets will
make early winter lavers You cao depend
oo them toaeeraa* ISSto 2O0eaSslo their
flrst year if properly cared (or. E Kinlrv
Ohio, writes
raised 19 floe pulieia frt
the SO chi< ks 1 tot from you. They laid 4SS2
efis in their pullet year, ao average of 240
each " We also have a few cbotce breedioS
bens to offer.
All mricma rmm—m^bU. Writm for
hit tr** illmttrmtmtl emtmlmg tmdmy.
KarUa's Grand Viaw Poultry Farm
Drowor SK CMatoc frUU. Pa.. U. S. A.
s
September, 1924
EVERYBODY'S POULTRY MAGAZINE
70 3
ill be h.-ld
•*%• irst meeting of dolecslea
VVlra^o dunnr the week of the toliaeuni
'*k « At «h»' ""*' • ••♦•r"^*"*'"' or^-aniia
^ew A -
i^B Will be perferted
•^ A3i*r^^ PoiUUy Association Convenilon
. ^f^xy as we could get i'i;r breath. . hsti^e
r clothe* snd rat.h a tram wf were on our
.. from Ih' Poultry Coun. il meetinc at Chi
Yto to the Aro.riran Poultry A-.*o laion
'^Mention st T-ronto
Mfh good i- .•ompli»h.Ml.
, • •
The Que.liun of fsn. y % f» utility w »* t).c
],,, .ub;ect snd «ome great apeechea mile
for each.
• • •
Profeaaor Brown of Quebec, incited the
fan, lera to lay the r rarda on the ta'.le .t d
•Ml I-.et» cet ioget»>er for we beli.>''e the
ia^dard »«rrd fowl i* alao the l.e»t .tility
flVl- Thiv .oming fr.-m a ao called utility
laacier made a bit >'" •"'* »^-> ^*fn to get
logether Th.. r»-ault waa a .oram.'te* a,
,K>.nted to do thi« work
The l»e«t »pee. h heard at the Amcri'-an
the American Fancier." I hope that hdii >r
Cleveland will have a copy of that apce. h in
fall for thia or the next laaue At it« lini«.!»
Ike convention mttHMi up and applauded for
^,«y mtnulea and nearly broke up in »he
raah to congratulate Mr Thompson on hia
wonderful .p.-e. h ft>r the standard bred f.>v»l.
• • •
The la- a'lisn* did themaelve* proud in the
va^ of entertainment K\fryb..dy »et»med
ca«tiou< to not brin»f up anything of an in
tsmational mterct in lb.- way of tariff*.
etr. A Montreal i-aper < ame out the (»r«t
day of the <onvention and *mu\ that tii.'y
were going to do the be«t they could t.. -how
aa a g.»od tim.-. but that w- might a« wll
«ader«tand ri«ht at the •tart that they dd
net like our tariff on egg*.
• • •
There should be reciprocity between the
two .ountrlea. and the I'nited Statca (ariff
«a egs* uaa not ainied at (Canada a« niU'-h aa
('kine>e egc* I» tak**** time to get th»»«e
tkinga •traightened out and >»e believe 'h. re
^.11 be m^re re««ipr.clty between the two
• oantrie*
At Ike »ame time, we could nut undera'a.td
wky nur Canadau friend* had (one ah<*sd
aad organiied their egg laymic <-onte«t ai«ao
iati"n with their unif'-rm rule*, their Cana
4«an jud?e«' a«aociatiun. etc. Why, if they
kad anmething g<N»d lo propoae and Iher
lkitt;ht the American poultry Aaaociation
ahoald footer it. did they not bring it before
the Amerwan Poultrv Asportation and make
it all oner
• • •
The Hon. John .Martin and hia well aelected
entertainment committee certainly did the!ii-
•elvea proud. We were banniiete<l. taken on
aight aeeinr tripa. lunched t«o or three tirrea.
entertained at the State Ifouae where all h.-id
s chance to ait in 'he provincial Hou»e of Par-
liament. Thia waa a pleaainc feature a« the
e«perienre waa new t<> nH»«t of thoae there,
snd the impromptu apeechea injected a little
humor in the occaaion
• • •
A specisl auto trip of ah< ut 100 miles to
the home of Mr. Msrtin waa enjoyed by about
loo It waa a delightful ending to a joyous
week.
• • •
Both the Canad:ana and the American viait-
nra found that ea<ih were clo*ely akin and
Many bonda of friend»hi(> were made and re
aewed
• • •
The opening roll call ahowed but aerenty
preaeat. but more came in during the week
• • •
The opening addre»Nea by the Hon .lohn
*artin. for Canada and the Provinee of 4>n
<ario. and hj the Mayor for the city of To-
ronto, and the reply by .fudge L. D. Howell.
•ere good and warmly received.
• a •
The hotel accommodations were aomosrhat
«*awdad aa there were f<»ur other con\enliona
ia Iowb at the aame time
• • •
The friends made and the viaita bad with
♦hoae fnenda are what brinf out the joya of
<ke*e conventions
• • •
The nett meeting goes to Des M »inea. Ia..
••d as it will be the flftielh anoivrraary. it
••••d be a grand old affair.
Single dt'ck^ donblt- iit-ck\ tripU dc'ck,
A size and tvpe to exactly meet the needs of
rjerx hatcher\\ large or small,
NEWTOWN
Giant Incubators
Kastnian. Ca.. May 2nJ. P>24
We took off our first hatch on April iMh.
and when all first class chicks were coumcil.
\vc had a hatch of (J% of the cpgs originally
set. On our Sfcoml hatch, we pt>t an avt-iagc
throughout the n achine of 7^' ,' , ami the last
one was nearly as j;o<hI. We hope to he ahle to
add units this Sununer, so you may quote us
prices on extra sections.
DoDGt Cl). IlARHtRY, hy K. E. PtTsons
It is now time to thouphrfiilly, carefully plan your new
hatchery or additions to your present ( » *fir
First, file vour order ft>r NFWTOWX.^ of the required
capacity. Then, even if your are a beginner, voii will
know the machines will be delivered in ample time
and be readv for your early hatches, ^'ou will know,
too, from the experience of yourself or others, that
the machines will operate with the least care and
labor - - repularlv produce the bi^^est batches of big,
sturdy chicks youngsters that travel better and
grow faster, make satisfied customers and build
bigper business.
The NEWTOWN is the peristal incubator — the result of
years of experience and continuous tests in all parts
of the world. I'he best of the mammoth incubators in
the early days, it has been steadily improved year by
year, has always kept ahead of the prtnession. Most
of the labor-saving and results-improvinp features
of modern mammoth incubators were produced by
NEWTOWN designers and intrtnluced by us. Suc-
cessful poultry farms and hatcheries the world
over regard the NEW TOWN as the standard
equipment.
Write us now. State the capacity of the machines you
desire. We will promptly mail the big catalog and
send you certain information which you will find to
vour advantage. If in a great hurry, wire us.
NEWTOWN GIANT INCUBATOR CORPORATION
55 Warsaw Street Harrisonburgr, Virginia
704
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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SUNNYSIDE
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ways of riRht ifTowth and the
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Smmyside Poultry Farm
». O. Bto4f«tt« Box 101ft. Briatol. Vt.
HOMESTEAD
SILVER CAMPINES
Wliva on* Bp«ftka of CaoiplBM U«y
tBiai«4i«ul)r Uiink of IloaiMUo4 U«
lioaio of th« "Vi«arout Strmln."
To« will »«v*r r<»r*^«t having mImIW
I1U« koMitlfal «nd proAUbU vBrUty.
HOMESTEAD
CAM PINE FARM
O. ▲. FHIPPB. Owner
B t WajUad.
WhiteQaillWhileRocks
Tk« S50 Effg BsJUMUon Strata
OlMaiptoas Oldcaco OoU
Mva. ate. Sfeow BUrd«
•U Tfdf to wlB for yo« —
jrooDff or ol4 atocli.
■PCOIAL for S«pi«aWr
DollTorr Mat batc)M4
Oockerolt aad Pullotc aUo
T«*HtB« HOCM. f S.OO OACk.
Order dirr<-l from Ihi* od.
Cotolofftir Vtrr
ABAM F. rOLTL
Box C H«rtfor<fl. Wis.
I iru»t you will pardon thr m*»grrn*f uf
thv»r rcjxirt* in ihi* ik»ur. The old memo \%
full of rari»on aftrr two ir«^k<i hard iroinc
with !"•• of »lr»»i.. irrrfular diet. etc. It •
hiitinc on only about onr «-ylind»-r. tut a»
• o« n a» »•• 'an »rt hrr ovprhault^l a liillr.
I»ul in bed for a roupU of ni«bt» c"*>d ^Irej'.
»hr oufhl lo |.|fk ui. a bit and »r boi»o n^-Nt
month t" fivr TOU »<>nie of th«- ti«>t«Mi >< e li«v •
overlooked in thi* uoue.
• • ♦
The onr big thin* of all t»ie»e r. nTeij«if.n«
I* that th*- jKiuItry lu^in*-** i» not deal atid
»e look f«'r It to re<-rive an impetu* t».» coin
inc yrar that will make un aU feel |.rou«l « f
the fa« t that we are in the rhifken bu»i«K'»'
CRESTED FOWLS
(Contioiied from I'age 6i*7)
little vatof attached to even medium quality
i*oli»h : |K»or quality Toli'b are no better
than barn>ard mongrel*.
The female of both the (i<i1den at.<| the
Hilver I.iOred roli»h khould have |>lumage
rolor the »amr a* the male. golden bay
Ibroughoul for the one and white for the other,
all feather* lared with black. The wing* are
marked on the *ide very much like the male
Two well drftned bar* and a wing bay un
obktrurted from view becauce of no saddle
plumage The mam tail feather* beautifully
laced with black, the line* «f black rather
narrow about the upper and lower edge and
wider on the end of the feather The tail
well vprMid and surrounded with twert*
laced about the edge* Tbe*e feather* *hould
have white or golden bay center* «"f greater
• ite than are the renter* of ba«-k or l*ody
plumage. When of t>erfe<'t form and color.
the female* of these two variety color*,
whether bearded «r not. are wondera of
beauty and atlra> tivene** None of them can
have any value when they are lacking in the
floe qnalitie* that mu*t be present to make
good quality.
The c«r lobes of the roli*h. according to
the Standard, should be white. Hut little
attention i* paid to thi*. The lobe* are
usually small and for the greater t^art mo*tl}
white The romb »hould be small and l>e
shaped Ilk* the letter V The Standard toll*
us that the comb should be V »haped. the
smaller the better, natural absence of romb
preferred. Tho»e *» h«» know the in* and ••nt*
of *howing poultry >eldom »how high rla**
I*Mli*h with any romb. A pair of maniri*re
Bci**or* will help Nature in having n<> comb
on a polish The shank* and toes of all
Polish, except White Crested Hla<k. shiuld
be slatey blue. The shank* and toes of the
White Crested HIark •hould be dark »late. I
prefer them a* nearly blark a* it i* i»o«*i!ile
to have them The ahank* of all Polish
should be smooth and bright and wh»n pol
ished with a woolen cloth or <-hainr»i« >k<n
thev should be bright and attra<tive.
"fhe plumage c«»U»r of the White PoU«n i»
or *hi»uld be. pure white The White Crrtitid
HIark I'oluh i* perhap* the m'>»t diAcult of
all PolUh to breed of fine quality '( <irn to
Page 2h4. of the Standard of I'ertertion. and
*tudy the di*qualiflration» that are imposed
on them. Who can hoi»e lo produre many
that will not have »ome "1 the defect* With
a cre*t of pure while how can one li<i k> to
have all of the balance of the plumage a lus-
trous greenish black with no white. r>i or
fellow, to the ettent of even one half inrh t
t call* for a ma*ter of art to breed th»»ir ti<
perfection
Two men. who lived long ago ni.t .\i'<
liolKh. of Canada, and W. A Jeffrie*, of tMiio
did breed Kome wonderful specimen* 1 (imm-
seen more than one hundred youn.-«t. r< hi><<ut
the home* of both of the»e men. ill i^cd
one*- -neither one i* with u* now. .«iome go<id
one* are shown earh year and a f-w of Hon
derful beauty are u*ually *een at our icr<Mni>
»how* Tho*e who know the mo»t about them
rlaim that the xrry best shown are seen in
Canada, at the New York State Fair and at
the lio*lon Hhow. Not many have been
shown of late in Kngland. None so far a* I
ran And were *hown at The Crv*tal Palan-
Show. |.,ondon One only at the lUiry Shov* .
this one had special mention in the l.<*ndoii
K%ening Hlandard
The Muff I^red Poli*h ran be one of the
most beautiful of all fowl*. The plumage
color of this fowl is in marked contra* '
with the White Ijiced Red Cornish which
should be a bright, rich red rolor. earh
feather lared with white The body color
of the Hufr I.Ared Polish should be for the
male a ruh huff laced with pale bulf.
for the female, buff — earh feather laced with
pale buff The Cornish should be rich red
laced with white. The Huff Poluh shoi Id
be buff laced with a buff that is of a softer
or |>aler shade The body color of the male
• hould be of a deeper or richer shade of color
than IS the female. Wbeo you have plumage
BARGAINS
with plenty of GAIN for yoa
are *'ill to be had durag tin fii,4, d^. ^
of our big 18 DAY SPECIAL SALE Tak*
iii*iant advantage of thi>- •»>; < ■'an'-e to
make a Hit; I'KKMANKNT IN»KKA>r.
;n your poultry profiu at little • o*t — b#
fore we finally withdraw o>ir ■^h*-: r antj
\ er»arv < ff t-rs of
"!,|^° REDUCTIONS
COCKERELS PULLETS
Br«e«ist Vsartlaa Hstcata« taa*
Steck Neat CM* ChMs
(raa'oar WORLD'S CHAMPION LATCtS
• C W L««hee«i %. C R. I fl*4i ■areri llMa,
White W>aa4*tt*«
< i.-.»i*terf « <*»ie«t Wliintnc* »n the nv tt r n'.fm
eft- laying r»>»»te«tB ha»e prx»*e«l the «ut»rlor.iy d
j.iir •«rs:n« M>»r» e«g* mean mor» f^fiu for rmt.
REIADY NOW
S and e WccloB OM Pr«aS£
CHICKS jf^^ke^ -••*»^
DON'T WAIT
Te.; u* ^^Ml need* NOW. let
u< show fim wlkat our ili*-
<x4int» *••« you.
PCNNtVLVANIA POULTRY
FARH
Bes f Laaaaatee. Pa
la 9«) R«
R. C. A t. C. Brewa Lnhirai
»S aad an Rsaae^ l«»
R C. 4 t C. watts
7m •laal* Caai Rt«s
CeckeerH— I ar M
Nee* aa« PalMi
•ea M
W. KULP
Pattttawa. Pa.
KEIMX'S
BARRED ROCKS
Conte*t record* up to 270 at 8torr«. 264
s! Mi'higan 'J.M at Vire!af.<l CcrUi«4
breading bona, cocka and cockerel*, t'irrular.
W H B. KENT CAZENOVIA. K. T.
VeDKjREED
Some excellent
early cockerel*
and pullet5.
Pens still mated.
Special circular.
HERIERT A. DANIELS o'7f.."',:JL
HALL'S BUFF ROCKS
aK(«T PISPI.AT at the (;af<1wi 0.;csr> tVlseuak
New York Biste Fair Flaa arwatftaf ttMa.
EDWARD r. HALL. B. T. D. 1. EBJE. PA.
s »' »■ •■ e
s s s
t
t
t
STANDARD
WHITE WYANDOTTES
RED MOTT lEAIED RKHT
THAT UY AND WIN
Young stock ready for delivery August
15th. First pullet egg secured in 4
months and 1 1 days, bird weighing 5
ptiunds. 2 ounces
DO TOU WAIfT EARLY LAYERS?
S#fMf tor Fr^tm 1924 Ca(afo«w«
Barr't Knobbyttone Ponltry Fara
J. J. HARR. Mgr
Box IS B MABVOV. PA.
a » s a s s »
September, 1924
E\'ER^ BOD\ S POULTRY' M.AGAZINE
705
throughout of heautiful hviff edge! with
noler »hade of hntl you have a hcai.tirv '
■rjjfiitr""" «'' artistic breeding I'his tiuiM
^Jade each and every feather trom :.i.«l to
A of tail The l.r«a*t and l»ody color all
DC I
(f laced ahout the i<lge of eanh fcatht-r » ii i*
* naler shade of l-ufT
I can rememher thre.- r.niark.»M.' *»•«•« i
ens. A male of fine form and col«»r. the
Hade of color perhap* a little too mu,h on
the reddish huff or.Lr. Lut heautif.il from
tiD to tip each feather laccd to perfr ti..n
A female of won-l. rfnl roli»h type, the |.|u
mmf throughout a pale shaile of l.ulT m fact
^■Mst a lemon *hade of color, lared :i»»o>i»
JlUTedge of ea. h fiather with a paler ».ia«le
I 1,,^, also seen a hen the plumatre rolor
.llr to a lighter shade from both oreed-ig
Ink from age The paler shades Ip.k »nap
or akarpnesa of contract that should eM»t for
leaoty's sake.
There are a few thing* ahout I'oli 'i tnat
rveo the most espert show- men of this breed
either do not grasp or else do not •e.« the
Importance of avoiding. Any Poii.h • ther
in the breeding pen or in the ♦;».»» itn hiII
appear very stupid. al*o very timid »hnev»r
iketr rreata cover their eyes so tn^-v can not
•^ They will aI«o shake their head* «iiiite
freoaently in an effort to uncover their eyes.
The Standard telU ut that the cre*t i.iu*: not
obatrart their sight Some Polish will Btand
,a |li« oxhlbition coop ao stupid as to lave
the appearance of being tick, touch them
witk your hand and they jump aa if fright
^^^ When their eyetight is unol.-tnu t-n!
,jj,_ are more alert and more sprighltv in the
krM^lBg pen. It i* always best 'o tri.n the
create of both the male and the femal-> Poli-h
M aoon aa the ahow ^eaaon is ovor. \\l:en
this is done the fowls prosper better, lay bet
ter aad their egga are more fertile
XeTer keep male and female Poli«h to
getker during the season of moult. When the
fMthera fall from the crest and the new
f^atker* begin to sprout the hen* are apt to
plack the new soft feathers from the crest,
go soon aa the hens eat one of the feather*
aad get the blood from it and the head of the
fowl they do not stop pulling and eating un
U\ tke fowl ia destroyed. Home females will
rhiek from the head* of others hen*, -vat.-h
tr tkia and get rid of the offender. I>«>ok
••t for auch troubles, separate the male* from
tke femalea ao *oon a* the least sign fif moult
appeara. and watch the females for an> on>-
that will pluck the feathers from o'her hen*.
aad eleninate her for all time unleos *he is
very valuable a* a breeder or show s(ieciro<<n
Never keep a real feather eater on the
premise*. Fhe i* objectionable berau*e of
ker bad habit and becau*e she teaches the
kabit to others. Never sell nor give su.h a
ken to another without telling of her fault.
In mating polish it ia alwaya best to put
together the most perfect specimen*, both
male and female No other kind w:M brii.g
resalts that pay for the trouble Polisn of
poor qiMlity will more than likelr prodiue
yoang of poorer quality than they «re N«»t
nearly all of the offspring from the very be*t
will he high class show sperimens No other
fowls have more feature* of breeding i.rob
lem*. all of whirh mu*t be watched and
catered to Whenever you have a well es-
tablished strain of any variety *t<rk to your
own and Improve by *election. When new
klaod is needed bring it in fr«»m a strain of
eqtial quahtv. better through a two year old
hen of superi'r quality If a male, selert a
cwk in his secend year and be «<ire that hi*
Ireeding is fine, also .elert for all feature* of
a Polish fowl
As stated, we *hall make mention «.f fi>ur
other fowls, three of which have or did have
rreata In doing this we shall only ►p'-ak
of them with reference to their possible re
lationship with the Polish We shall hope
*ome day to take the queation of crest under
rcnMtleration in a more scientific manner I
*hal| hop* to prepare an article on thi* sol'
Jert that will be equal to the tet-t t.t loth
►eieore and history. All poli*h fowl*. a« w .•
now have them, must be of or from the origi
nal Bourre. The crest* of durks are a tuft
of feather* crowing from the top of the head.
I have been told that surh ha* come on 'he
tot, of the head of gee«e ; no i.roof of thi*.
There wa* at one time a floek of crested
daeka on the outskirts of Allentown. Pa .
•kare I have gone with Malt Hums. . f < an
ada. to purchase for his string of csliib.tion
fowla. He and I tried to find t»ie .r.Mt^J
geeae but could not |i»cate them
Tke Houdan. the Cre^t Coeur. the I<a
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T%e Hoadaa and the Creve Couer have crests
aa4 baar^a. the Faverollca have beards and
Shorten the molt
Every day of molting ccata you an egg.
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muff*, no rreata, and a* I have atatol tha La
Klerhe had at one time a amall rreat on Th»
top of the head. Three of these are rla««ed
a« among the early day produrtiun for Kreiirii
market poultry. The KaveroMc aan maie m
France during the i>a»t forty yenri. \|i ^
them hruught t<* the beat »ho«r qualify m
Kngland. Canada and America. \tn.y ol tli«m
have now equal conaideration < I'.ber for mar
ket or for exhibition that th >y had ttrni^
yeara ago. The White H u<1m i .vat made m
Ai'-erira Where the Red llo-i-lan «-ame fr««i
I do not know at this time, b.it shall try t«
k>io«v before I write the artn !•• mrniiuaed
above.
V. here the antler rnmb. Ii^ti r knuwq ^
th-» V romb. rame from; wh-re the romb .rf
the rtutterrup rame from and where the leaf
romb that belong* to the HouJan rama froai
must be ferreted out to make complete the
write ui> of and to have a romplete record of
rreata and romba of the rare known %«
rreated fowls. I will repeat here what I d:4
write many veara agi. That romb an-i brad
l»ointa are of most importanre t" a f>>«l for
exhibition. What would a woman look like
at a aorial funrtion with her hair in disorder,
her featurea ameared with rtir*. and her jewel
adornments of the pooreat qhkIiIv To L«
flrat class everything should be rirht up i«
date and of the m<>at extellent quality
THE HOUSEWIFE AND A
FEW HENS
(Continued from page AH8)
house should have small rooms, say four by
•>ix feet, have a roost in these little r<>om«
and iilare about three corkerels in them, hit
»ee that they get along well and do not ight.
If they fight, keep them apart The y.iung
i>trr« that flght will make rciwards of earh
other and the youngster that grt« lirked w \:
gf't very little feed. My having these nfnaJl
rooma the rorkerela soon become tame and
are eaaily bandied. It is ea«y to show th<>>r
youngsters to the bent advantage and thev
• an be easily caught in rase some one >*aot*
to buy or carts to handle them.
To make a »how place of the corkerel
hou»e. plare the rheap fowl* at the beginnmr
of the house where the viMt«ir enter». Haw
a prxe on each i»en so that the visitor can
see ju»t what they will c«.st. tirade the«e
youngsters for price and at the very end of
the building have the hightsi priced co. k.T<
in the house Tha visit»»r will come alonr
and if be la any judge of a go<>d fowl, you
will sell him the beat every time. He will
walk through the houae and the young«ter»
will get better and higher a* he goes through
He makes up hia mind whi<h fowl he wants
and buys in ac<«ird with bis porkelb«M»k and
desire f«»r something good. If you show thr
beat on the atart he will not get hia lesaon in
what ia real good and hia iinpreasion of the
{.♦••t will not be aa K«>od a* it would if ha
saw the cheaper fowls first This buildinc
sells Ihe fowla and will aave a lot of talking
on your part.
The egg laying ronteat baa proven that tha
moat profliable layer la the hen that m<ulta
»lowly. dropping a few feathera at a time
Thia is the natural moult but one can feed
the fowls high protein feeds that contain tka
feather makinr ingredients and bring the
moult that they need when they want tha
hens in good plumage for the show r«»om
I.MtB of the commercial feed miaera rnakv
moulting feeds that have been tried out and
when you want the hens to moult quickly •«
aa to take on a new plumage all at once,
liuy these feeds that are prepared for tha
puri»ose.
September la the dull month in the pnul
try yard for the reason that one is feeding
a double flock, hia past year' a breedera anH
the new crop. Thia is the time one should
get mighty busy and plan his advertising
Start out with October and adverliae all of
Ihe old breedera you can apare. be sure and
give pricea on everything from cork, cockerel,
hf-n and pullet The attractive window di*
play sella fornla when the price ia given and
that same thing happens when one advertises
prices of fowls There are lots of people who
will see the fowla in the show room that will
be anxioua to buy, many of them will ae«
their flrat poultrv pap^r when they get •
sample copy at the fair These proapeetivt
customers aeeing your fowla on exhibitie*
and then reading your advertialng make up
their minda quickly, if the price ia givea
one will often make aales before he knows it.
The man goes home. He la aold on poultry.
He sees your advertisement, you give tha
prtre and the sal« ia made. (}ood advertiaing
kept u'» from month to month ia what bring!
the safe* in slow times.
Many housewivea get ''cold feet" at thi«
»ea»on of the year. The feed bill ia larga
the hena are moulting, the palleta have net
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
707
to lay and the income faila to mtrt the
,f,„-f^ V>ne should always figure on this
t^^liiiloa and try and make salea during the
''lieJTe'rober ia a mighty go..d time to buy.
T*a breeder who raiaes good sued flocks will
jj",, jown closely and will often aell good
«r«U for half price at this seeaon of the
Vmt Vou will note all of the steady adver
tia^t taking advantage of their space in poul
irv pal»era to have summer and fall salea
Kow la the time to buy as well as to sell.
Yeu ai*y *♦" fowls for less at this seeson but
rau gvt that needed room f'-r the growing
•fork •nd you cut the feed bill to a minimum
Pick out the fairs at which you want to
show Be aure and ahow at every chane.
Alvty* when rhipping )our fowls to the ahow
Ct iure and price them on your entry blank.
Writ# the superintendent a letter and tell
htm that y«»u will allow him a ten per cent
cemaiiaaion for those y..u »hip to the show
ikal he may sell Many rood aeles are made
at the shows I once sold every fowl that I
had liated at the Wa»hingt*>n State Fair
I waa superintendent of the poultry de
pertinent of the Washington State Fair for
twenty three years and would be there now
had not politics rotten into the management
While running that show I alwaya tried t"
impreaa on the exhibitors that they ahould
give pricea on every fowl they showed One
year a mkn came into the building and he
said that he had juat aold hia wool crop. The
price of wo«»l had been low and the price hal
greatly increaaed, being a wise grower of
wool he sold when the pnre was right. Com
tag op to me and aeeing my superintendent »
hadc*^ he aeid. "Have you anv good laying
aens here!" I aaid. 'Yea. lota of them I
have Legborna. Minorca*. Andaluaiana. Ham
buff* and lota of white egg varieties and I
have lota of I'lymouth Kocka. W yandottea and
Orpingtons that lay brown egg« " He said
that hia wife told him to bring home a lot of
Ctiod layera but she wanted mostly small
fowla
1 aaked him what particular variety he
thought ahe would like beat. He aaid that he
did not think it made much difference as long
a* they laid a white egg I counted up and
found that I had fifty nice White I.<eghorns
and I offered him the lot at f rt OO each
(That was in the old daya when fowla on the
Market were aelling at fifty eenta each.)
He »aid that waa a large price but fifty hens
w»re not enough I told him that there were
aome nice Ilrown and liufT Leghorns alone
with the other varieties named above He
then aaked how many all told. I told him
that there were one hundred and fifty that
were listed for aale and that he could have
the lot for Vi.*))) on and before I had hardly
named the price he aaid he would take them
He then asked me the prue of a male ti> jo
with each variety and I aold him the number
he needed at $.^.00 each. I thought bv this
time he must be from tome aaylum but he did
not look it a« he peeled off the money from a
r«>ll that would have choked a cow. gave th»
address and handed me a five spot to pav for
ny trouble of sending them to hia address.
After buying tli« lot and the breeder" not
log hia pile of money, he stopped at a cooj.
with ei|hl beautiful Huff Orpington jiullets
with a fine cockerel He said that as he ha<l
hoagkt the fowls for his wife he would now
bay aome that would be good to eat There
was a gar lenrr who bred good Huff Orping
tons, on his vacation at the fair The Huff
Orpingtons belonged to this gardener and a<»
they were good they had the blue ribbon*
OB the coop. The rardrner. being of an
artistic nature, had decorated hia c«Mip an<l
they certainly showed to perfection The
»herp man looked at the bunch and a>-ked
»>:at they were worth My friend aaid f t«"i
for the riKip and the f«»wls. The sherii invn
again pulled that big roll from hi« i-o.-ket
I'^eled off the monev and »aid, shi|. them with
»b.e reat
That year of this good sale. thTr %»a^ nioff
fowls aold than ever in the bi^ttory of the fair
and when I rame to r<H>p out after the gate*
'l<'»ed I shipped bark more empty coops to
the breeders than I did tho«e filled with
(owls. As Buperintendent. I made iijore
money than my week 'a wagea and had the
raott pleased lot of exhibitors that year in
th»> history of the fair,
Had the breedera failed to give prices on
their fowls there would not have been a aale
n^ade on the grounda except by thoae breed-
•"«•• *ho came with their exhibita. Thi» waa
a efK>d year on the whole circuit. At the
nen big fair. Spokane, the breeders raided
the prices on their fowN but at that big aalcs
wrre made in every variety at pricea that
vt-rt ■urpriaing to moat of them.
Tha trouble with aome poultrymen. is they
do not know how to aell and are failurea for
tkat reaaon. A good salesman la often a poor
breeder but combine the two and succeaa la
ju*t. around the corntr. I know one house-
*ife who makes more salea than anyone at
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The handy lifting top can
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Sprinkle it in the nests, on the
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FOR STOCK
I With one hand stroke the hair
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STBATTS PATCrr UMITC*
MfVAIIK NIW JIRSiV
Ih* •how Sh^ ttay* by her ^shihit. th^ ■;•:»
tak^* auhar rt|itinn* for one of th« leadiniE
{xiultry paper*. Her hu«hao<l i» a raitrnad
man and »(»<• fet« a pa«a to the fair* Thia
woman nake* all kinda of aalea a« well a<
make* moro than her eipenae* takinc »uh
•rfiptionn to the poultry paper The two
work line I'-cether She ha* a <-hanre to stop
the fair vi»it<»r hy i»howinc 'he poultry paper
and then a rhanre to iDtere*t the viaitor in
her own fowl* Thi« i« an ideal way to ^o
but of rour»e the breeder should be careful
out to be too rra»pinc and not ^tap the
riaitor when he d<»e« not »how an interest.
It would pay th« bouiewife to leave
"hubby" at home to keep houae and make
the meala. It tw^* her an outinc that wil!
add to her knuwle<l|^ of food fowU. cive
her a new line of thoucht and help her to
mate her fowl* to a belter advantafe when
•he returns homo. If the it <>n the cround
and lo«e» the rthl>ont. ahe ran «e« thone that
won and make • mmpariaon of her fow|« that
will help her in the Itreedmc nest Kea«on.
When the wife ran not ro 'hen the hut
band khould 'ake advantace of the trip and
if po«*ible both khould attend. Meetinc
T>oti!trynen help* one'* enthuaia*ni. riven
I them a broader vi*i.»n. help* the "ale* «nd
add* to their central health
If you take m the fair* and j.oultry •how*,
be a mode*t winner and a ro«>d lo»er Ue
inemher that kirkinr against lierimon* wtU
atamp you a poor >port and you will make a
pile of eneroie*. Alwaya ronfratu7ate the <<ne
that beat« your fowl* with hi« be»t and if
you win. d«» not »hout a^out it for the fowl*
will do that without raaktnc enemie* i>%r v.ni
THE CASSEROLE
(Continued fr- n '..ac <"»'»'•'
Henry michi have aatd in addre«*in( the
1*ouilry breeder* of Virnnia. 'If that be
lalpful. make the moat of it." (d)
• • •
John H Kohin*on ha* been a *tiider.t of
|M>ultry maltera for more yeara than »ome of
ua ha\<' »een. Wtf la a quotation from an
artirje by Mr. lUibinaon whirh »eero* to me
rather *trikinc "In proportion to hi* »ur
re»* «* « br>>eder of e»hibiti..n »lork the poul
try fan<-ier breeder in thi* day i« re*pon«ible
for makinff hi* varietr known for nroliflrary
and table qualitiea Nor do^-a he do hia full
duly to him*elf if he relie* upon the reputa-
tion that hii »tork make* on prariiral line*
in the hand* of hi* ruatomer* Kventuallr. if
he holda |o that attitude, the "Train de^ eloped
by hi* ruktomer* will meet a broader demand
than the foundation atrain and »o will crad-i
ally displa e it " That .how* preitv ron
rluairely that Mr. Robinaon i* of the aame
opinion a* i* Frank U I'lati. both believing
moat heartily that the Standard bred e»hib|
lion bird of today «hould be a co«'d t>rodur-
tion rhirken from the •tandpoint of plantr of
*%W* or meat, or both, in addition t<» it* rood
looka. Mr. Robinaon i« rallin,f attenton to
what he ron^ider* the handwriting on the
wall in "how inr that the exhibition breeder
who doe* not aT*i bre«id for produ<tion with-
out doubt t* (nine to And it more difficult to
•ell ekhibition •t^H-k which I* rood for noth
inc but look*, than ho would And it. to *ell
eihibition ato, k which he know* will lay a
reapectahle number of e»g» a« well a* l<Mik
well: hut he i« m no wor»e t»o<ition than the
protjiiriion breeder who t« fliidinff it difficult
to aell production bred atork wht. h i« not
aUo bred pretty well to Slan<lard require
meni*. Ciive u* a c««d iiro<luctive chi'i(<>n
which look* well, whether it be appro*' hed in
the flr»t place through the faf* of the
Standard, or thro.ijh the openinc of the trap-
ne*t Wblrhesrr ri»me» flr»t. the ore I* <«im-
plementary to the other and both ar- nece*-
aary in breeding what Mr Robin*on ron.-eive*
lo be the ideal rhi<ken of todav and of the
future (d)
• • •
Kdilor I'latt went down to Mountain Orore.
Mo. and brought back aome verv interest. n«
information of one «ort < r another T \V
Xoland «■ director of the K»p.-rimcij? Station
al Mountain «»r<.ve Mr. Xoland believe* in
the Hogan le*?. hut very much more emphaftia
!• placed on the thickne** and fleiihihty of
the pelvic bone* than on the *pread of the
)>one* and the capa-ity of the abdomen part
of the Hoc«n doctrine He aNo doe* not be
liava in "awattinf the rarly moulter " — not
necea.anly "To demon*trate th.- value of
the moult, he t<>ok ten hena that were in the
moult in July and ten that did not becm to
m.iull until October The late moulter* laid
a few more egcs in the course of the ••nkumc
365 daja. while the early moulter*. which
paa»ed the pelvic bone teat, paid about $ I 00
more profit in the courae of the entuinc year
hecau»e they laid very late Sail and winter
9tt* " Mr. Nuland ha< alao found that it i*
^*ti Murh eaaier for a poultry keeper to cull
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BiBg • breeding i.iant He aUo know* aoro-
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wkirh achieTe high *'t€ record* He a»yv
• Tlie l«»n<» *»•* "■•""<* when the public doe*
mM. beli'*e h<«iiie made recoria; and. in
Hot in»tar.-ea. it i* ^ell they dont Many
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<tf 300 ec« *train* In tweWe year* of eon
rtaai w«rk ;n the Nanonal Kg*: l.aving Con
iMt Mountain lirove. "nly one .lo.i ere hen
)iu'been prwluced Thi* remind* one of
what the late pougla* Tan.red u«.'d U^ *ay
ikat "aOOegjer* are becoming a* common a«
blackbeme*— «"'*l'< '" ihe^ content ./
• Moat of u« who are trying t«» kf^p c »Mr
Ag# the»e day*, aren't telling all we kr»«»w
alM«l fAfin condition*, but we are trying to
1^^^ l.«.|ter »a.\« and make for our'-elv.-* the
better day* that »<irely will be our*, before
too long: " You reader* who |i\e in < itie*.
r«a4 IhAt once again' That one sentence will
gir« yi.u an in. rea*ed »ympathy with the far
aer and the farmer* wife You reader* who
live on the farm, read that once again! I?
will give you comf'tri a* coming from one of
««ar own faniil). and porbapt indu ate what
^p^m* to promise the be»t way out of certain
^jg^t^Xu** Tho«e who »till «et rou.h atore
by • ('hri«tiaj) Re*ignalion " " will rtnd it
tker*". those »».<» think that admi**ion i* one
of the greatc»i Mrtue* will al*o rtnd it in
tho«e few word* The one who wrote that in
tk# mouth and year of Our I,ord. June. l'.»24
■I4»t ha\e a *weetne** of di»poaition which
I* a bie»»ing to all around: an intelligen<-e
• hi'h realiie* that ea< h individMal mM*t bat
tte again*! .-ircum»tance; and a « ourag**
Ylil^k »ill overcome many ob*tac|e* Nor
r^%a Biany women have done so' I d'l not
know Ihe ladr though I hope to meet her
»«oe lime The flr*t time I ever referred to
•■filling of her*. I "Aid. "She mu*t be a lov
able aort of f>er»on. judging by the way *he
vritea about her .hi'ken* " What a wonder
f«| opt^irtunity t't aome etpre««ion and for
■a development i« offered the farm women
al Km^txcm through their poultry keeping'
Many a * if e would And little m life but
hone making and the mothering of .hildren
were it not for the intere«t whi< h «he finda in
ker chicken* — the o|iportunity they give her
to Aemoiplmh things outside of the u*'ial
kuM drum of every day exi»lon<e The
ekaare to work vttth the Creator in making
better fo«l from *ea*on to »ea*on. a* well a*
adding to th" in-ome. a*»et*. and courage of
Ike famty The sentence quole«l wa* written
by Mr* tJeorge R .*<immons. who ha* been
for the pA*l year eilitor of the Western Poul
Irjr Journal, which, by the way i* to ■ hang**
ith the Augoot i«»ue l.» the |'!)mou'!i U»ck
Month
:v
• f
Mra H A I»aniel* «ay* that. ' Fa* h a;i I
ev«ry arheme of hatching, breeding and mat
lar has both advantage* and di*advantag"s.
and It I* mer.ly a ca«e of 'he iii<iivi<iual ^e
leeting th.» t-rogram. that, to him in hi* work.
ka« the advantages outweighing the dis
a-l^antagea." "Ain't it the truth f Same
njr with hou*es — there never wa* a poultry
ho«ae yet. ideal for both winter an<1 *'immor
re«4iliop« Sam*' way with br«»odcr« There
"ever wa* a hr«»"d«'r whi<h %»a* ideal for »ero
weather and eighty degree* in the *hade .*»amH
«^y with about everything in the poultry
btiaiBM* If you run water pipe* to ev.»r>
•rd. It vill aave you labor in carrying
••ter. but it co*t* money and the darn thing
will have to be »aken ui» when cold weather
rotae* Your \Vhit»- I. cgh- rn will t-at le.* fet-d
but the buti h.-r d«>e* no* want her when *h'-
I* tkrough. If y. u brerd for nuali'y yoo an
»'>t get it in uuantity. etc . etc . etc. Every
rircttiB*tan> « ha* it* advantage* and li«
a ivantagv* Nothing in the poultry world
*eem* to be ideal. an<l it i* a ca*e. as Mr*
Daniels say*, of rhoo*tng the th ng whiih. for
your own individual <onditioti ha* the larg»'«»
percentage of advantage* It i* thi* litMe
)ub nf weighing the advantage* ag«in*t ih<*
dtaAdvantaces which keeps breeders awake
•long in the fall and early winter, wondering.
*hiakin* and planning a* to what combina
tiona if matingti will give them the be*t re
aulta for another *eason. Whatever you want
to do, consider the di*advantage* a* well a*
'>>e things which >eem favi-rable-- in no other
»oy rtmn you make an intelligent choice (f)
Thwe la aomething in the breed, ol
r<>ttra«. but there ia much in the way we fee.1
•ad tnanAge ltve«to4-k. to bring out all their
qualities and turn theae to i>ro(ltable ac
It la Ike manipulation aa we go
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FINISHING THE PULLETS
Continued from |>acr 61^5)
19 Ujr wtU into th« fall. Tbii fa-t b«inc
known. Ib» poultrjioan iihould of rour***.
•triTe to Work out • feedinc practice which
will rnable hi* bird* to prodac* w«U and at
the aane tiODf ^tore up the needed fle*h and
fat on her Ix-dy. or at leant avoid drawing
on her body t**9X^* from which ta inanu
facturr ef^ Thi* it a fundan.rntal tr>>th in
frc>dinc and ^andlmr la>iric flock* for man
mua i>roduction.
Tb« Importance of PtiU«i W«lgbt
Now the important thine which «>i>ni-<>rn»
UB it how tu in»urr a well flrikhed condition
CO O'.' lavirti thr>'UKhout th<i> «u nnier and
fall, after thejr have hern layinc heavily all
winter Thr feeding practice durinc the win
ter. of cour»e. ha» a lot to do with it. but
there i* another »t^p of greater in|>ortancr.
and that is. the devirahilitr nf having the
puilrta go int<> their laymc quarters in Hep
tember or October, heavily fleahed and hetiv-
ily pigmented. I'ullets which during the
growing >ea»on have been kubjected to rpi
demic* of coccidio^ift or pullet* whi<-h have
been grown on bare yard* with in«ufi-iviM
■uppli<*« of green feed, are apt to Ap;>r'>ach
matnritjr with thanka. beak and ok.i (.mIv
partially pigmented and in *ume ake*. unite
white. Furthermore, vurh pullet* ar« bout.d
to be dnwn in body weicHt 't >ii* b< rn an
ob««rved fart that the wetg*it wiiict pullet*
t»OMe»* when they go into lavi-tg qii»iler« im
the fall, i* very closely rorreln'.ed with I r-dy
weight, and the time they quil iii'* folK)«rini:
summer and fail. (}m»d lar.")* pMiletk. weil
grown and carrying Iota of '»t. and well
fleahed in all sections when ihf> »:«rte«j Ity
ing in the fall, will always < irrv through
the summer and into the nekt f;ill iti *Miter
condition and laying longer than will f uHet*
only fredium fleshed when ihvy *^\t^ lavii.g
T« b<liii:<onal riUbrter of • p»t;M«l 'a"
r >««n€4. e* I ne pound w^ich ••c." •nn |>ul on
I'.e ^.il'i »% It fore they sla 'I l-i.ri i : inan*
Ili4» ihi • w i: cairy throurh «n»! -o iri.'*h
longer the next year; %o this tb'-n i« the
object of flnishmg the pulleta.
rinUhlnc the PnUvts
Finitihing the pullet* is ju*t a* nece«»arT
and i* dene in very much the same way a*
you would finish a bunch of broiler* or
roaster*, and it i* Just a* eaaential. We
know that you can only get your maximum
price for roanting chicken* and lor Woi'rr-
when they are w<»l! fleahed. full )iroa->ted 4nd
yellour in all section*. It i* ev?n tnor<* im
portant that the pullet* be well fle*hed ami
tiniahed Now. how la thia to be accotnpliKh
ed. you a*k r It i* very airople. About two
^X three weeka before the pulleta n^r ^ takfx
In ofT of the range: tho prohabihiy ber.g
tl ""ir comba are well developed ind »»••- of
them laying, proceed a* follow*: In<rea»e tiie
grain ration very materially, giving them all
they will clean np in two feeding* a day.
morning and night. K*-ep a growmc manh
before them all of the time which contain*
twenty fire per cent of yellow corn meal. A
(••<»d formula i* aa follow* :
Twenty flv* per cent of wheat mixed feed
If thi* is not available, equal parts of bran
and middling* can be u*ed to make U|t ihe
»ame \olume Twenty five per 'ent >e|iow
corn meal, twenty per cent ground hulled
oat*, ten per cent gluten meal, ten t-cr cert
oil meal, ten per cent meat *rrap Kmm> th;»
mash before the bird* and in jd<li(u>i gi>e
them some of thi* same mixture «* * •-rum'>K
ma»h each noon. moi*triipd with "kiiri ti.tlk
or aemi solid buttermilk The gruiu raJ.o!.
during thi* flni*hing permd ran b** redtii-i"! u.
almost *traight cracked corn. The a.ll tion
of a little wheat ia t»o*sib]y desirable
Three or four parta of cracked corn on 1 one
iiart of wheat make* a ic.K>d r.>tr,>>>tiation
Ktirourace the bird* to consume all of the
grain they will The*e mixture* hov, «
rather wide nutritive ratio, and will b*- r.-n
ducive to the formation of fat. and w-i!| at lh<
»ame time, alightly check the deveto,^mcnt of
reproductive function, so that thev will ►lat.d
• till so to apeak in ovarian de^elopmeMr. d<
«elopment of comb*, etc If »hi* fe.d n.
practice la followed about fourteen t» tw.nt.v
day*, you will And that the pulleta will put
on anywhere from one quarter of a po.in I to
aometime* a* high a* a pound m wcii;ht
Thia will be flesh- and fat. Thoy v ill be
rounded out; their shank*, hrak ami >kin
will take on a much deeper yellotr. and you
hiv. given theae birds a maximum fa- lor
of safety, which will tend to k«ep t.iein
hsMlthy and free from disease, and which wll
enable them to hold up in produ< non lotifer
because «f the fa<"t that they will h. aSV to
hold up their body weight *»etter Thit i* a
simple thing to do. but a i>:i.;h*y iiap'r^^nt
thing, and it abould be done rignt now.
.. Poulfay
and f re« from Cholera and inTeoWl
/•econipaitvinf Roup. Chicken Pox rg
rtbena.Lolda.Canlier and Catarrh mJS
[of birds are iost yearly which can be aawdZ
Nraccinatmn. Simple, inexpennve. and jaT
M^'v'y
Fori
raMUto«acan)yr*e(
S.L Avian C^s;^
reduced exclusively by us under Vetenaw*
-jcenae No. 165, (isaued by the U. S. d3l3
Acnculture). Thousands of tcattmoniaik'M
[file from uaert who reveal startling r«i^
I from vaccination with A. S. L. AVlA?
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Breeder* Trapnesting 1.100 rulleta.
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September, 1924
A. P. A. CONVENTION
(Oontinued from page 695)
«aa a moat excellent renort and wa« adopted
after a 'ew rhanjce* had been made. A* be-
fln stated the rhairmen of committaea did
alat report "progress." but furnished writ-
lea reporU of cnsiderable length and con-
UiBin* Biofh »"♦•»• **•»' "•* • »°**** sample
John S. M»rtin is both a level headed fel
|a« and a flne h<»».t His addrewa of welcome
va* digniied and pleasing and hi* report for
ikt inanrial committee showed a clear an<l
s««ad gra«P of the budget which wa« adopted
without questi<'n. Since the pr\>gram was
,«apre«*ed into a shorter period, the motor
tno to Port I>over. at Mr. Martin's invita
tioa. •»• taken on Kriday. instead of .**atur
^y_^Bd wound up the Convention
Tke day wa« clear and cool and the 10')
mile wtor trip proved charming. Tbey have
liad a Bice ram m Canada abi>ut every third
•veoiag this summer and. in con«e<4uenc«. the
ceeatry looked beautiful. Home hay had
l„ii spoiled and lay in the fields, but corn
^Ii4 «0U and wheat were good and the flow
er* aever looked better. Ahout ITiO went to
1^ hoaie of the Regals and were dined in the
«pea air on a li>vely lawn overlooking the
ckarsinc lake on the shores of whi<'h Mr. and
Hr,. Martin'* home i* located I hope the
photographer* got good picture* of thi* lunch
Ma fer the gue*t* looked mighty well in
Mch a picturesque setting.
After a few short talks, an inspection of
tbe pUnt took place and occupied the re-
a^iadcr of the afternoon, for it is a big
PfMoaiiion and must entail an immense
aaMaal of labor. We saw lots of White
Wyaadoites and dncka. geese, pheasants, tur
keja, Jersey cow* and a Fallow deer — not to
BMBtioa lovely flowers, growing in about the
richest, deepest soil I ever saw.
Tllia was a deliyhlfut ending to a Conven
lian which will rank high amonc the forty
atee that have been held I will write more
it in later iasue*. — Charle* D. Cleve-
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
711
As Editor Cleveland la taking care of the
MMral events of the convention, and Mr.
OalUar taking care of the Board of Director*,
the writer was assigned to tell you what hap-
paaad in the Judges' Hection
It i* with a degree of pride that I. person-
ally, look upon this live wire section of the
Aiasriean Poultry A«sociation. and aa I note
the activities of the International Raby Chick
Aeaariatioa. the American Incubator Menu
faetarer* aad the Poultry Poblisher*' As»o-
ciatloa. all bow coming together under the
head of the National Poaltry Oonncil. I am
lacliaed to epen the window and "throw nut
Bv cheat." because it was vnur* truly that
tried to get the American Poultry Associa-
tion to organiie along departmental lines. It
«a* started in a half hearted manner, but the
various departmental* or section* soon felt
that they had outgrown the American Poal-
try A**ociation and decided to start an or
gaaitatioa of their own They did and now
they realise that "in union there i* strength"
aad are coming together. The Judge*' Hec-
tion. not having any commercial problem* to
•olv*. *tnck with the old *hip and have *hown
by their valuable work that their* i* an im-
MtlBBt department and the work they have
ieae in elevating the poultry judging buai
aea* is entitled to a lot of credit.
Jadge Harry Wolseilfer. President of the
Jadges' Section, waa unable to be present
*e the irst meeting wa* called to order by
Vice President Florence K Forbea. of Ala
haaM. Seventeen judges from various parU
ef America were present.
The Board of Director* of the American
Poaltry A*sociation had voted at a prevlou*
Meeting that the pa**ing grade on eiamina
tiea* for jndge*' licen*e* be 95 per cent for
specialty liren«e« and HO ner cent for general
licen.e* Thi* wa* o. k^d, by the Judges
Section.
They also voted to i**ue a year book giving
the history, etc , of each judge that la a mem
ber of the Judge** Hection
Jadge Patteraon. of Springfield. Mo.,
hroaght out an intere*ting di*cu*«ion regard-
Inr the illu«tration in the front of the fltand-
srd. pare 16. claiming that he never •aw a
hea that ahowed a head and body like that il
luatrated. Arti*t Hchilling. who made the
piriure. later claimed it wa* • photograph ao
there mu*t have been at lea»t one bird like it.
It >hnwed that the judge* were alive to prog-
re* and keeionc their eye* on thinr*
Thi* *ection al*o o. k'd. the arti'>n taken
kv the Hoard 'f I>ire. tor* makinr the *>irfare
color diaqualiflcalion* for Jeraey Mlack (iiants
the same as for all other black breeds Also
the blark under color disqualifl'-ation on thi*
kreed wa* removed The Htandard will still
rail for the light under color, and while black
aader color will be a defect it will not be a
Aia^oaliication
There were several interesting discussion*
regarding judgtnc problems that would not.
perhaps, interest our reader*. Thi* Judge*'
Sertion is alive and doing thing*
Harry Collier, of Tacoma. Wash . wa< ele«-t
ed x>re»ident of this section This is an hon- r
that any judge ran be pr>>ud of and our old
friend Collier I* rightly very rourh p!ca«r<l
The Judges' Licensing Committee i« yours
truly, chairman; Newton Cv>sh. New J«rsey.
and W .1 Talisnt. Texas.
Not many Canadian judge* attending this
section. Whether they are members or not I
do not know. The Canadian judge* showed
u« e\ery courtesy but w# could not ju^t un
•lerviiand why. as lone as they are u*inc our
.'<itandard. thry have orraniied a Judges' A*-
•iociati- n of their own in«tead of joining with
the American Poultry Association Judge*'
.Section and thus geitinc together more than
can iK>s*ibly be done with separate organiaa
tion*.
For further view* of the convention, see
Hale's Henoicraph*.- -1>. K. Hale.
• • •
The Hoard of Director* of the American
Poultry Association were a busy bunch at the
Toronto convention They worked most every
minute during Ihe time. One of the big
thing* to come before the committee wa* to
approve the report of the egg layinc conte*t
rules brought in by J. Will Blackman. I<os
Angeles. Calif . chairman of the committee
This repitrt gives a hundred dollar cup by the
American Poultry Association to be com-
peted fur by ctintestants in the egg laying
contest* of America for the best producing
l>en and a *ilver cup valued at fifty dollars
for the best individual hen laying the great
est number nf eggs in America.
A gold medal will be eivea in each contest
in America for the best laying pen and a
silver medal for the best laying hen. A di
ploma will be issued to each and every con
tealant who has a hen to lay two hundred
egg* or better. In order to compete for the*e
premium*, the contestant* mu*t be members
of the American Poultry Association.
Harry H Collier, M L. <H»apman. W C
Tallant and Charles O Pape were appointed
a committee to revise the disqualifications of
the Jersey Black Uianta. The committee re
t>orted aa follows: ... ^
"The color description of Jersey Black
Oiant* to remain the same aa in the 1921
Htandard of Perfection but the di«quali8ca
tions were changed to read as follows:
"Red yellow, or more than one^half inch
of poaitive white in any part of the surface
tdumage or two or more feathera tipped os
edged with positive white. Bottom of feet
other than yellow. (See general disqualifl>a
tions.)" • J . J
The above report wa* unanlmoasly adopted
by the Director* and the *ame approved by
the Convention This takes place in all
show* to be held thia fall and winter.
Judge*' Hection met and adopted a reaola-
tion to appoint a committee to make rule* for
judging utility claaaea in all *hows Harry
II Collier wa* appointed chairman with power
to appoint two other* on the committee
tirant M Curtis, of the Reliable Poultry Jour
nal who wa* in the meeting of the Judges
made the above succcstion which waa later
taken to the convention and unammoaalv ap-
proved but committee raised to five and the
members will be be api»olnted by the Presi^
dent. Thomas F Rigf. ""er confe^-iog with
the chairman of the *ald committee.
Oonyentlon Hlch Ll<llU
John 8. Martin wa* a royal ho*t Fvery
thing wa* done to make the convention a *ur
ce** Mr. Martin had the backing of the
Canadian government along with Ontario and
the city of Toronto
F.gbert R. Durand waa the managing ^^^*^
tor of the committee on entertainment and if
the visitors did not get what they wanted
they did not let him know
Mr* John S Martin wa* a grarlou* host
in her beautiful home and *he made thines
more than pleasant to every one in attend
The writer never saw so many g«»od White
Wvandottes in hi* life aa he found at John
Martin'a home Here were youngaters that
were ready to go into any fair with a f9>t
faint y of the blue ribbons, and old stock aa
fit as one would expect them in December
.lohn certainly ha* an ideal home from e%erv
standpoint, in fact one of the mo.t beautiful
homes we saw in Carada. Hon John H Mar
tin member of the Ontario cabinet as Minis
ter of Agrirulture. i* a real "dirt" fanner
He raises evervthin* from buckwheat to Jer
sev cattle An ideal man for hi* |. ••Hlon and
a man wh„ is a credit to Canada and tht
Am«-rican poultry A**ociation.
Charles I> Cleveland, editor of Kverybodys
poultry Magaiine. was the life of the party
We . ould n-'t always understand his Chinese,
but with Ted Hale as Interpreter, we managed
to get by even when it was a "yellow dog "
Mr and Mrs (irant R. Curtis met a host of
^JhirAoent
@^100 lb. B^ FREE
Take orders for Siiamons MALTKD
Buttermilk Meal. lOO lb bac FRKB
to our agent with •^^ry ail 100 lb. bags.
Ms!te>t Huiiermlk mxM%M woxtlees la hastsilne
(T..«ti\f pert<(»( an«l in incr»e*tt\< egg pnMto<ti«>
ftimnMts MAl.Ti:ii lluitenMlik Meal W a rvtt
oriiosntraie («ut>t'<>«* *i> the aniaal and astlh
nutrleoit nreited in U«etr mcm\ sAStly «tlS*e**d
form Rich in nwUtcinal atid i<w»c peofwrtlaa
H|w<^ai Maltine pnxwsa tn«vsae>i the dieaalt-
*>ritjr a: •! a«*lni Istcwi ot mmmX S'ut rwe«t« It I*
iwlted with tri4 anrthlng en Um MMrWl teal
%% protein siipfkteiwent
K'eiw l»«le<lnil#ly N«
wsste. r>o K«d4I*<* no
• ;»p. no OMM*. Hue*
not get he'll iV<e« it.>4
mouUt Noihlne lo ■*«
w-\t and rw unpleasant
CM lor*
ISe-th hee*. frsisM are-
eatd. IS 90 west *f
R*«lile«. |St9 Trial
(29-ia I has*. \m.
w«et ef Reekie*. IS ••.
tr*«sM peseald.
Ertw>o«slc*l fr*.| rsi'>*^
formola* aupf«iled with
esrfi b«s
TNI tmaoNt
■ ILLIM* CO.
ClaclaasM. Okie
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17 W*«t Watsr tt . Claelaaall. 0.
nir>ll mf name a* r<»ir direet rMmmmt M\I.Tm)
Rutlermllk Meei reprrenntatlve to* thi* cli«trt««.
rind attact«e<l mjr ctiecfc for It V) (w«*« of R4>Hne«
tttSi fof wtUrti tettd MM one ISO lb t«« TTU*
eel* to r> lo BI7 CT^IIi When I setxl nrn t*e
a<t«miooal order* (all diffeeent pe«lirr reisers In
this discnet) y»« wtll ssaitf mm sm tse Itk
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WieMess on Bvndiig
Ever aioce the H . M Sheer Co. buih t he Aral
Oil burning Caivipr brooder several yearn
ago. Sot Hut brtMKlers have matnt atnrtl their
Ua41nnit#4 LwkUrshlp
with ita new metal oil container. Improved,
patented. wKkle*a burner — poaMiye. de-
pendable o«l control and arieittifkally oon«
Kntctad csnopy i/ Umd* tktm «//.
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The ideal Raby Mamfrtoth Incubator f'>r
the poultryman wtH* wanta to B<art with
one 240ecg sect ion sndadd additKmalumta
as hia boaineea grow* ~ orte to eight ace*
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
friMtd* •«>«I »*4« »»»«njr mof«. Mr. Cnrlii did
• lot U> aiAk* Ul« biC AMI A SttCC***.
Mr. »fid Mra. TttoaiM P. Wffff •njoyvd
•TM7 miaat« of tketr •tmy and thvjr m*4e
tlioa»«n4t of frivndt f«>r the orcanuAiion.
Thvro !• nolhinc to romp»r« with Ihe Ara^ri
ran Poaltrr AMOc^iXton wh»Q it oooip* to
•laraliv* offi<-«>rs M«ldoai does nn« •»« man
•nd vif* »« pr««ldent and ••rrvUry in any
orfaalaation ^at when >t romps to tratnwork.
lk*J raonot h» beat.
Mr and Mr«. L'. K Fi*h«>i had the tim#
of their liv«a and thar both aaid that th« only
(■o«v*nlton that stood a romj.arison, was that
of 8«alti» and thmj said that if Portland.
Or*., want* th«» ronTi^nlion in 192«. tbejr will
fladlf park their trttnkt on short notice
Daa Moines. la., |t«(« the convention for
1035 and thejr prom** as tha entertainment
of our lives and the bast hotel in the roun
trr- along with a rate that will a»toni*h us
(iaorg* Knglund and bis beautiful >*ifa
were well pleated with Canada, and he. alone
with Mr and Mrs J. Will Hlackman wer«
rmdy to work bard if Portland rerc^ved tha
ronvanlioa in 1»20. provided the visitom
woald drop by tha Anc**! City do«n in Cali-
fornia, belter known as Los Ancelea
Vir» president Harold A. No«r«a was tha
raady sp«akar of the crowd and when it rama
to makituc tha crasa crow. Harold was nrht
there every time. If tha Association ever
had a better xf* prekident or member uf tha
Ananca eooiBlUa*. the writer nev«r n-.et him.
Vir n Ifohbs. that MikS'unan that ia
proud of Kaoaas City, retired fr<'m the bosrd
this yesr to let Bd. etlend the •'liranrh"'
from Libertr. Mo K. C make* a fine direc-
tor even if ha did not arrive in Toronto.
The stHNK-h of K H. Thompson, that famoiit
Barred fO*rk breeder from Amenta. N. Y..
wac by far the finest speech fur the fanriara
that was ever heard by the writer and.
Profeaaor Ciraham made a talk on breedinir
that was an eye opener to e\ery one who
heard it. The«e two speeches were the ma«
terpiecM of the convention and you should
n<>l nil** reading them.
t could All everv column of our poultry pa
per* with the food thint* at Toronto but will
lii*t say in cloeinc that it wa* what Will
Bla'kman would rail a "hum dincT ' and
let ii CO At that.
The f< llnwinf are the *tandinc committee*
of the Amertran Poultry A»»o«^i»tion a* "ehTt
•d by the lt< ard of I>irert<iro at the annua*
roaveaticH), held at Toronto. Ontario. Canada.
Aufust 12 to IS:
C«'mmiftce on Relations of Affiliated Or
raniaatlotts — Harry H Collier. S-ulh Taroma.
Wa*h.. chairman. W C Thompson. New Jer
•ey Thomas K Qui»enberry. Kan»a« City.
Kana.: W. K. Brown. Fl-rida; H. P. Donovan.
Ontario
Kdarational Oommittee— Mr*. tJeorje K.
Hhovp. Puyallup. Wa*h . chairman. A. (J.
Phtllips. Indiana; HamM Harber. Ma*s.: J.
t». Half n \Vi* : Ii V Katu-p Haleifh. N.
r • M. K Herner. Winnipef. Manitoba. Can
Leclalative Committee -Hen F. Adama.
Oluirlaetoa. 8 C. chairman; A D. Bmilh.
Ill • John M Martin. Ontario. Canada
J«4Ma' Urease Committee D. K. Ual«>.
Olaa fllyn. HI ; W C Tallant. Okla. . Maw
toa Ooah. M J.
poultry Hhows Committee-Walter Burton.
Arhnctn Tea., chairman: John Marvin.
Wi* : Charlaa O. Papa^ Ind.
Wetfara. Orlevanee and At-peal* — M I*.
ObapiMMi. Vinelaod. N J : Thorns* F Kigg
ftBd K B R)f(. Port Wsyre. ln<1
Tran*iKirt alios and Market Committer—
Charlee t) Papa. Port Wa>na Ind : W A
Brown. Ottl*rio; I' I. Meloaey. N. J.
Htandard Oommttlee— A. C Hmith. 8t. Paul.
Minn, chairman: E C Bran<^h, Mo ; tieor/a
KobartsoB. Oat*rio.
Judi<tar> Committee K D Howell. S Y ;
Pra'ik K ilrrring Ind ; Charles I). Cleveland.
N. J
C'tmmiitee «.n V.gt Lavinf Content J. Will
Blackman. rhalrman I.,os Ancelea. Calif.; V.
O llohh*. Mo ; W R Kirkpatrick. Conn.
Publicity Ccwimittee- Thoma* F Ri»C.
chairman F- rt Wavne. Ind ; R B. Ri(C.
Ind : V (> llobb* Mo.
I4i*tlnc and kc»i*irBtion — M F DeUno.
chairman; J. H iiob«rl*oo. Ma** . (i<«orca
Rol,ert*on. Ontario; T F Ric« I"»d K B,
Rice. Ind.
Committee on .ludctnr- - Harry H C«»lher.
South Taroma. Wa*h . rheirman Re«t of
committee t'> l>e announ<i-t| later — <lne to l>a
from Canada, one from Middle We*t. one
from Ka«t and one from Koulh. This is one
of the most imiMirlant cmtnitlee* appointed
by the ••»c»ctaiion. The chairman cominc
from the judfes' section.
The jud»e»* fteciion h.ld a very intere«linc
maetinc and they received fte^eral appli< a-
linns. It was voted to cet Wit a blue book
for for Jade***, in which all licensed Amen
ran Poultry Association judcas would be
listed.
The followinc ofTicem were elected in the
judce*' section: President. Harry H Collier.
South Tacofna. Wa»h : vice president. V. O.
Hohhs. Kan**s City. Mo ; aecntary treasurer.
Walter Buruin. Arlincton. Te« ; directors:
O L. MrCord. Peoria. III.; .Mrs. Florence
Forbe*. Albany. Ala ; Newton Cosh. N J.;
W C. Tallant. okla : Earl Smiley.
INTERNATIONAL BABY
CHICK ASSN. CONVENTION
(Continued from page 01*2)
problem The A*sociation approved unani-
mously the report of the Accre<iited Hatchery
Iie|)srtme?it. which means that the Inter-
natiot^al Mahy Chi<k Association stands solid-
ly behind quality and every lecitimate step
which will *afecuard to the consumer, baby
chicks of hiich quality wh«'n meaoured from
every anxb*. On Wednesday evenmc. Auiru«t
''•th. the annual hanquet of the Akko< lation
Man held The toaNtniaster. Dwifht E. Hale.
President of the Illinois Bahy Chick A«soria
lion. pre*enled a most amu*inc and intere»t-
inc procram Amonc the feature* of same
«a* a son( hit written by (>len Kowel and
Ford Itu*h. the famou* mii<>i-al art »l* of
WI..K the ."iear*. Ktiebuck Mroa<l< a^tinc Sta-
tion at Chicafo. The sonf hit proxed so
I'Opular and ««* requested by so many mem-
i.eri of the Convention ar-d other*, that we
are printinc it in our report t-f thi* Conven-
tion.
How Do Too Do, Baby Chick Association
I! 'W — Itaby Chick Association- How
How — International A**oriaii'>n How
We're salhered here today
.\nd come whatever may
I.ef* all be hap)>y and gay -Il"w.
How- Harry R. I.^«wi*— How
H -w Mr l.ewi* How
Mf the Assuciatitin you're President
of yotir success we're confident.
You're record i« hundred j-er cetit — How.
H .w -Ted Hair — How
||..«« Ted Hale— How
You rertainly raise the di< k<>n«
You're anything but ea*y pirkens
'Cause you know the chirken*--Ho\»
HoH — 4ieorce Cucley How
How — Mr Cugley How
You're a live wiri- ^ure a* fate
You're from the Itinkeye .State
Your inrubaturs sr<> ereat How
Hosv- Hubert Whii. How
llt.w -Mr White- How
We don't know if you're small
We don't know if you're tall. •
Itut we know y< u hit the ball — Il>iw
Hov — A. P Hunt How
II w- Mr H'liii II <««
You're quiet and »edate
< Ml Mir i«i|( yoiiff t«-\rr late
You're buttermilk i» creat How.
!Io« A. It I»an»i How
How— A. H I»ann How
You're *«• ''insll an<! cute
We'll bet ><>u are a beaut
In yur one piece bathinc »uit--Ilo)r.
H>iM «;ra:ii M Curti* — How
H' w Mr Curti*- How
Italdheaded »o th<>y sa>
With the chicken* |o\ei« to play
When Mr* Cnrti* i« away — How.
How I raiik It White— How
How Mr White -H..W
You'll ne% er »e\er your re'atu»n
You're the Father of the A»»ociation
Ma'ii' it kpread all over the nation — How.
How- /.i|i Driimm How
ll.'W— /.i|« lirnnitn H<iw
'I'lie .\kft iistion hold* you dear
Y"U deserve a nuu*in( cheer
You hatch a million chirks a year -How
How— A. B Conkey— How
How— Mr Conkey How
of buttermilk chi<k mash fame
You've made yi urself a name
Ymi know how to play the came How
H-.W— -A II Psmm- H»w
ll<»w • A It l>amm — H"w
A* quiet a* a lamh
»«• ; v«Mi fell like a ham
When the b< y paced I'. B. Damm — How
H.iw Mr*. Dorothea Rainey - How
<if liutler. Ill —How
YoU' fare we're flad to see
You own a hat< hery
.Successful you'll alwaya ba— How.
H'.w - Mr* Ted Hale— How
How— Mrs. Ted HaU- — How
Wa«>h your hubhy. Ted
H>'< au»<' it ha* be.-n «aid
I.^t* of chickens he has fed — How.
How — Baby Chirk Association — How
How — International .\»»o« lation- -How
This bun< h is hard to heat
To I.e with y<.u i« a treat
Itut now we'll take our seat — IT w.
How Herbert Knap]> — How
How — Mr Kiiapp H'>»»
Alway* hard at «<>rk
You're fat hut y< u ne\er shirk
Artiund y<iu thadow « ne\er lurk — How.
Followinc the tire*entinc of many loterast-
ing. humorous and valuable addresses, haby
chirk mo\inc pi* ture* were *hown. the fllai
heing th< *e of the K«»Heinont Poultry Fanai
and Hal<hery. U<semont. N. .1.. and of tk«
Kerr Chickerie*. Inc . of Newark. N J. t^n
Thursday the t>rocram for the day was built
around the problem of sellinr our chirki
Th«w>e discussions were amone the most m
tere»tinc of the entire Convention Following
fhi' di*iu**ion of Truth in .\ilvertii»inc, tbe
.\*«oMation adopted unaiiimou<tly a ret.lotioa
authoridnir the Directors to i <> i»perate witk
acncultural and poultry t'Ubli< ation* in tht
*uppre**inc of exaccerated. untr ithful. nu-
!<«adinc advertikin,; This stej> prolfatly
mark* a new departure in the field of c^
operation between publisher* and t'twiurer*
and probably ranks as the movt \>T'<cr*-»*itf
picre of legislation pa»''ed by this Coavea
ti«'n.
On Thursdav aftern(K>n. the mi ire Contea-
tion was taken on a tour of the lamou* |i«rk
and boulevard f>v«tem<i of Chiraico A di«
tance of over forty miles was traversed ar4
every one return«»«l <-fi>re*Mnc their wunler
and appreciation of the wonderful stride*
which Chicafo ha* made in buildinc uii it*
park sy»tem. On Fri.lay. the procram of the
day centered ar«»und *hippinc queition* TH-
standardiied shippinc boxes were iIikti
parrrl p<»*t and expre** problems were f
talked o\er. Kepre^etitative* of the pott
Office Department wero present. a»"-d adiej
materially to thia part of the procram 'Th*
annual business meetinc of the A*>«octattoa
was held on Friday afternoon; the maia
business of which wa* the electi< n of two
dirertor* at largo to HII the i>o«itiiin of H H
Knapp. of Shelby. O . and Ki< hard Kerr, of
Frenchtown. N J . their term* havinc e\
pired. H. H. Knapp was elected to )>ucceed
liimKeif and C. A Norman, of Knoxvilie.
Tenn . wa* elected a* the other dirci tor at
large The last *e*''ion on Friday evening
wa* in the nature of a fare^^ejl proi;rsn) 7.
C Orumm, President of the New Jersey .Stat*
Haby Chirk Association, ad<lro**ed the Coo
\entmn on the *uhje« t. '"Your <Mil. cation to
Your State and National Baby Chick .V«*o<-is
tion" Mr Iiriimm expre»<.ed in a *«t»
forceful way the relation of the*e two t>|e*
of orcanitation* and urced *till creater f
operation and interest in the work tf ea'°li
Kollowinr hi* address the Cot.vention •ht>w<-l
their appreciation in a very appropriaie tii»-
n« r Dwicht E Hale. Chairman of the Kn
lertaiiiment Committeo. calle<l Mr* I.e*i« to
the platform where ahe wa» pre»ented with a
mammoth. mac'^ifl<'**nt floral boquet ; imme
diately after whirh Profe»*or Lewi*, the re
tirinc |>re*idet)t. wa* pre*ented with a beau
tiful cold and platinum watrli and rhain
New OfAcari
The Directors had previou»ly been iti 'e*
*ion followint; the annual bu<>ine»s meetinc
and ihejr unanimou*ly elected a* ofBcer^ *>t
the A»sociation fur the ensuinc year, the f»l
towinc persons. For President. Gilbert K
.Spitier. of the Manaanutten Farms Hat' hrrt
HarriKonhurc. Va Mr. .Spitier had faith
fully ikerved the A**ociation a* .Se. retary Bn4
Treasurer for two years pa«t. The memher*
of the Association feel extremely cfa'»f"^
that Mr. Sjutser has been willinc to a»>um«
the executive head of the a**oriation. and
know that under his capable manac<>ment. its
affairs will be rondurted in an aMe and 'a't^
factory manner. John F Mueller of Mali
• on. Wi* . PrcMdent of the Wi*ron*tn S''
« redited Hatcheries Association, wa* elertel
First Vice President. Lyie W. Funk, Direr
tor Illinois State Baby Chi<k Association, ef
Bloomincton. Ill . waa elected the Second
Vice Preaident A B. Hall, of Wallincf"rd
Conn , President and Director of the C" >
noctirul Baby Chi«k As-o- lation, was clerte4
to the position of Secretary and Trea*urrr
It i* with creat cratiflcation to all that i|>'
Directors were able to secure the service* <«
Victor G. Aubry. New York City, to servs
a* Manacinc Director of the A»*ociation t«r
the ensuinc twelve month*. Mr Auhrjr •
connection with the ».«iuUry induolry hs* heea
lone and varied. ite ha* the confidence **
the entire poultry fraternity and it is aati-
ciliated that hi* connection with the Associa-
tion will be mutually helpful
September. 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
713
Tha Baby Chirk EzpoalUon
Ona af the outttandinc featurea of the
■iBth Annual Convention was the Baby Chick
Kapoaition. Thi* wa* held in the bic banquet
^Mlll^imBif'diately below the Expo*ition hall.
■Nrary available foot of space was taken l.y
^oauaerrial exhibits, includinc incuhator*.
briers, feeds, appliances and exhibits of all
kinds of mpplx's in which the baby chicW
aro^xK-tr I* interei«tfHi That the member* en
Uyad this exposition i» at'preciated when one
{aama that whenever their i>re*eiice in the
roo»ention hall wa* not re,jue*led, they
flocked to the Expo*ition to study and be
f0m» acquainted with the newest appliances
for ose in their bu*ine»«. Tho»e exhibitinc
at the F.xposili«>n were unanimous in the
opinion that it wa* an extremely *uc.-e*«ful
addition to the C«>n%ention iirojcram
Taoth Annual ConYanUon to be Held at
AUaatlc City
The invitation* were received by the In
lernational Baby Chick Association to hold
tkeir Tenth Annual Convention at many
point* Amonc them were Minnesota. Kan
•as City. **t. Maden. Indiana. Cleveland.
Ohio and Atlantic City. New Jersey. It
a^aed aaperially appropriate that they
shaald celebrate its tenth anniversary in the
state in which the industry was born, and so
It I* that everybody is lookinc forwanl to
Aucust of next year, to spend an equally
enjoyable week as the cuesta of the New Jer
toy Baby Chirk .\s*ociation at nur famou*
Convention City by the .Sea There are not
words suBcient to express the enjoyment and
the cood fellowshii. which everybody appreci
ated at the Ninth Annual C-nvention of the
haby rhirk men. t»ood will was ai>parent
yvfryvhere and everybo«ly left Chicaco with
a feelinc that the Ninth Annual Convention
set a new record of attainment and acrom
plishment
THE CARE OF HOUSES
AND YARDS
(Continued from pace 689)
otherwise eat. and soon render the yards in
sarh rendition that they must be plowed up
and re seeded. We do not mean to imply
that poultry yard* should be kept in the ron
dition of lawns or that a mower *hoiild be
ii»ed on them twice a week, but we do «av
that a yard should be maintained in cood *od
•( sweet, edible crass and that weed* an<l
foul crowth should be conaistently kept out
"The fenrinc ^f poultry yards involve* a
considerable problem. There la no question
btit that the yards must be fenced, and thi«
fenrinc must be such as will prevent the
■ules from flchtinc Of course whatever
fenrinc is used shotild at all times be kej-t
sooad and free from hole*, or breaks throw .rh
which the birds can pa** from one yard to
another. Poats should be either steel or
lomst wood, or ahoald be treated with some
wrH>d pre«ervative for the part undercround ;
thi* in*ure* lone 'if** Where *econd ha* >!
lumber i* available it ia desirable to make the
sides of the run* between the pens of tf.M
wood for a distance of three feet above the
croond This prevents the male* from seem*
each other ana stops flchtinc both between
the male* and the hen*. Such con*trurtion i*
rather rosily and where not available it i*
desirable to attarh an extra strip of three
fool wire nettinc "n each side of the dtvi«ir>'i
post* Thi* prevent* the males from acluallv
rearhinc each other when an attem|>t i* made
to icbt. Unfortunately nowadays we are
enable to obtain hich quality calvanited potil
try nettinc. and our fence* *oon wear out.
and most be arrnrdincly carefully watrbi'l
for if the males really enter into one grtntl
•ckt it often de*troys their usefiilne** jU't
at the time when they are needed and *ei«
back our breedinc operations consiilerably
While it is true that poultry hou«e* *hotild
at sit times be kept clean and sanitary
throuch the recular routine, it is al*o true
that with poultry, as with the human race,
there must be recular sprinc and fall dean
inc*. We mean by this that every •umni-r
and every fall all of the houses mu»t have a
thorouch and extra sprayinc: whi»e'.va»hinv:
and rleaninc: and e*pecially i* thi« true of
the fall rleaninc which will take pla< e just
before the breeders are placed in their tien*
at the start of the matinc t>eriod. Thi* fall
rleaninc in done when the females havf been
turned out to rusticate, a i.nartice that i«
described in one of our prior article* Th"
male* have al*o been removed from the brei-<l
>•»€ i>ens to fit them, either for ahow or to be
earned thronch the moult with special care —
and the buildinc la empty. This afforils th*
apportonlty for completely polishinc up all
parts^ of the house, and when it is over the
birds' qaarters should be as fre«h and clean
•• If they had never bean used.
TON-OORC
R EI IM FORCED
POWDERED
BUXXERIVIILK
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR PULLETS FULLY
DEVELOPED FOR WINTER LAYERS
TON-GORS will do this if you use it as a base for your
mashes. Besides — it will keep them laying all winter.
If your dealer does not keep TON-GORS in stock, write us
for free sample, price and full particulars.
M. F. Baringer
THE BOURSE
PHILADELPHL\, PA.
MAGIC BROODER
Tb* *m\) brxxKtsr with s gas ctiamtvr CaasottS for bt<h-
ffra.ir otnrnii^lod . larr* "^oal eapacitjr. iM>n<4tnh*v c^aup.
u>t< arKl tH>tL>ni draft reculatlon iiBt>fo*«<l lliinwnwlata . tltiW
(«>r rlraiiiitg %inoli<' flti*. TH« Msgic i* |i»«)(i««!r <^lll pm>f.
nnrf "of. (S« priwf anit ilet'ef><ls><le i.^'X* rtiirfet si s
pniflt Ht Id un 30 il«y« f\tsranl><« Writ* foe frse raia-
liigtir
Write fur |>aMlcu'srs alxxil wir new rt»f pipe A a
.|e^^l' liivenUito I'alrtie* alt riMidee.taitoo sU>e* roof
United Brooder Company
Afeat* Wsat*a
IIS Ptsalsftea Avsaes
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United Exhibition Coops
Tlie <iritr>nal Klortnc WeHetl construction. The stronceat
and m<nt durable coot>s built. i*4dla{>eibla. and can bo act
You
Direct
up or taken down inatantly, M«Mtela in a|i(w<armnce and
the boat for *<>rvice. More* I'
nited " C(M>|>e »<dd than all
others. We makecoi>p« for f aviea. Hantania. fhickens.
Turkeya, Kabbita. ttc .'^«•nd f>tr ratak^ and pnceo.
I •■r AaTliaXI l»
Lnifrd Sterl andWire Co
aarTLi crniH
SSICMIOAM
Kill Your Poultry Correctly
USE THE **tUliECUT**
AulomoUc t'fHtllry hUUng f>aHca
CAUtIt PKSrECT AND QINCNOUt SLflOIHS
PCRMITt RAPID DRV PICKINS Of riAlNIRa
■^Ui-ti* the train anil rwU it>« ;<ic<jlar r»lr>s wll^ an» mu««-
,t i:iim.ria(r« M-atiiinc >'s<-iiitst«« <lraritr>« uf u «r«Uii**
-i UM't T method Is NUMANI. BURI. lASY. QUICK and
SANITARY. SURICUT aMsss ('(Ur drsasrd. twdat !»*>•«.
i»ttrr tauioc and MORI PROriTASlC poi^ttry An In
ritwrirnrv.! rtilUl ran o(M>ral* ftt'KCr'CT A-itooiallraJlir tU
s»r lM>a>i Ms<U of • e<« of alumlniim OtUlna bia,le »«al|y
rwu..fr,| u<.| •r.artvf.e.l MONCV RirUNDID If INtTRU*
MCNT DOCS NOT LIVE UP TO OUR CLAIMS.
•-SURECUT"$5 ,,..,,.
Cfrcufar s,nt on Rf^u,.t Lanciow Manuiactunng Uo.
AGENTS WANTED 1771 east isth smn fuiUsIi. woouyn. urn Toti
Parks' Annual Surplus Stock Sale
Bred- to-L^Jty Ancl«<lo-I.atv
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
AMERICA'S OLOEtT AND OREATEtT LAVING STRAIN
Oeliasd rMOf^s e* ta i2S oa« g—r. tU la I4« «at«. 4ao la 441 aa/s
La^ at III aatf 114 ian eld tO« LAVSRt AND MONEY MAKfWt
Teiai nt«(..n>rr »>I<1 oTtt l:*o OQ Worth I<jrall7 Mantand cuitntarr
.jf»f ISO*) 00.
•asctal Rsdesed Prtees for Ut*»mhM. I« t>e«s t'llt(.t I.AR TftCK M-
pea* raca:'>fu« UjoIi1«<. XV
J. W. PARKS, Box E. ALTOONA, PA.
714
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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T<> aiart hrredrrs lo ^uart^rs thst %tp not
prrfrrlly rlrsn. |>rovidr(i aith nrw liltrr;
frrth nrstinc matrrial and brichl and rlrao
in rtcrx wajr. I* l^* rourt iroutile for the
''ominc hatrhmc •«>«ton
Dunne the »uroinrr the yards, partirularly
r.rxl to the h()u»rs. should b«> spadrd up and
Tf una r. in at! I<ar«> ftp<>t», and »hould rerove
a r\--r fUltin^ aith the »• ythe Th;» will
l>roinut«> a ^••ath of new. fr*>«h crak* and
aill inour** the j.rrmanrnrjr of the s<»d.
Mash hoppers should be washed and all drink-
;mc «rft-rls thould (>«■ in»pe<-t><d against leaks
(iril and shell bote* »houM be dusted «i>d
flUed. inuslin rurkains shmild be lriok«>d at
aifl reneaeti a b«T«« neresoary. and window
class kht'uld br wa»hed
If the br'-eder a ill attend to th»'se tnattiTs
at the pr»»per time he will save himself work
and rmbarra»»metit and will hav* his quarters
at all tim«'i» r«a<ly to show lo visitors — an
ss^et of DO mean wrth.
THE NATIONAL POULTRY
COUNCIL
(Tontinued from p*£e ^94)
National I'oaltry Counnt shall he flOO.OO
f< r earh dele^ste seated on the ('«»«nril
Srrtion 2 The annual sub«rrit>'ion of sus-
'amine members »hall be on the folloaine
^a»l^ : lirouj. A. •!. <•"<•: tir<up It. I.M'O;
(Jroup C. •-•50. liroup 1>. $100; tJroup E.
ir.o.
Article 6 — Ofi<-ers
Section 1 - The ofcrem of the Council
• hall consist of a President, a First Vira
Trendrnt. a Second Vice Tresident, a Serre
tary and a Tr«-a»urer. who shall be elected
by the National I'<>ultry Counril from its
members at thfir ftr*t meetinr in earh year,
and »hall hold •ffice one year, or until their
Kurrpkimrs are appointed and have qualified.
Section 2 — The President shall preaide at
all mcetinffs of the Counril and of the Kxe^-u
ti\f Committee, and vhall perform all duties
Ukually incident to such office lo case of the
absence or disability of the Pre«ideni. bit
dut e» shall be performed by the Vice Presi-
dent and in case of the First Vice President
and Presidrnt both bein^ absent, the dutim
• hail be performed by the Se< ond Vi<« Presi
dent.
Section 3 — The Secretary shall keep a rec-
< rd of all the proceediofs of the Council and
of the K»ecutive Committee and of the vari-
ous committees He »hall keep a roll of Mem
hers, issue notice of meettncs of the Council
and conduct the corre»t»ondence of the Coun
• il. He shall collect all dues, delivermc same
to the Treasurer, immediately upon receipt,
and shall |»erfonn such other duties as may
be prexcribed by the Executive Committee.
Section 4 — The Treasurer shall receive all
dues from the Secretary and deposit aAme in
the name of the Council in such bank or
hanka aa shall be de»icnated by the Riacutiv«
Committee, and such money shall be drawn
only by check, sirnrd by the Treasurer or in
his absence or disability, by some member
<f the Kxeculive Committee designated by
such Committee The Treasurer shall pay no
demand acainst the Council until the voucher
shall have been endorsed by the President of
the National Poultry Counril. The Treas
tirer'* books nhall at all times be open to
the in»]>ection of any mrmbrr of the Ksecu-
tive Committee and he shall make monthly
re|>ort to aaid Committee At the National
Poultry Congress he shall present a detailed
report of hia account, audited by an account-
ant designated by the Kxecutiva Committee.
Section f» — Secretary and the Treasurer
■ hall furnish such bonds as may be required
by the Kiecutive Committee, the premium on
each l>ond beinc paid by the National Poultry
Counril
Artirle 7-- F.tecuti\e Committee
Section I — The National Poultry Council
• hall at its first meettnc each year, immedi-
ately f'dlowinir the National Poultry Conrres*.
rlfct from it» mrmbcrs. an Eierutive (yom-
miltee delecatinf to it full powers of adminis-
tration between the meetincs of the Council
to ahirh It will report regularly. The Com-
mittre shall consist of nine members ao
-V^lt*! The Prf»ident. Fir»t and Second
Vice President. Secretary and Treasurer
»hall be ei ofli<-io members of the Executive
Committee, and of ail Committe«a appointed
by the Council
Section 2--Tbe Executive Committee is
rranted the poaer to employ a Manacinc Di-
rector to maintain an Kxecutne Office and to
l>ay such oalane* and expenses as is nerrs-
• arv to maintain such Executive Head
quarters.
Article • — Meetinrs
.•^e^-tp'n 1--The annual n-eetmc of the Na
tional poultry Council shall be held during
the month of Au^»t or September vm>\i year
in surh place a« the Executive Committee
may decide The annual meetinc shall he
known as the National Poultry Confresa.
Notice shall be sent to each member of tk«
Council sixty days prior to the date nf
said annual meeting.
Section 2 — Special moetinc> of the Council
niay be called by the Prexidcnt or at tb*" re
que»t of the Executive Committee.
Section .1 —Ten members of the C"unrij
shall constitute a quorum for transa^ ti&f
buftineits at any refular meeting.
Section 4 --The order of business at the
annual meeting khall be: KoU Call. Kf^adinr
of Minutes. Keports of OfBcers. Reports of
.Ktandinc Cnmni.tter* Rej'ortu of J^pecial C'.ia
mittccK. rnfini«hed Hu«iness. New Business.
Article 9 — .\mendments
Section I — This constitution may b«
amended or altered only at an annual me**.
it>( and then only by a two thirds vote of
all members pre*ent in person, after a notir*
has been mailed each member sixty dart
prior to the ofTennc of the atnendmer.t
Article 10— »y I^wt
Section 1 - The N»ti< nal Poultry Coun i5
may adopt Ily Laas relatinr to procedure
which »hall not conflict with this Con»t:tation
atid ahi'h come into force when approved by
a majority vota at the annual meetinc
AUTUMN NOTES
What preparations have you made
for the winter accommodation of
your poultry? Have you battened
up the cracks and crevices of the
poultry house and replaced the
broken window panes? If you have
not attended to these things and
your poultry has been suffering: with
colds, which arc indicated by sneez-
ing:, rattlinjj in the throat, running
of the no.so, waterinjj of the eyes,
etc., then you will soon befj^in to
realize that you will have to pay
pretty dearly for your nejfliKence.
These cold symptoms are the fore-
runner of those dread diseases roup
and canker — the great devastators of
the poultry yard. When these colds
^et to the roup or canker stage, it
IS both unwise and danperous to fool
with them. Use the hatchet.
What have you done toward pro-
vidinff a shed in a sunny place where
the fowls may take a sun bath the
coining winter, and have a jrood plar
to scatter litter to throw the grain
among, so the poultry can scratch
and enjoy enervating activity that
Will help keep them warm and in good
health? What have you done about
securing a good supply of fine, dry
road dust for baths for the flock
the coming winter? Are you getting
ready to store an ample .supply of dry
forest tree leaves? These will be excel-
lent for litter purposes and when the
thermometer lingers near zero how
the hens enjoy a good "bedding
down'' of dry leaves. Take out the
roostj} entirely on such an occasion
and note what evident satisfaction
they will nestle down among the
leaves.
Are you making preparations to
store a suitable supply of green food
material for winter use, such as tur-
nips, cabbage, rutabaga.s, etc.? How
about grit material? When the
ground becomes frozen or covered
with snow the hens cannot find
grinding material. What are you
gtiing to do if you haven't on
hand a good supply of crushed oyster
shells or coarse grit gravel? All
September, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
715
lliese things will be strictly esuential
if you wi.'^h to have eggs in winter —
and t'lfif* '" winter is mainly the key
to success in profitable poultry keep-
ing
Supposing you have properly
looked after all the.'^e things, what
have you accomplishetl toward select
ing the stuck you are to keep over
winter for ^^^v:^ and for breeding pur-
poees? Good jutlgment will be re-
quired to make a judiciou-* selection
and unle.«is you have kept pretty accu-
rate information about the flock you
may not choose the be.-t after ail
Fanciers pay great attention to this
matter and, fn»m the little chick up
to maturity, will watch the growth of
certain specimens which they finally
select as breeder.-, etc. Farmers
rarely know one hen or pulb't from
another in their flocks. The farmer
has a greater chance to succeed with
poultry than mo.st poultry fanciers,
as his surroundings are far more
favorable for the busines.»<, and <lid
the farmer take advantage of all the
opportunities his success would be
greater than that of the poultry fan-
cier.
Every farmer shouM have eggs to
•ell in winter- -the farm produces
everything that is er^'jential except
the oyster shells or grit — and all that
it necessary is to select early pullets,
house them comforUtbly, feed a
varied diet, such as has been so fre-
quently advised in these columns.
Wise farmers are beginning to real-
ise that it pays to give business at-
tention to the poultry flock. They
are finding out that when properly
cared for there is no product on the
farm that equals the poilltry for
profit The good the poultry accom-
plishes in destroying <lestructive in-
sects and their eggs and the value of
their droppings is rarely considered.
Intelligent observation will prove
where flocks of poultry are kept, in-
sect depredations are not near as
great as where no attention is paid
to poultry. Fruit orchards are great-
ly benefitted by allowing the poultry
access to them. It is always best
to give the poultry nothing but the
cleanest, sweetest, purest feed. There
are many things on the farm that are
fed to swine that could be utilized
for poultry and secure more profit
able returns. Poultry will always
pay conducted on business principles,
but when the occupation is carried on
as a side issue, irregularity in feed-
ing and general neglect results, and
It follow.s that the hens become a
nuisance whether the sea.son is sum-
mer or winter. Let fanners who do
not believe poultry keeping pays,
start now this fall and keep a select-
ed lot through the winter, housing
them comfortably, feeding them with
a varied diet of grain, mixed food
and "green.s" and they will find the
hens pay even in winter.
Try it and be convinced.
Rl I TI7 UnVI MAMMOTH
DJLUH. rill.ll INCIJRATORS
You buy the first —
It pays for the others
Make your Aral
in. ulator a HIae
Hen • «<> •iniple
and efn.-irnt in operation that
the mo«t inexperienrrd hati her
c«'ts i<»|. n<it. h hat. hes from
r •>.-<. tifilnt a* ln*e«t i-.it t<*^>Al* ms>te '.f thU irvte
llrn to iHi^ mors li:u« Heti* y,t uit>i» .kn-a f.>it initial
•••; il<»neiit.
Msny .»f .\mefir«« )ra<ltr>( hatc>t*rt*« c«imp:*t«iy W.m* IIsw
r.. 1'; !"•<• «'Sfte.| t.h s wsjr 1 .-i .Sm lo U l.«
Tkt BliM Hta - B*oS sf Facts" ttlU yeM bssr tl U a*t«lkl« Writs fae ymt free
c«ef istfs>.
LANCASTER MFG. CO.. '"'■,■/;"■"' 879 S. Janet Avf .. Uncarttr. Ps.
JERSEY BLA.CK GIANXS Of QUALITY
The ni.>»t rcmarkaMe fo\»l i.n earth Kenienil-er ..ur bir.l» are bred from liie very h-tt
malea at Madi«on .•^.juare Carlen ly.'l 'JJ 2 \ and J4 Yearlin<« and younj birds f..r sale
l'ir>-ul»r fr. ••
AUO. D ARNOLD
Box C
DILL8BURO. PA.
X A. IM C R E D ' S
300 to 330-EGG S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
Srv^ral ti<in<irr<l »r'r<f«-.t C.^korri* am] I'lllcts Kl>r\\ hsti-tM*.!. ami \njf TanrrvHl 'nv«>«i rtiHMesis
•J.A i>ulle(s a/v )>ar1ie<t \<y Tsnrrrd* IIII Mstlnc snd t»un Ui« 1 1 <><>0 00 nisle. aJdi a IIOO M Tanrr««J
trl<i %^ 04 ract) <>r |30 00 \»t <l..««i. Cketse krvediafl Ma*. »er« TaateH. |l M see* Ceeh kiv#a at
half prt««. (^rr^lar
iUfMrsjvsioE: farvi
SRRING VALI.F.Y, ll.l.irVOI<«
LIGHT BRAHMAS -They're Combg Back
My Circular TelU Why
Won more firsts at last Chicago Coliseum Show than any other ex-
hibitor. Eggs and ("hicks.
OSCAR GROW, 1533 Waterloo St., CEDAR FALLS, IOWA
BUFF RLYIVI OU X H ROCKS
I have hredl HufT IMvmouth Koeka ainre 1S04. Hrvnae Turkey* a* toad a* Uie baai.
Ko<-k Kcr* f 3 l>u to $10 oil |>«ir 13 Turkey V-ggm t& oo for ten ec(a
HAEBT H COLLIEB Bovta Vo. 1. Boi 867 SOUTH TAOOMA. WASH
Barred Plymouth Rocks
*'LADY BEAUTIFUL" STRAIN
Perhaps you wouhl prefer to purchase your next year's Breeding
Hirds now—from a standpoint of saving, it will pay you.
.\t the present time I have about 100 females, useil in this season's
matings, that will go at
$7.50, $10.00 and $15.00 each
The same quality, wintiTed over, will bring double the money.
In MALEIS, about 25 choice ones at
$10.00, $15.00, $20.00 and $25.00 each
Uemeinber, I h.ivi- both line.-* and my bird.n ha\e won at America's
(ireate.««t Show.^^.
C. N. MYERS.
Box E,
HANOVER. PENNA.
716
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
i^
i*«i^^-*^i*-
omciAi^ CLUB BrLLmw
American Buff
Wyandohe Club
I> D COLULAXIKR. Trrt
R C. ALWOOI). H^f J. H«n.-»»f. Vm
m^f^i^ ■■■■■■■■■■■■••■■■*»"
PRESIDENT'S 2JBTTEB
A word to tho Huff W}and'>tt« Fanriera:
Til* hiti* Huffa arc romiox fln«. th« UII
fair* wiU •oon b* on and then follows the
biff winlrr abow* — and what w« w»nt*d to
••r. U ff't tbo** Btiffa ■h»p«>d Qp flr»t for the
fall f»ir« M St the fall fair* ino»i fxraona ••«
ih* bird*. W« ron«id*r tb» fall fairs on« of
th» mo»t prartiral method* of adTrrlitiDC
ih« Buffa. atid* from tb« fart your winDinff*
tt>««k Tolum»« for th« mmt of your uU^rk.
Tha wJnt4»r ibow it the real drem parade for
ibe fanry birds and your Kaffs iihoald ba in
Una. I^ook forward to these shows, it is a
moat beneflrial way xn put the Buffs into
favor w»ih the poultry world The Buff
Wyandotte is be<-<»min» m'-re popular each
y»ar as a rommerrlal fowl, as ao effff prodarer
and a show bird: get your birds in line for a
share of the favors.
Another important fart, not to he under
estimated, is the etertion of offirera of the
American Buff Wyandotte Club You will
•non rereive your nomination ballots (if not
alr««dy) Lai us selert men or women who
will pash the rlub to the limit as murh of the
sureasa of any bre«d depends on the aaso-
riation offl'-era.
Our prasenl aerretarr. Ralph C Alwood.
started the year in a •piendid way an«1 wouM
ha«e be«n a hummer had it not been that his
work railed him from home, hanre he could
n^^t five it his attention and no blame should
be attached to Brother Alwood a* one's per
•onal business should rome flr«t. and Mr. Al-
wood tells me he will not consider takinc the
rlTira acain as he will not ba able to gix* it
hia attention, hence it will be very necesaary
In aeleel another li»-e wire for se<-retarr and
then ail pull for the Buff Wyandotta^ the
fowl of beauty, utility and pro6t.
Your* for the succesa of our rhoaen breed
— I) D Colglatier. Hutchinson. Kana
HOW TO IMPROVE QUALITY
Quite often a ht-n which is not so
irood an nhe should ho proves to ho a
Ifood hrcodor and produces chicks
much superi»»r to herself. When
chicks are noticeably bettor or worse
than their dams, it is well to notice
whether the sire used generally re-
produces his jrood points in his pro-
geny. If thi« is the case, the breeder
will see at once the advantajfe of
keepinfT such a sire and female as
lonif as they can be used. A male
bird of (food quality which is pre-
potent enough to impress himself on
all his profceny is valuable beyond
the ordinary bird and should be re-
tained for use as long as he possesses
this quality.
STUDY WITH AN OPEN MIND
Every poultry keeper who does not
regularly read, with an open mind.
on« or more of our best poultry
journals is missing murh that shctuld
be extremely valuable to him. He
nhould not only read them, with an
open mind, but, if he is a practical
poultry keeper of experence and
has got out of the oats-com-or-wheat
ehmentary kindergarten class, he
should at least contribute to the
questions and answers tlepartmonts
and help to raise them to a higher
standard. When those who answer
our questions are so brave we .should
not fear to expose our ignorance.
EXPERIMENT STATIONS
(Continued from par* 691)
l)out> f..r tlir entire ■..i.t.«t t" date thr<n;,jh July 30th »r. :
I. <• M.sll. Jr . Vaahon. \Va»h
WcUward Farm. K»<it Setauk«t. L I . N V
CirfU? ( \\ I Kami, liatf. Mill, <• ..
a. H. K«-rna. tiran I Kapid*. Mirh. .
Hollywood I'oul Farm. Hoi;yw<H>d \\a^.
C T Pari y. North Hranrh. N J
Amrlini: Karn-,*. K-lla. Mo. . .
Itar1ct«' Leghorn Karm. Svigar (Ir^v*-, I'm
Windy Hr<'« Karm*. N«'wt<>ti. N .1 .
L. \V Ht«'.lman. State Culle«e. r«
indi\ i<iuai» throu|(h .luly Il'ith ar«
H. CHaen. Weal wood. N J
W H H Kent raien..vi». N Y
Wimly I'.mw Karmt. Newton, N .'
I. r liisll. Jr VsaKon. W»»h
H<ili.\wood poultry Farm. Ilnllywood. \Va»h
I»r J S. Nief. Fl'eminKtnn. N J
Itftrliiw Leghorn Farm. Sugar Grove. I'a
W C F.rliard Tsw I'sw, Mirh
It. I.afferin. Kn«l*'w o<»«l. N. J
C. T I»arl.y. North Branch. N. .T
The standings of the various brea<is of the contest to dati> are ai> follows:
Mrce.1 Ter CVnl
Hinift*- Conb White Leghorn* 47.r»
Marred riyrooulh Ko. lis 4.14
White Plymouth R'tJi* »«1
White Wyandoltes 39.1
Mottled II' udans 37 1
Khode Inland Red' tS 9
lllark Leghorn* ^^ ^
The following taMe show* the amount <tf ma»h and grsin ron«un;ed per
month of July with feed ro«| per l.ird and nua>l>er of egg» for the month
No
2'.-'
N4
1.SA4
21
The
ten higl.e»t
Pen
lireed
47
W I.e«
43
W Leg
.'.fi
\V. Leg.
39
W . I^g
4M
W I^g.
f,l
W. I^g.
4 J
^^ i>eg
44
W l^g
.M
W l^g.
94
\V. Lee
The
ten highest
Men
lireed
6.^ 1
\v i^r
4 r.
It p. K.
M 7
W. Leg
47 4
W Leg
4H 17
W Leg
S« 15
W. Leg
44 2
\V. Leg.
64 3
W. Lec
7 17
n r H.
63 9
W Leg.
Prod
3431
3252
3244
3 .445
3o:s
3<^22
3fOl
301J
29T1
29S0
PrtKl
214
212
2.>.
2<.:
2" 5
2CU
2^-1
201
199
19*
of Hirda
It reed
Marred Plymouth Korks
White Wyandotles
Rhode I»lan.| lUU
I/eghorn«
Houdana
bird
r.i.t
for t>i*
Tba Michigan International Eff lAjing
Oontaat
July 30th. the Mirhigan birds finished
weekly rerord with a ttrodurtion of
ftf. bringing the total up to 123.127
On
their
t 9'*3
eggs
Tl-e White I^ghomn lead the iirodurtion
with 64 '2'!f produrlion followed by the An
fonao with f>l '.f^', . Rhode Inland Reds '.% 7'"', .
Ml.rrllaneouii bre«.ds 4** 2'.. Ro.k« 44 3''r.
an<l White Wyan.bjttes with 42 6"r.
The White Leghorn pen of NV. C. Krkard
finished the week with S7 ej:g». f. llowed by:
K D r>ean. White I^eghorns
II A Kte»t<-r. White Lf«hori.-
.» Pa'er k Son. White Li-ghor-i'
t"h»a. Hefferan. White Leghorn*
Arnold Kirjt Ranrh White I,««gh«»'-!is
W A Waurhrk. White Leghorn*
W C. Kokard. White Legh.irnn
H-.Ilywood P«iultry Farm. White I.eirhorn*
LakevK-w Poultry Farm. White Leghortis
i^ 8. Thompson. White Leghorn*
Wilrot Co , White Leghorns . . .
Able Totem*. While I^etthorn* ...
Purita* Sor P Farm White Leghorns
(ieo M K«rn«. Whit*- Leghorn*
f. F Ilea-1ey, White Leghorn*
.1 1! ijerrling. Whilo Leghorn*
Uo\al Hatrhery White leghorns
r..".
.%4
.'.4
.'.3
,'.3
.'.2
r.i
51
fvn
50
50
.'.'I
52
The per r««nt production for the week end
ins '"If 30th of the Miehiran Tonle*! f.ir the
\arious breeds is as follows:
Per
Barred Rorks
Rhode T*land It«ds . .
Whitf Wxsndottes .
Mist r|lane<ias ...
.\ n ron a »
White Leghuri'
(irain lb* Ma«h lbs. Fe«»d
2 12 4 fiH H'l
.•11 3 95 1 T 1
2 12 4 13 ITfi
2 IH 4.3S 1«4
2 13 4 30 1^1
There *n>re »i\ty five pen*
• •refd* a« follow* :
l.« nhorn*
H-ds . . .
Wvandoltes
ItoVks
Other Rreeds
In total prf>du< tioTi for ihp
prodiKfd 54 egg* taking first
wjM'k and pen I .'• rlo*eIy followed
production of 52 egg* while pens 10
ti«>d for third pla< e with .M eggs
are all L«-ehorn* P.'n 2 7 is
Mo*hIer. of Hemp*lead. L. I .
Kgft
1.1 i
11 *
102
is:
12«
produ'-ing a
4S
*
3
11
4
we«>k.
plara
I>en :.
for tk*
with S
an. I 39
These peas
owned hr J'-hc
pen 1 5 by Kir
perff
1
rent
44 3
5'. 7
fl
2
9
2
4 IR
owr^i
42
4'<
57
«4
New York 8ta*e Egg Laring Conteit
Produrlion at the New York State K;rg
Laying Contest for the 39th week ending July
30t», totalled 3.75<t egg* Thi* la an inrrea»e
of 7'i egg* over tlie produrlion of the "t^th
*»eek, and bring* the total number of esrirs
lai>l to da'e to 121 37H. or an average of I'Jl
egg* per l.rd on the ba»i» of l."<i0 hens
Produrlion continues to be good, although
»' mf verv hi>t weather ha* been experienced.
^«»«enlly. likewi*e unu«ual dryness. The birds
are in rotxl |ihy»iral condition, and indica-
tion* T'Oint to rontinued good T'ro«liiction for
a number cf we«-k* to rome For the week.
the ejg* pT^wlured by breed* with pcrccntagea
are a* foll< w* ;
F;rg.
Leghoni. 2 47'.
R.-,l. . , 232
W\ani!o»«.-. ir.7
Rock* 7- 'J
.SO'", Ibv or t ■> »-gg» or
Other Breeds
P.-r cent
5H 7
44 2
52 2
7 J 5(1 6
better, grouped by
ISO 55 7
kup* poultry Farm. Msttiturk. L I . and
pen 1*' by (' A Seav.-r Sraithtown Mranrfc
I,. I. Pen 39 i« owned by IJeo M Fern*
tirand Hat»id*. Mirh There i* a n -t real >
inrrea»e in production for the pa*l week
among the American varieties, as will be »e»i
under the pro<lu'tion by breed*
There were twnty *it bird* with
*ror.-* the pa«t %*e.k. as follow*:
Let:horn*
Rod*
Wv.indoltes . .
Korks
other I'.reod* .
Ifi individual »tandiiig. the three leadmc
bird* rontinue to hold the same po.iti'>n a»
la*t week Bird lo in pen SI. Ho*e €<>«>>■
While Leghorn*, owned bv I'Ut' r Poultr?
Farm Wallkill. N Y. «aroe through with s
weeklr production of S eggs, running her
grand total to date to 20| eggs. HirJ
pen 45 Single T- mb White Leghorn
l»y Jules Francai*. We*thampton Mearh. L I
produced 7 egg» for the week, making a tou!
of 203 egtfs Mird 9 in pen 1*5. White Ply
month Uock*. owned by F.llen Day Rankaa
Huntington, which held the lead in the rot
le*l for a number of week*, has once aga!*-
gotten her stride of production and ca»'
through with a weekly *core of 7 eggs. bri«<
ing her total |o 2"1 eggs. Thi* gives u* th»
flr*t 2*to I'gg bir<l* that we hare had for tfc*
sea*on. all three of ihe-e birds going oter tk#
2O0 egg mark thi* week. The race afp'*''
to be nip and tuck between them for
lea<ler*hi|>. and there i* no indication
• lowing up bjr any of them, at this titne ••
nhown bv their i.roductiMn for the week.
Karlie'r in the contest we had on* narr*<i
Plym. uth Rock female which produced a fof
secutive run of 3rt days, bird three "> Pf?
93. owned by Mabel L. Nule. Monsey. N
.\nother Marred Plymouth Rock, bird
pen 92. owned by Jules Krancais,
ton Hearh. L I . has now taken
honor* in the c.>nte*l for high
production by laying every day
thf
of >
T
10 is
We»tha»r
the lead i»
ronsecuti"
since Ma'
31*1. giving a total of an egg produced f^
the pa-t «! consecutive dayn She prodnf««
7 egg* for the pa*t week a:id will be rlo»»iy
watched lo note how long »he will keep l«»
pace.
The ten high pens fur the week. *
weights of eggi are:
iU
September, H>24
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAG.AZINE
717
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C. W. L
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.Tohn Ho»hler. Hemp»tea>l. L. I. .
KirWup* P Farm. Mattitu-k. L I
»' A "neavir. Smithtown Mrar- 1. I
<i. M Ferris. i;r.tTid Rapid*. M !
K. A I>. Chicken Farm. Mt Sinai. L I
Homestead Farm. Little Mr. tain. N 11
WollwHr.i Kann. F. .»*etauket. LI
Paul H I.ofiiWer. We»t Haven, t'o'in
•I. F Francai*. Westhampton Meach, I. I
Lone Oak Poultry Farm. Mabylon. I, I
pens to date are a* follows:
J. F. Franoais. We.*lhampton Meach. I. I
C L. Fl.-^c.u*. <ilen*haw Pa
(ieorge M Ferri*. iJrand Kspidi*. Mi'
A. It Jsrott. Tom* River. N. J . .
IV I>. Zniniernia'i. Harri-lurg, Pa
Paul H Leniker. We^t Ha^en, Conn
Mar-.ha"«''» Farm. I'aUerton. L. I.
Meadow c.lkTo Farm. t'«<*larhur*t. L. I
We*t Ne. k Farm. Huntit.gton. L. I
K a I) Chicken Farm. Ml Sinai. I. I
Hollvwo.»d poultrv Farm. Holly»i>od, Wa.*l
Kgg*
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uHUlAL Uri.LF.TIN
Jerseij
Black Giant
Club
«' M Page Sec Irea*
Meiinar. New Jersey
f t. Me'oney Pre*'dent
M. L. Chapman. Vice Prea.
,.»>^uMUMUuamtmpRmsm^Sm
sm
mMUHM:»i»iiiii»»iH»>fUti»»Ai»mUU»»»»UU»»*t*tSnt»:
Mear Fellow Member*
bait
ny in»trticiiofis nre laid down in our by laws
snd I have to at a cor.hniily
For your bem-fit I am citing the na-n '
•*•• present offi' cm and •tate «.r di''tr
I r<wldent». while we would like a M- • .■
dm! in e\ery Stale I know that in some
Kute* we have a Ncry few in. mb. r* and in
rates like that you could aftilin'e with the
name the
some one
ti<-are*l Stale to you.
l>o not feel that >ou hi*.'- to
t're»enl holders, if you know of
'ho can belter Ail tl.o ofH.e
Fill out the nomination ballot promptly and
Tail to the election rommi**:oner AIcm* L.
< srk. R F I> Mr.lenlown. N J The
♦^ection ballot will !>e mailed October 1. 1924.
C. M PAOK. Secy Treas.
Preaent Ofhrera
President, l" I. ,M<-lor,ej. Mfttawnn. N.
J.
Vice pre*ident. M Ij Cl.ai>maD. Trent-n June-
' -n N J.: se,retary treasurer. C M. Page.
• !nar. N. J ; State atid hiatri' t Vice Pre*i-
••^*»: l»r Mi.hanan Murr. Varroouthi»ort.
Mass ; Kdward R Laue. Sleepy Kye. Minn :
Hr W. L. .Sci. field. Athen*. Mich.; Olin O.
K»an* Woo.|*to<k. Va : Mm. E M Thomas,
lieorgetown. Te\ ; A M Smedley. Moolhwyn.
I'a. (pre«enl address unknown^; J. T. Strip-
ing. Fdmund. okla ; H C Willing. Cleve-
land, O ; James Willit*. Jr . (i;«n Cove. L L.
X Y ; Arthur M Taylor. Sloatsburg. N. Y :
Ilarrr Colkitt, Mordoniown. N J.; Fred W.
•^I'aiding. Poultney. Vl ; Mr- 8. A. Ma*sett.
H<'tnewo<^>d. Kan : Mrs. CaHp.-r Mast. (J>iincv.
I! ; Joseph Falk. Wayrros*. («a : Dr R W
'! ^om*<in <iaine»ville, FU ; A P. Kuhlman.
Herman Mo.; J. F. Randall. Richmond High
land. W»ah : W. L. Caldwoll. Mirmingham.
Ala ; C r Hackstrand KiTer*ide. Calif : A
J Dauteriva, Breaux Bri.U'e. La : F. P Mie
fterwolf Monticello. I'll ; Carl R gers. Avi». a
»a : K M Roach, Hamill -n. Ont.. Canada;
<'apt Jolin A Fish My*fic. Conn.; R. M.
Handy. Rant tireenwih R I
Momlnatlon Ballot
wail lo KIcctuin Coinmi*si<»ner. Aleti* L
< 'ark. R F. D.. Mordentown. N J
f«r President
>*'»r Vice Pre»id.iif
F r Sec'y Tr. s- . .
For Stale Vice pr,-.
Sign.
JERSEY CLACK GIANT RECORDS
Dr Cbas C lluward. Bcltou. Tex.
R«'< or<i tii.fle )<> el.seii ,ler»ey Mla>-k (fiant
hen* and the wav thev wore feil and cinr«'<l
Till* articK- vi.i^ ... . ;, ..f;.r ha^in^ r. .»■!
lie in Kverybodys Poultry Ma.;ai(ne written
' e one in K>'n!ii<'k>. n'ul about the name
I am a strong l.eiv.-r in them ami
have h^td «oine wonderful re-ult* hr Iin»:
tiieiu. ai.d diem it nothing: more lliaii fmr to
the I. reed to tell the world when they perform
ab vo the average, and that i* ju<t what I
think my lieoH have done
I have a pen connimting of ele\en I. -mi*.
.w ih whi-h I u*e two cock", alternating e.iry
three da^H. with wonderful re*ult* »* to f . r
lllily Thrre eleven hen* laid the fi)||o««ing
number of ieg%: January. lOJI 2'.«T; Febru
ary 2«' I. and March. 2!»'J eg-^* .>r an average
of 2'> 1 3 each per month, and were goifi«
ju»t .> 11 .\pril when on the sivleenth
two hi- ni.r.- hrooiiy a'''d I ktofiped keeping the
ei^a< t recitrd of what they did iMiring tin*
time n y oih.r pen* were d-'Mii; about a« veil
but I regret tu »8y there wa* no rec«ird kept
»..ain*t theiii
I re. eiveil A letter from a ru*t' mer that I
had »>o]/| f»\e pullet* and one hm *hipt«iTit:
them 2oM mile* They arrived January 17.
It«24 and thi> r- ord re<eive<l » a* up to and
includinir Mv ' '-r 113 day* the h-f-* had
l>een 111 hi* \ar.J The re*uit wa» 57" egg*,
which i* the *aine a* one hen laying 57" egg*
!M •'■T'* day*. Figure thi* «>ut for your*elf
and see how the above record* compare v»ith
the bext you have seen «>f any oth T ''feed,
and I think you vvill ^ee why I le -|d«'d that
one breed wa* all one man ne«»«|ed (whr"i that
breed is the Jer*ey Mlack (iiani*) and will
al*o see why I sold a f|o. k of fam'>>is e;:g
laying l«» turn all of my time
and attention to these hig black huvki"-. To
dale I have never regr -tteil doing *i
.Seeing something o{ early laying pulle'*
II the July i**ue nf Kverybo<ly*, I will le|!
' one in my yard* Thi* loillet wa* hatcheil
February 1. 1924 and lanl her lir*t iw* tn
.June 27. or at the a^fe of 147 dav* «iiid i"
*till at i( go.id and strong, regariie** if th»
fa- t that I at once m'>ved her lo another vard
and rut I ff a'l ma^h feed except wheat br.vi.
iriving her alinont the ►ame a* free ran.'e
I dii| this hoping ohe would slop producing,
n« *he i* one of my bcMt and did not watil her
development checked, for I think too rarly
laying is bad for i.ullet* of the lar.fer hr"ed*.
and invariably check* the general deveb | •
men? of them. I prefer tny tiia it loilUls to
be^in laying at from «it and oie h^lf to
x-ven months of age
SELECT THE
Books
YOU
MAY
NEED
We list hrloNv what >vc
<<>n!«iclrr thr hrst Bookn on
Poultry Krrpinv;. Books that
wr ran rccomnirnd.
.All ihrsr Books arr krf>t
in slock by u?» and your or-
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ptiuitry Keeping
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Pupuln ry Puuiter*
iMitk* .tiiii iie«>se
1' ul rv Mree ting M Man vg« in-
The Call of the Hen
"♦til dsrd of pi rf.>. ii-'U
.\ Living From Fgg* a'ld poultry
JN»uiiry fef Kvhihiimn
I'uiulamental* in P»uitr> M(eed
i"ir
Hi.:h Fgg pr'wlurtioii
Profitable ^^lll^ng aid ^e
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Su-ce*«ful M«<k)ard poultry
Keeping . .
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Fverybody* Fe«-ding tiuide
F Imonds" A cunt Itixik
Hi*tory of the Anrona*
Wvaniloiie Standard and Mre< i
Mo«ik
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j^^jajmjRMjDEPARTg^
The Peach Tree Borer
Injurious to Pe/iclies, Plums, Nectarines aud Apricots.
Trees SLould Be Treated Ttls Montt.
The peach tree borer is one of the
most «erioU!i inject pests atUckinjc
trceii of all aifes in every peach jrrow-
infT section of the United SUt4?s. east
of the Rocky Mountains. It feeds on
the active tiwues of the trees just un-
der the bark, usually at the base of
the trunk, or on the main roota. It
causes seriouf injury, frequently kill-
inff trees that are otherwise healthy.
Tk« Bor«r*« Lif« History and Habits
Every peach tree borer passes
throufch four distinct sUges durinsr
iU life; the ere, the larva or borer.
the pupa, and the adult or parent
Both. The moths emenpe durinjr the
late sprinfc and summer months, usu-
ally startinif about June 15 and con-
tinuing until September 15, or even
later in the Southern States. These
moths are most active during the day,
•ometimes being misUken for wasps.
Each female moth Uyi an average of
400 eggs, while some lay over 800.
KITSELMAN FENCE
err IT f90»t THE
**S*v9d SSft.OS *' **TS
I*aVF.>t»hrr. N«-w I»rll»>
Irbem. Pa. Ymi« U^ ••«
aawo br baytnir direct at
Liowest Factory Pncea.
wa PKf TN* VaaioNT.
Writotoday for rT«« ia»^r«C«
OklAlac of tTm^ rovitrr mmI L^va
■ M4^r««4Wirtk
Om»m.
TwanQwawwtL
The Fruit
Grower's
Best Friend
is the
iiMEIUGAN
muiT
OROWBA
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W» wmMk^m M Um IMI wwtf la fraMlMl. «■•
mg^mn f>«a wvtna aM la wt la^PMal ti to •
■■■Mm to w%Am mmn gaaw af fr^
tlMaagk • ■iQI arrM«Haaii «ltk ito pal
•• a«a «naU«4 In i0m M to Oak wiui
orrsB MO. 1
rarai A H<Haa > 7' ) All IaP
To4ay'* Ho«M»lf» • mo. f All IVr
AMariran rmii ()r<iw«r ... 1 Jl i d AA
IvaryWodrt Pooltry Ifaf. 1 yr. ^ #*aVV
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W%Tm Jouraal 1 jt ) ail tg^m
PaepU'a fopalar llooihljr 1 jrr. ( 'Mi iUr
Aaiart<>aB rrait (irowar ... 1 Jt. i #f AA
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8««4 yoar raaitUaea ••
BTBBTBODT8 POITLTBT MAOAJUVB
Hanover, Penna.
The ejTjrs are dopo.^ited .singly, or in
.small jfroup.'i, on the trunk of the tr< e
usually near the base. Some ejrP" aro
also laid on the limbs and foliage, as
well as on weed.«» or gra.ss growint?
near the trees. In nine or ten days
the eggs hatch and the young worms
or larvae crawl to the base of the tree
and burrow into the bark, u.^ually en-
tering through a crack or wound.
The lar\'a is a yellowish, white worm
with a dark reddish head about one-
eighth of an inch long when first
hatched and one inch to an inch and
one-quarter long, when fully grown.
As soon as the young worm gains an
entrance to the soft bark, it starts
feeding and makes burrows just un-
der the bark Feeding is active dur-
ing the fall, spring and summer
months and almost at a sUndstill dur-
ing the winter. The borer may b"
detected by masses of gum conUin-
ing fine sawdust-like particles exud-
ing from the trunk of the tree near
the ground.
M«tko<!« of Control
It is no longer necessary to depend
upon the expensive and laborious
method of worming peach trees, not
less than three years old. in order to
control the borer. Recent investiga-
tions show that the easiest, cheapest
and most effective method is to treat
the trees with a chemical known as
paradichlorobenzene. This is a white
crystalline substance having a strong
ether-like odor, and similar in ap-
pearance to Epsom or Rochelle salts.
It vaporites slowly at ordinary tem-
peratures, the gas being harmle.^ to
man or beast under ordinary condi-
tions, but very poisonous to insects
exposed to it for any length of time.
Furthermore, it does not injure
peach, plum or nectarine trees when
properly applied in small amount*.
The vapor, which is heavier than air,
readily permeates the soil when
placed around the base of a tree.
M«tbodl of Application
First remove all grains or other
vegetation that may be growing
around the trunk of the tree, and
make a smooth, level space six to
twelve inches wide on which to place
n ring of paradichlorobenzene. If a
larpe amount of gum is present on
or near the trunk of the tree, remove
it with a hoe. dull knife or trowel.
Also be sure that the surface of the
cleared space around the tree is just
above the highest borer in the trunk,
' as indicated by the masses of gum
. mixed with fine .sawdust. Since the
I paradichlorobenzene pas is heavier
! than air, it is essential that the ma-
terial be placed above the borers to
insure effective results. After the
ground around the tree has been
properly prepared, measure out the
proper amount of material for a tree
in a graduated container, or in one
that hold.s the desired amount when
level full. A small pill box, bottle or
capsule of some kind is convenient
for this purpose. Di.stribute the cry*,
tals evenly in a continuous narrow
ring about two inches from the tree.
Care should be exerci.««ed to prevent
the material from coming in actual
contact with the bark of the tree,
since it is likely to cause serious in-
jury under such conditions. After
the material is properly distributed,
cover it with soil free from weeds,
stones, sticks or other refuse mater-
ial. Now pack the soil down firmly
with the back of a shovel or hoe, so
that the compacted mound covers the
paradichlorobenzene to a depth of
from three to six inches.
Amount of Material
One-half to one ounce per tree
will be effective under average con-
ditions, the exact amount depending
upon the age of the tree, the tem-
perature of the soil and the time of
year applied. Generally speaking,
trees three to five years old should
^rees
SJulbs
and
9lant8
William A. Bartholomew
ALLENTOWN. PA.
:i'J \>%s.r book mailed Yt*>* ob how
lo buy. plant an<l rai>« Shrubbery.
Tree* and Flower*.
gtpteirber, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAG.AZINE
719
receive the minimum dose, while
oWer trees should have the maximum,
furthermore, weak trees should re-
ceive a lighter application than
strong, vigorous tree.s of the same
Tine of Application
The most effective control of peach
borers with paradichlorobenzene is
obtained from treatments made in
the early fall after all of the eggs
Jitve hatched. Under climatic condi-
tions, similar to those exi.«?ting in New
Jersey, the best time is between Sep-
tember 10 and October 10. Spring
treatments during May or June are
only partially effective, owing to the
fact that the eggs are not all hatched
at that time. Karly spring treat-
ments, on the other hand, are not
satisfactory becau.«e the relatively
low soil temperature at that time re-
tards the formation of gas. the killing '
agent
Age of Trees
Paradichlorobenzene is not recom-
mended for trees less than throe
years old. Small amount.s have been
used succo.^.^fully on one and two
year trees, but the danger of injury
is greater than it is with the older
tree. If trees le.<?s than three years
old are treated, not over one quarter
of an ounce of material should be
used, and the mound .should be pulled
away from the trunk in ten days or
two weeks. It is not advisable to I
treat very old trees with paradi-
chlorobenzene, if they have already ,
been seriously weakened by borers or
disease. Under such conditions the
worms should be removed with a
knife during May or October.
^ Beginners Department ^
Oondacted by Prof. Harry B. lArm\», AMOclata Editor
t'^*- •• »>■»■■
A SIMPLE BUT EFFICIENT POULTRY HOUSE
"In tho iprinc • yonnc man'i fftorj,
Liclitiy mrni to Ihoufhu of Iot*."
— Tennyton
go %» r»rh ■•••on brinft iti owo thoufhU
sad Mpirstions. S«i.triab«r brines to tho
Binds of t»*ry poultry k*»p*r. thoucbts of
hvm bs rnn b«*t noo»r bin bird* T<> the b**-
finn^ til* problem of housmc tbe birds
•ilrtontly is the most importsnt problem
wkich h« bns to f»re ri«ht now. The puUets.
if yon hnvo been fortunnte lo rrow some on
r«nff« this •ummer. nre nppronchin* mnturit/
Wiihjn n montb or si« weeks they will h»v«
to be pat in their permsnent winter qu»rter«.
Wknt step* hsve y«»a tnken to providr them
wiUi na sffective poultry shellert Are you
yonrself nrquninted with the principles which
sa e«cient jtooltry house shauld provide!
If not. %cX nt onc«. for deln^ may causa im
ttroper kouaing conditions with its attendant
loss of |>rodurtion. sirkne«« and di»ease
Birds well housed have rone a |on« way
toward profit and pleanore to their owner.
TIm Fitndplot to Consldor
Any )>oultry houve. rricardlens of its site
or doMicn must provide certain fundamental
conditions. In this connection it may be said
thst there i* probably no one best hnu<e for
all locations, for all breeds «r for all pur
poses, but regardless of the a<-tual design of
the hooao. it must provide certain environ
m«*nial conditions. Thete are drat of all. the
poultry house muat i>e well ventiiated I>>ts
of fresh air must c<<roe into the house The
impure air which ia breathed off by the birds
which is moisture laden and damp. m>iat be
carried out of the house quickly and replaced
with dry. pure air from out«ide. This ia a
most important thmc to con«iiler in deaigninf
your house, for improper ventilation mcsna
.olds, damp litter, diaeaae. pm>r growth and
l>oor i>roduction This proper ventilation la
usaally accomplished by having the front v(
the house largrly open, makinr the hou»e sa
It were tight on the back and both enda. thu*
preventing drafts sweeping acroas the floor
Prof. Lewta on one of hli poUet ranges, ihowlng the type of smaU flock hoas*
vblch ho belleres U boat for the bofUiaor.
Xhe 1923
Standard
of
Perfection
CLOTH BOUND
LEATHER BOUND
Postpaid
Your order will be filled day
received at this office.
Thi.t Standard stands as the
official guide by which all
Standard varieties will be
judged from 1923 to 1931.
You cannot for far towards
succesa in breeding to Standnpl
unless you have this up-to-the-
minute official guide for breed-
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Haaovar. Pann^.
>r |»er«h«'». l»iM by ha^iriir the front largoly
open. ih«» r«tn»lant eirhance "f air wh.rh ia
ri(wr«««ry lan bp a<'<'om(iliahed.
Tb<» •<>r«>nd |>rinrii)l«» la the need for dry-
nra* in lh«> poultry noum* The houae itaelf
• V< 'I'.l be put on a hich. woll drained rie>re
./ ,:..|. Tbi* fl iir «>f thf honae ikhuuld be
pifht t>r tm inrho» above the oQt«ide ur'und
level. The fl'-or ^huultl be ronatructed of a
material v>hiih la moiature proof. C«'nrr{»te
«>r board floora are auperior to dirt fl«>ora.
If a<lo<|uate vi>ntilati<>n i« provided, the dan-
i;« r of tnojuture beini; present from <<>ndenfca-
tion within the hoUfte will be eliminated.
The ihird prinriple whjrh muat not be over
ItKiked ia the desirability of an abiindanre of
•ktinlight. Sunlijrht ia the beat renn deftr<>yer
knoMn It IK the bent t'lnir to animala and
human* alike If the front of the houae la
largely open, the ounlicht ran enter and aweep
■ ver the rnt:re fl<M>r area during the day,
killinc the di«eafte ^erma whi'h are lurkinr
there, purifying and cleanaing the hooa«. and
a<ttni; a» a loni*- to the btrdit themtelvea.
Kape^-ially i« thia true in the hhort winter
da.> « \»h«>n every bit of wartnth we ran g«'t
into the hou»e la an added advantage
A fourth principle ih the importance nf
liavirig the h<>uae of aiifHrient aite to handle
the bir<la properly or eiprwiaed another way.
of not putting too many birda in a Kiven
h'Ufie. \Vilh a heavy breed auch aa the Tly
moiiih Ko k« \V}atidottea Mid Hhnde Inland
H<<1». It 10 aafi kt to allow at lenitt f)\e oijuare
*>et <f floor apa' e per bird With the li.:hter
Mediterranean breed* *Ti«"h a« th» Leghnma.
\n<una». et«" . from three to four aquare feet
< an •»•• allowed to ea'-h bird, with T««'rfert
•.if'ty Where bird* are kept mon- int«-n«i\e
than lhi». It brin^« an ad<i<Ml burden upon the
|o«iitr>nian to ki-ep the h<'u«>e e'ean and to
i'Hiig about the additional v<»ntilation which
the lar»:er !nrd« r«*«juire. We want to play
^afe with our hern*. r«perially whin we are
niakiMiT the atari. If we abu«e any «.f the«e
J ri- !n the Ixirinriing. failure %n,\ di«
api ' nt la b'Mind to follow If the poul
try huuae la built high enough tu make it con-
venient f««r you t<i do the work with it, a'lf
flcicnt cubicle ci»nt«nta will be l>re«ent. ao
there t» no neceaaity of working out any rule
for thi» diMien»ion Another prin- iple whirh
n\% apjiliea to the buildine <<f the |>oultry
<e |» tbftt they »hal| b«- < iiii\ eti uMit in
refrrenre to rarmc for the bird« Labor i»
The aerond big item in the manag<*ment "f the
rhirken*: fe«*d being the gr« «te-t Kvery-
thing you can do to aave strp* a'ld t" e-ut
doHii the n«-«e»«ary operation «if feeding,
watrrnir. «-«t1le. ting egga. «l«-aTiing dr' ]>pin;r
I oard» and the general nia"a;;em<'iit «>f thi-
bird* I* d'llara and centa aaved.
La*t!y, the poultry houae ohoiild b- luiit
of g«»o.| lumlxT well joit t 'gethcr. i>referably
dn-fked board* with a* few irB<k» anr| ere
\ii«'« a<^ po^»|ble. »o that th«' prol.li'm of keep-
ins down r<-d mitea and di^eaae will be aim-
pie ||ou«e* con«tru< ted in thiB manner, la
»praved thor 'Ughly ^prine and fall, and the
perrhe* atid ne»t» tr< attxl \»ith a wood pre-
serving I ily i>reparatinii. ran be kept a awe<'t.
rlea». habitable pla'e for the binla. but if
th»«v are built oTit of «.«ld» and enda with |oo»e
board* thr«Mighout. it becomea almoat im|*oa
kible to ,;i\e thetn a good I leaning anil diK
infe< ting. If you already have a houae built,
look it «iver with the»e principle* m mind and
► ee If any ihanife* can be ma<le to improve
the rondition If you are building a new
h- «i»e, pita-ibly you « iM be interedetl in the
following di*< u«»ion nf an ideal type of poul
ir, )<.i|»,. f,.r (),,. beginrii r
A Simple Uoaae for the Beginner
It la impoaaible in a abort article of thia
l..,.t t.. .t ►. um all «'f the vart>u* typea of
t " • \ ^ hole bf»ok could not begin to
.o».r ti.e-ii ail. but it ia aufTli lent %•> «learribe
ail efhrient yet aimple house f<>r a small flock
► o that you may ret in mmd 'he way the
above principle* are ap|ilie<i Then ahould
you de*ire to enlarge your plant, the aample
hoUfte here diaruaaed can be increased in
length aa well aa depth to accommodate
'arger fb.ika. a* one became more interented
>n and more largely envolved with the bird*
I'oultry hou»ea are uaually rlaaaed in two
t>pe» according to whether they are aingle
isolated pena or whether they an- long lay
ing hotiaes. All thinga considered, a aingle
or double t>*n h»u*e ia {irobably auperior to
the long faying h' u*e. especially in the«e
dava of intensive t»oullrv keeping, when yarda
YAUXKUfl breeding plant
exciusivrii) '<>i'^^|in*c On^ vc
HedviiUyingff I11I£ HULAS
HAROLD r. BARBER
DOVER . MASS.
26 Ro«k pena at Storra
Conteat; 8 White and IA
liarred Valecrofi pen
leada thetn all to July 2
(iffering coekerela.
A»k for Circular No. S.
i
and range* m frnnt of the long houaea are aM
to berume contaminated and infettcd w,tw
I araaitea of many kind* Poultry houaea tr«
a,;ain rlassified according to type of Tx>ni
conatruction ; the tw.» moat romni< n typea b«
ing the >.he<l r-of with one pit'-h to the b»-W
and the two third or broken span roof ^^^
the long pitrh to the ba< k and the ahort
pitch to the front. Thi* latter i* trol.ahr
superior for a univeraal houae which la to ).«
iiaed for all purposea It gives gooi h.^j
room, give* the birds i^ood protection agnrnt
• old. is efl^y to r. nstni.t and i» neat and at
tractive in appearance For aake of di»ru«
*ion. I atn going to take the opportunity to
describe a hoii*e ten feet wide and twelv*
feet deep. The houae can be built larj--
than thia if doaired, but it i>robably r««;.r,
senta about the *ixe nf house whi'-h the h»
ginner would want for from twelve to thirV»
hena in hi* own bai-kyard. or on the fans
where it 1* desired to keep a few hrn« for
family uae and have aome producta to »e|| t^
the side. Such a houae la beat built ,>robah!*
ao that it ran be u»ed for brooding ani rrar
ifig a* well a* for the laying flork. If hui t
iar^-er than thia t.n the ground tdan it wi!)
not be portable and will neres«i'ate iiorman
eiit foundation Such a h'>uae ahotild hare a
board floor, eapecially if it ia built i>nrtab>
and ia de*igned t" be moved about from pla*»
to place. .\ team of horaea will move a-irh %
building readily. The bai k wall of thi»
house should be built four and one ha'f f#«t
high and the front wall ai» and one half fi^
with the r'dre or |>eak of the hous* ei^ht f«et
hitfh Thia makea suffirieiit bead ru'-ni h
iiiaWe it convenient to work in the r 'om an<i
.>>u(Tirient head room to prov i<ie adequate Ten
tilation for the birda whi- b the h'>ua*> wilj
« onveiiiently h< oae. The ridge t.art or tha
iittrh j.art of the roof ahoubt be eij-ht f#<t
fr m the back wall, giving a four foot t>itrii
to the front and an eight foot pitrh to \h»
ba<k. The bark pitrh ia Ken-rally slig'.: t
-teeper than the front pit-h The ba k wa I
is aolid and preferably ruveriHi w.th paper er
sliingiea tu gel added warmth and pr«-(ettKit.
The ro(»f »h(r.iM be rovercd w-|*h r'x^flrf
ai>er m» it ia too flat in be abingli*<l aafelv
(oth end walla ahoulJ be aolid with the t\
.<;.tion ..f a d"or in the ea>t end. The door
viii'tild be about < tie f«»ot from the front wall
titid hin;re out If one wi he* it la a C'>od
plan to put a window in the weat end ovpn
site the do«tr, 'ingle aa»h being sufli(-i«>nt
Ttiia window ran be hinged at the top a- '
left up or it <-an »!ide along the outside of th»
building. The construction of the fr'-nt wall
IS our important feature Tlie be«t plar •
to ha>e the front of the hou-e entirely o' r-
three and one half feet ai-ove the rrou-vl
Thi* cat! be divided into three erpial «»ten
ings. a abutter ventilator or mualin rurtain in
the center one and gla*s «a»h on the tw.> out
• ide ones; the »ash hincinj at the top and
opening up or out Thia mean* when th*
»hutter or muslin rurtatn is up a' d the el«»»
■vsh hin^'^d •ii> or *iut. that the birda ;:et lOta
of fresh afr Tliey are jirartK ally ju»t the
same a* out of d'>or*. Hu: in the case nf
••torms of severe weather, the windows ran he
lartially rlos««<| .r the » urtain dropp^
Then in order to admit floor ventilation and
t* get siinlicht on the floor, it is a c 'xl p'an
to tiinge a long single aash just under tha
muslin rurtaiti. Tbia ahould be hinc-d at the
top and open out Thia m»*thod of hinging
the windows make* it i»o»»ible to keep tha
hoiise dry even in stormy weather, f' r whrn
the windows hinge out. they make sort "f
an awning <r t>rotertion
In the building of tbia house, a f'ur h'
four aill i* large eno-.igh with two liy four fl«>»»r
raftera. two by three •tuddinu' and two hj
three ro<ifinc rafters. The front wall ran ^•#
rovered With maf<-he«| boar<l« and |iai*ited. •«<
• an the end walla, or can be rovered w;'h
paper or shingle* to improve the nppearan*
«if the house atid to make it warmer Thi»
small individual unit houae ran !>•• 1 led ff
nt.iHit twefifv five of the Ameriran breeds, or
for about thirtv <if the Me<iiterranean breed'
that i* adult laying bird*, or it ran be i\**\
for a brooder stove u'lder which three fir f<'i'r
hundre.l rhiek* ran be placed in ihe utinr.
and after they have grown up no that thev
d^' not n«'«*«l heat the atove can be remov.*d
and the houae uai^l a* a aummer growinr
unit ft»r the pullets . the eo<kerels being a"!<l
a* broiler* when they reaf-h broiler age. It
makea a (Ine house f»»r a backyard flo<-k. »ni
makca a fine houae for the apecial farm
floek. It ia an ideal buildine for the be?ir>
ner to use to keep a amall number of bird»
efficiently at small est There ar« o'hrf
types of h"usea that will po«sibly giv- jii*t »•
-atisfaetory reaulta. hut thi* hou«e haa l«rrn
tried and found eflficient and it fulflll* th»
l.rinriplea which the begnner mu*t learn he
fore he can aucceed with hia hena
rer>everan''e and persistency are great »ir
tues Men whn p"«««*«a them ar«» aure to he
admired for t»'ey are qualitiea wnrthr of aa^
deaenring of admiration.
September, 1924
EVER^'BOD^ S POULTRY MAGAZINE
721
SHOWS AND
ASSOCIATIONS
ALABAMA
pec 1 fy 19J4- -Hirmiv.t:ham. Ala.. Inter
<iale Show. ItirnnnK'ham M. U &k>ubn.
o^-y 302 .Mh Ave . Tratt City. Ala.
I>X^. 10 12. r.*24 — North Alabama Show.
|Iunt*ville Joe H Hill, Ser'y. Ifuntaville.
*'* CAUFORNIA
Oct. 14 1*. 1^2 1- lyo* Angel, s County Fair
poultry Show. I'omona lie.* W. C bh, Sec'y.
Pomona. Calif
CANADA
Not in 2«. l!>-'4 K.'val Winter Fair. To
ronto A r Westervelt. Mgr.. Y-rk HMg .
Toroato Canada Fntries ,|..»e November 1
CONNECTICUT
No». 2.'» 27. ll»-4 — .Sharon I'oultry Aaaocia
tioa. Sharon. Al Jenkine. Sec'y. Sharon.
Conn
CUBA
February. 192.'» (laat week) Cuban Inter
national. Havana Theo. Hewe*. Supt.. 25
W Wa*hiogton St . Indianapuiia. Ind
riiOEIDA
Not. 20 29. iyj4— Jackannville Poultry
Show. Jackaontrille. W. C. Smith, Sec'y. Ito\
4J5 Ja< ksunv ille. Fla
OEOROIA
Oct 13 IH. I<JJ4— Chattahoochee Valley
pottltnr Show. Columhua. Owen Reich. Sec'y.
Columbua. Ga.
ILLINOIS
Sept 13 20. 1U24 — lUinoia State Fair.
Springfield A I> Smith. Sei'y. Quinry. III.
Not. 24 29. 1924 — Jersey C.untjr Poultry
gkow. Jomeyville. Leo H. Hall, Sec'y. Jer
a«7Tille. III.
Nov 26 3ft. 1CJJ4 Quincy Show. Quincy
A D. Smith. Se. y. guinry. III.
Uac 9 14. I'.<24 — Coliaeum Show. Chirago
Theo. Hewea. Ser'jr. 2i W Waahington St .
Indiaoapolia. Ind. Flntrie* cloae November 29.
Dec. 29. 1924 .Ian A. 192.S — Fulton County
poaltry Itreejler*' As«o< lation. Canton. C L
Haith. 8ery. Canton. III.
Dec 29 1924 .Jan :t. 102.'> — Fulton County
Poultry Show. Canton C L. Smith. Sec'y.
Kl No. Ninth Ave. Canton. Ill
Jaa. i:» 19. 1925- National Poultry Show.
Chicago Clarence J. Itehn. Sec'y. H4tiH S
tireen St , Chw«go. Ill
INDIANA
flept I 5. 191' 4 iiuliaia State Fair. In
dianaiKtlia Win. Jone*. Sec'y. Indiana Stat«
Hoard Agriculture. Stat«- Houae. Indianapolt*
Ind.
I»er 2'.», l'.»'J4 .Ian. 3. I'.J'J.'i- Northeastern
Indiana poultry Association. KendalUille
H. F. Muesing, Sec'y, Kei.drtlh ille. In.l
Jan. 3 7. |y2.'> Totnlinaon Hall Show. In
dianapolis Theo Hcwes. Supt.. 25 W Wash
ington St . Indianapolia. Ind.
Jan 27 :»1 I'.U'. -Tipb-n County P ultry
Aaaociation Show. Tipton. Hurl Thatcher.
Sec'y. Windfall. Ind
IOWA
Dec 2 5. 1924 — Klo>d C-unty poultry
Show. Charlea City. Frank Hrandan, Ser'y.
Charles fity. Ia
De. \*\ Wr 1924- A.lair County !*• ultry
AasiM- lalion. (ireenflebl.
(•reenfleld. Ia
1924 — Cedar Valley I'oultry
A J. Saakoake. Sec'y. Oaage.
J. K I.isrher, Ser'y.
XAXE EAIR OE XEXA
POULTRY SHOW
DalUa. October 11-20. 1924
TEN BIG. VALUABLE DAYS FOR POULTRYMEN
Kor Preinium Li.st ami Particulars, udilroii.H
W. H. Stratlon, Secretary. D«IU«. or
Walter Burton, Superintendent. Arlington, Texaa
PREiillLS WON AT D4LL\.S THF vH TH S LRKVTLST SHOW HJA** U„AILS Of fHWIT
Dec 17 .1
Show, Oaage
la
KANSAS
Der 1 »•,. itui in .Ntate poultry * P't
Stork Show. Par* ns. Mr- l" H Rtibin^on.
Sec'y. Paraona. Kana.
Dec I «,. |;»J4- Sunflower State poultry
Show. F' rt Srott Salome (!o<ik. Sec'y. 2 I I *j
K. Firat St . Fort Srott. Kana.
Der. 1.1 '.'11. 1«»J4 Kansaa State Show A
Arkanaaa Valley Poultry h Pet Sto. k Show.
Hutrhinson Thoniaa Owen. Ser'y. T«ipeka.
Kan.
Jan I 5.
Coneor<|ia
dia, Kans
2 fl
192.'.— M 1.1 West Poultry Show.
(Je..rge H. Cook. Sec'y. Conror
MARYLAND
I'.rjt Halliinore
Show. Haiti
:: I 1 1 Frank
Dec
more. H. S Thompaon. Se
lio bidg , Haltimore. Md
MASSACHUSETTS
Sept. 30 Oct 4. 1924- -Mrorkton Fair.
Itrofkton F. W. Roger*. Se^'y, Montcllo.
Maai. Kutriea cloae September 15.
MISSOURI
Jan. 4 9. 1925 — Heart • f Amerira. Conven
tion Hall. Kanaaa City Theo. Hewea. Supt ,
25 W Waahington Ht IndianaT»oll*. Ind
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nov. IK 20. l'J\i* Nashua Poultry Sh^w.
Naahua (ieorge A. Chapman. Sec'y. 51 Am
ikerat St.. Naahua. N H
U-KNO-US
••Tlie Jhiliow ol Op|>ort%inHy
Trenton Fair Scpi. 29. 30. oci. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1924
POULTRY— PIGEONS—RABBITS -CAVIES
A Real Fanriera' Kihihit
Entries Cloae September 13tb
('ompelent Judgea
Prrmium List ready August lat
HARVEY E. ROGERS. Supt.. 1812 NottinfKanti Way. TRENTON. N. J.
HEY GANG! HERE YOU ARE!
If you wan^ real exhibition 8 C Anconaa. real "Honeai to cioah" Show Hirda. the kind
that will knock 'em 'Cuck.H) " at the fall and winter ahow*. then write and tell me what jrou
want. And remember, if you don't think they're worth what you (taid for thrm. tend th«B
bark and I will refund the money.
LYLE K. LEWIS
R. F. D. No. 4
LAKE CRYSTAL. MINN.
Btl!i\r ROCKS
Alao a few Choice llalea
L. W. BAILEY
A ' hoire |o| of Itreedmg an<l Kihil-ition Femalea to
be diapoaed of at f.l <••>. •.'>•>«) and $7 50 each, worth
tnur tiniea the«e prirea but muat be aold NOW.
Both Light and Dark.
R. F. D No. 2 EDEN. NEW TOBJl
Swat the dronGS,but-
Don't Kill
the Laying
Get This ''Wonder
Book'' and know which hens
to swat and which to keep.
THE HOGANQUISENBERRY
^ METHOD is fiHlv explained jn
this new book.*'Tli« 6«ll ol tht He>
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it thowt you
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—Now To CmII Oiit loa-Prodoctrt
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Thousands of poultrymen
have doubled pn>flta in a alnglo
fearthrouirh theHCKiAN gUIS-
INHKRKY METHOD. Why pay
for feed fur the hen that a< Mum laya?
Learn how to cull the rooater aa well aa
the hen I>>n't keep • lot of loaf era ai
tKwrdera. Tnia book, worth hundradaof
dull are to you. ronta only
$
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Um IUM»y F. H-fM^*. Huul 1812 Noltin«
liAM W«f, Tr»oton. S J. Kntriei rIo«» S«>j.
tcoibor 13
raw TOEK
8«pl S IS. 1»24 N>w York 8ut« K«ir.
Hfr(i*-u»i« J I»»n Ark«»rni»n. Jr . S«c'jr.
»Tr%tu»*. N Y. KniriM rlcmr Auru«t IK.
4. 1924 — Mine«l« Toultry
lA*n V»n dc Watrr. Jr..
L- I.. K. Y F.n«n«» clo»«
8«pl. 30 Oft
Hliaw. Min«x>l»
8«p timber 13.
KoT 26 29.
Club. rMkckill.
8. |»««ktklll. N
Jaa. 19 24.
PooUrjr Show
1924 — Onrllsndt F«nrirr«'
K N. Jewtll. 8^*7. R F l>
Y
1925 -<'h«ut«uqu« County
. , Janifttown C O. I/ourk*.
8«c'r. S« |iro»dhr«d Ave . J«in«'»town. N Y*
XOBTH CAROUNA
Ko». II 14. 1924— \Vr»torn ("•rolin* I'onl
irj Show. Ath«>ville. (>. r. Trii>i.l«w»»n, S^r'y,
C»B4l«r. N C
D«c. 16 19. 1924 — Union Tountr PoultfT
8how. Monro* J II liorkl«r. 8«r'y. Rt. «.
Monro*. N. C
OHIO
Dm- 1 «. 1924 Akrtin Poultry Show. Ak
ron W II Moore. Il#c'y. rniontown, <).
JaS. ft-lO. I92&- ClcvfUnd Poultry Hhnw.
Cleveland. C. A. Henrirk»on. .Srr'y. Htfl'.
firoadwfty. Clovvland. t>
PCVV8YLVANIA
%mpt 0 11. U>1'4 Krfti.khn County Fair.
It. Urutincer. 8«c']r.
Ort. 2.1 2.%. 1924 -Srcond Statr Standard
Production I'uuitry Show. St«t« Collpfe L^oc
Todd. 8«'c'y. State ('..llrje. !»•
Jan. 5 10. I?*2.'>— Warrrn Tounty Poultry A
Pel Stock Show Warron .\l.vle» A Kirhy.
Sec'y. 130H IIar<linj; A%«' . .lam^-Mown. N Y.
Jan 5 10. 192:. -<ra»forl County poultry
Show. Meadville. Kdward Fry. S««<y. H. I>.
3. Meidville. Pa
Jan. 13 19. 1925— I^».an<>n C'>unty I'oul
try Show. Lebanon K K. Worretter. Soc'y.
Lebanon. Pa
SOUTH CAROUNA
Oct. 20 2.S, 1921- .S.uth Carolina State
Fair. Columbia. I>. F. Kfird. Ser'y. Colum
Cbamberaburc O
CkatnberaburK. Pa
8e|>l 23 36. 1{<24
Hanover Fair Poultry
8kow. Hanover. Jaa. T. Iluaton. M(r.. Han
•v«r. Pa
11124 (treat Allentown Fair.
Theo Wittman. Suj-t JAgT..
Sept. 23 26
AlUnUtwn W
Allvatown. Pa
Oct Nil. 1924 — Kphrata Farni<ra' I>ay
Poultry and Hantam Show. F.phraia lluch
K Ki»«-mann S^'y K.|hra(a. Pa
hia. S. C.
Oct. 2«11. 1924 Spartan!. urc I
I^how. .**rartanbur* J. J. Hurn«tt Jr .
Spartaiiburf. S C.
'oultry
Scry.
Sept
Na^hvl
Tenn.
TENNESSEE
. 15 22. iy;.4 IinniHuee
lie. J \V. KuKKWum. Sec
State
y. N.^
Fair.
h%ille.
CM.
Dallas.
1 1 20.
W H
TEXAS
19J4 -State Fair of
Stratton. Secy. Dalla«
Teia%.
. let
WA8UIN0T0N
Sept. 29 Oct. 5. 1924 Uef^Lrn Wa.hia*
ton Fair. Puyalln;' ^
WISCONSIN
Dec 2 6. 1924— Hvloit Poultry A...K-iatM».
Heloil. F H W.jkie. S«c'y. Meloit \V|| "
Der. 27 .to. 1924 — Eautern WMron.,n Po.!
try A Pet Stork Show, PU mouth Mr, v?ii,
Swart. Sec y. Plymouth. \v»«.
.S' = -v 22 25. 1924 Southwf».t Coliseum
I'oultry .Show. Fort Worth N H Spearman.
Ser-y. p O llo« If.Ol. Fort Worth. Tei
Not. 25 3<i. 1921- Premier Poultry Show.
Dallaa. W. W Brady. Secy. AIN-n. TeK.
Jan. 7 10. 1925 We.t T«»a» Poultry
ltre«'di'ri»' Aaaoriation. .\bilellr R L. Y'ounif.
\>>»'n Sec'y, Abilene. Tei
VIRGINIA
O.t n 11. 1924— Virrii.ia State Fair. Rich
mond C T. Riddi' k. Director Poultry Dept .
P () Mo« 25M. Rirhmond. Va Kntriea cloae
SiM'tember 25.
No*. 15 17. 1924— Harriionburir I'oultry
Show. HarriMontiurc. Cha«. W Wampler.
Sec'y. IlarrmonburK. Va.
Jan 12 17. 1925 Vircinia State Poultry
Show. Hirhmond J A Ilallihan. Secy.
2'.*\* v. Hr..a<l St. Fii- hm..n.| Va
^^TT^dAN•S ADDRESS NOW
ALLENTOWN. Pa.
W Then Wittman. Sup't Mrr. of tk«
(Jreat Anento\»n Fair Poultry Sh.-w. writ«a
u» flat for the entire m<>nth of Septombar
hm a.|<lre»» mill t,,. .\llentown. Pa., and that
he <«n be found daily from H \, Jl ^^ j
P M in hi» ofTir«.» on the Fair tiroQo4«.
\« heri- ma I. w ir** ai^l telephone will reack
liim promptly A» alwayn. there will b« »«
••\eiiing offiro h<'ur« and no nicht work, for
a* kup«Tintend»'!,t he ban alwayn contended
that with a proper ayntem and rnana(eiBf«|
»ame wa* not nere»«ary. contrary rniirely u
♦ he belief and practice of mo»t poultry show
•ecretarien.
• • •
ANNUAL MEET OF INTERNATIONAL
PARTRIDGE PLYMOUTH ROCK CLUl
The next annual club meet of the Inter
national Partrxire Plymouth Ko. k Club vil|
br held in ronnertion with the Cleveland O
.'•how. January .'. 1m. 1925. The club u ^m-
niff prartirally f .»<>o no in apecial priiet )■
addition Ut tho»e offered by the aa«oriatioB
I««t year"» rlub »how. which waa held at tha
Chi< a»co Colineum. wan the larireiit and by far
the be»t rwr held The laitt »how had eickt
c»»n exhibitor* roniinff from ten iitate*. Tkia
► how treated aiich interest in Partridfa IMy
mouth Kork* that thm aeaaon'a ahow kaa
rvery ap|'*>aran' e of doubling in every way
Cleveland n<'w ha« the beat »how room in tk«
rounfry and it i« the duty of every rlub mea-
\>fr i" mako ari •-\hibit to nwell tKe rla*>««
You Can Earn This Cup Free
AlleDtloB Show Managers
Iha aiawa pare" faiMHor. nin« lUaaa out of tan. prvfevt l*rlw CNipt a«
lefM «^ awaeita a« altmd at P.^jltrf flbtrw* wt*««« ii U hi* or hi* Inteoi to
i»i»4l llwtr >i*i»iri4we araarNt'i winner* of <inur«e iak!n4t Into c«ir.*iite«atu«i
a<i«1 »>i.M|i||r
III* rupa offrreti wt>ether "rrar
in tatti* or paatabta ctteap
Everybodys' Prize Lovlna Cup
a'r il«- tirrfrrti.,11 of a Maulwn l.an«i alirerwrnth nipt that ••• d.wiM rtm
rtxiW tnirrftaae for k>M l».an l?« or |:% anjwhrre •-•t»«-ial!y il<>«lrnr.| and
mafiiira.t'irrfl for u* In larfa qwantitj !<>'• a« t«>aulirul a* nne material r#«(
of wurfcm anal lip ai><1 art ran runibuie Tli»'j wiat l« a cTe.l.t l4> Krary I v«tr«.
Yuu will a<rT« they ara.
114 Show Secretaries Earned 209 Cups In 1923
th.a uf tlirra r»nir<l 11. axMther 9, ai)otJ.»r C a/><l tn.ljr 42 aniail a»«Kla
iui«>« tlial 'llil n«.i ram mora tlian oo» nip aoil r»ery one of the 114 a«M>-
«1atio»i* have wrilieti u* of their delKht of our oJTer an<l tlie eaw with •hirlj
they earned Ute cupa.
Here Is How Yon Earn One or More
I'all jnuT memlTr* tocelher and r«i:!ect one dollar frora racti "nil* .I.. liar
para for T^"0 full r*ara' %ul«eripit<Hi In Kverrtudjr* IViwItry Ma«a>ir><> iha
Bi<«e»t dollar's worth of auund tuMj'iry rea<1lrtc )o«i aMild c»er Imy a^k aoj
».j|..--T 1^ ttrnd u« J5 •uh«mp(i.ini at tl W rttx arul w* «nM aand T"V
all n.arrea paitl this B<-auUful Trop'jy for rour atiow . arod ut 50 •utwenp-
t •rtii an.) IM and two c-upa ara youra Tha offer I* limlird In no «ar -
far nrrr> 25 Mikacr*tlaa« a C«» U tanM^ ky ya«r AaaaclatlM.
lead Wkal TWse SImw SeerrUrics Say of Evrryk«4>s' PHm Capi
K»Tf)t.«f), I'u,. try Ma«a*inr. Hp-ftaoUirf, H i' . June • li'l
llaiiuTer, Pa
«ir.,il«rD«i —A .errrtarT of a Dotitfrr ahow It atwara looklnf o.it for rra-
mMim* for hu »lww. It i* a fart tJ^i premiuro* make a alwiW and iha
i«-.t preinluaa and mo*t la*tu.f are njpa Kve'Tt.Mtr »aiiU U. win a nip
and U»« mora aip* offeriNl ih« iarv*>r the aniry Wnle I wa* c«-itii,( „p my
p f^lum ll.l. I rrrriTr.! ikrnufh ll.» maU an offer «( a nip frr* from Kfa^y
hiMtja Pw.ltry Maaarlne for only 25 •u»»crlimo.>a I needed one m-re cup
K- nil out wtat I wmiilr<1 u> offer at the ck>mtng •liow. au I a^ld Uiat I w-nild
»J»e It a chance and aee If I amid »el it Well. It wa« ea.y for I wa*
neter turned down hy a itngla pcraon. ail I l>ad to dj wa« to aer th.>«e infer-
r«in« In ttuwltrr and tbay immeillaiely fare mr llieir •u».*<T'ptl.»n I tent
In the roofirjr and watl««t to ae* Uie njp In a »e^ %»H>rt tima Oie nip ar-
ri»e.| and lo (Hit li nUdty. It It a t*auly and all (hat the .tonort ta» aU>ut
It It true I ha^l pf(«d aoroe nii» )u«t a day or two »«.for» thu ai .1 I do
n.^ hevitate to kay ttiat thit nip would ael! f,>r f 2fl 00 or t:^ M I am .te-
liditrd wMh It and to ara all liio» who hare vae*! tl I am ture tdat if the
mrmin-ri of thi* af>oriaU<in had l»en railed torether f..r a meviing and iMt
maUrr hr\><ichi up. other nipa wmild hara lieeti Iwugta I apprf«*iata Iha
manner In whirfi irTrrylioatyt handled the tituai.on and wiih to ripre« my
tliaiikt for Um (vauiiful tnn>hjr nip
ViMir* »rry trolly.
Hr.^RT.WIIlBC pot I.TKV .\SS«Ml.\TIOV
•r •.. ^ •.. . . „ . « OillaetHe. HI . July 1. ltl«
K<lllor KrerytuMtyt Poultry Magaalna.
Ilanofer. Pa.
I»ear .Sir Hr^vivnl the Hilrer l\ip o k and the mrral-ert tlilt.k It I*
Iwautlfui aiid wi»:i ?« «riid tl>elr Ihanka to yuu Ho withtnt ymi nrillnued
•*'«**■■•. I am Very tmly %<»«ir*.
M.\Ct>l'i'IN' COfNTY I'Ml I.TRY A.t.mHM.^TUlN.
Fred \V •.». .H. r y
Will You Bring this Oiler be lore Your Members?
«a4t: \s • will tmil Mank* an. I rr(>ro<iuee«l illuttrall»nt of ttta Cup^~ alao tampla
. . ,.f y «..r>t...|} , \^ f .ir ■ 'm
ETcrylKidyt Poultry Magazine,
Hanover, Penna.
September, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
723
. thow the publir that there it intere»t in
Paftrtdfe Rorkt. and they are worthy of pub
.. giiantion Club membera -nly are elirible
!v f^i«{>ete for the apecial i>riie». therefore.
WfM^era that are not membera ahould be
f^f^t aurh before th«' entneo rloae. — J. II.
Web«t«r. 8<^*y. 903 Chamber of Commerce.
Bafaio. N. Y. ^ ^ ^
■OUTHWXST COLISEUM
•^ POULTRY SHOW
Out datet thit year are November 22 to •jr>,
1924 — aame at latt toa*«'n We have every
r««aon for a c^eat show thia aeanon-^a
«tr««<n of letters from exhibitor* \»ho will be
kere »«»h their birdt are romine in a'.reaily,
Ifttert fr»>ro a» far ea^t at New York.
We have K C Mran. h an. I Ja* .\ Turker
for our jud^et thit year Thit ^how i* crow
inir f*** beraufie a fair and aciuare deal it
•»*ured every exhibitor We have a clean
akow — Iha bMt bird* win reeardieta of
o«oer.
We ha*e many tperiaU th « year. .\nion^
tbeia it !].'>'• <Mi f,,r \„.^x \r, hirdt in the
•Jiow; flOOOO for te.ond and fT.S.OO for
third bett 1 .'> birdt in the thow . we have the
•tale meet of the Mrown Lechorn Club. |6o
rath and rup to rlub membera who of courte
can compel*' for other Kpc-ialt
The breedera in the Southwe^t are produc
tag real ch'i.e l<irdt Many new breedert
are bayinc '<*al quality and paymir the price.
Tki* w»M *»• • creat "alet thow It will |>ay
tmj exhibitor in the N>'r'h and P'.a't to make
tk^ thow. When you con»ider the t|>i<t ialt
wa have, the location, the datet. the judRo*.
the fair and abtolutely square deal to every
aikibitor. I believe you, at an exhibitor. wiU
pat our ahow on your )if<t ncht now To all
•ikibitora who can not be pre«ent. we have
aoaa of the bett ex|«erta in Ihia tection to
look after your birdt. If you want your
birds carefully ^me orer before the judcinr.
last ttate to on your entry blank ; there will
hm DO charge for thit. it it tervice we cive
tka •ihibilora who can not come with their
birda. Premium 'i«t ready to mail September
I'V Write now for ropy N IJ. .Spearman.
Sae'y. Fort Worth. Tex
* • 9
HOW ALLENTOWN FEELS
AS TO ENTRIES
The Great AHeotown Fair Poultry .Show
kaa rrown and rr'»wn until additiont to both
kaildinr and c«>opinc equipment have become
Uaprartiral. It h^pet within the next f.^w
ya*n to be on it* new tite and have ready
Ikt aew lo.OOO co<ip poultry hall and hand
•«Mely take rare of that many birdt. Mean
wkile. all entries offered will be aeain taken
care of thit year However, oame muat be
IB proper thape. mutt be paid for and mutt
be in the maila by midnirht Friday. Heptem-
her 12. 1924 — W. Theo. Wittman. Hupt. Mrr.
a • • r -
DITI8I0NAL WHITE ROCK MEET
GOES TO COLUMBUS. OA.
We are jutt in receipt of notice from W
H Martui. Jr.. Kouihern Divitional Secretary
of Uie American While Plymouth Roek Club,
whe advitea that the third annual All Sou'h
ara Divitional While Rork Meet will be
tlac*^ at Colambua. Oa . October 13 to IH.
iarliuive.
R. E Bruce, of New Orleant. La . baa
been appointed to place the awarda at Co
hiaboa. Oa Tbia floe event with f 2r>0 00
added money on thit cla«-B in adilition to the
retnlar premium money, will be the beat
White Rork ahow in the country thia fall.
In addition to other pritea and tilver cupa.
raak speciala will be awarded to tenth place.
Plenty of competition. |>lenty of mone,r. If
yoa have a xrinninc atrtnff. ahow the boya
at Columbut what you have, next October.
Aa tkia meet will be ttaced potely m the
interett of White Rorkt and White Rork
breedert throuchout the country, you White
Rock fanciera are urred to enter aome of
your beat birda at thit thow Itoott the
oreed. and thereby aiipport the efforta of
The Amrri'an Whi'r Plymouth R«Mk Club.
Aa a breed, the White Plymouth Rockt are
recofniied by all to denerve the fame and
(•or.ularity that they have won
''or a cataloffue of thit cominr event don't
fail to ffet youra from S T. Wrirht. Vice
Preaident of the Club. 1125 17th 8t . Colum
^M. Oa.
• • m
WESTERN CAROLINA POULTRY SHOW
The Wcttern Carolina Poultry .\ k nor la lion
•ill koM iia annual »how in connection with
the Wettern Carolina Agriculture an<t Live
"lock Kxpo<iiti..n in \«hev lie. N C. Novem
ber II to 14. inclutive t'atalocruft anil en
•ry blankt may bi» had by writinr «» P
T.-mpleman, Her'r We<»tern Carolina poultry
At.ociation. Candli-r. V C
• • •
WESTERN WASHINOTOH FAIR
A i»ou:!ry »tiow %iith a t:r<a!ly iic rra<»ed
^nber of birdt. «nd atronrer in every way
•nan ht-rrtofitre it the pronii-e of Prmidt-nt
Greal ALLENTOWN Fair
POULTRY SHOW
Seventy-third Annual Fair and Show
" \oteJ for thr way it Joes things ami I he things it Joes."
A Poultry Show that, on it5 mtril^. has jrrown .so that it is now
probably tho bijfiJrest annual poultry .show in Amorica.
ENTRIES CLOSE FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 12ik
Show there this year and prosper
Write W. Theo. Wittman, Supt-Mgr.. AlUntown. Pa.
BROCKTON FAIR
POULTRY, PIGEON AND PET STOCK SHOW
FIVE DAYS — FIVE NIGHTS
September 30, October 1-2-3-4, 1924
The Leading Fall Show in the Last. Low Fntry Fee. Uberal
Cash and Special Prizes. WIDE OPFN. No number to fill, one
specimen in class wins first prize if worthy.
Send for Premium List NOW
Entries Close September 15th
BROCKTON FAIR POULTRY DEPARTMENT
F. W. ROGERS, Sec'y
Montello, Mam.
SEPTEMBER 30, OCTOBER 1, 2, 3, 1924
LANCASTER FAIR POULTRY SHOW
WITTMAN
DEMMT
BBOWM
SELL
Judges
D. G. WITMYER. Supt.
UTITE. FA.
HANOVER'S FORTIETH
ANNIVERSARY SHOW
SEPTEMBER 23-24-25-26
ENTRIES CLOSE SEPT. 1 0th
YOU WILL HAVE TO HURRY
''The Fanciers' Exhibition of America*'
SaS: ?!\S?s*T«r M«r. Box 286, Hanover, Penna.
724
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
September. 1924
EVER^ BOD> S POULTRY MAGAZINE
725
W li P«ttlll*niai. of lh« We»tcrn \V«»h)nc
ion ymtr mnd Y'r^ A John«on. •up^nnlend-
»nt ft «»«•• i-ouHry irvmrftofnU fur lie lw«u-
ty fldb .noual f»«r •» I'viyallup. \J »»«» • ©n
SM.tom)'rr •-'» I'' Orlob.>r .'.. 1924 Mr. J.hn
•on <• trood c.r lb*" loimrott pojltry boiUlio.'
•I fho ftir. «birh !• 360 r#«i lone »»'* •••'J
10 b* tb# ai»e«l poultry thow buildmc »•*! of
low*-
FritM in th» poultry department thm ye«r
vtll l.# 13 00 for flr«t. U "U for fteror.d »od
91 «»o for tb»rd on pen*. »nd $1 &0 for flr»l.
11 uo for .e. ond at.! '." '■<-n»» for »"•'''* "^
•in(l« enUirt. in e«rh rl«»« with inrreaned
pnie* if lb* numt.rr of t»rd» warrant in
all rlatte* in which 1" or more birdi arc
entered th« prite. In each of the.e cla««ei
• III be inrrea.ed to f.'.uO oo flr.t »« ".) for
••rond 13 o<t for third. |2.0o for foarth and
91 oo for flfth on |.rn». and '2 .'.0 f..r fir»t,
Jjoo for •e<ond. H 50 for third. flOO lor
fourth and io «-ent« for fifth on Mncl*- entrie*.
Ribbon* will aUo be awarded to all prn«
winnmc b;rd«
Ao *»c •how. ttirh as h«« n"t heretofore
beMi held Ml the Nort>.we»l. will be • new
fMlure of this ye^rt f»ir. Toultrymen will
be tnrouraged l«» selecl the be»l doieo efft.
•ither white or brown, whkh they r»o •elect
and the»e »ill be )udf»»d arcordinf to •coring
nile* prei.ared by the Western Waihinjrton Kx-
periment Station of the Btate Oolleit* ml
Fuyallup. The priie. m tht* «-onle.t /'>l be
ten In number, from 15 00 to flOO for the
be»i d"«en ecf» in the white ttg claa». ^nd
•tnilar prl«e» in the brown •« eU»«-
New rule« have been ndopted for th« »n-
■aal ecff l«y«»>« conte.l. In.tead of all con-
UMtInt pen« being in one cla»». the heavier
ete<^« fowl. Inrlading the American and A»t
aiie breed* will be in one claat. and lb*
lighter rU.. fowU. Inrluding the Hamburg
and Mediterranean breed*, in another rla««.
yOTIOB TO SHOW 8ECa£TA&IE8
The American White Ornlngton Club offert
tkeir dab ribb«n» at all f«n »nd winter
aliowe. Write 11 M Hharpe. A»»i.ta«t He* re
Ury. Hpencer. la ^ ^
AKNOUNCEKENT
Thr American White Orpington Club will
hold ii» •tate and national roeet« at Daven
port. la. January « to U. 11*^5 inclusive.
iinder the direct!, n of the KaMrrn Iowa Totil
try A»»"ciation Kor information on the
above meet* addre** H M Sharpe. 8pencer.
>• ...
BALTIMORE. MD . SHOW
Having forged to the fr<«nt on |t« merit*
aa a real breeder*' and fancier*" Bhow. the
B«'tim«re Hhow thi* year Ulie* on a national
a»pe< t «ith the announcement tl.at the^ Na^
tional Winter Meet, .ra^un of 1H24 2.>. "f
the American Hanlam A**ociation will be
held in connection with the Baltimore Hhow.
December 2 to 6.
The J idtfr. elected by the mero»»er»hip of
the American Hantam A*»ociation for ihU
?real •how are 1» ti Wiimyer. of Lititi. I'n .
or tiame Itantam*. nnd K I'enn Krura. of
Htafford. Kan . for Ornamental Hanlama. At
Ihi* men there d.'Ubtle** v»ill be offered the
large*! and roo»t valuable li»t of •pecMlt
9\tr « (f ercd at any »how for liantam*.
The Baltimore Hhow a*»ure» all e&hibitor*.
•f both large poultry and Hantam*. that evorv
entry, both »ingle* and pen*, will be co«iped
In .ndivtdual mge*. .ingle tiered, and all in
one room on one flo. r Thi* a**urance I*
made pusuble by thr enormous flo<ir »pa<e of
the Kilih Kegimrnt Armory, which i* not »ur
ta*»«d na • poultry exhit>ilion hall by any
uilding in Ameri'a. containing 6o.<mm. »quar.'
fr«»t of un«»b»tructed floor etince. with abund
ant li/ht. both day and uight.
||ra<lquartrr« for Bantam fancier* will be
thf Hotel t'atwell. Baltimore and Hanover
Htrpet>. where the annual n.fM'tintf of the
Amrrt<*n Bantam A**oriation will be held,
and aUo thr banquet, which will be held
Thursday nighV December 4.
TbI* prf»ml«ee to bo the large*! and be^t
liantam »ho«r ever held in America, and every
Bainam fani ler should make note of the
dat« and arrat>i;e to accept some of the hoe
piiAlit) f»r whirh Baltimore fancier* are
noitxf a* «eti a* la have a string of bird*
entered so that he may carry back home aome
nf the One special* to be given There are
no •iring* to any prite* won at Italtimore;
the owner gel* them before the show rioae*.
a* well a* hi* rash prrnuums
The oAcrrs of thr Amrrwan Bantam A«»o
rtelton are: I'reaident. Kmil Mnrr. fhica/o.
Ill : vice president. Jnel II Moyer. Reading.
Pa . »e«-re!ary treasurer, lieorge Kitterer. I*
O Hot 4«4. tniicago. Ill
The eeerelary of the Rallimore Show i*
Howard 8. Thompson. 3.1 Kranklm Building.
Bali^m rr Ml and a postal to him will
bring a premium liat.
tThe^reaf ?Pest
H. H.
OoUltr
.lust as the writer predicts. 1. wheat and
rorn have taken a ri»e that »♦ ill make the
potiltrymen realiie prices th;« winter. Wh.-at
i. I.uiind to go highrr bcf -re spring. Biy
(,..^ now *hould be every poultry man * •>
e e .
Sell every cull on the place That makes
ri»oni for Krowing Hock and cuts down the
f,..-d bill If you have nuMlium weu'ht fowls
like Hock*. Red*. Orpingtons and Wyandott«s.
mil out every one that is not up to or near
wi'ight When one breeds any of the abf>\#..
he should realize that »ife ha* a lot to do
uiih go«»d prcMluction <f eggs a» well a* m»at.
Th** scrawny, small hen will not make you a
j.roflt and she i* no! near so liable to lay
Kood. standard sited ecgs.
s • •
If you are in the incubator busineti. now
m the lime to buy your machine for next
year By buying now you grt a reduction
in price and do not have lo wait when the
incubator firms are rushed with business lh«
first of the new y«ar. Nineteen twenty five
IS going lo be a crea! year in poultry Hog*
have told recently for fll oO per hundr.d.
I^et ham go up and eggs and poultry are rot
far behind. Hogs are going up because there
IS a Bhortage of corn and wheat. OaU are
also climbing in price Get ready for a big
business another year.
• • .
I.,et the farmers make money and e\«ry one
la proaperoQ*. When the farmer it doing
wrlT lot* of new moriey is foming into the
r. unlry The world"* bread crop i* short.
\m«ri<a is the ereat fo. d producing country
When the world's rrop IS short then the home
.rop !• in demand Bringing in money from
foreign countries makea prices rise but Ihe.e
Co«»d prices gives the farmer a chance to buy
frxiin the man in town ttood prices along
with good wage* does no! hurt any one.
...
With stock* rising and prosperity in the
air. It dcMs no! seem like a presidential elec-
tion year The I. urines* intere»ts seem to
be sa'tisfled with both old party nominations
an<l that c onditi«»n i» ref'ectfd n the tra<linc
on the stock exchange. The crops in the
Tnited States are short but that will not hurt
to any great extent for the reason that Ani.-r
ira aWavn rai^ew more wheat than can be
consumed by the home market With a bull
foreign markel. thing* will bc»om.
• * *
Now i« the tini" to get out on a few a- re»
and help reduce the price of living by hav
II. g a good carden. a cow where milk and
l.ult«r ran be had for a little work The
• ritrr has a fine r>rden this year .le^pl^e the
rklretnr dry weather. I.<»ts of bean*, p.-as.
p.'tator". berrie* and sweet corn ^ill cut d«»wn
one's livinc expenses in every dire.-tion
Children will no! eat much bread or meat if
th«-y oen »el plenty of vegetables anil chil
dreii will be more healthy wlien they con-
sume a 1« t of icreen stuff.
...
tie! out on the acreage in time to plan!
your fruit tree* this fall. When you grt the
orchard started voq al>o start the shade that
will he n led for your poultry varil*. Kill
the yard* with trees and gro* i«o crops in
one yard
• • s
One can buy automobile* mighty cheap
when the winter tomes on. There will be all
kind* of u*e^ ears on the market. The used
< ar 'an be had that ia often a* good as new.
'iiy earl) and take advantage of the bar
tsiti* A cheap car is absolutely necessary
when one move* urban You can not afford
to buy l«»o close to the urban car* becau»e
the other fellow has beat you to it hut one
• an buy near a paved road and furnish Ins
own transportation.
• . •
Klectricily and good r« ads have pl«'<>l
every man who livea rural on an equal ft^ot-
tiir with the city dweller as far a^ living i*
concerned. You can get your fresh meat*
daily at your door and your wife doea not
tiave lo bake during the v«arra weath»r. be
cauke the baker's wa^on will rume to >our
houoe. provided you are not loo f»r «iff of
g<M>d paved roads.
...
The writer can buy in ei:n -r Seattle cr
Tacoma and have good* delivered at hit door —
hfty miles from .Seattle and twelve miles
from Tacoma tJood roads are re«pons!ble
for the change Twelve years ago when the
vkriler moved urban, hi* hauling expense was
fifty lo a hundred dollar* per year. Today
he <an buy a* cheap as the man uho In,,
within a bltx'k of the businesa aect.un of fea
tratl.r.K pla< e
• • •
H one u>'e« the cash and carry store* w
trade with, ho ran always buy at enoufh 4u
<ount tu pay for his oil and ga^ that it takei
to go to his market and ba< k. The ho«»«
wife l»y shopping in her small car, can mak«
l.« r trij' pay her. The cash store today fir*,
the discount that beats runnin,; accounts
• • •
O K Krnst and A t» Studier. of tk,
I'oultry Breeders' I'uhlisliing t'ompany. .«
Waverly. Ia . have mergi'd the Wt>*iern Tob '
try .Journal, ftirnierly published l.y the Ui«
y. Y. Hi- hards, into a I'ljmouth Ro<k Moati
ly. Thi-" new paper v»i!l bo on the order ©<
the Leghorn World and Uh<>dc I«land R*k4
Journal, published by t*ie same firm Rr
Kni*t will edit the new publiration and will
have many of the leading rivmouth R..^^
I.reetler* a* contributor' The new Teolars
iironii-.*'* sucrpMi and a boost f<ir thr wkets
•|> mouth Rock tribe Write to Kverybodyi
f«»r a clul. with the new monthly or direei t«
the publishers f«ir a sample copy. Kvery
I'lymouth Rork breeder is invited lo join lb*
family to boost one of Amerna's greater.
production* the great medium weight fow;
that has made .\merica famous If thert it
a better fowl than a Plymouth Rork. tk*
writer never bred it. With forty five year*
evpeneJice m fowls. I have bred one of nearly
all breeds There »re lots of good ones Lot
tione Letter than I'lymouth Rocks whether :t
be Muff. Barred. White. Silver or i'artndf.
and th«-n there are the Blues and the Ro«s
('■•mb Barred (Jet any variety that yoj Uks
and vou will be pleased.
...
The big trouble in combining egg lavinc
and Standard type is no! that the HUodaN
IS at fault but the fact ihat some judges do
no! enforte the Standard of Terfection. If
all judges would carry on. by handlinc eack
atid every fowl for their egg laying qr.alities
as proscribed by the .*<tandard. then Ike
faults so often »poken of by those who ar<Ti»
arainsi real Standard type wi.uld be a thing
of the past I once heard a remark !h*l
was niad«- by Mr* H« len I»ow Whitaker
The judce had p!a< ed the win on one ef
those beautiful backed White Leghorns Tki*
fowl v»a« crrtainly the shape a* portrayed by
the be»t 'Ht* of the varn-ty but there th»
fowl endfl He had a mighty poor I re*«t
body wa» too *hort and not deep enough. The
judk-e "•id to Mr. Whitaker. "Did you ever
».-,' a bttt.-r ba.k!" She r-plied. ' N'> t»r
a po«irer hrea*t. He i« all riffht when it
.omes to lines of hi* back but he has nothing
uf,<l«-r h ■ « ba<k
• . •
One KO -ftrn titid< the fad for ba- k ;refer
ence »poilint; the work of some of the se
• ailed l.e*t judre*. It 1* t»,e well ha'an ."«
fowl that •hould win in any .-^tati'larl '
tr^nt When you find • fo**! >*'«h a deej.
breast, weak "in body and lo king like s
"keel" on a sail boat, that fowl does net
eonform |o the Standard. althouKh it is deep
iM bodv. Depth IS not what i* wanted •Ijo
gether Take a brea«t that i« so deep that
It is without breadth aiol "h-'W* a fold m
feather* at the front of th.- breast h -ne. thst
kind of shape is no! de*ir«'d even in a layin«
fowl, nor IS It worth anything in a meal "f
a show fowl.
• . •
Some c«.mmercial writer*, in order to ni>k»
a fKiinl against the standard fowl. «o f»r
atieid They remind one of the man mh-» con
htaMly scoff), at the Christian religion Th'J
will point out Bome woe begone ba< kulidcr
who I* a member of a « huri h and hv th*'
standard will make a compari*on If the**
same gossi]>s would lake one of the good ni»*
of the church and make their rom^.arl»o^
they would find themselves as small »• »
"Fice" dog a* compared to an elephant.
• . .
Do not forge! that stagnant water wil-
cause bowel trouble. Give the chicks pletity
of fresh water and on warm days change ths:
water often Keep the fowls growing n'^»
arid you will have them ready lo stand t^e
-udden chances in weather that come »i'k
Siptember and the fall month*. tJive lots
of feather making feed to the moultm* hen*
You can buy a good moulting fecnl from tk«
commercial feed house* The«e feeds ar»
rightly balancfd and will go to put on the
flesh that will carry them through the rigo'»
of making feathers anj flesh at the ••■♦
time.
...
Do not forget thf fairs Show your fowl'
win the ribbon* and advertise October »»•
good month to start an adverlisement. T»s»
a contract covering the year, dividing up y»J'
space a* you have fowl* and egu's I" ^'
Keep your advertisement before the P*'*'''
and you will sell fowl* when you least eip***
an order.
EVERYBODYS CLASSIFIED ADS.
Rat«»— t ■••■tilt It C«fiCa a wortfi X ■*•■ the 14 ««ats a w«r^ \ ■••eiclia \% caata a wor^i 4 sesawtlaa >a awaila a w^r^
\dd %c « word per nuinth for periods ovt-r \ months. No adv»'rtisomt'nt in.MTltd unlr.i-* full pnyitiftt for iffi-rlitinji
iccompany order. Numbers and initial.^* count a.s words. Copy mu.'*t reach this oHice n«»l later than !he ii^rhtecnth
to in.*ure in.<ertion. The.'^e rates void after May IS, ll»2.'>.
Wh«n Writing Adv«rtU«ra Pl«a«« Mention EY^rybodya
Specialty Club DIreetory
This Directory i* for the benefit .f the ."^pec lalty l^'lub Organitalions an<l that c-ur read
rrs m»v know the name* and a<l'lre.«.* of the I.ive .Specialty t'lubs All club notices must
he uniform, as f-und below, and for which tli« re is a nt>minal c liar»:e of J.l 0>i
i^yable »lriclly in advance.
a year.
cnub
American <'cilunibian I'lymouth Rock Club
American B'«ff Wv.-vr.dotte flub ....
Aaierian White Orpington Club
American Sm,;!.- t'om». White Minorca t'lub
Ji^rsey Bla- k tJiant (lub
National Bronze Tvsrkey Club
Aaiericvn Rose Comb White L«ghorn Club
Aaierican Java Aosociation
I !.fna'ion»; M'UT «irpin»;ton Club
. .^ W Breititcan .
. . . Ralph t' A 1 wood
. . .C W Walker .
. . t». ti. Tr'iinan . .
. .C .M I'-ige .
. . Cha* K Bird
. . ..I .M. Chase
S. W, .Morton. I*. O Box
. .Frank W Knrlert . .
Address
I.ititi. I'a
H»!iovc-r. I'a.
.Manning. I a
TerrysviUe. O
ll.lmar. X .1
M.yer»d.vle. Pa l«»4
. WallkiU. N. Y lyl
.'.•i7. Albany. N Y D»H
. . .LaFayelle. Ind Jo'J
192
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ANCONAS
.xHK.ri'ARD'S Sl.Nttl.K CoMM ANCON \
•■ens I* 00 ■ Barirains tl. W. Simm*. I..ake.
N Y. '''^
Sll RDY RANtJK RK.ARKD Rt^SK COMB
cwkerels, ?.'••»'• «aeh. .John J Bak»r. M«"i
1 ing t n Vi \y-
#
Mass
H\NT\M
• I'Sir l.> •
BAKTAM.S
.vHoVK. S t.til.DKN AND .-^11.
v.-r .•^' bright" ; Bla< k Buff a:ol
Itrowti Cochin Bantam*. I.itcht
Itrahn.as. Iloudan* and R. I
U«'d*, fowl Kie^'*. f '.••"» p.r !.'»
D;il, . ; r Sho VA\ Kiver.
tfbn
. >I.1)KN HKBRD.MT. $3 00
li.Wif Kranklinv. N V !•»-»
BUTTLRCUPS
i.ol.DKXRoD BrTTKRCri'.H HKK AD
tertisement. page «*»*«.l. C. .Sydney Cook. .1 r
r.i'.M.m
CAMP1NE8
> ;.\ J 1; .VM» t.oI.DKN BY F I. TLATT
1 -•■rat.'d by .•*.»w.-ll anci .Schilling liivf*
•he hi«tory «f ihi* beautiful and proftt.ih'f
Itelgian fowl A book .N'OI ^houl•l h4>-e. if
trrested in Campines. Tn- e. postpaid, 7.'»c-.
\ddre*s a!l i>rders to F.\eryb<Klys Toullry
.Magsiit.o. Hanover. I'a I'J-'f
BABY CHICKS
DXYOI.D CHICKS TIBM
•and* w«-fkly Brice right. Do
livery p.'ompt A liat< h cVcTy
w»i»k all year. poHtaee paicl
^jJS^jht I. IV arr \al (;<>*raiitercl. Fr.e
^'^xctH^ i I with .ah order. R<». k».
H«^«. Wyanc|ot!i>*, tirp^igton*. Leghorn*. An
•na*. MinorcM* '«'<• bre»'c|* Itility. pecli
.fee and evhibition matin;:' Hare bret-cl*
» .<! Ir i!«r chick*, Thi* i* the time to luy
'iik« for wi'it««r meat. .lanuary loy'-r*. a'l I
f'lfh prir«»d broilers. Our fe«*d:ni< formuU
^ •' ciaranlet- y. u succ r*"* CatnloKU*- free.
* aplireciated Nabol. Hatchc-rtes Dept
■ itambter i> r* ;bani
CHICK.**. 7 t hSi.s 11*. C o. i> RuCKS.
n«l» I.«*ghorM« snd mived l<»n'', delivery
.ntrrd pith ..a. oil Bami-hlet C M
•r \\ X :;i. M. Ali*t.r%ille, I»a. 19'-
CHANTCCLERS
CHAXTKCI.KKS t,«il.\<; mIT «»F BI'SI
'••'• Kntirc- flo. k for sale Write- .»*a»ii
Kuhn. riinlon. I'a I^'-
DARK CORKIKH
i»AKK CnUNISH IThhKT.K »3..'K), COCK
'rel, Mum K,ro J. Travis. Marion. Ky. 1»2
JERSEY BLACK OIANTS
^Vt»N FIRST (OCKKUKI. liUKVT AI.I.KN
'"*n Fair Kgg*. |2 .'jO and |4 setting that
•ill produce winners. Stock priced reason
•ble Kmpire Ciani Farm. Sellersvill.-. I'a
tfhm
JKRMKY BLACK tJlANTH— 10 WKKKH
old — matured st... k Rediired prices Camp
b.11 Hugh, Silrr Ciiv. N C l!»Jf
HAMBURO.S
tioI.DF.N SI*AX«iI.KD H\Mm RtJS. TlIF
pliea»aiit* <f poultry cloir \\ »• can spare a
ffw choice *'>e<"inien* Cooper's Hamhirg
lUnh. Bainbridge. N. Y. I'*'-'
LEGHORNS
l.Kt.HtHtNS- - THK V FT ERAS
' ..Iwe lire\en«.te.lt is the author of th s
^« ork ancI one of his best. A c omi>lete teii
)'«Mik about I.eirhorn* all varit-tie*. Dwells
II iheir origin and development, cover* e\ery
I I'hase. .V book for the fancier and egg pro
•luc.«r Illustrated by .'iew.'ll ancI .**chilling.
• lor plate repro«tuc tion* Book sent you. all
• h«rg»'« prepaicl. on receipt of pri«e. $1 ot*.
\dc|re«« all ortlers to Fv»*r\l""l v • J'cultry
MacaiiiK-. Hanover. I'a lO'.'f
want; LKUII-
• rid tilii clock \-t . ••n.niemal ail'l e^kU.i'l'.toU
T F iJMin ••'>'.» Hohl-ie StrcV Chiac*. Ill
SINOLE COMB WHITE UUJHORN8
!t»M BARUON. BDJ TYBK. F.Niit.lSH
Con>t» White I.n^fhor' ^ clirect fr in J""*
I ritjf record stock. tlii«-«t pi-digreed
\.r-- cock birds ancI hen-c: pullet*. 7.'»e
(Ui'ks ll'MioiOii; $<»c).iMi i.Duo. Cala
. ie |trowii«town I'i'U'.try Farm. Browns
wii. In. I Itl'i
IBU.I.YWtMiD I.KtilBtiiN SI 1' U Y. M K
cpiality rhick*. f 14 "Oil"', f IJoun 1.0..O;
■ r.pail Iliitching egg*. f»l <i<i 100. f^o.OO-
l.itcict; prepaid 10 weeks pullets, fl 'J5 up.
I'ronifit icl.ipment on all ord«rs ; no waiting
<f«ti-faction enara':tcrd R F. ."^ancly, Bc»i
\\ Stiinrt* Draft. Va tfbm
FNlH-ISH SINOI.E COMB^WHITF LEtl
t.orn* Tom Barron "train .Sufiimer sale
tfow «»i) .Sre c|i<i|ilay act icn page 7o'< Ncirth
«ri.| Farnm. Orand Rapid* Mih I'.i'Jbm
SPKCIAli l/>W BRICKS ON TANCRKD
m-l ftarron !>red to lay Imperial pullets and
.... kcrels. Write t"dav f<»r catalogue and
bargain pri- e |i»t. Imperial Poultry Farms,
Brr. V n l»4f
1 o S C I,Ki;H«iRS IM I.I.KTS FMJI.lSfl
-tram, March hat- hed. fl '." . a. h 1<>'> %.-*r
;inc hens. $12% each I R Tan,:er. York
Si.rings. |»a. ''•"
WY« K'oFF srUAl.N SiNiif.K CnMil
\N hile Leghorn (.ullets f I 2.% and up C B
|{eubu*h, I'enn L^ird. Va. 104
MAKRtiNS WMITK I.KiilloRN ITL
ct» c-x- lu«ivf|y Wc- import clire.t Bi*hoi>'s
I'oultry Farm. New Wa*hington. O l'>2
NtiRTHLAND FARMS' WHITK LKOHORN
Millets 4 months oici ft I"; and f I .'••> «•
Taylor. Boa N >. 4. Klyria. O. 1U2
WYCKOFF STRAIN IMLLFTS. DfRKPT
lt»'.'-' Harlifi R«-u».u*h I'.fin Laird. Va IVJ
SINGLE COMB BLACK MINORCAS
BRISH BROS KVMiilS Sl.Ni.l.K COMB
Blac k Minor.vi* br"! in their absolute purity
f r vears Winner* at America's greatest
»hc»w» Hatch. n^ e;,'j;s from se!e«ted inatinit*
that will pr«».lucf you winners Choice hrcr.!
t-r.! aUo Br.»h Broc , Frrdmck, Md l'.M.I»m
SINOI>E COMB BLACK MINORCAS
DV\ nl.D MINnllCA CHICKS OF KXHI
bition icracle anct utility hrecl 4<» c»nts ra h
and 20 .fnt* ea. h f«»r Mar. h delivery
F'c ltp«r M !>or a Farm B«»v Y .Selin«gr«»ve,
I*a. ifbj
RINKHAUT .«* lK\lNrMM» .s I N », I. K
Coiiih Ilia, k .Miii'.r h" ar>> threat !a>er* I'ul
let* and CO. k«r«'* f.-r "ale Write for pric ea
Monroe Rtnehart. H*i)o«er Vx IVJbra
SiXtiLK Comb BI.MK MINiiHCAH-
Laying pullets. yearlin|( hens. Table Fgg
Farm. L«>ok. >t I'* Vyi\
ORPINGTONS
N«» MAX WH«» KXnWS mRPINGToNS
lovp* iheni m>r»' than .' H !»r»'\ enstecit In
hi* boc:k The OrpinglcMIs This hcM>k nieeta
the neecis for authentic infccrmalion. gi%e* in
formation t»n breeding, mating. «are. rtt*
I'ri- e ]io*lpaitl T'>. .\'|c|re** all circ|«rs lo
Y ' ! r% Msgafi ' l»
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POLISH
I'Ml.lMl I «M Kruri.-i I'MUS SNliTRIoS
.T.ff. r» |'..il'r> V.»r'lv o.kaloo.a. Ia H»3
PLYMOUTH ROCKS
A.NV MKKFDFIi OF \ ' ^ V \KI>TY mK
"•-•'1 Roiks .hon ■ ^ P T
!;... k* It d' 'I »
I wj :.,,• Ko' k f.»T '.>, ;» Jk ..r*. ;. ..
I 'hut «ho'ilc| |.c» et«r in reach • . • i
■•If at'.cl other pr>»l-ems ttial
• . • ry da* T' '^ " ■ st » "-i
' 'te book
• .::'"'i I ' .I'icl facts \% .■ w i rui )'>ir -r
j der by return mail Price. $2 .'it^. prei.aid.
\ ' Iff.* oT'ler* t > K>er>t>n4lv« Pou!'r* M*.*
i r\':,' H-'»»o.\ . r IVi 1 » f
COLU.MBIAN I'LYMOUTH RuCKS
COLIMBIAX ROCKS BUKD KUnM oCR
flr*t |>ri«o winner* M«.l><on .H.|'i.ira> liarden
Trapnented. pr.li,free I. red. 2>>»» 2.'t'» e<g rec
orcl* Fggs. 12 '."; ,1 • k*. ;io cent* St..ck ;
hreccjitig. showing Write |t*t James F.
Harrington. Hammonton .S .1 ll» i».m
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS
i..|{ .-HXLr KtXF WHITK Pl.YMOl'TII
|{o. k r"c krrel* bccl from hitfh eshit.Hion
«to.k Coekerels. 4 months or oblrr at t I ort
each or one doi«"n f.r *'.'|oii Y' ur ordrr*
solicited IIarl«'v W Co p.r. Hpargursvill*.
«i 19%
HSID L .- -ciliAlN PI l.l.i^ r.s DIRKIT
iw.'l Reubush's Roo.t pri.n Laird Va ltt3
WYANDOTTEH
III FF V.SD P\UTRID«iK WVAXDoT?
Vci*thiiig froMi CIti a,'" winner* t.i t
r>rc|fr< W Coftii!. Wa^<r'> Is t'l
iroarnvc laying
LLdDLIl a IIVRORNS
(IVi/ckoff Strains
Yearling Cocks. $5.00 each
Cockerels, $3.00 each
J. GUY LESHER
KorihumbfrlaBd. Pa.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
WTAJTDOTTES
THl WTAKDOTTE STAKDARD AND
Bnr«4 Book i« the ruide »' aH JudgM and
brMdar* of W7»ndott#» — all T»r4#li»«— on*
•f Ik* to^^t book* y»i rv«n th« poultry
world Handt-mo rioth biodlnc pTofu»t\j
illoaUAlod. cotarinf •▼ery pbM» of the mat
Ibc and br*^Ui« of Wyandottaa. Comr.led
by H A Nooraa. pobllabod by iha American
pMllry AaaociatioD. illoatraiad by SrhiilinK
Prtaa. 12*0. poatafa prepaid Addraaa or
dara to ETarybodya Poultry llac«««D». Han^
over. Pa. ***'
OOLUMBLUr WTAJTDOTTES
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTK8 OF QUALr
lly. Wioaara at National Club Meat and tha
la«dinK akowa. Stork for tale. 0«o. Lyman
HaII. DodWy. Worfeat«r Co. Maaa. 1»4
SILVEB LAOED WTAITDOTTSS
ir YOU WANT THF. BKflT IN SILVER
Wyandottaa that hava tha Wyandotta typa.
alaa and laring. writa W. K Samaon. TrUran
bra^ar and Jud«a. Kirkwood. N. Y. 197
WOODLAND 8ILVERH TIIKKE MONTHS
eockarala. pullaU. from N^w York. Chiraco
vlftaara Oatalofua. Woodland Farm. Bout*
B t. A»» Arbor. Mkh. 1»5
WHITE WTABDOTTE8
BBOAL WHITE WYANDOTTE8 OF
•vality. Stock ahippad on approval. Enra
for batrhinc No cbleka. Matinc Hat frM.
Pr»ak p. AlUaad, Ilaaovar. Pa. tfbjl
C1UCKEN8. DUCKS. OKKSE. TURKKY8.
LM4iM vATtatiaa. low pricaa, hicb quality.
■AtiafacUon ff«*r»ataod. Ella Wbitwood.
H«4ao». III. 102b«
IgiH and Used By PtoHnrmen
Fralt a«4 PlaMmra for aU Wte Oaa Ua«
Saw
A l» raaa Baaft. IM U
fwi«u t*glm al pMlt^ k
aad Mw l>aA-rard— asMitry
u
_ fullj daaerttalnc
tat Um lar«« farm
4, laatad-
drtnk-
^t and mavaM* aMial
,^_ . and hralad- toraod cooiw
iiad alilA yarii »— It/y tmiet»m—Vb» popular
plpa bapaar. aad »aaj oUtrt uwfui »ppitanaM
ba af*T at baaM and B»on«y M*vd.
PBXOB. 73 OBBTS. POSTPAID
aU erdan ta
Bvarybodfa Ponltry Mafaala*. HanoTar. Pa.
Sterling Qualiiy
BABY CHIX
ntll Oc«ab«r at
lUl
ralalocaa
Write
attractlT* pricaa.
P. r. OLABDT
UGIILAIID VIEW POULTIY FARM
11 BTKEU MO.
■STBBAL VABIETTES
90 HRF.RDS PoULTKY. I>OU8. PIGEONS.
r*»*«*. parrou, firretn. bar<>ii. white mica.
phfatantt, etc Free li»t. 60 page book. 21
cenU. J. A. Berfey. Talford. Pa. 192
UNUSrALI.Y ATTRACTIVE SPKCKLEP
Sukiiax and S>lv.»r Sel.rntht Hantama in p«ir«
and iriot. «. H. Hubbard. I^o«-k Haven. Pa.
192
TURKEYS
EVERY BREEDER OF TURKEYS WILL
ho interested in the new book by Harry
Laronn and Robert Slorum entitled Turkey
Rauinc. Cloth bound, heary book paper,
profusely llhiatrated and beyond any doubt
the best work of ita kind to data. Your or-
der will ba filled on receipt of prire. $1.75.
pofttara preT>aid. Address all orders to
Everybodya Poultry Macatina. Hanover. Pa.
192f
DUCKS
OIANT ROUEN DUCKS YEARLINGS
and TounKnters Closing out aala. Gaabel
Brother*. Morristown. N. J. 192 1
OAPOHS
CAPONS — SIMPLICITY PERFECTION
Method — No slips. No deaths Hook. lOr.
B. Kioff. 686 Sharidaa. Chicago. III. 195
PHEASAMTS
RAISE RINGNECK PHEASANTS THESE
beautiful birds are in great demand and are
much mora profitable than ordinary poultrv
They are vary hardy, good layers, and easily
raised. A few choire birds for Immediata
shipment. Possum Hollow Oamefann. R.
9 35. 8priDg«ald. O. 193
nrOUBATOBS AlTD BBOODBB8
IDEAL MAMMOTH INCUBATOR. 10.000
effg rapacity. Bast mammoth hatrher made.
Factory will guarantee. To cloaa estate wilt
sell at lesa than half factory price. Write
J. J l^mm. Freeport. Ill 192bm
rOR SALE — ONE 10.080 BOO DOUBLE
derk Blue Hen incubator In aicallent condi
tion. Writ* far detaila and price. Harry
Bard. R D. No. 8. EphraU. Pa. 19Sbam
~ INCUBATORS WANTED— BUCKEYE OR
Smith's Electric incubator* State site and
condition. Box 162. Philadelphia. Pa. 192bam
POULTBT BBMBDIB8
BLACKHEAD IN TI^RKEYS. WE NEVER
loae a bini from blackhead or liver trouble
24 rapsuica $1 OO ; 100 (H .So Hundreds of
te«timonial*- Vr^* feed formula with order.
l*urkey Herb* Remedy Co.. 016 South Main.
Santa Ana. Calif. 193
BOO 0HABT8
SHAWS YEARLY E<»<J REtNJRD CHART.
Site 2()>24 inrhea. Each chart takea cara of 25
birds. Prire 25 cents. Shaw Produrta Oo..
Germanto«n. Phila.. Pa. Daalara and agonts
wanted 192bm
FABMS WAlfTED
FARMS WANTED — BY Hna BUTt^
Send partirulam. Co^Operative I^nd (V
8t Louin. Mo. tfkMt
aa«
CIGARS
DIRECT FROM FACTORY. 5 INCH CT
ban twister*, long fillers. Sweet as % g»
f'J (Ml for .SO. Frank Miller. 120H West lu
St . Dej.t. 4. I^s Angele*. Calif. m
PBDITUfO
POULTRY PRINTING— 100 either baa4
letterheads, envelopes $1.25; 2.%0 fl 75; |0f
12 50; postpaid. Cuts used. Stamp briagi
samplea of everything. Model Pnattag
Company. Manchester. la. i^
CIRCULARS. 3x6. 1.000. |2.00 ADDI
tional l.OdO 60c: 6x9. 1.000. $425 • Uit
tional 1.000. $1.75. Other printing rt
able Few samples free. A. H. Kraua
Bldg.. Milwaukee. Wis. ' if),
EVERYTHING PRINTED I WRITE El
quirements. Franklin Preaa. B 20. Milferl
N H. Its
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EARN MONEY WEEKLY. SPARE TIMl
addressing, mailing circular*. No aalUag.
We pay weekly. Send for full informatka
Hire C^ . 1658 Broadway. Dept. 0 85. la*
York. N. Y. itl
A COMFORTABLE LIVING. HOME SIW-
ing for us; any aewing machine: city, earn-
try: no canvassing Send stamped addraaaa4
envelope. H<>me Industrie*. Co.. Blooai«M,
N J. 198baa
AGENTS WANTED
SALES AGENTS FULL LINE QUALITY
■hoea direct to consumer. Quirk salea. Bi|
income Instant returns Permanent r*paat
businaaa. No stock necessary, sample kM
aupplled. Valuable territories now
Write Tannera Sho*. 557 0 St.. Boston.
Itt
laSCBLULVBOUS
IX)NELY HEARTS— I HAVE A SWlET
heart for you. Exrhange letter*: make aew
friends. Encloaa stamp. Eva Moore, Bet
908. Jackaonvilla. Pla. IN
D008
HUNDRED HUNTING HOUNDS CHEAP
Trial. Catalogue. Back, P16. Herriek, III
ELIGIBLE RT. BERNARD PUPS, FIFTT
dollara each. Dr. Wayne Alter. St. PaaL I»d.
IW
rozES
SILVER FOXES. TIME PAYMENTS
Fred Alger. Waukau. WU^ 19$b«
BBLOIAK ILABE8 AND BABBITS
RABBITS— SACRIFICE SALE FLEMISH
(iiant*. New Zealand*. Belgian Haraa. Mai
krani Kahbitry. New Bethlehem. Pa. IW
TJ^ Barred Rocks WIN
1922
rir«t Prlta Ceea.
■ atflsee •avars Saf*ta. IfH
FirsI, Second, Third and Fifth Cockerels
Pint, Second, Fourth and Fifth Cocks
Brary bird w* exhibited waa placed (all bred and ralaad by nt) thna rounding out SO Taan
of Madlaon Square Garden First PrUa Winning BeputaUon by Birds of Our Breeding. (Wa ha**
not ahown since.)
RIRD.S FOR SALE — Males: sons and grar)d»ons of our New York winner*: females fre«
theiie and like pens. We offrr IxMh I^rfgh* aixi Hark hr«N| i»t<>rk i>f Ol'R HK.ST LINES. THEHE
LINES HAVE PRODUCED FIRST PRIZE WINNERS IN THE PA.ST AT SUCH SHOWS AS
MAIHSON SQUARE GAUDKN. N Y. BOSTON. CHICAGO. ETC. THE QUALITY HAS N<>T
DETERIORATED
Braedlnf Birda — ATcrage good apadmena. malea $10.00 eAch; famAlaa $7.00, trloi $$!•*$•
pena $30.00; well marked valiuble speclmena.
Still finer grades for gilt edge br**dera and for show at $15 00. $20.00 and upwards. W*
have all gradea aad large numbers.
Our young stock never looked better or more promising than does the 1924 crop ber»-
SomelhinK rar*- am<'ng ttir>.r
SACRIFICE SEPTEMBER SALE- 75 Choice Breeding Hens at $6 00; 25 Grand Cock BU*
at $10.00. Next month wa wlU offer aonvethlng great in ExhlbiUon Stock aa wall aa braedtf*-
Wa hA*a them.
BRADLEY BROS., Box 314. LEE, MASS., U. S. A
Circular Free
EGG CARTONS
BLOOMER BROS. COMPANY
Pack Your Eggs in Cartons
Cost, lo.H.s than 1 S cents per liozon oinr«
No Breakage * No Miscounts * Higher Prices
[Soki With or Without our Cut-in Seal]
Vuur own printing' <n» iuch rarlori
^'ou cannot afford tD jjo without ihrrn at thr prrjirnt
pricr of Lggs
Samples and Prices on Request
NEWARK, NEW YORK STATE
SUIMNYBROOK WHITE WYAIMDOXXES
NOTED LAYERS AND WINNERS ^. . .. , _j #
i^a na minncr* at Re<I Tank. Newark. \\ ashrict-n and PittdburKh * ? '.»«•. t. ruil.»f. a^.r*,.- l-*'»rej:« a« flurk« >.— |..M.king orders lor
^"^ EXHIBITION BIRDS— BOTH SEXES— TO WIN AKYWHEBE ..,..,
MALES AND FEMALES THAT WILL PRODUCE— Increwse your sM-raije by u«ing one ot my «i>.kcrcl« vr gft )».ur order booked for
CHARLES D. CLEVELAND Box 7 EATOWTOWWt W, Je
Potior Redybilt Poultry Houses
Don't Build
You c.in buy the fa-
muua Potter Portable
Ilou.^ea, Coopa and
Roontinir and Nenting
Equipment chi<«p«r
than you can build.
Caayt«a«ta»aiiitalM
Complete Hennery OuUiU IrooeU.ncata.
•tc.) tS up. t'iM'd ov.r 1)
f^raby thooaanda of «.
aacceaaf ul poultry
keepera. Makea it
aaaytoatart right. Get
tbe baat and aave
■Msar* 8«od4catampa
far 100-paga book. Omim fta.4o
ra>nil*0t«S4NrwC
Kill a Sick Bird !
Look for Worms!
If you ha>e Jieen told that your bir«l« have
"infuraMe t.»r»lymn"or •••i«'<icliosi». kill a
•irk liir.1 and whiN- "till warm rarefuHy r»-
aaine the rontrnt* of the blind and mam in
te*line« In tn-«rl> every «»i««» yim will find
worm* thrrp If vmi d<>. »»'nd »t on<»* f<>r a
parJiace of HAPPY HKX WoKM KKMKDY
aad see how quickly your flock com«^ back
to paying condition. Many thousands "f
'down flst" l.iriU c«n !»»• i«a\fd tlir<>uich the
use of lhi» great life »aver Package 11 l'^
(•estpaid; large fhnk mn-* fJ ','• ati<l f 5 ••(»
losipeid Ve'iuahlr Diorait* S>fiM't<'tn t'lisrt
with farh f.rd.T \Vri».- to HAPPY HEN
BBMEDY COMPANY. Dept. 1019. 36 So.
Market St . B'>!<Uji>. Maaa.
I LEG BANDS
tj? All roods gusrantsed to tie
!jJJ )u«f s« rriifwortit^d
HBk.*9i ALUMINUM BANOt with
hlViJ^ rtkimd Tit^itm. prtor* l»fl-
liMip«>d. loiss. ntu. M-
■^•^ iV 100
MIRAL CCLLULOID BAND*—
la dlffrnxt fwIofS. pnrw l>i««t
|al4. ItlSa. U2U. M-45«. 100-
Ms, saoM.is.
COLOIICO CELLULOID — with
AlaalsHSi Backs:
any f«>lor. two large Ma<ii nnmhera
on *«rti » srid. nrtew 12-SOa. 25-Ma.
M-Ms. IMtl.tS.
TMf NATIONAL POULTBV
BAND COMPANY
Beeg fsr Cstalsaw*. NCWPORT. KY.
EASY TO GET EGGS
(»*t i t'^'ifH wli<-r»' Villi if**t 1. F« ''d
"OCULUM" th.« lir.-iit I)l^c..v•.ry. A
h"wlin;j nui-c«»»>t f<»r IH y»»«r« -euro*
di»ea«(* (iiinklv. Krf" liookl«'t ti*U<
How Sample 1" Mottl. s r,Oc and
tl no
HE "OCIJUJII- CO.. lei T. SkUM. V4.
%idti^
The Feed
that Makes
Hens Lay
^^^^-^-v-e
More Eggs--Better Hens
EGATINt »o perfectly nourishrB laying hens that they
not only lav more epRB but it keeps them in perfect condition
while doinK so. Hens fed on tlGATINE keep laying year
after year, for they are so perfectly nourished that they
don't wear out.
But don't take our wonl for thist- cluim.s you can prove them
for yourself by fwiUnt: KGATINK to your own hens.
If vour dealer doesn't have KG.ATINK. ask uh ft.r jiample. feed-
in^ directions and price. statin»r number of hens you arc feeding.
TIOGA MILL Sl ELEVATOR CO.
Box C, Waverly, N. Y.
TI-O-GA FEED SERVICE
WTT^. # * 4 4 0* 4 4 444444
.^|(i^e>M»f—
Protect Your Baby Chick •'
with a LEOLA BROODER HOUSE
Thi* I.eola Iir«H>drr Hoim*" i« ■ irnilar In
• hs|»r phmtnatinr ilsrW r«.rn»T« whrre chirks
■ rowil tiitft'ther »nd liH«T eccumiilet*** Thr^«»
Uric*' c'»««*d window* a«»d • <l«>or fimuh
plfiity "f •uiilicht ai>d %<>ntitaiion Msti<*«
a healthy home for T»ur chick* Thr
"l.iNiU* i« l>tiil« in •r.M-'^l f'fm »ui\ ma»
(.. ra«ily ni«»*cd ffoin !>!•••• ' <^' •■ A«sem
Mrd hy twn mm in heif »n fu>.ir P»ne«t
niatrriel* arc t»«rd throKjhtmi t>wn<>r« tar
ihsi rvrry poultry rsi««T ■.ht..i!d he»«» a
• l,«-<>)a '■ 1*'»^ "••* ""d !•«» rfadjr when
\iifT W ■ > ■ • '
\S riti • ' <iri>. ni'tivf huuki'l and
pricr •
H n STAIFTER & SON. Boi J. LEOU PA.
^0^^044444 4 4. 4- 4. 4 # 4
^'
i
L-
fS'B JHbmpaotVs
tnperied «5^i nalei
WIN AT THE PREMIER SHOW OE ALL THE WORLD
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
New York, January, 1924
The Greatest Record of All Time
EVERY PRIZE AND RIBBON OFFERED
Cocks Itt, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Cockerels 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Hens 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Pullets 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Young Pens 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Old Pens 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
30 PRIZES OUT OF 30 OFFERED
Sweepstake Championship Male and Female ami Kvery Special Prir.e —
This amazing? record is an exact duplicate a reproduction — <»f the
lOO'V perfect records made hy the IMPKRl AL "RINcn.KTS" at their
last two (larden Kxhihils when they won every prize and ribhon offered,
at both shows, the same a^ at this last r.»L>4 ^'how. KVKRV lURD
HRKI) ON MY FARM.
The competition at this show was stronfer in quality than at all the
other shows of America combined — a fact that every breeder knows
only too well.
FIrsf PrU^ Imperial **Ringlet** Cock
at MiuiUon Sifuarm Garden^ New York
-Thm Blood of (his grwat Bird Is aU
through my Sp^clot SaU List
Supreme at Madison Square Garden Is
Supreme Everywhere
BARGAIN SALE FOR 1924
My Special Sale List is now ready and offers the most extraordinary harjrains in extreme hijfh (luality
hntdinff and exhibition birds of First I'rize Sweepstakes Champion Madison Square (;arden bb»od. THIS
IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY to secure Madison Square (iarden Winners, and sons, brother*, sisters and »lauirh-
ters of these xinnners, and birds of the richest First Prize Sweepstakes bloo<l at prices FAR BELOW THEIR
VALUE.
in full of the rarest bargains ever offered in the history of Barreil Rocks and it will be to your interest t
write me for a copy at once and secure the Grand birds you need at SAVING PRICES. .\ copy will be
mailed immediately ui>on request.
Imperial "Ringlets" are the Standard for all the Barred Rocks in all America. They have won
first prises and Silver cups for my customers in thousands of show rooms in every civilized land.
BARGAINS IN EGGS £»*«•"» Catalo, Mailed Upon Request
from the finest exhibititm matini? • in th*- worbl. one setting $10.
two st'ttinifs $17.50. four settinjrs $30.00. 100 ejrps $45.
These Are One-Half My Regular Prices locw bo, iss. amenia. n. y
IViAKIMG LIGHXiS PROFITABLE AND SAFE
t II
Single Copies, Ten Cents
? ..»
11
Kbtt Cant Get Buckeye Results
Unless libu Own a Buckeye
HE biR profits
lin the Baby
Chick business
lean not bv made
today with old-
fashioned, incfticicnt in-
ciil>ators. That IS a plain
htatcmcnt oi iact.
Almost 2.000 hatcheries
rnuipped with Buckeye
MAmnioths are niakinK
money. Their success
has been sensatir^nal.
Their K«^owth has l.cen
amazing You probably
know many of them.
The Buckeye Mammoth
is radically and com-
pletely different from
any other type of mam-
moth. It doesn't look
like any other. It doesn't
operate like anv other.
It isn't built like any
other. It revolutionized
the Baby Chick Indus-
try. It made the Baby
Chick business a safe, sound business.
And today no other incubator can
Kive you Buckeye results and Buckeye
profits.
Here arc a few of the reasons why the
Buckeye succeeds where other incuba-
tors fail — why Buckeye users make
money while other hatcheries lose
money.
llMi*t Tnr tm UmUih HeaMqr
Chicks la Stagnaat Air
Thr Buckeye Mammoth tupplir* all ihr r^t
vtth irrtii. roui»L, ViUlitrtl. oxygm-brannK air,
iKrt tMicr a day, n(>< twtcr a <Uy, but rvrry
minutr o( ewry hour oi every day. Compare
that Willi Uic alaKnant. (»ul air in other incu-
ImIotv la It any woodrr that Ituckryr-hatchrd
rhickt are ttriinicrr. »lurdirr. hrallhicr ^ I» it
any wonder that more chaks huUh. that m<jre
live, that cnpplet are almost unknown.^ You
ran I get Buckeye hatches (runt any other
mcubat^. Doo't try.
mammoth
Bat That*! N«c
AU
These are a few o{ the tt».
sons why Uuckryr ts the oat
successiul mammoth. Wlty
the largest hatcheries errrr.
where use them. Why <i4.
fashioned maiumuihs ut
Ixinti discanied and re»
placed with Buckeyes. Aa4
these are the reasons wiiy
the Bahy Chick bustnm ii
growing S4I fast today. E«
we want you to get all ik
fact* — all the reasons, a2
the cvif'ence, and we «4
send them to you free
A Scrrlce That
Means Socccst
ti
••
«« Is a Thing of
thaPast
The lalx'TKHi* t.i»k <>{ rga o>r>lir.R i* eliminated
with the Buckeye Mamtnoth. The constant
supply (4 fresh air makes "cooling" unnecessary.
That saves time and expense and increases
profits.
Onm Thsi'Miomsttr lasfaad
of Slxtjr
No other inenhator is so easily operated- The
Buckeye llammoth has only one thermometer —
an out*idc thrf|n<>mrter that tells inside tem-
perature. It has one double thermostatic con.
tnJ — a control so positive and accurate that
e\-ery cjfg is kept at the ideal temprr-iture
throughout the incubation period. Other mam>
moths have as many as fifty or sixty ther-
m<ttnrtrr» — hard to »ce — hard to rea«L .\nd
fifty or sixty regulators that need attention and
adjustment. There is no comparison.
Only 1-4 the 8|Nice Is Needed
for The Bockeye
The Buckeye Mammoth rr<iuirrs only one*
fourth the »i>ace u*rd l»y other typrs of mam*
moths of equal capacity. No special buildmgs
are needed. Any r«*oin in any house will do.
The Buckeye system «»f egg turning is quick
and sure. It saves time. Ten thousand eggs
can be turned in a few minutes.
1,00S to 10,3M En sizes
Buckeye Mammoths are made in five sizes
fnjm 1.008 to 10.J68 egg capacity. All are
drsitrnrd so that custom-hatching can be
handird efficiently. All of them include the
features that have made Buckeyes the out-
sunding success in the Baby Chick businrs».
If yriu want profits, if jm
want success in the Baby
Chick business, BtKkryt
cifTrrs it to you. Rack of
e^xry Buckeye inttallatHO is
a service that includes Wa
and advice on every dctav
of the o{>eration r4 tW
hatchery. Thb service is free to Buckeye tuerv
**How to Make Money fat ttm
Babjr Chick Business**
We offer to send you free a book on the Babf ,
Chick Business. It is a book of facts. It is
built on the experience of l.SOO succesifd ^
hatcheries. It will prove invaluable to ya« i
you are in the business or are planning ti
start. Just mail the c<>u|>on for a copy vi tin*
book and the Buckeye catalog.
The Bockeye Incubator
Company
IMS Enelld Av«na«
Spriagll«d, Ohto
MaUThisNOW
The Btickeye Incubator Co..
1382 Euclid Avenue,
Springfield, Ohio.
IMrase send mr, without charge, the
cromplcte facts a^xiut thr cjpjx.rtunitH^
f<»r making money in the Baby Chick
Business.
N'ame .
Address
PARTICULAR
WHITE
LEGHORNS
for
PARTICULAR PEOPLE
Hens with high trapnost
records.
Hens that lay large white
cgK».
Cock* and cockori'ls hatched
fr.m hens with high trapne.-t
records of large white eggs.
PalletD bred and selected to
make high records this com-
ing year.
Pena of yearling hens to be
used as a breeding and lay-
ing rtock.
Pens of pullcU for laying
flocks.
We have no»*k-«irg lay«r)» for nal^
but havf over twelve tb««sand ol
the worWs b»'»l White I^etrhorns
now in our br«"«-ding houiK»« from
which w«« can #.l«^t bird* tonatisfy
m'Mit demands for quality White
l^-g horns.
LORD FARMS
#-9
63 Forc«t St.
Methuen. Ma*^.
few-.
In Qiedynboard Bags Only
Tb«r« ia only on* Chickan Chowd«r.
Purinm Chicken Chowder in Check-
erbomrd Bm^b. Don't ask your dealer
for just "mash." Your henm will knosr
Iba differance, and they'll show th«
difl»r«nc«.
Purina Chtckan Chowder is th« feed that
contains the rif^ht kind of proteins for
making the whi tea of egf^s. Purina Hen
Chow (scratch feed) makes lots of yolks.
Chowdersupplies material for the whites,
making the yolks into complete eggs.
Order Purine Chicken Chowder and
Purina Hen Chow from your dealer and
get extra winter eggs when eggs mean
real proflL PURINA MILLS
81f Oatiot Street
St. LouM. Mo.
Write for tkc Psriaa
Peeltry Seek — Free
EUREKA!
"BABY ALICE*
LAID 1468 EUIS Dunng Her Lifetime/*
write.s R. L. i'urroll, of rawhu?»ka.
(^kln.. "She was hatched from an
ARLST()('K.\T* Barred Rock Kgg
on Oclohtr 1»;. 1915: died May 2».
11) J 4 Her eggs eoldi for $298.80.
Im hvT second, thinl. fourth and tUth
vi-nr rthe laid St»8 ejnfs — average 217
a year for four years. She also won
many prise ribbons as a show bird,
etc.. etc."
EUREKA!
An Aristocrat
FOUND AT LAST!
THAT ONE OREATE.ST MOKEY MAKING COMBINATION IN POULTRY '
llhJII KKloUn LAYKHS I,AU(;K MKAT CIIK KKX.«<. ami llKAlTIKri, riUZK
WINNKHS. ALL IN ONE STRAIN in Amoncs » Mo»t rufulsr K.<»l.
"ARISTOCRAT "
Barred Plymouth Rocks
THArNK.STKD LAYKK.S — with n-rordu uj. to Kna over :>00 scgs for xhm »rsr
AMKKICA'S Uy.ST MKAT OIIICKKN -always t.rinnn« if... highest j.rir*. psi>t ; TIIK
WORLD'S ORKATKST TRIZE WINNERS *»>finit.c . ut Evernvhsre in TIIol SAM»S
of show ronmi
All the««> three quslitirs rombined in one strsin lo ilollrrmsn'* Ksnioii« " AKIH
TOCRAT" lisrred ri>m<-uth R^n-ka. Th#y brrM ihi*. thejr produ-^ thu tliree foUl
romhinstion for • * AULSTtX'H AT" cuslomrra i»*»Ty%»h<>rp. Ilow wotild yoti Uks to relJM
such record hens m the eboT* "Baby Alice"? It costs tio mors to rsmo s (t >• k «>(
thodc c*"*"** I'roflt rrodurtiij, Vnto Winning " ARLSTot'RATS" thsn I-- rsi** ju»t
ordinary rhirken*. It will iturely pmj you to invf>«ti(at«« thm lirrsl Layitif •trsin of
I'rite Winning Itsrrrd Rorka!
GUARANTEED PRIZE WINNERS
FOB ANY SHOW BOOM IN AJIEBJOA NOW BEADY I
I guarantee them absolutely to win oat over AX>L others! Ito sure to writ« today
for •i.erial OCTOHER informstion on surh SII»»W ItlUhS
W.
D. HOLTERMAN /
FANCIER /
/
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B
ox
W D IIOLTI'BMAN. rancter
Bog V. Fort Wayo«. lod . U 8 A.
|*lra«f •••n I m- si onr#> KRKK ■<nn>
.ml MtToiiKU HltoW ItlRI) informs
tiMft on votir world fsinoii* ''AKIHTi)
lUAT ' Marr. d R.». k»- thr World'*
«.RKAT IKI/K WINNKRH «iKK\T L\Y
KU.H-and liRKA I* MK\T flllfKKN.M
Fort Wayne, Ind. /
u. s. A. /
.N'.iiii
T<»w n
Slate
200 Ferris S. C. White Leghorn Cockerels
I niuai for want of n*>ra. *tl«T»«» »f at l»a«t joo Coriirfwls si anrm an<l •'!! •»ii th»fii si s 1 • t>»l<w i >
ni..»r Uirni ' rIOirr •incl» »'lr<U ..f .auani.ix l..i« \.i !.•»» r>«l ff" fi't" ttt>m «in»» l»«trf*.l f^t « »b-o».s
mar* »i>'t frtitn tlir tiral |ic«i« i>r t'«rrU \f:i tnmllt t*
HERE It A CHANCE TO fiET VOUR ■REEOINtt HALEt CNEAr
Write sn<! •••Jl nif »H>« Bi»»i» * «•! rir^^.l I will •!'• ■«» t"l«* I't '«•«"'»' »»«'l Il«^'i5ii« . - t •••
Irtftn Kvrrlt l«>il mstlns« for tav
BROOKDALE FARM,
B. F. Boycr, Proprietor,
UTICA. PENNA.
PREMIER PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES
the: ACKNOWLfCOGED LEADERBI
First prize winners at Madinon Square Ganlt>n for 14 conjifcutive
years and bred .strictly by the Minjrl*' mating sy tern, ("hoicc breedinir
an<l exhibition stock, younjj and old, f<»r nnU' at all timoM Kemtonabli'
price.s.
SHEFFIELD FARM CLENDALE. OHIO
H II HAUK MsN».:rr
In Writinf Advertisers. Kindly Mention E*»rybodyi ToKiltry Macaiio*
731
You Cant Get Buckeye Results
Unless You Own a Buckeye
IE biR profiU
in the liaby
Chick busitu-ss
can not be made
today with old-
fa«>hioned, incflicicnt in-
cubators. That is a plain
statcuient of fact.
Almost 2.000 hatcheries
rauip|>ed with Buckeye
Mammoths are makitiK
muiK'V. Their success
has l>ern sensational.
Their K«'owth has l»ccn
amazinf? You prt»!iably
know many of them.
The Btickeye Mammoth
is radically and com*
pictely different from
any other type of mam-
nitith. It doesn't look
like any other. It doesn't
operate like any other.
It isn't built like any
other. It revolutionized
the Baby Chick Indus-
try. It made the Baby
Chick business a safe, sound business.
And today no other incubator can
give you Buckeye results and Buckeye
profits.
Here arc a few of the reasons why the
Buckeye succeeds where other incuba-
tors fail — why Buckeye users make
money while other hatcheries lose
money.
DMi*t Try to Bat«li WUtMkf
Chicks In Stagaaat Air
Thr Buckeye Mammoth tupptir* all thr rgf*
vilh i(r«b, muut, vtUU««d. uxjrgm-hrarinx air,
not «>ncr a dajr. not twice a U4y. Iiul rvrrjr
minute ol every hour of every day. OmipAre
that with the •tagnant, (tnil air in other incu>
balora. la it any wunurr that lluckeye-hatcbed
chKks are ttn»nger. •lurdirr, healthier? Is it
any woiuier that more chicks hatch, that mtjre
live, that crii<|>lr« ate almost unknown.* You
ean't set lluikryc itatchca frum any other
tncultat^. Doo't try.
•S
«t Is a Tidnc of
tlM Post
The lalMiriouf t.i»k «<( rgu r<i»>lir!|i it rliminatrd
with the Buckeye Mammoth. The constant
•upply t4 irnh air makes "cooling" unneceMary.
That uvea time and expense and increasea
prufita.
Oam Tlnii ■Mwslii lastood
of SIxtjr
No other inctjhalor is so eaaily operated. The
Buckeye Mammoth has only one therm<»rnrter—
an uulftujr ihrf|ii< ■meter that tells in»i<ie tem«
perature. It has otte double thermostatic caa>
trol — a Control so positive and accurate that
e^-ery rug is kept at the ideal temperature
throughout the incul>ati(m period. Other mam*
moths have as many as fifty or sixty ther-
m«»meteT» — hard to see — hard to reaiL And
fifty or sixty regulators that need attention and
adijustmcnt. There is nu comparison.
Only 1-4 the Space Is Needed
for The Buckeye
The Buckeye Mammoth rr<juirr» only one*
fourth the s|>ace umi! liy i.thcr types of mam*
moths of etjual ca|iacity. No *|>ecial buiMinws
are neetled- Any room in any house will <1<».
The Buckeye system of egg turning is quick
and sure. It saves time. Ten thousand eggs
can be turned in a few minutes.
1,008 to lOtSM £« Sixes
Buckeye Mammoths are made in Ave sixes
iumi 1.008 to I0.J68 egK capacity. All are
designed so that custom-hatching can be
haitdled efficiently. AM of them include the
features that have made Kuckeyes the out-
sunding success in the Baby Chick business.
Bnt That*s Not
All
These are a few of xhe rrs-
sons why Buckeye ts the ooe
successful mammoth. Why
the largest hatcheries crcry*
where use them. Why oli.
fashioned mammoths ars
l>einK discarded simI re-
placed with Buckeyes. And
these are the reavms why
thr Bahy Chick Inis^ness u
irrowing so fast today. Bat
we want you to get all thr
fact* — all the reasons, sQ
the evidence, and we wiQ
send them to you free.
A Service That
Means Success
If > >u want profits, if yoa
want success in the Baby
Chick t>usine«s. Buckeys
offers it to you. Back <A
e^Try Buckeye installatioa is
a service that iruludes bdn
and advice «>n every detaiT
of the operation "f the
hatchery. This ser\ice is free to Buckejc u«er».
**How to Make Money in tlM
Bahjr Chick Business**
We offer to send yrni free a book «)n the Baby
Chick Business. It is a tmok of facts. It is
built on the experience of I.SOO successful
hatchenes. It will prove invaluable to you if
yt»u are in the business or are planning to
start. Just mail the coupon for a ci/py ui this
book and the Buckeye catalog.
The Buckeye Incubator
Ccmipany
13Sa Eaelld Avenue
S|^la8»e4, Ohim
/
I
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MaUThisNOW
The Buckeye Incubator Co..
i:iR2 Euclid Avenue.
Springfield, Ohio.
Please send me. without charge, the
Ctimplrtr facts aHi>ut the ojip..rtunitie»
f«>r making money in the Baby Oiuk
Business.
Name . ..
Address ._,...«. , ..
PARTICULAR
WHITE
LEGHORNS
for
PARTICULAR PEOPLE
Hem with high trapnest
record*.
Hent that lay large white
ctjg».
Cocks and cockerels hatched
frt»m hens with high trapnei-t
reconLs of large white eggs.
PallrtH bred and selectt^d to
make high records this com-
ing year.
Pens of yearling hens to be
us«M as a breeding and lay-
ing tlock.
Pens of pullets for laying
tliK-ks.
Wr have no a>«»-<'irir la> •■« for nal^
but have «»ver twelve tk««sand of
th** worlds b«'»t White I«•k'^M»ms
now in our l.r»>«-dinir hou»^« from
which we ran #. l«H-t hirH< lonatmfr
in'>*t demands for quality White
L«r« horns.
LORD FARMS
#-9
a Forest St.
Methuen. Mas*.
In QiedtMboard Bogs Only
Th«r« is only on* Chickan Chowdsr.
Purinm Chicken Chowder in Check"
erbosrd Be^m. Don't ask your dealer
for just "mash." Your henm will know
the difference, and they'll mhow the
difference.
Purina Chicken Chowder is the feed that
contains the rif^ht kind of proteins for
makinc the w/ii res of ef^gs. Punna Hen
Chow (scratch feed) makes lots of yolks.
Cbowdersupplies material for the whites,
making the yolks into complete eggs.
Order Purina Chicken Chowder and
Purina Hen Chow from your dealer and
fet extra winter eggs when eggs mean
rsal profiL PURINA MILLS
8190«tM>« Str««t
St. Louia. Mo.
Wntc fer tkc Periaa
Pseitry Boek — Frse
EUREKA!
"BABY ALICE'
LAID 1468 EGGS DuHng Her Liletiiif .*'
writes R. L. Carroll, of Pnwhu^kn.
Okla.. "She was hatched from an
ARISTOCK.VT' Barred RiM-k Kgg
on October If., 1 9 IS; died May 28.
li>-J4 Her eggs sold for $298.S0.
In her second. thir»l. fourth and tUth
year she lai.i sr»S ogir* — average 217
a year for four years. She also won
many prize ribbons as a show bird,
etc . etc."
EUREKA!
FOUND AT LAST!
THAT ONE ORr.ATEST MOKEY MAKING COMBINATION IN POULTIIY
HHJII KKcoiin i.ayku< l\u«;k mf.at tint kkn.«4. anh iikaitikii. rui/.K
WINXKItS. all in ONK 8THAIN m America • Mo»l Toiular IVwl
"ARISTOCRAT "
Barred Plymouth Rocks
TKAPNK.'^TKn LAYKUH -with n'.nnl* up |o sn-l over -00 sffgs for lhi» vrar;
AMKIilCA'8 WV.ST MKAT Oil I CKKN- -always hrmsin* il.. blgbPst j.rirr psM . TIIK
WORLDS ORKATKST IMUZK WINNKK.H HinnM-c • ul ET«rr«bere in TIMl SAM».S
of dhow rooms
Au Aristocrat
\\\ Xhr^f three qualitirt romhined in one atrain in
TOCRAT" Barred IMjavuth Korks. Ihrj l>rr«sl tins,
ronihinatinn for * ' AHISToCH AT" ru^t.-mrrn ••vrrywhrr*'.
such record hens as the above "Baby Allcs"? It costa do mora
those cr^-at Troflt l*rodu«in», Trii© Winninj: 'AHmTtK'UATS
Ho^trrnsan'* KamoM^ ' VKlf*
thejr {irudui-e thi* threefold
How woQld yott Itkt to ratse
to rsi««< a !!•" k «>f
than t" rsi««> ju«t
ordinary rhirken*. It will surely pay yoo to imroticatr ihi* (irrai l.«>iii( •trsm of
Trixe Winning Marrrd Korksl
GUARANTEED PRIZE WINNERS
FOB ANY SHOW BOOM IN AMLBICA NOW BEADY!
I fuarantee them absolutely to win out oTor ALL others! it%< sure tu wnt^ todar
for sperial Ot'T<U«KR information "n surh SIU»\V HlUh.-*
w.
n
D. HOLTERMAN / »;• -
FANCIER /
/
Box V
D IIOLTI'BMAN. Fanrlar
Fort Wayne, lod . U 8 A.
•»>n 1 ni" at onre-KKKK -^pe
nsl (MTollKli SlIiiW ItlRD Informs
tH'n on your w«»rl<l famoti« ''ARLhTii
t'UAT ■ llsrr .1 Kw k. thi. World's
t.RKAT I'RI/K WINNKRH i.UK \T I.\Y
ERH— and tiRKA I" MKAT rifH"KFN.'<
Fort Wayne, Ind. /
/
U. S. A.
.\.iiii«-
Tuw n
200
is S. C. White Leghorn Cockerels
I rnu.' f !■ »«nl of rwum. rt1.rw>«» "f at Us«l J«»0 r«>Hirrels si •««• sr<1 will ••^i %h*m si • ! w %i\m in
•rrm flUirf slntlv LlfiU i»r •iiani.t; l..i« \\\ •!•»•• '■••> ffr« rsi.<" f'<,«i itme tk«(rtMNl •«• • * • («-«^
ma 1^ Sfi'l rrom \Ur \»%\ t>««i« «f I'arrts 1924 msiti («.
HERE It A CHANCE TO OET VOUR BRIEOINa MALEt CHIAr
U . SUfl Xrn nir (wW msr) i -i t.r»-.l I will U'l'lf f'to »-» rrtuHi mssl Hrtn'tjil^f • -..r-r • *•«
frura KvrrU i*«l msMns* to*
BROOKDALE FARM.
B. F. Boytr, Proprietor,
UTICA. PENNA.
PREMIER PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES
THE ACKNOWLEOCEO l.llADEHfil
First prize winners at Madison Squari' flurtlrn for 14 con!««'culiv»»
years and bred strictly by the sinffle matintc .syilem. Choice breeding
an<l exhibition stock, younjr and old, for sale at all lim«M Reasonable
prices.
SHEFFIELD FARM CLENDALE. OHIO
II It IIAUK !kUna4»r
In WHtInc Advertisers, Kindly Mention Everyhodys rouUrr Msicsiiue
711
732
EVERYBODVS POULTRY' MAGAZINE
JJTJTT TU' TT)
VOLUME 29
2>«»>;.'»',A»A
OCTOBKR. 1021
Mm\
NUMBER 10
EVERYBOD YS
Amert'ca s ^fost Pof>u/ar Poultry f^agazine
This Month
737
739
740
712
743
744
745
746
747
Cover
by L. A. Stmhmcr
Makinjr Li>ht» Profitable and Safe
by Prof, Harry R. Lewis
The Preparation of Younjf Stock for its Life
Work
by Charles D. CleTeland
The Aiicona.". Campines and Hamburjfs
by T. F. McCrew
The Casserole
by Harold F. Barber
Experiment Station"
by Prof. Harry R. Lewis
Poultry Conventions Show Projrress
by D. E. Hale
The Hou'^ewife and a Few Hens
by Harry H. Collier
Worms a Serious Menace
by Michael K. Boyer
BeKinnt-rs Department
by Prof. Harry R. Lewis
Editorials 748-751
Mil) • bikI (;ir]» . Itnrmony. or the Spirit of (fiv«> nnrl
T«k»»: Whs! to I>o With thr MiiWi»; A CommHtr*
Worth W»iil«»; A Fm>«» M'-nthly; U|>rnr<l Ka«tirn
Ofllre: Indiana rouItrTtn«'n at I'urdtir. Or|o)'r>r 14 1(1;
Sproule*! ()at«: KintthinK Ko\tla (or Market.
Hale's Henopraphs 752
The American Fancier 754
by E. B. Thompson
Of Int<Tevt to poultry Judf^es 757
by Walter Burton
Turn Over, .Mr. Fancier, You Are Sleeping on
the Wronjf Ear 7C0
by Theo. Hewes
The Great West 771
by Harry H. Collier
American Buff Wyandotte Club Bulletin 773
Waterfowl on the Farm 777
by Oscar Grow
Hanover's Fortieth Anniversary Show 779
by Jan. T. Huston
Shows and Associations 785
Jersey Black Giant Club Bulletin 788
Horticultural Department 790
by Prof. Arthur J. Farley
A vvord Between Us
W> have been tfllinjr you here monthly of what
,y«»u could expect in yctur next issue of Kver>'-
l»odys. We are poinjf to steal this space, this issu**,
for another purp(»se and let you puess a little a" tn
what our staff of writers have in store for you for
next month.
With this issue of Everybodys. we enter the fall
and winter season of ll>J4-25, that it i>^ poinj: to
be an active season and one of advancement alonp
all lines of poultry culture is a foregone eori-
clusion.
Ever>'bodys Poultry Ma^razine desires and in-
tends to be a help to everyone of you poultry keep-
ers, whether fanciers of exhibition-bred birds or
you who are engaged in keeping poultry as a bui-
n«'ss, depenfiing on the sale of eggs and puiltry
meat for a livelihood.
The thousands of regular readers of Everyl»odys
throughout the land are poultry keep«'r . They
are interested in poultry, either as a business or a
hobby that gives them pleasure. In eith«'r ra^^e,
they are students of poultry* culture, desirou-* of
learning the things that are essential to success
in breeding, whether for eggs and meat or pri-
marily the exhibition fowl.
Appreciating that our great family of readers
is made up of men and women, poultry lovers all,
yet a pc»rtion breeding for exnibiti«»n qualitii's,
principally; another portion concentrating their
ambition on producing lines of greater c\zv: and
meat fowls. We have and propose to always fill
each issue of Everybodys with the best that can be
obtained in reading matter that will be of value
to every poultr>' lover. The ultni fancier shall
have his fea<<t of good things, and the so-called
productionist his or hers.
The editors and regular contributors of Every-
body* are min and women who understand the
poultry industry and fancy from \ to Z. They
know the needs of all the **John Smiths" stri\ing
to make poultry a profitable business they know
the help necessary for all the "Bill Jones" who are
itching to breed blue ribbon winners for the fall
fair and winter shows.
When it comes to expenditures, is there any-
thing that comes into your home that costs b'ss
for the .•satisfaction given than your reading? T.'ic
pays for a one year's subscription to Every bt»dys;
$1.00 for two years, or $2.00 for five years. Help
us place Everybo<iys in every home in your locality
where any meml)er of that home keeps poultry.
THE PUBLISHERS.
C. M MVCRt. Prt*IS at
Sn^rrtflMa Prlca
I >«-«r 1 jrva^ S rear*
VuXXf^X Hiai«>« Mrs II-M tlM
«•«••'• «' •« M-' - ' ... I <M 1^ ^.^^
> ■ ^ 1 IS 3 so 4 &S
' • ■ » ' ' * . Mot ran a-»'i (omen wi--
«.i^ in t>flf«»»
Tiial S«kMr(sti*««
• 11? • 1. , 'oHi
tint
itrj
M
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I
we wn mail
xc\itiv* m.inth* la
!•«»» fdf ;v TImi
'•r SVi It for
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Bnt«r«d
SI Seccnd
S. A CEISCLMAN. & cr lar>Trvaturrr
EVERYBODYS
POULTRY MAGAZmE
PubiitkMi ttie tnf of mc(i manth at Hanover. Pa.
J«« T II •o'l. Mh'ikg.ug yA.UiT
A«»Mlata Edttara
fliaiiet I» C;. .r ai.l I'' f ir Fl. I>rwl«
S»ecUl Cantrtbutiat Staff
It If CoU.er l» K Hale llami i P ltart<(>r
Mrik liflcfi t»>w WM-akpr T P. Mrlirew
Wr«t»r«i Advfrtittafl Afeatt
WjK«eJer h NtiMfinn'. New W-is'.r ft s:t<Un(
<10 .\ Mi.-'n,-:aii .\rr , T'l ■ .. ,■ I
Director of CIrtulation
11 II s' ,.•« ir.-. jii W. -.Mti St . K*ii^«» !':»>. M'.
JA8. T. HUSTON. Editor anil Manater
Chakfo of Addreu
If r-M otanfe >i>'ir a l.tr»»» .1 iflrf ttr trrni of
r-'ur •ut'arTlpUon ritMify ut at (Nu'v i,'.\ ng jf.>ur
'•I a* Well a* }'>iT t>< w a<Mre»« ar -t a'.xi tt-.o
»rr iHl'in ncni'-r Mtii^li at:«^ri t>»i Itir wra;>-
of raH) eot'7 riiail<><I to jrou If t>««4ll If .
t< ar the alilrvaa off Ittf w'a[>{«r aiil mark Uio
r..aiige Uiaraun.
Caviratioat and Rentwalt
i:«erjl«»lr« HouUry Mti**'.'.- ■»; - t titniet at
tti<- aurap'»<l'>n of |>aiil < it >i-r:;>tiiHi In yanr
ta^t maca/iiie m\\l l<> f«niii<l a rwiewa: liaJik:
II. r wiapfer aliw niarli>-«l. •■V<mr mul'M^u-Uon ei-
pirra «tiii till* |««tir " TUt> ■ii^«rrli«^ r%n a>
»ia>« <1«««t»nni'>e H>e fiplraitiw <la(« l>>' referring
;•• '■trapi'rr a<Mf»-«*
Cluii Matirr April 6th. 19\rt at the l">in O.Tlce at Hanover. Pa., under Act of March 3. 1879.
C"ivrii:ht. I'Jl.'..
'A
■A
^
ir^iUiAjA_
Hewes Did It!
.•n^-- laM «lMn be lock hold of Inti:ana Stata
ralr that h*'l "nui''*' I' • f^oultrj al.ow areonil
10 tx*-* " '" "Pa.r*" lnlm:ta»le war h# sar*
''Htla rear'B ahow tt tt>e Ntri tn ■•rrnty-uoe
f^^r%." A» lhl« '» '^0 teTefjljrflral annlrrntary of
aZ l''W\^ State Fair wo will hare in ai< imo
(hat if''* t 'T* tli<-ro all Ami we will tell rxi m
5^.^ » »• C >f ■' <• 'oj . 'It'* a hiirojinfrr " SiTv»
ih.r*? *;»
1-f^l rt
Mn1« l« a real rhlrkcn
tt^tm W:th new Nitl.|ln«« rr»nit«e«1 an. I Ilrwea
at thf hfln> e«^«7 rhlrfcerman wai.ts tn watrti It
It* «::! mokp tt the Fall Clauk.
Bat ll«t»n :
Zwick Did It
w
nth Uilrtx »eTen of .v;r 'i-
a* *e-'
►•a!at!e
White Wyandottes
and U'eX » '■• rrro'hlt'I. "ey failed l,> m.:.
^art> trryiit*^ tt>ere wai nolhlnff m~^r» to win
M-^f* Iho'f IM*. It *a« arknnw'.rtUr.l to t« t>)«
. ,'. and mo*! att.'aniTe eihibit oo th«> nmir. ai!
i • rile*
For tke tMr^ r«n»e««itl«« tiiao at Indlaaa we
|«t and ?ad Corki
Ut 2ad. )rd 4tli and SIh Hem
Ut 2nd. 3rtt 4tfi and ith Caekerrlt
Ut. 2ad. Jrd. 4th and 5th Pullrtt
Itt and 2nd Old Pent
Ut and 2nd Yount Pent
And w<i> hae* b*«a arillnc winner* to mst tra<le
all Ui* Kail.
N'ow Th»i are thlnklnc of ahowlnt and ymi want
at>«'lutr!y to win. J'i4t let ut help jroti. |*u'!.'t«
iv«.lr. Co^e^ii pranrinc to gv. C'M-k« aitd II 'n«
galore We'll ftt tltem to win. <ir we'!l mate
tl)eni In hre*^! I fa
^^'^"^
(Hir Ixialnr^a. It 'a
your o(<t">rtunitT
Write >.»ir ner.U
■ f*<j'iar» Ival" U o«ir
middle nam^ Sr-id
for dalea llonk.
K. H. ZWICK
Arthur G. Duttcn
Sua«rintoad*nt
R. F. D. 3
OXFORD OHIO
THE WORLD'S BEST LEG BANDS
I! r«M.nRM for Piwiltry and Plfrwi*. enll. |!a» y
'- ^ 'a U. M(ie<ial Trapne«« hamla. Kitrrraeir
» • • i.irljr prar'.ical Hro •am;l«' l*frre v-u
» .; t ffre
AWTMUW P. tPILLER. Boa C. ■EVEWLY. MASg.
8. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
Pur*" Tancred Strain
306 EGO GRAND CILAMTION HEN
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Pr. Smith'.>< F«»rc«'«l Draft inciihatorn hatch hum ;• ihivk- than :in
other incubators ct»mhine<i. Frum almost nothini; ton yearn ajr*) tht»
chick ))URiness has roachrtl its present size thn>ii>rh Dr. Smith's inven-
tions- tht)Usantls of hatcheries made possiMi* l»v hi** ft»resi>fht
TIIK SMITH IS CRK.VTINC (IKK.VTKST SI NS.VTIO.N IN HIS-
TORY OF INCrH.ATION— 17.000 e^'k's in 10 by \\\ foot floor space
— labor and operatinjj expense cut in half — thousands of «bd)nr<«
.savetl in buihlinjfs — special cellar not neetletl - ffootl bye woriy!
Moisture, heat and o.xyjren CONTKOI.I.KD .M'TOM.XTH .\ I I.Y
prt)duce bijr^'er and better hatches .Smith-» hold recortl ft»r h'ubest
hatchinjf perocntajres. Smith-hatched chicks are huskier stand up
better. Scientific, positive contrt>ls prevent spoiled hatches K\ KKV
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Produces more profit AT LF:SS COST than any «.ther incubator —
hundreds of SMITIIS in use — every user makinjj HKi profits.
Personal attention by experiencetl hatchery men helps inexperi-
encml bejjinners make mon«'y from start.
Prepare NOW for next year. Write TOD.\Y for helpful bookie's
— start a hatchery and make money in this fast ijrtiwing profilabi*
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
INDEX TO GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS
. V ••— . .k.t .varv AiMvlAr %6rtTM»tmtnX In Ihli Ufn« U tUue^ by inirtworthy people, and to prore our f^th w« fuaranU* our ixibactlW
W« ^l»^ ,*^* ^'irr f rridal^i ml«r«pr«s«Utlon in any *dT«rti.emrnt of the followinf adrertuer*, appeartnii In thU Usn* of Er«rybo4yt
r:? ii!t^JJI?nr aS tbi wr^f U tb^ laTorderlni th. fowU or good., you mention to tbe adTertUr that yon taw tbo adT^rtu^aenTS
^■i^^^^S^.^- Maiallne aUo Ibat tbo purcbaw be made durimc the month or month, in which the adrertUement U InsertM, and ta
'L!!?T.7T/.- LSf» u* of tb" frandolent mlireprea^-ntation of the adreriUer. firing ua full partlculara aa aoon aa it occura Thl. Kuiraat^a
^u!l K aU aabecJlbir. who Ire on ou7 un?«plred subscription U*t who mention ETerybodyi Poultry Mafutne whan wrtttaf adTertUar..
Akron l^mj» <''*
Arnold. Aat I>
Anderson Hot Co
Adam*, li C
Amerlran H<-i»niiflr
t«rio*. Ine
Aai*ri<-an VonUry School
Arey. M. 8
I>ah«ra
. . 779.
Bart«'r. Harold F
barr'a Kno)>l»)r Stone Pool
try F»rm
Beuoy. 0»o
Bailey. L. W
Bird Bros
Bvbejre lorubator Co. front
BattliHi. C <»
Btootrtrr Un>»
Bartholomew. \Sta. A
Bailt and U«ed by Poultry
Bradley Broe
Blambcrc Brothrrs. Inr
Brown Keore and Wire Co.
Baltimore I'uuUry Hhow . .
Boston poultry Hhuw
Brookdaie Farm
Beebe Laboratorii>«
75«
773
76S
7««
7«7
773
787
707
752
761
773
7.34
cover
794
7»0
79:1
794
762
790
7«5
787
7:n
: :j :i
Des Moinen Incubator Co.
I>irk Mfc Co . Jos
iJrrw Line Co
I>irkin»on Co., Albert
Davf-y. V. H
Daniels. H. A
I»or'he»ter pottery \V.rk.
I>arlinr A Co
Ka»t Coa»t Trading Co.
Kairview Farm
Kahmer. J. W
Ferris. Geo. li
Kleiiirhmann Co
FiKhinr Creek Poultry Farm
Purge Work*. C A 8
Ga«tonia Poultry Farm
(iranxert Iffc Co
iir»w, Oiirar
758
7««
7^1
750
7C7
779
761
772
73.'S
704
7hI
752
755
753
7«0
Collins. W. H
Cedarhurtt Poultry Farm . .
Camden Poultry Show . . .
Chicaco Coliseum .Show . . . .
Cook. A. W. and P P
Carbolineum Wo«»d Pre»erv
ln« Co
rio»e To Nature Co.
Chestnut Hatrhery . .
Collis prodarU Co
Crosby. A. 8
Curti»« Co.. W. It
Cosh. Newton
Cleveland. Charlt>a I>
Call of the llrn ...
Collier. HI!
CUrdy. P. F
<'0"k. .Ir t' Kvdfiey
765
767
7H5
785
777
762
7««
77H
758
778
77n
7 7 I
734
734
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752
709
lle»s A Clark. Inr . I»r
765. 77
Happy Hen Remr<ly Co. . .
Hankinn. W. H
Hollerman. W. D
||oine«to«d Campine Farm
Ilasckmi. A. C
liammfr. H H
0.
Iowa Sales Co
Illinois Hand A Supply
Independent Mff Co. . .
Co.
7 83
757
753
788
776
758
731
77r4
706
733
772
774
757
Jaroliu*. M
James Mff
n
Co
'4
'I
Kerlin'a Grand View PouJ
trv Farm
Keipper Coopins Co.. Inc. .
Kiilp. W W
Kitnelmsn Hros
704
770
77rt
79. 1
I^n<low Mfc Co ,
I/ewi«, Lyle K
Ix»rd Farm* . .
I^y*»eU Farm
Lewis. Harry R
Lenher. J (tuy
I.anrakter Mfjt Co
Lewn. O. G. L
Metal K«it Crate Co
Milwaukee Nati<nal poultry
A Pigeon Show
My«rii. C N
Monmouth Poultry Farm . .
Marry Farms
Martin. .John 8 ....
Ml«^o(]ri Poultry Farms . . .
MoelUr Co . A K
Mann Co . F. W
Natioral Poultry Institute. .
Northwe»tern Y«a»t ('•■. . . .
Northland Farm*
Newtown (tiant Inrubatnr
Corporation
National Poultry Hand Co. .
O K. Company
Owen Farms
'■Orulum'" Co
Outdoor Knterpn-..- (■- ...
Purina Mills
Poltl. A. F
I'utnam. I
Parks. J W
Potter A Co
Penn«yl\ania Poultry Farm.
I'ayne Hroa
Pratt Fo«.d Co
Plymouth Rork Monthly . .
poultry Di»eia»e«
I'urtable Houoe Mfc Co. . .
poultry Item . 773,
PrfHlurers A <"oii»«merii Co.
|*i-erl«-M> Wire A K«*nre Co. .
popular Poultry pointert .
Parks Floral Maratine ....
Piepirra» Light ('«
»4 JJ I ProUt from a Town
l/o| in On<' Year
763
707
711
77^
7«3
'92
70.1
779
787
781
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764
751
770
772
750
754
7 16
778
7 59
700
703
751
7«l
774
731
700
768
753
750
707
764
70y
775
788
762
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756
790
71H
791
772
7.XO
Queen Incubator Co
Royal Mfg. Co
Hoanr>ke Fair . .
Koyal Winter Fair
I(ev«nah Poultry I'rodurU
Co
Rabbitrraft
Hentiel. P K .
Rideau Specialty Co
781
761
7S$
7§7
776
774
77«
77J
.Smith Co. Wellington J.
.Standar<l of perfection . .
Smith. H Haielton
."^unTiy»'<le poultry Farm
.•^pratt* Patent Ltd . . .
Sheer Co . H. M bar
.'^pahr Hreeding F»tato.
M
Sheffield Farm
Sunny»ido Poultry Far
R C Hlodgett
StaurTcr A S<>n. H. M
.Spiralet Co
.smith Incubator Co.
.Shaw. Arthur H
S« hwalge Smith Co
.spearman, N H
Silbermsn. .To«eph
Si>ecialty Mfg Co
.Southgate. Hiram
Spiller. Arthur V
. 765
. 73S
. 77»
.. 777
.. 760
k rov«r
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757
. 731
m.
783
757
770
733
751
769
771
774
774
779
733
Turner HroB. . . .
Trafford. Henry .
Tompkiim. Harold
Thomp»on, K H .
760
762
766
back forer
I'nited Hrooder Co. 761
I'nited Steel A Wire Co . 7«l
Underwood poultry Farm . . 752
779
777
White Feather Hatchery . .
Wilkinson A Wilkinson . .
W\andotte Standard and
Mreed Hook 794
White MfiT Co 7 93
Young Co . K. C
Zwirk. K. H. .
771
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BIRD BROS. GIANT BRONZE TURKEYS, PARTRIDGE PLYMOUTB ROCKS
AOAIM 8WELP THE GARDEN SHOW 23 YEARS OF CONSISTENT WINNING
Here I. the 1924 rec.^rd^'lrolJ/' Tnrlen: "^ck. 125; H«is 1 2 4 5 Cocli«el. 1 2 3-4-5: Pullet. 12345
Plymoni B^cia: Cock. 12-3 4 6: Hans 12.15: CockaraU 1.2 34-5; Pallet. »^^ 1 *= , ® V*.?.***.*-*
'^paiCES -T. ms. 115 and up: Turkey Ilenv fl5 and up Partridge Ko,k»: Single birds. |...
pena (4 female* and male) at |25. f50 and $75 „ . ,, . a \t-;. #«- 4t
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MA1X8 AITD FEMALES THAT WILL PRODUCE Increase yo-r average by a.ing one of my cockerel, or get your order boohed tor
pullet* Wa« M.ld <.ut rar.r ia»t > car » a — »rf%»*iB»^%wm/»J »f t
GHARUM D. CLBVKLAND Box 7 EATONTOWW, W. J.
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IT WILL CUT DOWN
YOUR FEED BILL
WHY FEED THE HEN THAT NEVER LAYS OR THAT NEVER LAYS ENOUGH
EGGS TO PAY HER KEEP? THERE IS A WAY TO PREVENT THIS.
L.arn Which of Your Hen. L»y B«»« — Thi« Book Will Taach You How
DON'T KILL THE LAYER— SWAT THE DRONE
If you only keep a doien hens you need this book. It will cut down the feed
bill and increase your average epK yield. Don't judge "The Call of the Hen" by
other poultry books. It's a cloth bound, illustrated description of a new discovery,
revolutionary in nature, the result of a lifetime of investigatinif and experimenting,
and has been thoroughly tested by hundreds of the most successful poultry plant*
and pronounced wonderful and sure.
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This Standard stands as the
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Standard varieties will be
judjfed from 1923 to 1931.
You cannot for far toward.**
success in breeding? to Standard
unless you have this up-to-the-
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Know your Standard before
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Hanover, F*a.
•nrtinc f«r >»u at ful! cllf riflht «•«.
• ■rf t*i#y «ill — with Okerr*
thf el4 hrn% m»'4 Ob«rr« ta pull
th'ir throuah th* woltlii« and H»€k t«
w«rt again 0« «•( l«t v«iir ll*««
loaf Gi«« tli^Mi Ofe«rr« aarf fea«*
»owt rt«« r««.
e eiriT*
each before the iijje nf
f(»ur months? Wi* think thry
do well to lay any at that ai;c,
an«l so doe.** Mr. J. L. Kbrr.nole,
F'Jizabethtown, Pa. Here is
what he ."says about Oberco:
"I haN.> »: \i'M it (nl)«^i-o) » f«ir trial with mr \»y\t\t hena. »nd th«>y
k»>pt up ett |«r«Klu'tn»n ln^y-'tid my cxp«^tatirtn. I a<l<i<>l lO'i oherro to
my ni»«h. whi- h I min tnf««'1f. with co.'d rraulta I tni(ht ••jr — wHh r*
ni»rkBhl<> ri^nult*. )ir<Miiii<o I haro t>ull»t« now that l»i<i thrro to flt«> r((a ^
brfnr.» thr ac** *»f f"Ur month*, whirh i« aomrthmc I n^^fr ••tprrirnrrd
hrfor* kntl I rni* Ohrr<-o thi» rrnlit. H*>«t of all, thf»«« pullria «rr <!*•
r^Ioplnf very n.rrly. lookinr I'k* ahow hml*. with MfM>«l rrd romha.
hritcht fyf. and »hap«><l to prrfrrtmn I ha\«» a fl<'fk of 400 8. C WbU»
L«»>:horr;«. whirh I am vffjr proud of "
Good rgt produrtion i* usually a malti'r of rood frcdinf I'aa Oli«'rfo In tha lay A
inc math and proTtd«» tgg making mat<>rtal — »h* right kind of prutrin and mlmraU '
If your hrn* am not produ<-inc aa thpy ahould. c>v t>berco a trial It will pay for
itaplf many timra ovnr.
Voor hoga also n*****! pr«itfin an<l minTala in tlirir ratinn <»»*• th<«cn Oh^rro al*nc
with thrir regular farm tved. W« kni»w \i»u will grl reaulta. for wr hav« aron il triad
many timra.
Writa for further information. Our hookJi't lella it all Write fur il
EAST COAST TILADINO COMPANY
(Sutjaidiary of)
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G. OBER & SONS
COMPANY
Eitabllahad IS 40
630 OBEB BLDO.. BALTIMORE. MD.
EAST COA.ST TRADING
CO.
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A jfood seaman is di.scovered in bad weathrr. An adver-
tising^ medium is like a {food seaman; its valu<- must stand
th«' test of time, be the proof of skeptics and sail a true
course ovrr roujjh .reasons.
If you want to be .'^ure of a confid<-nt reading public, thrn
use a "fool-proof" advertisinjf medium.
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sati>tied patrons.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE, HANOVER, PA.
lo Writms Advertiaera, Kindly Mention Everybody* I'oultry lila<aiiaa
Made Your Entry
Breeders in more than 20 States and Canada have
shown us that the Egg-Laying Contests of this and
other countries are a popular part of the poultry in-
dustry. The demand for stock and eggs from fowls
that have made gcx^d records in the pens of other
than the owner is getting greater all the time. Enter
a pen in the
International
1
Egg-Laying Contest
Entries Will Close When the 100 Pens Arc Filled
Contest Starts November First
PRIZES
Wc arc glad to publish below the lil>eral prizes ofTered in this contest
AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION PRIZES OLR PRIZES
The American Poultry A^MKjaUon «)l{crs. i(. contestant*
that arc member* of that A>*ocialu»n. tme Grand sweep
Make Mlver cup. actual value $KK).00. to pen laying larR
e«t number */ egg* in any American conte-t run under
iheir nilev A Grand *weep*take -ilver cup valued at $^0.
M individual laying largest number of eggv These two
cup« are f.r the best pen and best individual in any
A. P. A. Contest in America and arc the sweepstakes
prize* of the country.
In addition, they will offer a gold medal for pen layinR
largest number i»f eggs, and a silver medal for individual
hen laying largest number of egg*, in each contest run
under A P A rules Winner must be a member of the
American Poultry A»*ociation.
They will also issue a certificate of merit to each female
that lays 2<M» eggs or more, provided t»wner is a member
of the A. P. A.
ThU Contest Will Be Conducted Under the Latest ReWied Rules of the American Poultry A»octation. Under the
Pergonal Supcr\-ision of Jud);e D. I:. Hale
Get Your Entry In At Once
c/f// Egg Producers Should Be Interested In the Follon-ing:
mal-Poultry Yeast Foam] was fed at various levels to ten
groups oi 45 birds each, pullets and hens. The following
result> wiTc obtained: The Commercial Yeast Product had
a beneficial effect when White Legh«.rn pullets were
forced to undergo a longer pcri«>d <-f feeding ind exer-
cising by the u»e of Imhts iJndcr these condition*, pul-
lets developed better, laid more euRS and the e^jRs were
larger and heavier.*'
ll y..u w.iiit lo bring your pullet egi!'- t » ^t.indard sue
in a ".hort tiim-. add to ycur ration
J25.UO cash for Mediterranean pen laying largest num-
ber of eggs.
$25. (K» cash for pen other than Mediterranean, laying
largest number «>1 eggs in their class
$25 OU cash lor Mediterranean female laying largest num
bcr of eggs
$25.00 cash for female t»ther than Mediterranean l.iyir ^^
largest number of eggs in that cIa'^s.
Handsome silver cup for pen laying largest number - t
eggs, all competing
HandMime silver cup for female laying largest number of
eggs, all competing
Cold medal to pen laying eggs of greatest value
G«»ld medal to female laying egg* of greatest value.
$5 (M) cash each month to pen laving largest number eggs.
$5 ()0 cash eaJi month to female laying largest number
of eggs.
Special ribbon for each female that lays 200 eggs or more
According to the latest contest rules eggs weighing be-
tween 18 and 22 ounces will be graded as "pullet eggs *
Pullet eggs shall be figured at 40 points per dt>ien and
Standard egg» at 50 points per dozen.
An easy way to gain the*c ten points is to add Animal-
Poultry Ye4Ml Foam to your rations.
Note this: The Poultry Department of the Pennsyl
vania State College, after an exhaustive test, publishes the
followirrg: "A commercial yeast product [which was Ani
ANIMAL-POULTRY YEAST FOAM
It makes any feed hrtter because it makes it more pervious to the digestive juices thus giving •
better digestibility and a greater aMimilation. Try it and be convinced
4-lb. containm at 25c per pound. Fnoufih for 50 hem or
100 cAuAj for W Jays— 100 lb. sa<ki at 23c per pound
NORTHWESTERN YEAST COMPANY
Dcpt. D, 1750 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago, Illinois
la Wriltnc Advertisem. KinJIy Mrntion Ever>bod}» Poultry Mstcsxine
SB®®"
WMM.
VOL. XXIX.
HANOVER, PA., OCTOBER, 1924
No. 10
Making Lights Profitable and Safe
By PROF. HARRY R, LEWIS, Aswiate KJitor
S the u>e of artificial lijjhts safe? I)o they iict
force the bir<ls exces>iively and ilanj^orously?
When is the best time of the year to use them?
What time of the <lay is the best to lijfht the
birds? These and many other kindred questions
are constantly pre'^entt-d to our poultry' authorities for
definite answers, and rivrhtly .s(». lu-cause lijrhts are dan-
jferous unle-s they are u>ed with knowb-cl^je and caution
and unless the condition and health of the birds are con-
tinually under close observation. There is no question,
however, but what their safe.
sane use will increase egg
production very materially.
It will further brins: about a
chanjfo in the normal cycle
of production, so that mar-
ket ejfjfs will be laid in the
season of low producti«»n.
and hence hijfh prices, both
of which will result in a very
material increase in the net
revenue from the flock.
The writer feels that he
may be able to shetl some
Hsrht on these perplexing?
questions, first because it
wa.'J at the New Jersey Ex-
periment Station some five
or six years ago that some
of the first experiments with
artificial illumination were
made along the Atlantic
Coast, and then a^ain, be-
cause he has had three years (»f practical commercial ex-
perience in the handlitiff of thousands un<ler varying?
niethods of lijj^htinjj. It is these experiences which justify
the following recommendation.s.
How Lights Act
Before discussing the lighting problent in its applica-
tion, it is necessary fur us to ascerUiin clearly just how
lights act and why their use is beneficial. In answering
Be Ever Alert
TTI IF. hen nifin of today, if he is lo win in
spile of a growing coniprtilion in ihe
market egg producing field, must l)c ever
on the alerl lo put into prompt practice
the best and more modern ideas in the
care of his birds. New. yet sound prac-
tices are coming forward continuously.
Among the more important of these
which have been developed in recent
years, is one which has wonderful poten-
tial possibilities, which is the use of arti-
ficial illumination in stimulating and
changing the cycle of egg production.
this, it is sufficient to say that ar»ifu'ial illumination is
nothing more or b'vs than a feeling practice. We all
know that i^\i\;i production «lepends upon food consump-
tion, that the birds must take into their body food mater-
ial in sufllcient quantity of the right quality from which
they can manufacture eggs. .Any practice which will re-
sult in giving the bird an opportunity to eat, dik'est and
assimilate more feed will bring a greater v^^ production.
So it is that the u.«c of artificial illumination by lengthen-
ing the jlay in the winter when the normal natural day is
short, will give more time for
the bir<ls to consume greater
quantities of ft-ed. hence it is
only in the winter during
our perio<| of .short days, that
we expect artificial lights to
be practice<l. This lengthen-
ing of the <lay, in order to
enable the birds to consume
more feed, can be accom-
plished in one or tw«> ways.
The day »an be lengthened
either in the morning or at
night by simply prolonging
the hours of light into one
continuous longer day. This
js a method recommended by
many an<l cloubtless quit©
efllcient. The other method
is to simply lengthen the day
t>r in «fther ways, shorten the
long night kpan wiiich is
really the problem we are
trying to .iicompli>h, by breaking into the night in-riod
at some convenient point, turning on the lights for a
suflici«nt length of time so that the birds can fill their
crops with the food material. The latter plan seems to
have the majority of support, in its favor and there seeiiii
to be good rea«oiM why it \* th«' safe«* and most efficient.
The Evening Lunch MrlkoiJ
The evening lunch meth«»d of uing artificial illuminn-
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Uon WM developed by the writer in New Jersey in 1919-
1920. Ai the name implies, it envolves allowinj? the birds
loiet up in the morninip and going to perch at ni^t in a
thoroughly normal natural way. It does not envolve the
lenirthenintr of the day at either the bejfinnin^ or the end
of dnylijrht. It simply consists of breaking? into thi- lonjr
niifht period at nine o'clock in the evening and when the
lilfhU are turned on. ifivinjf the birds a liberal feeding of
grain, an opportunity t«» conj«ume dry mash and drink
water. If the birds are not fed overly heavy at the last
feeding in the afternoon, they will be hungry at this time
and anxious fur feed, and everyone will fly off the perch
immediately after the light-^ are switched on, and in
twenty minutes to half an hour will have consumed their
fill of feed, returning imme-
diately to the perches where
the lights can be turned off
in about an hour. After the
lights have been turned on
for the first few nights, the
birds will respond to this
method of feeding in a most
satisfactor>' manner, and it
will even be unnecessary to
use dimmers whi'n turninjr
the lights off. for the birds
quickly learn of their own
volition that the lights will
be on but a short time and
they must be on the perches
when it comes dark again.
The use of artificial lights
by the evening lunch method
from nine to ten o'clock in
the evening .«»eems to be
•bout the right time, al-
though the hour of lighting
can be advanced or retarded
about one-half hour from
this period without any ma-
terial difference in the re-
•ulta. The exact time of
lilfhting will depend in large
paK upon one's schedule of
operations. By this method
of feeding it is not necessary
to sit up and visit the birds
in the evening. The lighta
can be {^witched on auto-
matically at nine o'clock and
off automatically at ten
o'clock. The grain can be
scattered in the litter in the
early evening just after
dusk, and if water vessels
are of the vacuum non-freez-
ing type, there is no need of
supplying fresh water to the
birds at this time. In other
words, the use of the evening
lunch method envolves no
more labop than does the use
of early morning lights. The big advantage with the
evening lunch method lies in two or three very definite
factors; first, the fact that it is po.ssible and desirable to
visit the birds personally during the lighted period. Few
of us desire to get up in the morning at four o'clock for
this visitation, but few of us would object to spending n
few minutes with our birds just before retiring for the
nighL It is highly desirable, although not necessary, that
the grain be fed by hand by the attendant as soon as the
lights are switched on. This gives one an opportunity to
study the appetites of the birds, to obser\*e their physical
condition an well as their general health. If there are any
tick birds in the pen which are slightly out of condition.
Real Information for Poultrijmen
FOR many years now. Everybodys Poultry
Mairazine has been making a consi"*tent en-
<leavor to present to its renders each
month feature articles by prominent and
qualified writers, dealing with the seasonal
management of their flocks. It is with plea-
sure that we are able to announce the con-
tinuation of this program through the en.suing
year, and take extreme delight in presenting
below for your consideration the subjects
which will be discussed each month. No phase
of American agriculture has made the prog-
ress which poult»-y husbandry has enjoyed
during the pa.st two decades. Hardly a week
goes by but what some new discovery or some
new fact is learned which modifies our scheme
of handling the birds materially. It is only by
keeping up-to-date and putting into effect
these newer developments that one can keep
on top in the present pace of rapid poultry
progress. New ideas reganling housing, im-
proved methods of feeding, the importance of
careful breeding and many other kindred sub-
jects are vital to every poultry rai.ser, whether
he be large or small. So it is Everybodys
Poultry Magazine takes great enjoyment in
firesenting during the coming months the fol-
owing subjects for your study and enjo>'ment.
It is our sincere wish that you may find real
help and enjoNTnent in reading these monthly
poultry features.
HARRY R. LEWIS.
November — Our Modern Feeding Practice.
December — Preparing for the Breeding Sea-
son.
January — The Efficiency of Early Hatches.
F'ebruary — Keeping the Flock Healthy in
Winter.
March — The Modern Brooding Practice.
April — Poultry Possil)ilities at Easter Time.
May — Give the Growing Chicks a Chance.
June — Summer Culling Pays.
July — Warm Weather Poultry Problems.
August — Stopping the Leaks.
September — Poultry Houses I Have Seen.
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freely at feeding time. This is the first big advantage of
the evening lunch method.
The second big advantage is the fact that the birds are
given every opportunity to consume all of the additional
feed they need without being broken unnecessarily of the
needed hours of rest. We all know how true it is in the
case of us humans as well as all animals that a certain
number of hours of rest is necessary for normal growth
and functioning. It is especially true with the birds.
Why. therefore, take away from two or three hours each
night when such is necessary? In this connection it has
been found by careful comparison that the use of long
hour.-* of morning light wears the birds down, is more apt
to take off body weight and is much more apt to throw the
birds into an unnatural pre-
mature moult the following
spring either just before or
just after the lights are
turned off. However, with
the evening lunch method it
seems very easy to key them
up to such body weight and
in such physical ci>n<lition
where no serious or undesir-
able conditions develop either
(luring or after the lighting
perio<l.
Another advantage of the
evening hinch method is the
fact that since electricity is
usually the meth<»d u<ed to
provide the lights and thus
a very important saving in
illumination costs is attain-
ed where only one hour of
lights are used as against
three or four hours in the
case of morning or evening
lighting.
It may be said in compar-
ing morning and evening
lights that of the two,
morning lights are probably
superior to a continuation of
the day by illuminating the
birds at dusk, and keeping
them illuminated until eight
or nine o'clock. This latter
practice is generally to be
discouraged because of the
general poor results accom-
panying its use.
Some Precautions to Use ia
Lighting
Successful artificial illumi-
nation depends upon the ap-
preciation of a few very defi-
nite responsibilities which
the poultryman must under-
stand and practice. Since
the benefit of lights comes
from inducing the birds to
eat additional quantities of feed, the first requisite is to
increase quite materially the feed supply of the birds.
This increase must be made very pronounced in the grain
ration because the birds will naturally increase the mash
consumption which is before them all of the time in self-
feeding hoppers, if they are given addition hours in which
to consume ma.sh. So where it is the usual practice to
give laying flocks in the fall and winter between twelve
and fourteen pounds of grain per day per 100 birds,
where artificial illumination is used it is absolutely neces-
sary to increase this grain ration to as high as fifteen or
eighteen pounds of g^rain per one hundred birds per day.
^ _., .„„„..^ For Leghorn flocks or any of the light active Mediterri-
they will remain on the perches and will not respond nean breeds, a good feeding (Continued on page 762)
The Preparation of Young Stock
For Its Life Work
"Fitting'' Pullets to Be Layers, and Males to Be Breeders Is Important
Bv CHARLES D. CLEVELAND, Associate I ditor
,.^^jOST raisers seem to be under the impression that if
1 1 jl their chicks look healthy, are (»f about the right
'^^' size, and have ft>athere<l pretty well, that the re-
quirements of the preparation for tht-ir work has
been fulfilled.
It is in the month of October that the puHets are
usually taken fr<»m the colony house s and place*! in their
lnytng quarters, because some of them have begun to lay.
It is also fully expected that within a w«'ek these same
pullet** ought to bo laying from '2''^'( to fiO'V .ind that
they should maintain a good average theroaftor. The
raisers think that they havr taken good care nf these pul-
lets; they can see that they are bright and active; that
they appear to have about their adult size and an exami-
nation discloses that they are practically all feathered out.
Pullets in such a condition are commonly believed to be
ready to lay an»l qualifie«l to keep on laying. It n\ay very
well be true that the birds have never tasted a layi-ig
mash, but have been reared, as indeed th< y should be. tn
a growing ration. It is very often, also, the case that
these birds have never known what it was to bo con-
fined, but that they have always been accustonie«l to
absolute free range. If any of the pullets are laying they
of course have no idea what a nest is, and particularly
have no conception of a trapnest. In other words they
ire nothing but healthy, .semi-wild things accustomed to
go when and where they will and with little or no idea of
the purpose for which they were raised or of the duties
which they must fulfill.
Under such circumstances the owner is apt to be con-
siderably disappointed after the first week or two when
he finds that these pullets are not laying much in their
new quarters. It is usually found that the restraint, the
complete change of housing, the close proximity with so
many other birds, the fear of the attendant and many
other causes, change the condition and disposition of the
birds to a con.>?iderable extent. The environment does not
please them; they are angry becau«*e they cannot go to
their favorite spot under the big tree and dig for worms.
They .'o not understand those openings in the front of
the house which look as if they were made to fly out of
and yet are covered with some mysterious wire contrap-
tion that prevents an exit; the roosts in the laying houses
look so different from those in the col()ny houses, an<!
they do not seem to make any impression when trying to
•cratch a hole in the concrete floor. Tho.se large pans set
up above the floor on racks look as if they had water in
them, and while they are very thirsty they do not dare
risk jumping up on something that looks so frail -so they
don't take any water until they are nearly wibl from
thirst. What are those funny looking boxes placed right
under the dropping board, each with a little sawdust or
shavings in it, and some of them containing what looks
like an egg; they are very shy of these until they have
given them a careful examination and some of them try
them to see if they are perfectly safe and not traps of
any kind. The grain which is fed to them is not scattered
on the ground as they were accustomed to sec it, but is
thrown on the floor of the house and i.s hi<lden among the
stems of some long, yellow, dry material that looks to
them like dead grass, but is really straw which they have
never seen before, and of which at first they are drea<l-
fully afraid. When the attendant comes in he suddenly
makes h'\^ appearance through an opening right in the
>ide of the hou^e, which admits him in a mystenoiM man-
n««r which they never beftire behebl and which immedi-
ately causes a panic and drives them into the far corners
of the rot»m »n which they seem to be unjustly confined.
Those tin alTairs which hang from the walls look as though
they »»ught to have mash in them, but they are so »li(Terent
from the wooden field hopper»t th^' they have been ac-
custonie»l to that it is a long lime hi fore they tiare ven-
ture n«'ar »'nough to take a sample t»f the contents. Then
the roosts seem to be s«» far from the groun«l. In the
cob»ny houses there were no dropping board*i un»ler the
roo.st^, an<l they w»'re nearer the floor, so the pullets >pend
the first night or two hu«ldled under the roosts because
they are afraid to fly up.
All these things run through the niinds of birds that
are confined for the first time, an«l they must get use«l to
them and thoroughly acquainte»l with every nt»ok and cor-
ner of their new houses before they can be expected to
be at all happy or contented with their new surroundings
and before, also, they can really forget their surroundings
and give their attention to more serious occupations of
eating, drinking and taking exercise.
Pullets that are just taken ofT range should. thereft»re,
be placcil in their laying quarters at least a month before
they can be expected to give any good account of them-
selves as layers. They must be gradually changed from
the growing mash which has given them their frame and
their feathers, to a laying ma.<(h which is so designed as
to simulate the function of egg laying held dormant be-
fore this time, so as to enable them to acquire the sixe
and the maturity which would fit them for the ability to
lay eggs when the time came. A pullet will not and can-
not, be expecteil to lay much until she has had at least
three weeks access to a good laying ration. This ration
must be .so balanced as to give her the neces.sary ingredi-
ents to maintain all her bodily requirement*. an<! in a<ldi-
tion stimulate her tendency to lay eggs. She must be
prepared for laying verj* much in the same way as a heifer
IS prepared for milking. If a cow is expected to be put
on test, to <letermine the amount of her pnnluction, she is
not left at pasture without grain of n stimulating kind
until she freshens, but she i.s taken to the barn and fitted
for her forthcoming Usk by feeding her generously on a
ration that will make milk. If she gets this ration for
a considerable time before she freshens she is accustomed
to it and likes it before her calf is born, and she can then
go on to give more milk for a longer time than would
have been the case if she had had no preparation of fitting
for a strain to which she will be subjectr«l for three hun-
dred and sixty-five days, namely; the production of the
greatest amount of milk that she can pro<luce without
lowering her viUility or injuring her constitution.
This is just what must be done with a pullet if »he is
expected to be a good layer, and she will not only be built
up to be of good size and sound constitution, but aUo be
prepared to eat and assimilate that mash and that grain
ration that will enable her to lay the greatest number of
eggs which is po.ssible. Her energy must not be expended
on roaming the fields in search «»f animal and green food,
but should be devole<l exclusively to the function of pro-
ducing eggji, and sub.HlHsles (Continued on page 770)
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The Anconas, Campines and
I lambursfs
They tell us that the LaFlcchc was made from a cross of the Creve Cocur and Spanish. This w
account for the original crest on them. The original Spanish tlid not have very much white
face. The Spanish and the Andalusion came probably from the Spanish countries. The
Minorcas were at one time designated as Red-Faced Spanish. This name was not
general, however. The Ancona is as old as is the province of the same name in
Italy. The Hamburg in its original form was perhaps the oldest of them all.
The Campines and the Buttercups we class as Continental, they are
both of them old as to origin, but rather new as we now have
ihem. All of these fowls have been made over by the fan-
ciers of America and England. We always include
Canada as part of America.
Written expressly for Everybodys
By T. F. McGRKW
October, 1924
EVERYBODY'S POL•LTR^• .M.AGAZINE
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at'RINd my early boyhood days we lived not far
from two families that had the fine»«t poultr>'. so it
was said, of any one west of Huffalo or Philadel-
phia. Both of these families had friends livinjf in
Philadelphia who were interested in shipping: to
and from forei^jn lands. Well do I remember when the
^eater part of all the people livinjj in
town went to see some Polands and
Rome Spanish that ha«l come from
Philadelphia to one of these families.
The Polands as calletl at that time had
white crests and black body plumajje.
The Spanish as called must have been
the Minorcas of that day. All of these
fowls laid ejrjjs that had white shells.
For lack of yard room to keep them,
these fowls were sold to a man who
was at that time interested in the
breedinff and sellinj? of fancy poultry.
pijfeons and pet stock. His name was
Bishop. This man Bishop, Joe LefTel,
the smallest business man in the world,
and William H. Todd were the three
men who had more kinds of chickens
as then called than had any other man
west of New Kni^land. They were the
early day string men of the West.
Bishop could not write letters. I wrote many of his
letters for him and in this way became familiar with the
early day poultrymen of
our own country, Can-
ada, and of Kni^land.
When a boy of sixteen,
I made trips for this
man Bishop (lonfr since
dead) to see and pur-
chase or exchanjr*' for
fowls that he did not
have. In this way I be-
came acquainted with
the ifrtater part of all
the best known poultry-
men and went to see the
best in Canada. Philadel-
phia and farther Kast,
It was my Kt)od fortune
to sec many of the early
Anconas at bred In England
SlaiU Oomb Ancons MiU*
day imp«irtations of fowls of all kinds. From seeing the
best Cochins of the time I selected when, 18 years old,
the Buff Cochins and bred them for about thirty year?.
My first tfood ones I pot in Philadelphia from D. W. Hear-
st ine, who imported them from England. I .saw at that
lime about one hundred imported fowl- —Buff Cochins,
Partridge Cochins, Dark Brahmas and
a few Penciled Hamburps. I also saw
on that trip some Brown Leghorns at
the home of Mr. Ilalstead.
The first Anconas that I can romcm-
ber were called Mottled Leghorns.
That was lonp ago and they were aboat
like the Leghorns of that day as to gii«
and shape. At that same time I saw
some Mottled Hotluns, so called by the
man who had them; the name as he
had it was then new to me. This man
had Mottled Leghorns, Mottled H*^-
duns and some White Spanish, not
much for quality but new tc me. I
have seen three lots of Spanish, two of
them ver>* poor. One pair that I saw
were quite equal to the best Blacks of
the time.
Mr. Blunk, then of Johnstown, N. Y.,
brought a lot of Campines from the other side. I think
that they must have been Brakel, not Campines as we now
understand them. These fowls were admitted to th<
Standard not for their
quality but as a favor to
Mr. Blunk and hii
friends. Later they were
removed from the Stand-
ard by request of Mr.
Blunk who said in sub-
stance that they were •
very grreat disappoint-
ment. When again sd-
mitted to the Standari
their introduction readi
that the present Cam-
pine is a combination ol
of the two fowls of Bel-
gium, one called th*
Brakel, the other CaB-
Slnfle Comb Ancona Female pi'ic- In fact our pret-
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nt day Campine is a fowl that has been maile what it is
bv the fanciers of England and America.
Xhe same is true (»f the modern Anc«)na. They are
what they now are as a result of the mo.«it careful bree«l-
ing and selecting for sir.e, shape, color and markings.
Those of us who remember the .Vncona as a MottKil Leg-
horn will take off our hats to tho.<e who have matle them
as they now are. The display of Anconas at Now York
each year is a feature in itself. Beau-
tiful style, size, shapt' and color, some
of the specimens are almost ideal as to
color and markings. I have a letter
from a man living in Illinois who asks
me to please put into print a descrip-
tion telling just what an .Vncona shoul<i
be like so as to be a first class speci-
men. So here goes.
We can all of us turn to page 210 of
our new Standard an«l we can see pic-
lures or prints made from the re-
touched or made over photographs.
These are ideal illu^^trations made by
the artists to illustrate perfection. To
my notion it is about time that poultry
should be illustrated by pholograph.s
the same as are (»lher livestock. Pho-
tography has been brought nearer to
ptrfection, than has the brush or pen,
to illustrate. We read of artists that
can paint the exact portrait of men and women an«l chil-
dren as well. Now for an awful break. The greater part
of all portraits are only trade marks that indicate the
original. In proof of this I was talking, during my stay
in the South la-t winter, with a man who had some good
Anconas. In fact I pointed out one male aiui two females
that would not have disgrated the owner if shown in the
larger shows of the North. If properly prepared for
.showing, the male would have a chance for one «>f the five
ribbons at New York. I did not tell the man this ft»r it
IS never best to partly promise success in this way.
This man had a copy of the new Standard, he held it
open at page 210 and he .saiii to me, **You can not show
me any part of the chicken that conforms to or is like
that picture." Di«l you ever try a stunt like that? If
not, try it. This
, plan of studying
the fowl and the
picture will con-
vince you that an
ideal picture is
really a trade
in a r k for the
goods they indi-
cate. I am con-
vince<l that much
of the dissatis-
faction that come*:
to amateurs is
the result of com-
paring a purcha-^f
of fowls with the
illustrations o f
the fowl in the
Standard. This
was the cause of
the (lissatisfac-
tion of three who
*'role me letters. One was satisfied after a day last fail
*t the Syracuse Fair. The one from Illinois went to the
Coliseum Show, at Chicago, where he saw a fine lot of
Anconas and made a study of the living specimens. Th<'
nian in Florida understood the problem better after our
talk and was more than half way satisfied.
The very best Ancona for exhibition should be equally
valuable for the breeding pen and for prcn»f of this I will
Rrd Cap Maie
Camp'ne Male
tell of an instance that has come to my attention. Let
nu- say now and for all that I cann«»l furnish the name
nor the address of any whom I mention as breevlers of
lowls of any kind. I have been swampe«l during the past
year with requests for such infi>rmation. If I wt)uld
answer all such letters I wouM not have the time to write
my manuscripts for the printer. If those I refer to do not
a'lvrrti-;e that is their loss and n»»t mine.
A man who breeds .Ancojias sent five
pullets to an official vi^^; laying con-
' test. This contest lasted for two years.
One of these pullet'* laid 438 full
Weight egjfs in two years. This same
man won first prize and first for a
breeding trio all of the same strain.
Here is a sample of that which I have
« !a:m«'d could l>e. Fine for exhibition,
for egg productii>n an«l for table poul-
try. We shall now try to tell what an
.\ncona of this kind should be like.
We may not all the time stick to the
letter of the law. When we deviate
from this it will be l4) avoitl marking
out a pathway that is ilifficult to fol-
low.
Whether Ko.^r Comlj or Single C»»mb.
the head of the Ancona must be of
medium size, about the same as the
head of the Leghorn. If the conib is
single it must be of medium sire, beautiful of form,
straight antl even t»n the head. The comb to have five
points, the center point some little longer than the «.thers.
Thi' front of the comb to extend back to a line with the
eye. The heel of the comb to extent! back over the heu»l.
It must not follow the shape of the hea<l or neck. It must
be in formation like illustrations sht)wn on page 2H». The
comb of th«' Ancona mu^l not follow the sh.ipe of the heail
nor can the comb be large, coarse or uneven in f«»rmation,
neatness of head, comb, wattles and ear lol»e is demanded
in the male. If a rose comb, it shouM he as near as
possible in form to illustration 13 on page 22 of the new
Standard. The rose comb is beautiful when of proper
f«>rm. not so attractive if of poor form.
The head <»f th«' female must be neat anti attractive. It
is quite as im-
portant that the
comb (»f the fe-
male .'•hall have
the proper forma-
tion as it is for
the m a 1 e. Bad
combs can be
bred from the fe-
male quite as
easily as from the
male. The front
point on the comb
of the female
shiiuld stand
»r»*it, the balance
tf the «• »> m b
>hould fall over
to one siib*. Two
of the points on
the comli of some
'eniales will stand
erect, the other
three fall over.
It is best that the
comb of all .Mediterranean fowls, both male and fi-male,
shall be medium in size, rather on the small medium than
the large medium. We all know that the .Minorca.^ natur-
ally have a larger comb than do the other fowls of the
.Mediterranean family. The Andalusmns are next in size
to the .Minorcas. It is best for beauty's sake and for
breeding that the comb* of all (Continued on page 708)
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The Casserole
Written expressly for Everybodys
By HAROLD F. BARBER
IM ERICA and Enj^land! The mother countrj* has
been breeding: domestic fowl much lonper than we
have here, and they have come to holding:, over
there, a different opinion as to poultry breedinjr,
than we are holdinif in this countr>'. The fact
that their longer period of breeding has led them to dif-
ferent conclusions than ours, does not prove that their
theories are correct and ours are wronjr; but they sure
are different! Everywhere in this country, in our poultry
journals, we read of the desirability of combininff exhi-
bition and production qualities in the sinj?le bird; while
over there many of their careful thinkers are advising
keeping the two qualities of exhibition and production
separate and apart. "Specialize," they say, "for your
production strains and your exhibition strains — but for
Heaven's sake, don't try to mix these two together for oil
and water do not mix, and you will destroy the good
qualities of both." Now to the American breeder, this is
rank heresy. It is anathema. There are no words in the
dictionary too strong for the condemnation of such a doc-
trine. Plenty of evidence
can be produced to support
both sides of such an argu-
ment; though it must be ad-
mitted that as far as actual
performance goes, the strains
of fowls in this country
which are of proved stock
from both an exhibition and
production standpoints in
one and the same bird, are
as yet so few as to prove
little. Certainly an equal
number, if not a much
greater number of instances
can be brought up from ex-
perience, which would f-eem
to show that in many cases it
is disastrous to try to graft
onto a satisfactory strain of
fowls for one purpose,
equally satisfactory' qualities
for another purpose. There
is much to be said on both
aides, but I believe we are sufficient idealists to hold onto
our ideals of a dual purpose fowl — dual purpose from the
standpoint of exhibition and production. There are a few
strains which have combined these qualities; most pro-
duction breeders are gradually trying to improve the
color and type of their birds; many exhibition breeders
are installing trapnests in order that they may be assured
in their breeding of building up the production qualities
of their good looking birds; and in a few cases a pretty
satisfactory result has been obtained already. It goes
almost without saying that the more qualities a breeder
works for, the longer he will be to attaining any near ap-
proach to his complex ideal — it is easier to breed for num-
ber of eggs regardless of the size of the eggs, regardless
of the size of the bird, regardlejw of the type of bird or
color, than it is to breed for all these things together; it
is easier to achieve good color and type than it is good
color and type, and in addition thereto qualities of a high-
fecund order, combined with early maturity, larger size
of efnr*. <?tc., etc. The more you breed for, the longer it
will tflke you to achieve your objective. It is axiomatic.
Hut there are breeders in this country, and many of th«n,
who are going to play the game along these lines, **yet a
little while," before they will concede with our English
brethren either that it can't be done, or that it is not
feasible. It is only fair to say that the subject is pleaded
in strong fa.«<hion by an Engli.Hhman named Joseph
Shakespeare who evidently h.us very strong sympathy with
the production breeders' standpoint regardless of exhibi-
tion quality, although he is, it seems to me, a thorouj^i
Fancier himself, dealing, as he doe.«, with that lOCv
Fancy fowl, the Bantam, (b)
• • •
In the same issue I find in an article by J. H. Petherbridire
this; "Is not it high time for Fancy and Utility to admit
that while interdependent as regards the advance of the
poultry industry' — they are yet entirely independent and
of necessity separate entities working toward their ob-
jective along different lines?" Mr. Petherbridge draws a
perhaps homely but nevertheless striking illustration of
thi.s interdependence of th«
Viewpoints to Compare
COMETIMELS it seems queer how things
run in streaks. In the August journals
there were not one or two, but several
good articles and thoughts touching on
that much-mooted question of Fancy and
Utility, and the relation of one to the
other. You will be interested in compar-
ing these different views, as Mr. Barber
has brought them together in this article.
The items presented were taken from
the August issues, as follows: (b) Poul-
try Item; (c) Poultry Tribune: (d) Amer-
ican Poultry Journal; (e) Reliable Poul-
try Journal.
Fancy and Utility. He com-
pares them with the great
steel towers that are to sup-
port the new bridge between
Philadelphia an<l Camden.
One tower represents the
Fancy. The other tower
represents Utility; but nei-
ther is much good alone, and
each exists only for the bene-
fits they can be in upholding
and advancing the whole
poultry industry. He says
"Fancy and Utility must con-
tinue to stand safe and se-
cure on their foundations —
lo leaning toward each other,
but rigid and unyieldinir.
«*ach holding up its end of
the Poultry Industr>' it is de-
signed to support." That
seems like leaning a greil
deal towards England'*
standpoint, as set forth by Mr. Shakespeare, doesn't it?
I believe Mr. Petherbridge has well set forth a jrreat tniih
— that Fancy in the abstract, and Utility in the abstract
have no relation the one to the other, but each individual
breeder, in his own flock, can combine these two abstract
qualities in such degree as he himself may choose t -
elect, (b)
• • •
Lyle W. Funk contributes an article "The 300-Kgg Hen
is Not the Practical Hen," and states once again the argu-
ment that a hen laying an enormously large number of
eggs will use up her viUility, so that she will not be a good
breeder. I know of a case where a small number of egf»
were purchased from a very largo breeder. Some of the»e
eggs were from a hen which had laid 314 eggs; the othen
were from hens of lower record. When the ejrgs hatched
it was found that more chicks were obtained from the 314
egg hen's vgf^s than from the eggs of any of the other*,
and this after shipment of a great many miles. As an ex-
periment, I set some eggs one (Continued on page 764)
74a
Experiment
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(L
f-^lKOM the Michigan Intt'rnati«)nal Kgg
jy^r Laying Content, at Fast I^nsinc,
1^2^ Mich., comes the report of a slight
^^1 decrease in production, the birds
having laid 180 of^s
less during the last week of
August ending September third
than they did the previous week.
The production, however, com-
pared with the previous vtar is
remarkably good, being .3.1 S4
for the last year, which was .3.') 2
eggs les-'' than the current yrar.
The Leghorns still lead in Mich-
igan; the highest ptn on Stp-
tember third being that of \V.
C. Eckard. of Paw Paw, Mich.,
with a record of 2. 2.') 3 eggs to
their credit. The present pro-
duction for each breed for the
last week in August in Michigan
apponr.s on the followitig table:
lUrrcd Bork* U .1".
Rhode Inland H<xi, 47.1 'r
Whit* Wyandollea -40. 9 "^r
MUcellanpou* r>.«','r
Ancons* '.rt.S'^r
WhiU I.*»horn« '.4 0^;
New York State Efg Laying
Contest
The total production for the forty-fourth v>evk at the
New York State Kgg Laying Contest was 3.B4l> eggs or a
64.3'^V production. An inttTtsting bird ha^ <lfVi'loped at
the New York Contest, in that Harrt'«i Plymouth Hock
hen No. 10 in pen No. 92, owned by JuU"< Franoai««. <»f
Westhampton Beach. L. I.. N. Y., has continued a won-
derful pt-rformancf and laitl st-ven more eggs consecu-
tively during th<' pa.^^t week, at which time she hatl a
record of 112 eggs in 114 conserutive days. Tho Ni*w
York State Epg Laying Contest maintains an honor roil
of all of thosf birds k'oing over 200 t'gg^. It now has on
the list thirty-one such birds. Lrading tht-m all is a
White Plymouth Rock hen «>wntMl by Ellrn Day Rankon,
of Huntington, L. I., N. Y., with a record of 233 eggs.
The Leghorns continue to rule supreme at Farming<lale.
The ten high pons for the week en<ling St-ptemln-r third
contained nine Leghorns. The ten high pens for the
entire contest up to September third, also contained nine
Leghorn pens,
TKe Vineland International Egg Laying and Breeding
Contest
The production at thr Vint-land International Fgg Lay-
ing Contfst <luring tho month of August was 13.47l» »*ggs
or 41.1»'', , while ihr production to date is 13L3H2 t-ggs of
an average production of 31».7'<-. Kxpressed differently,
the production for the month was 13 fggs per bird, mak-
ing the total production to date 120.7 eggs per bird.
The following table shows the per cent production, and
number of eggs per bird for each month during the pres-
ent contest, beginning with November.
Month
STATIONS
Ijirot<«>rt
r
Contests Show Affects of
Summer WeatKor
^S is to be expected, the Keg Laving
Contests are feeling the atTect cif the
warm weather of .August, and are true
to form, dropping off slightly in produc-
tion; the drop bein« .kn- largely f,» the
poorer birds going into resting and
m(»ulting periods. It must be remem-
bered in studying contest records, that
the birds at these competitions cannot
be culled. It is necessary f«)r reconl
purposes to run the initial flock through
the entire year, hence a r>0'; pr.uluction
in August fr(»m a number of the con-
tests with the birds unculled is quite a
remarkable showing.
.» JOI
l^t VAmer II Wrnr Vtn«Uand. N J 200
I R Kncl«'t«...».| Pou.trr k VrX
W K«rm. Kr.«i. ».»hI. N .» 196
«.3 4 W l.t£ rh«» K«<rr i*hi.-k
«»ri«»«. Inc. Kri'nMt^wn S* J 194
7.1 10 \V l.rg Hrr.ry U»t>i\ Jr.
K»rtn>t cJ»J», X J . , .
3** -1 W I^c I.^-wi. N. Cl»rk.
V'Tt !l<»p<». t»nl C'«n»<i« . . .
3 4 3 W !.«.< Mra«ii V I • w
Farm. Ulawcnburc. N J
4s 2'> W l^s Kmer II Wvnc
Vin«"!»n«| N J
K. IS W l.rt Kntl*w..va poal
try A VfX .*<t«^ k .\«»ari»Uon.
Knfl«.wm>,|. N J
••T I W Uc Th- K^rr TMck
^ne«. In- . Krrtx-htKwn. N J.
♦•7 13 W. l.fg I.cwia Kartnt.
I>«*l«Mll««. U I
104
193
103
193
191
190
190
i
*
77 3 W !.•< S C Vti c. II«(I«
Inn. V» 190
The following table >hows the
amount of gram and mash con>
sume.l per bird for the month
of .\ugust. with feed costs per
bird. an<i number of eggs for
the mt>nth.
N« "f !.'•• IA>* K<»<»«l
llir<l« Mrrnt (iraitt kl««h ('•>«! Vet*
74 M V R 3 37 4 93 .30| 13 3
37 W r R 3 .M 4 4'» 190 10 3
21 \V W. 3 11 4 73 19« 9 1
99 R I. R. 3 rtl 4 .16 191 lo 4
3& J. H (} 3 35 & 47 313 .^ 9
7 30 I^ff 3 4» 4 MS 30M II 7
Bergen County International Egg Laying Contest
The pro«iuction for the month »>f August including the
first three days of .September at the Bergen County In-
ternati«)nal Kgg Laying Contest was 31.9i')8 eggs, which is
a pn)duction of 47' < for the month. The total number of
«*^:gs produced to «late was 2R0,8r>H which is an average
protluction of 45.^'^; from the first of November through
.September third. Kxpressed differently the production
was ir» «'ggM per bird for the month making a t»»tal of
1 10 1 eggs per bird to <late.
In the table below is given the per cent production anj
numbi*r of eggs per bird for each month during the pre«-
ent contest beginning with November.
|>r iVnt So Kf««
Novfinl'f r
I >r«<-»»llll»«»r
Kfl'Tiiary
.Mftrrh
.\jr.l
M.y
.luiir
.»uir
I'ruilui Iton
I'. 1
22 S
3" 9
3»V >*
fll 5
11 n r.
a* 3
rt3 o
M n
47.
iVr IlirU
4 %
7 4
at
107
19 I
30.
-.'I 3
M «
Irt 7
in
Av-r.^e 4'. « I4.»4
The ten highest individuals for .Vugust 31 are:
II.n
I-* 17
»j.', 1
4 s
47 4
47 9
M 7
44 3
n.i '.»
m 13
3l» 3
lirrt-.l
\V I.rr
W. Lor
M V H.
W. l-i.«
\V 1^/.
W L*.c
W I^if
W I.rr.
W. hrg
\V l.^r
I*r<>4u<'Uon
1*«
338
'.'33
330
330
336
3-' 6
3J4
333
333
-'M
Novemlier
•'•n«»ry
Kubmarjr
Marrh
Apnl
May
Jan*
July
Aaffa«t
iVr
Cfni
Product
UtI
t
'»
13
•»
•2 1
4
37
2
63
2
63
3
.IH
It
63. .1
4H.7
41
9
No Fir«i
IVr Bird
2.3
3 •♦
f\ n
lo.^
16.5
19
IS 2
16.
14.6
13
39.
120 7
The twelve highest indivi«luals to date are given below.
It is interesting to note that 2C by«ls have qualified so
far for certification in the American Record of Perform-
ance Council, having laid 180 eggs or more.
Hollyw....,! poultry Vmrm. IloJIjrwoo.l WmH
S (i|««»n. Wf^lwtMHl. N .1
\V II M K«'nt. r»«rii»»i« N Y
U C UrmW Jr . V»«hon. W*.f«
L. C. HtmM. Jr. V**bon. \\B«h
Windy lir«'W K«rni«, N'rwion N I
Itarltiw I<«>(h<>rn Farm Mucar Hmtr
<1. T. I>»r»>y. North ltran< h \ ^
H .S Kit*. VinrUnd. N J
O M Krrri*. t;r»nd Kapd. \U h
Note: It is interesting to compare the twelve highe.Ht
birds at Hergen with the twelve highest at Vineland. re-
membering that the birds at Hergen are pullets just com-
pleting their first year's lay while the binls at V'inelan«l
are two year old hens, having ju.^t completed their second
laying year.
The stan«iings of the variou?4 brerd* and varieties rep-
resenteii at the contest are shown below. It will be noted
that there is no change in the relative
various varieties.
Hrerd
.Sin«l«« t'om». Whitr I,.j-»-.f •
Harrfd Plym'Uth H*- l» -
W )iit«> Plymouth IC<>- k»
Willie \Vy»ndol!e«
{Cu(ilinui-d > . ■• *
standing of the
I'or Crnt
47 n
41 3
43 ft
39 t
r43
Poultry Conventions Show Progress The Housewife and a Few I lens
By D. E. HALE
OW that we have had time to sit down and calmly
think over th<« happeninjjs in poultry circles of the
pai^t six weeks, we cannot help but conclude that
the poultry conventions hel«l in Aujrust at Chi-
cago and Toronto were the three greatest poultry
conventions ever held in the history «.f poultry raisinjj.
Each of the«e ifreat conventions showed jrreat propres?
In poultr>- matters and showed that the i>oultrymen who
think have not been asleep to the sijrns of the times and
the plans they had in mind and are to put in action can
mean but jrreater prof^cs^ all down the line.
Take the International Baby Chick Association conven-
tion first. Over 500 members present. Membership more
than doubled durinjr the past year. SUte or^ranization?
developed and jfrowinp rapidly. The development of the
accredited chick proposition. The publicity campaiprn for
buyinjf baby chicks. The educational work earned on
throu»fh the ajrricultural and poultry press. These and
many other que.«tions that have been so successfully
solved by this active association speaks well for the
oriranized effort that has been put back of them.
It was only a few short years back that people thought
the .shipping of baby chicks wa>: an impractical thinjr to
do. that it would never be a success as a business, etc.
Now we have an association that is carrying? on all of
the above They have taken up and solved the big prob-
lems of incubation to a great extent. They have shown
that shippinjf baby chicks can be successfully earned on.
They have shown that buying baby chicks is a pretty safe
procedure and they are going to make it much safer.
The breeders who sell epgs-for-hatching have found out
that it has not hurt their business a whole lot.
The United SUtes Post Office Department has found it
a big source of revenue for them.
The expres,s companies arc wishing they had paid more
attention to the baby chick business and co-operated with
the hateherjinen as did the Post Office Department. In
fact, we have all found out a lot of things nbout the busi-
ness that a few years ago we did not think possible.
And still they have great programs of progress. The
question of truth in advertising was met "head-on" and
the man who deliberately tells a falsehood in his baby
chick ads in the future is going to have something to
reckon with, and he had better check his copy carefully
before publishing it. because there are a lot of good.
honest advertisers who are not going to sit i<ny by and
see the whole poultry business given a black eye by hav-
ing some advertiser who is out to deliberately *'beat the
public" get away with it by falsifying his ads. Those who
drew up the resolution pas.sed by the International Baby
Chick Association did not mince any words. If you are
particularly inteiested in it, we would suggest looking it
up and reading it.
The members of the International Baby Chick Associa-
tion have found, by turning out in large numbers at their
conventions that the other fallow is a pretty good fellow
once you get to know him; that he has tho same pr«»blems
you have; that he is satisfied with only two feet in the
trough and not all four; that hf is a fellow who can an<l
will give an<l take; that no one man knows it all; that the
exchange of experiences is a profitablo thing for all con-
cerned; that they must get together regarding over-pro-
duction early in the season; that he is not the only fellow
who has hit the bumps and there is a feeling to help the
other fellow solve his problems. These are all good things
and speak well for the development <»f the baby chick
business and of the men themselves. It has broadened
them individually and collectively and the result is one of
the largest, most active and most powerful poultry or-
744
ganizations in the world today. More power to them and
may their example be followed by others.
The American Poultrj' Association convention held at
Toronto was also one of the best conventions that aaio>
ciation ever held.
For several years there has been a growing tendency
to promote or boost the egg-laying hen. A great deal
has been written about her and it all came about becao!^
there has been a growing demand for eggs. Those that
took up the careful breeding of egg-producing hens found
it about as interesting as producing show birds. The wiy
they bred for greater vf^f^ production has been x^-ritten
and talked about so much that it became common prop,
erty and the result was that many beginners took it up be-
cause they could get the information they desired as to
how to go about it.
The breeder of fancy or show fowls has felt that he ht^
been hard hit. that he has been neglected and his businc«
has sufferc»d. Being classed as one of them we have felt
inclined to agree with them, but now. after a month of
serious thought following these conventions as to why
one branch has grown and the other practically stood still.
the writer cannot help but think that had the fancier been
as liberal with his knowledge of how he produced the
beautiful show bird and not tried to appear as sort of a
super-man or breeder, perhaps there would have been a
greater interest in the fancy end of the business.
Then. too. the matter of publicity cannot be forgotten
You can create sales for anything from fertilizer to hot-
air by a liberal use of printer's ink. The so-called utility
men have been liberal with it and the fancier has re-
trenched in his expenditures which has reduced his sales.
He has let the supply become greater than thf^ demand
and when that occurs there is always a slump in any busi-
ness.
But at the convention at Toronto, what happene<l? The
breeder of egg-producing hens got up and .^^aid, "We be-
lieve the best hen is the SUindard-bred hen— let us get to-
gether, put our cards on the table and stop this noise," or
words to that effect. Then our great breeder, Mr. Thomp-
son, got up and told how the fancier felt about things in
general, and the other side saw his side of the argument,
and there were looks of understanding passed around that
before the convention was over, resulted in many quiet
talks and, like the baby chick fellows the.se breeders began
to find out that both had their troubles and their anru-
nients; that there was a place on earth for both of them,
and we predict that before another year lolls around yoo
will not hear so much talk nor read so much about the
difference they think there is between the two breeders,
one breeding for the beautiful and the other for eggs. We
haven't heard so much about the meat breeder, but if hf
will keep his eye open and his ear to the ground he will
find that breeding poultry for meat is fast coming into
its own because people are eating more chicken today
than ever and there is real money in it.
Then there has been quite a lot of talk about the Amer-
ican Poultry Association being asleep and letting these
other associations get away from them, etc. They have
n»»t been asleep, but the membership of the AmericW
Poultry Association has been thinking. As a rule they tre
men who have been longer in the business and they know
that in many ca.«es haste makes waste. The question of
registration of fowls, conducting egg laying contest*,
juilging production fowls, etc., have all been live qu?*-
tions. They realize that they must be right before the!
put certain rules on their books and they are doing good
work. *
The committee on registration of fowls has been doinf
a lot of good hard work in in- (Continued on page 760
I
I
I
I
By HARRY H. COLLIKR
Oit'TOBKli i> ^^^ month when the frost is on the
I pumpkin. It is the month when all nature is
' t-aking o!i those beautiful ccdors that come with
autumn. If you have fed your voung stock gooii
feed, they will be^rin to bloom that plumage so
much desireii in the show room and taU» on the shape
that will bring the eggs in the winter.
Fowls unlike trees get their most beautiful phnnage
when the sap is highest. When the sap is well up in the
feathers we have the strong color pigments that go to
make a plumage that shines with luster. The high lights
dominate and your under-color will have that "snap
back" that one needs in order to give the be>t ^urfaee
color.
Trees show the high colors in spring when everything
j<5 green but as the frost comes on the ^:»p starts back to
the roots and then comes that beautiful autumn color
that makes the woods so attractive on an October <lay.
Fowls like fruit are only ripe once. When the feathers
reach maturity the colors are at their height and one can
then show winning fowls, when it comes to color and as a
rule the fowl:* plumage will
mature along with its type. _ — ,
It is type after all that
makes a good fowl but beau-
tiful color is the la-t trim-
ming that adds to the whole.
Fowls without feathers wouM
not be fowls and fowls with-
out beautiful feathers wouM
not be at all attractive. The
Standard-bred fowl will grow
feathers that are character-
istic of the variety. One can
always tell whether his blood
IS pure by the feathers he
grows. He can always tell
whether his breed is pure by
the type an<l general shape.
It takes b<»lh color and type i
to make the mo>t perfect .
fowl. I
Good feathers come with
good health. You can not j
have a vigorous fowl without
having a beautiful c<dored i
fowl. Health, vigor and type
18 what we want in our lay-
ers, breeders and .-show fowls. One without the other
would not be worth while.
In order to get layers we must breed for laying as well
as feed for laying. Build up goo«i bone and we have the
vigor, add just en<»ugh flesh to cover the frame, feed the
foods that will make eggs and we have the so-called util-
ity fowl. Kvery poultryman wants a good layer. He
wants a carcass that dresses well for market and he must
watch for these things or he will n»)t get them.
L'nder-ct>lor has a lot to do with the fowl. We breed
Barred Rocks for good market fowls. There are none
better than the Hock and it matters not what plumage
y"U may put on your frame. In order to have a carcass
that dresses well for market one must get that lolori- 1
fle.^h that is so much tlesired in the Plymouth Hock fani-
'•y, that color is yellow. In order to get yellow flesh we
niust watch our under-color. If we get our fowls too
black and «llow «.ur legs to get black, our f!e.-h will be
white and r.ot yellow, but if we will get our under-c<dor
to run to the skin just a little lighter than our surfac»'
color, then we will have a fowl that will <ire-s a vdlow
Like the Big Red Apple
rCGS and meat are the primr things
that poultrymen try to niakr with
their hrns. They want hc.iuly hr( ausc
beauty is good for the ryr. '["hry feel
that if we combine beauty with c ommrr-
cial poultry, that like the big red apple,
people will buy on looks.
W'e have today a billion dollar industry
in poultry. 19 50 will see our population
up to two hundred million people. Vt'e
must get ready to feed the great host.
Red meat from cattle is scarce and in n
short time poultry must take the place of
beef and pork on our American dinner
tables. Hens will do the work if we will
get busy.
skin, provided we have kept our legs yellow. Yellow leg<.
with under color just right will bring the famou-. yellow
legK'e«l. yelb»w fle>h chicken th . sUppose«l to be the
<lish of the Methodist and other preaehers that call on
us when the broiler is just about ripe for the table.
In Orpingtons we call for a white flesh and in onler
to get that color wo breed white legs and gt»oi| under
color that will run with the variety. Many have critieised
the judges f..r insisting on goo»| under color. Thvse
critics vay that under color is not seen from the surfac*.
therefore little stress shoul.l be laid on the color thit
can not be seen. Krt^m a novice's standpoint that looks
like good rtasoning but it is ni>t true. I'nder color that
is too light in Barrel Plymouth Hocks fi>r instance will
soon creep through the ."urface ami make the wing bows
white along with wing and tail feathers. In buflT fowls
one will st)on have an all white fowl if they allow the
under-color to get white at sk;n All fowU that carry
yellow flesh must have yellow legs or at least yellow at
the bottom of feet.
The Black I.ang-han shows a white flesh when drevsod
and the standard will tell
you in order to kei-p that
white flesh, you must have
the legs bla«'k with the bot-
toms of the feet pink and
the same in (Mpingtons l>ut
in JavaM. Cochins and Jer««ey
Bla*k (liants you want the
legs black with yellow feet.
The .American market i-*
partial to yell(»w flesh in it.i
dres«ed fowls. The flesh is
I
uo betti'r for being yellow
but some people itmigine th.it
yelbiw flesh looks better.
When a f«)wl is cooked the
flesh has that yellow east
whether it was white or yel-
low.
I once killed a Buff Rock
and a Black Langshan for
dinner. I served th'-m both
fro m the same platter.
Knowing the twi> apart by
vhape. I gave one of my
- ' guests a piece of carh and
asked him if he could tell the
diflference. This guest was prejudiced against a black
feathered fowl. My frien<l ate his fowl with niurh relish,
but he failed to tell the two meats apart and when he
guessed he called the Hock. I^ingshan and the I.ang.<ihan
Hock.
There is a big demand in the show ro..m for utility or
commercial classes. To meet that demand there has been
several systems devised. These systems lack a lot of be-
ing perfect and as a result there is much bickering on
the part of the exhibitors after the judges get through.
The Housewife is intere»te«l in what constitutes a good
market f<»wl, she also wants to know how to pick the
layers. These are two laudable ambitions and it is up to
the thinkers along poultry line>« to make a car«l that can
be used in the poultry shows that will bring about the
desired results.
Hecently I was judging a poultry show at a fall fair
where the stoek was immature and hard to juilge for their
laying qualities. There was no attempt matle to judge
them for market purposes. A good fru-nd of mine was
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Worms a Serious Menace
By MICHAEL K. BOYER
•,T is an old proverb— I knew it when a boy— that the
"early bird catches the worin." As 1 grew up in
poultry work I found that the worm is apt to
turn, and in this ca.se the "worm catches the
chicken."
Indeed worms have become a serious menace m many
Doultry vard*^. In fact, worms frequently play an im-
portant part in failures with poultry. This is especially
io with turkevs. at times causinp the death of a whole
flock, and very oft«-n a jrreat obstacle in some sections to
raising the younjr.
Many of th«' "mysterious di'^eascs" reported are noth-
inir niore nor less than the serious damape done by in-
testinal worms. ,r * J
To a certain extent, I believe that all fowls are infested
with worms. When only small quantities are present they
do not do any particular harm—in fact. I sometimes be-
lieve a limited number must be of benefit to the fowl. It
U when they become too numerous that trouble bepins.
A Worm's Lifetime U Nine Day*
Dr A O. Barnes ."^ays the averaj^e life of a worm that
causes the jjreatest harm is only nine days, but in that
Ume the female is able to lay an averajfe of 40.000 ejnjs.
The same authority says that under a glass these ejofs
closely resemble fish e»r»fs. and the intestines of the fowl
furnish the proper incubator, and fertility runs hiprh.
Youne stock are more seriously affected with round
worms than are mature fowls. When pullets or cockerels
do not properiy develop, it may as a rule be traced to the
presence of these worms, which are white, pointed at
both ends, and are from one to three and a half mches in
lenfTth. Older birds seem to have more inherent viUlity.
sUmina and vigor, and therefore are better able to throw
off the effects of these parasites.
Hens badly afflicted with worms drop in egg production.
The general symptoms of worms in all fowls are dullness
and depression, with, sometimes, convulsions and epileptic
atUcks. The bird becomes weak and loses weight; gets
away from the rest of the stock, i.>^olating iU^elf; is not
disposed to search for its grain among litter, and loses
appetite; walks stiff if not lame; the plumage becomes
rough and loses its brilliancy; and there is a looseness of
the bowels.
Many of the cases of so-called "going light" are due to
the presence of large numbers of worms. Worms inter-
fere with the normal operation of the organ or ."lystems
Infested, and in this way become serious handicaps to
health and vitality.
What Causes Worms in Fowls?
One of the prime causes for worms in fowKs is contami-
nated soil, and especially so when grain is scattered over
luch ground for the fowls to feed upon.
Poor sanitation is another reason.
The disease — if one may call worms a disea.se— is
transmkted from fowl to fowl by the worms being de-
posited on the ground, or on the dropping board, by one
fowl and taken up by another. This at once starts an
epidemic of intestinal parasites. Instead of passing
worms, an infected bird may pa.ss the worm eggs on th»«
^ound, and it is known that these eggs adhere to a small
l^avel or some such substance and at some time or other
they are picked up by the fowls. Worm eggs are fertile
for a period of three years.
An inspection of the dropping board should be made
early in the morning, before the hens have come off
the roost, and before they have a chance to pick up the
worms. If the fowls are passing any of these parasites
they will be discovered.
The question often reaches me: "What causes hens to
cat their droppings. Nearly every morning I find them
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picking at the droppings of the night before." I believe
they are in search for these worms.
Cleanliness is a factor in the warfare against worm*—
and this applies to cleaning up the droppings as fr*.
quently as possible. If it can be done each morninf. :
right after feeding and when the fowls are allowed out^
doors, so much the better.
Heavy-soil yards should be annually limed, plowed and
harrowed. If there is a double yard alUched to each pen. ,
the one just plowed and harrowed may be sown to r>e or
some other green crop while the fowls are occupying the
other run, and vice versa. This would not only be doing |
effective work but would be giving the fowls a treat of
green stuff.
How Worms May Be Crntrolled
A number of remedies for worms are advocated by dif-
ferent authorities. In the treatment of individual ca.*e5 .
there are (1) santonine. in one grain dose, combined «ith
seven grains of areca nut.
2. Ten grains freshly-ground areca nut, givt-n fasting,
in a teacupful of warm milk.
.3. Three drops of oil of male ferm in a teaspoonfol
of salad oil. |
4. Ten to fifteen drops of oil of turpentine in a tei-
.spoonful of sweet oil. night and morning, for three da>-«.
,5. Beat a new laid vf^fs with one tablespoon ful of oil
of turpentine, and mix thoroughly by shaking. Give t
teaspoonful of the mixture night and morning for a few
days.
6. Divide one-quarter ounce of areca nut, in powder,
into four parts, and give one part morning before feed- i
ing. with a dessertspoonful of sweet oil two hours after
each powder.
For flock treatment, all the garlic chopped up and
mixed with the regular mash the fowls will eat has been I
found effective.
A Canadian remedy is to starve the stock for twelve
hours. Steep four ounces of pomegranate root for eieh
50 adults, or 100 eight week-old stock, in one quart of
boiling water for fifteen minutes. Mix this liquid tAJ
crumbly consistency with mash of one part bran and two
parts cornmeal. and give as morning feed on cletc |
boards. Keep stock in house on plenty of dr>' litter, awi
keep dropboards wired off. if possible. Seven hours after
dose give Kpsom .salts, using one-half teacup of brigk:
new salts for each 50 adults, or 250 eight-week-old chicb.
by mixing the .salts after dis.solving in a quart of water
with a little dry mash to a crumbly consistency. Giv»
feed of hard grain two hours after salts. Use the tMm
bark for a second dose seven days after the first dose tix '
follow same course. Put on regular rations the next da!
I believe it was the California Agricultural Station thi
made the di.'^covery that tobacco dust or finely grous:
tobacco is one of the most effective and economical reisf ^
dies that can be used for expelling round worms. TV
California way is to thoroughly mix one pound of tobac^
dust, or finely ground tobacco, with every 50 pounds »J|
dry mash. Feed this mixture in place of the regul*-'
mash. Continue this feeding for three or four weeks.
The New Jersey way is to boil one pound of tobacc»j
stems in water for at least two hours. Then mix tkii
tobacco tea with the regular mash until the latter i«of«l
Beginners Department
How to Finish and House the Layers.
Conducted by PROF. HARRY R. LEWIS, Associate Kdiior
crumbly consistency. Feed about 10 o'clock, the for.
not having had any food since their grain feed the nip'
before. Five hours later another moist mash shouW v
given in which Epsom salts instead of the tobacco te* ^
used. The water for mixing this mash should dissolve o»
pound of Epsom salts for each 100 birds treated. V
other food should be given that day. Then, the Stato*
advises, for about a month following, tobacco dust shoP
be daily added to the regular dry mash.
I
succee*! with chickens, we must appreciate early
in our experience, that foresight and preparation
are essential to succc^^s. He who can anticipate
the needs and conditions of his birds weeks,
months and possibly a year in advance, has the
big advantage over one who cannot. So we should try to
develop in our own minds, the ability to think and plan
ahead. We also mu'^t appreciate that hrallh and froeilom
from disease are vital factors in success with our bird-*.
Two es.'^ential probhms which contribute to success with
our flocks, are the proprr condition of the pullets when
they are put into laying quarters, ami secontily, that thoy
be surrounded with the proper environment or housing
conditions. It is with these two .special problems that
our discussion in this story is conci-rntMl.
Importance of Body Weight
Kxperimce has t.iught us that if birds arc to lay w« 11.
produce good sized eggs and rt-main he.'ilthy. they n\\i<\
have on their body an abund.nnce of body fat; that is,
they must be up to the weight of their respective breeds,
and if an>'thinir. a little above. They must carry a r«^-
nerve in body fat which will
enable them to carry through. ;
It is a known fact among the
more experienced poultry
raliers that birds will con-
tinue to lay so long as they
are in good flesh, but just as
soon as through faulty feed-
ing or care their body weight
drops below the normal, they
begin to slow up in produc-
tion. There is a definite rea-
son for this. It is due to the
fact that when birds get be-
low par as to body weight,
they must draw on their food
supply to build up their body
tissue and hence they do not
have a sufficient amount of
raw material from which to
manufacture a maximum
number of market eggs.
Then again birds which are
thin, hence low in vitality, generally pale so far as pig-
ment goes, are almost sure to possess le.ss resistence to
the organisms of the more common diseases which are
forever prevalent. Here reference is made more especially
to chickenpox. roup, canker, digestive disorders and other
common ailments to which our birds are bound to be sub-
jected. If we can just get into our minds the fact that
these disease germs are always present, just as in the ca.re
of the human family. The germs of conUgious diseases
are about us continually and it is only those human be-
ings that are run down, whose resi.slance is low, and low
in vitality, that succumb to their atUck. So then we have
established the fact that it is exceedingly important that
the poultry be put into the laying quarters in the fall en-
dowed with their full share of body weight and fat. How
to accomplish this is the important question.
Feeding the Pullets for Finish
Most of our beginners know that birds which are being
fed for slaughter or for market purposes, are fattened or
finished for two or three weeks before they arc killed,
with the idea of putting on a few extra ounces of fat and
There is Nothing Like a
Good Start
AFTER all. our experiences with our
birds is nothing more than a race, in
which we match our individual ability as
feeders and managers against the naturrd
obstacles which prencnt themselves. In
any race a good start is one-half the bat-
tle. So it is with our laying birds, if we
get them off to a good start in the fall, we
have gone a long ways towards insuring a
satisfactory production and an attractive
profit from them.
fl»v-h. putting thtm as w«« uny. in prime condition ft)r
slaughtrr. I am w»»n<l»'ring if you havi* rver stopped to
think that the same principU* applies in the finishing of
our pullets. In other wonls. about two or three week«
before the pullets are placed in their pi'rmanent winter
quarters, while they are yet on the range, the following
proeeilure shouM be practiced. This applies to the man
who ha only ten or a <lo7.en pulU>t.< as well as to he who
ha^ larger ruimbers. The falt«'ning process should con-
sist t'ir*<t of limiting the amount of mash fed. or better yet
of retlucing the meat scrap or the high concentrated car-
riers in the mash to a very low p<Mnt. Not over five fwr
cent of meat in the finishing mash shouKl be allowed. The
second step consists of feeding the pullets all of the gram
thi-y will eat, feeding it three times a day what they will
clean up between feedings and yet maintain their appetite.
The "cratch ration shouUl be composetl of corn quite
largely. A good mixture is 7r>*"'r of corn and ITt'^V of
wheat for fee«ling during the finishing period. l.urgo
quantitios of green feed should be availabl<> during this
time, as well as plenty of water. It will be found !>y n*-
stricting very materially the
amount of mash con.numed
and l>y thr. heavy grain feetl-
ing. that in two to three
' we»ks the pullets will fatten
up very materially, putting
on often as much as half a
pound of weight. They will
at the same time, become
more heavily pigmented;
that is, the yellow c<dor in
their shanks, !»kin and beaks
will become very intense.
This is a very desirable point,
becaus«' there seems to be a
very direct relation between
the yellow which the pullet
carries when she start.* lay-
ing and her ability to carry
her weight and maintain a
high ofif^ production c«>ntinu-
~~" ally throughout the coming
winter and following sum-
mer. Birds which are bleached out or only moderately
pigmented in the fall when they are placed in winter
quarters, never carry through well and neem to be sub-
ject to disease. Just try this finishing process and see if
it does not give you gratifying results.
Housing the Pullets
While the pullets are being finishe«l and fattened, the
poultry keeper shoubl look ahead and see that all plans
are made and conditions completed for housing the birds
in the next few weeks to follow. This problem envolves
first a complete cleaning of the poultry houses. No par-
tial or superficial cleaning will do. The more sanitary,
.sweet and clean the quarters are the more insurance wo
have that the birds will be healthy when placed in same.
This cleaning should consist of completely removing all of
the birds in the house or hou.ses in which the pullets are
to be sheltered; the removal of all portable fixtures out
of doors, where they should be thoroughly cleaniHl, and
the removal from within the house of all litter. Next the
house should be dry cleaned with a broom, sweeping out
all dirt, dust and cobwebs, bru.shing off the muslin cur-
Uins well. The house should then be hprayed with a good
disinfecting solution to which (Continued on page 763)
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E D ITO RIAL
Boys and Girls
Tho»c of us who have acquired such poultry
knowledge as we possess throut?h hard knocks and
bitter experience, realize how much quicker we could
have climbed the poultry ladder if we could have
had some help and assistance when we were
younger.
It is not the best way to learn to run an incubator
by eitheir burning up. or freezing, the first five hun-
dred or six hundred eggs that we put into it. The
quickest way to raise a bunch of chicks is not to
place a few eggs under a hen and turn old biddy
loose with her brood as soon as she hatches them.
Hens do not lay as well when fed solely whole com
and kept in a leaky, dirty house as they do on a
balanced ration in a modern, fresh air poultry build-
ing. Winning, exhibition birds are not picked up out
of the yard the day before the show, and exhibited
in a wooden box. But all these things seemed to us
natural and proper at first; we have to learn the
right way by practicing the wrong way. When we
look back ten or fifteen or even twenty-five years
and try to count the chicks we killed, the eggs we
destroyed and the energy we wasted, we realize how
a hint here or a suggestion there or a little explana-
tion another place might have saved us a great deal,
indeed, almost all of the misfortunes to which we
were subject in the poultry business when we were
boys and girls.
It is quite true that the greatest asset in life is ex-
perience, and that experience is the great teacher.
Without experience we are handicapped indeed, and
cannot claim to know our business whether it is that
of a poultryman or a tinsmith, but we can profit by
the experience of others and miss a lot of missteps
which we must otherwise inevitably make. If we
could have started in our trade as poultrymen. as
apprentices to other experienced breeders, we surely
could have cut out of our lives a lot of ridicule and
a lot of the foolish things that we did in order to
gain the comparatively small knowledge that most
of us have today.
In looking back over our old poultry history, we
must naturally wish to keep our boys and girls from
falling into the same errors and making the same
mistakes we did. Experience in many cases is a
little too hard a task-master. We ought to have
some "Rules and Regulations" to start with, and we
ought to* be warned against certain things that will
inevitably spell disaster.
As a consequence of this looking back into the
past and over our experiences, we feel that as much
as possible should be done to help the boys and girls
who are today fond of chickens and beginning their
lives as breeders. There is no question but that the
modem boy and girl have in every respect a much
greater opportunity to learn than we had. Times
are not only changing but they are advancing, and
if the boy or girl really desires help along poultry
lines he or she can readily obtain it. The short
courses in poultry raising conducted by almost all
of the experimental stations afford splendid oppor-
tunities for mastering the rudiments of the poultrr
game. Students' judging contests hold out advant-
n^cs for developing the observation and the applica-
tion of the Standard to living specimens that were
not afforded us when w^e were young. Breeders are
doing something toward helping boys and girls to
succeed in the poultry business, and boys* and girli'
clubs in poultry are being formed in a great many
communities, and with great success.
But we submit that the breeders themselves arc not
doing enough along this line. Generally speaking a
breeder is a busy man and he does not want to b<
bothered with the education of a boy or girl unleti
it be his own boy or girl. He is perhaps willing to
give a few dollars as a prize to a poultry show for
the boy or girl showing the best ^oerimen of the
breed or variety in the breed in which he speculates;
but that is generally the sole contribution of ths
breeder toward the help and advancemrnt of those
boys and girls, who will in the end make the back-
bone of the poultry industry.
Very little is done by the average breeder even to
stimulate the desire of boys and girls for pure-bred.
Standard-bred poultry. We often observe that the
flocks surrounding the plants of many of our large
breeders are composed of mongrel fowls. Little is
done in his own home town by the average breeder
to interest boys and girls in the proper kind of poul-
try, and the attitude taken by most breeders is that
these boys and girls must work out their own salva-
tion in the same way and through the same hardships
as the breeders themselves have done. These things
are all wrong.
Every help and assistance should be afforded the
boy and girl who evidences the real desire to suc-
ceed along poultry lines and. by his advice and ex-
ample, every breeder in the country can do a grett
deal toward building L'p the host of youngsters who
will be a credit to the industry and to the county that
they represent. No breeder should be too busy to
talk before boys* and girls' poultry clubs whenever
invited. He should always have time enough to
help the' boys select the breed that they require and
mate up their pens for them. He should be gla<i
to explain to every boy and girl the cardinal princi-
ples for the operation of an incubator and a brooder.
He should gladly furnish a formula for the feed
which the chickens require. He should be pleased
to coach the youngsters in the proper manner of
handling and judging Standard-bred fowls and
should be ready at call to do everything possible to
keep them from being discouraged and down-
hearted over the mistakes which all of them will in-
evitably make. One of the ideas which has ap
pealed to us along this line is as follows:
To each boy or girl certified to him by the prino*
pal of the public school in his vicinity as being •
careful, conscientious individual, the breeder gi^
free of charge a setting of his best eggs. On prfr
sentation of the eggs he explains to the youngf***
how to feed and care for the chicks. In three flj
four months he visits the home of the boy or girl •■■
gives further instructions as to growing the flock. ■
i
' months he again visits the yard and selects the
kest bird from the hatch. These birds are exhibited
the local shows. The best bird shown by a boy
J the best bird shown by a girl are then sent to
»ke state show and small prizes are offered by the
breeder for each of these winning birds. Thereafter
the breeder has the right to go to the yard of the
boy or girl and select such birds as he desires for
his own use. paying for them at the high market
price. The remainder of the flock is then mated up
by the breeder and the boy or girl from that moment
on becomes a breeder in his or her own right. Such
an idea appeals to us for several reasons. First, be-
cause it teaches the value of pure-bred stock. Sec-
ond, because it stimulates interest and competition.
I Third, because it fosters the idea of proper feeding
and care, and fourth, because it popularizes each
breeder's variety in that locality and enables him to
' secure breeding birds which in many cases are ex-
tremely well raised.
There are many plans and ways for interesting
and helping the boys and girls in poultry work and
%irhatever they may be, we urge breeders all over
the country to take advantage of them and to do
everything that they can toward helping that great
army of future fanciers and breeders — the poultry
, boys and girls of this country.
Harmony, or the Spirit of Give and Take
The breeders of America have witnessed within
the past two months a spirit of fairness, and "Give
and Take" that perhaps has been missed or not fully
appreciated by those who failed to attend the meet-
ings of the American Poultry Association in Toronto
and the Poultry Conference in Chicago, leading up
to the formation of the poultry council.
There has seemed to be for the past two years or
more a tendency toward splitting poultry fraternities
into two groups — the fanciers and the production-
isU. Ignorant breeders and poultry fanciers, and
many who had axes to grind seemed to have been
circulating reports and promulgating ideas to the
effect that the fancier was not a productionist. and
that the productionist did not want to be a fancier.
These same people let it be understood that there
was a clear line dividing those who bred poultry
chiefly for exhibition purposes and those who bred
poultry chiefly for eggs and meat. It was stated
over and over again by these ill-advised poultry
"sages" that the fancier party would not enter the
tent of the productionist party, and that the two so-
called rival factions would never, and could never,
be brought together. Their ideals and purposes
were stated to be as far apart as the poles and that
in consequence neither would take any heed to the
voice of the other. Fancy and utility, as a conse-
quence, were catalogued by the public as entirely
separate and distinct branches of the poultry in-
dustry.
As a consequence of the publicity given this ques-
tion by those who either did not stop to consider, or
who did not appreciate the situation, much harm was
done to both — to the exhibition breeder and the
man who was trying to increase his egg yield. The
public began to think that the "fancy" breeder did
not tum out the pullets that were good layers and
that the man who bred for prolific egg production,
raised chickens that would all be disqualified under
the rules and regulations of the American Standard
i
of Perfection. The fanciers began to complain be-
cause of the fact that so many of their inquiries de-
manded a trapnest record back of each specimen
offered for sale. The production breeders also com-
plained because so many birds shipped out to fill
orders were returned on the ground that they were
not birds that could be exhibited even in a small
show — the buyers wanted more beauty of form.
Kach set of breeders was disgruntled because the
other set was injuring his business, and each gradu-
ally thought less and less of the other. Inhere was a
distinct lack of harmony between two clashes of ex-
perts and quite a bit of evidence that there was very
little of the spirit of "Give and 1 ake * between the
two.
In such a situation there will always be found
those who consider it their function in life to foment
strife and stir up as much trouble as possible, some
believing that they were great prophets especially
chosen to voice ideas which as a matter of fact has
originated only in their own hollow heads, while
others equally talkative have continued the so-called
war between fancy and utility because they were
lacking in vision and "saw through but a glass
darkly."
It must be hard for these poultry fanatics and pro-
phets to understand the results of the meetings at
Chicago and at Toronto, for at these two gatherings
a spirit of harmony and "Give and I ake " prevailed
that they believed quite impossible. The formation
of the poultry council in Chicago was accomplished
through the harmonious co-operation of all branches
of the poultry industry, each representing in its
strongest and true light the specific branch to which
it was devoted, but all united on a common ground
known as the general advancement of the entire in-
dustry. Each sub-division of their industry was
recognized and respected by every other branch,
and each was given the fullest opportunity of ex-
pressing its opinions to which all listened with an
open mind.
In Toronto the fanciers and the productionists
realized that they had a common ground on which
they could meet. There was no slurring of either
side by the other; no ridicule; no back-biting were
in evidence but rather a sincere spirit of get together,
and an earnest effort by each side to appreciate and
acknowledge the advantages claimed by both. A
wonderful address typifying the spirit and aims of
the fancier was delivered by one of the world's fore-
most fanciers and was acclaimed by all. Addresses
devoted to the standardization of egg laying con-
tests; the methods of building up strains of heavy
laying fowl and the certification of pure bred flocks
were listened to by fanciers with respect and admir-
ation. There was no demand to straddle the question
because no such demand was necessary. 'Ijcr* ^^
meeting of minds on a common ground. The fan-
cier stated that his birds must be good layers in
order to be profitable; that the Standard pictured
and described a bird whose carcass was comrner-
cially valuable as food. The man who specialized in
the production of eggs testified that his stock must
also have good looks or he could not get a good
price for it. and that even the common farmer de-
manded a considerable amount of Standard quality
in his flocks nowadays, and was not content vnth
eggs alone. The productionist freely acknowledged
that he must come to the fancier for seed stock, and
the fancier assured the productionist that such seed
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•tock would produce a goodly quantity of eggs and
a carcaM well rounded, of proper weight and of ten-
der, tasteful meat.
Thus we see that much of the talk regarding a
cleavage between the fancy and utility is mere talk;
that it has no actual basis in fact; that the two
branches of the industry must go hand in hand to
make a perfect whole, and that each holds the other
in high regard and respect. United we stand, di-
vided we fall, is the motto which the leading breed-
ers of America must take in order to uphold and
further strengthen an industry the magnitude and
importance of which the public is just beginning to
understand.
What to Do With the Males
The time is here when most breeders find them-
selves in possession of a lot of surplus males, and
the problem is what to do with them.
The advertisemcnU in the poultry papers are full
of offers of males in large quantities and at prices
varying between a few dollars, and perhaps, several
hundred dollars. The value of a good male cannot
be over-estimated and. inversely, the harm that a
poor male will do. can scarcely be conceived. The
province of the good breeder is to raise males which
are fit to head good breeding pens. The apparent
object of the poor breeder is to get off his males at
the best prices he can secure. Perhaps neither of
these classes stop to realize the harm that cap be
done the poultry industry by shipping out inferior
males at any price. The good breeder is perhaps
tempted to deliver to his customers a bird that
should never be used for breeding, because that cus-
tomer is only willing to pay a small price. The
breeder knows that under no circumstances would
he use such a bird, but he is content to let the other
fellow have him and is satisfied that he is getting all
the bird is worth. The poor breeder has an [^^
that the cheap bird is not a very good one, but |^
does not expect to get much for it anyway and toa
glad to get the price asked. Both feel that the i^^
of getting rid of their surplus males is a difficult on^
and yet, that it is a source of income which they c*ft.
not overlook, and the great number of inferior maid
that is shipped out yearly is becoming a menace to
the industry in which we are engaged. A notc^
auctioneer of cattle once told us that he felt like a
criminal because he had pas*ed through the ring »
many bulls that would never make a success u
breeders, and declared that he was absolutely
through with such sales, because they lowered tbe
average quality of the stock, and would never U
really satisfactory to anybody. j
This principle should apply with equal strength to
poultry breeders. Really inferior males are dear »t
any price. Hicy can never he p^ntisfactory and wiE I
inevitably sire poor chirks. The best is none toe
good and males that are not of proper si/r; do not'
conform to Standard requirements; are not fully de.
veloped: are not healthy and are not vigorous and
active should never leave a breeders yard. Inferior
males should either go to the butcher, or be kill«
and eaten at home. A bird disqualified under tlir
Standard, or not up to the requirements which i
breeding male should possess, makes just as good i
roaster or a broiler as the bird which can win in hot
company. Breeders have a fixed and definite re
sponsibility to the public, and if they are shippiftf
males of an inferior kind they are ignoring that re
sponsibility. injuring their own business and lowenDf
the average flocks of the country.
It should be the pleasure as well as the duty ol
every poultry breeder to ship out to every purchatr
a bird of a little better quality than the price paid
but even if you are filling an order for a five dolli?
bird, see that he is a good one and worth at least fin
dollars as a breeder.
A COMMITTEE WORTH WHILE
The standing committee as .nelected
at the Toronto Convention are good
ones all. In particular we are im-
pressed with the appointment of the
one on educational work consisting of
Harold F. Barber, of Boston, Mass.;
Mrs. Geo. R. Shoup. Puyallup. Wash.;
A. G. Phillips. Indiana, J. G. Halpin,
Wisconsin; B. F. Knapp, North Caro-
lina; M. E. Herner. Canada. (See
712 September Kvorybodys).
We consider it a committee worth
while and one which will manifest it-
self as one of great good to all Poul-
try interestj*. The very fact that the
committee to function properly must
do effective work along educational
lines will stimulate Mrn. Shoup. chair-
man, and her associates on the com-
mittee, to the very work they love
best as every one of them are educa-
tors.
It indeed is a remarkable selection,
all college Proferjiors but Harold F.
Barber of Boston, yet in Mr. Barber
we have one of the greatest students
of Poultry Culture of the present day
— a man whose ability is marked, — a
man honest and keen in foresight^^ — a
man who has been quietly doing a
great work along lines of research
and taking ploasurc in many helpful
ways to others. As Mr. Barber's
work is effective with this committee
his follow members will find a giant
for work and with it nil that charac-
ter in man which gains the respect
and admiration of all. The Poultry
industry has a strong advocate in
Harold F. Barber of *'Casserole"
fame.
• • •
A FINE MONTHLY
The Waverly Publications have
been added to, or rather the Western
Poultry Journal one of the group
publications of the Poultry Breeders'
Publishing Company of Waverly.
Iowa, has been changed to the Ply-
mouth Rock Monthly — the first ap-
pearance of which was with Augu.^t.
Messrs. Ernst and Studier, Presi-
dent and Secretary and Trea.surer, re-
spectively will attain success with
this latest addition a? the Waverly
trio, and well they .should as here are
two clean cut business men who have
proven themselves as Publishers with
the growth and development of the
Rhode Island Red Journal and Leg-
horn World.
Everybodys Poultry Magazine wel-
comes the Plymouth Rock Monthly to
the field of Poultry Journalism tK(
predicts for it a brilliant future »
der the guidance of Mes-^rs. En«(
and Studier.
• • •
OPENED EASTERN OFFICE
The American PouUry School r
Kan'^as City. Mo., has opened an Em
ern office at Buffalo. N. Y.. with A
School's President, T. E. Quisenbenj.
in charge. Mr. Quisonberry in wfl;
ing Everybodys. states that he ll
devote his time between the two i
fices and is delighted that it has b«r
made possible to open this branch i|
Buffalo.
big feature of the three day program.
The first day has been .set aside for
Kaby chick producers and the entire
program will deal with various topics
of interest to those engaged in this
pb^^e of the poultry business. A
baby chick supper conference will be
beld that evening. The second day
vill be known as Purdue day when
result:- of experimenLs will be given
in deUil to all attending. The new
building will be dedicated and an in-
jipection trip will be made over the
poultry farm. The annual associa-
tion banquet will be held the evening
of the second day. Both of these ban-
quets will be in the new million dollar
Memorial Union Building on the
campus. The last day will be known
as breeders' day with the men on the
program from the farms of Indiana.
Breeding of dual purpose fowls for
h'gh egir production will be one of
the interesting topics to come before
the meeting. Live birds with high
egg records, as shown by the trap-
nest, will be on exhibit to show that
others besides Leghorns can fill the
egg basket. A practical plan for the
improvement of the farm flocks will
be outlined, di.scussion of the state
egg laying contest and other exten-
sion projects will be on the program.
Prof. A. G. Phillips, head of the uni-
versity poultry department, will speak
on his recent trip to Europe to attend
the World's Poultry Congress and of
agricultural conditions there.
"There are two problems promi-
nently before the hatchery operators
of Indiana, problems which must be
faced squarely and frankly," said L.
L Jones, secretary of the as.sociation,
in an announcement of the meeting.
"First, is testing for bacilliary white
diarrhoea practical for a hatchery?
Is one test sufficient? Is the test re-
liable? Can it be applied to pullfts
as well as hens? Can a hatchery as
a business proposition, afford to test
or must testing be left to the indi-
vidual breeder?
"The second problem is that of ac-
credited hatcheries. Wisconsin. Michi-
gan. Illinois and Ohio are taking up
this work, and it is a topic to be taken
up at our meeting. Both of theso
problems are of importance to the
men who buy baby chicks and the
breeder of poultry who has to meet
this competition. Hence, no poultr>'-
man should miss this afternoon ses-
sion even though not a hatcher>'
operator."
Owners of all the larjre hatcheries
and commercial vgf^ farms in the
state are expected to attend the meet-
ings and others connected with the
allied industries are invited. C L.
Manwaring, of Mentone, is president
of the association.
• • •
SPROUTED OATS
There is no dispute but that fresh
sprouted oats have no superior as
green food for poultry. The success-
ful poultry keeper today has one or
more modem up-to-date grain sprout-
ers going at least through the fall and
winter months.
Sprouted oats means eggs and
health and vigor of the hen to pro-
duce them. If you are not sprouting
oat.s. purchase a sprouter and get it
going at once; the results will pay
its first small cost immediately.
Poultry needs green food and needs
it in a palatable form — there appears
to be nothing to equal fresh oat
sprouts, the fowls leaving most any
other kind of greens to fill them-
selves with the cri.sp, fresh sprouts.
In our travels to poultry plants,
large and small, we have never found
a shortage of eggs in the fall and
winter where this important question
of green food has been solved by
a liberal feeding of sprouted oats.
FINISHING FOWLS FOR MARKET
.\bout this time of the year a great
deal of feed is wasted in feeding
fowls for market. The fowl that
brings the best price is always the
fattest one. but the fattest one is not
always the best one. A fowl can be
made very fat by feeding corn,
cracked corn or com meal mash for a
few days before it is sent to market,
but such a fowl will have the fat dis-
posed under the skin and in the cavi-
ties of the body. The properly fat-
tened fowl has fat under the skin and
and in the body cavity but it also has
little globule;* of fat mixed in with
the fibers of the flesh. When a prop-
erly fitted fowl is cooked the globules
of fat among the fibers of the flesh
melt, leaving the flesh tender and
palatable, while an improperfy fin-
ished one cooks in a way to make the
flesh dry. tastele.ns and tough.
When fowls are to be fitted for
market they should be confined in a
rather small yard, which is dry and
should be kept clean. Cive them all
the water they will drink, kei^ping it
fre.sh and pure. If skim milk or but-
termilk is handy it is better than wa-
ter. F'eed corn which has been soaked
from one feeding time until the next
once a day, say in the evening. For
the morning feed give a thick dough
made of wheat middlings and beef
scrap, about one pound of scrap to
nine pounds of middlings. Give the
fowls all they will eat but do not feed
them after they have been fully fin-
ished. From ten days to two weeks
is lung enough to ttnuih them off.
After this they are likely to lose their
appetite and begin to lose weight.
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RORX DOVER. ONX.. CAIV.
INDIANA POULTRYMEN AT |
PURDUE. OCTOBER I*-"
More than 300 Indiana poultryis*
and women are expected to sttew
the annual fall meeting of the I^j
ana StaU? Poultry Association wfcioj
will be held at Purdue Universtj|
October 14-16. The program ^
been completed and the biggest m^^
ing ever held by the Hoosier poolc
interest* is expected. Dedicatios '
the new poultry building at the ^
versity, which was occupied Joly
and which the state association *
instrumenUl in obtaining, will bt'
O W E IM EARIVIS
S. C. REDS AND BUFF ORPINGTONS
Are Supepl> Ttils Year
CUSTOMERS HAVE WON ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY AND ABROAD
.More than 3,000 old and young bird.s are rapidly finishing. ^ "U^'" J'"'*
exactly the bird.s you need for breeding or .showing. ^^ rile me >'""; ''L"*^^ J.""^^^^
receive my 80-page booklet and join my army of more than lo.OOO satisiiea
customers.
OWEN FARlVfS
163 WILLIAMS ROAD
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
TEsmns
WHITE ^
LEGHORNS
WILL
MAKE,
ONEir
YOU
For many years Ferris Leghorns have
be«n ainonf; the leaders at egg con-
tests in all parts o( the country. Write
for U«t of winninct In pMt contests and look up
(HU winnings in these ivi4 cont«ts-New
SSSWy. New York, Cellfornia. Okl.horoa,
lUiooia. Arkansas end others. Trepoesting and
Mdicreeinjt on the most eitensive ecale ever
•ttMnpCed ere rrsponsible for theee reroarkj
•blerMtaJts. This winninf over thousands of
flto«UL !••«» hr««4»f» cUim »T»tit record* »« "J*
vHll liaiMlrtdS W P*«« fr»«n •'• o*" *••• '»<'•** ***•*
■v««« UmW maSmbwks •• v« HAT* ood«.
Special Fall Sale
Loweat pricae now. A ^opderfttl opportunity
to fat eur cboiceet stock. We ship C. O. D-
aadiiaarantca eafa arrival anywhere. For 14
wmn we have beca breeding for
_ on the
'Hta OS for
Let oa taU yoo more about Ferris White LeC-
^orne. Ottf free »<«|^ ^^ monthly bultotlji
ftl «!•••• Aw««««
2,000 Sterling Quality
Cockerels and Pulleta
Propcrljr Urown And Conditioned st Reeeon
able PrirM. Write as joer needs.
P. P. OLAKDT
HIGHLAND VIEW POULTIT FAIM
11 ETHBU MO.
• » •
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STANDARD
WHITE WYANDOTTES
MO UCIT lEAlEO MCHT
TIAT UT AND WIN
TeaBff sterk reedy for delivery Aevvst
ISth. First pellet ckk secured in 4
■iontlis end 14 deys. bird weiffhinf 6
povada. 2 oonees.
DO TOU WANT EARLY UYERS?
SeMi for Ftm 19S4 Catmiagm*
Bur's Kaobby stone Pooltry Farm
J. J
Bos ISB
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BARR. Ugr.
VAmVOB. PA.
b<*>»t»>>>>>t»i>««»>««ee»
Tancred
Tmp-Netted
SI»M It09
White
Leghorns
Semmer Sale
Pc4iflrct4 Ceckf reb
I nil Neuoiiftl. Mil
ttet
aOateUl AIM tvtsud !• our Pm Na IT. U
NsUmsL MtMourl Cup winn*f« l ouwiUm
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MOW 1ST PIN (Lt CU«) ISTN MONTH
Ask far Le« Seaaer PHe* LM
UNOINWOOD POULTRY FARH
leei lite at. Neteetaw*. Kses.
r|kENOCRAPHf^
Well, the three rresteiit i>oultry conven
tion* ever held in one veer h»ve p»««ed into
hintory »nd they ohnw thst the poultry rsineri.
of the rountry ere awake »nd slive to the
issues before them.
• • •
The flrnt reirulsT meetinir of the National
Poultry Council will be held >n Chiraco about
the middle of Derember. deflnit© date to be
announced later. At that time the recularly
elected or appointed delecates will meet and
perferl the regular orraniiation.
• • •
The Poultry Council will be an orranitation
of orcsniiationn and will not conilicl in any
way with the sperial activities of any one
rroup or orffaniiation. It i« to be the clear-
ing house and point of contact for all b«c.
national poultry problems.
• • •
Surely, it looks as if the poultry industry
was. thf>oueh its own efforts, cominc Into its
own and that it i« roinc to be a powerful
factor in the arricultural development of this
country in the future
• • •
It has lone since parsed the star* of a
hobby or playthinff and even our farmer
friends are no lonfer lauehinr at it and say
Inc it was the pin money job for the women
folks.
• • •
No men or woman needs be ashamed today
of aayinc he or she is a poultry raiser, be
cause It has been recogniied as a real busi
ness.
• • •
The state fair entries speak well for the
shows of the country for this coming season.
Entries at the fairs are much larrer than in
former year» and on all sides we hear talks
of larger buildin»m at the various fairs for
holdinc our poultry eihibitlons.
• • •
The Indiana Rtate Fair had an over flow
entry and are talkinc of a new bnildlnc.
• • •
The larite i»oullry buildinc at the Wiscon
sin State Fair, that was built as a model only
a few years aro. has outgrown its usefulness,
there beinf a laree tent filled with an over
How entry, besides a tent full of boys* and
»lrls* club poultry A new buildinc is talked
of there also.
• • •
It was our pleasure to judre at the Wiscon-
sin Fair afain this year, and as usual we en
Joyed our work there Wisconsin Is full of
rood breeders, who are r^^od si>ortsmen. know
how to show food chickens to best advantare.
how to take defeat, and it is a pleasure to
work there
• • •
The poultry department is under the
efflrient manacrm* nl of prof .1 Barry Hayes.
who is the richt hand man of Prof Haliin. at
the Wisconsin Arricultural Collerr. He is
very capably assisted by Ray Porter and
others, all of who know the show business
and their show is a model and one rood to
look at.
• • •
Prof J. n. Halpin judced the so called
utility class and we want to compliment him
on followin* the tbouchts e«|»ressed at the
recent American Poultry Association conven
tion. that of not placinc a bird that had any
Standard disqualifications. re»ardlesa of how
she tested as an ec» producer.
• • •
When the other Judges of erf classes befin
to follow thiH example we will see better
Standard birds winninir in the ecK clasaea and
then we will berin to hear more favorable
mmments that the good rgf |>rodiicer can be
a rood lookinr Standard fowl and not a di"
oiialifled monotrosity. as some have been in
tke past.
• • •
The White Leghorn classes at the Wiscon
sin SUte Fair, which the writer has Judeed
for the pa«t several years, was an exception
ally good one tieo It Ferris had a fine
strinc on exhibitmn. under the care of his
Mr Sanborn. Itoth the bird* and the mana
rer were worthy representatives of thi« ereat
farm.
• • •
Incidentally, we heard several very fine
comment* from those who had bourht chicks
from Mr Ferris, which show» that he is send
inc out what he claims
• • •
The careful line breedinr and pedicree mat-
inrs carrtet! on by the Ferris farms for sev-
eral years back is provinr that it pays to
be careful in matinf. It makes his advertis
inc truthful and his customers are i^-^
the results. ^^^
• • •
October, 1924
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753
Harred Rocks, that we also Judced. ^^^
l.roucht out. ao they cenerally do %t ^
creat fair, some exceptKtnallv cood qaali^*
There are ^eve^al good Harred Rock ^tii^J,
in Wisconsin and they lay down or set u
fine strinc of quality stock. *
f
On our way to the fair wr stopped «f f^
our annual vi*it at the home of W^ .
Halbarh and family at Waterford. Wi. ^
It was a great treat to mam over the »lf»H
fields and throuch the hickory grove S04 ^^
spect the nvre than 'J.(iOu elegant M-\.-^
Rocks on range there.
• • •
We cannot imacine a more ideating ^^
than to inspect a flock of such quality ia (^,
large numbers and under such ideal roai
tiont.
a e •
White as chalk, with rich, yellow leg* u4
the bright red head points that corns v.tt |
vigor that is approaching maturity. »m I
rombs that are as even as if rut oat witk 1
(ookie cutter, it is truly a sight to givt tat |
the hen fever, if he never had it befort
I
They have young stock about matarti '
and many coming close behind, that will u
ready fur the early shows and the tboet u
follow.
• • •
Neither are they overlooking the egff rn-
ducing qt.alities and the strain they ett4i.
Iished several years ag". starting with Umsi
hen that laid 83 eggs in «5 days, is tkovuf
some great results.
• • •
They showed a full string of their woade
ful Rocks at the State Fair and woe tm I
second, third and fourth in every class Xkn .
showed in. I
"Oene." the five year old son of •' Billy
showed an elegant string of White Cotka
itantams and just about swept the deck i«i
tiof five firsts in a big. strong class T\r<
breed tcood bantams in Wisconsin, end Mp«r>
ally in Cochins and these were the vkrttv
White Cochins we have seen in a long tisti *
\
And this youngster knows them. to<» H«
like his Dad. is being raised with the tkttk
ens and he actually knows what he is talk
ing about when you talk chicken to his. *»
look for him to carry on the Halbeck fsa<
in i»oultrydom.
• • •
Any one looking for something geed 11
White Rocks will do well to get in touch wiU
them.
• • •
As we have stated before in this paper tkt
Halbech firm is a real organisatioo or lastiti 1
tion "Billy" *•• raised with the ckickwi
a«d has charge of the poultry depart**'
•'Cap" or I>*>onard has had charge of '^ ^
Holstein dairy for several years Msn# ■»•
the office head and is an expert slenograpk*
and correspondent, while one of the ••^
girls helps mother manage the house »•
always look forward to our annual viiit •-.'-»
Mrs Halbach. She is e wonderful charsrttf
has raised a won<lerful family and is W«*<
by all who meet her
• • •
It was gratifying to see "Cap" Halke'
walk off with the blue ribbon in the )«»«'
Ilolstein bull class in competition wilk •
fine Holsteins. You know that in Wiscses^
is where they raise real top notchers. •»
after all these years we, as well a* as?
other of their friend«. were glsd to ••• *
blue ribbon go to ••Cap" on this youBf **|
that Holstein breeder* say will some M*
walk off with the granil championship.
• • •
Our old friend. Wm H Halbach htiiU »♦
when he started this farm. Kach member* •
the family was given a certain work t»Jt
and was trained to d«» his or her work •* I
Kvery week the businees council is heU •»•
the filans for the coming week worked •*
Now that they are placed in authority. I**
are ready and the work moves right aHS<
showing progress each year
• • •
If more farms wero managed in '•**•"..
there wouldn't be such a rush by the ?••■ |
folks to leave the farm.
• • •
The boys' and girls' clubs are d« i»l '
creat work and they are making better *
mers. not only of themselves, but ef '*'
fathers and mothers.
• • •
It was our privilege, along with r*
Hayes, to Judge the exhibits put on by *
county boys' and girls' clubs of WiX**^
Kach county had a booth displayinf ••'
feature of poultry raising. It wss «•**
"the tale of the hen "
One booth di«plsycd chicks, brooding equip
kl^a to explsin what should be done, show
imw it should be done, etc.
« • •
Xext came a booth showing how to select
tk/ laying hens Instead of having all of the
r"L, ,n cages, they had each hen i.i. ket.-d
•a the bench with a cord that went down
fj—^-l, the bench, with the re«ult the birds
_laci there in nice array It was
sniqa« •"«' '"•'''' * P'^'ssinc display
s
very
The boys a'«o understood culling
•a e food demonstration
ind put
m
Then there was e booth showing a model
ken house, and those boys certainly under
atood poultry housing ventilation, etc.
• • •
The next was a booth on crate feeding
Xhty showed a model fattening crate, had
birds in it that they were feeding, showing the
cams, etc . at«o described the fe<»«i. and they
answered every question we put to them
regarding fe»'ds for fattening We were sim
ply astounded at the knowledge shown by
these boys.
• • •
The boys handling the booth on diseases,
parasites, etc . had a hard subject to di«
play, but they had a good one Organ* »how
l^g what tuberculosis looks like: worms,
■lies. lice, etc . and they were able to t>ut
over a good talk on them, too
• • •
These displays showed some great work
having been done by their instructors and
«e were proud of them.
• • •
While at the Wisconsin Fair we heard sev
eral complimentary remarks about the conven
tiea reports in F.veryhodys. Well, we did the
best we could and it make* us all feel good
to know that our efforU are appreciated.
• • •
Have you noticed the advertisement of the
•Cf laying contest to be sponsored by the
!fortkwestern Yeast Co.. of Chicago.
• • •
The vrriter will hava personal charge of
this The contest will be held on our idace
at Olen Ellyn. III., and it will be more than
a coBteal.
• • •
The conietit will be run strictly according
la the latest, revised rules of the American
poultry Association Tliere will be l<>o
contest pens and entries will close as soon as
tke 100 pens are filled, so get your entry in
•eriy.
• • •
The housing is somethinc new Tt i« some-
thing the writer has be^ working on for
•any years, but was unable to flnan'e s'art
leg it The plant will be a model along lines
eetiraly different, yet tomething we know will
give results tiecause we have tried it out and
have been perfecting it for many years.
• • •
Resides the ion contest pens we will have
ten to fifteen experimental i>en* of our own
No stock to sell, just a great chance to carry
en some of the things we have had m mind
for a long time and a chance to give our
friends some new ideas along the lines of
|>Ottltrv keeping
• • •
Our ideal location, being but 21 miles west
ef Chicago's busy loop, we will have thou-
seeds of visitors during the year and it will
be a great place for some good publicity for
our contestants, if they wish it.
• • •
The popularity of the various egg laying
rootesta shows that thev are doing a lot of
food work. Some of the older contests say
they are filled for the next five years.
• • •
This looks as if those who once start, like
to stay in as they realise the eifg records
eiade in the hands of other than the owner's
lakes better with the buying public than
those we make in our own yards.
• • •
Frank L Conway, for many years manager
and |iro|»rietor of the famous Peabody Huff
Ortiington Farm at Hin*dale, 111., is now
Bianaging a jioulirv farm known a* the Leona
Ksrms at Cary Station, III. We understaml
that he will still keep a f»«w of hl« fine Itiiffv
bol the main fl xk will be »«»nie fine bred to
ley White Leghorns, Success to you. Frank.
• • •
Frank L Piatt, editor of the American
Poultry Journal, has been enjoying a new
Bnirk with a 1.200 mile trip Frank now
*dlts a hoc Journal as well as a poultry jour
eal. so he will enjoy more than ever getting
eot among the farmers.
n ,3ou could INSURE
\jour poultrij business AGAINST LOSS
wouldn t ijou gladlij paij a substantial premium?
Yet
you can get that insurance by starting with
WHITE WYANDOTTES
BECAUSE they are a uniformly standard type strain injuring profit-
able meat production.
BECAUSE they have an 180-etnr per year flock averaifc insuring proflt-
able egg production.
BECAUSE generations of standard type high producing stock back of
them insure strong prepotency for increa.singly profitable
ofTspring.
BECAUSE they test lOOrV free from White Diarrhoea insuring mini-
mum loss among the baby chix.
ARTHUR H. SHAAV wellesleyT*^mas».
260SS0 EOG 8T&A11I TAKOKED BARRON WHITE LXOUOEM
DfTT 1 ETC BREEDING HENS AND COCKERELS
r U LLC 1 U Also, R. I. Reds and Barred Rocb
Order some of our 13 end 30 weeks old Pulleis ead make big profits in large while
•en ead plenty of Ihem this winter Hred from large vigorous stork from the two oldeel
^pneeted straine in AmM-ice end Rngland today. Hundreds of Pullets growing undae Ideal
conditions. Customers report egg yields es high as 2711 acgs and Pulleta laying el leee Uea
four months ^ . ^. . . ^ _
Orus WadeiSL CtoaresM. Pa. wrttss "Our hm\ Betty* »s.ls s irapoMi r»4«^ ot Vt ans. ralsee ream
Twir *l<larC«Uf' than M« of Qm North Asaselran Carusi l»«n» ' Wm K-<*. IUO.!.t»^. Ta . wriiaa "1^
S M stoSa^wSvsd Aprtl r. raised M p«11.<*. «»♦ ars» one laid Augus* 11. Sfs dsjrs )«■• than f«sr .Mike
t B SyKT iMwahersTpa wntss -Mr puiut lsi<l st tour ■Mrihs siul m day*. s/»d s^uag alrse«r M
« daU»fr«B«X pHuei I lu^ew wtm* *»■•«««• skw* now • & A Jsoohs. l-siis^lis, re, se>e _J»m
dlmsvnXma laid tl^gs In St dars. «isa«l s dajr and laid a eeiil>is ysifeed see, ens st mr m^anU mi0»
• U pounds 1 wanl srtno mors tttieks." » « la • .
Prices 60 cents each leaa than regular price list if ordered this month Beaelifel «el*-
lofua free.
FISHING CREEK POULTRY FARM.
Boi D
LAMAR. PENNA.
LIGHT BRAHIVfAS
Winners at Urgeet shows, hred for haary egg production. Standard re^utrements. aam
"*'**Y*s^'Sf H?nVand Cocks, weU devaloped PuUeU and Cockerels »ow reedy te WIW
^^ ■a^i?te'^^p*.*'r/n'or"flu.k and guarantee HATlHKACTinN oN AIX HAl.KH
Write fi»r free ratslogur
W. H. HANKINS. (Ufht Irahme Spcctallsl) —« E»». HT^AriOBP. MimiWDBI
LIGHT BRAHMAS-They'rc Coming Back
My CircuUir TmlU Why
Won more firsts at last Chicago Coliaeum Show than any other ex-
hibitor. Eggi and Chicks.
OSCAR GROW, 1S33 Watgrioo St, CEDAR FALLS, IOWA
TO GET THE MOST $$» WORTH OF E^;^ S {: »;: g
M If I-. N
Y r. A R
BREED PARKS' Breits-U; BARRED PLYMOimi ROCIS
They're America's Oldeet and Orsateet Leytng SUaln. with
over J'. y«ar» .f Carefil Selrn.on. Trapnesting and pedigree
ing for Itlti, HROWN, WI.STKK ViHih. Ita^k "f Tbem
NO They Won t Win at MAIHHON HgtAHK IJAHI»KS fand
»r arr not going lo *ink our eye and tell you they wilt) but
thry !M» WIN a .hare "f the Hl.l K in ' V'TT'/.LT.I^'Ji^i w"f r V.
sVMitiun to hsvinr madr alK...t all the WoKI.t* 8 CrHTirir.f»
UtHK I.AYINii ltK<'4.ltI»H
They are the strain that has lad f>^r<r -ay into the hearts
of th.- I'r.fltable I'oultryman thr W-rld Over And you ran
SURPLUS YOUNO AND OLD STOCK at Special fall Prices
16 page Circular Free
J. W. PARKS Bo» E ALTOONA. PA.
754
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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Double
Produclioti
/// shoiy^ou
how
Mmtt ■■• LaM«. PrM.
•laltMMl PMttry iMlttst*
pmmltn ftuUtwrlO
r»S ewy! Two
•Cff* for one IS
as simple aa the A.
B.C'i! GctUngtheMOST
from your flock i» but a matter
of ki.owi«t HOW. I'm here to
HELP you. I'm here to po»nt the
wav for you and make it KAM
Tor you to MAKE REAL PROF-
ITS FROM POULTRY. Through
my methods, you can have
Ai hcwe tC Fm $3,000 It $15,000
Per Yor Oi PMitry A1«m
imUvmU »««« •»»♦ •••^ *"'' »<j«M^ .** -TSi!?
g*— ..!- MtoM* o' It Th^ knt>m the tiCK-^
TS^ll tZl for b«t f^Mim: t***' ^-- "-
mT^rt hutMtnc m»«no.u. n^y k^jr '*iTu -Sk!
UM4r n€»«* lh» hWd at <»»» lh«» »»" ■»"•
thrm ••rti Hr |»^ u. lh» matinium.
U.C I MM and . iff«* Urt k»«w« U> •>« U»l« •«-
iwrtfvtrv •( mU npM^t wbw» you on
Unik
itel^FdbRkk
In Itw CHMlinr »i««»n*««? And you rmn leani at
liMM uTytm? ••M* tiM. putttnc inUi prMUo*
mmn <tai «tMt y«m ImtuwI rram njr ouurw Um
day baforal
na MOf-'-ipi li iMt rmikj far
TaiU all
tfy . toll*
I wlial CAN hm
froai pool-
l»IU yvw an e«r aouraa of lnMru<tlan ttt*-
w,. «Mto Im« IHtto «•• *^ •«• l«w t« ••Mtf
la l«ar« Mm mmm Matliiit af rmlala* »a«IUt
tlMt I !■«•*• ti UMto aaa: t«ii« y^>u abMt
lit* Mwahar* of our raealty (all wvll kn«wn.
highly aMmMafut poulUyian > wtto tr* baf« to
tjUll Y«»r ON TO KHrcnw. and Indvdaa
iMi HMnlal* rnm aliidafiU and apdorailwiU
rm« mllaii and vaivamuaa
IW*mI fur TOIM as«r of Ihia lataraatlng loA
TOI>AT Itan'i low aay Umm' A ipMlal offrr
la b»tM »a<h> for only a IIhuImS un»*— and I
want Tot' lo art it Ma put yuwr nam* and
adtlf«>M gn ih* altadb*d OMipaa NOW— and
dnifi II in ih« Mall TODAY ! You'll ba
C^ad )iMi did
MAIIT m. U«ON.
Ilali*ad f«aUry builalt
Ot«L IK.A WaaHlMtMi. 0. C.
SCND THIS rOR
INTI RLSTINC
FREE BOOK
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BA&IT M LAMON. Praaldeat^
MatloMU Ponltry InsUtata.
Dcpt. lU A. WMhloftoB. D. 0.
I*l»a»«> Arnd m«> at onrt> your KRKK
B<MiK "11 w lu H«i»<> roultry for Vm
it" and aftwisl tiin» limit uflT^r I am
«B4»r no oblicaiioo fur thU.
Naaia . .
Addrraa
City and Kia*«*
October, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
755
Tke American Fancier
Address Delivered by E. B. Thompson at A. P. A. Convention
Mr. Pre.««ident, Ladies and Gentlemen:
It i.s with jrreat pleasure and deep
appreciation of the honor conferred
upon me by your president in re-
questinfi^ me to address you at this
time that I will ondoavor to talk upon
the subject assigned to me. It seems
characteristic of the American people
that when they (father tojfether and
are havinjir a jfood time some one has
to come alon^i: and spoil it with a
speech. I feel that if wo would talk
less we would be in much better
health and also see an improvement
in the health of our friends.
I appreciate my duty to the poultry
fraternity, for durinff my life, I have
been jjreatly honored by the frater-
nity and I have been twice elected to
the highest office within their gift. It
would indeed be ungracious in me not
to express my heartfelt thanks to the
thou.sands of friends who have helped
me carry on my life work. Next to
my God, my family, and my countr>',
SUndard-bred Exhibition Poultry is
dearer to me than anything on earth.
It is gratifying to me that I am per-
mitted to talk on the subject "The
American Fancier" in this splendid
city of Toronto in the Dominion of
Canada. This country has furnished
thousands of eminent fanciers. Men
who, by their high example and
achievements and wise counsel in aid-
ing to perfect the exhibition bird,
take rank among the foremost fan-
ciers of the world. Canada and the
United States are separated only by
an imaginary border line. The proud
thought of it is that on this 3.000
miles of border there stands not a
fort, a soldier nor a gun. The most
powerful evidence of the friend.ship
between these two great countries.
The fanciers of the Dominion of Can-
ada and the United States are united
in protecting the exhibition bird.
The boys of these great countries
were united in their defense of hu-
manity and many of them sleep to-
gether beyond 3.000 leagues of water
on the consecrated soil of France.
The term "Standard-bred" is a
term too loosely employed.
To the student readers of the poul-
try pres.s during the past two or three
yi'ars it must appear that the subject
assigned to me to talk about on this
occasion must call for an eulogy, for,
according to the implications of the
press, the American fancier has
passed across the dark river to the
Great Beyond where poultry shows
are not held and trapnests are not
permitted. If it were true that the
American fancier is no more and the
poultry pre.ss of the country should
decide to erect a fitting monument to
his memory, doing so with a fund
made up from the cash reserve set
apart each year from money paid tKt
pre.Hs by the American fancier for i^.
vertising since the press was first pub-
li.shed, I would suggest a fitting ia. i
scription to be:
**The American P'ancier, date of
birth unknown. Gave pleasure to
millions of people. Organized th«
American Poultry A.ssociation an,j
has been its life and main support
Promoted poultry shows and support,
ed them. Helped, aided and assistH
the poultry press of the country to
come into being and to live, doing so
by the encouraging process of copioas
cash contributions for advertisiiif.
.Xssa.ssinated by his friends, the poul-
try pre.ss and the agricultural col-
leges."
And for what? Mark Anthony, in hii
oration over the body of Caesar, said,
"Ingratitude, more strong than trait-
ors' arms, quite vanquished him."
The American Fancier has nine
lives as well as cats. The prosecuton
of the F'ancier have been so close to
the fitures of egg production that they
have overlooked one of the great fac-
tors of human nature — the love of the
beautiful. If the American Fancier
had never been born you would not
he in this room at this time. This
convention would not be in session.
This Standard would never have been
printed. Standard Exhibition Poul-
try is the one thing that made po«i-
ble your pilgrimage to Toronto thii
August, 1924.
The American Fancier has pro- i
duced birds that rival the lilies of tb«
field in raiment yet they toil and they |
spin. The wi.se fancier will not uj«
means to persuade his birds to lay
more than a reasonable number of
eggs. He will not jc^opardize the
breeding strength of his wonderful
birds by a forcing proce.ss. Yet, let
me say, great show females hsve
shown great ability as layers. I speak
from an experience of close to fifty
years and am entitled to a fair
knowledge of poultry. I could cite
concrete cases of birds of the breed
I have the honor to represent but thii
would be inappropriate at this time.
Egg farms and market farms sre
necessary and are needed to pliy
their part in the commerce of the
world. Do not misunderstand me. I
have all sympathy with vgfi^ and mar-
ket farms and there are men quali-
fied to carry them on. It is not in
the province of the fancier to attend
to this branch of the industry. Tb«
eg;: and market farmer are a blessinf
to the world and deserve success in
every way.
Some promoters of egg pro<luctiot
asst-rt that Standard Exhibition bif*
will not lay much. Pray will th«*
good people tell me how a breeder of
•tandard variety of exhibition hird» mav
kftUb i.OoO chicken* and m«>re in a nufle
,^1^00 and aupply a Jar«e demand for et£%
for hai'hmK if hi» ben« do not lay well! Let
Iketn refle«-t well before ihey an-^^t-r
Artiund flfty year^ ac<> the h<»r»e !>ext»T
trotted a mile in -Vlfit^ or lherea»mut«. It
look the li«>*t rotnbine<l nkilt and brain* of
tba torf fif'T vearn to rednc* the speed of •
trotter to it« present flriire. Yet. in two
ak<^rt yearn tho time Itetween thr««e Amenran
Poultry A>"o«-iation Convention* — *tmig»>Ting
fgg reeord* have rome up all over the land.
Two hun<1red e -J bon« are loafem. FtT jr^d
reliable bait they ina»t gn beyond th»« :ioo
ecr mark It t<v»k me many a year to m.^unt
a* hifh aa in a f««w »hort moonii thene modern
witardu
8peakinc of bait. Bome gentlemen from
Kew York went fl*hinr on the Bay ..f Minray.
When they returnod they told their friendu
tkat Ihey had raucht aome very larcr fl«h
Is fact, the flsh ».<re no larre in th,-»e water*
that they had to uie hooka 60 fret lon«r
Tbeir fnond* naid. "You muat have be.n
iahioc f'^r whale*." "H- no." they said,
"we o«ed whale* for bait "
Plea.e un.Jer^iand that I have no doubt
that the claim* ■•/ e«e production made by a
few nen who hav,* d<<voted year* to thi* mib
iael. and havr »pecialited on etc production
only, are correct I al*o concur in the re
liability of thf .\criiiilttiral Collere record*.
There are •«.m.« hen* who*« ownera *ay
kave laid over .l"<) ore* each year durinc two
eon»ecutive year* mud loncer — and cockerel*
B«y be had fr-m these hen* at low pric*
Thu recalls the meetinc of Mark Twain. Jo
aaph H (Tioate. who wa* at ona time I'niled
8late« Ambasnador to the Court of St Jame*
aad a friend of both. Choate remarked that
ke had never used intonratinr liquor in any
fonn. had never u«ed tobacro nor iirofane
UuMPtace The friend remarked. "I wi*h I
rewld aay that " To which Mark Twain r-
plied. -Why don't you *ay it? Choate did "
Tkera are old sayinra of creat w<irlh that
k«T* lost their force in the mind* of *ome
Mople. One of theee i*. ".Shai»o mak*'* a
ftraad and color a variety " In the Standard
•f P«rf«etion the term *hape i* clrarlv dc
§—4 and the rt^quiremcnt* of the Standard
ar* very ric«d The American Fancier know*
thai hi* bird* muvt have ror>d shape or they
*»^ «>o* •■ rood show bird* Shap* must
rasM flrat in a *how bird In the medium
••d lanre breed* the Standard demand*
'••»<•>. brradth and Ihickne** In the**
kr*ad* the Fanrirr ha* in hi* exhibition bird*
all the internal capacity for feed and eȣ>i
tkat any utility bird ever dared to have and
la addition a frame and meat required in a
rbirkeo ready tor market. (Plea*e tell me
wky it t* that *o little spare is thoncht best
U be used by the press on the subject nf
Market poultry — poultry for table ronsump
lion I ^
••fine feathers make fine bird* " We have
•II hc«rd this 'avin- aince childhood nntil
Utely. and I »ay it i* unju«t for anybodv to
aUta or imply that Standard Kihibition Mird*
are focKl for th.-ir feathers only. Mecinner*
kave been advised to let them alone. Told
tkat they will not lay. that utility i* thn
•oly kind to keep These are the thine* that
•lla« the Fancier's heart. False and unjust
autemenla. Unjus* to the livinc and the
dead Uniust to th,- memory of Philander
HilliBm* Charles A Sweet. I K Felch and
their loyml f»n>-|er as*ociale* who founded
the American !*oultry Association and preju-
dicial to the hones* interests of those men
•ad women fanciers who have supported and
wried on the Institution, who have sup
ported the poultry shows, who have helped
!« support the p. nitrv pre** and who have
built up and improved the Standard Eihibl
tion hird It i* iinMist to this book, the
Aaeriran Standard of* perfection a book dear
**«e^* *'*'•''* ^f 'very true .Arrer'can Fanrnr
"V '•"'■'•'»'• ^b . I.ave carried on thi* In
•titation down throurh thr weary *pan of
■ Mjr year* and have ^iv»-n u* all that there is
*" '^•■"•'■rd bred Poultry m'ist n .t be crurj
■ed The itity of it i*. the American Fancier
■n»t re*t hi* rase without debate. He i* not
' J*^ ^''k the pow«>r of perviiasive *{ieech
and writinc while the op|>o«ition is united
and many are endowed with Iterary attain
"'•ri* ****' *^*' '"**"'■ "' l««'id expre**ion.
The rollere* of learning throughout the
world have a <?hair <.f Philosophy a Chair of
"••lory a Chair of Politiral K-onomv. a
t^air of Astronomv. a Chair of Literature, a
tT>air of Mathematii*. et.- The AKrirultur*l
Ejt *^* '*' *^'* '*'"* ^■*'* ""'*' ""*' •■*'■"■
J^* American Fancier »e\er interferi-d
"•J" •nybody He never laid a straw in the
wh of anv man Yet there are for. e* that
• re clutterinK his ;.ath \»ith pirtures . f moun
•'■• "' *tS* •» hi»:h a* Olvmi.j*. Th^ fan
If you want a healthy,
productive flock — make
sure your birds get the,
nourishment they need
"Ever since I started feeding Yeast." writes H Borden, of
East San Gabriel. Colif . owner of the yeast fed fowls
shown here, 'my flock has been in a very healthy conUi
tion. Mortality has been nothinc to speak of."
" I have used Fleischmann's Pure Dry Yeast for a period of
four months." write* Burton Strere. of S|>rin«Aeld. Maa*
(One of his yeast fed flfjck is shown here > 'The birds
showed a larger egg production than in inevious years
and the whole flock were kept in the ptnk of cooditKiu."
POULTRYMFN have lonft
souflht for somethlnit that
would benefit the fowl through-
out its life —
5>omething that would lowrr
mortality and promote growth,
bring growing birds into early lay-
ing, keepegg prod uctlonconstant-
ly high, shorten the moulting pe-
riod, and invigorate the birds so
Chat their eggs would be fertile
and hatchable.
Now they have found It.
Because it makes it easier for
thefowls to turntheir foodqulckly
intosound flesh, bone, and energy,
Fleischmann's Pure I>ry Yeast
keeps the flock at a high point of
healthy productiveness the year
round. Successful poultrymen
everywhere are making it a regu-
lar part of the ration.
Fleischmann's Pure Dry Yeast
can be bought in 1 lb. or V^ lb.
packages, i5 lb. cartons ur IM lb.
barrels. It will keep indeflnltely.
Full directions in evrry container.
Your dealer should be able to sup-
ply you. If not. order direct from
us. Transportation charges pre-
paid.
iVou'—this trial package
forSl
5io you csn thoroughly test for
yourself the annuzing results of
Fleischmann's Pure l>ry Yeast, a
special trial package is now rc«dy.
One dollar brings it to you.
Knough yeast to ferment the feed
fur iOO henj for a month and a
half! Send today— encloee check,
cash, or money order with
coupon below.
FLEISCHMANN'S
PURE DRY YEAST
To th0 Dealer r ProSreaalve re-
tailers fh« country o^9t h«*e
stocked !> IriM hmann's Pur* l>rr
Yeast to suppi; the fast -grow •
Ing demafkd. Poultrymen and
•tock-ral*er* wIm raBt _
from their deelere send t
orders direct to us bv the
huedreds. You should be
getting your share of this
buslaeee! Write u* C«>dajr
for laformatloa.
PRICES
Canada
CulM
Porto
U.aA. Rico
aw lb.
packasca 2.00 2.40
2SU».
cartooa 18.50 23.00
100 Iba. in
bulk 69 00 83. SO
rass
CIserk Ike wae r****
. Poullfr. p*ge*»a*.
[ ]>|wlw«.rettl* aed
] |»f>g« r«M»lfs. lo«i
• M<1 other tut •hmm
lag enirtteU.
aa«.
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THEFLEISCHMANNCOMPANY.lVpt B-
701 Washington St. New York. N Y . or
327 So. L4I Salle 8t . Chicaco. Ill . o» »4l
Mift*ion St . San Franciaco. Cahf.. of 3M
Bell St . Seattle. Wash
Bncloacd And $1. Send n»c jrour apecial trial
package, poatagc prvpaid.
Name
Addrcag
Dealer 'a Name and Addrcaa
!^'^S
twTwM.
756
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
October, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
757
PICKINSOIfS
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•I h!ar I Ull in t uWy
Aftd (lUirklv flttrd tu any
ordinary ne»t. oraocr laix
or nrf (*•" ^ »1 >rai> all
|>rr<nl» iiuarantrra to
wiirk arruratrt) or ><mr
mnfM^- bark iv«ncn«
and iratwf'at r«g rbana.
with rvTnrdinc »)Ktriii.
^lrnl•hrd trrr wtih t.r>lrr.
ft M« •«!•. M.l« tlirM. M.M ^•amm
PmOOUCERS A CONSUMERS CO.
M02 McLmw* Av«.. Chicaco. lU.
rii>r will ininKlf> with the produrtionitt«.
Thry arr a» K<>od riticenn •• he U. •■ kind in
thrir famiiy life. »■ loyal to their country and
their fI*K Y't the fanner duet not want t)
manare thrir affaim Tfie Anx-riran Fanner
invitfK them with him on a »i>< lal equalitv
l>ut. |<le«fte underitand. not to manac** •"'!
direct hi« bumneim. The American Kann-r
IK the arhitfr of hn» «'wn destiny All poultry
|.re««<l»-r» are equal before the law. The Amer
ican Fanner ha* i^tr many yoar« lived hi«
peaceful lif** uiim»>lr»ted m hm pumviit <>f
happinesn. Iii» bird*. hi« Standard and hi^
• how were bin joy» and. let me »ay. there i«
no joy more a|)par«nt than that expr«">»ed «n
the face of a (an< ler when looking at hi»
bird in an exhibition co«»p adornid with a
blue ribbon
The American Standard of Perfection, con-
ceived by Fancier*, written by Fanner*, muat
be preiK-rved in all ii» iniectitjr for Fanciers.
If the prod'ictioniiktii deitire a Standard they
have the ability to write it and there are
publiftheri who will print the book There
will be no proteftt from the Fanner. The
productioniitta may hold poultry ahowa where
the public may rather to »e« the marrelou*
achievement jn ecir laying ability. The Fan
cier ^\\\ be rontent. All he a»k« iit to be
treated fairly IMny fair with the Fancier.
An eminent lawyer one* told me that he
found It be»t to be fair to a wilneaa on Hie
op|K>iiite Hide If p>i»hed too hard the witnea*
would surely (el the sympathy of the Court
and jury It always pays to be fair The
productionistK may have shows and a Stand
ard but they must not molest the Fancier
in his work and imply that his birds will not
lay It is not the truth. The rreat Lincoln
said. "I»o not tear down the house of an
other Rather build a house of your own
with the assurance that when it is finished
it will be protected by law."
The Standard Kvhibition bird will lay errs
in lar«e number* hut the Fancier should not
f or< e his bird« and thereby injure their re
productive vi^ur lio not tell him that he i«
lost unless he «et« unwieldy egc records. The
draft horse bree«len« do n<it nay to the th«>r
ouch bred and trotting horse breeders, make
vour hornes draw loads or we will drive yoii
off the turf. If they did iasue thia command.
the Rnclish Derby would still be run at Kp
som Hownn and tne («rand Circuit would still
be trotted in America and the proud fashion
of both countries would be in the audience.
The Fancier's sport would continue, no
utility there. There are those who would
turn our exhibition coops into trapnests and
our fine feathers into litter
Men may talk and womeo may pray but we
shall still hear the crow of the first pnie
cockerel at the Fanciers* Poultry Show and
»iee the hat>py Fancier's face The love of
the beautiful comes as a heritac* from na
ture. Kven the rude savage, who ring* dis
cordant note* from uncouth instruments, em
l>loys all the roeaiwi his environment permits
to adorn hi" j.erson and his home. All nature
is reeplendent in beauty. The stars in the
blue dome at midnight. The Armament and
earth at the rifinf of the sun. The par**antr>'
of the rloud» at sun«et. arrayed in their thou
sand liveries of dartling. softeiiinc radiance
beyond the power of artists" paint or pigment
to portray.
If the beautiful is to die we may as well
take down the ornaments from our homes,
tear the prirele»s pictures from the art ral
ieries of the world and turn the rooms into
lavinr hou«es Kven the poultry ]»aper»
charge extra for color in advertisement*
They say the fine combination of colors makfH
the advertisement fnore beautiful and attracts
the customer. The soul love of the beautiful
in color and proportion will never die. It i*
a part of the corjiuscles of the blood that
throbs with the heart beat* of humanity You
cannot change this element in human nature
May as well attempt to change the rurrent*
of the Cireat Deep, or tell the leopard to
change his spots, or the African his color
Artists and Fanciers are born as such. The
love of the beautiful is a part of their life
and being There is not money enough to
hire Frank Sewell or Arthur Schilling to
paint guide boards the rest of their lives.
The«.e men would recoil at the offer. They
look beyond intt> ideaU and nature I have
had my touch i-n the puUe I'f the public for
more than forty years and wi»h to say that
never has a fl'ie exhibition bird been more
loved and nought after than now.
Why try to himler the Fancier T There la
room for all clashes of poultry bree<lers. so
why molekt »he iTinrierf He d'e» n't molest
anvlxHiy Why did Tex Rickard. the "port
promoter, pay Arthur Schilling f 1 TiOO (i(» for
the flr»t priie pen of White Leghornn at the
rereni Madioon Square (iarden. N Y.. Show f
For the reason that he wanted the finest exhi
bition pen of While I/eghorns obtainable t">
gratify hi» fancier's desire There is much
joy in owning fine exhibition birds and profit
aa well.
American Fanners everywhere! I want ta
•ay to you. you are safe from all calamittsa
if you breed the be«t in your varieties. R^
member that nature is alw-ays chary* witk
her finest prt)ductii There i% an overpro-
duction of the ordinary in all things. Tw«
minute horses are rare^ The only wonderfo)
things I know of that can bo had in a«x
quantities and from so many sources just a«w
are hens laying 2.'>0 egtr« per year or morr
I^ast winter a party wrote to me for a price
on 'JO hen* for utility, saying that he waot^
them for family uso I replied that I coqU
send him '~(' good birds at fft oo each H«
wrote back that he did nit fe«- how I rrqij
have the cheek to charge such a big price for
my birds a* he coubl get very high record
birds at $4 Oo each, express i>repaid Thu
reminds me of the young man who went int«
a store to buy a hat He tried on sererml
and finally selected one that was becoming.
He said to the salesman. "I will take th:t
hat. IIow much is itf" He wa« infnraed
that the price was flSOn. The y<-\iug man
picked up the hat once more and. looking u
over, said to the salesman. "Where are tht
holes in this hat!" The salesman sai4.
"Holes, why there are none ip the hat
What do you mean? ' The young man re
plies. "I mean the holes for the ears of
the jacka*s v»ho would pay fl.SO<> for tkii
hat."
American Fanciers! There is an in»uranct
nolicy which in»ures your success with et
hibition birds. The premium is high hot th*
insurance is sure. The premium mii»t h«
l>aid with the easy life that you do not Ii«#.
with the careless ways that you do not pra'
tice. with the self-satisfaction that yu do iint
feel, with the jeaiou*y that is not in year
heart, with the idle thoughts that you do net
think, with the ignorance of the habits r,{
your breed that is not in your brain, with
the advice of failures you do not heed, Y»a
have no use for these things. They will km
der your progre**. Discard them all. Pav
them as a premium for your insuraiice It
is not easy but it mean* success. r*e sac
ceases as your gui<le. Do not follow failaras
Never employ a guide who gets lo*t himself
and has to build a campfire in the woods so
that his friend* can find him by the smok*
Remember that if you can produce birds
among the flneat of your bree^ that there art
enough people among the millions in Canada
and the United States to keep you carryifif
on. people who admire and want the beantifal
in fine show birds They will keep the w«»f
away from your door and if the wolf does
come you will capture the animal and use kit
furs to protect you from the winter's cold
I want to say to all pr«»ductionist* every
where, look calmly and carefully at the sitaa
tion The Fancier i* your friend He will
not hinder you. All he asks is perfect fair-
ne«>. Be fair.
To the poultry press I extend the ronpli-
menta and beat wishes of the American Fan-
cier He has nurtured you ever so tenderly
during your infancy and innocent childhood
The Fancier has been your friend in need dur-
ing times of adversity and times of pros
perity and now he a«ks that you rerinrocate
by giving the exhibition birds the credit dns
them and the place formerly occupied by
them in the t>age* of your papers. i»o net
scorn the ladder by which you have ascended.
The American Fancier asks no favor, all hs
asks is Justice. He asks your thoughtful coa
■ ideration. Hy giving the exhibition bird*
their rightful place you do nothing prejudicit!
to the egg farmer It i* indeed a "ad com
mentary to read what was said of the eihibi
tion bird in the pages of the poultry press •
few years ago and compare with what is said
or what is not said of them now. Think ef
the sorrow in the Fanciers heart at this nef
lect It is a pity I a»k your judgment
"Woodman spare that tree In childho^-d
it sheltered me and I'll protect it now."
REGULAR PUBLICITY
This is the bejfinninjf of the season
when the persistent, every-month-in-
the-year advertiser reaps the reward
of his bu.siness acumen. The spa*-
moilic advertiser who thinks adver-
tisinf? in the summer does not pay.
has stopped advertising? and the pub-
lic for(fft.s him or concludes he has
sold everythinjf he has for sale. BuBi-
ness falls off as soon as advert isinf
ceases and the ''seasonable" adver-
tiser finds that the dull season h*»
beRTun, not becau.se there is no busi-
ness beinjf done but because he ha»
i stopped working for it.
OF INTEREST TO
POULTRY JUDGES
Walter Burton
The Jud<?e.s* Section of the Ameri-
can Poultry Association met at the
Kintr Edward Hotel, Tt»ronlo, Canada,
August 5. President Harry Wolseif-
fer not being able to attend the meet-
ing, Mrs. Florence Forbes, vice presi-
dent, presided. Reading of the min-
utes of the last meeting was ap-
proved. Treasurer's report made and
accepted. The judges were all very
agreeable and delighted with the
work of the American Poultry Asso-
ciation Board of Directors wherein
they raised the percentage on exam-
ining specialty judges for license to
95 and allowing the general judges
to pass that made a grade of 80. U.
R. Fishel discussed the contracts that
are printed by the Judges' Section
anil said he thought that every judge
should use them, knowing that it
would be a great deal more satis-
factory than the old way of letting
contracts by letter. Mr. Fishel said
it was a real business proposition.
Mrs. Forbes was of the opinion that
there should be a book of some de-
scription instructing judges just how
to do their work. Messrs. Collier and
Hale di.«^gTeed with her and said the
Standard should be the guide of the
judge. Mr. Cosh discussed the mat-
tw" of split-wings and said that the
judges should study and understand
it more as it was a bad defect and
now since it was a disqualification,
the quality of birds .should be im-
proved along that line. Mr. Patter-
son does not think that the cut of the
Leghorn on page sixt**en in the Stand-
ard should be allowed but after some
discussion, it was agreed that since it
was a photograph of a real bird taken
by Mr. Schilling that it was correct
that it should be there to show that it
was a defective bird. Mr. Curtis gave
a very interesting Ulk on the SUnd-
ard White Leghorn cuts in the Stand-
ard and said that the female to his
idea represented an egg type. He re-
ferred to the race hor.<je as bred for
•peed in endurance and spirit and
said they got results. Fifty per cent
of our SUndard-bred birds will come
Up to the type, weight and color. He
referred to the egg as the product
and the body as the by-product. Mr.
<"urtis said that production is now
what we must breed for and that it
can be had with good type. He urged
that we cull closely and find out
which birds were our high producers
and then breed along these lines. He
stated that we would have to come to
high production and said that lots of
u>« are now doing it. He mentioned
that in 1906, D. Tanrred had Harr>'
Collier begin culling his birds of high
production quality for Standard de-
scription and disqualifications and
that Mr. Todd, of the Queen Hatch-
ery, in buying from Mr. Tancred a
c-c'-erel for $1,000.00 could have
bought a cockerel with the same egg
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litlvr arruBulatas Thfaa lart« (lass win
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production blood lines for $200.00.
He stated that Mr. Todd preferred
paying $1,000, a difference of $800,
for a bird that had both Standard and
productive qualifications. Mr. Curtis
said that Mr. Tancred's birds, in his
opinion, if you buy the grood ones,
were just as good as the best. He
stated that we must meet the condi-
tions as they exist. He asked the
question, "How can the American
Poultry Association meet the situa-
tion?" He suggested that shows
have production clas-es and exhibit-
ors makinc: entries briner with them
reliable affidavits as to the egg rec-
ords or records of egg laying contests
with official leg bands and the birds
be judged as to n^'oduction and Stand-
ard qualities. He saM that the N'^w
York Show had 860 birds in this
class. A motion was made and car-
ried that a committee of three be ap-
pointed to report on Ihe abov^ situa-
tion and that Harry Collier be made
chairman with the authority to ap-
point the other two.
The 1924 and 19?r> officers are:
President, Harry Collier; vice presi-
dent, V. O. Hobbs; secretary-treas-
urer, Walter Burton; executive board:
O. L. McCord, D. E. Hale. Mr?. Flor-
ence Forbes, Earl Smiley, Newton
Cosh.
The second meeting was held
Thursday, August 7. Harrv Collier,
the new president, took the chair.
The following new members were
'elected: Roy McDonald, Wm. A. Fry,
F. H. Verdery, L. F. Wensel, John
Carroll.
The discussion of the blue book
came up and it was properly moved
and carried that the president. Harrv
Collier, and secretary-treasurer, Wal-
ter Burton, proceed to get out a blue
book not to cost over $5.00 to the
judge for a page and he furnish a cut
of himself, provided there be as many
as fifty. Every judge present at the
meeting was unanimously in favor of
taking a page. If the judges who
read this notice would like to have a
page in this blue book, let it be known
to Walter Burton, Secretary, Arling-
ton, Tex. This blue book when out
will be placed in the hands of the
show secretaries of the United States
and Canada and old Mexico to enable
them to have a list of the licensed
American Poultry Association judges
who are members of the Judges' Sec-
tion and to enable them to select
their judges to judge their shows.
The meeting adjourned to meet again
at the American Poultry Association
convention at Des Moines, la., the
second week in August, 1923.
A very prevalent idea amonp many who
g've no attention to the culture of poultry
is that an ege is an egg so 1' ne as a certain
number are prndueed, and that there will fol-
low a correspondins number of chi'kens. A
rational view of the matter will dispel this
alj.suri idea, for an e;;K to be good, the par-
ent birds must be in ^ood health and vigor
to produce a strong progeny.
WINTER EGGS
The production of eggs during the
winter months is one of the most im-
portant subjects the breeders have
to deal with. Winter eggs are the
goal we all aim for and their pro-
duction is of interest to every keeper
of poultry who insists upon results,
as all real breeders do.
To see a nest full of eggs at any
time of the year brings gladness and
creates more interest in poultry. You
will note this particularly when tak-
ing friends and visitors through your
plant, they will admire your birds,
comment upon your building and ar-
rangements, but just open the nests
and let them see eggs in plenty and
it will so impress them that their first
mention will always be of the nice
fresh eggs seen — and the wish to
have some. They are the best poul-
try advertisement a breeder can
have.
Winter eggs are not a myth, they
are a reality, a fact, and their pro-
duction is no profound secret. Any
breeder can secure a regular supply
by following the modern ways in
breeding, selecting, housing, feeding
and in corn. Good stock is the foun-
dation upon which they must build,
with this and future careful selec-
tion, and with due attention to their
feeding and housing the bountiful
production of winter eggs will be a
reality.
If we were asked what rate of pro-
duction we would expect, our answer
would be that we would aim for from
thirty to forty per cent production
from October to March and a sixty to
seventy per cent production for the
balance of the year. This is a very
reasonable demand to make and we
would ever try and hope for a greater
average with the full belief that if I
do my share fully that better records
can be made.
A great deal depends upon the
fowls we are to handle, and we
should begin by rearing our pullets
from strong, healthy, prolific laying,
pure-bred parent stock. I have my
favorite breeds, but it is not for me
to say what breed you shall keep.
Keep the breed you like best. They
will do best for you, for you will be
more interested in them. Far more
depends upon the strain than upon
the breed, as regards egg production.
March and April hatched pullets, if
they have been properly raised, make
the most satisfactory winter layers.
They should be fed a variety of mus-
cle forming foods, and be allowed
free range during the entire summer,
where they can enjoy both shade and
sunshine as they desire. About a
month before they are expected to
begin laying, those of a uniform age
should be placed together in quarters,
where they are to remain during the
winter. Nothing older than yearling
hens should ever be retained in a
special pen of winter layers, and then
only those which have moulted early,
and have completely recovered from
the strain of growing a new coat of
feathers. Such hens make very de-
sirable winter layers. They should
be allowed plenty of room, as they
must remain inside much of the time
during severe weather, and must not
be crowded. Not less than six square
feet should be allowed for each hen.
If many fowls are kept they should
be divided into flocks of from twenty
to twenty-five each. By so doing you
will be able to give them closer atten-
tion, and to get the best results the
attendant must become very familiar
with his flock. Then you are in a
position to detect very readily any-
thing that may go wrong with any
one of them, for it is necessary that
every one be kept laying, and that
none be allowed to loaf. It is those
few loafers that spoil the average for
the entire flock, and disappoint the
poultryman when he figures up his
monthly egg record.
The poultry house need not be ex-
pensive, just as good work can be
done in one of very moderate cost.
It should be warm., light, dry, well
ventilated, and free from drafts.
It has been wisely said, "There's
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breed." This is very true. There is
a great deal in both. The be'>t laying
strains cannot produce satisfactory
results unless they are supplied with
proper food and care. I have often
heard the expression of "forcing hens
to lay." This I claim to be a very
improper expression. It is natural
for hens to lay eggs, and all that any
one can do is to make conditions so
favorable that nature is assisted to
the greatest degree in carrying out
its work.
A variety of food, and especially
that rich in albumen, must be given.
This ingredient is best supplied
through some kind of meat food.
Green cut bone and adhering meat
and gristle is one of the best forms
of animal food, but is difficult for a
great many poultrymen to obtain.
Therefore, the majority of us must
look to some of the commercial pro-
ducts now on the market to supply
this want. Supply plenty of green
food, such as cabbage, roots, or other
vegetables. Good grit should be kept
constantly before them, and water
slightly warmed should be given
twice each day. Provide a dust bath
and keep a constant outlook for lice.
The easiest way to fight them is to
prevent them from entering, by the
occasional use of some good liquid
lice killer. When approaching your
poultry house always do so quietly,
never causing fright among your
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to make them always glad to see you.
Keep the buildings clean, and the
nests well made and inviting. Air
out both rooms as often as the
weather will permit. By the observ-
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winter egg supply will be abundant.
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If you think the fancy is dead, you
are wrong. If you think Standard-
bred Poultry is out of fashion, you
are badly mistaken. If you are in the
dumps get out of them and look the
world in the face like a man and for-
get your troubles. There never was
a brighter future for Standard-bred
Poultry than there is today. There
is business for you if you will go
after it in the right way. If you are
asleep, wake up. The fellow that sits
down and quits, may accumulate a lit-
tle rain water in his hat, but it soon
evaporates. But the fellow who goes
after business and uses business tac-
tics, trying to give every man one
hundred cents for a dollar bill, will
get the business. I haven't a min-
ute's patience with a man or woman
that yells about the fellow with the
commercial plant. Neither have I
any patience with the Standard-bred
Poultry breeder that gets scared stiff
when he hears some wild-eyed orator
shooting the bull and tries to make
somebody believe what he himself
does not believe and tries to convince
others that there is a lot of money
in his end of the business when the
orator himself could not make ten
dollars in ten years out of his own
theory.
Get this fact thoroughly fixed in
your mind, the poultry business of
this country was built on Standard-
bred birds. It is the one and only
foundation that is safe to build on
and it has stood for fifty years, and
the only way to tear it down is for
every man, woman and child that is
today engaged in the breeding of
Standard-bred birds to quit and they
are not going to quit. The over-ad-
vertised, unofficial ep:g records that
have been played up with the three
column head lines has fell flat. Lin-
coln was absolutely right, "You can-
not fool all the people all the time."
The "get rich quick" fly by night,
overshot the mark and the arrows
proved to be a boomerang. The so-
called three hundred eggers in his
yards failed to deliver in the yards of
the other fellow and the high-tailed
scrub that was purchased at a high
price first got a tryout to prove that
he was not there with the goods, and
then he got the axe.
I told you last April in another
poultry magazine that the fancier was
only waiting for the balloon to burst
and it has bursted. Now go out and
shake hands with your best rooster
and help him g^et in show condition,
for there is a demand for him and
every other good Standard specimen
in America today and a market for
them if you will try to find it.
The trapnest never hurt any
breeder except the one that failed to
install it. The wise fancier put them
to work years ago and they proved
their worth many times over. If you
don't know what your hens are doing,^
if you are not keeping any record to
show whether or not there is a profit
commercially in the business then you
are a sloppy housekeeper and in no
way entitled to sympathy. You may
have read in the Bible of the man the
ravens fed, but let this soak in just
a minute. That happened quite a
while before Wright Brothers invent-
ed the aeroplane — now you go out
and feed yourself.
The man or woman that is breed-
ing poultry for egg production alone,
regardless of the looks of their flock
as to shape or color, never enjoyed a
real thrill in their lives. You ought
to pity rather than censure them for
they never tasted the milk in the co-
coanut. Edward Thompson's speech
at Toronto reads like a child's prayer
— one would think that the end had
come and the whole Standard-bred
Poultry business was only waiting for
the undertaker. Forget all such rot
and quit repeating stuff of that kind.
The only place it will lead you is the
poorhouse. Wake up! Get up and
go after the business that belongs to
you. It's out there waiting for you,
but you cannot get it by over-working
the sob stuff. If you want to vege-
tate, go dig a cellar and raise mush-
rooms. They will grow while you
sleep!
But, if you want to be rated as a
real he-man, don't beg for sympathy
but fight for a chance. Knocking the
other fellow does not get you any-
where. Look out for your own inter-
est and people will follow you. What
about production classes? What
harm are they doing you? Are you
so ashamed of your own records that
you need be afraid of theirs? Who is
winning the prizes in the production
classes of our big shows? Who is
showing the best birds from an egg
production standpoint? It's the real-
honest-to-God fancier and no one
else. The fellow that breeds the
show birds and had brains enough to
install trapnests and studied the com-
mercial, as well as the fancy side of
his strain of fowls, whether they were
Leghorns or some other breed. Now,
my dear sob sisters, won't you please
take a look at this record and then
wake up? At the Indiana State Fair,
September 1 to 5, there was one of
the largest entries in the production
class that has ever been exhibited
here. It was judged by C. W. Car-
rick, of Purdue, who is just as strong
for Standard-bred Poultry as any
reader of this article, a judge that
absolutely refuses to place an award
in the production class on any speci-
October, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
761
men showing Standard disqualifica-
tions Here is something that should
interest you! The MayHill Poultry
Farm, of Marion, Ind., with their
string of exhibition White Leghorns,
won in the production class: third
cock, first and second cockerel, sec-
ond and third hen, third pullet, fourth
old pen and third young pen. The
same farm with the same blood lines
bred from the same stock won in the
open class in competition with the
best there was: first, second and third
cock; first, second and fifth hen; first,
second and fourth cockerel; first, sec-
ond, third and fourth pullet; first old
pen and first young pen.
The MayHill Farm is not whining
over the commercial end of the busi-
ness. They are strictly fanciers and
breeding exhibition birds, but they
are wise enough to install trapnests
in advance and get a line on what
their show birds were doing, and in-
stead of getting a big grouch on be-
cause some other fellow might be get-
ting a little money, they were on the
job showing their goods and on Wed-
nesday evening, reported in my office
that their sales so far that week had
passed the two hundred dollar mark
on Standard-bred Poultry.
It was evident, six months ago, that
things were looking bad for the fan-
cier. Financial conditions were out
of balance, prices of farm products
were dropping off and everybody be-
gan to retrench. But the wise poul-
tryman never quit. He simply studied
economy, cut down expenses where-
ever he could, but kept right on pro-
ducing the goods. Now, with the re-
turn of normal times, he is going to
reap the harvest. I knew that it was
going to require a little more effort
on my part to keep our entry at the
State Fair up to a real Indiana stand-
ard, but instead of listening to sob
stuflF, I got busy and went after the
business with the result that our en-
try this year broke the record of
seventy-one years at the Indiana
State Fair and with two buildings
and a tent crowded to the edge it was
necessary to return a number of late
entries. Now, as to the quality of
this exhibition, suppose you read what
Frank Piatt, of the American Poultry
Journal, has to say about it. When
Mr. Piatt visited the fair" and looked
over the exhibit, he said: "Well, 'Dad,'
I sit in my office in Chicago and I get
down in the mouth and I feel that we
have slipped back and that the whole
fancy poultry business is running on
its momentum with the last ounce of
gas exhausted, then I come down here
and see this great fair, see the won-
derful display of high class birds,
meet the enthusiastic fanciers and I
go out of here with my head Up real-
izing that we have only been asleep
and that you boys down in Indiana
are waking us up."
Mr. Piatt's view of the case is a
view of every other progrressive
Standard-bred poultry fancier that
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over-rated, over-advertised, over-ex-
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ing records out of reason with good
common sense. Let him go out and
play his little game in his own back
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business and push the fancy stronger
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ness that you have had since the war.
If. I did not believe it and if I did not
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(Continued frojn pape 738)
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of about four pounds per 100 birds
per day. Then in the late afternoon
about half past three or four o'clock,
depending upon the season, another
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same amount, or four pounds per 100
birds at this time should be given.
Then when the lights are turned on in
the evening, they may be given from
seven to eight pounds of grain per
100 birds depending upon the natural
appetite, the rapidity with which they
are laying, temperature conditions,
etc.; remembering all of the time
that the heavier the flock is laying the
more feed they must be given. The
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be given, and if there seems to be any
tendency for them to lose body
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must be fed. In the case of the heav-
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be increased by from half a pound to
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fed in open troughs what the birds
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minutes.
A second precaution in lighting is to
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of fresh water before them during
the period of lighting. Unless plenty
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benefits from lights will not be real-
ized. The feeder must appreciate
that an e%^ is over two-thirds water-
that birds require large amounts of
water in their ration to enable their
digestive system to function properly.
Unless one is prepared to see that
fresh water is before the birds during
the lighted period, artificial illumina-
tion had better not be attempted.
An additional precaution in arti-
ficial illumination is to be sure the
lights are turned on and off the exact
time each day. It is a fact that birds
become very quickly accustomed to
routine in their management, and
they are great habit formers. When
they have been given artificial lights
at a certain time and under certain
conditions, they come to expect that
the same practice will be followed
and any variation from this original
routine will throw them out of condi-
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success.
Another precaution in lighting is
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first, the maximum benefit with safety
to the birds is probably realized. An-
other extremely important precau-
tion is to see that the lights are turned
off gradually in the spring; that the
birds have gotten accustomed to do-
ing without lights gradually, for if in
the midst of a lighting period this
extra feeding through the use of
lights is eliminated, it is apt to force
them into kind of abnormal behavior,
such especially as spring moulting
which is accompanied by a great drop
in production. A final precaution to
take is the general recommendation
against the intensive use of lights on
breeding stock. We know that hens
coming into production, hens that
have experienced a considerable rest
period have had time to get back their
body weight and their pigment make
the best breeders. From such birds
we get a high fertility and a better
hatchability. It is then unwise to
light birds intensely just previous to
the breeding season. It does appar-
ently little harm to breeding birds
after they have been allowed a rest of
two or three months during which
period production has been slow. We
turn on the lights gradually in the
midst of the breeding season to stimu-
late an increased production of hatch-
ing eggs when they are desired, so
then the general recommendation in
the case of breeders should be not to
t^flrn the lights on until January first.
Possibly it is sufficient to delay this
process until November first and they
would not be kept on for more than
a month or two.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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The Possibilities of Electric Lights
There is no question but what elec-
tric lights furnish the most efficient
easily operated and safest form of
artificial illumination when viewed
from every standpoint. There is the
question as to whether the average
commercial poultryman with five hun-
dred or more hens can afford to be
without this electric illumination.
Probably it might be expressed in this
way, that every poultry keeper, re-
gardless of where he lives, regardless
of where there is public current avail-
able or not, can well afford in the ab-
sence of the latter, to install a home
lighting unit, so that his home may
be equipped with all modern conveni-
ences and he may have the advantage
of power in developing the many farm
operations. It is a fact that a flock
of 500 birds lighted will return to the
owner a sufficient increase in net
revenue to completely pay for the in-
stallation of a home lighted unit and
such conveniences as is required by
the average home; so why then should
any farmer or poultryman operating
his commercial poultry plant, longer
delay the application of one of the
more modern yet thoroughly produc-
tive steps in making his birds one
hundred per cent efficient?
BEGINNERS DEPARTMENT
Continued from page 747)
lime has been added; that is, with
one process we want to cleanse the
house and whiten the walls. The
house which is whitewashed seems to
reflect the sunlight much better and
makes a better, more cheery environ-
ment than one which is not. For this
purpose a whitewash solution to
which has been added a strong dis-
infecting solution is desirable. The
following formula recommended, and
used by the Highway Departments of
many states for outside whitewashing
cannot be excelled in efficiency:
Hydrated lime, one-half bag; com-
mon table salt, six pounds; molasses,
one pint; ground alum, three ounces;
hot water, ten gallons.
Add to this mixture at least one
quart of a strong disinfectant such
as zenoleum or other good equally
powerful coal tar disinfectant.
As soon as the house has been care-
fully sprayed the windows should be
washed clean, litter added, the fix-
tures after spraying returned, and
clean shavings placed in the nests.
The house is now ready for the birds
and they will surely enjoy this clean,
healthy environment.
House the Pullets Early
One important condition which the
beginner must appreciate is the im-
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Do not leave them out on the range
for weeks after they have matured,
especially in the late Vail. The nights
get chilly and damp, and the birds are
apt to catch cold, from which they
niay not recover all winter. It is
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safe to say that birds should be
housed by November first. Birds
which are hatched early and lay early
should be housed before this time.
After the pullets are put into the lay-
ing house, they should be confined to
the house continually throughout the
following winter. It is a fact that
birds lay better, lay larger eggs, are
less subject to colds and checks in
production if they are confined to the
houses during the bad winter weather.
Obviously plenty of green food should
be fed to the confined birds to pro-
vide the necessary ingredients which
green feed contributes to the ration.
Insure Adequate Ventilation
One of the common causes of fail-
ure in housing the pullets is to put
them in laying houses, taking them
out of open colony houses or out of
the trees where they have been roost-
ing out of doors, and confining them
to buildings which are improperly and
insufficiently ventilated. Fresh air is
the most necessary requisite for all
poultry, so the laying houses should
be opened up as much as possible, es-
pecially during these fall days right
after the birds are placed in them.
Better results will be secured through-
out the winter if an abundance of
ventilation is provided. Many of us,
especially in the beginning, are apt to
feel that our houses are sufficiently
ventilated, but it is always safe to
say that better results will be secured
and the birds maintained in more
healthy condition, if the front can be
opened up still more and added
amounts of fresh air admitted.
Just remember in considering this
problem of housing the pullets in the
fall, that your success during the
coming weeks and months is going to
depend first of all upon the condition
of your birds when you put them in
the winter quarters, especially with
reference to body weight, and second-
ly, success is going to depend upon
putting them in clean houses which
are abundantly ventilated. Good
birds and clean quarters will be at
least 60% of the factors which are
essential to success with your hens.
The other 40 ^r will depend upon
your feeding and management. These
will be discussed in the November
"Beginners' Department."
THE CASSEROLE
(Continued from page 742)
year in November, from a hen which
had just completed a very heavy lay-
ing year at one of the official con-
tests. She came home still laying;
and making a mating, regardless of
season or temperature, I found that
her eggs hatched very excellently, al-
though she had not moulted, or taken
any time off for a rest, even tempor-
arily. These two instances do not dis-
prove the general statement which
Mr. Funk makes. "One swallow does
not make a summer." Nor does one
exception disprove a rule. On the
other hand one or two instances
which Mr. Funk quotes in support of
his theory, do not prove his theory
any more than my instances disprove
it. That idea of a hen laying out her
vitality with a large number of eggs
is somewhat offset by the belief of
the proprietor of Hollywood Poultry
Farm, who says that no hen could lay
such a large number of eggs without
being posses.sed of extremely high
vitality, and this great vitality which
she has, will make her a good breeder.
I guess that most breeders who are
using trapnests to any large extent,
are perfectly willing to take a few
300-egg hens if they can get them,
and then leave it to the trapnests and
the pedigreed-bands to determine
which of these will transmit good
hatchability and good production to
her daughters, and which ones will
not. The 300-egg hen is not suffici-
ently common to have many generali-
zations applied to her — she is distinct-
ly an individual and not a class; and
to my mind she is likely to remain an
individual, and a scarce individual at
that, for quite some time to come.
Mr. Funk is clever; he finishes his
article "please do not say too much
against my argument until you raise
a hen that will produce 300 eggs —
then do some line breeding and if you
are not convinced, come back at me."
I presume we should assume from Mr.
Funk's attitude here, that he speaks
with the authority of having line bred
from a 300-egg hen, from which to
draw his conclusions; but whether he
has or not, I don't believe that a
scientific type of mind, as found in
most of our experiment stations,
would admit that his experience
\ would prove the rule, either one way
or the other, (c)
* • •
C* T. Patterson, of Missouri, does
not do things just as other people do
them, and some things, at least he
does better than most other people.
In establishing his poultry plant, he
gave great importance to the ideal
layout, and bought land on which
there were no buildings, so situated
that he could lay out his plans just as
he wished. He says "After building
and operating on this plan, we are
frank to say that there are very few
changes we would make if we were
building over again." How few poul-
trymen there are who could say that!
Driving home the other night I saw a
concrete foundation wall being poured
for a new dwelling, and I thought
"that foundation is being made ex-
actly the size and shape to carry a
house visualized and planned in all its
details." How few poultrymen there
are who visualize their plant and busi-
ness in its details before they lay the
foundation for it! If that were the
foundation of almo.st any poultry
business, the owner would be making
it of no particular shape nor size;
and when it was done he would start
building his house upon it, with still
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no clear idea of what the house
would look like when completed, (d)
* • •
If any one of the old timers who
know the poultry men up and down
the country, w^ere to be asked which
one more than others, represented the
Fancy 1007c, I believe there would
be some agreement on the name of
J ji. Drevenstedt. Here is something
which "Dreve" says: "Hatches with
some fanciers have been poor and
with others again very good. The
season is not responsible for failure
or success in these instances. Fan-
ciers who persist in breeding from
over-shown exhibition stock fail to
get results in fertility and hatch-
ability." That sounds something like
what Mr. Funk said about the 300-egg
hen doesn't it? I should hate to breed
from either over-shown exhibition
stock, or from 300-eggers, without
trapnests to tell me which ones gave
fertility and hatchability and which
did not. It is quite likely that with-
out trapnests and individual pedi-
grees, results might be disastrous in
either case, (d)
• • •
Edward Brown might be called the
dean of poultry keeping in England,
and in a single article he sketches the
"Development of Poultry Breeding in
Britain." He divides British breeding
roughly into three periods. First, the
breeding of game fowls for cock fight-
ing, dating from the Roman period
up to the time it was made illegal in
1848; second, the period of breeding
for exhibition, starting about 1850
and reaching its height during the
period from 1870 to the opening
years of this century; third, the per-
iod of breeding for fecundity or high
production, which was brought about
by a revulsion of feeling against the
extremes to which exhibition breed-
ing had been carried. "Greater at-
tention paid to abnormalities and dis-
regard of production qualities brought
about a vast change in that the Fancy
stock became less satisfactory for
general purposes, and the field was
opened to those breeding farms
wherein the first considerations are
health, and improvement in the aver-
age production of eggs or flesh.
These Utility poultry breeding farms
have been to their side of the indus-
try what the seed growers are to the
farmer." Mr. Brown concludes with
this significant statement, "There are
welcome signs that British breeders,
exhibition and utility alike, are awak-
ening to the evil of breeding for ex-
tremes." Mr. Brown's article is dou-
I'ly interesting, if we consider at the
same time, what has been said along
•'Similar lines this same month by Mr.
Shakespeare and Mr. Petherbridge.
Just look over those two items in con-
nection with this one, and perhaps we
may conclude that Mr. Brown would
appreciate greatly Mr. Petherbridge's
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* • ♦
William R. Compton suggests some
reforms for the egg laying contests
and mentions particularly the grow-
ing practice of buying pens of pullets
from some production breeder and en-
tering them in the contests under the
purchaser's name. This is a growing
practice, unquestionably. One large
breeder openly advertises to sell pens
of pullets which are guaranteed to
finish in the first six pens of any con-
test. All about us we see mighty fine
egg records being made by hens rep-
resenting breeders and plants who
have had contest pens for years with-
out being able to make any good rec-
ords, until all of a sudden they have
jumped out into the lead with a pen of
wonderful layers. Without doubt, in
most cases, these pens were purchased
by the breeders for the purpose of
making a good record (and incident-
ally probably with the hope that they
would help to breed other good lay-
ers). This practice has become so
prevalent, that, speaking personally,
I am very sure I would rather -pur-
chase stock from a breeder who had
the best five-year consecutive contest
record, than from another breeder
who had made a marvelous record for
a single year only; the reason being
that in the latter case the chances
are that he is not a breeder at all
but merely a purchaser, whereas the
five-year man was probably breeding
his own birds, and I would have a
chance of getting stock with real
breeding behind it for long enough
so that strain characteristics could
have been established. Is this pur-
chase of hens to win a contest an
evil? That depends upon the point
of view. It does not seem to me
morally wrong, so much as it seems
to be poor sportsmanship. Horses
are bought to win races with; houses
are purchased to excel one's neigh-
bor; and poultry is bought from
prominent exhibition breeders to win
blue ribbons at shows for the pur-
chasers. Buying a contest pen of
pullets is no worse than some of these
things, morally; but there must be a
whole lot more satisfaction in win-
ning a contest with birds bred by the
contestant from stock also bred by
the contestant, than to win with birds
which have been bought. The matter
is covered very nicely in one of the
books by Richard* Le Gallienne (has
reading Mr. Le Gallienne gone out of
style?) when he says, "Isn't it pecu-
liar how we gloat over our posses-
sions; as if they belonged to us, in-
stead of to our money — our grand-
fathers' money? (d)
* « •
John H. Robinson makes the point
that in the dairy cattle game exhibi-
tion quality as determined by appear-
ance has value, but not so much as
when high performance accompanies
exhibition quality. It takes the two
together to bring real big prices. And
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**it is such stock as this that the stand-
ard-bred poultry industry must build I
upon for the future." He continues
that it is too early to say definitely >
whether or not it is financially desir- |
able to cultivate this field of breed- '
ing exhibition and production in the /
same strain of fowl; and the reason
it is too early to speak positively is i
that we have not as yet sufficient evi-
dence of such strains or from such
strains, upon which to base conclu-
sions. Until we have evidence based I
on a comparatively large number of
dual purpose strains, then our ideals I
are still ideals and theories. What a
sad world this would be without
ideals! (e)
POULTRY CONVENTIONS
SHOW MUCH PROGRESS
(Continued from page 744)
vestigating and study and they are
not yet ready to start in. We expect
that at the next convention they will
have something to offer that will
make the registration of poultry a
practical thing and that they will have
a plan that will be sensible and work-
able.
The conduct of egg-laying contests
has been given a lot of serious
thought and hard work and we think
the rules adopted at this last conven-
tion were a good, workable set of
rules and that the certificates of merit
that the Association will issue to birds
making certain records in contests
run under the American Poultry As-
sociation rules will be a great step
toward registration.
Today we picked up another poul-
try paper and noticed an article by
E. Morgan, of Washington. Mr. Mor-
gan is a well-known breeder of egg-
producing fowls and in speaking of
the ideal contest he says:
"Such a contest should be run by a
management absolutely unidentified
with the poultry raising industry, in-
sofar as any connection with the
breeding of poultry is concerned."
We presume he means that the
management should not breed any
poultry of his own or have any to
sell. That is all right, in our opinion.
"Pens for such a contest should not
consist of too many birds, thereby to
give the extremely large breeder un-
due advantage."
Good again.
"The winning pen should be the
one that produces the largest num-
ber of eggs over a certain weight. In
other words weight or size of eggs
should count and count decidedly."
Mr. Morgan brings out several
other good points regarding the ideal
contest and we mention these just to
call attention to the fact that the
American Poultry Association is mak-
ing progress. Their new rules gov-
erning contests provides for pens of
five, ten or twenty fem.ales in a pen-
allowing one alternate for each n^e
birds.
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They say that eggs weighing less
than eighteen ounces to the dozen
shall not be counted; that any pen
that does not produce standard-weight
eegs after three months shall be elimi-
nated; that eggs weighing from
eighteen to twenty-two ounces shall
be counted as pullet eggs and valued
at forty points per dozen while stand-
ard eggs, those weighing twenty-two
ounces or more, shall be graded as
standard eggs and be valued at fifty
points per dozen.
They say that all birds entered in a
contest must be the property of the
entrant and that no birds can be
transferred during the contest.
They have a contest committee to
settle disputes. In fact, we do not
know of a better set of rules for con-
ducting a contest at this time, and it
all spells progress.
The resolution to appoint a com-
mittee of nine members on poultry
exhibitions to look into and report at
the next convention the condition of
the poultry exhibitions of the coun-
try and see what can be done to fos-
ter and promote them, is a good one
and a step forward.
The resolution passed to co-operate
with the poultry instructors of the
country was also another step for-
ward and perhaps the instructors can
be made to see that the Standard-
bred or show fowl, if you please, has
a place in the sun.
The rosolution to appoint a com-
mittee to look into the accredited
chick business was also a step in the
right direction and in our opinion will
help bring two great organizations
closer together.
In fact, those who think the Ameri-
can Poultry Association convention
was merely one round of pleasure
are mistaken. A good time was en-
joyed, but a lot of good work was
also done.
Then we also had the start of an-
other great organization, the National
Poultry Council. This organization
of organizations is yet in the making,
but the ideals set forth and the men
at the head of it make it look as
though it was to be the big uniting
power of all. When you get over 150
men to come into a meeting just to
see what can be done; men who are
connected with every branch of poul-
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working for the business as a whole
and as they do that they will find
their own business increasing in pro-
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out of life or business just about what
they put in, and instead of sitting
back and making it look as if their
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power they possessed, they are all
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take and push and do everything but
knock. The new password is progress.
THE ANCONAS, CAM-
PINES AND HAMBURGS
(Continued* from page 741)
fowls shall be medium in size for the
breed, neither large or small for the
breed.
The entire head points of the fe-
male Ancona should conform to the
rules of the Standard. Beautifully
neat, as expressed by one who thinks
that only the Mediterranean fowls are
needed on earth. The comb and ear
lobe of the Ancona, both male and fe-
male, will if perfect in form and
color mark them as aristocrats of
poultry. To be attractive, the rose
comb of both the male and the female
Ancona and Minorca, as well, might
best follow the lines as shown on
pages 194 and 195 of our new Stand-
ard. I prefer the heel of the rose
comb to stand up from the head and
neck. It should be proper of form as
described in the Standard. No mat-
ter what breed, comb and head points
should be neat and attractive. Never
overly large or beefy. Too much
meat in comb or wattles is of no ad-
vantage and rather of disadvantage
to every fowl.
I have three letters asking me to
decide a point at issue, as to the in-
fluence of the size of the comb, the
width of the points of the pelvic
bones and the value of outward signs
in selecting layers. The ability to
select by outward signs comes only
by experience. No one can acquire
this ability by correspondence. It has
been acquired by a number of long
time breeders and by a few in a
shorter time. Always by experience.
The size and shape of the comb has
nothing to do with the hens* ability to
lay. Lady Cornell was small in size,
her comb was small or rather medium.
Jersey Bell was much of the same
type, so was the Eglantine hen. On
the other hand one of the very best
layers of all the North American lay-
October, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
769
ing contest was large for a Leghorn
She was coarse of body and comb f
Her comb was very large, yet she had I
the outward appearance of a layer, t I
picked her for a winner the first time
I saw her. Her form and not her (
comb made a layer of her. The pel. '
vie bone test is an indication. It will I
tell for sure whether a hen is lajing
at the time or not. It will not tell I
whether a pullet that has never laid
will lay or not. That which college
men and experts call capacity is one
of the best outward signs for select- 1
ing by sight.
The body formation of an Ancona
male to be the best is slightly larger
all over than the Leghorn. The
length, the breadth and the thickness
as well as depth is a trifle more mas-
culine than is the modem type of ex-
hibition Leghorn. I know that there
has been shown some Anconas, both
males and females, that were quite as
neat as any Leghorns, but such An-
conas, as well as such Leghorns,
usually lack capacity to be valuable
commercially. They, like all things
of nervous temperament, are things
of beauty, not of substance. Please i
remember that I have been part I
owner of more Leghorns than almost
any one and I have had actual ex-
perience in all of these points.
The plumage color of the Ancona
should be a rich, glossy black. The t
Standard calls it a lustrous, greenish- \
black. Not all are so rich in color as
this. The Standard calls for about
every other feather tipped with white.
One in five on back of male, all tail
feathers of both male and female end-
ing with a whito tip. To be well in-
formed as to color of plumage, sur- I
face and under-color, one should
study the wording of color for both |
male and female as printed in the
Standard. My way of doing is to |
stand in front of the prize winners
at a show. Go over the birds, section
by section, for every feature of form
and color. Study comb and head
points and every section for color and
markings. In this way you will be-
come familiar not only with Standard
description of what should be, but
have the actual experience of that |
which really exists. Study the win-
ners for real experience. ,
A mottled shank looks best on an .
Ancona. It gives a better finish than
does an all yellow shank. The facts
are that the darker the plumage the
more black mottling will there be on
the shanks. Too much of this is not
desirable, but some of it is natural.
The size, the shape and the color of ^
lobe adds to or detracts from the .
beauty of the specimen. An ear lobe (
of proper size and form and of pure
white color and a finish like the very
finest of white kid is a wonderful ad-
dition to the appearance of the head
of the fowl. An ear lobe that is on-
colored, that has a yellowish shade
or a cream color or that has even a
few spots of red is bad for appe*'*
(
ance. One-third red in ear lobe will
disqualify. Red in any part of plu-
mage will disqualify. Red will come
naturally wherever lustrous greenish
sheen is prevalent in plumage. Look
out for this.
One of the most difficult problems
in breeding fowls with mottled black
and white plumage is the natural loss
of color. As they grow older the
hens are apt to have more white in
plumage. One breeder of Anconas
and two who breed Houdans told me
that some of their males grow darker
plumage each year, but that the hens
were apt to become whiter each year.
I have before me copies of two photos
of prize winning Houdans. The origi-
nals of these photos won at two Eng-
lish shows. Our Standard calls for
black body color of plumage of the
Houdan, about one-third of the feath-
ers tipped with white. One of these
Houdans has about one-fourth white,
the other a little less white. Photos
of Anconas, winners at English shows,
have some of them fully one-third or
more white in plumage color. Our
Standard calls for much more black
in mottled fowls than do the winners
of the prizes in England have, as
shown by photos.
My reason for writing of the Cam-
pines and the Hamburgs with the An-
conas is to call attention to the diffi-
culties that confronts one in breed-
ing fowls with mottled plumage. One
of the most beautiful of fowls is the
Silver Penciled Hamburg. They are
white and black in plumage. One
must study the color descriptions of
this fowl to fully understand its
beauty and to realize the great differ-
ence in the plumage color of this fowl
and the Silver Spangled Hamburg
and the Campine. These three fowls
have all of them evidently come from
what was originally the Creole fowl,
the everlasting layers of that part of
the world now known as Belgium,
France and Germany.
The name Hamburg was given to
the fowls because they came from a
seaport of that name. Originally
these fowls were more white than
black. They are all of them as we
now have them, "man made fowls."
Each one quite difficult to breed to
Standard demands. Each one beauti-
ful when near to this description.
Each one of but little value when of
poor quality. I have seen cooped
side by side in the New York Show
some Silver Spangled Hamburgs of
wonderful quality and others that
were only worth market price for
table poultry, all from the same origi-
nal starting point. One made mag-
nificent by a master hand at breeding,
the other had deteriorated for the
lack of a master hand to breed them.
We can see the same troubles run-
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show room. It is sometlnng more
than telling that brings success. Un-
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one-half for success.
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FOR ITS LIFE WORK
(Continued from page 739)
for animal food and green grass must
be brought within her reach instead
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ranged that each individual will have
enough room to take sufficient exer-
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if he is hatched at the right time of
year he should be completely adult at
that time. He should be gradually
introduced to the company of the fe-
male and not be placed for the first
two or three weeks with any great
number of hens — three or four at the
outside. Little by little the number
of females in his pen may be in-
creased until the desired number is
complete. This will result in a longer
life for the male and better fertility
and hatchability of the eggs. The
various breeds differ in this respect,
males of some varieties being much
more precocious than others. The
Mediterranean breeds mature the
quickest, and males from such breeds
may be safely used when seven or
eight months old, but cockerels from
the Asiatic, English or American
breeds, should not be used for breed-
ing purposes until eight or nine
months at the outside.
Many breeders do not seem to take
into consideration the adequate pre-
paration of their birds for their life'j
work but rush them along toward
laying or breeding in a way, and at a
gait, which they are unable to main-
tain. They do not seem to realize the
shock and jar of the change from im.
maturity to maturity; of the differ-
ence between free range and housing
or from the change of growing ra-
tions to laying or breeding rations.
To all these things the bird must be
accustomed gradually, and for all of
them they must be prepared in a
systematic and regular way, for
otherwise disappointments, both in
the egg basket and in the incubator,
will be experienced.
October, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
771
THE BALANCED RATION
A balanced ration is one which
contains the proper proportions of
the several elements of nutrition.
These are divided into two groups.
Protein composed largely of albumi-
noids or proteids the office of which
is to build up and maintain the bones,
feathers or hair skin, nerves, tendons
and muscles (lean meat), veins and
arteries, brain, teeth, beak, claws or
hoofs. The other group known as
carbohydrates is composed of fats,
oils, gums, saccharine matter, such
as glucose and surose, chlorophyl,
etc. The office of this group is to
supply energy. It furnishes the fuel
which is consumed in maintaining
vital heat and gives off the energy
which enables any living being to
live and move. If a surplus of car-
bohydrates is fed it is stored in the
tissues and cavity of the body as
fat. Deprive a fat animal of feed
and it maintains vital heat and
energy by burning the stored fuel
or fat and becomes poor. A bal-
anced ration is one which contains
thte proper proportion of each of
these groups to repair the waste
of the body and furnish energy to
perform the work that must be done.
In the case of a cow such a ration
would furnish materials from which
to make milk and in the case of hens
from which to make eggs.
It has been found by careful ex-
periments that a ratio of one part
protein to about five parts carbo-
hydrates is a balanced ration for any
animal under ordinary conditions.
A ration containing a larger propor-
tion of carbohydrates is called a
"wide" ration and one with a smaller
proportion a "narrow" ration. Feed
tables are frequently published in
which the proportion of these groups
are given. From these tables rations
can be prepared without much trou-
ble. In all analyses of feed stuffs
the percentage of protein carbo-
hydrates and fat are given. Fat is
usually added to the carbohydrates
and the t\yo considered as one, after
multiplying the fat by two and four-
tenths, as it is considered to be two
and four-tenths times as valuable as
the other elements in this ground.
Show your fowls is the poultryman's slogan
from now until January.
fiet busy with a good house for those pul-
lets I' you want winter eggs, feed for them.
* • ♦
Do not try to mix your own /eed. Buy
good warranted to lay commercial mash and
scratch.
* • •
Lots of green fond will start those pullets
to filling the egg basket. Good houses at
night is what fills the egg basket.
* ♦ ♦
Contented hens go with contented cows.
One cannot have the hens running over with
lice and hope for contentment. Spray every
house and every nest with a good lice killer.
Always use your spray in the morniuK so
that it can dry before night. Hens do not
look well covered with some mixture that
soils the plumage.
* • •
Do not forget that Tacoma will ha/e the big
show of the Northwest. "Ted" Hale will
place the awards and A. H. Notter will be
superintendent. Ray Leftwick, Tacoma,
Wash., will send you an entry blank and
premium list.
* • •
The fall fairs in Washington have brought
forth large poultry exhibits. The medium
sized fowls like Rocks, Reds, Orpingtons and
Wyandottes have dominated all shows excei)t
the Grays Harbor fair. This big show had
White Leghorns to burn,
* • •
You will get your Evorybodys just in time
to take in the big Western Washington fair
that comes tho first week in October. Be on
hand and Fred A. Johnson will show you tho
largest poultry show in I'uyallup's history.
* • •
Seattle is going to have a show in Decem-
ber, the third week. James A, Tucker will
I)iace the awards and its expected that he
will have all kinds of Reds to look over.
A. H. Notter, president of the Puget Sound
Red Club, has the live organization of the
Northwest. He is trying to get the District
Red Meet for Tacoma, the first week in
December.
* • •
J. Will Blarkman and his sidekick, George
England, gay that they hope to i»ull nlT a bi'^
show in Los Angeles, in January. Thesi? two
gentlemen are much alive when it conies to
California and good poultry.
* • •
"Ted" Hale is going to run an ogg laying
contest at Glen EUyn. III. A contest, sucli as
suggested by Judge Hale, will be a big thing
for the industry. Write him for entry sheets.
* • •
George Robertson, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
ada. will be one of the judges at Puyallup,
Wash., big fair, the first week in October.
George is the man that is trying to make all
Canadiftn hens lay twenty-four ounce eggs or
put a bann on all those that fail to reach
that high mark. That is going some but
twenty-four ounce eggs are the popular size
in New York.
* • •
Ask your con:;ressman how he stands on
the egg duty. We need that tariff unless we
want to fight Chinese eggs in America. Do
not be a' partisan this fall but vote for the
best man. The best man for the poultrymen
is the one that will give agricultural pro-
ducts protection when the next tariff is made
in Washington
* • •
It's either Coolidge, Davis or LaFollette.
These three men will have to shake dice for
the office in case there is a deadlock this fall.
November will soon be here. Sharpen your
pencil for that big (x) that will mean so
niunh towards who is to be j>resident of these
United States. Personally all candidates are
fine men, rumors to the contrary. The United
States will live, no matter who is elected, but
if you want the thrill of a life time, get out
and elect your man.
* • •
Harry R. Lewis has a good start with his
I oultry Council. May it be the largest or-
ganization ever conceived by poultrymen. It
|8 greatly needed and will do a great work
II the poultrymen will get behind the organi-
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at once. It will be the ones who come In
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will give the new association a flying start
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self.
* • •
Have you seen the new Rock Journal pub-
lished at' Waverly, la.? Better get a copy if
you breed Rocks. That sheet is goinf: to
boom your breed as 'it never was boosted
before." Send a club to f^verybodys, including;
the Rock Journal. Mr. Huston will give you
the two journals, both for $1.75 and you stay
on the list for two years.
* • •
Save a lot of dust now for the hens' bath
room this winter. Lots of good earth to dust
in will help keep the hens contented and free
from licie. The hens revel in a good dirt bath
when the weather is cold and the sun shining.
* • •
There was no i>esBimisra in the baby chick
convention. That bunch knows that ham
and eggs will still be Aineriia's most popular
dish and the only thing that hurts the market
for the back end of a hog and the fruit of the
hen is poor grading of both products. Give
the people good ham and fresh eggs and the
hog-poultry combination is bound to grow.
* « ♦
Kill off all of the culls in your poultry yard
now while there is still a demand for fried
chicken. Make all the room you can for those
pullets that are going to fill the egg basket
this winter. Do not allow a runty pullet to
stay on the place or one with a Standard dis-
qualification. Hit that old rooster back of
the head that has run his day and make a
good pot pie.
* • •
With the change in disqualifications on Jer-
sey Black Giants, that breed is ^roing to be-
come more popular. The writer helped to
make the change in this breed and he is
proud to have been one of the committee on
which M. Li. Chapman, Charles G. Pape and
W. C. Tallant made a unanimous report that
the Giant should not be handicapped with a
disqualification that wa'J hard to interpret by
some of the judges. The way is clear now
and the Giants are only di><qualified when
they show an off color in surface plumage.
This is the way it should have been fixed at
first.
* • •
Wlieat and corn is still on the. up grade.
Buy now and save money. You can buy
I enough good scratch to last all winter and
save the price of several tons, if you will act
at once.
* • •
For a political year, things are fine. The
]>eo]ile realize that it makes mighty little
difference who is elected. The people always
choose wisely, when electing their officers,
regardless of what the politician says. The
man that hollows wolf is generally that kind
of animal in sheep's clothing. The times will
be good in 1925 and the i)Oultry industry is
bound to grow. Get out on acreage and make
hens pay half the family l»ills and if you will
keep a cow, the other half will come easy.
* ♦ •
Frank Tlatt, in the American Poultry Jour-
nal, jumps all over President Thos. F. Rigg
for saying that the peoj)lG had little confi-
dence in egg laying contests. That was a
strong statement on the part of the president
of the American Poultry Association but it
was justified to a certain extent. Where it
takci two hens in a contest to make a r^^cord
and those two lay three hundred eggs, the
j>eople should be told about it. That is tl:e
rules of the American Poultry Association
on that score. If one hen makes the tljree
hundred egg mark, she shotild get full credit.
In some contests going on in America, the
contestant is allowed to enter five pullets and
<-iie alternate; if one of his five hens dies, the
alternate steps into the other's place, taking
the number of eggs that the first hen has
laid. At the end of the year the two hens
may have made three hundreds eggs when if
the eggs laid by the alternate had been
considered, possibly the record might stand
around two hundrd and fifty ecgx. This
needs fi.ving and that was what President
Riijg was striking at. The only mistake that
President Rigg made in his slatemt'it was
when lie did not qualify it and strtte his ob-
jections to the rules of some of the egg lay-
ing contests. As a whole President Rig»r Avns
justified but if he would read the rules at
Puyalluji, he would find that when a hen dies
her effe record is dropped and the f.lt./rnato's
eggs are the only ones counted. That is as
it should be. Puyallup holds some great egg
laying records and it only took one hen to
reach the famous lay of over three hundred
eirgs in three hundred and sixty-iive days.
Puyallup will beat three hundred eggs this
year in several instances.
* • ♦
Hon. Edward B. Thompson made the hit of
his life with his ^reat speech at Toronto.
Every fancier, along with every com;nerci«i
I'oultryman, should reach this groat si)eech
It was a classic and the great speech made bv
J'rofessor Graham should also be read. These
two speeches were the gems of the big Ameri-
can Poultry Association convention. Th^y
will live in history as the two great talks
that stood for the fancier along with the
commercial poultryman and the happy thin?
about the two they did not conflict with "•ocrf
breeding of poultry. "
* • •
When we get the new rules to govern the
commercial entries in the poultry shows, these
rules will draw the fancier and the com-
mercial poultryman to one church. The trou-
ble with the two now is that they have too
many preachers and not enough do^a. These
preachers go far afield in denouncing each
other. They lay the blame on each other
whereby there is no blame but simply they
do not understand each other. Let two men
sleep together, eat together and talk together
and they get their first acquaintance with
each ( iher, but let them shoot at each other
from a long distance and they will never be
friends. There is no wide difference between
the fancier and the so-called utility breeder
They are like the churches, they differ only
because they have not been brought together
If the same religion or belief is held by botli
parties, they will all get to heaven, in time.
* ♦ ♦
The big plant at Lynden, owned by the
Co-operative Egg Association of the State of
Washington, is shipping many Leghorn broil-
ers to New York. Leghorn cockerels are a
drug on the market out in th« Puget Sound
country, at times. Some of the poultrymen
kill these cockerels as soon as they can be
l>icked out of the flock, but the man who
raises the Red, Rock or Wyandotte broiler can
not keep up with the demand. That goe* to
show one great fact and that is. Leghorns are
a great egg machine and can not be made a
meat breed. Get Leghorns large enough to
produce meat and they will fall off in their
great lay.
* • •
The man who understands dressing broilers
can always get a good market for his fowls.
You should learn to do the work so that the
fowls make their best appearance when they
reach the market. Never send poor, thin mis-
shapen broilers or roasters to the market.
Have prime poultry and receive top prices.
The second price does not pay in anything.
Quality and not quantity should be the
slogan of every poultryman.
* • •
Do not forget that in order to make a
success with advertising you must be con-
stantly before the public. You must have
something worth while to advertise. You
must make good your every promise. You
must be known for something a little better
than the things around you. You can not
expect to build up a poultry business on
home trade. The home market can Ite culti-
vated but you will get your best orders from
distant points. To reach everybody, try
Everybodys Poultry Magazine.
* • •
The fall and winter shows are coning on.
liOts of poultrymen will wash their white
fowls and then shij) them in dirty coops. In
getting your coop ready, line it with white
cheese cloth and you will have your white
fowls reach the show room in good shape,
free from dirt.
* • «
Raising turkeys and chickens together is ft
bad combination. One hates to cut the wings
of the turkey and it is hard to keep them out
of the yards where the youngsters hold sway.
It would 1)0 better, if possible, to make high
fences so that the turkey can not fly over into
the yards. I made the mistake of using my
liouses for the fence and I am going to
cliapge them so that they will be in the center
of the yards. Turkeys will not fly over a
fence as quick as they will onto a house.
* • •
There was too much entertainment at To-
ronto. That is one of the faults with the
conventions. Wliat we should have is all
work for the first two days and then let the
entertainment follow.
* • •
The winter time is coming when we will
have the long evenings. Now is the time to
put in your reading. Get Everybodys Poul
try Mai^azine to make up your club of papars
now and have them come along to break the
tedium of the long evenings. Reading ^^°^l
j.oultry will help you to stop the leaks that
go to" make winter poultry keeping an ex-
pense instead of a profit.
* • •
Do not forget the Tacoma Show, December
1 to 7, 1924. D. E, Hale is the judge and
Rav Leftwick is secretary. Be sure and ex-
hibit at this show. The State W'hite RocK.
Meet comes off at Tacoma.
October, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
773
OFFICIAL CLUB BULLETIN
American Buff
WvANDonE Club
D. D. COLGLAZIER, Pres.
R. C- ALWOOD, Sec'y, Hanover, Pa.
Mrs. R. N. Nesbit, Bunker Hill, 111.
For beauty and profit the Buff
Wyandottes cannot be excelled. I
have been breeding them for over
twelve years now and have tried them
out. They have won for me at the
laying contests and at the shows. I
see that some are writing about the
small combed variety not laying as
well as large combed birds. I only
breed from birds with small combs
and they are champion layers. One
hen with a very small comb laid 299
eggs in less than a year. My pens,
the past years, have averaged over
250 eggs per hen. I keep a daily rec-
ord from year to year. They grow
large and mature early. I have broil-
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eight to ten weeks. They are strong
and can stand any kind of cli-
mate and lay all winter no matter
how cold the weather. They lay just
as well through the summer. They
make good mothers, they are so tame
and gentle. I wish more people would
breed them, if only for market. When
you sell a coop of Buff Wyandotte
hens they will weigh something. I
had some old hens, over five years
old, that I sent to market that aver-
aged eight and a half pounds each.
There would be a fine profit for the
farmer's wife from the eggs they lay
and then when they are sent to mar-
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most beautiful and at the same time
they are so profitable, that it is a
pleasure to raise them. Some people
say that a large hen will not lay so
well, but I can prove that they can.
I only keep the largest, big boned
birds for breeders and all have proved
to be champion layers. I have a pen
of three hens at present, large fat
birds and they lay every day. I break
them from broodiness in a couple of
days. Then they get right on the job
of laying again. I advise any one
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poultry, to try the Buffs and they will
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(Continued from page 745)
card recently made up by the best
minds along that line. These cards
took into consideration the type of
the breed and their carcass shape so
far as egg laying was concerned. The
man doing the work had all kinds of
experience in picking layers, but the
card failed to work out. For instance
there were five ties at the high score
of 99 1-2 for the best laying hen and
there was also five pullets that tied at
the same score, with four cockerels
tieing at 99. The wi'iter has judged
poultry for 30 years and the first ten
years of that time he used the stand-
ard score card at all shows. In that
whole time the writer never found but
one fowl that scored 97 points and
that was a Brown Red Game.
A system that would give so many
ties around one-half point of perfec-
tion is wrong. There never were two
fowls alike in all sections and in thirty
years scoring fowls, the writer never
found but two that were hard to tell
apart and they were two Buff Cochin
pullets that were mentioned before in
this department.
One of the main causes to my way
of thinking that caused the trouble
with the new card, is the fact that it
lays too much stress on "pigmenta-
tion." In the show there were pre-
miums given for utility classes other
than yellow legged fowls. This made
the card useless when it came to
black or white legged fowls. But had
I used this card, I believe that I could
have overcome that by taking into
consideration the pigment on the side
of the legs, that streak of pink that
runs up the side of the leg on an
Orpington or for that matter any
kind of fowl.
Pigmentation to my way of think-
ing shows one thing that is very nec-
essary in any fowl and that is vigor.
If the fowl is vigorous, that fowl will
show lots of pink in the side of the
leg. If this color be low, then the
fowl is down in vigor.
In judging the show named, every
fowl was judged for its standard
values. In the commercial awards
the commercial judge only had to
place awards on those fowls coming
from the county in which the fair
was held. The money premiums of-
fered were by the commercial club
and could only be won by breeders
in the home county. In Leghorns
the second premium cock, was the
second commercial cock under the
same conditions. In other words the
writer made him second and so did
the commercial judge. This fowl
was owned by a Mrs. King and she
was more pleased with her w^in in the
Standard class than she was in the
"Commercial" class, for the reason
she said that it was an easy matter
for us to find out her best layers, as
I she trapped all of her hens with trap
nests. She was so enthusiastic over
her standard wins that she bought a
Standard of perfection and also or-
dered one for the school district, for
which she was secretary.
There are several suggestions for
classes in the show room along com-
mercial lines. The standard of per-
fection shows what would be the ideal
fowl for standard purposes and this
fowl as pictured, without a doubt
shows the type of fowls that can be
made the best layers, as well as the
best market fowl.
In speaking of her wins, Mrs. King
said that the best proven fowl or one
that had laid 325 eggs in the trap
nest, showed so much yellow in
legs that she would not bring her into
the show, as she knew that the fowl
would be cut for that section.
In my opinion, the color of legs is
a matter of feed and many hens even
with a heavy lay will keep good
colored legs, provided they get the
green feed that gives the essential
salts, better known as vitamines that
will keep the legs yellow.
In color it is said that green clover
will make yellow plumage in white
fowls and that alfalfa will not bring
forth the yellow, but that has not been
the experience of best breeders. A
stay white fowl will not show yellow,
unless the yellow pigment is in the
plumage, but when a fowl runs on
green clover that has a tendency to
yellow in plumage, running on clover
will bring forth the off-colored plu-
mage.
In the writers opinion feed will
only bring forth the dominent color.
I bred Black Langshans for years.
One of the failings of black fowls, is
the fact that there will be in many
cases bars of purple in the plumage.
Especially in wings, necks and tails.
This will come out to a greater extent
when the fowl is fed on lots of green
food. If the black fowl has that
greenish sheen so much desired in a
black fowl, good feed will bring it
out. Good food, along with lots of
green feed will also bring out purple
if its in the pigment of the fowl. If
the reader will get one thought in
breeding for eggs, then he will be
able to make a layer.
For instance if one wants a good
layer he should mark those fowls that
show the least signs of molting. A
fowl that drops a few feathers at the
time, will continue to lay, where a
fowl that takes feathers all at once
will have better plumage for the
show room, but as a rule she will not
lay so many eggs in a year.
The only real commercial card that
can be used in the show room must
of necessity be based on something
authentic. There is no way today to
tell how well a pullet can perform in
the trap nest but the one that car-
ries blood in her make-up from a
great layer is the fowl that will
bring the results, provided she is
bred-to-lay.
October, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
775
In all kinds of live stock there is
a registration of the great milk per-
formers. There has been fixed a type
for milk production so that the type
is generally known. This takes into
consideration the milk veins and the
big barrel that can consume lots of
feed. The great milker is fed for
milk and she gives tho paying quan-
ities that makes the good producer.
It is no guess to pick the good milk
cow, but so far the poultrymen have
not reached that stage whereby the
great layer can be told. There is a
lot of guessing but the guesses are
like a hundred to one shot on the
race course. There is no definite
lines by which a good layer can be
told.
The trap nest proves the hen but
not the pullet. At the meeting of
the American Poultry Association con-
vention held in Toronto in August,
the writer was appointed chairman of
a committee to get up rules to gov-
ern the judging of the commercial
classes in the show room. This is the
most important committee on which I
ever served and I want to make good
but must have the help of all'of the
best thought along the laying lines
for hens.
In my thought along this line I
have come to one conclusion and that
is as follows:
In the show room we will have each
exhibitor enter his hens, giving a
certificate of actual performance in
the trapnest. We will make the maxi-
mum lay for the hen three hundred
eggs, or in other words three hun-
dred eggs will be one hundred per
cent. We will also make the hens
that come into said contest lay not
less than two hundred eggs. For each
hen that lays ten eggs less than three
hundred, we will discount said hen
one point for each ten eggs less than
three hundred. That would give a
two hundred egg hen ninety points
and not allow a hen to take a first
premium unless she had laid two hun-
dred eggs. If she lays 180 eggs,
then she would score eighty-eight
points, this would give a hen second
premium. If she laid 160 eggs, that
would give her eighty-six points, or
third premium for egg performance.
Now that hen would be scored by the
Standard in order to get her type,
color and breed characteristics. If
she scored ninety points, that would
be added to the score commercially
and the result, when divided by two,
would give her score.
As an example, we would say that
a hen laid 190 eggs; that would make
her score eighty-nine points; if she
scored ninety points, under the Stand-
ard of Perfection, that added to
eighty-nine would give 179 points,
divide that by two and we have 89 V2
points, which would give said hen
second premium. If a hen has laid
220 eggs, she would score 92 points
commercially, and if under the
Standard she scored 89 points, we
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would add the two together and there
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would give said hen first premium,
provided there was none in the show
to score more in either eggs or Stand-
ard qualities. These winners would
mean something. These hens coming
into the show room would have either
a certificate from a laying contest or
an affidavit from the breeder that he
kept trapnest records and said hen
had laid the number of eggs stated
in said affidavit. Of course, there
would be an opening for some tall
lying but such breeders would be
caught in time and when they were,
they would .be disqualified the same
as the breeders who register their
cattle falsely in the herd books of the
different cattle associations.
In young stock we have a different
problem. These pullets would come
into the show room with a certificate
that said pullet came from a hen that
laid over two hundred eggs and that
the dam or male came from a hen
that laid over two hundred eggs, giv-
ing the number of eggs actually laid.
This pullet would be scored from a
Standard standpoint and the certified
lay of the pullet added to said score
and divided by two. That would be
fair for every one and we would in
time fix a standard type for a good
layer the same as we have fixed the
milk type for a good cow.
The American Poultry Association
has adopted a set of rules governing
laying contests. They will offer cups
for the best layers of both pens and
hens and also medals for the best lay-
ers of both pens and hens at all con-
tests. The American Poultry Asso-
ciation will also issue certificates to
all members who enter fowls at these
contests. All members who enter
fowls that lay two hundred eggs or
more will be given a certificate
signed by both the manager of the
contest and the secretary of the
American Poultry Association. This
registers said hens with the American
Poultiy Association and in time we
will have a book on registration the
same as the cattle associations. These
certificates will be valuable and au-
thentic.
This is one of the most constructive
things that the American Poultrj^ As-
sociation ever attempted. It is going
to bring the utility man up to a stand-
ard for type and the fancier up in the
laying of his fowls. Two things that
will work in double harness, provided
each will carry on in a way to bring
the two closer together.
There is no reason on earth why a
good looking hen will not lay as well
as any hen can be made to lay. The
getting of good type along with good
color fixes two things — the breed of
a fowl when we get type and the va-
riety of the fowls when we get good
color. You can not get a vigorous
fowl unless that fowl be healthy, and
you can not get good plumage unless
that fowl be vigorous. You can not
keep up the lay of any hen unless you
have all kinds of vigor to begin \vith.
The hen that lays three hundred eggs
in 365 days must have all kinds of
vitality or she can not keep up the
pace. No hen can be made to lay
three hundred eggs unless she is
given the best kind of food that will
go to make eggs and keep up vigor at
the same time. The two go together.
You can not get a winner that will
keep up her good work in the show
room unless she carries all kinds of
vigor. Let her go back in vigor and
she goes off in shape and color. To
win she must be able to stand up in
perfect health.
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worked out. The writer wants all the
help that it is possible to get. We
want the advice of every one who is
striving for the great lay along with
the best advice of those producing the
winners at the leading poultry shows.
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billion dollar industry, which we al-
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mark of two billions in the next few
years. Red meat is getting scarce.
Big ranges are being divided up into
small farms. We poultrymen must
furnish the meat to feed the two hun-
dred million people that the United
States will have by 1050 and it is up
to us to start at once. There is no
real danger of over-production, our
only danger is under-consumption.
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class eggs, graded for both freshnes.s
and type, if we send to market real
prime poultry, then we are an infant
industry. The people want the best
and will pay for the best provided we
send it to market.
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have gotten to that point whereby
Washington apples bring the top
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eggs to New York. We have gotten
the best prices for our products and
the best goes to market. We have a
big problem in the fall of selling the
pullet or small eggs but those eggs
are kept at home, many of them
eaten, lots of them broken and frozen
for the bakery trade and the rest
go on the home market at greatly re-
duced prices. The apple man grinds
his fruit and makes vinegar of same.
"Why poultry should be expected to prove
profitable without care more than any otht-r
stock, is what we do not understand, and
the fact that a profit is often derived from a
flock that has been overlooked, is strong
proof that poultry rai.sing can be made to
pay well when conducted by thoughtful, at-
tentive per.sous.
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WATERFOWL
ON THE FARM
OSCAR GROW
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Perhaps one of the chief reasons
whv ducks and geese are not as
widely kept in America as in Europe
is the attitude which has been as-
sumed by poultry show managers to-
ward these fowls in the past. Time
was when the great majority of show
officials openly discriminated against
waterfowl entries in their premium
lists— in fact many were so preju-
diced against them that they actually
discouraged their presence in the show
room. Others, less rabid, tolerated
them upon occasion but assigned such
exhibits to some obscure dark corner
or basement where they not only
passed unnoticed by the great major-
ity of visitors but were avoided by the
judge who cared not to assume the
responsibility of placing the awards
in a class he was admittedly "weak"
upon.
Recent years have seen a marked
change in the policies of the more
successful poultry shows, however.
Instead of waterfowl entries now be-
ing discouraged at the leading shows,
they are actually solicited, for it has
been repeatedly demonstrated that a
representative exhibit of ducks and
geese in the show room, in addition to
swelling the amount of entry money
received, augments the gate receipts
as well, inasmuch as this class of
fowls draws and holds the crowds
much better than do the more con-
ventional chickens. In practically all
the leading national shows of today
the classes of ducks and geese are
considered one of the real attractions
of the exhibit and are therefore given
a conspicuous position in the exhi-
bition hall. Then, again, it has been
proven that often the acceptance of
entries of waterfowl has been the
means of securing additional entries
in the chicken classes, since the pro-
gressive waterfowl breeder is almost
invariably a chicken fancier also, al-
though generally one who resents any
discrimination against his favorites.
No doubt much of this prejudice
against waterfowl entries upon ,the
part of small show officials has been
the direct result of the unfamiliarity
of their show superintendents with
the proper care of ducks and geese
while on display. The most common
complaint has been that they soon
fouled their coops and the floors un-
derneath, thus making their presence
in the show room offensive. While
this condition has too often prevailed,
still, the objection has really been
more traceable to the superintendent
than to the ducks and geese them-
selves. The error has been in allow-
ing these fowls too liberal a supply of
water. As a consequence, after the
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individual had drank all the water it
for the time being required, the nat-
ural tendency to "play" in the residue
asserted itself and accordingly the
bedding within the coops and the floor
beneath it soon became thoroughly
drenched. Experienced superintend-
ents, however, have learned how to
entirely overcome this objection by
allowing only just sufficient water to
satisfy the thirst at morning, noon
and evening. The common small
drinking cup filled only one-half to
two-thirds full at intervals of three to
four hours seems to be the most satis-
factory method of watering fowls of
this character.
As a matter of fact, the large ca-
pacity drinking vessels are being dis-
continued at shows where waterfowl
are one of the leading classes with
the result offensive uncleanliness has
been reduced to a degree prevailing
in the coops of chickens. The feed,
too, is placed in water containers, in-
stead of among the litter employed
for bedding and this method appreci-
ably serves to keep the water from
being splashed about the compart-
ment. Moreover, feeding off the floor
of the coop has the effect of main-
taining the entries in much better
condition, as it obviates the necessity
of separating the grain from the saw-
dust and shavings generally used for
bedding purposes at the larger events
(an impossible task for ducks and
geese, handicapped as they are with
broad blunt bills) and therefore
avoids the consumption of much un-
digestible material during their so-
journ in the show room.
Another gratifying phase of this
comparatively modem recognition of
waterfowl is the superior class of
judging which is now available.
Judges holding a general license no
longer consider themselves proficient
unless they are well informed upon
the Standard requirements of all
recognized breeds of poultry, whether
chickens or otherwise, so it is no
longer the rule to see the ribbons
hanging upon the largest specimens
without any regard to their relative
Standard quality. Under such en-
couragement, waterfowl entries are
bound to steadily increase at all pro-
gressive shows and thus make these
affairs not only more entertaining but
at the same time more instructive.
Probably one of the chief reasons
ducks are not more widely kept than
at the present time is due to the im-
pression they are too heavy eaters;
in other words, that they require too
great an amount of food. Experi-
ence has demonstrated, however, that
such is not the case; in fact it is now
known that no fowl will transform
feed into flesh more efficiently than
will the duck. The reason for its
reputation as a heavy eater lies no
doubt in the ravenous manner in
which those fowls devour any rations
placed before them. They eat very
rapidly v.-hen given the opportunity
and their wide bills enable them to
scoop up large quantities of food at
each mouthful. Consequently, their
rations are quickly consumed and the
kind hearted owner is very apt to add
more to their allowance than is neces-
sary, indeed, often to their injury, in.
asmuch as over-feeding is almost if
not quite, as detrimental as insuff..
cient nourishment. This is particu-
larly true of extremely young ducks
since most of the early mortality
among them is the immediate result
of too heavy feeding.
It should be remembered that in a
state of nature ducks are compelled
to search constantly for their means
of subsistence and accordingly con-
siderable time elapses between mouth-
fuls. The crop, therefore, is rarely
distended as when fed under artificial
or domestic propagating conditions so
it becomes quite apparent that judi-
cious feeding is ojie of the prime fac-
tors in successful duck raising. For
the first few days after emerging
from the shell, the wild duckling's
diet is restricted to an occasional bug
or worm, hence, it should be manifest
to even the beginner that domesti-
cated ducklings should be fed in cor-
respondingly small and frequent por-
tions in order to simulate nature as
closely as possible and thus avoid up-
setting the digestive apparatus. Af-
ter the first week the rations may be
gradually increased as the ducklings
become accustomed to a heavier diet
— a process which becomes necessary
if the rapid gains and greater size
of the domestic breeds are desired.
It is not the object of this article
to contend that ducks are small eat-
ers as compared to other domestic
fowls of equal size, for such is not
the case. It would be illogical to as-
sert fowls making such rapid gains in
weight as do ducks are light feeders
for the reason it must take feed to
put on weight; but what is claimed
is that ducklings require less food,
for each pound gained, than any
other fowls of like size, grown for
market purposes and, as a conse-
quence, are not only more profitable
to raise, but due to their rapid matur-
ity deliver a much quicker turn-over
upon the investment. As for old
ducks, it is surprising how little feed
is required to keep them in proper
condition. Even the heavy laying
ep:g strains are fed very little more
than laying hens and are claimed by
those who have kept careful records
to produce more eggs on less feed and
care than are required by the best
flocks of chicken hens. It is true,
'ducks will continue to gorge them-
selves after they have been supplied
with adequate rations, but this is no
reason for assuming they require all
the feed they are capable of consum-
ing in order to obtain satisfactory
results. Indeed, for the returns
made, ducks may be classed as one of
the comparatively light eaters of
poultrydom.
October, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
779
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Hanover's Fortietk
Anniversary Skow
A Noteworthy Exhibit of Standard Fowls and Ban-
tams. Exhibits from Sixteen States. Exceptional
Quality With Competition Very Strong.
By JAS. T. HUSTON
Hanover, Pa., for two score of
years has been on the calendar of an-
nual poultry show events. There can
not help but be a little sentiment in
these things of life that humans do
for the love and interest of commun-
ity enterprises and especially is this
true where men band themselves to-
gether to build, then maintain, the
agricultural and live stock exhibitions
that are held both small and large all
over this great country of ours.
Hanover has a working organiza-
tion within the Hanover Agricultural
Society, made up of men who are
saturated with community pride —
men who are busy men, but yet find
time to be active in all that is re-
quired of them in the upbuilding of
the various departments that have
made the Hanover Fair one of the
community's greatest assets.
Only the other day, the writer in
company with C. N. Myers, president
of the society, was looking over the
beautiful fair grounds which is the
property of the association. Natur-
ally the conversation became remi-
niscent of the earlier fair-; held be-
fore the writer's proud citizenship in
the community. The large and im-
posing present main exposition build-
ing was pointed out as the site on
which the first poultry building had
stood, that building a shed roof affair
within which were piled in "make-
shift" coops the, at that time, exhibits
of poultry. We could not help but
note the contrast as our eyes traveled
a few yards away to view the present
poultry building — large, modern and
equipped as befits an exposition held
in the advanced time of the present.
Truly, "Great oaks from little
acorns grow," and it is in the prog-
ress of this growth that is held the
fascination of life today. In every-
thing we find to do, were it not for
the desire and determination of ac-
complishment, we would lose that
great essential that makes life worth
living.
The spirit that dominates the Han-
over fair proper, is manifest in its
poultry department to a marked de-
^ee. From a small and obscure be-
ginning, like the acorn, has grown the
present exhibition that attracts .breed-
ers of standard poultry from all over
the country. There is a reason for
all things. The "reason" in this case
is a permanency -of organization at
Hanover that has the united support
of every official of the Hanover Agri-
cultural Society and back of this, that
sentiment that adds stimulation in do-
ing things well.
This show of 1924 is in celebration
of Hanover's fortieth consecutive
fair. It is not unlike the many suc-
cessful shows held year after year
only in that sentiment we have
spoken of (which means in this re-
spect a pride in achievement) Han-
over has again maintained her place
among America's greatest poultry ex-
hibitions.
The entry this year includes ex-
hibits from sixteen states. The large
building does not show an empty coop
and late entries were necessarily re-
turned for lack of space. This has
been Hanover's record for ten years
during which period the poultry build-
ing was doubled in size.
Barred Plymouth Rocks are a rec-
ord class with 125 singles and 11
pens. All other Plymouth Rock
classes, large and qualitv in both
young and old pronounced. In Wy-
andottes, the Whites number 57 sin-
gles, 10 pens; Silvers, 40 singles, 7
pens; Partridge, 35 singles, 4 penn;
and on down the line — making the
Wyandottes in all varieties show fea-
tures. Rhode Island Reds are 78 sin-
gles and 12 pens. Jersey Giants, 25
singles.
In Mediterraneans, Black Minorcas
lead with 43 singles and 6 pens; An-
conas next with 36 singles and 5 pens;
Leghorns, great classes in Whites,
Browns, Blacks and Buffs. Comi.<?h,
an old time class of 25 singles and 3
pens. Sussex, 19 singles and G pens;
with Orpingtons and the general run
of standard varieties representative
of the breeds and varieties.
Bantams of exceptional quality in
both Game and Ornamental. The
Cochins lead the procession. Black
Rose Combs and Old English Game
following in order. Competition is
keen — quality most excellent and as
a bantam exhibit, one of the most in-
teresting of Hanover's many good
ones.
The exhibition pen entries this year
establish a new record — there being
106 all told. It took much figuring,
yet the management was able to sin-
gle coop the entire show by running
the Boys' Club Display four tiers high
yet showing this feature creditably.
The Classes As We See Them
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the awards up and while many «»««» excellent
birds were without a ribb..n all exhibitors
knew that Mr. Thomphon had done a Rood job
most thoroughly.
Cocks in fairly good feather. First a most
excellent bird, color contrasts that marked
him a blue ribbon winner among 13 ffooa
ones. Second, another Koo^ one that later
will be better as finished. Third fourth and
fifth, all good ones in type and color, needing
time to show them at their best.
Hens very good. Not as far along in finish
as this class a year ayo yet good to look at.
First and second, close winners, with third,
fourth and fifth of excellent quality.
Cockerels. 29 in number, one of the feature
classes. First and second, grand good birds
that fullv matured will be heard from fur-
ther—fine color, strong, clean surface, with
distinctive barring. A pair of good ones be-
ing the verdict of all. Third a close up win-
ner, as well as fourth and fifth. In this
class were a dozen good ones that in any
ordinary show of Barred Rocks would be
rated winners.
Pullets a choice lot. First, second, third
and fourth a likely lot and of a quality that
was uniform. We could see little difference
in the four, even color, good bone and plenty
of size that so adds to the type of a Barred,
ner. as well as fourth and fifth. In this
class of 26 there also were a lot of good ones
necessarily left out.
Pullet-bred cocks and cockerels, well shown
and most excellent breeders as for color,
shape and type. The exhibitors at Hanover
seem to appreciate these breeding classes and
enter accordingly.
Cockerel-bred females as interesting as the
exhibition classes. First hen, a corking good
one, as well as second with other winners
close up in quality. Pullets, clean as cock-
erel-bred, the first a little beauty, with breed-
ing quality there. Second and third, clean
cut, worthy specimens in a great class.
Pens, pullet-bred, good ones, both old and
voung. First young of uniform cleanness of
bone and color contrasts that brought forth
a lot of admiration.
Cockerel-bred pens were a fine lot. First,
necond and third young the best we have ever
seen at Hanover's many good Barred Rock
. exhibits,
White Plymouth Rocks — First cockerel a
beauty as well as second, a pair of worthy
winners. First pullet a good one as were
the first and second cocks and some of the
hens.
Buff Rock.s — Not as large as 192.1, but
qualitv superior, every winner a good one,
little dilTerence in the first three winners in
each class, including young pens. First cock-
erel and first imllet — pictures in life. For
color, combined with correct type, we term
this class the best Hanover has ever pro-
duced.
Columbian Rocks — Interesting all down the
line, but let us state this to you lovers of
Columbiana, that here was shown a star of
the first magnitude in first pullet, with the
second close up. Winning cockerel a beauty
fls were the first cock and hen; in facY. the
quality in the Columbians wa<« superior to any
we have ever had the pleasure to sec. Judge
Drevenstedt. who judged all Plymouth Rocks,
except Barred, over and over again expressed
his delight at the quality of all Rock classes.
Mr. Drevenstedt surely had his hands full this
year handling hundreds of l)irds and to the
complete satisfaction of all.
Partridge Rocks — Not as large as we would
have them at Hanover, but what lacked in
numbers was made up in quality — every win-
ner a good one.
Silver Wyandottea — Judge Charmbury
fa<ed a class that delights any judge. A
class while not as large as last year ranked
secood to the Whites and the fcmrth largest
in the show. The unplaced birds would have
made a creditable show in themselves — all
winners, and were close up in quality — cocks
and hens even superior to last year. First
hen. <'ockerel and pullet most excellent speci-
mens, yet the lowest winners so near in
qualitv that it made the job of judging a real
job an<l which Dr. Charmbury performed most
creditably. Silvers at Hanover have been
builded to ttieir high place held through in-
terested fanciers combined with the assur-
an<e of the best of judging.
White Wyandottes — A class that can be
well termed' "A show feature." W^e would
term it the best all around lot of Whites
that has ever been shown at Hanover. First
cock, a beautiful bird, we liked him every
way. Second, another worthy winner as were
third, fourth and fifth. Hens, first, second
and third, were close up in quality. Seldom
de we find three leading winners so much
alike in form and feathering. Fourth and
Fifth, good ones, well shown and even qual-
ity. Kight other good hens were necessarily
left out. so you «'an best judge these hens
that carried the honors. Cockerels — picture
to yourself four of them occupying two coops
up and two coops down, where from aisle you
see them in this comparison all together. In
this formation these coops held first, second,
third and fourth prize winners and^ it truly
was a vision for any fancier. We would
not attempt to describe them individually, to
us they appeared as alike as i)eas in a pod.
As Judge Drevenstedt, who judged the class,
said: "I would like to see the four who
would beat them." Fifth, a good bird, would
be a blue ribbon winner ordinarily. There
were not ribbons enough to place any one of
.the nine good ones left over when the win-
ners were picked. Pullets, so good that
whether you felt you had time or not, forced
one by love of the beautiful, to take another
look. First, a star in every Wyandotte char-
acteri.stic, a gem among a lot as good as we
have ever seen, wonderful type, with a finish
of feather that means so much to any blue
ribbon winner in a class like this. Second,
another good one, had to be, to beat out the
third, fourth and fifth, which Avere extra-
ordinary in evenness of form and perfection
of condition. Fourteen pullets made up the
class.
Huff Wyandottes — All winners? — good ones.
Cocks, a good lot all through as were hens.
First and second extra in color as hens.
First cockerel, fine type and color uniform
— we liked him also second which had notice-
able evenness of color throughout. Pullets,
first and second, a pair of good ones with the
balance of winners worthy contenders.
Partridge Wyandottes — A clever lot. Cocks,
first a uniform bird, good markings, nice type,
with second close up, balance well shown.
Hens, winners extra good. First, second and
third, fit to go anywhere and meet all compe-
tition. Condition was noticeable, making fine
specimens stand out as prize winners. Fourth
and fifth also good, with unplaced birds yet
a good class. Cockerels, every winner good.
First, a beauty; shape, markings, together
with Wyandotte typo that made the color
more pleasing. Second, another good one
with third a good winner (we liked this liird
a lot). Fourth and fifth, well placed. Pul-
lets, first stood out noticeably — an extra goid
one. with second and third excellent birds.
Fourth and fifth, good winners.
Columbian Wyandottes — This class kept up
the reputation of the Wyandotte family at
Hanover. First and second cocks proved
winners that were evidently blue rilibon win-
ners— as cockerels they showed it. Hens,
first two excellent balance — good. Cockerels,
a .small class but good quality. We saw
little difference in first two. Pullets, first a
true Columbian. We would say unusual in
hackle; balance, good birds all.
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds — First
co<k a real Red, had about everything a blue
winner could have in September. Second, a
fine one; balance, well placed. Hens, a class
of quality throughout. First, type, perfec-
tion, with color that it should not be hard
to appreciate as just right. This hen stood
out in the class, a gem of the first water.
Tliis does not depreciate the balance of win-
ners, as any one of them would take finished
hens ns in December to lieat them — every one
good. Cockerels, a fine lot — all. First, an
extra good, type superb, color right — a
worthy winner. Second, a good winner.
Third, close up with fourth and fifth good
strong contenders.
Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds — In num-
bers not as large as singles but bang-up erood
winners with lots left in the overflow. First
rock was a beaut.v; balance, clean winners.
Hens, first and second, as good as wo have
ever seen at a September show; balance,
grand winners. Cockerels, first another grand
one; second a beautifully colored youngster —
will come better later; third — good. Pullets,
11 in number. First, a charmer in every
way; second, a worthy one; balance, well
placed.
Jersey Black Giants — This class created a
lot of interest and well they should. First
cock a giant indeed, one that would please
Meloney, of Giant fame. Second, another
good one. in fact, all five winners a credit to
the Giants. Hens, 7 in number, all good.
First and second most excellent specimens of
the breed. Cockerels, a lot of good birds.
First and second created many expressions
of admiration. Pullets, 7 in number, the
winners all close up in uniform quality.
Rhode Island Whites — Less in numbers
than last year but the winners showing im-
provement.
Single Comb Black Minorcas — One of the
best classes in the show, in fact, the best
class yet shown at Hanover, notwithstanding
there has been many good ones. Cocks, grand
in form, every winner a typical Minorca.
.Tohn Kriner. judge, said: "They have every-
thing." First and second, extra in quality;
l>alance away above average necessary to win.
Hens, first a winner from every viewpoint —
size and color — making her combined with
ty))e a grand winner. Second and third,
close uj), balance fine. Cockerels, first, sec-
ond, third and fourth, a quartet worth going
miles to see. Fifth, a good winner, also
Pullets, every winner good, esjiecially first
second and third. We would pronounce th«
class a quality lot of winners.
Anconas — A good class and the winner*
most worthy, especially true in Single Comb
Pullets, 17 in number; first and second tho
best shown at Hanover to date. Third an-
other good one with fourth and fifth well
l»laced and close in quality.
Black Leghorns — Good, if anything better
than last year. First cockerel, first and
second pullets as good as we have ever had
the privilege to see.
White Leghorns — Very good in first and
second winners. Brown, fair classes in both
combs.
Cornish were better than for years. Cooks.
good birds as were hens — all winners — well
placed. We liked the fourth cock bird as
well as those which won over him, also the
third hen — first a beauty. Cockerols, first
and second Cornish, from tip of head to web
of feet — a pair of cracker-jacks — balanre
good. Pullets, first about as i)retty as thev
come. She had everything and shown as "a
bird of her quality should always be. Second,
another real one; in fact, every winner
worthy of honors given.
Sussex great in quality — all winners — well
placed. The sussex are becoming an estah-
lished class at Hanover — better each year.
There were few Polish and Hambums. but
those shown were of good quality. Same is
true of Buff Orpingtons and the Asiatics.
Exhibition Pens — All told tho catalogue
showe(l 21 Plymouth Rocks. 23 Wyandotte*,
11 Rhode Island Reds, IS Leghorns, 18 Mi-
norcas. 13 English and Asiatic pens with 21
bantam pens. The com]ietition in pens made
added interest among the exhibitors and they
were a fine lot. The pens were arran^ied to
occupy one entire side of the building and
showed to advantage. Pen entries are of
great interest to the visitors. The exhibitors
realize this and seem to be anxious to enter
exhibition pens, in both young and old.
Judges — John H. Drevenstedt. John C.
Kriner, D. G. Witmyer, Valentino Thompson,
Harold Tompkins and Dr. T. H. Charmbury
were the judges and did most satisfactory
^york — as could be expected of men of their
ability. The exhibitors were pleased, or at
least "satisfied, whether having won or lost.
The visitors were delighted with the show
and the management gratified that the for-
tieth anniversary show was a record breaker
in quality first, numbers secf-nd, and last, but
not least, a credit to the fancy.
Noteworthy Displays
K. H. Zwick, of Oxford, O., showine ?'
White Wyandottes under the personal charge
of Arthur Duston, farm superintendent, wa-;
one of the show features. Exhibitors at Han-
over and the scores of breeders and judcp"
who visit Hanover annually anticipated som"-
thing extra choice in WTiite Wyandottes when
it was noted, through the local press and cata-
logue, that the Zwick Farm's Wyandottes
were entered 37 birds strong as they know
:Mr. Duston and have come to know the
Zwick line quite as well. In this they were
not disappointed but rather delighted to find
a dis]>lay that will be remembered for a lonj
time to come, Mr. Duston has many friends
in the East who are Hanover exhibitors <r
visitors and all were unanimous that this was
the best line of White Wyandottes he hart
ever exhibited in the East.
* • •
One of the features that attracted atten-
tion in the Zwick display was the width and
fjualitv of feathering being produced so no-
ticeablv — the profuse, wide and over jappins
coverts* in the females that almost hide ttie
tail, also the wealth of, and broad featherine
in the male which adds so greatly to the ai'^
pearance, broadening the saddle and doin.
away with the cushion. This is a '•r^f.^'";
characteristic that all admirers of the ^^n"'^.
must consider if they are going to breed ana
show the highest quality in this variety.
* • •
This feature was certainly pronounced in
the Zwick exhibit and could well be made »
study for the fanciers. Evenness of type and
superb finish has made this exhibit a center
of attraction at this show. Surely >i<;!^"-
Zwick and Duston can feel hizhly eratitiea
over this truly remarkable display of their*
as shown in one of tho largest das^P' "
White Wyandottes that will be recorded a'
among the fall exhibits of 1924.
* • •
Bovd Johnston, of Rupert. Pa., showinz
in cockerel-bred Barred Plymouth Rocks, puj
on a lot of quality birds and won finely, noi
only on exhibition males, but in the breed^
ill"- classes, his first and second cockerels. »
pair of beauties, as well as three winning
cockerel-bred pens of excellent merit.
* * * A
Boileau Bros., of Middletown, Md., showefl
Tiicelv also in the cockerel line, "^'^P,
"bang up" good cock that won the oiw.
cf«»ther with a pullet that made one look
Iffain— their exhibit consisting of 25 birds.
Curvin Allewelt, Hanover, Pa., has the dis-
tinction of winning first four places on ex-
Jiibition pullets — first three places on pullet-
hUd cockerels and first young pullet-bred
nen an honor he sure can be proud of in such
.class. Ability to grow them and show them
at proper time has served Mr. Allewelt at
many times welL
Van o'Dale Farm, Catonsville, Md.. showed
but two cockerels and two pullets in White
Plymouth Rocks, winning first and second
cockerel and second and fourth pullet. There
is a story behind Van o'Dale's owner. E.
Van Orsdale knows that standard type is the
tvpe that speaks for all that means the profit-
able fowl and the blood of these prize win-
ners is the blood that Mr. Van Orsdale has
used to j)roduce his record producing hens.
Standard-bred does not mean alone exhibition
poultry, but it means through careful selec-
tion the egg producing and meat poultry that
is profitable and a business that combines
pleasure with profit.
In Buff Plymouth Rocks, Luther Boyer. of
Hanover, Pa., showed what is considered by
many the most complete and beautiful display
to date of this variety. We do not know
when we have seen a finer exhibit of this
beautiful variety of the Rock family — color
rich and of the shade that gives one the
true conception of what is termed buff by
the Standard. Mr. Boyer won every first and
second inclusive of pens, as well as. a few
thirds and fourths to complete a wonderful
win.
* « •
Columbian Plymouth Rocks, always good
at Hanover, were no exception to the rule
this year. Guyon Bunty. of Hanover. Pa.,
showed a clean lot with first pullet a star of
the class and first cockerel and young pen so
good that all Columbian breeders passed the
srlad hand to Mr. Bunty.
* • •
Jas. F. Harrington, of Hammonton, N. J.,
was here with a lot of good ones in Colum-
bian Rocks. His winning cock and hen
showing fine quality and the young, while not
matured, will come along as they put on the
needed size and finish.
* • •
Partridge Plymouth Rocks must be men-
tioned, especially the display of Bird Bros.,
Myersdale, Pa. — a beautiful lot of birds, well
shown.
* • •
\ Partridge Rock hen, an old winner
at Hanover, exhibited by Frank Little, of
Hanover, Pa., won first and seemed to attract
many as a remarkable bird in markings, as
well as, the third hen shown by O. H. Ho-
htetter, of Hanover, Pa.
* • •
Silver Wyandottes, a beauty class. The
1923 show has not been forgotten but who
would believe that the Silvers would come
back 70 birds strong this year and in quality
be equal or superior to last year? It is a
fact that practif-ally the same exhibitors sim-
I>ly demonstrated that one year's breeding
fan, with such breeders, mean a lot, Dr,
Charmbury, the judge, had the time of his
life with this class.
* • •
J. A. Bistline, of Long\vood, Fla., won
nicely all through the class including first
y».uiig pen. A. & E. Tarbox. Yorkville, 111., a
hi); winner, showing a cockerel of the kind
that makes one want to put a blue on the
coop every time you pass the aisle. Well,
this cockerel, of course, got that blue and it
was a real winner in a great class. J. A,
Orth, Lebanon, Pa., a new exhibitor at Han-
over, cooped first pullet and second young
PPn — the pullet a star. Mr. Orth put down
a fine display. Lloyd V. Clark, showing Sil-
ver Sebrights, in addition to his Wyandottes,
and a fine lot, won first hen and old pen —
Wyandottes great winners.
* • •
K. H. Zwick, Oxford, O., in White Wyan-
dottes, won all six firsts, lost but two seconds
— winning a total of six firsts, four seconds,
three thirds, three fourths and one fifth on
17 singles and 4 i)ens in a class of 102 bir^s.
As a disjilay, one who loves standard-bred
birds would travel miles to see. Arthur Dus-
ton. superintendent for Mr.' Zwick, was the
J'ecipient of many words of jiraise from ex-
hibitors and judges alike to say nothing of
♦ he admiration of the general public who
flofked for four days through the poultry
building and whose attention was drawn to
this great arrav of white Wvandottes,
* • • *
Barr's Knobby Stone Poultry Farm. Nar-
von, Pa., showed as usual a complete dis-
play of White Wyandottes coming nicely into
the winning. James Barr was in personal
charge of the display, shaking hands with
niany friends and enjoying the interest dis-
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n'.ved in the variety he loves best and
IreedH so succeKsfulIy^at Knobby Stone.
Rov L. Crum. of Walkersville. Md.. showed
two fin.' operimenR in the second cock and
h.rd pullet with a comoleto hne "P/'roufh
fi P class— all birds worthy to meet m the
ket>n competition of the White Wyandotte
clans. * . •
Alwood & Yost. Hanover. Pa., ^a^, t\'f «
hieh ura.le first prize winners in cock, hen
and imllet. with a cloan cockerel tiking scc-
« nd in Buff Wyandotteji. ^
Wm F. M<ore. of Chicopee. Ma'^s., vhile
winning a place on each of 12 entries vliowcd
r cockfrel that won first that was ,..st nbou
ftH nice as we have seen them. »akin.; Jt all
in all the Buff Wyand..ttcs came alon^- line
with the other varieties of Wyandoites.
Two Hanoverians were the main contend-
ers in the Partridjje Wyandottes H. S. Weid-
ner and S. J. Harlacher, who alone made a
I.retty stiflf class, yet with a fe^v good ones
ilKO shown by M. K. Parr and P-.^Jf- 1\«»-
lineer both of Hanover, together with Luns-
ford Abbott, of Kinston. N. C. it was a s-reat
flass of worthy birds. The reputation of the
Partridge Wvandottes was maintained ana
moht creditably by these exhibitors.
* • ♦
In Columbian Wyandottes. Chas. E. Trone
and John B. Kuhn. Hanover. Pa., made com-
Dlete display entries that were a Pleasure to
see Mr. Trone has been showing: Columbians
at Hanover for years and helping to build
this class to worthy proportions. Such fan-
ciers make other fanciers of their varieties.
We would say. one did not know Columbians
not to api.reciate the fine line shown by
Mr Trone. first puUet. hen, cock and pens,
true to all that makes the variety, in fact,
this exhibit was a beauty throughout. * »rs J
cockerel (Kuhn) was a fine bird and will get
better every day.
* • •
High Acre Farm, Bethesda, Md.. Elisha
Hanson, owner; Thos. Samuels, superintend-
ent showed Reds in both combs and as Reds
Btot'id 133 birds, surely it was an honor to
win 1 1 first prizes out of a possible 12. but
this is what "Tom" Samuels had the pleas-
ure of seeing Judge Tompkins place after
hours of careful work by this painstaking
judge. High Acre Farms has in its owner,
Mr. Hanson, and superintendent, Mr. Sam-
uels, two of the greatest breeders of Reds
in America and this record breaking win,
with the quality of the complete exhibit so
aatisfving to the students of careful and su-
perior breeding, was a treat for every lover
<f standard-bred poultrj'.
* • •
Chas. J. Ford, Round Hill. Va., won the
one first left over from High Acre Farms'
record winning and this on a cockerel in Sin-
gle Comb that was a beauty; color, type,
evervthins going to make «p a winner in a
great class. Mr. Ford also won well through
the class.
* • •
Jersey Black Giants are now established
as among the leading classes at Hanover,
this year's entry being the largest and best
in quality to date. I. A. McKenny. Balti-
more. Md., and J. E. Stouer. Woodsboro. Md..
showed complete exhibits — winnings |»retty
well divided in singles. Mr. Stouer exhibited
a fine exhibition pen that added w.nderfuUy
to the class. Next year an effort will be made
to stage something exceptional in the Giants
from this start these good breeders have
given Hanover with this year's fine class.
* • •
Black Minorcas brought three real fanciers
together, showing comj)lete and noteworthy
exhibits. Messrs. Brish Bros.. Frederick, Md. ;
John T. Perine, Baltimore. Md., and J. L.
Rice, Phoneton, O. Brish Bros., being the
lead-ng winners with five firsts, Mr. Rice be-
ing placed first on hen whioh along with his
fine I'Ufry, together with Mr. Perine. made a
class large in size and of high grade birds in
all winners. First cockerel, Brish Bros., was
indeed a slar.
* • •
•Anconas brought out some fine exhibits in
the comjietition aflf'>rded by Ray O. Hook,
Wwtminster. Md.; (}. G. McTjaurin. Dillon.
S. C. a-d E. n. Broadt. Hellain. Pa, the
awards being pretty well split uj). Anconas
have come t > be one of Hanover's features.
The pullets (his year titalrd 17 — making in-
terest keen.
* • •
The Empire Poultry Yards, Dalla-<town.
Pa., put on a fine exhibit of Black Leghorns
and Ornamental Bantams. Mr. Eberly, owner,
is a regular exhibjt«)r at Hanover and good
ones can always be expected — this year was
no exception.
* • •
Dark Cornish came back this year good and
strong, there being a lot of good birds, there-
fore, competition keen. Paul Maus and Jacob
Sprenkle, both of Hanover, were leading win-
ners— first pullet without question a star of
the class — finished and in bone and true
Cornish type, the best the writer has ever
seen. Same might be said of first cockerel
with second a close runner-up. Mr. Maus.
breeder, can well be proud of having pro-
ddced such quality — it .speaks well for him as
a breeder.
* • •
A. & E. Tarbox, Yorkville, 111., and Harold
W. Kuhl, Sprincboro, Pa., put on two com-
jtlete entries of Speckeld Sussex that made a
great class. Messrs. Tarbox had the distinc-
tion of winning five firsts out of a possible
five — their first cockerel and first pullet were
the gems of the class. Sussex lovers could
not get away from this pair.
* ♦ ♦
Linstead Farm, Boone. Md.. Riggs Bros,
owners, gave Hanover the finest display of
Game Bantams of their many years of con-
tinuous showing at Hanover. Thous.inds of
visitors were attracted to this exhibit of an
even hundred midgets that stretched down the
aisle as a complete show itself. F. G. and
H G Riggs are fanciers — the kind of fan-
ciers that build stability in our poultry ex-
hibitions. We welcome them year after year
as a part, a big part, of the success of the
Hanover Bantam display.
* • •
LiBstead also showed in Black Rose Combs,
winning all firsts in the singles and first on
young pen.
Mrs. Robt. J. Walden. Middleburg. Md..
exhibited a beauty lot of Birchens — fine in
feather — a display that added interest and
l)leased many.
' * • •
Rolling Rock Farm. Laughlinstown, Pa., ex-
hibited all through in Black Rose Combs, be-
ing runner-up winners with Linstead — their
first young pen a beautifully matched lot.
* ♦ •
Cochins brought out the old contenders
including two new exhibitors at Hanover,
i e.. The Warwick Bantam Yards, Pitts-
Inirich. Pa., and Jas. V. Johnson. Camden.
Ark7 These, together with Geo. W. Wege,
M. L. Parr. Hanover. Pa.; Empire BanUm
Yards. Dallastown. Pa., and Wm. A. Orr.
Newburgh, N. Y.. put on a show of Cochins
that were a source of pleasure and pride to
the management.
* ♦ •
Sebrights. both Golden and Silver, with
S. H. Rinehart. Hummelstown. Pa.; Lloyd
V. Clark. JefTerson, O.: Valentine Petzold.
Elkhart. Ind.; Enipire Poultry Yards, Dal-
lastown. Pa., and R. Harper Sheppard. Han-
over, Pa., made classes keen and of fine
quality birds.
* • •
Stansbury Hagdon. Riderwood. Md.. showed
through the class in Black Tailed Japanese.
It was good to see this variety again at Han-
over, they are one of the most beautiful of
our Ornamental varieties. We hope this class
will grow at Hanover and other fanciers take
them up.
* • •
Silkies were a beauty lot and one of the
largest classes of Ornamentals. Warwick Ban-
tam Yards. Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Vivian
James, McSherrystown, Pa., and Fairview
Poultry Farm. Gettysburg. Pa., being the
leading winners.
* • •
P. E. Frey. Hanover. Pa.; Oscar Harner,
Littlestown. Pa., and Empire Bantam Yards,
Dallastown. Pa., made up a fine class of Light
Brahma Bantams. Mr. Frey's first cock bird
and first pullet being most excellent winners.
* • •
Sales were numerous in both large fowls
and bantams, practically every bird offered in
catalogue for sale being sold and where the
exhibit' rs w^re in attendance, large sales
were many. No less than three breeding pens
bringing stiff prices and individual birds
]>icked up f"r later shows at prices that were
unusual. * Two exhibitors stated also that
they had booked many orders for hatching
eggs.
* • •
The show ending on September 26, it has
been with difficulty that this report could ap-
l>ear in Octolier. However, we have ac-
complished it- by help of our good friends,
the judges, who assisted us ;^reatly by per-
sonal comment on the classes.
Following are the awards:
Large Fowl
Barred Plymouth RocI>s — B"yd Jo'inslon,
third and fourth cock; first and secon 1 cock-
erel; second corkerel-l)red hen; se.-OM.?, third
and fifth cockerel-bred pullet; first, second
a"d third cockerel-bred yo'ing pen. I'oilcau
I<ros., first cock; third and fourth eockerel ;
first and fourth eorkerei-bred do Met; fifth
cockerel-bred young pen. H. F,. H'ldijins, sec-
ond cock; fifth hen; first i>ull n-bred coek ;
third cockerel-bred hen; first iMilIet-bred old
pen. Lewis Swartzbaugh, fifth cock; first
and fourth cockerel-bred hen. John W. Kp.
ley. second and fourth hen. third pullet-bred
cock ; second pullet-bred young pen. Oscar
H. Harner. first hen ; second pullet-bred cock
Victor J. llutcheson. third hen; third pullet-
bred young pen; second pullet-bred old pen
Lunsford Abbott, fifth cockerel. M. y'
Myers, fifth pullet. Curvin H. Allewelt, firsV
second, third and fourth pullet; fir^rt, second
third and fifth pullet-bred cockerel; tirst
pullet-bred young pen. Calvin Gates, fifth
pullet-bred cock; fifth cockerel-bred' htji
Samuel H. Rinehart. fourth pullet-bred cock
Reuel Diller. fourth pullet-bred cocker<^l. W
H. Overbaugh, fourth cockerel-bred ynv,n»
lien.
White Plymouth Rocks — Edward 0. Sny.
der, first and second cock; second hen-
fourth and fifth cockerel; second young j,tn'
Rev. John S. Adam, first hen. J. W. Miller]
liiird and fourth hen; third and fifth ptiUet-
first young i)cn. Dr. E. L. Geisel, third cock-
erel; first i)ullet. Van o'Dale Farm, tirst
and second cockerel ; second and fourth iml.
let.
Buff Plymouth Rocks — Luther Boyer. first
and second coi k ; first, second, third nnd
fourth hen; first and second cockerel; first,
second, third and fourth pullet; first old
'•en; first, second and third young pen. Geo.
W. Wege, third cock; fifth hen; third
cockerel; fifth pullet.
Columbian Plymouth Bocks — James Y.
Harrington, first cock; first and third hen;
second cockerel; fifth pullet; first old pen;
second young pen. Guyon Bunty. third cock;
second and fifth hen; first cockerel; first,
second and third pullet; first young pen. M.
M. Reese, second cock; fourth hen; third
cockerel; fourth pullet.
Partridge Plymouth Bocks — Bird Bros.,
first and second cock; second and fourth
hen; first and second cockerel; first and
second i»ullet. O. H. Hostetter. third and
fifth hen. Frank C. Little, first hen.
Silver Wyandottes — Chas. A. Bair, fifth
cock; fifth young i)en. J. A. Bistline. flr4
cock; second hen; second cockerel; second
a'ul fifth iiullet ; first young iien. A. & E.
Tarbox, second cock; third hen; first ani
third cockerel: third and fourth pullet; third
young pen. Harry E. Bair. third and fourth
eoek. J. A. Orth. fifth hen; fifth cockerel;
fir><t pullet ; second young pen. Lloyd V.
Clark, first and fourth hen; first old pen;
fourth young i)en. Charles Feldman, fourth
cockerel.
White Wyandottes — K. H. Zwick. first and
fourth cock; first, second and third hen;
first, second, third and fourth cockerel; first,
third, fourth and fifth pullet; first and sec-
ond old pen; first and second young pen.
Roy L. Crum. second cock ; second pullet.
Samuel Little, third and fifth cock; fifth
viung pen. Barr's Knobby Stone Poultry
Farm, fourth and fifth hen; fifth cockerel;
third old ])en ; third and fourth young pen.
Buflf Wyandottes — Wm. F. Moore, second,
third and fifth cock; third, fourth and flft'i
hen; first, fourth and fifth cockerel; third,
f urth and fifth pullet. Grover M. Ohler.
fourth cock. Alwood & Yost, first cock; first
and second hen; second cockerel; first and
second pullet. Lewis V. Stahl, third cock-
erel.
Partridge Wyandottes— S. J. Harlacher.
first and second cock; fourth hen; second
-ockerel; first old pen; second young pen.
M. L. Pnrr. fourth cck. H. S. Weidner.
third cock; first, second, third and fifth hen;
fourth cockerel; first, fourth and fifth pullet;
second old pen ; fir«t youn^ pen. Lunsford
Abbott, first and fifth cockerel. P. H. Bol-
linger, third cockerel; second and third pul-
Columbian Wyandottes — John B. Kuhn.
fourth cock: fifth hen; first and third coc.<-
erel ; second and fourth pullet; second youn'j
])en. James H. Hemler. third cock; third
and fourth hen. Charles E. Trone. first and
second cock; first and second hen; seconi
coikerel; first and third i)Ullet; first old
pen : first voun?r pen.
Golden Wyandottes — Sewell Weaver, all
awards.
Single Comb Rhode Island Beds- High
.\ re Farms, fir^t nnd third cock; f^rst an'
third hen: third and fifth cockerel; first and
se/on-1 pullet; fir t. sec nd old pen; first, sec-
on! v un? pen. Up & Coming Poultry Farm,
•ec nd cock; fourth hen Samuel H. Rinehart.
"fh cock. D na'd Hamm. fourth cock,
r'-nrles J. Frl. fi'th hen; first cocker"!:
third and fourth pullet. Walker & Son. fouftn
<o.kere!; f-urth yoin's pen. Robert K-
'<u<h fie^-ond >>en : feeond cockerel. Ilildpr-
mere Poultry Farm, fifth pullet; third yoanj
jten. .
Bose Comb Rhode Island Beds— J. a.
Straver. f< urth cock. Hish A<re Farms, flr«
and "th^rd cock; first and second hen; fir"
cockerel; first and third pullet; first oia
])en: first voung pen. U. S. Ricker. secona
and fifth cock; third and fourth hen; secona
cockerel: fifth pullet; second young P"-
reorge W. Green. Jr.. fifth hen; third cock-
erel; third young pen. Edgar R. Leister.
eecond and fourtji pullet
Jersey Black Giants — I. A. McKenney, first
cock- fif'^t and fifth hen; second, fourth and
fifth cockerel; third, fourth and fifth pullet.
J E. Stover, second cock; second hen; fir.st
and third cockerel; first and second ])ullet;
first young pen. Up & Coming Poultry Farm,
tifth cock. C. L. Leppo. fourth cock. Hedge-
wood Farm, third c<-ck ; third hen. Charles
DeLancev, fourth hen.
Single Comb Rhode Island Whites: — O. G.
L. Lewis, first cock; first hen; second and
third cockerel; first nnd second pullet; first
voung i>en. Clarence I3ran;;an. first cockerel;
third pullet.
Rose Comb Bhode Island Whites — George
W Nickev. ail awards.
Single Comb Black Minorcas — J( hn T. Per-
ine, third and fifth cock; third hen; fourth
vounjr pen. Hri h Hri)s., first, second and
fourth cock; second, fourth and fifth hen;
first, second and fourth cockerel ; first, sec-
ond and fourth pullet; first old pen; first
and third young pen. J. L. Rice, first hen;
third and fifth cockerel; third and fifth pul-
let; second young pen.
Bose Comb Black Minorcas — Herbert W.
Everhart, first cock; first hen; first an(l
second cockerel; second and third ])ullet.
Rock Dale I'oultry Yards, second and third
cock; second and third hen; third cockerel;
first pullet.
Single Comb Anconas — David E. Leppo,
second cock; third hen; second young ]>en.
E. D. Broadt, third cock; second hen; sec-
ond old pen. Ray C. Hook, first cock; first
hen; first cockerel; third pullet; first old
pen; third young pen. H. F. Rhoads, second
cockerel. G. G. McLaurin, third and fourth
cockerel ; first, second and fourth i)ullet.
Lloyd D. Smith, fifth cockerel; fifth pullet.
Bose Comb Anconas — E. D. Broadt. all
awards.
Single Comb Black Leghorns — Harry A.
Werklieiser, fourth cock fourth pullet. Rus-
sell Stacks, second cock; third hen; second
and third cockerel; second and third pullet.
Empire Poultry Yards, first and third cock;
first and second hen; first cockerel; first
pullet; first old pen; first young pen.
Single Comb White Leghorns — D. D. Cap-
les. first cock. .1. Monroe xVnthony. second
cock; first and second hen; first and second
cockerel; fifth jiullet. M. S. Sterner Poul-
try Farm, third cockerel; first and second
young pen. Herbert W. Everhart, fourth
pullet. Henry Stick, first, second and third
puliet.
Single Comb Dark Brown Leghorns — N. G.
Sechrist, first and second cock ; first and
fourth hen; second and third cockerel; sec-
ond and third pullet; first old pen. Harry L.
Myers, third cock; second and third hen;
first cockerel ; first and fourth pullet.
Bose Comb Dark Brown Leghorns — C. W.
Myers, all awards.
Bose Comb Light Brown Leghorns — C. W.
Myers, all awards.
Single Comb Buff Leghorns — Roy D. Stuf-
ile, second cockerel; first and second hen;
fir.st young pen. Wm. D. Rhodes, first cock-
erel; first hen.
Silver Duckwlng Leghorns — C. W. Myers.
all awards.
Single Comb Buff Orpingtons — John W.
Epiey. first cock; first cockerel; third, fourth
and fifth pullet. Mrs. Harry C. Corbin. first
hen; second cockerel; first and second pul-
let.
Single Comb Black Orpingtons— W. Luther
Stonesifer. first young pen.
Dark Cornish — Jacob Sprenkle. second
cock; second hen; fourth cockerel; second
and third pullet; first, second and third
young pen. Charles DeJjancey, fourth cock;
fourth hen. P. Edgar Sterner, first cock;
third cockerel; fourth pullet. Wm. Attles-
berger; third cock; fifth pullet. Paul Maus.
third hen; first and second cockerel; first
pullet. John H. Staley. first and fifth hen.
Speckled Sussex — Harold W. Kuhl. second,
third and fourth tock; second, third, fourth
■ nd fifth hen; second, fourth and fifth cock-
erel; third, fourth and fifth pullet; first and
second old pen; second and third young pen.
A. ft E. Tarbox. first cock; first hen; first
and third cockerel; first and second pullet;
first young pen. Fairview Poultry Farm &
Hatchery, first old i)en.
Buff Cochins — Harry Abel, all awards.
Black Langshans — Charles A. Ricedorf. all
awards.
Light Brahmas — Walter Espenshade, all
aw,ards.
Golden Hamburgs — Lewis Swartzbaugh, all
awards.
Ctolden Bearded Polish — C. W. Myers, all
•wards.
Non-Bearded Silver Polish — 0. W. Myers,
all awards.
Bantams
Black Breasted Red Game — Linstead Farm,
nr>t and third cock; first and second hen;
Sunnyside Pullets
THE MOST PROFITABLE LAYERS KNOWN
12 WEEKS OLD
180-200 cprp-bred . . .$1.50
210-248 ejrpr-bred ... 1.75
240-25G epgr-brcd . . . 2.00
April Pullets and Yearlings
180-200 cpTPf-brcd .. .$2.50
210-248 ogfjr-bred .. . 2.75
240-256 ejrg-bred . . . 3.00
Pullets are the chief source of
the early Winter eg:g supply. Your
best investment is the stock we are
offering: right now. The price is
right. The quality the best. Trap-
nested, pedigreed and Hoganized
for more than 35 years.
7 Varieties: White, Barred Rocks,
White, Buff Leghorns, R. I. Reds,
White Orpingtons, White Wyan-
dottes. ..,.
SUNNYSIDE POULTRY FARM
sells only Standard type, high egg-bred pullets sired by strong sires and
bred frotn pens of heavy laying pedigreed and Hoganized females that
are personally mated by Mr. Blodgett. Customers can vouch for the
superior laying qualities of our stock. Our strains will meet your most
exacting requirements. Some fine males to spare.
Order Direct From This Advertisement and Ask For FREE Catalog
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WE ARE ALL SOLD OUT ON LEGHORN PULLETS
But we have a few choice Barred Plymouth Rock and White Wyandotte
pullets ready for delivery.
A BARGAIN IN BREEDING COCKERELS
We have on range, fully matured, over one thousand podi>;roc-hrod hrcedinjr nialoa — S. O.
White Leghorns, Barred Plymouth Bocks and White Wyandottes — For nuniher, quality and
pedigree they probably have no equal.
Write for prices and description immediately. Do not wait and be diBappointed!
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As you read through this intensely intrrfstlng hook, one practical point
after aiiotiier— cut out hy Mr. Sheiipard from th« liard scjiool of experi-
ence—"ill claim your attention and teach you more atmut the potiltry
luiidness than years of first-hand experience a>uld rive jrou In the
ordinary manner. Many, many orders hare t>een iKHirlnn In for this
third revised, supplemented and Improfed edition of tlie hook
** $4223.00 Profit From a
Town Lot in One Year"
arid it Kiven us a real fmlliiK of satisfaction to know that
thousands of men and women thruugliout the country are
sUidying arul prutlUng bv this >>ook, for vou can't read It
through even onoe wlUiout getting several new ideas that
put urofit in the pocket of every cMie who raises poultxv^
wlu'tlior tluw ki>ep only three or four, or operate a large
oummcrclal plant.
Just a.-i a hint uf what the iKMk contains. Mr. Sheppan)
takes you into his cuiifldence with a lltMo personal his-
tory— then lavs hare Uie three P's In the Poultry Pod-
talks at>out his success with incutialors and brooder*— >
; .'Kses along some t>aliy chick do's and don'ts — tells how
'<i icet the eggs, make shipments and build poultry
houses — and then, discusses, as this subject has never
lx>( II d si-ii>»k.-<l liefore, how to advertise suoceasfulljr and
what to do each month of tlie year.
COSTS YOU $1.50
HANOVEB, PA.
100 Pens S. C. White Leghorns; 50 Pens White Wyandottes
Down in Dixie we get them out early. We have well started toward the blue
ribbons and trapnests thousands of fine youngsters in both breeds. To make room
and also to give you a chance to obtain some of this fine stock at a baricsin we are
offering (Hir fine breeders at these bargain prices. They are not so-called "utility"
misfits, but top-notch quality birds.
200 CEIMXS VALUE FOR EVERY S
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WHITE LEGHORNS
100 fine pens. White Lephorns, 4 hens and either one cockerel or cock, as yoti
prefer, and ."jO pens. White Wyandottes, 4 hens and one male, cork or cockerel.
For Only $25.00 per Pen. First Come First Served. Write Today.
GASTONIA POULTRY FARM,
GASTONIA, N. C
W. N. DAVIS. Prop.
784
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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first and second cockerel: Afst ""d. "econd
r,n»t. first youne pen. Lewis Norwig. fifth
?ock- tJ"d S fifth hen. J. Guy Lesher
foSJthcoJk: fourth hen. M. L. Parr, second
'""iSwl Pylo Oamfr— Linstead Farm. all
"""Sicien Oame-Mrs. Robert J. Walden. all
""'white Oame-Linstead Farm first pullet;
firsT^ld peT Empire Poultry Yards, second
^"oSldcn Duckwing— Linstead Farm, all
'^'''siiver Duckwing— Linstead Farm, all
''"'spi^gled Old English— Linstead Farm, all
"^Duckwing Old English— Linstead Farm, all
*Tark Cornish-A. Mowll. all awards.
• rJm Comb Black^Linstead Farm first
gec^d and third cock; first a«d ^f^^^^^, ^„«° =
firs? and fifth cockerel;. J^st and fo^r h pul^
let- first old pen. High Acre Fanns nun
ock Karl E. Parr, fourth cock; fifth hen
Roll ine Rock Farm, third and fourth hen;
second! third and fourth cockerel; second
fhird and fifth pullet; second old pen; first
'"SSL'' comb Whites-Samuel H. Rinehart.
firsT and second cock; first and second hen.
Paul A Wert, first cockerel ; first Pallet.
^ Buff OocJinii-Warwick Bantam Yards, first
and fifth cock ; third old pen. M. L. ir'arr,
f<mrthcock; tWd and fifth hen ; fi^t cock-
erel- third pullet; first old pen. «eo. w.
Wege third cock; first and second pullet
Fm5?re Poultry Yards, second cock; fourth
he^^; second old pen. M. A. Jones, first and
'^BTiik'cochins-M. L. Parr third cock;
first, second and fourth hen; first and fif h
T.ul et. Geo. W. Wege. first, second and fifth
cock- fifth hen; first and third cockerel;
iecoiid and third pullet; second od pen
Empire Poultry Yards, fourth cock third
hen; second cockerel; fourth pullet; first
^'^ Partridge Cochin— James V. Johnson, first
cock first hen; first cockerel ; fi"* pullet.
Oscar H. Harner. second cock; second hen.
"mite Cochln-Wm A Orr. fourth and
fifth cock; fourth and fifth hen. Geo. W.
Woge first and third cock; first, second and
third hen- first, second and third cockerel,
first secSAd and third pullet; first old pen;
first young pen. Empire Poultry Yards, sec-
""childen Sebrights- R. Harper Sheppard
secmid. third and fifth cock; first and fourth
hen- second cockerel; first and second pul-
let. Valentine Petzold. fourth cock; third
hen; third cockerel. Samuel H. Rinehart.
first cock; fifth hen. Empire Poultry Yards.
second hen. _ . .r. w tT__^»
Silver Sebrights— Empire Poultry Yards
fourth cock; third and fourth hen; first and
fourth pullet; first old pen Samuel H. Rine-
hart. second cock; second hen. Lloyd V.
Clark, third cock; fifth hen; first cockerel;
8<.cond and third pullet. R. Harper Shep-
par<l, first hen. tx^^a^t^
Black Tailed Japanese — Stansbury Hagdon,
first cock; first and second hen; first you nc
l-en. Mark Leese. second cock; third hen;
first cockerel. « ™ m- *^«
Barred Plymouth Bocks — C. Tyson Tipton.
all awards. _ _,. ^ n
White Leghorns — 0. Tyson Tipton, all
awards. ▼ • t»
Single Comb Brown Leghorns— Irvin P.
Bortiior, all awards.
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns — Harry Jon3s.
all awards. .„ ,^ t^ *
White Silkies — Fairview Poultry Farm &
Hatcher>', second and fifth cock; fourth hen;
first and second cockerel; first and second
pullet. Mrs. Vivian Jamos. first cork; third
hen. Empire Poultiy Yards, third cock; fifth
pullet. Warwick Bantam Yards, first, second
and fifth hen. Valentine Petzold. third cock-
erel ; third and fourth pullet.
Mille rieur — Emjiire Poultry Yards, all
awards. ,
Light Brahmas— Oscar 11. Harner, second
and fourth cock: first hen: first cockerel:
8prond pullet; first old pen. P. E. Frey.
first cock;' second hen; second cockerel;
first pullet. Earl Heacy. third cock; fifth
hen. Empire Poultry Yards, third and fourth
lien.
Turkeys
Bronze — Bird Bros., all awards.
Boys' Poultry Club Exhibit
Barred Plymouth Rocks — Doll Bros., first
and second cock; first, second and third
cockerel bred hen. Leslie Albrinht. first and
second hen; third pullet: first pullet bred
cock. John Miller, first pullet; first pullet-
bred cockerel. Ralph Hamme. second pullet;
second pullet-brod cockerel.
Buff Plymouth Rocks — Faber Wildasin. all
awards. , . ^ , ^. ,
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds — Richard
Wacner. second and third cockerel; third
and fifth pullet. Donald Hamme. first cock.
Clair Legore. first and fourth cockerel; first,
second and fourth pullet. „, . ,r ,
Partridge Wyandottes — J. Edwin Moul.
third cock second hen; first and second cock-
erel; first and third pullet. Nevin Looken-
bill first and second cock; fourth hen; fourth
pullet. Emmett Roth, fourth cock; first and
third hen; third cockerel. George Garrett,
fifth hen. Sterling Berkheimer. fourth cock-
erel- fifth pullet. Roy Emlet. second pullet.
Columbian Wyandottes — Harry Lippy. all
awards. . ^ ,» ^
Single Comb Buff Leghorns— Roger Hertz,
all awards.
Black Breasted Red Games — W^ilson Beck-
er, all awards.
Golden Sebrights — Alfred Myers. all
awards. , „ , ,
Black Cochins — Mark Leese. first, second
and third cock; first, second and third hen;
first second and third cockerel; first, second
and third pullet; first young pen. Lester
Koehler. fourth cock.
EXPERIMENT STATIONS
(Continued from page 743)
Breed Per Cent.
Mottled Houdans 3S.3
Rhode Island Reds ^^a
Black Leghorns • • • ]^-^
The following table* shows the
amount of mash and grain consumed
per bird for the month of August
with feed cost per bird and the num-
ber of eggs for the month. It will
be noted that there is a great deal
more mash consumed than grain.
This is necessary at this season of the
year to maintain production for the
birds have a tendency to moult.
No of Lbs. Lbs.
Birds Breed Grain Mash Cost Eggs
252 B. P. Rocks 1.83 3.94 .163 14.0
84 W. Wyan. 1.78 3.43 .146 13.4
168 R. I. Reds 1.79 3.39 .146 10.7
1575 Leghorns 1.89 3.76 .159 15.9
21 Houdans 1.81 4.00 .163 16.0
The Storrs Egg Laying Conteat
The Connecticut birds arc bowling
right along in an extremely wonder-
ful manner. The extremely heavy
production now is probably due to a
number of factors. First of all, good
care, and secondly, the fact that the
birds at Storrs are being lighted by
the evening lunch method. One of
the pens at Storrs bid*? fair to make a
new high record. Fernside Farm's
pen of Rhode Island Reds, from At-
tleboro, Mpss., is now expected to set
a new high record in the Storrs lay-
ing contest. This pen's total produc-
tion to date is 2,260 eggs or more
than the winning pens have laid in
the last five years. If this pen of
pullets can come through with 93
eggs in the next eight weeks, which
seems to be an almost foregone con-
clusion, they will beat the best previ-
ous pen record established in 1918 by
ten hens from Corvallis, Ore., that
laid 2,352 eggs in one year. Begin-
ning early in September the hens in
the laying contest are getting an ex-
tra meal each day. The houses are
all lighted from 9 o'clock until 10
o'clock at night. After an hour in
which to pick up all the grain they
care to consume, the lights are dim-
med for fifteen or twenty minutes
and the birds go back to bed. The
total production for ajl pens was
3,410 eggs or a yield of nearly 49
per cent. This is a jump of 159 eggs
over last week and 226 eggs more
than for the corresponding period
last year.
REFERRING TO THE
CASSEROLE DEPARTMENT
The New York State School of Ag-
riculture at St. Lawrence University,
Canton, N. Y., is announcing a course
in practical poultry farming much
along the lines advocated by Harold
F. Barber in his Casserole Depart-
ment in the August Everybodys.
Mr. Barber, in referring to the arti-
cle by Judge Joseph Dagle, says:
"Every man and woman, particularly
those specializing in poultry, ought to
be made to spend one summer, at
least, in practical work on a real
poultry plant. What the plant mana-
ger said about the student's summer
work should have a definite bearing
upon the degree granted the student.
We all know how absolutely neces-
sary are the little things which only
interested and loving care can give. I
hope with Judge Dagle, that the time
may not be long when our colleges
will teach both theory and practice to
a greater extent."
The New York State School of Ag-
riculture is offering a poultry course
open to any one regardless of age,
sex or previous training. There are
no entrance requirements and no tui-
tion fees.
The New York State School of Ag-
riculture at St. Lawrence University,
Canton, N. Y., has developed a poul-
try course and established a practical
poultry farm that complies exactly
with points raised by Mr. Barber and
Judge Dagle. Any one interested in
practical poultry farming, regardless
of age, sex or previous training may
enter the course. There are no en-
trance requirements and no tuition
fees. Half a year of school work
during the winter months is followed
by half a year of practical summer
training on some successful poultry
farm, with wages commensurate with
the experience of the student. For
the successful completion of the sum-
mer training work forty per cent
scholarship credit is allowed, the
number of points depending chiefly
upon the statement of the employee
of the student.
The plan has been in operation for
four years and has worked out re-
markably well.
TURKEYS ARE MONEY MAKERS
No fowls on the farm are more
susceptible to training than the tur-
key, or take more kindly to care and
attention given for their thrift and
comfort. While they require con-
siderable attention while they are
young, as soon as they are reasonably
well feathered they may be given a
free range, and will need very little
looking after. It is usually best to
feed them regularly at night, as an
inducement for them to come home
or they may stray off. So far as can
be done keep them gentle and feed
sufficiently to maintain a steady
growth. When rightly cared for few
fowls pay so well, especially as a
market fowl.
October, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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SHOWS AND
ASSOCIATIONS
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ALABAMA
Nov. 3-12. 1924 — Alabama State Fair.
Montgomery, Mart. L. Bixler, Sec'y, Mont-
jjoniery, Ala.
Dec. 1-6, 1924 — Birmingham, Ala., Inter-
State Sliow, Birminfiham. B. II. Moulin,
Sec'v 302 5th Ave., Pratt City, Ala.
Deo. 10-12. 1924 — North Alabama Show,
Hiint.sville. Joe B. Hill, Sec'y, Huntsville,
Ala.
Jan. 0-12, 1925 — Di.\ie Poultry Associa-
tion. Montgomery. J. .T. Massey, Sec'y,
Montgomery, Ala.
ARKANSAS
O't. 2.T-25, 1924 — Jonesboro, E. Whitfield,
Jonesboro, Ark.
CALIFOENIA
Oct. 14-18, 1924 — Los Angeles County Fair
Poultry Show, Pomona. Geo. W. Cobb, Sec'y,
Pomona, Calif.
CANADA
Nov. 18-26, 192 1 — Royal Winter Fair, To-
ronto. A. P. Westervelt, Mgr., York Bldg.,
Toronto, Canada. Entries close November 1.
COLORADO
Jan. 19-24, 1925 — National Western Poul-
try Sliow, Denver. W. C. Schuman, Sec'y,
400 South Emerson St., Denver, Colo.
CONNECTICUT
Nov. 25-27, 1924 — Sharon Poultry Asso-
ciation, Sharon. Al. Jenkins, Sec'y, Sharon,
Conn.
CUBA
Feb. 2C-March 7, 1925 — Cuban Interna-
tional. Havana. Theo. Hewes, Supt., 25 W.
Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind. Entries
close Feb. 10th.
FLORIDA
Nov. 20-29, 1924~Jacksonvillo Poultry
Show. Jacksonville. W. C. Smith. Sec'y, Box
445. Jacksonville, Fla.
GEORGIA
Oct. 13-18, 1924 — Chattahoochee Vallev
Poultry Show, Columbus. Owen lieitli, Sec'y,
Columbus, Ga.
IDAHO
Deo. 8-13. 1924 — Panhandle Poultry Show,
Moscow. H. W. Hulliert, Moscow, Idaho.
ILLINOIS
Nov. 24-29, 1924 — Jersey County Poultrv
Show, Jerseyville. Leo. H, Hall, Sec'y, Jer-
seyvillo. 111.
Nov. 25-30, 1924 — Mid-State Poultrv and
Pet Stock Show, Belleville. Geo. L.'Han-
kanimer, Poultry Sec'y, 719 West Monroe.
Belleville, 111.
Nov. 26-29. 1924 — Nokomis Poultrv Sh-nv,
Nokomis. Scott A. Fisher, Sec'y, Nokomis,
111.
Nov. 2G-30, 1924 — Quincy Show, Quincv.
A. n. Smith, Sec'y, Quincv, 111.
Dec. 9-14, 1924 — Coliseum Show, Chicago.
Theo. Hewes, Sec'y, 25 W. Washington St..
Indianapolis, Ind. Entries close November
20th.
Dec. 29-1924 Jan 3, 1925— Fulton Countv
Poultry Show, Cantr)n. C. L. Smith, Sec'v,
81 No. Ninth Ave., Canton, 111.
.Ian. 13-19. 1925— National Poultrv Show.
Chicago. Clarence J. Buhn, Sec'y, 8408 S.
Green St., Chicago. 111.
INDIANA
Nov. 25-30, 1924— Indiana's Premier Show,
Bremen. LeRoy Crothers, Sec'y. Bremen,
Ind.
Dec. 15-20, 1924 — Madison Countv Poultrv
A Pet Stock Show, Elwood. H. W. Slater,
Sec'y, 1520 So. P St., Elwood, Ind.
Dec. 17-22, 1924 — Clinton Poultrv Show,
Clinton. Jas. E. Johnson, Sec'y, 1457 South
4th St., Clinton. Ind.
Dec. 29, 1924-Jan. 3, 1925 — Northeastern
Indiana Poultry Association, Kendallville. H.
F. Muesing, Sec'y, Kendallville. Ind.
Jan. 3-7. 1925 — Tomlinson Hall Show, In-
dianapolis. Theo. Hewes, Supt., 25 W. Wash-
ington St., Indianapolis, Ind. Entries close
December 20th.
Jan. 14-17, 1925 — Indiana Quality Show.
Marion. Claude Enslen, Sec'v. Marion, Ind.
Jan. 27-31, 1925 — Tipton County Poultrv
Association Show. Tipton. Burl Thatcher,
Sec'y, Windfall, Ind.
IOWA
Dec, 2 5. 1924 — Floyd Countv Poultry
Show, Charles City. Frank Brandan, Sec'y,
Charles City, la.
Dec. 16-19, 1924 — Adair Countv Poultrv
Association, Greenfield. J. R. Lischer, Sec'y,
Greenfield, la.
Dec. 17-21, 1924 — Cedar Valley Poultry
Show, Osage. A. J. Saskoske, Sec'y, Osage,
la.
Jan. 5-9, 1925— Iowa State Poultry Show,
Davenport. H. M. Beaver, Sec'y, 2816 Sheri-
<*an St., Davenport, Iowa.
A GREAT POULTRY SHOW
IN THE GREATEST
POULTRY DISTRICT
December 2-3-4-5-6, 1924
Greater Camden Poultry Show
Management:
THE NEW JERSEY POULTRY, PIGEON AND
PET STOCK ASS'N, INC.,
and
THE PHILADELPHIA PIGEON FANCIERS' ASS'N
at the
THIRD REGIMENT ARMORY, CAMDEN. N. J.
50,000 Feet Floor Space
Show Will Be Cooped Single Tier
NATIONALLY KNOWN JUDGKS
For Premium List, write
W. LEE SPRINGS,
Box No. 42, Camden, N. J.
CAMDEN IS THE GATEWAY TO THE GREATEST POULTRY
DISTRICT IN THE WORLD
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BALTIMORE POULTRY SHOW
Poultry, Pigeon and Small Stock
DEC. 2-6, 1924
FIFTH REGIMENT ARMORY
H. S. THOMPSON, Secretary
Rooms 33-34 Franklin Building
Baltimore, Md.
National Meet of the American Bantam Association ""fj
HEADQUARTERS CASWELL HOTEL
Entries Close
I\iovember 19th
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ROANOKE FAIR, Williamstown, N.C., Oct. 21-24
40 cents entry fee pays for $3.50 first ami .«2.oo Ke<ond. $200.00 in cash »i)e<ial8. Splen.lid
advertising and sales show. Try this, the quality show of the Southeast, and bo convinced.
ENTRIES CLOSE OCTOBER 17TH
HARRY WOLSIEFFKR will judge
C. W. JACKS, Superintendent Poaltry Department
733 Falls Road
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Coliseum Show, Chicago
16TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
December 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14
PREMIUM LIST November Ist. Entries close November 20lh.
THEO. HEWES, Secretary
25 W. Washington St. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
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KANSAS , ^ _ ^
-. , fi iq24 Tri State Poultry ft fet
StJJrSho'W. Partons^^ Mrs. U. H. Robinson.
^*n.'; Tr"r92'i-Sunf lower State , Poultry
Sh^wF^r?' Scott. Salome Cook. Sec'y. 2115
S SV/t^t Fort Scott. Kans.
fi;.'',a';r::o„'.*"?Lo'rriw'e„^ ^..-y. Tope-.,
^*f* 1 «; iQ05_Mid-\Ve8t Poultry Show.
Coi'cSrdu'' G?o-«o H. Coo., SeO. Ooncor.
T^ o A 19'>4 Baltimore Snow, nam-
„o?r- H. 8. Th-ompson Sc.'y. 3334 Fr.nk-
lin Bide . Baltimore. Ma.
'•"^ ^' MASSACHUSETTS
Ti-n 16-19 1924— Springfield Poultry
Show SprVgfield. O. L. Collester. Sec'y,
flriial St^ S..rin«iield Mas^.^^^^^^ ^^^^
^^cfv ^°' wLttn W B. Atherton. Sec'y
Kr^'m Tr^emo't sl Boston. Mass. En-
.Hes- close DecemWr^^^^^
, « Q 1925 Midland County Poultry
Sho'w • M'dl.id" W. P. Spau.ding, sec'y.
MidUnd. Mich. ^^^^^ „ . p ,
v«« 24-26 1924— Chiraeo County Foul-
„yTho« Eu.h City. Crl H. Somtner. Sec y,
KuBh City, ^"--^^^ovni
V '•"., 'c'i» • '?L\-:'re;t'°Supr ' «' w:
?^'."h"^^oi'8t.Mndi.n.poU., Ind. Eotnee
close January 15. ,„„«
NEW HAMPSHIEE
Nov 18-2o!^1924-Na8hua Poultry Show.
Na«htTa. Geo;^e A. Chapman. Sec'y. 51 Am-
herst St.. Nashua, «. H.
HEW JERSEY ^ ,
Nov 20-22. 1924— Middlesex County Poul-
iKv Rhnw New Brunswick. N. J.
%?c ^-6 1924— Camden Poultry Show.
Camden. W. Lee Springs. Sec'y. Box 42.
^*?*1f°' 6?i0 ' 1925-MorTi8town Poultry
Show Morristown. Frank E. Frambes, Sec'y.
Oreystone Park, N. J-
^ NEW YOEK , „ . ,
v,v« 2fi-29 1924 — Cortlandt Fanciers
Cmb*; PeekskiU. e'n. Jewell, Sec'y. R. P. D.
^' IS^"^9:24: \925-Chautauqua County
PouUry Show Jamestown. C. G. Loucks.
8«c'v 56 Broadhead Ave., Jamestown, N. Y.
^' NORTH CAROLINA
Oct 21 24. 1924— Roanoke Fair. Williams-
ton^ H. M. Poe. Mgr.. Rocky Mount. N. C
Entries close October 17. ^ ,. ,> 1
Nov 1114 1924— Western Carolina Poul-
try Show. Asheville. O. P. Templeman. Sec y.
^'£ec"'*1^19^1924-Union County Poultry
Show. Monroe. J. H. Beckley. Sec y. Rt. 6.
Monroe. N. C ^.,^^
OHIO
Dec 1-6 1924 — Akron Poultry Show, Ak-
ron. W. H. Moore. Sec'y. Uniontown O.
Dec 2-7. 1924 — Greater Dayton Poultry
Show, Dayton. C. A. Snider. Sec'y, R. R.
14. Dayton, Ohio. „ . , ^ ou
Dec. 22-27. 1924— Springfield. ,0. Show.
E. 8. Shirey. 1022 Cypress St Springfield. O.
Jan. 5-10. 1925— Cleveland Poultry Show,
Cleveland. C. A. Henrickson. Sec y, 8915
Broadway. Cleveland, O.
OKLAHOMA
Dec 2-8. 1924 — Oklahoma State Federa-
tion Show, Oklahoma City. A. F. Snodgrass.
Show Sec'y. Nowata, Okla.
PENNSYLVANIA
Oct. 8-11, 1924 — Ephrata Farmers' Day
Poultry and Bantam Show. Ephrata. Hugh
F. Eisemann. Sec'y, Ephrata, Pa.
Oct 23-25, 1924 — Second State Standard
Production Poultry Show, State College.
Leon Todd, Sec'y, State College Pa.
Jan. 5-10. 1925 — Warren County Poultry
ft Pet Stock Show, Warren. Myles A. Kirby,
Sec'y. 1308 Harding Ave.. Jamestown. N. Y.
Jan. 5-10. 1925 — Crawford County Poul-
try Show, Meadville. Edward Fry. Sec'y,
R. D. 3, Meadville. Pa.
Jan. 5-10. 192.'> — Westmoreland Poultry ft
Pet Stock Show. Oreensburg. W. L. Treager.
Sec'y. Greensbure, Pa.
Jan. 13-17, 1925 — Lebanon County Poul-
try Show. Lebanon. E. R. Worcester, Sec'y,
Lebanon, Pa.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Oct 20-2.'>. I!rj4- South Carolina State
Fair. Columbia. D. F. Efird. Sec'y. Colum-
bia. 8. C. _ ,
Oct. 28-31. 1924 — Spartanburg Poultry
Show. Spartanburg. J. J. Burnett. Jr., Sec'y.
Spartanburg. S. C.
Nov. 12-15. 1924— Woodruff Poultry Show,
Woodruff. John B. Parks, Sec'y, Woodruff.
8. C.
TEXAS
Oct 11-20 1924 — State Fair of Texas,
Dallas. W. H. Stratton. Sec'y. Dallas. Tex.
Nov 22-25 1924 — Southwest Coliseum
Poultry Show. Fort Worth. N. B. Spearman.
Sec'y P O Box 1601. Fort Worth, Tex.
Nov 25-30. 1924— Premier Poultry Show.
Dallas. W. W. Brady. Sec'y, Allen Tex.
Dec 4-7, 1924 — Brown County Poultry
Show.' Hrownwood. A. E Wilson, Sec y,
Brownwood, Texas. t. ,»
Jan. 7-10, 1925— West Texas Poultry
Breeders' Association. Abilene. R. L. Young,
Ass'n Sec'y, Abilene. Tex.
VIRGINIA
Oct. 611, 1924 — Virginia State Fair,
Richmond. C. T. Riddick. Director Poultry
Dept. P. O. Box 258, Richmond, Va. En-
tries cl<»se September 25. t^ ,♦. ,
Nov 15-17, 1924— Harrisonburg Poultry
Show, ' Harrisonburg. Charles W. Wampler.
Sec'y, Harrisonburg. Va. , ^ ,^ . „
Dec 1-5 1024 — Roanoke Poultry & Fan-
ciers Club, Roanoke. O. W. Knighton, Sec'y,
Roanoke, Va. t» ,x
Jan 12-17, 1925— Virginia State Poultry
Show, Richmond. J. A. Hallihan, Sec'y,
"914 E Broad St., Richmond, Va.
VERMONT
Dec 9-11, 1924 — Conne< ticut Valley Poul-
try Show, Bellows Falls. H. G. Foster.
Sec'y. Bellows Falls, Vt.
^ WISCONSIN
Nov. 26-30. 1924 — Milwaukee National
Poultry & Pigeon Show. Milwaukee. J. F.
Marvin, Sec'y, 2807 Wright St., Milwaukee,
Wis
Dec 2-6 1924 — Beloit Poultry Association,
Beloit.' F.' B. Wilkie. Se'j'y, B.eloit, \Vis.
Dec 3-7, 1924 — Wisconsin State Poultry
Show,'08hkosh. R. W. Lutz, Sec'y, Oshkosh.
Wis
Dec 27-30, 1924 — Eastern Wisconsin Poul-
try & Pet Stock Show, Plymouth. Mrs.
Witt Swart, Sec'y, Plymouth, Wis.
Jan 7-11, 1925 — Sheboygan Poultry & Pet
Stock Show, Sheboygan. Otto E. Zickhart.
Sec'y, Sheboygan, Wis.
THE UNITED LEGHORN CLUB
At a meeting of the United Leghorn Club
held in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday, Au-
gust 14, a temporary constitution was adopted
to enable this organization to carry out deci-
sions made after a thorough discussion.
The United Leghorn Club, as now consti-
tuted, provides the machinery necessary to
enable the now existing Leghorn specialty
clubs to combine into one organization to
further the interests of Leghorns in general.
The work of the loosely established tem-
porary combination of Leghorn specialty
clubs formed just prior to the revision of
the Standard of Perfection, presents one
strong example of what has been accom-
plished through the combined efforts of the
specialty clubs along one specilic line. If
the various Leghorn specialty clubs had acted
independently in this work it is easily con-
ceived that there would have been unneces-
sary duplication of effort and possibly a vari-
ation in the requests which they put before
the revision committee and assuredly thev
would have commanded less presti^^e or re-
spect as separate clubs than was the case
when their desires were presented through a
(ombined organization.
There are numerous other phases of work
which affect all varieties of Leghorns and
which need concerted action for solution.
The present unjust market discrimination
against Leghorns and the anti-Leghorn pro-
paganda which is appearing from certain
sources are two of the prominent examples of
such problems. .
The United Leghorn Club is not designed
to replace any of the now existing Leghorn
specialty clubs, it is simply offered to Leg-
horn breeders as a medium through which the
various now existing specialty clubs can com-
bine into one central organization to more
efficiently handle the strictly breed problems
which may arise. No definite method of
operation has been laid down since it was
believed that the present specialty clubs
should, themselves, not be restricted in any
way, but have full power to develop this
united organization of specialty clubs accord-
ing to such ideas as they might deem best.
It was suggested that a probably satisfac-
tory method woujd be to maintain the one
United Leghorn Club and have within this
one club various departments or bureaus as
for example, a Single Comb White depart-
ment, a Single Comb Brown department, a
Buff department, a Black department, and so
forth.
Under such a plan a breeder would,
through the payment of his annual dues, be-
come a member of the central organization
(the United Leghorn Club) and at the same
time be directly affiliated with that depart-
ment which represents his particular variety.
"This plan presupposes a proper division of
the dues paid between the United Leghorn
Club and the particular department with
which the member becomes affiliated. In case
a breeder is breeding more than one variety
the established annual dues would take care
of the United Leghorn Club costs and any
one of the departments, making it possible
for the breeder t<» affiliate with departments
representing other varieties simply by the
payment of the additional amount allotted
to such departments.
The department would look after all va-
riety interests, surh as offering special prizes
for 'their variety at poultry shows or egg lay-
ing contests and so forth.
A suggestion would provide in addition to
a president, vice president, secretary and
treasurer, a board of governors or executive
committee consisting of one member selected
by each of the departments, supplemented
by three members at large. , , ,
In case such a plan were adopted, each
member would vote for president, vice presi-
dent secretary and treasurer, three governors
at large and one governor to represent the
particular department with which such mem-
ber is affiliated. This would mean, for ex-
ample, that no one except Black Leghorn
breeders would vote for the governor repre-
senting that dei.arlment. the same would
be true with each of the other varieties.
Each department would also elect a de-
partment secretary to carry on their particu-
lar variety development work.
This plan would enable each of the depart-
ments to carry on any work which is now
Conducted by the individual specialty clubs
withcm restrictions of any kind and would
Tt he same time give them the force of the
Combined organization on any breed problem
"^i; ^l^ould' noTbe understood that this plan
has been adopted or will be adhered to but
that it simply represents a suggestion of one
Sfi aiion^'of fho^Vran 1^ wholly up to the
wi«hps of the now existing specialty ciuds.
;? they decide to combine into one orgauua-
''''vnothlV be^nefit which would result from a
Anotner Deue»t ^^^^
combination of th^s ^md inay ^^^^^^
we real/u nf a specialty club comes largely
?"'^'**^^l"'^^hrtfLeghorrbreeder (a member
pinb^ ever solicited a rjrown xjck"" „ t __
IjIUd; evci ow . Qincle Comb Brown Leg-
I" ^''?lub' or^^if any member''oT the American
horn CluD. or n a"/ " • ^.r, rinh ever so-
Single Comb Brown If ^^o'" jfhi^^ ^Leghorn
H.ited the ^embersh^p m a Black^^L «
fam'e ^LSuLn^hoMs^^ft': all of the organi-
"uXr^^the'uToV a United Leghorn Club
the breeder of any variety of Leghorns would
,e nterested in obtaining the membership
n the United Leghorn Club of all, breeders of
Leghorns regardfess of their variety and in
The final decision of the Toronto meetme
of the United Leghorn Club w«« »hat 't
^houM not attempt t.. a''^>'trarily ln"ld J d^J^
nite organizati'-n compose^d of «'! ^^v make
of Leghorns, but that it should simply make
Uself the machinery to properly PJf ««" . "
be prevent specialty clubs the benefits wlrh
would accrue to them through «"<1> a/;;j;
binaton- to provide the means ^J^^^'J
thev c^n effect such a combination, if they
lo desTe; and to leave to the Prny^j'yJ^
Jected representatives of such ^P'^^-'*'*.;/^";/
he determination, of all final Pl«n';^/°;X .
fertine the orcanization and for its miu
qtient functioning ab^ng the lines which will
best serve the various interests.
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TTPW JERSEY'S GREATEST SHOW
T??^oultry show of the U-Kno Us Trenton
Fair to"^ be held September 29 to Oc ober 4
promises to excel any preAious show ever hell
bv New Jersey's Great Fair . ^^„ ..
^Superintendent Harvey E,. Ro««"".'J /^l'^
ing everv effort to make this he,thirty-«xth
Lnnual sh^w the banner exhibition of Ne*
Tprsev Trenton is always a great ?eiii"n
show having record 1 reaking crowds and em^
X' only tSe best iudges. th-e engaged h«
vear to place the awards n^e Hu ks. i^ri
Wolsieffer and Chapman, ^hich mean« J
best bird wins irrespective of who may be
""TTp-to date management has always charjr
terized this show, a courteous and square a*-
to all. . , •__!«_ »rt
The regular prize monies for singles trj
$3.00 for first, $2.00 for second, »l/0 JJ
Third on a 50-cent entry fee Th« P^JJ
money and entry fee are double the sdo
amounts for pens. #„iinwin«
The Fair Association offers the 'ollowu<»
cash specials: For the best display and wc
A KP«t display in each and every variety of
«°*^,)lt ducks and bantams, as follows: Best
SSly one exhibitor. $2.50; best display.
?:i'^'fxhibitors, ,$5.U0; s^econd be,t d, 1
^*^*' f\nd imllet^ili' each variety of Rhode
^UnTLds $i 00 each for best bird in each
^'h .very variety of poultry, turkeys, ducks.
;le and bantams: .$2-00 for best bird n the
^rfptv having the largest entry ot poultry in
'■* ^lil^lasVes^ |2 00 for best bantam 111 the
'"Ifltv hating the largest entry of bantams
'■'"?i^lP cUsses- i2.uu for best du.k in the
;.arii?y having the largest entry of ducks in
''°&e*are'other valuable specials offered in
^Hitfon to the above, including American
Bantam Association Specials-tho be.t ever
"'^EntHe's 'cfose'Tatur.lay. September 13.
.ho.e bearing post marks <.f this date will be
those bean. BM ^^^ entries in early
accepted BeHerg I ^ limited and it may
f« **»\?Xf.. Reject late entries. Plan now
?: "how a^ Trent^Mi and if you have not re-
.Pivedl Jremium list, advise Supt. Harvey E.
Rogers IB 12 Nottingham Way. Trenton. N. J.
BALTIMORE SHOW
.•Me for Ma" may bo the slogan that upset
TPxas bu[ -Bantams at Baltimore'' will up-
t «ll nreviou. calculations in the poul ry
^* iithP first week of December, when tho
SiuonllMeefo; the American Bantam AS8<^
• ;«n i7 staged in connection with the
fflmore Sh'ow at the Fifth Regiment
^^A^P^ek at the list of judges is a guarantee
of the fanciers' feeling that runs throughout
Jvery detail of management of this m->del
eastern exhibition. By vote of the Bantam
Association, R. Penn Krum of Stafford Kan.,
will judge the Ornamental Bantams and D. tr.
Witmyer. of Lititz. Pa., the Game Bantams.
w!w. Lauder, of Hamilton. Md., will judge
^'chlT^Nixon will judge all Wyandottes ;
H M. Lamon. Leghorns; A. Mowll. Orping-
tons and Anconas ; "Uncle" Geo O.Brown,
Brahmas, Langshans. Javas and Cochins;
John Kriner, Waterfowl and Minorcas ; \\ m.
Hobbs. Reds and Cornish; Geo. Wilkinson,
all Plymouth Rocks, except Barred Iho
management is angling for a Barred Ro.k
headliner to sift these classes, as Barred
Rocks at Baltimore are always hot and heavy
The Fifth Regiment Armory with its hO.ouu
gouare feet of unobstructed floor space, will
again hold the show; all single tierecl, and
every specimen in a separate coop; all >n one
room and all on one floor. A banquet will be
Kiven for visiting fanciers at the Hotel Cas-
well. Thursday night. December 4 and the
annual meeting of the American Bantam Asso-
ciation wll also be held at the Caswell.
Prizes won at Baltimore are won outright,
and you get your silver trophies your casb
and your ribbons before the show closes.
There are never any strings tied to prizes
offered at Baltimore. , „ mi. ^^ qt
Drop a postal to Howard S. Thompson. 3.J
Franklin Building. Baltimore. Md., for a pre-
mium list.
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MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SHOW
The dates for the Madison Square Garden
Show are January 21-25. 1925. inclusive. As
u«ual the premium list will be ready shortly
after December 1. Advertisements, announce-
ments, club meets should be in my hands not
later than November 1, 1924. (Specialty
clubs should meet at Boston this Tear.) Tins
looks like the last show in the Old Garden.
Be sure and be represented with an entp' ;
do not let the curtain go down without being
able to say, "I showed birds at "Tlie Old
Garden." We want more new names than
ever before; last show broke all previous
records as regards showing by the small no<'k
fancier so come along and be in at the finish.
Bv the way. entries close New Year's Day.
1925. — D. Lincoln Orr.
* • •
CmCAOO COLISEUM POULTRY JUDGES
The following judges have been selected to
award prizes at the sixteenth annual exhibi
tion. The classes as assigned may have
"ome slight alterations but in the main they
will stand as here listed.
W. E. Cowan, Waterloo. la. — Dark and
Light Single Comb Barred Rocks.
D. T. Heimlich. Jacksonville, 111. — Rme
Comb Barred Rocks; National Club Meeting
Rhode Island Whites; Columbian Wyandottes.
Jersey Black Giants and Columbian Rocks.
A. H. Emch. Toledo, O. — White Plymo.iih
Rocks. Hamburgs, Polish, Cornish. Buckeyes
and Partridge Rocks.
Walter Young. Dayton, O. — White and
Partridge Wyandottes. Single Comb Rhode
Island Reds, Sussex and Silver Penciled Ply-
mouth Rorks. (National Club Meeting Part-
ridjije Wyandottes.)
C. P. Scott, Peoria, 111.— Rose Comb Rhode
Island Reds.
W. W. Zike, Morristown. Ind. — Buff Ply-
mouth Rocks, Light and Dark Brahmas, Lang-
siians, Silver and Golden Wyandottes and
Houdans.
O. L. McCord, Peoria. 111. — Minorcas. Co-
chins, and all non-standard breeds, except
Red Leghorns.
Herman Rikhoff. Indianapolis. Ind. —
Brown. Black and Red Leghorns. (National
Meeting Single Comb Red Leghorn Club.)
Dan Young, Eastwood, N. Y. — All White
Leghorns.
Floyd Purdy. Ttmiah. Wis. — Buff Leghorns.
F. D. Walker, Memphis. Mo. — Turkeys.
Oscar Grow, Cedar Falls, la. — All Water-
fowl.
Chas. McClave. New London. 0. — Anconas,
Campines, Andalusians and Buttercups.
(lOo. E. Greenwood, Lake Mills. Wis. — All
Orpingtons.
C. W. Carrick. Lafayette, Ind. — Produc-
tion class and boys' and girls' class.
In case any judge aliove listed, through
sickness or accident, is unable to attend, the
classes assigned to that judge will be distri-
buted among the judges here listed but no
additional judges will be added.
* « •
ROYAL WINTER PAIR
The Royal Winter Fair Poultry. Pigeon
and Pet Stock Show, scheduled for Novem-
ber 18 to 26. inclusive, in the Royal Coliseum.
Toronto. Canada, promises even greater
achievements than the 1923 show, which set
a world's record for entries. The 1923 show
strikingly demonstrated with emphasis that
poultry breeders and exhibitors appreciate
fully the importance and vastness of the
"Canadian Royal" as the outstanding show
window of poultry, pigeons and pet st >ck.
With this splendid record the approaching
"Canadian Royal" Show promises to excel
last year's efforts, and when exhibitors from
the United States return this year they will
find many new innovations which will ade-
quately meet their requirements and conveni-
ences.
A gratifying feature of this year's show
will be the large number of poultry, pigeon
and pet stock exhibit representative of the
best stock in Canada and the United States.
Last year's show won the admiration of a
great many American exhibitors, many of
whom will again be in evidence this year with
larger exhibits than ever before shown at a
Canadian Show. No less than ten States of
the .Southern Republic were repre'^ented at
the 1923 show, and according to -information
reaching General Manager A. P. Westervelt.
the number will be materially increased this
year.
All the lessons of poultry shows of recent
years in every part of Canada and the United
States have been given careful thcmght in
the prej)aration of the i^rize lists for every
section of the "1924 Royal." Prize lists
have been mailed, ami if you have been over-
looked, do not hesitate to get in touch with
ManagiT Westervelt, and same will be given
immediate attention. With the show less
than two months away, it is important that
exhibitors should make their entries as soon
as possible. Get a red seal for your 1923
Honor Certificate at the 1924 Royal. Entries
close November 1. but a few days grace will
be allowed for entries from a distance.
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• • *
DAYTON, O., SHOW
December 2. 3, 4, 5, and 6, 1024 are the
dates for the sixteenth annual show for fk
Dayton Fancy Feather Club. We make each
show lar;2;er and better and will not spare ef
fort or cost to better the show this year. \v
have secured the new exhibition hall at th*
Montgomery County Fair Ground, the finest
show hall in the state; the ventilating and
lighting are the l>est. you can see the birds
true to color in the daylight.
The club is fortunate in securing the ser-
vices of three of the first line judges to place
the awards. All birds will be judged the first
day, giving all exhibitors an equal show.
Our premiums will be the usual high ciagg
with five hundred dollars in cash and special
premiums to be awarded
* • •
WHITE PLYMOUTH RbCK MEET
The American White Plymouth Kock Club
under the direction of W. H. Martin. South-
ern Divisional Secretary, and in connection
with the Chatahootchie Valley Fair Associa-
tion, will stage the third annual all-southern
White Rock Meet at Columbus, Ga.. October
13 to 18, inclusive. The fair association
agrees to give $250.00 added money on thii
class.
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NEW ENGLAND JERSEY BLACK
GIANT BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION
Get your Boston entries in early or vou
will get left. The latest entries "will have
to be turned down for lack of si)ace. We
want a big Black (Jiant entry, so get busy.
Buchanan Burr. Sec'y.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Jersev)
Black Giant
Club
T*^f>- ^.x- "^ -^
C. M. Page, Sec'y-Treas.
Belmar, New Jersey
U. L. ^leloney. President
M. L. Chapman. Vice Pres-
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The ballot for the election of the regular
officers and state and district vice ])residents
will be mailed the early part of October.
As soon as received, make your selection and
mail to our election commissioner, Alexis L.
Clark. R. F. D.. Bordentown, N. J., before
lavin:: aside to be forgotten.
I know all the officers would like to have
every member vote, so do not leave it all to
the other fellow, but fill in the dotted lines
and return promptly, please.
A number of states wish to organize a state
bran(h, so now is the time to select your state
vice president.
The year book, recently mailed, gives a full
list of your state members in good standing;
also a list of states that have already selected
their state vice president.
If any members failed to receive the year
book, drop me a line and a copy will be for-
warded.—C. M. Page, Sec'y.
* • •
The New" England Branch is getting a nice
lot of sppiials together for the club meet at
Boston. It is time now to look over your
stock and get them ready for this greatest of
all Giant shows.
• • •
Poultry Judges and Jersey Black Giant
Breeders take notice: —
In making application for change in the
under-color for Jersey Black Giants, at the
recent American Poultry Association Conven-
tion, it was voted that no change be made in
the descriptive matter, but that the disquali-
fications be changed and the following changes
were unanimously passed on the floor of the
convention :
Disqualifications: Red, yellow or more than
one-half inch of positive white iji any part
of surface i)lumago. or two or more feathers
tii)ped or edged with white.
Bottom of feet other than yellow. (See
general disqualifications.)
Mr. Kii;g gave out the following informa-
ti n: That when the present supply of Stand-
ards on hand are exhausted (which will be
BUFT F»LY1VI OLJ X H ROCKS
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HABBY H. COLLIER Bout« No. 1. Box 267 SOUTH TAOOMA. WASH.
about three or four months) the new wordinif
would go into the new issue. ))Ut that the
legal statue of the change would take effect
immediately.
* • •
Get your Boston entries in early or you
will get left. The latest entries will bare
to be turned down for lack of si)ace. We
want a big Black Giant entry, so get busy. —
Buchanan Burr, Sec'y New England Jersey
Black Giant Breeders' Association.
* • «
Attention Members
Our president, U. L. Meloney, wishes to
thank the members for their kind suj)i)ort in
the past, and after hohling the office of presi-
dent for more than two years, or since the
club was organized, now thinks with the
number of good men we have in the club that
the office should be passed along and will be
glad to sui)port our vice president, M. L.
Chapman for the office of president for the
coming term.
* • •
JERSEY BUiCK GIANTS IN THE SOUTH
There can no longer exist any doubt but
what Giants are destined to become one of
the most popular breeds in the South. Last
fall and winter shows determined this to the
satisfaction of observing breeders.
Their great size, beautiful plumage and fine
healthy looking combs easily made them the
center of attraction at all the Southern shows
last winter.
One breeder in Birmingham alone shipped
and sold locally in small lots over 30.000
baby chicks. This would indicate in itself
an immense demand this winter for coflt
birds from the North and East. Giants can
easily be grown 12 months in the year here.
Facts are, they grow to much larger averaije
size when hatched in December and January
than any other months. It has been demon-
strated by any number of people that they are
equal if not superior to our Barred Rocks and
Rhode Island Reds when it comes to layiM-
Their table qualities are considered supermj
to all other breeds and it is only a matter oi
a short time until they take their P'*/^* J'
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YJ^jCUmJEALDEPARTMENT
HARVESTING THE APPLE CROP
Fruit Tkat Is Properlij Picked Will Keep Longer and
Taste Better
October is the month during which
most of the winter varieties of apples
are harvested and marketed, or put
into storage for use later in the sea-
son. It is impossible to secure the
maximum amount of satisfaction and
enjoyment from a crop of apples un-
less careful attention is given to the
fharvesting, grading, packing and stor-
•age of the fruit. Apples that appear
^almost perfect, as they hang on the
tree, may become practically worth-
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to the details of harvesting and stor-
ing. Fruit from the home orchard
is more palatable if properly handled,
while it is an accepted fact that the
methods used in harvesting, storing
and preparing fruit for market affect
the profits fully as much if not more
than the methods of growing the
crop. The consumer wants fruit that
is attractive and in good condition,
but does not care for fruit that is
bruised, decayed and otherwise in
poor condition. Furthermore,
bruised, unattractive apples of poor
quality not only sell for low prices,
and become a drug on the market,
but also make the disposal of good
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Picking
The first important thing for the
fruit grower to determine is the
proper time at which his fruit should
be harvested. It is very essential
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ALLENTOWN, PA.
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that apples be picked at just the right
time if they are to keep well in stor-
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ready to pick just by its general ap-
pearance. The inexperienced grower
must be guided by such factors as the
amount and character of the color,
the ease with which the fruit may be
removed from the spur, and to some
extent by the color of the seeds. The
proper amount of color varies with
the variety, and also with the par-
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as soon as they are picked may be
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than apples to be put into storage or
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color as much as possible before it is
picked, it should never hang on the
tree until it is dead ripe. In other
words the apple should be fully ma-
tured, but not fully ripe or even ripe
enough to eat. On the other hand,
fall and winter varieties of apples
should not be picked when they are
green or immature. An exception to
this general rule is often made with
summer varieties, many of which are
picked when they reach a marketable
size without any special attention to
maturity. Green, immature apples
will not keep in storage any longer
than those that are dead ripe, while
they are even more susceptible to
scald in storage. Unfortunately, all
of the apples on a tree do not mature
at the same time, therefore, it is usu-
ally necessary to make at least two
pickings in order that all of the fruit
may be picked in the proper condi-
tion. Such a practice will be too ex-
pensive with poor fruit, but is entirely
practical for summer and early fall
varieties as well as for the better
grades of late fall and winter varie-
ties.
Apples should always be carefully
handled from the time they are
p'cked until they reach the consumer.
This means care at the time of pick-
ing as well as in grading and packing.
A very small bruise at picking time
may develop into a serious blemish
by the time the apple reaches the con-
sumer, thereby detracting from its
appearance as well as injuring its
keeping qualities. Apples should al-
ways be picked with the stems intact,
owing to the fact that the removal or
breaking out of the stem also breaks
the skin, thus providing an entrance
for fungi causing decay.
WINTER SUCCESS
WITH CHICKENS
The average breeder's greatest
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and naturally success during the
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prizes wanted, and they, as is well
known, are the result of housing,
feeding and care.
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The house should be roomy, light,
clean, dry and comfortable and never
over-crowded. The interior arrange-
ments are of secondary considera-
tion, place them to please and for
convenience, but see to the firist I
qualities that are so important and |
keep the floors deep with dry litter j
to afford plenty of exercise for the
fowls.
We seldom find two poultry houses
just alike in size or shape and we are
thoroughly convinced that there is no
one standard or *'best" poultry house.
In building there are several practi-
cal ideas to follow, such as having
the building face the south with its
highest part and the roof slanting
downward to the rear. A house of
good depth is always advisable and
one ten, twelve or sixteen feet front
by sixteen to twenty feet deep is
preferable to one sixteen to twenty
feet front and only ten feet deep. A
leading feature of the practical
house is to have the floor from eight
inches to a foot higher than the sur-
rounding ground and to keep it
deeply covered with dry, fine litter.
Avoid crowding by allowing plenty
of floor space for each bird. You
will have much better succers and
greater returns by keeping twenty-
five birds right than fifty only half
right. It is generally stated that
from four to six square feet of floor
space should be allowed for each
bird, but you try six, eight or ten
square feet and note the results — re-
member we are writing for your
"Winter success".
Feeding is the- second important
factor and this — like the house — de-
pends upon your wants and desires.
In feeding also there is no one best
plan or formula that is best for all
alike. You all know that a variety
of wholesome foods are required,
are in fact essential and we now as
before recommend the prepared com-
mercial dry mash and grain foods as
best suited to give results. In the
commercial foods we find the bal-
anced rations and these with added
green foods such as sprouted oats,
cut clover and alfalfa, cabbage,
roots, etc., along with the occasional
feeding of green cut bone (three to
five times weekly) will keep the egg
factory going.
One of the principal features in
the care of poultry is found in regu-
larity. Be regular in the attention
given your birds for they, like you,
form habits and want their meals at
given times daily. The time between
meals should be the same every day
and if you are late the hens will
surely spend that time in looking for
you to come instead of thinking
about laying the eggs that you ex-
pect. If you will ever remember
that it is the so-called "little things"
that count big in poultry keeping
you will then realize poultry suc-
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LAYING
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with our Reds.
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"Do your Reds lay wolir' and we have a
whole lot of Inquiries from folkr, who liavo
read our mating list hut who havMi't »<'en
the stock, asking wheilier our birds are
good color and t^pe.
If there is any place In the world where
the combination of good color ami typo,
with heavy production, can be found. It s
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Daniels' Reds.
Inquiries coming In strong for stock now.
A Great Banch of
YOUNG COCKERELS
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"ARISTOCRAT"
Barred Plymouth Rocks
GREAT SHOW BIRDS-GREAT LAYERS-GREAT MARKET FOWL!
LAYINfa ^ciie is not pnouph. Many breeders of small, liu'ht-
**'** iv.'i-l.t c'lickons dtMU'iulinc only v>n Miir!.i'i Errs
niadf no j.rofit at all durinjj the ])ast year. Others, despite
o!^ii ienl salesinanhhin. showed an averace profit of only "JiJo per
lien for tho year. \Vhy ? lUu-ause layinjj aloue is not enough.
MEAT *^°^® >^ ""' enough. Larjre. heavy meal breeds
\^hiih furnish few ejjgs seldom, if ever, piv sub-
stantial profit.
PR17F WINNING ^°^® i"" "'*< enoui^h. A sensational
1 WKkUU TTllllllllU ^.rixe hen who is a poor ork iToducer
IS surely not a maximum profit-producer.
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ners, and you combine the best qualities of all chickens, and get the greatest profits In
one single breed. And, remember, it costs no more to feed such three fold profit fowls
than to feed mongrels or single profit chickens.
SUPREME AS SHOWBIRDS
"ARISTOCRAT" Barred Rocks are famou.s the world over as Prize Winning Show
Birds. They have, in fact, created a new WORLD'S RKCOKI) by their sensational
sweep of victories in tho largest National and International shows' of tho universe —
The National Barred Rock Club Show (the greatest of the great), Chicago. New York
State, Boston, Dallas, Brooklyn, San Francisco. Los Angeles, "Heart of America."
Brussels International. Winnipeg, Toronto. Canadian National. St. Louis. Indianapolis,
Minneapolis — yes. all States of the Union, all Countries of North America, all Conti-
nents in the World, haU the "ABISTOCBATS" as winners!
SUPREME AS LAYERS
"ARISTOCRAT" Barred Rocks are making absolutely sensational records as layers.
One customer reports three 300-egg layers for 1923; another 300 eggs in .143 days;
another 361 eggs from one "ARISTOCRAT" hen between molts: another 1.408 eggs
from one "ARISTOCRAT" hen during her lifetime; another :n4 eggs a year from a
two-year-old "ARISTOCRAT" hen, etc., etc. These and many similar ones are recent
records made by these beautiful, Standard show birds I
SUPREME AS MEAT FOWL!
Nice, full grown "ARISTt^CRAT" Barred Rork chickens will bring at least fl.OO
per head more on market than any Legliorn. Ancona, or Hamburg. A test will soon
convince you. The Barred Rock is the highest priced and most popular meat chicken in
All America. Then, too. "ARISTOCRAT" cockerels are in great demand as breeders,
and as such bring readily three times as much as market price. As Capons also they
bring home worth-while profits.
NOVEMBER SPECIALS!
Tho most iK-autiful "ARISTOCR.XT" Barred
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rigiit now into maciiilirent show birds! They
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VOLUME 29
NOVEMBER, 1924
NUMBER 11
EVERYBODYS
Americas JVlost Popular Poultry J^agazine
Contents For This JylontJi
Cover
L. A. Stahmer
Mating Up
Charles D. Cleveland
Our Modern Feeding Practice
Prof. Harry R. Lewis
Experiment Stations
Prof. Harry R. Lewis
Head Formation
T. F. McGrew
The Housewife and a Few Hens
Harry H. Collier
THE ABOVE IS BUT A PART OF THE
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Beginners' Department 5
Prof. Harry R. Lewis
The Poultry Business is on the Up Grade 1
D. E. Hale
The Casserole !
Harold F. Barber
Poultry Cycles 1
E. Van Orsdale
Culling for Increased Egg Production 1
Nellie CopenKaver
Editorials <
Something Alxut f^KK Records; Not all Eggs
Should (Jo Into One Basket; What Does the
Standard Describe; The Right Road; Feed Fresh
Sjirouts; Yeast Valuable to Poultry.
MANY GOOD THINGS IN THIS ISSUE
It Is But Human J^ature To Look Ahead
In service to Everybodys' great family of readers we are compelled to always be looking ahead,
planning material for future issues that will be of greatest value to you all, so looking ahead in our case
is a necessity.
"The two-in-one Bird" is the
subject of a series of articles, be-
ginning with December by Helen
Dow Whitaker and we predict, in
advance of the initial installment,
that this series will be the most
widely discussed articles as yet
having appeared in print. Helen
Dow Whitaker is an unusual
woman, writer and educator on
poultry culture, founding her
knowledge on years of practical
experience and she knows how to
write. In a letter, from Mrs.
Whitaker, of recent date she says in part:
•'Since I think surprise is a large element in
interest, it seems to me a mistake to outline too
definately this series I am now preparing, I would
rather these articles be given Everybodys' great
family of readers beginning with December as a
subject close to my heart. Facts and theory
based absolutely in trapnest evidence and show-
room records."
Helen Dow
Whitaker
C. N. MYERS, President
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PHRISTMAS will produce a feast of
HVHiKl dULIIO should not miss — articles
covering all phases of poultry keeping. Here are
a few:
PREPARING FOR THE BREEDING SEASON
Harry R. Lewis
CULLING THE BREEDERS
H. H. Collier
PREPARING FOR THE JUDGE'S LICEN.SE
EXAMINATION
D. E. Hale
FRENCH BREEDS
Thos, F. McGrew
THE TWO-IN-ONE BIRD
Helen Dow Whitaker
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM THE USE OF LIGHTS!
Harry R. Lewis
THE CASSEROLE
Harold P. Barber
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
Arthur F. Farley
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Akron Lamp Co
Arnold, Auk. D
Anderson Box Co
Adams, H. C . . • • • • V ' ' '
American Scientific. Labora-
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American Poultry School
Arey, M. S. • • • • • /
American Poultry Journal
804
863
834
Des Moines Incubat<»r
Co 824. 828
Dick Mfsr. Co.. Jos. .
Drew Line Co
Dickinson Co., Albert
Davey, F. H
Daniels, H. A
Dorchester Pottery Works
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BurrellDugger Co 850
Beauchamp, W. M ^^*
Barnes Sales Corp »^o
Boettfjer. Paul B «*"
Baringer. M. F 865
Burr. Dr. Buchanan jo»
Barber. Harold F •••• ^^^
Barr's Knobby Stone Poul-
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Beuoy. Geo. ^ ^gs
Bailey, L. W „ '
Bird Bros ""^
Battles. C. O / ■,• ' ,,
Bloomer Bros. Co.. ..back cover
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Bradley Bros
Blamberg Brothers. Inc ..
Brown Fence and Wire Oo. .
Baltimore Poultry Show . . .
Boston Poultry Show
860
877
878
830
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Beebe Laboratories
830. 835
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Cedarhurst Poultry Farm
Collins. W. H
Camden Poultry Show .
Chicago Coliseum Show .
Cook. A. W. and P. P. .
Close-To-Nature Co 836
Collis Products Co 835
Crosby. A. S 822
Curtiss Co.. W. R 856
Cosh. Newton 832
Cleveland. Charles D. back cover
Call of the Hen 846
Collier. H. H 829
Cook. Jr.. C. Sydney 832
Conkey Co.. G. E 824
Ceramic Poultry Supply
House 836
Commercial Poultry Raising P65
Chicago National Show .... 873
Darling & Co 862
East Coast Trading Co 853
Eureka Supply House &55
Fatrview Farm f*26
Fahrner, J. W ^-63
Ferris. Geo. B *~^^
Fleischmann Cn "^21
Fishing Creek Poultry Farm 832
Forge Works. C. A. S 859
Gastonia Poultry Farm . . . 799
Grangers Mfg. Co M9
Grow, Oscar 857
Gies. A. J 871
Gehring. Geo. W 875
Halbach & Sons. H. W. ... 825
Hart. A 846
Hillcrest Farm 809
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Happy Hen Remedy Co. . . 852
Hankins, W. H 863
Holterman, W. D 799
Homestead Campine Farm . 842
Hawkins. A. C 822
Hammer, H. B 846
Iowa Sales Co 834
Illinois Band & Supply Co. . 834
Independent Mfg. Co.. .... 857
Inland Poultry Journal
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Illinois State Show 873
Jacobus. M. R 850
James Mfg. Co 837
Kerlin's Grand View Poul-
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Keipper Cooping Co.. Inc. . 858
Kulp. W. W 826
Kitselman Bros 860
Leghorn World 852
Lewis. Lyle K 832
Lord Farms 820
Laywell Farm 846
Lewis, Harry R 832
Lesher. J. Guy 877
Lancaster Mfg. Co. ... 801. 855
Lewis. O. G. L 822
Metal Egg Crate Co 834
Milwaukee National Poultry
& Pigeon Show 875
Myers. C N 875
Monmouth Poultry Farm . . . 863
Marcy Farms 869
Martin, John S 819
Moeller Co.. A. E 869
Mann Co., F. W 841
Moisture Guide Co 646
Mile High Poultry Farms,
Inc 801
Making Money from Hens . 871
Madison Square Garden
Poultry Show 872
National Poultry Institute . 829
Northland Farms 799
Newtown Giant Incubator
C()ri)oration 831
National Poultry Band Co. . 858
O. K. Company 835
Owen Farms 825
"Oculum" Co 849
Outdoor Enterprise Co 836
Ohio Marble Co 855
Production of 300-Eggers &
Better by Line Breeding
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Poultry Tribune 838
Productive Poultry Hus-
bandry p'69
Pittsburgh Show 873
Purina Mills 838
Poltl, A. F 842
Putnam, 1 851
Parks. J. W 829
Potter & Co 847
Pennsylvania Poultry Farm. ?26
Payne Bros 842
Pratt Food Co 849
Plymouth Rock Monthly . . . 833
Poultry Diseases ....back cover
Portable H«mse Mfg. Co. . . 824
PouHr.v Item . . '^45
Producers & Consumers Co.. 8'.:4
Peerless Wire & Fence Co. . 860
Popular Poultry Pointers . . 861
Parks Floral Magazine .... 801
Piepgras Light Co . ••'35
Quaker Oats Co f,^^
Queen Incubator Co ^57
Royal Mfg. Co 853
Revonah Poultry Products
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Rabbitcraft
Rentzel, P. E
Rideau Specialty Co. . . . ,
Rhode Island Red Journal
Scott Co., I. W 841
Smith Co.. Wellington J. . . 862
Standard of Perfection ... 844
Smith. B. Hazelton 871
Sunnyside Poultry Farm ... 841
Spratts Patent Ltd 858
Sheer Co., H. M front cover
Spahr Breeding Estate, 11.
M 859
Sheffield Farm 803
Sunnyside Poultry Farm.
R. C. Blodgett 822
Stauflfer & Son, H. M 857
Spiralet Co 954
Smith Incubator Co 845
S]>earman. N. B 841
Silberman. Joseph 834
Specialty Mfg. Co 862
Southgate, Hiram 842
Spiller, Arthur P 877
Turner Bros 830
Tompkins, Harold 825
Thompson. E. B back cover
Thomas. B. H 865
Trapnest Designs 875
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United Brooder Co
United Steel & Wire Co.
Underwood Poultry Farm
877
859
849
803
799
873
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Windswept Farms 867
White Feather Hatchery
Wilkinson & Wilkinson .
White Mfg. Co
Vreeland Farm
Vineland Poultry Show
Wisconsin Incubator Co
Young Co.. EC. . .
York Poultry Farm
842
841
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862
856
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HANOVER, PA., NOVEMBER, 1924
No. 11
Mating Up
The Most Important Work in the Breeder's Year
By CHARLES D. CLEVELAND, Associate Editor
lUST about the time that this article will be read
the thoughts of all breeders will be gently turn-
ing to thoughts of chicks.
What we mean is that he is at this time be-
ginning to think about what sort of chicks he will
be able to produce the fol-
lowing spring from the
breeding birds that he has
on hand. In looking over
the season just past he will
have observed that some of
his pens produced chicks that
were entirely satisfactory,
while others gave absolutely
negative results. He be-
lieved that he had given as
much attention to the mat-
ing up of one pen as to an-
other; the birds in each pen
looked about equally good,
and yet the results were not
uniform. What was the rea-
son why one pen produced
extraordinarily good off-
spring while the youngsters
from the other pen were de-
cidedly inferior? Was it be-
cause one lot of chicks was
better raised than the other?
Could the difference be ac-
counted for from the fact
that some of the youngsters
were pretty late hatched? In
other words was anything
wrong with the bringing up
of the chicks, or was it the
fault of the breeding birds, or his own fault? What was
the reason for his failure to turn out an entire crop of
good ones? These are the kind of thoughts that run
through the breeder's mind in the late fall and early win-
ter when he has had an opportunity to carefully examine
Thoughts of Chicks
IT may seem rather early to, in Novem-
bar, be "thinking of chicks" but that is
just what the wise breeders are doing.
What matings produced satisfactory
chicks? What matings not so good last
feason? These are the paramount
thoughts just now with the "get there"
poultrymen.
Was anything wrong with the bringing
up of the chicks? Anything wrong with
the breeding birds? If there were any
failures, what were the causes?
Mr. Cleveland, in the accompanying
article, speaks of the art of mating as well
explains some of the fundamental laws of
breeding. We would say that of all the
good things that have appeared in these
pages by Mr. Cleveland none will be ap-
preciated more than this timely instructive
article.
and compare the entire run of chicks from the season's
matings.
If the breeder is a good breeder and a careful raiser
he knows perfectly well that he has given his best atten-
tion to every lot of chicks. He feels certain that no one
bunch has been neglected or
discriminated against. In-
deed, he is confident that he
has spent more time and en-
ergy on his late chicks than
he did on his early ones, and
he is therefore compelled to
dismiss from his mind the
thought that lack of care
could account for the results.
In thinking over, also, the in-
dividuality of the birds which
composed each mating he
feels justified in saying that
there was not much differ-
ence in quality between the
birds in his best mating and
the individuals composing
what he thought was his
poorest pen. What, really,
then could have been the
reason for the good results
in the one case and the in-
ferior results in the other?
The art of mating up
breeding birds requires not
only an observant eye; and
an impartial mind and a
natural skill for the work,
but it also involves the pos-
session of some knowledge
as to the fundamental laws of breeding. In nine cases
out of ten the breeder who finds himself in the dilemna
pictured above, owes his lack of success to one of these
fundamental laws of breeding— and this law is the effect
that the best results arc to be obtained only by the mating
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
together of specimens that are related in blood. This is
called line-breeding and does not mean the pairing of
father to daughter, or mother to son, which in turn is
known as in-breeding. Repeated experiments by the
world's best breeders have shown without any doubt that
the best results are obtained by the mating together of
cousins and aunts; half brother and sister; father and
granddaughter; distantly connected cousins or any of the
relationships that cannot be classed as in-bred-matings.
Experience has shown that in mating unrelated speci-
mens together the breeder is taking a long chance— he
may get something or nothing, depending entirely upon
luck or chance. The offspring from such matings when
bred together do not do any better, and are in almost
every case apt to produce chicks, which do not resemble
each other and do not look like either the parents or the
grandparents.
It is not our purpose to go into a discussion of line-
breeding in this article, but simply to say that if a
breeder wishes to secure uniformity; trueness to type and
a gradual betterment of his flock, he must resort to a
system of line-breeding; and no doubt the first and main
reason why the breeder referred to in the first para-
graphs of this article, did not have better success was the
fact that he neglected to mate up his birds more with
relationship to their blood lines than to their individu-
ality. This is one of the cardinal points that must be
borne in mind by every one when he starts to mate up
his breeders. Do not use unrelated specimens and expect
good results. Mediocre birds that are well-bred and re-
lated to each other will produce good offspring, and much
better offspring than birds which bear no relationship
to each other.
Thus when we start to mate up we must consult our leg
bands, or toe punches and see what birds are at our dis-
posal for each pen. After we have separated off the birds
according to breeding, we can then begin to make our
selections for individuality — and here is where keenness
of observation and a cold or unbiased eye comes in. We
must look at our birds as if they were pawns in a game;
we must not be carried away by the good points of the
individual to such an extent as not to see the bad points,
and if the bad points predominate the bird should be dis-
carded. It does not matter how many times a bird has
been shown and won ; if it is not suitable for that particu-
lar breeding pen, it should not be used. One must steel
the heart to sacrifices in order to be a good man at mat-
ing. We should begin where many people leave off; that
is we should look for the poor points first. It goes with-
out saying that a bird of low vitality; a bird for any rea-
son disqualified under the Standard, or a bird not possess-
ing breed character or type should never be used, no mat-
ter how well-bred. Vitality is of course the first consid-
eration. A bird of poor constitution will never produce
robust chicks; a bird of low vitality is not fit and ready
to be used in a breeding pen. Birds with breeding dis-
qualifications are almost sure to reproduce those breeding
disqualifications, and our object is to produce strong,
healthy stock free from as many defects as possible, and
certainly free from disqualifications.
Extremes, either in type or color, should not be mated
together. A very high standing bird mated to a very low
bird does not produce a medium bird. A very light bird
in color when mated to a very dark bird does not produce
a medium tone. Uniformity of type and color in the
breeding pen is desirable, and should be the object in
selection, if possible.
We must always realize that there are no perfect birds
and that we must use at times individuals that are very
weak in one section and strong in another, and this state-
ment involves the conception of perhaps the second rule,
or law, governing the mating of poultry; namely, we
must mate with a bird that is strong in one section, an-
other bird that is strong where the other individual is
weak. This is popularly known as the law of compensa-
tion in mating — the weaknesses of one bird must be com-
pensated for by the strong points in the other, and the
chances are that we will get some of the offspring of
such birds strong in all sections.
Another consideration to be borne in mind is that type
makes the breed, color the variety. We must have typical
shape first, and once having obtained it, we can then pro-
ceed to clothe it in that particular color which the Stand-
ard calls for. There are breeders who are known as
"color mad". These men devote practically all their
attention to the production of the necessary color, and
ignore type. Their birds may be either too small, or too
large, or too long-backed, or too short-backed to conform
to the specifications of the Standard, but these men do
not seem to care as long as the birds have the color de-
sired. This is wrong, and in many cases has been carried
to such an extreme as to confuse the casual observer and
to make him wonder, or guess what breed they really
represented. It is essential (Continued on page 855)
They have cold winters In Can&da and especially around Port Dover, Ontario, the home of John S. Martin. Yet Mr. Martin has wen
to it that hiB Regal and Dorcas White Wyandottes profit by the weather conditions rather than in any way being handicapped. The abott
Illustration shows one of the scores of buildings on the 200-acre farm at Port Dover. This building is 200 feet long, 24 feet wide and con-
tains 24 pens. It is of the double pitch roof type with an alleyway at the rear, lighted by windows in north wall and separated from toe
gens by a solid partition. In each pen are two windows with a cloth-covered frame between them, set between two studs and arranged ^J^
iward at top to allow more air to enter without causing a draft on floor. Every second partitition between the pens is solid to the top,
while the alternate ones are boarded two feet high, then made of wire. The solid partitions are to cut off drafts. The buildings on John »•
Martin's farm are of common sense construction, as all who know the owner would expect, yet this building to us seems to be a ^^^ ^
tT«ry particular — we are glad of the opportunity to reproduce It here. In all there are over 100 poultry buUdings on the 200 acres osed D7
Mr. Martin In the production of his famous Unei of Regal and Dorcas White wyandottes.
Our Modern Feeding Practice
By Prof. HARRY R. LEWIS, Associate Editor
m^'
, ^^]X^ you answer these questions? What is the com-
\t[\ position of the mash and grain ration you are
IVAI feeding? What is the nutritive analysis of the
rations you are feeding expressed in protein, car-
bohydrate and fat? What is the proportion of
mash and scratch feed which your birds are consuming?
Do they have shell before them all of the time? Are you'
feeding them liberally of clean feed and water? Are you
feeding legitimate, condimental feeds in a way to materi-
ally improve your birds? Are you really interested in
applying a definite, systematic feeding schedule in a way
which is sure to bring results? Every successful feeder
should be able to answer these questions intelligently.
If you are feeding manufactured feeds, you should know
the guarantee and the ingredients which go into the mak-
ing of your mash and scratch feed, in order to determine
intelligently the efficiency between the various commer-
cial brands. If you are feeding home mixed rations, you
obviously know what quality and quantity of ingredients
goes in each mixture. Knowledge is the first essential to
success. You will find these
questions answered in detail
in the following discussion
which we trust will prove of
interest and value to you.
The Modern Feeding Plan
The modern feeding plan
which is giving the best suc-
cess and is receiving more
popular favor than any other,
involves a combination feed-
ing of scratch feed and mash
feed. Many years ago scratch
feed was fed almost exclu-
sively. Then wet mashes
had a period of popular feed-
ing, supplemental to scratch
rations, and it has only been
in the memory of some of
the youngest of us that wet
mashes have been largely
superceded by dry mash, and
today the pendulum seems to
be swinging backward gn^adu-
ally to a combination of dry
and wet mash feeding; the ' '
idea being that where birds
are allowed dry mash before them all of the time, that
the feeding of a little moist mash once a day stimulates
them to a greater mash consumption, and enables one to
feed conditioning and condimental feeds easily and profit-
ably. The standard method then which we shall recom-
mend includes a scratch feed, a mash feed fed both dry
and moist, in the procedure as follows:
A Simple Feeding Plan
The dry mash is the most important part of the egg
laying ration because in it are the concentrated protein
carriers which provide the essential factor in the diet of
the layers; that is the nitrogen or protein nutrient. The
dry mash which you feed should be kept before the birds
continually in large hoppers. The deep, non-wasting
trough hopper is probably superior to the short, deep,
small capacity hopper, in that it provides much larger
feeding space for the birds. In purchasing a commercial
laying mash, be sure to get one which has at least 20% of
protein guaranteed and one which is made up in so far as
possible of standard by-products and ground grains, to-
gether with sufficient protein from an animal source, such
Are You Feeding Blindly?
I AM wondering if you, my good friend,
are like so many poultry raisers, feed-
ing their birds of unknown composition
and unknown analysis, feeding them vary-
ing unknown amounts in any haphazard
manner? You may think that this ques-
tion is not appropriate, but you will be in-
terested to know that there is probably no
way in which a greater number of poultry
keepers can improve their condition than
by more system suid greater thought and
attention to their feeding practice. Of all
of the inquiries that come in regarding the
care and handling of the birds, there is no
more insistent demand than that for defi-
nite suggestions regarding just how to
feed a bunch of layers.
as meat ?crap or fish scrap to make it efficient. For those
who desire to home mix, there is probably nothing better
than a ration composed of 100 pounds of wheat bran, 100
pounds of wheat middlings (flour or red dog), 100 pounds
of corn meal, 100 pounds of gluten meal, 50 pounds meat
scrap (50% protein). If 75% scrap is used, 25 pounds is
sufficient; and 50 pounds high grade fish scrap or fish
meal. A careful check kept over a long period of years
has proven this mixture to be the most economic and the
most efficient considering price, availability and results.
Remember to keep this mash before the birds continually
in trough hoppers, so that they can have free access to
it. In addition to this, once a day, preferably about 11
o'clock in the morning, feed this same mixture, fed moist.
In moistening this mash, it is a most excellent plan to use
as the moistening medium, skim milk, buttermilk or
diluted semi-solid buttermilk. When the latter is used,
dilute same with one part of milk to five parts of water,
and moisten the mash until it is reduced to a crumbly con-
sistency, not soggy.
Condimental Feeds
In addition to this stand-
ard mash mixture, one will
find it highly desirable to
feed in this moist mash at
least every two weeks a good
dose of Epson salts, using
one pound of salts to each
one hundred birds, dissolving
the salts in some water and
mixing them with the moist
mash. The feeding of salts
has come to be a very defi-
nite part of the diet of heavy
laying hens. The large
amount of protein which they
consume has a tendency to
make them constipated,
which results in auto-intoxi-
cation; that is, they have a
tendency to keep in their
bodies any poison protein,
which are the results of pro-
tein digestion, which should
be voided frequently. Keep-
ing the birds in a laxative
condition by the regular
feeding of Epsom salts is highly desirable. Another prac-
tice which is just coming into use and which bids fair to
have far reaching results is the fermentation of this moist
mash by the use of yeast. Such fermented mashes have
been shown to possess many desirable factors. In the
first place, they are highly palatable and are relished by
the birds. Again the fermentation through the action of
the yeast cells and the emzymes which result, have a
wonderful affect upon increasing the nutritive value of
the ration by increasing and hastening digestion. In
other words, a yeast fermented mash is partially pre-
digested and is in a condition where the birds can get
more out of it and get it out more easily. In fermenting
one's mash, be sure to use a live, active yeast and not a
dead yeast. Pure dry feed yeast as offered to the poultry
public is a product of this kind, which upon the applica-
tion of moisture assumes its full activity quickly, and
when properly used brings about desirable fermenUtion.
In fermenting a mash with this product it is desirable to
use about one-half of one per cent, mixing this dry yeast
with the mash, moistening it (Continued on page 856)
907
I,
urn
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EXPERIMENT
i;f
OiNLY one month more to go and the
egg laying contest birds will have
' completed their race for the year
1923-1924. During the month of
September many excel-
lent records were made. A few
of the leading pens changed
places and some very close
finishes are in sight for October.
Extreme interest is centered
around the results of the Con-
necticut Egg Laying Contest at
Storrs.
The Storrs Egg Laying Contest
In the thirty days of Septem-
ber the 100 hens in the thir-
teenth contest laid 13,248 eggs.
This is a yield of 44.1 per cent
which is a 4 per cent or 1,778
eggs less than were laid in
August. This slight drop in
production is probably less
than would have occurred if the
houses had not been lighted for
an hour each evening beginning
September 2. The September
yield was 410 eggs less than
the yield for the corresponding
month last year, but is 516 more than the September
average for the eight years when lights were not used.
The accompanying table shows the total number of
birds in each breed, the average amount of grain and
mash consumed by each breed, the average number of
eggs laid by each breed and the average for all breeds.
260 Plymouth Rooks
100 Wyandottes
240 Rhode Island Reds
400 White Leghorns
STATIONS
1638
Only One Month More
THIS month and December ends the
contests for 1923-1924 and most
interesting race it has been from the
start. Harry R. Lewis, in the accom-
paning article, covers all phases of
several leading contests — a most in-
structive review.
Egg Laying Contests, when conducted
as are our leading contests today, are
a source of inspiration to poultry keep-
ers. Why not enter a pen for the next
year in your favorite contest? Win
or lose, it will be of satisfaction and
education.
Mash
Grain
Eggs
45.7
33.7
114
38.5
33.6
120
41.8
35.7
132
30.0
38.5
145
36.1
132
Average All Breeds 37.8
The competition between the pens for the greatest
number of eggs laid in September resulted in a tie for
first place between Hilltop Farm's pen of Leghorns from
Suffield, Conn., and a pen of Leghorns owned by George
B. Ferris from Grand Rapids, Mich., each with a score
of 210 eggs. This tie was settled by calculating the
average weight of eggs laid by each of these pens. This
resulted in the award of first prize to Hilltop Farm, the
eggs of whose birds averaged 25 ounces per dozen. The
eggs from Ferris' pen averaged 24.4 per dozen and he
was awarded second prize. Third place was a tie between
St. John's Poultry Farm's Leghorns from Oronogo, Me.,
and C. T. Darby's Leghorns from North Branch, N. J.,
each with 195 eggs. This tie was also settled by com-
puting the average weight of eggs laid and St. John's
Poultry Farm declared the winner of third place. The
eggs from this pen averaged 26 ounces per dozen.
The ten leading individual hens and their totals to date
are as follows:
November:
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
Average
Frank P. Matteson, Davisville, R. I
Rhode Island Beds
Fernside Farm, Attloboro, Mass 2407
Red Mount Farm. Franklin, Mass 2048
Pineirest Orchards, Groton, Mass jgQ^
Sunset Poultry Farm, Amherst, Mass 1950
White Leghorns
C. T. Darby, North Branch,
N. J 2371
Hilltop Farm, Suflielu. Conn. . . 232(5
F. M- Johnson, Waldob.iro,
M.iine 20G7
St. .lolin's Poultry Farm, Oro-
iio}?". Elaine 2O6G
Bergen County International
Egg Laying Contest
The production for the month
of September at the Bergen
County International Egg Lay-
ing Contest was 21,457 eggs, or
35.8 9o for the month, while the
total to date was 299,728 eggs
or an average of 44.7%. This
production is equivalent to
10.7 eggs per bird for the
month, and 150 eggs per bird
from the 1st of November
through September 30th.
In the following tables are
shown the per cent production
and number of eggs per bird
for each month during the
present contest, beginning with
No. Eg?i
Per Bird
4.5
7.3
6.5
10.7
19.1
20.
212
18.6
16.7
16.
10.7
^
Per Cent
Production
15.1
23.5
20.9
36.8
61.5
66.5
68.3
62.
53.8
47.
35.8
44.7 150.
The ten highest pens for the entire contest to date,
through September 30th are:
Pen
47
43
56
39
94
42
69
89
49
7«
Breed Owner Production
W. LeK. L. C. Beall. Jr., Vashon, Wash 4191
W. Leg. Welhvard Farm, East Setauket, L. I., N. Y. . . 3978
W. Leg. Circle (W) Farm. Gates Mill, Ohio 3957
W. Leg. Geo. B. Ferris, Grand Rapids, Mich iJ813
L. W. Steelman, State College, Pa 3622
Ameling Farms, RoUa, Mo 3d89
Rapp's Poultry Farm, Atlantic Highlands,
jlj- J Soep
S. C. Price. HazlVton.' Pa ^^'iJJ
Bonnie Brae Farm, Hanover, N. J • • 3^*"
The Kerr Chickeries, Inc., Frenchtown, N. J. 3jJ3
W. Leg.
W. Leg.
W. Leg.
W. Leg
W Leg,
W. Leg.
The ten highest individuals through September 30th
are:
Hen No.
Breed
Hen No.
Place
No. Kegs
Rhode
Island Rod
501
Attleboro, Mass.
£97
Rhode
Island Red
506
Attleboro, Mass.
2k;i
Rhode
Island Red
425
Spencer, Mass.
273
White
Leghorn
796
Suffield, Conn.
271
White
Leghorn
823
North Branch, N. J.
2<i6
White
Rock
243
Dover. Mass.
264
White
Legh' rn
830
North Branch. N. J.
262
Rhode
Island Red
577
Franklin, Mass.
261
White
Leghorn
740
Corvallis, Ore.
200
White
Leghorn
623
Mt. Carmel. Conn.
25.S
48-17
4 5
47-9
67 12
47 4
6 5 1
39 2
63 9
47-8
43-17
Breed
W. Leg.
B. P. R.
W. Leg.
W. Leg.
W. Leg.
W. Leg.
W. Leg.
The four leading pens in each of the principle breeds
are as follows:
Plymouth Bocks
H. F. Barber, (White). Dover. Mass 1951
Edgar Stouj,'hton (Barred) Wapping, Conn 1939
Purdue University, (Barred) Lafayette, Ind 1937
Ontario Agricultural Col. (Barred) Guelph, Ont 1883
White Wyandottes
D. O. Witmor. Joplin. Mo 1898
Albert W. Buckbee. Wisner. N. Y 1760
Hartey V. Byerly, Sharpsville. Pa 1721
•
808
Owner ^ro^l"^'!,'?^
HoUvwood Poultry Farm, Hollywood, Wash, -aj
W. H. B. Kent, Cazenovia, N. Y f.\
L. C. Beall. Jr.. Vashon, Wash fj.
B. S. Ells, Vineland, N. J ^]'
L. C. Beall. Jr.. Vashon, Wash ^"
S. Olsen. Westwood. N. J ;"
_ Geo. B. Ferris, Grand Rapids. Mich ;«*^
W. Leg. C. T. Darby, North Branch. N. J ^*\
W. Leg. L. C. Beall, Jr., Vashon, Wash. ..... ..... . • • ^1'
W. Leg. Welhvard Farm. East Setauket. L. I., N. i. • • . "
At the end of September there were 218 birds which
have laid 200 eggs or more to date.
Below is given a table showing the amount of mash
and grain consumed per bird for the various varieties,
together with the feed cost per bird, and number of eggs
per bird for each variety. It will be noted that consider-
ably more mash was consumed than grain, especially i^
the case of the heavy breeds:
No. of
Breed
Barred Plvmouth Rocks
White Wyandottes
Rhode Island Reds
Leghorns
Houdans
(Continued on page 835)
Birds
2 '>2
84
168
1575
21
(llw?.)
(lbs.)
Fee
Grain
Mash
Cost
1 .95
4.50
.176
1.86
3.83
.lob
1.91
3.68
.l.V->
2.05
3.45
.150
2.00
3.85
.159
UP
12.5
11.J
9.1
10.7
12.1
Head Formation
We have been asked to tell of some of the distinctive head formations of fowls and pigeons.
Also, to tell of their origin, and, if possible, why these several kinds of heads should exist.
Written expressly for Everybodys
By T. F. McGREW
'^^^ E all know that the world of science has been dis-
ffl posed to attribute the origin of all poultry to the
^^ Red Jungle Fowl. This is credited to Darwin.
Within a century someone has claimed that there
was a crested jungle fowl. We presume that this
particular person had just heard of the statement by
Aldravandi that, "The Padua or Patavinian fowl is a sort
of Gallinaceous bird larger than ours which is called
'Patavinian'." It is now admitted that the Padua fowl
was the original crested fowl.
The Padua fowl or Paduan Hen, as called by some, had
a narrow strip of feathers growing on the top of the head
like a single comb. We do not have any evidence that
there was any bone formation to carry this crest. The
skull of the regular Polish has a "poll" on the top of the
head and a very peculiar bone formation of both skull
and nostril. No other fowl,
so far as we know, has such
bone formation of the head.
This is a natural belonging
to them. The greater part,
if not all crested fowls, have
either antler or V combs or
the leaf comb natural to the
Houdan as it came from
France.
As to the origin of fowls,
new evidence comes to light
every day. One of the most
important as to the history
of their origin comes from a
Chinese Encyclopedia said to
have been compiled more
than fourteen hundred years
before the birth of Christ.
There is plenty of proof of
cock fights taking place six
or eight hundreds years B. C.
There is no doubt about the
first fowls having come from
India to Germany, the Neth-
erlands and to other Euro-
pean countries. Persia and
Greece, through Spain and
Italy, were perhaps the most
plentiful distributors. The
Chinese seem to have been
among the first to grow fowls for food. There have al-
ways been more ducks than chickens grown in many parts
of China. Foreign demand for chicken eggs has quick-
ened the production and, while we are told how bad Chi-
nese eggs are, it is evident that under American super-
vision of production and transportation, the quality is
steadily and rapidly improving.
It- is thought that the skull formation and the comb of
the Brahma came directly from the Aseel that was bred
in India for more than three thousand years. The Aseel
is a native of India, as is the Brahma, the Malay, the
Kulum and other fowls of larger size. The Malay had
long, strong legs to run fast and get away from its ene-
mies. The Aseel, bred in close quarters for fighting has
short legs that are very strong and a beak so strong that
it can bite pieces out of its antagonist. The skull forma-
What Is To Come
IWIR. McGREW in sending the acconn-
panying article has furnished manu-
scripts for several articles and v^rhich will
uninterruptedly appear as follows:
December — French Breeds
January — Campines
February — Buttercups
March — Game Fowls
April — Bantams
Of all writers on Standard-bred fowl,
we doubt if there lives today a man more
qualified to write on the subjects chosen
in these articles to appear or those that
have been contributed and appearing ex-
clusively in Everybodys as written by
Thos. F. McGrew.
You fanciers are going to enjoy these
articles immensely. They are instructive
to every poultry lover.
tion of the Aseel has come naturally to the Brahma as has
the comb — a triple or pea comb as it is called.
The plan of fighting game cocks in early days was for
the birds to bite and pick with their strong beaks. To
withstand this, skulls of width and thickness were re-
quired to protect the brain and eyes. All of these fea-
tures were prominent in the Brahma and they are a
natural characteristic and should not bo noglocted. I
have written before that the most wonderful character-
istic of the Brahma is the overhanging skull and the comb,
all of which has been neglected for color. They can be
recovered to a very large degree by selection in breeding.
The Standard tells us that the head of the Brahma should
project well over the eyes. Think of this every time you
see a Brahma.
The heads of both the Sultan and the Silkie have their
peculiar features; the Sul-
tan has perhaps the most dis-
tinctive of all the fowls.
Study Standard description
of the Sultan on page 365
and of Silkies on page 360.
Some are of the opinion that
these two came from the
same general stock but this
can scarcely be true for the
Sultan has very strong stiff
feathers; the feathers of the
Silkie are webless and of
silky nature, whence the
name. Both the Sultan and
the Silkie have five toes. It
is claimed that Polish did,
originally, have five toes and
that all fowls having five toes
came from them. The early
day writers mentioned fowls
with five toes and some pro-
claimed these the best.
The head of the La Fleche
is peculiar with its V-shaped
comb. It had, originally, a
small crest but now a crest is
a disqualification. This fowl
is said to be the result of a
cross between the Creve
Coeur and the Spanish. This
may be but no trace of white face or lobe is left and there
is absolutely no sign of crest or beard. Only the head of
the Creve Coeur, and its appendages, are characteristic of
this breed. It is claimed that the first fowl with a muflf
or beard was a Game fowl and that the first webless plu-
mage grew on a Cochin.
The heads of the Russian Orloff and the Chanticleer are
new to poultrymcn of America. Both have small, low-set
combs; the Orloff has a beard and whiskers; the other,
neither of these. Bearded fowls seem to bo popular in
Russia where they, perhaps, originated or wore cultivated
for their peculiar beauty. The Carrier Pigeon that has
the wattle on its beak, and the Barb Pigeons both have
heavy over-hanging skulls. Some Owl Pigeons have
prominent skulls and very short beaks. These have boon
cultivated or improved by selec- (Continued on page 858)
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The Housewife and a Few Hens
By HARRY H. COLLIER
lOVEMBER is at hand with the melancholy days
that go with autumn leaves and crops in the bins.
November brings those frosts that will nip the
combs of the cockerels who have roosted in trees.
These fowls having stayed out all fall are in no
condition to stay in trees when old Jack Frost begins his
work. Get these youngsters under cover at once and
watch for colds that come in the fall. If you find colds,
treat these youngsters at once. Get a good roup remedy
and dose them according to directions for colds. Colds
neglected now will go into roup before December comes
around.
These youngsters have so hardened themselves by out-
door life that they are fit in every way to go into clean
houses, houses that are free from lice and mites that may
have come in the hot days of summer. Paint your roosts
with a good lice killer, spray every nesting place. Shoot
the lice killer in every crack and at the same time stop up
every crack that may bring a draft to your chickens on
the roost. Give these youngsters good clean quarters to
winter in and half your battle of health and vigor is over.
Never allow youngsters to go into old houses until they
are thoroughly cleaned and fumigated. Get some good
disinfectant and spray everything thoroughly, kill all the
germs of disease that may be lurking around your houses.
Do not condemn those fowls to consumption that look
like they are growing light but cut off the head of one
of the worst looking youngsters and examine thoroughly
for worms. If you note one part of the intestines larger
than the other, slit this open and you are more than apt
to find that little round worm that is causing so many
deaths among fowls. These worms are more apt to be
found in yards where fowls have run on them for years.
They are dropped by the affected fowls and the others eat
them, thereby giving the whole flock the start with worms
that will ruin one's fowls in a short time. Plow up these
old yards and sow them with some green stuff like winter
wheat that will stand the cold frost to come. It is the
winter wheat that will give you the early green food
next spring.
The first sign of worms is when one finds a youngister
sitting around showing little attention at feeding time.
He eats but eats with little relish. This youngster is often
pronounced a tubercular patient when the only thing
wrong with him is the little round worm that travels all
through his intestines. We sometimes find tape worms in
these fowls but not so often as the round white worm that
looks more like a sprouted oat than it does like anything
else. These worms lay eggs that come out into the intes-
tines of the fowl, this is discharged in the droppings, im-
pregnating the yards.
There are all kinds of remedies for the expulsion of
these worms recommended. Recently Dr. B. F. Kaupp
had a splendid article on the subject in the Plymouth
Rock Monthly.
The Doctor 'says: "In the way of ridding the flock of
worms there are many medicines coming under the head-
ing of vermicides and vermifuges, that is medicines which
kill and expel the worms. ♦ ♦ * Nicotine is one of the
best medicines," in the estimation of Doctor Kaupp. He
says, "The later has given the best results (nicotine) and
may be given in an indefinite dosage by incorporating or
mixing two pounds of finely pulverized tobacco in each
one hundred pounds of mash. The pulverized tobacco
must be fresh as the nicotine soon evaporates and the
tobacco thus loses its strength. A more definite dosage
is where each bird is given a capsule of wormzen which is
a nicotine product and this is followed by one pound of
Epsom salts to 100 hens, giving the salts dissolved in the
810
drinking water. One pound to 100 hens is a little heavy
and may throw them off laying but it is advisable to expel
the worms immediately after giving the tobacco treat-
ment."
My advice to the housewife is, look well for these
worms when she notes any of her young fowls showing
signs of lagging behind the rest of her flock. Get rid of
the worms but first find out whether you have them by a
post mortem examination. Be sure you are right, then
dose for worms.
Soil contamination should always be looked into. The
writer has never had any trouble along the worm line.
My place that I live on has over eleven acres and much of
it is woodland. That part that is cleared, where my gar-
den is, covers about two acres and around my main yards
there are about three acres partially cleared. As I do
not raise more than three hundred fowls a year, my land
always keeps fresh as the youngsters have the range of
the whole place. This spring I allowed many of my fowls
to run with hens, most of them having been hatched in
incubators and given to the setting hens. I made a new
yard for the coops and moved the coops every few days.
If one would adopt the plant of always raising their
fowls on fresh land each year, or lands that had been
cleaned of foul ground by planting green stuff and well
limed, this yard allowed to go for one year, then there
would be very little disease among flocks of fowls. The
great trouble with the backyard poultryman is the fact
that he often lives on rented places that have been cov-
ered with chickens for years with very little attention be-
ing paid to sanitation. Never move into an old place and
try and raise young chicks without first spading up the
ground. Before spading such ground, sprinkle it well
with lime and then spade the lime under. Plant this
ground in some fast growing green stuff like barley, wheat
or rye, after the grain has stooled then one can allow the
chicks on this ground. Growing stuff soon kills all foul-
ness in the ground.
Since writing the above about worms the postman
brought in the October Everybodys and I find a splendid
article by Michael K. Boyer. Mr. Boyer is one of the best
writers along poultry lines in America. Every old time
poultryman has read Mr. Boyer for years. I cannot im-
prove on anything along the line of worms and other para-
sites that go to make poor fowls out of good ones.
The Show Season
November is the opening month for the winter poultry
shows. To take advantage of the good advertising to be
had by showing one's fowls should be the ambition of
every housewife and backyard poultryman. There is
more real value to be had out of showing fowls than any-
thing else, provided one takes advantage of that adver-
tising.
To win at shows and depend on the publishing of that
show report by the different poultry papers is not taking
advantage of the good advertising that can be gotten out
of one's winnings. If you win and say nothing about it,
those who read the show reports will note your success
but they will not know either your address or that you
have stock for sale.
After once winning, be sure to take an advertisement
in your favorite poultry paper, advertise those winnings
in your near farm paper and get a good write-up in your
home paper. Carry a classified advertisement in your
home paper and in that way you have taken advantage of
your winnings.
To advertise well, one should not only give their win-
nings but they should give prices for both stock and egg*-
The writer has sold lots of (Continued on page 852)
Beginners' Department
EflBcient Feeding Practices
Conducted by Prof. HARRY R. LEWIS, Associate Editor
lEEDING the birds is not a complicated or a hard
process. There are two or three very definite
principles which must be followed. First of all,
the rations, whether commercial manufactured
feeds or home mixed, must contain sufficient di-
gestible food nutrients to meet the requirements of the
bird. In the next place, the nutrients in the ration; that
is the protein, carbohydrates and fat, must be in the
proper proportion for the purpose designed. Obviously,
we cannot expect to get eggs when feeding layers a fat-
tening ration, nor can we expect to put fat on our birds
when feeding a laying ration. Then again, the rations
must be simple. They must be economic, but not neces-
sarily cheap. They must be readily mixed and capable of
being stored for a short time without deterioration, all of
which shows the necessity of a man or woman who is mak-
ing his start with hens, knowing just what he is about.
The Place of Ready Mixed Feeds
There are offered on the market, dozens upon dozens
of brands of ready-mixed poultry feeds, both laying mash
and scratch feed. Many of these are very efficient mix-
tures; others are wholly un-
suited for the purpose for
which they are designed. In
deciding upon which manu-
factured feed to use, it is
well to adopt one of the
more or less standard brands
which have been on the mar-
ket for a number of years,
which through continuous
use and the service which is
back of them, have built a
reputation for success. When
using these manufactured
feeds, it is highly desirable to
follow the instructions given
by the manufacturer, for of
all persons, they are the ones
which are supposed to know
just how to get the greatest
efficiency from them. It is
alright to experiment and try
different amounts and meth-ods of feeding, but in the
long run he who is making the start, had better follow the
well planned and recommended practice for a while, at
least, until he establishes in his own mind and in his own
experience his ability to be successful with the birds.
After that one can modify the methods much more in-
telligently and for a definite purpose.
The Place of Home Mixed Ration*
Many poultry feeders make a study of their birds and
are deeply interested in knowing all about them and who
like to spend time with them, will find it an interesting
and profitable advantage, to mix their own feed. It is
true that home mixing for small flocks is probably not as
economic as it is for large flocks, because the small
volume of feed purchased in straight quantities does not
allow as economic buying as is the case where larger num-
bers of birds are fed. Nevertheless, the interest is there
and a great amount of experience can be gained. If you
are interested in home mixing the following laying mash
has been extensively used throughout the eastern half of
the United States for many years, and is giving univer-
sally excellent results. There is a question as to whether
it is possible to compound a more simple ration, more
Feeding Is More Than One-
Half the Battle
TPO every beginner with chickens, there
is nothing more important than that
he have worked out a very clearly defined
and simple method of feeding. Of all
of the problems associated with the suc-
cessful handling of poultry, there is none
of greater importance than feeding, be-
cause it is something entirely under the
operator's control which can be modified
from time to time to meet changing con-
ditions.
easily mixed, more easily obtainable for the quality and
results derived from same: 100 pounds ground oats, 100
pounds wheat bran, 100 pounds wheat middlings, 100
pounds corn meal, 100 pounds gluten meal, 100 pounds
50 Cc- to 60% meat scrap.
This dry mash, as in the case of a commercial manu-
factured laying mash, should be kept in large self-feeding
hoppers before the birds at all times. That is simple,
isn't it?
The Scratch Feed
For a good home-made scratch feed, there is probably
nothing better than two parts of cracked corn, one part of
wheat and one part of heavy oats. Where the oats are
germinated and fed as a succulent, or sprouted oats, they
can be eliminated from the scratch ration.
One of the most important problems in feeding is to
see that the birds consume the proper amounts of mash
and grain. It is perfectly possible to feed an efficient
mash and grain ration, but to feed them out of proportion
means that the birds do not get a balanced ration. It has
been observed that birds are extremely grainiverous; that
is, they prefer grain. They
will cat it in preference to
mash; hence, if we control
or regulate the amount of
grain which the birds con-
sume, we can get a proper
balance between grain and
mash, because if they have
eaten what grain is fed, they
will fill up on mash. So the
* following simple formula has
been devised. During the
next five or six months feed
a grain ration twice each
day, at the rate of 12 pounds
per day per 100 birds; feed-
ing about 4 pounds in the
morning, early, in deep lit-
ter, and 8 pounds about half
an hour before sunset at
night. These amounts are
designed especially for
lighter breeds and for flockswhich arc laying heavily.
Where the heavier breeds are fed, such as Rocks, Reds,
Wyandottes they can be fed slightly more than this dur-
ing their pullet year. Now, that is simple, isn't it?
Supplemental Feeds Are Important
There are certain fundamental feeds which are exceed-
ingly important in handling laying flocks successfully.
For example, it is highly desirable to keep grit, shell and
charcoal before the layers at all times in separate hop-
pers, so that the birds can have free access to it and they
will eat such amount as they require. Then again, it is
extremely desirable to keep clean, fresh water before
them at all times, rinsing the pans daily and disinfecting
them at least weekly. The egg and the bird's body is
more than one-half water; and water is required in the
process of digestion and is the maintenance of life. Birds
will lay poorly if deprived for any length of time of ade-
quate drinking water.
The layers should be fed liberally of some green feed
such as germinated oats, mangled beets, or cabbage. Feed
what the birds will clean up in half an hour or so. It will
put added zest into them, give them an added appetite,
keep them in a laxative condi- (Continued on page 854)
Sll
The Poultry Business Is On the
Up Grade
By D. E. HALE
0 the poultry raiser or one' who is getting interest-
ed in poultry raising, let us say that there is no
need to worry over the poultry business. It is
good and getting better and the fellow who is
selling off his birds now because corn is going
up a little will regret it long before the snow is off the
ground.
Time and again we have made the statement that
supply and demand always has and always will govern
prices. There is a good chance of the corn crop being
a little short this year, perhaps 50% and for that reason
the price has been going up, and the same will apply to
prices on poultry and eggs.
Figures are dry reading, but to the man who reads
and digests a few of them — the fellow who analyzes his
business, is the man who has his ear to the ground,
watches approaching events and prepares to have some-
thing to sell when the demand is good. Let us, therefore,
take a look at a few figures and check up this chicken
business.
The receipts of eggs for New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia and Chicago since January 1, 1924 were 13,192,159
cases. For the same period last year they were 14,241,-
378 cases.
The supply in cold storage in these same cities on
October 6, 1924 was 3,076,048 and last year on same
date were 3,736,461.
This shows 1,049,219 less cases received since January
first and 660,413 less cases in storage which would indi-
cate a little heavier consumption of eggs and the reports
have shown even a heavier consumption weekly since the
first of the year.
The next natural question is, how is the supply of
pullets in the country? While there may be just as many
pullets this year as last, there are many more late hatch-
ed birds, which will probably mean a lesser egg pro-
duction during the late fall and early winter. So many
late-hatched birds is because of the cold wet spring, poor
early hatches, etc. These are all big factors in winter
egg production.
Another factor also enters into the probably supply
and demand. When feed prices begin to go up the farm-
er begins to sell off his chickens and that is what he has
been doing this fall. Let us again look at the figures.
The reports show that receipts of dressed poultry in
Chicago, New York, Boston and Philadelphia since
January first were 194,526,640 pounds. For the same
period last year they were 182,702,319 pounds, or 11,-
824,321 pounds more received so far this year than for
the same period a year ago.
The cold storage receipts, since the first of the year
show 28,700,044 pounds as against 23,018,257 pounds
for the same period a year ago, or 5,681,787 pounds
more in cold storage than a year ago.
A few days ago we had the pleasure of calling on and
talking with probably one of the best-known poultry and
egg dealers in the country, F. W. Prieb, of Chicago, and
he was kind enough to answer a lot of questions for us.
Mr. Prieb said that their records showed that while there
were probably as many birds raised this year they were
marketing them much earlier this year and that up to
date they have bought probably one-third more than they
had at this time last year. He reports lots of late chicks.
Now it may be that many farmers realizing these late
chicks would not make good winter layers are getting rid
812
of them on that account or it may be on account of feed
prices going up.
Prices are good as they are paying 23 cents a pound
for four pound chickens in Iowa. The demand and prices
for dressed hens is steady. Dressed hens and especially
if they weigh more than three and one-half pounds are
always in demand and bring good prices. The average
price on fowls bought is around one and one-half cents
per pound more than that paid last year. Springers are
much higher this year. Also feed prices for fattening
these birds are much higher and that means the consum-
ing public will have to pay more, but when prices of
delicacies like chicken go up, the buying public generally
want more of them. It is true of most any of the things
that might be classed as luxuries, the higher they get, the
more desirable they are.
Chicks weighing two and one-half pounds to three and
one-half pounds are worth around 31 cents a pound in
New York. This is about what they were worth a year
ago, but when you get into the heavier fowls you notice
more difference. A four-pound chicken is worth 40 cents
a pound as against 35 cents a year ago. A five-pound
bird is worth 44 cents as against 37 cents a year ago.
This is due to the fact that there is a shortage of roast-
ers.
Leghorn chicks sell in New York for fifteen cents a
pound. The greater demand is for the larger fowl, and
this holds true all over the country.
We do not want to hurt the feelings of our Pacific
Coast friends again in talking Leghorns to them, but the
figures show that more table poultry is being shipped into
California than ever before. It is a pretty good bet
that when you order chicken on a California hotel table
today it comes from the mid-west.
Mr. Prieb says there is just one way to cash in on a
Leghorn cockerel and that is to sell him when he weighs
about one pound as a squab broiler.
The Leghorn will never make a top-price table article
of diet. When it gets old enough to have any weight the
meat is of longer fiber, hence harder or tougher, so the
Leghorn breeders might as well make up their minds to
the fact that the poultry buyers and conditioners know
what they are talking about, and are not discriminating
against the Leghorn because it is a Leghorn, but because
they have a good commercial reason for so doing.
We were shown another line for poultry. They are
now putting it up in fancy glass jars, and this is bound
to create a greater demand for poultry in some of these
forms. You can now get Chicken Chop Suey, Chicken
Salad, Bone Chicken, Chicken Sandwich Butter, Pure
Chicken Invalid Broth. All that is needed is to warm
these up and serve and they will appeal to the busy
housewife who has company come in or for a "hurry-
up" meal at any time.
As for eggs, the egg producer who will produce a good
article and select a high-grade market will be getting
$1.00 per dozen for his product before 1925 rolls around.
Here in the mid-west, near Chicago, we are getting 65
cents a dozen right now, and we presume that in and
around New York they are getting much more.
The other day we were talking with a poultry raiser
who once earned a large salary as a business man in a
large city. He said there was no money in eggs. When
we questioned him a little he said that last winter it
cost him 27 cents to produce (Continued on page 837)
The Casserole
Written expressly for Everybodys
By HAROLD F. BARBER
lUGUST 13, 1924, Toronto, Canada. The American
Poultry Association was in session and the presi-
dent arose to introduce E. B. Thompson with the
following words: **I think it is entirely fitting
that the premier breeder of the United States
should address us on the topic *The American Fancier.'
Mr. Thompson is a fancier, a breeder, a philosopher, a
guide and a friend."
At the conclusion of the speech, V. 0. Hobbs, a veteran
director of the Association of many years' standing, rose
to remark, "We have heard the master speech of a fan-
cier, the master speech of any ever made in the American
Poultry Association since I have been attending the meet-
ings." Mr. Thompson's speech was printed in full in the
September issues of half a dozen poultry papers, and it
will no doubt appear in the October issues of still others.
Editor Schwab of the Tribune commends this address to
all of his readers for thought and consideration, although
saying that "for several reasons all cannot follow him at
all times." Editor Cleveland of Everybodys refers to it
as "the outstanding address of the convention, and I have
never seen greater enthusi-
asm shown than was dis- ,
played at the end of his
talk."
With such an introduction
to the speaker, and with such
high praise for the speech, I
read Mr. Thompson's words
with very active and careful
interest, and with so much
importance attached to it by
those who are so much wiser
than I, it seemed that this
column had best be devoted
this month, entirely to "The
American Fancier."
A Review
Two points of particular
interest I found there, and
one thought which caused
amazement. The interesting
points were: first, the gen-
tleness and moderation of
the thought and language
scattered through the speech,
addressed to the Productionists; and, second, the intem-
perance of the language also scattered through the
speech, applying to poultry publications because of their
devotion to the Productionists.
To illustrate what I mean, I am going to garble Mr.
Thompson's words, taking sentences out of their place.?
in his talk and hitching them together with some coher-
ence. It is not my intention to modify or change the
speaker's thought in any way and I shall change no words
at all.
Mr. Thompson is supposed by many to have little sym-
pathy with production breeding — certainly he represents
what is pretty nearly universally considered as the very
pinnacle of success as an exhibition breeder. Now listen
to this.
"Egg farms are necessary and are needed to play their
part in the commerce of the world. I have all sympathy
with egg and market farms. I have no doubt that the
claims of egg production made by a few men who have
devoted years to this subject are correct. I also concur
in the reliability of the Agricultural College records.
There is room for all classes of poultry breeders. I want
f AST month we published a speech
made at the American Poultry Asso-
ciation Convention, at Toronto, by
E. B. Thompson which has been ac-
claimed from one end of the country to
the other as the finest speech ever made
representing the "Fancy" side of poultry
culture.
In The Casserole this month you will
see what Harold F. Barber found in that
speech. Compare it with your own im-
pressions. We commend both Mr.
Thompson's speech and Mr. Barber's re-
view of it to all thinking poultrymen.
to say to all Productionists everywhere, look calmly and
carefully at the situation. The Fancier is your friend.
He will not hinder you. All he asks is fairness. Be fair."
As the thoughtful speech of perhaps; the most thorough
Fancier in the country, that would sound as though there
were no impossible barrier between Fancy and Produc-
tion, to say the least. The moderation here expressed is
one point of interest. But here is another bit, pieced
together in the same way.
"The American Fancier assisted the poultry press to
come into being and live by copious cash contributions for
advertising. Assassinated by his friends, the poultry
press and the Agricultural Colleges. The Fanciers who
have carried on this Institution down through the weary
span of fifty years must not be crucified. Do not scorn
the ladder by which you have ascended."
Now it does not seem quite consistent to give such fair
words to the Productionist, while accusing the poultry
publications of the country of "assassinating" and "cru-
cifying" the Fancier by their devotion to so much space
to Production interests.
These are two interesting
points: moderation on the
one hand, strong language
on the other, both directed
toward the same branch of
poultry breeding and poultry
culture. Mr. Thompson does
not leave in our minds, how-
ever, any doubt as to his real
feeling in regards to the re-
lation of Fancy and Produc-
tion, the one to the other.
What follows states his posi-
tion with great clearness, and
constitutes at the same time,
the source of amazement to
which I referred above.
(Some of you may recall
that this column last month
contained a good deal of
matter about the relation of
Fancy and Production one to
the other, and in particular
contained a simile by J. H. Petherbridge comparing
Fancy to one great steel tower and Production to another,
both together holding up the span of a great bridge repre-
senting the Poultry Industry. Mr. Petherbridge's thought,
and thousands of others, is that Fancy and Production
should be combined in one and the same bird, or strain
of fowls. Mr. Thompson is not of that school.)
Here, again, I have pieced together sentences, but en-
deavored at the same time to present a clear expression of
his thought as set down by the author.
"I have all sympathy with egg and market farms. It is
not in the province of the Fancy to attend to this branch
of the industry. The American Standard of Perfection,
conceived by Fanciers, written by Fanciers, must be pre-
ser\'ed in all its integrity for Fanciers. If the Production-
ists desire a Standard they have the ability to write it and
there are publishers who will print the book. There will
be no protest from the Fanciers. The Productionists may
hold poultry shows where the public may gather to see
the marvelous achievements in egg laying ability. The
Fancier will be content."
Over in old England a good (Continued on page 86i)
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Poultry Cycles
Written expressly for Everybodys
By E. VAN ORSDALE
M't'
YEAR or two before the war — at least, during
that time when along about Friday night I was
climbing on a stool at Hendrick's three-cent
lunch counter for my beans, instead of having
them slopped into a mess kit full of slum by a
tobacco-chewing, chin-dripping, greasy army cook— when
I was doing the press agent thunder for the Cmcmnati
Chamber of Commerce, that great believer in business
*'cycles," Roger W. Babson, arranged to have the Cham-
ber of Commerce give a luncheon at^ which he was to be
the "we-have-with-us-this-afternoon."
My memory of what Babson talked about is hazy now,
but I well remember that he wound up his able talk with
a plea to the businessmen to subscribe for his "statistical
service, as he called it— which, in the vernacular of the
race track railbirds, interpreted in terms of the stock
market, instead of the race track— is the dope on which
way stocks "may" happen to jump. , ^, ^
The Alexander Hamilton Institute has figured out that
business runs in "cycles" which average approximately
seven years from the top of the market to the bottom.
And if there were an able statistician in the poultry king-
dom, he probably would be able to make the figures be-
have so that they would say the "cycles" in the poultry
world revolve around a new fad— or cycle — every 10
years, or thereabouts.
Now the fanciers' fad held sway for much longer than
10 years. Making a guess, which is as good as any rail-
bird's I would say that it ran for about 30 years. Per-
sonally, I wouldn't want to make E. B. Thompson out,
an old man. He isn't— but he's the real name-blown-
in the bottle, honest-to-goodness fancier— and always
has been, and always will be.
Then along comes the egg "cycle." Nobody, or almost
nobody that wanted to remain anybody — would dare keep
a hen that laid less than 300 eggs in a year. It didn't
make no-never-mind who bred the hen, or where she came
from, or who raised her, or whether her owner had ever
seen a trapnest much less ever used one — some high-
mucky-de-muck would buy her, put her in a big display
cage at some State Fair, label her the "Fecund Founda-
tion" of Our 336 Egg Strain, and all the goofs would fall
for this line of chatter. That she never laid an egg that
would hatch is another story and has no place in the
records of Advanced Registry.
Now the poultry world is entering another "cycle" —
the third — if I may call it such. This cycle is the only
one that ever should have been recognized by the men
who have the best interests of the poultry world at heart.
This is the cycle of production — exhibition poultry; the
kind that every man who is true to himself knows is the
only kind th'at represents the best interests of this
mammoth industry.
For more than twenty years — in and out — I have
preached the gospel that "There is nothing in the Amer-
ican Standard of Perfection that prevents the exhibition
bird from being a great layer if the matter of selection
is carried far enough!"
Now what is selection? It is the elimination of the
unfit. All right. Now how are we going to eliminate
the unfit?
First; the breeder must have a definite idea of what
he at least intends to attempt to do. The problem of
breeding high layers is not very complicated. Any per-
son with average intelligence, plenty of time — or money
to buy time; and a copy of Felch's breeding chart, can
build up a strain of high producers in a few years.
Before I go any further in this article, allow me to say
that the statements I make here apply specifically only
to White Plymouth Rocks, and only incidentally to other
varieties. I never have bred anything but White Ply.
mouth Rocks — and I don't want the wrath of all the
other kinds of chicken men brought down on my head.
Combining production and exhibition in Barred Plymouth
Rocks, for instance, is something that I'll leave to "Ring-
let" Thompson and 0. H. B. Kent, who know something
about it.
The building up of a strain of high exhibition tjuality
is not so very difficult. To be recognized as the leader is
another chick from another hen!
But when you attempt to combine both high produc-
tion and high exhibition quality, as Mr. Dolley says, "Ah!
There's the rub."
In introducing myself to the readers of Everybody's,
I want to be very modest about it, and so I am going to
admit that I am the original "200-egg-exhibition liar."
Like Ring Lardner, the only battered and worn out key
on my typewriter is the capital "I". But Miller Purvis,
then editor of Poultry, and "Dad" Hewes, then editor of
the Inland, had a lot of fun vdth me some twenty years
ago, when the "200-egg-liar" was a new and novel freak.
And it was an editorial headed "200 egg liars" that par-
ticularly referred to me, and the work I was attempting
to do at that time in combining high production with high
exhibition qualities.
Let me say here, now, and like "The Raven," forever-
more — that it can be done! At least, with White Ply-
mouth Rocks. How would a beginner start? Well,
here's how I did it.
I bought a high-priced trio from a prominent breeder.
I put the two pullets under trapnests. I individually
pedigreed every chick. I bred them in line. I didn't get
good male birds, and so I began to cast about for the kind
of a male I wanted. Judge Drevenstedt found them for
me. He got me two cockerels which were of much the
same line of blood as the birds that I had. From that
time on it was merely a matter of tending the trapnests
a dozen times a day, keeping a record of the eggs from
each hen; pedigreeing the chicks and wing banding them;
experimenting with different kinds of pedigree trays for
the incubators; watching the brooders from daylight to
midnight; filling lamps and turning eggs; keeping a
record of the eggs that were infertile and those that were
good so as to weed out the non-producers; feeding the
chicks five times a day; watering the layers and filling
their hoppers; cleaning dropping boards and changing
the straw in the laying pens — and one million and an-
other of other infinite details which go to make up an
attempt to produce high-record exhibition White Rocks.
The old adage that "There is safety in numbers" was
only meant to apply to the old fashioned straw rides. It
never will apply to the breeding of combination produc-
ing—exhibition chickens. Here the unit of operation
must of necessity be the individual!
That is where most chickens raisers invite disaster.
They want a lot of chickens for their money, rather th^
a pair of really good ones. With a single pair of hifo
class birds, anyone will be farther advanced in t^o
years than he or she would be in ten years with tn
same amount of money invested in five times the numDer
of birds.
I bred this trio for three years at my old "O"!® ^
Erie, Pa., and then moved to Maryland with nine chiCK^
ens that I thought were good enough to keep, »
bought what is now known as (Continued on page »^ /
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Culling For Increased Egg
Production
By NELLIE COPENHAVER CRAWLEY
IN any kind of plant or animal breeding there al-
ways exists a number of low-producing, unprofit-
able individuals. A method whereby these low-
producing individuals may be detected and elimi-
nated is called culling.
Every flock of hens is an egg factory. Like any other
factory the flock can be given the best materials in the
world to work on and still fail to produce enough to pay
for running the plant. Good feed in sufficient variety is
necessary for egg production, but the ability to manu-
facture eggs from feed must be there first.
The keeper of few or many hens must always be
watching for indications of poor production. This is par-
ticularly true when feed and labor are expensive as at
present. The non-layer will eat almost as much as the
laying hen. A few boarders in the flock not only decrease
the average production and
the net returns, but they re-
quire space in the houses,
which can be utilized to
much better advantage by
the layers.
Why Cull?
Culling should be prac-
ticed for several reasons:
1. It reduces the feed bill
by eliminating from the
flock the poor producing
hens as soon as they stop
laying.
2. To eliminate the poor
producers increases the av-
erage production of the
flock.
3. By culling out the
poor producers the general
environment is improved by
giving the good producers
more room and more com-
fortable quarters.
4. Culling creates a
foundation for a flock of
good layers from which
breeders can be selected,
thereby increasing the possi-
bility of greater production
in future generations.
5. It gives an opportun-
ity to examine each hen so
that one becomes more fa-
miliar with their condition
and their freedom from lice and disease.
6. By systematic culling we produce eggs more
efficiently.
It has been estimated by the United States Department
of Agriculture that one-third of the average farm flock
can usually be culled as poor producers. In other words,
the average farmer with the average flock is feeding and
providing house space for one-third more birds than
should actually be in the flock. The results of the last
census show that the average egg production in the
United States was 80 eggs per bird which is far too low
an average to be profitable. Generally speaking, a pro-
duction of 144 or 155 eggs per 'bird per year, should net
a reasonable and fair profit. We frequently hear of hens
producing 200 and 250 eggs and occassionally one pro-
ducing over 300 eggs in a year. Such results are
Culling Guide for Fall
Indications
Plumage
Pelvic Bones
Vent
Eyes
Eye Ring
Beak
Comb
Face
Shanks
Skin
Body
Abdomen
hi^^hly possible hut they are usually confined to a few
individuals in the flock and do not exist in any great
numbers.
Since culling has such an important bearing on the
production of eggs profitably, one of the great problems
of the poultry keeper is the ability to distinguish the
producer from the non-producer.
The trap nest is the most accurate method of deter-
mining the value of a hen as a producer for this shows
definitely which hens lay each day. This system, while
giving us definite information pertaining to the egg
laying ability of the hens, is not practical for the
average fanner or poultryman and cannot be practiced
to any great extent, especially when the flock is of con-
siderable size, owing to the amount of labor and time
necessary to release the hens after they have laid. The
trap nest, is absolutely nec-
essary where systematic
breeding or pedigree breed-
ing is practiced and where
the actual production of in-
dividual hens is to be se-
cured. Fortunately there
is another method of deter-
mining, with a high degree
of accuracy, which hens are
high producers and which
are low producers. Egg pro-
duction is a natural function
of the reproducture organs
of the hen and regardless of
methods of feeding and man-
agement, the indications of
production and non-produc-
tion are shown by changes
which always take place as
the laying period progresses.
These changes are easily ob-
served and with a little prac-
tice a child even can learn to
separate the high producers
from the loafers.
When to Cull
Culling .should begin at
the time eggs are selected
for incubation; weak, de-
formed, and undesirable
chicks should be culled
when transferring them from
the incubator to the brooder;
High Producer Low Producer
Ragged, worn, Moulting i n
not moulting July, Aug. antl
before Oct. 1. Sept.
Wide apart. Close together,
soft, pliable. hard and rigid.
White, dilated. Shrunken, dry
moist. yellow.
Bright, promi- Dull, sunken,
nent, set well turning in to-
apart. ward back.
White. Yellow.
White. Yellow.
Red, large. Pale, small,
full, silky. shriveled.
Lean, free Fleshy and
from yellow yellow.
color. Yellow, round
White, thin and full.
and flat. Thick, dry, un-
Thin, soft and derlaid with
pliable. fat.
Deep, both Shallow and
front and rear. • round.
Deep, full. Shallow or full
soft. of hard fat.
chicks that are of low vital-
ity should be culled as soon as discovered during the
growing period; and pullets that are a few months later
in starting to lay than the average of the flock should
be culled. Culling should really be a continuous process
for if more culling were done during the growing period
there would be less to be done with hens that have been
kept a year or more at a loss. It isn't the number of
hens that pay, it is the kind. In addition to continuous
culling, a systematic examination of the entire flock
should be made between August 15th and September
15th. At this time all hens that have quit laying should
be culled.
Age
A hen does not need to be culled on account of her
age. If a hen lays well one year, she should be kept for
another as a breeder. The (Continued on page 847)
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Something About Egg Records
We are strongly in favor of egg laying contests.
We believe that the average production of the
American hen must be increased. We advocate the
official testing of pullets, both for the purpose of
ascertaining their production and also for, perhaps,
the more important purpose of eliminating the
drones. We believe that a good hen should lay a
goodly number of eggs — just how many we are
scarcely prepared to say — perhaps 200, or 250, and
we want her to lay them during those months when
they will bring the most money. In addition to all
this we wish our ideal hen to lay a fair number of eggs
each month for at least I 0 months and perhaps 1 1 ,
and to come out of her year of production in such
fine physical condition that she will be able to practi-
cally repeat the performance of her pullet year.
Moreover, we must needs have a hen which can re-
produce herself. She must lay, not only a goodly
number of eggs without laying herself out and there-
fore becoming useless, but she must lay fertile eggs
which will produce strong, livable chicks.
To our minds the pullet that lays 300 or more eggs
in 365 days, is a freak. We venture the opinion that
such a phenomenal bird will never be as useful to us
as the 200 or 250 egg pullet. We realize today that
the 36 5 -egg pullet is possible — a thing that we would
have vehemently declared to be out of the question
several years ago. We take off our hats in respectful
admiration to the breeder who has succeeded in pro-
ducing this phenomenon and we admit that the im-
possible has been attained.
But with our admiration is mixed a note of uneasi-
ness. How far are w^e going and where are we to
«top? Is the 300-egg female to be encouraged or de-
plored? How useful is she, and how w^ill the records
show she is reproducing herself? What comparison
shall we make between her and the 200-egg female,
and which in the end is entitled to greater praise? Is
it possible — physically possible — for a hen to lay 300
eggs and come out of the ordeal serviceably sound?
Do the eggs from 300-egg hens hatch, and if so do
the chicks live? Does any considerable per cent of
the chicks from 300-egg hens give us another genera-
tion of 300-egg hens?
These are some of the questions that we are asking
ourselves, and what hundreds of others are asking
themselves in these times of furious competition be-
tween the originators of the various strains of heavy-
laying birds.
The object, and probably the one useful object of
our egg-laying competitions is to ultimately increase
the average production of the great American hen.
The discovery of the 300-egg hens is purely inci-
dental and inevitable, but the object is, and must be,
to discover the strain or family that makes the best
average production. We are not looking for pens
of birds half of which produce 300 eggs and the
other half 1 00 eggs apiece. We are trying to find
the pen of birds all of whose members produce 200
eggs, and whose eggs will produce chicks that will
grow up to be 200-egg layers. In order to succeed
in the effort of raising the average yearly production
of the hen in America, what we are after is average
flock production, and certainly in this connection
two 200-egg hens are better than one 1 00-egg hen
and one 300-egg hen. From our experience it
would seem fairly doubtful if the 300-egg hen would
reproduce herself; but it is practically sure that the
1 00-egg hen will not reproduce anything better than
herself.
Space forbids a proper analysis of this important
question, but the thought persists that we may be
going to extremes in voicing too much enthusiasm
over the 300-egg hen and leaving out of our consid-
eration that really useful creature, the 200-egg hen.
Our minds seem possessed with the idea that a flock
average of 200 eggs made by hens almost all of
whom laid 200 eggs, and none of which laid very
many more than 200 eggs is what we wish to
achieve. We are strongly inclined to the belief that
such a flock would continue to reproduce itself year
after year. We have a notion that the laying of 200
eggs would not reduce the vitality of a hen below the
safety mark and that she would be much more likely
to lay nearly 200 eggs the following year than the
hen whose chart showed 300 eggs or better in her
pullet year, and we are confident that we would be
able to raise many more chicks from the 200-egg
pullet than from the 300-egg pullet. A flock that
lays itself out in its pullet year is not a profitable
flock. A flock that averages 200 eggs its pullet
year, and say, 150 eggs its second year, is a very
profitable flock. We cannot expect to be able to
put too much strain upon the hen any more than we
can upon the cow or the horse. Nature must, and
will, step in when a reasonable limit has been
reached, and we cannot successfully combat nature.
TTiese considerations make us prone to view ask-
ance the claims of those who boast of phenomenal
production. We would prefer to tie our faith to the
men whose records are of a more modest character,
but who can establish the fact that their flocks will
reproduce and carry on.
It is through the medium of our egg laying con-
tests that we discover the weaknesses as well as the
strong points of our laudable endeavor to increase
the average laying ability of our hens.
Scientific breeding for egg production, the strict
adherence to blood lines and line-breeding have ac-
complished marvels in a short number of years, and
too much praise cannot be meted out to the breed-
ers who have achieved the results. But we must
play safe and not over-step the bounds if we are
really to accomplish the task set before us, and it
would seem to us that the great accomplishment will
really be the elimination of both the 1 00-egg hen
and the 300-egg hen, and to devote our concen-
trated effort on the task of securing the hen that can
be depended upon to lay 200 eggs, or even 250
eggs and not any more or less. This is the hen that
will have the opportunity for sufficient rest to moult
in her new coat of feathers and to regain the vitality
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necessary to enable her to "come back" and fill the
egg basket for the second year, and hers are the
chicks which the proud owner can show to his visit-
The useful hen must be, not only a producer.
ors
she must be a reproducer.
Not All Eggs Should Go Into One Basket
We do not know how long ago it was that some-
body said, "Do not put all your eggs into one bas-
ket"; but time certainly has shown that the origi-
nator of this remark had a wise and level head.
• It is very probable that the saying originated from
an actual occurrence. The farmer's son had prob-
ably gone into the hen-house and put all the eggs that
he could find into one big basket: as he came out he
stubbed his toe, the basket fell to the ground and
the eggs were made useless. Dividing the burden
would have lessened the risk.
What we mean by the phrase, nowadays, is quite
different. We interpret the phrase as meaning, "do
not invest all your savings in one sort of a venture" ;
"have two strings to your bow"; "it is always well
to have a side line in every
business."
The poultry business is no
exception to the general rule
and, while an occupation that
is very absorbing of time, it
still affords opportunities for
side lines which should not be
neglected, and which may be
the salvation of the proprie-
tors in case disaster of any
kind should overtake the poul-
try. Ordinarily the complete
successof a poultry venture de-
pends entirely upon the quality
of stock with which the start is
made, and the steadfastness of
the owner to his work. If we
start with good stock in good
enough buildings and attend
to the necessary details regu-
larly and methodically we are
apt to succeed if there is any
poultry ability in us. In other
words there is nothing particularly hazardous about
the poultry business — it is a safe and sane occupa-
tion in which a decent livelihood can be made with
regular and consistent work. Irregular labor, slip-
shod methods and carelessness do not go with a suc-
cessful poultry business any more than they help a
commercial pursuit of any kind, but if attention is
given to the task poultry keeping will produce as
good an income as almost any other kind of busi-
ness, especially for the man who is not over-bur-
dened with capital.
But the business of poultry raising is neither easy
nor is it a sure thing; moreover it has its ups and
downs — more ups than downs in almost every case.
Many persons still believe that the poultry business
is the easiest of all occupations, and that if a man is
found wanting in every other line he surely can make
a success with poultry. Such is by no means the
fact. The good poultrymen are good business men
and hard workers, and the chances are ten to one
that they would succeed in any line of business. But
if a man is a good poultryman and a good business
Two-in-One Bird
Dear Headers of Everybodys: —
Do you believe there are fashions in birds?
I do, but I believe one bird that is attracting
attention just now, and which I call the Two-
in-One Bird, will never go wholly out of
fashion. Perhaps you think I refer to a bird
that makes a show record and an egg record
and are skeptical about there being any such.
Not whoUy, but in large degree, so am I ; but
my Two-in-One Bird is a far more valuable
bird than the one which could do that and I
have actually held her in my hands.
Perhaps you will read Everybodys for
December to get my definition of the Two-in-
One Bird which is actually with us and which
I am sure you will be delighted some day to
own. I hope then you will be interested
enough to read the three following issues of
Everybodys in which I will tell you what I
know about the breeding of my Two-in-One
Bird. I promise you it shall be a record of
facts accomplished, with just enough theory
and fancy to give you a glimpse into greater
possibilities of your breeding work in the
future.
Sincerely yours,
HELEN DOW WHITAKER.
man he will realize two things, first, that something
unforeseen may happen to his business, and second,
that he should have some side line in case such an
unlooked for happening should occur.
There are a number of things that may befall the
poultryman and destroy his earnings for a year at
least. It is possible that fire may consume his chicks
or his layers, or that some epidemic may break out
among the poultry in his vicinity and may destroy
his entire flock. It is conceivable that thieves may
break through and steal so many of his chickens as
to render the year an unprofitable one. It is quite
possible that for the first year or two at least he may
not be as good as he thought he was in raising
enough chicks to fill his laying houses.
If any of these things should happen the wise man
can foresee that he should have something besides
poultry to bring in an income so that the grocer and
the butcher can be paid, and as a matter of fact most
poultrymen have time enough to carry on some side
line which fits into their daily program of work with-
out taking too much time away from the poultry.
What the particular side
line of any poultryman should
be depends wholly upon the
inclination and disposition of
the poultryman, but there are
several things which we ven-
ture to suggest to those who
believe that they should not
"put all their eggs into one
basket."
Horticulture is one of these
things, and that is the reason
why Everybodys has opened
a department devoted to that
science. Fruit and poultry go
well together and can be tend-
ed without sacrifice in time to
either. TTiere is nothing bet-
ter for a colony range than an
orchard. The trees give shade
and prolong moisture, while
the birds fertilize the soil and
help to keep away insect pests.
Fruit trees in poultry runs af-
ford shade and bring in an income. Mostly all small
fruits are greatly benefitted by generous applications
of poultry manure. The work of spraying, picking
and marketing the fruit seldom comes at a time
which would interfere with regular poultry opera-
tions, and the combination of friut and poultry has
always been a happy one.
A small commercial flower garden is an excellent
side line for a poultry farm; where hardy and per-
ennial plants are raised the amount of time necessary
for their cultivation is comparatively small and the
work may be done at hours when poultry does not
demand attention. If the farm is on a well-traveled
road the garden will attract visitors who are very
apt to buy, not only flowers but eggs, broilers and
breeding stock as well; and almost every housewife
loves a garden and will be willing to help in its care.
An apiary in connection with a poultry plant is
excellent. TTie care of bees is of absorbing interest,
and the honey that they produce is readily sold at a
good price. Bees need attention at the proper time
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and in a scientific and careful way, but most of the
time what they need is to be let alone.
A vegetable garden, if not too large and there-
fore taking too much time, is an excellent adjunct
to a poultry farm, especially if that farm is located
on a main highway where the produce of the garden
may be sold from a road stand where strictly whole-
sale prices may be obtained.
Specializing in a fashionable strain of either dogs
or cats may also be undertaken by the poultryman
as a side line. If he is fond of pets he will naturally
be good in this line, and if dogs be the venture
they will be very serviceable both as watchmen and
in keeping away and destroying rats or other pests
that are dangerous or harmful to the poultry.
Dairying may be undertaken in connection with a
poultry business, but to make it really profitable it
should be on a comparatively large scale, which
means that the dairy would become the main busi-
ness and the poultry the side line. Ordinarily dairy-
ing requires considerable capital; the employment
of additional help and the purchase of considerable
feed and cannot therefore be considered a side line;
but the keeping of two or three cows may be recom-
mended where there is a retail market for their milk
nearby, and almost every man will want to keep one
cow for family use.
These are some of the side lines into which the
poultryman may go with profit and pleasure, but in
any event we strongly recommiend a consideration
of one or more of them, for no man should put all
his eggs in one basket.
What Does the Standard Describe?
The American Standard of Perfection is the book
recognized in America as the source of the authentic
description for each of our known breeds and varie-
ties.
It is the reference book to which all must turn
when seeking real informatfon as to any one breed
or variety of that breed, and it has been commonly
and universally accepted as the only book which
faithfully describes and enumerates the specifications
that each breed or variety must possess in order to
be qualified and accepted. Under the descriptions
of the Standard the specimen is divided into sec-
tions, each section being described and allotted a
certain number of points: these points in the perfect
bird amount to one hundred. The Standard has
been ranked very high as a descriptive volume; its
phraseology is clear, complete and understandable.
A beginner may read this book and get therefrom as
clear a picture of each breed as it is possible for
words to paint. The book was compiled by men
who had spent a life time as breeders; it has been
revised from time to time by other men equally well
qualified from experience, ability and education, and
we believe the present Standard of Perfection is the
last word among publications of its kind.
Of necessity the Standard enumerates and defines
practically every known species of pure-bred fowl.
Some known as dual-purpose fowls, some classed as
egg-laying breeds and others catalogued as fancy
fowl, pure and simple. The history, origin and de-
velopment of each of the various breeds is briefly
described by the Standard, and these descriptions
represent the best thought of the most experienced
men who have ever bred each of the breeds and va-
rieties catalogued between the pages of the book.
From the races of fowls described by the Stand-
ard have come all of the poultry which are bred in
this country and particularly all of those birds which
are in any way extensively used or bred by what are
termed the production or market breeders. These
are the men who make their living through the sale
of market poultry and eggs, they do not exhibit their
stock, but are commercial breeders only. Their
flocks have sprung up entirely from the kind of birds
described in the Standard and originated entirely
from specimens procured from men known as fan-
ciers or breeders of Standard-bred poultry. There
is absolutely no difference whatever in blood or-
breeding between the birds exhibited by these
breeders and the birds bred by these productionists
except in the quality of the stock. The specimens
which the breeders or fanciers exhibit are precisely
the same in origin and blood as those which the pro-
ductionists keep in their yards to lay eggs or to be
sold to the market. The only possible difference
between the two is that the fancier's birds have some
of the things that the commercial breeder's birds
have not — that is, some of the refinements and nice-
ties which typify the greatest excellence in that par-
ticular breed or variety. They contain all of those
things which the commercial poultryman' s birds
have — and some things additional. TTie fancier's
birds are bred with two objects in view; namely, the
general characteristics belonging to the breed — the
fundamental characteristics — and also the particular
or fancy points minutely described and set forth in
the Standard. The possession of these two elements
enables the fancier's birds to win at the shows.
The commercial breeder who has obtained his
original stock from the fancier has but one object in
view in his breeding operations. If he breeds for
eggs, his object is to get the most eggs. If he breeds
for meat, it is to get the most meat. Both flocks,
the fancier's and the commercial breeder's have
sprung from the same source and contain the same
inherent elements.
The fancier has succeeded in producing a bird
which comes up to all the specifications of what
practical breeders agree is the typical specimen of
that breed, and which they have described in the
Standard. The commercial breeder has preserved
the best qualities of the bird which the Standard de-
scribes, but has lost some of the refinements which
go with the breed because he has failed to pay any
attention to those particular refinements.
Of late we have heard much comment to the
effect that the Standard does not describe the work-
ing bird. This comment has naturally come from
the commercial breeder who would like to change
some of the descriptions in the Standard to suit his
own ideas, but before any tampering is done we
must ask ourselves, "What does the Standard de-
scribe?" A disinterested examination of the Stand-
ard will reveal to all the fact that the Standard faith-
fully and fully describes a bird possessing the full
measure of so-called commercial or utility require-
ments.
An axiom, too old and tried to need comment, is
to the effect that shape makes the breed and color
the variety. To be a Standard bird, a bird must con-
form to typical shape. To be a Wyandotte it must
have the shape of type described in the Standard.
To be a Leghorn, it must have the shape described
in the Standard, or it is not a Leghorn. And it will
be found that these Standard descriptions of these
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various breeds provide for all the qualities which go
to make up the typical, commercial, productive fowl.
The Standard fully and amply provides for depth of
body, width of body, length of body and minutely
describes under each breed a body shape or type
which necessarily makes for production in that
breed. If a Leghorn is bred so that it will conform
to the Standard specifications it will have all the
capacity required for producing a very large number
of eggs. If a Wyandotte is bred so that it will
possess the type laid down under the descriptions in
the Standard for Wyandottes, it will have every
qualification requisite and necessary to enable it to
be the highest class dual-purpose fowl, that is, one
capable of laying a large number of eggs, and yet
possessing a carcass that will grace any table. There
is nothing that can be added to the Standard de-
scriptions of such breeds that can or will portray
anything better from a commercial standpoint. The
capacity for commercial work is fully covered by
the Standard description, and nothing further need
be added to fully describe the bird that the com-
mercial poultryman may profitably use. All any one
has to do is to see that the natural egg-laying ability
of whatever breed is described in the Standard is
not neglected, but that it is kept up by proper and
judicious mating.
We lose patience with those, therefore, who fail to
observe that the Standard descriptions fully cover
those requirements which describe the good all
around, profitable, commercial bird. If some fan-
ciers have failed to keep up the inherent ability to
lay in their flocks, that is their fault, and the same
fault will be found in hundreds of commercial flocks
today. The Standard must not be blamed for this,
but the individual, and it is equally true that most of
the fancier's flocks today produce abundantly and
fully up to the limit of the ability to reproduce.
To our minds the Standard describes fully and
fairly the good and useful utility bird of today.
THE RIGHT ROAD
There is not a successful publica-
tion of any class or character in exist-
ence today, at any rate permanently
successful, that has or is building
their circulation on the quicksands of
quantity, without quality effort being
employed in the obtaining of the new
subscribers and renewal of old.
In these days of keen competition
in all lines of business, things have a
tendency to whirl along sometimes so
fast that unthinking people, even in-
telligent conservative business folks,
are caught unaware by the loud
clamoring of those who seem to be-
lieve that poultry publications in par-
ticular are of more or less of value
according to the quantity of circula-
tion set as the high water mark.
It is not our purpose to depreciate
quantity but rather here to impress
you, Dear Reader, that while Every-
bodys wants to reach one hundred
thousand subscribers, they must be
subscribers like yourself who want
Everybodys on its merits. Want it
for its value to them and willing and
glad to pay our reasonable subscrip-
tion price. We do not want a sub-
scriber on our mailing list that has
been induced to subscribe through the
medium of the "fountain pen" or by
"joining the big society that gets
their mail for 98c with some publica-
tion or other each week." That's
quantity, NOT QUALITY.
Quantity can soon be obtained by
such methods but such circulations
will never be Everybodys. As a regu-
lar reader and subscriber to this pub-
lication we want your help. We can
soon reach our coveted goal, one hun-
dred thousand quality subscribers, if
each one of you, dear friends, will
obtain for us just one new subscriber.
Readers of poultry publications are
quick to appreciate honest efforts of
publishers in the enlarging of their
publication's influence always. We
know this by the fine response every
appeal we have ever made has
brought.
Will you, as a subscriber and friend
of Everybodys, help us to still further
widen the influence of this publica-
tion? Will you send us the names of
those in your neighborhood who keep
poultry and need a good instructive
monthly journal devoted to poultry
culture, that we may endeavor to ob-
tain them as subscribers? Better yet,
will you obtain their subscription? A
trial five month's subscription is but
25 cents; two years for $1.00.
The issues in store for you are the
best results of months of careful
planning. Show this November num-
ber to your neighbor keeping poultry,
tell him why you like it, please; why
it is your favorite poultry magazine.
Such help. Dear Reader, does the
work we need in the building of
Everybody and does it in the RIGHT
WAY— the QUALITY WAY that
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FEED FRESH SPROUTS
There is nothing in green food,
either late summer or winter, that is
as good as tender oats sprouts. If
you do not own a sprouter do not
wait until your hens suffer for want
of green food but buy one now. One
bushel of oats will make all of four
bushels of fresh tender greens. The
profit seeking poultry keepers found
it profitable to keep one or more
sprouters going long ago and hut few
up-to-date plants today are without
sprouters.
Much has been said in Everybodys,
advocating sprouted oats, yet thou-
sands of poultry keepers have yet to
realize their value. Buy a sprouter,
keep it going, they are inexpensive,
last a life time, and will turn you out
food that will give you satisfaction in
watching the hens consume.
* • •
YEAST VALUABLE TO POULTRY
By reports of authorities yeast fed
to poultry will cause the hens to
maintain their body weights more
satisfactorily than those with yeast
not a part of the ration. Dried yeast
has a tendency to strengthen the egg
organs of a hen and the eggs to be
larger and heavier. Many letters
come to this office in which the writ-
ers are sounding the praise of yeast
as fed in conjunction with a good lay-
ing ration.
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thesema^nificent winnings on Wyandotte.s tiiat are hred t<»lay. Reyal Dorcas Wliilo Wyandottes are
trapnested for heavy esg jirodnction and as a coinhination strain of l)eai.ty and usefulness tin y have no
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ZWICK'S
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WHITE
Jig^ > Wjaniotles
overtop everything in September
at "The Great Fancier's Show of
America,' HANOVER, PENNA.,
by making the Outstanding Dis-
play of the entire Show, winning
under Judge Drevenstedt:
Cocks, 1 aiid 4.
Heus, 1, 2 and 3.
Cockerels, 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Pullets, 1, 3, 4 and 5.
Old Pens, 1, 2,
Young Pens, 1, 2.
Best Display, Champion Male, Champion
Female, Best Shaped Male, Best Shaped
Female.
IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED
That the test of a sonson's hreedlnc and the
value of Uie brefding stock is proven by tJie
quality of the young birds; they show whether
the Jtreeder is "slipping" or forging ahead.
This Inii>ortant winning at Hanover was raado
after our sensational winning at the Great In-
diana HI ate Fair, but with an entirely different
string of birds.
These testa of superiority point the . way to
where you should go to secure prize-winning
stock and Bree«lers bred to produce prize win-
ners. Wo have them, that's all.
Young and Old Stock for Sale, of the same
breeding as our winning birds. Decide now
to he a satisfied customer of the Faim that in-
sists that every traiisactlon with It must com-
pletely please the purchaser. Write for Free
llluitrated Sale* Book.
K. H. ZWICK
Arthur O. Duston, Superintendent
R. F. D. 5, OXFORD, OHIO
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Hens with high trapnest
records.
Hens that lay large white
eggs.
Cocks and bockerels hatched
from hens with high trapnest
records of large white eggs.
Pallets bred and selected to
make high records this com-
ing year.
Pens of yearling hens to be
used as a breeding and lay-
ing flock.
Pens of pullets for laying
flocks.
\ift^
We have no SOO-efrsr layers for sale^
but have over twelve thoasand of
the world's best White Leghorns
now in our breodinff houses from
which we can select birds to satisfy
moat demands for quality White
LcghornB.
LORD FARMS
63 Forest St.
Methuen, Mass.
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'•Til' friist is on th' i.unkin' "
lint til' com'.s not in (h' .'^hock,
Tlicre's al) .lit a half tli' corn crop
Tliat will Ko to food th' stock.
Th' j>rice is on tlie up-grade
For corn and oats and wheat,
So th' farmor'.s quit his kicking
And is once again quite sweet.
Th' early frost don't hurt tli' fowls —
Just j)Uts them right on edge.
So th' chicken man don't worry
And he doesn't have to hedge.
Til' hen and eggs are products that are al-
ways in demand,
And th' public knows a good thing, and
eats 'em to boat th' band.
You can bank on dear old Biddy
And her pullet daughters, too.
Just treat her right, and give her light,
And she will see you through.
This is the month when turkey Tom
Will get it in th' neck,
But when he's gone, with much aplomb,
'Twill be th' hen again, by heck.
* * •
If you ever saw a dog chase his tail or a
man going high, wide and lively at the same
time — that's me.
* • •
The egg laying contest is all set, pens are
all filled and we are off to see what can be
done with some well-bred stock, housed diflTer-
ent from what it ever was before, given per-
sonal attention as to feeding, etc.
* • *
A great many people are and will be com-
ing to Glen Ellyn to visit the contest. When
you reach town, the best way is to take a
ta.xi and tell them you want to f:o to the »-gg
laying contest at .340 Oak St. They charge
but 25c and it's worth the price,
* • «
Sejttember found us taking in some great
fall fairs. First we judged at the Illinois
State Fair where we found the largest entry
they have had in years.
* • •
The poultry building was double decked
and aisles narrowed. The stock barn across
the way was filled and then they had to build
a roof over the alley between two stock barns.
That not being enough they had a lot of fowls
caged outside along the side of the building.
* « •
And then they say the fancy end of the
business is dead — far from it.
* ♦ ♦
Jerome A. Leland, with his hustling assist-
ants A. D. Smith, Fred Schroeder and "Spec"
Ballard, were right on the job taking care
of everything in their usual efficient manner.
* • •
The Governor was a daily visitor and f>aid
he never 'saw such a poultry show in his life.
The G vern'ir knows as he was superinten-
dent of poultry at this great fair years ago —
and they had some shows in those days, too.
* « «
The White Leghorn class was the largest
and one of the best seen at this great fair
in years. Quality was top-notch throughout.
* * *
The Rhode Island Reds, as they always do
at this fair, brought out a large class of
quality stuff. Judge Tarbell has made quite
a rei)iitation judging Reds at this fair and os
the hustling state secretary of the Red Club,
he has been a hard worker for the Red Club.
■k • «
The Buff Orpingtons also brought out some
keen comjtetition and there was some very
fine stuff shown in both old and young.
* * «
Barred Plymouth Rocks also showed some
good quality and the breeders were pleased to
see Mrs. Dorothea J. Rainey, secretary of the
Illinois Baby Chick Association, walk oflf with
a blue ribbon and a few others at this, her
first big show.
* • •
The judges of the show were Heyl, Heim-
lich, Tarbell, Ballard and Hale.
* » •
There was a great deal of talk regarding
the need of a new poultry building and from
the interest shown by the Governor, Secretary
of Aijricultiire, and some of the State Fair
Board, we believe we will get it.
« ♦ »
The fair all through this year was bigger
and better in every way. Larger displays,
more exhibits and l)igger crowds,
* • *
From the Illinois State Fair we took a
night train and landed in Nashville, "Tenn.,
where we visited the Tri-State Fair, especially
the poultry department. Here, too, we were
surprised to find the exhibits much lare^r
than ever and everybody giving credit to thp
superintendent. Russell F. ralmor, and 1. .
loyal little wife. "'^
• ♦ ♦
Having known "Rusty" .and the Mrs for
many years liere in the Mid-West, it seemed a
little out of place to find them so comfortably
located in the South and apparently so much
at home.
• • ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have a very nice
home at Shelbyville, Tenn., where the Judge is
running a large hatchery and s<> great is the
demand for their chicks that they keep run-
ning the year around and doing a fine busi-
ness.
They understand the show business from
A to Izzard and have built up the Tennessee
State Fair show until it ranks with the best
^yhat is more, the exhibitors seem to appre-
ciate it and are standing back of them in fine
shape.
• • •
Any time you Northern breeders think they
haven't got some good quality stock in the
South, you want to take a trip down there
and see for yourself; then, when you get an
order from down there for a show bird, you
will have an idea of what you have got t«
furnish.
• • •
The Rhode Island Reds, both combs,
showed some excellent quality. The Barred
Rocks, White Wyandottes, White and Brown
Leghorns and Black Minorcas all showed
quality that would fit in at any show in the
country.
• • •
Judges Tucker and Burton placed the
awards and two more popular judges it would
be hard to find.
• • •
We had to hurry home to get busy on the
contest work, but brought about 15 entries
with us, as the breeders of the South are
bound that they have just as good stock as
any one and they are willing to put them
to the test. Watch the Tennesseee and
Mississippi birds.
• • •
On November 19 we start for Jacksonville.
Fla., where we will judge the big state show.
For several years the management and the
writer have been trying to get together, but
other dates always prevented.
• • •
As we have judged at several southern
shows in the past, we know that we will
run into some fine birds, and the secretary,
Wm. C. Smith, writes that the prospects are
better than ever and that he would like to
see some birds from other parts of the coun-
try show there. The i)remium list is out.
The prizes are open to competition of the
world, so send to W. C. Smith, Sec'y, Box
455, Jacksonville, Fla., and get your entry
in at once. There is business there for the
man who has the goods.
• • •
Leaving Jacksonville on November 24, we
start back North, stopping off at the contest
for a couple of days and then "beat it" for
Tacoma. Wash., to see what the Pacific Coast
boys can trot out and again we know we will
strike some good stuff. With Harry Collier
and Walter Coates and a few other good
breeders, judjjes and fanciers pounding at
them for many years, they have made great
progress and put on some fine shows.
• • •
Stoji uj) the cracks and crevices before
those cold fall and winter winds begin to
blow. We won't have even a nail hole where
the wind can seep through, especially if it
hits the birds at roost.
• • •
Now that we have had our first frost, the
weather has turned into the finest Indian
Summer one ever saw. The young stock fin-
ishes up fast in this kind of weather.
• • •
Entries for the Northwestern Yeast Foam
Company's Egg Laying Contest are filled with
100 pens from 22 States and Canada, and the
writer exj»ects to get a lot of enjoyment in
the work of watching these pens and seeing
that each pen gets the care necssary to nro-
duce the very best possible records. Each
I)en will get what we think it needs, rather
than all pens getting the same. We do this
because we believe that when you enter »
contest you are entitled to have everything
done to make the best possible record.
• • •
Monthly bulletins that will not only cover
the contest reports, but that will also con-
tain much practical poultry information will
be published.
• • •
In our January issue we expect to^ have a
complete report of our trip to Florida and
Washington.
November, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
821
FALL AND WINTER
POULTRY PROBLEMS
• Late in fall and in winter is the
time when our fowls suffer from
colds, roup, and other diseases of the
respiratory system. These disturb-
ances are the main causes that handi-
cap the poultryman from getting the
much desired winter eggs. In the
majority of cases these troubles are
due to careless and thoughtless man-
agement of the fowls before their
housing for winter. The most gen-
eral faults are, underfeeding, late
housing, overcrowding, and parasites.
In Fall the natural supply of young
shoots and bugs is almost gone, the
young stock is growing fast and re-
quires for its growth plenty of food.
Nevertheless, the average poultry-
man continues to feed them as he
used to do in summer, leaving them
to shift for themselves for the rest
of the food. The result is that the
future layers go very often for the
night with empty crops, and their
growth is partly checked.
As a rule the young stock is housed
for winter some time in October or
even later. Till that time the young
birds are allowed to spend the nights
in any old place. Some crowd each
other in the small chick coops, over-
swarmed with parasites, while others
spend nights in the open air, on trees
or fences, and are subjected to the
cold, damp and rainy nights, which
are frequent in August and Septem-
ber.
Not always is the surplus stock dis-
posed of in time, when the birds are
to be housed in their winter pens.
Consequently they are overcrowded,
sometimes for quite a while. All
these faults naturally tend to weaken
the fowls organism and lessen its
power of resistance and the birds fall
as a prey of the above mentioned
diseases.
The most common diseases of the
respiratory system are colds, simple
catarrh, and contagious catarrh, or
diphtheretic roup. The general symp-
toms of these diseases are in the be-
ginning practically the same, a slight
discharge of the nostrils and teary
eyes. But this is not always notice-
able. Later you notice the nostrils
are clogged up with dirt, then be-
ware! the trouble is at your door.
Next you will notice the birds won't
eat as heartily as they used to, they
become less and less active, are not
inclined to scratch, go early to roost
and often found there in daytime,
their plumage is rough, loses its lus-
tre. When the necessary measures
are not taken in time cold develops
into simple catarrh, which affects
mostly the eyes. The birds become
more listless. Simple catarrh de-
velops into diphtheretic roup, which
is very contagious and almost incur-
able.
Treatment
When cold is first noticed treat the
fowls collectively. First try to make
The pullet that lays the
greatest number of eggs
is the pullet that can digest
its food most easily
*'I have used Fleischmann's Pure Dry Yeast for
a period of four months," writes Burton Stecre,
of Springfield, Mass. (One of his yeast-fed flock
is shown here.) "The birds showed a larger egg
production than in previous years and the whole
flock were kept in the pink of condition."
"Ever since I started feeding Yeast,**
writes H. Borden, of East San Ga-
briel, Calif., owner of the yeast-fed
fowls shown here, "my flock has
been in a very healthy condition.
Mortality has been nothing to speak
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**A HEN which lays heavily or poorly
Jl\. eats very nearly the same
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America's foremost authorities.
What makes the difference? Breed-
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Having spent 34 years in put-
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in establishing strains of our
different varieties with records
from 180 to 256 eggs. Remem-
ber, this is not done with a sin-
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We are offering the product of our
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210-24S egg bred 2.00
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their environments as pleasant and
healthy as possible. Secondly, help
the fowls to help themselves, feed
them more liberally, provide them
with deep litter, to induce them to
scratch, give once in a while a good
tonic to brace them up, and, above
all, keep the parasites away from
them. Powdered ginger, gentain,
iron sulphate and red pepper are
good as a tonic and stimulant. They
can be dissolved in water and mixed
with the food.
When simple catarrh sets in and
swelling of the eyes is noticed, re-
move the affected birds from the pen
at once and treat them individually.
Wash their eyes daily with a boric
acid solution, in which a little per-
oxide of hydrogen is added, clean
out the nostrils and inject in them,
also in the roof of the mouth a few
drops of one or two per cent of creo-
lin solution, or kerosene mixed with
equal parts of sweet oil. When the
eyelids are inflamed and pasty rub
them gently with carbolated vaseline.
When symptoms of contagious ca-
tarrh or roup are noticed, viz., the
bird is very dull, the plumage rough,
the wings droopy, and, by closer ex-
amination, the eyes, mouth and the
bronchial tubes are clogged with a
yellowish cheesy substance, which
renders a very offensive smell. When
these symptoms are noticed remove
the affected bird at once, kill it and
bury or burn its body, as in such
cases the hatchet is the most reliable
and useful cure. At the same time a
very close watch must be had for the
rest of the fowls and vigorous mea-
sures must be taken to brace them
up.
Summarizing the foregoing, I want
to say that the saying "An ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure"
is more applicable to the diseases of
the respiratory system than to any
other disease of the poultry yard.
The prevention is: (1) Feed your
birds liberally, they should go for the
night with full crops. (2) House
your young stock as early in fall as
possible, before cold and damp nights
begin. (3) Give your birds ample
space to exercise. (4) Keep the
houses aeriated, well lighted and
comfortable. (5) Avoid drafts.
(6) Keep the houses and birds free
from parasites.
TRY FOR THE IDEAL
There is perhaps scarcely a study
more fascinating than the production
of the ideal from what Nature has to
offer, and for those who have time
and opportunity at their disposal
they will find it a hobby difficult to
equal. In selecting stock with which
to start have some special object in
view. Select birds with well-estab-
lished blood lines back of them, al-
ways bearing in mind that a breeding
bird must be healthy to prove of any
value to the stud.
TURKEY RAISING
There seems to be an unusual
amount of interest, a revival in fact,
of the turkey interests and to help
this along and to insure further pro-
gress let me here give my method of
turkey raising which has been very
successful.
I hatch most of the eggs in an in-
cubator, then the poults are free
from lice, which is a great advantage
as poults will die quicker from lice
than any other thing. As soon as the
hatch is complete I remove the little
fellows to a warm brooder, using
great care that they do not get
chilled. I put two thicknesses of
burlap on the floor and on this some
clean, dry sand, over which I sprinkle
a little fine- chick grit. I keep the
brooder at ninety degrees during the
night and for the first few days, but
diminish the heat as they grow older.
They must be kept warm enough that
they do not crowd. They should
spread out all over the brooder floor,
but must not be kept so warm that
they scatter in the corners. Toa
much heat is worse than too little.
I take my poults from the incu-
bator at about 10 a. m., then let them
entirely alone in the brooder for two
or three hours, so they will get quiet
and over the excitement of being
handled. Always, when going to the
poults and when near enough so they
can hear my voice, I begin to talk to
them before they can see me. I say,
"gub, gub, gubby" in a quiet, sooth-
ing voice, so they become used to
the noise. It is not best to go up to
young poults too quickly, as they are
easily frightened and sometimes a
weak one will faint and even die, but
with care they will learn to come and
meet you when they hear your voice.
The first feed is hard boiled egg
chopped fine, which I place on a
clean board in bottom of brooder.
If I have chicks, I put three or four
in the brooder to teach the poults to
eat, if not, then I leave them alone
and they will usually learn in an
hour or so themselves. For the first
three days I feed only hard boiled
eggs chopped fine. These eggs should
be put on to cook in cold water and
boiled at least half an hour. When
I test the eggs in the incubator I put
the clear ones in brine to keep them
for the turkeys. The second day I
give water which has been previously
boiled and cooled, but yet slightly
warm. On the third day I begin to
add chopped onion tops to the eggs,
also some stale bread crumbs which
have been squeezed out of cold,
scalded sweet milk. I add one thing
at a time, as poults will sulk and
won't eat if the feed is changed too
much. I sprinkle a little chick feed
seeds for them to pick at. Then I
feed curd made from not too sour
milk at first, and add it to the egg
and onion and bread. Sometimes I
give all these at once, then again just
one feed at a time, as curd one time,
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Results of Feeding Test
of great importance to poultry raisers
For the last eleven months— from Nov. 1st, 1923, to Oct. 1st,
1924, The White Cloud Farms at Rock Tavern, New York,
have been conducting a test to determine whether it paid
to buy Ful-0-Pep Egg Mash or a cheaper competitive mash
that was about $15.00 a ton cheaper.
On the second floor of the house shown in the pictures
they had two pens of about 225 pullets — one pen was
fed Ful-0-Pep Egg Mash and the other on the cheaper
competitive Mash.
Ful-0-Pep Egg Mash Produced
a Net Profit of $1 More Per Hen
MONTHS
FUL-O-
-PEP
AVER. CEGS per HEN
VALUE OF E66S
November
7.3
$ .50
December
11.4
.57
January
14.9
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February
12.0
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March
12.4
.34
April
11.0
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May
14 3
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June
15.0
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July
12.6
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August
11.2
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September
7.2
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Total
129.3
$4 89
Competitive Mash
AVER. EBGS par HEN VALUE OF E66I
93.7
$3.59
The results of the test, show that in the aver-
age monthly production the Ful-O-Pep birds
laid three dozen more eggs with a total
value of $1.30 more per bird or a net gain of
$1.00 more per bird after figuring difference
in feed costs.
Such results prove conclusively that it will
pay you to feed your hens Ful-O-Pep Egg
Mash it will enable your hens to lay MORE
eggs and return you a greater profit.
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egg the next time, and so on. On
cold mornings I add a wee bit of pep-
per to the feed and sometimes I use
red pepper. After they are a week
old I gradually leave off the eggs
and then the bread, but add to the
curd and onions bran and middlings,
and a few days later a little fine
cornmeal. After the poults are five
days old I feed a very little meat
scrap and increase the quantity
gradually till each one has about a
teaspoonful daily. This takes the
place of the bugs they would catch if
they were running loose with a hen.
.\s they grow older I scald cornmeal
with sweet skimmed milk or water and
let steam till cool (this should be very
crumbly). They will eat any mash
readily, but do not take to grain, but
if started with chick feed when very
young they are not so much trouble.
After the third day I add a little
fine charcoal to their feed. Lettuce
or other chopped green feed must be
given. At this age I feed every
the roosts a little over four inches
apart and four inches from the
ground. They will soon learn to
jump up on the perch and sun them-
selves, then I place a similar perch
in the brooder four inches from the
back. They may have to be placed
on this perch several times before
they will learn to use it, but by put-
ting them to perch after dark and
being very quiet about it, I usually
get them taught before my patience
is quite exhausted. Straw is cut and
put on the brooder floor to a depth
of two or three inches, so if one falls
off the perch he will have a comfort-
able bed. At four weeks the heat ia
reduced to sixty degrees, and a few
days later is discontinued entirely,
and the turks are moved to a shed
open on the east side, with roost a
foot from the floor and six inches of
straw under the roost. As the tur-
keys grow the roost is placed higher,
and they stay in these sheds at night
protected from wind and rain till
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hour, giving only a very little at a
time and gradually increase the time
till they are fed at about two hours.
When the poults are three days old I
let them out in the run outside of the
brooder, but they must be watched
that they do not get chilled till they
learn to go to the brooder for
warmth, and they must be protected
from the drafts and the north wind
until they are quite large. They can
stand lots of sun, but should have
shade provided. Another peculiarity
of young turks is that if they get
down on their backs they cannot get
up without assistance.
When the turkeys are four weeks
old I place in their runs a small
perch. This is made of two pieces
of inch board, four inches wide by
fourteen inches long. To this I nail
three pieces one by one inch by two
and one-half feet long. This makes
they are marketed. At this age they
are fed three times a day. The feed
is given them in front of the shed,
but they are let run at will in the
alfalfa fields through the day. I also
add chopped alfalfa to their mash,
which is made of two parts bran, one
part middlings, one part cornmeal
mixed with sweet skimmed milk. In
case I have no milk I add a little
meat meal or oil cake meal to take its
place. When they commence to show
the red, which is usually a serious
time with them, I feed them a little
heaver and richer feed.
Occasionaly I set a turkey hen,
but watch her very closely and take
the poults away from her as soon as
hatched. If poults are left in the
nest till they know the hen they will
sulk and refuse to eat and often die
after they are separated.
November, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
825
THE GREEN BONE INSTINCT '
The Jungle Fowls, scratching and
fighting in the tolemn woods of long
ago India, did not have any one to
prepare patent foods for them that
were warranted to fairly push a pro-
cessing of fertile eggs into their
nests, but when they wanted a meal,
they surely had to work for it. It
was all around them in swarming
millions, and crawling thousands, for
insects and worms filled the sunlit air
and wriggled in every dark and
steaming yard of earth.
It was fly, jump, bounce and
scratch all the working hours, for the
grandfathers and grandmothers of
the domestic fowl of today were not
particular about their meals being
served in course and did not insist
on regular feeding hours.
It was literally grub they were
after, as well as insect, and they
went after them with a ginger and
determination that has been passed
down through the rushing years so
that today the tiny chick, hot from the
egg, will begin to pick at a fly or
scratch around him, almost before he
knows he is born.
There is a deeper tone, more of
"here is the real thing" sound to
Papa Rooster's food call, when he
finds a fat grasshopper, a wounded
bee, or a luscious grub, and bids his
favorite wife to the feast.
He doesn't kick it all over the place
as he does the grain that is carefully
brought to him, and that it costs a
cent or a dollar a bushel stirs him
not, and his lady love eyes it with an
indifference that doesn't bespeak
much egg enthusiasm on their part.
They are not particularly anxious to
raise a family from seed corn or
household scraps, unless, ho-ho! amidst
said scraps there be some bits of
meat, or happier find, a choice bit
of bone with its tempting shred of
flesh and fat.
Now, no haughty indifference, no
listless packing, no back kicks that
show indifference if not contempt for
the provender offered.
The instincts of hoards of animal
food loving ancestors spring to the
front, the lust for foods that will
make for their best comfort and for
the production of fine mui^cled, lusty,
vigorous chicks, sweeps over them,
and they demonstrate the familiar
axiom that evidences top notch
energy and hair trigger speed — "Like
a chicken for a grasshopper."
When a man wants anything as
much as a chicken wants a grasshop-
per, and does as the chicken does,
something is doing right away, and
that grasshopper has got to get his
high speed clutch into action if he
cares to see another sunset.
Nature has never had to hurry, so
she has had all the time she wanted
to experiment, and in the chicken line
her reasoning ran something like
this:
"I want to make a bird machine
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that will answer the following specifi-
cations:
"It must first of all be beautiful
to look at, for I am not going to spoil
a color scheme with any that I can
just as easily fit into it as not:
"So I will cover it with a coat
light, warm or cool as the warm days
and cool nights demand, and I will
weave and paint into his coat all the
colors, all the shimmer that I know
of, and I am pretty well posted in
that line.
"The flesh of this new bird must be
very toothsome and must be able to
evolve into savory soups and rich
brown roasts, for some day, I will
have a creature to feed that will de-
mand that sort of thing.
"Wings, it must have and especi-
ally sturdy legs, for it can be seen
that this kind of a production is not
going to lead a life 'all beer and skit-
tles* but has got to do some lively
running and jumping to get its food
and preserve its existence.
"It may be said in passing, that
this fowl will be largely useful in
keeping the worm and bug crop at a
profitable level, and bye and bye can
be taught to lay about 200 eggs a
year and prove about the most pro-
fitable and handy thing to have
around that has been turned out in
the scheme of Creation."
Not to become tiresome with our
simile, there was put into the chick-
en's makeup a chronic longing for
animal food, they have to have it,
their own body demands it to keep
its flesh firm, its feathers bright, its
comb richly red, and its egg making
mechanism in good producing order.
The whole reproductive economy,
the most vital question of "fertile
eggs" and decent per cent hatches,
hinges right on this supply, and
preach, entreat, explain as we may,
we cannot get a large number of
poultry men to believe it, or think
about it.
They growl at their lack of suc-
cess, at the poultry business, at the
men and women who are really ac-
complishing much with their fowls,
and they won't believe that the cor-
nerstone of poultry success is made
of green bones properly prepared and
full of the vigorous juices that lie in-
side of them and in the adherent
strips of meat and tendon.
It is not possible to explain that
eggs which the never tiring hen is
being forever urged to increase in
number, must be provided for in tho
food that goes to the waiting flock.
Can it be made plain that fertile eggs
must, can only result from the proper
nutriment being furnished to the
cock? He most certainly cannot
make brick without straw, nor fertil-
ize a good per cent of eggs merely
by meditation and prayer.
Not a bit of it. He wants bones,
chopped bones, red blooded bones,
bones that go to waste in great quan-
tities in every home and butcher
shop.
Every fibre of his jungle bred soul
cvies out for animal food, that has
in i*: the juices and chemical elements
that stand for red combs, fertile eggs
abundant eggs, and soups, fricasses'
roasts and Baltimore fried, of a qual*
ity unknown to the bone meal, bran
fed unfortunate of so many poultry
yards.
To be sure chickens will eat most
anything, eat for the mere pleasure
of doing something, fill their crops
with dry bone meal, gravel, chips of
glass, anything to satisfy the instinct
to keep busy.
Grain they need as a matter of
course, the busy little food furnaces
must be kept burning, but when they
want to manufacture show pen qual-
ity, fertile eggs and good hard dol-
lars, they have simply got to have the
material to do it with.
Green bones, and again green
bones chopped to a dollar making,
labor saving size, a thing done in
these days of perfect bone choppers
with the minimum of labor, fed to
them regularly and in sufficient quan-
tity.
They are not credited with an over
supply of brains, but their little souls
do know one thing, and that is, that
they want green bones just as often
as an intelligent, progressive poultry
man will give them the chance to get
them.
SOMETHING ABOUT EGGS
Eggs, unlike most products of the
farm, are fit for the market the min-
ute they are laid.
Hens cannot make eggs and grow
lice at the same time, it is cruel to ex-
pect them to do both.
Don't sell the eggs you find in a
hidden nest for you cannot be sure
of their freshness.
Remove the broody hens so that
the layers may get to the nest.
While pullet eggs bring the same
price as larger eggs laid by the hens,
it is policy to get your pullets lay-
ing about the time your hens are
moulting.
Never make the laying nest too
large, have it so the hen can sit com-
fortably and no larger. If you have
it large enough for the hen to stand
at the side of the nest it may induce
her to peck at the egg and break it,
then she soon becomes an egg eater.
SELF-INTEREST
Education and progress in any in-
dustry are impossible without zeal,
and there is no such thing as indus-
trial zeal without self-interest. Self-
interest inspires investigation, study
and research, and self-interest gives
the instructor knowledge and the zeal
to impart information to others. For
this reason, we find in all industrial
literature the dominant tone of self-
interest continually leading up to
and resolving into the self-interested
concerns of those who read it.
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ARTIFICIAL INCUBATING AND
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POINTERS FOR THE BEGINNERS
The beginner in poultry produc-
tion who hasn't had personal experi-
ence in mating had best try to se-
cure some expert help or at least ad-
vice. There is hardly a section in
our country where assistance cannot
be secured and the breeder can well
afford to pay for this experience un-
til he gets the proper ideas of same.
It is an old and true saying, that
"One good showing is worth a year
of reading".
Inbreeding, that is breeding males
and females that are related to each
other together, is practiced by a large
number of breeders, and it is neces-
sary to do this to perfect a strain,
but the beginner would better avoid
this until he has a few years' experi-
ence in mating and breeding fowls,
fcr inbreeding is followed by many
perils, and a mistake is likely to be
a very costly one.
When it comes to determining
whether chicks shall be hatched by
the artificial or natural method there
does not seem to be much room for
choice in these days. The incubator
has won a place from which it can-
not be dislodged. Its advantages
over the natural method are so fully
conceded that there is no good argu-
ment in favor of the natural method
for any one who desires to raise one
hundred or more fowls in a year.
Briefly, some of the advantages of
the incubator over the hen for hatch-
ing purposes are as follows: Chicks
may be hatched in an incubator
earlier in the season than would be
possible with hens. The incubator
is always ready to go to work, no
matter what the weather is. One in-
cubator will do the work of many
hens without breaking eggs, conclud-
ing to quit, or requiring special at-
tention.
It is no more work to take care of
an incubator containing from 100 to
300 eggs than 4t is to take care of
one hen sitting on a dozen eggs.
With an incubator a large number of
chicks may be hatched at one time
and, being of the same age, all have
an equal chance to grow up to full
maturity uniformly.
Chicks hatched in an incubator and
reared in a brooder mature much
more quickly, are more vigorous and
make better birds than those hatched
and reared by hens. Finally, a
larger per cent of eggs can be hatched
'n4 an incubator than under h'cns.
This may be disputed, but careful
and extended experiments have
proven this to be the case.
DO NOT UNDERTAKE TOO MUCH
The tendency to undertake too
much is strong in the beginner. Dur-
ing the hatching season it seems as
if there must be more room in the
yards, than the chicks will ever fill.
and he is tempted to hatch a few
more and thus he gets out a large
number of chicks. If he has good
luck he soon gets his yards filled up
with the little fellows and as they
grow there is no room for the in-
crease in size. Then the trouble be-
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chicks crowd and bruise each other
and the weaker ones give up and die.
Here is the place where the beginner
does exactly the wrong thing. He
gets discouraged and neglects his
chicks, when he should give them the
very best care. The proper thing to
do is to dispose of a part of the
chicks even if they must be given
away. It is better to dispose of half
the number than to try to keep them
and let them grow up stunted and
undeveloped.
The way to begin is to determine
in the spring not to over-stock the
yards. Estimate how many fowls of
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carry and then hatch the number
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One will not go far out of the way to
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chicks than the yards will carry when
they have grown to full size. This
will allow one-fourth of them to drop
out and still leave the yards full. If
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The begrinner should always keep
in mind the fact that about half the
chicks will he cockerels and plan
accordingly. If he has yard room
for 100 mature fowls he should hatch
about 250 chicks. This will give him
125 pullets and the same number of
cockerels. The cockerels may be sold
or eaten as broilers and pullets culled
as they grow up until in the fall the
yards are comfortably filled and
every bird has had a good chance to
grow up and mature perfectly, such
a flock being worth more than twice
as many which have been crowded in
over-stocked yards.
FEEDING AND HANDLING GEESE
A man who has had several years
experience in rearing geese states,
that there are many important points
in their feeding and handling to be
considered.
The first is in selecting and care
of the breeders. I select strong
healthy birds. Old ganders and
young geese that are not akin, one
gander to two geese. These are
picked out early in the fall allowing
them to full feather before cold
weather and let them remain full
feathered until after breeding sea-
son.
I feed during the winter months
plenty of second crop clover hay,
corn fodder is also good. Corn, oats
and vegetables, sand, oyster shells
are necessaries. Breeders should
never be too fat, as eggs from over-
fattened geese will not hatch well.
That is my reason for feeding as I
do. My geese are always supplied
with plenty of water to drink, but
are not allowed to swim in running
water or ponds.
The second point is in incubating.
As soon as the geese commence lay-
ing in the spring I start my incu-
bator. If the weather is cold, all
eggs gathered during the day are
placed in the incubator at night,
when the eggs are turned. The cold
eggs are never allowed to touch the
warm ones. My reason for placing
the eggs in the incubator every even-
ing is, keeping them from getting
chilled. I never use goose eggs over
three days old for incubation. Far-
mers as a general rule keep their
goose eggs too long before incubat-
ing.
The incubators are operated the
same as in incubating hen's eggs ex-
cept in turning and moisture. I al-
ways turn goose eggs three times
every day. Goose eggs do not re-
quire any more moisture than hen's
eggs during the hatch, and they
should be dipped at least three times
in warm water of the temperature of
the incubator during the fourth week
of incubation. Before dipping I
place a blanket in a basket, folding
it so one-half of the blanket vnll
cover the eggs, and as soon as dipped
place each egg under the blanket
never allowing them to lie in the
for one
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water. The dipping process is not
to supply moisture but to soften the
shell, making it easier for the little
birds to break their way out. The
eggs should always be covered thus
during the dipping process to keep
them from chilling.
The third point is in brooding.
As soon as eggs are pipped in the in-
cubator, I light the lamps in the
brooders so as to have the tempera-
ture at ninety degrees, and as soon
as the birds are hatched and dried,
they are removed from the incubator
to the brooder, letting them remain
there from three to five days before
feeding. The strongest birds are
fed on the third day from hatching,
the weaker ones on the fifth. I al-
ways take them out of the brooder
to feed and water. As soon as they
are done eating and drinking they
are placed again in the brooder
which should always be kept dry and
clean as goslings are more sensitive
to filth and dampness than little
chicks, until their breasts are feath-
ered. I never let my goslings get
wet either by rain or drinking water.
Little drinking fountains are used as
for little chicks. The temperature in
the brooders for the first week should
be ninety degrees, thereafter seventy.
I never allow the goslings out of the
brooder for the first three weeks ex-
cept to eat and drink.
The fourth point is in feedinr.
Always feed light bread soaked in
fresh, sweet milk. Never feed sour
milk or corn meal to goslings that
are under six weeks of age. They
should have plenty of green stuff
such as lettuce, plantain, dandelion,
tender grass, cabbage, chopped fine.
Sand they must have. While they
remain in the brooder they should
be fed three times a day. After
three weeks if the weather be favor-
able, they should be placed in the
brooder again at night. I seldom
lose a gosling after it is once hatched.
Goslings hatched artificially are
stronger than those hatched under a
hen or goose. They mature faster
when raised artificially. It is the
ideal way of incubating and rearing
goslings. I market from 125 to 140
geese each season. All are hatched
and raised artificially. — J. O. F.
CONDITION FOR EXHIBITION
The enterprising breeder of poul-
try who expects to take his birds to
the shows during the fall and winter
will begin to lay his plans early in the
season. The wise poultryman has
picked out the best of his flock and is
giving them special attention, care
and feed, in order that they may
grow and thrive. His aim is to get
his birds into the best condition as
early as possible. As the season ad-
vances, he will gradually discard
those birds which are not keeping up.
In the early fall he will have a few
of the very best in prime condition,
ready for the show room.
DRESSING POULTRY
FOR MARKET
A considerable proportion of the
dressed poultry consigned to com
mission houses in large cities brings
to the producer much smaller profit
than it would, had the same poultry
been dressed and packed for ship
ment with greater skill. It is of
prime importance that the poultry
products be placed on the market in
a condition that will make them ap.
pear as inviting as possible.
Proper feeding for two or three
weeks before the fowls are slaugh-
tered will improve their color ma-
terially. In most of the markets fat
fowls with a yellow skin bring the
highest prices. This condition may
be secured most cheaply by feeding
a grain ration composed largely of
corn, for two or three weeks before
the fowls are slaughtered. Of the
more common grain foods there is
none that excels corn for this pur-
pose.
The commission men and shippers
who study dressing and packing in
detail state that uniformly fine qual-
ity will soon acquire a reputation
among buyers.
The shipper should always be care-
ful to have the product look as neat
as possible. In some of the large
cities ordinances prohibit the sale of
dressed poultry with food in the
crops. In a few instances the sale
of live poultry in coops which con-
tain food is prohibited. In all cases
it is best to withhold food from fif-
teen to twenty hours before killing,
but the fowls should have plenty of
water during this time, that they
may be able to digest and assimilate
the food already consumed.
All fowls should be killed by cut-
ting through the roof of the mouth
and allowing them to bleed to death.
In all operations of dressing avoid
cutting or bruising the skin or break-
ing bones. Care is required in the
case of heavy fowls in picking and
handling to prevent bruising the
skin.
In packing fowls use clean, neat
and as light packages as will carry
safely. Boxes or barrels holding
about 200 pounds meet these require-
ments best, boxes are better for tur-
keys and geese and barrels for chick-
ens.
In shipping live poultry the coop
should be high enough to allow the
fowls to stand upright without bend-
ing their legs. When large coops
are used there should be partitions
so that if the coops are tipped all
of the fowls are not thrown to one
side. They should have plenty of
room in the coop.
Children, from their very nature and ten-
der sensibilities, yeern for some pet. The
kite, the doll, or the hall lias its charms for
the younsr. M-hile it lasts. Hut. after all. they
arc 'fle^tiMg enjoyments, as the objects W®
mute, and therefore comparatively uninter-
esting: compared to what bantams, pijreons, or
a few choice fowls would be. Give the youn«
cnes a chance.
November, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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"Dad" Hewes says that the Indiana Fair
Poultry Show was the largest in its seventy
years' history. Yet some people say that the
•'Fancy" is dead.
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The shows all over the country were the
best this year at every point. The "Back-
yard" poultryman is the backbone of the
poultry industry. He is the man and woman
who put the lay in the Leghorn and the other
Standard breeds that have made "Commer-
cial" poultry the big industry of the United
States.
* • •
"Dad" Hewes makes this statement in a
recent article: "The men and women that
are breeding poultry for egg production
alone, regardless of the looks of their flocks
as to shape or color, never enjoyed a real
thrill in their lives."
This was very noticeable at the big Puyal-
lup Fair where there were over 2,300 fowls
on exhibition. The Polish and Bantam
classes were the admiration of every one who
attended. These fowls are not supposed to
be bred for their general utility qualities but
their owners get more thrills out of their top-
not beauties than the fellow does out of the
three hundred egg hen. unless that breeder be
a real fancier and has carried "beauty"
along with production.
* • •
We had a fine egg contest at Puyallup in
which the Rhode Island Rods laid within one
egg of the Leghorns and there was only one
Red pen on exhibition. The Barred Rocks
were not far behind, as they laid within one
egg of the Reds. The American class fowl
will lay as many eggs as any fowl that grows,
given the same chance. There are too many
kinds of large fowls running together. One
cannot treat Reds and Rocks the same as they
would treat Leghorns and expect best results.
* • •
Speaking of Reds, the Fifth District Meet
of the Rhode Island Red Club will be held at
Tacoma this year. The States that compose
the Fifth District are as follows: California.
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Arizona. Oregon,
Washington, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah. Alaska
and all of Western Canada, beginning with
British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan,
Alberta and British Columbia, the provinces
that are making great headway with poultry.
* • •
The Tacoma Association offered three hun-
dred dollars for the meet and will give the
best premiums that were ever offered at a big
Northwest Show.
* • •
The Tacoma poultrymen decided to bring
the show to the people this year instead of
trying to get the people to go to the show.
The big show will be held at South Tacoma,
on the main highway from California to Brit-
ish Columbia. Twenty-five thousand auto-
mobiles pass the door of the show room each
day, not to count the busses that run between
the capital city, Olympia. and those cars that
make Portland, Ore., every day. The street
cars run from the heart of Tacoma to this big
show building.
Every one who has a Rhode Island Red
should send some fowls to this big gathering.
D. E. Hale, Glen EUyn. III., will place the
awards at the show and he will tell of his
trip in December Everybodys. Write to Ray
Leftwick, secretary, for premium list.
* • •
The show circuit in Washington opens up
the first week in December at Tacoma, fol-
lowed by Waterville, then Wenatchee .ind
Seattle coming the same week. The writer
will judge Waterville and Wenatchee, while
James A. Tucker will place the awards at the
Seattle Show. Seattle promises many new
wrinkles in their show this year. They have
an entry fee of $1.50 for single birds and
give good premiums. C. E. Head, secretary,
will send you a premium list.
* • •
Spokane will hold a big show in Decem-
ber. This is a mighty good show town; their
secretary will gladly send you a premium list,
>' you will write for one.
* • •
The writer was appointed chairman of a
committee to get up rules governing the
commercial classes in the show room. If
you have suggestions along those lines, send
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Many poultrymen are suffering from th«
want of room. Cull now until it hurts. Tf
you do not feel competent to do the work
call in a good licensed American Poultry
Association judge and have him cull for you
These judges cull for off-standard qualities
If you have trapnested your flock you know
the drones. Get rid of the drones along with
those that do not come ui) to tyi)e and color
No one can afford to keep a hen that will not
lay or a hen that is hideous to look at. In
other words combine beauty with utility but
look in your dictionary to see what "Utility"
means.
* » •
Did you ever think that some people in this
world go forth each day making friends as
they go and others by their carping criti.ism
come home with far more enemies than they
do friends? Do you realize that you can not
have two faces, one you make at your enemies
and the other for your friends 1 Wake up,
brother, there is a lot of people in this world
just thir.st.v for your friendship but when they
hear you knocking some other fellow they
draw into their shell like a clam.
* • •
Lots of women in this world are in the
same way as our good men folks. They
tliink that they can go and do as men do, yet
when men treat them as men they draw back
into their feminine garb and say that "I did
not believe you would treat a woman in thit
way." Now, sister, do not forget that very
feminine demeanor is what brings you respect
from men and when ypu over-step the bounds
of your sex, do not be at all surprised if some
heathen man calls you.
4r * •
I love the poultry show room. It is one of
the great place in this world. It brings out
all the good in men and women along with
lots that is bad. The good cheerful soul that
is happy whether they win or lose, is the fin-
est person on earth. I know a superintend-
ent of shows that always has a big string of
fowls at a show that he manages. I have
judged his show for ten years and in all of
that time I never saw him show the least ill
feeling when he is beaten by a competitor, but
on the other hand he is the first one to go to
the phone and appraise his competitor of his
win. Men like that can show in exhibitions
where they are competing but there are other
men who should never show a fowl in any
show where they even have the least to do
with the management. Some of these fellows
can not see a good fowl in any show room un-
less they happen to own the fowl. That kind
of man jjets no pleasure out of either a win or
a loss. He never gives his fowls credit for
winning but imagines that the judge is his
friend, if the judge turns him down, then he
always says that the linen duster wearer was
never his friend.
4r • •
I have a good old friend who lives back in
the woods down in Grays Harbor county. He
has recently taken the hen fever and he has
a case that is going to last. He loves all that
is beautiful in nature and his mind is just
filled with kindly thoughts about his neigh-
bors. He glories in blue ribbons when they
are hung on his coops and is the first one to
congratulate the fellow who beats him in the
show. This old man is loved by all who
know him. He is a character that one can
not match. He is as full of poetry as Shakes-
peare and he can always find a couplet with
which to add terseness to his remarks. He is
lonely though, having lost his wife and
reached that age where men seldom take an-
other mate. ,
Poultry is adding a lot to this old man s
life. He has a farm back in the woods where
nature gives him lots of room in which to
grow fowls. He is making the best of his
lonely life and his chickens know him better
than some children know their fathers. That
kind of man is not a nuisance around a poul-
try show but one always looks forward to the
time when you can be with him again. Poul-
try has a lot of kindly souls who get their
happiness in this way and it is to these that
we owe a big debt when it comes to beautiful
fowls.
* • •
The man that thinks that there is nothing
in under-color will not keep his surface color.
If you have a Barred Rock with color down
to the skin, you can hope to get good color on
surface and hold it. Some fowls show mighty
good surface color but when one turns up the
feathers they find this color does not hold to
the skin. Look after under-color if you want
to produce a flock of fowls that will keep the
color that you desire in vour fowls.
4r * •
Worms in fowls are giving a lot of trouble.
Many fowls that are supposed to be goinK
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leht are full of the little round worms. When
vou find a fowl down and out, cut it open and
where you ^"d one of the intestines swollen
larger than the rest, cut this open and you
will invariably find worms. Where you find
worms in your flock, change the flock to new
eround and only move the healthy fowls.
Take the old yard and plow it up and sow in
gome quick-growing green food. Rye with
clover will make a good seed to plant. You
will not only get the foul out of the ground
but this green food will be much relished by
your chickens when they are allowed to run
over the fresh ground, when the green stuff
gets a good growth. ^ ^
Professor Harry R. Lewis started some-
thing when he advocated a poultrymen' s coun-
cil This kind of an organization should have
the support of every poultry organization in
the United States. An organization that can
bring all poultry societies into one great
whole, needs all kinds of encouragement. A
poultrymen's council, properly conducted,
can help to double the consumption of poul-
try and eggs within two years. More eggs
eaten by the people means more men and
women making a livelihood from fowls.
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Do not feed your pullets high protein lay-
ing mash until they fully mature. Keep
them on a good developing mash. This makes
for bone and growth and when your pullets
come in. When the hens get to that stage
where they show signs of laying, then help
them along with a good laying mash. Get a
mash that suits your purpose and stay with
it. There is no better feeds than commercial
feeds because they are built on what chemists
and feeders know will bring eggs. To try
and mix one's feed does not pay for the extra
work. Put the time that you might use in
mixing feed into keeping the houses and
yards clean and you will make money.
• * * •
Many readers ask how they should start
into poultry. If you want to start now. buy
a good pen, trio or pair of fowls. In either
case you can start out and hope to raise a
bunch of chicks when spring comes on. If
it is sprinff, some find it best to buy eggs
for hatching while others get best results
from baby chicks. One can get in very easily
in these modern days. If you want to start
now, buy while the breeders have lots of fowls
for sale. "These breeders need room for their
growing stock and they will often sell you
yearling cocks and hens for the price of
young stock, that is if you will buy at once.
* • •
The great address by E. B. Thompson, at
the Toronto convention, is receiving lots of
notice from the press. Some find fault with
Mr. Thompson because he saw fit to take a
fling at the poultry press. Mr. Thompson
made the statement that it was the fancier
that made the poultry press possible and in
that statement Mr. Thompson told a great
truth. The poultry press of today has lota
of fields from which to get their sustenance
but in the old days it was the backyard fan-
cier that made it possible for the press to
live.
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The great trouble between the backyard
poultrymen and the press of today is the
enormous circulation of some of the big
poultry papers. Advertising rates are based
on circulation. The poultryman has only a
few fowls to sell and he can not see his way
clear to pay the display rates. If this back-
yard breeder would see that he can get as
good returns today from classified advertis-
ing with the big circulation as he could from
display advertising in the days of small cir-
culation, then his iiroblem will be settled. If
you can not take an inch, buy a breeder's
card and you will get rid of all the fowls you
have to spare, that is provided that you keep
your name ever before the readers. It is the
constant advertiser that makes the sales and
not the fellow that runs a one month's breed-
er's card and quits.
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The zone meet of the American Barred
Plymouth Rock Club will be held at Seattle,
Wash., this year. It is expected that there
will be Barred Rocks from every section of
the great Northwest at that meet.
* • •
It is said that the United States will make
a census of the poultry industry in 1925.
This is something that is very important.
The people little realize what a big thing
poultry is as compared to other feed products
in the United States. We claim a billion
dollar industry and if the right figures were
shown, we would show nearer a two billion
dollar output. What every poultryman should
d<» is to keep accounts between this
and the start of that census. Be ready to
help Uncle Sam get at the right figures.
There is no bettor source of advertising than
in telling tHe world what we are doing.
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against the American Poultry Association to
the editor of one of our leading: poultry pa-
pers. The editor told the writer that he
oould not use the stufif as he felt that if the
writer would oflfer some constructive criticism
of the only livestock organization that had
lived for fifty years, that he would gladly
print it but that he could not see any good
purpose in simply knocking the only organi-
zation in the United States that was attempt-
ing to work for the great poultry interest.
Now, the writer of that tirade has never
attended a meeting of the American Poultry
Association, nor has he written the officers
anything in the way of helpful suggestions.
Never knock where one can boost should be
the slogan of every poultryman. The Kiwanis
Club is a boosting organization and they get
memberships every day. Tho American Poul
try Association is a boosting organization and
the memberships are coming into headquarters
by every mail. If you have suggestions to
make, write to President Thos. F. Rigg, Fort
Wayne, Ind., and lie will thank you for your
efforts. Boost and the world is with you,
knock and you make enemies.
* • •
If there is any kind of farm that goes
to give pleasure, poultry farming leads them
all. When one starts a farm with raw land
he is a long time getting his soil in proper
condition for cultivation. He needs all kinds
of hard work to get his soil mellow and ready
for crops but with poultry fresh land is ideal
for his start. There is always lots of flora
on new land that can be turned into green
food for fowls and they do their best on fresh
land.
WHEN TO BUY
As winter approaches every one at
all interested in pure bred fowls is
planning his house for the wintering
of fowls and necessarily for breeding
pens for early chicks next spring.
Many lovers of poultry wlio have not
heretofore bred poultry w:il undoubt
edly wish to start next spring with
some pure brej fowls, says an ex-
change. Perhaps some are undecided
as to whether it is best to start by
buying fowls or eggs. To such we say
for several reasons it is best to start
with pure bred fowls, and it is more
satisfactory to buy them in the fall.
Get your poultry houses in shape and
send to some reliable breeder for the
birds which suit your fancy and pur-
pose. Every breeder of pure-bred
stock has a surplus when he is getting
his birds ready for their winter quar-
ters. He has a large number of ex-
cellent birds and will sell better birds
at a more reasonable figure for the
reason that he has so many to select
from. The birds have been on a
range during the summer and fall and
consequently are strong, healthy and
vigorous and will stand a journey
much better now than they will next
spring, after they have been confined
to the house all winter, and when the
weather is more unfavorable for
shipping. Next spring fowls — good
ones — will be scarce because breeders
are pretty well sold during the show
seasons, and as a result they can de-
mand a much higher price for them.
Many breeders of fancy fowls wish to
sell all their surplus stock in the fall
because they have not room to winter
more than they wish to keep for next
year's breeding pens. If you start
with pure bred fowls in the fall, you
can know what you are breedng from.
Your birds will have time to become
acclimated to their surroundings and
will be ready to furnish you with eggs
next spring. We have purchased fowls
that were laying when we bought
them. They were shipped to us and
immediately stopped laying much to
our loss. Some birds will stop laying
when placed in strange surroundings
Furthermore, when fowls are puji
chased in the fall or early winter their
traits can be learned and their habits
become familiar and they can be got
ten in much better condition for the
breeding pen the following spring.
A pen of fowls will lay more eggs
than can be bought for what the
birds cost; you are sure of getting
fertile eggs, and you avoid the risk
of having the eggs injured while be-
ing shipped. As a rule eggs can be
shipped safely almost any distance if
they are well packed, but there are
times when shipping renders them
unhatchable. By buying the fowls
all this risk is avoided. Now is the
time to buy your breeding pens for
next year's season. Oftentimes you
can buy some of the very best fowls
in the fall. Many breeders sell their
last year's breeding pens at a sacri-
fice in order to make room for their
young stock. You will thus obtain
at a reasonable figure some hens that
the year before twice the amount of
money could not buy.
SOME FEATURES IN FEEDING
Very few poultry breeders care to
allow their hens to remain unpro-
ductive during half the year, and they
are not to be centured for feeling this
way. They are keeping poultry for
revenue, and should be allowed to get
the largest returns their skill and
knowledge enable them to produce.
Besides this, we must force egg-pro-
duction in order to keep up with
others who advertise heavy-laying
strains. This leads us to desire a sys-
tem of feeding by which large egg-
production and high fertility both may
be secured.
As a matter of fact great product-
iveness and high vitality are not in-
consistent with each other, for feeds
that promote egg-production must
also tend to increase vigor, as eggs are
made up of the materials that go to
increase nervous vigor.
The whole matter resolves itself in-
to a question of proper feeding. There
is no best way that will serve under
all circumstances. A general line of
procedure may be advised, but every
poultry breeder must vary this ac-
cording to his surroundings and the
circumstances which may arise.
Generally the feeder must be de-
pended on to determine the quality
of feed a hen needs. A laying hen
requires more feed than one which is
not laying, except during the molting
period, when high feeding should be
the rule.
It is best to err on the side of lib-
eral feeding, provided the flock has
opportunity to exercise. It is natural
for hens to scratch. They like to do
it, and should be given a place where
they can dig small grain out of litter.
Green food in some form is an es-
November, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
833
sential in feeding breeding stock.
Wherever else it can be omitted, here
it should be constantly supplied. Clo-
ver, lawn clippings and cabbage are
as good as anything we have ever
used, though if too great laxity of the
bowels occur and a few heads of let-
tuce are obtainable, it is well to sup-
ply them. The trouble usually is that
the lettuce costs too much, until so
late in the season that its use is not
needed, for breeding operations are
to a large extent over.
Ground bone — the green bone with
lean meat upon it — is admirable and
should be fed at the rate of an ounce
to each hen daily. But with the per-
fecting of bone cutters, it is possible
for every breeder at a comparatively
small expense, to furnish his breed-
ing stock with this essential to their
diet
Where green bones are not procur-
able, dried beef scraps, beef meal or
dried blood may be substituted, but
the quantity fed should be less, not
more than one and one-half ounces a
week being necessary for each hen.
EXPERIMENT STATIONS
(Continued from page 808)
Barred Plymouth Eocks
Pen Owner Prod.
4 \V. H. B. Kent, Cazenovia, N. Y. 3:J79
2 Garrett \V. Buck. Colts Neck, N. J. 3152
23 Summerhill Farm. Old Bri.lge. N. J. 3i:i6
White Wyandottes
13 August Weiss, Allendale, N. J. . . 3165
14 F. A. Woodward, Lambertville,
N. J 2563
11 Oktusha Farm, Oxford, Ohio .... 2503
Rhode Island Reds
15 Beacon Poultry Yards. Fred L.
Hoerl, Linden. N. J 2703
20 Meadowdale Poultry Farm, Stock-
ton, N. J 2578
17 Cedar View Poultry Farm. Bridge-
ville, Del 2536
S. O. Wliite Leghorns
47 L. C. Beall. Jr., Vashon, Wash. .. 4191
43 Wellward Farm, East Sctauket,
L. I., N. Y 3978
56 Circle (W) Farm, Gates Mill,
Ohio 3857
The Vineland International Egg
Laying Contest
The production at the Vineland
International Egg Laying and Breed-
ing Contest during the month of
September was 8,343 eggs or a pro-
duction of 28.1%. This includes the
first day of October, and is equivalent
to a production of 3.9 eggs per bird
for the month. The total number of
eggs produced to date is 142,725
which is a production of 38.9% to
date or 129.4 eggs per bird since
November first.
The following table shows the per
cent production and number of eggs
per bird for each month during the
present contest, beginning with
November.
Per Cent
No. Kirss
Month
Production
Per bird
November
1.2
2.2
December
12,2
3.8
January
21.4
6.6
February
31.2
10.8
March
53.2
16.5
April
63.3
19.
May
58.8-
18.2
June
53.3
16.
July
48.7
14.6
August
41.9
13.
September
28.1
8.7
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Average 38.8 129.4
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Name
Address
City .
State
Owner
Henry Rapp, Jr., Farmingdale, N. J
Rapp's Leghorn Farm, Atlantic Highlands, N. J. . . .
Novins Poultry Farm, Toms River, N. J
S. Olsen, Westwood, N. J
The Kerr Chickeries, Inc., Frenchtown, N. J ,
Harry N. Conner, Stockton, N. J
Alfred Trudel. 3 St. George Ave., Rahway, N. J
Meadowedge Farm, Cedarhurst, N. Y ,
C. T. Darby, North Branch, N. J
Ramapo Valley Poultry Ranch, Pompton Lakes, N. J
The twelve highest individuals to
date are given below. It is interest-
ing to note that 65 birds have quali-
fied SO far for certification in the
Pen
Breed
73
W. Leg.
79
W. Leg.
72
W. Leg.
74
W. Leg.
63
W. Leg.
40
W. Leg.
88
W. Leg.
70
W. Leg.
44
W. Leg.
78
W. Leff.
Produ
American Record of Performance
Council, having laid 180 eggs or
more.
8
11
Harold F. Barber, Dover, Mass.
Wilburtha Poultry Farm, Trenton,
Junction, N. J
White Wyandottes
94 D. O. Witmer, Jnplin. Mo
14 August Weiss, Allendale, N. J, ..
Rhode Island Beds
18 Etjon Poultry Farm, So. Vineland.
N. J '
ction
1961
1926
1874
1856
1855
1843
1820
1819
1803
1792
1130
879
1449
1164
1534
Hen No.
Breed
63-4
W.
Leg.
34-3
W.
Leg.
38-3
W.
Leg.
60-3
W.
Leg.
63-1
W.
Leg.
48-20
W.
Leg.
73-10
W.
Leg,
17-1
R.
I. R.
61-17
W.
Leg.
69-17
W.
Leg.
77-3
W.
Leg.
93-19
W.
Leg.
Owner Production
The Kerr Chickeries, Inc., Frenchtown, N. J 217
Broad View Farm. Blawenburg, N. J .'. 215
Lewis N. Clark, Port Hope, Ont., Can ] 215
Ernest Helmert. R. F. D. No. 1, Dover, N. J 215
The Kerr Chickeries, Inc., Frenchtown, N. J 215
Elmer H. Wene, Vineland, N. J '. 213
Henry Rapp, Jr., Farmingdale, N. J 212
Englewood Poul. & Pt. Stk. Asso., Englewood. N. J 208
Hoehn Farm, 126 Dykeman St., Brooklyn, N. Y 207
Fred J. Matthews, Lambertville, N. J 207
S. C. Price, Hazleton, Pa 207
James Whetsel, Vineland, N. J 207
In the following table, the amount
of mash and grain consumed by birds
of each variety is given together
with feed cost per bird, and number
of eggs per bird. It must be borne
in mind when referring to this table,
that a number of Barred Rocks,
White Wyandottes and White Rocks,
were stolen about the first of the
month, and these birds were there-
fore deducted from the number which
formerly occupied the pens.
No. of
(lbs.)
(lbs.)
Feed
Birds Breed
Grain Mash
Cost
Eggs
45 B. P. Rocks
2.16
5.08
.197
11.5
14 W. P. Rocks
2.50
4.90
.202
1.9
11 W. Wyan.
2.59
5.27
.214
11.0
94 R. I. Reds
2.63
4.62
.197
8,1
33 J. B. G.
2.22
3.84
.165
3.4
712 Leghorns
2.66
2.69
.146
9.4
The three leading pens, in each
variety to date, that is through
October 1st, are given below:
Barred Plymouth Rocks
Pen Owner Prod.
7 Norfolk Specialty Farms, St. Wil-
liams, Ont. Can 1752
4 W. H. B. Kent, Cazenovia, N. Y. . 1743
2 Olenlyn Farm, Downingtown. Pa. . 1640
White Plsrmouth Bocks
10 The Training School, Vineland,
N. J 1507
Pen No. Variety
39
S. C. W. L.
67
S. C. R. I. R.
37
S. C. W. L.
20
S. C. W. L.
42
S. C. W. L.
4
S. C. W. L.
75
S. C. R. I. R.
87
B. Ply. R.
91
B. Ply. R.
78
W. Wyan.
The ten h
Pen
Breed
45
S. 0. W. L.
39
S. C. W. L.
21
S. C. W. L.
42
S. 0. W. L.
35
S. C. W. L.
37
S. C. W. L.
25
S. C. W. L.
14
S. 0. W. L.
22
S. C. W. L.
43
S. C. W. L.
23
S. C. W. L.
15 Borgen County Poul. Assn. Hack-
ensack, N. J 1425
13 C. C. Poultry Farm, New Bruns-
wick, N. J 1414
Jersey Black Giants
2 7 R. I. Stotesbury & Marcy Farms,
Marlboro. N. J 1300
20 Will)urtha Poultry Farm, Trenton
Junction, N. J 1226
25 Good Flox Poultry Farm, New
Brunswick, N. J 1090
S. C. White Leghorns
73 Henry Rapp, Jr., Farmingdale,
N. J 1974
79 Rapp's Leghorn Farm, Atlantic
Highlands. N. J 1937
63 The Kerr Chickeries, Inc., French-
town, N. J 1888
The New York State Egg Laying
Contest
Production for the week ending
October first was 2,454 eggs or a 36.9
per cent. The Ferris pen. No. 39, led
the contest with 48 eggs for the week.
Jules Francais pen. No. 45 is still
the leading pen in the entire contest
to date, but is followed by the Ferris
pen. No. 39, which lacks five eggs of
being tied with pen 45.
The ten high pens for the week,
with weights of eggs follows:
Owner and Address Eggs Wght.
G. B. Ferris, Grand Rapids, Micii 48 93.5
West Neck Farm, Huntington, L. 1 47 99.7
Hollywood P. Farm, Hollywood, Wash 46 99.26
Wellward Farm, E. Setauket, L. 1 40 88.
Manhasset Farm, Calverton, L. 1 40 84.
Hill View Farm, Bridgehampton, L. 1 39 82.
O. G. L. Lewis, Paoli. Pa 39 83.
The Paddocks, Brookhaven, L. 1 37 64.
Fire Place Farm, Brookhaven, L. 1 36 73.
Lakeside Farm, Mattituck, L. 1 37 74.
high to date are as follows:
Owner • Production
J. B. Francais, Westhampton Beach, L. 1 2023
G. B. Ferris, Grand Rapids, Mich 2018
A. R. Scott, Toms River, N. J 1929
P. D. Zimmerman, Harrisonburg, Pa ^^^
C. L. Flaccus, Glenshaw, Pa 1888
Hollywood P. Farm, Hollywood. Wash 1859
P. H. Leniker, West Haven, Conn 1849
Manhasset Farm. Calverton. L. 1 182-
E & D Chicken Farm, Mt. Sinai, L. 1 1803
Downs Grove Farm. E. Quogue, L. 1 1'^"^
Pussy Willow Egg Farm, E. Moriches, L. 1 1762
The Michigan Egg Laying Contest
The last of September finds the
Michigan birds rolling up a very sat-
isfactory total. This week ends the
twelfth four-weekly period with pro-
duction for the entire hundred pens
476 eggs higher than for the same
week last year. With four weeks to
go, Mr. Eckard's White Leghorns con-
tinue to lead the contest with a total
production of 2,452 eggs, and produc-
ing 49 for the week. Last year the
high pen at this time had a total of
2,090 eggs. From appearances at the
November, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
837
present time with the White Leghorns
holding better than 40% production
they doubtless will equal the White
Leghorn average of last year.
Pen 25, of Rhode Island Reds con-
tinues to lead the heavy section with
a total to date of 1,977 eggs. This
pen will make considerably better
than a 200 egg average. This is a big
increase over last year's Rhode Island
Red Section which had for a high pen
one producing over 400 eggs less for
the same period.
The following table shows the pro-
duction for each breed:
Barred Rock-* 38.1^0
Kh< de Island Reds 46.9%
White Wyandottes 35.2%
Miscellaneous H3.9%
Anconas 44.0%
White Lcshorns 41.6%
The following are the total pro-
ductions to date:
Total production for week 2,852
Total i)roduction to date 153,951
We all look forward with keen in-
terest to the report for the month of
October, which will be the concluding
reports for the year.
THE POULTRY BUSINESS IS
ON THE UP GRADE
(Continued from page 812)
a dozen of eggs that he sold for 75
cents. Just what he meant by no
money in eggs was more than we
could understand. Of course a small
chicken farm of a few hundred hens
will not pay any $10,000 per annum
salaries, but a difference between
costs and selling price of 48 cents
ought to pay well for the work neces-
sary to produce them.
Here in the mid-west there are
very few people who are raising
poultry for the meat end of the busi-
ness and it is a branch of the busi-
ness that will pay well. We do not
know of a poultry feeder or fattener
who is not making good money for
his work.
The market or commercial end of
the poultry business is O. K. and no
one need hesitate about going into it.
However, we have always maintained
that it was not best to put all of your
eggs in one basket. If you depend
on any one branch of the business
for an income you are bound to have
dull seasons, hence we say have more
than one iron in the fire.
If you are going in for commercial
eggs, either trapnest your flock or
enter some birds in one of the con-
tests so that you can get some au-
thentic egg records on your birds,
breed from them and build up an egg-
laying strain that will create a de-
mand for your breeding stock, eggs-
for-hatching or baby chicks. These,
in season, vrill greatly increase your
income and you will not in the least
be diminishing your income in mar-
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kind of breeding, get more eggs from
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that of producing and selling high-
grade, Standard-bred fowls is also
good. The fall fairs all showed a
much larger entry than in the past
few years. Good sales were reported
by those who exhibited and a greater
interest seemed manifest in the fine
fowls on exhibition. Not in many
years have we noticed the aisles in
the poultry building so crowded with
interest sight-seers.
The breeder of Standard-bred
fowls has sort of been hiding his
light under a bushel, so to speak. He
has felt that the commercial hen and
the poultry editors were taking the
center of the stage both in the read-
ing columns and in the advertising
columns. As a producer of a choice
article he has felt a little hurt and
has cut down his advertising, but if
he will just keep awake, now that the
ice is broken, get back of his stock
and advertise a little, let people know
what beautiful birds he has, how good
they really are, etc., he will find
there is a good demand for his fancy
fowls also.
Now all of the above has been
written in a rambling way, just as we
would like to sit down and talk over
the situation with you. The one idea
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now is a good time to stay in the
poultry business, if you are in it, or
to get in if you are not in it.
The business is no longer a matter
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science that is fast developing into a
specialized profession and one that
you need not be ashamed of. Also
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of any job these days.
POULTRY CYCLES
(Continued from page 814)
Van o* Dale Farm. The first year,
Mrs. Van Orsdale and I raised about
125 chicks, mostly late hatched. I
sent 450 eggs to a Maryland hatchery
early in February, so we would get
a good early start — and hatched one
chick! But we kept on.
These 125 were culled down to 19,
A tjrpe of colony house used on the plant of Hon. John S. Martin, Port Dover, Ontario,
Canada, and which has been the most satisfactory In the early growing period of the thou-
sands of White Wyandottes bred every year by Mr. Martin.
Personally, we believe, and are
going to try and demonstrate, that
the Standard-bred fowl will lay as
many eggs as any chicken that ever
lived. One big factor to keep in
mind is vitality — another is family
or strain characteristics. Close in —
breeding as well as many other
things will tend to lower vitality and
when you do you lower egg produc-
tion as well. Vitality, without egg-
laying characteristics will not get
eggs either. Egg production is a
family trait or characteristic that is
bred in them, or as one Agricultural
College Professor says, "it is the in-
clination to lay." Without it, even
with vigor and proper feed, you are
not going to break any egg records.
Then, too, with all our talk about
bred-to-lay, don't forget that "fed-to-
lay" has just about as much to do
with it.
and from the 19 we hatched and
raised about 450 chicks. These were
culled down to something less than
100, and from less than 80 of these,
we this year hatched and raised about
1,200 chicks. These have been culled
down to about 400 at the time this
is written — and if anyone can find a
cull — according to the American
Standard of Perfection — on the farm
today, I'll make them a present of
all they can pick out.
These birds are culled first — by the
Standard. I never look up the pedi-
gree number of any chicken that is
only fit to eat or to be sent to market
— until after it is killed or has been
sold beyond recall. I don't want to
have any heartaches over those sad-
dest words of tongue or pen — "It
might have been" a good one! Then
they are culled by the trapnest. For
instance : —
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The first pullet and special for best
female in the American Class at Ohio
State Fair, 1923, — one of my early-
hatched White Rock pullets — did not
lay an egg until January 24, and has
laid QQ up to October first. Do I
want any of her chicks, even if I
have hatched and raised them to
maturity? I do not! And as soon
as the pullets are all moved into
winter quarters and leg banded, and I
find any of them, we'll have company
for a Sunday dinner.
Then again; here's another pullet,
late hatched, that began to lay on
January 18, last, and laid 121 eggs
in 125 days; laying these eggs in four
"cycles" (to come back to our old
friend, Babson) of 28, 31, 32 and 30
eggs, respectively. She made 200
eggs in 215 days, and 229 eggs in 255
days up to the time of moult.
So it is the individual that counts!
And you can't tell the individual
without trapnests and individual
pedigrees.
WINTER EGG FARMING
Now that the pullets have come to
good growth during the past summer
months, it is for us to see if we can-
not get some proof from them.
First of all I wish to say that if
we cannot get them to lay during the
winter (the early hatched pullets, I
mean) they are not nearly so profit-
able as the later hatched pullets or
even the yearlings or two-year-olds.
Therefore, a mistake made just
now may turn profit into a dead loss.
The pullets which have cost us a lot
of time and money will more than
pay it back if they are cared for as
they should be, and it is not the hard-
est thing in the world to do to make
a mistake right at the getting in of
the pullets in the fall.
In colonizing it will be seen that,
to a certain extent they are allowed
to revert to their wild nature, and
this, in fact, is one of the objects in
view in colonizing, as it hardens
them giving them vigor and vitality,
the two great essentials in winter
work with poultry.
But, once mature and ready for
laying, we want this wild streak to
cease, and it requires the right kind
of care to bring about the change.
First of all, the houses must all be in
readiness, and then, some evening,
set the coops on a one-horse wagon
and drive around to the different
colony houses and get the pullets.
The evening is always the best
time for this work, as then their sur-
roundings will not seem so strange
when they wake up next morning. If
brought in during the day time, it
will take all winter to educate them
to their perches. I also clip one wing
for each pullet and give her a thor-
ough dusting with insect powder as
a precaution against vermin. They
may or may not be infested, but I
never take any chances; my lessons
have cost me too dear for that.
Experience has shown that it is
well to accustom them to their win-
ter quarters at once and to tame
them, and any one who has studied
the nature of wild animals knows
that a little starvation has a greater
effect than any other method, as it
teaches them where and from whom
they expect their food.
Fowls that retain their wild habits
will flutter and fly and get into a
frenzy every time we enter the build-
ing, and a fowl so excited will be in-
capable of doing good work. Many
men feed them even when they dis-
appear again when you next come. J
am very cautious in this respect and
feed them carefully until they have
become thoroughly accustomed to
their new surroundings and a new at-
tendant, but seeing that they are
well supplied with plenty of fresh
water and grit.
Feeding must be done with judg-
ment so as to never feed them into a
sluggish state. A sluggish, inactive
fowl will never make good use
of her food and a certain portion is
sure to pass through undigested, not
only causing a heavy loss in feed, but
also impairing the digestive tract.
Such a fowl is of little use, if, in-
deed, she is not a burden to you.
When on the range the fowls had
plenty of exercise, green food and
insects and if we wish to be success-
ful we must imitate this as nearly as
possible. The scratching shed will
give them exercise and it is well to
bury the grain deep in the straw.
This point, I think, is the keynote of
the whole business, and too many
fall down right here thinking that if
they feed a balanced ration they
should get good returns, but paying
no attention to the manner of feed-
ing it.
"Exercise promotes a thorough cir-
culation of the blood and fits the whole
system of the fowl for better work."
Every reader of Everybodys Poultry
Magazine s.hould study that extract
and act upon it. The practice of
throwing down a lot of feed regard-
less of whether you have fed it in
such a way as to promote exercise is
rank and sure to result in more or
less loss.
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A subscriber asking for informa-
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ing and raising ducks for market, we
herewith publish an article written
some time ago by Geo. H. Pollard
that is first hand information and
covers these questions fully, by an
authority whom all respect.
"In times pa.st, all sorts of mix-
tures and all kinds of fussing have
been recommended in feeding young
ducks. The biggest and best breed-
ers of the present day, however, do
very little fussing, and the food mix-
tures are of the plainest kind. I
have found a mixture of two-thirds
November, 1924
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^heat bran and one-third corn meal,
vnth a handful of fine gravel or
coarse sand mixed in, for the first
two or three days, sufficient for all
their needs. If skim or whole milk
is easy to get, it may be used to
moisten this mixture to a crumbly
consistency; otherwise either hot or
cold water will answer. I frequently
break raw eggs into the meals, in the
proportion of two eggs to one quart
of the dry grain. This must be thor-
oughly mixed in order that it may
not be too pasty or sticky. After
the first three days I omit the sand
or fine gravel, and by the fifth day
begin to feed a slight proportion of
beef scraps. This proportion may be
gradually increased until, at two
weeks old, they are getting five per
cer^t of the beef scrap, at three
weeks old their food should be one-
half bran, one-half corn meal, and
about seven per cent of the whole
mixture of beef scraps. Gradually
increase the animal matter until at
five weeks they are having fifteen
per cent. This proportion may be
carried until killing time, which, un-
der ordinary conditions, should be
at ten weeks, when they should
weigh from ten to twelve pounds
per pair.
"Early hatched ducklings should
have brooder heat for practically the
whole ten weeks. At least they will
require houses that are slightly
warmed even after feathering, or
too much of the food consumed will
have to go toward making heat in-
stead of flesh. After the warm
spring months come the birds will re-
quire less heat, and after the first of
May probably fourteen to twenty
days will be all th§ hover heat they
will need. After that time a house
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every requirement. It must be kept
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at the cleaning.
"Dry planer shavings make the best
litter for the floor for both old and
young stock. Sawdust is fairly good,
but mixes too readily with the food
of the young birds. Straw and
gravel are both bad, as they become
wet quickly and are slow to dry.
Whatever the material used, it must
be kept dry or disaster will follow.
Keep drinking water, grit and shells
by the young birds at all hours.
Have the water supply so that they
can get at it night and day. This
will save undue thirst and the loss
of many of the birds by tramping
and wetting which comes after being
shut away from the water for any
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one can see a constant procession of
little birds going to and from the
water fountain, and this in itself is
proof of the need of it being there."
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Conducted by ROY H. WAITE
On large breeding establishments
where one has plenty of help trap-
nests are indispensable to progress in
improving the egg production. Many
small breeders, ''back lotters" if you
prefer the name, have the urge to
attempt something in the way of im-
provement but are deterred because
of the impractibility of operating
trapnests.
You who only get a chance to work
with your birds early in the morning
and again at night after returning
from your work can keep a very ac-
curate individual record if you wish.
All you have to do is to go over the
flock the first thing in the morning
and determine which are to lay, make
up your record and then go about
your daily task.
It has been shown that, with but
rare exceptions a hen carrying a fully
formed egg in her body in the morn-
ing will lay it the same day. Now
our problem is simply to pick out the
birds that have eggs inside and our
task is done.
Any one with a fair sense of touch
can soon learn to feel the egg from
the outside of the bird's body and of
course if you can feel the egg it is
there and is practically sure to be laid
that day.
It is well to have a system of catch-
ing the birds. If you have a dropping
board under the roosts you can fasten
the hens underneath it and catch
them readily. The hens are more
easily managed if the catching closet
is made dark. An old door or plat-
form or other opaque object placed
against the dropping board makes a
very satisfactory catching closet.
Catch the hens one at a time and
examine.
The egg is suspended near the back
and well towards the rear of the
body. There is only the skin, a thin
layer of mesentery and the wall of
the oviduct between the fingers and
the egg when the test is being made.
Hold the bird to be tested with its
right side down, its shanks or legs in
your right hand and its back resting
in the palm of and on the fingers of
the left hand. Slip the fingers of the
left hand under the bird's body until
the tips pass the pelvic bone. Then,
gently yet firmly, press the tips of the
fingers into the side of the fowl's
body and up under the pelvic bone
towards the back. If the egg is pres-
ent it will be felt as a hard lump. The
operation will seem rather awkward
at first lut after a little practice the
fingers become "educated" to the feel
and the effort in testing becomes
mainly that required in catching the
birds. In making the test do not mis-
take the gizzard for the egg. The
gizzard is lower down in the abdomi-
nal cavity. The egg is well up to-
wards the back. It may be of some
assistance while learning, to check on
your results by feeling the egg in the
oviduct. This can be done by pushing
the forefinger into the vent of the hen
and up the oviduct until the egg is
felt.
* • •
The directors of the Association
held a meeting in Baltimore, Septem-
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secretary and four of the directors. '
* • «
There is one point about culling
demonstrations that keeps me from
getting enthused with this "whole-
sale" culling proposition. I refer to
the real genuine rout that the flock
is usually subjected to. We have
long been taught that the best laying
hens are timid creatures easily fright-
ened and considerably damaged by
fright. When we descend upon the
flock en masse, strangers, earnest
seekers after knowledge that we are,
what show does the high keyed bird
have? I presume demonstrations are
necessary in order to teach the "art
of culling" but I believe that the
sooner we learn to "roll our own" as
it were, the better it will be for all
concerned. In home culling one can
pick out a bird whenever he sees one
that isn't quite* up to standard
and remove her without creating such
a commotion as usually accompanies
"wholesale" culling.
* • •
And after all, successful culling is
simply the exercising of plain ordi-
nary ccrmmon sense.
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Now then if you want to give old
White Diarrhoea a wallop right be-
tween the eyes select your breeding
pen during the month of November if
you didn't do it in October. Pick
out for the breeding pen those birds
that have laid well right up into the
fall months. Several years ago scien-
tists working on this disease found
that the "carrier" hen did not lay as
well as white diarrhoea free hens. It
is not strange that they don't for the
disease is localized in the ovary and
can hardly help but cripple the egg
laying capacity.
If you will pick hens for the breed-
ing pen that show vigor and vitality,
together with previous high egg pro-
duction as indicated by pale bleached
out shanks and beak and late moult-
ing, you may not score a complete
knockout but you will give White
Diarrhoea an awful jar. Then with
continued common sense manage-
ment throughout the year you can
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eliminate or prevent the disease en-
tirely.
* • •
Of late years there seems to be a
lot of trouble with chickenpox in the
laying pens. Ordinarily chickenpox
isn't a very serious proposition.
About eleven days after an infection
takes place small yellowish eruptions
begin to appear. A few days later
these become somewhat enlarged and
develop into dry, black scabs. After
a week or two the scabs drop off and
the part is healed. The bird has re-
covered and is now immune to the
disease or practically so. This is the
usual course of a simple form of the
disease. If, however, the infection
takes place in a flock whose vitality
has been lowered by high egg produc-
tion, lack of a proper amount of
green feed in the ration, and by being
housed in damp quarters in severe
weather, much more serious results
are to be expected. If it seems likely
that the flock will become infected
one can sometimes take the "bull by
the horns" and produce the infection
at a time when it will do least dam-
age.
In the early fall months pullets are
usually in the pink of condition just
beginning to make comb, there is an
abundance of green feed on the range
available for feeding, and the wea-
ther is usually ideal. This is just the
time for them to have the disease and
have it over with.
During the past two years I have
purposely brought about infection in
my own flock at this particularly
favorable season. Last year I noted
one individual in the flock that had
contracted the disease on one of its
wattles. This spot was used as a
source of infection to the balance of
the flock. Every bird was caught
and a small spot in the comb was
scraped with a knife and the infection
applied. In practically every case the
disease "took" and the flock recov-
ered in about three or four weeks.
That ended the worry about chicken-
pox. The flock was apparently im-
mune as no outbreaks have occurred
since.
Some of the scabs from the infec-
tions of last year were preserved in a
bottle, and about eight days ago this
year's crop of pullets was infected in
the same manner, except that this
time the place chosen was the wattles.
It is too early to note whether the
infection has "taken" yet this year,
but there is little doubt that it will.
The germs of chickenpox live over a
considerable period.
Just at the time the disease makes
its appearance in real earnest, I be-
gin dosing with the usual Epsom salts
treatment, so as not to allow the
disease to gain too much headway.
* • •
It has long been the notion of the
writer that the keeping of chickens
in close confinement during the win-
ter months has a great deal to do with
the severity of chickenpox epidemics.
When hens are housed together in
large flock with nothing in particular
to occupy themselves during a greater
part of the day they naturally do a
considerable amount of picking at
each other (this by the way is what
would be called real genuine hen-
pecking). Now then, when one
chicken gets a sore head or chicken-
pox scab on its comb or wattles or
other part of the head, individuals in
the flock will begin to pick at this.
They get their beak infected and then
roam about the pen distributing the
disease as efficiently as could a lab-
oratory expert.
Every time one of these hens with
an infected beak makes a jab at an-
other, she abrades the skin and de-
posits the infection. Chickenpox is
severe when it affects the eyes of the
birds, and it is my belief that a large
percentage of these eye infections are
caused by just such picking as I have
described.
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SEASONABLE CACKLINGS
Hens intended for market that
cease laying need not be sold at a
loss. Just before selling confine for
ten days or two weeks and give them
all they will eat of a mash composed
of equal parts of bran, middlings and
cracked corn. Keep before them all
the time beef scraps r.nd grit. Don't
confine in coops, but put a number
together in a small yard. They will,
if fattened up in good shape, not only
weight a pound or more heavier than
they otherwise would, but they will
also bring more than the regular
market price per pound.
Fowls cleanse 'themselves of in-
sects and dirt by dusting their feath-
ers and then shaking off the dirt and
the pests with the dust. Heaps
of sifted ashes or very dry sand or
earth for them to wallow in must
be placed in the sun, and, if possible,
have some under shelter so as to be
warm and perfectly dry. The dust-
bath is to the hen what the wash-tub
is to the individual. She also uses it
for exercises. When a hen is incub-
ating she comes off as regularly to
dust herself as to feed, instinct teach-
ing her that it is the best method for
ridding herself of lice. Dust is cheap
and should be used plentifully.
The molting of fowls is a natural
process and not a disease, and no
medical treatment is necessary or
desirable. Feed molting fowls just
as you would feed them at any other
time, only remembering that molting
is done during hot weather and less
carbonaceous food should be given
than when the weather is cool. Oats,
wheat, cut clover or alfalfa or any
leguminous feeds may be used more
because the weather is warm than
that the fowls are molting. Any sort
of green food is good, so are beets,
turnips, bulbs or tubers of any sort
that they will eat. They should have
little corn or other heat-producing
food. — S. F.
CARE OF BREEDING GEESE
For breeding purposes never use
ganders related to the females. The
geese improve up to ten or even fif-
teen years, but ganders get cross af-
ter their fourth year and a new male
bird may be desirable. The gander
holds his head higher, has a heavier
neck, but a less coarse voice than
geese. New breeders do better if
bought some time before needed.
Till wanted they will not do as well.
A gander naturally prefers a single
mate, but can be coaxed to take two
or even three. Do not attempt more.
Old geese do well in all kinds of
weather with nothing more than a
shed for shelter. They will share the
cattle shed, but are less apt to be
stepped on and injured by one of
their own, where they will often do
their sitting, too. Early laying is
not desirable, since the goslings do
not thrive well unless they have an
abundance of grass. Indeed a goose
is as much of a grazing animal as a
cow, but the latter never likes to eat
from the same field with geese.
Breeding geese should have con-
siderable exercise, and be kept mod-
erately thin in flesh. They cover
their eggs with hay or straw, so there
lis a chance for egg hunting. If
hatched under common hens the
"biddy" mothers step on some at
first, till used to such strange chil-
dren. As soon as each gosling thus
hatches it had better be put in a bas-
ket by the stove till strong, and all
are out.
For the first three days water,
grass and a little bread and milk, not
sloppy, are all they should try.
Later scalded cracked corn is added.
Keep their mother confined to a
limited space the first few days, then
gradually enlarge the run.
Goslings can not stand dew nor
swimming till they get a full coat of
featjiers. They are also liable to be
overcome by heat, and should always
have some shade where they can re-
treat from the sun's rays.
Some pick geese two or three times
after spring laying. In July or Au-
gust is the natural time when feath-
ers come out easily, without blood or
matter in the quill.
In winter feed a little oats and
com, give them plenty of water, grit,
oyster shell, clover hay and corn-
stalks cured green.
Leaves of the latter may be pre-
pared in the fodder cutter and
cooked, then thickened with meal.
Ganders have sharp eyes and ears,
and give a noisy effective alarm at
the sight of hawks or dogs. — F. S.
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GUINEA FOWLS
As wild game birds become more
uncommon and the game laws of the
several states become stricter, those
who have an opportunity to enjoy
the delicious flavor of wild game will
become fewer unless a substitute is
found. The guinea fowl is the near-
est approach to actual wild game
that is at present available, except
the English pheasant, and these need
wide fields and careful preserving
which makes them the rich man's
game bird.
The guinea fowl is still half wild
and has never given up its natural
wandering habits, although it does
not wander long distances. It has
the homing instinct that brings it
home at night and this makes it pos-
sible to rear them on a farm and
have them always within bounds.
The flesh of the guinea fowl is
very much like that of the partridge,
pheasant and grouse, being fully as
good as any of them. Many an epi-
cure dines on guinea fowl in city
restaurants thinking all the time he
is eating costly and rare game from
the wildwoods or prairies.
From a recent bulletin issued by
the Department of Agriculture we
get the following:
"It seems that guinea fowl might
well be bred in the United States
more extensively than is yet the
case, either along with other poultry
or in larger numbers by themselves.
The varieties have been improved in
recent years and there is reason to
believe that the improvement will
continue and breeding them will be-
come an increasingly important
branch of the poultry industry. The
birds do well with comparatively lit-
tle care and require comparatively
little food in addition to what they
gather if allowed to range. In spite
of the half-wild habits which they re-
tain when allowed to range, they
may be trained to more domestic
ways and may be readily fed and
fattened like other poultry. Even
when very young they are excep-
tionally hardy and free from disease.
Although noisy and quarrelsome,
these habits have their use, as they
are commonly thought to give warn-
ing of hawks or other intruders in
the poultry yard. Guineas eat such
large number of insects that they
are often useful in helping to de-
stroy these pests. They also eat
many wild seeds and in this way are
of value.
"There is already a fair demand
for guinea fowl, especially in New
York and other cities in the Eastern
States. If, as seems probable, the
demand for guinea fowl as a substi-
tute for game or other poultry con-
tinues to increase, the birds ought to
become a source of considerable
profit to poultry raisers. Very young
birds for broilers bring good prices
early in the season in city markets,
while the older ones are easily sold
throughout the autumn and winter
They may be prepared for the table
like ordinary fowl or like game birds.
"They have very much the same
food value as chicken and are as
economical when bought at about the
same price per pound. At moderate
prices they furnish the body with
about as much nourishment for a
given sum as medium cuts of beef
and mutton, at higher prices corre-
spond in value with the more expen-
sive cuts and such poultry as turkey,
green goose, etc. While they can
hardly be recommended for families
that have to make every penny count
they might well be more extensively
eaten, by the moderately well-to-do,
and would furnish a most acceptable
variety. Guinea eggs also are con-
sidered very choice eating, and, while
they are much like hens' eggs in food
value, they have a very delicate
flavor and make a welcome change
when obtainable. It will without a
doubt, be a benefit to both breeders
and buyers if, as seems probable,
guinea fowl become more appreci-
ated as table birds in this country."
FEEDING BREEDING TURKEYS
Few growers separate their stock
or breeding turkeys from those in-
tended for market. Entirely too
many growers feed them all together,
sell the most thrifty for market and
keep the least matured for breeding
stock. This is a great mistake, the
very best should be selected for pro-
ducing stock and the rest fed for
market. Those selected for use in
breeding, however, should be separ-
ated and fed by themselves if pos-
sible. The best food for stock tur-
keys is boiled oats drained of all
moisture, some wheat and a little
corn. This will keep them in good
healthy condition and quite full
enough of flesh. It is a mistake to
keep as producers fowls poor or Ihin
in flesh. They must be in good con-
dition, plump, but not over-fat.
For the best results in egg laying
hens should be neither too fat nor
too lean. The yolk of the egg is
normally one-third fat, about one-
sixth protein and the remainder
water. The hen must have enough
substance to her body to insure the
production of eggs. An excess of fat
in the body arises from too much fat-
tening food during the season of no
egg production. Hens actively en-
gaged in egg producing seldom be-
come over-fat. If kept in prime con-
dition put of laying season they may
be well fed on boiled oats, wheat
and some com when the laying sea-
son is at hand. The main point in
feeding stock turkeys out of laying
season is to feed them enough to
sustain their physical condition and
health so as to have them in proper
condition for egg production when
the time arrives. Then a suitable
ration for egg production may be
adopted. — T. F. M.
November, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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CULLING FOR INCREASED
EGG PRODUCTION
(Continued from page 815.)
older she is and the more culling
she survives, the better, for then
she has proved she has the vitality
to stand up under long-continued
laying and is more valuable as a
breeder than a pullet or yearling
hen. A flock of persistent layers
should be kept each year for breed-
ing; the older they are, the better.
Egg production decreases with age.
The first laying year is the most
productive. The Rhode Island Reds,
Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Or-
pingtons and other birds of the
heavier type seldom lay enough
eggs after the second year to pay
for their feed. All birds of these
breeds should be sold when two
years old, except the heaviest pro-
ducers which should be kept as
breeders. With the lighter breeds
such as the Leghorns, Anconas, Min-
orcas and Campines profitable pro-
duction usually covers a period of
three years. AH three-year-old birds
of these breeds should be carefully
examined each fall and all should be
sold except those that show sufficient
evidence of unusual laying ability to
justify using them for breeders. As
there is no accurate method of judg-
ing the age of hens, each year's
hatch should be marked with toe
punches, wing bands, leg bands or
some other means of telling in what
year they were hatched.
Arrangements for Culling
To cull a flock systematically ev-
ery bird must be handled. If the
birds are excited or frightened even
the best producers will stop laying
and molt. This must be avoided.
The use of the catching crate over-
comes this difficulty. For conven-
ience the catching crate should be
made three feet long, two feet wide
and eighteen inches high. It has a
sliding door on one end and a trap
door on top. This crate is put up
to the exit door of the poultry house
and then driven full of hens. In this
way it is possible to handle a large
flock without any commotion what-
ever. The fowls will enter the crate
more willingly when the framework
is covered with wire netting rather
than boards or slats.
Health and Vigor
Health and vigor should be griven
first consideration in selecting high
producers. A hen lacking in these
qualities cannot produce a large
number of eggs. Health and vigor
are shown by good circulation, a
clear bright eye, a well set body and
an active disposition. She should be
free from any defects which will
handicap her in seeing or getting food.
A good producer is usually active and
is continuously scratching and hunt-
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good appetite is another factor asso-
ciated with the good producer.
As a general rule the hen that is
neither wild nor extremely tame is
the best producer. Fowls that are
exceptionally wild are usually so
nervous and high strung that they
become easily frightened, which in-
terferes with egg production. On
the other hand, a fowl that is ex-
tremely tame is usually one that is
slow and sluggish and depends more
on friendliness to secure feed than on
actual work and exercise.
The five ways in which nature dis-
tinguishes the good hen from the
poor are time of molt, pigmentation
or body color, quality of skin and
bones, body capacity and body
changes and laying condition. A hen
should not be judged on any one of
these points above, but all of them
should be considered before the hen
is discarded.
Early Molters are Quitters
The time of molting and the con-
dition of the plumage are one of the
best indications of egg production.
When a hen molts she has usually
finished her egg-laying season. A
hen that delays molting until Sep-
tember, October and November, has
a long egg-laying season. These
hens are heavy producers. They
spend all their time and energy in
the production of eggs and therefore
keep the old coat of feathers regard-
less how worn or untidy they may
be. The early molter sheds slowly,
while the late molter sheds quickly.
It not only takes the early molters a
long while to get their new coat of
feathers but they seldom begin lay-
ing again for four or five months.
The late molters begin laying again
just as soon as they are through
molting. All hens nearly naked in
October and November and those
that still have their old feathers are
the hens that have been profitable
producers during the year, and they
should be kept for breeders. The
time of hatching apparently has
nothing to do with the time a hen
will molt. The hen that is hatched
early and starts to lay early does
not necessarily start to molt early
the following fall, nor does the hen
that starts to lay late continue to
lay any later the following fall. The
hen that has a natural tendency for
egg production, will continue laying
until she has completed her period
of production, regardless of the time
she started, and will molt afterward.
It must be remembered that good pro-
ducers may be forced into an early
molt by improper use of artificial
lights, irregular feeding, use for in-
cubation and brooding, close houses
or extremely hot weather, in fact,
anything that tends to check produc-
tion will encourage molting, so in
culling all of these factors should be
given due consideration.
Pigmentation or Body Color
The surplus fat and carbohydrates
contained in the feeds consumed h
the hens, other than such as is nee/
ed to supply heat and energy, ar
stored on the body of the hens and
go to make up the yolk of the eg?
The fat contains a yellow pigme^
which in the case of fowls havinjj
yellow skin, shanks and beak, giv^
a yellow color to these body parts
When the hen starts to produce ee^
heavily the yellow pigment, together
with the fat, is no longer deposited
on the body, but is used in making
up the yolk of the egg and giving to
the yolk its yellow color. The shanks
and beaks of hens that are naturally
yellow in color in such breeds as
Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds,
Wyandottes and Leghorns are pale
and faded in August and September
if they have been laying heavily.
Some will look more faded than oth-
ers but all will show a decided loss
of color if the hens have been extra
good producers. The pigmentation
test does not apply to the Orpington,
Dorking and those breeds which have
white shanks and skin and those
birds having dark shanks. They
should be judged by body changes.
Yellow skinned varieties having
black shanks usually show fading on
the bottom of their feet.
It has been found that the color
returns and disappears from the body
parts that are subjected to the
greatest amount of circulation of
blood, so it has been found that as a
hen starts laying the color first
leaves the skin immediately around
the vent. This takes place soon af-
ter production starts. Next in order
the red color immediately around
the eye or eye ring disappears, fol-
lowed by the color of the ear lobes,
then the yellow color from the beak,
and finally from the shank. When
the hen stops laying the yellow color
returns in the same order that it
leaves the body. The return is,
however, more rapid. When hens
have access to considerable green
feed and yellow com, they do not
fade out or lose the yellow color
from their body parts as quickly as
those confined to bare yards or those
that do not have access to green feed.
This fact should be given considera-
tion in culling out the poor pro-
ducers.
Vent Color. Naturally the color
disappears first where the circulation
is greatest. The tissues around the
vent expand as the hen begins to lay,
increasing the circulation. A white
or pink vent generally means that
the bird is laying. A yellow vent
means that the bird is not laying. All
yellow color changes are dependent
on the feed, coarseness of the skin
and size of the bird. A heavy bird
fed on green feed and yellow corn
will not bleach out as quickly as a
smaller bird.
Eye Ring. The red color which is
found on the inner edge of the eye-
lid bleaches out so that a white ey«
November, 1924
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ring indicates not only that the hen
is laying, but shows that production
has been in progress for a longer
period of time than would be indi-
cated simply by the fading of color
from the vent.
Ear Lobes. When production has
ceased in Leghorns and other breeds
having white ear lobes, the ear lobes
take on a creamy or yellowish color.
After production starts, this color
disappears, leaving a white lobe.
The presence of white lobes indicates
a still longer period of production
than a bleached vent or eye rings.
Beak. The color of the beak first
fades out at the base and gradually
moves toward the tip. A whit^ beak
indicates that a hen has been produc-
ing eggs for a period of a month or
six weeks.
Shanks. Since the circulation is
slower through the shanks they are
the last to fade. The color of the
shanks fades and returns more slowly
than from other parts of the body, so
this fact is a very valuable indication
of extended periods of production and
non-production. The yellow color
fades first from the front of the
shanks, gradually moving back to the
sides and finally from the scales in
the rear. A bleached-out shank
usually indicates fairly heavy pro-
duction for at least fifteen to twenty
weeks.
Quality of Skin and Bones
Quality of skin and bones is an-
other mark which indicates the pro-
ducing ability of the hen. High egg
production is associated with a cer-
tain fineness of skin and quality of
bone that may be readily distinguish-
ed. The coarse bird is almost in-
variably a poor layer. The skin of a
good producer is soft, thin, pliable
and velvety to the touch. The skin
of a poor producer is thick, rough
and dry.
The quality of bone can be deter-
mined by examining the keel and pel-
vic bones. In the good producer the
keel, or breast bone, is thin and
smooth in texture. When examined
between the thumb and finger the
edge of the breast bone of a good
producer has a knife-like appearance.
In the poor producer the keel is
coarse and rough with a thick blunt
edge.
The ends of the pelvic bones of a
good producer are thin, straight and
flexible, while in the low producer
they are thick, curved and unyielding.
Quality of skin and bones requires
more skill than any of the other tests
for producing ability, but when care-
fully applied this is one of the most
accurate tests, as there are few ex-
ceptions to the rule that quality and
productiveness go hand in hand.
Body Capacity and Body Changes
The heavy layer is also a heavy
eater. To furnish room for the egg
organs and for the digestion of feed
she must have good body capacity.
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But on the eleventh day, they laid thirteen
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A measure of the body capacity is
furnished by the depth from the end
of the pelvic bones to the rear end of
the breast bone or keel. In culling,
this distance is usually expressed in
terms of fingers as determined by
laying the hand across that part of
the bird's body. The best producers
will show a body depth of four or
more fingers, while in the poorest
hens the depth may not be more than
one finger. As a general rule any
hen showing less than three fingers
depth at culling time does not possess
sufficient body room to make her pro-
fitable and should be sold.
The following are body changes
which combined with the presence or
absence of color enables one to de-
termine the productiveness or non-
productiveness of the fowl.
Fat Deposits. On fowls that are
good producers and have been laying
for some time there is but little if
any accumulation of fat beneath the
skin. The skin of the good producer
is flabby on all sections of the body
and feel soft to the touch. Fat goes
out from the skin and body with pro-
duction, the abdomen in particular
being soft and pliable.
Vent. The vent of a fowl in lay-
ing condition is large, expanded and
moist. As production stops or in
non-producers the vent is contracted
and dry.
.Comb and Wattles. When the hen
is in laying condition or is about to
lay the comb is large, feels waxy to
the touch and has a bright red color.
When not laying the comb shrinks in
size, is pale or dull in color, compara-
tively hard to the touch, and often
covered with whitish scales. The
same changes that apply to the comb
also apply to the wattles except that
the decrease in size of the wattles is
not so marked as in the case of the
comb.
Face and Head. The condition of
the fowl's face and head also serves
as an indciation as to laying ability.
In non-layers the face is usually well
filled out and has somewhat of a
coarse, masculine look. The head of
a layer is fine, broad, stocky and well
proportioned with a lean face. A
well curved beak of medium length
is generally associated with a good
layer while a long sharp beak will be
associated with a poor layer.
Eye. A prominent round, bright
eye, set in an oval socket, is a good
egg type characteristic. A hen with
eyes of this type is more alert and
active than one that has a sunken,
dull, listless eye. The alert, active
hen will secure plenty of food to
maintain her body and produce eggs,
while the dull listless hen will get just
enough of food to maintain her body.
Abdomen. A hen that is laying
well is usually a hearty eater, there-
fore her intestines are fuller, more
expanded and require more room.
When laying the egg producing or-
gans are also of greater size and re-
quire more room. A good laying hen
maintains a wide, deep, abdomen, a
long, broad, and deep rectangular
body. This shape of body gives room
for the large organs needed to digest
the amount of food necessary to make
a large number of eggs. The back
should be broad and fairly long with
ample room for egg-yolk develop,
ment. This is absolutely necessary
as it takes fourteen days or longer
for an egg yolk to develop, and the
heavy layer has eight or more of
these egg yolks developing at the
same time. Good producers lay two
to four days, then miss one day. In
the good producer it will be noticed
that the abdomen is soft and flexible,
owing to the increase in size. In the
poor producer the abdomen is
smaller, feels harder to the touch and
is less flexible.
Pelvic Bones. The pelvic bones of
good producers are comparatively
thin and flexible. When laying the
distance between the pelvic bones
is greater than when not laying. The
space between these bones can be
measured by determining how many
fingers can be placed between them.
When the spread is two fingers or less
it is most probable that the hen is not
laying. If the spread is more than
two fingers it is a good indication that
she is laying. A hen which shows
thick or stiff pelvic bones, even when
laying, is likely to be a poor pro-
ducer.
Keel Bone. The keel bone, or, as
it is commonly known, "the breast
bone," is another characteristic that
should be considered in connection
with the pelvic bones. The distance
from the breast bone to the pelvic
bones is also measured by the fin-
gers. In the smaller breeds, such as
the Leghorns, a spread of three or
more fingers between these bones in-
dicate that the hen is in laying condi-
tion. In the case of some of the
larger breeds such as the Plymouth
Rock, the distance between these
bones should be four or more fingers.
Laying Condition
One of the best tests of a hen's
value as a producer is her ability to
lay during the fall. In culling it is
important that the laying condition
of the hen be noted. Hens are kept
primarily for egg production and as
long as the hen is laying she should
not be sold. Laying condition can be
determined by observing the width
between the pelvic bones, the depth
of the body and the flexibility of the
abdomen.
Culling Cockerels
Since the male plays an important
part in the transmittal of high egg
production, careful selection of the
cockerels used for breeding will aid
in building up a high-laying flock.
The laying record of the mother
should be the first consideration in
choosing cockerels. Breeding experi-
ments have shown that the high-pro-
ducing hen transmits this high pro-
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duction quality through her male off-
spring rather than through her pul-
lets. The cockerel in turn gives the
ege laying qualities to his pullets.
Wherever possible the breeding flock
should be headed by a son of a 200-
egg hen.
In selecting cockerels close atten-
tion should be paid to breed type and
color requirements. Laying ability
requires strong constitutional vigor
and cockerels should be closely culled
to eliminate all those showing lack
of strength. Constitutional vigor,
health, rate of maturity, quality and
masculinity are all revealed by the
head. The ideal head is broad and
deep with a short, well curved beak, a
bright prominent eye, and a comb
that is medium in size and well
formed. The head should show
strong masculinity without coarse-
ness.
Body capacity and a broad level
back with width carrying well out to
the tail are important. A deep full
breast with good width at the bottom
is desirable. The cockerels that make
good breeders will mature early and
show the same rectangular shape of
body as found in the best pullets.
Crow-headed or pinch-backed cock-
erels should never be used for breed-
ing.
Culling the Slacker Pullet
Culling pullets is more uncertain
than culling laying hens. Yet elimi-
nating the slacker hen while she is
still a pullet is more profitable than
culling her later in life. Vigor and
early maturity go together in pullet
selection. The weak, slow maturing
pullet will never reach high produc-
tion and may just as well be disposed
of. They are a bill of expense rather
than a profit.
Pullets with prominent, full eyes,
clean cut heads that indicate vigor,
and deep bodies with a broad flat
back are the better producers. These
birds also have long keel bones and
stand squarely on their legs. Pullets
that molt early and show by other
indications that they are not desir-
able layers should be culled. Very
few mistakes will be made in culling
pullets in the fall if the same princi-
ples that apply to the slacker hen are
used, except the fading of the shanks
and molting.
Precautions to Observe in Culling
Culling is the intelligent compari-
son between hens of the same flock
which have had equal opportunity to
lay so far as housing, feeding and
management are concerned.
Unless hens have been kept under
conditions favorable to egg produc-
tion no one can do accurate culling.
Improper feed or irregular feeding
methods, parasitic infection, crowd-
ing, poor housing conditions and
forcing for egg production will cause
many otherwise good hens to be
classed as culls.
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TO make hens lay in winter you must
feed growing green food rich in vita*
mints. Sprouted oats furnish the best of
such food at lowest cost.
This home-made Oat Sprouter, shown
above, was made in one evening by a 14-year-old boy with no tools but saw
and hammer. The total cost including the heater was $2.99. Tens of thou-
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thousands of testimonials prove that it is the cheapest to make, easiest to
operate, and handiest and best oat sprouter ever built. It will supply better
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packed in every stove, also instructions for using the stove to keep the water
m poultry fountains from freezing.
Don't go through another winter without an oat sprouter. You can't afford
to be without one even though you keep but eight fowls.
No Winter Eggs WitHout Water
Over 80% of an egg is water and no matter how well you tend and feed your
fowls, they can't lay their best unless unfrozen water is constantly before
them. One cold day with water frozen and inaccessible may stop egg produc-
tion for a month. A Little Putnam Stove kee])S the water at just that tonic
temperature best relished by the hens. T!ie increased egg production from a
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fowls on his advertisement direct.
Some people get ready to buy and
they send their order in from the ad-
vertisement without first writing. If
you give prices of egfgs and stock, you
have very little else to tell the pur-
chaser except where he wants some-
thing special.
Getting Ready for the Show
In order to get the best out of one's
fowls they should coop them awhile
in coops about the size of those used
at the shows. Do not keep them up
long enough to allow them to grow
stale or lose their lustre of plumage
and should you note a fowl not stand-
ing the cooping conditions, put that
fowl back into the yards and let it run
a few days. Always have double the
quantity of fowls under conditioning
that you hope to exhibit. Pick out
those with best type, good plumage
and of natures that respond to hand-
ling.
No fowl will take its best type
when the judge comes around if it is
flighty. If you will handle your
fowls, Mrs. Housewife, let your chil-
dren feed them from the hand and
ask your husband to give them feed
every once and awhile, they will soon
learn that no one is going to hurt
them and they soon become gentle.
In showing one's fowls, they should
see that the plumage is clean. If you
have white fowls they should be
washed. Washing will help the plu-
mage of any of the colored fowls.
You get all of the soil off the plu-
mage and a good washing, well done,
will help to bring forth your best
color.
Waahing Fowl*
In order to get best results, take an
eight gallon tub of water and pour in
a tea kettle of boiling water. Take
Ivory soap and make a good suds.
After making the suds pour in enough
cold water to bring the mixture to
about the heat of warm milk. Dip
your fowl into the water, handle it
gently so that it will not splash or
hurt itself. Rub always with the
feathers but see that the water soaks
into the skin.
Have another tub with a rinsing
water, this tub of water should also
be warm; rinse the fowl well and
place it into the third tub of water to
which bluing has been added. Be
careful that the bluing water is just
right. Just enough bluing to bring
forth the lustre in the plumage, but
see that there are no lumps of bluing
that will spot the fowls with blue.
Handle your fowl gently and wipe it
as dry as you can with a clean bath
towel.
Have the operation take place in a
room that is at about summer heat
and put your fowls in coops where
they can stand on nice dry, clean
straw. One should have these coops
high enough so that the fowl can have
a roost. Set the fowl on the roost if
the room be dark and she will set
there until she thoroughly dries.
Allow the fowl to stay in its coop
all night and the next morning take
a cloth (a silk handkerchief is best)
and rub with the feather until you
bring forth a lustre. It matters not
what color you have, a good rub
properly done, will bring forth a
sheen, provided you have washed out
all of the soap so as not to leave the
plumage sticky.
Cooping the Fowls for Shipment
Have new coops ready for your
fowls that have been built of clean
material. Line these coops with
cheese cloth. If your cloth is clean,
then the fowls will reach the show
room in perfect condition.
A good shipping coop for a pen of
five fowls can be made thirty inches
square and thirty inches high. If you
have the coops thirty inches high,
then they will not be sticking their
heads through the top of the coop
and ruffle their neck plumage. If the
coop is thirty inches square, it will
be large enough to give room for the
fowls to move around.
If you have only a short distance to
ship your fowls, the above coop will
have plenty of room, but if you ex-
pect to ship the fowls any distance
the coop should be larger.
It would be best not to ship hens in
the same coop that have not run to-
gether. Never ship hens with pullets
and if it be possible make your coop
large enough to have separate com-
partments for the males. Never, un-
der any conditions, ship two males in
the same coop. The gentlest of males
will fight after being in the show for
a week and they will often come
home in such a condition that they
can not be shown again the same sea-
son.
One should have two strings of
fowls if they intend to make more
than one show in two weeks. Bring
one string home and allow them to
rest on the yards, allowing them to
run out in case you have pleasant
weather. Always isolate any fowls
you bring home from shows. Where
the management of shows do their
best to keep one's fowls in condition,
yet at times they catch colds that can
not be helped.
In shipping the fowls, always have
a card giving the numbers of the leg
bands on each fowl. Place these
numbers on a card and tack it on
your coop. Have the top of those
coops so made that they can be easily
opened. Never use nails or screws
but put the opening on hinges and
have a button that will secure the top
so that it will not come open. If you
go to the show with your fowls, one
could use a hasp and lock.
One can get quite a little advertis-
ing on their coops, provided they will
paint them and have them lettered,
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eiving the name of your farm, the
name of the varieties you carry and
also your express shipping point.
This will make it easy for the superin-
tendent of the show to ship your
fowls back to the right address and
at the same time be advertising for
you wherever they go.
Get out some cards, not large
cards, but small ones. Have a wall
pocket made of metal, have a hook so
that this wall pocket can be hung on
the exhibition coop. Into this pocket
place your cards with an invitation to
the public to take one. This will
place your name, address and prices
into the hands of every one that be-
comes interested in your fowls in the
show room.
In entering your fowls, always give
a price on them so that the superin-
tendent can sell them for you. If
you want to retain a fowl, put a price
high enough so that if it is sold that
you will get what it will cost you to
replace it. Always have a price. No
fowl is so good that it is invaluable.
One will often get most any price that
they may set on their fowls if they
happen to strike the fancy of some
one who really wants to buy.
Show Rooms Are Good Sales Places
One can often sell out everything
they ship to a show provided they
have something extra good. If you
give the price, then there is no hag-
ling but the purchaser will take the
fowl at the price named. If you can
be with your fowls in the show room,
tell the superintendent just where
you will be and he will gladly call you
when there is a purchaser around.
When sending in your entries to
the secretary, always place the bands
on the proper fowls and note that
number on your entry blank. Make
out your blank so plainly that there
can not be any mistake in the number
of your band and the price named.
Make a copy of your entry blank and
keep the copy for home use. If you
will do this you can send your entry
in on time and not make a mistake
when shipping your fowls. 'If you
ship two varieties, always use a
separate blank for each variety. In
placing your fowls on the list, allow
the cocks to come first, then the hens,
followed by the cockerels and pullets.
Where pens are shown, separate into
young and old; let the old pen come
first, giving the leg band number for
the cock or cockerel and allow the
other numbers to follow for the hens
or pullets. Make this so plain that
no one can make a mistake.
Never ship single fowls in coops
where pen fowls are placed, but have
a separate coop for the pen. Separ-
ate compartments for the males and
never place a pullet in a coop with the
hens.
Notify the secretary how you will
ship and tell him just how the fowls
should be returned home.
Never send a sick fowl to the show
hoping that it may get well. The
Do
n«t waatt your hen's
time
rest-
Ing her. A
300-egg hen
does
not
watte
much
time resting.
She
tries
to lay
an ega
every day. A busy hen ' |
makes
money
for you.
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For the next four months eggs are
worth more than at any other time of
the year. Your hens can just as well
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ought to have. Perhaps the experience of Mr. S. L. Marshall, of Vineland^
N. J., may help to guide you. Mr. Marshall writes:
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in place of Beef Scrap. I used it on a pen of R. I. Reds, and they came alon^r tine, the birds
looking slicker and combs redder than when I used the meat. Ejfg production increased 10%.
Then I put them back on Beef Scrap and they went back to the old condition. I am now
usinjj Oberco on all the breeders and also the young stock."
Good egg production is usually a matter of good feeding. Use Oberco in
the laying mash and provide egg making material — the right kind of protein
and minerals. If your hens are not producing as they should, give Oberco a
trial. It will pay for itself many times over.
Your hogs also need protein and minerals in their ration. Give them
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we have seen it tried many times.
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chances are more than even that the
fowl will get worse and spoil your
exhibit and at the same time endan-
ger the exhibits of the other fellows.
While in the show room try and get
in touch with the reporter that is cov-
ering the show. If you have a good
picture of some of your entries, take
it along. The papers are always glad
to publish pictures of fowls, provided
they are good. It is a fine idea to
have a picture taken with your fowls
along with yourself. As one writer
has said, the most interesting thing to
people is pictures of people made in
an attractive way. The papers will
publish a good picture of a fowl, pro-
vided there is a good looking, attrac-
tive human being in the same picture.
A little girl or a boy standing by a
fine cockerel or hen adds much to
such picture, and the papers like to
print the two together.
Once at the Seattle Show, a special
writer on one of the papers was very
much attracted to the White Crested
Black Polish. At that time the ladies
were wearing turbans. Handling the
publicity for the Seattle Show made
the writer take every advantage of
any publicity that he might get. One
day this special writer came in and
wanted a freak story. She being on
the big morning paper could see news
value in these fowls but she did not
realize how that publicity might be
used to the best advantage. I sug-
gested to her that she get the best
looking milliner in one of the big de-
partment stores and photograph her
with a turban that was trimmed with
feathers, suggesting in the caption
that the crest of this beautiful Polish
fowl would make a beautiful cover
for a turban. The picture was taken.
That gave a good advertisement to
the big department store and at the
same time showed the beauty of the
Polish crest. The owner of the Polish
fowls saw real value in this crest, so
he killed one, skinned off the crest
and had it tanned. He showed it to a
leading milliner and she told him that
she would give him $3.00 for every
crest that he could furnish her. The
party did not have enough Polish to
supply the demand but it showed the
possibilities for one who might raise
lots of crested fowls.
By all means, show your fowls this
winter. The poultry industrj' is go-
ing to boom as it never did before.
The day of the great layer is in its
infancy but on the other hand the
demand for beautiful fowls is coming
back as never before. The commer-
cial breeder sees the reason for beau-
tiful fowls and he is going to breed
them along with egg production.
ESTABLISHED WESTERN BRANCH
The United Steel and Wire Company, Bat-
tle Croek. Mirh.. opened a branch at Atchi-
son. Kans., thus eiviniEr this company greater
pxpansion for their erowina: business These
moves forward beinjc made bv the manu-
facturers of poultry appliances surely indi-
"itos strength and stability in the poultry in-
dustry. ■'
BEGINNERS' DEPARTMENT
(Continued from page 811.)
tion and keep them generally health-
and productive. ^
In addition to feeding the above
mentioned mash dry in hoppers, it j,
also a good plan to feed some of it
moistened. Feed for instance about
11 o'clock in the morning the regular
dry mash mixed with diluted semi.
solid buttermilk to a crumbly con-
sistency. Feed what the birds will
clean up in about half an hour, giving
it to them in a hopper trough. This
will result in getting more mash in
them. This is highly desirable, for
nriash is the egg building feed, being
rich in protein.
The Value of Epsom Salty
Laying flocks fed heavily of con-
centrated protein feeds are apt to be-
come constipated and when they do
there remains in their digestive tract,
the by-products of protein digestion
which are poisonous by nature. If
this material is absorbed into the sys-
tem of the bird, it is highly injurious.
Hence, laying flocks should be kept in
a pronounced laxative condition. This
is brought about in part by feeding
green feed, but that alone is not suffi-
cient. Whenever the birds become
constipated they should be given a
dose of epsom salts in their moist
mash. It is coming to be quite a gen-
eral practice where the birds are
handled successfully, to give epsom
salts at the rate of one pound to each
one hundred birds in the moist mash
every two weeks. Set aside a definite
day to do it and do it regularly, and
you will be surprised how much
healthier your birds will be, what bet-
ter appetites they will have, and in
what a superior producing condition
they will be maintained.
Feeding Under Lights
Many beginners are interested in
artificial illumination. Simply re-
member when using artificial lights,
that it is nothing more or less than a
feeding problem that by lengthening
the day or increasing the number of
hours in which the birds can see to
eat, we enable them to consume more
feed. So then when using lights, the
grain should be increased from 12
pounds per day to 14 pounds depend-
ing on how heavily the birds are lay-
ing. The more heavily the birds are
laying the more feed they need and
should be fed. This increased grain
ration should be distributed so that
the heavy feeding comes just before
the long night span. Where the even-
ing lunch method is used, when the
birds are lighted for an hour in the
evening, or from 8 to 9 o'clock a good
method is to distribute the grain as
follows: About 4 pounds in the early
morning, 4 pounds in the late after-
noon and 6 pounds or 7 pounds when
the birds are lighted in the evening.
Lastly, remember that a good feedf
watches his birds constantly, judgir'
the amount which he gives by the a »
November, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
855
I
petite and condition of his flock. A
good rule to follow is that birds
should never be overfed, but should
be anxious for grain at each feeding
time. If you are interested in getting
the most out of your birds, just try
this simple, efficient, proven feeding
practice. You will admit it is not
complicated, but it simply requires a
definite routine and that that routine
be followed faithfully. Good feeding
requires the liberal use of brains as
well as the proper use of feeds.
MATING UP
(Continued from page 806.)
that we see at a glance whether the
bird is a Wyandotte, or an Orpington,
or a Rock by its shape alone, for each
breed has a type or form absolutely
characteristic of that breed. It is of
course easier to breed for type alone,
than for type plus color — one object
is easier to obtain than two — but we
must bear in mind that type actually
does make the breed.
Thus in mating up our pens we
must decline absolutely to use a bird
that does not closely conform to the
type prescribed. After we have se-
lected such birds we can give our at-
tention to their color marking.
Experience is the great teacher
when one comes to color breeding.
Very little can be laid down on paper
to guide the novice in this respect. It
simply must be borne in mind, as
stated, that extremes in color do not
produce good results; that the nearer
each bird is to Standard color the bet-
ter the mating. We know that in a
number of the breeds special matings
are required to produce the best cock-
erels and the best pullets. The Ply-
mouth Rocks, the Leghorns and the
parti-colored Cochins are striking ex-
amples of this necessity for double-
mating. The would-be breeder must
read up on these subjects as much as
possible, and must visit other breed-
ers' yards and talk with experienced
men before he can become qualified
to begin his color-breeding work.
Each breed and variety has its own
peculiarities and weaknesses which
must be discovered through experi-
ence, for no set of rules or written
words will save him from most of the
pitfalls into which he is liable to sink.
In mating poultry it is generally
believed that size comes from the fe-
male, and it is therefore necessary
to see that all the females in a pen
are at least up to the Standard in
weight. To the influence of the male
is attributed most of what we term
the fancy points, such as color of eye ;
shape of comb; color of ear lobes and
many of the niceties of the color
markings.
The male cannot be too good, for
it must be remembered that he is
half the pen. All the chicks will be
sired by him. And he should be in
•every respect the very best obtain-
-able. Much good, of course, will
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come from the female, for it will be
from a mingling of the excellence of
the male with the excellence of the
female that the best chicks will come,
and the females in each pen should
therefore, be given very careful con-
sideration. They undoubtedly have
more influence on the size and type
of the offspring than does the male.
These are some of the considera-
tions that must be borne in mind
when the breeder is mating up his
pens. He cannot be too careful nor
take too much time in this task, and
it is often said that "it is all in the
mating" which means that if a man
does not become an adept at mating
he will never succeed, even although
he is working with the very best of
stock.
OUR MODERN FEEDING
PRACTICE
(Continued from page 807.)
with semi-solid buttermilk to the
proper consistency and allowing it to
set in a room where the temperature
is about eighty degrees for twenty-
four hours. Actual tests show that
mashes so treated increase in yeast
content over ten times; that is, where
one-half of one per cent is used, upon
fermentation five per cent of yeast is
apparent at feeding time. In addi-
tion to these advantages, this amount
of yeast provides a very considerable
amount of digestible nutrients, espe-
cially protein, in a form in which the
birds can use all of it. In the feeding
of yeast, not only to humans, but to
birds as well, it brings about a slight,
normal laxative condition which is
highly desirable. It has further been
appreciated for sometime that especi-
ally when fed to humans, the con-
sumption of yeast in normal amounts,
brings about a marked increase in the
white blood corpuscles of the circula-
tory system. These are the scaven-
gers which rid the body of disease.
The millions of these white blood cor-
puscles or lucites are highly desirable
as when present in considerable num-
ber, the individual or the bird is much
better able to protect itself against
infectious disease. The use of the
moist mash containing the regular
dry mash ingredients fermented with
yeast and mixed with buttermilk, is
probably as near a perfect egg build-
ing feed as one can compound for
actual practical feeding conditions.
The Scratch Ration
The feeding of a scratch feed is a
much simpler problem. Any good
commercial laying scratch composed
of standard gn*ains, clean and sweet
is satisfactory. Where one wishes to
mix their own, a combination of two
parts of cracked com, one part of
wheat and one part of heavy oats is
an excellent combination. Barley
may be added in place of the oats or
supplemental to the above mixture,
reducing the oats one-half and adding
the same amount of barley. The
scratch feed is fed morning and night
in clean, deep litter. Birds confined
to the laying houses apparently re-
quire a certain amount of exercise
during the winter in order to keep
themselves in good physical condition.
About the only way they can be in-
duced to exercise is through the work-
ing for the scratch feed.
The Secret of Successful Feeding
The secret of successful feeding,
next to the use of the proper mixtures
themselves, comes from feeding them
in the proper proportions. One may
have an ideal scratch feed or an ideal
mash feed but from not feeding them
in the proper proportion the results
is a poorly balanced daily ration for
the birds. For instance, the scratch
feed is the regulator or the handle
by which the feeder manipulates the
proportion of scratch and mash which
the birds will eat. Birds are naturally
grainiverous. They will eat larger
quantities of grain if they can get it,
so by controlling the amount of
scratch feed fed, the proper propor-
tion of both mash and scratch feed
consumed, can be realized. For or-
dinary laying flocks of pullets, for the
next two or three months, they should
receive about twelve pounds of grain
per day per one hundred birds. In
feeding this, about four pounds per
100 birds should be given in the
morning about 7 o'clock; and eight
pounds at about 4 o'clock in the after-
noon. These two scratch grain feed-
ings, combined with a moist mash
feeding at 11 o'clock and with dry
mash before them all of the time,
seems to give about the right distri-
bution of feeding periods, and keeps
the birds active, interested and well
supplied with the necessary ingredi-
ents from which they will manufac-
ture eggs. The question is often
asked, do not heavy laying flocks re-
quire more feed than moderate lay-
ing flocks? That is true, but if the
above pounds of grain are fed as
specified, heavy laying individuals
and heavy laying flocks will make up
the increased feed they desire from
the mash hopper, while the low pro-
ducing flock will consume less, and
thus automatically regulate their own
diet to meet their own needs.
Some Miscellaneous Suggestions
By all means, keep grit, shell and
charcoal in separate hoppers before
the birds constantly. If one wishes
to, the charcoal can be mixed with the
mash, but it is probably more satis-
factory to provide the birds with spe-
cial hoppers in which these three
necessary feeds are kept. The grit,
as you know, acts as the teeth of the
bird, grinding the food in the gizzard.
The oyster shell acts as the source of
lime to provide a good shell on the
egg, and the charcoal acts as an in-
ternal cleanser.
Do not forget the need for fresh
water. Do not forget the need for
keeping the water vessels thoroughly
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clean and a fresh supply of water
available constantly. The pans or
water vessels should be rinsed out
thoroughly frequently, and disin-
fected at least once a week. They
should be refilled with fresh water
at least once a day and oftener if
necessary.
Feed liberally of some green food;
either germinated oats, cabbage,
mangled beets or some such product
of this nature. It is a distinct appe-
tizer, helps to keep the birds in con-
dition, and carries a certain amount
of nutritive value.
Remember that if the best results
are to come from handling the layers,
they should be confined to their lay-
ing house from now on until the frost
is out of the ground in the spring,
which usually means the first of April
at least.
If one feeds germinated oats either
as such or mixed in the crumbly mash
as a source of succulent, the oats
recommended above in the scratch
grain ration should be eliminated.
Where germinated grains are fed ex-
tensively, the amount of grain fed
should be reduced proportionately, or
the birds will receive too large quan-
tities of grain. Now then, this feed-
ing practice as outlined is not com-
plicated. It is simple and it involves
every step in the efficient nourish-
ment of the flock.
Feeding Under Lights
Before dismissing this subject of
the modem feeding practice, it is
necessary that a w6rd be said about
feeding when one is using artificial
illumination. If the full benefits of
lights are to be realized, the feed
which the birds receive must be in-
creased, because that is the benefit
which one receives from lights,
through the ability of the birds to
consume more raw material, from
which a greater egg yield can be
manufactured. To receive the full
benefits of lights, the grain should be
increased from twelve pounds to four-
teen or fifteen pounds per day per
100 birds. The feeding of this grain
should be re-distributed so that the
heaviest feeding comes just previous
to the long span of darkness. When
the evening lunch method is used,
which by the way is giving excellent
satisfaction wherever it has been
tried, the birds are lighted in the
evening from 8 to 9 o'clock or from
9 to 10 o'clock. The grain is fed
about as follows: Four pounds in the
morning at 7 o'clock ; 4 pounds in the
afternoon at 4 o'clock and 6 to eight
pounds when the birds are lighted in
the evening. As a final suggestion,
it is well to remember that birds
should never be over-fed for any pur-
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their feed at all times, and one must
study their behavior constantly, in
order to keep them up on their toes
and with a good appetite, for if birds
go off their feet, like all other ani-
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(Continued from page 809.)
tion. All fowls and pigeons, as we
now have them, are man made.
Perhaps nothing in the way of
heads on poultry can equal that of the
White Faced Black Spanish. These
are probably the most artificial of all
the man made fowls. There was so
little difference in the head formation
of the original Castilian, Black Span-
ish and Minorca that all are credited
to Spain. The beginning of the pres-
ent-day Spanish was English and
Dutch. White Faced Spanish were
known in both England and Holland
several centuries ago but to the fan-
ciers of America and England be-
longs the credit of the present type
of head, comb and face. The most
important feature is perfect smooth-
ness of face which must be soft and
finished like the finest kid gloves; no
fold or bad formation is permissible.
This type of fowl does remarkably
well in California or other localities
that are exempt from extreme cold
weather.
them. We expect to write more fuHy
of this breed in the near future so
I shall not discuss them further now
The Faverolles have heads of larger
size and single comb; no crest, but
with beard and whiskers. This is a
sample of what man made fowls can
be like. The Faverolles without
crests represent a wonder feat in
breeding — that of producing an un-
crested fowl from stock that was
originally crested. The same is true
in breeding the poll and crest from
the head of the La Fleche — both are
the result of care and selection. None
should ever say, "I can't" to any
problem of breeding for when we
consider what has been done, we
should not admit that anything is im-
possible in improving poultry.
Some White Ducks with crests of
feathers on their heads are bred, but
not many of them are fine in quality.
I have seen flocks of them; some of
the young with no crests at all, some
with small crests and a few with
crests of fair size. The feathers of
the crest grow out of the top of the
Another breeding house on John S. Martin's faxm, Port DDver, Ontario, Canada. The
acreage of Mr. Martin's place is ideal in conditions for successful poultry raising.
The head and comb of the Red Cap
have been altered by the English
breeders and Standard makers. Now
the English Standard calls for a comb
on the male almost as broad as it is
long — five inches long and two and
four inches wide being the extreme.
Our Standard tells us that the comb
of the male is large; the comb of the
female like that of the male but
smaller. English judges are disposed
to prefer combs smaller than the
Standard calls proper. Size, shape
and finish are of most importance;
not many of them shown, either here
or abroad.
The head and comb of the Butter-
cup is perhaps one of the most diffi-
cult to produce to perfection or near
it. The perfect cup shape and the
even surrounding of the comb into a
circular form will not come for the
asking. While it is true that what I
will call the Gold are the native fowls
of Sicily and perhaps one of the truest
bred as they come from there, never-
theless there has been some crossing
done that has not improved all of
head; no poll nor bone formation on
their heads for the crest to grow
from. So far, I have never found
any record of the crested ducks that
tells us where they came from. Matt
Burns, deceased, formerly of Canada,
claimed that the crested ducks came
from China. He and I traveled into
the interior «:f Central Pennsylvania,
took five crested ducks he had to a
farm where there were already quite
a lot of them. He left his, brought
five pairs away with him and paid ten
dollars for the exchange. I asked if
that was China. He replied that he
took all the farm could grow each
year.
Those who breed Cornish fowls
have kept head qualities very good
in the Dark Cornish and the Buff
Laced but those who breed the White
variety have not, so far, established
as good head points as the others.
This can be improved by selection.
The lack of keen competition in this
variety has not forced the breeders
to do better. Competition that is
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keen brings improvement; lack of it
brings neglect.
None should ever use as a breeding
fowl either a male or a female that
lacks character. Nothing is more in-
dicative of character than is the size,
chape and general appearance of your
head, whether of an animal or of a
fowl.' Select your fowls for breeding
with the greatest care. The day is
now at hand when the best and the
very best only of everything will be
produced at a profit. No more can
we hope to gain profitable returns un-
less we produce the best and we must
expect to receive lower prices for
anything except the best. The future
of the world depends upon better
quality and lower prices for all com-
modities.
The claim has been made that New
England has suffered very little from
the price of poultry and eggs; but
that the combination of fowls for
show purposes, fowls for breeding,
the best egg for hatching from the
best, baby chicks of the best, the fin-
est of market poultry and eggs, early
broilers and later capons united with
the fancier end of the business have
resulted in profits equal to those of
previous years.
There has been entirely too much
of an effort to overshadow the fancy
with the glare of impossible egg
yields. People have been led into
foolish notions of gathering gold from
the production of the impossible. It
is well to remember that gold is the
most valuable metal because of the
more-than-value cost of production.
If gold could be pushed up to the
point of production which is claimed
for hens, gold would be cheaper than
eggs in the spring. It is the best
and the best only that comes high in
the market. Work hard for the New
England plan of poultry production;
make the fancy poultry pay as well.
USING DRY LEAVES
Rake up all the leaves you can get,
and have them for use in the poul-
try house floors in winter. Hens are
always willing to work in leaves and
if a few grains of wheat are scat-
tered in the leaves the hens will keep
themselves busy. The leaves and
dirt, when cleared off the floor, can
be used as absorbents in the manure
heap, and will greatly aid in prevent-
ing loss of valuable fertilizing ele-
ments, but first of all, use them in
the poultry house. Considering the
use to which leaves may be applied
in absorbing liquids, rendering the
quarters clean and of themselves
adding something to the manure
heap, we know of no way in which
labor can be better applied than in
their collection and storage. The
sahie may be said of dry dirt. When
winter comes on and the ground and
buildings are damp the dirt on floors
will absorb much dampness and will
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Apples
Golden Delicious — There is prob-
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well, being much better in this re-
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and begins to bear when quite young.
Galla Beauty — A bud sport of
Rome beauty originated in Ohio is a
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It appears to be the same as Rome
in every character, except color in
which it excels to a rather marked
degree. It is strongly recommended
to those growers who have difficulty
in growing well colored Rome.
Peaches
Pioneer — A seedling of Belle of
Georgia crosses with Greensboro was
originated by the New Jersey Agri-
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semi-free stone peach ripening nearly
a week before Carman. It is more
attractive than Carman and fully
equal to it in size, quality and pro-
ductiveness.
Wilma — Is a yellow free-stone
peach ripening about ten days later
than Elberta. Reports indicate that
it is superior to Elberta in quality and
fully equal to that well known stand-
ard variety in every other respect.
It appears to be a promising variety
to follow Elberta.
Grapes
Ontario — A seedling from the New
York Experiment Station, at Geneva,
is an early white grape of high qual-
ity. The fruit hangs well to the vine,
increasing in sweetness and main-
taining their vigor for a long time.
The vines are not as vigorous as Con-
cord and Niagara and, therefore,
careful attention should be given to
their culture. It should be an excel-
lent variety for the home vineyard,
or for selling in a local market.
Portland — Another New York Ex-
periment Station seedling although
more vigorous than Ontario is infer-
ior to it in quality. It is also an early
white grape, ripening about ten days
after Ontario.
Sheridan — Is considered to be the
most promising grape seedling intro-
duced by the New York Experiment
Station. It is a blue grape, ripening
a week later than Concord. Com-
pared to Concord the bunch is larger,
the berries are larger, and of better
flavor, and the vines are more pro-
ductive. It should keep from two
weeks to a month longer than Con-
cord after being picked and is a bet-
ter shipper.
Champagne or Adam's Late — Was
introduced several years ago by Alvin
Adams, of Hammonton, N. J. When
fully ripe the berry is red and larger
than Concord. It ripens after Con-
cord, and the vines are very vigorous
and productive. When fully ripe it
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(Continued from page 813.)
many of the Productionists have been
preaching that it is impossible to com-
bine successfully Fancy and Produc-
tion in the same bird. Many of them
are advocating a dual Standard, one
for exhibition and the other for egg
laying, and they say, "When you in-
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stock which has been trapnested for
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introduce production-bred blood into
birds of exhibition quality, you are
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fowls." And here is Mr. Thompson,
spokesman for the other side, repre-
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and more, seemingly advocating ex-
actly the same thing; and to me that
is an amazing thing.
Poultry, as it is kept throughout
the country today, is kept for its pro-
duction of eggs and meat by so vast a
majority of cases that those who
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breed for beauty of shape and feather
represent a very small percentage of
poulty keepers. Without doubt, prac-
tically everyone interested in the
Fancy reads one, or two or three or
four poultry journals; yet the com-
bined circulation of all the poultry
journals published in this country is
approximately one-tenth as large as
the number of farms and poultry
plants which keep poultry. Ninety
per cent of the poultry keepers of this
country never see a poultry paper,
but these poultry papers will carry
your advertisement to reach a large
percentage of the breeders interested
in breeding for shape and for feath-
ers. Yet I have been told by poul-
try journal publishers, that 90% of
inquiries received from their sub-
scribers are concerning matters of
Production rather than Fancy.
Almost with one voice the poultry
press of the United States has been
advocating a combination of good
looka and good egg records in the
same birds. It is being attempted
by various breeders in various parts
of the country with different varieties
of fowls. Massachusetts has many
wonderful flocks of Rhode Island
Reds when it comes to egg records
and almost every one of these Pro-
duction breeders is trying to better
the color of his flock. Here and there
are isolated instances of individual
breeders already having accomplished
a pretty fair grade of exhibition qual-
ity together with excellent records
for egg production, and this not in
one breed, but in several. There are
at least five or six well known show
room names in the weekly reports
from the Storrs egg laying contest;
exhibition breeders who are trap-
nesting their birds for production.
The other day I read an article by a
very prominent production breeder of
Mr. Thompson's own variety of fowls
regarding breeding for color, and how
color and production could best be
combined.
And so it goes. We were just about
getting used to thinking that this goal
of a dual purpose strain could be ap-
proached from either angle; either
breeding definite production into our
exhibition birds, or breeding better
show qualities into our heavy layers;
when along comes Mr. Thompson and
intimates that the Fanciers do not
want such a combination. They want
only a bird which will look extremely
well; and in consequence (or in-
cluded in that looking well) will have
a body of sufficient capacity so that
really first class egg production is
possible, but they want no egg rec-
ords by their exhibition birds, nor are
they willing to breed greater fecund-
ity into that body capacity of their
shapely birds.
I am not arguing for Mr. Thomp-
son's idea, or against it. I am merely
pointing out what, to me, were the
high lights of his speech, which has
been acclaimed as the greatest speech
ever delivered in American poultry-
dom.
But there is nothing cut and dried
about poultry breeding. There is no
right way and no wrong way. The
personal qualifications of every
breeder are different from those of
every other breeder. If every per-
son held the same ideals this world
would be lop-sided, indeed. What-
ever our aim, intelligence, applica-
tion, hard work and alert care are
necessary for success with poultry.
So whether we breed for show or for
e&^s, for Fancy or Production, or
whether we breed for such a combi-
nation of the two qualities as will
promise best to satisfy our dream of
what a bird should be,
"Let us press onward toward the
light, as
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November, 1924
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pen.
hen.
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THE ALLENTOWN FAIR
Thos. J. GallaRher ^
The poultry show held in connec-
tion with the great AUentown Fair
was a large event, there being close
to 8,000 head of stock including
poultry, pigeons and pet stock; an-
other feature of the show was the
large number of bantams. The
quality of the show was, indeed, very
good and competition was very
strong. W. Theo. Wittman certain-
ly deserves credit for the able man-
ner in which he managed the show,
for every detail was carried out like
clock work. There were quite a
number of old time breeders on hand
and they were busy renewing old
acquaintances. The awards follow:
Large Fowl
Barred Plymouth Bocks— Pleasant View
Poultry Farm, second and fifth cock; third
pullet; first old pen; second and third youns:
'j. C. Kriner & Co., third cock; fifth
Pastime Farms, first cock; fifth cock-
Charles Everett, fourth cock. Lewis
0. Tyremarf, second hen; first cockerel;
second pullet; first young pen. Harry O.
Reese, first, third and fourth hen. J. E.
Huy, second and third hen. Roger Shirk,
fourth hen. Wm. Bentzoni. fourth and fifth
pullet. Henry Bretzino, fourth and fifth
voune pen. N. Henry Fenner. fir^t pullet.
' White Pl3rmouth Bocks — Miss Renee Vari-
cle, first cook; third hen; third pullet. Koons
Poultry Farm, fourth cock; first hen; second
and third cockerel; first and fourth pullet.
J. W. Williams, second cock. .T. C. Kriner &
Co.. third cock; fourth hen. Joseph E. Gil-
bert, second hen; first cockerel; second pul-
let; first young pen. AUentown State Hos-
pital, second young pen.
Buff Plymouth Bocks — Orchard Poultry
Farm, second cock; third hen; fourth cock-
erel. Harry N. Conner, first and third cock;
fifth cockerel; first pullet; second old pen;
second young pen. .Tames H. Vincent, fourth
cock; first and second hen; third cockerel;
fifth pullet; first old pen. Samuel C. Carl,
Jr., fifth hen; third old pen. K'^ons Poultry
Farm, fourth hen. H. M. Alloway, first
cockerel; third pullet. Kerlin Farm, second
cockerel; second and fourth pullet; first
young pen.
Silver Penciled Plymouth Bocks — Orchard
Poultry Farm, third cock; third cockerel;
first pullet. Pastime Farms, first cock; third
hen; second cockerel; fourth and fifth pullet;
first old pen; first and second young pen. J.
C. Kriner, second cock; first hen. Lewis L.
Class, second and fourth hen; first cockerel;
second and third pullet.
Partridge Plymouth Bocks — Orchard Poul-
try Farm, second cockerel; first hen; fourth
pullet. Augustus A. Reinert, third cockerel;
second hen. Charles E. Everett, first cock.
James H. Vincent, fourth cock; third and
fifth pullet. Pastime Farms, fifth hen; third
cockerel, Wilmer S. George, third hen. J.
C. Kriner' & Co., fourth hen. Iguatz Bis-
tritz, first cockerel. H. M. Alloway, second
cockerel; first pullet. Fred K. Roth, second
pullet.
Columbian Plsrmouth Bocks — J. W. Wil-
liams, first cock; fifth hen; fifth cockerel;
fifth pullet; second old pen; first young pen.
Orchard Poultry Farm, fourth cock; first
hen. Pastime Farms, fifth cock; third cock-
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young pen. James F. Harrington. second
cock; second hen; fourth pullet; third old
pen. Ray Shellhammer, third cock; first cock-
erel; first old pen. Augustus A. Reinert, third
hen. Norman G. Clymer, fourth hen. George
F. Williams, second and fourth cockerel;
first and second pullet. Lehigh Poultry Co.,
second young pen.
SUver Wyandottes — Orchard Poultry
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Silver Wyandotte Yards, third cock; hftu
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pen. H. E. Lapp & Sons, second cock; sec-
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second young pen. Allen Blodgett, first
cock; third hen; fourth cockerel; fourth pul-
let; third young pen. Percy Richardson,
fifth cock; fourth young pen. Koons Poul-
try Farm, fourth hen; fifth pullet. O
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E Lapp & Sons, fourth cock. C. »• Roth"
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White Wyandottes— J. C. Kriner & Co.,
fifth cock. H. E. Lapp & Sons first cock;
third hen. Norman O. Clymer, fourth cock,
first hen. Edward P. Mo.ser. second cock;
second hen; second and third cockerel; fir.st
puUet Pa'rk Place Poultry Farm. th.rd
?ook; fourth and fifth hen; first cockerel
third pullet. H. E. Lapp & Sons first old
pen. John M. Hutton, second pullet.
Buff Wyandottes— Wm. F. Moore, second
cock; first und second hen; third four i
and fifth cockerel; first, second and fifth piil-
let. Davidson Poultry Farm, first cock
fifth hen; first and second cockerel ; third
nuUet- first young pen. J. C. Kriner & Oo
Fourth cock."^ Frederic H. Still wagenhird
and fifth cock; fourth hen Koons Poultry
Farm, third hen; fourth pullet. H. E. Lapp
& Sons, first old pen; second young pen.
Black Wyandottes — Orchard _,Poultry
Farm, second cock; second hen; third pullet
Pastime Farms, third cock; fir.st he": ^rst
cockerel; first and second P^l^^t; fiist old
nen Alrow Farm, first cock; third hen .
second cockerel; fourth pullet. J. C. Kriner
& Co.. fourth cock. ■c^„,^„
Partridge Wyandottes— Pastime Farms.
**^SUver" Penciled Wyandottes — Orchard
Poultry Farm, first cock; first hen. Pastime
Farms, second cock; second hen; first cock-
erel; first pullet. ^, , . ,,
Columbian Wyandottes — Charles A. Mason,
first cock; second hen; second cockerel; sec-
ond pullet; first young pen. Elmer O. Hil-
born, second and third cock; third and fifth
hen- fourth cockerel; first and fourth pul-
let. * E. J. Chandler, fourth cock. C. A.
Baughman, first and fourth hen; first and
third cockerel; third and fifth pullet. Pas-
time Farms, fifth cockerel; third old pen.
Charles A. Mason, first old pen. J. C. Krin-
er & Co., second old pen. ^ ^ ^
Mottled Javas — J. C Kriner & Co., first
cock; first hen; second cockerel. Koons
Poultry Farm, second hen; first cockerel;
first pullet. ^ ,
Black Javas — Pastime Farms, second cock;
third hen; second cockerel; first and fourth
pullet; first old pen; first young pen. J. C.
Kriner & Co., first cock; first hen; fourth
cockerel. F. G. Bean, second hen; third
cockerel; second and fifth pullet. Koons
Poultry Farm, finst cockerel; third pullet.
Bose Comb Dominlques — J. C Kriner &
Co., second cock; second hen. E. J. Chand-
ler, first cock; fourth and fifth hon; first and
second cockerel; second and third pullet;
first young pen. Pastime Farms, third hen;
third cockerel; first pullet. Koons Poultry
Farm, first hen.
S. O. B. I. Beds — Red Poultry Farm,
first and third cock; fifth cockerel; second
young pen. J. O. Gabriel, second cock;
second pullet. Sked Bros., fifth cock; first,
second and fifth hen; second and third cock-
erel; fourth and fifth pullet; first old pen.
AVarren T. Jacoby. fourth cock : third old
pen. Charles E. Beebe, third hen; fourth
cockerel; fifth young pen. F. O. Bean, fourth
hen; third pullet; second old pen. Clinton
Bean, first cockerel. Alrow Farms, first
pullet. J. W. Schiebel, third young pen.
Edgar Riegel Jr., first young pen. J. O.
Gabriel, fourth young pen.
B. 0. B. I. Beds — Roose's Acme Reds, first
and third cock; second and third cockerel;
third pullet. Arthur Sked. second cock; first
hen; first and fifth cocl*erel; first and second
pullet; first young pen. Honry Beidler,
fourth and fifth cock. Pa.stime Farms, sec-
ond hen; fourth pullet. Charles E. Beebe,
fourth (•o<-kerel.
S. 0. B. I. Whites — O. G. L. Lewis, first
cock; second and fourth hen; first and second
cockerel; first and second jiullet ; first young
I)en. Gem Poultry Yards, fifth hon. Pas-
time Poultry Farms, third hen; third cock-
erel; fifth pullet; second young pen. Lehigh
Potiltry Co., first hen, fourth and fifth cock-
erel; third and fourth pullet.
B. 0. B. I. Whites — Miss Radeline, second
cock. H. E. Lapp & Sons, third cock; second
hen ; first young pen. Pastime Farms, first
cock. Lyle M. Gifford, fourth cock; first and
third hen; fifth cockerel; fourth and fifth
pullet. Puritan Poultry Yards, first, second
and third cockerel; first, second and third
pullet.
Pea Comb Buckeyes — Pastime Farms, third
cook; third hen; first cockerel; first and third
pullet; first old pen. Harvey A. Drew, first
and second cock; first and second hen; sec-
ond poll*!.
Black Giants — E. M. Mengel, third cock.
Hedgewood Farm, second cock; fourth hen.
Mrs. L. W. Jones, first cock; first hen; sec-
ond cockerel; second pullet; first old pen;
first young pen. F. G. Bean, second and
third hen; first, third and fourth cockerel;
first, third and fourth pullet; second old
pen; second and third young pen. Lehigh
Poultry Co., fifth cockerel, fifth young pen.
R. F. Biddinger, fifth pullet. Empire Giant
Farm, fourth young pen.
Light Brahnias — Thos. E. Donegan, first
cock; second cockerel. Pastime Farms, third
cock; first cockerel; first pullet; first old
pen. A. N. Daubert, fourth cock; fourth hen.
Fred K. Roth, second cock; second, third and
fifth hen. John H. Erdman, fifth cock. E.
M. Mengel, first hen. Henry C. Herman,
first yountr ven.
Dark Brahmas — Orchard Poultry Farm,
second cock ; third hen ; first cockerel ; sec-
ond pullet. Pastime Farms, first cock; first
and second hen; second and third cockerel;
third and fourth pullet; first old pen; first
and second young ])en. Harold W. Kuhl,
first pullet.
Buff Brahmas — Orchard Poultry Farm,
first cock ; first hen ; second cockerel ; second
pullet. Pastime Farms, second cock; third
hen. Koons Poultry Farm, second hen; first
cockerel. J. C, Kriner & Co.. first i)ullet.
Buff Cochins — Orchard Poultry Farm, sec-
ond cock; first hen; second cockerel; second
pullet. Pastime Farms, first cock; second
and third hen; first cockerel; first pullet. J.
C. Kriner & Co., third cockerel.
Partridge Cochins — Orchard Poultry Farm,
second cock; second hen; first cockerel; sec-
ond pullet. Pastime Farms, third cock;
first and third hen; second cockerel; first
pullet; first old pen. Erasmus Void, first
cock ; fourth hen.
White Cochins — All to Pastime Farms.
Black Cochins — Orchard Poultry Farm,
second cock; second hen; fourth cockerel;
second pullet. Pastime Farms, first and third
cock; first and third hen; first, second and
third cockerel; first and third pullet; first
old pen.
Black Langshans — Pastime Farms, first and
second cock; second hen; fourth cockerel;
fourth pullet; first old pen. Wm. O. Bintz-
er. fourth cock; fourth hen. Fred K. Roth,
fifth cock; first hen. Lehigh Poultry Co..
third cock; third hen. Orchard Poultry
Farm, third cockerel; third pullet. J. C.
Kriner & Co., first and second cockerel; first
and second pullet. Wilmer S. George, fifth
pullet.
White Langshans — Carl Olsen, second
cock; first and third hen; second and third
cockerel. J. C Kriner & Co., first cock;
fifth hen. Pastime Farms, second hen; first
old pen. Koons Poultry Farm, fourth hen ;
foiurth cockerel ; second pulle*. H. M.
AUoway, first cockerel, first pullet.
S. C. Idght Brown Leghorns — H. W. Lieb-
ensperger. second and third cock; second and
third hen; first and second cockerel; second
and third pullet; second young pen. J. C.
Kriner & Co., first cock; first hen; third
cockerel. N. G. Sechrist. fourth hen; fourth
pullet. H. E. Lapp & Sons, fifth hen; first
pullet. Edwin F. Minnich, fifth pullet;
first old pen; first young pen.
S. 0. Dark Brown Leghorns — N. G. Se-
christ, first cock; first hen; first cockerel;
first pullet. Wm. J, McLean, second cock;
second hen; first young pen. H. W. Leib-
ensperger. third hen; fourth cockerel; third
pullet. J. C. Kriner & Co., fourth hen.
John W. Mint, third and fifth cockerel.
Samuel C. Carl. Jr., second cockerel; second
pullet. Guy Gerhard, fourth and fifth pullet.
B. 0. Light Brown Leghorns — Pastime
Farms, second cock. C. W. Myers, first cock;
first hen; first cockerel; first pullet; first old
pen; first young pen. Orchard Poultry Farm,
second hen; second pullet.
B. 0. Dark Brown Leghorns — Orchard
Poultry Farm, first and third cock; first and
second cockerel. Charles A. Eckert, fourth
cock; first, fourth and fifth hen. C. W.
Myers, second cock; second hen. Pastime
Farms, third hen. Wm. J. McLean, third
cockerel; first pullet.
S. C. White Leghorns — Allen Blodgett,
third cock. Harry N. Conner, fourth cock;
second young pen. Willard B. Coombs, sec-
ond cock; first, fourth and fifth hen; first
and third cockerel; first and fourth pullot;
first young pen. H. E. Lapp & Sons, first
cock; third hen; first old pen. J. C. Kriner
& Co.. fifth cock. John W. Mint, second hen.
W. V. McCarthy, fifth cockerel ; second,
third and fifth pullet. Erico Poultry Yards,
second and fourth cockerel. Lyman N. Frain.
third young pen.
B. C. White Leghorns — Louis H. Perry,
second cock; first hen; second cockerel; sec-
ond pullet. H. E. Lapp & Sons, first cock;
second hen; first cockerel; first pullet; first
old pen; first young pen. Pastime Farms,
third hen; second old pen.
S. C. Buff Leghorns — Pastime Farm.?, third
cock; fifth pullet; second old pen; fourth
young pen. Davidson Poultry Farm, fi. .
and second cock ; second and fourth' hen-
tirst, fourth and fifth cockerel; third ani
fourth pullet; first old pen; second and third
young pen. J. C. Kriner & Co., fourth cooV
Hen B. Hilldorfer, third and fifth hen. Geo
W. Rex, first hen; second and third cockerel-
first and second pullet; first young pgn"
George Dittmar, fifth young pen.
E. C. Buff Leghorns — Pastime Farms, sec.
ond cock; second hen; second cockerel;' sec-
ond and third pullet; first old pen. Louij
H. Perry, first cock; first hen; first cockerel-
first pullet. E. J. Chandler, third cock-
third hen. J. C Kriner & Co., fourth hen-
third cockerel; fourth pullet. '
S. C. Black Leghorns — Harvey A. Drew,
first and third cock; second and third hen-
first and second cockerel; first and second
pullet; first old pen; first young pen. Elmer
H. Trapp, second cock; first and fifth hen;
third cockerel; second old pen. J. C. Krin'
cr & Co., fourth hen. H. A. Werkheiser,
second young pen.
Silver Leghorns (Duckwings) — Pastime
Farms, third cock; second hen; first and sec-
ond cockerel; second and fourth i)ullet; sec-
ond old pen; first young pen. C. W. Myers,
second cock; third hen; first old pen; third
young pen. J. C. Kriner & Co., first cock;
first hen; third cockerel; fifth pullet. Geo.
Dittmar, fourth cockerel; first pullet; second
voung pen. Koons Poultry Farm, third pul-
let.
Silver Penciled .Leghorns — Geo. Dittmar,
first cockerel.
Red Pyle Leghorns — All to Pf^stime Farms.
Red Leghorns — J. C. Kriner & Co., first
cock.
Dominique Leghorns — Pastime Farms, sec-
ond cock; first and second hen; first and
second cockerel; first and second pul-
let; first old pen; first young pen.
J. H. Mehring, first cock; third hen;
second old pen. J. C. Kriner & Co., third
cock; fourth hen.
S. O. Black Minorcas — Cedar Crest Poul-
try Farm, second and third cock. C. J.
Gardner, first cock; first and second hen;
first, second and third cockerel; first, second
and third pullet; first young pen. S. A.
Schneider, third and fifth hen. Geo. Ditt-
mar, fourth hen. Wm. J. McLean, fourth
cockerel ; fourth pullet.
B. C. Black Minorcas — H E. Pontius, sec-
ond cock; second hen; third pullet. J. C.
Kriner & Co., first cock; third hen. Pastime
Farms, first hen. Herbert W. Evcrhart, fourth
hen; first cockerel; first and second pullet;
first young pen.
S. 0. White Minorcas — Orchard Poultry
Farm, first cock; fifth hen; first cockerel;
first and third pullet. John H. Romig, sec-
ond cock; second and fourth hen; second
and fourth cockerel; second and fourth
pullet; first and second young pen.
J. C. Kriner & Co., third cock; third
hen. Pastime Farms, first hen; third cock-
erel; fifth pullet; first old pen.
B. O. White Minorcas — H. E. Pontius,
second cock; first hen; second cockerel; first
pullet; first old pen; first young pen. Pas-
time Farms, third cock; third hen; first
cockerel. J. C. Kriner & Co., first cock;
second hen.
S. C. Buff Minorcas — Pastime Farms, first
cock; first and second hen; first, fourth and
fifth cockerel; second pullet. J. C. Kriner
& Co.. second cock; third hen. Rufus Hoke,
second and third cockerel; first and third
l)ullet. ,
White Faced Black Spanish — Orchard
Poultry Farm, first cock; first hen; fourth
cockerel; fourth pullet. Pastime Farms
second and third hen; first, second and third
cockerel; first and second pullet; first old
pen; first young pen. Koons Poultry Farm,
fourth cock; fifth pullet. Clinton C. Alden,
third pullet; second young pen.
S. C. Blue Andalusians — Thomas Sweitzer,
first and third cock; first and second hen:
third cockerel; first pullet; first and second
old pen. Koons Poultry Farm, fourth cock;
fourth hen; first cockerel; second pullet.
Stanley Mason, second cock; third hen; sec-
ond cockerel; fifth pullet. John H. Erd-
man, first young pen. Pastime Farms, fifth
hen; fourth cockerel, third and fourth pul-
lot. - ,
R. C- Andalusians — Pastime Farms, first
co(k. J. H. Mehring, first hen.
S. C. Anconas — H. F. Rhoads, first cock;
third and fourth hen; second cockerel. Hpnry
Wood, second and third cock; first hen; first,
third and fourth cockerel ; first and fourth
pullet. John W. Mint, fifth hen. Wm. T.
Bechtel, second hen. Edward T. Kane, fiftn
cockerel. Ideal Ancona Yards, fifth pullet;
first young pen. G. G. McLaurin. second and
third pullet.
Bose Comb Anconas — E. J. Chandler, first
cock; second and third hen; third and fourth
cockerel; second and third pullet; first younu
pen. Pastime Farms, first and fourth hen;
first cockerel. Ideal Ancona Yards, second
cockerel; first pullet.
November, 1924
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Buttercups — Lehigh Poultry Co., first and
fifth hen; fiist and fifth cockerel; third and
fifth pullet; first young pen. Buttercup
Yards, second, third and fourth hen; second,
third and fourth cockerel; first, second and
fourth pullet ; first old pen ; second young
^' White Dorkings — Pastime Farms, second
cock; second hen. J. C. Kriner & Co., first
ben -'first cockerel; first i)ullot.
Silver Gray Dorkings — All to Pastime
Farms.
Colored Dorkings — All to Pastime Farms.
Rose Comb Red Caps — Orchard Poultry
Farm, first and second cock ; second and
fourth hen. Pastime Farms, third and fourth
coik; first and tliird hen; first old jien.
Buff Orpingtons — Davidson Poultry Farm,
first and second cock ; first and second hen ;
second i)ullet; first old pen; third young
pen. Edward Brandon, fifth hen; second and
fourth cockerel ; third and fourth i)ullet.
Nevin F. Hoy, third hen. A. H. Renninger.
fourth hen; third and fifth cockerel; first
and fifth pullet; first young pen. Suttons
Orpington Farm, first cockerel; second young
pen.
Black Orpingtons — Suttons Orpington
Farm, first cock. J. C. Kriner & Co., first
hen.
White Orpingtons — Charles E. Everett,
second cock. Stanley Mason, first cock;
third hen; second cockerel; second pullet.
Suttons Orpington Farm, first and second
hen. A. D. Honeyman, first cockerel; first
pullet.
Jubilee Orpingtons — Orchard Poultry
Farm, first cock; first hen.
B. C. Buff Orpingtons — E. M. Mengel.
first cock ; second hen ; first and second
cockerel; first pullet. J. C. Kriner & So.,
first hen.
E. C. White Orpingtons — E. J. Chandler,
second cock; third and fourth hen; second
pullet. E. M. Mengel, first and second hen;
first cockerel; first pullet.
B. C. Black Orpingtons — All to E. M. Men-
gel.
Dark Cornish — Frank Fellraan, third cock ;
fifth hen. John H. Erdman, second cock;
second and third hen. Olan Barnes, first
cock; first hen; first cockerel; first pullet.
R. D. Reider, fourth hen; second pullet.
John Erdman, first old pen. A. S. Hunsberg-
er, second old pen. F. C. Lindaman. third
old pen; second young pen. 0. M. Nace,
first young pen.
White Cornish — Pastime Farms. fourth
cock; fourth hen; third and fifth cockerel;
fourth and fifth pullet; first old pen. Tre-
weryn Farms, first and third cock ; first and
second hen; first and second cockerel; second
and third pullet. J. C. Kriner & Co., second
cock; third hen; fourth cockerel; first pullet.
White Laced Bed Cornish — All to J. C.
Kriner & Co.
Bed Sussex — Pastime Farms, first hen.
Stanley Mason, first cockerel.
Light Sussex — All to Pastime Farms.
Speckled Sussex — Joseph Preece, first
cock; first, second and third hen; first and
second pullet. Thomas E. Donegan, first
cockerel.
White Crested Black Polish — Orchard Poul-
try Farm, third cock; fourth hen; fourth
cockerel; third and fourth pullet. Pastime
Farms, first cock; first and second hen; first
and third cockerel; fifth pullet. Phares B.
Shank, second cock. Park Place Poultry
Farm, third hen. Charles E. Smith, second
cockerel ; first and second pullet.
Golden Bearded Polish — Orchard Poultry
Farm, first and third cock; second and third
hen; first cockerel; first pullet. Pastime
Farms, second cock; first hen; first old pen.
Silver Bearded Polish — Orchard Poultry
Farm, fourth cock; first hen; first cockerel.
Pastime Farms, first cock; second and fourth
hen; second cockerel; first and second pul-
let; first old pen. J. C. Kriner & Co., second
and third cock; third hen.
White Bearded Polish — Orchard Poultry
Farm, first cock; third hen; second cockerel;
second pullet. Pastime Farms, second cock;
first and fourth hon; first and third cockerel;
first pullet. J. C. Kriner & Co., second hen.
Frizzle Bearded Polish — All to Kriner.
Bearded Buff Laced Polish — Orchard, first
cock; third hen; first cockerel; first ])ullet.
Pastime, second, third and fourth cock; first,
second and fourth hen; second cockerel;
third pullet; first and second old pen. Koons
Poultry Farm, fifth hen; second pullet.
Buff Laced Polish — Kriner, first and second
cock; first hen. Pastime, second cockerel;
first pullet. George Dittmar, first cockerel.
Golden Polish — Orchard Poultry Farm, sec-
ond cock; first hen; first cockerel; first pul-
let. Pastime, first cock; second hen; first
old nen. J. C. Kriner & Co., second pullet.
Silver Polish — Orchard, third cock; second
hen; first cockerel; first pullet. Pastime,
first cock; third and fifth hen; second cock-
erel; second pullet; third old pen. Kriner.
second cock; first and fourth hen; first and
second old pen.
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American Poultry Industry: Origin of domestic fowls, roaKnitude of the
Industry, tables slmwinR the numbers aiid kinds of fowls raised in differMit
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White Polish — Orchard, third rook: second
hen- third pullet. Pastime, first and second
cock; first and fifth hen; first cookerei: sec-
ond old pen. Lewis W. Johnson, fifth cock;
fourth hen; first and second pullet. Krmer,
fourth cock; third cockerel. Maple Lawn
Farms third hen; second cockerel; fourth
and fifth pullet; first old pen; first younff
^^Blue Polish — Pastime, second and third
cock- second hen; first i.ullet. Kriner, first
cock; first and third hen; first and second
cockerel; second pullet.
Frizzle PoUsh— All to Kriner. , » ^
Golden Spangled Hamburgs — On hard, first
cock; first hen; second cockerel; finst pullet.
Pastime, second cock; second and third hen;
first cockerel. , . i. t nr
SUver Spangled Hamburgs— Arch L. Mayo,
fourth cock; fourth hen; first and second
cockerel; third pullet; third old pen. Pas-
time, first cock; third hen. Kriner. second
cock; first hen; fourth old pen. J. J. Bry-
den, third cock; second hen; first and second
pullet- first and second old ])en ; first and
second youn^ pen. S. Leroy Stumb, fifth
cock; fifth hen; fourth cockerel; fourth iml-
let- third young pen. Buttercup Yards, third
ami fifth cockerel; fifth pullet. , ,^.. ,
Golden Penciled Hamburgs — Orchard, third
cock; first hen; second cockerel; first pullet.
Pastime, first cock; second and third hen;
first cockerel; second and third pullet; first
old pen. Kriner, fourth hen.
Silver Penciled Hamburgs — Orchard, sec-
ond cock; third hen; third cockerel; first
pullet. Pastime, first cock; first and second
hen; first and second cockerel; second and
third pullet. ^ .^ ^ - ^ i « *
White Hamburgs — Orchard, first cock; first
hen; first cockerel; first pullet. Kriner. sec-
ond cock; second hen. Pastime, third hen;
first old pen.
Black Hamburgs — Orchard, second cock;
third hen; first cockerel; first pullet. Pas-
time, first oock; second and fourth hen; sec-
ond cockerel; second pullet; first old pen.
Kriner, third cock; first hen.
Lakenvelders — Koons Poultry Farm, first
hen. Henry Hretzius, first cockerel.
Mottled Houdans — Pastime, second cock ;
first and second hen; third cockerel; first
pullet; first old pen. John D. Carville, first
and third cock; third hen; first and second
cockerel; second pullet; first young pen.
Wlilte Houdans — Pastime, first cock; first
hen; first cockerel. Kriner, second and third
hen; second cockerel.
Black Oreve Oouers — Orchard, first cock;
third hen; first cockerel; first pullet. Pas-
time, second cock; first and second hen.
Kriner. second pullet.
Black La Fleche — Orchard, first cock; sec-
ond hen; first cockerel; first pullet. Pas-
time, first and third hen ; second cockerel ;
second pullet; first old pen.
Salmon Fayerolles — Pastime, first and sec-
ond cock ; first and second hen. Kriner, third
hen; first pullet.
Black raverolles — All to Kriner.
Bofi Faverolles — All to Pastime.
SUyer Campines — W. C. Frantz, second,
third and fourth cock; first, second and
fourth hen. J. C. Kriner & Co., first cock.
Maple Lawn Farms, fifth hen. Lehigh Poul-
try Co.. third hen.
Golden Campines — All to Pastime.
Black Breasted Bed Exhibition Games —
Kriner, first cock; first hen; first pullet.
Pastime, second hen.
Brown Bed Ex. Games, Golden Duckwiug
Ex. Games, Silver Duckwing Ex. Games,
Birchen Ex. Games, Bed Pyle Ex. Games —
All to J. C. Kriner & Co.
Wliite Exhibition Games — Kriner, first
cock; first hen; first pullet. Pastime, second
and third hen; first cockerel; second pullet.
Black Ex. Games — .Ml to Kriner.
Black or Brown Red Pit Games — Pastime,
first cock; first hen. tV'. H. Roth, first and
second cockerel; first and second i>nllet.
Duckwing Pit Games, Pyle Pit Games and
Dominiques or Spangled Pit Games — All to
W. II. Roth.
Black Sumatras — Pastime, first cock; sec-
ond hen. Kriner, second cock; third hen;
first jmllet. Koons Poultry F"'arm. first hen.
Black Breasted Bed Malay — Orchard, sec-
ond co<-k ; third hen. Pastime, third cock;
fourth hen; second pullet. J. H. Mehring,
first cock; first and second hen; second cock-
erel; first pullet; first old pen. J. C. Krin-
er * Co.. first cockerel.
White Malay — All to Kriner.
Sultans — All. to Pastime.
Silkies — Kriner, first cock; first hen; first
cockerel; first pullet. Pastime, second hen.
Orchard, third cockerel; third pullet. Jos-
eph Weston, second cockerel ; second pullet.
White IfOng-Tailed Phoenix — All to Pas-
time.
Colored Long-Tailed Phoenix — Pastime,
first and second cock; first, second and third
hen; first cockerel; first pullet; first old
pen. Kriner, third cock ; fourth hen.
Naked Kecks — Kriner, first and second
cock; first and second hen; first cockerel;
second i>ullet. Pastime, third hen; second
cockerel; first and third pullet.
Orlofl[8 — ilar.)ld W. Kiihl, first cock; third
hen; first cockerel; first pullet; first old iieti.
Kriner, second and third cock; first and sec-
ond hen; second cockerel; second pullet;
second old pen.
Capons — Charles A. Mason, second, third
and fourth. Trexler's Cetronia Farm, fifth.
Mrs. L. \V. Jones, first.
Utility White Leghorns — Troxler Poultry
Farm, first hen; fiflh ])ullet; first, third and
fifth old pen; first young pen.' Catasauqua
Poultry Farm, first and second hen; fourth
pullet;' fourth old j)en. W. V. McCarthy,
fourth hen. Hollenbach Bros.. third hen;
second old pen. J. C. Funk, fifth hen; third
pullet. J. O. Gabriel, second i)ullet. Tre.xler.
second and third young ])en. Catasauqua
Poultry Farm, fourth younrj pen. J. D.
Penny packer, fifth youni? jien.
Utility Barred Bocks — Lewis G. Tyreman,
second hen ; first old pen ; first young pen.
Pleasant View Poultry Farm, first and fourth
hon; second and third ijuUet; second and
third old i)en ; second young pen. Howard
F. Kressley, third and fifth hen; first pullet.
Utility White Wyandottes — John W. Mar-
tin, third hen; second i»ullet. Xorman G.
Clymer, second hen. Fernsauqua Poultry •
Farm, second hen; fourth pullet; fourth old
pen.
Utility Rhode Island Reds — J. C. Funk,
third and fourth hen. J. O. Gal>riel; second
and fifth hen; fourth pullet; second old pen;
second young pen. R. F. Biddinger, first
hen. Wilfred Gardner, second and fifth pul-
let. F. G. Bean, first and third pullet; first
old pen ; first young pen.
Bantams
Black Breasted Bed Game — D. G. Witmyer,
first cock. Harry Dawson. second cock;
first cockerel; second old pen; first young
pen. H. L. Brokaw, fourth cock; first and
fifth hens. C. J. Speece, third cock; third
hen; fourth pullet. Abraham Pearson, fifth
cock. Irvin J. Matlack, second hen; second,
third, fourth and fifth cockerels; first, sec-
ond, third and fifth pullets; third old pen,
J. Hart Welch, fourth hen. James H. Vin-
cent, first old pen. David Dunn, fourth old
pen; third and fourth young pen.
Brown Red Game — Chas. J. Scullin. fourth
cock; second hen. Harry Dawson, first, third
and fifth cocks; third and fifth hens; first
cockerel ; fourth pullet ; first and second old
pens; first young pen, D. G. Witmyer,
second cock; first and fourth hen; second,
third and fourth cockerels; second and third
pullets. C. J. Speece, fifth cockerel; first
pullet.
Golden Dockwing Game — Ir\in J, Mat-
lack; fourth cock; third hen; first cockerel;
first pullet. Abraham Pearson, first, second,
third and fifth cocks; first hen; third cock-
erel; second pullet. Harry Dawson, second
cockerel. J. Hart Welch, second hen.
Silver Duckwing Game — Harry D-»wson,
third cock; first and second cockerels; sec-
ond pullet; second old pen. James H. Vin-
cent, first cock; fifth hen; first old pen. D,
G. Witmyer, second cock. David Dunn,
fourth hen, C. J. Speece, first hen. Abra-
ham Pearson, second and third hens. Irvin
J. Matlack. third cockerel; first pullet. James
V. Monaghan, third pullet.
Birchen Game — Harry Dawson, second
cock; fourth hen; first cockerel; fifth i>ullet;
first old pen; first young pen. James V.
Monaghan, first cock; second and third pul-
lets. James H. Vincent, fourth cock; third
hen. D. G. Witmyer, third cock; first and
second hens; second and third cockerels;
first and fourth pullets.
Red Pyle Game — Harry Dawson, second
cock; first cockerel; fifth pullet; second old
pen. J. Hart Welch, third and fourth cocks;
third hen. D. G. Witmyer, first cock; first
hen; third cockerel. J. C. Seyfried. fourth
hen. Wm. V. Babka, second and fifth hens;
second cockerel; first and se<-ond pullets;
first old pen; first and second young pens.
A. N. Daubert. fifth cockerel. Stanley Mason,
fourth cockerel. W. T. Scureman, third pul-
let. Walter Sell, fourth pullet.
White Game — Harry Dawson, second
cock; first cockerel; second pullet; second
old pen. Karl H. Andrae. fourth cock; third
hen. Watres Weiss, first co<k ; first, second
and fourth hens; first old pen. J. C. Kriner
& Co., third cock; second cockerel; first pul-
let. J. Hart Welch, fifth hen.
Black Game — Karl H. Andrae, second
cock. A. N. Daubert, fifth cock; first hen;
fifth pullet; first old pen. Watres Weiss,
first and third cocks; second and third hens.
J. C. Kriner & Co., fourth cock; first cock-
erel; fourth pullet. Pastime Farms. fifth
hen; second old pen. D. G. Witmyer. fourth
hen; fourth cockerel; second pullet. J.
Hart Welch, first and second pullets.
Blue Game — Pastime Farms, second cock;
third hen. Chas. J. Scullin, first cock; first
hen. Stanley Mason, third cock; fourth
hen; first cockerel; first pullet. J. C.
second hen; second cockerel'
ler, second
first cock.
fifth
J.
second
Kriner & Co
second pullet,
Spangled Old English — Frederic H. Still
wa^en, fourth cock ; fifth hen. H. II. Stricl
cock; third hen. A. N. Daubert
D. G. Witmyer, fifth cock; secon<i
hen; second cockerel; first i»ullet. J p
Kriner & Co., third cock. Karl H. Andrae
first and fourth hens. Pastime Farm.s, third
cockerel. Stanley Mason, first cockerel
pullet. F. C. Lindaman, fourth pullet
F. Rasely, third pullet. Walter Sell
pullet.
Black Bed Old English — A. N. Daubert
first cock; first hen; first cockerel; fourth
pullet; first old pen. J. C. Kriner & Co
secoiKl cock; second cockerel; first and sec'
ond i>ullets. F. C. Lindaman, second hen
J. F. Rasely, third pullet.
Pyle Old English — Karl H. Andrae, second
coik ; second hen. I). G. Witmyer, first cock-
third and. fourth hens. Stanley Mason
third cock; first hen. J. C. Kriner & Co'
fifth heri; first and second cockerels; firsi
pullet.
Dark Cornish — Frank H. Mahan, Jr. first
cock; first and fourth hens; first and second
jMillets. J. C. Kriner & Co., second cock;
third and fourth pullets. . J. Hart Welch',
third and fourth cocks; second and third
hens. Pastime Farms, fifth hen.
White Cornish — Pastime Farms, first cock;
first hen; first cockerel. J. C. Kriner & Co.',
second cockerel; first pullet.
Black Breasted Bed Malay — J, C. Kriner
& Co.. first cock; third hen; second cock-
erel ; first pullet. Pastime Farms, first and
second hens; first old pen
cockerel
J. H. Mehring,
second pullet;
Farms, second
J. C. Kriner &
fourth hen; first
second old pen.
White Malay — Pastime
cock; first hen; first i)Ullet.
Co.. first cock; second pullet
Spangled Malay — J. C. Kriner & Co., first
cock; first hen. Pastime Farms, second hen;
first cockerel. D. G. Witmyer. first pullet.
White Rose Comb— Pastime Farms, second
cock; first and fourth hens. Karl H. Andrae.
fifth cock. A. N. Daubert, third cock. Guy
S. Buch, first And fourth cocks; third and
fifth hens; first cockerel; first pullet; first
old pen, J, Hart Welch, second hen.
Black Rose Comb — A. N. Daubert. fifth
cock; first old pen; first young pen. Watres
Weiss, first cock ; first and second hens.
Scholl Bros., third cock. Stanley W.
Trethaway, second and fourth cocks; third
hen. Karl H. Andrae. fourth hen. Wm.
V. Babka, fifth hen. Mrs. C. J. Gardner,
second, third, fourth and fifth cockerels;
first, third, fourth and fifth pullets; second
young pen. Pastime Inarms, first cockerel;
second pullet.
Golden Sebright — Frank W. Mains, first
cock ; second hen. Orchard Poultry Farm,
second cock ; second cockerel ; third pullet.
Pastime Farms, third cock; fifth hen. A. N.
Daubert, fifth cock; first cockerel; first pul-
let; first old pen; second young pen. I. S.
Miller, fourth cock; third hen; third cock-
erel; fourth pullet; third young pen. W. T.
Scureman. first hen; fifth cockerel; second
pullet. Frederic H. Stillwagen, fourth hen.
Fred C. Seybrecht, fouith cockerel; first
young pen.
Silver Sebright — Frank W, Mains, fourth
cock ; fourth hen. Frederic H. Stillwagen.
first cock. W. T, Scureman, second and third
cocks; fifth hen. J. H. Mehring, fifth cock;
first, second and third pullets; second old
pen. Koons PouKry Farm, third hen. How-
Karl H. Andrae. first
fourth pullet. Pastime
third cockerels; first
C. Gardner, fourth and
pullet; first old pen;
A. N. Daubert, third
l)en.
Poultry Farm,
Pastime Farms,
ard Tidd, second hen
hen; first cockerel;
Farms, second and
young ))en. Mrs. J.
fifth cockerels; fifth
second young pen.
old l>en; third young
White Booted — Orchard
third cock; second hen.
third hen; second cockerel:
first old pen. J. C. Kriner &
first hen ; first cockerel ; first
second cock;
second pullet;
Co., first cock
l)ullet.
Light Brahma — Pastime Farms, first cock;
first hen; third cockerel. A. N. Daubert,
third cock; second hen. J. H. Mehring, sec-
ond cock; third hen; first and second cock-
erels; first pullet; first old pen. Stanley
Mason, fourth cockerel; second pullet.
Dark Brahma — Stanley Mason, fifth cock;
second heti ; third cockerel; first pul-
let. Orchard Poultry Farm, second cock;
third hen; first co(-kerel; second pullet. Pas-
time Farms, first cock ; fourth hen ; second
cockerel; third ])ullet; first old pen. A. N-
Daubert. fourth cock; fifth hen. J. Hart
Welch, third cock; first hen.
Buff Cochin — Orchard Poultry Farm, third
cock; fhir<l hen. John R. Slote & Son, sec-
ond and f' urfh cocks. Robert F. Hand, fifth
cock. Walter Sell, first cook. Pastime
Farms, second hen. George Rex, first hen;
first, second and third pullets, Howard F.
Kressley. fourth hen.
Partridge Cochin — J. H. Mehring, second
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..V- fifth hen; first cockerel; second i>ullet ;
first old pen. Gavin Bros., fifth cock. Or-
^hard Poultry Farm, fourth cock. A. N.
naubert. first and third cocks; first and
fnurth hens. Pastime Farms. second and
third hens; second and third cockerels; first
and third pullets.
White Cochin— Winfield K. Geor-e. third
rock- fourth hen. Joel H. Moyer. first and
second cocks; first and third hens; first
cockerel; first ]»ullet; first old pen. Pastime
Farms, second hen. Stanley Mason. se<ond
cockerel; second pullet.
Black Cochin — Charles E. Madary, Jr.,
fifth cock; second hen. Joel H. M'lyer, third
cock- first and fifth hens; second cockerel;
first pullet; first old pen. W. A. Marshall,
fourth cock. Ilerschel Ilcrster, first and sec-
ond cocks; third and fourth hens; first and
third cockerels ; second pullet ; second old
pen. Orchard Poultry Farm, fourth cockerel;
third pullet.
Black Tailed Japanese — Orchard Poul-
try Farm, second cock; fourth hen; fir.^t
cockerel. Pastime Farms, first cock; first,
third and fifth hens; first and third ])uliets;
second old ])en. J, H. Mehring, second hen.
Stanley Mason, second cockerel; second ]»ul-
let. David Shoemaker & Son, first old pen.
White Japanese — Orchard Poultry Farm,
first cock; fifth hen; second cockerel; tliird
pullet. Pastime Farms, second cock; tliird
hen; second jmllet. V. N. Markel, third and
fourth cocks; second and fourth hens. David
Shoemaker & Son. first hen; first old pen.
Stanley Mason, first cockerel; first pullet.
Black Japanese— Pastime Farms, second
and third cocks; first, fourth and fifth hens.
David Shoemaker & Son, first cock; third
hen. Orchard Poultry Farm, second hen ;
first cockerel; first pullet.
Gray Japanese — Pastime Farms, second
cock ; second hen. David Shoemaker & Son,
first cock; first hen; second pullet. Stanley
Mason, first cockerel; first pullet.
Golden Japanese — David Shoemaker & Son,
all awards.
White Crested Black Polish — David Shoe-
maker & Son, first and second cocks; first and
second hens; first and second cockerels; first
and third pullets; first young pen. Pas-
time Farms, third cockerel; second i>ullet.
J. C. Kriner & Co., fourth pullet.
Bearded White PoUsh — Pastime Farms,
first cock; second hen; second cockf>rel ; first
pullet. W. B. Sherry, first hen; first cock-
erel. J. H. Mehring, third cockerel.
Buff Laced Polish — Orchard Poultry Farm,
first and second cocks; third hen; first cock-
erel. Pastime Farms, second hen; second
cockerel ; second pullet. David Shoemaker &
Son, first hen. J. C. Kriner & Co.. third
cockerel; third pullet, J. H. Mehring; first
pullet.
Non-Bearded Golden Polish — Pastime
Farms, first cock; third hen. J. H. Mehring.
first pullet. J. C. Kriner & Co., first and
second hens.
Non-Bearded Silver Polish — J. H. Mehring.
first cockerel. Pastime Farms, second cock-
erel. •
Non-Bearded White Polish — Orchard Poul-
try Farm, second cock; first hen; second
cockerel; first pullet. Pastime Farms, first
cock; third hen; third pullet. J. C. Kriner
& Co.. third cock; fourth hen. W. B. Sherry,
second hen; first cockerel; fourth ])ullet.
SUver Wyandotte — H. E. Lapp & Sons, all
awards.
White Wyandotte — Pastime Farms, first
cock. J. C. Kriner & Co., first hen. H. E.
Lapp & Sons, first cockerel; first pullet.
Black Wyandotte— Pastime Farms. all
awards.
Partridge Wyandotte — Pastime Farms, first
cock ; first hen. J. C. Kriner & Co., second
cock.
Silver Penciled Wyandotte — Pastime
Farms, all awards.
Barred Plymouth Rock — Orchard Poultry
Farm, third cock. Pastime Farms, second
cock; first and second hens; first cockerel;
second iiullet; first old pen. C. Tyson Tip-
ton, first cock; third hen; second cockerel;
first i)ullet.
White Plymouth Bock — Pastime Farms, all
awards.
Partridge Plymouth Bock — Pastime Farms,
first cock; first and second hens. J. C.
Kriner & Co., third hen. J. II. Mehring, first
pullet.
Single or Rose Comb Rhode Island Bed —
Stanley Mason, first cock; first hen; first.
«econd and third cockerels; first, seccmd and
third pullets; first young pen. J. C Kriner
& Co.. second cock; second hen.
Silver Spangled Hamburg — Arch L. Mayo,
first cock; second hen; second cockerel;
fourth pullet; first old pen; first young pen.
Amos Jones, first hen; first cockerel; first,
second and third i>ullets. Stanley Mason,
third cockerel.
Single Comb White Leghorn — H E. Lapp
& Sons, second cock; second hen; first cock-
erel; first pullet; first young pen. J. C
II. Mi'hring.
Lapji & Sons.
Kri:ier & Co.. first cock; third hen. Pastime
Farms, first hen.
S. C. Brown Leghorns — .T.
first cock: first inilict. 11. K.
second and third ]>ull<'ts.
Bearded Mille Fleur — i. llnrt Wel.h. fir^t
cock; first hen. David .Shoemaker ,*c Smi.
second cock. Stanley Mason. third cock;
third hen; first cockerel; first pulh't.
Orehnnl poultry Farm, second hen.
Non-Bearded Mille Fleur — Orchard Ptmltry
Farm, first and secnd cocks; second lien;
tirst cotkerel; first pullet. l>a\id Shoetnak-r
iV Son, third cock; first hen. Koons l'>>ultry
Farm, second i)ullet.
Black Belgian — Pastime Farms, first cock;
fir t hen; first cockerel; first jiullet. J. C.
Kriner & C'>., second cock; second hen; sec-
ond cockerel; second pullet.
Blue Belgian — I'astime Farms, first, second
and third cocks. J. C. Kriner & Co.. fourth
cock; first and second cockerels; first and
~e'-ond pullets.
Belgian Quail — Pastime Farms, first cock;
Hr-it and second hens. J. C. Kriner & Co.,
>econd cock; third hen; first |)ullet.
Orchard Poultry
Alrow Farm, first
first young drake ;
White Pekin Ducks —
Farm, second old drake.
<'!(! drake; first old duck;
first young du<'k.
White Aylesbury Ducks — All to Pastime.
Colored Rouen Ducks — Sweet C. rn Farm,
third and fourth old drake; thir<l and fourth
old duck; first and third young drake; sec-
ond and third young duck. F. G. Bea'i, first
and second old drake; first and seconil old
duck; second young drake; first young duck.
Pastime, fifth old duck.
Black Cayuga Ducks — Orchard, first and
fourth old drake; first and second old duck;
first and third young drake; second and third
yohing duck. Pastime, third old drak»;
fourth old duck; second young drake. Krin-
er, second old drake; third old duck; fourth
young drake; fourth young duck. Blue Bird
Farm, fifth young drake; first young duck.
Gray Call Ducks — Orchard, first and third
<j\d drake; second and third old duck; first
and second young drake; first and second
young duck. Pastime, fourth old drake;
fourth old duck; fourth young drake;
third young duck. Kriner. second old
drake;' first old duck; third young drake;
fourth young duck.
White Call Ducks — .\11 to Pastime.
Black East India Ducks — Orchard, first
and second old drake; first and second old
duck; first and second young drake; first
and second young duck. Pastime, third old
drake; third old duck. David Shoemaker
& Son, third young drake: third young duck.
Colored Muscovy Ducks — Orchard, first
and second old drake; first old duck; first
and second young drake; first and second
young duck. Pastime, fourth old drak?;
second old du.ck. Kriner, third old drake:
third old duck; third young drake; third
voung duck.
White Muscovy Ducks — Orchard, second
old drake; third old duck; se.ond youn.-j
drake; second young duck. Pastime, third
old drake; first old duck; third youni: duck.
Kriner. first old drake; second old «luck ;
first vount; drake: first young ihick.
Blue Swedish Ducks — Orchard. thir<l old
drake Pastime Farms, first «)ld drake;
second old duck; first young drake; sec«)nd
voung duck. Louis H. Perry, second old
drake; first old duck; second young drak";
first young duck. „ . , , ,
Buff Ducks — Orchard, first <dd drakt
and se(-<>iid old duck; first and se<-oii<l
drake; first and second young duck.
se<on<i old drake. Kriner. third old
White Crested Ducks — Orchard,
drake; first old duck; first and
drake; first and secoml young duck,
time, second ol<l <lrake: seond «dd
Kriner. third old
; fir^t
youn.r
Pastime,
drake
first old
second young
Pas-
duck :
Irake ;
third young drake
th-rd old (luck.
Fawn & White
third old drake:
voung drake. Pastime
"fourth vouuL' drake. Louis H.
old drake; third old duck; '^P«""d
drake; second young duck. Geo. B- ll«"
Bros., first and seccmd old drake: first and
ond old duck; first y.'.ung drake;
Bunner Dncks — Orchard,
fourth eld duck; third
fourth old drake:
Perry, fifth
voung
&
II
first
third
Gill,
third and
voung
sec
votinr duck.
■ White Runner Du'-ks — (.eo
and fourth old drake: second,
fourth old duck; first and second
luck Pastime, first old drake; first old
dmk- second y.uing drake Kriner, second
•old drake; first young drake.
Penciled Bunner Ducks — (.eo.
fourth old drake; third, fourth
duck- thinl and fourth y«uing
time, third old drake. Louis
•ond old drake; second old
drake; first young duck.
old drake; first old duck; sec-
sec(
young
brew.
H. Gill.
and fifth old
duck. Pas
II. Perry.
duck ; first
Harvey A.
first
ond youn? duck
Milard- (Wild) D"cks-Pastime, first and
second old drake; first and second old dutk.
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first and second young drake; first and sec-
ond young duck.
Black (Wild) Ducks — Pastime, third old
drake: third old duck. Trexler's Cetronia
Farm first and second old drake; first and
second old duck; first and second young
drake; first and second young duck.
Gray Toulouse Geese — Orchard, third old
gander; third old goose; first yountr tfander;
first young goose. Pastime, first old Rander;
first old goose. F. Or. Bean, second old
gander; second old goose.
White Embden Geese — Orchard, second old
gander; second old goose; first young gan-
der; first young goose. Pastime, first old
gander; first old goose; second young gan-
der; second young goose.
Gray African Geese — Orchard, third old
gander; third old goose; first young gan-
der. Pastime, first and second old gander;
first and second old goose; second young
gander; first young goose.
Brown Chinese Geese — Orchard, second old
gander; first old goose. Pastime, first old
gander; second old goose; second young
gander; first young goose. Kriner, third
old goose; first young gander.
IfHiite Chinese Geese — Orchard, first old
gander; first old goose. Pastime, second old
gander; second old goose; first young gan-
der; first young goose.
Colored Egyptian Geese— Orchard, second
old gander; first old goose; second young
gander; second young goose. Pastime, first
old gander; second old goose; first young
gander; first young goose.
Bnfl Geese, Sebastapool Geese — All to
Pastime.
Canadian (Wild) Geese — Pastime Farms,
first old gander; first old goose; first young
gander; first young goose. Orchard, second
young gander; second young goose.
White Fronted (Wild) Geese, Snow
(Wild) Geese, Hutchinson (Wild) Geese,
Bernacle (Wild) Geese, Brant (Wild) Geese
— All to Pastime Farms.
Bronze Turkeys — All to J. O. Gabriel.
Black Turkeys and Bourbon Bed Turkeys
—All to George H. Gill.
Wild Turkeys — Mrs. Farrar, first cock;
first hen.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Jersey
Black Giant
Club
^^^eT^'-d^r^-
C. M. Page, Sec'y-Treas.
Belmar, New Jersey
U. L. Meloney, President
M. L. Chapman, Vice Pres.
Dr. Buchanan Burr, secretary of The New-
England Branch, writes: There were 63 Jer-
sey Black Giants at Springfield, Mass, Alexis
L. Clark was the only Jersey breeder there.
He won first and shape special on a well de-
veloped pullet; also second pen. The rest
of the prizes going to Rodman, Bradlee, Re-
vere and Burr. Rodman's first cockerel won
shape and color specials and sweepstake for
best cockerel of any breed in the show.
Springfield will develop into a national show,
ranking with Syracuse, Allentown and Hag-
erstown.
Brockton, Mass., had 75 Blacks, a warm
class. Outside of Shriver's first and third
hens and second cock, and Captain Fish's
first cock the premiums went to the Spring-
field winners. Rodman's male line and
Colonel Bradlee's and Revere's female line
winners.
The Boston Show will give the other breed-
ers a chance to compare their birds with these
strong lines.
The Boston Show will be overflowing. Get
your entries in as soon as you receive a pre-
mium list, or you will be left.
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In our 1924 year book, W. H. Oliver,
R. F. D. No. 1, Reger, should have been listed
under the State of Missouri, instead of
Mississippi.
W. L. Caldwell, 3200 First Ave., Birming-
ham, is the name and address that should have
been given for the article in the October
issue, instead of W. L. Cami)bell.
These little errors are bound to happen I
am glad to note that I do not make them
all. — 0. M. Page, Sec'y.
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The following branches will hold meets this
fall and winter. Get in touch with the offi-
cers and assist them in making the meets a
great success for the breed. Every member
should send a few. It is time to look your
birds over and get them ready for the na-
tional meet at Boston.
New England District will meet at Boston.
Col. Bradlee, president; Judge Hiram Shriver,
The J. W. Parks Farm, Altoona, Pa., is indeed an interesting specialty breeding plant where brod-to-lay Barred Plymouth Bocks
hare supremacy. The above are scenes on this farm. No. 1 — A breeding yard of pullet-bred birds. No. 2 — Shows Joe Parks, Jr.,
enlaced In apraying one of the pens. No. 3 — Gives the reader a good idea of the quality breeding in this line, showing a quality male
heading one of the pens. No. 4 — Is of a pen of first year pullets. No. 5 — Shows another mating in a Parks' type house.
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vice president.: Dr. Buchanan Burr. Secre-
tary-treasurer, Yarmouthport, Mass.
Iowa State Branch, W. H. Corcoran, presi-
dent; Oscar Cue, vice president; Carl Rogers,
secretary-treasurer, Avoca. la.
Te-xas State Branch, Zed Beamer. i)resi-
dent; D. G. Coffman, vice president; Mrs.
J n' Firth, secretary-treasurer, Dallas, Tex.
Ohio State Branch: Mrs. N. D. Norton,
^resident; H. W. Deems, vice president; Mrs.
Charles Hildebolt, secretary-treasurer, Eaton,
Illinois State Branch: Mrs. Casper Mast,
i)resident; A. D. Smith, vice president; Mrs.
\villiam Reaser, secretarj'-treasurer. Areola,
Washington State Branch hopes to liave a
xaoet this fall or winter. Get in touch with
vour state vice president, J. F. Kandivll. Rich-
mond Highlands, Wash., and uive him your
supi)ort. He is a good booster but he cannot
do it all alone.
I hear the call from California, Alabama,
Kansas, Iklinnesota, Missouri and Canada for
branch organizations. "What is the matter
with Pennsylvania? You have a good mem-
bership.
We can use a number of good articles for
this department, so send them. boys. It will
not make me feel bad to have an article or
two on hand. — C. M. Page, Sec'y.
PEAT MOSS FOR LITTER
As poultry keepers become better
acquainted with the value of peat
moss, as a superior litter, it will be-
come universally used. Straw has
perhaps been the most frequently
used, but straw is not a moisture
absorbent. Nature has provided
straw with a glazed surface for the
very purpose of excluding moisture,
and unless this straw is changed al-
most daily the poultry keeper is con-
fronted with the results of a damp,
clammy condition that means colds,
roup and other diseases.
Peat moss, as litter, is a solution
of many poultry house troubles. It
is springy and durable — is capable of
absorbing much larger quantities of
moisture than any other substance
that can be used for litter. Poultry-
men state that Peat moss will answer
for purposes intended for a year or
more without changing — meaning
that it is not only superior to straw,
hay or shavings, but is the most
economical litter that can be used
in the poultry house. As a labor
saver the fact that one bedding of it
lasts a year is sufficient.
Litter is an important problem and
peat moss seems to be a satisfactory
solution.
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Hanover, York County, Pa.
Editor and Manager, J as. T. Huston,
Hanover, Pa.
Associate Editors: Charles Cleveland,
Eatontovkrn, N. J.; Prof. Harry R. Lewis,
Davisville, R. I.
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C. N. Myers, President, Hanover, Pa.
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Hanover, Pa.
DIRECTORS
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WATERFOWL
ON THE FARM
OSCAR GROW
SOME MORE UNCOMMON
BREEDS OF GEESE
As compared with the many breeds
and varieties of chickens the sub-
divisions of the domestic goose family
are relatively few. The average
poultryman in this country has had
little opportunity to observe more
than the four most common breeds,
viz: the Toulouse, the Embden, the
African and the China (White and
Brown). These are the geese which
find greatest favor among American
waterfowl breeders today, their rela-
tive popularity appearing to be about
in the order named. As a matter of
fact, it is erroneous to longer refer
to the Brown China as one of the
common breeds, since the pure un-
adulterated Brown China is, at this
writing, rare indeed.
Nevertheless, there are several
other breeds of domestic geese which
would become considerably more
popular were they sponsored by a
few real live wire advocates who
would properly present them to the
waterfowl breeding public.
Probably the most notable of these
unknown (in America) breeds is the
so-called Pomeranian goose. It is
the most widely bred goose of Cen-
tral Europe where goose raising be-
fore the war was conducted upon a
much vaster scale than anywhere in
the United States. Although not
quite so large, this goose in type,
carriage, and character much re-
sembles the Embden; and, moreover,
a large percentage resemble the Emb-
den in color also. Notwithstanding,
the Pomeranian is bred in a variety
of different markings, some resemb-
ling the Toulouse in color, others
showing a decided buff tint where
the Toulouse is gray, and still others
being marked much like the Fawn
and White Indian Runner duck except
that the colors are gray and white
instead of fawn and white.
This latter variety has long been
known in England as the Saddle-Back
goose and has recently been introduc-
ed into America under the name of
the Friesland goose. It is perhaps the
most attractively marked of any of
the practical varieties. The general
color of the plumage is white, but
the head and upper part of the neck
are gray. There is also a large heart
shaped gray mark covering the
shoulders and back and a prominent
gray spot upon either thigh. When
these markings are clean cut and
possess sharp contrast they present
a decidedly pleasing appearance and
a flock of well marked specimens
never fails to attract the admiration
of thpse who view them, regardless of
their general interest in poultry.
Another breed which has made
some progress in America is the Buff
goose. There is little doubt, how-
ever, that this goose is merely a
variety of the Pomeranian, as it
seems to possess all the characteris-
tics of that breed, even to size, al-
though occasionally specimens of the
buff variety have been reported ap.
proaching the Embden in weights
Like the Pomeranian, the Buff goose
seems to be hardy, rapid growing and
a good layer, all requirements of the
successful commercial breed.
In England, too, there are two
varieties of geese known respectively
as the common English Gray and the
common English White goose. There
is nothing to indicate, however, that
either one has any characteristics to
distinguish it from the corresponding
Pomeranian variety which they re-
semble in a marked degree.
In southern Europe and to a less
degree in England there is bred to
some extent a moderate sized, but
very hardy and highly fecund goose,
sometimes characterized as the Ro-
man goose. Advocates of this breed
lay great stress upon the large num-
ber of exceptionally fertile eggs this
goose lays even under the most ad-
verse conditions and therefore it is
quite probable the novice could suc-
ceed with them where he would fail
with some of the larger ones. Aside
from the peculiarities named, the
so-called Roman goose has very little
to warrant it being dignified as a dis-
tinct breed since it does not appear
to be uniform either in type or color;
although, like the Pomeranian, the
greater number come white in color.
Still, numerous specimens appear
with more or less irregular markings
of gray in various sections of the
plumage and a few it is reported even
develop crests or top-knots. How-
ever, the advocates of this breed are
very enthusiastic concerning its
merits.
November, 1924
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The above illustration is of the First Prize Single Oomb Ancona
Cockerel and Champion Male at the Chicago Kational Show,
January, 1923. Exhibited by H. A. Daugherty, Streator, Hi.
The White Orpington classes at Madison Square Garden are
always attractive to view. The above male, owned by Jill
Farm, Plainfield, N. J., and a blue ribbon winner, is one of the
best shown to date in this variety.
OFFICIAL CLUB BULLETIN
American Buff
Wyandohe Club
D. D. COLGLAZIER. Pres.
B. C. ALWOOD, Sec'y. Hauover, Pa.
THE BUFF WYANDOTTE—
THE USEFUL AMERICAN FOWL
Geo. G. Pilch er
In this short article I have tried to
set forth plainly and truthfully the
various merits of the Buff Wyan-
dotte as an American all-purpose
fowl.
I will first discuss briefly what is of
first importance to almost everyone
who is deciding on his choice of
breed.
Are they good layers?
I say unhesitatingly that the Buff
Wyandotte is as good an insurance
against those ''eggless days" as one
can invest in. The broad back, deep
body, and full breast and abdomen
of the standard specimen are sure
indications of great producers. A
large well-proportioned body as in-
dicated allows ample room for the
digestive and egg organs, and con-
sequently, given the right food and
attention, the egg-flow is continuous.
My own experience in this direc-
tion has been very satisfactory. Al-
though we are not able to trapnest
the year round, we do so in the
hatching season and find that a great
many pullets give 75% production
and over, during January and Feb-
ruary increasing as the spring ad-
vances. Our egg records for the flock
show that they undoubtedly continue
to produce heavily until they go
through a quick molt in October,
commence to lay again in Novem-
ber and December, and lay well all
through their second and often their
third year.
The pullets mature and commence
to lay at from five to six months of
age and their eggs are soon large
enough to market.
The next thing the average man
wants to know is whether there will
be enough good meat on his surplus
cockerels and old hens to make a
good dinner or to bring a good price
in the market. Buff Wyandottes can
be grown to two pounds in weight in
from eight to ten weeks from hatch-
ing. They make the nicest broilers
obtainable, and dress equally as clean
as any white variety, as they have
no objectionable dark pinfeathers.
When they are past broiler age
they are by no means past the edible
stage. This is a decided advantage,
as every poultry breeder is anxious
to keep his best cockerels for the
following year's breeding operations,
or to sell as breeders, and it is seldom
possible to discover all their good or
bad points at broiler age. When they
weigh from 4V^ to 5 pounds each,
and it is easier to select your breed-
ers, they make ideal soft roasters
and the culls can be killed off and
sold at a nice profit. The young
cockerels also make wonderful
capons. When the old hens are no
longer profitable as egg producers
they can be sold as table poultry for
top prices, as their flesh is of the
best quality, and being of medium
weight, from bVz to 7V2 lbs. each,
they are in great demand.
After reading the above I can
imagine you saying, "are not all
Wyandottes alike, then why should
I choose the Buff variety?"
I will try to tell you why you
should make this color your choice.
What is more beautiful or more
pleasing to the eye than a bird, clad
in plumage, each feather of which is
of the color and brilliance of new
gold, the whole surmounted by a
small, neat rose comb, wattles and
ear lobes of a brilliant red? To com-
plete the picture add a background
of green and you have something that
will live in your memory as long as
life lasts.
Such is the Buff Wyandottes in its
natural surroundings. In the show
room it has no superior for real
beauty and always attracts a great
deal of attention. The Buff color
has this advantage, it is always clean-
looking whether in the smoke and
dust of the cities or in the pure air
of the open country. It is therefore
an ideal color for the city back-lotter.
Also, Buff birds do not require wash-
ing for the show room.
A word about the head of the
male birds. I previously mentioned
that the comb is of the rose variety.
This is a great advantage to northern
poultry raisers as a Wyandotte comb
will stand the coldest weather with-
out becoming frozen.
Every poultryman knows that a
sudden cold snap will often severely
frost a single comb and all too fre-
quently irreparably ruin his best
breeders and show birds.
The Buff Wyandotte breeds very
true to color, the percentage of color
culls being very small. I have
raised about six hundred "Royal"
Buffs this year and have not found
more than half a dozen chicks with
white fiight feathers. Although some-
times resorted to, double mating is
not necessary. First class exhibition
birds of both sexes can be produced
from a single mating. Proof of this
is to be found in my first and second
pen cockerels, several pullets in these
pens, and my first prize pullet at
Syracuse this year (1924), all of
which were produced from the same
mating.
Buff Wyandottes are very active,
but are content to stay on mother
earth. They will always keep on the
right side of a four foot fence. We
have a large number of fruit trees
here on the plant, but not once have
I seen a Buff attempt to roost m one.
The hens mAke excellent mothers
«<^
Since the days and knights of
old, there has never been a better
all around fowl than the old re-
liable Buff Wyandotte.
They are splendid layers, especially
in cold climates.
They are unsurpassed at any age,
as a market fowl.
They are beautiful and will please
you.
Our Buff Wyandottes have been
bred in line for years and have made
good in egg baskets and show rooms
from coast to coast.
And they are not an expensive
luxury! We have splendid pens
(male and four females) for instance
as low as $20. Better ones at $25,
$35 and $50. Hens, Pullets, Cock-
erels from $4 up. Show birds, too,
for any show.
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and will usually commence to lay
again a week or so after the chicks
are hatched, continuing to hover and
care for their babies until they are
taken from them. If the broody
hens are not needed for hatching
they can be broken up in two or three
days by the use of a slatted broody
coop.
The great American public needs
more eggs and quality poultry meat.
In order to satisfy this great need we
must have more and more breeders
of the r.eal all purpose fowl, the Buff
Wyandotte.
And please remember that this
variety is solely of American origin
and let your slogan be "An Amer-
ican fowl for Americans."
PRESIDENT'S NOTES
Are we roady for the winter shows?
* • •
Many have written us from Ixtth East and
^Vest— "We have the best Buflf Wyandottes
this year that we have ever produce I.' ' If
so then are vou going to let the people know
it by exhibitinj,' them at your local, state and
i.ational shows?
If we expect to get results from our
breeding eff..rts we must show the people of
the poultry world that no other breed excels
the famous Buff Wyandotte.
* • •
Your dues are now delinquent since
October 1, if you have not paid them; send
them to secretary Ralph C Alwood, Han-
over. Penna.. or to myself, Hutchinson, Kans.
uud we will all be boosters for our splendid
Buffs.
* ♦ •
Mrs. Raymond W. Rystrone, Stromburg.
Neb., writes us that she won best display
in the Wyandotte class at Nebraska State
Fair — fine.
* • •
We regret to say that for some reason
the election commissioner failed to send out
nomination blanks for our American Buff
Wyandotte Club election, hence no elec-
tion was held and a number of our live wires
have written suggesting that the old officers
hold over until next election and we have
ri'luctantly consented to do so, but Ralph 0.
Alwood, our secretary says he must be re-
lieved as he cannot give the office the time
required, hence we want a live one for
secretary-treasurer of the club. Write me
su;;gestinK one who would be a pusher and
the board will appoint him or her at once.
We have requested of some their consent, but
have failed so far to receive a response.
Write me if you will undertake the task.
Do it now! Time is valuable.
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When shall we hold the National Meet?
Suggestions are in order.
FINAL CLEAN UP
Give your poultry houses a final
clean-up, now — sweep them clean,
disinfect and be ready for any kind
of weather. Clean houses are as im-
portant as right kind of housing and
feeding.
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SHOWS AND
ASSOCIATIONS
ALABAMA
Nov. 3-12, 1924 — Alabama State Fair,
Montgomery, Mart. L. Bixler, Sec'y, Mont-
tromery, Ala.
Dec. 1-6, 1924 — Birmingham, Ala., Inter-
State Show. Birmingham. B. R. Moulin,
Sec'y. 302 5th Ave., Pratt City, Ala.
Dec. 10-12. 1924 — North Alabama Show.
Hiintsville. Joe B. Hill, Sec'y, Huntsville,
Ala.
Jan. 6-12, 1925 — Dixie Poultry Associa-
tion. Montgomery. J. J. Massey, Sec'y,
Montj^oinery, Ala.
CANADA
Nov. 18-26. 1924— Royal Winter Fair. To-
ronto. A. P. Wostervelt, Mgr., York Bldg.,
T.ronto, Canada, f^ntrios close November 1.
COLORADO
Jan. 19-24. 1925 — National Western Poul-
try Show. Denver. W. C Schuman. Sec'y,
4U0 South Emerson St., Denver, Colo.
CONNECTICUT
Nov. 25-27, 1924 — Sharon Poultry Asso-
ciation, Sharon. Al. Jenkins, Sec'y, Sharon,
Conn.
Dec. 31, 1924 — Jan. 3, 1925 — Meriden
Poultry Show. Meriden. LeRoy Kaschub,
Sec'y, Meriden, Conn.
Jan. 8-10, 1925 — Norwalk. Harry J.
Braken, Sec'y, South Norwalk, Conn.
CUBA
Feb. 26-March 7, 1925 — Cuban Interna-
tional, Havana. Theo. Hewes, Supt., 25 W.
Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind. Entries
close Feb. 10th.
FLORIDA
Nov. 20-29, 1924 — Jacksonville Poultry
Show, Jacksonville. W. C. Smith, Sec'y, Box
445, Jacksonville, Fla.
IDAHO
Dec. 8-13. 1924 — Panhandle Poultry Show,
Moscow. H. W. Hulbert, Moscow, Idaho.
ILLINOIS
Nov. 24-29, 1924 — Jersey County Poultry
Show, Jersey ville. Leo. H. Hall, Sec'y, Jer-
seyville, 111.
Nov. 25-30, 1924 — Mid-State Poultry and
Pet Stock Show, Belleville. Geo. L. Han-
kammer. Poultry Sec'y, 719 West Monroe,
Belleville, 111.
Nov. 26-29, 1924 — Nokomis Poultry Show,
Nokomis. Scott A. Fisher, Sec'y, Nokomis,
111.
Nov. 20-30, 1924 — Quincy Show, Quincy.
A. D. Smith, Sec'y, Quincy, 111.
Dec. 1-5, 1924 — Alton Poultry Show,
Alton. M. G. Barrioz, Sec'y. Alton, 111.
Dec. 8-14, 1924 — Galva-Henry County
Poultry Show, Galva. John L. Lovgren,
Sec'y, Galva. 111.
Dec. 9-14, 1924 — Coliseum Show, Chicago.
Theo. Hewes, Sec'y, 25 W. W^ashington St.,
Indianapolis, Ind. Entries close November
20.
Dec. 15-18, 1924 — Ogle County Poultry
Show, Mount Morris. A. N. Smith, Sec'y,
Mount Morris, 111.
Dec. 17-20, 1924 — Macoupin County Poul-
try Show. Gillespie. Fred Wood, Sec'y,
Box 625. Benld. 111.
Dec. 29-1924Jan. 3, 192.5 — Fulton County
Poultry Show, Canton. C. L. Smith, Sec'y,
81 North Ninth Ave., Canton, 111.
Dec. 31, 1924-Jan. 4. 1925 — Illinois
State Show, Kankakee. A. D. Smith, Sec'y,
Quincy. 111.
Jan. 13-19, 192.5 — National Poultry Show,
Chicago. Clarence J. Behn, Sec'y, 8408 S.
Green St., Chica^io, 111.
Jan. 19-24. 192,5 — El?in Poultry Show,
Elgin. Harold Rai)alee. Sec'y, Room 4,
Nolting Block, Elgin, 111.
INDIANA
Nov. 25-30, 1924 — Indiana's Premi*
Show, Bremen. LeRoy Crothers, Sec'v
Bremen, Ind. '•
Dec. 15-20, 1924 — Madison County Poults
& Pet Stock Show. Elwood. H. W SlatpJ
Sec'y. 1520 South F St.. Elwood, Ind '
Dec. 17-22, 1924 — Clinton Poultry Show
Clinton. Jas. E. Johnson, Sec'y, 1457 Snnti!
4th St., Clinton, Ind. ^°
Dec. 29. 1924-Jan. 3, 1925— Northeastern
Indiana Poultry Association, Kondallville. H
F. Muesing, Sec'y, Kendallville. Ind.
Jan. 3-7, 1925 — Tomlinson Hall Show. In.
dianai)olis. Theo. Hewes, Supt.., 25 W. Wash-
ington St.. Indianapolis, Ind. Entries clo.se
December 20.
Jan. 14-17. 1925 — Indiana Quality Show
Marion. Claude Enslen. Sec'v, Marion Imi'
Jan. 27-31, 1925 — Tipton County Poultry
Association Show, Tipton. Burl Thatcher
Sec'y, Windfall, Ind.
IOWA
Nov. 25-28. 1924 — Johnson County Poul-
try Show, Iowa City. A. M. Hotz, Iowa
City. Iowa.
Dec. 2-5. 1924— Floyd County Poultry
Show, Charles City. Frank Brandan, Sec'y
Charles City. la.
Dec. 10-19. 1924 — Adair County Poultry
Association, Greenfield. J. R. Lischer, Sec'y,
Greenfield, la.
Dec. 17-21, 1924 — Cedar Valley Poultry
Show, Osage. A. J. Saskoske, Sec'y, Osage,
la.
Jan. 5-9, 1925 — Iowa State Poultry Show,
Davenport. H. M. Beaver, Sec'y, 2816 Sheri-
dan St., Davenport, Iowa.
KANSAS
Dec. 1-5, 1924 — McPherson Countv Poul-
try Show, McPherson. W. D. Wado, Mc-
Pherson, Kansas.
Dec. 1-6. 1924 — Tri-State Poultry & Pet
Stock Show, Parsons. Mrs. U. H. Robinson,
Sec'y, Parsons. Kans.
Dec. 1-6, 1924 — Sunflower State Poultry
Show, Fort Scott. Salome Cook, Sec'y, 2115
E. First St.. Fort Scott. Kans.
Dec, 15-20. 1924 — Kansas State Show i
Arkansas Valley Poultry & Pet Stock Show.
Hutchinson. Thomas Owen, Sec'y, Topeka,
Kau.
Jan. 1-5, 1925 — Mid\Vest Poultry Show.
Concordia. George H. Cook, Sec'y, Concor-
dia, Kans.
MARYLAND
Dec. 2-6. 1924 — Baltimore Show. Balti-
more. H. S. Thompson. Sec'y, 33-34 Frank-
lin Bldg., Baltimore, Md.
Jan. 13-16, 1925 — Tri-State Show. Cum-
berland. H. H. Robinson. Sec'y. 541 Fair-
view Ave., Cumberland, Md. Entries close
Jan. 3, 1925.
MAINE
Dec. 9-13, 1924 — Maine State Poultry
Show, Portland. W^ C. WTiipple, Sec'y.
Portland, Maine.
MASSACHUSETTS
Dec. 16-19. 1924 — Springfield Poultry
Show. Springfield. G. L. Collester, Sec'y.
244 Main St., Springfield. Mass.
Dec. 30, 1924-Jan. 3, 1925 — Boston Poul-
try Show. Boston. W. B. Atherton, Sec'y-
Mgr., 165 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. En-
tries close December 8.
MICHIGAN
Jan. 6-9. 1925 — Midland Countv Poultry
Show, Midland. W. P. Spaulding, Sec'y,
Midland, Mich.
MINNESOTA
Nov. 24-26, 1924 — Chicago County Poul-
try Show, Rush City. Carl H. Sommer.
Sec'y, Rush City, Minn.
Dec. 2-5, 1924 — Houston County Poultry
Show. Caledonia. I. C. Gengler, Sec'y,
Caledonia, Minn.
Jan. 22-25. 1925 — Minneapolis Poultry
Show. Minneapolis, Geo. H. Nelson, Sec'y,
229 East Honi)ei)in. Minn.
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MISSOURI
Dec 1519. 1924 — :Mineral Belt Poultry
Show,' Joplin. Lucy M. Tisdale, Sec'y,
"^"^ili'n' "4-29, 1925 — Convention Hall Show,
Vaiisas ^ity- Theo. Hewes. Sui)t.. 25 W.
\\-ashington St.. Indianapolis, Ind. Entries
close January 15.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nov 18-20, 1924 — Nashua Poultry Show.
Va^hua. George A. Chapman, Sec'y, 51 Am-
herst St., Nashua, N. H.
Dec 3-5, 1924— Marlboro Poultry & Pet
Stock Show. Keene. L. H. Dean, Sec'y,
Box 118, Keene, N. H.
NEW JERSEY
Nov. 20-22, 1924 — Middlesex County Poul-
frv Sliow, New Brunswick, N. J.
*N()V. 26-28, 1924 — Hackensack Poultry
Show, Hackensack. Chas. Lowenthal, Sec'y,
43 East Port Lee Road, Bogota. N. J.
Nov. 26-29, 1924 — Vineland Poultry
Show, Vineland. D. S. Marley, Assistant
Sec'y', Vineland. N. J.
Dec. 2-6. 1924 — Camden Poultry Show,
Camden. W. Lee Springs, Sec'y, Box 42,
Camden, N. J.
Dec. 11-13, 1924— Westwood Poulto'
Show, Westwood. S. J. Hammerstein, Sec'y,
Hillsdale, N. J. _ ,
Jan. 6-10, 1925 — Morristown Poultry
Show, Morristown. Frank E. Frambes, Sec'y.
Greystone Park, N. J.
Jan. 14-17, 1925 — Riverside Poultry
Show. Riverside. H. A. Eaton, Sec'y, Box
2. Riverside, N. J.
NEW YORK
Nov 26-29, 1924 — Cortlandt, Fanciers'
Club, Peekskill. E. N. Jewell, Sec'y, R. F, D.
3 Peekskill, N. Y.
' Jan. 14-19, 1925 — Mohawk Poultry Show.
Schenectady. A. A. Van Wie, Sec'y, Sche-
nectady, N. Y.
Jan. 19-24, 1925 — Chautauqua County
Poultry Show, Jamestown. C. G. Loucks.
Sec'y, 56 Broadhead Ave., Jamestown, N. Y.
Jan. 21-25, 192.5 — Madison Square Garden
Poultry Show. New York. D. Lincoln Orr.
Sec'y, Orr's Mills, Cornwall, N. Y. Entries
close Jan. 1, 1925.
NORTH CAROLINA
Nov 11-14. 1924 — Western Carolina Poul-
try Sliow, Asheville. O. P. Templeman,
Sec'y, Candler. N. C.
Dec. 16-19, 1924 — Union County Poultry
Show, Monroe. J. H. Beckley, Sec'y, Rt. 6.
Monroe, N. C.
OHIO
Dec. 1-6, 1924 — Akron Poultry Show. Ak-
ron. W. H. Moore, Sec'y, Uniontown. O.
Dec. 2-7, 1924 — Greater Dayton Poultry
Show, Dayton, C. A. Snider, Sec'y, R. R
14. Dayton, Ohio. ^ . „ i
Dec. 10-14, 1924 — Portage County Poul-
try Show, Ravenna. W. Beck, Sec'y, 600
Page St.. Ravenna, Ohio.
Dec. 22-27, 1924 — Tri State Poultry Show,
East LiverpooL . ^ , , ^ _,.
Dec. 22-27, 1924— Springfield, O., Show.
E. S. Shirey, 1022 Cypress St., Springfield,
Dec. 29, 1924-Jan. 3, 1925 — Wyandotte
Poultry & Pet Stock Show, Upper Sandusky.
Adam Koehler, Sec'y, Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
Dec. 31, 1924-Jan. 4, 1925— Cincinnati
Winter Show, Cincinnati. W. H. Besuderi.
Sec'y, 7424 Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati,
Ohio. ,^ „.
Jan. 5-10, 1925 — Cleveland Poultry Show.
Cleveland. C. A. Hendrickson, Sec'y, 8915
Broadway. Cleveland, O. . ^^ ,
Jan. 6-10, 1925 — Edon Community Poul-
try Show, Edon. Burl J. Knapp, Sec y,
Edon. Ohio. . .„ ,^
Jan. 21-24, 1925— Huron \ alley Poultry
& Pet Stock Show, Norwalk. D. W. Call,
Sec'y, Norwalk, Ohio.
OKLAHOMA
Dec. 2-8, 1924 — Oklahoma State Federa-
tion Show. Oklahoma City. A. F. Snodgrass.
Show Sec'y, Nowata. Okla.
PENNSYLVANIA
Dec. 8-14, 1924 — Mercer County Poultry
Show. Farrell. J. O. Harshman, Sec'y, Box
286. Farrell, Pa. _ ,,
Jan. 5-10. 1925 — Warren County Poultry
& Pet Stock Show, Warren. Myles A. K»>"by,
Sec'y, 1308 Harding Ave.. Jamestown. N. Y.
Jan. 5-10. 192.5 — Crawford County Poul-
try Show. Meadville. Edward Fry, Sec y,
R. D. 3. Meadville, Pa. ,^ .
Jan. 5-10. 192.5 — Westmoreland Poultry &
Pet Stock Show. Greensburg. W. L. Treager,
Sec'y, Greensburg. Pa.
Jan. 12-17, 192.5 — Pittsburgh Poultry
Show, Pittsbujgh. J. Leonard Pfeuffer.
Sec'y. P. O. Box 884. Pittsburgh, Pa. En-
tries close Dec. 31. 1924.
Jan. 13-17, 1925 — Lebanon County Poul-
try Show, Lebanon. E. R. Worcester, Sec y.
Lebanon, Pa.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Nov. 12-15, 1924— Woodruff Poultry Show,
Woodruff. John B. Parks, Sec'y. Woodruff,
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COLISEUM SHOW- CHICAGO
December 9, lOy 11, 12, 13, 14
Let others magnify the importance of their exhibition as they
may. This fact remains:
THE GREAT COLISEUM SHOW, CHICAGO, has done more to
encourage the breeding of down-to-the-minute standard-
bred poultry than any one show in this country.
THE COLISEUM SHOW has introduced more down-to-the-
minute features than all other shows in America combined.
THE COLISEUM SHOW is the only exhibition in this country
that has held fifteen successful shows under one manage-
ment. We are never making excuses, but we are there with
service.
The premium list is ready now and free to you. Entries posi-
tively close November 20th. Catalogue with complete win-
nings mailed direct from the show, 50c; five to one ad-
dress, $2.00.
THEO. HEWES, Sec'y, 25 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind.
My address after November 10, Lexington Hotel, Chicago, III.
VINELAND POULTRY SHOW
November 26-29, 1924
BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER
EXHIBITION UTILITY
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For Premium List and Information, Write
D. S. MARLEY, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer
Vinelandl,
New «JePsey
GREATER CAMDEN POULTRY SHOW
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TEXAS
Nov 22-25 1924 — Southwest Coliseum
Poultry Show. Fort Worth. N. B. Spearman,
Sec'y P O. Box 1601. Fort Worth. Tex.
Nov 25-30. 1924— Premier Poultry Show.
Dallas.' W. W. Brady. Sec'y. Allen, Tex
Dec 4-7, 1924 — Brown County Poultry
Show,' Brownwood. A. E. Wilson, Sec'y,
Brownwood, Texas. ^ ,*
Jan 7-10, 1925 — West Texas Poultry
Breeders' Association. Abilene. R. L. Young.
Ass'n. Sec'y, Abilene. Tex.
VIRGINIA
Nov. 15-17, 1924 — Harrisonburg Poultry
Show, Harrisonburg. Charles W. Wampler,
Sec'y. Harrisonburg, Va. „ ,, . „
Dec 1-5. 1924 — Roanoke Poultry & Fan-
ciers Club, Roanoke. O. W. Knighton, Sec'y.
Roanoke. Va. r. tt
Dec 1-5. 1924 — Newport News. C. H.
Scarboro. Rt. 1. Box 100, Hampton, Va.
Jan 12-17, 1925— Virginia. State Poultry
Show, Richmond. J. A. Hallihan, Sec y,
2914 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va.
VERMONT
Deo 9-11. 1924 — Connecticut Valley Poul-
try Show, Bellows Falls. H. G. Foster,
Sec'y, Bellows Falls, Vt.
WISCONSIN
Nov. 26-30, 1924— Milwaukee National
Poultry & Pigeon Show, Milwaukee. J. F.
Marvin, Sec'y, 2807 Wright St., Milwaukee,
Wis
Dec 2-6 1924 — Beloit Poultry Association,
Beloit.' F.' B. Wilkie. Sec'y, Beloit, Wis.
Dec 3-7, 1924 — Wisconsin State Poultry
8how,'08hkosh. R. W. Lutz, Sec'y, Oshkosh,
Wis. „ ,,,. ._- ,
Dec. 27-30, 1924 — Eastern Wisconsin Poul-
try & Pet Stock Show, Plymouth. Mrs.
Witt Swart, Sec'y. Plymouth, Wis.
Dec. 31, 1924-Jan. 4. 1925 — Fort Atkinson
Poultry Show, Fort Atkinson. Claud John-
son, Sec'y, Fort Atkinson.
Jan 7-10, 1925 — PlatteviUe Poultry
Show, PlatteviUe. Clyde D. Howard, Sec'y,
PlatteviUe, Wis.
Jan. 7-11, 1925 — Sheboygan Poultry & Pet
Stock Show. Sheboygan. Otto E. Zickhart,
Sec'y. Sheboygan. Wis^
CAMDEN SHOW
Tliirteen poultry judges, all with national
reputations, will handle the Standard-bred
poultry at the Greater Camden Poultry Show.
December 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. The list of
judges, as announced, should please the most
particular exhibitor in the country. J. H.
Drevenstadt, Northport. N. Y.. will handle all
Wyandottes. William B. Atherton, Boston.
Mass., revered by poultrymen all over the
country for his great Boston Shows, Polish
Silkies and Cornish. Fred H. Stillwagen,
Centre Valley, Pa., will handle all Rhode
Island Reds. Paul Ives, all Asiatics. M. L.
Chapman, Trenton Junction, N. J., Jersey
Blark Giants, Javas and Anconas. J. Van
Orsdale. Catonville, Md.. will handle "WTiite
Plymouth Rocks. W. Congden, Bantams
and Game Bantams. Theo. Wittman. of
Allentown Show fame, all Brown and Black
Lieghorns. William Minnich. Hamburgs,
Houdans, La Fleche, Creves. Buckeyes. Sil-
ver Leghorns, etc. J. C Bonafoey. Single
Comb White Leghorns, Blue Andalusians.
BuflF Leghorns. George Weed. Buttercups,
Dorkings, Dominiques, Compines. J. Harry
Wolsiefer, Barred Plymouth Rocks, all
Minorcas and Orpingtons. Spanish. .Su<?sox,
Ducks. Geese and Turkeys. Reese V. Hicks,
Kansas City, Mo., all Plymouth Rocks ex-
cept Barred and White.
Eight national pigeon meets have been se-
cured, in addition to several pending poultry
meets. Pieeon judge list was not complete
at this writing, but will be in premium list
in full.
Philadelphia pigeon fanciers, who are
handling the pigeon exhibition, predict the
greatest pigeon show ever seen in the coun-
try. Rudy Sweisforth, famous in pigeon
circles, will superintend all pigeon entries.
C. Shoener and "Bill" Langshaw will look
after the poultry.
A banquet is being arraneed for show
week with tho i)romise that the speakers will
be all honest-to-goodness chicken men. with
no oratorical experts allowed.
With a big show well handled and ad-
vertised, and a i)remium list that is enticing
to any breeder, old timers are freely pre-
dicting one of the greatest shows of all
time for Camden. . Entries close November
19. Premium lists are now ready. Write
W. Lee Springs, Box 12, Camden, N. J.
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MILWAUKEE NATIONAL SHOW
Interest in the Seventh Annual Milwaukee
National Poultry Show. November ".^(J to 30,
the first show of national importance of the
season, is rapidly growing tense. Letters
of inquiry from all parts of the country in-
dicate that exhibitors are realizing that
this show leaves practically tke entire sales
•esson open to them to advefttVi their win-
nings and exhibit their birds at other shows
as this season's winners.
The Milwaukee National Show is to be
held in the Milwaukee Auditorium, a hall
affording 46,800 square feet of exhibition
space brilliantly lighted and well ventilated
and heated. Milwaukee was the site of the
1924 National Dairy show, selected because
of its being in the geograpliical center of the
dairy states, and as such has been con-
sistently in the public eye for the past
months and more. The business sessions of
the dairy congress were also held in the
Milwaukee Auditoriumj where the Milwaukee
National Poultry Show is to be held.
Judges of national rei)utation for ability
have at all times been employed. This year
they are George W. Hackett, of Minneapolis,
Minn.; George M. AVells. of Oshkosh, Wis.;
E. H. Hoffmann of La Crosse, Wis. ; K. D.
Monilaw of Cedar Rapids, la.; Glenn ISI.
Richards of Fort Atkinson, Wis., and J. B.
Hayes of the Dei)artment of Agriculture,
Poultry Division, University of Wisconsin.
In addition to the regular events of the
National Show, the Milwaukee National, this
year, is the location of one district and five
state meets. The Buff Leghorn Club of
America will hold its district meet, while
the state meets of the Rhode Island White
Club of America, the Ancona Club of Wiscon-
sin, the Barred Plymouth Rock Club of
America, the Rhode Island Red Club of
America and the Single Comb Brown Leghorn
Club will also be held as a part of this show.
All i)arties interested are invited to write
John F. Marvin, Secretary-Treasurer of the
show, at 2807 W^right Street, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. Premium lists are now ready for
distribution upon request.
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BALTIMORE SHOW
With more than a thousand dollars worth
of cash, silver plate and cups hung up for
ccmpetition, the Baltimore Show, December
2 to 6, will be ready to give battle for the
poultry world series, this being the first big
.•^how of the eastern winter season.
It is probable that more bantams than ever
were caged in a single winter show will be
on deck at Baltimore, as this is the national
meet of the American Bantam Association.
The special bantam judges are: R. Penn
Krum, of Stafford, Kans., Ornamental Ban-
tams; D. G. Witmyer, Lititz, Pa., Game
Bantams.
Judges in the large varieties include Geo.
O. Brown Valentine Thompson, Chas. Nixon,
Wm. Hobbs, John Kriner, Geo. Wilkinson,
A. MowU and W. W. Lauder.
A banquet will be held at the Hotel Cas-
well, Thursday night, December 4. The
annual meeting of the American Ba'ntam
Association also will be held at the Hotel
Caswell.
As usual, the show will be held in the Fifth
Regiment Armory, which is one of the finest
show halls in the country, having 60,000
square feet of unobstructed floor space, and
well lighted by day and night.
You get your money, silver trophies and
ribbons at Baltimore before the show closes.
All prizes are won outright — with no strings.
The premium list will be ready in a few
days. Drop a postal to H. S. Thompson, 33
Franklin Bldg., Baltimore, Md., for a copy.
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POULTRY JUDGES FOR COLISEUM
POULTRY SHOW, CHICAGO
The following judges have been selected to
award i)rizes at the sixteenth annual exhibi-
tion. The classes as assigne<l may have some
slight alterations but in the main they will
stay as here listed.
W. E. Cowan, Waterloo. Ta. — Dark and
Light Single Comb Barred Rocks. D. T. Heim-
lich, Jacksonville, 111. — Rose Comb Barred
Rocks — (National Club meeting), Rhode Is-
land Whites. Columbian Wyandottes. .Jersey
Black Giants and Columbian Rocks. A. H.
Emch. Toledo, O. — White Plymouth Rocks,
Hamburgs, Polish, Cornish, liuckeyes and
Partridge Rocks. Walter Youne, Dayton, O.
— White, Buff and Partrid<;e Wyandottes. S.
C. Reds, Sussex and Silver Penciled Rocks.
(National club meeting Partridge Wvan-
dottes).. C. P. Scott, Peoria. 111. — Rose
Comb R^ds. W. W. Zike, Morristown. Ind.
— Biiff Plymouth Rocks, Light and Dark
Rrahmas. Langshans, Silver and Golden
Wyandottes and Houdans. O. L. McCord.
Peoria, 111. — Minorcas, Cochins and all non-
standard breeds, except Red Leghorns. Her-
man Rikhoff, Indianapolis, Ind. — Brown.
Black and Red Leghorns. (National meet-
ing Single Comb Red Leghorn Club). Dan
Young, Eastwood. N. Y. — AH White Leg-
horns. Floyd Purdy. Tomah, Wis. — Buff
Leghorns. P. D. Walker, Memphis. Mo. —
Turkeys. Oscar Grow. Cedar Falls, la. — All
waterfowl. Chas. McClave, New London. O.
— Anconas, Campines, Andalusians and But-
tercups. C. W. Carrick, Lafayette. Ind. —
Production class and boys' and girls' class.
Frank Conway, Cary Station, 111. — All ban-
tams.
In case any judge above listed throu?},
sifknesf! or accident is unable to attend th
classes assigned to that judge will be' di/
tributed among the judges here listed but ba
additional judges will be added. Theo
Hewes, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind.
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THE ROYAL
They're thinking of "The Roy.il" these
days. Poultry fanciers, breeders and ex-
hibitors from all .sections of Canada and the
United States are grooming up their best in.
dividuals and flocks for the annual pilgrim!
age to the Royal Winter Fair. Preliminary
plans for the "third Royal" show, scheduled
for November 18-2G, inclusive, in the Royal
Coliseum. Toronto, Canada, are well under
way, according to General Manager A. p
Westervelt. Premium lists are being mailed
and early replies and applications for in.
creased space indicate larger classes in every
section of this year's Royal poultry, water-
fowl, pigeon and ])et stock show.
If you have not received a prize list get
in touch with General Manager Westervelt
and your application will be given imme-
diate attention. Not in recent year:^ in
Canada has the time been so propitious for
an elaborate and record-breaking poultrv
show than during the present year. There
is every indication that the forces of the
invading American exhibitors will be much
larger than a year ago when they carried off
so many prizes and international champion-
shivis. Interest this year is keener than ever
and warm competition in some classes is
looked for when birds of both countries face
the judges. All mail will reach Manager
Westervelt at 146 King Street West, Toronto,
Can. Entries close November 1st
« • «
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Missouri State Poultry Board will
hold the 1924 Missouri State Poultry Show in
connection with the American Royal Live
Stock Show at Kansas City, Nov. 15-22.
All features of previous Missouri State
Shows will be held with this, the thirty-
second annual exhibition of the Missouri
State Poultry Association. The State Show
always has been one of the biggest and best
shows in the state. With the fact that it
is held in connection with the largest live
stock exhibition in the middle west, the ex-
hibitors will have even greater advantages.
This and the usual liberal cash premiums
will make the State Show this year of
greater importance to poultry breeders than
ever before.
The poultry department will be under the
personal direction of T. W. Noland, secre-
tary of the Missouri State Poultry Board,
who will act as general superintendent.
The same efficient service, both in handling
and in judging, given in the past by the
American Royal Poultry and Pet Stock Show
has again been arranged, so that, together
with the excellent reputation of the- Mis-
souri State Poultry Show, exhibitors . may
know that their stock will have the best of
care and an attractive setting, as well as
fair and impartial judging.
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SOUTHWEST COLISEUM SHOW
The Southwest Coliseum Poultry .Show,
Fort Worth, Texas, November 22nd to 25th
have Four State Club Meets: National Single
Comb White Leghorn Club; American Single
Comb Brown Leghorn Club; White Rock
Club; ^Vhite Wyandotte Club State Meets
and the District White Orpington Club
Meet; comprising seven states: Missouri,
Oklahoma, Kansas. Arkansas, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas. Specials to club mem-
bers.
Among other specials, for best 15 birds in
show any variety and oiien to all, $150.00
first; $100.00 second; $75.00 third; $50.00
fourth and $25.00 fifth. Your birds receive
the very best of care and tret absolutely a
square deal at this show. We invite you to
bring or send your birds. This will be a
great sales show. The .Southwest Coliseum
Show is attracting a world of attention
from exhibitors from all over the country.
Plan your entries now. Premium list ready
to mail. Entries close November 15. N. B.
Spearman, Sec'y.. Fort Worth, Texas.
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PITTSBURGH'S FOURTEENTH SHOW
The Poultry Exhibition of Pittsburgh, Inc..
will hold its fourteenth annual show, Jan-
uary 12 to 17. inclusive, at Motor Square
Garden. This being the second full week
in January its usual dates never having
varied this date since its organization
fourteen years ago.
We will again pay first prize money u
there is only one bird in the class. Pitts-
burgh being the pioneer of the larger shows
in paying prize money when there is no
competition. The judges are practically
selected and next month in these columns
we intend to publish a complete list.
Premium list will be ready December first.
Any further information concerning this
November, 1924
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QUINCY POULTRY ASSOCIATION SHOW
The eighteenth annual quality show will
. held at Quincy, November 2(5 to ;!0. with
v> S. Tarbill and W. S. Damhorst as judges.
Governor Small has given the a«5sociation a
beautiful silver cup for best disjilay of the
show, as furtiier evidence of his intense in-
terest in poultry. Our anniial banquet and
dance, which is free to all visiting exhibitors,
will be held at the Hotel Quiiuy, Thanks-
eivin"- evening. Silver sets will be given for
best "displays, and our specials are well
worth winning. Quincy is a real sales show.
Write A. D. Smith, Sec'y., Quincy, 111., for
a catalog.
• • •
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
All matter intende<l for tlie Premium List
Madison Square Garden Poultry Show should
be in my hands as soon after November 1 as
possible, specialty club secretary's attention.
Everything points to a grand finale in the
famous old garden. Be sure and have an
entry. Premium list out about December 1.
Entries close January 1. Greatest poultry
show on earth. — D. Lincoln Orr, Sec'y.,
Cornwall, N. Y.
• • •
FRANK CONWAY TO JUDGE BANTAMS
AT COLISEUM SHOW CHICAGO
At the request of many bantam fanciers,
Frank Conway, of Carry Station, 111., has
been selected to award the prizes in the
Bantam class at the Coliseum Show December
9 to 14.
Mr. Conway is one of the best known
breeders of Standard poultry in this country.
He has judged bantams at many of the big
shows including the club meetings. The
Coliseum management always looking for the
best there is in judges, are pleased to make
this announcement.
Premium list is ready now. Entries
close November 20th. Theo Hewes, Secy.
Indianapolis, Ind.
• • •
IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO ALL EXHIBITORS
There seems to be some misunderstanding
in regard to dates of poultry shows under my
management.
I will ask that all fanciers make note of
the correct dates :
Tomlinson Hall Show, Indianapolis, Janu-
ary 3 to 7, 1925. Premium list, December
1. Entries close December 20.
Convention Hall Show, Kansas City. Mo.,
January 24 to 29. Premium list, December
15. Entries close January 15.
Cuban International, Havana. Cuba. Febru-
ary 26 to March 7. 1925. Premium list.
January 1. Entries close February 10.
Register now for free premium list. —
Theo. Hewes. Sec'y, 25 W. Washington St..
Indianapolis, Ind.
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NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS
The newly elected officers for the National
Single Comb White Leghorn Club for the new
club vear, begining October 1. 1924. are:
President. A. O. Schilling, Rochester. N. Y. ;
Eastern vice president, II. P. McKean. Bev-
erly Farms, Mass.; Southern vice president,
M. Johns.)n, Bowie, Tex.; Western vice presi-
dent, J. J. Yeckel, Tonasket, Wash.; Central
vice president. Mrs. Geo. B. Simmons. Nap-
ton. Mo.; Northern vice president, Dr. L. E.
Heasley, Holland, Mich.; secretary-treasurer.
Alma Le«»na Brown, Burlington, Wis.; elec-
tion commissioner. Frank D. Rogers, Elgin,
111. National show and annual meeting of the
club is to be held in connection with the
Cleveland. O., Auditorium Show, January 5-
10, inclusive.
• • •
NEW ORGANIZATION FORMED
At Vevay. Ind., on August 24, 1924 the
Southeastern Indiana District Poultry Asso-
ciation was formed. This organization com-
prises five counties, viz.. Gallatin county, Ky..
and Jefferson. Switzerland, Ohio and Dear-
born counties, Ind. The following officers
were elected: President, Milo (iaudin, Ve-
vay, Ind.; vice president, J. A. Eckert, Madi-
son, Ind.; treasurer, J. P. Curry, Vevay,
Ind.; secretary, Mrs. Tom Durbin, Rising
Sun, Ind; directors: R. M. Thomas, Jefferson
<'Punty; C. C. Madison, Ohio county; W. R.
Bean, Switzerland county; Edward Meyer,
Dearborn county; Ed. Lamkin, Gallatin
county.
One show will be put on each winter, alter-
nating between the four Indiana counties.
The first show will be at Rising Sun. Ind.,
December 10 to 13, inclusive. Howard B.
Lostutter, of Rising Sun, Ind.. is the show
secretary. — Mrs. Tom Durbin, district secre-
tary.
THE DIAMOND JUBILEE SHOW
The Greatest Event in American
Poultry History
75th Anniversary of the First Poultry Show Held in America
Staged on the Historical Boston Public Gardens, the Winter of 1849
December 30-31, 1924 .:.
Premium List Out November 1.
January 1, 2, 3, 1925
Entries Close December S.
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Bradley Bros.
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Barred Rocks WIN
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ByM.E. Atkinson, Proprietor oj Hollywood Poultry Farm, Hollywood, Washington and
Grant M. Curtis, Editor Reliable Poultry Journal.
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First, Second, Third and Fifth Cockerels
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our yards.
Write us for anything wanted in way of choice Barred Plymouth Rocks.
BRADLEY BROS., Box 314, LEE, MASS., U. S. A
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averaging to lay 154 eggs per hen for the year, he developed a great con-
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of 200 eggs per bird and that to date has produced more than one hundred
300-eggers or better. Hen No. 1528 touching the high point by laying 336
eggs in 365 consecutive days.
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EVERY PRIZE AND RIBBON OFFERED
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VOLUME 29
DECEMBER, 1924
NUMBER 12
EVERYBOD YS
America s ^^ost Po-fiuJar Poultry J^agazine
Partial Contents of This Issue
Christmas Cover
L. A. Stahmer
The Two-in-One Bird (Part I)
Helen Daw Whitaker
Keep the Best Matings Intact
Charles D. Cleveland
Preparing for the Breeding Season
Harry R. Lewis
French Breeds
Thos. F. McGrew
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Preparing for the Judge's Licence Examination 895
D. E. Hale
Experiment Stations (Monthly Department) 896
Harry R. Lewis
The Housewife and a Few Hens 897
Harry H. Collier
OTHER GOOD THINGS
Editorials 898
The H liday Spirit; Something About Advartisinj?;
Poultry Meat; Professor Thompson Heads Poultry
Work In England; Tell Us What You Want;
Breeders, Awake to Your Opportunities.
Beginners* Department (Monthly Department) 902
Harry R. Lewis
The Casserole (Monthly Department)
Harold F. Barber
The Art of Growing Good Pullets
Charles H. Chesley
Henographs (Monthly Department)
D. £. Hale
The Great West
Harry H. Collier
It Takes the Trapnest
Harry H. Collier
ON OTHER PAGES
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f^erry Christmas To Each And Every One Of lou
There is no day in all the cal-
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us, try and bring the beauty of
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Fearch out the homes where the
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VOL. XXIX.
HANOVER, PA., DECEMBER, 1924
No. 12
The Two-in-One Bird
In Four Parts— Part One
By HELEN DOW WHITAKER
lORDS, like the ideas they represent, are born,
grow and take on new meanings as they live;
and then, sometimes, pass on into the oblivion
of disuse. Poultry nomenclature furnishes
many illustrations of the specialized uses of
common words. Just as
when I say to you "a blush-
ing *' your mind instantly
supplies the word "bride,"
so on a winter evening as
we sit by the fireplace,
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suddenly and say, "the
stub," W. K. would instantly
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poultry breeders know that
a stub has naught to do with
pencils or cigars and should
have nothing to do with the
shanks and toes of any
clean legged variety of
chickens, but it sometimes
does. The housewife thinks
of "strain" as something to
do to her soup or jelly; the
poultry woman knows that a
"strain" is a flock of birds
possessing unique character-
istics which differentiate
them from all other flocks
of the same variety and
which nevertheless do not exclude them from me
variety. . ^ .,u^„
Many years ago two words were born mto our poultry
nomenclature bringing with them all the innocence of
youth. They of themselves, I believe lived a perfectly
What Is In A Name?
MANY years ago two words were born
into poultry nomenclature bringing
with them all the innocence of youth.
They, of themselves, lived a perfectly
righteous life. Bad associations dragged
them down until today, poultrymen if
they mention them at all. do so with
bated breath, lest the words stir up an
awful row. These words are hancy
and • 'Utility.* • The bad associates of
"Fancy" were 'mere feathers and
••fads." The unholy companions of
"Utility" were "throw-back" and culls
of the flock."
The pity is that neither of these right-
eous words "Fancy" and Utility chose
their disreputable associates, but they
were thrust upon them by their enemies.
"Fancy" never stood for "mere feathers
or "Utility" for "throw-backs or culls.
righteous life, but bad associates dragged them down
until today, poultrymen if they mention them at all, do
so with bated breath lest these words stir up ' a row
unending. One of these words was "Fancy" and its bad
associates were "Mere Feathers" and "Fads;" the other
word was "Utility" and its
unholy companions were
"Throw-Back" and "Culls-
of-the-Flock." The pity of it
is that neither of these
righteous words Fancy and
Utility choice its disreputable
associates, but they were
thrust upon them by their
enemies. "F'ancy" never
stood for "Mere Feathers"
nor "Fads;" only its enemies
caid it did. "Utility" never
liked a "Throw-Back" nor
the "Cull-of-any-Flock" but
its enemies said it was that
sort. It followed that ob-
livion is settling down upon
these two words and the
kindly mantle of disuse is
hiding them from the fray.
But the ideas they have
represented have lived and
taken on added meaning;
hence two new words suc-
ceeded them to express these
ideas. Fancy has been re-
placed by Standard-bred and
Utility by Production-bred.
The Standard-bred bird
of today is one bred in accordance with the American
Standard of Perfection, a book which by pxturca and
word de-.criptions sets forth the requirements of each
varietv of each breed of poultry. To be Standard-bred
a bird mu.t violate none of the canons of this book
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known as disqualifications and must have actual quali-
fications to make up a creditable score. Standard
breeding stands for much more than "Mere
Feathers;" its foundation is in symmetry and shape
and carriage, which three make up type; and
its clothing, feathers to be sure, but they become
much more than mere adornment in that they represent
the ability of the ancestors to breed true. Truth is the
greatest thing that any man— or bird— may keep and it
is a very great asset to any man — or bird — to be able
to step forth and say, "Generations of good breeding are
back of me and I am true to them." Standard breeding
is more than a fad. It is a painstaking labor of years
in which many a baffling thing must be studied over and
made plain and many a failure retrieved to make the
final victory. I am often asked,
"When you say Standard-bred,
do you mean a show bird, an ex-
hibition bird?" The best speci-
mens among the Standard-bred
birds are worthy exhibition
birds.
The Production-bred bird of
today is generally regarded as a
layer although the word itself
is big enough to include the bird
bred for the highest quality and
profit in meat production. How-
ever, poultrymen are centering
their interest in eggs wherein the
greater profit to most of them
lies and production-bred is gen-
erally used to mean bred-to-lay.
What the American Standard of
Perfection is to the Standard-
bred bird, the egg record sheet
and the pedigree chart are to
the Production-bred bird. It
takes its status quo on perform-
ance either of itself or its an-
cestors. Time was when we
guessed at production in the fe-
male and the ability to transmit
it in the male; but egg laying
contests became an inexorable
check and trapnests followed
contests as perfectly good form
in poultry culture until today
"Production-bred" carries actual
records and individual pedigrees
as its breastplate and shield.
"Then what, pray, is your
*Two-in-One-Bird?'," do I hear
you ask? "Is it a looker and a
layer, a show bird which makes
an egg record?" and methinks I
hear some skepticism in your
tone. Perhaps to you the two
are incompatible. In large
measure I agree with you. I
shall never forget my first les-
son to this effect. It was back
in the days before W. K. and I were married. He was
manager of our County Fair and I was Superintendent
of its Poultry Department. My main flock was Single
Comb White Leghorns; his, Rhode Island Reds. At
that time I had heard of the Standard of Perfection, but
I did not care whether it was a chromo or a chart. I
was a Utility Lady. W. K. a fancier, just dipped, but
taking on the deeper dye rapidly. About a week before
the Fair opened he came over to my ranch and found me
crating some of my Leghorns for market. "Picking them
out for the Show," he asked? "Oh, no," said I, "culling
for market." "Want me to help you pick out your show
string?" With a look I annihilated him. "I have done
it," said I. "May I see them?" he meekly asked. There-
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upon I pointed out that one of my old cocks whose daugh.
ters of the previous year had given me the highest egg
production. What mattered it that he was sadly in the
moult? If he wore few feathers, to me he was clad in
the halo of his daughters* trapnest records. I also
pointed out those February hatched pullets that had
made the best records in the traps of all my pullets to
date. W. K. tried to hint as tactfully as possible that
these birds showed wear, but his words fell on ears that
would not hear. He knew my love for my birds and he
knew what awaited me. He wanted to save me if he
could, but how? Finally he bethought himself of the
market crate. "Sell me a few of these?" he said. Won-
dering a little, I said, "Why yes, help yourself." He
carefully selected four pullets, a hen or two, three
cockerels and a yearling cock
that were in full feather. These
he took home, coop trained,
washed and blued, but not dar-
ing to enter them in my name
entered them in his own. When
the judge had finished his work
my cock bore on his coop tag the
mystic letters "d-i-s-q" which
were later explained to me as
meaning disqualified for entire
absence of main tail feathers.
An^ my beautiful pullets long
past their bloom with service in
the traps had not received any
ribbons from the judge. But
W. K. had captured ribbons on
his entries which he tried to
transfer to me before the names
went up on the coops. But I
stood pat, although raw to the
core. Faintly I realized I had
been playing a game the rules of
which I did not know and before
the week was out I owned a
Standard of Perfection and in a
month I could recite all it said
about Leghorns forwards or
backwards, take your choice.
My story has a point for us all.
The exhibition of Standard-bred
poultry is a game the rules of
which one must know and con-
form to if one wishes to win.
Just as truly making a big egg
record in a contest or elsewhere
is a game the rules of which
one must know and conform to,
if one wishes to succeed. How-
ever, unfortunate it may be, it
is nevertheless true that to play
both games in the same year
with the same birds and win at
both is almost, if not quite im-
possible.
Let us briefly review some of
the rules of the two games which
conflict. There is first, the date of hatch. I showed my
Leghorn pullets at a late October Fair after I had been
for two months making heavy egg records with them.
Their bloom was off. The time to show a pullets is just
a week before she lays her first egg. Birds for winter
shows must be hatched too late for winter production.
They go into the trapnest with the remainder of the year
a period too shortened in which to pile up an egg record.
Most official records in the United States begin not later
than November first, and their managers do not permit
of a bird, traveling about in polite society, there to be
adorned with ribbons. Such birds as we do show, even
though they make but two shows in a season, come home
with the rythmn of their (Continued on page 933)
Keep the Best Matings Intact
Errors are often made by breaking up good matings. Successful matings always sure.
By CHARLES D. CLEVELAND
Breeding Tells
fr=^»lTTERE can be no question but that the object of
\j^)\ the breeder is to turn out better and better
Iv^l chicks each year. A constant improvement in
quality, type and the niceties required by the
Standard are the things for which he is striv-
ing. He knows well enough that perfection is not attain-
able but he wants to get his stock as near perfect as he
can.
Furthermore, every breeder is well aware of the fact
that there is keen competition in his breed, no matter
what that breed may be, and he, therefore, realizes that
if his flock does not improve it is pretty certain that the
other fellow's will, and when it comes to show time, the
following year, he may be beaten although he has just
as good birds as he had the year before.
One cannot attend the poultry shows year after year
without observing the gradual, but sure, improvement in
the quality of the exhibit. Photographs have done a
great deal to demonstrate
this fact. When we look at
the pictures of the White
Wyandottes, or Barred Ply-
mouth Rocks, or White Leg-
horns, or Silver Spangled
Hamburgs, or indeed, of any
variety that we care to name,
taken ten years ago and
compare these pictures with
the birds of today, we can
easily see what strides have
been made. Sometimes for a
few years there is a slump
in one or more varieties, and
the breed goes down both in
quality and number, but is is
generally quickly noticed,
the breeders take more pains
and the breed or variety is
soon put back on its feet.
Now, as we say, every
up-to-date breeder knows
that he must not only keep
up his qualities and the ex-
cellence of his strain, but he
must also continue to make
minor improvements so as to
keep pace with all the other
breeders; but how is he to do
this? That is the question
that yearly presents itself when mating time comer,
around The thoughtful and careful breeder considers
and thinks over his proposed matings long before he has
made them. He examines his breeding book; looks at
the chicks from each mating; follows the progency of
each male, and if possible, also traces out and sizes up
the chicks from each hen. He naturally wishes to know
which pens have given him his prize-winners, and more
important still which pens have produced the largest
quantity of wasters or culls. It goes without saying that
such a breeder must be a methodical and careful man.
He must know which birds are in each mating, and .here -
fore have them leg-banded and entered in his breeding
book. He must know the chicks produced by each mak-
ing, and therefore must carefully toe-punch each chick
from that mating. He should know and be able to
identify the progeny of each hen, and he must therefore
trapnest that hen and give her chicks a separate and
distinct toe-punch. The experience of able breeders
demonstrates the fact that it is not enough to be able to
identify the chicks from each separate mating; one must
go further and be able to trace back some of the chicks
at least, from separate individual hens in each of the
matings, for it is a well known fact that hens do not
breed equally well with the same male, although related
to him in blood lines.
As a consequence of all this the breeder is confronted
with the problem at this time of year of determining
which, if any, of the previous matings he shall re-mate,
and which of these matings he shall break up and put
together in a different way. The thought that naturally
runs through his mind is that if he expects to make
progress he necessarily will have to make entirely new
and fresh matings. It is quite true that he may find the
pens numbers one, five, seven and eight for example,
have produced chicks of splendid quality, which both in
his own hands and the hands
of his customers have been
consistent winners. He finds
that he has made money
from these pens. He finds
that the chicks were good,
strong, livable chicks; that
they developed well and
rapidly, and that these pens
contained good layers whose
eggs hatched well. With
some of the other pens the
results were not nearly so
satisfactory; some of these
contained hens that laid very
small eggs, or infertile eggs.
A BREEDER should know and be able
to identify the progeny of every
female mated, he, therefore, must trap-
nest and give the chicks a separate and
distinct toe-mark.
it is not enough to be able to identify-
the chicks from each separate mating;
one must go further and be able to trace
back for best results from individual hens
in each of the matings.
Go slow in breaking up a good niating
unless necessity arises. A good bird in
the hand is worth three in the "experi-
mental mating."
The thoughtful and careful breeder
considers and thinks over his proposed
matings long before he has made them.
For January Mr. Cleveland will take
up the subject, "Breeding for Uniform-
ity"— you will want to read it.
or did not lay well ; not very
many chicks were hatched
from some pens, showing
that the fertility was not
good. In some of these pens
the egg yield was good and
the eggs hatched well, but
the chicks did not seem to
show the strength and vital-
ity that they should and con-
sequently a comparatively
small number of youngsters
was raised from each of
these pens. With certain
others of these pens the lay-
ing was good; the fertility was good; the hatchability
was good, and the chicks lived, but they were not up to
standard in type and quality. .^ , v ^ „«,.
The problems presented by the pens that showed an>
of the inferior results just mentioned, were comparative-
Iv easy; these pens would naturally not be continued.
The results were not up to expectations and the pens
were unprofitable. . , «
But what about the pens that did give good results.
Should these pens be continued just as they were, or
should they be broken up at least in part if real progress
was to be made? Was it any use to keep these pens in-
tact and therefore to produce the same quality of chicks
as was the result the previous year? How could the
breeder make progress if he was only producing in 192o
the same quality that he produced in 1924?
As the breeder is considering these questions the fol-
lowing thoughts come to his (Continued on page 922)
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By Prof. HARRY R. LEWIS
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ECEMBER is here, and with it we are getting
our first real days of winter. Too many of us,
even those who have had years of experience,
we do not look upon December as the time to
begin to prepare for the breeding season, but
it is a fact, whether we will admit it or not, that each
succeeding year finds increased demands for early
chicks and the experience of
the successful poultryman is
that the early hatches are
the most profitable; be-
cause along with the ad-
vance in the season of
hatching, there has, in the
last few years, been a
corresponding advance in
the price of eggs in mid-
summer and early fall.
Why not take advantage of
these excellent August,
September and October
prices ixyr our eggs by hatch-
ing a lot of early pullets
which will lay well during
these months? What can
we do in December to insure
good breeding of our birds
in January and February,
is the question?
Watch the Moult
It is most essential that breeding hens have a sub-
stantial rest just previous to the time they start lay-
ing the hatching eggs. Expressed differently, we might
say that eggs hatch better chicks, are more vigorous
and live better, if they can be hatched from eggs which
Preparing for the Breeding Season
are laid by birds
just coming into pro-
duction, rather than
by birds which have
been laying for a
long period of time.
Heavy and sustained
production previous
to the hatching sea-
son seems to give the
birds an opportunity
to lay something out
of their system whicii
is so necessary in the
fertility, and hatch-
ability of good eggs.
Just what this some-
thing is, it is hard to
say. Some believe it
is related to ' the
vitamine problem, but whatever it is, it is a fact that
before the breeding season, those birds which are to be
kept over for hatching purposes ihould be allowed a
substantial rest during which time they change their
plumage, grow a new coat of feathers, put on body
weight and fat, take on renewed yellow pigment, and
are so handled that they come into laying condition just
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Just Ahead
TTHE most vital operation in the poultry
work is just before us. Since our
permanent success in the business de-
pends upon our ability to improve our
birds, from year to year through breed-
ing, we must within the next few weeks,
give much thought and attention to get
our plant and our birds in shape for the
breeding season. Year by year the hatch-
ing season is advancing. We are finding
that earlier chicks pay best. December
is none too early to plan for the January
and February hatches.
The breeders should ran out doors all the time.
before the eggs are desired for incubation. In all
probability, our better breeding birds are now in the
moult. Probably many are just recovering from the
moult and are well along towards a new coat of feathers
Few of them probably are laying at this time. So much
the better if they are. In order to insure those
essential elements in these birds which we want, which
goes for good fertility and
good hatchability, it is
essential that they be given
certain definite feeds in
their diet.
A Preparatory Diet for the
Breeders
Since it is important that
the breeding birds should
not be forced for heavy
production; since it is im-
portant that they put on
substantial flesh and fat
previous to the hatching
season, there is nothing
better for the breeding hens
which are being moulted
out during this early winter
month, than a liberal feed-
ing of grain. Cracked
corn and wheat; two parts
of the former and one of
the latter, makes an ideal breeders ration. Give them
all they will clean up of this product two or three times
a day. Use yellow com in the ration and you will
be surprised how it will bring back the yellow pigment
in the skin, shanks and beak. You will be surprised
how much desirable fat or flesh they will put on. One
word of caution
should be given here
to those who are
handling the heavier
breeds, such as the
Rocks, Reds and
Wyandottes. A lib-
eral grain feeding is
necessary and de-
sirable, but it should
be fed in deep litter
in order to induce
the birds to take con-
siderable exercise and
the weight of the
birds should be
watched more close-
ly, especially the con-
dition of the abdo-
men, to see that they
do not get over-fat and hence out of breeding condition
in that direction. With the lighter Mediterranean
breeds, this tendency is not nearly so prevalent except
in very aged birds.
Then to these hens which are to be the future
breeders in December, be sure that they receive liberal
quantities of green leaves or green plants in som*
Science has proven to us that the green, tender,
1 fv plant growth is rich in practically all of the vita-
es A B, C and D. Since these vitamines are so
''^^ential'to the proper functioning of the birds and the
^ood fertility and hatchability of the eg^?, it is essential
^t this time that some form of green feed be supplied.
Furthermore, green feed is a valuable agent in restoring
' How pigment to the shanks and skin of the birds,
^ d we have found it a fact from experience that unless
the breeders are fairly well pigmented, we do not get
the maximum for hatching results.
Milk fed to the breeders is highly desirable. Skim
milk, buttermilk, and
semi-solid buttermilk,
fed either as a bev-
erage or in a moist
mash seems to act
as a corrective agent,
being extremely pala-
table and acting as a
distinct tonic to the
birds, building up
their system, and
carrying them
through a rigor of
moult, in good phy-
sical condition. Very
recently tests have
been conducted which
show that yeast, the
most potent carrier
of Vitamine B which
we have, when fed to
the breeding birds
previous to the hatch-
ing season gives re-
sults very much su-
perior than where it
is not fed. Better
fertility and better
hatchability results
from its use. Fed
either in the dry
mash or fed in a
moist fermented
mash, it is a very
desirable product to
include in the daily
diet of the future
breeders.
It is, of course, im-
portant that the
birds receive a mash
feed during this im-
portant period, but
it is equally important
that we do not force
them to a too quick
production by the
use of too high a
protein content in the
mash mixture. Five
per cent of a good
i
moist ma?h, preferably the latter, every two or throe
weeks is a very desirable practice. Its use tends to
clean the digestive tract, hasten a new coat of feathers
and improve their appearance. Their use further
keeps the birds in a disease-resistont condition.
The use of as high as ten per cent of old process oil
meal in the mash feed during the pro-breeding season,
which is the late moulting season, is very beneficial.
Oil meal as the name implies, contains largo quantities
of oil or fat. This oil or fat seems to enable the now
coat of feathers to grow rapidly and to web out and
finish off quickly in a fine sleek condition. It is very
important, especially
in the case of late
moulters in Dooom-
ber, that they be
given every assistance
in feathering out
quickly, in order to
avoid injury to them-
selves through the
ever increasing cold
weather, and in order
that they may be
fully rested and
moulted out so that
they will be in laying
condition when we
begin to save hatch-
ing eggs.
Protect the Breeders
It is very im-
portant from now on
that the breeders
should be given every
attention possible in
order to protect thern
against the ever in-
creasing cold weath-
er. First of all, one
should be sure that
the houses are well
built and fully pro-
tected from extremes
in temperature; that
the birds are not ex-
posed to cross drafts
and that their roost-
ing quarters are such
that they will be
protected from frozen
combs, for nothing
will more seriously
hurt the hatching
quality of the eggs
than frozen combs.
At the same time, the
houses in which they
are kept should be
well ventilated and
much of the front
left open continually,
day and night. They
breeders.
grade meat scrap is as large an amount of animal pro-
tein which it is safe to include in the pre-breedmg
ration. This gives a ration sufficient to meet nutri-
ent requirements, but does not force the birds to
phenomenal ovarian activities. Some fish scrap along
^vith the meat scrap is highly desirable since it in-
creases the phosphoric acid content of the ration very
materially which is highly desirable, especially just at
this time.
It is this period of the year when the birds are apt
to be slightly constipated. For this reason a moderate
feeding of Epsom salts in the drinking water or in a
should not be crowded in their quarters, but given
adequate room without c .wding to enable the operator
to properly care for them and obtain sanitary quarters.
Crowding the birds causes dampness, brings on diKoase,
a combination of factors wirlch probably hurtc or lowers
the per cent of the hatchrs more than ai.y other group
of conditions. , . , u
Remember, there are two factors without which the
flock of hens cannot produce satisfactory hatching eggs.
Those factors are exercise and direct sunlight, hxercise
is fundamental in that birds to lay good hatching eggs,
should be worked down (Continued on page 939)
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The French and the people of Belgium have proven their ability to produce about the best table
poultry of all the world. The English, the Canadian and the American fanciers have
shown some of the French fowls of a quality that was a pleasure to behold. Not
many of them are shown today. Let us hope there will be more of them.
By T. F. McGREW
UR standard describes four breeds and five varie-
ties. The English Standard tells of one or two
more. There are, all told, near about thirty
breeds and numerous varieties of French and
Belgium fowls. It will be impossible to name
them here and no advantage would be gained by so
doing. The breeds listed in our Standard are Houdans,
Mottled and White; Creve Couers, La Fleche and the
Salmon Faverolles. I have seen Faverolles in Salmon,
Black, Blue, White and the Light, as called, the male
of this is somewhat like the Light Brahma. I do not
know of any one who now breeds any of them. So it
will be a waste of time to write about them. There are
so few of any of the French breeds other than the
Houdans bred in this country as to make them almost a
minus crop with us.
The Faverolles are said to have come from crosses
made with Polish, Creve Couer, Dorkings, Houdans,
Light Brahmas and Buff Cochin. In writing about
French fowls found in the French markets, Mr. Comyns,
long since deceased, wrote that there were cross breeds
showing the influence of Houdans, Dorkings, Brahmas,
and Cochins, some of them showing the influence of the
Creve Couers. Some of the earlier French writers did
not name the Faverolles as pure-bred. From such crosses
might come almost any type of plumage color, thus the
many foundation colors for the fancier to begin with.
It was stated in the Feathered World, of England,
(1896) the Faverolles were so well thought of that nine
out of ten farmers in the Houdan County of France kept
Faverolles. The Faverolle was brought into England
about 1897. Since which time they have been bred to
form and feather by the English fancier. At that time
the males weighed from six to nine pounds, the females
five to seven pounds. Present Standard weights for
them is a shade less with us. Some of the very best
of them go over these weights.
It might not be out of place to say that all of the
French breeds, as we now have them, have been re-
made in England, where they say some wonderful speci-
mens are shown. It is also claimed for them that they
lay remarkably well. Their eggs, as I have seen them,
are a dark or medium dark cream color. Those that I
have had or seen were first quality in size, shape, form
and color. I have seen a few White Faverolles that
would grace any show pen.
The colors and the markings of the Salmon Faverolle
would indicate the influence of buff in the female and
Dorkmg in the male. The fifth toe is another indica-
tion of the Dorking. I have studied our Standard
description of them and while doing so was reminded of
something that was told years ago of a judge who took
the contract to judge all the livestock and poultry at a
fair. The description of his work, as told me by one
who was then called a "Huckster," is as follows: "He
had a list of exhibitors and a Standard on a box all
covered over with a small duck cloth. He would look
at the fowls, then the name of the fowl as written on the
entry card, then at the Standard and the list of ex-
hibitors."
894
To fully understand the printed color description of
the Faverolle you must, or better, have a fine quality
specimen in front of you, this because of the different
shades of color and markings. One good thing is that
no one who has once seen a fairly good Faverolle can
ever forget the proper shape of the breed. To be well
informed as to color and markings, study your Standard
until familiar with its wording as to both form and color
and remember that they should have very full beard
and muffs that are wide and not long. Head and comb
of both male and female rather larger than medium.
The Houdan, and its ancestors, had an early day
existence. Edward Brown, of England, claims in his
book "Races of Domestic Fowls," that the Houdan came
from a cross of Black Polish, and Creve Couer with a
common five-toe fowl. Darwin claims the Houdan is
a sub-race of the Polish. It will not matter as to
this for the Houdan, as we have it, was first pure Eng.
lish make with a leaf comb, as now described in the
English Standard. With us, re-made as to color make-
up and comb, our Houdans have the V-comb and in
color they are darker, more black, than the English
have them.
There was printed in the pages of the American
Fancier during July last two articles telling of Houdans,
the illustration used was a conflict. If the Houdan is to
be put forward it must have the strongest push, publicity,
better illustrations, and better showing than it has had
for some time. There is no better fowl for all purposes
than the Houdan. Just why those who keep them let
them lay dormant I cannot tell. It is a fact, however,
that those who show and who keep Houdans do so little
advertising that it is about as hard to find them as it is
to find a needle in a haystack. The best lot of Houdans
shown for a long time were at the New York Show of
January, 1922. A new variety of Red Houdans were
shown at that time.
The Creve Couer was at one time very popular as
was the La Fleche — both black plumaged fowls that were
classed as among the very best market poultry; both
were made better for the show pen by the fanciers of
England. Neither one of them are now often seen in
the show room, except occasionally a small exhibit made
by some one who keeps them for the pure love of having
them. I must admit that I would not know where to
find any of them. Those who write of them on the
other side lament the small number of Houdans and
La Fleche shown. It is the same there as here. It
seems that those who breed these three have joined
their efforts to try to advance them.
In writing of the Dorking the editor of the Daily
Telegraph, (London) England remarks, that the massive
British Dorking which can be traced back to the time
of the Roman Conquest should be more generally bred.
He also states that at the time of the coming of the
Romans the Britons did not eat poultry, but the Romans
did. We have always wondered at this for fowls of
all kinds including Peafowl were common food in the
days of Solomon.
There is a point of issue (Continued on page 923)
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Preparing for the
Ju(dge's License Examination
By D. E. HALE
lUDGING from the number of letters the writer
gets from our readers regarding the examina-
tion for an American Poultry Association
Judge's License, and also from the number of
applicants for said examination, there is quite
a lot of interest throughout the country.
Naturally, one interested in asking for a license would
like to know something about what this examination con-
sists of. Obviously the licensing committee is not going
to publish the examination in advance, but as some of
the correspondence intimates that the examination is
made up of a lot of catch questions, we are going to tell
you something about what to expect and be prepared
for it if you contemplate taking the examination.
Just a word about the judge's license of today. As
far as poultry judges are concerned, any one who has
obtained his or her license by taking the examination has
something to be proud of. In addition to taking a prac-
tical examination on placing birds by both the score card
and comparison method in
the show room they have
passed a strict written ex-
amination of 100 questions
with a grade of 80% or
better. In what other
branch of judging can you
find such requirements? A
dog, cattle, hog or horse
been a good fellow, well-met, in the show room for some
time. Once in a while it happens and then the trouble
begins. Judging on personal preferences will not go
very far these days. The judge must know the Standard,
know how and not be afraid to apply it.
The examinations have proven that many a breeder
who, like the darkey, "jest thought he knowed" cannot
pass.
We are not trying to make it embarrassing for any of
those who have failed, because most of them will pass
on their second trial, but some of the answers returned
show, without any doubt that the applicant sinu^ has not
studied or does not know the Standard requimnents.
One of the examinations just opened shows the follow-
ing:
Question: "Supposing you had two Plymouth Rock cockerels tied
in score, but with one weighinjf eight and ono-fourth pounds, the
three-fourth pounds, which would you award the
other seven and
prize?"
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Answer: "The eight and one fourth pounds cockerel."
Question: "Why?"
judge is invited to judge a
class because he has become
popular in the show ring or
show pen, and the exhibitors
think he should know how to
judge, yet there is more
fault-finding with the judg-
ing of livestock than there is
of poultry. Take our civil
court judges that are elected.
Today we have the son of
Judge So-and-So elected to a
judgeship because his father
made a good reputation as
judge on the bench; the son
graduated from law school
and at once entered politics. ^t. i. _ ,«
We have any number of civil court judges that were
elected because of their getting into politics and getting
the right backing, that were mere law students with hard-
ly any court room experience. We accept such judges as
being all right and trust our cases to them. We have
judges who give a light sentence, not because the law
warrants it, but because a good lawyer has put up a good
talk and the judgefeels in his own heart that they should
get off with a light sentence. They do not apply the law,
but, in many instances, merely hand out their personal
opinion. , ., i___
The poultry judge of today has got to apply the law,
which is the Standard of Perfection, or he or she is not
going to last long in the judge's duster. He cannot make
his awards on sentiment or personal hobbies and maKe
good. -
The day has gone by when any breeder or fancier can
ask or be asked to judge a class simply because he has
Do You Aspire to Be a Judge?
117HEN the examination has been passed
to become a licensed judge of the
American Poultry Association, the one
taking this examination and passing has
something to be proud of, indeed.
To make a mark of 80% on 100
questions requires the best from anybody,
yet this is demanded by the Judges*
License Committee.
The Poultry Judge must apply the law,
and which law is the Standard of Per-
fection. To apply it he must know it.
and the Committee sees that he does.
If you aspire to be a judge, know first
that you must just about know your
Standard word for word and the word s
correct meaning.
Answer: "Because big bird is
bettor than small bird."
the
Now the Standard very
clearly states that where im-
mature specimens are tied in
score and one is cut for
weight and the other at
Standard weight or above,
the one cut for weight shall
be given the preference. The
inference is not that the big-
ger bird is the better bird,
but that if the smaller bird
can equal the other in score
when it is immature, it is
pretty apt to be the better
bird when it gets the needed
weight.
It shows that this applicant
has not studied the front
part of the Standard.
Question: "What would you
cut a Houdan for that had four
toes on one foot!"
Answer: "None,"
Now a four-toed Houdan
should be disqualified be-
cause the Standard says
that more or less toes than the Standard asks for is a
disqualification. on ...
rw .;„»,. ••«4nnnosine a silver Wyandotte hen sconnjj 89 was
hpr t * *
ThrStandard Clearly states that a bird must score 90
to be awarded a blue ribbon with the exception of parti-
colored cock birds. . „ .n.
Question: "Does a lopped comb on a single comb specimen dls-
''"AJi^wer: "Not on Mediterranean females "
Now how about Dorking and Contmental females?
Question- "Where does positive enamel white in fare disqualify!
AnswJr"* "In Mediterranean cockerels, except Spanish.
How about the pullets? .
Last year one of the questions was: "What is the
difJ^renceTn color of breast on a Partridge Rock male
and a Golden Wyandotte male? and most of those who
failed answered: "No difference/' „^ oA^^
One applicant who has been (Continued on page 941)
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EXPERIMENT
H
ET us take the contest reports this
month and consider them in the
order of the production of the win-
ning pens. From this standpoint,
the International Egg
Over the Top They Go\
I EGHORNS have proved them-
selves again supreme as egg
producers by winning all of the lead-
ing competitions which are reported
regularly each month in Everybodys
Poultry Magazine.
While, in many cases some of the
heavy breeds made good runners up,
they were nevertheless snowed under
at the final spurt for high honors.
Laying Contest conducted at the r^
Michigan Agricultural College,
East Lansing, leads them all.
Michigan Leads With a 262.2
Egg Average
The second Michigan Contest
closed on Wednesday night,
October 29 with a total produc-
tion of 163,065 eggs, or an
average production per bird of
163 eggs which is 3.5 eggs high-
er than for last year.
Mr. Eckard's pen of White
Leghorns^ompreted their week
with 31 eggs, giving them a
grand total of 2,622, or an aver-
age production of 262.2 eggs.
Mr Heasley's pen maintains
their position in second place
with a 235 egg average, follow-
ed by Mr. Eckard's second pen
with 233.6. [fep
Mr. Hefferan's pen which has
been in fourth place for some ^
time, finished with a 226.6 egg average and Mr. Keister s
pen with 221.8. r i j
In the heavy section Milan Hatchery's Rhode Island
Reds won with an average of 214.2.
Mr. Dunning's Reds hold second place with an average
of 197.9 followed by Evergreen Poultry Farm's White
Wyandottes with 185.5 egg average.
Mr. Sheap's Barred Rocks finished at the head of the
Rock division with 181.5.
The Lakeview Poultry Farm, with Barred Rocks,
finished next with 174.5; followed by Wood's Rhode
Island Reds with 174.3.
Fifty-two weeks failed to reveal an outstanding winner
among the individuals. Mr. Heasley's high pen failed to
increase her total during the last seven days permitting
Mr. Eckard's hen number nine in pen 56 to equal her
record. Mr. Heasley's reserve, which was not in com-
petition, would have scored an easy second place with
282 eggs. The Milan Hatchery's first reserve which was
fortunate eno^gh to get in the first string line-up moved
from fourth place to third, finishing with 280 eggs,
which is one egg better than Mr. Eckard's number 557.
Hen number 1185, in Nyenhuie & TerHaar's pen, finish-
ed in fifth place with 277 eggs, followed by Mr. Eckard's
hen number 551 with 272.
The contest grounds have been the scene of consider-
able activity during the past few days. The pens have all
been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected to make ready
for the new birds which arrived to commence the new
year Saturday, November 1.
Connecticut Is a Close Second With a 253.1 Egg Average
Two records at Storrs have been smashed to smith-
ereens. A forward pass on the last down resulted in a
net gain of twelve eggs for C. T. Darby's pen of White
Leghorns from North Branch, N. J., and made them win-
ners of the thirteenth annual contest at Storrs with the
remarkable record of 2,531 eggs, an average of over 253
eggs for each pullet in the pen. The best previous pen
record of 2,352 eggs was made in 1918 by ten birds
from the Oregon Agricultural College, at Corvallis.
Rhode Island Reds owned by Fernside Farm, at Attleboro,
Mass., led the laying contest for thirty-two weeks. They
looked like the pennant pen until the final quarter when
lack of decisive punch in the last two scrimmages pushed
STATIONS
S
Year
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
Score.
20S8
2072
2265
2119
2352
2022
2234
2234
2218
2237
2531
them back into second place. There is a big
crumb of comfort for the Reds, however, in
the fact that one of them, hen number 50i
has hung up the highest individual record
ever made at Storrs. This pullet
came through with 324 eggs in
52 weeks, which means that she
is not only the outstanding bird
in the contest just closed, but is
the best out of 13,000 hens
that have been trapnested by
the college during the last
thirteen years. The best pre-
vious individual record of 308
eggs was made in 1918 by a
White Wyandotte from Bridge-
ton, R. I. The following is a
list of the winning breeds at
Storrs for the last eleven years:
Breed
White Leghorns
White Wyandottes
White Wyandottes
Barred Rocks
OreRons
Barred Rocks
Barred Rocks
White Wyandottes
White Leghorns
White Leghorns
White Leghorns
Hilltop Farm, at Suffield, had
the highest scoring Connecticut
pen, but a great deal more than this can be said for the
Hilltop Leghorns. Their record of 2,475 eggs makes
them the third best pen out of a total of 1,280 pens that
have been entered since the contests started at Storrs
back in 1911. Harold F. Barber's pen of White Rocks
from Dover, Mass., was an easy first in their class with a
margin of more than 350 eggs over a Missouri pen that
was next nearest in line. Barred Rocks staged a more
interesting race. Edgar Stoughton, of Wapping, Conn.,
finished first with 2,086 eggs, while Purdue University,
at Lafayette, Ind., crossed the line only eight eggs behind.
In the Wyandotte class D. O. Witmer, from Joplin, Mo.,
was at the top with a score of 2,019 eggs or more than
100 eggs ahead of a New York pen that ran second.
There were entered in the contest 100 pens of ten birds
each, a total of 1,000 hens from eighteen States and the
Province of Ontario. They laid a grand total of 167,713
eggs. The table below shows the number of birds in each
of the principal varieties, the average individual egg yield
for the year, and the general average for all varieties that
took part in the contest.
400 White Leghorns JJ! J
240 Rhode Island Red . l^oi
180 Barred Rocks JoZ.l
100 White Wyandottes ]^°l
80 White Rocks • •^*^-^
1,000 Average all breeds ," ' V ' ^Vi.^
The individual stars together with their records for the
year are listed below. Each hen was the best in her
class. The Red was entered by Fernside Farm, at Attle-
boro, Mass., the Leghorn by Hilltop Farms, at Suffield,
Conn., the White Rock by Harold F. Barber, at Dover,
Mass., the Barred Rock by the Agricultural College, at
Guelph, Ont., and the White Wyandotte, by Thomas H.
Matteson, at Davisville, R. 1.
No. 501 Rhode Island Red ^^^ *S!
No. 796 White Leghorn Hf 9 "^
No. 243 White Rock ^81 eg^
No. 23 Barred Rock 269 egp
No. 292 White Wyandotte 252 egg»
Bergen County Contest Third With 219.9 Egg Average
The production at the Bergen County International
Egg Laying Contest for the fifty-second week is, 1,795,
or 12.82 per cent which is 472 eggs less than last week's
production. The total production for the year is 310,552
eggs
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Pen No. 2, a Barred Ply- (Continued on page 934)
The Housewife and a Few Hens
Close 1924 with a well culled flock, now is the time to do it.
By HARRY H. COLLIER
ECEMBER is the month when we celebrate the that come in January. By culling at an early date you
greatest holiday of the year. It is the month take stock and know just what you can spare for the
when Mother Winter is on the throne and market, also for breeding sales fowls. It is the custom
KB^ Christmas and
good cheer i s
with every one. When we
can truthfully say the
year's work is ended and
we begin our plans for the
coming new year.
During the Christmas
holidays we have so much
to do that we neglect
doing the work around the
poultry yard that is
actually needed. In order
to care for early orders
Get Ready Now for 1925
DECEMBER is a good month to get ready for the New Tear.
Have your books ready to open an account with your poultry
January first. Make this coming year a business-like showing
of your ability as a poultryman.
Take stock of your equipment as well as your breeders. Are you
as up-to-date as any other business man or woman must be today to
be successful?
Nineteen hundred and twenty-five is going to be a good year for
the poultry raisers all over America — every indication points that
way. Be prepared to enjoy this prosperity by fitting not only your-
self, but your fowls and their environment to the methods made
necessary by advancement.
of all good business men
to know the first of each
year just what stock they
have on hand, just how
much money is outstand-
ing and the bills owed by
one's business. The same
plan would be a good
thing around the poultry
yard. One can figure up
just how much profit or
loss their flock of hens
has made.
December is a good
for eggs and young stock, we should have our yards month to get ready to keep account of the poultry busi-
ready for mating. December is the month when we ness another year. One can have their books ready to
' should cull the open on the first of
breeders.
[ The hens around i
the place have now
taken on their new
coats in plumage
and we can tell
whether they are
holding that beau-
tiful color that
caused us to save
them when they
reached their ma-
turity as pullets
the first year. To
cull now you get
rid of those hens
that may show bad
color at a time that
one can market
them to good ad-
vantage. The price
of hens are high
and you can get
what they are
really worth.
The males will
show their defects.
Most of them are
ready in plumage
and they are com-
ing through the
moult, getting
their new feathers.
Some of them will
be later than
others, but they
will show the off-
colored feathers at
this time and one
can cull them intel-
ligently. Culling
close now is what
is needed, then you
can sell those that
you will not need
another year. By
culling in Decem-
ber you are ready
January and in
that way have a
full year's account
of the doings of
their flock of poul-
try.
The good busi-
ness man has a
clearence sale that
begins immediately
after Christmas.
He sells things
cheap at this time
in order not to
carry over things
that can not be
sold again until
next Christmas. He
makes a big
amount of sales at
this time because
lots of people have
received presents,
often from tho.se
who were not on
their list when
presents were sent
out. These busi-
ness men sell out
the stock that they
do not care to
carry over and use
the money in buy-
ing fresh goods.
The poultryman
can do the same
thing. Have a sale
of breeders at this
time and rid the
yards of every-
thing you do not
need and sell some
that you do need,
but use the money
to replace these
needed fowls with
better stock.
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The gentleman at !«" »s Fred A. Johnson.
for the matings superintendent
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pecerober, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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The Holiday Spirit
At this season of the year our thoughts and plans
are centered on Christmas — the day that will always
be celebrated throughout the Christian world as the
greatest in its calendar.
For the greater part of the month of December,
and for a portion at least of the New Year begin-
ning on January fir^, we are steeped in the at-
mosphere of what we call the Holiday Season — the
time when cheerfulness, gaiety and high spirits pre-
vail. This is the season of the year when men and
women are apt to be a little more interested in their
neighbors; a little more charitable and forgiving and
a little more thoughtful of others. Unkind thoughts
and actions are apt to be banished, at least for the
time being. Smiles take the place of frowns, and
the cordial handshake is given instead of the cold
nod, as one passes people in the street.
TTie holiday season is altogether a very pleasant
one in which to live, and we often think how pleas-
ant it would be if it could be continued for a longer
period. Would it not be nice if this same spirit
could last for the entire year; how beneficial it
would appear if everybody was taking a friendly in-
terest in everybody else all the time? What a boon
it would be if idle gossip, back-biting and criticism
could be banished for 365 days. If we all felt at
least a certain amount of interest in our neighbors;
if we all really wanted to do something to help
rather than to hinder everybody else, what an ex-
tremely nice world this would appear to be.
These are some of the thoughts that will come to
practically all of us during the holiday season, and
most of us will say that is a very "nice" idea, but it
is not practical; it isn't done and will never be done.
Now, while we are quite willing to admit that life
is not perfect and that conditions will never be
ideal, we still feel the spirit typified in the holiday
season may be practiced with success and with bene-
fit and pleasure to all for a longer period than has
been the custom in the past. What is to prevent our
being more charitable; more interested in others;
less apt to criticise, and indeed, less apt to defame
others for most of the time?
This very holiday season teaches us that the
proper spirit may be practiced for a short time, why
not try to make it for a longer time?
Among poultrymen the fundamental ideas which
lie at the base of our actions during the holiday
season may be carried out just as well, and perhaps
better, than with any other class of persons. Poul-
trymen are just like other people: they are human
and have all of the human traits of goodness and
badness; of kindness and severity; of thoughtfulness
and thoughlessness ; and all the other good and bad
traits of the human race that other people have.
Some breeders are always cheerful, optomistic, and
always have a good word for other breeders. Some
breeders are good sports; good showmen, and
always take their winnings or losses with a smile.
Some breeders are modest, even retiring, and
always willing to give the other fellow his due.
Indeed, we believe that most of the poultry breed-
ers of this country, in whatever branch of the busi-
ness they may be, are above the common run of
men and are men and women that we like to meet
and like to talk to. But naturally in so large an ag-
gregation of persons that are devoted to poultry
there will be found some who do not play the game
just as it ought to be played. These persons are
continually dissatisfied, either with themselves or
with others. They can see no other birds as good as
their own. They are constantly criticising and mak-
ing little of the work of others. They doubt the
honesty of egg records and the ability of judging,
and generally make a nuisance of themselves both in
the showroom and out of it.
To both of these classes of poultrymen the spirit
of the holiday season should be of benefit. To the
superior class of breeders — the right kind — this
spirit should tend to make them even more forgiv-
ing and charitable than was their want toward their
undesirable neighbors. Perhaps they can do more
than they have done to try to bring back into the
fold those men that seemed unapproachable, dis-
agreeable or even impossible. There must be some
way in which a surly and suspicious man may be
approached and tactfully shown that he is looking
in the wrong direction. A little help here, or en-
couragement there, may work wonders in many
cases where progress along these lines was thought
impossible.
For the second class of breeders — those that were
on the outside and did not seem to want to come in
— perhaps the holiday season will work some good.
The Christmas spirit which is all about them may
permeate into their minds and hearts and make them
softer and more apt to look upon the brighter and
more charitable side of life. Why should they hold
any grudge against the successful poultrymen simply
because they have not been quite so successful?
Why should they criticise the operations of others,
or why defame a judge against whom they really
had no definite cause or complaint? Why keep out
of the poultry club? If all the others were in it, it
really would seem as if there was something to it.
Why take offense if one of the other breeders came
to his yards and looked over the stock? Perhaps
he was not trying to criticise it at all, and he might
have meant what he said when he pronounced the
flock a good one. And finally the thought may
come to this man that he is really barking up the
wrong tree, and that the only spirit that would ever
succeed is the spirit typified by the holiday season —
the spirit of good will, of friendliness and fairness to
all.
This holiday season appeals to us as the time
when any conflict between individual breeders or
classes of breeders may be put on the shelf for good
and all. There is no reason why the production
breeder should criticise the exhibition breeder, or
the exhibition breeder the productionist. There w
no real reason why any one breeder should criticise
any other breeder. All are in the game to do their
best, and all should want to help and assist the
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others as much as lies in their power. All are de-
voted to a good cause, and all are devoted to the
same cause — the prosperity and upbuilding of the
great American Poultry Industry.
Something About Advertising
We have all heard the old adage that if one
makes the best mouse-trap, even though he live
isolated and alone in the wilderness, the whole world
will find its way to his cabin to buy his mouse-trap.
We are inclined to think that the world will be
very apt to do this thing, yet we feel positive that
that same world must be made acquainted both with
the name of the inventor and with the location of
his cabin before it will make its pilgrimage to its
doors.
In other words one must let the world know that
he has something for sale and where it can be bought
if sales are expected.
"Many a rose is born to blush unseen" is an ex-
pression which too often applies to the poultryman.
In our excursions through poultry-breeding sections
have oftentimes come
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Breeding for Uniformity
EVERY poultry keeper knows that
it is breeding that counts. Hap-
hazard matings, guesswork and
trusting to luck will never get you
anywhere; whether you are breeding
along lines of improvement in tjrpe
and feather alone or having in mind
production qualifications primarily.
Uniformity is of paramount import-
ance. How often we hear the ex-
pression "Such a uniform exhibit,"
or "Such a uniform flock." Strive
for this in your breeding for 1925,
endeavor to obtain that desired uni-
formity in breed characteristics. Mr.
Cleveland's subject for January's
article is "Breeding for Uniformity"
it will contain a feast of good
things.
we
upon birds, sometimes upon
whole flocks, of the rarest ex-
cellence of which we had
never before heard. Here we
could find scores of individual
birds that either could win the
blue at some of the large
shows, or else were specimens
that were shelling out a very
large quantity of marketable
eggs; and none of these had
ever been entered in the egg
laying contests nor made
known to the outside world.
The plants where these excel-
lent specimens were found
were located somewhat off of
the beaten track, and the own-
ers had never advertised ; had
never pushed their business,
and they were therefore un-
known ; were in obscurity, and
were generally in rather straightened circumstances.
They had some of the best chickens in the country,
but nobody knew this fact, and therefore there was
not a long line of persons in the front yard waitmg
to the proprietor to consent to sell them something 1
In mostly all of these cases the proprietors had been
told by their friends that they had good chickens;
extra good chickens and the owners could not
understand why it was that more people did not
come around to buy them.
We must admit that conditions today are differ-
ent in this respect than they were five or te'^ Xf^"
ago. It is quite true that poultry breeders, whether
they have birds of exhibition quality or whether they
are breeding heavy layers, advertise more exten-
sively than they used to ; but we are convinced ot
two things, first, that poultrymen do not advertise
enough, and second, that their advertisements are
not business-like.
When we say that poultrymen do not advertise
enough, we do not necessarily mean that those who
do advertise should greatly increase their space car-
ried (although we think most of them are not
carrying enough) but we do mean that many poul-
trymen who do not advertise at all are not getting
the results they are entitled to because of this fact.
There can be no question whatever but that the
saying "it pays to advertise" is absolutely true. It
is quite impossible to induce any considerable num-
ber of persons to come to a breeder's yards, or order
therefrom by mail any profitable amount of exhibi-
tion stock; heavy layers, or superlative market fowls
unless the breeder and raiser will let the world know
that he has this stock through advertising. Modern
methods of transportation; the development of the
parcel post system, and the celerity of delivery of
mail matter on R. F. D. routes, have made it per-
fectly possible for the breeder in outlying sections
to do a good business if he will but advertise.
Provided he has the goods he can sell them; but he
certainly never will sell them unless he tells people
not only that he has the goods, but describes them
fully and tells the public where they may be obtain-
ed. If the breeder, no matter what kind of a breed-
er he may be, does not advertise to some extent he
will be compelled to exchange his eggs at the rural
grocery for his home supplies,
and to sell many a bird that
would grace an exhibition pen
to the butcher for meat. Yet,
there are many men today
who say to themselves, if I am
really producing good chick-
ens the public will find it out
and come to my place to buy
them ; but all of these men are
still waiting for the precious
public to arrive!
When we say that those
poultrymen who do advertise
carry business-like advertise-
ments, we mean several things
among which may be men-
tioned the following: such ad-
vertisers carry either too little,
or too much space for the
quantity of product which
they are carrying out. If they
are raising a large number of
chicks which they want to sell at a profit, they
should increase their space. If they have had hard
luck and the crop of chicks is small, the space must
be reduced. But the name of the advertiser should
always be before the public once he has started to
advertise. Advertising by fits and starts does not
pay. The reader should always be in the position
where he can see the name of the advertiser month
by month, week by week. The history of advertis-
ing teaches that consistent and continuous adver-
tising is the kinds that pays. If results from a given
amount of space for a certain month do not turn
out the number of sales which the space ought to
produce, the advertiser may rest assured that a suc-
ceeding month will make up the deficit, and that
the results from twelve months on an investment for
a comparatively small space will be much better
than returns from a comparatively large space for a
few months.
Again poultrymen are very apt to be careless and
behind hand in writing and changing their copy.
As has been often said an advertisement should be
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the eye and offer something that a prospective pur-
chaser would be apt to buy at the time. We have
repeatedly seen poultry advertisements published in
July and August offering for sale eggs for hatching
which could not possibly be sold at such time as the
season had long since passed for such purchases;
these advertisements were identically the same with-
out change of copy which these same advertisers
had been using since early spring. A poultry pub-
lication that was filled with advertisements of this
last description certainly could not make good for its
advertisements since its pages would be filled with
offers of merchandise for which there was no market
at the time.
In the poultry business practically every month
in the year affords the opportunity to advertise and
dispose of something different from every other
month, and therefore, the advertising breeder has
no one to blame but himself if he does not make his
copy fresh, attractive and up-to-date. The maga-
zines themselves (Everybodys included) realize this
situation and do all that they can to interest the ad-
vertisers in their own advertisements, sometimes
with good, but often with very mediocre results.
It pays to advertise and also it pays better to ad-
vertise with good, fresh and attractive copy.
Poultry Meat
Generally speaking two "E's" dominate the poul-
try business. Eggs and Exhibition poultry.
Our poultry magazines are filled with articles
relative to egg production or to the merits from the
standpoint of the Standard of certain strains or
families of exhibition birds. The advertisements in
the poultry press offer for sale either birds that can
win at the shows, or birds that can lay a very large
number of eggs. Poultry breeders as a rule make
their livelihood by raising and marketing individual
specimens that very nearly represent the ideal of the
perfect fowl as laid down by the Standard of Per-
fection, or they support themselves by selling a large
number of marketable eggs produced by heavy-
laying families of hens whose daughters and sons
are also sold to continue this good work.
But how much do we hear or see about table
poultry? We know that vast quantities of chickens
are consumed on our tables. We know that poultry
meat is not only very appetizing and delicious, but
that it is also very nutritious and sustaining. And
yet, we see little or nothing in the poultry press or
elsewhere respecting the particular merits of any
particular breed or strain of poultry, or of the efforts
of any particular man to establish and maintain any
special strain of poultry, whose greatest asset is the
value of its meat.
A little study of other countries than our own may
open our eyes on the question of specializing in
poultry meat. When we walk into any of the mar-
kets in England, France or Belgium for example,
and watch the housewives pick out and examine
the poultry carcasses which are destined for the
table, we will observe not only the care with which
this selection is made, but the splendid opportunity
afforded in the selection. Not only. are the table
poultry in other countries prepared and trussed in a
^nanner far superior to our own, but they represent
breeds and races of poultry that have proven of
super-excellence, and that are raised solely for mar-
keting purposes. Each country is renowned for its
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table poultry ; each is well known for a number of
breeds which are specially fitted to eat, and eacK
nation takes a particular pride and reaps a particular '
reward for its specimens of table poultry which are I
the result of years of patient effort.
In this country when a chicken is ordered for the '
table the only thing that we are certain about is, that
it shall be of a certain weight. If we want a four-
pound fowl, or a six-pound fowl, we usually order
over the telephone. TTie chicken is pretty sure to
weigh the required amount, but it is all a gamble
whether it will be really good, bad or indifferent.
We cannot order it by name because there are no
names for our table poultry. We cannot order it
up to a certain quality because there are really no
set standards for quality. We are apt to get a car-
cass with yellow legs and a white skin; with dark
legs and a white skin; with yellow skin and dark
legs; with light pin feathers or dark pin feathers;
with prominent and deep breast on which there is
comparatively little meat, or with a plump and well-
rounded breast, but of poor quality, and with flavors
of all kinds and description. It is just a question
of whether the butcher happens to know anything
about the way a chicken ought to look and feel, or
whether he doesn't. We don't know how the
chicken was prepared for market, if it was prepared
at all. We are just as apt to get a tough one as a
tender one. We don't know-how long it has been
killed; whether it was properly killed, or whether
it went under any preparations whatsoever for the
table. We are taking a chance and our luck is gen-
erally about fifty-fifty.
We are glad to say that we find the consumption
of poultry meat in this country on the increase.
People are just beginning to really understand the
excellence of poultry flesh for eating, and we look
forward to a very great increase for the future.
But is not this the time to stop and consider ways
and means for making our table poultry better?
Should we not sell poultry meat on the quality basis?
Should we not perfect some strains andi breeds of
our poultry so that they will equal at least, their
European rivals? Is there not good money for
many men in this country to embark in the business 1
of raising poultry for market? Are we not under- [
estimating the value of a poultry carcass as a money
getter?
We think that these questions are now being
agitated, and we are very glad to see the trend in
this direction, for it is to be observed with half an
eye that we are behind hand in this respect, and we
believe the American housewife is entitled to some-
thing more than mere pounds of flesh when she seeb
the best in poultry meat.
Not only is there an opportunity for great im-
provement for the establishment and perfection of
breeds and varieties which will produce the highest
qualities of poultry meat, but there is an equal ^
chance for education among poultrymen in the .
proper method of the preparation of poultry for
market; proper methods of killing and picking and
proper methods of trussing their birds, so as to
present an attractive appearance when exposed for
sale. There is far too much hasty preparation of
poultry for market in this country, and statistics
will probably show that in a vast majority of cases
there is no special preparation at all.
We strongly advise consideration and greater
efforts along these lines of education.
PROFESSOR THOMPSON HEADS
POULTRY WORK IN ENGLAND
The poultry industry of the United
States has been distinctively honored
this past month by the selection of
Willard C. Thompson, head of the
Department of Poultry Husbandry at
the New Jersey Agricultural Experi-
ment Station, for the post of Director
of the National Poultry Institute of
England for a period of two years.
Professor Thompson spent five
weeks in England last spring and moc
various authorities interested in the
establishment of an institution that
would conduct researcn and investi-
gational work in much the saino
manner that these lines of endeavor
are carried on in the American Ex-
periment Stations. Lately a bill has
been passed by Parliamerit creating
"an institution for the promotion of
advanced courses in poultry hus-
bandry and the pursuit of research."
Parliament appropriated .50,000
pounds for the establishment of the
institute. The institute is under the
joint jurisdiction of the MiTiister of
Agriculture and Fisheries, the Na-
tional Poultry Institute of England
and the Harper-Adams Agricultural
College. Professor Thompson, as
director, becomes dean of the poul-
try workers of England, as well as
Professor of Poultry Husbandry, ex-
officio of the Harper-Adams Agricul-
tural College, one of the most fa-
mous institutions of its kind in the
world.
Both the Harper-Adams College
and the National Poultry Institute are
located at Newport, Shropshire, near
the Welsh border. At present there
is a ten-acre plant with 1,000 birds
at the Harper-Adams College. Ap-
proximately 50 additional acres ad-
joining the college will be available
for the Institute.
Professor Thompson is a graduate
of the University of Wisconsin, class
of 1912, having studied at Madison,
under Prof. J. G. Halpin. For the
next two years he was connected with
the Department of Animal Husbandry
at the University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, Ark. He then became
associated with Prof. Harry R. Lewis
in the development of the Poultry
Department at the New Jersey sta-
tion. When Professor Lewis resign-
ed in 1921 to retire to his own farm
at Davisville, R. I., Professor Thomp-
son became chief of the department
at New Brunswick. His work there
has been characterized by unusual
success both in resident teaching and
relations in the State. Under his ad-
ministration the Egg Laying Con-
tests at Vineland and Westwood have
rendered increasing satisfaction to
hundreds of breeders, first-class
laboratories for the study of diseases
and breeding problems have been es-
tablished and the department has
expanded into an organization of
forty people who are loyally giving
their best services to the work under
Professor Thompson's direction at
New Brunswick, Vineland, and West-
wood, respectively.
Professor Thompson's responsibil-
ities in New Jersey will be cared for
by Professor George W. Hervey.
The latter is a graduate of the New
Jersey College, class of 1915. Upon
graduation, he, like Thompson, spent
a year at the Arkansas Station. Sub-
sequently he was assistant to Prof.
Harry L. Kempster in the University
of Missouri until, in 1921, he was
recalled to New Brunswick to take
Professor Thompson's old position
when the latter succeeded Professor
Lewis. Ralston R. Hannas, as Super-
intendent of Contests, and Dr. Fred
R. Beaudette, as Pathologist, will
have additional responsibilities in the
research program of the department,
while the extension activities will be
under the direction of Willard H.
Allen.
TELL US WHAT YOU WANT
You need never be timid in telling
us what you want in Everybodys.
We mean by this that your wants and
wishes mean a lot to us. Are we
giving you the kind of poultry maga-
zine that is helpful? There is always
room for improvement. Suppose you
as one of Everybodys family give us
an idea every now and then, as it has
been from ideas, thoughts and expres-
sions of our good readers that we
have many and many times profited.
By putting these ideas, thoughts and
expressions together we get a pretty
good prospective of what the greatest
number want, and our effort is to be
of valuable assistance to every poul-
try keeper. Articles on timely sub-
jects have brought baskets full of
mail to us with expressions from
readers everywhere. Fortunately,
our large editorial staff are well
equipped to write on any subject
dear to the hearts of Everybodys
readers. Are the subjects in this issue
filling your needs for information?
These are the things we want to
know. Tell us if they are, and tell us
just the same if they are not. If
not, what would you suggest? Just
where are we short on the informa-
tion you yourself need?
Everybodys is your magazine —
yours for useful and dependable in-
formation that will help you in your
poultry keeping, help you to greater
pleasure in producing the Standard
fowl nearer perfection and help you
in making your poultry profitable.
To this end we are striving. Feel
that you are one of Everybodys great
family and be free to ask our assist-
ance in any way we can serve you
best.
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BREEDERS. AWAKE TO
YOUR OPPORTUNITIES
The demand for pure-bred poultry
has never been greater than today.
The American farmer, watching the
success of his neighbor, the suburban
dweller and the town letter, catching
the enthusiasm of his neighbor keep-
ing pure-bred fowls, has resulted in
thousands taking up poultry raising
as a profitable business alone or a side
line.
You never found a farmer or a
back-lotter catching the "chicken
fever" from seeing a mongrel flock
housed in a carriage shed with a
barnyard for a scratch shed in win-
ter; never, but you perhaps have seen a
whole community catching the "hen fever"
from seeing standard or purebred fowl* on
one farm or town lot in that community.
This is the condition today »nd the wide
awake breeder who has the riRht seed itock
to furnish has an opportunity never before
presented, but he will not see this oppor-
tunity if content to sit back and oomplaln.
whereas, his effort should be to supply this
demand with the kind of fowls that will con-
! tinue to make converts to purebred,
1 <^tiinilar(l brtMl. poultry.
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Conducted by Prof. HARRY R. LEWIS, Davisville, Rhode Island
What You Can Expect From the Use of Lights
Every beginner in the field of
poultry husbandry is interested in
applying the latest ideas and prin-
ciples to the management of their
birds. Without question, the use of
artificial illumination is one of the
most interesting and attractive mod-
ern practices which can be applied in
the handling of the flock. There are
few beginners who do not wish to
give it a trial. It has its advantages
and likewise its disadvantages, so
that any one of you who may be
planning to give lights a trial, be
sure that before you do so, you
familiarize yourself thor-
oughly with the correct
methods of applying lights,
the results expected and the
dangers envolved. It is to
answer these questions in a:
simple straight-forward way
that this article is designed.
What Lights Will Do
The use of artificial illu-
mination is a practice design-
ed to increase egg production
in the laying flock. It docs
increase egg production vei*y
materially, all of the way
from 50% to 100% during
the late fall and winter
months. The use of lights
makes it possible to in-
crease egg production
through creating additional
hours of light in which birds
can consume additional food.
Expressed in simple terms
then, the lighting problem is
nothing more or less than a
feeding problem. The ex-
planation is this. The hen
in nature in the wild state,
laid but few eggs a year and they
were laid simply to reproduce her
kind. Under domestication, man has
taken the hen and by good care,
management an 4 breeding, has com-
pelled her to treble and quadruple
her normal egg yield, and then again
hens normally lay heavily in the
spring which is the natural breeding
season. It is the season of long days.
The fact of the matter is that the
hen's body is not built and con-
structed to consume suflicient food
during the short daylight hours of
winter to last her throughout the
long span of darkness at night, and
to enable her on that limited food
consumed to maintain herself and at
the same time have a sufficient re-
serve supply of feed from which to
manufacture eggs. So the problem
of artificial lights, is to break into
that long night span at some ap-
propriate time and from thirty to
sixty minutes give the birds an op-
portunity to consume an additional
quantity of feed. This explanation
of the use of artificial illumination
makes the problem appear much sim-
pler and easier of understanding.
Apply the Latest Methods
npHE novice in poultry-raising is as in-
terested in applying the latest ideas
and principles into the management of his
or her flock as is the up-to-the-minute
poultry-keeper of years of experience
and this is as it should be.
Prof. Lewis, in the accompaning
article, writes of "What Lights Will Do.'*
You are going to gain some valuable in-
formation.
The hen — in nature — in the wild state
laid but sufficient eggs to reproduce her
kind. It has been mans domestication of
the hen that has compelled her to treble
and quadruple her normal egg yield.
Light, to stimulate egg production, is
a subject carefully handled here by this
unquestioned authority.
The Correct Method of Applying
Lights
There are many methods of apply-
ing artificial lights to the birds in use
today. Early morning lights, late
afternoon and early evening lights
are in use, or a combination of both;
and then lastly, there is the evening
lunch or night lunch method. Early
morning and early evening lights
have a number of disadvantages, in
that they break the birds of much
needed rest and sleep; that they
cost more to operate, that they do not
shorten the long night span as ef-
fectively as breaking into the dark
period somewhere along during its
middle. Whereas the use of evening
lights has every disadvantage in its
favor. Before mentioning these ad-
vantages, I will .enumerate briefly
what is meant by the evening lunch
method. The birds are allowed to go
to perch at night normally just as
they would if no lights were used.
The lights are then switched on at
nine o'clock to ten o'clock, during
which time they are given a heavy
grain feeding, have an opportunity
to drink water and eat mash. They
come down on the floor
quickly when the lights are
turned on and after they
have had their fill, return
immediately to their perches,
waiting there for the lights
to go out, which should take
place about one hour after
they are switched on. The
secret of success with lighti
on this or any other method,
is to be sure that the birds
get additional quantities of
feed. The mere fact of
turning on lights for an hour
in the evening, unless the
grain ration is increased and
mash and water before them,
will not grive results. Addi-
tional feed in the nature of
raw materis^ gives the birds
the nutrients necessary to
manufacture the additional
eggs from. The lights can
be switched on promptly at
nine o'clock and after the
first few nights they can be
turned off promptly at ten
o'clock. When the flock is
being broken into the use of lights,
it is a good plan to wink them a few
times before they are finally turned
out in order that the birds may have
a chance to get back on their perches.
It is also an excellent plan to start
the lights in the fall when it is moon-
light. This gives the birds sufficient
time to find their way back to the
perches when they are switched off.
It does not take but three or four
nights for them to learn it will be
light just so long, and they of them-
selves go back on the perches
promptly after they have had their
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fill of grain, mash and water. The
lighting may be started on the layers
at any time in the fall or winter, h
is the best plan to start them with
the pullets any time during October (
but they can be started effectively I
along in November and December. (
They should, however, be turned off
about April first and the stopping of
the lights should be done gradually.
If the evening lunch method is used
the lighting period should be changed
each day, they being switched on and
off fifteen minutes earlier each day
until one gets down to normal hours
of daylight. Turning them off quick-
ly without making any compensating
difference in the ration, is apt to
throw the birds, especially if they
have been laying heavily, into a pre-
mature spring moult.
The Use of Lights on Breeders
Hens or pullets which are to be
used for hatching purposes should not
be lighted in the fall and early win-
ter, especially the hens should be
allowed to moult normally and rest
during the late fall and winter, get-
ting back a good coat of feathers;
putting on body weight, and renewing
pigment. The lights, however, can
be switched on safely by the middle
of January and by the time February
eggs are desired for hatching, they
will hatch with vigor and vitality.
Fertility will also run exceptionally
high. The forcing of the breeding
birds throughout the winter by the
use of lights for months previous to
the saving of hatching eggs is detri-
mental because of the fact that the
birds seem to lay out of their system
those properties which are so essen-
tial in the fertility, vigorous hatching
egg. It is a fact that birds seem to
produce better hatching eggs when
they are coming in the heavy produc-
tion than when they have been lay-
ing for a long while and are going out
of production.
The Dangers From Lights ^
There are two or three precautions |
or dangers which must be understood
when lights are used. In the first
place, one must select just the nature
of lighting he is going to follow;
must work out his schedule care-
fully and must not change it. Chang-
ing the lighting period in the time of
lighting and duration of lighting,
breaks the birds up, and is apt to
force pre-mature moults and disaster-
ous results in maximum increase in
egg yield. Birds are habit forming
individuals. They expect their feed i
and care to follow a definite routine •
and one must do this if a maximum
success is to follow. Regularity in
lighting is the first essential prin-
ciple. Secondly, dangers from the
use of lights are those resulting upon
an insufficient amount of feed. H
one does not increase the grain ra-
tion, have water and mash before
them at all times, especially during
the lighting period, lights will not
show beneficial results. Where a
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normal flock of laying birds is re-
ceiving ten to twelve pounds of grain
per one hundred birds per day, under
lights they will readily consume from
thirteen to fifteen pounds per day.
This increase in grain consumption
with its resulting increase of mash
consumed and water, is what enables
them to produce the extra eggs. So
be sure that the increased grain is
fed under lights. Lastly, stopping
the lights spontaneously during the
winter or even as late as early spring,
is very apt to so promptly check pro-
duction that it throws them in a
moult. These are the precautions
which one must guard against when
using lights. There is no question
but what electric illumination makes
the ideal lights, but where the flock
is small and one does not want to
and is not fitted to install an electri-
cal equipment, kerosene lanterns or
gas lanterns make admirable sub-
stitutes. If you are interested in
your birds and want to see just what
you can get them to do in the way
of egg yield and returns, give lights
a trial. Make your plans first and
then stick to your plans closely
thereafter.
CAPITAL IN THE
POULTRY BUSINESS
When it comes to capital in the
poultry business, my observation is
that hundreds who undertake it on a
big scale have too much money. If
they had less money they would need
to build the business up, and in the
end would come out the big end of
the horn instead of the little end.
Rightly so, the first year in the poul-
try business should be a sort of stu-
dent's course; that is, I mean if he
has in view making the business his
entire business. Of course, he would
need some money, but not to the ex-
tent of calling it capital. An able-
bodied man should be able to earn
some money on the side for the first.
To me he would appear as on the
right track if he did so. Sincerely
so, I am sick and tired of the idea
prevalent in some quarters that most
any one can — with a bag of money,
some machinery, a simple twist of the
wrist, and a wise look — revolutionize
the whole poultry business in just a
few weeks. I verily believe that the
money wasted in the poultry business
would comfortably house every hen
on the face of this earth. If I can
do no other good than to encourage
those who have no capital and dis-
courage those who want to spend a
lot of money, I have, after all, ac-
complished considerable. There is
nothing that lives and walks that can
beat a hen for paying her own way,
and ours as we go along, and great
capital to start with would be an in-
timation that they are expensive to
keep instead of money earners.
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iest chicks. It is a hard thing for th«
man who is breeding heavy winter
laying stock, but there are plenty of
exceptions to this rule, and he is also
glad that winter lajring is a dominant
and not a recessive characteristic, as
Father Mendel would say.
An interesting editorial asks the
question, "When are you over-
stocked?" and makes three good
points: you are over-stocked if you
have too many birds in too little
space; you are over-stocked if you
have too many birds for the exper-
ience which you have had; and, third-
ly, you have too many birds if some
of them will not pay for their keep.
Beware, then, of lack of space, lack
of experience, and lack of quality.
We all know about the space (al-
though the four-square-feet-per-fowl
rule will not always work, particular-
ly in small sized houses) but many
and many a poultrykeeper has not
realized until too late that the ex-
perience which he has had has fitted
him to take a chance on a few birds;
but has given him too meager an
equipment of poultry knowledge to
make it a wise gamble to try out a
large number.
The point made regarding lack of
quality is always in order — one poor
hen does not only not pay a profit on
herself, but she takes all the profit
out of two other good hens. None
of us can afford to keep poor
hens, (c)
• • •
H. M. Woods answers a subscriber
who inquires about the prevention of
colds, nasal catarrh, roup, etc., that
the use of peat litter in the roosting
houses of the fowls will do away with
half of the poultry diseases. Every
one who has ever used any peat or
peat moss litter knows that it is ex-
tremely absorbent and keeps the
droppings dry. This ought to help a
lot, compared to the condition of
crowded dropping boards and filthy
hen houses; but it does not seem to me
that it could be of any material bene-
fit in the case of those houses where
the droppings are carefully cleaned
daily. There is no knowledge like
that gained by experience, and maybe
the peat litter proposition is worth
a try as a disease preventive, (d)
• • •
The American Poultry Association
has adopted a set of uniform rules
and reg^ulations for Laying Contests.
Now if only some laying contests will
adopt these or some other uniform
rules, then there might be some
chance of their getting uniform rules
in egg laying contests. It is a pro-
gressive, well-intended step for the
American Poultry Association to
take, and here's hoping their action
advances the cause of uniformity in
practice, (d)
• • •
J. H. Drevenstedt, in discussing an
editorial in the Poultry Item on the
recent speech by E. B. Thompson on
"The American Fancier," concludes
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"Ful-0-Pep Egg Mash Makes Eggs'* is the
message that we have been telHng to poultry
raisers ever since this wonderful egg making
feed was first offered to poultrymen. The
letter from J. Elmer Hale, of Potsdam. N.Y.,
shows how successful poultry-raisers have
benefitted by this message. Here's another
from M. A. Marshner, Willow Grove, Pa.,
that further confirms the truth of our state-
ment that *TulO-Pep Makes Eggs."
"I have one pen of 8 White Leghorn pullets raised
on Ful-O-Pep Chick Starter and Growing Mash and
fed Ful OPep Egg Mash and Scratch Feed during
their laying period. From Sept. 15ih. 1922, until
Sept. 15th, 1923, these eight pullets averaged 229
eggs each. From our records this year with 104
laying hens we received 1794 eggs during January
and 1699 during February. Our records show that
during 1923 each laying hen realized a clear profit
of $2.40. I would certainly advise everyone who
wants the best results from his poultry to feed Ful-
O-Pep Feeds exclusively. "
Feed Ful 0 Pep Egg Mash to your hens this
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You do not need to read all the publications
pecember, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
909
A Monthly Digest
By HAROLD F. BARBER
devoted to Poultry to be well informed.
Mr. Barber's mind is a sort of clearing house
for Everybodys readers — he culls the Jour-
nals and gives you the meat in 'The
Casserole* monthly.
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Judge Harry H. Collier, of Tacoma,
out on the Pacific Coast, is chairman
of a committee appointed by the
American Poultry Association to get
up rules for judging Utility Classes
in the show room. I don't envy Judge
Collier his job, but it is an important
job, nevertheless. If he can dope out
a set of rules which will really tell
something about a bird's production
and exhibition qualities, and, at the
same time,, have this set of rules sat-
isfactory to both the old time Fan-
ciers and the Production Breeders
then he ought to have a gold medal
struck off for him and a subscription
taken up for a monument. Judge
Collier has ideas. He says that he
has come to one conclusion: that the
fairest way would be to com-
bine for the individuals
shown a production score
and an exhibition score. He
would score a trapnest
record of 200 as 00 points
and add one point for each
ten eggs up to 300 which
would represent 1009^ for
production. Having scored
the hen according to her
record (certified by the own-
er, but not necessarily ojfi-
cial), he would then have her
scored according to the
Standard of Perfection, add
the scores and divide by two;
then you would have a com-
bination score for both so-
called Beauty and Useful-
ness. ' He would allow pro-
duction classes for pullets
and for male birds, in both
of these cases using for the
production score the trapnest
record of the bird's dam. It
seems to me that whatever
criticism has ever been directed to-
ward judging exhibition birds in
shows has been caused by what has
seemed to tlte criticiser as artificial
standards — and I trust that Judge
Collier will consider very £ent)usly
the advisability of doing away '^vith
artificiality in this production judg-
ing business. A double score card
such as he suggests has a decided
•element of the artificial about it, and
certainly, judging a bird, either pul-
let or male bird, and classing that
bird according to the good or poor
record which might have been made
iby that bird's dam without regard to
the egg laying influence of the bird's
sire is decidedly artificial and arbi-
trary. Personally, it seems to me
that the best method of combining
exhibition and production qualities
in the show room is to allow classes
for hens only, these hens to have laid
a certain minimum of eggs in an
Official Egg Laying Contest, and then
to be judged exactly according to the
Standard of Perfection, (a)
• • *
A man named Charles E. Bough-
ner, of Seattle, breeds Barred Rocks
and he certainly packs a punch in his
typewriter. He is a Fancier and ex-
hibits his birds, but he is a good en-
tertainer as well. Listen to this.
"To the fellow who kids himself into
believing that he is a Fancier, with a
handful of prettily marked fowls
housed in an impractical shed on his
Good Culling
I JTILITY in the show room — American
Poultry Association — Wintering
breeders — Peat litter — these and other
subjects are presented by Mr. Barber, as
culled from poultry journals all around
the country, and with such pithy, trench-
ant comment as our readers have come to
expect from this breeder-writer.
The various items were taken from
October issues of the journals, as shown
by the following appended letters: (a)
Everybodys Poultry Magazine; (b) Inter-
national Plymouth Rock Journal; (c)
Poultry Item; (d) Poultry Tribune; (e)
American Poultry Fancier; (f) Plymouth
Rock Monthly. .
Mr. Boughner appears perfectiv
well able to express his thought clear-
ly. He then goes on to criticise
Judge Collier's plan which is referred
to above, and pokes considerable fun
at it. He seems to think that a good
production hen ought not to be
penalized for her poor looks, and
intimates that he personally would be
satisfied to have production classes in
which individual birds should be
looked at and felt over as the basis
for a statement by some so-called
judge as to their productive qualities.
A good many breeders are seemingly
satisfied with that sort of judging
these days, but there are others who
cannot be convinced that there is any
way to prophesy regarding the fecun-
dity of a pullet without a
chance of error; and there
are others who are firmly of
the opinion that the only way
to tell whether a male bird is
a good bird for heavy laying
pullets is to let him do it,
and if he does, he is. (b)
back-lot, the American Poultry Asso-
ciation may appear to be next in im-
portance to the government of the
United States. The American Poul-
try Association was organized by a
group of chicken sports for the sole
purpose of providing a hobby and
creating ideals that were difficult to
breed to. They meet periodically,
change the ideal of some breed or
variety when too many poultrymen
show how easy it is to breed close to
the old ideal, after which they will
discard from their Standard some
variety that has become unpopular
and substitute one that some experi-
menter has created through several
crossings, but I wish some one would
point out to me how this benefits the
industry."
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"So long as breeders of
egg-producing stock crow
over the fact that their
pullets, in addition to put-
ting up good egg records
over a period of twelve
months, account also for
good autumn and winter egg
productions, so long shall
we hear of fatal chicken
diseases, losses in the incu-
bator room, and th? brood-
ing house. There is no
remedy for such disease:^ and
losses save the avoidance of
their chief causes, one of
which is the use in the breed-
ing pens of over-productive
and unrested stock." So says the
English authority, Joseph Shakes-
peare. Isn't this just the same thing
that the wise old time Fanciers used
to lay stress upon? Didn't they, and
do they not today,, feed chiefly hard
grain during the winter months? No
egg forcing mashes, or, at least, a
minimum of that sort of food for
your breeder who wants quality
stock, whether for feathers or for
eggs. Many a trapnesting breeder
has discovered that his strongest
chicks come from the first month's
laying after the breeder has had a
rest throughout the winter, and it is
quite usual that some birds which
take a rest of four or five months,
produce the largest percentage of
chicks, and the strongest and health-
(
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that the trouble with conditions in
the poultry world today which have
brought about the decline of the old
time fancy breeder is not with the
Fanciers themselves, nor with the
oultry journals, but rather with the
Le in which we live. "It's too
^eedy," he says. -The '300 egg
sorinter' has set too dizzy a pace for
Fanciers and utility poultrykeepers,
which obviously and materially affect-
ed the poultry press. How could a
conservative breeder and Fancier of
Standard-bred fowls follow the pace
set?" . ^ ^
There are some who think that the
language used here by Mr. Dreven-
stedt provides the key to the situa-
tipn. That word "conservative" —
what does it mean? When he refers
to "the conservative breeder," does
he mean a breeder who learned what
he knows years ago, and keeps his
eyes and ears shut to the newer
knowledge and present day poultry
husbandry? How many of the old
time "conservative breeders" do you
find joining county and state agri-
cultural associations, attending ses-
sions which are held at the agricul-
tural colleges of many states each
summer to tell the poultrymen of the
state of the newest knowledge gained
during the year? How many of
these "conservative breeders" read
the poultry press below the head-
lines? How many of them get away
from their own plants at every op-
portunity to visit and talk with other
breeders, particularly the more up-
to-date modern type of breeders?
Without doubt, some of them do;
but equally without doubt, very many
of them do not. This is not a
criticism of the shape-and-feather
breeders particularly; I know pro-
duction breeders who are in the same
class. I visited one of these breeders
a while ago, and finding some of his
methods not in accordance with what
is usually considered the best prac-
tice, I asked him if he read any of
the poultry journals. He replied,
"Not very much." Upon my asking
the reason, Tie said, "Well, I don't
know, except that none of them seem
to hold the same views that I do."
It seemed to be a case of the whole
regiment being out of step except
one man. If this man and the other
breeders who know so much that they
are too wise to learn any new tricks,
if these are "the conservative breed-
ers" then it is no wonder that con-
servative breeders cannot "follow the
pace set." Within the last twenty
years the profession of breeding
poultry has been born again. Poul-
try keeping, as we know it today, is
very largely the results of discoveries
within the last twenty or twenty-five
years. Held-over information of the
earlier age will not do today. The
progressive man who would keep up
with the pace set must devote him-
self and pretty nearly all his faculties
to keeping up with the times. The
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Remember this was our third"
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Our Eggs produce Winners for our Ous-
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Listen! In August 1924, Mr. W. L.
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dottes; he writes under date of Sept. 6th:
"The birds arrived in splendid condition.
...The pullet won First and the Silver
Cap for the Ohampion Female The
cockerel won Second. He had to take a
back seat to one that I hatched from the
first eggs you sent ma. . . . : "
Again; They Lay. Mr. L. D. Timmons
of Illinois wrote on Oct. 20, 1924: "I
thought it might interest you to know
that within a week after I received the
five pullets from you recently, three of
them have been layinj; constantly; re-
cently a fourth one started. I am mors
than pleased with results obtained...."
Thus write satisfied customers.
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production breeding at the Massachu-
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perience with leg weakness at the
University of Wisconsin and the
University of Illinois, the feeding ex-
periments at the University of Ken-
tucky, and the countless other bits of
information-in-the-making, are, all of
them, important, as are many other
facts, theories, and new thoughts of
experiments. Indeed, this is a speedy
age, and to keep up with it our breed-
ing management has got to be well
oiled and greased, with plenty of gas
in the tank, and hitting on all six.
Let's go! (e)
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Your successful poultryman is a
good business man. Judge Cook has
been in the poultry business for a
good many years, but if you ever
heard him talk, you would know he
does not believe in the styles of
forty years ago, just because they
were good enough in the days of
forty years ago. Judge Cook, like
Professor Harry Lewis, and some
other poultrymen who have been
conducting a dairy business in con-
nection with their poultry, has de-
cided that there is more money in
sticking to poultry alone, and dis-
posed of most of his cows. A con-
siderable proportion of his business
is the retail sale of market poultry,
and we strongly suspect that many
poultrymen would increase their re-
ceipts very materially were they to
pay more attention to this branch of
their business. Judge Cook breeds
Barred Rocks for exhibition and also
a large flock for market eggs. He
has found that his exhibition line are
good layers, and is fond of crossing
exhibition line on the common or
garden variety of Barred Rock to
improve both quality and production.
He keeps Buff Rocks to supply set-
ting hens — instead of Reds as form-
erly, because Buff Rocks make better
market poultry.
Regarding caponizing, Judge Cook
writes, "I do not caponize early cock-
erels because I find no advantage in
this. On the average, you lose about
a month in growth after the opera-
tion. Your early cockerels will ar-
rive at five to six pounds quicker
than capons. On the other hand, if
you have late cockerels that will not
get up to roasting size very early; if
caponized they will add considerable
weight with age and will remain
docile and not sacrifice flesh by con-
stant fighting when breeding season
approaches." Speaking of feeding,
Judge Cook says that feed definitely
affects the flavor of the meat as well
as the flavor of the eggs and he tells
a story about an uncle of his, some
years ago, who fed quantities of fish
to some hogs. Says he, "He sold the
first hog, but couldn't sell any more.
Butchers would not take the rest for
pork on account of the fishy flavor;
the fish market couldn't sell them for
fish; perhaps he fed them to the hens
and ate the poultry Fridays." (f) |
FEED GREEN BONE
The necessity for feeding w
green bone can be established by an!
one's own observation, even if he did
not believe the bone gospel that
being constantly taught by poultn
authorities. Hens crave the kind of
food that enables them to work out
the purposes of their existence.
The chief mission of the hen is to
lay eggs. Feathers and flesh for
food, count for something, but e»
laying is chief, because that means
both food and perpetuation of the
species. Bone furnishes in very
large part the materials of which
eggs are made. Hens crave bone.
They have an appetite for it and eat
it greedily. Nature implanted that
appetite there. It was for the pur-
pose of causing hens to eat the ma-
terial which their business of egg
laying requires. We cannot under-
stand this perfectly until we know the
chemical analysis of green bone.
Then it becomes plain. Hens like
bone because it is a necessity of their
business. This instinct is as unerring
in this as in any other particular.
It is not necessary to inquire
whether bone tastes good to the hen.
It is enough that she eats it. To
mankind it seems like a tasteless
morsel. But the hen does not taste
her food as we do. Probably taste
does not figure with her. She eats it
because instinct tells her to. She
gets what she requires and we need
have no other concern with it all
than to supply it in a form in which
she can use it.
Analysis of green bone and analy-
sis of the egg settles the question.
The bone has the chemical constitu-
ents. Bones, therefore, are not
merely a proper food, but a neces-
sary food. They are important in a
degree as flesh, bone and feather
formers in the hen, but they are
chefly important in making it possi-
ble for her to lay eggs.
Bones are a cheap food, first, be-
cause they may be had at so low a
price, and, secondly because they do
go far. To get the same amount of
egg-making material that is con-
tained in a single pound of green,
raw bone would require the con-
sumption of a considerable quantity
of substitute food at a greatly in-
creased price.
The only difficulty about the feed-
ing of green bone is its preparation.
And that is not a great difficulty in
recent years. Excellent machines
have been perfected for this very
purpose. A machine can readily be
had which will make the work easy
and will cut and prepare the bone
just as it should be prepared for feed-
ing. Consulting the advertising col-
umns of this paper will put any one in
touch with standard machines which
are sure to be satisfactory!
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Tke Art of Grow^
ing Good Pullets
By CHARLES H. CHESLEY
Poultry-keeping is a science but
the growing of good pullets is an
art. I speak from the standpoint of
the commercial poultryman, although,
in the main, the rules that will grow
good layers will also produce good
birds from the fancier's viewpoint.
Many men, who are considered excel-
lent poultrymen, do not produce first-
class pullets. If you, my readers,
do not believe this, go out on the
road and buy up several hundred pul-
lets from Tom, Dick and Harry;
then put the birds in your laying
houses and carefully note results. I
have had occasion to do this, so I
say it is not possible to buy as good
pullets as I can raise myself. Of
course, this statement is not a gen-
eral one,^ for the successful commer-
cial poultryman, also the fancier,
must know how to grow good pullets,
but the general run of birds which
can be purchased, in most sections, is
not a very good selection.
I can fill my laying houses with
pullets any fall, by purchase, cheaper
than I can raise them myself. Often
I can purchase early-hatched birds at
a reasonable price, but experience
has taught me that this is not
economy. One of the largest New
England egg-producers formerly
practiced this method, but he has
changed his plans, and now has the
number of pullets he requires hatch-
ed and grown by an experienced
poultryman. .
The ability to produce heavily is
not wholly an inherited trait, in fact,
the breed and strain are not more
than half of the game. Proper
development is the other half. It is
possible to grow good pullets at any
time of the year but it is easier to
grow them in the spring, when days
are long and heat is not excessive.
Therefore, the average poultryman
finds that the best pullets are those
that are hatched before the first of
April. It is just as possible, how-
ever, to stunt these birds if they are
not properly cared for. Stunted
pullets never make good layers.
Ideal conditions comprise plenty
of grreen grassy range. An orchard
that has been set ten years or more
furnishes good shade and plenty of
tender grass. One of the best ranges
for pullets I ever saw was a partially
wooded glen, through which a spring-
fed brook flowed. A patch of two
or three acres was fenced and here
the pullets ranged until they were old
enough to begin laying. The spring
and brook furnished a never-failing
supply of cool water and the moisture
kept the grass of an unchanging
greenness. Part of the upland was
covered with a thick growth of young
pine trees which afforded ideal shade
and refuge from hawks. The low-
land was open, therefore the grass
supply continued unfailing. ;
Conditions like these are not avail-
able for every poultryman. It is
necessary, therefore, that we make
the best of what we have. I know
another man who raises two thousand
or more good pullets every year.
His plant is located upon a sandy
plain, where about the only growth i'
is the dwarf birch. Each of his
houses is provided with two outside
runs. In the fall he plants both of
them to winter rye, one early in
September, so it will make a good
growth before winter sets in. The
other is planted later. As spring
opens up, he has a good range for the
early chicks in the first yard, and
when that is gone, the second yard
has made a good growth and is ready
to be pastured. The first yard is
then sowed to rape, which grows
quickly and will be ready by the time
the chicks need it. Then a succes- '
sion of rape is kept up all summer.
The soil originally would scarcely
produce anything, but after chicks
have run upon it for years, it has
become very fertile. This succession
of crops serves a double purpose, it J
provides an abundance of green feed I
and it serves to sweeten the soil so
the chicks will be safe upon it. It
is very little work to plant these
crops. The ground works easily
and it is simply stirred with the man-
power cultivator, before the seed is
scattered. ^
If chicks are kept upon the same
ground year after year, the soil
should be plowed and lime applied.
One of the reasons why the second
flock of chicks fails to do as well as
the first is because they are compelled
to use the same range, in many cases. ^
Aside from the fact that diseases
may result, the ground becomes foul
and unpleasant for the second flock.
New ground, or work the ground, is
a question to be considered care-
fully.
Separate the cockerels from the
pullets just as early as the sexes can
be distinguished. Most commercial
poultrymen sell the males at the two-
pound stage for broilers. At any y
rate the cockerels should be grown
by themselves. Never allow them to
run with the pullets after they have
reached an age to be troublesome.
From a commercial standpoint, it is a t
question if it pays to keep the males
after the broiler stage, unless some
are wanted for breeders. March
cockerels should reach the two pound
stage while prices are still high. The
bird is now worth, in the New York
or other market, more than a dollar.
If you keep him three months longer
he will scarcely gain in value more
than a half dollar. Even should he
be worth two dollars, he will have
"eaten his head off," so the .best
practice is to sell the males at the
age of ten of twelve weeks. Cock-
erels that are kept for breeders
should be penned by themselves and
cared for separately. Of course it
is important to grow good males for
the breeding pens, so they must not
be neglected. However, if one or
the other must be penned in small
quarters, I should say, shut up the
cockerels and allow the pullets to
run at large.
Birds that eat a large amount of
green stuff develop a large crop
capacity. The ability to eat and take
care of a large quantity of food is a
characteristic of the heavy layer. It
is no economy to have hens in your
pens that have poor appetites. They
must eat if they would lay and they
must eat heavily. Birds grown
under scanty conditions may prove
to be small-eaters but they will also
prove to be poor-layers. Pullets
should be made to eat a lot ot bulky
food. Never give them so much
hard grain that they will eat little of
the mash, but rather feed the scratch
feed in quantities that they will
clean up quickly. Make them eat
heavily of mash and green grass or
other green stuff and they will de-
velop the crop capacity they will need
later.
I have had in my pens, side by side,
pullets of my own growing and the
same number of birds purchased
from a neighbor. The purchased
birds were hatched from eggs I sup-
plied that neighbor, but the pullets
were developed under adverse con-
ditions. In fact, it was a case of
the survival of the fittest. Those
that came through I purchased and
put them beside my own birds as a
sort of experiment. I found that
the stunted pullets would not eat
more than half as much as my birds
and thoy never produced half as
many eggs. That taught me that
there is no economy in trying to
grow the pullets cheaply. The more
they eat the better pullets you will
have. Bone, muscle, crop-capacity,
stamina and endurance must be de-
veloped while the birds are growing.
It is just as possible to plant di-
sease seeds in the birds as it is to
plant good characteristics. Many
of the troubles of mature hens start
in the nursery or the brood-coops,
before the birds have developed.
Crowding in small quarters will cause
mischief. Watch the growing birds
carefully and see that they do not
crowd. As the birds develop, they
may outgrow their quarters before
. you are aware of it. I have traced
cases of paralysis in the mature
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conditions. 'Customers report egg yields as high as 278 eggs and Pullets laying at less than
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Cvnis Wnddle Clearfield. Pa., writes: "Oir hen 'Bolty* made a trapnest record of 278 eggs, ralaed from
your dUdcs^^Kr'than 95%'of the North AmerlcaM Contest hens" ^m. ^ >«h lU-t^j^uM^^^ 1^^^^^^^
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Prices 75 cents each less than regular price list if ordered this month. Beautiful cata-
logue free.
FISHING CREEK POULTRY FARM, Box D
Anderson's S.C. Black Minorcas
Win Four Bluea and Beat DiapUy at
SYRACUSE, N. Y., SEPTEMBER, 1924
1-3-5 cockerels. 1-2 pullets, 1-3 hens, 1 young pen, 2 old pen.
2 cock
Winners at Madison Square Garden for past TEN years.
Grand Show birds for sale. Large, fully matured breeding
cockerels.
LAMAR, PENNA.
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Barred Rocks, Wyandottes. S. C. Rhode Island Reds, S. C. White Leghorns
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BAR HARBOR, MAINE
pecember, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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No wonder all leading colleges and
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birds to individuals that developed
rattling in the throat, while they
were in the brood coops. Watch out
for such cases. Often, when ap-
parently cured, trouble develops
later. Prevention is better than
cure,' therefore, disease germs some-
time's get a start in the brooder
house. If chicks are allowed to
become slightly chilled, it may not
prove fatal but seeds of weakness
are planted, which may make the
mature birds subject to colds, pneu-
monia and, perhaps, roup. If the
heat drops sufficiently, so the young-
sters crowd and pile up, it is a danger
signal. Heat must be kept just
about right for a month, at least, but,
months or more; therefore, I have
found it advisable to get the pullets
on the roosts as early as possible. I
put up shelves around the sides of
the houses and begin to put a few
of the birds on the roosts by the time
they are two months old. Pullets
will roost upon these shelves before
they will cling to a regular perch.
From the shelves to regular roosts
is but a short step. By putting up a
few birds at night, the birds get the
idea and others soon learn the trick
themselves. It is not a difficult job
to teach the pullets to go to roost
even at an early age. It is probably
not advisable to attempt to make the
two-months old birds cling to poles or
The above iUustration represents a study from life of the ^^^^ ^^^
Plymouth Bock Hen at Madison Square Gaxden. N. Y.. i»^4.
exhibited by E. B. Thompson, Amenla. N. ».
In Writing Advertisera, Kindly Mention Everybodys Poultry Magazine
after that age, the chicks are less
liable to become diseased from chill-
ing.
To avoid the evils that result from
over-crowding in small coops, pullets
should be taught to go to roost at an
early age. They will not, of their
own accord, begin to go to roost
until they are several months old.
When the broilers are culled out at
the age of eight or ten weeks, if
this occurs the first of May or later,
it is tim« to begin to teach the pul-
lets. Although there may be plenty
of room in the brooding quarters,
chicks sometimes pile up and cause
trouble, even at the age of two
regular roosts but the shelves answer
the purpose and the danger of crowd-
ing is avoided.
Lice and parasites can do a whole
lot of harm to the growing birds.
While there is not much danger of
the birds becoming infested, if they
are kept away from older stock, yet
I have known such a thing to occur.
There is always danger from this
source if the chicks are hatched and
brooded by hens. The red mite is
much more likely to cause trouble,
as this parasite lives in old coops
and buildings. Once I had occasion
to use a brood coop that had not
housed a chick or fowl for three
Convert your equipment
to use electricity
If you have electricity, use it for
hatching and brooding chicks. With
a few simple changes, any of your
old machines can be made into
modern electrics, absolutely auto-
matic. Regulate their own heat and
need no attention. Think what this
means! No lamps to fill, no wicks
to trim, no risk of fire or explosion,
no smoke, no fumes, no dirt— no
worries or work of any kind.
Wonderful hatches!
I^ectro-hatch nuan.^ bipKer hatclus
and stronger chirks. Chickn hatched
this way have the appearance or De-
inp a week old the day they re
hatched. Due to pure air and to
constant even temperature, the t?hU K
has a better start and faster Rrowth.
The Lectro-hatch element can be
casilv. quickly installed in any style
machine. Operates at low <^o8t on
any current— farm plant, power lino
or town system. Almost rvins Itself,
b. N. CJilmore. Prof, of Poultry
Husbandry at Syracuse University,
" vs: "we had the preatest success
with your electrically operated In-
cubator. I can conceive of no better
d^^vice for the absolute^ control of
temperature. It's a wonder.
N Carolina State College. Univers-
ity of Illinois. Manitoba A>,'rieultur-
al College. Connecticut A«'-'*;;>'^"'^jl
College and other colleK«'8 atid rec-
ognized poultry authorities all over
?he country are adopting and reo-
ommendln/ Lectro-hatch equipment.
At least, get the facts!
We can furnish a low-priced out-
fit to change your old Incubator or
Srooder into an electric, or we can
JSSSly you with new Lectro-hatch
fncubators and brooders. Our free
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today for complete information.
Electric Controller Co.
973 W. New York Si. Indi-n.polit. Ind.
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
Oei More E^^s
<ui Feed Cost/
THOUSANDS and
thousands of
Poultry Raisers are get-
ting phenomenal results
from QUlSBNBEaiRY QUAIi-
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The rich, egs-mak-
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oSer quality ingre-
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eggs from every hen
and keeps them in
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Remember that it
is mashes, not
scratch grain that
Mide^'oultrymen for Poultry lUiser^ Insures
greater egg production in fall and wmter when
StesarVhighest. Not a by-product. AU feed-
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to cut feed cost. » ^ ♦i,«
The worlds record layer was produced the
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Experiment Station. Whether you have ten or
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startlinK results.^ __ . , ,
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Shipping Coopi, Eeg Carriers, Baby Chick Boxes, Feeder
Boxes, Trap Nests, Canary Hatching Cages, or anything ia
the Keipper lino, you know it is the best.
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JOUNROWON, N. Y. • Jackm>nviujc. Put,
years, but had been left out-of-doors
exposed to the weather all of that
time. I took off the old covering
paper and put on new, supposing it
to be entirely free from parasites
In two or three weeks, I learned my
mistake. The coop was over-run
with red mites before I was aware
of it and chicks had began to die. It
seemed impossible, but those mites
must have lived in that coop all those
years, and only needed the chick
tenants to start the increase. The
red mite is a trouble-maker. The
only way to be sure they can do no
mischief is by frequent cleaning and
spraying the quarters. I have not
seen a red mite in my chick or hen
houses for years, but I believe they
would make their appearance should I
fail to spray everything several times
a year.
Any poultry plant that has been
used for a number of years, must be
sprayed frequently, or, at least, two
or three times during the warm
weather. Quarters must also be
kept clean. You cannot expect
pullets to grow if they are kept in
unsanitary, stuffy quarters at night.
Cleanliness and plenty of air in the
roosting houses will help a lot in the
matter of growing good pullets.
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pecember, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
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Ludlow-Stagg P. O. California
THE HEN A WILLING WORKER
If hens are given a dry place in
which to scratch among six inches of
litter for grain they will never get
too fat or become lazy and will lay
to their individual limit. The old
tradition about hens getting too fat
to lay applies only to hens which are
prevented from working. A hen need
not be compelled to work. Give her
a chance to work and she will gladly
dig and scratch all day long. The
open shed where the sun has free
access, protected from the wind on
three sides is the ideal place to give
hens exercise. The scratching shed
should not always be open to the
south. I should open it away from
the prevailing winds and the direc-
tions of these depends on the con-
formation of the country. We know
of places where the coldest winds
come from the southwest and others
where it comes from some other
quarter. Make the sheds so as to
protect from the wind. An active
hen rarely has a cold or liver trouble
or indigestion, nor does she ever die
of vertigo.
Merry Christmas!
• • •
The winter shows are Roing: to be better
than ever, basing our judgment on the fall
shows just past, which brought out the '
largest entry seen at fall shows in several
years.
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The f-ncy end of the business is uot dead
— far from it. There are just as many good
birds in the country as ever, and all that ig
needed is for the fancier-breeder to let folks
know what he has. If he cannot use the
advertising columns of the poultry press, he
can show his birds at the winter shows and
that will help some.
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Next month the writer will tell you M'bat
he saw at Jacksonville, Fla.; Tacoma, Wash,,
and points in between.
• • •
Incidentally, our old friend Harry Col-
lier is to buy the writer a good dinner at
Tacoma to settle an election bet. Harry ig
saving his nickels to pay for it, because we
will miss our Thanksgiving dinner at home
in order to get to Tacoma on time, so some-
body has got to pay for a good dinner.
The people have been doing some think-
ing. They kept cool with Coolidge, and irill
now enjoy some more prosperous time's —
and that goes for the poultry business also.
• • •
Chicken pox seems quite prevalent
throughout the country. There is no ques-
tion as to its being contagious, althongh
some seem to think not.
• • •
We have had very good success by the
following method of treatment: When we
notice the first signs of it, we give carh
bird one-half teaspoonful of sulphur mixed
with their mash. The next day follow this
with a good dose of castor oil. Remove the
scabs from the pox sores, using a flat alick
or the handle of a spoon and paint the raw
sore with iodine. Put them by themselves
for a few days until there are no more
signs of it and repeat the iodine treatment,
I if necessary, to dry up and heal ttie sore
FROSTED COMBS AND WATTLES
With the best care some birds will
get combs and wattles frozen during
the winter. It is cruelty to neglect a
frost bite until, as sometimes hap-
pens, the comb turns black and drops
off. To reduce the swelling and allay
the inflammation apply two or three
times a day the following mixture:
Vaseline, five tablcspoonstul ; glycer-
ine, two tablespoonsful; spirits of
turpentine, one teaspoonful.
spots and then put them back, first giving
the coop a good disinfecting.
• • •
Mr. Morgan, the well known breeder of
Kent, Wash., has had such good results
with the following that he published it and
is willing to pass it on for the benefit of »11.
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Mr. Morgan's treatment for chicken pox
is as follows: "Dissolve two and one-half
pounds of copperas crystals in a pail of
l)oiling water. Pour this into 26 gallons of
water, or one-half barrel. Then add two
and one-half ounces of sulphuric acid, and
fill the barrel full of water — making about
52 gallons. Do not put sulphuric acid in the
mixture until the barrel is one-half full of
water.
"Where flock has mild attack of chirken
pox give all the birds this mixture *vith no
other drink for 24 hours, once a week. ^Vhen
cured give it to them once a day every
thirty days, and there should never be any
more chicken pox, swelled head or cankers.
"If any birds have serious cases, dip their
heads in mixture three times a day for two
days and give them nothing but the mixture
to drink until cured.
"Only one trial should be necessary to
convince any one that this is a certain cure
for the worst cases of chicken pox. I believe
a flock given it once a month will never
develop another case of chicken poji. '
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We are glad to pass along these good
points of information and Mr. Morgan feels
likewise.
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We have had a wonderful fall. The
weather has been everything that we could
wish for. A more beautiful Indian summer
has not been seen in a long time. The
breeder who did not take advantage of it to
get everything in ship-shape for winter is
out of luck.
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Whenever we have a late, cold, wet spring
and a cool summer we can generally figure
on a fine fall. The Ruler of the universe
seems to even things up all along the linCi
including the weather,
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Just as we wrote the above about the n|ce
weather, the weather man sent along a nice
fall sh wer, just to show us that he was on
the job and that we must take some ram
along with the sunshine.
TTnwever, we are ready for it. As we sit
.. o T n the office at the Egg Laying Contest,
fc hirds are snug in their new quarters and
ieady for anything that conies.
.- Harry Collier says: "The })ack-yard
nitrv breeder is the backbone of 'he poul-
^ industry." This contest is made up of
^70 BPnarate poultry houses. One )iundred
V them are filled with birds from 22 States
/I Canada, and the balance with our ex-
rimental birds. Never before was there
^ hVrk-yard plant like this. Breeders have
•irpadv visited us from all parts of the
inntrv and all are enthusiastic about the
^,un the house and the lay-out in ceneral.
Koon as the grounds are all "doll.d up"
tl will show you some pictures of it and
Zl know that you Avill all want one or more
of these houses. ^ , ^
Incidentally, this house is being patented
and the whole system will be out in book
form by spring. ^ Watch for^it.
We notice in the last issue of Evorybodys
♦>,ft7 the Pacific Coast District Red Meet will
le held at Ihe Tacoma Show. If tnere is
anything the writer likes to handle it is a
hot class of Reds and we know we shall find
them out there. ^ , ,
We were also interested to note that the
Washington State Egg Laying Contest show-
ed the Reds laying within one egg of the
best Leghorn and the Rocks laying within
one egg of the Reds. Of course the heavier
breeds can lay as many eggs as any of the
others if they are bred and fed for it. It
?8 the strain and not the breed that tells the
story. , ♦ .
Also fed-to-lay helps a lot, as well as
bred-to-lay. ^ ♦ ♦
Have you noticed that the winners and
leaders in the contests are eating quite a bit
more mash than scratch. "A word to the
wise, etc." Use more good mash feed.
Don't overlook the green feed and to us
there is nothing that is liked better by the
birds, easier to handle and available at .ell
times than sprouted oats. ^
There is a great difference in oat sprout-
ers Select one that will give you good
drainage as water settling and staying under
the oats will cause mold. Like everything
else that grows they need warmth, ventila-
tion and moisture with good drainage.
• • •
We would like to say some nice things
about yeast, but you might think ^v« were
boosting our own game. The fact is that we
are getting pullet eggs up to Standard .viMght
in less than a week after we get the first
pullet egg. There is nothing we have tried
that will increase the size and weight of •?gg8
like yeast. ^
In feeding it. we get the best results ,l>y
taking some of the egg mash that contains
two per cent of the yeast, moisten it with
lake warm water and let it stand and fer-
ment for from one and one-half to two hours
Mix to just a crumbly consistency. feea
just what they will clean up in a »«rry
rather than all they will eat. They like it
and will eat all they can get, but should not
be over fed on any moist mash.
♦ • •
This is not because it contains the yeast,
but moist mashes will put on fat much easier
than the dry. because they consume much
more of it, if given the chance.
♦ • •
Did you give your birds a good treatment
for lice before putting them in winter quar-
ters t If not. why not? Everyone of our
birds were given the sodium floride by tne
pinch method which is taking a little and
working it well down into the feathers.
• • •
Harry Collier also gave you some good
advice in the last issue regarding worms.
There is nothing that is causing greater
losses throughout the country, in PO"'"y
flocks, than worms. The tobacco 'reatroent
is the best we know of, but be sure and
follow next day with a good dose of Kpsom
salts or castor oil.
• • •
Castor oil is our old standby. .The first
thing we give a bird when we notice it out
of condition is a dose of castor oil, S»v'"J^_ *J
least a teaspoonful. It can do »» ^«f™ ??i^
generally removes the cause of the tjouoie.
It even breaks up many a case of colds inai
might later develop into roup.
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For intestinal trouble, that is ffen, •rally
caused by some kind of irritation we ince
the oil better than salts as it not ojily re-
moves the irritant, but also heals the irri-
tated tissues.
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Now is the time to feed for epffs — they
mean big money. I have a plan that I
positively guarantee to increase or double
egg production. And 1*11 save you money
on feed besides. My methods are simple
and sure. They have been tested and prov-
ed thousands of times. I am positive that
I can make your flock pay far better than
it ever has before — and it won't co»t
you a cent to find out why.
This Is THE MAN WHO
TAUGHT UNCLE SAM HOW
Harry M. Lamon was for ten years in complete charge
of the Poultry Work for the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture. He is one of the world's greatest authorities
on feeding, breeding, and many other phases of poultry
keeping. He has owned many large poultry plants and
made them jiay big. He knows the practical side of poul-
try keeping for he has been "at it" for over 35 years.
He has helped more men and women to success in the
poultry business than any other one man in the country —
and he i.s ready to help you — now.
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And we are erlad to say the fowls
to like it much better than we do. (
* • * I
It was interesting, in attending the N
tional Poultry, Butter and Egg Oonvdntiol" '
to hear them argue in favor of buying on
grade, and those dealers that have tried it
were all in favor of it. "
* ♦ *
They showed that the farmer's wife who
had been using the best eggs at home and
sending the stale, dirties and small ones to
market, were now reversing the order of
things and sending in the best ones because
they brought the better prices.
* • *
It reminds us of the story of the two
Darkies. One had won a watch and chain
and he came swaggering down the street
with the chain strung across his prosperous
looking front. He met a friend who noticed
the new and attractive ornament. Neither of
them could tell time. The one said: "leh-
mael, what you all got thar?" "Watch and
chain, black man, kaint you all see." re-
plied the other, "What time am it?" ask-
ed the first. The watch owner took out the
watch so the other could see the face ar,d
said: "Thar 'tis." The other took a look
and replied: "So 'tis."
* « *
And we believe that after years of preach-
ing about quality eggs should bring the best
price, we are about at the point where we
can, like the Darkey, say: "So 'tis. '
* ♦ *
How many of you- are trapnestin^? If
not, you ought to try it. Of course it takes
time to work the traps, but you would fiud
a great fascination in watching your daily
records. You will watch a certain hen lay
day after day and wonder when she is goin'u
to take a rest and break her run. Then
you notice another start and you begin to
watch her record. You watch a certain
pullet start with her small pullet egg tnd
you realize that one dozen of them is urad-
ed at 40 points as against 50 points for the
Standard size egg. Then you begin to watch
and see how those eggs increase in size and
weight. Then, as the season advances and
some fowl is making a fine record, you won-
der how long she can hold up, how it is ef-
fecting her vitality, how those eggs will
hatch, etc.
* • *
Yes, there is a great deal of interest in
trapping.
* • *
And it helps out on the pedigree breed-
ing also. When you get their record on the
traps you absolutely know which ones have
done the business, just when they did it.
how consistent and persistent they were, and
many other things that you should want to
breed into your line.
* • * I
Many will read our article on judging and ,
the judge's examination and want to try the .
examination. They might be interested to \
know that about 75% of the applicants fail ,
on their first trial.
* • ♦
We just received a letter this mornine
from an applicant who says: "It hardly
seems that one should be expected to
memorize the Standard."
* * *
Well, not quite, but pretty near it. One
should know what the Standard instructions
are, else how can they expect to do a good
job of judging. Anyone can hang ribbons,
but telling why is another thing.
* • *
Do not crowd your birds in winter Quar-
ters. Remember they have been having
plenty of room outside during their growine
period and they must have room to exercise
when confined.
* • ♦
As many have said before; "Cull 'till tt
hurts." Don't crowd, make them exercise.
* • *
And this is the month of Christmas. The
season of "Peace on earth good will toward
men."
* ♦ *
Do you want to get the biggest price yon
ever received for some of those cull birds!
It's easy. Just fatten up a few of them,
dress them and put in a nice market basket,
and pack around it some sweet and Insn
potatoes, also any other vegetables you loaj
have, and just play Santa Glaus. Drive
round Christmas eve and leave your basket
with some family that you think isn't going
to have turkey or chicken for Christmas
dinner. Try and see if you don't go home
feeling better paid than for any birds you
ever sold for cash.
* ♦ *
And if you have some boy or girl in your
neighborhood getting interested in poultry
keeping, why not send them Everybodys one
year for a Christmas present!
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PROPER FEEDING
It would seem that if there are any
noints in the proper handling of poul-
try that need continuous elucidation
itis the subject on which we are now
dealing, for with all there has been
v^itten on the subject there are more
annual losses from improper diet than
from any other sourse, including all
the new ailments said to be caused by
faulty and continuous artificial incu-
bation, which last statement is by no
means conclusive, in spite of what
some isolated experiments may say to
the contrary. We are firmly con-
vinced in our own mind that improper
diet has more to do with the large
mortality of incubator chickens than
any other factor, for the feeding and
care is delegated to the poultryman in
the place of the hen, and perhaps his
faulty methods are more to be blamed
than faulty incubation, which is only
at the most one factor to be dealt with
in the successful rearing of chickens.
We have lived through the most
progressive years of modern poultry
culture, as from boyhood we have
been interested in the study of it, and
we have noticed the evolution of poul-
try feeding and all other details con-
nected with it, and from some of our
earliest files we gather information
about so-called new methods of today
that ofter all is not new, but have
been tried, set aside as not wholly
satisfactory, picked up again and her-
alded far and near as some wonder-
ful discovery when it is really the
same old method in a slightly differ-
ent garb.
We have raised our chickens as well
on one kind of food as another, and
have had no more mortality from
moist food than we have had from dry
food, and we have fed ever so often
during the day and have had it before
them all the time, and in each case
there has been partly success and
partly failure, and it has only been
when we so combined both methods
that the best features of all were util-
ized that we got the best success and
the minimum of mortality among our
chicks and own experience is backed
up by every poultryman who is
enough interested in his own welfare
and the chickens to go by experience
rather than by fads, which seems now-
a-days to be the rule rather than the
exception in most everything per-
taining to poultry culture.
There seems to be a misunder-
standing among beginners, and I am
sorry to say even among those who
ought to know better how to differen-
tiate between feeding and forcing,
and until a right comprehension of
the two systems are obtained there
always will be more or less loss
among the breeders of fancy poultry.
Forcing for growth ne^ds expert
handling by competent poultrymen
who are in the business to get the
maximum growth on broilers and
roasters in the shortest possible time,
<'Hens need rest." the old folks sAy,
"They cannot lay an ego eftch day."
Mix OBERCO, wheat, oats and corn
And they'll lay engs both night and
mom.
A change in ration that brings three
times as many eggs is a good swap.
At least, W. H. Stevenson of Mid-
vale, Franklin County, Pa., thinks so,
and here is what he says about Oberco:
**I substituted Oberco for Beef Scrap in my laying n*a»h
and within two weeks the hens' combs began to brighten
and appearance show better. Within three weeks the flock
of 480 hens had gained from about 100 eggs per day to
over 300 eggs per day. We firmly believe Oberco contains
what this flock of hens needed." •
Good egg production is usually a matter of good feeding. Oberco is a feed
to be used with the laying mash and provides egg making niaterial in the
form of protein and minerals. If your hens are not producing as they should,
give Oberco a trial. It will pay for itself many times over
Your hogs also need protein and minerals in their ration. ^lye them
Oberco along with their regular farm feed. We know you will get results
for we have seen it tried many times.
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TO make hens lay in winter you must
feed growing green food rich in vita-
mines. Sprouted oats furnish the best of
such food at lowest cost.
This home-made Oat Sprouter, shown
above, was made in one evening by a 14-year-old boy with no tools but saw
and hammer. The total cost including the heater was $2.99. Tens of thou-
sands of these sprouters have been made at home by poultry keepers, and
thousands of testimonials prove that it is the cheapest to make, easiest to
operate, and handiest and best oat sprouter ever built. It will supply better
and sweeter sprouted oats with less fuss and dirt and work than any sprouter
made, no matter how expensive. I will send you, free, easily followed plans
for building this oat sprouter together with a full description of the Little
Putnam Stove with which it is heated. Plans for building the sprouter are
packed in every stove, also instructions for using the stove to keep the water
in poultry fountains from freezing.
Don't go through another winter without an oat sprouter. You can't afford
to be without one even though you keep but eight fowls.
No Winter Eggs Without Water
Over 80% of an egg is water and no matter how well you tend and feed your
fowls, they can't lay their best unless unfrozen water is constantly before
them. One cold day with water frozen and inaccessible may stop egg produc-
tion for a month. A Little Putnam Stove keeps the water at just that tonic
temperature best relished by the hens. The increased egg production from a
pen of eight fowls will pay for the stove m one month.
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in ten days and 1 11 cheerfully refund your money.
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are on the market. Beware of substitutes using old style and danccrous wick burners, which
require trimming every day. My label is on every genuine Little Putnam Stove. Look for it. It
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Mr. Paul B. BoettEer. Poultry Expert, Lancaster.
Pa., has inrented a ?ery fine poultry tonic to Increase
the egg laying of hens that don't lay many eetn. and
■Urts pullets to early egg production. Ho does not
want you to buy a large size of this tonic until you
know how good It 1«. Send 10c to pay for packing
and mailing, and he will send you a large sample of
his EOOS-O-EOOS TONIC with directions, and in a
few days yoti will notice a dlfrereice In ywir chickens.
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as it is said to make a finer grade of
flesh and, of course, reduce expenses
to the minimum in making them ready
for the market.
Feeding fancy poultry is also a
method of obtaining growth, but not
in the shortest possible time, but by
judicious blending of the foodstuffs
used, obtain stamina, a large frame
and a system which is normal in all its
inner functional organs.
In the last case soft food should be
fed sparingly, or the consequences
will inevitably result in an enlarged
liver which in the beginning of other
functional troubles which in the end
proves disastrous to the birds if they
manage to live until mature.
We don't believe in using soft food
in abundance to stock that is to be
used for breeding purposes, we do not
want them fat and plump, but large
in frame and rangy, robust birds that
can run and roam and are entirely
free from the wobbly gyrations of the
overfed dyspeptic chick that all over
carries the same appearance as does
an illy-nourished child.
Any chick will eat till surfeited if
they get the chance and work around
all day with extended crops till finally
appetite is lost and then comes the
drooping state and the inactive season
that in most cases, winds up with the
loss of the chicken.
I believe in continuous change of
diet, and never feed to repletion till
the evening meal, when I want them
to have their crop full, but during the
day little and often has given me the
very best results during my ex-
perience with fancy poultry.
All the other methods advocated
have never proven successful with me,
and I have given them a fair trial,
and though some of them may put
money in the coffers of the grain mer-
chant they will certainly result in loss
to the poultryman, not always, how-
ever, in the first season, as the bad
work is generally hidden and working
against a strong, robust constitution,
but if continued in, it will finally
undermine even the last constitution
and then the trouble begins with the
chicks which are produced by parent
stock whose functional organs have
been disordered by improper feeding
methods, which in the beginning
seemed alright, but in the end proved
anything but right.
It is usual to speak of, and to treat,
the common fowl as graminivorous
and the general belief that it is so, has
led to more than half the losses and
disappointments of those who have
tried to keep them in situations where
the birds had not an opportunity to
correct, by their own foraging, the
mistakes of their owners. There are
few animals that could be described
so correctly as essentially omnivorous.
The fowl is not only omnivorous,
but, unlike many other omnivorous
creatures, it cannot keep in anything
approaching good health on any one
kind of food. The pig will flourish
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on any kind of grain alone, on peaches
and grass and even almost entirely
on meat. The fowl will not keep in
health either on grain, or grass, or on
meat alone, but must have all three,
and some minerals as well. When
very much pressed with hunger or
kept short of gravel, it will swallow
stones as large as a bean, not only
without injury, but with the best
effect upon its health and appearance
whatever else the fadist has to say
ju^t now on the question of gravel
not being necessary whatever, but
only a bad habit contracted by the
birds, but when kept on any one des-
cription of food it droops, looks un-
healthy and is certain to prove unpro-
fitable.
It has frequently been stated that
the birds will balance their own ra-
tions, but I never put much confidence
in this statement, for observation has
taught me to the contrary there are
some kinds of grain that they prefer
and will in every instance where free
access can be had to it, fill themselves
with it and leave all the other grain
untouched except when the more pala-
table supply is gone, they will then eat
the rest because there is nothing else
to get.
Feeding for growth of the bone
structures, feeding for quick devel-
opment up to the broiler stage, feed-
ing for eggs, feeding for strong fer-
tility of eggs, and feeding for strongly
hatchable eggs in connection with the
last, all takes different feeding meth-
ods and what will do for one will not
do for another.
In the breeding of fancy fowls
which are invariably bred to feather
for exhibition purposes, forcing must
not be employed, and such feeding
materials should be given as will pro-
long the time before the first egg is
laid.
We cannot induce early maturity,
and expect a full development of the
more desirable features in an ex-
hibition fowl, for it will take fully
six months and seven to eight in some
of the larger breeds before the grow-
ing period is completed, and this per-
iod will invariably come to a close if
the feeding has been conducted on a
base of getting eggs as quickly as
possible.
In the case of growing fowls up to
a strong, robust condition of health
and activity and large-framed birds
representative of their breed exercise,
plenty rough feed such as cabbage,
cut clover, roots of any kinds and dry,
hard grain is all that is necessary, pro-
viding the chickens were hatched m
time, and some of the grain should be
so placed that it will furnish exercise
for the birds, such treatment will not
only produce strongly fertile eggs,
but eggs that are hatchable and that
will produce strong livable chickens.
Be ready for the north winds. . We keeP
"harping- • on that, but it is »«^POf'*°*^
Even a nail hole is larice enough for the
cold winds to seep through and w 11 cause
much trouble from colds, etc. Stop up every
crack and crevice.
Hens lay—
only when they get proper
nourishment from their food
••Ever since I started feeding Yeast," wntes H.
Borden, of East San Gabriel, Cahf-, owner of
these fine yeast-fed birds, "my flock has been in
a very healthy condition. Mortality has been
nothing to speak of."
"The birds showed a higher egg pro-
duction than in previous years."
writes Burton Steere, of Springfield,
Mass. (One of his yeast-fed flock is
shown here.)
A HEN cannot even begin to
make eggs until her body is
nourished.
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mind: First, These pens produced
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which were able to win in hot com-
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Therefore, it would seem wise to let
this pen have another chance to pro-
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while almost every hen in these mat-
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one or two hens that failed as breed-
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the previous year, and not continue
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prove good has taught him the fact
that care, attention to detail and
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pens which he considered his top-
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not as good as their parents. It is
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unlikely results are the outcome.
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we believe that it is foolhardy and
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FRENCH BREEDS
(Continued from page 894)
now being argued by both the Amer-
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claimed by the best breeders of
Dorkings that a very large per cent
of them show white in lobes. One (
side cling to the pure red lobe, the
others claim that it should be red |
marked or streaked with white. This, '
like the under-color of the Black I
Giants, should be left to those who i
breed the best ones and not to those I
who call themselves Standard-mak-
ers. I
In mentioning the Red Dorking, ,
one writer makes the claim that they
are far away from the first quality, f
I cannot tell who has any of them
for I do not know; but their color de-
scription is as follows: Male —
Hackle and saddle, bright glossy red; '
back and wing bows, dark red; re-
mainder of plumage, black glossed I
with green. The female — Hackle,
golden striped with black; tail and
primaries, black or dark brown; re-
mainder of plumage, red-brown, the-
redder the better, each feather more
or less tipped with black, shaft of
feathers yellow or orange. It is
further claimed that the Red Dorking-
is too small for a Dorking and that
the new white, as called, are better
than they were. While these are not
French fowls I have thought that it
might please some of our readers to
have this information.
The Mottled Houdan should be a
fowl of fairly good size. Our
Standard calls for weights that range
from pullets, five and one-half
pounds to cocks, seven and one-half
pounds. It is not an objectionable
fault if they are a little heavier. It
is of major importance that the
Houdan shall at least be up to full
standard size. The White can be
improved in size. A crest that is
loose is not best. The crest should
be full and rather compact. Beard
should be plentiful and compact, the
tendency to looseness of feather on
the Houdan can be carried too far
the same as can be the rather small
specimens.
There is a tendency for the Hou-
dan to grow spurs on the outside of
their shanks. This is mentioned as
a serious defect in the English
Standard. Writers mention such an
occurence at the Palace and Olympic
Shows. A prominent judge set some
beautiful specimens out for this
defect. The same judge claims
that a good, big Houdan should beat
a little or medium one. One writer
tells us that the White Houdans at
the Olympic were neat little birds,
that look like good layers, but as
Houdans they are far behind the
Mottled variety. It is possible to
bring them up to proper size and
Houdan qualities but it will call for
close attention to their breeding.
See what has been done for the
White FaveroUe.
The plumage color of the present
day Houdan in the States should,
according to Standard writers, be
much more black than white. As
f
for instance on the back of the male
about one feather in ten tipped with
white. The plumage of the back
of the female about every other
feather tipped with white. On
breast of the male and female about
every other feather tipped with white.
Cockerels and pullets are usually
darker than are the cocks and hens,
both of which grow more white as
they advance in years.
The comb and crest of the Houdan
can be improved by tightening the
entire plumage — near like is shown
in the Standard illustrations. The
Houdan can maintain its full weight
or size and not be loose feathered.
The photographs of the winning Eng-
lish hens show considerable looseness
of feather, especially of crest. It is a
problem that the breeders should try
to solve. I am of the opinion that
now there is a movement towards
better table poultry. There is room
for the Houdan to come forward and
gain their proper position. It
should also be remembered that the
Houdan, when properly bred, is not a
poor layer. They lay a lot of fine
eggs in winter when eggs are eggs.
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I get 'Volstead,* I don't care," was the way
the colored man of the South would express
himself forty years ago, although there was
no Volstead act at that time.
• ♦ •
You are in the midst of the show season
and you should see that you make every
possible exhibition that your fowls will stand.
The way to advertise is to show your fowls
and then advertise their winnings.
» • ♦
Instead of reducing the market for grapes
down in California, the Volstead law has
caused a demand that makes that vine fruit
sell for one hundred dollars per ton. In.
stead of wineries in California, there is a
little winery in nearly every section of the
great U. S. A.
• • •
A cattle feeder down in Iowa is grinding
up cobs, fodder and corn for his cattle and
getting good results from them, at the same
time turning a waste product of the farm
into barn yard manure.
• • •
It is said that soda fountains sell five
billion drinks each year. This makes a big
demand for all kinds of fruit juices. Milk
is also in great demand at these same soda
dispenseries, so you can see old man Vol-
stead helps a lot of people besides the
bootleggers.
« • ♦
There is a hog farmer that takes nic-
tures of the animals that he wants to sell,
has a cut made of them and sends out cards
giving the price. This would be a good
practice for poultrymen.
• ♦ •
The trouble with too many farmers is the
fact that they depend on one cash crop. If
they would plant more fruit and nut trees,
they would have cash coming in from other
sources that would tide them over when the
main crops fails.
• » ♦
One should practice getting eggs when
eggs are bringing the best price and rest
the hens when eggs are low. The intensive
feeding for eggs has caused people to get
hen fruit every month in the year, thereby
keeping the market down instead of up at
certain seasons of the year when the hens
are quiting and the pullets come into the hy.
Try feeding for eggs when eggs are at their
peak and slack up when eggs get low.
I found this suggestion for drooping
wings on goslings : Place the wing up where
it belongs and tie the feathers together with
a piece of cloth. Cloth will not cut the
wings but will hold the feathers in place
until the wings get strong enough to
carry its own weight.
• • •
The farmer uses far more butter than the
city dweller. Butter being made on the
farm makes the housewife use it often m
place of lard. Butter fat is splendid for
children and one should give the child every
ounce of butter fat that it can digest.
• • •
The State of Washington voted down »
law to make a maximum tax of four per
cent on real estate. If the state govern-
ments would exempt all small farms say uP
to eighty acres of land, they would hold
more farmers to the land. The farmer does
n(.t realize as much on his real estate as the
village or city dweller. If the home owner
was exempt from paying taxes on that home,
more people would be encouraged to buiia.
High taxes makes lots of people rent.
" , # •
The American Poultry Association receiv-
ed more members and made more money
during the year of 1924 than in its history
before. The Rigg family are certainly busi-
ness people, despite the adverse criticism
of some people who do not think.
• • •
The e"-g tariff has cut down the importa-
tion of Chinese eggs and the American hen
is getting her due. Chinese eggs are shipped
mostly frozen and they never come into com-
petition with fresh eggs, but the restaurants
and bakeries use lots of them.
• ♦ •
Do not pay so much attention to increas-
ing the number of eggs but strive to raise
the quality of the egg. The only way is to
trapnest your hens and get that nmay
that fails to produce standard eggs or eggs
that do not weigh more than twenty-two
ounces to the dozen out of the flock, gualiiy
I beats quantity every time.
pecember, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
927
Vever market a fowl that is in poor con-
jainn Send prime fowls to market .ind get
*il too price. The top price is to be had
for every commodity if you will ship prime
••gtuff" «f a^^ kinds. ^ ^
Tf you can get fifty thousand hens in one
h,mch that is get breeders of that number
t fowls to co-operate in selling, you can
,it a better price for your eggs. Co-opera-
?SAn navs when you handle your own product
tnd do'^ n^i try to hog the other fellow's
business. Selling is in a class by itself.
A Rhode Island Red hen laid over three
hundred eggs at the Puyallup Experiment
fitiition This shows that the medium class
foJ-ls can be made to lay as many eggs as
Inv fowl that grows. Breed and feed for
legs and you are bound to get them with
any variety of fowls.^ ^
If you are going to raise early chicks
this coming year, you had better get your
inrubator now while the company has plenty
of time to fill your order. To wait is to be
delayed when you have the eggs ready to
Rfit A good incubator will give yoii those
early pullets that will lay eggs next fall when
they are bringing their best prices. You can
also have plenty of young stock for ihe
early fairs if you will make your plans to
hatch them in January and February. You
ran mature pullets that are hatched m
February for August shows but in order to
have cockerels to match the pullets, they
should be hatched in January. Cockerels do
not mature near so fast as pullets.
Arthur Smith continues to advocate larger
Leghorns. To my way of thinking when
onl adds more weight to Leghorns he lUst
lakes away some of the Leghorn's laying
ability. The Leghorn is not made for a
meat breed and to try and make her a
Seat breed will spoil her. Ninety out of
every hundred, three-hundred-egg hens are
Sd what the Standard weight calls for.
Few of these pullets ever go into tne con-
test weighing up to the Standard weight.
• • •
Reese V. Hicks is writing for the Poultry
Item Reese Hicks is one of the live poul-
trymen of this country. He enthuses and
that is what counts. So many naen look
altogether towards the dollars and cents,
?hey do not get the good out of life like those
fellows who do not make dollars their high-
est aim in life. ^ ^
Arthur O. Schilling tells the Leghorn
breeders, in the Leghorn World, that the
size of a hen's comb has iiothing to do ^'th
the lay. In this Arthur is right. A hen
does /ot lay with her comb, but her comb
is her signal when in distress. If a hen s
iomb is s^oft and velvety and bright red. ha
hen is enjoying good health but let that
comb become wrinkled and lose 'ts color,
fhen you have a sick fowl on your hands
Get good combs on your , hens, but do not
strive for size, because si^e has absolutely
nothing to do with a hen' stability t,o lay.
If you want winter eggs, feed for them^
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tell you that the commercial 'eeds will take
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things are essential to a big success in
getting eggs. , « #
Always feed the scratch in iSOod^^^P
litter where your fowls must work to get
every erain. Have the mash hopper full ana
1171 t^o Se hens all the time.. To feed a
wet mash once a week is to .^'J/ .^^e hens
something different. Do not /orget that an
egg is composed of lots of water and do not
neglect to have water before them at all
times Do not allow it to freeze. b^'^J^««
hens do not like ice water nor do they
relish picking at ice when they need water
that is fluid. ^ ^
The hen at the Washington Experiment
Station that laid 302 eggs '^^^ came in the
first ten hens that laid three hundred epgs
or better was a Rhode Island Red while
the other nine were White Leghorns. The
Washington Station is under the direct
charge of Mr. and Mrs. G«oj*f« ^; J^J"?:
Professor L. A. Linklater is the d»rector in
charge. He is an enthusiastic head and the
poultrymen of the State of Washington are
proud of the great trio Linklater and Mr^
and Mrs. Shoup. We doubt |J ^jy^n ^
in America can equal these three when .t
comes to putting over a successful egg lay
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• • *
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• • •
W. E. D. Stokes who made the attack on
the poultry show, has gone into the Standard
show business himself. He will give a show
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fection will be the guide of the judge. This
is a notable departure for Mr. Stokes and
we hope that his show is a big success.
Standard poultry is the only kind to breed.
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• • •
"Ted" Hale's big egg laying contest
drew so well that he was forced to send back
many entries. These egg laying contests
are much the fashion these days. It is up to
the real fancier to go into these contests
and show the commercial man that when it
comes to layers, it is the well-bred fowl that
will take the blue ribbon. The commercial
end of poultry has always been with us and
it is up to all the fanciers to show the com-
mercial man that they will get best results
from the well-bred fowl.
• • •
When Frank Piatt has no other .iob, he
takes a delight in roasting the officers of the
American Poultry Association. Now Frank
should take something for this. He is too
good a fellow to be constantly showing his
petty spite against people. He writes too
well to fill the columns of his paper with
these little insinuations that hurt no one
but Frank Piatt. I love to read the Amer-
ican Poultry Journal, but it is like getting
too much vinegar on one's lettuce and spoil-
ing the whole meal.
• • •
The executive officers of the Amerie^an
Poultry Association can not afford to use
the time of the clerks to make out list of
members for every paper that might wftnt
to use them and it's nothing more than right
that they make such people pay for writing
these names. The writer would like to see
a year book that would give all of the
names of the members and have this year
book sent to every poultry and farm paper
published. It would not cost very much,
but would pay for itself in the advertising
that it would bring the association.
• • •
It's "Keep cool with Ooolidge," all right,
all right. So you fellows who blew steam
during the election can now go down to
Washington, March fourth, and cool off.
Washington is noted for "coolness" along
about March fourth and you will need your
overcoat before you get through watching
the parade.
• • •
There is much controversy over the ques-
tion of the early and late moulting hens. It
has been my experience for forty years that
the fowl that gave best results was the one
that got her new plumage before the cold
weather sets in. I may lose some eggs along
in August and September, but one can better
afford to lose eggs at that time than they
can in October, November and December.
I once owned an early moulter that was
on my place for over ten years. This old
hen would get her new clpthes early and be
laying before any other hen was ready.
That same old hen was the one that would
lay a good batch of eggs and be ready to
brood about the middle of January. She
hatched many a youngster that won the
blue ribbon at the fall fairs, at the same
time giving eggs for the table when they
were needed. Gulling early moulters is
recommended by many, but one had better
get a little experience of his own along
moulting lines.
• • •
Yakima County has taken fourth place
in poultry population of the State of Wash-
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but a good manager can soon stop this by
having houses near the orchards and training
the fowls to roost in the houses.
• • •
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• ♦ •
Waterville. Wash., pulls her annual show
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• » ♦
Wenatchee follows the next week with a
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numbers. Write to the secretary of the
Ohelan County Poultry association and he
will send premium list.
• ♦ •
Seattle Show comes December 16 to 21
when James A. Tucker will place the awards.
Seattle will hold the district meet of the
Barred Plymouth Rock Club and a big show
is promised.
• • •
Vancouver, B. O., will hold their annual
show December 16 to 20. Judge Stone-
house and some other judge will officiate.
The Vancouver Show will be a big thing,
as it gets government aid.
» » •
Dayton, Wash., will hold a big show the
second week in January, 1925, with John J.
Edwards, secretary, and Harry H. Collier,
judge. Write the secretary and he will
give you a premium list.
• « •
The big state show of the Idaho State
Poultry Association will hold forth at Po-
cstello. Idaho, January 26 to 31, 1925.
This is a wind-up show of the season when
all of the fowls have been to the shows and
the late-hatched fowls are in their prime for
showing. The American Poultry Association
medals will be given. E. 0. Branch will be
one of the judges and A. E. Lloyd, Jerome,
Idaho, is the secretary.
• • ♦
Spokane, Wash., will also hold a show in
December.
• • •
The show season of the Northwest will be
very much alive this year and everyone is
boosting for a banner show.
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If the back yard poultrymen of the
country would breed more Hamburgs
and Polish and Bantams and send
them to the shows they would find
buyers for their good birds without a
doubt, for those who admire fowls
and have an eye to beauty would
buy at good prices.
There is a big, wide, long and deep
vacant place for the ornamental
breeds and bantanis in this country.
I suppose poultry editors print what
they their readers want, but I think
they are not doing their whole duty
by these classes. Those who keep
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three hundred egg hens being freaks,
strikes a responsive cord in the minds
of all those who have had to do with
trapnesting hens. The trapnest is
the only real measure by which we
can get at the laying hen. The man
who "rump" feels and follows the lay-
bone is like the man who tried to tell
how many votes LaFollette would
get the fourth of November. No
one had a chance to look into the
minds of the voter and no one has a
chance to look at a hen's egg-making
organs until she is dead and, like most
post mortems, the look after an
animal or fowl is dead, may disclose
the cause but the best surgeon on
earth guesses at the cause before the
animal, fowl or human dies.
If there was some way that one
could be sure of the number of eg£?s
that a hen would lay, then there
would be absolutely no use for the
trapnest but that time has not come
and it may never come.
The writer had thirteen years
actual experience on the Tancred
Farm culling fowls for Standard
qualities. At the same time he had
ihe actual date pertaining to those
same hens' trapnest records, kept by
Mr. Tancred himself, one of the best
men with figures that was ever in
charge of a poultry plant. These
records were kept up-to-date at all
times. The pullets, or the yearling
hens, were handled, yet in all this
time the only thing that was real tan-
gible as far as getting at the lay of
the hen, was the actual figures dis-
closed by the trapnest.
There were certain indications that
would go to make a layer but there
was no real line disclosed that would
get at the real big layer. The writer,
in those years, learned how to pick
out a group of hens that had laid
many eggs but to find something that
really disclosed the top-notch layer,
the secret was never disclosed.
Mr. Tancred was by far the best
man that ever lived when it came to
picking hens for a real egg laying
contest, yet on several occasions, he
had a hen that he sent to the station
as an alternate to lay more eggs
than one of the hens picked to be in
the five that were to make the real
egg record. The next best man for
picking out real layers was Mort
Atkinson, he was more successful in
picking a group of hens that were
great layers, but I once heard him say
if his alternate could take the place
of one of his first five, that he would
surely win. So you see that even
those with the best knowledge of the
lay of the hen could always do well
up to a certain point, but there was
always something in one hen that was
not disclosed by outside appearances.
This great secret of how to pick a
layer has not been disclosed any more
than a surgeon has been able to
diagnose a case of cancer without
operating. If he operated and found
the cancer, he knew that was the
trouble but when the operation dis-
closed no cancer, then the surgeon
was in the dark as much as the
patient. The writer has suffered with
something wrong with his internal
organs for years but no X-ray or ex-
terior examination has yet disclosed
the cause of the trouble and the best
surgeons have always said that there
was nothing but an operation that
would disclose the real cause. Being
of a Missouri turn of mind the writer
has not given his consent to an op-
eration, for the simple reason that no
doctor has been able to satisfy him,
what they expected to find if there
was an operation.
The same thing applies to the ma-
chinery of the laying hen. We might
cut open the best layer on earth, but
if we did not know what we were
looking for, then we would be in the
dark even after a great laying hen
had been sacrificed.
There is no doubt but what the
great layer has something different in
her make-up to the average hen, but
how to find out what it is, or how to
mate that hen to carry on the great
lay, is still a secret in the poultry
world. The man who discloses that
secret will be able to make his own
price for his discovery.
The average flock is the real flock
that will bring home the "bacon."
The flock that lays around two
hundred eggs is the one that will give
the real profit on the farm.
The Puyallup Egg Laying Contest
brought out ten hens that laid three
hundred eggs or more. That big lay
was fine, yet there were many more
hens in that great flock, chosen from
the best farms in America, that had
every appearance of layers, yet they
could not turn the three hundred egg
trick. There were lots of hens, th.it
from measurements such as Hogan
and others advocated, that would have
laid three hundred eggs or more, but
the trapnest showed beyond doubt
that only ten hens reached the high
mark. This proves Mr. Cleveland's
contention that it is the average flock
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contest. Both the show fowls and the
layer must have all kinds of vigor.
Without lots of stamnia the layer
can not hold her own under the in-
tensive feeding for eggs and without
vigor no fowl can carry the real snap
in its plumage that will show the real
stuff that begets like. The fowl in
the show room with the week under-
color will never bring home to a flock
the real winning qualities. Under-
color denotes vigor in any flock. It
discloses the real health of the fowl
as well as the real purity of the
variety. Take a Rhode Island Red
with the best surface color ever put
on a fowl but turn up the feathers
and find no under-color and you have
a fowl that will not hold that surface
color in its progeny. The vigor that
gives a fowl that beautiful carriage
that makes it win in the show room
is the same vigor that will make a
hen go three hundred eggs in the
trapnest if that hen be bred and fed
for eggs.
The writer has owned Buff Rocks
with perfect surface color that were
spoiled by wKite in wings and white
under-color near the skin. These
youngsters have been bred, but they
simply could not carry their color to
their youngsters and a season's hard
work- was lost. Within the last few
years the writer has not placed all of
his eggs in one basket nor has he
allowed a male to head a flock for the
whole season. The way he has bred
for the last few years is to mate the
best matured cock to his pullets for
the first month, say January. This
male is taken out the first of Feb-
ruary and a new male substituted,
the change being made each month.
What has been the results of such
matings? The defects of any of
those males have not gone through
the whole flock, but it the end of the
year the youngsters disclosed the
greatest weakness of the different
males and they were sold off and only
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those that produced well have been
saved over for another season. if
these males carried on some great
weakness, that male was killed for
the table or sold on the market. In
other words he was never sold as a
breeder, even if he looked like a
million dollars in the show room.
Give me the male that will produce
the average lot of good fowls and he
will make more money for me than
the one that produces a screamer and
a lot of culls. One can not count the
value of a real breeder. A new cock-
erel was mated to the best yard this
season for thirty days. This cock-
erel had most everything that was
wanted. He was a big fellow, lots
of good bone and to see him in the
flock would give one the impression
that he was bubbling over with vigor
but when one handled him he found
that he had a read weak wing. That
wing showed a tendency to split and
he never overcame the defect. From
that month's mating there was about
twenty cockerels bred and an equal i
number of pullets. The pullets all '
came good in wings, but out of that i
whole batch of cockerels there were
only two that had good wings and
the rest all had the "dad's" weakness.
These youngsters were big. They
showed lots of vigor but that weak
wing condemned them and they fur-
nished lots of good meals for the
family. One of these males was a
screamer. He won at the early fairs
and has just won the first at the big
Portland Live Stock Show, but the
writer will not sell him, but will give
him one month's chance to see if he
throws that weakness of his "dad"
and if he does into the pot he will go
where all faulty males should land
when they prove that they have in-
herited a real weakness.
Once I used a cockerel that threw
black in the tails of all of his cock-
erels and it took five years to produce
a male from this mating that was
worthwhile. The first season's breed-
ing brought two females without a
defect. These females were mated
to one of the cockerels of my own
strain and they produced mighty good
females, but no cockerels were saved
over. The pullets from these hens
were again mated to the blood of my
strain and they produced good fe-
males and poor males but at the end
of five years there came a male that
went the whole Pacific Coast in the
show room and he was never beaten.
This male has added the good bone
and size to the fiock that I needed.
The persistent work of staying with
that out-cross has been a real help
to the flock. The writer introduced
two hens into the flock last season
that have been a great help. They
carried best down the female side
and gave some pullets that are now
hard to distinguish from hens. Size
in Rocks is one of the great features
and the only way to keep up size ii
by breeding for it.
i
pecember, 1924
THE TWO-IN-ONE BIRD
(Continued from page 890)
lay sadly upset, and it takes
from two weeks to two months to
condition and set up the physiologi-
cal habit of production and by the
time this is done, their working sis-
ter who stayed at home has outdis-
tanced them. I am inclined to agree
with you that pullet or yearling pro-
duction at its best is quite incom-
patible with the making of show
records.
But the males? How about them?
The male should be at full maturity
to be at his best for exhibition, and
could on this score come home from
the show to enter the breeding pen
and make his production record as
a begetter of layers. If one's best
females are not to be placed under
risk, the male must come home from
the show to go into quarantine.
Moreover, during his visits to the
shows he has not been fed a complete
or balanced breeding ration to con-
dition him for the best he has to give
through the breeding season. A
male may make one or two nearby
shows in a season and not be thereby
seriously handicapped for his work
as an early breeder, but putting a
male out on a long show circuit for
four to seven weeks, with long ship-
ments and perhaps decided climate
changes is not compatible with pro-
duction breeding from that male
early the following Spring.
More serious still is the conflict in
the management of the birds prior to
the show. Conditioning a pullet for
the show room and conditioning her
for the trapnest are two quite dif-
ferent processes in the hands of ex-
perts. An entire book could be writ-
ten upon this difference, but I might
point out here that hens that are to
be shown in December must start
their molt in late August, surely not
later than September, while the hen
that is completing a high egg record
generally does not begin her molt
until late November, or December.
Study contest records and you will
find that in close competition it is
the September and October lay that
determines the winners. The forced
September molt often paves the way
for the second molt in late January
or February when the production
bird should be in the pink of condi-
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time and that done well is a very
good rule for making of records
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But there is a bird more valuable
than the one that can win in a show
or under official trapnesting. It is
the bird that can be so mated as to
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money could not buy until he is ready
to go out of breeding work. Some-
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makers, but more often they are
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mating has been found and proved
from which have come, not one, but
a line of winning males or females
or both; or it may have been a high
production line for which these
breeders are valued. At any rate the
breeder rightly counts the ability to
transmit merit the greatest of all
merit. When a bird can be so
mated that offspring, some hatched
at the nick of time for highest pro-
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make high trapnest records; and
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record maker or show winner, but the
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becomes what I have named the
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and figures to prove that the "Two-
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EXPERIMENT STATIONS
(Continued from page 896)
mouth Rock pen, owned by Garret
W. Buck, Colts Neck, N. J., won high-
est pen honors for the week with a
production of 59 eggs; Pen 23, also a
Barred Plymouth Rock pen, owned by
Summerhill Farm, Old Bridge, N. J.,
won second highest honors with 50
eggs; while Pen 14, a White Wyan-
dotte pen, owned by F. A. Woodward,
Lambertville, N. J., won third highest
honors with 43 eggs. The three high-
est pens of the contest for the year
are: Pen 47, owned by L. C. Beall,
Jr., Vashon, Wash., winning first high
Leghorn honors with 4,398 eggs; Pen
56, owned by Circle (W) Farm, Gates
Mill, 0., Leghorns, being second high
pen with 4,103 eggs, and Pen 43,
Leghorns, owned by Wellward Farm,
East Setauket, Long Island, N. Y., is
third high pen with 4,081 eggs.
Bird 47-9, owned by L. C. Beall,
Jr., has won the honor of being the
highest individual of the contest for
the year, with 274 eggs; Bird 48-17
being second highest with 272 eggs,
while Bird 63-9 is third highest with
262 eggs.
New York State Contest Is a Close
Fourth With a 217 Effff Average
With a total production of 2,170
eggs, George B. Ferris* pen of Single
Comb White Leghorns won first place
in the Second Annual New York
State Egg Laying Contest. Wednes-
day evening, October 29, ended the
fifty-second week and also the con-
test year.
Jules Francais' Leghorns easily
captured second place with a score of
2,091 eggs.
With a remarkable spurt of three
month's time, Hollywood's Leghorns
passed several other contenders and
finished third with 2,021 eggs to their
credit.
P. D. Zimmerman's Leghorns were
a close fourth with a production of
2,015.
The following is a, list of the first
ten pens at the finish :
1 Pen 39 Single Comb White Leghorn
George B. Ferris 2170 eggg
2 Pen 45 Single Comb White Leghorn
Jules F. Francais 2091 egn
3 Pen 37 Single Comb White Leghorn
Hollywood P. Farm 2021 eg^
4 Pen 42 Single Comb White Leghorn
P. D. Zimmerman 2015 eggg
5 Pen 67 Single Comb Rhode Island Red
West Neck Farm 1998 eggs
6 Pen 21 Single Comb White Leghorn
A. R. Scott 1976 eggs
7 Pen 35 Single Comb White Leghorn
C. L. Flaccus 1925 eggs
8 Pen 6 Single Comb White Leghorn
Hill Top Farm 1983 eggs
9 Pen 25 Single Comb White Leghorn
Paul H. Leniker 1891 eggs
10 Pen 14 Single Comb White Leghorn
Manhasset Farm 1880 eggs
Vineland Finishes Fifth With An
Average of 199.2 Eggs Per Bird
The production for the fifty-second
week at thg Vineland International
Egg Laying and Breeding Contest,
was 336 eggs, which is a production
of 4.82 per cent. This is 252 eggs
less than last week production, the
total number of eggs produced for
the year being 145,536.
Pen No. 20, a Rhode Island Red
pen, owned by Maple Farm, Cross-
wicks, N. J., won highest pen honors
for the week, with a production of
twenty-three eggs; Pen No. 83, a
White Leghorn pen, owned by Foster
Avenue Poultry Farm, Vineland,
N. 'J., was second with a production
of eighteen eggs, while pen No. 18,
a Rhode Island Red Pen, owned by
Etjon Poultry Farm, South Vineland,
N. J., was third with twelve eggs.
The leading pen in the entire contest
is No. 73, owned by Henry Rapp, Jr.,
Farmingdale, N. J., with a production
of 1,992 eggs, which is a Leghorn
pen. Pen No. 63 owned by the Kerr
Chickeries, Inc., Frenchtown, N. J.,
also a Leghorn pen, is second highest
with 1,949 eggs, while Pen No. 79,
Leghorns, owned by Rapp's Leghorn
Farm, Atlantic Highlands, N. J., is
third highest with 1,893 eggs.
Bird No. 63-4, a White Leghorn,
owned by The Kerr Chickeries, Inc.,
Frenchtown, N. J., is highest indi-
vidual in the contest with 237 eggs.
Bird No. 34-3, also a White Leghorn,
owned by Broad View Poultry Farm,
Blawenburg, N. J., is second with 232
eggs, while Bird No. 63-1, also a
White Leghorn, owned by the Kerr
Chickeries, Inc., is third vdth 230
eggs.
Why Are Leghorns the Popular Egg
Breed?
This question has so frequently
been asked and is possibly still a ques-
tion in many minds, that it seems
wise at this time to just pause and let
the present contest results answer
this question. It is because year in
and year out, under a great variety
of conditions of farm, feeding, strain,
weather, age, etc., the Leghorn hen
has proved her undisputed supremacy
as an economic producer of a large
number of market eggs. In the con-
tests just concluded, the three lead-
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i
ing p6"s ** ^^® Michigan Contest were
of Leghorns. At the Storrs Egg Lay-
ing Contest, Rhode Island Reds won
second place with Leghorns first,
third, fourth and fifth. At the Ber-
gen County International Egg Lay-
ing Contest, Leghorns occupied the
first three places. At the New York
State Egg Laying Contest, Farming-
dale, likewise Leghorns finished with
a wonderful showing of supremacy.
With the exception of the fifth pen
which was Rhode Island Reds, the
first ten pens at the finish were Leg-
horns. At the Vineland International
Egg Laying and Breeding Contest,
Leghorns continued to prove their
supremacy by having no competition
by winning easily the three high pens.
THE HOUSEWIFE
AND A FEW HENS
(Continued from page 897)
Trapnest Your Fowls
It would be well for the housewife
to establish a few trapnests on the
place. No housewife can afford to
trapnest her flock the whole year for
the reason that she would not have
the time to do any visiting if she ran
a battery of trapnests but she could
trap the best breeders and get at the
early layers as well as those that laid
an egg each day. Three months trap-
nesting would give her a line on her
flock so that she would be able to
better judge the loafers in her flock.
If you intend to pedigree any of
your fowls you must trap the hens
to be able to know which hen laid the
egg that you want to set. In trapping
the hens you can soon pick out those
that lay mis-shapen eggs and get
those hens out of your flock. Mis-
shapen eggs should not be sold in the
market or used for hatching. They
should be eaten at home and the nice,
typical eggs sent to market. The hen
that lays a mis-shapen egg will not
pay her way, even if she is one of the
best looking hens one has.
Make a drive to sell off every male
that you can spare. Males are hard
to keep, especially if one shows them.
One week away from home seems to
make cockerels strangers and they
come home to fight out the question,
' of who is the cock of the walk. These
fighters spoil each other's plumage
and often tear the combs so badly
that one can not sell them. Have a
separate yard for these youngsters
, that one must take out of the flock
and if you are forced to put them
. back into the yard where the males
I are running, throw in a cock and he
' will generally so police the yard that
cockerels will soon stop the fighting,
unless two or three cockerels organize
a gang to defeat the old-timer.
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Once you get into the swing of show-
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the reason that very few housewives
get many eggs at the season that these
shows are going. The shows are held
in December and January and when
they come on there are very few
hens laying and most housewives
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colored, eggs, largest eggs, along v/ith
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well as whites, there is always lots of
fun in picking out a dozen eggs that
will always match in both color and
type.
Clean out the scratch pens. Fut
in new straw, and place nice new
straw in the room where the hens are
fed their scratch. All grain feeds
should be fed in straw where it is
possible to do so. A good scratch
shed will pay well. The work of get-
ting the grain will keep the hens
healthy and on cold days they will be
singing and working when they are
shut in their houses. It is hard to
give a plan of how one's hens "hould
be kept. There are so many different
climates that is reached by Every-
bodys that no set rule can be given.
On Puget Sound there is never a
snowfall that stays on the ground any
length of time. The grass is green
all winter and the hens can always
get lots of green food, when allowed
to run out, but it does not pay to al-
low the hens to run when it is rain-
ing, and they would produce more
eggs if they were kept in, where they
can be dry. Allowing the hens to
run on rainy days, soon gets the
straw in the scratch pen damp. The
pullets will run out in the rain, come
in with wet feet and the straw is
soon wet.
Dirt Floors For Scratch Pen*
Where it is high and dry, it pays to
have dirt floors for scratch pens,
provided one keeps in plenty of straw
and changes that straw often. Whore
one has a dirt floor for a scratch shed
he can set aside quite a position for a
dusting place. This dirt can be mixed
with coal ashes, and it will clean up
any lice that may be on the hens,
provided one keeps the house well
disinfected for vermin, and paints
the roost often with some good lice
killer. The nest should also be paint-
ed at the same time. Get rid of the
lice in the houses and give the hens
a good dust bath and they will lay
more eggs and be more contented
when shut into their houses.
Start the oat sprouter to work and
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give the hens all they can eat about
twice a week. Give cabbage for green
food where one can not get kale.
Kale is easily raised in Western
Washington and many parts of
Oregon. Kale is about one of the
best green foods that can be fed hens.
Sugar beets, mangels and even the
common garden beets are greatly
relished by the hens.
Commercial Feeds
Keep the mash boxes full of some
good commercial mash. It will not
pay the average housewife to try and
mix her own feeds. The commercial
feed men make the manufacturing of
poultry feeds a study. They have
chemists who devote all of their time
to improving these feeds. These men
are always watching the feeders who
are making the best progress in ob-
taining good growth in fowls along
with prreat egg layers and these mills
are always striving to be just ahead
of their competitors in placing a
better feed on the market. The
housewife has no facilities for mix-
ing her feeds and she can not mix
them on a barn floor and get a well
balanced ration, even if she should
get the best ingredients on the mar-
ket. The commercial feeds will give
best results.
Water Is Essential to Egg
Production
If you hope to get best results from
the pullets lay during cold weather,
procure some drinking fountains that
will only allow the pullets beak into
the water and not her wattles. Many
frozen wattles are caused by the pul-
lets getting them wet when they go to
drink.
One should get a drinking fountain
with a heating stove to it. There is a
fountain on the market that is made
for cold weather. It has a tiny burn-
er and a very small wick. One can
fill the lamp and it will last for
months with one lighting. This foun-
tain should be so placed that it can
not be turned over by the pullets and
set one's building on fire. This lamp
drinking fountain has been a great
success in the cold climate of eastern
Washington where snow stays on the
ground for months. They make very
little heat, but just enough to keep
the water from freezing. I saw sev-
eral of them at work near Water-
ville last winter and all who used
them said that they were a big suc-
cess. The drinking fountain sets
over the lamp. The fountain being
so constructed that they fit over the
lamp snug, so that the light can not
be bothered by the fowls when drink-
ing.
Late Pullets
Do not neglect the late pullets.
These youngsters will come into
spring laying and add dollars to one's
income just about the time that the
early pullets are taking a rest. Of
course one by intensive feeding can
make pullets lay the whole year, but
when one feeds for eggs, they get
f
lots of them, but on the other hand
they do not get eggs that can be used
for hatching. For good breeders, one
wants hens that lay about an average
of two hundred eggs, when breeding
for the egg side of the ledger, but
there are mighty few flocks that will
average two hundred eggs. To get
two hundred eggs per year, one must
I breed for eggs, but do not forget that
' one must feed for eggs along with his
f good breeding. I believe that even
the indifferent layer can be made to
lay, with lots of good ffeed that is
made to produce eggs, but I do not
believe that the best bred laying hen
on earth will produce eggs unless she
gets the food that m^kes eggs.
The late pullet comes into laying
f later thai) the early pullet. It takes
her longer to reach maturity for the
reason that she does not get the run
of outdoors like the early pullet.
If we would give more poultry
I shows. Follow the fall fairs with
winter shows, the winter shows with
[ spring shows and the spring shows
with summer shows, we would double
our income on breeding fowls. The
I great trouble with poultrymen, they
I do not try to sell except when every
one is buying. Merchants make busi-
j ness by window displays, advertising
* and creating a demand for the goods
I that they have to sell. The poultry-
man awaits the demand and then he
has all kinds of competition. If we
would run shows every month in the
year, then there would always be a
demand for our fowls.
A big show held in February could
be turned into a great sales show.
The average housewife begins to take
interest in things out doors as spring
comes on. A late February show
would be when winter was in the lap
of spring and there are days that
brings forth the people looking and
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niake it a big thing, but just large
enough to attract people without too
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your best to get the local papers to
help you. If you hold a late show, it
^11 come at a time when the big
shows are over and your favorite
poultry paper will have spaco to spare
and the poultry press will run your
show reports. The poultry press
would be glad to see poultry shows
each month. Shows encourage the
beginner and the beginner is the one
that subscribes for the poultry papers.
Take advantage of every show that
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Do not stop at exhibiting, but adver-
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of eggs and stock in your advertising.
Tell the people just what you have,
and you will make your best sales
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ried prices, lake all the space you
can afford, but do not over-advertise
yourself, but use space every month
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PREPARING FOR THE
BREEDING SEASON
(Continued from page 893)
in a hard, trim condition. They
should not be over-fat or over-thin.
Exercise seems to provide that
stimulant to the product and to the
body processes which keeps the birds
in a trim, fit breeding condition.
Then during recent years, science has
found that the direct rays of sun
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is so arranged with openings in the
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them hard, brings them continually
in contact with mother earth, which
seems such a necessary attribute to
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True, they do not lay quite as many
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birds confined. Then, too, they get,
even in the winter, a certain amount
of vegetation and green food which
has its influence in the increased
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Is it possible that there is no way to
down the notion held by so many of the
Suiters on poultry matters that the proper
dose of Epsom salts is one pound to each
Snl hundred birds ? When a. « a"a«=.y «»»««
cets abroad it seems almost impossible to
counteract it. I presume it is easy to re-
member such simple numbers as one and
one hundred. Perhaps, even my montioning
the figures in this critical manner may nelp
to fix them in mind and -thus add to tha
confusion.
Way back in 1909 Gage and Opperman
worked out the dose of Epsom salts m anp
experimental way and published t^eir find-
ings in a Maryland Experiment Station
bulletin. They found that a dose of twenty-
five erains per bird gave a marked purga-
tive effect and fifteen grains gave but a
slight effect. They tried thirty, forty, fifty,
sixty, seventy and eighty grain dose but
concluded that a forty and fifty pain dose
was "sufficient for an adult fowl in order
to clean out the intestional tract." Now
then there are 175 doses of forty grams
each in a pound, of Epsom salts a^d 140
doses of fifty grains each in a like amoaat.
In the case of the twenty-five ^K^ain dose
which produced a "marked purgative effect
there are 280 doses to the pound.
There is in the neighborhood of 100 level
teaspoonsful in each pound of Epsom salts.
There are 7,000 grains in a pound which
makes a level teaspoonful equal seventy
grains. Figured at the rate of one pound
per hundred birds the dose is seventy grains
or one teaspoonful. Now most every ex-
perienced poultry raiser H^oy'".J*^'^ **/!
perfectly safe to give an individual fowl a
good generous teaspoonful. Then why ia it
unsafe to give this dosage m flock treat-
ment! It is because there is no way to
make sure that each bird gets its proper
share. If one bird get too little, some other
bird must get too much. If given in a wet
mash the sluggish individuals do not get
their proper proportion. If given in the
drinking water the heavy producers whicli
require a large amount of water for egg
production will get much more than their
The best way is to play it safe. If twenty-
five grains will produce a marked effect and
eighty grains is approaching the maximum,
it is safe to give, it would seem sensible to
strike about half way between the two doses.
This would mean a dose of around a pound
to each 150 to 175 birds.
The above is more or less theoretical, based
largely on figures. As the old saying goes
"the proof of the pudding is in the eating
thereof." The following actual experience
will show that there is a very real danger as
well as a theoretical one. It was in July
of 1922. Pour pens of experimental Leg-
horn hens in their first laying year seemed
Pliphtly off condition and appeared in need
of flock treatment with Epsom salts. We
had always figured the dose at a teaspoon-
ful to each two or three birds. The measur-
ing out by teaspoonsful to a large flock is
considerable of a job, so my assistant sug-
gested weighing instead. We made some
rough calculations (very rough as it proved)
to compare our - teaspoonful dose with the
pound dose recommended by so many poultry
•writers. The dosage seemed to be identical.
Tli»t night the water pans were emptied.
The next morning a day's supply of water
was put in and Epsom salts added at the
rate of one pound to 100 pullets, or hens
as they then were. Before noon the birds
began to get prostrate. Before night many
of them were d^ad. Out of a flock of 153 we
lost 13 birds. There were four pens in the
lot. The greatest number died in the best
pens and the best hens in each pen died.
We were dumfounded. We suspected that
the trouble was due to the salts. We could
not think of anything else that would cause
the trouble, yet we had given the orthodox
(?) dose. We checked up on the scales, as
the weights were still intact. The dose was
apparently correct. We weighed the salts
that remained and again found that the cor-
rect (!) amount had been given. We check-
ed over our figures of the night before and it
was here we found where the trouble lay.
One pound to the hundred was a teaspoon-
ful per bird just about double our usual
maximum dose for flock treatment.
In flock treatment of adult fowls with
Epsom salts we recommend a dose of one
pound to each 150 to 200 individuals in tli« ^
flock. For individual treatment of sick
fowls we recommend from one half tea-
spoonful to a level teaspoonful. In flock
*- aatment take every possible precaution to (
insure each bird getting its proportioaat«
share.
• • •
In answer to an inquiry regarding yard-
ing, received a few weeks ago, I summed up
my position as follows: "I am an advocate
of the yarding of poultry, silenced tem-
porarily by a prepondence of public opinion."
The advocates of confining laying pullets
to the house do so on the theory that th«
birds can be made to consume more mash if
they are kept close to the hoppers. I am not
so sure that this is a sound theory. I wonder
if it may not do the hen good to get away
from the mash a little while now and then
throughout the day to enjoy outdoor life a
bit and to exercise a little and work ap an
appetite. I do not believe she should be
allowed to wander so from the house as to '
be disinclined to go back frequently, but I
believe she will do better in a moderate
sized yard. r
By letting the hens run outside during
the day, you will assist in keeping the ,
house dry for they will eliminate a con- I
siderable proportion of their moisture in the
outside air. They will be more peaceable.
The timid birds will get more of a chance
to eat mash.
On snowy days of winter it is a simple
matter to shovel a fairly wide path down
the front of the building. When the BUii
comes out it is surprising how quickly it
dries this path and provides a cheerfnl ex-
ercising place for the birds. Many are afraid
that snow will injure the birds, but if you
provide a cheerful house for them and care
for them properly you need not fear that
they will choose to stand in the snow. It
is different however, when the birds are not
yarded. In this case they will often wander
to some other farm building and hesitate to
go back through the snow to the poultry
house.
There are times when it seems necessary
to confine pullets to houses. They must be
confined for a time when taken from the
range in order to train them to their new
quarters. Where the soil is heavy they
must be confined in bad weather to prevent
their soiling the eggs with muddy feet.
Where it is not possible to use alternate
yards it is necassary to confine them to
houses to prevent diseases that are earned
in the land.
Of late years we get a lot of inquiries as
to what causes vent picking. Most persons,
however, do not even observe that it is real
genuine cannibalism but think it w /?•
bursting of the "Egg Bag" as they call it.
The bird is killed and the damage is done
80 quickly that the poultryman rarely sees
the culprit in the act. Almost invariably
the victims are hens or pullets in laying
condition for it is Avhile they are in the
act of laying that the picking begins.
The remedy for vent picking is to sup-
ply whatever deficiency there »s ^^ the feej
so as to stop the craving. The deficiency
is usually a lack of a proper amount of bone
in the meat scrap used. High protein meat
meals are apt to be low in bone content, ano
much of this type has been sold durmj
recent years. The addition of a little l-om«
to the mash or better still keeping some
bone available in hoppers or boxes will almost
always stop the trouble.
EXHIBIT YOXJB BIUDS
Is there a poultry show in your commun-
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port it with your entry and personal booev
ing! If there is no exhibition held close to
you, plan then to enter your birds at tM
nearest show wherever it may be.
The way to maintain interest in exhibition-
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what a contrast there is between Standara-
bred and the average so-called pure-brett.
It is the breeders who must keep the fanw
alive — and the best move you can make is !•
exhibit.
PREPARING FOR THE
JUDGES LICENSE 'EXAM'
(Continued from page 895)
a popular exhibitor for many years
returned the examination marking
across the face; "Nobody could pass
this examination." He did not even
try. He did not know his Standard.
He had been in the show room so long
that he was like the darkey who "jest
thought he knowed." There are
many like him.
Asked on what grounds a protest
may be filed and some of them
answer; "If you do not like the
judge's decision." Now that is not
anywhere near right. Just because
you happen to disagree with the
judge's decision is no reason you can
file a protest. Unless you have proof
of "ignorance, carelessness or fraud
on the part of the judge" you cannot
file a protest, and it is about time
some of the show secretaries learned
this rule so as to save themselves and
their shows a lot of unpleasantness.
If you desire to protest, you should
be prepared to prove ignorance, care-
lessness or fraud.
There has been a little complaint
because some applicant tried the ex-
amination who was not known very
well throughout the territory in which
he lived. Because he lacks a reputa-
tion is no grounds for withholding
the examination.
The requirements are that the ap-
plicant must first be a life member
of the American Poultry Association.
He can then apply for the license ex-
amination and deposit $25.00 with
his application. He should state
whether he wants to try for a General
or a Specialty License. If the latter
he must specify on what classes he
wishes to be examined. He should
state the show that will be the most
convenient for him to make, and if
that show is judged by a licensed
judge he will be told to report there
for examination. It does not matter
to the licensing committee nor to
the American Poultry Association
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they have a better chance than the
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the show room for years and "jest
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I In other words the successful judge
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the knowledge of the Standard with-
out study. The one who is interested
enough to study the Standard and
learn it well enough to pass the ex-
amination will, as a rule, be interest-
ed enough to take the necessary prac-
tical work under an experienced
judge:
Now what is necessary to pass the
examination? It might be answered
by saying: Know your Standard.
There are no questions asked, with
the exception of the first few pre-
liminary questions regarding refer-
ences, length of time as a breeder, ex-
hibitor, etc., but what can be answer-
ed from your knowledge of the
Standard.
The applicant must know the in-
structions to judges that are printed
in the front part of the Standard.
He must know the cuts for defects,
valuations of the various sections,
and know the Standard descriptions
of the various sections. He must
also know the difference between dis-
qualifications and cuts for defects.
He must know how to describe various
sections of various breeds and
varieties as to shape and color and
unless he knows the Standard he
cannot give these. He must at least
know the difference between two dif-
ferent breeds such as Partridge Rocks
and Golden Wyandottes.
How, then, is the best way to get
a license?
That is the question that is in the
minds of many of our younger breed-
ers. We admire their ambition, and
we wish to say that there is plenty of
room at the top for good judges.
The writer might tell how he start-
ed, as many have often asked us that
question and have wondered how we
got started so young. In the days
when we started judging, back in
1900 to 1904 most of the shows were
judged by score card, and in our
opinion it is the really scientific way
of judging fowls. The comparison
judging was getting started in the
East and we noticed that when the
younger eastern judges came West
and had to judge by score card they
were always in hot water as they had
no experience in applying it. They
were, in most cases, picking their
winners by comparing them in their
mind with the ones they had seen at
the eastern shows. On the other hand
we noticed that the experienced
score card judge could give satisfac-
tion under either system.
To judge a score card show a judge
had to sccre about 200 to 350 birds
in a day. He needed a good clerk,
a person that could get his cuts
quickly, know the score card so as to
be sure and put them down in the
right place and be fast with the
pencil so as to keep up with him.
The writer was at that time a tele-
graph operator and was breeding and
showing chickens as a side line hobby.
Naturally, like most telegraph op-
erators, he was accustomed to copy-
ing a few words behind and was, of
course, fast with the pencil. Being
interested in chickens and in judg.
ing, his services as clerk were in de-
mand by some of the best score card
judges, as good clerks were scarce
and hard to get. We once saw a
prominent judge "fire" four clerks
one afternoon and finally told the
secretary if they could not get him a
good clerk he would have to quit.
Our interest in the matter and
ability to make good at clerking
gained us a warm spot in the hearts
of several of our best judges. We
told them of our desire to become a
poultry judge and we were studying
the Standard all the time. It was
nothing for us to wear out three or
four Standards of each edition.
Later these judges would ask us what
we wanted to work on today, and we
would select some class that we were
up on and the judge would clerk for
us for an hour or so, and let us do the
scoring, making us describe the why
of our cuts, and when we were wrong
they took the time to explain why and
where. We doubt if there ever was
a student of judging that had the ad-
vantage we did along this line. Final-
ly, when we were asked to judge a
real show, after having judged sev-
eral county fairs, we made good be-
cause our work was right along the
same lines as that of our teachers.
Today some of our applicants want
a license because they have been ex-
hibitors for a long time, or they think
they can go in and pick the best ones.
Many of our exhibitors can walk
along the aisle and pick the winner,
because the winner generally stands
out, but put a duster on him and tell
him to go and hang the ribbons and
after he gets the blue ribbon up, he
strikes trouble.
Our advice to the one who desires
to judge and to obtain a judge's
license is to get in all the work you
can clerking for some good judge,
and meanwhile study the Standard
hard. Do not try to learn it all at
one reading. Start with the general
instructions and learn them thorough-
ly and then look for the defects on
the birds. Take a breed or variety
at a time and study the requirements,
talk with the experienced breeder,
showman or judge about the defects
on that variety and learn to know
them instantly when you see them.
Learn how to apply them. How much
is that section valued at in the scale
of points? If it is valued at four
points and your opinion is that the
section is one-fourth bad, then your
cut should be one point. You even
have a list of cuts for defects given
in the Standard. Study these until
you know them. Do not look at a
buff or red plumage that shows shaf-
tiness, mealiness and light under-
color and cut it one-half point. Know
what each of these defects are and
what they should be discounted. Yoa
haive got to be prepared to tell the
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exhibitor why his bird did not win,
nd you ^^^^ strike many amusing
incidents along fhe way. Exhibitors
are great bluffers and will bluff you
off the floor if you let them, and they
o^U if you do not know your busi-
ness.
We had one example. We were
judging a large class of high-class
Vhite Wyandottes in a big show.
One good looking cockerel we placed
fourth. The owner came up and
said; "Say, all the boys have that
bird' spotted for first and they can't
understand why you have placed him
fourth; haven't you overlooked some-
thing?" We replied; "No, we haven't
overlooked as much as you and they
have. That bird would be an easy
first if he was all there, but he has
four wing feathers broken off. The
Standard says that for broken wing
feathers on a breed where color dis-
qualifies each should be cut from one
to two. Is there a bird in this class
that can take a handicap of four
points in any one section and walk
off with the blue ribbon?" They had
nothing more to say. Remember that
as a judge you are looking for defects
and the exhibitor who walks along the
line is generally admiring the fine or
good points and he cannot always see
the defects that are hidden under-
neath.
On another occasion we left out a
bird that in our opinion had been
faked. The owner came up and in a
very "scrappy" tone said; "By -—
I want you to show me why that bird
wasn't placed." We looked him
straight in the eye and said; "Because
you did a poor job of faking." Seemg
that we meant it, as well as he, he
laughed and replied; "Well, I did the
best I could."
We are mentioning some of these
incidents for the benefit of the young
judge. He must be on his guard,
know what he is doing and be pre-
V pared tg back up his judgment.
There is only one way he can back it
up and that is by applying the law,
which in this case is the Standard of
Perfection.
Study it, know it, know how to
apply it, get some practical exper-
ience, and then you need not fear the
examination for a judge's license.
And after you have passed, do not
stop reading that Standard. The
writer always makes it a point to read
it through before starting the fall
judging season. Then, as we travel
from town to town we look up cases
that have come up and see if we have
decided them right. The result is
that we feel we know that old book
inside and out, but we are never
ashamed to refer to it whenever
there is any doubt, or whenever any-
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On December 13, at 10:00 a. m.
the permanent organization meeting
of the National Poultry Council of the
United States of America, will be
called to order. Delegates from all
national, state, regional groups of
producers and allied industries will be
present. This will be a meeting of
far-reaching importance to the pres-
ent and future growth and develop-
ment of the poultry industry in the
United States, and likewise to all of
those businesses and industries which
are in any way dependent upon the
success of the poultry industry.
Every person interested in this move-
ment to form a connecting link
whereby every phase of the poultry
industry will be represented in one
big unit, is cordially invited to be
present.
If your organization has not al-
ready elected a delegate to this meet-
ing according to the temporary Con-
stitution and By-Laws, be sure to do
so immediately, and see that you are
represented at Chicago on December
13. The meetings will be in the
Hotel Sherman. This is during the
Coliseum Show when many poultry-
men will be gathered together.
Meeting of Organization Committee
On Friday, December 12, at 9:00
a. m. the Organization Committee of
the National Poultry Council will
meet at the Hotel Sherman and will
devote. the day to making plans and
necessary changes and alterations in
the Constitution and By-Laws, to ad-
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branches of the industry. Every
poultry association or group, whether
state, national or regional is entitled
to a member on this Organization
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member take the matter up imme-
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Lewis, the Temporary President of
the National Poultry Council, Davis-
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Meeting of Terminology Committee
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Hotel Sherman there will be held a
meeting of a group of Committees
from various national organizations,
who will consider the standardization
of terminology and words used in our
every day poultry business. This
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order to avoid duplication and mis-
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The questions most often asked
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regard to feeding. Successful feed-
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APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT
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Committee on Show Rules for Production
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Tacoma, Wash.; Grant M. Curtis, Dayton,
O.: Geo. H. Robertson, Ottawa, Canada: D.
Lincoln Orr, Orr's Mills, N. Y.; E. W.
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peg, Canada. ,
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Association— D. E. Hale, Chairman, Glen
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Committee on Accredited Chick Hatch-
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Harry R. Lewis. Davisville, R. I. .
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OFFICIAL CLUB BULLETIN
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Wyandohe Club
D. D. COLGLAZIER, Pres.
B. HAZELTON SMITH, Secretary,
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FROM THE CLUB PRESIDENT
Am pleased to announce to the members
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Ruff Wyandotte enthusiast, B. Hazelton
flmith to accept the office of Secretary-
Treasurer of our club. Personally, we feel
♦hat no better selection could have been
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"Retter Buffs" our motto, and success will
come to this splendid breed, the "Famous
Buff Wyandottes," remembering this is one
of the years we must do twelve months
^*Did you'read that splendid article on BuiT
Wyandottes, by Geo. G. Pilcher, in last
issue of Everybodys! It hits the spot and
should encourage every breeder to try next
year to raise better Buffs.
As President, would feel that I was most
ungrateful, if I failed to express for myself,
.nd our club, our most hearty appreciation
of the way that Everybodys, and especially
its Editor and Manager, Jas. T. Huston, has
oyally stood by us and for us. Everybodys is
a real poultry magazine of merit, not only
for the Buff Wyandottes. but for every
known breed that is worthy.
Don't fail to get those Buff Wyandottes
of yours in the December and January
Shows! It will do you good, and boost the
Buffs. , • •
It seems quite probable that the National
Meet of The American Buff Wyandotte Club
will go to Kansas City. Mo., January 24 to
29 1925. Now, Eastern Breeders, come to
the rescue of the West with cash and birds.
If the show goes to Kansas City, we should
show the western fellows that there is no
other breed that surpasses the Buff
Wyandotte in real beauty, and if ye .ac-
complish this, we must have your best birds
on exhibition in this great Western Show at
Kansas City. Mo. Theo. Hewes, <>« I^^'a^-
apolis, Ind.. will manage this great show,
bSing' assisted by Thomas Owen, Topeka,
Kans., another veteran show secretary.
These two names spell successful show
Come and bring your birds and get some of
that pure western air— it is invigorating.—
D. D. Cofglazier, Hutchinson, Kans.
INTRODUCING NEW SECRETAOB-Y
Dear members of the American Buff
Wyandotte Club, one and all, greetings: 1
have been appointed Secretary and Treasurer
by our President. D. D. Colglazier. While
I hesitated in taking this important office,
my love for our Club and our Buffs prompt-
''^^\\o^i&'. this office I shall endeavor
to do all in my power Jo help to make our
Club prosper. I can not do this alone, how
ever. "^ If every member will getj)«h;j'l "J^
push, we will, I am sure have a Club equal
to any one that will broadcast our Buff
Wyandottes far and wide and prove that they
are one of the few good breeds of today.
Let's CO send yout dues to me at once
for tiio c^oming year together with any sug-
gestions for the good of the Club.— B. Hazel
ton Smith, Sec'y, Niles, Mich.
* ♦ *
A GOOD SELECTION
The letter above will be read with in-
terest by Buff Wyandotte Club members
everywhere and we anticipate a revived in-
terest in club work and advancement ol ine
Buff Wyandottes through a businoss-like
administration of the affairs of the Amer-
ican Buff Wyandotte club. .
We a?k that all breeding .thjs^ variety as-
sist Mr. Smith, not only with their affilia-
tion with the club, but in obtaining new
membership and promoting the breeding oi
a variety that is established and Proven as
one of our best in general purpose of all our
Standard breeds and varieties. — Editor.
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CARE OF CHICKENS
IN THE BACKYARD
After trying several different plans
of caring for the old birds through
the summer, I believe I have at last
hit upon the best way. It should be
remembered that the old stock fat-
tens very easily, and when the birds
are too fat, they are good subjects
for many diseases. I am conducting
my poultry business on a town lot,
or rather two of them and have five
pens. They of course get bare of
vegetation in short order as we do
not have room to keep a patch of
green stuff growing all the time. The
yards contain apple trees for shade
and the ground is kept soft by spad-
ing and with a cultivator, as it keeps
the earth fresher and seems cooler.
The houses always have plenty of lit-
ter on the floor. The first feed in
the morning is oats, except occasion-
ally wheat is substituted. Oats are
not fattening and I believe are
nearly as nutritious as wheat. The
old stock should not be fed corn or
other fattening food in summer or
they will soon become too fat. The
morning feed is scattered in the litter
and this keeps the birds busy for sev-
eral hours. Fresh cool water is
placed in the drinking fountains in
the morning. At noon they are given
fresh food either in the form of let-
tuce, lawn clover clippings, weeds,
beet tops or cabbage, and the water
fountains are again rinsed out and
supplied with fresh water. In the
evening, about five or five-thirty
o'clock, the fowls are given another
feed of either oats or wheat, some-
times a little millet or barley mixed
in for a change. Fresh water is
again supplied and the hens go to
roost happy and healthy. They are
frequently given a dust bath in which
has been placed lice powder and the
house and roosts are kept sprayed
with a good solution of liquid lice
killer. The dropping boards are kept
clean and freshened. Our old stock
with this treatment comes through
the summer in good shape for their
winter quarters. — A. P.
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this the trim and natty appearance
of the females, the proud and dig-
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ideal shape of the body and we have
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Black Giant
Club
0. M. Page, Sec'y-Treas.
Belmar, New Jersey
M. L. Ohapman, Presid«nt
Alexis L. Clark. Vice Pres.
jWHIit
BESULTS or THE ANNUAL ELECTION
President. M. L. Chapman. Trenton Junc-
tion. N. J.; Vice President. Alexis L. Clark,
R P. D.. Bordentown, N. J. ; Secretary-
Treasurer. 0. M. Page, Belmar, N. J.: State
and District Vice Presidents: Alabama, W.
L. Caldwell. 3200 Ist Ave., Birmingham ;
Arkansas. A. T. Miller. R. P. D. 3. Fayette-
ville; California, 0. P. Backstrand. 1405
12th St., Riverside: Canada. E. B. Roach. Br.,
Port Credit. Ont. ; Connecticut, Oapt. John A.
Pish. Mystic; Florida. H. B. Lansden, Gains-
viUe; Georgia, Dr. E. A. Lan^^ert. Denton;
Illinois, Mrs. Casper Mast, R. F. D. 4.
Quincy; Indiana. B. A. Yeager. Wolcott-
ville; Iowa. Carl Rogers, Avoca ; Kansas. A.
J. Hoover, Bonson; Kentucky. C. O. Mack,
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J. E. Stoner, Woodsboro; Louisiana, A. J.
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Mass.; Minnesota, Edward R. Laue. Sleepy
Eye; Missouri, A. P. Kuhlman, Herman;
New Jersey, O. L. Conover, Hightstown;
New York, Arthur M. Taylor, Sloatsburg;
Long Island. James Willits. Jr.. Glen Cove;
Ohio. H. C. Willing. 1965 W. 52nd St.,
Cleveland; Oklahoma, J. Tripling, Admund;
Oregon, Henry Tenbush. Williamina; Penn-
sylvania, Aug. D. Arnold, Dillburg; Rhode
Island, G. T. Rodman. LaFayette; South
THE DEVELOPMENT OF
LAYING QUALITIES
How did fowls become good lay-
ers? No domesticated breed of poul-
try on earth furnishes poor layers,
compared with wild birds, though
some breeds are better layers than
others. You know the Irishman said
there was no such thing as poor
whiskey, though some kinds were
better than others. Many wild spe-
cies lay one batch or two, every year,
of four or five eggs each, and that
is inflexibly the normal number un-
less robbery or accident breaks up
their domestic arrangements. When
the wild turkey hen's eggs or poults
are destroyed she goes in search of
the gobbler she has been sedulously
avoiding, and seeks to lay more eggs
with enterprise and dispatch.
Certain woodpeckers, owls and
other species nesting in hollows in
trees will keep on laying till they
have produced twenty to forty eggs,
if their nests are regularly robbed by
a person who is careful to keep out
of sight when the parent birds are
around. Probably nature recognized
the great liability of eggs in a hollow
to be devoured by squirrels or other
rodents, and therefore instituted pro-
visionary fecundity.
Gallinaceous birds nest on the
ground, and not having to use the
time in preparing a nest that will
hold eggs, that is necessary when it
Carolina. Dan C Dantzler, Holly Hill-
Texas, Mrs. E. M. Thomas, 316 E. Sixth St.!
Georgetown; Vermont. P. W. Spalding,
Poultney; Virginia. Olin O. Evans, Wood-
stock; Washington, J. F. Randall. Richmond
Highland. — Alexis L. Clark, Election Com.
missioner.
* • •
MINNESOTA OIANT
BREEDERS' ATTENTIOH I
The Minnesota members are calling a set I
together meet at the Great Northwestern
National Show, December 12 and 15. and I i
have just received a list of specials to be \
awarded — three silver trophies and five
bronze medals. These specials are open to
the world. There will also be the Club Spe-
cials in ribbons. One hundred Giants tre
promised for this show and the boys wish
to organize a State Branch. This shonld
interest all Giant breeders, so meet the
boys at the National and give them yonr
support. E. R. Laue, of Sleepy Eye, Minn,,
is the State Vice President. Send him yotu .
membership fee or send it direct to the |
writer. — C. M. Page, Sec'y-Treas., Belmir,
N. J.
one of bers you take out, the sight of
which will bring about result.
To stand the drain on vitality
caused by increased laying, the poul-
try, even as early in the game as
when the savage or barbarian kept
fowls, had to be abundantly supplied
vnth ' a variety of nutritious and
easily digested food, but the master
could often give his pets scraps from
his own store, and doubtless the fre-
quent change of place and vicissi-
tudes of savage life caused his flock
to be small, generally, which fact
gave them herbage and insect forage
around the hut, quite abundant in
proportion to their numbers. And
so development of the digestive pow-
ers kept pace with fecundity and be-
came hereditary.
BLUE HEN ,n"cU'b'!J?5Ss
The Blue Book of America's success-
ful hatchers is full of Blue Hen users
The annual meeting of the Club will be
held the second day of the Boston Show,
December 31. 1924 at 3 p. m.
is in trees, and being able to cover
a greater number than can be brood-
ed in a tree nest, they lay a compara-
tively large number of eggs, some-
times twelve or eighteen, before be-
ginning incubation.
Therefore, in nature's two founda-
tion traits in the wild ancestry of our
poultry, to wit : laying a goodly num-
ber of eggs and a faculty of produc-
ing more after eggs are robbed or
destroyed, we can see how, when,
thousands of years ago, perhaps
more than one hundred thousand
years ago, our wild ancestors first
caught and brought to their huts or
caves, wee chicks from the forest,
and tamed them, the persistent rob-
bing of their eggs when they were
grown up, started (in the now tame
breed) a habit of laying more than
the normal number, and this habit,
like all the habits of all animals, man
included, tended to become heredi-
tary.
Most people know very well that
when a hen steals her nest and her
eggs are not robbed, she will not go
on piling up five or six dozen or
more, as a general thing, but will
stop when she has laid about as
many as she can cover. Also, when
you are desirous of procuring the in-
cubating services of a bird of sitting
breed that is laying, and not ready
to accommodate you, leave two or
three china eggs in her nest for every
PIGEONS FOR CHILDREN
Nothing is more pleasing to the
young folks than to possess pets of
some kind. Children must have
recreation and something to attract
their attention. Whenever you find
a boy or a girl so fond of their pets
as to stay at home and care for thern,
they should be encouraged. There is
nothing more instructive than nature
study, so-called.
Children that learn to care suc-
cessfully for pets of any kind are
usually kind-hearted and well-be-
haved. Nothing could be more at-
tractive than a few pigeons of bright,
rich colors, that can be kept in a
small dove cote, with an enclosure
where the children can care for them
themselves. This teaches them re-
sponsibility. If the parents will lend
their aid a little in instructing the
children about keeping the quarters
in a cleanly condition and to properly
care for the feed of the birds, they
will accomplish more for the children
than many imagine.
For instance, which is the best for
the boy, to have his poultry, his rab-
bits or his pigeons at home to care
for and have the proceeds of any
sales he may make from them, or for
him to loaf around the corner or in
the back alleys learning to smoke,
use bad language, and play truant
from school? Surrounding influences
form our lives, and most certainly a
child will not learn bad habits from
the keeping of innocent and desirable
pets.
In selecting pigeons, for the young
people, there are many kinds that are
inexpensive — Fantails, Tumblers,
Turbits and Homers — all of which are
beautiful and desirable varieties on
account of their thrift, vigor and the
ease with which they may be mated
and cared for. It is not best to select
the high class, difficult kinds for the
beginners, but always make it a point
to have stock for them that is likely
to produce such quality that may find
a ready sale. — T. F.
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THE PRUNING OF THE APPLE
* All Important Factor in tke Production of
Hlgk QualitTj Fruit
pecember, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
949
Now is the time to sharpen the
pruning saw and get to work on those
old apple trees that have been so sad-
iy neglected for so many years.
Practically every farm in the Eastern
States has on it a certain number of
these old trees that simply need the
proper attention to enable them to
produce an abundant supply of fruit
for the use of the family. Many of
these trees have been neglected for
years, but they are still in such a
condition that they will quickly re-
spond to a little systematic, intelh-
gent care and attention. Such trees
represent years of growth and al-
though the amount of money invested
in them may not seem very large, it
is bad business to simply allow them
to die or become unproductive from
neglect. On the other hand, many
old trees are so located or in such
bad condition that it would be a waste
of time and money to attempt to
make them profitable through proper
attention to the various details of
orchard management.
Conditions Under Which Renovation
Is Advisable
The age, vigor and general condi-
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determined before undertaking any
renovation work. Very old trees that
have been neglected for years and
which are very weak, or seriously af-
fected by diseases do not usually
warrant the expenditure of the money
necessary to put them into a profit-
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have been neglected for a long time
usually contain quite a number of
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entire top of the tree by the removal
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the tree too chick. If two branches
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veloped parallel to each other and
very close together, only the branch
most favorably located should be re-
tained. Trees in which some of the
leading branches have become very
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and harvesting. Sunlight is essential
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are needed to develop bearing
branches in parts of the tree where
old branches have been removed be-
cause they were dead or badly
diseased. A water-sprout coming out
from the side of a limb will make a
better branch than one growing
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tative growth that is not conducive
to early fruit production.
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All cuts should be made smooth
and clean with a sharp saw or lop-
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parallel and close to the parent
branch in order to avoid leaving
stubs. A smooth, clean cut close to a
branch will readily heal over, while
rot usually starts on a rough cut, or a
stub and often results in a hollov
trunk or branch. All cuts larger than
an inch or two in diameter should be
painted with a pure lead and oil paint
to keep the exposed surface dry until
the natural healing process is com-
plete.
Trees that are weak and plainly
lacking in vigor may be pruned more
severely than trees that are fairly
vigorous, but very dense. Severe
pruning of vigorous trees usually
results in an excessive growth of
water-sprouts the following year. It
is not advisable to remove in one year
all the branches, necessary to make
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around the trunks to a height of eight
or ten inches. Such treatnient will
provide some protection against win-
ter injury by preventing the settling
of water around the trunks, which by
alternate freezing and thawing may
cause injury to the bark and sap-
wood.
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information as we have. All secretaries are
requested to send in for publication dates
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Show or Shows you are considering showing
at.
ALABAMA
Dec. 1-6, 1924 — Birmingham, Ala., Inter-
State Show, Birmingham. B. R. Moulin,
Sec'y. 302 5th Ave., Pratt City, Ala.
Dec 10-12, 1924 — North Alabama Show,
Huntsville. Joe B. Hill, Sec'y, Huntsville,
Ala
Dec. 30, 1924-Jan. 3, 1925 — Gulf Coast
Poultry Show, Mobile. R. C. Moore, Sec'y,
Mobile, Ala. . . ^ ^^ *
Jan. 6-12, 1925 — Dixie Poultry Associa-
tion, Montgomery. J. J. Massey, Sec'y,
Montgomery, Ala.
COLORADO
Jan. 19-24, 1925 — National Western Poul-
try Show, Denver. W. C. Schuman, Sec'y,
400 South Emerson St., Denver, Colo.
CONNECTICUT
Dec. 4-7, 1924 — Bridgeport Poultry Show,
Bridgeport. Harold B. Dorman, Sec'y.
Bridgeport, Conn.
Dec. 31, 1924 — Jan. 3, 1925— Meriden
Poultry Shoyv^, Meriden. LeRoy Kaschub,
Sec'y, Meriden, Conn. „ „ „ ,
Jan. 8-10, 1925 — Norwalk. Harry J.
Braken, Sec'y, South Norwalk, Conn.
CUBA
Feb. 26-March 7, 1925 — Cuban Interna-
tional, Havana. Theo. Hewes, Supt., 25 W.
Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind. Entries
close February 10.
FLORIDA
Feb. 3-14, 1925 — South Florida Fair.
Tampa. Leo T. Robinson, Sec'y, Tampa,
Fla.
IDAHO
Dec. 8-13, 1924 — Panhandle Poultry Show,
Moscow. H. W. Hulbert. Moscow, Idaho.
Dec. 26-31, 1925 — Inter-Mountain Royal,
Pocatello. A. E. Lloyd, Sec'y, Pocatello,
Idaho.
ILLINOIS
Dec. 1-5, 1924— LaSalle County Poultry
Show, Streator. C. A. Dawson, Sec'y,
Streator, 111. O
Dec. 1-5, 1924 — Alton Poultry Show,
Alton. M. G. Barrioz, Sec'y, Alton, 111.
Dec. 3-5, 1924 — Williamson County Poul-
try Show, Herrin. O. Burgess, Sec'y, Her-
ri". Ill- ^ ^ ,
Dec. 8-13, 1924 — McDonough County Poul-
try Show, Macomb. Walter R. Purdum,
Sec'y, Macomb, 111. ^
Dec. 8-13, 1924 — Joe Daviess County
PoMltry Show, Galena. George Lickes, Sec'y,
Galena, 111. ^
Dec. 8-14, 1924 — Galva-Henry County
Poultry Show, Galva. John L. Lovgren,
Sec'y, Galva, 111. ^ . „ w
Dec. 9-12, 1924 — Wabash County Poultry
Show, Mt. Carmel. B. P. Leeds, Supt.,
Allendale. 111.
Dec. 9-14, 1924 — Coliseum Show, Chicago.
Theo, Hewes, Sec'y, 25 W. Washington St.,
Indianapolis, Ind. Entries close November
20.
Dec. 15-17, 1924 — Virden Poultry Show,
Virden. Ed. Thurlwall, Sec'y, Virden, 111.
Dec. 15-18, 1924 — Ogle County Poultry
Show, Mount Morris. A. N. Smith, Sec'y,
Mount Morris, 111.
Dec. 16-20, 1924 — McLean County Poul-
try and Fanciers Show, Bloomington. C. E.
Hill, Sec'y. Bloomington, 111,
Dec. 16-20, 1924 — Grundy County Poul-
try Show, Morris. P. E. Longmire, Sec'y,
Morris, 111.
Dec. 17-20, 1924 — Lawrence County Poul-
try Show, Bridgeport. H. C. Wheeler, Sec'y,
Bridgeport, 111.
Dec. 17-20, 1924 — Macoupin County Poul-
try Show, Gillespie. Fred Wood, Sec'y,
Box 625. Benld, 111.
Dec. 29. 1924-Jan. 3, 1925— Fulton County
Poultry Show, Canton. C. L. Smith, Sec'y,
81 North Ninth Ave., Canton, 111.
Dec. 31, ig24-Jan. 4, 1925 — Illinois
State Show, Kankakee. A. D. Smith, Sec'y,
Quincy, 111.
Jan. 5-9, 1925 — Central States Show.
pecember, 1924
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Danville, Leonard F, W. Stuebe, Sec'v
415 Adams Bldg., Danville, 111. '•
Jan. 5-10, 1925 — Northern Illinois Poultry
Show, Belvidere. William Klass, Sec'y, Bgi
videre. 111.
Jan. 8-10, 1925 — ^Pike Oounty Poultry
Show. Pittsfield. Frank N. Barrett, Sec'v
Pittsfleld, 111. '■
Jan. 12-17, 1925 — Sullivan. Webb Tich.
enor, Sec'y, Sullivan, 111.
Jan. 12-17, 1925 — Ford County Poultry
Show, Paxton. A. E. Carlsten, Sec'y, Paj.
ton. 111.
Jan, 12-17, 1925 — Decatur and Macotn
County Poultry Show, Decatur, John Stiar
wait, Sec'y, 1303 S. Hilton St., R. P. D. 8
Decatur, 111.
Jan, 13-17, 1925 — Mason County Poultry
Show, Havana. P. A, Yardley, Sec'y, Ha-
vana, 111.
Jan. 13-19, 1925 — National Poultry Show,
Chicago, Clarence J. Behn, Sec'y, 8408 8.
Green St.. Chicago, 111.
Jan. 19-24, 1925 — Elgin Poultry Show,
Elgin. Harold Rapalee, Seo'y, Room 4,
Nolting Block, Elgin, 111.
INDIANA
Dec. 2-6, 1924 — Boone County Poultry
Show, Lebanon. Philip C Endres, Sec'y,
Lebanon, 111.
Dec. 10-13, 1924 — Southeastern Indiana
District Poultry Show, . Rising Sun. Howard
B. Lostutter, Sec'y, Rising Sun, Ind,
Dec, 15-20, 1924 — Madison County Poultry
& Pet Stock Show, Elwood, H. W. Slater,
Sec'y, 1520 South F St., Elwood, Ind.
Dec. 16-20, 1924 — Wakarusa Poultry Show,
Wakarusa. Loren Truex, Sec'y, Wakarusa.
Ind.
Dec. 16-20, 1924 — Ridgeville. Sherman
James, Sec'y, Ridgeville, Ind.
Dec. 17-22, 1924 — Clinton Poultry Show,
Clinton. Jas. E. Johnson, Sec'y, 1457 South
4th St., Clinton. Ind.
Dec. 29, 1924-Jan. 3, 1925 — Northeastern
Indiana Poultry Association, Kendallville. H.
F. Muesing, Sec'y, Kendallville, Ind.
Jan. 3-7, 1925 — Tomlinson Hall Show. In-
dianapolis. Theo. Hewes, Supt,, 25 W. Wash-
ington St., Indianapolis, Ind. Entries close
December 20.
Jan. 6-10, 1925 — Kokomo. H. G. Dotter-
er, Sec'y, Kokomo, Ind.
Jan. 6-11, 1925 — Noble County Poultry
Show, Albion. A. E. Hamlin, Sec'y, Albion,
Jan. 6-12, 1925 — Greater Vincennes Poul-
try Show. Vincennes. George F. Miller,
Sec'y, 705 N. 13th St., Vincennes, Ind.
Jan. 12-19, 1925— The Lafayette Poultry
Club, Lafayette. Henry W. Heine. Sec'y,
Lafayette, Ind. , ^ ,.^ _,
Jan. 14-17, 1925 — Indiana Quality Show,
Marion. Claude Enslen, Sec'y, Marion, Ind.
Jan. 14-19, 1925 — La Porte County Poultry
Show, La Porte. W. E. McMurray, Sec'y.
La Porte, Ind.
Jan. 19-24, 1925 — Logansport Fancien
Club, Logansport, Ind. M. A. Cornell, Sec y,
916 State St., Logansport, Ind.
Jan. 20-25, 1925 — Whitley County Poul-
try Show, Columbia City. Eugene Young,
Sec'y, Columbia City, Ind. ^ „ u^
Jan. 27-31, 1925— Tipton County Poultry
Association Show, Tipton. Burl Thatcher,
Sec'y, Windfall, Ind.
IOWA
Dec. 1-5, 1924 — Central Poultry Show.
Monroe. A. L. Mateer, Sec'y. Monroe. la.
Dec. 2-5, 1924 — Floyd County Poultry
Show, Charles City. Frank Brandan, Sec y,
Charles City, la. x « i*^
Dec. 2-5, 1924 — Jefferson County Poultry
Show, Fairfield. J. C. McCabe, Sec'y, Fair-
field, Iowa. ^^ ^, ^ .,^„,
Dec. 2-5, 1924 — Greater Northwest Iowa
Poultry Show, Rock Rapids. E. H. Jahr,
Sec'y. Rock Rapids, la.
Dec 3-6, 1924— Red Oak Poultry Show,
Red Oak. Mrs. Lysle Dirrim, Sec'y, Stan-
°Dec. 3-7, 1924 — ^Buchanan County Poul-
try Show, Independence. L. L. Simpson,
Sec'y Independence, la. _^
dJc 8-13, 1924— Bedford Poultry Show,
Bedford. John Lacy. Sec'y, Bedford, la.
Dec 9-12, 1924 — Hardin County Poultry
Show, Eldora. Everett Hoffman, Sec y,
Eldora, la. , ^ ^ -n i*«
Dec 9-12, 1924 — Howard County Poultry
Show, Cresco. E. A. Hoopman, Sec y,
Cresco, la. ^ .. . ri * _ w w
Dec. 9-12, 1924 — Guthrie Center. P. w.
Voorhies, Sec'y, Guthrie Center, la.
Dec 10-14, 1924 — Dubuque Poultry Show,
Dubuque. Hal Glenn, Sec'y. Dubuque. la.
Dec. 11-15, 1924— Center Point PoulttJ
Show. Center Point, F. L. Todd, Sec y,
Center Point. la. ^ * t>/v«i.
Dec. 11-15, 1924— Monroe County Poul-
try Show, Albia. O. J. Crail, Sec y, Albi*.
^*bec. 15-19, 1924— Big Four Poultry Show.
Postville. A. C. Webster, Sec'y, PostviUe,
la
Dec. 16-19, 1924 — Boone County Poultry
\
Show, Boone. A. J. Kading, Sec'y, Boone.
^*'T)ec 16-19. 1924 — Adair County Poultry
Association, Greenfield. J, R. Lischer, Sec'y,
%^if®^?7-21,' 1924— Cedar Valley Poultry
Show, Osage. A. J. Saskoske, Sec'y, Osage.
^'r.n 5-9. 1925 — Iowa State Poultry Show,
Davenport. H. M. Beaver, Sec'y. 2816
aheridan St.. Davenport, Iowa.
Tan 6-9, 1925 — Storm Lake Poultry Show,
Storm" Lake. H. C. Samuels, Sec'y, Storm
^'lan *6-9, 1925— Northern Iowa Poultry
Show,' New Hampton. C. B. Phillips, Sec'y,
-tfow Hampton, la.
Tan 12-16, 1925 — Prosressive Poultry
Show,' Creston. F. M. Webb, Sec'y, Crom-
''''"' •^*" KANSAS
Dec 1-5, 1924 — McPherson County Poul-
try Show, McPherson. W. D. Wade, Mc-
^'C"'l-^'"lS24_Tri-State Poultry & Pet
Stock 'show. Parsons. Mrs. U. H. Robinson,
Qnr'v Parsons, Kans.
Dec 1-6, 1924 — Sunflower State Poultry
Show Fort' Scott. Salome Cook. Sec'y, 2115
E First St., Fort Scott, Kans.
Dec 2-6 1924 — Burlingame Poultry Show,
Burlinganie. Mrs. 0. R. Bratton, Sec'y, Bur-
''°C' 3^8',"'l925-Wilson County Poultry
Show, Noodesha. Mrs. Margaret Carter,
Sec'y. Neodesha, Kans.
Dec 15 20, 1924 — Kansas State Show &
Arkansas Valley Poultry & Pet Stock Show,
Hutchinson. Thomas Owen, Sec'y, Topeka,
^Tan 1-5, 1925— Mid-West Poultry Show.
Concordia. George H. Cook, Sec'y, Concor-
dia. Kans.
LOUISIANA
Dec 1-6 1924 — Northwest Louisiana
Poultry Show, Mansfield. D. T. Brown,
Spc'v Mansfield, La.
Jan 4-9, 1925— The Capital City Poultry
Show, Baton Rouge. Miss Elsmer Wilson,
Sec'y. Baton Rouse. La.
° ^' MARYLAND
Dec 2-6, 1924 — Baltimore Show, Balti-
more.' H. S. Thompson, Sec'y, 33-34 Frank-
lin Bldg., Baltimore, Md.
Jan 13-16, 1925— Tri-State Show. Cum-
berland. H. H. Robinson. Sec'y, 541 Fair-
view Ave., Cumberland, Md. Entries close
Jan. 3, 1925. ^
MAINE
Dec 2-3, 1924 — Freeport Poultry Show,
Freeport. L. C Gushing, Sec'y, Freeport,
Dec 9-12 1924 — Maine State Poultry
Show,' Portland. W. H. Whipple, Sec'y,
Portland, Maine.
> Dec. 16-19, 1924— Bangor Poultry Show,
Bangor. W. H. Northup, Sec'y, Bangor,
^'*'°^' MASSACHUSETTS
Dec. 16-19, 1924— Springfield Poultry
Show, Springfield. G. L. CoUester, Sec y,
244 Main St., Springfield, Mass.
Dec. 80, 1924-Jan. 3, 1925— Boston Poul-
try Show, Boston. W. B. Atherton, Sec y-
Mgr,. 165 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. t.n-
tries close December 8.
; MICHIGAN . , „ „
Dec. 8-7, 1924— Detroit National Poultry
Show, Detroit. C. O. French, Sec y. Box
1278, Detroit, Mich. t>^„u^„
Dec. 15-20, 1924— Ann Arbor Poultry
Show, Ann Arbor. C. J. Sweet, Sec y, 521
N. Main, Ann Arbor, Mich. ^ _ , „, „,^
Dec. 10-13, 1924 — Muskegon & East Shore
Poultry Show, Muskegon. H. S. Nobel,
Sec'y, Muskegon, Mich.
Dec. 16-18, 1924 — Northern Michigan Poul-
try Show, Sheboygan. W. C. Mealoy, Sec y,
Sheboygan, Mich. r>^„u^«
Jan 6-9, 1925— Midland County Poultry
Show, Midland. W. P. Spaulding, Sec y,
Midland, Mich. _ .^ ,. «i. „
Jan. 20-29. 1925— Bay City Poultry Show,
Bay City. R. H. Shafer, Sec'y. Bay City.
Mich.
MINNESOTA ^ ,,
Dec. 1-3. 1S24— Pine County Poultry
Show. Pine City. L. F. Appleby, Sec y, Pme
City, Minn. ^ . t. i*«„
Dec. 1-3. 1924— Hubbard County Poultry
Show. Park Rapids. W. D. Walline. Sec y.
Park Rapids, Minn. -n^,,!*-^
Dec. 2-4, 1924— Pope County Poultry
Show, Starbuck. P. O. Jellum. Sec y, Star-
huck, Minn. _ . t>„„i+«t,
Dec - 2-5, 1924— Houston County Poultry
Show, Caledonia. I. C. Gengler, Sec y.
Caledonia, Minn. -o^,,!*.,^
Dec. 5-8, 1924— Carver County Poultry
Show, Waconia. E. D. Byrns, Sec y,
Waconia. Minn. . , „ .. t> ^^■,^x,
Dec. 9-11. 1924— Wright County Poultry
Show, Buffalo. Mrs. Julius Becker, bee y,
Buffalo, Minn. . _ . ■d^,,!*^^
Dec 9-12 1924 — Fillmore Oounty Poultry
Show, Preston, Paul Pooler, Sec'y, Preston,
Minn.
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Dec 10-14. 1924— Winona County Poultry
Sh?w?' Winona. A. G. Sklenar. Sec'y. Win-
^^^Def 'ro-12, 1924— Nicollet County Poultry
Show?" St Peter. Earl Springer, Sec'y. St.
P«*fJ; ^^'iTis 1924— Northwest National
Po?ftry ShU'st. Paul. A. H. Boese. Sec'y.
try Show. Verndale. Newman F. Ireland.
^%l "iriT^^'ig^i-West Central Poultry
ShJ^-B^nson. A. O. Strand. Sec'y. Benson.
^^^°" i»;ift 1924 — Chippewa County Poul-
.r/'li.ow.'MoSevede^. Chas. H. Olson,
^"^^' '?riTm°4-K.n.bec County Poultry
Dec. 16-18. ly^-i ^ r»„;f ^pr'v Mora,
Show, Mora. Hure G. Dnit, bee y. mora,
^'^"" iR 10 1924 Fillmore County
Br?'d'er, 'Iho'w. A«4ony. N. C. Ot.ed.h,.
^%!i «3rX924.j'in"-2, ""-Blue Earth
Ooanty Poultry Show, Map eton. John E.
^T ,«.ro•^S^'rnvSll" county poultry
Show Bird Island. Paul Kolbe, Sec'y, B.rd
Island, Minn. _p„„ „, county Poultry
Shiw"- ileindH. Wi^l H. Carey, Sec'y.
*"A'„"*9*12'"m5-Cannon Valley Ap-ioul-
m{rSrSnS"?:?lJt'nn.";-
^T^- ^S 1^9 1925— Brown County Poultry
8how"s?eep; Eyf C^a?a HiUesheim. Sec'y,
^^'ffn^ ?I'i6^T9°25-Martin County Poultry
Show" FaiJ^ont' C J. Meidinger, Sec y.
*'H^°°l2-f6°'i925-Nohle8 County Poultry
Shi;"- WoJt'hington. A. T. Latta, Sec'y.
Worthington Mmn ^^^^^^ p^^^^
Sh'oir" Stewirf-'^'Fred H. luedtke. Sec'y.
®^TirS9^2r'l925-Becker County Poultry
Shi; Defr'oit.' E. E. Burnham. Sec'y,
^^\lf' ?2-"°5 1925-Minneapoli8 Poultry
Shi;" MinVeapolis. Geo^ H. Nelson, Sec y,
^'Lf ^' 9aT" mS-Northern Minnesota
Poultry Shiw, Crookston. ^ohn Saugstad,
Sec'y, Crookston, Minn.
MISS0T7BI T. ,* „
_ J, ti 1024 Henry County Poultry
Dec. 4-6. ^^^77^"^^^' -nf rurk Sec'y,
Show. Clinton. Mrs. W. W. Clark, aec y.
Clinton. Mo ^934— Ozark-Central Poultry
Sh?;:- Springfield'* H^ B. Kennedy. Sec'y,
®^n«o^^1?-l^''l924-Mineral Belt Poultry
gh?;?' JopUn! Lucy M. Tisdale. Sec'y.
'""i^ln 24-29 1925— Convention Hall Show,
rc^n^^^ City -Theo. Hewes, Supt.. 25 W.
wShingt'^of St.. Indianapolis. Ind. Entries
close January 15 ^^^^
Dec 1-5 1924— Platte Valley Poultry
Show!' Columbus. Fred R. Lups, Sec'y,
Columbus, Nebr. ,
^""IVo '8-^12'^"l92l-Sentral Nebraska Poul-
try Show, York. Claude O. Hudson, Sec'y,
^"dm^^V-^O. 1924— Loup Valley Poultry
Show?" Ord. Robert E. Noll. Sec'y, Ord,
^*^'' NEW hAMPSHIM
Dec 3-5, 1924— Marlboro Poultry & Pet
Stick Show. Keene. L. H. Dean, Sec'y,
Box 118, Keene. N. H.
NEW JERSEY
Dec. 2-6. 1924— Camden Poultry Show.
Camden. W. Lee Springs. Sec'y, Box 42,
Camden, N . J^ 1924— Westwood Poultry
Show.Westwood. S. J. Hammerstem, Sec y.
^*J«n*^®'6ao'^" 1925— Morristown Poultry
Show.Morristown. Frank B. Frambes, Sec y,
Oreystone Park, N. J. .^. ^ _,.
Jan 13-16 1925 — Trenton Winter Show.
jIH 14i7 1925 — Riverside Poultry
Show," Riverside. H. A. Eaton, Sec'y, Box
a, Riverside,' N. J. ^„-.,„^
NEW MEXICO ^ ,
Dec. 10-13. 1924— Bernalillo County Poul-
try Show. Albuquerque. C. T. Hay. Sec y,
Albuquerque, N. M. „^^—
NEW YORK
Dec 11-13, 1924 — Twin City Poultry Show.
Tonawanda. E. F. Doty, Sec'y, 185 Vander-
voort St., North Tonawanda. N. Y.
Jan 1;M7. 1925 — Mohawk Poultry Show.
Schenectady. A. A. Van Wie, Sec'y, 14 \an
Zandt, Schenectady, N. Y. ^ *
Jan. 19-24, 1925 — Chautauqua County
Poultry Show. Jamestown. C. G. Loucks.
Sec'y, 56 Broadhead Ave.. Jamestown, N. Y.
Jan 21-25, 1925 — Madison Square Garden
Poultry Show, New York. D. Lincoln Orr.
Sec'y, Orr's Mills, Cornwall, N. Y. Entries
close Jan. 1, 1925.
NORTH CAROLINA
Dec 2-5. 1924 — North Carolina State &
Central Carolina Poultry Show. Greensboro.
Clan Barnes. Sec'y. Greensboro, N. C.
Deo. 16-19, 1924— Union County Poultry
Show, Monroe. J. H. Beckley, Sec y, Rt. b,
Monroe, N. C. ^,„^
OHIO
Dec 1-6, 1924 — Akron Poultry Show. Ak-
ron. W. H. Moore, Sec'y. Uniontown. O.
Dec. 2-7, 1924— Greater Dayton Poultry
Show, Dayton. C. A. Snider, Sec y, K. K.
14 Dayton. Ohio. ^ ^ t. 1
Dec. 10-14. 1924— Portage County Poul-
try Show. Ravenna. W. Beck, Sec'y. 600
^Tec^V2-^2?: m'4-Tri State Poultry Show.
'^^|,*ec'^'2r27!S924-Springfield. O... Show.
E. S. Shirey. 1022 Cypress St., Springfield,
Dec 25-27, 1924 — Coshocton County Poul-
try Show, Warsaw. Loyd V. Darling. Sec'y,
'''lJeT'29.'''T924-Jan. 3. 1925-Wyandotte
Poultry & Pet Stock Show. Upper Sandusky.
Adam Koehler. Sec'y, Upper Sandusky. Ohio.
Dec. 30, 1924-Jan. 2, 1925— Jackson Cen-
ter Poultry Show. Jackson Center. Mrs. A.
W. Davis. Sec'y. Jackson Center. Ohio.
Dec. 31. 1924-Jan. 4, 1925--Cincinnati
Winter Show. Cincinnati. W. H. Besuden.
Sec'y, 7424 Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati,
^^jan. 510. 1925— Cleveland Poultry Show
Cleveland. C. A. Hendrickson Sec y. 8915
Broadway. Cleveland. O. Entries close
December 16. _, _
Jan. 5-12, 1925 — Lancaster. Thomas Bans,
Sec'y. Lancaster. Ohio. -x -c 1
Jan. 6-10, 1925— Edon Community Poul-
try Show, Edon. Burl J. Knapp. Sec y.
^'j'^A.^e-n, 1925— Shelby County Poultry
Show, Sidney. Charles Johnson, Sec y.
^' Ja??' ?2*^17. 1925— Canton Poultry Show.
Canton. E. J. Howes. Sec'y, Room 7. W.
& L. E. Depot Bldff., Canton. Ohio.
Jan. 21-24. 1925— Huron Valley Poultry
8b Pet Stock Show. Norwalk. D. W. Call.
Sec'y, Norwalk, Ohio.
OKLAHOMA
Dec 2-8 1924— Oklahoma State Federa-
tion Show. Oklahoma City. A. F. Snodgrass.
Show Sec'y. Nowata. Okla.
PENNSYLVANIA
Dec 8-14, 1924 — Mercer County Poultry
Show. Farrell. J. C. Harshman, Sec'y, Box
286, Farrell, Pa. ^ . t> w
Jan 5-10, 1925— Warren County Poultry
8b Pet Stock Show, Warren. Myles A. K»rhy,
Sec'y 1308 Harding Ave., Jamestown. N. Y.
Jan 5-10. 1925 — Crawford County Poul-
try Show. Meadville. Edward Fry. Sec'y.
R. D. 3, Meadville, Pa. , ^ „ w -
Jan. 5-10. 192.5 — Westmoreland Poultry &
Pet Stock Show, Greensburg. W. L. Treager.
Sec'y. Greensburg, Pa.
Jan. 7-10. 1925 — Lock Haven Poultry
Show, Lock Haven. J. C. Kissel. Sec'y,
Lock Haven, Pa. _. ^ ,. -r^ ,x
Jan. 12-17, 1925 — Pittsburgh Poultry
Show, Pittsburgh. J. Leonard Pfeuffer.
Sec'y. P. O. Box 884, Pittsburgh, Pa. En-
tries close Dec. 31. 1924.
Jan. 13-16, 1925 — Forest County Poultry
Show, Tionesta. J. H. Osgood. Sec'y.
Jan. 13-17, 1925 — Lebanon County Poul-
try Show, Lebanon. E. R. Worcester, Sec'y,
Lebanon. Pa..
TENNESSEE
Dec. 1-6, 1924 — Greater Nashville Poultry
Show. Nashville. E. A. Wright, Sec'y, Nash-
ville, Tenn. .
TEXAS
Dec. 4-7, 1924 — Brown County Poultry
Show. Brownwood. A. E. Wilson, Sec'y.
Brownwood. Texas.
Dec. 6-10. 1924 — North Texas Poultry
Show, Wichita Falls. Guy R. Jones. Sec'y.
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Dec. 10-14. 1924 — Dallas National Poul-
try Show, Dallas. A. C. Speer, Sec'y, Dal-
las. Texas.
Dec. 24-28, 1924 — Capital City Poultry
Fanciers' Show, Austin. E. R. Pils. Sec'y,
Austin. Texas.
Jan. 6-11. 1925 — Lone Star Poultry Show,
San Antonio. Mrs. J. M. Kinoaid, Sec'y,
1831 E. Commerce, San Antonia. Texas.
Jan. 7-10. 1925 — West Texas Poultry
Breeders' Association. Abilene. R. L. Young,
Ass'n. Sec'y, Abilene. Tex.
VERMONT
Dec. 9-11. 1924 — Connecticut Valley Poul-
try Show. Bellows Falls. H. G. Foster.
Sec'y, Bellows Falls. Vt.
Jan. 9 12. 1925 — Vermont State Show, St.
Albans. B. P. Greene, Sec'y, St. Albans,
Vt.
VIRGINIA
D*c. 1-5, 1924 — Roanoke Poultry 8c Fan-
pecember, 1924
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ciers Club. Roanoke. O. W. Knighton, Sec'y
Roanoke, Va. '
Dec. 9-13. 1924 — Hampton Roads Poultry
Show. Hampton. George C. Henkel, Sec'v
Route No. 4. Box 286. Hampton. Va. '
Jan. 12-17, 1925 — Virginia State Poultry
Show, Richmond. J. A. Hallihan, Sec'y
2914 E. Broad St.. Ridimond, Va. ''
WISCONSIN
Dec. 2-5, 1924 — Marshfield Poultry Show
Marshfield. George Bliesener. Sec'y, Marsh-
field, Wis.
Dec. 2-6, 1924 — Beloit Poultry Association
Beloit. F. B. Wilkie. Sec'y. Beloit. Wis. '
Dec, 3-7. 1924 — Western Wisconsin Poul-
try Show, La Crosse. Wait P. Jagow, Sec'y
La Crosse, Wis.
Dec. 3-7, 1924 — Wisconsin State Poultry
Show, Oshkosh. R. W. Lutz, Sec'y, Oshkosh,
Wis.
Dec. 8-11, 1924 — Cumberland Poultry
Club, Cumberland. W. G. Talbot. Sec'y,
Cumberland, Wis.
Dec. 27-30, 1924 — Eastern Wisconsin Poul-
try & Pet Stock Show, Plymouth. Mrs.
Witt Swart, Sec'y, Plymouth, Wis.
Dec. 31. 1924-Jan. 4, 1925 — Fort Atkinson
Poultry Show, i'ort Atkinson. Claud John-
son. Sec'y, Fort Atkinson.
Jan. 5 9. 1925 — Waterford Poultry Show,
Waterford. Walter Muehl. Sec'y. Water-
ford, Wis.
Jan. 7-10. 1925 — Platteville Poultry
Show, Platteville. Clyde D. Howard. Sec'y,
Platteville. Wis.
Jan. 7-11, 1925 — Sheboygan Poultry & Pet
Stock Show, Sheboygan. Otto E. Zickhart.
Sec'y, Sheboygan, Wis.
Jan. 22-25, 1925 — Waukesha. W. S.
Hayter. Sec'y, Waukesha, Wis.
Jan. 27, 1925-Feb. 1, 1925— Fox River
Poultry Show, Appleton. John Goodlaud. Jr..
Sec'y, Appleton, Wis.
WYOMING
Dec. 10-12. 1924 — Wyoming State Poultry
Show. Casper. Charles B. Stafford. Sec't.
Casper, Wyo,
CHICAGO NATIONAL SHOW
The Chicago National Show is to be one
of the outstanding shows of the season, as
is clearly demonstrated by the prevailing
enthusiasm. The indications are the fan-
cier will again make the International Am-
phitheatre, Union Stock Yards, his head-
quarters during the week of January 13 to
19, 1925. The Chicago National Show has
been given the whole-hearted support of the
feed manufacturers, the poultry supply
houses and many others. The press will he
there to attend to the wants of the breeder
for the ensuing year. The management of
the show is extending to the fancier and
exhibitor a personal invitation to attend and
exhibit, and to avail themselves of the op-
portunity to share the goodfellowship that
18 always prevalent, and to participate m
the sales which the show is able to encour-
age and become known as America s great
sales show. With a list of some of the most
prominent judges to place the awards, tne
breeder need not hesitate, the best bird wins.
The reception committee composed of lead-
ing poultrymen, such as breeders and conces-
sioners, have made arrangements for a visit
to the great packing plant of Armour and
Company, the Field Museum of Natural
History, and to the conservatories at the
parks and many other places of interest.
Entries close January 3, 1925 and the pre-
mium lists are ready for distribution. A copy
can be had by addressing the secretary.
C. J. Behn. 8*08 South Green Street. Chi-
cago, III. ^ ^ ,
CLEVELAND SHOW
Cleveland annually stages what is con-
sidered by all recognized poultry experts
one of America's leading exhibitions. ine
men actively connected with the putting on
of this great show do it for the love of the
game. For twelve years the thought fore-
most in the minds of all members of the
Cleveland Association has been co-oparatipn.
It has proven successful, creating a spirn
around our exhibition that makes it »
popular one to all interests concerned. Cleve-
land Show Week is looked forward to eacn
year with anticipation of much en.ioyment.
The coming show will be no exception. Aii
who visit Cleveland during that week we
know will not be. disappointed. , , , ^
To date the following specialty clubs D&^e
voted to stage their yearly meets with us:
National Meeting Single Comb WTiite lieg-
horn Club. National Meeting Internationa
Single Comb Buff Orpington Club. National
Meeting International Partridge Plymouth
Rock Club. Eastern District Meeting Rose
Comb White Leghorn Club, State Meetinsr
Jersey Black Giant Club. State Meeting
White Wyandotte Club, State Meeting Cor-
nish Club, State Meeting National Bla^t
Langshan Club.
All breeds and varieties will receive tne
I same careful consideration as in the r^**
>4».
There will he classes for Production and
wovs' and Girls' Clubs.
Classes will be passed on by Cleveland s
usual reputable list of Judges. Entries close
December 16. 1924.
All are cordially invited to be with us. —
Frank C Stier. President. ^
TWDIANAPOLIS POULTRY
INlJAA«xx^ AND CAT SHOW
After waiting more than fifty years the
fanciers of the Heosier State have finally
secured one of the greatest show rooms in
the Middle West. The new Convention Hall,
rieht in the heart of the business district, is
large enough to hold two thousand entries
without double decking. All show room on
ground floor with perfect access from lour
*' This building is now available for all
legitimate exhibitions and the Fifty Second
Annual Indianapolis Poultry and Cat Show
will be held there January 3, 4. 5, 6 and 7.
1925. and will be the first show of this
character ever staged in this building.
The judges selected are Walter Young.
Dayton. O.; Edward Joynson, Purgason. Mo.;
and W. W. Zike, Morristown, Ind.
The premium list is ready now and free
to you Your name and address please. —
Theo. Hewes, Sec'y. 25 W. Washington
Street, Indianapolis, Ind. ^ ,, ^ „ q
Remember this show is held January a
to 7 a change from February date.
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PITTSBURGH SHOW
The Poultry Exhibition of Pittsburgh will
hold their fourteenth annual show January
12 to 17 at the same location as in former
years, at Motor Square Garden.
This is located in a very populous resi-
dential district and is ideal, as has been
demonstrated in former years, for holding
an exhibition of this kind.
The poultry judges selected up to the
present time include: Arthur O. Schilling,
Len Rawnsley, F. A. Poertner, Walter Young
Harold Rawnsley, George R. McDonald and
J. H. Lewis. There may be several additional
iudges added to this list.
For some time inquiries have been com-
ing in for premium lists. Any one interested
may have one by addressing the secretary.
? '^Leonard Pfeuffer, Box 884. Pittsburgh,
Pa . who will cheerfully furnish any in-
formation concerning this growing and
prosperous show. ^
OHIO STATE MEET
The Iowa State Meet of the Jersey Black
Giant Club will be held at the Des Moines
Coliseum Show in December.
Liberal cash prizes run to tenth place at
this show and in addition to that a wonder-
ful list of special and consolation prizes are
iffered. together wiCh three handsome silver
cJps It has been made almost >nipossible
to show a Giant at this show and not win
iJme kTnd oY a prize. All this i« the resuU
of much hard work on the part 9;^tJ« «7^
management and club members. In turn for
«.is we ask the truest support a Giant
br^e? can give. That is, show some birds
'*wiMvrset as our goal, the largest and
best Giant demonstration ever staged out-
Jide of Se New England States Any kind
of a win here will mean something worth-
■whilA to Giant breeders. _.
Wri^ to Geo. S. Phillips.^ Box 471, Des
Moines, la., for ^premium list.
NATIONAL BARRED BOCK MEET
The Thirfy^ird Annual National Meet of
the American Barred P^y-^.^t^ R^J^ C ub
S-r"n^aT'?t ^^^4^"-^^. '~lFp ^I
To^utSTotl r;'"^wJiX^ ^/ridarFeJru^ar^y
^ In addition to the regular cash Tjrizes of
the show we are offering $500.00 in extra
c«h speTiaTs! running prizes down to seventh
place. The entry fee is only 50c per birt
with premiums running from $6.00 for first
down to $3.00 for seventh. . . •* j
^ E^ery breeder of Barred Rocks is invited
to show with us at the one big o.^cia Barred
Pit fair secretarv. $50.00 cash displays
«d"'championships.- Let's meet you at Tampa
on the sixth.— L^ T. Robinson. Secy.
SILVER WYANDOTTE CLUB
The Silver Wyandotte ^oys are planning on
some big exhibits the coming ^'"t" .*"jLe''e*tI^
selected the following Pl»Pe\/«5 V^^'^^j™ uaJy
National Club Meet. Lancaster, O- J*""^^^^^
5-10- We«*tern Sectional Meet. Minneapolis.
Mnn.. January: Southern Sectional Meet
South Florida Fair. Tampa, Fla^: Eastern
Sectional Meet. Lebanon. Pa.. ^^ "^^"^^^^^^
January. Come ""t. boys, with your birds
Liberal premiums and sPf/^'^ls offered at all
meets. Join a live specialty club. Dues only
THE THREE GREAT SHOWS
CONVENTION HALL, INDIANAPOLIS.— The wonderful new
show room in the heart of the city, January 3-4-5-6 and 7, 1925.
CONVENTION HALL, KANSAS CITY.— The great National :>how
of the Southwest, January 24-25-26-27-28 and 29, 1925.
CUBAN INTERNATIONAL, HAVANA, CUBA.— February 26th
to March 7, 1925. ..
Indianapolis and Kansas City lists are ready now. ^^ Cuban list
January IstT Entries close at Indianapolis December 20th, Kansas
City January 14th.
Write today for free premium list.
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CLEVELAND
PUBLIC AUDITORIUM
January 5-10, 1925
CLUB SHOWS
Plymouth Rock Club. National Meeting of American Rose Comb arown i^egnorn v
Eastern District Meeting Rose Comb White Leghorn Club. ^ . . ^. ,, o.^..
Production Classes, Boys and Girls Classes.
CleveUnd— One of America's Leading Exhibitions. Entries close December 16, 1J^4
FRANK C. STIER, Pres.; C. A. HENRIKSEN, Sec'y, 8915 Broadway
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"WESNO-OA" BOO SHOW
Staging the world's largest egg show, with
entries totaling over 900 dozen eggs, proved
the eigantic task successfully undertaken this
summer by former service men engaged in
poulTry courses at the U. S. Veterans Bureau
Training School, Waynesville. N. O.
Through personal solicitations, for the most
part, supplemented by newspaper publicity
Jnd the use of posters and other advertising
matter, the eager workers strove to exceed
Se previous high record held by the famous
Purdue Egg Show staged annually at Purdue
University in Indiana. Their record this
Bpring was 800 dozen eggs entered.
Personal donations were also advanced by
the trainees to cover necessary expenses of
show operation, purchase of handsome silver
loving cups, medals and ribbons. Owing to
the location of the school, it was thought
best to seek the bulk of entries in \Vestern
North Carolina. Hence the title adopted:
"Wes-No-Ca" Egg Show, with the motto»
"Dedicated to the production of better eggs
in the Land of the Sky."
In addition to displays of white and brown
■hell eggs, there were classes for all manner
of freaks, eggs other than hen eggs, and an
educational display aimed to show the rea-
sons for the startling losses occurring annu-
ally in the handling of eggs from producer
to consumer.
Grand sweepstakes, as well as sweepstakes
in the commercial class and a special gold
medal for the be.t White Leg^iorn eggs in the
show, together yith an array of ribbons, went
to the Asheville Hatchery, a commercial plant
operated under the management of O. P.
Templeman, near the metropolis of the "Land
of the Sky." He is also secretary of the
Western North Carolina Poultry Association.
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A NOTEWOETHY OLUB MEET
W. A. Aeppli, State Vice President for
Second of the International Single Comb
Black Minorca Club advises that Davenport,
la., has made all preparations to welcome the
national exhibitors of Single Comb Black
Minorcas at Davenport, January 5 to 9. Mr.
Aeppli is desireous of seeing a record entry.
Liberal premiums, regular and special. The
Indiana State Meet will combine with the
National Meet. Get premium list and all in-
formation from Harold H. Arp, 1928 West
Fourth St., Davenport, la.
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DElfVER, COLO., SHOW
The National Western Show, at Denver,
■will be held in connection with the National
Western Stock Show, Union Stock Yards.
January 19-24, 1925. The attendance at this
show is national in character and should
appeal to the exhibitor from the standpoint
of publicity. Premium list may be obtained
by addressing W. 0. Schuman. 400 South
Emerson St.. Denver, Colo.
ILLINOIS BREEDERS
The Thirty-first Annual Illinois State Show.
December 31 to January 4, will be of special
interest this year. A movement is on foot
to, by its very size, pay a tribute to Gover-
nor Small, who has always been active lor
the best interests of the State's poultry keep-
ers. Write to A. D. Smith, Secretary.
Quincy, III., for Premium List.
RIVERSIDE, N. J., SHOW
The fourth annual event for this associa-
tion will be held January 14 to 17, inclusive,
in Moose Hall. Good judging is assured by
the engagement of Messers Hobbs and White.
Don't miss South Jersey's fine show at
Riverside. Get premium list by writing rhe
secretary, H. A. Eaton, Box 2. Riverside,
N. J. . ,
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CHAS. NIXON TO JUDGE WHITE
WYANDOTTES AT BOSTON
Through a printer's error the name of
Chas. Nixon, of Washington, N. J., as judge
for White Wyandottes at Boston was omitted
from the premium list. — ^W. B. Atherton,
Sec'y.
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HAMPTON ROADS SHOW
The Hampton Roads Poultry Association
will hold their annual poultry exhibit in
Hampton. December 9-13. Plenty of silver
cups and cash prizes. Write for catalogue
and entry blank to George C. Henkel, secre-
tary. Route No. 4, Box 286, Hampton, Va.
FEED AND THE COLOR OF YOLKS
An experiment which will prove of
interest to poultrymen who supply
market eggs has been made at the
West Virginia Agricultural Experi-
ment Station. The following ac-
count of it is taken from a bulletin :
"During the winter a number of
experiments were conducted to study
the effect upon the flavor of eggs of
feeding different feeds and flavoring
materials. It is quite unnecessary
to say that if eggs could be produced
having a more agreeable flavor than
ordinary eggs they could be sold to
special customers at a considerable
advance over the usual market rates.
"The grains fed either alone or in
combination for this purpose include
corn, wheat, oats, Canada field peas,
cow peas, soy beans, peanuts and
sunflower seed. The flavoring ma-
terials employed were trimethyla-
mine, celery oil and oil of sassafras.
Beef scrap was fed to balance when
smoked herrings were used. The
green feed supplied consisted of
sugar beets, which were readily
eaten.
"Quite contrary to expectations^
the flavor of the eggs was not no-
ticeably altered by any of the rations
or flavoring materials employed, al-
though it has been shown by investi-
gations at the North Carolina Station
that the feeding of onions imparts a
very distinct and undesirable flavor.
"The different rations, however,
very clearly pffected the color of
the yolks. When the grain ration
consisted of wheat, oats or white
corn, fed either alone or in com-
bination with each other, the yolks
were so light colored that the eggs
would be quite unsuitable for fancy
trade. When the grain supplied
consisted entirely of white corn the
yolks were very light colored, while,
on the other hand, the feeding of
yellow corn imparted to the yolks
that rich yellow color which is so
desirable."
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EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
955
I Growing Profitable Turkeijs
Turkeys for the past several years
have been the greatest paying propo-
sition for poultrymen of any fowl
grown. Poultrymen sometimes get
the idea that turkeys do not require
any attention at all, which is wide of
the facts. Turkeys require the least
feeding of any fowl we ever raised,
but when it comes to attention, tur-
keys receive our undivided attention.
They do not require any housing in
the winter as other fowls do, as it is
their nature to roost high up in the
open air. The colder the night the
higher up in the trees they prefer to
go. You will make a serious mistake
if you house your turkeys as you
would your chickens. Confinement is
against their nature altogether and
the more of natural life you can give
them the better your turkeys will
prosper. Some breeders, I will ad-
mit, give their turkeys too much lib-
erty at times, and this time is during
the laying season. The laying hens
should not be allowed their freedom
in a general way until you are cer-
tain they have layed. This is early, I
will admit, to begin talking about
turkey eggs, but remember time is
"flitting" away and spring again will
soon be here. There are a number
of things to look after before spring
if you expect to grow a fine flock of
turkeys the coming season. Now lis-
ten, here is what I read in a well
edited poultry journal years ago: "If
our turkey raisers are not already
provided with a laying shed for their
turkeys, and if it can not be built,
then the next best thing will be to
select some unused buildings and
provide some large roomy nests for
same and stretch some poultry wire
out in front to provide an airy porch
for the building, so that the turkeys
will not feel that they are confined,
and by degrees become accustomed
to the inclosure so as to not scare
them, or have them suspicious of
harm. Have your turkeys trained so
that they will show great confidence
in you." These instructions come
from a prominent breeder that has
long since been dead, but his instruc-
tions are yet followed by hundreds of
well known turkey growers. There
is a reason, and why? Because it is
a good one. No breeder of turkeys
should approach the laying season
without some form of a laying shed
,' is prepared early in the winter and
» train them to go in and out and feel
' safe and comfortable and when the
( laying season approaches they will
not have any desire to steal away to
find a nest. If you provide large
roomy nests for them in those sheds
they will complete their first laying
in them and never attempt to "hide
out" a nest in some isolated place.
The turkey's first laying is worth all
(and more) the eggs they lay after-
wards. It's the early eggs that make
the large vigorous poults. They grow
off much faster than the late hatched
poults and are up out of the reach of
early frost. Our experience with the
late turkeys is, that at the first ap-
pearance of frost, if they are inclined
to be low in vitality, they "lose out,"
become weak and soon die. While
the early poults appear to take on
more vigor at this time and show
more life at the appearance of cold
weather than any other time. We
make special preparations to save
every egg of the first laying. We re-
gard them of double value to any
others. When the turkey hen seeks
her nest among their wild haunts,
the crows and other wild birds or ani-
mals devour them. They are too
valuable to take any chances with
the wilds of nature and if a comfort-
able lot is provided with a long roomy
shed you will be able to save the ma-
jority of the early eggs. A large
supply of grit and charcoal is pro-
vided for them and once and some-
times twice a week we give theni a
dose of turpentine and sweet milk.
I have never had a turkey to get sick,
and show any signs of bowel trouble
when the turpentine and milk was
given regularly. We give from four
to eight drops to each individual and
it kills every worm in their body and
possibly many fatal germs. I have
been informed recently by one of the
best turkey growers in the United
States that if "baby" turkeys are
given one drop of turpentine twice
a week in a teaspoonful of sweet
milk and the dose slightly increased
after they reach two weeks of age,
they never take bowel trouble nor
gapes. He slightly increases the dose
as the turkeys grow older and he
raises the largest flocks of any
breeder to my knowledge. For that
reason I am sure his treatment is
right and will be followed by the
writer in the future. So avoid over-
feeding, in fact, feed but very little,
if any, allowing the mother turkey
to range with the poults for a living
and give the turpentine regular. I
am confident seventy-five per cent
more turkeys will be brought up to
maturity. — J. C. C.
Big Poultry Profits
This Winter
Some Sure Ways To Win
There are far fewer eggs in storage than
usual. The demand is heavy. Egg prices will
be sky high but you must know how to cut
feed costs and get more eggs to make the
money that is easily yours.
The very latest and most dependable ways
to get eggs throughout the cold weather, to
cut feed costs away down and to make big
profits are explained in a valuable book, just
printed, which contains hundreds of practical
pointers worth many dollars to every raiser
of poultry, no matter how experienced he may
be.
By arrangement a copy of this new book
will be mailed each reader of this paper who
sends his name and address to Prof. T. E.
Quisenberry, Dept. 4226-B. Buffalo, N. Y.. or
Kansas City, Mo. Send no money, the book
will be sent you free. Just address Prof.
Quisenberry's nearest office. — Adv.
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of Barred Plymouth Rocks for any
one of the breeds named above. We
can find a thousand White Leghorns
for every Brown Leghorn in this
country, yet there is no difference in
their value as money makers.
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WATERFOWL
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OSCAR GROW
ORNAMENTAL AND NOVEL
BREEDS OF GEESE
Geese can scarcely be classed as
ornamental fowls in the same sense
as are ducks or pheasants, owing to
their comparatively somber plumage;
yet, not withstanding, a few breeds
are quite popular on account of the
attention they command, if not, the
admiration they inspire.
Perhaps most showy among the
several breeds are the White and
Brown China varieties. The former
in particular is of striking appear-
ance and is, therefore, a favorite
about parks and estates. The well-
bred China is probably the most ele-
gant of all domestic geese and is char-
acterized by a decidedly slender and
graceful form. The large globular
and upright knob at the base of the
bill, too, adds much to the pleasing
appearance of these waterfowl.
Coarseness in this breed is a serious
fault, one which, in fact, greatly
impairs the beauty of these sprightly
fowls.
Another ornamental breed, but one
which is much less commonly ob-
served, is the Egyptian Goose. It is
contended by some authorities that
it is erroneous to classify this fowl
as a goose at all, inasmuch as its
characteristics indicate that it more
properly belongs to that species of
waterfowl known as the Shelldrake.^.
Without attempting to settle this
question, it is very obvious that it
represents a family distinct from the
more common domestic goose. The
carriage is rather erect and both the
shanks and thighs are unusually long
for a goose of its size. Its chief
claim for recognition, however, seems
to lay in the fact that it is the bright-
est colored of all the better known
breeds. Indeed, it may be safely as-
serted that the Egyptian is the only
goose which has any claim to gay
attire.
The head is a dark grayish black
in color, relieved with distinct red-
dish-brown patches around the eye.^.
There is another prominent reddish-
brown patch in the center of the gray
breast, while the wing bows are pure
white with a narrow metallic -black
bar near the base of the flight feath-
ers, which in turn are a rich glossy
black, as are also the tail feathers.
Underneath, the Egyption is a light
buff, distinctly penciled with well de-
fined black lines. It will be acknow-
ledged, therefore, that this goose is
actually gaudily dressed and is right-
fully eligible to the ornamental di-
vision of the waterfowl family, even
though neither its carriage nor sym-
metry are particularly inspiring.
pecember, 1924
EVERYBODYS POULTRY MAGAZINE
957
When well bred, it is doubtful if
any member of the goose family ig
more attractive and interesting than
the Sebastapool Goose. This goose
is a rather small, pure white breed
noted more particularly for its pe.
culiar character of plumage than for
any other feature. The most de-
sirable specimens develop long spiral
feathers hanging from the surface of
the wings and which almost, if not
quite, reach the ground. Too often,
however, this tendency for these
feathers to curl extends to the entire
plumage with the result that the in-
dividual becomes really rough and
ugly in appearance, quite like the so-
called frizzled fowls. It is only when
the curling feathers are confined to
the region of the wings, drooping in
spiral curls that these fowls really
become ornamental.
Of course every one is familiar
with the Canadian or common wild
goose, without which no waterfowl
collection is considered complete.
Still, it is really a question whether
this breed can be properly considered
an ornamental one since it is not
especially attractive either in color
or form. It is true this goose (it is a
question if the Canadian is a true
goose) is peculiarly marked, but its
presence in public parks is probably
due more to its uniqueness than to
its aesthetic appeal. It is too well
known to require a detailed descrip-
tion.
Rarely seen in America but occa-
sionally met with in Europe is the
Cereopsis Goose, a native of Austra-
lia. Here again there is a question
of whether these fowls are actually
geese. In reality they are more
terrestrially than aquaticly inclined,
possessing long legs and only par-
tially webbed feet. Accordingly they
walk and run with agility, but are not
exceptional swimmers. In color they
are a dull gray except for a light buff
patch on the skull and black tail and
wing tips. The bill is greenish yellow
with black tip while the shanks are
a reddish-orange terminating in black
feet.
The Cereopsis must be considered
interesting solely upon account of its
novelty, since its short bill, neck and
wings do not harmonize well with its
long legs; the consequence being
there is a lacking of symmetrical
proportions. Nevertheless, this goosa,
has sufficient admirers in England,
where it has ceased to be a novelty,
so that it is occasionally exhibited at
the shows of that country.
Except for the Chiiiese varieties,
which are really profitable geese to
raise, none of the foregoing are of
much practical merit, being interest-
ing chiefly from an ornithological
standpoint.
Don't suppose that any old rooster is co"^
enough to fertilize the eggs of your hens
that what the hen is, is what goes into tne
young bird. The roaster's potency is greater
than is the hen's and if you can afford only
one good bird on the place let that be tne
male that heads your breeding flock.
THE HOUSEWIFE
* AND A FEW HENS
M. S. Jones
It takes a personal experience to
make a friend's advice of real value
-nd now I have that experience.
In a recent edition of Everybodys
^e were cautioned to remove the
wooden battens which adorn so many
poultry houses and exterminate the
vermin which may have hidden there,
jn June of this year I bought a city
lot on which is a chicken house which
had not been used for at least one
year. It needed some repairs so I
tore out the storage feed bin on the
side opposite the roosts. In doing
this I found the joints of the lumber
and joists litterally alive vdth red
mites so that when the hammer was
drawn across the joint now exposed
it left a blood red trail in its v^ake.
Of course the cure for this condition
was insecticide.
This goes to show that the red mite
is no easy dying product, for the re-
pairs took place only two months
after the free-from-vermin flock had
been moved into the unused house,
and this two months is too short a
period to account for the propagation
of the countless thousands which were
found. It looks as if they must have
lived on something besides chicken
for a whole year.
We can hardly expect the poultry-
man to build over his houses once a
year and he will not need to do so if
he cleans up once for all with a few
applications of a good lice and mite
killer.
Now there has not been published,
1 in the standard books on poultry
/ houses, any plans which incorporate
( the following points.
In winter, in a poultry house where
the dropping board slopes downward
away from the back wall, so much of
the droppings get scattered onto the
clean straw below that the straw is
soiled causing its renewal more often.
♦ Also when the owner attempts to
\ clean out under the roosts the hoe or
other implement is unweildy and
scares the chickens (Leghorns) mto
fits.
Now it is easy to tilt the droppmg
board downward slightly backward
towards the back wall to keep the
droppings on it. These can be remov-
ed through a door opened from the
outside back of the roosts and swung
upward on hinges. You may then use
any length tool without frightening
the hens out of a dozen eggs.
I This arrangement has been in use
^ for two years by one back-yarder and
I has solved the cleaning problem m an
^ easy way, besides saving the valuable
fertilizer which formerly was lost
among the straw on the floor.
IN THE TURKEY SEASON
Old corn is better than new for
heavy feeding of turkeys, as the latter
is apt to cause looseness of the
bowels. If necessary to use new corn
it should be introduced into the
ration gradually. If poults have
gained a strong well develop^ phy-
sique by early fall they will be in
fine condition for heavy feeding.
As soon as they have become accus-
tomed to grain feeding they may be
fed once or even twice ci day on
^rvound oats and corn meal mixed
with milk. This should be given in
addition to an abundance of wheat
and corn. They should be fed each
time just what they will eat up clean
with a relish. Feed the grain mornings
and evenings and the mixture at
noon or twice before morning and
evening as best suits your conveni-
ence. See that plenty of sharp grit is
always at hand for their use and pro-
vide a constant supply of fresh water
where they may help themselves.
In cold weather where shelter must
be provided for turkeys a house may
be built that is fashioned after many
of our poultry houses with the slant-
ing roof. An open ventilator should
be placed in front close to the roof
and never be closed except in cold
weather. The roosts should be placed
on a level" in the front of the house,
with a sliding or rolling door in the
rear. Only light enough is needed
for the turkeys to see the way to
and from the roosts. The door
should be left open all day that they
may come and go at pleasure.
Some who grow turkeys for a
fancy market feed them chestnuts
and celery seed during the last few
weeks of fattening. These are rather
expensive articles of food and can
only be used by those who sell their
produce for almost double the aver-
age market price. Such feeding im-
parts a pleasant flavor that adds
value to the turkeys which are fin-
ished in this way, and these find ready
sale at the highest prices for the
tables of those with whom cost is a
minor consideration. Where the
scale of prices is regulated solely by
quality the finest selected grades will
sell from nine to twelve cents per
pound higher than will the lower
grades. To grow the best is quite as
easy and but little more expensive
than to grow the poorer grades, and
the profit gained is almost double.—
C. P. R.
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Ideal Chickens
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AN EXPLANATION
A mail car totally destroyed by
fire close to Hanover. Pa., just as our
forms were closing for this issue of
Everybodys has caused us to be late
in mailing this December Number-
much to our regret. ^ , ,
The car held plates intended for
this issue— and only by having dupli-
cates mad7 were we able to get out
a« earW as we have. These aro our
f^ubles. we do not want to burden
Vr yetTelt an explanation due as
-being out on time" is a part of our
everv month existence.
Ve cannot promise you that no
more mailcars will be burned, but
^e do Sope that such disas ers will
not come so close to us again. The
fellow^hose Sauer-Kraut burned o
roTirse felt he suffer edj aji awful
lo?8-but presses waiting and plates
iTurned up-holy smoke! it was
simply awful.
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American Poultry School .. .
886, 940, 955
Arey.' M. S ^^^
American Poultry Journal . . .
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American Incubator Mfg.
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Amphlett,' A.' W 982
Bowers & Sons Co., F. M. ..930
Buckeye Incubator Co oo7
Berry's Poultry Farm 946
Belle City Incubator Co. .••950
Barnes Sales Corp 922
Boettger. Paul B 920
Burr, Dr. Buchanan w*^
Barber. Harold F •••/^^^
Barr's Knobby Stone Po^il-
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Beuoy, Geo 9^°
Bailey. L. W 909
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Daniels, H. A 912
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Fellman, Frank 957
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Fishing Creek Poultry Farm 913
Forge Works, C A. S 939
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Grangers Mfg. Co 927
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Gies, A. J 944
Gehring, Geo. W 955
Guile & Windnagle, Inc. ...941
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Illinois Band & Supply Co. . .922
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James Mfg. Co 923, 937
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Lesher, J. Guy 959
Lancaster Mfg. Co 947
Metal Egg Crate Oo 922
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Moeller Co., A. E 936
Mann Co., F. W 930
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Missouri Poultry Farms .... 904
Nichol's Poultry Farm 940
Neubert Co., R. F 940
Northwestern Yeast Co 931
New Jersey Poultry Sales Co. 943
National Poultry Institute ..917
Northland Farms 888
Newtown Giant Incubator
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National Poultry Band Co. . .939
O. K. Company 918
Owen Farms 888
••Oculum" Co 924
Outdoor Enterprise Co 940
Ohio Marble Co 886
Poultry Tribune 957
Productive Poultry Hus-
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Pittsburgh Show 951
Purina Mills 946
Poltl, A. P 935
Putnam, 1 920
Parks, J. W 908
Potter & Co 922
Pennsylvania Poultry Farm . .912
Payne Bros 934
Pratt Food Co 943
Plymouth Rock Monthly . . . .945
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Poultry Item 953
Producers & Consumers Co. .928
Piepgras Light Co 933
Poultry Keeping 957
Prairie State Incubator Co. . .933
Porter Incubator Co 946
Poultry Success 947
Practical Poultry Produc-
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Quisenberry Feed Mfg. Co. . .916
Quaker Hill Nurseries 948
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Queen Incubator Co.
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Revonah Poultry Products
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Rentzel. P. E I937
Rhode Island Red Journal ..942
Riverside Poultry Show ..ilgsj
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Spiller, Arthur P 916
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Shrauger & Johnson 926
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Shoemaker, C. C 939
Sargent, Lester L 940
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Tompkins, Harold 909
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Trapnest Designs 956
United Brooder Co 929
United Steel & Wire Co 920
Underwood Poultry Farm ..910
Vreeland Farm •937
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